Feb. 4, 2010
RICHMOND, Va. - Two George Mason women's track and field legends were honored among the best in Colonial Athletic Association history on Thursday as Diane Guthrie-Gresham and Kim Saddic were selected to the CAA's Silver Anniversary Team, as part of the conference's 25th anniversary celebration.
Guthrie-Gresham competed for the Patriots from 1991-1995 and was a five-time NCAA champion, winning the 1991 indoor and outdoor long jumps, the 1994 outdoor heptathlon and 1995 indoor long jump and outdoor heptathlon. She was a three-time CAA Female Athlete of the Year (1992, 1994-95) and captured 11 individual CAA titles and eight outdoor ECAC titles. Winner of the 1995 Honda Award and Track & Field News and USTCA Female Athlete of the Year, Guthrie-Gresham holds school records in the long jump (22-8½/6.92m), high jump (6-2¾/1.90m) and hepathlon (6,527).
The Santa Cruz, Jamaica native competed for her home country in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics and finished seventh in the 400-meter dash (45.07) and 14th in the heptathlon (6,077). She was inducted into the Mason Track & Field Hall of Fame in 1998.
Saddic was the 1992 NCAA champion in the 10,000-meters, earning All-America status that year and in 1990. The 17-time All-East Region selection competed from 1989-1992 for the Patriots, winning two CAA titles in the 3,000-meters her sophomore year as well as in the 5,000-meters her senior season with a then-meet record of 16:50.69.
The West Chester, Pa., native still holds the 10,000-meter school record (33:34.40) and set school records of 9:31.17 in the 3,000-meters and 16:21.54 in the 5,000-meters, which have since been surpassed. Named to the 1992 GTE Academic All-America Second Team, she earned a post-graduate scholarship from the CAA and was inducted into Mason's Track & Field Hall of Fame in 1995.
The full list of honorees are: Emily Anderson (William and Mary), Keisha Banks (James Madison), Samantha Bates (James Madison), Janice Brown (William and Mary), Tanika Brown (VCU), Maria-Elena Calle (VCU), Michelle Clayton (East Carolina), Mollie DeFrancesco (James Madison), Bethany Eigel (James Madison), Emily Furia (William and Mary), Diane Guthrie-Gresham (George Mason), Ali Henderson (William and Mary), Marcie Homan (William and Mary), Tiombe' Hurd (James Madison), Nicole Kazuba (William and Mary), Bonnie Meekins (William and Mary), Zara Northover (Northeastern), Lisa Rayner (William and Mary), Anna Raynor (UNC Wilmington), Danita Roseboro (East Carolina), Kim Saddic (George Mason), Shannon Saunders (James Madison), Christie Schreckengost (UNC Wilmington), Tramaine Shaw (Northeastern) and Juli Speights (James Madison).
