2011 Army Track & Field Guide by Army West Point Athletics

2011 ARMY TRACK AND FIELD SCHEDULE INDOOR

JANUARY 7&8

CROWELL OPEN

WEST POINT, N.Y.

SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE ARMORY

NEW YORK, N.Y.

HARVARD CHALLENGE

BOSTON, MASS.

SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE ARMORY II

NEW YORK, N.Y.

NAVY STAR MEET

WEST POINT, N.Y.

SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE ARMORY III

WEST POINT, N.Y.

18 20

PATRIOT LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIPS

ANNAPOLIS, MD.

5 6

IC4A/ECAC CHAMPIONSHIPS

BOSTON, MASS.

11 12

NCAA TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS

COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS

FEBRUARY

MARCH

OUTDOOR MARCH 18

LAI RELAY CHAMPIONSHIPS

MAYAGUEZ, PUERTO RICO

25 26

DICK SHEA OPEN

WEST POINT, N.Y.

LSU INVITATIONAL

BATON ROUGE, LA.

NAVY STAR MEET

ANNAPOLIS, MD.

WEST POINT OPEN

WEST POINT, N.Y.

22 23

LARRY ELLIS INVITATIONAL

PRINCETON, N.J.

28 30

PENN RELAYS

PHILADELPHIA, PA.

YALE SPRINGTIME INVITATIONAL

NEW HAVEN, CONN.

6 7

PATRIOT LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIPS

EASTON, PA.

14 15

IC4A/ECAC CHAMPIONSHIPS

PRINCETON, N.J.

28 29

NCAA REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

BLOOMINGTON, IND.

8 11

NCAA TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS

DES MOINES, IOWA

APRIL

MAY

2010-11 ARMY TRACK & FIELD U.S. MILITARY ACADEMY Location........................................................................... West Point, N.Y. Founded ........................................................................... March 16, 1802 Enrollment ........................................................................................ 4,400 Superintendent .......................................... Lt. Gen. David H. Huntoon Jr. Director of Athletics ............................................................ Boo Corrigan Nicknames ............................................................. Black Knights, Cadets Mascot ............................................................................................... Mule Motto ...................................................................... “Duty, Honor, Country” Colors ...................................................................... Black, Gold and Gray Conference .........................................................................Patriot League COACHING STAFF Head Men’s and Women’s Coach ..........................................Troy Engle Assistant Coaches ...............................Knut Hjeltnes, Kristen Kalinowski .................................................... Jayne Penn, Joe Rogers, Raylene Ross Men’s Team Captains ..............................Chris Michels, Domonick Sylve Women’s Team Captains ................................ Kaci Clark, Carissa Hauck Athletic Trainer ...................................................................... Jason Heiar Head Officer Representative ................................... Lt. Col. Liam Collins Athletic Intern ............................................................2nd Lt. Joe Nemeth Track & Field Office Phone ..............................................(845) 938-2425 Best Time to Contact Coach Engle .......................... Weekday Mornings ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS Sr. Assoc. AD/Athletic Communications ............................. Bob Beretta Assistant/Track & Field Contact ..................................... Pamela Flenke Athletic Communications Phone ....................................(845) 938-3303 Flenke’s Direct Line ..........................................................(845) 938-6996 Flenke’s E-Mail ................................................ pamela.flenke@usma.edu Athletic Communications Fax .........................................(845) 446-2556 Army “A” Line .............................................................. (845) 938-ARMY Official Website.................................................www.goARMYsports.com

TABLE OF CONTENTS 2011 Schedule.....................................Inside Front Cover Table of Contents Quick Facts.........................................1 About the Academy ...................................................... 2-3 Why West Point? ..............................................................4 Distinguished Graduates .................................................5 Academy Leadership .......................................................6 Director of Athletics...........................................................7 Facilities ........................................................................ 8-9 Head Coach Troy Engle.................................................10 Asst. Coaches/Support Staff.................................... 11-14 2011 Season Preview .............................................. 15-16 Men’s Roster ..................................................................17 Men’s Profiles ........................................................... 18-22 2010 Indoor Champions ................................................23 Men’s Spotlights ....................................................... 24-29 Women’s Roster .............................................................30 Women’s Profiles ..................................................... 31-33 Women’s Spotlights ................................................. 34-41 ® Army Track & Field History ...................................... 42-45 Patriot League Champions ...................................... 46-49 The Patriot League......................................... Back Cover Credits: The 2011 Army Track & Field Guide is an official publication of the U.S. Military Academy Office of Athletic Communications. The guide was designed, written and edited by Pamela Flenke. Editing assistance was provided by Brian Gunning, Mady Salvani, Tracy Nelson, Christian Anderson, and Ryan Yanoshak. Photos courtesy of the USMA Department of Information Management Creative Imaging Center, John Pellino, Frank DiBrango, Tom Connelly and Mady Salvani. On the cover: (top row, left to right) senior captains Carissa Hauck, Kaci Clark, Chris Michels; (bottom row) senior captain Domonick Sylve

THIS IS WEST POINT

The United States Military Academy is renowned because of its historic and distinguished reputation as a military academy, and as a leading, progressive institution of higher education. Made legendary in books and movies produced over the years, the Academy’s “Long Gray Line” of graduates includes some of our nation’s most famous and influential men: Ulysses S. Grant, Robert E. Lee, Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson, George S. Patton, Omar Bradley, Douglas MacArthur, Dwight Eisenhower and Norman Schwarzkopf. Because of this superb education and leadership experience, West Point graduates historically have been sought for high level civilian and military leadership positions. Their numbers include two U.S. presidents, several ambassadors, state governors, legislators, judges, cabinet members, educators, astronauts and corporate executives. Today, West Point continues to provide hundreds of young men and women the unique opportunity to develop physically, ethically and intellectually while building a foundation for an exciting, challenging and rewarding career as an Army officer in the service of our nation. Cadets have much more responsibility in running the Academy than students in most other colleges or universities. It adds to the leadership experience. Cadets succeed at West Point because of the support they receive from the staff and faculty. After all, many faculty members are West Point graduates and understand the challenge cadets face on a daily basis. They also serve as ideal role models, showing cadets what Army life is like. The U.S. Military Academy’s primary strength is its ability to develop leaders of character who are committed to “Duty, Honor, Country” and selfless service to our nation.

become leaders in medicine, law, business, religion and science. Since its founding, the Military Academy fulfills the same mission as it always has . . . to educate, train, and inspire the Corps of Cadets. It accomplishes this mission by developing cadets in three essential areas: intellectual, physical and military. These developmental paths are balanced and fully integrated into the daily life of each young man and woman at the Academy. Intellectual growth is fostered through an academic curriculum that provides a broad liberal education in the arts and sciences. The electives program builds upon the foundation of the core, allowing cadets to develop even greater competence in selected areas. In addition, the fields-of-study and majors nurture the development of creativity, critical thinking, and self-directed learning, essential characteristics of 21st century officers. The four-year academic experience leads to a bachelor of science degree and a commission as a second lieutenant in the Army. Physical development is achieved through a rigorous athletic and physical education program. Each cadet participates at the intercollegiate, club or intramural level each semester. This readies the cadet for the physical demands of military life and helps teach good judgment and self-discipline, even while under mental and physical stress. Military development begins with the cadet’s first day at West Point. Most military training takes place during the summer, with new cadets undergoing Cadet Basic Training, or Beast Barracks, their first year, followed the second summer by Cadet Field Training. Cadets spend their third and fourth summers serving in active Army units around the world; attending specialty training such as airborne, air assault or northern warfare or helping to train the first- and second-year cadets. The Cadet Leader Development System seeks to give the cadets increasing responsibility until they are ready to receive their commissions and assume their duties as leaders in today’s Army. Moral and ethical values guide cadets throughout their four years at West Point. Commitment to the Academy’s “Bedrock Values,” based on integrity and respect for the dignity of others, begins on the first day. Integrity is reflected in the Cadet Honor Code which states: “A cadet will not lie, cheat, steal, or tolerate those who do.” Respect denotes that cadets treat others with the same respect and dignity they themselves would expect. At West Point, it is not enough to train leaders—they must be leaders of character. Admission is keenly competitive and is open to young men and women from all states and territories and from every socioeconomic level. Prospective cadets must receive a nomination by a member of Congress or from the Department of the Army. The Academy seeks candidates who possess records of success in academics, athletics and leadership indicative of well-rounded individuals. Although the life of a cadet is demanding, there remains an array of club activities ranging from golf, skiing, boxing, crew and orienteering to such organizations as the cadet radio station, Habitat for Humanity and Big Brothers-Big Sisters. Additionally, the U.S. Corps of Cadets hosts a Special Olympics event each spring. Today’s Military Academy is a vastly different institution from the small academy legislated into being by Congress in 1802. Originally just 1,800 acres, the Academy has grown to more than 16,000 acres. The first graduating class numbered just two men; today’s classes graduate more than 900 new officers annually, both men and women, who are prepared for leadership roles within the Army. With the expansion of knowledge and the changing needs of the United States Army and the nation, life at West Point has changed to keep pace. Ever mindful of its rich heritage, the U.S. Military Academy is developing leaders for tomorrow, and its focus remains the national needs of the 21st century.

THIS IS WEST POINT

The mission of the U.S. Military Academy is to educate, train, and inspire the Corps of Cadets so that each graduate is a commissioned leader of character committed to the values of Duty, Honor, Country; professional growth throughout a career as an offi cer in the U.S. Army; and a lifetime of selfl ess service to the Nation. Founded on March 16, 1802, the Academy celebrated its Bicentennial in 2002. But West Point’s role in America’s history dates to the Revolutionary War, when both sides realized the strategic importance of the commanding plateau on the west bank of the Hudson River. Gen. George Washington considered West Point to be the most strategic position in America. He personally selected Thaddeus Kosciuszko, one of the heroes of Saratoga, to design the fortifi cations in 1778 after problems arose with French engineers originally placed in charge of the design. In 1779, General Washington transferred his headquarters to West Point. Continental soldiers built forts, batteries and defensive barriers. A 100-ton iron chain was extended across the Hudson to control river traffic. Today, several links from that chain are arranged at Trophy Point as a reminder of West Point’s original fortifi cations. In 1802 President Thomas Jefferson signed the legislation establishing the U.S. Military Academy to create an institution devoted to the arts and sciences of warfare. This effectively eliminated America’s wartime reliance on foreign engineers and artillerists. West Point became the nation’s first engineering school and served as the model for engineering programs which were eventually established at other colleges. Col. Sylvanus Thayer, the “Father of the Military Academy,” served as Superintendent from 1817 through 1833. He upgraded academic standards, instilled military discipline and emphasized honorable conduct. Early graduates were largely responsible for the construction of the nation’s initial railway lines, bridges, harbors, and roads. Although the curriculum maintains its focus on engineering, in recent decades the program of instruction has markedly changed, providing cadets a selection of more than 40 majors. This tradition of academic and military excellence, guided by a demanding standard of moral and ethical conduct, remains the cornerstone of the West Point experience. It is said at West Point that “much of the history we teach was made by those people we taught.” The Academy has produced famous leaders throughout its illustrious past…Civil War Generals Grant, Sherman, Lee, and Jackson, to name but a few. In World War I, 34 of the 38 corps and division commanders were graduates. World War II would see many graduates reach brigadier general or higher, to include Eisenhower, MacArthur, Bradley and Patton. In more recent confl icts, MacArthur, Ridgway, Westmoreland, Abrams, Schwarzkopf and Abizaid were in command. Academy graduates have also excelled in air and space exploration, and countless others went on from military service to

WHY WEST POINT?

“I was so proud to be on the verge of entering the only institution in American society at that time that was totally integrated, in which I would have the opportunity to rise, based solely on performance and ability. The nation always looks to West Point and always looks to each and every one of you to follow always the angels of your nature.” - GENERAL COLIN POWELL

“You have ahead of you the best of all professions. Being a leader is the best thing you can possibly be and you’re at a school that will make you the best possible leader. West Point is the ring. It’s the foundation of everything I have done.” - HEAD COACH MIKE KRZYZEWSKI

“I believe in the code ... ‘Duty, Honor, Country.’ I believe in service to one’s country. The institution of the armed forces has thrived on its commitment to developing excellence. It is meritocracy in action. Race, religion, wealth, background count not.” - PRESIDENT GEORGE H.W. BUSH

“From the birth of our existence, America has had a faith in the future -- a belief that where we’re going is better than where we’ve been, even when the path ahead is uncertain. To fulfill that promise, generations of Americans have built upon the foundation of our forefathers -- finding opportunity, fighting injustice, forging a more perfect union. Our achievement would not be possible without the Long Gray Line that has sacrificed for duty, for honor, for country.” - PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA

BORMAN

GRANT

Ulysses S. Grant ’43 Grant distinguished himself during the Civil War at the Battle of Vicksburg in 1863; his victory secured control of the Mississippi River for the Union. President Abe Lincoln later appointed him Commanding General of the Army in March 1864. On April 9, 1865, at Appomattox Court House, Va., Robert E. Lee (USMA 1829) surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia to him, ending the Civil War. Grant later served as the 18th President of the United States from 1869 to 1877. Today, his image graces the $50 bill. George W. Goethals ’80 Goethals became an architect and was builder of the Panama Canal, 1904 to 1914. John J. Pershing ’86 Considered the second most senior ofﬁcer in Army history, behind only George Washington, Pershing served as commander of the American Expeditionary Force during World War I. The two-million-plus troops of the AEF made a decisive contribution to the defeat of Imperial Germany. Pershing’s abilities as a leader distinguished him among European commanders, and through repeated successes on the battleﬁeld, promoted American prestige around the world. He served as Army Chief of Staff in 1921, and was named General of the Armies of the United States upon his retirement in 1924.

Douglas MacArthur ’03 After World War I, MacArthur returned to West Point to serve as the Academy’s 31st Superintendent from 1919 to 1922. During that time, he was responsible for the revitalization of the Academy. He was later promoted to General of the Army and served as Supreme Allied Commander in the Pacific Theater during World War II. During that time, he received the Medal of Honor for leading defense preparation and operations on the Philippine Islands. He later served as Supreme Allied Commander, Japan, and as commander, United Nations Command in the Far East. He was one of only five officers to be promoted to General of the Army (five stars). George S. Patton Jr. ’09 “Old Blood and Guts,” Patton was one of the most colorful commanders in the Army. During World War II the famed commander of the 2nd Armored Division and later the Third Army displayed courage and daring as prominently as the pair of ivory handled revolvers he wore. Patton accomplished one of the most remarkable feats in military history in December 1944, when he quickly turned the Third Army northward to reinforce the Allied southern flank against the German attack in the Battle of the Bulge. The General’s doctrine of aggressive employment of massive armor forces continue to prove themselves in combat arenas around the world. Omar N. Bradley ’15 During his career, Bradley earned a reputation as one of the best infantry commanders in World War II. He commanded the 82nd Airborne and 28th Infantry Divisions before going on to command the 1st Army and the 12th Army Group. After the war he served as Army Chief of Staff from 1948 to 1949 and served as the first Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 1949 to 1953. He was the last Army officer to be promoted to General of the Army (five stars), and the Bradley fighting vehicle is named in his honor.

KIMBROUGH

KIMSEY

Dwight D. Eisenhower ’15 During World War II, Eisenhower served as Supreme Commander of Allied Forces Europe from 1943 to 1944, during which he led the D-Day invasion of Europe. During that time, he was promoted to General of the Army (five stars). After the war, he served as Army Chief of Staff from 1945 to 1948 and was named President of Columbia University in 1948. He served as the 34th President of the United States from 1953 to 1961 and was one of only five officers to be promoted to General of the Army (five stars). Alexander M. Haig Jr. ’47 Haig served as Chief of Staff to President Richard Nixon from 1973 to 1974; Supreme Allied Commander in Europe 1974 to 1979; President of United Technologies Corporation 1980 to 1981 and Secretary of State during the Reagan administration from 1981 to 1982. Frank Borman ’50 An astronaut from 1962 to 1970, Borman commanded the first circumlunar flight of the earth. He later served as President of Eastern Airlines. Fidel V. Ramos ’50 One of the Academy’s international cadets, Ramos served as a Philippine Army officer after graduation. He eventually became the country’s military Chief of Staff and later Secretary of National Defense. He also served as President of the Republic of the Philippines from 1992 to 1998. Edwin E. Aldrin ’51 An astronaut from 1963 to 1972, Aldrin participated in the first manned lunar landing with Michael Collins (USMA ’52) and was the second man to walk on the moon. Edward White ’52 An astronaut from 1962 to 1967, White was the first man to walk in space and was one of the three astronauts killed in the Apollo I disaster in 1967.

SCHWARZKOPF

H. Norman Schwarzkopf ’56 As Commander-in-Chief, United States Central Command from 1988 to 1991, Schwarzkopf’s command ultimately responded to Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait with the largest U.S. deployment since the Vietnam War, including portions of the Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps as well as units from dozens of nations around the world. After retiring, Schwartzkopf received the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Peter M. Dawkins ’59 Dawkins was Cadet Brigade Commander (First Captain of the U.S. Corps of Cadets) as a senior and became the third Heisman Trophy winner in Army football history. He later served as chairman and CEO of Primerica. James V. Kimsey ’62 Kimsey was the founding chairman of America Online, and was named chairman emeritus in 1996. He founded the Kimsey Foundation in 1996. Michael W. Krzyzewski ’69 Krzyzewski served as head basketball coach at West Point from 1974 to 1979 before assuming similar duties at Duke University. Krzyzewski has led the Blue Devils to three national championships and was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in October 2001. He coached the U.S. at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.

DISTINGUISHED GRADUATES

Robert E. Lee ’29 The Academy’s ninth Superintendent (1852-55), Lee was a model cadet during his four years at West Point. He graduated second in his class and never earned a single demerit during his four years at the Academy. At the beginning of the Civil War, he was selected to serve as Commanding General of the Army, but instead resigned his commission and was named General-In-Chief of the Confederate Army from 1861 to 1865. Lee’s surrender to Ulysses S. Grant (USMA 1843), at Appomattox Court House, Va., ended the Civil War. Fort Lee, Va., was named in his honor.

HAIG

Raymond T. Odierno ‘76 Odierno commanded the 4th Infantry Division during the fall of 2003 which, along with Special Forces units, captured Saddam Hussein in December of that year. Odierno helped plan and coordinate the raid that netted Iraq’s fallen dictator. Robert S. Kimbrough ’89 Kimbrough was named one of 11 new astronaut candidates by NASA in May 2004. Kimbrough ranks among Army Baseball’s career leaders in saves. A veteran of Desert Storm, he currently works for NASA in Houston as a ﬂight simulation engineer and is scheduled to participate in a space shuttle mission this fall.

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ACADEMY LEADERSHIP

Lieutenant General

Brigadier General

DAVID H. HUNTOON, JR.

WILLIAM E. RAPP

TIMOTHY E. TRAINOR

Superintendent

Commandant of Cadets

Dean of the Academic Board

Lieutenant General David H. Huntoon, Jr. became the 58th Superintendent of the United States Military Academy in July 2010. He had previously served as Director of the Army Staff in January 2008. Huntoon was commissioned from West Point in 1973. From 1973-1986, he served as an infantry officer in a series of command and staff assignments with the 3rd Infantry Regiment at Fort Myer, Va., the 9th Infantry Division at Fort Lewis, Wash., the 7th Army Training Command at Vilseck, Germany, and with the 3rd Infantry Division in Aschaffenburg, Germany. From 1986-1988, Huntoon attended the Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kan. and the School for Advanced Military Studies. He then served in the Directorate of Plans, XVIII Airborne Corps, Fort Bragg, N.C., as Senior War Plans Officer (Operation Just Cause), Deputy Director of Plans (Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm), and Director of Plans. Huntoon commanded 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry (Mechanized) at Camp Casey, Korea, and served as Chief of Plans, CJ3, Combined Forces Command and United Nations Command, Yongsan from 1992-94. In 1994-95, he was the Army’s National Security Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University. He then took command of the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard), Fort Myer, Va. Huntoon’s next assignment was the Executive Officer to the Chief of Staff of the United States Army. Prior to that assignment, he served as the Assistant Division Commander of the 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas, and from 2000-2002, he was the Deputy Commandant of the US Army Command and General Staff College. Huntoon moved on to become the Director of Strategy, Plans and Policy, Army G3, at the Pentagon. In August 2003, he was assigned as the 46th Commandant, United States Army War College, Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania. Huntoon’s awards include the Distinguished Service Medal, Legion of Merit (6th Award), and the Bronze Star; Expert Infantryman’s Badge, Parachute Qualifi cation Badge, and the Ranger Tab. He has a Masters of Arts in International Relations from Georgetown University and a Masters in Military Arts and Sciences from the CGSC Advanced Military Studies Program.

Brigadier General William E. Rapp graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1984 and was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the Corps of Engineers. His civilian education includes a Bachelor of Science degree from USMA, a Masters of Arts in Political Science and a PhD in International Relations from Stanford University. His military education includes the Engineer Officer Basic Course, Infantry Officer Advanced Course, US Army Command and General Staff College, the Army War College where he earned a Masters of Arts in National Security Policy, and the Joint Forces Staff College. He was the distinguished honor graduate of his Infantry Officer Advance Course, Ranger School class, Jumpmaster class, and the Strategist Program at CGSC. Brigadier General Rapp is a licensed Professional Engineer in the state of Virginia. Brigadier General Rapp’s early assignments included duties as a Platoon Leader, Executive Officer, Assistant S3, and the Corps Operations Officer in Germany and at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. He commanded an airborne engineer company during Operation Desert Storm. Brigadier General Rapp was selected for the Council of Foreign Relations Fellowship at the Institute for International Policy Studies in Tokyo, Japan. He returned to the States in the summer of 2003 to attend the Army War College before proceeding to Fort Lewis to serve as the Chief of Plans (G3) for I Corps Headquarters. In June 2005, he assumed command of 555th Combat Engineer Group and deployed in support of the 101st Airborne Division for Operation Iraqi Freedom. In 2007, Brigadier General Rapp completed his command and returned to Iraq as the Director of the Commander’s Initiatives Group serving under Gen. Petraeus in Multi-National ForcesIraq. In his most recent assignment, Brigadier General Rapp served as the Commanding General of the Northwestern Division of the Corps of Engineers in Portland, Oregon. Brigadier General Rapp’s awards and decorations include the Defense Superior Service Medal, Legion of Merit, Bronze Star with oak leaf cluster, the Meritorious Service Medal with five oak leaf clusters, and the Army Commendation Medal with two oak leaf clusters. He has earned the Combat Action Badge, Master Parachutist wings, Air Assault wings, Ranger Tab, and the Engineer Regiment’s Bronze DeFleury Medal. Brigadier General Rapp is married to the former Debbie Biggi of Sacramento, Calif. They have three children: Anna Marie, David and Robby.

Brigadier General Timothy E. Trainor, PhD., became the Dean of the Academic Board at the United States Military Academy in the summer of 2010. He previously served as professor and head of the Department of Systems Engineering at West Point where he taught courses in engineering management, systems engineering and decision analysis. Trainor graduated with a Bachelor of Science from West Point in 1983 and entered the Engineer Branch of the U.S. Army. As an engineering ofﬁcer, Trainor has served in operational assignments around the world, including Germany, Honduras, Fort Bragg, N.C., Fort Riley, Kan. and Sarajevo, Bosnia. Trainor has a Master of Business Administration from the Fuqua School of Business at Duke and a doctorate degree in industrial engineering from North Carolina State University. He is a member of the Military Applications Society of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences the Military Operations Research Society, the American Society for Engineering Management and the American Society of Engineering Education. He is a past president of Epsilon Mu Eta, the national Engineering Management Honor Society. Trainor is also a member of the Board of Fellows for the David Crawford School of Engineering at Norwich University. As an analyst, Trainor helped develop the Installation Status Report that provides the Army a standardized means to assess infrastructure and environmental conditions on installations to support resource allocation decisions. He has applied decision analysis methods in completing an organizational analysis of the Army’s Installation Management Agency and in assessing defense security cooperation programs. Trainor deployed to Basrah, Iraq in the summer of 2007 and worked with the Britishled Provincial Reconstruction Team in helping the provincial Iraqi leaders improve their infrastructure revitalization plans. Trainor is married to Col. Donna Brazil, a 1983 graduate of West Point, who is a professor in the Department of Behavioral Sciences at the Academy. They have a daughter Cory, who is currently attending West Point, and two sons, Danny and Zach.

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2 0 11 A R M Y T R A C K & F I E L D United States Military Academy Superintendent Lt. Gen. David H. Huntoon Jr., named the person selected to lead West Point’s intercollegiate athletic department today when he announced the hiring of Boo Corrigan as the Academy’s director of athletics.

Boo

CORRIGAN

Corrigan’s chief responsibilities at Duke have included the oversight of the Blue Devil corporate partnerships and the Marketing, Promotions, Ticket, Internet Operations, Sports Information and Video Services departments. In only two years at Duke, Corrigan has been responsible for the negotiation of multi-media rights to ISP, which increased annual rights more than 40 percent.

BRIGADIER GENERAL Prior to arriving at Duke in August of 2008, he oversaw TIMOTHY E. TRAINOR Notre Dame’s corporate relations and marketing as an associate athletic director for five years. During his stint DEAN OF THE at Notre Dame, Corrigan spearheaded the redesign of its ACADEMIC BOARD official athletics website and creation of 15-20 hours of original video content weekly. That resulted in a 35 percent increase in page views and unique users. Corrigan also worked directly with ISP Sports, CSTV, and NBC Sports from a sales and marketing standpoint. “We are excited about the selection of Boo Corrigan to be Army’s athletic director,” Huntoon said. “He has wide experience in helping to lead a Division I athletic department and has excelled at the highest levels. He brings to the Military Academy a wealth of experience at some of the nation’s elite athletic programs.” Before joining the staff at Notre Dame, Corrigan spent nearly three years as the associate athletic director for marketing at the United States Naval Academy. He was responsible for turning the marketing department from a deficit to profit in his first year with full budget responsibility for the department. Corrigan also was intimately involved with the re-branding of the Annual Giving Campaign (The Blue and Gold), which led to an increase of 75 percent year over year donations.

“First and foremost, I am honored to have the opportunity to work at the United States Military Academy, the West Point leadership and the U.S. Army,” Corrigan said. “It is my privilege to serve those proud Americans that serve our country and to be at the greatest leadership institution in the world.

He previously spent a year as a partner in Corrigan Sports Enterprises, an entrepreneurial sports marketing company, in the Baltimore area -- and also worked two years as an equity partner in mrgoodbucks.com, an ecommerce program that involved creation of afﬁnity business relationships.

“I want to say speciﬁcally to our cadet-athletes that we will provide them the opportunity and the wherewithal to achieve to their highest ability and to provide our coaches with the opportunity to win championships, and build leaders of character. We will strive for our cadets to achieve great success in their academics, military training and athletic endeavors.”

Corrigan also served two years as vice president of EMCEE Sports, a Baltimore-based sports marketing company with a focus on professional golf from 1997 through ‘99. In that role, he was responsible for a $2.5 million operating budget for the State Farm Senior Classic. He worked for Host Communications for two years, helping create relationships with various college and university athletic departments, and served as assistant director of marketing at Florida State from 1992-95.

Army operates a 25-sport intercollegiate athletic program, highlighted by its nationally recognized football team. Under the direction of head coach Rich Ellerson the Black Knights ﬁnished 7-6 this season and closed the season with a win over SMU in the Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl. A supervisor of the 2009 NCAA Champion women’s tennis and 2010 NCAA Champion men’s lacrosse programs, Corrigan has been a part of three NCAA Championships at Duke in just two seasons. He is currently a member of the NCAA Men’s Lacrosse Rules committee and the Atlantic Coast Conference Men’s Lacrosse Committee, while serving on the Executive Budget Committee at Duke.

DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS

Corrigan, who has been the senior associate athletic director for external affairs at Duke University since August 2008, brings a wealth of leadership to his new post. He is a proven administrator with 18 years of experience in all areas of revenue generation, external affairs, staff management and leadership. Director of Athletics

“I want to thank my family and Duke University for the support and encouragement to make this possible, and look forward to serving as part of the Army team at West Point,” Corrigan added. The youngest son of former ACC commissioner Gene Corrigan, he is a 1990 University of Notre Dame graduate with a degree in economics. Corrigan is currently obtaining a masters in education in sports leadership with an expected 2011 graduation. He and his wife, the former Kristen Aceto, are the parents of three children, Finley, Tre and Brian.

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FACILITIES: GILLIS FIELD HOUSE

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Army’s Gillis Field House is the home of the Black Knights’ track and field and volleyball teams. Gillis Field House is fully-equipped with locker rooms for both teams and also features coaches offices and a fully-equipped training room. Located within Gills Field House, Crowell Track is the home of Army’s indoor track & field team. Crowell track features a six-lane (eight on the straightaway), 200-meter, mondo-surface oval track. This lightning-fast track incorporates the same surface as the tracks used in the Atlanta and Sydney Olympic Games. The facility is also equipped with two jumping pits, mondo pole vault runway with new UCS 1900 landing system and a mondo high jump apron with UCS landing mats. There is an indoor throwing cage and sector, as well as throwing nets to allow for discus and hammer practice. Gillis Field House is scheduled to be resurfaced in March of 2011. Carleton T. Crowell took over the reins of the Army track and field program in 1952 and continued Army’s long string of success on the track. One of the most beloved coaches at West Point, Crowell guided Army teams to 351 victories and a dozen Heptagonal championships - five indoors, three outdoors and four in cross country. All but one indoor and outdoor track and field record was shattered during his 25-year tenure.

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Considered one of the finest track venues on the East Coast, Shea Stadium includes an eight-lane Southwest all-weather surface designed with capabilities to set up sprints in either direction. Six jumping pits and six vault boxes face every direction, allowing jumpers to always enjoy the most favorable winds. The stadium boasts a great surface for racing that is well cushioned and resiliant enough for daily training to minimize chance of injury. Shea also possesses two shot put circles and sectors, two Olympic-size hammer and discus cages, and a Southwest all-weather surfaced javelin runway. Located along the banks of the Hudson River, Shea Stadium is also equipped with two functional locker rooms and an athletic training facility. The playing field features an AstroTurf surface surrounded by the eight-lane all-weather track. At night, the impressive facility is illuminated by seven television-quality lightstacks. Improvements to the seating area were completed in the summer of 2000 along with the installation of two modest press boxes servicing both track and field competitions as well as sprint football and lacrosse matches.

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Shea Stadium was named in honor of Richard Shea, one of West Point’s ﬁnest athletes and soldiers. A 1952 graduate, Shea enlisted in the Army in 1944 and served as a staff sergeant in the 53rd Constabulary Regiment in Nuremberg, Germany. A native of Portsmouth, Va., he did not compete in cross country until entering the Army, but went on to win the European 1500-meter and 5000m championships.

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HEAD COACH TROY ENGLE

Head Coach Third Year Amherst ‘83

Troy Engle brings a wealth of international and collegiate coaching experience to West Point as he enters his third season as the head coach of the Army men’s and women’s cross country and track and ﬁeld teams. This is his third stint at the U.S. Military Academy after previously serving as an instructor of physical education and assistant coach for the men’s and women’s track and ﬁeld teams from 1995-96 and again in 1998.

In his first year as head coach, Engle guided the men’s cross country team to a share of the Patriot League championship with arch-rival Navy, the Black Knights’ first since 2001, while helping the women’s squad improve its Patriot League standing to fourth. During the 2009-10 seasons, Engle led the women’s cross country team to its first victory over Navy since 2005, defeating the Mids 24-31 in West Point. He also guided the men’s indoor team to its 14th Patriot League title. His second season was topped off by being awarded the fifth annual Mike Krzyzewski Teaching Character Through Sport Award as an exceptional leader who exemplifies the Army Values of integrity, respect, selfless service, duty, honor, loyalty, and personal courage. Prior to returning to Army, Engle coached the U.S. track and field team in the 2008 Paralympic Games in Beijing from September 6-17. During his tenure with the United States Olympic Committee, which began in 2006, he also served as the associate director of the Paralympic Division. Engle directed all aspects of the U.S. track and field team’s preparation for the Paralympic Games and served as the head coach at all major international competitions leading up to the Paralympics, including the Pan American and World Cup games. Engle orchestrated a growth in the program that resulted in an increase in the U.S. team’s medal count and a jump in the track and field standings to second behind China. Prior to joining the USOC, Engle was the head coach of the men’s and women’s track and field and cross country teams, assistant athletic director, and athletic department business manager at Division III Occidental College in Los Angeles, Calif. He turned the women’s cross country team, which was initially unable to field a full program, into a Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference title winner by his fourth year. In his seventh and final year at the school, Engle led the team to its first NCAA appearance in 12 years. Engle garnered three West Regional NCAA

Division III Coach of the Year honors at Occidental; one for cross country (2006) and two in indoor track and field (2003 and 2005). A native of Council Grove, Kan., Engle served as an assistant coach for the men’s and women’s track and field team at Kansas State University for the 1998-99 academic year. There, he helped coach all the events and assisted in recruiting a class which was rated fourth-best in Division I by Track and Field News. In between his first two stints at Army, Engle served as the director of sports for the Papua New Guinea Sports Commission. Engle directed all sports development programs for the nation of five million people and served as the national track and field coach. He first served as the national coach for Papua New Guinea between 1987 and 1991. Engle closed out a successful stint as head men’s and women’s track and cross country coach at Washington (Mo.) University (1992-94) by guiding the women’s outdoor track and field and cross country teams to the University Athletic Association title in his final season. His efforts earned him UAA “Coach of the Year” honors in both track and cross country. Engle also served as the men’s track and cross country coach at Swarthmore College (1991-92). In addition to his international and collegiate coaching experience, Engle is a respected administrator and clinician. He was a member of the NCAA Track and Field Committee from 2001-06, chairing it from 2005-06. Engle has also served in various leadership capacities within USA Track and Field, both as assistant coach at such meets as the 1995 World Indoor Championships in Barcelona and through his involvement with the Coaching Education Program. He has lectured in the Level II endurance program since 1998. In addition, he has conducted clinics for the world governing body of track and field, the International Association of Athletic Federations, in four nations and has lectured at numerous coaching clinics around the United States. Engle earned his bachelor’s degree from Amherst College in 1983 and a master’s degree in sport management from the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 1985. He currently resides at West Point with his daughter, Nawen, a high school senior.

Engle was awarded the ﬁfth annual “Coach K“ Teaching Leadership Through Sport Award in 2010

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2 0 11 A R M Y T R A C K & F I E L D Knut Hjeltnes, a veteran of four Olympic Games, resumes control of the Army throwers for an 11th year.

Since arriving at West Point, throwers under his guidance have won 39 Patriot League Championships, set five Academy records and now dominate the top-10 performers lists for both the Army men’s and women’s Olympic throwing events. Hjeltnes also developed three All-American performances, including Adam Burke’s back-to-back All-America campaigns in the javelin in 2003 and 2004 and Brian Gebhardt’s stellar 2000 season in the weight throw. Additionally, Hjeltnes has developed several other NCAA Qualifiers, including two 35 lbs. weight throwers, two hammer throwers and one discus thrower, while developing three javelin U.S. Junior National Qualifiers in Marcus Canty, Mike Nulk and Jason Smartt.

Kristen Kalinowski returns for her second year with the Black Knights. She serves as the heptathlon, decathlon, and pole vault coach.

Kristen

KALINOWSKI Assistant Coach Second Year Lafayette ‘08

In 2009, Kalinowski coached ECAC-qualiﬁer Tonya Stallard to a Patriot League title in the 60-meter hurdles. Stallard moved to sixth all-time at Army in that event and second all-time in the 100 meter hurdles.

Kalinowski came to West Point from Coastal Carolina University where she served as an assistant coach. While at CCU, Kalinowski volunteered with the Myrtle Beach Track and Field Club in its inaugural year. As a student-athlete at Lafayette, Kalinowski was a standout member of the Leopards’ track & field teams. An All-League recipient on several occasions, Kalinowski won five Patriot League titles in the high jump and combined events. She remains on Lafayette’s top-10 lists in six events. Kalinowski also garnered Patriot League Scholar Athlete laurels during her career and was selected to serve as a team captain in each of her final four seasons. Kalinowski holds a bachelor’s degree in International Affairs and French from Lafayette.

Hjeltnes’ athletes have been just as successful in the classroom as they have been on the ﬁeld. Senior captain and javelin thrower Kevin Kumlien was named an Academic All-American and Patriot League Scholar Athlete of the Year for the 2007-08 season, while discus and shot put athlete Caleb Wells earned the same honors after the 2005-06 season. A 1978 graduate of Brigham Young University, Hjeltnes returned to his alma mater as an assistant coach for the Cougars from 19821984. While coaching at BYU, Hjeltnes earned his master’s degree in Professional Leadership and Exercise Science. During his coaching career, Hjeltnes also has served as an assistant coach at University of California-Berkeley, University of California-Irvine (1984-1986) and at SUNY Albany (1997-1999). Experienced in the world of business marketing as well, Hjeltnes was involved in sales and marketing for Nike International (1980-1982) and with Microsoft, Inc. (1989-1991).

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Hjeltnes’ Olympic experience was culminated with a fourthplace finish in the discus for the Norwegian national team at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, Knut Calif. in the 1976 Olympics HJELTES in Montreal, Canada, Assistant Coach and the 1988 Olympics 11th Year in Seoul, South Korea, Brigham Young ‘78 Hjeltnes was able to garner seventh-place finishes. The Norway native also qualified for the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow, Russia, but unfortunately for Hjeltnes, Norway took part in the boycott of the Olympic Games that year. During his competitive career, Hjeltnes established 11 Norwegian records and captured 20 Norwegian championships.

Prior to joining Army’s staff, Hjeltnes served as the Norwegian National track and ﬁeld coach from 1994-97. He also worked as a personal discus coach for Olympians from Norway, Sweden and Ireland. Hjeltnes currently resides in New Windsor, N.Y., with his wife Colleen. He has three children, Kristin, Erik and Daniel, and one granddaughter, Charlotte, and one grandson, Graham. 43 TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS • 292 INDIVIDUAL MEN’S TITLES • 185 INDIVIDUAL WOMEN’S TITLES

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Joe Rogers, one of the most experienced and well-respected track and ﬁeld coaches in the country, joined the Army staff in 2000 after a 16-year stint as the head coach at Ball State University. He has over 44 years of experience coaching track and ﬁeld with 39 of those years at the collegiate level.

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Jayne Penn returns for her third year with the Black Knights, working primarily with the middle-distance events. Penn was a standout performer on the Georgetown University track and field team that claimed the 2006 Big East Indoor Championship Jayne and 2007 Outdoor ECAC PENN Championships. Penn Assistant Coach excelled in the 400m, Third Year running that leg on Georgetown ‘07 Georgetown’s top-10 in the nation distance medley relay teams during the 2007 outdoor season. She was also a vital member of the Hoyas’ relay teams that won the 2007 Penn Relays ECAC 4x400-meter relay, the 2006 Big East Championships 4x400m and the 2003 ECAC Indoor Championships distance medley relay. Additionally, Penn was a top-eight finisher in the 2007 ECAC outdoor 400-meter dash and 2007 Big East Indoor 500m. Penn served as a volunteer assistant track and field coach for the past two years at James Hillhouse High School. As a student at the school she was an All-American and All-New England runner and set the Connecticut record for the 600-meter run. She also captained both the cross country and track and field teams during her junior and senior years. Throughout her athletic, academic and professional career, Penn has demonstrated phenomenal leadership and teaching abilities. The New Haven, Conn. native graduated with a degree in English and most recently served as an English and literature teacher (seventh and eighth grades) and cheerleading coach at St. Martin de Porres Academy in her hometown. Penn resides in Wappingers Falls, N.Y.

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Primarily working with Army’s jumpers and Assistant Coach hurdlers, Rogers has guided athletes to Academy 11th Year records (Jeff Weaver in the Miami University indoor and outdoor long jump and outdoor triple jump and Brandon Lewis in the indoor heptathlon), and 39 Patriot League titles.

ROGERS

Rogers helped current Black Knight Domonick Sylve (‘11) develop into a school-record holding 110-meter high hurdler. Sylve is a three-time Patriot League Outdoor Champion, a 2010 IC4A indoor and outdoor champion, and NCAA semifinalist. In 11 years at West Point, Rogers has coached 79 IC4A and ECAC qualifiers, three IC4A champions, 39 Patriot League champions, 18 NCAA regional qualifiers and two NCAA championship qualifiers. The honors that Rogers garnered prior to joining the Army staff included being selected as the Mid-American Conference “Coach of the Year” in 1987 and 1990. Following an outstanding 1990 campaign, Rogers was also selected as the NCAA District IV “Coach of the Year”. Additionally, he served as the Cardinal’s cross country coach for 12 years, leading the 1989 team to a 19th place finish at the NCAA National meet and a 14th place ranking in the final NCAA poll. Rogers also has international experience, coming first as the assistant manager for the USA team that competed in Bremen, Germany against the West German team in 1985. He was also the head coach of the U.S. team that won a triangular running meet versus England and Kenya in 1990. Rogers served as the head manager on the U.S. Junior Pan-American team that competed in Santiago, Chile, in 1995. He was an assistant coach for the North team competing in the National Sports Festival in 1983 and was the head coach of the same team competing in the US Olympic Festival in 1987. Rogers has served on various track and field and development committees within the USA Track and Field organization. He was a member of the original Coaches’ Education Committee formed in 1984 and chaired it from 1992-1995. Rogers has also been a clinic speaker throughout the United States and has been a part of the curriculum development groups that formulated and revised the Level I and Level II Coaching Education Programs. After earning his bachelor and master’s degrees from Miami University, Rogers began coaching at the high school level, then took coaching positions at Hillsdale College and Olivet College in Michigan before taking over as head coach at Ball State. Rogers and his wife, Irene, a teacher and coach at the West Point Middle School, reside in New Windsor, N.Y. They have a married son, Jason, who is Director of Emergency Services in Delaware County; a married daughter, Blythe, who lives in Sunnyvale, Calif.; as well as two grandchildren: granddaughter Makayla (7) and step-grandson, Cameron (9).

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ROSS

Assistant Coach First Year Swarthmore ‘00

Army track & ﬁeld head coach Troy Engle announced the hiring of Raylene Ross as the sprint coach for the Black Knights in the summer of 2010. Ross comes to West Point after a four-year stint at the University of South Carolina where she completed her doctorate while serving as an assistant coach and academic advisor for the Gamecocks.

“We are very excited about the addition of Raylene. She has the perfect mix of outstanding coaching credentials as well as a deep understanding of the unique academic requirements of our cadet-athletes,” said Engle. “She comes to us with the highest recommendations from her previous positions and her fit within our program is undoubted.” Ross was an assistant advisor at South Carolina’s Academic Enrichment Center (AEC) from 2008 through 2010, mentoring football and track & field student-athletes. Prior to her work at the AEC, she served as the coordinator of academics and administrative aid for the Gamecock’s track & field program from 2004 through 2006, working specifically with jumpers, sprinters and hurdlers. As an assistant coach at South Carolina from 2006 through 2007, Ross worked with the men’s and women’s sprinters. She was also responsible for the recruiting of sprinters, jumpers and hurdlers, a number of which competed at the NCAA Championships and earned All-America honors. Ross is a certified United States Track and Field Level I Instructor and Level II Coach for sprints, hurdles, relays, combined events and jumps. Ross earned a bachelors degree in sociology and anthropology from Swarthmore College in 2000, followed by a masters in psychological services with a concentration in athletic counseling in 2003 from Springfield College. Most recently, she completed a doctorate of philosophy in physical education with a concentration in developmental foundations this past spring at South Carolina.

Dr. Todd Crowder begins his eighth year assisting the team, primarily working with the men’s middledistance runners. He has also taught a variety of classes in the Department of Physical Education since 1990. Since 2003, Crowder has assisted Army middle distance runners and the CROWDER 4x800m and distance Vol. Assistant Coach medley relay teams to Eighth Year achievements including Fort Hays State ‘82 Junior All-American, NCAA Regional Qualifying, Patriot League or Navy Champion, and Army’s top-10 performers list. Dr. Todd

In 2010, Army’s middle distance program continued the successes from 2009. In the 800 meters, Army took the top finishes in both Navy meets and the Patriot League Indoor Championships, finishing the year with a 1-2-3 finish at Patriot League Outdoor Championships. Andy Ferrara led the way, winning all 4 meets, capping a brilliant career by recording Army’s second-best mark all-time of 1:48.57 in the 800 meters at Princeton and anchoring the winning College Division 4x800meter relay at the prestigious Penn Relays. During his tenure at the Academy, Crowder has assisted several athletes in their attempts to pursue Olympic, WCAP and professional sports achievements. He has an ongoing research program and created the menu-driven Cadet Fitness Challenge taken presently by second class cadets. Crowder was a three-year state medalist in track & field during his high school days. He also played college football and baseball. While studying at Missouri, Crowder was a graduate assistant in the Human Performance Lab (1984-87) and with the track team (198687.) Crowder, who has a Ph. D. in Exercise Physiologyand Human Performance from Missouri, lives with his wife, Cathy, and daughter Sarah in Cornwall N.Y., while daughter Lauren studies journalism at the University of Missouri.

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Lieutenant Colonel Liam Collins, a 1992 graduate of USMA, returns for his second year as a volunteer assistant coach, working with the distance and steeplechase athletes. Lieutenant Colonel Liam

COLLINS

Ofﬁcer Rep./Vol. Asst. Second Year USMA ‘92

In his ﬁrst year, Collins guided Army’s steeplechase unit to a second-place ﬁnish at the Patriot

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League Championship. Collins has been coaching distance runners in the Army for the past 17 years, and in 2009 was promoted to coach of the All-Army cross country and marathon teams. His coaching experience with other ten-mile teams includes Fort Bragg (1993-1997), U.S. Army Europe (1998-2000), and Fort Leavenworth (2004). During his collegiate career at West Point, Collins held an Academy record as a member of the distance medley relay team and set a league mark for the top time in the 3000-meter steeplechase. Additionally, he currently ranks as the oldest person to win the Army’s Best Ranger Competition, having won the annual event at the age of 36.

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Following his collegiate career, Collins was a member of multiple U.S. Armed Forces teams at multiple military world championships. He ﬁnished as the top American runner at the World Military Cross Country Championships in 1997 and carried the same distinction in the marathon at the World Military Games in 1999. Collins is a highly-decorated Special Forcers Ofﬁcer (Green Beret) and Ranger who has conducted multiple combat deployments to both Afghanistan and Iraq. He has been awarded multiple bronze star medals and two valorous awards for bravery in combat. Collins was a distinguished honors graduate from the Academy. He holds a B.A. in Aerospace Engineering and a Masters in Public Affairs from Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School. He teaches in the Department of Social Sciences and is the executive director of West Point’s Combating Terrorism Center.

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HEIAR Athletic Trainer Carlys Romano-Lemler Volunteer Assistant Coach John Nelson Volunteer Assistant Coach

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The cross country season, preseason summer training, the 2010 outdoor season, the 2010 indoor season, the past two decades. However recently or far back you want to look, the Army track and ﬁeld teams have been riding a wave of successful momentum which they hope to continue in 2011.

graduations of Andy Ferrara and Andrew Tingan, we’ve had a number of guys just waiting in the wings for the opportunity to step in and be successful,” said Engle. “Bryce had an exceptional cross country season and Mike Mitchell is healthy, along with Chris Wagner, Tom Meyer and Chris Jones.

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2011 SEASON PREVIEW

“For the women, the cross country season really did provide a good outlook for our distance unit. The additions of Liz and Katie will be influential in the mile, while Cecelia Forshee, On the women’s side, junior Marcie Nordt finished the Jessica Letarte Chelsea season recording Army’s top finish in each of the final five and meets, garnering second team All-Patriot League honors Prahl will be to conclude 2010. Nordt and senior captain Courtney competitive on a conference level in the 1,500-meters.” Clement provided a one-two punch for the women’s cross country squad, leading them to a notable Star Meet win at Nordt, who qualified for the World Triathlon, will be splitting her time between Army’s triathlon team and the Navy in October. track team. The Black Knights got a boost from newcomers in freshmen Liz O’Donnell, Katie Collins and Alexis Salmon. For the men, without question, the strongest division is O’Donnell was crowned Rookie of the Meet at the 2010 in hurdles and jumps. Senior Domonick Sylve, who will Patriot League Cross Country Championships, while captain the outdoor team, returns after a record-breaking Collins and Salmon were consistent point-earners for Army year in 2010. Sylve set Army records in the 55- and 110in their first seasons meter hurdles, collected his third consecutive Patriot of collegiate League 110-meter hurdles title and first in the 55, earned competition. The Patriot League Track Athlete of the Week honors six veteran leadership, times, and advanced to the NCAA Outdoor Track and as well as fresh Field Championships in Eugene, Ore., after finishing third faces, pushed the in the 110 at the Regional Championships. The senior is Black Knights to poised to extend his hold of the Patriot League hurdles their first win at titles as well as make an impact on the national level. Navy since 2004. Senior Alfred McDaniel and juniors Frederick Beebe, Head coach Troy Michael Hutchins and Tom Wagner headline the jumping Engle hopes the contingent. McDaniel, a six-time Patriot League champion, successful cross is the veteran of the bunch. Wagner and Hutchins finished country season one-two, respectively, in the high jump at the 2010 indoor will translate into league championships, while Beebe finished runner-up in a thriving track the triple jump. and field season, specifically in the middle distance and distance events. “Understanding we had some McDaniel also leads a group of sprinters who enter major losses in the middle distance, specifically in the the season as somewhat of an unknown for the Black The 2011 indoor season was preceded by a cross country season which revealed a number of strengths for the Black Knights and culminated in a series of victories. Joining Army’s consistently strong men’s middle distance and distance contingent on the track will be 2010 cross country standouts senior Bryce Livingston and juniors Mike Mitchell and Barrett LeHardy. First team All-Patriot League member Livingston earned Army’s top finish in six of seven meets this past fall, while Mitchell and LeHardy constantly rounded out the Black Knights’ top three.

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Knights. Many of Army’s 60- and 100-meter men are transitioning from an Armed Forces Bowlwinning Army football season which ended just eight days prior to the slated start of the indoor track and ﬁeld season. Sophomore football players Brian Cobbs and Kyler Martin all competed at last season’s outdoor championship, with Cobbs teaming with Sylve and McDaniel to take ﬁrst in the 4x100-meter relay.

Seniors will dominate the pole vault as Hallie Huggins and captain Kaci Clark will look to continue the successes of 2010. Clark and Huggins took two of the top-three spots at last season’s outdoor league championships and two of the top-four at the indoors. The women’s team is a little thinner in the sprinting unit compared to the men’s side. Senior Carissa Hauck, who will captain the outdoor team, has the potential to be one of the top long sprinters in the conference and will be counted on to lead the group. “In sprints, we’re a little short on numbers,” said Engle. “It’s an area we’ll deﬁnitely need to focus on and need people to step up.”

The success of the throwing units for both the men and women are the most difficult to predict for 2011. The men’s side was hit the hardest by graduation, including the loss of Patriot League discus champion Kurt Bujewski. The women will be led In the longer sprints, senior captain Chris Michels will by junior Victoria anchor the effort with the potential to be the top 400- Carpenter who is meter man in the Patriot League, as well as newcomer still young in terms of experience, while Chris Smith. the men will look to Despite not having much practice time with his multiple- sophomore Scott sport athletes, Engle feels confident in his group of Geary and junior hurdlers and sprinters, especially in his young cadet- Grady Davis. Davis athletes. “Freshman Clint Hepworth comes to West finished second Point after establishing himself as one of the top hurdlers in the discus at in Arizona, while Nigel Liefveld and Mathias Green also the 2010 Patriot League Outdoor have the ability to make an instant impact.” Championships. Engle is also confident in the hurdlers and jumpers on the an women’s side. “Tonya Stallard and Kaitlyn Love will be “There’s a dangerous one-two punch in the hurdles,” said Engle. enthusiasm for both the men and women even with Stallard, a senior, won the 2010 Patriot League indoor the understanding that we’ve had some major losses 60-meter hurdles title, while Love, a sophomore, will be throughout the teams due to graduation,” said Engle. competing in her first full season with the track team “The great leadership that last year’s seniors provided will be missed, but because of where we are it can be after spending a year with the Army volleyball team. replaced. West Point is the best leadership institution in The women’s jumping squad will be a three-pronged the world. attack comprised of senior LaShaunda Dupree, junior Jari Ross and sophomore McKenzie Majchrzak, which “Our goal is pretty simple: we want to repeat on the Engle describes as “exceptional”. Ross won the league men’s side and improve upon the women’s finish from indoor triple jump title in 2009, while Majchrzak had a a year ago.” breakout freshman year which included four Patriot League Rookie of the Week citations and Rookie of the The Army men captured their 14th indoor Patriot League Meet honors at the outdoor conference championships title last season, including their second in a row. The women’s fifth-place finish was their lowest finish in 17 after capturing the high jump crown. 43 TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS • 292 INDIVIDUAL MEN’S TITLES • 185 INDIVIDUAL WOMEN’S TITLES

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NAME Beebe, Frederick Bliss, Michael Brown, Swasey Bunch, James Caesar, Nicholas Castelli, Mark Cayton, Jordan Cheng, Alexander Cobbs, Brian Crahen, Zachariah Davis, Grady Dillon, Matthew Galindo, Ricardo Geary, Scott Green, Matt Hannigan, Joseph Harris, Justin Helis, Corbin Hepworth, Clint Holland, James Hughes, Alek Hutchins, Michael Jester, Daniel Jones, Christopher Jones, Shane Jordan, Garrett Kensy, Taylor Lawrence, Brandon LeHardy, Barrett Liefveld, Nigel Linder, David Livingston, Bryce Lorette, Scott MacPherson, Ian Martin, Kyler McDaniel, Alfred Meyer, Thomas Michels, Christopher Miller, Peter Mitchell, Michael Nelson, Evan Nix, Daniel O’Reilly, Blaine Patrick, Heath Pendleton, Jake Quinn, Ian Raphael, Jerome Russell, Kevin Ryan, Thomas Shabazz, Jalen Shannon, Kevin Smith, Christopher Snoad, Nicholas Sylve, Domonick Tisdale, Brandon Torre-Santiago, Alexis Tucker, Earnest Van Benschoten, Mark Wagner, Christopher Wagner, Thomas Ward, Kendall Wilkes, Jason Young, Christian

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2 0 11 A R M Y T R A C K & F I E L D Personal Bests 100m: 11.69 Javelin: 51.21m PV: 3.75m Deca: 5966 pts Hept: 4536 pts

Personal Bests 60m: 7.54 100m: 11.72 HJ: 184m LJ: 6.38m TJ: 14.82m

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Junior San Antonio, Texas John Jay Jumps

Junior Thornwood, N.Y. Westlake Multis

MEN’S PROFILES

BEEBE

BLISS

Personal Bests Discus: 43.50m

Personal Bests 200m: 23.12 400m: 50.26 500m: 1:06.03

Personal Bests 1,000m: 2:33.08 Mile: 4:23.55 3,000m: 9:00.31

James

Mark

Jordan

CASTELLI

CAYTON

Sophomore Fort Payne, Ala. Fort Payne Throws

Sophomore Carmel, N.Y. Carmel (USMAPS) Distances

Sophomore Ayden, N.C. Ayden-Grifton Sprints

BUNCH

Frederick Beebe

Personal Bests 60mL 7.03 100m: 11.07 200m: 22.45

Personal Bests 500m: 1:08.42 400m-H: 54.77

Personal Bests SP: 14.71m

PL Titles 2010 Outdoor 4x100 Relay

Alexander

Brian

Zachariah

COBBS

CRAHEN

Sophomore Sammamish, Wash. Skyline Hurdles

Sophomore St. Charles, Mo. Francis Howell Sprints

Junior Shelby, Ohio Shelby Senior Throws

CHENG

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Personal Bests Hammer: 41.40m WT: 16.10m

Personal Bests Discus: 47.29m SP: 15.06m WT: 15.80m

Personal Bests SP: 15.76m

Grady

Matthew

Scott

DILLON

GEARY

Junior Lewiston, Idaho Lewiston Throws

Junior Ashburn, Va. Bishop O’Connell Throws

Sophomore Sheriden, Wyo. Great Plains Lutheran Throws

DAVIS

Personal Bests 800m: 1:55.71 1,500m: 4:05.12 Mile: 4:33.19 3,000: 9:42.46

Personal Bests 400m: 48.00 HJ: 2.09m LJ: 7.32m TJ: 13.06m

Justin

Corbin

HARRIS

HELIS

Sophomore Tyler, Texas Bishop T.K. Gorman Pole Vault

Senior Carlisle, Pa. Trinity Distances

Michael

HUTCHINS Junior Saint Charles, Mo. Harvest Preperatory Jumps/Sprints

MEN’S PROFILES

Personal Bests PV: 4.80m

Daniel

JESTER Sophomore Alpharetta, Ga. Alpharetta Distances

Michael Hutchins

Personal Bests 3,000m: 8:51.94

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Personal Bests 55m-H: 8.98 60m-H: 8.93 400m-H: 53.87 500m: 1:04.22

Personal Bests 800m: 1:57.14 1,000m: 2:27.60

Personal Bests Hammer: 51.01m WT: 15.42m

PL Titles 2010 Outdoor 4x400 relay

Christopher

JONES

Brandon

Junior Holland, N.Y. Holland Central Hurdles

Senior Portsmouth, R.I. Portsmouth Throws

KENSY

Junior Blairsville, Ga. Union County Distances

Personal Bests Mile: 4:22.14 3,000m: 8:38.68 3,000m-Steeple: 9:32.23 5,000m: 15:09.92

Personal Bests Deca: 6132 pts Hept: 4503 pts

Personal Bests 1,500m: 3:57.17 Mile: 4:12.95 3,000m: 8:27.81 5,000m: 14:41.60

Barrett

David

Bryce

LINDER

LIVINGSTON

Junior Roanoke, Va. Hidden Valley Distances

Senior Dewitt, Mich. Grand Ledge Multis

Senior Tucson, Ariz. Salpointe Cath.(USMAPS) Distances

LeHARDY

Personal Bests 60m-H: 8.34 110m-H: 14.79

Personal Bests Javelin: 52.10m

Scott

Kyler

Junior Olalla, Wash. Evergreen Lutheran Throws

Sophomore Vacaville, Calif. Vacaville Sprints

LORETTE

LAWRENCE

MARTIN

Taylor Kensy

MEN’S PROFILES

Taylor

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Personal Bests 800m: 1:52.82 1,000m: 2:27.91

Personal Bests 100m: 11.19 200m: 21.93 400m: 48.95

PL Titles 2010 Indoor 4x800 relay

Thomas

MEYER

Christopher

Michael

Senior - Indoor Team Captain Kalama, Wash. Skyview Sprints

Junior Ridgeﬁeld Park, N.J. Bergan County Distances

MORENUS

MITCHELL

Personal Bests PV: 4.50m

Evan

Daniel

Senior Minisink Hills, Pa. East Stroudsburg Pole Vault

Junior Williamston, Mich. Williamston Distances

NELSON

Sophomore Naperville, Ill. Nequa Valley Distances

Personal Bests 800m: 1:58.73 1,000m: 2:31.40 1,500m: 3:58.44 Mile: 4:15.97

Personal Bests 1,500m: 4:08.91 Mile: 4:35.20 3,000m: 8:53.34 5,000m: 15:20.46

NIX

Personal Bests Javelin: 59.93m

MEN’S PROFILES

Personal Bests 3,000m: 9:09.81

Brian

Personal Bests 1,500m: 4:04.03 3,000m: 8:33.66 5,000m: 14:57.81

PL Titles 2010 Outdoor 4x400 relay

MICHELS

Senior Clarksville Md. Mt. St. Joseph Distances

Personal Bests PV: 4.70m

Blaine

O’REILLY Senior Hayes, Va. Gloucester Distances

Heath

Ian

Senior Marquette, Kan. Ell-Saline Throws

Junior Kenmore, Wash. Inglemoor Pole Vault

PATRICK

QUINN

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Personal Bests 60m-H: 8.63 110m-H: 15.27

Personal Bests 1,500m: 3:59.68 Mile: 4:18.60 3,000m: 9:02.95

Personal Bests Discus: 39.44m SP: 10.33m WT: 15.73m

Kevin

RUSSELL

Nicholas

Sophomore Mooresville, N.C. Mooresville Hurdles

Sophomore Gahanna, Ohio Lincoln Throws

RYAN

Sophomore Danbury, Conn. Danbury Distances

MEN’S PROFILES

Thomas

SNOAD

Personal Bests 800m: 1:51.13

Personal Bests Did not compete

Personal Bests HJ: 2.09m LJ: 6.37m TJ: 14.84m

PL Titles 2010 Outdoor 4x800 relay

PL Titles 2010 Indoor High Jump

Brandon

Christopher

TISDALE

WAGNER

Sophomore Baltimore, Md. Georgetown Prep Sprints

Senior Bel Air, Md. Fallston Mid-Distances

Thomas

WAGNER Junior Clinton, N.Y. Clinton Central Jumps

Thomas Wagner

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ARMY MEN: 2010 INDOOR PATRIOT LEAGUE CHAMPIONS

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Personal Bests 55m: 6.43 60m: 6.85 100m: 10.65 200m: 21.92 Long Jump: 7.51m Triple Jump: 14.89m

Alfred

SPOTLIGHT: ALFRED MCDANIEL

McDANIEL

Senior San Antonio, Texas Judson (USMAPS) Jumps/Sprints

Six-time Patriot League Champion (2008 outdoor 100m and 4x100m relay; 2009 indoor long jump, 2009 outdoor 100m; 2010 indoor 60m, 2010 outdoor 4x100m relay) ... swept 2008 Patriot League Rookie of the Meet awards ... IC4A and NCAA Regional qualiﬁer.

2010: Earned points for the Black Knights in four events at the Patriot League Outdoor Championships ... recorded the second-best distance in the long jump (7.28m), while finishing second (10.86) in the 100m and third (22.04) in the 200m ... was a member of the first place 4x100m-relay team ... finished third of 37 competitors in the 100m in a time of 10.92 at the Larry Ellis Invitational ... helped lead Army to a 119-84 win over Navy in the outdoor Star Meet by winning the 100m (10.90) and 200m (22.12) ... had a strong showing at the Military Track & Field Championships, earning three first-place finishes (100m - 10.65; 200m - 21.92; long jump - 7.09m) ... established a personal-best time of 10.65 in the 100m-dash at the USF Bulls Invite to open the outdoor season ... set Patriot League Indoor Championships record in 60m with a first-place finish of 6.85, also a personal best ... also registered points at the conference meet in the long jump, finishing fourth with a distance of 7.05m ... opened the indoor season with a win in the long jump at the Crowell Open with a 6.84m mark ... finished second of 17 (7.03) in the 60m at Saturday Night at the Armory ... pushed Army to a win at Navy in the Star Meet with a first-place finish in the 60m in a time of 6.99.

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2008: Named Patriot League Rookie of the Week in consecutive weeks to start the season ... reached IC4A qualifying standards in 60m, long jump and triple jump ... won the long jump against Navy with a leap of 23-5 ¼ ... also placed third in the 55m dash against the Mids ... named the Patriot League Rookie of the Meet after competing in four events at the championships ... earned second team all-league honors in the 60-meter dash with (6.94) ... also earned second team nod in long jump (23-9) ... scored in the triple jump at league meet as well, placing third with a jump of 47-7 ¼ ... McDaniel also qualified for the finals of the 200m dash, where he placed seventh ... opened outdoor season by qualifying for IC4A meet in triple jump, winning the Bulls Invitational with a jump of 47-11 ... named Patriot League Rookie of the Week for his efforts at the outdoor opener ... won the long jump against Navy with an NCAA Regional-qualifying jump of 24-7 ¾ ... jump ranks fourth all-time at Army ... named Patriot League Rookie of the Week for that performance ... topped that performance by winning the 100m and running a leg of the winning 4x100-meter relay team at the Patriot League Championships ... posted ninth-fastest 100m time in Army history at 10.73 to win the event ... also placed second in the long jump and triple jump at the league meet ... named the Patriot League Rookie of the Meet outdoors, matching his indoor accomplishment ... earned All-Patriot League first team honors in two events (100m, 4x100m) and second team honors in two events (LJ, TJ) ... posted a personal best of 10.71 seconds in the 100-meter dash at the NCAA East Regionals. High School: Ranked 12th in the nation in triple jump at Judson High School ... attended USMAPS ... was allstate in the triple jump and the 4x100m relay ... regional champion in the 4x100m, 4x200m and triple jump ... USMAPS record holder in the long jump and triple jump ... member of the National Honor Roll.

SPOTLIGHT: ALFRED MCDANIEL

2009: Top Army scorer in individual events vs. Navy with win in 60m dash (6.92) and second place finishes in the 200m (22.63) and long jump (23-5 ¼) ... ran a personal best 22.00 in the 200m dash at the BU Valentine Invitational to place ninth out 172 runners ... indoor Patriot League champion in the long jump (24-1 ½) ... also ran personal best 6.90 in 60m preliminaries then placed second in the finals in 6.93 ... took second in the 200m at Patriots in 22.10 ... opened indoor season with two wins ... won 60m dash in 7.02 and long jump in IC4A qualifying 23-1 ¼ at the Crowell Open ... qualified for IC4A championships with winning performance of 6.97 at the Army Quad ... set new personal best of 6.43 in 55m dash to surpass the IC4A standard and place third at the Great Dane Classic ... also improved on IC4A qualifying long jump to place fourth (23-6) at the Great Dane ... defended Patriot League title outdoors in the 100m with personal-best, IC4A qualifying performance of 10.68 seconds ... named Patriot League Male Track Athlete of the Week after placing second in the 100m at the Dick Shea Invitational in 10.97 seconds and also running the first leg of the 4x100-meter relay team’s winning and IC4A qualifying performance of 41.58 ... at Navy, scored in 100m dash with third place finish (11.63) and completed scoring position sweep with second in long jump (22-3).

Personal: Given name is Alfred McDaniel III ... son of Robert and Yulonda Gordon ... has one brother and one sister ... Dean’s List student ... enjoys listening to music ... lists Irving Saladino as his favorite athlete ... civil engineering major.

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Personal Bests 60m: 7.00 55m-H: 7.32* 60m-H: 7.86* 100m: 10.93 110m-H: 13.67* 200m: 22.16 *-USMA record Domonick

SPOTLIGHT: DOMONICK SYLVE

SYLVE

Senior - Outdoor Team Captain Long Beach, Calif. Millikan (USMAPS) Hurdles

Three-time Patriot League Champion in 110m hurdles ... 2010 indoor 60m-hurdles champion, outdoor 4x100m relay title ... two-time IC4A Champion (2010 indoor 55m-H, outdoor 60mH)... 2010 NCAA Championship 110m-H qualiﬁer.

2010: Garnered Patriot League Track Athlete of the Week honors six times (1/19, 2/9, 2/16, 4/13, 4/20, 4/27) ... opened 2010 with a time of 8.20 to top a field of 11 at the Crowell Open ... earned first of 19 at the Saturday Night at the Armory with a mark of 7.93 seconds ... took first at Saturday Night at the Armory II, leading a pack of eight with a finish of 8.01 ... flew by the competition to earn the Patriot League title in a time of 7.87 ... also earned points for the Black Knights with a sixth-place finish (7.16) in the 60m dash ... earned the top finish in the Army-Navy Star Meet with his 8.08 mark ... won the 55m-hurdles indoor IC4A crown with a personal best and USMA record of 7.32 seconds ... opened the outdoor season with a firstplace finish in the 110m-hurdles in 13.68 ... followed with another title in the 110m-hurdles at the Military Track & Field Championships, finishing in 14.13 ... earned points for the Black Knights against Navy in the outdoor Star Meet, winning the 110m-hurdles in 14.13 ... continued his successful run in that event at the Larry Ellis Invitational, recording an NCAA-qualifying and first-place time of 13.84, topping a field of 40 ... advanced to the finals in the 110m-hurdles at the Penn Relays, finishing eighth overall in 14.18 ... earned his third Patriot League 110m-hurdles title with a conference-record 13.90 finish ... won his second IC4A title of 2010 with a 13.85 finish in the 110m-hurdles ... set the 110m-hurdles USMA record at the NCAA Regional Championships, recording a 13.67 in the prelimary round ... advanced to the NCAA

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Championships after ﬁnishing third in the ﬁnals ... recorded a 14.11 at the NCAA Championships prelimaries in Eugene, Ore.

2008: Qualified for the IC4A Championships in the 55-meter hurdles with a time of 7.70 at the Valentine Invitational ... posted a personal-best performance of 8.35 in the 60m hurdles at the Patriot League meet to place sixth in the event ... bettered that with the ninth-best time in Army history, clocking 8.18 seconds at the NYU Fastrack Invitational ... posted personal best of 7.63 seconds in the 55m hurdles at the IC4A Championships ... opened the outdoor season with a PR in the 110-m hurdles, posting a time of 14.40 seconds to finish third at the Bulls Invitational ... followed with second-place finish in the event against Navy in 14.54 ... posted NCAA Regional qualifier at the Larry Ellis Invitational with time of 14.30 ... named Patriot League Rookie of the Week for his effort ... duplicated that performance and the weekly honor with 14.30 winning time at the Yale Springtime Invitational ... improved regional qualifier with second-fastest time in USMA history when he clocked 14.07 en route to winning the Patriot League Championship in that event ... named to All-Patriot League first team. High School: Earned one letter in track and field at Long Beach Millikan High School ... attended USMAPS.

SPOTLIGHT: DOMONICK SYLVE

2009: Was named Patriot League Track Athlete of the Week after setting meet record at the Great Dane Classic in the 55m hurdles with personal best, winning time of 7.41 ... time was an IC4A qualifier and just .03 shy of the NCAA provisional qualifying standard ... won 60m hurdles vs. Navy in personal-best 8.08 ... runner up in 60m hurdles in 8.02 at indoor Patriot League Championships, improving to fifth all-time at West Point ... also scored in the 60m dash by finishing fourth in 7.09 ... moved into a three-way tie all-time at West Point in the 60m hurdles with a time of 8.01 to place third at the NYU Fastrack Invitational, just one-tenth off of the NCAA provisional qualifying mark ... opened indoor season by setting personal best in 60m hurdles (8.13) at the Crowell Open to win event and qualify for the IC4A Championships ... won 60m hurdles at Army Quad in 8.18 ... named Most Outstanding Track Athlete of the Meet at outdoor Patriot League Championships after matching personal best of 14.07 to defend 110m hurdle title, running a leg for the winning 4x100m relay team and running a personal-best 10.86 in the 100m ... won 100m dash (11.33) and 110m hurdles (14.77) and ran second leg of winning 4x100m relay team at Navy to earn Army Athletic Association Athlete of the Week honors ... placed fourth with finals time of 14.20 at IC4A Championships ... named PL and ECAC Track Athlete of the Week after qualifying for the NCAA Regionals in 110m hurdles in 14.24 to place third, completing the 100m dash in 11.18 to place fourth and running a leg of IC4A-qualfying second-place 4x100m relay effort (42.33) at the USF Bulls Invitational ... ran second leg for winning 4x100m relay team (41.58) at Dick Shea Invitational ... named PL Track Athlete of the Week after being the top collegiate finisher in the 110m hurdles in third place (14.31) at the Auburn Tiger Track Classic ... ... named PL Track Athlete of the Week after finishing fourth in 14.31 in the 110m hurdles at the Larry Ellis Invitational ... ran below NCAA regional standard at the Penn Relays with time of 14.26 to place 18th.

Personal: Given name is Domonick Dwight Labar Sylve ... son of Vanessa Sylve ... has one brother, Kevin Bailey ... enjoys watching movies and playing basketball ... lists Kobe Bryant as favorite athlete ... major is business management.

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SPOTLIGHT: ALEXIS TORRE-SANTIAGO

Personal Bests 800m: 1:52.22 1,000m: 2:24.95 1,500m: 3:48.53 Mile: 4:08.28

Alexis

TORRE-SANTIAGO

2010 Patriot League title holder in the indoor mile and 4x800m relay, outdoor 4x800 relay ... 2009 Patriot League Champion in the indoor 1000m and DMR and outdoor 1500.

Senior Ft. Monmouth, N.C. Gray’s Creek Distances

2010: Represented Puerto Rico at the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games on July 27 ... earned a pair of first-place finishes at the Dick Shea Open to start the outdoor season ... had the fastest mark of 35 runners in the 1,500m (3:56.27), and the best time of 20 competitors in the 5,000m (15:20.10) ... finished second in a field of 44 in the 800m, crossing the line in 1:54.09 at the Larry Ellis Invitational ... was the third leg of the 4x800m-relay champions at the Patriot League Outdoor Championships, setting a conference record of 7:24.16 ... also earned points for Army in the 1,500m with a fifth-place finish of 3:54.31 ... ... opened the indoor season by leading a field of 17 in the 800m in a time of 1:55.58 at the Crowell Open ... finished third of 15 in the 1,000m, crossing the line in 2:28.34 at the Saturday Night at the Armory ... helped Army win the 2010 Indoor Patriot League Championship title by registering points in three events, including two firstplace finishes ... earned the titles in the mile (4:08.88) and as the fourth leg of the 4x800m relay (7:33.56) ... also finished third in the 1,000m (2:29.24) ... set two Wesley A. Brown Fieldhouse records at Navy, winning the 1,000m in 2:24.95 and as a member of the 4x800m relay which 43 TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS • 292 INDIVIDUAL MEN’S TITLES • 185 INDIVIDUAL WOMEN’S TITLES

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ﬁnished in 7:35.69.

2008: Posted third-fastest mile time on the team during the indoor season with personal best clocking of 4:15.95 ... ran impressive 3:57.65 in the 1500m at the Auburn Tiger Track Classic ... named Patriot League Rookie of the Week for his performance ... shattered his personal best in the 800m when he ran the third leg of the third-place 4x800m relay team at the Patriot League Championships ... split was clocked at 1:51.11 ... returned the next day with a personal best showing in the 1500m of 3:54.24. High School: Four-year letterwinner at Gray’s Creek High School ... attended USMAPS ... earned state, regional and conference championships on the track ... went undefeated in the mile in 2005 ... named Wendy’s High School Heisman ... member of National Honor Society. Personal: Given name is Alexis Torre Santiago ... son of Axel and Ana Torre ... father is Master Sergeant in the U.S. Army ... twin sister, Gloriemar, attends U.S. Air Force Academy ... older brother, Axel Jr., is Specialist in Army ... sister in law, Crystal, is also Specialist in Army ... Uncle is a Sergeant in Army ... major is foreign languages.

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SPOTLIGHT: ALEXIS TORRE-SANTIAGO

2009: Was named Patriot League Athlete of the Week after winning the mile vs. Navy in an IC4A qualifying, then personal best 4:11.36 ... followed with IC4A qualﬁying performances at the BU Valentine Invitational in the 1000m (2:28.17) to place 10th and the mile (4:08.28) to place seventh ... performance in the mile ranks him eigth all-time at West Point ... ran personal best 2:27.29 to win indoor Patriot League title in the 1000m and ran1200m leg of champion DMR team ... also scored in the mile at Patriots to place fourth in 4:13.02 ... ran personal best 1:52.22 in the 800m to place fourth at the NYU Invitational and qualify for IC4As in the event ... won outdoor Patriot League title in 1500m with personal-best, IC4A qualifying time of 3:48.53 ... completed 1-2 scoring sweep of 1500m run at Navy with time of 3:53.68 ... ran 3:50.70 at the IC4A Championships ... won 1500m in 3:57.71 at Dick Shea Invitational ... placed ﬁfth in the 1500m in a then personal-best 3:52.43 and placed 11th in the 800m in 1:53.37 at the Auburn Tiger Track Classic.

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2010-11 ARMY WOMEN

2010-11 WOMEN’S ROSTER

NAME Bass, Janelle Bradway, Bonny Busby, Jillian Carpenter, Tory Christian, Crystal Clark, Kasandra Clement, Courtney Danilack, Lindsey Dowdy, Shalela Dupree, LaShaunda Earley, Lenora Forshee, Cecelia Gordon, Ashley Hauck, Carissa Huggins, Hallie Ifafore, Opeyemi Jeffcoat, Makeba Johnson, Christina King, Stefani Kratz, Rebecca Kunst, Kailee Lang, Leah Letarte, Jessica Love, Kaitlyn Majchrzak, McKenzie McIntyre, Emily Miller, Briana Miller, Nicole Nagy, Anne Niemiec, Jessica Nordt, Marcie O’Donnell, Elizabeth Odunze, Chisom Prahl, Chelsea Prakel, Mary Rath, Christina Ross, Jarietta Saffold, Felicia Salmon, Alexis Schue, Savannah Stallard, Tonya Sutherland, Alexandra Ulmer, Lauren Waggoner, Jessica Wagner, Jessica West, Jennifer

EVENT Sprints Throws Distances Throws Jumps/Sprints Jumps/Sprintst Distances Multis Middle Distances Jumps Throws Distances Sprints Sprints/Hurdles Jumps/Hurdles Throws Throws Multis/Jumps Sprints Throws Pole Vault Sprints/Hurdles Distances Hurdles/Sprints Jumps Sprints Jumps Throws Distances Multis Distances Distances Throws Distances Distances/Steeple Distances/Steeple Jumps Throws Distances Throws Multis/Hurdles Middle Distances Distances Throws Jumps Distances/Steeple

CLASS Fr. Fr. So. Jr. Fr. Sr. Sr. Fr. Jr. Sr. Sr. So. SO. Sr. Sr. Fr. Jr. Jr. Fr. Jr. Fr. Fr. Sr. So. So. Fr. Fr. Fr. Sr. Fr. Jr. Fr. Jr. Jr. So. Sr. Jr. Fr. Fr. Sr. Sr. Fr. Jr. Fr. Fr. Jr.

HOMETOWN/PREVIOUS SCHOOL Nashville, Tenn./Fairfax Quinton, N.J./Penns Grove Merrimack, N.H./Merrimack El Paso, Texas/Franklin Fayetteville, Ga./Starr’s Mill Fayetteville, Ga./Our Lady of Mercy Allen, Texas/New Mexico Military Inst. Montville, N.J./Montville Township Mobile, Ala./S.S. Murphy Tallahassee, Fla./Fleming Island Wichita, Kan./Goddard Sr. Northwales, Pa./Philadelphia Montgomery Burlington, N.J./Burlington Township Watertown, S.D./Watertown Wasilla, Alaska/Colony Middletown, N.Y./Pine Bush Columbia, S.C./AC Flora/USMAPS State College, Pa./State College Area Greensboro, N.C./Southern Guilford Woodland Hills, Calif./Louisville Glen Falls, N.Y./Glen Falls Hershey, Pa./Quince Orchard Eaton Rapids, Mich./Eaton Rapids Houston, Texas/Cypress Creek/USMAPS Manistee, Mich./Manistee Castelton, Vt./Fair Haven Waseca, Minn./Waseca Raymond, Va./Willapa Valley McKinney, Texas/McKinney North Destin, Fla./Fort Walton Beach The Woodlands, Texas/College Park Central Valley, N.Y./Monroe-Woodbury Pikesville, Md./Pikesville Greenville, Mich./Greenville Senior Versailles, Ohio/Versailles Riegelsville, Pa./Wilson Area San Antonio, Texas/Trinity Christian Chicago, Ill./St. Ignatius Woodbridge, Va./Woodbridge Senior Roosevelt, Minn./Warroad Bristol, Va./Virginia Houston, Texas/Clear Lake Chesapeake, Va./Western Branch Minden, Nev./Douglas/USMAPS Plymouth, Mass./Plymouth South Cape Coral, Fla./Ft. Myers

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Personal Bests 1,500m: 4:58.55 Mile: 5:10.86 3,000m: 10:19.53 5,000m: 18:32.71

Jillian

BUSBY Sophomore Merrimack, N.H. Merrimack Distances

Personal Bests 1,500m: 5:13.88 3,000m: 10:27.10 5,000m: 18:00.28

Personal Bests Javelin: 27.00m SP: 9.53m WT: 13.94m

Tory

Courtney

Junior El Paso, Texas Franklin Throws

Senior Allen, Texas New Mexico Military Inst. Distances

CARPENTER

CLEMENT

Personal Bests Javelin: 39.72m SP: 11.28m

Personal Bests 400m: 1:00.06 LJ: 5.39m TJ: 10.75m

Shalela

LaShaunda

Lenora

DUPREE

EARLEY

Junior Mobile, Ala. S.S. Murphy Distances

Senior Tallahassee, Fla. Fleming Island Jumps/Sprints

Senior Wichita, Kan. Goddard Sr. Throws

DOWDY

Personal Bests 200m: 26.79 400m: 59.56 500m: 1:19.47

Personal Bests 800m: 2:21.14 1,500m: 5:32.57 Mile: 5:07.57 3,000m: 10:30.45

Personal Bests WT: 13.21m

Cecelia

Ashley

Makeba

GORDON

JEFFCOAT

Sophomore Northwales, Pa. Philadelphia Montgomery Distances

Sophomore Burlington, N.J. Burlington Township Sprints

Junior Columbia, S.C. AC Flora (USMAPS) Throws

FORSHEE

WOMEN’S PROFILES

Personal Bests 400m: 1:01.97 800m: 2:20.59 1,000m: 3:00.28 3,000m-Steeple: 12:47.98

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Personal Bests 55m-H: 9.17 60m-H: 9.30 100m-H: 15.83 HJ: 1.65m LJ: 4.65m Heptathlon: 4168

Personal Bests Javelin: 35.68m

Personal Bests 1,500m: 4:50.87 Mile: 5:27.21 3,000m: 10:52.88

Christina

JOHNSON

Jessica

Junior Woodland Hills, Calif. Louisville Throws

Senior Eaton Rapids, Mich. Eaton Rapids Distances

KRATZ

Junior State College, Pa. State College Area Multis

WOMEN’S PROFILES

Rebecca

Personal Bests 60m: 8.27 60m-H: 9.02 100m-H: 15.36 400m-H: 1:06.79

LETARTE

Personal Bests 1,500m: 5:14.32 Mile: 5:37.95 3,000m: 11:05.51 5,000m: 20:11.43

Personal Bests HJ: 1.73m LJ: 5.33m TJ: 9.37m

Kaitlyn

McKenzie

Annie

MAJCHRZAK

NAGY

Sophomore Houston, Texas Cypress Creek (USMAPS) Hurdles

Sophomore Manistee, Mich. Manistee Throws

Senior McKinney, Texas McKinney North Distances

LOVE

Jarietta Ross

Jennifer West

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Chisom

ODUNZE Junior Pikesville, Md. Pikesville Throws

Personal Bests 800m: 2:25.41 1,000m: 3:03.99 1,500m: 4:51.67 Mile: 5:26.01 3,000m: 10:45.62

Personal Bests 800m: 2:28.29 1,500m: 4:49.88 3,000m: 10:22.73 Mile: 5:15.66

Chelsea

Mary

Junior Greenville, Mich. Greenville Senior Distances

Sophomore Versailles, Ohio Versailles Distances

PRAHL

PRAKEL

Personal Bests Discus: 36.50m SP: 11.51m

Personal Bests LJ: 4.99m TJ: 11.90m

Christina

Jarietta

Savannah

ROSS

SCHUE

Senior Riegelsville, Pa. Wilson Area Distances

Junior San Antonio, Texas Trinity Christian Jumps

Senior Roosevelt, Minn. Warroad Throws

RATH

Personal Bests 1,500m: 5:06.16 3,000m: 11:13.30 Mile: 5:32.73 3,000m-Steeple: 11:12.85

Personal Bests 1,000m: 3:21.83 1,500m: 5:21.53 Mile: 5:44.54

Lauren

Jennifer

Junior Chesapeake, Va. Western Branch Distances

Junior Cape Coral, Fla. Ft. Myers Distances

ULMER

WOMEN’S PROFILES

Personal Bests 3,000m: 10:43.89 3,000m-Steeple: 11:54.21 5,000m: 19:09.85 10,000m: 41:04.90

WEST

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Personal Bests 60m: 8.34 100m: 13.18 Pole Vault: 3.70m* Long Jump: 5.56m Triple Jump: 10.53m *-USMA record Owns Academy pole vault record. Kaci

SPOTLIGHT: KACI CLARK

CLARK Senior - Indoor Team Captain Fayetteville, Ga. Our Lady of Mercy Pole Vault

2010: Opened the season with a pair of first-place finishes at the Crowell Open, winning the long jump (5.12m) and pole vault (3.30m) ... recorded a personal-best time in the 60m at the Patriot League Indoor Championships, finishing the preliminary round with a time of 8.34 seconds ... earned Army points at the conference meet with a third-place distance of 5.41m in the long jump ... took the top finish in the long jump at Navy in the Star Meet, recording a mark of 5.51m ... tied for seventh in the pole vault at the ECAC Championships with a height of 3.55m ... named Patriot League Field Athlete of the Week on 4/27 ... earned points for the Black Knights against Navy in the outdoor Star Meet with a firstplace mark in the pole vault (3.60m) and a second-place finish in the long jump (5.38m) ... finished fourth of 24 competitors in the long jump with a distance of 5.50m at the Larry Ellis Invitational ... recorded an Academy-record height in the pole vault at the Yale Springtime Invitational, clearing the bar at 3.70m ... earned Army points at the Patriot League Outdoor

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Championships with a pair of second-place finishes ... cleared the bar on the pole vault at 3.60m, while recording at distance of 5.56m in the long jump ... concluded the season with a seventh-place finish at the ECAC Championships in the pole vault (3.65m). 2009: Surpassed personal best in pole vault by almost 16 inches at the Great Dane Classic with mark of 11-3 ¾ ... surpassed 11 feet again at Penn State Invitational (11-¼) ... tied for fourth at indoor Patriot League Championships (10-11 ¾) ... opened outdoor season at the USF Bulls Invitational by matching personal best mark of 11-3 ¾ to place seventh ... won Dick Shea Invitational with vault of 10-11 ¾ ... led Army with second place finish in pole vault (10-6) at Navy ... matched Dick Shea performance of 10-11 ¾ to place third at Larry Ellis Invitational ... scored for Army by tying for fourth-place with teammate Hallie Huggins with vault of 10-10 at outdoor Patriot League championships.

High School: Earned four letters while attending Our Lady of Mercy High School in Georgia ... lettered in gymnastics, cheerleading and track and ﬁeld. Personal: Given name is Kasandra Ashley Clark ... daughter of Molly and Edward Clark ... has an older sister, Kristina, graduated from West Point in 2008 ... team leader ... enjoys gymnastics, dancing, singing & going to church ... lists Dominique Dawes as her favorite athlete ... plans to major in psychology.

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SPOTLIGHT: KACI CLARK

2008: Debuted at Valentine Invite ... competed in pole vault at indoor Patriot League Championships ... set personal best pole vault mark of 10-2 at USF Invite ... set season best long jump of 17-1 ¼ at outdoor PL Championships.

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Personal Bests 200m: 26.66 400m: 58.70 400m-H: 1:05.09 500m: 1:16.88 800m: 2:22.03

Carissa

SPOTLIGHT: CARISSA HAUCK

HAUCK Senior - Outdoor Team Captain Watertown, S.D. Watertown Hurdles

Two-time Patriot League Champion as member of 2008 indoor and outdoor 4x400m championship relay teams ... member of Army record-breaking indoor 4x400m relay team ... did not compete in hurdles before coming to West Point.

2010: Opened the indoor season at the Crowell Open with a win in the 500m, finishing in 1:18.33, earning Patriot League Track Athlete of the Week for her performance ... improved upon that time at the Saturday Night at the Armory, crossing the line in 1:17.10 for sixth place in a field of 20 ... tallied points for the Black Knights at the Patriot League Indoor Championships by earning fourth place in the 500m, finishing in 1:18.37 ... also was a point-earner at Navy, earning second place and Army’s top finish in the 500 with a personal-best time of 1:16.88 ... finished second of seven runners in the 400m-hurdles with a time of 1:05.32 at the Dick Shea Open ... finished fourth of 28 competitors in the 400m-hurdles with a time of 1:05.89 at the Yale Springtime Invitational. 2009: Led Army in the 500m during the indoor season ... scored vs. Navy with second place finish in 1:19.42 in the 500m ... placed fourth at indoor Patriot League championships in season best

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1:18.65 ... placed third at Yale Springtime Invitational outdoors in the 400m hurdles with seasonbest time of 1:06.46.

High School: Three-sport standout at Watertown High School in South Dakota ... earned six letters in soccer, ﬁve in track and ﬁeld and four in cross country ... set state record in 4x200m relay ... set school records as a member of 4x100m, 4x200m and 4x400m relay teams. Personal: Given name is Carissa Jo Hauck ... daughter of Carletta and Steve Hauck ... grades No. 1 physically for females in USMA class of 2011 ... member of Fellowship of Christian Athletes ... enjoys reading, running and working out ... major is management.

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SPOTLIGHT: CARISSA HAUCK

2008: Focused primarily on 500-meter dash indoors ... ranks sixth in Army history with time of 1:17.44 at the Valentine Invitational ... scored at the Patriot League meet with a sixth-place finish in the event ... earned First-Team All-Patriot League honors as a member of the winning 4x400-meter relay team ... ran a leg of record-setting 4x400m relay that posted a time of 3:49.46 at the NYU Fastrack Invitational ... opened the 2008 outdoor season with a victory in the 400-meter hurdles at the Bulls Invitational with a time of 1:05.87 ... named Patriot League Rookie of the Week for her performance in the season opener ... bettered that time with a 1:05.09 at the Auburn Tiger Track Classic ... mark ranks her ninth in event at Army ... placed fifth at the Patriot League Championships with a time of 1:05.68 ... ran a leg of championship 4x400m relay ... earned All-Patriot League first team honors.

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Personal Bests 55m-H: 9.00h 60m: 7.91 60m-H: 9.14 100m: 12.31 100m-H: 14.52 200m: 25.59 Triple Jump: 11.07m Pole Vault: 3.65m Hallie

SPOTLIGHT: HALLIE HUGGINS

HUGGINS Senior Wasilla, Alaska Colony Pole Vault

2010 Patriot League indoor pole vault champion, outdoor 100mhurdles champion ... Patriot League champion as member of 2008 outdoor 4x100m relay team ... ranks tied for second alltime at Army in pole vault

2010: Opened the indoor season with a pair of first-place finishes at the Crowell Open, earning the 60m (8.12) and pole vault (3.30m) titles ... registered points for Army with one title, two third-place finishes and one fourth-best mark at the Patriot League Indoor Championships ... won the pole vault with a height of 3.60m ... finished the 60m in 7.93 and the 60m-hurdles in 9.19 ... was the fourth leg in the 4x400 fourth-place team ... established a personal-best time in the 60m-hurdles with a 9.14 in the preliminaries ... led the Black Knights with two first-place marks (60m, 7.99; pole vault, 3.65m) and a second-place finish (60m-hurdles, 9.21) at Navy ... tied for seventh in the pole vault at the ECAC Championships with a height of 3.55m ... turned in a successful performance at the Military Track & Field Championships, earning the top mark in the 100m-dash (12.30) and second-best time in the 100m-hurdles (14.99) ... led Army at the outdoor Star Meet against rival Navy with a pair of first-place finishes, winning the 100m title in 12.31 and the 200m crown in 25.59 ... earned points for the Black Knights at the Patriot League Outdoor Championships, winning the 100m-hurdles with a time of 14.52 and taking second in the 100m-dash in 12.38.

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2008: Moved onto Army’s all-time top-10 pole vaulters list after setting mark of 9-10 at indoor Patriot League Championships ... bested that mark with a 10-0 mark to ﬁnish sixth at Penn Invitational ... set personal best of 10-6 vs. Navy ... also set personal best triple jump of 36-4 vs. Navy ... ran a leg of the championship 4x100m relay at the Patriot League Championships outdoors ... earned All-Patriot League First Team honors. High School: Earned three letters in volleyball and four in track and ﬁeld while attending Coloney High School ... attended USMAPS ... state champion in 100m hurdles ... also competed in gymnastics in high school. Personal: Given name is Hallie Rebecca Huggins ... daughter of Becky and Charlie Huggins ... has one older brother, Chad and one younger brother, Cody ... lists Kerri Strug as her favorite athlete ... major is management.

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SPOTLIGHT: HALLIE HUGGINS

2009: Placed third at indoor Patriot League Championships in the pole vault with personal-best mark of 11-5 ¾, which ranks her second all-time at the Academy in the event ... nearly matched top mark with vault of 11-5 ¼ to place fifth at NYU Fastrack Invitational ... equaled then personal best of 10-6 en route to winning the pole vault at the Army Quad ... completed 1-2 sweep of 60m dash vs. Navy with personal best 8.01 ... also took third in the pole vault with then personal best 10-11 ¾ ... matched Navy pole vault mark to place eighth at the BU Valentine Invitational ... opened indoor season with second place finish in the 60m dash at the Crowell Open (8.18) ... posted outdoor season-best pole vault mark of 10-11 ¾ at Penn Invitational ... competed in five events at Navy: 100m dash (second, 12.82), 200m dash (fourth, 27.45), 100m hurdles (fourth, 15.98), pole vault (third, 10-0) and 4x100m ... scored in three events at outdoor Patriot League championships, placing second in the 100m hurdles in personal-best 14.54 to rank sixth all-time at West Point in the event, fourth in the 100m in a personal-best 12.35 and tied for fourth with teammate Kaci Clark in the pole vault (10-10) ... earned a pair of second place finishes in the 100m hurdles (15.49) and pole vault (10-6) while also running leg for winning 4x400m relay team at the Dick Shea Invitational.

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Tonya

Personal Bests 200m: 26.27 800m: 2:35.16 55m-H: 8.20h 60m-H: 8.82 100m-H: 14.67 High Jump: 1.52m Javelin: 36.81m Shot Put: 11.86m Heptathlon: 4311 Pentathlon: 3134

Senior Bristol, Va. Virginia Multis

Became Army’s ﬁrst-ever heptathlon Patriot League champion in 2009 ... 2010 Patriot League indoor 60m-hurdles champion

SPOTLIGHT: TONYA STALLARD

STALLARD

2010: Opened the indoor season with a fourth-place finish in the pentathlon at the Crowell Open, tallying 2828 points ... had a career meet at the Patriot League Indoor Championships, establishing personal-best marks in the 60m-hurdles with a first-place finish in 8.86 and the pentathlon with 3041 points, good enough for fourth place ... finished first in the 60m-hurdles in 9.15 at Navy ... recorded personal-best marks in the javelin (36.54m), shot put (11.45m) and 200m-dash (27.19) at the outdoor season-open at the USF Bulls Invitational ... won the 100m-hurdles at the Military Track & Field Championships, beating out a field of 16 with a time of 14.83 ... won the heptathlon at the Dick Shea open by tallying 4222 points ... finished second in the 100m-hurdles against Navy with a personal-best 14.67 ... earned points for Army at the Patriot League Outdoor Championships with a pair of fourth-place finishes ... recorded 4311 points in the heptathlon and finished the 100m-hurdles in 14.87. 2009: Won shot put and long jump events en route to winning the pentathlon at the Crowell Open

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... also led Army in the 60m hurdles at the meet, coming up just .01 shy of first ... led Army in 60m hurdles with personal best, all-time West Point top-10 time of 9.05 to place second vs. Navy ... scored at indoor Patriot League championships in the pentathlon with a personal best 2968 points (sixth) and in the 60m hurdles with a finals time of 9.11 (fifth) ... during outdoor season, became first Army athlete to win the Patriot League heptathlon title (personal-best 4242) ... also scored with sixth-place finish in 100m hurdles (14.94) ... won 100m hurdles at Navy in then personal-best 15.13 and scored with third-place finish in javelin (111-4) ... won heptathlon outdoors at Dick Shea Invitational with 3873 points.

High School: Earned letters in five different sports at Virginia High School ... played softball, volleyball and basketball while also lettering in cross country and track and field ... was named MVP of the cross country team for four years and MVP of the track and field team for three years ... earned all-state honors in softball for three years. Personal: Given name is Tonya Denise Stallard ... daughter of Phyllis and Kevin Stallard ... has one younger sibling, Casey, 16 ... enjoys the outdoors ... major is human geography.

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SPOTLIGHT: TONYA STALLARD

2008: Competed in pentathlon and 55m/60m hurdles during indoor season ... placed second in the 55m hurdles against Navy with a personal best time of 8.20 (hand) seconds ... posted personal best in the 100m hurdles (15.15) during the preliminaries at the Patriot League Championships ... eventually scored with a sixth place ﬁnish in 15.34.

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Shortly after Grover Cleveland began his second term as President of the 44-state nation, the track and field program at West Point was born. With the dream of the first modern Olympic Games still a twinkle in the eye of the Baron Pierre de Coubertin, track and field competition began at the United States Military Academy in the spring of 1893, three years after baseball and football were established as official athletic activities for the Corps of Cadets. The importance of the first Army-Navy football game in developing athletics — and certainly track and field — at West Point is clear. Losing to the Midshipmen in that opening game in 1890 made the members of the Corps, as well as staff and faculty, work that much harder to change that result. Thus, the stage was set for the establishment of other sports at the Academy. In 1893 it was called “Field Day.” Track and field competition was held between the classes. At first, Field Day consisted of teams of five competitors from each class. The Class of 1896 was the inaugural winner and received a banner from the Army Officers Athletic Association. One year after the first Field Day was held, the rules of the competition were changed, allowing two competitors from each class in each event. During the first competition, all athletes were required to compete in all events. The change brought instant improvement in the performances. A spring Field Day remained a fixture of the athletic schedule at West Point, and later a winter competition was added as well.

GREAT TEAMS AND GREAT COACHES Intercollegiate track and ﬁeld competition began in 1921 when Army defeated Tufts 93-33. The ﬁrst coach was Lt. Elmer Q. Oliphant, a former two-time All-American halfback for the Army football team (1916-17) and a National Football Foundation Hall of Fame selection in 1955. Oliphant coached the track team for two years, leading them to an unblemished 3-0 record the second season. After a two-year stint by Lt. Eugene L. Vidal, the Athletic Association turned to Leo Novak to establish a solid program. Novak, who also coached basketball at West Point, laid the foundation for Army’s traditionally strong outdoor program. Novak led the track squad to 22 straight victories over the course of four seasons. He spent 25 years at the Academy, compiling a 96-24 record before resigning at the close of the 1949 season. He also established an indoor

1978 Army Women’s Track & Field Team

track program in 1942, going 11-2 before wrapping up his coaching career in 1949. Novak’s outdoor squads won four Heptagonal Championships, one Nonagonal title and finished first at the IC4A Championships three times. His Army teams also had two second-place finishes at the IC4A meet, along with a second and a third at the national AAU Championships. Jess Mortensen, a former world-record decathlete and NCAA javelin champion at Southern California, succeeded Novak and served as cross country and track coach in 1950 and 1951. His first cross country team finished with a 7-1 record, won the Heptagonal Championship and took runner-up honors at the IC4A meet. Mortensen’s indoor track teams posted identical 4-0 records during his twoyear stint, and his 1951 squad won the indoor Heps. Carleton Crowell succeeded Mortensen and continued Army’s long string of success on the track. Crowell guided Army teams to 351 victories and a dozen Heptagonal championships — five indoors, three outdoors and four in cross country. All but one indoor and outdoor track and field record was shattered during his 25-year tenure. Crowell suffered a fatal heart attack on September 5, 1975, at the age of 62. Capt. Mel Pender, a former Olympian serving as an assistant at West Point, coached the 1975-76 indoor team and the 1976 outdoor unit. Then John Randolph, former head track and cross country coach at William & Mary, was named the head coach. Randolph remained at the Academy for three seasons before accepting a similar position at Florida. While at Army, Randolph accumulated a 28-2-1 record indoors and a 14-3 outdoor mark. In 1979, the women’s track and field team made its debut, compiling a 6-2 record under Capt. Chuck Hunsaker, who went 14-3 in three seasons at West Point. Sue Kellett captained that inaugural squad, which defeated Barnard 82-13 in its first meet. During their first season, the Black Knights finished third at the New York State Championships. Army won the New York State AIAW Division III title in 1981 and took runner-up honors a year later. That same year, 1982, Army finished first in the Division III championship meet and third at the national championships. Ron Bazil, head track coach at Adelphi, succeeded Randolph on the men’s side in 1980 and Craig Sherman on the women’s side in 1983. During a splendid 16-year stint at Army, Bazil joined Carleton Crowell as one of only six coaches to win 300 contests in any men’s or women’s sport at West Point. Bazil guided the Army men’s and women’s programs

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Former head coach Carleton Crowell

ARMY TRACK AND FIELD HISTORY

THE BEGINNINGS

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Former head coach Ron Bazil

Recruiting is the lifeblood of any successful program, and Army’s legendary coaches have brought in many outstanding individual performers throughout the long history of the sport. Perhaps the most famous was George S. Patton, Class of 1909, who starred on the Army track and ﬁeld team and later competed in the modern pentathlon at the 1912 Olympics in Stockholm. One of the ﬁnest West Point athletes was Richard Shea, a 1952 USMA graduate. Shea enlisted in the Army in 1944 and served as a staff sergeant in the 53rd Constabulary Regiment in Nuremberg, Germany. A native of Portsmouth, Va., he did not compete in cross country until entering the Army, but he went on to win the European 1,500 and 5,000-meter championships.

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THE ATHLETES

Shea entered West Point in 1948, served as a cadet captain and was the recipient of the Army Athletic Association Trophy presented to the top senior athlete. He won 16 major intercollegiate middle distance and cross country championships and set seven indoor and outdoor Academy track records. He also qualified for the 1952 Olympic Games in the 10,000. Shea was assigned to Korea following graduation and died in action on July 8, 1953, at Sokkogae, trying to repel Communist “suicide attacks” during the Korean Conflict. He was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for wartime bravery, the 77th Medal of Honor awarded during the Korean War. West Point’s outdoor track and field facility — Shea Stadium — is dedicated in his honor. Edwin E. “Buzz” Aldrin Jr., the former NASA astronaut who was the Lunar Module Pilot for the Apollo 11 flight that completed the first manned Moon landing in 1969, competed in track at West Point. During his last year, 1951, Aldrin finished second in the pole vault at the IC4A Championships, clearing 13-6. His career best was 138, just 1/8 of an inch shy of the Academy record at that time. Another noted astronaut, Ed White, scored in the 400 hurdles at the NCAA Championships in 1952. White became the first American to walk in space in June of 1965. Tragically, he was killed on Jan. 27, 1967, in a fire during a preflight test on what would have become the Apollo 1 mission. In 1960, Army track and field’s Ron Zinn became the first to compete in the Olympics while still a cadet, placing 19th in the 20-kilometer walk at the Rome games. Zinn competed again in the 1964 Olympic Games, held in Tokyo, delivering one of the finest performances by an American in the 20k walk by placing sixth. Tragically, he was killed in action in Vietnam on July 7, 1965, as a first lieutenant. Since 1977, USA Track and Field has awarded the Captain Ron Zinn Memorial Award annually to the top race walker in the country. Another of Army’s outstanding competitors was Bill Straub, a 1964 graduate. Straub shared the 5,000 championship at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in his senior year. The native of nearby Mt. Kisco, N.Y., finished in a dead heat with Jim Murphy of Air Force at Eugene, Ore. Straub, whose time of 14 minutes, 12.3 seconds set an NCAA Championship meet record, is the only male Army runner to win a national title in the history of the program. Curt Alitz, the son of former Army wrestling coach LeRoy Alitz, is considered another of Army’s finest distance men.

European Champion Richard Shea ’52

into the Patriot League era in 1992, bringing home 18 championship trophies during his tenure at West Point. In 1994, his men’s indoor track team posted a perfect 5-0 record and placed second at Heptagonals. He also led the Army women to four Hep crowns and seven league titles, while developing 14 male and female All-Americans. When Bazil departed for Tulane following the 199495 season, Director of Athletics Al Vanderbush turned to veteran Jerry Quiller, a former national cross country “Coach of the Year” at the University of Colorado and a well-known figure on the international track and cross country scene. Quiller, who served as an assistant coach on the 2000 U.S. Olympic team in Sydney, Australia, guided the Army men’s and women’s cross country and track teams to 37 Patriot League titles in 13 seasons on the job. He won a Patriot League title in either cross country or track and field in each of his 13 years at the Academy and was named the Patriot League “Coach of the Year” an astounding 22 times. As one of the most successful coaches in Army history, ‘Q’ went out on top, coaching the women’s team to their first outdoor Patriot League title in 10 years and earning 2008 Women’s Outdoor Track Coach of the Year honors from the Patriot League. He also earned one last trip to the NCAA Championships as distance runner John Mickowski advanced to the national competition under his leadership. A new era begins this season with the arrival of Troy Engle as the head coach of both the track and field and cross country teams. Engle, who previously served as an assistant coach for Army in two separate stints under both Bazil and Quiller in the mid-90’s, brings a tremendous amount of collegiate and international coaching experience to West Point. Just prior to arriving at Army, Engle led the U.S. Paralympic track and field team at the 2008 Paralympic Games in Beijing. His efforts led to an improvement in the team’s medal count, placing the Americans second to only the host nation.

Curt Alitz ’78, Army’s current team physician

An All-American in cross country, Alitz was also successful on the track. In 1978 he won the 10,000 at the Heptagonal Championships and the two-mile run at the IC4A meet. In 1977, he captured the Penn Relays 10-kilometer as well as the 3,000 steeplechase and the 5,000 at Heps. Alitz, who broke five Academy standards gained AllAmerican honors twice indoors in the three-mile and three times outdoors — twice in the 10,000 and once more in the 5,000. His mark on the Academy’s athletic history was recognized in 2008 when he was inducted into the Army Sports Hall of Fame. A former Army Athletic Association Award recipient and a two-time Heptagonal Champion, Dennis Trujillo also earned All-American citations in the indoor two-mile run and the outdoor three-mile event in 1975. He and Alitz established a tradition of excellence for Army distance teams that has remained one of the best in the East. Cardell Williams earned a pair of All-American certificates in the 800m during the 1983 season, and Tom Szoka did the same two years later. Tyno Carter was AllAmerican in the 5,000 in 1988, and Jason Stewart, Mike Bernstein and Dan Browne were all among the nation’s best distance runners in the mid-1990’s. In 1994, Stewart earned the rare distinction of copping All-American honors in cross country, indoor track and outdoor track, placing as high as third in the 5,000 at the 1994 NCAA Outdoor Championships. Browne earned outdoor All-American honors in the 5,000 in 1996 and the 10,000 in 1997. He seemed headed toward a possible national title during his senior campaign before suffering a disappointing leg injury. During a remarkable three-week stretch in the winter, Browne shattered Academy indoor records in three different events — the mile, the 3,000 and the 5,000 — at three different meets. In Army’s dual meet win over Navy, he became the first Cadet ever to run a sub four-minute mile, clocking a 3:59.31. In 1998, Browne was named “Runner of the Year” by Runner’s World magazine and in 2004 he competed in the Olympic Games held in Athens. Browne’s achievements place him as one of the best athletes in the history of the U.S. Military Academy, as in 2005 he was part of the second class ever inducted into the Army Sports Hall of Fame. Hammer thrower Gerald Ingalls, a former walk-on who went on to break Army records and earn AllAmerica recognition in the 35-pound weight and hammer throws, joined Stewart and Browne at the 1996 U.S. Olympic Trials in Atlanta. Ingalls reached the finals of that prestigious event and placed fourth overall. Ingalls was selected as an alternate on the 2000 Olympic team, finishing fourth during those trials.

One of the finest athletes to pass through West Point’s iron gates in quite some time was 1997 graduate Jon Pontius, who shattered the Academy record in the decathlon and earned a trip to the NCAA Championships in that demanding event. Pontius placed 12th at NCAAs in 1997 while boasting the top javelin throw in the competition. The class of 2002 gave Army three outstanding distance runners in Will Wyche, Clint Tisserand and Clay Schwabe. In 2001, Wyche became just the fourth runner in the history of the Patriot League to capture the individual conference title twice, while Tisserand ended his junior season as an NCAA provisional qualifier in the steeplechase. Schwabe, considered one of the finest distance runners in the history of the United States Military Academy, became an NCAA All-American in the 1,500 in 2001. That same season he took his talents to the international level, where he finished sixth in the 1,500 at the U.S. Track and Field Championships. Schwabe also shattered the school record in the mile, joining Browne as the only Army harriers to ever eclipse the elusive fourminute barrier. Plebes Tracy Hanlon and Alma Cobb became the first Army women to earn All-American recognition in track and field in 1981. Hanlon placed sixth in the long jump at the nationals with a leap of 17-8 ¾, while Cobb was fourth in the shot put with a toss of 42-6. Hanlon and Cobb repeated those successes in 1982. Cobb was fifth in the discus (132-3) and first in the heptathlon (4,895 points), while Hanlon won the long jump event with a top mark of 19-3, which stood for several years as the Academy and meet record. Also in 1982, Army’s Ann Buckingham took third in the high jump, and the mile relay quartet of Teresa Southworth, Buckingham, Michelle Walla and Mary List won a national championship with a time of 4:01.12. In 1983, Hanlon became an AllAmerican at the NCAA Division II Championships by finishing second in

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Army Hall of Fame inductee Alma Cobb ’84

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Three-time All-American Tyno Carter ’89

ARMY TRACK AND FIELD HISTORY

2 0 11 A R M Y T R A C K & F I E L D Sprinter and hurdler Yolanda McCray was also dominant in the Patriot League throughout her Army career. The rest of the conference was probably glad to see her graduate in 1998 after she captured the conference title in the 100 hurdles four consecutive years. In 2002, McCray was joined by javelin thrower Susan Warnick as the only Army competitors to win four consecutive titles at the conference championships in their respective events. Army’s last twotime All-American was javelin thrower Adam Burke. Burke won the Patriot League title in both 2003 and 2004, advancing to the NCAA Championships in both years and placing ninth and 11th, respectively. He set the Army javelin throw record of 236-4 in his final outing at the 2004 NCAA Championships. The most recent Army participant in the NCAA championships was 2008 graduate John Mickowski. Mickowski became the first Army track and field athlete to win the Regional championships, when he surprised the field with a stellar run in the 1500m. Army’s men have continued to shine at the Patriot League Championships. Army ran its streak of consecutive outdoor titles to 16 while also adding a 12th indoor title in 2007, giving the Black Knights 28 total championships in 34 attempts to date since joining the league. Their impressive outdoor streak ended with a second place finish in 2008, but the women’s team came through to win their eighth Patriot League outdoor title. Additionally, distance runner Jonathan Anderson and sprinter Ebony Thomas both claimed the Outstanding Track Athlete of the Meet honors, continuing the long history of star cadet-athletes in the Hudson Valley. The men claimed back-to-back indoor conference tiles in 2009 and 2010, while head coach Troy Engle was honored as the Patriot League Coach of the Year at the conclusion of both seasons.

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2004 Olympian Anita Allen ’00

Adam Burke ’04

the heptathlon with 5,402 points. She was also second in 1984 and fifth in the Division I heptathlon with 5,550 points, which still remains the Academy record today. In 1986, Pam Pearson gained All-American honors at the NCAA Division II meet in the long jump and triple jump, while Teresa Sobiesk — perhaps the greatest female distance runner in Academy history — was fourth in the 5,000 to earn her first All-America plaque. Sobiesk, a 1989 graduate, still owns five Army records — three outdoors and two indoors. Pearson owns the rare distinction of being a two-time All-American in two different sports — track and basketball. Pearson and Cobb have since been inducted into the Army Sports Hall of Fame. Sobiesk, a 2010 inductee into the Army Sports Hall of Fame, starred on one of the finest Army squads of all-time, the 1988 team that boasted five All-Americans and placed eighth as a team at the national championships. Sobiesk won the NCAA title in the 5,000 and also placed sixth in the 10k. Kim Seminiano (long jump), Sigrun Denny (3,000) and Lisa Benitez (10,000) also earned All-American plaudits. One of Army’s finest women’s track and field athletes of all-time was 1990 grad Diana Wills. A 12-time All-American long and triple jumper, Wills earned a spot on the 1996 Olympic squad in the triple jump after finishing third at the Olympic Trials. Wills shattered Academy records in the triple jump both indoors (43-3) and outdoors (44-11 ¾), as well as in the outdoor long jump (20- ½). An eight-time Heptagonal champion (four long jump, four triple jump), Wills is also a member of the Academy record-setting sprint medley relay. From 1988-90, she won four Division II national titles in the triple jump (three outdoors, one indoors), and she even earned three All-American citations at the Division I level. Her remarkable accomplishments made her a member of first class ever inducted into the Army Sports Hall of Fame in 2004. Browne was joined by Anita Allen ’00 on the U.S. Olympic team at the 2004 Athens Games. Browne qualified for a pair of events, the 10,000-meter run and the marathon. A two-time All-American, Browne was the first American to cross the finish line in the 10K, placing 12th overall. He finished 65th in the marathon. Allen, meanwhile, competed in the modern pentathlon, where she won the equestrian discipline and finished 18th out of 32 competitors. Patriot League champion and Army relay record holding Lorenzo Smith is the most recent track and field graduate to compete in the Olympics. He competed in the 2006 Torino games in the bobsled.

2004 Olympian Dan Browne ’97

PATRIOT LEAGUE CHAMPIONS

MEN’S INDOOR 55/60-METER DASH 1995 Joel Pates 1996 T.J. Petersen 1998 Reggie Anderson 1999 Calvin Smith 2000 Lorenzo Smith 2006 Ryan Collins 2007 John Laird 2010 Alfred McDaniel 200-METER DASH 1995 Joel Pates 1996 T.J. Petersen 2000 Reggie Anderson 2006 Ryan Collins 2009 Brandon Thurman 400-METER DASH 1994 Jim McPherson 1996 Tony Dedmond 2000-01 Devon Capps 2009 Michael Hutchins 500-METER RUN 2001 Greg Londo 2002 Trevor Hopper 2005 Adrian Perkins 2009 Brandon Thurman 800-METER RUN 1994 Timothy Krueger 1995 Rance Lee 1996 Mike Gorman 1999-2001 Nicholas Gantt 2004 Chris Haag 2009 Andrew Ferrara 1,000-METER RUN 1994 Jason Stewart 2001 Clay Schwabe 2006 Chris Haag 2009 Alexis Torre Santiago MILE RUN 1994 Dan Browne 1995 Mike Bernstein 1996 Dan Browne 2004 Philip Sakala 2006 John Mickowski 2010 Alexis Torre-Santiago 3,000-METER RUN 1995 Mike Bernstein 1996 Shawn Smith 1999 Mike Ross 2003 Philip Sakala 5,000-METER RUN 1996 Dan Browne 1998 Mike Ross 2000 Ryan Kirkpatrick 2001 Will Wyche

55/60-METER HURDLES 1996 T.J. Petersen 1997 Ayo Lawson 1998 Justin Rose 1999 Chris Curry 2001 Aris Comeaux 2002 Trevor Hopper 2010 Domonick Sylve HIGH JUMP 1994-95 Brian Smith 1996-97 Jon Pontius 2002 Rod Manzo 2003 Jeff Weaver 2004 Rod Manzo 2010 Thomas Wagner LONG JUMP 1996 Jon Pontius 2002, ‘04 Jeff Weaver 2005 Rudy Mejia 2006 Kenneth Saffold 2007 Rudy Mejia 2009 Alfred McDaniel TRIPLE JUMP 1994 Chris Baker 1998-99 Ryan McKee 2003-04 Jeff Weaver POLE VAULT 1995-97 Darrin Hinman 2002 Chris Bowen 2004 Ryan Keaton 2006 Gavin Mohrmann 35-POUND WEIGHT 1995-96 Gerald Ingalls 1997 Brad Pasho 1999-2000 Brian Gebhardt 2003-04 Matt Schmitt SHOT PUT 1994 Peter Stelling 1998 Kris Terrill 2000 Karl Nilsen 2006 Caleb Wells PENTATHLON 1999 Chris Curry 2003 Rod Manzo HEPTATHLON 2004 Rod Manzo 2006-07 Brandon Lewis 4x400 1994, ‘97-2001, ‘09 4x800 1994-95, 2000-01, ‘09, ‘10 DISTANCE MEDLEY 1994, ‘96, ‘98, 2000-02, ‘06, ‘09

TEAM CHAMPIONS 1994 - 1995 - 1996 - 1997 - 1998 - 1999 - 2000 - 2001 2002 - 2003 - 2006 - 2007 - 2009 - 2010 4646

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MEN’S OUTDOOR 2003-04 2009 LONG JUMP 1998 1999 2004 2006-07 TRIPLE JUMP 1992 1993 1995 1998 1999, 2001 2002, ‘04 2006 2007 2008 POLE VAULT 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996-97 1998 1999 2000-01 2003-05 2006 HAMMER 1992 1994-96 1997 1998 1999-2000 2002 2003-2005 DISCUS 1992 1998 2001 2002-03 2005 2006 2009 JAVELIN 1992 1994-1996 1997 2003-2004 SHOT PUT 1992 1994 1997-98 1999-2001 DECATHLON 2006-08 4X100 4X400 4X800

Jeff Weaver Thomas Wagner Ryan McKee Chris Curry Jeff Weaver Rudy Mejia Mike Crenshaw Chris Baker John Turner Ryan McKee Zachary Harrison Jeff Weaver Rudy Mejia Steve Zhang Archie Smith Jason Jenkins Ryan Jones Darrin Hinman Christopher Page Darrin Hinman Tyson Mangum Chad Klascius Chris Bowen Ryan Keaton Gavin McMahon Ken Rahn Gerald Ingalls Eric Paliwoda Brad Pasho Brian Gebhardt Dan Presutti Matt Schmitt Marc Brunner Jason Wells Manny Eleyae Travis Pendleton Craig Buerstatte Caleb Wells Adam Schwartz Curt Keller Chad Foster Jon Pontius Adam Burke Marc Brunner Peter Stelling Kris Terrill John Ruch

PATRIOT LEAGUE CHAMPIONS

100-METER DASH 1994-95 Joel Pates 1999 Calvin Smith 2000 Lorenzo Smith 2005 Ryan Collins 2007 Robert Stovall 2008-09 Alfred McDaniel 200-METER DASH 1992-94 Jim McPherson 1995 Joel Pates 1996 T.J. Petersen 2000 Reggie Anderson 2005 Daniel Braud 2006 David Frehulfer 400-METER DASH 1992, ’94 Jim McPherson 1999-2000 Devon Capps 2005 Daniel Braud 2006 David Frehulfer 2009 Michael Hutchins 800-METER RUN 1992 Mike Peck 1995 Rance Lee 1996 Mike Gorman 2001 Clay Schwabe 2009 Andrew Tingan 1,500-METER RUN 1992-93 Jason Stewart 1995 Mike Bernstein 1996-97 Dan Browne 1999 Mike Ross 2000-01 Clay Schwabe 2006 Philip Sakala 2009 Torre Santiago 3,000-METER STEEPLECHASE 1992 Liam Collins 1998 Andy Jugan 2001 Clint Tisserand 2003 Aaron Smead 2004-05 Eric Heely 5,000-METER RUN 1993 Jeff Harris 1994 Erik Rheam 1995 Mike Bernstein 1996-97 Dan Browne 1999 Scott Goff 2008 Jonathan Anderson 10,000-METER RUN 1993 John Panhorst 1996-97 Mike Ross 2008-09 Jonathan Anderson 110-METER HURDLES 1994-96 T.J. Petersen 1997 Chris Curry 1998 Justin Rose 1999 Chris Curry 2001 Trevor Hopper 2008-10 Domonick Sylve 400-METER HURDLES 1997-99 Thurman McKenzie 2001-03 Trevor Hopper HIGH JUMP 1993-94 Brian Smith 2002 Rod Manzo

Brandon Lewis 1993-96, ‘98-2001, ‘05-’10 1992, ‘94, ‘96-2001, ‘04, ‘08-10 1995-97, ‘99-2001, ‘10

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WOMEN’S INDOOR 55/60-METER DASH 1997 Yolanda McCray 2001 Jamie Glassford 2002-03, ‘05 Tiffany Martin 2006 Meghan Venable-Thomas 2008-09 Ebony Thomas 200-METER DASH 1999 Jennifer Opoku 2003 Tiffany Martin 2006 Meghan Venable-Thomas 2008-09 Ebony Thomas 400-METER DASH 1994 Tanesha Hodge 1995 Alexis Albano 1996 Brandy Andrews 1999 LaTonia Koledoye 2005 Dominique McLeggan 2006 Katelin Grant 500-METER RUN 1994 Brandy Andrews 1999 Jennifer Opoku 800-METER RUN 1994-95 Roxanne Theobald 1,000-METER RUN 1994 Melissa Wyka 1997 Gretchen Witty MILE RUN 1994 Catherine Gaffigan 3,000-METER RUN 1995 Catherine Gaffigan 1998 Jessica Jones 5,000-METER RUN 1994 Catherine Gaffigan 1998 Jessica Jones

55/60-METER HURDLES 1995, 97-98 Yolanda McCray 2002 Lauren Rowe 2010 Tonya Stallard HIGH JUMP None LONG JUMP 1994 Melba Goggins 2001 Jamie Glassford 2002-03, ‘05 Tiffany Martin TRIPLE JUMP 1994 Melba Goggins 2007-08 Angela Jenkins 2009 Jarietta Ross POLE VAULT 1997 Christina Congo 2010 Hallie Huggins 20-LBS. WEIGHT 1995 Heather Rykard 1996 Leilani Strokin 1997-99 Heather Lawson 2002-03 Tracey Coleman SHOT PUT 1994-96 Kim Nash 2001 Carlys Romano 2003-04 Sara Fields 2006 Kelcee Moody 2009 Geryah White PENTAHLON None 4X400 1996, 2007, 2008 4X800 None DISTANCE MEDLEY 1997

TEAM CHAMPIONS 1994 - 1995 - 1996 - 1997

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WOMEN’S OUTDOOR 1996 1998 2005-07 HIGH JUMP 1993 2001 2010 LONG JUMP 1993-94 1998 2001 2002, ‘05 TRIPLE JUMP 1993-94 1995 2007-08 POLE VAULT 1997 1998 HAMMER 1993 1994-95 1996 1997 1998 2009 DISCUS 1992-93 1995 2000-01 2002-03 JAVELIN 1992 1993-94 1999-02 SHOT PUT 1992 1993-94, ‘96 . 2000-01 2002, ‘04 2006 HEPTAHLON 2009 4X100 4X400 4X800

Lindsey Halter Yolanda McCray Katelin Grant Stacy Takats Lauren Bolte McKenzie Majchrzak Melba Goggins Yolanda McCray Jamie Glassford Tiffany Martin Melba Goggins Phoebe Penny Janelle Jones Christina Congo Toni Chase Renee Underwood Heather Rykard Leilani Strokin Heather Lawson Glenda Wrenn Kim Mallard Renee Underwood Heather Rykard Carlys Romano Sara Fields Tiffany Havasy Tracy Smith Susan Warnick Heather Rykard Kim Nash Carlys Romano Sara Fields Kelcee Moody

PATRIOT LEAGUE CHAMPIONS

100-METER DASH 1996, ‘98 Yolanda McCray 1999 Stacy Hazel 2001 Jamie Glassford 2002-03 Tiffany Martin 2008 Ebony Thomas 200-METER DASH 1993 Tanesha Hodge 1996 Alexis Albano 2001 Jamie Glassford 2002 Tiffany Martin 2005 Dominique McLeggan 2006 Meghan Venable-Thomas 2007-08 Ebony Thomas 400-METER DASH 1992-94 Tanesha Hodge 1995-96 Brandy Andrews 1998-99 Jennifer Opoku 2007 Ebony Thomas 800-METER RUN 1995 Alicia Allison 1996 Roxanne Theobald 1,500-METER RUN 1994 Catherine Gafﬁgan 1995-96 Roxanne Theobald 2005 Ashley Urick 1,500-METER RUN 2010 Jessica LeTarte 3,000-METER RUN 1995 Melissa Wyka 1998 Jessica Jones 3,000-METER STEEPLECHASE 2004 Myra Markey 2005 Jill Hajec 5,000-METER RUN 1995 Erin Miller 1998 Jessica Jones 2004 Ashley Urick 10,000-METER RUN 1997 Tatiana Sohrakoff 2008 Meg Curran 110-METER HURDLES 1994 Melba Goggins 1995-98 Yolanda McCray 2010 Hallie Huggins 400-METER HURDLES 1993 Stacy Takats 1994 Tanesha Hodge

Tonya Stallard 1995-96, ‘98-’99, 2001, ‘03-’05, ‘07, ‘08 1993-98, 2007, ‘08 1995, ‘97, 2004

TEAM CHAMPIONS 1992 - 1993 - 1994 - 1995 - 1996 - 1997 - 1998 - 2008

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The Patriot League, which was founded on the principles of admitting athletes who are academically representative of their class, is in its second decade of academic and athletic achievement. Participation in athletics at Patriot League institutions is viewed as an important component of a well-rounded education. The Patriot League began as a successful Division I-AA (now called Football Championship Subdivision) football conference in 1986. Full League members include American, Army, Bucknell, Colgate, Holy Cross, Lafayette, Lehigh and Navy. Associate members include Fordham (football) and Georgetown (football).

THE PATRIOT LEAGUE

These member institutions are among the oldest and most prestigious in the nation. Alumni from Patriot League colleges and universities have played a leadership role in the shaping of our country. In the classroom, the Patriot League’s full-member institutions, individually and collectively, consistently rank among the top Division I programs in the NCAA Graduation Rates Report. For the eighth-straight year the Patriot League ranked first among all Division I conferences in student-athlete graduation rates according to the NCAA Graduation Rates report. League members have also distinguished themselves on the field of play. The Patriot League sponsors championship competition in 23 sports (11 for men; 12 for women). Championship teams from 14 sports are guaranteed advancement into NCAA post-season competition: baseball, men and women’s basketball, field hockey, football, men’s golf, men and women’s lacrosse, men and women’s soccer, softball, men and women’s tennis and volleyball. In the Patriot League’s history, more than 225 teams have been selected for post-season play in the NCAA, ECAC or National Invitational tournaments. The Patriot League also boasts nearly 100 individual studentathletes who have qualified for NCAA Championships, the pinnacle of collegiate individual competition. In excess of 235 Patriot League student-athletes have earned All-America honors. Along the timeline of Patriot League history about three-quarters of the Patriot League’s 410 Scholar-Athletes of the Year also received All-Patriot League status for their exemplary athletic performance. Additionally, more than 70 of the Scholar-Athletes honored were named Players of the Year or Performers of the Meet in their respective sport. In the Patriot League’s history, 169 Patriot League student-athletes have been recognized as CoSIDA Academic All-Americans, while more than 10,500 more have qualified for the League’s Academic Honor Roll by accumulating a 3.2 grade-point average and earning a varsity letter. Twenty-seven student-athletes have received NCAA Postgraduate Scholarships. Additionally, Patriot League student-athletes have earned four Fulbright Scholarships, a Rhodes Scholarship, a Luce Foundation Scholarship, a Marshall Scholarship, three NACDA/Disney Scholarships, five National Football Foundation Scholarships and three ECAC/Robbins Scholar-Athlete of the Year awards among their many accomplishments.