2015 West Virginia University Track & Field Guide

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Mountaineer track & Field

Managing Editor Joe Swan

Editor/Writer Nick Arthur

Page Layout/Design Laura Doolittle, Provations Group

Contributors Lisa Ammons, John Antonik, Matt Billman, Grant Dovey, DJ Jamiel, Brian McCracken, Shannon McNamara, Bryan Messerly Mike Montoro, Mackenzie Mullenax, Amy Prunty, Amy Salvatore, Samantha Strejeck, Sara Wells, Cheryl Wire

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In the Spotlight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

A Winning Tradition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

In The Community . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Strength and Conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Athletic Training . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Big 12 Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Student-Athlete Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Campus Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Mountaineer Excellence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Coaching StaffSean Cleary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Shelly-Anne Gallimore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Erin O’Reilly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Support Staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Mountaineer Profiles2014 Rosters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28Tori Bertrand, Amy Cashin, Shannen Daly. . . . . 29Christa D’Egidio, Alyssa Diehl. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30Magge Drazba, Rachel Faulds, Jillian Forsey . . 31Kaitlyn Gillespie, Peyton Hampson . . . . . . . . . . 32Brynn Harshbarger, Meghan Jean-Baptiste, Brianna Kerekes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33Corinne Kule, Allison Lasnicki. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34René Massionneuve, Lydia Martinelli . . . . . . . . 35Marsielle McBeam, Sarah McCauley, Savanna Plombon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36Sydney Scott, Katlyn Shelar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37Hannah Stone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Paige Szabat, Caitlin Walton, Bria Welker . . . . . 39

Rebecca Wendt, Kelly Williams. . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Megan Yuan, Sarah Finfrock, Madeline Gardner. . 41

Rebekah Lafata, Shamoya McNeil, Millie Paladino, Krista-Gay Taylor . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

2014-15 Preview2014-15 Season Preview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Quick Facts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

2014-15 Track Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

2013-14 Review2013-14 Season Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

2013-14 Track Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Record BookAll-Time Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Top Five Performers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Campus Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Conference Champions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

NCAA Champions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

WVU All-Americans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

All-Time Coaches and Captains . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

West Virginia UniversityPresident E. Gordon Gee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Director of Athletics Oliver Luck . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Senior Staff/Head Coaches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Media Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Athletic Facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

ContentsTABLE OF

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■ Choosing to become a Mountaineer student-athlete is special.

■ Without a professional sports team in the state, folks across the state and throughout the region love West Virginia University athletics.

■ Mountaineers have the unique opportunity to represent themselves, their teammates and their university to news media, alumni, friends, family and the general public. Your interaction with these groups is also part of your educational process.

■ If you take advantage of these opportunities, it can have a positive effect, not only on your career as a student-athlete at West Virginia, but also on your life after you have donned the Old Gold and Blue.

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TraditionA WINNING

■ Few programs across the country can equate the level of success the Mountaineers have enjoyed over recent years. Widely regarded as one of the most respected programs in the nation, the notoriety does not come without merit.

■ Since taking over in 2007, coach Sean Cleary has allowed an already proud program to increase its output of honors as the number of All-American, regional and conference awards have climbed the past six years.

■ Under Cleary, 15 student-athletes have garnered All-America honors, while 33 athletes overall have achieved the honors in the history of WVU track and field.

■ The number of national honors in recent years are a reflection of the talent level of the program, which has achieved a top-20 finish in both indoor and outdoor track and field from 2008-11.

■ Over the past three seasons, WVU athletes have achieved 18 individual conference titles and 16 athletes have qualified to participate at the NCAA Outdoor Championships, including a school-best seven in 2011.

■ Off the track, the Mountaineers excel academically, as 10 CoSIDA Academic All-Americans, including four from 2011-12, have been claimed since 2007.

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■ Winning and working hard are important to the West Virginia University track and field team. But becoming successful and positive role models in the community is just as significant.

■ Each year, the Mountaineers work to give back to Morgantown and surrounding communities.

■ The WVU track and field team has donated its time to helping the Jerry Lewis Telethon that is aimed toward helping kids with muscular dystrophy and related diseases. The Mountaineers do their part to help the cause by volunteering their time and answering telephones, which are constantly ringing with donors.

■ The team also regularly donates its time and knowledge by hosting and teaching local youth track clubs the fundamentals of the sport. Along with strengthening the youngsters’ skills, they also teach the participants the importance of good sportsmanship, courage, determination and hard work.

■ Coach Cleary’s student-athletes can also be found reading to children at local elementary schools in the “Read Aloud” program. During their visits, the student-athletes read to students in several classrooms and encourage them to apply themselves to their studies.

■ Mountaineer coaches and players take part in Relay for Life of Monongalia County, the American Cancer Society’s signature activity, which offers everyone in the community an opportunity to participate in the fight against cancer.

■ The WVU track and field teams’ commitment in the community makes being a Mountaineer even more special.

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■ West Virginia’s strength and conditioning staff ensures all student athletes are on year-long programs designed to continue improving the fitness capabilities needed in their sports

■ To keep athletes in peak physical condition, West Virginia offers a variety of training areas and an array of strength programs designed to increase performance.

■ All student-athletes will also have their own program individually calculated and updated throughout the year.

■ Equipped with excellent amenities and staffed by some of the finest strength coaches in the nation, athletes who come to West Virginia know that they are in good hands when it comes to their athletic capacity.

■ For track and field runners, the entire year is carefully planned and tailored to the track and field season to prepare for optimal performance during the season and peaking at championship meets.

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■ The West Virginia athletic training program looks to get its student-athletes back on the field in a timely manner, while providing quality health care for its student-athletes and coaches.

■ The scope of the athletic training services encompass various domains including injury recognition, treatment, rehabilitation, prevention, education, and counseling that will enable the athlete to maintain an optimal quality of life beyond the span of athletic competition.

■ Multiple athletic training rooms are available for student-athletes furnished with the latest in technology and equipment.

■ The athletic training staff works in conjunction with the team physicians and athletic administration to assure the student-athletes receive quality care throughout their careers at West Virginia University.

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Facilities

■ Conveniently located beside the WVU Coliseum, the Shell Building houses the indoor track and field facility, which features a track as well as adequate room for field events.

■ Athletic training and strength and conditioning facilities are also located in the Shell Building, giving the Mountaineers the perfect place for training and competition purposes.

■ Each season the Mountaineers hold events such as the Marty Pushkin Track Classic, the WVU Invitational and the Gold-Blue Open, all featuring teams from across the state and the east coast.

■ Just outside the doors of the WVU Shell Building is the outdoor track facility. Home to the Mountaineers when weather permits, West Virginia is lucky enough to have top-notch facilities located side-by-side.

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■ The Big 12 Conference is comprised of 10 institutions and many of them share traditional rivalries throughout their histories.

■ Member universities include – Baylor, Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, TCU, Texas, Texas Tech and West Virginia.

■ The Big 12 is a strong conference that, like WVU, values quality academic and athletic programs, and has a great tradition of success.

■ Since 2000, the Big 12 has had nine individual champions in cross country.

■ The conference office is headquartered in Irving, Texas.

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■West Virginia University offers a variety of services and programs to help student-athletes maximize their academic potential. Department staff members work with coaches, on campus student service providers and faculty to help student-athletes meet the unique demands of the classroom, the sporting arena and the personal-social challenges they face as developing adults.

■While many of the headlines center on the Mountaineers’ accomplishments on the playing field, West Virginia athletes have also made some noteworthy strides in the classroom. Some of those strides include a string of 10 consecutive years where the department has had at least one first team Academic All-American.

■To help its student athletes achieve academic success, one of the nation’s finest facilities resides in the WVU Coliseum – The Athletic Academic Performance Center. The 8,000-square foot facility provides individual and group study areas, a plethora of computer stations and the latest in fingerprint technology used when signing in.

■A total of 340 student-athletes were recognized for their achievement in the classroom last spring, at the annual WVU Student-Athlete Academic Excellence Banquet, honoring recipients of the Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll. Implemented in 1989, the Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll was created to recognize students who have achieved a grade point average of 3.0 or better. Since the program began in 1989, nearly 4,000 student-athletes have earned a place on the honor roll. Ford retired in 2011 after 44 years of service with the WVU Department of Intercollegiate Athletics.

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■ West Virginia University’s graduation rate for student-athletes has been impressive, to say the least, over the past eight years. The ratio of student-athletes graduating to the general student body has increased almost every year.

■ The West Virginia University women’s cross country team, men’s basketball team and women’s soccer team received public recognition in the spring of 2010 by the NCAA for their latest multiyear Academic Progress Rate (APR) scores. These teams posted multiyear APRs in the top 10 percent of all squads in each sport. The women’s cross country team was one of seven Mountaineer teams to earn a perfect APR score in 2011-12 alone. The APR provides a real-time look at a team’s academic success each semester by tracking the academic progress of each student-athlete on scholarship. The APR accounts for eligibility, retention and graduation and provides a measure of each team’s academic performance.

■ The Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) provides a forum for the “voice of the student-athlete” on WVU’s campus. SAAC membership provides feedback to administration about how to better WVU athletic programs. They offer input on the rules, regulations and policies that affect student-athletes’ lives on NCAA member institution campuses.

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LifeCAMPUS

CharacterPublic, land-grant institution, founded in 1867.

Research ClassificationResearch University (High Research Activity) as classified by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.

Research FundingWVU’s three-year average (2011-13) in total sponsored projects and land-grants: $157,984,965.

WVU System Operating BudgetWill top $1 billion (2014).

AccreditationsNorth Central Association of Colleges and Schools and dozens of specialized academic accrediting agencies.

GovernanceThe WVU Board of Governors is the governing body of WVU. The Higher Education Policy Commission in West Virginia is responsible

for developing, establishing, and overseeing the implementation of a public policy agenda for the state’s four-year colleges and universities.

LocationMorgantown, W.Va., population 30,293, rated “No. 1 Small City in America” by BizJournals.com for its exceptional quality of life. Within easy traveling distance of Washington, D.C., to the east, Pittsburgh, Pa., to the north, and Cleveland and Columbus, Ohio, to the northwest. Other recent rankings: One of “Best Sports Cities” by Sporting News; 13th “Best College Town in America,” Business Insider; 5th “Best Small Metro” by Forbes; 12th overall “Hottest Small City by Inc.; one of “50 Smartest Places to Live” by Kiplinger’s; one of the “Best Cities for Jobs” by MSN Careers; one of the 50 best places to launch a small business by CNNMoney.com; and the second-ranking “Best College Town for Jobs” by Forbes.

Student ProfileFall 2014 enrollment, on WVU campuses statewide, was 31,976; 29,175 in Morgantown.

That included: ■ 22,563 undergraduates ■ 5,001 graduate and 1,611 professional students

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Academic ExcellenceWVU ranks nationally for prestigious scholarships—24 Rhodes Scholars, 22 Truman Scholars, 39 Goldwater Scholars, 2 British Marshall Scholars, 3 Morris K. Udall Scholars, 5 USA Today All-USA College Academic First Team Members (and 11 academic team honorees), 36 Fulbright Scholars, 9 Boren Scholars, 7 Gilman Scholars, and 3 Department of Homeland Security Scholars.

Faculty and Staff ProfileExcellent faculty—18 of whom have been named Carnegie Foundation Professors of the Year—guide and mentor students.

Academics15 colleges and schools offering 191 bachelor’s, master’s, doctoral, and professional degree programs in agriculture, natural resources, and design; arts and sciences; business and economics; creative arts; dentistry; education and human services; engineering and mineral resources; law; media; medicine; nursing; pharmacy; physical activity and sport sciences; public health; plus the WVU

Honors College, University College, and programs at Potomac State College and WVU Institute of Technology. wvu.edu/Academics/

Student Living ExperienceThe First-Year Experience helps students navigate their first year at WVU. Elements include residential colleges and Adventure West Virginia, an outdoor freshman orientation program. All WVU students benefit from a vibrant array of student life programs, including a Festival of Ideas lecture series, bringing the world’s top minds to campus to share their experiences and knowledge; WVUp All Night, a weekend package of safe, fun, and healthy activities; an award-winning Student Recreation Center; and the Mountaineer Parents Club, helping families stay connected with their students’ education and life at WVU. apply.wvu.edu/life

Freshman Class Profile2014 average ACT of 23.8, SAT (math and critical reading) 1045, and high school GPA of 3.42.

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TransportationUniversity buses operate free on a year-round basis as does the Personal Rapid Transit (PRT) system—a computer-directed system that glides along 8.7 miles of guideway between Downtown, Evansdale, and Health Sciences Center campuses. In addition, Morgantown’s Mountain Line bus service offers free rides to students and employees. WVU ID is required for all services. transportation.wvu.edu/services

SafetyWVU has one of the safest college campuses in America, with 24-hour police protection and 37 outdoor emergency phones. The WVU Alert system sends urgent news to participants’ cell phones, and digital InfoStations across campus show important announcements.

Student OrganizationsStudents can choose from more than 400 student organizations, and participate in an active intramural program and many club sports. sos.wvu.edu

Study AbroadLast year, WVU students traveled to over 60 nations around the world in University-led study abroad programs and international exchanges. internationalprograms.wvu.edu/

Academic InnovationHundreds of distance education classes are available. elearn.wvu.edu/

Civic EngagementThe Center for Service and Learning develops and organizes service learning and volunteer opportunities for students and faculty and consults with academic units on incorporating civic engagement into the curriculum. WVU has earned the Carnegie Foundation’s Community Engagement Classification, putting WVU in the 6% of higher education institutions that Carnegie recognizes for engagement. service.wvu.edu/

Scholarships and AidEach year, WVU awards over $5 million in scholarships to over 2,500 students from West Virginia and around the nation. There are many different types of scholarships available based on academic record, financial need, group affiliation, or some combination of these factors. In 2013-4, more than $394 million in financial aid was given out. The average financial package was $16,291. West Virginia residents may be eligible for the PROMISE scholarship in addition to WVU awards.

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Honors CollegeThe WVU Honors College encourages a style of learning and living at WVU that is tailored to the highly motivated, excelling student’s special requirements. Innovative, challenging courses, designed to stimulate creativity and to provoke in-depth discussion, are offered in small class settings. Students may participate as Presidential Honors Scholars or Dean’s Honors Scholars; both options provide enhanced experiences. /honors.wvu.edu/

University College:The new University College is a home base for exploratory students, general studies students, nontraditional students, the First-year Experience, McNair Scholars, and undergraduate research opportunities. It focuses on academic and career advising, with the goal of guiding students to a major by sophomore year.

InternshipsWVU offers hundreds of ways to gain valuable on-the-job experience and networking contacts. careerservices.wvu.edu/

Parents ClubThe Mountaineer Parents Club, with more than 22,000 members in clubs across the state and nation, fosters success by connecting parents and family members with the student experience. The organization sponsors events on and off-campus, has a newsletter, a toll-free helpline (1-800-WVU-0096), parent electronic news, and a Parent Perk program. Membership is free. parentsclub.wvu.edu

AthleticsA member of the NCAA, WVU sponsors 18 varsity sports, 17 of which compete in the Big 12 Conference. Teams make regular post-season bowl appearances in football, including winning the 2012 Discover Orange Bowl and NCAA tournament appearances in men’s and women’s basketball, including a Final 4 appearance in men’s basketball in 2010; in 2014, women’s basketball was the Big 12 champion and advanced to the second round of the NCAA tournament. The WVU rifle team won its 16th national title in 2014 and was the first WVU athletic team to visit the White House on NCAA Champions Day. wvusports.com

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ExcellenceMOUNTAINEER

More than 225 WVU Student-Athletes were named to the Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll, including 239 last fall

Team Records ■ Baseball: 28-26, 9-14 Big 12 ■ Cross Country: 2nd at Big 12 Championships; 24th at NCAAs

■ Men’s Basketball: 17-16, 9-9 Big 12; NIT First Round

■ Women’s Basketball: 30-5, 16-2 Big 12; Big 12 Regular-Season Champions; NCAA Second Round

■ Football: 4-8, 2-7 Big 12 ■ Gymnastics: 6-11, 0-4 Big 12 ■ Rowing: 10th at Conference USA Championship

■ Men’s Soccer: 7-7-5, 2-2-2 MAC

■ Women’s Soccer: 16-4-3, 7-1 Big 12; Big 12 Regular-Season and Tournament Champions; NCAA Second Round

■ Men’s Swimming and Diving: 3rd Big 12 (6 NCAA Qualifiers: 1 Diver and 5 swimmers)

■ Women’s Swimming and Diving: 5th Big 12 (5 NCAA Qualifiers: 4 Divers and 1 swimmer)

■ Rifle: 10-0, 7-0 GARC; GARC Regular-Season and Tournament Champions; NCAA Champions

■ Women’s Tennis: 3-18, 0-10, Big 12

■ Women’s Track: Indoor-10th Big 12; Outdoor-9th Big 12

■ Volleyball: 20-13, 5-11 Big 12 ■ Wrestling: 11-7, 0-3 Big 12; 4th at Big 12 Tournament (five NCAA Qualifiers)

National Champions

■ Rifle

Capital One Academic All-Americans

■ Andy Bevin, Men’s Soccer, Capital One Academic All-America First Team

■ Frances Silva, Women’s Soccer, Capital One Academic All-America First Team; Capital

■ One Academic All-America of the Year for NCAA Division I Women’s Soccer

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Capital One Academic All-District

■ Andy Bevin, Men’s Soccer ■ Liz Gulick, Volleyball ■ Amanda Hill, Women’s Soccer ■ Thomas Kyanko, Rifle ■ Frances Silva, Women’s Soccer

■ Haily VandePoel, Swimming and Diving

Team Conference Champions

■ Women’s Basketball, Big 12 Regular Season

■ Women’s Soccer, Big 12 Regular Season and Tournament Champions

■ Rifle, GARC Postseason Champions

First Team All-Americans ■ Bryce Bohman, Swimming, College Swimming Coaches Association of America

■ Ziva Dvorsak, Rifle, NRA Air Rifle All-American

■ Stormy Nesbit, Outdoor Track, Triple Jump

■ Maren Prediger, Rifle, NRA Air Rifle All-American

■ Garrett Spurgeon, Rifle, NRA Air Rifle All-American, NRA Smallbore All-American,

■ CRCA All-American

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ExcellenceMOUNTAINEER

Second Team All-Americans ■ Kadeisha Buchanan, Women’s Soccer, NSCAA/Continental Tire

■ Meelis Kiisk, Rifle, NRA Smallbore, NRA Air Rifle

■ Thomas Kyanko, Rifle, NRA Smallbore ■ Sarah Martinelli, Outdoor Track, 3,000-meter steeplechase

■ Maren Prediger, Rifle, CRCA All-American ■ Frances Silva, Women’s Soccer, NSCAA/Continental Tire

■ Daniel Sojka, Rifle, NRA Smallbore ■ Patrick Sunderman, Rifle, NRA Smallbore

Third Team All-Americans ■ Meelis Kiisk, Rifle, CRCA All-American ■ Allison Lasnicki, Outdoor Track, 10,000 meters

Conference Major Awards ■ Bryce Bohman, Swimming, Big 12 Swimmer of the Year

■ Kadeisha Buchanan, Women’s Soccer, Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year; Big 12

■ Newcomer of the Year; Big 12 Tournament Defensive MVP

■ Taylor Palmer, Women’s Basketball, Big 12 Sixth Man of the Year

■ Frances Silva, Women’s Soccer, Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year (Unanimous); Big

■ 12 Tournament Offensive MVP ■ Charles Sims, Football, Big 12 Newcomer of the Year

■ Tim Squires, Big 12 Championship Men’s Outstanding Swimmer of the Meet

First Team All-Conference ■ Andy Bevin, Men’s Soccer ■ Bryce Bohman, Swimming and Diving (100 Back and 200 Back)

■ Bobby Boyd, Baseball ■ Christopher Brill, Swimming and Diving ■ Kadeisha Buchanan, Women’s Soccer ■ Eva Burlingham, Swimming and Diving ■ Asya Bussie, Women’s Basketball ■ Nate Carr, Swimming and Diving ■ Ross Glegg, Swimming and Diving ■ Bria Holmes, Women’s Basketball ■ Ashley Lawrence, Women’s Soccer ■ Sarah Martinelli, Cross Country ■ Liam McLaughlin, Swimming and Diving ■ Julie Ogden, Swimming and Diving ■ Majed Osman, Men’s Soccer ■ Maren Prediger, Rifle (Air Rifle) ■ Jake Querciagrossa, Swimming and Diving (200 IM and 400 IM)

■ Courtney Schrand, Rowing, Big 12 and Conference USA

■ Kate Schwindel, Women’s Soccer ■ Charles Sims, Football ■ Frances Silva, Women’s Soccer ■ Hope Sloanhoffer, Gymnastics ■ Garrett Spurgeon, Rifle (All-GARC Smallbore, Air Rifle and combined score)

■ Tim Squires, Swimming and Diving ■ Juwan Staten, Men’s Basketball

NCAA Team Qualifiers ■ Cross Country ■ Rifle ■ Women’s Basketball

66 All-Conference Selections

12 All-Region Selections

20 NCAA Individual Qualifiers

108 Academic All-Conference Selections

Three Team Academic Award Winners (Men’s Soccer, Women’s Soccer and Rifle)

496 Student-athletes on the Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll and 446 student-athletes on the Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll

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Sean ClearyHEAD TRACK & FIELD AND CROSS COUNTRY COACH NINTH SEASON | 23RD WITH PROGRAM

Sean Cleary, one of the sport’s most talented and knowledgeable coaches, is in his ninth season at the helm of the West Virginia University

cross country and track and field teams after being associated with the program for more than 20 years. With his expertise in mentoring, training, conditioning and recruiting, Cleary has quickly built West Virginia’s programs into a national powerhouse with numerous All-Americans and multiple all-conference runners.

Coming off some of the most successful seasons in WVU track and field history, Cleary continues to validate his rep-utation as one of the top coaches in the nation.

In 2014, three Mountaineers qualified for the NCAA Championships under Cleary’s watch, with two earning All-America status. Stormy Nesbit was named a First Team All-American after an eighth-place finish in the triple jump, while Sarah Martinelli finished 11th overall in the 3,000-meter steeplechase and named a Second Team All-American. Allison Lasnicki recorded the second-fastest time in school history in the 10,000 meters (33:46.22) to earn Third Team All-America distinctions. Cleary also oversaw the qualifi-cation of five student-athletes to the NCAA East Regional and helped eight post top-five finishes at the Big 12 Championships.

In 2013, Cleary coached two All-Americans in Jordan Hamric and Kelly Williams. Williams earned accolade during the indoor season, while Hamric did so at the Outdoor Championships. As per usual, the Mountaineers excelled in the classroom un-der the direction of Cleary. A total of 20 student-athletes were named to the 2013 Academic All-Big 12 Track & Field First and Second Teams. Four freshmen earned Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team recognition, 39 Mountaineers were named to the Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll for the spring semester and 40 were named to the Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll.

The 2012 Mountaineer squad sent Chelsea Carrier-Eades and Jessica O’Connell to the NCAA Championships where both earned All-America honors. In addition, 10 athletes qualified for the NCAA East Regional and 18 were sent to both the Big East Indoor and Outdoor Championships. Maintaining a pres-ence in the league scene, WVU placed fifth at the conference championships in which 10 athletes scored points to earn All-Big East honors. An expert spokesman of athletics and academics, Cleary has also set up a training regimen that al-lowed four athletes to earn Academic All-America accolades.

In 2011, the Mountaineers earned their fourth consecutive Top-20 finish in indoor and outdoor track, a year in which 13

All-American performances were turned in by eight athletes, including four from the eight-time All-American Carrier-Eades. At the conference level, eight WVU athletes were crowned Big East champions and Cleary and his staff were given the Big East Coaching Staff of the Year award. Cleary also was one of eight finalists for the USTFCCCA National Coach of the Year award.

In 2009-10, Cleary aided the WVU track and field team to the na-tional spotlight as it finished the season listed at No. 5 on the Terry Crawford Program of the Year Award list, given to the top programs in terms of finishes in track and field, cross country and academics.

Carrier-Eades was also named the Mid-Atlantic Field Athlete of the Year after earning two Big East titles and breaking the school record in the pentathlon at the Sykes-Sabock Challenge on Feb. 5.

Cleary helped WVU greats Marie-Louise Asselin, Keri Bland and Clara Grandt earn All-America honors in three sports in the same season (cross country, indoor track and outdoor track).

The 2008-09 track team was a testament to his success as it finished the year with four athletes qualifying for national meets and three qualifying for the NCAA Championships. Grandt led the team as she earned her first All-America honor for finishing fourth in the 10,000-meter finals. The West Union, West Virginia, native was also named Mid-Atlantic Region Track Athlete of the Year by the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) for her efforts throughout the season.

In his first season as head coach, Cleary saw Asselin and Bland claim Big East indoor titles in the 3,000-meter and 1,000-meter, respectively, while the distance medley relay (DMR) team set a Big East meet record while winning the indoor crown. The DMR went on to place fourth at nationals and Asselin placed seventh in the 3,000-meter to earn All-America honors. He also helped Grandt break a 28-year record in the 10,000-meter at the ECAC Outdoor Championships and saw Carrier-Eades win her first league title in the 100-meter hurdles during her freshman out-door season. Bland finished the 2008 outdoor season by earning All-America honors in the 1,500-meter to become the first female in WVU history to earn All-America honors in three sports in the same year (cross country, indoor track and outdoor track).

Cleary led his 2008 nationally ranked cross country squad to a fourth-place finish at the NCAA Championship, the highest finish in school history, and guided Asselin and Bland to their second consecutive All-America honors.

At the conference level, Asselin became the first individual cham-pion in school history at the Big East Championship, where the team finished second. Asselin, Grandt and Bland were named

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Coaching Experience ■ West Virginia University, 1993-Present ■ Ninth season as Head Coach ■ 23rd season overall with the program ■ Two All-Americans in 2014 (Stormy Nesbit, Allison Lasnicki)

■ Two All-Americans in 2013 (Jordan Hamric, Kelly Williams)

■ Two All-Americans in 2012 (Chelsea Carrier-Eades, Jessica O’Connell)

■ Six ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-Americans

■ 2009-10 BIG EAST Scholar-Athlete Sport Excellence Award – Marie-Louise Asselin

■ 15 NCAA Regional qualifiers in 2012 ■ Two-time Mid-Atlantic Field Athlete of the Year (2010-11) – Chelsea Carrier

■ 2008-09 Mid-Atlantic Track Athlete of the Year - Clara Grandt

■ 2008-09 BIG EAST Indoor Most Outstanding Track Performer - Keri Bland

■ 2008 1,000 NCAA APR score

■ 24 BIG EAST champions ■ Five ECAC champions ■ Numerous NCAA National qualifiers

Running experience ■ West Virginia University, 1991-92 ■ Helped 1991 team to Atlantic 10 title ■ Earned all-conference honors in 1992

Education ■ West Virginia University, 1992 Bachelor’s degree (physical education)

SEAN CLEARY

to the All-Big East team. For his accomplishments in leading the Mountaineers, Cleary was named the 2008 NCAA Mid-At-lantic Region Coach of the Year for the third time in his career and for the second-consecutive season by the USTFCCCA.

In addition to his teams’ accomplishments in 2008 and 2009, perhaps the most significant achievement was in the class-room as the cross country and track teams received recogni-tion by the NCAA for their latest multi-year Academic Progress Rate (APR) scores. Both teams posted multi-year APR scores in the top 10 percent of all squads in their respective sports.

Cleary’s first season in charge of cross country was a record-set-ting one as well, as the Georgetown, Ontario, native guided the 2007 cross country team to its first Big East Champion-ship in school history. Cleary had a then-school record three All-Big East performers in 2007 and brought WVU back into the top 25 of the national polls for the first time since 2004.

Before taking over as head coach, Cleary previously served as the distance coach in 2005 and 2006 and was a full-time assistant from 2001-04, serving as the primary coach and trainer for the cross country team during that span. Prior to the 2001 season, Cleary served as a graduate assistant coach for eight seasons at WVU.

In 2006, Cleary brought a young team along nicely before sea-son’s end. That squad claimed a sixth-place finish at the 2006 Big East Championship, improving from 12th the year before. Then, perhaps one of the biggest surprises of the 2006 Mid-At-lantic Regional Championship was the finish of Cleary’s group. Despite having more than 60 percent of the roster comprised of freshmen, WVU registered a fourth-place finish at regionals after spending all season ranked between 10th and 12th in the regional polls. Four of WVU’s top five finishers were freshmen.

In the 2005 outdoor track season, Cleary coached five NCAA regional qualifiers. In 2005, Jennifer Kemp won the NCAA Regional Championships in the 800-meter, while Jen-

nifer Davis was the 3,000-meter ECAC champion. Megan Metcalfe won the national championship in the 5,000-me-ter, becoming the third women’s track athlete in school history to win an individual national championship.

From 1998 to 2004, WVU’s distance medley relay team qualified for nationals seven-consecutive years, the sec-ond-longest streak in the nation under Cleary’s watch.

Cleary worked closely with former head coach Martin Push-kin in building the women’s cross country team into a na-tional contender. Cleary was responsible for the recruitment and mentoring of NCAA mile champion Kate Vermeulen as well as All-Americans Rebecca Stallwood, Merissa Sexsmith and Metcalfe. Metcalfe became Cleary’s second national champion, 37th All-American and 102nd NCAA qualifier.

Under his guidance, Cleary’s coaching produced several All-Amer-icans, including four-time All-American Bob Donker, NCAA cross country All-Americans Wynston Alberts, Mike Dudley and Steve Bohan, two-time NCAA qualifiers Jeff Metcaff and Bohan, NCAA qualifier Ian Collings and 5,000-meter All-American Mark Vilardo.

Cleary, who holds a USATF Level I Certification, is the primary recruiter for the cross country squad, attracting the best in-state, out-of-state and international athletes. Cleary is also responsible for scheduling all meets and serves as the director for home meets.

He was a member of the Mountaineer cross country team in 1991 and 1992, and helped the 1991 squad capture the Atlantic 10 cross country title as he earned all-conference honors his last season, while helping West Virginia to a second-place conference finish.

Cleary attended Central Oregon Community College, where he helped lead the team to the National Junior Col-lege Athletic Association title. Cleary received a bach-elor’s degree in physical education from WVU in 1992. He resides in Morgantown with his wife, Heather.

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Shelly-Anne GallimoreTRACK & FIELD ASSISTANT COACH SEVENTH SEASON | NINTH YEAR

Shelly-Anne Gallimore enters her seventh season as an assistant coach with West Virginia University’s track and field

coaching staff after working with the Mountaineers for two seasons as a graduate assistant.

Her duties include designing and administering training plans for the horizontal and vertical jump groups, as well as as-sisting with meet management for all home track meets.

Under her tutelage, she has coached a USA Juniors tri-al, several NCAA Regional qualifiers in the high jump and NCAA Championship qualifiers in the triple jump.

In 2014, Gallimore coached Stormy Nesbit to First Team All-America status and an eighth place showing in the triple jump at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in Eugene, Oregon. She also helped Marsielle McBeam and Hannah Stone to top-five finishes in the High Jump at the Big 12 Championships.

She helped Nesbit break the school record in the triple jump as she earned a 13.07-meter jump at the 2012 ECAC Cham-pionships. Three long jumpers (Chelsea Carrier-Eades, Nes-bit, Meghan Mock) placed second through fourth at the Big East Outdoor Championships, and high jumper Sydney Cummings earned a career-best height of 1.77 meters at the NCAA East Regional, the fourth-best height in WVU history.

In 2011, she was instrumental in helping high jump-

er Katelyn Williams and long jumper Meghan Mock earn their first ever All-America honors through close super-vision and strength and conditioning modifications.

In 2010, Gallimore aided multi-event student-athlete Chel-sea Carrier-Eades with her jumps as she earned her first-ev-er All-America status in the pentathlon and Mid-Atlantic Field Athlete of the Year honors during the indoor season.

During the outdoor season, Gallimore saw junior Katelyn Williams to the NCAA Outdoor Championships, as the first high-jumper to represent WVU at the national championships since 1990.

In 2009, she aided Williams to the 2009 Canadian Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Toronto, where she cleared 1.71-me-ters, while Natasha Redman jumped a personal-best 1.75-meters at the Duke/Asics Invitational to qualify for the NCAA Regionals.

Gallimore, a native of Kingston, Jamaica, was successful as a student-athlete winning a 2001 NCAA Championship in the triple jump. The All-American also was a two-time SEC cham-pion in the triple jump for Auburn. After her 2004 graduation, Gallimore spent time as a volunteer coach at her alma mater.

Gallimore also has years of international experience under her belt. She placed seventh in the triple jump at the 2000 World Juniors as part of the Jamaican National Team.

Gallimore earned her bachelors’ degree in market-ing from Auburn and her master’s degree in phys-ical education from West Virginia in 2008.

Coaching Experience ■ West Virginia University, 2008-present ■ Assistant Coach ■ Works with horizontal and vertical jump groups

■ Coached Stormy Nesbit to First Team All-America Status in the Triple Jump in 2014

■ Coached Chelsea Carrier-Eades to the 2012 NCAA Outdoor Championships

■ Coached Meghan Mock, Stormy Nesbit and Sydney Cummings to the 2012 NCAA East Regional

■ * Coached Katelyn Williams and Meghan Mock to the 2011 NCAA Outdoor Championships

■ Coached Katelyn Williams to the 2010 NCAA Outdoor Championships

■ Two-time Mid-Atlantic Field Athlete of the Year (2010-11) – Chelsea Carrier

■ Coached a USA Juniors Trial qualifier

Running experience ■ AUBURN UNIVERSITY, 2000-04 ■ 2001 NCAA Champion in the triple jump

■ Two-time SEC champion in the triple jump

■ Seventh in the triple jump at the 2000 World Juniors as part of

■ the Jamaican National team

Education ■ Auburn University, 2000-04 Bachelor’s degree (marketing)

■ West Virginia University, 2006-08 Master’s degree (physical education)

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Erin O’ReillyErin O’Reilly is in her second season as an assistant coach with West Virginia Uni-versity after joining the staff in August 2013.

In her first season, O’Reilly over-saw three individual qualifiers to

the NCAA Championships and five qualifiers to the NCAA East Regional.

O’Reilly was a member of the Mountaineer team in the early 1990s and graduated from WVU in 1993 with a degree in physical education.

As a runner, she garnered many accolades, while also serving as a team captain for cross country and track. O’Reilly finished third at the Atlantic 10 Championships as a junior and was named to the

A-10 All-Conference Team. She was the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) champion and a NCAA provisional qualifier in the 1,000 meters her senior year. She held seven school records in cross country and track by the end of her career.

The Canton, Ohio native served as a member of Coach Cleary’s staff from 1994-2002. During that time, the Mountaineers registered 22 All-American honors and 13 Mid-Atlantic Region distinctions in cross country and track combined.

In 2003, O’Reilly joined the Boston College coaching staff as an assistant and held the position for 10 seasons. While on staff, she helped guide the Golden Eagles to multiple ECAC titles and numer-ous appearances at the NCAA Championships.

O’Reilly earned her Master’s Degree in athletic coaching education from WVU in 2004.

Coaching Experience ■ West Virginia University, 2013-present ■ Assistant Coach ■ Enters her second season as an assistant with the Mountaineers, after serving as a graduate assistant at WVU in 1994

■ Spent nine seasons as an assistant at Boston College

■ Served as the post-collegiate Olympic Trials Coach from 1993-1998

■ Coached All-Americans Anna Cioffredi and Caitlin Bailey at Boston College

Running Experience ■ West Virginia University, 1990-1993 ■ Ran one season under Cleary in 1993, as Cleary served as the team’s graduate assistant

■ Captain of both the cross country and track teams while at WVU

■ Atlantic 10 Champion in the mile and 3,000 meter competitions, establishing conference records in both events

■ NCAA qualifier in the 3,000 meters as a sophomore

■ Held seven school records in cross country and track by the end of her career

ERIN O’REILLY

Ilora CipolatVolunteer Assistant

Seventh Year304.237.4484

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Mike TornifolioVolunteer Assistant – Pole Vault

Fourth Year330.310.2413

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Tori Bertrand Pole Vault 5-7 So. North East, Md.

Amy Cashin Distance 5-5 So. Werribee, Australia

Christa D’Egidio Mid-Distance 5-3 Jr. Canton, Ohio

Shannen Daly Mid-Distance 5-8 Sr. Dale City, Va.

Allie Diehl Distance 5-4 So. Chardon, Ohio

Maggie Drazba Distance 5-1 Fr. St. Mary’s, W.Va.

Rachel Faulds Distance 5-3 Fr. Frankford, Ontario

Sara Finfrock Pole Vault 5-4 Fr. Kennett Square, Pa.

Jillian Forsey Distance 5-4 Fr. Stephenville, Newfoundland

Madelin Gardner Pole Vault 5-5 Fr. Williamstown, W.Va.

Kaitlyn Gillespie Distance 5-2 Sr. Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio

Peyton Hampson Mid-Distance 5-8 So. Waynesburg, Pa.

Brynn Harshbarger Distance 5-2 Fr. Morgantown, W.Va.

Meghan Jean-Baptiste Multi Event 5-4 Fr. Fairfax, Va.

Brianna Kerekes Sprints 5-5 Jr. Morgantown, W.Va.

Corinne Kule Mid-Distance 5-4 Fr. Chardon, Ohio

Rebekah Lafata Pole Vault 5-6 Fr. Morgantown, W.Va.

Allison Lasnicki Distance 5-6 Sr. Canastota, N.Y.

Renee Maisonneuve Distance 5-3 Fr. Timmins, Ontario

Lydia Martinelli Distance 4-11 Sr. Morgantown, W.Va.

Marsielle McBeam High Jump 5-8 Jr. St. Ann, Jamaica

Sarah McCauley Distance 5-4 Jr. Belington, W.Va.

Shamoya McNeil Jumps 5-5 Fr. Portland, Jamaica

Millie Paladino Distance 5-0 Fr. Morgantown, W.Va.

Savanna Plombon Distance 5-8 Jr. Frederick, Md.

Sydney Scott Distance 5-3 So. Denver, Colo.

Katlyn Shelar Pole Vault 5-5 Sr. Novi, Mich.

Hannah Stone Jumps 5-7 Jr. Thurmont, Md.

Paige Szabat Distance 5-3 So. Wadsworth, Ohio

Krista-Gay Taylor High Jump 5-11 Fr. Kingston, Jamaica

Caitlin Walton Pole Vault 5-6 Sr. Richmond, Va.

Bria Welker Multi Event 5-6 So. Ridgeley, W.Va.

Rebecca Wendt Distance 5-10 Fr. Whitby, Ontario

Kelly Williams Distance 5-9 Jr. Chesterland, Ohio

Megan Yuan Distance 5-8 So. Thunder Bay, Ontario

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TORI BERTRAND5-7, SOPHOMOREPOLE VAULT NORTH EAST, MD.

At West Virginia in 2013-14 ■ Personal-best vault of 3.51 meters at the WVU Gold/Blue on Feb. 21, placing second overall

■ Finished third at the WVU Invite on Jan. 18 with a mark of 3.33 meters

■ Placed 10th at the Akron Invite on Feb. 8 with a vault of 3.22 meters

■ Placed 11th at the George Mason Invite on April 12 with a mark of 3.20 meters

■ Vaulted 3.15 meters at the PSU Relays on Jan. 11 to finish sixth overall

■ Placed 11th at the YSU Invite on Jan. 24 with a mark of 3.10 meters.

Prep ■ Ran for coach Alan Safrit at North East High School; Safrit is now the coach at Appalachian State University

■ Holds the school record for the pole vault in both indoor and outdoor track

■ All-county honoree in 2010 and 2011 ■ UCBAC Outdoor Conference Champion in 2010-2011 in the pole vault

■ East Region Outdoor Champion in 2011 ■ Placed first at the 2011 Outdoor Maryland State Championships ■ Placed second at the 2012 Indoor Maryland State Championships

Personal ■ Birthday is July 22 ■ Daughter of Randy and Kelli Bertrand ■ One of two children ■ Has one brother ■ Forensic Investigative Science major

AMY CASHIN5-5, SOPHOMORE DISTANCEWERRIBEE, AUSTRALIA

At West Virginia in 2013-14 ■ Claimed first place in the 1,000 meters at the WVU Invite on Jan. 18 with a time of 2:56.15

■ Crossed the line in 10th overall (2:54.80) at the Big 12 Indoor Championships in the 1,000 meters

■ Recorded a personal-best time of 2:13.35 in the 800 meters at the Akron Invite on Feb. 8, finishing fifth overall

■ Placed second in the 800 meters (2:15.49) at the YSU Invite on Jan. 24

■ Finished third in the 800 meters (2:13.86) at the Columbia Last Chance meet on March 8

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■ Member of 4x800 meter relay team that took first place in 9:10.68 at the PSU National on Jan. 31

■ Member of distance medley relay team that finished second in 11:45.00 at the PSU National on Jan. 31

Prep ■ Captain at Werribee Secondary College for coach Peter Burke ■ Member of Team Australia for the World Junior Cross Country Championships, where she placed 50th with a 6k time of 20:48

■ 2013 Victoria State U-20 champion in the 1,500 meter-run ■ Silver Medalist at the 6k U-20 Australia Cross Country Championships

■ Part of Team Victoria for cross country and track & field from 2007-13

■ 2012 U-20 Cross Country Champion in Victoria ■ Bronze Medalist at the 4k U-18 Australia Cross Country Championships in 2010

■ Silver Medalist at the 4k U-16 Australia Cross Country Championships in 2009

■ Champion in the U-16 3,000-meter run at the 2009 Australia Track & Field Championships

Personal ■ Daughter of Peter and Brenda Cashin ■ Has one brother and one sister ■ Birthday is July 28 ■ Majoring in pre-sports psychology

SHANNEN DALY5-8, SENIORMID-DISTANCEDALE CITY, VA.

At West Virginia in 2013-14 ■ Placed second in the 500 meters (1:19.46) at the WVU Invite on Jan. 18

■ Recorded a personal-best time of 4:58.16 in the 1,500 meters at the Cherry Blossom Invite on April 5

■ Member of distance medley relay team that placed second at the PSU Relays on Jan. 11 in 12:14.52

■ Finished fourth in her heat in the 800 meters (2:19.17) at the Akron Invite on Feb. 8

■ Registered a 14th-place result at the YSU Invite in the 800 meters on Jan. 24

At West Virginia in 2012-13 ■ Placed first in the 800-meter run at the Gold-Blue Open with a time of 2:24.41

■ Member of 4x400 meter relay team that finished second overall at the WVU invite on Jan. 19, finishing in 4:14.71

■ Recorded top-five finishes in the 500 meters at the WVU Invite (1:21.94) and the Marty Pushkin Classic (1:23.09)

■ Registered a personal-best time of 2:19.82 in the 800 meters at the Early Bird Meet on March 23, coming in third place

■ Member of 4x400 meter relay team that finished in 12th place overall at the Wake Forest Open on March 16 with a time of 4:03.77

At West Virginia in 2011-12 ■ Ran to first place in the 800-meter run in 2:32.39 at the WVU Holiday Classic

■ Came in eighth place in the 800 meter at the Nittany Lion Challenge in 2:18.46

■ Finished first in the 500-meter dash in 1:19.03 at the WVU State Farm Games

■ Achieved 15th place in the 800 meter in 2:17.65 at the Sykes & Sabock Challenge

■ Earned third place in the 1,000-meter run at the Gold-Blue Meet in 3:08.57

■ Helped 4x800 relay to fifth place in 9:27.42 at the Penn State National

■ Assisted 4x800 relay to 11th place at the Big East Championships in 9:10.85

Prep ■ Ran for coach Mike Thornton at C.D. Hylton Senior High ■ Has a personal record of 2:19 in the 800-meter run ■ Set a personal record of 25 seconds in the 200-meter run ■ Graduated in top five percent of class ■ An AP Scholar

Personal ■ Daughter of Joseph and Annette Daly ■ Birthday is July 29 ■ Has one brother ■ Both parents ran track and cross country in college ■ Majoring in aerospace and mechanical engineering ■ Big East Academic All-Star ■ Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll ■ Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll

CHRISTA D’EGIDIO5-3, JUNIORMID-DISTANCECANTON, OHIO

At West Virginia in 2013-14 ■ Member of 4x400 meter relay team that placed fifth (3:53.05) at the Akron Invite on Feb. 8

■ Member of 4x400 meter relay team that had season-best time of 3:52.53 at the SPIRE Invite on Feb. 15

■ Posted team and personal-best time of 2:12.84 in the 800 meters at the Virginia Challenge on May 10, placing first overall

■ Placed sixth at the Cherry Blossom Invite on April 5 in the 800 meters in 2:16.34

■ Finished 18th (2:16.74) in the 800 meters at the Big 12 Outdoor Championships

■ Recorded a seventh-place finish with a personal-best time of 5:06.42 in the 1,500 meters at the Cal U Early Bird Meet on March 22

■ Member of 4x400 meter relay team that placed first at the Cal U Early Bird Meet

Prep ■ Ran for coach Lewie Hindman at Dover ■ 2011 Division II All-State in the 400-meter run ■ Wendy’s High School Heisman Award winner for Tuscawaras County

■ All-County in the 100-meter, 200-meter, 400-meter run and long jump

■ Holds the Tuscawaras County record in the 400 meter-run at 56.79 seconds

■ Dover High record holder in the 400-meter run and 4x100 and 4x200 relay

■ Also participated in gymnastics

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Personal ■ Daughter of John and Cynthia D’Egidio ■ Birthday is Oct. 24 ■ Has two brothers and one sister ■ Father played baseball and football at Oberlin College ■ Enrolled in pre-human nutrition and foods

ALYSSA DIEHL5-4, SOPHOMOREDISTANCECHARDON, OHIO

At West Virginia in 2013-14 ■ Placed ninth in the mile at the WVU Invite on Jan. 18 with a personal-best time of 5:35.66

■ Posted a personal-best mark of 10:53.71 in the 3,000 meters at the Akron Invite on Feb. 8

■ Finished 11th in the 3,000 meters in 11:03.94 at the PSU Relays on Jan. 11

■ Recorded a personal-best time of 18:48.96 in the 5,000 meters at the Cherry Blossom Invite on April 5

■ Placed 12th (5:13.35) in the 1,500 meters at the Cal U Early Bird Meet on March 22

■ Posted a 12th-place finish in the 3,000 meters at the Larry Ellis Invite on April 18

Prep ■ Ran for coach Mike Combs at Chardon High School ■ Named Valedictorian of senior class ■ Four-year varsity letterwinner in cross country and track ■ First-team All-PAC Conference ■ Four-time regional qualifier ■ Recipient of the Chardon High School Scholar-Athlete Award ■ OHSAA Scholar-Athlete Award

Personal ■ Birthday is September 29 ■ Daughter of Robert and Rachel Diehl ■ One of three children ■ Has two brothers and a sister ■ Industrial Engineering major ■ Cousin ran track at Arkansas ■ Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll

MAGGIE DRAZBA5-1, FRESHMANDISTANCEST. MARYS, W.VA.

At West Virginia in 2013-14 ■ Did not compete

Prep ■ Four-year letterwinner at St. Marys High ■ 2011 and 2012 Gatorade West Virginia Girls Cross Country Athlete of the Year

■ 2013 Gatorade West Virginia Girls Track & Field Athlete of the Year

■ 2009, 2011 and 2012 West Virginia AA-A State Cross Country Champion

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■ Placed third at the Footlocker Southwest Regional with a time of 17:10 to qualify for the 2012 Foot Locker Cross Country Championships, where she placed 22nd overall

■ Second place at the 2012 USATF Cross Country Junior Championships

■ Helped lead Team USA to the championship at the 2012 NACAC, where she placed fourth individually

■ Holds the West Virginia State Meet record for cross country with a time of 17:17

■ Took top honors at the 2012 Great American Cross Country Festival

■ Part of a St. Marys squad that won the 2009 AA-A West Virginia Cross Country Championship

■ Undefeated in Little Kanawha Cross Country Conference Championship competition all four years

■ West Virginia outdoor track and field record holder in the mile (4:53), 1,600-meter run (4:51), 3,000-meter run (9:37), 3,200-meter run (10:27) and two mile run (10:37)

■ West Virginia indoor track and field record holder in the 3,200 (10:41), two-mile run (10:29) and the 5,000-meter run (17:40)

■ Finished second at the 2013 Penn Relays in the 3,000-meter run ■ Four-time West Virginia track and field state champion in class A in the 800-meter run (2010-13) and the 1,600-meter run (2010-13)

■ Three-time West Virginia track and field state champion in class A in the 3,200-meter run (2011-13)

■ Part of the 4x800-meter relay team that captured the state title in 2012

■ Holds the West Virginia Class A state meet record in the 800-meter run (2:18), 3,200-meter run (10:31) and the 4x800-meter relay (9:48)

Personal ■ Daughter of Charles and Kathleen Drazba ■ Has two brothers ■ Birthday is May 18 ■ Majoring in pre-human nutrition and foods ■ Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll

RACHEL FAULDS5-3, FRESHMANDISTANCEFRANKFORD, ONTARIO


Prep ■ Ran cross country and track & field at Trenton High and was coached by her father, Allan, and Sue Tripp

■ Bronze Medalist in the Senior Girls 5k at the 2012 OFSAA Cross Country Championships

■ Silver Medalist in the Junior Division at the 2011 OFSAA Cross Country Championships

■ Silver Medalist in the Junior Division at the 2012 OFSAA Track & Field Championships in the 3,000-meter run

■ Won the bronze medal at the Canadian Junior National Championships in the 3,000-meter run in 2011

■ Won the silver medal at the Canadian Youth National Championships in the 3,000-meter run

■ Bronze medalist sophomore year at the OFSAA Championships in the 3,000-meter run with a time of 10:17, while also placing sixth in the 1,500-meter run

■ Also competitive swimmer for seven years

Personal ■ Daughter of Allan and Stephanie Faulds ■ Has one sister ■ Birthday is Oct. 25 ■ Majoring in pre-exercise physiology

JILLIAN FORSEY5-4, FRESHMANDISTANCESTEPHENVILLE, NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR


Prep ■ Ran at Stephenville High for coach Ray Will ■ Newfoundland Provincial Champion in the 800-meter run, 1,500-meter run and 3,000-meter run for six straight years

■ Member of Team Canada for the World Junior Cross Country Championships, where she placed 49th with a 6k time 20:40

■ Placed eighth at the 2013 4k NACAC Cross Country Championships

■ Finished first at the 2012 Canadian Cross Country Championships with a 5k time of 17:21

■ Won the Athletics Ontario Cross Country Championship with a 5k time of 17:45

■ Finished second at the Maine Cross Country Festival of Champions

■ Named Newfoundland and Labrador Female Athlete of the year in 2012

■ Won the 800-meter run and 1,500-meter run at the 2012 Nike High School Grand Prix

■ Ran for Team Canada and finished 13th at the NACAC Cross Country Championship

■ 3,000-meter Athletics Ontario Championships gold medalist in 2012

■ Finished 14th at the 2011 Canadian Cross Country Championships

■ Placed fifth in the 3,000-meter run and seventh in the 1,500-meter run at the 2011 Canadian Youth National Championships

■ Finished seventh in the 3,000-meter run at the 2011 Canadian Junior Championships

■ Bronze medalist in the 1,200-meter run and fourth in the 2,000-meter run at the 2010 Canadian Youth National Championships

■ Also a competitive cross country skier and was a member of the 2012 National Talent Squad that won a bronze medal in the 5k freestyle at the 2011 Canadian National Championships

Personal ■ Daughter of Bill Forsey and Rosemary Ryan ■ Has one brother ■ Birthday is June 9 ■ Majoring in pre-exercise physiology ■ Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll

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KAITLYN GILLESPIE5-2, SENIORDISTANCECUYAHOGA FALLS, OHIO


At West Virginia in 2012-13 ■ Ran a Big East-qualifying 17:24.01 in the 5,000-meter run for second place at the WVU State Farm Games

■ Finished sixth in the 5,000 meter at the Big East Championships in a team-best 16:42.41 for the event

■ 2012 Capital One Academic All-District ■ 2012 Capital One/CoSIDA First Team Academic All-American

At West Virginia in 2011-12 ■ Came in 20th place at the NCAA East Regional in the 10,000 meters with a personal-best time of 34:10.60

■ Finished fourth in the 10,000-meter race in 34:10.91 at the Big East Championships

■ Achieved fifth place at the Jesse Owens Classic with a time of 4:31.01 in the 1,500-meter race

■ At Big East indoor championships, came in fifth place in the 5,000-meter run in 16:15.12

■ Arrived in third place in the mile run with a time of 4:46 at the Penn State Relays

■ Came in fifth place in the 5,000-meter run at the WVU State Farm Games

■ Finished first in the 1,000-meter race in 2:54 at the Doug Raymond Invitational

■ Also a member of 4x800 relay team, helping foursome to seventh place at the Big East Indoor Championships in 9:08.36

At West Virginia in 2010-11 ■ Redshirted

Prep ■ Captain of the cross country team at Cuyahoga Falls Christian Academy

■ State champion in the 1,600, 3,200 meters in 2008 ■ Cross country team also won the 2008 state championship ■ Dapper Dan Club of Akron honoree

Personal ■ Daughter of Jim and Diane Gillespie ■ Has one brother and a sister ■ Birthday is June 28 ■ Majoring in exercise physiology ■ Big East Academic All-Star ■ Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll ■ Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll

PEYTON HAMPSON5-8, SOPHOMOREDISTANCEWAYNESBURG, PA.

At West Virginia in 2013-14 ■ Did not compete ■ At West Virginia in 2012-13 ■ Personal-best time of 59.30 in the 400 meters at the Akron Invitational on Feb. 1, placing 10th overall

■ Member of distance medley relay team that placed first at the Akron Invitational on Feb. 1 in 12:07.20

■ Won the 1,000 meters at the Kent St. Doug Raymond Invitational on Jan. 12 in a career-best 3:03.22

■ Member of 4x400-meter relay team that placed first at the WVU Invitational on Jan. 19 in 4:05.20

Prep ■ Ran for coaches Duane Bowers and Jeff Coss at Waynesburg Central

■ Placed third in the 800 meter at the 2012 PIAA Track and Field State Championships with a personal best time of 2:11.52

■ Ranked fifth on the Regional All-Times list for the 800 meter ■ Finished first in the 800 meter at the Regional Championships in 2012 and recorded the fastest AA time in regional history

■ Placed fifth in the 800 meter at the 2011 PIAA Track and Field State Championships

■ Holds the school records in the 400-meter and 800-meter runs, as well as the 4x400 relay

Personal ■ Daughter of Ron and Debby Hampson ■ Birthday is Jan. 4 ■ Has one brother and one sister ■ Valedictorian of graduating class with a 4.0 GPA ■ Enrolled in pre-human nutrition and foods ■ Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll ■ Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll

BRYNN HARSHBARGER5-2, FRESHMANDISTANCEMORGANTOWN, W.VA.


Prep ■ Ran at Morgantown High for coach Mike Ryan ■ Placed second in the 1,600-meter run and fifth in the 3,200-meter run at the 2013 West Virginia State Track & Field Championships

■ Part of the winning 4x800-meter relay team at the 2013 West Virginia State Track & Field Championships

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■ Led team to a third-place finish at the NXN Southeast Regional Cross Country Championship, while also individually placing 15th

■ Runner-up at the 2012 West Virginia State Cross Country Championships, which helped her team to a first-place finish

■ Placed 10th at the Great American Cross Country Festival with a personal-best 5k time of 18:02

■ Won the 3,200-meter run at the 2012 West Virginia State Track & Field Championships and placed third in the 1,600-meter run and second in the 4x800-meter relay

■ Finished eighth individually at the 2012 West Virginia State Cross Country meet and led her team to a first-place finish

■ Member of the 4x800-meter relay team that finished third at the 2011 West Virginia State Track & Field Championships

Personal ■ Daughter of Dave and Colleen Harshbarger ■ Has one brother ■ Birthday is Dec. 1 ■ Majoring in pre-biology ■ Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll

MEGHAN JEAN-BAPTISTE5-4, FRESHMANMULTIFAIRFAX, VA.


Prep ■ Ran for Coach Alisa Byers at Oakton High School ■ Captain during junior and season seniors in both indoor and outdoor track

Personal ■ Birthday is February 6 ■ Daughter of Phil Jean-Baptiste and Deb Hanneman ■ Has one sister ■ Biology major

BRIANNA KEREKES5-5, JUNIORSPRINTSMORGANTOWN, W.VA.

At West Virginia in 2013-14 ■ Recorded a third-place finish in the 500 meters in 1:21.51 at the WVU Invite on Jan. 18

■ Member of 4x800-meter relay team that placed first (9:10.68) at the PSU National on Jan. 31

■ Member of distance medley relay team that finished second in 12:14.52 at the PSU Relays on Jan. 11

■ Placed sixth overall in the 800 meters with a personal-best time of 2:16.50 at the Columbia Last Chance Meet on March 8.

■ Personal-best time of 4:42.54 in the 1,500 meters at George Mason Invite on April 12

■ Placed 12th overall (2:14.70) at the Big 12 Outdoor Championship in the 800 meters on May 18

At West Virginia in 2012-13 ■ Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team ■ Only competed during indoor season ■ Member of 4x400 meter relay team that finished fifth overall at the Doug Raymond Invite with a time of 4:00.95

■ Personal-best time of 1:02.65 in the 400 meters at the Doug Raymond Invite

Prep ■ Ran for coaches Lori and Tyler DeVault at Trinity Christian ■ Named All-State First Team after placing second in the 200-meter and 400-meter runs and fourth in the 100-meter dash

■ At the OVAC finals, placed sixth in the 400 meter and fifth in the 200 meter and 100 meter

■ Holds the school records in the 100-meter, 200-meter, 400-meter runs and the 4x400 relay

■ Also participated in basketball, volleyball and softball

Personal ■ Daughter of Brian and Susan Kerekes ■ Birthday is April 26 ■ Has one brother ■ Enrolled in pre-occupational therapy ■ Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll ■ Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll

CORINNE KULE5-4, FRESHMANDISTANCECHARDON, OHIO


Prep ■ Ran at Chardon High for coach Mike Combs ■ Four-time Premier Athletic Conference Cross Country Champion (2009-12)

■ Three time state qualifier (2010-12) ■ Named All-Ohio after placing 11th at the 2012 Division I Ohio State Cross Country Championships

■ Selected to represent Ohio at the 2012 Mid-East Cross Country Championships

■ Scored for Ohio at the Footlocker Midwest Regional by placing 34th ■ School record holder in the 5,000-meter run and a four time MVP ■ Three-time Premier Athletic Conference Champion in the 1,600-meter run (2010-12) and also won the 3,200-meter run and 800-meter run

■ 2012 state qualifier in the 3,200-meter run and played 14th at the Ohio Division 1 State Track & Field Championships

■ Four-time MVP for school track team ■ Three-time All-Ohio Academic Award ■ Four-time All-P.A.C. Academic Award for cross country and track & field

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ALLISON LASNICKI5-6, SENIORDISTANCECANASTOTA, N.Y.

At West Virginia in 2013-14 ■ Placed second at the Penn Relays in the 10,000 meters (34:11.20)

■ Took second place at the Big 12 Outdoor Championships in the 10,000 meters in 35:24.25 and took fourth place in the conference in the 5,000 meters in 17:23.26

■ Qualified for the 2014 NCAA Outdoor Championships in Eugene, Oregon in the 10,000 meters

■ Posted a personal-best time as a Mountaineer in the 10,000 meters of 33:46.22, placing 17th overall, at the NCAA Outdoor Championships

■ Missed out on Third Team All-America status in the 10,000 meters by just five places

■ Finished 11th overall at the NCAA East Prelims in Jacksonville, Florida, in the 10,000 meters in 34:11.71

At UConn in 2012-13 ■ Earned Second Team All-America status in the 10,000 meters during the outdoor season

■ Qualified for the 2013 NCAA Outdoor Championships in the 10,000 meters.

■ Placed ninth in the 10,000 meters at the 2013 NCAA Outdoor Championships with a time of 34:11.99

■ Ran a personal-best mark in the 10,000 meters at the NCAA East Prelims with a time of 33:36.11

■ Finished second at the 2013 Big East Outdoor Championships in the 10,000 meters in 34:11.82

■ Placed third at the 2013 Big East Outdoor Championships in the 5,000 meters in 16:33.96

At UConn in 2011-12 ■ Took 6th place at the CCSU Blue Devil Invite (18:13) ■ Finished the Roy Griak Invitational 101st ■ Placed 28th at the Penn St. Nationals in 22:21 ■ Placed 36th at the BIG EAST Championship in 21:18.4 ■ Took 38th at the NCAA Regionals.

At UConn in 2010-11 ■ Placed first in her first collegiate meet, running 18:55 at the Army Open ■ UConn’s second finisher at the BIG EAST Preview, placing eighth (19:26)

■ UConn’s top finisher at the Roy Griak Invitational, placing 65th (22:22)

■ Top finisher for the Huskies at the New England Championships, running 18:02 and placing 14th

■ Placed 45th at the BIG EAST Championship in 22:47 ■ Ran 22:13 at the NCAA Northeast Regionals ■ Finished 5th at the Penn State Nationals in the 3000m (10:01.45) ■ Placed 8th at the New Balance Invite in the 3000m (9:59.00)

Prep ■ Coached by Andy Pino at Canastota High School ■ Two-time cross country Section III Champion ■ Two-time First Team All-State 2009 New York Class C State Champion

■ Section III Scholar Athlete of the Year as a senior ■ In track and field, 10-time Section III Champion ■ 2010 Valedictorian at Canastota High

Personal ■ Daughter of Joseph Lasnicki and Lisa Dolan ■ Birthday is September 2, 1992 ■ Majoring in biology ■ Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll

RENÉE MAISONNEUVE5-3, FRESHMANDISTANCETIMMINS, ONTARIO


Prep ■ Ran at Ecole secondaire catholique Theriault for coach Joel Ruel ■ Recipient of the trophy for best individual and best team performance at the 2012-13 OFSAA Cross Country Championships

■ Canadian Interscholastic record holder in the 1,500-meter steeplechase (4:57.06)

■ School record holder in the 1,500-meter run (4:52), 800-meter run (2:17), 3,000-meter run (10:43) and 1,500-meter steeplechase (4:57.06)

■ Gold medalist in the 1,500-meter steeplechase at the 2013 OFSAA Track & Field Championships

■ 2013 Regional Track & Field champion in the 800-meter run, 3,000-meter run and 1,500-meter steeplechase

■ Set a new Regional Track & Field Meet record in the 800-meter run and 1,500-meter steeplechase

■ Helped her team to a silver medal at the 2012 OFSAA Cross Country Championships

■ 2012 Regional Cross Country Champion ■ Silver medalist in the 1,500-meter steeplechase at the 2012 OFSAA Track & Field Championships

■ 2012 Regional Track & Field Champion in the 3,000-meter run and the 1,500-meter steeplechase

■ Broke the course record on her way to winning the 2011 Regional Cross Country Championship

■ Member of Team Ontario and finished fifth individually at the National Legion Track and Field Championship

■ 2011 Provincial Champion in the 2,000-meter steeplechase at the Legion Provincial Track & Field Championships

■ 2011 Regional Track & Field champion in the 800-meter run, 3,000-meter run and 1,500-meter steeplechase

■ 2010 Regional Cross Country Champion ■ 2010 Regional Track and Field champion in the 800-meter run, 400-meter run and 1,500-meter steeplechase

■ U-15 Provincial record holder in the 1,500-meter steeplechase ■ 2010 Bronze medalist at the National Legion Track & Field Championships

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Personal ■ Daughter of Luc and Julie Maisonneuve ■ Has two brothers and one sister ■ Birthday is Oct. 1 ■ Majoring in pre-international studies ■ Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll

LYDIA MARTINELLI4-11, SENIORDISTANCEMORGANTOWN, W.VA.

At West Virginia in 2013-14 ■ Placed second in the 3,000 meters at the WVU Gold-Blue on Feb. 21 with a personal-best time of 11:00.87

■ Finished 10th in the 1,500 meters at the Cal U Early Bird on March 22 in a career-best 5:09.71

■ Recorded a personal-best mark of 19:25.69 in the 5,000 meters at the Cherry Blossom Invite, placing 15th overall.

■ At West Virginia in 2012-2013 ■ Did not compete during the indoor/outdoor seasons

At West Virginia in 2011-2012 ■ Did not compete during the indoor/outdoor seasons

At West Virginia in 2010-2011 ■ Redshirt season

Prep ■ An all-state runner for three consecutive years at University High ■ Ran for coach Dan Demchalz ■ Personal ■ Daughter of David and Paula Martinelli ■ Birthday is June 11 ■ Has one brother and two sisters ■ Sister, Sarah, also competes for the WVU track and field team ■ Majoring in secondary education ■ Big East Academic All-Star ■ Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll ■ Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll

MARSIELLE McBEAM5-8, JUNIORHIGH JUMPST. ANN, JAMAICA

At West Virginia in 2013-14 ■ Qualified for the 2014 Outdoor NCAA East Preliminary Round ■ Placed fourth in the high jump at the 2014 Big 12 Outdoor Championships with a career-best mark of 1.76 meters

■ Won the high jump at the George Mason Invite on April 12 with a mark of 1.70 meters

■ Finished first in the high jump at the Cherry Blossom Invite on April 5 with a jump of 1.65 meters

■ Claimed first in the high jump at the SPIRE Invite on Feb. 15 with a personal-best indoor mark of 1.72 meters.

■ Recorded top-five finishes in the high jump at the Akron Invite (2/8), PSU National (1/31), Raleigh Relays (3/28), Penn Relays (4/24) and Virginia Challenge (5/10)

At Central Michigan in 2012-13 ■ Finished fourth in high jump (5-06) at the Bull Invitational on Mar. 15

■ Posted a first-place finish in the high jump at the GVSU Tune-Up Open on May 5

■ Finished in fourth place at the Mid-American Conference Indoor Championships with a jump of 5'7.75

Prep ■ Attended Vere Technical High School ■ Finished third in high jump at the 2011 ISSA/Grace Kennedy Class 1 Girls Championships with a mark of 5'7

■ First place in discus at the 2008 ISSA/Grace Kennedy Class 3 Girls Championships

■ Finished 12th in the high jump at the 2011 Penn Relays

Personal ■ Birthday is April 2 ■ Daughter of Leviu McBeam and Lonie McBeam ■ One of Four children ■ Has two sisters and one brother ■ Nursing major ■ Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll

SARAH McCAULEY5-6, JUNIORDISTANCEBELINGTON, W.VA.


At West Virginia in 2012-2013 ■ Registered personal-best time of 5:11.17 in the mile at the SPIRE Invite on Feb. 9

■ Had a personal-best time of 10:26.38 in the 3,000 meters at the Akron Invite on Feb. 2, finishing in ninth place overall

■ Took a sixth place overall finish at the Ohio Team Challenge with a personal-best time of 4:51.05 in the 1,500 meters

■ Placed third at the Early Bird Meet with a 1,500 meter time of 4:51.47

■ Personal-best time of 10:41.75 in the 3,000-meter steeplechase, finishing in seventh place overall at the Big 12 Outdoor Championships

■ Placed seventh in the 3,000 meters (10:24.45) at the Wake Forest Open on March 16

At West Virginia in 2011-2012 ■ Competed unattached in the mile run for third place at the WVU State Farm Games in 5:25.15

■ Ran unattached in the 1,5000-meter for 29th place in 4:45.55 at the Jesse Owens Classic

■ Came in 32nd place in the 1,500-meter running unattached at the Swarthmore Last Chance meet in 4:44.64

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Prep ■ Coached by Missy Kaiser at Philip Barbour High ■ 1600- and 3200-meter champion in 2010 and 2011 ■ 2010 Gatorade West Virginia Cross Country Runner of the Year ■ Won individual title, led team to state cross country title in 2010 ■ Placed third at state championships in 2008 and 2009, earning all-state 1600-meter champion in 2008

■ Also competed in basketball, volleyball and track ■ Graduated magna cum laude with a 3.88 GPA ■ Student Body Vice President

Personal ■ Daughter of George and Robin McCauley ■ Birthday is Nov. 29 ■ Has one brother ■ Majoring in dental hygiene ■ Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll

SAVANNA PLOMBON5-8, JUNIORDISTANCEFREDERICK, MD.

At West Virginia in 2013-14 ■ Member of distance medley relay team that finished second at the PSU National on Jan. 31 with a time of 11:45.00

■ Placed 17th in the 3,000 meters at the 2014 Big 12 Indoor Championships in 9:47.60

■ Finished 10th in the 10,000 meters at the 2014 Big 12 Outdoor Championships in 36.53.99

■ Placed sixth in the 1,500 meters at the Cherry Blossom Invite on April 5 in a career-best time of 4:37.71

■ Posted a personal-best time of 9:37.20 in the 3,000 meters at the Penn Relays on April 24, placing 18th overall

■ Recorded a personal-best time in the 5,000 meters of 16:46.41 at the Virginia Challenge on May 10 to finish in 11th place


At Lehigh in 2011-12 ■ Placed second at the Lehigh Invitational (6k) with a time of 22:05.50 and in a dual meet versus Lafayette with a time of 22:11.6

■ Finished 84th at the Paul Short Run (6k) with a personal-best time of 22:02

■ Came in 54th at the Penn State National Invitational with a 6k time of 22:58

■ Named Patriot League Cross Country Rookie of the Week on Sept. 26 and Oct. 3

■ Named to the 2012 All-Patriot League Second Team in the 3,000-meter run

■ Holds the Lehigh school record in the 3,000-meter run with a time of 9:49.36

■ Member of the 2012 Patriot League Academic Honor Roll

Prep ■ Ran for coach Nicholas Snyder at Thomas Johnson ■ 2011 MPSSAA Maryland Indoor State Champion in the 800-meter run

■ 2010 Frederick County and 4A North Regional Individual Cross Country Champion

■ Member of the 2010 Frederick County and Maryland State Cross Country first teams

■ As a junior, finished second at the 2009 Frederick County Championships, The Maryland 4A North Regional and the Maryland State Championships

■ Competed in the 5,000-meter 2009 Nike Cross National Southeast Regional Cross Country Championships and finished 36th with a season best time of 18:55

Personal ■ Daughter of Daniel and Tama Plombon ■ Birthday is June 18 ■ Has one brother ■ Enrolled in pre-biology ■ Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll ■ Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll

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SYDNEY SCOTT5-3, SOPHOMOREDISTANCEDENVER, COLO.

At West Virginia in 2013-14 ■ Placed first in the 800 meters at the WVU Invite on Jan. 18 in 2:26.37

■ Won the one mile at the YSU Invite on Jan. 24 in 5:03.45 ■ Finished first in the 800 meters at the Cal U Early Bird on March 22 in a personal-best 2:22.46

■ Recorded a 13th place finish at the Big 12 Indoor Championships in the 3,000 meters (9:44.91)

■ Registered a 12th place finish at the Big 12 Outdoor Championships in the 5,000 meters with a time of 17:43.46

■ Placed fifth in the 1,5000 meters at the Cherry Blossom Invite on April 5 in a career-best 4:35.34


Prep ■ Attended the Denver School of Arts and ran under the guidance of John Gregorio at Denver South

■ Finished second and third in the 3200-meter and 1600-meter runs, respectively, at the 2011 and 2012 Colorado State High School Track and Field Championships

■ Came in first at the 2011 5k Colorado 4A Region 3 Championships

■ State Champion at the 4A Colorado State Cross Country Championships (5k)

■ Placed sixth with a time of 18:17.2 at the 2011 Footlocker Midwest Regional Championships

■ Qualified for the Footlocker National High School Cross Country Championships and finished 26th with a time of 18:17.2

■ Two-time winner of the Denver Public Schools League Meet in 2010 and 2011

■ Finished eighth at the 2010 Nike Cross National Southwest Regional Cross Country Championships

■ As a junior, placed second at the 2010 4A Colorado State Cross Country Championships (5k)

■ Placed 12th in the 1,600-meter and 19th in the 3,200-meter runs at the 2010 New Balance High School Nationals

■ Competed at the 2010 USATF Junior Olympic Track and Field Championships and placed second in the intermediate (15-16) 3,000-meter run and fourth in the 1,500-meter run

Personal ■ Daughter of Andy and Martha Scott and Cathy Scott ■ Birthday is July 21 ■ Has one sister ■ Enrolled in pre-music performance ■ Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll ■ Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll

KATLYN SHELAR5-5, SENIORPOLE VAULTNOVI, MICH.

At West Virginia in 2013-14 ■ Did not compete during the outdoor season ■ Claimed first place in the pole vault at the WVU Invite on Jan. 18 and the YSU Icebreaker on Jan. 24 with vaults of 3.90 meters and 3.75 meters, respectively

■ Earned a spot on the podium with a fourth-place finish at the 2014 Big 12 Indoor Championships, vaulting 3.95 meters.

■ Recorded a season-best mark of 3.97 meters at the Akron Invite on Feb. 8, finishing in second place

■ Placed second at the PSU Relays on Jan. 11 with a mark of 3.80 meters

■ At West Virginia in 2012-13 ■ Set school record in pole vault at the Larry Ellis Invitational with a personal-best vault of 4.10 meters

■ Placed first at the Ohio Team Challenge with a mark of 4.08 meters ■ Recorded first-place finishes at the Early Bird Meet and Patriot Open with vaults of 3.85 meters and 3.82 meters, respectively.

■ Took a second-place result at the Wake Forest Open with a mark of 3.80 meters

■ Finished eighth overall at Big 12 Outdoor Championships on May 3 with a vault of 3.76 meters

■ Participated at the NCAA East Preliminary, coming in 17th place overall with a vault of 4.00 meters

At West Virginia in 2011-12 ■ Moved into fourth place all-time in the pole vault with a career- and team-best 3.77-meter distance, ahead of Jen Hell’s 3.66-meter mark in 2002

■ Earned a Big East-qualifying 3.75 meters in the pole vault at the WVU Holiday Classic to place first in the event

■ Came in third at the Nittany Lion Challenge with a vault of 3.50 meters

■ Placed first in the pole vault at 3.70 meters at the Penn St. National

■ Finished ninth at the Sykes & Sabock Challenge with a vault of 3.70 meters

■ Achieved first place at 3.55 meters in the pole vault at the Gold-Blue Meet

■ Earned a fifth-place mark of 3.75 meters in the pole vault at the Big East Indoor Championships

■ Competed at the NCAA East Regional in the pole vault ■ Came in first place in the pole vault at the Wake Forest Open with a career- and team-best height of 3.95 meters, the second-best WVU all-time height for the event

■ Achieved third place at Big East Outdoor Championships in the pole vault at a height of 3.75 meters

■ Placed third in the pole vault at the Raleigh Relays at a height of 3.75 meters

■ Finished fifth in the pole vault at 3.70 meters at the Jesse Owens Classic

■ Earned fourth place at a vault of 3.70 meters at the Larry Ellis Invitational

At West Virginia in 2010-11 ■ Came in 11th place in the pole vault at 3.65 meters at the Big East Outdoor Championships

■ Finished fourth at the Jesse Owens Classic at 3.55 meters ■ Achieved fourth place at 3.50 meters at the Kent Taylor-Joe Hilton Invitational

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■ Recorded first-place finish at the Bennie Benson Invitational at 3.50 meters

■ Placed ninth at 3.40 meters at the Colonial Relays ■ Came in second at the Bill Van Horne Invitational at 3.50 meters ■ During indoor season, finished 11th at 3.55 meters at the Big East Championships

■ Achieved first place at the Penn State Relays at 3.60 meters ■ Recorded seventh-place mark at 3.36 meters at the GaREAT Invitational

■ Earned first place at the WVU State Farm Games at 3.40 meters ■ Came in first place at 3.35 meters at the Doug Raymond Invitational

■ Finished second at the Penn State Relays at 3.35 meters

Prep ■ Coached by Seth Furlow at Novi High ■ Named all-conference in 2007, 2009 ■ A regional champion pole vaulter in 2008 ■ Named all-region from 2007-09 ■ All-county from 2007-09 ■ An Oakland County pole vault champion in 2007-08 ■ Named all-state in 2007 ■ All-area first team from 2007-09

Personal ■ Daughter of John and Karen Shelar ■ Birthday is June 29 ■ Has one brother and one sister ■ Majoring in pre-forensic investigative science ■ Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll ■ Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll

HANNAH STONE5-7, JUNIORHIGH JUMPTHURMONT, MD.

At West Virginia in 2013-14 ■ Earned a spot on the podium with a fourth-place finish in the high jump at the 2014 Big 12 Indoor Championships, jumping a career-best 1.75 meters

■ Placed ninth at the 2014 Big 12 Outdoor Championships with a mark of 1.66 meters

■ Posted top-five finishes in the high jump during the indoor season at the Akron Invite on Feb. 8, the YSU Invite on Jan. 24, the SPIRE Invite on Feb. 15 and the WVU Invite on Jan. 18

■ Registered top-five finishes during the outdoor season at the George Mason Invite on April 12 and the Cherry Blossom Invite on April 5

■ Placed first at the WVU Invite on Jan. 18 with a mark of 1.65 meters

■ Finished sixth in the high jump at the Virginia Challenge on May 10 with a mark of 1.66 meters

■ Member of 4x400-meter relay team that placed 10th at the PSU Relays on Jan. 11 in 4:05.91

At West Virginia in 2012-13 ■ Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team ■ Placed first in the high jump at the Marty Pushkin Classic on Dec. 1 with a personal-best jump of 1.70 (5-07.00) meters

■ Recorded second-place finishes in the high jump at the WVU Invite and the Gold-Blue Open

■ Finished in ninth place overall in the high jump at the Big 12 Indoor Championships with a mark of 1.66 meters (5-05.25)

■ Member of the 4x400 meter relay team that finished second at the WVU Invite on Jan. 19

■ Recorded a personal-best time of 1:04.45 in the 400 meters at the Marty Pushkin Classic

■ Placed sixth in the high jump at the Big 12 Outdoor Championships with a mark of 1.67 meters (5-05.75)

■ Recorded top-10 finishes in the high jump at Tiger Track Classic, Patriot Open and Wake Forest Open

Prep ■ Ran for coach Teresa Gibbons at Catoctin ■ 2012 All-American in pentathlon at New Balance Indoor Nationals ■ Holds the Frederick County indoor high jump record at 5'8.25 ■ Three time state champion in the high jump and two time state champion in the triple jump

■ Track and Field Athlete of the Year for The Frederick News-Post and The Gazette

■ Monocacy Valley Athletic League first-team member in high jump, long jump, triple jump and 300-meter hurdles

■ Member of the 4x400 relay team that holds the Catoctin school record

■ Also participated in volleyball

Personal ■ Daughter of Randy and Becky Stone ■ Birthday is Sept. 30 ■ Has one brother and one sister ■ Sister Leah runs cross country at West Virginia Wesleyan ■ Enrolled in general studies ■ Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll ■ Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll

PAIGE SZABAT5-3, SOPHOMOREDISTANCEWADSWORTH, OHIO

At West Virginia in 2013-14 ■ Placed 31st at the 2014 Big 12 Indoor Championships in the 3,000 meters in a personal-best 10:08.18

■ Finished 20th at the 2014 Big 12 Outdoor Championships in the 5,000 meters in 18:20.58

■ Posted a personal-best time of 17:06.30 in the 5,000 meters at the Virginia Challenge on May 9, placing 15th overall

■ Raced to a personal-best 4:41.52 in the 1,500 meters at the Raleigh Relays on March 28


Prep ■ Ran for coach Michelle Farr and was captain at Wadsworth High ■ Ran to a top 15 finish in the 3,200-meter run her final three years at the OHSAA State Track and Field Championships

■ Won the 3,200-meter run at the Akron Suburban League Track and Field Championships from 2010-12

■ Received All-Ohio honors at the OHSAA State Cross Country Championships in 2008, 2009 and 2011

■ All-Suburban League in Cross Country and Track

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Personal ■ Daughter of Raymond and Carol Szabat ■ Birthday is Dec. 10 ■ Dad played soccer at Akron from 1980-83 ■ Enrolled in pre-biochemistry ■ Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll ■ Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll

CAITLIN WALTON5-3, SENIORPOLE VAULTRICHMOND, VA.

At West Virginia in 2013-14 ■ Registered a season-best vault of 3.22 meters at the Akron Invite on Feb. 8, placing 12th overall

■ Posted a fourth-place finish at the WVU Invite on Jan. 18 with a vault of 3.18 meters

■ Placed third in the pole vault at the Cherry Blossom Invite on April 5 with a mark of 3.05 meters

■ Finished third at the WVU Gold-Blue, vaulting 3.20 meters ■ At West Virginia in 2012-13

■ Tied for fourth at the Gold-Blue Open with a personal-best vault of 3.30 meters (10-10.00)

■ Recorded top-eight finishes in the pole vault at the Akron Invite, WVU Invite and the Marty Pushkin Classic

■ Finished 24th overall at the SPIRE Invite on Feb. 8 ■ Had two top-seven finishes in the pole vault during the outdoor season

■ Finished in a tie for fourth overall at the Ohio Team Challenge on April 6 with a mark of 3.25 meters (10-08.00)

At Lynchburg in 2011-12 ■ Transfer from Lynchburg College ■ Named Old Dominion Conference Indoor Track Athlete of the Week on Feb. 7

■ Member of the 2011 Indoor and Outdoor All-ODAC team ■ Named MVP Freshman Field Athlete

Prep ■ Ran for coach Val Osipenko at Mills E. Gordan High ■ All-District in indoor from 2007-09 and in outdoor from 2007-08 ■ Two-time All-Region in indoor from 2008-09 and outdoor from 2007-08

■ Named Times-Dispatch All-Metro Team in indoor and outdoor from 2007-09

■ Member of the 2009 Indoor All-State team in pole vault ■ Also participated in field hockey, where she was named to the 2009 Colonial District second team

Personal ■ Daughter of Billy and Valerie Walton ■ Birthday is Feb. 17 ■ Has two brothers ■ Enrolled in pre-sports and exercise psychology ■ Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll ■ Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll

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BRIA WELKER5-6, SOPHOMOREHURDLES/SPRINTSRIDGELEY, W.VA.

At West Virginia in 2013-14 ■ Member of 4x400-meter relay team that placed ninth at the 2014 Big 12 Indoor Championships in 3:56.10

■ Won the 400 meters at the Akron Invitational on Feb. 7 in a personal-best time of 57.20

■ Claimed first place in the 400 meters at the WVU Gold-Blue on Feb. 21 and the Cal U Early Bird on March 22

■ Member of 4x400-meter relay team that placed first at the WVU Gold-Blue on Feb. 21 and the Cal U Early Bird on March 22

■ Posted top-five finishes in the 400 meters at the Cherry Blossom Invitational on April 5, the Gator Invitational on May 9 and the YSU Icebreaker on Dec. 6

■ Member of distance medley relay team that placed second at the PSU National on Jan. 31 in 11:45.00

Prep ■ Ran for Coach Amanda Moreland at Frankfort High School ■ Four-year letterwinner at Frankfort High ■ West Virginia state meet record in 200-meter dash (25.15) and 400-meter dash (57.13)

■ Helped lead Frankfort to 2013 State Championship and runner-up in 2010 and 2012

■ Three-time state champion in 200-meter dash in 2010, 2012 and 2013 and two-time state champion in 100-meter dash in 2012 and 2013

■ Three-time state champion in 400-meter dash in 2010, 2012 and 2013 and two-time state champion in the long jump in 2010 and 2012

■ Recorded a state championship in the 300-meter hurdles in 2013 ■ 2010 Gatorade WV Girls Track and Field Athlete of the Year ■ Holds Frankfort High records for 100-meter, 200-meter and 400-meter dashes, as well as in the long jump and 300-meter hurdles

■ Wendy’s High School Heisman winner for Mineral County ■ Four-year letterwinner in soccer and holds school record for most goals in a season with 26

■ Two-year letterwinner in basketball

Personal ■ Birthday is April 18 ■ Daughter of Greg and Kimberly Welker ■ Sister Kendra is a rower at WVU ■ Father Greg played baseball at Frostburg State University ■ Exercise Physiology major ■ Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team

REBECCA WENDT5-10, FRESHMANDISTANCEWHITBY, ONTARIO


Prep ■ Double 2013 OFSAA bronze medalist in the 800-meter run and 1,500-meter run

■ Named Most Outstanding Varsity track athlete in 2013 and 2012 ■ Silver medalist at the 2012 Junior Provincials in the 800-meter run and bronze medalist in the 1,500-meter run

■ 2012 Youth National Champion in the 800-meter run and silver medalist in the 1,500-meter run

■ Finished fifth at the 2011 OFSAA Cross Country Championships ■ 2010 OFSAA Midget Champion in the 1,500 and 3,000-meter runs, while earning bronze in the 800-meter run

■ Broke four regional records on her way to being named most outstanding track and cross country athlete

Personal ■ Daughter of Stephen and Alison Wendt ■ Has one sister ■ Birthday is Dec. 15 ■ Majoring in pre-business

KELLY WILLIAMS5-9, JUNIORMID-DISTANCECHESTERLAND, OHIO

At West Virginia in 2013-14 ■ Placed 12th in the 1,500 meters at the 2014 Big 12 Outdoor Championships in 4:32.73

■ Registered a season-best time of 4:29.72 in the 1,500 meters at the Virginia Challenge on May 10, placing 22nd overall

■ Finished 13th at the Big 12 Indoor Championships in the one mile in 5:01.48

■ Placed 19th in the one mile at the Alex Wilson Invite in her first action of the season on Feb. 2

At West Virginia in 2012-13 ■ USTFCCCA First Team All-American in the one mile ■ First Team Academic All-Big 12 with a cumulative 4.0 grade point average

■ Finished in second place overall at the Columbia Last Chance with a personal-best mile time of 4:36.77

■ Came in ninth place at the NCAA Championships semifinals with a time of 4:38.18 in the mile

■ Posted a fourth-place finish at the Big 12 Championships with a one mile time of 4:48.73

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■ Recorded a second-place finish in the mile (4:38.47) at the SPIRE Invite on Mar. 9

■ Member of the distance medley relay team that recorded a first-place finish at the Doug Raymond Invite on Jan. 12 with a time of 12:15.49

■ Member of distance medley relay team that placed first the Big 12 Championships (11:29.91) and second at the PSU National Invite (11:34.55)

■ Recorded a personal-best time in the 800-meter run, while placing first the PSU National Invite

Prep ■ Coached by Mike Taurasi at West Geauga High ■ Graduated with a 4.1 GPA ■ Member of the National Honor Society ■ Student Council Secretary ■ Earned all-state in the 800-meter senior year ■ Achieved all-state in the 4x400 sophomore year ■ Also competed in gymnastics

Personal ■ Daughter of Wayne and Beth Williams ■ Birthday is Aug. 7 ■ Has two brothers and one sister ■ Older sister, Katelyn, is a former All-America high jumper at WVU ■ Majoring in human nutrition and foods ■ Big East Academic All-Star ■ Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll ■ Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll

MEGAN YUAN5-8, SOPHOMOREDISTANCETHUNDER BAY, ONTARIO

At West Virginia in 2013-14 ■ Placed fifth overall in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the 2014 Big 12 Outdoor Championships in 11:08.97

■ Member of 4x800-meter relay team that placed first at the PSU National on Jan. 31 in 9:10.68

■ Placed 18th in the 3,000 meters at the 2014 Big 12 Indoor Championships in a career-best 9:49.19

■ Posted a personal-best time of 10:30.16 in 3,000-meter steeplechase at the Virginia Challenge on May 10

■ Won the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the Princeton Elite on May 8 in 10:40.71

■ Finished 12th in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the Larry Ellis Invite on April 18


Prep ■ Ran at St. Ignatius ■ Placed 10th at the 2011 Junior Division Canadian Cross Country Championships

■ Sixth at the 2011 OFSAA Senior Division Cross Country Championships

■ 2011 Canadian Youth Division 3,000-meter Champion ■ Finished second at the 2009 Junior Division OFSAA Cross Country Championships

■ 2009 Canadian Midget Division 3,000-meter Champion

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■ Placed third at the 2009 Canadian Midget Division 1,500-meter run

■ Finished third at the 2011 AO Youth Cross Country Championships in the 1,500-meter run

Personal ■ Daughter of Mike and Sue Yuan

■ Birthday is Feb. 9 ■ Has two brothers ■ Enrolled in pre-sports psychology

■ Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll

■ Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll

NewcomersSARA FINFROCK5-4, FRESHMANPOLE VAULTKENNETT SQUARE, PA.

Prep ■ Pole vaulted at Kennett High under coaches John Ramagano and Carl Lowe

■ Member of Deasil Pole Vault Club ■ Career-best vault of 11' at the 2014 PIAA District 1 AAA Outdoor Championship, placing fifth overall

■ Finished sixth at the 2013 PIAA District 1 AAA Outdoor Championship as a junior.

■ Recorded a fourth-place finish as a sophomore at the 2012 PIAA District 1 AAA Outdoor Championship with a mark of 10-6

■ Placed first at the Downingtown West Spring Invitational, vaulting a mark of 10'

Personal ■ Daughter of Mark and Claire Finfrock ■ Has two brothers and two sisters ■ Birthday is Dec. 7 ■ Majoring in business

MADELINE GARDNER5-5, FRESHMANPOLE VAULTWILLIAMSTOWN, W.VA.Prep

■ Competed for coach Zach Hall at Williamstown High ■ State Champion in the pole vault, 200 meters and 400 meters ■ School record holder in the 300-meter hurdles and the 100-meter high hurdles

■ High point winner at the state meet ■ Four-time all-conference selection and three-time all-state honoree

Personal ■ Daughter of Jeff and Lisa Gardner ■ Has one sister ■ Birthday is Sept. 24 ■ Majoring in mechanical engineering ■ Participated in competitive gymnastics for 15 years

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REBEKAH LAFATA5-7, FRESHMANPOLE VAULTMORGANTOWN, W.VA.

Prep ■ Competed for coaches Steve Blinco and former Mountaineer pole vaulter Jeff Core at Morgantown High

■ Placed first in the pole vault (10-6) at the 2014 WVSSAC AAA State Championships.

■ Finished fifth in the long jump at the 2014 WVSSAC AAA State with a leap of 16-3.50

■ Personal-best vault of 11-0 at the South Hills Classic as a junior. ■ Career-best long jump of 16-10 at the 2014 Ohio Valley Athletic Conference Championship

Personal ■ Daughter of Vincent and Helene Lafata ■ Has two brothers and one sister ■ Birthday is July 4 ■ Majoring in occupational therapy

SHAMOYA McNEIL5-5, FRESHMANJUMPSPORTLAND, JAMAICA

Prep ■ Attended Titchfield High and St. Jago High in Jamaica ■ Personal-best mark of 40-5.5 in the triple jump at the 2013 ISSA Boys & Girls Championships, placing fourth

■ Placed fifth at the JAAA Carifta Trials 2013 with a mark of 40-4.25 in the triple jump

■ Ran a personal-best time of 1:05.89 in the 400-meter hurdles at the Youngster GoldSmith Classics, finishing 10th

■ Jumped a personal-best mark of 16-7.25 in the long jump at the Jamaica College Invitational, placing eighth.

Personal ■ Daughter of Leroy McNeil and Barbara Whyte ■ Has one brother ■ Birthday is Nov. 14 ■ Majoring in exercise physiology ■ Krista-Gay Taylor

MILLIE PALADINO5-0, FRESHMANDISTANCEMORGANTOWN, W.VA.

Prep ■ Ran for coach Ed Frohnapel at University High ■ Won mile at 2014 Penn Relays (4:45.34) ■ West Virginia state champion n 3,200 meters (10:00.42) ■ 2013-14 Gatorade West Virginia Girls’ Cross-Country Runner of the Year

■ 2013 WV Class AAA Cross Country State Champion with a 5k time of 17:55.84

■ Competed at 2013 Foot Locker Girls Cross Country Championships, finishing in 11th place (17:45.22)

■ Holds fastest mile time in West Virginia high school history (4:43.84)

■ Maintained a 4.12 grade point average, while serving as a member of the National Honor Society

Personal ■ Birthday is October 18 ■ Daughter of Joseph and Janet Paladino ■ Twin brother, Andy, runs cross country at Syracuse ■ Will major in Engineering ■ Cousin Tony Sapienza placed fourth in the 1958 Boston Marathon

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The Mountaineers enter their third season in the Big 12 Conference in 2014-15.

Coach Sean Cleary and his staff have produced a combination of experience and youth,

with a team full of NCAA qualifying potential. Cleary is in his ninth season as head coach

of the Mountaineers, having established strong credibility as one of the top athletic

and academic track and field programs in the region. West Virginia hopes to improve

on its finishes at the Big 12 Indoor and Outdoor Championships last season, while

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Jumping Experience Despite the departure of First Team All-American Stormy Nes-bit to graduation, there is still plenty of talent represented in the jumping events this season. The high jump welcomes the return of junior Marsielle McBeam. The St. Ann, Jamaica, native built momentum during the 2014 outdoor season, ultimately earning a spot on the podium at the Big 12 Outdoor Championships. McBeam placed fourth in the conference, qualifying for the 2014 Outdoor NCAA East Preliminary Round. Fellow junior Hannah Stone also returns on the high jump in 2014-15. Stone will look to improve on a fourth-place showing at the 2014 Big 12 Indoor Championships. Newcomers Krista-Gay Taylor and Shamoya McNeil hope to contribute in other jump events this season.

Pole Vault PotentialThe return of Katlyn Shelar, Caitlin Walton and Tori Bertrand, coupled with the welcoming of three freshmen, provides the pole vaulting group with a ton of potential this season. Shelar, the school record holder in the pole vault for the outdoor season, looks to finish her final year strong and earn her first NCAA Championship qualification. Bertrand and Walton showed constant improve-ments last season, and freshmen Sara Finfrock, Maddie Gardner and Rebekah Lafata provide plenty of vault options.

Distance DepthFresh off an eighth-place national finish at the NCAA Cross Coun-try Championship in the fall, the Mountaineers have a variety of experienced distance runners in 2014-15. Led by senior Allison Lasnicki, the group hopes to send a runner to the NCAA Champi-onships once again. Lasnicki has qualified for the NCAA Outdoor Championships each of the past two seasons. Last June, she posted the second-fastest time in school history in the 10,000 meters and finished No. 17 nationally in the event. Junior Kel-ly Williams hopes to build off All-America distinctions in the one mile during her freshman campaign, and Maggie Drazba seems prepped for a breakout season following a redshirt a year ago.

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FactsGeneral InformationLocation: Morgantown, W.Va.Enrollment: 31,976Interim President: E. Gordon Gee Director of Athletics: Shane LyonsAffiliation: NCAA Division IConference: Big 12Nickname: Mountaineers Colors: Old Gold (PMS 124)

and Blue (PMS 295)

Coaching StaffHead Coach: Sean Cleary (Eighth

season/23rd overall)Assistant: Shelly Gallimore

(sixth season)Assistant: Erin O’Reilly

(Second season) Director of Operations: Ilora CipolatVolunteer Assistant (pole

vault): Nathaniel Hensh

Sports InformationAssociate AD/Communications:

Michael FragaleAssistant AD/Communications:

Bryan MesserlyDirector of Football Communications:

Mike MontoroDirector of Digital Media:

John AntonikDirector of Athletic Publications:

Joe SwanAssistant Director:

Shannon McNamaraAssistant Director: Grant DoveyAssistant Director: Ashley BaileyTrack and Field SID: Nick ArthurPhone Number: (304) 293-2821Fax Number: (304) 293-4105E-mail Address:

[email protected] Address:

Athletic Communications Office West Virginia University P.O. Box 877 Morgantown, WV 26507-0877

Athletic Web site: WVUsports.comConference Web site: Big12Sports.com

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2014-2015 Track ScheduleINDOORDate Event Location

Dec. 6 Marty Pushkin Track Classic Morgantown, W.Va.

Jan. 10 PSU Relays State College, Pa.

Jan. 17 WVU Invitational Morgantown, W.Va.

Jan. 23 YSU College Invitational Youngstown, Ohio

Jan. 30-31 Thundering Herd Open Huntington, W.Va.

Feb. 6-7 Akron Invitational Akron, Ohio

Feb. 13-14 SPIRE D1 Invitational Geneva, Ohio

Feb. 21 Gold/Blue Open Morgantown, W.Va.

Feb. 21 ND Alex Wilson Invitational South Bend, Ind.

Feb. 27-28 Big 12 Indoor Championships Ames, Iowa

March 13-14 NCAA Indoor Championships Fayetteville, Ark.

OUTDOORMarch 27-28 UNF Spring Break Invitational Jacksonville, Fla.

April 3-4 Stanford Invitational Palo Alto, Calif.

April 11 George Mason Spring Open Fairfax, Va.

April 17-18 Virginia Challenge Charlottesville, Va.

April 23-25 Penn Relays Philadelphia, Pa.

May 1-2 Jesse Owens Track Classic Columbus, Ohio

May 15-17 Big 12 Outdoor Championships Ames, Iowa

May 28-30 NCAA East Preliminary Round Jacksonville, Fla.

June 10-13 NCAA Outdoor Championships Eugene, Ore.

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All-AmericansSarah Martinelli, Allison Lasnicki and Stormy Nesbit became the 87th, 88th and 89th women’s track All-Americans in school history last season. All three earned the distinction during the outdoor season, with Nesbit earning First Team All-America honors, Martinelli claiming Second Team All-America honors and Lasnicki receiving Honorable Mention All-America recognition.

Nesbit Finishes Career Strong Senior Stormy Nesbit jumped to an eighth-place national finish in the triple jump, earning First Team All-America distinctions in her final competition of the 2013-14 season. Her leap of 13.03 meters at the NCAA Outdoor Championships was just shy of her own school record.

Coach Cleary: “Closing the meet for us with Stormy’s All-America performance was the highlight of our season. The emotions involved with this group this week is without description. This is one of the highlights in our program’s history.”

During it second season in the Big 12 Conference, the 2013-14 Mountaineers used a combination

of experience and youth to achieve success both on and off the track. West Virginia had one

of its most successful outdoor seasons in recent years, sending five competitors to the NCAA

East Preliminary Round and three to the NCAA Outdoor Championships in Eugene, Oregon.

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Storybook Ending for MartinelliMorgantown native Sarah Martinelli always dreamt of competing at the NCAA Championships at prestigious Hayward Field. Last season, that dream became a reality as Martinelli did more than just qualifying but also set the school record in the 3,000-meter steeplechase of 10:05.27. She ultimately finished 11th overall in the finals of the steeple to earn Second Team All-America honors.

Coach Cleary: “Every distance runner’s dream is to line up at the NCAA Championships. To run the race of her life and qualify for the finals on Friday is a dream come true.”

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2013-14 Track ScheduleINDOORDate Opponent LocationDec. 6 YSU Icebreaker Youngstown, OhioJan. 11 PSU Relays State College, Pa.Jan. 18 WVU Invitational Morgantown, W.Va.Jan. 24 YSU College Invitational Youngstown, OhioJan. 31-Feb 1 PSU National State College, Pa.Feb. 7-8 Akron Invitational Akron, OhioFeb. 14-15 SPIRE Invitational Geneva, OhioFeb. 14-15 Iowa State Classic Ames, IowaFeb. 21 WVU Gold/Blue Morgantown, W.Va.Feb. 21-22 VT Invitational Blacksburg, Va.Feb. 28-Mar. 1 Big 12 Championships Ames, IowaMar. 7-8 Columbia Last Chance New York, N.Y.Mar. 14-15 NCAA Championships Albuquerque, N.M.

OUTDOORDate Opponent LocationMar. 22 Bill Van Horne Invitational Wheeling, W.Va.Mar. 28-29 Raleigh Relays Raleigh, N.C.April. 4-5 Florida Relays Gainesville, Fla.April 4-5 Stanford Invitational Palo Alto, Calif.April 5 Ohio Women’s Team Challenge Athens, OhioApril 12 George Mason Invite Fairfax, Va.April 18-19 Larry Ellis Invitational Princeton, N.J.April 24-26 Penn Relays Philadelphia, Pa.May 9-10 Virginia Challenge Charlottesville, Va.May 16-18 Big 12 Championships Lubbock, TexasMay 29-31 NCAA East Prelim Round Jacksonville, Fla.June 11-14 NCAA Championships Eugene, Ore.

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55 meters Tammy Henderson 6.82 FAT 1985

60 meters Stacian Brown 7.34 FAT 1999

55m Hurdles Pat Itanyi 7.67 FAT 1996

60m Hurdles Chelsea Carrier 8.17 FAT 2011

200 meters Stacian Brown 23.67 FAT 1999

200m Hurdles Jeanna Johnson 27.40 FAT 1997

300 meters Tammy Henderson 39.45 FAT 1984

400 meters April Rotilio 54.29 FAT 2009

500 meters Connie Ellerbe 1:12.84 FAT 1990

600 meters Kelly Austin 1:35.05 FAT 1985

800 meters Kate Vermeulen 2:06.42 FAT 1999

1,000 meters Kate Vermeulen 2:43.02 FAT 1999

Mile Keri Bland 4:34.78 FAT 2009

3,000 meters Megan Metcalfe 8:58.17 FAT 2005

5,000 meters Marie-Louise Asselin 15:50.53 FAT 2010

4x200 Relay Marlene Dawkins, Pat Itanyi, Martina Miller, Jeanna Johnson 1:38.80 FAT 1996

4x400 Relay Maxine Dawkins, Jeanna Johnson, Martina Miller, Tameca Williams 3:42.84 FAT 1998

4x800 Relay Keri Bland, Kaylyn Christopher Marie-Louise Asselin, Jessica O’Connell 8:44.98 FAT 2010

DMR Kaylyn Christopher, Karly Hamric, Marie-Louise Asselin Keri Bland 11:05.12 FAT 2009

Long Jump Pat Itanyi 6.48m 1996

High Jump Sharon Pfister 1.78m 1985

Triple Jump Christine Brown 13.00m 2003

Pole Vault Erin Nett 4.07m 2002Shot Put Jodi Smith 14.80m 1984Weight Throw Heather Adams 18.18m 2013

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OUTDOOREvent Holder Record Year100 meters Stacian Brown 11.36 FAT 1999200 meters Maxine Dawkins 23.36 FAT 1996400 meters April Rotilio 52.71 FAT 2011800 meters Jennifer Kemp 2:05.09 FAT 20021,500 meters Megan Metcalfe 4:12.00 FAT 20033,000 meters Megan Metcalfe 9:04.02 FAT 2004Steeplechase Sarah Martinelli 10:05.27 FAT 20145,000 meters Megan Metcalfe 15:47.64 FAT 200510,000 meters Clara Grandt 33:45.16 FAT 2009100m Hurdles Chelsea Carrier 12.97 FAT 2011400m Hurdles Connie Ellerbe 55.87 FAT 19924x100 Relay Keisha Miller, Tameca Williams, Zane Francis, Stacian Brown 44.28 FAT 19994x200 Relay Amanda Valentine, Maxine Dawkins, Jeanna Johnson, Marlene Dawkins 1:34.55 FAT 19964x400 Relay Maxine Dawkins, Jeanna Johnson, Martina Miller, Tameca Williams 3:36.58 FAT 19984x800 Relay Karly Hamric, Keri Bland, Jessica O’Connell, Kaylyn Christopher 8:47.95 FAT 2010SMR Stacian Brown, Tameca Williams, Amanda Valentine, Rebecca Stallwood 3:54.62 FAT 2000DMR Keri Bland, Abbie Stechschulte, Raeleen Hunter, Marie-Louis Asselin 11:24.76 FAT 2007Long Jump Pat Itanyi 6.74m 1995High Jump Althea Moody 1.83m 1990Javelin Jodi Smith 47.98m 1984Shot Put Jodi Smith 14.22m 1984Discus Jodi Smith 50.26m 1984Hammer Throw Heather Adams 56.96m 2013Pole Vault Katlyn Shelar 4.10m 2013Triple Jump Christine Brown 12.95m 2002Heptathlon Chelsea Carrier 5,927 points 2011FAT - fully automatic time

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60 Hurdles1.) Chelsea Carrier 8.08 20112.) Stacian Brown 8.22 19993.) Jessica Czaikowski 8.23 20054.) Chené Townsend 8.38 20135.) Pat Itanyi 8.42 1996

200 Meters1.) Stacian Brown 23.63 19992.) Maxine Dawkins 23.78 19983.) Marlene Dawkins 23.80 19974.) Tammy Henderson 24.12 19845.) April Rotilio 24.17 2009

400 Meters1.) April Rotilio 54.29 20092.) Tameca Williams 54.79 19983.) Kristy Beans 55.09 19924.) Connie Ellerbe 55.18 19915.) Claudette Rodgers 55.24 1989

500 Meters1.) Connie Ellerbe 1:12.84 19902.) Pamela Richardson 1:12.93 20053.) Tamara Stoner 1:14.35 19954.) Holly Workman 1:14.42 19865.) Aileen Smith 1:14.56 2001

800 Meters1.) Kate Vermeulen 2:06.42 19992.) Keri Bland 2:06.72 20093.) Aileen Smith 2:08.81 20014.) Jennifer Kemp 2:09.55 20055.) Merissa Sexsmith 2:09.98 2000

1,000 Meters1.) Kate Vermeulen 2:43.01 19992.) Kaylyn Christopher 2:45.56 20113.) Karly Hamric 2:46.03 20104.) Megan Metcalfe 2:46.78 20045.) Merissa Sexsmith 2:47.48 2000

Mile1.) Keri Bland 4:34.78 20092.) Megan Metcalfe 4:35.89 20043.) Kelly Williams 4:36.77 20134.) Karly Hamric 4:38.55 20105.) Kate Vermeulen 4:39.05 1999

3,000 Meters1.) Megan Metcalfe 8:58.17 20052.) Jessica O’Connell 9:14.12 20113.) Marie-Louise Asselin 9:14.44 20084.) Rebecca Stallwood 9:26.81 20025.) Kaylyn Christopher 9:27.16 2011

5,000 Meters1.) Marie-Louise Asselin 15:50.53 20102.) Clara Grandt 16:04.24 20103.) Sarah-Anne Brault 16:17.95 20114.) Tara Struyk 16:22.44 20045.) Rebecca Stallwood 16:25.03 2002

Long Jump1.) Pat Itanyi 6.48m 19962.) Christine Brown 6.21m 20033.) Chelsea Carrier 6.10m 20104.) Abbie Stechschulte 5.92m 2007 Stormy Nesbit 5.92m 2013

Shot Put1.) Jodi Smith 14.80m 19842.) LaShawna Black 13.10m 20083.) Abbie Stechschulte 12.83m 20074.) Michelle McGinnis 12.53m 20035.) Becky Gorby 12.37m 1984

Pole Vault1.) Erin Nett 4.07m 20012.) Alex Acker 3.87m 20093.) Kristen Loughry 3.80m 20083.) Katyln Shelar 3.80m 20145.) Katlyn Shelar 3.77m 2012

High Jump1.) Sharon Pfister 1.78m 1985 Sydney Cummings 1.78m 20133.) Katelyn Williams 1.75m 20104.) Nancy Regalbuto 1.74m 2004 Alethea Moody 1.74m 1988

Triple Jump1.) Christine Brown 12.52m 20012.) Stormy Nesbit 12.26m 20123.) Tessie Palmer 12.20m 19894.) Stormy Nesbit 11.89m 20135.) Randi Bell 11.81m 1986

Pentathlon1.) Chelsea Carrier 4,170 20112.) Pat Itanyi 4,111 19973.) Abbie Stechschulte 4,016 20074.) Chelsea Carrier 3,967 20095.) Sharon Pfister 3,817 1986

Shot Put1.) Jodi Smith 14.80m 19842.) LaShawna Black 13.10m 20083.) Abbie Stechschulte 12.83m 20074.) Michelle McGinnis 12.53m 20035.) Becky Gorby 12.37m 1984

Weight Throw1.) Heather Adams 18.18m 20132.) Terina Miller 16.73m 20123.) Heather Adams 16.53m 20134.) Karissa Knabenshue 15.18m 20135.) Michele McGinnis 15.05m 2004

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Rebecca Stallwood, Jennifer Davis

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Alison Spiker, Keri Bland

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4.) Jennifer Kemp, Rebecca Stallwood,

Jennifer Davis, Ailene Smith

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5.) Jennifer Kemp, Rebecca Stallwood,

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DMR Splits 8001.) Jennifer Kemp 2:05.75 20052.) Aileen Smith 2:07.89 20033.) Merissa Sexsmith 2:08.50 20024.) Karly Hamric 2:08.89 2009

DMR Splits 12001.) Megan Metcalfe 3:21.85 20042.) Rebecca Stallwood 3:23.20 20023.) Marie-Louise Asselin 3:23.90 20084.) Keri Bland 3:25.84 20105.) Kaylyn Christopher 3:25.90 2009

DMR Splits 16001.) Megan Metcalfe 4:33.50 20032.) Keri Bland 4:35.94 20083.) Kate Vermeulen 4:36.15 19994.) Jennifer Davis 4:39.50 20055.) Marie-Louise Asselin 4:39.60 2008

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100 Meter Hurdles1.) Chelsea Carrier-Eades 12.78 20122.) Pat Itanyi 13.20 19953.) Jessica Czaikowski 13.27 20074.) Stacian Brown 13.29 19995.) Chené Townsend 13.44 2012

200 Meters1.) Maxine Dawkins 23.44 19982.) Tammy Henderson 23.54 19843.) Kay Iheagwam 23.56 1995 Tameca Williams 23.56 19985.) Stacian Brown 23.61 1999

400 Meters1.) April Rotilio 52.71 20112.) Tameca Williams 52.92 19993.) Holly Workman 53.70 19874.) Connie Ellerbe 54.10 19885.) Kristy Beans 54.35 1992

400 Meter Hurdles1.) Tameca Williams 52.92 19992.) Holly Workman 53.70 19873.) Connie Ellerbe 54.10 19884.) Kristy Beans 54.35 19925.) Tamara Stoner 54.36 1995

800 Meters1.) Jennifer Kemp 2:05.09 20032.) Keri Bland 2:05.63 20103.) Raeleen Hunter 2:06.09 20074.) Karly Hamric 2:08.02 20105.) Ailene Smith 2:08.89 2002

1,500 Meters1.) Megan Metcalfe 4:12.00 20032.) Karly Hamric 4:13.54 20103.) Keri Bland 4:14.52 20104.) Jessica O’Connell 4:18.31 20105.) Jennifer Kemp 4:21.30 2005

3,000 Meters1.) Megan Metcalfe 9:04.02 20042.) Rebecca Stallwood 9:23.45 20013.) Marie-Louise Asselin 9:26.09 20074.) Jessica O’Connell 9:30.06 20125.) Jennifer Davis 9:33.61 2005

5,000 Meters1.) Megan Metcalfe 15:47.64 20052.) Marie-Louise Asselin 15:53.93 20103.) Clara Grandt 16:01.18 20104.) Rebecca Stallwood 16:12.17 20025.) Jennifer Davis 16:23.01 2005

10,000 Meters1.) Clara Grandt 33:16.96 20092.) Allison Lasnicki 33:36.11 20143.) Kate Harrison 33:48.64 20114.) Sarah-Anne Brault 33:51.14 20115.) Katie Gillespie 34:10.60 2011

3,000 Meter Steeplechase1.) Sarah Martinelli 10:05.27 20142.) Jordan Hamric 10:11.06 20133.) Susan Davis 10:25.93 20064.) Jennifer Davis 10:28.45 20055.) Aubrey Moskal 10:30.11 2013

Heptathlon1.) Chelsea Carrier 5,927 20112.) Pat Itanyi 5,647 19972.) Abbie Stechschulte 5,609 20074.) Sharon Pfister 5,141 19865.) Melinda Case 4,523 1987

High Jump1.) Alethea Moody 1.83m 19902.) Katelyn Williams 1.79m 20113.) Sharon Pfister 1.78m 19863.) Sydney Cummings 1.78m 20135.) Sydney Cummings 1.77m 2012

Pole Vault1.) Katlyn Shelar 4.10m 20132.) Erin Nett 4.00m 20023.) Katlyn Shelar 3.95m 20124.) Kristin Quackenbush 3.86m 19985.) Alex Acker 3.85m 2009

Long Jump1.) Pat Itanyi 6.74m 19952.) Chelsea Carrier 6.42m 20113.) Christine Brown 6.29m 20024.) Meghan Mock 6.17m 20115.) Abbie Stechshulte 6.13m 2007

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Triple Jump1.) Stormy Nesbit 13.07m 20122.) Christine Brown 12.95m 20023.) Stormy Nesbit 12.64m 20134.) Tessie Palmer 12.45m 19915.) Natalie Barnes 11.97m 1996

Javelin1.) Jodi Smith 47.99m 19842.) Lindsey Clark 43.09m 20063.) Kristen Snyder 41.82m 19974.) Pat Itanyi 40.00m 1995

Discus1.) Jodi Smith 50.26m 19842.) Heather Adams 47.32m 20133.) Heather Adams 46.29m 20124.) Karissa Knabenshue 42.89m 20125.) Brittany Fink 42.31m 2010

Shot put1.) Jodi Smith 14.22m 19842.) Karissa Knabenshue 13.16m 20133.) Michelle McGinnis 12.67m 20064.) Abbie Stechschultz 12.37m 20075.) Terina Miller 11.80m 2011

Hammer throw1.) Heather Adams 56.96m 20132.) Terina Miller 55.25m 20123.) Heather Adams 53.29m 20124.) Michele McGinnis 42.51m 20065.) Alanna Pritts 42.24m 2012

4x100 Relay1.) Martina Miller, Tameca Williams, Zane Francis, Stacian Brown 44.28 19992.) Haneefah Norman, Tameca Williams, Zane Francis, Stacian Brown 44.65 19993.) Maxine Dawkins, Marlene Dawkins, Pat Itanyi, Martina Miller 44.88 19974.) Jeanna Johnson, Tameca Williams, Martina Miller, Maxine Dawkins 45.27 19985.) Maxine Dawkins, Pat Itanyi, Amanda Valentine, Marlene Dawkins 45.43 1996

4x200 Relay1.) Martina Miller, Tameca Williams, Haneefah Norman, Zane Francis 1:34.55 19992.) Martina Miller, Maxine Dawkins, Tameca Williams, Jamillah Nock 1:35.41 19983.) Junique Morris, Jamillah Nock, Shani Boone, Jessica Czaikowski 1:36.37 20064.) Amanda Valentine, Maxine Dawkins, Jeanna Johnson, Marlene Dawkins 1:36.40 19965.) Amanda Valentine, Pat Itanyi, Tamara Stoner, Kay Iheagwam 1:36.94 1995

4x400 Relay1.) Jeanna Johnson, Tameca Williams, Martina Miller, Maxine Dawkins 3:36.58 19982.) Kristy Beans, Connie Ellerbe, Jennifer Scweizer, Tamara Stoner 3:41.62 19923.) Jenna Barreto, Chelsea Carrier, Allison Tyree, April Rotilio 3:41.68 20114.) Amanda Valentine, Kay Iheagwam, Tamara Stoner, Halima Sinceno 3:41.74 19955.) Jeanna Johnson, Marlene Dawkins, Amanda Valentine, Maxine Dawkins 3:42.38 1996

4x800m Relay1.) Karly Hamric, Keri Bland, Jessica O’Connell, Kaylyn Christopher 8:47.95 20102.) Merissa Sexsmith, Megan Metcalfe, Jennifer Kemp, Jennifer Davis 8:48.07 20033.) Jennifer Zawaski, Merissa Sexsmith, Rebecca Stallwood, Kecia Herod 8:49.50 19994.) Jennifer Kemp, Ailene Smith, Jennifer Davis, Megan Metcalfe 8:51.17 20025.) Jennifer Davis, Jennifer Kemp, Megan Metcalfe, Ailene Smith 8:51.66 2002

Distance Medley Relay1.) Kaylyn Christopher, Katelyn Williams, Karly Hamric, Keri Bland 11:19.81 20082.) Keri Bland, Abbie Stechshulte, Emma Hunter, Marie-Louise Asselin 11:24.76 20073.) Jennifer Kemp, Stacian Brown, Ailene Smith, Megan Metcalfe 11:33.63 2002

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Mountaineer Track RecordsEvent Holder Record Year

100-meters Kay Iheagwam (WVU) 11.51 1995

200-meters Debbie Bonner (Pitt) 23.80 1989

400-meters Connie Ellerbe (WVU) 54.10 1988

800-meters Keri Bland (WVU) 2:07.01 2008

1,500-meters Keri Bland (WVU) 4:27.09 2008

3,000-meters Susie Comer (WVU) 9:47.34 1981

5,000-meters Jennifer Colgrove (All.CC) 17:06.11 1983

10,000-meters Charlene Burstrom (WVU) 35:00.05 1987

100 Hurdles Allison Williams (Unat) 13.38 1996

400 Hurdles Connie Ellerbe (WVU) 56.95 1987

4x100 Relay Pitt 46.37 1989

4x200 Relay West Virginia 1:37.31 1988



Mile Relay West Virginia 3:49.80 1984

2-Mile Relay Indiana, Pa. 9:33.56 1983

DMR West Virginia 12:14.60 1995

SMR West Virginia 4:06.97 1984

Long Jump Pat Itanyi (WVU) 20’6 .5” 1995

High Jump Alethea Moody (WVU) 5’10” 1990

Triple Jump Tessie Palmer (WVU) 40’ .75” 1989

Pole Vault Alex Acker 3.66m 2008

Shot Put Jodi Reidel (Kent St.) 44’10 .5” 1983

Weight Throw Heather Adams (WVU) 16.53m 2013

Discus Jodi Smith (WVU) 160’5” 1984

Javelin Jodi Smith (WVU) 157’5” 1984

Heptathlon Pat Itanyi (WVU) 5647 points 1997

Shell Building RecordsEvent Holder Record Year

55-meters Tammy Henderson (WVU) 6.82 1985

55 Hurdles Pat Itanyi (WVU) 7.71 1996

200-meters Tammy Henderson (WVU) 24.27 1985

300-meters Janet Dodson (Morgan St.) 37.54 N/A

400-meters Edna Brown (Temple) 53.59 1983

500-meters Connie Ellerbe (WVU) 1:12.84 1990

600-meters Monica Egbuonu (Princ) 1:32.35 1982

800-meters D.Lamvlelet-McClive (Cor) 2:07.32 1982

1,000-meters Kate Vermeulen (WVU) 2:48.30 1999

Mile Megan Metcalfe (WVU) 4:44.00 2003

3,000-meters Holden (Allegheny) 9:23.10 1992

5,000-meters Brown (William & Mary) 16:29.50 1993

4x400 Relay Temple 3:43.19 1982

4x800 Relay Megan Metcalfe, Rebecca Stallwood, Merissa Sexsmith, Jennifer Kemp (WVU) 9:00.45 2002

Long Jump Trecia Smith (Pitt) 20’10 .5” 1997

High Jump Becky Bryan (West Ontario) 5’10” 1994

Triple Jump Najuma Fletcher (Pitt) 41’2 .5” 1993

Pole Vault Erin Nett (WVU) 13’1” 2001

Pentathlon Pat Itanyi (WVU) 4,111 1995

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Atlantic 10 Individual Indoor Champions55-meter Dash1995 - Kay Iheagwam, 6.961993 - Trinese Summerlin, 6.90

200-meter Dash1995 - Kay Iheagwam, 24.521993 - Trinese Summerlin, 24.86

400-meter Dash1995 - Mandy Valentine, 57.881993 - Halima Sinceno, 57.80

500-meter Run1995 - Tamara Stoner, 1:14.35

One-mile Run1993 - Erin O’Reilly, 4:55.90

3,000-meter Run1995 - Charity Wachera, 9:59.411993 - Erin O’Reilly, 9:46.55

5,000-meter Run1995 - Carisa Brown, 17:38.28

55-meter Hurdles1995 - Patience Itanyi, 07.91

4x400-meter Relay1995 - 3:54.17 (M. Valentine, H. Sinceno,

K. Iheagwam, T. Stoner)

High Jump1993 - Chantel Dubois, 5-04.25

Long Jump1995 - Patience Itanyi, 20-04.50

INDOORYear Name Event Time/Distance

2008 Chelsea Carrier 60 meter hurdles 8.46

2007 Jessica Czaikowski 60 meter hurdles 8.36

2004 Megan Metcalfe 1,000 meters 2:47.11

2004 Tara Struyk 5,000 meters 16:22.44

2002 Rebecca Stallwood, Ailene Smith,

Schavia Felder, Megan Metcalfe DMR 11:14.25

2000 Christine Brown Triple Jump 12.95m

2000 Stacian Brown 200 meters 23.95

2000 Merissa Sexsmith 1,000 meters 2:49.08

1998 Kristin Quackenbush Pole Vault 11’8”

1996 Charity Wachera 5,000 meters 16:39.87

1993 Trinese Summerlin 55 meters 6.88

1992 Trinese Summerlin 55 meters 6.92

1990 Erin O’Reilly 1,000 meters 2:53.01

1983 Tammy Henderson 55 meters 6.89

1982 Tammy Henderson 55 meters 7.02

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2012 Chelsea Carrier-Eades 100 meters 11.82

2012 Stormy Nesbit Triple jump 13.07 meters

2009 Chelsea Carrier 100 meter hurdles 13:30

2008 Clara Grandt 10,000 meters 34:15.07*

2008 Keri Bland 1,500 meters 4:19.02

2005 Jennifer Kemp 800 meters 2:06.33

2005 Jennifer Davis 3,000 meters 9:33.61


2003 Tara Struyk 10,000 meters 35:02.44

2002 Stacian Brown 100 meter hurdles 13.51


1999 Tameca Williams 400 meters 52.93

1998 Maxine Dawkins 100 meters 11.69

1998 Kristin Quackenbush Pole Vault 11’4 1/4”

1998 Maxine Dawkins, Jenna Johnson,

Martina Miller, Tameca Williams 4x100 meter relay 45.27

1997 Pat Itanyi 100 meter hurdles 13.48

1997 Charity Wachera 10,000 meters N/A

1996 Maxine Dawkins, Pat Itanyi,

Mandy Valentine, Marlene Dawkins 4x100 meter relay 46.51

1996 Maxine Dawkins 100 meters 11.55

1996 Charity Wachera 10,000 meters 34:43.11

1995 Kay Iheagwam 100 meters 11.63

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Big East Indoor Outstanding Track Performer2009 Keri Bland2008 Marie Louise Asselin2003 Megan Metcalfe1999 Kate Vermeulen

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60-meter Hurdles2010 Chelsea Carrier, 8.312011 Chelsea Carrier, 8.17

800-meter Run2005 Jennifer Kemp, 2:10.26

1,000-meter Run2008 Keri Bland, 2:48.66

Mile Run1999 Kate Vermeulen, 4:39.842009 Keri Bland, 4:34.78

3,000-meter Run2002 Megan Metcalfe, 9:20.872003 Megan Metcalfe, 9:15.252008 Marie Louise Asselin, 9:20.562011 Jessica O’Connell, 9:21.09

5,000-meter Run2002 Rebecca Stallwook, 16:38.302010 Marie Louise Asselin, 15:58.15

Distance Medley Relay1999 11:26.24 (R. Stallwood, T. Williams, M. Sexsmith, K. Vermeulen)2000 11:33.03 (R. Stallwood, T. Williams, A. Smith, M. Sexsmith)2002 11:28.51 (M. Metcalfe, S. Felder, A. Smith, R. Stallwood)2008 11:16.87 (E. Malloy, C. Staye, T. Woodward, B. Spies)

3,200-meter Relay1999 8:58.47 (K. Herod, R. Stallwood, D. Simms, M. Sexsmith)

Long Jump1996 Pat Itanyi, 6.41m (21-1/2)

Pole Vault1998 Kristen Quackenbush, 3.20m (10’6”)2000 Erin Nett, 3.55m (11’7.75”)2001 Erin Nett, 3.80m (12’5.5”)2002 Erin Nett, 3.90m (12’9.5”)

Pentathlon2006 Abbie Stechschulte, 3,972 pts.2007 Abbie Stechschulte, 4,016 pts2010 Chelsea Carrier, 3,994 pts.2011 Chelsea Carrier, 4,170 pts.

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Big East Outdoor Individual Champions

100-meter Dash1998 Maxine Dawkins, 11.581999 Stacian Brown, 11.62

200-meter Dash1996 Marlene Dawkins, 23.671998 Maxine Dawkins, 23.441999 Stacian Brown, 23.89

400-meter Dash1996 Marlene Dawkins, 54.571999 Temeca Williams, 53.162000 Tameca Williams, 53.552011 April Rotilio, 52.71

1,500-meter Run1999 Kate Vermeulen, 4:25.722010 Karly Hamric, 4:28.02

5,000-meter Run2002 Megan Metcalfe, 16:35.632009 Clara Grandt, 16:07.552010 Marie Louise Asselin, 16:31.04

10,000-meter Run2003 Megan Metcalfe, 35:08.892010 Clara Grandt, 33:31.802011 Kate Harrison, 33:59.84

100-meter Hurdles2006 Jessica Czaikowski, 13.422008 Chelsea Carrier, 13.48*2011 Chelsea Carrier, 13.072012 Chelsea Carrier-Eades, 12.93

400-meter Hurdles2011 Chelsea Carrier, 57.48

Pole Vault1998 Kristen Quackenbush, 3.61m (11’10”)2001 Erin Nett, 3.80m (12’5.5”)2002 Erin Nett, 3.95m (12’11.5”)

Long Jump2011 Chelsea Carrier, 6.42m (21-3/4)

400-meter Relay1999 45.27 (H. Norman, T. Williams, Z. Francis, S. Brown)2000 45.39 (S. Brown, S. Cox, Z. Francis, T. Williams)

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Megan Metcalfe2005 NCAA Outdoor 5,000m ChampionIn her final season at WVU, Megan Metcalfe concluded an already stellar career as a Mountaineer by capturing the 5,000 meter title at the 2005 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Sacramento, Calif., with a time of 16:31.88. Metcalfe used a final surge of energy to outkick the defending champion, Sara Bei of Stanford, defeating her by just 0.54 seconds. The Edmonton, Alberta native, finished her career as a nine-time All-American and still holds four school records to this day.

Pat Itanyi1995 NCAA Outdoor Long Jump ChampionIn only her sophomore season, Pat Itanyi became the first female in West Virginia University women’s track and field history to win a national championship by taking top honors in the long jump at the 1995 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Knoxville, Tenn., with a leap of 22'1. Itanyi edged out George Mason’s Diane Guthrie-Greshman who had a jump of 22'0.25" and surpassed her WVU record of 21'10.25", a mark that placed her ranking second entering the meet. A native of Ukehe, Nigeria, Itanyi’s jump was the 10th longest in NCAA History at the time and set a school record in the finals that still stands to this day.

Kate Vermeulen1999 NCAA Indoor Mile ChampionAs a freshman, Kate Vermeulen became the second female NCAA champion when she took top honors in the mile at the 1999 NCAA In-door Track and Field Championships in Indianapolis, Ind., with a time of 4:39.07. Vermeulen’s time was her best of the year as she edged out Mary Jayne Harrelson of Appalachian State who finished with a time of 4:39.53. The London, Ontario native is the only indoor champion for WVU and in only one year as a Mountaineer, Vermeulen tied other national champion Itanyi by setting six school records in one season.

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Connie ELLERBE1988, 1989, 1991, 1992As a freshman, she became the first female track and field athlete in

school history to earn All-America accolades when she finished seventh in the 400-meter hurdles at the 1988 NCAA Outdoor Championships at Oregon. She again earned All-America honors during her sophomore campaign – finishing ninth in the hurdles at the outdoor meet in Provo, Utah. After redshirting the 1989-90 season, she captured her third All-America honor by finishing fourth in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 56.60. Ellerbe culminated her brilliant career in 1992 by finishing second in the 400-meter hurdles at the NCAA meet in Austin. She also competed at the U.S. Olympic Trials in 1992 where her fifthplace finish in the 400-meter hurdles is the highest a WVU female track athlete has ever placed and she narrowly missed a spot on the U.S. roster.

Alethea MOODY1990Moody earned All-America honors during the 1990 season

when she placed sixth in the high jump with a leap of 5’ 11 1/4” at the NCAA Outdoor Championships at Duke. Two weeks earlier, the junior won the high jump at the Penn Relays and at the ECAC Outdoor Championships; her victory at Penn Relays represented the first female WVU winner at the prestigious meet. She finished the season as the No. 1 ranked jumper in the East and was also selected to compete in the Olympic Sports Festival.

Trinese SUMMERLIN1993WVU’s third female track All-American, Summerlin placed

sixth in the 55-meter dash at the NCAA Indoor Championships in Indianapolis, blazing to a time of 6.85. The honor capped off an indoor season that saw her take top honors in the 55-meter dash at the ECAC Indoor Championships, as well as the Fairfax Indoor Classic and the George Mason Collegiate Invitational.

Pat ITANYI1995, 1996, 1997Pat Itanyi ended her career at WVU with seven All-America honors

and six school records. In 1995, the Ukehe, Nigeria, native culminated a brilliant season by becoming the school’s first female national track champion. During the indoor season, Itanyi placed third in the long jump and fifth in the 55-meter hurdles at the NCAA Indoor Championships at Indianapolis to secure All-America status. At the NCAA Outdoor Championships in Knoxville, Tenn., the sophomore won the long jump with a leap of 22’1”, edging George Mason’s Diane Guthrie-Greshman for the national title. That jump was the 10th longest in NCAA history at that time. Itanyi took her fourth All-America honor in 1996 at the NCAA Indoor Championships by placing fifth in the long jump. To cap off her senior season at WVU, Itanyi brought home three All-America awards in 1997. She placed eighth in the long jump at the NCAA indoor meet in Indianapolis. During the outdoor season, Itanyi notched third in the long jump and fifth in the heptathlon at the NCAA Outdoor Championships at Bloomington, Ind., to once again earn All-America status.

Kristin QUACKENBUSH1998Kristin Quackenbush only participated in track for one

season, but she left her mark as one of WVU’s most gifted athletes ever. Quackenbush earned All-America status in the pole vault during the outdoor season. Her mark of 12’1 1/2” was good enough for fourth at the NCAA Championships, and was her third-best effort on the season. Quackenbush also placed 10th at the NCAA Indoor Championships. She captured first place in the Big East and ECAC Championships during both the indoor and outdoor seasons. Quackenbush was only one of three athletes in West Virginia history ever to earn All-America status in two different sports at the time. This 1997 national Gymnast of the Year, excelled in gymnastics at WVU for four years. Her All-American honors in gymnastics include: 1994-95-96 floor, 1994 and 96 vault, and 1996 all-around. She was tied for the most individual All-America awards in West Virginia history with former track stars James Jett and Pat Itanyi.

Charity WACHERA1998Charity Wachera was one of WVU’s best distance runners

during her career. The Nairobi, Kenya, native earned All-America honors in the 10,000-meters during the outdoor season as she crossed the line with a time of 34:29.64, good enough for a sixth-place finish at the NCAA Championships. She also held two school records. She ran a 16:27.27 in the 5,000-meters and a 34:24.00 in the 10,000-meters during the 1998 outdoor track season, both good enough for first all-time. In 1997, Wachera finished 11th with a time of 17:00 to become WVU’s first female cross country All-American.

Kate VERMEULEN1999Kate Vermeulen will go down as one of the most prolific distance

runners in WVU history. Vermeulen took just one year to become the NCAA indoor champion in the mile, setting a then-school record with a time of 4:39.07. She earned All-America honors during the indoor season and joins Pat Itanyi (long jump, 1995), Mike Mosser (1000-yards, 1972) and Megan Metcalfe (5,000-meters, 2005) as one of only four West Virginia track national champions. Vermeulen’s six school records ties Itanyi with the most of any track athlete in the University’s history. During the outdoor season, she captured the 1,500-meters (4:22.89), and managed to run down five throughout the indoor season, which included the 800-meters (2:06.42), the 1000-meters (2:43.01) and the mile (4:39.07). She also anchored the 4x800 relay (8:58.47) and distance medley relay (11:15.50), which both captured school records. She was named Outstanding Track Performer at the Big East Championships and posted the fastest collegiate mile time (4:39.84) during the indoor season.

Merissa SEXSMITH1999, 2000, 2001Sexsmith proved to be a picture of consistency throughout her

freshman campaign as she earned All-America honors for her participation on the distance medley relay team, where she ran the 800-meter leg of the relay. This team, made up of Rebecca Stallwood (1,200 meters), Tameca Williams (400 meters) and Kate Vermeulen (mile), became the first relay team

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to win a Big East Championship (11:15.40) and set the school record during the indoor season with that time. The team placed fifth at the NCAA Indoor Championships. Sexsmith was also a member of the 4x800 relay team that captured a Big East Championship and a school record. Sexsmith became a two-time All-American when the distance medley team came in second at the NCAA Indoor Championships in 2000. She earned her third All-America accolade as a member of the 2001 DMR team.

Tameca WILLIAMS1999, 2000A transfer from Southern University, Williams quickly became

West Virginia’s top 400-meter runner. She was part of the distance medley relay team, running the 400-meter leg, that captured the school record (11:15.40) and a Big East Championship during the indoor season. She also holds the school record in the 400-meters outdoor with a time of 52.92. Williams earned her second All-America honor with her membership in the 2000 indoor distance medley relay team. Williams was part of the DMR that finished second at the NCAA Indoor Championships with a time of 11:17.92.

Rebecca STALLWOOD1999, 2000Stallwood was a fantastic two-sport athlete for West Virginia’s

track and cross country teams for four years. As a freshman, she joined the 1997 women’s cross country team at the NCAA Cross Country Championship and had an equally successful season with the cross country team in 1999, with another NCAA Cross Country Championship appearance. She earned her All-America honors, for her contribution on the distance medley relay team, running the opening 1,200-meter leg. This team captured the Big East Championship and set a school record with a time of 11:15.40. The Burlington, Ontario, Canada, native earned her second All-America honor when the distance medley team finished second at the NCAA Indoor Championships in 2000.

Christine BROWN1999, 2000An athlete that coaches only dream about, Brown came from

Jamaica as a freshman. In her first season, the talented athlete took the U.S. Collegiate track scene by storm. Then after taking a year off to work on her studies, she decided to attend WVU, where in 2000, she went to the NCAA Championships as a top seed. There she earned her All-America honors with a sixth-place finish in the triple jump.

Ailene SMITH2000, 2001Smith earned her All-America honors as part of the second-place

distance medley relay team at the 2000 Indoor NCAA Championships. Smith, a transfer from Southern University, was all-Big East as a freshman and made a huge impact on the team’s relays. Smith ran the second leg of the 4x800 relay team that finished fourth at the Big East Indoor Championships in 2000 and finished eighth at the Big East Outdoor Championships in the 800 with a time of 2:11.88. Smith earned her second All-America honor as a member of the 2001 distance medley relay team.

Ciara CHIC2001Ciara Chic, a Charleston, W.Va., native, was one of the top athletes

to come out of West Virginia during the past decade. She earned her All-America honor during her freshman year as a member of the 2001 distance medley relay team, which finished eighth at the 2001 NCAA Indoor Championships.

Megan METCALFE2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005Megan Metcalfe, a nine-time All-American, is one of the most

prolific distance runners in Mountaineer women’s track and field history. The Edmonton, Alberta, native earned her first All-America accolade as a member of the 2001 distance medley relay team, which finished in eighth place. Metcalfe’s second All-America award, and first individual, came with a third-place finish in the 3,000-meter at the 2002 NCAA Outdoor Championships in a WVU record time of 9:09.95. Also an outstanding cross country runner, Metcalfe was named the 2000 Big East Freshman of the Year. Her third All-America honor came with a ninth-place finish at the 2002 NCAA Cross Country Championship, making her just the second female cross country All-American in school history and only the fourth Mountaineer to earn All-America honors

in two sports. She earned her fourth and fifth All-America accolades in 2003 by finishing fourth in the 3,000-meter at the indoor championships and was a part of the school-record setting distance medley relay team in that same meet. Her sixth and seventh awards came in March of 2004 when she was fifth in the 3,000-meter and again was a member of the DMR team. Metcalfe’s eighth and school-record winning All-America honor came at the 2004 NCAA Cross Country Championships where she recorded a 16th-place overall finish. Metcalfe capped off her brilliant career with a ninth All-America honor and a national championship when she won the 5,000 meters at the 2005 NCAA Outdoor Championships.

Jennifer DAVIS2004, 2005Jennifer Davis, a native of Romney, W.Va., earned her first All-America honor as a part of the

DMR team that finished fifth at the 2004 NCAA Indoor Championships. The team recorded a time of 11:12.56 en route to a fifth place overall finish. Her second such honor came in the same event at the 2005 NCAA Indoor Championships. The team finished sixth with a time of 11:13.07. Davis currently serves as an assistant coach for the WVU cross country and track teams.

Susan DAVIS2005Susan Davis earned her All-America honor as a member of

the WVU distance medley relay squad at the 2005 NCAA Indoor Championships. The Romney, W.Va., native helped the Mountaineers achieve a sixth-place finishing time of 11:13.07.

Jennifer KEMP2003, 2004, 2005Jennifer Kemp was a three-time All-American as a member of the

Mountaineers’ stellar distance medley relay team. The Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, native picked up her first honor in 2003 when she was a part of the school-record quartet that ran 11:11.19 at the NCAA indoor meet. In 2004, she was again a part of the DMR squad that finished fifth. For the third consecutive year, in 2005, Kemp helped the Mountaineer DMR team capture sixth place at NCAA Indoor Championships.

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Pam RICHARDSON2003, 2004, 2005Pam Richardson was a three-time All-American as a member of

the Mountaineer distance medley relay team. The Atco, N.J., native earned her first honor in 2003 as part of the record-setting DMR team that finished fourth in a then school-record time of 11:11.19. She followed that performance by being a part of the 2004 DMR squad that finished fifth at the 2004 NCAA Indoor Championships with a time of 11:12.56. In 2005, Richardson helped the WVU DMR team capture sixth place with a time of 11:13.07.

Abbie STECHSCHULTE2007After three years of dedicated work, Abbie Stechschulte finally built herself a name in the track

world, showing dominance as a multi-event athlete during the 2007 indoor and outdoor season. As proof, the Columbus Grove, Ohio, native won the 2007 Big East Indoor pentathlon crown and finished sixth at the NCAA Championships, earning her All-America honors. During the 2007 outdoor season, Stechschulte nabbed an Olympic Trials ‘B’ standard at the 80th Annual Texas Relays, scoring 5,609 points in the heptathlon. At the end of her career, she ranked second in the WVU record book for the pentathlon (4,085 points) and the heptathlon (5,609 points).

Marie-Louise ASSELIN2008, 2009, 2010One of the most talented and decorated distance runners to

ever wear the Old Gold and Blue, as of 2010, Marie-Louise Asselin, a Sarnia, Ontario, native owns seven All-America medals, including three in cross county and four in track. Asselin’s last cross country season, 2009, was one for the record books as she became one of only two WVU runners to earn three All-America honors in the sport. Along with teammate Keri Bland, Asselin achieved the honor as she finished in 31st place (20:43) at the 2009 NCAA Cross Country Championship. The Mountaineers went on to finish sixth, marking the third-consecutive year that WVU finished in the top 10 at the national championships. Asselin also earned all-region honors for the fourth time in her career and all Big East honors for the third time. Her success continued into the track season as she posted a second-place finish in the 5,000-meter race at the NCAA Indoor

Championships (15:50.53) and a second-place finish in the 5,000 meter at the NCAA Outdoor Championships (15:53.93).

In 2008, she led WVU to its most successful season in school history, as the Mountaineers took a historic fourth-place finish at the NCAA Championship, first at the NCAA all-Mid-Atlantic Regionals and second at the Big East Championship. Asselin became the first Big East Women’s Cross Country Individual Champion in 2008, as she took the top spot with a time of 20:10. She then placed 17th at the NCAA Championship race with a time of 20:27 to earn her second consecutive All-American honor. She earned her first All-American title in 2007 as the Mountaineers captured their first Big East Championship and finished ninth in the country. Even though she was just a sophomore at the time, Asselin became WVU’s third All-American in the sport when she finished 17th (14th in the team standings) with a time of 20:39 at the 2007 NCAA Championship. It was a fitting ending to an outstanding season that saw her post the team’s highest finish in the final five meets. Asselin showed glimpses of her abilities just weeks earlier at the Big East Championship where she took second and at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional race, where she placed third in leading her team to an overall second-place finish. Asselin, an all-Big East and all-Mid-Atlantic region selection, was joined by Bland as an All-American, marking the first time in program history that two teammates earned the honor in the same season. In the 2008 indoor season, Asselin went on to place seventh in the 3,000-meter to earn All-America honors and was on the All-America distance medley relay team that took fourth at nationals.

Keri BLAND2008, 2009, 2010, 2011Keri Bland, a nine-time All-American, continued to leave

her name in the WVU record books as the most decorated athlete in WVU track and field history. In 2011, Bland earned third-team All-America honors in the 1,500-meter run with an 18th-place finish at the NCAA Outdoor Championships with a time of 4:24. She aided the Mountaineers to a sixth-place finish at the 2009 NCAA Cross Country Championships, marking the third-straight year WVU finished in the nation’s top 10. Bland, along with teammate Marie-Louise Asselin, became the only Mountaineers in school history to earn All-America honors for three seasons in cross county, as she finished 34th (20:45).

The Fairview, W.Va., native earned two All-America honors in the 2009 indoor track season, as she placed eighth in the mile and was a part of the distance medley relay team. Bland continued

to dominate in the outdoor season, as she earned her fourth honor of the year by virtue of finishing as one of the top U.S. citizens in the 1,500-meter race, marking the second time she earned honors in all three seasons (cross county, indoor track and outdoor track). Bland was an essential part of the Mountaineers team in 2008, when she led WVU to its most successful season in school history as the squad placed fourth at the NCAA Championship, first at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regionals and second at the Big East Championship. She was the first Mountaineer to finish at the NCAA Championship, where she finished 14th with a time of 20:20.

In 2007, Bland and Asselin helped guide the Mountaineers to their first conference title and the highest finish at nationals in school history (ninth) in 2007. At nationals, Bland was the second Mountaineer to cross the line in 23rd at 20:58. Bland, along with Asselin, was named a first team All-American, marking the first time WVU’s cross country program had multiple All-Americans in the same year. Bland earned all-Big East and all-Mid-Atlantic region accolades during the season after finishing fourth and seventh, respectively, in those races. In the 2008 indoor track season, Bland was a part of the All-America distance medley team that set a school record and placed fourth in the country. She finished the 2008 outdoor season by earning All-America honors in the 1,500-meters to become the first female in WVU history to earn All-America honors in three sports in the same year.

Karly HAMRIC2008, 2010Bruceton Mills, W.Va., native Karly Hamric capped off an

excellent career in 2010 as she earned her second All-America honor with a sixth-place finish in the 1,500-meter run (4:17.78) at the NCAA Outdoor Championships. Hamric’s first honor came when she ran the 800-meter leg of the distance medley relay at the 2008 NCAA Indoor Championships to help the unit earn All-America honors. Hamric’s 800-meter split was 2:10.82, as the DMR finished fourth with a school record time of 11:07.64. Hamric was joined by Marie-Louise Asselin, Keri Bland and April Rotilio on the squad. Owns a persona-best time of 4:23.54 in the 1,500-meter.

April ROTILIO2008, 2010, 2011April Rotilio earned her third All-America honor in 2011 with

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Rotilio captured her second All-America honor in 2010 as she once again aided the distance medley relay team (Rotilio, Keri Bland, Kaylyn Christopher and Jessica O’Connell) to an eighth-place showing (11:16.39) at the NCAA Indoor Championships in Fayetteville, Ark. In 2008, Rotilio earned her first honor as she ran the 400-meter leg of the DMR at the NCAA Indoor Championships, helping lead the Mountaineer unit to a fourth-place finish. The Bellaire, Ohio, native ran the 400-meter split in 55.14. The group, who set a new school record with a time of 11:07.64, featured Marie-Louise Asselin, Keri Bland and Karly Hamric.

Clara GRANDT2009 Clara Grandt saved the best for last as she posted the finest season

of her career and earned her first All-America honor in cross country. The West Union, W.Va., native led the team to a sixth-place finish at the 2009 NCAA Championship, the first Mountaineer to cross the line in 13th place overall. Grandt also earned all-region and all-Big East honors and was named Big East Cross Country Athlete of the Week on Sept. 24, for her efforts in the Midwest Open. There she crossed the line in 17:00.1, 19 seconds before Louisville’s Tarah McKay (17:19.4), for the fastest course time in over 20 years. In the track season, Grandt earned her second honor of the year by virtue of finishing as one of the top U.S. citizens in the 5,000-meter race at the 2010 NCAA Indoor Championships. She then capped off her final season as a Mountaineer with a fourth-place showing in the 10,000-meter race at the outdoor championships, giving her four total All-America honors. Grandt became WVU’s 24th track and field All-American as she earned the honors with a fourth-place showing in the 10,000-meter finals at the NCAA Championship in 2009. Grandt started off the race behind the lead pack before finding

her stride around the 6,000-meter mark. The junior closed the gap, and finished with a time of 33:45.16.

Kaylyn CHRISTOPHER2010Kaylyn Christopher, a native of Kingwood, W.Va., received her first

and second All-America honors in 2010, by virtue of finishing as one of the top U.S. citizens in the mile, and as a member of the distance medley relay team at the NCAA Indoor Championships. Christopher captured her first honor with a 12th-place finish in the mile with a time of 4:46, to finish as one of the top eight Americans in the race. Later in the day, she returned to aid the DMR team (Christopher, Keri Bland, Jessica O’Connell and April Rotilio) to an eighth-place showing (11:16.39). Owns a personal-best time of 4:40.78 in the mile.

Jessica O’CONNELL2010, 2011, 2012Another name to be added to the list of great WVU distance

runners, Jessica O’Connell earned her first All-America honors as a member of the distance medley relay team (O’Connell, Kaylyn Christopher, Keri Bland and April Rotilio) that finished in eighth place (11:16.39) at the 2010 NCAA Indoor Championships in Fayetteville, Ark. The Calgary, Alberta, native also was a vital asset in the NCAA Outdoor Regionals in 1,500-meter race, but was tripped on the last leg. O’Connell still managed to finish in 10th place in the semifinals (4:30.05). She is also a NCAA qualifier in the 3,000-meter race after running a life-time best of 9:16.22 at the NY Fast Times Invitational and went on to win the North American Championships in the 5,000-meter that summer.

Her second All-America honor came in the 3,000-meter at the 2011 NCAA Indoor Championships, when she finished in 16th place to earn second team All-America honors. To qualify for NCAAs, O’Connell earned her first ever Big East title in the 3,000-meter with a time of 9:21.09.

In 2012, she earned her third All-America honor at the NCAA Outdoor Championships where she placed 19th in the 5,000-meter run in 17:10.43 for an honorable mention accolade. That year she also finished eighth in the 5,000-meter at the Big East Indoor Championships and had two first-place marks in the 3,000-meter at the Wake Forest Open and the Larry Ellis Invitational.

Chelsea CARRIER-EADES2010, 2011, 2012Chelsea Carrier, an eight-time All-American, left her name in

the WVU record books as one of the greatest track athletes in school history. In 2010, Carrier, a Buckhannon, W.Va., native earned her first and second All-America honors at the NCAA Indoor Championships in Fayetteville, Ark. Her first honor came after a fourth-place showing in the pentathlon. Carrier finished with one of her best performances with 4,133 total points. Later in the day, Carrier earned her second honor with a sixth-place finish in the 60-meter hurdles (8.29). Earlier in the season, Carrier was named Mid-Atlantic Field Athlete of the Year after earning two Big East Champion honors and breaking the school record in the pentathlon at the Sykes-Sabock Challenge on Feb. 5. Carrier won the event with 4,136 points to break the school record previously set by All-American Pat Itanyi in 1997 (4,111).

In 2011, Carrier earned first team All-America honors in the heptathlon after placing third with 5,761 points and also earned third team All-America in the 100-meter hurdles after placing 19th in 13.56 seconds. She was named the Mid-Atlantic Field Athlete of the Year, and before that earned three individual Big East titles in the long jump, 100-meter hurdles and 400-meter hurdles. During the indoor season, Carrier earned All-America in the 60-meter hurdles with a fourth-place finish in 8.08 seconds, beating her personal record of 8.15 seconds. She notched another All-American award in the pentathlon with a fifth-place finish with 4,128 points, her second All-America award in the pentathlon. Her junior campaign saw her break the school records in the 60-meter hurdles, pentathlon, 100-meter hurdles and the heptathlon. She also participated at the USA Track and Field Championships following the season, finishing 16th in the semifinals round in a time of 13.04 seconds.

Her 2012 senior campaign notched two All-America awards as she earned first team honors in both the heptathlon and the 100-meter hurdles. She placed third in the heptathlon with 5,839 points and seventh in the hurdles in 13.31. She earned a career- and school-best 12.78 in the 100-meter hurdles during the semifinals at NCAAs and also won the heptathlon for a second consecutive year at the Texas Relays.

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Kate HARRISON2011Kate Harrison earned her first All-America honor as a track and field athlete at the 2011 NCAA Outdoor

Championships where she was first team All-America in the 10,000-meter run by way of a second-place finish in 34:30.35. She qualified for NCAAs with a first-place finish for the event at the NCAA East Regional in 33:48.64, a personal best for the Toronto, Ontario, native. The championship season began well for No. 16-ranked Harrison as she earned her first Big East title in the 10,000 with a time of 33:59.84, her best mark of the year at the time. Harrison also earned her first All-America honor during the 2011 cross country season with an eighth-place individual finish at the NCAA Championship.

Sarah-Anne BRAULT2011Sarah-Anne Brault earned her first All-America honor in 2011

with a second team All-America achievement in the 10,000-meter run as she finished in 10th place in 35:05.36. To qualify for NCAAs, the Winnipeg, Manitoba, native placed sixth in the 10,000 at the NCAA East Regional with a time of 33:51.14, her best mark of the year for the event. Brault earned a second-place finish in 34:04.63 in the 10,000-meter at the Big East Championships and a solid 10th place in the 1,500-meter race in 4:35.07 at the prestigious Jesse Owens Classic. During the indoor season, Brault finished fourth in the 5,000-meter run in 16:17.95 at the Big East Championships. She also excelled academically by earning second team CoSIDA Academic All-America honors and was named to the Capital One Academic all-district first team.

Meghan MOCK2011Meghan Mock capped off a stellar junior season by finishing with third

team All-America honors in the long jump at the NCAA Outdoor Championships with a distance of 6.02 meters, good for 20th place among the nation’s elite jumpers. The Berkeley Springs, W.Va., native qualified for the NCAAs for the first time of her career by placing 11th in the long jump at the NCAA East Regional at a distance of 6.07 meters. Mock began the championship portion of the season well with an eighth-place mark for the event at 5.81 meters,

advancing to the East regional for the first time. Her junior year was enhanced with a first-place finish in the long jump with a 6.17-meter mark at the Penn Relays, a personal-best and currently ranks third all-time at WVU. At the prestigious Stanford Invitational, she placed fourth in the long jump at 5.70 meters. During the indoor season, Mock finished fourth at the Big East Championships at a distance of 5.86 meters.

Katelyn WILLIAMS2011Katelyn Williams earned third team All-America honors in the high

jump with an 18th-place height of 1.76 meters at the NCAA Outdoor Championships. To earn her second trip to NCAAs, the Chesterland, Ohio, native placed ninth at the NCAA East Regional, also at a height of 1.78 meters. She started the outdoor championship season well at the Big East Championships with a second-place finish in the high jump at 1.78 meters and placed third in the heptathlon with 5,044 points. In the heptathlon, she finished first in the high jump with a career-best 1.79-meter height, and had solid finishes in the shot put (3rd, 11.09m) and javelin (4th, 29.30m). At the prestigious Jesse Owens Classic, Williams placed third at 1.70 meters. Her indoor season was highlighted with a fourth-place finish in the long jump at 5.08 meters at the WVU Holiday Classic.

Jordan HAMRIC2013Jordan Hamric ended her career as a Mountaineer, earning second

team All-America honors. The Bruceton Mills, W.Va., native posted a 12th-place finish in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the 2013 NCAA Division I Track & Field Championships in Eugene, Oreg. Hamric ended her career as the school record holder in the 3,000-meter steeplechase, which she set at the 2013 NCAA semifinals with a time of 10:06.47. During her senior campaign, Hamric also placed second at the Big 12 Outdoor Championships, third at the Penn Relays and seventh at the Stanford Invitational. It marked the first time in her career that she garnered All-America honors.

Kelly WILLIAMS2013Kelly Williams wasted no time to ink her name into the Mountaineer

record books. The freshman became the 33rd All-American in WVU track and field program history in 2013. The Chesterland, Ohio, native recorded a seventh-place finish in the mile at the 2013 Indoor Track and Field Championships in Fayetteville, Ark. Williams finished with a time one-mile time of 4:39.30 at the meet, just two seconds off her personal-best mile time of 4:36.77 set earlier in the season. That time ranks her No. 3 in WVU program history for the mile.

Stormy NESBIT2014Stormy Nesbit completed her career as perhaps the greatest

jumper in West Virginia University track and field history. The Roseville, Minnesota, native spent three seasons with the Mountaineers. Nesbit concluded her career with an eighth-place finish at the 2014 Division I NCAA Outdoor Track and field Championships in Eugene, Oregon in the triple jump. The finish earned her First Team All-America status. Nesbit ended her career as the WVU school record holder in the triple jump (13.19 meters).

Sarah MARTINELLI 2014Morgantown native Sarah Martinelli wrote a storybook

ending to her career with an 11th place overall finish at the 2014 Division I NCAA Outdoor Track and field Championships in Eugene, Oregon, in the 3,000-meter steeplechase. Martinelli set a school record in the event in the prelims and earned Second Team All-America honors for her performance in the finals.

Allison LASNICKI2014In her first season in the Old Gold and Blue, junior Allison Lasnicki

immediately made her presence felt. Lasnicki posted the second-fastest time in school history in the 10,000 meters (33:46.22) at the 2014 Division I NCAA Outdoor Track and field Championships in Eugene, Oregon. The time earned her a 17th overall national finish in the event, making her second All-America distinction in her career.

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Year Coach Captains Record1978 Linda King None 1-21979 Linda King None 2-01980 Linda King None 1-01981 Linda King None 2-01982 Linda King None 2-11983 Pat Nicol None 1-01984 Kim Kemp Jean England, Kris Kavetski 1-01985 Kim Kemp Lisa Ayers, Kris Kavetski 1-01986 Laura Nardelli Karen Carpenter, Lori Smith 0-0*1987 Laura Nardelli Charlene Burstrom, Karen Carpenter 0-0*1988 Laura Nardelli Charlene Burstrom, Traci Purtell 0-0*1989 Laura Nardelli Charlene Burstrom 0-0*1990 Laura Nardelli Theresa Papa 0-0*1991 Martin Pushkin Vicki Stum 0-0*1992 Martin Pushkin None 0-0*1993 Martin Pushkin Erin O’Reilly 3-41994 Martin Pushkin Kerryn Davidson, Joleen Tocci 8-01995 Martin Pushkin Carisa Brown 11-01996 Martin Pushkin Heather Bury, Mary Ann Myer 9-21997 Martin Pushkin Charity Wachera 14-81998 Martin Pushkin Nancy Knapp, Rebecca Stallwood 0-0*1999 Martin Pushkin Rebecca Stallwood, Johanna Fisher 0-0*2000 Martin Pushkin Rebecca Stallwood, Johanna Fisher 0-0*2001 Martin Pushkin Rebecca Stallwood 0-0*2002 Jeff Huntoon Stacian Brown 0-0*2003 Jeff Huntoon Megan Metcalfe 0-0*2004 Jeff Huntoon Tara Struyk 0-0*2005 Jeff Huntoon Jennifer Kemp, Pam Richardson 0-0*2006 Jeff Huntoon Jessica Czaikowski, Susan Davis 0-0*2007 Jeff Huntoon Jessica Czaikowski, Abbie Stechschulte, Halimah Bashir, Alison Spiker 0-0*2008 Sean Cleary Halimah Bashir, Alison Spiker 0-0*2009 Sean Cleary Alison Spiker, Nicole DeStefano 0-0*2010 Sean Cleary Marie-Louise Asselin, Keri Bland, Clara Grandt, Karly Hamric, April Rotilio 0-0*2011 Sean Cleary April Rotilio, Chelsea Carrier-Eades 0-0*2012 Sean Cleary Chelsea Carrier-Eades, Katelyn Williams 0-0*2013 Sean Cleary Sarah-Anne Brault, Sydney Cummings 0-0*2014 Sean Cleary Sarah Martinelli, Stormy Nesbit 0-0*Total 56-17*no dual meets -- all invitational competition

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Dr. E. Gordon Gee is one of America’s most prominent higher education leaders, having helmed universities for more than three decades. In 2009, Time magazine named him one of the top 10 university presi-dents in the United States.

In 2014, Gee returned to West Virginia University, where his ca-reer as a university president be-gan. His leadership goals include putting students first, advancing the university’s research agenda, partnering with West Virginia communities and making sure that 1.8 million West Virginians know in their hearts and minds that West Virginia University is their university.

Born in Vernal, Utah, Gee graduated from the University of Utah with an honors degree in history and earned his J.D. and Ed.D degrees from Co-lumbia University. He clerked under Chief Justice David T. Lewis of the U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals before being named a judicial fellow and staff assistant to the U.S. Supreme Court. In this role, he worked for Chief Justice Warren Burger on administrative and legal problems of the Court and federal judiciary. Gee returned to Utah as an associate professor and associate dean in the J. Reuben Clark Law School at Brigham Young University, and was granted full professorship in 1978.

One year later, he became dean of the West Virginia University College of Law, and, in 1981, was named West Virginia University president. He served in that role until 1985.

He went on to lead the University of Colorado (1985-1990), Brown Uni-versity (1998-2000), and Vanderbilt University (2001-2007). He served as president of The Ohio State University from 1990 to 1997 and again from 2007 to 2013.

Gee has been a member of several education-governance organiza-tions and committees, including the Big Ten Conference Council of Presidents, the Inter-University Council of Ohio, the Business-Higher Education Forum, and the American Association of Universities. He was chair of the American Council on Education’s Commission on Higher Education Attainment and served as co-chair of the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities’ Energy Advisory Committee. In

2009, Gee was invited to join the International Advisory Board of King Abdulaziz University in Saudi Arabia.

Active in a number of national professional and service organizations during his tenures, he has served on the boards for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, Inc., Limited Brands and the National 4-H Council. In 2011, Gee was appointed to serve as secretary on the Board of Directors of Ohio’s economic development program, JobsOhio. In 2011-2012, he was asked by Governor John Kasich to chair the Ohio Higher Education Capital Funding Collaborative and the Ohio Higher Education Funding Commission.

Gee has received a number of honorary degrees, awards, fellowships and recognitions. He is a fellow of the prestigious American Association for the Advancement of Science, the world’s largest science organi-zation. In 1994, Gee received the Distinguished Alumnus Award from the University of Utah, as well as from Teachers College of Columbia University. In 2013, he received the ACE Council of Fellows/Fidelity Investments Mentor Award and received the Outstanding Academic Leader of the Year Award on behalf of Historically Black Colleges and Universities. He is the co-author of 11 books, including Law, Policy and Higher Education, published in 2012. He has also authored many papers and articles on law and education.

Gee’s daughter, Rebekah, is the Medicaid Medical Director for the State of Louisiana, and an assistant professor of Public Health and Medicine at Louisiana State University. She is also a Norman F. Gant/American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology/IOM Anniversary Fellow.

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West Virginia native Shane Lyons, was named director of Intercollegiate Athletics and associate vice president at West Virginia University, in January 2015.

Lyons came to West Virginia after spending three years as the deputy director of athletics and chief operating officer at Alabama where he worked closely on day-to-day strategic leadership and direction with Alabama athletic directors – the late Mal Moore and current Athletic Director Bill Battle.

At WVU, Lyons will have oversight of 18 varsity sports, a department budget of approximately $77 million, 220 employees, approximately 450 student-athletes and a facilities master plan that includes ongoing construction of a $21 million baseball park, in addition to more than $75 million to modernize other athletic venues.

During his time at Alabama, responsibilities included oversight of a $120 million budget, daily monitoring of compliance and oversight of the Crimson Tide’s 21 sports teams. In addition, he played a pivotal role in a historic renegotiation of Alabama’s multimedia rights agreement that started in 2014 and is involved in several significant capital projects totaling more than $85 million.

The Crimson Tide also won seven national titles in five different sports – two in football, two in men’s golf, one in women’s golf, one in gymnas-tics and one in softball. He also has played a critical role in the hiring of four head coaches.

Prior to joining the Alabama staff in November 2011, Lyons spent 10 years as an associate commissioner at the Atlantic Coast Confer-ence. At the ACC, Lyons focused on conference-wide compliance and academic initiatives, providing direct assistance to the conference’s presidents, chancellors and athletics directors in matters dealing with NCAA regulatory matters.

In addition, he served as the ACC’s human resource manager and was responsible for the administration, negotiation and mediation of the em-

ployee benefits program and managing the conference’s organizational policies and procedures. He was part of the administrative team for ACC events, including the football championship game, the men’s basket-ball tournament and men’s and women’s NCAA basketball events. He also completed a term as chairman of the NCAA’s Division I Legislative Council in addition to serving on other committees.

Prior to working at the ACC, Lyons served as associate athletics director for compliance at Big 12 member Texas Tech from 1998 to 2001. During that time, Lyons assumed responsibility for the leadership, administra-tion and implementation of a comprehensive NCAA compliance program with emphasis toward rules education and extensive monitoring sys-tems. He also served as oversight administrator for several of the Red Raiders’ athletic teams and had financial and operational supervision of the strength and conditioning, nutritional and sports medicine units.

Before joining Texas Tech, Lyons worked at the NCAA as a senior mem-bership services representative, where he was responsible for the over-sight and coordination of the 25 membership service representatives.

Lyons began his career in college athletics in July 1988 as assistant commissioner of the Big South Conference. With the Big South, he was in charge of conference-wide compliance and championships.

A native of Parkersburg, West Virginia, and a graduate of Parkersburg High, Lyons was a standout basketball player for the Big Reds. He earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in sport management from WVU in 1987 and 1988, respectively.

He and his wife, Emily, a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madi-son, have two children: Cameron, 15, and Brooke, 11.

He is the University’s 12th athletic director, replacing Oliver Luck, who resigned in December to accept a position with the NCAA.

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Kevin Miller Assistant Athletic Director/Annual Fund

nathaniel Zinn Assistant Athletic Director/Marketing

Senior Staff

Keli Cunningham Executive Senior Associate Athletic Director

Matt Borman Senior Associate Athletic Director/Development

terri Howes Senior Associate Athletic Director/Sport Administration/SWA

Matt Wells Associate Athletic Director/External Affairs

Michael szul Senior Associate Athletic Director/ Business Operations

Michael Fragale Associate Athletic Director/Communications

Joe Heskett Associate Athletic Director/Sports Performance

Ben Murray Associate Athletic Director/Major Gifts & Capital Campaigns

Brady rourke Associate Athletic Director/ Student Services

Dia Fortney Assistant Athletic Director/Business Operations

Lacey gibson Assistant Athletic Director/Compliance

april Messerly Assistant Athletic Director/Facilities & Operations

Bryan Messerly Assistant Athletic Director/Communications

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Jason Butts Gymnastics

Mike Carey Women’s Basketball

sean Cleary Cross Country/Track

sean Covich Golf

Jon Hammond Rifle

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Dana Holgorsen Football

Bob Huggins Men’s Basketball

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Media Services The West Virginia University athletic communica-tions office will be available throughout the entire 2014-15 women’s track season to accommodate any media requests. The following are some guidelines that should make it easy for media members to cover the West Virginia women’s track team. Any additional questions should be directed to the women’s track contact Nick Arthur.

During the WeekAny member of the media wishing to interview a runner or member of the coaching staff during the week should contact West Virginia women’s track contact Nick Arthur, via email ([email protected]) or by phone (304-293-2821), at least 24 hours in advance.

Cell phone numbers will not be made avail-able and all WVU student-athletes have been instructed to not conduct interviews without prior approval of the athletic communications staff.

Receiving InformationMedia members may receive track & field press releases, notes and more via email. To receive such press releases, meet recaps and more, simply email your requests to [email protected].

WVUsports.comWVUsports.com is the place for media and fans to go for the latest on Mountaineer women’s track.

Player and coaching staff bios are available at the click of a finger by going to WVUsports.com. Updated following each meet, WVUsports.com is your place to find the latest statistics for Mountaineer women’s track. Not only will you find this season’s stats, but you will also be able to find the WVU record book for some historical perspective.

Social MediaThe WVU women’s track team is active on Facebook and Twitter. To like the women’s track Facebook page, visit facebook.com/WVUTrack. To follow the Mountaineers on Twitter, visit Twitter.com/wvutrack

Directions to the WVU TrackTake the Pierpont Road (mile marker 7) exit and follow sings toward the football stadium by heading West onto WV 857. At the second traffic light, turn left (south) on US 119. Drive up a steep hill; the Morgantown

airport will be on your left. Continue straight past several car dealerships and at the second light, turn right onto WV 705. Turn left at the sixth traffic light onto Van Voorhis Road. The road becomes Patteson Drive when crossing University Avenue. Proceed up Patteson to the light at Jerry West Boulevard. Turn right on to Gale Catlett Drive and the WVU Coliseum Shell Building will be on your right a few hundred feet ahead.

From I-79Take the Star City/WVU (mile marker 155) exit and follow signs to West Virginia University, heading south on US 19 and across the Star City Bridge. Proceed up Monongahela Boulevard past Texas Roadhouse. The WVU Coliseum/WVU Shell Building will be on your right a few hundred feet ahead.

Media InformationAthletic Communications InformationThe West Virginia University athletic communication office is located on the second floor of the Coliseum.

MAILING ADDRESSAthletic Communications OfficeWest Virginia UniversityP.O. Box 0877Morgantown, WV 26507-0877

OVERNIGHT SHIPPING ADDRESSWVU Athletic Communications 3450 Monongahela Blvd., Room 217Morgantown, WV 26506

PHONE INFORMATIONOffice: 304-293-2821Fax: 304-293-4105 Press Box: 304-293-6480

TRACK CONTACTNick ArthurGraduate AssistantOffice: 304-293-9916Cell: 304-542-2073E-mail: [email protected]

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Associate Athletic Director/Communications

Bryan Messerly Assistant Athletic Director/Communications

Joe Swan Director of Athletic Publications

Kristin Coldsnow Multimedia Specialist

John Antonik Director of Digital Media

Mike Montoro Director of Football Communications

Russell Luna Associate Director of Athletic Communications

Shannon McNamara Assistant Director of Athletic Communications

Grant Dovey Assistant Director of Athletic Communications

Ashley Bailey Assistant Director of Athletic Communications

Lisa Ammons Business Manager

Cheryl Maust Program Assistant

Amy Prunty Program Assistant

Nick Arthur Graduate Assistant

D.J. Jamiel Graduate Assistant

Amy Salvatore Graduate Assistant

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Mountaineer Field at Milan Puskar stadium Caperton indoor Facility Dick Dlesk soccer stadium

Dreamswork Field Cary gymWVU Wrestling Pavilion

Mountaineer track WVU rifle rangeWVU Boathouse

WVU Coliseum Basketball Practice Facility WVU natatorium

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Documents

2015 West Virginia University Track & Field Guide