Rutgers University Athletics

Hall of Fame Focus Feature  

The 2004-05 Rutgers men's track and field team was perhaps the most dominant squad in program history. That season, the Scarlet Knights secured their first Big East Outdoor Conference title, claiming the team championship by 49.5 points. A winner of both the indoor and outdoor IC4A Championships that season, the 2004-05 squad was the first Rutgers team to win either championship and produced 12 NCAA qualifiers in the process. Sam Segond earned First Team All-America in the discus, while Marquis Allen finished as a First Team All-America performer in the long jump during the outdoor season. Twenty student-athletes were named All-Big East, while 19 claimed conference titles. Fifteen school records fell that season, including an NCAA indoor record set by the 4x200m relay team that stood for seven years. Segond and Trevor O'Grady were named NCAA Regional Athletes of the Year, while the Scarlet Knight staff of head coach Mike Mulqueen  and assistant coaches Kevin Kelly, Lou Tomlinson and Tony Naclerio were named the Big East Coaching Staff of the Year. Additionally, Mulqueen was named indoor and outdoor NCAA Regional Coach of the Year.