LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. - Trinity University's Cody Hall and Texas Lutheran University’s Marquis Brown headline an impressive list of 32 past standouts named to the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference's 30th Anniversary men's track and field team.
Among current members, Trinity University led the way with 13 student-athletes selected to the exclusive team. Texas Lutheran University followed with six members, Colorado College had three honorees and Southwestern University had one representative named to the squad. Rhodes College led former league members with five selections and Centre College, DePauw University, Hendrix College and University of the South-Sewanee had one selection each.
The Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference will be announcing 30th Anniversary teams in 19 sports throughout the 2020-21 academic year. The league selected 15th Anniversary teams during the 2005-06 academic year – those selections can be found here.
The SCAC's 30th Anniversary teams were selected by present coaches, administrators and/or conference office personnel. Athletes who participated in conference competition between the fall of 2005 through the spring of 2020 and had been named to at least two All-SCAC teams and/or were a selected as a Player-of-the-Year in their respective sport were eligible for selection.
Hall, one of just three former student-athletes to earn three or more Athlete of the Meet selections over the course of his career, received all-anniversary recognition for his performances in three different events – long jump, 110-meter hurdles and 400-meter hurdles. He posted two of the league’s top seven individual point totals in the history of the conference meet, including a 44-point effort at the 2018 championships where he finished first in the long jump and 110-meter hurdles, second in the high jump, third in the triple jump and pole vault and fifth in the 400-meter hurdles and shot put. Hall was named the SCAC Track Co-Athlete of the Year that same season and went on to earn his second straight all-American honor in the 110-meter hurdles, finishing as the national runner up by a mere .01 seconds after placing fourth in the event in 2017. Hall still owns conference championship records in both the long jump (23’ 5 1/2") and 110-meter hurdles (14.50).
One of just two men to earn four Track Athlete of the Year honors, TLU’s Brown earned all-anniversary recognition for his performances in the 200 and 400 meters, events he still owns conference records with times of 21.31 and 47.89, respectively. When he won the 400 for the fourth consecutive year in 2018, Brown became just the 10th man in league history to win the same event four times in a career. The SCAC Athlete of the Meet as a freshman in 2015, Brown ran to all-American accolades in the 400 twice at the outdoor national meet (2017 and 2018) and won the national championship in the 400 at the 2017 indoor national meet. He earned a fourth all-America honor in 2018 when he anchored the TLU 4x100 relay team to a national runner-up finish.
Two more former national champions earned all-anniversary accolades – Todd Wildman of Trinity and Chrys Jones of Centre College.
Wildman, who received recognition for his performances in the 110-meter hurdles and long jump, was the league’s Athlete of the Year in 2009 when he totaled 40.5 points at the conference meet, which included conference-record performances in both the 110-meter hurdles (14.80) and 400-meter hurdles (52.36) – the latter of which still stands today. Wildman earned all-American honors in both the long jump and 110-meter hurdles at the 2009 national meet, finishing sixth and second, respectively. He won back-to-back national championships at the national indoor meet in the pentathlon in 2009 and 2010 and was named the USTFCCCA Indoor Men’s Field Athlete of the Meet in 2009 as he earned all-America honors in three different events (55-meter hurdles, high jump, and pentathlon). His career-best 3876 pentathlon score at the 2010 Keck Invite is the second highest in Division III history.
Centre’s Jones won four national championships in the triple jump – the event he is receiving all-anniversary recognition – the most of any male track and field athlete in conference history. He still owns the top mark in the triple jump at the conference meet (49’ 3 1/2" in 2009) – an event he won three consecutive years (2009-2011). Jones won the national championship in the triple jump at the outdoor championships in 2009 and 2010 and at the indoor championships in 2010 and 2011. His career-best leap of 50’ 6” at the 2008 Runners Forum is the ninth-longest triple jump in Division III indoor history.
Two more former track and field student-athletes earned recognition to the all-anniversary team for two different events – Taylor Piske of Trinity and Alejandro Briseno of Texas Lutheran.
Piske, the 2013 T&F Newcomer of the Year, received all-anniversary accolades for his performances in both the 5,000 and 10,000 meters. He earned All-SCAC honors all four years at the conference meet in the 10,000 and was a two-time winner of the event and took gold three consecutive years in the 5,000 (2014-2016), just one of two former SCAC student-athletes to accomplish that feat.
Briseno received all-anniversary nods in the shot put and the hammer throw, the latter of which he still owns the conference championship record with a toss of 168’ 5” in 2018. He was All-SCAC four consecutive years in both events, winning the shot put twice (2015 and 2016), and the hammer three times (2016, 2017 and 2018) – one of just two conference student-athletes with three or more individual titles in the event. He earned SCAC Field Athlete-of-the-Year honors in 2016.
SCAC MEN'S TRACK & FIELD – 30TH ANNIVERSARY TEAM
Chalankis Brown, University of the South-Sewanee – 100 meters
Anthony Hicks, Trinity University – 100 meters
Kevin Stechler, Rhodes College – 100 meters
Marquis Brown, Texas Lutheran University – 200 meters
Darren Jones, Texas Lutheran University – 200 meters
Marquis Brown, Texas Lutheran University – 400 meters
Robert Steele, DePauw University – 400 meters
Zach Brush, Trinity University – 800 meters
Ian Plantz, Trinity University – 800 meters
Chass Armstrong, Trinity University – 1,500 meters
Austin Brown, Trinity University – 1,500 meters
Julian Boggs, Colorado College – 5,000 meters
Taylor Piske, Trinity University – 5,000 meters
Tony Calderon, Colorado College – 10,000 meters
Taylor Piske, Trinity University – 10,000 meters
Cody Hall, Trinity University – 110-meter hurdles
Todd Wildman, Trinity University – 110-meter hurdles
Cody Hall, Trinity University – 400-meter hurdles
Anson Purdy, Rhodes College – 400-meter hurdles
Michael Erickson, Trinity University – 3,000-meter steeplechase
Chris Moore, Rhodes College – 3,000-meter steeplechase
Alejandro Briseno, Texas Lutheran University – Shot Put
Garrett Garza, Texas Lutheran University – Shot Put
Cody Hall, Trinity University – Long Jump
Todd Wildman, Trinity University – Long Jump
Chris Baer, Trinity University – Javelin
Greg Cook, Rhodes College – Javelin
Marquis Barrolle, Texas Lutheran University – Triple Jump
Chrys Jones, Centre College – Triple Jump
Justin Campbell, Trinity University – Discus
Matt Love, Trinity University – Discus
Henry Baldwin, Colorado College – High Jump
Jerry Maldonaldo, Hendrix College – High Jump
George Warren, Trinity University – High Jump
Alejandro Briseno, Texas Lutheran University – Hammer Throw
Andrew Maryott, Rhodes College – Hammer Throw
Cody Taylor, Southwestern University – Pole Vault
Chad Wieland, Texas Lutheran University – Pole Vault
Also making the 30th anniversary track and field team were Henry Baldwin, Julian Boggs and Tony Calderon of Colorado College, Robert Steele of DePauw University, Jerry Maldonado of Hendrix College, Greg Cook, Andrew Maryott, Chris Moore, Anson Purdy and Kevin Stechler of Rhodes College, Chalankis Brown of University of the South-Sewanee, Cody Taylor of Southwestern University, Marquis Barrolle, Garrett Garza, Darren Jones and Chad Wieland of Texas Lutheran and Chass Armstrong, Chris Baer, Austin Brown, Zach Brush, Justin Campbell, Michael Erickson, Anthony Hicks, Matt Love, Ian Plantz and George Warren of Trinity.
Colorado College’s Baldwin earned all-anniversary recognition for the high jump – an event he won four consecutive years (2016-2019) at the conference meet – making him the only man in SCAC history to accomplish that feat and just the 11th man to win any event at the conference championships four times in a career. Calderon, a teammate of Baldwin’s from 2017-2019, received all-anniversary recognition for his performance in the 10,000 meters, an event he won in 2018 and 2019. CC’s Boggs was honored for his performance in the 5,000 meters, an event he won in both 2007 and 2008. He earned all-America honors in 2007 in the 5000 with a fifth-place finish at the NCAA Championships.
DePauw’s Steele was a two-time winner of the 400 meters (2010 and 2011), the event he received his all-anniversary nod. Steele earned five All-SCAC honors in his career, which also included a victory in the long jump at the 2010 championships.
Hendrix’s Maldonado was a four-time All-SCAC honoree in his event of all-anniversary recognition, the high jump. His 6’8” clearance at both the 2009 and 2010 conference meets is tied for the second-best leap in SCAC championships history and he earned all-America honors with a seventh-place finish in the event at the 2008 national championships.
Rhodes’ Cook earned all-anniversary consideration for the javelin, an event he garnered all-SCAC accolades four times in his career (2007-2010), making him just one of two men to achieve this feat. He capped his career with a gold medal performance at the 2010 conference meet. Maryott dominated the hammer throw from its outset, winning the event the first four times it was contested at the SCAC championships – one of 11 men to earn an event career sweep and one of five on the 30th anniversary team. He still owns the second and fifth longest tosses (167’ 9” and 156’ 0”) in the event and capped his career with Athlete of the Meet honors in 2011. Moore received all-anniversary recognition for the 3,000-meter steeplechase, an event he earned four All-SCAC nods with victories in 2009 and 2011. He is the only man in league history to earn all-conference four times in the event. Alongside teammates Maryott and Moore, Purdy helped lead Rhodes to the 2010 SCAC men’s track and field title, the program’s first since 1996 with a victory in the 400-meter hurdles. It was second career victory in the event (2008), making at the time just the fifth male with multiple titles in the event. Stechler received all-anniversary accolades for the 100 meters, an event he earned all-SCAC honors three times including victories in 2011 and 2012. He doubled up with victories in the 100 and 200 at the 2011 conference meet, becoming just one of two men to accomplish that feat over the last decade.
Sewanee’s Brown, who also made the 30th anniversary football team as a defensive back, earned his all-anniversary nod for track and field for his performances in the 100 meters. An all-SCAC honoree four times in the event, Brown posted victories in 2009 and 2010 and still has the fifth-fastest time (10.75) in the history of the championship.
Southwestern’s Taylor is the only three-time winner in the history of the pole vault, the event that earned him all-anniversary accolades. His 14’ 7 1/4" clearance at the 2013 championships is the sixth-best in conference meet history.
Texas Lutheran’s Barrolle joins Sewanee’s Brown as members of both the 30th anniversary football team and the track and field squad – earning his recognition on the latter for his performances in the triple jump. A three-time All-SCAC honoree in the event, Barrolle took home gold in 2017 and 2018. He was also a three-time all-conference performer in the long jump. Garza, the league’s Field Athlete-of-the-Year in 2019, received all-anniversary honors for his performance in the shot put, an event he earned All-SCAC four times with victories in 2017, 2018 and 2019. Along with Trinity’s Kels Farmer (1997-1999), he is one of just two men to win the shot put three times at the conference meet. Garza owns the conference record in the event (57’ 3/4") and was an all-American in 2019 when he finished as the national runner-up. Jones earned all-anniversary consideration for his performance in the 200 meters. The league’s Track Athlete-of-the-Year in 2019, that same season Jones swept the 100 and 200 at the conference championships and went on to earn all-American honors in the 200 with an eighth-place finish. He had earned all-America honors the previous year as a member of TLU’s second place 4x100 team. Wieland received his all-anniversary nod for his performances in the pole vault – an event he earned all-SCAC honors three times, including victories in 2017 and 2018. He is one of just four men over the last 15 years to garner all-SCAC honors three or more times in the event.
Trinity’s Armstrong is one of the 11 men in league history to earn four career gold medals in one event – taking top honors in the 1,500 meters from 2007 to 2010 and earning all anniversary recognition in the process. He still owns the second and third-fastest 1,500 times (3:54.71 and 3:55.46) run in SCAC championship history. Baer earned all-anniversary accolades for the javelin, an event he won in 2008 and 2009 en route to all-American performances both years – finishing fifth in 2008 and third in 2009. He still owns the SCAC championship meet record in the event with a toss of 198’ 8” in 2009. Trinity’s Brown joins fellow Tiger Armstrong with all-anniversary recognition in the 1,500 meters. Brown won the event in both 2015 and 2016. Brush received an all-anniversary nod for his performances in the 800 meters – an event he dominated from 2008 to 2011 with first place finishes each year. A two-time all-American in the event, Brush still owns three of the top five finishes in SCAC championship meet history, including a record time of 1:53.50 in 2011. The conference’s Track Athlete-of-the-Year in 2011, Brush finished sixth in the 800 at the 2008 national meet and fourth in 2010. Campbell earned all-anniversary consideration for the discus, an event he won gold at the SCAC championships in 2009, 2010 and 2013 when he capped his career with Field Athlete-of-the-Year honors. As a freshman, he finished third in the nation at the 2009 NCAA Championships to pick up all-American honors. Erickson won six individual titles at the conference championship meet in his career at Trinity, including two in the 3,000-meter steeplechase, the event that earned him all-anniversary consideration. He is just one of five men to win multiple conference titles in the event. Hicks is one of just three men with three or more titles in the 100 meters at the conference meet, earning him an all-anniversary nod for the event. He took gold in 2005, 2006 and 2007 and his winning time of 10.79 in 2005 was the conference record at the time. Love made the all-anniversary team for his performances in the discus, an event he achieved all-SCAC status four years with gold medal performances in 2015, 2017 and 2018. He was the league’s Field Athlete-of-the-Year in both 2017 and 2018 and capped his career with an all-American performance with an eighth-place finish at the 2018 NCAA Championships. Trinity’s Plantz received all-anniversary consideration for his performances in the 800 meters, an event he garnered all-SCAC honors four times, including victories in 2013, 2014 and 2015. He is one of just three men in league history to earn all-conference four times in the 800 meters. Warren wraps up the honorees from Trinity, earning his all-anniversary nod in the high jump. A four-time all-SCAC honoree in the event, Warren took first place in 2011, 2013 and 2014.
