2009-10 Notre Dame Cross Country Track & Field Information Guide

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2009-10Cross Country Track & Field

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2009 Cross CounTry sCheduleDate Opponent Site Time9/4 Valparaiso Crusader Open Valparaiso, Ind. 6:00 PM 9/18 National Catholic Invitational Notre Dame, Ind. 3:30 PM 10/2 Notre Dame Invitational Notre Dame, Ind. 2:00 PM 10/17 Pre-National NCAA Meet Terre Haute, Ind. TBA10/31 BIG EAST Championship Kenosha, Wisc. TBA11/14 NCAA Great Lakes Regional Bloomington, Ind. TBA11/23 NCAA Championships Terre Haute, Ind. TBA

2009-10 noTre dame men’s and Women’s TraCk & Field sChedule

Date Day Event Site Time12/4 Fri. Blue & Gold Meet Notre Dame, Ind. 5 PM1/15 Fri. Notre Dame Indoor Opener Notre Dame, Ind. 7 PM1/22-23 Fri. Notre Dame Invitational Notre Dame, Ind. 5 PM/10 AM1/29-30 Fri.-Sat. Indiana Invitational Bloomington, Ind. TBA2/5-6 Fri.-Sat. Meyo Invitational Notre Dame, Ind. 7 PM/10 AM2/20-21 Sat.-Sun. BIG EAST Championships New York, N.Y. TBA3/5-6 Fri.-Sat. Alex Wilson Invitational Notre Dame, Ind. 7 PM/10 AM3/12-13 Fri.-Sat. NCAA Championships Fayetteville, Ark. TBA

3/26-27 Fri.-Sat. Arizona State Invitational Tempe, Ariz. TBA3/26-27 Fri.-Sat. Stanford Invitational Palo Alto, Calif. TBA4/1-2 Thurs.-Fri. Arizona Multi-Event Tucson, Ariz. TBA4/2-3 Fri.-Sat. Florida Relays Gainesville, Fla. TBA4/2-3 Fri.-Sat. Tiger Track Classic Auburn, Ala. TBA4/2-3 Fri.-Sat. Purdue Invitational West Lafayette, Ind. TBA4/10 Sat. Louisville Invitational Louisville, Ky. TBA4/17 Sat. Texas Twilight Austin, Texas TBA4/15-17 Thurs.-Sat. Mt. SAC Relays Walnut, Calif. TBA4/16-17 Fri.-Sat. Purdue Rankin Invitational West Lafayette, Ind. TBA4/22-24 Thurs.-Sat. Drake Relays Des Moines, Iowa TBA4/23-24 Fri.-Sat. Hillsdale Relays Hillsdale, Mich. TBA4/30-5/2 Fri.-Sun. BIG EAST Championships Cincinnati, Ohio TBA5/7-8 Fri.-Sat. Michigan Invitational Ann Arbor, Mich. TBA5/11-12 Tues.-Wed. North Central College Multi Naperville, Ill. TBA5/13-14 Thurs.-Fri. North Central College Inv. Naperville, Ill. TBA5/14 Fri. Louisville Last Chance Louisville, Ky. TBA5/28-29 Fri.-Sat. NCAA Regionals TBD TBA6/9-12 Wed.-Sat. NCAA Championships Eugene, Ore. TBA

Athleticsby the numbers

25National Championships (11 in football, seven in fencing, two in women’s soccer, two in men’s tennis and one in men’s golf, men’s cross country and women’s basketball)

10Conference championships won by Irish teams in 2008-09 (BIG EAST, Central Collegiate Hockey Association and Great Western Lacrosse League)

101BIG EAST Conference championships won by Notre Dame in 14 seasons of conference play

210All-time Academic All-Americans, second most of any university

84Academic All-Americans since 2000, more than any other school

48NCAA postgraduate scholarship recipients since 1964, including four in 2008-09

13Irish programs which finished their 2008-09 season nationally ranked

19Notre Dame teams (out of 22) with a gradua-tion rate of 100%

9Irish athletic teams that earned a perfect score of 1,000 in the NCAA’s Academic Progress Rate report in 2008-09

14Programs honored by the NCAA for Academic Progress Rate scores in 2009

5,500Hours of community service completed by Notre Dame student-athletes during the 2008-09 school year

HistoryThe University of Notre Dame du Lac •was founded in 1842 by Father Edward Sorin. Adjacent to South Bend, Ind., and nestled next to Saint Mary’s and Saint Joseph’s Lakes, the University was started with $310 in cash and three log buildings in disrepair.

Notre Dame would establish many •firsts for Catholic institutions of higher learning, including the first Catholic law school, the first Catholic engineering school and the first student residence with private rooms, Sorin Hall.

AcademicsThe University is organized into four •colleges - Arts and Letters, Science, Engineering and the Mendoza College of Business - the School of Architecture, the Law School, the Graduate School, six major research institutes, more than 40 centers and special programs and the University library system.

Notre Dame is rated among the nation’s •top 25 institutions of higher learning in surveys conducted by U.S. News and World Report, Princeton Review, Time, Kiplinger’s, and Kaplan/Newsweek.

Notre Dame ranks fifth in a listing of •“dream schools” in a survey of parents by the Princeton Review. The top five are Princeton, Stanford, Harvard, New York University and Notre Dame.

Notre Dame is among a select group of •schools that ranks in the top 25 on the U.S. News & World Report survey of the nation’s top colleges and in the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics Directors’ Cup for overall success in athletics.

StudentsGraduate and undergraduate students •at the University come from all 50 states and more than 100 countries worldwide.

Notre Dame’s graduation rate of 95 •percent is exceeded by only Harvard and Princeton.

Notre Dame’s 98 percent retention rate •between the freshman and sophomore years is among the highest in the country, thanks in large part to the University’s unique First Year of Studies Program.

Notre Dame has one of the highest •undergraduate residential concentrations of any national university, with 80 percent of its students living in 27 residence halls.

The medical school acceptance rate of •the University’s preprofessional studies graduates is 80 percent, almost twice the national average.

Notre Dame ranks first among Catholic •universities in the number of doctorates earned by its undergraduate alumni - a record compiled over some 85 years.

ServiceCommunity service is a hallmark of •Notre Dame. About 80 percent of Notre Dame students engage in some form of voluntary community service during their years at the University, and at least 10 percent devote a year or more after graduation to service in the United States and around the world.

The University’s • Alliance for Catholic Education (ACE) annually sends 180 recent graduates to teach in some 100 understaffed Catholic schools in the southern, southeastern and southwestern United States and in South Bend. A national model, ACE has received the Higher Education Award from the Corporation for National Service for leadership in using national service resources through AmeriCorps.

AlumniThe University’s network of 270 alumni •clubs -- including 60 international clubs -- is the most extensive in higher education.

With graduates renowned for their •loyalty and generosity, Notre Dame annually ranks among the top five in percentage of alumni who contribute to the University.

In recent years, Notre Dame alumni have •won a Nobel Prize in medicine, a Pulitzer Prize in journalism, and an Emmy Award for contributions to television technology.

UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME

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THIS IS NOTRE DAME

Academic Excellence ...................................................2-3Sports Medicine ..........................................................4-5University of Notre Dame ............................................6-7University Leadership ..................................................8-9Athletic Facilities .....................................................10-11Excellence On the Field ................................................12Excellence Off the Field ................................................13Student Welfare and Development ..............................14Monogram Club ...........................................................15City of South Bend .......................................................16

INTRO

Media Information .................................................................. 18Notre Dame Glossary..........................................................19-22Track & Field Legends .........................................................23-24

2009-10 SEASON PREVIEW

Men’s Track & Field Preview .................................................... 26Men’s Track & Field Roster ....................................................... 27Women’s Track & Field Preview ............................................... 29Women’s Track & Field Roster .................................................. 30Cross Country Preview ........................................................32-33Cross Country Rosters .............................................................. 342009-10 Cross Country / Track & Field Schedules .................... 35Notre Dame’s New Outdoor Track ............................................ 36

COACHES

Head Coach Joe Piane ........................................................38-39Assistant Coach Tim Connelly .................................................. 40Associate Head Coach John Millar ........................................... 41Assistant Coach Adam Beltran ................................................ 42Assistant Coach Amy Henry ..................................................... 42Assistant Coach Jim Garnham ................................................. 43Support Staff........................................................................... 43

STUDENT-ATHLETES

Women’s Biographies .........................................................46-60Men’s Biographies ..............................................................62-80

2008-09 SEASON IN REVIEW

2008 Men’s Cross Country Results ........................................... 822008 Women’s Cross Country Results ...................................... 832009 Top Marks ....................................................................... 842009 Track & Field Results ..................................................85-94

HISTORY & RECORDS

NCAA Cross Country History /All-Americans ......................................................................... 96BIG EAST / NCAA Championship Results .................................. 97National Catholic Championship ............................................. 98Notre Dame Invitational .......................................................... 99Track & Field All-Americans ............................................100-101All-America Analysis ............................................................. 102NCAA Track & Field Team Results ........................................... 103NCAA Track & FieldIndividual Results...........................................................104-105Men’s Indoor Records ............................................................ 106Men’s Outdoor Records .......................................................... 107Women’s Indoor Records ....................................................... 108Women’s Outdoor Records .................................................... 109Men’s Meet Records .............................................................. 110Women’s Meet Records ......................................................... 111Men’s BIG EAST Indoor Results .............................................. 112Men’s BIG EAST Outdoor Results ............................................ 113Women’s BIG EAST Indoor Results ......................................... 114Women’s BIG EAST Outdoor Results ...................................... 115Track & Field All-BIG EAST Honors ......................................... 116Men’s Indoor Bests ................................................................ 117Men’s Outdoor Bests.............................................................. 118Women’s Indoor Bests ........................................................... 119Women’s Outdoor Bests ........................................................ 120Men’s Cross CountryMonogram Winners .............................................................. 121Women’s Cross CountryMonogram Winners .............................................................. 122Men’s Track & FieldMonogram Winners .......................................................123-129Women’s Track & FieldMonogram Winners .............................................................. 130Four-Year Monogram Winners .......................................131-134BIG EAST Conference ............................................................. 135

MEDIA INFORMATION

The Notre Dame Sports Information Office is always interested in assisting members of the media in their coverage of Irish cross country and track & field. Publicity and media information for Notre Dame cross country and track & field is handled by sports information assistant Stephanie Fischer. Please feel free to contact Fischer at the Notre Dame Sports Information Office.

Photographs, feature ideas and results are always available from the Sports Information Office. For cross country and track & field information and interviews, please contact Fischer at (574) 631-1762. All interviews with coaches and players should be arranged through the Sports Information Office.

BIG EAST WEB INFORMATION

The BIG EAST Conference maintains its presence on the World Wide Web at www.bigeast.org. The site contains current information on all facets of the BIG EAST Conference. Please contact Mike Gambardella in the BIG EAST media relations department for more information.

CREDITS

The 2009-10 Notre Dame Cross Country / Track & Field Media Guide was written and edited by Sports Information Assistants Stephanie Fischer and Dan Colleran and student assistants Brent Henningfeld and Michael Scholl.

Page layout and design by Cindy Lemcke of Ave Maria Press, Inc., Notre Dame, Ind.

Inside and outside cover design by Dave Scholtes of Ave Maria Press, Inc., Notre Dame, Ind.

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Exceptional EducationSince its founding, Notre Dame has stressed mixing academics with

faith and has done so while becoming one of the top institutions of higher learning in the nation. Featuring five undergraduate colleges (Arts and Letters, Science, Architecture, Engineering and Business), the First Year of Studies, the Graduate School and the Law School, the University finds itself attracting some of the top students and faculty in the country. Students also participate in cutting edge research and diverse study abroad opportunities, enabling Notre Dame to offer one of the top academic experiences in the world.

2Ranking of the Mendoza College of Business by BusinessWeek, in its annual survey of undergrad-uate business programs.

22 Ranking of the Notre Dame Law School by U.S. News and World Report.

37National Endowment for the Humanities fellow-ships won by faculty in the College of Arts and Letters, more than any other university in the na-tion.

5Publications in which the University of Notre Dame is ranked among the top 25 institutions of higher learning (U.S. News and World Report, Princeton Review, Time, Kiplinger’s and Kaplan/Newsweek).

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First Year of StudiesThe First Year of Studies program provides all first-year students with

the opportunity to gain a wide-ranging liberal arts background before choosing a specific major within Notre Dame’s five undergraduate col-leges. A progressive advising program for all student-athletes enables the University to follow the academic progress of all student-athletes on a regular basis. Key to the program is the fact that it is not run by the athletics department but by the University administration.

Student-Athlete SuccessNotre Dame expects the best out of its student-athletes just as it

does of every other student on campus. Notre Dame has had unprec-edented academic success among its athletes, consistently ranking among the top NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision schools in graduation rates and academic progress. With more Academic All-Americans than any other school since 2000, Irish athletes have shown themselves ca-pable of performing in the classroom while competing on the field at an elite level.

14Programs honored by the NCAA for Academic Progress Rate scores in 2009, more than any other of the 119 Football Bowl Subdivision uni-versities. The APR measures multi-year academic success by team members.

9Irish teams which recorded a perfect score of 1,000 in the NCAA’s 2009 Academic Progress Rate report, more than any other Football Bowl Subdivision institution. Notre Dame also had 11 additional programs with scores of 990 or bet-ter and all 26 varsity teams placed above NCAA standards.

19Programs which achieved a perfect 100 percent graduation rate according to the NCAA’s Gradu-ation Success Rate, second most among Football Bowl Subdivision institutions.

100Federal graduation rate percent achieved by nine Irish teams, according to the latest NCAA figures. Notre Dame had 11 teams ranked first in their respective sport.

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Percentage of Irish varsity sports (19 of 22) to achieve a perfect 100 percent graduation rate according to the NCAA’s Graduation Success Rate. Notre Dame was one of only 10 institutions with more than half its programs achieving a 100 percent graduation rate and no other school saw more than 80 percent of its programs achieve a perfect score.

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While no athlete plans on an injury, Notre Dame is prepared with one of the top sports medicine teams in the country to help keep its athletes fit and ready to compete. With training facilities in the Joyce Center, Notre Dame Stadium and the Guglielmino Athletics Complex, the training staff is always there to care for athletes. With approximate-ly 200 years combined experience on the full-time staff, Notre Dame also boasts a partnership with the renowned South Bend Orthopae-dics to provide first-class care.

14Total sports medicine staff members. Head ath-letic trainer Jim Russ leads three associate train-ers, eight assistant trainers and two physical therapists.

8,500Square feet of cutting-edge sports medicine technology, including two 3,500-gallon therapy pools, a full x-ray unit and an MRI machine.

Sports Medicine

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The task of keeping athletes in top physical condition is up to the strength & conditioning staff. The strength and conditioning staff knows the demands of competing on an elite level and is committed to ensuring Irish athletes are always in the best possible condition. From weight lifting to wind sprints and from warming up to cooling down, the strength and conditioning staff has every aspect covered.

10Full-time employees working with Irish varsity athletes. The strength and conditioning staff in-cludes director Ruben Mendoza, eight coaches, one nutritionist and one intern.

25,000Square feet in the Haggar Fitness Complex, which is located in the Guglielmino Athletics Complex, including a weight room, a 45-yard artificial turf agility field, a Gatorade hydration station, six plasma TVs and a 28-speaker sound system.

Strength and Conditioning

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When Father Edward F. Sorin started his school in the northern In-diana wilderness, he had only $300, three log buildings badly in need of repair and a far-sighted vision of establishing a liberal arts school to meet the growing educational needs of the frontier. He dreamed of building a great university, and in 1842, he founded the University of Notre Dame du Lac.

Over the years, the University of Notre Dame du Lac would evolve into a preeminent place for Catholic thought. While becoming one of the top undergraduate institutions in the country, Notre Dame has also been at the cutting edge of research, including such innovations as the transmission of wireless messages and the development of syn-thetic rubber. The University also has stressed residential life, with four of five students living on campus. Students come to Notre Dame not only to learn how to think, but to learn how to live, keeping faith with the vision of Father Sorin.

1842The University of Notre Dame was founded by Rev. Edward F. Sorin, C.S.C., as an independent, national Catholic university adjacent to South Bend, Ind., on St. Mary’s and St. Joseph’s Lakes.

11,733 Total enrollment at the University of Notre Dame, with 8,371 undergraduate students.

23.9 Karat gold in the famed Golden Dome, which tops the Main Building at the heart of campus.

5Notre Dame’s ranking by Princeton Review in a list of “Dream Schools” which takes into account aca-demics and student life, among other attributes.

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Student BodyNotre Dame is one of a handful of universities with a truly interna-

tional student body, coming from more than 100 nations and all 50 states. The most recent freshman class featured 88 percent of students in the top 10 percent of their high school class. In addition, there are no fraternities or sororities at Notre Dame, with the school’s 28 residence halls housing more than 80 percent of the student body, serving as the focal point of social, religious and athletic activities.

95Graduation rate percentage among Notre Dame students, third in the nation behind only Harvard and Princeton.

97Retention rate between freshman and sopho-more year which thanks to the University’s re-nowned First Year of Studies Program, ranks among the highest in the country.

80Percent of Notre Dame students who reside in one of 28 on-campus residence halls, where ap-proximately 40 Holy Cross religious leaders pro-vide pastoral assistance.

50/100 States and countries, respectively, which Notre Dame students call home.

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Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C, took office as the 17th president of the University of Notre Dame on July 1, 2005. He was elected by the Uni-versity’s Board of Trustees to a five-year term April 30, 2004.

An associate professor of philosophy and member of Notre Dame’s faculty since 1990, Father Jenkins had served as a vice president and associate provost at the University from July 2000 until becoming president.

Prior to his service in the provost’s office, Father Jenkins had been religious superior of the Holy Cross priests and brothers at Notre Dame for three years. As religious superior, he was a Fellow and Trustee of the University.

Father Jenkins specializes in the areas of ancient philosophy, medieval phi-losophy and the philosophy of religion. He is the author of Knowledge and Faith in Thomas Aquinas, published by Cam-bridge University Press in 1997.

Father Jenkins earned degrees in phi-losophy from Oxford University in 1987 and 1989. He earned his master of divin-ity degree and licentiate in sacred theol-ogy from the Jesuit School of Theology in Berkeley, Calif., in 1988. Prior to entering the Congregation of Holy Cross, he earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in philoso-phy from Notre Dame in 1976 and 1978, re-spectively.

Father Jenkins was ordained a priest in Notre Dame’s Basilica of the Sacred Heart in 1983. He served as director of the Old College program for Notre Dame undergraduate candidates for the Congregation of Holy Cross from 1991 to 1993.

A native of Omaha, Neb., Father Jenkins was born Dec. 17, 1953.

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Thomas G. burishProvost

John affleck-GravesExecutive Vice President

Richard C. notebaertChairman, Notre Dame

Board of Trustees

Patricia belliaNCAA Faculty Representative

Notre Dame Administration President: Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.s.C. Provost: Thomas G. burish Executive Vice President: John affleck-Graves Vice President and Senior Associate Provost: Christine Maziar Vice President and Associate Provost: Donald b. Pope-Davis Vice President and Associate Provost: Dennis C. Jacobs Vice President for Student Affairs: Rev. Mark l. Poorman, C.s.C. Vice President for University Relations: louis M. nanni Vice President for Research: Robert J. bernhard Vice President and General Counsel: Marianne Corr Vice President for Business Operations: James J. lyphout Vice President and Chief Investment Officer: scott C. Malpass Vice President for Public Affairs and Communications: Janet M. botz Vice President for Finance: John a. sejdinaj

Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C.President

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Jack SwarbrickDirector of Athletics

John B. “Jack” Swarbrick Jr., a University of Notre Dame graduate who has risen to national prominence as a lawyer, consultant, and ex-ecutive in the collegiate and Olympic sports industries, is in his second year as director of athletics at his alma mater.

His first year on campus in 2008-09 featured the announcement of plans for a new, free-standing ice hockey arena; creation of an athletic administrative division to enhance athletic performance — plus 35 All-Americans, eight Academic All-Americans and four NCAA post-graduate Scholarship winners.

Notre Dame teams in 2008-09 finished as the NCAA runner-up in both women’s soccer (26-1, led by Hermann Trophy winner Kerri Hanks) and fencing (men 33-0, women 32-2), while the women’s tennis squad advanced to the NCAA semifinals. The Irish men’s soccer squad was seeded 14th in the NCAA bracket, while the hockey team ranked fourth in the final poll after winning CCHA regular-season and postseason crowns. Men’s lacrosse finished unbeaten in the regular season (and second in the final poll) -- and women’s lacrosse won its first BIG EAST title.

Notre Dame also ranked number one in the country (among Football Bowl Subdivision schools) in the most recent Graduation Success Rate (GSR) numbers with a 98 for all student-athletes. The 2009 Academic Progress Rate (APR) statistics included more perfect 1,000 scores by Irish teams (nine) than by any other FBS institution.

Raised in Yonkers, N.Y., and Bloomington, Ind., Swarbrick is a 1976 magna cum laude graduate of Notre Dame with a bachelor’s degree in economics. Upon graduating from Stanford University Law School in 1980, he returned to Indiana to accept a position as an associate in the Indianapolis law firm Baker & Daniels. He was made partner in 1987 and spent 28 years overall with the firm.

As a member of the Indiana Sports Corporation, including the chairmanship from 1992 to 2001, Swarbrick’s leadership efforts resulted in the city earning the bid to host the 2012 Su-per Bowl; becoming the home of the NCAA headquarters; and hosting the 1987 Pan American Games, the 1991 World Gym-nastics Championships, NCAA Men’s Basketball Final Fours, and other college championship competitions plus a wide array of national and world championships in the Olympic sports.

He served as sports commissioner of the 1982 U.S. Olympic Festival in Indianapolis, competition director of the ’87 Pan American Games, and chairman of the ’91 World Gymnastics Championships. Swarbrick has served as general counsel for nu-merous national governing bodies of Olympic sports, including USA Gymnastics and USRowing.

Born March 19, 1954, Swarbrick and his wife Kimberly are the parents of four children: Kate, a senior at Saint Louis University; Connor, a junior at Wake Forest University; Cal, a senior in high school; and Christopher, a high school junior.

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In the midst of a master plan that will touch nearly every varsity team, Notre Dame has shown its commitment to providing athletes with the best possible facilities to help them compete on a national level. From new facilities to the extensive renovation of existing ones, Notre Dame is committed to giving Irish athletes every edge imagin-able. The plan will result in a drastically altered footprint on the south-east corner of campus, creating an athletics quad that will give every Irish athlete a place they will be proud to call home.

3New athletics facilities which will open on cam-pus during the 2009-10 year. Alumni Stadium will be the new home for men’s and women’s soccer; Purcell Pavilion renovation and expansion of the Joyce Center arena will be completed; and Arlot-ta Family Stadium will open as the new home for the men’s and women’s lacrosse teams.

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New facilities which have opened their doors in the past five years, including the Guglielmino Athletics Complex (housing football offices and locker room, a new weight room and new sports medicine facilities), the LaBar Practice Complex (featuring two Field Turf fields and one natural grass field) and Melissa Cook Stadium (home of the Irish softball team).

26.3Million dollars being spent on Purcell Pavilion for additions and renovations to the Joyce Center arena. Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center will feature a three-story addition with club seating, a hospitality area, additional area for restrooms and concessions, as well as new space for the Varsity Shop and the Notre Dame ticket office.

4Facilities which are still on the master plan to create a comprehensive athletic quad. The track and field teams, the hockey program, the tennis squads and the rowing team all will receive new facilities in the near future.

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Notre Dame prides itself on competing with the best in every sport it fields. Eight different programs have won national championships since Notre Dame began its first varsity team, football in 1887. With more consensus national championships in football than any other school, other programs have begun to emerge on the national scene in the 14 years since Notre Dame joined the BIG EAST Conference.

25National championships (11 in football, seven in fencing, two in women’s soccer, two in men’s tennis, one in men’s golf, men’s cross country and women’s basketball) won by Notre Dame.

101 BIG EAST Conference championships won by Notre Dame in 14 seasons of league play.

10Conference championships won by Irish teams during the 2008-09 year (eight BIG EAST, plus Central Collegiate Hockey Association and Great Western Lacrosse League).

13 Irish programs which finished their 2008-09 sea-son nationally ranked.

11Consecutive years in which Notre Dame has fin-ished in the top 25 of the United States Sports Academy Division I Directors’ Cup, sponsored by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletcs. With a 21st-place finish in 2009, Notre Dame matched its finish from the previous year.

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Championship PeopleTo measure the success of Notre Dame’s determination to have both

academic and athletic success, one needs only to look at the numbers. From Academic All-Americans to BIG EAST Conference Academic All-Stars, Notre Dame continues to set the bar nationally.

210 All-time Academic All-Americans produced by Notre Dame, second most of any university.

84 Academic All-Americans since 2000, more than any other school.

2Irish teams which have produced more Academic All-Americans than any other school in their respective sports – baseball and women’s soccer.

8 Notre Dame Academic All-Americans in 2008-09.

48Notre Dame NCAA postgraduate scholarship recipients since 1964, including four in 2008-09: Matt Besler (men’s soccer), Brittany Bock (wom-en’s soccer), Lauren Buck (rowing) and Patrick Smyth (men’s cross country).

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In addition to academic success, Notre Dame emphasizes giving back to the community as well. Notre Dame athletes have participated in countless service projects through the years, benefiting the Notre Dame and South Bend communities and beyond. Team and individual projects have allowed Irish athletes to see the positive impact they have in the lives of others and learn how to use their talents to benefit those in their communities.

5,500Hours of community service completed by Notre Dame student-athletes during the 2008-09 school year.

686Community service hours completed by the women’s swimming team, tops among Irish pro-grams in 2008-09. The team assisted with pro-grams including the Domer Run, Irish Aquatics, Relay for Life and Fit for Fun, among others.

82.5Hours of community service completed by the women’s soccer All-American Carrie Dew, more than any other Irish athlete. Dew volunteered at Healthwin Specialized Care with the elderly, Life-works children’s program and Take 10, which em-phasizes non-violent ways for children to resolve disputes, among other service projects.

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An Exclusive ClubThe Notre Dame Monogram Club was founded by athletics direc-

tor Jesse Harper in 1916 to bring together varsity letterwinners to pro-mote spirit, unity, leadership and sportsmanship. Today’s active mem-bers help keep past athletes connected to Notre Dame and the current student-athletes. In addition to helping contribute to scholarships, the Monogram Club has helped contribute to new facilities, especially the renovation of Heritage Hall and the Monogram Room, located in the Joyce Center.

2Postgraduate scholarships awarded by the Monogram Club in 2009. Football’s Thomas Be-menderfer and volleyball’s Mallorie Croal earned the first annual grants. Croal will be working to-wards a masters of nursing at San Diego while Bemenderfer will be enrolling in medical school at Indiana University.

3,628Active members in the Monogram Club through the 2008-09 year. The contributions of active members entitle them to Inside Irish, a magazine for members; the annual Riehle Open golf outing; football tickets and makes their children eligible for the Brennan-Boland-Riehle Scholarship.

2.5Million dollars which have been contributed to the Brennan-Boland-Riehle Scholarship fund, which benefits the children of former Notre Dame athletes who attend the University.

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Located adjacent to South Bend, Ind., the University of Notre Dame has always acknowledged its place in a greater community. Sitting be-tween South Bend and Mishawaka in northern Indiana, Notre Dame has benefited the area in ways unimaginable, especially when it comes to Notre Dame football weekends. It is estimated that the average football weekend brings approximately $6.2 million dollars to the sur-rounding community. In addition to the financial aspect, Notre Dame feels truly invested in the surrounding community, with students par-ticipating in countless service projects to benefit the greater South Bend area.

266,678 Population of the South Bend-Mishawaka area.

5.5Millions of dollars in voluntary contributions over the next 10 years from the University of Notre Dame to the cities of South Bend and Mishawaka, the town of Roseland and to St. Joseph County.

21Football legends enshrined in South Bend’s Col-lege Football Hall of Fame in the summer of 2009, including former Irish head coach Lou Holtz. The College Football Hall of Fame was constructed in downtown South Bend in 1995 and features what is regarded as one of the most interactive museums in the world.

1,900Feet runs the East Race Waterway, the first and only manmade whitewater rapids facility in North America. The East Race hosted the 2004 U.S. Olympic Trials for kayak.

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Notre Dame Quick FactsLocation ......................................Notre Dame, IN 46556Founded ..................................................................1842Enrollment ..............8,352 (undergraduate)/11,603 (total)Nickname....................................................Fighting IrishColors ......................................................Gold and BlueConference......................................................BIG EASTFacilities ..........................................Meyo Track (indoors)

Monogram Track (outdoors)President ................................Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C.Provost ....................................................Thomas BurishDirector of Athletics ..................................Jack SwarbrickSport Administrator (XC) ......................Jen Vining-SmithSport Administrator (Track) ......................Reggie BrooksAthletic Department Web Page......................www.und.comAthletic Department Hotline ......................574-631-3000

Coaching StaffTrack & Field Head CoachMen’s Cross Country Head Coach

Joe Piane (Loras ’69)Piane’s Office Phone ............................(574) 631-6135

Women’s Cross Country Head CoachTrack & Field Women’s Distance Coach

Tim Connelly (Notre Dame ’83)Connelly’s Office Phone ......................(574) 631-6989

Track & Field Associate Head CoachSprints/Hurdles Coach

John Millar (Western Ontario ’78)Millar’s Office Phone ..........................(574) 631-4871

Track & Field Throws CoachAdam Beltran (UM-KC ’99)

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Glossary

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Academic All-Americans – The 2006-07season proved to be a banner one, both on thefields of competition and in the classroom, forthe Notre Dame track & field/cross countryprogram. The Irish had four student-athletesearn ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA AcademicAll-America honors, led by middle distance run-ner Thomas Chamney, who was a first-teamselection in 2007 after picking up third-teamplaudits in ’06.

Chamney became the fifth Irish track andfield athlete to be tabbed a two-time AcademicAll-American and the fourth to earn first-teamhonors. The three-time All-American on thetrack earned a Bachelor’s Degree from theCollege of Arts and Letters in 2007, graduatingwith a 3.56 cumulative grade point average inEnglish.

Joining Chamney as 2007 Academic All-Americans were sprinter Maryann Erigha anddistance harriers Sunni Olding and Todd Ptacek.The honors were the first for each athlete.Erigha was also awarded an Arthur Ashe Jr.Sports Scholar Award (first team) along with fel-low sprinter Okechi Ogbuokiri (fourth team),and was a recipient of Notre Dame’s Byron V.Kanaley Award for exemplary scholarship andleadership among senior monogram winners.

Through the years, the Notre Dame track &field/cross country program has produced 21student-athletes who have been awarded a placeon the ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA AcademicAll-America Team a total of 27 times. The pro-gram has been especially strong the past fiveseasons, as 11 athletes have combined to garner15 Academic All-America certificates, includingfive first-team berths. Distance runner PatrickSmyth continued the tradition in 2009, earningfirst-team Academic All-America honors.

Notre Dame Track & Field/Cross CountryAcademic All-Americans

Tom Mick - 1988Theresa Rice - 1989 (cross country only)Mike McWilliams - 1995Jeff Hojnacki - 1997Jason Rexing - 1997, 1998Errol Williams - 1998Mike Brown - 1999Alison Klemmer - 2000Ryan Shay - 2002Luke Watson - 2002, 2003Lauren King - 2004Todd Mobley - 2004, 2005Stacey Cowan - 2005, 2006Sean O’Donnell - 2005, 2006Stephanie Madia - 2006Tim Moore - 2006Thomas Chamney - 2006, 2007Maryann Erigha - 2007Sunni Olding - 2007Todd Ptacek - 2007Patrick Smyth - 2009

All-America Streak – Irish runners have aproven record in national championship meets,as evidenced by their current line of All-America citations.

The Irish men’s track & field team is on astreak of 19 years (1990-2009) with at least onecompetitor earning All-America honors (theIrish have amassed 167 All-America honors since1921). The Notre Dame women’s track & fieldteam has enjoyed at least one All-America per-formance each season since 1997 (12-year streak)and 42 overall since 1994.

All-American (Two Sports) – Former Irishgreat Raghib “Rocket” Ismail is part of anexclusive group of four student-athletes whohave combined All-America honors in footballand another sport during their Notre Damecareers. Ismail was a two-time consensus first-team All-American in football (1989, 1990) andalso earned All-America honors on the track asa sprinter in 1991.

The other members of this elite club are:Edward “Moose” Krause (football 1932; basket-ball 1932-34), Dick Arrington (football 1965;wrestling 1966) and Bob Golic (football 1977-78; wrestling 1978-79).

Former high jumper and 2006 graduate EmilyLoomis narrowly missed becoming the firstfemale student-athlete in school history to jointhis group. She earned her first track All-Americacitation with a tie for eighth place in the outdoorhigh jump at the 2006 NCAA Championship, inaddition to earning honorable mention All-America laurels in volleyball following the 2003campaign. Technically, Notre Dame has not con-sidered honorable mention selections in its finalcount of All-Americans.

Aragon – Former Irish track and cross countrystandout Dr. Chuck Aragon was presented withthe Spirit of Notre Dame Award during theNotre Dame-Michigan game in the fall of 1992.The award, sponsored by Maxwell House andGeneral Foods, recognized Notre Dame ath-letes, past and present, who distinguished them-selves in competition, demonstrated the “Spiritof Notre Dame” and exhibited the ideals of theUniversity. Aragon captained both the NotreDame cross country and track teams during hiscareer (1977-81) and was the first Irish sub-four-minute miler. An All-American and bronzemedalist in the 1,500 meters at the Pan AmGames, he placed fourth in the 1984 OlympicTrials. Aragon, who completed his residency inanesthesiology, donated many hours to theLogan Center while at Notre Dame.

Back to the Bend – Although the Irish wontheir only cross country national championshipin 1957, the bus ride home from East Lansing,Mich., was anything but a celebration. In 26-degree weather, the Irish upset heavily-favoredMichigan State, but when coach Alex Wilsonadded up the team’s score of 121 points, he feltthe score was extremely high to contend forthe title. As a result, he and his team packed upand took the bus back to South Bend. Abouthalfway home the stunning news came over thebus radio, Notre Dame had defeated MichiganState by six points.

Coaching Tree – Although one of NotreDame’s oldest varsity programs (dating back to1890), the Irish track and field team didn’t bringon its first coach until 1916, when KnuteRockne took the job. He held that positionuntil 1927, starting a trend of stability amongIrish track coaches.

Irish football flanker Tim Brown (above) held theNotre Dame 55-meter record until fellow gridiron starRaghib Ismail broke the record in 1991. Brown wonthe Heisman Trophy for his football exploits in 1987.

Knute Rockne (left), founder of the Irish track and fieldprogram, poses with John Plant and Edwin Richardsonin 1913.


Glossary

Two-time NCAA champion (’23 and ’24) Tom Lieb introduced the spinning throw delivery in the shot put, whichis still in use today.

Track coach from 1927-1940, John P. Nicholson became an innovator in coaching technique purely by accident.

Current Notre Dame track & field coach JoePiane is perhaps the best example of this, as he isin his 35th year at the helm of the Irish. Piane isthe longest-tenured coach among active mentorsat Notre Dame, with men’s swimming coach TimWelsh next in line with his 24th season on tap in2009-10.

Notre Dame Track and Field CoachesThrough The Years (1890-present)

No coach - 1890-1916Knute Rockne - 1916-1927John P. Nicholson - 1927-1940William P. Mahoney - 1940-1942E.R. “Doc” Handy - 1942-1950Alex Wilson - 1950-1972Don Faley - 1972-1974Joe Piane - 1974-present

Deeter – JoAnna Deeter ended her career asone of the best women’s cross country and trackand field runners in Irish history. A native ofGlen Ellyn, Ill., Deeter earned All-America sta-tus twice for cross country in 1996 and 1998and three times in track & field, all in 1999.Included in her accomplishments were twothen-school records - the indoor and outdoor3,000 and the 10,000.

Fifth – One-fifth of a mile (approx. 320 meters)is the length of the Meyo Track, the largest col-legiate indoor surface in the country and thehome track for the Irish indoor teams. Firstopened in 1988, the track was named for Rayand Marie Meyo of Brecksville, Ohio, and ismade of the Mondo track surface featuring six42-inch lanes.

The Meyo Track has established itself as oneof the fastest surfaces in the nation and wel-comes a number of high-class athletes in a “lastchance” meet (the Alex Wilson Invitational)who are attempting to qualify for the NCAA

Indoor Championship. The Meyo Invitational,which features the “Meyo Mile” (a special racethat features many of the top milers in thenation) and the Alex Wilson Invitational arefixtures on the Notre Dame indoor track &field schedule each season.

Football Players – The Notre Dame footballand track & field programs are two of the old-est varsity sports on the Irish campus. Therehave been a number of football stars who havecrossed over to the track, or the field, and leftan impression on the track and field program.Just a glance at the Notre Dame track and fieldrecord book shows the effect that football play-ers have had on it. Raghib “Rocket” Ismail, whofinished second in the Heisman Trophy ballotingin 1990, holds the school record for the indoor55 meters and finished as an All-American in1991.

Former Irish defensive back Allen Rossum(now a defensive stalwart with the NFL’s SanFrancisco 49ers) currently holds the schoolrecord in the indoor 60 meters (6.68), formerrunning back Randy Kinder set the indoor 200-

meter record in 21.11, former receiver RyanPostel owns the indoor 400-meter record(47.01) and former halfback Aubrey Lewis holdsthe top mark in the 400-meter hurdles (50.2).

Some football players who also earnedmonograms on the track include 1987 HeismanTrophy winner Tim Brown, Jack Elder, Edward“Moose” Krause, Elmer Layden, Dean Lytle,Ryan Mihalko (the school-record holder in thejavelin), Dwight Ellick, Terrail Lambert,Creighton Miller and Knute Rockne.

Ghana – The impact of Notre Dame track canbe felt around the world as evidenced by WilliamP. Mahoney, an Irish alumnus who served as theU.S. ambassador to Ghana under the KennedyAdministration. A sprinter for coach JohnNicholson, Mahoney took over the coachingduties when Nicholson died in 1940. Mahoneyguided the team to an unofficial victory in theDrake Relays before he entered the Navy in1942.

Golden Anniversary – The 2006 seasonmarked the 51st running of the Notre DameInvitational cross country meet, one of thenation’s oldest and largest intercollegiate races.The invitational was started by former Irishhead coach Alex Wilson in 1956 as a four-milerace, extended to five miles in 1968 and awomen’s competition added in 1987. NotreDame has won the men’s event 16 times (mostrecently in 2007) and the women’s race on sixoccasions (last doing so in 2003).

Heisman – Achieving success on both thetrack and the football field was the trademarkof former Irish runners Tim Brown and Raghib“Rocket” Ismail. Brown won the 1987Heisman Trophy in addition to running withthe track team during the offseason. Brownowned the school record in the 55 meters until1990 when ‘90 Heisman runner-up Ismail ran6.07 in the event, and eventually went on toearn track All-America honors by finishing sec-ond in the 1991 NCAA indoor 55 meters.


Hurd – Dr. Bill Hurd was honored in 2002 atthe annual Notre Dame Monogram Club din-ner with the Moose Krause DistinguishedService Award, the highest honor presented bythe Monogram Club. A world-class sprinter and1969 Notre Dame graduate with a degree inelectrical engineering, Hurd now is a noted eyesurgeon, with an ophthalmology practice inMemphis that specializes in cataract, glaucomaand diabetic treatment and keratorefractive sur-gery.

Hurd annually spends 2-3 weeks providingvoluntary eye surgery to the poor in Africa,Mexico and Brazil. On one trip to Madagascar,he and two other doctors saw 1,100 patients in10 days and he performed 35 eye surgeries –with Hurd and his colleagues increasingly indemand as their reputation grows.

Hurd’s days of distinction as a collegianincluded being named Notre Dame’s “athlete ofthe year” for 1967-68 and establishing theAmerican indoor record in the 300-yard dash(29.8). He set eight Notre Dame records andtotaled five All-America finishes at the 1968 and‘69 NCAA meets.

He also was a finalist (top eight) at theOlympic Trials in the 100 and 200 meters, fin-ishing fifth in the 100 to just miss a spot on theOlympic squad (his competitors included thelikes of Jim Hines, John Carlos, Tommy Smithand Mel Gray).

Hurd – who added graduate degrees fromMassachusetts Institute of Technology (master’sin management science) and Meaharry MedicalSchool in Nashville – was a Rhodes Scholarship

regional finalist and received Notre Dame’sHarvey Foster Award in 1992 (recognizingalumni for distinguished civic activity) and theNCAA’s prestigious Silver Anniversary Award in1994 (recognizing career success and commu-nity service). He holds two U.S./foreign patentsfor optical devices, including a slit-lamp, mount-able intraocular biometer.

Also an accomplished jazz musician, Hurdcompleted work on his fourth CD, in which heplays the saxophone and flute.

Hurd and his wife Rhynette, an attorney, havesent both of their sons to Notre Dame. One ofhis sons, Ryan, was a four-year monogram win-ner on the Irish track & field team from 2001-04.

Jinx – Although Irish great Greg Rice is widelyregarded as one of the best distance runners ofall time, his coach only saw him race once dur-ing his Notre Dame career. Coach JohnNicholson superstitiously felt he jinxed Riceduring races and therefore stayed in South Bendwhile Rice traveled to meets. The only raceNicholson saw was perhaps one of Rice’s finestas he outdueled Taisto Maki and Don Lash towin a three-mile race in 13:52.2. Unfortunately,the race would also be Nicholson’s last as thecoach died two days later from complications ofa heart attack that he suffered just hours beforethe competition.

Lieb – Tom Lieb, an Irish shot put thrower inthe early 20’s, is credited with introducing thespin-style delivery to the sport, a style which is

still used today. Lieb won the NCAA title in theevent during the 1923 and 1924 seasons.

Loftus Center/Guglielmino AthleticsComplex – Notre Dame first utilized the LoftusCenter in October of 1987 and is enjoying its23rd full season of use in 2009-10. The indoorfacility is highlighted by Meyo Field, a PrestigeTurf surface installed in 2003 that is shared withseveral Irish sports teams, including the footballand lacrosse programs. The Loftus Center is con-nected to the Guglielmino Athletics Complex,which features the 25,000-square foot HaggarFitness Center, a facility holding more than 250pieces of weight training equipment, six plasmatelevisions and a state-of-the-art sound system. Italso houses the 150-seat Isban Auditorium aswell as plentiful meeting space.

Meyo Invitational – Four minutes, one mile.For years it was the unbreakable barrier and itremains among the most celebrated feats in allof sport. Folks that know the sport of track andfield will tell you that 3:40 in the 1,500 or 7:55in the 3,000 are just as impressive, but to thecasual fan there is something about the simplic-ity of it; four laps, four minutes, one mile.

In February 2010, the 23rd annual MeyoInvitational will return to the Loftus SportsCenter on Notre Dame’s campus with the mar-quee event at the meet being the Meyo Mile. Inthe past seven seasons, 18 runners have brokenthe magical four-minute mark, highlighted bytwo of the most exciting races at Notre Damein recent memory.

John P. Nicholson was one of track and field’s greatest innovators in the late 20’s and early 30’s.Here he is pictured with Irish distance great Greg Rice, plotting out the All-American’s next race.

Notre Dame senior Luke Watson pulled ahead in the final30 meters and won a heartstopping Meyo Mile in 2003,hitting the tape in a school-record time of 3:57.83.


GlossaryIn 2003, Notre Dame senior Luke Watson

won the race in school record time (3:57.83),moving into the lead a mere 30 meters from thefinish line. After the dust had settled, the top fivein the race were each in under four minutes,each within a half second of the others and eachowned one of the five fastest times in the worldthat year.

The 2005 race turned out to be just asthrilling, with four runners breaking the four-minute barrier, including a pair of Notre Dameathletes (Watson, running unattached, and soph-omore Kurt Benninger). All four sub-fourminute runners earned automatic qualificationto the NCAA Indoor Championship andBenninger’s time of 3:58.75 put him less than asecond off Watson’s school-record mark of twoyears earlier. Notably, Indiana’s Sean and JohnJefferson also became the first American broth-ers to run sub-four minute miles.

The Invitational, as well as the Meyo Mile, arethe brainchild of Irish head track & field coachJoe Piane. When the Loftus Center was built,Notre Dame installed a track that was oversized(one-fifth of a mile, or approximately 320meters) and topped with a Mondo surface,which produced a rare and very fast combina-tion.

Piane recounted the invention of theInvitational. “We put the meet together becauseit was a huge track and it was attractive to justgive it a try. The name comes from Ray Meyo,who donated everything, and we decided tohighlight the mile because even the average per-son knows that a sub-four-minute mile is verygood, so we put together a ‘four minute chal-lenge’ knowing that if the race did go underfour minutes, everyone was going to say, ‘Wow!This is really something.’”

The Meyo Mile, however will not be the onlygreat event on the weekend. The MeyoInvitational is always packed with outstandingperformances from start to finish. In 2009 ath-letes registered 83 automatic or provisionalqualifications for the NCAA Championship, andthrough the years, numerous track and schoolrecords have been shattered. In fact, six meetrecords and three track marks went by theboards during the 2007 meet alone.

National Champions – Fifteen Irish athleteshave won 16 national track titles during the pro-gram’s history, in addition to the two individualcrowns and one team championship in crosscountry. The most recent track champion wasRyan Shay, who ran away with the 10,000meters at the 2001 NCAA Championships inEugene, Ore.

Before Shay’s triumphant victory, NotreDame’s last track & field champion was TomMcMannon who won the 55-meter high hur-dles in 1972. Greg Rice (1938) and OliverHunter (1942) were individual cross countrychampions, while coach Alex Wilson’s 1957

squad won the NCAA cross country nationalchampionship.

Pioneer – Harry M. Jewett was the first rec-ognized Notre Dame track and field athlete,making his debut in 1890 at a relay invitationalin Ann Arbor, Mich. The school was next rep-resented in 1898 and the Irish have competedin every year since then with the exception of1906.

Rockne – The name that has become synony-mous with Notre Dame football also wasinvolved in the Irish track scene. After a diffi-cult freshman year as a reserve on the varsityfootball team, Knute Rockne turned his atten-tion to track where he earned a monogramand, as legend has it, once broke the worldrecord in the indoor pole vault with his besteffort of 12-4, but held it for such a brief periodthat he never received official recognition for it.Rockne became the University’s first trackcoach in 1916 and the first cross country men-tor in 1920. During his tenure, Rockne guidedfive Olympians and two Olympic medalists. Thecoach resigned his track responsibilities in 1928to devote his energy to football until his deathin 1931.

Roof Top Coaching – Injured by a wild dis-cus throw, John P. Nicholson (Irish track coachfrom 1927-40) sat on the roof of a car andshouted instructions to his runners through amegaphone during training. The methodproved so effective that Nicholson made the cara regular part of his training regimen.

Scholarships – Beginning with the 2004-05season, all 26 varsity programs at the Universityof Notre Dame received the full NCAA com-plement of scholarships.

“Fully scholarshipping all our programs willhelp us realize our goals over the next five or

Notre Dame’s Greg Rice (second from left) is consideredby many to be the greatest distance runner in U.S.history. The 1940 Sullivan Award winner, Rice wentundefeated in 65 major indoor and outdoor races overa three-year span, setting 10 world records in six differentevents. He also was an All-American in the two-mile race,winning the NCAA title in 1937 and 1939 and finishingsecond in 1938.

six years of pushing Notre Dame’s athletic pro-gram toward a top finish in the annual NACDADirectors’ Cup standings,” former Director ofAthletics Kevin White said.

“This eventually will put all of our programsin position to compete for national champi-onships.”

Starting Blocks – John P. Nicholson bestowedupon the track world perhaps his greatest inno-vation, the starting block. His starting blockcaught on in the late 1920s and was well-received by the track community.

“You have a device which will materiallymake short distance, hurdle and relay racingmore popular with both the public and ath-letes,” wrote former Illinois coach Harry Gill ina 1929 letter. “It appears to be a real help totrack athletics.”

John Griffith, former chairman of the NCAAtrack & field rules committee and commissionerof the Big Ten Conference, was equallyimpressed in a letter written the same year.

“I have studied the pictures of your newstarting device with a great deal of interest, andam of the opinion that you have made a distinctcontribution to track athletics.”

Sub-four – Jake Watson made history on June2nd, 2007 at the Music City Distance Carnival.It was there that he ran 3:59.4 over one mile,breaking the elusive four-minute barrier, buteven more notably, joined his older brother Lukeas just the second pair of brothers in Americanhistory to run sub-four minute miles. Luke, anIrish distance running legend and former assis-tant coach, first broke the barrier indoors at the2002 Meyo Invitational. Jake performed the featafter earning his first career All-America honorsduring the 2007 track and field season. TheWatsons (Stillwater, Minn.) join twins Sean andJohn Jefferson who both broke four minutes inthe 2005 Meyo Mile.

Varsity – While the men’s track & field andcross country teams are two of the oldest teamsat Notre Dame, dating back to the 19th century,the women’s program is only in its infancy. Thewomen’s cross country team is in its 23rd yearand owns seven conference titles, includingthree BIG EAST crowns, all won in the pastseven seasons. The women’s cross country teamalso has finished among the top 10 in four of thepast seven NCAA Championships, including athird-place outing in 2002 and a fourth-placeshowing in 2004.

The women’s track & field squad enters its18th season of varsity competition this year andhas won seven league championships in thattime (three in the BIG EAST) and advanced atleast one runner to the NCAA Championshipfor the 15th consecutive year in 2009. In 2008,the Irish won their first-ever outdoor BIGEAST Championship, edging Louisville 120.5to 106.5 in a total team effort.


Track & Field Legends

J. GregoryRice

All-American 1937-39

Sullivan Award Winner

Greg Rice, billed as the great-est distance runner the UnitedStates has ever produced, waspresented with the 1940 SullivanTrophy as the nation’s top ama-teur athlete after he set a worldthree-mile record at the nationalchampionships. Named “theLittle Man with a Big Finish,”Rice smashed the world three-mile record with a time of 13:51.He earned All-America honorsin the mile in 1937, and alsoreceived those honors in thetwo-mile as he won the event in1937 and ’39 and placed secondin 1938.

Rice was undefeated in 65major indoor and outdoor racesin just over three years with 10world records in six differentevents. Rice became the first-ever cross country nationalchampion in 1938 when he ranthe four-mile course in 20:12.9to lead the Irish to a second-place team finish.

Born in 1916, Rice died inMay of 1991.

NicholasSparks

Monogram Winner1987-88

Best-selling author NicholasSparks graduated in 1988 and was atwo-time monogram winner in track& field. At Notre Dame, Sparks was amember of the 4x800-meter relayteam, which still holds the outdoorschool record.

After pursuing a variety of jobsafter graduation, he wrote his firstpublished novel entitled “TheNotebook,” which was released in1996. It became one of only five nov-els published in the past 35 years thatspent more than a year on the NewYork Times hardcover best seller list,and was eventually made into amovie in 2004 starring Ryan Goslingand Rachel McAdams.

His second novel, “Message in aBottle,” was published in 1998 andremained a bestseller for 43 weeks.The film version, starring KevinCostner, Paul Newman and RobinWright Penn, opened at number oneat the box office and grossed morethan $100 million.

His third novel, “A Walk toRemember,” was published inOctober 1999 and turned into amovie in 2002 starring MandyMoore.

In 2004, he was honored by NotreDame with the first-ever Rev. RobertF. Griffin, C.S.C., Award, for establish-ing an initiative in the University’sCreative Writing Program thatincludes fellowships, internships andan annual Sparks Prize to support astudent writer-in-residence.

Nicholas Sparks is married and hasfive children. He lives in New Bern,N.C., and still runs nine miles a day.

AlexWilson

All-American 1930-32Irish Track Coach 1950-72

A middle-distance track star atNotre Dame, Alex Wilson is a perfectexample of an outstanding athleteand legendary coach.

While at Notre Dame, Wilson wasundefeated in the quarter- and half-mile events and set a national indoorrecord of 49.3 for the 440 in 1932. Heset records in both the 440 and 880races. Wilson also won the AmateurAthletic Union 600 and twice cap-tured the Milrose 600.

In 1928 and 1932, he competed inthe Olympics for his native Canadaand won a silver in the 800-meterrace and a bronze in the 400-meterrun in 1932.

In 1950, after 18 years as a success-ful track and swimming coach atLoyola (Ill.), he returned to coach atNotre Dame. During his 23 years withthe Irish, his teams finished in thenational top-10 11 times. Wilsonguided three track national champions,28 track and eight cross country All-Americans and led the Irish to thecross country national championshipin 1957. His teams appeared in themeet a total of 18 times.

He was voted into the CanadianTrack Hall of Fame in 1954 and in1967 he was elected to the HelmsAthletic Foundation Hall of Fame forhis contributions as a track coach in theUnited States. In December of 2008,Wilson was inducted into the U.S.Track & Field and Cross CountryCoaches Association Hall of Fame.

Wilson was also honored asnational coach of the year by theNCAA Cross Country CoachesAssociation in 1972, and an indoortrack and field meet is held in hishonor each year at Notre Dame.

Wilson died on Dec. 10, 1994, atthe age of 87.

Rick Wohlhuter

All-American 1969-70U.S. Olympian

Sullivan Award Winner

Rick Wohlhuter, a two-timeOlympian and 1971 Notre Damegraduate, was selected to the Trackand Field Hall of Fame in 1991.Winner of an Olympic bronze medalin the 800 meters in 1976, he holdsthe distinction of being the last manto qualify for the Games in both the800- and 1,500-meter events.Wohlhuter won the IC4A 880-yardtitle in 1971 and qualified for theOlympics in 1972.

In addition to his appearance inthe Games, Wohlhuter broke the U.S.800-meter record twice and twice setworld records for the 880-yard race.He also set the world record for the1,000 meters in 1974 and won theevent the next three indoor seasons.Wohlhuter also won national out-door titles in 1973 and ’74. In 1974he earned the Sullivan Award as thenation’s top amateur athlete.

A 1970 NCAA champion in the600-yard event, the two-time All-American was also a member ofNotre Dame’s two-mile relay teamwhich placed second in the nation in1969.

Wohlhuter joined John Beatty, thefirst man to break the four-minutemile indoors, high jumper CharlesDumas, a 1956 gold medalist and firstjumper to clear seven feet, and DorisBrown-Heritage, winner of 14 U.S.distance titles and five world crosscountry championships, as the 1991Track and Field Hall of Fameinductees.


Tameisha King

Four-time All-AmericanFour-time BIG EAST

Champion

Tameisha King graduated fromNotre Dame in 2003, and left theUniversity as its top female longjumper.

King owns both the indoor andoutdoor school records for thelong jump, in addition to runningin the school record 4x100-meterrelay.

She was a four-time All-American, with three of those hon-ors coming during the outdoorseason, and one during the indoorseason. Each of her All-Americahonors came in the long jump.

King had five top-10 finishes inthe NCAA Championship as wellas four BIG EAST Championshipsto her credit.

King also has a very impressiverésumé outside of the collegiatespectrum. In 2001, as a sopho-more, she placed second in thelong jump at National Junior Track& Field Championship, and wenton to finish among the top 10 atthe World Junior Championship inSantiago, Chile.

More recently, King won the2004 USA Track & Field Indoorlong jump title after finishingfourth in ’03. She also ended upsixth at the 2004 U.S. OlympicTrials and was the top finisherfrom the United States at the 2003Pan American Games.

RyanShay

Nine-time All-American2001 NCAA Champion

2003 USA Marathon Champion

A 2001 graduate, Ryan Shaybecame the USA MarathonChampion in 2003, continuing thechampionship ways of his collegiateyears. Shay is the most decoratedathlete in the history of NotreDame track & field. A 2001 NCAAchampion in the 10,000 meters,Shay was a nine-time All-Americanincluding two honors for crosscountry, two for indoor track andfive for outdoor track. His ninehonors are the second-most inschool history.

In 2002, a fifth year of eligibility,Shay was named an Academic All-American and had a second-placefinish in the 10,000 meters at theNCAA Championship.

Shay was a nine-time BIG EASTchampion in his years at NotreDame, with one of those victoriescoming in cross country. He alsohad seven top-10 finishes at theNCAA Championships in variousdistance events including the 3,000,5,000 and 10,000 meters.

In 2000, he competed for theright to represent the USA Track &Field Team at the Olympic Games,finishing 10th in the OlympicTrials.

Upon graduation, he held schoolrecords in the indoor 5,000 meters,the outdoor 5,000 meters and the10,000 meters.

Shay's 2001 national champi-onship was the first outdoor cham-pionship by a Notre Dame athletesince 1954.

Shay died unexpectedly on Nov.3, 2007 during the running of the2008 U.S. Olympic Marathon trialsin New York City.

LukeWatson

Eight-time All-AmericanSix-time BIG EAST Champion

Sub-Four Minute Mile

Enjoying one of the best careers inthe history of Notre Dame track andfield, Luke Watson competed in one ofthe most exciting moments in the his-tory of the track and field program.

In January of 2003, Watson broke oneof the great barriers in sports, the four-minute mile, in front of one of thelargest crowds to ever see a track meetat Notre Dame. Watson’s mile of3:57.83 was the fastest collegiate indoormile in the country in ’03 and was onlythe second sub-four-minute mile inschool history.

In the ’03 season, Watson’s last withthe Irish, he was honored as an All-American for the eighth time, includ-ing two for cross country, four forindoor track and two for outdoortrack. He was also named an AcademicAll-American in both the ’02 and ’03seasons.

Upon graduating, Watson had fivetop-10 finishes in the NCAA Track &Field Championship, and two top-10finishes at the NCAA Championshipfor cross country. Additionally, Watsonheld six school records upon gradua-tion – the indoor and outdoor mile, the3,000-meter steeplechase, the indoor3,000 meters, outdoor 5,000 metersand the distance medley relay.

Watson was also a force to be reck-oned with in the BIG EAST. Duringhis career he was a six-time BIG EASTchampion. He also ledthe 2003 Irish to BIG EASTChampionships in both the indoor andoutdoor seasons, the first time a NotreDame team accomplished that feat.

MollyHuddle

Ten-time All-AmericanSeven-time BIG EAST

Champion

Molly Huddle graduated from NotreDame in 2007 as one of the most decoratedathletes in Irish sports history. Huddle con-cluded her career at the 2007 NCAAOutdoor Track and Field Championships,finishing third in the 5,000-meter run toearn her tenth All-America selection, arecord for the most All-America selectionsby a Notre Dame athlete in any sport.

Huddle’s other accolades include sixBIG EAST track titles, the most by anyIrish woman, and four NCAA MideastRegional 5,000-meter titles.

She set records across the board bybeing the first woman in BIG EAST historyto win both the outdoor 5,000-meter and10,000-meter race in back-to-back years aswell as be named the BIG EASTOutstanding Outdoor Track Performer fortwo consecutive seasons. Former sprinterLiz Grow is the only other Irish athlete towin the award, receiving the honor in 2002.

Huddle posted top-four finishes in eachof her four NCAA 5,000m appearances,taking the runner-up spot in 2006. She cur-rently holds four Irish school records(indoor 3,000m & 5,000m/outdoor5,000m & 10,000m) as well as the BIGEAST meet record in the 10,000m.

Huddle’s success was not limited to thetrack. In her freshman season of cross coun-try she was named the 2003 NCAA GreatLakes Regional Runner of the Year afterher first-place performance. She earned All-America honors in 2002, 2003 and 2005with 6th-, 41st- and 15th-place finishes,respectively.

Huddle has competed at several USATrack and Field Championships, placingseventh at the 2004 Olympic Trials andwinning the 2003 U.S. Junior National3,000-meter title.

Track & Field Legends

Season Preview

Both the men’s and women’s cross country

and track and field teams will look to make

a run for the national stage in 2009-10.


Men’s Track &Field Preview

After two consecutive BIG EAST OutdoorChampionship titles and two runner-up finishes at theindoor meet, the 2009 edition of the Notre Damemen’s track and field team hopes to continue thesuccess and build on the foundation set by previousIrish student-athletes.Now in his 35th year, Irish head coach Joe Piane

and his staff will look to stay atop the conference ranksand challenge for the national spotlight.Despite the loss of four-time All-American Patrick

Smyth, the Irish return several veteran runners in 2009.Fifth-year senior Daniel Clark and senior Jake

Walker return to lead the Irish distance runners. Clarkearned all-BIG EAST honors and scored points forNotre Dame a year ago when he finished second inthe mile at the league indoor meet and third in the1,500 meters at the outdoor event. Walker scoredpoints for the Irish with a fourth-place 10,000-meterfinish at the BIG EAST Outdoor Championships.Senior Blake Choplin is back with the Irish after

finishing fourth in the 1,000 meters at the conferenceindoor meet and competing in the 800 meters, alongwith senior Jack Howard, at the Mideast Regionals.Junior Dan Jackson contributed to the Irish men’ssuccess last season, scoring points at the league meetswith a fifth-place indoor 5,000-meter finish and asixth-place finish in the outdoor 10,000 meters.Sophomore Jordan Carlson made an impression

with the Irish during his first season of competition ayear ago, finishing sixth in the mile at the BIG EASTindoor meet and qualifying for the Mideast Regionalsin the 1,500 meters.The Irish have a strong group of distance-running

freshmen on campus this season, including JeffMacMillan, J.P. Malette, Jeremy Rae and Trent Sayers.Associate head coach John Millar’s sprints and

hurdles group could be the Notre Dame’s dark horsethis season after returning almost every member from

a year ago. “We have the potential to repeatthe success we had last year,” Millar said.“We’ve got some good leaders who willhopefully step up this season.”One of those leaders is senior Balazs

Molnar. The Dunaujvaros, Hungary nativestormed onto the scene for the Irish as afreshman in 2007 and hasn’t slowed down.Last season, he finished fourth in the 400meters at the BIG EAST IndoorChampionships and fourth in the 400-meterhurdles at the conference outdoor meet,scoring points for the Irish on both occasions.Molnar also competed in the 400-meterhurdles at the Mideast Regionals, finishing15th.The second half of Notre Dame’s

Hungarian duo, junior Miklos Szebeny, isanother key returner for the Irish. Szebenyearned all-BIG EAST honors with a third-place finish in the 200 meters at theconference indoor meet. He also finishedfourth in both the 100 meters and 200 metersat the BIG EAST Outdoor Championships.The Irish also return juniors Tyrell Atkins,

Chandler Brooks and Matthew Brown, keycontributors to Notre Dame’s sprint success lastseason.Millar will also turn to sophomore Jordan Rincon,

who made a big impact with the Irish during hisfreshman campaign and was a major player in theirconference success. Rincon earned his first all-BIGEAST honors with a second-place 400-meter finish atthe league’s indoor meet. Rincon was also part of thesuccessful Irish relay teams from 2008-09.The Irish relay teams earned all-conference

recognition with a second-place 4x400 finish and thirdplace performances from the 4x100 and 4x800 squads.“We’re returning basically the same team from last

year, so hopefully the success we had then will carryover into this season,” Millar said.In the field events, the Irish return a strong group

of performers led by three-time BIG EAST pole vaultchampion Matt Schipper. The senior from Leo, Ind.,won the conference indoor and outdoor pole vaulttitles a year ago and garnered all-region honors with afifth-place performance at the Mideast Regionals. Hefinished 14th at the NCAA Indoor Championships and19th at the national outdoor event.Joining his older brother in the pole vault is all-BIG

EAST honoree Kevin Schipper. The sophomorefinished second at the league indoor meet as afreshman, then followed that performance by scoringpoints for the Irish with a fourth-place finish at theoutdoor championships. The younger Schipper thenfinished sixth at the Mideast Regionals.Senior Eric Quick returns as the top Irish jumper in

2009. Quick scored points for Notre Dame at bothBIG EAST meets, finishing fifth in the triple jump andseventh in the long jump at the indoor event, beforeearning a fourth-place finish in the outdoor triplejump and a sixth-place feat in the long jump. Hewrapped up his junior season with a 10th-place triplejump performance at the Mideast Regionals.

Irish Men Look to Repeat Success from a Year AgoVeteran student-athletes hope to carry on tradition of Irish achievements

Senior Matt Schipper, a three-time BIG EAST pole vault champion,returns to lead the Irish men’s track and field team in 2009.

All-BIG EAST selection Jordan Rincon will play a majorrole with the Irish sprints group this year.

The Irish return four top throwers this season led byjuniors John Belcher, Greg Davis and Denes Veres.Belcher earned all-BIG EAST honors last season witha third-place finish in the indoor shot put and scoredpoints at the outdoor meet with a fifth-place shot putperformance. He qualified for the regional meet,finishing 21st. Davis garnered all-conferencerecognition after finishing second in the weight throw.He finished sixth in the league’s outdoor hammerthrow competition and qualified for the MideastRegionals. Veres scored points for the Irish at the BIGEAST Indoor Championships with a fourth-place shotput performance, before finishing seventh in theoutdoor competition.Sophomore Andrew Hills played a key role in the

Irish field events during his freshman season. Hillsfinished sixth at the BIG EAST indoor meet in theshot put and eighth at the outdoor competition. Hequalified for the Mideast Regionals, finishing 19th inthe shot put. Notre Dame will also turn to sophomoreMitchell Gormley in 2009.Junior Justin Schneider will handle multi-event

duties for the Irish this season after a successfulsophomore campaign. Schneider finished fourth in theheptathlon at the BIG EAST Indoor Championships,before earning all-league honors with a second-placeperformance in the decathlon at the outdoor event. Heclosed out the season with a 20th-place finish in thedecathlon at the NCAA Championships.Several talented student-athletes will be joining the

Irish field events team this season, including jumpersAlex Bavis and Ted Glasnow and thrower AnthonyThomas.With a veteran group of student-athletes and a

gifted group of newcomers, the 2009 Irish men’s trackand field team will have a solid chance to sweep theBIG EAST trophies and make a run for the nationalstage.


2009-10 Men’sTrack & Field Roster

Name Event Year City State

Mat Abernethy XC/Mid Jr College Park MDTyrell Atkins** Sprints Jr Omaha NERandall Babb* XC/Mid So. Wheaton ILTyler Bartlow XC/Mid Fr. Long Grove ILAlex Bavis Jumps Fr. Fort Wayne IN

John Belcher** Throws Jr. Cheyenne WYChandler Brooks** Sprints Jr. Kansas City MOMatthew Brown Sprints Jr. Dunedin FLJordan Carlson* XC/Mid So. Inver Grove Heights MNSpencer Carter* XC/Mid Jr. Boise ID

Blake Choplin*** XC/Mid Sr. Kansas City MODaniel Clark** XC/Mid Sr. Jackson MIJohn Clohisy XC/Mid Fr. St. Louis MOMax Cruz XC/Mid So. Chesterfield MOGreg Davis** Throws Jr. Peachtree GA

Brendan Dougherty Sprints Fr. Sioux City IACameron Eckert*** XC/Mid Sr. Markle INRyan Gamboa* XC/Mid Jr. Upland CATed Glasnow Jumps Fr. Newhall CAMitchell Gormley* Throws So. Lawrenceville GA

Kevin Hendrickson XC/Mid Fr. Saline MIKyle Higdon XC/Mid Jr. Michigan City INAndrew Hills* Throws So. Toledo OHEdward Hitchler* Sprints Jr. Comfort TXJack Howard* XC/Mid So. Libertyville IL

Dan Jackson** XC/Mid Jr. Ann Arbor MIRyan Jacobs XC/Mid Jr. Roscoe ILRonald Kadykowski Sprints So. Brighton MIAndrew Kolbeck Jumps Jr. Richfield WIAlex Korenstra* Sprints So. New Paris IN

Kevin Labus* XC/Mid Jr. Indianapolis INSean Lindbloom Sprints So. New Lenox ILMitchell Lorenz XC/Mid So. Brainerd MNKelly Lynch XC/Mid So. Spokane WAJeffrey MacMillan XC/Mid Fr. Mattawan MI

J.P. Malette XC/Mid Fr. Windsor OntarioJim Merchun** Jumps Sr. Carmel INJoe Miller XC/Mid So. Bowling Green OHBalazs Molnar*** Sprints Sr. Dunaujvaros HungaryJohn Mossman Sprints Fr. La Grange Park IL

Thomas Noel XC/Mid Jr. Louisville KYJames Notwell* XC/Mid Sr. Upper Arlington OHDean Odegard Jumps Fr. St. Louis MODoug Onuscheck Jumps So. Raleigh NCConnor Paladino Jumps So. Skillman NJ

Thomas Pesch XC/Mid So. Elgin MNEric Quick*** Jumps Sr. Bakersfield CAJeremy Rae XC/Mid Fr. Fort Erie OntarioJordan Rincon* Sprints So. Las Vegas NVEric Roth Sprints Fr. Colorado Springs CO

Trent Sayers XC/Mid Fr. Whitby OntarioKevin Schipper* Jumps So. Leo INMatt Schipper*** Jumps Sr. Leo INJustin Schneider** Multi Jr. Atlanta GAJohnathan Shawel* XC/Mid So. Placentia CA

Ryan Sheehan Sprints Jr. Round Hill VAMichael Smigelski Throws So. Mequon WIPaul Springer* XC/Mid Jr. Kenett Square PABrier Steenberge XC/Mid Sr. Granburg TXZac Suriano XC/Mid So. Clifton Park NY

Miklos Szebeny** Sprints Jr. Telki HungaryDenes Veres** Throws Jr. Ellwood City PAJake Walker*** XC/Mid Sr. Ellwood City PA

*Indicates number of monograms earned

Men’s Track Pronunciation GuideTyrell Atkins Tie-RELL

Alex Bavis BAY-vis

John Clohisy Clo-HISS-ee

Ted Glasnow Glass-know

Ronald Kadykowski Kad-eh-cow-ski

Alex Korenstra core-EN-struh

Kevin Labus la-BUS

Jeffrey MacMillan mac-MILL-un

J.P. Malette Ma-LET

Balazs Molnar buh-LAHSH MOLE-nar

Dean Odegard OH-duh-guard

Jordan Rincon REN-con

Johnathan Shawel Shawl

Michael Smigelski smeh-GHEL-ski

Brier Steenberge BRY-er

Zac Suriano Sir-ee-ano

Miklos Szebeny MEE-klosh zuh-BAY-nee

Denes Veres Dennis VAIR-es


Men’s Track &Field Photos

2009 BIG EAST Outdoor Champions

Jordan CarlsonSophomore,

’09 All-BIG EAST

Kevin SchipperSophomore,’09 All-BIG EAST

Blake Choplin & Jack HowardSeniors, ’09 Regional Qualifiers

Greg DavisJunior,

’09 All-BIG EAST


Also in the throws mix are junior Rudy Atang,who competed in both the indoor and outdoorconference meets last season, and freshman MadelineCasanova.Handling the jumps this year for the Irish is senior

Jaime Minor. She finished seventh in the triple jumpat the league outdoor meet in 2009. FreshmenChrissy Finkel and Kendra Jennings will look to sharethe jump duties with Minor this season. Sophomore Maddie Buttinger will step into the big

shoes left by All-American Alyissa Hasan when shetakes over the multi-events for the Irish in ’09-10.Buttinger had a very successful freshman campaignlast season, earning all-BIG EAST honors with athird-place pentathlon finish at the indoor meet anda second-place heptathlon performance at theoutdoor competition. She also finished sixth in theindoor high jump and eighth in the outdoor event.With such a strong group of returners and talented

freshman entering the mix, the Irish women’s trackand field team hopes to continue its recent successand find its way to the medal stand at the BIG EASTmeets.

With almost all of their major players returning in2009-10, the Irish women’s track and field team willturn to its veterans to continue the success found ayear ago and lead the squad to the medal stand at theBIG EAST Conference meets.The Irish women are coming off one of their best

national performances in program history. NotreDame finished 24th at the NCAA OutdoorChampionships, the second-highest finish in schoolhistory and their best showing since 1999, when theIrish finished 17th.With the loss of All-American pole vaulter Mary

Saxer and NCAA competitor Anna Weber, headcoach Joe Piane and his staff will turn to key returnersin 2009-10 to lead the Irish back to nationalprominence.One of those key returners is senior Joanna

Schultz. The Holmen, Wis., native earned her first All-America honor last season, finishing fourth in the 400meters at the NCAA Indoor Championships. Sheearned all-BIG EAST accolades in the indoor 400meters with a second-place finish at the league meet,before claiming the 400-meter crown at the BIGEAST Outdoor Championships. Schultz garnered all-region recognition with a fifth-place 400-meter finishat the Mideast Regionals and closed out her season atthe NCAA Outdoor Championships.“With all of her accomplishments throughout her

career, Joanna Schultz is definitely going to be amainstay and leader of the women’s program thisseason,” Irish associate head coach John Millar said. Also returning for the Irish is the junior trio of

Natalie Johnson, Kelly Langhans and Kali Watkins.Johnson earned all-BIG EAST honors with a

runner-up finish in the 500 meters at the league’sindoor meet. Langhans scored points for the Irishwomen with an eighth-place 800-meter finish at the

conference outdoor competition, before taking eighthplace in the Mideast Regional 800 meters.“Natalie Johnson and Kelly Langhans will handle

the 800-meter duties again for us this year. I thinkthey definitely have NCAA potential,” Millar said.Watkins earned points for the Irish with a seventh-

place finish in the 100-meter hurdles at the BIGEAST Outdoor Championships.A strong group of sophomore sprinters will be

back on the track for the Irish this season as well.Natalie Geiger finished seventh in the 400 meters

at her first BIG EAST Indoor Championships as afreshman a year ago.“I think Natalie has really improved on last year,

and she really has the ability to get to the NCAAs thisseason,” Millar said.Sasha Blanchard and Allison Schroeder will also

add depth and experience to the Irish sprinting squadin 2009-10.Two talented freshmen enter the picture this year

for the Irish runners. Nevada Sorenson was ranked inthe top 10 nationally, while Ericka Nowell will havean impact in the 400-meter hurdles.“Overall, I think the sprinters have improved well

as a group from last year. We’re definitely more wellrounded this season,” Millar said. “I think we’re goingto be stronger, and we have a lot of NCAA potential.”On the distance side, two seniors return with BIG

EAST experience. Lindsey Ferguson finished eighthin the indoor 3,000-meters at the league meet, thenearned all-conference honors with a third-place3,000-meter steeplechase finish at the outdoorcompetition. She finished 15th in the steeplechase atthe Mideast Regionals. Beth Tacl competed in the3,000 and 5,000 meters at the BIG EAST IndoorChampionship, and scored points for the Irish with afifth-place performance in the outdoor 10,000meters.Marissa Treece leads a strong group of sophomore

distance runners. Treece finished sixth in the mile atthe BIG EAST indoor meet and ninth in the 1,500meters at the outdoor competition. She qualified forthe regional meet, finishing 13th in the 1,500 meters.Abby Higgins set a school record (2:50.55) with

her point-scoring sixth-place finish in the 1,000meters at the BIG EAST Indoor Championships lastseason. Theresa Cattuna also brings BIG EASTexperience to the Irish runners, competing in the5,000 meters at the indoor meet last season.In the field, the Irish return one of the nation’s top

throwers as Jaclyn Espinoza is set for her final seasonwith the Irish. A year ago, Espinoza finished third inthe discus throw at the NCAA OutdoorChampionships, earning her first All-America honor.The Keizer, Ore., native won the BIG EAST Outdoordiscus crown and finished sixth in the indoor shot putand seventh in the outdoor event. Espinoza alsoearned all-region honors with a fifth-place discusfinish at the Mideast Regionals.Senior Elise Knutzen also returns for the Irish after

finishing sixth in the javelin at the Mideast Regionalsa year ago. Knutzen also scored points for NotreDame at the BIG EAST Outdoor meet, finishing sixthin the javelin competition.

Senior Joanna Schultz, an All-American in the 400 metersa year ago, returns to lead the Irish women in 2009.

Maddie Buttinger earned her first two all-BIG EASThonors last season and will handle the multi-events forthe Irish in 2009-10.

Women’s Track& Field Preview

Irish Women Turn to Veteran Experience in 2009-10The Notre Dame women will look to an experienced group of

returners and promising newcomers to continue success


Name Event Year City State

Sarah Anderson XC/Mid So. Bloomington MNLiz Barron XC/Mid Fr. Oakland MISasha Blanchard* Sprints So. Agoura CAGena Bleyer XC/Mid So. Chesterfield MORachel Boggs XC/Mid. Fr. Ocoee FL

Grace Brier XC/Mid So. Clarks Summit PABrittany Burgeson Sprints Jr. Evergreen COMaddie Buttinger* Multi So. Waterloo OntarioMadeline Casanova Throws Fr. Simi Valley CATheresa Cattuna* XC/Mid Jr. Cherry Hill NJ

Courtenay Devlin XC/Mid Fr. Rosemont PAJaclyn Espinoza*** Throws Sr. Keizer ORLindsey Ferguson*** XC/Mid Sr. Greenfield Center NYChrissy Finkel Jumps Fr. Montville NJNatalie Geiger* Sprints So. Stouffville Ontario

Abby Higgins** XC/Mid Jr. Naperville ILMolly Hirt* XC/Mid So. Bloomington INKendra Jennings Jumps Fr. La Prairie ILKari Johnson XC/Mid So. Central Lake MINatalie Johnson** Sprints Jr. Englewood AZ

Elise Knutzen*** Throws Sr. Seattle WAKelly Langhans** Sprints Jr. Baden PARikki Lynn London Jumps Sr. Lakeside AZAnne McCarthy XC/Mid Fr. Toledo OHJaime Minor* Jumps Sr. Oro Valley AZ

Elizabeth Myers** Sprints Sr. Kalispell MTEricka Nowell Sprints Fr. Perris CAAlissa Ott XC/Mid So. Redford MIAnn Polcari Jumps So. Ridgewood NJAngela Ryck XC/Mid Fr. Penfield NY

Jessica Rydberg XC/Mid. Fr. Pinetop AZAnalisa Sandoval XC/Mid Sr. Los Alamos NMAllison Schroeder* Sprints So. Ottawa OHJoanna Schultz*** Sprints Sr. Holmen WIStephanie Socias XC/Mid So. Tampa FL

Nevada Sorenson Sprints Fr. Sioux Falls SDJessica Sullivan** Jumps Jr. Norwich CTMolly Sullivan** XC/Mid Sr. Elmhurst ILSusanna Sullivan XC/Mid So. Falls Church VABeth Tacl* XC/Mid Sr. St. Cloud MN

Dominique Taylor XC/Mid Sr. Gary INTiffany Tibbot Sprints So. Sammamish WARebecca Tracy XC/Mid Fr. Barrington ILMarissa Treece** XC/Mid Jr. Maple City MIRachel Velarde XC/Mid So. Albuquerque NM

Kali Watkins** Sprints Jr. Newport News VAErica Watson XC/Mid Jr. Noblesville INSamantha Williams* Sprints Sr. Los Altos CA

* Indicates number of monograms earned

2009-10 Women’sTrack & Field Roster

Women’s Track Pronunciation GuideGena Bleyer GEE-na Blay-er

Grace Brier BRY-er

Maddie Buttinger Butting-er

Theresa Cattuna cuh-TUNE-ah

Chrissy Finkel FINK-el

Natalie Geiger GUY-ger

Molly Hirt Hurt

Kari Johnson CARE-ee

Elise Knutzen kuh-NOOT-zen

Kelly Langhans LANG-uns

Ericka Nowell Nole

Angela Ryck Rick

Jessica Rydberg RIDE-berg

Analisa Sandoval anna-lisa SAN-doe-vol

Allison Schroeder SHROW-der

Stephanie Socias SO-shus

Beth Tacl Tackle

Rachel Velarde vuh-LARD-ay

Kali Watkins CAL-ee


Women’s Track& Field Photos

Theresa CattunaJunior, ’09 BIG EAST Qualifier

Kelly LanghansJunior, ’09 Regional Qualifier

Marissa TreeceJunior, ’09 Regional Qualifier

Elise KnutzenSenior, ’09 Regional Qualifier

Natalie JohnsonJunior, ’09 All-BIG EAST


Cross CountryPreview

The Irish men’s and women’s cross countryteams had strong seasons in 2008, catapultingthem to the NCAA Championships. But thattaste of success only left them hungry and want-ing more in 2009.Notre Dame’s men finished second at last

year’s BIG EAST Conference Championshipsand fourth at the Great Lakes Regional meet.After earning an at-large bid to the NCAAChampionships, the Irish capped off their seasonwith a 19th-place finish at the national meet.The Irish men lost just one senior to gradua-

tion, but three-time cross country All-AmericanPatrick Smyth left behind a pair of big shoes tofill. Smyth won the Great Lakes Regional indi-vidual crown for the second straight season andfinished 10th at the NCAA Championships ayear ago, the best showing since KurtBenninger’s eighth-place performance in 2005.The Salt Lake City, Utah native was the firstIrish runner to earn multiple cross country All-America honors since Ryan Shay and LukeWatson in 2001 and the first three-time honoreesince Mike McWilliams in 1993.

Despite the loss of Smyth, head coachJoe Piane has faith in this year’s squad.“We don’t have that stud up front like wedid with Patrick, but we’re returning ourother six NCAA competitors from lastyear. They’ll definitely have to step it upthis season, but I believe they can,” Pianesaid.Leading that pack is senior Jake Walker.

The Ellwood City, Pa., product earned hissecond all-BIG EAST honor last year afterfinishing 13th at the league meet. He fin-ished 44th at the Great Lakes Regionaland 76th at the NCAA Championships.The Irish will also benefit from the vet-

eran leadership of fifth-year senior DanielClark. The Jackson, Mich., native earnedhis first cross country monogram a yearago, while finishing 36th at the BIGEAST meet, 30th at the Great LakesRegional and 152nd at the national con-test.A strong group of junior runners also

return for the Irish. Dan Jackson providedseveral key performances for NotreDame, including an 18th-place finish atthe BIG EAST Championships. He fin-ished his sophomore season with a 28th-place showing at the GreatLakes Regional and a 74th-place finish at the NCAAChampionships.After winning the

National Catholic individ-ual crown to begin his season,Paul Springer finished 17th at theBIG EAST Championships. Healso crossed the line in 67th at theGreat Lakes Regional and 189that the NCAA Championships.Roscoe, Ill., native Ryan Jacobs

competed in six races for the Irisha year ago. He finished 29th at theBIG EAST meet, 57th at theGreat Lakes Regional and 185that the NCAA Championships.Joe Miller leads a strong group

of sophomores into the 2009 sea-son. Miller earned all-BIG EASThonors a year ago with a 14th-place finish at the league meet.He wrapped up his freshman sea-son with a 20th-place showing atthe Great Lakes Regional and a134th-place finish at the NCAAChampionships.Piane and the Irish also have

several more experienced runnersreturning in 2009. Juniors Spencer

Carter and Ryan Gamboa each competed inthree races a year ago, while sophomores JordanCarlson and Kelly Lynch gained valuable expe-rience during their freshman campaign. Carlsonfinished 45th at the BIG EAST Championship.A talented group of freshmen will join the

Notre Dame squad this season, including J.P.Malette, who recently competed for his nativeCanada at the world cross country champi-onships.“All of our guys have been working really

hard over the summer. Everyone is coming tocampus healthy, so we’re looking forward to get-ting this season started,” Piane said.On the women’s side five of the top seven

runners return, including all-BIG EAST honoreeLindsey Ferguson. After making their firstNCAA Championship appearance since 2005,the Irish women are hoping their success fromlast season will carry over to the ’09 campaign.Lost to graduation are ESPN The

Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-District Fiveselection Becca Bauman, Byron V. KanaleyAward winner Heidi Rocha and Emily Wauford.Ferguson, along with fellow seniors Beth Tacl

and Molly Sullivan, will lead the Irish womenthis season. Ferguson won the National Catholicwomen’s crown, before finishing 13th at the BIG

Irish Runners Turn to Veteran Experience in 2009Notre Dame upperclassmen set to lead teams back to the NCAA Championships

All-BIG EAST selection Jake Walker returns as one of NotreDame’s top runners in 2009.

Sophomore Joe Miller and junior Paul Springer return to the cross countrycourse as two of Notre Dame’s top runners from a year ago.


EAST Championship and 10th at the GreatLakes Regional meet. She finished off her juniorseason with a 99th-place finish at the NCAAChampionships.Tacl finished 45th at the BIG EAST

Championships, 36th at the regional meet and204th at the national competition. Sullivan com-peted in three meets for the Irish a year ago.Notre Dame will also look to an experienced

junior class for leadership this fall. Marissa Treecewon the Valparaiso Invitational title, before fin-ishing second, behind Ferguson, at the NationalCatholic meet. She closed out her season with a20th-place BIG EAST finish, a 14th-place show-ing at the Great Lakes Regional and a122nd-place performance at the NCAAChampionships.“Lindsey and Marissa were our two top run-

ners last year, so we’ll definitely look to them forleadership and experience,” women’s head coachTim Connelly said. “We’ve also got Beth Tacland Rachel Velarde back, so we’re in pretty goodshape.”Abby Higgins took advantage of her year of

experience as a freshman, finishing 39th at theBIG EAST Championship and 49th at the GreatLakes meet. She capped off her sophomore sea-son with a 193rd-place finish at the NCAAChampionships.Fellow juniors Theresa Cattuna and Erica

Watson got three meets under their belts for theIrish a year ago.A large sophomore class will also help the

Irish down the stretch in ’09. Velarde made animmediate impact during her freshman cam-paign, competing in six races for the Irish. The

Albuquerque, N.M., native finished 34that the BIG EAST Championship, 34th atthe Great Lakes Regional and 155th atthe NCAA Championships.Eight other sophomores ran at least

one race for the Irish last season, includ-ing Alissa Ott, who won the NationalCatholic JV title.“We had several student-athletes that

were on the edge of being in that topseven or eight last year, so we’re hopingthey can come in and step up,” Connellysaid.An exceptional freshman class joins

the Irish this season led by Illinois statemile champion Rebecca Tracy andArizona high school standout JessicaRydberg.The 2009 schedule will provide strong

competition for the Irish as they makeanother run to the NCAA Champion-ships.Notre Dame opens their season Sept.

4 at the Valparaiso Crusader Open,before returning to South Bend for theNational Catholic Championships andthe Notre Dame Invitational.For the 30th consecutive year, Notre

Dame will play host to the NationalCatholic Championships. This year’smeet will be held Sept. 18 at theUniversity of Notre Dame Burke GolfCourse. Started in the fall of 1980, themeet features teams from prominent

Catholic institutions throughout the UnitedStates. The Notre Dame men have claimed 19titles, including a run of 10 straight from 1995-2004. The women’s race was added in 1984 withthe Irish women claiming the last seven consec-utive team crowns and 15 overall.

On Oct. 2, the Irish will host the 54th run-ning of the Notre Dame Invitational at theBurke Golf Course. The Invitational, one of thenation’s oldest and largest intercollegiate crosscountry meets, was started by former Irish headcoach Alex Wilson in 1956 and regularly featuresrunners from approximately 60 schools aroundthe country. The women’s race was added in1987.This year’s Notre Dame Invitational will fea-

ture several cross country powers, includingWashington, Arizona, Arizona State, FresnoState, New Mexico, Tulsa, Florida, Florida State,Penn State, Providence and Syracuse. The racewill also feature multiple Midwest schools,including Michigan and Michigan State.“The Notre Dame Invitational is shaping up

to be a great meet this year,” Piane said. “We’vegot some great out-of-region teams coming in,as well as several strong Midwest schools.”The Irish will head to Terre Haute, Ind., on

Oct. 17 for the Pre-National NCAA meet, fol-lowed by the BIG EAST Championships on Oct.31. The league meet will make its first-ever tripto the Midwest, as the ’09 race will be held inKenosha, Wis. The Irish hope to capitalize on theMidwest home advantage and improve on theirfinishes from a year ago. The Irish men were the’08 runners-up, while the women finished sixth.Notre Dame will make the short trip to

Bloomington, Ind., on Nov. 14 for the GreatLakes Regional meet. Both the Irish men andwomen finished fourth at the regional contestlast season.The NCAA Championships will be held Nov.

23 in Terre Haute, Ind. The Irish earned at-largeberths to the national meet last season, with themen finishing 19th and women coming in 29th.

Senior Lindsey Ferguson, an all-BIG EAST choice in 2008, returnsto lead the Irish women this season.

Sophomore Rachel Velarde and the rest of the Irish women’s cross country squad have set their sights on returning tothe NCAA Championships in 2009.


Cross CountryRosters

Women’s Cross Country RosterName Year City State

Sarah Anderson So. Bloomington MNLiz Barron Fr. Oakland MIGena Bleyer So. Chesterfield MGrace Brier So. Clarks Summitt, PARachel Boggs Fr. Ocoee FLTheresa Cattuna Jr. Cherry Hill NJCourtenay Devlin Fr. Rosemont PALindsey Ferguson Sr. Greenfield Center NAbby Higgins Jr. Naperville ILMolly Hirt So. Bloomington INKari Johnson So. Central Lake MIAnne McCarthy Fr. Toledo OHAlissa Ott So. Redford MIAngela Ryck Fr. Penfield NYJessica Rydberg Fr. Pinetop AZAnalisa Sandoval Sr. Los Alamos NMStephanie Socias So. Tampa FLMolly Sullivan Sr. Elmhurst ILSusanna Sullivan So. Falls Church VABeth Tacl Sr. St. Cloud MNDominique Taylor Sr. Gary INAlysha Thomas Fr. New Fairfield CTRebecca Tracy Fr. Barrington ILMarissa Treece Jr. Maple City MIRachel Velarde So. Albuquerque NJErica Watson Jr. Noblesville IN

Men’s Cross Country RosterName Year City State

Mat Abernethy Jr. College Park MDRandall Babb So. Wheaton ILTyler Bartlow Fr. Long Grove ILJordan Carlson So. Inver Grove Heights MNSpencer Carter Jr. Boise IDBlake Choplin Sr. Kansas City MODaniel Clark Sr. Jackson MIJohn Clohisy Fr. St. Louis MOMax Crux So. Chesterfield MOCameron Eckert Sr. Markle INRyan Gamboa Jr. Upland CAKevin Henderson Fr. Saline MIKyle Higdon Jr. Michigan City INJack Howard Sr. Libertyville ILDan Jackson Jr. Ann Arbor MIRyan Jacobs Jr. Roscoe ILKevin Labus Jr. Indianapolis INMitchell Lorenz So. Brainerd MNKelly Lynch So. Spokane WAJeffrey MacMillan Fr. Mattawan MIJ.P. Malette Fr. Windsor OntarioJoe Miller So. Bowling Green OHThomas Noel Jr. Louisville KYJames Notwell Sr. Upper Arlington OHThomas Pesch So. Elgin MNJeremy Rae Fr. Fort Erie OntarioTrent Sayers Fr. Whitby OntarioJohnathan Shawel So. Placentia CAPaul Springer Jr. Kenett Square PABrier Steenberge Sr. Granburg TXZac Suriano So. Clifton Park NYJake Walker Sr. Ellwood City PA

Women’s Cross CountryPronunciation Guide

Gena Bleyer GEE-na Blay-er

Grace Brier BRY-er

Theresa Cattuna cuh-TUNE-ah

Molly Hirt Hurt

Kari Johnson CARE-ee

Angela Ryck Rick

Jessica Rydberge RIDE-berg

Analisa Sandoval anna-lisa SAN-doe-vol

Stephanie Socias SO-shus

Beth Tacl Tackle

Alysha Thomas uh-LISH-a

Rachel Velarde vuh-LARD-ay

Men’s Cross CountryPronunciation Guide

John Clohisy Clo-HISS-ee

Kevin Labus La-BUS

Jeffrey MacMillan mac-MILL-un

J.P. Malette Ma-LET

Johnathan Shawel Shawl

Brier Steenberge Bry-er

Zac Suriano Sir-ee-ano


Schedules

2009-10 Men’s and Women’s Track & Field ScheduleDate Day Event Site Time

12/4 Fri. Blue & Gold Meet Notre Dame, Ind. 5 PM1/15 Fri. Notre Dame Indoor Opener Notre Dame, Ind. 7 PM1/22-23 Fri. Notre Dame Invitational Notre Dame, Ind. 5 PM/10 AM1/29-30 Fri.-Sat. Indiana Invitational Bloomington, Ind. TBA2/5-6 Fri.-Sat. Meyo Invitational Notre Dame, Ind. 7 PM/10 AM

2/20-21 Sat.-Sun. BIG EAST Championships New York, N.Y. TBA3/5-6 Fri.-Sat. Alex Wilson Invitational Notre Dame, Ind. 7 PM/10 AM3/12-13 Fri.-Sat. NCAA Championships Fayetteville, Ark. TBA

3/26-27 Fri.-Sat. Arizona State Invitational Tempe, Ariz. TBA3/26-27 Fri.-Sat. Stanford Invitational Palo Alto, Calif. TBA4/1-2 Thurs.-Fri. Arizona Multi-Event Tucson, Ariz. TBA4/2-3 Fri.-Sat. Florida Relays Gainesville, Fla. TBA4/2-3 Fri.-Sat. Tiger Track Classic Auburn, Ala. TBA

4/2-3 Fri.-Sat. Purdue Invitational West Lafayette, Ind. TBA4/10 Sat. Louisville Invitational Louisville, Ky. TBA4/17 Sat. Texas Twilight Austin, Texas TBA4/15-17 Thurs.-Sat. Mt. SAC Relays Walnut, Calif. TBA4/16-17 Fri.-Sat. Purdue Rankin Invitational West Lafayette, Ind. TBA

4/22-24 Thurs.-Sat. Drake Relays Des Moines, Iowa TBA4/23-24 Fri.-Sat. Hillsdale Relays Hillsdale, Mich. TBA4/30-5/2 Fri.-Sun. BIG EAST Championships Cincinnati, Ohio TBA5/7-8 Fri.-Sat. Michigan Invitational Ann Arbor, Mich. TBA5/11-12 Tues.-Wed. North Central College Multi Naperville, Ill. TBA

5/13-14 Thurs.-Fri. North Central College Inv. Naperville, Ill. TBA5/14 Fri. Louisville Last Chance Louisville, Ky. TBA5/28-29 Fri.-Sat. NCAA Regionals TBD TBA6/9-12 Wed.-Sat. NCAA Championships Eugene, Ore. TBA

2009 Notre Dame Cross Country ScheduleDate Opponent Site Time9/4 Valparaiso Crusader Open Valparaiso, Ind. 6:00 PM9/18 National Catholic Invitational Notre Dame, Ind. 3:30 PM10/2 Notre Dame Invitational Notre Dame, Ind. 2:00 PM10/17 Pre-National NCAA Meet Terre Haute, Ind. TBA

10/31 BIG EAST Championship Kenosha, Wis. TBA11/14 NCAA Great Lakes Regional Bloomington, Ind. TBA11/23 NCAA Championships Terre Haute, Ind. TBA


One of the newest editions to the NotreDame campus is the outdoor track and fieldcomplex. Groundbreaking ceremonies heraldedthe start of construction on the $3 million out-door facility in June 2008. The new nine-lanetrack is located southeast of the Joyce Centerand will be the competition and practice site forthe Notre Dame men’s and women’s track andfield teams.

The track will meet IAAF guidelines with thewidest possible turns, and one synthetic “D”zone will be located at the south end of thetrack. Throwing and jumping events will be pro-vided in two directions, and a warm-up areawill be located at one end of the track.Construction began in late June, with the com-pletion tentatively expected in November 2009.Fundraising efforts continue on the remaining$5 million stadium portion of the new trackfacility.

Lead gifts for the project have come from ananonymous benefactor, as well as six namedNotre Dame supporters:• John Hatherly ’82, who ran track for theIrish as a miler and for whom the men’slocker room will be named

• Dr. Bob Harris ’69, a chemistry major whoplayed intramural football and hasparticipated in Notre Dame’s FootballFantasy Camp

• Dr. Jim Kerrigan, ’79, a monogram winnerfor the Notre Dame track team

• John Leahy ’84, who continues the Leahyathletic legacy at Notre Dame

• Mike Lukas ’79 MA, whose daughter,Katherine, is part of Notre Dame’s Class of 2012

• Rick and Emily Peltz, Rick is a SouthBend/Indianapolis businessman

Notre Dame’sNew Outdoor Track

Notre Dame’s new $3 million outdoor track will be the competition and practice site for the Irish track and field programs. Construction on the nine-lane facility began in June 2008.

Groundbreaking ceremonies wereheld in June 2008 marking thestart of construction on NotreDame’s new outdoor track.

Coaching Staff

Joe Piane begins his 35th

season as head cross

country / track and field

coach, serving as the

longest actively tenured

coach at Notre Dame.


HeadCoach

In 1889, track and field became the second varsitysport in school history. One hundred and 20 seasonslater, student-athletes continue to represent theFighting Irish across the nation on the track, in thefield and on the cross country course.For the past 34 campaigns, Joe Piane has been

leading the program – and shows no signs of stoppingany time soon. The longest active tenured coach atNotre Dame, Piane begins his 35th season under theGolden Dome in the fall of 2009, having recentlyinked a multi-year contract extension.The 2009-10 season will be yet another landmark

for Piane as he moves into second place in NotreDame history for longest coaching tenure. Pianepassed former Irish fencing coach Mike DeCicco (34seasons from 1962-95), and tennis and wrestlingcoach Tom Fallon (32 seasons from 1934-75) andnow sits behind legendary baseball skipper JakeKline, who spent 42 seasons with the Irish from1955-87.“I’m thrilled to know that I’ll be here at Notre

Dame for the next several years and hopefully wellbeyond that until my retirement,” Piane says. “Myfamily and I truly enjoy living in South Bend andbeing a part of the community here. I also value andappreciate the opportunity I have had to work at aplace like Notre Dame because of the quality of thepeople I’ve been fortunate enough to work with. Ihave coached many very special student-athletes dur-ing my time here and seeing their development hasbeen one of the most rewarding aspects of my job —one that I’m eager to continue well into the foresee-able future.”Piane’s record at Notre Dame speaks for itself. Just

consider the accomplishments Notre Dame athleteshave made under Piane’s watchful eye:• Men’s cross country runners have earned All-

American status 26 times, with Patrick Smyth takinghome the honor in 2008.• A Notre Dame cross country runner has

appeared at the NCAA Championship meet in eachof the past 19 years, while the team has made the trip19 out of the past 25 years.• The Notre Dame men’s cross country team has

finished in the top 10 at the NCAA meet in 11 of the

past 21 seasons, highlighted by third-place finishes in1990 and 2005 (matching the program’s best show-ing since winning the 1957 NCAA title).• The Irish men’s cross country team has won five

BIG EAST Conference titles since joining the leaguein 1995, including crowns in 2004 and 2005. What’smore, Notre Dame men’s harriers have earned all-BIG EAST honors 40 times, with a school-recordfive runners receiving that distinction in ‘05.• The Irish men’s track & field team has earned 71

All-America citations since 1974 (including PatrickSmyth in the 2009 indoor and outdoor seasons),while the women’s team has received 42 such acco-lades since 1994 (most recently Mary Saxer, JoannaSchultz and Jaclyn Espinoza in ‘09). Combined, Pianehas helped mentor 113 track & field All-Americans(and 130 overall when including cross country hon-orees) during his tenure.• Both the Notre Dame men’s and women’s track

& field teams were champions in 2007 with the Irishmen taking the indoor title and the Irish womenclaiming their first outdoor team championship. Themen also claimed the 2008 and 2009 BIG EAST out-door titles. Overall the men’s team has won nine BIGEAST titles (three indoor/six outdoor), while thewomen’s squad has hoisted the hardware three times(two indoor/one outdoor).• In the school’s 13-year BIG EAST membership

(1995-96 to present), Notre Dame athletes have won116 conference individual or relay titles in track &field and cross country, with eight student-athletesgoing on to be named the conference’s outstandingtrack or field performer at its indoor or outdoorchampionship meets.A distance-coaching specialist, Piane is recognized

across the nation as one of the best in the business.He has been named NCAA Division I NationalCross Country Coach of the Year on two differentoccasions (1987 and 2001) while garnering five dis-trict/regional coach-of-the-year honors and nineleague cross country coach-of-the-year plaques. Intotal, Piane has earned or shared 27 league coach ofthe year awards (indoor track, outdoor track or crosscountry), including 15 BIG EAST Coaching Staff ofthe Year accolades in the past 11 years (1999-2009).In 2007 alone the Notre Dame staff earned two of

those BIG EAST Coaching Staff of the Year honors,one for men’s indoor track & field and one forwomen’s outdoor track & field. They also racked uptwo more for men’s outdoor track and field in 2008and 2009.As the Irish track & field program continues to

assert itself on the national stage, Piane has led fromthe front every step of the way. In 2009, the NotreDame men won the BIG EAST outdoor title, mark-ing the eighth time in 10 seasons that the Irish tookhome either the conference indoor or outdoor tro-phy. Persistence paid off for the women in 2007 asthey won their first BIG EAST outdoor champi-onship. Individually, Piane and his assistants at Notre

Dame produced six All-Americans in track and fieldin 2009 with three during the indoor season andthree during the outdoor season. Mary Saxer becameNotre Dame’s first-ever women’s pole vault All-American, earning her first All-America honor at theNCAA Indoor Championships. She earned her sec-ond All-America citation at the outdoor meet laterthat season. Joanna Schultz earned her first All-America honor with an eighth-place finish in the 400meters at the NCAA Indoor Championships. JaclynEspinoza finished third in the discus at the outdoorchampionships to earn her first All-America recogni-tion, as well. Patrick Smyth earned his sixth and sev-enth All-America honors in 2009. His combinedseven All-America honors are the third most in Irishmen's track & field/cross country history behindonly Ryan Shay (nine) and Luke Watson (eight).Piane’s success has not just been in the present, as

three of his more successful pupils in recent yearshave been 10-time All-American Molly Huddle(2007), Shay (2001) and Watson (2002).Huddle finished her career under Piane with ten

All-America certificates, a record for the most All-America selections by a Notre Dame athlete in anysport. The Elmira, N.Y., native had seven career BIGEAST championships, including back-to-back doublevictories in the 5,000m and the 10,000m in her lasttwo seasons. Her seven championships are the mostby any Irish woman and she joins former student-athlete Liz Grow as Notre Dame’s only athletes to be

JoePiane

Head Coach35th Season

Loras College ‘69


HONORS & AWARDS

1987, 2001 NCAA Division INational Cross Country Coach of the Year

Five-time District IVCross Country Coach of the Year

Six-time Midwestern Collegiate ConferenceCross Country Coach of the Year

Seven-time Midwestern Collegiate ConferenceIndoor Track Coach of the Year

2001, 2004, 2005BIG EAST Men’s Cross Country Staff of the Year

2003, 2005, 2007BIG EAST Men’s Indoor Track Staff of the Year

1999, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2008, 2009BIG EAST Men’s Outdoor Track

Staff of the Year

2002, 2006, 2009BIG EAST Women’s Indoor Track

Staff of the Year

2007 BIG EASTWomen’s Outdoor Track Staff of the Year

2007 Women’sGreat Lakes District Coach of the Year

named the BIG EAST Outstanding Outdoor TrackPerformer in two consecutive years (2006, 2007). Shecurrently holds four Irish school records (indoor3,000m & 5,000m/outdoor 5,000m & 10,000m).In 2001, Piane helped distance specialist Shay

compile one of the greatest track seasons in NotreDame history. The Central Lake, Mich., resident wonthe BIG EAST indoor 5,000 meters, the conferenceoutdoor 5,000 and 10,000 meters and finished off theseason in legendary style by becoming Notre Dame’sfirst individual NCAA champion since 1972 by tak-ing first place in the 10,000 meters (29:05.44) at theNCAA Outdoor Championship in Eugene, Ore. Shaymoved on to become one of the best marathon run-ners in the country, winning five U.S. titles as well asUSA Running Circuit (USARC) titles in 2003 and2004. Tragically, Shay’s life was cut short as he diedsuddenly during the running of the 2008 U.S.Olympic marathon trials in New York.Shortly after helping steer Shay to the top of the

college running mountain, Piane had similar successwith Watson. Both men had set their sights on break-ing the four-minute mile barrier at the MeyoInvitational in 2002, hoping that Watson wouldbecome just the second runner to crack the mark.Piane helped assemble an outstanding field for therace, which was arguably the highlight of the entirecollegiate indoor season. Watson did his part, scorch-ing past the field in the final straight away to win in3:58.83, easily a school-record time and briefly thefastest mile run in the world during the indoor sea-son. Watson eventually moved on to garner All-America honors in the indoor mile, indoor 3,000meters and outdoor 5,000 meters – as well as takinghome BIG EAST Championships in the mile, 3,000-meter steeplechase and outdoor 5,000 meters. In the

summer of ‘06, Watson returned to his alma mater asa member of the Irish men’s distance/cross countrycoaching staff.With Piane at the helm, the Notre Dame men’s

cross country team has enjoyed six of its most suc-cessful seasons in the program’s history during thepast nine years. In 2000, Piane helped the Irishrecover from the loss of Shay due to injury and earna ninth-place finish at the NCAA Championshipmeet.With Shay back on the team in ‘01, Notre Dame

achieved its highest-ever national ranking (fourth),won the BIG EAST Championship (Piane and hisstaff earned the league’s Coaching Staff of the Yearaward) and ended up sixth at the national meet togive the Irish (at the time) their highest team finishsince 1993.In 2004, Notre Dame threatened to eclipse its

best-ever ranking, as Piane deftly guided his chargesfrom an unranked start all the way to a BIG EASTtitle and a No. 5 national ranking before placing 11that the NCAA Championship. For his efforts, Pianeand his aides garnered a second BIG EAST Men’sCross Country Coaching Staff of the Year plaque.That set the stage for 2005’s successful run that cul-minated in Notre Dame’s return to the NCAAawards podium for the first time since 1990.In 1985, Piane was named a member of the

United States National Track staff. As such, he wasone of 40 collegiate coaches given the opportunity tocoach a United States squad in international compe-tition. During the summer of 1987 he did just that,guiding a team of American all-stars in meets held inEngland and Ireland. Upon the conclusion of the1991 Notre Dame track season, Piane once againfaced international competition as he was appointed

coach of the U.S. Pan American juniorsteam for the games in Kingston,Jamaica.Piane became Midwest regional

chairman for United States OlympicDevelopment in the area of track andfield in 1984. Piane’s other Olympicpreparation experience came in ‘85when he coached the North team inthe National Sports Festival. He alsocoached the U.S. team against Englandin Birmingham, England. Piane has produced a winning

record in all but one season with theIrish men’s cross country team and isalso the creator of Notre Dame’sNational Catholic Championship, anannual meet held on campus since1980. The Irish running program con-tinues to be a rapidly-growing entitythanks to Piane’s achievements.Continually searching for greater chal-lenges, he also founded the MeyoInvitational and the Alex WilsonInvitational, both traditional indoorNotre Dame track & field meets. TheMeyo Invitational has turned into aprime breeding ground for record-set-ting performances, with the 2007 meetresulting in 85 NCAA provisional orautomatic qualifying marks, six meetrecords and three Meyo Track standardsbroken. The 2006 meet had similarresults with 76 NCAA provisional orautomatic qualifying marks hit andseven meet records and three Meyo

Track records falling. At the same time, the AlexWilson Invitational has developed into one of thetop indoor “last chance” meets in the nation, hostingthe country’s best performers just prior to theNCAA Championship.A 1969 graduate of Loras College, Piane ran both

track and cross country for four years at theDubuque, Iowa, institution. He captained Loras’undefeated cross country squad as a senior, whileexcelling in middle distance events during the trackseason. He was inducted into the Loras CollegeAthletics Hall of Fame in the fall of ‘02.Piane began his impressive coaching career in

1970. Working for the Peace Corps, he coached track& field and cross country at both the regional andnational levels in the North African country ofMorocco. Piane guided a top-ranked junior crosscountry team, sending three runners to Cambridge,England, for the International Cross CountryChampionship (now known as the IAAF WorldChampionship) in 1972, where Morocco finishedthird. Several of those Moroccan runners went on tocompete at the ’72 Summer Games in Munich,Germany, and one advanced to the 1976 SummerGames in Montreal, Canada.After returning to the United States in July 1972,

Piane assisted the track and cross country programsat Western Illinois. During that time he earned amaster’s degree in physical education.Born Aug. 6, 1946, in Westchester, Ill., Piane

joined the Notre Dame staff in 1974 as an assistanttrack coach and physical education instructor withplans to stay on for just one year. He was namedhead track and cross country coach the followingseason.Piane and his wife, Mimi, reside in South Bend,

with their son, Nick.


AssistantCoaches

As the Notre Dame women’s cross country team con-tinues to establish itself as one of the best in the nation,the man standing at the forefront of that emergence hasbeen Tim Connelly.Now in his 22nd season at Notre Dame, Connelly not

only serves as the head coach of the Irish women’s crosscountry team, but also tutors the middle distance and dis-tance runners during the indoor and outdoor track sea-sons. As one of the longest tenured active assistants at theUniversity, he is closely involved with all aspects of theNotre Dame track & field/cross country program and isknown as one of the best coaches in the Midwest.Since taking over the Irish women’s cross country pro-

gram during its infancy in 1988, Connelly has helpedNotre Dame reach unprecedented heights, finishingamong the top 10 at the NCAA Championship four ofthe past seven seasons. Notre Dame also has garnered atrip to the NCAA awards podium twice, finishing in aprogram-best third place in 2002, followed by a fourth-place showing in 2004.However, that hardly begins to scratch the surface of

Connelly’s accomplishments during his two-decade run atNotre Dame. The Irish women also have won three BIGEAST Conference titles (all in the past seven seasons) andplaced either first or second at five of the past eightNCAA Great Lakes Regional meets. What’s more, NotreDame harriers have collected 14 All-America honors and26 all-BIG EAST cross country citations since the Irishjoined the conference in 1995-96.On the track, the Notre Dame women’s distance pro-

gram has grown exponentially in recent years. Irish run-ners have earned no fewer than 19 All-Americacertificates, including 14 in the past eight years alone,while Connelly’s athletes have advanced to NCAAChampionship competition 34 times (14 indoors/20 out-doors).In addition, Notre Dame women’s distance runners

have garnered all-conference status 63 times and won 10BIG EAST individual titles (as well as the 2003 distancemedley relay crown) during the past 13 seasons. The Irishthinclads also have played a critical role in a pair of teamtitles at the BIG EAST Indoor Championship (‘02, ’06)and one BIG EAST Outdoor Championship (2007), aswell as nine runner-up finishes at conference meets (fiveindoor, four outdoor).

For his efforts, Connelly has been richly rewarded withnumerous coaching honors. He has been chosen for theBIG EAST Women’s Cross Country Coaching Staff of theYear award three times (‘02, 2003, 2005) and has beenpart of the BIG EAST Women’s Indoor Track & FieldCoaching Staff of the Year twice (‘02, ‘06) and the BIGEAST Women’s Outdoor Track & Field Coaching Staff ofthe Year once (2007).Connelly’s distance runners helped the Irish women’s

program to a fourth-place finish at the 2009 BIG EASTOutdoor Championships, while the women’s cross coun-try squad finished sixth at the BIG EAST Championshipwith junior Lindsey Ferguson garnering all-conferencehonors. The Irish also returned to the NCAAChampionship for the first time since 2005.Under Connelly’s tutelage, Notre Dame’s distance pro-

gram was able to excel in 2007, playing a large role inhelping the Irish win their first BIG EAST outdoor cham-pionship since joining the league in 1995-96. Connellyproduced six top-eight finishers to bring in points for theIrish. The women’s cross country team’s season endedwith a third-place finish at the BIG EAST Cross CountryChampionships and a fifth-place finish at the NCAAGreat Lakes Regional meet, just shy of a bid to thenational meet. The conference finish was the fifth con-secutive top-three BIG EAST finish by the Irish women. In 2007, Molly Huddle led the women’s distance with

a runner-up performance in the 5,000 meters at the BIGEAST indoor championships and a double crown at theBIG EAST outdoor championships in the 5,000 metersand the 10,000 meters, only the third multiple winner ofthe honor since its inception in 1993, and the first back-to-back recipient since former Irish All-American LizGrow took the hardware in 2001 and 2002. Her outdoorperformance earned her BIG EAST OutstandingOutdoor Track Performer honors. At the NCAA MideastRegional meet, she went on to win her fourth consecu-tive 5,000-meter title, to pave her way to the nationalmeet where she became a 10-time All-American aftertaking third in the 5,000 meters. Connelly’s charges were at the forefront of a historic

run in 2005-06, as Notre Dame came within 10 points atthe conference’s outdoor meet of becoming the firstschool in 18 seasons to win the BIG EAST women’s“triple crown” (cross country, indoor track, outdoortrack). It all started with an impressive 25-point win at theBIG EAST Cross Country Championship, with the 34-point Irish performance being the best scoring outing byany league school since 1994. Notre Dame had four ofthe top eight runners in the field, giving the Irish theirlargest-ever crop of all-conference honorees.

That outing pre-ceded a runner-upshowing at theNCAA Great LakesRegional, whereNotre Dame onceagain was dominantup front with fourof the top 10 run-ners in the meet.The Irish thencapped the 2005season with a sev-enth-place finish atthe NCAAChamp ion sh i p,highlighted by aprogram-best threeAll-America per-f o r m a n c e s(Stephanie Madia,Huddle and SunniOlding). In fact,Madia’s third-place

finish and time of 19:48.4 were the best-ever by a NotreDame woman, while Huddle joined Lauren King as thesecond three-time women’s cross country All-Americanin school history.Moving indoors on the track for the 2005-06 season,

Jacqueline Carter and Brianne Schmidt made excellentstrides in the middle distances, notching school records inthe 800- and 1,000-meter runs, respectively. Madia wasstrong at the longer distances, peaking well late in the yearwith two of the top-four 5,000-meter times in school his-tory before earning her second All-America honor witha fourth-place finish at the NCAA Championship.Huddle then took center stage during the ‘06 outdoor

season, posting the nation’s fastest times at both 5,000 and10,000 meters, and becoming only the second woman inBIG EAST history to win both races at the conferencemeet. She went on to be named the BIG EASTOutstanding Outdoor Track Performer, as well as theUSTFCCCA Great Lakes District Outdoor Track Athleteof the Year and won her third NCAA Mideast Regional5,000-meter title in as many tries. Huddle’s season endedjust short of the brass ring, as she finished second in the5,000 meters at the NCAA Championships, still the bestplacement ever by an Irish women’s track athlete in anyevent. She also garnered her ninth All-America citation.In ‘04, Huddle had one of the most prolific seasons in

Irish track and field history. She was an All-American inthe indoor 3,000- and 5,000-meter runs as well as theoutdoor 5,000 meters. Connelly accompanied Huddle asshe competed in the United States Olympic Trials, even-tually finishing seventh in the 5,000 meters as the topnon-professional/collegian in the race. A year earlier,Connelly guided Huddle to All-America honors in theindoor 3,000 meters and outdoor 5,000 meters. Huddlecapped that season by running away with the U.S. Junior3,000-Meter Championship at the national meet in PaloAlto, Calif.A 1983 Notre Dame graduate, Connelly ran both cross

country and track for the Irish. Following his graduation,Connelly served as a graduate assistant coach under JoePiane while working toward his master’s degree in busi-ness.In 1986, Connelly moved on to Syracuse as an assis-

tant cross country and track coach. During his time incentral New York, he coached the men’s and women’smiddle distance and distance runners and managedrecruiting duties for both programs.A native of Pittsburgh, Pa., Connelly and his wife, the

former Donna Southerly, are the parents of two children— daughter, Alexandra, and son, Brendon.

TimConnelly

Head CoachWomen’s Cross Country

Assistant Track &Field Coach

(Women’s Distance)Notre Dame ’83


One of the top sprint and hurdle coaches in theworld, John Millar enters his 19th season at NotreDame and has developed the Irish sprint groupsinto a force in the BIG EAST Conference. Millar’stenure at Notre Dame, which included serving asthe speed coach for all Notre Dame athletic teamsfor several years, is the third longest active streak ofany current Irish assistant coach in any sport. A dedicated coach, recruiter and organizer,

Millar also has played a key role in Notre Dame’smanagement of four home indoor meets, whichare widely regarded as being among the top eventsin the country each season.Millar’s sprinters and hurdlers have continued to

have success for the Irish on both the men’s andwomen’s side of the field. Junior Joanna Schultzearned her first All-America honor at the 2009NCAA Indoor Championships with an eighth-place finish in the 400 meters and qualified for theoutdoor meet later that season. Schultz joinedsophomores Miklos Szebeny and Johnson andfreshman Jordan Rincon in garnering all-BIGEAST indoor citations. Schultz won the 400-meterchampionship at the BIG EAST Outdoor meet,while the 4x100-meter and 4x400-meter relayteams earned all-BIG EAST honors.As a sophomore in 2008, Balazs Molnar grabbed

all-BIG EAST indoor honors with a third-placefinish in the 400-meter dash. Freshmen CoraDayon and Johnson earned their first all-BIGEAST indoor honors in the 500 meters, finishingsecond and third, respectively. The men’s 4x100-meter relay team finished third at the BIG EASTOutdoor Championships and played a major rolein helping the Irish men’s squad to their fifth out-door conference title. In 2007, Molnar took the BIG EAST outdoor

400-meter hurdle race by storm with his time of51.62. His all-BIG EAST performance marked thefirst time an Irish sprinter (male or female) won aleague 400-meter hurdle title in school history. Millar’s women sprinters undoubtedly found

success on the track and were key in helpingsecure the team’s first BIG EAST Outdoor Track &Field Championship in 2007. Both the women’s4x100 and 4x400-meter relays took titles at the2007 BIG EAST Outdoor Track & FieldChampionships, spurring the Irish women’s firstBIG EAST outdoor championship since joining theleague in 1995.

That same year, Millar set up dominance in thewomen’s individual 400 meter with OkechiOgbuokiri, Schultz and Brienne Davis taking sec-ond, third and fourth in the event respectivelywhile Maryann Erigha went on to earn additionalall-BIG EAST honors with her second-place finishin the 100 meters. Both Erigha and Ogboukiri had previous suc-

cess under Millar’s tutelage. Erigha was a two-timeBIG EAST champion in the outdoor 100 metersand indoor 200 meters while Ogbuokiri was aconference titlist in the indoor 400m. Both sprint-ers went on to qualify for the NCAAChampionship for the first time in their respectivecareers in 2005. Millar also helped cultivate the skills of men’s

hurdler Selim Nurudeen, who was a two-time All-American, seven-time BIG EAST Champion and15-time all-BIG EAST selection during his careerat Notre Dame from 2001-05. Nurudeen also wasnamed the ‘05 BIG EAST Indoor ChampionshipOutstanding Track Performer after helping theIrish win the team title and he competed in the2008 Beijing Olympics as part of the Nigeriantrack and field team.Prior to his current proteges, Millar helped cul-

tivate ’02 graduate Liz Grow into Notre Dame’sfirst women’s All-American sprinter, as Grow wasa fixture at the NCAA indoor and outdoor meetsduring her four years on the team. Millar’s sprint group made a huge splash on the

national scene in ‘02. The women's 4x400 relayunit consisting of Ayesha Boyd, Kristen Dodd,Grow and Kymia Love qualified for the NCAAIndoor Championships, becoming the first Irishwomen's sprint relay to achieve that distinction. Inthe outdoor season, the same group took a stepfurther, earning All-America honors after placingfifth in the nation at the NCAA Championships.Millar’s 4x100, 4x400 (outdoor) and 4x400(indoor) all have set school records in the pasteight seasons and the 4x100 group won BIG EASTChampionships in 2003 and 2004.The development of the women’s sprint corps

allowed Notre Dame to capture its first-ever BIG

EAST team title in ‘02 at the leagueindoor meet. Millar and his fellowIrish coaches were named the BIGEAST Indoor Coaching Staff of theYear that season. They repeated thatperformance in 2006, nearly winningthe league’s “triple crown” for the firsttime in 18 years before a runner-upfinish in the BIG EAST outdoor meet.Nevertheless, Millar was again part ofthe BIG EAST Indoor Staff of theYear.Millar helped the women’s 4x400

team return to both the NCAAindoor and outdoor meets in ‘03. Thesquad of Tiffany Gunn, Kristen Dodd,Ayesha Boyd and Kymia Love justmissed out on a repeat All-Americaeffort at the outdoor meet, finishingninth. In his first year with the Irish,

Millar began the process of enhancingthe Notre Dame sprint corps, whichculminated in three school records inthe 55 and 200 meters along with the4x100 relay. He guided Raghib Ismailto a second-place finish in the 1991NCAA Indoor Championships and

the fastest collegiate 55-meter time in the world.Millar also coached two-time All-American AllenRossum to seventh-place finishes in the 55-meterdash at the 1995 and 1997 NCAA IndoorChampionship, and hurdler Errol Williams was anAll-American in both indoor (55-meter hurdles)and outdoor track (110-meter hurdles) in 1998.The native of Toronto, Canada, took a break

from his coaching duties at Notre Dame in earlyMarch of 1999 to serve as the head coach of theUSA women’s track squad, which earned eightmedals at the ‘99 World Indoor Championships inMaebashi, Japan.Millar is a seasoned veteran of coaching athletes

both on the national and international levels.During a six-year stint at Texas, he coached 96NCAA All-Americans, including 10 nationalchampions, and helped guide the Lady Longhornsto four national titles. Prior to his position at Texas, Millar was an assis-

tant at Tennessee for two years where he workedwith 1984 Olympic gold-medal hurdler BenitaFitzgerald-Brown. In addition, he served as anassistant coach on the Canadian Olympic trackstaff and assisted in training world-class hurdlerMark McCoy. He also served as USA Track andField’s national women’s hurdle coordinator, coachof the North team at the 1992 U.S. OlympicFestival and assistant coach of the USA JuniorNational Team at the 1993 Pan-Am JuniorChampionships.Millar was head coach at York University in

Toronto from 1981 to 1983 where he served aschief director for both the men’s and women’s pro-grams in track & field. He led the school to aCanadian national championship in 1981. He also traveled to the 2000 Olympic Games in

Sydney, Australia, as a member of the Canadiantrack & field coaching staff.Millar graduated from Western Ontario in 1978

and holds a master’s degree from Arizona State.He and his wife, the former Lynn Haan, have a

son, James, who graduated from Notre Dame inMay 2008 as a track and field monogram winner.

JohnMillar

Associate Head Track &Field Coach

(Sprints/Hurdles)Western Ontario ’78


AssistantCoaches Adam Beltran joined the Notre Dame men’s

and women’s track and field program in 2007as an assistant coach for throws.Beltran helped Jaclyn Espinoza earn her first

All-America honor with a third-place finish atthe 2009 NCAA Outdoor Championships, aswell as the BIG EAST outdoor discus title. JohnBelcher also became a BIG EAST champion inthe hammer throw. Seven Irish throwers quali-fied for the NCAA regional meet, while sixNotre Dame student-athletes earned all-BIGEAST honors.Beltran guided the Irish throwers to seven

all-BIG EAST honors in 2008, includingBrandon Drenon’s first BIG EAST outdoor titlein the discus. Six of Beltran’s athletes qualifiedfor the NCAA Mideast Regionals. AlyissaHasan earned all-BIG EAST and All-Americahonors in the pentathlon. She also garnered all-BIG EAST honors for her heptathlon perform-ance at the BIG EAST OutdoorChampionships. Espinoza finished 25th in thediscus at the NCAA Outdoor Championships.Prior to joining the Notre Dame staff,

Beltran was on the track and field staff at SaintFrancis (Pa.) University where he worked withthe Red Flash throwers and oversaw the pro-

gram’s recruiting efforts. Under his tutelage, 20St. Francis student-athletes won NortheastConference (NEC) titles in the men’s andwomen’s weight throw, javelin, hammer throw,discus and women’s shot put.During his tenure at St. Francis, Beltran

watched 17 Red Flash throwing records fall inthe men’s and women’s indoor shot put, discus,javelin, women’s outdoor shot put and the men’shammer and weight throws. In 2007, junior LisaMorse earned the Outstanding Field Performeraward at the NEC Outdoor Championships,while Dian Gmiter went on to win the sameaward at the indoor league meet.Before his stint at St. Francis, Beltran served

as an assistant coach at the University ofMissouri-Kansas City. He worked with throwersand coached athletes to Mid-ContinentConference titles in the shot put and the javelin.Nine of his athletes went on to break schooltrack and field records under his tutelage.A 1999 graduate of UMKC, the Austin, Texas,

native earned his bachelor of liberal arts degreewith an emphasis in American studies and aminor in black studies/cultural anthropology.He has earned USA Track and Field Level I andLevel II certifications.

Amy Henry is in her second season as an assis-tant track and field coach at Notre Dame, workingwith the Irish sprinters and hurdlers.Henry guided Joanna Schultz to her first All-

America honor with an eighth-place finish at the2009 NCAA Indoor Championships. Schultz alsoqualified for the NCAA outdoor meet and won theBIG EAST outdoor 400-meter title. Four Irish stu-dent-athletes earned all-BIG EAST individual hon-ors, while the outdoor 4x100-meter and4x400-meter relay teams earned all-league acco-lades as well.Henry came to Notre Dame after a two-year

stint as an assistant coach at the University of Texas-El Paso, where she worked with sprinters, hurdlersand multi-event athletes. Henry also spent time asan assistant coach at Hampton, working withsprinters, hurdlers and distance runners. She alsotaught physical education and athletic trainingcourses as an adjunct professor.After graduating from Hampton with a bache-

lor’s degree in psychology in 2002, Henry began

working towards her master’s degree in develop-mental kinesiology with a specialization in sportpsychology from Bowling Green State, Universitywhile working as the coordinator of the school’sGradSTEP program, which aids students in thetransition from undergraduate to graduate school.She also worked as a sport psychology consultantfor the track and field and softball teams atBowling Green.Henry has also made several academic presenta-

tions and been published in the BerkshireEncyclopedia of World Sport.A standout athlete in both college and high

school, Henry was a Mid-Eastern Atlantic (MEAC)all-conference sprinter and hurdler while atHampton and an all-Mid-American Conference(MAC) performer at Bowling Green. The NewportNews, Va., native was a three-time letterwinner andmultiple track All–American at Menchville HighSchool. She holds USA Track and Field Level I cer-tification.

AmyHenry

AssistantTrack & Field Coach(Sprints/Hurdles)

Hampton University ‘02

AdamBeltran

AssistantTrack & Field Coach

(Throws)University of

Missouri-Kansas City ’99


AssistantCoach

Jim Garnham joined the Notre Dame trackand field staff as an assistant coach for jumps inthe fall of 2008.Garnham led the Irish jumpers to an out-

standing season in 2009 that included two All-America honors and four BIG EAST titles.Mary Saxer earned her first All-America

honor with a ninth-place pole vault finish at theNCAA Indoor Championships, then followedthat with a third-place, All-America perform-ance at the outdoor meet. Saxer won the BIGEAST indoor and outdoor pole vault titles, aswell.Matt Schipper qualified for both the NCAA

indoor and outdoor meets after taking homethe BIG EAST indoor and outdoor pole vaulttitles in ‘09. Kevin Schipper was the third Irishpole vaulter to earn all-BIG EAST honors witha second-place pole vault finish at the league’sindoor meet.

Garnham joined the Irish staff after a three-year stint as the field events coach at theUniversity of Tulsa. During his tenure, hecoached an NCAA qualifier in the shot put, aUSATF indoor shot put qualifier, 17 NCAAMidwest Regional qualifiers, four ConferenceUSA champions and 20 all-C-USA athletes.His student-athletes also set 18 school recordsat Tulsa.Prior to Tulsa, Garnham served five years as

an assistant track and field coach at theUniversity at Buffalo, where he worked withmulti-event athletes, javelin throwers and hur-dlers. He coached a USATF indoor heptathlonqualifier, a Canadian Olympic trials qualifier inthe women’s heptathlon, two NCAA qualifiers,four NCAA East Regional qualifiers and fiveMid-American Conference champions. Garnham earned his bachelor’s degree in his-

tory from Kent State in 1998.

JimGarnham

AssistantTrack & Field Coach

(Jumps)Kent State ’98

Support Staff

Matthew Manning

Volunteer Assistant

John Murray

Volunteer Assistant

Mary Saxer

Volunteer Assistant

Jeremiah Herman

Senior Manager

Reggie BrooksManager, Monogram /

Football RelationsTrack & FieldAdministrator

Jennifer Vining-Smith

Assistant AthleticsDirector - Compliance

Cross CountryAdministrator

Stephanie Fischer

Sports InformationAssistant

Cross Country/Track & Field

Student-Athletes

All-American Jaclyn Espinoza returns to lead the

Irish this season after placing third in the discus

at the NCAA Outdoor Championships a year ago.

… recorded a discus throw of 48.08m at theGeorgia Tech Invitational, good for a secondplace finish … placed fifth in discus at theNCAA Mideast Regionals in Louisville, Ky.,earning the trip to the NCAA Championshipswith a 52.55m throw.

AS A SOPHOMORE: Had an outstandingsophomore season that included her secondconsecutive trip to the NCAA OutdoorChampionships … opened the indoor seasonwith back-to-back second-place finishes at theBlue and Gold Invitational and the Notre DameIndoor Opener, tossing the shot put 13.29meters and 13.05 meters, respectively … finishedthird in the shot put with a career-best throw of13.48 meters at the Notre Dame Invitational …grabbed a sixth-place finish with a toss of 13.86meters at the Indiana Relays … finished 15th inthe shot put at the Meyo with a throw of 13.26meters … closed out the indoor season at theBIG EAST Championships, finishing seventh inthe shot put with a toss of 13.97 meters …opened the outdoor season with a fourth-placefinish (49.37 meters) in the discus and a fifth-place finish (13.71m) in the shot put at theArizona State Invitational … finished seventh inthe discus with a throw of 49.78 meters at theStanford Invitational … took top discus honorsat the Eastern Michigan Invitational with athrow of 48.20 meters … also finished second inthe shot put (13.68m) … finished 14th with adiscus throw of 44.58 meters at the DrakeRelays … garnered her second all-BIG EASThonor with a second-place performance at theBIG EAST Championship, tossing the discus51.25 meters … also finished seventh in the shotput with a throw of 14.08 meters … set a newschool record with a toss of 52.42 meters (172-0) at the NCAA Mideast Regional, finishingthird in the discus … capped off her season witha 25th-place finish at the NCAAChampionships, registering a 46.57-meter toss inthe discus.

AS A FRESHMAN: Capped anexciting freshman season with a trip tothe NCAA Outdoor Championships …threw the shot put during the indoorseason, establishing her best mark at theBIG EAST indoor meet where she threw13.42m (44-0 1/2) in an eighth-place,point-scoring performance … settled intoher specialty, the discus, during theoutdoor campaign … made the first ofmany all-time Notre Dame top-tenperformances at the ShamrockInvitational, throwing the discus 48.81m(160-1) … also had her season-best shotput at that meet, tossing 13.52m (44-41/4) … won the Mike Poehlein andSpartan Invitational discus competitions… took first in the disc at the HillsdaleGina Relays, posting a distance of 49.76m(163-3) … finished eighth in the shot putand second in the discus at the outdoorBIG EAST meet to help the Notre Dame

team win the league title … the discus resultgave her the first all-BIG EAST honors of hercareer … qualified for the NCAA MideastRegional in the discus … posted the third-besttoss in Notre Dame history and was only thesecond female ever to throw the discus morethan 50m … her fifth-place finish with that markof 50.48m (165-7) automatically qualified herfor the NCAA Championship and earned herAll-Region honors … one of just two freshmento qualify for the NCAA meet in the discus …finished 22nd at the national meet, registering amark of 48.52m (159-2).

HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL: Four-year letterwinner in two sports (track & field andbasketball) at Regis High School in Stayton,Ore. … outstanding in both the discus and shotput, winning a combined total of seven OregonClass 2A state titles during her prep career …earned four consecutive state discus crowns (firstOregon high school female ever to win fourchampionships in same throwing event) andthree shot put titles … best prep marks wereschool records of 48.18m (158-1) in the discus(2006 Oregon Class 2A state meet, setting newrecord for that competition) and 13.72m (45-0?) in the shot put … discus mark (48.18m, 158-1) also was good for sixth-best in the nation for2006 campaign … set Oregon state meet recordin shot put with 13.12m (43-0 ?) heave in 2006… named 2005 all-region Athlete of the Year bySalem Statesman Journal … four-time all-Tri-River Conference pick … also a two-timesecond-team all-state and three-time all-conference selection as a forward in basketball,averaging 14.7 points, 8.5 rebounds and 4.3steals per game during her final three seasons …National Honor Society member … born May23, 1988 in Silverton, Ore. … daughter of Julieand Richard Espinoza … third of four children… majoring in marketing and design.


JaclynEspinoza

5-9 • SeniorThrows

Keizer, Ore.Regis H.S.

Student-Athletes

AS A JUNIOR: Engineered a historicseason, becoming the first Irish athlete to earnAll-America honors in discus … placed third atNCAA Championships in Fayetteville, Ark.,allowing Notre Dame to have it’s best teamfinish at the NCAA Championships since 1999,placing 24th in the nation … Earned a spot inthe finals with a 12th place finish, grabbing thelast qualifying spot … recorded a 51.52m throwin the finals … had the top two discus throwson the team in 2009 … also participated in shotput at select meets during the indoor season,including a first place finish in the Notre DameIndoor Opener with a throw of 13.616m …placed second to teammate Anna Weber in shotput at the Notre Dame Invitational indoor meetin January … then edged out Weber by .08m atthe BIG EAST Indoor Championships to finishsixth in the conference in shot put … placedfifth in discus at the Arizona State Invitational,the first outdoor meet of the year, while alsoplacing seventh in shot put … finished ninth indiscus in April’s Mt. SAC Relays … placed thirdin discus at the prestigious Drake Relays in DesMoines, with a throw of 51.10m … won thediscus title at the 2009 BIG EAST OutdoorChampionships, recording a throw of 50.80m …also finished seventh in the league in shot put

Career Track BestsIndoorShot Put 14.42m2009 BIG EAST ChampionshipOutdoorShot Put 14.39mOle Miss InvitationalDiscus 52.10mPurdue Mike Poehlein Invitational


the BIG EAST Cross Country Championships inNew York, placing 13th with a time of 20:58 …helped the Irish place fourth at the NCAA GreatLakes Regional with a time of 21:29, earning theteam a trip to the NCAA Championships …followed up strong cross country performance byparticipating in long distance events and thesteeplechase during the track season … was NotreDame’s best finisher in the mile at the IndianaInvitational, placing second with a time of 4:55.23 …placed seventh in the 3,000 meters at Notre Dame’sMeyo Invitational, finishing in 9:31.87 … placedeighth in the 3,000 meters at the BIG EAST IndoorChampionships … paced the Irish in the 5,000meters at the Alex Wilson Invitational, finishingeighth … finished ninth in her first steeplechase ofthe year at the Stanford Invitational, running a timeof 10:23.10 … followed that up with a 12th placesteeplechase finish at the Mt. SAC Relays … finishedthird in the steeplechase at the BIG EAST OutdoorChampionships, earning all-conference honors.

AS A SOPHOMORE: Participated in five of six meetsfor the Irish … finished fourth in her first meet of theseason, clocking a time of 17:49 at the National CatholicChampionship … ran a time of 17:38 to finish 31st at theNotre Dame Invitational … finished 37th at the Pre-National Meet in 21:03 … earned her first all-BIG EASTcross country honor with a 14th-place finish at the BIGEAST Championship, clocking in at 21:13 … closed out theseason with a 103rd-place finish (23:16) at the Great LakesRegional … concentrated on the mile run and 3,000 metersduring the indoor track season … took eighth place at theNotre Dame Invitational with a 5:02.79 mile … ran themile in 5:07.67 to finish third at the Indiana Relays … alsofinished third in the 3,000 meters with a personal-best timeof 9:54.22 … opened the outdoor season with fifth-placefinishes in the 800 meters and 1,500 meters at the MikePoehlein Invitational … ran the 800 in 2:19.30 and the1,500 in 4:42.03 … took the top spot in the 3,000-metersteeplechase with a time of 10:58.00 at the SpartanInvitational … followed that with a fourth-place showing atthe Mt. SAC Relays, running the 3,000-meter steeplechasein 10:45.73 … finished 10th in the 1,500 meters with a timeof 4:38.71 at the VS Athletics Beach Invitational …

garnered all-BIG EAST honors with her third-placeperformance in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the BIGEAST Championships, smashing her own school recordwith a time of 10:29.63 … finished in 13th place (4:32.20)in the 1,500 meters at the Georgia Tech Invitational andtook 30th (2:14.94) in the 800 meters … closed out herseason with a 10th-place finish at the NCAA MideastRegional, running the 3,000-meter steeplechase in11:00.61.

AS A FRESHMAN: Finished as one of the top-fiverunners for the Irish in every cross country meet she ran …took sixth at the National Catholic Championship, running18:17 over 5,000 meters … dropped that time to 18:04 atthe Notre Dame Invitational where she was 79th … took126th at the NCAA Pre-National meet … placed 27th inthe BIG EAST meet in a third-place team effort … closedher season placing 35th at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional… concentrated on the mile during the indoor track season… did run the 3,000 meters at the Notre Dame Invitational,coming through in 10:01.67 … broke five minutes in themile for the first time of the season at the MeyoInvitational, finishing 10th in 4:54.97 … qualified for thefinals of the mile at the BIG EAST indoor meet, running4:55.85 … took ninth in the final in 4:57.47, just missingBIG EAST team points … garnered the first all-conferencehonors of her career by taking third in the distance medleyrelay with teammates Joanna Schultz, Brianne Schmidt andKatie DeRusso (11:49.66) … ran the 1,200-meter leg of therelay … ran her season’s best mile at the Alex WilsonInvitational, finishing 12th in 4:53.49 … ran a strong 1,500meters outdoors at the Central Collegiate Championship,finishing in 4:30.59 … focused heavily on the 3,000-metersteeplechase, establishing her best time of the season and anew school record at the BIG EAST outdoor meet … ran10:41.33 to finish third and earn additional all-conferencehardware … also competed on the 4x800-meter relay totake sixth, scoring more points for the BIG EAST teamchampion Irish … qualified for the NCAA MideastRegional in the steeplechase … placed 13th in 10:47.10.

HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL: Four-yearletterwinner in cross country and indoor & outdoor trackat Saratoga Springs High School (N.Y.) … 15-time All-America honoree between cross country and track …four-time all-state selection in cross country … 2006Gatorade Athlete of the Year for state of New York …three-time top-30 finisher at FootLocker National CrossCountry Championship (placed 22nd in 2005) … holdsnational high school record in 2,000-meter steeplechase(6:36.05), a mark she has set and re-broken several timesin past year … also led off SSHS four-mile relay team thatset national indoor high school record in 2005 (19:59.24)… ranked among national top 10 during 2006 indoorseason for several events, including the 1,500 meters(seventh - 4:31.50), mile (10th - 4:52.58), 3,000 meters(second - 9:42.55; fastest on a banked track) and two miles(fifth - 10:41.29) … took third in high school mile atfamed Millrose Games in 2006 (her third consecutiveappearance at event) … finished as ‘06 state runner-up in3,000-meter run … won title at ‘05 Brown Cross CountryInvitational (18:14) … placed third at ‘05 New York statecross country championship (17:39.57 for 5K), helpingteam win state title (its 14th in past 17 seasons) … alsomember of three-time Nike Team Nationals cross countrynational champions (set national meet scoring record in2004 with 51 points) and ‘05 national runner-up … helpedpace four-time New York state cross country teamchampion … National Honor Society member … bornAug. 12, 1988 in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. … daughter ofChristine and Gary Ferguson … middle of three children… father, Gary was a two-sport standout (football andtrack) at Northwood University (Mich.) … aunt, MelissaHarbour, was a heptathlete at Texas A&M … majoring inpsychology.

LindseyFerguson

5-6 • SeniorCross Country

DistanceGreenfield Center, N.Y.Saratoga Springs, H.S.

AS A JUNIOR: Cross country/distance runner… was Notre Dame’s top finisher at the 2008 NCAACross Country Championships … finished 99th inthe nation with a time of 21:24, helping the Irishfinish 29th as a team … helped lead Notre Dame toa first place finish at the season-opening ValparaisoInvitational, finishing in second, behind teammateMarissa Treece … placed first in the NationalCatholic Championships, with a time of 17:31,helping the Irish win the meet … again paced theIrish at the Notre Dame Invitational, completing thecircuit in 17:04 … finished 26th overall at the Pre-NCAA Meet in Terre Haute, Ind., with a time of21:01 … earned her second all-BIG EAST honor at

2008 Cross Country ResultsValparaiso Invitational 2ndNational Catholic Championship 1stNotre Dame Invitational 17thPre-National Meet 26thBIG EAST Championship 13thGreat Lakes Regional 10thNCAA Championship 99th

Career Track BestsIndoor1 Mile 4:53.49Notre Dame Alex Wilson Invitational3,000m 9:31.87Notre Dame Meyo InvitationalOutdoor800m 2:14.94Georgia Tech Invitational1,500m 4:29.24Purdue Mike Poehlein Invitational5,000m 17:04.36Alex Wilson Invitational3,000m Steeple 10:15.23Mt. SAC Relays


Student-Athletes

AS A JUNIOR: Remained Notre Dame’smain competitor in the javelin in 2009 … sawfirst action at the Arizona State Invitational, thefirst outdoor meet of the season, placing eighthwith a throw of 42.68m … placed first in javelinat the Dave Rankin Track and Field Invitationalin West Lafayette, Ind., recording a throw of40.96m … followed her performance at Purduewith another first place finish at the HillsdaleRelays, this time recording a 44.92m throw …a throw of 43.49m placed her sixth at the BIGEAST Outdoor Championships … placedsecond at the Georgia Tech Invitational,recording throw of 45.33m … placed sixth injavelin at the NCAA Mideast Regional inLouisville, Ky., with a career-best throw of46.52m falling just short of qualifying for theNCAA Championships.

AS A SOPHOMORE: Concentrated on thejavelin during the outdoor season … finished10th with a throw of 39.72 meters at theArizona State Invitational … followed that witha second-place performance at the MikePoehlein Invitational, registering a 42.42-metertoss … finished third with a throw of 40.76meters at the Ole Miss Invitational … had apersonal-best throw of 42.51 meters at theEastern Michigan Invitational, taking home top

honors … finished third at the Hillsdale Relayswith a throw of 39.84 meters … ended the BIGEAST Championships in 11th after a throw of39.93 meters … closed out her season bytopping her personal best with a throw of 42.75meters, the eighth-best in school history,finishing sixth at the Georgia Tech Invitational.

AS A FRESHMAN: Was the lone Irishcompetitor in the javelin during the 2007season … her best throw of the campaign cameat the Hillsdale Gina Relays, where her heaveof 41.37m (135-8) won her the meet … tookeighth at the BIG EAST outdoor meet,throwing the javelin 40.24m (132-0) … scoredpoints and thus contributed to the Irishwomen’s team title.

HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL:Three-sport letterwinner (track & field, soccerand basketball) at Nathan Hale High School inSeattle, Wash. … won 2006 WashingtonInterscholastic Activities Association (WIAA)Class 3A javelin title (42.16m, 138-4) by morethan 16 feet (4.87m) over nearest competitor …three-time Metro 3A Conference champion injavelin … owns nine school records in the event… top distance of 42.68m (140-0) came duringher senior year … born Oct. 10, 1987 in Seattle,Wash. … daughter of Penny and John Knutzen… younger of two children … enrolled in theCollege of Science as a science-business major.

EliseKnutzen

5-8 • SeniorThrows

Seattle, Wash.Nathan Hale H.S.

Career Track BestsOutdoorJavelin 44.93mHillsdale Relays


AS A JUNIOR: Jumper participated in bothlong jump and triple jump for the Irish … hadteam-best triple jump in both indoor andoutdoor seasons … won the triple jump andplaced second in the long jump at the indoorseason-opening Blue and Gold Invitational …followed that up by again placing first andsecond in the triple and long jumps,respectively, at the Notre Dame Indoor Opener… continued success at home by winning thetriple jump at the Notre Dame Invitational,while also placing seventh in the long jump …placed 16th in triple jump and 18th in longjump at the Meyo Invitational, including11.44m jump in the triple … placed tenth at theBIG EAST Indoor Championships with anindoor season-best jump of 11.64m … placedfifth in the triple jump at the Alex WilsonInvitational, recording a 11.49m jump …continued success at the outset of the outdoorseason, using an 11.51m triple jump to finishninth at the Arizona State Invitational …finished second in both the long jump andtriple jump at the Dave Rankin Track and FieldInvitational in West Lafayette, Ind. … placedfirst in the triple jump at the Hillsdale Relays,breaking 12m for the first time in her career at12.01m … finished seventh at the BIG EASTOutdoor Championships by recording an11.66m triple jump.

AS A SOPHOMORE: Opened the indoortrack season with a first-place finish in the triplejump at the Notre Dame Blue and GoldInvitational … recorded a personal-best jump of11.39m (37-4 ?) … also finished second in thelong jump with a jump of 5.63m (18-5 ?) …followed that with a first-place long jump of5.15m (16-10 ?) at the Notre Dame IndoorOpener … also finished fourth in the triplejump with a jump of 9.98m (32-9) … finishedsecond in both the long jump and the triplejump at the Notre Dame Invitational …recorded jumps of 5.64m (18-6) in the long

jump and 11.28m (37-0 ?) in the triple jump …finished 10th in the long jump at the IndianaRelays with a jump of 5.46m (17-11) …finished 24th in the long jump (5.49m, 18-0) atthe Meyo Invitational … recorded a jump of10.99m (36-0 ?) to finish 15th in the triplejump at the BIG EAST Championship … alsofinished 18th with a triple jump of 5.28m (17-3 ?) … kicked off the outdoor season with asecond-place finish in the triple jump a theMike Poehlein Invitational, recording a jump of11.33m (37-2 ?) … also finished eighth with along jump of 5.46m (17-11) … triple jumpedher way to a second-place finish at the SpartanInvitational with a jump of 11.08m (36-4 ?) …also tried her hand at sprints, finishing seventhin the 100 meters (13.29) and 200 meters(27.09) … finished second in the triple jump atthe Eastern Michigan Invitational, jumping11.48m (37-8) … also took seventh in the 200meters (28.34) and 10th in the long jump(4.94m, 16-2 ?) … closed out her season with aseventh-place finish at the Hillsdale Relays,triple jumping 11.29m (37-0 ?)

AS A FRESHMAN: Added depth to theIrish horizontal jumps … just missed out onqualifying for the BIG EAST indoor meet inthe long and triple … leapt 5.44m (17-10 1/4)at the Blue and Gold Invitational long jump,while also triple jumping 11.12m (36-5 3/4) …did not compete during the 2007 outdoor trackand field season.

HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL: Besttriple jump mark was 11.71m (39-5), while toplong jump distance was 5.585m (18-4) … two-time Arizona state champion in triple jump …earned first-team all-Southern Arizona honorsand was named area Athlete of the Year as asenior by Arizona Daily Star … named first-team area all-star and area Co-Athlete of theYear as a junior (2005) by Tucson Citizen …majoring in political science.

JaimeMinor

5-10 • SeniorJumps

Tucson Ariz.Canyon del Oro H.S.

Career Track BestsIndoorLong Jump 5.64mNotre Dame InvitationalTriple Jump 11.64mBIG EAST Indoor ChampionshipsOutdoor100m 13.01Purdue Dave Rankin Invitational200m 27.092008 Spartan InvitationalLong Jump 5.47mPurdue Dave Rankin InvitationalTriple Jump 12.01mHillsdale Relays


Student-Athletes

AS A JUNIOR: Sprinter had the team’s bestindoor and outdoor times in both the 200 and 400meters … won the 400 meters at the seasonopening Blue and Gold Invitational (54.85) …placed third in the 200 meters and fifth in the 400meters at the Indiana Opener … won the 200meters with a time of 24.67 and finished secondin the 60 meter at the Notre Dame IndoorOpener … saw continued success at the LoftusCenter at the Notre Dame Invitational winningboth the 200 meters (24.71) and 400 meters(54.71) … won the 400 meters at the IndianaInvitational … placed first in the 300 meters andthe 400 meters at Notre Dame’s Meyo Invitational… finished second in the 400 meters at the BIGEAST Indoor Championships … won the 400meters at the Alex Wilson Invitational with a timeof 53.70 … placed eighth in the nation in the 400meters, recording a time of 54.06 at the NCAAIndoor Championships in College Station, Texas… saw success continue into the outdoor season,winning the 400 meters at the Arizona StateInvitational … placed sixth in the 400 meters(54.11) and third in the 400-meter hurdles(1:00.93) at the Mt. SAC Relays … won the 400-

meter hurdles at the Hillsdale Relays with a timeof 59.70 … won the 400-meter hurdles at the BIGEAST Outdoor championships with a time of53.12 … finished fifth in the 400 meters at theGeorgia Tech Invitational … placed fifth in the 400meters at the NCAA Mideast Regionals, fallingjust shy of a berth in the NCAA Championships.

AS A SOPHOMORE: Focused on the 200and 400 meters during both the indoor andoutdoor seasons … kicked off the indoorcampaign with two first-place finishes at theNotre Dame Blue and Gold Invitational …clocked a personal-best time of 24.75 to take the200 meters and finished the 400 meters in 55.64… followed that with a first-place showing in the400 meters at the Notre Dame Indoor Opener,coming in at 56.87 … also finished second in the200 meters with a time of 24.98 … won the 400meters in a time of 55.82 at the Notre DameInvitational … also finished third, running the 200meters in 25.05 … took second at the IndianaRelays in the 400 meters, clocking a time of 55.71… closed the indoor season with a seventh-placefinish at the BIG EAST Championships, runningthe 400 meters in 57.26 … opened the outdoorseason with a second-place finish in the 400meters (54.14) at the Arizona State Invitational …ran the 400-meter hurdles in a time of 1:01.64 atthe Mike Poehlein Invitational, good enough forsecond place … finished fourth in the 200 meters(24.20) at the Ole Miss Invitational … alsofinished 12th in the 400 meters (56.93) … tookfirst place with a 400-meter time of 54.64 at theMt. SAC Relays … also finished 14th in the 200

meters (24.53) … notched a second-place showingin the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 1:01.24 atthe VS Athletics Beach Invitational … racked uptwo more All-BIG EAST honors at the BIG EASTChampionships … was part of the 4x400-meterrelay team that took second place … finished thirdin the 400 meters with a time of 53.88 … alsofinished seventh in the 200 meters (24.56) …closed out the season with a 14th-placeperformance at the NCAA Mideast Regional …ran the 400 meters in 54.18.

AS A FRESHMAN: Was as good as advertisedin her debut season with the Irish track and fieldsquad … posted a season best in the 200 meters atthe Notre Dame Invitational, running 24.83 …also took third in the 400 meters at the meet witha time of 56.22 seconds … led all Notre Dameathletes by taking third in the 400 meters at theMeyo Invitational (55.31) … placed fifth at theBIG EAST Indoor Championship in the 400meters, finishing in a season-best time of 55.30seconds … earned two all-BIG EAST citations atthe indoor league meet … took second in the4x400 with Maryann Erigha, Crysta Swayzer andOkechi Ogbuokiri (3:41.51, ninth-fastest in schoolhistory), and placed third in the distance medleyrelay running 11:49.66 with teammates LindseyFerguson, Brianne Schmidt and Katie DeRusso …ran the top 400-meter time of her outdoor seasonat the Azusa Pacific Invitational, covering thedistance in 54.70 seconds for second place … ran54.91 in the event at the Mt. SAC Relays …played a huge role in the women’s outdoor BIGEAST team title … won event titles in the 4x100and 4x400 relays, running the former withOgbuokiri, Erigha and Brienne Davis and thelatter with Erigha, Ogbuokiri and Swayzer … the4x100 ran 45.31 and the 4x400 went 3:39.87 …also earned individual all-BIG EAST honors byfinishing third in the 400 meters … she ran 54.78in the final to finish one spot behind teammateOgbuokiri … ranked among the top-15 freshmanin the country in the outdoor 400 meters.

HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL: Two-sport standout and seven-time letterwinner (track& field and basketball) at Holmen High School(Wis.) … became first prep athlete (male orfemale) in 111-year history of Wisconsin statetrack & field championship to win outdoor statetitles in two events (200m, 400m) in each of herfour high school seasons — she also never lost arace at either distance during her prep career …owns Wisconsin Interscholastic AthleticAssociation (WIAA) outdoor state meet record in400 meters (55.81 as freshman in 2003 — second-fastest in state history and quickest ever at metricdistance) … top 200-meter time of 24.78 is ninth-best in state history … also ran 100 meters duringseason (best mark was 12.44) … four-timeconference and regional champion, as well as afour-time all-state and all-conference selection …National Honor Society member … born Oct. 9,1987 in La Crosse, Wis. … daughter of DeidreSchultz-Platteter and Dan Platteter … only child… majoring in psychology.

JoannaSchultz

6-0 • SeniorSprints

Holmen, Wis.Holmen H.S.

Career Track BestsIndoor60m 7.862007 Notre Dame Invitational200m 24.422007 Notre Dame Invitational400m 53.702007 Alex Wilson InvitationalOutdoor200m 24.112008 BIG EAST Outdoor Championships400m 53.122009 BIG EAST Outdoor Championships400m IH 59.702009 Hillsdale Relays


fourth-place finish in the mile run at the Blueand Gold Invitational, clocking a time of5:20.09 … ran the 1,000 meters in 3:04.69 tofinish seventh at the Notre Dame IndoorOpener … finished 13th in the mile (5:18.67)and the 800 meters (2:20.60) at the NotreDame Invitational … clocked a time of 2:18.63to finish 51st in the 800-meter run at the MeyoInvitational … opened the outdoor season witha 10th-place showing at the Mike PoehleinInvitational, running the 800 meters in a timeof 2:23.30 … also finished 11th in the 1,500meters with a time of 4:53.24 … finished in16th place after running the 1,500 meters at theSpartan Invitational in 5:02.72 … took sixth atthe Eastern Michigan Invitational, running the800 meters in a time of 2:18.32 … ran the 800meters at the Hillsdale Relays in a time of2:17.93 to finish in 20th place … closed out theseason at the Georgia Tech Invitational …finished 23rd in the 1,500 meters with a timeof 4:41.27 … also finished 35th in the 800meters, clocking in at 2:16.56.

AS A FRESHMAN: Ran in four crosscountry meets during her debut season withthe Irish … won her first collegiate competitionat the National Catholic Champion JV race ...placed 126th at the Notre Dame Invitational,

running with the varsity squad … competed atthe NCAA Pre-National Meet as well as theBIG EAST Championships, with her best6,000-meter season time coming at the latter in22:59 … top performance indoors was her2:59.39 1,000 meters at the Blue and GoldInvitational, which nearly qualified her for theBIG EAST indoor meet … ran 4:54.10 over1,500 meters at the Stanford Invitationaloutdoors … her top 800 outdoors was a 2:21.82run at the Hillsdale Gina Relays.

HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL:Eight-time letterwinner in cross country andtrack and field at York Community High School(IN.)… earned all-state honors during each ofher four track seasons and in her junior year ofcross country … three-time conferencechampion and two-time regional champion onthe track … owns the conference’s indoorrecord in the 800 meters … five-time teamMVP three-time team captain across bothsports … member of National Honor Society aswell as the French and Math National HonorSocieties … born January 3, 1988 in Elmhurst,Ill. … daughter of Michael and Anne Sullivan …father played football at the University ofIllinois … oldest of five children … majoring infinance.

MollySullivan

5-8 • SeniorCross Country / Middle

DistanceElmhurst, Ill.

York Community H.S.

AS A JUNIOR: Cross country and middledistance runner for the Irish in 2008-09 …finished 14th in the cross country season-opening Valparaiso Invitational … finished thirdin the JV race at the Notre Dame Invitational… part of Notre Dame’s 4x800 meter relayteam … placed tenth in the mile at the NotreDame Invitational … had Notre Dame’s topmile time at the Alex Wilson Invitational(5:02.99) … finished seventh in the 1,500meters at the Stanford Invitational during theoutdoor season.

AS A SOPHOMORE: Competed in twocross country meets for the Irish … finished111th at the Notre Dame Invitational GoldMeet in a time of 19:32 … finished 105th witha time of 24:42 at the Pre-National Open Race… opened the indoor track season with a

2008 Cross Country ResultsValparaiso Invitational 14thNational Catholic Championship 33rdNotre Dame Invitational Open 3rd

Career Track BestsIndoor800m 2:16.50Notre Dame Meyo Invitational1,000m 2:56.36BIG EAST Indoor Championships1 Mile 5:02.99Wilson InvitationalOutdoor800m 2:16.56Georgia Tech Invitational1,500m 4:41.27Georgia Tech Invitational


Student-Athletes

AS A JUNIOR: Helped anchor an Irish crosscountry team that made its first NCAAChampionships appearance since 2005 … opened thecross country season by finishing fourth in theValparaiso Invitational (18:20), helping the Irish winthe meet … finished 11th with a time of 18:24 as theIrish won the National Catholic Championship …recorded a time of 17:49, good for an 82nd-placefinish at the Notre Dame Invitational … finished 44that the BIG EAST Cross Country Championships inBronx, N.Y. … finished 36th with a time of 22:07 tohelp the Irish finish forth at the NCAA Great LakesRegional, earning a berth in the NCAAChampionships … placed second in the 3,000 metersat the Notre Dame Indoor Opener with a time of9:57.49 … finished sixth in the 3,000 meters at theNotre Dame invitational (9:59.55) … just missed atop-ten finish, placing 11th in the 5,000 meters at theMeyo Invitational … finished in the top-15 in boththe 3,000 and 5,000 meters at the BIG EAST Indoor

Championships … ran the 5,000 meters in 17:07.47at the Alex Wilson Invitational, good for ninth place… placed fifth in the 5,000 meters at the BIG EASTOutdoor Championships with a time of 36:04.89.

AS A SOPHOMORE: Competed in all sixmeets for the Irish … opened the season with athird-place finish (19:07) at the ValparaisoInvitational … finished seventh with a time of18:11 at the National Catholic Championship …ran the Notre Dame Invitational in a time of 18:34to finish 106th … finished 166th (22:26) at thePre-National Meet … clocked a time of 22:34 atthe BIG EAST Championship to finish 67th …finished in 94th with a time of 23:09 at the GreatLakes Regional … focused on the 3,000-meter runduring the indoor track season … opened theseason with a ninth-place finish at the Blue andGold Invitational, clocking a time of 10:45.43 …finished sixth with a time of 10:25.77 at the NotreDame Indoor Opener … crossed the line in10:35.32 to finish 12th in the 3,000 meters at theNotre Dame Invitational … opened the outdoorseason with a sixth-place showing in the 5,000meters at the Mike Poehlein Invitational, clockinga time of 18:08.67 … closed the season with asixth-place finish at the Spartan Invitational,running the 5,000 meters in a time of 18:00.68

AS A FRESHMAN: Had a very solid crosscountry season in her debut with the Irish …placed third on the team and seventh overall at theValparaiso Invitational … took 12th at the

National Catholic Championship in a Notre Dameteam victory … ran 18:24 over 5,000 meters at theNotre Dame Invitational … closed her season atthe NCAA Pre-National open race, finishing 75thin 22:39 (6,000 meters) … did not compete duringthe indoor track and field season … ran 4:58.00over 1,500 meters at the Spartan Invitational …posted another season-best time at the HillsdaleGina Relays, covering 5,000 meters in 18:12.13.

HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL:Twelve-time letterwinner in cross country, trackand field and Nordic skiing at Cathdral HighSchool … earned all-state honors in each of hercross country seasons, highlighted by a runner-upfinish in 2003 and a fourth-place finish in 2005 …also a three-time all-state track runner and four-time Nordic skiing honoree … four-time allconference performer in cross country and track,as well as a seven-time regional champion and six-time conference champion across both sports …four-time cross country team MVP … personalbests include 5:09 for 1,600 meters and 11:03 for3,200 meters, both school records … member ofNational Honor Society, Student Senate and theChamber and Symphony Orchestras while atCathedral … born February 16, 1988 in St. Cloud,Minnesota … daughter of Chris and Karen Tacl …youngest of three children … father, Chris, rancross country and track at St. Thomas … brother,Steve, played tennis at St. John’s (Minn.) …enrolled in the College of Science as apreprofessional studies major.

BethTacl

2008 Cross Country ResultsValparaiso Invitational 4thNational Catholic Championship 11thNotre Dame Invitational 83rdPre-National Meet 147thBIG EAST Championship 45thGreat Lakes Regional 36thNCAA Championship 244th

Career Track BestsIndoor3,000m 9:51.42BIG EAST Indoor Championships5,000m 17:07.77BIG EAST Indoor ChampionshipsOutdoor5,000m 17:07.47Alex Wilson Invitational10,000m 36:04.89BIG EAST Outdoor Championships

5-6 • SeniorCross Country / Distance

St. Cloud, Minn.Cathedral H.S.


AS A SOPHOMORE: Placed in the top-ten inboth the shot put and weight throw at the NotreDame Invitational … placed seventh in shot put at theDave Rankin Track and Field Invitational in WestLafayette, Ind., with 13.91m throw … recordedanother top-ten finish in the shot put at the HillsdaleRelays, with a 14.15m throw, good for eighth place.

AS A FRESHMAN: Opened the indoor trackseason with an 11th-place finish at the Blue and GoldInvitational, registering a weight throw of 12.12m(39-9 1/4) … also finished ninth in the shot put witha toss of 10.99m (36-0 ?3/4) … finished 12th with ashot put of 10.14m (33-3 1/4) at the Notre DameIndoor Opener … recorded a throw of 12.08m (39-73/4) to finish 8th in the weight throw at the NotreDame Invitational … opened the outdoor season witha 12th-place finish in the shot put at the MikePoehlein Invitational with a toss of 11.43m (37-6) …finished fifth with a hammer throw of 46.52m (152-7) at the Spartan Invitational … also finished seventhin the shot put with a throw of 11.21m (36-9 ?1/2)… finished eighth in the hammer throw with a tossof 32.60m (106-11) at the Eastern MichiganInvitational … also finished fifth in the shot put witha distance of 11.37m (37-3 3/4) … closed out theseason with a 23rd-place finish in the shot put at theHillsdale Relays, recording a toss of 11.72m (38-51/2).

HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL: Eleven-time letterwinner in track and field, volleyball andbasketball at St. Pius X High School … was a four-time shot put district champion and TAPPS 6A shotput state champion in 2006 … earned all-state honorsas a junior … captained the volleyball team as asophomore and senior and lead the basketball team asa junior … born Oct. 16, 1988 in Houston, Texas …daughter of Fon and Judith Atang … youngest of fivechildren … brother, Joseph, plays basketball atHouston Baptist University … majoring inanthropology.

RudyAtang

5-7 • JuniorThrows

Houston, TexasSt. Pius X

Career Track BestsIndoorShot Put 12.99mNotre Dame Blue & Gold InvitationalWeight Throw 13.65mNotre Dame Blue & Gold InvitationalOutdoorShot Put 14.17mPurdue Mike Poehlein InvitationalHammer Throw 46.52m2008 Spartan Invitational

AS A SOPHOMORE: Ran in one cross countrymeet, finishing fifth at the Valparaiso Invitational andhelping the Irish win the meet … finished secondbehind teammate Heidi Rocha in the 3,000 meters atthe Blue and Gold Invitational … finished seventh inthe mile at the Notre Dame Indoor opener with atime of 5:07.61 … ran the 3,000 meters in 10:13.42to finish 11th at the Notre Dame Invitational …finished 22nd in the 3,000 meters at the MeyoInvitational … ran to a 17th place finish in the 5,000meters at the BIG EAST Indoor Championships …finished in the top-15 in both the 800 meters and1,500 meters at Purdue’s Dave Rankin Track andField Invitational … placed 18th in the 5,000 metersat the BIG EAST Outdoor Championships.

AS A FRESHMAN: Competed in one crosscountry meet for the Irish before suffering an injury… finished fifth in a time of 18:03 at the NationalCatholic Championship.

HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL: Three-sport and eight-time letterwinner (track & field, crosscountry and soccer) at Cherry Hill H.S. East (N.J.) …set school records in the 800m (2:16), the 1,600m(4:59.2) and the 3,200m (10:34) … four-time track &field conference champion and all-conferencehonoree … broke the Gloucester Country CollegeCourse record by over 20 seconds in senior crosscountry season … two-time cross country all-conference honoree … named the cross countrySouth Jersey Runner of the Year in 2006 … earnedfirst-team all-South Jersey cross country honors in2005 and 2006 … named to the second-team all-statecross country team junior and senior seasons …earned all South Jersey girls track honors in 2005 and2006 … was named an Olympic Conference ScholarAthlete … student government class representative atCherry Hill H.S. East … four-year member of thehonor roll at Cherry Hill … American Legion GirlsState participant in 2006 … born on Sept. 29, 1988 inVoorhees, N.J. … daughter of Bernadette and LouisCattuna … has one older brother and one youngersister …. majoring science business.

TheresaCattuna

2008 Cross Country ResultsValparaiso Invitational 5thNotre Dame Invitational Gold Race 112thBIG EAST Championship 50th

Career Track BestsIndoor 3,000m 10:01.49Notre Dame Meyo Invitational5,000m 17:30.26BIG EAST Indoor ChampionshipsOutdoor800m 2:21.55Purdue Mike Poehlein Invitational1,500m 4:42.01Purdue Mike Poehlein Invitational5,000m 17:23.86Alex Wilson Invitational

5-4 • JuniorCross Country /

DistanceCherry Hill, N.J.Cherry Hill East


Student-Athletes

AbbyHiggins


DistanceNaperville, Ill.

Benet Academy

AS A SOPHOMORE: Finished 11th in the ValparaisoInvitational, as the Irish rolled to a team victory in theseason-opening cross country meet … recorded a time of18:18 in the Notre Dame National Catholic Championships,good for seventh place and helping the Irish finish second …finished the Notre Dame Invitational in a time of 17:48 toplace 81st … finished 39th at the BIG EAST Cross Countrychampionships … posted a time of 22:28 at the NCAA GreatLakes Regional, good for 49th place and helping the Irishfinish fourth and move on to the NCAA Championships …

NatalieJohnson

5-9 • JuniorMiddle Distance /

SprintsEnglewood, Ariz.

Xavier College Prep

AS A SOPHOMORE: Placed second in the 600 metersat the Indiana Opener, slightly more than a second behindteammate Kelly Langhans … recorded top ten finishes in theNotre Dame Indoor Opener in the 200 meters (26:34, 9th)and 400 meters (56.86, 2nd) … won the 500 meters at theNotre Dame Invitational with a time of 1:13.44 … picked upa first-place finish in the 800 meters at the IndianaInvitational, posting a time of 2:12.22 ... finished 18th in the800 meters at the Meyo Invitational … ran the 500 meters in

1:12.22 at the BIG EAST Indoor Championships, good forsecond place … finished fifth in the 800 meters at the ArizonaState Invitational … finished sixth in the 800 meters at theHillsdale Relays (2:15.68).

AS A FRESHMAN: Made a strong impression duringher freshman campaign … opened the indoor season with asecond-place finish at the Blue and Gold Invitational, runningthe 500 meters in 1:14.39 … followed that with a third-placerun of 2:20.05 in the 800 meters at the Notre Dame IndoorOpener … ran the 500 meters in 1:14.94 to finish second atthe Notre Dame Invitational … finished seventh at theIndiana Relays, clocking an 800-meter time of 2:15.52 … ranthe Meyo Invitational 500-meter run in 1:13.96 to finish 3rd… also finished 26th in the 800 meters with a time of 2:13.53… garnered her first all-BIG EAST honor with a third-placefinish in the 500-meter run at the BIG EAST Championships,clocking a season-best 1:12.27 … opened the outdoor seasonwith a third-place finish at the Arizona State Invitational,running the 400 meters in 2:10.66 … ran the Mike PoehleinInvitational 400 meters in 56:39 to take second place …claimed her first 800-meter title with a first-place finish at theOle Miss Invitational, registering a time of 2:13.85 … finishedfourth at in the 800 meters with a time of 2:08.09 at the Mt.SAC Relays … earned her first all-BIG EAST outdoor honoras a member of the 4x400-meter relay team that finishedsecond with a time of 3:37.85 at the BIG EASTChampionship … also finished seventh in the 800 meterswith a time of 2:11.75 … finished 21st at the Georgia TechInvitational with a time of 2:11.70 in the 800 meters …closed out her season with a 16th-place finish at the NCAAMideast Regional, running the 800 meters in a time of2:10.10.

HIGH SHOOL AND PERSONAL: Four-timeletterwinner in track and field and letterwinner freshmanyear in volleyball at Xavier College Prep, (Ariz.) … setArizona state record in the 800-meters with a time of 2:08.61… named state champion in the 800-meters in 2007 as wellas state champion in the 400-meters in 2005 and 2006

member of three-time state champion 4x800-meter relayteam sophomore, junior and senior seasons … earned all-cityand all-state honors sophomore, junior and senior seasons intrack and field … was member of President’s Council andKey Club at Xavier College Prep … born Nov. 5, 1988 inSilver Springs, Md. … daughter of Frank and Amy Johnson… has one older sister, Lindsay … dad played basketball andmom played tennis at Wake Forest … uncle, Paul Odland,played tennis at Notre Dame while aunt, Carrie Revers,played at Boston College … enrolled in the Mendoza Collegeof Business as a marketing major.

finished third in the 800 meters at the Notre DameInvitational (2:11.97) … ran the mile in 5:04.48 to finish sixthat the Indiana Invitational … placed second in the 1,000meters at the Meyo Invitational, posting a time of 2:50.98 …placed sixth in the 1,000 meters at the BIG EAST IndoorChampionships … won the 800 meters at the StanfordInvitational with a time of 2:10.84 … recorded a third placefinish at the Dave Rankin Track and Field Invitational in WestLafayette, Ind., with a 2:13.34 time in the 800 meters.

AS A FRESHMAN: Competed in all six cross countrymeets for the Irish … finished sixth at the ValparaisoInvitational with a time of 19:27 … covered the 5,000 metersat the National Catholic Championship in 18:17 to finish10th … finished 94th at the Notre Dame Invitational in 18:21… clocked a time of 22:04 to finish 131st at the Pre-NationalMeet … finished 61st in 22:27 at the BIG EASTChampionship … wrapped up the season with a 79th-placefinish at the Great Lakes Regional, clocking a time of 22:59… opened the indoor track season with a second-placeperformance at the Blue and Gold Invitational, running 1,000meters in 2:57.93 … finished 17th in the 1,000 meters witha time of 3:03.68 at the Meyo Invitational … also finished63rd in the 800 meters in 2:20.80 … clocked a time of2:14.95 to finish 18th in the 800 meters at the Alex WilsonInvitational … finished second at the Eastern MichiganInvitational, running the 800 meters in 2:16.90 … clocked atime of 2:11.58 at the Georgia Tech Invitational to finish 20thin the 800 meters … also finished 25th in the 1,500 meterswith a time of 4:43.43.

HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL: Ten-timeletterwinner in cross country, track and field and basketball atBenet Academy … five-time All-American in cross countryand track … four-time cross country conference individualand team champion … member of the two-time conferencechampion 4x800-meter relay team for Benet Academy … wasthe regional cross country champion as a freshman and senior… 4x800-meter team was regional champion during seniorcampaign … earned all-conference honors in cross countryand track in all four years of high school … earned area MVPhonors as a senior and was the team cross country MVP fourconsecutive years … captained the cross country, track andfield and basketball squads as a senior … set the record forfastest cross country time by a female at Benet with a 17:21

Career Track BestsIndoor200m 26.34Notre Dame Indoor Opener400m 56.86Notre Dame Indoor Opener500m 1:12.07BIG EAST Indoor Championships600m 1:34.65Indiana Open800m 2:10.97Notre Dame Meyo InvitationalOutdoor400m 56.39Purdue Openr800m 2:08.09Mt. SAC Relays

performance … was named Female Athlete of the Year for2006-07 by the Naperville Sun newspaper … earned thescholar athlete award in the Chicago Tribune … member of theNational Honor Society … attended the same high school asformer Irish thrower Mike Schubert and current Notre Damecross country and track athlete Kevin Veselik … daughter ofSean and Nancy Higgins … youngest of four children … dadplayed football and basketball at University of St. Thomas …sister Justine plays soccer at St. Mary’s … family membersHeather Higgins, Tom Kinane and Bill Higgins also attendedNotre Dame … majoring in American studies.

2008 Cross Country ResultsValparaiso Invitational 11thNational Catholic Championship 7thNotre Dame Invitational 81stPre-National Meet 108thBIG EAST Championship 39thGreat Lakes Regional 49thNCAA Championship 193rd

Career Track BestsIndoor800m 2:11.97Notre Dame Invitational1,000m 2:50.55BIG EAST Indoor Championships1 Mile 5:04.48Indiana RelaysOutdoor800m 2:10.66BIG EAST Outdoor Championships1,500m 4:42.33Purdue Mike Poehlein Invitational


AS A SOPHOMORE: Won the Valparaiso Invitational tostart the season (17:42) … came in second to teammateLindsay Ferguson at the National Catholic Championship,posting a time of 17:53 … finished 38th at the Notre DameInvitational with a time of 17:19 … recorded a time of 21:13at the Pre-NCAA meet in Terre Haute, Ind., good for 40thplace … finished 20th at the BIG EAST Cross CountryChampionships (21:16) … posted a 21:40 time at the NCAAGreat Lakes Regional, placing 14th and helping the Irishadvance to their first NCAA Championships appearancesince 2005 … finished 122nd at the NCAA Championships(21:38) … had the top indoor times for the Irish in the mile,the 3,000 meters and the 5,000 meters … won the mile atthe Notre Dame Indoor Opener with a time of 5:02.96 …finished fourth in the mile at the Notre Dame Invitationalwith a time of 4:58.73 … placed 12th in the 3,000 meters atthe Meyo Invitational … finished sixth in the mile at the BIGEAST Indoor Championships with a time of 4:51.93 …came in second in the 3,000 meters at the Alex WilsonInvitational (10:06.16) … scored a victory in the 1,500meters, running it in 4:31.50 at the Dave Rankin Track and

meters, 4:50.12 in the mile (4:49 in the 1,600m), 10:22 in thetwo mile and 16:36 in the 5,000 meters … tabbed anAcademic All-American … also named the 2007 MichiganStudent Athlete of the Year … class president, classsalutatorian and National Honor Society member at GlenLake … born April 7, 1989 in Traverse City, Mich. … daughterof Tina and Nate Treece … youngest of two children …majoring in marketing and design.

MarissaTreece


DistanceMaple City, Mich.

Glen Lake H.S.

Field Invitational in West Lafayette, Ind., while also finishingfifth in the 800 meters … finished in ninth in the 1,500meters at the BIG EAST Outdoor Championships … placed13th in the 1,500 meters at the NCAA Mideast Regionals(4:34.62).

AS A FRESHMAN: Competed in four cross countrymeets for the Irish … won the National CatholicChampionship with a time of 17:24 in her first collegiate race… followed that with a 17th-place finish at the Notre DameInvitational, covering the course in 17:24 … finished 40thwith a time of 21:06 at the Pre-National Meet … closed outthe season with a 26th-place finish at the BIG EASTChampionship, clocking in at 21:35 … opened the indoortrack season at the Notre Dame Indoor Opener, running themile in 5:01.96 to finish second … ran the 3,000 meters in9:57.44 to finish fifth at the Notre Dame Invitational … tookthe top spot in the mile run at the Indiana Relays, registeringa time of 5:04.00 … finished 18th at the Meyo Invitational,running the 3,000 meters in 9:56.66 … ran the 3,000 metersin 9:33.95 to finish sixth at the BIG EAST Championship …closed out the indoor season with a seventh-place finish inthe 5,000 meters with a time of 16:59.61 at the Alex WilsonInvitational … opened her outdoor campaign with an eighth-place performance at the Hillsdale Relays, running 1,500meters in 4:38.88 … finished sixth at the BIG EASTChampionships with a time of 17:17.45 in the 5,000-meterrun … closed out the season with a 10th-place finish at theGeorgia Tech Invitational, running 5,000 meters in 17:13.48.

HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL: Ten-timeletterwinner in cross country, track & field and basketball atGlen Lake High School … twice won national track titlesduring her senior season, winning both the NationalScholastic Indoor and Nike Outdoor Nationals 5,000-meterchampionships … added a second-place showing in the twomile at NSIC and a fourth-place mile effort at NON … allfour national meet performances set all-time Michigan staterecords … her 5,000m race at NON also set a meet record… garnered five All-American honors during her senior trackcampaign, including recognition for her third-place showingin the junior women’s 5,000 meters at the USATF OutdoorChampionships … an 11-time state champion and a holder ofseven state records on the Michigan D4 level … qualified forthe 2006 FootLocker National Cross Country meet out ofthe Midwest Region … personal bests include 2:13 over 800

KellyLanghans

5-10 • JuniorSprints

Baden, Pa.North Allegheny

AS A SOPHOMORE: Sprinter opened the season witha victory in the 800 meters at the Blue and Gold Invitational(2:12.08) … scored another victory, this time in the 600meters, at the Indiana Opener … also won the 800 metersat the Notre Dame Invitational with a time of 2:09.54 …won the 600 meters in Bloomington for a second time,recording a time of 2:12.22 in the Indiana Invitational …placed sixth in the 800 meters at the Meyo Invitational,despite a time of 2:08.24 … finished eighth in the 800 metersat the BIG EAST Outdoor Championships … finished eighthin the 800 meters at the NCAA Mideast Regionals inLouisville, Ky., with a season-best time of 2:07.74.

AS A FRESHMAN: Focused primarily on the 800meters … opened the indoor season with a third-place finishin the 500 meters with a time of 1:14.71 at the Blue andGold Invitational … took first place in the 800 meters at theNotre Dame Indoor Opener, clocking in at 2:16.90 …followed that with another top finish in the Notre DameInvitational, running 800 meters in 2:12.90 … finished thirdin the 800 meters in a time of 2:21.79 at the Indiana Relays… ran the 800 meters in 2:09.35 to finish 11th at the MeyoInvitational … just missed her first all-BIG EAST nod with afourth place finish at the BIG EAST Championship, finishingfourth in the 800 meters with a time of 2:11.37 … openedthe outdoor season with a second-place finish in the 800meters at the Arizona State Invitational, crossing the line in2:10.65 … competed in the 400 meters at the Mike PoehleinInvitational, finishing sixth in a time of 58.41 … finishedsecond in the 800 meters in 2:14.01 at the Ole MissInvitational … took sixth in the 800 meters at the Mt. SACRelays, clocking in at 2:08.65 … earned her first all-BIGEAST outdoor honor as part of the 4x800-meter relay teamthat finished third at the BIG EAST Championships … justmissed picked up a second award in the 800 meters, as shefinished fourth with a time of 2:09.34 … finished 15th in the800 meters at the Georgia Tech Invitational with a time of

2008 Cross Country ResultsValparaiso Invitational 1stNational Catholic Championship 2ndNotre Dame Invitational 38thPre-National Meet 40thBIG EAST Championship 20thGreat Lakes Regional 14thNCAA Championship 122nd

Career Track BestsIndoor1 Mile 4:51.93BIG EAST Indoor Championships3,000m 9:33.95BIG EAST Indoor Championships5,000m 16:59.61Alex Wilson InvitationalOutdoor800m 2:14.26Ole Miss Invitational1,500m 4:27.70Georgia Tech Invitational1 Mile 4:51.93BIG EAST Indoor Championships5,000m 17:08.21Stanford Invitational

2:10.20 … closed out the season with a 17th-place showingat the NCAA Mideast Regionals, running the 800 meters in2:10.13.

HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL: Three sportstandout and ten-time letter winner(track & field, indoortrack, and soccer) at North Allegheny High School (Pa.) ...captained all three sports as a senior ... four-time statemedalist in the 400 meters ... also ran the 800 meters in2:10.31 as a senior in 2007, earning the state silver medal andsetting the WPIAL record in the event ... owns school recordsin the 800, 400, 200, and 4x400 relay ... two-time all-sectionperformer in soccer ... Wendy's High School Heisman StateFinalist, North Allegheny Top Scholar, and National HonorSociety member ... born May 9, 1989 in Rochester, N.Y. ...daughter of Mark and Sherri Langhans ... middle of threechildren ... grandfather Don '58, mother Sherri '81 andbrother Mark '09 all graduated from Notre Dame ... enrolledin the College of Arts and Letters ... majoring in English andPsychology.

Career Track BestsIndoor 500m 1:14.71Notre Dame Blue & Gold Invitational600m 1:33.42Indiana Relays800m 2:08.24Notre Dame Meyo InvitationalOutdoor400m 58.41Purdue Mike Poehlein Invitational800m 2:07.462009 Mideast Regional

HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL: Five-timeletterwinner in cross country and track and field at LaReina … eleven-time Tri-Valley league champion infive different events … went undefeated in the Tri-Valley League during her entire high school career …finished seventh nationally in the heptathlon at the206 AAU Junior Olympics … earned All-Americanhonors in the 4x800-meter relay in 2007 … ranked inthe top-20 in the country in the 100-meter hurdles …holds over 40 La Reina High School records and theTri-Valley League 100-meter hurdle record … holdsthe 300-hurdle record in Ventura County … earnedVentura County first team honors five times …inducted into the Ventura County Sports Hall of Fameand La Reina High School Hall of Fame in 2008 …named to the Daily News All-Area first team in 2008… member of the National Honor Society andCalifornia Scholarship Federation … has been a SAGmember since 1994 … born Feb. 16, 1990 in LosAngeles … daughter of Greg and Joy Blanchard … hastwo sisters … sister Brianna competes in swimmingand track at Pepperdine … from the same area ascurrent Irish quarterback Jimmy Clausen … enrolledin the Çollege of Arts & Letters.


Student-Athletes

KaliWatkins

5-4 • JuniorSprints / Hurdles

Newport News, Va.Menchville H.S.

AS A SOPHOMORE: Started the season with afourth place finish in the 200 meters at the NotreDame Invitational … placed seventh in the 60-meterhurdles at the Indiana Opener … won the 60-meterhurdles at the Notre Dame Invitational with a timeof 8.83 … placed fourth in the 60-meter hurdles atthe Indiana Invitational … finished ninth in the 60-meter hurdle finals at the Meyo Invitational (8.72) …finished seventh in the 100-meter hurdles at the BIGEAST Outdoor Championships (14.16).

AS A FRESHMAN: Opened the indoor trackseason at the Blue and Gold Invitational, finishingsecond in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 8.96… clocked a time of 8.98 in the 60-meter hurdlepreliminaries at the Meyo Invitational … set apersonal-best time of 8.78 in the BIG EASTChampionships 60-meter hurdle preliminaries …opened the outdoor season with a 13th-place finishin the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 15.49 at theArizona State Invitational … also finished 18th in the200-meter dash, clocking in at 26.67 … ran the 100-meter hurdles in a time of 14.50 to finish fifth at theMike Poehlein Invitational … also finished ninth inthe 200 meters with a time of 27.22 … recorded herhighest finish of the season at the SpartanInvitational, running the 100-meter hurdles in 14.96… finished seventh with a time of 14.62 in theEastern Michigan Invitational 100-meter hurdles …closed out the season with a sixth-place finish as amember of the 4x100-meter relay team … alsocompeted in the BIG EAST Championships 100-meter hurdle preliminaries, clocking a time of 14.96.

HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL: Earnedeight letters in indoor and outdoor track and fieldover four-year career at Menchville High School,(Va.). … 2005 outdoor state champion in the 100-meter hurdles and 2006 indoor state champion in the55-meter hurdles … two-time runner-up in the 100-meter hurdles at the state meet (2006, 2007) andrunner-up in the 55-meter hurdles in 2007 at thestate indoor meet … five-time AAU Junior OlympicChampionship qualifier … 2006 Nike IndoorNational All-American in the 60-meter hurdles …first-team all-state in 2005 and 2006 … current holder55-meter hurdles school record (7.95) set in 2007 …National Honor Society member and named toMenchville High School honor roll for three years …born July 29, 1989 in Willingboro, N.J. … daughter ofLori and Christopher Watkins … has two olderbrothers … brother, Brendan, played football atDavidson College … enrolled in the College of Arts& Letters as an Arabic major.

Career Track BestsIndoor60m 8.10Notre Dame Indoor Opener200m 26.37Notre Dame Blue & Gold Invitational60m HH 8.72Notre Dame Meyo InvitationalOutdoor100m HH 14.10BIG EAST Outdoor Championships

SashaBlanchard

5-6 • SophomoreSprints

Agoura, Calif.La Reina

AS A FRESHMAN: Placed sixth in her NotreDame debut, posting a time of 26.78 in the 200meters at the Blue and Gold Invitational … placed11th in the 60 meters at the Notre Dame IndoorOpener with at time of 8.28 … finished fifth in the60 meters at the Notre Dame Invitational (8.19) …ran in the 60-meter hurdles at the Meyo Invitational… posted a time of 1:04.82 in the 400-meter hurdlesat the Dave Rankin Track and Field Invitational inWest Lafayette, Ind., good for a third place finish.

Career Track BestsIndoor60m 8.19Notre Dame Invitational200m 26.78Notre Dame Blue & Gold Invitational60m HH 9.14Notre Dame Blue & Gold InvitationalLong Jump 5.06mNotre Dame Meyo InvitationalOutdoor200m 26.78Notre Dame Blue & Gold Invitational100m HH 15.45Purdue Dave Rankin Invitational400m IH 1:04.82Purdue Dave Rankin InvitationalLong Jump 5.06mNotre Dame Meyo Invitational


MaddieButtinger

5-10 • SophomoreMulti-Events

Waterloo, OntarioResurrection C.S.S.

AS A FRESHMAN: Made her Notre Damedebut at the Blue and Gold Invitational, placingsecond in the 60-meter hurdles, first in the highjump and first in the long jump … continued hermulti-event success at the Notre Dame IndoorOpener, placing seventh in the 60-meter hurdles,first in the long jump and 12th in the shot put …placed seventh in the 60-meter hurdles at theNotre Dame Invitational, in addition to finishingsecond in the high jump (1.70m) … placed secondin the pentathlon at the Findlay Open Multi-Event, recording 3,693 points … finished fifth inthe high jump at the Meyo Invitational (1.70m) …cleared 1.70 meters in the high jump at the BIGEAST Indoor Championships, good for a sixthplace finish … also earned all-BIG EAST honorsin the pentathlon, finishing third with 3,922 points… participated in the 100-meter hurdles, highjump and pole vault at the Arizona StateInvitational, highlighted by a fifth-place finish inthe high jump … came in 14th in the heptathlonat the Mt. SAC Relays … garnered second all-BIGEAST honor of the season at the BIG EASTOutdoor Championships, placing second in theheptathlon with 5,155 points.

HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL: Eight-time letterwinner in track and field and fieldhockey at Resurrection … five-time OFSAAProvincial high jump champion … earned 16OFSAA medals, the second most in Ontariohistory … top-ranked junior heptathlon andpentathlon competitor in Canada … NSIC indoorhigh jump champion as a junior and senior … alsowon the heptathlon as a senior … Canadiannational junior heptathlon and provincial indoorpentathlon juvenile record holder … ranked 11thin the world in youth 400-meter hurdles and was20th in the high jump … represented Canada as amember of the 2005 World Youth track team andcompeted in the high jump and 400-meter hurdlesin Morocco … represented Canada in the highjump as part of the 2007 Pan American Juniortrack team …born Nov. 3, 1989 … daughter ofGord and Pan Buttinger … oldest of sevenchildren … cousin Cody Goulebef plays hockeyfor Wisconsin … enrolled in the Mendoza Çollegeof Business.

NatalieGeiger


Stouffville, OntarioStouffville District

Secondary

AS A FRESHMAN: Placed fourth in the 60meters at the Notre Dame Indoor Opener …finished second in the 60 meters at the NotreDame Invitational (7.79) … came in secondbehind teammate Joanna Schultz in the 400meters at the Indiana Invitational (55.31) …placed seventh in the 400 meters at the BIG EASTIndoor Championships … scored a fourth placefinish in the 400 meters at the Arizona StateInvitational.

HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL: Four-year letterwinner in track at Stouffville Secondary… two-time junior Canadian 400-meter champion… five-time Ontario Federation of School AthleticAssociations (OFSAA) gold medalist … holds theOFSAA record in midget girls 400 meters andjunior girls 400 meters … also holds Ontariorecords in the 300, 400 and 600 meters … finished13th in the 400 meters at the IAAF World JuniorChampionships in 2008 … finished fifth in 2007 …won her fourth consecutive Ontario high schoolchampionship in 2008 … member of Canada’s4x400-meter relay team that finished eighth at theIAAF World Junior Championships … namedCanada’s Youth Athlete of the Year in 2007 andreceived the Myrtle Cook award from AthleticsCanada … also won two OFSSA gold medals inhockey … member of the leadership club and theband … born October 13, 1990 … daughter ofRoss and Geri Geiger … has two younger brothers… dad played hockey at Cornell … enrolled in theMendoza College of Business.

Career Track BestsIndoor60m 7.772009 BIG EAST Championship200m 24.962009 Notre Dame Invitational400m 55.262009 Meyo InvitationalOutdoor200m 24.792009 Mike Poehlein Invitational400m 54.782009 VS Athletics Beach Invitational

Career Track BestsIndoorPentathlon 3,922 points2009 BIG EAST ChampionshipOutdoorHeptathlon 5,155 points2009 BIG EAST Championship


Student-Athletes

RachelVelarde

5-1 • SophomoreCross Country /

DistanceAlbuquerque, N.M

Eldorado

AS A FRESHMAN: Was impressive in Notre Damedebut, finishing fifth in the National CatholicChampionships, with a time of 18:11, helping the Irishtake home the team title … finished 54th at the NotreDame Invitational, completing the circuit in 17:34 …placed 115th in the Pre-NCAA Meet at Terre Haute, Ind.(22:03) … posted a 21:36 time to finish 34th at the BIGEAST Cross Country Championships … ran a time of22:06 to finish 34th at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional,helping the Irish qualify for the NCAA Championshipswith a fourth place finish … posted a time of 21:42 at herfirst NCAA Championship, good for 155th place … madeonly track and field appearance of the season at theNotre Dame Indoor Opener, finishing third in the milewith a time of 5:06.85.

HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL: Seven-timeletterwinner in cross country and track at Eldorado …was the cross country city and district champion as asenior … earned cross country all-district honors all fouryears and all-city and all-state honors as a junior andsenior … won back-to-back state cross country teamtitles … regional and state track champion as a junior andsenior … earned track all-district and all-state honors asa freshman, junior and senior … holds the school recordin the 1600 meters (5:06), 3200 meters (11:12) and 1600-meter relay (4:13) … city record holder in the 1600-meter relay (4:13) … member of the National HonorSociety, Spanish National Honor Society, Student Senateand DECA … born April 11, 1990 in Dallas, Texas …daughter of Jerry and Jeannette Velarde … youngest ofthree children … sister, Rebecca, competed in crosscountry and track at William and Mary … sister Melanieran track and cross country at the University of NewMexico … aunt, Sally Marquez, played basketball at NewMexico … majoring in psychology.

MollyHirt


DistanceBloomington, Ind.

Bloomington North

AS A FRESHMAN: Scored a victory in the first event ofher career, winning the mile at the Blue and Gold Invitationalwith a time of 5:05.28 … placed fourth in the 1,000 meters atthe Notre Dame Indoor Opener (3:03.44) … returned to themile at the Notre Dame Invitational, finishing 12th … finishedin seventh in the 3,000 meters at the Indiana Invitational … wasNotre Dame’s top finisher in the mile at the Meyo Invitational… placed 12th in the mile at the BIG EAST IndoorChampionships (5:01.98) … ran the mile in 5:10.27 to finish22nd at the Alex Wilson Invitational … ran two events atPurdue’s Dave Rankin Track and Field Invitational, finishing13th in the 800 meters (2:20.23) and seventh in the 1500meters (4:41.24) … ran the 1500 meters at the BIG EASTOutdoor Championships.

HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL: Eleven-timeletterwinner in cross country, track and field and swimming atBloomington North (Ind.) … earned all-conference and all-cityhonors each four years in high school … garnered all-statehonors as a junior and senior in track and as a senior in crosscountry … nine-time conference in regional champion in crosscountry and track … set school records in the 1,600 meters(5:02.03), 800 meters (2:18.2) and 3,200 meters (10:56) …competed at the National Scholastic Track and Field meet in2008 … captained all three squads … member of the CougarLeader Council and Habitat for Humanity … National HonorSociety president and huddle leader of Fellowship of ChristianAthletes … born March 29, 1990 in Milwaukee, Wis. …daughter of Ed Hirt and Kathy McTigue … has one youngersister … uncles Tom and Dave McTigue graduated from NotreDame … majoring in biology.

SusannaSullivan


DistanceFalls Church, Va.

George Mason H.S.

AS A FRESHMAN: Made Notre Dame debut at theNotre Dame Invitational at the Burke Memorial GolfCourse, completing the circuit in 18:57, good for 19th inthe JV race … saw first track action of her career at theDave Rankin Track and Field Invitational in WestLafayette, Ind., placing 27th in the 1500 meters (4:55.75).

HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL: Eight-timeletterwinner in cross country and track and field atGeorge Mason … earned all-region, all-district and all-state honors … region record holder in the 1,600, 3,200and 5,000 meters … holds district records in the 1,600and 3,200 meters … set the school 3,200-meter record …competed at the Nike Outdoor Nationals … member ofthe National Honor Society, student council, NationalSpanish Honor Society and symphonic band … bornMay 13, 1990 in West Palm Beach, Fla. … daughter ofBartholomew and Susan Sullivan … has an older sister …family members Daniel J. Sullivan ’40, ChristopherSullivan ’73, Eliza Sullivan Marriquez ’81 and PabloMarriquez ’06 graduated from Notre Dame … enrolledin the College of Arts & Letters.

2008 Cross Country ResultsNational Catholic Championship 5thNotre Dame Invitational 54thPre-National Meet 115thBIG EAST Championship 34thGreat Lakes Regional 34thNCAA Championship 155th

Career Track BestsIndoorMile 5:06.852009 Notre Dame Indoor Opener

2008 Cross Country ResultsNotre Dame Invitational Open 19th

Career Track BestsOutdoor1,500m 4:55.752009 Purdue Dave Rankin Invitational5,000m 18:17.272009 Ole Miss Invitational

2008 Cross Country ResultsNational Catholic Championship 20thNotre Dame Invitational Gold Race 165th

Career Track BestsIndoor1,000m 3:03.442009 Notre Dame Indoor OpenerMile 5:01.982009 BIG EAST Championship3,000m 10:14.542009 Indiana RelaysOutdoor800m 2:18.682009 Ole Miss Invitational1,500m 4:35.892009 Ole Miss Invitational5,000m 17:42.232009 Mike Poehlein Invitational


ChrissyFinkel

5-6 • FreshmanJumps

Newfoundland, N.J.Montville Township H.S.

HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL:Three-time All-American in indoor track … 12-7 personal-best pole vault ranked seventh in thenation for indoor pole vaulters … placed sixth,fourth and fourth (pole vault) in three trips tothe National Scholastic Indoor Championships… placed sixth and fifth in two trips to the NikeIndoor Nationals … holds New Jersey indoorrecord for pole vault … was the first female polevaulter at Montville Township High School …earned seven varsity letters in indoor andoutdoor track, in addition to two in tennis …member of the National Honor Society and theFrench Honor Society … born on February 5,1991 in Rockaway, N.J … daughter of Cathyand Joseph Finkel … plans on majoring inbusiness … enrolled in the First Year of Studies.

HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL: WonIllinois state championship in high jump as afreshman … holds school records in high jumpand triple jump … earned four varsity letters intrack, as well as three in volleyball … member ofNational Honor Society, Society for AcademicAchievement and Worldwide Youth in Scienceand Engineering in high school … born April 13,1991 in Springfield, Ill. … daughter of Cindy andSteve Jennings … has one older sister … plans tomajor in English … enrolled in the First Year ofStudies.

HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL:Earned All-America honors in the 300-meterhurdles as a junior while being ranked sixth inthe nation … was California state champion as ajunior and senior … was a four-year letterwinnerin track, in addition to earning three cross coun-try letters and one in soccer … born on February11, 1991 in Riverside, Calif. … daughter of Lindaand Eric Nowell … has two older brothers …plans on majoring in art studio & design …enrolled in the First Year of Studies.

KendraJennings

ErickaNowell


LaPrairie, Ill.Central H.S.

5-9 • FreshmanSprints

Perris, Calif.Perris H.S.


Student-Athletes

JessicaRydberg

5-3 • FreshmanCross Country/

DistancePinetop, Ariz.

Blue Ridge H.S.

HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL:Earned All-America honors in both track andcross country as a senior … earned all-state hon-ors in track and cross country all four years …holds the 3A Arizona state record in the 3200meters … earned four state championships dur-ing high school (one cross country, three track)… National Honor Society member … bornOctober 27, 1991 in Denver, Colo. … daughterof Rhonda and Matthew Rydberg … has two sis-ters and one brother … plans to double-major inpre-professional studies and theology … enrolledin the First Year of Studies.

5-9 • FreshmanSprints

Sioux Falls, S.D.Lincoln H.S.

HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL: Set aSouth Dakota state record in the 100-meter hur-dles … was a two-time state champion at LincolnHigh School in Sioux Falls, S.D., while losingonly two races during her final two years of highschool … placed ninth in the 100-meter hurdlesat the USATF Nationals in 2008 before placingfifth in the same event at the Nike IndoorNationals in 2009 … born August 10, 1991 inSioux Falls … daughter of Natalie and TimSorenson … has two older sisters … plans tomajor in chemical engineering … enrolled in theFirst Year of Studies.

HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL:Earned All-state honors in the 1600 meters and4x800-meter relay … was a four-time all-Mid-Suburban League honoree in track and crosscountry … member of state-record holder relayteam in the 4x800 meters … 4x800-meter relayteam also won two state-championships … wonstate championship as a senior in the 1600meters, in addition to four conference champi-onships … helped Barrington High School winIllinois state track title in 2007, finished runner-up in 2008 and as cross country runner-up in2006 … member of both the National HonorSociety and French Honor Society … bornFebruary 20, 1991 in Chicago … daughter ofMichelle and James Tracy … has one sister …intends to major in biology … enrolled in theFirst Year of Studies.

NevadaSorenson

RebeccaTracy

5-4 • FreshmanCross Country/

DistanceBarrington, Ill.Barrington H.S.

Student-Athletes

Senior Eric Quick, a

three-time all-BIG

EAST selection, returns

to lead the Irish jumpers

in 2009.

600-meter relay team that placed third at theDrake Relays … earned third all-BIG EASThonor of the year at the BIG EAST OutdoorChampionships, placing third in the 1,500meters with a time of 3:45.11 … finished sixthin the 1,500 meters at the Georgia TechInvitational (3:45.59).

AS A JUNIOR: Opened the indoor seasonwith a second-place finish at the Blue and GoldInvitational, running the 3,000 meters in8:39.43 ... took first place in the mile with atime of 4:14.97 at the Notre Dame IndoorOpener ... finished fifth in the Notre DameInvitational mile with a time of 4:08.29 ... ranthe 3,000 meters in 8:34.58 to finish 31st at theMeyo Invitational ... scored points four the Irishat the BIG EAST Indoor Championship as amember of the fourth-place distance medleyrelay squad … finished ninth in the mile in4:06.20 at the Alex Wilson Invitational ...finished 10th at the NCAA IndoorChampionship in the distance medley relaywith teammates Blake Choplin, Austin Wechterand Adam Currie … opened the outdoor

season with an eighth-place showingat the Stanford Invitational, runningthe 1,500 meters in 3:48.25 ... finishedthird in the 1,500 meters at theEastern Michigan Invitational with atime of 3:47.70 ... took first in the4x1600-meter relay at the DrakeRelays with Patrick Smyth, JakeWatson and Kurt Benninger … ranthe 1,500 meters in 3:55.96 to finisheighth at the BIG EASTChampionship ... finished seventh inthe 1,500 meters in 3:46.07 at theGeorgia Tech Invitational ... alsofinished 14th in the 800 meters in atime of 1:51.86 ... closed out theseason with a ninth-place showing atthe NCAA Mideast Regionals,running the 1,500 meters in 3:51.43

AS A SOPHOMORE: Did notcompete during the 2006-07 crosscountry and track seasons.

AS A FRESHMAN: Distinguishedhimself on the track as a miler ...made his Irish debut at the NotreDame Invitational, running the mile in4:13.98 to qualify for the BIG EASTindoor meet ... ran the 1,000 meters atthe Meyo Invitational, just missing hissecond BIG EAST qualifying markwith a time of 2:30.37 ... qualified forthe BIG EAST final in the mile run,ending up with a 10th-place finish ...bettered his top mile time at the AlexWilson Invitational (4:12.58) ...kicked off his outdoor campaign at theStanford Invitational, running the1,500 meters in 3:57.39 ... ran apersonal-best 3:57.24 for the 1,500 ofhis 4:15.50 mile at the Miami (Ohio)Invitational ... did not competethroughout the rest of the season.

HIGH SCHOOL ANDPERSONAL: Seven-time letter winner incross country and track at Lumen ChristiCatholic High School ... 2005 MichiganDivision 3 state champion and all-time recordholder in the 800 meters ... earned all-stateaccolades in each of his final three crosscountry seasons and final two track seasons ...undefeated in the 800 meters as a senior ... two-time runner-up in the 1,600 meters at the statemeet and holder of three school records (800m,1,600m, 5,000m cross country) ... regional 800-and 1,600-meter champion in 2005, and alsoearned individual conference champions in fourdifferent seasons ... selected to participate in theMidwest Meet of Champions as a senior ...personal bests include 1:54.2 in the 800m,4:16.2 in the 1,600m, and 15:46.7 for 5,000mcross country ... member of Student Council,National Honor Society, and class Valedictorianat Lumen Christi ... son of Cynthia and R.Michael Clark ... middle of three children ...born June 9, 1986 in Jackson, Mich. ...graduated in May 2009 with a degree inaccounting … enrolled in graduate studies.


DanielClark

5-10 • Fifth-year SeniorCross Country/Middle Distance

Jackson, Mich./LumenChristi Catholic

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AS A SENIOR: Returns for a fifth year afterhelping lead cross country team to NCAAChampionships and earning all-BIG EASThonors in indoor and outdoor track … placed35th at the BIG EAST Cross CountryChampionships, posting a time of 25:38 … ranthe NCAA Great Lakes Regional circuit in32:12 to finish 30th and help the Irish move onto the NCAA Championships … finished 152ndwith a time of 31:37 at the NCAAChampionships … won the 3,000 meters at thefirst track meet of the indoor season, finishingin 8:14.26 at the Blue and Gold Invitational …won the 1,000 meters at the Notre DameIndoor Opener with a time of 2:24.73 … placedsecond in the mile at the Notre DameInvitational, posting a time of 4:07.63 … earnedall-BIG EAST honors in the mile at the BIGEAST Indoor Championships, finishing secondwith a time of 4:07.02 … member of the 4x1,

2008 Cross Country ResultsNotre Dame Invitational Gold Race 141stBIG EAST Championship 36thGreat Lakes Regional 30thNCAA Championship 152nd

Career Track BestsIndoor1000m 2:24.372009 Notre Dame Indoor OpenerMile 4:06.202008 Alex Wilson Invitational3000m 8:14.262009 Blue and Gold MeetOutdoor800m 1:51.862008 Ole Miss Invitational1500m 3:45.112009 BIG EAST Championships


AS A FRESHMAN: Opened his career withthe Irish with a second-place finish in the 1,000meters at the Notre Dame Blue and Gold Meet… competed in the 800 meters at the NotreDame Invitational, clocking in at 1:55.40 … ranan 800-meter time of 1:53.65 at the Alex WilsonInvitational … competed in the 800 meters at theStanford Invitational, finishing with a time of1:53.28 at the outdoor event.

HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL:Received seven letters over the course of hishigh school career... was a four time track andfield letter winner ... was the track and field teamcaptain his junior and senior years ... won twostate championships for track and field ... namedto the track and field All-State team four times... lettered in cross country his senior year ... twotime letterman in soccer ... played left outsidedefense ... was soccer team MVP his senior sea-son ... broke his track coach's 25 year old schoolrecord in the 800m ... member of NationalHonor Society ... member of student council ...son of Joe and Betty Choplin ... has one brother,Ryan Humar ... majoring in psychology.

BlakeChoplin

5-11 • SeniorMiddle Distance

Kansas City, Mo./Oak Park

AS A JUNIOR: Focused on track distanceevents as a junior … won the 1,000 meters at theBlue and Gold Invitational, posting a time of2:27.48 … placed third in the mile at the NotreDame Indoor Opener, recording a 4:15.24 time… won the 800 meters at the Indiana Invitational(1:51.10) … palced fourth in the 1,000 meters atthe BIG EAST Indoor Championships, posting atime of 2:22.73 … recorded a second place finishin the 800 meters at the Alex Wilson Invitationalwith a time of 1:49.25 … ran on the 4x800 meterrelay team which finished fourth at the DrakeRelays … finished ninth in the 800 meters at theGeorgia Tech Invitational (1:50.02) … placed13th in the 800 meters at the NCAA MideastRegionals with a time of 1:51.06.

AS A SOPHOMORE: Finished second inthe 800 meters at the Notre Dame Invitationalwith a time of 1:51.38 … ran a 1,000-meter pre-liminary time of 2:27.21 at the BIG EAST IndoorChampionship … clocked an 800-meter time of1:51.36 at the Stanford Invitational during theoutdoor season … competed in the 800 meters atthe BIG EAST Championships, finishing with atime of 1:51.51.

Career Track BestsIndoor800m 1:49.252009 Alex Wilson Invitational1000m 2:22.732009 BIG EAST Indoor ChampionshipOutdoor800m 1:49.852009 Old Miss Invitational


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hurdles at the NCAA Mideast Regionals inLouisville, Ky., with a time of 53.74.

AS A SOPHOMORE: Opened the indoorseason with a first-place finish in the 500 metersat the Blue and Gold Invitational, clocking in at1:04.16 … ran the 800 meters at the NotreDame Indoor Opener in 1:52.31 to finish first… took second in the 400 meters at the NotreDame Invitational with a time of 48.40 … wonthe Indiana Relays 400 meters in 48.35 …earned his fifth all-BIG EAST honor with athird-place finish in the 400 meters, clocking inat 48.00 … opened the outdoor season with awin, taking first place in the 400 meters in48.36 at the Mike Poehlein Invitational …finished 17th at the Ole Miss Invitational,running the 400 meters in 49.37 … finished22nd in the 400-meter hurdles at the Mt. SACRelays with a time of 56.58 … ran the VSAthletics Beach Invitational 400-meter hurdlesin 53.69 to finish fifth … narrowly missed moreBIG EAST honors with a fourth-place finish inthe 400-meter hurdles at the BIG EASTChampionship, clocking in at 52.62 … closedout the season with a 15th-place performanceat the Georgia Tech Invitational, running the400-meter hurdles in 52.71

AS A FRESHMAN: Had an incredibledebut season with the Irish … earned four all-BIG EAST honors and posted 13 performances(between the 500 meters, 400-meter hurdles,and 4x400-meter relay) that rank among thetop-10 in Notre Dame history … also was thelone Irish male to win an individual BIG EASToutdoor title, taking first in the 400-meter

hurdles … ran 48.13 in his firstcollegiate 400m race at the MeyoInvitational … placed second at thesame competition in the 500 meters,covering the distance in 1:02.61, thefourth-fastest mark in school history… had two outstanding runs in the500 at the BIG EAST indoor meet,placing second in the prelims in1:02.51 and third in the final with atime of 1:02.14, the second-best inIrish history … in addition to the all-conference honors earned with thatplacement, garnered more accoladesas a member of the third-place 4x400-meter relay … the squad of Molnar,Jordan Powell, Austin Wechter andRyan Postel ran 3:10.84, the fourth-fastest in the school record book …made his outdoor debut at theArizona State Invitational, placingfourth in the 400 hurdles in 52.36 …also ran the 4x400-meter relay atASU, placing second in 3:09.38 withPowell, Wechter and Postel (the timeis second in school history) … ran51.87 in the hurdles to take second atthe Azusa Pacific Invitational … placedthird and posted the second-best markin school history at the prestigious Mt.SAC Relays with his 51.50 secondeffort in the 400 hurdles … clocked48.16 in the 400 meters at the Central

Collegiate Championships … won the 400-meter hurdles at the BIG EAST oudoor meetwith times of 51.87 and 51.62 in the prelimsand final, respectively … became the first NotreDame athlete to win a BIG EAST title in the400 hurdles … also earned all-BIG EASThonors with his second-place showing on the4x400-meter relay … competed with the samesquad that ran at the indoor league meet andposted a time of 3:10.83, a top-10 school mark… competed at the NCAA Mideast Regionalsin the 400 hurdles … reached the event final byplacing fifth in the preliminaries with a 51.60mark … ultimately took eighth at thecompetition, missing NCAA advancement, butearning all-Mideast Region honors.

HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL:Member of Hungarian National Team … hadstellar 2006 season that included winning titlesin 400-meter dash (47.63) and 400-meterhurdles (51.97) at European Under-23 OutdoorChampionships … also won 2006 Hungariannational titles in 400 meters (47.53) and 400hurdles (51.63) … fourth in 400-meter hurdlesat 2005 European Junior Championships(51.38) … 2005 Hungarian Junior NationalChampion in 400 meters (47.88) and 400hurdles (51.99) … born July 1, 1986 inDunaujvaros, Hungary … son of Magdolna Sasand Ferenc Molnar … younger of two children… enrolled in the Mendoza College of Businessas a finance major.

BalazsMolnar

5-10 • SeniorSprints

Dunaujvaros, HungarySzechenyi Istvan

AS A JUNIOR: One of the team’s topsprinters in the indoor season and the tophurdler during outdoor season … placed secondin the 500 meters at the Notre Dame IndoorOpener, with a time of 1:04.52 … ran the 500meters in 1:04.58 at the Notre DameInvitational, good for fourth place … finishedsecond in the 400 meters at the IndianaInvitational (48.92) … was the top Irish runnerin the 300 meters at the Meyo Invitational,using a time of 34.79 to finish fifth … justmissed all-BIG EAST honors at the BIG EASTIndoor Championships, placing fourth in the400 meters with a time of 48.31 … moved tothe hurdles in the outdoor season, placing thirdin the 400-meter hurdles at the Arizona StateInvitational (51.79) … picked up another thirdplace finish in the 400-meter hurdles at the Mt.SAC Relays, this time posting a 52.32 time …again narrowly missed all-BIG EAST honors atthe BIG EAST Outdoor Championships,placing fourth in the 400-meter hurdles with atime of 51.37 … placed 15th in the 400-meter

Career Track BestsIndoor400m 48.002008 BIG EAST Championship500m 1:02.612007 Meyo Invitational800m 1:52.312008 Notre Dame Indoor OpenerOutdoor400m 48.362008 Purdue Mike Poehlein Invitational800m 1:52.292009 Purdue Mike Poehlein Invitational400m Hurdles 51.372009 BIG EAST Championship


AS A JUNIOR: Notre Dame’s maincompetitor in the long jump and triple jump …started season strong at Blue and GoldInvitational, placing second in long jump(6.77m) and first in the triple jump (14.42m) …placed second in the long jump at the IndianaOpener with a jump of 7.13m … picked up hisfirst long jump victory of the season at theNotre Dame Indoor Opener with a jump of7.0m … won both the long jump (7.08m) andtriple jump (14.41m) at the Notre DameInvitational … finished fourth in long jump andtriple jump, with distances of 7.27m and15.08m, respectively, at the Meyo Invitational …placed fifth in the triple jump (15.09m) andseventh in the long jump (7.40m) at the BIGEAST Indoor Championships … picked up twotop-five finishes at the Alex Wilson Invitational,with a triple jump distance of 14.34m, good forfourth, and a long jump of 6.96m, good for fifth… came in second in he triple jump at the firstoutdoor meet of the year, the Arizona StateInvitational … won the triple jump at theHillsdale Relays with a distance of 14.84m …placed sixth in the long jump at the BIG EAST

Outdoor Championships with a jump of 7.12mwhile just missing all-BIG EAST honors in thetriple jump, posting a distance of 14.87m forfourth place … finished seventh and fourteenthin the long and triple jumps at the Georgia TechInvitational … posted a 7.48m long jump and15.42m triple jump at the NCAA MideastRegionals to finish 13th in the long jump and10th in the triple jump.

AS A SOPHOMORE: Opened the seasonwith back-to-back first place finishes in thetriple jump at the Blue and Gold Invitationaland the Notre Dame Indoor Opener, recordingjumps of 14.05m (46-1 1/4) and 14.19m (46-63/4), respectively … also finished sixth with along jump of 6.88m (22-7) at the Notre DameIndoor Opener … won the triple jump and thelong jump at the Notre Dame Invitational,registering a triple jump of 14.67m (44-10 1/4)and a long jump of 7.10m (23-3 1/2) …finished sixth in the long jump at the MeyoInvitational with a distance of 7.21m (23-8) …earned all-BIG EAST honors with third-placefinishes in the long jump and triple jump …registered a long jump of 7.3m (23-11 1/2) anda triple jump of 15.01m (49-3) … finishedseventh in the triple jump at the Alex WilsonInvitational with a jump of 14.56m (47-9 3/4)… opened the outdoor season with twosecond-place finishes at the Arizona StateInvitational, recording a triple jump of 14.76m(48-5 1/4) and a long jump of 7.26m (23-10)… took the long jump title at the MikePoehlein Invitational with a distance of 7.53m(24-8 1/2) … also finished third in the triplejump with a distance of 14.37m (47-1 3/4) …finished third with a triple jump of 14.58m (47-

10) at the Ole MissInvitational … recorded atriple jump of 14.18m (46-61/4) to finish ninth at the Mt.SAC Relays … finished sixthat the VS Athletics BeachInvitational with a long jumpof 7.01m (23-0) … finishedfourth at the BIG EASTChampionships with a triplejump of 15.02m (49-3 1/2) …also finished sixth in the longjump with a distance of 7.14m(23-5 1/4)

AS A FRESHMAN:Wasted little time in earninghis first all-BIG EASTconference honors … top longjump of the indoor season wasa 6.62m (21-8 3/4) effort atthe Purdue Invitational …surpassed 14m in the triplejump for the first time at theMeyo Invitational (14.17m,46-6) … exploded at the BIGEAST indoor meet, finishingsecond in the triple jump with

a leap of 14.86 meters (48-9) … earned all-conference honors and contributed to theNotre Dame men’s team title … jumped14.41m (47-3 1/2) at the Alex WilsonInvitational … top triple jump of the outdoorseason was established early on at the ShamrockInvitational … there he finished first with a14.29m (46-10 3/4) effort … jumped 6.97m(22-10 1/2) in a strong long jump showing atthe Central Collegiate Champioinships … took13th in the outdoor BIG EAST Championshiplong jump competition with a distance of6.94m (22-9 1/4).

HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL:Four-year track & field letterwinner at LibertyHigh School (Calif.) … three-time all-statehonoree … four-time first-team all-areaselection … competed in horizontal jumps,going undefeated in the area during all fouryears of his prep career … four-time regionaland conference champion in both the longjump and triple jump … top high school triplejump mark was 48-10 (indoors) and best longjump distance was 23-4 (outdoors), bothachieved during 2006 season … triple jumpdistance also was No. 3 indoor mark in nationin 2006 … final outdoor season cut short byheel injury … competed at USATF JuniorOlympics following freshman year (2003) andplaced fourth in triple jump to garner All-America honors … holds school records in bothhorizontal jumps … member of Spanish honorsociety … born Dec. 16, 1987 in Bakersfield,Calif. … son of Pam and David Quick …youngest of five children … father, David, rantrack at Cal State-Bakersfield … majoring in ITManagement.

EricQuick


Bakersfield, Calif.Liberty

Career Track BestsIndoor60m 7.202009 Indiana OpenLong Jump 7.40m2009 BIG EAST ChampionshipTriple Jump 15.09m2009 BIG EAST ChampionshipOutdoorLong Jump 7.45m2009 Ole Miss InvitationalTriple Jump 14.87m2009 BIG EAST Championship


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vault of 4.75m (15-7) to win the Blue and GoldInvitational … finished in a tie for fourth at theNotre Dame Invitational with a vault of 4.65m(15-3) … cleared a height of 4.65m (15-3) tofinish second at the Notre Dame Invitational …finished third with a vault of 4.90m (16-0) atthe Indiana Relays … also finished third at theMeyo Invitational with a vault of 5.00m (16-43/4) … cleared 4.95m (16-2 3/4) to earn hisfirst BIG EAST title and second all-conferencehonor … opened the outdoor season with asixth-place showing at the Arizona StateInvitational after a 5.05m (16-6 3/4) effort …cleared the same height at the Mike PoehleinInvitational to finish in a tie for first … won theSpartan Invitational with a vault of 4.90m (16-0 3/4) … finished fifth at the Mt. SAC Relaysafter a 5.05m (16-6 3/4) effort … tied forfourth at the BIG EAST Championships with avault of 4.95m (16-2 3/4) … finished third atthe Georgia Tech Invitational, clearing 4.90m(16-0 3/4) … closed out the season with aninth-place finish at the NCAA MideastRegional, recording a personal-best vault of5.06m (16-7 1/4)

AS A FRESHMAN: Emergedfrom both the indoor and outdoortrack and field seasons with theteam’s top marks in the pole vaultdespite competing amongst severaltalented teammates … firstsignificant breakthrough was a4.55m (14-11) effort at the MeyoInvitational … busted out a hugecareer and personal best at theindoor BIG EAST Championship,vaulting 4.80m (15-9) to take secondand earn all-conference laurels …also jumped 4.63m (15-2 1/4) at theAlex Wilson Invitational … went4.60m (15-1) for eighth place at theMike Poehlein Invitational …matched that height to tie teammateDave Viken for second place at theSpartan Invitational … placed secondat the Central CollegiateChampionships with a vault of4.75m (15-7) … soared to a season-and career-best vault at the HillsdaleGina Relays, taking sixth place witha 4.85m (15-11) mark … scoredpoints at the BIG EAST outdoormeet, tying for fifth place with a4.65m (15-3) vault … closed hisseason with a 4.75m effort at theGeorgia Tech Invitational which tiedhim for third.

HIGH SCHOOL ANDPERSONAL: Two-sportletterwinner (track & field andwrestling) at Bishop Dwenger HighSchool (Ind.) … two-time all-state,and three-time all-city and all-conference pole vaulter … won

regional pole vault crown as a junior andconference title as a senior … top prepclearance in pole vault was 4.725m (15-6)outdoors at 2006 New Haven Relays …finished fourth at ’06 Indiana High SchoolAthletic Association (IHSAA) outdoor statemeet … participated in ’06 Midwest Meet ofChampions … accomplished prep wrestler whoset school record for most pins as a freshman in2003 … garnered academic all-state status inwrestling as senior … won DistinguishedAthlete Award from U.S. Marine Corps …National Honor Society member … classmateof current Irish freshman football player JakeRichardville … born May 3, 1987 in FortWayne, Ind. … son of Janet and DonaldSchipper … fourth of nine children … olderbrothers Andrew and Ryan both were All-American pole vaulters at Division III entityRose-Hulman … multiple relatives havegraduated from Notre Dame, while cousin,Marc Sordelet, is a junior at the University …enrolled in the Mendoza College of Business asa finance major.

MattSchipper


Leo, Ind.Bishop Dwenger

AS A JUNIOR: Teamed with his brother,Kevin, as the top pole vaulters for the Irish in2009 … picked up a pole vault win in the firstindoor event of the season, clearing 4.95m atthe Blue and Gold Invitational … came infourth in pole vault at the Indiana Opener witha vault of 4.90m … placed second in pole vaultto his brother Kevin at the Notre Dame IndoorOpener (4.65m) … followed that up by edgingout his brother in pole vault with a vault of5.10m at the Notre Dame Invitational … tiedfor second with his brother in the pole vault atthe Indiana Invitational, clearing 5.27m …placed third in pole vault at the MeyoInvitational (5.22m) … won pole vault at theBIG EAST Indoor Championships by clearing5.35m … came in fifth at the Alex WilsonInvitational in pole vault … placed fourth inpole vault at the first outdoor meet of theseason, clearing 5.05m at the Arizona StateInvitational … won pole vault at the prestigiousDrake Relays in Des Moines, Iowa, with a vaultof 5.30m … won his second BIG EAST title ofthe year, taking the pole vault crown at the BIGEAST Outdoor Championships with a vault of5.25m … placed second behind his brother,Kevin, at the Georgia Tech Invitational (5.05m)… placed fifth in pole vault at the NCAAMideast Regional, vaulting 5.16m.

AS A SOPHOMORE: Concentrated on thepole vault during both the indoor and outdoorseasons … opened the indoor season with a

Career Track BestsIndoorPole Vault 5.35m2009 BIG EAST ChampionshipOutdoorPole Vault 5.25m2009 BIG EAST Championship


AS A JUNIOR: Distance and cross countryrunner who focused on cross country as ajunior … ran in his first cross country meet ofthe season at the Pre-NCAA meet in TerreHaute, Ind., placing 102nd with a time of 25:02… earned all-BIG EAST honors at the BIGEAST Cross Country Championships byfinishing 13th in 24:58 … finished 44th at theNCAA Great Lakes Regional (32:29), helpingthe Irish move on to the NCAAChampionships … placed 66th at the NCAACross Country Championships, posting a timeof 30:53, helping the Irish place 19th in thenation … ran distance events during the trackseason … placed second behind teammatePatrick Smyth in the 5,000 meters at theseason-opening Blue and Gold Invitational …made second appearance of the season at theBIG EAST Outdoor Championships, narrowlymissing all-BIG EAST honors in the 10,000meters by finishing in fourth with a time of

30:46.05 … placed sixth in the 5,000 meters atthe Georgia Tech Invitational (14:48.04).

AS A SOPHOMORE: Competed in fivemeets for the Irish cross country squad …finished 30th in 24:31 at the Notre DameInvitational … ran the Pre-National race in24:03 to finish 47th … clocked a time of 24:37to finish 26th at the BIG EAST Championship… finished 14th at the NCAA Great LakesRegional in 31:14 … covered the 10,000 metersof the NCAA Championship in 31:24 to finish134th … opened the indoor track season witha second-place finish in the 5,000 meters at theBlue and Gold Invitational, clocking in at14:17.01 … ran the mile at the Notre DameInvitational in 4:08.25 to finish fourth …finished 18th in the 5,000 meters with a time of14:43.36 at the Meyo Invitational … finishedfifth in the 5,000 meters in 14:14.29 and sixthin the 3,000 meters in 8:14.74 at the BIG EASTChampionship … closed out the season with afourth-place finish in the 3,000 meters with atime of 8:12.87 at the Alex Wilson Invitational

AS A FRESHMAN: Had a very good debutseason for the Notre Dame cross country andtrack squads … ran in six meets for the Irish inthe fall … placed 13th at the National CatholicChampionship in a time of 25:39 … ran nearly20 seconds faster on the same course twoweeks later, placing 90th at the Notre DameInvitational … finished in the top-100 and

broke 25 minutes for 8,000 metersat the NCAA Pre-National meet(24:51) … was the team’s fifthrunner at the BIG EASTChampionship where he ran 24:34… made the step up to 10,000meters at the NCAA Great LakesRegional, helping the team finishsecond and qualify automatically forthe NCAA Championship with his55th-place, 32:34 effort …concluded the season as the team’sfourth runner at the NCAAChampionship, finishing 159thoverall and covering the 10,000-meter course in 33:10 … saved hisbest performances of the indoortrack season for the BIG EASTmeet , finishing 12th in the 3,000meters (8:21.70) and 9th in the5,000 meters (14:40.19), narrowlymissing out on earning team pointsin the latter event … best 5,000-meter run of the outdoor campaignwas his 14:51.95 at the CentralCollegiate Championships … ranextremely well at the outdoor BIGEAST meet, placing 12th in the5,000 meters but scoring pointswith his eighth-place effort in the10,000 meters … ran 30:23.57, thesecond-fastest time for any NotreDame athlete on the season.

HIGH SCHOOL ANDPERSONAL: Four-yearletterwinner in both cross country

and track at Lincoln High School in (Pa.) …earned five all-state citations and five-timeregional champion (one cross country, twoindoor track, two outdoor track) during hiscareer … won state titles in indoor 3,000 meters(2005) and outdoor 3,200 meters (2006),running the latter event in a personal-best9:04.31 and missing state record by only 22-hundredths … ran independently during indoortrack season as school did not field a squad …had nation’s fourth-quickest indoor 3,000-meter time as senior (8:30.35 on banked track)... clocked 2006 season-best and personal-bestoutdoor 3,000-meter time of 8:21.94 (10th-fastest in nation) on way to third-place outingat Penn Relays (time also ranks ninth all-timeat prestigious meet) ... top indoor mile time of2006 season was 4:18.86 (second-best in state)... finished fourth at 2005 PennsylvaniaInterscholastic Athletic Association (PIAA) 2Across country championships (16:14 for 5K) ...two-time participant in FootLocker NortheastCross Country Regional, placing 13th in 2005(15.53.6) ... best 5K cross country time in highschool was 15:19 … National Honor Societymember … born Oct. 22, 1987 in Ellwood City,Pa. … son of Helen and Ron Walker … olderof two children … cousin, Selena Santillo, is a2004 Notre Dame graduate … enrolled in theMendoza College of Business as an accountingmajor.

JakeWalker

5-7 • SeniorCross Country /

DistanceEllwood City, Pa.

Lincoln

2008 Cross Country ResultsPre-National Meet 102ndBIG EAST Championship 13thGreat Lakes Regional 44thNCAA Championship 76th

Career Track BestsIndoorMile 4:08.252008 Notre Dame Invitational3,000m 8:12.872008 Alex Wilson Invitational5,000m 14:14.292008 BIG EAST ChampionshipOutdoor1,500m 3:51.812009 Ole Miss Invitational5,000m 14:33.142009 BIG EAST Championship10,000m 30:23.572007 BIG EAST Championship


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Invitational … earned all-BIG EAST honors byplacing third in the shot put at the BIG EAST IndoorChampionships with a throw of 17.71m … placed inthe top five in both the shot put and the weightthrow at the Alex Wilson Invitational … finishedfourth in the shot put at the Arizona State Invitationalwhile also competing in the hammer throw … placedfourth in the second flight of the hammer throw atthe Mt. SAC Relays (52.35m) … placed fifth in theshot put at the BIG EAST Outdoor Championshipswith a throw of 16.87m … competed in both the shotput and hammer throw at the Georgia TechInvitational … placed 21st in the shot put at theNCAA Mideast Regionals.

AS A FRESHMAN: Competed in the shot putand weight throw during the indoor season …finished fourth in the shot put with a mark of 15.19m(49-10) and seventh with a weight throw of 13.92m(45-8) at the Blue and Gold Invitational … finishedsixth (15.22m, 49-11 1/2) and eighth (13.83m, 45-41/2) in the shot put and weight throw, respectively, atthe Notre Dame Indoor Opener … took fifth in theshot put with a toss of 14.80m (48-6 1/4) and 11thin the weight throw with a mark of 14.12m (46-4) atthe Notre Dame Invitational … recorded a toss of14.89m (48-10 1/4) in the shot put to finish 18th atthe Meyo Invitational … finished 12th in the shot putwith a mark of 13.78m (45-2 1/2) at the BIG EASTChampionships … closed the indoor season withsixth- and seventh-place finishes in the weight throw(13.6m) and shot put (15.41m), respectively, at theAlex Wilson Invitational … focused on the shot put,hammer throw and discus during the outdoorcampaign … finished 10th in the shot put, 21st in thediscus and 26th in the hammer throw at the ArizonaState Invitational … took third in the shot put with amark of 15.66m (51-4 1/2) at the Mike PoehleinInvitational … also finished seventh in the discus and14th in the hammer throw … finished seventh in theboth the discus and shot put, while finished 13th inthe hammer throw at the Ole Miss Invitational …finished eighth in the shot put with a mark of 15.30m(50-2 1/2) at the Eastern Michigan Invitational …

also finished second in the hammer throw with apersonal-best mark of 51.13m (167-8) and 16th inthe discus with a toss of 39.26m (128-10) … tookfifth in the shot put at the Hillsdale Relays with a tossof 15.28m (50-1 3/4) … finished sixth in the shot putwith a mark of 15.86m (52-0 1/2) at the BIG EASTChampionships … also finished 14th in the hammerthrow.

HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL:Letterwinner in both track and field and football atCheyenne Central High School in Cheyenne, Wyo. …current Wyoming state record holder in the shot-putwith a toss of 56-9entering first year at Notre Dame… two-time state champion in the shot-put in 2007indoor and outdoor season … runner-up at state inthe shot-put indoor and outdoor seasons in 2006 andrunner-up in 2007 in the discus … two-time track andfield all-conference honoree junior and senior yearand three-time honoree in football in final threeseasons … earned all-conference honors both seniorand junior years in football and track and field …member of the National Honor Society … born June12, 1989 in Cheyenne, Wyo. … son of Sarah andJames Belcher … has one older sister, Katherine …uncle, William Schwartz, played football at Stanford… majoring in science business.

JohnBelcher


Cheyenne, Wyo.Cheyenne Central

AS A SOPHOMORE: Thrower who competed inboth shot put and hammer throw during outdoorseason … finished fifth in the weight throw at theBlue and Gold Invitational … won the shot put at theNotre Dame Indoor Opener with a distance of16.86m, while also placing seventh in the weightthrow … picked up another shot put victory at theNotre Dame Invitational, this time with a throw of17.23m, along with a seventh place finish in theweight throw … finished seventh in the shot put at theIndiana Invitational (16.11m) … placed seventh in theshot put and 14th in the weight throw at the Meyo

Career Track BestsIndoorShot Put 17.71m2009 BIG EAST ChampionshipWeight Throw 16.65m2009 Notre Dame InvitationalOutdoorShot Put 16.87m2009 BIG EAST ChampionshipDiscus Throw 47.14m2008 Ole Miss InvitationalHammer Throw 52.32m2009 Azusa Pacific Bryan Clay Invitational

AS A SOPHOMORE: Sprinter who began estab-lishing himself as a specialist in the 60 meters … placedthird in the 60 meters (7.16) in his first meet of theseason, the Notre Dame Indoor Opener … finishedfifth in the 60 meters and sixth in the 200 meters atthe Notre Dame Invitational … picked up a fifth-placefinish in the 200 meters at the Findlay Open Multi-Event, posting a time of 22.34 … finished 24th in the200 meters at the Meyo Invitational, while also run-ning the 60 meters … placed fifth in the 100 meters atthe Dave Rankin Track and Field Invitational in WestLafayette, Ind., with a time of 11.18.

AS A FRESHMAN: Opened the indoor seasonwith a second-place finish at the Blue and GoldInvitational, running the 60m in 7.15 … finishedfourth in the 60 meters in 7.11 at the Notre DameIndoor Opener … ran the 60m at the Notre DameInvitational in 7.09 to finish fourth … also finishedseventh in the 200m with a time of 23.17 … finished10th in the 200m in 23.08 at the Indiana Relays andran a 60-meter preliminary time of 7.18 … finished19th in the 60m at the Meyo Invitational, clocking inat 7.05 … also finished 24th in the 200m … scoredpoints with a seventh-place finish in the 60m at theBIG EAST Championships, clocking in at 6.99 …opened the outdoor season with a 12th-placeshowing in the 100m at the Arizona State Invitational

… ran a time of 10.99 in the 100m at the Ole MissInvitational to finish 17th … finished the 100m in11.10 at the Eastern Michigan Invitational … closedout the season by running a 100-meter preliminarytime of 10.91 at the BIG EAST Championships

HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL: Eight-time letterwinner in track and basketball at BensonHigh School … three-time state finalist in the 100meters … was the regional champion as a senior …was a member of the National Honor Society, SeniorSenate and Minority Scholar program … son ofCatherine Atkins … youngest of three children …cousin Kelyn Block played basketball at Indiana State… majoring in marketing.

TyrellAtkins


Omaha, Neb.Benson

Career Track BestsIndoor60m 6.962008 BIG EAST Championship200m 22.302009 Notre Dame InvitationalOutdoor100m 10.912009 Ole Miss Invitational200m 22.762009 Purdue Mike Poehlein Invitational


AS A SOPHOMORE: Sprinter focused on 200meters during sophomore campaign … finished thirdin the 60 meters at the Blue and Gold Invitational(7.18) … placed tenth in the 200 meters at theIndiana Opener with a time of 22.86 … picked up afifth place finish in the 200 meters at the Notre DameIndoor Opener … placed seventh in the 200 metersat the Notre Dame Invitational (22.55).

AS A FRESHMAN: Finished eighth in the 60mat the Blue and Gold Invitational with a time of 8.37… ran the 60m at the Notre Dame Indoor Opener in7.29 to finish 11th … also finished 12th in the 200min 23.04 … finished fourth in the 200m at the NotreDame Invitational, clocking in at 22.54 … alsofinished sixth in the 60m in 7.14 … crossed the 200-meter line in 22.55 to finish second at the IndianaRelays … ran a preliminary time of 7.22 in the 60mat the Meyo Invitational … competed in the 200meters at the BIG EAST Championship, running apreliminary time of 22.72 … opened the outdoorseason at the Mike Poehlein Invitational with sixth-and seventh-place finishes in the 100m (11.33) and200m (22.97), respectively … ran a 100-meterpreliminary time of 11.10 at the Ole Miss Invitational… finished first in the 200m in 22.80 at the EasternMichigan Invitational … also ran a preliminary timeof 11.24 in the 100m … competed in the BIG EASTChampionships, running a preliminary time of 11.22in the 100 meters

HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL: Four-timeletterwinner in track & field as well as one in footballat Center Senior High School in Kansas City (Mo.)... earned AAU All-America honors five times ... atwo-time state champion in the 200-meter dash hissophomore and senior seasons ... was a conferencechampion his sophomore season ... named all-conference and all-state sophomore, junior and seniorseasons ... holds the 200-meter dash record at CenterSenior ... was a member of the record setting 4x100mrelay team at Center Senior ... member of theNational Honor Society and the marching band ...born Jan. 16, 1989 in Overland Park, Kan. ... son ofJanet and Darryl Brooks ... youngest of three children... majoring in marketing.

ChandlerBrooks


Kansas City, Mo.Center Senior

Career Track BestsIndoor60m 7.142008 Notre Dame Invitational200m 22.522009 Indiana RelaysOutdoor100m 10.892009 Ole Miss Invitational200m 22.252009 Ole Miss Invitational

EAST Indoor Championships in the weight throw,while also finishing tenth in the shot put … finishedsecond in the weight throw at the Alex WilsonInvitational (18.26m) … competed in the shot put(14th), discus (22nd) and hammer throw (9th) at thefirst outdoor meet of the year, the Arizona StateInvitational … recorded a hammer throw of 56.32mat Purdue’s Dave Rankin Track and Field Invitational,good for a third place finish … finished tenth in thehammer throw at the Hillsdale Relays (61.30m) …placed sixth in the hammer throw at the BIG EASTOutdoor Championships with a distance of 54.04m …competed in the hammer throw at the NCAAMideast Regionals (31st, 51.57m).

AS A FRESHMAN: Concentrated on the shotput and weight throw during the indoor season …finished first at the Blue and Gold Invitational with aweight throw of 17.72m (58-1 3/4) … followed thatwith a first-place performance at the Notre DameIndoor Opener, recording a mark of 17.58m (57-81/4) in the weight throw … also finished 11th in theshot put … took first again in the weight throw at theNotre Dame Invitational with a mark of 17.48m (57-4 1/4) … also finished 10th in the shot put …recorded a weight throw of 17.75m (58-3) to finishninth at the Indiana Relays … finished seventh at theMeyo Invitational in the weight throw with a toss of18.26m (59-11)… just missed earning all-conferencehonors with a fourth-place finish at the BIG EASTChampionships, recording a weight throw of 17.77m(58-3 3/4) … finished fourth with a toss of 16.74m(54-11 1/4) in the weight throw at the Alex WilsonInvitational … also finished eighth in the shot put …opened the outdoor season with a 13th-place finish inthe hammer throw at the Arizona State Invitational,recording a mark of 54.7m (179-5) … finished 12thin the hammer throw and 13th in the shot put at theMike Poehlein Invitational … recorded a toss of50.68m (166-3) at the Ole Miss Invitational to finishsixth in the hammer throw … also finished 14th in theshot put with a mark of 12.66m (41-6 1/2) … finishedeighth in the hammer at the Eastern Michigan

Invitational with a throw of 52.45m (172-0) … alsofinished eighth at the Hillsdale Relays, recording amark of 54.54m (178-11) … finished fifth at the BIGEAST Championships with a hammer throw of52.94m (173-8) … closed out the season with aneighth-place finish in the hammer throw at theGeorgia Tech Invitational, registering a toss of 174-9.

HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL: Seven-time letterwinner in track and field (four) andfootball (three) at Starr’s Mill High School inFayetteville (Ga.) … was a three-time conference andregional champion in track and field during hissophomore, junior and freshman seasons … earnedall-conference honors and all-city honors in track andfield for four consecutive seasons … was named all-state junior and senior seasons in track and field …earned junior national All-American honors in thehammer throw his junior season … current recordholder in the shot put and discus at Starr’s Mill HighSchool … born Jan. 12, 1989 in Newnan, Ga. … sonof Karen and Mike Davis … has one sister, Lauren …father, Mike, played football at the Naval Academy …uncle, Greg Cortina, played football and ran track andfield at Notre Dame … enrolled in the MendozaCollege of Business as an accounting major.

GregDavis

5-11• JuniorThrows

Peachtree, Ga.Starr’s Mill

AS A SOPHOMORE: Thrower who earned all-conference honors in weight throw … placed secondin the weight throw at the Blue and Gold Invitational,posting a distance of 17.71m in the first indoor meetof the year … won the weight throw at the NotreDame Indoor Opener with a throw of 17.71m, whilealso placing sixth in the shot put with a throw of14.65m … placed fourth in the weight throw(16.93m) and ninth in the shot put (14.26m) at theNotre Dame Invitational … picked up a fourth placefinish in the weight throw at the Indiana Invitationalwith a throw of 17.74m … placed eighth in theweight throw at the Meyo Invitational (17.92m) whilealso competing in the shot put … earned all-BIGEAST honors with a throw of 18.76m at the BIG

Career BestsIndoorShot Put 15.62m2009 BIG EAST ChampionshipWeight Throw 18.76m2009 BIG EAST ChampionshipOutdoorShot Put 14.35m2009 Purdue Mike Poehlein InvitationalDiscus Throw 40.40m2009 Arizona State InvitationalHammer Throw 56.32m2009 Purdue Dave Rankin Invitational


Student-Athletes

Dame Invitational with a time of 8:24.59 … posted atime of 14:24.28 in the 5,000 meters at the MeyoInvitational, good for ninth place … finished fifth in the5,000 meters (14:26.77) and 11th in the 3,000 meters(8:23.34) at the BIG EAST Indoor Championships … ranboth the 10,000 meters and 5,000 meters at the BIGEAST Outdoor Championships, placing sixth and 15th,respectively.

AS A FRESHMAN: Competed in six cross countrymeets for the Irish … was the top Irish finisher at theNational Catholic Championship, finishing second in24:50 in his collegiate debut … followed that with a16th-place finish at the Notre Dame Invitational with atime of 24:19 … finished 99th in 24:27 at the Pre-National Meet … ran the BIG EAST Championshipcourse in 24:45 to finish 32nd … had a 79th-placeshowing at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional meet witha time of 32:55 … finished 223rd at the NCAAChampionship with a time of 32:39 … opened the indoortrack season with a sixth-place finish in the mile at theNotre Dame Indoor Opener, clocking in at 4:20.71 …ran the 3,000m at the Notre Dame Invitational in8:27.55 to finish second … finished 10th in he 5,000m atthe BIG EAST Championships in 14:30.52 … alsofinished 16th with a 3,000-meter time of 8:27.50 …recorded a time of 14:30.40 in the 5,000m to finish 13that the Alex Wilson Invitational … opened the outdoorseason with a seventh-place showing in the 5,000m at theStanford Invitational, clocking in at 14:22.79 … finishedseventh in the 10,000-meter run with a time of 30:18.06at the BIG EAST Championship … also finished 11thwith a time of 15:01.49 in the 5,000m..

HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL: Eight-timeletterwinner in track & field and cross country at DexterHigh School (Mich.) … was the Michigan statechampion in the 1600m and the 3200m his senior season… two-time 3200m regional champion (2006 and 2007),along with conference champion in the event his seniorseason … was conference and regional champion in cross

country in 2005 … earned all-conference and all-statehonors in both cross country and track & field eachseason in final three years … was two-time MVP in track(2006, 2007) and cross country MVP in 2005 … earnedAll-America honors in 2006 and 2007 in the 3200m atthe Nike Indoor National meet … member of theNational Honor Society … born June 12, 1989 in AnnArbor, Mich. … son of Kathy and Dale Jackson … hasone younger sister, Laura … majoring in managementconsulting.

DanielJackson


DistanceAnn Arbor, Mich.

Dexter

AS A SOPHOMORE: Cross country and distancerunner … finished 34th at the Notre Dame Invitational,completing the circuit in 24:26 … placed 137th at thePre-NCAA meet in Terre Haute, Ind., posting a 25:55time … finished 18th at the BIG EAST Cross CountryChampionships (25:08) … came in 28th with a time of32:10 at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional in WestLafayette, Ind. … posted the second best time on the teamat the NCAA Championships, finishing in 74th with atime of 30:52 … finished third in the 5,000 meters at theBlue and Gold Invitational, the first indoor track meet ofthe year … finished fourth in the mile at the Notre DameIndoor Opener (4:15.25) … placed second behindteammate Patrick Smyth in the 3,000 meters at the Notre

Cross Country ResultsNotre Dame Invitational 34thPre-National Meet 137thBIG EAST Championship 18thGreat Lakes Regional 28thNCAA Championship 74th

Career Track BestsIndoorMile 4:20.712008 Notre Dame Indoor Opener3,000m 8:23.342009 BIG EAST Championship5,000m 14:24.282009 Meyo InvitationalOutdoor5,000m 14:30.402008 Alex Wilson Invitational10,000m 30:18.062008 BIG EAST Championship

AS A SOPHOMORE: Ran cross country anddistance events … finished sixth overall in the NationalCatholic Championships held at Notre Dame, posting atime of 25:20 … placed 91st in the Notre DameInvitational (25:02) … ran distance during the track

season, placing third in the 3,000 meters in the firstindoor race of the season, the Blue and Gold Invitational… finished fourth behind three teammates in the 1,000meters at the Notre Dame Indoor Opener (2:29.08) …placed sixth in the mile at the Notre Dame Invitationalwith a time of 4:13.46 … ran the mile in 4:11.02 at theMeyo Invitational, good for a tenth place finish … posteda 4:09.37 mile at the Alex Wilson Invitational … placedfifth in section five of the 1,500 meters at the StanfordInvitational (3:52.77) … finished eighth in the 1,500meters at the Hillsdale Relays … finished ninth in the1,500 meters at the BIG EAST Outdoor Championships… ran the 1,500 meters in 3:54.88 at the Georgia TechInvitational (24th place).

AS A FRESHMAN: Finished second in the 1,000min a time of 2:28.53 at the Blue and Gold Invitational …ran the mile in 4:14.96 at the Notre Dame Invitationalto finish ninth … finished 36th in the 800m at the MeyoInvitational in 1:54.58 … clocked in at 4:18.38 in themile at the Alex Wilson Invitational to finish 23rd …opened the outdoor season with a fifth-place finish in the1,500m at the Mike Poehlein Invitational … finishedfourth in 1:56.39 in the Spartan Invitational 800-meterrun … ran the 800m at the Eastern Michigan Invitationalin 1:55.45 to finish seventh … closed out the season witha 16th-place showing in the 800m at the HillsdaleRelays, clocking in at 1:54.34.

HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL: Three-sportand 11-time letterwinner (track & field, cross countryand soccer) at Upland High School (Calif.) … holds theUpland 800m record … two-time conference championin the 800m during last two seasons of track and field …named cross country MVP and track and field MVP bothjunior and senior seasons … named soccer team MVPjunior year … led as team captain in last three seasons fortrack and field and cross country … soccer team captain

senior season … played with Arsenal Soccer Club andwas member of team that won two NationalChampionships (2004, 2005) … member of CaliforniaScholastic Federation … member of Solar Boat Club …born March 9, 1989 in Pomona, Calif. … son of ColleenCooper and Juan Gamboa … second youngest of fivesiblings … majoring in IT Managmeent.

RyanGamboa


DistanceUpland, Calif.

Upland

2008 Cross Country ResultsNational Catholic Championship 6thNotre Dame Invitational92ndPre-National Meet

217th

Career Track BestsIndoor800m 1:54.582008 Meyo Invitational1,000m 2:28.532007 Blue and Gold MeetMile 4:11.022009 Meyo Invitational3,000m 8:33.442009 Blue and Gold MeetOutdoor800m 1:53.212009 Ole Miss Invitational1,500m 3:52.302009 BIG EAST Championship


AS A SOPHOMORE: Established himself onthe cross country team … placed 15th in his firstcross country meet of the season, the NationalCatholic Championships, with a time of 25:47 …completed the Notre Dame Invitational in 25:10 tofinish 101st … posted a time of 25:24 for a fourthplace finish at the Pre-NCAA meet in Terre Haute,Ind. … finished 29th at the BIG EAST CrossCountry Championships (25:29) … completed thecourse at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional in 32:41to finish 57th … ran at the NCAA Championships,

finishing 185th and helping the Irish finish 19th in thenation … ran distance during the track season andwas part of a 1-2-3-4-5 finish for the Irish in the5,000 meters at the Blue and Gold Invitational …finished ninth in the mile at the Notre Dame IndoorOpener with a time of 4:22.21 … finished fourth inthe 3,000 meters at the Notre Dame Invitational(8:27.40) … ran the 5,000 meters at the MeyoInvitational, finishing tenth with a time of 14:24.90 …participated in both the 5,000 and 3,000 meters at theBIG EAST Indoor Championships, finishing tenthand 20th, respectively … placed fifth in the 5,000meters at the Stanford Invitational (14:17.48) …finished 16th in the 5,000 meters at the BIG EASTOutdoor Championships.

AS A FRESHMAN: Competed in the 5,000meters at three outdoor meets for the Irish … finished14th at the Stanford Invitational in 14:56.54 …clocked in at 15:01.80 for a fifth-place finish at theEastern Michigan Invitational … finished 18th in15:25.00 at the Hillsdale Relay.

HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL: Eleven-time letterwinner in cross country and indoor andoutdoor track & field at Hononegah High School inRockton, Ill. … three-time conference champion incross country and indoor and outdoor track & fieldhis sophomore, junior and senior seasons … wascrowned the regional champion his junior season …found success his freshman outdoor season on thetrack with a regional championship … 3200m indoortrack & field state champion in 2005 andconsecutively finished in the runner-up position in2006 and 2007 … earned all-conference honors 11

RyanJacobs


DistanceRoscoe, Ill.Hononegah

JustinSchneider

6-3 • JuniorMulti-EventsAtlanta, Ga.

Greater AtlantaChristian

AS A SOPHOMORE: Multi-event specialist whoearned all-BIG EAST honors in the decathlon … wonthe 60-meter hurdles at the Blue and GoldInvitational with a time of 8.48, while also placingfourth in the pole vault (4.35m) and third in the longjump (6.66m) … finished 14th in both the long jumpand shot put at the Indiana Opener … picked up asecond place finish in the 60-meter hurdles at theNotre Dame Indoor Opener, while also finishing fifth

in pole vault and tenth in shot put … placed tenth inthe 60-meter hurdles with a time of 8.85 and fourthin the long jump with a jump of 6.56m at the NotreDame Invitational … won the heptathlon at the FinlayOpen Multi-Event, recording 5,061 points … ran inthe 60 meter preliminaries and finished 26th in thelong jump at the Meyo Invitational … finished fourthin the heptathlon at the BIG EAST IndoorChampionships … posted a 6.46m long jump at theAlex Wilson Invitational to finish seventh … placed15th in the 110-meter hurdles at the first outdoormeet of the year, the Arizona State Invitational, whilealso finishing 25th in discus and 11th in javelin …came in second in the decathlon at the Mt. SACRelays … earned all-BIG EAST honors in thedecathlon at the BIG EAST Outdoor Championships,finishing second with 6,842 points.

AS A FRESHMAN: Earned his first all-BIGEAST honors with a second-place finish in theheptathlon at the BIG EAST Indoor Championshipsand a second-place finish in the decathlon at theoutdoor meet … competed in the long jump in fivemeets, garnering five top-10 finishes, including asecond-place showing at the Notre Dame Invitational… won the high jump at the Blue and GoldInvitational … had three top-eight performances inthe 60-meter hurdles … finished 12th in the shot putat both the Blue and Gold Invitational and the NotreDame Indoor Opener … in the 110-meter hurdles,finished fifth at the Spartan Invitational and 25th atthe Georgia Tech Invitational … finished fifth in the400m at the Eastern Michigan Invitational and 41st atthe Georgia Tech Invitational … finished eighth in the1,000m with a time of 2:33.25 at the Notre DameIndoor Opener … also finished eighth in the javelin atthe Georgia Tech Invitational with a mark of 54.75m(179-7) … recorded a vault of 4.25m (13-11 1/2) tofinish 29th in the pole vault at the Meyo Invitational

… also finished 38th in the 60m in 7.53 … finished11th in the 200m in 23.09 at the Spartan Invitational… ran the 800m at the Notre Dame Invitational in1:55.71 to finish 13th … finished third in theheptathlon at the Akron Open with 5,034 points …also competed in the Jim Click Shootout decathlon,earning 6,810 points.

HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL: Five-sportand twelve-time letterwinner at Greater AtlantaChristian High School in Norcross (Ga.) … four-timeregional and state champion in track and field(4x400m, two-time 800m and 1600m) … earned all-conference honors in last three seasons … holds fourschool records in the 4x100m, 4x400m, 800m and thehigh jump … was named Great Atlanta ChristianMost Valuable Runner junior and senior years …nabbed Sorts Champion of Greater Atlanta honors hissenior season … finished 11th at the Nike OutdoorNationals in the 800m his junior season … member ofthe National Honor Society … served at student bodypresident his senior year … born Oct. 6, 1988 inMilwaukee, Wis. … son of Duhi and FredricSchneider … youngest of three children … brother,Johann, played baseball at Harvard … grandfather,Fredric, played basketball at the University ofWisconsin … majoring in design.

Career Track BestsIndoorHeptathlon 5,233 points2009 BIG EAST ChampionshipOutdoorDecathlon 6,973 points2009 Mt. SAC Relays

times (four cross country, three indoor, four outdoor)… was named all-state his final three seasons in bothindoor and outdoor track and field … was a two-timeall-state honoree in cross country (2005, 2006) …holds two school records in the 1600m (4:22outdoor/4:25 indoor) and the 3200m (9:10outdoor/9:16 indoor) … born Dec. 23, 1988 inRockford, Ill. … son of Anita and Jeff Jacobs … theoldest of three children … father, Jeff, was an All-American in both track and field and cross country atthe University of Illinois … enrolled in the MendozaCollege of Business.

2008 Cross Country ResultsNational Catholic Championship 15thNotre Dame Invitational 103rdPre-National Meet 161stBIG EAST Championship 29thGreat Lakes Regional 57thNCAA Championship 185th

Career Track BestsIndoor3,000m 8:27.402009 Notre Dame Invitational5,000m14:24.90 2009 Meyo InvitationalOutdoor5,000m 14:17.482009 Stanford Invitational


Student-Athletes

AS A SOPHOMORE: Sprinter who moved tohurdles during outdoor season … picked up a second-place finish in the 200 meters at the season-openingBlue and Gold Invitational … won the 60 meters atthe Notre Dame Indoor Opener (7.02) … finishedthird in both the 60 meters (6.98) and the 200 meters(22.09) at the Notre Dame Invitational … finishedthird in the 200 meters at the Indiana Invitational

with a time of 22.12 … ran the 200 meters in 21.93to finish tenth at the Meyo Invitational, while alsofinishing fifth in the 300 meters with a time of 34.79… earned all-BIG EAST honors with a second-placefinish (21.79) in the 200 meters at the league indoormeet … also ran a 6.98 60-meter preliminary time …opened the outdoor season with a 16th-place 200-meter finish (22.07) at the Arizona State Invitational… clocked in at 10.86 to finish 22nd in the 100meters at Ole Miss … wrapped up the season byscoring points for the Irish with a fourth-placefinishes in the 100 meters (10.73) and 200 meters(21.64) at the BIG EAST Outdoor Championships.

AS A FRESHMAN: Won the first four events ofhis collegiate career … took first in the 200m in 21.90at the Blue and Gold Invitational … finished first inthe 60m in 6.93 at the Notre Dame Indoor Opener… won the 60m in 6.87 and the 200m in 21.75 at theNotre Dame Invitational … finished 10th in the 60min 6.97 at the Indiana Relays … scored points for theIrish with a fifth-place 200-meter finish at the BIGEAST Championship, clocking in at 21.98 … openedthe outdoor season with a seventh-place finish in the400m at the Arizona State Invitational with a time of49.22 … ran the 200m at the Mike PoehleinInvitational in 22.31 to finish third … finished seventhin the Ole Miss Invitational 100-meter dash, crossingthe line in 10.69 … ran preliminary times of 10.91 inthe 100m and 21.94 in the 200m at the BIG EASTChampionships.

HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL: Comes toNotre Dame from Hungary where he was a standoutsprinter, earning many national championships inmultiple age groups … was the national champion inthe 100 and 200 meters in both 2006 and 2007 inHungary … currently sits as a Hungary nationalrecord holder in the 4x400-meter relay … bornMarch 13, 1987 in Budapest, Hungary … son ofMarta and Miklos Szebeny … has one older sister,Dora … enrolled in the Mendoza College of Businessas a finance major.

MiklosSzebeny


Telki, HungarySecondary School of

Piarist Fathers

Career Track BestsIndoor60m 6.872008 Notre Dame Invitational200m 21.652009 BIG EAST ChampionshipOutdoor100m 10.662009 BIG EAST Championship200m 21.512009 BIG EAST Championship400m 49.222008 Arizona State Invitational

AS A SOPHOMORE: Distance and crosscountry runner who picked up his first career crosscountry win at the National Catholic Championships… won the National Catholic Championships with atime of 24:54 … finished 43rd at the Notre DameInvitational, posting a time of 24:32 … finished 101stat the Pre-NCAA Race in Terre Haute, Ind., taking24:55 to complete to the circuit … finished 17th atthe BIG EAST Cross Country Championships (25:07)… placed 67th at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional,helping the Irish move on to the NCAA

Championships … ran the NCAA Championships in32:23, finishing 189th and helping the Irish finish19th in the nation … also ran distance during thetrack season … finished fourth in the 5,000 meters atthe Blue and Gold Invitational (14:33.72) … won the3,000 meters at the Notre Dame Indoor Opener(8:37.10) … ran the mile in 4:14.76 to finish eighthat the Notre Dame Invitational … was the top finisherfor the Irish in the Ryan Shay 3,000 Meter Run atthe Meyo Invitational, with a time of 8:25.55 goodfor 21st … finished 13th in the 3,000 meters at theBIG EAST Indoor Championships … ran the 3,000meters in 8:15.02 at the Alex Wilson Invitational …ran the 1,500 meters at the Hillsdale Relays, placing23rd … finished seventh in the 5,000 meters at theBIG EAST Outdoor Championships … concluded hisseason by finishing 13th in the 5,000 meters at theGeorgia Tech Invitational.

AS A FRESHMAN: Competed in four crosscountry meets for the Irish … finished third – thesecond-best finish for Notre Dame – in his collegiatedebut in 24:53 at the National CatholicChampionships … ran the Notre Dame Invitational in24:36 to finish 34th … finished 240th in 26:00 at thePre-National Meet … ran the BIG EASTChampionship course in 25:18 to finish 51st …opened the indoor track season with a seventh-placefinish in the mile at the Notre Dame Indoor Opener,clocking in at 4:21.19 … ran the 3,000m at the NotreDame Invitational in 8:32.71 to finish fourth …finished 16th in the 5,000m at the Alex WilsonInvitational with a time of 15:03.28 … ran the 3,000-meter steeplechase during the outdoor season …finished 15th at the Stanford Invitational in 9:29.70 …clocked in at 9:54.94 to finish eighth at the EasternMichigan Invitational.

HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL: Earned 11letters in three different sports (cross country - three,indoor track - four, outdoor track – four) while atUnionville High School in Kennett Square, Pa. … was

a three-time cross country and outdoor track andfield champion … earned all-conference honors aswell as all-state honors in cross country (2006),indoor track (2006, 2007) and outdoor track (2006,2007) … is current record holder in the 1,600 and3,200 meters, as well as member of record-holdingteams in the 4x800-meter relay and the distancemedley relay at Unionville … named an indoor All-American in the 5,000 meters as well as an outdoorAll-American in the two mile … born June 12, 1988in Lake Forest, Ill. … son of Joan and Kent Springer… has two younger siblings … majoring in marketing.

PaulSpringer


DistanceKennett Square, Pa.

Unionville

2008 Cross Country ResultsNational Catholic Championship 1stNotre Dame Invitational 43rdPre-National Meet 101stBIG EAST Championship 17thGreat Lakes Regional 67thNCAA Championship 189th

Career Track BestsIndoorMile 4:14.762009 Notre Dame Invitational3,000m 8:25.312009 BIG EAST Championship5,000m 14:33.722008 Blue and Gold MeetOutdoor1,500m 4:01.68Purdue Mike Poehlein Invitational5,000m 14:25.472009 BIG EAST Championship3,000m Steeplechase9:29.70 2008 Stanford Invitational


AS A SOPHOMORE: Thrower who specializedin shot put during outdoor season … opened theseason by recording a 14.87m weight throw at theBlue and Gold Invitational … placed fourth in shotput at the Indiana Opener, posting a throw of 16.58m… placed in the top-five in both the shot put (4th,15.19m) and weight throw (5th, 15.94m) at theNotre Dame Indoor Opener … finished second in theshot put at the Notre Dame Invitational, with his17.20m throw falling .03m shy of teammate JohnBelcher … placed fifth in shot put at the IndianaInvitational with a throw of 16.58m … finished

second in the shot put at the Meyo Invitational byposting a 17.24m throw … placed fourth in the shotput at the BIG EAST Outdoor Opener (17.53m) …placed in the top-ten in the shot put and weightthrow at the Alex Wilson Invitational … finished sixthin the shot put at the Arizona State Invitational …recorded 16.28m throw in shot put at the DaveRankin Track and Field Invitational at Purdue, goodfor fourth place … finished seventh in shot put at theBIG EAST Outdoor Championships.

AS A FRESHMAN: Opened the indoor seasonwith a toss of 15.88 meters (52-1 1/4) and a third-place finish in the shot put at the Blue and GoldInvitational … finished ninth in the weight throw atthe Notre Dame Indoor Opener with a mark of13.10 meters (42-11 3/4) … also finished second inthe shot put with a throw of 16.51 meters (54-2) …recorded a toss of 16.20 meters (53-1 3/4) to finishsecond in the shot put at the Notre Dame Invitational… also finished 10th in the weight throw with a markof 14.20 meters (46-7 1/4) … finished 10th in theshot put at the Indiana Relays with a throw of 16.71meters (54-10) … recorded a mark of 16.04 meters(52-7 1/2) to finish eighth in the shot put at theMeyo Invitational … also finished 17th in the weightthrow … earned his first all-BIG EAST indoor honorwith a second-place shot put finish at the leaguemeet, recording a mark of 17.12 meters (56-2) … alsofinished 16th in the weight throw … finished fifth andsixth in the weight throw (14.65m) and shot put(16.24m), respectively, at the Alex Wilson Invitational… opened the outdoor season with an eighth-placefinish in the shot put at the Arizona State Invitational,recording a toss of 15.88 meters (52-1 1/4) … alsofinished 25th in the hammer throw … finished secondin the shot put with a throw of 16.84 meters (55-3)at the Mike Poehlein Invitational … finished fourth inthe shot put (15.88m) and 10th in the hammer throw(47.83m) at the Ole Miss Invitational … recordedthrows of 15.53 meters (50-11 1/2) in the shot putand 46.03 meters (151-0) in the hammer throw at the

Eastern Michigan Invitational … finished sixth in theshot put with a mark of 16.05 meters (52-8) …garnered his first all-BIG EAST outdoor honor witha third-place finish in the shot put … recorded a markof 17.05 meters (55-11 1/4) … closed out the seasonwith a 15.67-meter (51-5) mark and a ninth-placefinish in the shot put at the Georgia Tech Invitational

HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL: Seven-time letterwinner in track & field and football atRiverside High School in Ellwood City (Pa.) …earned all-state honors in the shot put as a senior …holds the school and county shot-put record of 60-10… was a three-time conference and regionalchampion and undefeated in 2005, 2006 and 2007 …state shot-put runner-up as a junior and senior …earned MVP honors in back-to-back seasons as ajunior and senior on the track and field team … wasnamed first-team all-conference in football in 2005and 2006 on the defensive line as well as for theoffensive line in 2006 … member of the NationalHonor Society and served on the student council …born March 13, 1989 in Ellwood City, Pa. … son ofSheri and Mark Veres … has one older sister, Chelsy… majoring in finance.

DenesVeres


Ellwood City, Pa.Riverside

Career Track BestsIndoorShot Put 17.53m2009 BIG EAST ChampionshipWeight Throw 16.84m2009 Indiana RelaysOutdoorShot Put 17.05m2008 BIG EAST ChampionshipDiscus Throw 41.72m2009 Purdue Mike Poehlein InvitationalHammer Throw 51.38m2009 Purdue Mike Poehlein Invitational

AS A FRESHMAN: Had an immediate impactas a middle distance runner and in relays … made hisNotre Dame debut in the 1,000 meters at the Blueand Gold Invitational, placing fifth with a time of2:29.99 … finished fifth in the mile at the NotreDame Indoor Opener (4:16.74) … placed ninth in the800 meters at the Notre Dame Invitational with atime of 1:54.41 … ran the 800 meters in 1:54.31 atthe Findlay Open Multi-Event to finish fourth …placed eighth in the 1000 meters at the MeyoInvitational (2:27.30) … was part of the 4x800 meterrelay team that picked up a fourth place finish at theprestigious Drake Relays … earned all-BIG EASThonors on the 4x800 meter relay team by finishingthird at the BIG EAST Outdoor Championships.

HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL: Six-time letterwinner in track and field and soccer atWheaton Warrenville South … was named all-conference, all-sectional and all-state as a junior andsenior … two-time conference champion … holds apersonal-best time of 1:53.56 in the 800 meters and50.0 in the 400 meters … also owns a second degreeblack belt in Hapkido … was named to the ChicagoSun Times all-area soccer team in 2006 and 2007 …was a member of the National Honor Society, FrenchHonor Society, Sons of the American Revolution andthe Athletic Leadership Council … from same highschool as former Irish runner Mike Popejoy … son ofRichard and Christine Babb … has two brothers …grandfather, Joseph Temborius, graduated from NotreDame in 1950 and his great-uncle, Jerry Timko,graduated in 1955 … father ran cross country andtrack at the University of Illinois … brother, J.J., runsfor North Central College … enrolled in theMendoza College of Business.

RandallBabb

6-6 • SophomoreMiddle Distance

Wheaton, Ill.Warrenville South Career Track Bests

Indoor800m 1:53.292009 Wilson Invitational1,000m 2:27.302009 Meyo InvitationalOutdoor800m 1:50.662009 Georgia Tech Invitational


Student-Athletes

AS A FRESHMAN: Thrower who focusedon shot put during outdoor season … madeNotre Dame debut at the Blue and GoldInvitational, recording a weight throw of14.39m … participated in shot put and weightthrow at the Indiana Opener … finished secondin the shot put at the Notre Dame IndoorOpener with a throw of 16.79m while alsoplacing tenth in the weight throw … recordeda shot put of 16.16m at the Notre DameInvitational, placing fourth … finished sixth inthe shot put at the Indiana Invitational(16.23m) … participated in both the shot putand weight throw at the Meyo Invitational …placed sixth in shot put (16.39m) at the BIGEAST Indoor Championships … concludedindoor season by finishing seventh and eighth inthe shot put and hammer throw, respectively, atthe Alex Wilson Invitational … picked up aseventh place finish in shot put at the ArizonaState Invitational … recorded a shot put of15.71m, good for sixth place at Purdue’s DaveRankin Track and Field Invitational … won theshot put at the Hillsdale Relays with a throw of16.30m … finished eighth in shot put at theBIG EAST Outdoor Championships … placedfifth in shot put at the Georgia Tech Invitational(17.05m) … recorded a throw of 16.35m at theNCAA Mideast Regionals.

HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL:Three-year letterwinner in track and field at St.John’s Jesuit … conference champion in theshot put as a junior … named all-conferene andall-city as a junior and senior … earned all-statehonors as a senior … member of the NationalHonor Society and Christian Service … fromthe same area as former Irish baseball playerTom Kraus and attended the same high schoolas current basketball player Zach Hillesland …son of Stanley and Paula Hills … has twoyounger brothers … cousin, Kelsey Hills, playsvolleyball for Baldwin-Wallace … majoring inmathematics.

AndrewHills

6-0 • SophomoreThrows

Toledo, OhioSt. John’s Jesuit

AS A FRESHMAN: Focused primarily oncross country … made his Irish debut at theNational Catholic Championships, finishing39th … placed 45th at the BIG EAST CrossCountry Championships, helping the Irish to asecond place finish … won the mile in his firsttrack meet at Notre Dame, recording a 4:16.25time at the Blue and Gold Invitational …finished second in the 1,000 meters at theNotre Dame Indoor Opener, posting a time of2:25.59 … placed third in the mile at the NotreDame Invitational (4:08.19) … ran the mile in4:07.03 at the Meyo Invitational, finishingsecond … finished sixth in the mile at the BIGEAST Indoor Championships … posted a4:06.74 mile time at the Alex WilsonInvitational, finishing 18th … ran on NotreDame’s 4x1 600-meter relay at the DrakeRelays in Des Moines, Iowa, earning a thirdplace finish … placed 14th in the 1,500 metersat the NCAA Mideast Regionals.

HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL:Eleven-time letterwinner in cross country, trackand hockey at Rosemount … earned All-America honors after finishing third in the mileat the Nike Outdoor Nationals with a time of4:07 … conference champion in the 800 metersor 4x800-meter relay as a sophomore, juniorand senior … 4x400-meter relay team won the

regional championship during his sophomore,junior and senior seasons … also won the 800-meter regional title as a sophomore … holdsschool records in the 4x400 relay, DMR, SMR,4x800 relay, 4x1600 relay, 1600 meters and3200 meters … also holds the conferencerecord in the 800-meter run … from same areaas current Irish soccer player Chris Sutton andcurrent Irish football player Michael Floyd …member of the German National HonorSociety … born Dec. 21, 1989 … son of Jeffreyand Christine Carlson … has two brothers …enrolled in the College of Arts & Letters.

JordanCarlson

5-9 • SophomoreCross Country/

DistanceInver Grove Heights,

Minn./Rosemount

2008 Cross Country ResultsNational Catholic Championship 40thNotre Dame Invitational Gold Race 157thBIG EAST Championship 45th

Career Track BestsIndoor1,000m 2:25.592009 Notre Dame Indoor OpenerMile 4:07.032009 Meyo InvitationalOutdoor800m 1:52.652009 Ole Miss Invitational1,500m 3:47.372009 BIG EAST Championship

Career Track BestsIndoorShot Put 16.79m2009 Notre Dame Indoor OpenerWeight Throw 15.46m2009 Meyo InvitationalOutdoorShot Put 16.05m2009 BIG EAST ChampionshipDiscus Throw 40.94m2009 Ole Miss InvitationalHammer Throw 45.33m2009 Purdue Mike Poehlein Invitational


AS A FRESHMAN: Part of a group oftalented young throwers who displayed greatpotential during first season … placed fourth inthe weight throw at his first meet, the Blue andGold Invitational … finished tenth at theIndiana Opener with a weight throw of 16.65m… used a weight throw of 16.78m to finish fifthat the Notre Dame Invitational … placed tenthin the weight throw at the BIG EAST IndoorChampionships … recorded a hammer throw of52.07m at the Dave Rankin Track and FieldInvitational in West Lafayette, Ind., finishingeighth … finished 13th in hammer throw at theHillsdale Relays (52.03m) … placed 15th at theBIG EAST Outdoor Championships with ahammer throw of 48.21m.

HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL:Three-time All-American … finished second inthe weight throw at the 2008 Nike IndoorNationals with a toss of 70-9 (21.58m) …finished fourth at the 2008 NSIC … was fourthin the hammer throw at the 2007 JuniorOlympics … only competed in one year of highschool track and field … was the freshmancounty champion in the shot put … competedwith club team, Throw 1 Deep … is an EagleScout … born April 19, 1990 in Atlanta, Ga. …son of Tommy and Karen Gormley … has oneolder brother … enrolled in the MendozaCollege of Business.Mitchell

Gormley

6-0 • SophomoreThrows

Lawrenceville, Ga.Brookwood

AlexKorenstra


New Paris, Ind.Fairfield

AS A FRESHMAN: Focused on distance …finished fourth in the 400 meters with a time of49.57 at the Blue and Gold Invitational …placed seventh in the 400 meters at the NotreDame Indoor Opener (49.97) … picked up asixth place finish at the Notre DameInvitational, running the 400 meters in 49.69 …placed 12th in the 300 meters at the MeyoInvitational, posting a time of 35.16, while alsofinishing 26th in the 400 meters … ran the 400meters in 49.28 at the Dave Rankin Track andField Invitational in West Lafayette, Ind., goodfor a fifth place finish … placed fourth in the 40meters at the Hillsdale Relays (48.50).

HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL: Ten-time letterwinner in track and field, football andbasketball at Fairfield … track team was confer-ence champions all four years of his high schoolcareer … three-time regional and two-time statequalifier … was named all-conference 10 times… also named all-state … finished sixth in the400 meters at the state meet … was also a two-time football all-conference selection … memberof the National Honor Society, church worshipband and concert and show choir … born June6, 1989 in Goshen, Ind. … son of Bruce andSandra Korenstra … youngest of three children… dad played football at Anderson University …enrolled in the Mendoza College of Business.

Career Track BestsIndoorWeight Throw 16.90m2009 Indiana RelaysOutdoorHammer Throw 52.07m2009 Purdue Dave Rankin Invitational

Career Track BestsIndoor400m 49.202009 Meyo InvitationalOutdoor400m 48.502009 Hillsdale Relays

omore and junior … set school records as part ofthe 4x800-meter relay, distance medley relay andmile relay teams … also set freshman records inthe 800, 1600 and 3200 meters … from the samearea as former Irish baseball player Tom Krausand attended the same high school as currentbasketball player Zach Hillesland and currentIrish runner Andrew Hills … member of theNational Honor Society … son of Jerry andRuth Miller … one of eight children … familymembers Rick Anderson (’78), Gerry Anderson(’80) and Laura Miller (’08) graduated fromNotre Dame … born Nov. 5, 1989 … majoringin psychology.


Student-Athletes

2008 Cross Country ResultsNational Catholic Championship 2ndNotre Dame Invitational 44thPre-National Meet 47thBIG EAST Championship 14thGreat Lakes Regional 20thNCAA Championship 134th

Career Track BestsIndoor800m 1:57.382009 Notre Dame Indoor OpenerMile 4:15.152009 BIG EAST Championship3,000m 8:31.472009 Meyo InvitationalOutdoor3,000m Steeplechase 9:18.942009 BIG EAST Championship

Career Track BestsIndoor400m 47.652009 Notre Dame Invitational500m 1:04.152009 Notre Dame Indoor Opener600m 1:20.062009 Indiana OpenOutdoor400m 47.522009 Arizona State Invitational800m 1:51.412009 Purdue Mike Poehlein Invitational

JoeMiller


DistanceBowling Green, Ohio

St. John’s Jesuit

AS A FRESHMAN: Cross country anddistance runner who displayed great potentialfrom the outset of the cross country season …picked up a second place finish in his first crosscountry race at Notre Dame, recording a timeof 24:58 at the National CatholicChampionships … finished 44th at the NotreDame Invitational with a time of 24:32 …posted a time of 24:25 at the Pre-NCAA meetin Terre Haute, Ind., good for 47th … earnedall-BIG EAST honors by running the circuit in25:00 at the BIG EAST Cross CountryChampionships to finish 14th … placed 20th atthe NCAA Great Lakes Regional, with his timeof 32:01 helping the Irish move on to theNCAA Championships … placed 134th at theNCAA Championships, posting a time of 31:26… ran the mile in his first Irish track meet,placing fourth with a time of 4:18.12 at theBlue and Gold Invitational … placed 12th in themile at the Notre Dame Invitational … posteda time of 8:31.47 in the Ryan Shay 3,000 MeterRun at the Meyo Invitational, finishing 25th.

HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL:Four-year letterwinner in cross country and trackand St. John’s Jesuit … won the 1600 meters atthe Midwest West Meet of Champions … fin-ished 12th in the mile at the Nike OutdoorNationals … conference champion in cross coun-try and track as a junior and senior … regionaltrack champion as a senior … named all-confer-ence in cross country and track for all four yearsof high school … named to the all-city crosscountry team four times and all-city track teamtwice … named cross country all-state as a soph-

JordanRincon

5-10 • SophomoreMiddle DistanceLas Vegas, Nev.Spring Valley

AS A FRESHMAN: Opened his freshmancampaign with a first-place finish in the 400meters at the Blue and Gold Invitational, clock-ing in at 48.34 … also won the 400 meter title atthe Notre Dame Invitational with a time of47.65 … earned all-BIG EAST honors with asecond-place 400-meter finish at the leagueindoor meet (47.96) … opened the outdoor sea-son with a seventh-place 400-meter finish at theArizona State Invitational (47.52) … closed outthe season with a preliminary time of 48.71 atthe BIG EAST Outdoor Championships

HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL:Four-time track and field letterwinner at SpringValley … three-time conference, regional andstate champion … earned all-state honors as ajunior and senior … member of the GreatSouthwest champion 4x800-meter relay team …set school and regional records in the 400 meters… was the senior class treasurer and sports editorof the school newspaper … born July 31, 1990 inTucson, Ariz. … son of Melissa Bozek … has oneyounger sister.


HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL: Ten-time letterwinner in cross country, track and fieldand soccer at Shenendehowa … was a memberof the national champion mile relay team as ajunior … set school records in the outdoor 800meters (1:53.06), indoor SMR (3:31.06) andoutdoor DMR (10:07.6) … missed the mile relaynational indoor record by 0.14 seconds … is aseven-time conference and regional champion …holds three state titles … edged out two otherracers to win the 800-meter state title by 0.07seconds … was named all conference and all-cityon seven occasions … earned three all-state hon-ors … was a member of the National HonorSociety and was the German Club president …son of Joseph and Catherine Suriano … has oneyounger sister … majoring in environmental sci-ence.

HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL:Seven-time letterwinner in track and field, soc-cer and football at Bishop Dwenger … was thetrack and field Gatorade Indiana Player of theYear … won the Midwest Meet of Championswith a vault of 16-9 (5.11m) … set a school andregional record with a 17-0 (5.18m) vault … fin-ished fourth at the USA Junior NationalChampionships … was the conference championas a junior and the regional champion as a soph-omore and senior … earned all-state and all-con-ference honors … member of the NationalHonor Society … born Aug. 5, 1989 in FortWayne, Ind. … son of Donald and Janet Schipper… one of nine children … older brother Matt isa junior pole vaulter for the Irish … enrolled inthe Mendoza College of Business.

KevinSchipper

6-0 • SophomorePole VaultLeo, Ind.

Bishop Dwenger

AS A FRESHMAN: Opened a successfulfreshman campaign with a second-place polevault finish and a mark of 4.80m at the Blue andGold Meet … won the pole vault title at theNotre Dame Indoor Opener after clearing aheight of 4.95m … set a personal-best height of5.27m at the Indiana Relays, earning a second-place finish … earned his first all-BIG EASThonor with a second-place pole vault finish anda mark of 5.10m at the league’s indoor contest… opened the outdoor season with the polevault crown at the Arizona State Invitational(5.15m) … capped off the season with a point-scoring fourth-place finish and a height of 4.95mat the BIG EAST Outdoor Championship

ZacSuriano

6-2 • SophomoreMiddle Distance

Clifton Park, N.Y.Shenendehowa

AS A FRESHMAN: competed in three meetsduring the indoor season … ran the 1,000 metersat the Blue and Gold Invitational in a time of2:31.99 to finish seventh … finished seventh inthe 800 meters with a time of 1:57.03 at theNotre Dame Indoor Opener … closed out hisseason at the Notre Dame Invitational, finishing16th in the mile in 4:26.72.

Career Track BestsIndoorPole Vault 5.27m2009 Indiana RelaysOutdoorPole Vault 5.15m2009 Arizona State Invitational

Career Track BestsIndoor800m 1:57.032009 Notre Dame Indoor Opener1,000m 2:31.992008 Blue and Gold InvitationalMile 4:26.722009 Notre Dame Invitational


Student-Athletes

AlexBavis


Fort Wayne, Ind./Bishop Dwenger

HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL:Three-sport standout in track, football andbasketball and Bishop Dwenger … four-timeall-conference pick in track and field … namedall-city as a senior … selected as team captainand team MVP during senior track campaign …set high school record with a high jump markof 6-5 … also has a personal best time of 50.3in the 400 meters … was a forward on thebasketball squad and wide receiver with thefootball team … member of the NationalHonor Society and student government …attended same high school as current Irish polevaulters Matt Schipper and Kevin Schipper andfootball players Tyler Eifert and John Goodman… son of Chuck and Carol Bavis … has oneyounger brother, Jordan … father, Chuck, playedbasketball at Purdue … enrolled in First Year ofStudies.

TedGlasnow


Newhall, Calif./William S. Hart\

Union

HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL: Six-time letterwinner in track and football at WilliamS. Harr Union … two-time track conferencechampion … all-conference and all-city selectionas a junior and senior … team MVP and teamcaptain as a senior … competed at the JuniorOlympics … from same area as former Irish foot-ball player Chris Frome … son of Greg andDonna Glasnow … has one younger brother,Tyler … enrolled in First Year of Studies


JeffMacMillan

5-6 • FreshmanCross Country/Middle Distance

Mattawan,Mich./Mattawan

HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL:Eight-time letterwinner in cross country andtrack and field at Mattawan … conference andregional track champion as a junior and senior… also a conference and regional cross countrychampion during senior season … named to theall-state cross country team as a junior andsenior … also an all-state track selection as asenior … three-time all-conference and all-citycross country honoree … selected to the all-conference and all-city track team during juniorand senior campaigns … cross country and trackteam MVP as a junior and senior … three-timeteam captain … set conference record in the3200 meters … holds school records in the5,000 meters, 3200 meters, 1600 meters and4x800-meter relay … was the Division 2 crosscountry runner-up and 3200-meter staterunner-up … finished third in the 1600 metersat the Division 2 state finals … selected tocompete at the Midwest Meet of Champions …runner-up in the 3200 meters … NationalHonor Society vice president … son of Steveand Amy MacMillan … has one younger sister,Lindsay … enrolled in First Year of Studies

J.P.Malette


Windsor, Ontario/Assumption College Catholic

HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL:Standout cross country and track student-athlete at Assumption … All-Ontario selection… set the OFSAA 3,000-meter freshman/sophomore record … represented his nativeCanada in the World Cross CountryChampionships … attended same high school asformer Irish hockey player Wes O’Neill … sonof John and Renee Malette … one of fourchildren … enrolled in First Year of Studies


JeremyRae


Fort Erie,Ontario/Lakeshore Catholic

Student-Athletes

HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL:Cross country and track standout at LakeshoreCatholic … four-year track team captain …conference and regional champion as a juniorand senior … state champion during senior year… earned all-conference, all-city, all-state andall-Canadian honors as a senior … set the PennRelays high school mile record (4:08) … holdssix different city records … Canadian juniorindoor 1000-meter record holder (2:25.7) …represented Canada at the 2009 Pan Am JuniorGames in Trinidad … national high schoolindoor mile champion … Canadian junior 1500-meter champ … OFSAA 1500-meter champion… son of Wayne and Tereza Rae … enrolled inFirst Year of Studies

TrentSayers

5-10 • FreshmanCross Country/Middle

DistanceWhitby, Ontario/Sinclair

HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL:Cross country and track standout at Sinclair …holds the OFSAA (Ontario Federation ofSchool Athletic Associations) 800-meter record… member of the World Youth team andCommonwealth Youth World team … from thesame area as current Irish track freshmen J.P.Malette and Jeremy Rae … son of Jeff and LisaSayers … one of three children … enrolled inFirst Year of Studies

AnthonyThomas

5-11 • FreshmanThrows

Roosevelt, N.Y./Holy Trinity

HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL: Six-time letterwinner in track and football at HolyTrinity … four-time track conference champion… won the regional and state championships asa senior … earned All-America honors afterwinning the 2008 AAU National ClubChampionship as a junior … all-conference andall-state selection as a senior … team MVPduring sophomore and senior campaigns …selected as track team captain as a senior … setschool discus record with a mark of 182-5 …member of the National Honor Society andNational Society of High School Scholars …attended the same high school as current Irishmen’s lacrosse player Sean Rogers … son ofAnthony and Momie Thomas … one of twochildren … enrolled in First Year of Studies

Season in Review

Mary Saxer became Notre Dame’s first women’s pole vault All-

American in 2009, earning the honor during both the indoor

and outdoor seasons. She also won two BIG EAST titles,

setting new conference championship records along the way.


2008 Men’sCross Country Results

Valparaiso National Notre Dame Pre-National BIG EAST Great Lakes NCAAs

Invite Catholic Invite Regional

Sept. 5 Sept. 19 Oct. 3 Oct. 18 Oct. 31 Nov. 15 Nov. 24

SENIORS

Daniel Clark 141st (25:35)^ 36th (25:38) 30th (32:12) 152nd (31:37)

Kevin McFadden 13th (20:19)

Patrick Smyth 5th (23:36) 4th (23:38) 2nd (23:58) 1st (31:06) 10th (29:48)

Kevin Veselik 5th (19:48) 2nd (25:30)% 42nd (25:50)

JUNIORS

Jake Walker 102nd (25:02) 13th (24:58) 44th (32:29) 185th (32:14)

SOPHOMORES

Spencer Carter 11th (20:11) 21st (26:01) 128th (25:23)

Ryan Gamboa 6th (25:20) 92nd (25:02) 217th (25:55)

Kyle Higdon 21st (20:42) 11th (28:15)* 41st (26:52)

Dan Jackson 34th (24:26) 137th (25:09) 18th (25:08) 28th (32:10) 74th (30:52)

Ryan Jacobs 15th (25:47) 103rd (25:10) 161st (25:24) 17th (25:07) 67th (32:55) 185th (32:14)

Thomas Noel 25th (20:49) 5th (27:06)* 6th (25:48)%

Paul Springer 1st (24:54) 43rd (24:32) 101st (24:55) 17th (25:07) 67th (32:55) 189th (32:23)

FRESHMEN

Jordan Carlson 40th (26:33) 157th (25:49)^ 45th (25:51)

William Cernanec 12th (20:11)

Kelly Lynch 6th (19:52) 27th (26:15) 12th (26:06)%

Joe Miller 2nd (24:58) 44th (24:32) 47th (24:25) 14th (25:00) 20th (32:01) 134th (31:26)

Thomas Pesch 1st (26:52)* 20th (26:17)%

Trevor Waliszewski 14th (20:20) 46th (26:58)

TEAM 2nd of 5 2nd of 33 6th of 25 11th of 41 2nd of 14 4th of 28 19th of 21

47 points 45 points 217 points 401 points 64 points 28 points 446 points

* - indicates National Catholic Championship JV finish; ^ - indicates Notre Dame Invitational Gold Division finish; % - indicates Notre Dame Invitational Open Finish

All races 8,000 meters except Crusader Invitational (6,000 meters), NCAA Great Lakes Regional and NCAA Championship (10,000 meters)


2008 Women’sCross Country Results

Valparaiso National Notre Dame Pre-National BIG EAST Great Lakes NCAAs

Invite Catholic Invite Regional

Sept. 5 Sept. 19 Oct. 3 Oct. 18 Oct. 31 Nov. 15 Nov. 24

SENIORS

Becca Bauman 7th (18:35) 6th (18:16) 105th (18:10) 131st (22:09) 46th (21:59) 68th (22:47) 189th (22:15)

Heidi Rocha 43rd (21:52) 31st (22:04) 129th (21:42)

Morgan Schulz 5th (18:26)%

Emily Wauford 8th (18:39) 10th (18:24) 99th (18:06) 159th (22:26) 60th (22:19)

JUNIORS

Lindsey Ferguson 2nd (17:54) 1st (17:31) 17th (17:04) 26th (21:01) 13th (20:58) 10th (21:29) 99th (21:24)

Molly Sullivan 14th (19:17) 33rd (19:07) 3rd (18:17)%

Beth Tacl 4th (18:20) 11th (18:24) 83rd (17:49) 147th (22:18) 45th (21:55) 36th (22:07) 204th (22:53)

SOPHOMORES

Theresa Cattuna 5th (18:30) 112th (18:13)^ 50th (22:06)

Abby Higgins 11th (19:06) 7th (18:18) 81st (17:48) 108th (22:00) 39th (21:43) 49th (22:28) 193rd (22:32)

Elizabeth McMahon 9th (18:49) 2nd (18:14)%

Alexis Nordine 34th (20:26)

Marissa Treece 1st (17:42) 2nd (17:53) 38th (17:19) 40th (21:13) 20th (21:16) 14th (21:40) 122nd (21:38)

Erica Watson 19th (19:32) 2nd (19:00)* 9th (18:47)%

FRESHMEN

Sarah Anderson 4th (19:46)* 40th (19:52)%

Gena Bleyer 18th (18:54)%

Katie Drueen 46th (20:15)

Molly Hirt 20th (18:45) 165th (18:57)^

Kari Johnson 3rd (19:09)* 7th (18:31)%

Alissa Ott 1st (18:58)* 21st (18:57)%

Stephanie Socias 16th (18:52)%

Susanna Sullivan 19th (18:57)%

Rachel Velarde 5th (18:11) 54th (17:34) 115th (22:03) 34th (21:36) 34th (22:06) 155th (21:42)

TEAM 1st of 6 1st of 35 11th of 23 13th of 39 6th of 16 4th of 34 29th of 31

19 points 21 points 272 points 240 points 149 points 125 points 689 points

* - indicates National Catholic Championship JV finish; ^ - indicates Notre Dame Invitational Gold finish; % - indicates Notre Dame Invitational Open Finish

All races 6,000 meters except Crusader Invitational (4,000 meters), National Catholic Championship and Notre Dame Invitational (5,000 meters)


2009 Track &Field Results

2009 MEN’S TOPOUTDOOR MARKS

100 Meters1. Miklos Szebeny 10.662. Miklos Szebeny 10.733. Miklos Szebeny 10.78


400 Meters1. Jordan Rincon 47.522. Jordan Rincon 48.133. Billy Buzaid 48.14

800 Meters1. Blake Choplin 1:49.852. Jack Howard 1:49.913. Blake Choplin 1:50.02

1,500 Meters1. Daniel Clark 3:45.112. Jordan Carlson 3:47.373. Jake Walker 3:51.81

5,000 Meters1. Patrick Smyth 13:39.502. Ryan Jacobs 14:17.483. Paul Springer 14:25.47

10,000 Meters1. Patrick Smyth 28:25.852. Jake Walker 30:46.053. Dan Jackson 30:52.85

110-Meter Hurdles1. Justin Schneider 15.61

400-Meter Hurdles1. Balazs Molnar 51.372. Balazs Molnar 51.793. Balazs Molnar 51.86

3,000-Meter Steeplechase1. Joe Miller 9:18.942. Kelly Lynch 9:23.433. Thomas Noel 10:06.61

4x100-Meter Relay1. Notre Dame 41.35

4x400-Meter Relay1. Notre Dame 3:11.02


4x1,600-Meter Relay1. Notre Dame 16:44.95

High Jump 1. Blair Majcina 2.05m2. Doug Onuscheck 2.00m3. Justin Schneider 1.99m

2009 MEN’S TOPINDOOR MARKS

60 Meters1. Miklos Szebeny 6.962. Miklos Szebeny 6.983. Tyrell Atkins 7.00


400 Meters1. Jordan Rincon 47.652. Jordan Rincon 47.783. Jordan Rincon 47.96

500 Meters1. Billy Buzaid 1:02.822. Billy Buzaid 1:03.353. Billy Buzaid 1:03.45

800 Meters1. Blake Choplin 1:49.252. Jack Howard 1:50.403. Blake Choplin 1:50.41

1,000 Meters1. Blake Choplin 2:22.732. Daniel Clark 2:24.733. Jim Notwell 2:25.16

Mile1. Jordan Carlson 4:06.742. Daniel Clark 4:07.023. Daniel Clark 4:07.63

3,000 Meters1. Patrick Smyth 8:01.562. Patrick Smyth 8:09.433. Daniel Clark 8:14.26

5,000 Meters1. Patrick Smyth 13:59.012. Patrick Smyth 14:00.073. Patrick Smyth 14:21.39

60-Meter Hurdles1. Justin Schneider 8.482. Patrick Coughlin 8.72


High Jump1. Blair Majcina 2.08m2. Blair Majcina 2.06m3. Blair Majcina 2.05m

Pole Vault1. Matt Schipper 5.35m2. Kevin Schipper 5.27m3. Matt Schipper 5.27m

Long Jump1. Eric Quick 7.40m2. Eric Quick 7.27m3. Eric Quick 7.13m

Triple Jump1. Eric Quick 15.09m

Shot Put1. John Belcher 17.71m2. Denes Veres 17.53m3. Denes Veres 17.24m

Weight Throw1. Greg Davis 18.76m2. Greg Davis 18.26m3. Jeff Mensch 18.24m

Heptathlon1. Justin Schneider 5,233 points

2009 WOMEN’S TOPINDOOR MARKS

60 Meters1. Natalie Geiger 7.772. Natalie Geiger 7.793. Natalie Geiger 7.86

200 Meters1. Joanna Schultz 24.422. Joanna Schultz 24.673. Natalie Geiger 24.96

400 Meters1. Joanna Schultz 53.702. Joanna Schultz 53.723. Joanna Schultz 54.02

500 Meters1. Natalie Johnson 1:12.072. Natalie Johnson 1:12.223. Natalie Johnson 1:13.44

800 Meters1. Kelly Langhans 2:08.242. Kelly Langhans 2:09.543. Natalie Johnson 2:10.97

1,000 Meters1. Abby Higgins 2:50.552. Abby Higgins 2:54.593. Molly Sullivan 2:56.39

Mile1. Marissa Treece 4:51.932. Lindsey Ferguson 4:55.233. Molly Hirt 5:01.98

3,000 Meters1. Lindsey Ferguson 9:31.872. Lindsey Ferguson 9:33.553. Marissa Treece 9:41.00

5,000 Meters1. Heidi Rocha 16:55.612. Marissa Treece 16:59.61

60-Meter Hurdles1. Kali Watkins 8.722. Kali Watkins 8.753. Kali Watkins 8.77



Distance Medley Relay1. Notre Dame 11:26.18

High Jump1. Maddie Buttinger 1.75m

Pole Vault1. Mary Saxer 4.15m2. Mary Saxer 4.07m3. Mary Saxer 4.06m

Long Jump1. Maddie Buttinger 5.58m2. Mary Saxer 5.57m3. Jaime Minor 5.49m

Triple Jump1. Jaime Minor 11.64m

Shot Put1. Anna Weber 14.47m2. Jaclyn Espinoza 14.42m3. Anna Weber 14.36m

Weight Throw1. Anna Weber 19.50m2. Anna Weber 19.39m

Pentathlon1. Maddie Buttinger 3962 points

Balazs Molnar finished fourth in the 400-meter hurdles atthe BIG EAST Outdoor Championships, before his 15th-place performance at the NCAA Outdoor Regional meet.


Pole Vault1. Matt Schipper 5.30m2. Kevin Schipper 5.16m2. Matt Schipper 5.16m

Long Jump1. Eric Quick 7.45m

Triple Jump1. Eric Quick 15.42m2. Eric Quick 15.12m

Shot Put1. John Belcher 16.87m2. Denes Veres 16.42m2. Andrew Hills 16.05m

Discus Throw1. John Belcher 46.38m2. Denes Veres 41.72m3. Jeff Mensch 41.62m

Javelin1. Justin Schneider 53.52m2. Tray Morgan 51.25m

Hammer Throw1. Jeff Mensch 58.79m2. Greg Davis 57.52m3. Jeff Mensch 55.00m

Decathlon1. Justin Schneider 7308 points

2009 WOMEN’S TOPOUTDOOR MARKS

200 Meters1. Joanna Schultz 24.372. Natalie Geiger 24.79

400 Meters1. Joanna Schultz 53.122. Joanna Schultz 53.323. Joanna Schultz 53.60

800 Meters1. Kelly Langhans 2:07.462. Kelly Langhans 2:08.343. Kelly Langhans 2:10.58

1,500 Meters1. Marissa Treece 4:27.702. Marissa Treece 4:29.113. Lindsey Ferguson 4:29.24

5,000 Meters1. Heidi Rocha 16:58.212. Heidi Rocha 17:01.003. Marissa Treece 17:08.21

10,000 Meters1. Beth Tacl 36:04.892. Erica Watson 36:10.073. Emily Wauford 37:31.57

100-Meter Hurdles1. Kali Watkins 14.102. Kali Watkins 14.163. Kali Watkins 14.17

400-Meter Hurdles1. Joanna Schultz 59.702. Joanna Schultz 60.41

3,000-Meter Steeplechase1. Lindsey Ferguson 10:15.232. Lindsey Ferguson 10:23.103. Lindsey Ferguson 10:26.10



High Jump1. Maddie Buttinger 1.73m

Pole Vault1. Mary Saxer 4.30m2. Mary Saxer 4.20m3. Jessica Sullivan 3.65m

Long Jump1. Maddie Buttinger 5.58m2. Jasmine Williams 5.57m3. Jaime Minor 5.49m

Triple Jump1. Jaime Minor 12.01m2. Jaime Minor 11/86m

Shot Put1. Anna Weber 14.82m2. Jaclyn Espinoza 14.37m3. Rudy Atang 14.17m

Discus Throw1. Jaclyn Espinoza 52.55m2. Jaclyn Espinoza 52.10m3. Jaclyn Espinoza 51.52m

Javelin1. Elise Knutzen 46.54m2. Elise Knutzen 44.93m

Hammer Throw1. Anna Weber 61.20m2. Anna Weber 59.03m

Heptathlon1. Maddie Buttinger 5158 points

2008-09 Meet-by-Meet Results

BLUE AND GOLDINVITATIONAL

DECEMBER 5, 2008NOTRE DAME, IND.Women’s 200 Meters

4. Kali Watkins 26.376. Sasha Blanchard 26.78

Women’s 400 Meters1. Joanna Schultz 54.852. Natalie Geiger 57.304. Tiffany Tibbot 59.15

Women’s 500 Meters1. Cora Dayon 1:15.172. Natalie Johnson 1:15.665. Nicole Yergler 1:19.59

Women’s 800 Meters1. Kelly Langhans 2:12.082. Elizabeth Myers 2:14.983. Allison Schroeder 2:19.764. Dominique Taylor 2:25.76

Women’s 1000 Meters3. Gena Bleyer 3:03.706. Alyssa Ott 3:12.02

Women’s Mile1. Molly Hirt 5:05:282. Elizabeth McMahon 5:05.493. Molly Sullivan 5:08.665. Grace Brier 5:37.76

Women’s 3000 Meters1. Heidi Rocha 10:00.312. Theresa Cattuna 10:10.703. Erica Watson 10:13.165. Kari Johnson 10:24.486. Emily Wauford 10:24.997. Stephanie Socias 10:38.9210. Adrienne Pastula 11:02.43

Women’s 60-Meter Hurdles1. Sasha Blanchard 9.142. Maddie Buttinger 9.303. Kali Watkins 9.98

Women’s 4x400 Meter Relay1. Notre Dame “A” 3:51.682, Notre Dame “B” 4:00.77

Women’s High Jump1. Maddie Buttinger 1.75m

Women’s Pole Vault1. Mary Saxer 4.00m2. Jessica Sullivan 3.55m3. Ann Polcari 3.25m

Women’s Long Jump1. Maddie Buttinger 5.30m2. Jaime Minor 5.24m3. Jasmine Williams 5.09m

Women’s Triple Jump1. Jaime Minor 11.01m

Women’s Weight Throw1. Anna Weber 18.31m6. Rudy Atang 13.65m

Men’s 60 Meters3. Chandler Brooks 7.188. Alex Gannon 7.429. Ronnie Kadykowski 7.45

Men’s 200 Meters2. Miklos Szebeny 22.534. Nick Tammerine 22.759. Ryan Sheehan 23.2110. Sean Reed 23.2512. Alex Gannon 23.5513. Ronnie Kadykowski 23.86

Men’s 400 Meters1. Jordan Rincon 48.344. Alex Korenstra 49.578. Ryan Sheehan 51.6011. Sean Reed 52.25

Lindsey Ferguson earned all-BIG EAST honors with a third-place finish in the women’s 3,000-meter steeplechase atthe league’s outdoor meet.



Men’s 800 Meters4. Justin Schneider 1:56.81

Men’s Pole Vault4. Matt Schipper 4.90mT7. Kevin Schipper 4.70m

Men’s Long Jump2. Eric Quick 7.13m14. Justin Schneider 5.26m

Men’s Shot Put4. Denes Veres 16.58m7. Andrew Hills 15.80m14. Justin Schneider 11.90m

Men’s Weight Throw10. Mitchell Gormley 16.65m13. Denes Veres 15.27m18. Andrew Hills 14.00m

NOTRE DAME INDOOR OPENERJANUARY 16, 2009NOTRE DAME, IND.

Women’s 60-Meter2. Joanna Schultz 7.864. Natalie Geiger 7.979. Kali Watkins 8.1011. Sasha Blanchard 8.28

Women’s 200 Meters1. Joanna Schultz 24.673. Natalie Geiger 25.187. Maddie Buttinger 26.099. Natalie Johnson 26.34

Women’s 400 Meters2. Natalie Johnson 56.863. Cora Dayon 58.255. Samantha Williams 59.086. Tiffany Tibbot 1:00.02

Women’s 500 Meters4. Elizabeth Myers 1:17.285. Allison Schroeder 1:17.59

Women’s 800 Meters5. Dominique Taylor 2:25.77

Women’s 1000 Meters2. Abby Higgins 2:54.593. Molly Sullivan 2:56.394. Molly Hirt 3:03.44

Women’s Mile1. Marissa Treece 5:02.963. Rachel Velarde 5:06.857. Theresa Cattuna 5:07.618. Heidi Rocha 5:10.089. Becca Bauman 5:11.0110. Gena Bleyer 5:16.3012. Emily Wauford 5:19.1715. Stephanie Socias 5:22.9119. Alissa Ott 5:33.3120. Kari Johnson 5:34.76

Women’s 3000 Meters2. Beth Tacl 9:57.495. Elizabeth McMahon 10:26.266. Erica Watson 10:28.3212. Grace Brier 11:06.2513. Analisa Sandoval 11:13.4314. Adrienne Pastula 11:19.18

Women’s 60-Meter Hurdles1. Alyissa Hasan 8.717. Maddie Buttinger 9.309. Sasha Blanchard 9.32

Women’s 4x400 Meter Relay3. Notre Dame “B” 4:09.41

Women’s Pole Vault1. Mary Saxer 4.06m3. Ann Polcari 3.25m

Men’s 500 Meters1. Billy Buzaid 1:04.754. Matthew Brown 1:05.755. Jim Notwell 1:06.1010. Max Cruz 1:09.70

Men’s 800 Meters1. Johnathan Shawel 1:55.82

Men’s 1000 Meters1. Blake Choplin 2:27.482. Kevin Labus 2:28.473. Cameron Eckert 2:29.154. Jack Howard 2:29.325. Randall Babb 2:29.996. Mitch Lorenz 2:31.077. Zac Suriano 2:31.998. Terrance Egan 2:33.3811. Michael Farmer 2:39.08

Men’s Mile1. Jordan Carlson 4:16.253. Spencer Carter 4:18.084. Joe Miller 4:18.12

Men’s 3000 Meters1. Daniel Clark 8:14.262. Patrick Smyth 8:28.473. Ryan Gamboa 8:33.44

Men’s 5000 Meters1. Patrick Smyth 14:21.392. Jake Walker 14:23.343. Dan Jackson 14:33.364. Paul Springer 14:33.725. Ryan Jacobs 14:35.397. Thomas Noel 15:39.8612. Kyle Higdon 16.19.71

Men’s 60-Meter Hurdles1. Justin Schneider 8.48

Men’s 4x400 Meter Relay1. Notre Dame “A” 3:19.672. Notre Dame “B” 3:19.963. Notre Dame “C” 3:19.986. Notre Dame “E” 3:25.038. Notre Dame “D” 3:31.46

Men’s High Jump1. Blair Majcina 2.06m3. Doug Onuscheck 1.86m

Men’s Pole Vault1. Matt Schipper 4.95m2. Kevin Schipper 4.80m3. Tray Morgan 4.50m4. Justin Schneider 4.35m5. Andrew Kolbeck 4.20m


Men’s Triple Jump1. Eric Quick 14.42m

Men’s Weight Throw2. Greg Davis 17.71m4. Mitchell Gormley 16.74m5. John Belcher 15.69m6. Jeff Mensch 15.64m8. Denes Veres 14.87m9. Andrew Hills 14.39m

INDIANA OPENERJANUARY 10, 2009

BLOOMINGTON, IND.Women’s 200 Meters

3. Joanna Schultz 25.1026. Kalie Watkins 26.99

Women’s 400 Meters5. Joanna Schultz 56.29

Women’s 600 Meters1. Kelly Langhans 1:33.472. Natalie Johnson 1:34.657. Allison Schroeder 1:36.76

Women’s 60-Meter Hurdles7. Kalie Watkins 9.00


Women’s Pole Vault1. Mary Saxer 4.00m15. Ann Polcari 3.35m

Women’s Shot Put7. Anna Weber 14.00m21. Maddie Buttinger 10.31m

Women’s Weight Throw2. Anna Weber 19.18m

Men’s 200 Meters10. Chandler Brooks 22.8620. Sean Lindbloom 23.4424. Sean Reed 23.75

Men’s 400 Meters7. Alex Korenstra 50.8015. Sean Reed 54.06

Men’s 600 Meters1. Jordan Rincon 1:20.062. Billy Buzaid 1:20.46

Joanna Schultz earned her first All-America honor in2009 with an eighth-place finish in the women’s 400meters at the NCAA Indoor Championships.


Women’s Long Jump1. Maddie Buttinger 5.37m2. Jaime Minor 5.34m5. Jasmine Williams 5.16m


Women Shot Put1. Jaclyn Espinoza 13.16m7. Rudy Atang 12.23m8. Alyissa Hasan 12.01m12. Maddie Buttinger 10.32m

Women Weight Throw2. Anna Weber 19.36m12. Rudy Atang 12.36m

Men’s 60 Meters1. Miklos Szebeny 7.023. Tyrell Atkins 7.166. Eric Quick 7.267. Sean Lindbloom 7.29

Men’s 200 Meters4. Tyrell Atkins 22.715. Chandler Brooks 22.8513. Nick Tammerine 23.5214. Sean Lindbloom 23.5515. Ronnie Kadykowski 23.8617. Ryan Sheehan 24.13

Men’s 400 Meters2. Billy Buzaid 49.127. Alex Korenstra 49.9710. Edward Hitchler 50.3016. Ryan Sheehan 52.68

Men’s 500 Meters1. Jordan Rincon 1:04.152. Balazs Molnar 1:04.523. Jack Howard 1:05.305. Cameron Eckert 1:05.597. Matthew Brown 1:06.3912. Max Cruz 1:08.67

Men’s 800 Meters1. Kevin Labus 1:53.005. Johnathan Shawel 1:54.466. Spencer Carter 1:55.257. Zac Suriano 1:57.038. Joe Miller 1:57.38

Men’s 1000 Meters1. Daniel Clark 2:24.732. Jordan Carlson 2:25.593. Jim Notwell 2:27.784. Ryan Gamboa 2:29.08

Men’s Mile3. Blake Choplin 4:15.244. Dan Jackson 4:15.255. Randall Babb 4:16.749. Ryan Jacobs 4:22.2117. Thomas Noel 4:30.5918. Thomas Pesch 4:31.7221. Kyle Higdon 4:42.22

Men’s 3000 Meters1. Paul Springer 8:37.104. Kelly Lynch 8:40.63

Men’s 60-Meter Hurdles2. Justin Schneider 8.734. Patrick Coughlin 8.80

Men’s 4x400 Meter Relay1. Notre Dame “A” 3:16.55

Men’s High Jump2. Doug Onuscheck 1.96m3. Justin Schneider 1.96m

Men’s Pole Vault1. Kevin Schipper 4.95m2. Matt Schipper 4.65m4. Andrew Kolbeck 4.35m

5. Justin Schneider 4.35m6. Brian Mahon 4.20m7. Jim Merchun 4.20m

Men’s Long Jump1. Eric Quick 7.00m

Men’s Shot Put1. John Belcher 16.86m2. Andrew Hills 16.79m4. Denes Veres 15.19m6. Greg Davis 14.65m10. Justin Schneider 11.88m

Men’s Weight Throw1. Greg Davis 17.71m5. Denes Veres 15.94m7. John Belcher 15.58m8. Jeff Mensch 15.09m10. Andrew Hills 14.14m

NOTRE DAME INVITATIONALJANUARY 23, 2009NOTRE DAME, IND.

Women’s 60 Meters2. Natalie Geiger 7.793. Joanna Schultz 7.865. Sasha Blanchard 8.19

Women’s 200 Meters1. Joanna Schultz 24.713. Natalie Geiger 24.966. Tiffany Tibbot 26.58

Women’s 400 Meters1. Joanna Schultz 54.714. Samantha Williams 58.096. Tiffany Tibbot 59.12

Women’s 500 Meters1. Natalie Johnson 1:13.443. Allison Schroeder 1:15.63

Women’s 800 Meters1. Kelly Langhans 2:09.543. Abby Higgins 2:11.976. Elizabeth Myers 2:15.0911. Taylor Dominique 2:24.6812. Alissa Ott 2:32.43

Women’s Mile4. Marissa Treece 4:58.7310. Molly Sullivan 5:08.2312. Molly Hirt 5:11.0913. Elizabeth McMahon 5:11.83

Women’s 3000 Meters4. Lindsey Ferguson 9:53.196. Beth Tacl 9:56.5511. Theresa Cattuna 10:13.4214. Emily Wauford 10:18.7015. Becca Bauman 10:21.6019. Erica Watson 10:35.3720. Stephanie Socias 10:44.2522. Kari Johnson 10:57.34

Women’s 60-Meter Hurdles1. Kali Watkins 8.834. Alyissa Hasan 9.026. Sasha Blanchard 9.197. Maddie Buttinger 9.25

Women’s 4x400 Meter Relay2. Notre Dame “A” 3:52.68


Women’s Pole Vault1. Mary Saxer 3.85m6. Jessica Sullivan 3.40m

Women’s Long Jump2. Mary Saxer 5.57m7. Jaime Minor 5.30m8. Jasmine Williams 5.24m

Women’s Triple Jump1. Jaime Minor 11.11m5. Jasmine Williams 10.64m

Women’s Shot Put1. Anna Weber 13.97m2. Jaclyn Espinoza 13.81m8. Rudy Atang 11.50m

Women’s Weight Throw1. Anna Weber 19.07m10. Rudy Atang 13.57m

Men’s 60 Meters3. Miklos Szebeny 6.985. Tyrell Atkins 7.058. Eric Quick 7.329. Sean Lindbloom 7.34

Men’s 200 Meters3. Miklos Szebeny 22.096. Tyrell Atkins 22.307. Chandler Brooks 22.5512. Nick Tammerine 23.1913. Sean Lindbloom 23.2714. Sean Reed 23.4516. Ronnie Kadykowski 23.74

Men’s 400 Meters1. Jordan Rincon 47.656. Alex Korenstra 49.69

Men’s 500 meters3. Billy Buzaid 1:03.454. Balazs Molnar 1:04.587. Matthew Brown 1:06.49

Men’s 800 Meters3. Jack Howard 1:50.844. Jim Notwell 1:51.997. Blake Coplin 1:53.618. Kevin Labus 1:53.77

Jeff Mensch won the 2009 BIG EAST Outdoor men’shammer throw title, the first individual conference crownof his career.



Men’s Weight Throw4. Greg Davis 17.74m9. Denes Veres 16.32m10. Mitchell Gormley 16.07m

Men’s High Jump9. Doug Onuscheck 1.95m

MEYO INVITATIONALFEBRUARY 6-7, 2009NOTRE DAME, IND.

Women’s 300 Meters1. Joanna Schultz 38.372. Natalie Geiger 39.51

Women’s 400 Meters2. Joanna Schultz 54.324. Natalie Geiger 55.2625. Samantha Williams 57.82

Women’s 500 Meters4. Allison Schroeder 1:15.399. Samantha Williams 1:16.38

Women’s 800 Meters6. Kelly Langhans 2:08.2418. Natalie Johnson 2:10.9723. Elizabeth Myers 2:12.5232. Allison Schroeder 2:14.9142. Abby Higgins 2:15.8345. Molly Sullivan 2:16.5061. Dominique Taylor 2:21.7764. Gena Bleyer 2:26.51

Women’s 1000 Meters2. Abby Higgins 2:50.9811. Molly Sullivan 2:56.4225. Gena Bleyer 3:02.89

Women’s Mile31. Molly Hirt 5:05.93

Women’s 3000 Meters7. Lindsey Ferguson 9:31.8712. Marissa Treece 9:47.0022. Theresa Cattuna 10:01.4940. Becca Bauman 10:23.4942. Stephanie Socias 10:27.0644. Keri Johnson 10:28.2956. Alissa Ott 10:41.71

Women’s 5000 Meters3. Heidi Rocha 17:20.3211. Beth Tacl 17:45.0812. Erica Watson 17:47.8017. Emily Wauford 17:53.77

9. Randall Babb 1:54.4111. Mitch Lorenz 1:55.4012. Cameron Eckert 1:57.0816. Max Cruz 2:01.5417. Michael Farmer 2:02.92

Men’s Mile2. Daniel Clark 4:07.633. Jordan Carlson 4:08.195. Spencer Carter 4:13.226. Ryan Gamboa 4:13.468. Paul Springer 4:14.7612. Joe Miller 4:20.7314. Kelly Lynch 4:23.6715. Johnathan Shawel 4:26.5016. Zac Suriano 4:26.72

Men’s 3000 Meters1. Patrick Smyth 8:09.432. Dan Jackson 8:24.594. Ryan Jacobs 8:27.4013. Thomas Pesch 9:03.3614. Thomas Noel 9:07.2416. Kyle Higdon 9:25.96

Men’s 60-Meter Hurdles7. Patrick Coughlin 8.7210. Justin Schneider 8.85



Men’s Pole Vault1. Matt Schipper 5.10m2. Kevin Schipper 4.80m4. Jim Merchun 4.35m7. Andrew Kolbeck 4.20m

Men’s Long Jump1. Eric Quick 7.08m4. Justin Schneider 6.56m11. Connor Paladino 5.73m

Men’s Triple Jump1. Eric Quick 14.41m5. Connor Paladino 12.09m

Men’s Shot Put1. John Belcher 17.23m2. Denes Veres 17.20m4. Andrew Hills 16.16m9. Greg Davis 14.26m

Men’s Weight Throw4. Greg Davis 16.93m5. Mitchell Gormley 16.78m7. John Belcher 16.65m8. Denes Veres 16.37m12. Andrew Hills 15.21m

FINDLAY OPEN MULTI-EVENTJANUARY 30-31, 2009FINDLAY, OHIOWomen’s Pentathlon

2. Maddie Buttinger 3, 693 pointsMen’s Heptathlon

1. Justin Schneider 5, 061 points

INDIANA INVITATIONALJANUARY 30-31, 2009BLOOMINGTON, IND.


Women’s 600 Meters1. Kelly Langhans 1:33.424. Allison Schroeder 1:35.33

Women’s 800 Meters1. Natalie Johnson 2:12.22

Women’s Mile2. Lindsay Ferguson 4:55.2316. Molly Sullivan 5:19.446. Abby Higgins 5:04.48

Women’s 3,000 Meters7. Molly Hirt 10:14.54

Women’s 60-Meter Hurdles4. Kali Watkins 8.81Women’s Pole Vault (Friday Competition)

6. Ann Polcari 3.20mWomen’s Pole Vault (Main Competition)

1. Mary Saxer 4.07mWomen’s Shot Put

3. Jaclyn Espinoza 14.01mWomen’s Weight Throw

1. Anna Weber 18.80mMen’s 200 Meters

3. Miklos Szebeny 22.125. Tyrell Atkins 22.34

Men’s 400 Meters2. Balazs Molnar 48.923. Jordan Rincon 48.985. Billy Buzaid 49.39

Men’s 600 Meters1. Jack Howard 1:20.333. Jim Notwell 1:20.76

Men’s 800 Meters1. Blake Choplin 1:51.104. Randall Babb 1:54.315. Jonathan Shawel 1:54.85Men’s Pole Vault (Friday Competition)

8. Jim Merchun 4.40m10. Andrew Kolbeck 4.25mMen’s Pole Vault (Main Competition)

T2. Matt Schipper 5.27mT2. Kevin Schipper 5.27m

Men’s Shot Put5. Denes Veres 16.58m6. Andrew Hills 16.23m7. John Belcher 16.11m

The Irish men won the BIG EAST Outdoor Championship crown for the second straight season in 2009, marking theseventh consecutive year that the Notre Dame men have won either the indoor or outdoor conference title.


Women’s 60-Meter Hurdles Preliminaries10. Kali Watkins 8.8826. Maddie Buttinger 9.3428. Sasha Blanchard 9.44

Women’s 60-Meter Hurdles Finals9. Kali Watkins 8.72

Women’s 4x400 Meter Relay1. Notre Dame 3:40.53


Women’s Pole Vault1. Mary Saxer 4.15m18. Jessica Sullivan 3.50m20. Annie Polcari 3.35m

Women’s Long Jump16. Maddie Buttinger 5.51m17. Jaime Minor 5.49m26. Jasmine Williams 5.09m27. Sasha Blanchard 5.06m

Women’s Triple Jump16. Jaime Minor 11.44m21. Jasmine Williams 10.41m

Women’s Shot Put9. Jaclyn Espinoza 13.63m19. Rudy Atang 12.20m


Men’s 60 Meters Preliminaries26. Miklos Szebeny 7.0029. Tyrell Atkins 7.07

Men’s 200 Meters10. Miklos Szebeny 21.9324. Tyrell Atkins 22.53

34. Nick Tammerine 23.0936. Sean Lindbloom 23.3337. Sean Reed 23.4138. Ronnie Kadykowski 23.62

Men’s 300 Meters5. Balazs Molnar 34.7912. Alex Korenstra 35.1626. Nick Tammerine 35.9735. Sean Lindbloom 36.8436. Ronnie Kadykowski 36.9237. Sean Reed 36.99

Men’s 400 Meters8. Jordan Rincon 47.7826. Alex Korenstra 49.2051. Edward Hitchler 50.83

Men’s 500 Meters1. Billy Buzaid 1:02.825. Jack Howard 1:04.4310. Cameron Eckert 1:04.9413. Matthew Brown 1:05.23

Men’s 800 Meters3. Jack Howard 1:50.4012. Jim Notwell 1:51.6718. Cameron Eckert 1:52.3521. Kevin Labus 1:52.7722. Johnathan Shawel 1:52.8525. Randall Babb 1:53.2941. Mitch Lorenz 1:55.7449. Brier Steenberge 1:58.2950. Max Cruz 1:58.3357. Michael Farmer 2:02.61

Men’s 1000 Meters7. Kevin Labus 2:27.238. Randall Babb 2:27.30

Men’s Mile2. Jordan Carlson 4:07.038. Spencer Carter 4:10.8810. Ryan Gamboa 4:11.02

Ryan Shay Men’s 3000 Meters Run21. Paul Springer 8:25.5525. Joe Miller 8:31.4744. Kelly Lynch 8:50.07

Men’s 5000 Meters1. Patrick Smyth 14:00.079. Dan Jackson 14:24.2810. Ryan Jacobs 14:24.90

Men’s 60 Meter Hurdles Preliminaries28. Justin Schneider 8.72



Men’s Pole Vault3. Matt Schipper 5.22m4. Kevin Schipper 5.12m20. Jim Merchun 4.57m22. Brian Mahon 4.42m



Men’s Shot Put2. Denes Veres 17.24m7. John Belcher 16.69m10. Andrew Hills 16.01m20. Greg Davis 15.02m

Men’s Weight Throw8. Greg Davis 17.92m11. Jeff Mensch 16.93m14. John Belcher 16.49m18. Denes Veres 16.09m22. Andrew Hills 15.46m

BIG EAST INDOORCHAMPIONSHIPS

FEBRUARY 21-22, 2009NEW YORK, N.Y.



Women’s Mile6. Marissa Treece 4:51.9312. Molly Hirt 5:01.98

Women’s 1,000 Meters6. Abby Higgins 2:50.55

Women’s 3,000 Meters8. Lindsey Ferguson 9:33.5514. Beth Tacl 9:51.42

Women’s 5,000 Meters12. Heidi Rocha 16:55.6115. Beth Tacl 17:07.7717. Theresa Cattuna 17:30.26

Women’s Distance Medley3. Notre Dame 11:26.18

Women’s 4 x 400 Meter Relay2. Notre Dame 3:39.21

Women’s 4 x 800 Meter Relay4. Notre Dame 8:57.46




Women’s Shot Put6. Jaclyn Espinoza 14.42m7. Anna Weber 14.36m17. Rudy Atang 12.83m


Women’s Pentathlon3. Maddie Buttinger 3,922 points

Men’s 200 Meters3. Miklos Szebeny 21.65

Men’s 200 Meters – Final5. Miklos Szebeny 21.98

Men’s 400 Meters2. Jordan Rincon 47.964. Balazs Molnar 48.31

Men’s 800 Meters5. Jack Howard 1:51.817. Cameron Eckert 1:53.21

Men’s Mile2. Daniel Clark 4:07.026. Jordan Carlson 4:10.46

Men’s 1,000 Meters4. Blake Choplin 2:22.736. Jim Notwell 2:;25.16

Men’s 3,000 Meters6. Patrick Smyth 8:15.9111. Dan Jackson 8:23.3413. Paul Springer 8:25.3120. Ryan Jacobs 8:38.24

Daniel Clark earned all-BIG EAST honors in the mile andthe 1,500 meters.



NCAA INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPSMARCH 14-15, 2008

FAYETTEVILLE, ARK.Women’s 400 Meters

8. Joanna Schultz 54.06Women’s Pole Vault

9. Mary Saxer 4.05mMen’s 3,000 Meters

8. Patrick Smyth 8:01.56Men’s Pole Vault

14. Matt Schipper NH

ARIZONA STATE INVITATIONALMARCH 27-28, 2009TEMPE, ARIZ.

Women’s 200 Meters7. Joanna Schultz 24.37



Women’s 100-Meter Hurdles7. Maddie Buttinger 15.08



Women’s Pole Vault1. Mary Saxer 4.00m

Women’s Long Jump14. Jaime Minor 5.21m15. Maddie Buttinger 5.13m

Women’s Shot Put7. Jaclyn Espinoza 14.05m

Women’s Discus Throw5. Jaclyn Espinoza 49.92m15. Anna Weber 44.90m

Women’s Hammer Throw4. Anna Weber 57.52m

Women’s Javelin Throw8. Elise Knutzen 42.68m


Men’s 400 Meters7. Jordan Rincon 47.5225. Billy Buzaid 49.92

Men’s 800 Meters9. Randell Babb 1:51.8211. Cameron Eckert 1:53.05


Men’s 400-Meter Hurdles3. Balazs Molnar 51.79

Men’s 4x400-Meter Relay5. Notre Dame 3:11.02

Men’s Pole Vault1. Kevin Schipper 5.15m4. Matt Schipper 5.05m



Men’s Discus Throw20. Jeff Mensch 41.09m22. Greg Davis 40.40m25. Justin Schneider 36.46m

Men’s 5,000 Meters2. Patrick Smyth 13:59.015. Dan Jackson 14:26.7710. Ryan Jacobs 14:30.67

Men’s Distance Medley3. Notre Dame 9:49.30

Men’s 4 x 400 Meter Relay2. Notre Dame 3:13.41

Men’s 4 x 800 Meter Relay4. Notre Dame 7:31.08

Men’s Pole Vault1. Matt Schipper 5.35m2. Kevin Schipper 5.10m11. Jim Merchun 4.50m12. Brian Mahon 4.50m




Men’s Weight Throw2. Greg Davis 18.76m4. Jeff Mensch 18.24m10. Mitchell Gormley 16.74m17. John Belcher 15.34m

Men’s Heptathlon4. Justin Schneider 5,233 points

ALEX WILSON INVITATIONALMARCH 6-7, 2009

NOTRE DAME, IND.Women’s 400 Meters

1. Joanna Schultz 53.70Women’s 800 Meters

19. Abby Higgins 2:12.2531. Dominique Taylor 2:19.59

Women’s Mile21. Molly Sullivan 5:02.9922. Molly Hirt 5:10.27

Women’s 3,000 Meters2. Marissa Treece 10:06.16

Women’s 5,000 Meters8. Lindsey Ferguson 17:04.369. Beth Tacl 17:07.4715. Becca Bauman 17:50.2516. Alissa Ott 17:56.0317. Kari Johnson 17:59.0118. Stephanie Socias 18:00.0119. Erica Watson 18:00.1720. Emily Wauford 18:38.49





Women’s Pentathlon2. Maddie Buttinger 3962 points

Men’s 400 Meters16. Billy Buzaid 48.6217. Edward Hitchler 48.93

Men’s 800 Meters2. Blake Choplin 1:49.2515. Kevin Labus 1:51:3619. Randall Babb 1:52.02

Men’s Mile18. Jordan Carlson 4:06.7423. Ryan Gamboa 4:09.3726. Spencer Carter 4:10.42

Men’s 3,000 Meters1. Patrick Smyth 7:56.6616. Paul Springer 8:15.02

Men’s High Jump8. Blair Majcina 2.05m





Men’s Weight Throw2. Greg Davis 18.26m5. John Belcher 16.37m7. Denes Veres 15.19m8. Andrew Hills 14.23m

Jordan Carlson finished fifth in the 1,500 meters at theBIG EAST Outdoor meet and qualified for the NCAAMideast Regionals as a freshman a year ago.


Men’s Hammer Throw9. Greg Davis 56.01m16. John Belcher 50.95m

Men’s Javelin Throw11. Justin Schneider 53.52m

STANFORD INVITATIONALMARCH 27-28, 2009PALO ALTO, CALIF.

Women’s 800 Meters – Section One1. Abby Higgins 2:10.84

Women’s 1500 Meters - Section Five7. Molly Sullivan 4:39.50

Women’s 3000-Meter Steeplechase9. Lindsey Ferguson 10:23.10Women’s 5000 Meters - Section Three

9. Heidi Rocha 17:01.4317. Marissa Treece 17:08.21

Women’s 5000 Meters17. Beth Tacl 17:43.04

Men’s 800 Meters – Section One7. Blake Choplin 1:51.07

Men’s 800 Meters – Section Two4. Jack Howard 1:51.34

Men’s 1000 Meters - Section Three3. Patrick Smyth 28:25.85

Men’s 1,500 Meters – Section Three9. Jordan Carlson 3:48.42

Men’s 1,500 Meters – Section Four5. Ryan Gamboa 3:52.77

Men’s 1,500 Meters – Section Five3. Spencer Carter 3:54.56

Men’s 5,000 Meters – Section Three5. Ryan Jacobs 14:17.48

Men’s 5,000 Meters – Section Four17. Paul Springer 14:51.24

PURDUE MIKE POEHLEININVITATIONALAPRIL 3-4, 2009

WEST LAFAYETTE, IND.Women’s 200 Meters

4. Natalie Geiger 24.797. Tiffany Tibbot 25.508. Maddie Buttinger 25.65

Women’s 400 Meters1. Natalie Geiger 56.344. Samantha Williams 58.436. Tiffany Tibbot 58.78

Women’s 800 Meters4. Lindsey Ferguson 2:15.985. Marissa Treece 2:16.826. Allison Schroeder 2:17.0111. Dominique Taylor 2:21.1212. Theresa Cattuna 2:21.55

Women’s 1500 Meters2. Lindsey Ferguson 4:29.244. Marissa Treece 4:33.178. Theresa Cattuna 4:42.019. Abby Higgins 4:42.3314. Elizabeth McMahon 4:49.3425. Molly Sullivan 4:59.91

Women’s 5000 Meters2. Beth Tacl 17:16.663. Molly Hirt 17:42.235. Alissa Ott 17:51.9710. Susanna Sullivan 18:25.2216. Analisa Sandoval 18:58.87

Women’s 10,000 Meters1. Erica Watson 36:48.612. Emily Wauford 37:31.573. Kari Johnson 37:36.38

Women’s 100-Meter Hurdles3. Kali Watkins 14.396. Maddie Buttinger 15.0313. Sasha Blanchard 16.32

Women’s 400-Meter Hurdles6. Sasha Blanchard 1:05.507. Nicole Yergler 1:05.919. Kali Watkins 1:07.46

Women’s 3000-Meter Steeplechase1. Becca Bauman 11:16.984. Stephanie Socias 11:36.64

Women’s 4x400-Meter Relay4. Notre Dame 3:56.89


Women’s Long Jump5. Jasmine Williams 5.56m9. Maddie Buttinger 5.30m10. Jaime Minor 5.26m18. Sasha Blanchard 4.90m


Women’s Shot Put3. Rudy Atang 14.17m4. Jaclyn Espinoza 14.01m



Women’s Javelin Throw1. Elise Knutzen 43.08m21. Maddie Buttinger 26.64

Men’s 100 Meters4. Tyrell Atkins 11.0310. Chandler Brooks 11.2718. Sean Lindbloom 11.57

Men’s 200 Meters7. Chandler Brooks 22.3510. Tyrell Atkins 22.7623. Sean Lindbloom 23.4233. Ronnie Kadykowski 23.76

Men’s 400 Meters11. Edward Hitchler 49.5812. Alex Korenstra 49.76

Men’s 800 Meters1. Jordan Rincon 1:51.412. Balazs Molnar 1:52.293. Kevin Labus 1:53.584. Randall Babb 1:53.79.7. Billy Buzaid 1:54.098. Mitch Lorenz 1:55.0211. Max Cruz 1:57.0919. Brier Steenberge 2:00.67

Men’s 1500 Meters1. Johnathan Shawel 3:54.867. Paul Springer 4:01.6821. Michael Farmer 4:20.91


Men’s 400-Meter Hurdles3. Matthew Brown 55.17

Men’s 3000-Meter Steeplechase1. Joe Miller 9:33.393. Kelly Lynch 9:39.824. Thomas Noel 10:01.6110. Kyle Higdon 10:30.18

Men’s 4x100-Meter Relay8. Notre Dame 43.81

Men’s 4x400-Meter Relay1. Notre Dame “A” 3:14.825. Notre Dame “B” 3:23.52

Men’s High Jump2. Blair Majcina 2.05m7. Justin Schneider 1.95m9. Doug Onuscheck

Men’s Pole Vault3. Matt Schipper 5.50m4. Kevin Schipper 5.05m10. Andrew Kolbeck 4.45m

Men’s Long Jump11. Connor Paladino 6.20m


Men’s Shot Put3. Denes Veres 16.40m4. John Belcher 16.33m5. Andrew Hills 15.78m12. Greg Davis 14.35m

Men’s Discus Throw3. John Belcher 45.48m14. Denes Veres 41.72m15. Jeff Mensch 41.62m24. Justin Schneider 37.71m

Men’s Hammer Throw5. Greg Davis 55.17m8. Denes Veres 51.38m12. Mitchell Gormley 50.80m14. Jeff Mensch 49.82m19. Andrew Hills 45.33m

Men’s Javelin Throw4. Tray Morgan 51.25m

OLE MISS INVITATIONALAPRIL 11, 2009OXFORD, MISS.Women’s 800 Meters

3. Abby Higgins 2:11.886. Marissa Treece 2:14.2617. Molly Hirt 2:18.6819. Dominique Taylor 2:19.5621. Molly Sullivan 2:21.50

Women’s 1500 Meters2. Marissa Treece 4:29.115. Molly Hirt 4:35.897. Elizabeth McMahon 4:43.6820. Molly Sullivan 4:51.29

Women’s 5000 Meters1. Heidi Rocha 17:15.513. Theresa Cattuna 17:32.527. Susanna Sullivan 18:17.27

Women’s 3000-Meter Steeplechase9. Alissa Ott 11:94.82

Women’s 100-Meter Hurdles6. Kali Watkins 14.1731. Sasha Blanchard 17.28

Women’s 400-Meter Hurdles9. Nicole Yergler 1:04.0015. Sasha Blanchard 1:06.9024. Kali Watkins 1:10.97

Women’s Long Jump13. Jasmine Williams 5.47m15. Jaime Minor 5.43m




Women’s Discus Throw1. Jaclyn Espinoza 51.21m

Women’s Shot Put9. Jaclyn Espinoza 14.39m


Men’s 100 Meters22. Miklos Szebeny 10.8626. Chandler Brooks 10.9828. Tyrell Atkins 10.91

Men’s 200 Meters48. Chandler Brooks 22.25

Men’s 400 Meters18. Edward Hitchler 48.9920. Billy Buzaid 49.1726. Alex Korenstra 49.5740. Cameron Eckert 50.59

Men’s 800 Meters1, Blake Choplin 1:49.852. Jack Howard 1:50.033. Randall Babb 1:51.304. Kevin Labus 1:51.525. Daniel Clark 1:51.967. Johnathan Shawel 1:52.248. Jordan Carlson 1:52.6511. Ryan Gamboa 1:53.2112. Spencer Carter 1:53.78

Men’s 1500 Meters2. Jake Walker 3:51.8114. Paul Springer 4:02.83

Men’s 3000-Meter Steeplechase1. Joe Miller 9:23.932. Kelly Lynch 9:29.23

Men’s 400-Meter Hurdles4. Balazs Molnar 52.6117. Matthew Brown 55.44

Men’s 4x100-Meter Relay8. Notre Dame 41.35

Men’s 4x400-Meter Relay4. Notre Dame “A” 3:12.6510. Notre Dame “B” 3:16.17


Men’s Pole Vault6. Brian Mahon 4.55m9. Andrew Kolbeck 4.40m

Men’s Long Jump2. Eric Quick 7.45m29. Connor Paladino 6.02m


Men’s Discus Throw15. Andrew Hills 40.94m18. John Belcher 39.11


Men’s Hammer Throw4. Greg Davis 53.21m5. John Belcher 51.57m

7. Jeff Mensch 51.50m8. Mitchell Gormley 51.39m18. Andrew Hills 42.99m


MT. SAC RELAYS RESULTSAPRIL 15-18, 2009WALNUT, CALIF.Women’s 400 Meters

6. Joanna Schultz 54.11Women’s 400-Meter Hurdles

Section One3. Joanna Schultz 1:00.93

Women’s 3000-Meter Steeplechase12. Lindsey Ferguson 10:15.23




Women’s Heptathlon14. Maddie Buttinger 4,731

Men’s 400-Meter Hurdles3. Balazs Molnar 52.32Men’s Hammer Throw - Second Flight

4. John Belcher 52.32mMen’s Decathlon

2. Justin Schneider 6,973Men’s Pole Vault

1. Matt Schipper 5.05m2. Kevin Schipper 5.05m


DAVE RANKIN TRACK ANDFIELD INVITATIONALAPRIL 15-18, 2009

WEST LAFAYETTE, IND.Women’s 100 Meters

13. Jaime Minor 13.0120. Jasmine Williams 13.41

Women’s 200 Meters7. Tiffany Tibbot 25.50

Women’s 400 Meters6. Tiffany Tibbot 57.817. Samantha Williams 58.44

Women’s 800 Meters3. Abby Higgins 2:13.345. Marissa Treece 2:15.197. Allison Schroder 2:16.3413. Molly Hirt 2:20.2315. Theresa Cattuna 2:21.5616. Elizabeth McMahon 2:21.5617. Dominique Taylor 2:21.70

Women’s 1500 Meters1. Marissa Treece 4:31.507. Molly Hirt 4:41.248. Elizabeth McMahon 4:41.9110. Abby Higgins 4:43.3312. Theresa Cattuna 4:45.5327. Susanna Sullivan 4:55.7530. Molly Sullivan 5:03.38

Women’s 5000 Meters5. Erica Watson 18:08.856. Emily Wauford 18:11.987. Kari Johnson 18:20.788. Analisa Sandoval 19:28.93

Women’s 100-Meter Hurdles5. Kali Watkins 14.3411. Sasha Blanchard 15.45

Women’s 400-Meter Hurdles3. Sasha Blanchard 1:04.826. Nicole Yergler 1:05.47

Women’s 3000-Meter Steeplechase4. Becca Bauman 11:20.787. Stephanie Socias 11:25.339. Alissa Ott 11:57.13

Women’s High Jump11. Brittany Burgeson 1.55m

Women’s Shot Put7. Rudy Atang 13.91m


Women’s Pole Vault15. Jessica Sullivan 3.25m

Women’s Long Jump2. Jaime Minor 5.47m5. Jasmine Williams 5.34m


Men’s 100 Meters5. Tyrell Atkins 11.1814. Sean Lindbloom 11.66

Men’s 200 Meters22. Ronnie Kadykowski 23.7323. Sean Lindbloom 23.7824. Connor Paladino 23.7628. Andrew Kolbeck 24.6232. Doug Onuscheck 25.19

Men’s 400 Meters3. Edward Hitchler 48.895. Alex Korenstra 49.28

Men’s 800 Meters3. Billy Buzaid 1:52.514. Cameron Eckert 1:52.809. Mitch Lorenz 1:55.2321. Max Cruz 1:59.11

Maddie Buttinger finished third in the pentathlon at theBIG EAST Indoor Championships, before earning asecond-place finish in the heptathlon at the league’soutdoor meet.


Men’s 5,000 Meters5. Matt Abernethy 15:12.62


Men’s 3000-Meter Steeplechase15. Kyle Higdon 10:31.35

Men’s High Jump7. Doug Onuscheck 1.95m



Men’s Shot Put4. Denes Veres 16.28m6. Andrew Hill 15.71m13. Greg Davis 13.95m

Men’s Hammer Throw3. Greg Davis 56.32m7. Jeff Mensch 52.67m8. Mitchell Gormley 52.07m10. Denes Veres 49.72m19. Andrew Hills 44.37m


DRAKE RELAYSAPRIL 24-25, 2009DES MOINES, IOWAWomen’s Discus Throw

3. Jaclyn Espinoza 51.10m10. Anna Weber 49.96m



Men’s Pole Vault1. Matt Schipper 5.30m

Men’s 4x800 Meter Relay4. Notre Dame 7:23.58(Randall Babb, Kevin Labus,Jack Howard, Blake Choplin)

Men’s 4x1,600-Meter Relay3. Notre Dame 16:44.95Patrick Smyth, Spencer Carter,Jordan Carlson, Daniel Clark)

HILLSDALE RELAYSAPRIL24-25, 2009HILLSDALE, MICH.Women’s 400 Meters

8. Tiffany Tibbot 57.77mWomen’s 800 Meters

6. Natalie Johnson 2:15.6828. Dominique Taylor 2:20.55

Women’s 1,500 Meters12. Elizabeth McMahon 4:47.62

Women’s Pole Vault1. Jessica Sullivan 3.55m

Women’s 3000 Meter Steeplechase11. Stephanie Socias 11:17.34

Women’s 400-Meter Hurdles1. Joanna Schultz 59.7016. Sasha Blanchard 1:05.3317. Nicole Yergler 1:05.43

Women’s Long Jump9. Jasmine Williams 5.57m




Men’s 400 Meters6. Alex Korensta 48.50

Men’s 800 Meters26. Mitch Lorenz 1:57.39

Men’s 1,500 Meters8. Ryan Gamboa 3:56.2923. Paul Springer 4:03.02


Men’s 5,000 Meters19. Matt Abernethy 15:41.87

Men’s 3000-Meter Steeplechase8. Kelly Lynch 9:23.43




Men’s Hammer Throw10. Greg Davis 61.30m13. Mitchell Gormley 54.03m16. Jeff Mensch 53.10m

Men’s Shot Put1. Andrew Hills 16.30m15. Denes Veres 16.40m18. Greg Davis 14.65m


BIG EAST OUTDOORCHAMPIONSHIPMAY 1-3, 2009

PHILADELPHIA, PA.Women’s 200 Meters - Preliminary

17. Natalie Geiger 24.95Women’s 400 Meters - Preliminary

2. Joanna Shultz 54.2414. Natalie Geiger 56.41

Women’s 400 Meters - Finals1. Joanna Schultz 53.12

Women’s 800 Meters - Preliminary4. Kelly Langhans 2:09.7510. Natalie Johnson 2:10.5811. Abby Higgins 2:10.66

Women’s 800 Meters - Finals8. Kelly Langhans 2:12.09Women’s 1,500 Meters - Preliminary

8. Marissa Treece 4:32.0515. Molly Hirt 4:41.98

Women’s 1,500 Meters - Finals9. Marissa Treece 4:31.76

Women’s 5,000 Meters9. Heidi Rocha 16:58.2118. Theresa Cattuna 18:06.32

Women’s 10,000 Meters5. Beth Tacl 36:04.897. Erica Watson 36:10.07

Women’s 100-Meter Hurdles -Preliminary

8. Kali Watkins 14.10Women’s 100-Meter Hurdles - Finals

7. Kali Watkins 14.16Women’s 400-Meter Hurdles -

Preliminary4. Joanna Schultz 1:00.4120. Nicole Yergler 1:05.38

Women’s 400-Meter Hurdles - Finals6. Joanna Schultz 1:02.35

Women’s 3,000-Meter Steeplechase3. Lindsey Ferguson 10:26.1019. Becca Bauman 11:15.8021. Stephanie Socias 11:23.00









Women’s Javelin Throw6. Elise Knutzn 43.49m

Women’s Heptathlon2. Maddie Buttinger 5,155 points

Men’s 100 Meters - Preliminary5. Miklos Szebeny 10.6614. Tyrell Atkins 10.92

Men’s 100 Meters - Finals4. Miklos Szebeny 10.73

Men’s 200 Meters - Preliminary5. Miklos Szebeny 21.51

Men’s 200 Meters - Finals4. Miklos Szebeny 21.64

Men’s 400 Meters - Preliminary6. Billy Buzaid 48.1811. Alex Korenstra 48.6412. Edward Hitchler 48.6513. Jordan Rincon 48.71

Men’s 400 Meters - Finals5. Billy Buzaid 48.48

Men’s 800 Meters - Preliminary8. Jack Howard 1:50.1913. Blake Choplin 1:50.9317. Randell Babb 1:51.8121. Kevin Labus 1:52.2230. Cameron Eckert 1:53.82

Men’s 1,500 Meters3. Daniel Clark 3:45.115. Jordan Carlson 3:47.379. Ryan Gamboa 3:52.3013. Spencer Clark 3:58.26

Men’s 5,000 Meters3. Patrick Smyth 14:17.317. Paul Springer 14:25.4712. Jake Walker 14:33.1415. Dan Jackson 14:36.1616. Ryan Jacobs 14:37.68

Men’s 10,000 Meters1. Patrick Smyth 30:41.894. Jake Walker 30:46.056. Dan Jackson 30:52.85Men’s 400-Meter Hurdles - Preliminary

2. Balazs Molnar 52.0911. Matthew Brown 53.50

Men’s 400-Meter Hurdles - Finals4. Balazs Molnar 51.37



Men’s 1,500 Meters6. Daniel Clark 3:45.5924. Ryan Gamboa 3:54.88

Men’s 5,000 Meters6. Jake Walker 14:48.0413. Paul Springer 15:32.61




Men’s Shot Put5. Andrew Hills 17.05m12. John Belcher 15.55m

Men’s Hammer Throw7. Greg Davis 57.52m10. John Belcher 53.32m12. Mitchell Gormley 50.05m

NCAA MIDEAST REGIONALSMAY 29-30, 2009LOUISVILLE, KY

Women’s 400 Meters - Preliminary4. Joanna Schultz 54.03

Women’s 400 Meters - Finals5. Joanna Schultz 53.32

Women’s 800 Meters - Preliminary8. Kelly Langhans 2:07.46

Women’s 800 Meters - Finals8. Kelly Langhans 2:07.74

Women’s 1,500 Meters13. Marissa Treece 4;34.62

Women’s 3,000 Meters Steeplechase15. Lindsey Ferguson 10:58.84





Men’s 800 Meters13. Blake Choplin 1:51.0614. Jack Howard 1:51.10

Men’s 1,500 Meters14. Jordan Carlson 3:48.93

Men’s 400-Meter Hurdles15. Balazs Molnar 53.74

Men’s Hammer Throw23. Jeff Mensch 55.00m31. Greg Davis 51.57m


Men’s Shot Put19. Andrew Hills 16.35m21. John Belcher 16.20m

Men’s Pole Vault5. Matt Schipper 5.16m6. Kevin Schipper 5.16m


NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPSJUNE 11-14, 2009

FAYETTEVILLE, ARK.Women’s Pole Vault

T3. Mary Saxer 4.30mWomen’s Discus Throw

3. Jaclyn Espinoza 51.52mMen’s 10,000 Meters

4. Patrick Smyth 28:25.95Women’s 400 Meters

26. Joanna Schultz 55.08Women’s Hammer Throw

15. Anna Weber 56.72mMen’s Pole Vault

19. Matt Schipper 5.10mMen’s Decathlon

20. Justin Schneider 7,248 points

GREGORYINVITATIONAL MULTI

JUNE 12-13, 2009NAPERVILLE, IL

HeptathlonMaddie Buttington 5158 points

DecathlonKustin Schneider 7308 points

Men’s 3,000-Meter Steeplechase16. Joe Miller 9:18.9417. Kelly Lynch 9:36.93

Men’s 4x100 Meter Relay3. Notre Dame 41.38

Men’s 4x400 Meter Relay2. Notre Dame 3:11.26

Men’s 4x800 Meter Relay3. Notre Dame 7:26.65




Men’s Pole Vault1. Matt Schipper 5.25m4. Kevin Schipper 4.95m9. Brain Mahon 4.50m


Men’s Discus Throw11. John Belcher 46.38m

Men’s Hammer Throw1. Jeff Mensch 58.79m6. Greg Davis 54.04m9. John Belcher 50.65m15. Mitchell Gormley 48.21m

Men’s Decathlon2. Justin Schneider 6,842 points

GEORGIA TECH INVITATIONALMAY15-16, 2009

ATLANTA, GEORGIAWomen’s 400 Meters

5. Joanna Schultz 53.6012. Natalie Geiger 55.24

Women’s 800 Meters16. Kelly Langhans 2:08.7520. Abby Higgins 2:10.89

Women’s 1,500 Meters12. Marissa Treece 4:27.7021. Lindsey Ferguson 4:31.56






Men’s 400 Meters22. Jordan Rincon 48.24

Men’s 800 Meters8. Jack Howard 1:49.919. Blake Choplin 1:50.0215. Randall Babb 1:50.6624. Kevin Labus 1:51.7830. Jordan Carlson 1:54.09

Abby Higgins set a new school record in the 1,000meters when she clocked in at 2:50.55 at the BIGEAST Indoor Championships.

History & Records

Nine-time All-American

and four-time Academic

All-American Ryan Shay

won the NCAA 10,000-

meter race in 2001,

becoming Notre Dame’s

first track and field

champion since the

early 1970s.


NCAA Cross Country History/All-Americans

Benny Almaguer............................................1950Kurt Benninger ............................................2005Frank Carver ................................................1962Bill Clark ............................................1963, 1964Mike Coffey ..................................................1964Pat Conway ..................................................2000John Coyle ....................................................1990Dan Garrett ........................................1987, 1988Ron Gregory ................................................1958Oliver Hunter....................1940, 1941, 1942, 1943Jim Kelly ......................................................1945Anthony Maloney ......................1940, 1941, 1943Ron Markezich ............................................1988Mike McWilliams ..............1990, 1991, 1992, 1993Todd Mobley........................................2001, 2003Tim Moore ..........................................2004, 2005

Ken Muening ................................................1944Jim Murphy ..................................................1948Mike O’Connor ............................................1989Jason Rexing ................................................1996Greg Rice ............................................1938, 1939Derek Seiling ......................................1995, 1996Ryan Shay ..........................................1999, 2001Patrick Smyth..............................2006, 2007, 2008Bill Squires ..........................................1954, 1955Steve Szumachowski......................................1938Lou Tracy ......................................................1945Bill Tully........................................................1945Kaleb Van Ort ..............................................2005Luke Watson ........................................2000, 2001

Men’s Cross Country All-Americans

Patrick Smythearned his third

All-Americacertificate in

cross countrywith a 10th-

place finish atthe ’08 NCAAChampionship.

Men’s Cross Country at the NCAA ChampionshipYear TM Finish Points Top Finisher Place Time Site Distance1938 2 61 Greg Rice 1 20:12.9 East Lansing, Mich. 4 miles1939 8 217 Curt Hester 30 22:06 East Lansing, Mich. 4 miles1940 5 115 Oliver Hunter 2 20:41 East Lansing, Mich. 4 miles1941 6 137 Oliver Hunter 2 20:48 East Lansing, Mich. 4 miles1942 6 145 Oliver Hunter 1 20:18 East Lansing, Mich. 4 miles

1944 2 64 Bill Tully 9 22:59 East Lansing, Mich. 4 miles1945 2 65 Bill Tully 7 22:11 East Lansing, Mich. 4 miles1946 10 265 Cornelius Styers 34 21:58 East Lansing, Mich. 4 miles1947 9 223 Jim Kittell 20 21:55 East Lansing, Mich. 4 miles1948 5 164 Jim Murphy 14 20:44 East Lansing, Mich. 4 miles

1949 10 265 Jim Kittell 30 21:28 East Lansing, Mich. 4 miles1950 5 110 Benny Almaguer 7 21:02 East Lansing, Mich. 4 miles1951 11 231 Jack Alexander 38 21:20 East Lansing, Mich. 4 miles1952 12 275 Jack Alexander 57 21:16 East Lansing, Mich. 4 miles1953 Jack Alexander 47 21:09 East Lansing, Mich. 4 miles

1954 6 169 Bill Squires 14 20:29 East Lansing, Mich. 4 miles1955 3 (tie) 95 Bill Squires 12 20:32.5 East Lansing, Mich. 4 miles1956 4 201 John Michno 35 21:12 East Lansing, Mich. 4 miles1957 1 121 Ed Monnelly 19 20:18 East Lansing, Mich. 4 miles1958 4 114 Ron Gregory 13 20:47 East Lansing, Mich. 4 miles

1959 4 141 Ron Gregory 17 21:37 East Lansing, Mich. 4 miles1960 10 252 Bill Yaley 55 21:28 East Lansing, Mich. 4 miles1961 Frank Carver 42 21:12.5 East Lansing, Mich. 4 miles1962 11 251 Frank Carver 9 19:55 East Lansing, Mich. 4 miles1963 3 128 Bill Clark 13 20:11 East Lansing, Mich. 4 miles

1964 4 122 Bill Clark 2 20:14.2 East Lansing, Mich. 4 miles1965 9 230 Ed Dean 22 30:51 Lawrence, Kan. 6 miles1966 21 459 Dan Bergan 50 31:30 Lawrence, Kan. 6 miles1972 Daniel Dunne 35 29:37 Houston, Texas 6 miles1984 19 370 Mike Collins 59 30:55.4 University Park, Pa. 10,000 meters

1987 7 259 Dan Garrett 6 29:24.94 Charlottesville, Va. 10,000 meters1988 9 255 Dan Garrett 9 29:41 Des Moines, Iowa 10,000 meters1990 3 185 John Coyle 24 30:00 Knoxville, Tenn. 10,000 meters1991 Mike McWilliams 17 31:00 Tucson, Ariz. 10,000 meters1992 6 246 Mike McWilliams 24 31:34.1 Bloomington, Ind. 10,000 meters

1993 5 200 Mike McWilliams 18 30:12.8 Bethlehem, Pa. 10,000 meters1994 14 316 Nate Ruder 45 31:45.1 Fayetteville, Ark. 10,000 meters1995 8 (tie) 237 Derek Seiling 27 31:31 Ames, Iowa 10,000 meters1996 9 248 Jason Rexing 26 31:34 Tucson, Ariz. 10,000 meters1997 12 309 Jason Rexing 55 30:43 Greenville, S.C. 10,000 meters

1998 Ryan Shay 229 34:16.8 Lawrence, Kan. 10,000 meters1999 8 312 Ryan Shay 12 30:46.1 Bloomington, Ind. 10,000 meters2000 9 276 Luke Watson 7 31:04 Ames, Iowa 10,000 meters2001 6 248 Luke Watson 5 29:19 Greenville, S.C. 10,000 meters2002 22 527 Tim Moore 63 30:50 Terre Haute, Ind. 10,000 meters

2003 Todd Mobley 27 30:09.5 Waterloo, Iowa 10,000 meters2004 11 350 Kurt Benninger 42 31:53.4 Terre Haute, Ind. 10,000 meters2005 3 178 Kurt Benninger 8 29:50.2 Terre Haute, Ind. 10,000 meters2006 19 495 Patrick Smyth 36 31:41.7 Terre Haute, Ind. 10,000 meters2007 21 467 Patrick Smyth 15 30:05.4 Terre Haute, Ind. 10,000 meters2008 19 446 Patrick Smyth 10 29:48 Terre Haute, Ind. 10,000 meters


BIG EAST/NCAAChampionship Results

Women’s NCAAAll-Americans

JoAnna Deeter ....................................1996, 1998Molly Huddle ............................2002, 2003, 2005Lauren King................................2001, 2002, 2003Stephanie Madia ..................................2004, 2005Kerry Meagher..............................................2004Sunni Olding........................................2004, 2005Sarah Riley....................................................1993

Individual FinishesAll-BIG EAST Finishes (Men)1995 Derek Seiling ....................................5th1996 Jason Rexing ....................................2nd

Derek Seiling ....................................8thMatt Althoff ....................................11th

1997 Jason Rexing ....................................4thAntonio Arce ....................................5thRyan Maxwell ................................10thRyan Shay........................................11th

1998 Ryan Shay..........................................6thLuke Watson ......................................7th

1999 Ryan Shay ..........................................1stLuke Watson ......................................3rdRyan Maxwell ..................................9thMarc Striowski ................................11th

2000 Luke Watson ......................................7thMarc Striowski ..................................8th

2001 Luke Watson ....................................2ndTodd Mobley ....................................8thMarc Striowski ..................................9thRyan Shay........................................11th

2002 Tim Moore ......................................10th2003 Tim Moore ........................................6th

Todd Mobley ....................................7thKaleb Van Ort ..................................12th

2004 Tim Moore ........................................6thKurt Benninger ..................................7thKaleb Van Ort ....................................8thSean O’Donnell ................................9th

2005 Kurt Benninger ................................2ndTim Moore ........................................5thSean O’Donnell ................................7thKaleb Van Ort ....................................8thPatrick Smyth ....................................9th

2006 Kurt Benninger ................................2ndPatrick Smyth ....................................3rdJake Watson ......................................9th

2007 Patrick Smyth ....................................3rdJake Watson......................................12th

2008 Patrick Smyth....................................2ndJake Walker ......................................13thJoe Miller ........................................14th

All-BIG EAST Finishes (Women)1996 JoAnna Deeter ..................................2nd

Nicole LaSelle ..................................10th1998 JoAnna Deeter ..................................3rd1999 Allison Klemmer ................................4th

Jennifer Handley ..............................12th2001 Jennifer Handley ................................7th

Megan Johnson ................................14th2002 Lauren King ......................................1st

Molly Huddle....................................2ndJennifer Handley ..............................12th

2003 Molly Huddle ....................................3rdKerry Meagher ..................................6thLauren King ....................................14th

2004 Molly Huddle ....................................5thStephanie Madia ..............................10thSunni Olding ..................................12th

2005 Molly Huddle....................................2ndStephanie Madia ................................3rdSunni Olding ....................................5thRamsey Kavan ..................................8th

2006 Sunni Olding ....................................6thAnn Mazur ......................................12thAmy Kohlmeier................................14th

2007 Lindsey Ferguson..............................14th2008 Lindsey Ferguson..............................13th

Team FinishesBIG EAST Men’s Cross Country1995 3rd ........................................83 points1996 4th ........................................81 points1997 1st..........................................50 points1998 3rd ........................................91 points1999 1st..........................................43 points2000 4th ......................................100 points2001 1st..........................................49 points2002 4th ......................................132 points2003 2nd ........................................66 points2004 1st..........................................47 points2005 1st..........................................31 points2006 3rd ........................................70 points2007 4th ........................................93 points2008 2nd ........................................64 points

BIG EAST Women’s Cross Country1995 7th ......................................175 points1996 5th ......................................123 points1997 4th ......................................126 points1998 5th ......................................144 points1999 5th ........................................98 points2000 6th ......................................160 points2001 4th ......................................107 points2002 1st..........................................69 points2003 1st..........................................43 points2004 2nd ........................................67 points2005 1st..........................................34 points2006 3rd ........................................87 points2007 6th ......................................142 points2008 6th ......................................149 points

District IV/Great Lakes RegionalMen’s Cross Country1972 9th1973 N/A1974 10th1975 9th1976 11th1977 10th1978 8th1979 10th1980 12th1981 Did not compete1982 15th1983 8th1984 4th*1985 12th1986 15th1987 3rd*1988 2nd*1989 6th1990 1st*1991 4th1992 2nd*1993 1st*1994 3rd*1995 2nd*1996 1st*1997 4th*1998 8th1999 2nd*2000 3rd*2001 1st*2002 8th*2003 8th2004 2nd*2005 2nd*2006 2nd*2007 3rd*2008 4th*

District IV/Great Lakes RegionalWomen’s Cross Country1986 20th1987 14th1988 15th1989 17th1990 14th1991 11th1992 4th1993 2nd*1994 4th1995 6th1996 5th1997 6th1998 4th1999 4th*2000 8th2001 2nd*2002 1st*2003 1st*2004 2nd*2005 2nd*2006 5th2007 11th2008 4th**Qualified for NCAA Championship

Women’s Cross Country at the NCAA ChampionshipYear TM Finish Points Top Finisher Place Time Site Distance1993 15 331 Sarah Riley 33 17:20.1 Bethlehem, Pa. 5,000 meters1994 Maureen Kelly 53 18:01.6 Fayetteville, Ark. 5,000 meters1996 JoAnna Deeter 3 17:24 Tucson, Ariz. 5,000 meters1998 JoAnna Deeter 14 17:19.73 Lawrence, Kan. 5,000 meters1999 29 626 Alison Klemmer 73 17:49.60 Bloomington, Ind. 5,000 meters2001 19 504 Lauren King 27 21:17 Greenville, S.C. 6,000 meters2002 3 170 Molly Huddle 6 19:55.7 Terre Haute, Ind. 6,000 meters2003 10 352 Lauren King 28 20:35.6 Waterloo, Iowa 6,000 meters2004 4 170 Stephanie Madia 23 20:57.1 Terre Haute, Ind. 6,000 meters2005 7 252 Stephanie Madia 3 19:48.4 Terre Haute, Ind. 6,000 meters2006 Sunni Olding 142 22:27.8 Terre Haute, Ind. 6,000 meters2008 29 689 Lindsey Ferguson 99 21:24 Terre Haute, Ind. 6,000 meters


HomeCross Country Meets

Women’s Champions

Year Team Individual Time1987 Virginia Patty Matava (Virginia) 17:59.41988 Ohio University Tiffany Fox (Wisconsin-Oshkosh) 18:15.31989 Ohio University Jill Purola (Western Ontario) 17:35.81990 Virginia Beni Gras (Virginia) 18:31.51991 South Dakota St. Pam Hansen (South Dakota St.) 17:52.6

1992 Michigan Karen Harvey (Michigan) 17:41.81993 Notre Dame Becki Wells (Alabama) 17:18.71994 Alabama Jessica Fry (Alabama) 17:28.6 1995 Wake Forest Cindy Moreshead (Wake Forest) 17:13.01996 Notre Dame JoAnna Deeter (Notre Dame) 16:27

1997 Bowling Green Lisa Petsche (Edinboro) 17:111998 North Carolina St. JoAnna Deeter (Notre Dame) 16:501999 Notre Dame JoAnna Deeter (Notre Dame) 16:522000 Stanford Sheela Agrawal (Duke) 17:052001 Notre Dame Lauren King (Notre Dame) 17:20

2002 Notre Dame Sara Bei (Stanford) 16:482003 Notre Dame Molly Huddle (Notre Dame) 17:122004 Stanford Sara Bei (Stanford) 16:222005 Michigan Stephanie Madia (Notre Dame) 16:362006 Michigan Erin Webster (Michigan) 16:362007 Rice Susan Kuijken (Florida State) 16:322008 Florida State Brie Feinagle (North Carolina) 16:21

Notre Dame InvitationalThe 54th running of the Notre Dame Invitational, one of the nation’s old-

est and largest intercollegiate cross country meets, is scheduled for Oct. 2,2009, at the University of Notre Dame Burke Golf Course. The Invitationalwas started by former Irish head coach Alex Wilson in 1956 and regularlyfeatures runners from approximately 60 schools around the country. A 5,000-meter women’s race was added in 1987 to the current men’s event (length-ened from four to five miles in 1968).

Men’s Champions

Year Team Individual Time1956 Notre Dame John Michno (Notre Dame) 20:361957 Notre Dame Ed Monnelly (Notre Dame) 20:121958 Western Michigan Art Eversole (Western Michigan) 19:461959 Western Michigan Ron Gregory (Notre Dame) 20:11.91960 Western Michigan Jerry Ashmore (Western Michigan) 19:47

1961 Western Michigan Tom O’Hara (Loyola) 19:201962 Western Michigan Frank Carver (Notre Dame) 19:32.51963 Notre Dame Frank Carver (Notre Dame) 19:131964 Notre Dame Bill Clark (Notre Dame) 19:191965 Notre Dame Steve Smith (Western Michigan) 19:07.4

1966 Western Michigan Sam Bair (Kent State) 19:23.31967 Notre Dame Sam Bair (Kent State) 18:49

– Race expanded from four to five miles –1968 Eastern Michigan Jerry Richie (Pittsburgh) 23:581969 Western Michigan Jerome Liebenerg (Western Michigan) 23:49.11970 Bowling Green Gary Harris (W. Michigan) 23:59

1971 Bowling Green Dave Wottle (Bowling Green) 24:021972 Bowling Green Mike Slack (North Dakota) 23:44.11973 Wisconsin Gordon Minty (Eastern Michigan) 23:361974 Michigan Dave Smith (Eastern Michigan) 23:341975 Michigan Dave Smith (Eastern Michigan) 23:26.7

1976 Wisconsin Greg Meyer (Michigan) 23:24.021977 Eastern Illinois Marc Hunter (Cleveland St.) 23:261978 Michigan Marc Hunter (Cleveland St.) 23:301979 Auburn Tom Graves (Auburn) 23:351980 Michigan Jim Spivey (Indiana) 23:351981 Indiana Bill Shuey (Purdue) 24:09.31982 Michigan Tim Warneke (Eastern Illinois) 24:241983 Bowling Green Jeffrey Drenth (Central Michigan) 24:031984 Notre Dame Mike Vanatta (SE Missouri St.) 24:02.71985 Edinboro Chris Brewster (Michigan) 24:13.8

1986 Eastern Michigan Ron Johnson (Central Michigan) 24:52.21987 Michigan John Scherer (Michigan) 24:10.41988 Central Michigan Bill Taylor (Central Michigan) 23:51.71989 Central Michigan Shannon Ritchie (Ohio) 24:06.11990 Notre Dame Keith Dowling (Pittsburgh) 25:04.5

1991 Notre Dame Mike Formica (Pittsburgh) 24:26.41992 Notre Dame Sandy Rebenciuc (Augustana) 24:30.81993 Notre Dame John Murray (Malone College) 24:10.81994 Notre Dame Robert Gray (Ohio State) 24:25.51995 Notre Dame Charles Mulinga (Lewis) 23:50.3

1996 Michigan James Njoroge (Taylor) 23:341997 Eastern Michigan Elly Rono (Southern Indiana) 24:101998 North Carolina St. Julius Mwangi (Butler) 22:491999 Michigan/

Georgetown Ryan Shay (Notre Dame) 23:522000 Stanford Luke Watson (Notre Dame) 24:56

2001 Notre Dame Luke Watson (Notre Dame) 24:062002 Stanford Ryan Hall (Stanford) 24:102003 Notre Dame Gavin Thompson (Eastern Michigan) 24:062004 Stanford Josh Rohatinsky (BYU) 23:402005 Arizona Chris Solinsky (Wisconsin) 23:212006 North Carolina St. Chris Solinsky (Wisconsin) 23:242007 Notre Dame Joshua McDougal (Liberty) 23.372008 Florida State Samuel Kosgei (Lamar) 23:32

The 1957 national champion Irish cross country team reunited on campus in the fallof 2001 and was honored at the football game against Michigan State on Sept. 22.Members of that same '57 championship won the first-ever Notre Dame Invitationaltitle in 1956.

The Notre Dame women’s cross country team has won six team titles and fielded sixindividual champions at the Notre Dame Invitational since the women’s race wasadded in 1987.


National Catholic ChampionshipFor the 30th consecutive year, Notre Dame will play host to the

National Catholic Cross Country Championship — Sept. 18, 2009, atthe University of Notre Dame Burke Golf Course. The meet was con-ceived by current Irish head men’s cross country coach Joe Piane andbegan in the fall of 1980. It features teams from prominent Catholicinstitutions throughout the United States.The Notre Dame men are out to claim their 20th team title (and 18th

in the past 22 years), while the Irish women’s team will seek to claimits 16th title in 18 years.

Men's Champions

Year Team Individual Time1980 Marquette Rick Sayre (Walsh) 24:31.01981 Marquette John Gregorek (Georgetown) 24:09.11982 Marquette Dave Uhrich (Marquette) 23:42.01983 Notre Dame Keith Hanson (Marquette) 24:11.31984 Notre Dame Keith Hanson (Marquette) 23:44.3

1985 St. Thomas Keith Hanson (Marquette) 23:02.71986 St. Thomas Jose Rocha (Boston College) 24:12.01987 Loyola (Ill.) Ed Slowikowski (Loyola, Ill.) 24:24.41988 Notre Dame Garrett/Markezich (Notre Dame) 24:39.01989 Notre Dame Ed Slowikowski (Loyola, Ill.) 24:34.4

1990 Notre Dame Mike O’Connor (Notre Dame) 24:59.71991 Providence Jim Westphal (Loyola, Ill.) 23:57.91992 Notre Dame Mike McWilliams (Notre Dame) 25:02.51993 Notre Dame Nate Ruder (Notre Dame) 25:01.01994 Boston College Chris Georgules (Boston College) 24:54.7

1995 Notre Dame Charles Mulinga (Lewis) 24:30.01996 Notre Dame Jason Rexing (Notre Dame) 24:291997 Notre Dame Ryan Shay (Notre Dame) 24:531998 Notre Dame Ryan Shay (Notre Dame) 23:461999 Notre Dame Ryan Shay (Notre Dame) 24:41

2000 Notre Dame Luke Watson (Notre Dame) 24:562001 Notre Dame Ryan Shay (Notre Dame) 24:032002 Notre Dame Todd Mobley (Notre Dame) 24:252003 Notre Dame Ryan Sheehan (St. Francis, Pa.) 24:372004 Notre Dame Tim Moore (Notre Dame) 24:58

2005 Duquesne Patrick Smyth (Notre Dame) 24:362006 Notre Dame John Riak (Saint Martin’s) 24:382007 Notre Dame Mike Anderson (Dayton) 24:362008 Duquesne Paul Springer (Notre Dame) 24:54

Women's Champions

Year Team Individual Time1984 Holy Cross Mary McNaughton (Holy Cross) 17:48.91985 Villanova Lauren Searby (Villanova) 18:03.61986 Villanova Gina Procaccio (Villanova) 17:57.81987 Villanova Vicki Huber (Villanova) 17:24.11988 Providence Gloria Kuiken (DePaul) 18:20.4

1989 Providence Siobhan Gallagher (Providence) 18:14.01990 Boston College Heather Whalen (Canisius) 17:54.61991 Providence Sinead Delahunty (Providence) 16:56.41992 Notre Dame Sarah Riley (Notre Dame) 17:56.91993 Notre Dame Emily Hood (Notre Dame) 17:50.7

1994 Notre Dame Amy Lyman (Boston College) 18:06.21995 Marquette Magdalena Paszta (Lewis) 17:42.61996 Notre Dame JoAnna Deeter (Notre Dame) 16:391997 Notre Dame JoAnna Deeter (Notre Dame) 17:391998 Notre Dame JoAnna Deeter (Notre Dame) 17:25

1999 Notre Dame JoAnna Deeter (Notre Dame) 16:522000 Notre Dame Megan Johnson (Notre Dame) 18:462001 Marquette Jennifer Handley (Notre Dame) 17:312002 Notre Dame Kim Hemstreet (Detroit Mercy) 18:002003 Notre Dame Kerry Meagher (Notre Dame) 17:45

2004 Notre Dame Stephanie Madia (Notre Dame) 17:382005 Notre Dame Sunni Olding (Notre Dame) 17:422006 Notre Dame/

Marquette Sunni Olding (Notre Dame) 17:512007 Notre Dame Marissa Treece (Notre Dame) 17:242008 Notre Dame Lindsey Ferguson (Notre Dame) 17:31

Lindsey Fergusonled the Irish to

their 15thNational Catholictitle and her firstindividual title in

2008 with a timeof 17:31.

Paul Springer wonthe ’08 NationalCatholicChampionship witha time of 24:54.


Track & FieldAll-Americans

1944Phil Anderson Pole Vault (t-1st)Frank Burke 100y (4th)Mike Keily Two-Mile (6th)Joe Kelly Shot Put (6th), Discus (2nd)Frank Martin Mile (3rd), Two-Mile (1st)George Sullivan Shot Put (3rd)

1945Joe Kelly Shot Put (3rd), Discus (n/a)Dave Murphy 220y (3rd)Bill O’Neil 120y High Hurdles (6th)Ray Struble Pole Vault (4th)Bill Tully Mile (6th)

1946Bud Gartiser 220y Low Hurdles (4th)

1948Jim Kittell Steeplechase (3rd)Bill Leonard 1,500m (5th)Bob Smith 200m (6th)

1950Bill Fleming 120y High Hurdles (2nd)

220y Low Hurdles (3rd)

1953Joe Springer Pole Vault (t-3rd)

1954Jim Harrington Pole Vault (t-5th)

1955Bernie Allard High Jump (t-2nd)

1956Bernie Allard High Jump (t-4th)Aubrey Lewis 400m Hurdles (1st)

1957Aubrey Lewis 400m Hurdles (3rd)

1964Bill Boyle 400m (5th)Pete Whitehouse 110m Hurdles (2nd)

1965Bill Clark Two-Mile (2nd)Ed Dean Indoor Mile (4th), Mile (4th)

1966Ed Dean Mile (3rd)Pete Farrell 880y (6th), Indoor 1,000y (4th)

1967Pete Farrell Indoor 880y (6th)

1968Ed Broderick High Jump (t-4th)Pete Farrell Indoor 880y (6th)

Distance Medley Relay (n/a)Bill Hurd 55m (6th)

100m (4th)200m (3rd)

Kevin O’Brien Distance Medley Relay (n/a)Bob Timm Distance Medley Relay (n/a)Chuck Vehorn Distance Medley Relay (n/a)

1969Joe Brady Two-Mile Relay (2nd)Bill Hurd 100y (5th), 220y (2nd)Mike McCann Two-Mile Relay (2nd)Joe Quigley Two-Mile Relay (2nd)Rick Wohlhuter Two-Mile Relay (2nd)

1970Rick Wohlhuter Indoor 600y (1st)

1972Tom McMannon 55m Hurdles (1st)

1979Chuck Aragon Two-Mile Relay (6th)Pete Burger Two-Mile Relay (6th)Tim MacAuley Two-Mile Relay (6th)Jay Miranda Two-Mile Relay (6th)

1981Chuck Aragon 1,500m (5th)

1982Steve Dziabis Indoor 600y (6th)

1986John McNelis Indoor 4x800m Relay (3rd)Robert Nobles Indoor 4x800m Relay (3rd)Jim Tyler Indoor 4x800m Relay (3rd),

1,500m (8th)Jeff Van Wie Indoor 4x800m Relay (3rd)

1988Dan Garrett 5,000m (10th)

1990Mike O’Connor Indoor 5,000m (5th),

5,000m (12th)

1991Raghib Ismail 55m (2nd)

1992John Coyle Indoor 3,000m (8th)

1994Randy Kinder Indoor 200m (10th)

1995John Cowan Steeplechase (11th)Mike McWilliams 10,000m (14th)Allen Rossum 55m (7th)

1996Jason Rexing 10,000m (13th)

1997Jeff Hojnacki Distance Medley Relay (8th)Danny Payton Distance Medley Relay (8th)Jason Rexing Distance Medley Relay (8th)Allen Rossum 55m (7th)Derek Seiling Distance Medley Relay (8th)

1998Errol Williams 55m Hurdles (8th)Errol Williams 110m Hurdles (3rd)

1999Antonio Arce Mile (10th)Michael Brown Indoor Pole Vault (6th)Ryan Shay 10,000m (7th)Marshaun West Indoor Long Jump (6th) 2000Chris Cochran Distance Medley Relay (6th)Tim Kober Distance Medley Relay (6th)Phil Mishka Distance Medley Relay (6th)Ryan Shay 10,000m (7th)Luke Watson Distance Medley Relay (6th)Marshaun West Long Jump (7th)

2001Ryan Shay Indoor 5,000m (9th)

5,000m (6th)10,000m (1st)

2002Ryan Shay Indoor 5,000m (7th)

10,000m (2nd) Luke Watson 3,000m (3rd)

Steeplechase (7th)

2003Luke Watson Mile (3rd)

3,000 Meters (11th)5,000 Meters (9th)

2005Kurt Benninger Mile (4th)

Distance Medley Relay (6th)Adam Currie Distance Medley Relay (6th)Trevor McClain-Duer

Distance Medley Relay (6th)Eric Morrison Distance Medley Relay (6th)Selim Nurudeen 60m Hurdles (6th)

110m Hurdles (7th)

2006Kurt Benninger Distance Medley Relay (6th)John Cavanaugh Distance Medley Relay (6th)Thomas Chamney Indoor 800m (6th)

800m (6th) Adam Currie Distance Medley Relay (6th)Ryan Postel Distance Medley Relay (6th)

Men’s All-AmericansNotes: All finishes, if available, are indicated inparentheses. The distance medley relay, one mile run(after 1965), two mile relay, 55 meters, 60 meters, 55-meter hurdles, 60-meter hurdles and 3,000-meter runare indoor events only. All other indoor events areindicated - if no indoor indication exists, the event isoutdoor.(y – yards; m – meters)

1921Gus Desch 220y Low Hurdles (1st)Billy Hayes 100y (2nd), 220y (4th)Johnny Murphy High Jump (1st)Eugene Oberst Javelin (1st)Chet Wynne 120y High Hurdles (4th)

1922Billy Hayes 100y (2nd), 220y (2nd)Eddie Hogan Pole Vault (t-3rd)Johnny Murphy High Jump (1st)

1923Tom Lieb Discus (1st)David Weeks High Jump (2nd)

1924Tom Lieb Discus (1st)

1926Paul Harrington Pole Vault (1st)Charles Judge Mile (1st)

1927Joe Della Maria 220y (3rd)

1929Jack Elder 100y (5th)

1930Brant Little 880y (3rd)Alex Wilson 400m (4th)

1931Alex Wilson 400m (1st), 880y (2nd)

1933Vincent Murphy High Jump (1st)

1934George Meagher Long Jump (5th)Vincent Murphy High Jump (t-4th)

1935Don Elser Shot Put (2nd)Vincent Murphy High Jump (t-2nd)

1936Don Elser Shot Put (5th)

220y Low Hurdles (2nd)Joe McGrath 800m (4th)

1937Bill Faymonville Discus (6th)Greg Rice Two-Mile (1st)

1938William Clifford 100y (5th)Bill Faymonville Discus (3rd)John Francis 880y (2nd)Greg Rice Two-Mile (2nd)

1939Bill Faymonville Discus (5th)Greg Rice Mile (4th), Two-Mile (1st)

1941Jim Delaney Shot Put (4th)John O’Rourke High Jump (3rd)

1942Frank Conforti Mile (4th)Jim Delaney Shot Put (3rd)Oliver Hunter Two-Mile (2nd)

1943Jim Delaney Shot Put (3rd), Discus (3rd)


2007Kurt Benninger 1,500m (5th)Thomas Chamney Indoor 800m (8th)Todd Ptacek Steeplechase (13th)Patrick Smyth 5,000m (9th)Jake Watson Mile (10th)

2008Kurt Benninger Indoor 3,000m (5th)Patrick Smyth Outdoor 5,000m (8th)Jake Watson Mile (6th)

2009Patrick Smyth Indoor 3,000m (8th)

Outdoor 10,000m (4th)

Women’s All-Americans1994Erica Peterson 400m Hurdles (7th)

1997Dominqué Calloway 55m Hurdles (11th),

100m Hurdles (8th)Jennifer Engelhardt

Indoor High Jump (9th)

1998Alison Klemmer 10,000m (8th)

1999JoAnna Deeter Indoor 5,000m (6th),

5,000m (4th)10,000m (3rd)

Jennifer EngelhardtIndoor High Jump (12th)

Alison Klemmer 10,000m (7th)

2000Jennifer Engelhardt High Jump (7th)Tameisha King Long Jump (9th)

2001Liz Grow Indoor 400m (8th)

2002Ayesha Boyd 4x400m Relay (5th)Kristen Dodd 4x400m Relay (5th)Liz Grow Indoor 400m (4th)

400m (10th)4x400m Relay (5th)

Lauren King 1,500m (6th)Tameisha King Long Jump (7th)Kymia Love 4x400m Relay (5th)

2003Molly Huddle Indoor 3,000m (9th)

5,000m (4th)Lauren King Mile (7th)Tameisha King Indoor Long Jump (6th)

Long Jump (3rd)2004Stacey Cowan Indoor High Jump (10th)Molly Huddle 3,000m (7th)

Indoor 5,000m (3rd)5,000m (3rd)

Kerry Meagher Mile (7th)1,500m (9th)

2005Stephanie Madia 5,000m (5th)Kerry Meagher 1,500m (10th)

2006Molly Huddle 5,000m (2nd)Emily Loomis High Jump (t-8th)Stephanie Madia Indoor 5,000m (4th)

2007Molly Huddle 5,000m (3rd)

2008

Alyissa Hasan Pentathlon (9th)

2008

Jaclyn Espinoza Discus (3rd)

Mary Saxer Indoor Pole Vault (9th)

Outdoor Pole Vault (3rd)

Joanna Schultz Indoor 400m (8th)

Notre Dame NCAAChampions

Indoor1970 Rick Wohlhuter 600 Yards1972 Tom McMannon 55-Meter HurdlesOutdoor1921 Gus Desch 220-Yard LH1921 Johnny Murphy High Jump1921 Eugene Oberst Javelin1922 Johnny Murphy High Jump1923 Tom Lieb Discus1924 Tom Lieb Discus1926 Charles Judge 1,500 Meters1926 Paul Harrington Pole Vault1931 Alex Wilson 400 Meters1937 Greg Rice Two Miles1939 Greg Rice Two Miles1944 Frank Martin Two Miles1944 Phil Anderson Pole Vault1956 Aubrey Lewis 400-Meter IH2001 Ryan Shay 10,000 Meters

Rick Wohlhuter won the 1970 NCAA indoor 600-yardrun title and eventually moved on to represent the UnitedStates at the 1972 Olympic Games.

Jennifer Engelhardt earnedAll-America honors in thehigh jump during the 1997,1999 and 2000 seasons,eventually finishing as highas seventh overall at theNCAAs.

Academic All-AmericansVoted on by the College Sports InformationDirectors of America (CoSIDA), the Academic All-America Program honors student-athletes who excelboth on the track, field or cross country course aswell as the classroom. (note: cross country and track hadseparate teams prior to 2002; all recipients were trackhonorees unless noted)

Tom Mick1988 (Third Team)

Theresa Rice 1989 (First Team - XC)Mike McWilliams 1995 (Second Team)Jeff Hojnacki 1997 (Third Team)Jason Rexing 1997 (Third Team)

1998 (Second Team)Errol Williams 1998 (First Team)Mike Brown 1999 (Second Team)Alison Klemmer 1999 (Third Team)

2000 (Second Team)Ryan Shay 2002 (Second Team)Luke Watson 2002 (Second Team)

2003 (First Team)Lauren King 2004 (Second Team)Todd Mobley 2004 (First Team)

2005 (First Team)Stacey Cowan 2005 (Third Team)

2006 (First Team)Sean O’Donnell 2005 (Third Team)

2006 (Second Team)Thomas Chamney 2006 (Third Team)

2007 (First Team) Stephanie Madia 2006 (Second Team)Tim Moore 2006 (Third Team)Maryann Erigha 2007 (Second Team)Sunni Olding 2007 (Second Team)Todd Ptacek 2007 (Second Team)Patrick Smyth 2009 (First Team)


All-AmericaAnalysis

Men’s Multiple All-AmericansSEVEN TIMESRyan Shay 1999 - 10,000m

2000 - 10,000m

2001 - Indoor 5,000m, 5,000m, 10,000m

2002 - Indoor 5,000m, 10,000m

SIX TIMESLuke Watson 2000 - Distance Medley Relay

2001 - 3,000m, Steeplechase

2002 - Mile, 3,000m, 5,000m

FIVE TIMESKurt Benninger 2005 - Mile

2005-06 - Distance Medley Relay

2007 - 1,500m

2008 - Indoor 3,000m

Pete Farrell 1966 - 880y, Indoor 1000y

1967 - Indoor 880y

1968 - Indoor 880y, Distance Medley Relay

Bill Hurd 1968 - 55m, 100m, 200m

1969 - 100m, 220y

FOUR TIMESJim Delaney 1941-42-43 - Shot Put

1943 - Discus

Billy Hayes 1921-22 - 100y

1921-22 - 220y

Joe Kelly 1944-45 - Shot Put

1944-45 - Discus

Patrick Smyth 2007 - Outdoor 5,000m

2008 - Outdoor 5,000m

2009 - 3,000m, 10,000m

THREE TIMESThomas Chamney 2006-07 - Indoor 800m

2006 - 800m

Ed Dean 1965 - Indoor Mile, Mile

1966 - Indoor Mile

Don Elser 1935 - Shot Put

1936 - Shot Put, 220y Hurdles

Bill Faymonville 1937-38-39 - Discus

Vincent Murphy 1933-34-35 - High Jump

Greg Rice 1938 - Two-Mile

1939 - Mile, Two-Mile

Alex Wilson 1930 - 400m; 1931 - 400m, 880y

TWOTIMESBerine Allard 1955-56 - High Jump

Chuck Aragon 1979 - Two-Mile Relay

1981 - 1,500m

Adam Currie 2005-06 - Distance Medley Relay

Aubrey Lewis 1956-57 - 400m Hurdles

Tom Lieb 1923-24 - Discus

Johnny Murphy 1921-22 - High Jump

Selim Nurudeen 2005 - 60m Hurdles

2005 - 110m Hurdles

Jason Rexing 1996 - 10,000m

1997 - Distance Medley Relay

Jake Watson 2007 - Indoor Mile

2008 - Indoor Mile

Marshaun West 1999 - Indoor Long Jump

2000 - Long Jump

Errol Williams 1998 - 55m Hurdles

1998 - 110m Hurdles

Rick Wohlhuter 1969 - Two-Mile Relay

1970 - Indoor 600y

Women’s Multiple All-AmericansSEVEN TIMESMolly Huddle 2003 - 3,000m, 5,000m

2004 - 3,000m, Indoor 5,000m, 5,000m

2006 - 5,000m

2007 - 5,000m

FOUR TIMESLiz Grow 2001 - Indoor 400m

2002 - Indoor 400m, 400m, 4x400m Relay

Tameisha King 2000 - Long Jump

2002 - Indoor Long Jump

2003 - Indoor Long Jump, Long Jump

THREE TIMESJoAnna Deeter 1999 - Indoor 5,000m

1999 - 5,000m

1999 - 10,000m

Jennifer Engelhardt 1997 - Indoor High Jump

1999 - Indoor High Jump

2000 - High Jump

Kerry Meagher 2004 - Mile

2004 - 1,500m

2005 - 1,500m

TWOTIMESDominque Calloway 1997 - 55m Hurdles

1997 - 100m Hurdles

Lauren King 2002 - 1,500m

2003 - Mile

Alison Klemmer 1998-99 - 10,000m

Stephanie Madia 2005 - 5,000m

2006 - Indoor 5,000m

Mary Saxer 2009 - Indoor & Outdoor

Pole Vault

Men CombinedAll-America Analysis

All-America honors combined with cross country.

NINE TIMESRyan Shay

Track and Field 1999 - 10,000m; 2000 - 10,000m

2001 - Indoor 5,000m, 5,000m, 10,000m

2002 - Indoor 5,000m, 10,000m

Cross Country 1999 (12th); 2001 (6th)

EIGHT TIMESLuke Watson

Track and Field 2000 - Dist. Medley Relay

2001 - 3,000m, Steeplechase

2002 - Mile, 3,000m, 5,000m

Cross Country 2001 (7th); 2002 (5th)

SEVEN TIMESPatrick Smyth

Track and Field 2007 - Outdoor 5,000m

2008 - Outdoor 5,000m

2009 - 3,000m, 10,000m

Cross Country 2006 (36th), 2007 (13th), 2008 (10th)

SIX TIMESKurt Benninger

Track and Field 2005 - Mile

2005-06 - Distance Medley Relay

2007 - 1,500m

2008 - Indoor 3,000m

Cross Country 2005 (8th)

FIVE TIMESOliver Hunter

Track and Field 1942 - Two-Mile

Cross Country 1940 (2nd); 1941 (2nd);

1942 (1st); 1943 (n/a)

Greg Rice

Track and Field 1938 - Two-Mile

1939 - Mile, Two-Mile

Cross Country 1938 (1st); 1939 (11th)

Mike McWilliams

Track and Field 1995 - 10,000m

Cross Country 1990 (25th); 1991 (17th);

1992 (24th); 1993 (18th)

Women CombinedAll-America Analysis

TEN TIMESMolly Huddle

Track and Field 2003 - 3,000m, 5,000m

2004 - 3,000m, Indoor 5,000m, 5,000m

2006 - 5,000m

2007 - 5,000m

Cross Country 2002 (6th);

2003 (41st); 2005 (15th)

FIVE TIMESJoAnna Deeter

Track and Field

1999 - Indoor 5,000m, 5,000m, 10,000m

Cross Country 1996 (3rd); 1998 (14th)

Lauren King

Track and Field 2002 - 1,500m

2003 - Mile

Cross Country 2001 (27th);

2002 (19th); 2003 (28th)

Pete Farrell earned five All-America honors during the1966, ‘67 and ‘68 track and field seasons.


NCAA Track & FieldChampionship ResultsWomen’s Track and Field at theNCAA Indoor ChampionshipYear TM Finish Points Individuals Site1996 1 Indianapolis, Ind.1997 2 Indianapolis, Ind.1998 1 Indianapolis, Ind.1999 47 (tie) 3 3 Indianapolis, Ind.2001 58 (tie) 1 1 Fayetteville, Ark.2002 34 (tie) 5 6 Fayetteville, Ark.2003 32 (tie) 5 7 Fayetteville, Ark.2004 21 (tie) 10 6 Fayetteville, Ark.2005 2 Fayetteville, Ark.2006 39 (tie) 5 2 Fayetteville, Ark.2007 1 Fayetteville, Ark.2009 60 (tie) 1 2 College Station, Texas

Women’s Track and Field at theNCAA Outdoor ChampionshipYear TM Finish Points Individuals Site1994 55 (tie) 2 1 Boise, Idaho1995 1 Knoxville, Tenn.1996 1 Eugene, Ore.1997 61 (tie) 1 2 Bloomington, Ind.1998 65 (tie) 1 1 Buffalo, N.Y.1999 17 (tie) 13 3 Boise, Idaho2000 66 (tie) 1 4 Durham, N.C.2001 1 Eugene, Ore.2002 27 (tie) 9 6 Baton Rouge, La.2003 25 11 6 Sacramento, Calif.2004 34 (tie) 6 3 Austin, Texas2005 55 (tie) 4 7 Sacramento, Calif.2006 32 8.25 3 Sacramento, Calif.2007 41 (tie) 6 2 Sacramento, Calif.2008 2 Des Moines, Iowa2009 24 11.50 4 Fayetteville, Ark.

Men’s Track and Field at theNCAA Indoor ChampionshipYear TM Finish Points Individuals Site1965 10 (tie) 6 2 Detroit, Mich.1966 15 (tie) 5 2 Detroit, Mich.1967 26 (tie) 3 1 Detroit, Mich.1968 17 4.5 5 Detroit, Mich.1969 20 (tie) 4 4 Detroit, Mich.1970 15 (tie) 6 1 Detroit, Mich.1972 15 (tie) 6 2 Detroit, Mich.1979 54 (tie) 1 4 Detroit, Mich.1983 49 (tie) 1 1 Pontiac, Mich.1986 26 (tie) 6 4 Oklahoma City, Okla.1989 4 Indianapolis, Ind.1990 45 (tie) 2 1 Indianapolis, Ind.1991 23 (tie) 8 1 Indianapolis, Ind.1992 2 Indianapolis, Ind.1993 1 Indianapolis, Ind.1994 1 Indianapolis, Ind.1995 50 (tie) 2 3 Indianapolis, Ind.1997 51 (tie) 3 5 Indianapolis, Ind.1998 60 (tie) 1 1 Indianapolis, Ind.1999 33 5.5 3 Indianapolis, Ind.2000 47 (tie) 3 4 Fayetteville, Ark.2001 1 Fayetteville, Ark.2002 21 (tie) 9 2 Fayetteville, Ark.2003 34 (tie) 6 5 Fayetteville, Ark.2004 1 Fayetteville, Ark.2005 20 (tie) 11 5 Fayetteville, Ark.2006 33 (tie) 6 5 Fayetteville, Ark.2007 65 (tie) 1 6 Fayetteville, Ark.2008 36 (tie) 7 7 Fayetteville, Ark.2009 59 (tie) 1 2 College Station, Texas

Men’s Track and Field at theNCAA Outdoor ChampionshipYear TM Finish Points Individuals Site1921 2 16.75 5 Chicago, Ill.1922 3 16.1 3 Chicago, Ill.1923 13 (tie) 7 2 Chicago, Ill.1924 1 Chicago, Ill.1926 2 Chicago, Ill.1927 1 Chicago, Ill.1929 34 (tie) 2 1 Chicago, Ill.1930 14 10.1 1 Chicago, Ill.1931 18 9.75 1 Chicago, Ill.1933 16 9 1 Chicago, Ill.1934 33 3.25 2 Los Angeles, Calif.1935 7 (tie) 14 2 Berkeley, Calif.1936 10 14 2 Chicago, Ill.1937 9 15 2 Berkeley, Calif.1938 5 (tie) 24 4 Minneapolis, Minn.1939 9 (tie) 12 2 Los Angeles, Calif.1941 10 (tie) 10 2 Stanford, Calif.1942 6 (tie) 18 3 Lincoln, Neb.1943 13 (tie) 12 1 Evanston, Ill.1944 2 43 6 Milwaukee, Wis.1945 5 26 5 Milwaukee, Wis.1946 30 4 1 Minneapolis, Minn.1948 22 (tie) 9 3 Minneapolis, Minn.1950 10 (tie) 14 1 Minneapolis, Minn.1953 27 (tie) 5 1 Lincoln, Neb.1954 42 (tie) 0.75 1 Ann Arbor, Mich.1955 24 7 1 Los Angeles, Calif.1956 17 (tie) 10.7 2 Berkeley, Calif.1957 26 (tie) 6 1 Austin, Texas1964 18 (tie) 10 2 Eugene, Ore.1965 41 (tie) 4 1 Berkeley, Calif.1966 49 (tie) 1 1 Bloomington, Ind.1968 14 (tie) 10 2 Berkeley, Calif.1969 19 (tie) 8 1 Knoxville, Tenn.1981 43 (tie) 2 1 Baton Rouge, La.1986 60 (tie) 1 1 Indianapolis, Ind.1988 1 Eugene, Ore.1990 1 Durham, N.C.1992 1 Austin, Texas1993 1 New Orleans, La.1995 4 Knoxville, Tenn.1996 1 Eugene, Ore.1997 3 Bloomington, Ind.1998 38 (tie) 6 2 Buffalo, N.Y.1999 65 (tie) 2 2 Boise, Idaho2000 47 (tie) 4 5 Durham, N.C.2001 21 13 1 Eugene, Ore.2002 24 (tie) 10 2 Baton Rouge, La.2003 1 Sacramento, Calif.2004 2 Austin, Texas2005 60 (tie) 2 2 Sacramento, Calif.2006 52 (tie) 3 3 Sacramento, Calif.2007 55 (tie) 4 4 Sacramento, Calif.2008 71 (tie) 1 3 Des Moines, Iowa2009 48 (tie) 5 3 Fayetteville, Ark.

NOTE: Number of individuals includes each member of relay squad; individuals qualifying in multipleevents counted once.


Track & FieldNCAA Results

Bill Hurd finishedin the top five ofboth the indoor 55meters andoutdoor 100meters at theNCAAChampionships in1968.

1986 John McNelisRobert NoblesJeff Van WieJim Tyler 3rd

1989 Mark Lavery, Brian PeppardMike RoganDavid Warth DNP

Distance Medley Relay1968 Pete Farrell

Kevin O’BrienBob TimmChuck Vehorn N/A

1997 Derek SeilingDanny PaytonJeff HojnackiJason Rexing 8th

2000 Chris CochranTim KoberPhil MishkaLuke Watson 6th

2003 Kevin SomokRyan PostelThomas ChamneyEric Morrison 10th

2005 Eric MorrisonTrevor McClain-DuerAdam CurrieKurt Benninger 6th

2006 Ryan PostelJohn CavanaughAdam CurrieKurt Benninger 6th

2007 Adam CurrieRyan PostelJohn CavanaughTodd Ptacek 9th

2008 Blake ChoplinAustin WechterAdam CurrieDan Clark 10th

High Jump1993 Todd Herman 10th

Long Jump1999 Marshaun West 6th

Pole Vault1999 Michael Brown 6th2009 Matt Schipper 14th

Shot Put1972 Greg Cortina DNP1995 Mike Fleisch 13th

Men’s Outdoor Results100 Yards / 100 Meters1921 Billy Hayes 2nd1922 Billy Hayes 2nd1929 Jack Elder 5th1938 William Clifford 5th1944 Frank Burke 4th1968 Bill Hurd 4th (m)1969 Bill Hurd 5th

220 Yards / 200 Meters1921 Billy Hayes 4th1922 Billy Hayes 2nd1927 Joe Della Maria 3rd1945 Dave Murphy 3rd1948 Bob Smith 6th (m)1968 Bill Hurd 3rd (m)1969 Bill Hurd 3rd

440 Yards / 400 Meters1930 Alex Wilson 4th1931 Alex Wilson 1st (48.0)1964 Bill Boyle 5th (m)

880 Yards / 800 Meters1930 Brant Little 3rd1931 Alex Wilson 2nd1936 Joe McGrath 4th (m)1938 John Francis 2nd1966 Pete Farrell 6th1997 Jeff Hojnacki DNP (m)2000 Tim Kober DNP (m)2000 Phil Mishka DNP (m)2006 Thomas Chamney 6th (m)2008 Jake Watson DNP (M)

Mile / 1,500 Meters1926 Charles Judge 1st (4:22.5)1937 Greg Rice 4th1942 Frank Conforti 4th1944 Frank Martin 3rd1945 Bill Tully 6th1948 Bill Leonard 5th (m)1965 Ed Dean 4th1981 Chuck Aragon 5th (m)1986 Jim Tyler 8th (m)2004 Kevin Somok 22nd (m)2004 Kurt Benninger 25th (m)2007 Kurt Benninger 5th (m)2008 Kurt Benninger 11th (m)

3,000-Meter Steeplechase1948 Jim Kittell 3rd1995 John Cowan 11th2000 Luke Watson DNP2002 Luke Watson 7th2007 Todd Ptacek 13th

5,000 Meters1988 Dan Garrett 10th1990 Mike O’Connor 12th1993 Nate Ruder DNP2001 Ryan Shay 6th2003 Luke Watson 9th2006 Kurt Benninger DNP2007 Patrick Smyth 9th 2008 Patrick Smyth 8th

10,000 Meters1992 Mike McWilliams 14th1995 Mike McWilliams 13th1995 Joe Dunlop 15th1996 Jason Rexing 13th1997 Jason Rexing 13th1998 Jason Rexing 14th1999 Ryan Shay 7th2000 Ryan Shay 7th2001 Ryan Shay 1st (29:05.44)2002 Ryan Shay 2nd2005 Kaleb Van Ort 13th2006 Tim Moore 15th2009 Patrick Smyth 4th

Men’s Indoor Results(m) - metric distanceDNP - did not place

55 Meters (discontinued)1968 Bill Hurd 6th1991 Raghib Ismail 2nd1995 Allen Rossum 7th1997 Allen Rossum 7th

200 Meters1992 Willie Clark DNP1994 Randy Kinder 10th

600 Yards1970 Rick Wohlhuter 1st (1:09.5)1983 Steve Dziabis 6th

800 Meters1995 Jeff Hojnacki DNP1997 Jeff Hojnacki DNP2006 Thomas Chamney 6th2007 Thomas Chamney 8th

880 Yards1967 Pete Farrell 3rd1968 Pete Farrell 6th

1,000 Yards1966 Pete Farrell 4th

Mile1965 Ed Dean 4th1966 Ed Dean 3rd1999 Antonio Arce 10th2003 Luke Watson 3rd2005 Kurt Benninger 4th2007 Jake Watson 10th2008 Jake Watson 6th

Two Mile1965 Bill Clark 2nd

3,000 Meters1992 John Coyle 8th2002 Ryan Shay 18th2002 Luke Watson 3rd2003 Luke Watson 11th2006 Kurt Benninger DNP2008 Kurt Benninger 5th

Patrick Smyth 13th2009 Patrick Smyth 8th

5,000 Meters1990 Mike O’Connor 5th2001 Ryan Shay 9th2002 Ryan Shay 7th

55-Meter / 60-Yard Hurdles(discontinued)1972 Tom McMannon 1st (7.2)1998 Errol Williams 8th (m)

60-Meter Hurdles 2004 Selim Nurudeen 15th2005 Selim Nurudeen 6th

Two-Mile Relay / 4x800 Relay1969 Mike McCann

Joe QuigleyJohn BradyRick Wohlhuter 2nd

1979 Tim MacauleyPete BurgerChuck AragonJay Miranda 6th


Two Miles1937 Greg Rice 1st (9:14.2)1938 Greg Rice 2nd1939 Greg Rice 1st (9:02.6)1942 Oliver Hunter 2nd1944 Frank Martin 1st (9:38.4)1944 Mike Keily 6th

120-Yard / 110-Meter HH1921 Chet Wayne 4th1945 Bill O’Neil 6th1950 Bill Fleming 2nd1964 Pete Whitehouse 2nd (m)1995 Errol Williams DNP (m)1997 Errol Williams DNP (m)1998 Errol Williams 3rd (m)2005 Selim Nurudeen 7th (m)

220-Yard LH (discontinued)1921 Gus Desch 1st (24.8)1936 Don Elser 2nd1946 Bud Gartiser 4th1950 Bill Fleming 3rd

400-Meter IH1956 Aubrey Lewis 1st (51.0)1957 Aubrey Lewis 3rd

High Jump1921 Johnny Murphy 1st (6-3)1922 Johnny Murphy 1st-tie (6-2 5/8)1923 David Weeks 2nd (tie)1933 Vincent Murphy 1st-tie (6-4)1934 Vincent Murphy 4th (tie)1935 Vincent Murphy 2nd (tie)1941 John O’Rourke 3rd1955 Bernie Allard 2nd (tie)1956 Bernie Allard 4th (tie)1968 Ed Broderick DNP2007 Blair Majcina 17th (tie)

Long Jump1934 George Meagher 5th2000 Marshaun West 7th

Pole Vault1922 Eddie Hogan 3rd (tie)1926 Paul Harrington 1st (13-0 7/8)1944 Phil Anderson 1st-tie (13-6)1945 Ray Struble 4th1953 Joe Springer 3rd (tie)1954 Jim Harrington 5th (tie)1999 Michael Brown DNP2009 Matt Schipper 19th (tie)

Shot Put1935 Don Elser 2nd1936 Don Elser 5th1941 Jim Delaney 4th1942 Jim Delaney 3rd1943 Jim Delaney 3rd1944 George Sullivan 3rd1944 Joe Kelly 6th1945 Joe Kelly 3rd

Discus1923 Tom Lieb 1st (144-2 1/2)1924 Tom Lieb 1st (143-4)1937 Bill Faymonville 6th1938 Bill Faymonville 3rd1939 Bill Faymonville 5th1943 Jim Delaney 3rd1944 Joe Kelly 2nd1945 Joe Kelly N/A

Javelin1921 Eugene Oberst 2nd

Decathlon2009 Justin Schneider 20th

Women’s Indoor Results200 Meters2002 Ayesha Boyd 17th

400 Meters1999 Liz Grow DNP2001 Liz Grow 8th2002 Liz Grow 4th2009 Joanna Schultz 8th

800 Meters1996 Berit Junker DNP

Mile2002 Lauren King DNP2003 Lauren King 7th2004 Kerry Meagher 7th2004 Lauren King 10th2006 Ramsey Kavan DNP

3,000 Meters1998 JoAnna Deeter 15th2003 Molly Huddle 9th2004 Molly Huddle 7th2005 Stephanie Madia 12th

5,000 Meters1999 JoAnna Deeter 6th2004 Molly Huddle 3rd2006 Stephanie Madia 4th

55-Meter Hurdles (discontinued)1997 Dominqué Calloway 11th

4x400-Meter Relay2002 Ayesha Boyd

Kristen DoddKymia LoveLiz Grow 5th

2003 Tiffany GunnKristen DoddAyesha BoydKymia Love 9th

Distance Medley Relay2004 Lauren King

Kerry MeagherKristen DoddMegan Johnson 10th

High Jump1997 Jennifer Engelhardt 9th1999 Jennifer Engelhardt 12th2004 Stacey Cowan 10th2005 Stacey Cowan 19th

Long Jump2002 Tameisha King 13th2003 Tameisha King 6th

Pole Vault2009 Mary Saxer 9th

Pentathlon2008 Alyissa Hasan 9th

Women’s Outdoor Results100 Meters2005 Maryann Erigha DNP

200 Meters1997 Dominqué Calloway DNP2005 Maryann Erigha DNP

400 Meters2000 Liz Grow DNP2001 Liz Grow DNP2002 Liz Grow 10th2005 Okechi Ogbuokiri DNP2009 Joanna Schultz 26th

800 Meters1996 Berit Junker DNP

1,500 Meters2002 Lauren King 6th2003 Lauren King 20th2004 Kerry Meagher 9th2005 Kerry Meagher 10th

5,000 Meters1999 JoAnna Deeter 4th2002 Jennifer Handley 18th2003 Molly Huddle 4th2003 Jennifer Handley 22nd2004 Molly Huddle 3rd2004 Stephanie Madia 22nd2005 Stephanie Madia 5th2006 Molly Huddle 2nd2006 Stephanie Madia DNP2007 Molly Huddle 3rd

10,000 Meters1995 Kristi Kramer 18th1998 Alison Klemmer 8th1999 JoAnna Deeter 3rd1999 Alison Klemmer 7th2000 Alison Klemmer 20th2005 Lauren King 12th

100-Meter Hurdles1997 Dominqué Calloway 8th

400-Meter Hurdles1994 Erica Peterson 7th1997 Nadia Schmiedt DNP


Kristen DoddTameisha KingLiz Grow DNP

2003 Tameisha KingAyesha BoydKristen DoddKymia Love 10th


Kristen DoddKymia LoveLiz Grow 5th

2003 Tiffany GunnKristen DoddAyesha BoydKymia Love 9th

High Jump1999 Jennifer Engelhardt 19th2000 Jennifer Engelhardt 7th2003 Stacey Cowan 14th (tie)2005 Emily Loomis 16th (tie)2005 Stacey Cowan 29th2006 Emily Loomis 8th (tie)

Long Jump2000 Tameisha King 9th2002 Tameisha King 7th2003 Tameisha King 3rd

Pole Vault2009 Mary Saxer 3rd

Discus2007 Jaclyn Espinoza 22nd2008 Jaclyn Espinoza 25th2009 Jaclyn Espinoza 3rd

Hammer Throw2009 Anna Weber 15th

Heptathlon2008 Alyissa Hasan 15th


Men’sIndoor Records

Event Notre Dame Meyo Track Collegiate NCAA Meet60 Meters Chris Cochran Demi Omole (Wisconsin) Leonard Myles-Mills (BYU) Richard Thompson (LSU)

6.79 (2000) 6.55 (2007) 6.45 (1999) 6.51 (2008)

200 Meters Randy Kinder Kevin Braunskill (N.C. State) Wallace Spearmon (Arkansas) Wallace Spearmon (Arkansas)21.11 (1994) 20.86 (1990) 20.10 (2005) 20.10 (2005)

400 Meters Ryan Postel Derek Mills (Georgia Tech) Kerron Clement (Florida) Kerron Clement (Florida)47.01 (2004) 45.75 (1993) 44.57 (2005) 44.57 (2005)

500 Meters Steve Dziabis Shaquan Brown (Louisville) Roddie Haley (Arkansas) Roddie Haley (Arkansas)1:01.92 (1983) 1:02.60 (2007) 59.82 (1986) 59.82 (1986)

800 Meters Jeff Hojnacki Tommy Asinga (E. Michigan) Paul Ereng (Virginia) Patrick Nduwimana (Arizona)1:47.50 (1997) 1:47.40 (1992) 1:44.84 (1989) 1:45.33 (2001)

1,000 Meters Phil Mishka Ryan McKenzie (Windsor) Freddie Williams (Abilene Chr.) Freddie Williams (Abilene Chr.)2:22.22 (2000) 2:22.44 (2003) 2:18.74 (1986) 2:18.74 (1986)

1,500 Meters Mike Rogan Doug Peterson (UCTC) Sydney Maree (Villanova) Paul Donovan (Arkansas)3:47.64 (1988) 3:45.25 (1988) 3:38.2 (1979) 3:43.48 (1985)

Mile Luke Watson Kevin Sullivan (Michigan) German Fernandez (Okla. State) Kevin Sullivan (Michigan)3:57.83 (2003) 3:55.90 (1995) 3:55.02 (2009) 3:55.33 (1995)

3,000 Meters Kurt Benninger Nick Willis (Michigan) Alistair Cragg (Arkansas) Adam Goucher (Colorado)7:52.28 (2006) 7:48.65 (2005) 7:38.59 (2004) 7:46.03 (1998)

5,000 Meters Ryan Shay Boaz Cheboiywo (Nike) Galen Rupp (Oregon) Alistair Cragg (Arkansas)13:46.80 (2002) 13:38.14 (2005) 13:18.12 (2009) 13:28.93 (2003)

60-Meter Hurdles Selim Nurudeen Ron Bramlett (Alabama) Reggie Torian (Wisconsin) Aries Merritt (Tennessee)7.72 (2005) 7.55 (2002) 7.47 (1997) 7.51 (2006)

4x400-Meter Relay Jordan Powell, AustinWechter, Bob KuenyRyan Postel Mississippi Florida Florida3:08.38 (2007) 3:06.83 (2004) 3:03.51 (2005) 3:03.51 (2005)

Distance Medley Thomas Chamney, Relay Ryan Postel, Adam Currie

Kurt Benninger Michigan Texas Michigan9:33.82 (2006) 9:28.12 (2005) 9:25.97 (2008) 9:27.77 (2004)

High Jump Lloyd Constable Brian Royce (unattached) Hollis Conway (SW Louisiana*) Hollis Conway (SW Louisiana*)7-3 1/2 (2.22m) (1985) 7-7 (2.31m) (1997) 7-9 1/4 (2.37m) (1989) 7-9 1/4 (2.37m) (1989)

Long Jump Marshaun West Aarik Wilson (Indiana) Miguel Pate (Alabama) Carl Lewis (Houston)25-6 3/4 (7.79m) (1999) 26-7 3/4 (8.12m) (2005) 28-2 1/4 (8.59m) (2002) 27-10 (8.48m) (1981)

Triple Jump Lamarr Justice Drexell Owusu (Rice) Charles Simpkins (Baptist) Keith Connor (SMU)51-6 3/4 (15.71m) (1996) 52-7 1/2 (17.26m) (1992) 57-5 (17.50m) (1986) 56-9 1/2 (17.31m) (1981)

Pole Vault Mike Brown Dave Volz (unattached) Jacob Davis (Texas) Jacob Davis (Texas)17-10 1/2 (5.44m) (1999) 18-0 1/2 (5.50m) (1992) 19-2 1/4 (5.85m) (1999) 19-2 1/4 (5.85m) (1999)

Shot Put Greg Cortina Mark Parlin (unattached) Ryan Whiting (Arizona State) Ryan Whiting (Arizona State)60-10 3/4 (18.56m) (1972)63-9 (19.43m) (2008) 71-3 1/2 (21.73m) (2008) 71-3 1/2 (21.73m) (2008)

Weight Throw Garet Koxlien Ryan Carey (DePaul) Kibwe Johnson (Ashland) Libor Charfreitag (SMU)61-7 (18.77m) (2007) 73-3 1/2 (22.34m) (2002) 82-3 1/2 (25.08m) (2007) 78-9 3/4 (24.02m) (2001)

Heptathlon Justin Schneider Trey Hardee (Texas) Donovan Kilmartin (Texas)5233 points (2009) 6208 points (2006) 6136 points (2004)

* - School now known as Louisiana-LafayetteNOTE: ND bests for additional events on pp. 117-120


Men’sOutdoor Records

Event Notre Dame Monogram Track Collegiate NCAA Meet 100 Meters Bill Hurd Craig First (Miami) Ato Boldon (UCLA) Ato Boldon (UCLA)

10.2 (1969) 10.10 (1998) 9.90 (1996) 9.92 (1996)

200 Meters Bill Hurd Nate Langlois (Western Michigan) Walter Dix (Florida State) Daniel (Miss. St.)/Capel (Fla.)20.4 (1969) 20.77 (1993) 19.69 (2007) 19.87 (1988/1999)

400 Meters Dan Shannon Robert Lewis (Western Michigan) Quincy Watts (USC) Quincy Watts (USC)46.09 (1984) 46.20 (1988) 43.50 (1992) 44.00 (1992)

800 Meters Thomas Chamney Jack McIntosh (Western Michigan) Joaquim Cruz (Oregon) Mark Everett (Florida)1:46.82 (2006) 1:47.38 (1982) 1:41.77 (1984) 1:44.70 (1990)

1,500 Meters Chuck Aragon Paul McMullen (Eastern Michigan) Bernard Lagat (Washington St.) Sydney Maree (Villanova)3:38.40 (1981) 3:44.01 (1993) 3:30.56 (1999) 3:35.30 (1981)

3,000-Meter Luke Watson Mark Smith (Eastern Michigan) Henry Rono (Washington St.) Henry Rono (Washington St.)Steeplechase 8:37.61 (2002) 8:48.22 (1982) 8:05.4h (1978) 8:12.39 (1978)

5,000 Meters Kurt Benninger Jesse McGuire (Western Michigan) Henry Rono (Washington St.) Sydney Maree (Villanova)13:33.05 (2005) 14:06.3 (1990) 13:08.4h (1978) 13:20.63 (1979)

10,000 Meters Patrick Smyth Patrick Kearns (Notre Dame) Henry Rono (Washington St.) Suleiman Nyambui (UTEP)28:25.85 (2009) 29:55.68 (1991) 27:22.47 (1978) 28:01.30 (1979)

110-Meter Hurdles Errol Williams Keith Talley (W. Michigan) Renaldo Nehemiah (Maryland) Aries Merritt (Tennessee)13.53 (1998) 13.74 (1984) 13.00 (1979) 13.21 (2006)

400-Meter Hurdles Aubrey Lewis Paul Steele (Iowa) Samuel Matete (Auburn) Kerron Clement (Florida)50.2 (1957) 50.52 (1988) 47.10 (1991) 47.56 (2005)

4x100-Meter Relay Travis Davey, Chris CochranTom Gilbert, Marshaun West Notre Dame Texas Christian Texas Christian40.22 (2000) 40.22 (2000) 38.04 (1998) 38.04 (1998)

4x400-Meter Relay Robert Nobles, Dan ShannonVan Pearcy, Mitch Van Eyken Southern Illinois LSU LSU3:08.11 (1985) 3:05.2 (1982) 2:59.59 (2005) 2:59.59 (2005)

High Jump Lloyd Constable Vinton Bennett (W. Michigan) Hollis Conway (SW Louisiana*) Hollis Conway (SW Louisiana*)7-2 (2.19m) (1982) 7-2 1/2 (2.20m) (1991) 7-10 (2.39m) (1989) 7-9 3/4 (2.38m) (1989)

Long Jump Marshaun West Aaron Hopkins (Toledo) Erick Walder (Arkansas) Erick Walder (Arkansas)25-8 (7.82m) (2000) 25-6 1/4 (7.78m) (1966) 28-8 1/4 (8.74m) (1994) 28-0 (8.53m) (1993)

Triple Jump Godwin Mbagwu Larry Kinney (Pittsburgh) James Beckford (Blinn) Keith Connor (SMU)51-11 (15.82m) (2004) 52-3 (15.92m) (1979) 58-9 1/2 (17.92m) (1995) 57-7 3/4 (17.57m) (1982)

Pole Vault Mike Brown Jeff Ward (Miami) Lawrence Johnson (Tennessee) Lawrence Johnson (Tennessee)17-5 1/2 (5.32m) (1999) 18-2 1/2 (5.55m) (1982) 19-7 1/2 (5.98m) (1996) 19-1 (5.82m) (1996)

Shot Put Mike Fleisch Jeff Braun (Wisconsin) John Godina (UCLA) John Godina (UCLA)59-10 3/4 (18.25m) (1997) 62-0 (18.89m) (1979) 72-2 1/4 (22.00m) (1995) 72-2 1/4 (22.00m) (1995)

Discus Paul Gill Paul Gill (Notre Dame) Hannes Hopley (SMU) Kamy Keshmiri (Nevada)191-7 3/4 (58.41m) (1970) 191-7 3/4 (58.41m) (1970) 222-0 (67.66m) (2004) 220-0 (67.06m) (1992)

Hammer Kyle Annen Dale Cowper (Western Michigan) Balazs Kiss (USC) Balazs Kiss (USC)201-8 (61.46m) (2006) 198-3 (60.42m) (2001) 270-10 (82.56m) (1995) 265-3 (80.86m) (1996)

Javelin Ryan Mihalko Brian Keane (Western Michigan) Patrik Boden (Texas) Esko Mikkola (Arizona)222-8 (67.86m) (1990) 232-2 (70.76m) (1993) 292-4 (89.10m) (1990) 268-7 (81.86m) (1998)

Decathlon Paul Doyle no record Trey Hardee (Texas) Brian Brophy (Tennessee)7,774 points (1982) 8,465 points (2006) 8,276 points (1992)

* - School now known as Louisiana-LafayetteNOTE: Records shown only for events currently contested at NCAA Championship (ND bests for all events on pp. 117-120)


Women’sIndoor Records

Event Notre Dame Meyo Track Collegiate NCAA Meet60 Meters Maryann Erigha Lauryn Williams (Miami) Angela Williams (USC) Angela Williams (USC)

7.38 (2006) 7.29 (2003) 7.09 (2001) 7.13 (2002)

200 Meters Maryann Erigha Ashlee Kidd (Georgia Tech) Bianca Knight (Texas) Veronica Campbell (Arkansas)23.60 (2005) 23.51 (2006) 22.40 (2008) 22.43 (2004)

400 Meters Liz Grow Ginou Etienne (Miami)Natasha Hastings (South Carolina) Natasha Hastings (South Carolina)52.14 (2002) 52.67 (2005) 50.80 (2007) 50.80 (2007)

800 Meters Kelly Langhans Geena Gall (Michigan ) Nicole Cook (Tennessee) Hazel Clark (Florida)2:08.24 (2009) 2:03.91 (2009) 2:00.75 (2005) 2:01.77 (1999)

1,000 Meters Abby Higgins Becky Lyne (Butler) Trena Hull (UNLV) Trena Hull (UNLV)2:50.55 (2009) 2:48.84 (2003) 2:41.08 (1989) 2:41.08 (1989)

Mile Lauren King Erica Moore (Indiana State) Jenny Barringer (Colorado) Suzy Favor (Wisconsin)4:38.37 (2003) 4:35.35 (2009) 4:25.91 (2009) 4:30.63 (1989)

3,000 Meters Molly Huddle Collette Liss (Indiana Invaders) Sally Kipyego (Texas Tech) Kim Smith (Providence)9:08.60 (2004) 8:58.47 (2000) 8:48.77 (2009) 8:49.18 (2004)

5,000 Meters Molly Huddle Stephanie Madia (Notre Dame) Kim Smith (Providence) Kim Smith (Providence)15:57.22 (2004) 16:02.14 (2006) 15:14.18 (2004) 15:14.18 (2004)

60-Meter Dominqué Calloway Tiffany Ofili (Michigan) Virginia Powell (USC) Virginia Powell (USC)Hurdles 8.28 (1997) 8.05 (2007) 7.84 (2006) 7.84 (2006)

4x400-Meter Ayesha Boyd, Tiffany GunnRelay Kristen Dodd, Kymia Love Miami Texas Texas

3:35.26 (2003) 3:33.47* (2003) 3:27.66 (2003) 3:27.66 (2003)

Distance Medley Lauren King, Kristen DoddRelay Kerry Meagher, M. Huddle Michigan Villanova UCLA

11:07.94 (2004) 11:04.38 (2007) 10:54.34 (1988) 10:58.19 (2002)

High Jump Stacey Cowan Chaunte Howard (Georgia Tech) Five athletes tied at: Amy Acuff (UCLA)5-11 1/2 (1.82m) (2004) 6-1 1/4 (1.86m) (2004) 6-5 1/2 (1.97m) 6-5 1/2 (1.97m) (1995)

Long Jump Tameisha King Charisse Bacchus (Kansas) Elva Goulbourne (Auburn) Elva Goulbourne (Auburn)20-8 1/2 (6.31m) (2003) 21-0 3/4 (6.42m) (2006) 22-8 (6.91m) (2002) 22-4 1/4 (6.81m) (2003)

Triple Jump Petra Dankova Tabia Charles (Power Athletics) Suzette Lee (LSU) Suzette Lee (LSU)41-7 (12.67m) (2003) 46-0 (14.02m) (2007) 46-9 (14.25m) (1997) 46-9 (14.25m) (1997)

Pole Vault Mary Saxer Mary Saxer (Notre Dame) Amy Linnen (Arizona) Amy Linnen (Arizona)13-7 1/4 (4.15m) (2009) 13-7 1/4 (4.15m) (2009) 14-10 (4.53m) (2002) 14-10 (4.53m) (2002)

Shot Put Meghan Horn Valeyta Althouse (unattached) Laura Gerraughty (UNC) Laura Gerraughty (UNC)48-8 3/4 (14.85m) (2005) 60-7 1/4 (18.47m) (1997) 62-10 (19.15m) (2004) 62-10 (19.15m) (2004)

Weight Throw Anna Weber Kimberli Barrett (Miami) Brittany Riley (Southern Illinois) Brittany Riley (Southern Illinois)63-11 3/4 (19.50m) (2009) 68-9 3/4 (20.97m) (2005) 83-10 1/4 (25.56m) (2007) 83-10 1/4 (25.56m) (2007)

Pentathlon Alyissa Hasan Alyissa Hasan (Notre Dame) Jacquelyn Johnson (Arizona State) Jacquelyn Johnson (Arizona State)4,069 points (2008) 4,015 points (2008) 4,496 points (2008) 4,496 points (2008)

* - Converted from 4x440-yard relay time (3:34.57) NOTE: Records shown only for events currently contested at NCAA Championships (ND bests for all events on pp. 117-120)


Women’sOutdoor Records

Event Notre Dame Monogram Track Collegiate NCAA Meet100 Meters Maryann Erigha Smith (Miami)/Bailey(Central Michigan) Dawn Sowell (LSU) Dawn Sowell (LSU)

11.28 (2005) 11.95 (1998/2004) 10.78 (1989) 10.78 (1989)

200 Meters Dominqué Calloway Liz Grow (Notre Dame) Dawn Sowell (LSU) Dawn Sowell (LSU)23.25 (1997) 23.84 (2002) 22.04 (1989) 22.04 (1989)

400 Meters Liz Grow Liz Grow (Notre Dame) Sanya Richards (Texas) Monique Henderson (UCLA)52.05 (2002) 54.16 (2000) 49.89 (2004) 50.10 (2005)

800 Meters Berit Junker Megan Johnson (Notre Dame) Claudette Groenendaal (Oregon) Suzy Favor (Wisconsin)2:05.68 (1996) 2:10.95 (2002) 1:58.33 (1985) 1:59.11 (1990)

1,500 Meters Lauren King Tricia Roddy (Miami) Sonja O’Sullivan (Villanova) Hannah England (Florida State)4:14.72 (2003) 4:32.44 (1999) 4:05.81 (1991) 4:06.19 (2008)

3,000 Meters JoAnna Deeter Stephanie Madia (Notre Dame) Vicki Huber (Villanova) Vicki Huber (Villanova)9:18.31 (1999) 9:52.94 (2004) 8:37.25 (1988) 8:47.35 (1988)

3,000-Meter Lindsey Ferguson Megan Johnson (Notre Dame) Jenny Barringer (Colorado) Jenny Barringer (Colorado)Steeplechase 10:15.23 (2009) 10:54.70 (2004) 9:25.54 (2009) 9:25.54 (2009)

5,000 Meters Molly Huddle Karla Burds (Drake) Cathy Easker (Wisconsin) Sally Kipyego (Texas Tech)15:32.55 (2004) 19:06.1 (1991) 15:07.56 (1985) 15:15.08 (2008)

10,000 Meters Molly Huddle no record Sally Kipyego (Texas Tech) Sylvia Mosqueda 32:37.87 (2006) 31:25.45 (2008) (CS-Los Angeles)

32:28.57 (1988)

100-Meter Dominqué Calloway Chelsea Humphrey (Western Michigan) Virginia Powell (USC) Virginia Powell (USC)Hurdles 13.13 (1997) 13.88 (2004) 12.48 (2006) 12.48 (2006)

400-Meter Erica Peterson Erica Peterson (Notre Dame) Janeene Vickers (UCLA) Sheena Johnson (UCLA)Hurdles 58.25 (1994) 59.24 (1993) 53.47 (1991) 54.24 (2004)

4x100-Meter Tameisha King, Liz Grow Notre Dame Texas A&M Texas A&MRelay Kristen Dodd, Ayesha Boyd 44.74 (2001) 42.36 (2009) 42.36 (2009)

44.30 (2002)

4x400-Meter Liz Grow, Kristen Dodd Miami (Fla.) Texas LSURelay Ayesha Boyd, Kymia Love 3:48.2 (1998) 3:23.75 (2004) 3:25.78 (2006)

3:32.12 (2002)

High Jump Jennifer Engelhardt Jennifer Engelhardt (Notre Dame) Amy Acuff (UCLA) Amy Acuff (UCLA)6-0 3/4 (1.85m) (1999) 5-8 3/4 (1.75m) (2000) 6-6 3/4 (2.00m) (1997) 6-5 (1.96m) (1995)

Long Jump Tameisha King Tameisha King (Notre Dame) Jackie Joyner (UCLA) Rhonda Watkins (UCLA)21-8 1/4 (6.61m) (2003) 20-1 (6.12m) (2001) 23-9 (7.24m) (1985) 22-10 (6.96m) (2007)

Triple Jump Petra Dankova Jackie Smart (Central Michigan) Trecia Smith (Pittsburgh) Candice Baucham (UCLA)41-6 (12.65m) (2004) 40-10 1/2 (12.46m) (2004) 46-8 (14.22m) (1997) 46-2 (14.07m) (2005)

Pole Vault Mary Saxer Jaime Volkmer (Notre Dame) Lacy Johnson (Florida State) Becky Holliday (Oregon)14-1 1/4 (4.30m) (2009) 12-0 (3.66m) (2002) 15-0 1/4 (4.58m) (2006) 14-5 1/2 (4.41m) (2004)

Shot Put Anna Weber Mary Raney (Central Michigan) Meg Ritchie (Arizona) Tressa Thompson (Nebraska)48-7 1/2 (14.82m) (2009) 48-5 1/4 (14.76m) (2006) 62-3 3/4 (18.99m) (1983) 61-2 1/4 (18.65m) (1998)

Discus Jaclyn Espinoza Sonja Fitts (St. John’s) Meg Ritchie (Arizona) Seilala Sua (UCLA)172-05 (52.55m) (2009) 159-3 (48.54m) (1991) 221-5 (67.48m) (1981) 210-10 (64.26m) (1999)

Hammer Anna Weber Dore DeBartolo (Notre Dame) Jenny Dahlgren (Georgia) Jenny Dahlgren (Georgia)200-09 (61.20m) (2009) 182-2 (55.52m) (2001) 239-4 (72.94m) (2007) 232-0 (70.72m) (2007)

Javelin Laura Huarte Jamie Strieter (Western Michigan) Irina Kharun (Indiana) Irina Kharun (Indiana)154-2 (47.00m) (2006) 152-5 (46.46m) (1998) 202-10 (61.82m) (2004) 202-10 (61.82m) (2004)

Heptathlon Alyissa Hasan no record Jackie Joyner (UCLA) Diane Guthrie-Gresham 5,509 points (2008) 6,718 points (1985) (George Mason)

6,527 points (1995)

NOTE: Records shown only for events currently contested at NCAA Championship (ND bests for all events on pp. 117-120)


Men’sMeet Records

BIG EAST Indoor Championship60 Meters 6.71 2007 Michael LeBlanc Syracuse200 Meters 21.15 1995 Kevin Lyles Seton Hall400 Meters 46.44 1986 Edwin Modibedi Villanova500 Meters 1:01.02 2008 Greg Gomes Seton Hall800 Meters 1:49.17 2009 Michael Rutt Connecticut1,000 Meters 2:21.5h 1980 Ross Donoghue St. John'sMile Run 4:00.12 2008 Kurt Benninger Notre Dame3,000 Meters 8:01.56 1995 Mark Carroll Providence5,000 Meters 13:52.84 1991 John Trautmann Georgetown60-Meter Hurdles 7.72 2005 Selim Nurudeen Notre Dame4x400-Meter Relay 3:10.33 2007 Rutgers4x800-Meter Relay 7:26.94 1987 PittsburghDistance Medley Relay 9:32.89 2008 VillanovaHigh Jump 2.21m 2007 Tone Belt LouisvilleLong Jump 7.95m 2007 Tone Belt LouisvilleTriple Jump 16.24m 1986 Ray Humphrey GeorgetownPole Vault 5.51m 1993 William Deering Miami (Fla.)Shot Put 18.84m 1999 Ray Wilks ConnecticutWeight Throw 21.72m 2003 Spyridon Jullien Virginia TechHeptathlon 5,460 points 2009 Aaron King Connecticut

BIG EAST Outdoor Championship100 Meters 10.28 1997 Rob Dennis West Virginia200 Meters 20.70 1987 Lee McRae Pittsburgh400 Meters 44.89 1987 Andrew Valmon Seton Hall800 Meters 1:47.21 1987 Tracey Baskin Seton Hall1,500 Meters 3:40.62 1987 Gerry O'Reilly Villanova3,000-Meter Steeplechase 8:33.3h 1983 Brendan Quinn Providence5,000 Meters 13:46.46 1982 James O'Connell Syracuse10,000 Meters 28:41.3h 1983 Geoff Smith Providence110-Meter Hurdles 13.50 2000 Adrian Woodley Syracuse400-Meter Hurdles 49.43 1998 Kareem Archer Villanova4x100-Meter Relay 40.40 2001 Miami (Fla.)4x400-Meter Relay 3:06.57 1985 Villanova4x800-Meter Relay 7:23.40 1987 VillanovaHigh Jump 2.21m 2007 Tone Belt LouisvilleLong Jump 7.98m 2000 Santana Moss Miami (Fla.)Triple Jump 16.44m 2001 Josh Rollins GeorgetownPole Vault 5.37m 2006 Keith Higham PittsburghShot Put 18.81m 2005 Sam Segond RutgersDiscus 60.71m 2005 Sam Segond RutgersHammer 72.60m 1995 Kevin McMahon GeorgetownJavelin 71.10m 2002 Paul Pisano ConnecticutDecathlon 7,819 points 2003 Will Thomas Connecticut

Meyo Invitational60 Meters 6.55 2007 Demi Omole Wisconsin200 Meters 20.93 2009 Zye Boey Eastern Illinois300 Meters 32.23 2007 LaShawn Merritt Unattached400 Meters 46.08 2006 Jamel Ashley Reebok500 Meters 1:02.60 2007 Shaquan Brown Louisville800 Meters 1:47.4 1992 Tommy Asinga Eastern Michigan1,000 Meters 2:22.44 2003 Ryan McKenzie WindsorMile Run 4:03.73 2008 Evan Jasper WisconsinMeyo Mile 3:55.90 1995 Kevin Sullivan Michigan3,000 Meters 7:48.65 2005 Nick Willis Michigan5,000 Meters 13:38.14 2005 Boaz Cheboiywo Unattached60-Meter Hurdles 7.63 2002 Ron Bramlett Alabama4x400-Meter Relay 3:08.09 2005 Northern Iowa4x800-Meter Relay 7:27.87* 1989 Notre Dame Distance Medley Relay 9:36.03 2005 MichiganHigh Jump 2.31m 1997 Brian Brown UnattachedLong Jump 7.72m 1988 Percy Knox ArizonaTriple Jump 16.52m 2008 Leevan Sands UnattachedPole Vault 5.50m 1992 Dave Volz Unattached Shot Put 18.72m 2004 Steve Manz Michigan StateWeight Throw 21.32m 2002 Christian Cantwell Missouri* - time converted from 4x880-yard relay

Alex Wilson Invitational60 Meters 6.60 2002 Ken Mannie Unattached200 Meters 20.86 1991 Kevin Braunskill N.C. State300 Meters 34.9 1988 Peter DeMeo Notre Dame400 Meters 45.97 1997 Derek Mills Unattached 500 Meters 1:03.18 1990 Yan Searcy Notre Dame800 Meters 1:48.49 2009 Zach Beth WisconsinAlex Wilson 800 1:47.33 2008 Abraham Mach Central Michigan 1,000 Meters 2:26.44 1995 Eugene Kornilov Mount UnionMile Run 3:59.09 2009 Craig Miller Wisconsin1,500 Meters 3:45.25 1988 Doug Peterson Unattached3,000 Meters 7:53.08 2007 Colby Wissel Kansas5,000 Meters 13:46.16 1994 Jim Westphall Unattached60-Meter Hurdles 7.70 2007 Jeff Porter Michigan4x400-Meter Relay 3:06.83 2004 Mississippi4x800-Meter Relay 7:18.71* 1990 E. MichiganDistance Medley Relay 9:28.12 2005 MichiganHigh Jump 2.20m 2006 Adam Shunk NikeLong Jump 8.12m 2005 Aarik Wilson IndianaTriple Jump 16.05m 2008 Alonzo Moore HPC ElitePole Vault 5.43m 2005 Paul Gensic Air ForceShot Put 19.88m 1997 John Royce UnattachedWeight Throw 22.34m 2002 Carey Ryan DePaul* - time converted from 4x880-yard relay

The Loftus Center on NotreDame’s campus plays host

to several indoor track andfield meets during the

season. The Irish track andfield program boasts one of

the top indoor facilities inthe nation, including an

elevated long jump pit (onthe left) and pole vault pit

(on the right). Notre Damealso hosts two of the more

prestigious meets of theindoor track and field

season - the Meyo and AlexWilson Invitationals.


Women’sMeet Records

BIG EAST Indoor Championship60 Meters 7.27 2004 Lauryn Williams Miami (Fla.)200 Meters 23.44 1994 Flirtisha Harris Seton Hall400 Meters 53.50 1993 Flirtisha Harris Seton Hall500 Meters 1:10.55 2001 Sasha Spencer Georgetown800 Meters 2:06.65 2001 Patricia Pearson Miami (Fla.)1,000 Meters 2:43.99 2000 Chantee Earl PittsburghMile Run 4:34.78 2009 Keri Bland West Virginia3,000 Meters 8:55.88 2004 Kim Smith Providence5,000 Meters 15:57.22 2004 Molly Huddle Notre Dame60-Meter Hurdles 8.04 1999 Yolanda McCray Miami (Fla.)4x400-Meter Relay 3:38.32 2003 Miami (Fla.)4x800-Meter Relay 8:37.02 1991 VillanovaDistance Medley Relay 11:16.87 2008 West VirginiaHigh Jump 1.85m 2007 Renee Hein CincinnatiLong Jump 6.43m 2002 Nolle Graham Seton HallTriple Jump 13.35m 1999 Trecia Smith PittsburghPole Vault 4.20m 2009 Mary Saxer Notre DameShot Put 16.69m 2009 Tynisha McMillan ConnecticutWeight Throw 21.12m 2005 Amanda Walker PittsburghPentathlon 4,295 points 1995 Najuma Fletcher Pittsburgh

BIG EAST Outdoor Championship100 Meters 11.30 2000 Wylleshia Myrick Miami (Fla.)200 Meters 23.18 2003 Charlette Greggs Miami (Fla.)400 Meters 52.05 2002 Liz Grow Notre Dame800 Meters 2:04.53 1985 Veronica McIntosh Villanova1,500 Meters 4:18.43 1997 Krestena Sullivan Villanova3,000 Meters 9:10.09 1988 Vicki Huber Villanova3000-Meter Steeplechase 9:58.26 2003 Roisin McGettigan Providence5,000 Meters 15:45.86 1984 Suzanne Girard Georgetown10,000 Meters 32:37.87 2006 Molly Huddle Notre Dame100-Meter Hurdles 13.01 2000 Charmaine Walker Villanova400-Meter Hurdles 57.43 1998 Patrina Allen Miami (Fla.)4x100-Meter Relay 43.96 2003 Miami (Fla.)4x400-Meter Relay 3:33.38 2003 Miami (Fla.)4x800-Meter Relay 8:38.88 2006 VillanovaHigh Jump 1.83m 2005 Deidre Mullen Connecticut

1.83m 2006 Kelley Bowman LouisvilleLong Jump 6.63m 1993 Shana Williams Seton HallTriple Jump 13.44m 2008 Tamara Highsmith ConnecticutPole Vault 4.20m 2009 Mary Saxer Notre DameShot Put 16.60m 2008 Jere’ Summers LouisvilleDiscus 56.67m 2008 Jere’ Summers LouisvilleHammer 61.59m 2004 Johvonne Hernandez SyracuseJavelin 53.10m 2002 Denise O’Connell Virginia TechHeptathlon 5,410 points 2006 Becky Bamigboye Georgetown

Meyo Invitational60 Meters 7.30 2004 Veronica Campbell Arkansas200 Meters 23.51 2006 Ashlee Kidd Georgia Tech400 Meters 53.22 2000 Foye Williams ETOBCOKE500 Meters 1:12.68 1998 Nadia Schmiedt Notre Dame800 Meters 2:03.91 2009 Geena Gall Michigan1,000 Meters 2:47.23 2000 Beth Bayser Nike AAMile 4:37.97 2005 Lindsey Gallo Michigan3,000 Meters 8:58.47 2000 Collette Liss Indiana Invaders5,000 Meters 16:08.59 1994 Molly McLimon Michigan60-Meter Hurdles 8.04 2008 Tiffany Ofili Michigan4x400-Meter Relay 3:37.48* 2002 Notre Dame4x800-Meter Relay 9:19.02** 1992 Notre DameDistance Medley Relay 11:04.38 2007 MichiganHigh Jump 1.86m 2004 Chaunte Howard Georgia TechLong Jump 6.40m 2004 Tameisha King UnattachedTriple Jump 13.46m 2006 Brandy Depland Georgia TechPole Vault 4.15m 2009 Mary Saxer Notre DameShot Put 16.09m 2007 Rachel Jansen Northern IowaWeight Throw 19.70m 2002 Ruth Kura Maryland* - time converted from 4x440-yard relay // ** - time converted from 4x880-yard relay

Alex Wilson Invitational60 Meters 7.31 2005 Andriane Lapsley Georgia Tech200 Meters 23.53 2003 Lauryn Williams Miami (Fla.)400 Meters 52.67 2005 Ginou Etienne Miami (Fla.)800 Meters 2:04.94 2009 Erica Moore Indiana State1,000 Meters 2:57.03 1991 Lisa Wigfield Unattached Mile Run 4:35.35 2009 Kellyn Johnson Wichita State3,000 Meters 9:09.99 2003 Carmen Douma Unattached 5,000 Meters 16:02.14 2006 Stephanie Madia Notre Dame60-Meter Hurdles 8.17 2006 Tamera Thomas Central Michigan4x400-Meter Relay 3:33.47* 2003 Miami (Fla.)4x800-Meter Relay 8:51.03** 1991 BaylorDistance Medley Relay 11:05.12 2009 West VirginiaHigh Jump 1.80m 2003 Krystal Moss Florida Long Jump 6.42m 2006 Charisse Bacchus KansasTriple Jump 14.02m 2007 Tabia Charles Power AthleticsPole Vault 4.15m 2004 Ibby Metzinger UnattachedShot Put 18.47m 1997 Valeyta Althouse UnattachedWeight Throw 20.97m 2005 Kimberli Barrett Miami (Fla.)* - time converted from 4x440-yard relay // ** - time converted from 4x880-yard relayMary Saxer set a pole vault

record at the 2009 MeyoInvitational after clearing a

height of 4.15m.

Stephanie Madia(left) set an AlexWilson Invitationalrecord in the 5,000meters in 2006,covering the distancein 16:02.14.


Men’s BIG EASTIndoor Results

Brett Adams, Vinny Ambrico2006 9:51.47

Notre Dame 2005 10:00.17Notre Dame 1997 9:52.08High JumpAndrew Cooper 2001 6-9 (2.06m)Long JumpChristopher Jacques 2005 23-8 3/4 (7.23m)Marshaun West 2000 24-7 (7.49m)Pole VaultMatt Schipper 2009 17-6 1/2 (5.35m)Matt Schipper 2008 16-2 3/4 (4.95m)Mike Brown 1999 16-2 3/4 (4.95m)Mike Brown 1998 17-1 1/2 (5.22m)Mike Brown 1997 16-2 3/4 (4.95m)Shot PutMike Fleisch 1996 59-6 1/4 (18.14m)

Second Place55 MetersAllen Rossum 1997 6.2360 MetersDwight Ellick 2005 6.78200 MetersMarshaun West 2000 21.52Marshaun West 1998 21.66400 MetersJordan Rincon 2009 47.96Bobby Brown 1998 47.39500 MetersDanny Payton 1998 1:02.92800 MetersTim Kober 2001 1:52.13Tim Kober 2000 1:52.131,000 MetersPhil Mishka 2001 2:22.22Phil Mishka 2000 2:22.22MileDaniel Clark 2009 4:07.02Kurt Benninger 2004 4:08.743,000 MetersTim Moore 2006 8:14.82Tim Moore 2005 8:17.04Luke Watson 2003 8:15.55Luke Watson 2002 8:12.44Ryan Shay 2001 8:10.21Jason Rexing 1997 8:13.565,000 MetersPatrick Smyth 2009 13:59.01Patrick Smyth 2007 14:13.82Kaleb Van Ort 2006 14:09.73Kaleb Van Ort 2004 14:25.90Ryan Shay 1999 14:18.70Matt Althoff 1997 14:39.6660-Meter HurdlesSelim Nurudeen 2003 7.974x400-Meter RelayTrevor McClain–Duer, Jordan Powell,Ryan Postel, Selim Nurudeen

2004 3:13.71Notre Dame 2003 3:15.85Notre Dame 1997 3:15.624x800-Meter RelayEric Morrison, Adam Currie,Todd Ptacek, Brett Adams

2005 7:38.09High JumpChristopher Jacques 2007 6-9 (2.06m)Chris Staron 2004 6-9 (2.06m)Long JumpTom Gilbert 2002 23-5 1/2 (7.15m)Tom Gilbert 2000 23-10 (7.26m)Marshaun West 1999 24-1 1/2 (7.35m)Triple JumpEric Quick 2007 48-9 (14.86m)Godwin Mbagwu 2004 49-9 (15.16m)Godwin Mbagwu 2001 48-2 3/4 (14.70m)Lamarr Justice 1996 51-2 1/4 (15.60m)Pole VaultMatt Schipper 2007 15-9 (4.80m)Josh Heck 2001 15-9 (4.80m)Dave Gerrity 1997 16-2 3/4 (4.95m)Dave Gerrity 1996 16-2 3/4 (4.95m)

Weight ThrowGreg Davis 2009 61-6 (18.76m)Juan Alba 2004 59-3 (18.06m)Shot PutDenes Veres 2008 56-2 (17.12m)HeptathlonJustin Schneider 2008 5,166 points

Third Place60 MetersTerrail Lambert 2005 6.82200 MetersMiklos Szebeny 2009 21.65Dwight Ellick 2004 21.86Dwight Ellick 2002 21.61400 MetersBalazs Molnar 2008 48.00500 MetersBalazs Molnar 2007 1:02.14Trevor McClain-Duer 2005 1:03.24Tim Kober 2000 1:03.76800 MetersJohn Cavanaugh 2007 1:52.39Tim Kober 1999 1:53.151,000 MetersAdam Currie 2006 2:26.63MileJake Watson 2008 4:02.72Jake Watson 2007 4:05.30Eric Morrison 2004 4:09.16Eric Morrison 2003 4:14.71Luke Watson 2002 4:07.15Luke Watson 2000 4:11.59Jason Rexing 1998 4:13.02Mike Conway 1997 4:11.993,000 MetersKaleb Van Ort 2004 8:18.90Tim Moore 2003 8:16.835,000 MetersTim Moore 2006 14:11.48Tim Moore 2005 14:27.25John Keane 2003 14:34.99David Alber 2002 14:21.4560-Meter HurdlesSelim Nurudeen 2002 8.084x400-Meter RelayJordan Powell, Austin Wechter,Balazs Molnar, Ryan Postel

2007 3:10.84Notre Dame 2005 3:18.164x800-Meter RelayNotre Dame 2008 7:28.34

2003 7:39.61Notre Dame 2000 7:38.15Notre Dame 1997 7:34.61Distance Medley RelayVinny Ambrico, Ryan Postel,Kevin Somok, Eric Morrison

2003 10:00.55Notre Dame 1996 9:59.28High JumpBlair Majcina 2006 6-7 1/2 (2.02m)Chris Staron 2005 6-7 1/2 (2.02m)Chris Staron 2002 6-7 1/4 (2.01m)Quill Redwine 2002 6-7 1/4 (2.01m)Long JumpMarshaun West 1997 24-5 (7.44m)Triple JumpEric Quick 2008 49-3 (15.01m)Quill Redwine 2000 47-0 1/4 (14.33m)Pole VaultBrian Mahon 2008 15-9 (4.80m)Mike Brown 1996 16-2 3/4 (4.95m)Shot PutJohn Belcher 2009 58-1 (17.71m)Weight ThrowChip Roberts 2005 56-7 1/2 (17.26m)Matt Thompson 2000 58-11 1/2 (17.97m)

Team Finishes2009 2nd 134 points2008 2nd 139 points2007 1st 133.5 points2006 3rd 94.5 points2005 1st 182 points2004 2nd 153 points2003 1st 114 points2002 3rd 101.75 points2001 3rd 83 points2000 2nd 125 points1999 2nd 101 points1998 2nd 127 points1997 2nd 81 points1996 3rd 83 points

BIG EAST Awards

2007 Coaching Staff of the Year2005 Selim Nurudeen,

Outstanding Track Performer2005 Coaching Staff of the Year2003 Coaching Staff of the Year1998 Jason Rexing,

Outstanding Track Performer

* Note – In addition to individual champions in eachevent, finishes in the top-three at the conference meet earnall-BIG EAST honors.

BIG EAST Champions60 MetersChris Cochran 2000 6.79200 MetersSelim Nurudeen 2005 21.38Marshaun West 1999 21.42400 MetersChris Cochran 2000 47.76800 MetersThomas Chamney 2007 1:51.76Thomas Chamney 2006 1:49.881,000 MetersJeff Hojnacki 1997 2:26.66Jeff Hojnacki 1996 2:27.39MileKurt Benninger 2008 4:00.12Kurt Benninger 2005 4:12.14Luke Watson 2003 4:12.853,000 MetersKurt Benninger 2005 8:15.22Ryan Shay 2002 8:09.42Ryan Shay 1999 8:20.38Jason Rexing 1998 8:21.065,000 MetersPatrick Smyth 2008 13:57.44Tim Moore 2003 14:26.78Ryan Shay 2002 14:15.57Ryan Shay 2001 14:10.00Jason Rexing 1998 14:24.31Jason Rexing 1997 14:37.80Jason Rexing 1996 14:17.9955-Meter HurdlesErrol Williams 1998 7.2660-Meter HurdlesSelim Nurudeen 2005 7.72Selim Nurudeen 2004 7.784x800-Meter RelayAdam Currie, Brett Adams,John Cavanaugh, Thomas Chamney

2007 7:31.39Notre Dame 2006 7:28.84Distance Medley RelayTodd Ptacek, Austin Wechter,


Men’s BIG EASTOutdoor Results

Team Finishes2009 1st 130.50 points2008 1st 122.5 points2007 3rd 110.5 points2006 1st 132 points2005 2nd 143.5 points2004 1st 172.5 points2003 1st 139 points2002 3rd 99 points2001 6th 63 points2000 1st 164 points1999 2nd 136 points1998 3rd 94 points1997 2nd 137 points1996 3rd 77 points

BIG EAST Awards2009 Coaching Staff of the Year2008 Coaching Staff of the Year2006 Coaching Staff of the Year2004 Godwin Mbagwu

Outstanding Field Performer2003 Coaching Staff of the Year2002 Luke Watson

Outstanding Track Performer2000 Coaching Staff of the Year1999 Coaching Staff of the Year1999 Marshaun West

Outstanding Track Performer1996 Jason Rexing


* Note – In addition to individual champions in eachevent, finishes in the top-three at the conference meet earneach all-BIG EAST honors.

BIG EAST Champions200 MetersMarshaun West 1999 21.53400 MetersRyan Postel 2004 47.22Chris Cochran 1999 46.861,500 MetersKurt Benninger 2006 3:46.623,000 MetersLuke Watson 2002 8:37.613,000-Meter SteeplechaseRyan Johnson 2005 9:04.21Ryan Johnson 2004 9:08.64Luke Watson 2003 8:49.45Luke Watson 2000 9:00.25Derek Seiling 1997 9:08.905,000 MetersLuke Watson 2003 14:14.14Luke Watson 2002 13:59.38Ryan Shay 2000 14:42.91Jason Rexing 1998 14:22.39Jason Rexing 1996 14:28.4710,000 MetersPatrick Smyth 2009 30:41.89Patrick Smyth 2008 29:14.76Ryan Shay 2002 28:55.67Ryan Shay 2001 29:17.61Ryan Shay 2000 31:06.29Jason Rexing 1997 31:05.33Jason Rexing 1996 30:49.35110-Meter HurdlesSelim Nurdueen 2005 13.65Errol Williams 1998 13.69Selim Nurdueen 2004 13.91Selim Nurudeen 2003 13.95

Selim Nurudeen 2002 14.31400-Meter HurdlesBalazs Molnar 2007 51.624x100-Meter RelayTravis Davey, Chris CochranTom Gilbert, Marshaun West

2000 40.54Long JumpGodwin Mbagwu 2004 25-2 1/2 (7.68m)Triple JumpGodwin Mbagwu 2003 50-3 1/4 (15.32m)Lamarr Justice 1996 50-6 3/4 (15.41m)Pole VaultMatt Schipper 2009 17-2 3/4 (5.25.m)Mike Brown 1999 16-4 3/4 (5.00m)Mike Brown 1997 16-4 3/4 (5.00m)Dave Gerrity 1996 16-10 3/4 (5.15m)Hammer ThrowJeff Mensch 2009 192-10 (58.79m)Chip Roberts 2005 177-5 (54.09m)DiscusBrandon Drenon 2008 175-0 (53.35)

Second Place100 MetersMarshaun West 1999 10.72200 MetersSelim Nurudeen 2005 21.11Selim Nurudeen 2004 21.48Chris Cochran 1999 21.54400 MetersRyan Postel 2006 46.96Chris Cochran 2000 47.80800 MetersThomas Chamney 2007 1:51.85Thomas Chamney 2006 1:50.43Phil Mishka 2000 1:50.76Phil Mishka 1999 1:50.62Jeff Hojnacki 1997 1:49.651,500 MetersJake Watson 2008 3:54.48Jake Watson 2007 3:50.24Kurt Benninger 2004 3:50.03Antonio Arce 1999 3:51.603,000-Meter SteeplechaseTodd Ptacek 2007 8:55.67Todd Ptacek 2006 9:04.19Jake Watson 2005 9:04.605,000 MetersKurt Benninger 2006 14:12.66Ryan Shay 2002 14:05.36Jason Rexing 1997 14:22.0110,000 MetersKaleb Van Ort 2006 30:18.68Todd Mobley 2004 30:46.50Mike Griewe 2000 31:20.98Ryan Shay 1999 30:06.66Jason Rexing 1998 30:12.14Matt Althoff 1997 31:06.44400-Meter HurdlesNapolean Suarez 2004 53.184x100-Meter RelaySelim Nurudeen, Ryan Postel,Ryan Hurd, Tommie Lee

2004 41.204x400-Meter RelayNotre Dame 2009 3:11.26Notre Dame 2007 3:10.83Notre Dame 2004 3:10.524x800-Meter RelayNotre Dame 2008 7:28.06Notre Dame 2007 7:31.27Notre Dame 2006 7:26.04Notre Dame 2004 7:28.48High JumpBlair Majcina 2008 6-9 1/2 (2.07)Quill Redwine 2001 6-10 3/4 (2.10m)Triple JumpGodwin Mbagwu 2004 49-10 1/2 (15.20m)

Pole VaultMike Brown 1998 16-4 3/4 (5.00m)Shot PutMike Schubert 2008 56-3 1/4 (17.15m)Derek Dyer 2000 52-10 1/4 (16.11m)Mike Fleisch 1997 56-11 1/4 (17.35m)DiscusDerek Dyer 2001 167-1 (50.92m)Matt Thompson 2000 176-10 (53.90m)HammerKyle Annen 2006 201-8 (61.46m)Jay Hofner 1999 185-1 (56.42m)Jay Hofner 1998 177-3 (54.04m)DecathlonJustin Schneider 2009 6,842 pointsJustin Schneider 2008 6,869 points

Third Place200 MetersMarshaun West 2000 21.29Errol Williams 1997 21.381,500 MetersDaniel Clark 2009 3:45.11Eric Morrison 2003 3:50.653,000-Meter SteeplechaseJake Watson 2007 9:01.00Todd Ptacek 2005 9:06.125,000 MetersPatrick Smyth 2009 14:17.31Ryan Shay 1999 14:19.82Luke Watson 2000 14:50.9710,000 MetersPatrick Smyth 2007 29:51.77Tim Moore 2006 30:19.17Kaleb Van Ort 2005 30:26.01Kaleb Van Ort 2004 30:58.93Tim Moore 2003 30:31.13Todd Mobley 2002 30:28.57400-Meter HurdlesNapolean Suarez 2003 53.154x100-Meter RelayNotre Dame 2009 41.38Notre Dame 2008 41.63Notre Dame 2003 41.31Notre Dame 1998 41.18Notre Dame 1997 41.494x400-Meter RelayNotre Dame 1999 3:11.67Notre Dame 1997 3:12.154x800-Meter RelayNotre Dame 2009 7:26.65Notre Dame 2003 7:30.63Notre Dame 1997 7:33.24High JumpChris Staron 2004 6-9 1/2 (2.07m)Chris Staron 2003 6-9 1/2 (2.07m)Long JumpChristopher Jacques 2007 24-4 1/2 (7.43m)Marshaun West 2000 25-8 (7.82m)Pole VaultTray Morgan 2007 15-9 (4.80m)Josh Heck 2001 15-9 (4.80m)Dave Gerrity 1997 16-4 3/4 (5.00m)Mike Brown 1996 15-11 (4.85m)Shot PutDenes Veres 2008 55-11 1/4 (17.15m)Matt Thompson 2000 51-9 (15.77m)DiscusJuan Alba 2003 166-2 (50.66m)Derek Dyer 2000 170-11 (52.10m)Derek Dyer 2000 166-2 (50.64m)HammerGaret Koxlien 2006 188-2 (57.35m)Kyle Annen 2005 172-9 (52.66m)Jason Davis 2004 176-6 (53.79m)JavelinChris Smith 1998 198-0 (60.36m)Chris Smith 1997 183-1 (55.80m)Chris Smith 1996 191-9 (58.46m)


Women’s BIG EASTIndoor Results

Team Finishes2009 5th 74 points2008 6th 62 points2007 2nd 102 points2006 1st 109.5 points2005 2nd 140 points2004 2nd 111 points2003 2nd 120 points2002 1st 112 points2001 7th 57.5 points2000 6th 68.5 points1999 3rd 100 points1998 9th 43 points1997 6th 59 points1996 11th 30 points

BIG EAST Awards2006 Coaching Staff of the Year2002 Coaching Staff of the Year

* Note - In addition to individual champions in each event,finishes in the top-three at the conference meet earn all-BIGEAST honors.

BIG EAST Champions200 MetersMaryann Erigha 2006 23.96400 MetersOkechi Ogbuokiri 2005 54.99Liz Grow 2000 55.27500 MetersTiffany Gunn 2005 1:13.44MileLauren King 2004 4:53.95Lauren King 2003 4:46.905,000 MetersJoAnna Deeter 1999 16:22.64

60-Meter HurdlesTameisha King 2003 8.394x400-Meter RelayTiffany Gunn, Kristen Dodd,Okechi Ogbuokiri, Tricia Floyd

2004 3:45.23Distance Medley RelayLauren King, Tricia Floyd,Megan Johnson, Molly Huddle

2003 11:24.45Pole VaultMary Saxer 2009 13-9 1/4 (4.20m)Jaime Volkmer 2003 13-1 1/2 (4.00m)

Second Place60 MetersMaryann Erigha 2005 7.52200 MetersMaryann Erigha 2005 24.09Ayesha Boyd 2002 24.00400 MetersJoanna Schultz 2009 54.09Okechi Ogbuokiri 2006 55.36Kristen Dodd 2004 54.76Kymia Love 2003 54.79Kymia Love 2002 55.58Liz Grow 2001 54.57Liz Grow 1999 55.56500 MetersNatalie Johnson 2009 1:12.22Cora Dayon 2008 1:12.13Liz Grow 2002 1:11.65Berit Junker 1996 1:13.19MileStephanie Madia 2005 4:52.28Megan Johnson 2004 4:55.573,000 MetersStephanie Madia 2005 9:25.12Molly Huddle 2003 9:18.24JoAnna Deeter 1999 9:32.485,000 MetersMolly Huddle 2007 16:25.90Molly Huddle 2005 16:12.1755-Meter HurdlesDominqué Calloway 1997 7.754x400-Meter RelayMaryann Erigha, Christa Swayzer,Joanna Schultz, Okechi Ogbuokiri

2007 3:41.514x800-Meter RelayBrianne Schmidt, Jacqueline Carter,Katie DeRusso, Ramsey Kavan

2006 8:58.67Notre Dame 1996 9:05.56Distance Medley RelayStephanie Madia, Crysta Swayzer,Brianne Schmidt, Sunni Olding

2005 11:32.29Lauren King, Okechi Ogbuokiri,Megan Johnson, Kerry Meagher

2004 11:32.95High JumpStacey Cowan 2006 5-7 (1.70m)Emily Loomis 2006 5-7 (1.70m)Stacey Cowan 2005 5-9 3/4 (1.77m)Stacey Cowan 2004 5-11 1/2 (1.82m)Emily Loomis 2003 5-10 1/2 (1.79m)Jennifer Engelhardt 2000 5-9 3/4 (1.77m)Jennifer Engelhardt 1999 5-10 3/4 (1.80m)Jennifer Engelhardt 1998 5-8 (1.73m)Jennifer Engelhardt 1997 5-8 (1.73m)Long JumpTameisha King 2000 20-4 1/2 (6.21m)Triple JumpCassie Gullickson 2007 40-5 1/2 (12.33m)

Lauren King ended up with two BIG EAST Championshipsat the indoor meet in '03. She won the mile run in4:46.90, then helped the distance medley relay teamplace first in a meet-record 11:24.45.

Petra Dankova 2005 41-3 3/4 (12.59m)Pole VaultMary Saxer 2007 12-8 (3.86m)Mary Saxer 2006 12-11 3/4 (3.96m)Jaime Volkmer 2002 12-5 3/4 (3.80m)Jaime Volkmer 2001 12-1 1/2 (3.70m)Jaime Volkmer 2000 11-3 3/4 (3.45m)Natalie Hallett 1999 10-0 (3.05m)Shot PutMeghan Horn 2005 48-8 3/4 (14.85m)PentathlonAlyissa Hasan 2008 3,955 points

Third Place60 MetersMaryann Erigha 2007 7.49Maryann Erigha 2006 7.47Ayesha Boyd 2002 7.44200 MetersDominqué Calloway 1997 24.26400 MetersAlison Howard 1997 55.86500 MetersNatalie Johnson 2008 1:12.27Crysta Swayzer 2007 1:12.261,000 MetersJennifer Pavela 1999 2:57.55MileRamsey Kavan 2006 4:47.59Patty Rice 1999 4:52.513,000 MetersAmy Kohlmeier 2007 9:32.67Stephanie Madia 2006 9:31.75Sunni Olding 2005 9:36.13Molly Huddle 2004 9:09.34JoAnna Deeter 1998 9:38.615,000 MetersAmy Kohlmeier 2007 16:28.02Stephanie Madia 2006 16:18.344x400-Meter RelayTiffany Gunn, Crysta Swayzer,Maryann Erigha, Okechi Ogbuokiri

2005 3:47.99Notre Dame 2002 3:41.194x800-Meter RelayNotre Dame 1999 9:09.42Distance Medley RelayLindsey Ferguson, Joanna Schultz,Brianne Schmidt, Katie DeRusso

2007 11:49.66Ramsey Kavan, Nicole Yergler,Jacqueline Carter, Amy Kohlmeier

2006 11:37.41High JumpEmily Loomis 2002 5-8 1/4 (1.73m)Kelle Saxen 1998 5-8 (1.73m)Kelle Saxen 1997 5-8 (1.73m)Long JumpPetra Dankova 2005 19-3 1/2 (5.88m)Tameisha King 2001 19-11 (6.07m)Pole VaultKate Mattoon 2007 11-9 3/4 (3.60m)Triple JumpPetra Dankova 2003 41-7 (12.67m)Shot PutDore DeBartolo 1999 44-5 1/4 (13.54m)PentathlonMaddie Buttinger 2009 3,922 pointsStacey Cowan 2005 3,554 pointsBetsy Lazzeri 2002 3,510 pointsEmily Bienko 1999 3,391 pointsWeight ThrowAnna Weber 2009 63-11 (19.50m)Anna Weber 2008 62-0 1/4 (18.90m)


Women’s BIG EASTOutdoor Results

Second Place100 MetersMaryann Erigha 2007 11.56200 MetersMaryann Erigha 2005 24.10Liz Grow 2001 24.20Dominqué Calloway 1997 23.88Alison Howard 1997 24.01400 MetersOkechi Ogbuokiri 2007 54.51Okechi Ogbuokiri 2005 53.80Liz Grow 1999 53.38800 MetersBerit Junker 1996 2:07.531,500 MetersLauren King 2003 4:18.85Lauren King 2002 4:21.103,000 MetersJoAnna Deeter 1999 9:18.315,000 MetersJennifer Handley 2001 16:40.36JoAnna Deeter 1999 16:22.4610,000 MetersLauren King 2005 35:57.74Jennifer Handley 2003 35:54.96100-Meter HurdlesDominqué Calloway 1997 13.34400-Meter HurdlesNadia Schmiedt 1999 58.6Nadia Schmiedt 1997 59.37Nadia Schmiedt 1996 1:00.054x400-Meter RelayCora Dayon, Joanna Schultz,Natalie Johnson, Brienne Davis

2008 3:37.854x100-Meter RelayDomenique Manning, Maryann Erigha,Brienne Davis, Okechi Ogbuokiri

2005 46.46High JumpEmily Loomis 2006 5-8 3/4 (1.75m)Stacey Cowan 2005 5-8 3/4 (1.75m)Long JumpTameisha King 2000 21-1 1/2 (6.44m)Pole VaultJaime Volkmer 2003 12-5 1/2 (3.80m)Jaime Volkmer 2002 12-5 3/4 (3.81m)Jaime Volkmer 2001 11-11 3/4 (3.65m)Shot PutDore DeBartolo 2000 47-5 1/4 (14.46m)DiscusJaclyn Espinoza 2008 168-2 (51.25m)Jaclyn Espinoza 2007 155-8 (47.46m)Dore DeBartolo 1999 146-6 (44.66m)

HammerAnna Weber 2008 181-3 (55.26m)HeptathlonMaddie Buttinger 2009 5,155 pointsAlyissa Hasan 2008 5,365 points

Third Place100 MetersMaryann Erigha 2006 11.65Ayesha Boyd 2002 11.65Ayesha Boyd 2001 11.86200 MetersLiz Grow 1999 24.33400 MetersJoanna Schultz 2008 53.88Joanna Schultz 2007 54.78Okechi Ogbuokiri 2006 54.02Kymia Love 2002 53.741,500 MetersKerry Meagher 2004 4:25.183,000-Meter SteeplechaseLindsey Ferguson 2009 10:26.10Lindsey Ferguson 2008 10:29.63Lindsey Ferguson 2007 10:41.335,000 MetersAmy Kohlmeier 2006 16:41.69Stephanie Madia 2005 16:39.30Stephanie Madia 2004 16:37.3510,000 MetersAlison Klemmer 1998 35:17.7100-Meter HurdlesTameisha King 2003 13.644x100-Meter RelayAyesha Boyd, Kristen Dodd,Maryann Erigha, Tricia Floyd

2004 46.19Notre Dame 2003 45.80Notre Dame 2000 46.004x800-Meter RelayAbby Higgins, Kelly Langhans,Elizabeth Myers, Molly Sullivan

2008 8:58.47High JumpLauren Biscardi 2007 5-9 (1.70m)Stacey Cowan 2004 5-9 1/4 (1.76m)Emily Loomis 2002 5-7 (1.70m)Jennifer Engelhardt 1997 5-6 (1.68m)Pole VaultBethany Wilson 1999 10-2 (3.10m)Shot PutMeghan Horn 2005 47-5 1/4 (14.46m)DiscusMeghan Horn 2005 149-11 (45.69m)Dore DeBartolo 2001 148-11 (45.38m)HammerAnna Weber 2009 190-01 (57.94m)Anna Weber 2007 184-0 (56.09m)JavelinLaura Huarte 2006 150-6 (45.87m)Kate Duman 2005 139-0 (42.38m)HeptathlonStacey Cowan 2003 4,675 pointsEmily Bienko 1999 4,390 points

BIG EAST Champions100 MetersMaryann Erigha 2005 11.69400 MetersJoanna Schultz 2009 53.12Liz Grow 2002 52.05Liz Grow 2001 53.17Alison Howard 1997 53.815,000 MetersMolly Huddle 2007 15:59.89Molly Huddle 2006 16:31.34Molly Huddle 2004 16:21.20Molly Huddle 2003 15:58.5110,000 MetersMolly Huddle 2007 33:20.42Molly Huddle 2006 32:37.87Alison Klemmer 1999 34:56.634x100-Meter RelayBrienne Davis, Okechi Ogbuokiri,Maryann Erigha, Joanna Schultz

2007 45.31Notre Dame 2002 44.77Notre Dame 2001 45.374x400-Meter RelayMaryann Erigha, Okechi Ogbuokiri,Crysta Swayzer, Joanna Schultz

2007 3:39.87High JumpEmily Loomis 2003 5-8 3/4 (1.75m)Jennifer Engelhardt 2000 5-11 1/2 (1.82m)Jennifer Engelhardt 1999 5-11 1/4 (1.81m)Jennifer Engelhardt 1998 5-10 (1.78m)Long JumpTameisha King 2003 21-8 1/4 (6.61m)Pole VaultMary Saxer 2009 13-9 1/4 (4.20m)Mary Saxer 2008 13-1 1/2 (4.00m)Laura Huarte 2004 12-3 1/2 (3.75m)Jaime Volkmer 2000 11-9 3/4 (3.60m)DiscusJaclyn Espinoza 2009 166-08 (50.80m)

Team Finishes2009 4th 85.50 points2008 3rd 86 points2007 1st 120.5 points2006 2nd 106.5 points2005 2nd 113.5 points2004 3rd 87 points2003 2nd 126 points2002 2nd 110 points2001 3rd 83 points2000 3rd 93 points1999 3rd 103.5 points 1998 12th 33.5 points1997 6th 58.5 points1996 13th 23.5 points

BIG EAST Awards2007 Coaching Staff of the Year2007 Molly Huddle

Outstanding Track Performer2006 Molly Huddle

Outstanding Track Performer2002 Liz Grow


Molly Huddle (shown here with BIG EASTassociate commissioner Jim Siedliski) wasnamed the Most Outstanding Track Performerat both the 2006 and 2007 BIG EAST OutdoorChampionships, becoming just the third womanin league history to repeat the honor.


Track & FieldAll-BIG EAST Honors

Men’s All-BIG EAST Honor Breakdown

Most Indoor Honors6 – Tim Moore, Selim Nurudeen, Jason Rexing, Ryan Shay, Marshaun West5 – Brett Adams, Thomas Chamney, Eric Morrison, Luke Watson4 – Kurt Benninger, Mike Brown, Adam Currie, Tim Kober, Trevor

McClain-Duer, Ryan Postel, Jordan Powell, 3 – John Cavanaugh, Dwight Ellick, Balazs Molnar, Eric Quick, Matt

Schipper, Patrick Smyth, Chris Staron, Kaleb Van Ort2 – Vinny Ambrico, Chris Cochran, Dave Gerrity, Tom Gilbert, Jeff Hojnacki,

Christopher Jacques, Godwin Mbagwu, Phil Mishka, Todd Ptacek, QuillRedwine, Kevin Somok, Jake Watson, Austin Wechter

1 – Jamal Afridi, Juan Alba, David Alber, Matt Althoff, Mark Barber, JohnBelcher, Bobby Brown, Daniel Clark, Mike Conway, Andrew Cooper,Greg Davis, Mike Fleisch, Josh Heck, Ryan Hurd, Lamarr Justice, JohnKeane, Garet Koxlien, Robert Kueny, Terrail Lambert, Brian Mahon, BlairMajcina, Sean O’Donnell, Danny Payton, Colin Quinn, Jordan Rincon,Chip Roberts, Allen Rossum, Justin Schneider, Miklos Szebeny, MattThompson, Austin Weaver, Errol Williams

Most Outdoor Honors9 – Selim Nurudeen7 – Ryan Shay6 – Thomas Chamney, Ryan Postel, Jason Rexing, Jake Watson, Luke Watson5 – Marshaun West4 – Kurt Benninger, Mike Brown, Chris Cochran, Derek Dyer, Patrick Smyth3 – Adam Currie, Godwin Mbagwu, Eric Morrison, Todd Ptacek, Chris

Smith, Kaleb Van Ort2 – Kyle Annen, John Cavanaugh, Blake Choplin, Dave Gerrity, Jay Hofner,

Ryan Hurd, Ryan Johnson, Garet Koxlien, Phil Mishka, Todd Mobley, BalazsMolnar, Tim Moore, Jordan Powell, Justin Schneider, Kevin Somok, ChrisStaron, Napolean Suarez, Matt Thompson, Errol Williams

1 – Juan Alba, Vinny Ambrico, Matt Althoff, Antonio Arce, Tyrell Atkins,Chandler Brook, Daniel Clark, Travis Davey, Jason Davis, BrandonDrenon, Cameron Eckert, Mike Fleisch, Tom Gilbert, Mike Griewe, JoshHeck, Jeff Hojnacki, Christopher Jacques, Lamarr Justice, Tommie Lee, BlairMajcina, Jeff Mensch, Trevor McClain-Duer, Tray Morgan, Eric Quick, QuillRedwine, Chip Roberts, Mike Schubert, Derek Seiling, Matt Schipper,Miklos Szebeny, Denes Veres, Austin Wechter

Most Combined Indoor/Outdoor15 – Selim Nurudeen13 – Ryan Shay12 – Jason Rexing11 – Thomas Chamney, Luke Watson, Marshaun West10 – Ryan Postel8 – Kurt Benninger, Mike Brown, Tim Moore, Eric Morrison, Jake Watson

Most Combined Indoor/Outdoor/Cross Country16 – Ryan Shay15 – Selim Nurudeen/Luke Watson14 – Jason Rexing

Most BIG EAST Titles (individual and relays)8 – Ryan Shay, Jason Rexing7 – Selim Nurudeen6 – Luke Watson5 – Mike Brown4 – Brett Adams, Kurt Benninger, Thomas Chamney, Chris Cochran,

Marshaun West3 - Matt Schipper, Patrick Smyth2 – John Cavanaugh, Adam Currie, Jeff Hojnacki, Ryan Johnson, Godwin

Mbagwu, Errol Williams1 – Jamal Afridi, Vinny Ambrico, Andrew Cooper, Travis Davey, Brandon Drenon,

Mike Fleisch, Dave Gerrity, Tom Gilbert, Christopher Jacques, Lamarr Justice,Jeff Mensch, Balazs Molnar, Tim Moore, Sean O’Donnell, Ryan Postel,Jordan Powell, Todd Ptacek, Chip Roberts, Derek Seiling, Austin Wechter

Selim Nurudeen was one ofthe greatest hurdlers inschool history, winning twoAll-America honors, 15 all-BIG EAST citations andseven conference titlesduring his career from2002-05.

Women’s All-BIG EAST Honor Breakdown

Most Indoor Honors7 – Maryann Erigha6 – Okechi Ogbuokiri5 – Molly Huddle, Stephanie Madia4 – Stacey Cowan, Jennifer Engelhardt, Liz Grow, Lauren King,

Crysta Swayzer, Jaime Volkmer3 – Petra Dankova, JoAnna Deeter, Tiffany Gunn, Megan Johnson, Ramsey

Kavan, Tameisha King, Amy Kohlmeier, Emily Loomis, Mary Saxer,Brianne Schmidt, Joanna Schultz

2 – Ayesha Boyd, Dominique Calloway, Jacqueline Carter, Katie DeRusso,Kristen Dodd, Tricia Floyd, Natalie Johnson, Kymia Love, Sunni Olding,Kelle Saxen, Crysta Swayzer, Anna Weber

1 – Emily Bienko, Maddie Buttinger, Cora Dayon, Dore DeBartolo, CassieGullickson, Lindsey Ferguson, Natalie Hallett, Alyissa Hasan, MeghanHorn, Alison Howard, Berit Junker, Betsy Lazzeri, Kate Mattoon, KerryMeagher, Jennifer Pavela, Patti Rice, Nicole Yergler

Most Outdoor Honors8 – Maryann Erigha6 – Molly Huddle, Okechi Ogbuokiri, Joanna Schultz5 – Liz Grow4 – Ayesha Boyd, Jennifer Engelhardt, Jaime Volkmer3 – Stacey Cowan, Brienne Davis, Dore DeBartolo, Jaclyn Espinoza, Lauren

King, Tameisha King, Emily Loomis, Nadia Schmiedt, Anna Weber2 – Dominique Calloway, JoAnna Deeter, Kristen Dodd, Lindsey Ferguson,

Jennifer Handley, Meghan Horn, Alison Howard, Laura Huarte, AlisonKlemmer, Kymia Love, Stephanie Madia, Mary Saxer

1 – Emily Bienko, Lauren Biscardi, Maddie Buttinger, Tanya Cheatham, CoraDayon, Kate Duman, Tricia Floyd, Alyissa Hasan, Abby Higgins, NatalieJohnson, Berit Junker, Amy Kohlmeier, Kelly Langhans, DomeniqueManning, Kerry Meagher, Elizabeth Myers, Molly Sullivan, CrystaSwayzer, Bethany Wilson

Most Combined Indoor/Outdoor15 – Maryann Erigha12 – Okechi Ogbuokiri11 – Molly Huddle9 – Liz Grow, Joanna Schultz8 – Jennifer Engelhardt, Jaime Volkmer7 – Stacey Cowan, Lauren King, Stephanie Madia6 – Emily Loomis

Most Combined Indoor/Outdoor/Cross Country15 – Maryann Erigha, Molly Huddle12 – Okechi Ogbuokiri9 – Liz Grow, Lauren King, Stephanie Madia8 – Jennifer Englehardt, Jaime Volkmer

Most BIG EAST Titles (individual and relays)7 – Molly Huddle4 – Maryann Erigha, Liz Grow, Tameisha King3 – Jennifer Engelhardt, Lauren King*, Okechi Ogbuokiri, Mary Saxer,

Joanna Schultz2 – Tiffany Gunn, Jaime Volkmer1 – Brienne Davis, JoAnna Deeter, Kristen Dodd, Jaclyn Espinoza, Tricia

Floyd, Alison Howard, Laura Huarte, Megan Johnson, Alison Klemmer,Emily Loomis, Crysta Swayzer


Men’sIndoor Bests

1,500 Meters1. Mike Rogan, 1988 (Alex Wilson) ......................3:47.642. Rick Mulvey, 1989 (Notre Dame Invite)............3:55.313. Matt Ronzone, 1988 (Alex Wilson) ..................3:56.264. Tom Macken, 1989 (Alex Wilson) ....................3:56.795. Matt Ronzone, 1989 (Alex Wilson) ..................3:57.576. Shawn Schneider, 1990 (Alex Wilson) ..............3:58.637. Greg Soroka, 1989 (Alex Wilson) ......................3:58.988. Kevin Keegan, 1989 (Alex Wilson) ....................4:00.009. Tom Macken, 1989 (Notre Dame Invite) ..........4:00.8210. Greg Soroka, 1990 (Alex Wilson) ......................4:01.24

Kevin Keegan, 1990 (Alex Wilson) ....................4:01.24

Mile Run1. Luke Watson, 2002 (Meyo)................................3:57.832. Kurt Benninger, 2005 (Meyo) ............................3:58.753. Kurt Benninger, 2006 (Notre Dame Invit.) ........3:58.774. Chuck Aragon, 1981 (Illini) ..............................3:59.905. Kurt Benninger, 2008 (BIG EAST) ....................4:00.126. Jake Watson, 2008 (Alex Wilson) ......................4:00.397. Jake Watson, 2007 (Meyo) ................................4:00.718. Luke Watson, 2002 (Alex Wilson)......................4:01.109. Eric Morrison, 2003 (Meyo) ..............................4:01.9010. Kurt Benninger, 2005 (NCAA)..........................4:02.24

3,000 Meters1. Kurt Benninger, 2006 (Meyo) ............................7:52.282. Kurt Benninger, 2008 (Meyo) ............................7:53.863. Luke Watson, 2002 (Meyo)................................7:54.024. Patrick Smyth, 2008 (Meyo) ..............................7:55.415. Luke Watson, 2003 (adidas-Boston) ..................7:55.786. Ryan Shay, 2002 (Meyo)....................................7:58.737. Mike O’Connor, 1990 (IC4A) ..........................7:59.198. Kurt Benninger, 2005 (Notre Dame Invite)........7:59.399. Patrick Smyth, 2009 (NCAA) ............................8:01.5610. Patrick Smyth, 2007 (Alex Wilson) ....................8:01.32

5,000 Meters1. Ryan Shay, 2002 (Meyo)..................................13:46.802. Ryan Shay, 2001 (Meyo)..................................13:52.663. Mike O’Connor, 1990 (NCAA) ......................13:56.464. Mike O’Connor, 1990 (Alex Wilson) ..............13:57.385. Patrick Smyth, 2008 (BIG EAST) ....................13:57.446. Patrick Smyth, 2007 (Meyo) ............................13:58.107. Patrick Smyth, 2009 (BIG EAST) ....................13:59.018. Patrick Smyth, 2009 (Meyo) ............................14:00.079. John Coyle, 1992 (Alex Wilson) ......................14:00.3010. Patrick Smyth, 2007 (Blue & Gold)..................14:00.73

60-Meter Hurdles (since 1999)1. Selim Nurudeen, 2005 (BIG EAST)........................7.722. Selim Nurudeen, 2004 (Alex Wilson) ....................7.753. Selim Nurudeen, 2005 (NCAA) ............................7.774. Selim Nurudeen, three times ..................................7.78

(most recently: NCAA, 2005)7. Selim Nurudeen, 2004 (Meyo) ..............................7.798. Selim Nurudeen, twice ..........................................7.81

(most recently: BIG EAST, 2005)10. Selim Nurudeen, 2004 (Alex Wilson) ....................7.82

4 x 400-Meter Relay (y = 4 x 440 yards)1. 2007 (Alex Wilson) ..........................................3:08.38

Jordan Powell, Austin Wechter, Bob Kueny, Ryan Postel

2. 2004 (Alex Wilson) ..........................................3:09.873. 2006 (Alex Wilson) ..........................................3:10.314. 2007 (BIG EAST)..............................................3:10.845. 2007 (Meyo) ....................................................3:11.476. 1994 (Alex Wilson) ..........................3:12.89y (3:11.64)7. 2009 (Meyo) ....................................................3:11.648. 1994 (Drake Dual)............................3:13.34y (3:12.09)9. 2004 (Meyo Invitational) ..................................3:12.2310. 1986 (Indiana Invitational) ................3:14.2y (3:13.07)

4 x 800-Meter Relay (y = 4 x 880 yards)1. 1986 (Indiana Invitational) ................................7:21.11

John McNelis, Robert Nobles,Jeff Van Wie, Jim Tyler

2. 1989 (Alex Wilson) ..........................7:24.70y (7:21.12) 3. 1980 (Illini) ......................................7:28.54y (7:25.94)4. 1989 (Meyo) ....................................................7:27.765. 1987 (Orange)..................................7:31.03y (7:28.41)6. 2008 (BIG EAST)..............................................7:28.346. 2006 (BIG EAST)..............................................7:28.847. 1986 (Western Michigan)..................................7:29.018. 2007 (BIG EAST)..............................................7:31.399. 1987 (Centrals) ................................................7:31.5510. 1983 (Centrals) ................................................7:32.38

Distance Medley Relay1. 2006 (Alex Wilson) ..........................................9:33.82

Thomas Chamney, Ryan Postel,Adam Currie, Kurt Benninger

2. 2005 (Alex Wilson) ..........................................9:35.123. 2008 (Alex Wilson) ..........................................9:35.334. 2007 (Alex Wilson) ..........................................9:35.715. 2005 (NCAA) ..................................................9:36.676. 2002 (adidas Boston) ........................................9:37.507. 2000 (NCAA) ..................................................9:38.828. 2003 (Alex Wilson) ..........................................9:38.409. 1997 (Silverston) ..............................................9:39.3910. 2000 (Alex Wilson) ..........................................9:39.40

High Jump1. Lloyd Constable, 1985 (DePaul) ..........7-3 1/2 (2.22m)2. Todd Herman, 1993 (Alex Wilson) ............7-3 (2.21m)3. Todd Herman, 1993 (Meyo) ................7-2 1/2 (2.20m)4. Todd Herman, 1993 (NCAA) ....................7-2 (2.18m)

Lloyd Constable, 1985 (Iowa) ....................7-2 (2.18m)6. Todd Herman, 1992 (IC4A) ................7-1 1/2 (2.17m)7. Todd Herman, 1992 (Alex Wilson) ............7-1 (2.16m)

Todd Herman, 1994 (Purdue Quad) ..........7-1 (2.16m)9. Lloyd Constable, 1985 (IC4A)..............7-0 1/2 (2.15m)

Todd Herman, 1994 (Meyo) ................7-0 1/2 (2.15m)

Long Jump1. Marshaun West, 1999 (Red Simmons) ..25-6 3/4 (7.79m)2. James Patterson, 1985 (IC4A) ..................25-5 (7.74m)3. Marshaun West, 2000 (Quad) ............25-4 1/2 (7.73m)4. Marshaun West, 1998 (Central) ..........25-1 1/4 (7.65m)5. Marshaun West, 1999 (Indiana) ................25-0 (7.62m)6. Marshaun West, 1999 (A. Wilson) ....24-11 3/4 (7.61m)7. Marshaun West, 1999 (NCAA) ..............24-10 (7.57m)8. Marshaun West, 1997 (Red Simmons) ..24-9 1/4 (7.55m)9. James Patterson, 1985 (Western Mich.) ....24-9 (7.54m)10. Marshaun West, 2000 (BIG EAST)............24-7 (7.49m)

Triple Jump1. Lamarr Justice, 1996 (Butler)............51-6 3/4 (15.71m)2. Godwin Mbagwu, 2004 (A. Wilson)....51-4 1/4 (15.65m)3. L. Justice, 1996 (BIG EAST) ............51-2 1/4 (15.60m)4. Godwin Mbagwu, 2001....................50-4 3/4 (15.36m)5. Godwin Mbagwu, 2004 (Meyo) ......50-2 3/4 (15.31m)6. G. Mbagwu, 2004 (BIG EAST) ..............49-9 (15.16m)7. James Patterson, 1985 ......................49-7 3/4 (15.13m)8. Godwin Mbagwu, 2004 (CMU)..............49-7 (15.11m)9. G. Mbagwu, 2004 (Indoor Opener) ........49-5 (15.06m)10. Eric Quick, 2009 (BIG EAST)..........49-6 1/4 (15.09m)

Pole Vault1. Mike Brown, 1999 (NCAA) ............17-10 1/2 (5.45m)2. Matt Schipper, 2009 (BIG EAST) ......17-6 1/2 (5.35m)3. Mike Brown, 1999 (Alex Wilson) ......17-6 1/4 (5.34m)4. Mike Brown, 1998 (Red Simmons) ....17-5 3/4 (5.33m)5. Mike Brown, 1999 (Meyo) ................17-2 3/4 (5.25m)6. Mike Brown, 1998 (Silverston) ..........17-1 1/2 (5.22m)

Mike Brown, 1999 (Purdue) ..............17-1 1/2 (5.22m)Matt Schipper, 2009 (Meyo) ............17-1 1/2 (5.22m)

7. Kevin Schipper, 2009 (Meyo) ............16-9 1/2 (5.12m)8. Paul Doyle, 1982 (Centrals)................16-8 3/4 (5.10m)

Kevin Schipper, 2009 (BIG EAST)......16-8 3/4 (5.10m)Matt Schipper, 2009 (ND Invite) ........16-8 3/4 (5.10m)

Shot Put1. Greg Cortina, 1972 (NCAA) ..........60-10 3/4 (18.56m)2. Greg Cortina, 1972 (Centrals) ..............60-10 (18.54m)3. Mike Fleisch, 1996 (Meyo) ..............59-9 1/4 (18.21m)4. Greg Cortina, 1972 (Miami) ..................59-8 (18.18m)5. Mike Fleisch, 1996 (BIG EAST) ......59-6 1/4 (18.14m)6. John Belcher, 2009 (BIG EAST) ......58-1 1/4 (17.71m)7. Denes Veres, 2009 (BIG EAST) ........57-6 1/4 (17.53m)8. Mike Fleisch, 1996 (Centrals) ..........57-1 1/2 (17.41m)9. Mike Fleisch, 1996 (Butler Open) ..........57-0 (17.37m)10. Elio Polselli, 1971 (Ohio State) ........56-9 3/4 (17.31m)

Weight Throw1. Garet Koxlien, 2007 (BIG EAST) ............61-7 (18.77m)2. Greg Davis, 2009 (BIG EAST) ................61-5 (18.76m)3. M. Thompson, 2000 (Alex Wilson) ........61-3 (18.67m)4. Greg Davis, 2008 (Meyo) ......................59-11 (18.26m)

Greg Davis, 2009 (Alex Wilson)............59-11 (18.26m)6. Jeff Mensch, 2009 (BIG EAST) ..............59-8 (18.24m)7. Juan Alba, 2004 (BIG EAST) ..................59-3 (18.06m)8. Chip Roberts, 2004 (Blue & Gold) ........59-2 (18.03m)9. Juan Alba, 2004 (Alex Wilson)................59-0 (17.98m)10. M. Thompson, 2000 (BIG EAST) ............58-11 (17.92m)

Greg Davis, 2009 (Meyo) ......................58-11 (17.92m)

Heptathlon1. Justin Schneider, 2009 (BIG EAST) ............5,233 points

60 Meters (since 1999)1. Chris Cochran, 2000 (BIG EAST) ..........................6.792. Chris Cochran, 2000 (BIG EAST) ..........................6.81

Dwight Ellick, 2005 (Windsor) ..............................6.814. Chris Cochran, 2000 (BIG EAST) ..........................6.82

Terrail Lambert, 2005 (BIG EAST) ........................6.826. Dwight Ellick, 2002 (Alex Wilson) ........................6.83

Selim Nurudeen, 2005 (BIG EAST)........................6.838. Terrail Lambert, 2005 (Windsor)............................6.849. Selim Nurudeen, three times ..................................6.85

(most recently: Notre Dame Invite, 2005)Dwight Ellick, 2002 (Meyo) ..................................6.85

200 Meters (since 1988)1. Randy Kinder, 1994 (Drake Dual)........................21.112. Marshaun West, 1999 (Meyo) ..............................21.163. Marshaun West, 1999 (Indiana) ............................21.174. Randy Kinder, 1994 (Meyo) ................................21.195. Randy Kinder, 1994 (Alex Wilson) ......................21.226. Willie Clark, 1991 (Wilson) ................................21.26

Chris Cochran, 2000 (Quad) ..............................21.268. Marshaun West, 1999 (BIG EAST) ........................21.289. Chris Cochran, 2000 (Cannon IV) ......................21.3010. Dwight Ellick, 2002 (Alex Wilson) ......................21.32

400 Meters (y = 440 Yards)1. Ryan Postel, 2004 (Alex Wilson)..........................47.012. Ryan Postel, 2007 (Alex Wilson)..........................47.233. Ryan Postel, 2004 (Meyo) ....................................47.334. Bobby Brown, 1998 (BIG EAST)..........................47.395. Chris Cochran, 2000 (Meyo) ..............................47.416. Ryan Postel, 2007 (Meyo) ....................................47.477. Ryan Postel, twice ..............................................47.56

(most recently: ND Opener, 2007)9. Bill Boyle, 1964 ......................................47.9y (47.60)

Steve Dziabis, 1983 ................................47.9y (47.60)

500 Meters (since 1983)1. Steve Dziabis, 1983............................................1:01.922. Balazs Molnar, 2007 (BIG EAST-Final) ..............1:02.143. Trevor McClain-Duer, 2004 (Blue and Gold) ....1:02.294. Balazs Molnar, 2007 (BIG EAST-Prelim) ............1:02.515. Balazs Molnar, 2007 (Meyo) ..............................1:02.616. Bob Kueny, 2007 (BIG EAST-Prelim) ................1:02.757. Danny Payton, 1998 ..........................................1:02.798. Billy Buzaid, 2009 (Meyo) ................................1:02.829. Danny Payton, 1998 ..........................................1:02.9210. Terry Wray, 2000 (Meyo) ..................................1:03.11

600 Meters (since 1991)1. Jeff Hojnacki, 1997 (Red Simmons) ..................1:18.652. Phil Miska, 2000 (Indiana) ................................1:18.813. Phil Mishka, 1999 (Indiana) ..............................1:19.174. Tim Kober, 2000 (Quad) ..................................1:19.885. Danny Payton, 1998 (Red Simmons) ................1:20.676. Trevor McClain-Duer, 2005 (Windsor) ..............1:20.797. Danny Payton, 1998 (Indiana/Tennessee) ..........1:20.808. Jeff Hojnacki, 1997 (Indiana) ............................1:20.879. Terry Wray, 1998 (Red Simmons) ....................1:21.1410. Joe Curran, 1995 (Central Collegiates) ..............1:21.22

800 Meters (y = 880 Yards)1. Jeff Hojnacki, 1997 (Alex Wilson) ....................1:47.502. Thomas Chamney, 2007 (Meyo) ........................1:47.823. Phil Mishka, 2000 (Alex Wilson) ......................1:48.444. Thomas Chamney, 2006 (NCAA) ....................1:48.505. Phil Mishka, 2000 (Meyo) ................................1:48.576. Thomas Chamney, 2006 (Meyo) ........................1:48.627. Pete Farrell, 1967................................1:49.3y (1:48.60)8. Tim Kober, 2000 (Alex Wilson) ......................1:48.979. Thomas Chamney, 2006 (Alex Wilson)..............1:48.9810. Thomas Chamney, 2007 (NCAA-Prelim) ..........1:49.06

1,000 Meters1. Phil Mishka, 2000 (BIG EAST) ........................2:22.222. Blake Choplin, 2009 (BIG EAST) ....................2:22.733. David Warth, 1987 ............................................2:23.564. Thomas Chamney, 2007 (Blue & Gold) ............2:23.745. Joe Royer, 1995 (IC4A) ....................................2:24.516. Daniel Clark, 2009 (ND Opener) ......................2:24.737. David Warth, 1987 ............................................2:24.778. Adam Currie, 2008 (BIG EAST)........................2:24.969. Jim Notwell, 2009 (BIG EAST) ........................2:25.1610. Adam Currie, 2007 (BIG EAST-Prelim) ............2:25.26


Men’sOutdoor Bests100 Meters (y = 110 Yards)1. Bill Hurd, 1969 (NCAA) ..........................9.3y (10.20)2. Raghib Ismail, 1991 (Quad) ................................10.343. Dean Lytle, 1994 (Indiana Intercollegiate) ............10.524. Ryan Postel, 2004 (Spring Opener) ......................10.57

Travis Davey, 2000 (BIG EAST)............................10.576. Willie Clark, 1991 (Rice) ....................................10.60

Dean Lytle, 1994 (Western Michigan) ..................10.608. Randy Kinder, 1994 (IC4A) ................................10.639. Willie Clark, 1991 (Quad) ..................................10.64

Phil Gilmore, 1986 (Indiana Intercollegiate) ..........10.64Randy Kinder, 1994 (Illinois) ..............................10.64

200 Meters (y = 220 Yards)1. Bill Hurd, 1969..........................................20.5y (20.4)2. Willie Clark, 1991 (Rice) ....................................20.923. Tim Brown, 1987 ................................................20.984. Joe Foreman, 1956 ....................................21.0y (20.9)5. Ole Skarstein, 1969....................................21.2y (21.1)6. Selim Nurudeen, 2005 (BIG EAST)......................21.117. Marshaun West, 1999 (Pomona-Pitzer) ................21.168. Selim Nurudeen, 2004 (BIG EAST)......................21.189. Marshaun West, 2000 (BIG EAST) ......................21.27

Chris Cochran, 2000 (BIG EAST) ......................21.27

400 Meters (y = 440 Yards)1. Dan Shannon, 1984..............................................46.092. Bill Boyle, 1964..........................................46.5y (46.2)3. Steve Dziabis, 1982 (Centrals) ..............................46.604. Ryan Postel, 2004 (BIG EAST) ............................46.635. Ryan Postel, 2006 (BIG EAST-Preliminaries) ........46.726. Dan Shannon, 1985 (Centrals)..............................46.817. Chris Cochran, 1999 (BIG EAST) ........................46.868. Ryan Postel, 2006 (Central Collegiates)................46.899. Ryan Postel, 2006 (BIG EAST-Final) ....................46.9610. Ryan Postel, 2006 (Arizona) ................................47.03

800 Meters (y = 880 Yards)1. Thomas Chamney, 2006 (Belgium*) ..............1:46.822. Joe Quigley, 1969 ..............................1:48.2y (1.47.50)3. Thomas Chamney, 2006 (NCAA-Final) ............1:47.644. Thomas Chamney, 2006 (NCAA-Semifinal) ......1:47.705. Pete Farrell, 1966 ................................1:48.7y (1:48.0)6. Phil Mishka, 2000 (Baldy Castillo) ....................1:48.017. Tim Kober, 2000 (NCAA) ................................1:48.128. Jeff Hojnacki, 1997 (Mount SAC)......................1:48.199. Jay Miranda, 1977 ............................................1:48.21

Jeff Hojnacki, 1997 (Drake) ..............................1:48.21* = summer event

1,500 Meters1. Chuck Aragon, 1981 (NCAA) ..........................3:38.402. Kurt Benninger, 2007 (NCAA-Final) ................3:39.803. Kurt Benninger, 2004 (Georgia Tech) ................3:41.954. Jim Tyler, 1986 (NCAA)....................................3:42.165. Kevin Somok, 2004 (Georgia Tech)....................3:42.266. Jim Tyler, 1986 ..................................................3:42.607. Kurt Benninger, 2008 (BIG EAST) ....................3:42.498. Kevin O’Brien, 1968 ........................................3:43.009. Chuck Aragon, 1981 (IC4A)..............................3:43.34

Kurt Benninger, 2007 (NCAA-Prelim)

3,000-Meter Steeplechase1. Luke Watson, 2002 (BIG EAST) ........................8:37.612. Luke Watson, 2002 (Mount SAC)......................8:38.203. Luke Watson, 2002 (NCAA)..............................8:39.124. Luke Watson, 2002 (USATF) ............................8:41.665. Todd Ptacek, 2007 (NCAA-prelim)....................8:41.676. Luke Watson, 2000 (Gatorade) ..........................8:46.777. Todd Ptacek, 2007 (NCAA-final) ......................8:46.788. Luke Watson, 2000 (Stanford)............................8:46.989. Rick Mulvey, 1988 ............................................8:47.3210. Todd Ptacek, 2007 (NCAA Regional)................8:47.87

5,000 Meters1. Kurt Benninger, 2005 (Stanford) ......................13:33.052. Luke Watson, 2002 (Mount SAC) ....................13:35.083. Luke Watson, 2003 (Mount SAC) ....................13:38.734. Patrick Smyt, 209 (Mount SAC) ......................13:39.505. Luke Watson, 2002 (Stanford)..........................13:44.926. Patrick Smyth, 2008 (Mount SAC) ..................13:45.727. Patrick Smyth, 2007 (Stanford) ........................13:48.538. Ryan Shay, 2001 (NCAA)................................13:52.459. Dan Garrett, 1988 ..........................................13:53.5210. Ryan Shay, 2001 (Mount SAC)........................13:54.77

10,000 Meters1. Patrick Smyth, 2009 (Stanford) ........................28:25.852. Ryan Shay, 2000 (Mount SAC) ......................28:26.913. Ryan Shay, 2002 (Stanford)..............................28:39.434. Ryan Shay, 2001 (Stanford)..............................28:40.035. Ron Markezich, 1989 ......................................28:44.916. Tim Moore, 2006 (Stanford) ............................28:47.997. Ryan Shay, 2000 (Stanford)..............................28:50.738. Ryan Shay, 2002 (BIG EAST) ..........................28:55.679. Kaleb Van Ort, 2005 (Stanford)........................28:59.3510. Ryan Shay, 1999 (Stanford)..............................29:01.59

110-Meter Hurdles (y = 120 Yards)1. Tom McMannon, 1971 ..........................13.5y (13.50)2. Errol Williams, 1998 (NCAA) ..............................13.533. Selim Nurudeen, 2004 (NCAA Mideast) ..............13.574. Errol Williams, 1995 (Illinois) ..............................13.605. Selim Nurudeen, 2004 (NCAA) ..........................13.616. Errol Williams, 1998 (Miami-Ohio) ......................13.657. Errol Williams, 1998 (Billy Hayes) ........................13.678. Errol Williams, 1998 (BIG EAST) ......................13.699. Arnie Gough, 1979 ............................................13.74*10. Selim Nurudeen, 2004 (Georgia Tech) ..................13.76* = wind-aided

400-Meter Hurdles (y = 440-yard HH)1. Austin Wechter, 2007 (Drake) ..............................51.292. Aubrey Lewis, 1957..................................50.5y (50.20)3. Balazs Molnar, 2007 (Mt. SAC) ............................51.504. Balazs Molnar, 2007 (NCAA Mideast) ..................51.605. Balazs Molnar, 2007 (BIG EAST-Final) ................51.626. Balazs Molnar, 2009 (BIG EAST) ........................51.377. Balazs Molnar, 2007 (Arizona State) ....................51.868. Balazs Molnar, twice ............................................51.87

(Most recently, BIG EAST-Prelim, 2007)9. Austin Wechter, 2006 (BIG EAST)........................52.32

4 x 100-Meter Relay1. 2000 (Spring Opener) ........................................40.222. 2000 (BIG EAST) ..............................................40.543. 2000 (Indy Relays) ..............................................40.594. 1991 (Rice)..........................................................40.685. 1994 (IC4A) ........................................................40.866. 2000 (Baldy Castillo)............................................40.937. 1994 (IC4A) ........................................................40.988. 1999 (Purdue) ......................................................41.009. 2000 (Drake) ......................................................41.0610. 1998 (Miami Classic)............................................41.07

4 x 400-Meter Relay1. 1985 ................................................................3:08.112. 2007 (Arizona State) ........................................3:09.383. 2004 (NCAA Mideast) ......................................3:09.654. 2006 (Georgia Tech)..........................................3:09.955. 2006 (NCAA Mideast) ......................................3:10.396. 1982 (Drake) ....................................................3:10.40

1982 (Centrals) ................................................3:10.408. 2004 (BIG EAST)..............................................3:10.529. 2007 (BIG EAST)..............................................3:10.8310. 2009 (Arizona State) ........................................3:11.02

4 x 800-Meter Relay (since 1985)1. 1985 ................................................................7:20.112. 2007 (Drake) ....................................................7:22.423. 2009 (Drake) ....................................................7:23.284. 1999 (Drake) ....................................................7:25.915. 2006 (BIG EAST)..............................................7:26.046. 2008 (BIG EAST)..............................................7:28.067. 2004 (BIG EAST)..............................................7:28.488. 2003 (BIG EAST)..............................................7:30.639. 2007 (BIG EAST)..............................................7:31.2710. 1998 (BIG EAST) ............................................7:33.07

High Jump1. Lloyd Constable, 1982 ................................7-2 (2.19m)2. Todd Herman, 1994 (CCC) ................7-1 3/4 (2.18m)3. Todd Herman, 1994 (IC4A) ................7-1 1/2 (2.17m)4. Todd Herman, 1993 (Nat’l Invite) ......7-1 1/4 (2.16m)

Todd Herman, 1993 (Centrals) ................7-0 (2.135m)6. Lloyd Constable, three times ....................7-0 (2.135m)

(Most recently, 1985 Centrals)Todd Herman, 1992 (Texas) ....................7-0 (2.135m)Todd Herman, 1994 (EKU/Hillsdale) ......7-0 (2.135m)

9. Tom Mescall, 1993 (Centrals) ............6-11 3/4 (2.13m)John Cole, 1988 ................................6-11 3/4 (2.13m)Paul Maloney, 1990 (IC4A)................6-11 3/4 (2.13m)

Long Jump1. Marshaun West, 2000 (BIG EAST)............25-8 (7.82m)2. James Patterson, 1985 (IC4A) ............25-5 1/4 (7.75m)

James Patterson, 1985 (Ind. Inter.) ......25-5 1/4 (7.75m)4. James Patterson, 1985 (Drake)............25-4 3/4 (7.74m)5. Jeff Smith, 1988 ................................25-3 1/2 (7.71m)6. Marshaun West, 2000 (NCAA) ........25-2 3/4 (7.69m)7. Godwin Mbagwu, 2004 (BIG EAST) ..25-2 1/2 (7.68m)8. Mike McMannon, 1969 ............................25-2 (7.67m)9. James Patterson, 1984 ..............................25-2 (7.67m)10. James Patterson, 1985 (National) ........25-1 3/4 (7.66m)

Triple Jump1. Godwin Mbagwu, 2004 (BIG EAST) ....51-11 (15.82m)2. Lamarr Justice, 1995 (Miami-Ohio) ........50-8 (15.44m)3. James Patterson, 1985 (Dogwood) ..........50-7 (15.41m)4. Lamarr Justice, 1996 (BIG EAST) ....50-6 1/2 (15.39m)5. Godwin Mbagwu, 2003 (BIG EAST)..50-3 1/4 (15.32m)6. Lamarr Justice, 1994 (Centrals) ........50-0 3/4 (15.26m)7. James Patterson, 1985 (Drake) ..........50-0 1/2 (15.25m)8. G. Mbagwu, 2003 (NCAA Regional)..49-11 1/4 (15.22m)9. Lamarr Justice, 1995 (Illinois) ........49-11 1/4 (15.22m)

Pole Vault1. Mike Brown, 1999 (Purdue) ..............17-5 1/2 (5.32m)2. Mike Brown, 1999 (Mount SAC) ......17-5 1/4 (5.31m)3. Mike Brown, 1997 (Mount SAC)..............17-3 (5.26m)

Mike Brown, 1998 (Boilermaker)..............17-3 (5.26m)5. Matt Schipper, 2009 (BIG EAST) ......17-2 3/4 (5.25m)6. Mike Brown, 1997 (IC4A) ................17-0 1/4 (5.19m)7. Dave Gerrity, 1997 (Pomona-Pitzer)..........17-0 (5.18m)

Mike Brown, 1998 (Mount SAC) ............17-0 (5.18m)9. Mike Brown, 1997 (Purdue) ............16-11 1/2 (5.17m)10. David Gerrity, 1996 (BIG EAST)......16-10 3/4 (5.15m)

Shot Put1. Mike Fleisch, 1997 (Butler/Miami) 59-10 3/4 (18.25m)2. Mike Fleisch, 1997 (Cal Poly) ..........59-7 3/4 (18.18m)3. Greg Cortina, 1972 (Penn Relays) ....59-5 3/4 (18.13m)4. Greg Cortina, 1972 (Miami) ............59-4 1/4 (18.09m)5. Mike Fleisch, 1997 (B. Castillo) ........58-2 1/2 (18.04m)6. Mike Fleisch, 1997 (Alabama) ..........57-8 1/2 (17.59m)

Mike Fleisch, 1997 (Miami)..............57-8 1/2 (17.59m)8. Mike Fleisch, 1997 (BIG EAST) ....56-11 1/4 (17.35m)9. Mike Fleisch, 1997 (Butler/Miami) 56-10 3/4 (17.34m)10. Elio Polselli, 1972 ............................56-3 1/4 (17.15m)

Mike Schubert, 2008 (BIG EAST ....56-3 1/4 (17.15m)

Discus1. Paul Gill, 1970 (Michigan State) ....191-7 3/4 (58.40m)2. Elio Polselli, 1970 (Michigan St.) ....183-8 1/2 (55.98m)3. Paul Gill, 1970 (Army)..........................182-9 (55.70m)4. Paul Gill, 1970 (Centrals) ......................180-3 (54.94m)5. Matt Thompson, 2000 (Billy Hayes) ......180-2 (54.92m)6. Derek Dyer, 2001 (Spring Opener) ......179-5 (54.68m)7. Elio Polselli, 1972 (Quad) ....................178-8 (54.46m)8. Paul Gill, 1970 (Drake) ........................177-9 (54.18m)9. Matt Thompson, 2000 (BIG EAST) ....176-10 (53.90m)10. Brandon Drenon, 2008 (Ga. Tech) ........176-2 (53.70m)

Hammer Throw 1. Kyle Annen, 2006 (BIG EAST)..............201-8 (61.46m)2. Greg Moretti, 1996 (Miami) ................192-10 (58.78m)3. Jeff Mensch, 2009 (BIG EAST)............192-10 (58.78m)4. Tom Mick, 1988 (IC4A) ......................192-7 (58.70m)5. Greg Moretti, 1996 (BIG EAST) ..........191-3 (58.30m)6. Garet Koxlien, 2007 (BIG EAST) ..........191-1 (58.24m)7. Kyle Annen, 2006 (Georgia Tech)..........190-5 (58.03m)8. Tom Mick, 1988 (Indiana Intercoll.)......190-4 (58.02m)9. Kyle Annen, 2007 (NCAA Regional) ....189-9 (57.83m)10. Kyle Annen, 2007 (Mt. SAC) ................189-7 (57.79m)

Javelin (since 1986) 1. Ryan Mihalko, 1990 (IC4A)..................222-8 (67.88m)2. Ryan Mihalko, 1991 (Quad) ................215-5 (65.66m)3. Ryan Mihalko, 1988 (IC4A)..................213-8 (65.12m)4. Ryan Mihalko, 1992 (Alabama) ............207-9 (63.32m)5. Ryan Mihalko, 1990 (Rice) ..................207-5 (63.22m)6. Ryan Mihalko, 1991 (Centrals)..............206-9 (63.02m)7. Ryan Mihalko, 1991 (Rice) ..................206-1 (62.82m)8. Ryan Mihalko, 1990 (Stanford) ............203-5 (62.00m)9. Ryan Mihalko, 1990 (Centrals)..............203-2 (61.94m)10. Ryan Mihalko, 1990 (Snowshoe) ..........202-9 (61.80m)

Derek Goguen, 2004 (Ga. Tech) ............202-9 (61.80m)

Decathlon 1. Justin Schneider, 2009 (NCAA)..................7,248 points


Women’sIndoor Bests

Mile1. Lauren King, 2003 (Alex Wilson) ......................4:38.372. Kerry Meagher, 2004 (NCAA) ..........................4:40.673. Lauren King, 2004 (NCAA) ..............................4:41.064. Lauren King, 2004 (Alex Wilson) ......................4:41.155. Kerry Meagher, 2004 (NCAA-Prelim) ..............4:41.186. Molly Huddle, 2004 (Alex Wilson)....................4:41.917. Molly Huddle, 2003 (Alex Wilson)....................4:42.608. Lauren King, 2004 (Meyo) ................................4:42.989. Kerry Meagher, 2004 (Alex Wilson) ..................4:43.4710. Ramsey Kavan, 2006 (Alex Wilson) ..................4:43.78

3,000 Meters1. Molly Huddle, 2004 (Meyo) ..............................9:08.602. Molly Huddle, 2004 (BIG EAST) ......................9:09.433. Molly Huddle, 2004 (NCAA)............................9:13.674. Molly Huddle, 2004 (Notre Dame Invite)..........9:14.135. Molly Huddle, 2003 (Meyo) ..............................9:14.336. Molly Huddle, 2003 (BIG EAST) ......................9:18.247. Lauren King, 2003 (Meyo) ................................9:19.528. Molly Huddle, 2003 (NCAA)............................9:20.309. Stephanie Madia, 2005 (Alex Wilson) ................9:22.5010. Stephanie Madia, 2005 (BIG EAST) ..................9:25.12

5,000 Meters1. Molly Huddle, 2004 (BIG EAST) ....................15:57.222. Molly Huddle, 2004 (NCAA) ..........................15:58.423. Stephanie Madia, 2006 (NCAA) ......................15:59.014. Stephanie Madia, 2006 (Alex Wilson) ..............16:02.145. JoAnna Deeter, 1999 (NCAA) ........................16:10.166. Molly Huddle, 2005 (BIG EAST) ....................16:12.177. Stephanie Madia, 2006 (BIG EAST) ................16:18.348. JoAnna Deeter, 1999 (BIG EAST) ..................16:22.649. Molly Huddle, 2007 (BIG EAST) ....................16:25.9010. Amy Kohlmeier, 2007 (BIG EAST) ..................16:28.02

60-Meter Hurdles (since 1999)1. Tameisha King, 2003 (BIG EAST) ..........................8.392. Tameisha King, 2002 (Meyo)..................................8.483. Tameisha King, 2001 (BIG EAST) ..........................8.494. Tameisha King, 2002 (BIG EAST) ..........................8.535. Tameisha King, 2003 (Windsor) ............................8.546. Tameisha King, 2002 (BIG EAST) ..........................8.557. Tameisha King, 2001 (Windsor) ............................8.56

Tameisha King, 2003 (BSU/WMU) ......................8.569. Tameisha King, 2003 (Alex Wilson) ......................8.5710. Tameisha King, 2001 (Alex Wilson) ......................8.58

Domenique Manning, 2007 (BIG EAST-Prelim)

4 x 400-Meter Relay1. 2003 (Alex Wilson) ..........................................3:35.26

Tiffany Gunn, Ayesha Boyd, Kristen Dodd, Kymia Love

2. 2002 (Alex Wilson) ..........................................3:35.593. 2003 (NCAA) ..................................................3:38.284. 2004 (Alex Wilson) ..........................................3:38.565. 2002 (Meyo) ....................................................3:38.586. 2002 (NCAA) ..................................................3:38.997. 2001 (Alex Wilson) ..........................................3:40.218. 2009 (Meyo) ....................................................3:40.539. 2002 (BIG EAST) ............................................3:41.1910. 2007 (BIG EAST)..............................................3:41.51

4 x 800-Meter Relay1. 2009 (BIG EAST)........................................8:57.462. 2006 (BIG EAST)..............................................8:58.67

Brianne Schmidt, Jacqueline Carter,Katie DeRusso, Ramsey Kavan

3. 2004 (BIG EAST)..............................................8:59.264. 2002 (BIG EAST)..............................................8:59.825. 2008 (Indiana Relays)........................................9:04.97

Distance Medley Relay1. 2004 (Meyo) ..................................................11:07.94

Lauren King, Kristen DoddKerry Meagher, Molly Huddle

2. 2004 (NCAA) ................................................11:22.333. 2003 (BIG EAST)............................................11:24.454. 2002 (Alex Wilson) ........................................11:26.925. 2003 (Meyo) ..................................................11:28.596. 2005 (BIG EAST)............................................11:32.297. 2004 (BIG EAST)............................................11:32.958. 2006 (BIG EAST)............................................11:37.419. 2008 (BIG EAST)............................................11:44.6810. 2001 (Meyo) ..................................................11:49.16

High Jump1. Stacey Cowan, 2004 (BIG EAST) ......5-11 1/2 (1.82m)2. Jen Engelhardt, 1997 (Wilson) ..........5-10 3/4 (1.80m)

Jen Engelhardt, 1999 (BIG EAST) ......5-10 3/4 (1.80m)Stacey Cowan, 2005 (N.D. Invite) ......5-10 3/4 (1.80m)

5. Emily Loomis, 2003 (Meyo) ..............5-10 1/2 (1.79m)6. Stacey Cowan, 2004 (Cent. Mich.)............5-10 (1.78m)

Jen Engelhardt, 2000 (Quad) ....................5-10 (1.78m)8. Stacey Cowan, 2004 (NCAA) ..............5-9 3/4 (1.77m)

Jen Engelhardt, five times ....................5-9 3/4 (1.77m)(most recently: Alex Wilson Invitational, 2000)

Long Jump1. Tameisha King, 2003 (CMU Open) ........20-8 1/2 (6.31m)2. Tameisha King, 2002 (Meyo) ....................20-7 (6.27m)3. Tameisha King, 2003 (NCAA) ..........20-6 1/4 (6.25m)4. Tameisha King, 2000 (BIG EAST)......20-4 1/2 (6.21m)5. Tameisha King, 2002 (A. Wilson) ......20-3 3/4 (6.19m)6. Tameisha King, 2001 (Alex Wilson) ........20-3 1/2 (6.18m)7. Tameisha King, 2003 (Meyo) ....................20-3 (6.17m)8. Tameisha King, 2002 (BIG EAST)......20-2 1/2 (6.16m)9. Tameisha King, three times ................20-1 1/2 (6.13m)

(most recently: BIG EAST, 2003)

Triple Jump1. Petra Dankova, 2003 (BIG EAST) ..........41-7 (12.67m)2. Petra Dankova, 2005 (BIG EAST)......41-3 3/4(12.59m)3. Cassie Gullickson, 2007 (Wilson)............40-6 (12.34m)4. Cassie Gullickson, 2007 (BIG EAST) ..40-5 1/2 (12.33m)5. Jaime Volkmer 2003 (BIG EAST)......40-2 1/4 (12.25m)

Jaime Volkmer, 2003 (CMU Open)........40-2 1/4 (12.25m)7. Petra Dankova, 2005 (Meyo) ............40-0 1/2 (12.20m)8. Cassie Gullickson, 2007 (Meyo)........39-9 3/4 (12.13m)9. J. Volkmer, 2003 (BSU/WMU)..................39-8 3/4 (12.11m)10. Jaime Volkmer, 2000 (BIG EAST) ..........39-8 (12.09m)

Pole Vault1. Mary Saxer, 2009 (Meyo) ..................13-7 1/4 (4.15m)2. Mary Saxer, 2009 (Indiana) ................13-4 1/2 (4.07m)3. Mary Saxer, 2009 (ND Opener) ........13-3 3/4 (4.06m)4. Mary Saxer, 2006 (N.D. Invite) ..........13-3 1/2 (4.05m)

Mary Saxer, 2009 (NCAA) ................13-3 1/2 (4.05m)6. Jaime Volkmer, 2003 (BIG EAST) ......13-1 1/2 (4.00m)

Mary Saxer, 2009 (IU Opener) ..........13-1 1/2 (4.00m)8. Mary Saxer, 2006 (BIG EAST) ........12-11 3/4 (3.96m)9. Jaime Volkmer, 2003 (Wilson) ..........12-11 1/2 (3.95m)

Mary Saxer, 2006 (Blue & Gold)........12-11 1/2 (3.95m)Mary Saxer, 2006 (Meyo) ................12-11 1/2 (3.95m)

Shot Put1. Meghan Horn, 2005 (BIG EAST) ................................

48-8 3/4 (14.85m)2. Karen Harris, 1993 (Alex Wilson) ..........48-1 (14.65m)3. Anna Weber, 2008 (Indiana Relays) 47-7 1/4 (14.51m)4. Anna Weber, 2009 (Blue & Gold) ..........47-4 (14.47m)5. Jaclyn Espinoza, 2009 (BIG EAST)..........47-3 (14.42m)6. Anna Weber, 2009 (BIG EAST) ..............47-0 (14.36m)7. Meghan Horn, 2006 (BIG EAST) ......46-8 1/4 (14.23m)8. Jaclyn Espinoza, 2009 (Indiana) ................46-0 (14.01m)9. Anna Weber, 2009 (IU Opener)................46-0 (14.00m)10. Karen Harris, 1993 (Meyo) ..................45-11 (13.99m)

Weight Throw1. Anna Weber, 2008 (BIG EAST)........63-7 1/2 (19.39m)2. Anna Weber, 2009 (ND Opener) 63-6 1/4 (19.36m)3. Anna Weber, 2009 (IU Opener)..............62-9 (19.18m)4. Anna Weber, 2008 (Indiana Relays)..62-0 1/4 (18.90m)5. Anna Weber, 2008 (Notre Dame Invite) ..61-11 1/2 (18.88m)6. Anna Weber, 2008 (Notre Dame Opener) ........58-3 (17.75m)7. Anna Weber, 2008 (Indiana Relays)..63-7 1/2 (19.39m)8. Anna Weber, 2008 (Indiana Relays)..63-7 1/2 (19.39m)9. Anna Weber, 2007 (BIG EAST) ......56-11 1/4 (17.35m)10. Anna Weber, 2007 (Wilson) ............56-7 1/4 (17.25m)

Pentathlon1. Maddie Buttinger, 2009 (BIG EAST) ..........3,922 points

60 Meters (since 1999)1. Maryann Erigha, 2006 (Alex Wilson-Final) ............7.382. Maryann Erigha, 2006 (Meyo-Final) ......................7.423. Maryann Erigha, 2006 (Alex Wilson-Prelim) ............7.434. Ayesha Boyd, 2002 (BIG EAST) ............................7.445. Maryann Erigha, 2006 (BIG EAST-Prelim)..............7.466. Maryann Erigha, four times....................................7.47

(most recently: BIG EAST-Final, 2006)10. Maryann Erigha, 2005 (Meyo-Final) ......................7.48

Maryann Erigha, 2006 (Meyo-Prelim) ....................7.48

200 Meters1. Maryann Erigha, 2005 (Alex Wilson)....................23.602. Maryann Erigha, 2006 (Meyo)..............................23.743. Maryann Erigha, 2005 (Meyo)..............................23.854. Kymia Love, 2003 (Ball State/WMU) ..................23.885. Maryann Erigha, 2006 (Alex Wilson)....................23.906. Maryann Erigha, 2006 (BIG EAST-Final) ..............23.967. Liz Grow, 2001 (Alex Wilson) ..............................24.00

Ayesha Boyd, 2002 (BIG EAST) ..........................24.009. Ayesha Boyd, 2002 (Alex Wilson) ........................24.0210. Ayesha Boyd, 2002 (NCAA) ................................24.04

400 Meters1. Liz Grow, 2002 (NCAA-Preliminaries)..................52.732. Liz Grow, 2002 (NCAA-Final) ............................52.883. Liz Grow, 2002 (Alex Wilson) ..............................53.104. Liz Grow, 2001 (Meyo) ........................................53.305. Liz Grow, 2001 (NCAA-Final) ............................53.426. Liz Grow, 2001 (NCAA-Preliminaries)..................53.737. Liz Grow, 2002 (Meyo) ........................................53.898. Okechi Ogbuokiri, 2006 (N.D. Opener) ..............54.009. Okechi Ogbuokiri, 2005 (Alex Wilson) ................54.0310. Liz Grow, 1999 (Alex Wilson) ..............................54.05

500 Meters1. Liz Grow, 2002 (BIG EAST)..............................1:11.652. Cora Dayon, 2008 (BIG EAST) ........................1:12.133. Natalie Johnson, 2009 (BIG EAST)....................1:12.224. Crysta Swayzer, 2007 (BIG EAST-Final) ............1:12.265. Natalie Johnson, 2008 (BIG EAST)....................1:12.276. Liz Grow, 2002 (BIG EAST)..............................1:12.357. Tiffany Gunn, 2005 (Notre Dame Invite) ..........1:12.458. Cora Dayon, 2008 (BIG EAST-Prelim).............. 1:12.579. Liz Grow, 2002 (Tri Meet) ................................1:12.6110. Nadia Schmiedt, 1998 (Meyo) ..........................1:12.68

Natalie Johnson, 2008 (BIG EAST-Prelim) ........ 1:12.68

600 Meters1. Nadia Schmiedt, 1998 (Red Simmons) ..............1:32.722. Erica Peterson, 1993 (Purdue Relays) ................1:33.053. Nadia Schmiedt, 1997 (Indiana) ........................1:33.074. Erica Peterson, 1994 (MSU Quad) ....................1:33.175. Nadia Schmiedt, 1998 (Purdue Open) ..............1:33.306. Amanda Alvarez, 2002 (Windsor) ......................1:35.97

800 Meters1. Kelly Langhans, 2009 (Meyo) ......................2:08.242. Jacqueline Carter, 2006 (Alex Wilson) ..............2:08.753. Kelly Langhans, 2008 (Meyo) ............................2:09.354. Kelly Langhans, 2009 (ND Invite) ....................2:09.545. Erica Peterson, 1993 (Nebraska) ........................2:10.136. Jacqueline Carter, 2006 (BIG EAST-Final) ..............2:10.257. Erica Peterson, 1995 (Wilson) ..........................2:10.408. Erica Peterson, 1993 (Ball State) ........................2:10.429. Kerry Meagher, 2003 (Alex Wilson) ................2:10.7810. Natalie Johnson, 2009 (Meyo) ..........................2:10.97

1,000 Meters1. Abby Higgins, 2009 (BIG EAST)............................2:50.552. Brianne Schmidt, 2006 (BIG EAST-Prelim) ............2:51.253. Jacqueline Carter, 2006 (Meyo) ........................2:51.704. Kerry Meagher, 2003 (BIG EAST-Final) ............2:52.435. Amy Siegel, 1995 (WMU/Marquette) ..............2:52.876. Kerry Meagher, 2003 (BIG EAST-Prelim) ..........2:52.907. Brianne Schmidt, 2007 (BIG EAST-Final) ..........2:53.158. Brianne Schmidt, 2005 (Meyo) ..........................2:53.259. Kerry Meagher, 2003 (Meyo) ............................2:53.4010. Brianne Schmidt, 2007 (Meyo) ..........................2:53.55


Women’sOutdoor Bests100 Meters1. Maryann Erigha, 2005 (Mount SAC) ....................11.282. Maryann Erigha, 2005 (Dr. Pepper) ......................11.473. Dominqué Calloway, 1997 (Miami) ......................11.484. Dominqué Calloway, 1997 (Billy Hayes) ..............11.525. Maryann Erigha, 2006 (NCAA Mideast) ..............11.536. Maryann Erigha, twice ........................................11.56

(Most recently: 2007 (BIG EAST-Final)8. Maryann Erigha, 2005 (Georgia Tech) ..................11.60

Maryann Erigha, 2006 (Cent. Coll.-Final) ..............11.60Maryann Erigha, 2006 (BIG EAST-Prelim) ............11.60

200 Meters1. Dominqué Calloway, 1997 (Billy Hayes) ..............23.252. Maryann Erigha, 2005 (Mount SAC) ....................23.283. Dominqué Calloway, 1997 (NCAA-Prelim) ............23.394. Maryann Erigha, 2005 (Dr. Pepper) ......................23.485. Ayesha Boyd, 2002 (Arizona State) ......................23.60

Ayesha Boyd, 2002 (Florida Relays)......................23.607. Maryann Erigha, 2005 (NCAA Mideast) ..............23.618. Maryann Erigha, twice ........................................23.67

(Most recently: Mt. SAC, 2007)10. Maryann Erigha, 2004 (NCAA Mideast) ..............23.70

400 Meters1. Liz Grow, 2002 (BIG EAST-Final) ........................52.052. Liz Grow, 2001 (BIG EAST-Preliminaries) ............52.403. Liz Grow, 2002 (NCAA) ......................................52.504. Liz Grow, 2002 (Pomona-Pitzer) ..........................52.615. Liz Grow, 2000 (Georgia Tech) ............................53.106. Liz Grow, 2002 (Tom Botts) ................................53.147. Liz Grow, 2001 (BIG EAST) ................................53.178. Alison Howard, 1997 (Billy Hayes) ......................53.249. Joanna Schultz ....................................................53.12

800 Meters1. Berit Junker, 1996 (Georgia Tech)......................2:05.689. Kelly Langhans ............................................................2:09.342. Berit Junker, 1996 (BIG EAST) ........................2:07.533. Berit Junker, 1996 (NCAA) ..............................2:07.894. Natalie Johnson, 2008 (Mt. SAC) ......................2:08.095. Berit Junker, 1995 (National Invit.)....................2:08.626. Kelly Langhans, 2008 (Mt. SAC)........................2:08.657. Natalie Johnson , 2008 (BIG EAST) ..................2:07.718. Jacqueline Carter, 2006 (Cent. Collegiates) ................2:09.219. Kelly Langhans, 2008 (BIG EAST)..............................2:09.34

1,500 Meters1. Lauren King, 2003 (Georgia Tech) ....................4:14.722. Kerry Meagher, 2005 (NCAA) ..........................4:16.373. Lauren King, 2003 (Mount SAC) ......................4:16.434. Lauren King, 2002 (NCAA-Final)......................4:16.515. Kerry Meagher, 2004 (Georgia Tech) ................4:16.886. Lauren King, 2002 (NCAA-Prelim.) ..................4:17.017. Lauren King, 2002 (Georgia Tech) ....................4:17.338. Molly Huddle, 2007 (Georgia Tech) ..................4:17.849. Kerry Meagher, 2004 (NCAA Mideast) ............4:18.1610. Kerry Meagher, 2004 (NCAA-Prelim) ..............4:18.23

3,000 Meters1. JoAnna Deeter, 1999 (BIG EAST) ....................9:18.312. Molly Huddle, 2003 (USATF-Jr.’s) ....................9:19.523. JoAnna Deeter, 1998 (Butler) ..........................9:30.824. JoAnna Deeter, 1999 (Purdue) ..........................9:35.415. Stefanie Jensen, 1993 (National Inv.)..................9:39.266. Stefanie Jensen, 1993 (Sea Ray) ........................9:42.64

3,000-Meter Steeplechase1. Lindsey Ferguson, 2009 (Mount SAC)..............10:15.232. Lindsey Ferguson, 2008 (BIG EAST)................10:29.633. Lindsey Ferguson, 2007 (BIG EAST)................10:41.334. Katie DeRusso, 2005 (NCAA Mideast)............10:41.495. Lindsey Ferguson, 2007 (Stanford) ..................10:45.416. Lindsey Ferguson, 2008 (Mt.SAC)....................10:45.737. Katie DeRusso, 2006 (Stanford) ......................10:47.058. Lindsey Ferguson, 2007 (Mideast) ....................10:47.109. Katie DeRusso, 2005 (Stanford) ......................10:51.4110. Lindsey Ferguson (Mt. SAC)............................10:51.96

5,000 Meters1. Molly Huddle, 2004 (Mount SAC) ..................15:32.552. Molly Huddle, 2007 (Mt. SAC)........................15:32.833. Molly Huddle, 2003 (Mount SAC) ..................15:36.954. Molly Huddle, 2007 (NCAA-Final) ................15:37.655. Molly Huddle, 2004 (Oly. Trials-Final) ............15:37.92

6. Molly Huddle, 2006 (Mount SAC) ..................15:40.417. Molly Huddle, 2004 (Oly. Trials-Prelim.) ............15:47.158. Stephanie Madia, 2006 (Mount SAC) ..............15:47.599. Molly Huddle, 2007 (Stanford) ........................15:50.5310. Stephanie Madia, 2005 (Mount SAC) ..............15:53.11

10,000 Meters1. Molly Huddle, 2006 (BIG EAST) ....................32:37.872. Molly Huddle, 2007 (BIG EAST) ....................33:20.423. JoAnna Deeter, 1999 (Stanford) ......................33:28.014. Lauren King, 2005 (NCAA) ............................33:56.955. JoAnna Deeter, 1999 (NCAA) ........................34:05.896. Lauren King, 2005 (Mount SAC) ....................34:11.787. Alison Klemmer, 1999 (Stanford) ....................34:19.198. Alison Klemmer, 1999 (NCAA) ......................34:26.749. Alison Klemmer, 2000 (Stanford) ....................34:30.16

100-Meter Hurdles1. Dominqué Calloway, 1997 (Billy Hayes) ..............13.132. Dominqué Calloway, 1997 (Carolina) ..................13.183. Dominque Calloway, 1997 (NCAA-Final) ............13.284. Dominqué Calloway, 1997 (NCAA-Prelim) ..........13.295. Dominqué Calloway, 1997 (Carolina) ..................13.336. Tameisha King, 2003 (BIG EAST-Prelim)..............13.527. Tameisha King, 2003 (Tom Botts) ........................13.618. Tameisha King, 2003 (BIG EAST-Final) ................13.649. Alyissa Hasan, 2008 (BIG EAST)..........................13.7110. Tameisha King, 2002 (BIG EAST) ........................13.81

400-Meter Hurdles1. Erica Peterson, 1994 (Georgia Tech) ....................58.252. Nadia Schmidt, 1999 (Georgia Tech) ....................58.273. Nadia Schmidt, 1999 (Pomona Pitzer) ..................58.304. Erica Peterson, 1993 (National Inv.)......................58.315. Nadia Schmidt, 1999 (BIG EAST)........................58.60

4 x 100-Meter Relay1. 2002 (Mount SAC) ..............................................44.30

Tameisha King, Liz Grow,Ayesha Boyd, Kymia Love

2. 2003 (NCAA-Preliminary) ..................................44.323. 2001 (Georgia Tech Invitational) ..........................44.454. 2002 (NCAA)......................................................44.675. 2002 (Florida Relays) ..........................................44.706. 2003 (Baldy Castillo)............................................44.737. 2002 (Tom Botts) ................................................44.738. 2001 (Spring Opener) ..........................................44.749. 2002 (BIG EAST) ................................................44.7710. 2002 (Pomona-Pitzer) ..........................................44.82

4 x 400-Meter Relay1. 2002 (NCAA-Final) ..........................................3:32.12

Liz Grow, Kristen Dodd,Ayesha Boyd, Kymia Love

2. 2002 (NCAA-Preliminaries) ..............................3:33.343. 2003 (NCAA-Preliminaries) ..............................3:33.534. 2000 (Georgia Tech)..........................................3:35.435. 2002 (Drake Relays)..........................................3:36.626. 2002 (Mount SAC) ..........................................3:36.997. 2001 (Drake Relays)..........................................3:37.06

4 x 800-Meter Relay1. 2002 (BIG EAST)..............................................8:53.76

Lauren King, Megan Johnson,Kerry Meagher, Melissa Webb

2. 2003 (BIG EAST)..............................................8:56.432009 (BIG EAST)..............................................8:56.43

4. 2008 (BIG EAST)..............................................8:58.475. 1995 (Drake Relays)..........................................9:00.466. 1999 (Drake Relays)..........................................9:03.937. 2004 (BIG EAST)..............................................9:05.368. 2007 (BIG EAST)..............................................9:05.55

High Jump1. Jen Engelhardt, 1999 (Mt. SAC) ..........6-0 3/4 (1.85m)2. Jen Engelhardt, 2000 (Billy Hayes)..............6-0 (1.83m)3. Jen Engelhardt, 2000 (BIG EAST) ........5-11 1/2 (1.82m)4. Jen Engelhardt, 1999 (BIG EAST) ........5-11 1/4 (1.81m)5. Emily Loomis, three times ..................5-10 3/4 (1.80m)

(most recently: NCAA-Final, 2006)8. Stacey Cowan, twice ................................5-10 (1.78m)

(most recently: Stanford Invitational, 2005)Jen Engelhardt, three times ......................5-10 (1.78m)(most recently: Drake Relays, 1998)

Long Jump1. Tameisha King, 2003 (BIG EAST)......21-8 1/4 (6.61m)2. Tameisha King, 2002 (Georgia Tech) ..............21-4 (6.50m)3. Tameisha King, 2000 (BIG EAST)......21-1 1/2 (6.44m)4. Tameisha King, 2003 (Tom Botts)..........20-10 3/4 (6.37m)5. Tameisha King, 2000 (Georgia Tech) ............20-10 (6.35m)6. Tameisha King, 2003 (NCAA) ..........20-9 3/4 (6.34m)

7. Tameisha King, 2000 (Billy Hayes) ..........20-9 1/4 (6.33m)8. Tameisha King, 2003 (NCAA Regional )..........20-9 (6.32m)9. Tameisha King, 2002 (Fla. Relays)..........20-8 1/2 (6.31m)

Tameisha King, 2002 (NCAA) ..........20-8 1/2 (6.31m)

Triple Jump1. Petra Dankova, 2004 (BIG EAST) ..........41-6 (12.65m)2. Jaime Volkmer, 2003 (BIG EAST) ......41-4 1/2 (12.61m)3. Jaime Volkmer, 2001 (Woodland) ..........41-0 1/2 (12.51m)4. Petra Dankova, 2004 (NCAA Regional)......40-11 1/2 (12.48m)5. Petra Dankova, 2003 (BIG EAST) ..........40-7 (12.37m)6. Petra Dankova, 2003 (Ga. Tech)........40-6 1/4 (12.35m)7. P. Dankova, 2003 (Indy Relays) ........40-2 1/4 (12.25m)8. Cassie Gullickson, 2006 (BIG EAST) ..............40-2 (12.24m)9. P. Dankova, 2004 (Tom Botts) ..........40-0 3/4 (12.21m)10. Jaime Volkmer, 2000 (Quad) ..........39-10 3/4 (12.16m)

Jaime Volkmer, 2002 (BIG EAST) ........39-10 3/4 (12.16m)

Pole Vault1. Mary Saxer, 2009 (NCAA) ..............................14-1 1/4 (4.30m)2. Mary Saxer, 2009 (BIG EAST)..........................13-9 1/4 (4.20m)3. Mary Saxer, 2009 (Mount SAC)........................13-7 1/4 (4.15m)4. Mary Saxer, 2009 (NCAA Regional) ................13-5 3/4 (4.11m)5. Mary Saxer, 2008 (NCAA Regional) ................13-3 3/4 (4.06m)6. Mary Saxer, 2008 (BIG EAST)..........................13-3 1/2 (4.00m)

Mary Saxer, 2009 (Drake) ................................13-3 1/2 (4.00m)8. Jaime Volkmer, 2003 (Baldy Castillo) ..........12-9 1/2 (3.90m)

Mary Saxer, 2006 (Mount SAC) ........12-9 1/2 (3.90m)10. Jaime Volkmer, twice ................................12-6 (3.81m)

(Most recently: Tom Botts, 2003

Shot Put1. Anna Weber, 2009 (BIG EAST)........48-7 1/2 (14.82m)2. Dore DeBartolo, 2001 (Tom Botts)........47-5 3/4 (14.47m)3. Dore DeBartolo, 2000 (BIG EAST) ..........47-5 1/4 (14.46m)

Meghan Horn, 2005 (BIG EAST) ..............47-5 1/4 (14.46m)5. Meghan Horn, 2005 (Hillsdale) ........................47-1 (14.35m)6. Anna Weber, 2007 (Cent. Collegate)..........46-7 1/4 (14.20m)7. Anna Weber, 2008 (BIG EAST) ................46-6 1/4 (14.18m)8. Dore DeBartolo, 2001 (Spring Opener)............46-6 (14.17m)9. Rudy Atang, 2009 (Purdue)..............................46-6 (14.17m)10. Anna Weber, 2007 (BIG EAST) ................46-3 1/4 (14.10m)

Discus1. Jaclyn Espinoza, 2009 (NCAA Regional)172-05

(52.55m)2. Jaclyn Espinoza, 2008 (NCAA Regional) ....172-0 (52.42m)3. Dore DeBartolo, 1999 (Georgia Tech) ........171-1(52.14m)4. Jaclyn Espinoza, 2009 (Purdue)............170-11 (52.10m)5. Dore DeBartolo, 2000 (Billy Hayes)........169-2 (51.56m)6. Jaclyn Espinoza, 2009 (NCAA)............169-00 (51.52m)7. Jaclyn Espinoza, 2008 (BIG EAST) ........168-2 (51.25m)8. Jaclyn Espinoza, 2009 (Ole Miss) ........168-00 (51.21m)9. Jaclyn Espinoza, 2007 ( Regional) ..........165-7 (50.48m)10. Jaclyn Espinoza, 2007 (Hillsdale) ..........163-3 (49.76m)

Hammer Throw1. Anna Weber, 2009 (NCAA Regional) 200-09 (61.20m)2. Anna Weber, 2009 (Bryan Clay)............193-6 (59.03m)3. Anna Weber, 2009 (Mount SAC) ........193-01 (58.83m)4. Anna Weber, 2008 ( Regional) ........192-3 1/2 (58.61m)5. Anna Weber, 2008 (Drake Relays) ......190-10 (58.16m)6. Anna Weber, 2008 (Eastern Michigan) ............(57.31m)7. Anna Weber, 2007 ( Regional) ..............185-4 (56.50m)8. Anna Weber, 2007 (BIG EAST) ......184-0 1/2 (56.09m)9. Dore DeBartolo, 2000 (Miami)............182-10 (55.74m)10. Dore DeBartolo, 2001 (Spring Opener) ..........182-2 (55.52m)

Javelin1. Laura Huarte, 2006 (Mount SAC) ........154-2 (47.00m)2. Elise Knutzen, 2009 (NCAA Regional)....152-00 (46.54m)3. Laura Huarte, 2006 (BIG EAST) ......150-5 1/2 (45.87m)4. Laura Huarte, 2006 (NCAA Regional)..........149-6 (45.56m)5. Elise Knutzen, 2009 (Hillsdale) ....................147-04 (44.93m)6. Laura Huarte, 2006 (Cal Poly) ..............146-9 (44.73m)7. Kate Duman, 2005 (Dr. Pepper) ..........142-11 (43.56m)8. K. Duman, 2005 (NCAA Regional) ....142-0 1/2 (43.29m)9. Kate Duman, 2004 (Tom Botts) ..........141-3 (43.07m)10. Elise Knutzen, 2008 (Ga. Tech) 140-3 1/2 (42.75m)

Heptathlon1. Alyissa Hasan, 2008 (California) ....................5,5092. Alyissa Hasan, 2008 (NCAA) ........................5,3743. Alyissa Hasan, 2008 (BIG EAST)....................5,3654. Maddie Buttinger, 2009 (BIG EAST) ..............5,1554. Alyissa Hasan, 2006 (BIG EAST)....................4,7365. Stacey Cowan, 2003 (BIG EAST) ..................4,6756. Stacey Cowan, 2004 (BIG EAST) ..................4,5767. Betsy Lazzeri, 2002 (BIG EAST) ....................4,489


Men’s Cross CountryMonogram winners

Farrell, Pete................................1965, 1966, 1967Fern, Robert ................................................1988Filosa, John ........................................1979, 1980Fox, Charles........................................1977, 1979Gallasso, Dale......................................1961, 1962Garrett, Dan ............1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988Grace, Scott ........................................1996, 1997Gregory, Ron....................1957, 1958, 1959, 1960Griewe, Ray ................................................1999Hagerman, Brock ........................................2006Hatherly, Tony ....................................1978, 1979Higgins, Ted ........................................1997, 1998Holleran, Pete ....................................1969, 1970Hoover, Bob ......................................1961, 1962Horgan, Dan ......................................1976, 1977Housley, Michael........................1972, 1973, 1974Hojnacki, Jeff ......................................1993, 1994Howard, Ken..............................1965, 1966, 1967Hurt, James ........................................1974, 1975Jackson, Dan ..............................2007, 2008Jacobs, Ryan ......................................2008Johnson, Ryan......................................2002, 2004Johnston, Dennis ........................1958, 1959, 1960Juba, Ed ......................................................1983Keane, John................................2000, 2001, 2002Kearns, Patrick..................1987, 1989, 1990, 1991Keegan, Kevin ..............................................1991Kenny, Kevin ................................................1976Kerwin, Brian..............................2001, 2002, 2003Kunth, Nate ................................................1993Latting, Chris ..............................................1978Lavelle, Ed....................................................1990Leahy, Bill ..................................1965, 1966, 1967Lennon, Tom ................................................2000Lopez, Antonio ............................................1999Lunney, Steve ......................................1986, 1987Macken, Tom................................................1987Magill, John ........................................1984, 1985Malligan, John ....................................1961, 1962Markezich, Ron ......1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988Martisus, Derek ..................................1994, 1995Maxfield, Craig ............................................1983Maxwell, Ryan ................1996, 1997, 1998, 1999McIntosh, Pete ....................................1961, 1962McManus, Sean..........................1996, 1998, 1999

McWilliams, Mike ............1990, 1991, 1992, 1993Meloro, J.R................................1992, 1993, 1994Mertens, David ............................................2000Miller, Joe ..........................................2008Miranda, Jay ................................................1975Mobley, Todd ....................2000, 2001, 2002, 2003Monahan, Chris ........................1958, 1959, 1960Moore, Tim ......................2002, 2003, 2004, 2005Morgan, Daniel ..........................1976, 1977, 1978Morrison, Eric..............................................2002Mulvey, Rick ......................................1986, 1988Novak, Marc ................................................1976O’Brien, Dan ......................................1961, 1962O’Connor, Mike ..............1986, 1987, 1989, 1990O’Donnell, Sean ..............2002, 2003, 2004, 2005O’Flaherty, Shane ........................................1986O’Rourke, Tom..........................1986, 1988, 1989Popejoy, Mike......................................2006, 2007Ptacek, Todd........................................2005, 2006Quaderer, Joe ......................................1968, 1969Radkewich, Nick ......................1990, 1991, 1992Reamer, Dick......................................1964, 1965Reinhart, James ................1973, 1974, 1975, 1976Rexing, Jason....................1994, 1995, 1996, 1997Riely, John ..................................................1980Ronzone, Matt ............................................1988Rorke, Dan ......................1957, 1958, 1959, 1960Ruder, Nate......................1991, 1992, 1993, 1994Saracino, Dan ....................................1968, 1969Seiling, Derek ..................1992, 1993, 1995, 1996Shay, Ryan........................1997, 1998, 1999, 2001Smedley, Mike ..............................................1995Smoran, Mike ..............................................1987Smyth, Patrick ..................2005, 2006, 2007, 2008Spiro, Harold ......................................1965, 1966Springer, Paul ............................2007, 2008Stepan, Fred ................................................1976Striowski, Marc ................1998, 1999, 2000, 2001Strohman, Joseph ................................1977, 1978Sullivan, Patrick ........................1977, 1978, 1979Timm, Bob ........................................1965, 1966Trautmann, Jim ............................................1992Tyler, Jim..........................1981, 1982, 1983, 1984Van Ort, Kaleb ..........................2003, 2004, 2005Veselik, Kevin ..............................................2008Walker, Jake ......................2006, 2007, 2008Watson, Jake ..............................2005, 2006,2007Watson, Luke ..................1998, 1999, 2000, 2001Weaver, Austin ....................................2003, 2004Zanderson, Sean ..................................2000, 2001

Bold indicates 2009 returnees.

Adams, Brett ..............................2005, 2006, 2007Alber, David ......................2000, 2001, 2002, 2003Alt, Anthony ................................................1997Althoff, Matt ....................1993, 1994, 1995, 1996Ambrico, Vinny ..................................2004, 2005Andrassy, A.J. ............................2003, 2004, 2005Arce, Antonio ..........1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000Aragon, Chuck ................1977, 1978, 1979, 1980Bartolini, Aldo..............................................1979Bartrand, Tim ..............................................1982Benninger, Kurt ................2003, 2004, 2005, 2006Bergan, Don........................................1964, 1965Biccicchi, Carl ....................................1979, 1980Bird, Mario ..................................................2001Boivin, Mark ................................................1974Burke, James ......................................1989, 1991Cahill, Ryan ..............................1987, 1988, 1990Cannon, Tim ....................1981, 1982, 1983, 1984Caron, Ralph ......................................1980, 1982Carver, Frank ............................1961, 1962, 1963Cato, Matt....................................................1979Cawley, Galen ............................1957, 1958, 1959Clark, Bill ................................1962, 1963, 1964Clark, Daniel......................................2008Clark, Will ..................................................1994Coffey, Mike ..............................1963, 1964, 1965Collins, Mike ............................1967, 1968, 1969Collins, Mike ......................................1983, 1984Conway, Mike ............................1995, 1996, 1997Conway, Patrick ........................1999, 2000, 2001Cotton, Dae ..............................1957, 1958, 1959Courtney, Bill....................1981, 1982, 1983, 1984Cowan, John ....................1991, 1992, 1993, 1994Coyle, John ......................1989, 1990, 1991, 1992Curran, Dan........................................2004, 2007Dauphinais, Bill ..................................1989, 1990Dean, Ed....................................1963, 1964, 1965Dempsey, Tom ..................1958, 1959, 1960, 1961Diamond, Tim ..............................................1985Dillon, Andy ..............................1980, 1982, 1983Dirnberger, Larry ................................1964, 1965Drake, Mike......................1988, 1989, 1990, 1991DuBois, Shane............................1992, 1993, 1994Dunlop, Joe ......................1993, 1994, 1995, 1996Dudley, John ..............................................1999Engelhardt, Tim ..................................1996, 1998

Kurt Benningerearned four crosscountry and fivetrack and fieldmonograms from2003-2008 onhis way tobecoming one ofthe mostaccomplishedrunners in NotreDame history

The 1963 crosscountry team,

which finished thirdat the NCAA

Championship:Kneeling (left to

right) team captainFrank Carver,

Bill Clark. Standing(left to right)

Rich Fennelly,Mike Coffey,

Larry Dirmberger,Ed Dean and headcoach Alex Wilson.


Women’s Cross CountryMonogram Winners

Flood, Eva ..........................................1991, 1992Gorski, Lisa ................................1990, 1991, 1992Guyer, Laura ................................................1993Handley, Jennifer ..............1999, 2000, 2001, 2002Higgins, Abby ............................2007, 2008Hood, Emily........................................1993, 1994Huddle, Molly ..................2002, 2003, 2004, 2005Husted, Emily ..................1991, 1992, 1993, 1994Jensen, Stefanie ..................................1991, 1992Johnson, Megan ................2000, 2001, 2002, 2003Kaptur, Renee............................1988, 1989, 1990Kavan, Ramsey ............................................2005Kelly, Maureen ..........................1993, 1994, 1995Kibelstis, Teresa ..........................1986, 1987, 1988Kiley, Janel ..........................................1996, 1997King, Lauren......................2001, 2002, 2003, 2004King, Loryn..................................................2002Klemmer, Alison ........................1997, 1998, 1999Kohlmeier, Amy............................................2006Kramer, Kristine................1991, 1992, 1993, 1994Kuenster, Chrissy ................................1999, 2000LaSelle, Nicole ....................................1996, 1999Lavigne, Michelle ........................................1995Ledrick, Jennifer ..............1987, 1988, 1989, 1990Lemanski, Terese ........................1988, 1989, 1990Lehman, Kathleen ..............................1986, 1987Long, Carolyn ..............................................1993Loughlin, Nancy ..........................................1986Luby, Erin ........................1996, 1997, 1998, 1999Madia, Stephanie ..............2002, 2003, 2004, 2005Marinangeli, Jean........................2003, 2004, 2005Mazur, Ann ........................................2006, 2007Meagher, Kerry ..........................2002, 2003, 2004Merkel, Julia........................................1986, 1987McGrath, Anne ............................................2000Morales, Ana ................................................2002Murray, Wendy ................1986, 1987, 1988, 1989

Nelsen, Maggie ..................................2003, 2004Nusrala, Lucy ......................................1988, 1989O’Brien, Bridget ........................1997, 1998, 1999Olding, Sunni ............................2004, 2005, 2006Olson, Erin ........................................1998, 1999Opet, Julie....................................................2006Pavela, Jennifer ............................................1998Peterson, Kelly ....................................1996, 1997Reichenbach, Heidi ......................................1996Rice, Patti ..................................1997, 1998, 1999Rice, Theresa ............................1986, 1987, 1988Riley, Sarah ......................1991, 1992, 1993, 1994Rocha, Heidi ......................................2006, 2008Ryan, Kevaleen ............................................1988Schmidt, Julia ................................................2001Schmidt, Melissa..................................2000, 2001Seigel, Amy................................1993, 1994, 1995Siqueira, Valerie ..........................................1998Tacl, Beth ..................................2007, 2008Treece, Marissa ..........................2007, 2008Velarde, Rachel ..................................2008Villarreal, Patty ............................................1990Volland, Mary ..............................................1995Wales, Katie ........................................2002, 2003Walsh, Mieke ..............................................1997Wauford, Emily ..........................2007, 2008Webster, Elizabeth......................2003, 2004, 2005

Bold indicates 2009 returnees

Alfieri, Becky ............................1991, 1992, 1994Arnerich, Christi............................................2001Bakula, Denise ....................................1996, 2008Bauman, Becca....................................2006, 2007Blaising, Amy ......................................1989, 1990Boulware, Kala ............................................1991Bradley, Diana ............................1989, 1990, 1991Burn, Hilary ................................................2000Deeter, JoAnna ..........................1996, 1997, 1998DeRusso, Katie....................................2004, 2005Dodds, Emily................................................1995Dudas, Kristen ..........................1993, 1994, 1995Dutton, Lindsay............................................1995Eaton, Kari..........................................1999, 2000Endress, Rachel ..................................2000, 2001Esterline, Sarah ............................................1990Ferguson, Lindsey ..............2006, 2007, 2008Fibuch, Jennifer ..........................2000, 2001, 2002Filar, Linda ................................1986, 1987, 1988

For the second time in three seasons, Notre Dame earned a spot on the awards podium at the NCAA Cross CountryChampionship with a fourth-place finish in 2004 (from left to right: head coach Tim Connelly, Elizabeth Webster, JeanMarinangeli, Molly Huddle, Maggie Nelsen, Katie DeRusso, Lauren King, Kerry Meagher, Stephanie Madia andSunni Olding).

Wendy Murray was one of the first women’s crosscountry runners to earn a monogram at Notre Dame in1986. She eventually earned four such awards, the firstwomen’s Irish harrier to earn that distinction.

Becca Bauman was a three-time cross country monogramwinner from 2006-2008 and was named to the ESPN TheMagazine/CoSIDA Academic All-District Five SecondTeam as a senior.


Men’s Track & FieldMonogram Winners

B-B-B-B

Babb, Randall ..............................................2009

Bachman, Charles ..................................1915, 1916, 1917

Bailey, Edward ........................................................1920

Bailie, Roy ............................................1929, 1930, 1931

Baker, James ..........................................1952, 1954, 1955

Balistrieri, Joseph......................................................1961

Barber, Mark..........................................2002, 2003, 2004

Barber, Thomas ..............................................1922, 1924

Barr, William ........................................1923, 1924, 1925

Barrett, Ordo............................................................1902

Barron, Emmett ....................................1925, 1926, 1927

Baumer, Frederick ..................................................1922

Beams, Byron ..................................................1955, 1956

Behrman, Harry ......................................................1932

Beinor, J. Edward ..................................1937, 1938, 1939

Belcher, John........................................2008, 2009

Bell, Dave ......................................................1971, 1972

Bell, Greg........................................................1981, 1982

Bennett, Brad ..................................................1944, 1948

Bennett, Geoff ................................................2004, 2005

Benninger, Kurt ..................2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008

Bensberg, William J. ................................................1913

Benson, William ......................................................1963

Bereolos, Hercules ....................................................1940

Bergan, Donald ......................................1965, 1966, 1967

Bergman, Alfred ..........................1911, 1912, 1914, 1915

Bergman, Arthur ......................................................1916

Bergtold, Joseph ......................................................1946

Bernard, Edgar ........................................................1938

Bernard, Robert ....................................1934, 1935, 1936

Bernards, David......................................1979, 1980, 1981

Bernier, Thomas ..............................................1979, 1980

Betlach, David ................................................1976, 1978

Bicicchi, Carl............................................................1983

Birder, Cecil ............................................................1913

Blakeslee, Hal ..........................................................1956

Blaney, Ryan ............................................................1999

Boagni, Kenneth..............................................1929, 1930

Boland, Joseph..........................................................1926

Bollas, James ..........................................1949, 1950, 1951

Borgos, Michael........................................................1992

Bov, Thomas ........................................1926, 1927, 1928

Bowdren, James ..............................................1933, 1934

Bowers, Ralph ..........................................................1933

Boyle, Edward ........................................1935, 1936, 1937

Boyle, Hugh ............................................................1905

Boyle, William ................................................1963, 1964

Boyne, Robert ................................................1949, 1950

Bracken, James ................................................2001, 2003

Bradley, John W. ......................................................1930

Bradley, Keith ..........................................................1964

Brady, John ..............................................................1969

Brady, Raymond..............................................1923, 1924

Branigan, John..........................................................1990

Brantfort, Chauncey..................................................1931

Brehmer, Walter........................................................1943

Breitenbach, Michael ................................................1959

Brennan, Michael......................................................1984

Brennan, Robert ......................................................1929

Breunlin, Douglas ..................................1967, 1968, 1969

Brill, Martin ............................................................1930

Broderick, Edwin ..................................1967, 1968, 1969

Brooks, Chandler..................................2008, 2009

Brosey, H. Clifford ..........................................1940, 1946

Brown, Bobby ........................................1997, 1998, 1999

Brown, John....................................................1928, 1929

Brown, Michael ............................1996, 1997, 1998, 1999

Brown, Tim ..............................................................1987

Brown, William......................................1927, 1928, 1929

Bruch, James ..................................................1963, 1964

Bryson, Newton ..............................................1973, 1974

Buckley, Thomas ......................................................1969

Buenger, William ............................................1940, 1941

Buhrfiend, Kevin ......................................................1991

Burger, Peter ................................1977, 1978, 1979, 1980

Burke, Frank ............................................................1944

Burke, James ..................................................1991, 1992

Burke, William ........................................................1920

Burns, Andrew ................................................1994, 1995

Burns, Edward ..........................................................1974

Burns, John ....................................................1957, 1958

Burns, Michael ........................................................1988

Butler, Timothy ..............................................1965, 1966

Buzaid, Billy....................................................2008, 2009

C-C-C-C

Caffrey, Robert ........................................................1978

Cahill, Nathan ................................................2000, 2001

Cahill, Ryan..................................1988, 1989, 1990, 1991

Call, Charles ..................................................1917, 1918

Callan, Daniel ..........................................................1982

Cameron, Alexander ................................................1922

Campagnone, John ..................................................1952

Cannon, Niall..................................................1999, 2000

A-A-A-A

Abbott, Joseph ......................................1927, 1928, 1930

Abernathy, John........................................................1930

Adams, Brett ..........................................2005, 2006, 2007

Afridi, Jamal ....................................................2005, 2008

Alexander, John ....................................1952, 1953, 1954

Alba, Juan ..............................................2001, 2002, 2003

Alber, David....................................................2002, 2003

Allard, Bernard................................................1954, 1956

Allmendinger, William ....................................1976, 1978

Almaguer, Benjamin ..............................1950, 1951, 1952

Althoff, Matt..........................................1995, 1996, 1997

Ambrico, Vincent ............................................1969, 1970

Ambrico, Vinny ............................2003, 2004, 2005, 2006

Amitie, Daniel ..........................................................1994

Anderson, Jeffrey ............................................1976, 1979

Anderson, Phil ..........................................................1944

Andrassy, A.J.............................................................2006

Andrulonis, Nate ......................................................2001

Annen, Kyle ..........................................2005, 2006, 2007

Antoine, Richard ......................................................1995

Aragon, Charles ............................1978, 1979, 1980, 1981

Arce, Antonio ........................................1995, 1999, 2000

Archer, Clyde W.......................................................1940

Atkins, Tyrell ........................................2008, 2009

Autry, Joel..............................................1984, 1985, 1987

Mike Brown earned four monograms from 1996-1999and won five BIG EAST indoor and outdoor pole vaultchampionships.

Brett Adams was a three-time monogram winner andearned five all-BIG EAST honors.


Cannon, Timothy ............................................1982, 1985

Cantwell, Brian ..............................................1965, 1966

Carey, Robert..................................................1925, 1926

Carlson, Jordan ............................................2009

Caron, Ralph ........................................1982, 1983, 1984

Carter, Spencer ............................................2009

Carver, Francis ................................................1962, 1964

Casey, Charles ........................................1923, 1924, 1925

Caspar, Philip ..................................................1991, 1992

Casper, Ed................................................................1997

Cato, Matt................................................................1980

Cavanagh, John ......................................1935, 1936, 1937

Cavanaugh, John ....................................2006, 2007, 2008

Cawley, Galen .......................................1958, 1959, 1960

Chamney, Thomas ........................2003, 2004, 2006, 2007

Chaput, Michael ....................................1965, 1966, 1967

Charters, Robert ......................................................1949

Chevraux, Thomas....................................................1964

Choplin, Blake ............................2007, 2008, 2009

Christian, Craig ........................................................1994

Christian, James ....................................1979, 1980, 1982

Christman, Norbert ..................................................1932

Cividin, Glen ..................................................1959, 1960

Clark, Daniel........................................2008, 2009

Clark, William ................................................1963, 1964

Clark, Will ..............................................................1995

Clifford, William ....................................1936, 1937, 1938

Clouse, James ..........................................................1974

Clynes, Martin ......................................1957, 1958, 1959

Cochran, Chris ............................1997, 1998, 1999, 2000

Coffey, Michael ......................................1964, 1965, 1966

Cole, John ....................................1988, 1989, 1990, 1991

Colgan, Alexander ..................................................1921

Collins, Kenneth..............................................1939, 1940

Collins, Richard........................................................1926

Componovo, William................................................1988

Conforti, Francis ....................................1941, 1942, 1943

Conley, Arthur ................................................1933, 1934

Conlin, John....................................................1928, 1929

Connelly, Timothy ....................................................1984

Connor, Michael ............................................1899, 1900

Conroy, J. Patrick......................................................1963

Constable, Lloyd ....................................1982, 1983, 1985

Conway, Mike ..............................1995, 1996, 1997, 1998

Conway, Miquez ......................................................1992

Conway, Patrick ............................1999, 2000, 2001, 2002

Cooper, Andrew ..............................................1999, 2000

Cooper, Charles........................................................1924

Copeland, William ..........................................1954, 1955

Corcoran, Patrick J. ......................1898, 1899, 1900, 1901

Cortina, Greg ..........................................................1972

Costantini, William ..................................................1969

Cote, Jack ..............................................1956, 1957, 1958

Cotton, David ........................................1958, 1959, 1960

Coughlin, Bernard ..........................................1925, 1926

Coughlin, Stephen ..........................................1938, 1939

Courtney, William ........................1982, 1983, 1984. 1985

Cowan, John ................................1992, 1993, 1994, 1995

Cox, Wayne ..........................................1923, 1924, 1925

Coyle, John ..................................1990, 1991, 1993, 1994

Crawford, Andrew ....................................................1958

Creehan, Donald ............................................1971, 1972

Cripe, Clarence ..............................................1905, 1908

Croker, William........................................................2002

Cronin, Carl ............................................................1930

Cronin, Michael ..............................................1960, 1961

Cullen, James ..........................................................1928

Culp, Richard..................................................1988, 1989

Cummings, Roger ....................................................1930

Cunningham, John ..........................................1952, 1954

Cunningham, Raymond............................................1925

Curley, Charles ........................................................1986

Curran, Joe ....................................................1993, 1995

Currie, Adam................................2005, 2006, 2007, 2008

Currie, Donald ........................................................1943

D-D-D-D

DaDamio, Anthony ..................................................1949

Daly, James ............................................1954, 1955, 1956

Daly, Walter ............................................................1903

Dana, Fred ............................................1908, 1909, 1910

Daniels, Bernard ......................................................1908

Dant, Philip ....................................................1920, 1921

Darling, Robert ..............................................1931, 1932

Dauphinais, WIlliam ................................................1990

Davey, Frank ............................................................1903

Davey, Travis ................................1998, 1999, 2000, 2001

Davis, Greg ..................................................2008

Davis, Jason ..............................................................2004

DeAngelis, Matthew........................................1989, 1990

DeMeo, Peter ..................................................1988, 1989

Dean, Edward ........................................1964, 1965, 1966

Dean, John ............................................1938, 1939, 1940

DeHoughe, Wilbur ..................................................1924

Delaney, F. James ....................................1941, 1942, 1943

Della Maria, Joseph................................1925, 1926, 1927

Dempsey, Thomas ..................................1960, 1961, 1962

Desch, August ........................................1921, 1922, 1923

Devanny, Patrick ......................................................1991

Devine, John F. ......................................1908, 1910, 1911

Dewey, Matt ............................................................1998

DeWolf, Roger ........................................................1944

Dierks, Mike ............................................................1993

Dietrich, Tom ..........................................................1997

DiCamillo, Richard ................................1956, 1957, 1958

Dilling, Leo ..............................................................1933

Dillon, Andrew ............................1981, 1982, 1983. 1984

Dillon, Victor............................................................1958

Dillon, William ......................................1941, 1942, 1943

Dimick, Ralph ..............................................1909, 1910

Dirnberger, Lawrence ..............................................1964

Disney, Francis..........................................................1923

Doan, Franklin ................................................1927, 1929

Dolmage, George......................................................1926

Donnelly, Michael ....................................................1969

Donnelly, WIlliam ..........................................1938, 1939

Dornbach, Steve ....................................1957, 1958, 1959

Douglas, Walter ....................................1917, 1919, 1920

Dovidio, Chip ..........................................................1999

Doyle, Paul ............................................1981, 1982, 1983

Draper, William ....................................1903, 1904, 1905

Drenon, Brandon ............................................2007, 2008

Dreznes, Mike ..........................................................1999

Driscoll, Brian........................................1985, 1986, 1987

Driscoll, Dan............................................................2004

Driscoll, David ........................................................1967

Duane, Joseph ........................................................1899

Duarte, Rolando ......................................................1945

DuBois, Shane ..........................................................1995

Ducasa, Salvador ............................................1934, 1935

Dudley, John....................................................1999, 2000

Duffy, John ..............................................................1973

Bill Faymonville took home three monograms from 1937-39and earned All-America honors in the discus all threeseasons as well.

Ryan Hurd followed in his father’s (Bill) footsteps as asprinter for the Irish during the 2001-04 seasons. Billearned his monograms from 1967-69.



F-F-F-F

Fagan, James....................................................1933, 1934

Faley, Donald ........................................1956, 1957, 1958

Farley, John F. ..........................................................1898

Farrell, Allan G. ........................................................1934

Farrell, Peter....................................................1965, 1968

Fasano, Erik..............................................................1993

Faymonville, William..............................1937, 1938, 1939

Fehlig, Eugene ......................................1941, 1942, 1943

Fehring, Nick..................................................1998, 2001

Feiler, Robert ........................................1950, 1951, 1952

Feltes, Norman ......................................1951, 1952, 1953

Fennelly, Richard ............................................1963, 1964

Ferenc, Thomas ............................1976, 1977, 1978, 1979

Ficks, Albert ............................................................1921

Filosa, John ..............................................................1980

Finkel, Charles A.............................................1932, 1933

Fischer, Robert................................................1911, 1912

Fishleigh, Kenneth ..........................................1929, 1930

FitzGerald, Robert....................................................1990

Fitzmaurice, Shaun ..................................................1963

Fitzpatrick, Jerry ....................................1959, 1960, 1961

Fleisch, Mike..........................................1995, 1996, 1997

Fleming, Bill ................................1946, 1948, 1949, 1950

Fletcher, Forest ............................1909, 1910, 1911, 1912

Flynn, John R. ......................................1921, 1922, 1923

Foley, Charles ..........................................................1920

Foote, John ..............................................................1958

Foreman, Joseph ....................................1956, 1957, 1958

Fortunato, Alex ........................................................2004

Fox, Charles ............................................................1980

Foy, David ......................................................1952, 1953

Francis, John ..........................................1936, 1937, 1938

Frawley, John ........................................1934, 1935, 1936

Frericks, Thomas ............................................1974, 1975

Freschi, WIlliam ......................................................1933

Freund, Albert ........................................................1916

Frigo, Dan ......................................................1997, 1998

Fritch, Louis C. ......................................................1916

Froelke, Frank ................................................1961, 1962

G-G-G-G

Gaffney, George A. ........................................1899, 1900

Gahagan, Michael ........................1972, 1973, 1974, 1975

Gamboa, Ryan..............................................2009

Garcia, Roberto ..............................................2003, 2005

Garrett, Daniel ..............................1985, 1987, 1988, 1989

Gartiser, Madill ........................................................1946

Gearin, Walter ................................................1901, 1902

Gebhardt, U.J.. ................................................1924, 1925

Genao, Jose ..............................................................2005

Genovese, Anthony..........................................1953, 1954

George, William ....................................1973, 1974, 1975

Geremia, Frank ........................................................1958

Gerrity, David ..............................1994, 1995, 1996, 1997

Gerwe, John ....................................................1973, 1974

Giacinto, Joseph........................................................1964

Giacinto, Michael ..................................1960, 1961, 1962

Gibbs, Daniel ........................................1936, 1937, 1938

Gibson, Jay ......................................................1941, 1942

Gilbert, Tom ..................................2000, 2001, 2002 2003

Gilfillian, Earl ................................................1918, 1919

Gilfoil, James ..................................................1933, 1934

Gilhooly, Thomas ......................................................1970

Gill, Paul................................................1968, 1969, 1970

Gilmore, Philip ................................................1984, 1986

Gits, John ................................................................1955

Glynn, Ralph ................................................1899, 1901

Goguen, Derek ......................................2003, 2004, 2005

Gorman, Pat ............................................................1996

Gormley, Eugene ............................................1937, 1938

Gott, Arch ......................................................1935, 1937

Gough, Arnold ......................................1977, 1978, 1979

Gough, Edward ......................................1931, 1932, 1933

Gough, Paul ............................................................1967

Grady, William P. ....................................................1899

Grace, Scott..............................................................1997

Graham, Stewart ......................................................1905

Gregory, Ron ........................................1959, 1960, 1961

Grenough, Dan ......................................1993, 1994, 1995

Griewe, Ray ....................................................1999, 2000

Griffin, Joseph........................................1926, 1927, 1928

Gringer, Paul ..........................................................1920

Gross, George ..........................................................1950

Groves, John ............................................................1932

Gutschenritter, David................................................1977

Gyulai, Marton ........................................................2001

H-H-H-H

Hall, Frank......................................................1956, 1957

Halpin, Joseph........................................1938, 1939, 1940

Hamling, John ................................................1924, 1925

Hammill, Michael ....................................................1926

Hanrahan, Robert ....................................................1952

Hardy, Russell ................................................1915, 1916

Harrington, James ..................................1952, 1953, 1954

Harrington, Paul ....................................1924, 1925, 1926

Harris, Rick ............................................................1972

Harris, Robert..........................................................1988

Hassenger, Thomas ................................1951, 1952, 1953

Hastings, John ..........................................................1951

Hatherly, Tony ................................................1979, 1980

Haverty, Michael ....................................1957, 1958, 1959

Hayes, Arthur T. ......................................................1899

Hayes, William ..............................................1921, 1922

Headrick, Brian ............................1992, 1993, 1994, 1995

Heck, Josh ............................................1999, 2001, 2002

Hedinger, Keith ........................................................1980

Heffernan, John ......................................................1922

Helfenstein, George ..................................................1952

Helwig, Joseph ........................................................1950

Helwig, John..........................................1948, 1949, 1950

Hemphill, Frank ......................................................1960

Henehan, Martin ............................................1913, 1914

Herbert, Martin B. ......................1899, 1900, 1901, 1902

Herman, Todd ..............................1991, 1992, 1993, 1994

Hernon, James A. ....................................................1953

Hester, Curtis ........................................1938, 1939, 1940

Hickman, William ....................................................1959

Higgins, Luke ..........................................................1947

Hill, R. Martin ......................................1971, 1973, 1974

Hills, Andrew ..............................................2009

Hinkes, Thomas ........................................................1951

Hitchler, Edward ..........................................2009

Hoar, Gerald ........................................1919, 1920, 1921

Hobbs, William ........................................................1990

Hoffmann, F. Nordhoff ..........................1929, 1930, 1931

Hofner, Jay ..................................1996, 1997, 1998, 1999

Hogan, Edward ......................................1921, 1922, 1923

Hogan, Michael ............................1973, 1974, 1975, 1976

Hogan, William ......................................................1911

Hogue, Rolly............................................................1942

Hojnacki, Jeff................................1994, 1995, 1996, 1997

Holinka, Brian ......................................1998, 1999, 2000

Holleran, Patrick ......................................................1970

Hoover, Harry ........................................................1898

Hoover, Robert......................................1962, 1963, 1964

Horgan, Daniel ......................................1976, 1977, 1978

Housley, Michael ............................................1973, 1974

Howard, Charles..............................................1933, 1934

Duke, Norman ........................................................1934

Dunlop, Joe............................................1993, 1994, 1995

Dunne, Daniel........................................1971, 1972, 1973

Dunnigan, John ........................................................1955

DuVair, Paul ............................................................1988

Dyer, Derek ..................................1999, 2000, 2001, 2002

Dziabis, Steven..............................1980, 1981, 1982, 1983

E-E-E-E

Eady, Jacques ................................1979, 1980, 1981, 1982

Eaton, Wilbur ..........................................................1924

Eckert, Cameron ..........................2007, 2008, 2009

Edgren, Paul ............................................................1916

Edwards, Howard ....................................................1909

Edwards, John ........................................1933, 1934, 1935

Egan, Joseph ............................................................1932

Eggeman, John W. ........................1898, 1899, 1900, 1901

Eichenlaub, Ray ..............................................1913, 1915

Eichner, Jeffrey ........................................................1973

Elder, Jack ......................................................1927, 1929

Ellick, Dwight ........................................2002, 2004, 2005

Elser, Donald..........................................1934, 1935, 1936

Engelhardt, Tim ........................................................1999

English, Robert ........................................................1952

Enright, Paul ............................................................1928

Entrikin, Frank ........................................................1945

Espenan, Ray............................................................1948

Evans, John ..............................................................1991

Ewart, Barclay ................................................1957, 1958

Ewing, Joseph ..........................................................1932

Ewing, Paul ....................................................1951, 1952

Raghib Ismail was an All-American in both track andfootball. He finished second in the 55 meters at the1991 NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships.


Howard, Jack................................................2009

Howard, Kenneth..........................1965, 1966, 1957, 1968

Howrey, Eugene ....................................1930, 1931, 1932

Hunter, Jack ....................................................1946, 1947

Hunter, III, Oliver ..................................1941, 1942, 1943

Hurd, William........................................1967, 1968, 1969

Hurd, Ryan ..................................2001, 2002, 2003, 2004

Hurt, James ....................................................1974, 1976

Hyde, Ronald ..........................................................1982

I-I-I-I

Irby, Adrian ..............................................................1999

Ismail, Raghib ........................................1989, 1990 1991

J-J-J-J

Jackson, Dan ........................................2008, 2009

Jacobs, Jack ..............................................................1944

Jacques, Christopher......................2004, 2005, 2006, 2007

Jewett, Harry ..........................................................1890

Johnson, Clint ..........................................................1994

Johnson, Gerald ............................1947, 1948, 1949, 1950

Johnson, John ..........................................................1924

Johnson, John ..........................................................1947

Johnson, Ryan ................................................2004, 2005

Johnston, Dennis ............................................1960, 1961

Johnston, Ralph ..............................................1930, 1931

Johnston, Todd ......................................1994, 1995, 1996

Jones, Austin....................................................1942, 1943

Jones, Fred ............................................1944, 1945, 1946

Jordan, Charles..............................1934, 1935, 1936, 1937

Jorgensen, Paul ........................................................1981

Juba, Edward ..................................................1983, 1984

Judge, Charles ........................................1925, 1926, 1927

Justice, Lamarr ..............................1993, 1994, 1995, 1996

K-K-K-K

Kania, Jan ................................................................1983

Kardok, Timothy ............................................1976, 1977

Kasper, Thomas ..............................................1920, 1921

Kauffman, Francis M. ............................1955, 1956, 1957

Kazimi, A. J. ................................1977, 1978, 1979, 1980

Keach, Leroy ............................................................1908

Keane, John..............................................................2003

Kearns, Michael........................................................1957

Kearns, Patrick..............................1988, 1990, 1991, 1992

Kearney, Peter E. ....................................................1898

Keefe, James ............................................................1905

Keegan, WIlliam ....................................1955, 1956, 1957

Keenan, Larry ..........................................................1947

Keily, Michael ..........................................................1944

Kelley, Scott ....................................................2000, 2001

Kelly, Charles ..................................................1931, 1932

Kelly, Edward ........................................1962, 1963, 1964

Kelly, James ..................................1946, 1948, 1949, 1950

Kelly, Joseph ............................................................1944

Kelly, Thomas ........................................1927, 1928, 1929

Kelly, William ..........................................................1942

Kennedy, David ........................................................1962

Kennedy, Paul ........................................1922, 1923, 1924

Kenny, Brian ............................................................1968

Kenny, Kevin ..................................................1977, 1980

Kenny, Patrick ........................................1946, 1948, 1949

Kenny, Pat ................................................................1997

Kerr, Mike................................................................2001

Kilburg, William..............................................1953, 1954

Kinder, Randy..........................................................1994

King, Francis ..........................................................1919

King, Frank ............................................................1917

King, Edward ........................................1932, 1933, 1934

King, Thomas ..........................................................1916

Kirby, Harley ..................................................1901, 1902

Kirkland, Frank ......................................1915, 1916, 1917

Kittell, C. James ..............................................1949, 1950

Knott, Daniel............................................................1974

Knuth, Nathan..........................................................1994

Kober, Tim ............................................1998, 1999, 2000

Kohanowich, Albert ........................................1951, 1953

Korenstra, Alex ............................................2009

Koxlien, Garet........................................2005, 2006, 2007

Krass, Jonathan ........................................................1997

Kraus, Thomas..........................................................1987

Krause, Edward ........................................................1933

Krider, William ........................................................1925

Kubicki, Brian ..........................................................1994

Kueny, Bob ............................................2005, 2006, 2007

Kuhn, J. Regis........................................1930, 1931, 1932

Kuzan, John ....................................................1980, 1981

L-L-L-L

Labus, Kevin ................................................2009

LaFramboise, Paul ....................................................1934

Lahey, John ....................................................1927, 1928

Lambert, Terrail ........................................................2005

Lang, George ..................................................1978, 1979

Langdon, John ..........................................................1984

Langevine, Troy ..............................................1994, 1997

Langton, Harold ....................................1936, 1937, 1938

Lavelle, John ..................................................1927, 1928

Lavery, Mark ................................1988, 1989, 1990, 1991

Lawrence, Robert ..................................1938, 1939, 1940

Layden, Elmer ........................................1923, 1924, 1925

Layden, Francis................................................1934, 1935

LeKander, Gary ..............................................1985, 1986

Leahy, William ..............................1965, 1966, 1967, 1968

Lee, Tommie....................................................2004, 2005

Lehner, James ..........................................................1968

Lennon, Tom ............................................................2002

Leonard, William ..........................1943, 1947, 1948, 1949

Leonas, Theodore ..................................1938, 1939, 1940

Lepry, Louis ....................................................1949, 1951

Levicki, John..........................................1935, 1936, 1937

Lewis, Aubrey..................................................1956, 1957

Lewis, Paul ..............................................................2000

Lieb, Thomas ..................................................1922, 1923

Lilly, Christopher ............................................1993, 1994

Linehan, John ..........................................................1956

Link, H. Carl ..................................................1934, 1935

Little, Brant ....................................................1930, 1931

Livergood, Bernard ........................................1923, 1924

Lloyd, Richard..........................................................1926

Lucas, Louis..............................................................1963

Lucey, Christopher....................................................1989

Ludecke, Carl ........................................1961, 1962, 1963

Lujack, John ............................................................1944

Lundergan, Charles..........................................1943, 1944

Lynch, James ............................................................1963

Lynch, W. Ken ................................................1977, 1979

Lyons, John ....................................................1944, 1947

Lytle, Dean ..............................................................1994

M-M-M-M

Macauley, Timothy ........................1979, 1980, 1981, 1982

MacBeth, Jr., Frederick ..........................1931, 1932, 1933

Mack, John ..............................................................1940

Mackey, Jeff ..............................................................1995

Madden, John ..........................................................1967

Madigan, Michael ............................................2001, 2002

Mahon, Brian ..........................................................2008

Mahoney, Peter ........................................................1964

Mahoney, William ..................................1936, 1937, 1938

Majcina, Blair................................2006, 2007, 2008, 2009

Malec, Dennis ..........................................................1954

Maloney, Anthony ..................................1941, 1942, 1943

Maloney, Paul ..................................................1990, 1991

Maney, Michael ..............................................1979, 1981

Manning, Michael ....................................................2005

Mansour, Mike ......................................2000, 2001, 2002

Manville, Keith................................................1965, 1966

Markezich, Ronald ................................1986, 1988, 1989

Martin, Frank ..........................................................1944

Martin, John ............................................................1940

Martin, William ..............................................1910, 1911

Martuscello, Paul ............................................1974, 1975

Masloski, Jesse ..........................................................1999

Masterson, Frank ............................................1925, 1927

Matsomoto, Jeff ........................................................1994

Matt, Marshall ..........................................................1977

Matteo, Christopher ........................................1985, 1987

Matteo, George ......................................1975, 1977, 1978

Matteo, Gregory ......................................................1991

Maxwell, Ryan ........................................................1999

Mayer, Frank ............................................................1926

Mbagwu, Godwin ........................2001, 2002, 2003, 2004

McAuliffe, Brian ....................................1979, 1980, 1981

Mike McMannon earned four monograms from 1969-72.



Mensch, Jeff ........................................2008, 2009

Mercer, Gene ..................................................1971, 1972

Merchun, James....................................2007, 2008

Meredith, George ..........................................1920, 1921

Mescall, Tom ............................................................1993

Metrailer, Frank........................................................1929

Meyer, Michael ............................1975, 1976, 1977, 1978

Michno, John ........................................1955, 1956, 1957

Michuta, John..................................................1935, 1936

Mick, Thomas ................................................1987, 1988

Mihalko, Ryan ..............................1988, 1990, 1991, 1992

Milbauer, Frank ..............................................1924, 1925

Millar, James ............................................................2008

Miller, Creighton ......................................................1943

Miller, James ..........................................1948, 1949, 1950

Miller, John ..........................................1915, 1916, 1917

Mills, Rupert F. ........................................................1915

Mineburg, Ryan ....................................2002, 2003, 2004

Miranda, Jay..................................1976, 1978, 1979, 1980

Mishka, Phil..................................1997, 1998, 1999, 2000

Mobley, Todd..........................................2002, 2004, 2005

Moes, Leon..........................1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1926

Mohar, John ..........................................1950, 1951, 1952

Molnar, Balazs......................................2007, 2008

Monohan, Christopher..............................................1959

Monjeau, Richard ..................................1959, 1960 1961

Monnelly, Edward............................................1956, 1958

Montabon, Frank......................................................1991

Montague, John......................................1920, 1922, 1923

Moore, Tim............................................2003, 2005, 2006

Moran, Edward ........................................................1934

Morando, Michael ..................................1957, 1958, 1959

Moretti, Greg ........................................1993, 1995, 1996

Morgan, Donald ..............................................1937, 1939

Morgan, Peter ..........................................................1929

Morgan, Thomas (Tray) ............................................2007

Moriarty, Michael ..........................................1908, 1909

Morris, Roy ............................................................1952

Morrison, Eric ..............................2002, 2003, 2004, 2005

Mortensen, Walter ....................................................1930

Moyar, James ..................................................1981, 1984

Muench, Richard......................................................1987

Mulcahy, Harold ......................................................1921

Mullaley, Patrick..............................................1969, 1970

Mulligan, Frank ....................................1917 1918, 1919

Mulrooney, John ....................................1961. 1926, 1963

Mulrooney, Neil........................................................1992

Mulvey, Richard ....................................1985, 1986, 1988

Murphy, Charles ..............................................1942, 1943

Murphy, David ......................................1944, 1945, 1947

Murphy, Francis A. ..................................................1933

Murphy, Frank..........................................................1920

Murphy, Henry T. ....................................................1904

Murphy, James ..............................1946, 1947, 1948, 1949

Murphy, John A. ..................1943, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951

Murphy, John F. ......................................................1901

Murphy, John L. ..............................................1921, 1922

Murphy, John W. ......................................................1908

Murphy, Vincent ....................................1933, 1934, 1935

Murray, Thomas J. ....................................................1900

Muscato, Valentine..................................1949, 1950, 1951

Musial, Richard ........................................................1961

N-N-N-N

Newning, Harry ......................................................1914

Newquist, Harvey ..................................1952, 1953, 1954

Nichols, John............................................................1930

Nicholson, WIlliam ........................................1941, 1943

Nobles, Robert ......................................1985, 1986, 1987

Noland, Michael..............................................1979, 1981

Noonan, William ......................................................1917

Norton, Joseph ........................................................1927

Notwell, James..............................................2009

Novak, Marc ................................1977, 1978, 1979, 1980

Nulty, Joseph ............................................................1926

Nurudeen, Selim ..........................2002, 2003, 2004, 2005

O-O-O-O

O’Brien, Daniel ........................................................1962

O’Brien, James ................................................1975, 1976

O’Brien, John J. ....................................1929, 1930, 1931

O’Brien, Keith ........................................................1993

O’Brien, Kevin................................................1968, 1969

O’Brien, Matt ................................................1999, 2001

O’Brien, William ............................................1899, 1900

O’Connor, Jerry ....................................1962, 1963, 1964

O’Connor, John ..............................................1951, 1953

O’Connor, Lawrence ................................................1938

O’Connor, Michael ......................1987, 1988, 1990, 1991

O’Donnell, Sean ..........................2003, 2004, 2005, 2006

O’Hare, Russell ........................................................1924

O’Keeffe, Richard ..........................................1953, 1955

O’Leary, James ..............................................1905, 1908

O’Neil, William ....................................1944, 1945, 1946

O’Neill, Terrence ......................................................1912

O’Reilly, Thomas......................................................1939

O’Rourke, J. Keith ..........................................1941, 1942

O’Rourke, Thomas........................1987, 1988, 1989, 1990

O’Shaughnessy, Martin ..................................1899, 1900

Obergfall, Rudolph ..................................................1932

Oberst, Eugene................................................1923, 1924

Olbrys, Joseph ................................................1940, 1941

Oppel, Justin ..................................................2004, 2005

P-P-P-P

Pacilio, Anthony........................................................1959

Painter, Jack..............................................................1946

Pantea, Victor............................................................1974

Parker, Ronald..........................................................1957

Parsons, James ........................................1935, 1936, 1937

Patterson, Dillon ......................................................1918

Patterson, James ............................1982, 1983, 1984, 1985

Payton, Danny........................................1995, 1997, 1998

Pearcy, Van ....................................1982, 1983, 1985, 1986

Penick, Eric ..............................................................1972

Peppard, Brian ..............................1989, 1990, 1991, 1992

Perry, Thomas ..........................................................1938

Pestrichella, Alexander ....................................1954, 1955

Philbrook, George ........................1909, 1910, 1911, 1912

Pick, Edwin C. ........................................................1900

Pick, John B. ............................................................1900

Pilla, Jim ..................................................................1997

Pitcavage, James ..............................................1953, 1955

Plant, John ..............................................1912,l913, 1914

Pogue, Joseph ..........................................................1946

Pohland, Ralph ........................................................1944

Pokigo, Frank ..........................................................1972

Polselli, Elio ..................................1969,1970, 1971, 1972

Poreden, George ......................................................1932

Porter, Albert ........................................1955, 1956, 1957

Postel, Ryan..................................2003, 2004, 2006, 2007

Powell, Edward................................................1952, 1953

Powell, Jordan ..............................2004, 2005, 2006, 2007

Powers, J. Fred ..............................................1898, 1999

Powers, John ..........................................1918, 1919, 1920

Pritchard, Edwin ......................................................1913

McAuliffe, Kevin ..........................1969, 1970, 1971, 1972

McCann, Michael............................................1969, 1970

McCarthy, William ..........................................1935, 1936

McCauley, Frank ......................................................1944

McClain-Duer, Trevor ..................2002, 2003, 2004, 2005

McCloughan, John........................1979, 1981, 1982, 1983

McConnville, Donald................................................1930

McCormick, WIlliam ............................1930, 1931, 1932

McCullough, Ernest ..............................1946, 1947, 1948

McCullough, Gilbert ................................................1902

McDavid, Robert ..................................1947, 1948, 1949

McDonald, Chester ........................................1925, 1927

McDonald, Robert ..........................................1929, 1930

McDonough, Andrew......................................1915, 1916

McDonough, Harry F. ............................................1908

McDonough, Justin ..................................................1952

McDougall, Natt ......................................................1900

McFarlane, Leo ......................................1934, 1935, 1936

McGauley, Edward ..................................................1927

McGinnis, Joseph......................................................1917

McGrath, Joseph..............................................1935, 1936

McGuire, James ........................................................1987

McKenna, John ..............................................1935, 1936

McKillip, Leo ..................................................1949, 1950

McMannon, Michael ....................1969, 1970, 1971, 1972

McMannon, Thomas ....................1970, 1971, 1972, 1973

McManus, Sean ........................................................2000

McNamee, David......................................................1964

McNelis, John ..............................1983, 1984, 1985, 1986

McSweeney, Edward ................................................1928

McTernan, Leo................................................1923, 1924

McQuaid, Brian ............................1993, 1994, 1995, 1996

McWilliams, Michael ....................1992, 1993, 1994, 1995

Meagher, George....................................1934, 1935, 1936

Meehan, Edward ....................................1917, 1919, 1920

Meloro, J.R. ..........................................1992, 1993, 1994

Kevin Somok earned four monograms from 2001-04and capped his career by appearing in the 2004NCAA Outdoor Championships.


Prokop, Joseph ................................................1940, 1941

Prosche, Bob ............................................................1945

Provost, Steve................................1945, 1947, 1948, 1949

Ptacek, Todd ................................2004, 2005, 2006, 2007

Puma, Jeff ................................................................1998

Purcell, Robert ......................................1943, 1944, 1946

Q-Q-Q-Q

Quaderer, Joseph ............................................1969, 1970

Quick, Eric ..................................2007, 2008, 2009

Quinn, Colin..........................................2001, 2002, 2003

Quigley, Joseph................................................1929, 1930

Quigley, Joseph ........................................................1969

Quigley, Thomas ....................................1927, 1928, 1929

R-R-R-R

Rademaker, Theodore ............................1917, 1918, 1919

Radkewich, Nick ............................................1990, 1991

Ragunas, Anthony ..................................1986, 1987, 1988

Redmond, James ......................................................1955

Redwine, Quill ............................1999, 2000, 2001, 2002

Regnery , Ronald ....................................................1989

Reher, Kevin ................................1995, 1996, 1997, 1998

Reichert, Thomas ..................................1958, 1959, 1960

Reid, John ......................................................1967, 1968

Reidy, David ..........................................1938, 1939, 1940

Reilly, Jim ................................................................1968

Reilly, John ..............................................................1927

Reinhart, James ........................................................1976

Repetti, Joseph ......................................1926, 1927, 1928

Rexing, Jason................................1995, 1996, 1997, 1998

Reynolds, John ........................................................1916

Ribera, Ernest ..........................................................1975

Ribera, William ..............................................1979, 1982

Rice, J. Gregory ....................................1937, 1938, 1939

Richon, Alfred J. ......................................................1901

Riely, Frank..............................................................1983

Riley, Charley ................................................1926, 1927

Riley, Joseph ............................................................1950

Rigney, J.J. ..............................................................1924

Rigney, James S. ......................................................1930

Riordan, Wilbur ......................................................1941

Roach, John ............................................................1908

Roberts, Chip ........................................2003, 2004, 2005

Roberts, Clyde ......................................1932, 1933, 1934

Rockne, Knute ....................................1912, 1913, 1914

Rogan, Michael......................................1988, 1989, 1990

Rogers, Richard............................1979, 1980, 1981, 1982

Rohrbach, Robert ....................................................1932

Rorke, Daniel..................................................1959, 1960

Ross, Christopher............................................1992, 1994

Rossum, Allen ................................................1995, 1997

Roth, Jesse ......................................................1908, 1909

Rourke, John T.........................................................1929

Roy, Raymond ......................................1940, 1941, 1942

Royer, Joe..............................................1992, 1994, 1995

Rubly, Paul ............................................1934, 1935, 1936

Ruder, Nate ..........................................1992, 1994, 1995

Rudziewicz, Geoff ....................................................2003

Rush, Paul ....................................................1910, 1911

S-S-S-S

Saggau, Robert J. ............................................1939, 1940

Salsich, Peter ............................................................1958

Salzmann, John ........................................................1964

Samar, Jack......................................................1969, 1970

Sanfacon, Thomas............................................1956, 1958

Saracco, Nick............................................................2002

Saracino, Daniel........................................................1967

Saykally, David..........................................................1969

Scales, John J. ................................................1905, 1908

Scanlan, John ..................................................1931, 1932

Scarbrough, Kenneth ..............................1958, 1959, 1960

Scarpelli, Michael ....................................................1946

Schargen, Scott ........................................................1999

Schielke, Aaron ........................................................1996

Schiewe, George ....................................1940, 1941, 1942

Schipper, Kevin ............................................2009

Schipper, Matt..............................2007, 2008, 2009

Schirmer, Bob ..........................................................1945

Schmitt, William ......................................................1908

Schneider, Justin ..................................2008, 2009

Schneider, Shawn ............................................1990, 1992

Schoenig, Alfred ....................................1953, 1954, 1955

Schott, Robert ................................................1973, 1974

Schubert, Mike ......................................2005, 2006, 2007

Schwartz, Steve ..............................................1960, 1961

Schwetschenau, Paul................................1948, 1949,1950

Scolaro, John ..................................................2000, 2001

Seaman, Gabe ..........................................................1998

Searcy, Yan ............................................1987, 1988, 1990

Seiling, Derek ........................................1994, 1996, 1997

Seipel, Chuck ..........................................................1996

Seth, J. Cabot ..........................................................1974

Sexton, Michael........................................................1977

Shafer, Kirby L.......................................1929, 1930, 1931

Shannon, Daniel ..............................................1984, 1985

Shaw, Lawrence ..............................................1920, 1921

Shawel, Johnathan ........................................2009

Shay, John ......................................................1952, 1953

Shay, Ryan ....................................1999, 2000, 2001, 2002

Sheehan, Joseph........................................................1924

Sheehan, Peter ..............................................1936, 1938

Sheeler, James ..........................................................1961

Errol Williams was a two-time All-American in thehurdles and earned four monograms from 1995-98.

Joseph Young took home four monograms from 1932-34and served as the track and field team captain in 1934.

Marshaun West was one of Notre Dame’s bestall-around athletes in the late 90’s, earning all-BIG EAST honors in both sprints and horizontaljumps.



Sheets, Francis ................................................1940, 1941

Sheils, James....................................................1933, 1935

Sheptak, Peter ..........................................................1959

Sikorsky, William ............................................1967, 1968

Simmons, Floyd......................................1946, 1947, 1948

Skarstein, Ole ........................................1967, 1968, 1969

Slattery, James ................................................1929, 1930

Slattery, Jim ..............................................................1979

Small, Keith ....................................................1965, 1966

Smedley, Mike ................................................1994, 1995

Smerek, Jonathan ..........................1991, 1992, 1993, 1994

Smith, Anthony ..............................................1990, 1991

Smith, Chris ..........................................1986, 1987, 1988

Smith, Ezra ..............................................................1941

Smith, Jeffrey ................................1988, 1989, 1990, 1991

Smith, John............................................1946, 1947, 1948

Smith, Robert ..............................1947, 1948, 1949, 1950

Smith, Timothy................................................1986, 1988

Smithson, Forrest ....................................................1905

Smyth, Patrick ..............................2006, 2007, 2008, 2009

Snyder, Harry..................................................1952, 1953

Sobota, Raymond ........................1946, 1947, 1948, 1949

Somok, Kevin ..............................2001, 2002, 2003, 2004

Soranno, John..................................................1952, 1954

Soroka, Gregory ......................................................1992

Sparks, Nicholas ..............................................1985, 1987

Spieler, Kurt....................................................1977, 1979

Spiro, Harold ..................................................1965, 1966

Springer, Joseph ....................................1952, 1953, 1954

Springer, Paul ..............................................2009

Squires, William ..............................................1954, 1956

Stace, Vincent ..........................................................1928

Stack, James ....................................................1925, 1926

Stany, Mike ..............................................................1998

Staples, E. Douglas ........................................1901, 1902

Starrett, Morris................................................1916, 1917

Staron, Chris ................................2002, 2003, 2004, 2005

Steele, Franklin ..............................................1900, 1902

Steers, Fred L.........................................1909, 1910, 1911

Stephan, Joseph ........................................................1928

Stevenson, Jr., Harry ................................................1939

Stevenson, John ......................................................1955

Stewart, Jon ....................................................1989, 1990

Stickler, David ..........................................................1970

Stow, Perry ..................................1977, 1978, 1979, 1980

Striowski, Marc ......................................1999, 2000, 2003

Strohman, Joseph ....................................1977, 1978 1979

Struble, Ray ......................................1945, 1946, 194748

Styers, Cornelius ....................................1946, 1947, 1948

Suarez, Napolean ..........................2001, 2002, 2003, 2004

Sullivan, Edward ......................................................1940

Sullivan, George............................1944, 1945, 1947, 1948

Sullivan, Joseph G.....................................................1934

Sullivan, Joseph J. ............................................1900, 1901

Sullivan, Mark ..........................................................1975

Sullivan, Patrick........................................................1981

Sweeeny, Walter ....................................1918, 1919, 1920

Szebeny, Miklos ....................................2008, 2009

Szumachowski, Stephen ..................................1937, 1938

T-T-T-T

Terry, Michael ................................................1960, 1961

Tetrault, Conrad ....................................1950, 1951, 1952

Thomas, Michael ......................................................1988

Thompson, Frazier ..........................................1945, 1946

Thompson, Matt ....................................1998, 1999, 2000

Thornburg, Brian ............................................2001, 2002

Timm, Robert........................................1965, 1967, 1968

Toneff, Robert..........................................................1951

Torribio, John A ......................................................1936

Tracy, Louis ..................................1946, 1947, 1948, 1949

Trautmann, James ............................................1992, 1994

Troy, Raymond ........................................................1933

Tully, William................................1944, 1945, 1946, 1947

Tuohy, Albert............................................................1931

Tupta, Richard ................................................1941, 1943

Twardzik, Timothy ........................1978, 1979, 1980, 1981

Tyler, James ..................................1982, 1983, 1984, 1986

Tyner, Stuart....................................................1993, 1994

U-U-U-U

Utz, Joseph ....................................................1969, 1970

Uffendell, William ..........................................1901, 1902

V-V-V-V

Vaichulis, John ..........................................................1929

Vallicelli, Richard ..................................1970, 1971, 1972

VandenBerg, Dale ..................................1956, 1957, 1958

Vandenberg, Scott ....................................................1991

VanderKraats, Dennis ....................1976, 1977, 1978, 1979

VanEyken, Mitch....................................1982, 1984, 1985

Van Ort, Kaleb..............................2003, 2004, 2005, 2006

VanWie, Jeffrey ............................1984, 1985, 1986, 1987

VanWonterghen, A. ........................................1918, 1919

Varga, James ....................................................1989, 1990

Vehorn, Charles ............................1965, 1966, 1967, 1968

Vejar, Lawrence ........................................................1931

Veres, Denes ........................................2008, 2009

Vettel, Louis ............................................................1932

Vicars, Robert ................................................1941, 1942

Victor, Xavier..................................................1987, 1989

Viken, Dave ..................................2004, 2005, 2006, 2007

Voelkers, John J. ......................................................1916

Vogel, Leo ......................................................1916, 1917

Vosburg, Robert ......................................................1945

Vuyosevich, John ......................................................1967

W-W-W-W

Waage, George ........................................................1915

Wagner, Earl ..........................................................1900

Walker, Jake ..........................................2007, 2008, 2009

Walsh, Adam ..................................................1923, 1924

Walsh, John..............................................................1967

Walsh, Kevin ............................................................1962

Walsh, Luke ..................................................1923, 1924

Walsh, Mark ............................................................1967

Walsh, Robert ..........................................................1929

Walsh, Robert J. ......................................................1968

Walsh, Thomas ........................................................1945

Wares, Dale..............................................................1944

Warth, David ................................1986, 1987, 1988, 1989

Warth, Thomas ......................................1984, 1985, 1986

Wasson, James ....................1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913

Waters, Fred ............................................................1898

Watson, Glenn ................................................1987, 1990

Watson, Jake ................................2005, 2006, 2007, 2008

Watson, Luke................................1999, 2000, 2002, 2003

Watson, Robert ..............................................1968, 1969

Weaver, Austin..........................................................2004

Weber, E. James ..............................................1961, 1962

Wechter, Austin ............................2005, 2006, 2007, 2008

Weeks, David ..........................................................1923

Weiler, Tom..............................................................2004

Welch, Frank ..........................................................1915

Welch, Steve G. ....................................1977, 1978, 1979

Welch, William ..............................................1963, 1964

Welchons, Daniel ............................................1928, 1929

Welty, Daniel............................................................1967

Wendland, John ....................................1923, 1924, 1925

West, Marshaun ............................1997, 1998, 1999, 2000

Whelan, John ..........................................................1990

Whelan, Kevin ........................................................1989

White, James ............................................................1943

Whitehouse, Peter..................................1962, 1963, 1964

Wholey, John ..................................................1965, 1966

Widdifield, Alvie ............................................1965, 1967

Wiethoff, John ......................................1941, 1942, 1943

Wilcox, Hughes ......................................................1952

Williams, Errol..............................1995, 1996, 1997, 1998

Williams, Fred ................................................1911, 1912

Wills, Charles ........................................1975, 1976, 1977

Wilson, Alexander..................................1930, 1931, 1932

Wohlhuter, Richard ........................................1969, 1970

Wolf, Adam..............................................................1937

Wood, Fay F. ..................................................1905, 1908

Worthington, John ................................1949, 1950, 1951

Wozniak, Mark ..............................................1983, 1984

Wray, Terry ..................................1998, 1999, 2000, 2001

Wynne, Chester ......................................................1921

Y-Y-Y-Y

Yaley, William ........................................1961, 1962, 1963

Yonaker, John..................................................1943, 1944

Young, Eugene ................................................1925, 1926

Young, Joseph ........................................1932, 1933, 1934

Z-Z-Z-Z

Zajeski, Benedict ............................................1954, 1955

Zanderson, Sean ....................................2000, 2001, 2002

Zilly, John ................................................................1947

Bold indicates 2009-10 returnees.

Matt Schipper is a three-time BIG EAST pole vaultchampion and competed at the 2009 NCAA Indoorand Outdoor Championships.


E-E-E-E

Edwards, Emily........................................................1999

Engelhardt, Jennifer......................1997, 1998, 1999, 2000

Erigha, Maryann ..........................2004, 2005, 2006, 2007

Espinoza, Jaclyn ..........................2007, 2008, 2009

F-F-F-FFerguson, Lindsey........................2007, 2008, 2009Fibuch, Jennifer..............................................2001, 2002Flood, Eva ....................................................1992, 1993Flood, Kristin ..........................................................2001Floyd, Tricia ....................................................2003, 2004

G-G-G-GGeiger, Natalie ............................................2009Gorski, Lisa ..........................................1991, 1992, 1993Grow, Liz ....................................1999, 2000, 2001, 2002Gulick, Carrie ........................................................1998Gullickson, Cassie ........................2004, 2005, 2006, 2007Gunn, Tiffany ........................................2002, 2003, 2004

H-H-H-HHallett, Natalie ............................1999, 2000, 2001, 2002Handley, Jennifer..........................2000, 2001, 2002, 2003Harris, Karen ........................................1991, 1992, 1993

Hasan, Alyissa ................................................2006, 2008Henze, Katherine ....................................................2000Hessler, Angela........................................................1995Higgins, Abby ......................................2008, 2009Hirt, Molly ..................................................2009Hood, Emily ..........................................................1994Horn, Meghan ..............................2003, 2004, 2005, 2006Howard, Alison ............................1994, 1995, 1996, 1997Huarte, Laura ........................................2003, 2004, 2006Huddle, Molly ....................2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007Husted, Emily ......................................1993, 1994, 1995

J-J-J-JJannazo, Kathryn ......................................................2007Jensen, Stephanie............................................1992, 1993Johnson, Megan ............................2001, 2002, 2003, 2004Johnson, Natalie ..................................2008, 2009Joseph, Tricia ..........................................................1993Junck, Lisa ............................................1992, 1994, 1995Junker, Berit ........................................1995, 1996, 1998

K-K-K-KKavanaugh, Rachel..................................................1993Kearney, Jennifer ..........................2001, 2002, 2003, 2004Kelly, Maureen ..............................................1994, 1995King, Lauren ................................2002, 2003, 2004, 2005King, Tameisha ..............................................2000, 2003Kramer, Kristi ......................................1992, 1993, 1995Klemmer, Alison ..................................1998, 1999, 2000Knutzen, Elise ............................2007, 2008, 2009Kohlmeier, Amy ..................................2005, 2006, 2007Kuenster, Chrissy ..........................................2000, 2001

L-L-L-LLanghans, Kelly....................................2008, 2009LaSelle, Nicole ....................................1998, 1999, 2000Lazzeri, Betsy................................2000, 2001, 2002, 2003Ledrick, Jenny ........................................................1991Lenz, Carri ................................1998, 1999, 2000, 2001Long, Carolyn ......................................1994, 1996, 1997Lopienski, Sarah ............................................1997, 1998Loomis, Emily ..............................2002, 2003, 2005, 2006Love, Kymia ..........................................2000, 2002, 2003Luby, Erin ......................................................1997, 1998

M-M-M-M

Madia, Stephanie ..........................2003, 2004, 2005, 2006

Maher, Susan ..................................................1992, 1993Manning, Domenique ............................2005, 2006, 2007Marinangeli, Jean ..........................2003, 2004, 2005, 2006Mattoon, Kate ................................................2006, 2007Mazur, Ann ..............................................................2007Meagher, Kerry ............................2002, 2003, 2004, 2005McCarthy, Keri ........................................................2003Minor, Jamie ................................................2009Morales, Ana ..........................................2000, 2002, 2003Motter, Cara ..................................................1997, 1998Myers, Elizabeth ..................................2008, 2009

N-N-N-N

Nacol, Kelly............................................................1998Newman, Erin ........................................................1999

O-O-O-O

O’Brien, Bridget ....................................................2001Ogbuokiri, Okechi ........................2004, 2005, 2006, 2007Olding, Sunni..................................................2005, 2006Olson, Erin ..............................................................1999Opet, Julie ............................................2005, 2006, 2008

P-P-P-P

Patrizio, Angela ..............................................1999, 2000Pavela, Jennifer ........................................................1999Peterson, Erica ............................1993, 1994, 1995, 1996Peterson, Megan ......................................................2001Philipp, Liz ......................................................2005, 2006Price, Ashea ............................................................1991

R-R-R-R

Reklau, Janelle ......................................................1998Rice, Patty ............................................1997, 1999, 2000Riley, Sarah ..........................................1992, 1993, 1995Rocha, Heidi ........................................2007, 2008, 2009Rosenbach, Kate ....................................................1996

S-S-S-S

Saxen, Kelle ................................1996, 1997, 1998, 1999Saxer, Mary ................................2006, 2007, 2008, 2009Schmidt, Brianne ........................2004, 2005, 2006, 2007Schmiedt, Nadia ..........................1996, 1997, 1998, 1999Schroeder, Allison ........................................2009Schultz, Joanna ..........................2007, 2008, 2009Showman, Emily..............................................2002, 2003Siegel, Amy ..........................................1994, 1995, 1996Steele, Latasha ................................................2003, 2004Stoveall, Kristin ......................................................1992Sullivan, Jessica ....................................2008, 2009Sullivan, Molly ....................................2008, 2009Swayzer, Crysta ..............................................2005, 2007

T-T-T-T

Tacl, Beth ..................................................2009Tatum, Tiffani..........................................................1999Treece, Marissa ....................................2008, 2009Tutko, Kelly ............................................................2000

V-V-V-V

VanWeelden, Jill............................2001, 2002, 2003, 2004Volkmer, Jaime ............................2000, 2001, 2002, 2003

W-W-W-W

Wales, Katie ............................................................2002Waters, Latrice ........................................................1991Watkins, Kali ......................................2008, 2009Weber, Anna................................2006, 2007, 2008, 2009Webster, Elizabeth..................................2003, 2004, 2005Weiher, Gretchen ....................................................1997Wicks, Kelsey ..........................................................2003Williams, Samantha......................................2008Wilson, Bethany ........................1998, 1999, 2000, 2001

Y-Y-Y-Y

Yergler, Nicole ........................................................2006

Bold indicates 2009-10 returnees.

A-A-A-A

Altman, Heidi ................................................1994, 1995

Alfieri, Becky ..........................................................1992

Alvarez, Amanda ..................................1999, 2000, 2001

Antas, Rebecca ........................................................2007

Arnerich, Christi ......................................................2002

B-B-B-B

Bienko, Emily ..............................1997, 1998, 1999, 2000

Biscardi, Lauren ..............................................2006, 2007

Boulware, Kala ........................................................1992

Boyd, Ayesha ................................2001, 2002, 2003, 2004

Brady, Leanne ......................................1999, 2000, 2001

Bradley, Diana................................................1991, 1992

Bryant, Dee Anna (Dee Dee) ........................2004, 2005

Burn, Hilary ..................................................1999, 2000

Buttinger, Maddie........................................2009

C-C-C-C

Calloway, Dominqué ..............................................1997

Carter, Jacqueline ..........................................2005, 2006

Cheatham, Tanya ......................................................2003

Cowan, Stacey ..............................2003, 2004, 2005, 2006

Cox, Monica ........................................1992, 1994, 1995

Creary, Susie ..........................................................2003

D-D-D-D

Dankova, Petra ......................................2003, 2004, 2005

Davis, Brienne ..............................2005, 2006, 2007, 2008

Dayon, Cora ............................................................2008

DeBartolo, Dore ..................................1999, 2000, 2001

Deeter, JoAnna ....................................1997, 1989, 1999

DeRusso, Katie ............................2004, 2005, 2006, 2007

Dodd, Kristen ..............................2001, 2002, 2003, 2004

Dorsey, Tye..............................................................1993

Dudas, Kristen ..............................................1995, 1996

Duman, Kate ................................2002, 2003, 2004, 2005

Duplechain, Andre ....................................................2003

Dutton, Lindsay ......................................................1995

Ayesha Boyd is one of 30 four-year monogram winnersin the history of the Notre Dame women’s track and fieldprogram.

Women’s Track & FieldMonogram Winners


Men’s Track & FieldFour-Year Monogram Winners

Ambrico, Vinny ......................................2003-2006

Aragon, Chuck ........................................1978-1981

• Ran the first sub-four minute mile in Notre Dame track and

field history during the 1981 season

Bergman, Alfred ......................................1911-1915

• Captain of the 1915 Notre Dame track and field team also

competed in football, basketball and baseball for the Irish

Brown, Mike............................................1996-1999

• Owns both the indoor and outdoor pole vault school

records, also five-time BIG EAST Champion

Burger, Peter ..........................................1977-1980

• 1979 indoor 4x800 relay All-American

Cahill, Ryan ............................................1988-1991

• Participated in the 3,000 meters at the 1991 NCAA Indoor

Championship

Chamney, Thomas ..........................2003-04, 2006-07

• Three-time All-American, two-time individual BIG EAST

Champ, outdoor school record holder and Irish National

Champion over 800 meters was also a two-time Academic

All-American

Cochran, Chris ........................................1997-2000

• Won three individual BIG EAST titles (60 meters, indoor

400 meters, outdoor 400 meters), also an All-American on the

‘00 Distance Medley Relay team (finished sixth at NCAA

Championship)

Cole, John ..............................................1988-1991

Conway, Mike ..........................................1995-1998

• One of 18 recipients of the prestigious “Building Successful

Futures” award presented by the Army ROTC and The

Sporting News in 1999

Conway, Patrick ......................................1999-2002

• 2000 Cross Country All-American

Courtney, William....................................1982-1985

Cowan, John............................................1992-1995

• 1995 Steeplechase All-American

Coyle, John ............................................1990-1994

• 1992 indoor 3,000 meters All-American

Currie, Adam ..........................................2005-2008

• 2005 and 2006 Distance Medley Relay All-American, Seven

All-BIG EAST Honors

Davey, Travis............................................1998-2001

Dillon, Andrew........................................1981-1984

Dyer, Derek ............................................1999-2002

• Two-time all-BIG EAST in the discus

Dziabis, Steven ........................................1980-1983

• 1982 indoor 600 yards All-American and holds school

record in the indoor 500 meters

Eady, Jacques ..........................................1979-1982

Eggeman, John ........................................1898-1901

Ferenc, Thomas ......................................1976-1979

Fleming, Bill ..........................................1946-1950

• 1950 120-yard and 220-yard hurdles All-American

Pat Conway earned four monograms in track and fieldwhile also earning All-America honors on the 2000 crosscountry squad.

Four-time monogram winner Jeff Hojnacki was an All-American and won two BIG EAST 1,000-meter titles.

Four-YearMonogram Winners

Four-time monogram winner Thomas Chamney competedin the 2008 Summer Olympics, running the 800 metersfor Ireland.

Fletcher, Forest........................................1909-1912

• Captain of the 1912 track and field team and a member of

the ‘12 U.S. Olympic Team.

Gahagan, Michael ....................................1972-1975

• Co-captain of the 1975 track and field team

Garrett, Daniel ........................................1985-1989

• 1988 5,000 meters All-American

Gerrity, David ........................................1994-1997

• 1996 BIG EAST outdoor pole vault champion

Gilbert, Tom............................................2000-2003

• 2001 and 2002 BIG EAST indoor long jump runner-up

Headrick, Brian ......................................1992-1995

Herbert, Martin ......................................1899-1902

Herman, Todd ........................................1991-1994

• Appeared in the 1993 NCAA indoor high jump

Hofner, Jay..............................................1996-1999

• 1998 and 1999 BIG EAST hammer throw champion

Hogan, Michael ......................................1973-1976

Hojnacki, Jeff ..........................................1994-1997

• 1997 All-American (DMR) and school record holder in the

indoor 800 meters (1:47.50), also won two BIG EAST 1,000-

meter titles

Howard, Kenneth ....................................1965-1968


Four-YearMonogram Winners

Hurd, Ryan ............................................2001-2004

Jacques, Christopher ................................2004-2007

Johnson, Gerald ......................................1947-1950

Jordan, Charles ........................................1934-1937

• Captain of the 1937 track and field team

Justice, Lamarr ........................................1993-1996

• Also played basketball at Notre Dame, 1996 BIG EAST

outdoor triple jump champion

Kazimi, A.J. ............................................1977-1980

Kearns, Patrick........................................1988-1992

Kelly, James ............................................1946-1950

Lavery, Mark ..........................................1988-1991

Leonard, William ....................................1943-1949

• 1948 Mile All-American

Macauley, Timothy ..................................1979-1982

Majcina, Blair..........................................2006-2009

Mbagwu, Godwin ....................................2001-2004

• Won 2003 BIG EAST outdoor title for the Irish men’s team

on final jump of the competition - two time BIG EAST

individual champion

McAuliffe, Kevin......................................1969-1972

McClain-Duer, Trevor ..............................2002-2005

• 2005 distance medley relay All-American

McCloughan, John ..................................1979-1983

McMannon, Michael ................................1969-1972

McMannon, Thomas ................................1970-1973

• 1972 All-American (indoor hurdles)

McNelis, John..........................................1983-1986

• 1986 indoor 4x800-meter relay All-American

McQuaid, Brian ......................................1993-1996

McWilliams, Michael................................1992-1995

• Four-time cross country All-American

Meyer, Michael ........................................1975-1978

• Co-captain of the 1977 and 1978 track and field team

Mihalko, Ryan ........................................1988-1992

• Fullback on Irish football team holds school javelin record

Miranda, Jay ............................................1976-1980

• 1979 4x800-meter relay All-American

Mishka, Phil ............................................1997-2000

• 2000 All-American (DMR); earned all-BIG EAST honors

in the 800 meters as well

Moes, Leon ....................................1920-1923, 1926

Morrison, Eric ........................................2002-2005

• 2005 distance medley relay All-American; also eight-time

all-BIG EAST honoree

Murphy, James ........................................1946-1949


Murphy, John A. ......................................1943-1951

Novak, Marc............................................1977-1980

Nurudeen, Selim......................................2002-2005

• Two-time All-American in 2005 (60m hurdles/110m

hurdles); also seven-time BIG EAST champion and 15-time

all-BIG EAST selection (indoor/outdoor combined)

O’Connor, Michael ..................................1987-1991

• 1990 5,000 meter All-American (indoor and outdoor)

O’Rourke, Thomas ..................................1987-1990

Patterson, James ......................................1982-1985

Pearcy, Van ..............................................1982-1986

• Also competed in football at Notre Dame

Peppard, Brian ........................................1989-1992

• Co-captain of the 1992 track and field team

Philbrook, George....................................1909-1912

• Member of the 1912 U.S. Olympic Team

Polselli, Elio ............................................1969-1972

Powell, Jordan ........................................2004-2007

Provost, Steve ..........................................1945-1949

Ptacek, Todd............................................2004-2007

• Earned All-American honors in the steeplechase in 2007

Redwine, Quill ........................................1999-2002

• Competed in both horizontal and vertical jumps, earning

all-BIG EAST honors in the triple jump (2000) and high

jump (2002)

Reher, Kevin ..........................................1995-1998

Rexing, Jason ..........................................1995-1998

• Great distance runner won seven individual BIG EAST

titles and was named the Most Outstanding Performer at the

1998 BIG EAST Indoor Championship after winning the

3,000 and 5,000 meters

Rogers, Richard ......................................1979-1982

Schubert, Mike ........................................2005-2008

The 1969 two-mile relay team, which finished second at the NCAA Championship: (left to right) Rick Wohlhuter, JackBrody, Joe Quigley and Mike McCann.

Phil Mishka played a key role in Notre Dame’s middledistance group during the late 90’s while also earningAll-America honors on the distance medley relay team in2000.


Shay, Ryan ..............................................1999-2002

• Most decorated men’s track and field athlete in school

history, won the NCAA Championship in the 10,000 meters,

eight-time BIG EAST Champion, moved on to win the U.S.

Marathon National Championship as a professional in 2003

Smerek, Jonathan ....................................1991-1994

Smith, Jeffrey ..........................................1988-1991

Smith, Robert ........................................1947-1950

• 1948 200 meters All-American

Smyth, Patrick ........................................2006-2009

• Four-time track All-American in the indoor 3,000 meters,

outdoor 5,000 meters (twice) and the outdoor 10,000

meters, also won two BIG EAST Championships and earned

Academic All-America honors

Sobata, Raymond ....................................1946-1949

Somok, Kevin..........................................2001-2004

• Competed in the 2004 NCAA outdoor championship in the

1,500 meters

Staron, Chris ..........................................2002-2005

• Five-time all-BIG EAST pick (indoor/outdoor)

Stow, Perry..............................................1977-1980

• Former assistant track and field coach at Notre Dame

Struble, Ray ............................................1945-1948

• 1948 Pole Vault All-American

Suarez, Napolean ....................................2001-2004

Sullivan, George ......................................1944-1948

• 1944 Shot Put All-American

Tracy, Louis ............................................1946-1949


Tully, William ........................................1944-1947


Twardzik, Timothy ..................................1978-1981

Tyler, James ............................................1982-1986

• 1986 two-time All-American in the mile and indoor 4x800-

meter relay

Van Ort, Kaleb ........................................2003-2006

• 2005 NCAA participant in 10,000 meters

VanWie, Jeffrey........................................1984-1987

VanderKraats, Dennis ..............................1976-1979

Vehorn, Charles ......................................1965-1968

• 1968 Distance Medley Relay All-American

Viken, David ..........................................2004-2007

Warth, David ..........................................1986-1989

• Participated in the 4x800-meter relay at the 1989 NCAA

Indoor Championship

Wasson, James ........................................1909-1913

Watson, Luke ..........................................1999-2003

• Six-time track and field All-American, holds school records

in the indoor mile and 3,000-meter steeplechase

Wechter, Austin ......................................2005-2008

West, Marshaun ......................................1997-2000

• 1999 indoor long jump and 2000 outdoor long jump All-

American, also won the indoor 200 meters at the 1999 BIG

EAST Championship

Williams, Errol ........................................1995-1998

• 1998 55-meter hurdles and 110-meter hurdles All-

American, also won the 1998 BIG EAST 55-meter hurdle

title

Wray, Terry ............................................1998-2001

Men’s Cross CountryFour-Year Monogram Winners

Alber, David............................................2000-2003

Althoff, Matt ..........................................1993-1996

• 1996 all-BIG EAST finisher

Arce, Antonio ..........................................1995-2000

• 1997 all-BIG EAST finisher

Aragon, Chuck........................................1977-1980

Benninger, Kurt ......................................2003-2006

• Led team to third-place trophy with his eighth-place finish

at the 2005 NCAA meet; three-time all-BIG EAST

Cannon, Tim ..........................................1981-1984

• Helped Irish win the 1984 Notre Dame Invitational and

two-consecutive National Catholic Meets (1983-84)

Courtney, Bill ..........................................1981-1984

• Co-captain of the 1984 cross country team

Cowan, John............................................1991-1994

Coyle, John ............................................1989-1992

• 1990 All-American

Dempsey, Tom ........................................1958-1961

Drake, Mike ............................................1988-1991

• Member of two Notre Dame Invitational winning teams

(1990-91) and three National Catholic winning squads

(1988-90)

Dunlop, Joe ............................................1993-1996

Garrett, Dan............................................1984-1988

• 1987 and 1988 All-American, co-champion of the 1988

National Catholic

Gregory, Ron ..........................................1957-1960

Kearns, Patrick........................................1987-1991

Markezich, Ron ......................................1984-1988

Maxwell, Ryan ........................................1996-1999

• 1997 and 1999 all-BIG EAST Finisher

McWilliams, Mike....................................1990-1993

• Four-time All-American and champion of the 1992

National Catholic

Mobley, Todd ..........................................2000-2003

• Two-time All-American (2001, 2003) and Academic All-

American in ’03

Moore, Tim ............................................2002-2005

• First four-time all-BIG EAST selection in program history;

two-time All-American (2004, 2005); 2004 National Catholic

Champion

O’Connor, Mike ......................................1986-1990

• 1989 All-American and winner of the 1990 National

Catholic

Reinhart, James ......................................1973-1976

Rexing, Jason ..........................................1994-1997

• 1996 All-American, two-time all-BIG EAST finisher and

two-time NCAA participant

Rorke, Dan ............................................1957-1960

Ruder, Nate ............................................1991-1994

• 1993 National Catholic Champion

Seiling, Derek..........................................1992-1996

• 1995 and 1996 All-American

Shay, Ryan ......................................1997-1999, 2001

• 1999 and 2001 All-American, three-time all-BIG EAST

finisher, 1999 Notre Dame Invitational champion and four-

time National Catholic champion

Striowski, Marc........................................1998-2001

• Three-time all-BIG EAST finisher

Tyler, Jim ................................................1981-1984

Watson, Luke ..........................................1998-2001

• 2000 and 2001 All-American, four-time all-BIG EAST

finisher, 2000 and 2001 Notre Dame Invitational champion,

2000 National Catholic champion

Women’s Track & FieldFour-Year Monogram Winners

Boyd, Ayesha ..........................................2001-2004

• 2002 4x400-meter relay All-American and 2002 NCAA

participant in the 200 meters

Cowan, Stacey ........................................2003-2006

• 2004 indoor high jump All-American

Davis, Brienne ........................................2005-2008

• Member of the 2007 BIG EAST 4x100-meter relay team,

Three-time all-BIG EAST performer

DeRusso, Katie........................................2004-2007

Track and field is the second-oldest sport at Notre Dame behind football and has been competed outdoors inrelatively the same spot since the program began in 1889. The old track on Cartier Field (also the football practicefield) is pictured here with Notre Dame Stadium in the background.


Four-YearMonogram WinnersDodd, Kristen ........................................2001-2004

• 2002 4x400-meter relay All-American

Duman, Kate ..........................................2002-2005

• School-record holder and 2005 all-BIG EAST selection in

javelin

Engelhardt, Jennifer ................................1997-2000

• 1999 indoor and 2000 outdoor high jump All-American,

holds high jump record at BIG EAST Outdoor

Championship

Erigha, Maryann......................................2004-2007

• Two-time individual BIG EAST Champ and 15-time all-

BIG EAST honoree owns school records in three events

Gullickson, Cassie....................................2004-2007

Hallett, Natalie........................................1999-2002

• Runner up in the indoor pole vault at the 1999 BIG EAST

Championship

Handley, Jennifer ....................................2000-2003

• 2002 and 2003 NCAA participant in the outdoor 5,000

meters

Horn, Meghan ........................................2003-2006

• Three-time all-BIG EAST honoree in shot put

Howard, Alison ........................................1994-1997

• 1997 400 meter BIG EAST champion (outdoor)

Huddle, Molly ........................................2003-2007

• First five-time monogram winner in program history …

Ten-time All-American and 15-time all-BIG EAST honoree

(combined cross country and track) is the most decorated

athlete in Notre Dame sports history

Johnson, Megan ......................................2001-2004

• Runner-up in the mile at the 2004 BIG EAST Indoor

Championship

Kearney, Jennifer ....................................2001-2004

King, Lauren ..........................................2002-2005

• Two-time All-American (2002 - 1,500m; 2003 - mile); also

seven-time all-BIG EAST honoree with three BIG EAST

titles (indoor/outdoor)

Lazzeri, Betsy..........................................2000-2003

• Finished third in the pentathlon at the 2002 BIG EAST

Indoor Championship

Lenz, Carri ............................................1998-2001

Loomis, Emily..........................2002-2003, 2005-2006

• Only Notre Dame student-athlete ever to earn All-America

honors in two distinctly different sports (2006 outdoor high

jump, 2004 volleyball)

Madia, Stephanie ....................................2003-2006

• Two-time All-American (2005 outdoor 5,000 meters; 2006

indoor 5,000 meters)

Marinangeli, Jean ....................................2003-2006

Meagher, Kerry........................................2002-2005

• Three-time All-American - twice in 1,500m (2004, 2005)

and once in mile (2004)

Ogbuokiri, Okechi ..................................2004-2007

• BIG EAST Champion in 2005 (Indoor 400m) earned 12

all-BIG EAST honors during her career

Peterson, Erica ........................................1993-1996

• 1994 400-meter hurdles All-American

Saxen, Kelle ............................................1996-1999

• Two-time all-BIG EAST finisher in the indoor high jump

Saxer, Mary ............................................2006-2009

• First ever Irish pole vaulter to earn All-America honors, also

won three BIG EAST Championships

Schmidt, Brianne ....................................2004-2007

• Departed with the school record in the 1,000m

Schmiedt, Nadia ......................................1996-1999

• Hold Meyo Invitational 500-meter record

VanWeelden, Jill ......................................2001-2004

Volkmer, Jaime ........................................2000-2003

• Holds BIG EAST Championship record in the indoor pole

vault

Weber, Anna ..........................................2006-2009

• Holds school records in the shot put and hammer throw

Wilson, Bethany ......................................1998-2001

Women’s Cross CountryFour-Year Monogram Winners

Handley, Jennifer ....................................1999-2002

• Three-time all-BIG EAST

Huddle, Molly ........................................2002-2005

• Three-time All-American (2002, 2003, 2005) and four-time

all-BIG EAST; member of four top-10 NCAA Championship

teams; 2004 Notre Dame Invitational Champion

Johnson, Megan ......................................2000-2003

• 2001 all-BIG EAST, 2000 National Catholic Champion

King, Lauren ..........................................2001-2004

• Three-time All-American, two-time all-BIG EAST

Kramer, Kristine......................................1991-1994

Ledrick, Jennifer......................................1987-1990

Luby, Erin ..............................................1996-1999

Madia, Stephanie ....................................2002-2005

• Two-time All-American (2004, 2005); holds best NCAA

finish by Notre Dame woman (third in 2005); member of

four top-10 NCAA Championship teams; 2004 National

Catholic Champion

Murray, Wendy ........................................1986-1989

Riley, Sarah ............................................1991-1994

• 1993 All-American and 1992 National Catholic Champion

Molly Huddle was a five-time monogram winner andearned 10 All-America honors, the most by any Irishathlete in any sport, and 15 all-BIG EAST citations.

Stephanie Madia was a two-time All-American and afour-time monogram winner at Notre Dame.


Irish in theBIG EASTWith 30 years under its belt, The BIG EAST

Conference continues on a path of success in and outof the athletic arena. The goals have always been thesame. The league wants and expects to compete at thehighest level and does so with integrity and sports-manship. The commendable performances of the stu-dent-athletes at BIG EAST schools are the indicators ofthe league’s proud tradition of success.The BIG EAST has gone through membership

changes since its birth, but the 2009-10 academic yearwill mark the conference’s fifth straight with the same16-member group, the nation’s largest Division I-Aconference.In 2008-09, BIG EAST student-athletes again suc-

ceeded on the national stage. The Connecticutwomen’s basketball team won its sixth national cham-pionship by defeating conference foe Louisville in anall-BIG EAST NCAA title game. The Notre Damewomen’s soccer team reached the NCAA champi-onship game and the Syracuse field hockey squadadvanced to the NCAA Final Four. Three BIG EASTwomen’s cross country teams finished in the top 10 atthe NCAA Championships. West Virginia was fourthfollowed by Villanova in sixth place and Georgetown inninth.Individually in women’s sports, Providence’s

Dannette Doetzel won the 10,000 meters at theNCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships.Connecticut’s Maya Moore was the conference’s sixthwinner of the Wade Trophy as the top player inwomen’s basketball. Notre Dame’s Kerri Hanks wonthe Hermann Trophy, the top award in women’s soccer. On the men’s side, Connecticut and Villanova

advanced to the Final Four in basketball. The 2008-09campaign was arguably the best men’s basketball seasonin the history of the BIG EAST with the league settingNCAA standards with three No. 1 tournament seeds,four teams in the round of the Elite Eight and five inthe Sweet 16. The St. John’s men’s soccer team reached the NCAA

College Cup before losing in the national semifinals.BIG EAST football has maintained its high profile

and its reputation as a balanced group. Seven of theleague’s eight squads were nationally ranked orreceived votes in the national polls in 2008. Cincinnatiwas the league champion. The BIG EAST, a chartermember of the Bowl Championship Series, has wonthree of its last four BCS bowl games. West Virginia,Louisville and Connecticut also have won or sharedleague crowns over the past four seasons.The BIG EAST has continued to produce student-

athletes who were at the forefront of athletic and aca-demic achievement. In 2008-09, 19 BIG EAST playerswere chosen to their respective ESPN The MagazineAcademic All-America Teams, including eight first-team selections. Nearly 400 student-athletes haveearned academic all-America honors. The BIG EAST became the nation’s largest Division

I-A conference in 2005-06 when five new membersbegan competing. The new schools were: University ofCincinnati, DePaul University, University of Louisville,Marquette University and the University of SouthFlorida. BIG EAST institutions reside in nine of the nation’s

top 34 largest media markets, including New York,Chicago, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., Tampa,Pittsburgh, Hartford, Milwaukee and Cincinnati. With

its newest members, BIG EAST markets contain almostone fourth of all television households in the U.S.Since opening its doors in 1979, the league has won

26 national championships in six different sports and126 student-athletes have won individual national titles.The BIG EAST has enjoyed tremendous basketball

success, especially in this decade. In 2008-09, the BIGEAST produced four of the eight Final Four teams inmen’s and women’s basketball. It was only the secondtime in NCAA history that one conference placed thatmany Final Four teams in the same season.In 2003-04, Connecticut became the first school in

NCAA history to win the men’s and women’s NCAAbasketball titles in the same season. In ’02-03, the BIGEAST became the first conference in NCAA history towin the men’s and women’s titles in the same yearwhen the Syracuse men and the Connecticut womencaptured their respective national championships. Inmen’s basketball, BIG EAST squads have won three ofthe last 11 NCAA championships. BIG EAST women’steams have taken six of the last 10 NCAA titles.Proactive movement has been a signature strategy

for the conference that was born in 1979. The BIGEAST continually turns challenges into opportunitiesto become stronger.In 2009-10, the BIG EAST will add men’s lacrosse

to its growing list of sports, which will increase its totalto 24 sport championships. The first women’s golfchampionship was held in the spring of 2003. Women’slacrosse and rowing were added in 2001. The BIG EAST became a reality on May 31, 1979,

following a meeting of athletic directors fromProvidence College, St. John’s, Georgetown andSyracuse universities. Seton Hall, Connecticut andBoston College completed the original seven schoolalliance. While the membership has both increased and

changed, the focus of the BIG EAST has not wavered.The conference reflects a tradition of broad based pro-

grams, led by administrators and coaches who place aconstant emphasis on academic integrity. Its studentathletes own significantly high graduation rates andtheir record of scholastic achievement notably show abalance between intercollegiate athletics and academ-ics.Any successful organization has been fortunate to

have outstanding leadership. Michael Tranghese, theleague’s first full-time employee, and for 11 years theassociate to Dave Gavitt, became Commissioner in1990. In his first year, he administered the formationof The BIG EAST Football Conference.For 2009-10, the BIG EAST will undergo one sig-

nificant change. Tranghese stepped down from his posi-tion on June 30, 2009. John Marinatto, who has servedas senior associate commissioner, has moved into theCommissioner’s chair. The league has long been considered a leader in

innovative concepts in promotion and publicity, partic-ularly regarding television. Those efforts have resultedin unparalleled visibility for BIG EAST student-ath-letes. The conference has enjoyed long-standing rela-tionships with CBS, ESPN, Inc. and ABC.BIG EAST men’s basketball games are regular sell-

outs at campus and major public arenas, including theannual men’s BIG EAST Championship in MadisonSquare Garden. The women’s basketball championshiphas led all conferences in attendance for the past sixyears. Attendance figures also are significant in soccerand baseball.More than 550 BIG EAST student-athletes have

earned All-America recognition and dozens have wonindividual NCAA national championships. The BIGEAST has been well represented in U.S. or foreignnational and Olympic teams. Several athletes earnedgold medals in each of the last six summer Olympiads.The BIG EAST has its headquarters in Providence

where the conference administers to more than 5,500athletes.

Baseball (5)2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006

Women’s Cross Country (3)2002, 2003, 2005

Men’s Cross Country (5)1997, 1999, 2001, 2004, 2005

Women’s Golf (3)2004, 2004, 2008

Men’s Golf (6)1995, 1996, 1997, 2004, 2005, 2006

Women’s Lacrosse (1)2009

Rowing (6)2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009

Women’s Soccer (10)1995-2001, 2005-06, 2008

Men’s Soccer (2)1996, 2003

Softball (6)1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2009

Women’s Swimming and Diving (13)1997-2009

Men’s Swimming and Diving (4)2005, 2006, 2008, 2009

Women’s Tennis (9)1996, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009

Men’s Tennis (7)1996, 1999, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008

Women’s Indoor Track & Field (2)2002, 2006

Men’s Indoor Track & Field (3)2003, 2005, 2007

Women’s Outdoor Track & Field (1)2007

Men’s Outdoor Track & Field (6)2000, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2009

Volleyball (9)1995-98, 2000-02, 2004, 2005

Notre Dame BIG EAST TitlesSince joining the BIG EAST in 1995-96, Notre Dame has won more conference championships (101) than any

other school in the league:

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WHO IS A REPRESENTATIVE OF NOTRE DAME’S ATHLETICS INTERESTS?(The following lists of examples are not all-inclusive. As always, ask before you act!)You are, if:

you are an enrolled student or graduate of the University.•

you have ever participated in or are a member of any organization • promoting Notre Dame’s athletics program. (The former Quarterback Club, The 3-Pt. Club, The Fast-Break Club, etc.)

you have ever made financial contributions to the University of • Notre Dame athletics department.

you have ever helped to arrange employment of or provided any • benefits to prospective or enrolled student-athletes.

you have ever been a season ticket holder in any sport.•

you have ever promoted the athletics programs at the University of • Notre Dame.

According to NCAA rules, once an individual has been identified as an institutional “representative of athletics interests” the individual retains that title for life. The University of Notre Dame is ultimately responsible for the behavior of all its athletics representatives in relation to NCAA rules and regulations. Violations of NCAA regulations by an athletics representative could result in the loss of eligibility for involved student-athletes (e.g. no participation in competitions) and/or severe sanctions against the University (e.g. loss of scholarships, television and post-season bans).

CURRENT STUDENT-ATHLETEA student-athlete is any Notre Dame student who is a member of a

varsity athletics team.NCAA regulations apply to all student-athletes, not just those student-

athletes who were recruited or who receive an athletics scholarship.

*Note: NCAA regulations concerning enrolled student-athletes remain in effect throughout the entire year (including summer break). If a student-athlete has completed his/her final season of eligibility, all NCAA regulations must be adhered to until he/she graduates or leaves school.

DOs AND DON’Ts FOR REPRESENTATIVES IN REGARDS TO A CURRENT STUDENT-ATHLETE:(The following lists of examples are not all-inclusive. As always, ask before you act!)DOYou may:

contact a current student-athlete regarding employment • opportunities; however, no contact may be made without approval from the Compliance Office.

provide a student-athlete, not their family and friends, an • occasional (once a semester) meal at your home.

DON’TYou may not:

provide a currently enrolled student-athlete, their parents or friends • any benefit or special arrangement without prior approval from the Compliance Office. pay for or arrange for payment of room, board or any type of • transportation for a student-athlete or their family and friends.entertain student-athletes or their family and friends. (Exception: • NCAA rules do permit institutional staff members and athletics representatives to provide student-athletes (not including their family and friends) with an occasional meal (defined as once a semester) provided the meal is at the staff member’s or athletic representative’s home and not at a restaurant.)use the name, picture or appearance of an enrolled student-athlete • to advertise, recommend or promote sales or use of a commercial product or service of any kind. Any use of a student-athlete’s name, picture or appearance must receive authorization from the Compliance Office.provide any payment of expense or loan of an automobile for a • student-athlete to return home or to any other location.provide awards or gifts to a student-athlete for any reason. All • awards provided to student-athletes must first be approved by the Compliance Office and meet all NCAA regulations. provide an honorarium to a student-athlete for a speaking • engagement. All speaking engagements must be approved in advance by the Compliance Office.allow a student-athlete, his/her relatives or friends to use your • telephone to make free calls.

NCAA COMPLIANCEREGULATIONS

Thank you for your tremendous support of our entire athletics program. Our 800+ student-athletes, our coaches and administrative staff are very appreciative of your spirit and affinity for Notre Dame, in particular intercollegiate athletics.

With that, your adherence to all applicable NCAA rules and regulations is essential as we strive to maintain and enhance our national athletic prominence while protecting the University’s tradition of integrity and values.

Our Compliance Office staff stands prepared to assist you with your

questions and concerns regarding NCAA regulations. Please contact us immediately should you have concern regarding any situation. Your attention to these matters will ensure that the eligibility of both prospective student-athletes (“recruits”) and enrolled student-athletes is protected and maintained. Again, many thanks for your cooperation in this matter and your ongoing support.

Go Fighting Irish!The Compliance Staff

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provide free or reduced cost lodging in your home to a student-• athlete or a student-athlete’s family and friends.

PROSPECTIVE STUDENT-ATHLETEA prospective student-athlete is any student who has started classes

for the ninth grade. Any student younger than ninth grade who receives any benefits from an institution or athletics representative would also become a prospective student-athlete. In addition, student-athletes enrolled in preparatory school or two-year colleges are considered prospective student-athletes.

* Note: An individual is considered a prospect (whether or not they have signed a National Letter-of-Intent) until the first day of initial collegiate enrollment or the first day they report for practice, whichever is earliest. Therefore, all NCAA regulations concerning contact with a prospective student-athlete are applicable until that time.

THE DOs AND DON’Ts FOR REPRESENTATIVES IN REGARDS TO A PROSPECTIVE STUDENT-ATHLETE:(The following lists of examples are not all-inclusive. As always, ask before you act!)

DOforward • information about prospective student-athletes to the appropriate coaching staff.have telephone contact with a prospect regarding permissible pre-• enrollment activities such as summer employment, provided the prospect has graduated from high school and signed a National Letter of Intent. have a telephone conversation with a prospect only if the prospect • initiates the call. Such a call may not be prearranged by an institutional staff member and you are not permitted to have a recruiting conversation, but may exhibit normal civility. You must refer any questions about our athletics programs to an athletics department staff member/coach. view a prospect’s athletic contest at your own initiative provided • you do not contact the prospect or his/her parents. In addition, you may not contact a prospect’s coach, principal, or counselor in an attempt to evaluate the prospect.

continue established family relationships with friends and neighbors. • Contacts with sons and daughters of these families are permitted so long as they are not made for recruiting purposes or encouraged by Notre Dame coaches.

DON’TYou may not:

write, e-mail or telephone a prospective student-athlete or his/her • parents in an effort to recruit them to Notre Dame.become involved in making arrangements to provide money, • financial aid or a benefit of any kind to a prospect or the prospect’s family and friends.make contact with a prospective student-athlete and his/her • parents when the prospect is on-campus for an official or unofficial recruiting visit.contact a prospect to congratulate him/her on signing a National • Letter of Intent to attend the University.transport, pay or arrange for payment of transportation costs for • a prospect and his/her relatives or friends to visit campus (or elsewhere). pay or arrange for payment of summer camp registration fees for • a prospect.provide ANYTHING to a prospect, the prospect’s family or friends • without prior approval from the Compliance Office.

The support of our alumni and friends is welcomed and appreciated. We ask, however, that you also help to keep Notre Dame’s tradition of athletics integrity intact by following the NCAA regulations. Your assistance will help ensure that the eligibility of both prospective and currently enrolled student-athletes is protected and preserved. Your efforts to know and follow the NCAA legislation are greatly appreciated because violations could affect the eligibility of involved prospects or student-athletes and/or result in NCAA penalties being imposed on the University.

To that end, it should be our goal, as the best alumni and fans in the country, to preserve and protect each and every student-athlete’s eligibility. All NCAA legislation cannot be covered in a limited space such as this program. Therefore, any additional questions should be forwarded to the Compliance Office in the Department of Athletics. Please remember to ask before you act!

Jill Bodensteiner, Associate Director of Athletics

(574) 631-9647 or [email protected]

Jen Vining-Smith, Assistant Director of Athletics


Brent Moberg, Director of Compliance


Tom Timmermans, Coordinator of Compliance Information


Go Fighting Irish!

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Athleticsby the numbers

25National Championships (11 in football, seven in fencing, two in women’s soccer, two in men’s tennis and one in men’s golf, men’s cross country and women’s basketball)

10Conference championships won by Irish teams in 2008-09 (BIG EAST, Central Collegiate Hockey Association and Great Western Lacrosse League)

101BIG EAST Conference championships won by Notre Dame in 14 seasons of conference play

210All-time Academic All-Americans, second most of any university

84Academic All-Americans since 2000, more than any other school

48NCAA postgraduate scholarship recipients since 1964, including four in 2008-09

13Irish programs which finished their 2008-09 season nationally ranked

19Notre Dame teams (out of 22) with a gradua-tion rate of 100%

9Irish athletic teams that earned a perfect score of 1,000 in the NCAA’s Academic Progress Rate report in 2008-09

14Programs honored by the NCAA for Academic Progress Rate scores in 2009

5,500Hours of community service completed by Notre Dame student-athletes during the 2008-09 school year

HistoryThe University of Notre Dame du Lac •was founded in 1842 by Father Edward Sorin. Adjacent to South Bend, Ind., and nestled next to Saint Mary’s and Saint Joseph’s Lakes, the University was started with $310 in cash and three log buildings in disrepair.

Notre Dame would establish many •firsts for Catholic institutions of higher learning, including the first Catholic law school, the first Catholic engineering school and the first student residence with private rooms, Sorin Hall.

AcademicsThe University is organized into four •colleges - Arts and Letters, Science, Engineering and the Mendoza College of Business - the School of Architecture, the Law School, the Graduate School, six major research institutes, more than 40 centers and special programs and the University library system.

Notre Dame is rated among the nation’s •top 25 institutions of higher learning in surveys conducted by U.S. News and World Report, Princeton Review, Time, Kiplinger’s, and Kaplan/Newsweek.

Notre Dame ranks fifth in a listing of •“dream schools” in a survey of parents by the Princeton Review. The top five are Princeton, Stanford, Harvard, New York University and Notre Dame.

Notre Dame is among a select group of •schools that ranks in the top 25 on the U.S. News & World Report survey of the nation’s top colleges and in the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics Directors’ Cup for overall success in athletics.

StudentsGraduate and undergraduate students •at the University come from all 50 states and more than 100 countries worldwide.

Notre Dame’s graduation rate of 95 •percent is exceeded by only Harvard and Princeton.

Notre Dame’s 98 percent retention rate •between the freshman and sophomore years is among the highest in the country, thanks in large part to the University’s unique First Year of Studies Program.

Notre Dame has one of the highest •undergraduate residential concentrations of any national university, with 80 percent of its students living in 27 residence halls.

The medical school acceptance rate of •the University’s preprofessional studies graduates is 80 percent, almost twice the national average.

Notre Dame ranks first among Catholic •universities in the number of doctorates earned by its undergraduate alumni - a record compiled over some 85 years.

ServiceCommunity service is a hallmark of •Notre Dame. About 80 percent of Notre Dame students engage in some form of voluntary community service during their years at the University, and at least 10 percent devote a year or more after graduation to service in the United States and around the world.

The University’s • Alliance for Catholic Education (ACE) annually sends 180 recent graduates to teach in some 100 understaffed Catholic schools in the southern, southeastern and southwestern United States and in South Bend. A national model, ACE has received the Higher Education Award from the Corporation for National Service for leadership in using national service resources through AmeriCorps.

AlumniThe University’s network of 270 alumni •clubs -- including 60 international clubs -- is the most extensive in higher education.

With graduates renowned for their •loyalty and generosity, Notre Dame annually ranks among the top five in percentage of alumni who contribute to the University.

In recent years, Notre Dame alumni have •won a Nobel Prize in medicine, a Pulitzer Prize in journalism, and an Emmy Award for contributions to television technology.

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2009 Cross CounTry sCheduleDate Opponent Site Time9/4 Valparaiso Crusader Open Valparaiso, Ind. 6:00 PM 9/18 National Catholic Invitational Notre Dame, Ind. 3:30 PM 10/2 Notre Dame Invitational Notre Dame, Ind. 2:00 PM 10/17 Pre-National NCAA Meet Terre Haute, Ind. TBA10/31 BIG EAST Championship Kenosha, Wisc. TBA11/14 NCAA Great Lakes Regional Bloomington, Ind. TBA11/23 NCAA Championships Terre Haute, Ind. TBA

2009-10 noTre dame men’s and Women’s TraCk & Field sChedule

Date Day Event Site Time12/4 Fri. Blue & Gold Meet Notre Dame, Ind. 5 PM1/15 Fri. Notre Dame Indoor Opener Notre Dame, Ind. 7 PM1/22-23 Fri. Notre Dame Invitational Notre Dame, Ind. 5 PM/10 AM1/29-30 Fri.-Sat. Indiana Invitational Bloomington, Ind. TBA2/5-6 Fri.-Sat. Meyo Invitational Notre Dame, Ind. 7 PM/10 AM2/20-21 Sat.-Sun. BIG EAST Championships New York, N.Y. TBA3/5-6 Fri.-Sat. Alex Wilson Invitational Notre Dame, Ind. 7 PM/10 AM3/12-13 Fri.-Sat. NCAA Championships Fayetteville, Ark. TBA

3/26-27 Fri.-Sat. Arizona State Invitational Tempe, Ariz. TBA3/26-27 Fri.-Sat. Stanford Invitational Palo Alto, Calif. TBA4/1-2 Thurs.-Fri. Arizona Multi-Event Tucson, Ariz. TBA4/2-3 Fri.-Sat. Florida Relays Gainesville, Fla. TBA4/2-3 Fri.-Sat. Tiger Track Classic Auburn, Ala. TBA4/2-3 Fri.-Sat. Purdue Invitational West Lafayette, Ind. TBA4/10 Sat. Louisville Invitational Louisville, Ky. TBA4/17 Sat. Texas Twilight Austin, Texas TBA4/15-17 Thurs.-Sat. Mt. SAC Relays Walnut, Calif. TBA4/16-17 Fri.-Sat. Purdue Rankin Invitational West Lafayette, Ind. TBA4/22-24 Thurs.-Sat. Drake Relays Des Moines, Iowa TBA4/23-24 Fri.-Sat. Hillsdale Relays Hillsdale, Mich. TBA4/30-5/2 Fri.-Sun. BIG EAST Championships Cincinnati, Ohio TBA5/7-8 Fri.-Sat. Michigan Invitational Ann Arbor, Mich. TBA5/11-12 Tues.-Wed. North Central College Multi Naperville, Ill. TBA5/13-14 Thurs.-Fri. North Central College Inv. Naperville, Ill. TBA5/14 Fri. Louisville Last Chance Louisville, Ky. TBA5/28-29 Fri.-Sat. NCAA Regionals TBD TBA6/9-12 Wed.-Sat. NCAA Championships Eugene, Ore. TBA

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