Garrett, Tallman named to Verizon Academic All-District squads

Two members of the Missouri Southern track & field squads have been named to the Verizon Academic All-District teams, as selected by members of the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).

Junior Mary Garrett (Carthage, Mo.) and senior Jamie Tallman (Neodesha, Kan.) were both first-team selections on the District VII squads announced today (May 29). As a result, Garrett and Tallman will move onto the national ballot for Verizon Academic All-America consideration.

Garrett, a third-team Verizon Academic All-America as a sophomore in 2001, placed second at this year’s NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field Championships in the 400-meter hurdles, earning All-America honors in the event for the third time in her career. She also grabbed her first career indoor All-America honor by placing seventh in the 400-meter dash at this year’s indoor national meet. She won all-conference honors five times this year (indoors and outdoors), including a conference title in the indoor 400 meters.

In the classroom Garrett maintains a 3.98 GPA as a psychology/English major. She was named Missouri Southern’s Outstanding Female Athlete in 2003 and broke her own school record in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 59.20 seconds at last week’s national meet.

Tallman, a 6-2 and 240-pound thrower, placed 12th in the hammer throw at this year’s NCAA-II outdoor meet, his first-ever national championships appearance. He was All-MIAA this year in the outdoor season in the shot put (fifth place) and hammer (third place) and indoors in the weight throw (fourth place). In 2003, he turned in the team’s top five outdoor marks in the shot put and five of the top nine in the hammer. Indoors, he had six of the Lions’ top eight throws in the shot put.

In the classroom, Tallman holds a 3.886 GPA as a computer information science major. He was a recipient of a Fifth-Year Enhancement Scholarship for the 2003-04 academic year.

District VII is comprised of colleges and universities located in the states of Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyoming and the Canadian provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan.


	May 29, 2003 Garrett, Tallman named to Verizon Academic All-District squads

	Two members of the Missouri Southern track & field squads have been named to the Verizon Academic All-District teams, as selected by members of the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). Junior Mary Garrett (Carthage, Mo.) and senior Jamie Tallman (Neodesha, Kan.) were both first-team selections on the District VII squads announced today (May 29). As a result, Garrett and Tallman will move onto the national ballot for Verizon Academic All-America consideration. Garrett, a third-team Verizon Academic All-America as a sophomore in 2001, placed second at this year’s NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field Championships in the 400-meter hurdles, earning All-America honors in the event for the third time in her career. She also grabbed her first career indoor All-America honor by placing seventh in the 400-meter dash at this year’s indoor national meet. She won all-conference honors five times this year (indoors and outdoors), including a conference title in the indoor 400 meters. In the classroom Garrett maintains a 3.98 GPA as a psychology/English major. She was named Missouri Southern’s Outstanding Female Athlete in 2003 and broke her own school record in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 59.20 seconds at last week’s national meet. Tallman, a 6-2 and 240-pound thrower, placed 12th in the hammer throw at this year’s NCAA-II outdoor meet, his first-ever national championships appearance. He was All-MIAA this year in the outdoor season in the shot put (fifth place) and hammer (third place) and indoors in the weight throw (fourth place). In 2003, he turned in the team’s top five outdoor marks in the shot put and five of the top nine in the hammer. Indoors, he had six of the Lions’ top eight throws in the shot put. In the classroom, Tallman holds a 3.886 GPA as a computer information science major. He was a recipient of a Fifth-Year Enhancement Scholarship for the 2003-04 academic year. District VII is comprised of colleges and universities located in the states of Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyoming and the Canadian provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan.