WILLIAMSBURG – On Tuesday the Virginia Sports Information Directors (VaSID) announced the All-State University Division Outdoor Track & Field teams, with 22 Hokies earning recognition. Cole Beck and Kahleje "KJ" Tillmon took home Men's Track Athlete of the Year and Rookie of the Year awards respectively for their efforts this season.
On the men's side Virginia Tech took home nine first team honors and four second team honors, led by Beck and Tillmon, as the women's team picked up seven first team honors and two second team nods.
Beck was named Men's Track Athlete of the Year following his excellent outdoor campaign. The Blacksburg native earned Men's Track MVP honors at the ACC Championships, anchoring the title-winning 4x100m and taking second in both the 100m and 200m.
Tillmon earned Men's Rookie of the Year honors as awards for his outstanding freshman year continue to accumulate. The freshman from Tucker, Ga. also took home the ACC Men's Co-Freshman of the Year award, as his first year with the Hokies saw the sprinter win the ACC 200m title, set the Virginia Tech school record in the event, and run the leadoff leg on the title-winning 4x100m.
Several Hokies have earned multiple appearances to the All-State teams in their careers, most notably Rachel Baxter who earned inclusion on her fifth All-State team. Baxter finishes her career at Virginia Tech with the rare distinction of appearing on every VaSID All-State team since its inception in 2020. Five other Tech athletes have appeared on at least three teams: Beck, Chauncey Chambers, and Essence Henderson (four), and Antonio Lopez Segura and Sara Killinen (three).
VaSID's All-State teams are divided by event group, with three Sprints, two Mid-Distance, two Distance, four Jumps (including pole vault), four Throws, one Multi, two Hurdles, and one 4x100m and 4x400m Relay on both the first and second teams.
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2022 All-State Men's Outdoor Track University Division
Track Athlete of the Year: Cole Beck
Track Rookie of the Year: Kahleje "KJ" Tillmon
First Team
Cole Beck, Sprints
Kennedy Harrison, Sprints
Seb Anthony, Mid-Distance
Ben Fleming, Distance
Antonio Lopez Segura, Distance
Chauncey Chambers, Jumps
Khalil Bedoui, Throws
Sean Murphy, Multi
Virginia Tech 4x100m Relay (Cole Beck, Kennedy Harrison, Kahleje "KJ" Tillmon, Torrence Walker)
Second Team
Kahleje "KJ" Tillmon, Sprints
Ben Nibbelink, Distance
Aidan Clark, Jumps
Tyson Jones, Throws
2022 All-State Women's Outdoor Track University Division
First Team
Barbora Malíková, Sprints
Grace Boone, Mid-Distance
Chase Kappeler, Distance
Rachel Baxter, Jumps
Julia Fixsen, Jumps
Essence Henderson, Throws
Sara Killinen, Throws
Second Team
Hailey Huston Myles, Jumps
Rebecca Mammel, Throws