BLACKSBURG, Va. - Greg Jack begins his fourth season at Virginia Tech
as the new associate head men\'s track and field coach. The past three
years Jack has been the Hokie throws coach.
Dave Cianelli, director of track and field, said, \"Greg Jack has
earned this promotion as a result of his tremendous work ethic in
building our throws program to a national level. We will continue to
seek and develop high level throwers here at Virginia Tech because of
Coach Jack.\"
Jack and his throwers are coming off a superb 2004 season, which saw
NCAA, conference, school and international improvement. He had
several athletes place in the top-five at the NCAA East Regional
Championships. Spyridon Jullien\'s second place performance in the
hammer throw (231\'11\"; 70.70m) at the NCAA outdoor championships
earned him his third All-America honor and is the program\'s highest
individual finish in history. Jullien was fourth at the NCAA indoor
championships in the 35 lb. weight throw.
His Hokie thrower squad claimed four BIG EAST Conference
Championships, two indoor and two outdoor. They also continue to
break school records with five last year.
Kristen Callan, one of Jack\'s female throwers, won the hammer throw
at the U.S. Junior Championships and set a meet record with a throw
of 193\'11\" (59.11m). She represented the U.S at the International
Association of Athletics Federation World Junior Championships that
was held in Italy this past summer.
With 2004 being an Olympic year, Jack took advantage of the
opportunity and was able to serve as a national coach for the country
of Trinidad and Tobago. As the national coach, he helped Cleopatra
Borel capture her country\'s national championships with a new record,
finish tenth in the shot put finials at the Olympics in Athens and
earn a top eight ranking by the IAAF. Borel set a personal record of
63\'11\" (19.48m) in the shot put in 2004.
At Tech, Jack has coached a total of four All-Americans, seven NCAA
qualifiers, eight conference champions, three conference record
holders, eight school record holders, a North America, Central
America and Caribbean under-23 Champion and one USA Junior Champion.
BLACKSBURG, Va. - Greg Jack begins his fourth season at Virginia Tech
as the new associate head men\'s track and field coach. The past three
years Jack has been the Hokie throws coach.
Dave Cianelli, director of track and field, said, \"Greg Jack has
earned this promotion as a result of his tremendous work ethic in
building our throws program to a national level. We will continue to
seek and develop high level throwers here at Virginia Tech because of
Coach Jack.\"
Jack and his throwers are coming off a superb 2004 season, which saw
NCAA, conference, school and international improvement. He had
several athletes place in the top-five at the NCAA East Regional
Championships. Spyridon Jullien\'s second place performance in the
hammer throw (231\'11\"; 70.70m) at the NCAA outdoor championships
earned him his third All-America honor and is the program\'s highest
individual finish in history. Jullien was fourth at the NCAA indoor
championships in the 35 lb. weight throw.
His Hokie thrower squad claimed four BIG EAST Conference
Championships, two indoor and two outdoor. They also continue to
break school records with five last year.