RICHARDSON – Abilene Christian's
Amos Sang and
Ramon Sparks and Angelo State's Aisha Adams and Celethia Byrd were selected as the 2010 Lone Star Conference Track & Field Athletes of the Year. The awards were announced last week following a vote of the league's head coaches.
Sang won a pair of NCAA Division II national championships claiming both the 5,000 and 10,000 meter crowns to pick up all-America awards. He posted a nine-second victory in the 10k (30:04.98). In the 5000 meters, the senior was challenged and won by less than a second.
Sparks earned all-America status in both the triple jump and long jump. The junior placed third in the triple jump (51-7.25) and fifth in the long jump (24-5).
The Rambelles Byrd and Adams picked up the top female track and field honors after helping spark ASU to its first ever NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field Championship. The Wildcats duo of Sang and Sparks claimed the top male track and field honors, respectively, by pacing ACU to a runner-up finish at the national championships.
Byrd won an individual national championship in the 400-meter dash and finished third in the 200-meter dash, a result that clinched the title for ASU, and anchored the 4x400-meter relay squad, which won in a school record fashion (3:38.88).
Adams had one of the best national meets in school history for the Rambelles scoring 36 points in six event finals. She was a seven-time All-American at the championship, claiming the individual title in the heptathlon for the second straight season and adding a second-place finish in the 400-meter hurdles, third in the long jump, fourth in the triple jump, fifth in the high jump, sixth in the 100-meter hurdles and was part of the 4x100-meter relay squad. The senior was recently named National Female Track Athlete of the Year in NCAA Division II by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA).
