University of Memphis Men's Track

Robinson, and another banner season. Success both in competition and the classroom has become so common for Robinsons Tigers that its nearly a foregone conclusion, and the numbers back it up.   Since taking over both programs in the 2006-07 season, Robinson and his staff have produced over 30 All-Americans and over 300 all-conference performers, to go along with nearly 70 individual conference title holders.   In only the programs second year in the American Athletic Conference in 2014-15, Robinsons squads continued to make their mark and proved a force to reckoned with on the national scene. Below are just a few of the numbers Memphis put up under Robinson in 2014-15:     But, the Tigers success in competition and the classroom did not start in 2014-15. Its been a yearly happening in the Robinson era.   The 2014 outdoor track and field campaign produced at least three All-Americans (Pauls Pujats, Luke Vaughn and Carolina Carmichael) for the second year in a row. Likewise a combined 12 athletes qualified for the NCAA postseason, marking the fourth year in a row that at least 12 Tigers advanced.   The men's squad thrived during the 2014 outdoor season with 12 athletes earning American Athletic Conference All-Conference honors. The team placed second overall at the inaugural American Athletic Conference Outdoor Track and Field Champoinship with Pauls Pujats (pole vault), Luis Hanssler (decathlon), Georgio Lynwood (high jump), LaForrest Church (800m) and Yannik Schaly (shot put) winning individual conference titles. Pujats, Hanssler, Lynwood, Church, and Schaly's performances all established new conference outdoor meet records.   A young women's program saw vast improvement throughout the course of the outdoor season. At the inaugural American Athletic Conference Outdoor track and field championship, the team posted an eighth place finish with four athletes earning American Athletic Conference All-Conference honors. Carolina Carmichael also took the women's pole vault championship establishing a new conference indoor meet record. During the 2014 indoor campaign, the men's squad had 11 athletes earn American Athletic Conference All-Conference honors. At American Indoor Track and Field Championship, the team placed fourth overall in the standings with Pauls Pujats (pole vault), Luis Hanssler (Heptathlon) and Georgio Lynwood (High Jump) all winning individual conference titles. Pujats, Hanssler and Lynwood's performances also established new conference indoor meet records. Pujats eventually took third in the pole vault at the 2014 NCAA Indoor Championship earning All-American first team honors. On the women's side of indoor competition, the Lady Tigers continued to set program-records and get stronger as the season progressed. At the inaugural American Athletic Conference Indoor Track and Field Championship, four Lady Tigers earned podium finishes and American Athletic Conference All-Conference honors. Just as impressive in 2013-14 was the program's accomplishments in the classroom. Both the men's and women's squads received the 2014 United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) All-Academic Teams honors, with eight student-athletes (four women and four men) receiving USTFCCCA individual recognition. The women's squad tallied a cumulative 3.58 grade-point average, marking the third-year in a row the Lady Tigers received USTFCCCA All-Academic Team status. The men's team recorded a cumulative 3.17 GPA. It was the third year in a row for both programs to receive the honor. The Lady Tigers also earned academic distinction from the conference earning the American Team Academic Award for indoor and outdoor track and field. Robinson's cross country squads have seen similar success in the classroom, receiving 2014 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team honors for the third straight year. The women's and men's teams posted a 3.68 and a 3.14 GPA, respectively. Among the 217 Division I women's teams to receive the honor, the Lady Tigers were tied for sixth. The women's cross country squad also earned the conference's American Team Academic Award. Robinson returned to his alma mater in 2002 as an assistant and was promoted to head coach in the summer of 2006. In his 12-year coaching association with the program, Robinson has had 25 student-athletes compete in 34 NCAA Championships. Robinson coached quite possibly the program's four top field competitors in Steffen Nerdal, Susan King, Gaute Myklebust and Gail Lee. Nerdal capped his stellar collegiate career with his fourth All-America honor at the 2010 NCAA Outdoor Championships. Nerdal was the NCAA runner-up in the weight throw for a second-straight year (2009, 2010), marking the first time a Tiger student-athlete finished that high in consecutive NCAA Championships appearances. Earlier that 2010 campaign, Robinson had 16 student-athletes win a total of 27 medals at the C-USA Indoor and Outdoor Championships. Richard Lowe led the Tigers' medal count with four, while Nerdal and Alex Sweet each garnered three. The previous year (2009), Nerdal made Memphis track and field history, becoming the program's first male indoor All-American. Nerdal, who was the first male athlete to advance to the NCAA Indoors in 25 years, finished second in the weight throw. In 2008, Robinson coached student-athletes on both the men's and women's teams to All-America distinction. Nerdal claimed his first All-America honor with a fourth-place finish in the hammer throw at the NCAA Outdoor Championships. On the women's side, King earned All-America accolades in the shot put at both the 2008 NCAA Indoor (fourth) and Outdoor (second) Championships. The second-place finish was the highest for a Lady Tiger at the NCAA Outdoors. Charlotte Abrahamsen also represented Memphis at the 2008 NCAA Indoor Championships, competing in the pentathlon. Abrahamsen earned All-America recognition and is the school's first and only multi-sport competitor at the NCAA Indoors. Following the 2008 campaign, King and Lee represented the Blue and Gray in the shot put at the United States Olympic Trials. Both King (sixth) and Lee (ninth) placed in the top-10 and just missed earning a spot on the U.S. squad. In only his first season at the helm (2006-07), Robinson guided the men's team to the program's first Conference USA Outdoor Championships crown. The Tigers upset national track and field powerhouse UTEP to win the C-USA title. For his efforts, Robinson was named the 2007 Conference USA Coach of the Year. At the C-USA Outdoors, Robinson had four Tigers win at least one individual title and saw nine competitors qualify for NCAA Regionals. Three of Robinson's student-athletes advanced to the NCAA Outdoor Championships, with Nerdal making his first appearance as a freshman. At that year's NCAA Indoors, Lee earned her second All-America honor with a sixth-place performance in the shot put. Before taking over the Memphis program, Robinson was producing All-Americans as a Tigers' assistant. In 2004, Robinson guided Myklebust, a two-time C-USA Male Outdoor Athlete of the Year, to the NCAA Outdoor Championships, where he received All-America honors with a fourth-place finish in the discus. Myklebust was the program's first All-American in more than 20 years. The following year (2004-05), Robinson helped Lee to the 2005 NCAA Championships. Lee became the school's first female All-American in nearly 30 years with a 10th-place finish in the shot put. A 1998 Memphis graduate, Robinson finished his collegiate track and field career as one of the program's most-decorated competitors, exhibiting prowess in the shot put, weight and hammer throws. As a freshman, he claimed the 1994 Great Midwest Conference (GMC) Indoor Championships shot put crown. The following season (1995-96), Memphis moved to Conference USA, and Robinson shined in his C-USA Indoor Championships debut. He was named the C-USA Indoor Athlete of the Year after winning the weight throw title and finishing second in the shot put. In his sophomore and senior campaigns, Robinson won C-USA indoor weight and hammer throws titles. Overall, Robinson owns six combined Conference USA weight and hammer throws titles and a Great Midwest Conference shot put title. Robinson also is part of an elite C-USA group of only eight male athletes that have won three or more conference outdoor titles in the same event (hammer throw, 1996-98). Robinson qualified for the 1997 and 1998 NCAA Outdoor Championships in seven combined events. In 1998, he finished 13th in the shot put at the NCAA Outdoor Championships. That same year, Robinson was named the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) Strength and Conditioning Athlete of the Year and an NSCA All-American. In 2000, Robinson qualified for the Olympic Trials in the shot put and weightlifting. When Robinson graduated in 1998, he held school records in the indoor and outdoor shot put, 35-pound weight throw and hammer throw. The only record he still holds today is the indoor shot put, a testament to both his coaching and athletic skill. A native of Perryville, Mo., Robinson earned his degree in exercise and sport science from Memphis in 1998. After graduation, he began his coaching career as an assistant at Southern Illinois, where he worked from 1998-2002. During his time in Carbondale, Ill., Robinson's student-athletes set three conference records and posted six school marks. Robinson also produced nine NCAA Regional qualifiers, two All-Americans and an Olympic Trials competitor. In 2003, Robinson gained certification in CPR, AED and as an AFAA professional personal trainer. He has since become an NSCA Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS). Robinson and his wife, Dawn, have three children: Sebastian, Tristan and Matthias. They reside in Hernando, Miss. Kevin Robinson Head Coach Another year of the University of Memphis track and field/cross country programs under the direction of 10th-year head coach Kevin Robinson, and another banner season. Success both in competition and the classroom has become so common for Robinsons Tigers that its nearly a foregone conclusion, and the numbers back it up.   Since taking over both programs in the 2006-07 season, Robinson and his staff have produced over 30 All-Americans and over 300 all-conference performers, to go along with nearly 70 individual conference title holders.   In only the programs second year in the American Athletic Conference in 2014-15, Robinsons squads continued to make their mark and proved a force to reckoned with on the national scene. Below are just a few of the numbers Memphis put up under Robinson in 2014-15:     But, the Tigers success in competition and the classroom did not start in 2014-15. Its been a yearly happening in the Robinson era.   The 2014 outdoor track and field campaign produced at least three All-Americans (Pauls Pujats, Luke Vaughn and Carolina Carmichael) for the second year in a row. Likewise a combined 12 athletes qualified for the NCAA postseason, marking the fourth year in a row that at least 12 Tigers advanced.   The men's squad thrived during the 2014 outdoor season with 12 athletes earning American Athletic Conference All-Conference honors. The team placed second overall at the inaugural American Athletic Conference Outdoor Track and Field Champoinship with Pauls Pujats (pole vault), Luis Hanssler (decathlon), Georgio Lynwood (high jump), LaForrest Church (800m) and Yannik Schaly (shot put) winning individual conference titles. Pujats, Hanssler, Lynwood, Church, and Schaly's performances all established new conference outdoor meet records.   A young women's program saw vast improvement throughout the course of the outdoor season. At the inaugural American Athletic Conference Outdoor track and field championship, the team posted an eighth place finish with four athletes earning American Athletic Conference All-Conference honors. Carolina Carmichael also took the women's pole vault championship establishing a new conference indoor meet record. During the 2014 indoor campaign, the men's squad had 11 athletes earn American Athletic Conference All-Conference honors. At American Indoor Track and Field Championship, the team placed fourth overall in the standings with Pauls Pujats (pole vault), Luis Hanssler (Heptathlon) and Georgio Lynwood (High Jump) all winning individual conference titles. Pujats, Hanssler and Lynwood's performances also established new conference indoor meet records. Pujats eventually took third in the pole vault at the 2014 NCAA Indoor Championship earning All-American first team honors. On the women's side of indoor competition, the Lady Tigers continued to set program-records and get stronger as the season progressed. At the inaugural American Athletic Conference Indoor Track and Field Championship, four Lady Tigers earned podium finishes and American Athletic Conference All-Conference honors. Just as impressive in 2013-14 was the program's accomplishments in the classroom. Both the men's and women's squads received the 2014 United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) All-Academic Teams honors, with eight student-athletes (four women and four men) receiving USTFCCCA individual recognition. The women's squad tallied a cumulative 3.58 grade-point average, marking the third-year in a row the Lady Tigers received USTFCCCA All-Academic Team status. The men's team recorded a cumulative 3.17 GPA. It was the third year in a row for both programs to receive the honor. The Lady Tigers also earned academic distinction from the conference earning the American Team Academic Award for indoor and outdoor track and field. Robinson's cross country squads have seen similar success in the classroom, receiving 2014 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team honors for the third straight year. The women's and men's teams posted a 3.68 and a 3.14 GPA, respectively. Among the 217 Division I women's teams to receive the honor, the Lady Tigers were tied for sixth. The women's cross country squad also earned the conference's American Team Academic Award. Robinson returned to his alma mater in 2002 as an assistant and was promoted to head coach in the summer of 2006. In his 12-year coaching association with the program, Robinson has had 25 student-athletes compete in 34 NCAA Championships. Robinson coached quite possibly the program's four top field competitors in Steffen Nerdal, Susan King, Gaute Myklebust and Gail Lee. Nerdal capped his stellar collegiate career with his fourth All-America honor at the 2010 NCAA Outdoor Championships. Nerdal was the NCAA runner-up in the weight throw for a second-straight year (2009, 2010), marking the first time a Tiger student-athlete finished that high in consecutive NCAA Championships appearances. Earlier that 2010 campaign, Robinson had 16 student-athletes win a total of 27 medals at the C-USA Indoor and Outdoor Championships. Richard Lowe led the Tigers' medal count with four, while Nerdal and Alex Sweet each garnered three. The previous year (2009), Nerdal made Memphis track and field history, becoming the program's first male indoor All-American. Nerdal, who was the first male athlete to advance to the NCAA Indoors in 25 years, finished second in the weight throw. In 2008, Robinson coached student-athletes on both the men's and women's teams to All-America distinction. Nerdal claimed his first All-America honor with a fourth-place finish in the hammer throw at the NCAA Outdoor Championships. On the women's side, King earned All-America accolades in the shot put at both the 2008 NCAA Indoor (fourth) and Outdoor (second) Championships. The second-place finish was the highest for a Lady Tiger at the NCAA Outdoors. Charlotte Abrahamsen also represented Memphis at the 2008 NCAA Indoor Championships, competing in the pentathlon. Abrahamsen earned All-America recognition and is the school's first and only multi-sport competitor at the NCAA Indoors. Following the 2008 campaign, King and Lee represented the Blue and Gray in the shot put at the United States Olympic Trials. Both King (sixth) and Lee (ninth) placed in the top-10 and just missed earning a spot on the U.S. squad. In only his first season at the helm (2006-07), Robinson guided the men's team to the program's first Conference USA Outdoor Championships crown. The Tigers upset national track and field powerhouse UTEP to win the C-USA title. For his efforts, Robinson was named the 2007 Conference USA Coach of the Year. At the C-USA Outdoors, Robinson had four Tigers win at least one individual title and saw nine competitors qualify for NCAA Regionals. Three of Robinson's student-athletes advanced to the NCAA Outdoor Championships, with Nerdal making his first appearance as a freshman. At that year's NCAA Indoors, Lee earned her second All-America honor with a sixth-place performance in the shot put. Before taking over the Memphis program, Robinson was producing All-Americans as a Tigers' assistant. In 2004, Robinson guided Myklebust, a two-time C-USA Male Outdoor Athlete of the Year, to the NCAA Outdoor Championships, where he received All-America honors with a fourth-place finish in the discus. Myklebust was the program's first All-American in more than 20 years. The following year (2004-05), Robinson helped Lee to the 2005 NCAA Championships. Lee became the school's first female All-American in nearly 30 years with a 10th-place finish in the shot put. A 1998 Memphis graduate, Robinson finished his collegiate track and field career as one of the program's most-decorated competitors, exhibiting prowess in the shot put, weight and hammer throws. As a freshman, he claimed the 1994 Great Midwest Conference (GMC) Indoor Championships shot put crown. The following season (1995-96), Memphis moved to Conference USA, and Robinson shined in his C-USA Indoor Championships debut. He was named the C-USA Indoor Athlete of the Year after winning the weight throw title and finishing second in the shot put. In his sophomore and senior campaigns, Robinson won C-USA indoor weight and hammer throws titles. Overall, Robinson owns six combined Conference USA weight and hammer throws titles and a Great Midwest Conference shot put title. Robinson also is part of an elite C-USA group of only eight male athletes that have won three or more conference outdoor titles in the same event (hammer throw, 1996-98). Robinson qualified for the 1997 and 1998 NCAA Outdoor Championships in seven combined events. In 1998, he finished 13th in the shot put at the NCAA Outdoor Championships. That same year, Robinson was named the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) Strength and Conditioning Athlete of the Year and an NSCA All-American. In 2000, Robinson qualified for the Olympic Trials in the shot put and weightlifting. When Robinson graduated in 1998, he held school records in the indoor and outdoor shot put, 35-pound weight throw and hammer throw. The only record he still holds today is the indoor shot put, a testament to both his coaching and athletic skill. A native of Perryville, Mo., Robinson earned his degree in exercise and sport science from Memphis in 1998. After graduation, he began his coaching career as an assistant at Southern Illinois, where he worked from 1998-2002. During his time in Carbondale, Ill., Robinson's student-athletes set three conference records and posted six school marks. Robinson also produced nine NCAA Regional qualifiers, two All-Americans and an Olympic Trials competitor. In 2003, Robinson gained certification in CPR, AED and as an AFAA professional personal trainer. He has since become an NSCA Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS). Robinson and his wife, Dawn, have three children: Sebastian, Tristan and Matthias. They reside in Hernando, Miss.

Fortenberry, who is in his 10th season as an assistant on Robinsons staff in 2015-16.   Fortenberrys hand can be seen in the entire programs success. During his tenure in the Bluff City, over 30 student-athletes have earned All-America honors and over 300 garnered all-conference distinction, including nearly 70 individual conference title holders.   And, the past 2014-15 season was one of the programs best with Fortenberry on board, and the numbers and accomplishments below prove it:     Fortenberry primarily works with the sprints/hurdles and continues to build those student-athletes into contenders for conference and national titles. In all, Fortenberry has coached and 14 NCAA Championships qualifiers, 34 NCAA regional qualifiers and 20 conference champions.   Last season, Fortenberry guided Maya Williamson to an 800m appearance at NCAA Outdoor Championships, where she earned All-America honors. At the American Athletic Conference Championships, Williamson won the 800m title in a time of 2:05.52, which set the Connecticut George J. Sherman Family Sports Complex record. Shortly after claiming the conference 800m title, Williamson set the 800m school record in a time of 2:04.33 at the NCAA East Preliminaries.   In 2014, Fortenberry's sprinters and hurdlers continued to break program records and compete on a national level. Under his tutelage, Williamson thrived in the 800m and 400m hurdles. Williamson lowered the indoor 800m program record to 2:06.30, winning silver and earning All-American Athletic Conference honors at the conference indoor championships. In outdoor competition, Williamson earned All-American Athletic Conference honors in the 400m hurdles, taking bronze at the leagues outdoor event. At the 2014 NCAA East Preliminaries, Williamson broke her own school record in the 400m hurdles (57.81).   On the men's side, freshmen Aaron Persinger and LaForrest Church excelled in their rookie campaigns. Church earned All-American Athletic Conference honors with a gold medal performance in the 800m at the conference outdoor championship. As the season progressed, Persinger continued to lower his time in the 400m hurdles, running a season-best of 52.83 during the preliminary round of the American Athletic Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championships. Both Persinger and Church each qualified to the USATF Junior Nationals.   During the 2013 campaign, Fotenberry saw his women's sprinter/hurdlers group earn five All-America citations after guiding Williamson, Kala Funderburk, Monica Mason and Keyona Neal to the 2013 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships. Williamson, Funderburk, Mason and Neal all advanced to the national championship in the 4 x 400m relay with Williamson and Funderburk also advancing in the 400m hurdles and 400m respectively.   In the 4x400m relay, the group finished 15th overall to earn All-America second team honors. Funderburk also earned a second All-America citation taking second team honors with a 16th place finish in the 400m.   The women's sprints/hurdles group earned several All-Conference USA nods during the 2013 indoor and outdoor seasons. At the 2013 C-USA Indoor Championships, Funderburk took gold in the 400m earning All-C-USA first team honors. Willamson took silver at the event in the 800m to earn All-C-USA second team honors. Williamson, Funderburk, Mason and Neal also took sivler in the 4 x 400m earning All-C-USA second team honors.   At the C-USA Outdoor Championships, Funderburk and Williamson took silver in the 400m and 400m hurdles respectively to earn All-C-USA second team citations. Funderburk, Williamson, Mason and Neal then took gold in the 4 x 400m relay attaining All-C-USA first team honors. On the men's side, Brandon Williams took bronze in the 400m hurdles notching All-C-USA third team honors and qualified for his third NCAA East Preliminaries.   The 2013 outdoor season marked the seventh consecutive year that Fortenberry sent athletes to the NCAA postseason. At the NCAA East Preliminary, the women's sprint/hurdles group of Funderburk, Williamson, Mason and Neal set new program-records as they all advanced to the NCAA Outdoor Championships. Funderburk clocked a program-record of 52.59 to advance in the 400m, with Williamson setting a program record in the 400m hurdles at 58.07. Funderburk, Williamson, Mason and Neal set a program-best time in the 4x400m relay at a time of 3:33.65 and they advanced.   Setting school records is nothing new for Fortenberry's student-athletes. In his time with the sprinters/hurdlers (and assisting with jumpers until 2011), a total of 16 school records have been set. Included on Fortenberry's record-holders list are: Tayanna Simpson (60m hurdles, 100m hurdles), Lashundra Kernshaw (60m), Inger Anne Froysedal (outdoor triple jump), Chen Edri (outdoor high jump), Aaron Evans (800m), Richard Lowe (400m hurdles) and Aaron Whetstone (triple jump).   In 2011, Fortenberry qualified seven athletes for the NCAA Regionals (Robert Jackson, Richard Lowe, Nick Harold, Brandon Williams, Tayanna Simpson and LaShundra Kershaw). Fortenberry saw Lowe qualify for the NCAA Outdoor Championships, making him the only Conference USA representative in the 400-meter hurdles at the event. Lowe earned All-America first team distinction and was named the C-USA Male Athlete of the Year. Under Fortenberry's tutelage in 2010, Lowe and Jackson both advanced to the NCAA Outdoor Championships in hurdles. That same year, Fortenberry coached LaShundra Kershaw to the NCAA Regionals in both the 100 and 200 meters.   In 2009, five Tigers were NCAA Mideast Regional qualifiers, and two advanced regional finals in their respective events. Fortenberry had three athletes all win 2008 C-USA Outdoor Championships individual titles and also qualify for the NCAA Mideast Regionals.   In Fortenberry's first season in 2007, the Tigers sprinters, hurdlers and jumpers played a pivotal role in the men's team winning the C-USA Outdoor Championships crown. En route to the title, Willie Green (100m) Amaechi Oselukwue (110m hurdles) and Brandon Winbush (long jump, triple jump) all won gold in their respective events. Additionally, he had five athletes qualify for the NCAA postseason (Green, Oselukwue, Stephon Greenlee, Larry Harris and Winbush).   A 1992 Tylertown High School graduate, he was a valuable member of the Chiefs track and field team. His next educational stop was at LSU, where he earned his bachelor's degree in industrial education and construction management. Prior to joining the Memphis staff, Fortenberry had a successful stint as a Memphis-area high school track and field coach. Nic Fortenberry Assistant Coach (Sprints/Hurdles) Head coach Kevin Robinson has had tremendous success in his tenure at Memphis, and a primary reason is the stability provided by Nic Fortenberry, who is in his 10th season as an assistant on Robinsons staff in 2015-16.   Fortenberrys hand can be seen in the entire programs success. During his tenure in the Bluff City, over 30 student-athletes have earned All-America honors and over 300 garnered all-conference distinction, including nearly 70 individual conference title holders.   And, the past 2014-15 season was one of the programs best with Fortenberry on board, and the numbers and accomplishments below prove it:     Fortenberry primarily works with the sprints/hurdles and continues to build those student-athletes into contenders for conference and national titles. In all, Fortenberry has coached and 14 NCAA Championships qualifiers, 34 NCAA regional qualifiers and 20 conference champions.   Last season, Fortenberry guided Maya Williamson to an 800m appearance at NCAA Outdoor Championships, where she earned All-America honors. At the American Athletic Conference Championships, Williamson won the 800m title in a time of 2:05.52, which set the Connecticut George J. Sherman Family Sports Complex record. Shortly after claiming the conference 800m title, Williamson set the 800m school record in a time of 2:04.33 at the NCAA East Preliminaries.   In 2014, Fortenberry's sprinters and hurdlers continued to break program records and compete on a national level. Under his tutelage, Williamson thrived in the 800m and 400m hurdles. Williamson lowered the indoor 800m program record to 2:06.30, winning silver and earning All-American Athletic Conference honors at the conference indoor championships. In outdoor competition, Williamson earned All-American Athletic Conference honors in the 400m hurdles, taking bronze at the leagues outdoor event. At the 2014 NCAA East Preliminaries, Williamson broke her own school record in the 400m hurdles (57.81).   On the men's side, freshmen Aaron Persinger and LaForrest Church excelled in their rookie campaigns. Church earned All-American Athletic Conference honors with a gold medal performance in the 800m at the conference outdoor championship. As the season progressed, Persinger continued to lower his time in the 400m hurdles, running a season-best of 52.83 during the preliminary round of the American Athletic Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championships. Both Persinger and Church each qualified to the USATF Junior Nationals.   During the 2013 campaign, Fotenberry saw his women's sprinter/hurdlers group earn five All-America citations after guiding Williamson, Kala Funderburk, Monica Mason and Keyona Neal to the 2013 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships. Williamson, Funderburk, Mason and Neal all advanced to the national championship in the 4 x 400m relay with Williamson and Funderburk also advancing in the 400m hurdles and 400m respectively.   In the 4x400m relay, the group finished 15th overall to earn All-America second team honors. Funderburk also earned a second All-America citation taking second team honors with a 16th place finish in the 400m.   The women's sprints/hurdles group earned several All-Conference USA nods during the 2013 indoor and outdoor seasons. At the 2013 C-USA Indoor Championships, Funderburk took gold in the 400m earning All-C-USA first team honors. Willamson took silver at the event in the 800m to earn All-C-USA second team honors. Williamson, Funderburk, Mason and Neal also took sivler in the 4 x 400m earning All-C-USA second team honors.   At the C-USA Outdoor Championships, Funderburk and Williamson took silver in the 400m and 400m hurdles respectively to earn All-C-USA second team citations. Funderburk, Williamson, Mason and Neal then took gold in the 4 x 400m relay attaining All-C-USA first team honors. On the men's side, Brandon Williams took bronze in the 400m hurdles notching All-C-USA third team honors and qualified for his third NCAA East Preliminaries.   The 2013 outdoor season marked the seventh consecutive year that Fortenberry sent athletes to the NCAA postseason. At the NCAA East Preliminary, the women's sprint/hurdles group of Funderburk, Williamson, Mason and Neal set new program-records as they all advanced to the NCAA Outdoor Championships. Funderburk clocked a program-record of 52.59 to advance in the 400m, with Williamson setting a program record in the 400m hurdles at 58.07. Funderburk, Williamson, Mason and Neal set a program-best time in the 4x400m relay at a time of 3:33.65 and they advanced.   Setting school records is nothing new for Fortenberry's student-athletes. In his time with the sprinters/hurdlers (and assisting with jumpers until 2011), a total of 16 school records have been set. Included on Fortenberry's record-holders list are: Tayanna Simpson (60m hurdles, 100m hurdles), Lashundra Kernshaw (60m), Inger Anne Froysedal (outdoor triple jump), Chen Edri (outdoor high jump), Aaron Evans (800m), Richard Lowe (400m hurdles) and Aaron Whetstone (triple jump).   In 2011, Fortenberry qualified seven athletes for the NCAA Regionals (Robert Jackson, Richard Lowe, Nick Harold, Brandon Williams, Tayanna Simpson and LaShundra Kershaw). Fortenberry saw Lowe qualify for the NCAA Outdoor Championships, making him the only Conference USA representative in the 400-meter hurdles at the event. Lowe earned All-America first team distinction and was named the C-USA Male Athlete of the Year. Under Fortenberry's tutelage in 2010, Lowe and Jackson both advanced to the NCAA Outdoor Championships in hurdles. That same year, Fortenberry coached LaShundra Kershaw to the NCAA Regionals in both the 100 and 200 meters.   In 2009, five Tigers were NCAA Mideast Regional qualifiers, and two advanced regional finals in their respective events. Fortenberry had three athletes all win 2008 C-USA Outdoor Championships individual titles and also qualify for the NCAA Mideast Regionals.   In Fortenberry's first season in 2007, the Tigers sprinters, hurdlers and jumpers played a pivotal role in the men's team winning the C-USA Outdoor Championships crown. En route to the title, Willie Green (100m) Amaechi Oselukwue (110m hurdles) and Brandon Winbush (long jump, triple jump) all won gold in their respective events. Additionally, he had five athletes qualify for the NCAA postseason (Green, Oselukwue, Stephon Greenlee, Larry Harris and Winbush).   A 1992 Tylertown High School graduate, he was a valuable member of the Chiefs track and field team. His next educational stop was at LSU, where he earned his bachelor's degree in industrial education and construction management. Prior to joining the Memphis staff, Fortenberry had a successful stint as a Memphis-area high school track and field coach.

Fraizer.   In his time on staff, Fraizer has been involved with every facet of the program. Fraizer has helped guide over 30 student-athletes to All-America honors and over 300 to all-conference distinction, including nearly 70 individual conference title holders.   And, the past 2014-15 season was one of the programs best with Fraizer on staff, and the numbers and accomplishments below prove it:     Fraizers area of focus in the program is the pole vault, and its an event that has jumped into the national spotlight under his tutelage.   Before the 2014-15 campaign, Fraizer had established himself as one of the countrys top pole vault coaches, and last season validated that even more. Fraizer had three student-athletes Pauls Pujats, Carolina Carmichael and Sabrina Hochreuther all earn All-America honors at the 2015 NCAA Outdoor Championships. Pujats was the NCAA pole vault runner-up on the mens side with a school-record mark of 18-2.5. All three also competed at the NCAA East Preliminaries.   At the 2015 American Athletic Conference Outdoor Championships, Carmichael and Hochreuther finished first and third, respectively. Carmichaels mark of 14-9 set a school record and won the event by nearly two feet over the second-place finisher (13-2.25). In the indoor season, Carmichael also set the school record of 13-11.75 at the Missouri Tiger Invitational.   The 2013-14 indoor and outdoor seasons were the best in program history with Fraizer's student-athletes earning three All-America honors, three individual conference titles, a combined eight all-conference citations and five NCAA East Outdoor Preliminaries berths.   During the indoor season, Pauls Pujats and Austin Crenshaw took gold and silver, respectively, and earned all-conference honors at the inaugural American Athletic Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships. Pujats took the title, clearing 5.45m (17'10.5") and establishing a conference indoor record. His mark also qualified him for the 2014 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships.   At the NCAA Indoor Championships, Pujats took bronze and set a program record ( 5.50m; 18-0.50). The Latvia native earned All-America first team honors, making him the second Tiger pole vaulter to earn All-America status in indoor competition.   On the women's side, Clara Amat-Fernandez, Carmichael and Hochreuther continued to push the pole vault program to new heights in indoor competition. Amat-Fernandez and Hochreuther earned all-conference honors, winning silver and bronze, respectively. Amat-Fernandez set, at the time, an indoor program record, clearing a height of (4.08m; 13-4.5).   Fraizer's student-athletes continued to impress during the 2014 outdoor season with Pujats and Carmichael sweeping the men's and women's pole vault titles at the American Athletic Conference Championships and both setting program records. Pujats took gold on the men's side, earning him all-conference and Men's Most Outstanding Field Performer honors. Teammate Austin Crenshaw took silver at the event and also earned all-conference honors.   Carmichael took the women's title, clearing a height of 4.08m (13'4.5"). Amat-Fernandez took bronze at a height of 3.98m (13'.75"). Both performances earned the duo all-conference honors.   The outdoor season culminated with Pujats, Crenshaw, Carmichael, Hochreuther and Amat-Fernandez qualifying for the 2014 NCAA East Preliminaries. Pujats and Crenshaw advanced to the NCAA National Championships, with each securing top-12 finishes. Carmichael advanced with a third-place finish on the women's side.   At the 2014 NCAA Outdoor Championships, Pujats placed 10th in the men's pole vault, earning the junior All-America second team honors. Carmichael tied for 10th on the women's side and earned All-America second team honors. Carmichael's All-America nod made her the first female in program history to earn All-American honors in the pole vault.   The seeds for the highly successful 2014 campaign by Fraizer's pole vault crew began a year earlier with the same core of competitors. During the 2013 indoor season, Crenshaw took gold at the Conference USA Indoor Championships, with Pujats taking silver each earning the athletes all-conference honors. The women's side saw similar success in indoor conference competition with Amat-Fernandez and Hochreuther earning all-conference honors with a silver and bronze finish respectively.   In outdoor competition Nate Arnold, Crenshaw, Pujats, Hochreuther and Amat-Fernandez each qualified for the 2013 NCAA Outdoor East Preliminary. The group was the highest number of combined and individual men and women pole vaulters to represent Memphis since the NCAA moved to the regional qualifying format in 2001.   At the 2013 C-USA Outdoor Championships, Pujats and Crenshaw each earned all-conference honors, with Pujats taking silver and Crenshaw taking bronze. On the women's side, Hochreuther and Amat-Fernandez each scored points for the women's team at the C-USA Outdoor Championships placing fourth and fifth respectively. Amat-Fernandez also raised the women's outdoor program record to 3.95m (12'11.50") in a second place finish at the ASU Red Wolves Open.   In 2012, Fraizer guided Karlis Pujats and Crenshaw to top pole vault finishes at the C-USA Championships. Pujats won the C-USA indoor pole vault title 5.23m (17'1.75"), while Crenshaw won bronze. At the C-USA outdoors, Crenshaw and Pujats reversed roles, with Crenshaw winning gold 5.23m (17'1.75") and Pujats taking silver. On the women's side at the 2012 C-USA Indoors, Fraizer helped Sabrina Hochreuther to a fourth-place performance.   As a result of their outdoor season marks, Crenshaw and Pujats both advanced to the NCAA East Preliminaries. In the preliminary rounds, Crenshaw set the school's outdoor pole vault record with a mark of 5.27m (17'3.5").   Under Fraizer's supervision, Pujats won gold at the 2011 C-USA Indoors. Pujats also set a then school indoor pole vault record at the McCravy Memorial Meet 5.36m (17'7"). The mark qualified the Latvia native for the NCAA Indoor Championships, where he became the first Tigers pole vaulter to earn All-America honors.   Additionally, Pujats and Crenshaw earned NCAA East Regional bids during the 2011 outdoor season. That summer, Crenshaw qualified for the 2011 USA Junior Championships in Eugene, Ore. A year earlier in 2010, freshman Lauren Gale earned two all-conference nods in the pole vault.   In 2009, Fraizer helped Ashton Baldwin, Whitney Bolton, Brittany Brewster and Brian Prackett to all-conference pole vault performances. Fraizer also coached javelin at the time and, under his tutelage, guided Inger Anne Froysedal and Christian McDonald to all-conference honors.   The 2007-08 season was Fraizer's first on the U of M staff, but he had an immediate impact. Javelin thrower Christian McDonald qualified for the NCAA Mideast Regionals, where he threw a personal-best 64.90m (212-11). Additionally, Baldwin and Bolton both garnered all-conference marks at the 2008 indoor and outdoor championships.   Before Fraizer joined the coaching staff, he was a member of the Tigers track and field team from 2005-07. During his collegiate career, he was member of the 2007 C-USA Outdoor Championships title team. At the championships, he posted a fourth-place finish in the javelin.   Prior to his Tigers career, Fraizer spent time at Hutchinson Community College, where he earned All-American honors as a sophomore. He was a two-time NJCAA National Championships qualifier and a Junior Olympic in the javelin in his freshman and sophomore campaigns at Hutchinson.   Fraizer graduated from the University of Memphis in 2007. He is married to Victoria Fraizer, and they have one daughter, Leighton. Fraizer is a native of Wichita, Kan., where he attended Bishop Carroll Catholic High School. Tyler Fraizer Assistant Coach (Pole Vault) Continuity helps breed success, and head coach Kevin Robinson believes that. Its one reason that Robinsons track and field/cross country programs are a mainstay on the conference, regional and national maps. Part of that continuity is maintaining a top-notch staff that includes ninth-year assistant coach Tyler Fraizer.   In his time on staff, Fraizer has been involved with every facet of the program. Fraizer has helped guide over 30 student-athletes to All-America honors and over 300 to all-conference distinction, including nearly 70 individual conference title holders.   And, the past 2014-15 season was one of the programs best with Fraizer on staff, and the numbers and accomplishments below prove it:     Fraizers area of focus in the program is the pole vault, and its an event that has jumped into the national spotlight under his tutelage.   Before the 2014-15 campaign, Fraizer had established himself as one of the countrys top pole vault coaches, and last season validated that even more. Fraizer had three student-athletes Pauls Pujats, Carolina Carmichael and Sabrina Hochreuther all earn All-America honors at the 2015 NCAA Outdoor Championships. Pujats was the NCAA pole vault runner-up on the mens side with a school-record mark of 18-2.5. All three also competed at the NCAA East Preliminaries.   At the 2015 American Athletic Conference Outdoor Championships, Carmichael and Hochreuther finished first and third, respectively. Carmichaels mark of 14-9 set a school record and won the event by nearly two feet over the second-place finisher (13-2.25). In the indoor season, Carmichael also set the school record of 13-11.75 at the Missouri Tiger Invitational.   The 2013-14 indoor and outdoor seasons were the best in program history with Fraizer's student-athletes earning three All-America honors, three individual conference titles, a combined eight all-conference citations and five NCAA East Outdoor Preliminaries berths.   During the indoor season, Pauls Pujats and Austin Crenshaw took gold and silver, respectively, and earned all-conference honors at the inaugural American Athletic Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships. Pujats took the title, clearing 5.45m (17'10.5") and establishing a conference indoor record. His mark also qualified him for the 2014 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships.   At the NCAA Indoor Championships, Pujats took bronze and set a program record ( 5.50m; 18-0.50). The Latvia native earned All-America first team honors, making him the second Tiger pole vaulter to earn All-America status in indoor competition.   On the women's side, Clara Amat-Fernandez, Carmichael and Hochreuther continued to push the pole vault program to new heights in indoor competition. Amat-Fernandez and Hochreuther earned all-conference honors, winning silver and bronze, respectively. Amat-Fernandez set, at the time, an indoor program record, clearing a height of (4.08m; 13-4.5).   Fraizer's student-athletes continued to impress during the 2014 outdoor season with Pujats and Carmichael sweeping the men's and women's pole vault titles at the American Athletic Conference Championships and both setting program records. Pujats took gold on the men's side, earning him all-conference and Men's Most Outstanding Field Performer honors. Teammate Austin Crenshaw took silver at the event and also earned all-conference honors.   Carmichael took the women's title, clearing a height of 4.08m (13'4.5"). Amat-Fernandez took bronze at a height of 3.98m (13'.75"). Both performances earned the duo all-conference honors.   The outdoor season culminated with Pujats, Crenshaw, Carmichael, Hochreuther and Amat-Fernandez qualifying for the 2014 NCAA East Preliminaries. Pujats and Crenshaw advanced to the NCAA National Championships, with each securing top-12 finishes. Carmichael advanced with a third-place finish on the women's side.   At the 2014 NCAA Outdoor Championships, Pujats placed 10th in the men's pole vault, earning the junior All-America second team honors. Carmichael tied for 10th on the women's side and earned All-America second team honors. Carmichael's All-America nod made her the first female in program history to earn All-American honors in the pole vault.   The seeds for the highly successful 2014 campaign by Fraizer's pole vault crew began a year earlier with the same core of competitors. During the 2013 indoor season, Crenshaw took gold at the Conference USA Indoor Championships, with Pujats taking silver each earning the athletes all-conference honors. The women's side saw similar success in indoor conference competition with Amat-Fernandez and Hochreuther earning all-conference honors with a silver and bronze finish respectively.   In outdoor competition Nate Arnold, Crenshaw, Pujats, Hochreuther and Amat-Fernandez each qualified for the 2013 NCAA Outdoor East Preliminary. The group was the highest number of combined and individual men and women pole vaulters to represent Memphis since the NCAA moved to the regional qualifying format in 2001.   At the 2013 C-USA Outdoor Championships, Pujats and Crenshaw each earned all-conference honors, with Pujats taking silver and Crenshaw taking bronze. On the women's side, Hochreuther and Amat-Fernandez each scored points for the women's team at the C-USA Outdoor Championships placing fourth and fifth respectively. Amat-Fernandez also raised the women's outdoor program record to 3.95m (12'11.50") in a second place finish at the ASU Red Wolves Open.   In 2012, Fraizer guided Karlis Pujats and Crenshaw to top pole vault finishes at the C-USA Championships. Pujats won the C-USA indoor pole vault title 5.23m (17'1.75"), while Crenshaw won bronze. At the C-USA outdoors, Crenshaw and Pujats reversed roles, with Crenshaw winning gold 5.23m (17'1.75") and Pujats taking silver. On the women's side at the 2012 C-USA Indoors, Fraizer helped Sabrina Hochreuther to a fourth-place performance.   As a result of their outdoor season marks, Crenshaw and Pujats both advanced to the NCAA East Preliminaries. In the preliminary rounds, Crenshaw set the school's outdoor pole vault record with a mark of 5.27m (17'3.5").   Under Fraizer's supervision, Pujats won gold at the 2011 C-USA Indoors. Pujats also set a then school indoor pole vault record at the McCravy Memorial Meet 5.36m (17'7"). The mark qualified the Latvia native for the NCAA Indoor Championships, where he became the first Tigers pole vaulter to earn All-America honors.   Additionally, Pujats and Crenshaw earned NCAA East Regional bids during the 2011 outdoor season. That summer, Crenshaw qualified for the 2011 USA Junior Championships in Eugene, Ore. A year earlier in 2010, freshman Lauren Gale earned two all-conference nods in the pole vault.   In 2009, Fraizer helped Ashton Baldwin, Whitney Bolton, Brittany Brewster and Brian Prackett to all-conference pole vault performances. Fraizer also coached javelin at the time and, under his tutelage, guided Inger Anne Froysedal and Christian McDonald to all-conference honors.   The 2007-08 season was Fraizer's first on the U of M staff, but he had an immediate impact. Javelin thrower Christian McDonald qualified for the NCAA Mideast Regionals, where he threw a personal-best 64.90m (212-11). Additionally, Baldwin and Bolton both garnered all-conference marks at the 2008 indoor and outdoor championships.   Before Fraizer joined the coaching staff, he was a member of the Tigers track and field team from 2005-07. During his collegiate career, he was member of the 2007 C-USA Outdoor Championships title team. At the championships, he posted a fourth-place finish in the javelin.   Prior to his Tigers career, Fraizer spent time at Hutchinson Community College, where he earned All-American honors as a sophomore. He was a two-time NJCAA National Championships qualifier and a Junior Olympic in the javelin in his freshman and sophomore campaigns at Hutchinson.   Fraizer graduated from the University of Memphis in 2007. He is married to Victoria Fraizer, and they have one daughter, Leighton. Fraizer is a native of Wichita, Kan., where he attended Bishop Carroll Catholic High School.

Queck has quickly established a strong coaching resume working with jump and multi-event athletes. During the 2014 indoor track and field season two of Queck's athletes took podium finishes at the American Athletic Conference Championships and established conference meet records. Fellow multi-event athlete Turre Hollo took bronze in the heptathlon with a personal-best of 5,235 points. Sophomore Luis Hanssler took first in the heptathlon setting a program-record of 5,444 points. In the high jump, senior Georgio Lynwood took gold clearing the bar at 2.10m (6'10.75"). Hanssler, Hollo, and Lynwood all earned all-conference honors for their performances. Queck's crew saw similar success in outdoor competition with two athletes earning berths in the 2014 East Preliminary (Lynwood, high jump; Jaleen White; triple jump) and one additional at the 2014 NCAA Outdoor Championships (Hanssler, decathlon). At the American Athletic Conference Outdoor Championships, Lynwood and Hanssler each took individual titles. Lynwood took gold in the high jump clearing 2.10m (6'10.75"). In the decathlon, Hanssler took gold, setting a program-record of 7,471 points. During his title run Hanssler set personal-bests in the 100m, 110 hurdles and long jump. Along with Hanssler and Lynwood, two more of Queck's athletes earned all-conference honors with Hollo taking third in the decathlon and freshman Chardae Greenlee earning bronze in the triple jump. Hanssler's decathlon performance earned the sophomore a berth in the NCAA Outdoor Championships, where he took 18th overall with 7,120 points. Queck joined the coaching staff after serving as a volunteer coach for the Tigers in 2013, aiding with the sprinters. Prior to Memphis, he served in a similar capacity with Southern Miss. While with the Golden Eagles, the Annandale, Minn., native assisted in coaching two athletes ranked in the top-25 in the world in the 100m and three All-Conference USA sprinters. Prior to his time at Southern Miss, Queck was a two-sport standout at St. Cloud State University in Minnesota where he lettered two years in football as a wide receiver and four in track and field, competing in the 100m, 200m and 400m sprints. While at St. Cloud, he also was part of the 4 x 100m relay team that won the conference championship. Queck earned all-conference honors three times during his collegiate career. In high school, Queck was a standout at Annandale HS, where he lettered in football, basketball and track. As a prep athlete he earned all-conference and all-area accolades. Competing in track and field, he helped Annandale to win three state championships. Queck received his bachelor's degree from St. Cloud University (2010) in broadcast journalism with a coaching minor and holds a MS degree from Southern Miss in coaching education. Queck is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) through the National Strength and Conditioning Association and is a USATF Level 1 Certified Coach. He is the son of Rev. Tom and Kathy Queck. David Queck Assistant Coach Entering his second season with the Tigers, David Queck has quickly established a strong coaching resume working with jump and multi-event athletes. During the 2014 indoor track and field season two of Queck's athletes took podium finishes at the American Athletic Conference Championships and established conference meet records. Fellow multi-event athlete Turre Hollo took bronze in the heptathlon with a personal-best of 5,235 points. Sophomore Luis Hanssler took first in the heptathlon setting a program-record of 5,444 points. In the high jump, senior Georgio Lynwood took gold clearing the bar at 2.10m (6'10.75"). Hanssler, Hollo, and Lynwood all earned all-conference honors for their performances. Queck's crew saw similar success in outdoor competition with two athletes earning berths in the 2014 East Preliminary (Lynwood, high jump; Jaleen White; triple jump) and one additional at the 2014 NCAA Outdoor Championships (Hanssler, decathlon). At the American Athletic Conference Outdoor Championships, Lynwood and Hanssler each took individual titles. Lynwood took gold in the high jump clearing 2.10m (6'10.75"). In the decathlon, Hanssler took gold, setting a program-record of 7,471 points. During his title run Hanssler set personal-bests in the 100m, 110 hurdles and long jump. Along with Hanssler and Lynwood, two more of Queck's athletes earned all-conference honors with Hollo taking third in the decathlon and freshman Chardae Greenlee earning bronze in the triple jump. Hanssler's decathlon performance earned the sophomore a berth in the NCAA Outdoor Championships, where he took 18th overall with 7,120 points. Queck joined the coaching staff after serving as a volunteer coach for the Tigers in 2013, aiding with the sprinters. Prior to Memphis, he served in a similar capacity with Southern Miss. While with the Golden Eagles, the Annandale, Minn., native assisted in coaching two athletes ranked in the top-25 in the world in the 100m and three All-Conference USA sprinters. Prior to his time at Southern Miss, Queck was a two-sport standout at St. Cloud State University in Minnesota where he lettered two years in football as a wide receiver and four in track and field, competing in the 100m, 200m and 400m sprints. While at St. Cloud, he also was part of the 4 x 100m relay team that won the conference championship. Queck earned all-conference honors three times during his collegiate career. In high school, Queck was a standout at Annandale HS, where he lettered in football, basketball and track. As a prep athlete he earned all-conference and all-area accolades. Competing in track and field, he helped Annandale to win three state championships. Queck received his bachelor's degree from St. Cloud University (2010) in broadcast journalism with a coaching minor and holds a MS degree from Southern Miss in coaching education. Queck is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) through the National Strength and Conditioning Association and is a USATF Level 1 Certified Coach. He is the son of Rev. Tom and Kathy Queck.

Frenette is in his first season at the University of Memphis as the assistant coach of the mens and womens cross country and track and field teams. His previous coaching stop was at Valley City State University (VCSU) as the mens and womens track and field/cross country head coach from 2012-15.   Prior to his Valley City State stint, Frenette spent over 20 years with the Campbell University track and field/cross country program. He served as the track and field head coach from 1989-2003 and cross country head coach from 1989-2011.   A five-time conference cross country coach of the year honoree, Frenette has 20-plus years of experience as a head college coach both on the track and trails. Frenette coached the 2013 VCSU mens cross country team to the NAIA National Championships and was honored with conference coach of the year. In 2014, he helped guide Richard Langdeaux to an individual conference championship and an appearance at the NAIA cross country championships.   Frenettes athletes have earned NCAA Division I all-conference honors 52 times in cross country and 113 times in track and field. He has had a number of athletes compete nationally and internationally at the NCAA Division I cross country and track and field championships, world junior track and field championships, NAIA track and field championships, world cross country championships, NACAC track and field championships and the Canadian track and field and cross country championships.   Frenettes student-athletes have been recognized numerous times for academic success, earning conference All-Academic honors over 400 times.   As an NCAA Division I collegiate athlete, he established himself as one of the top distance/cross country runners from 1984-88. He was a two-time Big South Conference cross country individual champion and earned all-conference honors four times. He was named to the 1980 All-Big South Decade Cross Country Team.   He represented Canada at the 1991 Pan American Games in Havana, Cuba, where he was the top North American finisher and placed sixth overall in the marathon. He also qualified for the 1992 Canadian Olympic Trials in the 10,000 meters.   A certified USA Level II Track and Field coach in the middle and long distance events, Frenette has bachelors and masters degrees in physical education.