Jamaican track & field coaches in the USA, simon bowen, dalton ebanks, james grant, victor thomas

Antony Williams enters his 10th year as Villanova's sprint coordinator and his first year as associate head coach.

Over the past nine years, Villanova has seen the development of Wildcat greats such as All-Americaans Kareem Archer, Charmaine Walker, Nic O’Brien, Marlena Robinson and Mike Brown and Paul Moser. Williams also helped standouts such as Jermaine Deans, Kia Davis, Kesha Walley, Carlos Bedoya, Melanie Sklepko and Sherese Price to numerous Big East titles and NCAA appearances.

A native of Kingston, Jamaica, Williams attended Blinn College in Brenham, Texas, where he was a Junior College All-American in the triple jump and sprint relay. He earned a bachelor of business administration in management from the University of Mississippi, where he made the Dean’s List as well as being an Academic All-SEC honoree.

In 1994 and 1998, Williams was the Jamaican national champion in the triple jump and he went on to represent Jamaica internationally on several occasions. He spent three years as a volunteer jumps coach in the Plainfield (N.J.) High School System.

Williams is engaged and has one son, Craig, and two nieces, Danielle and Brianna.

WILLIAMS’ COACHING ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• 17 All-Americans, 32 Big East Champions, 10 ECAC/IC4A Champions, 29 Villanova Records

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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 IOWA Head Coach Men & Women's Track & Field Photo from Iowa site	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	Victor “Poppy” Thomas enters his fourth year as Lincoln University head cross country and track & field coach. He came to Lincoln after two years at Gardner-Webb University as an assistant coach. He is a native of Kingston, Jamaica in the West Indies. He got his first Tertiary Education at Mico Teachers College where he got a diploma in teacher’s education. 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.
Ernest Barrett U.Maryland Eastern Shore Head Men & Women's Cross-Country/Track & Field Coach	Ernest Barrett begins his sixth season as the head cross-country/track and field coach at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, coming to UMES after five years as a head coach at Coppin State University. 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.
Stephanie Minto Southern University New Orleans Head Coach:	Graduate of SUNO '98 18 time All-American National Champion ('95-'98) Coach of the year NAIA 2000
Charmaine Howell University South Carolina Volunteer Assistant Coach	Silver medalist and South Carolina graduate Charmaine Howell enters her first season as a volunteer assistant coach for the USC track & field team
Halcyon Blake Methodist Head Men's & Women's Track & Field/Cross Country Coach Photo from Methodist site	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.
MARK ELLIOTT Louisiana State U. Assistant Head Coach Track & Field/Cross Country
Howard Doughterty TAMU Track & Field Coach	In his second season with Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, Howard Dougherty brings a wide array of coaching experience at all levels from high school to international and Olympic competition. He will assist with sprints, hurdles and with all field events. “We’re very fortunate to be able to get coach Dougherty,” said Flanagan. “He has a tremendous amount of experience coaching from the high school level to the Olympic level. What I like most about Coach Dougherty is that he is a wonderful teacher. He teaches the basics to the athletes, and this will be instrumental in helping get our track and field program to the next level.” Dougherty, arrived in the Coastal Bend after working as an assistant at NCAA Division II powerhouse Abilene Christian. Prior to Abilene Christian, the native of Jamaica coached for 12 years coaching at Mannings High School and with the Ambassadors International Track Club. He also has been a part of the Jamaican National Team coaching staff. Dougherty earned his teacher certification at Church Teachers College in Jamaica, and earned his Bachelors and Masters degrees while attending Abilene Christian
Michelle Burgher Williams College Assistant Track & Field Coach Photo from Williams site	Williams College assistant track & field coach Michelle Burgher is a big meet performer, and she always beat lot of very talented runners at the Jamaican Championship meets. Michelle Burgher got the Bronze medal as a member of the 4x400M team at the 2004 Olympics in Athens. While running for Ralph White at Clemson, Burgher led the Tigers to a third place finish at the 2001 NCAA Outdoor Championships by earning All-America honors in the 400m, the 4 X 100 and the 4 X 400. Burgher has served as an assistant coach of men's and women's indoor and outdoor track & field at Williams since the fall of 2001.
Ailene Smith Lincoln University Assistant Track & Field Coach
Javid Brathwaite U.Maryland Eastern Shore Assistant Track & Field Coach	Javid Brathwaite enters his third season as an assistant coach with University of Maryland Eastern Shore men’s and women’s track and field teams in 2004-05. Was a utility individual as an athlete for the fighting hawks. Was an All MEAC in a variety of events including the decathlon, triple jump, pole vault 400mh, 4x100m and 4x400m relays. He was very inspiration with the development of women’s pole vault in the MEAC Conference, having coached four of the top five athletes in the events’ inception. Javid earned his bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, 2001-2002. He was a three-year letter winner at UMES as a hurdler and earned All MEAC 400h dash and 4x400-meter relays. He also earned Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) All-Academic as well as Dean’s List honors. Javid will be graduating May 2005 with his master’s degree in Applied Computer Science. Javid currently resides in Salisbury, Maryland.
Richard James Long Island University Assistant Track & Field Coach
Clive Terrelonge U. Connecticut Assistant Women's Track & Field Coach	Clive Terrelonge, who served as an assistant women’s track and field coach at Brown, as been named to the coaching staff at Connecticut as assistant coaches, Terrelonge will handle the sprints and the hurdles. 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.
Wendy McFarlane Frostburg State Assistant Coach Men’s and Women’s Track & Field	Wendy McFarlane enters her second season as an assistant coach with the Frostburg State men’s and women’s track and field teams in 2004-05. McFarlane, who served as a volunteer assistant coach for the University of Delaware track teams in 2002-03, will again work with the Bobcat sprinters. 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.
Antony Williams Villanova Associate Head Coach Sprint Coordinator	Antony Williams enters his 10th year as Villanova's sprint coordinator and his first year as associate head coach. Over the past nine years, Villanova has seen the development of Wildcat greats such as All-Americaans Kareem Archer, Charmaine Walker, Nic O’Brien, Marlena Robinson and Mike Brown and Paul Moser. Williams also helped standouts such as Jermaine Deans, Kia Davis, Kesha Walley, Carlos Bedoya, Melanie Sklepko and Sherese Price to numerous Big East titles and NCAA appearances. A native of Kingston, Jamaica, Williams attended Blinn College in Brenham, Texas, where he was a Junior College All-American in the triple jump and sprint relay. He earned a bachelor of business administration in management from the University of Mississippi, where he made the Dean’s List as well as being an Academic All-SEC honoree. In 1994 and 1998, Williams was the Jamaican national champion in the triple jump and he went on to represent Jamaica internationally on several occasions. He spent three years as a volunteer jumps coach in the Plainfield (N.J.) High School System. Williams is engaged and has one son, Craig, and two nieces, Danielle and Brianna. WILLIAMS’ COACHING ACCOMPLISHMENTS • 17 All-Americans, 32 Big East Champions, 10 ECAC/IC4A Champions, 29 Villanova Records •
Owen McGregor Assistant Track Coach Central Arizona College	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.
Dennis Barrett McGill University Track and Field & Cross Country	Dennis Barrett has served as the McGill University track and field team coach since 1984 with the exception of a one-year sabbatical in 1985 when he competed for Canada on the international bobsled circuit. In 1988, he was also appointed head coach of McGill's cross-country team. Now in his 19th season at McGill, Barrett also serves as the strength and conditioning coordinator for the McGill department of athletics. After becoming McGill’s first All-Canadian athlete in track & field, he has coached 38 All-Canadians in track and 16 more in cross country at McGill. He has been named the Quebec university conference coach-of-the-year 17 times in track & field and 22 times in cross country. In track & field, he has guided McGill to 11 Quebec women’s championships and six men’s titles. In cross-country, his McGill teams have captured 15 women’s banners and seven men’s titles. A 46-year-old native of Kingston, Jamaica, Barrett grew up in Dollard des Ormeaux, a suburb of Montreal. He attended Lindsay Place high school and John Abbott College, before receiving a track & field scholarship to New Mexico State University. In 1979, he transferred to Austin Peay State University in Tennessee and graduated magna cum laude in 1981 with a bachelor’s of science degree in health sciences and physical education. Barrett transferred to McGill in 1981 and the following year, he led McGill to the provincial track & field title and qualified for the Canadian university national championships in Toronto. He earned All-Canadian status after winning silver in the 600m at the CIAUs. A team captain and MVP that season, he set a number of school track records, including one in the 4x200m relay which still stands, some three decades later (1:27.92). Also the strength & conditioning coordinator at McGill Athletics, Barrett has served as a fitness consultant for the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. He has trained numerous athletes, including Olympic gold medalists Jamie Salé & David Pelletier (Salt Lake City Winter Games) plus top-ranked Canadian tennis players Greg Rusedski, Martin Laurendeau, and Stephane Bonneau, Olympic track star Rosie Edeh (finished 5th in 400m hurdles at Atlanta Summer Games), McGill track star Sarah Ali-Khan (who went to the World Cross-country cgampionships), hockey players Mike Robeiro (Montreal Canadiens) and Mathieu Darche (Columbus Blue Jackets, Syracuse Crunch), plus numerous professional football players, including Tommy Kane (Seattle Seahawks & Toronto Argonauts), J.P. Darche (Seattle Seahawks & Toronto Argonauts), Samir Chahine (Edmonton & Toronto), Dan Pronyk (Hamilton Tiger Cats), Tim Fleiszer (Montreal & Ottawa), Denis Montana (Ottawa Renegades) and Steve Young (Winnipeg Blue Bombers).
Suzanne Dickenson ACU Assistant Coach	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.
Derrick Adamson Woodrow Wilson High School Coach	Derrick Adamson