Feb. 18, 2004
ATLANTA – The Georgia Tech men’s and women’s track and field teams will travel to Clemson, S.C., for the indoor Atlantic Coast Conference Championships this Friday and Saturday, Feb. 20-21. The ACC meet will be held in the Clemson Indoor Track and Field facility on the campus of Clemson University.
Sophomore All-American Chaunte Howard (Riverside, Calif.) is the defending ACC champion in the high jump and currently holds the top mark in the conference. She set the Clemson Indoor facility record on Dec. 6, 2003, with a mark of 6’2.25″.
Junior Shanta Smith (Miami, Fla.) is also a defending indoor ACC champion for the Yellow Jackets, winning the triple jump in 2003. Smith holds the top mark in the conference with a school record jump of 43’4.50″ at the Clemson track earlier this season.
Freshman Ashlee Kidd (St. Petersburg, Fla.) also tallied an ACC best time for the Jackets with a mark of 53.62 in the 400 meters.
Another returning All-ACC performer for Tech is senior Melanie Waits (Houston, Texas), finishing third in the 60-meter hurdles at last year’s indoor ACC meet. Waits currently ranks eighth in the conference with a time of 8.66.
Junior Dana Rogers (East Point, Ga.) ranks first in the league in the 55-meter hurdles and second in the 60mH with times of 7.88 and 8.37, respectively.
Senior Amandi Rhett (Willingboro, N.J.) posted two runner-up finishes for Tech in the 60- and 200-meter dashes last year at ACC’s and holds the league’s top time in the 200 meters (24.01) and ranks second in the 60m (7.45).
A trio of seniors lead the way for the Tech men. Seniors Brendon Mahoney (Cumming, Ga.), Michael Massey (Asheboro, N.C.) and Kyle Rabbitt (Red Oak, Ga.) all hold top times in the conference. Mahoney leads the league in the 800 meters (1:50.66) and mile (4:02.32), garnering all-conference honors in both events at last year’s ACC meet.
Massey has held the high jump top mark the entire indoor season, tallying a jump of 7’1.50″ at the Clemson Invitational. The outdoor All-ACC performer will be searching for his first all-conference honors at the indoor meet.
Rabbitt broke the school records in the 3000 and 5000 meters at the 2003 indoor ACC meet and holds the conference’s top time in the 3000 with a time of 8:11.00. He has not run the 5000 meters yet this season.
Junior All-American Ian Brewer (Saunderstown, R.I.) has been out for the entire indoor season and finished second in the hammer throw at last year’s ACC meet. Brewer broke the school record in hammer in both indoor and outdoor seasons.
Shot putter Zeb Sion (Pocatello, Idaho) garnered All-ACC honors at the outdoor meet last year and searches for his first honors at the indoor meet. Sion ranks fifth in the ACC with a season-high toss of 56’6.50″ last week at the Tiger Invitational.
