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2011-12 Chattanooga Cross Country • Track & Field TABLE OF CONTENTS
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Preferred Name..................................Chattanooga or UTC Location...............................................Chattanooga, Tenn. Founded.......................... 1886 at Chattanooga University Enrollment...............................................................10,758 Nickname............................................... Mocs/Lady Mocs Mascot................................................................... Scrappy Colors.................. Navy (295), Old Gold (124), Silver (429) Affiliation............................................................. Division I Conference..........................................................Southern Home Course.........................Moccasin Bend Race Course Interim System President..............................Dr. Jan Simek Chancellor................................................Dr. Roger Brown Faculty Representative................................Dr. Mike Jones
Athletics Director................................................. Rick Hart Alma Mater.................................. North Carolina, 1994 Sr. Assoc. AD/SWA.........................................Laura Herron Sr. Assoc. AD/Internal Ops................................. Matt Pope Associate AD/External Ops........................Andrew Horton Asst. AD/Facilities & Equipment....................Mike Royster Asst. AD/Student Services................... Dr. Emily Blackman Asst. AD/Communications....................... Dr. Jay Blackman Asst. AD/Mocs Club & Marketing.......................Ryan Peck Athletic Trainer...............................................Todd Bullard Strength & Conditioning................................ Scott Brincks Director of Compliance........................... Marquita Turner Director of Tickets....................................... Megan Parker Director of Creative Services........................ Owen Seaton Director of Marketing & Promotions...............Erika Lerum Athletics Department Phone........................423.425.4495
Head Coach............... Bill Gautier (Western Kentucky '83) Assistant Coach........................................................... TBA Office Phone.............................................. (423) 425-4782
Director........................................................ Jay Blackman Assistant Director (contact)......................... Anne Wehunt Phone.................................................... (423) 425-4618 Email........................................ email@example.com Assistant Director............................................. Jim Horten Communitcations Grad. Assistant...................Nate Blythe Office Fax................................................... (423) 425-4610 Mailing Address..................615 McCallie Ave., Dept. 3503 Chattanooga, TN 37403 Shipping Address............... 720 East 4th Street, Room 132 Chattanooga, TN 37403 CREDITS: The 2011-12 Chattanooga Cross Country and Track Media Guide is a publication of The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Department of Athletics and the Office of Athletics Communications. The guide was written and designed by Anne Wehunt, Assistant Director Athletics Communications. Editorial and design assistance by Assistant Athletics Director for Communications and Media Relations Jay Blackman, Assistant Director Jim Horten and Communications Graduate Assistant Nate Blythe. Special thanks to cross country and track and field Head Coach Bill Gautier, and Assistant Coach Patrick Hall. Photos by David Humber, Dr. Mike Jones, Anne Wehunt, WG Sports Photography and Sideline Sports. The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga is an equal opportunity/affirmative action/Title VI/Title IX/ Section 504/ADA/ADEA institution. Publication Number: E048502-002-12
Quick Facts.................................................................. 1 Credits......................................................................... 1 Media Information...................................................... 1 Mocs Success............................................................ 2-3 The University.............................................................. 4 Chattanooga................................................................ 5 Bill Gautier................................................................ 6-7 Assistant Coach Patrick Hall......................................... 7 Athletics Director Rick Hart......................................... 8 Chancellor Roger Brown.............................................. 9 Athletics Staff............................................................ 10 Season Previews........................................................ 11 Rosters....................................................................... 12 Mocs..................................................................... 13-21 Lady Mocs............................................................. 22-31 All-Time Awards................................................... 32-33. SoCon Cross Country Top Finishes........................ 34-35 Indoor/Outdoor Track Records............................. 36-37 Conference Champions........................................ 38-39 Southern Conference................................................ 40
To the Media: The Chattanooga Athletics Communication staff appreciates your interest in UTC Cross Country and Track and Field and invites you to catch all the excitement at the Moccasin Bend Race Course this fall. Please let us know if we can facilitate your coverage in any way. For additional information, interviews or photographs, contact Anne Wehunt in the Athletics Communications office at (423) 425-4618. Athlete Interviews: All player interviews must be arranged through the Athletics Communication office. Coach Interviews: The best time to reach Coach Bill Gautier is between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. Monday through Friday by contacting the Athletics Communications office. You must contact the Athletics Communications office for an interview with Coach Gautier.
Jay Blackman
Assistant Athletics Director Athletics Communications & Media Relations
Anne Wehunt
Assistant Director Athletics Communications & Media Relations
Jim Horten
Assistant Director Athletics Communications & Media Relations
Nate Blythe
Athletics Communications & Media Relations Graduate Assistant
Owen Seaton
Director Creative Services
Over the last five years, UTC has won 17 regular season and 19 tournament championships in the Southern Conference, far more than any other school during that time. After finishing in the top-100 in the Learfield Sports Directors' Cup in 2009, the Mocs had their third-best showing at No. 136 in 2011. Here is a brief list of some of UTC's major accomplishments in 2010-11. • Four SoCon Team Championships • Six Teams Represented in the Postseason • One All-American • One Academic All-American • Five Southern Conference Athletes of the Year • Two Southern Conference Freshmen of the Year • Three Southern Conference Coaches of the Year • Eight All-Region Performers • 45 All-SoCon Performers
Cross country's Emmanuel Kirwa won his fourth The women's golf team won its secondconference race, third in the SoCon, and was the straight SoCon title and advanced to the NCAAs for the third year in a row. SoCon Runner of the Year for the third time.
The softball team won its fifth-straight SoCon Junior Stephan Jaeger was the SoCon Men's Sophomore Paula Passmore was the 2010 SoTitle and advanced to the finals of the NCAA Golfer of the Year for the second year in a row, Con Volleyball Libero of the Year after leading leading the Mocs back to the NCAAs. the league with 5.45 digs per set. Regionals for the first time.
Sophomore Jenna Nurik won the SoCon The Mocs wrestlers have won seven-straight Bailey Dewart returned from numerous injuSportsmanship Award and was a second team SoCon titles and are riding a 35-match winning ries to earn the SoCon Ann Lashly Inspiration streak in league action. Award. all-conference selection.
The Mocs' student-athletes continue to have tremendous success in the classroom. Below are just a few of the Academic accolades UTC received last year: • The overall g.p.a. of the Mocs' student-athletes has increased in each of the last six trems, culminating with a school-record 2.97 in the spring. • Over half of all UTC student-athletes earned at least a 3.0 grade-point-average in each of the last four semesters. • Each member of the SoCon Champion women's golf team made the Dean's List in both the fall and spring semesters. • Wrestling had a 3.14 g.p.a. for the year, ranking The Mocs graduated 53 student-athletes dur- Senior David Moore became the 12th Moc in No. 7 in the nation. ing at the summer, fall and spring commence- school history to be named Capital One Acament ceremonies in 2010-11. demic All-American.
Senior Courtney Barnes was three-time Academ- Chris Berry earned a spot on the Capital One Sophomore Jackson Tresnan was an ITA ic All-District and the recipient of the SoCon Bob Academic All-District team and won the SoCon Scholar Athlete and led the team with 14 sinMcCloskey Insurance Graduate Scholarship. Outdoor 10000M race. gles wins.
SOCIALLY The Chattanooga Mocs Athletics Department is heavily involved in community events throughout the year. UTC student-athletes are well represented in the annual Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure and the Mocs are always involved with local projects such as canned food drives, the Freshman Move-In and other activities throughout Chattanooga. The Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) plans many of the Athletic Department's community events. The Mocs also have a presence at Chattanooga's Special Olympics events each year. The Mocs also host many events that engage the local community, such as the 2011 SoCon Basketball Championships.
Nearly all of the Mocs teams work to organize or Former Lady Mocs soccer student-athlete Danielle participate in the annual Susan G. Komen Race Barr gives instructions to local youth at the Girl for the Cure on the campus of UTC. Scouts Sports-A-Thon.
Men's basketball senior Ricky Taylor talks Wrestling senior Dan Waddell led his teammates The softball team adopted Amanda Swartout to youth at a local clinic hosted by the Mocs in an outing to help the local Habitat for Human- as an honorary teammate through the "Friends men's basketball team. ity. of Jaclyn Foundation."
• You will be impressed by Chattanooga's revitalized Riverfront that includes a 10-mile Riverwalk; The Passage, a celebration of Chattanooga's Native American heritage, and the Chattanooga Pier. • Cruise down the Tennessee River aboard the Southern Belle Riverboat and see why Chattanooga is nicknamed the "Scenic City of the South." • Take a walking tour of the charming Bluff View Arts District with its shops, restaurants and the Hunter Museum of American Art. • The Walnut Street Bridge, connecting the Bluff View Arts District and downtown with the North Shore District and Coolidge Park, is one of the longest pedestrian bridges in the world.
FLETCHER HALL If you look around the campus of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, you will find a message chiseled for eternity into the stone of our structures. "We Shall Achieve" A bold commitment that guides us in everything we do, and tells the world what to expect from our campus. At the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, we achieve, and so will you.
Achieving a goal doesn't always come easy. UTC students are challenged through a rigorous liberal arts based general education and state-of-the-art cirricula in their majors. Our faculty members hold world-class credentials in teaching, research and creative endeavors and pass this experience to students. Tutoring and other academic support assist student success. Your future is worth the effort.
2011-12 Chattanooga Cross Country • Track & Field Gautier Era at a Glance All-Americans (8) 2006, 2005, 2004 (Outdoor) – Shannon Wommack 2005, 2004, (Cross Country) – Shannon Wommack 2004 (Cross Country) – Kathleen Turchin 1998 (Outdoor) - Anna Wright 1998 (Outdoor) - Catherine Wright
Bill Gautier
Head Coach • 21st Year Western Kentucky, 1983
NCAA National Qualifiers – Outdoor (11) 2007, 2006 – Lanni Marchant 2007, 2005 – Kathleen Turchin 2006, 2005, 2004 – Shannon Wommack 2004 – Steven Kocsis 2000 – Tyleana Hanner 1998 – Anna Wright 1998 – Catherine Wright NCAA National Qualifiers – Cross Country (13) 2010 - Emmanuel Kirwa 2006 – Lanni Marchant 2005 – Ian Mayne 2005, 2004, 2002 – Shannon Wommack 2004, 2003 – Steven Kocsis 2004 – Kathleen Turchin 2002 – Gediminas Banevicius 1999, 1998 – Amanda Lynch 1998 – Men's Team NCAA South Region Champions (2) 2005 – Shannon Wommack 1998 – Men's Cross Country Southern Conference Champions (13) Men's Cross Country: 2004, 2003, 1999, 1998 Women's Cross Country: 2008, 2007, 2006, 2004, 2001, 1998, 1997 Women's Indoor: 1998, 2003 Southern Conference Records (6) Lanni Marchant Outdoor 10,000 Meters, 35:06.53, 2007 Shannon Wommack Indoor Mile Run, 4:48:09, 2006 Indoor 3,000 Meters, 9:34:10, 2006 Outdoor 1,500 Meters, 4:22:95, 2006 Outdoor 3,000 Meter SC, 10:07:54, 2006 Tyleana Hanner Outdoor Heptathlon, 5361 pts., 2001 SoCon Athletes of the Year (30) 10 Indoor 5 Outdoor 15 Cross Country SoCon Freshmen of the Year (16) 6 Indoor 2 Outdoor 8 Cross Country South Region Coach of the Year (1) 1998 – Men's Cross Country Southern Conference Champions (198) 101 Indoor 81 Outdoor 16 Cross Country Coach of the Year (13) Men's Cross Country: 2004, 2003, 1999, 1998 Women's Cross Country: 2008, 2007, 2006, 2004, 2001, 1998, 1997 Women's Indoor: 2003, 1998
At the helm of Chattanooga cross country and track and field, Bill Gautier has established himself as one of the top coaches in the Southern Conference and perhaps the Southeast. In 20 years, Gautier has led his men's cross country teams to four league titles and seven runner up finishes. His 1998 men's SoCon Championship team also captured the South Region crown and made school history as the only UTC team to compete in the NCAA Championships. The Mocs were led by Nic Crider, who became the first Chattanooga runner to earn three straight SoCon individual titles. Last season Emmanuel Kirwa became the second with his third straight SoCon Cross Country title. The women's cross country team has seen similar success with seven titles and four runner up finishes. Former distance runner Shannon Wommack is the most decorated Chattanooga runner in school history. She is a five-time AllAmerican, four-time Southern Conference Indoor Track Performer of the Year, three-time Southern Conference Cross Country Runner of the Year and the 2006 Southern Conference Women's Athlete of the Year. She became UTC's first three-time qualifier for the NCAA Cross Country Championships, earning automatic qualifications at the NCAA South Regional in 2002, 2004 and 2005. Wommack also finished third in the 3,000 meter steeplechase at the 2006 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, setting a new school record, while earning her second All-America honors in that event. In 2007, Gautier saw another one of his runners, Lanni Marchant, earn the program's second straight Southern Conference Women's Athlete of the Year Award. Gautier's first of two Indoor Coach of the Year honors came in 1998, when his women's team claimed the title and his second in 2003,
when his women's team amassed the most points in school history for a third place team finish. Chattanooga has won numerous individual championships and top-athlete honors over the years. Steven Kocsis wrapped up his junior season with a third top athlete crown winning two distance events at the conference championships and then earning an at-large bid to compete in the men's 5,000 meters at the NCAA Championships, along with Wommack. In 2005, Wommack became the seventh Chattanooga track and field athlete to be awarded the A.C. "Scrappy" Moore Award since 1992. This award is given to the UTC studentathlete who best personifies the athletic department's core values. Past track and field winners include Ian Mayne (2004), Amanda Lynch (1999), Anna and Catherine Wright (1998), Mary Jane Middlekoop (1997) and Michael Kyle (1995). During his UTC career, Gautier has been named the Southern Conference Cross Country Coach of the Year a total of nine times. These have included six times for women's cross country (1997, 1998, 2001, 2004, 2006, 2007), four times for men's cross country (1998, 1999, 2003, 2004) and twice for indoor track and field (1998, 2003). He earned All-Region honors in 1998, for his men's cross country team. Prior to his arrival at Chattanooga, Gautier served as the head cross country coach and assistant track coach at Southeast Missouri State. In his six seasons at SEMO, his men's and women's teams won six conference titles in cross country. His teams also placed in the top five at the NCAA Division II Championships in both track and cross country five out of six seasons. Gautier was named the National Combine Coach of the Year in 1990, and was the NCAA Division II Coach of the Year for six consecutive seasons. He has coached 17 NCAA Division II National Champions and 56 All-Americans. Gautier earned his Bachelor of Science in Physical Education and Business Administration from Western Kentucky in 1983, and received his Master's in 1984. While at WKU, Gautier was a standout distance runner for the nationallyrecognized Hilltoppers. He and his wife, Jan, have two daughters, Taylor and Sydney.
2011-12 Chattanooga Cross Country • Track & Field
Anneli Uys Assistant Coach • First Year • Somerville, Australia • Chattanooga, 2010 Anneli begins her first season as the assistant coach for the cross country and track and field teams. She was a nine-time all-conference performer for the Lady Mocs with a pair of top 10 finishes in the women's 5-kilometer cross country races. The four-time Southern Conference Outdoor Track champion in the 800 meter (twice) and 1500 meter (twice) was named the 2010 SoCon Outdoor Track Athlete of the Year after winning both. She qualified in her junior year for both events after winning each. However, the NCAA reformatted qualification standards for the region meet by dropping the number of meets from four to just two – East and West – and eliminating automatic qualifiers. Based on her time in the 1500 meter event, Uys earned a spot at the East Region meet her senior year. She also holds the school record for the outdoor track 800 meter run with a time of 2:08.99 clocked in the prelims of the event in 2009 at the league championships. In Indoor Track, Uys was a three-time all-conference performer with a third place PERSONAL RECORDS finish in the Mile and twice with the school's Distance Medley Relay (DMR) team. In Indoor Track her senior year, she led the team from eighth place all the way to a second place and Mile............................ 4:49.59 all-conference finish as the anchor of the DMR. 800 meter................... 2:13.21* Outdoor Track She was named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team and was a member of the 1500 meter................. 4:26.73 Southern Conference All-Academic Teams. She was a member of the Dean's List while 800 meter. .................. 2:08.99* at UTC and named to the Athletics Director's Honor Roll. Uys transferred from Memphis to Chattanooga after her sophomore year. *school record She was born in Pretoria, South Africa and moved to Australia where she became an Australian citizen.
David Moore
Volunteer Assistant Coach • First Year Sarnia, Ontario, Canada • Chattanooga, 2010
PERSONAL RECORDS Cross Country 8-kilometer................. 24:59 10-kilometer............... 34:00 Indoor Track 800m.......................... 1:57.46 3000 meter................. 8:38.35 Mile............................ 4:22.57 Outdoor Track 3K Steeple Chase........ 9:49.55 1500 meter................. 3:55.12 800 meter................... 1:53.60
David was named to the Capital One Academic All-America Third Team and became UTC's first Academic All-American since 2006. He was also selected to the Capital One AllDistrict First Team. He won the Dayle May Award which is given to the senior Male and Female Student-Athletes with the top GPA at Chattanooga. With a 4.0 GPA in Engineering Management, David was a constant member of the Southern Conference All-Academic Teams, the UTC Dean's List and the Athletics Director's Honor Roll. In cross country, David helped lead the Mocs to a pair of Runner-Up finishes at the league championships and competed with UTC at the NCAA South Region Championships. He competed in the 800 meter in both indoor and outdoor track setting a PR in the 800m outdoor of 1:53.60. He participated in the 3000 meter run and Mile in the indoor championships and the 3000 meter Steeplechase and 1500 meter run at the outdoor championships. He was born in Sarnia, Ontario and is currently working toward his MBA at UTC.
2011-12 Chattanooga Cross Country • Track & Field
Roger Brown, Ph.D. Chancellor
Dr. Roger G. Brown, a proven academic leader and native Tennessean, is the fifteenth head of The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. His appointment as Chancellor was celebrated by the campus in February of 2006. Under Brown's leadership, the campus has experienced record enrollment growth at all levels, and projections point to an enrollment of more than 10,000 students in 2009. Since taking the helm of the Chattanooga campus, he has promoted UTC's mission as a metropolitan university with special emphasis in the fields of science, mathematics, and technology. Brown has pledged the campus' commitment to teacher preparation, healthcare professions, business and commerce, and cultural appreciation. UTC recently completed a strategic planning initiative that focuses campus efforts on the power of partnerships, especially relationships within the learning laboratory of Chattanooga. In 2008, UT Chattanooga earned the Community Engagement designation by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching in recognition of its many successful partnerships in the community. Brown came to Chattanooga from the University of North Carolina at Pembroke, where he served as Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs since 2000. Previously, he had served since 1991 in various academic and administrative capacities with the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Brown left UNC Charlotte in 2000 as Senior Associate Provost and Associate
Dr. Richard Brown Vice Chancellor Finance & Ops
Chuck Cantrell
Asst. Vice Chancellor University Relations
Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs. A political scientist with particular academic emphasis in American government, Brown earned bachelor's and master's degrees in Political Science from the University of Tennessee and the Ph.D. in Political Science from The Johns Hopkins University. He began his teaching career at Iowa State University in 1983 before joining the UNC Charlotte faculty in 1985. In 2002, Brown was appointed to the inaugural delegation of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities SinoAmerican Leadership Development Training for Higher Education Leaders in China. He has traveled on assignment for the U.S. Department of State to Syria, Jordan, and Israel. He also helped establish international exchanges with universities in Germany, France, South Korea, and South Africa. In Chattanooga, Brown is a member of Rotary International and has also been named to the United Way of Greater Chattanooga Board of Directors, the RiverCity Company Board, and the Chattanooga Area Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors. He is a commissioner of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools and has been appointed to the Southeast Tennessee PreK-16 Education Council. Brown's wife and partner, Dr. Carolyn Thompson, is also a committed community activist. In addition to her involvement and support of the university, she
Dr. John Delaney
Vice Chancellor Student Development
Terry Denniston Executive Asst. to Chancellor
currently serves on the boards of the Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga, Allied Arts of Chattanooga, Chattanooga Symphony and Opera, WTCI, Good Shepherd Church School and College Access. The couple has two children, Caroline and Austin. Roger and Carolyn also share custody of "Madeline Albright," a rescued husky mix with diplomatic immunity.
Bob Lyon
Vice Chancellor Univ. Advancement
Dr. Phil Oldham
Vice Chancellor Provost of Acad. Affairs
2011-12 Chattanooga Cross Country • Track & Field
Rick Hart
Director of Intercollegiate Athletics • North Carolina, 1994 When Rick Hart came to the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, he brought with him a vision and plan for the future of the Mocs. Since his hiring on May 23, 2006, Hart has changed the landscape of the UTC Athletics Department with his leadership, organizational skills and innovative ideas on how to fulfill the Mocs' mission of preparing students for productive and meaningful lives. Entering his fourth season as the Director of Athletics, Hart's efforts have made a tremendous impact on the Mocs student-athletes' quest for comprehensive excellence – academically, athletically and socially. Academically • Added staff to both the Compliance and Academic Services departments to help studentathletes progress toward the ultimate goal of earning a college degree. • Placed at least 90 student-athletes on the Athletic Director's honor roll each semester. • Shown continuous improvement in the overall grade-point-averages for student-athletes highlighted by a 2.77 g.p.a. in the spring of 2009, the highest semester mark for the Mocs since Hart's arrival. • Developed and implemented an ambitious APR improvement plan that is working to increase the APR scores of all Mocs athletics programs. Athletically • Captured 11 regular season and 14 tournament championships in the Southern Conference over the last three seasons, more than any other SoCon school during that time. • In 2008-09, Chattanooga posted school records with five teams competing in the NCAA Championships and 10 squads represented in the postseason. • Set a school record with a 99th place finish in the NACDA Learfield Director's Cup that measures the overall success of all Division I athletic programs. Three of the Mocs' top-5 all time finishes in the NACDA Director's Cup have come in Hart's tenure. • Captured UTC's first Germann Cup in 200708, signifying the best all-around women's sports program in the Southern Conference; and finished second in both the Germann Cup and Commissioner's Cup standings in 2008-09. • 12 student-athletes selected as SoCon Athletes of the Year while two Mocs have been named the SoCon Female Athletes of the Year. Socially • Encouraged Chattanooga student-athletes in their involvement with many local community projects and charity work and has personally served as a member of the Chattanooga Rotary, the Grand Marshal of the 2007 Region 4 Special
Olympics and is a sought-after speaker among the area's many civic organizations. • Cultivated and maintained relationships with local and national press that has led to unequalled media attention for a program of this size. • During the men's basketball NCAA Tournament run in 2009, the NBC's "Late Show with Jimmy Fallon" adopted the Mocs as its team of the tournament. The week-long exposure brought in an estimated $500,000 of advertising and national exposure for UTC. • Expanded educational programming (diversity, gambling prevention, etc.) for student-athletes, coaches and staff as part of a commitment to learning and personal and professional development. • Focused attention on strengthening the relationship between Mocs Athletics and the UTC campus community. Hart has also been very successful in the traditional roles as UTC Athletics Director. In an effort to ensure efficient and effective management of all elements of the athletics program, and to better align athletics with the academic mission of the institution, Hart developed and installed the Strategic Plan for UTC Athletics. A focus on the student-athlete experience has resulted in increased ticket sales and fundraising, innovative partnerships, improved athletics facilities and the addition of quality coaches. Revenue Generation/Fundraising/Attendance • Signed an exclusive, long-term marketing rights deal with Learfield Sports that guarantees record revenues from advertising and marketing with UTC Athletics. • Restructured the Mocs Club with two full-time staff, resulting in nearly a 20% increase in the number of individuals donating over the last year. • Secured three major gifts from UTC benefactors that totaled nearly $2 million in the past year. • Excluding these three major gifts, the Mocs Club capped the $1 million mark for the first time in 2008-09. • Implemented a donor program for football season ticket sales. • Overall ticket revenues have increased nearly 35% since Hart's first year. • Women's basketball led the SoCon in attendance in 2008-09 after increasing their season ticket sales by 40% over the previous year. • Men's basketball was second in average attendance in the SoCon in 2008-09. • Attendance at softball games nearly doubled from 2008 to 2009. Facilities • Completed the state-of-the-art Brenda Lawson Student-Athlete Success Center which includes the Wolford Family Strength and Conditioning and Chattem Basketball Practice Facilities. • Received funding from Renee Haugerud and
John Murphy in support of major improvements to Scrappy Moore Field, the Mocs' football practice facility. • Partnered with the City of Chattanooga and The First Tee to construct a unique practice facility for the Mocs' golf teams. • Enhanced the Football Locker Room, Visiting Team Basketball Locker Rooms, Academic Computer Lab and Administrative Offices • Installed video boards in McKenzie Arena • Acquired land needed to develop plans and a funding model for an on-campus facility for Track & Field and Women's Soccer. Coaches • Ignited fans everywhere with the hiring of Russ Huesman, a former Moc letter winner, in December 2008 to "Restore the Glory" to Chattanooga Football. • Hired Chris Bono in 2006 to take over the wrestling program. Bono guided UTC to threestraight SoCon titles. • Orchestrated Jeff Clark's return to the head coaching position of the women's tennis program in 2007. Managing finite resources in collegiate athletics is widely known as a difficult task. Hart made fiscal stewardship a priority for the department since his arrival. With diligent leadership and a commitment from each and every member of the department, UTC Athletics has made significant strides towards reducing the financial burden on the institution – including a balanced budget two of the last three years. Hart arrived on the UTC campus after serving seven years at the University of Oklahoma in various athletics administrative capacities. Hart's career with the Sooners began in 1999 as the Director of Marketing and Licensing. He became Assistant Athletics Director for Marketing and Licensing in 2001, and developed and implemented marketing campaigns which generated annual ticket revenues in excess of $19.5 million. Hart was promoted to Associate Athletics Director for Program Advancement and Branding in 2003 and Senior Associate Athletics Director in 2006. Hart has also worked in athletics for the University of North Carolina and East Carolina University and has served with the U.S. Olympic Committee. A 1994 graduate of UNC, Hart earned a bachelor's degree in Physical Education, Health and Sport Science. Hart and his wife, Allison, also a graduate of North Carolina, have a son, Trevor, 10, and a daughter, Caroline, 7. A third-generation athletics administrator, Hart's father, Dave, currently serves as Executive Director of Athletics at the University of Alabama, and his late grandfather, Dave Sr., served in a variety of roles within collegiate athletics including a stint as the Commissioner of the Southern Conference from 1987-91.
2011-12 Chattanooga Cross Country • Track & Field Athletics Administration
Dr. Mike Jones Faculty Rep.
Teresa Adcox
Administrative Asst.
Hank Cobb
Matt Pope
Senior Assoc. AD/SWA
Jeff Andrews
Marquita Armstead
Asst. Strength & Conditioning
Jay Harris
GM-Mocs Sports Prop
Director of Major Gifts
C.J. Recher
Rhonda Reynolds
Mocs Sports Properties
Anne Wehunt
Asst. Dir. Communications
Laura Herron
Senior Associate AD
Dir. of Compliance
Jim Horten
Asst. Dir. Communications
Kyle Ryan
Academic Advisor
Asst. Dir. Facilities & Equipment
Erin Wehde
Lindsey Wendorf
Mocs Sports Properties
Academic Advisor
Andrew Horton Associate AD
Joe Baugham
Asst. Athletic Trainer
Anne Jay
Admin. Assistant
Owen Seaton
Dir. Creative Services
Geoff Wilcox
Asst. Director Ticketing
Mike Royster Assistant AD
Nate Blythe
Grad. Asst. Communications
William Kent
Asst. Director Mocs Club
Jessica Tanner
Asst. Athletic Trainer
Lisa Wilcox
Volunteer Academic
Dr. Emily Blackman Dr. Jay Blackman Assistant AD
Assistant AD
Scott Brincks
Todd Bullard
Erika Lerum
Megan Parker
Lisa Tarr
Cheri Thomas
Strenght & Conditioning
Dir. Marketing & Promotions
Dir. Student Support Services
Athletic Trainer
Director of Tickets
Admin. Assistant
Ryan Peck Assistant AD
Melissa Cate Admin. Assistant
Terry Porter
Asst. Director Compliance
Erin Weaver
Asst. Athletic Trainer
2011-12 Chattanooga Cross Country • Track & Field
DIRECTIONS TO MOCCASIN BEND RACE COURSE From the North, East or South Take I-75 to I-24 Downtown. (Note: DO NOT continue on I-24 towards Nashville-take the right fork at the crossroads). Take 27 across the Tennessee River. Exit Manufacturers Road. Turn left - go under the over pass to Hamm Road (approx, 1/2 mile). Turn left on Hamm Road to a "T" intersection. Turn left onto Moccasin Bend and follow to the end (approx. 2 miles). West Bounders use Route 27 North exit or I-27N (from I-24). From Soddy-Daisy follow 27 South toward Chattanooga. Exit Manufacturers road and turn right at end of exit ramp. Follow road to Hamm Road (approx, 1/2 mile). Turn left on Hamm Road to a "T" intersection. Turn left onto Moccasin Bend and follow to the end (approx. 2 miles).
The Moccasin Bend race course is located at the end of the historic Moccasin Bend Archeological District. The Moccasin Bend Archaeological District is an archeological site in Tennessee that is included in the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park. The 956-acre area was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1986. It is located directly across the Tennessee River from Lookout Mountain, site of an American Civil War battle. The archeological district is significant due to its archaeological resources of American Indian settlement. The site played host to the 2006 Southern Conference Championships that saw the UTC women edge Appalachian State by one point for its seventh SoCon title in 10 years. UTC's Lanni Marchant won the women's individual title and was named the SoCon Runner of the Year. The Running Mocs have used the site as their home course running the annual PowerAde and Front Runner Invitationals each year.
The Mocs at the start the annual Front Runner Invitational run in October at the Moccasin Bend Race Course.
The Lady Mocs race along the Moccasin Bend course at the annual PowerAde Invitational run in September.
A view of Moccasin Bend from Point Park located on Lookout Mountain. The open field at the bottom of the Moccasin Bend peninsula is the location of the Mocs race course. The land form was given the name "Moccasin Bend" because of its resemblance to a foot and to reflect the Native American heritage of the Tennessee Valley.
2011-12 Chattanooga Cross Country • Track & Field CROSS COUNTRY • TRACK & FIELD ROSTER Name Men Drew Austell Chris Berry Mark Cole Lucas Cotter Dezerick Frazier John Gilpin Drew Harris Mathew Kenwright Emmanuel Kirwa Patrick O'Brien Blake Olson Colton Popp Joshue Vasquez Nathan Wanuch
Hometown (Prev School)
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Memphis, Tenn. (Briarcrest HS) Murfreesboro, Tenn. (Blackman HS) McKenzie, Tenn. (McKenzie HS) Collierville, Tenn. (Houston HS) Goodletsville, Tenn. (Pope John Paul II HS) Nashville, Tenn. (Martin Luthern King, Jr., HS) Adams, Tenn. (Rossview HS) Cordova, Tenn. (St. Benedict at Auburndale) Kapsabet, Kenya (Benedict College) Chattanooga, Tenn. (Collegedale Academy) Pleasant View, Tenn. (Sycamore HS) Chattanooga, Tenn. (Baylor HS) Kingsport, Tenn. (Dobyns Bennett HS) Missisauga, Ontario, Canada (Brock University)
Women Morgan Buchanan Gabby Cader Mary Cumbee Tara Gietema Ashley Hall Chelsea Lemley Anissa Mason Jenna Nick Taylor Pannell Jessica Philpott Ambria Reese Keeley Stewart Kathryn Stuart Amanda Sumner Sarah Washington Sarah Ann White-Woerner
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Johnson City, Tenn. (Science Hill HS) Cleveland, Tenn. (Walker Valley HS) Brentwood, Tenn. (Brentwood HS) Knoxville, Tenn. (Morristown Hamblen West HS) Memphis, Tenn. (Briarcrest HS) Soddy Daisy, Tenn. (Soddy Daisy HS) Knoxville, Tenn. (Knoxville Central HS) Columbia, Tenn.(Spring Hill HS) Sale Creek, Tenn. (Baylor HS) Manchester, Tenn. (Coffee Co. HS) Memphis, Tenn. (Arlington HS) Winchester, Tenn. (St. Andrews-Sewanee HS) Brentwood, Tenn. (Brentwood HS) Bristol, Conn. Tullahoma, Tenn. (Tullahoma HS) Chattanooga, Tenn. (Ooltewah HS)
BREAKDOWN BY STATE/COUNTRY CONNECTICUT Cotter..................... Collierville Sumner.........................Bristol Cumbee................ Brentwood Frazier................ Goodletsville Gietema....................Knoxville TENNESSEE Gilpin....................... Nashville Austell......................Memphis Hall..........................Memphis Berry.................Murfreesboro Harris...........................Adams Buchanan...........Johnson City Kenwright................. Cordova Cader...................... Cleveland Lemley.................Soddy Daisy Cole......................... McKenzie Mason......................Knoxville
Nick..........................Columbia O'Brien...............Chattanooga Olson............... Pleasant View Pannell................... Sale Creek Philpott................Manchester Popp..................Chattanooga Reese.......................Memphis Stewart.................Winchester Stuart.................... Brentwood
Vasquez...................Kingsport Washington...........Tullahoma White-Woerner.. Chattanooga CANADA Wannuch... Mississauga, Ontario KENYA Kirwa.......................Kapsabet
2011-12 Chattanooga Cross Country • Track & Field Chris Berry
5-9 • Senior Murfreesboro, Tenn. • Blackman High School 2010-11 Cross Country: Named to the NCAA All-South Region team with a 20th place finish ... earned allconference first team honors with a fourth place finish at the Southern Conference championships ... placed fourth at the Vanderbilt Commodore Classic. Indoor Track: Earned all-conference honors with a third place finish in the 3000 meter run at the league championships ... placed fourth in the 5000 meter run at the SoCon Championships. Outdoor Track: Claimed the SoCon title in PERSONAL RECORDS the 10000 meter run at the Cross Country championships. 8K......................................... 24:23 Selected to the CoSIDa/ 10K....................................... 30:44 Capital One District IV AllIndoor Track 3000 meter.......................... 8:10.28* Academic Third Team ... 5000 meter.......................... 14:30.20 named to the UTC Dean's Mile..................................... 4:14.91 List and Athletics Director's Outdoor Track Honor Roll and the Southern 10000 meter........................ 30:42.48 Conference All-Academic 5000 meter.......................... 14:28.12 Fall, Winter and Spring 1500 meter.......................... 3:53.09 Teams. Mile..................................... 4:12.05 *school record 2009-10 Cross Country: Redshirted the 2009 season ... placed second while running unattached at the UTC PowerAde Invitational. Indoor Track: Earned All-Conference honors finishing second in the 5000m at the SoCon Championship in a personal best 14:30.20. Outdoor Track: Redshirted the 2010 season. Chris was named to the UTC Dean's List and Athletics Director's Honor Roll and the Southern Conference All-Academic Team.
2008-09 Cross County: Won UTC's Front Runner Invitational running unattached ... earned All-Conference First Team honors with a third place finish at the Southern Conference championships ... finished 47th at the NCAA South Region. Indoor Track: SoCon champ in the 5000 meter run and placed second in the 3000 meter event at the league champoinships ... placed second in the mile at the MTSU Invitational and set a personal and school record in the 3000 meter run at the University of Kentucky's McCravey Memorial with a time of 8:10.28. Outdoor Track: Claimed the title in the 5000 meter run at the SoCon Championships and earned the automatic bid to the NCAA Mideast Regional in the 5000 meter run ... set personal records in the 1500m (3:53.49) and the Mile (4:12.05) ... Named ESPN The Magazine Academic AllDistrict ... named All-Academic by the USTFCCCA ... named to the
UTC Dean's List both semesters and to the Athletics Director's list both semesters. 2007-08 Cross Country: Earned the 2007 Southern Conference Freshman of the Year as well as All-Conference honors ... Finished fourth in 8k run at SoCon Championships ... Personal record in 8k run, 24:59. Indoor Track: Redshirt Outdoor Track: Earned All-Conference honors after fourth place finish in 5,000 meter run at SoCon Championships ... Ran 1,600 leg on winning distance medley team at Florida State Invitational ... Set personal records in 5k run (14:57.70) and 1,500 meter (4:01.36). Blackman High School Earned all-state honors in cross country from 2004 to 2006 ... Earned all area, region, and midstate honors all four years of high school ... Finished second in state championships in 1600 and 3200 meters in 2007... County champion in 1600 meters and 4x800-meters as a senior... Sectional champion in 1600 and 3200 meters in final year of high school... Finished second at state track championships in 1600 and 3200 meters as a senior... Named county Most Valuable Player as a sophomore and junior... Placed fourth in 3200 meters at state championships junior year. Personal Born April 1 in Milan, Tenn. ... Son of Shawn and Elaine Clifton and Michael and Kathi Berry... has one younger brother Zach.
THREE-TIME SOUTHERN CONFERFENCE CROSS COUNTRY RUNNER OF THE YEAR Emmanuel Kirwa
5-8 • Senior Kapsabet, Kenya • Benedict College 2010-11 Cross Country: Won his third consecutive Southern Conference Cross Country title and was named the league's Runner of the Year ... Earned NCAA All-Region honors with an eighth place finish in the South Region race and qualified for the NCAA National Championships ... just missed all-American honors finishing 47th out of 246 runners. Indoor Track: Earned all-conference honors with a third place finish in the 5000 meter run at the SoCon Championships PERSONAL RECORDS Cross Country Outdoor Track: 8-kilometer.......................... 24:06 Named all-conference for 10-kilometer........................ 30:22 his runner-up finish in the Indoor Track 5000 meter run at the league Mile..................................... 4:16.25 championships ... earned 3000 meter.......................... 8:24.48 all-conference honors with Outdoor Track a third place finish in the 3000 meter SC..................... 9:19.11 10,000 meter race at the 10000 meter........................ 30:19.60 5000 meter.......................... 14:23.66 SoCon championships.
1500 meter.......................... 3:57.84
2011-12 Chattanooga Cross Country • Track & Field 2009-10 Cross Country: Repeated as the Southern Conference Runner of the Year with backto-back SoCon Cross Country titles ... earned All-Region honors at the NCAA South Region meet in Tuscaloosa, Ala., with an 18th place finish ... finished in the top four in all four regular season meets including a runner-up finish at the Tennessee Tech Invitational ... bested his 10K time at the NCAA Region by nearly one minute. Indoor Track: Competed in both the 3000m and 5000m events in his first SoCon Championships ... won the 3000m at the MTSU Blue Raider Invitational ... posted three top three finishes in the regular season. Outdoor Track: Earned all-conference honors in the 5000 meter finals at the SoCon Championships with a third place finish ... just missed all-conference honors in the 3000m Steeplechase with a fourth place finish. 2008-09 Cross Country: Claimed the 2008 Southern Conference title in men's cross country ... named the league's Male Runner of the Year ... earned All-Region honors at the NCAA South Region meet in Knoxville, Tenn., with a 17th place finish ... had top 10 finishes in all four regular season meets including runner-up finishes at the Great American in Birmingham, Ala., and the Front Runner Invitational in Chattanooga ... had personal records in the 8k at the league championships and in the 10k at the NCAA South Region championships ... named to Athletics Director's Honor Roll in the fall semester. Benedict College Was named the 2007 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference's Most Valuable Runner after winning the Division II South Regional Championship... Finished 57th at the 2007 Division II Cross Country National Championships... Named to SIAC All-Conference Team... Won the Augusta State Jaguar Invitational and the Morehouse/CAU Invitational in 2007. Terige High School Named outstanding athlete in cross country. Personal Born on Dec. 6 in Kapsabet, Kenya... Majoring in Electrical Engineering... Father is James K. Kirwa.
Joshue Vasquez
5-8 • Junior Kingsport, Tenn. • Dobyns Bennett High School 2010-11 Cross Country: Placed 18th at the Southern Conference championships to help the Mocs to a third place finish ... Indoor Track: Set a PR in the 800m at the Southern Conference Championships ... competed in the Mile Run at the league championships. Outdoor Track: Member of the fifth place 4x400 meter team at the SoCon Championships ...
2009-10 Cross Country: Helped lead the Mocs to a top place finish at the Tennessee Tech Invitational with a third place finish in the 8K race ... just missed AllConference honors at the SoCon Championships with a 16th place finish. Indoor Track: Redshirted the 2010 season. Outdoor Track: Redshirted the 2010 season. Named to the UTC Athletics Director's Honor Roll in the Spring semester. 2008-09 Cross Country: PERSONAL RECORDS Named the 2008 Southern Cross Country Conference Freshman of 8-kilometer..................... 25:28 the Year ... named to the Indoor Track All-Freshman Team and All 800 meter....................... 1:55.79 Conference Second Team. Mile................................ 4:18.78 Indoor Track: Outdoor Track Just missed all-conference 800 meter....................... 1:54.89 honors as a member of both 1500 meter..................... 3:55.98 the DMR and 4x400 teams Mile................................ 4:18.25 at the SoCon championships ... ran a PR of 4:21.62 in the Mile at the MTSU Valentine Invitational. Outdoor Track: Earned all-conference honors with a third place finish in the 1500 meter run at the SoCon championships, recording a PR ... named to Athletic Director's Honor Roll in the spring semester. Dobyns Bennet High School Named all-state three years... Region and conference champion junior and senior year in cross country... All-region winner in 1,600 meter as a junior... Member of team that won conference championship all four years. Personal Born on June 29, in Manhattan, N. Y. ... Parents are Bolivar and Aracelis Vasquez... Family includes three sisters, Yanessa, Amy, and Bianca.
Mark Cole
5-9 • Sophomore McKenzie, Tenn. • McKenzie High School 2010-11 Cross Country: Redshirted the season. Indoor Track: Redshirted the season. Outdoor Track: Redshirted the season. Named to the UTC Dean's List and Athletics Director's Honor Roll. 2009-10 Cross Country: Named to the Southern Conference All-Freshman team as a top finishing freshman ... had two Top 10 finishes including a ninth place finish to help lead the Mocs to the title at the Tennessee Tech Invitational.
2011-12 Chattanooga Cross Country • Track & Field Indoor Track: Placed fourth in the Mile at the Blue Raider Invitatioanal ... competed in the 800m at the SoCon Championships. Outdoor Track: Placed fifth in the 10,000m finals the SoCon Championships just missing all-conference status ... ran a 4:03 in the 1500m at the Emory University Invitational. Named to the Southern Conference Fall, Winter and Spring Honor Rolls ... named to the UTC Dean's List and Athletics Director's Honor Roll. High School Three-time region cross country champion in 2006,2007, and 2008 ... runner-up in TSSAA A-AA state cross country championships in 2007 and 2008 ... Jackson-Sun Cross Country Runner of the Year sophomore, junior, and senior year ... finished third PERSONAL RECORDS in the 1600 at the 2008 state Cross Country track meet. Personal Born February 13 in Jackson, Tennessee ... son of Randy Cole and Jan Nelson ... Chemistry major ... family includes two sisters Brooke and Bailey.
8-kilometer.......................... 26:36.63 10-kilometer........................ 34:01 Indoor Track 3000 meter.......................... 9:15.97 Mile..................................... 4:31.91 Outdoor Track 1500 meter.......................... 4:03.18 3000 meter.......................... 8:58.66 10,000 meter....................... 31:37.34
2009-10 Cross Country: Redshirted the 2009 season. Indoor Track: Won the Mile at the Blue Raider Invitational with a time of 4:24 ... bettered his time by more than one second at the Valentine Invitational ... member of the fifth placed Distance Medley Relay team at the SoCon Championships. Outdoor Track: Ran the 800m in a time of 1:57 at the Emory University Invitational ... posted a time of 4:00 in the 1500m at the UTK Sea Ray Relays. High School Lucas was a best of preps nominee in his junior year and finalist senior year ... two-time All-State honoree in cross country as a junior and a senior...regional cross country champion senior year ... state track qualifier junior and senior year... served as captain of state champion cross country team senior year and posted personal bests of 1:58 in the 800m, 4:30 in the mile, 9:38 for 2 miles and 15:56 for cross country 5k. Personal Born August 13 in Greensboro, N.C. ... lived in Naperville, Ill. from 2001-2006 ... Moved to Collierville, Tenn. after sophomore year ... son of Bill and Tracy Cotter ... family includes sister, Jenna .... double majoring in Accounting and English.
Blake Olson Lucas Cotter
6-1 • Sophomore Collierville, Tenn. • Houston High School 2010-11 Cross Country: Named Southern Conference Freshman of the Year ... earned all-conference second team honors ... placed 14th at the league championships ... placed 75th at the NCAA South Region Championships ... helped Mocs to win the UTC Front Runner Invitational with a seventh place finish ... placed 12th at the Vanderbilt Commodore Classic, helping the Mocs to a runner-up finish ... helped Mocs to win the UTC PowerAde Invitational with a fourth place finish. Indoor Track: Anchor leg of the Distance PERSONAL RECORDS Cross Country Medley Relay (DMR) SoCon 8-kilometer.......................... 25:19 Championship team ... 10-kilometer........................ 31:55 Outdoor Track: Indoor Track Scored for the Mocs in the Mile..................................... 4:17.06 1500 meter run at the league 3000 meter.......................... 8:54.51 championships ... placed Outdoor Track second in the 1500 meter at 800 meter............................ 1:57.69 the WKU Hilltopper Relays ... 1500 meter.......................... 3:53.95 ran third leg of 4x800 meter winning team at the Emory Invitational ... Member of the Southern Conference Fall, Winter and Spring AllAcademic Teams ... named to the UTC Dean's List and Athletics Director's Honor Roll.
5-11 • Sophomore Pleasant View, Tenn. • Sycamore High School 2010-11 Indoor Track: Just missed all-conference honors with a fourth place finish in the 400 meter hurdles at the league championships ... competed in the 800 meter run at the SoCon finals ... ran the first leg of the fourth place 4x400
meter relay team. Outdoor Track: Placed fourth in the 400 meter hurdles at the Southern Conference championships just missing out on allconference honors ... ran the first leg of the men's fifth place 4x400 meter relay at the league championships ... won the 400 meter hurdles at the Emory Invitational. Named to UTC Dean's List and Athletics Director's Honor Roll.
PERSONAL RECORDS Indoor Track 55m H.................................. 8.81 60m H.................................. 9.29 200m................................... 24.89 400m................................... 53.73 Outdoor Track 400m H................................ 55.81
2009-10 Indoor Track: Competedin the 60 meter Hurdles and the 400m Dash at the Southern Conference championships...recorded a PR of 8.81 in the 55m Hurdles at the Blue Raider Invitational ... recorded Top 10 finishes in the 200m and 55m Hurdles at the Blue Raider Invitaional.
2011-12 Chattanooga Cross Country • Track & Field Outdoor Track: Just missed all-conference honors in the 400 meter Hurdles at the Southern Conference championships with a fourth place finish ... posted a PR in the event of 55.81 in the preliminary round. Named to UTC Dean's List and Athletics Director's Honor Roll.
John Gilpin
Sophomore • Nashville, Tenn. Martin Luther King, Jr. High School
2010-11 Indoor Track: High School Ran the 800 meter and the Mile at the Holds school records in the 110 meter hurdles, 300 meter hurdles, SoCon championships 4x400 meter relay and 4x100 meter relay ... AAU national qualifier in the 400 meter hurdles ... invited to the Great Eight Invitational Outdoor Track: in both the 110 and 300 meter hurdles ... placed fourth in the state Competed in the 800 meter and 1500 meter championships in the 100 meter hurdle event ... placed first in the events ... ran the second leg of the 4x800 meter fifth place team at sub-sectionals in the 100 meter hurdles and was second in the sectionals ... claimed district title in the 110 and 300 meter hurdles as the Georgia Tech Yellow Jacket relays ... well as the 4x400 meter and 4x100 meter relays ... PRs: 110 meter hurdles: 15.81; 300 meter hurdles: 41.65; 400 meter hurdles: 58.90. High School Captain of cross country teams that won back-to-back state championships in 2008 and 2009 ... participated in Tennessee state Personal Born January 19, 1991 ... son of Kellie and Mark Olson ...undeclared track meet junior and senior years ... earned all-state honors with a second place finish in the 800m and ran a personal best of 4:26 major. in the 1600 to place fourth at the state track meet senior year also earning him all-state honors ... PRs: 5k • 16:54, 1600m • 4:26, 800m • 1:59.6.
Drew Austell
Freshman Eads, Tenn. • Briarcrest High School 2010-11 Indoor Track: Ran the 800 meter ... ran a PR 1:58.05 at the prestigious Rod McCravy Memorial meet hosted by the University of Kentucky ... placed third at the MTSU Valentine Invitational ... anchor leg of the fourth place 4x400 meter relay team. Outdoor Track: PERSONAL RECORDS Competed in the 800 meter Indoor 800 meter............................ 1:58.05 run ... ran a PR 1:56.55 at Outdoor Track the Georgia Tech Yellow 800 meter............................ 1:56.55 Jacket Invitational ... placed second at the WKU Hilltopper Invitational in the 800 meter run ... anchor leg of the fifth place 4x400 meter relay team at the league championships. High School Finished sixth in the state championships in the 800m in 2010… Finished 7th in state championships in the 1600m in 2010… Regional Champion in the 800m in 2010… Regional Runner-up in the 1600m in 2010… Qualified for the state championships in the decathalon and the 4x200m relay in 2009… Most Valuable Cross Country Runner junior and senior year… Track team captain senior year… MVP in track senior year… Best of the Preps All-Metro team in track in 2010. Holds personal bests of 4:33.39 for 1600, 1:58.78 for 800, and 17:27 for 5K cross-country. Personal Born February 20, 1992 in Memphis, Tenn. … son of Steve and Carole Austell … family includes brothers Kent, Lane and Clay and one sister, Jenna.
Personal Born April 3, 1992 in Nashville, Tenn. ... son of Jack and Pam Gilpin.
Nathan Wanuch
6-0 • Sophomore • Mississauga, Ontario Glenforest Secondary School/Brock University
2010-11 Cross Country: Placed second at the season-opening PowerAde Invitational and helped lead the Mocs to the win ... Mocs finished second at the Vanderbilt Commodore Classic with assistance from Wanuch ... helped the Mocs to claim the title at the Front Runner Invitational ... injury kept him out of the Southern Conference Championships Indoor Track: Competed in the Mile and 3000 meter runs at the league championships ... ran a PR 4:18.13 at the MTSU Valentine Invitational ... recorded a PR 8:39.02 in the 3000 meter at the Rod McCravy Memorial Invitational hosted by Kentucky PERSONAL RECORDS Cross Country
Accomplishments 8-kilometer.......................... 25:46 Had a breakthrough track 10-kilometer........................ 31:55 Indoor Track season in 2009 that included Mile..................................... 4:18.13 two medals at ROPSSAA, a 3000 meter.......................... 8:39.02 9th place finish in the 2000m Steeplechase, and a 12th place finish in the 3000m at OFSAA. Capped off the track season at Junior Nationals with a 7th place finish in the 3000m steeplechase. 2009 Cross-Country was also successful with 3 top 20 finishes, including one 1st place finish. Finished 21st at both the Ontario University Championships, and at Cross Country Junior Nationals running 31:55 (10km) and 25:25
2011-12 Chattanooga Cross Country • Track & Field Dezerick Frazier
(8km) respectively. Track 2010 included a Bronze medal in the 3000m at the Indoor track provincial championships and new personal bests in the 1500 (3:54.50) and in the 3000m steeplechase (9:16.03)
6-3 • Freshman Goodlettsville, Tenn. • Pope John Paul II HS
Personal Born May 19th in Edmonton, Alberta Canada ... son of Art and Joan Wanuch ... five siblings: Alex, Jessica, Jacob, Samuel, Nicholas ... plans to major in Health and exercise science.
Drew Harris
6-0 • Freshman Adams, Tennessee • Rossview High School High School four-time cross country state qualifier, 2007-10 ... four-time state track qualifier, 2008-11 ... member of Fellowship of Christian Athletes and Younglife. Personal Andrew Alan Harris ... born March 21 in Marshall, Texas ... son of Janet and Tyson Harris ... has an older sister, Abigail ... Health and Human Performance: Outdoor Recreation major.
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High School School record holder in the 400 meter dash at Pope John Paul II ... placed third in the state in the 400 meter dash at the state finals ... finished sixth in the 200 meter dash at the state finals ... member of the football and basketball teams ... named student of
Personal Dezerick Frazier ... nickname is "Dez" ... son of Denise and Dezerick Frazier and has a younger sister named Olivia.
Jacob Huesman
6-1 • Freshman Chattanooga, Tenn. • Baylor School
High School Tennessee Titans Mr. Football Award winner for Division II-AA ... dual-threat quarterback at the Baylor School in Chattanooga, Tenn ... led the Red Raiders to the DII-AA state championship game ... member of the Patrick O'Brien Chattanooga Times Free Press Dynamite 6-1 • Freshman Dozen ... totaled 2,828 yards of total offense, including 1,750 rushing Chattanooga, Tenn. • Collegedale Academy with 25 touchdowns as a senior ... TSWA DII All-State ... Mr Football finalist as a junior ... Baylor went 17-7 in his two years ... National High School Honor Society and honor roll student ... all-state and silver medalist in Four-time cross country state qualifier ... the long jump as a junior. Times Free Press "Best of Preps" First Team as a junior ... led team to three straight Personal region titles ... 2011 Long-Course Duathlon Full name is Jacob Andrew Huesman ... son of Russ and Amy 19-under National Champion ... 41st at Huesman ... born Feb. 27, 1993 ... has two younger sisters, Natalie Ironman 70.3 World Championships for 2011 and Emily, and one younger brother, Levi ... father is the head coach for 24-under age group ... two-time USA qualifier for triathlon ... tennis of the Mocs and played at UTC from 1978-81 ... plans to major in double state semi-finalist ... three-time region champion in doubles ... Engineering. tennis team captain in junior and senior years ... named to the Times Free Press "Best of Preps" Second Team singles as a senior and First Team doubles ... member of the swim team and basketball team ... named team MVP for basketball as a sophomore maintained a 4.0 GPA throughout high school ... member of the Student Senate as a freshman and a member of the Student Association as a sophomore ... served as Junior Class Vice President and was Senate Student President in senior year ... graduated with honors. Personal Patrick John O'Brien ... born April 19 in Calhoun, Ga. ... son of Georgia and John O'Brien ... has an older sister, Molly at Ole Miss and a younger brother Conner in high school ... Biochemistry major.
2011-12 Chattanooga Cross Country • Track & Field Tara Gietema
5-9 • Senior Knoxville, Tenn. • Morristown Hamblen West 2010-11 Cross Country: Placed 19th at the SoCon Championships ... 56th at the NCAA South Region meet ... placed fifth in the PowerAde Invitational and sixth in the Front Runner. Indoor Track: Competed in the 3000 meter and 5000 meter races at the league championships ... placed third in the Mile at the Valentine Invitational ... placed fourth in the 3000 meter run at the Blue Raider Invitational. Outdoor Track: Placed fourth in the 10,000 meter run at the SoCon Championships. 2009-10 PERSONAL RECORDS Cross Country: Cross Country Redshirted the season. 5-kilometer.......................... 18:04 Indoor Track: 6-kilometer.......................... 21:52 Redshirted the season. Indoor Track Outdoor Track: Mile..................................... 5:13.19 Earned All-Conference 3000 meter.......................... 10:10.60 5000 meter.......................... 18:05.59 status with a third place Outdoor Track finish in the 10,000 1500 meter.......................... 4:45.51 meter run at the SoCon 3000 meter.......................... 10:20.07 Championships...posted 5000 meter.......................... 18:00.87 PRs in the 1500m, 3000m 10000 meter........................ 37:35.01 and 5000m races during the season...ran a 4:46.51 in the 1500m at the Emory University Invitational, besting her previous top time of 4:49.09...edged her 5000m time at the Yellow Jacket Invitational by just less than one second with a time of 18:00.87 and ran the 3000m in a time of 10:20.07 at the Sea Ray Relays, more than four seconds better than her previous time...finished in the Top 8 or better in every race of the season. Named to the UTC Dean's List, Athletics Director's Honor Roll and the Southern Conference All-Academic Team. 2008-09 Cross Country: Led the Lady Mocs to a third consecutive SoCon title with a fifth place finish at the league championships earning all-conference first team honors. Indoor Track: Earned all-conference honors in the 5000 meter run at the SoCon championships with a third place finish ... ran the mile at the MTSU Invitational placing sixth and competed in the 3000 meter run at the University of Kentucky Rod McCravey Memorial. Outdoor Track: Earned all-conference honors with a third place finish in the 10,000 meter run at the SoCon championships ... ran the mile leg of the DMR at the Georgia Relays, finishing second ... named to the Dean's List and Athletics Director's Honor Roll both semesters ... selected to the Southern Conference All-Academic Team. 2007-08 Cross Country: Finished 16th at SoCon Championships and 13th at UTC Opener... Placed 65th at NCAA South Regional... Set personal records in the
5k, 18:40, and the 6k, 23:20. Indoor Track: Ran the 3,000 and 5,000 meter... Best finish was sixth in the 3,000 meter at the SoCon Championships... Set personal records in the 3,000 meter, 10:16.92, and the 5,000 meter, 18:28.56. Outdoor Track: Named All-Conference after finishing second in the 10,000 meter at the SoCon Championships... Finished fifth in the 3,000 meter at the Florida State Invitational... Set personal bests in the 1,500 meter, 4:53.33, 3,000 meter, 10:24.65, and the 10,000 meter, 38:02.88. Morristown Hamblen West Earned all-state honors from 2004 through 2006 ... member of the state champions in 2005 and 2006 ... earned cross country allconference and all-region all four years ... team won region and conference championships all four years ... member of fifth place finishing 4x800-meters team at track and field state championships in 2005, also finished 10th in 1,600-meters. Personal Born May 13 in Knoxville, Tenn ... daughter of Tom and Debbie Gietema ... family includes twin brother Thomas.
Ashley Hall
5-6 • Senior Memphis, Tenn. • Briarcrest High School 2010-11 Indoor Track: Placed fourth in the 400 meter run at the Blue Raider Invitational ... ran the 800 meter at the Valentine Invitational and the Southern Conference championships. Outdoor Track: Ran the 400 meter Hurdles ... placed third at the Emory Invitational and fifth at the Hilltopper Relays ... member of the seventh place 4x100 meter relay team at the SoCon Championships and the 4x400 meter team. 2009-10 Indoor Track: Competed in the 400m at the Southern Conference Championships... Outdoor Track: Competed in the 100m Hurdles and 400m Hurdles at the Southern Conference Championships.
PERSONAL RECORDS Cross Country 5-kilometer.......................... 19:33 Indoor Track 800 meter............................ 2:14.29 400 meter............................ 59.60 Outdoor Track 400 meter............................ 58.82 800 meter............................ 2:13.21
2008-09 Indoor Track: Competed in the 200 meter and the 400 meter events at the Middle Tennessee Valentine Invitational. Outdoor Track: Redshirted season. High School Four-year varsity and regional participant ... three time track MVP
2011-12 Chattanooga Cross Country • Track & Field (sophomore, junior and senior) for Briarcrest ... member of the school record 4x800 meter relay team ... set record with a time of 2:28 in her junior year ...placed third in the 300 meter Hurdles at the region meet. Personal Daughter of Richard and Jackie Hall ... has one brother Justin ... born June 2, 1990 in Memphis ... majoring in Secondary Education: English.
Morgan Buchanan
5-7 • Junior Johnson City, Tenn. • Science Hill High School 2010-11 Cross Country: Ran unattached in the PowerAde Invitational ... placed 60th at the Commodore Classic. Indoor Track: Competed in the Mile at the Rod McCravy Memorial, Valentine Invitational and Southern Conference Championships. Outdoor Track: Competed in the 1500 meter run at the Hilltopper Relays and the Yellow Jacket Invitational. PERSONAL RECORDS
2009-10 Outdoor Track Outdoor Track 1500 meter.......................... 5:01.50 Placed fifth at the Emory 3000 meter.......................... 11:23.15 University Invitational in the 1500m run...competed in the 3000m run at the UTK Sea Ray Relays. High School Earned all-state honors in 2008 in cross country ... member of the state championship team in 2008 and runner up in 2007 ... earned all-conference three years and all-region three years... team won region and conference champions all four years... member of state championship 4x800 meters realy team at track and field state championships in 2008 and 2009, also a part of the track and field state championship as a team in 2009. Personal Born September 5 in Johnson City, Tenn... daughter of Jerry and Teresa Buchanan... has an older sister Ashley who graduated from ETSU and is headed to EVMS to become an art therapist.
Mary Cumbee
5-7 • Junior Brentwood, Tenn. • Brentwood High School
2010-11 Cross Country: Placed 29th at the Southern Conference Championships ... finished 76th at the NCAA South Region Meet ... helped women to a second place finish at the Front Runner Invitational and a first place finish at the PowerAde Invitational ... placed 24th at the Vanderbilt Commodore Classic. Outdoor Track: Ran the 800 meter at the Hilltopper Relays with a 10th place finish ... competd in the 1500 meter run at the Yellow Jacket PERSONAL RECORDS Invitational. Cross Country 2009-10 5-kilometer.......................... 18:51 Cross Country: 6-kilometer.......................... 22:13 Recorded three Top 10 Indoor Track Mile..................................... 5:14.37 finishes including an eighth Outdoor Track place at the Tennessee Tech 800 meter............................ 2:21.21 Invitational...Placed 33rd at 1500 meter.......................... 4:48.15 the Southern Conference Championships and 38th at the Crimson Classic. Indoor Track: Member of the second place All-Conference Distance Medley Relay team...ran the Mile at both the Blue Raider Invitational and the Valentine Inviatational. Outdoor Track: Placed in the Top 15 in all races during the season with two Top Five finishes...member of the second place 4x1500m relay team at the UTK Sea Ray Relays and fourth in the 800m at the Emory University Invitational. High School Received all-region and all-state honors in track and field from 20082009 ... earned all-region and all-mid-state honors in cross country from 2007- 2008 ... Finished sixth in state championships in the 3200 meters in 2008 ... County champion in 3200, 1600, and 800 meters as a senior ... sectional champion in 1600 and 3200 meters as a senior ... finished third at the state track championships in 1600 meters final year of high school ... named Brentwood High School Runner of the Year senior year … graduated with academic honors. Personal Born October 5, in Orlando, FL… Daughter of Jim and Emily Cumbee… Family includes older brother Sam and twin brother Matthew.
2011-12 Chattanooga Cross Country • Track & Field Kathryn Stuart
5-6 • Junior Brentwood, Tenn. • Brentwood High School 2010-11 Cross Country: Placed 43rd at the Southern Conference Championships ... finished 75th at the NCAA South Region Meet ... helped the Lady Mocs to a first place finish at the PowerAde Invitational and a runner-up finish at the Front Runner Invitational. Indoor Track: Competed in the 3000 PERSONAL RECORDS meter run at the Blue Cross Country Raider Invitational, placing 5-kilometer.......................... 18:57 fifth and setting a PR in the 6-kilometer.......................... 22:11 event. Indoor Track Outdoor Track: Mile..................................... 5:15.63 Placed ninth in the 3000 3000 meter.......................... 1 0 : 2 4 . 2 3 Outdoor Track meter Steeplechase at 3000 meter SC..................... 11:34.72 the Southern Conference Championships ... finished second in the 3000 meter run at the Hilltopper Relays. 2009-10 Cross Country: Tallied three Top 10 finishes including a sixth place finish to help the Lady Mocs to the team title at the Tennessee Tech Invitational... placed 27th at the Southern Conference championships...recorded her top time of the season in the 5K at the Crimson Classic. Indoor Track: Placed second in the 3000m at the Valentine Invitational and third in the same event at the Blue Raider Classic. High School Member of 2008-2009 cross-country all-metro team ... placed third in cross country regionals ... earned cross country MVP senior year ... placed third in 3200m in the Great Eight Invitational ... region runnerup in 3200m ... all-mid-state track first team for 3200m ... finished fourth in Class AAA state 3200m ... placed seventh in the Class AAA state 1600m ... PR's: 5K: 19:44; 3200 meter: 11:30.23; 1600 meter: 5:21.03. Personal Born December 27th in Nashville, TN... daughter of Hank and Tracie Stuart... family includes sister Emmie a graduate of UTC and former runner, and a brother, Paul.
Amanda Sumner
5-9 • Sophomore Bristol, Conn. • Bistol Eastern High School 2009-10 Indoor Track Ran the 800 meter at the Southern Conference Championships ... placed fourth in the Mile at the Valentine Invitational. Outdoor Track Placed third in the 800 meter at the Emory Invitational ... member of third place 4x800 meter relay team ... ran the 1500 meter at the Yellow Jacket Invitational (13th) and the Sea Ray Relays (15th). High School Five-time All-Academic team member ... earned All-Conference honors 11 times ... all-state performer ... Indoor Track (1600/1000 meter state champion/cross country) ... All-Northeast Team ... Footlocker 2005, 2006 cross country ... sprint medley relay team -anchor leg ... Class L State Champion ... 1000 meter Indoor Track ... Class M State Champion 1000 meter and 1600 meter Indoor Track USATF ... Junior Olympics Region 1 New England Championships ... Cross Country and Outdoor Track 800 meter. Personal Born Apirl 11 in New Britain, Conn. ... daughter of Marty and Jamie Sumner.
Gabby Cader
5-5 • Sophomore Cleveland, Tenn. • Walker Valley High School 2010-11 Indoor Track Competed in the 200 meter and 400 meter dashes ... placed 15th at the league championships. Outdoor Track Competed in the 400 meter dash at the Yellow Jacket Invitational, placing 11th and was 14th in the event at the SoCon championships ... ran the 4x100 meter and 4x400 meter relays at the league championships. Walker Valley High School Four-time state qualifier in track and field ... In 2010 won the A/AA Sectionals in the long jump, triple jump an dthe 400m ... placed second in the 100m Hurdles ... fourth in the long jump in the A/AA State finals ... second in the 400m at the Chattanooga "Best of Preps" ... holds nine school records at Walker Valley. Personal Born January 7, 1992...daughter of Ilka Cader ... undecided major.
2011-12 Chattanooga Cross Country • Track & Field Sarah Washington
5-5 • Sophomore Tullahoma, Tenn. • Tullahoma High School 2010-11 Indoor Track Ran the 200 meter dash at the Blue Raider Invitational ... placed 16th in the 400 meter dash at the Valentine Invitational ... competed in the 800 meter run at the Southern Conference Championships. Outdoor Track Competed in the 400 meter Hurdles at the Hilltopper Relays ... ran the 400 meter run at the Southern Conference Championships ... competed on the 4x100 meter relay team at the league championships. High School Placed 8th in state in the triple jump junior year…4x400 relay team placed 8th in the state senior year. Personal Born January 31, 1992…daughter of Eddie and Tommie Washington… siblings Andre, Lauren, Erin Williams, and Jason Williams…Biology Pre-Med major.
Jenna Nick
5-4 • Senior Columbia, Tennessee • Spring Hill High School High School Placed second in the region in cross country at Spring Hill ... member of the school's soccer team for one season ... member of the Drug Free Club. Personal Jenna Christine Nick ... born February 10 ... History/German major.
Chelsea Lemley
5-7 • Freshman Chattanooga, Tenn. • Soddy Daisy High School High School Member of the track team competing in the 100 and 300 hurdles ... also a member of the 4x400 relay team and competed in the Pentathlon ... member of the soccer team ... member of the Honor Roll and National Honor Society ... member of the Beta Club and secretary of her sophomore class ... member of Little Sisters and FBLA. Personal Chelsea Paige Lemley ... daughter of Pamela Kangas and Bobby Lemley ... born December 22 in Chattanooga ... Exercise Science major.
Anissa Mason
5-5 • Freshman Knoxville, Tenn. • Knoxville Central High School High School Placed 11th in the region in the 100 mater dash ... finish seventh in the region in the 200 meter dash .. as a senior ... member of the volleyball team ... earned all-district honor as a senior ... Silver Top Cat card for having a GPA over 3.5 ... received the Spanish II Award ... Honor Roll in mathematics ... member of the Beta Club, DECA, FBLA, link-up ... Freshman mentor leader Personal Anissa Rose Mason ... born February 25 in Knoxville, Tenn. ... daughter of Cheryl and Anthony Mason ... has a younger sister, Casey ... Exercise Science major.
Sarah White-Woerner
5-4 • Senior Chattanooga, Tenn. • Ooltewah High School High School Sarah is running her first season of competitive collegiate racing ... ran primarily long distance trail races ... 1st Female at the 2011 Scenic City Trail Marathon ... 1st Female in the 2010 Pinhoti 100 mile race in Alabama ... in high school played basketball for the Owls and was the Jeff Parker Award recipient for outstanding student-athlete senior year ... maintained a 4.0 GPA in high school and was the school valedictorian ... maintain a 4.0 GPA at UTC and member of the school's Dean's List each semester. Personal Born August 25 in Chattanooga ... daughter of Darlene White and Carl Woerner ... has a sister Holly Woerner ... Health and Exercise Science Pedagogy major.
2011-12 Chattanooga Cross Country • Track & Field Taylor Pannell
Keeley Stewart
High School Helped lead her track team to four straight state titles (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011) ... placed third in the Pentathlon in 2009 and fifth in the same event in 2010 ... member of the state champion soccer team in 2011.
High School Three-time cross country MVP, 2007, 2008, 2010 ... region and state champion in 2007 and 2008 ... won the Coach's Award for softball in 2009 ... Coach's Award recipient for track in 2011 ... member of the Honor Roll ... Class Representative ... member of
5-9 • Freshman Sale Creek, Tenn. • Baylor School
Personal Born September 15 in Chattanooga ... daughter of Vicki and Tom Pannell ... Business major.
Jessica Philpott
5-3 • Freshman Manchester, Tennessee • Coffee Co High School High School Three-time medalist at the state track championships ... placed 7th in the 800 meters in 2008 and 2009 ... placed 8th in the 800 meters in 2011 ... member of the 8th place 4x800 meter team in 2008 ... 800 meter PR: 2:21 ... Girl's track team won district title two years in a row ... member of the volleyball team and was a three-time all-district award winner, 2009-11. Personal Jessica Lynn Philpott ... born June 7 in Murfreesboro, Tenn. ... daughter of Shelba and Darin Philpott ... sister Jenna runs track at Tennessee Tech ... Marketing major.
Ambria Reese
5-3 • Freshman Memphis, Tennessee • Arlington High School High School Member of the 4x800 meter state champion relay team as a junior ... member of state runner-up 4sx400 meter relay team as a sophomore ... named team MVP for both cross country and track and field in her junior and senior years ... named the Most Athletic Female as a senior ... member of the volleyball team as a freshman ... member of HOSA in sophomore and junior years ... fouryear member of the Honor Roll. Personal Born June 29 in Memphis, Tenn. ... Heath and Human Performance: Exercise Science major - Preprofessional.
5-3 • Freshman Winchester, Tenn. • St. Andrew's-Sewanee
the Honor Council.
Personal Keeley Ann Stewart ... born May 15 in Nashville, Tenn. ... daughter of Bridig Stewart and Kevin Stewart ... has on younger sister Rachel ... PreK-3 major.
2011-12 Chattanooga Cross Country • Track & Field 2010 Cross Country • 2011 Indoor and Outdoor Track and Feild Results Southern Conference - 8K • October 30, 2010 • Boone, N.C. 3rd/11 teams 1. Emmanuel Kirwa, SoCon Runner of the Year 4. Chris Berry, All-Conference First Team 14. Lucas Cotter, SoCon Freshman of the Year, All-Conference Second Team 18. Joshue Vasquez 37. David Moore NCAA South Region - 10K • November 3, 2010 • Birmingham, Ala. 6th/18 teams 7. Emmanuel Kirwa, All-Region 19. Chris Berry 39. Nathan Wanuch 53. David Moore 75. Lucas Cotter NCAA Championships - 10K • November 22, 2010 • Terre Haute, Ind. 47. Emmanuel Kirwa SoCon Indoor Track • Feb. 26-27, 2011 • Clemson, S.C. Men's Distance Medley Relay 1. Kyle McLarty, Jake Simms, Josh Vasquez, Lucas Cotter, Conference Champions Men's 3000 meter Run 3. Chris Berry, All-Conference 9. Emmanuel Kirwa 14. Nathan Wanuch Men's 5000 meter Run 3. Emmanuel Kirwa, All Conference 4. Chris Berry Men's 800 meter Run 5. David Moore Men's 4x400 meter Run 4. Blake Olson, David Moore, Jake Simms, Drew Austell Men's Mile Run 9. Josh Vasquez 12. Nathan Wanuch 13. Lucas Cotter 14. Kyle McLarty 21. John Gilpin SoCon Outdoor Track • April 22-23, 2011 • Birmingham, Ala. Men's 10,000 Meter Run - Finals 1. Chris Berry, Conference Champion 3. Emmanuel Kirwa, All-Conference Men's 5000 meter 2. Emmanuel Kirwa, All-Conference 3. Chris Berry, All-Conference Men's 1500 meter 8. Lucas Cotter 19. Josh Vasquez 20. John Gilpin Men's 800 meter run 7. David Moore Men's 400 meter Hurdles 4. Blake Olson
Women's Cross Country 2010 Southern Conference - 5K • October 30, 2010 • Boone, N.C. 4th/12 teams 7. Anneli Uys, All-Conference First Team 19. Tara Gietema 25. Shelley Taylor 29. Mary Cumbee 43. Kathryn Stuart 61. Lauren Anderson 69. Heather Stuive NCAA South Region - 6K • November 3, 2010 • Birmingham, Ala. 12th/25 teams 37. Anneli Uys 56. Tara Gietema 75. Kathryn Stuart 76. Mary Cumbee 86. Shelley Taylor 157. Lauren Anderson SoCon Indoor Track • Feb. 26-27, 2011 • Clemson, S.C. Women's 3000 meter Run 9. Tara Gietema 10:29.06 Women's Distance Medley Relay 9. Chattanooga 12:35.90 Kathryn Stuart, Gabby Cader, Lauren Anderson, Shelley Taylor Women's Mile 18. Shelley Taylor 23. Morgan Buchanan Women's 5000 meter Run 14. Tara Gietema Women's 4x400 meter Relay 10. Gabby Cader, Lauren Anderson, Shelley Taylor, Rashee Showers SoCon Outdoor Track • April 22-23, 2011 • Birmingham, Ala. Women's 10,000 Meter Run - Finals 4. Tara Gietema Women's 800 Meter - Prelims 17. Lauren Anderson 19. Monika Groppe Women's 400 Meter Hurdles - Prelims 14. Gabby Cader 16. Ashley Hall 22. Sarah Washington Women's 3000 Meter Steeplechase 9. Kathryn Stuart 11. Shelley Taylor Women's 4x100 meter relay 7. Chattanooga 51.53 Gabby Cader, Lauren Anderson, Sarah Washington, Ashley Hall Women's 4x400 meter relay 11. Chattanooga 4:09.07
Men's 4x400 meter relay 5. David Moore, Blake Olson, Drew Austell, Lucas Cotter
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CROSS COUNTRY/TRACK ALL-TIME AWARDS SOUTHERN CONFERENCE 2005...................... Steven Kocsis HALL OF FAME 2005.................... Nettie Halcomb 2011............... Shannon Wommack 2006............ Shannon Wommack Outdoor Track and Field SOUTHERN CONFERENCE 2000................... Tyleana Hanner FEMALE ATHLETE OF THE YEAR 2003.........................Gina Recher 1997............ Mary Jane Kiddlekoop 2004...................... Steven Kocsis 2006............... Shannon Wommack 2005............ Shannon Wommack 2007....................... Lanni Marchant 2006............ Shannon Wommack 2010............................Anneli Uys SOCON COACH OF THE YEAR Men's Cross Country SOCON FRESHMEN OF THE YEAR Bill Gautier...................1998, 1999, Cross Country .....................................2003, 2004 1994.. Mary Jane Middlekoop Women's Cross Country 1997............Catherine Wright Bill Gautier...................1997, 1998, 1998....................Andy Coker .......2001, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008 1998............. Natalie Scruggs Women's Indoor Track 1999................. Ryan Kendall Bill Gautier....................1998, 2003 2001...... Shannon Wommack 2003........... Kathleen Turchin SOCON RUNNER OF THE YEAR 2007.................... Chris Berry Cross Country 2008............ Joshue Vasquez 1996............................ Nic Crider 2010.................. Lucas Cotter 1997............................ Nic Crider Indoor Track and Field 1998............................ Nic Crider 1993.................... Tobe Taylor 2000....................... Ryan Kendall 1994........... Michele Marshall 2001........................ Gina Recher 1995.. Mary Jane Middlekoop 2002.........Gediminas Banevicius 1997............. Tyleana Hanner 2002............ Shannon Wommack 1998...................Anna Wright 2003......................Steven Kocsis 2001.......... Oddbjorg Haugen 2004......................Steven Kocsis 2004........... Kathleen Turchin 2004............ Shannon Wommack Outdoor Track and Field 2005............................Ian Mayne 2000..................Allison Frese 2005............ Shannon Wommack 2001.......... Oddbjorg Haugen 2006....................Lanni Marchant 2004........... Kathleen Turchin 2007................. Kathleen Turchin 2008................. Emmanuel Kirwa NCAA CROSS COUNTRY 2009................. Emmanuel Kirwa CHAMPIONSHIPS 2010................. Emmanuel Kirwa 1998 Amanda Lynch (at large) Indoor Track and Field 1999 Amanda Lynch (at large) 1999.............................Nic Crider 2002 Shannon Wommack 2000.............................Nic Crider 2002 Gediminas Banevicius 2001................... Tyleana Hanner 2003 Steven Kocsis 2002............ Shannon Wommack 2004 Steven Kocsis 2003............ Shannon Wommack 2004 Shannon Wommack 2004...................... Steven Kocsis 2004 Kathleen Turchin 2004............ Shannon Wommack 2005 Ian Mayne
2005 Shannon Wommack 2006 Lanni Marchant 2010 Emmanuel Kirwa NCAA OUTDOOR TRACK CHAMPIONSHIPS 1998 Anna Wright (All-American) 1998 Catherine Wright (All-American) 2000 Tyleana Hanner 2004 Shannon Wommack (All-American) 2004 Steven Kocsis (at-large) 2005 Kathleen Turchin (at-large) 2005 Shannon Wommack (All-American) 2006 Lanni Marchant 2006 Shannon Wommack (All-American) 2007 Lanni Marchant (at-large) 2007 Kathleen Turchin NCAA CROSS COUNTRY ALL-AMERICANS 2004 Shannon Wommack 2004 Kathleen Turchin 2005 Shannon Wommack NCAA OUTDOOR TRACK ALL-AMERICANS 1998.........................Anna Wright 1998..................Catherine Wright 2004............ Shannon Wommack 2005............ Shannon Wommack 2006............ Shannon Wommack WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY ALL-REGION 1997...............Anna Wright (14th) 1997....... Catherine Wright (17th) 1997.......... Amanda Lynch (25th) 1998.......... Amanda Lynch (10th) 1998.............Jennifer Croft (15th) 1998............... Becky Slick (22nd) 1999............ Amanda Lynch (3rd) 2000.............. Gina Recher (20th) 2001.. Shannon Wommack (21st) 2002.... Shannon Wommack (7th)
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2004... Shannon Wommack (2nd) 2004......... Kathleen Turchin (5th) 2004..........Lanni Marchant (13th) 2005.... Shannon Wommack (1st) 2006...........Lanni Marchant (2nd) 2007....... Kathleen Turchin (17th)
MEN'S CROSS COUNTRY ALL-REGION 1997.................. Nic Crider (13th) 1997......... Daniele Lenarduzzi (20th) 1998.....................Nic Crider (1st) 1998.............Rodney Stoker (5th) 1998......... Mike Leinweber (13th) 2000............ Curtis Gadula (17th) 2001........... Steven Kocsis (23rd) 2001............. Ryan Kendall (25th) 2002...... Gediminas Banevicius (7th) 2003............. Steven Kocsis (3rd) 2003.............Colin Sullivan (21st) 2004..............Steven Kocsis (7th) 2005..................Ian Mayne (10th) 2005..................Jeff Taylor (23rd) 2007.......... Michael Mentz (22nd) 2008....... Emmanuel Kirwa (11th) 2009....... Emmanuel Kirwa (18th) 2010......... Emmanuel Kirwa (8th) 2010................ Chris Berry (20th)
2004............ Shannon Wommack 2005............ Shannon Wommack 2005................. Kathleen Turchin 2006............ Shannon Wommack 2006....................Lanni Marchant 2007....................Lanni Marchant 2007................. Kathleen Turchin 2008..................... Michael Mentz 2009........................... Anneli Uys 2009.......................... Chris Berry 2009...................Michael Danehy 2010........................... Anneli Uys
ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT IV TEAM 1997.........Mary Jane Middlekoop 2009...........................Chris Berry 2011...........................Chris Berry 2011........................ David Moore NCAA ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICANS 1998.....................Amanda Lynch 1999....................... Jennifer Croft 1999.....................Amanda Lynch 2001................ Oddbjorg Haugen 2002............ Shannon Wommack 2003............ Shannon Wommack 2003.........................Gina Recher 2004............ Shannon Wommack 2004..................Kathleen Turchin 2005............................ Ian Mayne 2005............ Shannon Wommack 2006............ Shannon Wommack 2006.................... Lanni Marchant 2007.................... Lanni Marchant 2007..................Kathleen Turchin
WOMEN'S TRACKALL-MIDEAST REGION 2004............ Shannon Wommack . ............................... 4th (5000m) 2005............ Shannon Wommack . ....... 4th (3000m SteepleChase) 2006............ Shannon Wommack . ...... 2nd (3000m SteepleChase) 2007................. Kathleen Turchin . ............................... 8th (5000m) COSIDA ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICA 2005............................ Ian Mayne MEN'S TRACK ALL-MIDEAST REGION 2005 .......... Shannon Wommack 2003......... Gediminas Banevicius 2006............................ Ian Mayne . ............................... 7th (5000m) 2006............ Shannon Wommack 2004...................... Steven Kocsis 2011........................ David Moore . ............................... 7th (5000m) DAYLE MAY ACADEMIC USTFCCCA ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM ACHIEVEMENT AWARD 2004....................Lanni Marchant 2005............................Ian Mayne 2004................. Kathleen Turchin 2005....................Lanni Marchant 2011........................ David Moore
SCRAPPY MOORE AWARD 1995........................ Michael Kyle 1997.........Mary Jane Middlekoop 1998.Anna and Catherine Wright 1999.....................Amanda Lynch 2004............................ Ian Mayne 2005............ Shannon Wommack 2006.................... Lanni Marchant. USTFCCCA ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM AWARD Year Team Rank 1994 Women's Team 12 1995 Women's Team 4 1996 Women's Team 4 1996 Men's Team 32 1997 Women's Team 2 1997 Men's Team 35 1998 Women's Team 5 1999 Women's Team 28 2000 Women's Team 12 2001 Women's Team 7 2002 Women's Team 14 2004 Women's Team 2 2005 Women's Team 22 2006 Women's Track 46 2006 Men's Track 16 2007 Women's CC 101 2007 Women's Team 3 2008 Women's Track 48 2008 Men's Track 28 2008 Women's CC 67 2008 Men's CC 44 2009 Women's Track 1 2009 Men's Track 18 2009 Women's CC 28 2009 Men's CC 9 2010 Women's Track 60 2010 Men's Track 26 2010 Men's CC 16 2010 Women's CC 24 2011 Men's Track 5 2011 Women's Track 43
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MEN'S SOCON CROSS COUNTRY TOP 20 FINISHES Name Emmanuel Kirwa Emmanuel Kirwa Emmanuel Kirwa Ian Mayne Steven Kocsis Steven Kocsis Gediminas Banevicius Ryan Kendall Nic Crider Nic Crider Nic Crider Curtis Gadula Chris Berry Michael Mentz Colin Sullivan Rodney Stoker Chris Berry Chris Berry Tim Clark Jeff Taylor Curtis Gadula Ian Mayne Colin Sullivan Kyle McLean Gediminas Banevicius Daniele Lenarduzzi Gediminas Banevicius Steven Kocsis Mike Leinweber Mark Newman Curtis Gadula Dwight Thomas Shon Grice Rodney Stoker Mark Newman Ron Haley Tim Ensign Ian Mayne Ryan Kendall Ryan Kendall Tom O'Bryant Michael Mentz Daniele Lenarduzzi Joshue Vasquez Linas Salkauskas
Place 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 2nd 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th 5th 5th 5th 6th 6th 7th 7th 7th 7th 8th 9th 9th 9th 9th 9th 9th 10th 10th 10th 10th 11th 11th 12th 12th
Time Year 24:29 2010 25:00 2009 24:53 2008 24:37 2005 25:34 2004 25:17 2003 24:50 2002 25:13 2000 25:24 1998 25:18 1997 25:48 1996 25:47 1999 24:46 2008 25:18 2007 25:48 2004 25:52 1998 24:41 2010 25:19 2007 25:31 2006 25:10 2005 25:39 2000 26:08 2004 25:59 2003 26:05 1998 26:11 2004 25:58 1999 26:14 2003 25:05 2001 26:19 1998 26:11 1990 26:22 1998 25:53 2000 26:25 1998 26:03 1997 26:10 1991 25:53 2000 25:04 1984 26:18 2003 25:12 2001 26:12 1999 25:35 1986 25:51 2006 26:10 1997 25:28 2008 25:28 2002
Name Lars Tveter Curtis Gadula Paul Bough Mark Newman Nic Crider Tom O'Bryant Lucas Cotter David Moore Allen Hughes Jeff Taylor Bret Burns Shon Grice Mike Leinweber Joshue Vasquez Mark Newman Ron Haley Allen Hughes Tim Clark Robert Hatcher Bret Burns Damian Walsh Mike Leinweber Brian Day Paul Bough Greg McMillian Allen Hughes Joshue Vasquez Michael Mentz Ian Mayne Shon Grice Damian Walsh Chuck Margraves Colin Sullivan Robert Hatcher Damian Walsh David Moore Colin Sullivan Brian Day *10k race
Place 12th 12th 12th 12th 13th 13th 14th 14th 14th 15th 15th 15th 15th 16th 16th 16th 16th 17th 17th 17th 17th 17th 17th 17th 17th 17th 18th 18th 18th 18th 18th 18th 19th 19th 19th 20th 20th 20th
Time Year 25:25 2001 26:11 1997 26:22 1991 26:14 1989 26:45 1995 25:29 1984 25:19 2010 25:54 2007 26:20 1987 25:57 2006 26:15 2000 26:29 1999 26:37 1996 25:53 2009 33:08* 1988 26:01 1986 26:00 1985 26:01 2007 25:45 2002 25:35 2001 26:24 1997 26:10 1994 27:17 1993 26:31 1989 33:17* 1988 26:03 1986 25:37 2010 26:00 2005 25:50 2002 26:43 1996 26:57 1995 27:20 1993 26:03 2005 26:55 2004 26:59 1995 25:51 2008 25:54 2002 27:01 1995
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WOMEN'S SOCON CROSS COUNTRY TOP 20 FINISHES Name Kathleen Turchin Lanni Marchant Shannon Wommack Shannon Wommack Shannon Wommack Gina Recher Kathleen Turchin Shannon Wommack Amanda Lynch Dee Campbell Anneli Uys Lanni Marchant Gina Recher Amanda Lynch Mary Jane Middlekoop Lucie Mays Ellen Davis Becky Slick Mary Jane Middlekoop Tara Gietema Kathleen Turchin Gina Recher Jennifer Croft Catherine Wright Michele Marshall Dee Campbell Emily Romines Dee Campbell Heather Stuive Katie Williams Sabrina Lefort Lanni Marchant Blair Collins Andrea Davis Andrea Davis Amanda Lynch Mary Jane Middlekoop Anneli Uys Andrea Davis Michele Marshall Lisa Durham Emily Romines Katie Williams Ellen Davis Mary Jane Middlekoop Michele Marshall Sue Ellen Gerard Katie Williams
Place 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd 4th 4th 4th 5th 5th 5th 5th 5th 5th 5th 5th 5th 6th 6th 6th 6th 6th 6th 6th 6th 6th 7th 7th 7th 7th 7th 8th 8th 8th 8th 8th 9th
Time Year 17:30 2007 17:01 2006 16:53 2005 17:38 2004 17:42 2002 17:54 2001 17:50 2004 17:59 2001 18:29 1998 19:24 1988 18:11 2009 18:00 2004 17:54 2000 18:17 1999 18:08 1994 19:16 1992 18:16 2005 18:36 1998 18:24 1997 18:04 2008 19:13 2005 18:08 2002 18:47 1998 18:28 1997 18:56 1995 19:03 1989 19:43 1988 19:06 1987 18:51 2009 18:19 2007 17:44 2006 19:15 2003 18:24 2001 18:23 2000 18:46 1999 18:30 1997 18:47 1996 18:12 2010 19:00 1998 18:27 1994 19:96 1991 19:27 1987 17:56 2006 18:17 2002 19:48 1995 19:11 1993 18:59 1986 18:22 2008
Name Amy Doolittle Becky Slick Blair McKinney Shelley Taylor Sabrina Lefort Nettie Halcomb Ellen Davis Natalie Scruggs Christi Cawood Dee Campbell Sabrina Lefort Jordyn Radke Amy Doolittle Anna Wright Nettie Halcomb Katie Williams Amanda Lynch Teresa Smith Monica Lambert Cathy Bumgarner Ellen Davis Teresa Smith Jennifer Croft Michelle Bozue Mary Christison Cathy Bumgarner Nettie Halcomb Channel Lemon Laura Coffey Jordyn Radke Tara Gietema Kathleen Turchin Monica Lambert Shelly Taylor Leah Moore Cammie Banker Leah Moore Michelle Bozue Tara Gietema Emily Wood Cammie Banker Sue Ellen Gerard Suzanne Walker Michele Marshall Lucie Mays Brenda Wamack Monica Lambert Cathy Bumgarner
Place 9th 9th 9th 10th 10th 10th 10th 10th 10th 10th 11th 11th 11th 11th 12th 12th 12th 12th 12th 12th 13th 13th 14th 14th 14th 14th 15th 15th 15th 16th 16th 16th 16th 17th 17th 17th 18th 18th 19th 19th 19th 19th 20th 20th 20th 20th 20th 20th
Time Year 18:28 2001 18:54 1999 19:26 1992 18:26 2007 18:44 2005 18:59 2004 19:27 2001 19:27 1998 19:05 1989 19:01 1986 18:30 2008 18:33 2007 18:38 2002 18:46 1997 18:07 2006 18:47 2005 19:10 1996 19:58 1992 19:59 1990 19:47 1987 19:16 2004 20:03 1990 19:02 1997 19:48 1995 19:51 1987 19:21 1986 19:51 2003 18:57 2000 20:13 1992 18:42 2008 18:40 2007 18:15 2006 20:43 1988 18:15 2006 19:52 1998 19:02 1994 19:18 1997 19:06 1994 18:52 2010 18"43 2008 19:54 1993 20:08 1985 19:07 2005 19:29 1996 20:11 1991 20:25 1990 20:24 1989 20:09 1985
2011-12 Chattanooga Cross Country • Track & Field MEN'S INDOOR TRACK AND FIELD RECORDS Event 55 Meters 55 Meters H 60 Meters H 200 Meters 400 Meters 600 Meters 800 Meters 1,000 Meters Mile Run 3,000 Meters 5,000 Meters 4x400 Meters 4x800 Meters DMR Long Jump Triple Jump High Jump
Record Holder Jerry Ellison John Yarbrough John Yarbrough Shoun Habersham Michael Kyle John Baldwin Ryan Kendall Danny Incantalup Nic Crider Chris Berry Steven Kocsis Robertson, Upkins, Taylor, Kyle Croft, Brown, Margraves, Walsh Gadula, Baldwin, Prieur, Kendall Nick Williams Michael Dodd Warren Robertson
Time/Distance 6:34 7:48 7.87 21.69 48.20 1:21.21 1:52.26 2:31.34 4:06.29 8:10.28 14:14.83 3:17.45 7:43.92 9:59.82 23-05.00 46-09.50 6-08.00
Year 1994 2004 2004 1990 1994 2000 2002 1994 2000 2009 2005 1995 1995 2001 1994 2002 1994
Time/Distance 10.51 14.33 21.77 48.35 51.00 1:50.68 3:44.88 5:53.00 9:04.19 14:07.03 30:14.00 41.90 3:14.96 7:32.90 15:44.22 17:09.00 9:48.13 3:26.47 6-08.00 23-09.99 49-02.25
Year 1996 2004 1995 1996 1995 2001 1999 2004 2005 2005 1998 2002 1995 1996 1999 1996 2000 1995 1994 1995 2002
MEN'S OUTDOOR TRACK AND FIELD RECORDS Event 100 Meters 100 Meters H 200 Meters 400 Meters 400 Meters H 800 Meters 1,500 Meters 2,000 Meter SC 3,000 Meter SC 5,000 Meters 10,000 Meters 4x100 Meters 4x400 Meters 4x800 Meters 4x1,500 Meters 4x1,600 Meters DMR SMR High Jump Long Jump Triple Jump
Record Holder Tobe Taylor John Yarbrough Jerry Ellison Warren Robertson Michael Kyle Ryan Kendall Nic Crider Linas Salkauskas Ian Mayne Steven Kocsis Rodney Stoker Fontenot, Dodd, Goodine, Harrington Upkins, Kyle, Robertson, Williams Walsh, Crider, Margraves, Croft McLean, Leinweber, Stoker, Crider McLean, Crider, Margraves, Leinweber Gadula, Baldwin, Prieur, Crider Ellison, Williams, Kyle, Walsh Warren Robertson Nick Williams Michael Dodd
2011-12 Chattanooga Cross Country • Track & Field WOMEN'S INDOOR TRACK AND FIELD RECORDS
Event 55 Meters 55 Meters H 60 Meters 60 Meters H 200 Meters 400 Meters 600 Meters 800 Meters 1,000 Meters Mile Run 3,000 Meters 5,000 Meters 4x400 Meters 4x800 Meters DMR Shot Put Long Jump Triple Jump High Jump Pole Vault Pentathlon Weight Throw
Record Holder Rashida Dodson Latavia Shores Latavia Shores Shamieka Johnson Rashida Dodson Shamieka Johnson Summer Ciomek Anneli Uys Jennifer Croft Shannon Wommack Shannon Wommack Shannon Wommack Sain, Foster, Harden, Pointer Ware, Eckard, Middlekoop, Sharp A. Wright, Shropshire, Croft, C. Wright Penny Carden Tyleana Hanner Tyleana Hanner Alison Frese Anna Hutcherson Anna Hutcherson Alexine Crutchfield Camille Matthews
Time/Distance 7.01 7.13 7.72 8.80 24.39 56.50 1:36.90 2:13.21 3:00.51 4:48.09 9:31.75 16:23.52 3:53.37 9:27.60 11:55.89 37-09.75 20-01.75 40-04.75 5-06.00 5-06.00 6-06.00 2787 points 43-05.75
Year 1998 2004 2004 2004 1998 2004 1998 2010 1998 2006 2006 2006 2002 1995 1998 1989 2000 2001 2004 1999 1999 2004 2004
WOMEN'S OUTDOOR TRACK AND FIELD RECORDS Event 100 Meters 100 Meters H 200 Meters 400 Meters 400 Meters H 800 Meters 1,500 Meters 3,000 Meters 3,000 Meters SC 3,200 Meters 5,000 Meters 10,000 Meters 4x100 Meters 4x200 Meters 4x400 Meters 4x800 Meters 4x1,500 Meters 4x1,600 Meters DMR SMR High Jump Long Jump Triple Jump Heptathlon
Record Holder Latavia Shores Marna Moore Tyleana Hanner Shamieka Johnson Elisabeth Sain Anneli Uys Shannon Wommack Catherine Wright Shannon Wommack Lanni Marchant Kathleen Turchin Shannon Wommack Cole, Pointer, Shores, Smith Shores, Foster, Harden, Johnson Frese, Lemon, Harden, Smith Bozue, Moss, Eckard, Stivers Davis, Halcomb, Turchin, K. Williams Lynch, Middlekoop, A. Wright, C. Wright Lynch, Hanner, Slick, Croft Moore, Hanner, Pointer, Lemon Tyleana Hanner Tyleana Hanner Tyleana Hanner Tyleana Hanner
Time/Distance 11.69 13.84 23.67 53.99 59.72 2:08.99 4:22.95 9:40.35 9:56.60 10:40.00 16:19.74 33:34.29 46.00 1:38.28 3:50.11 9:06.23 18:32.49 20:13.78 11:37.99 4:01.64 5-07.00 20-08.50 40-09.00 5361points
Year 2004 2001 2001 2003 2003 2009 2006 1998 2006 2004 2007 2006 2004 2003 2003 1997 2005 1998 1999 2001 2001 2000 2001 2001
2011-12 Chattanooga Cross Country • Track & Field
MEN'S CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS MEN – CROSS COUNTRY Team Champion 1998 1999 2003 2004
Team Runner-Up 1997 2000 2001 2002 2005 2007 2008
MEN – INDOORS Individual Champion Runner of the Year 1996........................... Nic Crider 1997........................... Nic Crider 1998........................... Nic Crider 2000......................Ryan Kendall 2002........Gediminas Banevicius 2003.....................Steven Kocsis 2004.....................Steven Kocsis 2005...........................Ian Mayne 2008................ Emmanuel Kirwa 2009................ Emmanuel Kirwa
800 Meters 400 Meters 4x400 Meters 100 Meters 400 Meter Hurdles 1,500 Meters 4x400 Meters 400 Meters 400 Meter Hurdles 400 Meters 1,500 Meters 3,000 Meters 800 Meters 1,500 Meters 3,000 Meters 5,000 Meters 10,000 Meters 3,00 Meter SC 3,000 Meter SC 5,000 Meters 400 Meter Hurdles 400 Meter Hurdles 3,000 Meter SC 5,000 Meters 10,000 Meters 400 Meter Hurdles 3,000 Meter SC 5,000 Meters 5,000 Meters 1,500 Meters 5000 Meters 800 Meters 10,000 Meters
Shane Stryker Michael Kyle Bowen, Taylor, Stryker, Kyle Jerry Ellison Michael Kyle Chuck Margraves Upkins, Williams, Robertson, Kyle Warren Robertson Chris Upkins Warren Robertson Nic Crider Shon Grice John Baldwin Nic Crider Shon Grice Steven Kocsis Curtis Gadula Bret Burns Linas Salkauskas Steven Kocsis Chris Harrington Chris Harrington 51:74 Linas Salkauskas 9:22.87 Steven Kocsis 15:06.93 Steven Kocsis 32:03.48 Chris Harrington 52:65 Ian Mayne 9:23.28 Steven Kocsis 14:55.55 Colin Sullivan 14:42.18 Michael Mentz 3:57.17 Chris Berry 15:05.32 Michael Danehy 1:54.82 Chris Berry 14:58.69
1993 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2001 2004 2005 2006 2008 2009 2011
800 Meters 4x400 Meters 4x800 Meters 400 Meters 3,000 Meters Mile Run DMR 5,000 Meters DMR 3,000 Meters 5,000 Meters DMR 800 Meters Mile Run 5,000 Meters DMR 3,000 Meters 1,500 Meters 800 Meters 3,000 Meters
5,000 Meters 3,000 Meters 5,000 Meters DMR 5,000 Meters Mile Run 5000 Meters 800 Meters DMR
Shane Stryker Michael, Henry, Taylor, Stryker Margraves, Smith, Croft, Stryker Michael Kyle Mike Leinweber 8:34.50 Chuck Margraves 4:18.40 Walsh, Upkins, Harber, Crider 10:27.40 Rodney Stoker 14:45.46 Grice, Stoker, Baldwin, McLean 10:15.97 Nic Crider 8:34.11 Nic Crider 4:12.51 Gadula, Baldwin, McLean, Leinweber 10:28.27 Nic Crider 1:55.50 Nic Crider 4:12.51 Kyle McLean NT Travers, Reeves, McLean, Grice 10:15.88 Curtis Gadula 8:37.43 Aaron Prieur NT Robert Hatcher 1:55.85 Steven Kocsis SR 8:23.03
Steven Kocsis SR 14:41.89 Steven Kocsis SR 8:21.77 Steven Kocsis SR 14:41.70 Harrington, Kocsis, Salkauskas, Sullivan 10:14,83 Ian Mayne 14:48.42 Michael Mentz 4:13.99 Chris Berry 14:55.22 Michael Danehy 1:55.59 McLarty, Simms, Vasquez, Cotter 10:15.20
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WOMEN'S CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS WOMEN – CROSS COUNTRY Team Champion 1997 1998 2001 2004 2006 2007 2008
Team Runner-Up 1992 1994 2002 2005
WOMEN – INDOORS Individual Champion Runner of the Year 2001.......................Gina Recher 2002...........Shannon Wommack 2004...........Shannon Wommack 2005...........Shannon Wommack 2006.................. Lanni Marchant 2007................Kathleen Turchin
1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 WOMEN – OUTDOORS 1998 1995 5,000 Meters Mary Jane Middlekoop 17:29.67 1996 3,000 Meters Mary Jane Middlekoop 9:54.60 5,000 Meters Mary Jane Middlekoop 17:24.46 1997 5,000 Meters Mary Jane Middlekoop 17:57.5 1999 4x100 Meters Johnson, Miley, Hanner, Shropshire 37:08.59 1998 3,000 Meters Catherine Wright 9:40.35 5,000 Meters Anastasia Wright 17:01.79 10,000 Meters Deanna Campbell 37:08.59 2000 2000 100 Meter Hurdles Marna Moore 14.02 200 Meters Tyleana Hanner 24.40 2001 1,500 Meters Becky Slick 4:44.87 10,000 Meters Andrea Davis 38:08.38 2002 Long Jump Tyleana Hanner 19-04.00 High Jump Anna Hutcherson 5-05.00 2001 100 Meter Hurdles Marna Moore 14.25 2003 5,000 Meters Oddbjorg Haugen 16:58.93 4x100 Meters Hanner, Moore, Pointer, Foster 46.74 Long Jump Tyleana Hanner 19-06.75 Heptathlon Tyleana Hanner 5361 pts. 2004 2002 400 Meter Hurdles Elisabeth Sain 1:00.22 3,000 Meter SC Shannon Wommack 11:31.59 2003 400 Meters Shamieka Johnson 53.99R 3,000 Meter SC Lanni Marchant 11:28.89 5,000 Meters Gina Recher 17:34.45 10,000 Meters Gina Recher 37:23.81 2005 2004 1,500 Meters Shannon Wommack 4:38.54 3,000 Meter SC Shannon Wommack SC 10:45.65 5,000 Meters Lanni Marchant 18:02.75 2006 10,000 Meters Kathleen Turchin 36:49.56 2005 1,500 Meters Shannon Wommack 4:32.34 3,000 Meter SC Shannon Wommack SR 10:34.87 5,000 Meters Kathleen Turchin 17:16.45 2007 10,000 Meters Ellen Davis 39:24.56 2006 1,500 Meters Shannon Wommack 4:22.95 2008 3,000 Meter SC Shannon Wommack 10:07.54 5,000 Meters Lanni Marchant 16:45.22 2007 5,000 Meters Lanni Marchant 17:12.26 10,000 Meters Lanni Marchant 35:06.53 2009 800 Meters Anneli Uys 2:10.91 1500 Meters Anneli Uys 4:32.97 2010 800 Meters Anneli Uys 2:10.96 1500 Meters Anneli Uys 4:26.61
3,000 Meters 5,000 Meters 3,000 Meters 4x400 Meters 3,000 Meters 5,000 Meters DMR 400 Meters 25 lb. Weight 3,000 Meters 55 Meters 55 Meter H 200 Meters 5,000 Meters 55 Meters 55 Meter H 200 Meters 3,000 Meters 5,000 Meters Mile Run 3,000 Meters 55 Meter H Long Jump 3,000 Meters 5,000 Meters DMR 400 Meters Mile Run 3,000 Meters DMR Long Jump Mile Run 3,000 Meters 5,000 Meters DMR Mile Run 3,000 Meters 5,000 Meters 800 Meters Mile Run 3,000 Meters 5,000 Meters 5,000 Meters DMR 3,000 Meters
Lucie Mayes Lucie Mayes Michele Marshall Matthews, Ware, Sharp, Miley Mary Jane Middlekoop Mary Jane Middlekoop Ware, Banker, Shropshire, Middlekoop Andrea Shropshire Ayokka Green Mary Jane Middlekoop Rashida Dodson Tyleana Hanner Rashida Dodson Anna Wright Tyleana Hanner Marna Moore Tyleana Hanner Amanda Lynch Amanda Lynch Tyleana Hanner Amanda Lynch Marna Moore Tyleana Hanner Shannon Wommack Shannon Wommack Doolittle, Freese, Lemon, Recher Tiffany Pointer Shannon Wommack Shannon Wommack Chattanooga Kasola Smith Shannon Wommack Shannon Wommack Shannon Wommack Halcomb, Frese, Williams, Marchant Nettie Halcomb Nettie Halcomb Nettie Halcomb Shannon Wommack Shannon Wommack Shannon Wommack Lanni Marchant Lanni Marchant Halcomb, Alexander, Wood, Turchin Shelley Taylor
The Southern Conference, which began its 91st season of intercollegiate competition in 2011, is a national leader in emphasizing the development of the student-athlete and in helping to build lifelong leaders and role models. The Southern Conference is the nation's fifth-oldest NCAA Division I collegiate athletic association. Only the Big Ten (1896), the Missouri Valley (1907), the Pacific 10 (1915) and the Southwestern Athletic (1920) conferences are older in terms of origination. Academic excellence has been a major part of the Southern Conference's tradition. Hundreds of Southern Conference student-athletes have been recognized on ESPN The Magazine/ CoSIDA Academic All-America and all-district teams. A total of 19 Rhodes Scholarship winners have been selected from conference institutions. The Conference currently consists of 12 members in five states throughout the Southeast and sponsors 19 varsity sports and championships that produce participants for NCAA Division I Championships. The Southern Conference offices are located in the historic Beaumont Mill in Spartanburg, S.C. A textile mill that was in operation from 1880 until 1999, Beaumont Mill was renovated in 2004 and today offers the league first class meeting areas and offices as well as a spacious library for storage of the conference's historical documents. Membership History On Feb. 25, 1921, representatives from 14 of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association's (SIAA) 30 members met at Atlanta's Piedmont Hotel to establish the Southern Intercollegiate Conference. On hand at the inaugural meeting were officials from Alabama, Alabama Polytechnic Institute (Auburn), Clemson, Georgia, Georgia School of Technology (Georgia Tech), Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi A&M (Mississippi State), North Carolina, North Carolina State, Tennessee, Virginia, Virginia Polytechnic Institute (Virginia Tech) and Washington & Lee. Dr. S.V. Sanford of Georgia was chosen as acting chairman and N.W. Dougherty of Tennessee was named secretary. The decision to form a new athletic conference was motivated by the desire to have a workable number of conference games for each league member. Play began in the fall of 1921 and a year later, six more schools joined the fledgling league including Tulane (which had attended the inaugural meeting but had elected not to join), Florida, LSU, Mississippi, South Carolina and Vanderbilt. VMI joined in 1925 and Duke was added in 1929.
By the 1930s, membership in the Southern Conference had reached 23 schools. C.P. "Sally" Miles of Virginia Tech, president of the Southern Conference, called the annual league meeting to order on Dec. 9, 1932 at the Farragut Hotel in Knoxville, Tenn. Georgia's Dr. Sanford announced that 13 institutions west and south of the Appalachian Mountains were reorganizing as the Southeastern Conference. Members of the new league included Alabama, Alabama Polytechnic Institute, Florida, Georgia, Georgia School of Technology, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Mississippi A&M, University of the South, Tennessee, Tulane and Vanderbilt.
The Southern Conference continued with membership of 10 institutions including Clemson, Duke, Maryland, North Carolina, North Carolina State, South Carolina, Virginia, VMI, Virginia Tech and Washington & Lee. The second major shift occurred some 20 years later. By 1952, the Southern Conference included 17 colleges and universities. Another split occurred when seven schools including Clemson, Duke, Maryland, North Carolina, North Carolina State, South Carolina and Wake Forest departed to form the Atlantic Coast Conference which began play in 1953. The revamped Southern Conference included members The Citadel, Davidson, Furman, George Washington, Richmond, VMI, Virginia Tech, Washington & Lee, West Virginia and William & Mary. Today, the league continues to thrive with a membership that includes 12 institutions and a footprint that spans five states: Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Alabama and Georgia. Current league members are Appalachian State, Chattanooga, College of Charleston, The Citadel, Davidson, Elon, Furman, Georgia Southern, UNC Greensboro, Samford, Western Carolina and Wofford.
Coaches and Administrators The Southern Conference has also been a breeding ground for some of college athletics' most recognized coaches and administrators. Legendary basketball coaches Adolph Rupp of Kentucky and Everett Case of North Carolina State both worked the sidelines in the Southern Conference. Rupp guided the Wildcats to a 30-5 mark during the 1931 and 1932 seasons. Yet, for all his coaching accomplishments, Rupp never led Kentucky to a Southern Conference tournament championship. Case mentored the Wolfpack to six consecutive Southern Conference Tournament championships from 1947 through 1952. Lefty Driesell coached Davidson to three Southern Conference Tournament championships in 1966, 1968 and 1969. Driesell also won the league's Coach of the Year award four straight times from 1963 through 1966. Former Georgia Tech coach Bobby Cremins earned league Coach of the Year honors three times in the late '70s and early '80s while at Appalachian State and is now the head coach at the College of Charleston. Terry Holland saw his basketball coaching career take off at Davidson when he returned to his alma mater in 1970. Holland was honored as the Southern Conference Coach of the Year for three consecutive seasons from 1970-72 and led the Wildcats to the conference tournament title and an appearance in the NCAA Tournament in 1970. J. Dallas Shirley, a member of the Basketball Hall of Fame, spent 21 years as the assistant to the commissioner and supervisor of officials in the Southern Conference. He also served as president of the International Association Basketball Officials and the United States Olympic Basketball Committee. The legendary Paul "Bear" Bryant got his coaching start in the Southern Conference as he guided the Maryland Terrapins in 1945. Another famous Southern Conference football coach is the late Frank Howard of Clemson, who guided the Tigers as a league member from 1940-52. The incomparable Howard won 69 Southern Conference games. The Southern Conference has been represented on the sidelines at five Super Bowls in recent years. Bobby Ross, who piloted the San Diego Chargers to the 1996 Super Bowl, was the head coach at The Citadel from 1973-77. Former Buffalo Bills head coach Marv Levy directed William & Mary from 1964-68. He was succeeded at William & Mary by Lou Holtz. William & Mary competed in the Southern Conference from 1936-77.
Media Guide for the men's and women's track and field and cross country teams at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Published on Oct 14, 2011
Media Guide for the men's and women's track and field and cross country teams at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga