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Just over 24 hours after Florida State University’s Ngonidzashe Makusha of Zimbabwe announced his decision to forego his senior season and compete professionally, the US Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association named him the 2011 NCAA Division I National Men’s Track Athlete of the Year as voted by the nation’s coaches.<\/p>\n

With Thursday’s announcement, he becomes the second FSU student-athlete to claim the now six-year-old award.<\/p>\n

Former Seminole Walter Dix earned the title in 2007.<\/p>\n

“This is a tremendous honor for Ngoni,” said FSU head coach Bob Braman, whose men’s team finished as the national runner-up by just one point this season. “He adds his name to a list of collegiate athletes that include Olympic medalists. Interestingly there have only been three schools represented in the six years of the award; two each for Florida State, Oregon and LSU.”<\/p>\n

Last weekend’s NCAA Outdoor Championships saw Makusha become just the fourth man in NCAA Division I history – and the first since 1981 – to win national titles in the 100 metres and long jump in the same championships to join a list that also includes Carl Lewis and Jesse Owens.<\/p>\n

Makusha also ran the second leg for the Seminoles’ 4x100m relay squad that won a national championship. In total, Makusha registered 22.5 of FSU’s 54 team points.<\/p>\n

Makusha won the national 100m dash title in a collegiate- and championships-record 9.89 seconds, which bested the 1996 record of UCLA’s Ato Boldon (9.92).<\/p>\n

The time, also a new record for his native country Zimbabwe, ranks No. 4 in the world for the 2011 season.<\/p>\n

He also won the 100 metres at the ACC Championships in a wind-aided time of 9.97.<\/p>\n

Although long jump performances are not considered as part of the award, Makusha claimed the ACC crown in the discipline, and, with a best of 27-6\u00c2\u00be feet (8.40m) to win the NCAA title, he seized another Zimbabwean national record, standing No. 2 in the world for 2011 in the event. Also in FSU track and field news, the women’s track and field and cross-country teams collectively finished fifth in the race for the Terry Crawford Women’s Programme of the Year Award, announced on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

FSU, which finished as the national runner-up at the culmination in cross-country, ninth at indoors and 20th at outdoors, registered 32 points in the award standings.<\/p>\n

Oregon captured the award with 15 points.<\/p>\n

Past Winners<\/strong><\/p>\n

2011: Ngoni Makusha, Florida State<\/p>\n

2010: Andrew Wheating, Oregon<\/p>\n

2009: Galen Rupp, Oregon<\/p>\n

2008: Richard Thompson, LSU 2007: Walter Dix, Florida State<\/p>\n

2006: Xavier Carter, LSU. – Seminoles.com<\/p>\n

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