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Tennessee State University Men's Track
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Tennessee State University

Tennessee State University Men's Track

NCAA Division 1 Nashville, TN Public

Academic Snapshot

Acceptance Rate

93%

Avg SAT

1,017

Enrollment

6,498

Team Information

Sport

Track

Gender

Men's

Division

NCAA Division 1

Location

Nashville, TN

Coaching Staff (2)

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Asha Gibson

Assistant Coach

Gibson has nine years of NCAA Division I coaching experience. Prior to TSU, Gibson spent six years at Jacksonville State University, She has earned USATF Level 2 certifications in Sprints, Hurdles, Relays and Jumps.  Gibson is a USATF Level 1 Instructor, certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist and has participated in the USOC/USATF Emerging Elite Coaches Camp at the Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, CA.   Gibson currently is a HPSS Instructor at Tennessee State University.

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Chandra Cheeseborough-Guice

Coach

Cheeseborough-Guice, one of the legendary standouts in United States track and field history, serves as the Director of Mens and Womens Track and Field at Tennessee State University. Cheeseborough-Guice returned to her alma mater to serve as head coach of TSU's women's track and field program 1994 and was elevated to her current role as Director of Track and Field in June of 2011.  She has led the track and field program to nine Ohio Valley Conference Track and Field Championships. The titles including: 2001 (outdoor), 2002 (indoor and outdoor), 2003 (indoor), 2008 (indoor and outdoor), 2014 (indoor), 2015 (outdoor) and 2016 (indoor) crowns. She is also a nine-time OVC Coach of the Year. During the summer of 2015, the TSU graduate helped guide Team USA as an assistant coach at the Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada. Cheeseborough-Guice worked directly with the womens sprinters and hurdlers, who took home 10 of the teams 41 medals at the games.   In 2008, Cheeseborough-Guice was named the sprinter's coach for the 2008 USA Team that competed in the Beijing, China Olympics. USA captured 23 medals which included 10 gold, eight silver, five bronze medals. In 2009, she served as the women's head coach for Team USA at the 2009 IAAF World Outdoor Championships in Berlin, Germany. At the IAAF under Cheeseborough, the team collected 22 medals overall, winning more than any other country to dominate the placing table with 231 points. Team USA registered 10 gold, six silver and six bronze medals along with several outstanding performances. As an athlete she was named to three United States Olympic teams. She placed sixth as a 17-year old in the 100-meter dash in Montreal (1976). She qualified for the ill-fated 1980 Olympic team that did not compete because of a boycott. In 1984, at the Los Angeles games, she made Olympic history by running a leg on two gold-medal relay teams and was the silver medalist in the 400-meters. Cheeseborough-Guice emerged on the scene in 1975 at age 16, where she won a gold medal in the 200-meter dash in the Pan American Games with a world junior record of 22.77 seconds. She also won the TAC 100-meter championship in a time of 11.13. She then joined the summer track and field program at Tennessee State University as a high school junior and senior and competed as a member of the TSU Track Club under legendary coach Edward S. Temple. A native of Jacksonville, Fla., she is a graduate of Ribault High School. She graduated from Tennessee State University with a B.S. degree in Health and Physical Education. Chandra Cheeseborough-Guice

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