Cross Country/Track & Field
2013-2014
Cross Country Track & Field
SHANNON KELLEHER JUSTIN YATES
2013-14 Quick Facts General
School Name.........................................Wittenberg University Location............................................. Springfield, Ohio 45501 Founded..........................................................................1845 Enrollment......................................................................1,950 Nickname......................................................................Tigers Home Track & Field Facility....................Earl F. Morris Track at Edwards-Maurer Field Home Cross Country Course............John Bryan State Park National Affiliation...................................... NCAA Division III Conference.......................... North Coast Athletic Conference President..................................................... Dr. Laurie Joyner Alma Mater.................Loyola University New Orleans, 1986 Interim Athletics Director....................................Jeff Ankrom Alma Mater...................................................Otterbein, 1978 Athletics Phone............................................. (937) 327-6450
Coaching Staff
Head Coach.......................................................Craig Penney Alma Mater..........................................Edinboro State, 1976 E-mail............................................cpenney@wittenberg.edu Assistant Coach.................................................Paris Hilliard Assistant Coach......................................... Dennis Robinson Assistant Coach...................................................Kevin Frick Track & Field/Cross Country Office............. (937) 327-6493 Athletic Trainer................................................. Ellen Crosbie Assistant Athletic Trainer.............................Greg Schneider Assistant Athletic Trainer............................... Molly Hopkins
Cross Country Team Information
Women’s 2012 NCAC Finish.............................................8th Men’s 2012 NCAC Finish..................................................9th
CHRIS FRIERSON
Indoor Track & Field Team Information
Women’s 2013 NCAC Finish.............................................8th Men’s 2013 NCAC Finish..................................................5th
Outdoor Track & Field Team Information
Women’s 2013 NCAC Finish.............................................4th Men’s 2013 NCAC Finish..................................................3rd
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SHELBY KAHO
CREDITS: 2013-14 Team Viewbook designed by John Strawn ‘07, associate director of sports information Photography by university photographer Erin Pence ‘04
Coaching Staff Head Coach Craig Penney Craig Penney brought a wealth of experience to the Wittenberg men’s and women’s cross country and track & field programs when he arrived in August 2006. Penney has led cross country and track teams at six colleges in more than 30 years as a head coach. One of his stops included Wittenberg rival and fellow North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) member College of Wooster. Prior to coming to Wittenberg, Penney was the head cross country coach and an administrative assistant for media relations at Shenandoah University. During his two years at Shenandoah, Penney guided five runners to all-conference honors and led three of those individuals to strong finishes in the NCAA Division III South Region Meet. Penney has earned conference coach of the year awards 12 times in his career. In 2000, he was named the United States of America Track and Field Mid-East Regional Track and Field Coach of the Year. Beyond Penney’s individual accolades, his teams have won 15 conference titles. He has also produced more than 250 all-conference performers, 20 most valuable player awards, 52 National Qualifiers and 32 All-Americans. He has also helped athletes set more than 70 new college records.
At Wittenberg, Penney has led both teams into contention for NCAC titles, including a program-best second-place finish by the Tiger women’s cross country team in 2009. Under his tutelage, Mary Pfeifer became just the second Wittenberg cross country runner to reach the NCAA Division III Championships, finishing in the top 100 in 2009, 2010 and 2011. Not only has Penney led his individuals to high levels of competition, his teams have also held their own in the classroom. In 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2006, 2007 and 2008, his cross country teams earned Coaches Association Academic All-America recognition. In 2005 at Shenandoah, Penney’s women’s cross country team was one of 108 Division III schools to earn the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Academic Award with a 3.39 grade point average. Penney has also been involved in other activities beyond coaching. From April 2003 through July 2004, Penney was the assistant conference planner and programmer for Penn State University Conferences & Institutes. He also has gained experience as a director of seven conference championship events and three NCAA Regional Cross Country Championships. During his time at Shenandoah as an administrative assistant, Penney helped to process media guide advertising and handled media relations responsibilities for postgame interviews. Penney, who was a double major at Edinboro State University, earned his master’s degree in sports administration from Ashland University.
Assistant Coach Paris Hilliard
Assistant Coach Dennis Robinson
A native of Lorain, Ohio, Hilliard arrived at Wittenberg in 2011 after one year as a graduate assistant coach at his alma mater, Heidelberg University. That followed a stellar collegiate career for the Student Princes in which he earned 10 All-Ohio Athletic Conference honors and six all-state honors, including a first-place finish in the 200-meter dash in 2008. Hilliard was a member of four NCAA Division III provisional qualifying relay teams during his collegiate career, and he made NCAA Division III Championship appearances in 2007 and 2010. He also left his name in the Heidelberg record book as a member of two relays: the 4x200-meter indoor (1:30.04) and the 4x100-meter (41.45). After joining the Tiger staff, Hilliard helped Victor Banjo to two individual NCAA Division III All-American honors (60-meter dash, 100-meter dash) and coached the Tigers to 17 new school records in sprints, jumps, hurdles, and relays. He also guided the men’s 4x400-meter relay team to a new indoor NCAC record of 3:21.41. While attending Heidelberg, he was a member of Tau Pi Phi honorary and the Black Student Union, and was twice named to the Dean’s List. Hilliard graduated from Heidelberg in May of 2010 with a Bachelor of Science in sports management and business administration. In May 2013, Hilliard finished a master’s degree in education at Heidelberg. He currently resides in Springfield, Ohio.
Dennis Robinson joined the Tiger coaching staff in 2004 after working in the Dayton Public School District for 17 years. Robinson taught physical education, health and driver’s education at several district schools, and also served as head coach for the boys’ and girls’ cross country and track and field teams. During his career at Meadowdale, Robinson led dozens of athletes to high finishes in the annual Ohio High School Athletic Association championship meet. His teams’ best finish was third in the 2001 boys’ state championship, and in 2002 Robinson coaches the second-fastest high school 110-meter high hurdler in the nation. In addition, Robinson served as head coach of the All-Ohio boys’ track and field team in 2001, earned recognition in Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers in 2000 and was a recipient of the OHSAA’s Sportsmanship, Ethics and Integrity Award in 2002. A graduate of Central State University and a native of Dayton, Robinson’s first head coaching assignment was in the Jefferson Township School District as head coach of the boys’ and girls’ cross country and girls’ track and field teams. He earned Coach of the Year in the Southwestern Ohio Association of Track and Cross Country Coaches in 1977, and was the first Ohio high school coach to guide both the boys’ and girls’ track and field teams to the AA State Championship that same year. Coach Robinson also served as the head women’s track and field coach and an assistant cross country coach at Bowling Green State University from 1984-86.
Assistant Coach Kevin Frick Kevin Frick joined the Wittenberg coaching staff in 2011 following four years as a Tiger cross country and track athlete. Frick was twice named the men’s cross country team’s most valuable runner, earned honorable mention All-NCAC recognition in 2009 and 2010, and All-Great Lakes Region honors in 2009. He was also named the men’s track and field team’s most valuable distance runner and male performer of the year in 2011. Frick will work with the cross country teams and the track program’s distance runners.
2013-2014 TRACK & FIELD / CROSS COUNTRY
CAMPUS Wittenberg’s stunning 95-acre, rolling, wooded terrain is situated in the heart of Springfield, Ohio. An impressive blend of traditional European classicism and contemporary architecture is abundant amongst the 26 buildings throughout campus.
The University
ADMISSION Wittenberg consistently selects academically strong students. Of entering freshman, approximately 65 percent graduated in the top fifth of their high school classes. Each new class combines National Merit Scholars, Ohio Academic scholars and Lutheran Scholars. STUDENTS What strikes most people when they visit Wittenberg is the genuine friendliness and welcoming nature of the campus and its residents. There are more than 1,950 full-time students currently enrolled, representing more than 37 states and approximately 23 foreign countries; 45 percent of students are male, 55 percent are female. FACULTY Wittenberg’s 195 outstanding classroom instructors all consider students their top priority. With an average class size of 20 and a student-faculty ratio of 12-to-1, Wittenberg faculty and students have numerous opportunities for meaningful interaction both in and out of the classroom. PROGRAMS OF STUDY Wittenberg has more than 60 majors, minors and special programs from which to choose. Among these majors are such outstanding interdisciplinary programs as East Asian Studies, Russian and Central Eurasian Studies and Biochemistry/Molecular Biology.
MYERS HALL OFF-CAMPUS STUDIES Wittenberg encourages off-campus opportunities that complement the classroom experience: pursuing an internship, studying abroad, and getting involved in the community through volunteer programs and community service. STUDENT LIFE More than 150 campus organizations offer opportunities not only to have fun, but to gain management and leadership experience while at Wittenberg. These include 11 national fraternities and sororities, the Outdoors Club, WUSO radio station, Residence Life, Campus Ministries, Student Senate, Pre-Health Club and many more. ATHLETICS Wittenberg enjoys a long-standing reputation as an athletics powerhouse, fielding winning teams in many different sports. Wittenberg competes annually against the best competition that NCAA Division III has to offer. The athletics department offers 23 varsity intercollegiate athletic teams for men and women.
THE HOLLOW
RESIDENTIAL LIFE Wittenberg students live on campus in residence halls their first two years. Upperclassmen may choose to stay in the residence halls or move into Wittenberg’s campus housing, which includes apartments, houses and fraternity and sorority houses. FINANCIAL AID More than 98 percent of students are awarded financial aid at Wittenberg, thanks to the generosity and loyal support of more than 26,000 living alumni.
WEAVER CHAPEL
Athletics Facilities
ROSENCRANS FITNESS CENTER
EARL F. MORRIS TRACK AT EDWARDS-MAURER FIELD
Wittenberg Athletics Facilities The Wittenberg athletic facilities, a unique blend of old and new, provide opportunities for a wide variety of recreational and fitness activities. The Health, Physical Education and Recreation Center (HPERC) is the centerpiece of athletic activity. The main unit can be converted to three full-sized basketball courts, three volleyball courts or three tennis courts. It seats 3,000 spectators for intercollegiate athletic events, and 4,300 for concerts and other public events. A second unit houses six raquetball courts with an upper balcony for instruction and a 25-meter by 25-yard swimming pool with one- and three-meter diving boards, and a spectator viewing area. An athletic training room, locker rooms and team rooms are also located in the HPERC, which connects to the Wittenberg Field House, home of the Tigers since 1929, which houses offices and a state-of-the-art weight training facility. A 4,622-square-foot extension off the front of the HPERC opened in August 2005. The Bob Rosencrans Hall of Honor Fitness Center includes a wide range of weight training and cardiovascular equipment.
PAM EVANS SMITH ARENA
Edwards-Maurer Field and Earl F. Morris Track were renovated in 2005. EdwardsMaurer Field has a state-of-the-art artificial playing surface and Earl F. Morris Track is a 400-meter track outfitted with a similarly cutting-edge surface. The entire complex is lighted, and also serves as home to the Tiger football, track, field hockey, men’s and women’s soccer and men’s and women’s lacrosse teams. The David and Georgianna Albright Tennis Complex, a $2 million project completed in 1997, houses 12 tennis courts with a Dynaflex surface. Six of the courts are lighted, including two sunken center courts with space for seating. Situated a few blocks from campus are Bill Edwards Field, which offers playing and practice fields, and Betty Dillahunt field, home of the Tiger softball team. Less than two miles from campus Carleton Davidson Stadium, which opened in 2004, is the home of Tiger baseball. Owned and maintained by the City of Springfield, Carleton Davidson Stadium has seating capacity of 1,061, nearly half of which is under cover, a media center, locker rooms with showers and secured storage.
HPER CENTER NATATORIUM
CARLETON DAVIDSON STADIUM
2013-2014 TRACK & FIELD / CROSS COUNTRY
Date 9/1 9/8 9/15 9/22 9/29 10/12 10/27 11/10 Date 12/1 1/12 1/19 1/26 2/2 2/8 2/9 2/15 2/16 2/16 2/22 2/24 3/1-2
CROSS COUNTRY RESULTS Host at Dayton at Calvin at Pre-NCAC (Wooster) at Otterbein at All-Ohio Championships at Wilmington Fall Classic at NCAC Championships at Great Lakes Regional
Men 1st of 3 15th of 19 6th of 6 9th of 9 16th of 22 14th of 34 9th of 10 23rd of 37
Women 2nd of 3 18th of 22 6th of 6 6th of 12 14th of 21 17th of 33 8th of 9 24th of 33
2012-13 Season
INDOOR TRACK & FIELD RESULTS
Host Men Women at Tiffin NS NS at Capital NS at Otterbein 4th of 7 4th of 9 at Defiance 2nd of 8 2nd of 8 at Wooster 1st of 5 5th of 5 at Ohio Wesleyan NS NS at All-Ohio Invitational 10th of 18 16th of 18 at Ohio State NS NS at Kenyon 5th of 8 5th of 8 at Capital NS NS at Denison NS NS at NCAC Combined Events NS at NCAC Championships 5th of 9 8th of 8
BREA MEDLOCK
OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD RESULTS
Date 3/23 3/30 4/6 4/13 4/20 4/20 4/26 5/3-4 5/10 5/13-14
Host Men Women at Muskingum 8th of 15 9th of 14 at Cedarville 3rd of 7 3rd of 9 at Ohio Wesleyan 5th of 14 10th of 14 at All-Ohio Invitational 9th of 20 16th of 20 at Cedarville 7th of 14 3rd of 11 at Ohio State NS at Denison NS NS at NCAC Championships 3rd of 9 4th of 8 at Louisville NS NS at Ohio Wesleyan NS NS
VICTOR BANJO POSTSEASON AWARDS Women’s Cross Country: All-NCAC Second Team - Molly King
Men’s Indoor Track & Field:
All-NCAC Long Jump - Raphael Allen, 3rd Triple Jump - Justin Fisher, 3rd 4x200 - Yates, Frierson, Ekanayake, Fisher, 3rd 4x400 - Frierson, Wallace, Ekanayake, Yates, 1st, NCAC Record
Men’s Outdoor Track & Field:
All-NCAC 100 meters - Victor Banjo, 1st 400 meters - Justin Yates, 3rd 4x100 - Frierson, Yates, Fisher, Banjo, 2nd 4x400 - Frierson, Ekanayake, Yates, Wallace, 3rd Long Jump - Aaron Milsop, 3rd Triple Jump - Justin Fisher, 3rd Hammer - Sven Isaacson, 3rd
Women’s Indoor Track & Field: All-NCAC 60 meter hurdles - Shelby Kaho, 1st
Women’s Outdoor Track & Field:
All-NCAC Outdoor 100 meters - Shawna Johnson, 2nd 100 meter hurdles - Shelby Kaho, 2nd 200 meters - Brea Medlock, 2nd 400 meters - Brea Medlock, 3rd 400-meter hurdles - Jordan Crow, 1st 4x100 - Johnson, Medlock, Ladd, Vendeville, 2nd Triple Jump - Beverly Ochieng, 2nd
In 2012-2013, the Wittenberg Tigers...
• Won 4 North Coast Athletic Conference regular season championships in football, women’s soccer, volleyball and men’s golf. • Finished in the top 5 in the final North Coast Athletic Conference standings in 16 of 23 sports • Finished 4th in the final standings for the NCAC Dennis Collins Memorial All-Sports Trophy • Earned 8 NCAC Player of the Year trophies • Earned 2 NCAC Coach of the Year trophies and 1 Great Lakes Region Coach of the Year trophy • Placed 90 student-athletes on All-North Coast Athletic Conference teams • Placed 18 student-athletes on all-region teams and 6 on All-America teams • Earned 3 CoSIDA/Capital One Academic All-District awards • Finished 91st in the NACDA Director’s Cup (NCAA Division III all-sports comparison) thanks to postseason appearances by 4 teams
To schedule a visit, contact Coach Penney at cpenney@wittenberg.edu or 937-327-6493
2013-14 Season
2013 Cross Country Schedule 8/31 9/7 9/14 9/21 10/4 10/18 10/19 11/2 11/16 11/23
at Dayton Meijer Flyer 5K Challenge at Ohio Wesleyan Ohio Wesleyan Invitational at Allegheny Pre-NCAC Invitational at Otterbein Otterbein Invitational at Cedarville All-Ohio Invitational at Wilmington Wilmington Invitational at Oberlin Inter-Regional Rumble at Allegheny NCAC Championships at Calvin Great Lakes Regional Championships at Rose-Hulman NCAA Division III Championships
2014 Indoor Track & Field Schedule 12/7 1/18 1/25 2/1 2/8 2/8-9 2/15 2/22 2/28 3/1-2 3/7-8 3/14-15
at Tiffin Tiffin University Open at Otterbein Otterbein Invitational at Denison Denison Lid-Lifter at Wooster Fighting Scots Invitational at Ohio Northern Joe Banks Invitational at Denison All-Ohio Heptathlon at Otterbein All-Ohio Invitational at Capital Capital Classic/Rick Meindl Last Chance at Denison Denison Last Chance at Wooster NCAC Combined Events at Denison NCAC Championships at Nebraska NCAA Division III Championships
JACOB KUNTZ
2014 Outdoor Track & Field Schedule 3/21-22 3/29 3/29-30 4/5 4/12 4/18 4/25 4/26-27 5/2-3 5/9 5/12 5/22-24
at Emory at Cedarville at Muskingum WITTENBERG at Ohio Wesleyan at Wilmington at Denison at Wooster at Oberlin at Louisville at Ohio Wesleyan at Ohio Wesleyan
Emory Invitational Yellow Jacket Collegiate Open All-Ohio Decathlon WITTENBERG INVITATIONAL All-Ohio Invitational Wilmington Quaker Invitational Big Red Invitational NCAC Combined Events NCAC Championships Cardinal Twilight Ron Althoff Invitational NCAA Division III Championships
JORDAN CROW
2013-2014 TRACK & FIELD / CROSS COUNTRY
Statement of Responsibility for Balance Between Academics & Athletics
Wittenberg Athletics Philosophy
Student-athletes are primarily responsible for balancing academics and athletics. However, recognizing the pressure that studentathletes face from competing time demands placed upon them by both professors and coaches, we establish the following statement of responsibility. The statement assumes that the student’s primary responsibility is to academic coursework and that practice sessions are always subordinate to class attendance. Students should work with advisers to schedule courses so that practices and contests are not in conflict with academic courses. Student-athletes are expected to contact professors in advance in order to resolve conflicts between class attendance and participation in athletic contests. It is recommended that student-athletes miss not more than four sessions of any class in a semester for regular season athletic contests. Permission of a Faculty Athletic Representative is required before additional excused absences will be permitted. Coaches will, as necessary, establish and maintain communications with the professors of team athletes regarding academic progress. Professors should feel free to contact coaches regarding the academic responsibilities of student-athletes.
The Wittenberg Athletic Department is an integral part of the university that strives to achieve the same standards of excellence that exist within various academic disciplines at the university. Further, the athletic department embraces the concept that the student-athletes are first and foremost students, possessing individual rights, academic abilities, personal interests and ambitions comparable to those of other members of the general student body. Wittenberg University is committed to the principles and practices of amateurism, student-athlete welfare, gender equity, sportsmanship and fair play, cultural diversity and overall athletics excellence, and this commitment shall reflect in every aspect of the athletics departmental operations.
The North Coast Athletic Conference and Wittenberg University work together to encourage good sportsmanship on the court, on the field and in the stands. The Wittenberg Athletics Department expects all competitors and spectators to help maintain an open, accepting and competitive environment in order to promote positive, enjoyable experiences for all involved with Division III athletics.