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April 30, 2013
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NIZHONI DAYS
Online service offers students alumni mentors by Tanya Prather
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Juan Labreche/ @LabrecheMode / Daily Lobo Members of the Jemez Pueblo perform the closing song of the 2013 Nizhoni Days Pow-Wow at Johnson Field on Sunday afternoon. American Indians from as far as Alaska and New England came to Albuquerque to participate in the free powwow, hosted by the UNM Kiva Club. See full story Page 8.
TRACK & FIELD
Distance runner: ‘I’m feeling confident’ UK transfer doing very well in ABQ’s high altitude By J.R. Oppenheim
assistantsports@dailylobo.com @JROppenheim Coming to New Mexico from the United Kingdom last fall, distance runner Luke Caldwell thought it would take some time to find his stride competing at the NCAA level. It took less time than he expected. Caldwell, a junior transfer student from Oxford, already developed into one of UNM’s top distance runners during last fall’s cross country season — his first sampling of American collegiate athletics — and this past indoor track season. Caldwell won Mountain West Conference titles during both seasons, competed at the NCAA championships and earned AllAmerican honors. Now that his outdoor campaign is underway, he said he wants to go for a trifecta and make NCAAs on the outdoor track. “I was expecting it to be a bit of a struggle and spend the first year just trying to catch up, really,” Caldwell, a native of Betchworth, England, said Thursday. “Particularly in indoor track, just being able to go to nationals and go AllAmerican my first year, I wasn’t
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expecting that all. It was really pleasing to do that in my first few months.” Coming off a strong indoor season, Caldwell made the 2013 outdoor debut April 19 at the Bryan Clay Invitational hosted by Azusa Pacific University in California. He clocked a secondplace time of 3 minutes, 44.19 seconds in the 1,500 meters, setting a new outdoor personal best mark at that distance. Late Sunday night, Caldwell set a new 5K school record at the Payton Jordan Invitational in Stanford, Calif., with a 13:29.94 time. He broke the previous record of 13:31.56 set by Lee Emanuel in 2010, and Caldwell beat his personal best by more than 10 seconds. Caldwell’s other personal best times on an outdoor track are 1:55.23 in the 800, 4:19.87 in the mile, and 8:25.93 in the 3,000. His personal bests on an indoor track or in cross country were not available on UNM’s athletics website. During last fall’s cross country season, Caldwell won the MWC title after running the 10K course in 24:45.698, beating runner-up Barak Watson of Boise State by 10 seconds and leading UNM to a first-place team finish. He ran a 29:52.9 at the NCAA meet, placed 27th and was named All-American by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association for a top-40 finish. That success continued into
the indoor track season. Caldwell captured MWC titles in the 3K and 5K, clocking an 8:14.66 and 14:30.30 at those respective distances. UNM also took the team title, its first conference indoor ever and its first conference team title of any kind since 1967 when the Lobos competed in the Western Athletic Conference. Caldwell became an All-American for the second time when he took eighth in the 5,000 at the March 8 NCAA indoor meet with a 13:46.44 time. It was only the fifth time he had run that distance competitively. “To say that (Caldwell’s success) was predictable would not be right,” said Joe Franklin, who serves as head coach for both cross country and track and field. “He just kept improving and improving. We saw it probably toward the end of the cross country season, we started seeing these big breakthroughs.” With his NCAA indoor meet appearance, Caldwell started his outdoor season later than other UNM athletes. He had five weeks of uninterrupted training as a result. “I’m feeling confident,” Caldwell said. “Indoors went dramatically better than I thought was possible, so right now I’m excited to see what I can do outdoors. I’m really looking forward to all the races and seeing what I can do.” Caldwell said the bulk of his
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Courtesy Photo Luke Caldwell training in the indoor season focused on endurance and strength to establish a solid base for outdoors. Now that his outdoor campaign is underway, he said he will begin focusing on more speed work. Coming to New Mexico took some adjustment, Caldwell said, primarily because of the change in altitude. On average, Albuquerque sits at 5,312 above sea level while England is located right near sea level. Higher elevations generally make it harder for athletes since the atmosphere is less dense. “I expected it,” he said. “You have to embrace it really rather than be worried about it. It probably took three weeks for it
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An online mentorship program developed by UNM’s Alumni Association aims to guide students in their career paths after college. Alumni Association Senior Program Manager Sue MacEachen said the online mentorship program, called Simplicity, which went online in August, aims to help UNM students and graduates. The program will also be available upon request to graduates who have been out of school for longer periods of time. The program allows students to connect with alumni in their academic area in order to learn about associated job opportunities. “This is a way for alumni to be able to give back if they don’t have a lot of time or money,” MacEachen said. “The program is not, however, intended for students to get a job, but a way for them to get advice on how to get the job they want.” MacEachen said UNM had a different online mentorship program in the past but had to switch over to the new program last semester because it was not compatible with UNM’s new online platform. She said the Alumni Association has been managing the development of Simplicity for four years. Anderson School of Management Senior Alumni Relations Officer Roberta Ricci said students who sign up for the mentorship program will find the process more convenient than mentorship programs in the past. “The great thing about this mentorship program is it’s all online so you don’t have to worry about fitting it in with your school schedule or your work schedule,” Ricci said. Ricci said students can sign up for mentorship programs online through the Alumni Career Center page on the UNM website by clicking on the “Alumni Career Mentor Program” link in the upper right corner. She said that once students have signed up, they will be able to choose from a variety of mentors. Students can then contact their selected mentors by email or by phone, Ricci said. “You can look for a title, you can look for a field, you can look for a degree program, or for an (alum),” she said.
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