Upstate Announces 2015 Outdoor Track & Field Team Awards
5/29/2015 12:00:00 AM | Track and Field
Spartanburg, S.C. – The USC Upstate track and field program announced today the recipients of its five team awards for the 2015 outdoor season, which ended two weeks ago at the A-Sun Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Jacksonville, Fla.
The women's team handed out three awards while the men recognized two award winners.
Semaj Tolliver and Alexis Jacobs were named the Most Outstanding Track Performer and Most Outstanding Field Performer, respectively, while Brittany Walls earned the Coaches Award for the women's squad. On the men's side, Jake McKown was selected the Most Outstanding Track & Field Performer and Patrick Jamison received Coaches Award accolades.
Tolliver concluded the season by setting a new school record in the 200-meter dash at the A-Sun Championships while also earning Third Team All-Conference honors in the 4x100-meter relay. Competing individually in the 100- and 200-meter dashes, the junior compiled seven top-10 performances with all of them coming in her final three meets of the season. She had a best finish of second in the 100-meter dash during the Charlotte Invitational and added a third place showing in the 200-meter dash at the Carolina's Cup. Tolliver ranked sixth in the A-Sun this season for the 200-meter dash and 10th in the 100-meter dash.
Jacobs earned three top-five finishes at the A-Sun Championships including a first place finish in the shot put. She became the first Upstate female athlete in program history to be named First Team All-Conference in the shot put after tying her conference-best throw this season of 13.95-meters. Jacobs would also break two of her school records at the A-Sun Championships in the discus throw and hammer throw. She won three times this season in the shot put and recorded 13 top-10 finishes. Jacobs finished the year ranked first in the A-Sun for the shot put, and fifth in both the discus throw and hammer throw.
Walls was a Second Team All-Conference performer in the high jump this season, the second of her career, and broke her own school record in the heptathlon after tallying 4,717 points at the A-Sun Championships. She competed in numerous events this season including the shot put, discus throw, javelin throw, high jump, long jump, 100-meter hurdles, 200-meter dash and 400-meter dash. The senior tallied 14 top-10 finishes during the season including an individual victory in the high jump at the Carolina's Cup. Walls finished the season ranked sixth or better in the A-Sun for the high jump, shot put and heptathlon.
McKown collected three All-Conference honors at the A-Sun Championships in the 400-meter hurdles, and as part of the 4x100-meter and 4x400-meter relay teams. The senior became the first Spartan male athlete in program history to medal in the 400-meter hurdles and was also a member of the first men's 4x100-meter relay team to place in the top three. He would later help close out the A-Sun Championships by receiving Second Team All-Conference honors in the 4x400-meter relay. McKown was named A-Sun Field Athlete of the Week on Apr. 29 after breaking a six-year old school record in the javelin throw. He finished the season ranked second in the A-Sun for the javelin throw and sixth in the 400-meter hurdles.
Jamison ran the final leg of both relay races at the A-Sun Championships and helped both squads earn All-Conference accolades in the 4x100- and 4x400-meters. He concluded the year with six top-10 finishes in his final four meets while competing in the 100-, 200- and 400-meter dashes. Jamison had a best finish of third at the Carolina's Cup after running a 49.50 in the 400-meter dash. He added two fifth place performances in both the 200- and 400-meter dashes during the Terrier Relays. The freshman finished the season seventh in the A-Sun for the 100-meter dash while sitting ninth in the 200-meter dash.
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Women's Outdoor Track & Field
Most Outstanding Track Performer: Semaj Tolliver
Most Outstanding Field Performer: Alexis Jacobs
Coaches Award: Brittany Walls
Men's Outdoor Track & Field
Most Outstanding Track & Field Performer: Jake McKown
Coaches Award: Patrick Jamison
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