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Georgia State Cross-Country -Track & FieldGeorgia State - OUTDOOR TRACK RECORDS - WomenHigh Jump Kristen Pace 2004 6’0.5”Long Jump Alicia Smith 2003 19’4.25”Triple Jump Ashley Taylor 2005 37’4.8”Javelin Julie Burroughs 1984 107’-11.8”Discus Kalera Mitchell 2004 123’-8”Shot Put Chastity Williams 2006 44’7’’Hammer Chastity Williams 2006 147’7’’100 meters Denice Vance 2006 11.77200 meters Zanta Marble 2001 23.86400 meters Zanta Marble 2004 54.12800 meters Terri Brost Morrison 1986 2:11.731500 meters Meri Poteet 1991 4:36.633000 meters Jenn Feenstra 2002 9:32.905000 meters Jenn Feenstra 2002 16:29.5310000 meters Jenn Feenstra 2005 35:06.133000 Stplech. Jenn Feenstra 2001 10:24.87100m Hurdles Sheriee Willis 2006 13.62400m Hurdles Tarjatta Rose 2003 59.28Relay Participants Year Time4x100 meters Denice Vance, Ciji Canady, Natasha O’Connor, Adaku Ezeonwuka 2006 44.894x400 meters Princess Thomas, Natasha O’Connor, Ashley Taylor, Ciji Canady 2005 3:37.90Distance Med. Jenn Feenstra, Zanta Marble, Nigisti Negussie, Sarah Howard 2001 12:17.34Panther Track All-Conference PerformersNameEvent and YearsNameEvent and YearsSarah Howard ................ 3,000 meters (1997, 1998, 1999, 2000) Tarjatta Rose .................. 100 meter-hurdles (2002, 2003)....................................... 5,000 meters (1999, 2000)....................................... 400 meter hurdles (2002, 2003)Brittanie Hughes ............ 5,000 meters (1999, 2000)Andrea Smith ................. 3,000 meter steeplechase (2003)Zanta Marble ................. 400 meters (2001, 2002, 2003,2004) ....................................... 5,000 meters (2003)....................................... 200 meters (2001, 2002, 2003,2004) Kristen Pace ................... High Jump (2003, 2004)Jenn Feenstra ................. 3,000 meters (2001)Ashley Taylor ................ 200 meters (2004)....................................... 5,000 meters (2001, 2005)....................................... 400 meters (2005)....................................... 3,000 meter steeplechase (2004) Princess Thomas ............ 400 meters (2004)....................................... 10,000 meters (2004, 2005) Sheriee Willis ............... 100 meter hurdles (2005, 2006)Nigisti Negussie ............ 3,000 meters (2002)....................................... 400m hurdles (2006)....................................... 5,000 meters (2002, 2003, 2004)Conference Championship AwardsMost Outstanding Performer - Sarah Howard 1999 (Co-winner)Freshman of the Year - Jenn Feenstra 2001, Andrea Smith 2003Zapora Johnson, Zanta Marble,Alicia Smith and Tarjatta Rose ............... 4 x 100m relay (2002)Zanta Marble, Zapora Johnson,Jazmine McRae, Tarjatta Rose................ 4 x 400m relay (2002)Zapora Johnson, Tarjatta Rose,Ciji Canady, Zanta Marble ...................... 4 x 100m relay (2003)Tarjatta Rose, Ciji Canady, Ashley Taylor, Zanta Marble ........................ 4 x 400m relay (2003)Sheriee Willis, Zanta Marble, Porscha Bailey, Ashley Taylor ................ 4 x 100m relay (2004)Zanta Marble, Ashley Taylor, Dawn Arnold, Princess Thomas ................ 4 x 400m relay (2004)Ciji Canady, Natasha O’Connor, Porscha Bailey, Ashley Taylor ............. 4 x 100m relay (2005)Ciji Canady, Natasha O’Connor, Princess Thomas, Ashley Taylor .......... 4 x 400m relay (2005)Total Times: Zanta Marble (14 times), Tarjetta Rose (7 times), Jenn Feenstra (6 times), Sarah Howard (6 times), AshleyTaylor (7 times), Nigisti Negussie (4 times), Ciji Canady (4 times), Zapora Johnson (3 times), Princess Thomas (3times)-51-Conference Record Performers4x400 Meter RelayMarble, A. Taylor, 3:41.08 2004Arnold, P. Thomas200 MetersZanta Marble 23.86 2001400 MetersZanta Marble 54.68 20013,000 MetersSarah Howard 10:13.34 2000Jenn Feenstra 9:58.93 20015,000 MetersSarah Howard 17:43.50 2000Jenn Feenstra 17:17.41 2001
Georgia State Cross-Country -Track & FieldATHLETIC FACILITIESGeorgia State University has several fine athletic facilities that its student-athletes callhome.GSU Sports ArenaWhile men’s and women’s basketball and women’s volleyballcompete at the Georgia State Sports Arena in downtown Atlanta,most of the Panthers’ athletic teams host their competitions at the GSU Panthersville Recreation andAthletics Complex, located about 10 miles from campus in DeKalb County. The Panthersville complexincludes the home facilities for the sports of men’s and women’s soccer, baseball, softball, and men’s andwomen’s cross country.For baseball, a new building was recently erected that serves as a dressing room for the playersand coaches. The Reeves Fieldhouse, officially dedicated in March 2003, also includes office space forcoaches. A second building for concessions and public restrooms as well as a renovated press box wasopened in 2005.The softball area has also undergone some major improvements in the past few years. In April2003, the Robert E. Heck Teamhouse was dedicated in the name of the LadyPanthers’ longtime head coach who has eclipsed the prestigious 500-win plateau for his career. The newteamhouse serves as an indoor practice facility for the Lady Panthers and includes batting cages and a weightroom. A recent improvement to Bob Heck Field was the installation of theatre-type, chair-back seating for fansbehind the dugouts of both teams.The cross country courses at Panthersville, on the grounds of the Georgia Regional Hospital, are some ofthe best in the Southeast. The Georgia State programs havehosted several 5000-, 8000- and 10,000-meter meets overthe years, including many conference and regionalchampionships.Eagle’s Landing Country Club, just south of Atlanta inStockbridge, Ga., serves as an impressive home course forthe Panther and Lady Panther golf teams. Eagle’s Landinghosts a Ladies Professional Golf Association event, the Chickfil-AClassic, annually in the spring.The home for the Georgia State men’stennis squads is the Bitsy Grant Tennis Centeroff Northside Drive, which is not far fromcampus, while the women’s team competesEagle’s Landing Country Club, the home at nearby Piedmont Park Tennis Center.for both golf programs.An ambitious long-term developmentproject took place on Wednesday, June 28,2006 with an official ground breaking ceremony for the new Panthersville Athletics Complex.The focus of the project is to bring most of Georgia State’s outdoor athletic programs into onefull-use facility.The multi-year project will include two practice soccer fields (synthetic and soddedBermuda grass), a full grass soccer and track and field stadium complex with adjacentfield event areas, an-52-Bitsy Grant Tennis CenterThe Reeves Fieldhouse islocated right behind thebaseball team’s dugout.The Robert E. Heck Teamhouse islocated just beyond the softballfacility’s left-field fence.eight-court tennis complex and a new locker room facility for thesoccer, tennis and track and field teams. New parking lots, walkingareas and lighting will also be addressed.The two soccer fields will be constructed by Sports TurfCompany, Inc. The stadium, locker room and tennis facility projectswere won by Clough, Harbour & Associates, LLP.Panthersville is an area of town in DeKalb County locatednear the intersection of I-20 east and I-285, just off the Candler/Flat Shoals Road exits, Panthersville Road and Clifton SpringsRoad. This area near the GBI (Georgia Bureau of Investigation),Georgia Regional Hospital, and Georgia Perimeter Junior Collegehas been home to Panther baseball and Lady Panther softball fordecades. The previous soccer field was between baseball and thecollege N e w(beyond the right of the drawing), and the softball field ison the far left side of Panthersville drawing. The Athletics new fields Complex will now rendering be between the Panther baseball and softball facilities.
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