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Brenau Track & Field and Cross Country enhance rosters

July 30, 2012
GAINESVILLE, Ga., July 31, 2012 - Brenau University strengthened its ongoing intercollegiate cross country running program as well as the new Golden Tigers intercollegiate track and field team with the addition of four Georgia athletes that will participate in both sports.


Cross Country Coach Susan McIntyre and Track & Field Coach Richard Ludwig announced this week that they have received commitments from four dual-sport athletes: Hunter Creswell from Sonoraville High School, Calhoun, Ga.; Deishane Honeycutt from Stone Mountain High School, Stone Mountain, Ga.; Amber Curney from Druid Hills High School, Atlanta; and Tyana Luna of Berkmar High School, Lilburn, Ga.

Cresswell, said Ludwig, "is a remarkable young woman with a wide variety of interests and abilities - a welcome addition to our team." This summer in the USA Track & Field competition at New Manchester High School, Douglasville, Ga., she set a personal pole vault record of 10 feet 2 inches. But she was also the state runner-up in the pole vault this year at the Georgia High School Association state championship in Albany, the Gordon Central High School 2012 Warrior Invitational champion and Gordon County champion in Calhoun, Ga. "One of Hunter's best qualities is her persistence and willingness to do whatever it takes to achieve success," said McIntyre, who also recruited her for the fall cross-country program.

Honeycutt not only was an outstanding high school track athlete but also was her school's 2012 senior class salutatorian. On the field, she specializes in 200- and 400-meter races with personal records of 26:79 seconds and 58:75 seconds. "We are very excited to have such a strong athlete and student coming to Brenau," said Ludwig. "Her coach, Dante Ferguson, described Deishane' as a 'strong leader and one that set the bar very high for herself and her new teammates.' The 400-meter dash is the 'bread and butter' of track and field. We feel like she will give us a strong anchor leg for our 4 x 400 relay and will compete very well in the open 400 and other events as well. We are very excited she will be with us this fall."

Curney also "is a hard-working, disciplined athlete with ability in multiple events," said Ludwig. Her best includes the 400-meter dash with a personal record of 62:24 and the 800-meter with a time of 2:41. She is also a successful 300-meter hurdler with a best of 53:04. However, she plans to join the Golden Tigers' Cross Country team in the fall to improve her endurance and see what kind of 5K runner she can be. "We really feel like she will thrive here and be an asset to both teams," Said McIntyre.


Luna, however, was a successful cross-country runner in high school, but Brenau also signed her to add depth and ability to the Golden Tigers' distance program. McIntyre

and Ludwig said they believe she will be competitive in anything from the 800-meter up, but her forte appears to be the longer distances. She has already posted a 5:56 in the 1600- meter, 12:56 in the 3200 and 21:37 for a 5K. "We genuinely believe she will blossom when she starts training year-round as a distance athlete," said McIntyre. "She fits the Brenau model perfectly as she has a great work ethic and great character. We are excited for her to be part of our programs."