SIMON BOWEN

University of Texas-Pan American

Assistant Coach
Photo from UTPA

A native of Kingston, Jamaica.
Attended St. Catherine High School, Morgan State, George Mason.
He coached at St. Jago High School in Jamaica.
Coach Marlon Greensword.
Bowen earned a bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering from George Mason in 1996.
He is married to Alecia Cole-Bowen. The couple have a son, Tyree.

DALTON EBANKS

George Mason University

Head Coach
 Men's Track & Field
and Men's Cross Country

Photos from GMU site

He first came to George Mason in 1985 as an assistant coach for the women’s track & field team. In 1990 he shifted to the men’s team as an assistant, and has been involved ever since.

As lead George Mason track & field to five straight NCAA Championship appearances. With a high of seventh place in 1999.
He has coached 21 All-Americans, seven National Champions, 11 Penn Relay Carnival champions and a three-time Olympic medalist. Ebanks was a major factor in guiding the Patriots to the 1996 NCAA Indoor Championship and a runner-up finish outdoors.

Attended Vere Technical High School, Philander Smith College.
Coached at  Vere Technical High School, coaching clinics in Ghana 1990.

Coach Greg Haughton

Ebanks resides in Fairfax with his wife, Donna, and their three children Tanya, Karee' and Kareem.

James Grant enters his sixth season at the helm of the Iowa track and field program. Grant was the former assistant coachat Iowa for 12 years.

During his first season at Iowa's helm, Grant coached hurdles Wynsome Cole to all-America status in the 400-meter hurdles at the NCAA Outdoor Championships, and sprinter Ellen Grant to 400-meter titles at the indoor and outdoor Big Ten Championships. Both still hold the school records in those events. The Hawkeyes' 400-meter relay team of Tara Underwood, Cole, Grant and Kaydene Wynter also won a title at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships.

As Iowa's assistant coach from 1985-96.

Grant coached at the high school level in Jamaica for 11 years prior to joining the Hawkeye program in 1985. From 1982-85, Grant coached the men's and women's track teams at G.C. Foster College of Physical Education and Sport. He coached world outdoor champion quarter-miler Bert Cameron, and world indoor champion quarter-miler Devon Morris.

A graduate of Kingston College High - Jamaica, Eastern Michigan University - USA

In 1991, he was inducted into the Eastern Michigan Hall of Fame.

He was the 1965 and 1966 Jamaican national champion in both the 200 and 400-meter runs as a high school athlete at Jamaica's Kingston College.

Grant received his bachelor's degree in sociology and history from Eastern Michigan, and his master's degree in physical education from the German College of Physical Education in Leipzig, Germany.

VICTOR THOMAS

Lincoln U.

Head Coach Track and Field
& Cross Country 









Photo from Lincoln site

Thomas got his bachelor’s degree in Physical Education from G.C. Foster College in St. Catherine, Jamaica and his master’s degree from Gardner-Webb in Boiling Spring, North Carolina. He is an IAAAF level-3 coach who specializes in sprints, jumps and hurdles. He has been coaching both junior and senior athletes for over 20 years.

At Lincoln University, Thomas has coached his women’s team to three NCAA national championships.
His first title came in 2003 at the outdoor national championships where his athletes won seven events, one short of the record for first place finishes at the Division II level. He went on to coach his team to the 2004 indoor and outdoor national championships.

Thomas has coached over 20 national champions and seven relay national champions. In his short time as a coach, he has coached over 100 All Americans.

Head coach of the Jamaican Junior Pan American Games National Team, the C.A.C Games National Team and has been on the senior Pan American Games team coaching staff as a hurdles coach. Previously, Thomas served as head men's coach of national prep powerhouse Camperdown High, and as head coach of teams at Holy Trinity and Cambridge High Schools.

The Kingston, Jamaica, native has tutored three Olympic athletes during his coaching career, including 1992 Olympian Ralston Wright, Veronica Findley (1984 and '88), and Mitchell Francis (1994). Thomas also shared his expertise with 1995 and 1997 World University Games hurdler Patrina Allen.

Barrett has an impressive collegiate track resume, ranging from being named Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Outstanding Coach four times to having coached four NCAA National qualifiers and participants. Since finding his home in Princess Anne, Barrett has coached five NCAA National qualifiers as well as several athletes who have qualified and competed at NCAA Regional Competition.

While at Coppin, Barrett coached three participants in the USA Track and Field Championships (1994, 1997, 1999), two Olympic trial qualifiers (1996), two World Indoor Track Championship participants (1999), and one World Record Holder and World Champion (1999).

Barrett served as the assistant coach at Coppin for one year before taking over the reigns as head coach. Prior to Coppin, Barrett was the head coach of the track and field program at Falls Church High School in Falls Church, Virginia.

A native of Kingston, Jamaica, Barrett also has an outstanding resume as an athlete. He was an Olympic Trial qualifier and garnered All-American honors seven times in the 800m run, the 4X800 Relay, and 4X400 Relay. He was a member of the 4X800 relay team that broke the World Record in 1989 with a time of 7:17.77.

Barrett is a member of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. He enjoyed a successful track career at George Mason University, earning a B.S. degree in Community Health Education in 1991. Barrett currently resides in Salisbury, Maryland with his wife, Antoinette, and two daughters, Tasia and Kristen.

Halcyon "Tudy" Blake as the new head men's and women's track & field and cross country coach at Methodist College. Blake comes to the Monarch staff after a one-year stint as the head coach at Northwood High School in Pittsboro, NC. Blake was the assistant track & field coach at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for three seasons.

Blake coached at Pine Forest High School here in Fayetteville, NC from 1987-1996. Under her direction, the men's and women's indoor track and field teams at PFHS won the 1995 and 1996 4A State Championships.

Born in Jamaica, Blake went to John F. Kennedy High School in New York, Kansas University. Blake was inducted into the Kansas University Athletic Hall of Fame. The 1983 graduate still holds 7 KU school records.

Blake was a member of the Jamaican National Team in the 1984 & 1988 . She ran on the 1988 bronze medal 4X100 relay team. Blake holds one of the top five longest long jumps by a female on United States soil with a 23'01" wind-aided leap at the 1983 US Sports Festival.
 

 
Michelle Burgher

 Williams College

Assistant Track & Field Coach

Photo from Williams site

Terrelonge was a two-time Olympian for Jamaica in 1992 and ‘96 in the 800-meter run and the 4 x 400 relay and was also the World Champion in the 800-meter run in 1995. He graduated from Lincoln College in Lincoln University, Pa., and earned NCAA Division III All-American honors 19 times. Terrelonge also holds the NCAA Division III 800-meter outdoor record, was an eight-time 400-meter champion and was a four-time Jamaica national champion in the 800-meter.

Before coming to Brown, Terrelonge served in a number of capacities at Lincoln from 1995-2000, including head men’s soccer coach and assistant track and field coach. He graduated from Lincoln in 1994 with a degree in health and physical education.

McFarlane received a physical education degree from G.C. Foster College in Jamaica. She was the MVP for three consecutive years in track and field before moving to the U.S.

McFarlane earned her bachelor’s degree in exercise sports science from the University of Tulsa, 1999-2001. She was a two-year letterwinner at Tulsa as a sprinter and earned provisional qualification to the NCAA Championships in the 400-meter dash and 4x400-meter relays.

She also earned Western Athletic Conference (WAC) All-Academic as well as Dean’s List honors. McFarlane, who holds a Level One coaching certification from the USA Track and Field Association, will be working on her master’s degree in human performance.
 

Owen McGregor brings his 15 years of coaching experience to assist the CAC coaching staff with the sprints, hurdles, jumps, and recruiting.

Owen has coached numerous Olympians, NCAA Champions, and
All-Americans.

Owen once ran for Central Arizona earning All-American status 7 times and
first team All-Conference 4 times. 

Owen graduated from Central Arizona College with an Associate in Arts degree and earned his Bachelors of Arts degree from Arizona State.  A USATF Level 1 certified coach and has attended the USATF Elite Sprint Seminar in Las Vegas.

Suzanne Dickenson is in her fourth season as a full-time assistant on the Wildcats' coaching staff after an all-America career on the track for ACU.

Dickenson came to Abilene in January 1998 after graduating from Mico Teachers College in Kingston, Jamaica.  She received a teaching diploma in secondary education with an emphasis in mathematics and general science.  Dickenson completed her B.S. degree in 1999 and her master's in 2001, both at ACU.

Her accomplishments on the track include being named to the Junior Carifta Team and the Junior Pan American Team after winning the Jamaican Junior National Championship in the 100 hurdles.  She was a five-time all-America selection and four-time national runner-up in the 100-meter hurdles for the Wildcats in 1998 and 1999.

In 1999 Dickenson was the student assistant to the compliance coordinator.  She was then appointed as graduate assistant for the 2000-01 school year and has now been promoted to full-time assistant coach and UIL regional director.

Doel Bailey




Lindenwood

Assistant Coach:
Recruiting Coordinator
Sprints
Jumps



 

Tamara Dayes returns for her second season as the academic coordinator for the Long Island University track and field coaching staff. Dayes will also work with the Blackbirds’ throwers.

Before coming to Long Island, Dayes was a strength and conditioning assistant at Velocity Sports Performance. She also served as the graduate assistant track and field coach at Virginia Commonwealth in 2003. While at VCU, her athletes placed second in the discus and third in the shot put at the Colonial Athletic Association Championships. Dayes was a four-year letterwinner at Southern Mississippi, where she was the 2001 Conference USA champion in the discus. She was also a runner-up in the shot put event at both indoor and outdoor championships. She currently holds four throwing records for the Golden Eagles. Dayes was the Jamaican national high school champion in both the discus and shot put and has represented Jamaica at the CAC and Pan-Am Junior Championships.

Dayes earned her Bachelor’s degree in broadcast journalism with a minor in Spanish from Southern Mississippi in 2002, and is currently working on a master’s in sports sciences with an emphasis in coaching and conditioning at Long Island.

Giscombe is the 2001 Jamaican intercollegiate high jump champion and runner-up in the javelin competition. He competed for Augustana College in the high, long and triple jumps in addition to running the 4x400-meter relay and participating in the javelin throw. Giscombe holds both the Augustana indoor and outdoor high jump records.

A graduate of G.C. Foster College of Physical Education and Sports in St. Catherine, Jamaica, Giscombe has also received degrees in fitness management and teacher education from Augustana. He is currently pursuing a master’s degree in exercise physiology at Long Island.

Assistant Coach Soyini Thompson-Murray

Soyini Thompson-Murray is in her third season with the Chargers. She is a graduate of Gardner-Webb University (Boiling Springs, N.C.) where she earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology. The Kingston, Jamaica native's main focus is working with the UAH track sprinters and jumpers. During the fall, she also assists with cross country operations.

Thompson-Murray competed for Gardner-Webb University in track. A standout sprinter, she was an 8-time indoor and outdoor ECAC qualifier, 4 time NCAA Division II qualifier, 2-time Atlantic Sun All Conference, and ECAC All Conference. Thompson-Murray was also a member of the Student Athletic Advisory Committee (SAAC) at Gardner-Webb.

Thompson-Murray is a graduate of Vere Technical High School in Clarendon, Jamaica. She received an outstanding performance award for her effort when her team finished 2nd in 4x400m relay at Penn Relays in 1998. Thompson-Murray also captained her team to a 2nd place finish at the Jamaican Girls Championship (1998 & 1999).

In the summer of 2005, Soyini gave birth to a son, Ajani.

George Walcott – Sprint coach

Jamaican born sprinter, NCAA Colleigate Champion 200m, Pan 10 Champion, Sprinter on several World championships, Pan Am Games 80-92 coach at University of Oregon, sprint coach at Stanford 92’ and 93’ Since 1993 fitness consultant for MLB, NFL, Professional triathletes, track athletes and high school teams. One of the best coaches in the USA.