University of North Carolina Athletics
UNC Track Inducts 2006 Hall Of Fame Class
January 14, 2006 | Track & Field
Jan. 14, 2006
CHAPEL HILL --- The University of North Carolina track and field program inducted its 2006 Hall of Fame class Saturday night at a banquet at the Hill Alumni Center. The inductees, who join classes from 1995 and 1996, are Eric Bishop, Milton Campbell, Allen Johnson, Curtis Johnson, Ken Harnden, Monique Hennagan, Lynda Lipson-Blutreich, Reggie McAfee, Holly Stagliano-Murray, Tisha Waller, Tony McCall, Marcus Stokes and Henry McKoy.
In addition to the inductees, a crowd of roughly 250 alumni, family, friends and current student-athletes attended the banquet. 1996 Olympic gold medalist Allen Johnson was the keynote speaker, while head coach Dennis Craddock and Athletic Director Dick Baddour also addressed the group.
The track and field program also handed out its yearly team awards. Erin Donohue and Vikas Gowda were named the team's most outstanding performers for track and field, while Brie Felnagle and Pablo Durana earned MVP honors for cross country.
A complete list of award winners as well as bios for the Hall of Fame inductees are below.
Track and Field Awards
Cross Country MVPs - Brianna Felnagle and Pablo Durana
Cross Country Freshmen of the Year - Brianna Felnagle and Tristram Thomas
Cross Country Coaches Award - Megan Kaltenbach and Jeffrey Peterson
Track MVPs - Erin Donohue and Vikas Gowda
Gene Anderson Student-Athlete Awards - Laura Gerraughty, Kerry Brewer, Matt Daly and Doug Smith
Doc Seligman Freshman Field Performers of the Year - Jocelyn White and Jared O'Connor
Dick Taylor Freshman Track Performers of the Year - Anna Hay and Reggie Berry
Dale Ranson Coaches Awards - Cassie King and Nick Owens
2006 Hall of Fame Inductees
Eric Bishop
Eric Bishop is the only man in Carolina track and field history to win individual national championships in both indoor and outdoor events. His outdoor high jump title in 1996 helped lead the Tar Heels to a fourth place team finish, the team's best ever finish at the NCAA Championships. His indoor title the following winter led the Tar Heels to a 13th-place finish. A four-time All-America performer, Bishop still holds the school record for both the indoor and outdoor high jump at 7 feet, 6 inches. Bishop won the ACC high jump title five times, including a record four straight indoor titles.
Milton Campbell
Milton Campbell was one of the leaders of the powerhouse teams of the mid-1990s, and the most decorated man in Carolina track history is terms of All-America honors. Campbell finished his career as a 13-time All-America performer, earning accolades seven times in outdoor track and six times indoors. He was a member of a pair of two national championship relay teams - the 1995 indoor 4x400 and the 1996 outdoor 4x100. He also won an amazing nine ACC titles in his four years in Chapel Hill. Campbell still holds school records in the indoor 200 and the outdoor 400, as well as the ACC meet record in the outdoor 400.
Allen Johnson
Allen Johnson was Carolina's first Olympic gold medalist, winning the 110-meter hurdles at the 1996 Atlanta Games. That gold medal is the crown achievement of one of the greatest international careers in track and field history. Johnson is an eight-time world champion, claiming the 110-hurdles crown four times from 1995 to 2003 and the 60-meter hurdles title three times. He was also a member of the world champion 4x400 relay team in 1997. While at Carolina, Johnson won the NCAA title in the indoor 55-meter hurdles in 1992, breaking the NCAA meet record in the process. A four-time All-America performer, Johnson still owns the ACC meet record in the indoor long jump as well as school records in the 55-, 60- and 110-meter hurdles and the indoor and outdoor long jump.
Curtis Johnson
Curtis Johnson was another of the great Carolina sprinters of the mid-1990s and a member of the 1996 NCAA 4x100 relay team. A three-time All-America performer, Johnson was a member of the 2000 U.S. Olympic team after winning a silver medal in the 100 at the Olympic Trials. Johnson was also a member of U.S. world championships teams in 1999 and 2001.
Ken Harnden
Ken Harnden was a two-time NCAA champion at Carolina, first as a member of the 1995 indoor 4x400 relay team. He then took the individual title in the 400-meter hurdles at the 1995 Outdoor Championships, the first Tar Heel outdoor champion since 1950. Harnden, who is still the only Carolina man to break 50 seconds in the 400-meter hurdles, is a two-time Olympian in the event. Harnden represented Zimbabwe in both the 1996 Atlanta games and the 2000 Sydney games. He has also competed in the 400-hurdles at the World Championships on three occasions.
Monique Hennagan
Monique Hennagan is a two-time Olympic gold medalist, winning as part of the U.S. 4x400 relay team in Sydney in 2000 and Athens in 2004. At Carolina, Hennagan was a two-time NCAA Champion. She was the first Tar Heel woman to win an NCAA title, taking the indoor 400 meters in 1996 and triumphing in the outdoor 800 later that spring. Hennagan finished her career as a seven-time All-America performer as well as a seven-time ACC champion. In addition to her Olympic success, Hennagan is a three-time U.S champion, winning the indoor 400 in 2002 and 2003 and taking the outdoor 400 at the 2004 Olympic trials.
Lynda Lipson-Blutreich
Lynda Lipson-Blutreich was a three-time All-America in the discus and javelin throws, including an NCAA runner-up performance in the javelin in 1992. A 1993 graduate, Lipson-Blutreich was a 2000 Olympian in the javelin and the U.S. Olympic Trials champion in that event. She also won the U.S. javelin title two other times - 1997 and 1999 - and finished in the top eight at the U.S. Championships in both the javelin and discus, finishing in the top 10 in the U.S. for all athletes in both, a rare throwing double. In addition to the 2000 Athens games, she also competed in the World Championships in 1997 and 1999. Despite having never thrown the javelin or discus in high school and coming to UNC as a softball recruit, Lipson-Blutreich would become a six-time ACC champion in the shot put, discus and javelin. She broke the ACC record in the discus despite competing in the event for just two years and still holds the Carolina record in the event.
Reggie McAfee
Reggie McAfee was a three-time All-America performer and one of the greatest middle-distance runners in ACC history. McAfee won the ACC outdoor mile twice as well as the indoor mile and the indoor 1,000-yard run once each. McAfee was the NCAA runner-up in the indoor mile in 1972 and 1973 as well as the third-place finisher in the outdoor mile in 1973. Named on the ACC's 50 greatest men's track athletes, McAfee placed second in the 1,500 at the 1973 World University Games.
Holly Stagliano-Murray
Holly Stagliano-Murray was one of Carolina's first female All-America performers, earning the honors three consecutive years in cross country. Her 10th-place finish in 1983, the second of her three All-America seasons, marked the highest Carolina finish in women's cross country until Shalane Flanagan's fourth-place finish 17 years later. Carolina finished eighth at the NCAA meet in 1983, the first ever top-10 NCAA finish for a Tar Heel women's team.
Tisha Waller
Tisha Waller had one of the greatest individual seasons in Carolina track and field history in 1991. Waller won both the ACC indoor and ACC outdoor high jump titles, finished second at both NCAA meets and set both the ACC indoor and outdoor high jump records. She also set Penn Relays record and finished third at the TAC National Championships. She would end her college career with five All-America honors and was the first Carolina woman to ever win an international medal, taking bronze at the 1991 World University Games. Waller is a two-time Olympian, representing the U.S. in Atlanta in 1996 and Athens in 2004. She also won the high jump at the U.S. Olympic Trials in 2004.
Tony McCall
Tony McCall was a member of two NCAA champion relay teams - the 1995 4x400 relay and the 1996 4x100 relay. During his career at UNC, McCall earned All-America honors 11 times including a school record eight times for outdoor track. McCall is still the fastest man in Carolina history. His record time of 10.08 in the 100-meter dash has stood since 1997 and his record time of 20.44 in the 200 has stood since 1995. On the international stage, McCall was a member of the U.S. 4x100 relay team at the 1995 World Championships in Sweden. He also competed in the 100 at the World University Games in 1997.
Marcus Stokes
Marcus Stokes was a two-time All-America performer and a member of the 1996 NCAA champion 4x100 relay. Stokes finished sixth in the nation and won the ACC title in the 55-meter hurdles in 1996. He also earned All-ACC honors in both the 55-hurdles and the indoor long jump as a senior. One of the best hurdlers ever at Carolina, Stokes still sits second in the 110-meter hurdles at UNC with a time of 13.72.
Henry McKoy
Henry McKoy was a two-time All-America performer and a member of the 1995 NCAA champion 4x400 relay. In addition to that indoor title, McKoy was also a member of the seventh-place outdoor 4x400 in the summer of 1995. He is a member of the school-record holding 4x400 relays for both indoor and outdoor track as well as the 1995 men's teamed that finished seventh at the NCAA Outdoor Championships, the second-highest finish in school history.
