Daniels-Elder Wins Lifetime Award

Jeri Daniels '82 a member of the William and Mary Hall of Fame has been honored as "Tribe Champion for Life" award.  She was the national AIAW champion in the discus at W&M. She also was a long time coach at Penn State and a coach on several world and Olympic teams. 

Malone and Mattis Shine

Certainly if one heard that "Malone and Mattis" had a great weekend, you'd think you were back in 1984.  But this past weekend, John Malone's sone, Ben won the Colonial Relays 1500 meters exactly thirty years after John won the same race.   Ben won in 3:45.73.  Above is a great picture showing both of the Malones.

But outshining even Ben's performance was Sam Mattis (son of Marlon '85) who, two weeks ago, set the Ivy League discus record, a performance that also was the second fastest NCAA ever and an American collegiate record.  The throw, 221'3," also was an Olympic Games "A" standard throw.   Watch the throw below. 

Randy Hawthorne Inducted into the Peninsula Running Hall of Fame

Rarely do you get to read such a comprehensive overview of Randy's accomplishments, but then the write, Rick Platt, has been watching from closeup for four decades.  Here is the great article. 

W&M Soars at XC Team Championships

William and Mary alums had a banner day at the USA Team XC Championships.  Sonja Friend-Uhl, as she seems to do in every championship, won the women's master's race (a week after she ran a 4:57 mile).   Jonathan Grey finished second (and you can see in the image above) in the senior men's division while Elaina Boularis was 17th in the women's race.  Am I missing anyone?  

Three School Records to Open Indoor Season at CNU

Brian Waterfield breaks his own weight throw record by over 5 feet!



Leia Mistowski breaks the women's weight throw record by over a foot!



Derek O'Connell improves his indoor pole vault school record by 2 inches!

Cookie Baking at the Hawthornes!

Per tradition, members of the XC/TF teams prepared for the annual Hawthorne Christmas Party by baking cookies on Friday evening and Saturday morning. Dozens upon dozens were baked and enjoyed by the W&M XC/TF Family at Sunday's party!

Regan Rome 24th

Regan Rome just finished 24th in 20:17 meaning she just earned her first All-American title.   My teammate, Todd Lindsley's ('85) daughter, Greta Lindsley also was at the NCAA meet finishing 224th.  John Kellogg's ('84) son was 86th in the Div III men's race. 

Rome Qualifies for the NCAA Meet

Sophomore Regan Rome just found that she has officially qualified for the NCAA meet off of her 5th place in the Southeast Region meet.  

Stites and Rome Ranked in Top 20 in US

Reagan Rome and Emily Stites have just been ranked by Flotrack 17th and 15th respectively.  

Interview with Emily Stites

Here is an interview with Emily Stites.