MARSHALL, Texas -- The awards keep rolling in for the NAIA champion Wiley College men's track and field team with Oraine Palmer (JR/Kingston, Jamaica) being named United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Men's National Track Athlete of the Year and head coach Marlon Baugh being named Men's National Coach of the Year.Palmer won the 100-meter dash (10.35), the 200-meter dash (20.77) and ran a leg on the Wildcats' 4 x 100-meter relay team during the 2018 Men's NAIA Outdoor Track and Field Championship. He scored 22.5 points and was named co-Most Valuable Performer.
Earlier this month, Palmer was named South-Central Men's Track Athlete of the Year. He was a three-time Red River Athletic Conference Track Athlete of the Week and won NAIA Track Athlete of the Week for March 19-25.
Baugh wins USTFCCCA National Men's Coach of the Year after leading the Wildcats to their first national championship in program history. Wiley College scored 92 points – which was 30 more than national runner-up Indiana Tech. Baugh coached six event champions and eight NAIA All-Americans. With the Wildcats' national title, Baugh was named NAIA Coach of the Year.
For the second consecutive season, Baugh was named South-Central Men's Coach of the Year. He was named Red River Athletic Conference Men's Coach of the Year for the third straight season after guiding the Wildcats to their fifth straight conference championship.
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