2015 Women's Cross Country Media Guide

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COACHES

Michael CurcioHead Coach

John WeaverDirector of Track & Field and Cross Country Coach Weaver is in his 34th season as the Head Coach and Director of the women’s track and cross country program and in his 20th season as the Director for both the wom-en’s and men’s programs. Weaver assumed the duties of directing both programs in the Fall of 1995. A 1971 graduate of Appalachian in

biology, Weaver returned to Appalachian in 1979 to assist the men’s program while earning his masters in biology. During his three-year tenure as the men’s assistant, he trained two NCAA qualifiers and seven Southern Conference champions. Weaver took over the full-time coaching duties for the wom-en’s program in 1982. Since that time, the program, including cross country, indoor track and outdoor track, has produced an NCAA Division I National Champion in the 1500m twice, nine NCAA Divi-sion I all-Americans with 23 all-American performances, 18 NCAA Division I qualifiers, 257 Southern Conference individual champion performances, 776 all-conference performances, 27 conference MVP athletes, 40 conference team championships, 24 conference coach-of-the-year honors, 13 conference freshman of the year honors and two Southeast Region Coach of the Year honors. Since 2003, when the NCAA began competition on a Regional level, the Mountaineers have sent 49 athletes to the regional meet. After taking over the men’s program in 1995, the Mountaineers have produced two NCAA Division I all-Americans, four NCAA All-American performances, 11 Division I Qualifiers, 203 Southern Con-ference individual champion performances, 511 all-conference per-formers, 10 conference MVP’s, 25 conference team championships, 11 coach-of-the-year honors, three conference freshman of the year and two Southeast Region Coach of the Year honors. App State has also sent 42 athletes to Regional competition. Appalachian has qualified 42 men and 51 women athletes to

the East Region with eight NCAA Championship qualifying performanc-es coming out of the region for Appalachian. In 2004, Appalachian had its first East Region champion with a first place finish in the men’s 100 meter dash. Coach Weaver has also worked as the Yosef Club Director (athletic fundraising arm of the Appalachian Foundation Inc.) from 1982-1985. He also taught classes in the Education and Physical Education depart-ments of the university. A native of Fayetteville, N.C., Weaver graduated from Seventy-First High School in 1967. He earned his bachelor of science degree in 1971 from Appalachian, returning to Fayetteville to teach biology and even-tually take over the cross country and track programs at Douglas Byrd High School in 1972. His cross country dual meet record over eight years was an impressive 71-11 and his teams won six conference titles while competing in four state championships. His track team also produced many individual conference and regional champions, along with several state meet qualifiers. Currently, Coach Weaver coaches the sprinters, hurdlers, multi-event athletes and relays, while over-seeing all aspects of the program. He is also serving an appointment to the NCAA Division I Track and Cross Country Committee effective September of 2006 and active until September of 2010. Each summer, Weaver also directs the Grandfather Mountain Marathon, The Bear Road Race and two Cross Country team camps. Over 1,000 athletes attend camp at App State each summer. On April 10, 2014, Weaver was awarded with the W.H. Plemmons Leadership Medallion. It’s awarded to “recognize the time, energy, skill and commitment of students, faculty, studen development, educators and staff who exceed their peers in proving leadership that enriches the quality of a student life and advances the education of students.” Weaver was one of six community members to receive the honor and was rec-ognized as part of the Fall Convocation in September 2014.

Mike Curcio is in his 21st year as the head men’s and women’s cross country coach and track and field distance coach at Appalachian State University.

In 2014, Appalachian State’s first year as a mem-ber of the Sun Belt Conference, Curcio led both the men’s and women’s cross country teams to a second-place finish at the Sun Belt meet in Mobile, Alabama. In that event, the men finished just two points behind

South Alabama and the women were nine points away from first-place Texas-Arling-ton. The men secured four all-conference selections while the women earned three of their own.

For the men’s team in 2013, Curcio led them to a second-place finish at the SoCon championship meet. Kyle McFoy placed sixth and also was named to the So-Con first-team. Josh Cox, James Howard-Smith and Will Raby all took second-team honors. The women’s team finished fourth in the Southern Conference last season. Justine Stocks earned all-SoCon for the women’s team.

During the track and field season, the men earned four all-SoCon honors with four performances moving into the top ten all-time lists. The women also earned four all-SoCon honors and had eight performances that moved into the top ten all-time lists. Stocks broke the program record in the 3,000m steeplechase with a mark of 10:37.

The 2013-14 track campaign also saw four athletes reach the first round of the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field championships. Chris Moen and Josh Cox qualified in the 3,000m steeplechase. Alex Taylor made his third trip in the 1,500m run and Amanda Hamilton made her first trip in the 10,000m on the strength of her program record performance of 34:52.

The 2012 campaign was a banner year for the Mountaineers’ middle-distance/distance runners on the track as Curcio helped coach three athletes who broke five school records. Will Raby set the school record for the 5,000-meter event in indoor track, while Alex Taylor and Chris Moen teamed up with two sprinters to set the school record in the distance medley relay for indoor track at the SoCon Champi-onships. Taylor set the App State record in the 800 and 1500-meter events while teaming up with Moen and two of Appalachian’s sprinters to break a 28-year old Appalachian record in the distance medley relay at the 2012 Penn Relays.

Curcio coached four men to the first round of the NCAA Championships in 2012 in outdoor track, as Taylor qualified for both the 800 and 1,500-meter events and Moen, Sean Soderman and Josh Cox all qualified for the 3,000-meter steeple-chase.

Curcio’s cross country teams have been very successful under his tenure, as they have captured two women’s Southern Conference titles and 11 men’s SoCon championships, including six-straight men’s titles from 2005-10.

During his time at App State, Curcio has coached nine NCAA Qualifiers, 16 NCAA Regional Qualifiers, 19 USATF Junior National Qualifiers and seven Southern Conference Cross Country Freshman of the Year.

In addition to those feats, Curcio has also coached 93 all-Southern Conference Cross Country performers and four Southern Conference Cross Country individual champions.

While coaching the distance runners for Appalachian track and field, Curcio has coached 59 athletes to SoCon indoor and outdoor individual champion perfor-mances and 208 runners to all-conference indoor and outdoor performances. He has also coached two athletes to SoCon indoor track and field MVP awards and two outdoor track and field MVP awards.

As athletic excellence is important, Curcio and his teams also strive for success in academics. Since being at Appalachian, Curcio has coached two NCAA post grad-uate scholarship award winners, one Southern Conference post graduate scholar-ship award winner, three Mrs. Brakefield award recipients, for an Appalachian senior student-athlete with the highest GPA, and 12 USTFCCCA academic all-Americans.

During the 2011-12 season, both the App State men’s and women’s recorded multi-year APR scores well above the national average while the men were recog-nized with an NCAA Public Recognition Award for compiling a four-year APR of 1,000 and ranking among the top 10 percent of all teams in the nation.

For all of his efforts, in 2003 Curcio was named the USTCA Division I Men’s National Assistant Coach of the Year for Distance. He also has been recognized by the Southern Conference for his team’s impressive performances, being named the SoCon’s men’s cross country coach of the year nine times.

Before coming to Appalachian, Curcio served as an assistant at Florida State from 1988-1992.

In the spring of 1993, he became an assistant at South Florida, where he helped build a fledgling track and field program, along with a nationally-ranked cross country program.

The track women at USF won three conference titles in the first four years of the program’s existence. The men’s and women’s cross country teams were ranked as high as 12th and 21st in Division I during his tenure.

Curcio hails from Long Island, N.Y. where he attended Newfield High School before attending and competing for Appalachian State University. He was a three-time all-SoCon selection in track and still ranks seventh all-time in the 1,500 meter run with a time of 3:49.60.

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COACHES

Dylan ScatesAdministrative Assistant

Esther Erb-AtkinsAdministrative Assistant Esther Erb (soon to be Esther Atkins) joins the Mountaineers after a highly successful two years as an as-sistant coach at Rider University. There, she saw both the men’s and women’s cross country teams place the highest

in school history at the NCAA Division I Mid-Atlantic Re-gional Championships. In her second year, Rider qualified more athletes and achieved more All-East performances at the ECAC/IC4A Championships than ever before in school history. One of the athletes she worked most closely with, Emily Ritter (3000m steeplechase), went on to be the first female Rider athlete ever to qualify for the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships. From there she went on to be the first to qualify for the USATF Outdoor Championships. As an athlete, Erb has found her event in the mar-athon. 2014 saw her set a personal-best time of 2:33:15 at the Boston Marathon in April. Later that year, she won the U.S. Marathon Championships and the Twin Cities Mara-thon. As a result of her championship title, she will com-pete for team USA at the 2015 IAAF World Championships in Beijing.

As a collegiate athlete, Erb competed in all 12 sea-sons as a Division III athlete at Case Western Reserve Univer-sity where she studied Music and Cognitive Science. In 2005, she became the first woman in school histo-ry to qualify for the NCAA Cross Country Championships. Her proudest accomplishment came a year later when she led the 2006 cross country team to UAA Conference and NCAA Division III Great Lakes Regional team titles as well as a 10th-place finish at the NCAA Division III Cross Country Champion-ships. Individually, she was a nine-time national qualifier, six-time all-american, two-time CoSIDA Academic All-Amer-ican, and capped off her collegiate career with an individual championship title in the 10,000m at the 2008 NCAA Division III Outdoor National Championships.

Scates comes to Appalachian State from the University of North Georgia (Dahlonega, Ga.) where he graduated with a bachelor of science degree in exercise science in 2014 and was an as-sistant coach on the Nighthawks’ cross

country team for one season. With him on the staff, North Georgia qualified for the NCAA Division II National Champi-onship for the first time in school history and took 31st as a team. Scates was a member of the University of West Geor-gia’s (Carrollton, Ga.) cross country team in 2007 and before that, he was a cross country state qualifier at Gilmer High School (Ellijay, Ga.) in both 2005 and 2006. In November of 2013, Scates competed in the Sky to Summit 50K with a time of six hours and 30 minutes. In that event, there are two summits of Rabun Bald with 14,000 feet of elevation change throughout the entire race. It also repre-sents the second-highest peak in Georgia at over 4,700 feet. In March of 2015, he participated in the Georgia Death Race and was clocked with a time of 18 hours and 19 minutes over the course of 68 miles with 40,000 feet of eleva-tion change. Scates placed 85th out of 300 with only 172 ac-tually making it to the finish line. That event has been called

“The hardest race east of the Rockies.” His personal-record times are as follows: 1600m - 4:45, 3200m - 9:55 and 5000m - 16:20 He is currently pursuing a master of science degree in biomechanics here in Boone.

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Name Class Hometown/High School (Previous School) Natalie Andrejchak Fr. Concord, N.C./Jay M. Robinson Brooke Brekke So. Neillsville, Wis./Neillsville Kate Butler Fr. Corning, N.Y./Corning Painted Post Samantha Campanaro Sr. Winston-Salem, N.C./Mt Tabor Lavinia Cotto Fr. Fayetteville, N.C./Jack Britt Dana Cox Sr. Apex, N.C./Panther Creek Emily Fedders Fr. Beckley, W.V./Woodrow Wilson Phylissa Greeley Fr. Charlotte, N.C./Charlotte Catholic Kayla Harrison Fr. Denver, N.C./North Lincoln Leigh Harrow So. Deltaville, Va./Middlesex Sarah Hoffert Fr. Cary, N.C./Cary Shelby Howell Sr. Wilmington, N.C./New Hanover Erin Jameson Fr. Pfafftown, N.C./Reagan Natalie Kile RSo. Canton, Ga./Blessed Trinity Catholic Kerry Leonard So. Wilmington, N.C./Laney Torre Moser Jr. Cary, N.C./Apex Morgan Oakley RFr. Sparks, Md./Hereford Alison Peters So. Valdosta, Ga./Lowndes County Mallary Price Jr. Matthews, N.C./Weddington Hana Ratcliffe So. Durham, N.C./Durham School of the Arts Elisa Sargent Fr. Cary, N.C./Green Hope Ann Sekutowski Fr. Waukesha, Wis./Kettle Moraine Christina Shearon So. Edwards, Colo./Battle Mountain Madison Simmons RSo. Waxhaw, N.C./Cuthbertson Taryn Stern Sr. Harrisburg, N.C./Hickory Ridge Maria Stickley Sr. Atglen, Pa./Bishop Shanahan Tristin Van Ord Jr. Chapel Hill, N.C/Chapel Hill Avery Walter Fr. Cary, N.C./Cary Brittany Williams Sr. Simpsonville, S.C./Maudlin Allison Worsdale So. Cary, N.C./Green Hope (UNC-Wilmington)

Date Meet Location Time Sept. 4 COVERED BRIDGE OPEN BOONE, N.C. 5:30 p.m. Sept. 19 Winthrop Invitational Rock Hill, S.C. 9 a.m. Oct. 3 USC Upstate Open Spartanburg, S.C. 9 a.m. Oct. 16 Wake Forest Open Kernersville, N.C. 6 p.m. Nov. 1 Sun Belt Conference Championships Hampton, Ga. 10 a.m. Nov. 7 Three Stripe Invitational Raleigh, N.C. 9 a.m. Nov. 13 NCAA Southeast Regional Charlottesville, Va. 11 a.m. Nov. 21 NCAA National Championships Louisville, Ky. 12 p.m.

SCHEDULE

ROSTER

Appalachian State University women’s cross country enters its second season as a member of the Sun Belt Conference after a very successful first season in the league. Last year, the team took second place at the league meet, finishing only nine points behind first-place Texas-Arlington, before placing 13th as a team at the NCAA’s Southeast Regional.

Back from that team are four of the team’s top five finishers at the regional plus senior Shelby Howell who didn’t run in Louisville, Kentucky, but was the fourth Mountaineer to score at the confer-ence championships. The squad’s top runner from a year ago, Tristin Van Ord, is back for another season, and still just a junior.

In 2014, Van Ord placed in the top six overall in five of her six events while placing first once (Upstate Invite), second three times and sixth once. The Chapel Hill, N.C. native was also named first-team all-conference thanks to a second-place finish in Mobile, Ala-bama for the Sun Belt. Howell was a top-20 finisher in three events and was among the top 35 overall for five of her six meets.

Those two will be joined by a pair of seniors in Dana Cox and Brit-tany Williams as well as junior Torre Moser. Cox earned a third-team all-conference nod (11th place), Williams took home two top-10 finishes and Moser earned the best 6K time of her career at the regional with a mark of 22:30.2. Howell, Cox and Moser also clocked personal-best times at the Sun Belt meet to put the pressure on Van

Ord leading the pack.The 2015 slate opens with the Covered Bridge Open on Friday, Sept.

4 at 5:30 p.m. in Boone.

SEASON PREVIEW

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Natalie Andrejchak - Fr. - Concord, N.C./Jay M. RobinsonH.S. PR’s: 800m - 2:29 ... 1600m - 5:26 ... 3200m - 11:22 ... 5000m - 18:26High School: Named all-state as a freshman, sophomore and junior ... all-region recipient all four seasons ... named all-conference all four seasons ... most Valuable Runner as a freshman and sophomore ... Cabarrus County Runner of the Year as a freshman

Brooke Brekke - So. - Neilsville, Wis./NeilsvillePR’s Indoor: 200m - 27.05...400m - 59.51Outdoor: 200m - 26.79 ... 400m - 58.96...400H - 1:04.612014-15 Indoor: Was a part of the team that won the 4x3 at the Mountaineer Open with a time of 2:51.53 ... finished in the top 10 in eight events and the top 20 in 12 events ... Set a new PR in the 200m race with a time of 27.05 (sixth place) at the Mountaineer Open ... ran her fastest 400m time ever (59.51) at the Samford Multi and Invitational while placing 26th ... her next best placing was third and came as part of the distance medley relay with a time of 11:59.29 at the Sun Belt Indoor Championships ... her third and final top-five finish was a fifth-place in the 400m dash (1:00.82) at the Mountaineer Open ... Finished in sixth at the Mountaineer Open’s 200m dash (27.05), seventh in the Sykes & Sabock Challenge Cup’s distance medley relay (12:01.92), seventh in the Samford Multi and Invitational’s 4x4 (3:56.03), and seventh in the Sun Belt Indoor Championships’ 4x4 (3:56.77), and seventh in the Appalachian Indoor Open’s 4x3 (2:53.75) ... all-conference performer ... Outdoor: Her four top-10 finishes came in the final five events of the season ... the best of those four was a first-place finish in the 400 hurdles at the App State Open (1:06.10) ... Set a PR in that event at the Sun Belt Outdoor Championships with a time of 1:04.61 (11th place/preliminary) ... placed second in the 4x4 at the Charlotte Invitational (3:15.21) ... Finished in seventh in the same event at the Sun Belt Outdoor Championships (3:51.28) and ninth in the 400 hurdles at the Charlotte Invite (1:07.29)2013-14 Indoor: Placed ninth in the 400m at the Appalachian invitational ... Outdoor: ran a personal best 200m at the Wake Forest Open ... ran a personal best 400m at Carolina’s Cup 2014 and finished fifth ... placed fifth at the Charlotte Invitational in the 400m.High School: was a conference champion in the 200m and 400m ... became a state qualifier in the 400m ... placed third in the long jump at the USATF Regionals ... was also an accomplished figure skater, placing second at the Badger State GamesHS PR’s: 400m - 61.9 ... 200m - 27.2 ... Long Jump - 16’7’’High School: Was a conference champion in the 200m and 400m ... became a state qualifier in the 400m ... placed third in the long jump at the USATF Regionals ... was also an accomplished figure skater, placing second at the Badger State Games

Kate Butler - Fr. - Corning, N.Y./Corning Painted PostH.S. PR’s: 800m - 2:19 ... 1500m - 4:48 ... 2000m steeplechase - 7:00 ... 3000m - 10:30 ... 5000m - 19:03High School: Achieved all-american status in 4x1600m for both 2015 indoor and outdoor track ... third place in 4x800m indoor state championship ... sixth in women’s steeplechase at 2015 ourdoor state meet

Samantha Campanaro - Sr. - Winston-Salem, N.C./Mt. TaborPR’s Cross Country: 5K – 18:24.2...6,000m – 22:35.6Indoor: 800m – 2:28.35…Mile – 5:20.39…3,000m – 10:04.65 ... 5,000m - 17:36.06Outdoor: 800m – 2:27.69…1,500m – 4:51.32 ... 5,000m – 17:32.42...3,000m steeplechase - 11:01.762014-15 Cross Country: Achieved a 5K PR of 18:24.2 at the Upstate Invite (11th place) ... her 6K personal-best happened at the NCAA Division I Southeast Regional (22:35.6/129th place) ... placed in the top 15 in four of her six events ... took eighth place at the Winthrop Invite (18:29.4) ... finished in ninth for the Covered Bridge Open (19:05.1) ... was the 12th runner to finish in the Blue Ridge Open (18:55.2) ... Indoor: Placed in the top five twice, the top 10 three times and the top 20 in all six of her events for the season ... set a new PR in the 3,000m with a time of 10:04.65 (ninth place) at the Sun Belt Indoor Championships ... in that same event, she set a new

PR in the 5,000m with a time of 17:36.06 (12th place) ... finished in second for the distance medley relay at the Hokie Invite (12:18.74) ... placed fourth for the 5,000m at the ETSU Invite (17:56.47) ... Outdoor: Earned a PR in the 5,000m with a time of 17:32.42 at the Tennessee Relays (13th place) and a PR in the 3,000m steeplechase at the Sun Belt Outdoor Championships with a time of 11:01.76 (fourth place) ... placed fourth in the 5,000m at the Wake Forest Open (17:34.41) ... finished in fifth for the 3,000m steeplechase at the Charlotte Invite (11:17.00) ... final top-10 finish of the season was eighth place in the 5,000m at the Sun Belt Outdoor Championships (17:43.27)2013-14 Cross Country: Ran a personal-best 5K at the Winthrop/Adidas Invitational and finished 12th ... finished fifth at the 3 Stripe Meet ... ran a personal-best 6K at Lehigh’s Paul Short Run ... Indoor: Ran a personal best 3,000m at the 2014 Liberty Quad and also placed fourth ... placed ninth in the 5K at the ETSU Niswonger 2014 ... Outdoor: • Ran a personal best 5,000m at the Wake Forest Open and placed 12th ... finished third in 3,000s at 2014 Liberty Collegiate Invitational ... ran a personal best 3,000s and placed seventh at the SoCon Outdoor Championship2012-13 Cross Country: Participated in three meets for the Black and Gold in her freshman season... earned the first-place finish at the Mountaineer Open for App State... ran a personal-best 18:59.04 at the Blue Ridge Open... Indoor: Finished eighth in the 800m at the Mountaineer Open with a personal-best 2:28.35... posted a third-place finish in the mile at the Appalachian Pre-Conference Meet... garnered the ninth-place finish in the 3,000m at the Liberty Quad... Outdoor: Earned a second-place finish in the 800m at the Appalachian Open, running a personal-best 2:27.69.. finished sixth at Beaches vs Mountains in the 1,500m, running a personal-best 4:51.32... posted a 18:21.62 in the 5,000m at the Wake Forest Open, which was good for a personal-best timeHigh School: Named all-confernce four times for cross country...received the Coaches Award one time

Lavinia Cotto - Fr. - Fayetteville, N.C./Jack BrittH.S. PR’s: 800m - 2:39.40 ... 1600m - 5:31.72 ... 3200m - 11:47.60 ... 5000m - 18:31.69

Dana Cox - Sr.- Apex, N.C./Panther CreekPR’s Cross Country: 5K – 17:40.9…6,000m – 22:01.7Indoor: Mile – 5:34.82…3,000m – 9:59.91 ... 5,000m - 17:20.66Outdoor: 3,000m – 10:19.32…5,000m – 17:06.50…10,000m – 35:51.522014-15 Cross Country: Placed in the top 20 in five of the six events that she ran in ... her 5K PR of 17:40.9 came at the Sun Belt Conference Championships (15th place) ... achieved a new per-sonal record for the 6K at the NCAA Division I Southeast Regional (22:01.7/88th place) ... best place finish of 11th came at the Win-throp Invite with a time of 18:38.6 ... third-team all-conference ... In-door: Placed in the top 10 in all five of the events she competed in ... earned a personal-best time in the 3,000m with a time of 9:59.91 at the Sun Belt Indoor Championships (seventh place) ... also set a new PR in that same meet for the 5,000m with a time of 17:20.66 (sixth place) ... Took home sixth in the ETSU Invite’s 5,000m (18:05.66), seventh in the Sykes & Sabock Challenge Cup’s 5,000m (17:31.17) and 10th in the Hokie Invite’s 3,000m (10:13.87) ... Outdoor: Won the 5,000m race at the Wake Forest Open with a time of 17:24.76 ... Set a new PR in the 5,000m at the Tennessee Relays with a time of 17:06.50 (third place) and a new PR in the 10K at the Raleigh Relays (35:51.52/25th place) ... Took home third at the Sun Belt Outdoor Championships’ 10K (36:27.92) and in that same meet, she placed fourth in the 5,000m (17:26.43) ... all-conference performer2013-14 Cross Country: Ran a personal-best 5K at the Winthrop/Adidas Invitational and finished sixth ... placed 15th at the Blue Ridge Open ... took 15th at the SoCon Conference meet ... ran a personal-best 6K at the NCAA DI Southeast Region meet... Indoor: ran a personal best and placed sixth at 2014 Liberty Quad in the 3,000m ... Outdoor: ran a personal best 5,000m at the Wake Forest Open and placed sixth ... ran a personal best 3,000m at Carolina’s Cup 2014 and placed fourth ... ran a personal best 10,000m at SoCon Outdoor Championship and finished sixth.

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2012-13 Cross Country: Was the top-finisher for Appalachian at the Blue Ridge Open... finished 35th overall at the SoCon Champion-ships, with a personal-best 18:34.27... earned SoCon all-freshman team... ran a personal-best 23:04.90 in the 6,000m race at the NCAA Southeast Regional... Indoor: posted a seventh-place in the mile at the Appalachian Pre-Conference Meet, running a personal-best 5:34.82... finished fifth in the 3,000m at the Mountaineer Open... ran a personal-best 10:40.10 at the JDL Invitational in the 3,000m... Outdoor: placed fourth in the 3,000m run at Beaches vs Moun-tains, running a personal-best 10:37.86... posted a personal-best 17:55.71 and a sixth-place finish in the 5,000m at the Duke Twilight... finished seventh in the 10,000m at the SoCon Championships with a personal-best 37:23.53 timeHigh School: Earned a 69th-place finish at the Foot Locker South Regionals as a senior...finished in 13th-place at the state meet in her senior season...placed in fifth in the 3,200-meter at the 4A NCHSAA Indoor State Championship as a senior

Emily Fedders - Fr. - Beckley, W.V./Woodrow WilsonH.S. PR’s: 1600m - 5:07.98 ... 3200m - 11:04.76High School: Named all-state track for all for years ... named all-state cross country as a senior ... all-conference cross country for both junior and senior seasons ... made the all-conference track team as a junior and senior

Phylissa Greeley - Fr. - Charlotte, N.C./Charlotte CatholicH.S. PR’s: 400m - 59.93 ... 800m - 2:27.80 ... 5000m - 20:00High School: Recipient of the team’s coach’s award and MVP for the cross country team ... named team’s MVP for the track and field team

Kayla Harrison - Fr. - Denver, N.C./North LincolnHigh School: Named all-conference cross country as a freshman, junior and senior ... conference winner and team’s MVP as a fresh-man ... soccer: School and county record for most goals scored in a season (32) ... soccer: Named team’s MVP, all-conference and confer-ence’s Player of the Year, all as a freshman

Leigh Harrow - So. - Deltaville, Va./MiddlesexPR’s Cross Country: 5K – 19:59.4Indoor: 3,000m - 11:13.51...5,000m - 20:12.322014-15 Cross Country: Best 5K time came in the final event of the season and was a 19:59.4 at Lenoir-Rhyne Invite (12th place) ... placed 38th overall at the Winthrop Invite with a time of 20:47.8 ... Indoor: Competed in the 3,000m twice and the 5,000m twice as well ... placed in the top 10 twice with two seventh-place finishes ... Took seventh at the Wake Forest Invite’s 5,000m (20:12.32) and seventh in the Mountaineer Open’s 3,000m (11:34.77)H.S. PR’s: 5K - 20:01 ... 1,600m - 5:42 ... 3,200m - 12:33High School: Four-time all-conference, all-region and all-state in XC ... 2014 XC Conference Champion and Female Athlete of the Year ... four-time all-conference and all-region in track. All-state during senior year and placed sixth in the 1,600m ... three-time XC team MVP and track team MVP.

Sarah Hoffert - Fr. - Cary, N.C./CaryH.S. PR’s: 400m - 59.48 ... 800m - 2:16.19 ... 1600m - 5:20 ... 5000m - 20:06 ... 4x400m - 3:48 (school record, 4th in state history) ... 4x800m - 9:15High School: Named all-state track and field as a sophomore and senior ... named all-region track and field as a sophomore, junior and senior ... named all-conference cross country as a sophomore ... for track and field, was named all-conference for outdoor as a senior ... winner of the Kassel Smit Spirit Award for cross country in 2014 ... won the coach’s award for indoor in 2012 and outdoor in 2015

Shelby Howell - Sr. - Wilmington, N.C./New HanoverPR’s Cross Country: 5K – 17:43.2….6,000m – 23:06.5Indoor: 400m - 1:00.29 ... 800m – 2:11.25… Mile – 5:06.14Outdoor: 800m – 2:10.29…1,500m – 4:44.672014-15 Cross Country: Achieved a new PR in the 5K at the Sun Belt Conference Championships (17:43.2/16th place) ... placed in the top 20 in three events and the top 35 in five of the six meets she ran in ... best placing of 14th came at the Winthrop Invite 18:53.1 ... per-sonal-best 6K time of 23:06.5 came at the NCAA Division I Southeast

2015 MountaineersRegional (167th place) ... Indoor: Took first place in the mile at both the Appalachian Indoor Open and the Wake Forest Invite in her first two races of the season with times of 5:29.01 and 5:15.60, respectively ... Set a PR in the 800m with a time of 2:11.25 at the Sun Belt Indoor Championships (second place) ... finished in second one other time at the Hokie Invite’s distance medley relay (12:18.74) ... placed third twice including the ETSU Invite’s 800m (2:15.45) and the Sun Belt Indoor Championships’ distance medley relay (11:59.29) ... in total, she had nine top-10 finishes out of 12 events ... all-conference performer ... Out-door: Her extremely successful indoor season carried directly over into the outdoor season where she saw herself finish in the top 10 10 times out of a possible 14 events ... took first place at the Charlotte Invite’s 800m with a time of 2:10.30 ... finished in second for both the Charlotte Invite’s 4x4 (3:15.21) and the High Point VertKlasse’s 4x4 (3:58.57) ... Her two fourth-place finishes were in the Sun Belt Outdoor Championships’ 800m (2:10.36) and in that same meet, the 800m preliminary round (2:10.29/PR) ... Final top-five finish was in the 1500m at the App State Open with a time of 4:48.26 (fifth place) ... Set a new PR for that event at the Wake Forest Open with a time of 4:44.67 (17th place)2013-14 Cross Country: Ran a personal-best 5K and finished 17th at the Winthrop/Adidas Invitational ... took 14th at the Covered Bridge Open ... Indoor: ran a personal best 400m at HIlton Garden Invitational ... placed first at the 2014 Mountaineer Open as part of the 4x3 relay ... took second in the 800m at the 2014 Mountaineer Open with a time of 2:17.86 ... placed first in the 800m at the 2014 Liberty Quad ... placed third at the SoCon Indoor Championships in the 800m with a time of 2:12.96 ... took second at the SoCon Indoor Championships in the 4x4 ... finished first at the 2014 Liberty Quad in the 800m with a time of 2:17.43 ... Outdoor: took third in the 1,500m at Carolina’s Cup 2014 with a time of 4:46.09 ... ran a personal best 800m at the SoCon Outdoor Championships with a time of 2:10.35 and took fifth ... finished second in the Georgia Invitational for the 800m2012-13 Cross Country: Ran in the Blue Ridge Open, posting a person-al-best 21:06.50... posted a personal-best 24:55.62 in the 6,000m run at the 49er Invite... Indoor: Posted a first-place finish in the 800, at the Mountaineer Open... finished first in the preliminary round in the 800m at the SoCon Championships, running a personal-best 2:12.09.. had the season-best time in the 800m for the Apps at the SoCon Champion-ships... earned a fourth-place finish in the mile at the Liberty Quad... Outdoor: Placed second in the 800m run at the High Point VertKlasse Meeting, running a personal-best 2:10.50, ranking her fourth all-time for App State... finished fourth in the 800m at the NC A&T Aggie Last Chance Meet... posted a fourth-place finish in the 1,500m at Beaches vs Mountains... ran a personal-best with a 4:55.58 in the 1,500m at the Coastal Carolina InvitationalHigh School: Set a state meet record in the 800m at the 2012 State Championships, running a 2:11.99...state champion in the 800-meters in 2011 with a personal best time of 2:13.00...finished first at the East Regional in the 1,600-meter run with a time of 5:07.79 in 2012...was a three-time conference champion and four-time county champion in cross country...earned a first-place finish in the NCHSAA 4A East Regional in 2011 and placed 19th at the state meet

Erin Jameson - Fr. - Pfafftown, N.C./ReaganH.S. PR’s: 800m - 2:25 ... 1600m - 5:23 ... 3200m - 11:31 ... 5000m - 18:56High School: Named all-conference cross country as a sophomore, junior and senior ... named all-conference track and field as a sopho-more, junior and senior ... part of the all-region team for cross country as a senior

Natalie Kile - RSo. - Canton, Ga./Blessed TrinityPR’s Cross Country: 5K – 19:27Indoor: Mile - 5:26.03 ... 3,000m - 10:41.45 ... 5,000m - 19:08.31Outdoor: 5,000m - 18:23.26...10,000m - 38:58.842014-15 Cross Country: Achieved her 5K PR of 19:27 at the Upstate Invite with finish of 60th overall ... best placing came at the Lenoir-Rhyne Invite when she finished in 15th (20:08.5) ... placed in the top 50 in three of the five events she competed in ... Indoor: Only competed in five events but placed in the top 10 in four of them and took 22nd in the fifth (ETSU Invite’s 5000m - 19:08.31/PR) ... won the 3000m race at the Mountaineer Open with a time of 10:53.20 ... Next-best finish was third place in the Appalachian Indoor Open’s mile with a personal-best time of 5:26.03 ... Took eighth in the Wake Forest Invite’s 3000m


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2015 Mountaineers(10:56.92) and ninth in the High Point Panthers Team Challenge’s 3000m (10:41.45/PR) ... Outdoor: Competed in four events, which in-cluded a third-place finish at the High Point VertKlasse’s 10K (40:03.06) ... set a new PR for the 5000m at the Wake Forest Open with a time of 18:23.26 (20th place) ... new PR for the 10K was 38:58.84 at the Sun Belt Outdoor Championships (13th place)2013-14 Cross Country: ran a personal-best 5K at the Covered Bridge Open and finished 38th ... Indoor: ran a personal best mile time at the Appalachian Pre-Conference Indoor meet with a time of 5:34.24 and finished third ... ran a personal best 3,000m at the 2014 Liberty Quad with a time of 10:55.30 and took 12th ... Outdoor: ran a personal best 5,000m at the Charlotte Invitational and took 10thH.S. PR’s: 800m – 2:31...1600m – 5:25...3200m – 11:35...5000m – 18:48High School: Named cross country Most Valuable Player in 2009 and 2012...placed third in the state in the 3200m and fifth in the 1600m her senior season

Kerry Leonard - So. - Wilmington, N.C./LaneyPR’s Cross Country: 5K - 19:29.4Indoor: Mile - 5:30.27 ... 3,000m - 11:33.79Outdoor: 800m - 2:29.28...1,500m - 4:56.242014-15 Cross Country: 5K PR of 19:29.4 came at the Upstate Invite (63rd place) ... best placing of the season came at the Lenoir-Rhyne Invite when she finished in 11th (19:45.9) ... placed in the top 30 in three of her five total events ... Indoor: Earned a pair of top-10 finishes and three placings inside the top 15 ... Placed 10th in the Wake Forest Invite’s 3000m (11:33.79) and the High Point Panthers Team Chal-lenge’s 4x4 (4:17.71) ... Placed 12th in the ETSU Invite’s mile with a time of 5:41.13 ... Outdoor: Placed in the top 25 for four of her five total events ... Placed 11th at the App State Open in the 1500m with a time of 5:01.11H.S. PR’s: 5K - 18:19 ... 400m - 1:03 ... 800m - 2:22 ... 1,600m - 5:08 ... 3,200m - 11:18High School: lettered four years in cross country and track and field ... four-time XC all-region competitor ... three-time XC state qualifier ... top 20 at states senior year ... three-time XC all-conference and confer-ence champ as a junior and senior ... XC Regional champ senior year ... earned cross country Most Improved award as a freshman ... three-time team MVP ... all-region track competitor for four years ... two-time track state qualifier ... four-time track all-conference honoree ... two-time track conference champion (800m, 1600m, 3200m) ... two-time top 10 at states (1600m)

Torre Moser - Jr. - Cary, N.C./ ApexPR’s Cross Country: 5K - 17:43.5...6,000m - 22:30.2Indoor: 800m - 2:20.50 ... Mile - 5:01.51 ... 3,000m - 10:38.54Outdoor: 800m - 2:14.09 ... 1,500m - 4:35.252014-15 Cross Country: PR 5K time of 17:43.5 came at the Sun Belt Conference Championships (17th place) ... earned the best 6K time of her career (22:30.2) at the NCAA Division I Southeast Regional (123rd place) ... her best placing of the season came at the Upstate Invite (9th place/18:22.8) ... placed in the top 20 in four of the five events she com-peted in ... Indoor: Experienced a very successful indoor season with six top-10 finishes in the seven events that she competed in ... Won the Mountaineer Open’s 800m race with a time of 2:20.50/PR ... Placed third at the Sun Belt Indoor Championships’ distance medley relay with a time of 11:59.29 ... Earned fourth at the ETSU Invite’s mile (5:14.26) and fifth at the Wake Forest Invite’s 3000m (10:38.54/PR) ... final top-10 placing was an eighth-place finish in the mile at the Sun Belt Indoor Championships with a time of 5:01.51/PR ... all-conference performer ... Outdoor: Placed in the top 10 five times including a pair of fourth-place finishes in the Charlotte Invite’s 800m (2:14.51) and the Sun Belt Outdoor Championships’ 1500m (4:38.10) ... set a new PR in the 1500 with a time of 4:35.25 at the Raleigh Relays (32nd place) ... also ran her fastest 800m time at the Sun Belt Outdoor Championships with a time of 2:14.09 (ninth place/preliminary)2013-14 Cross Country: competed in six races as a freshman ... fin-ished first in the Blue Ridge Open meet with a time of 19:09.8 ... record-ed a personal best time of 19:07 at the Three Stripe Invite ... Indoor: ran a personal best mile at the Hokie Invitational and took 16th place ... finished fourth at the 2014 Liberty Quad meet in the 800m ... member of the third place 4x4 team at the Liberty Quad meet ... Outdoor: ran a personal best 800m at the Charlotte Invitational and finished eighth ... ran a personal best 1,500m at the 2014 Liberty Collegiate Invitational and took second.

H.S. PR’s: 800m – 2:22...1600m – 5:22...5000m – 19:22High School: Earned all-conference during her senior season...named Most Valuable Player in cross country.

Morgan Oakley - RFr. - Sparks, Md./HerefordPR’s Indoor: 200m - 29.01 ... 400m - 1:02.87Outdoor: 400m - 1:05.09...400H - 1:07.862014-15 Indoor: Placed in the top 10 three times, the top 15 in five events and the top 20 seven times ... best placing of the indoor season was fourth at the Appalachian Indoor Open Split’s 400m race with a time of 1:02.87/PR ... her other top-10 finish was eighth in the same meet’s 200m dash (29.01/PR) ... Outdoor: Best finish for either season was dur-ing the outdoor part where she placed third at the App State Open’s 400 hurdles with a time of 1:08.35High School: Ninth in state 3A for 300m hurdles during sophomore year ... 4x400m record - 4:04 ... 4x800m county record ... indoor state cham-pions - 2012• Regional Champions - indoor and outdoor - 2012-14 ... National Honor Society ... Outstanding Student-Athlete Award

Alison Peters - So. - Valdosta, Ga./Lowndes CountyPR’s Cross Country: 5K - 20:33.3Indoor: 3,000m - 12:04.08...5,000m - 20:28.92Outdoor: 5,000m - 20:22.902014-15 Cross Country: Her PR 5K time of 20:33.3 came at the Upstate Invite and was good for 102nd place ... competed in only one other event and it was the Covered Bridge Open (22:10.6/67th place) ... Indoor: Took ninth at the Wake Forest Invite’s 5000m with a time of 20:55.74 ... placed 11th in the 3000m at the Mountaineer Open (12:04.08) ... Outdoor: Competed in just three events, the best of which was a 13th-place finish at the Charlotte Invite’s 5000m (20:22.90) H.S. PR’s: 5K - 19:02 ... 1,600m - 5:28 ... 3,200m - 11:56High School: lettered four years in cross country and track and field ... four-time all-region and all-state competitor ... four-time regional cham-pion and track state qualifier in the 1600m and 3200m run ... earned track and field Freshman of the Year and the Most Desire award all four years.

Mallary Price - Jr. - Matthews, N.C./ WeddingtonPR’s Cross Country: 5K – 18:37.40...6000m – 22:43.00Indoor: 3,000m - 10:42.32 ... Mile - 5:20.97...5,000m - 18:50.72Outdoor: 1,500m - 4:53.40...5,000m - 18:24.792014-15 Cross Country: Top 5K time of the season of 19:16.2 came at the Upstate Invite (48th place) ... best placing of the season was seventh and came in her final event of the year, the Lenoir-Rhyne Invite (19:33.9) ... finished in the top 25 twice and the top 50 in all five of the events she competed in ... Indoor: Placed seventh in the Wake Forest Invite’s 3000m (10:54.68) ... set a new PR for the mile with a time of 5:20.97 at the High Point Panthers Team Challenge ... Outdoor: Ran in just two events includ-ing a 12th-place finish at the Charlotte Invite’s 1500m (4:53.40/PR) and the Wake Forest Open’s 5000m (18:45.63/33rd place)2013-14 Cross Country: ran a personal-best 5K at the Winthrop/Adi-das and finished 14th ... finished sixth at the Asheville Carnival ... ran a personal-best 6K at Lehigh’s Paul Short Run ... Indoor: ran a personal best 3,000m at the 2014 Liberty Quad and took ninth with a time of 10:42.32 ... Outdoor: ran a personal best 5,000m at the Wake Forest Open and took 16th with a time of 18:24.79 ... placed sixth in the 5,000m at the 2014 Liberty Collegiate InvitationalH.S. PR’s: Mile – 5:15...3200m – 11:25...5000m – 18:29High School: Was an all-conference winner and a two-time regional champ in the 3200m...helped lead the cross country team to a confer-ence championship her junior and senior season...named Female Stu-dent Athlete of the year as a junior.. won the state championship in the 4x8 relay during winter track and field her junior year. Hana Ratcliffe - So. - Durham, N.C./Durham School of the ArtsPR’s Cross Country: 5K - 18:32.2Indoor: Mile - 4:59.42...3,000m - 10:14.62 ... 5,000m - 18:34.66Outdoor: 1,500m - 4:47.02...3,000m - 10:32.71...3,000m steeplechase - 11:02.342014-15 Cross Country: Achieved a 5K PR in her final event of the season, the 3 Stripe Invite (18:32.2/11th place) ... best placing of the season was fifth and came at the Lenoir-Rhyne Invite (19:23.1) ... laced in the top 20 in three events and the top 40 in all six that she competed in ... Indoor: Experienced a very successful indoor season that saw her place in the top five three times and the top 10 in seven of the nine

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2015 Mountaineersevents she ran in ... won the mile at the Mountaineer Open with a time of 5:16.83 ... took third place twice including the Wake Forest Invite’s 5000m (18:34.66) and the Sun Belt Indoor Championships distance medley relay (11:59.29) ... took seventh place four times ... all-conference performer ... Outdoor: Earned a top-10 finish in five of the seven total events that she ran in ... best finish was fourth place at the App State Open’s 1500m (4:47.85) ... took fifth for the same meet in the 3000m steeplechase with a time of 11:02.34 ... placed fifth in the 3,000 meter steeplechase at the USA Junior National ChampionshipsH.S. PR’s: 5K - 18:31 ... 1,600m - 5:08High School: lettered four times in cross country and track and field• Four-time all-conference and all-region honoree and two-time all-state in cross country ... all-conference and all-state in track and field (1600m, 800m, 4x400m, 4x800m) ... four-time cross country team MVP and Female Athlete of the Year senior year ... two-time track and field team MVP.

Elisa Sargent - Fr. - Cary, N.C./Green HopeH.S. PR’s: 800m - 2:19.49 ... 1600m - 5:09.11 ... 5000m - 18:29.10High School: Named all-state track and field as a sophomore ... all-conference in cross country for both junior and senior seasons ... quali-fied for state all four years of track ... state qualifier for cross country in two seasons ... attended Nike Cross Nationals

Ann Sekutowski - Fr. - Waukesha, Wis./Kettle MoraineH.S. PR’s: 800m - 2:22.6 ... 1600m - 5:26.60 ... 3200m - 11:22.92 ... 4000m - 15:08.02 ... 5000m - 19:18.04High School: MVP for her cross country team in 2013 and track and field team in the same season ... holds the school record for the 3200m race with a time of 11:22.92 ... finished in 11th at state for the 3200m race ... was a captain for the track team as a senior in 2015

Christina Shearon - So. - Edwards, Colo./Battle MountainPR’s Indoor: 3,000m - 11:36.37...5,000m - 21:36.63Outdoor: 3,000m - 11:52.43...3,000m steeplechase - 12:50.822014-15 Indoor: Took 13th place at the Mountaineer Open’s 3000m (12:10.59) ... Outdoor: Placed in the top 10 twice including second at the App State Open’s 3000m steeplechase (12:57.13) and ninth at the Charlotte Invite’s same event (12:50.82)H.S. PR’s: 5K - 19:57 ... 800m - 2:29 ... 1,600m - 5:28High School: all-region as a freshman in XC ... three-time all-state in XC ... three-time all-state in track and all-region as a freshman ... mem-ber of 4x800m school record team and top ten in the mile ... earned Most Improved award as a freshman

Madison Simmons - RSo. - Waxhaw, N.C./ CuthbertsonPR’s Cross Country: 5K - 19:20.10Indoor: 3,000m - 10:49.23 ... Mile - 5:24.39...5,000m - 18:56.33Outdoor: 1,500m - 5:09.54...5,000m - 18:33.44...10,000m - 41:26.722014-15 Cross Country: Redshirted ... Indoor: Took second at the Appalachian Indoor Open’s mile with a time of 5:24.39 ... placed in the top 10 a total of three times ... her other top-five finish was in the Mountaineer Open’s 3000m where she took fifth with a time of 11:12.99 ... Outdoor: Competed in just three events with the best result being a fourth-place finish at the High Point VertKlasse’s 10K with a time of 41:26.722013-14 Cross Country: ran a personal-best 5K at the Winthrop/Adi-das Invitational and finished 26thH.S. PR’s Cross Country: 5K – 18:46.53Indoor: 1,600m – 5:24.00…3,200m – 11:37.00Outdoor: 1,600m – 5:23.43…3,200m – 11:30.46High School: Prepped at Cuthbertson High School, participating in both cross country and track... named all-conference three times... was the conference champion in both 2011 and 2012... garnered all-region honors three times and was named all-region twice... earned all-state honors in both her junior and senior campaign, placing third overall both times... named most improved runner in 2010 and was voted MVP in 2011... garnered the Cavalier Pride Award in her senior season... holds the school record in the 5K, running a 18:46.53

Taryn Stern - Sr. - Harrisburg, N.C./ Hickory RidgePR’s Cross Country: 5K – 21:53.30Indoor: 400m - 58.68 ... 800m - 2:17.64Outdoor: 800m - 2:16.422014-15 Indoor: Placed in the top 10 five times and the top 15 in

eight events ... earned a pair of second-place finishes including the Hokie Invite’s distance medley relay (12:18.74) and the Mountain-eer Open’s 400m dash (58.68/PR) ... set a new PR in the 800m with a time of 2:17.64 at the Sykes & Sabock Challenge Cup (22nd place) ... Outdoor: Competed in just four events but finished in the top five in three of them and the top 20 in all of them ... Placed second at both the High Point VertKlasse’s 4x4 (3:58.57) and the Charlotte Invite’s 4x4 (3:51.21) ... set a new PR in the 800m at the Charlotte Invite with a time of 2:16.42 (fifth place)2013-14 Cross Country: 5K – 21:53.30 ... Indoor: placed first in the 4x3 at 2014 Mountaineer Open ... placed first in the 800m at Moun-taineer Open with time of 2:14.64 ... took second at SoCon Indoor Championships in 4x4 and took sixth in the 800m ... Oudoor: ran a personal best 400m at the SoCon Outdoor Championship and placed 10th ... ran a personal best 800m at Carolina’s Cup 2014 and placed first with a time of 2:13.11.2012-13 Indoor: placed third in the 800m at the Mountaineer Open with a time of 2:19.53 ... helped the 4x400 team to a first place finish at the Liberty Quad, finishing in 3:57.55 ... recorded a new personal best of 2:16.91 in the 800m, placing second at the Appalachian Open ... Outdoor: placed first at the Appalachian Open in the 800m with a time of 2:20.56 ... posted a new personal best in the 800m at the SoCon Outdoor Championships, placing tenth.2011-2012 Indoor: finished first in the 800m at the Appalachian Pre-Conference meet ... posted a personal-best 2:21.04 in the 800m at the Vulcan Invitational ... Outdoor: clinched a sixth place finish and ran a personal-best 2:21.15 at the Coastal Carolina Invitational.High School: Won conference cross country as a senior and earned all-state in indoor track as a junior... won the state championship in the 800m in outdoor track... finished second in the 800m at the AAU indoor track national.

Maria Stickley - Sr. - Atglen, Pa./Bishop ShanahanPR’s Cross Country: 5K – 18:29.5... 6,000m – 23:01.50Indoor: 800m - 2:18.79...Mile - 5:09.80...3,000m - 10:35.88Outdoor: 800m – 2:18.33... 1,500m – 4:38.03... 3,000m – 10:35.64... 3,000m SC – 11:49.532014-15 Cross Country: Achieved her 5K PR of 18:29.5 at the 3 Stripe Invite while finishing in ninth place overall ... took first place in the Lenoir-Rhyne Invite with a time of 19:03.3 ... placed 30th at the Win-throp Invite (20:06.4) and 40th at the Blue Ridge Open (20:15.5) ... In-door: Placed in the top 10 once and that was a seventh-place finish at the Sykes & Sabock Challenge Cup’s distance medley relay (12:01.92) ... set a new PR for the mile with a 5:09.80 at the same meet (28th place) ... Outdoor: Took home three top-10 finishes including a third place at the Charlotte Invite’s 1500m (4:38.03/PR), eighth at that same meet in the 800m (2:18.33/PR) and 10th at the Raleigh Relays’ 4x8 (9:21.58) ... 2013-14 Cross Country: finished 16th at the Winthrop/Adidas Invi-tational ... Outdoor: placed seventh in the 4x400m at the Liberty Col-legiate Invitational ... took eighth in the Liberty Collegeiate Invitational for the 800m ... finished fifth at Carolina’s Cup in the 1,500m2012-13 Cross Country: Helped the Apps to a second-place finish at the Covered Bridge Open, finishing fifth for the Mountaineers... ran a season-best 18:59.31 at the Southern Conference Championships... posted a personal-best 23:01.50 in the 6,000m run at the NCAA Pre-National meet... Indoor: Placed third in the 800m at the Appalachian Pre-Conference meet with a personal-best 2:18.79... ran a personal-best 5:09.89 in the mile at the SoCon Championships for a ninth-place finish... posted a personal-best 10:35.88 in the 3,000m at the Kentucky Invitational... Outdoor: Participated in the 1,500m at the High Point VertKlasse Meeting, placing 15th2011-12 Cross Country: Competed in four meets for ASU...finished 22nd at the Mountaineer Open....recorded a season-best 18:33.60 at the SoCon Championships...Indoor: Ran in four meets on the season...finished second in the mile at the Niswonger Foundation Invitational...ran a 2:28.51 at the Mountaineer Split in the 800m...Outdoor: Compet-ed in nine meets for the Black and Gold...finished with a season-best and personal record 2:18.84 in the 800m at Beaches vs. Mountains...put up a first place finish at the Appalachian Open in the 1,500m...had a season-best 4:41.98 in the 1,500m at Beaches vs. Mountains...posted a 11:49.53 in the 3,000m steeplechase at the SoCon Championships, which was good for a sixth place finishHigh School: Earned all-conference honors in cross country and track and field...earned most valuable athlete for cross country and track


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2015 Mountaineersand field

Tristin Van Ord - Jr. - Chapel Hill, N.C./ Chapel HillPR’s Cross Country: 5K – 17:02.5...6K – 21:17.9Indoor: 800m - 2:22.24 ... Mile - 4:59.06 ... 3,000m - 9:45.08 ... 5,000m - 16:39.75Outdoor: 800m - 2:17.51 ... 1,500m - 4:27.63 ... 5,000m - 16:45.85 ... 10,000m - 34:23.082014-15 Cross Country: Named Sun Belt Runner of the Week on Sept. 24 after finishing second at Winthrop Invite (17:41.14) ... placed in the top six in five of her six events ... finished in first once, second three times and sixth once ... won the Upstate Invite with time of 17:44.9 ... took 46th place at the NCAA Division I Southeast Regional with a time of 21:17.9 ... first-team all-conference ... Indoor: was among the top 12 in all six of her indoor events ... won both the ETSU Invite’s 5000m (17:13.87) and the Sun Belt Indoor Championships’ 5000m (16:39.75/PR) ... Took second twice including the Hokie Invite’s distance medley relay (12:18.74) and the Sun Belt Indoor Championships’ 3000m (9:45.08/PR) ... placed third at the Sykes & Sabock Challenge Cup’s 3000m (9:49.35) ... set a new PR in the mile with a time of 4:59.06 at the Hokie Invite (12th place) ... named Sun Belt Conference Women’s Track Athlete of the Week on both Jan. 28 and Feb. 11 ... all-conference per-former ... Outdoor: Won two events at the Sun Belt Outdoor Champion-ships including the 5000m (17:01.09) and the 10,000m (35:09.15) ... Took a top-10 finish home in four events ... set a new PR in the 1500m with a time of 4:27.63 at the Tennessee Relays (sixth place) ... ran the fastest 10,000m time of her career at the Raleigh Relays with a time of 34:23.08 (fourth place) ... all-conference performer ... placed 37th in the 10,000 meter run with a time of 36:03.34 at the NCAA Preliminaries ... named a DI Scholar Athlete by the USTFCCCA2013-14 Cross Country: ran a personal-best 5K at the Winthrop/Adi-das Invitational and finished 19th ... finished 13th at the 3 Strip Invite ... Indoor: finished first in the 3,000m at the 2014 Liberty Quad and ran a personal best of 10:06.05 ... placed first in the Mountaineer Open as a member of the 4x400m team ... ran a personal best mile at the Hokie Invitational and finished 11th with a time of 5:10.84 ... finished fifth at the SoCon Indoor Championships in the 5K and sixth in the 3,000m ... Outdoor: ran a personal best 800m at the Charlotte Invitational and took 10th with a time of 2:17.51 ... ran a personal best 1,500m at the SoCon Outdoor Championships and took fifth with a time of 4:32.10 ... ran a personal best 5,000m and placed first at the Wake Forest Open with a time of 17:13.78H.S. PR’s: Mile – 5:09...3,200m – 11:13.56...5,000m – 18:28High School: Named cross country all-state all four seasons... earned state runner up in the 3,200m her junior and senior seasons...named cross country Most Valuable Runner as a freshman, junior and senior...named track and field Best Female Distance Runner all four seasons.

Avery Walter - Fr. - Cary, N.C./CaryPR’s Indoor: 200m - 26.47 ... 400m - 1:01.08Outdoor: 200m - 26.81 ... 400m - 59.68High School: First at conference in 4x400m - 2014 ... second at confer-ence in 4x100m - 2012 ... women’s Conference Champions

Brittany Williams - Sr. - Simpsonville, S.C./MaudlinPR’s Cross Country: 5K – 18:05.6…6,000m – 22:06.4Indoor: Mile – 5:18.35…3,000m – 10:15.93 ... 5,000m - 17:33.19Outdoor: 3,000m – 10:57.51…5,000m – 17:36.24 ... 10,000m - 36:34.182014-15 Cross Country: Achieved a new PR in the 5K with a time of 18:05.6 at the Sun Belt Conference Championships (24th place) ... new PR 6K time of 22:06.4 came at the NCAA Division I Southeast Regional (90th place) ... placed in the top 10 twice and the top 25 in four of her five total events ... Indoor: Finished in the top 15 in all four of her events including a seventh-place finish at the ETSU Invite’s 5000m (18:06.54) ... set a new PR in the 5000m with a time of 17:33.19 at the Sykes & Sabock Challenge Cup (10th place) ... Outdoor: Took fifth place at the Wake Forest Open’s 5000m with a time of 17:39.882013-14 Cross Country: ran a personal-best 5K at the Winthrop/Adidas Invitational and placed eighth ... placed 12th at the Blue Ridge Open ... Indoor: placed third at the ETSU Niswonger meet in the 5,000m ... ran a personal best in the mile at 2014 Mountaineer Open with a time of 5:18.35 and took second place ... ran a personal best in the 3,000m at the Liberty Quad meet and finished third with a time of 10:15.93 ... placed ninth in the 3,000m and 13th in the 5,000m at the

SoCon Indoor Championships ... Outdoor: placed seventh at the Wake Forest Open in the 5,000m ... ran a personal best 5,000m at the Florida Relays with a time of 17:36.24 ... ran a personal best 10,000m at the So-Con Outdoor Championships and took ninth with a time of 37:39.85.2012-13 Cross Country: Finished 18th overall in her first collegiate meet at the Covered Bridge Open... ran a personal-best 19:12.64 at the Blue Ridge Open...posted a 23:40.06 in the 6,000m run at the 49er Invite for a personal-best time...Indoor: Placed fifth in the mile at the Appalachian Pre-Conference meet with a personal-best 5:31.06... finished sixth in the 3,000m at the Mountaineer Open... ran a personal-best in the 3,000m at the Liberty Quad... Outdoor: Placed sixth in the 3,000m at Beaches vs Mountains, running a personal-best 10:57.52...posted a personal-best 18:39.52 in the 5,000m at the Wake Forest OpenHigh School: Member of the 2011 SC Upper State Cross Country Championship team and finished runner-up in the Region II AAAA Cross Country Region...finished third in the 3,200-meters and eight in the 4x800-meter relay at the state championships as a junior...earned all-state honors as a junior in cross country.

Allison Worsdale - So. - Cary, N.C./Green Hope (UNC-Wilmington)PR’s Cross Country: 5K – 22:08 (UNCW)Indoor: 3,000m - 10:58.01...5,000m - 19:13.80Outdoor: 5,000m - 18:32.96...10,000m - 39:37.582014-15 Indoor: Placed third at the Mountaineer Open’s 3000m (10:58.01) and fourth at the ETSU Invite’s 5000m (19:13.80) ... Outdoor: Placed in the top 10 twice and the top 15 three times ... earned second at the High Point VertKlasse’s 10,000m with a time of 39:54.62 ... placed seventh at the Charlotte Invite’s 5000m (18:46.18)UNC-Wilmington (2013-14): Competed in just one race, the Blue Ridge Open 5K, and finished 188th with a time of 22:08H.S. PR’s: 1000m - 3:15.27 ... 5000m - 19:06High School: Named all-conference for three years ... named all-region as a senior ... 2nd-team all-state as a senior

Samantha Campanaro

Appalachian State UniversityNestled in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina, Appalachian boasts an enrollment of 17,838 students. Located

in the town of Boone, Appalachian is in the midst of one of the finest resort areas in the United States. Mountain foliage, skiing, the Blue Ridge Parkway (America’s most visited national park) and cool summer evenings help make the Boone area so popular.

Academically, Appalachian is a comprehensive university that offers more than 130 majors. The institution stresses teaching. Classes are kept small and almost all classes are taught by full professors. The student to faculty ratio is 15-to-1. U.S. News and World Report has consistently ranked Appalachian among the Top 10 Regional Universities. All this at a reasonable cost.

Appalachian fields 20 varsity sports at the NCAA Division I level, including cross country and indoor and outdoor track and field. In the past 31 years before transferring into the Sun Belt Conference on July 1, 2014, the men and women have combined to win 63 Southern Conference championships in track and cross country. The men’s program has produced 43 NCAA qualifiers and seven All-Americans, while the women have 50 NCAA qualifers, 10 gaining All-America honors, a two-time NCAA National Champion, and a two-time Olympic bronze medalist. The women’s cross country team has won nine conference titles, while the men’s team has captured 14, with 1994 as a banner year as the mens team qualified for the NCAA Championships and finished the season ranked 20th in the nation. Running Facilities

Appalachian and the surrounding areas offer some of the best and widest variety of training sites on the East Coast. Moses Cone Park and The Blue Ridge Parkway offer over 50 miles of groomed trails, while the on-campus cross country course has more than four miles of trails sitting along the New River. The course was named after Appalachian standout Don Kennedy. The 8,325- seat Holmes Convocation Center and its 300-meter indoor track opened in 2000. The state-of-the-art Appalachian Athletics Center opened in 2009 at Kidd Brewer Stadium and serves as the home for App State football and outdoor track and field.

Quick FactsLocation ............................................................................ Boone, N.C.Founded .........................................................................................1899Enrollment .................................................................................17,838Conference..............................................................................Sun BeltNickname .................................................................... MountaineersColors .......................................................................... Black and GoldChancellor ............................................................ Dr. Sheri N. EvertsFaculty Representative .........................................Dr. Alan HauserDirector of Athletics .......................................................Doug GillinSenior Assoc. Athletic Director/SWA ....... Debbie RichardsonDirector of Track and Cross Country .....................John WeaverHead Cross Country Coach. .......................................Mike CurcioXC/Track Phone ..........................................................828-262-3080XC/Track Fax ................................................................828-262-4056 www.appstate.edu www.appstatesports.com

Documents

2015 Women's Cross Country Media Guide