Carolina Individual National Champions
March 29, 2002 | General
March 29, 2002
FENCING
JOHN FRIEDBERG
Fencer John Friedberg won UNC's only NCAA title in fencing in 1983. The senior three-time All-America won the sabre competition, taking all 23 bouts in the final round, and helped guide the Tar Heels to a third place national finish. Friedberg also came in second at the NCAA tournament in 1982.
MEN'S GOLF
HARVIE WARD
Golfer Harvie Ward became UNC's first golf All-America in 1949. That year he won the NCAA championship, beating Texas' Morris Williams Jr. 5 and 4 in the 36-hole final.
In 1948, Ward gained national prominence by winning the North and South Amateur, beating Arnold Palmer and former U.S. Amateur Champion Dick Chapman before edging Frank Stranahan in the 36-hold final. The year after winning his national title, he won the 1950 Southern Conference Championship.
After graduating, Ward went on to win the 1952 British Amateur, the 1954 Canadian Amateur and the 1956 U.S. Amateur. In 1991, he was inducted into the Carolina Order of Merit, which honors former players, coaches, administrators and friends who have distinguished themselves in golf at UNC.
JOHN INMAN
John Inman won UNC's second NCAA golf championship, in 1984. He won at the Bear Creek Golf World in Houston, Texas, setting an NCAA record by carding a 17-under par. That record stood for 16 years before it was broken in 2000.
Inman was named an All-America in 1982, 1983 and 1984. He was also named All-ACC those same years. Inman won four other collegiate titles besides his national championship, winning the 1981 Methodist Invitational, the 1982 Forest Hills Invitational, the 1982 ACC Tournament and the 1983 Augusta College Invitational. In 1984 he won the Fred Haskins Award as the national player of the year. He was also a member of the World Amateur team that year and won the 1984 Western Amateur.
After turning professional in 1985, Inman joined the PGA Tour in 1987, winning two titles in his 12-year career. He won the 1987 Provident Classic and the 1993 Buick Southern Open. Inman holds the PGA record for most consecutive years with a hole-in-one, accomplishing the feat from 1991-94.
In 1998, Inman returned to UNC to serve as its head golf coach. Since his return, the Tar Heels have won three team championships and had two individual medallists. They also posted 10th-place finishes at the NCAA Championships in 1999 and 2000.
MEN'S SWIMMING
PHIL DRAKE
Phil Drake became UNC's first national champion in swimming in 1955 when he took the NCAA crown in the 200-yard butterfly with a time of 2:13.70.
For his efforts, Drake was named a first-team All-America in the 200 fly for the 1954-55 season. He also garnered All-America honors as a member of the 300-yard medley relay team.
Drake won the ACC title in the 200 fly in 1954-55 season, the conference's second of existence. He also helped guide the Tar Heels to a final ranking of #5 in the nation that year.
CHARLIE KREPP
UNC swimmer Charlie Krepp was one of the early stars of the men's program. Krepp won two NCAA titles in 1957, in the 100- and 200-yard backstrokes. With the national championships held on the UNC campus in his home Bowman Gray Pool, Krepp won the 100 back in a time of 58.10 and the 200 back in a time of 2:07.80.
Krepp, the only male UNC swimmer to win multiple national titles, was named a first-team All-America in the 100 and 200 back and as a member of the 300-yard medley relay team in 1955. He also won the ACC titles in the 100 and 200 back that year.
The next year, Krepp was tabbed a first-team All-America in the 100 and 200 back and the 200-yard individual medley. He also claimed the 100 and 200 back and 200 IM titles at the 1955-56 ACC Championships.
For the 1956-57 season, Krepp was again a first-team All-America in the 100 and 200 back. He successfully defended his three ACC titles from the year before, again winning the 100 and 200 back and 200 IM crowns. He went on to secure his national titles at the NCAA Championships and help the UNC squad finish sixth nationally.
PHIL RIKER
Phil Riker, who swam for UNC in the 1960s, was the Tar Heels' last national champion from the men's team. Riker won the 1966 NCAA title in the 100-yard butterfly, taking the event in a time of 51.19.
Riker was named a first-team All-America in the 100 fly for the 1965-66 season. He also won the first of his six individual ACC crowns that year, taking titles in the 100 and 200 fly.
The following season, Riker was named a first-team All-America in the 100 and 200 fly and as a member of the 400-yard medley relay team. At the ACC Championships, he successfully defended his 100 and 200 fly titles from the year before.
Riker was again a first-team All-America in the 1967-68 season, as he was honored for his roles on the 400-medley and 800-yard freestyle relay teams. He took home three more ACC titles that year, winning individual titles again in the 100 and 200 fly and adding one as a member of the 400 medley relay team.
Riker was an Olympian at the 1964 Games in Tokyo. He swam the 200-meter butterfly for the United States' team.
WOMEN'S SWIMMING
ANN MARSHALL
BONNY BROWN
SUE WALSH
AMY PLESS
CAMI BERIZZI
BARB HARRIS
MEN'S CROSS COUNTRY/TRACK & FIELD
FOUR-MILE RELAY TEAM
JACK MILNE
BILL ALBANS
TONY WALDROP
ALLEN JOHNSON
TONY McCALL
MILTON CAMPBELL
HENRY McKOY
KEN HARNDEN
ERIC BISHOP
MARCUS STOKES
CURTIS JOHNSON II
WOMEN's TRACK & FIELD
MONIQUE HENNAGAN
NICOLE GAMBLE
WRESTLING
C.D. MOCK
ROB KOLL
T.J. JAWORSKY
Ann Marshall won the first of several national championships for the UNC women's swim team. When Marshall won her two national titles, women's swimming was under the direction of the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women. As a freshman in 1976, Marshall competed in the AIAW national championships and won the 200-yard freestyle and 200-yard backstroke.
Marshall was UNC's first women's swimmer to be an Olympian. At only 14 years old, Marshall swam in the 1972 Olympics for the United States in Munich, Germany. She finished fourth in the 200-yard freestyle. Three years later, Marshall was the first female swimmer to receive an athletic scholarship to UNC.
In addition to winning her two national titles, Marshall's freshman year saw her named a first-team All-America in the 100-, 200- and 500-yard freestyles and the 200-yard backstroke. She was also a first-team All-America as a member of the 200-yard medley, 200-free and 400-free relay teams.
Marshall was again a first-team All-America for the 1976-77 season. She was honored for her performance in the 50-yard and 200-yard backstrokes, 200-yard and 500-yard freestyles and as a member of the 400-medley, 400-free and 800-free relay teams.
The next year Marshall was a first-team All-America for the 200-yard backstroke and as a member of the 400-yard medley and 400-yard freestyle relay teams.
In her senior year, Marshall was a first-team All-America as a member of the 800-yard freestyle relay team. She also won Atlantic Coast Conference titles as a member of the 400-yard freestyle and 800-yard freestyle relay teams.
In the years before the NCAA sponsored women's swimming, UNC freshman Bonny Brown entered Tar Heel lore when she won the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women national title in the 100-yard individual medley in 1977. She was just the second UNC female swimmer to win a national championship.
rown's spectacular career saw her named a first-team All-America an astonishing 25 times. She was honored for the 100- and 200-yard freestyles and 100-yard IM and as a member of the 400-yard medley, 400-yard freestyle and 800-yard freestyle relay teams as a freshman in 1977. The next year she was tabbed an All-America for the 50- and 100-yard free and 100- and 200-yard IM. Brown was also a first-team All-America as a member of the 400-yard medley and 400-yard freestyle relay teams. Her junior year saw Brown named an All-America seven times, in the 50 and 100 free, the 100 IM, the 200-yard medley relay, 200-yard free relay, 400-yard free relay and 800-yard free relay. Brown capped her career by taking home six more All-America honors her senior year. In 1980 she was named All-America in the 50 and 100 free, 100 IM and as a member of the 200-medley, 400-medley and 400-free relay teams.
rown also had great success at the ACC Championships. In 1979, her junior year, Brown won the 50 and 100 freestyles and the 100 IM. She was also a member of the ACC title-winning 200-medley and 400-free relay teams. The next year Brown was the ACC champion in the 100 IM and was a member of the champion 200-medley and 400-medley relay teams.
rown was named the women's team Most Valuable Swimmer and Most Outstanding Swimmer for the 1977-78 season. A sophomore then, she was also a team captain. The next year, Brown was again a captain and was named the team's Most Outstanding Swimmer. The following year, her last at UNC, Brown was a captain and named the team's Most Valuable Swimmer.
In addition to all the accolades she earned as a Tar Heel, Brown was highly decorated away from UNC. In 1975, she won a medal at the Pan American Games in Mexico City. The next year Brown set the American record in the 100-meter freestyle. The summer after her freshman year she won a gold medal at the World University Games.
rown holds the distinction of having been the first woman to win the Patterson Medal at UNC, which she did in 1980. The Patterson Medal is given annually to the UNC senior athlete who has shown general excellence in his or her career. At the time Brown won the award, there was just one awarded per year. It has since expanded to honor one male and one female athlete each year, but in 1980 it was significant that a male did not win the award for the first time ever.
Swimmer Sue Walsh came to UNC in 1980 and quickly established herself as a force to be reckoned with in the pool. During her tenure as a Tar Heel, the 27-time first-team All-America won an unprecedented 10 individual national titles and was a member of a national champion relay team.
efore women's sports fell under the jurisdiction of the NCAA, there was the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women. In her freshman year at UNC, the last year of AIAW governance over swimming, Walsh was a first-team All-America and won Atlantic Coast Conference titles for the 50-, 100- and 200-yard backstrokes and the 50-yard freestyle. She was also a first-team All-America as a member of the 200-yard medley relay, 200-yard freestyle relay and 800-yard freestyle relay teams and won ACC championships as part of the 200-free and 800-free relay teams. Her six ACC titles helped Walsh win the award for Most Valuable Swimmer of the ACC Championships. 1981 also saw Walsh win three national titles at the AIAW championships. She took home individual national championships in the 50-yard backstroke with a time of 25.97 and the 100-yard backstroke in 55.60. She also swam the backstroke leg of the national champion 200-yard medley relay team, which won with a time of 1:42.63. Walsh was joined on that team by fellow freshmen Cami Berizzi (butterfly) and Amy Pless (breaststroke) and junior Barb Harris (freestyle).
A year later, in 1982, the NCAA oversaw its first women's swimming national championships. Walsh dominated the NCAAs, winning every backstroke race she entered in her three NCAA tournaments. As a sophomore she took home three more national titles, winning the 50-yard backstroke in 25.64, the 100-yard backstroke in 54.81 and the 200-yard backstroke in a time of 1:59.47. Walsh was named a first-team All-America in the 50-, 100- and 200-yard backstrokes, 50-yard freestyle and 100 IM and as a member of the 200-yard medley relay and 200-yard freestyle relay teams. She also repeated as ACC champion in the 50-, 100- and 200-yard backstrokes and 50-yard freestyle and was a part of the ACC champion 400-yard medley relay team.
Walsh's junior year was just as spectacular. At the 1983 ACC Championships, she again won titles in the 50-, 100- and 200-yard backstrokes and added one in the 100 IM. She was also part of the ACC title-winning 200-medley and 200-free relay teams and was named the Most Valuable Swimmer of the ACC Championships for the second time. She went on to successfully defend all three of her individual national titles, taking the 50-yard backstroke in 25.85, the 100-yard backstroke in 55.62 and the 200-yard backstroke in a time of 1:59.05. She was a first-team All-America in the 50-, 100- and 200-yard backstrokes and the 100 IM and as a member of the 200-medley, 200-free and 400-free relay teams. The Greensboro News & Record named Walsh the North Carolina Athlete-of-the-Year in 1983.
Her collegiate career ended with Walsh winning two more individual national titles. The NCAA eliminated the 50-yard backstroke at the beginning of the 1983-84 season, but Walsh won the 100-yard and 200-yard backstroke championships with times of 55.32 and 1:59.84, respectively. She was again a first-team All-America in the 100- and 200-yard backstrokes and as a member of the 200-free, 400-free, 400-medley and 800-free relay teams. Walsh also continued her dominance at the ACC Championships, winning the 100- and 200-yard backstrokes and the 100-yard freestyle. She was also part of the ACC champion 200-free, 200-medley and 400-free relay teams and was named the Most Valuable Swimmer of the ACC Championships for the third time in four years.
Walsh capped her brilliant career by winning UNC's highest athletic honor, the Patterson Medal, in 1984. The Patterson Medal is given annually to the senior athlete who has displayed general excellence throughout his or her tenure at UNC. In addition to winning 11 national championships and 23 ACC titles, Walsh was a member of the United States' 1982 World Swimming Championships and the 1983 Pan American Games teams. She was slated to swim in the 1980 Olympic Games, but the United States boycotted the Olympics that year. Walsh also competed at the 1981 and 1983 World University Games.
Walsh was named the women's team's Most Valuable Swimmer and the Most Outstanding Swimmer all four of her years at UNC. She also garnered All-ACC honors for the 1983-84 season. Walsh still holds school records in the 100-yard backstroke (with touch) and the 200-yard backstroke (with touch) and holds UNC long course records in the 100-meter and 200-meter backstrokes.
Swimmer Amy Pless was a member of UNC's 1981 Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women national title-winning 200-yard medley relay team. Pless, a freshman, swam the breaststroke leg of the event, which the Tar Heels won in a time of 1:42.63. Pless was joined on the team by fellow freshmen Sue Walsh (backstroke) and Cami Berizzi (butterfly) and junior Barb Harris (freestyle).
That same year Pless was named a first-team All-America in the 50- and 100-yard breaststrokes, the 50-yard freestyle and the 100-yard individual medley. She was also honored as an All-America as a member of the 200-yard medley, 200-yard freestyle and 400-yard freestyle teams. Pless won ACC titles in the 50 breast and the 100 IM and as a member of the 200-yard medley and 200-yard freestyle teams.
The 1981-82 season saw Pless named a first-team All-America five more times. She was again chosen for the 50 breast and 100 IM and as a member of the 200-medley, 200-free and 400-free relay teams. At the ACC Championships, Pless defended her 100 IM crown and won two more titles as a member of the 200-free and 400-free relay teams.
Pless repeated all of her All-America honors her junior year, again being tabbed first-team for the 50 breast and 100 IM and 200-free, 200-medley and 400-free relays. She also regained her ACC title in the 50 breast and defended her titles in the 200-free and 400-free relays.
Pless capped her stellar career by being named a first-team All-America in the 100 breast and the 200 IM. She was also selected as a member of the 200-free, 400-medley and 400-free relay teams. A captain of the women's team as a senior, Pless won ACC titles for the 200 IM and as a member of the 200-free and 400-free relay teams. She was also selected All-ACC.
Pless is the school record holder in the 100 IM. She set the record of 57.36 in 1981.
UNC swimmer Cami Berizzi swam the butterfly leg of the Tar Heels' 1981 Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women national champion 200-yard medley relay team. Berizzi, along with fellow freshmen Sue Walsh in the backstroke and Amy Pless in the breaststroke and junior Barb Harris in the freestyle, helped North Carolina take the event in a time of 1:42.63.
erizzi was highly decorated as a freshman in the 1980-81 season. In addition to winning an AIAW national title, she was named a first-team All-America seven times. She was honored for the 50-, 100- and 200-yard backstrokes and the 50- and 100-yard butterflies. She was also selected as a member of the 200-yard medley and 400-yard medley relay teams. She also won an ACC title as a member of the 200-yard medley relay team at the 1981 ACC Championships.
In her sophomore year, Berizzi was tabbed a first-team All-America in the 50-, 100- and 200-yard backstrokes and as a member of the 400-medley, 400-free and 800-free relay teams. She also won ACC titles as a member of the 200-free and 400-free relay teams.
erizzi won her last ACC title as a junior, when she was a member of the 200-yard medley relay team. She was also a captain for the 1982-83 season.
Swimmer Barb Harris, in the last year of the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women's governance over the sport, won a national title as a member of the 1981 UNC women's 200-yard medley relay team. The Tar Heels took the event in a time of 1:42.63, with Harris, a junior, swimming the freestyle and freshmen Sue Walsh the backstroke, Amy Pless the breaststroke and Cami Berizzi the butterfly.
The next year the NCAA took over sponsorship of women's swimming. Harris then won her first NCAA crown, which was also her first individual title, with a time of 24.82 in the 50-yard butterfly.
Harris began her career in fine fashion, being named a first-team All-America seven times her first year on the team. She was honored that 1978-79 season for the 50- and 100-yard butterfly and the 100-yard freestyle and as a member of the 200-yard medley, 200-yard freestyle, 400-yard medley and 400-yard freestyle relay teams. That year she also won ACC titles as a member of the 200-yard medley and 400-yard freestyle relay teams. Harris was also a participant in the 1979 World University Games.
In her sophomore season, Harris was again named a first-team All-America in the 50 and 100 fly and the 100 free. She also won again as a member of the 200 medley, 400 medley and 400 free relay teams. Harris won individual ACC titles that year in the 50 and 100 fly and was part of the ACC title-winning 200 medley and 400 medley relay teams.
As a junior, Harris was tabbed a first-team All-America in the 50 fly and as a member of the 200 medley, 200 free, 400 medley, 400 free and 800 free relay teams. She also won ACC titles as a member of the 200 free and 800 free relay teams.
Harris served as a captain of the women's team her senior year and capped her career with seven more All-America nods. She was named first-team for the 50 and 100 fly and 100 free, and as a member of the 200 medley, 200 free, 400 medley and 400 free relay teams. She also regained her ACC titles in the 50 fly and as a member of the 400 medley relay team.
Harris holds the school record for the 50-yard butterfly, which she set in 1982 with a time of 24.82.
UNC's first track and field national championship came in 1928 when the four-mile relay unit of Hoyt Pritchett, Minor Barkley, June Fisher and Galen Elliot took the race in a time of 20:41.1. Elliot had become the first Tar Heel track and field athlete to be named an All-America in 1926, in the mile. He clocked the nation's fastest time in the mile that year. He was also named an All-America in the mile in 1927.
Jack Milne won UNC's first individual track and field national championship, in cross country in 1947. He finished with a time of 20:41.1 to take the event. He was named an All-America for cross country that year.
ill Albans won the NCAA title in the 220-yard low hurdles in 1950 with a time of 23.8. He was also named an All-America in that event for the 1950 season.
"Wild Bill," as he was known, competed in the triple jump in the 1948 London Olympics, placing seventh. A year later, he led UNC to the Southern Conference indoor championships by taking first five times in sprinting, hurdling and jumping events. Albans also competed well at the 1949 Penn Relays, setting an American and world record of 58.6 seconds in the shuttle hurdles relay, along with teammates Jack Moody, Dick Taylor and Bob Morrow.
In his national championship year of 1950, he scored more points than anyone else at the NCAA Championships and helped North Carolina to finish third in the nation. At the Penn Relays, Albans, as well as Moody, Morrow and Garrett Fitzgibbons took the shuttle hurdles race for UNC again.
The most prolific mile specialist in UNC history, Tony Waldrop won two NCAA titles in the 1970s. Waldrop, who once ran 11 consecutive sub-four minute miles in competitive races, took the 1973 national title in the indoor 1000 yards with a time of 2:10.0. He also won an NCAA crown in the indoor mile in 1974, taking it in a time of 3:59.5.
Waldrop was named an All-America six times in his career. He was honored for cross country in 1971, the outdoor 800 meters in 1972, the indoor 1000 yards and outdoor mile in 1973 and the indoor and outdoor miles in 1974.
The outstanding distance runner won ACC indoor titles in the 1000 yards in 1971 and 1972 and the mile in 1974. He also took ACC outdoor crowns in the 880 yards in 1972 and 1973 and in the mile in 1974.
Waldrop still holds the UNC and NCAA records in the indoor mile, with a time of 3:55.0. He also still holds the UNC record in the outdoor mile with a time of 3:53.2 and has the record for the 1,500 meters with a time of 3:53.2.
The Atlantic Coast Conference named Waldrop its ACC Athlete of the Year for 1974. UNC awarded Waldrop the Patterson Medal that year, as well. The Patterson Medal is given annually to the senior athlete who demonstrated general excellence throughout his career. It is the highest athletic honor one can receive from UNC.
During his amazing stretch of 11 consecutive sub-four minute miles, Waldrop set the then-world record in the indoor mile at 3:55.0 at the San Diego Games. He later bested that with his personal record time of 3:53.2 at the Penn Relays. Waldrop won a gold medal at the Pan American Games.
UNC sprinter Allen Johnson won an NCAA title in 1992 in the indoor 55-meter hurdles. He was named an All-America in that event in both 1992 and 1993. He was also tabbed an All-America for the outdoor 110-meter hurdles those same years. In 1993 Johnson came in second in the nation in both events.
In addition to his prowess as a sprinter, Johnson also excelled as a jumper. In 1992 and again in 1993, Johnson won the ACC indoor crowns in the long jump. On the outdoor side, he won ACC titles in the long jump in 1991 and the 110-meter hurdles in 1993.
Johnson still holds school records in the indoor long jump, the 55-meter hurdles and the 60-meter hurdles. His mark for the long jump, 26-8 1/2, is also the ACC meet record. Johnson also holds the UNC outdoor marks in the long jump and the 110-mter high hurdles.
In 1995, Johnson participated in the World Championships in Sweden, taking home the world title in the 110 hurdles. That same year he participated in the indoor World Championships in Barcelona and took first in the 60 hurdles. He also set the world record in the 110 hurdles in 1995.
At the 1997 championships in Athens, Johnson again took the world title in the 110 hurdles. He also ran a heat for the world champion 4x400 relay team. Two years later he participated in the 110 hurdles in Seville, Spain. In 2001 he regained his title in the 110 hurdles at the World Championships.
Johnson also won a gold medal at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta in the 110 hurdles. In the 2000 Olympics in Sydney he came in fourth in that event, just missing a medal.
Johnson won the United States 110-meter hurdles championship in 1996, 1997, 2000 and 2001.
In 1997, Johnson was named the United States' male Athlete of the Year. The next year he was named USA Track and Field's Humanitarian of the Year.
Sprinter Tony McCall won two NCAA titles in his UNC career, both as a member of a relay unit. In 1995 he was a member of the NCAA-champion indoor 4x400 meter relay team that took the title in a time of 3:06.36. A year later, he was a member of the title-winning outdoor 4x100 meter relay unit.
McCall was an All-America in the outdoor 200 meters and 100 meters in 1994, his freshman year. The following year, he was named an All-America in the outdoor 200 meters, the indoor 55 meters, the outdoor 100 meters and as a member of the indoor 4x400 and outdoor 4x100 relay units. McCall took home two ACC titles that year, winning the outdoor 100 meters and the 4x100 meters as a member of that relay team.
In 1996, McCall was named an All-America twice more, for the indoor 55 meters and for his part of the outdoor 4x100 relay team. The following year, McCall's senior season, he was an All-America in the outdoor 100 meters, in which he finished third nationally, and the outdoor 200 meters. He won the ACC indoor title in the 55 meters in 1997, also.
McCall holds the UNC outdoor records in both the 100 and 200 meters and was a member of the team that set the record in the 4x100-meter relay. He is tied for first in UNC indoor history in the discontinued 55 meters, and he ranks first as a member of the 4x400 relay team.
McCall competed in the 1997 World University Games in the 100 meters. He also participated in the 1995 World Championships in Sweden in the 4x100 meter relay and was an alternate in the 1999 World Championships in Seville, Spain, in the 4x100 meter relay.
Sprinter Milton Campbell won two NCAA titles in his years at UNC as a member of two national champion relay units. In 1995 Campbell was a member of the indoor 4x400m relay team that finished first at NCAAs with a time of 3:06.36. The following year he was a member of the national champion outdoor 4x100m relay team, which won with a time of 39.05.
Campbell was a first-team All-America in the indoor 4x400 and 400 meters and the outdoor 4x100 and 4x400 in 1995, his freshman year. He also took ACC indoor titles in the 400 and 800 and outdoor titles in the 400 and 4x100 that year.
He followed his stellar freshman year with an equally impressive sophomore effort in 1996. In addition to winning his second national title, Campbell was again a first-team All-America, this time in the indoor 400 and outdoor 400 and 4x100 relay. He again took the ACC indoor championship in the 400.
Campbell's junior year saw him named an All-America three more times. He was tabbed for the indoor 400, outdoor 400 and outdoor 4x400. At the indoor ACC Championships he won the 400 and the 200. He also took the ACC outdoor 400 crown. Campbell was also selected to participate in the 4x400 relay in the 1997 World Championships in Athens, Greece, but was injured.
Campbell capped his career with another strong national showing. He was named an All-America for the indoor 200 meters, where he finished second nationally, and the indoor 400 meters, where he finished fourth nationally. He was also an All-America in the outdoor 400 meters, where he finished third in the nation. At the ACC indoor championships, Campbell set an American collegiate record in the 200 meters, winning the ACC title in a time of 20.56. He also took the ACC championship in the outdoor 400 meters, giving him the title for the third time in his four years at UNC.
The UNC record book has Campbell's name all over it. He holds the indoor mark in the 200 meters with his 1998 ACC Championships performance. He also is a member of the record-holding indoor 4x400 relay team. Campbell also owns the UNC outdoor mark in the 400 meters and is a member of three relay units that hold school records - the 1995 4x100 relay team and the 1995 and 1998 4x400 relay units, which are tied for first place all-time.
Henry McKoy won an NCAA title as a member of the 1995 indoor 4x400 relay team. He was named an All-America in that event in 1995. He was also an All-America for the outdoor 4x400 relay.
McKoy holds two UNC records. He is a member of the record-holding 1995 outdoor 4x400 relay and indoor 4x400 relay teams.
UNC sprinter Ken Harnden won two NCAA titles in 1995. He won the individual title in the 400-meter outdoor hurdles and was a member of the national champion indoor 4x400 relay team.
Harnden was named an All-America in 1995 for his part in the indoor 4x400 and outdoor 4x400 relay teams. He also took the ACC outdoor title in the 400-meter hurdles.
Harnden competed for Zimbabwe in the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta and 2000 Olympics in Sydney in the 400 hurdles. He also competed in the 1995 World Championships in Sweden, placing sixth. He came in seventh at the 1997 championships in Athens, Greece, and participated in the 1999 championships in Seville, Spain, both times in the 400 hurdles.
Harnden holds the UNC outdoor record in the 400 hurdles and is a member of the record-holding 4x400 relay team. He also is a member of the UNC indoor record-holding 4x400 relay team.
UNC jumper Eric Bishop won two NCAA titles in his UNC career. In 1996 he took the outdoor high jump crown, posting a 7-6 mark. The next year he won the indoor high jump title, leaping an identical 7-6.
ishop was named an All-America in the outdoor high jump in 1996 and the indoor and outdoor high jumps in 1997. The following year he was again honored as an All-America in the indoor high jump. Bishop swept the ACC indoor championships in the high jump, winning the titles all four of his years at UNC, from 1995-98. He also fared well at the ACC outdoor championships, winning the high jump title in 1997.
ishop holds the UNC records in the indoor and outdoor high jumps. He also holds the all-time ACC record in the outdoor high jump with his 7-6 jump.
UNC sprinter Marcus Stokes won an NCAA title in 1996 as a member of the outdoor 4x100 meter relay team. That team won the championship with a time of 39.05.
That year Stokes was named an All-America in the indoor 55-meter hurdles and as a member of the outdoor 4x100 relay unit. He also won the ACC indoor title in the 55 hurdles, taking the event with a time of 7.39. Stokes is second in UNC outdoor history in the 110-meter high hurdles.
Sprinter Curtis Johnson II won an NCAA championship in 1996 as a member of UNC's outdoor 4x100 meter relay unit, which won with a time of 39.05.
Johnson was an All-America in 1995 as a member of the outdoor 4x100 meter relay team. That year he won an ACC outdoor title in the 4x100 as a member of that relay unit.
The following year, 1996, Johnson won his NCAA title. He was also named an All-America in the indoor 55 meters and as a member of the outdoor 4x100 meter relay team.
Johnson holds the UNC outdoor record of 39.02 in the 4x100 relay, which he helped establish as a member of the 1995 team. He was also a member of the teams that hold the other four spots in the top five in that event. Johnson is third in outdoor history in the 10 meters and fourth in the 200 meters.
Johnson competed in the 2000 Sydney Olympics in the 100 meters. He was an alternate at the 1999 World Championships in Seville, Spain, for the 4x100 meter relay team and competed in the 2001 World Championships. In 1996, he was a member of the silver-medal winning U.S. 4x100 relay team at the Junior World Championships.
Monique Hennagan won UNC's first women's track NCAA championships in 1996. She took the indoor 400 meters in a time of 52.57 and the outdoor 800 meters in a time of 2:03.27.
Hennagan was named an All-America in the outdoor 400 meters her freshman year, 1995. That year she also won the ACC outdoor championship in the 400 meters.
In her sophomore season, Hennagan won her NCAA titles. She also took home ACC titles in the indoor 400 meters and outdoor 400 meters. She was named an All-America in the indoor 400 meters, the outdoor 800 meters and as part of the indoor 4x400 relay team.
In 1997, her junior season, Hennagan was named an All-America in the indoor 400 meters and the outdoor 400 meters. She also won the ACC indoor title in the 400 meters and won the ACC outdoor title in the 4x100 meters as a member of that relay team.
Hennagan capped her career by being named an All-America in the outdoor 400 meters in 1998. She also won both the ACC indoor and outdoor 400 meter titles her senior year.
Hennagan is first in UNC outdoor history in the 400 meters, the 800 meters, as part of the 1996 sprint medley team and as part of the 1997 4x100 relay team. She ranks second as part of the 1998 4x400 relay team. Hennagan is first in UNC indoor history in the 400 meters and as part of the 1997 distance medley relay team. She is also fifth in the 200 meters and fifth as part of the 1998 4x400 team. She holds the ACC indoor meet record in the 400 meters, at 51.05. She also holds the ACC outdoor all-time best mark in the 400 with a time of 51.11 and the ACC meet record with a time of 51.44.
Hennagan won a gold medal in the 2000 Olympics as part of the 4x400 relay team and participated in the 400 meters.
Nicole Gamble is UNC's most recent NCAA track and field champion. She won the indoor triple jump in 1999, taking the event with a length of 46-1 1/4.
Gamble was an All-America in the indoor triple jump, outdoor triple jump and outdoor long jump in 1996, her freshman year at UNC. The following year she was tabbed an All-America another three times, in the indoor triple jump, outdoor triple jump and outdoor long jump. She also took the 1997 ACC indoor triple jump and long jump and outdoor triple jump titles.
1998 saw Gamble named an All-America three more times, this time in the indoor triple jump, indoor long jump and outdoor triple jump. She finished second in the nation in the indoor triple jump and third in the outdoor triple jump. She also took the ACC outdoor championship in the triple jump that year.
Gamble finished her remarkable UNC career with a stellar senior season. In addition to being the NCAA champion in the indoor triple jump, she finished second nationally in the indoor long jump. She was an All-America in the indoor long jump and triple jump and the outdoor long jump and triple jump. She took the ACC indoor championships in the long jump and triple jump and the outdoor ACC title in the triple jump. Her performance at the indoor ACC Championships established an ACC meet record of 44-8 1/4 in the triple jump. She also established the ACC all-time mark of 44-3 3/4 in the outdoor triple jump.
Gamble is first in UNC outdoor history in the triple jump and fifth in the long jump. She is first in UNC indoor history in the triple jump and fourth in the long jump. She participated in the 1999 World University Games, the 2000 NACAC Under-25 Championship and the 2000 Olympic Games in the triple jump.
In 1982, C.D. Mock became the first wrestler in UNC history to win an NCAA championship, doing it at the 134 pounds. He was a three-time Atlantic Coast Conference champion, earning honors at 126 pounds in 1978 and '79, and at 134 pounds in 1982. In 1979, Mock won the Al Crawford Award as the MVP of the ACC Tournament.
Mock became Carolina's first All-America in 1979 and earned All-America honors again in 1982. Also in 1982, he won the Patterson Medal, which is given to the Carolina senior that has demonstrated athletic excellence at UNC.
Mock is sixth in North Carolina history in career wins with 108 and third in career winning percentage with a mark of .923. He also had one of only two perfect seasons in UNC history in 1982 when he went 35-0. For his career, Mock posted a record of 108-9-0. In ACC competition, Mock tallied 64 wins versus only four losses. He is currently in his second season as an assistant coach at UNC.
Rob Koll became UNC's second NCAA champion when he won the 158 pound title in 1988. He was Carolina's first freshman All-America in 1985 and earned All-America honors all four seasons at Carolina. He was Carolina's first four-time wrestling All-America, and one of only two in school history.
Koll holds the UNC record for career wins with 155 and single-season wins with 47, which he established in 1987. He has a career winning percentage of .884, which ranks fourth all-time at Carolina. He is also second in UNC history in career falls with 49. In 1988, Koll won UNC's Patterson Medal, which is given to the Carolina senior that has demonstrated athletic excellence at UNC.
Koll was a Pan-Am Games gold medallist and a member of the 1992 U.S. World Cup team. He won the World Cup title in 1993 and placed fifth at the World Championships in 1990, going 5-1.
Wrestler T.J. Jaworsky was a three-time NCAA champion at 134 pounds, taking titles in 1993, 1994 and 1995. He is the only three-time NCAA champ in Atlantic Coast Conference history. In his senior year of 1995, Jaworsky was named the NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Wrestler.
Jaworsky was the winner of the Dan Hodge Award as the national Wrestler of the Year in 1995. He compiled a record that year of 38-0, posting only the second undefeated season in school history. Jaworsky's career winning percentage of .957 at Carolina is the best in UNC history. He also set the UNC record for career falls with 50 and falls in one season with 24 in 1995. His 39 wins in 1994 are the fourth-highest total in UNC history.
Jaworsky made four consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances, posting a 16-2 career record in the tournament. That mark includes a 15-0 record at 134 pounds. He was a three-time ACC champion, winning at 134 pounds in 1993, 1994 and 1995. Jaworsky was named the ACC Tournament's Most Outstanding Wrestler in 1993 and 1995. Also in 1995, Jaworsky was named the Most Outstanding Wrestler at the National Duals and was tabbed the ACC Wrestler of the Year.
After he graduated, Jaworsky earned a spot on the U.S. National Freestyle Team at 63 kg in June of 1998. He also served as an assistant coach at UNC from 1995 to 2001. He is now the head coach at Davidson College.