Jacobs Announces Track & Field/Cross Country 2016 Recruiting Class
8/10/2016 12:00:00 AM | Track & Field/Cross Country
CONWAY - The Coastal Carolina University cross country/track & field programs have added 14 new members for the 2016-17 season, announced Director of Cross Country/Track & Field Jeff Jacobs. The class includes student-athletes with numerous state championship meet experiences.
"This is a solid group of student-athletes that will help propel us to success as we enter the highly competitive Sun Belt Conference for the 2016-17 year," said Jacobs.
Men
Hutson Baumann
Ellicott City, Md./Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Personal Bests:
5,000m - 15:02.01
10,000m - 30:37.92
8K (cross country) - 25:53
10k (cross country) - 31:56
Transfer from Indiana University (Pa.) will have three years eligibility for cross country and outdoor track & field … Finished third in the 10,000m and fourth in the 5,000m at the 2016 PSAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships … Finished 22nd at NCAA Division II Atlantic Region Cross Country Championship.
Austin Boyd
Findlay, Ohio/Liberty-Benton HS
Personal Bests:
Discus - 188' 0"
Shot Put - 56' 6.25"
Hammer - 152' 1"
Weight Throw - 61' 8.75"
Runner-up finish in the weight throw at the 2016 Ohio ATCCC Indoor State Championship … Finished fifth in the discus at the 2016 Division II Ohio State Championships.
Keishaun Limehouse
Moncks Corner, S.C./Berkeley HS
Personal Bests:
100m - 10.81
110mHH - 14.10
400mIH - 54.26
2016 SCHSL AAA State Champion in the 110mHH and finished fifth in the 100m … Runner-up in 110mHH at 2015 SCHSL AAA State Meet.
Andrew Southard
Ajax, Ontario/Ajax HS
Personal Bests:
800m - 1:52.48
1500m - 3:56.93
Finalist in both the 800m and 1500m at the 2016 OFSSA Championships.
Women
Annie Bothma
Stellenbosch, South Africa/Boise State
Personal Bests:
3k - 10:16
5k - 17:20
10k - 34:39
15k - 54:48
6K (cross country) - 21:18
Finished 48th at 2015 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, representing South Africa … Transfer from Boise State, will have four years eligibility in cross country, indoor track & field and outdoor track & field … Finished third of 243 finishers at 2015 Roy Griak Cross Country Invitational covering the 6k course in a personal-best 21:18.
Morgan Boyle
Tamaqua, Pa./Tamaqua Area HS
Personal Bests:
Javelin - 142' 0"
Pole Vault - 10' 6"
Three-time Pennsylvania State Championship qualifier in the javelin and pole vault … 2016 and 2015 district champion in the javelin … 2016 pole vault district champion.
Erica Evans
Atlanta, Ga./Woodward Academy
Personal Bests:
100mH - 14.33
300mH - 44.78
800m - 2:22.34
High Jump - 5' 2"
Javelin - 104' 10"
Long Jump - 18' 2"
Shot Put - 32' 5"
Heptathlon - 4,369
Carina Frey
Bachmayerhof, Germany/Hochschule Ludwigshafen Am Rhein
Personal Bests:
60m (indoor) - 7.56
100m - 11.65
200m (indoor) - 24.38
200m - 24.41
Tiffany Harris
Rockville, Va./Patrick Henry HS
Personal Bests:
100m - 12.33
200m - 24.76
400m - 54.85
Four-time finalist at the Virginia High School State Championship in the 400m and a three-time finalist in the 200m.
Bre-Anna Heyward-White
Beaufort, S.C./Beaufort HS
Personal Bests:
100m - 12.23
200m - 24.74
400m - 56.16
Will enroll January 2017 … Three-time SCHSL AAA State finalist in the 200m and 400m … State runner-up in the 400m in 2016.
Afuagold "Golden" Kumi-Darfour
Reston, Va./South Lakes HS
Personal bests:
400m - 57.68
500m (indoor) - 1:16.44
800m - 2:12.81
1,000m (indoor) - 2:58.65
1,600m - 5:15.43
Three time VHSL 6A State finalist in the 800m … Finished fourth in the 500m at the 2016 Virginia 6A State Indoor Championship.
Alyssa LeClaire
Peachtree City, Ga./McIntosh HS
Personal Bests:
800m - 2:17.81
Mile - 4:55.78
3,200m - 10:52.16
5K (cross country) - 18:50.15
2016 Georgia State 5A High School state champion in the 1600m and 3200m … Won 2016 Georgia High School Meet of Champions 3200m in personal best time of 10:52.16 … Finished third in the Wing Foot All-Star Mile in personal best time of 4:55.78.
Taylor McGruder
Columbia, S.C./Hammond School
Personal Bests:
Triple Jump - 39' 0"
Long Jump - 17' 5.75"
Three-time SCISA state champion in the long jump, and two-time state champion in the triple jump.
Kiana Robinson
Gaithersburg, Md./Grovetown HS/Savannah State
Personal Bests:
200m - 24.87
Transfer from Savannah State … Two-time Georgia High School 5A state finalist in the 200m.
Nadia White
Rock Hill, S.C./Northwestern HS
Personal Bests:
100m - 12.25
Long Jump - 18' 1"
Finished fifth at the 2015 SCHSL AAAA State Championship in the long jump.
