BROWNWOOD, Texas – Dr. Edward Randle and the 1997 men’s 4x100 relay team that included two Tidehaven High School graduates have been selected as the 2022 inductees into the Howard Payne University Sports Hall of Fame.
After a vote of the Howard Payne sports hall of fame committee, Dr. Edward Randle ‘97 and the 1997 NCAA III National Championship men’s 4x100 relay team (Marty Van Dyke ‘99, Wilmer Ray ‘99, JJ Davis ‘00, Sedrick Medlock) will make up the 2022 induction class of the HPU Sports Hall of Fame.
Van Dyke and JJ Davis are both Tidehaven graduates.
Randle and the relay team will be recognized during this year’s 2021 Homecoming festivities and formally inducted into the Sports Hall of Fame at the 2022 HPU Sports Alumni Banquet on May 14, 2022, in the Brownwood Coliseum.
1997 HPU men’s 4X100 relay team (Marty Van Dyke, Wilmer Ray, JJ Davis, Sedrick Medlock)
This 4X100 meter relay team broke the stadium record at Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota, by running a 40.43 and winning the 1997 National Championship in the 4X100 meter relay.
The time of 40.43 is still the third-best time run in NCAA DIII history and the HPU school record in the event.
Marty Van Dyke – Thirteen-time National Qualifier…8 x All American including a 3rd place finish indoor championships… Member of the HPU 1997, 1998, and 1999 4X100 meter relay teams.
Van Dyke is a 1994 Tidehaven graduate.
JJ Davis – Four-time National Qualifier… Five-time All American...Member of HPU 1995, 1996, 1997, and 1998 4X100 meter relay teams.
Davis graduated from Tidehaven in 1995.
