Hall of Fame

Men's Cross Country/Track & Field 1991-93

  • Class
    1993
  • Induction
    2016
  • Sport(s)
    Men's Track & Field/Cross Country
The Men's Cross Country Track TeamĀ  P. A. C. K. was comprised of Kelvin Barton, Courtney Bennett, Larry English, Nicholas Eugene, Euan Hinds, Phil Johnson, Myers Kirkaldy,Ā  Dave Loobie and Sam Willoughby.Ā  After sweeping the 1991 MEAC championship; in 1992 this team ended U.M.B.C.'s six-year hold of the Metro Invitational Championship (which featured the seven area four-year institutions) and took team title a the Delaware State Invitational.Ā  Nicholas Eugene snared individual honors at both meets.Ā Ā  Courtney Bennett won two conference titles, Most Outstanding Performer, in 1991 and 1993. In 1993 he raced through the 6.2 mile course in 30:23.Ā  Nicholas Eugene won the MEAC's Most Outstanding Performer in 1992. The P.A.C.K. not only excelled on the track, many were MEAC All-Academic Honorees, including; Annette Williams, Felisha Harris, Twana Allen, Sheree Carter, Kathryn Donaldson, Kelvin Barton, Lawrence English, Courtney Bennett, Nicholas Eugene, Sam Willoughby and Dave Loobie.Ā  The P.A.C.K. was coached by Donald Webster, a three-time MEAC Coach of the Year.Ā  A former track-athlete, Coach Webster was world-ranked in 1960, 1961, 1963, 1964, and 1968. He also participated in the U. S. Olympic Trials in 1964 and 1972.Ā  In 1993, Ernest Barrett joined Coach Webster as the assistant coach.Ā  Coach Barrett had earned All-American status while at George Mason University, where he was a member of the relay team which clocked the second-fastest time in the world (7:17.77).Ā  The members of the 1991, 1992, 1993 Men's Cross Country Championship Team were;Ā  Courtney Bennett, Kelvin Barton, Sam Willoughby, Phil Johnson, Dave Loobie, Euan Hinds, Myers Kirkaldy, Nicholas Eugene, Courtney PayneĀ  and Lawrence English.
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