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John Weaver Director of Track & Field and Cross Country Coach Weaver is in his 35th season as the Head Coach and Director of the women’s track and cross country program and in his 20th season as the Director for both the women’s and men’s programs. Weaver assumed the duties of directing both programs in the Fall of 1995. A 1971 graduate of Appalachian in biology, Weaver returned to Appalachian in 1979 to assist the men’s program while earning his masters in biology. During his three-year tenure as the men’s assistant, he trained two NCAA qualifiers and seven Southern Conference champions. Weaver took over the full-time coaching duties for the women’s program in 1982. He is the only full-time head coach the women’s program has had since its beginnings. Since that time, the program including cross country, indoor track and outdoor track has produced a NCAA Division I National Champion in the 1500m twice, 9 NCAA Division I All-Americans with 23 All-American performances, 26 NCAA Division I qualifiers, one Sun Belt Conference team championship (women), 13 Sun Belt Conference individual titles, 53 Sun Belt all-conference performances (40 in track and 13 in cross country), one Sun Belt Conference Outstanding Track Performer, one Sun Belt Conference Coach of the Year honor, 373 Southern Conference individual champion performances, 928 Southern Conference all-conference performances, 34 Southern Conference MVP athletes, 45 Southern Conference team championships, 27 Southern Conference Coach of the Year honors, 28 Southern Conference Freshman of the Year honors, 50 SoCon All-Freshman team honors, and 2 Southeast Region Coach of the Year honors. After taking over the men’s program in 1995, the Mountaineers have produced two NCAA Division I all-Americans, four NCAA All-American performances, 11 Division I Qualifiers, 203 Southern Conference individual champion performances, 511 all-conference performers, 10 conference MVP’s, 25 conference team championships, 11 coach-ofthe-year honors, three conference freshman of the year and two South-
east Region Coach of the Year honors. App State has also sent 42 athletes to Regional competition. Appalachian has qualified 42 men and 51 women athletes to the East Region with eight NCAA Championship qualifying performances coming out of the region for Appalachian. In 2004, Appalachian had its first East Region champion with a first place finish in the men’s 100 meter dash. Coach Weaver has also worked as the Yosef Club Director (athletic fundraising arm of the Appalachian Foundation Inc.) from 1982-1985. He also taught classes in the Education and Physical Education departments of the university. A native of Fayetteville, N.C., Weaver graduated from Seventy-First High School in 1967. He earned his bachelor of science degree in 1971 from Appalachian, returning to Fayetteville to teach biology and eventually take over the cross country and track programs at Douglas Byrd High School in 1972. His cross country dual meet record over eight years was an impressive 71-11 and his teams won six conference titles while competing in four state championships. His track team also produced many individual conference and regional champions, along with several state meet qualifiers. Currently, Coach Weaver coaches the sprinters, hurdlers, multi-event athletes and relays, while over-seeing all aspects of the program. He is also serving an appointment to the NCAA Division I Track and Cross Country Committee effective September of 2006 and active until September of 2010. Each summer, Weaver also directs the Grandfather Mountain Marathon, The Bear Road Race and two Cross Country team camps. Over 1,000 athletes attend camp at App State each summer. On April 10, 2014, Weaver was awarded with the W.H. Plemmons Leadership Medallion. It’s awarded to “recognize the time, energy, skill and commitment of students, faculty, studen development, educators and staff who exceed their peers in proving leadership that enriches the quality of a student life and advances the education of students.” Weaver was one of six community members to receive the honor and was recognized as part of the Fall Convocation in September 2014.
Michael Curcio Head Coach Mike Curcio is in his 22nd year as the head men’s and women’s cross country coach and track and field distance coach at Appalachian State University. In the fall of 2015, both the men’s and women’s cross country teams finished second at the Sun Belt Conference Championships. Tristin Van Ord was the individual runner-up and went on to earn All-Southeast Regional honors and was tabbed an Academic All-American in cross country. Also, six athletes earned All-Sun Belt accolades. On the track, Curcio’s distance squad aided in the women grabbing their first ever Sun Belt Conference Indoor Track and Field Championship and ten of his athletes moved onto Appalachian’s all-times list. For the indoor season, Curcio coached Tristin Van Ord to becoming the 2016 Sun Belt Indoor MVP and guided her to winning individual titles in the 3,000-meter race and the 5,000-meter competition. During the outdoor season, Curcio’s athletes broke two school records in the 10,000 meters and the 3,000-meter steeplechase, and he had one athlete qualify for junior nationals. Curcio’s standout athlete Van Ord would go on and win the 5,000 meters and the 10,000 meters at the Sun Belt Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championships and the Chapel Hill native qualified for the first round of the NCAA Championships. In addition to her accomplishments on the track, Van Ord earned Academic All-American honors. On the men’s side, distance runner Michael Ellis grabbed All-Sun Belt honors in two events due to his second-place finish in the 3,000-meter steeplechase and winning the 5,000-meter competition. In 2014, Appalachian State’s first year as a member of the Sun Belt Conference, Curcio led both the men’s and women’s cross country teams to a second-place finish at the Sun Belt meet in Mobile, Alabama. In that event, the men finished just two points behind South Alabama and the women were nine points away from first-place Texas-Arlington. The men secured four all-conference selections while the women earned three of their own. For the men’s team in 2013, Curcio led them to a second-place finish at the SoCon championship meet. Kyle McFoy placed sixth and also was named to the SoCon first-team. Josh Cox, James Howard-Smith and Will Raby all took second-team honors. The women’s team finished fourth in the Southern Conference last season. Justine Stocks earned all-SoCon for the women’s team. During the track and field season, the men earned four all-SoCon honors with four performances moving into the top ten all-time lists. The women also earned four all-SoCon honors and had eight performances that moved into the top ten all-time lists. Stocks broke the program record in the 3,000m steeplechase with a mark of 10:37. The 2013-14 track campaign also saw four athletes reach the first round of the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field championships. Chris Moen and Josh Cox qualified in the 3,000m steeplechase. Alex Taylor made his third trip in the 1,500m run and Amanda Hamilton made her first trip in the 10,000m on the strength of her program record performance of 34:52. The 2012 campaign was a banner year for the Mountaineers’ middle-distance/distance runners on the track as Curcio helped coach three athletes who broke five school records. Will Raby set the school record for the 5,000-meter event in indoor track, while Alex Taylor and Chris Moen teamed up with two
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sprinters to set the school record in the distance medley relay for indoor track at the SoCon Championships. Taylor set the App State record in the 800 and 1500-meter events while teaming up with Moen and two of Appalachian’s sprinters to break a 28-year old Appalachian record in the distance medley relay at the 2012 Penn Relays. Curcio coached four men to the first round of the NCAA Championships in 2012 in outdoor track, as Taylor qualified for both the 800 and 1,500-meter events and Moen, Sean Soderman and Josh Cox all qualified for the 3,000-meter steeplechase. Curcio’s cross country teams have been very successful under his tenure, as they have captured two women’s Southern Conference titles and 11 men’s SoCon championships, including six-straight men’s titles from 2005-10. During his time at App State, Curcio has coached nine NCAA Qualifiers, 16 NCAA Regional Qualifiers, 19 USATF Junior National Qualifiers and seven Southern Conference Cross Country Freshman of the Year. In addition to those feats, Curcio has also coached 93 all-Southern Conference Cross Country performers and four Southern Conference Cross Country individual champions. While coaching the distance runners for Appalachian track and field, Curcio has coached 59 athletes to SoCon indoor and outdoor individual champion performances and 208 runners to all-conference indoor and outdoor performances. He has also coached two athletes to SoCon indoor track and field MVP awards and two outdoor track and field MVP awards. As athletic excellence is important, Curcio and his teams also strive for success in academics. Since being at Appalachian, Curcio has coached two NCAA post graduate scholarship award winners, one Southern Conference post graduate scholarship award winner, three Mrs. Brakefield award recipients, for an Appalachian senior student-athlete with the highest GPA, and 12 USTFCCCA academic all-Americans. During the 2011-12 season, both the App State men’s and women’s recorded multi-year APR scores well above the national average while the men were recognized with an NCAA Public Recognition Award for compiling a four-year APR of 1,000 and ranking among the top 10 percent of all teams in the nation. For all of his efforts, in 2003 Curcio was named the USTCA Division I Men’s National Assistant Coach of the Year for Distance. He also has been recognized by the Southern Conference for his team’s impressive performances, being named the SoCon’s men’s cross country coach of the year nine times. Before coming to Appalachian, Curcio served as an assistant at Florida State from 1988-1992. In the spring of 1993, he became an assistant at South Florida, where he helped build a fledgling track and field program, along with a nationally-ranked cross country program. The track women at USF won three conference titles in the first four years of the program’s existence. The men’s and women’s cross country teams were ranked as high as 12th and 21st in Division I during his tenure. Curcio hails from Long Island, N.Y. where he attended Newfield High School before attending and competing for Appalachian State University. He was a three-time all-SoCon selection in track and still ranks seventh all-time in the 1,500 meter run with a time of 3:49.60.
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Wil Norris Volunteer Assistant
Wil Norris enters his first year as a volunteer assistant for Appalachian State after an outstanding career as a distance runner for the Arkansas State Red Wolves.
Norris was one of the most elite distance runners in Arkansas State history. As a senior, Norris won the 10,000 meters at the 2016 Sun Belt Conference Championships and qualified for the NCAA West Preliminary Round in the 3000-meter steeplechase, with a time of 8:59.42. Also, Norris owns the fastest 10,000 and 5,000-meter times ever run by a Red Wolf at 30:28.47 and 14:30.75. Norris graduated Arkansas State in 2016 and received his bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering. The Arkansas native is the son of Wilton “Chip” Norris III and Carol English, brother to Lauren Morgan and is married to Tilda Helgesson.
Griff Graves Administrative Assistant Griff Graves is coming to the High Country after running professionally for ZAP Fitness/Reebok for two years. Graves received his USATF Level 1 coaching certificate while running professionally, and is excited to get started in collegiate track and cross country.
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While at ZAP Fitness, Graves qualified for the 2016 U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials and finished Top-15 in the 12k, 15k and 20k at the USATF Road Championships. Before ZAP, Graves ran at Syracuse University where he was a part of 3 team conference championships in the Big East and the ACC. Graves received a medical red-shirt and a 6th season in cross country at Syracuse where he was part of a team that finished Top-10 at NCAA Nationals. Graves is married to Cassie Graves, a former Syracuse distance runner and steeplechaser. They have two dogs, Dixie and Virginia Woof.
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Chris Anderson Benfield, Lawson Ellis, Michael Flanagan, Michael Foley, Ian Georges, Evan Henderson, Will Kelly, Chris Laratta, Evan Loy, Collin Russ, Nelson Sears, Jacob Shannon, Ryan Vandenberg, Andrew Zimmerman, Cade
Class Sr. Fr. Sr. Fr. Fr. So. So. Jr. Sr. So. Fr. Sr. Jr. Sr. Jr.
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Hometown/High School (Previous School)
Greensboro, N.C./Westchester Country Day (UNC-Charlotte) Apex, N.C./Apex Winston-Salem, N.C./Mt. Tabor Landenberg, Pa./Tatnall School Winston-Salem, N.C./Mt. Tabor Charlotte, N.C./Charlotte Catholic Lilburn, Ga./Parkview Pinehurst, N.C./Pinecrest Angiers, N.C./Quince Orchard (LaSalle) Burlington, N.C./Southern Alamance Clemmons, N.C./Mt. Tabor Raleigh, N.C. /Panther Creek (College of William and Mary) Maiden, N.C. (North Lincoln) Boone, N.C./Watauga Tallahassee, Fla./Chiles
SCHEDULE
Date Meet Sept. 02 COVERED BRIDGE OPEN Sept. 16 MOUNTAINS TO SEA DUALS Sept. 23 Panorama Farms Invitational Oct. 01 USC Upstate Invitational Oct. 14 HPU VertCross XC Open Oct. 29 Sun Belt Conference Championships Nov. 05 Three Stripe Invitational Nov. 11 NCAA Division I Southeast Regional Nov. 19 NCAA Division I Championships
Location BOONE, N.C. BOONE, N.C. Charlottesville, Va. Spartanburg, S.C. Kernersville, N.C. Dothan, Ala. Cary, N.C. Earlysville, Va. Terre Haute, Ind.
Time 6 p.m. 6 p.m. 10 a.m. 10 a.m. 4:30 p.m. 12 p.m. 10 a.m. 11 a.m. 11 a.m.
Season Preview The men’s cross country team enters their third season as a member of the Sun Belt Conference after a highly accomplished second season in the league. The men’s squad matched last year’s second-place finish at the conference championship landing behind first-place finishers UT Arlington. The men also finished in 16th at the Southeast Regional Championships scoring 433 points. The Apps return top-runners Michael Ellis, Andrew Vandenberg, Chris Anderson, and Cade Zimmerman for the 2016 season. First team all-conference honoree Ellis led the Mountaineer-charge at the conference championships finishing in fourth place with a time of 25:40.60 in the 8K. The Winston-Salem-native was also tabbed Sun Belt Student-Athlete of the Week twice and owns the ninth best 8K-time ever run by a junior at Appalachian. In addition, his time of 30:25.90 at the regional meet in Louisville, Ky. is the best 10K performance in the history of App State. Joining Ellis is second team all-conference selection Vandenberg who crossed the finish line in sixth at the conference championships and ran the third fastest time in App State history in the 10K at the Southeast Regional Championships. After those two comes senior Anderson and junior Zimmerman. Anderson finished 22nd at the conference championships and Zimmerman competed at both the conference championships and regionals where he was the Mountaineer’s fourth-best finisher. Head coach Michael Curcio’s class of 2020 includes freshmen Lawson Benfield, Michael Flanagan, Ian Foley and Nelson Russ. Benfield was an
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all-conference selection in cross country his junior and senior year, Flanagan was crowned champion in three middle-distance events at his high school state meet, Foley earned All-American honors at New Balance Nationals in the 4x1600meter relay in 2015 and Russ was an all-state selection in cross country. The 2016 slate opens with the Covered Bridge Open on Friday, Sept. 2 at 6 p.m. in Boone.
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by a junior at App State ... Indoor: finished fourth in the 5,000 meters (14:49.17) and the 3,000 meters (8:25.38/PR) at the Sun Belt Indoor Championships ... placed third in the 3,000 meters at the Chipotle Marshal Invitational with a time of 8:26.47 ... ran a time of 15:28.41 to place seventh in the 5,000 meters and ran 4:23.15 to place tenth in the mile at the Buccaneer Invitational ... crossed the finish line in 8:37.61 to place tenth in the 3,000 meters at the Kentucky Invitational ... Outdoor: Was crowned the Sun Belt Conference Champion in the 5,000 meters with a time of 14:35.47 and was the runner-up in the 3,000-meter steeplechase crossing the finish line at 9:10.89 ... won the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the Hokie Twilight with a time of 9:21.50 ... set a new PR of 9:08.61 in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the War Eagle Invitational ... finished tenth in the 1,500 meters at the Charlotte Invitational with a new PR of 3:54.52 ... placed 12th in the 3,000-meter steeplechase (9:09.95) and finished seventh in the DMR (10:08.07) at Florida Relays ... competed in the 5,000 meters at Raleigh Relays and ran a time of 14:30.28 2014-15 Cross Country: Named Sun Belt Runner of the Week on Sept. 24 after finishing first at Winthrop Invite (25:36.49) ... set a new personal-best 8K time at the Sun Belt Conference Championships (24:55.8/seventh place) ... new PR in the 10K came at the Division I Southeast Regional and was 31:10.4 (38th place) ... the faster of two 6,400m times came at the Blue Ridge Open (20:59.8/24th place) ... finished in the top 10 three times, the top 25 five times and in the top 40 in all six events he raced in ... second-team all-conference ... Indoor: Placed second in the distance medley relay at the Sun Belt Indoor Championships with a time of 10:07.93 ... also placed in the top five with a fifth-place finish in the 5,000m race for the same meet and was clocked at 14:40.15 (personal best/sixth in school history) ... set a new PR in the 3,000m at the Samford Multi and Invitational with a time of 8:37.59 (13th place) ... all-conference performer ... Outdoor: Earned a top-10 finish in two events and a top-15 placing in three of them ... ran the fastest 5,000m time of his career (14:28.97/ ninth in program history) at the Tennessee Relays (10th place) ... set a new PR in the 3,000m steeplechase with a 9:14.53 at the Raleigh Relays (ninth in school history) 2013-14 Cross Country: ran a personal-best and finished 26th at the Blue Ridge Open ... took a seventh-place finish at the Winthrop/ Adidas Invitational ... ran a personal-best at the NCAA DI Southeast Region meet and took 110th .. Indoor: ran a personal best in the 3,000m and placed fifth at the 2014 Liberty Quad and fourth at the SoCon Indoor Championships ... Outdoor: ran a personal best in the 3,000s at the SoCon Outdoor Championships and placed seventh ... placed third at the Charlotte Invitational in the 3,000s. 2012-2013 Cross Country: Redshirted... Indoor: Ran in six meets... earned a sixth place finish and personal best of 8:47.37 in the 3,000m at the Liberty Quad...finished fifth in the mile at the Appalachian Indoor Open Split Meet with a PR of 4:29.09... Outdoor: Competed in six meets... finished third in the 3,000m steeplechase at the Mountains vs. Beach meet...ran a personal best of 9:29.37 in the 3,000m steeplechase at the Auburn Tiger Classic High School: was named all-region in both his junior and senior seasons...received both the Coaches Award and Most Improved for cross country...earned the Coaches Award two times for track...finished fourth in the 4A North Carolina High School State Championships in the 3,200m, posting a 9:31.53
Lawson Benfield - Fr. - Apex, N.C./Apex H.S. PR’s: 1600m – 4:29 ... 3200m – 9:42 ... 2,000-meter steeplechase – 6:23 ... 5K – 16:17 High School: Four-time letterwinner in cross country and track and field ... all-conference selection in cross country as a junior and senior
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Ian Foley - Fr. - Winston-Salem, N.C./Mt. Tabor H.S. PR’s: 400m – 50.60 ... 800m – 1:53.76 ... 1600m – 4:22 ... 3200m – 9:48 ... 5K – 15:42 High School: Four-time letterwinner in cross country ... all-state selection in cross country and track and field in 2016 ... earned AllAmerican honors at New Balance Indoor Nationals in the 4x1600meter relay in 2015 ... all-state honoree in lacrosse in 2015
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Michael Flanagan - Fr. - Landenberg, Pa./Tatnall School H.S. PR’s: 800m – 1:57 ... 3200m - 9:27 ... 5K - 16:03 ... Mile – 4:19 High School: Four-time letterwinner in cross country ... earned second team all-state honors his senior year ... name an all-conference selection all four years of his high school career in cross country ... was crowned champion in the 800m, 1600m, and 3200m at the Delaware State Meet ... led his 4x800-meter relay team to a state championship
Michael Ellis - Sr. - Winston-Salem, N.C./Mt. Tabor PR’s Cross Country: 6.4K - 20:02.30 ... 8K – 24:55.80 ... 10K – 30:25.90 Indoor: Mile – 4:23.15 … 3,000m – 8:25.38 ... 5,000m - 14:40.15 Outdoor: 1,500m – 3:54.52 … 3,000m - 8:37.59 ... 5,000m – 14:28.97 … 3,000m Steeplechase – 9:08.61 2015-16 Cross Country: Competed at the Southeast Regional Championships in the 10K and finished 31st with a PR of 30:25.90 ... that 10K-time (30:25.90) is the fastest performance in App State history (All-time and amongst juniors) ... finished fourth in the 8K with a time of 25:40.60 at the Sun Belt Cross Country Championships ... placed 15th at the Wake Forest CC Invitational in the 8K crossing the finish line at 25:22.00 ... ran a time of 25:40.90 in the 8K at the Upstate Invitational and finished fourth ... ran the second fastest 8Ktime at the 32nd Winthrop/ADIDAS XC Invitational (25:01.20) ... set a PR of 20:02.30 in the 6.4K at the Covered Bridge Open CC Meet ... named Sun Belt Student-Athlete of the Week twice ... earned first team all-conference honors ... owns the ninth best 8K-time ever run
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Chris Anderson - Sr. - Greensboro, N.C./ Westchester Country Day (Charlotte) PR’s Cross Country: 6.4K - 21:02.50 ... 8K - 25:13.10 ... 10K - 31:42.9 Indoor: Mile – 4:24.36 … 3,000m – 8:30.92 ... 5,000m - 14:50.53 Outdoor: 800m - 2:06.36...1,500m - 4:00.44...Mile - 4:21.18...5,000m 14:43.13 ... 10,000m - 31:14.03 2015-16 Cross Country: Competed at the Sun Belt Conference Championships in the 8K and placed 22nd with a time of 26:41.60 ... set a PR of 21:02.50 in the 6.4K at the Covered Bridge Open CC Meet and finished 23rd ... finished 14th at the 32nd Winthrop/ADIDAS XC Invitational running the 8K in 26:18.00 ... crossed the finish line in 26:22.90 in the 8K at the Upstate Invitational and finished 14th ... Indoor: Finished ninth in the 5,000 meters with a time of 15:05.66 and seventh in the 3,000 meters setting a PR of 8:30.92 at the Sun Belt Indoor Championships ... placed fourth in the 3,000 meters with a time of 8:31.28 at the Chipotle Marshall Invitational ... won the 5,000-meter race in 15:02.75 and finished 15th in the mile running a PR of 4:24.36 at the Buccaneer Invitational ... ran a time of 8:43.08 in the 3,000 meters to place 17th at the Kentucky Invitational ... Outdoor: Placed 11th in the 10,000 meters with a time of 32:15.43 and finished ninth in the 5,000 meters crossing the finish line at 15:12.52 at the Sun Belt Outdoor Championships ... set a PR of 4:00.44 in the 1,500 meters at the Mountaineer Outdoor Open Meet ... ran a lifetime-best of 14:43.13 in the 5,000 meters at the Charlotte Invitational and won the event ... competed at Raleigh Relays and set a PR of 31:36.77 in the 10,000 meters 2014-15 Cross Country: Personal best for the 8K came at the Sun Belt Conference Championships with a time of 25:13.1 (11th place) ... finished in the top 25 in four of the five events he competed in ... best placing of the season came at the Winthrop Invite when he finished in ninth (26:14) ... third-team all-conference ... Indoor: Competed in the 5,000m race three times with the best placing being ninth that came at the Hokie Invitational (15:48.78) ... His best time of those three was 15:07.52 (15th place/PR) at the Sun Belt Indoor Championships 2013-14 Indoor: ran a personal best in the 3,000m at the 2014 Liberty Quad and placed second ... took fourth place at the SoCon Indoor Championships ... Outdoor: ran a personal best in the outdoor 5,000m at the Florida Relays while placing 12th ... ran a personal best 10,000m at the SoCon Outdoor Championships and placed ninth. 2012-13 at Charlotte Cross Country: competed in every race as a constant top-five finisher ... finished second on the team at the Southeast Regional with a time of 33:18.42 ... Indoor: did not compete ... Outdoor: recorded a personal record in the 5k at the Charlotte 49ers Classic ... posted a personal best in the 1,500m at the Virginia Invitational. High School: MVP for cross country 2010-2012 ... MVP for track and field 2012 ... 2012 Male student athlete of the year ... 2011 NC champ in 1600 meters ... Three time Triad Athletic Conference selection in cross country and twice in track and field.
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2014-15 Cross Country: Redshirted ... Indoor: Earned a fourthplace finish in the distance medley relay with a time of 10:20.18 at the Hokie Invitational ... his only other indoor appearance was in the mile at the same meet when he finished in 35th and was clocked at 4:32.34 (PR) ... Outdoor: Ran in two outdoor events (1,500m and 800m) with the better result coming in the 800m at the App State Open (10th place/1:55.08) H.S. PR’s Cross Country: 5,000m - 16:24 H.S. PR’s Track and Field: 400m - 0:49 ... 800m - 1:55 ... 1600m 4:14.57 High School: finished in fourth place at the Georgia 5A state meet in the 1600m ... lettered in cross country and track and field ... track and field all-county and all-region in 2014 ... track and field Parkview HS Runner of the Year in 2014 ... 2013 cross country Orange HS most valuable runner.
Evan Georges - So. - Charlotte, N.C./Charlotte Catholic PR’s Cross Country: 6.4K – 20:52.80 … 8K – 26:29.20 Indoor: 800m - 1:59.21 ... Mile - 4:16.95 … 3,000m – 8:55.61 Outdoor: 800m - 1:56.43...1,500m - 3:53.20 2015-16 Cross Country: Finished 26th in the 5K with a time of 16:30.40 at the 3 Stripe Invitational ... competed in the 8K at the Wake Forest CC Invitational and ran a time of 26:47.80 ... ran a time of 27:31.00 in the 8K at the Upstate Invitational ... set a new personal-best in the 8K of 26:29.20 at the 32nd Winthrop/ADIDAS XC Invitational and finished 16th ... placed 19th at the Covered Bridge Open Meet and set a new PR of 20:52.80 in the 6.4K ... Indoor: Finished third in the DMR (10:07.50) and tenth in the mile (4:18.49) at the Sun Belt Indoor Championships ... ran a time of 2:13.53 in the 800 meters to place 27th and set a new PR in the Mile of 4:16.95 to finish fifth at the Chipotle Marshal Invitational ... won the DMR (10:17.72) and finished seventh in the mile (4:22.87) at the Buccaneer Invitational ... placed sixth in the 800 meters with a season-best of 2:04.83 at the Mountaineer Indoor Open Meet ... opened up the season in the mile running a time of 4:21.00 (11th) and ran a leg on the DMR (10:15.46) to place fifth at the Kentucky Invitational ... Outdoor: Finished fifth in the 1,500 meters (3:57.58) and 21st in the 800 meters (1:58.86) at the Sun Belt Outdoor Championships ... placed third in the 1,5000 meters (3:57.86) at the Mountaineer Outdoor Open Meet ... ran a time of 3:59.93 in the 1,500 meters to place fifth at the War Eagle Invitational ... set a personal-best in 800 meters (1:56.43) to place seventh and ran a season-best in the 1,500 meters (3:54.01) to place ninth at the Charlotte Invitational ... competed in the 1,500 meters (3:54.89) and ran a leg on the DMR (10:08.07) the finished seventh at Florida Relays ... ran the 1,500 meters in 3:57.75 at Raleigh Relays ... opened up the season in the 800 meters running a time of 2:01.53 and ran the 1,500 meters in 3:56.57 to place eighth at the Wake Forest Open 2014-15 Cross Country: Redshirted ... Indoor: Competed in three events with the best result being a third-place finish and PR in the 800m race (1:59.21) at the Appalachian Indoor Open Split Track Meet ... that mark became Georges’ personal best ... also earned a PR in the mile with a 4:28.44 at the High Point Panthers Team Challenge (16th place) ... Outdoor: Was much busier for the outdoor season and earned himself six top-10 finishes and nine placings in the top 20 ... finished third in the 1,500m on two separate occassions including the Wake Forest Open (4:01.77) and the Charlotte Invitational (3:55.94) ... however, his PR in that event didn’t come until the App State Open when he finished in 3:53.20 and placed fourth ... ran the fastest 800m time of his career in the final meet of the season, the Sun Belt Championships, where he was clocked at 1:56.74/preliminary round and placed 16th ... finished in sixth in the 4x800m at the Raleigh Relays (7:47.64) ... was seventh in the 4x400m at the Charlotte Invitational (3:29.66) ... finished in seventh in the 1,500m race at the Sun Belt Championships with a time of 3:57.20 ...competed at USA Junior Nationals in the 1500 and placed 14th with a time of 4:04.42 ... that time missed qualifying for the next round by just two spots H.S. PR’s: 800m – 1:57 ... 1600m – 4:20 ... 3200m – 9:44 High School: Lettered in cross country and track and field ... twotime all-region and all-state as a junior ... three-time team MVP and earned Coaches Award after freshman and sophomore year
Chris Kelly - Jr. - Pinehurst, N.C./Pinecrest PR’s Cross Country: 5K – 16:10.80... 6.4K – 22:28.70 ... 8K – 26:58.14 Indoor: 3,000m – 8:55.05 Outdoor: 1,500m – 4:10.22 2015-16: Did not compete 2014-15 Cross Country: Fastest 6,400m time of 22:28.7 came at the Covered Bridge Open and was good for 49th ... 8K PR of 26:58.14 came at the Winthrop Invite (16th place) ... that marked his best placing of the season ... finished in 19th at the 3 Stripe Invite with a time of 16:01.8 ... finished in the top 25 three times and the top 50 four times H.S. PR’s Cross Country: 5,000m - 15:41 H.S. PR’s Track and Field: 1600m - 4:28 ... 3200m - 9:30 High School: lettered in both cross country and track and field ... XC all-region sophomore, junior and senior seasons ... track and field allregion junior and senior seasons ... track and field all-state as a junior ... XC and track and field team MVP for junior and senior seasons. Evan Laratta - Sr. - Angiers, N.C./Quince Orchard (LaSalle) PR’s Cross Country: 6.4K – 21:18.50 ... 8K – 25:42.60 ... 10,K – 32:44.80 Indoor: 800m – 2:02.10 … Mile – 4:20.05 ... 3,000m - 8:45.20 ... 5,000m - 15:22.91 Outdoor: 800m - 1:57.01 ... 1,500m - 3:59.18 ... 3,000m - 8:40.72 ... 5,000m - 14:59.85 … 3,000-meter Steeplechase – 9:38.64 2015-16 Cross Country: Competed at the NCAA Southeast Regional Championships in the 10K and ran a time of 32:56.00 ... finished 27th in the 8K with a time of 26:50.90 at the Sun Belt Cross Country Championships ... ran an 8K-time of 26:06.00 at the Wake Forest CC Invitational ... crossed the finish line in 26:27.70 to place 17th in the 8K at the Upstate Invitational ... ran a personal-best of 25:42.60 in the 8K at the 32nd Winthrop/ADIDAS XC Invitational and finished sixth ... rounded out the top-30 runners at the Covered Bridge Open CC Meet in the 6.4K with a PR of 21:18.50 ... Indoor: Finished third in the DMR (10:07.50) and placed 12th in the mile (4:21.05) at the Sun Belt Indoor Championships ... competed in the 800 meters running a season-best of 2:02.10 (20th) and ran the mile in 4:20.20 (9th) at the Chipotle Marshall Invitational ... ran the mile in 4:24.08 (14th) and ran a leg on the DMR (10:17.72) that won the event at the Buccaneer Invitational ... won the mile at the Mountaineer Indoor Open Track Meet with a time of 4:30.35 ... opened up the season at the Kentucky Invitational and ran the 3,000 meters (8:54.12/25th) and ran a leg on the DMR (10:15.46/5th) ... Outdoor: Placed tenth in the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a time of 9:42.22 and finished 21st in the 1,500 meters with a time of 4:08.98 at the Sun Belt Outdoor Championships ... finished second in the 3,000-meter steeplechase and set a new PR of 9:38.64 at the Mountaineer Outdoor Open Meet ... ran the 1,500 meters in 4:05.34 (9th) at the War Eagle Invitational ... crossed the finish line in 4:02.18 to place 20th in the 1,500 meters at the Charlotte Invitational ... competed in the 5,000 meters at the High Point VertKlasse Meeting and ran a time of 15:38.55 (21st) ... opened up the season with a personal-best of 15:15.91 (19th) at the Wake Forest Open 2014-15 Cross Country: Fastest 6,400m time was 21:22.1 and came at the Blue Ridge Open (36th place) ... PR for the 8K was 25:55.02 and came at the Winthrop Invite (4th) ... that marked his best placing of the season ... finished in 125th at the NCAA Division I Southeast Regional with a time of 32:44.8 ... placed in the top 40 in five of his six events ... Indoor: Earned a second-place finish in the distance medley relay at the Sun Belt Indoor Championships with a time of 10:07.93 ... ran that event one other time for the indoor season and
Will Henderson - So. -Lilburn, Ga./Parkview PR’s Cross Country: 6.4K – 20:59.80 ... 8K – 24:55.8 ... 10K – 31:10.4 Indoor: 800m – 2:01.60 … Mile – 4:29.09…3,000m – 8:37.59...5,000m - 14:40.15 Outdoor: 1,500m – 3:58.00 …3,000m - 8:48.48 ... 5,000m – 14:28.97 … 3,000m Steeplechase – 9:14.53 2015-16 Indoor: Finished third in the 800 meters with a time of 2:01.60 at the Mountaineer Indoor Open Track Meet ... Outdoor: Placed eighth in 1,500 meters at the Mountaineer Outdoor Open Meet with a time of 4:08.52 ... won the 1,500 meters with a personal-best of 3:58.00 at the War Eagle Invitational ... finished fourth in the 800 meters with a PR of 1:56.04 at the Charlotte Invitational ... ran a time of 3:58.85 in the 1,500 meters at the High Point VertKlasse Meeting to place fourth ...competed on the 4x400-meter relay (3:22.06) and on the 4x800-meter relay (7:36.80) that won the event at Raleigh Relays ... opened up the season with a time of 2:01.60 in the 800 meters at the Wake Forest Open @appstatesports
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placed fourth in it as part of the Hokie Invitational with a time of 10:20.18 ... other than that, had two top-10 finishes and three in the top 15 ... placed 10th in ETSU’s 5,000m (15:34.27) and 10th in the mile at the Sun Belt Indoor Championships (4:22.77) ... his other top-15 finish came in Samford Multi and Invitational’s mile (14th place/4:21.30) ... Set a new PR for the 3,000m with an 8:45.20 at the Hokie Invitational (22nd place) ... new personal best for the mile came at the Sykes & Sabock Challenge Cup and was 4:20.05 (28th place) ... all-conference performer ... Outdoor: Finished in the top 10 three times and the top 20 five times ... best finish of the outdoor season came at the Charlotte Invitational when he placed fourth in the 5,000m with a time of 15:27.29/PR ... took home eighth place in the App State Open’s 1,500m race (3:59.18/ PR) and ninth at the Sun Belt Outdoor Championships’ 1,500m (3:59.35) ... 800m PR (1:57.01/preliminary round) came at the Sun Belt Outdoor Championships (17th place) ... finished in 12th for the Wake Forest Open’s 3,000m (8:49.25) LaSalle (2012-14): Finished second at the Stoney Brook Spring Opener ... placed second at the Rider Invite ... placed third at Lehigh Games High School: lettered in both cross country and track and field ... individual runner-up at Maryland state cross country championships during senior year Collin Loy - So. - Burlington, N.C./Southern Alamance H.S. PR’s Cross Country: 6.4K - 21:22.1 ... 8K - 25:55.02...10K32:44.8 Indoor: Mile - 4:20.05 ... 3,000m - 8:45.20 ... 5,000m - 15:22.91 Outdoor: 800m - 1:57.01 ... 1,500m - 3:59.18 ... 3,000m - 8:40.72 ... 5,000m - 14:59.85 2015-16 Cross Country: Ran a time of 21:36.70 in the 6.4K at the Covered Bridge Open CC Meet and placed 38th ... competed in the 8K at the 32nd Winthrop/ADIDAS XC Invitational ... Outdoor: Competed in the 5,000 meters at the High Point VertKlasse Meeting H.S. PR’s Track and Field: 800m - 1:59 ... 1600m - 4:23 ... 3200m - 9:29 High School: Four-time all-conference and two-time all-region in cross country ... three-time all-conference and all-region during junior year in track and field ... three-time Cross Country Conference Runner of the Year and team MVP during senior year ... track and field conference MVP during senior year – holds school records in the 5K, 3200 and 1600 Nelson Russ - Fr. - Clemmons, N.C./ Mt. Tabor H.S. PR’s Cross Country: 800m – 2:03 ... 1600m – 4:33 ... 3200m – 9:42 ... 5K – 15:38 High School: Four-time letterwinner in cross country and track and field ... all-state selection in cross country
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Ryan Shannon - Jr. - Maiden, N.C./North Lincoln PR’s Cross Country: 6.4K – 21:04.20 ... 8K – 25:47.60 ... 10K – 32:32.70 Indoor: 3,000m – 8:35.00 … 5,000m – 15:29.26 Outdoor: 1,500m – 4:12.26 ... 3,000m Steeplechase – 9:35.73 2015-16 Cross Country: Competed at the Southeast Regional Championships in the 10K and ran a personal-best of 32:32.70 ... ran a time of 26:40.20 in the 8K to place 22nd at the Upstate Invitational ... set a PR of 25:47.60 in the 8k to place eighth at the 32nd Winthrop/ ADIDAS XC Invitational ... finished ninth with a new personal-best of 21:04.20 in the 6.4K at the Covered Bridge Open CC Meet ... Indoor: Competed in the 800 meters and the Mile at the Appalachian Indoor Open Split Track Meet ... ran a PR of 8:35.00 in the 3,000 meters to place seventh at the Chipotle Marshall Invitational ... finished eighth in the 5,000 meters with a time of 15:29.26 at the Buccaneer Invitational ... Outdoor: Finished 11th in the 5,000 meters (15:23.25) and ninth in the 3,000-meter steeplechase (9:40.22) at the Sun Belt Outdoor Championships ... ran a PR of 9:37.58 to win the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the Charlotte Invitational ... set a personal-best of 15:16.56 in the 5,000 meters to place 13th at the High Point VertKlasse Meeting 2014-15 Cross Country: Best 8K time of the season was 26:28.8 and came at the Sun Belt Conference Championships (32nd place) ... faster of two 6,400m times was 21:22.7 and was clocked at the Blue Ridge Open (37th place) ... best placing of the season was 11th at the Winthrop Invite (26:37) ... finished in the top 15 once and the top 45 five times ... Outdoor: Placed in the top 10 three times and the top 20 in four of his five total events from the season ... Took third place in the 3,000m steeplechase at the App State Open with a time of 9:47.31 ... Finished in fifth for the 5,000m race at the Winthrop Invite (15:20.58) and ninth place in the 3,000m steeplechase at the Sun Belt Outdoor Championships with a time of 9:45.22 ... Set a new PR in the 1,500m at that same meet with a time of 4:12.26 (16th place) H.S. PR’s Cross Country: 5,000m - 15:27 H.S. PR’s Track and Field: 800m - 2:03 ... 1600m - 4:26 ... 3200m 9:26 High School: lettered in both cross country and track and field ... two-time XC all-state ... four-time XC all-conference and all-county ... three-time state runner-up in 3200m Andrew Vandenberg - Sr. - Boone, N.C./Watauga PR’s Cross Country: 6.4K – 20:45.50 … 8K – 25:14.60 ... 10K – 30:49.70 Indoor: 3,000m – 8:39.58 ... 5,000m - 15:10.38 Outdoor: 3,000m – 8:58.09 … 5,000m – 14:58.66 … 10,000m – 30:56.94 2015-16 Cross Country: Competed at the NCAA Southeast Regional Championships and placed 42nd in the 10K running a PR of 30:49.70 ... that 10K-time (30:49.70) is the third-fastest performance in App State history and ranks second amongst juniors ... finished sixth in the 8K with a time of 25:52.5 at the Sun Belt Cross Country Championships ... placed ninth in the 8K with a time of 25:19.20 at the Wake Forest CC Invitational ... ran a time of 26:19.90 at the Upstate Invitational and placed 13th ... set a personal-best of 25:14.60 in the 8K at the 32nd Winthrop/ADIDAS XC Invitational to take third
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Jacob Sears - Sr. - Raleigh, N.C./Panther Creek (William and Mary) PR’s Cross Country: 6K – 19:13.30 ... 8K – 25:43.50 ... 10K – 32:23.80 Indoor: Mile – 4:22.26 ... 3,000m - 8:33.67 … 5,000m – 15:13.40 Outdoor:1,500m – 3:56.38 … 3,000m – 8:36.69 … 5,000m – 14:36.38 … 3,000-meter steeplechase – 9:07.44 2015-16 Outdoor: Finished third in the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a time of 9:14.04 and placed ninth in the 1,500 meters with a time of 3:59.30 at the Sun Belt Conference Outdoor Championships ... placed second in the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a time of 9:24.98 at the Hokie Twilight ... set a personal-best of 9:07.44 in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the War Eagle Invitational and placed third ... ran a PR of 3:56.38 in the 1,500 meters to place 13th at the Charlotte Invitational ... ran a leg on the DMR team at Florida Relays (10:08.07/7th) ...crossed the finish line in 16:05.60 in the 5,000 meters at the Raleigh Relays Prior to Appalachian (William and Mary) 2014-15 Cross Country: Clinched W&M’s conference title with a 16th-place finish at the CAA Championships, seventh for the team ... fifth for the Tribe at the region championships ... took 93rd at UVA ... finished seventh overall at the home meet ... ran 15th in his season-debut at Richmond. 2013-14 Cross Country: Recorded an individual second-place finish to lead the Tribe to victory at the CNU Invite ... at the CAA Championships, ran seventh for W&M and 12th overall, claiming
the final All-CAA spot. ... Indoor: Anchored the Tribe’s DMR in the finals of the IC4A Championships ... timed 8:42.17 to take the 3,000m at CNU in January ... ran 8:33.67 in the 3,000m at the Mason Last Chance meet ... Outdoor: Chopped 30 seconds off his lifetime-best in the steeplechase over the course of two weeks and three meets ... began at the CAA Championships, where he took second in 9:23.86 for All-CAA honors ... was 15 seconds better than he ran as a freshman ... went 9:21.07 the following week at the UVA Challenge ... ran 9:08.23 at the Wolfpack Last Chance meet in Raleigh ... season-best of 14:36.38 in the 5,000m at Princeton .. ran the 5,000m at the CAA Champonships, placing ninth 2012-13 Outdoor: At the CAA Championships, finish fourth in the 3,000m steeplechase and seventh in the 5,000m High School: Runner-up at the North Carolina state cross country championships as a senior ... went on that fall to take 18th at the Foot Locker South Championships ... earned a pair of all-state honors on the track ... third in the state at 3200m as a senior, improving on his fourth-place showing in the same event the year before ... won two conference titles at 3200m and another at 1600m
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2016 APPALACHIAN STATE MEN’S CROSS COUNTRY place ... ran a PR of 20:45.50 in the 6.4K at the Covered Bridge Open CC Meet and finished in 13th ... earned second team allconference honors 2014-15 Outdoor: Set new PR’s in the 5,000m race (15:16.42/17th place) at the Wake Forest Open and the 10K (31:46.04/seventh place) at the Sun Belt Outdoor Championships 2013-14 Cross Country: ran a personal-best at Lehigh’s Paul Short Run ... placed 11th at the Covered Bridge Open ... took eighth place at the Winthrop/Adidas Invitational ... ran a personal-best at the NCAA DI Southeast Region meet ... Indoor: placed second at 2014 Mountaineer Open in 3,000m ... Outdoor: ran a personal best 3,000m at Carolina’s Cup 2014 .... also ran a personal best 5,000m at Wake Forest Open. 2012-13 Cross Country: Participated in the Covered Bridge Open, finishing sixth for the Apps and 15th overall... Indoor: Placed eighth in the Mountaineer Open in the 3,000m... ran a personal-best 9:14.10 in the Liberty Quad in the 3,000m... earned a first-place finish in the 3,000m at the Appalachian Pre-Conference meet... Outdoor: Posted a personal-best in the 3,000m at Beaches vs Mountains... finished sixth in the 5,000m at the High Point VertKlasse Meeting, running a personal-best 16:17.70... garnered a second-place finish in the 10,000m at the Coastal Carolina Invitational High School: Named all-conference four times in cross country and track and field...named Most Improved his senior year for outdoor track and field...finished seventh inthe 3,200m at the 4A North Carolina Indoor State Meet, posting a 9:47.93...father, Peter Vandenberg and aunt, Whitney Ball both ran at App State and have been inducted into the Hall of Fame.
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Cade Zimmerman - Jr. - Tallahassee, Fla./Chiles PR’s Cross Country: 6.4K – 20:51.00 ... 8K – 25:51.30 ... 10K – 32:19.30 Indoor: 3,000m – 9:03.77 Outdoor: 5,000 – 16:20.90 2015-16 Cross Country: Competed at the NCAA Southeast Regional Championships in the 10K and ran a personal-best of 32:19.30 ... ran a time of 27:47.80 in the 8K at the Sun Belt Cross Country Championships ... set a PR of 25:51.30 in the 8K at the Wake Forest CC Invitational ... ran a time of 26:44.80 in the 8K to finish 23rd at the Upstate Invitional ... crossed the finish line in 23:16.20 to place 13th in the 8K at the 32nd Winthrop/ADIDAS XC Invitational ... finished 18th in the 6.4K with a PR of 20:51.00 at the Covered Bridge Open CC Meet 2014-15 Cross Country: 8K PR was 26:00.5 and came in his first ever event, the Winthrop Invite (sixth place) ... that race also marked his best placing of the season ... placed in the top 40 in four of his five events H.S. PR’s Cross Country: 5,000m - 15:32 H.S. PR’s Track and Field: 1600m - 4:24 ... 3200m - 9:32 High School: lettered in cross country, track and field and soccer ... All-Big Bend in soccer as a sophomore and junior, XC as a sophomore, junior and senior and track and field as a junior and senior ... All-state first-team, all-region first team in XC ... 2012 XC district champion ... 2011 XC Rookie of the Year and team MVP in 2012 and 2013 ... Most Improved award for soccer
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Nestled in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina, Appalachian boasts an enrollment of 18,026 students. Located in the town of Boone, Appalachian is in the midst of one of the finest resort areas in the United States. Mountain foliage, skiing, the Blue Ridge Parkway (America’s most visited national park) and cool summer evenings help make the Boone area so popular. Academically, Appalachian is a comprehensive university that offers more than 130 majors. The institution stresses teaching. Classes are kept small and almost all classes are taught by full professors. The student to faculty ratio is 15-to-1. U.S. News and World Report has consistently ranked Appalachian among the Top 10 Regional Universities. All this at a reasonable cost. Appalachian fields 20 varsity sports at the NCAA Division I level, including cross country and indoor and outdoor track and field. In the past 31 years before transferring into the Sun Belt Conference on July 1, 2014, the men and women have combined to win 63 Southern Conference championships in track and cross country. The men’s program has produced 43 NCAA qualifiers and seven All-Americans, while the women have 50 NCAA qualifers, 10 gaining All-America honors, a two-time NCAA National Champion, and a two-time Olympic bronze medalist. The women’s cross country team has won nine conference titles, while the men’s team has captured 14, with 1994 as a banner year as the mens team qualified for the NCAA Championships and finished the season ranked 20th in the nation.
Running Facilities
Appalachian and the surrounding areas offer some of the best and widest variety of training sites on the East Coast. Moses Cone Park and The Blue Ridge Parkway offer over 50 miles of groomed trails, while the on-campus cross country course has more than four miles of trails sitting along the New River. The course was named after Appalachian standout Don Kennedy. The 8,325- seat Holmes Convocation Center and its 300-meter indoor track opened in 2000. The stateof-the-art Appalachian Athletics Center opened in 2009 at Kidd Brewer Stadium and serves as the home for App State football and outdoor track and field.
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Location............................................................................. Boone, N.C. Founded..........................................................................................1899 Enrollment.................................................................................. 18,026 Conference..............................................................................Sun Belt Nickname..................................................................... Mountaineers Colors........................................................................... Black and Gold Chancellor............................................................. Dr. Sheri N. Everts Faculty Representative..........................................Dr. Alan Hauser Director of Athletics........................................................Doug Gillin Senior Assoc. Athletic Director/SWA..........Brittney Whiteside Director of Track and Cross Country......................John Weaver Head Cross Country Coach.........................................Mike Curcio XC/Track Phone...........................................................828-262-7825 XC/Track Fax.................................................................828-262-4056 www.appstate.edu www.appstatesports.com