The former Bethune-Cookman head track and field coach, Garfield Ellenwood, has accepted a two-year suspension. He was suspended by the United States Anti-Doping Agency and the suspension was announced on January 28, 2010.
This will mean that Ellenwood cannot coach in any meet that is governed by USA Track and Field. It also means that Ellenwood will not be able to involve himself with any national Olympic committee during the suspension period.
From News-Journalonline.com:
The suspension stems from Ellenwood's testimony in May 2008 at the perjury trial of track coach Trevor Graham relating to the federal BALCO probe. Ellenwood testified Graham introduced him to a steroids dealer and he used steroids for a short period as a track athlete.
"That was 12 years ago," Ellenwood said this week. "We live and learn. (Graham) was my track coach for six months in North Carolina. Since then I've dedicated myself to make sure kids don't make the same mistakes I made."
Ellenwood, who coached former B-CU hurdler Ronnie Ash to two national championships last year, was fired by the school Sept. 8, 2009, for "violations of university policy as well as (Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference) and NCAA rules," according to a statement released by the athletics department to announce the firing of Ellenwood and assistant coach Kia Davis.
Ellenwood said that this suspension by the USADA would not keep him away from imparting elite athletes or returning to college coaching.
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