2016 WVU Track and Field Guide

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RECENT MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS UNDER CLEARY TRACK Coached/Mentored 25 of WVU’s 37 All-Americans Three All-Americans in 2014 (Sarah Martinelli, Stormy Nesbit, Allison Lasnicki) Coached former WVU runners to Olympic Trials: Clara (Grandt) Santucci (2012, 2016) and Aubrey Moskal (2016) Three CoSIDA Academic-All Americans in 2015 (Kaitlyn Gillespie, Kelly Williams, Jillian Forsey) 11 Academic All-Big 12 First Team and two Academic All-Big 12 Second Team-Eight All-Americans over the last three seasons-Five Cosida All-Americans since 2012 Three All-America performances between Chelsea Carrier-Eades and Jessica O’Connell in 2012 10 individuals sent to NCAA East Regional and 18 to Big East Indoor and Outdoor Championships in 2012-Four CoSIDA Academic All-Americans in 2012 (1st team: Kate Harrison, Kaitlyn Gillespie; 3rd team: Kaylyn Christopher, Ahna Lewis) 13 All-America performances by eight athletes during the 2011 indoor and outdoor seasons Sent a school-record seven athletes to the NCAA Outdoor Championships in 2011-Eight Big East champions in 2011 and tied school-record 12 athletes sent to regionals Eight All-Americans in 2010 Listed at No. 5 on the Terry Crawford Program of the Year list 10th place at NCAA Indoor Championships 16th place at the NCAA Outdoor Championships Fourth-place finishes at Big East Indoor and Outdoor Championships 2010 Mid-Atlantic Field Athlete of the Year, Chelsea Carrier-Eades Five conference champions in 2010 Four NCAA Qualifiers in 2008 2008-09 Mid-Atlantic Region Track Athlete of the Year, Clara Grandt 2009 Big East Indoor Most Outstanding Track Performer Nine Big East champions in 2009 Four USTFCCCA All-Academic team members in 2009

MARIE-LOUISE ASSELIN ■■ 2007-10 All-American ■■ 2010 All-American in three

sports (cross county, indoor track and outdoor track) ■■ 2010 ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA Academic all-District first team ■■ 2010 Big East Scholar-Athlete Sport Excellence Award ■■ 2010 runner up at NCAA Indoor Championships (5,000-meter) ■■ 2010 runner up at the NCAA Outdoor Championships (5,000-meter) ■■ 2010 Big East Indoor Champion in the 5,000-meter run ■■ 2007, 2008, 2009 Cross Country All-American ■■ 2008 Big East individual cross country champion ■■ 2008-10 All-Big East team ■■ 2007-10 All-Mid-Atlantic Region team ■■ 2008 ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-District first team ■■ 2007 seventh at NCAA track and field Championships in 3,000-meter ■■ 2007 3,000-meter Big East indoor track and field champion ■■ 2007 ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-American national third team

KERI BLAND ■■ Third-team

CoSIDA Academic All American in 2011 ■■ Third-team All-American in the 1,500-meter run in 2011 ■■ 2007-10 All-American in all three sports ■■ 2009 Big East Indoor Championship Most Outstanding Performer ■■ Set school and Big East Championship meet record in mile event at 2009 Indoor Championships ■■ First WVU female to become AllAmerican in three sports in same year ■■ 2007, 2008, 2009 Cross Country All-American ■■ 2008-10 All-Big East team ■■ 2007-10 All-Mid-Atlantic Region team

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ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-District second team ■■ 2008 1,000-meter Big East indoor track and field champion ■■ 2008 10th in NCAA outdoor 1,500-meter

CLARA GRANDT ■■ Two

time Olympic Trial qualifier (2012 and 2016) ■■ 2010 All-American in three sports ■■ 2009 Cross Country All-American ■■ 2009 NCAA Mid-Atlantic Region Track Athlete of the Year ■■ 10,000-meter ECAC outdoor meet record ■■ NCAA outdoor qualifier in 5,000-meter and 10,000-meter ■■ 2008 Team USA Cross Country team member ■■ NCAC Champion ■■ 2008 All-Big East team ■■ 2008 All-Mid-Atlantic Region team

DISTANCE MEDLEY RELAY

■■ Eighth at 2010 NCAAs/All-American ■■ Fourth at 2008 NCAAs/All-American ■■ Big East meet record and school record

CHELSEA CARRIER-EADES ■■ 2012

All-American in the heptathlon (third, 5,839 points) and 100m hurdles (7th, 13.10) ■■ Broke school record in the 100m hurdles with a 12.78 in the semifinals round at the 2012 NCAA Outdoor Championships, breaking her previous best of 12.93 from the 2012 Big East Championships ■■ Won heptathlon at the Texas Relays for a second consecutive year, first female to accomplish the feat ■■ Placed 13th in the 100m hurdles semifinals at the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials ■■ In 2011, broke records in the 60m hurdles, pentathlon, 100m hurdles and heptathlon ■■ First team All-American in heptathlon and third team All-American in

the 100m hurdles in 2011 in the 60m hurdles during the 2011 indoor season ■■ 2010 two-time All-American (Pentathlon and 60-meter hurdles) ■■ 2010 Mid-Atlantic Field Athlete of the Year ■■ 2010 Big East Indoor Champion in the Pentathlon and 60-meter hurdles ■■ 15th in the pentathlon event at the 2009 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships ■■ 2009 100-meter hurdles Big East outdoor champion, ECAC and NCAA qualifier ■■ 60-meter hurdles ECAC indoor champion ■■ NCAA Regional qualifier ■■ All-American

KATELYN WILLIAMS ■■ Third

team All-American in the high jump in 2011 ■■ NCAA qualifier in the high jump during the outdoor season in 2010 ■■ Penn Relays high jump division champion in 2010 ■■ NCAA Regional outdoor qualifier as a freshman

KAITLYN GILLESPIE ■■ 2015-

Earned Second Team All-America honors in track and was a threetime All-American in cross country ■■ Big 12 title in the 10,000-meter run ■■ Holds the second fastest time in outdoor program history in the 10,000 meters (33:44.08) ■■ 2015 - No. 3 on WVU’s topfive outdoor performance list in the 5,000 meters (16:00.27) ■■ 2015 Capital One Academic All-America honors ■■ 2015 Academic All-Big 12 First Team honors ■■ 2015 Academic All-District


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