VERMILLION, S.D. (February 6, 2002) - Yvette Greer Albrecht of Redfield, S.D., and Doug Shull of Indianola, Iowa, will be honored during a special ceremony following Graphic Edge Alumni Open on Saturday, Feb. 9. The University of South Dakota track & field program will host a banquet at Pro's following the meet beginning at 4:30 p.m. Albrecht and Schull will be honored with the Track & Field/Cross Country Honor Award.

The meet, which will include events for high school athletes running unattached and South Dakota alumni, features 21 college teams. Those teams include Augustana, Briar Cliff, Chadron State, Concordia, Highland Community College, Dakota State, Dakota Wesleyan, Dana, Dordt, Fort Hays State, Highland Community College, Midland Lutheran, Morningside, Mount Marty, Northwestern, South Dakota Tech, South Dakota, Nebraska Omaha, Sioux Falls and Wayne State. At Saturday night's banquet, Terry Weaver, the first women's track and field coach at South Dakota, will introduce Greer Albrecht at the Track & Field Banquet. Weaver coached Greer Albrecht when she was a standout sprinter for South Dakota from 1979 to 1982. While at South Dakota, Greer Albrecht won five NCC titles. Greer Albrecht was the first women's all-American for South Dakota when she finished fourth in the 100m hurdles at the 1982 NCAA Division II outdoor meet. She entered her senior year at South Dakota holding an incredible 21 school records. As a prep star at Sioux City West, Greer Albrecht was a four-time winner in the 110 hurdles at the Dan Lennon Invitational, the first and only female athlete to win an event four straight years.

Greer Albrecht was inducted into the Coyote Athletic Hall of Fame in 1995, and was also inducted into the Sioux City Relays Hall of Fame. Currently, Greer Albrecht is the head coach of the 2001 state champion Redfield High School girls track and field team. "I had a wonderful bunch of young ladies that did more than perform. They gave everything I could want from them and then some," Greer Albrecht said. "A coach always wants a team that is dedicated and will go the extra without being asked, and these ladies did." She also taught at Redfield's state school for adult mentally retarded and physically handicapped. Greer Albrecht is married to David Albrecht, and the couple has two children, Courtney and Ephram.

Shull, who grew up in Sac City, Iowa, will be introduced by fellow Sac City native Bob Bowker, now a principal in the Vermillion school district. Shull is being honored as a special contributor. Along with Des Moines area alumni, Shull hosted USD track and field teams during Drake Relays each spring for the past 13 years. He is a member of the USD Alumni Association Board of Directors and a trustee of the USD Foundation. A 1965 graduate of USD, Shull served as the vice president of the USD Foundation from 1991-93 and president from 1993-95.

Last fall, Shull was inducted into the Coyote Athletic Hall of Fame. In 1995, he received a Distinguished Service Award from USD that was presented by then-USD President Betty Turner Asher. Shull is a member of the Simpson College faculty in Indianola, Iowa. He also serves as the executive director of the Senior PGA Tour Championship that was held in September at the Glen Oaks Golf Course in Des Moines, Iowa.

His other activities include serving as a board member of Keep Iowa Beautiful, serving as chairman of the board for the Des Moines Area Community College and as a Simpson College trustee. Shull's daughter, Lynn, was a graduate assistant for the track & field program. Shull formerly was the chief financial officer and director of Casey's General Stores of Ankeny, Iowa, from 1987-98. He and his wife, Carol, reside in Indianola, Iowa.

USD Graphic Edge Open Schedule of Events 8 a.m. 5000-3000m race walk Girls & Boys Long Jump 8:30 a.m. Men's 3000m run Section I Girls & Boys Shot Put Girls & Boys Pole Vault Girls & Boys High Jump 8:45 a.m. Girls 60m final 8:50 a.m. First Dakota Bank Women's 60 Hurdles- prelim 9 a.m. Boys 60 Hurdles- final KSFY First Dakota News Women's Long Jump Wells Fargo Women's weight throw 9:05 a.m. Coffee Cup Fuel Stop Men's 60 Hurdles- prelim 9:20 a.m. Girls 60 Hurdles- final 9:30 a.m. Culhane Broadcasting Women's 60 Dash- prelim 9:45 a.m. Boys 60 Dash- Final 9:55 a.m. Byron Bymers Men's 60 Dash- prelim 10 a.m. Bierschbauch Equipment Men's High Jump Comfort Inn Women's Pole Vault 10:10 a.m. Girls One Mile Run 10:15 a.m. Boys One Mile Run 10:20 a.m. Women's One Mile Run Section 1 10:30 a.m. Men's One Mile Run Section 1 Robinson Ehret Motors Men's weight throw 10:45 a.m. Girls 400- final 10:50 a.m. Boys 400- final 10:55 a.m. First National Bank Women's 400- prelim 11 a.m. The Outfitter Men's Long Jump 11:10 a.m. Dick Sunde State Farm Insurance Men's 400- prelim 11:20 a.m. Women?s 800- section 1 (slow) 11:25 a.m. Men's 800 section 1 (slow) 11:35 a.m. Women's 200-prelim 11:50 a.m. Men's 200-prelim noon Brunick Women's High Jump Sioux Valley Hospital Women's Shot Put 12:10 a.m. Women's 1000 section I 12:20 p.m. Men's 1000 section I 12:30 p.m. Sprint PCS Men's Pole Vault 12:40 p.m. Women's one mile run Section II 12:50 p.m. Men's one mile run Section II 1 p.m. Women's 60 Hurdles- Final Rasmussen Motors Women's Triple Jump 1:10 p.m. Men's 60 Hurdles- Final 1:20 p.m. Women's 60 Dash- Final 1:30 p.m. Byron Bymers Men's 60 Dash Final 1:35 p.m. Avery Brothers Women's 800- final Section II 1:40 p.m. Hy-Vee Men's 800- final Section II 1:50 p.m. First National Bank Women's 400 meter final 2 p.m. Quality Motors Men's Shot Put Dick Sunde State Farm Insurance Men's 400 meter final 2:10 p.m. Vermillion Ford Women's 1000 meter Section II 2:20 p.m. Pizza Hut Men's 1000 meter final Section II 2:30 p.m. Women's 200 meter final Alkota Cleaning System Men's Triple Jump 2:40 p.m. Hy-Vee Men's 200 meter final 2:50 p.m. Broadcaster Press Women's 3000 meter Section II 3:05 p.m. Vance Thompson Vision Men's 3000 meter Section II 3:20 p.m. Alumni women's 60 m hurdles 3:25 p.m. Alumni men's 60 m hurdles 3:30 p.m. Alumni women's 800 m 3:35 p.m. Alumni men's 800m 3:40 p.m. Alumni Women's 60 m dash 3:45 p.m. Alumni men's 60 m dash 3:50 p.m. Jones Food Center Women's 4x400 Relay 4 p.m. Travis Kasch Men's 4x400 Relay 4:15 p.m. Alumni Women's 4x400 Relay 4:20 p.m. Alumni Men's 4x 400 Relay 4:25 p.m. Results