Thought this would interest some of you. John is a long-time lurker on the list and all-around good guy, even if he did go to UGA (just showing my old college colors there). --Ben WOMEN'S TRACK & FIELD FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, July 26, 2001 Contact: Kyle Stephens (512) 471-8232 Texas Names Hayes Assistant Women's Track & Field Coach Former Morehouse Assistant To Also Oversee Longhorn Women's Cross Country Program AUSTIN, Texas - John Hayes, former assistant track and field coach at Morehouse College, has been named assistant track and field and head cross country coach for the women's program at The University of Texas, head women's coach Bev Kearney announced Thursday. His appointment is effective August 1. In three seasons as head cross country coach at Morehouse in Atlanta, Hayes directed the men's team to the three highest NCAA Division II Southeast Regional finishes in Tiger history with third-place showings in 1997 and 1998 and a second-place finish in 1999. Hayes was an assistant coach on the staff which led the Morehouse men's track and field team to a sixth-place finish at the 1998 NCAA Division II Outdoor Track and Field Championships and a third-place finish at the 1999 national indoor meet, both top finishes in school history. He also coached student-athletes to 20 All-America citations and eight school records while with the Tigers. Hayes replaces John Rembao on Kearney's staff as Rembao resigned his position in June. Prior to his stint at Morehouse, Hayes headed up the track program for two seasons at the United States Army's Fort Carson located in Colorado Springs, Colo. In 1994, he led the team to a first-place finish out of over 300 teams at the Army 10-miler. Hayes also served two years as the Assistant Division Physical Fitness Coordinator at Fort Carson. An accomplished runner in his own right, Hayes was a scoring member of the U. S. Military Academy's team at the 1986 NCAA Cross Country Championships. In 1987, he moved on to the University of Georgia where he served as team captain from for his junior and senior seasons. Hayes continued to train and compete after college, finishing first among American competitors at the 1994 Armed Forces World Cross Country Championships and earning All-Army track accolades in 1992, 1994 and 1995. Hayes, a 34-year old native of Randolph, N.J., received a bachelor's degree in statistics from Georgia and completed the Defense Language Institute's Russian Language School in Monterey, Calif., in order to serve as a Russian linguist for the U.S. Army. He also received the U.S. Army's Meritorious Service Medal in 1995. Hayes is married to the former Stacey Dickson. -UT- ========================================================================= Kyle Stephens | p: 512.471.8232 Media Relations Assistant | f: 512.471.6040 University of Texas | h: 512.929-7605 327 Bellmont Hall | e: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Austin, Texas 78705 | http://www.texassports.com =========================================================================
