BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Highlighting the outstanding performers of the 2013 indoor season, the Southeastern Conference on Friday announced its 2013 Indoor Track and Field Awards, as voted on by the league’s head coaches.
The men’s award winners include: Deon Lendore, Texas A&M (Men’s Runner of the Year), Marquis Dendy, Florida (Men’s Field Athlete of the Year); Markesh Woodson, Missouri (Men’s Freshman Runner of the Year); Jake Blankenship, Tennessee (Men’s Freshman Field Athlete of the Year) and Chris Bucknam, Arkansas (Men’s Coach of the Year).
The women’s award winners include: Kimberlyn Duncan, LSU (Women’s Runner of the Year); Makeba Alcide, Arkansas (Women’s Field Athlete of the Year); Shaunae Miller, Georgia (Women’s Freshman Runner of the Year); LaQue Moen-Davis, Texas A&M (Women’s Freshman Field Athlete of the Year) and Lance Harter, Arkansas (Women’s Coach of the Year).
Lendore was part of two world-leading times at the SEC Indoor Championships, winning the 400-meter dash in a time of 45.23 after posting a world-leading 45.15 in the prelims. He also anchored Texas A&M to a world-leading, SEC meet record and Aggie school record time of 3:04.18 in the 4x400-meter relay with a 44.50 split. His 400-meter time went down as the fifth-fastest in collegiate history and he also was part of the fifth-fastest 4x400-meter relay in collegiate history.
Dendy earned his second consecutive SEC indoor crown in the men’s long jump with a personal-best and school-record leap of 8.25m/27-0.75, which also went down as the SEC meet record and the best jump in the world this season. In the triple jump, he posted a personal-best mark of 16.25m/53-3.75, moving to fourth in the NCAA this season. He finished the meet as the runner-up for the Cliff Harper Trophy, recognizing the league’s high-points scorer, with 16 total points.
Woodson was the SEC champion in the 60-meter dash, clocking a personal-best time of 6.60, which currently ranks third nationally. He tied the Missouri school record in the men’s 60-meter dash in his first meet of the season and has since broken that record four times. He became the first Missouri athlete to win an SEC individual track and field title and did so by defeating two past SEC Champions – Marcus Rowland and Harry Adams, both of Auburn.
Blankenship placed second at the SEC Indoor Championships in the pole vault with a lifetime best mark of 5.55m/18-2.50. He broke legendary Vol and Olympic silver medalist Lawrence Johnson’s UT freshman record on three occasions during the season and also ranks third all-time at Tennessee in the event. He won three consecutive and four overall meet titles in the event during the regular season. Blankenship currently ranks fifth nationally in the pole vault and second among freshmen.
Duncan was the SEC Indoor Champion in the women’s 60-meter dash and 200-meter dash, earning the Cliff Harper Trophy as the SEC’s high-points scorer with 21.5 points at the league championships. She set back-to-back indoor personal-best times of 22.71 in the prelims and 22.54 in the finals to win her third consecutive SEC indoor title in the 200 meters as the new NCAA and World leader for 2013. Her time of 22.54 also ranks No. 5 on the NCAA’s all-time indoor list in the 200 meters. Duncan won her first career 60-meter title with a time of 7.24 in the finals, while also ranking No. 2 in the NCAA in the event with a seasonal-best 7.16, set at the Armory Collegiate Invitational. She also ran the second leg on LSU’s bronze-medal-winning 4x400-meter relay team that ran a 2013 best of 3:33.91 to rank No. 6 in the NCAA.
Alcide was the SEC champion in the women’s pentathlon, helping Arkansas to win its first SEC team title since the 2003 season. Her final score of 4,569 points broke the collegiate record previously held by Brianne Theisen of Oregon (4,555 points). With her performance, Alcide now owns the No. 1 and No. 7 pentathlon scores in collegiate history with both totals coming from this season. She established four personal bests during the five-event competition and broke the SEC meet pentathlon record in the high jump. Alcide broke the SEC Championships meet record, lowered her own school record and set the national record for her native St. Lucia. She also finished fourth in the high jump and scored 15 points towards the team’s final total.
Miller was third in the women’s 400-meter dash to take third at the SEC Championships in a school-record time of 52.21. It marked the third time she has broken the Georgia all-time mark in the event and she currently is the top freshman and fifth overall on the NCAA performance list in that event. Miller ran a leg on Georgia’s distance medley relay team that set a school record at the SEC Championships with a time of 11:25.25 to take fifth. She also has the second-fastest 200-meter time in school history (23.26), which ranks her as the top freshman in the country and 10th overall.
Moen-Davis won the SEC women’s triple jump title with a career-best mark of 13.46m/44-2, which currently ranks as the second-best all-time mark at Texas A&M. She is third on the collegiate list in the triple jump and seventh in the long jump. Moen-Davis is the nation’s top freshman in the triple jump and the second-best freshman long jumper nationally.
Bucknam led his Arkansas men’s team to its league-leading 19th all-time SEC Indoor Track and Field title and eighth in the last nine years with 152.5 total team points.
Harter directed his Arkansas women’s team to its first SEC Indoor Track and Field team crown since 2003 with 114.5 total team points for the school’s fourth all-time title.
The NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships are scheduled to take place March 8-9 in Fayetteville, Ark.
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2013 SEC Indoor Track and Field Awards
Men’s Coach of the Year: Chris Bucknam, Arkansas
Women’s Coach of the Year: Lance Harter, Arkansas
Men’s Runner of the Year: Deon Lendore, Texas A&M
Men’s Field Athlete of the Year: Marquis Dendy, Florida
Men’s Freshman Runner of the Year: Markesh Woodson, Missouri
Men’s Freshman Field Athlete of the Year: Jake Blankenship, Tennessee
Women’s Runner of the Year: Kimberlyn Duncan, LSU
Women’s Field Athlete of the Year: Makeba Alcide, Arkansas
Women’s Freshman Runner of the Year: Shaunae Miller, Georgia
Women’s Freshman Field Athlete of the Year: LaQue Moen-Davis, Texas A&M
Men’s First-Team All-SEC
Ricky Babineaux, Texas A&M
Aldrich Bailey, Jr., Texas A&M
Tarik Batchelor, Arkansas
Marquis Dendy, Florida
Cameron Efurd, Arkansas
Aaron Ernest, LSU
Nathanael Franks, Arkansas
Matt Hillenbrand, Kentucky
Andrew Irwin, Arkansas
Anthony Leighio, Arkansas
Henry Lelei, Texas A&M
Deon Lendore, Texas A&M
Eddie Lovett, Florida
Sean Obinwa, Florida
Ricky Robertson, Ole Miss
Patrick Rono, Arkansas
Carlyle Roudette, Texas A&M
Stephen Saenz, Auburn
Garrett Scantling, Georgia
David Triassi, Florida
Markesh Woodson, Missouri
Men’s Second-Team All-SEC
Jake Blankenship, Tennessee
James Bonn, Texas A&M
Gregory Coleman, Texas A&M
Omar Craddock, Florida
Wayne Davis II, Texas A&M
Dedric Dukes, Florida
Damar Forbes, LSU
Najee Glass, Florida
Hugh Graham, Jr., Florida
Charles Grethen, Georgia
Hector Hernandez, Texas A&M
Stanley Kebenei, Arkansas
Anthony May, Arkansas
Jeremy Postin, Florida
Patrick Rono, Arkansas
Marcus Rowland, Auburn
Leonardo Seymore, Florida
Maicel Uibo, Georgia
Caleb Whitener, Georgia
Men’s SEC All-Freshman Team
60m: Markesh Woodson, Missouri
200m: Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake, LSU
400m: Eric Janise, Arkansas
800m: Tomas Squella, Arkansas
Mile: Robbie Farnham-Rose, Alabama
3,000m: Austin Whitelaw, Tennessee
5,000m: JL Hines, Florida
60m Hurdles: Joshua Lamers, LSU
HJ: Justin Fondren, Alabama
PV: Jake Blankenship, Tennessee
LJ: Josh McCullan, Alabama
TJ: Jonathon Ilori, Missouri
SP: Ashina Miller, Georgia
WT: Elias Hakansson, Alabama
HEPT: Maicel Uibo, Georgia
Women’s First-Team All-SEC
Makeba Alcide, Arkansas
Amani Bryant, Florida
Laura Carleton, LSU
Kimberlyn Duncan, LSU
Gwendolyn Flowers, Arkansas
Regina George, Arkansas
Denise Hinton, LSU
Hilenn James, Georgia
Charlene Lipsey, LSU
Cally Macumber, Kentucky
Cory McGee, Florida
Sparkle McKnight, Arkansas
LaQue Moen-Davis, Texas A&M
Alexis Paine, Alabama
Mandy Perkins, Florida
Chanice Porter, Georgia
Jeannelle Scheper, South Carolina
Jasmin Stowers, LSU
Agata Strausa, Florida
Chrishuna Williams, Arkansas
Women’s Second-Team All-SEC
Kierre Beckles, South Carolina
Martine Borge, Arkansas
Erica Bougard, Mississippi State
Tyler Brockington, South Carolina
Kamaria Brown, Texas A&M
Ashley Collier, Texas A&M
Keri Emanuel, LSU
Donique Flemings, Texas A&M
Brea Garrett, Texas A&M
Natoya Goule, LSU
Christal Green, South Carolina
Grace Heymsfield, Arkansas
Ivanique Kemp, Arkansas
Kayla Lampe, South Carolina
Sandi Morris, Arkansas
Lucie Ondraschkova, Georgia
Ashton Purvis, Texas A&M
Erika Rucker, South Carolina
Jill Rushin, Missouri
Laura Roxberg, Missouri
Krystle Schade, Alabama
Keri Wood, Arkansas
Women’s SEC All-Freshman Team
60m: Jennifer Madu, Texas A&M
200m: Jennifer Madu, Texas A&M
400m: Shaunae Miller, Georgia
800m: Kimberley Ficenec, Alabama
Mile: Lily Williams, Vanderbilt
3,000m: Hannah Jumper, Vanderbilt
5,000m: Kayla Lampe, South Carolina
60m Hurdles: Samantha Scarlett, Auburn
HJ: Shanice Hall, LSU
PV: Jessica Johnson, Auburn
LJ: Chanice Porter, Georgia
TJ: LaQue Moen-Davis, Texas A&M
SP: Valentina Muzaric, Auburn
WT: Becky Famurewa, Kentucky
PENT: Therese Jerrnbeck, LSU