2011 CAA Women's Track and Field Champions (133 points, won by 28 points over second-place team)
Six Qualifiers for NCAA East Regionals: Yolanda Berryhill (Discus), Danielle Hill (400m Hurdles), Tamara Moore (100m Hurdles), Angelia Nugent (Triple Jump), Brandy Swann (400m), Shaquita Young (High Jump)
One Qualifier for NCAA National Championships: Angelia Nugent (Triple Jump)
All-CAA Participants (11 Individuals, 1 relay team): Brandy Swann (400m), Tamara Moore (100m Hurdles), Danielle Hill (400m Hurdles), Katharine Showalter (Steeplechase), Angelia Nugent, Swann, Lavina Dent, Hill (4x400m Relay), Shaquita Young (High Jump), Nugent (Long Jump), Nugent (Triple Jump), Yolanda Berryhill (Shot Put), Berryhill (Discus), Jacia Montgomery (Heptathlon), Kasey Rollins (110m Hurdles)
(Bold = Won Event)
School Records Broken (4): Angelia Nugent (Triple Jump - 12.77m), Yolanda Berryhill (Discus - 48.78m), Danielle Hill (400m Hurdles - 58.90), Jacia Montgomery (Heptathlon: 4,530 points)
CAA Weekly Honorees (5): Yolanda Berryhill (Field Athlete of the Week): 3/22, Shaquita Young (Co-Field Athlete of the Week): 4/05, Berryhill (Co-Field Athlete of the Week): 4/19, Tamara Moore (Track Athlete of the Week): 5/17, Angelia Nugent (Field Athlete of the Week): 5/17
CoSIDA Academic All-District III First Team: Yolanda Berryhill
Capital One Academic All-America® Women's Track & Field/Cross Country Third Team: Yolanda Berryhill
CAA Scholar-Athlete of the Year (Women's Track and Field): Yolanda Berryhill
CAA Track Rookie of the Year: Tamara Moore
CAA Coach of the Year: Eric Campbell
ATLANTA -- The Georgia State track and field program enjoyed a season to remember in 2011 as the women's track and field team brought home the school's first track and field championship at the CAA Championships in May in Richmond, Va..
Scoring 133 points, the Panthers out-distanced second place George Mason by 28 points to nab the title. GSU was paced by the Most Outstanding Field Performer in senior Yolanda Berryhill, as she won both the discus and shot put titles, while also placing fourth in the hammer throw. Junior Angelia Nugent won the triple and long jumps and also placed third as part of the 4x400m relay team. Also earning victories were Tamara Moore and Danielle Hill in the 100 and 400m hurdles, respectively, and Shaquita Young in the high jump.
Freshman Tamara Moore was named the CAA Rookie of the Year and Eric Campbell was voted the CAA Coach of the Year.
In all, nine women in 11 events were named All-CAA, while Kasey Rollins picked up All-CAA honors in the 110m hurdles on the men's side.
Nugent, who broke her own school record several times in the triple jump, blazed through the NCAA East Regionals, finishing seventh with a leap of 12.77m (41-10.75 ft). The Athens, Ga., product advanced to the NCAA Nationals, where she placed 19th out of 24 jumpers with a mark of 12.42 meters.
Also advancing to the NCAA East Regionals were Berryhill (Discus), Hill (400m Hurdles), Moore (100m Hurdles), Young (High Jump) and Brandy Swann (400m).
Besides the school record in the triple jump for Nugent, three other Panthers set school marks. Berryhill broke her own school record in the discus with a toss of 48.78m (160-05 ft), Hill set a new 100m hurdle mark with a time of 58.90 and Jacia Montgomery broke her own school record in the heptathlon with 4,530 points.
During the year Berryhill earned two CAA Field Athlete of the Week Awards, while Moore, Nugent and Young earned one award each, with Moore being the only Panther to earn Track Athlete of the Week accolades.
Berryhill earned her first after the Georgia Intercollegiate, where she placed first in the discus, second in the hammer throw and fourth in the shot put. Young won the high jump at the Gem of the Hills Invitational to claim her CAA award. Her mark placed her 23rd in the country at the time. Berryhill picked up her second honor after Auburn University's War Eagle Invitational, where she placed fifth against a loaded field in the discus. Moore and Nugent earned their CAA awards after securing spots in the NCAA East Regionals after strong showings in last chance meets. Moore ran 13.50 in the 100m hurdles prelims at the Albany State Last Chance Meet, while Nugent placed second in the triple jump with a leap of 12.70 meters.
The men's team graduates no one from this year's squad that showed marked improvement throughout the season. Rising senior Chris Harper lowered his 1,500m mark several times throughout the season including a best of 3:57.50. Also showing great improvement throughout the year was Michael Dampier, who lowered his time in the 800m by 11 seconds throughout the course of the year. Rollins also performed admirably in the 110m hurdles, placing third at the CAAs, the lone Panther male to earn All-CAA honors.
The Panther men only sent 14 competitors to the CAAs, but the team still managed to score 14 points with Rollins scoring six in the 110m hurdles, while the 4x100m relay team placed fourth and the 4x400m relay team finished sixth.
Ending their careers for the Panthers were five GSU student-athletes that scored points for State including Berryhill, Lavina Dent, Jasmine Love, Montgomery and Young.
Berryhill graduates as one of the most decorated GSU women's track and field athletes to ever put on the uniform. The Leesburg, Ga., native holds school records in the discus, shot put and hammer and was an All-CAA performer four times, winning three CAA titles. She also earned Capital One Academic All-District III first team as a senior.
With a host of talented returnees, the future is surely bright for the GSU track and field program is it gets set to try and repeat the magic that turned out to be the 2011 season.
