Angelo State’s Aisha Adams and Celethia Byrd, and Abilene Christian’s Amos Sang and Ramon Sparks were selected as the 2010 Lone Star Conference Track & Field Athletes of the Year.  The awards were announced Friday following a vote of the league’s head coaches.

   The Rambelles Byrd and Adams picked up the top female track and field honors after helping spark ASU to its first ever NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field Championship.  The Wildcats duo of Sang and Sparks claimed the top male track and field honors, respectively, by pacing ACU to a runner-up finish at the national championships.

   Byrd won an individual national championship in the 400-meter dash and finished third in the 200-meter dash, a result that clinched the title for ASU, and anchored the 4x400-meter relay squad, which won in a school record fashion (3:38.88).

   Adams had one of the best national meets in school history for the Rambelles scoring 36 points in six event finals.  She was a seven-time All-American at the championship, claiming the individual title in the heptathlon for the second straight season and adding a second-place finish in the 400-meter hurdles, third in the long jump, fourth in the triple jump, fifth in the high jump, sixth in the 100-meter hurdles and was part of the 4x100-meter relay squad.  The senior was recently named National Female Track Athlete of the Year in NCAA Division II by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA).

   Sang won a pair of NCAA Division II national championships claiming both the 5,000 and 10,000 meter crowns to pick up all-America awards.  He posted a nine-second victory in the 10k (30:04.98). In the 5000 meters, the senior was challenged and won by less than a second.

   Sparks earned all-America status in both the triple jump and long jump.  The junior placed third in the triple jump (51-7.25) and fifth in the long jump (24-5).