Student-Athletes Yellow Jacket Media Guide. Chris Bishop Mid. Distance Sophomore Rome, Ga. (Rome)

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1 Treamon Andrews Distance Senior Atlanta, Ga. (Benjamin E Mays) In : Ran a season-best time of in the 400-meter dash at the ACC Indoor Championships... Posted an outdoor season-best time of at the Spec Towns Invitational... Tallied a 27th-place finish in the 400 at the outdoor ACC meet... Fastest 200-meter dash time came at the Georgia Tech Invitational with a mark of In : Clocked a personal-record indoor time of in the 400 meters at the Meyo Invitational... Tallied an eighth-place finish in the 400 at the Clemson Tiger Twilight indoor meet with a time of Ran an indoor season-best time of in the 200-meter dash at the Meyo Invite... Was redshirted for the outdoor season. In : Posted a season-best time of in the 400 meters to finish 18th at the Yellow Jacket Invitational... Finished 18th in the prelims of the Outdoor ACC Championships with a time of in the Had a 20th-place finish in the 400 at the Orange & Purple Classic with a time of Top indoor 400 time came at the Kentucky Invitational with a mark of High School: Four-year letterwinner at Benjamin E. Mays High School under coach Floyd Mack... Named team's most valuable runner after junior and senior seasons... Elected team captain from Led high school team to a state championship in Part of the 4x400 relay team that Andrew s Top Marks: 200m m won the state title in sophomore and junior seasons... Named USATF All-American in the 4x400 as a sophomore... Lettered in basketball for three seasons... Named captain in junior and senior seasons... National Honor Society and class president from President of FBLA. Personal: Born George Treamon Andrews on Jan. 4, 1985, in Atlanta, Ga.... Parents are George and Janice Andrews... Sister, Teslie (Andrews) Davis, ran track for the Yellow Jackets from Brother-in-law, Donald Davis, played football at Tech from and was elected captain as a senior... Father is President of Capitol City Bank and Trust... Majoring in management. Kevin Arends Distance Freshman Webster Groves, Mo. (Webster Groves) High School: Four-year letterwinner in track & field and cross country under coach Dan Sebben at Webster Groves High School... National Honor Society. Personal: Born Kevin Jos Arends on September 22, 1987 in New York, N.Y.... Son of Joop Arends and Carolin Van Marrelo... Majoring in mechanical engineering. Chris Bishop Mid. Rome, Ga. (Rome) In : Tallied an 11th-place finish in the 800 meters at the Clemson Invitational with an indoor season-best time of 2: Clocked an outdoor season-best time of 4:14.33 in the 1500 meters at the Yellow Jacket Invitational... Crossed the finish line in 11th place at the Tiger Classic with an indoor season-best mile time of 4: High School: Lettered in cross country and track under coach Andy Blackburn... Two-time county champion in 1600m, 800m, and 4x400m relay... Region champion and fifth at state in 800m his senior year... Graduated in top 10 percent of class... Senior Scholar Athlete Award. Personal: Born Christopher William Bishop on Jan. 20, 1987, in Rome, Ga.... Son of Kip Bishop and Mary Duncan... Plans to major in biomedical engineering. Will Bonn Fayetteville, Ga. (Landmark Christian) In : Only competed for Tech during the indoor season... Tallied an eighth-place finish at the Clemson Invitational with a season-best time of 8:57.05 in the 3,000 meters... Clocked a season-best time of 4:33.18 in the mile at the Rod McCravy Memorial. High School: Lettered three years... Led team to three state cross country championships from 2002 to Individual state champion in Named to All-Metro track and cross country teams his Bishop s Top Marks: 1500m 4:14.33 Mile 4:28.05 Bonn s Top Marks: 3000m 8:57.05 senior year by the Atlanta Track Club... Won the Georgia state title in the 1600 and 3200 meters in 2004 and Received Coach's Award during freshman year and was named team MVP as a sophomore and junior... Honor Roll, Beta Club, Honor Board, and Mr. Landmark Christian. Personal: Born William Edward Bonn on September 1, 1986 in Marietta, Ga.... Son of Edward and Martha Bonn... Plans to major in public policy. Student-Athletes 2007 Yellow Jacket Media Guide 7

2 Student-Athletes Cameron Butler Hurdles Junior Marietta, Ga. (Wheeler) In : Ran an outdoor personal-best time of in the 400-meter intermediate hurdles at the Orange and Purple Classic... Finished 16th in the 400m hurdles at the ACC Outdoor Championships with a time of Did not compete during the indoor season. In : Clocked an outdoor season-best time of in the 400-meter intermediate hurdles at the Alabama Relays... Ran an indoor season-best time of in the 400 meters at the Niswonger Invitational... Posted a time of in the prelims of the 400 at the Indoor ACC Championships... Redshirted during the outdoor season... Named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll. High School: Four-year letterwinner under coach Chad Walker... Elected team captain as a senior... Won 300 Butler s Top Marks: 110m Hurdles m m Hurdles hurdles at the 2004 Region Championships... Helped guide team to an indoor region, county and state championship... Ran a leg of the NSIC 4x400 relay championship team in '03... Member of the Marietta Daily Journal and Atlanta Journal Constitution's allcounty teams in senior year... Tabbed team's Most Valuable Performer as a senior... Earned Freshman of the Year honors... Beta club member... Graduated with high honors, made honor roll in all four years and Spanish Honor Society. Personal: Born Cameron Keith Butler on Nov. 24, 1986, in Philadelphia, Pa.... Parents are Ronald and Esther Browne-Butler... Has a younger sister, Cara... Enjoys listening to music, playing basketball and football... Majoring in industrial engineering. Juan Cave Jumps Sophomore Voorhees, N.J. (St. Joe s Prep) In : Tied the outdoor school record at the USATF Junior National Championships with a personal-record clear of 7'1.50"... Earned All-ACC honors at the ACC Outdoor Championships with a mark of 6'10.75" to finish in second place... Posted a runner-up finish in the high jump at the ACC Indoor Championships with a personal-best clear of 7'1" to earn allconference honors. High School: Lettered in four seasons in track under coach Curt Cockenberg... High Jump state champion in junior and senior seasons... Won Philadelphia Catholic League championships in the high jump for both the indoor and outdoor seasons as a sophomore, junior and senior... Finished his career as a three-time all-state honoree, four-time Nike All-American and 10-time all-catholic honoree... Holds the outdoor state meet record with a mark of 6'10.50" in the high jump... Broke school record in the high jump for the indoor season ( ) and outdoor season ( )... Lettered in soccer for one season as a forward... National Honor Society. Personal: Born Juan Eric Cave II on May 5, 1987, in Philadelphia, Pa.... Parents are Juan and Kim-Nixon Cave... Has one sibling, Corey... Enjoys playing soccer and baseball... Majoring in bio-medical engineering. Cave s Top Marks: High Jump Matt DiDia Sprints Sophomore Roswell, Ga. (Pope) In : Clocked an outdoor season-best time of in the 400- meter dash at the Yellow Jacket Invitational... Ran an outdoor season-best time of in the 200-meter dash at the Orange and Purple Classic... Tallied a 16th-place finish in the 400 at the ACC Outdoor Championships with a time of Posted an indoor season-best time of in the 400 at the Meyo Invitational... Finished 17th at the ACC Indoor Championships in the 400 (49.35). High School: Lettered in track for three seasons under coach Cathi Mork... Tabbed team's Most Valuable Performer as a senior... Won the 400 DiDia s Top Marks: 200m m meters at the outdoor region meet during his senior season... Lettered in football for one season as a wide receiver and free safety... Graduated with honors. Personal: Born Matthew James DiDia on March 30, 1987, in New Brunswick, N.J.... Parents are James and Barbara DiDia... Has one younger brother, Joe... Enjoys playing golf... Majoring in management. Brandon Duckett Sprints/Hurdles Senior Baltimore, Md. (Mount St. Joesph) In : Held the fastest time for Tech during the indoor season in the 200- meter dash with a personal-record time of at the Meyo Invitational... Posted an outdoor personalrecord time of in the 400-meter intermediate hurdles at the Georgia Tech Invitational... Finished 11th in the 400m hurdles at the ACC Outdoor Championships... Ran a leg of the 4x400m relay team that posted a season-best time of 3:13.57 to finish fifth at the outdoor ACC meet. In : Did not compete for the Yellow Jackets. In : Posted a seasonbest time of in the prelims of the 400-meter hurdles to finish ninth at the Outdoor ACC Championships... Tallied a ninth-place finish in the 400mH at the Orange & Purple Classic... Ran a leg of the 4x400m relay team that posted a season-best time of 3:13.75 at the FSU Relays... Ran an indoor season-best time of in the 200 at the Meyo Invitational... Finished the 400 meters with a season-best time of at the Meyo Invitational. High School: Earned six varsity letters over the course of the outdoor and indoor seasons in track and field under coaches Charles Priddee and Jack Peach... Helped guide team to conference championships in both indoor and outdoor for three straight years... Won the 300 hurdles at the outdoor conference championship as a senior... Guided team to outdoor private school state championships from Named most valuable runner for indoor and outdoor seasons after junior and senior seasons... Selected MVP as a freshman after the outdoor season... Earned all-county and all-metro honors as a senior... Ranked No. 37 in the nation for the 400 hurdles this past summer... Competed at the Outdoor High School National Championships and USATF Junior Olympics (regionals)... Set school records in the 300 meter, 4x400 (indoor), 4x200 (indoor), 500 meter (indoor), 4x100 and 4x200 (outdoor)... 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3 Society... Won the Brother Eugene Lyons Award given to the most outstanding scholar athlete. Personal: Born Brandon Christopher Duckett on Feb. 16, 1985, in Jacksonville, Fla.... Parents are Clarence and Michele Duckett... Has two siblings, Ashley and Cameron... Majoring in management. Duckett s Top Marks: 200m m m Hurdles Cristan Duvall Mid. Distance Senior Duluth, Ga. (Wesleyan) In : Ran a team-high 8:52.73 in the 3,000-meter run at the Clemson Invitational to place seventh... Did not compete for Tech during the outdoor season. In : Clocked a NCAA East Region qualifying time of 9:04.69 in the 3,000-Steeplechase at the Outdoor ACC Championships, finishing in sixth place... Finished 31st at the NCAA Region meet with a time of 9:32.69 in the 3,000-SC... Won the Steeplechase at the Clemson Invitational with a time of 9: Finished 13th in the Steeplechase at the Georgia Tech Invitational (9:13.22)... Tallied a 20th-place finish in the 5,000 meters with a time of 15:05.55 at the outdoor ACC meet... Posted an outdoor season-best time of 4:02.45 in the 1500 at the Orange & Purple Classic... Did not compete for Tech during the indoor season. In : Duvall s Top Marks: 1500m 4: ,000m 9: ,000m SC 8: ,000m 15:05.55 Held Tech's top time in the 3000-Steeplechase with a mark of 9:11.48 at the Georgia Tech Invitational... Registered a sixthplace finish in the 3000-SC at the Outdoor ACC Championships... Tallied a runner-up finish at the Yellow Jacket Invitational with a time of 9: Ran an indoor season-best time of 8:42.15 in the 3000 meters... Finished the Clemson Invitational with a time of 4:29.72 in the mile. High School: Two-year letterwinner in track and field at Wesleyan School... Was a four-year letterwinner in cross country... Won the state title from and helped team win two state championships in junior and senior seasons... Finished 12th in the Footlocker South Regionals this past summer... Selected as the team captain in junior and senior seasons... Elected most valuable runner as a senior... Played soccer for four years as a midfielder... Guided team to a region championship in Elected team captain in senior year... Peer Leadership leader. Personal: Born Cristan Dominic Duvall on Aug. 2, 1985, in Atlanta, Ga.... Parents are Derrell and Darlene Duvall... Majoring in Management. Blake Fertitta Distance Senior Fayetteville, Ga. (Landmark Christian) In : Held Tech's top time for the indoor season in the 5,000 meters with a season-best time of 16:13.82 at the Clemson Invitational... Posted an indoor season-best time of 9:17.32 in the 3,000 meters at the Tiger Classic. In : Clocked a personal-record outdoor time of 15:40.29 in the 5,000 meters at the Alabama Relays... Ran times of 16:23.26 and 16:27.36 in the 5,000 at the Florida Relays and Yellow Jacket Invitational... Posted an indoor career-best time of 15:38.60 in the 5,000 at the Niswonger Invitational... Ran a time of 9:19.83 in the 3,000 at the Kentucky Invitational... Ran a Fertitta s Top Marks: 3,000m 8: ,000m 15: :40.29 personal-best time of 8:58.63 in the 3,000 at the indoor ACC meet... Named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll. In : Did not compete for the Yellow Jackets... ACC Academic Honor Roll. High School: Four-year letterwinner in track... Helped lead team to state titles in three of the four years (1999, 2000, `02)... Won the individual state crown in the 1,600 meters and the 3,200 meters as a senior... Captured the state title in the 3,200 as a junior... Part of the relay record books in the 4x3200, 4x1600 and 4x Ran cross country for four seasons... Named team captain in senior year... Led team to state titles in three straight seasons ( )... Tallied his first individual title at the state meet as a senior... Earned AJC All-Metro honors in 2000 and `02... Lettered in soccer as a senior... Senior Class President... Honor Roll and Beta club member. Personal: Born Blake Andrew Fertitta on March 6, 1985, in Fayetteville, Ga.... Parents are Charles Fertitta and Paulette Emory... Majoring in management. Dave Ford Sprints/Hurdles Sophomore Indianapolis, Ind. (Lawrence North) In : Battled injuries throughout the season... Clocked a personalrecord time of in the 110-meter high hurdles at the Yellow Jacket Invitational... Finished 12th in the 100m hurdles at the ACC Outdoor Championships with a time of Posted an indoor season-best time of 8.29 in the 60m hurdles at the Clemson Opener. High School: Lettered in track for four seasons under coach Bob Potter... Led team to state titles in 2002 and '03... Named team's Most Valuable Performer... Earned all-state honors in the high jump and 110- and 300-meter hurdles events... Finished 10th nationally in the 60m hurdles... Finished sixth in the high jump at the Midwest All- Star Meet of Champions... Ford s Top Marks: 60m Hurdles m Hurdles Lettered in four seasons in tennis and one season in basketball... Was a two-year captain in tennis and a one-year captain in track... National Honor Roll. Personal: Born David Charles Ford on Aug. 9, 1986, in Indianapolis, Ind.... Parents are Mac and Gloria Ford... Has two brothers, Rafael and Danny, and one sister, Lauren... Sister Lauren is a senior volleyball player at South Carolina and lettered one season at Wisconsin (2002)... Enjoys bowling and watching movies... Majoring in science, technology and culture. Student=Athletes 2007 Yellow Jacket Media Guide 9

4 Student-Athletes E.C. Gibbs Mid. Cullman, Ala. (Cullman) In : Clocked an outdoor seasonbest time of 1:53.06 to finish fourth in the 800 meters at the Orange and Purple Classic... Won the 800 at the Clemson Invitational with a time of 1: Posted a personal-record time of 3:51.90 in the 1500 at the Georgia Tech Invitational... Anchored the Tech 4x400m relay team at the outdoor ACC meet that finished fifth with a time of 3: Ran the top time for the indoor season at the Rod McCravy Memorial, finishing third with a mark of 1: Finished 10th in the 800 at the ACC Indoor Championships with a time of 1: Posted a season-best time of 4:17.19 in the mile at the Meyo Invitational... Anchored the Distance Medley Relay team to a sixth-place finish at Gibbs Top Marks: 800m 1: :52.19 Mile 4: m 3:52.47 the indoor ACC meet with a season-best time of 10: High School: Played football, basketball, and ran cross country and track... Won the Wendy's High School Heisman Gatorade Track & Field Athlete of the Year State Indoor MVP... Finished sixth in the 1500 meters with a lifetime-best time of 3:52.47 at the USATF Junior Nationals to earn all- America honors... Named to Junior Olympic all-america team, Indoor and Outdoor all-america teams, and USA Youth Outdoor all-america team... Won numerous indoor and outdoor track state titles his sophomore, junior, and senior years... Also holds the state indoor record in the 800m along with school records in the indoor and outdoor 400m, 800m, 1600m, 4x400 and 4x800 relays... SGA Vice-President, German National Honor Society, National Honor Society, Senior Hall of Fame, and Most Outstanding Senior. Personal: Born Emory Clarence Gibbs on September 12, 1986 in Cullman, Ala.... Son of Emory and Teresa Gibbs... Majoring in management. Casey Gramling Roswell, Ga. (Blessed Trinity) In : Did not compete for the Jackets. High School: Lettered four years in cross country and track, also played football... Helped team to state cross country title in 2003 and state 1600m title in President of Spirit Club, National Honor Society. Personal: Born Casey Joseph Gramling on June 20, 1987 in Atlanta, Ga.... Son of John and Audrey Gramling... Majoring in industrial engineering. Tim Guglielmo Mid. Distance Freshman Lawrenceville, Ga. (Collins Hill) High School: Two-year letterwinner in cross country and track & field under coach Andrew Hudson at Collins Hill High School... Named cross country all-county in Finished in top 5 percent of High School class. Personal: Born Tim James Guglielmo on Sept. 9, 1987 in Stoneham, Mass.... Son of Russell and Leslie Guglielmo... Plans to major in engineering. Josh Hammel Mid. Distance Senior Marietta, Ga. (Lassiter) In : Tallied a 10th-place finish in the 800 meters with a personal-record indoor time of 1:57.91 at the Kentucky Invitational... Finished 20th in the 800 at the ACC Indoor Championships with a time of 1: Clocked a time of 2:00.97 in the 800 to finish seventh at Clemson Invitational... Did not compete during the outdoor season. In : Ranked third on the Tech squad in the 800 meters for the outdoor season and fourth during the indoor season... Clocked a personal-record outdoor time of 1:56.48 in the 800 at the Orange & Purple Classic... Ran a time of 1:56.73 in the prelims of the 800 at the Outdoor ACC Championships... Posted a time of 1:57.24 in the 800 at the Yellow Jacket Invitational... Finished second in the 800 at the Clemson Tiger Twilight with an indoor Hammel s Top Marks: 800m 1: :56.48 season-best time of 2: ACC Academic Honor Roll. In : Tallied a 20th-place finish in the prelims of the 800 meters at the Outdoor ACC Championships... Posted a seasonbest time of 1:56.77 in the 800 at the Yellow Jacket Invitational to finish 21st... Ran the 800 at the Georgia Tech Invitational, finishing with a time of 1: Ranked third on the Tech squad in the 800 during the indoor season with a season-best time of 1:58.05 in the prelims at the ACC Championships... Finished 19th in the 800 at the Clemson Invitational... ACC Academic Honor Roll. High School: Lettered in track and field for three seasons at Lassiter High School... Guided team to three straight region championships from School record holder in the 400 (51.60), 800 (1:58.67) and 1600 meters (4:34.00)... Was a one-year letterwinner in cross country... Elected captain as a senior... Led team to region title in Set a new school mark in the 5K with a time of 17:06... Member of the Symphony Orchestra... Had a class rank of five of 700 students. Personal: Born Josh Adams Hammel on Oct. 19, 1984, in Fort Myers, Fla.... Parents are Paul and Catherine Hammel... Enjoys playing the guitar and car modification... Majoring in biomedical engineering. David Herren Mid. Distance Senior Rome, Ga. (Rome) In : Ran a personal-record time of 3:49.84 in the 1500 meters at the ACC Outdoor Championships, finishing in seventh place... Won the 1500 meters at the Spec Towns Invitational with a time of 3: Tallied a 13th-place finish in the 800 meters with a season-best time of 1:56.33 at the Yellow Jacket Invitational... Led off the Distance Medley Relay team that clocked a season-best time of 9:59.13 at the Penn Relays... Tallied a third-place finish in the mile with a lifetime-best indoor time of 4:12.66 at the Rod McCravy Memorial... Finished 15th in the mile at the ACC Indoor Championships with a time of 4: Held Tech's top time for the indoor season in the mile and the top 1500 time for the outdoor season. In : Posted a season-best time of 1:55.34 in the prelims of the 800 meters at the Outdoor ACC Championships... Ran a leg on the Distance Medley Relay team at the Penn Relays that finished with a season-best time of 10: Finished seventh in the 800 at the Clemson 10 Georgia Tech Track and Field

5 Invitational with a time of Herren s Top Marks: 1: Ranked second on the Tech squad in the 800 for 800m 1:55.34 the outdoor season... Mile 4:12.66 Redshirted during the indoor 1500m 3:49.84 season... ACC Academic Honor Roll. In : Finished 27th in the prelims of the 1500 meters at the Outdoor ACC Championships with a time of 4: Tallied a season-best time of 4:03.72 in the 1500 at the Yellow Jacket Invitational... Ran the 1500 in 4:05.64 at the Georgia Tech Invitational... Competed in the 800 and mile during the indoor season... Finished in 11th place in the 800 (1:58.39) at the Clemson Invitational... Posted a season-best time of 4:19.71 in the mile at the Meyo Invitational... ACC Academic Honor Roll. High School: Was a three-year letterwinner in track and field at Rome High School under coach Andy Blackburn... Won the 4A state championship in the 1,600 and 3,200 meters as a junior and senior... Finished runnerup at the state championship in the 3,200 and third in the 1,600 as a sophomore... Named Athlete of the Year for cross country and track... Lettered for four seasons in cross country... Was a 4A state champion as a senior and finished second as a junior... Selected to the Footlocker All-South team in Recipient of the Athlete of the Year Scholarship Award given by Rome/Floyd Sports Hall of Fame... Holds school records in the 1,600 (4:17), 3,200 meters (9:17) and 5K (15:26)... National Honor Society, Spanish National Honor Society, Senior Class Representative and Freshman Mentor Program member... Graduated with honors and in the top 10 percent of his class. Personal: Born David Joseph Herren on Feb. 2, 1985, in Rome, Ga.... Parents are Dr. Joseph and Gloria Herren... Enjoys Bass fishing, water sports and golf... Father played baseball at Columbus State University from Majoring in biology (pre-med). Matt Hickey Distance Freshman Lawrenceville, Ga. (St. Pius X) High School: Lettered four years in cross country and track & field at St. Pius X High School under coach Jon Hall... Member of 2006 track & field state AAAA championship team... Graduated third in High School class. Personal: Born Matthew Jameson Hickey on June 16, 1988 in Atlanta, Ga.... Son of Peter and Lauren Hickey... Majoring in mechanical engineering. Mohamed Himedan Distance Freshman Lawrenceville, Ga. (Berkmar) High School: Lettered one year in cross country and track & field under coach Eric Heintz at Berkmar High School... Earned all-county honors in cross country and track & field in '05-'06. Personal: Born Mohamed Abdalla Himedan on Dec. 16, 1987 in El-Obeid, Sudan... Son of Abdalla M. Himedan and Zainab E. Ibrahim... Intends to major in computer engineering. Derek Hoye Mid. Distance Junior Columbus, Ohio (St. Charles Prep) In : Led Tech in the 400-meter dash for both the indoor and outdoor seasons and carried the top 800 meters time for the outdoor season... Tallied a fourth-place finish in the 800 meters with an indoor season-best time of Finished fifth at the ACC Indoor Championships in the 400m dash (47.66)... Clocked an outdoor season-best time of in the 400 to finish 10th at the ACC Outdoor Championships... Ran an outdoor season-best time of 1:51.05 in the 800 at the Georgia Tech Invitational. In : Was Tech's top competitor in the 800 meters for both the indoor and outdoor seasons Hoye s Top Marks: 400m m 1: : Clocked a NCAA Region qualifying time of 1:49.23 in the 800 at the Orange & Purple Classic... Tallied a 21st-place finish at the NCAA Region meet in the 800 (1:54.80)... Posted an 11th-place finish in the 800 (1:52.08) at the Outdoor ACC Championships... Won the 800 at the Orange & Purple Classic and Clemson Invitational (1:51.77)... Ran a leg of the 4x400m relay team that finished the ACC outdoor season with the third fastest time (3:10.24)... Clocked an indoor season-best time of 1:52.00 to finish eighth in the 800 at the Alex Wilson Invitational... Tallied a 12thplace finish in the 800 at the Indoor ACC Championships (1:55.42). High School: Four-year letterwinner in track... Selected as team's Most Valuable Performer as a senior... Ended junior season ranked No. 1 in the nation in the 800 meters (1:50.31)... Earned High School All-America honors... Won the league title in the 400 as a senior and captured the league, county, state and national titles in the 800 as a junior... Four-time league champion in 800 and three-time regional and district champion in School record holder in 400 meters (47.81) and 800 meters... Class President. Personal: Born Derek Lawrence Hoye on Aug. 13, 1985, in Columbus, Ohio... Parents are Larry and Joan Hoye... Hobbies include reading, playing video games, playing football, basketball and volleyball... Majoring in management. Greg Johnson Alpharetta, Ga. (Blessed Trinity) In : Did not compete for the Jackets. High School: Four-year letter winner in cross country... Helped team to 2003 state championship in Class AAA... Named to all-area team by Atlanta Journal Constitution in 2003 and Hold high school cross country record in the 5K... Senior Class President, Honor Roll. Personal: Born Gregory Allen Johnson on September 30, 1986 in Kennesaw, Ga.... Son of Allen and Sharon Johnson... Majoring in mechanical engineering. Student-Athletes 2007 Yellow Jacket Media Guide 11

6 Student-Athletes 12 Mario Johnson Sprints/Hurdles Sophomore Jefferson City, Mo. (Jefferson City) In : Competed in the 400- meter dash during the indoor season and 400-meter intermediate hurdles for the outdoor season... Tallied a 10th-place finish in the 400m hurdles at the ACC Outdoor Championships with a time of Clocked a season-best and NCAA Regional qualifying time of in the 400m hurdles at the Georgia Tech Invitational... Finished 20th Johnson s Top Marks: 400m m Hurdles at the region meet with a time of Ran an indoor season-best time of in the 400m dash at the Kentucky Invitational... Ran legs of the 4x400m relay teams at both the indoor and outdoor ACC meets... Led the Jackets to a fifthplace finish at the outdoor conference meet and a sixth-place finish at the indoor ACC meet. HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year letterwinner in track... Won 300m hurdles state championships in junior and senior seasons... Ran a leg of the state champion 4x400m relay teams as a sophomore and junior... Broke the school record in the 300m hurdles with a time of Guided team to a state title during his junior campaign... Lettered in football for three seasons as a running back and corner back... National Honor Society. Personal: Born Demario Reshawn Johnson on Sept. 25, 1986, in Kennett, Mo.... Parents are Ronald and Regina Franklin... Has three younger siblings, Shanika, Chris and Shaquita... Majoring in industrial engineering. Alphonso Jordan Jumps/Hurdles Freshman Charlotte, N.C. (Hopewell) High School: Four-year letterwinner in track & field under coach Lawrence Lawson at Hopewell High School... Earned all-american and all-state honors in the triple jump... Ranked fourth in the nation in the triple jump... AAU National Champion, Indoor National Champion, Indoor State Champion and Outdoor State Champion in the triple jump...holds the Mecklenburg county record in triple jump... National Honor Society. Personal: Born Alphonso David Jordan on November 1, 1987 in El Paso, Texas... Son of Alphonso and Regina Jordan... Majoring in architecture. Masato Kan Distance Junior Columbus, Ga. (Columbus) In : Clocked a personal-record indoor time of 16:28.84 in the 5,000 meters at the Clemson Opener... Did not compete for Tech during the outdoor season. In : Did not compete for the Jackets during the track season. High School: Three-year lettewinner in track under coach Randy Whitt... Tabbed team's Most Valuable Performer in junior and senior seasons... Won regional titles in the mile in 2002 and '03, along with capturing the regional crown in the 2 mile in Georgia Tech Track and Field '03... Lettered in cross Kan s Top Marks: country in four seasons... Named Most Valuable 5,000m 16:28.84 Runner in junior and senior seasons... Won regional title in '03 and helped lead team to three straight regional titles from Selected as the team's Most Improved Runner for cross country and track as a freshman... Elected team captain for track and cross country as a junior and senior... National Honor Society, Beta club, French Honor Society and French club member. Personal: Born Masato Columbus Kan on Sept. 21, 1985, in Columbus, Ga.... Parents are Akitosh and Etsuko Kan... Has two older siblings, Naoto and Sumika... Hobbies include reading Japanese and Martial Arts... Majoring in mechanical engineering. Kurt Kinkead Sprints/Hurdles Senior Valley Stream, N.Y. (Ball State) In : Ran a season-best time of in the 400-meter intermediate hurdles at the Georgia Tech Invitational... Did not compete for the Jackets during the indoor season. In : Transferred from Ball State... Clocked a Tech outdoor season-best time of in the 400m hurdles at the Alabama Relays... Posted the second fastest time of the indoor season on the team at the Meyo Invitational (50.04)... Tallied a 16th-place finish in the 400 (50.85) at the Indoor ACC Championships... Anchored the indoor 4x400m relay team that posted a season-best time of 3:14.00 at the Niswonger Invitational. In : Lettered for one season at Ball State University in track... Tallied a runner-up finish in the 400 hurdles at the Outdoor MAC Championships with a personal-best time of to garner All-MAC honors... Finished 19th at the NCAA Mideast Regional in the 400 hurdles with a time of Posted a meet record time of at the Miami Invitational (4/10)... Finished 12th at the Indoor MAC Championships in the Kinkead s Top Marks: 60m Hurdles m Hurdles m mHH with a time of Selected as team's Most Valuable Performer. High School: Four-year letterwinner in track under coach Mike Prazer... Team captain in junior and senior seasons... Earned All-America honors in the 400 hurdles and all-state honors in the 400 and 110 hurdles... Tabbed team's Most Valuable Performer as a junior and senior World Youth Games Qualifier in 400 hurdles... Honor Roll in all four years and National Honor Society member. Personal: Born Kurt Andrei Kinkead on Sept. 10, 1985, in Kingston, Jamaica... Parents are Derick and Sandra Kinkead... Enjoys listening to music and haning out with friends... Majoring in management..

7 Matt Kinsel Cartersville, Ga. (Cartersville) In : Did not compete for the Jackets. High School: Three-time individual region champion in cross country... Lettered all four years of high school in track and cross country... Helped team to state championship as a freshman... Individual AA state champion in the 3200m during his senior year... Wendy's High School Heisman State Finalist, National Honor Society. Personal: Born Matthew Edward Kinsel on December 23, 1986 in Atlanta, Ga.... Son of Ed and Ellen Kinsel... Majoring in mechanical engineering. Mike Lawson Crystal Lake, Ill. (Prairie Ridge) In : Posted an indoor seasonbest time of 4:51.06 in the mile at the Tiger Classic... Did not compete for Tech during the outdoor season. High School: Lettered four years in track and cross country under coach Jennifer Fuerholzer... Recognized as Fox Valley Conference All-Academic and IHSA Academic Scholar... Captain of 10-0 Conference Championship team as a senior... Chosen as team MVP during his sophomore year... Named to 2005 Track Honor Roll for the 1600m (4:24.44) and the 3200m under the direction of Lawson s Top Marks: Mile 4:51.06 personal coach, Joseph Renguso... Member of cross country 2004 all-area team... National Honor Society... AP Scholar with Honors... Illinois State Scholar. Personal: Born Michael David Lawson on June 29, 1987 in Hoffman Estates, IL.... Son of Kevin and Sandy Lawson of Simpsonville, SC, brother to Eric... Plans on majoring in Industrial Engineering. James Lemons Jumps Senior Atlanta, Ga. (St. Pius X) In : Did not compete for the Jackets... Was redshirted. In : Established himself as one of the top triple jumpers in the ACC, finishing the outdoor season with the fifth best mark... Posted a personal-record mark of 50'04" in the triple jump at the Georgia Tech Invitational, qualifying for the NCAA East Region Championships... Finished 16th at the NCAA Region meet (49'01")... Won the triple jump at the Orange & Purple Classic (49'1.75")... Tallied a 12th-place finish at the Outdoor ACC Championships in the triple jump (47'4.50")... Recorded a season-best mark of 22'8" in the long jump at the outdoor ACC meet, finishing in 11th place... Finished fourth in the triple jump at the Penn Relays (48'11.75")... Posted an indoor personal-best mark of 49'8.50" in the triple jump at the Alex Wilson Invitational... Registered a fourth-place finish in the triple (49'1.50") at the Indoor ACC Championships... Posted an indoor season-best mark of 22'7.75" in the long jump at the Niswonger Invitational. In : Finished seventh in the triple jump with a mark of 48'0.00" at the Outdoor ACC Championships... Posted a season-best mark of 49'3.00" in the triple jump to finish third at the Penn Relays... Tallied a fourth-place finish in Lemons Top Marks: Long Jump Triple Jump the triple jump at the Yellow Jacket Invitational with a mark of 47'5.00"... Posted a season-best mark of 22'9.25" in the long jump to finish 11th at the Yellow Jacket Invitational... Had a 13th-place finish in the long jump at the Outdoor ACC Championships... Tallied an indoor season-best mark of 46'11.00" in the triple jump at the Clemson Opener... Finished ninth in the triple jump at the Indoor ACC Championships with a mark of 48'3.25"... Posted a 10th-place finish in the long jump at the indoor ACC meet with a personal-record leap of 22'5.25". High School: Three-year letterwinner in track and field at St. Pius X High School under coach Ed Letts... Led team to a region championship as a senior by capturing the long and triple jump events... Earned all-state and all-district in the triple jump in senior year... Claimed All-Ameirca honors in 2003 with a fourth-place finish at the Junior Olympics... Finished fourth in the 4x400 and sixth in the triple jump at the Track & Field Youth Championships as a junior... Holds the school record in the triple jump, long jump and Played basketball for two seasons... National Honor Roll. Personal: Born James Edward Lemons II on Oct. 6, 1984, in Atlanta, Ga.... Parents are James and Catherine Lemons... Enjoys going to the movies, hanging out with friends, singing and dancing... Majoring in management. Steve Marcelle Throws Sophomore Green Bay, Wis. (Green Bay Preble) In : Did not compete for Tech... Was redshirted. High School: Lettered in track for four seasons under coach Pat Prochrow... Won state title in the shot put as a junior and senior... Set state meet record in the shot put with a mark of 67'6" and holds all-time state record with a personal-best throw of 68'0.50"... Won Nike Outdoor High School National Championship in Marcelle s Top Marks: Shot Put (HS) the shot put... Captured discus state title as a senior... Garnered All-America honors in the shot put and discus... Lettered in football and basketball for two seasons... Named all-state in football... National Honor Roll. Personal: Born Steve J. Marcelle on Sept. 9, 1986, in Green Bay, Wis.... Parents are Rick and Julie Marcelle... Has four brothers, Chris, John, Andy and Ben, and one sister, Tami Culbertson... Enjoys fishing and hunting... Majoring in management. William Mateker Mid. Distance Freshman Lawrenceville, Ga. (Brookwood) High School: Four-year letterwinner in cross country and track & field at Brookwood High School... Earned allcounty honors in cross-country in Salutatorian of High School. Personal: Born William Robert Mateker on March 23, 1988 in San Antonio, Texas... Son of John and Cindy Mateker... Majoring in mechanical engineering. Student-Athletes 2007 Yellow Jacket Media Guide 13

8 Student-Athletes 14 Jerome Miller Jumps Junior Stafford, Va. (Colonial Forge) In : Garnered All-America honors in the high jump at the NCAA Outdoor Championships (7'0.25")... Tallied a school record tying mark of 7'1.50" at the outdoor NCAA meet to advance to the finals... Qualified for first NCAA Championships by finishing fourth in the high jump at the NCAA East Region Championships with a mark of 6'11"... Posted a personal-best outdoor mark of 7'1" at the Georgia Tech Invitational... Garnered All-ACC honors for the second consecutive season with a third-place finish in the high jump at Miller s Top Marks: High Jump * * Triple Jump Long Jump the ACC Outdoor Championships (6'8.75")... Tallied a personalrecord mark of 49'1.75" in the triple jump at the Yellow Jacket Invitational... Tied an indoor school record with a personalrecord leap of 7'1.75" at the Kentucky Invitational... Earned all-conference honors in the high jump for the second straight season at the ACC Indoor Championships with a mark of 6'11.50"... Finished runner-up at the indoor ACC meet in the triple jump with a personal-record mark of 48'10.25"... Won the high jump event at the Rod McCravy Memorial with a mark of 6'11.50". In : Became one of the top high jumpers in the ACC... Posted a NCAA East Region qualifying mark of 6'11.75" at the Georgia Tech Invitational... Finished seventh at the NCAA Region meet with a mark of 6'11"... Garnered All- ACC honors at both the indoor and outdoor ACC Championships... Tied for first at the indoor ACC meet with a seasonbest mark of 6'11.75", finishing second after losing in a jumpoff... Registered a third-place finish at the outdoor ACC meet with a mark of 6'10.75"... Had an outdoor season-best mark of 47'9.25" in the triple jump at the Orange & Purple Classic... Tallied an indoor season-best mark of 47'2.50" at the Niswonger Invitational... Finished ninth at the indoor ACC meet in the triple jump (46'7.50"). High School: Four-year letterwinner in track and field at Colonial Forge, Springbrook (Silver Spring, Md.) and Western Branch High Schools... Won the high jump Maryland state championship during the outdoor season in Captured the high jump Virginia state crown during the '03 indoor and outdoor seasons... Won the high jump and triple jump state titles in Virginia in '04... Finished the 2004 season ranked No. 2 in the nation in the high jump... Was a three-time All-American... Earned allstate, all-district and all-area honors from Helped lead team to indoor and outdoor district titles in '03 and '04 and a regional crown in '03... School record holder in high jump (7'1"), long jump (23'3") and triple jump (48'2")... District and Region meet record holder in high jump with marks of 6'8" and 6'9", respectively... Honor Roll in all four years and graduated with Summa Cum Laude honors. Personal: Born Jerome Michael Miller on Aug. 14, 1986, on Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland... Parents are Jimmie and Melanie Miller... Twin brother, Jason, is a sophomore on the Missouri track team... Has two other siblings, Jimmie and Jetaime... Cousin, Franklin Jacobs, set a World Record in the high jump at the 1978 Millrose Games in Madison Square Garden and was a three-time NCAA national champion at Farleigh Dickinson ( )... Majoring in aerospace engineering. Georgia Tech Track and Field Taylor Narewski Sprints Senior Birmingham, Ala. (Jefferson County Int. Baccalaureate) In : Clocked an indoor seasonbest time of in the 200-meter dash at the Clemson Opener... Missed the rest of the track seasons due to injuries. ACC Academic Honor Roll. In : Ran the second fastest time of the outdoor season for Tech in the 400 meters (49.77) at the Yellow Jacket Invitational... Tallied a 15th-place finish in the 400 at the Outdoor NCAA Championships (50.05)... Ran the second leg of the 4x400m relay team that posted the third best time in the ACC at the Clemson Invitational (3:10.24)... Posted a personal-best time of in the 200 meters at the Clemson Invitational... Clocked an indoor personal-record time of Narewski s Top Marks: 200m m in the 400 at the Meyo Invitational... Posted a time of in the 400 at the Indoor ACC Championships to finish in 18th place... Ran an indoor career-best time of in the 200 at the Meyo Invitational... ACC Academic Honor Roll. In : Finished 20th at the Outdoor ACC Championships in the 400 meters with a time of Posted a season-best time of in the 400 at the Georgia Tech Invitational... Tallied a 31st-place finish at the outdoor ACC meet in the 200 meters with a season-best time of Had a 16th-place finish in the 200 at the Yellow Jacket Invitational... Ran the 400 meters during the indoor season... Tallied a 22nd-place finish at the Tiger Invitational with a season-best time of Finished with a time of in the prelims of the 400 at the Indoor ACC Championships... ACC Academic Honor Roll. High School: Lettered in track and field for three seasons under coach Jerry Nix... Earned all-state honors in both indoor and outdoor track in the 400 meters as a senior... Birmingham Super Metro Team member... Selected to the allcounty team in sophomore, junior and senior seasons... Lettered in cross country and basketball for one season... Academic all-state in junior and senior seasons... Class President and Valedictorian... National Honor Society... AP Scholar and Dr. Pepper Student of the Year. Personal: Born Taylor Scott Narewski on Oct. 25, 1984, in Greenville, S.C.... Parents are Stan and Ann Narewski... Father ran at Livingston University from Majoring in public policy. Jay Oatts III Sprints/Hurdles Freshman Knoxville, Tenn. (Bearden) High School: Four-year letterwinner in track & field at Bearden High School under coach Barry Foust all- American in the 400-meter hurdles all-state in 300- meter hurdles and 4x400-meter relay... Finished third at the Nike Outdoor Nationals in the 400m hurdles with a time of National Honor Society. Personal: Born Thomas Jay Oatts III on March 18, 1988 in Kennewick, Wash.... Son of Tom and Kari Oatts... Father was member of Centre College track & field team... Majoring in polymer and fiber engineering.

9 Nigel Orr Jumps/Sprints Sophomore Charlotte, N.C. (Harding University) In : Tech's top long jumper for both the indoor and outdoor seasons... Tallied a seventh-place finish in the long jump at the ACC Outdoor Championships with a mark of 24'1"... Finished sixth at the Walt Disney World Invitational with a NCAA Regional qualifying mark of 24'3"... Finished fourth in the triple jump at the outdoor ACC meet (48'1.25")... Posted an outdoor season-best mark of 49'1" at the Yellow Jacket Invitational to finish in fifth place... Tallied Tech's top mark for the indoor season Orr s Top Marks: Long Jump Triple Jump in the triple jump at the Kentucky Invitational with a personal-best leap of 48'10.25"... Finished fourth in the triple at the ACC Indoor Championships (48'8")... Tallied a 12thplace finish in the long jump at the indoor ACC meet (22'5.25")... Top indoor long jump mark came at the Clemson Invitational (22'11.75"). High School: Lettered in track in four seasons under coach Rudy Brown... Won 4A North Carolina State Championship in the triple jump as a senior... Finished senior season ranked No. 7 in the nation in the triple jump... Garnered Nike indoor and outdoor All-America honors in the triple jump as a senior... Earned all-conference honors in triple and long jump events in final three seasons... Two-time AAU National Champion in the 4x800m relay... Tabbed 2005 Taco Bell Invitational Field MVP... Mecklenburg county record holder in the triple jump... Honor Roll student. Personal: Born Nigel Lee Orr on April 1, 1987, in Belleville, Ill.... Parents are Duane and Dawne Posey-Orr... Has one older brother, Omar... Enjoys treveling, playing video games and drawing... Majoring in building construction. Andy Powlen Throws Junior Kewanna, Ind. (Caston) In : Was Tech's top shot putter for both the indoor and outdoor seasons... Tallied a third-place finish with a NCAA Regional and personal-record toss of 57'7" at the Georgia Tech Invitational... Finished eighth at the NCAA East Region Championships (57'1.50")... Posted a mark of 56'2" at the ACC Outdoor Championships to finish in fourth place... Top discus mark came at the Orange and Purple Classic, finishing third with a throw of 162'7"... Tallied a fourth-place finish at the ACC Indoor Championships with a lifetime-best mark of 57'11.25". In : Finished fifth at the USATF Junior National Championships with the 6k shot put mark of 60'0.50"... Competed unattached at the Georgia Tech Invitational and tossed the shot put 55'11", finishing the season ranked No. 5 among juniors in the U.S.... Was redshirted. High School: Four-year letterwinner in track under coach Callen Ulrick... Finished runner-up at the state championships as a senior... School record holder in shot put (61'4") and discus (166'10")... Lettered in football in four seasons as a defensive tackle... Wrestled for four seasons and broke the school record with 130 wins in his career... Elected team captain for football, track and wrestling in junior and senior seasons... National Honor Society, Key and Science club member. Personal: Born Andy Tommie Powlen on Feb. 7, 1986, in Logansport, Ind.... Parents are Steve and Maribel Powlen... Has an older sister, Genie, and Powlen s Top Marks: Shot Put Discus two younger brothers, Bryan and Jeremy... Enjoys playing all sports and computers... Majoring in economics. Charles Rohling Throws Sophomore Kennesaw, Ga. (Marietta) In : Posted a top hammer throw mark of 161'4" at the Georgia Tech Invitational... Finished 14th in the hammer at the ACC Outdoor Championships (160'3")... Tallied a fourth-place finish at the Rod McCravy Memorial with an indoor personal-best mark of 51'6.50" in the weight throw... Finished 12th in the weight throw at the ACC Indoor Championships (50'5.50"). High School: Lettered in track for three seasons under coach Roscoe Googe... Helped lead team to a runner-up finish at the Georgia AAAAA State Championship as a senior... Guided team to county Rohling s Top Marks: Hammer Throw Weight Throw championships in junior and senior seasons and a region title as a junior... Garnered All-America honors in the weight throw as a junior and senior... Earned all-county honors in the shot put as a junior... Wendy High School Heisman winner... German Honor Society, National Honor Society and President of German club... Graduated in the top eight percent of his class. Personal: Born Charles Mykytyn Rohling on Sept. 3, 1986, in Powder Springs, Ga.... Parents are Eugene and Jayne Rohling... Has two brothers, Christopher and Christian, and two sisters, Charlotte and Cherlee... Majoring in international affairs. Brad Sellers Throws Sophomore Grand Prairie, Texas (Arlington Bowie) In : Did not compete for Tech... Was redshirted. High School: Fouryear letterwinner in track under coach Sammy Epps... Won 5A Texas State Championship in the discus as a senior... Finished fourth in the discus as a junior and runner-up as a sophomore at the state meet... Won the 2003 AAU Junior Olympic Games with a toss of 174'11"... Finished in the top-10 in the nation as a senior with a lifetimebest throw of 197'10" in the discus... Broke the school record in the shot put with a throw of 54'6.50"... Lettered in football for three seasons... Tabbed among nation's top 75 defensive ends by scout.com... All-Region selection by the PrepStar preseason magazine. Personal: Born Bradley Alan Sellers on Jan. 28, 1987, in Fort Worth, Texas... Parents are Guy Seller s Top Marks: and Janice Sellers... Father played football at Texas and Discus (HS) Shot Put (HS) Angelo State University... Cousin, Britt, played soccer at TCU... Member of Yellow Jacket football team... Majoring in management. Student-Athletes 2007 Yellow Jacket Media Guide 15

10 Student-Athletes Garad Soderman Distance Freshman Charlotte, N.C. (North Mecklenburg) High School: Two-year letterwinner in cross country and track & field under coach Justin Nauman at North Mecklenburg High School... Led cross country team to 2005 conference championship... Earned cross country all-confernce honors in 2004 and Named cross country MVP in 2004 and Lettered three years in soccer under coach Mark Calderone... Honor Roll. Personal: Born Garad John Soderman on June 14, 1988 in Seattle, Wash.... Son of Gary and Marianne Soderman... Intends to major in mechanical engineering. Paul Specht Distance Senior Allison Park, Penn. (Hampton) In : Clocked an outdoor season-best time of 16:07.93 in the 5,000 meters to finish sixth at the Spec Towns Invitational... Ran a time of 16:23.07 in the 5,000 at the ACC Outdoor Championships... Posted an indoor season-best time of 16:22.37 in the 5,000 at the Clemson Invitational. High School: Four year letter winner in cross country and track school cross country MVP... Honor Roll, National Honors Society, graduated in top 5% of class. Personal: Born Paul Specht s Top Marks: Elliott Specht on October 27, 1984 in Pittsburgh, Pa.... Son of 5,000m 16: :07.93 Phillip and Susan Specht... Majoring in aerospace engineering. Morgan Stephenson Distance Freshman Kailua, Hawaii (Iolani) High School: Three-year letterwinner in cross country under Coach Jim Rubasch at Iolani High School... Lettered three years in track & field under coach Chet Blanton... Earned all-state honors in 2005 and Personal: Born Alexander Morgan Billingsley Stephenson on December 26, 1987 in Honolulu, Hawaii... Son of Robert Stephenson and Sharon Billingsley... Plans to major in engineering. James Taylor Cumming, Ga. (South Forsyth) In : Did not compete for Tech. High School: Four-year letter winner... Helped team to region championship in 2001 and second place finish at 2002 GHSA AAAA Championships... Chosen to Foot Locker South Region team from 2001 to Member of school record holder in numerous relay track disciplines... National Honor Society, Math Team. Personal: Born James McCarter Taylor on March 17, 1987 in Atlanta, Ga.... Son of Mac and Elizabeth Taylor... Plans to major in mechanical engineering. Nazar Trilisky Distance Junior Snellville, Ga. (Brookwood) In : Ran a personal-record outdoor time of 1:58.19 in the 800 meters to finish 10th at the Orange and Purple Classic... Top 1500 meters time came at the Georgia Tech Invitational (3:58.11)... Tallied a fifth-place finish in the 1500 at the Orange and Purple Classic (3:59.11)... Clocked a personal-record time of 8:53.27 at the ACC Indoor Championships... Posted an indoor lifetime-best time of 4:26.77 in the mile at the Tiger Classic, finishing in eighth place. In : Clocked a season-best time of 3:57.48 in the 1500 meters at the Outdoor ACC Championships, finishing in 15th place... Tallied a 25th-place finish in the 5,000 meters at the outdoor ACC meet with a time of 15: Finished eighth at the Clemson Invitational in the 1500 (4:01.73)... Tallied a fourth-place finish in the 1500 at the Orange & Purple Classic (4:04.47)... Ran a season-best time of 1:58.44 in the 800 at the Georgia Tech Invitational... Finished 22nd in the mile at the Meyo Invitational (4:37.49)... Posted an indoor season-best time of 8:54.68 in the 3,000 meters at the Meyo Invitational... ACC Academic Honor Roll. High School: Lettered in cross country and track... Helped lead cross country team to a 5A state title in junior and senior seasons... Elected team captain for cross country as a senior... Ran a leg of the record setting 4x1600 relay team at the Georgia Tech Invitational (17:51)... German Honor Society and Engineering club member. Personal: Born Nazar Trilisky on Nov. 23, 1985, in Kharkiv, Ukraine... Parents are Ilya Trilisky and Tat'yana Smitnova... Older brother Egor graduated from Tech in Majoring in computer engineering. Austin Whittington Sprint/Hurdles Sophomore Wilmington, Del. (Salesianum) In : Clocked a season-best time of in the 400-meter hurdles to finish in 12th place at the ACC Outdoor Championships... Posted a top 200-meter dash time of at the Walt Disney World Invitational, finishing in 14th place... Tallied a 28th-place finish in the 400m dash at the ACC Indoor Championships with a season-best time of High School: Lettered in four seasons in track under coach Jimmy O'Hara... Led team to indoor and outdoor state titles in sophomore and senior seasons... Won the indoor 400 meters and 4x400m relay at the state championship meet... Garnered All-America honors in the indoor 400 meters (USATF) as a freshman and Nike All-America honors in the 400 as a senior... Earned all-state honors in the 300m hurdles and 4x400m relay as a senior. Personal: Born Austin Clifford Whittington on June 30, 1987, in Christiana, Del.... Parents are Arthur Morton and Joyce Whittington... Enjoys bowling, volleyball, racquetball and rock climbing... Has a sister, Anesha Rumble... Majoring in chemical engineering. Trilisky s Top Marks: 800m 1:58.19 Mile 4: m 3: ,000m 8: ,000m 15:20.15 Whittington s Top Marks: 200m m Georgia Tech Track and Field