March 1, 2006
The Big Ten office announced the 2006 All-Big Ten men's indoor track and field teams, as well as individual award winners today. Wisconsin's Chris Solinsky was selected as Athlete of the Year and of the Championships while Illinois' Dominique Worsley earned the Freshman of the Year title. Wisconsin's Ed Nuttycombe was named Coach of the Year for the fourth-consecutive season.
Solinsky helped UW claim its sixth-straight Big Ten Championships as the junior swept the individual honors for upperclassmen and was named to his first All-Conference team. He commanded the distance events as he finished first in both the 3,000- and 5,000-meter run with times of 7:54.73 and 13:52.34, respectively. Worsley is the first Illini to garner Freshman of the Year accolades since Jason Van Swol earned the award in 1999. The Manchester, N.H., native, finished second in the 60-meter dash with a time of 6.75. He went on to take second place to defending Big Ten champion David Neville in the 200-meter dash as Worsley crossed the finish line just .10 second behind Neville.
For Nuttycombe, this marks the eighth league coaching honor of his career. He has led the Badgers to 10 Big Ten Championships and has produced 74 All-Conference honorees in 23 years at Wisconsin. Among the 2006 All-Big Ten selections, 12 return from last year's first and second team squads.
Athlete of the Championships: Chris Solinsky, Wisconsin
Athlete of the Year: Chris Solinsky, Wisconsin
Freshman of the Year: Dominique Worsley, Illinois
Coach of the Year: Ed Nuttycombe, Wisconsin
First Team
Abe Jones, ILL
Trammel Smith, ILL
Nathan Vadeboncover, ILL
Adrian Walker, ILL
David Neville, IND
Matty Gorman, IOWA
Mike Woods, MICH
Micahel Whitehead, MICH
Brad Gebauer, MSU
Karl Erickson, MINN
Kevin Netzer, MINN
Trent Reiter, MINN
Taylor Candella, OSU
Gerald Griffin, OSU
Joe Gourley, OSU
Jeff See, OSU
Leonard Jatsek, 0SU
Ricky Pinkney, PUR
Nathan Brown, WIS
Demi Omole, WIS
Chris Solinsky, WIS
Second Team
Jason Bill, ILL
Eric DiSilvestro, ILL
Tim Hobbs, ILL
Dominique Worsley, ILL
Ryan Ketchum, IND
Kiwan Lawson, IND
Jeff Porter, MICH
Bobby Sherman, MSU
John Albert, MINN
Aaron Buzard, MINN
Sayfe Jassim, MINN
Walter Langkau, MINN
Robb Merritt, MINN
Adam Schnaible, MINN
Brian Olinger, OSU
Ryan Fritz, PSU
Ben Gregory, WIS
Alonzo Moore, WIS
Ben Roland, WIS
Sportsmanship Honorees
Trammell Smith - Illinois
David Neville - Indiana
Matt O'Hollearn - Iowa
Brad Miller - Michigan
John Childress - Michigan State
John Albert - Minnesota
Lenny Jatsek - Ohio State
Michael Syrnick - Penn State
John Porter - Purdue
Nathan Brown - Wisconsin
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