2011 UConn Men's Track And Field Media Guide

2011 senior classKYLE DUGGANSenior Indoor CaptainPole Vault

TYRONE FAVEREYSeniorJumps

MIKE RUTTSenior Two-Time All-American 800-MeterIndoor & Outdoor CaptainMid-Distance

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table of ContentsUConn Quick Facts and Schedule .....................................12010-11 Roster ..............................................................22010-11 Season Preview ..............................................3-4Head Coach Greg Roy ..................................................5-6Associate Head Coach Ted Gibbons ..................................7Assistant Head Coach Rich Miller .....................................7Student-Athlete Profiles ............................................. 8-20Kyle Duggan and Kyle Edmonds ......................................8Tyrone Faverey and Dan Holst .........................................9Aaron King and Zach Meverden ..................................... 10Mike Rutt ..................................................................... 11Patrick Sampson and Ed Strosnick ................................. 12Matt Alexander, Eric Alfiere and Michael Alleman ............ 13Alex Bennatan, Tim Bennatan and Dylan Dombrowski ..... 14Tyler Hopson and Scott Johnson .................................... 15Kyle Rowbotham .......................................................... 16Kevin Steinberg and Ben Waruch ................................... 17Jake Waruch, Nick Aguila and Michael DaPice ................. 18Jesse Drinks, Joshua Faboyede and Eric Fontanez ........... 19Justin Siekierski, Sam Smith, Cody Unger and Chris Whyte .. 202009-10 Season Review ........................................... 21-222009-10 UConn Top Times ............................................ 23The BIG EAST ......................................................... 24-25Husky Record Book ................................................. 26-27UConn All-Americans .................................................... 28Top Ten Reasons to Attend UConn ............................ 29-30Living the UConn Experience ......................................... 31

University QUiCk faCtsLocation .......................................................Storrs, Conn.Enrollment .............................................................29,383Founded ...................................................................1881Campus Information .................................. (860) 486-2000Nickname .................................................Huskies, UConnColors .........................National Flag Blue (Navy) and WhiteConference ........................................................BIG EASTAffiliation ..................................................NCAA Division IPresident (Interim) ..................................... Philip E. AustinDirector of Athletics .................................Jeffrey HathawayDivision of Athletics Phone ......................... (860) 486-2725Associate Director of Athletics/Communications Mike EnrightAssistant Director of Athletics/Communications .. Kyle MuncyAssistant Director/Athletics Communications ..Patrick McKennaAthletic Communications Assistants ............... Renee Adam,............................................. Kristen DeCarli and Matt LeeAthletic Communications Secretary ............ Luanne DunstanAthletic Communications Phone .................. (860) 486-3531Athletic Communications Fax ...................... (860) 486-5085Husky Sports Hotline ................................. (860) 486-5050Men’s Cross Country/Track & Field Contact ...... Renee AdamEmail ........................................... [email protected] ...............................................UConnHuskies.com

CreditsThe 2010-11 University of Connecticut Men’s Track and Field/Cross Country Media Guide was written, designed and edited by Renee Adam, University of Connecticut Athletic Communications Assistant. Editing co-ordinated by Luanne Dunstan, Athletic Communications Secretary. Spe-cial thanks to Ted Gibbons, Rich Miller and Greg Roy for their assistance. The publication was produced using Adobe InDesign CS3. Photography by Steve Slade and Bob Stowell. Covers designed by Summit Athletic Media, Charlotte, N.C.

2010-11 scheduleCross Country

SEPTEMBER11 atFatherO’NeilInvitational(Fairfield,Conn.)18 at UMass Invitational (Amherst, Mass.)OCTOBER9 at New England Championship (Boston, Mass.)16 at Conn. College Invitational (Waterford, Conn.)30 at BIG EAST Championship (Jamesville, N.Y.)NOVEMBER13 at NCAA Regional Championship (Madison, Conn.)20 at IC4A Championship (Van Cortland Park, N.Y.)

indoor track and field

JANUARY15 at Yale Invitational (New Haven, Conn.)20-21 UConn Heptathlon (Storrs, Conn.)21 at Great Dane Invitational (New York, N.Y.)29 at Saturday Night at the Armory (New York, N.Y.)FEBRUARY4-5 at Giegengack Invitational (New Haven, Conn.)4-5 at Collegiate Invitational (New York, N.Y.)11 at Lafayette-Rider Invitational (New York, N.Y.)19-20 at BIG EAST Championship (Akron, Ohio)25-26 at New England Championship (Boston, Mass.)MARCH5-6 at IC4A Championship (Boston, Mass.)11-12 at NCAA Championship (Fayetteville, Ark.)

outdoor track and field

MARCH12 at USF Open (Tampa, Fla.)APRIL2 at LSU Invitational (Baton Rouge, La.)6-9 at Texas Relays (Austin, Texas)9 UConn Alumni Invitational (Storrs, Conn.)16 at Hurricane Alumni Invitational (Miami, Fla.)16 at Brown Invitational (Providence, R.I.)23 at The “Dog Fight” (Albany, N.Y.)28-30 at Penn Relays (Philadelphia, Pa.)30 at Wildcat Invitational (Durham, N.H.)MAY6-8 at BIG EAST Championship (Villanova, Pa.)12-14 at New England Championship (New Haven, Conn.)13-15 at IC4A Championship (Princeton, N.J.)26-28 at NCAA Championship Round 1 (Bloomington, Ind.)JUNE8-11 at NCAA Championship (Des Moines, Iowa)

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Name Year Event HometownNick Aguila So. Distance West Hartford, Conn.Matt Alexander Jr. Pole Vault Tolland, Conn.Eric Alfiere Jr. Javelin Beacon Falls, Conn.Michael Alleman Jr. Shot Put/Discus Scotch Plains, N.J.Alex Bennatan Jr. Mid-Distance Lake Forest, Ill.Tim Bennatan Jr. Mid-Distance Lake Forest, Ill.Justin Blades Fr. Pole Vault Griswold, Conn.Daniel Bubniak So. Mid-Distance/XC Danbury, Conn.Jesse Chapman So. Multi-Events East Thetford, Vt.Lucas Clyne So. Mid-Distance Rockaway, N.J.Darnell Cummings Fr. Sprints Millbrook, N.Y.Christopher Dailey Fr. Mid-Distance Dallas, Pa.Michael DaPice So. Mid-Distance/Distance White Plains, N.Y.Paul DeSalvo Fr. Mid-Distance Plymouth, Minn.Dylan Dombrowski Jr. Multi/Pole Vault/Javelin Breezy Point, N.Y.Jesse Drinks So. Sprints Ossinging, N.Y.Cory Duggan Fr. Pole Vault Staten Island, N.Y.Kyle Duggan Sr. Pole Vault Staten Island, N.Y.Kyle Edmonds Sr. Hurdles Metuchen, N.J.Joshua Faboyede So. Throws Providence, R.I.Tyrone Faverey Sr. High/Triple Jump Allentown, Pa.Eric Fontanez So. Sprints/Mid-Distance Rochester, N.Y.Brandon Fowler Fr. Hurdles Prospect, Conn.Daniel Francoeur Fr. Distance West Hartford, Conn.Matt Granata Fr. Mid-Distance Wantagh, N.Y.Gregory Hoffman So. Pole Vault Park Ridge, N.J.Dan Holst Sr. Mid-Distance Smithtown, N.Y.Tyler Hopson Jr. High Jump/Sprints Andover, Conn.Noel James So. High Jump/Triple Jump Whitman, Mass.

Name Year Event HometownScott Johnson Jr. Mid-Distance Old Lyme, Conn.Christian Kearns Fr. Distance Ridgefield, Conn.Aaron King Jr. Multi/Triple Jump Wharton, N.J.Luke Kuna Fr. Hurdles/Triple Jump Sea Cliff, N.Y.Jordan Magath So. Distance/XC Hillsborough, N.J.Eric Masington Fr. Throws Trevose, Pa.Chris McConnell Fr. Sprints Andover, Mass.Ryan McGuire So. Distance Orange, Conn.Zach Meverden Sr. Pole Vault Wexford, Pa.Ken Moulton Fr. Throws Madison, Conn.William Ricker Fr. Mid-Distance Old Lyme, Conn.Kyle Rowbotham Jr. Multi-Events Scotch Plains, N.J.Mike Rutt Sr. Mid-Distance Sinking Spring, Pa.Justin Siekierski So. Throws Wilbraham, Mass.Artem Skobrev So. Distance/XC Norwalk, Conn.Kevin Smith Jr. Sprints Harwinton, Conn.Sam Smith So. Multi/High Jump Slingerlands, N.Y.Kevin Steinberg Jr. Sprints Langhorne, Pa.Dave Stephens Fr. Mid-Distance Storrs, Conn.Ed Strosnick Sr. Javelin East Haven, Conn.Kyle Twombly Fr. Mid-Distance Penfield, N.Y.Cody Unger So. Javelin Oak Ridge, N.J.Nick Walcott Fr. Hurdles/Triple Jump Framingham, Mass.Sean Walsh Fr. Multi-Events Freehold, N.J.Ben Waruch Jr. Multi-Events Kerhonkson, N.Y.Jake Waruch Jr. Sprints Kerhonkson, N.Y.Chris Whyte So. Hurdles Rahway, N.J.Kevin Wikholm Fr. Javelin Columbia, Conn.

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2010-11 Season Outlook





With its first ever IC4A Outdoor Championship last spring, UConn looks to return to the winners circle at the BIG EAST Championships during both the in-door and outdoor seasons this year. Senior captains Mike Rutt (Sinking Springs, Pa.) and Kyle Duggan (Staten Island, N.Y.) will lead a UConn team which has a great blend of experience and youth. The Huskies will travel to Akron, Ohio, in late February for the BIG EAST Indoor Championship and will return to Villanova in early May for the 2011 BIG EAST Outdoor Championship. Opening the indoor season a week later than years past, the Huskies will not attend the Sorlein (URI) Invitational, but will add the Great Dane Invitational which takes place at their favorite indoor venue, New York City’s 168th Street Armory, home of the New Balance Track and Field Center. The 2010 outdoor schedule features a return of the Spring Trip to Florida after a four-year hiatus in which the Huskies will participate in the Hurricane Alumni Invitational hosted by the University of Miami. UConn will head south three times during the outdoor season, and will match up against Albany in the second edition of “The Dogfight” in late April.

Middle distance Senior two-time All-American Mike Rutt leads a veteran group that looks to continue BIG EAST dominance in the 800 meter run and make further inroads in the mile throughout competition this season. All-BIG EAST performer Alex Ben-natan (Lake Forest, Ill.) and his twin Tim will join senior Dan Holst (Smithtown, N.Y.) as dependable BIG EAST athletes who will attempt to break onto the nation-al level in the 800 meter run following standout seasons last year. Scott Johnson (Old Lyme, Conn.), who ran a tough BIG EAST mile during the indoor finals last year, joins Rutt in hopes of challenging the magical Four Minute Mile standard. A number of athletes in the sophomore and freshman classes will add depth to the middle distance events, led by freshman Chris Dailey (Dallas, Pa.).

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Multi events With at least six BIG EAST scorers at his disposal, veteran multi coach Rich Miller’s biggest problem will be how to get all of them in uniform this season. Two-time BIG EAST Heptathlon champion Aaron King (Wharton, N.J.) is backed by the Waruch twins, Jake and Ben (kerhonkson, N.Y.), both All-BIG EAST perform-ers in 2010, while Sam Smith (Slingerlands, N.Y.) and Kyle Rowbotham (Scotch Plains, N.J.) expect to have their hands full with Division III Bates transfer Jesse Chapman (East Thetford, Vt.), who was a 6,500 point decathlete as a freshman. king in his “spare time” doubles as UConn’s top long and triple jumper, and it is conceivable that as many as four of these athletes will challenge for National qualifying spots this season.

JuMps Another deep and talented event for the Huskies is the pole vault, led by BIG EAST and IC4A runner up captain kyle Duggan. All-BIG EAST performer Zach Meverden (Wexford, Pa.) along with Dylan Dombrowski, Matt Alexander and kyle’s younger brother Cory form a group unmatched in the East, boasting four vaulters over 16 feet. When Aaron king is not a jumper, UConn’s top athlete in the triple jump is Tyrone Faverey (Allentown, Pa.), who garnered All-East hon-ors last year in the Huskies’ IC4A Championship. Faverey and sophomore Eric Fontanez (Rochester, N.Y.) were both BIG EAST scorers in the high jump last season, but sophomore transfer Noel James (Whitman, Mass.) has the top jump in the group thus far. king though, will undoubtedly double up the multis and the long jump, with freshman Luke Kuna (Sea Cliff, N.Y.) backing him up in both events.





sprints & Hurdles Kevin Steinberg (Langhorne, Pa.), an All-BIG EAST performer in the 200-meter dash, will lead a young and talented group of UConn sprinters this season. Sophomores Jesse Drinks (Ossinging, N.Y.) and Kevin Smith (Har-winton, Conn.) are 100-percent healthy and ready to contribute, while freshmen Chris McConnell (Andover, Mass.), New England 55-meter dash record holder and New York State 100-meter dash champion Darnell Cummings (Millbrook, N.Y.) figure to be right in the mix on the flat this year. Senior Kyle Edmonds (Metuchen, N.J.) and sophomore Chris whyte (Rahway, N.J.) handle both the long and short hurdle events, with both excelling at and scoring in the BIG EAST 400 intermediate hurdles. A major hole for the Huskies exists in the 400 and 500 meter run area, with no BIG EAST scorers returning in this event group. Fontanez and freshman Kyle Twombly (Penfield, N.Y.), both from the Rochester, N.Y. area, look to rectify that situation, while Paul DeSalvo (Plym-outh, Minn.) and Matt Granata (Wantagh, N.Y.) hope to help out during the outdoor season.

distance After a promising cross country season, the underclassmen-led distance runners are hoping to contribute on the track as well. Freshman Dan Francouer (West Hartford, Conn.) will redshirt until the outdoor track season after leading the Huskies at the BIG EAST Cross Country Championship this season. Cross country captain Nick Aguila (West Hartford, Conn.) and fellow sophomore Joe Clark (West Islip, N.Y.) will compete indoors as will redshirt freshman Ryan McGuire (Orange, Conn.). In the distance-rich BIG EAST, contributing in this event area almost guarantees National caliber performances.

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relays Holst and Rutt, who were part of 2009’s World-leading 4x800 meter relay, will join the Bennatan twins and Johnson in hopes of posting a top time in the distance medley relay this season as well. The 4x400 meter relay and the 4x100 meter relay will both be very young, but will potentially be able to do damage at the podium level in the BIG EAST.






Greg Roy, University of Connecticut men’s track and field head coach, enters the 2010-11 season with a strong returning group of Huskies and a skillful incoming class that will continue his winning traditions during both the indoor and outdoor seasons.

Roy enters his 26th season as the head coach of the men’s cross country team and his 22nd season at the helm of the track and field program. Year by year, he has been able to elevate a national caliber program to prominence at the conference, regional and national levels. His squads have produced a remarkable 258-41-3 record in dual competitions during his tenure, along with seven BIG EAST track and field titles. He has also produced 31 All-Americans during his time at UConn, including current Husky Michael Rutt.

Throughout his career at UConn, Roy has established a solid foundation for the cross country and track and field programs. With top notch indoor and outdoor facilities, the program has the tools to match the ambitions that Roy and his Huskies set out to reach each year.

Last season, Roy led his team to six first place finishes, including a fifth straight victory at the New England Indoor Championship and the first ever title for the Huskies at the IC4A Outdoor Championship. Following the 2010 outdoor season, Roy sent three athletes to the NCAA Championship, marking the first time since 2004 that the UConn men’s team had more than one athlete at the event, with Michael Rutt, Brian Gagnon and Sean Smith representing the Huskies. For the 16th time, and second straight year, Roy had one of his athletes named the BIG EAST Championship Outstanding Performer, as Smith took home the honors of Outstanding Outdoor Field Performer for his accomplishments during the conference Championship.

In 2008-09, Roy earned the first back-to-back BIG EAST Titles during his tenure as head coach when the track and field team won the 2009 Indoor BIG EAST Championship. For his efforts, Roy and his coaching staff were honored with the BIG EAST Coaching Staff of the Year award for the second season in a row and the sixth time during his coaching career. Roy produced three All-Americans in the indoor season as Michael Rutt and Brian Gagnon earned their second All-America honors in the 800-meter run and Marquis Thomas was named an All-American in the high jump. Roy also took home USTFCCCA honors for the fourth time as he was named the Northeast Indoor Track Coach of the year following his successful 2009 Indoor season.

During the 2007-08 season, UConn won the BIG EAST Indoor Championship and fell only 17.5 points shy of taking the Outdoor title as well. During the 2008 seasons, Roy coached six of his athletes to eight BIG EAST individual titles. For his efforts, he was rewarded for the fourth time in his career with the title of BIG EAST Indoor Staff of the Year. UConn continued on its hot streak after the BIG EAST Championships and under the direction of Roy, won its 14th New England Championship in the last 15 years qualifying three of its athletes for the NCAA Indoor Championships.

In 2006-07, UConn was unable to win a BIG EAST Championship but instead won the Sorlein Invitational, the Reebok Boston Indoor Games, the Harvard Select Meet and the New England Championship. Roy was able to guide Jake Radzevich to two pole vault individual championships, Sean Berg to an individual champi-onship in the heptathlon, Gagnon to the title in the outdoor 800-meter

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run, Andrew Dubs to an outdoor shot put victory and his 4 x 100m team to a relay championship. During the indoor season, Roy was named New England Coach of the Year.

During the 2005-06 season, UConn won its fifth BIG EAST Indoor Championship in school history, fourth under the direction of Roy and the third in the last five years. Roy also guided the Huskies to a pair of first place finishes and a 13-1 overall record during the outdoor season as well. Under Roy’s tutelage, seven Huskies were selected to compete in the NCAA Regionals following outstanding performances in the regular season. Senior Joel Lagare, one of the NCAA Regional finalists, finished third in the NCAA Regionals and advanced to the NCAA Championships for the second time under Roy. Sean Berg also appeared in his first NCAA Championships as the junior competed in the decathlon and finished in 18th place.

In the 2004-05 season, the Huskies saw success across the board while some of the program’s greatest talents suffered injuries. Will Thomas advanced to the NCAA Championship in the decath-lon for the fourth-consecutive season, but was injured during the competition and could not finish. UConn fin-ished in ninth place at the BIG EAST Indoor Championship, with numerous athletes scoring points in dif-ferent events. The Huskies also finished in a tie for seventh at the New England C h a m p i o n s h i p . Outdoors, UConn fin-ished fifth at the BIG EAST Championship and third at New Englands. With Roy’s assistance, Ellis Gaulden and Thomas both advanced to the NCAA Regionals, with Gaulden competing in the high jump.

Roy’s squad captured its fourth BIG EAST Indoor Championship in 2003-2004, its second in three years and won an 11th-straight New England Championship. The team took second at the IC4A Championship and saw two of its members take home All-America honors at the NCAA Indoor Championship as Will Thomas finished fourth in the heptathlon to become a three-time All-American and Logan Jones earned All-America honors in the 800-meter run. The Huskies took third at the Outdoor BIG EAST Championship and Paul Pisano became the first-ever three-time javelin champion. Joel Legare earned All-America honors at the outdoor NCAA Championship in the 800-meter.

In 2002-2003, Roy produced four All-Americans for the second consecutive year. Will Thomas earned the honor for a second time in the decathlon, placing second at the NCAA Championship. Thrower Paul Pisano also earned All-America status for the second straight





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year, as did Joe Mendel in the sprints. Mike Deibler earned his first All-America honor by placing eighth in the high jump. The indoor and outdoor teams took home second-place at both the BIG EAST Indoor and Outdoor Championship. Indoors, UConn saw its usual success at the New England Championship, bringing home their 10th consecutive title.

The 2001-02 season was one of the most successful in Roy’s career. His indoor and outdoor squads took home both of the BIG EAST Championships and Roy, for the eighth consecutive year, had his athletes reach All-American status as four athletes were awarded the honor. Dan Wilson garnered All-America status three times to become the first five-time All-American in UConn history. Wilson finished 14th at the NCAA cross country championship, eighth in the indoor mile run and registered the fifth All-America title at the outdoor track and field championship, finishing ninth in the 1,500 meter run. Joe Mendel finished among the top eight in the indoor 400-meter dash to claim the honor, while Paul Pisano and Will Thomas earned their All-America status at the outdoor championship. Pisano earned a 12th place finish in the javelin and Thomas competed in the decathlon, finishing eighth with a then school record 7,630 points. In addition, the team successfully defended the New England Indoor Championship title.

Along with a pair of New England titles in 1999-2000, Roy led the Huskies to an overall record of 21-1, a runner-up performance at the BIG EAST Outdoors and a third-place finish at the indoor edi-tion of the meet. During the indoor season, four more All-Americans were added to the school list as the distance medley relay team of Haven Barnes, Elliott Blount, kevin Jensen and Dan Wilson finished fourth at the NCAA national championship with a time of 9:33.85. Roy added to his list of achievements by being selected by his peers as the United States Track Coaches Association Northeast Region Coach of the Year following both the indoor and outdoor seasons.

The first 14 years as the Head Coach of the Husky track squad began the tradition of excellence that Roy thrives for today. Starting in 1990, the Husky squad began their dominance in both New England and NCAA competition. Over the next eight years, Roy produced his fifth and sixth cross country All-Americans in Andy Ball (1990) and Travis Landreth (1998) as well as mentored four-time All-American hurdler Dudley Dorival who went on to compete in the Olympics for Haiti in 2000 and 2004, weight thrower Steve Santoli (1998) and thrower Ray Wilks (1999). Roy’s squads finished 81-5-1 in dual meets from 1995 to 1999 for an outstanding .934 win percent-age and won their second Indoor BIG EAST Championship. Before the start of the 1999-2000 season, Roy had accrued five NCAA Coach of the Year awards (1990-Cross Country, 1993-94-Indoor, 1995-96 Outdoor, 1996-97 Indoor and 1998-99 Indoor) as well as, with his staff, back-to-back BIG EAST Staff of the Year awards (1995-96-Outdoor, 1996-97-Indoor).

In 1990, Roy brought his cross country squad into the national spotlight, finishing 10th in the nation at the NCAA Division I National Championship meet while also winning the IC4A Championship. UConn ended the year ranked No. 12 in the nation. The 1993-94 season marked the beginning of an 11-year winning streak at the New England Championships and in 1996-97, before winning the BIG EAST Championship, Roy coached his squad to a perfect 15-0 dual meet record.

1978Graduated with a B.A. in geology from the University of

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1979-80 -- Head CoachThomas Stone High School (Md.)

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1980-81 -- Assistant CoachSomerville High School (N.J.)

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1983-85 -- Assistant CoachBucknell university

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1985-89 Assistant Track & Field Coach1985-present Head Cross Country Coach1989-present Head Track & Field Coach

Coaching AccoladesNCAA District I Indoor Track Staff of the Year, 1989-90New England Indoor Track Staff of the Year, 1989-90

NCAA District I Cross Country Coach of the Year, 1990New England Cross Country Coach of the Year, 1990

NCAA District I Outdoor Track Coach of the Year, 1996NCAA District I Indoor Track Coach of the Year

1990, 1994, 1997, 1999USTCA Northeast Region Indoor Track and Field

Coach of the Year, 1999-2001, 2009USTCA Northeast Region Outdoor Track and Field

Coach of the Year, 2001NCAA Northeast Region Indoor/Outdoor Track and

Field Coach of the Year, 2001-2002BIG EAST Indoor/Outdoor Staff of the Year, 2001-2002

BIG EAST Indoor Staff of the Year1996, 1997, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2009

Has coached 31 All-Americans while at UConn

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A native of East Brunswick, N.J., Roy earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of Rochester in 1978, where he held the school record in the 220 and 440-yard runs. He added a master’s degree in Sport Management from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst in 1982 and worked as the assistant track and cross country coach from 1981-83 during his time at UMass.

Roy lives in Lebanon, Conn. with his wife, Natalie, their daugh-ter kathryn, who will graduate from UConn, and son Michael who is a senior at Lyman Memorial High School.

Coach Roy and All-American Brian Gagnon at the 2009-10 UConn Club Award Dinner





Associate head coach Ted Gibbons enters his 19th season with the Connecticut men’s track and field program, where he specializes as the field events coach for the Huskies. Gibbons has produced four All-Americans during his tenure at UConn in Mike Deibler, Ray Wilks, Steve Santoli and Marquis Thomas. Thomas was the most recent honoree, when he earned the accolade during the 2009 season in the high jump. Deibler also earned the honor in the high jump, his coming during the 2003 season. Wilks was named an All-American in the shot put in 1999 and Santoli received recognition in 1998 in the weight throw.

A member of the Connecticut staff since the 1992-93 season, Gibbons was elevated to associate head coach of the program in January of 1996.

Prior to joining Greg Roy’s staff at UConn, Gibbons served as coor-dinator of the men’s and women’s track and field programs and head men’s track and field coach at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri from 1985-92.

While at Washington, Gibbons led his men’s track and field team to eight consecutive indoor and outdoor University Athletic Association titles. Twelve of Gibbons’ track and field student-athletes qualified for NCAA Division III National Championships during his tenure with the Bears. During his time at Washington, Gibbons also served as the assistant football coach, focusing on the defensive line unit.

Prior to his Washington University position, Gibbons was the head field events coach from 1982-83 and the freshman football coach from 1976-1982 at Brown University.

Gibbons, a Newport, R.I. native, is a 1967 graduate of the State University of New York at Buffalo where he was selected honorable mention All-America in football and All-Small College track and field in Western New York. Gibbons is a member of his alma mater’s Hall of Fame.

Coach Gibbons lives in Newport, R.I., and has four chil-dren, Tisa, Tammi, Eugenia and Ted.

Rich Miller enters his sixth season as a full-time assistant coach at the University of Connecticut and his 16th season overall work-ing with the Huskies. Miller spent 10 years as a part-time assistant working with the multi-event performers as well as those competing in pole vault and javelin.

Miller has produced two All-Americans during his time at UConn in Paul Pisano and Will Thomas. Pisano earned the accolade during the 2002 and 2003 seasons in the javelin, while Thomas was named an All-American following his performance in the heptathlon during 2004 and the decathlon in 2002 and 2003.

Prior to joining the Huskies full-time, Miller was employed as a physi-cal therapist with Health South/PTSMA in Storrs. While at Health South, Miller provided direct patient care in an outpatient orthopedic and sports medicine clinic while also collaborating with local physi-cians on implementing treatment plans to rehabilitate patients with a variety of ailments. Miller also served as a member of the BIG EAST Track and Field seeding committee.

Miller, who was a 1995 UConn graduate, enjoyed both academic and athletic success during his undergraduate years. He served as co-captain of UConn’s track and field teams in both his junior and senior years, two years in which the Huskies won back-to-back New England Indoor Championships.

He was a four-time All-East performer in the decathlon while also earning All-New England and All-BIG EAST honors in the pentathlon and pole vault events. His academic achievements set a standard of excellence for all student-athletes, as he was a member of the 1994-95 BIG EAST Conference Academic All-Star team and was named a UConn Club Outstanding Scholar-Athlete in 1995.

A native of Cresskill, N.J., Miller attended Cresskill High School where he lettered in soccer, basketball and track. He resides in

Storrs, Conn. with his wife, Dorinda, daughter, Emily and son, Caden.

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As a Junior in 2009-10: INDooR: Redshirted the 2010 indoor season.

ouTDooR: Placed second at the BIG EAST Championship in the pole vault with a mark of 5.15 meters…Also finished second at the IC4A Championship with a height of 5.16 meters…Won the pole vault at The Dogfight with a personal best clearance of 5.21 meters…Also placed first at the Jerry Gravel Classic (5.06 meters) and the UConn Invite (5.13 me-ters)…Finished tied for sixth at the Spec Towns Invitational with a mark of 4.95 meters…Placed seventh at the Penn Relays, clearing 5.05 meters.

As a Sophomore in 2008-09: INDooR: Finished sixth at the BIG EAST Championship in the pole vault with a height of 4.80 meters…Took fourth place at the New Eng-land Championship with a clearance of 4.80 meters in the pole vault…Recorded a personal best height of 5.00 meters at the IC4A Champi-onship with a second place finish in the pole vault…Had eighth place finishes in the pole vault at both the Yale Invitational and Sorlein Invitational turning in heights of 4.35 meters and 4.5 meters respectfully…Finished sec-ond at the Terrier Invitational in the pole vault with a height of 4.80 meters…Finished fifth in the pole vault with a height of 4.80 meters at the Lafayette/Rider Invitational.

ouTDooR: Landed on the podium at the BIG EAST Championship after finishing with a personal best height of 5.15 meters in the pole vault…Took first place at the New England Championship in the pole vault with a height of 4.80 meters…Finished fifth at the IC4A Champi-onship turning in a height of 4.80 meters in the pole vault…Turned in a 15th place performance at the NCAA East Regionals with a height of 5.06 meters…Finished first at the UConn Invitational with a height of 4.70 meters…Had a third place performance at the Spec Towns Invitational turning in a height of 4.90 meters…Took second at the UConn Spring In-vitational finishing with a vault of 4.75 meters…Finished sixth at the World Famous Penn Relays in the pole vault with a height of 4.80 meters.

As a Freshman in 2007-2008:INDooR: Finished in 10th place at the BIG EAST Championship with a clearance of 4.50 meters in the pole vault…Turned in a seventh place result in the pole vault at the New England Championship with a height of 4.65 meters…Was the top Husky finisher at the Yale Invitational in the pole vault with a leap of 4.80 meters…Turned in a fourth place finish at the Sorlein Invitational with a height of 4.57 meters in the pole vault…Finished in third place in the pole vault at the Harvard Select Meet clearing 4.80 meters…Was the 11th place finisher at the highly competitive New Balance Collegiate Invitational in the pole vault clearing 4.65 meters.

ouTDooR: Was the 11th place finisher at the BIG EAST Champion-ship with a height of 4.50 meters…Had a personal best clearance of 4.95 meters in the pole vault at the IC4A Championship…Finished in fourth place at the Brown Invitational in the pole vault clearing 4.55 me-ters…Was runner-up at the UConn Springtime Invitational in the pole vault with a height of 4.57 meters…Earned a seventh place finish at the Penn Relays in the Eastern Division pole vault clearing 4.60 meters.

HIGH SCHooL: Attended Monsignor Farrell High School…Was an All-State and All-American performer in the pole vault.

PERSoNAL: A sociology major…Born January 31, 1989.

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As a Senior in 2009-10:Redshirted both the indoor and outdoor seasons.

As a Junior in 2008-09 INDooR: Placed seventh in the BIG EAST Championship in the 60-me-ter hurdles with a time of 8.20 seconds … Took sixth place in the 55-me-ter hurdles at the Terrier Invitational in a personal best time of 7.79 seconds … Also placed sixth in the 200-meter run at the Harvard Quad in a time of 22.86 seconds ... Finished in a season best second place in the 60-meter hurdles at the Harvard Quad … Placed 22nd in the 500-meter dash at the prestigious New Balance Collegiate Invitational with a personal best time of 1:05.93… Took eighth place at the Lafayette/Rider Invitational in the 60-me-ter hurdles finishing in 8.20 seconds.

ouTDooR: Turned in a career best sixth place finish in the 400-meter hurdles at the BIG EAST Championship in a time of 52.18 seconds … Won the 110-meter hurdles in a time of 14.51 seconds at the New Eng-land Championship … Took fifth in the 400-meter hurdles at the IC4A Championship in a personal best time of 51.78 seconds in an NCAA qualifying time … Placed 16th at the NCAA East Regionals in the 400-meter hurdles finishing in a time of 52.88 seconds … Finished fifth in the 400-meter hurdles at the LSU Relays in a time of 53.02 seconds… Placed second in the 400-meter dash at the UConn Invitational in 50.40 seconds … Had a fourth place showing at the Spec Towns Invitational in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 53.37 … Won a couple of events at the UConn Spring Invitational taking first in the 110-meter hurdles and 400-me-ter hurdles in times of 14.55 and 52.15 respectfully.

As a Sophomore in 2007-2008:INDooR: Placed ninth in the 500-meter run at the Sorlein Invitational with a time of 1:07.63, also placed sixth in the 55-meter HH in a time of 7.99 seconds…Placed 11th in the 400-meter dash with a time of 50.96 seconds, also ran 8.43 seconds in the 60-Meter HH…Was 10th in the 400-meter dash at the Giegengack Invitational in 50.59 seconds.

ouTDooR: Turned in a seventh place performance at the BIG EAST Championship in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 53.31 seconds… Brought home the 400-meter hurdles title at the New England Champion-ship in a time of 52.34 seconds, also ran the 110-Meter HH and placed third in 14.75 seconds...Turned in a time of 52.46 seconds for the 400-meter hurdles at the NCAA East Regional Championship…Ran the 110-meter HH at the Miami Elite Invitational in a time of 14.80 seconds…Won the UConn Springtime Invitational in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 52.97 sec-onds…Finished with a time of 53.04 seconds in the 400-meter hurdles at the Penn Relays.

As a Freshman in 2006-2007:INDooR: Finished eighth at the New England Championship in the 500-me-ter run with a time of 1:06.86…Placed eighth at the Reebok Boston Indoor Games in the 500-meter run with a time of 1:07.41...Took fourth place at the Harvard Select Meet with a time of 23.94 seconds in the 200-meter dash, also placed fourth in the 400-meter dash with a time of 51.35 seconds.

ouTDooR: Placed second in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 54.60 seconds at the Brown Invitational...Won the 400-meter hurdles at the Husky Spring Invite with a time of 52.91 seconds.

HIGH SCHooL: Attended Metuchen High School in Metuchen, NJ...Won the State Championship in the intermediate hurdles...Also helped lead team to a football state title.

PERSoNAL: A sociology major...Born November 29, 1988.

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As a Junior in 2009-10: INDooR: Part of the first place 4x800m relay team at the New England Championship that recorded a time of 7:30.51…Posted a 1:56.88 in the 800-meter run at the New England Championship, finishing in 10th place…Part of the 4x800m relay teams that placed third at the BIG EAST Champi-onship (7:32.71) and the Yale Invite (7:49.13)…Placed ninth in the 800-me-ter run at the Saturday Night at the Armory meet with a time of 1:55.07.

ouTDooR: Part of the school record-setting 4x800m relay team that posted a time of 7:18.58 at the Penn Relays…Member of the 4x800m relay teams that won the BIG EAST Championship (7:27.13) and the IC4A Championship (7:30.51)…Placed 11th in the 800-meter run at the BIG EAST Championship with a time of 1:52.25…Recorded a fourth place finish at The Dogfight with a time of 1:51.51 in the 800-meter run.

As a Sophomore in 2008-09: INDooR: Part of the 4x800-meter relay team that set a world best time in 2009 coming in with a time of 7:20.07…The time was the fast-est 4x800m time in the world in 2009 and the fastest collegiate time since 1993 and was the seventh fastest run by an American team and 11th on the all-time collegiate list…Finished in eighth place at the BIG EAST Championship in the 1000-meter run with a career best time of 2:26.26…Earned sixth place at the New England Championship in the 800-meter run with a time of 1:51.59…Started the year off with a fifth place performance at the Terrier Invitational in the 100-meter run finishing in 2:27.93…Earned a season high second place performance at the Harvard Quad finishing the 800-meter in 1:52.78…Finished the 1000-meter run in eighth at the elite New Balance Collegiate Invitational in a time of 2:28.26…Took sixth at the Lafayette/Rider Invitational in the 800-meter run finishing in 1:56.46.

ouTDooR: Turned in an eighth place performance at the BIG EAST Championship in the 800-meter run finishing in 1:52.83…Landed on the podium at the New England Championship with a third place per-formance in the 800-meter run finishing in 1:51.52…Recorded a 15th place performance in the 800-meter run at the IC4A Championship finishing with a time of 1:51.27…Finished 32nd at the NCAA East Re-gional in the 800-meter run with a time of 1:53.19…Started the year off with a 10th place performance at the UConn Invitational in the 1500-meter run finishing in 4:07.69…Took third at the Spec Towns Invitational in the 800-meter run finishing in 1:52.34…Was the runner-up in the 400-meter dash at the UConn Spring Invitational clocking in at 49.13 seconds.

As a Freshman in 2007-2008:INDooR: Finished in fourth place at the New England Championship in the 800-meter run with a time of 1:53.87…Garnered a fourth place performance at the UConn Alumni Invitational in the mile run finishing with a time of 4:39.76…Finished ninth at the Yale Invitational in the mile cross-ing the finish line at 4:31.29…Took fifth in the 1000-meter run at the Sor-lein Invitational finishing in 2:29.84…Turned in a third place performance at the Giegengack Invitational in the 800-meter run clocking in at 1:53.27…Landed in 12th place at the Lafayette/Rider Invitational in the 500-meter run finishing in 1:06.18.

ouTDooR: Finished 14th in the 1500-meter run at the UConn Alumni Invitational with a time of 4:10.37…Recorded a season best fourth place performance in the 800-meter run at the Miami Elite Invitational clocking in with a time of 1:53.02…Was a part of the relay team that finished 10th at the World Famous Penn Relays in the 4x800-meter run turning in a time of 7:32.68.

HIGH SCHooL: Earned four varsity letters at Smithtown High School while captaining his team in his senior year…Won two individual county champi-onships in the 800-meter run and another county championship in the 4x800 meter relay…His team won the county championship in cross country and outdoor track…Also a member of the football and basketball teams.

PERSoNAL: An economics major…Born April 27, 1989.

As a RS-Junior in 2009-10:INDooR: Placed fifth in the high jump at the BIG EAST Champion-ship with a personal best of 2.06 meters…Finished third in the triple jump (14.58 meters) and sixth in the high jump (2.04 meters) at the New England Championship…Brought home a seventh place finish in the triple jump at the IC4A Championship with a mark of 14.54 meters…Started the indoor season with a second place showing at the Sorlein Invite with a 14.13 meter mark in the triple jump…Placed second in the long jump at the Harvard Quad meet with a mark of 6.67 meters.

ouTDooR: Ended the season with a fifth place showing in the triple jump at the IC4A Championship with a personal best of 15.10 meters…Finished the BIG EAST Championship with an eighth place finish in the triple jump (14.63 meters), an 11th place finish in the long jump (6.86 meters) and a 13th place finish in the high jump (1.94 meters)…Won the triple jump at The Dogfight with a mark of 14.71 meters…Started the season with a second place finish in the long jump at the Jerry Gravel Classic, posting a mark of 6.42 meters…also placed second in the triple jump at the UConn Invite with a mark of 14.38 meters.

As a RS-Sophomore in 2008-09:INDooR: Had an eighth place showing at the BIG EAST Championship in the triple jump finishing with a season best distance of 14.83 meters while placing ninth in the high jump with a height of 2.01 meters…Fin-ished third in both the high jump and triple jump at the New England Championship with a height of 1.99 meters in the high jump and 14.18 meters in the triple jump…Won the high jump with a then career best height of 2.05 meters at the Yale Invitational…Had a fourth place showing in the triple jump (13.77 meters) and a second place showing in the high jump (2.04 meters) at the Sorlein Invitational…Won the high jump at the Terrier Invitational with a height of 1.99 meters.

ouTDooR: Finished ninth at the BIG EAST Championship in the triple jump with a distance of 14.27 meters…Won the high jump at the UConn Invitational with the bar set at 1.94 meters…Had three third place showings in a row first at the Brown Invitational in the long jump launching himself 6.13 meters…Finished third at the UConn Spring Invitational in the long jump with a distance of 6.88 meters.

As a RS-Freshman in 2007-2008:INDooR: Finished in fourth place in the triple jump at the BIG EAST Championship with a jump of 14.94 meters, also turned in a ninth place showing in the high jump clearing 1.97 meters…Was the third place finisher in the triple jump at the New England Championship with a distance of 14.78 meters…Was the high jump champion at the New Balance Collegiate Invitational clearing 2.04 meters for the win…Was runner-up at the Lafayette-Rider Invitational in the triple jump with a dis-tance of 14.90 meters.

ouTDooR: Finished in 14th place at the BIG EAST Championships in the triple jump with a distance of 13.95 meters…Turned in a first place finish at the Wildcat Invitational with a height of 1.98 meters in the high jump.

As a Freshman in 2006-2007:Redshirted entire year due to injury.

HIGH SCHooL: Attended Parkland High School in Allentown, PA…Was an All-State selection and the 2005 PIAA State Champion in the high jump.

PERSoNAL: A sociology major…Born February 15, 1988.

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Allentown, Pa.

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Smithtown, N.Y.

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As a Junior in 2009-10:INDooR: Placed third in the pole vault at the IC4A Championship with a mark of 4.90 meters…Finished fourth at the BIG EAST Champion-ship in the pole vault with a height of 4.65 meters…Tied for fourth place at the New England Championship with a mark of 4.80…Finished second at the Harvard Quad after clearing 4.64 meters.

ouTDooR: Finished eighth at the BIG EAST Championship in pole vault with a mark of 4.80 meters…Finished fourth at the UC Invitational with a height of 4.65…placed 12th at the Spec Towns Invitational with a clearance of 4.65.

As a Sophomore in 2008-09:INDooR: Finished in a career best fifth place at the BIG EAST Champi-onship in the pole vault with a height of 4.80 meters…Took fourth at the New England Championship finishing with a height of 4.80 meters…Had a seventh place showing in the pole vault at the Sorlein Invitational fin-ishing with a height of 4.50 meters…Had back-to-back fourth place finishes in the pole vault first at the Terrier Invitational (4.65 meters) and then at the Harvard Quad (4.50 meters)…Finished in third place at the Lafayette/Rider Invitational in the pole vault with a career best height of 4.95 meters.

ouTDooR: Took seventh at the BIG EAST Championship in the pole vault with a height of 4.80 meters…Finished fifth in the pole vault at the IC4A Championship clearing a height of 4.80 meters…Began the season with a fourth place showing at the UConn Invitational vaulting 4.45 meters…Took fifth place at the World Famous Penn Relays in the pole vault with a height of 4.80 meters.

As a Freshman in 2007-2008:INDooR: Finished in a tie for sixth place at the BIG EAST Champion-ship in the pole vault with a height of 4.65 meters…Had a fourth place showing at the New England Championship in the pole vault clearing 4.80 meters…Earned a second place result in the pole vault at the Har-vard Select Meet with a height of 4.80 meters…Finished in third place at the Giegengack Invitational in the pole vault again clearing 4.80 meters…Earned a tie for second place at the highly competitive New Balance Col-legiate Invitational clearing 4.80 Meters in the pole vault.

ouTDooR: Finished in third place at the New England Champion-ships with a height of 4.80 meters in the pole vault…Was the winner at the UConn Springtime Invitational in the pole vault with a height of 4.57 meters…Came in third in the Eastern Division pole vault at the Penn Relays with a clearance of 4.70 meters.

HIGH SCHooL: Attended Pine-Richland High School in Gibsonia, PA…Finished in fifth place at the Outdoor State Championships in the pole vault, also finished in third in his conference with a personal record 15’ 3”…Fin-ished in third at the Indoor State Championships in the pole vault…Was an All-State selection in the pole vault.

PERSoNAL: An allied health sciences major…Born September 21, 1988.

As a RS-Junior in 2009-10:Competed at the uSA Track and Field National Championships for the second year in a row, placing 13th in the 800-meter run semifinals with a time of 1:48.27.

CRoSS CouNTRY: Finished fourth for the Huskies at the Connecticut Col-lege Invitational with a time of 26:25…Finished 10th for UConn at the Leop-ard Invitational in 28:17.

INDooR: Redshirted the 2010 Indoor Season.

ouTDooR: Finished 13th at the NCAA Championship finishing the 800-meter run in 1:47.56…Placed third at the NCAA Regional, setting a PR in the 800-meter run with a time of 1:46.63…On the school record-setting 4x800 meter relay team that came in fourth at the Penn Relays with a time of 7:18.58…Part of the winning 4x800 meter relay team at the IC4A Championship, finishing with a time of 7:23.49…Placed third in the 800-meter run (1:48.09) at the IC4A Championship…Part of the BIG EAST Champion 4x800 meter relay team that won the race in 7:27.13…Took home a second place finish in the 800-meter run at the BIG EAST Championship with a time of 1:50.07…Won the 1,500-meter run at the Spec Towns Invitational, setting a PR with a time of 3:49.34…Placed second in the 1,500-meter run at the Dogfight (3:53.45).

As a Junior in 2008-09:Competed at the uSA Track and Field National Championships in June where he had a seventh place finish in the semifinal round with a time of 1:48.24, coming across the finish line as the first collegiate runner…Finished sixth overall in the finals with a personal and UConn best time of 1:47.57.

CRoSS CouNTRY: Finished sixth among Husky runners at the Quinnipiac Dual Meet with a time of 28:11…Improved to fourth among UConn runners at the Leopard Invitational coming in with a time of 27:39.30…Finished fifth among UConn runners at the BIG EAST Championship crossing the finish line with a season best time of 27:20.

INDooR: Named the BIG EAST Track Performer of the Year after win-ning the 800-meter run with a meet record time of 1:49.17 and coming in second in the 500-meter run with a time of 1:02.90 at the BIG EAST Championship…Finished in third place at the New England Cham-pionship in the 800-meter run crossing the finish line with a time of 1:49.75…Earned All-America honors for the second straight season after finishing fourth at the NCAA Championship in the 800-meter run with a time of 1:48.58…Part of the 4x800-meter relay team that set a WORLD BEST TIME in 2009 coming in with a time of 7:20.07…The time was the fastest 4x800m time in the WORLD in 2009 and the fastest col-legiate time since 1993 and was the seventh fastest run by an Ameri-can team and 11th on the all-time collegiate list…Won the 800-meter run at the Sorlein Invitational with a time of 1:57.60 also taking second in the mile run finishing in 4:14.99…Had back-to-back wins in the 800-meter run first at the Terrier Invitational (1:50.17) and then at the Harvard Quad (1:49.26)…Took sixth at the prestigious New Balance Invitational in the 800-meter run with a time of 1:50.23…Came in second place at the Lafay-ette/Rider Invitational with a time of 1:02.95 in the 500-meter run.

As a Sophomore in 2007-2008:INDooR: Was runner-up in the 800-meter run with a time of 1:53.64 at the BIG EAST Championships, also crossed the line in fifth place in the 500-meter run with a time of 1:03.03...Won the New England Champion-ships in the 800-meter run with a time of 1:48.93 to qualify for Nationals…Earned All-American Honors in the 800-meter run at the NCAA National Championships with a time of 1:52.79…Finished in second place in the 1000-meter run at the Sorlein Invitational with a time of 2:28.25…Won the 800-meter run at the Harvard Select Meet in a time of 1:52.36…Clocked 1:03.55 for the win at the Giegengack Invitational in the 500-meter run…Was the sixth overall finisher in the 800-meter run with a time of 1:50.79 at the highly competitive New Balance Collegiate Invitational.

ouTDooR: Earned his first career title at the BIG EAST Championships in the 800-meter run with a winning time of 1:48.08…Won the New England Championships 800-meter run with a time of 1:52.34…Ran a 1:50.38 in the 800-meter run at the NCAA East Regional Championships…Turned in a fourth place finish at the LSU Tiger Relays in the 1500-meter run with a time

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of 3:59.05…Finished in third at the Miami Elite Invitational in the 800-meter run clocking 1:52.07…Ran on the 4x800 meter relay team at the Penn Re-lays that finished in 10th place in the “Championship of America” Division with a time of 7:32.68.

As a Freshman in 2006-2007:INDooR: Took second place at the BIG EAST Championships in the 800-meter run with a time of 1:52.33…Took seventh place at the New Eng-land Championships in the 800-meter run with a time of 1:54.08…Won the 800-meter run at the Reebok Boston Indoor Games with a time of 1:52.50...Won the 800-meter run at the Harvard Select Meet with a time of 1:54.30.

ouTDooR: Finished in fourth place in the 800-meter run with a time of 1:52.27 at the BIG EAST Championships...Placed 14th in the 800-meter run with a time of 1:50.39 at the NCAA East Regional Championships...Won the 400-meter dash at the UConn Alumni Invitational with a time of 49.00 seconds...Finished ninth at the Sea Ray Relays in the 800-meter run with a time of 1:51.42...Won the 800-meter run with a time of 1:50.47 at the Husky Spring Invite.

HIGH SCHooL: Attended Wilson High School in West Lawn, Pa. ...Earned four varsity letters in track and field...Was conference co-MVP in 2006...Won the conference championship in the 800-meter run in 2005 and 2006...Won the conference championship in 400-meter dash in 2006…Led team to conference championship during all four seasons on varsity...Also ran cross country and played varsity soccer for four years...Member of the Na-tional Honor Society.

PERSoNAL: An exercise science major...Born October 28, 1987.

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As a Junior in 2009-10:ouTDooR: Finished sixth in the javelin at the BIG EAST Champion-ship, recording a personal best of 61.01 meters…Placed 14th at the IC4A Championship in the javelin with a mark of 60.96 meters.

As a Sophomore in 2008-09: ouTDooR: Placed fourth in the javelin at the BIG EAST Champion-ship with a launch of 59.07 meters…Finished in ninth place with a personal best toss of 61.00 meters in the javelin at the IC4A Champi-onship…Took second at the UConn Spring Invitational launching a throw of 59.91 meters in the javelin.

As a Freshman in 2007-08: ouTDooR: Came in second in the javelin at the UConn Alumni Invitational with a toss of 56.13 meters.

HIGH SCHooL: Attended East Haven High School where he earned two track and field letters…Was named All-Area, All-State and All-New England in the javelin…Also played ice hockey where he earned four varsity letters and led the area in scoring.

PERSoNAL: An allied health sciences major…Born April 3, 1989.

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East Haven, Conn.

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As a Sophomore in 2009-10: INDooR: Won the pole vault at the Harvard Quad meet with a mark of 4.64 meters…Finished tied for sixth at the BIG EAST Championship clearing 4.65 meters…Runner-up at the New England Championship with a clearance of 4.95 meters…Placed 10th at the IC4A Championship with a mark of 4.80.

ouTDooR: Finished the season with a 10th place pole vault show-ing at the BIG EAST Championship with a clearance of 4.65 meters…Took home second place finishes at the Jerry Gravel Classic (4.64 meters), UConn Alumni Invitational (4.80) and The Dogfight (4.80 meters)…Placed seventh at the Penn Relays with a mark of 4.70 meters.

As a Freshman in 2008-09: INDooR: Placed third at the BIG EAST Championship in the pole vault with a clearance of 4.95 meters…Won the New England Cham-pionship pole vault clearing 4.95 meters…Came in 10th in the IC4A Championship with a height of 4.80 meters…Started the season with four-straight third place finishes in the pole vault, first at the Yale Invitational (4.65 meters), the Sorlein Invitational (4.80 meters), the Terrier Invitational (4.80 meters) and the Harvard Quad (4.65 meters)…Won the pole vault at the elite New Balance Collegiate Invitational with an indoor personal best height of 5.10 meters…Came in fourth at the Lafayette/Rider Invitational with a height of 4.80 meters.

ouTDooR: Turned in a sixth place performance in the pole vault at the BIG EAST Championship with an outdoor personal height of 4.95 me-ters…Started the outdoor season off with an eighth place performance at the LSU Relays clearing 4.60 meters…Was the runner up in the pole vault at the UConn Invitational with a clearance of 4.55 meters…Won the UConn Spring Invitational clearing 4.75 meters…Came in seventh in the pole vault at the World Famous Penn Relays turning in a height of 4.80 meters.

HIGH SCHooL: Attended Windham Tech High School in Willimantic where he was named All-State for two years…A two-year State Champion in the pole vault…Holds the Class S record in the pole vault…Also named to the All-New England and All-American teams…also a member of the soccer team.

PERSoNAL: A pre-kinesiology major…Born May 10, 1990.

As a Sophomore in 2009-10: ouTDooR: Placed seventh in the javelin at the BIG EAST Champion-ship with a mark of 60.68 meters…Finished second at the Jerry Gravel Classic (57.09m)…Finished sixth at the UConn Invitational with a mark of 55.63 meters.

As a Freshman in 2008-09:outdoor: Placed eighth in the javelin at the BIG EAST Champion-ship…Finished second in the javelin at the Spec Town Invitational (16.01m)…Placed fourth in the javelin at the UConn Invitational (58.55m).

PERSoNAL: A psychology major.

As a Sophomore in 2009-10: INDooR: Finished fourth in the shot put at the BIG EAST Champion-ship with a throw of 16.94 meters…Placed third at the New England Championship with a mark of 16.53 meters…Won the shot put at the Sorlein Invitational with a mark of 16.56 meters.

ouTDooR: Finished the BIG EAST Championship with a fourth place finish in the shot put (17.27m) and a ninth place finish in the discus (47.49m)…Placed fifth at the IC4A Championship in the shot put (17.30m) and 11th in the discus (47.91m)…Won the shot put event three times throughout the season, at the Jerry Gravel Classic (16.75m), UConn Invitational (17.15m) and the Penn Relays…Also finished fourth in the discus with a mark of 46.79 meters at the UConn Invitational.

As a Freshman in 2008-09:Indoor: Placed 10th in the shot put at the IC4A Invitational (16.03m)…Finished 15th in the javelin at the BIG EAST Championship (14.36m)…Placed third in the shot put at the Lafayette-Rider Invitational (16.62m)…Brought home a fourth place finish in the shot put at the Har-vard Quad (15.86m).

outdoor: Placed 10th in the weight throw (12.97m) and fourth in the shot put (15.06m) at the Yale Invitational…Finished fourth in the discus (44.84m) and third in the shot put (15.43m) at the Husky Spring Invite.

PERSoNAL: A Human Development & Family Studies major.

Matt AlexanderJunior • Pole Vault

Tolland, Conn.

Eric AlfiereJunior • Javelin

Beacon Falls, Conn.

Michael AllemanJunior • Shot Put/Discus

Scotch Plains, N.J.

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As a Redshirt Sophomore in 2009-10:INDooR: Placed fifth in the pole vault at the Harvard Quad meet with a clearance of 4.34 meters…Also brought home a fifth place finish at the Saturday Night at the Armory meet with a mark of 4.80 meters…Ended his indoor season with a 17th place finish at the New England Championship, clearing 4.35 meters.

ouTDooR: Won the javelin at the Jerry Gravel Classic with a mark of 59.17 meters…Placed fifth at the BIG EAST Championship with a throw of 61.31 meters…Set a personal best at the IC4A Championship, placing eighth with a mark of 63.10 meters…Finished second at The Dogfight with a throw of 58.28 meters…Recorded a throw of 56.67 meters at the UConn Invite for a fourth place finish…Also placed eighth in the pole vault at the UConn Invite with a clearance of 4.20 meters.

As a Sophomore in 2008-09: Redshirted both the indoor and outdoor seasons.

Dylan DombrowskiJunior • Multi-Events

Breezy Point, N.Y.

As a Junior in 2010-11CRoSS CouNTRY: Competed in just three meets, running a season best time of 27:15 to finish 32nd overall and sixth for the Huskies at the UMass Invite…Also the sixth UConn runner to finish at the Fairfield Invite, placing 25th overall.

As a Sophomore in 2009-10: INDooR: Finished fifth in the 800 meter run at the BIG EAST Champi-onship with a time of 1:53.10…Part of the 4x800 meter relay team that placed third at the BIG EAST Championship (7:32.73)…Brought home a second place finish in the 800 meter run at the New England Cham-pionship with a time of 1:52.14…Won the 800 meter run with a time of 1:56.46 at the Sorlein Invitational…On the winning distance medley relay team at the Yale Invitational (10:06.16)…Also part of the 4x800 meter relay team that placed third at the Yale Invitational with a time of 7:49.85.

ouTDooR: Part of the 4x800 meter relay team that placed first at both the BIG EAST Championship (7:27.13) and the IC4A Champion-ship (7:23.49)…Finished third in the 1500 meter run at the Jerry Gravel Classic with a time of 4:01.27…Also finished third in the 1500 meter run at the UConn Invitational (3:57.31)…Part of the distance medley relay team which placed fourth at the Penn Relays in 9:49.90.

As a Freshman in 2008-09:CRoSS CouNTRY: Finished 49th at the UMass Invitational (28:52)…Placed 55th at the Central Connecticut Mini Meet (16:17).

ouTDooR: Won the 800-meter run at the Husky Spring Invite (1:52.34)…Also won the 800-meter run at the Brown Invitational (1:56.20)…Part of the 4x800m relay which placed 3rd at the Penn Relays (7:29.27).

HIGH SCHooL: Attended Lake Forest High School.

PERSoNAL: An Economics major…Born November 30, 1990.

Tim BennatanJunior • Middle Distance

Lake Forest, Ill.

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As a Sophomore in 2009-10: INDooR: Part of the 4x800 meter relay team which placed third at the BIG EAST Championship with a time of 7:32.73…Finished sixth in the 1000 meter run at the BIG EAST Championship in 2:26.33…Won the 800 meter run with a time of 1:52.08 at the New England Champion-ship…Placed seventh in the 800 meter run at the IC4A Championship (1:51.81)…Won the 1000 meter run at the Sorlein Invitational in 2:31.31…Finished first in the 800 meter run at the Lafayette-Rider Invitational (1:53.15)…Placed second in the 1000 meter run at the Saturday Night at the Armory Invitational with a time of 2:28.56…Placed fifth at the Giegen-gack Invite in the 1000 meter run in 2:29.49.

ouTDooR: Part of the 4x800 meter relay team which placed fourth at the Penn Relays with a time of 7:18.58…Finished second in the 1500 meter run at the Jerry Gravel Classic (4:00.24) and the UConn Invitational (3:57.14).

As a Freshman in 2008-09:CRoSS CouNTRY: Finished 48th at the UMass Invitational (28:52)…Fin-ished 55th at the Central Connecticut Mini Meet (16:17).

ouTDooR: Placed 12th in the 800m (2:00.80) and fifth in the 1500 (4:06.23) at the UConn Invitational.

HIGH SCHooL: Attended Lake Forest High School…New England cham-pion in the 800m run.

PERSoNAL: An Allied Health Sciences major…Born November 30, 1990.

Alex BennatanJunior • Middle Distance

Lake Forest, Ill.





As a Sophomore in 2009-10:INDooR: Finished second at the Sorlein Invitational in the 200-meter dash with a time of 22.80…Set a then personal best in the 400-meter dash at the Saturday Night at the Armory Meet, placing seventh with a time of 49.25…Part of the second place 4x400 relay team at the Yale Invitational that finished in 3:18.41…Placed fourth and seventh in the 200-meter dash and the 60-meter dash respectively at the Harvard Quad with times of 22.79 and 7.19.

ouTDooR: Won the 400-meter dash at the Jerry Gravel Classic with a time of 49.99…Finished third in the 400-meter dash at the Dogfight, setting a personal best with a time of 48.93…Placed third in the 400-me-ter dash at the UC Invite with a time of 49.24…Was part of the 4x400 relay team that placed fourth at the BIG EAST Championship in 3:12.23, as well as the fifth place 4x100 relay team that finished in 41.30.

As a Freshman in 2008-09: INDooR: Finished ninth in the 200-meter dash at the BIG EAST Championship with a time of 22.44…Took seventh at the New England Championship in the heptathlon finishing with 4,482 points…Landed in 13th place in the long jump (6.30 meters) and 22nd place in the 400-meter dash (52.20 seconds) at the Yale Invitational…Improved to seventh place in the 400-meter dash (51.62 seconds) and 11th place in the high jump (1.89 meters) at the Sorlein Invitational…Had a seventh place finish in the heptathlon at the Crimson Multi Meet finishing with 4,163 points…Sprinted to a fifth place finish in the 200-meter dash (22.25 seconds) and 13th place in the 60-meter dash (7.09 seconds) at the Lafayette/Rider Invitational.

ouTDooR: Took fifth in the 400-meter dash at the UConn Invitational fin-ishing in 51.28…At the Spec Towns Invitational, ran to a fifth place show-ing in the 200-meter dash (21.81 seconds) and a ninth place finish in the 100-meter dash (10.86 seconds)…Had his best showing of the year at the UConn Spring Invitational finishing as the runner-up in the 200-meter dash (21.74 seconds) and taking third in the 100-meter dash (10.80 seconds).

HIGH SCHooL: Attended RHAM High School in Hebron, Conn. where he lettered in track and field, basketball and football…holds the high jump re-cord for his high school clearing 1.93 meters.

PERSoNAL: A sociology major…Born April 23, 1990.

Tyler HopsonJunior • SprintsAndover, Conn.

As a Sophomore in 2009-10:CRoSS CouNTRY: Led UConn runners once during the season, plac-ing second overall at the Fairfield Invitational…Was the third UConn runner to finish at the BIG EAST Championship, placing 62nd with a time of 27:33…Was the second Husky to cross the finish line at four races, including a second place overall finish at the Leopard Invitational with a time of 26.07.

INDooR: Won the mile run in a time of 4:17.14 at the Harvard Quad…Part of the winning 4x800 meter relay team at the New England Cham-pionship, finishing in a time of 7:40.40…Took second in the 1,000 me-ter run at the New England Championship with a time of 2:29.00…Placed 12th in the mile run at the IC4A Championship, setting a PR with a time of 4:07.88…Placed second in the 1,000-meter run at both the Lafay-ette/Rider Invitational (2:28.05) and the Giegengack Invitational (2:27.92)...Finished as the runner-up in the 3,000-meter run at the Sorlein Invitational with a time of 8:33.72.

ouTDooR: Finished 13th in the 3000-meter steeplechase at the BIG EAST Championship with a time of 9:20.20…Won the steeplechase at the UC Invitational (9:24.12) and the Dogfight (9:24.98).

As a Redshirt Freshman in 2008-09: CRoSS CouNTRY: Led the uConn team four times during the cross country season…Finished fourth overall among UConn runners at the Fairfield Invitational crossing the line in 27:46…Finished second among UConn runners at the UMass Invitational finishing in 27:32…Crossed the line first among the Huskies and second overall at the Quinnipiac Dual Meet in 26:08…Finished 1st on UConn and 41st overall at the New Eng-land Championships clocking in with a time of 25:31…Finished first among Huskies and ninth overall at the Leopard Invitational cruising to a 26:12 finish…Crossed the line first among UConn runners and 68th overall at the BIG EAST Championship with a 26:28 finish.

INDooR: Ran the anchor leg of the distance medley relay team that finished sixth in a time of 9:56.18…Also a part of the 4x800-meter re-lay team that finished fifth, crossing the line 735.92…Took 10th place in the mile run at the New England Championship coming in with a time of 4:13.05…Won the mile run at the Yale Invitational crossing the line with a time of 4:21.25…Was the runner-up in the 3000-meter race at the Sorlein Invitational finishing in 8:28.86…Finished 11th in the mile run in a season best time of 4:10.20 at the Terrier Invitational…Came in third in the 3000-meter run at the Harvard Quad with a season best time of 8:23.49.

Scott JohnsonJunior • XC/Distance

Old Lyme, Conn.

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As a Freshman in 2007-2008:INDooR: Brought home a sixth place finish from the BIG EAST Cham-pionship in the pole vault clearing a height of 4.65 meters…Was the runner-up at the New England Championship in the heptathlon with a score of 4,813 points…Finished in fourth place at the Harvard Select Meet in the pole vault clearing 4.60 meters…Turned in a ninth place finish at the Yale Giegengack Invitational with a height of 4.50 meters in the pole vault.

ouTDooR: Turned in an eighth place showing at the BIG EAST Cham-pionship scoring 6,324 points in the decathlon, also finished in 10th place in the javelin with a toss of 54.86 meters...Earned a fourth place finish at the New England Championship in the javelin with a throw of 58.39 meters…Finished in 18th in the decathlon with 5,886 points at the IC4A Championship…Placed second in the decathlon at the UConn Alumni Invitational with 6,120 points…Was the runner-up at the Brown In-vitational in the javelin with a throw of 56.83 meters, also placed fifth in the pole vault clearing 4.55 meters…Finished in first place at the UConn Springtime Invitational with a throw of 56.87 meters in the javelin, also came in 10th place in the discus throwing 36.87 meters.

HIGH SCHooL: Attended Archbishop Molloy High School in Briarwood Queens, NY…Named team captain his senior year…Earned All-State hon-ors in track and soccer…A two-time All-American in track…Ranked #3 in the United States in the open-decathlon his senior year.

PERSoNAL: A strength and conditioning major…Born March 13, 1989.





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ouTDooR: Finished 12th in the 3000-meter steeplechase in the BIG EAST Championship with a time of 9:13.92…Took eighth in the 1500-meter run at the New England Championship crossing the line in a career best time of 3:53.89…Finished 16th in the IC4A Champi-onship in the steeplechase with a season best time of 9:08.86…Won the steeplechase at the UConn Invitational with a time of 9:24.81…finished third at the Spec Towns Invitational in the 1500-meter run crossing the line in 3:57.99…Won the steeplechase at the UConn Spring Invitational finish-ing in 9:29.02.

As a Freshman in 2007-08: CRoSS CouNTRY: Took 73rd overall at the BIG EAST Championship crossing the line in a time of 26:21…Finished third on the team and 22nd overall at the Connecticut College Invitational in a season best time of 26:14…Crossed the line fourth on the team and 14th overall at the Central Connecticut Mini Meet (5k) in a time of 16:06.

HIGH SCHooL: Attended Lyme-Old Lyme High School where he earned 12 varsity letters in track…Was a two-time Shoreline Conference and Class S Connecticut State 1600-meter champion in both indoor and outdoor track…Named All-Area Athlete of the Year twice in his career and earned All-New England honors…Was the captain of the cross country, indoor and outdoor track teams in his junior and senior year.

PERSoNAL: An agriculture major…Born May 25, 1989.

As a Junior in 2009-10:INDooR: Redshirted the 2010 indoor season.

ouTDooR: Finished third in the decathlon at the IC4A Championship with a personal best, 7,016 points while placing first in the discus and long jump events…placed fifth at the BIG EAST Championship in the triple jump with a mark of 14.98 meters and tied for seventh in the long jump with a personal best distance of 7.29 meters…placed fourth in the triple jump at the Spec Towns Invitational with a mark of 15.10 meters.

As a Sophomore in 2008-09: INDooR: For the second-straight season, won the heptathlon at the BIG EAST Championship with an Armory record 5,460 points…Also finished in third place in the long jump at the BIG EAST Championship with a career best launch of 7.58 meters…Came in second place at the Crimson Multi Meet and first among college athletes with a score of 5,290 points…Won the long jump college division at the New Balance Collegiate Invitational with a distance of 7.53 meters.

ouTDooR: Redshirted the 2009 outdoor season.

As a Freshman in 2007-2008:INDooR: Became the first ever freshman in UConn history to win the heptathlon at the BIG EAST Championship with a score of 5,202 points…Finished in sixth place in the triple jump at the Yale Invitational going 13.89 meters…Was the third place finisher in the triple jump at the Harvard Select Meet with a jump of 14.50 meters…Finished in fifth place at the Giegengack Invitational in the high jump clearing 1.89 meters… Fin-ished in 14th place in the triple jump with a distance of 14.38 meters at the New Balance Collegiate Invitational…Went 7.05 meters in the long jump at the Lafayette-Rider Invitational.

ouTDooR: Was the third place finisher at the BIG EAST Championship in the decathlon with a score of 6,671 points…Finished in 13th place at the IC4A Championship in the decathlon scoring 6,262 points…Fin-ished in sixth in the 100-meter dash at the UConn Springtime Invitational with a time of 11.35 seconds, also competed in the discus finishing in 11th place with a throw of 35.71 meters and the javelin finishing in 13th with a throw of 32.06 meters…Competed in the long jump at the Wildcat Invita-tional finishing with a distance of 6.88 meters, also competed in the discus finishing with a throw of 40.94 meters.

HIGH SCHooL: Attended Morris Hills High School in Rockway, NJ…Was named team captain his senior year…Was an All-State selection 2005-2007, also an All-American selection 2005-2007…Holds the school record in the both the long jump and triple jump…Holds the Morris County record in the triple jump…Coached by Sean Robinson, John Struck, and keith Lindsley.

PERSoNAL: A kinesiology major…Born October 29, 1989.

Aaron KingJunior • Multi/Triple Jump

Wharton, N.J.




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As a Redshirt Sophomore in 2009-10:INDooR: Won the heptathlon at the New England Championship with 4,637 points…Finished seventh in the heptathlon with 4,713 points at the BIG EAST Championship…Placed eighth in the shot put at the Yale Invitational…Placed fourth in the high jump (1.73m) and fifth in the shot put (13.25m) at the Harvard Quad…Finished 11th in the heptathlon with 4,455 points at the Harvard Multi Meet.

ouTDooR: Earned a fourth place finish in the decathlon at the BIG EAST Championship with 6,604 points and a sixth place finish at the IC4A Championship with 6,610 points…Placed fourth in the shot put at the Jerry Gravel Classic with a mark of 13.38 meters…Also finished fourth in the decathlon with 6,158 points at the UConn Alumni meet.

As a Sophomore in 2008-09: Redshirted both the indoor and outdoor season.

As a Freshman in 2007-2008:INDooR: Finished in 10th place at the BIG EAST Championships in the heptathlon with a score of 4,722 points…Turned in a third place finish at the New England Championships with a score of 4,744 points in the heptathlon…Finished in ninth place in the 60-meter HH with a time of 8.80 seconds at the Harvard Select Meet…Ran a time of 8.68 seconds in the 60-meter HH at the Lafayette-Rider Invitational, also competed in the long jump finishing with a distance of 6.28 meters.

ouTDooR: Earned a sixth place result in the decathlon with a score of 6,595 points at the BIG EAST Championships…Finished in 10th place at the IC4A Championships with a score of 6,444 points in the decathlon…Finished in sixth place at the UConn Springtime Invitational in the 110-meter HH with a time of 15.55 seconds, also finished in sixth place in the javelin with a throw of 48.08 meters…Earned a second place result at the Wildcat Invitational in the 110-meter HH with a time of 15.86 seconds, also had a throw of 35.99 meters in the discus.

HIGH SCHooL: Attended Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School…Main events were triple jump, 110-meter HH, and 400-meter IH…Earned second place at the Penn Relays for the 400-meter IH his senior year, also had a personal best time of 53.11 and was third in the State…Had a personal record in the 110-meter HH of 14.61…Had a Triple Jump personal record of 46-7.5 and holds his high school record in the event…Also competed in the 200m, 400m, long jump, and high jump…Was a national qualifier during his freshman, junior, and senior seasons.

PERSoNAL: A dual-degree student-athlete in mechanical engineering and German...Born October 20, 1988.

As a Sophomore in 2009-10:INDooR: Finished third in the 200-meter dash at the BIG EAST Cham-pionship with a personal best time of 21.72, while finishing fifth in the 60-meter dash with a time of 6.85…Placed third in the 55-meter dash at the New England Championship, setting a PR with a time of 6.43…Fin-ished fourth at the New England Championship in the 200-meter dash with a time of 21.80…Won the 55-meter dash at the Sorlein Invitational in a time of 6.47…Placed first in the 60-meter dash at both the Giegengack Invitational (6.97) and the Lafayette/Rider Invitational (6.88)…Placed third in the 60-meter dash (6.87) and the 200-meter dash (22.40) at the Saturday Night at the Armory Meet.

ouTDooR: On the 4x100 meter relay team that placed fifth at the BIG EAST Championship with a time of 41.30…Finished second in the 100 meter dash at the Jerry Gravel Classic in 10.91…Won the 100 meter dash at the UConn Alumni meet with a time of 10.77…Placed third in the 200 meter dash with a time of 21.88 at the Spec Towns Invitational…Part of the third place 4x100 relay team that finished in 41.13 also at the Spec Towns Invitaitonal…Finished 15th at the IC4A Championship in the 200 meter dash with a time of 21.55.

As a Freshman in 2008-09: INDooR: Turned in a fifth place performance in the 200-meter dash at the BIG EAST Championship with a career best time of 22.06 sec-onds…Finished sixth in the 200-meter dash with a time of 22.19 sec-onds also taking eighth in the 55-meter dash in a career best time of 6.54 seconds at the New England Championship…Started his career off with a seventh place performance in the 55-meter dash at the Sorlein Invitational turning in a time of 6.58 seconds…Placed fifth in the 55-meter dash at the Terrier Invitational with a time of 6.55 seconds…Was the runner-up in the 60-meter dash (6.96 seconds) and the third place finisher in the 200-meter dash (22.58 seconds) at the Harvard Quad…Placed seventh in the 60-meter dash at the Lafayette/Rider Invitational crossing the line in 7.00 seconds.

ouTDooR: Started the outdoor season off with a second place perfor-mance in the 200-meter dash at the UConn Invitational finishing in 22.50 seconds…Placed 10th in the 200-meter dash (22.31 seconds) and 12th in the 100-meter dash (11.09) at the Spec Towns Invitational…Ran a season best time of 10.92 seconds in the 100-meter dash finishing fifth place.

HIGH SCHooL: Attended Neshominy High School in Longhorne, Pa. where he earned two track and field letters…Named All-City, All-State, All-American and the MVP of his league over his career…was the state champion in the 200-meter dash and the district champion in the 100 and 200-meter dash…also earned a combined five varsity letters in football and basketball.

PERSoNAL: A marketing major…Born April 3, 1989.

Kyle RowbothamJunior • Multi-EventsScotch Plains, N.J.

Kevin SteinbergJunior • SprintsLanghorne, Pa.






As a Sophomore in 2009-10:INDooR: Finished third in the heptathlon at the BIG EAST Champion-ship with 4,968 points…Brought home a ninth place finish in the hep-tathlon with 4,816 points at the IC4A Championship…Placed eighth at the Harvard Multi Meet with 4,617 points in the heptathlon…Finished third in the 60 meter hurdles (8.97) and seventh in the shot put (12.62 meters) at the Harvard Quad.

ouTDooR: Finished second in the decathlon at the UConn Alumni meet with 6,532 points…Placed 12th in the shot put at the Jerry Gravel Classic with a mark of 12.30 meters.

As a Freshman in 2008-09: INDooR: Finished seventh in the heptathlon at the BIG EAST Cham-pionship finishing with 5,057 points…Podiumed at the IC4A Champi-onship with a personal best 5,088 points for a third place finish…Took ninth in the high jump at the Sorlein Invitational finishing with a height of 1.89 meters also competing in the shot put with a 13th place, 12.54 meter performance…Finished fifth in the heptathlon at the Harvard Multi Meet with a score of 4,826 points…Turned in a fifth place performance in the high jump (1.95 meters) and seventh place performance in the 60-meter high hurdles (9.12 seconds) at the Harvard Quad.

ouTDooR: Landed on the podium at the BIG EAST Championship with a third place finish in the decathlon recording a career best 6,820 points…Took eighth place at the IC4A Championship in the decathlon with a score of 6,443 points…Placed third at the Bulldog Decathlon with 6,412 points…Had a fifth place showing in the high jump (1.85 meters), a sixth place finish in the javelin (45.00 meters) and a 10th place performance in the discus (30.17 meters) at the UConn Spring Invitational… Had a cou-ple of fifth place finishes in the 100-meter dash (11.16 seconds) and the pole vault (3.90 meters), also finishing 11th in the shot put (12.87 meters) at the UMass Invitational.

HIGH SCHooL: Attended Rondout Valley Central High School in Accord, N.Y. earning four varsity letters…Named the New York State Champion in the Pentathlon in 2008 and was the runner-up in 2007…A five-time Section 9 Champion and five-time MHAL Champion in the pentathlon…also earned four varsity letters each in football and basketball and was a three-year captain of the football squad.

PERSoNAL: A pre-individualized major…Born August 29, 1989.

Ben WaruchJunior • Multi-Events/Sprints

kerhonkson, N.Y.

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As a Sophomore in 2009-10:Indoor: Earned a second place finish in the heptathlon at the BIG EAST Championship with 5,094 points…Placed 12th in the shot put at the Yale Invitational with a mark of 12.18 meters.

As a Freshman in 2008-09: INDooR: Placed 18th in the high jump at the BIG EAST Champion-ships clearing 1.91 meters … Was the runner up in the Heptathlon at the New England Championship with a personal best score of 4,729 points … Took fourth in the 500-meter run at the Sorlein Invitational with a time of 1:06.18, also placing ninth in the high jump with a height of 1.89 meters … Finished sixth in the heptathlon at the Crimson Multi Meet with a score of 4,614.

ouTDooR: Had a fifth place showing in the decathlon in the BIG EAST Championship with a score of 6,533 points … Turned in a seventh place performance in the decathlon at the IC4A Championship with a personal best score of 6,577 points… Finished fourth in the Bulldog Decathlon with a score of 6,387 points … Took third in the high jump with a clearance of 1.90 meters and eighth in the discus with a toss of 36.84 meters at the UConn Spring Invitational … Placed 11th at the UMass Invita-tional in the pole vault with a height of 3.75 meters.

HIGH SCHooL:Attended Rondout Valley Central High School in Accord, N.Y. earning three varsity letters in track … Also a member of the varsity basketball and football teams earning the title of team MVP in 2007 … Earned the MHAL Scholar-Athlete award.

PERSoNAL: An environmental science major …Born August 29, 1989.

Jake WaruchJunior • Multi-Events

kerhonkson, N.Y.





As a Freshman in 2009-10:INDooR: Brought home a fourth place finish in the weight throw at the New England Championships (17.75m)…Placed 11th in the weight throw at the BIG EAST Championships (16.70m)…Finished second in the weight throw at the Sorlein Invitational (17.35m)…Placed fourth in the eight throw at the Saturday Night at the Armory meet (17.55m).

ouTDooR: Placed 10th in the hammer throw at the BIG EAST Cham-pionships (50.98m)…Finished second in the hammer throw at the Jerry Gravel Classic (51.96m)…Placed ninth in the discus (42.01m) and third in the hammer throw (52.61m) at the UConn Invitational.

HIGH SCHooL: Attended Classical High School in Providence, Rhode Island…Two-time All-American in the weight throw…Earned first team all-state honors in the discus and hammer as a senior.

PERSoNAL: An Exploratory major…Born July 16, 1991.

As a Freshman in 2009-2010:INDooR: Finished second in the 55 meter dash at the New England Championships (6.43)…Placed fourth in the 60 meter dash at the Satur-day Night at the Armory meet (6.89).

ouTDooR: Won the 200 meter dash at the Jerry Gravel Classic (22.19)…Was the first to cross the finish line in the 400 meter dash at the UConn Invitational (21.79).

PERSoNAL: An Exploratory major.

As a Freshman in 2009-2010:INDooR: Won the 1,000 meter run at the New England Championship with a time of 2:28.99…Placed 10th at the BIG EAST Championship in the 1,000 meter run in a time of 2:28.14…Finished second in the mile at the Sorlein Invitational (4:20.47)…Placed third in the 1000 meter run at the Saturday Night at the Armory meet with a time of 2:29.32…Part of the Distance Medley Relay team that placed second at the New England Championship with a time of 9:56.13…Placed seventh in the mile run (4:21.26) at the Harvard Quad.

PERSoNAL: A Marketing major.

As a Sophomore in 2010-11:CRoSS CouNTRY: Led the Huskies during three races, including four overall top-10 finishes…Ran a season best time of 25:19 to place 25th at the New England Championship…Led the Huskies to a first place finish at the Connecticut College Invite, finishing third overall…Had a season-best finish of second at the Fairfield Invite.

As a Freshman in 2009-2010:CRoSS CouNTRY: Placed 74th at the BIG EAST Championship with a time of 27:47…Finished 118th at the NCAA East Regional in 34:14…Earned an eighth place finish at the Leopard Invitational with a time of 26:32…Finished 15th at the UMass Invitational (26:25).

HIGH SCHooL: Attended Hall High School in West Hartford, CT…Was a senior captain of both the indoor and outdoor track teams...State Cham-pion in the 1600m and 4x800m relay…Earned All-Conference, All-State, and All-New England honors…Was a member of the National Honors Society.

PERSoNAL: An Exercise Science major…Born October 29, 1989.

Nick AguilaSophomore • DistanceWest Hartford, Conn.

Michael DaPiceSophomore • Distance

White Plains, N.Y.

Jesse DrinksSophomore • Sprints

Ossinging, N.Y.

Joshua FaboyedeSophomore • Throws

Providence, R.I.

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As a Freshman in 2009-2010: INDooR: Part of the 4x400 meter relay team which placed seventh at the BIG EAST Championships (3:16.87)…Placed eighth in the high jump at the BIG EAST Championships (2.01m)…Finished ninth in the high jump at the New England Championships (1.99m)…Part of the 4x400 meter relay team which placed second at the Yale Invitational (3:18.41)…Finished second in the 500 meter run at the Sorlein Invita-tional (1:05.46), while also winning the high jump with a clearance of 2.09 meters…Placed second in the high jump at the Lafayette Rider Invite (1.99m).

ouTDooR: Placed 13th in the high jump at the BIG EAST Champion-ships (1.94).


Eric FontanezSophomore • Sprints/Middle Distance

Rochester, N.Y.

As a Freshman in 2009-2010: INDooR: Finished fifth in the Heptathlon at the BIG EAST Champion-ship with 4,834 points…Placed seventh in the Heptathlon at the Harvard Multi Meet (4646).

ouTDooR: Brought home an 11th place finish in the decathlon at the BIG EAST Championship after recording 6,129 points…Placed 13th in the shot put at the Jerry Gravel Classic (12.17m).


As a Freshman in 2009-2010:ouTDooR: Brought home a ninth place finish in the javelin at the BIG EAST Championship with a mark of 58.33 meters…Placed second in the discus (42.54m) and third in the javelin (56.50m) at the Jerry Gravel Classic…Finished third in the javelin (57.76m) and 10th in the discus (41.10m) at the UConn Invitational…Brought home a sixth place finish in the javelin at the Spec Towns Invitational with a mark of 61.66 meters…Finished 19th in the javelin (58.09m) at the IC4A Championship.

HIGH SCHooL: Attended Minnechuag Regional in Wilbraham, Mass.…State champion in the javelin…Western Massachusetts champion in the discus and javelin…New England champion in the discus…School record holder in the discus and new rule javelin.

PERSoNAL: An Exploratory major…Born July 24, 1991.

Sam SmithSophomore • Multi/High Jump

Slingerlands, N.Y.

Justin SiekierskiSophomore • Throws

Wilbraham, Mass.

As a Freshman in 2009-2010: INDooR: Part of the 4x400 meter relay team which placed seventh at the BIG EAST Championship (3:16.87)…Placed fourth in the 500 me-ter run at the New England Championships (1:03.83)…Finished fifth in the 60 meter hurdles at the Yale Invitational…Won the 55 meter hurdles at the Sorlein Invitational (7.86)…Brought home a second place finish in the 500 meter run at the Lafayette Rider Invite (1:04.77).

ouTDooR: Finished eighth in the 400 meter hurdles at the BIG EAST Championship…Part of the 4x400 meter relay team which placed fourth at the BIG EAST Championship with a time of 3:12.95…Won the 110 meter (15.11) and 400 meter (55.86) hurdles at the Jerry Gravel Classic…Also won the 110 meter hurdles (15.14) at the UConn Invita-tional, while placing third in the 400 meter hurdles (54.56).


As a Freshman 2009-2010: ouTDooR: Placed third in the javelin at the BIG EAST Champion-ships with a personal best of 63.11 meters…Finished 12th in the jav-elin at the IC4A Championships (61.27m)…Placed eighth at the Spec Towns Invitational with a mark of 59.33.

PERSoNAL: A Materials Sciences and Engineering major.

Chris WhyteSophomore • Hurdles

Rahway, N.J.

Cody UngerSophomore • Javelin

Oak Ridge, N.J.

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2009-10 season review

2010 Outdoor Season

The 2010 outdoor season was highlighted by three team victories, including UConn’s first ever title at the IC4A Outdoor Champion-ship. Throughout the season, Connecticut collected 43 individual and relay titles, qualified 10 athletes for the NCAA East Regional meet and sent three Huskies to the NCAA Championship.

The team kicked off their season by winning the Jerry Gravel Clas-sic, their first of three outdoor team victories. The Huskies domi-nated the meet, winning nine out of the 14 events that they com-peted in, with Chris whyte and Mike Alleman each posting two individual victories.

Next, UConn participated in three meets that did not determine a team score, beginning with the Texas Relays in which Aaron King and Sean Smith participated in the decathlon. The Huskies then

2010 Indoor Season

Led by a core group of veterans, the 2010 UConn men’s track and field team captured their fifth straight New England Indoor Cham-pionship, along with two additional team victories. Over the course of the indoor season 20 Huskies qualified to compete at the IC4A Championship, the final event on the 2010 indoor schedule.

For the second season in a row, the Huskies opened the 2010 in-door season at the Yale Invitational, bringing home two individual titles and the distance medley relay title. UConn’s individual wins came from Pat Sampson in the weight throw and Mike Alleman in the shot put, with Sampson recording an NEICAAA qualifying throw and Alleman posting a New England qualifying throw.

The following week, the Huskies won the Sorlein Invitational for the fifth straight season, and brought home their first of three team titles during the indoor portion of the 2010 schedule. UConn fin-ished the meet with 12 titles, 24 top-3 finishers and five one-two finishes. Connecticut won four distance titles, four field events, two sprint titles and two relay titles, including Alleman and Sampson, who won the shot put and weight throw for the second consecutive meet.

UConn followed up its first place finish at the Sorlein Invitational with another victory the next week, winning the Harvard Quad. Throughout the day 16 different Huskies qualified for postseason action, with six marking IC4A qualifying times and 10 qualifying for the New England Championship. Senior Anthony Burris led UConn by winning both the 200 and 400 meter titles, and set New England qualifying times in both.

The following weekend, UConn placed fourth at the elite Saturday Night at the Armory meet, earning points in 14 of the 15 events that they competed in and recorded 12 IC4A qualifying times on the night.

To open February UConn participated in both the New Balance Collegiate Invitational and the Giegengack Invitational, splitting the team between both meets. The Huskies combined for three

titles and 11 IC4A qualifying times over the two meets, led by Dan Holst and Kevin Steinberg who were victorious in the 1,000 meter run and 60 me-ter dash respectively. The third title on the weekend came from the distance medley re-lay, with all three titles coming at the Giegen-gack Invite.

In their final tune-up before the BIG EAST Championship, the Huskies brought home three titles from the Lafayette-Rider Invi-tational. Steinberg, Steve Rochester and Alex Bennatan each

recorded a vic-tory for UConn, while six other Huskies placed in the top-two in their respec-tive events throughout the meet.

The Huskies ended the 2010 BIG EAST In-door Champi-onship with a fifth place fin-ish, and eight UConn athletes earning All-BIG EAST honors for their perfor-mances during the meet. Jake waruch had the highest finish for the Huskies, coming in second in the heptath-lon, while Ben waruch, Jamaal Smith and Steinberg each placed third in individual events. The final group of athletes to earn All-BIG EAST honors was the quartet of Holst, Alex Bennatan, Tim Ben-natan and Scott Johnson who finished third in the 4x800 meter relay.

UConn’s final team victory of the indoor season came in the form of their fifth straight New England Championship, finishing the week-end with 140 points, outscoring their closest opponent by 71 points. The Huskies recorded five first place finishes on the day, with Kyle Rowbotham, Smith, Alex Bennatan and Michael DaPice posting individual victories and the 4x800 meter relay team of A. Bennatan, Tim Bennatan, Johnson and Holst recording the lone relay title of the meet.

Throughout the 2010 indoor season, 20 Huskies qualified to com-pete at the IC4A Championship, the final indoor event of the year. Zachery Meverden was the top finisher for UConn at the meet, placing third in the pole vault. Also earning points for the Huskies were; A. Bennatan, Tyrone Faverey, J. Waruch and Alleman, who competed in the 800 meter run, triple jump, heptathlon and shot put respectively.

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2009-10 season review

2010 MEN’S CROSS COuNTRy

Led by a trio of under classmen, the 2010 UConn cross country team re-corded three top-five finishes en route to a 10th place finish at the BIG EAST

Championship and a second place finish at the IC4A Championship.

The Huskies started the season off with back-to-back second place finishes, first at the Fairfield Invitational with Nick Aguila placing second overall, then at

the UMass Invitational led by Ryan McGuire.

UConn recorded a top-10 finish at the New England Invitational for the sev-enth time in program history, placing 10th overall, led by Aguila who finished

25th.

The following week, four Huskies finished in the top-10 at the Connecticut College Invitational, leading UConn to its first victory of the season.

After two weeks away from competition, the Huskies came back with a 10th place showing at the BIG EAST Championship, led by Dan Francoeur.

Six Huskies raced at the NCAA East Regional Championship, led by the trio of McGuire, Jordan Magath and Aguila who finished one, two, three for

UConn.

UConn ended the 2010 season with a second place finish at the IC4A Cham-pionship, led once again by the trio of McGuire, Magath and Aguila who had

top-12 finishes for the Huskies.

2010 Cross CountrySeason Review

took part in the UConn Alumni Invitational and the Spec Towns Invitational, earning 12 individual and two relay titles over the three meets.

The Huskies returned to Storrs in the middle of April for their final home meet of the season, de-feating Albany 122-78. Kyle Duggan’s first place pole vault mark ranked him 21st nationally at the time, while Brian Gagnon won the 800 me-ter run with a time that ranked him in the top-10 in the east region. Nine other Huskies and the 4x100 meter relay team combined for 13 titles, as UConn won 15 of the 19 events during the meet.

After two days of competition at the World Fa-mous Penn Relays, the Huskies returned home with a school record and four top-five perfor-mances. Alleman and Marquis Thomas were the lone individuals to finish in the top-five, Alleman winning the shot put and Thomas placing second in the high jump. Both the distance medley and the 4x800 meter relay teams posted fourth place finishes, with the 4x800 quartet of Alex Benna-tan, Dan Holst, Mike Rutt and Gagnon setting a school record with a time of 7:18.58.

Behind two individual titles and one relay title the Huskies finished the BIG EAST Outdoor Champi-onship with a fourth place standing. Smith, who was named the 2010 BIG EAST Outstanding Field Performer, defended his title in the decath-lon while Gagnon won the 800 meter run. The 4x800 meter relay team also placed first, while seven other UConn athletes and two relays re-corded top-five performances during the cham-pionship.

Two weeks after placing fourth at the BIG EAST Championship the Huskies won the IC4A Cham-pionship, earning their first ever IC4A outdoor title. Gagnon was victorious in the 800 meter run, picking up his second IC4A title in the event. The 4x800 meter relay once again brought home a first place finish, while seven other Huskies re-corded top-five finishes helping UConn to its third outdoor victory of the season.

Nine Huskies qualified for the NCAA East Re-gional meet during 2010, led by Rutt and Gagnon who each advanced to the NCAA Championship in the 800 meter run. Alleman also qualified for the Huskies, finishing 15th in the shot put, just missing the cut for the NCAA meet. will Sand-ers, Tyrone Faverey and Thomas also advanced to the finals of the regional meet, placing 30th in the steeplechase, 39th in the triple jump and 26th in the high jump respectively.

The trio of Gagnon, Rutt and Smith represented UConn at the NCAA Championship following their performances at the East Regional meet. Gagnon and Rutt placed 12th and 13th in the semifinals of the 800 meter run while Smith finished 19th in the decathlon in his final meet as a Husky.




2009-10 toP PerformanCes

Name Time/Dist. Meet Name DateHigh JumpMarquis Thomas 2.10 Penn Relays April 23Tyrone Faverey 2.05 Spec Towns Invitational April 9Pole VaultKyleDuggan 5.21 TheDogfight April17Matt Alexander 4.80 Alumni Invitational April 2Long JumpAaron King 7.29 BIG EAST Championship April 30TyroneFaverey 7.06 TheDogfight April17Triple JumpTyrone Faverey 15.10 IC4A Championship May 14Aaron King 14.98 BIG EAST Championship April 30Shot PutMike Alleman 17.67 Penn Relays April 20DiscusMikeAlleman 49.67 TheDogfight April17Justin Siekierski 44.03 BIG EAST Championship April 30Hammer ThrowPatrick Sampson 57.39 Jerry Gravel Classic March 27Joshua Faboyede 52.61 UConn Invitational April 2JavelinCody Unger 63.11 BIG EAST Championship April 30Dylan Dombrowski 63.10 IC4A Championship May 14DecathalonSean Smith 7,370 BIG EAST Championship April 30Aaron King 7,016 IC4A Championship May 14

Name Time/Dist. Meet Name Date100m DashJesseDrinks 10.52 TheDogfight April17KevinSteinberg 10.62 TheDogfight April17200m DashKevin Steinberg 21.55 IC4A Championship May 14Jesse Drinks 21.79 UConn Invitational April 3400m DashStevenRochester 48.51 TheDogfight April17Kyle Hopson 49.24 Alumni Invitational April 2800m RunMichael Rutt 1:46.63 NCAA Championship May 27Brian Gagnon 1:46.99 NCAA Championship May 271500m RunMichael Rutt 3:49.34 Spec Towns Invitational April 9Brian Gagnon 3:50.13 Spec Towns Invitational April 9400m Inter. HurdlesAnthony Burris 51.93 IC4A Championship May 14Chris Whyte 52.43 BIG EAST Championship April 303000m SteeplechaseWilliam Sanders 8:51.27 IC4A Championship May 14Scott Johnson 9:20.20 BIG EAST Championship April 304 x 100m RelayUConn 41.13 Spec Towns Invitational April 94 x 400m RelayUConn 3:12.23 BIG EAST Championship April 304 x 800m RelayUConn 7:18.58 Penn Relays April 20

2010 Husky Top Outdoor Performances

Name Time/Dist. Meet Name Date4 x 400m RelayUConn 3:16.87 BIG EAST Championship Feb. 204 x 800m RelayUConn 7:32.31 BIG EAST Championship Feb. 204,000 Distance MedleyUConn 10:06.13 Yale Invitational Jan. 9High JumpEric Fontanez 2.09 Sorlein Invitational Jan. 16Jacob Waruch 1.98 Harvard Quad Jan. 23Pole VaultMatthew Alexander 4.95 New England Championship Feb. 26Zachary Meverden 4.90 IC4A Championship March 6Long JumpTyrone Faverey 6.67 Harvard Quad Jan. 23Jacob Waruch 6.57 BIG EAST Championship Feb. 20Triple JumpJamaal Smith 15.15 BIG EAST Championship Feb. 20Tyrone Faverey 14.58 New England Championship Feb. 26Shot PutMake Alleman 16.56 Sorlein Invitational Jan. 16Ben Waruch 13.38 Harvard Multi Meet Jan. 29Weight ThrowJoshua Faboyede 18.15 Harvard Quad Jan. 23Patrick Sampson 17.39 Sorlein Invitational Jan. 16HeptathalonJacob Waruch 4,887 Harvard Multi Meet Jan. 29Sam Smith 4,646 Harvard Multi Meet Jan. 29

Name Time/Dist. Meet Name Date60m DashKevin Steinberg 6.87 Saturday Night at the Armory Jan. 30Jesse Drinks 6.89 Saturday Night at the Armory Jan. 30200m DashKevin Steinberg 21.72 BIG EAST Championship Feb. 20Anthony Burris 22.26 Harvard Quad Jan. 23400m DashSteven Rochester 48.33 New England Championship Feb. 26Anthony Burris 48.70 New England Championship Feb. 26500m DashSteven Rochester 1:04.09 Saturday Night at the Armory Jan. 30Anthony Burris 1:05.34 Sorlein Invitational Jan. 16800m RunTim Bennatan 1:51.02 Giegengack Invitational Feb. 5Alex Bennatan 1:51.58 IC4A Championship March 61000m RunAlex Bennatan 2:28.56 Saturday Night at the Armory Jan. 30Michael Dapice 2:29.32 Saturday Night at the Armory Jan. 301 Mile RunScott Johnson 4:07.88 IC4A Championship March 6Artem Skobrev 4:14.97 Giegengack Inviational Feb. 53000m RunScott Johnson 8:33.72 Sorlein Invitational Jan. 16Ryan King 8:41.86 Giegengack Invitational Feb. 560m HurdlesChris Whyte 8.43 Saturday Night at the Armory Jan. 30Jacob Waruch 8.62 Harvard Multi Meet Jan. 29

2010 Husky Top Indoor Performances

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big east CHamPionsHiPs

1980 Indoor1982 Outdoor1997 Indoor2002 Indoor

2002 Outdoor

BIG EAST Team Champions

2004 Indoor2006 Indoor2008 Indoor2009 Indoor

BIG EAST ChampionshipOutstanding Performers

2010 Sean Smith Outstanding Outdoor Field Performer2009 Mike Rutt Outstanding Indoor Track Performer2006 Joel Legare Outstanding Outdoor Track Performer2004 Logan Jones Outstanding Indoor Track Performer2004 Will Thomas Outstanding Indoor Field Performer2003 Will Thomas Outstanding Outdoor Field Performer2002 Elliot Blount Outstanding Indoor Track Performer2000 Ray Wilks Outstanding Indoor Field Performer1999 Ray Wilks Outstanding Outdoor Field Performer1999 Ray Wilks Outstanding Indoor Field Performer1998 Ray Wilks Outstanding Outdoor Field Performer1997 Dudley Dorival Outstanding Indoor Track Performer1997 Wali Muhammad Outstanding Indoor Field Performer1996 Ray Wilks Outstanding Outdoor Field Performer1996 Wali Muhammad Outstanding Indoor Field Performer1990 Andrew Cary Outstanding Indoor Performance

Will Thomas

BIG EAST Relay Champions1999: Outdoor 4x800 M Relay

(K. Smith, D. Coleman, K. Jensen, E. Blount)2004: Indoor 4x800M Relay

(M. Feldman, E. Campbell, J. Legare, K. Goglas)2006: Outdoor 4x800M Relay

(B. Gagnon, M. Feldman, S. Iannaccone, J. Legare)2007: Outdoor 4x100M Relay

(A. Pomo, K. Ndu, E. Campbell, B. Campbell)2010: Outdoor 4x800M Relay

(D. Holst, T. Bennatan, M. Rutt, B. Gagnon)

Ray Wilks

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Andy BessetteU.S.1980

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Glenn Allen 1998 Outdoor Hammer ThrowCary Andrew 1992 Indoor Shot PutDaron Armstrong 1987 Outdoor Pole Vault 1988 Outdoor Pole Vault 1989 Indoor Pole Vault 1989 Outdoor Pole Vault 1990 Indoor Pole VaultSean Berg 2007 Indoor HeptathalonElliott Blount 2000 Indoor 800m 2002 Indoor 500m 2002 Indoor 800mDave Bradford 1980 Outdoor Hammer Throw 1981 Indoor Weight Throw 1981 Outdoor Hammer ThrowEric Callaghan 1995 Indoor High Jump 1995 Outdoor High JumpBasil Campbell 2006 Outdoor 110m Hurdles 2008 Indoor 200m Dash 2008 Outdoor 200m DashAndrew Carey 1989 Outdoor Shot Put 1990 Indoor Shot Put 1990 Outdoor Shot Put 1991 Outdoor Shot PutMike Christie 1987 Indoor Triple JumpMichael Christy 1994 Indoor Long Jump 1995 Outdoor Long Jump 1995 Outdoor Triple Jump 1996 Indoor Long JumpTim Corbitt 1989 Indoor High JumpRaffael Craig 2000 Indoor PentathlonMike Deibler 2002 Indoor High Jump 2002 Outdoor High Jump 2003 Indoor High Jump 2003 Outdoor High JumpDudley Dorival 1994 Indoor 55m Hurdles 1994 Outdoor 110m Hurdles 1995 Indoor 55m Hurdles 1996 Indoor 55m Hurdles 1996 Outdoor 110m Hurdles 1997 Indoor 55m Hurdles 1997 Indoor 200m 1997 Outdoor 110m HurdlesAndrew Dubs 2007 Outdoor Shot Put 2008 Indoor Shot Put 2008 Outdoor Shot Put 2009 Indoor Shot PutSean Earle 1997 Indoor High JumpMichael Gagne 1985 Indoor 5,000mBrian Gagnon 2007 Outdoor 800m 2008 Indoor 800m 2010 Outdoor 800mEllis Gaulden 2006 Indoor High Jump 2008 Indoor High JumpMark Godoy 2004 Indoor Triple JumpJim Hopson 1980 Indoor High Jump 1980 Outdoor High Jump 1981 Indoor High Jump 1981 Outdoor High Jump 1982 Indoor High Jump 1982 Outdoor High Jump 1983 Indoor High Jump 1983 Outdoor High JumpDaniel Hutcherson 2004 Outdoor High JumpRay James 1980 Indoor 55m 1980 Outdoor 100m 1981 Indoor 55m 1981 Outdoor 100mMark Jellison 2001 Indoor Pentathlon

Logan Jones 2004 Indoor 800mCraig Kelly 1998 Outdoor JavelinSteven Keyes 1983 Outdoor Long JumpAaron King 2008 Indoor Heptathlon 2009 Indoor HeptathlonTravis Landreth 1997 Cross CountryErik Ledder 1990 Outdoor Javelin 1991 Outdoor JavelinJoel Legare 2006 Indoor 1,000m 2006 Outdoor 800mSteve Malavich 1980 Indoor Weight ThrowLaban Marsh 2001 Indoor 60m 2001 Indoor Pole VaultChris Mazza 2001 Outdoor Pole Vault 2002 Outdoor Pole Vault 2003 Indoor Pole Vault 2004 Indoor Pole VaultRich McCarthy 1992 Outdoor JavelinJoe Mendel 2002 Outdoor 400m 2003 Indoor 400mWali Muhammad 1995 Indoor Long Jump 1995 Indoor Triple Jump 1996 Indoor Pentathlon 1997 Indoor PentathlonFrazer Pehmoeller 1982 Outdoor Shot Put 1983 Indoor Weight ThrowPaul Pisano 2002 Outdoor Javelin 2003 Outdoor Javelin 2004 Outdoor JavelinCorey Pusey 2001 Outdoor Shot PutJake Radzevich 2007 Indoor Pole Vault 2007 Outdoor Pole VaultPat Rubega 1986 Outdoor Pole VaultRob Rubega 1980 Indoor Pole Vault 1981 Indoor Pole VaultMike Rutt 2008 Outdoor 800m 2009 Indoor 800mSteve Santoli 1998 Indoor Weight ThrowSean Smith 2009 Outdoor Decathlon 2010 Outdoor DecathlonWilliam Thomas 2001 Outdoor Decathlon 2002 Indoor Pentathlon 2002 Outdoor Decathlon 2003 Indoor Pentathlon 2003 Outdoor Decathlon 2004 Indoor Heptathlon 2005 Outdoor Decathlon 2005 Outdoor High JumpCharles Thompson 1981 Outdoor Long Jump 1982 Indoor Long JumpRay Wilks 1996 Outdoor Discus Throw 1996 Outdoor Shot Put 1998 Indoor Shot Put 1998 Outdoor Discus Throw 1998 Outdoor Shot Put 1999 Indoor Shot Put 1999 Outdoor Discus Throw 1999 Outdoor Shot Put 2000 Indoor Shot Put 2000 Outdoor Discus Throw 2000 Outdoor Shot PutDan Wilson 1998 Indoor Mile Run 2000 Outdoor 1,500m 2002 Indoor 1000mJohn Whitehead 1984 Outdoor Pole Vault 1985 Indoor Pole Vault 1985 Outdoor Pole Vault

BIG EAST Individual Conference Champions





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Indoor Track And FieldRecords

Event Mark Athlete(s) Year60 Yard 6.16 Raymond James 198155 Meter 6.21 Raymond James 198060 Meter 6.78 Laban Marsh 200160 Yard Hurdle 7.4 Gene Givens 1959 John Copeland 1966 Peter Lacaillade 1970 Paul Murphy 1974 Joseph LeMay 197755 Meter Hurdle 7.16 Dudley Dorival 199660 Meter Hurdle 7.72 Dudley Dorival 1997440 Yard 49.2 David Kent 1979200 Meter 21.12 Basil Campbell 2006300 Meter 33.81 Bill Oliverson 1987400 Meter 46.69 Joe Mendel 2002500 Meter 1:02.42 Joel Legare 2006600 Yard 1:09.8 Daryl King 1977880 Yard 1:53.91 Mike England 1983800 Meter 1:47.92 Joel Legare 20061000 Yard 2:10.0 Alden Miner 19761000 Meter 2:22.58 Joel Legare 20041500 Meter 3:51.36 Mike Gagne 1985Mile 4:01.32 Dan Wilson 20023000 Meter 8:05.96 Gary Giffen 1992Two Mile 8:40.2 Mike Gagne 1985Three Mile 14:18.2 Tim DeValve 19815,000 Meter 14:13.89 Georg Diettrich 19944x440 Yard 3:18.0 Pat Walker 1973 Relay Mike Goe Rich Fetzer Steve Hulme 4x400 Meter 3:11.68 Adebo Oshodi 1998 Relay Trevor Sykes Elliott Blount Haven Barnes4x880 Yard 7:39.9 Bob Dederer 1973 Relay Fred Steigert Francis Brough James Verdon 4x800 Meter 7:20.09 Dan Holst 2009 Relay Steven Iannaccone Michael Rutt Brian GagnonDistance Medley 9:42.58 Kevin Jensen 2000 Relay (Yards) Haven Barnes Elliott Blount Dan Wilson Distance Medley 9:33.85 Kevin Jensen 2000 Relay (Meter) Haven Barnes Elliott Blount Dan Wilson220 Meter Shuttle 30.5 Alex Davis 1990 Hurdles Relay Charles Werner Scott Mitchell Dave Tabon High Jump 2.24 (7-4.25) James Hopson 1982Long Jump 7.53 (24-8.50) Andy Bilmanis 1999Triple Jump 15.94 (52-3.50) Mike Christie 1987Shot Put 18.84 (61-9.75) Ray Wilks 199935 lb. Weight 20.34 (66-8.75) Steve Santoli 1998Pole Vault 5.25 (17-2.75) Chris Mazza 2003Pentathlon 4059 pts. Will Thomas 2001Heptathlon 5658 pts Will Thomas 2004

Outdoor Track And FieldRecords

Event Mark Athlete Year100 Yard 9.6 Heyward Woodward 1973100 Meter 10.44 Raymond James 1981120 Yard 14.1 Paul Murphy 1975Hurdles110 Meter 13.48 Dudley Dorival 1997Hurdles220 Yard 21.1 Gene Givens 1957200 Meter 20.91 Basil Campbell 2007440 Yard 48.0 Daryl King 1975400 Meter 45.94 Joe Mendel 2003440 Yard 51.0 David Kent 1979Hurdle400 Meter 51.11 Anthony Burris 2009Hurdle880 Yard 1:50.8 Alden Miner 1975800 Meter 1:47.57 Mike Rutt 20091500 Meter 3:39.71 Dan Wilson 20003000 Meter 8:35.19 Dan Wilson 2000Steeplechase 8:45.32 Christer Malm 1991Mile 4:00.79 Dan Wilson 2000Two Mile 8:59.5 Richard Spurling 1970Three Mile 13:52.8 John Vitale 19705000 Meter 13:57.5 Mike Gagne 1985Six Mile 29:01.8 John Vitale 197010,000 Meter 29:22.92 Georg Diettrich 1994High Jump 2.25 (7-4.50) James Hopson 1983 Long Jump 7.69 (25-2.75) Mike Christy 1996 Triple Jump 15.95 (52-4.00) Mike Christy 1995Pole Vault 5.18 (17-00.00) Jake Radzevich 2006Shot Put 18.57 (60-11.25) Ray Wilks 1999Hammer 65.10 (213-7.00) Andy Bessette 1975Discus 55.76 (182-11.00)Ray Wilks 2000Javelin (old) 73.48 (241-1.00) Reid Crawshaw 1961 (new) 77.47 (254-1.00) Paul Pisano 2004Decathlon (old) 7821 pts. Ronald Evans 1973 (new) 7894 pts. Will Thomas 2003

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Outdoor Relay Records

Event Mark Athlete Year

4X110 Yard 41.7 David Parsons 1981 Charles Thompson Bernard Vogel Raymond James4X100 Yard 40.75 Rick Gross 2002 Adebo Oshodi Joe Mendel Chris Charles4X110 Meter 55.65 Mike Christy 1995Shuttle Hurdles Errol Buggs Rich Miller Dudley Dorival4X220 Yard 1:27.3 William Parkton 1973 Michael Goe William Thorne Patrick Walker4X200 Meter 1:25.00 Adebo Oshodi 2002 Chris Charles Joe Mendel Ernest Holloway4X440 Yard 3:15.4 Patrick Walker 1973 Steven Hulme Richard Fetzer Michael Goe4X400 Meter 3:10.24 Adebo Oshodi 2002 Gabe DeLeon Elliott Blount Joe Mendel4X880 Yard 7:40.4 Francis Brough 1973 Robert Dederer William Cantin Steven Hulme4X800 Meter 7:21.10 Karl Smith 1999 Dave Coleman Kevin Jensen Elliott Blount4X1 Mile 17:33.9 William Cantin 1973 Robert Dederer John Hunt Robert McCuskerDistance Medley 9:33.02 Kevin Jensen 2000(Meter) Haven Barnes Elliott Blount Dan WilsonSprint Medley 3:26.6 440 Jay Sher 1970(Yard) 220 Robert Edwards 220 Vincent Clemens 880 J. Steven FlanaganSprint Medley 3:23.53 400 Bill Oliverson 1990(Metric) 200 Steve Francis 200 Dave Howley 800 John McGowan

Hugh S. Greer Field House Records

Event Mark Athlete (School), Date

55 Meter 6.43 Laban Marsh (UConn), 1/8/00200 Meter 22.50 Latif Thomas (UConn), 1/6/99400 Meter 49.56 Adebo Oshodi (UConn), 1/6/99500 Meter 1:03.44 Joe Mendel (UConn), 1/31/03800 Meter 1:51.67 Joel Legare(UConn), 1/31/031000 Meter 2:28.05 Elliot Blount (UConn), 1/8/00Mile 4:13.16 Kevin Jensen (UConn), 1/8/003000 Meter 8:30.09 Dan Wilson (UConn), 1/8/0055 Meter Hurdle 7.45 Rick Gross (UConn), 1/31/03 Colin Aina (Rhode Island), 1/31/034x400 Meter Relay 3:20.52 (UConn), 1/6/994x800 Meter Relay 7:50.67 (UConn), 1/6/99High Jump 6-9.75 Will Thomas (UConn), 12/6/03Pole Vault 15-11 Joe DiCola (UConn), 12/5/03Long Jump 25-3.25 Christian Haar (Manhattan), 1/6/99Triple Jump 50-2.50 Christian Haar (Manhattan), 1/6/99Shot Put 61-7.00 Ray Wilks (UConn), 1/8/00Weight Throw 66-3.75 Jacob Freeman (Manhattan), 1/8/00Heptathlon 5266 Kyle Calvo (Penn), 1/7/06

George J. Sherman Family SportsComplex Records

Event Mark Athlete (School), Date

100 Meter 10.48 Marvin Regis (Seton Hall), 5/3/03200 Meter 21.01 Carlos Bedoya (Villanova), 5/4/03400 Meter 45.28 Obra Hogans (Seton Hall), 5/3/03800 Meter 1:49.00 Jesse O’Connell (Georgetown), 5/4/031500 Meter 3:44.67 Dan Wilson (UConn), 4/20/023000 Meter 8:30.08 Chris Longo (Iona), 4/10/995000 Meter 13:59.38 Luke Watson (Notre Dame), 5/5/0210,000 Meter 28:55.67 Ryan Shay (Notre Dame), 5/4/023110 Meter Hurdle 13.76 Dudley Dorival (UConn), 4/20/96400 Meter Hurdle 49.90 Nicholas O’Brien (Villanova), 5/4/033000 Meter SC 8:37.61 Luke Watson (Notre Dame), 5/4/024x100 Meter-Relay 40.55 Miami, 5/4/034x400 Meter-Relay 3:08.98 Seton Hall, 5/5/024x800 Meter-Relay 7:23.53 UConn, 5/7/06High Jump 2.20(7-2.5) Tone Belt (Louisville), 5/6/06Pole Vault 5.37 (17-7.25) Keith Highman (Pittsburgh), 5/7/06Long Jump 7.83 (25-8.25) Tone Belt (Louisville), 5/6/06Triple Jump 16.44 (53-11.25) Josh Rollins (Georgetown), 5/5/02Shot Put 18.38 (60-3.75) Ray Wilks (UConn), 4/17/99Discus 57.21 (188-8.00) Robert McDade (Villanova), 5/6/06Hammer Throw 69.96 (229-6.00) Gerald Ingalls (Army), 4/20/96Javelin 71.10 (233-3.00) Paul Pisano (UConn), 5/5/02Decathlon 7819 Will Thomas (UConn), 5/4/03





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UConn all-ameriCans

Charles Robbins, Cross Country, 1942William Tribou, Cross Country, 1942

Bruno Giordano, Cross Country, 1951Lew Steiglitz, Cross Country, 1957

Reid Crawshaw, Javelin, 1961Andrew Yuen, 35lb. Weight, 1966, 1967

Robert Birdsey, 35lb. Weight, 1967Alfred Paliwoda, 35lb. Weight, 1970

Ronald Evans, Decathlon, 1972, 1973Andy Bessette, Hammer Throw, 1973, 1974, 1975

35lb. Weight, 1975Raymond Jones, Sprints, 1981

James Hopson, High Jump, 1983Andy Ball, Cross Country, 1990

Dudley Dorival, 110m Hurdles, 1995, 1996, 199755m Hurdles, 1996

Travis Landreth, Cross Country, 1997Steve Santoli, 35lb. Weight, 1998

Ray Wilks, Shot Put, 1999Haven Barnes, Distance Medley, 2000Elliot Blount, Distance Medley, 2000Kevin Jensen, Distance Medley, 2000Dan Wilson, Distance Medley, 2000

Cross Country, 2000, 2001Mile, 2002, 1500m, 2002

Joe Mendel, 400m, 2002, 2003Paul Pisano, Javelin, 2002, 2003

Will Thomas, Decathlon, 2002, 2003Heptathlon, 2004

Mike Deibler, High Jump, 2003Logan Jones, 800m, 2004

Joel Legare, 800m, 2004, 2006Brian Gagnon, 800m, 2008, 2009

Mike Rutt, 800m, 2008, 2009Marquis Thomas, High Jump, 2009

UConnall-ameriCans

Ronald Evans Andrew Yuen

Andy Bessette Dudley Dorival

Brian Gagnon

Joe Mendel

Haven Barnes

Mike Deibler

Marquis Thomas

Paul Pisano

Dan Wilson

Ray Wilks

Mike Rutt

RANKED AMONg ThE TOp 30 pubLIC uNIvERSITIES IN ThE COuNTRyFor the 12th consecutive year, U.S. News and World Report ranked UConn the top public university in New England and among the top 30 public universities in the nation. The Fiske Guide to Colleges declares, “Quality teaching is the trademark of a UConn education.” Bolstered by this national recognition and academic prestige, the value of a UConn degree continues to soar.

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21ST-CENTuRy AMENITIESNow is a tremendously exciting time to attend UConn. A $2.8 billion landmark building program is dramatically transforming the places where students live, learn, and enjoy life. Through new construction and renovation, UConn offers the latest innovations nationally in university housing and dining and extensive recreational complexes. Classrooms and laboratories are being built at a remarkable rate, placing our facilities at the forefront of public higher education and propelling UConn to a position of national prominence.

ThE RIghT FITWith a student/faculty ratio of 18:1, 21,496 undergraduate students receive personal attention and tailored academic advising. UConn also offers the opportunities of a premier research university, such as hands-on experience working in labs with professors who not only teach our courses, but who also are on the cutting edge of innovation and discovery.

WORLD-CLASS FACuLTyFrom writers and scientists to human rights activists and historians, our more than 1,300 full-time faculty members are committed to classroom teaching. Fostering a dynamic learning environment, they share research opportunities with high-achieving undergraduates. Our faculty include English professor Regina Barreca, whose humor appears in nationally published columns. Amii Omara-Otunnu, holder of the first and only UNESCO chair in human rights in the United States, provides pivotal leadership for the UConn-African National Congress Partnership.

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uNLIMITED OppORTuNITIES FOR INvOLvEMENT

Yoga. UConn Student Television. Fraternities and sororities. Film. Marching Band. Finance Society. Skydiving. Dance Team. Community Outreach. Choosing from more than 450 clubs and volunteer organizations, UConn students actively participate in campus and community life. Our students make governing decisions, plan events, organize intramural teams, host their own radio shows – and so much more.

OuTSTANDINg RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES

UConn has among the highest percentage of students living on campus of any major public university in the country. Residential life at UConn offers a distinct sense of community, as well as many social and cultural opportunities. We offer new students a range of dining options and accommodations, while offering upper-division students the latest in suite-style and apartment living. Fully wired residence halls come complete with study rooms, computer labs, and lounge areas.

MORE ThAN 100 MAjORSChoices abound. Whether it’s education, engineering, English, or environmental science, UConn has something for everyone. Students select an established major or design an individualized plan of study to meet their specific needs. UConn takes pride in offering all students, including those enrolled in our distinctive Honors Program, the opportunity to pursue a major in any of the University’s 100+ programs of study. In addition to academic advisers, online study tools, and tutorial centers, UConn offers career counseling workshops, Study Abroad programs, and internships that offer valuable experience. The University of Connecticut offers many academic choices, yet remains committed to providing students with the support needed to help them achieve their goals.

AN ExCEpTIONAL EDuCATIONAL vALuE

Kiplinger’s Personal Finance ranks UConn in the top 35 for best value in public colleges. Whether your long-range goals are preparing for a career, pursuing a graduate degree, or attending medical or law school, “students can receive a stellar education without graduating with a mountain of debt”. UConn has a variety of programs to help many students financially, ranging from merit scholarship opportunities to need-based financial aid packages, all designed to support a large number of qualified students. The University also has many part-time campus jobs with flexible hours that help students earn extra spending money or build their résumé with hands-on work experience.

LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION

With our main campus in Storrs, we’re a major academic institution that values its small-town roots. Students enjoy the familiarity of an intimate academic institution, while being just a short drive from major cities. UConn’s regional campuses are strategically placed across the state in Avery Point, Farmington, Stamford, Torrington, Waterbury, and West Hartford, offering a quality education to meet our students’ distinct needs.

huSKyMANIADivision I in all sports, we have a variety of men’s and women’s varsity athletics. Home of Huskymania, sports at UConn include baseball, basketball, cross country, field hockey, football, golf, ice hockey, lacrosse, rowing, soccer, softball, swimming and diving, tennis, indoor and outdoor track, and volleyball. Since 1995, UConn athletic teams have captured 10 NCAA national championships, including unprecedented dual men’s and women’s basketball championships in 2004 —the first University to do so in NCAA Division I history. UConn’s standard of athletic excellence extends to the gridiron, where the Huskies, who have played in three-straight bowl games, play for sellout crowds of 40,000 roaring football fans at the ultra-modern Rentschler Field.

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STuDENT QuALITy• More than 29,000 students enrolled, repre-

senting nearly every state in the nation and more than 100 countries.

• Average SAT scores for incoming freshmen at Storrs are up over 100 points since 1996 and are now 1212 (critical reading and math only).

• The 406 students UConn welcomed into its Honors Program in 2009 had an average SAT score of 1393.

• Minority students make up 21% of the 2009 in-coming class.

• Since 1995, 1,169 valedictorians and salutatori-ans have enrolled at all campuses. In fall 2009, 43 percent of freshmen entering the Storrs cam-pus were ranked in the top 10 percent of their high school class and 83 percent were ranked in the top 25 percent of their class.

• 92% of all freshman and 94% of all students of color return for their sophomore year.• Nearly 50 percent of student-athletes earned a 3.0 or better grade point av-erage last year and 24 student-ath-letes had a 4.0 grade point average in the fall and/or spring semesters.

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gETTINg INvOLvED• UConn offers more than 450 student clubs and organizations.• In 2009, more than 46,000 students can choose from more than

200 Study Abroad programs in 65 countries.• Cooperative education programs and internships integrate

classroom learning and work experience in business, industry, and public service.

ATTRACTIONS• In 2008, more than 45,000 prospective students and their families embarked on

tours of the UConn campus from the Lodewick Visitors Center, the gateway to the unique facilities that define the University’s 4,000-acre main campus.

• Visitors may enjoy lodging, dining, and relaxing in the Nathan Hale Inn, our on-campus hotel and conference facility.

• With more than 3 million volumes, the Homer Babbidge Library is the intellectual hub of the Storrs campus. In fact, the Association of Research Libraries ranks UConn’s library system the top public research library in New England.

• UConn’s Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts showcases the region’s most noteworthy dramatic events. It stages professional touring attractions that range from Broadway musicals to intimate cabarets.

• The collections of the William Benton Museum of Art include more than 5,500 pieces; the museum features a gallery exclusively dedicated to presenting hu-man rights-oriented visual arts, as well as an outdoor meditation sculpture gar-den.

• Housed in UConn’s Museum of Natural History, the Connecticut Archaeology Center explores the natural and cultural history of southern New England.

• The J. Robert Donnelly Husky Heritage Sports Museum features photos, videos, plaques, banners, uniforms, and NCAA National Championship trophies.

ED STROSNICKSeniorJavelin

DAN HOLSTSeniorMid-Distance

ZACH MEVERDENSeniorPole Vault

KYLE EDMONDSSeniorHurdles

2011 senior class

returing big east champions

AARON KINGJunior2008 Indoor – Heptathlon2009 Indoor – Heptathlon

MIKE RUTTSenior2008 Outdoor – 800-Meter2009 Indoor – 800-Meter

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