University Resources
Academic Support
In October, 1986, North Carolina opened the doors to its new StudentAthlete Development Center, located at the east end of Kenan Stadium,
adjacent to Kenan Fieldhouse. This 10,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art
academic center boasts an impressive array of facilities for the benefit of
all Tar Heel student-athletes in the 28-sport program.
The Academic Support staff serves approximately 725
student-athletes.
1999-2000 Track & Field Academic Honors
At the University of North Carolina, athletes are still first and foremost students. While most universities make that claim, Carolina
student-athletes prove it. In 1999-2000 a total of 28 athletes were listed on the ACC Academic Honor Roll, which requires a 3.0 grade
point average for the year. Additionally, a total of 12 players earned
Dean’s List honors. Listed below are the returning athletes who
made both lists.
Stefani Dixon
Joy Ganes
Beth George
Stacey Geyer
Alison Lentz
Crystal Pollard*
Marina Chase*
Whitney Weber
Candace Doby*
Stefanie Jilcott*
Tracey Siler*
Kim Timberlake*
Robert Borbet*
Kestutis Celiesius
David Cunningham
Ian Douglass
Jeff Ellis
Michael Goodman
Terrance McRae*
David Stroupe
Dash Victor*
Zach Victor
*ACC and Dean’s List Honors
The Academic Support Program assists student-athletes in exploring
their interests and abilities, enjoying a broad educational experience and student-athletes made the Dean’s List, and 112 did so during the spring
reaching or exceeding their academic goals. “Our goal is to assist our semester.
“Our young people are students first and athletes second and that will
student-athletes in making sound academic decisions,” says Robert
Mercer, the Associate Director of Academic Support Services. “ By pro- always be the case at the University,” says Athletic Director Dick
viding our student athletes with direction and support with their studies Baddour. “That is a credit to our coaches administrators and support
and their graduation planning, we are helping them to realize their full staff, but most of all, our student-athletes. Their accomlishments are in
potential while they are attending the University and after they have the classroom are very impressive.”
The staff consists of Assistant Athletic Director and Program Director
graduated.”
The mission of the Academic Support Program for Student-Athletes Dr. Janice Hilliard, Associate Directors Burgess McSwain and Mercer,
Assistant Directors Susan Berner, Dr. Carl
is to provide programs and services
Carey and Dr. Kathy Parker, Academic
integrated with the University commCounselor
Marisa
Marucci
and
munity that will address the individual
Administrative Assistant Doug Roberts.
needs of a diverse group of students.
They serve approximately 725 studentThese programs and services are
athletes, planning academic and life skill
designed to promote personal growth
programming designed to help the stuand responsibility, to inspire educationdent-athlete maximize his or her academic
al excellence and an appreciation for
and extracurricular activities.
the academic experience, and to culmiTutors are available during a supernate in graduation and fulfillment of
vised study hall, which is open Sunday
lifelong goals.
through Thursday evenings.
The
Included in the building, convenient
Academic Support center is available from
to classrooms and dorms alike, are a
8 a.m. to midnight during the week and
full assortment of computers, several
from 6 p.m. to midnight on Sundays. In
study rooms, a language lab with tape
any given week it is estimated that at least
players, seven tutorial rooms, a large
half of UNC’s student-athletes use the
classroom that can be divided into two
Center.
smaller ones and a 128-seat auditorium
that is used for seminars and lectures.
The center has the latest and most upto-date computer systems in place.
In the 1999-2000 academic year, 246
Carolina student-athletes made the
ACC Academic Honor Roll, which
requires a cumulative GPA of at least
Academic counselor Marisa Marucci advises
3.0 for the year. In the fall of 1999, 146
a student-athlete.
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University Resources
Fitness & Conditioning
The track & field team utilizes a 8,000-square-foot fitness center located
below the Development Center in a wing of the Kenan Fieldhouse. It features
state-of-the-art equipment, free weights and Olympic weights.
One of three fitness facilities used by Carolina athletes, the Kenan facility
also features a performance lab where specialized aerobic equipment such as
stairmasters, treadmills and biocycles is used for conditioning and monitoring
rehabilitation progress. The squad also makes use of modern strength, flexibility and conditioning methods in a year-round training cycle. The result of
such training is athletes who are properly conditioned for competition.
The fitenss staff includes Greg Gatz (right), in his third year as Director of
Strength and Conditioning for Olympic Sports. He is responsible for facility
management and organization of the Olympic sports weight room. Jodi
Hopkins, assistant director, is in her fourth year. In addition to overseeing the
women’s basketball strength program, she works closely with the track teams.
Sports Medicine
The Carolina Athletic training facitlity is run by Head Trainer Susan Mays. With the student-athlete’s health and wellness at the forefront, Mays heads up a staff of 10 full-time
trainiers and 61 student and graduate student trainers.
The athletic training room, located in Fetzer Gym, is used to treat the 24 of the 26 Olympic
Sport teams including approximately 600 student-athletes.
The physical therapy clinic in the Student Health Service is used not only to treat studentathletes but also serves as a physical therapy treatment facility for students, faculty and the
community.
In addition to the academic and fitness programs, the Tar Heels receive excellent care from
one of the country’s best sports medicine staffs.
Carolina’s Director of Sports Medicine, Dr. Tim Taft, oversees a program that includes
care by Dr. Kelly Waicus, Head Team Physician. Head Trainer Dan Hooker directs a staff
of five full-time athletic trainers and physical therapists, as well as several graduate students
and undergraduates.
The medical and athletic training facilities are located in the Student Health Center and
Fetzer Gym. Both are near Tar Heel practice areas for easy access to the conscientious treatment and advice on the care and prevention of injuries
that is available from the sports medicine staff.
The Athletic Department also recognizes a responsibility in educating student athletes on the physical, mental, emotional and legal issues
involved in drug abuse. Accordingly, the department has established a drug education and prevention program which is administered by the
University’s Student Health Services.
Massage Therapy
In addition to strength and conditioning and training facilities, Carolina track and field also
receives massage therapy treatment . The men’s and women’s track teams use massage
theraphy to assist with rehabiliation after an injury and to help prevent future injuries. Carolyn
Levy (right), a certified massage therapist, is in her seventh year as the massage therapist
with the North Carolina track and field program. Levy has over nine years of experience as a
massage therapist and served as massage therapist for the 1996 U.S. Olympic Trials and the
Atlanta Games. She travelled to Athens, Greece, as the massage therapist for USA Track &
Field at the World Games and the 1998 USA World Games. Levy practices at a clinic located
in nearby Carrboro, N.C.
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University of North Carolina
"The thing that I have always admired about the University of North Carolina is it’s
been a place that emphasized both academics and athletics and other extracurricular
activities. And it’s demonstrated to the country that it is not necessary to make a
choice, and that there’s something to be said for learning how to compete, to work on a
team, to put aside your own personal ambition for what is best for a group, and that an
institution like the University of North Carolina can really set a standard for the entire
country."
— President Bill Clinton
All campus photos by Dan Sears
As the nation’s first state university, the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill was chartered in 1789. The cornerstone of
its first building, Old East, was laid in 1793 and opened to students
in 1795. Carolina was the only public university to award degrees
to students in the 18th century.
Carolina’s 13 colleges and schools offer programs in more than 100
fields leading to 95 bachelor’s, 169 master’s and 109 doctoral
degrees, as well as professional degrees in dentistry, medicine,
pharmacy, law and library science. Five health-affairs schools,
which help comprise one of the most complete academic medical
centers in the country, are well-integrated with a prestigious liberal
arts program.
The 729-acre central campus, once called "The Noble Grove," is
among the nation’s most beautiful. It includes the two oldest state
university buildings, Old East and Person Hall. Old East, a residence hall, and Playmakers Theatre, an 1852 Greek-revival building, are National Historic Landmarks.
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RESEARCH
Carolina ranks among the nation’s top 20
research universities in the amount of total federal
support for research.
Each dollar invested in Carolina creates an estimated $4 in net earnings. That’s a four-to-one
return, and it means that sponsored programs at
UNC contribute about $1 billion and some 15,000
jobs to the state’s economy.
UNC contributes skilled employees to the North
Carolina economy: 60 percent of the dentists, 40
percent of the attorneys, 43 percent of the physicians, 15 percent of the city managers and more
than 10 percent of the college and university professors.
STUDENTS
Some 23,592 students come from all 100 North Carolina
counties, the other 49 states and more than 100 countries
studied at UNC in 1997-98.
Nearly 69 percent of incoming freshmen graduated in the
top 10th of their high-school classes.
More than 30 percent of incoming freshmen scored 1,300
or higher on their SATs. More than 57 percent scored 1,200
or above.
Sixty-two percent of the 3,208 freshmen who enrolled in
1992 graduated after four years, a rate significantly higher
than the 35-percent average among colleges in the
Association of American Universities.
Ten Carolina students have been selected as Rhodes
Scholars since 1980.
Ninety-three percent of Carolina’s 1996 graduating seniors
said they were satisfied with the quality of the education
they received at Chapel Hill, with 43.5 percent saying they
were very satisfied.
More than 210,224 living alumni reside in all 50 states
and 129 foreign countries.
FACULTY
Carolina’s full-time faculty of 2,417
includes professors who hold or have held
major positions in virtually every national
scholarly or professional association.
Overall, more than 90 percent of Carolina’s
faculty members have earned their field’s
highest degree.
Carolina’s average student-teacher ratio is
14 to one. A fall 1992 study found that only
5.4 percent of 2,083 undergraduate class
sections contained 100 or more students; 7.8
percent contained 50 to 99 students.
Estimated average enrollment is 40 for
freshman lecture classes, 30 for upper division lecture courses.
Carolina boasts more endowed chairs held
by black faculty members than any other
university in the country.
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RECENT NATIONALRANKINGS
In U.S. News & World Report magazine’s "American’s Best
Colleges" issue: Carolina was third among public universities and
tied for 25th among all public and private universities.
In Kaplan/Newsweek magazine’s "How to Get into College" guide:
Carolina was one of just 12 U.S. campuses called "first-rate schools
at bargain prices." Editors cited some of the university’s "pluses" as
strong academics, high-quality facilities, a college-friendly town, a
beautiful campus and powerhouse sports.
According to Money magazine’s "Your Best College Buys Now"
guide: Carolina was the sixth-best buy based on out-of-state tuition
for the second consecutive year and the second-best value in the
Southeast.
Carolina was the top-scoring public university in the country for
academic quality and financial value in the March 1997 issue of
Kiplinger’s Personal Finance Magazine.
RATINGS AND ACHIEVEMENTS
Among 40 members of the American Association of Universities,
Carolina ranked second in 1995-96 in the percentage of bachelor’s
degrees awarded to women (60.4 percent) and fourth in the percentage awarded to blacks (8.9 percent.).
The University’s $440 million Bicentennial Campaign for Carolina,
held from 1989 through 1995, was the largest fund-raising campaign
in the university’s history and the fourth-largest campaign ever completed at a public university.
Chapel Hill was featured in
this 1999 USA Today story
as one of the top 10 places in
America to soak up campus
culture.
Greg
Zoroya
writes:
“Franklin Street is the social
fulcrum, with shops, restaurants, movie theaters, icecream parlors, pubs and histoical sites.”
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North Carolina’s field hockey program won three consecutive NCAAtitles from 1995 (pictured)
to 1997.
National Championships
Women’s Soccer ......................................................................17
(1981-82-83-84-86-87-88-89-90-91-92-93-94--96-97-99-2000)
Men’s Lacrosse (1981-82-86-91) ..............................................4
Men’s Basketball (1924-57-82-93) ............................................4
Field Hockey (1989-95-96-97) ..................................................4
Women’s Basketball (1994)........................................................1
Mia Hamm was one of eight current or former Tar Heels
on the 1999 U.S. Women’s World Cup roster. International
soccer’s alltime leading goal scorer, Hamm led Carolina to
national championships in 1989, 1990, 1992 and 1993.
Carolina’s rich athletic
tradition includes 29 team
national championships in
five different sports,
including Dean Smith’s
two national titles while
guiding UNC’s men’s
baksetball program fron
1961 to 1997.
The world’s most recognizable athlete, Michael Jordan
was a two-time national
player of the year as a Tar
Heel. A five-time NBA
MVP, Jordan’s Chicago
Bulls teams won six NBA
championships.
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A two-time AllAmerican at UNC,
B.J.Surhoff (right)
was the 1985
National Player of
the Year and named
to the 1999
American League
All-Star team.
Former Tar Heel All Americans Vince Carter and
Tracy Reid each got off to tremendous professional basketball careers, with Reid being named the
1998 WNBARookie of the Year and Carter earning
NBARookie of the Year honors in 1999.
Carolina’s rich tradition of Olympians
includes Allen Johnson’s (below) gold
medal performance in the 110 hurdles
at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. Touted
as the world’s fastest female, Marion
Jones (right) captured a total of five
Olympic medals in the 2000 Olympic
Games including three Gold medals.
A three-time All-American at Carolina, Davis
Love III has been one of the PGA Tour’s most
consistent players in the 1990’s. In 1997 he won
the PGAChampionship, his first major title.
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Chapel Hill
Located three hours from the Atlantic coast and three hours from the Great Smokey
Mountains, Chapel Hill offers easy access to the state’s abundant natural resources. If,
that is, you see fit to leave Chapel Hill. With a population of 43, 539 and a median
age of 30.4 years, it is both cozy and cosmopolitan, historic and progressive. Long
cited as the ideal college town, Chapel Hill provides plenty of extra-curricular activity.
Ground zero is Franklin Street, which borders the north side of campus. Without leaving the street, you can dine on Mexican, Chinese or anything in betweenn , or stake
out a stool at the counter of Sutton’s Drug Store, which has been serving hamburgers
and vanilla cokes since 1923. After dinner, you can catch an independent film at the
Varsity or Cross Franklin Street and view the stars at The Morehead Planetarium, the
country’s largest on-campus planetarium.
There’s plenty to do elsewhere, though, with a wide range of restaurants, markets and
shops throughout Chapel Hill and neighboring Carrboro. The paths and trails at North
Carolina Botanical Gardens, on the south side of campus, are great for a leisurely stroll
or a challenging hike. Music,
dance and theater groups-both
locally-based and touring-offer
entertainment for diverse tastes.
Everyone has an opinon as to the
best qualities of Chapel Hill.
What newcomers and lifers alike
agree on, however, is that the
town lives up ot its nickname: The
Southern Part of Heaven.
The varied terrain in the state of
North Carolina offers both mounWilmington, N.C.
tains and beaches within a few
hours’drive from Chapel Hill.
North Carolina’s climate also provides something for everyone.
With an average year-round temperateure of 59 degrees, state residents enjoy four mild seasons with cool springs and falls, warm
summers and occasional winter snowfall.
Chapel Hill is one corner of what’s known as the Triangle area,
which has been cited as the best place to live in the U.S. and also
the best place to do business. The Triangle is also a popular place
to attend college, with numerous institutions of higher learning
nearby. Within 30 minutes from UNC are Duke University, North
Carolina State University and North Carolina Central University,
to name just a few.
Chapel Hill, N.C.
Great Smoky Mountains
ON THE COVER: (l-r) NCAAOutdoor Qualifiers:
Ian Douglas, Lutisha Shittu, Sal Gigante, Jill Pedretti,
Ola Sesay, Trish
Nervo, Beth George,
Joy Ganes and
Brent Callaway
(center photo) Jeff
Ellis
Front/Back and
Inside covers:
Designed by Phillip
Buiser
Action shots: Walt
Unks
In Memory of
Dr. Robert B.
Seligman
Robert B. Seligman, a thrower at the University of North
Carolina in the late 1940’s, passed away October 18, 2000 He
was 75 years old.
Seligman, from Richmond, Va., was Southern Conference
champion in the shot put and discus from 1948 to 1952 and also
held the Southern Conference record in the discus.
A native of Brooklyn, N.Y., Dr. Seligman received his UNC
undergraduate degree in 1948 and doctorate in organic chemistry from the University of North Carolina in 1953.
A WWII Navy veteran, he retired in 1988 as vice president of
Philip Morris USAafter 35 years of service. He oversaw tobacco and chewing gum research and was published many times
and awarded numerous patents.
Dr. Seligman remained active in track and field competing in
the Master’s Over 40 division for many years. He was a member of the UNC Spike Shoe track club.
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2001 NCAA Qualifying Standards
Track size
55m
60m
55m hurdles
60m hurdles
200m
400m
800m
Mile
3000m
5000m
1,600m Relay
Mile relay
Distance Medley
(meters)
Distance Medley
(yards)
(<200m)
(200m)
(>200m)
(<200m)
(200m)
(>200m)
(200m or less)
(>200m)
(200m or less)
(>200m)
(200m or less)
(>200m)
(200m or less)
(>200m)
(<200m)
(200m)
(>200m)
(<200m)
(200m)
(>200m)
(200m or less)
(>200m)
(220 yds or less)
(>220 yds)
High Jump
Pole Vault
Long Jump
Triple Jump
Shot Put
Weight (35lb men, 20lb women)
100m
200m
400m
800m
1500m
Mile
Steeplechase(men-3,000
5000m
10,000m
110/100 Hurdles
400 Hurdles
4x100m Relay
4x400m Relay
Mile Relay
High Jump
Pole Vault
Long Jump
Triple Jump
Shot Put
Discus
Javelin
Hammer
Decathlon/Heptathlon
MEN’S OUTDOOR
AUTOMATIC
F.A.T.
M.T.
6.16
6.62
7.23
7.74
21.30
21.15
20.90
46.97
46.7
46.72
46.4
46.32
46.0
1:48.90
1:48.6
1:48.30
1:48.0
4:01.80
4:01.5
4:01.00
4:00.7
8:00.00
7:59.7
7:58.70
7:58.4
14:00.00 13:59.7
13:58.15 13:57.9
3:10.00
3:09.7
3:08.50
3:08.2
3:06.90
3:06.6
3:11.20
3:10.9
3:09.70
3:09.4
3:08.10
3:07.8
9:40.00
9:39.7
9:37.75
9:39.7
9:43.50
9:43.2
9:41.25
9:41.0
English Metric
2.25
5.50
7.85
16.20
19.00
21.35
PROVISIONAL
F.A.T.
M.T.
6.26
6.72
7.39
7.90
21.65
21.50
21.25
47.70
47.4
47.45
47.2
47.05
46.8
1:50.80
1:50.5
1:50.20
1:49.9
4:06.00
4:05.7
4:05.20
4:04.9
8:12.00
8:11.7
8:10.70
8:10.4
14:20.00 14:19.7
14:18.15 14:17.9
3:13.50
3:13.2
3:12.00
3:11.7
3:10.40
3:13.1
3:14.70
3:14.4
3:13.20
3:12.9
3:11.60
3:11.3
9:48.00
9:47.7
9:48.00
9:47.7
9:51.50
9:51.2
9:49.25
9:49.0
English
Metric
2.16
5.25
7.55
15.60
17.50
19.00
MEN’S OUTDOOR
AUTOMATIC
PROVISIONAL
F.A.T.
M.T.
F.A.T.
M.T.
10.16
10.34
20.50
20.85
45.40
45.1
46.20
45.9
1:47.50
1:47.2
1:49.00
1:48.7
3:41.50
3:41.2
3:45.00
3:44.7
3:59.20
3:58.9
@
@
8:43.00
8:42.7
8:54.00
8:53.7
13:46.00 13:45.7
14:07.00 14:06.7
29:00.00 28:59.7
29:45.00 29:44.7
13.72
13.90
50.10
49.8
51.20
50.9
39.20
38.9
40.00
39.7
3:04.00
3:03.7
3:07.00
3:06.7
3:05.20
3:04.9
3:08.20
3:07.9
English Metric
English
Metric
2.25
2.18
5.55
5.30
7.95
7.65
16.30
15.70
19.20
17.80
60.00
56.00
72.00
67.30
68.00
61.00
7,500 points
7,150 points
@-Time must be converted to 1,500 meters by dividing by 1.08
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WOMEN’S INDOOR
AUTOMATIC
F.A.T.
MT.
6.80
7.30
7.64
8.17
23.90
23.70
23.50
53.80
53.5
53.50
53.2
53.20
52.9
2:07.30
2:07.0
2:06.90
2:06.6
4:44.00
4:43.7
4:43.40
4:43.1
9:24.00
9:23.7
9:23.20
9:22.9
16:20.00
16:19.7
16:18.45
16:18.2
3:39.00
3:38.7
3:37.00
3:36.7
3:35.80
3:35.5
3:40.25
3:40.0
3:38.25
3:38.0
3:37.05
3:36.8
11:22.00
11:21.7
11:20.00
11:19.7
11:26.20
11:25.9
11:24.20
11:23.9
English
Metric
1.86
4.10
6.38
13.15
16.10
19.50
PROVISIONAL
F.A.T.
M.T.
6.94
7.44
7.90
8.43
24.45
24.45
24.05
55.30
55.0
55.00
54.7
54.70
54.4
2:10.00
2:09.7
2:09.60
2:09.3
4:49.00
4:48.7
4:48.40
4:48.1
9:38.00
9;37.7
9:37.20
9:36.9
16:50.00
16:49.7
16:48.45
16:48.2
3:45.00
3:44.7
3:43.00
3:42.7
3:41.80
3:41.5
3:46.25
3:46.0
3:44.25
3:44.0
3:43.05
3:42.8
11:38.00
11:37.7
11:36.00
11:35.7
11:42.20
11:41.9
11:40.20
11:39.9
English
Metric
1.77
3.80
6.10
12.55
14.90
17.70
WOMEN’S OUTDOOR
AUTOMATIC
F.A.T
M.T
11.30
23.10
52.40
52.1
2:05.00
2:04.7
4:19.00
4:18.7
4:39.64
4:39.4
10:20.00
10:19.7
16:13.00
16:12.7
34:10.00
34:09.7
13.10
57.50
57.2
44.20
43.9
3:33.50
3:33.2
3:34.70
3:34.4
English
Metric
1.85
4.10
6.50
13.40
16.00
54.50
52.50
61.00
5,500 points
PROVISIONAL
F.A.T
M.T.
11.55
23.60
53.70
53.4
2:07.50
2:07.2
4:24.00
4:23.7
@
@
11:10.00
11:09.7
16:48.00
16:47.7
35:15.00
35:14.7
13.60
59.20
58.9
45.10
44.8
3:39.00
3:38.7
3:40.2
3:39.9
English
Metric
1.79
3.80
6.20
12.80
14.90
50.50
46.50
56.00
5,175 points