2018-19 WVU Track & Field Guide

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CONTENTS Spotlight �������������������������������������������������������������2

2017-18 REVIEW

A Winning Tradition ���������������������������������������������3

A Look Back at 2017-18 �����������������������������������50

Managing Editor: Joe Swan

In the Community �����������������������������������������������4

2017-18 Track Schedule �������������������������������� 56

Editor/Writer: Joe Mitchin

Strength and Conditioning �����������������������������������6

RECORD BOOK

The 2018-19 West Virginia University Track and Field Guide has been published by the WVU Department of Intercollegiate Athletics.

Page Layout/Design: Bob Slater Provations Group, Kristin Coldsnow Contributors: Lisa Ammons, John Antonik, Ashley Bailey, Tanner Cain, Kristen Coldsnow, Kaitlyn Cole, Grant Dovey, Michael Fragale, Charlie Healy, Katie MacCory, Shannon McNamara, Bryan Messerly, Joe Mitchin, Mike Montoro, Amy Prunty, Amy Salvatore, Joe Swan, Cheryl Wire Photography: Lori A. Allen, All-Pro Photography by Dale Sparks, Jason Colquhoun, M.G. Ellis, Dan Friend, Erin Irwin, Kirby Lee, Tyson Murray, Brian Persinger, Niesha Shafer, Cheryl Treworgy, USA Shooting, Morgan Wallizer, Norman Wills, West Virginia Collection, WVU Athletic Archives, WVU Photographic Services © 2019 West Virginia University Department of Intercollegiate Athletics West Virginia University is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Institution. The indicia depicted are registered trademarks of West Virginia University.

Athletic Training �������������������������������������������������7 Facilities �������������������������������������������������������������8 Big 12 Conference ���������������������������������������������9 Student- Athlete Development �������������������������10 Campus Life �����������������������������������������������������12 Mountaineer Excellence �����������������������������������13

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All-Time Records �������������������������������������������� 58 Top Five Performers ���������������������������������������� 60 Campus Records �������������������������������������������� 64 Conference Champions ���������������������������������� 65 NCAA Champions �������������������������������������������� 68 WVU All-Americans ���������������������������������������� 69 All-Time Coaches and Captains ���������������������� 74

Sean Cleary ���������������������������������������������������� 16 Shelly-Ann Gallimore �������������������������������������� 21 Erin O’Reilly ���������������������������������������������������� 23 San Hensh ������������������������������������������������������ 24 Support Staff �������������������������������������������������� 24

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WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY President E. Gordon Gee �������������������������������� 76 Director of Athletics Shane Lyons �������������������� 77 Intercollegiate Athletics Staff �������������������������� 78 Head Coaches ������������������������������������������������ 78 Media Information ������������������������������������������ 79

2018-19 Roster �����������������������������������������������26

WVU Athletic Communications ������������������������ 80

Profiles �������������������������������������������������������������27

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Choosing to become a Mountaineer student-athlete is special.

Without a professional sports team in the state, folks across West Virginia and throughout the region love WVU athletics.

Mountaineers have the unique opportunity to represent themselves, their teammates and their university to news media, alumni, friends, family and the general public.

Interaction with these groups is also part of the educational process as a West Virginia University student-athlete.

By taking advantage of these opportunities, it can have a positive effect, not only on a Mountaineer’s career as a student-athlete at West Virginia, but also on their life after donning the Gold and Blue.

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A WINNING

TRADITION Few programs across the country can equate the level of success the Mountaineers have enjoyed in recent years. Widely regarded as one of the most respected programs in the nation, the notoriety does not come without merit.

Since taking over in 2007, coach Sean Cleary has led a proud program to numerous honors, ranging from conference and regional awards to All-America status.

Under Cleary, nearly two dozen student-athletes have garnered All-America honors, while 40 athletes overall have achieved the honors in the history of WVU track and field.

The number of national honors in recent years are a reflection of the talent level of the program, which achieved a top-20 finish in both indoor and outdoor track and field from 2008-15.

Over the past eight seasons, WVU student-athletes have achieved 19 individual conference titles, and 23 have qualified to participate at the NCAA Outdoor Championships, including a school-best seven in 2011.

Last season, the Mountaineers were represented at the NCAA Indoor and Outdoor Championships by Amy Cashin and Madelin Gardner. The duo combined to register four All-America accolades, including a First Team performance by Gardner in the women’s pole vault at the outdoor meet.

Off the track, the Mountaineers excel academically, as 17 CoSIDA Academic All-Americans, including Cashin from the 2017-18 campaign, have been claimed since 2010.

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COMMUNITY Winning and working hard are important to the West Virginia University track and field team, but becoming successful, positive role models in the community is just as significant.

Each year, the Mountaineers work to give back to Morgantown and surrounding communities.

Members of the WVU track and field team are frequent visitors to the WVU Children’s Hospital and help several different local community service projects throughout the year.

The team also regularly donates its time and knowledge by hosting and teaching local youth track clubs the fundamentals of the sport. Along with strengthening the youngsters’ skills, they also teach the participants the importance of good sportsmanship, courage, determination and hard work.

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Coach Cleary’s student-athletes can also be found at the Morgantown Ronald McDonald House, as well as assisting in Special Olympics events.

Additionally, Mountaineer coaches and players take part in Relay for Life of Monongalia County, the American Cancer Society’s signature event, which offers everyone in the community an opportunity to participate in the fight against cancer.

It’s the commitment of bettering the community that makes being a Mountaineer even more special.

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STRENGTH AND

CONDITIONING

West Virginia’s strength and conditioning staff ensures all student-athletes are on year-long programs designed to continue improving the fitness capabilities needed in their sports.

To keep athletes in peak physical condition, WVU offers a variety of training areas and an array of strength programs designed to increase performance. All student-athletes also will have their own program individuallycalculated and updated throughout the year.

Equipped with excellent amenities and staffed by some of the finest strength coaches in the nation, athletes who come to West Virginia know they are in good hands when it comes to their athletic capacity.

For track and field runners, the entire year is carefully planned and tailored to the track and field season to prepare for optimal performance during the campaign and peaking at championship meets.

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ATHLETIC

TRAINING

The West Virginia University athletic training program looks to get its student-athletes back on the field in a timely manner, while providing quality health care for participants and coaches.

The scope of the athletic training services encompasses various domains, including injury recognition, treatment, rehabilitation, prevention, education and counseling, that will enable the student-athlete to maintain an optimal quality of life beyond the span of athletic competition.

Multiple athletic training rooms are available for student-athletes furnished with the latest in technology and equipment.

The athletic training staff works in conjunction with team physicians and athletic administration to assure student-athletes receive quality care throughout their careers at WVU.

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FACILITIES

In the fall of 2015, nine public entities, including West Virginia University, committed to collaborate in building a state-of-the-art aquatic and track complex at Mylan Park.

Recognizing the need for larger-level track and field amenities, the community and WVU have w orked together to make this possible. The estimated $40 million ‘Mountaineer Center’ is a community complex for all ages. It also serves as the home to WVU’s swimming and diving, cross country and track and field teams.

The track-and-field complex has an eight-lane competition track with a top-of-the-line running surface, areas for long jump, triple jump, high jump, pole vault, hammer throw, discus throw, javelin throw, running and hurdling.

Additionally, a surrounding walking track is available to the community for use.

The Track and Field Complex at Mylan Park seats more than 1,000 spectators, and it provides stadium necessities such as a ticket booth, press box, restroom and concessions facilities.

The track officially celebrated its opening at a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Oct. 26, 2018, and officials hope to host future NCAA and Big 12 Championships at the new complex.

Over the years, the Mountaineers have competed indoors at the WVU Shell Building, beside the Coliseum, which features a track, as well as adequate room for field events.

Athletic training and strength and conditioning facilities also are located in the Shell Building, giving the Mountaineers the perfect place for training and competition purposes.

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BIG 12

CONFERENCE The Big 12 Conference is comprised of 10 institutions, and many of them share traditional rivalries throughout their rich histories.

Member universities include – Baylor, Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, TCU, Texas, Texas Tech and West Virginia.

The Big 12 is a strong conference that, like WVU, values quality academic and athletic programs, and has a great tradition of success.

Routinely regarded as one of the top track and field conferences in the country, the Big 12 has been home to numerous individual and team national champions.

The conference office is headquartered in Irving, Texas.

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DEVELOPMENT West Virginia University offers a variety of services and programs to help student-athletes maximize their academic potential. Department staff members work with coaches, on-campus student service providers and faculty to help student-athletes meet the unique demands of the classroom, the supporting arena and the personal-social challenges they face as developing adults.

While many of the headlines center around the Mountaineers’ accomplishments on the playing field, WVU athletes also have made some noteworthy strides in the classroom.

The West Virginia University athletics department has featured at least one first team Academic All-American for 13 consecutive years, including track and field athlete Amy Cashin in 2017-18.

To help its student-athletes achieve academic success, one of the nation’s finest facilities resides in the WVU Coliseum – The Athletic Academic Performance Center.

The 8,000-square foot facility provides individual and group study areas, a plethora of computer stations and the latest in fingerprint technology used when signing in.

A total of 275 student-athletes were represented on the Spring 2018 Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll, of which 56 of them registered a 4.0 GPA. Additionally, 10 student-athletes were named recipients of the annual Dr. Gerald Large Academic Achievement Award, the Big 12 Conference’s highest academic honor. Allie Diehl,

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Shamoya McNeil and Andrea Pettit represented the track and field team by receiving the award in 2017-18.

Over 500 student-athletes were honored on WVU’s Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll.

Implemented in 1989, the Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll was created to recognize students who have achieved a grade point average of 3.0 or better. Since the program began in 1989, nearly 4,000 student-athletes have earned a place on the honor roll.

Ford retired in 2011 after 44 years of service with the WVU Department of Intercollegiate Athletics.

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CHARACTER Public, land-grant institution.

RESEARCH CLASSIFICATION R1: Doctoral Universities–Highest Research Activity, as described by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education.

WVU SYSTEM OPERATING BUDGET (INCLUDING WVU MEDICINE) Approximately $3 billion.

ACCREDITATIONS By the Higher Learning Commission and dozens of specialized academic accrediting agencies.

GOVERNANCE The WVU Board of Governors is the University’s governing body. The Higher Education Policy Commission in West Virginia is responsible for developing, establishing and overseeing the implementation of a public policy agenda for the state’s four-year colleges and universities. E. Gordon Gee is WVU’s 24th president.

CAMPUS LOCATIONS The West Virginia University System is a family of distinctive campuses united by a single mission. From the groundbreaking research of our flagship in Morgantown (ranked R1, the highest research category institution) to the student-centered focus of WVU Potomac State College in Keyser to the technology-intensive programs at WVU Institute of Technology in Beckley — we are leveraging our talents and resources to create a better future for West Virginia and the world.

The WVU Institute of Technology in Beckley offers more than 40 majors, including one of the top 100 undergraduate engineering programs in the country, as ranked by U.S. News & World Report.

WVU Potomac State College in Keyser has one of the lowest tuition rates of all the nation’s four-year institutions. Offering more than 50 majors, this campus combines the personal attention of a small college with the benefits of a major university.

The WVU System also includes divisions of the Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center in Charleston and Martinsburg, as well as 10 experimental farms and four forests throughout the state and WVU Jackson’s Mill State 4-H Camp.

The WVU Morgantown campus is located in a town named “No. 1 Small City in America” by BizJournals.com for its exceptional quality of life. Morgantown, population 30,855, was also rated the ninth best college town in America by Business Insider and is within easy traveling distance of Washington, D.C., to the east, Pittsburgh, Pa., to the north, and Cleveland and Columbus, Ohio, to the northwest.

Other rankings: Kiplinger.com included Morgantown in their 10 great places to live list; one of “Best Sports Cities” by Sporting News; 5th “Best Small Metro” by Forbes; 12th overall “Hottest Small City” by Inc.; one of “50 Smartest Places to Live” by Kiplinger’s; and the second-ranking “Best College Town for Jobs” by Forbes.

STUDENT PROFILE Fall 2017 WVU System enrollment is 31,442: »» Potomac State College - 1,410 »» WVU Tech - 1,623 »» Morgantown campus - 28,409 Students at the Morgantown campus come from 108 nations, all 50 U.S. states (plus D.C.) and all 55 West Virginia counties; 15,353 are West Virginia residents.

ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE WVU ranks nationally for prestigious scholarships: 25 Rhodes Scholars, 23 Truman Scholars, 45 Goldwater Scholars, two George C. Marshall (British) Scholars, five Morris K. Udall Scholars, five USA Today All-USA College Academic First Team Members (and 11 academic team honorees), 25 Boren Scholars, 49 Gilman Scholars, 59 Fulbright Scholars, three Department of Homeland Security Scholars, 30 Critical Language Scholars, one Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Graduate Scholar, five National Institute of Standards and Technology Fellows and 25 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellows.

FACULTY AND STAFF PROFILE Excellent faculty – 19 of whom have been named Carnegie Foundation Professors of the Year – guide and mentor students.

Eighty-two percent of full-time instructional faculty hold the highest

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academic degree in their field, and 66 percent of WVU Morgantown classes are taught by full-time instructional faculty. »» Instructional Faculty: 2,034 Full-time / 671 Part-time »» Extension Faculty: 123 Full-time »» Library Faculty: 33 Full-time / 1 Part-time »» Other Academic (faculty equivalents/researchers): 576 Fulltime / 53 Part-time »» Classified Staff: 1,964 Full-time / 106 Part-time »» Non-Classified Staff: 937 Full-time / 30 Part-time »» Graduate Assistants: 1,594 Part-time ACADEMIC PROGRAMS Fourteen Morgantown colleges and schools offer 360-plus majors in agriculture, natural resources and design; arts and sciences; business and economics; creative arts; dentistry; education and human services; engineering and mineral resources; law; media; medicine; nursing; pharmacy; physical activity and sport sciences; public health. Hundreds of distance-education and online classes are available.

STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS Students can choose from among 480-plus student organizations or participate in an active intramural program or a variety of club sports.

SERVICE AND LEARNING The Center for Service and Learning develops and organizes service learning and volunteer opportunities for students and faculty.

WVU earned the Carnegie Foundation’s Community Engagement Classification – joining only 6 percent of all universities. It is the only institution in West Virginia the foundation recognizes for its community engagement.

SAFETY West Virginia University continues to be ranked among the top 40 safest college campuses in the United States by the National Council for Home Safety and Security. For the second consecutive year, WVU is 34th in the country.

SCHOLARSHIPS AND AID In 2016-17, the WVU System granted $320 million in total aid, while WVU Morgantown disbursed $87 million in scholarships. admissions.wvu.edu/cost-and-aid TUITION Annual undergraduate tuition and fee rates for 2018-19 are $8,976 for in-state students and $25,056 for out-of-state students.

HONORS COLLEGE The WVU Honors College encourages a style of learning and living that is tailored to the highly motivated, excelling student’s special requirements. Innovative, challenging courses, designed to stimulate creativity and to provoke in-depth discussion, are offered in small class settings.

PARENTS CLUB The Mountaineer Parents Club, with 20,000-plus members in 28 clubs, connects parents and families with the student experience.

ATHLETICS A member of the Big 12 Conference, WVU competes in 18 intercollegiate varsity sports.

ADMISSION AND APPLICATION TIMELINE Admission is based on a combination of high school GPA and ACT or SAT scores. Applications are processed beginning Aug. 15 for admission the following fall. March 1 is the deadline for WV residents to submit PROMISE Scholarship applications. WVU has a rolling admissions policy, and no official application deadline.

VISITORS CENTER Located on the Morgantown Waterfront, the WVU Visitors Center features unique, cutting-edge displays and traditional West Virginia hospitality. Guided tours are offered Monday through Saturday, except home football Saturdays.

ALUMNI Chartered in 1873, the WVU Alumni Association is made up of more than 200,000 graduates worldwide in some 135 nations.

COACHING

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Sean Cleary, one of the sport’s most talented coaches, enters his 12th season at the helm of the West Virginia University cross country and track and field teams in 2018-19, and he has been associated with both programs for over two-and-a-half decades.

With his expertise in mentoring, training, conditioning and recruiting distance runners, the Georgetown, Ontario, native has built West Virginia’s cross country and track and field programs into national powerhouses, producing numerous All-America and all-conference honors.

Under Cleary’s leadership, the Mountaineers are coming off a fourth-place finish at the 2018 Big 12 Championship in Ames, Iowa. Hayley Jackson placed eighth overall at the meet, earning All-Big 12 honors. WVU went on to finish sixth as a team at the Mid-Atlantic Regional.

In 2017, Cleary led the Mountaineer cross country team to a fourth-place finish at the Big 12 Championship in Round Rock, Texas. Maggie Drazba led WVU with a sixth-place finish at the conference meet, while Amy Cashin placed 13th. Both earned All-Big 12 accolades before going on to nab All-Mid-Atlantic Region honors later in the season, helping West Virginia place seventh at the regional meet.

The 2017-18 track and field season saw a large amount of success at the regional and national level. Amy Cashin and Madelin Gardner represented WVU at the NCAA Indoor Championships in March, as well as the NCAA Outdoor Championships in June. The duo combined to record four total All-America honors on the year, including Gardner’s First Team performance in the pole vault at the outdoor meet. Gardner finished eighth in the event to earn a spot on the podium, while Cashin placed 13th in the 3,000-meter steeplechase, earning a school-record time in the process.

At the NCAA Indoor Championships, Cashin finished ninth in the mile, while Gardner took ninth in the pole vault.

Additionally, Gardner was named the Mid-Atlantic Region Indoor Field Athlete of the Year by the USTFCCCA. In a year that featured five new track and field records – including two events that were topped on multiple occasions – the Mountaineers also continued their strong showing academically. For the second consecutive year, Cashin was named the Big 12 Track and Field Scholar-Athlete of the Year. She also earned Google Cloud Academic All-America First Team honors by CoSIDA as was one of 17 Academic All-Big 12 selections from WVU. The 2016 cross country season featured multiple runners reach the NCAA Cross Country Championships. Redshirt juniors Jillian Forsey and Drazba each raced in the Terre Haute, Indiana event, marking the first time since 2010 that multiple individuals qualified for the National Championship in the same season. Drazba placed 58th out of 250 runners, while Forsey finished 97th.

At the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regionals in State College, Pennsylvania, Forsey earned the silver medal (20:09), earning an automatic bid into the NCAA Championships. Drazba finished 11th, while redshirt junior Cashin placed 22nd. All three were named All-Mid-Atlantic Regional performers.

West Virginia also secured a third-place finish at the Big 12 Cross Country Championship in 2016. Forsey led the way

for the Mountaineers, crossing the finish line in second place and earning All-Big 12 honors.

In track, the 2016-17 campaign saw a pair of studentathletes reach the NCAA Outdoor Championships, as Cashin and Shamoya McNeil represented the Mountaineers in Eugene, Oregon. Both earned All-America Third Team honors for their performances. Cashin placed 19th in the 3,000-meter steeplechase, while McNeil took 22nd in the triple jump.

WVU broke three school records and placed six in the 2017 NCAA East Preliminary Regional. Gardner set the alltime Mountaineer outdoor best in the pole vault, while Danique Bryan took over the No. 1 mark in the triple jump.

Cashin broke the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the NCAA East Prelims en route to punching her ticket to her first career NCAA Championships.

Academically, the squad was again stellar. Cashin and Forsey were CoSIDA Academic All-American Second Team honorees, while the two were joined by Drazba as USTFCCCA All-Academic selections. The Mountaineers placed 11 on the Academic All-Big 12 team and saw Cashin win the Big 12 Track and Field Scholar-Athlete of the Award and WVU Order of Augusta Award, and Drazba earn the WVU Foundation Most Outstanding Senior honor. Forsey, meanwhile, was named the Big 12 Cross Country ScholarAthlete of the Year, the third such award in the last five years for a member of the Mountaineer cross country team.

The 2015-16 season also saw many accomplishments academically and athletically. Cleary led the Mountaineers to a third-place finish at the Big 12 Championship, attained two All-Mid-Atlantic Region honorees, coached an individual qualifier to the NCAA Cross Country Championships, had one Academic All-American First Team runner, two Academic All-District Team honorees, and 12 who were named to the Academic All-Big 12 First Team.

At the Big 12 Cross Country Championship, three sophomores posted top-22 finishes on the 6k course in Stillwater, Oklahoma. Drazba crossed the finish line first for the Mountaineers and 19th overall (21:32.5), sophomore Millie Paladino placed 21st (21:34.30) and sophomore Brynn Harshbarger came in 22nd (21:40.40).

At the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional in Princeton, New Jersey, West Virginia finished in fifth place overall. The regional meet was highlighted by Paladino and senior Savanna Plombon’s All-Mid-Atlantic Region honors for posting top-25 finishes. Paladino led the Mountaineers, crossing the finish line in 11th place with a time of 21:16.20, and Plombon crossed the finish line in 23rd overall (21:25.20).

Paladino was the lone Mountaineer to qualify for the 2015 NCAA Cross Country Championships in Louisville, Kentucky, the second straight championship showing for Paladino at the time. She placed 77th overall with a career-best time of 20:41.60 on the 6k course at E.P. “Tom” Sawyer State Park.

On the academic side, senior Kelly Williams was named to the 2016 Track and Field/Cross Country Academic AllAmerica First Team (selected by College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA)) for the second consecutive year while maintaining a 4.0 GPA. Additionally, Cashin and Williams were named to Academic All-District First Team.

With the guidance of Cleary, the 2014 season demonstrated true athleticism and dedication from young athletes. In the fall, he led the Mountaineers to a secondplace finish at the Big 12 Championship for the second straight year. Forsey finished 12th, earning All-Conference honors, along with Kaitlyn Gillespie and Drazba.

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The Mountaineers appeared in their ninth NCAA Championships and sixth under Cleary. The veteran coach oversaw a top-8 national finish, two All-Americans and an Elite 89 Award winner. The team earned its fifth NCAA top10 finish since 2007. Gillespie was honored as an AllAmerican in her final race as a Mountaineer, finishing 26th, along with Forsey, who finished 14th overall.

Williams earned the Elite 89 Award for having the highest cumulative grade point average out of all participants at the NCAA Championships.

Cleary was named the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) President for Division I Cross Country prior to the start of the 2013 cross country season. He guided the Mountaineers to their sixth NCAA appearance in seven seasons under his direction as well. West Virginia posted a second-place result at the Big 12 Championship, while senior Sarah Martinelli went on to claim All-Big 12 and All-Mid-Atlantic Region honors.

West Virginia entered into a more highly-competitive conference as it competed in the Big 12 for the first time in 2012. Cleary used the season to build on to his framework of confidence and winning at a higher level. Sarah-Anne Brault returned from training for the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London for her final season as a Mountaineer by running in her fourth consecutive NCAA Championships.

On the way, Brault garnered all-conference honors for the second time in her career, all-region honors for the third time and finished her career by becoming the 13th runner in program history to qualify individually for the NCAA Championships.

The Mountaineers finished No. 8 in the country in 2011 at the NCAA Cross Country Championships – their fourth top10 national finish in five years. The team finished in fourth place at the Big East Championship and followed it with a third-place mark at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional. Cleary then led his team to its eighth-place finish at nationals where Kate Harrison and Gillespie became All-Americans, with Harrison finishing in eighth place, an all-time WVU best individual finish for the event.

In 2010, Cleary sent Gillespie and Brault to the NCAA Championships, where Gillespie became Cleary’s sixth AllAmerican with a 34th-place finish in 20:46. Brault arrived in 71st place. During indoor track season, three athletes were named All-Americans and all seven athletes who qualified for the outdoor NCAA Championships achieved All-America status. For the achievements, Cleary was named the NCAA’s Mid-Atlantic Region Coach of the Year for track and field.

The 2009-10 season was equally successful as the team achieved sixth place at the NCAA Championships, its third straight top-10 finish. Clara Grandt, Keri Bland and MarieLouise Asselin each earned All-America status for their successful campaigns. Asselin and Bland achieved the honor for the third time in their WVU careers, while Grandt earned her first.

Ranked in the top 10 all year, the team received its highest-ever ranking as a program at No. 3 midway through the season. Between indoor and outdoor track that year, 11 All-America honors were distributed, while Bland, Grandt and Asselin became the first Mountaineers to achieve the status in three sports in the same year.

Overall, 17 All-American honors were given to WVU athletes between cross country, indoor and outdoor track in what became one of the most successful seasons in school history.

At the completion of the 2009-10 cross country and track seasons, WVU was recognized as the fifth-best team on the Terry Crawford Program of the Year Award list, announced by the United States Track and Field and Cross County Coaches Association (USTFCCCA). The award is given annually to the most outstanding NCAA Division I women’s

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cross country and track and field programs and honors the institution that has achieved the most success in each academic year based on the institution’s finish at the NCAA Division I Championships over three seasons.

In 2008, the team had its best-ever finish at the NCAA Cross Country Championships, arriving in fourth after being ranked No. 5 most of the year. WVU won its second NCAA Mid-Atlantic Region championship and Cleary was named Mid-Atlantic Coach of the Year. Asselin became the first runner in school history to win an individual Big East title, helping the team finish in second.

In Cleary’s first season as head coach in 2007, he was named Big East Coach of the Year after the program’s firstever conference cross country championship. Three runners were named All-Big East as the team entered the top 25 for the first time in three years.

For the fourth year in a row, the Mountaineers were named an All-Academic Team by the USTFCCCA in 2007. The group was ranked 17th in the nation in terms of overall grade point average (GPA) and had the second-highest GPA in the Big East with a 3.61 average.

Cleary previously had been the distance coach in 2005 and 2006 and was a full-time assistant from 2001-04, serving as the primary coach and trainer for the cross country team during that span. Prior to the 2001 season, Cleary served as a graduate assistant coach for eight seasons at WVU. His primary duties included recruiting and coaching the middle distance and long-distance runners.

WVU’s distance medley relay team qualified for nationals for seven consecutive years from 1998 to 2004, the secondlongest streak in the nation at the time, under Cleary’s watch.

In all, Cleary has coached nearly two-dozen athletes who have competed at the World Track and Field, World Cross Country, World University Games and Pan American Championships.

Cleary worked closely with former head coach Dr. Martin Pushkin in building the women’s cross country and track and field teams into national contenders. Cleary was responsible for the recruitment and mentoring of NCAA mile champion Kate Vermeulen, as well as All-Americans Rebecca Stallwood, Merissa Sexsmith and 2005 NCAA outdoor champion Megan Metcalfe.

Under his guidance, Cleary’s coaching has produced several men’s All-America runners, including four-time AllAmerican Bob Donker, NCAA cross country All-Americans Wynston Alberts, Mike Dudley and Steve Bohan, two-time NCAA qualifiers Jeff Metcaff and Bohan, NCAA qualifier Ian Collings and 5,000-meter All-American Mark Vilardo.

Cleary, who holds a USATF Level I Certification, is the

primary recruiter for the cross country and track and field squads, attracting the best in-state, out-of-state and international athletes to Morgantown. He is also responsible for scheduling all meets and serves as the director for home meets.

He was a member of the Mountaineer team in 1991 and 1992, helping the 1991 squad capture the Atlantic 10 cross country title. Cleary earned all-conference honors in 1992.

Prior to WVU, Cleary attended Central Oregon Community College, where he helped lead the team to the National Junior College Athletic Association title. He received a bachelor’s degree in physical education from West Virginia in 1992.

Cleary resides in Morgantown with his wife, Heather.

They have one son, Patrick Nolan Cleary, who was born on April 30, 2014.

SEAN CLEARY

AT A GLANCE

COACHING EXPERIENCE WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY, 1993-PRESENT »» 12th season as Head Coach »» 26th season with the program (graduate assistant, assistant coach, head coach) »» Coached/mentored 34 of WVU’s 40 All-Americans »» Amy Cashin and Madelin Gardner combined for four All-America honors in 2017-18; Gardner earned First Team honors in the pole vault (outdoor) »» 2018 Big 12 Track and Field Scholar-Athlete (Amy Cashin) »» 2017-18 Google Cloud Academic All-America First Team and 2018 USTFCCA All-Academic (Amy Cashin) »» Two All-America Third Team selections in 2017 (Amy Cashin, Shamoya McNeil) »» Three USTFCCA All-Academic in 2017 (Amy Cashin, Maggie Drazba, Jillian Forsey) »» 2017 Big 12 Track and Field Scholar-Athlete (Amy Cashin) »» Two former graduates competed at Rio 2016 Summer Olympic Games [Sarah-Anne Brault (triathlon), Jessica McConnell (5,000m)]

»» Five top-10 cross country finishes since »» Two former graduates qualified for 2016 2007 Olympic Trials (Clara (Grandt) Santucci, Aubrey Moskal) »» 2007, 2008 Mid-Atlantic XC Coach of the Year »» 2016 Big 12 Track and Field Scholar-Athlete (Kelly Williams) »» 2007 Big East Coaching Staff of the Year »» One All-American in 2015 (Kaitlyn Gillespie) »» 24 Big East champions »» 2015 Big 12 outdoor champion in 10,000 »» Five ECAC champions meters (Kaitlyn Gillespie) »» 28 NCAA outdoor qualifiers since 2008 »» Three All-Americans in 2014 (Stormy Nesbit, »» Former President for Division I Cross Country Allison Lasnicki, Sarah Martinelli) »» Holds a USATF Level I Certification »» Two All-Americans in 2013 (Jordan Hamric, Kelly Williams) RUNNING EXPERIENCE »» Two All-Americans in 2012 (Chelsea »» Central Oregon Community College Carrier-Eades, Jessica O’Connell) (1989-91) »» Seven ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA Academic »» Helped lead the team to the National Junior All-Americans College Athletic Association title »» Nine Academic all-district honorees over the »» West Virginia University (1991-92) last three seasons »» Helped capture the 1991 Atlantic 10 cross »» 10 regional qualifiers in 2012 country title and »» Top-20 NCAA finishes in 2010, 2011 »» Earned all-conference honors in 1992 »» Two-time Mid-Atlantic Region Field Athlete of EDUCATION the Year (2010-11) – Chelsea Carrier »» West Virginia University, 1992 »» 2008-09 Mid-Atlantic Region Track Athlete of »» Bachelor’s degree (physical education) the Year – Clara Grandt »» 2008-09 Big East Indoor Most Outstanding FAMILY Track Performer – Keri Bland »» Wife, Heather, and son, Patrick

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»» 34 total All-America honors have been earned under Cleary’s leadership »» Has coached 11 Mountaineers to multiple All-America honors »» Has coached five Academic All-America First Team selections, including Amy

Cashin in 2017-18 »» Two student-athletes combined for four All-America honors in 2018 – Madelin Gardner, Amy Cashin (indoor and outdoor) »» Led Madelin Gardner to USTFCCCA Mid-Atlantic Region Indoor Field Athlete of the Year honors »» Two All-Americans in 2017 – Amy Cashin, Shamoya McNeil »» Coached 2017 and 2018 Big 12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year – Amy Cashin »» Coached 2016 Big 12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year – Kelly Williams »» One All-American in 2015 – Kaitlyn Gillespie »» Academic All-America First Team (CoSIDA) in 2015 – Kelly Williams »» Coached Kaitlyn Gillespie to program’s first Big 12 individual championship in 2015 – 10,000-meter run »» Three All-Americans in 2014 – Sarah Martinelli, Stormy Nesbit, Allison Lasnicki »» Coached former WVU runners to Olympic Trials – Clara Grandt, Aubrey Moskal »» Three CoSIDA All-Americans in 2015 – Kaitlyn Gillespie, Kelly Williams, Jillian Forsey »» Seven CoSIDA All-Americans since 2012 »» Three All-America performances between Chelsea Carrier-Eades and Jessica O’Connell in 2012

CROSS COUNTRY

»» One All-Big 12 selection in 2018 – Hayley Jackson »» Two All-Mid-Atlantic Region and All-Big 12 honorees in 2017 – Amy Cashin, Maggie Drazba

»» Two 2016 NCAA Cross Country Championships qualifiers – Jillian Forsey and Maggie Drazba

»» Three All-Mid-Atlantic Region performers in 2016 – Jillian Forsey, Maggie Drazba, Amy Cashin

»» 2016 Big 12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year – Jillian Forsey »» 2016 All-Academic Team (USTFCCCA) »» Three 2016 All-Academic Individuals – Jillian Forsey, Maggie Drazba, Amy Cashin »» Two Mountaineer graduates competed at the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics – Sarah-Anne Brault (Triathlon), Jessica O’Connell (5,000m) »» Clara (Grandt) Santucci raced at the 2016 Olympic Trials in L.A. »» 2015 NCAA Cross Country Championship individual qualifier – Millie Paladino »» Two all-region honors in 2015 – Millie Paladino and Savanna Plombon »» 2014 NCAA Cross Country Championship eighth-place finish »» 2014 Big 12 Championship and Mid-Atlantic Regional second-place finish »» Coached 2014 NCAA Elite 89 Award winner Kelly Williams »» 2014 Big 12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year – Kaitlyn Gillespie »» Two 2014 All-American honors – Jillian Forsey and Kaitlyn Gillespie »» Jillian Forsey qualified for the World Cross Country team in 2014 »» 2013 NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional fourth-place finish »» Three all-region and one all-conference runner in 2013 »» 2013 Big 12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year – Sarah Martinelli »» 2012 NCAA Mid-Atlantic Region fifth-place finish

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»» Four CoSIDA Academic All-Americans in 2012 – Kate Harrison, Kaitlyn Gillespie, Kaylyn Christopher, Ahna Lewis

»» 13 All-American performances by eight athletes during the 2011 indoor and outdoor seasons

»» Sent a school-record NCAA Outdoor Championships in 2011 »» Eight Big East Championships in 2011 »» Tenth place at NCAA Indoor Championships in 2010 »» Sixteenth place at NCAA Outdoor Championships in 2010 »» 2010 Mid-Atlantic Region Field Athlete of the Year – Chelsea Carrier-Eades »» Five conference champions in 2010 »» Reached No. 3 during 2009-10 season, as 11 All-America total honors were distributed

»» Keri Bland, Clara Grandt and Marie-Louise Asselin became first

Mountaineers to achieve All-America status in three sports in same year in 2010 (cross country, indoor and outdoor track and field) »» No. 5 on the 2010 Terry Crawford Program of the Year Award list »» 2010 Mid-Atlantic Region Coach of the Year »» Nine Big East champions in 2009 »» Four USTFCCCA All-Academic team members in 2009 »» 2008-09 Mid-Atlantic Region Athlete of the Year – Clara Grandt »» 2009 Big East Indoor Most Outstanding Track – Clara Grandt »» Four NCAA qualifiers in 2008

»» 2011 NCAA Cross Country Championship eighth-place finish »» 2011 Two All-Americans - Kate Harrison, Kaitlyn Gillespie »» Coached 2011 NCAA Elite 89 Award winner Ahna Lewis »» Five all-region and three all-conference runners in 2011 »» 2010 All-American Kaitlyn Gillespie »» NCAA Cross Country Championship sixth-place finish in 2009 »» Highest weekly national ranking – No. 3 on Oct. 6, 2009 »» Five All-Mid-Atlantic Region runners in 2009 »» Three 2009 All-Americans – Marie-Louise Asselin, Keri Bland, Clara Grandt »» Three 2009 All-Big East runners – Marie-Louise Asselin, Keri Bland, Clara Grandt

»» 2008 NCAA Cross Country Championship fourth-place finish »» Coached 2008 Big East Individual Champion Marie-Louise Asselin »» 2007 NCAA Cross Country Championship ninth-place finish »» 12 All-America selections from six individuals »» At least one All-American selection in five of the last eight seasons »» 37 NCAA All-Mid-Atlantic Region honors from 17 runners »» At least one All-Mid-Atlantic Region honor every year since taking over program in 2007

»» 13 All-Big East honors from six runners »» Multiple 1,000 NCAA APR team scores »» Three Mid-Atlantic Coach of the Year honors (2004, 2007, 2008) »» NCAA Mid-Atlantic team champions (2004, 2008) »» Served as USTFCCCA president for Division I Cross Country »» 2007 Big East Champions »» 2007 Big East Coaching Staff of the Year

ASSISTANT COACH

SHELLY-ANN

GALLIMORE

Shelly-Ann Gallimore enters her 11th season as an assistant coach with West Virginia University’s track and field coaching staff after working with the Mountaineers for two seasons as a graduate assistant.

Her duties include designing and administering training plans for the horizontal and vertical jump groups, as well as assisting with meet management for all home track meets. Under her tutelage, she has coached a USA Junior Trials qualifier, several NCAA Regional qualifiers in the high jump and NCAA Championship qualifiers in the triple jump.

In 2018, Gallimore helped Shamoya McNeil earn All-Big 12 honors in the triple jump at the Big 12 Indoor Championship.

McNeil earned a mark of 12.85 meters, good for the Bronze medal.

Gallimore also guided one Mountaineer to the 2017 NCAA Outdoor Championships and two to the NCAA East Preliminary Regionals. McNeil competed in Eugene, Oregon, against the nation’s best, finishing 22nd overall in the women’s triple jump and earning All-America Third Team recognition.

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McNeil was joined by Danique Bryan at regionals. Earlier in the year, Bryan set a school record in the triple jump, earning an outdoor career-best mark of 13.68 meters. Together, Bryan and McNeil rank 1-2 on the program’s all-time triple jump list.

During the 2016 season, eight Mountaineers qualified to compete at the NCAA East Preliminary Round, two of which were Gallimore’s jumpers, McNeil and Hannah Stone.

McNeil competed in the triple jump, placing 30th overall and Stone placed 27th in the high jump. That same year, McNeil set a career best and the second-best mark in the triple jump in WVU indoor history at the Big 12 Indoor Championship, marking 12.82 meters and set the third best mark in outdoor history, marking 12.76 meters. Gallimore played an integral role in assisting eight Mountaineers earn all-big 12 honors at the Big 12 Outdoor Championship and seven at the indoor championship.

In 2015, Gallimore coached McNeil to a qualifying triple jump mark of 12.81 meters, and a season best at the NCAA Preliminary rounds. McNeil was ranked at No. 24 in the event going into the championship.

In 2014, Gallimore coached Stormy Nesbit to First Team All-America status and an eighth place showing in the triple jump at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in Eugene, Oregon. She also helped Marseille McBeam and Hannah Stone to top-five finishes in the High Jump at the Big 12 Championship.

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She helped Nesbit break the school record in the triple jump as she earned a 13.07-meter jump at the 2012 ECAC Championships. Three long jumpers (Chelsea Carrier-Eades, Nesbit, Meghan Mock) placed second through fourth at the Big East Outdoor Championships, and high jumper Sydney Cummings earned a career-best height of 1.77 meters at the NCAA East Regional, the fourth-best height in WVU history.

In 2011, she was instrumental in helping high jumper Katelyn Williams and long jumper Meghan Mock earn their first ever All-America honors through close supervision and strength and conditioning modifications.

In 2010, Gallimore aided multi-event student-athlete Chelsea Carrier-Eades with her jumps as she earned her firstever All-America status in the pentathlon and Mid-Atlantic Field Athlete of the Year honors during the indoor season.

During the outdoor season, Gallimore saw junior Katelyn Williams to the NCAA Outdoor Championships, as the first high-jumper to represent WVU at the national championships since 1990.

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In 2009, she aided Williams to the 2009 Canadian Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Toronto, where she cleared 1.71-meters, while Natasha Redman jumped a personal-best 1.75-meters at the Duke/Asics Invitational to qualify for the NCAA Regionals.

Gallimore, a native of Kingston, Jamaica, was successful as a student-athlete winning a 2001 NCAA Championship in the triple jump. The All-American also was a two-time SEC champion in the triple jump for Auburn. After her 2004 graduation, Gallimore spent time as a volunteer coach at her alma mater.

Gallimore also has years of international experience under her belt. She placed seventh in the triple jump at the 2000 World Juniors as part of the Jamaican National Team.

Gallimore earned her bachelors’ degree in marketing from Auburn and her master’s degree in physical education from West Virginia in 2008.

ASSISTANT COACH

ERIN

O’REILLY

6th SEASON » 25th YEAR OVERALL

Erin O’Reilly begins her sixth season as an assistant cross country and track and field coach at West Virginia University after re-joining the staff in August 2013.

Her familiarity with WVU has been beneficial to the team and its student-athletes as the programs continue to excel. O’Reilly has been a part of four individual NCAA cross country appearances with the Mountaineers, along with the team’s eighth-place finish at the 2014 NCAA Cross Country Championships. She also works primarily with the long-distance sprinters and middle-distance runners for the track and field team.

O’Reilly helped lead WVU to fourth-place finish at the 2017 and 2018 Big 12 Cross Country Championships in Round Rock, Texas, and Ames, Iowa, respectively. In 2017, Maggie Drazba and Amy Cashin registered All-Big 12 and All-MidAtlantic Region performances, while Hayley Jackson earned All-Big 12 status in 2018.

A total of 17 Mountaineers were named to the Academic All-Big 12 Cross Country Team in the last two years, including Cashin, who was selected to the 2017-18 Google Cloud Track and Field/Cross Country Academic All-America First Team by CoSIDA. Two other Mountaineers – Allie Diehl and Andrea Pettit – earned the Dr. Gerald Lage Academic Achievement Award in 2017-18, the Big 12 Conference’s highest academic honor.

O’Reilly also was a part of a highly productive track and field season in 2017-18. Two Mountaineers – Cashin and Madelin Gardner – combined to tally four All-America accolades, while seven total members of WVU’s squad qualified for the NCAA East Preliminary Round. Additionally, West Virginia celebrated five school records in two events over the course of the season.

While the 2017-18 track and field season was recordsetting on the track, the Mountaineers also excelled academically. Cashin was named the Big 12 Track and Field Scholar-Athlete of the Year for the second consecutive season, leading a group of 17 Mountaineers to the Academic All-Big 12 First Team.

O’Reilly also was a huge contributor to WVU’s success during the 2016 cross country and track and field season both athletically and academically. In cross country, West Virginia qualified two runners to compete at the NCAA Championships, earned a silver medal at the NCAA MidAtlantic Regionals – thanks to redshirt junior Jillian Forsey – added three all-region honors and placed third at the Big 12 Cross Country Championship, led by Forsey who posted a runner-up finish to earn All-Big 12 honors.

The 2016-17 track and field season had eight Mountaineers qualify to compete at the NCAA East Region Preliminary Rounds, eight earn All-Big 12 honors at the

outdoor championship and seven indoor honorees. Eleven Mountaineers earn Academic All-Big 12 honors as well.

Senior Kelly Williams was named to the 2016 Track and Field/ Cross Country Academic All-America First Team selected by College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA), for the second consecutive year while maintaining a 4.0 GPA. Additionally, junior Amy Cashin and Williams were named to Academic All-District First Team.

West Virginia’s accomplishments in the classroom also led to three individual student-athletes being recognized by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) for their academic success during the 2016-17 season. Cashin, Drazba and Forsey were named to the USTFCCCA Women’s All-Academic Individuals Team.

Additionally, the WVU squad was named an All-Academic Team for maintaining a cumulative 3.49 GPA. Forsey earned Big 12 Women’s Cross Country Scholar-Athlete of the Year, the third award for the Mountaineer cross country team in the past five years. Additionally, nine Mountaineers were named to the Academic All-Big 12 First Team, while Cashin was highlighted for her 4.0 GPA. During the 2015 cross country season, O’Reilly helped the Mountaineers to a third-place finish at the Big 12 Championship, guided two All-Mid-Atlantic Region honorees, assisted an individual qualifier to the NCAA Cross Country Championships and helped two earn Academic All-District Team. Twelve who were named to the Academic All-Big 12 First Team.

The NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional meet was highlighted by sophomore Millie Paladino and senior Savanna Plombon’s performances that led to All-Mid-Atlantic Region honors for posting top-25 finishes. Paladino led the Mountaineers by crossing the finish line in 11th place with a time of 21:16.20, while Plombon placed 23rd overall (21:25.20).

Paladino also was the lone Mountaineer who qualified to compete at the 2015 NCAA Cross Country Championships in Louisville, Kentucky, the second-straight championships for Paladino. She placed 77th overall with a career-best time of WVUXCTF

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In the 2014-15 track and field season, she helped guide seven Mountaineers to qualify for the NCAA East Region Preliminary Championships, as each were ranked in the top 48 in their respective events.

At the 2015 Big 12 Outdoor Championship, O’Reilly coached four Mountaineer freshmen to top-five finishes, all of them earning spots on the podium. She also helped guide Kaitlyn Gillespie to All-America honors after finishing ninth in the 10,000 meters at the NCAA Championships.

In 2014, she led three Mountaineers to All-Mid-Atlantic Region distinctions, three All-Big 12 recognitions and two All-America honors.

In her first season in 2013, O’Reilly oversaw three individual qualifiers to the NCAA Championships and five qualifiers to the NCAA East Regional.

O’Reilly was a member of the Mountaineer team in the early 1990s and graduated from WVU in 1993 with a degree in physical education. She was an integral part in the coaching of former Mountaineer Ailene Smith to All-America status in 2000-01. Smith became a two time All-American as a member of the distance medley relay team and in the 4x800 relay.

As a runner, she garnered many accolades while also serving as a team captain for cross country and track. O’Reilly finished third at the Atlantic 10 Championship as a junior and was named to the A-10 All-Conference Team. She was the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) champion and a NCAA provisional qualifier in the 1,000 meters in track during her senior year. O’Reilly held seven school records in cross country and track by the end of her career.

The Canton, Ohio, native, also served as a member of coach Cleary’s staff from 1994-2002. During that time, the Mountaineers registered 22 All-American honors and 13 Mid-Atlantic Region distinctions in cross country and track combined.

In 2003, O’Reilly joined the Boston College coaching staff as an assistant and held the position for 10 seasons. While on staff, she helped guide the Golden Eagles to multiple ECAC titles and numerous appearances at the NCAA Championships.

O’Reilly earned her master’s degree in athletic coaching education from WVU in 2004.

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JOE

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Graduate Assistant Athletic Communications

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Assistant Equipment Manager

BUBBA

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Director of Equipment Operations

DR. AJ

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VOLUNTEER COACH (POLE VAULT)

SAN

HENSH

6TH SEASON » 6TH YEAR OVERALL

San Hensh enters his sixth season as a volunteer coach with the West Virginia University track and field team.

Hensh, who specializes primarily with the pole vault group at WVU, has coached four of the five Mountaineers on the team’s all-time performance list (indoor and outdoor). In all, he has coached 11 All-Big 12 performers.

The Mountaineer vaulters experienced one of their best seasons in school history in 2017-18, as Madelin Gardner claimed All-America First Team honors with an eighth-place finish at the 2018 NCAA Outdoor Championships. Gardner also secured All-America Second Team honors by finishing ninth at the indoor national championships.

Gardner was joined by Sara Finfrock at the 2018 NCAA East Preliminary Regionals. The two finished the year by posting WVU’s No. 1 and No. 3 all-time marks in program history in both indoor and outdoor competitions. Gardner broke the indoor school record with a mark of 4.37 meters, before she took down the program’s outdoor-best mark of 4.41 meters. Finfrock also posted jumps of more than four meters during both seasons.

In 2017, Hensh led Gardner to the NCAA East Preliminary Regionals, the Mountaineers’ first vaulter to do so since 2013. Gardner, who earned All-Big 12 status at the conference’s outdoor championship, also set the previous outdoor school record of 4.13 meters at the 2017 Virginia Challenge.

Along with his duties with WVU, Hensh also serves as coach/director of the Mountain State Track Club, located in Morgantown. Additionally, Hensh has mentored four West Virginia high school state champions and one Maryland state champion during his coaching career.

Prior to his time at WVU, Hensh served as a coach at Laurel Highlands High School in western Pennsylvania.

Hensh competed at Bethany College for one season and holds the school record in the men’s pole vault. He currently resides in Uniontown, Pennsylvania.

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Graduate Assistant Athletic Trainer

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Marianne Abdalah

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Distance

Pittsburgh, Pa./Vincentian Academy

Antigone Archer

r-So

Distance

Southlake, Texas/Southlake Carroll HS

Michaela Ashford

So.

Sprints/Jumps

Augusta, Ga./Jefferson HS

Julia Brundin

Fr.

Pole Vault

Tonawanda, N.Y./Kenmore East HS

Danique Bryan

Sr.

Jumps

Clarendon, Jamaica/Edwin Allen HS

Tessa Constantine

Fr.

Hurdles

Sydney, Australia/Manly Selective Campus

Molly DeBone

Fr.

Pole Vault

Greensburg, Pa./Hempfield Area HS

Amber Dombrowski

Fr.

Distance

Morgantown, W.Va./Morgantown HS

Katherine Dowie

r-Fr.

Distance

Carisbrook, Australia/Ballarat Clarendon College

Jillian Forsey

r-Sr.

Distance

Stephenville, N.L., Canada/Stephenville HS

Ellie Gardner

So.

Pole Vault

Williamstown, W.Va./Williamstown HS

Madelin Gardner

r-Sr.

Pole Vault

Williamstown, W.Va./Williamstown HS

Samantha Hatcher

Fr.

Distance

Morgantown, W.Va./Morgantown HS

Olivia Hill

r-Jr.

Distance

Scott Depot, W.Va./Teays Valley Christian

Hayley Jackson

r-Fr.

Mid-Distance

Lusby, Md./Patuxent HS

Linda Jebet

Fr.

Distance

Kapsabet, Kenya/Kapsisiywa Secondary School

Candace Jones

r-Jr.

Mid-Distance

Bristow, Va./Patriot HS

Peyton Kukura

Fr.

Distance

Morgantown, W.Va./University HS

Hannah Lipps

Fr.

Distance

Romney, W.Va./Hampshire HS

Peter-Gay McKenzie

Fr.

Multi

Clarendon, Jamaica/Edwin Allen HS

Shamoya McNeil

r-Sr.

Jumps

Portland, Jamaica/Titchfield HS

Malina Mitchell

Fr.

Distance

McDonald, Ohio/McDonald HS

Faith Penny

r-Jr.

High Jump

East Islip, N.Y./East Islip HS

Andrea Pettit

r-Jr.

Distance

Morgantown, W.Va./Morgantown HS

Avigail Radabaugh

Fr.

Distance

Morgantown, W.Va./Morgantown HS

Margaret Rymer

Fr.

Hurdles/Sprints

Garland, Texas/Lakeview Centennial HS

Audrey Schlosser

Fr.

Pole Vault

Elizabethtown, Pa./Elizabethtown Area HS

Mikayla Shute

So.

Pole Vault

East Amherst, N.Y./Willamstown North HS

McKenna Smith

So.

Sprints

Bridgeport, W.Va./Bridgeport HS

TaShala Turner

Fr.

Distance

Morgantown, W.Va./University HS

Mikenna Vanderheyden

Fr.

Mid-Distance

Mount Brydges, Canada/Strathroy District College

Bree Warren

r-Fr.

Distance

Belgrave, Victoria, Australia/Haileybury School

Bria Welker

r-Sr.

Hurdles/Sprints

Ridgeley, W.Va./Frankfort HS

Kyrielle Williams

r-So.

Jumps

North Royalton, Ohio/St. Joseph Academy

Sarah Wills

r-So.

Distance

Morgantown, W.Va./University HS

Charlotte Wood

Fr.

Distance Bracebridge, Canada/

Sada Wright

Fr.

Throws

Bracebridge-Muskoka Lakes Secondary School

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SENIORS 2015-2016 (FR.)

OUTDOOR SEASON »»Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team »»USTFCCCA All-Academic First Team »»Took eighth in the long jump (5.94 meters) to earn All-Big 12 honors and placed 14th in the triple jump with a mark of 11.75 meters at the Big 12 Championship »»Placed seventh in the long jump with a season-best mark of 6.01 meters at the Virginia Challenge »»Ran in the 100-meter dash, placing 25th with a season-best time of 12.88, at the Bison Outdoor Classic »»Took fourth in the triple jump, leaping 12.22 meters at the Virginia Challenge »»Finished in sixth place in the long jump, leaping 5.78 meters at the Bison Outdoor Classic »»Placed sixth in the long jump with a mark of 5.64 meters at the Penn Relays »»Ninth-place finish in the long jump (5.54 meters) at the Texas Relays »»Took 15th in the long jump, marking 4.95 meters at the Mason Spring Invite

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BRYAN

5-6 » SR. » JUMPS CLARENDON, JAMAICA 2017-18 (JR.)

OUTDOOR SEASON »»Academic All-Big 12 First Team »»Earned an outdoor season-best jump of 6.16 meters in the long jump at the Virginia Grand Prix, finishing fifth »»Also earned a fifth-place finish in the triple jump (12.52 meters) at the Virginia Grand Prix »»Finished fifth in the triple jump (12.52 meters) and seventh in the long jump (5.79 meters) at the Virginia Challenge INDOOR SEASON »»Tied her season-best mark of 5.73 meters in the long jump at the Marshall Invitational, good for a second-place finish »»Finished second in the triple jump at the PSU National Open, earning a mark of 12.36 meters; also placed sixth in the long jump at the meet (5.62 meters) »»Took fifth in the long jump at the Akron Invitational (gold division) with a season-best mark of 5.73 meters

2016-17 (SO.)

OUTDOOR SEASON »»Academic All-Big 12 First Team »»WVU Student-Athlete of the Week – May 15 »»NCAA East Prelims qualifier – Long Jump, Triple Jump »»Finished 14th in triple jump with a mark of 12.94 meters at the NCAA East Prelims »»Earned a 20th-place finish in long jump at NCAA East Prelims, with a mark of 6.10 meters »»Took third in triple jump at Big 12 Championship, setting a WVU outdoor record of 13.68 meters

»»Also earned Big 12 honors in long jump, finishing seventh overall

»»Won the long jump title with a career-best

mark of 6.28 meters and the fourth best in WVU outdoor history at the Bison Classic »»Claimed the win in the long jump invite, clearing 6.25 meters and posted a runner-up finish in the triple jump (12.99m) at the Virginia Challenge »»Took first in the long jump with a mark of 6.01 meters and placed second in the triple jump (12.41m) at the 49er Classic »»Member of WVU’s distance medley relay team, which finished in 4:04.29 at the 49er Classic »»First-place finish in the long jump, clearing 5.86 meters at the Raleigh Relays »»Placed third in the long jump, marking 5.79 meters at the Mason Spring Invitational »»Finished 33rd in the 100-meter dash with a time of 12.82 at the Mason Spring Invitational »»Placed 22nd in the long jump with a mark of 4.89 meters at the Virginia Grand Prix INDOOR SEASON »»Earned All-Big 12 honors by finishing in seventh in the triple jump with a mark of 12.46 meters at the Big 12 Championship »»Won the long jump at the Marshall Invitational, marking 5.92 meters »»Placed 10th in the long jump, marking 5.91 meters at the Big 12 Championship »»Second-place finish in the long jump (gold division) at the Akron Invitational, marking a career-best indoor mark of 5.97 meters and the fourth-best mark in WVU’s indoor history »»Runner-up finish in the long jump with a then-career-best indoor mark of 5.91 meters at the PSU National Open

INDOOR SEASON »»Placed 11th in the long jump, marking 5.60 meters at the Big 12 Championship »»Won the long jump with a mark of 5.38 meters at the High Point Team Challenge »»First-place finish in the long jump, recording a season-best mark of 6.00 meters, the fourth-best in WVU indoor history at the Nittany Lion Challenge

HIGH SCHOOL »»Attended Edwin Allen High »»Team captain in 2014-15 »»Personal-best high jump of 1.75 meters

at the 2012 Montego Bay Milo Western Relays »»Competed in the long jump, marking a personal-best mark of 6.12 meters at the 2015 Kingston Utech Classic »»Second in the long jump, marking 6.00 meters at the Penn Relays »»Posted a mark of 1.73 meters in the high jump, missing by just .02 meters outside the girls’ champs record at the 2011 Central Championships

PERSONAL »»Birthday is October 5 »»Has one brother and one sister »»Majoring in nursing »»Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll »»Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll

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JILLIAN

FORSEY

5-4 » R-SR. » DISTANCE STEPHENVILLE, NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR 2017-18 (r-SR.)

OUTDOOR SEASON »»NCAA East Prelims qualifier – 10,000 meters »»Academic All-Big 12 First Team »»Ran the 10,000 meters in 36:48.22 at the NCAA East Prelims, finishing 40th »»Placed 16th in the 5,000 meters at the Big 12 Championship (17:41.17) »»Took eighth in the 10,000 meters at the Virginia Challenge with a time of 35:21.96 »»Granted sixth season of eligibility for the 2018-19 season by the NCAA INDOOR SEASON »»Did not compete

2016-17 (r-JR.) OUTDOOR SEASON »»Did not compete

INDOOR SEASON »»Earned All-Big 12 honors for finishing fourth in the 5,000 meters in 16:17.93 at the Big 12 Championship »»Posted a top-four finish in the 3,000-meter run invite with a time of 9:26.52 at the PSU National Open »»Placed 15th in the 5,000-meter run with a time of 16:14.76 at the HuskyClassic

2015-16 (r-SO.)

OUTDOOR SEASON »»Qualified for the NCAA East Prelims in the 5,000 meters and placed 17th with a time of 16:27.89 »»Took sixth in the 5,000-meter run with a time of 16:42.18 at the Big 12 Championship to earn All-Big 12 honors »» Recorded a career-best time of 15:05.89 to place 14th in the 5,000 meters at the Stanford Invitational

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INDOOR SEASON »»Placed seventh in the 5,000-meter run to earn All-Big 12 while crossing the finish line in 16:34.53 at the Big 12 Championship

2014-15 (r-FR.)

OUTDOOR SEASON »»Named to the All-Big 12 Cross Country Team »»Named to the Capital One Academic AllDistrict Team »»Took third overall in 5,000-meters with a time of 16:38.32 at the Big 12 Championship INDOOR SEASON »»Reached the podium by placing seventh in the 5,000-meter run in 16:25.43 at the Big 12 Indoor Championship to earn allconference honors

2013-14 (FR.)

OUTDOOR SEASON »»Did not compete INDOOR SEASON »»Did not compete

HIGH SCHOOL »»Ran at Stephenville High for coach Ray Will »»Newfoundland Provincial Champion in the 800-meter run, 1,500-meter run and 3,000-meter run for six straight years »»Member of Team Canada for the World Junior Cross Country Championships, where she placed 49th with a 6K time 20:40 »»Placed eighth at the 2013 4K NACAC Cross Country Championships »»Finished first at the 2012 Canadian Cross Country Championships with a 5K time of 17:21 »»Won the Athletics Ontario Cross Country Championship with a 5K time of 17:45

»»Finished second at the Maine Cross Country Festival of Champions

»»Named Newfoundland and Labrador Female Athlete of the Year in 2012

»»Won the 800-meter run and 1,500-meter run at the 2012 Nike High School Grand Prix

»»Ran for Team Canada and finished 13th at the NACAC Cross Country Championship

»»Won the gold medal in the 3,000 meters at the 2012 Athletics Ontario Championships

»»Finished 14th at the 2011 Canadian Cross Country Championships

»»Placed fifth in the 3,000-meter run and

seventh in the 1,500-meter run at the 2011 Canadian Youth National Championships »»Finished seventh in the 3,000-meter run at the 2011 Canadian Junior Championships »»Bronze medalist in the 1,200-meter run and fourth in the 2,000-meter run at the 2010 Canadian Youth National Championships »»Competitive cross country skier and was a member of the 2012 National Talent Squad that won a bronze medal in the 5K freestyle at the 2011 Canadian National Championships

PERSONAL »»Daughter of Bill Forsey and Rosemary Ryan »»Has one brother »»Birthday is June 9 »»Also earned All-America honors for the Mountaineer cross country team in 2014

»»Majoring in exercise physiology (master’s) »»Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll »»Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll

MADELIN

GARDNER

5-5 » R-SR. » POLE VAULT WILLIAMSTOWN, W.VA. 2017-18 (r-JR.)

OUTDOOR SEASON »»NCAA qualifier – Pole Vault »»Academic All-Big 12 First Team »»WVU Student-Athlete of the Week – Apr. 23 »»Earned All-America First Team honors at the 2018 NCAA Outdoor Championships after an eighth-place finish (4.30 meters) »»Finished 12th at the NCAA East Prelims with a jump of 4.18 meters, good for a berth to the NCAA Championships »»Placed fourth and reached the podium at the Big 12 Outdoor Championship, earning a mark of 4.24 meters, earning All-Big 12 honors »»Broke her own outdoor school record at the Virginia Challenge, jumping 4.41 meters in a second-place finish »»Tallied a fourth-place finish at the Virginia Challenge with a mark of 4.02 meters INDOOR SEASON »»NCAA qualifier – Pole Vault »»Named the Mid-Atlantic Region Women’s Indoor Field Athlete of the Year »»Earned All-America Second Team honors at the 2018 NCAA Indoor Championships after finishing ninth with a mark of 4.31 meters »»Broke her own school record at the Akron Invitational, registering a mark of 4.37 meters to place second in the event »»Won Marshall Invitational with a mark of 4.25 meters »»Opened the season on a strong note, breaking the indoor school record at the Marty Pushkin Classic with a mark of 4.15 meters »»Placed third in the invitational division at the Penn State National Open, jumping 4.08 meters »»Placed fifth at the YSU College Invite with a mark of 3.86 meters

2016-17

OUTDOOR SEASON (r-SO.) »»Academic All-Big 12 Second Team »»Qualified for NCAA East Prelims in pole vault »»Placed eighth in pole vault finals at Big 12 Championship (13’ 3¾), earning All-Big 12 honors »»Tallied four wins throughout the regular season »»Set a WVU outdoor record in the pole vault, clearing 4.13 meters at the Virginia Challenge, while tying for the win »»Won the pole vault at the Bison Classic with a mark of 4.00 meters »»Grabbed the victory in the pole vault with a vault of 3.90 meters at the 49er Classic »»Claimed the pole vault title at the Mason Spring Invitational, clearing 3.85 meters »»Finished sixth in the pole vault invite with a mark of 3.65 meters at the Raleigh Relays INDOOR SEASON (JR.) »»Did not compete

Took third place in the pole vault (3.71 meters) at the High Point Team Challenge »»Finished in sixth place in the pole vault, leaping 3.70 meters at the PSU National Invitational »»Placed ninth in the pole vault with a mark of 3.83 meters at the Big 12 Championship

2014-15 (FR.)

OUTDOOR SEASON »»Redshirted INDOOR SEASON »»Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team »»Ninth place in the pole vault with a 3.52-meter mark at the Akron Invite »»Finished in seventh place, vaulting 3.35 meters at the YSU College Invite »»Placed third in the pole vault, marking a 3.50-meter mark at the WVU Invite

HIGH SCHOOL »»Competed for coach Zach Hall at Williamstown High

»»State champion in the pole vault, 200 meters

2015-16

OUTDOOR SEASON (r-FR.) »»Academic All-Big 12 Second Team »»Placed 11th in the pole vault at the Big 12 Championship, marking a season-best 3.91 meters »»Won the pole vault title with a mark of 3.90 meters at the Virginia Challenge »»Placed second in the pole vault (3.77 meters) at the Wake Forest Open »»Finished in third place with a pole vault mark of 3.81 meters at the Mason Spring Invite INDOOR SEASON (SO.) »»Won the pole vault title with a then-personalbest mark of 3.96 meters at the Akron Invite »»Finished in second place with a pole vault mark of 3.90 meters at the Penn State Tune-Up

and 400 meters

»»School record holder in the 300-meter

hurdles and the 100-meter high hurdles

»»High-point winner at the state meet »»Four time all-conference selection and three time all-state honoree

PERSONAL »»Daughter of Jeff and Lisa Gardner »»Has one sister, Ellie, who also is a pole vaulter at WVU

»»Birthday is September 24 »»Majoring in biomedical engineering »»Participated in competitive gymnastics for 15 years

»»Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll »»Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll

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»»Took second in the triple jump, leaping 12.56 meters at the Akron Invite

»»Placed second in the triple jump at the PSU National Invitational (12.72 meters)

»»Third-place finish in the triple jump, jumping 12.39 meters at the Nittany Lion Challenge

SHAMOYA

McNEIL

5-5 » R-SR. » JUMPS/SPRINTS PORTLAND, JAMAICA 2017-18 (SR.)

OUTDOOR SEASON »»Academic All-Big 12 First Team »»Redshirted INDOOR SEASON »»Finished third and earned all-conference accolades in the triple long at the Big 12 Championship with a season-best mark of 12.85 meters »»Won the triple jump at the Akron Invitational (gold division) with a mark of 12.82 meters »»Also finished first in the triple jump at the Penn State National Open (12.76 meters) and Marshall Invitational (12.42 meters) »»Placed third in the triple jump at the Penn State Tune-Up, securing a mark of 12.37 meters »»Took fourth place in the long jump at the Marshall Invitational (5.46 meters) »»Helped 4x400 relay team earn a victory at the Martin Pushkin Classic (4:14.0 – hand-timed) »»Also ran in the 60-meter dash at six different meets, including a season-best 7.80 (handtimed) at the Pushkin Classic

2016-17 (JR.)

OUTDOOR SEASON »»NCAA qualifier – Triple Jump »»All-America Third Team – Triple Jump »»Academic All-Big 12 First Team, while maintaining a 4.0 GPA »»WVU Student-Athlete of the Week – March 27 »»Earned a 22nd-place finish in triple jump finals at NCAA Outdoor Championships, earning a mark of 12.70 meters »»Finished 11th in triple jump at NCAA East Prelims (13.04m), qualifying for the national championships »»Placed sixth and earned All-Big 12 honors in triple jump with a career best 13.21-meter effort at Big 12 Championship, the second-best mark in WVU outdoor history »»Won the triple jump title, clearing a thencareer-best 13.01 meters at the Bison Classic »»Claimed the triple jump victory at the Raleigh Relays with a mark of 12.80 meters »»Won the triple jump with a mark of 12.78 meters and placed fifth in the long jump (5.80m) at the 49er Classic »»Runner-up finish in the triple jump with a clearance of 12.82 meters at the Virginia Grand Prix

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»»Placed seventh in the triple jump invite with a

mark of 12.73 meters at the Virginia Challenge

»»Finished seventh in the triple jump, leaping

11.87 meters and placed 36th in the 100-meter dash in 12.93 at the Mason Spring Invitational

INDOOR SEASON »»Named WVU Student-Athlete of the Week – Feb. 6 »»Earned All-Big 12 honors for placing sixth in the triple jump, leaping 12.59 meters at the Big 12 Championship »»Won the triple jump gold division title at the Akron Invitational with an indoor career-best mark of 12.93 meters, the second-best in WVU indoor history »»Claimed the victory in the triple jump, leaping 12.62 meters at the Marshall Invitational »»Runner-up finish in the triple jump with a mark of 12.65 meters at the PSU National Open

2015-16 (SO.)

OUTDOOR SEASON »»Academic All-Big 12 First Team »»USTFCCCA All-Academic First Team »»Qualified for the NCAA East Prelims in the triple jump, placing 30th overall with a mark of 12.55 meters »»Earned All-Big 12 honors for her sixth-place performance in the triple jump at the Big 12 Championship, marking 12.67 meters »»Jumped a then-career-best mark of 12.76 meters at the Texas Relays »»Long jumped a mark of 5.80 meters, placing third at the Bison Outdoor Classic »»Placed fifth in the triple jump with a mark of 12.60 meters at the Penn Relays »»Finished in sixth place in the triple jump invite, leaping 12.52 meters at the Virginia Challenge »»Took 13th in the long jump with a leap of 5.67 meters at the Big 12 Championship »»Placed 33rd in the 100-meter dash with a time of 12.96 at the Bison Outdoor Classic »»Placed 50th in the 100-meter dash prelims with a career-best time of 12.80 at the Wake Forest Open INDOOR SEASON »»All-Big 12 honors in the triple jump for placing fifth with a season-best mark of 12.82 meters at the Big 12 Championship »»Won the triple jump title with a mark of 12.39 meters at the High Point Team Challenge

2014-15 (FR.)

OUTDOOR SEASON »»Placed fourth in the triple jump at the Big 12 Championship with a mark of 12.81 meters, while finishing second in the event overall among all freshmen; earned All-Big 12 honors »»Sixth-place finish in the triple jump, marking 12.38 meters at the Penn Relays »»Took second in the triple jump (12.39 meters) at the Mason Spring Invite »»Placed first, jumping 11.93 meters in the triple jump at the Ohio Cherry Blossom »»Finished first in the triple jump with a 12.51-meter mark at the Virginia Challenge »»Placed first in the triple jump, leaping 11.93 meters at the Ohio Cherry Blossom Invitational »»Competed in the 100-meter dash, finishing fourth in 13.25 meters at the Ohio Cherry Blossom Invitational »»Placed 35th in the 400-meter dash with a time of 1:03.03 at the UNF Spring Break Invitational INDOOR SEASON »»Finished in eighth place in the triple jump, leaping 12.06 meters at the Big 12 Indoor Championship »»Jumped to a ninth-place finish in the triple jump (11.93m) at the SPIRE Invite »»Placed fifth in the triple jump (12.08m) at the Akron Invite »»First place in the triple jump (11.77m) at the WVU Invite »»Took 17th place in the long jump, marking 4.99 meters at the PSU Relays »»Placed seventh in the preliminary session in the 60-meter event (8.36) at the Marty Pushkin Classic

HIGH SCHOOL »»Attended Titchfield High and St. Jago High in Jamaica

»»Personal-best mark of 12.3 meters in the

triple jump at the 2013 ISSA Boys & Girls Championships, placing fourth »»Placed fifth at the JAAA Carifta Trials 2013 with a mark of 40-4.25 in the triple jump »»Ran a personal-best time of 1:05.89 in the 400-meter hurdles at the Youngster GoldSmith Classics, finishing 10th »»Jumped a personal-best mark of 16-7.25 in the long jump at the Jamaica College Invitational, placing eighth

PERSONAL »»Daughter of Leroy McNeil and Barbara Whyte »»Has one brother »»Birthday is November 14 »»Majoring in occupational therapy »»Dr. Gerald Lage Academic Achievement Award recipient

»»Big 12 Commissioners Honor Roll »»Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll

BRIA

WELKER

5-6 » R-SR. » HURDLES/SPRINTS RIDGELEY, W.VA. 2017-18 (r-SR.)

OUTDOOR SEASON »»Academic All-Big 12 First Team »»Did not compete »»Awarded a sixth-year of eligibility for the 2018-19 season by the NCAA INDOOR SEASON »»Did not compete

2016-17 (r-JR.)

OUTDOOR SEASON »»Academic All-Big 12 First Team »»Fourth-place finish in the 400-meter dash, crossing the finish line in 56.55 at the Mason Spring Invitational »»Placed ninth in the 400-meter dash with a time of 56.28 and finished 12th in the 200-meter dash with a career-best time of 25.42 at the Raleigh Relays »»Member of the 4x400-meter relay team, finishing 19th in 4:04.29 at the 49er Classic INDOOR SEASON »»All-Big 12 honors as a member of the distance medley relay team for placing fifth with a time of 11:38.39 at the Big 12 Championship »»Runner-up finish in the 400 meters, crossing the finish line in an indoor-career best time of 56.78 at the Marshall Invitational »»Eighth-place finish in the 400-meter dash invite with a time of 58.48 at the PSU National Open

2015-16 (r-SO.)

OUTDOOR SEASON »»Academic All-Big 12 First Team »»Finished 19th in the 400-meter dash, crossing the finish line in 57.24 at the Big 12 Championship »»Took fifth in the 400-meter dash at the Bison Outdoor Classic with a career-best time of 56.61 »»Member of the third-place distance medley relay team (11:50.96) at the Penn Relays »»Helped the 4x400 meter relay team place fourth at the Mason Spring Invitational with a time of 4:10.18

»»Placed seventh in the 400 meters with a time of 59.52 at the Mason Spring Invitational »»Took 15th in the 400-meter dash with a time of 57.71 at the Jesse Owens Classic »»Placed 16th in the 200-meter dash with a time of 25.95 at the Bison Outdoor Classic »»Took 16th in the 400-meter dash with a time of 57.89 at the Wake Forest Open; also placed 20th in the 200 meters (26.66) »»Finished 33rd in the 400 meters (58.92) at the Stanford Invitational

INDOOR SEASON »»Won the 400-meter dash with a time of 58.87 at the High Point Team Challenge »»Took third in the 400 meters, crossing the finish line in an indoor career-best time of 58.34 at the Nittany Lion Challenge »»Placed 27th in the 200 meters with a seasonbest time of 26.34, and placed 11th in the 400 meters (58.50) at the Akron Invite »»Finished 10th in the 500-meter run with a career-best time of 1:17.29 at the PSU National Invitational

2014-15 (SO.)

OUTDOOR SEASON »»Did not compete INDOOR SEASON »»Did not compete

2013-14 (FR.)

OUTDOOR SEASON »»Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team »»Claimed first in the 400 meters at the WVU Gold-Blue Meet and at the Cal U Early Bird meet »»Posted top-five finishes in the 400 meters at the Cherry Blossom Invitational, the Gator Invitational and the YSU Icebreaker meet INDOOR SEASON »»Member of the 4x400-meter relay team that placed ninth with a time of 3:56.10 at the Big 12 Indoor Championship

»»Won the 400 meters with a time of 57.20 at the Akron Invitational

»»Member of the distance medley relay team

that placed second (11:45.00) at the PSU National »»Member of the 4x400-meter relay team that placed first at the WVU Gold-Blue Meet and at the Cal U Early Bird meet

HIGH SCHOOL »»Ran for coach Amanda Moreland at Frankfort High

»»Four-year letterwinner at Frankfort High »»West Virginia state meet record in 200-meter dash (25.15) and 400-meter dash (57.13)

»»Helped lead Frankfort to 2013 state

championship and runner-up in 2010 and 2012

»»Three-time state champion in 200-meter dash

in 2010, 2012 and 2013 and two-time state champion in 100-meter dash in 2012 and 2013 »»Three-time state champion in 400-meter dash in 2010, 2012 and 2013 and two-time state champion in the long jump in 2010 and 2012 »»Recorded a state championship in the 300-meter hurdles in 2013 »»2010 Gatorade West Virginia Girls Track and Field Athlete of the Year »»Frankfort High record holder for 100-meter, 200-meter and 400-meter dashes, as well as in the long jump and 300-meter hurdles »»Wendy’s High School Heisman winner for Mineral County »»Four-year letterwinner in soccer and holds school record for most goals in a season with 26 »»Two-year letterwinner in basketball

PERSONAL »»Daughter of Greg and Kimberly Welker »»Birthday is April 18 »»Has one sister »»Father played baseball at Frostburg State »»Majoring in physical therapy »»Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll »»Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll WVUXCTF

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HIGH SCHOOL »»Ran at Teays Valley Christian School for coach Aubrey Morris »»Winner of Hurricane Cross Country Invitational in 2014 »»Was named Teays Valley Christian School 2015 Female Athlete of the Year

»»Earned the Team High Point Award for track »»Participated in basketball and volleyball

OLIVIA

HILL

5-5 » R-JR. » DISTANCE SCOTT DEPOT, W.VA. 2017-18 (r-SO.)

PERSONAL »»Daughter of Craig and Jenny Hill »»Has one brother »»Birthday is November 25 »»Majoring in exercise physiology »»Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll »»Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll »»2017-18 recipient of the Charleston Scholarship Dinner Athletic Endowment

OUTDOOR SEASON »»Academic All-Big 12 First Team »»NCAA East Prelims qualifier – 10,000 meters »»Finished 29th overall in the 10,000 meters at the NCAA East Prelims, crossing the finish line in 35:51.37 »»Earned a spot on the podium in the 10,000 meters at the Big 12 Championship, finishing seventh in 36.56.18 and earning All-Big 12 honors »»Raced in the 10,000 meters at the Stanford Invitational, securing a personal-time of 34.47.73 for 22nd place »»Took 11th place in the 1,500 meters at the Virginia Grand Prix (4:38.71) INDOOR SEASON »»Competed in the 3,000 meters at the Big 12 Championship, finishing in 9:53.68 for 19th place

2016-17 (r-FR.)

OUTDOOR SEASON »»Finished 11th in 10,000-meter run at Big 12 Championship in a season-best time of 35.38.75 »»Placed 12th in the 5,000-meter run with a time of 16:53.16 at the Bison Classic »»Finished 15th in the 10,000 meters, crossing the finish line in 36:29.63 at the Virginia Challenge »»Took 19th in the 1,500 meters in 4:40.93 at the Mason Spring Invitational »»Placed 32nd in the 1,500-meter run with a time of 17:06.44 at the Raleigh Relays INDOOR SEASON »»Finished 21st in the 3,000 meters with a season-best time of 9:48.48 at the Big 12 Championship »»Placed seventh in the mile with a time of 4:58.51 at the Penn State Tune-Up »»Took fourth in the 3,000 meters with a time of 9:56.72 at the Marshall Invitational »»Finished fifth in the mile gold division with a then-season-best time of 5:01.44 at the Akron Invitational »»Placed eighth in the mile with a time of 5:02.67 at the PSU National Open

2015-16 (FR.)

OUTDOOR SEASON »»Redshirted INDOOR SEASON »»Redshirted

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JONES

5-5 » R-JR » MID-DISTANCE BRISTOW, VA. 2017-18

OUTDOOR SEASON (r-SO.) »»Earned a 13th-place finish in the 1,500 meters at the Big 12 Championship (4:35.26) »»Competed in the 1,500 meters at the Stanford Invitational, finishing 11th in 4:33.48 »»A member of first-place 4x800 relay team, which won Bison Outdoor Classic in 9:19.98 »»Recorded a third-place finish in the 1,500 meters at the Virginia Grand Prix (4:26.17) »»Crossed the finish line in the 1,500 meters at the Virginia Challenge in 4:26.64 INDOOR SEASON (JR.) »»Helped distance medley relay team to a fourth-place finish at the Big 12 Championship (11:28.20), earning All-Big 12 honors »»Won the 1,000 meters at the Penn State National Open (invitational) in 2:50.88 »»Finished ninth in the 1,000 meters at the Big 12 Championship (2:51.98) »»Ran the 800 meters at the UCS Invitational, finishing fifth in 2:12.94 »»Also competed in the mile at the BU Valentine Invite (4:51.86 – 29th)

2016-17

OUTDOOR SEASON (r-FR.) »»Recorded a third-place finish in the 800-meter run, crossing the finish line in a career-best 2:09.22 at the Mason Spring Invitational »»A member of WVU’s third-place 4x1500-meter relay team with a time of 19:05.69 at the Raleigh Relays »»Finished fourth in the 800 meters with a time of 2:12.67 at the 49er Classic »»Crossed the finish line in seventh with a time of 2:11.78 and placed 12th in the 1,500 meters (4:27.32) at the Bison Classic »»Placed seventh in the 800 meters with a time of 2:09.96 at the Virginia Grand Prix »»Finished 38th in the 800 meters in 2:11.74 and placed 54th in the 1,500 meters with a time of 4:36.40 at the Virginia Challenge

INDOOR SEASON (SO.) »»Earned All-Big 12 honors in the 1,000 meters for placing seventh with a career-best time of 2:29.43; also helped DMR team to all-conference honors, placing fifth in 11:38.39 at the Big 12 Championship »»Won the 800 meters at the Penn State Tune-Up with a career-best time of 2:10.34 »»Fourth-place finish in the 800-meter run gold division in 2:12.27 at the Akron Invitational »»Took fourth in the 1,000 meters with a time of 2:53.07 at the PSU National Open »»Placed 30th in the 800 meters with a time of 2:12.76 at the Husky Classic

2015-16 (FR.)

OUTDOOR SEASON »»Redshirted INDOOR SEASON »»Won the 800-meter run with a season-best time of 2:12.55 at the High Point Team Challenge »»Placed 37th overall in the 3,000-meter run with a time of 10:16.87 at the Big 12 Championship »»Placed third in the mile, finishing with a time of 5:03.49 at the PSU National Invitational »»Finished in fourth place in the 800 meters (2:13.01) at the Akron Invite »»Placed sixth in the 800 meters, crossing the finish line in 2:12.80 at the Penn State Tune Up »»Took 12th in the 600 meters with a time of 1:36.31 at the Nittany Lion Challenge

HIGH SCHOOL »»Ran at Patriot High for coach Adam Daniels »»Seven time all-state performer »»At the 2015 VHSL Group 6A Conference Championship, she ran a personal-best of 5:00.05 in the 1,600 meters

»»Ran a personal-best of 2:11.08 in the 800-meter event at the 2014 VHSL Group 5A/6A State Outdoor Championship

»»Ran in 1,000-meters (2.54.42) at the 2015 VHSL Group 6A State Indoor Track and Field »»Competed in the distance-medley relay at the 2015 indoor championship to earn All-American honors »»Ran the 5K in a career-best time of 18:48.30

PERSONAL »»Daughter of Robert and Margaret Jones »»Has one sister »»Birthday is March 14 »»Majoring in strategic communications »»Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll »»Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll

FAITH

PENNY

6-0 » R-JR. » JUMPS EAST ISLIP, N.Y. 2017-18

OUTDOOR SEASON (r-SO.) »»Academic All-Big 12 First Team »»Earned a season-high mark in the high jump at Bison Outdoor Classic in a sixth-place finish (1.66 meters) »»Tied for second in the high jump at the Virginia Challenge (1.61 meters) »»Jumped 1.63 meters in the high jump at the Virginia Grand Prix, tying for third place »»Tied for seventh in the high jump at the Raleigh Relays with a mark of 1.65 meters INDOOR SEASON (JR.) »»Did not compete

2016-17 (SO.)

OUTDOOR SEASON »»Did not compete INDOOR SEASON »»Took sixth in the high jump with a mark of 1.60 meters at the Marshall Invitational »»Finished seventh in the high jump (gold division), leaping a seasonbest 1.66 meters at the Akron Invitational »»Placed 12th in the high jump with a mark of 1.60 meters at the PSU National Open

2015-16 (FR.)

OUTDOOR SEASON »»Tied for sixth in the high jump, leaping a season-best mark of 1.66 meters, to earn All-Big 12 honors at the Big 12 Championship »»Placed fourth in the high jump with a mark of 1.63 meters at the Wake Forest Open »»Finished fifth in the high jump, marking 1.65 meters at the Mason Spring Invite »»Placed ninth with a high jump mark of 1.65 meters at the Bison Outdoor Classic »»Tied for 18th in the high jump (1.63 meters) at the Penn Relays »»Competed in the high jump, tying for 10th place with a mark of 1.61 meters at the Virginia Challenge INDOOR SEASON »»Placed seventh in the high jump with a season-best mark of 1.66 meters at the Big 12 Championship, earning All-Big 12 honors »»Seventh-place finish in the high jump (1.65 meters) at the Nittany Lion Challenge »»Took 23rd in the high jump, marking 1.63 meters at the PSU National Invitational

HIGH SCHOOL »»Attended East Islip High PERSONAL »»Daughter of Harry and Marian Penny »»Birthday is October 13 »»Has one brother and one sister »»Majoring in business and economics »»Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll »»Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll WVUXCTF

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PETTIT

5-4 » R-SO. » DISTANCE MORGANTOWN, W.VA.

ANTIGONE

ARCHER

2017-18 (r-SO.)

OUTDOOR SEASON »»Academic All-Big 12 First Team »»A member of 10th-place 4x1,500 relay team at the Raleigh Relays (20:33.13) »»Earned a 26th-place finish in the 1,500 meters at the Virginia Grand Prix in 5:14.02 »»Ran in the 3,000 meters at the Bison Outdoor Classic, finishing in 11:22.32 »»Opened the outdoor season by competing in the 3,000 meters at the 49er Classic (11:43.41) INDOOR SEASON »»Finished sixth in the mile at the WVU Open (5:55.38) »»Ran the 3,000 meters at the Marshall Invitational in 11:49.35 »»Earned a 14th-place finish in the mile at the Akron Invitational (blue division) in 5:56.16

2016-17 (r-FR.)

OUTDOOR SEASON »»Placed 62nd in the 800-meter run with a time of 5:11.61 at the 49er Classic INDOOR SEASON »»Did not compete

2015-16 (FR.)

OUTDOOR SEASON »»Redshirted INDOOR SEASON »»Redshirted

HIGH SCHOOL »»Ran for coaches Mike Ryan and Jonathan Wright at Morgantown High »»2012 West Virginia Cross Country All-State Team »»National High School Coaches Association Academic All-American »»Contributing member of five state-championship teams »»Contributing member of four state runner-up teams »»First Morgantown High athlete to finish as a 12-time letterwinner »»2015 swim team captain PERSONAL »»Daughter of John and Denise Pettit »»Has one sister, Alison, who ran cross country and track at WVU »»Birthday is June 12 »»Majoring in immunology and medical microbiology »»Dr. Gerald Lage Academic Achievement Award recipient »»Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll, while maintaining a 4.0 GPA »»Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll »»Rhodes Scholarship finalist

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5-4 » R-SO. » DISTANCE SOUTHLAKE, TEXAS 2017-18 (r-FR.)

OUTDOOR SEASON »»Academic All-Big 12 First Team »»Earned a second-place finish in the 3,000 meters at the Bison Classic (10:17.48) »»Also helped 4x800 relay team a win at the Bison Classic, finishing in 9:19.98 »»Placed seventh in the 5,000 meters at the Virginia Grand Prix in a time of 18:24.62 »»A member of 10th-place 4x1,500 relay team at the Raleigh Relays (20:33.13) »»Made her outdoor Mountaineer debut with a 15th-place finish in the 3,000 meters at the 49er Classic (10:29.59) INDOOR SEASON »»Helped distance medley relay team to a win at the Marshall Invitational in a time of 12:18.57 »»Earned a second-place finish in the 3,000 meters at the WVU Open (10:45.18) »»Tallied a third-place finish in the mile at the Akron Invitational (blue division) in 5:14.37 »»Took 10th place in the 3,000 meters at the Marshall Invitational (10:27.89) »»Finished 12th in the 3,000 meters at the YSU College Invite, crossing the finish line in 10:41.10

2016-17 (FR.)

OUTDOOR SEASON »»Did not compete INDOOR SEASON »»Did not compete

HIGH SCHOOL »»Ran at Southlake Carroll High for coach Justin Leonard »»Varsity letterwinner in track and field and cross country (2013-16) »»Two-time Nike Cross National Champions and two-time state champions »»Placed fifth at the Texas 5A state cross country championship PERSONAL »»Daughter of David and Amanda Archer »»Has one brother and two sisters »»Birthday is March 31 »»Majoring in social work »»Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll »»Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll

MICHAELA

ELLIE

5-1 » SO. » SPRINTS/JUMPS AUGUSTA, GEORGIA

5-3 » SO. » POLE VAULT WILLIAMSTOWN, W.VA.

ASHFORD

GARDNER

2017-18 (FR.)

2017-18 (FR.)

INDOOR SEASON »»Placed sixth in the 60-meter dash at the Marshall Invitational in 7.97 »»At the Penn State Tune-Up, she finished sixth in the 60-meter dash in 8.01 »»Also took eighth in the long jump at Penn State with a mark of 4.95 meters »»Competed in the long jump at the YSU College Invite, taking 11th place with a mark of 5.07 meters »»Won the long jump (4.88 meters) and finished third in the 60-meter dash (7.80 – hand timed) at the Marty Pushkin Classic »»Finished second in the long jump (4.88 meters) and took fifth in the 60-meter dash (8.16) at the WVU Open »»Also was a member of 4x400 relay team that won at the Pushkin Classic in 4:14.0 (hand timed)

INDOOR SEASON »»Indoor season-best jump of 3.86 meters came at YSU College Invite, good for a second-place finish »»Placed 11th at the Big 12 Indoor Championship after registering a mark of 3.84 meters »»At the WVU Open, she finished second with a mark of 3.78 meters »»Recorded a third-place finish at the Marshall Invitational (3.75 meters) »»Finished second at the Penn State National Open with a mark of 3.50 meters »»Made collegiate debut with a sixth-place finish in the Marty Pushkin Classic (3.70 meters)

OUTDOOR SEASON »»Placed 25th in the long jump at the Virginia Grand Prix (4.98 meters) »»Also competed in the long jump at the Bison Outdoor Classic, finishing 28th with a mark of 4.84 meters »»Made her outdoor debut at the 49er Classic, competing in the 100-meter dash (13.14)

HIGH SCHOOL »»Ran track at Jefferson High in Shenandoah Junction, West Virginia, for coach John Serian

OUTDOOR SEASON »»Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team »»Jumped 3.85 meters at the Bison Outdoor Classic for a fifthplace finish »»Won at the Virginia Grand Prix with a jump of 3.81 meters »»Tied for second at the Virginia Challenge with a mark of 3.71 meters »»Earned a mark of 3.59 meters at the Big 12 Outdoor Championship »»Secured a fourth-place finish at the Raleigh Relays, jumping 3.50 meters

HIGH SCHOOL »»Ran track at Williamstown High School for coach Doak Markley and Tyler George

»»Won long jump state championship as a junior in 2016 »»Finished third in 200-meter dash as a junior at WVSSAC State

»»Two-time team captain (2016, 2017) »»Three-time state pole vault champion (2015, 2016, 2017) and four-

»»A member of second-place 4x100 and 4x200 teams at 2016

»»School and state record holder in the pole vault (12 feet) »»A member of Williamstown’s 2014 state championship team »»Also played soccer at Williamstown, earning first team all-state

Championships

WVSSAC State Championships

»»A member of 4x100 and 4x200 teams that qualified for state meet as a senior

PERSONAL »»Daughter of Lenearo and Jacquelyn Ashford »»Has one brother and one sister »»Birthday is May 8 »»Majoring in political science »»Born and raised in Augusta, Georgia »»Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll »»Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll

year state qualifier

honors as a senior

PERSONAL »»Daughter of Jeff and Lisa Gardner »»Has one sister, Madelin, who also competes at WVU »»Birthday is April 29 »»Majoring in aerospace and mechanical engineering »»Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll »»Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll

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MIKAYLA

McKENNA

5-4 » SO. » POLE VAULT EAST AMHERST, N.Y.

5-7 » SO. » SPRINTS BRIDGEPORT, W.VA.

SHUTE

2017-18 (FR.)

OUTDOOR SEASON »»Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team »»Earned a mark of 3.59 meters at the Big 12 Championship, placing 21st »»Made her outdoor career debut at the Bison Outdoor Classic, jumping 3.40 meters INDOOR SEASON »»Finished fifth at the Marshall Invitational with a season best 3.60-meter jump »»Also competed at Akron Invitational (blue division), WVU Open and Marty Pushkin Classic

HIGH SCHOOL »»Ran track at Williamsville North High for coach Caitlin Triantafillou »»Two-year sectional qualifier »»Placed fourth in the pole vault at the Section VI Championships as a senior, tying a personal best (10 feet, 6 inches)

»»Placed fourth at indoor sectionals as a senior (10 feet, 3 inches) »»Named to the Buffalo News 2017 Winter All-Western New York Scholar-Athlete Team

»»Also competed in gymnastics PERSONAL »»Daughter of David and Beth Shute »»Has two brothers »»Birthday is July 2 »»Majoring in immunology and medical microbiology »»Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll »»Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll

SMITH

2017-18 (FR.)

OUTDOOR SEASON »»Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team »»Took 18th place in the 400-meter dash at the Big 12 Championship; also finished 22nd in the 200-meter dash (24.73) »»Took ninth in 200-meter dash (24.76) at Raleigh Relays »»Outdoor season-best time in 200 meters came at Virginia Challenge (24.53); also placed ninth in 400 meters at the meet (55.89) »»Finished ninth in 400-meter dash (56.11) and 11th in the 200-meter dash (24.66) at the Virginia Grand Prix »»Began outdoor career at the 49er Classic, taking 10th in the 400-meter dash in 57.02 and 18th in 200-meter dash in 24.85 INDOOR SEASON »»Earned All-Big 12 honors with a fourth-place finish in the distance medley relay at the Big 12 Indoor Championship (11:28.20) »»Won 200 meters at Marshall Invitational (24.66) and Penn State Tune-Up (24.73); also won the 400 meters at both meets »»Helped DMR team win at the Marshall Invitational in 12:18.57 »»Placed first in 400 meters (blue division) at the Akron Invitational, crossing the finish line in 57.08 »»Earned a sixth-place finish in the 400 meters at the Penn State National Open in 58.05) »»Began her WVU career with a win in the 500 meters at the Marty Pushkin Classic (1:20.20); later won the event at the WVU Open in 1:20.14 »»A member of winning 4x400 meter relay team at Pushkin Classic (4:14.0 – hand timed)

HIGH SCHOOL »»Ran track at Bridgeport High School for coach Emily Stout »»Finished with 10 state championships during her high school career »»Won four state championships as a senior, breaking four state records in the process (100 meters, 200 meters, 300 hurdles, 400 meters) »»Won four state championships as a junior and two as a freshman »»Helped Bridgeport to two Class AA state championships as a team »»McCoy Award winner – West Virginia’s top track and field athlete »»Also played soccer

PERSONAL »»Daughter of Jeremy and Naomi Smith »»Has one brother »»Birthday is March 31 »»Majoring in occupational therapy »»Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll »»Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll

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KYRIELLE

SARAH

5-9 » R-SO. » JUMPS

5-7 » R-SO. » DISTANCE MORGANTOWN, W.VA.

WILLIAMS

WILLS

NORTH ROYALTON, OHIO 2017-18

OUTDOOR SEASON (SO.) »»Academic All-Big 12 First Team »»Finished third in the high jump at the Raleigh Relays (1.65 meters) »»Took 10th place in the high jump at the Bison Outdoor Classic with a mark of 1.62 meters INDOOR SEASON (r-FR.) »»Posted an 11th-place finish in the high jump at the Big 12 Championship, securing a season-best mark of 1.66 meters »»Opened her season with a second-place finish in the high jump at the WVU Open (1.62 meters) »»Registered another second-place finish in the high jump at the Akron Invitational (blue division) with a mark of 1.60 meters »»Took fourth place in the high jump at the YSU College Invite with a 1.61-meter jump »»Jumped 1.60 meters in the high jump at the Penn State National Open, finishing 10th

2016-17 (FR.)

OUTDOOR SEASON »»Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team »»Placed 55th in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 17.69 at the Raleigh Relays »»Finished 20th in the prelims of the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 16.90 »»Also ran in the 200 meters at the 49er Classic (28.42) INDOOR SEASON »»Redshirted

HIGH SCHOOL »»Competed at Saint Joseph Academy for coach Fred Kieser »»Four-year letterwinner in track and field »»Placed third in the high jump at the OHSAA state championships »»Set a personal-best mark of 1.70 meters (5’7”) in the high jump »»Personal-best mark of 5.52 meters in the long jump »»Also competed in AAU basketball PERSONAL »»Daughter of Gregory and Kelly Williams »»Has two brothers and one sisters »»Birthday is January 11 »»Majoring in chemistry

2017-18 (r-FR.)

OUTDOOR SEASON »»Academic All-Big 12 First Team »»Took second place in the 1,500 meters at the Virginia Challenge (4:32.71) »»Placed eighth in the 5,000 meters at the Stanford Invitational in a time of 17:03.80 »»Also ran the 5,000 meters at the Penn Relays, taking 19th in section 2 (17:12.86) INDOOR SEASON »»Earned All-Big 12 status as a member of the fourth-place distance medley relay team at the Big 12 Championship (11:28.20) »»Registered a third-place finish in the mile at the Penn State Tune-Up (4:58.36) »»Also placed third in the mile at the YSU College Invite in 4:59.86 »»Finished fifth in the 3,000 meters at the Penn State National Open, crossing the finish line in 9:54.63 »»Competed in the 3,000 meters at the Big 12 Championship, finishing in 9:54.78 for 21st place »»Traveled to the Boston University Valentine Invite and placed 11th in the 5,000 meters (17:04.57)

2016-17 (FR.)

OUTDOOR SEASON »»Redshirted INDOOR SEASON »»Redshirted

HIGH SCHOOL »»Ran at University High for coach Ed Frohnapfel and ran club for West Virginia Flyers under coach Jonathan Wright

»»West Virginia state champions in 2014 and 2015 »»2014 OVAC 5A champion »»Two-time cross country all-state »»Four time all-state honoree in the 4×800 relay »»Placed third in the 800 meters, running a personal-best time of 2:17 at the 2016 state championships

»»Runner-up finish in the 3,200 meters at the 2016 state

championships, finishing with a personal-best time of 10:57

»»2016 state champion in the 1,600 meters with a personal-best time of 5:04

»»Member of the National Honor Society and math honorary - Mu Alpha Theta

PERSONAL »»Daughter of Norman and Rebecca Wills »»Has one sister »»Birthday is December 11 »»Majoring in biomedical engineering »»Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll »»Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll

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FRESHMEN TESSA

CONSTANTINE

MARIANNE

ABDALAH

5-4 » R-FR. » DISTANCE PITTSBURGH, PA.

2017-18 (FR.) OUTDOOR SEASON »»Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team »»Did not compete

INDOOR SEASON »»Competed in the 3,000 meters at the Big 12 Indoor Championship, finishing in 10:16.39 »»Took sixth in the 3,000 meters at the Marshall Invitational, crossing the finish line in 10:11.97 »»Also helped distance medley relay tea m to a win at Marshall in 12:18.57 »»Competed in the 5,000 meters at the Akron Invitational (gold division), finishing fifth in 17:59.81 »»Made her WVU indoor debut at the YSU College Invite, where she placed 10th in the mile in 5:12.79

HIGH SCHOOL »»Ran at Vincentian Academy for coach Erika Suhy »»Became second athlete in WPIAL history to win four cross country championships »»Led Vincentian Academy to two WPIAL team titles »»Three-time PIAA cross country champion Won three WPIAL Class AA championships and two PIAA championships in 3,200-meter run »»Holds WPIAL record for 3,200-meter run (10:45.54) »»High school valedictorian PERSONAL »»Daughter of Marvin and Kim Abdalah »»Won USATF National Junior Olympic Cross Country Championship in 2013 (13-14 Division) »»Has two brothers »»Birthday is April 27 »»Majoring in biology »»Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll »»Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll

5-7 » FR. » HURDLES SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA

HIGH SCHOOL »»Attended Manly Selective Campus and ran for coach Matt Beckenham »»Vice-Captain »»2017 Manly Sportsmanship Award winner »»Represented Australia at the 2016 Melanesian Games »»2015 Australian All Schools 400-meter hurdles champion »»Also was a competitive swimmer PERSONAL »»Daughter of Greg Constantine »»Has one sister »»Birthday is March 16 »»Majoring in general business

MOLLY

DeBONE

5-7 » FR. » POLE VAULT GREENSBURG, PA.

HIGH SCHOOL »»Attended Hempfield Area Senior High School and competed for coach Melissa White »»Two-time WPIAL pole vault champion »»Four-time state qualifier »»Three-time state medalist »»Competed at New Balance Nationals PERSONAL »»Daughter of Robert and Lisa DeBone »»Has two siblings »»Birthday is October 4 »»Majoring in occupational therapy

JULIA

BRUNDIN

5-2 » FR. » POLE VAULT TONAWANDA, N.Y.

HIGH SCHOOL »»Attended Kenmore East High and competed for coach Jeoff Brunger »»Also competed for the Warsaw Pole Vault Club for coach Micke Auble »»Three-time team captain »»First-Team Western New York selection »»Won Niagara Frontier League championship in the pole vault as a senior »»Also competed in the long jump PERSONAL »»Daughter of Douglas and Anne Brundin »»Has two brothers »»Birthday is April 28 »»Majoring in biology

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AMBER

DOMBROWSKI

5-4 » FR. » DISTANCE MORGANTOWN, W.VA.

HIGH SCHOOL »»Ran at Morgantown High for coaches Michael Ryan and Steven Blinco »»11-time all-state selection »»Won eight letters during high school career »»Helped lead Morgantown to four consecutive Class AAA cross country state runner-up finishes »»Also helped the Mohigans to 2017 Class AAA state track and field championship »»Two-time state champion in the 4x800 relay »»Competed at the New Balance Nationals (outdoor) in 2016 and 2017

PERSONAL »»Daughter of Martin and Lynn Dombrowski »»Has one brother »»Birthday is June 7 »»Majoring in exercise physiology

HAYLEY

JACKSON

KATHERINE

DOWIE

5-4 » R-FR. » DISTANCE CARISBROOK, AUSTRALIA 2017-18 (FR.) OUTDOOR SEASON »»Did not compete »»Enrolled in January 2018 HIGH SCHOOL »»Attended Ballarat Clarendon College and competed at Eureka Athletics Club for coach Rod Griffin »»Won Ballarat Sportsperson of the Year Award in 2017 »»Won two events at Victorian Championships – 5,000 meters and 3,000-meter steeplechase »»Placed third in 3,000-meter steeplechase at Sydney Australian U20 Championships in 2017 »»Earned three first-place finishes at Melbourne Victorian Championships in 2017 (1,500 meters, 3,000 meters, 5,000 meters) »»Also participated in Perth Australian U18 Championships in 2016, finishing fifth in the 2,000-meter steeplechase and sixth in the 3,000 meters

PERSONAL »»Daughter of Alastair and Carlene Dowie »»Has a twin sister »»Birthday is April 3 »»Majoring in exercise physiology »»Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll »»Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll

6-0 » R-FR. » MID-DISTANCE LUSBY, MARYLAND 2017-18 (FR.) OUTDOOR SEASON »»Did not compete INDOOR SEASON »»Did not compete

HIGH SCHOOL »»Ran at Patuxent High for coach Kris Jost »»Accumulated 14 total state championships in high school career »»Won three 2A state cross country championships »»Won three 2A track championships as a senior »»Won Maryland state indoor track championships in the 800 and 1,600 as a senior »»Recorded state-record time in indoor 1,600, the fastest time in the country in 2016-17 »»Broke Maryland state outdoor record in two mile (10:14) as a senior »»Finished eight at the Foot Locker Cross Country Nationals as a senior PERSONAL »»Daughter of Leah Walker »»Birthday is October 6 »»Undecided major

LINDA

JEBET

5-3 » FR. » DISTANCE KAPSABET, KENYA

SAMANTHA

HATCHER

5-2 » FR. » DISTANCE MORGANTOWN, W.VA.

HIGH SCHOOL »»Ran at Morgantown High for coach Michael Ryan »»Team captain »»Led Morgantown High to four consecutive Class AAA cross country state runner-up finishes »»Also helped the Mohigans to 2017 Class AAA state track and field championship »»11-time all-state selection, including 10 in track PERSONAL »»Daughter of Dean and Judy Hatcher »»Has one brother and one sister »»Birthday is September 12 »»Majoring in nursing

HIGH SCHOOL »»Attended Kapsisiywa Secondary School »»Previously coached by Elijah Samoei »»Participated at Kaptagat Training Camp in Kenya »»Ran 400 and 800 meters during high school career PERSONAL »»Daughter of William and Margaret Maiyo »»Has one sister »»Birthday is September 22 »»Majoring in criminology

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PEYTON

PETER-GAY

5-5 » FR. » DISTANCE MORGANTOWN, W.VA.

5-9 » FR. » MULTI CLARENDON, JAMAICA

KUKURA

HIGH SCHOOL »»Ran at University High for coach Ed Frohnapfel »»Part of four-time Class AAA state champion cross country team »»Four-time All-Ohio Valley Athletic Conference in cross country »»All-state honoree in 2017 (XC); second-team selection in 2014 »»Placed eighth at the 2017 WVSSAC Class AAA State Cross Country Championship »»Participated in 4x800 relay, 1,600 meters and 3,200 meters at 2018 WVSSAC State Track Meet »»Raced at Footlocker South Regional Cross Country Championships as a junior

PERSONAL »»Daughter of Jeffrey and Lisa Kukura »»One of four children »»Birthday is May 1 »»Undecided major

McKENZIE

HIGH SCHOOL »»Attended Edwin Allen School and competed for coach Michael Dyke »»Helped Edwin Allen win its fifth consecutive 4x100 Championship of America title at the Penn Relays »»Won heptathlon at the 2018 Nassau CARIFTA Games in the Bahamas »»Also competed at the 2018 Kingston ISSA Championships, winning the heptathlon

PERSONAL »»Daughter of Kevin McKenzie and Anastacia Edwards »»One of five children »»Birthday is August 23 »»Majoring in pre-health

MALINA

MITCHELL

HANNAH

LIPPS

5-5 » FR. » DISTANCE ROMNEY, W.VA. HIGH SCHOOL »»Ran at Hampshire High for coach Bill Lipps »»Won Class AAA state cross country championship in her junior year; placed third as a senior »»12-time all-state selection »»Won back-to-back regional cross country championships as a junior and senior »»Hampshire High school-record holder in the 800 meters PERSONAL »»Daughter of William and Patty Lipps »»One of four children »»Birthday is June 27 »»Majoring in elementary education

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5-6 » FR. » DISTANCE McDONALD, OHIO

HIGH SCHOOL »»Ran at McDonald High for coach Mike Richards »»Helped McDonald to a Division III state cross country championship in 2014 »»Also led the Blue Devils to a Division III state track title as a freshman and anchored state champion 4x400 relay team »»12-time all-state selection, including four in the 1,600 meters »»Holds 1,600-meter school record and was part of school-recordsetting 4x400 relay team »»Represented Ohio at the Midwest Meet of Champions PERSONAL »»Daughter of David Mitchell and Nancy Cassidy »»Only child »»Birthday is August 26 »»Majoring in sports psychology

AVIGAIL

AUDREY

5-6 » FR. » DISTANCE MORGANTOWN, W.VA.

5-5 » FR. » POLE VAULT ELIZABETHTOWN, PA.

RADABAUGH

HIGH SCHOOL »»Ran at Morgantown High for coach Michael Ryan »»Ran club track for the WV Flyers »»Led Morgantown High to four consecutive Class AAA cross country state runner-up finishes »»Also helped the Mohigans to 2017 Class AAA state track and field championship »»Named all-region and all-conference in cross country »»Held a personal-best 5k time of 18:50 PERSONAL »»Daughter of Mike and Stephanie Radabaugh »»Has one brother »»Birthday is January 27 »»Majoring in exercise physiology

SCHLOSSER

HIGH SCHOOL

»»Attended Elizabethtown Area High School and competed for coach Quinn Staley »»Also competed at the club level for Vaultworx and coach Matt Concannon »»Competed at Lancaster-Lebonon League and District III Meet during the 2017 outdoor season »»Earned a top high school mark of 10 feet (pole vault) PERSONAL »»Daughter of Matthew and Hether Schlosser »»Has two sisters »»Birthday is February 1 »»Majoring in nursing

TASHALA

TURNER

MARGARET

RYMER

5-6 » FR. » SPRINTS/HURDLES GARLAND, TEXAS HIGH SCHOOL »»Attended Lakeview Centennial High School »»Academy Sports and Outdoors Scholar »»Named all-district first team in track »»Helped 4x400 relay team to a win at the district meet as a senior »»Also won the 300-meter hurdles at the UIL 6A District 10 meet in 2018 »»Also played volleyball PERSONAL »»Daughter of Matt and Patty Rymer »»Has one brother »»Birthday is December 28 »»Majoring in international security and diplomacy

5-5 » FR. » DISTANCE MORGANTOWN, W.VA. HIGH SCHOOL »»Ran at University High for coach Ed Frohnapfel »»Part of four-time Class AAA state champion cross country team »»Named the West Virginia Gatorade Girls Cross Country Runner of the Year »»Three-time all-state and four-time All-Ohio Valley Athletic Conference »»Won state championship in 3,200 meters in 2015 »»Finished as the state runner-up at 2015 and 2017 state cross country meets »»Finished seventh in the Nike Cross Nationals Southeast Regional in 2017

PERSONAL »»Daughter of Rodney and Tammy Turner »»One of four children »»Birthday is September 13 »»Majoring in exercise physiology

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MIKENNA

CHARLOTTE

5-7 » FR. » MID-DISTANCE MOUNT BRYDGES, ONTARIO, CANADA

5-7 » FR. » DISTANCE BRACEBRIDGE, ONTARIO, CANADA

VANDERHEYDEN

HIGH SCHOOL »»Ran at Strathroy District Collegiate Institute for coach Sandy Cooper Ryder »»Also ran at London Legion Track Club »»Captain of cross country and track teams »»Named Athlete of the Year »»Canadian Interscholastic record holder in 1,500-meter steeplechase PERSONAL »»Daughter of Chris and Jenn Vanderheyden »»Has two brothers »»Birthday is June 30 »»Majoring in forensics and investigative sciences/psychology

WOOD

HIGH SCHOOL »»Ran at Bracebridge and Muskoka Lakes Secondary School »»Multiple-time competitor at Ontario Federation of School Athletic Association Championships »»Recipient of 2017 Jim Quigley Memorial Award-Bracebridge Athlete of the Year »»Won GBSSA Cross Country Championships as a senior »»Has competed at Canadian Junior Nationals, Espoire Games and Athletics Ontario training camp »»School-record holder in 800 and 1,500 meters PERSONAL »»Daughter of Dan and Laurie Wood »»Father played hockey for Team Canada in 1984 Winter Olympics »»Has one brother and one sister »»Birthday is June 13 »»Majoring in exercise physiology

BREE

WARREN

5-7 » R-FR. » DISTANCE BELGRAVE, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA 2017-18 (FR.)

OUTDOOR SEASON »»Ran in the 5,000 meters at the Big 12 Outdoor Championship and finished in 18:32.88 for 25th place »»Took 18th in 10,000 meters at the Bison Outdoor Classic (36.20.05) INDOOR SEASON

»»Did not compete MONASH UNIVERSITY (2016-17) »»Represented school at Southern University Games »»Member of Elite Student Performer Scheme HIGH SCHOOL »»Ran at Haileybury Secondary College »»Finished sixth at Australian U-20 Cross Country Championships in 2016 »»Won U-20 Victoria Women’s Cross Country Championship »»Won multiple Victorian track championships, including 5,000m and 6,000m »»Vice-captain of cross country team in 2014 and vice-captain of athletics in 2015 »»Captain of APS Cross Country All-Star Team PERSONAL »»Daughter of Grant and Denise Warren »»Has one brother and one sister »»Birthday is January 10 »»Majoring in speech pathology and audiology »»Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll »»Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll

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2018-19 SEASON

PREVIEW

The outlook for the West Virginia University track and field team is bright entering the 2018-19 season. While major strides were taken last spring, the Mountaineers are hunger to reach even higher. With a talented roster with a many different skillset, WVU is primed for a big year under 12th-year coach Sean Cleary.

SCHEDULE

WVU’s 2018-19 slate features many of the same stops as in the past, with one exciting change: The Mountaineers will host three outdoor meets at the new Track and Field Complex at Mylan Park. The team is excited to compete in the state-of-the-art facility, which serves as a great addition inside the program and throughout the local community.

WVU begins indoors by hosting the Marty Pushkin Track Classic on Jan. 11, before the team takes its first road trip of the season to the YSU College Invite, on Jan. 18, in Youngstown, Ohio. The Mountaineers will make two stops in University Park, Pennsylvania, during the indoor season, as the team will compete at the Penn State National Open (Jan. 25-26) and Penn State Tune-Up (Feb. 16).

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Additionally, West Virginia will compete at the Akron Invitational, from Jan. 31-Feb. 2, in Akron, Ohio, as well as the SPIRE Division I Invitational, from Feb. 8-9, in Geneva, Ohio.

The 2019 Big 12 Indoor Championship is set for Feb. 22-23, in Lubbock, Texas, while the NCAA Indoor Championships run from March 8-9, in Birmingham, Alabama. As always, the indoor slate is designed for the Mountaineers to be at their best heading into those big meets.

Outdoor season gets underway with the 49er Classic, from March 14-16, in Charlotte, North Carolina, before the Mountaineers host their first of three meets, the West Virginia Open, on March 23.

FAITH PENNY

On the week of March 27-30, WVU will split to three different meets, the Texas Relays in Austin Texas, the Raleigh Relays in Raleigh, North Carolina and the Stanford Invitational in Stanford, California. After that, West Virginia will compete in Charlottesville, Virginia, in a quad meet against Virginia, Maryland and Pitt.

Championship season re-arrives with the 2019 Big 12 Outdoor Championship, from May 10-12, in Norman, Oklahoma. The NCAA East Preliminary Round returns to Jacksonville, Florida, from May 23-25, while the NCAA Outdoor Championships will be held in Austin, Texas, from June 5-8.

The Bison Outdoor Classic, hosted annually by Bucknell, runs from April 13-14, in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, a week before WVU returns to Charlottesville for the Virginia Challenge, from April 19-20.

RECORD-BREAKING SENIORS

WVU will host the State Farm Friends of Track Showcase in Morgantown, from April 26-27, the same weekend as the famed Penn Relays in Philadelphia. The Mountaineers close the outdoor regular season a week later with the Mountaineer Open on May 4, in Morgantown.

The Mountaineer roster features just five seniors this season, but all of them have made a major impact on the program. Led by school-record holders Madelin Gardner and Shamoya McNeil, WVU has plenty of talent at the top.

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which has added both confidence and expectations. Gardner already holds the school’s indoor and outdoor vault records, marks she’ll be aiming at topping again this season.

McNeil, a 2018 All-America Third Team selection, also is back for her final year in Gold and Blue. The outdoor school-record holder in the women’s triple jump, McNeil hopes to have saved her best for last. She, along with fellow senior Danique Bryan, also serve as influential leaders for the jumping group.

Jillian Forsey and Bria Welker were granted a sixth-year of eligibility by the NCAA, allowing them to remain a part of the Mountaineers’ exciting roster. Forsey has built quite a resume in Morgantown, and she’d love nothing more than to cap it off with a strong showing in distance events in 2019. Welker, who was sidelined last season, also gets another opportunity to represent her home state of West Virginia.

NEWCOMERS GALORE

New faces are a big theme for WVU this season, as an eye-opening 18 newcomers are set to join the squad. The eclectic group hails from Morgantown to Australia and nearly everywhere in between. A total of seven in-state newcomers join the team, as well as five others from inside the United States.

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The Mountaineers also welcome two Canadians, an Australian, Jamaican and Kenyan to the group this spring, making this one of the most diverse freshman classes in program history. Cleary and his staff have truly circled the globe looking for the best fits for the Mountaineers.

DISTANCE

Perhaps the Mountaineers’ deepest part of their roster, there’s no shortage of young and old runners for distance events. Led by 2018 NCAA East Preliminary Round qualifiers redshirt junior Olivia Hill and redshirt senior Jillian Forsey, who competed in the 10,000 meters in Jacksonville last season, the distance and mid-distance group is full of potential.

First-time contributions from the likes of redshirt freshman Marianne Abdalah, redshirt sophomore Antigone Archer, redshirt freshman Katherine Dowie and redshirt freshmen Hayley Jackson and Bree Warren are expected, while now-veterans like Hill, Forsey, redshirt junior Candace Jones and redshirt sophomore Sarah Wills will look to improve even more.

WVU also has the services of a dozen freshmen distance specialists to add to the intrigue of the 2018-19 campaign.

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VAULTERS

Gardner certainly has big goals for herself this season, and many of her Mountaineer teammates do, too. The two-time All-American highlights a young but talented group.

While the ultimate goal for the Williamstown, West Virginia, native is a pair of return trips to the National Championships and to be in contention for Big 12 gold, she’ll also be asked to be a leader as the group’s lone senior.

Sophomores Ellie Gardner and Mikalya Shute are hoping to use last season’s experiences to their advantage as they begin their second year on campus. Additionally, three freshmen vaulters will make their Mountaineer debuts this season.

JUMPERS

Redshirt junior Faith Penny is another Mountaineer high jumper with plenty to look forward to in 2018-19. Her constant progression throughout her career has led her to a potential breakout season this time around.

The jumping group is rounded out by sophomore Michaela Ashford and freshman Peter-Gay McKenzie.

Both of them are full of ability and have the potential to become difference makers.

SPRINT/HURDLES

Small but mighty, the Mountaineer sprint group is hopeful to take the next step this season. Sophomore McKenna Smith returns after a successful start to her collegiate career last year.

McNeil is ready for her finale in Gold and Blue, leading a strong squad of jumpers. Her eyes are set on a big outdoor season, where she’ll look to add to her accomplishments over the past few years.

After an ultra-successful high school career, Smith arrived to WVU last season looking to be introduced to a new level of competition. In the end, she certainly held her own.

Several other Mountaineer jumpers have focused on their health during the offseason to be ready to roll for the new campaign. Bryan is one that falls into that category, as is redshirt sophomore Kyrielle Williams, who specializes in the high jump.

Along with the returning Welker, freshmen Tessa Constantine and Margaret Rymer have a chance to make some noise early in hurdle events, while McKenzie and Ashford also will compete in sprint/hurdle events along with their jumping events.

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FACTS

UNIVERSITY INFORMATION

TEAM INFORMATION

Location: Enrollment: Founded: President: Director of Athletics: Nickname: Colors: Conference:

2017-18 All-Big 12 Selections (Indoor): 6 2017-18 All-Big 12 Selections (Outdoor): 4 2017-18 Academic All-Big 12 Selections: 17 2017 Big 12 Finish (Indoor/Outdoor): 9th/9th 2017-18 NCAA Qualifiers: Amy Cashin (Outdoor - 3,000m Steeplechase;

Indoor - Mile),

Madelin Gardner(Outdoor - Pole Vault; Indoor - Pole Vault) 2017-18 NCAA All-Americans: Cashin (Outdoor - Second Team;

Indoor - Second Team),

Gardner (Outdoor - First Team;

Indoor - Second Team) 2017-18 Academic All-Americans: Cashin (First Team) Returnees: 20 Newcomers: 18

Morgantown, W.Va. 31,514 1867 E. Gordon Gee Shane Lyons Mountaineers Old Gold (PMS 124) and Blue (PMS 295) Big 12

COACHING STAFF Head Coach:

Assistant Coach:

Assistant Coach:

Sean Cleary (12th season/26th overall) -West Virginia ‘92 Shelly-Ann Gallimore (11th season) -West Virginia ‘08 (Master’s) Erin O’Reilly (6th season) -West Virginia ‘93

MEDIA INFORMATION Track and Field Contact: Email: Office: Cell: Fax:

Joe Mitchin jmitchin@mail.wvu.edu (304) 293-9916 (330) 933-2084 (304) 293-4105

TRACK AND FIELD HISTORY Season of Track and Field 42nd First Year 1978 Individual National Champions 4 All-Americans 95 Individual Conference Champions: 69 Individual ECAC Champions 34 Home Indoor Facility WVU Shell Building Home Outdoor Facility: Track & Field Complex at Mylan Park

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INDOOR

SCHEDULE

DATE EVENT

Jan. 11

Marty Pushkin Track Classic

Jan. 18

at YSU College Invitational

Jan. 25-26

at Penn State National Open

Jan. 31-Feb. 2 at Akron Invitational

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LOCATION

Morgantown, W.Va. Youngstown, Ohio

DATE EVENT

Mar. 14-16

at 49er Classic

Mar. 23

West Virginia Open

University Park, Pa.

Mar. 27-30

at Texas Relays

Akron, Ohio

Mar. 29-30

at Raleigh Relays

Geneva, Ohio

Mar. 29-30

at Stanford Invitational

LOCATION

Charlotte, N.C. Morgantown, W.Va. Austin, Texas Raleigh, N.C.

Feb. 8-9

at SPIRE Division I Invitational

Feb. 16

at Penn State Tune-Up

Apr. 6

at Virginia Quad

Feb. 22-23

at Big 12 Indoor Championship

Lubbock, Texas

Apr. 12-13

at Bison Outdoor Classic

Mar. 9-10

at NCAA Indoor Championships

Birmingham, Ala.

Apr. 19-20

at Virginia Challenge

Apr. 25-27

at Penn Relays

Apr. 26-27

State Farm Friends of Track Showcase Morgantown, W.Va.

May 4

Mountaineer Open

May 10-12

at Big 12 Outdoor Championship

Norman, Okla.

May 23-25

at NCAA East Preliminary Round

Jacksonville, Fla.

June 5-8

at NCAA Outdoor Championships

Austin, Texas

University Park, Pa.

Stanford, Calif.

Charlottesville, Va. Lewisburg, Pa. Charlottesville, Va. Philadelphia, Pa. Morgantown, W.Va.

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2017-18 SEASON REVIEW The 2017-18 track and field season at West Virginia University was recordbreaking, exciting and accomplished.

The Mountaineers were represented at the NCAA Indoor and Outdoor Championships and earned several prestigious academic honors.

WVU saw three school records fall, including two of them on multiple occasions. Madelin Gardner, who earned a pair of All-America honors last season, broke the school’s indoor and outdoor pole vault record, while Amy Cashin became the first Mountaineer woman in program history to break the 10-minute barrier in the 3,000-meter steeplechase.

In the classroom, the Mountaineers again took care of business. The team registered one of the highest cumulative grade-point averages of any academic program at WVU, and it was rewarded with placement on multiple all-academic lists.

NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS

For the second consecutive season, WVU was represented in Eugene, Oregon, for the 2018 NCAA Outdoor Championships. Cashin and Gardner each qualified to compete against the nation’s best, and both came away with impressive performances.

Gardner finished eighth in the pole vault, earning All-America First Team honors for the first time in her career.

She jumped 4.30 meters (14 feet, 1.25 inches) at historic Hayward Field. Cashin, meanwhile, broke her own WVU record in the steeplechase, crossing the finish line in 9:58.75 for 13th place and AllAmerica Second Team recognition.

“Great athletes will always want more of themselves, but Maddy and Amy will leave Eugene knowing that they left everything their bodies and minds had to offer on the track,” WVU coach Sean Cleary said. “Amy goes home with another All-America honor and a school record, while Maddy leaves with a huge podium finish, as well as the satisfaction that she went one step higher than indoors. Competing since August in Amy’s case, and since December for Maddy, we leave Eugene knowing that they took full advantage of every opportunity given to them.”

Prior to Nationals, WVU featured seven qualifiers for the NCAA East Preliminary Round in Tampa, Florida.

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Cashin and Gardner joined Danique Bryan, Maggie Drazba, Sara Finfrock, Jillian Forsey and Olivia Hill.

Earlier in the campaign at the NCAA Indoor Championship in College Station, Texas, Cashin and Gardner also experienced national success. The duo each registered All-America Second Team honors, as Cashin finished ninth in the mile (4:43.67), while Gardner, the USTFCCCA’s Mid-Atlantic Region Indoor Field Athlete of the Year, placed ninth in the pole vault with a mark of 4.31 meters (14 feet, 1.75 inches).

BIG 12 CHAMPIONSHIPS The Mountaineers earned six AllBig 12 accolades at the 2018 Big 12 Indoor Championship in February and four more at the 2018 Big 12 Outdoor Championship in May.

During the outdoor meet, Cashin earned a silver medal in the 3,000-meter steeplechase, earning a time of 10:00.04. The Werribee, Victoria, Australia, native came within an eyelash of a conference championship before settling with the second-place finish.

Gardner finished fourth in the pole vault, her highest career finish at a conference meet, with a mark of 4.24 meters (13 feet, 11 inches). Additionally, Meghan Jean-Baptiste finished seventh in the heptathlon, earning a score of 4,751, fifthmost in WVU history. Hill also registered a top-eight finish for WVU, taking seventh place in the 10,000 meters in 36:56.18.

At the Big 12 indoor meet, Shamoya McNeil won the bronze medal in the triple jump, earning a mark of 12.85 meters (42 feet, 2.5 inches), while the distance medley relay team (Cashin, McKenna Smith, Sarah Wills, Candace Jones) placed fourth with a time of 11:28.20.

Cashin also earned an individual all-conference performance at the indoor meet, earning a fifth-place finish in the 3,000 meters. She crossed the finish line in 9:32.42.

RECORDS FALL

Cashin’s school record at the NCAA Outdoor Championships wasn’t the only one the Mountaineers celebrated in 2017-18. Earlier in the outdoor season, she posted a sub-10-minute time in the steeplechase for the first time in her career at the Penn Relays.

Cashin went 9:59.40 in the victory.

Gardner also enjoyed multiple schoolrecord performances last season. During outdoor season, she topped her own WVU-best mark at the Virginia Challenge, jumping 4.41 meters (14 feet, 5.50 inches) to smash the previous record of 4.13 meters from the 2016-17 campaign.

Indoors, Gardner broke the pole vault record on two occasions. First, she began the season with a jump of 4.15 meters at the Marty Pushkin Track Classic, before she topped it a few months later. At the Akron Invitational, Gardner earned a mark of 4.37 meters (14 feet, 4 inches) to claim a new Mountaineer school record.

Additionally, WVU added multiple performances to the program’s alltime top-five list throughout the year.

ACADEMICS

The longstanding tradition of academic success continued for the Mountaineers last season. Seventeen members of the team were named to the Academic All-Big 12 First Team, which was only the start of another big year in the classroom for the squad.

“To have over half of the team recognized with such a prestigious honor speaks very highly of the student-athletes in this program,” Cleary said. “The commitment put forth by our kids, the administration, our support staff and the daily efforts our coaching staff does to accommodate our students’ busy schedules are second to none. At the end of the day, these young women have made the choice to be successful in the classroom. We are very proud of each and every one of them.”

For the second consecutive season, Cashin was named the Big 12 Women’s Track and Field Scholar-Athlete of the Year. With the feat, she became the first woman to win the honor in back-toback seasons in conference history.

But Cashin’s recognition didn’t end there. She also was named the Red Brown Cup recipient, given to the top all-around student-athlete at WVU, and she was named a CoSIDA Google Cloud Academic All-America First Team selection. It marked Cashin’s second Academic-All America honor of her career and her first time on the first team.

Then, Cashin capped her career in a fitting way. She was named a Big 12 representative for the 2018 NCAA Woman of the Year Award.

MADELIN GARDNER

AMY CASHIN

MEGHAN JEAN-BAPTISTE

CANDACE JONES

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2017-18 INDOOR PERFORMANCE LIST 60 METER DASH

TIME. 7.80 7.80h 7.80h 7.80h 7.81 7.95 7.97 7.98 7.99 7.99 8.00 8.01 8.01 8.01 8.02 8.02 8.04 8.05 8.10 8.10h 8.13 8.14 8.16

ATHLETE McKenna Smith Michaela Ashford M. Jean-Baptiste Shamoya McNeil McKenna Smith Shamoya McNeil Michaela Ashford Danique Bryan Michaela Ashford Shamoya McNeil McKenna Smith Michaela Ashford Michaela Ashford Shamoya McNeil Shamoya McNeil Shamoya McNeil Michaela Ashford M. Jean-Baptiste Michaela Ashford Melissa Brozier Michaela Ashford Michaela Ashford Michaela Ashford

60 METER HURDLES

TIME 8.80h 8.82 8.90h 8.92 8.98 9.00 9.04 9.05 9.07 9.10 9.13

ATHLETE M. Jean-Baptiste M. Jean-Baptiste M. Jean-Baptiste M. Jean-Baptiste M. Jean-Baptiste M. Jean-Baptiste M. Jean-Baptiste M. Jean-Baptiste M. Jean-Baptiste M. Jean-Baptiste M. Jean-Baptiste

200 METERS

TIME 24.66 24.73 25.50 28.00

ATHLETE McKenna Smith McKenna Smith McKenna Smith Melissa Brozier

400 METERS

TIME 55.70 55.88 56.13 57.08 58.05 58.29 59.93

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MEET (DATE) PSU National Pushkin Classic Pushkin Classic Pushkin Classic PSU National Akron Invitational Blue Marshall Invitational Marshall Invitational Marshall Invitational Marshall Invitational Akron Invitational Blue Penn State Tune-Up Akron Invitational Blue PSU National Penn State Tune-Up YSU College Invite Penn State Tune-Up Marshall Invitational PSU National Pushkin Classic YSU College Invite WVU Open WVU Open

PLACE 10th(p) 3rd 4th 5th 14th(s) 22nd(p) 6th 9th(p) 5th(p) 10th(p) 25th(p) 6th 26th(p) 29th(p) 4th(p) 21st(p) 6th(p) 16th (p) 32nd(p) 13th 25th(p) 2nd(p) 5th

MEET (DATE) Puskin Classic Penn State Tune-Up Pushkin Classic PSU National (Pentathlon Penn State Tune-Up YSU College Invite YSU College Invite WVU Open Big 12 Indoors (Pentathlon Akron Invitational Blue WVU Open

PLACE 1st 3rd(p) 1st(p) 2nd 3rd 5th(p) 6th 1st 10th 15th(p) 1st (p)

MEET (DATE) Marshall Invitational Penn State Tune-Up YSU College Invite Pushkin Classic

PLACE 1st 1st 8th 7th

MEET (DATE) Big 12 Indoor Championship Penn State Tune-Up Marshall Invitational Akron Invitational Blue PSU National YSU College Invite YSU College Invite

PLACE 12th(p) 1st 1st 1st 6th 8th 14th

500 METERS

TIME 1:20.14 1:20.20

ATHLETE McKenna Smith McKenna Smith

POLE VAULT

TIME 4.37m^ 4.31m 4.25m 4.15m 4.08m 4.08m 4.05m 3.86m 3.86m 3.86m 3.84m 3.84m 3.83m 3.83m 3.80m 3.78m 3.78m 3.76m 3.75m 3.70m 3.68m 3.65m 3.63m 3.60m 3.50m 3.50m 3.48m 3.41m 3.40m 3.38m 3.23m 3.03m 2.80m

ATHLETE Maddie Gardner Maddie Gardner Maddie Gardner Maddie Gardner Maddie Gardner Maddie Gardner Sara Finfrock Ellie Gardner Sara Finfrock Maddie Gardner Sara Finfrock Ellie Gardner Sara Finfrock Amanda Barnes Amanda Barnes Ellie Gardner Sara Finfrock Amanda Barnes Ellie Gardner Ellie Gardner Ellie Gardner Sara Finfrock Amanda Barnes Mikayla Shute Ellie Gardner Rebekah Lafata Rebekah Lafata Rebekah Lafata Rebekah Lafata Rebekah Lafata Mikayla Shute Mikayla Shute Mikayla Shute

TRIPLE JUMP

MARK 12.85m 12.82m 12.76m 12.42m 12.37m 12.36m

ATHLETE Shamoya McNeil Shamoya McNeil Shamoya McNeil Shamoya McNeil Shamoya McNeil Danique Bryan

MEET (DATE) WVU Open Pushkin Classic

PLACE 1st 1st

MEET (DATE) Akron Invitational Gold NCAA Indoor Championships Marshall Invitational Pushkin Classic PSU National (Inv WVU Open Marshall Invitational YSU College Invite YSU College Invite YSU College Invite Big 12 Indoor Championship Big 12 Indoor Championship Akron Invitational Blue Akron Invitational Blue Pushkin Classic WVU Open WVU Open YSU College Invite Marshall Invitational Pushkin Classic Akron Invitational Blue PSU National WVU Open Marshall Invitational PSU National PSU National WVU Open YSU College Invite Pushkin Classic Akron Invitational Blue Akron Invitational Blue WVU Open Pushkin Classic

PLACE 2nd 9th 1st 1st 3rd 1st 2nd 2nd 3rd 5th 10th 11th 1st 5th 4th 2nd 3rd 7th 3rd 6th 7th 1st 4th 5th 2nd 5th 5th 8th 9th 21st 27th 7th 11th

MEET (DATE) Big 12 Indoor Championship Akron Invitational Gold PSU National Marshall Invitational Penn State Tune-Up PSU National

PLACE 3rd 1st 1st 1st 3rd 2nd

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2017-18 INDOOR PERFORMANCE LIST LONG JUMP

MARK 5.73m 5.73m 5.64m 5.62m 5.55m 5.46m 5.41m 5.33m 5.07m 4.95m 4.93m 4.88m 4.84m 4.82m

ATHLETE Danique Bryan Danique Bryan M. Jean-Baptiste Danique Bryan M. Jean-Baptiste Shamoya McNeil M. Jean-Baptiste M. Jean-Baptiste Michaela Ashford Michaela Ashford Michaela Ashford Michaela Ashford Michaela Ashford Michaela Ashford

HIGH JUMP

Mark 1.66m 1.64m 1.64m 1.62m 1.62m 1.61m 1.60m 1.60m

Athlete Kyrielle Williams M. Jean-Baptiste M. Jean-Baptiste Kyrielle Williams M. Jean-Baptiste Kyrielle Williams Kyrielle Williams Kyrielle Williams

MEET (DATE) Marshall Invitational Akron Invitational Gold Big 12 Indoors (Pentathlon PSU National PSU National (Pentathlon Marshall Invitational YSU College Invite Akron Invitational Blue YSU College Invite Penn State Tune-Up Marshall Invitational WVU Open Pushkin Classic PSU National Meet (Date) Big 12 Indoor Championship PSU National (Pentathlon Big 12 Indoors (Pentathlon WVU Open WVU Open YSU College Invite Akron Invitational Blue PSU National

4X400 METER RELAY

Time 4:14.0h

Athlete Meet (Date) Ashford, Smith, Pushkin Classic McNeil, Jean-Baptiste

SHOT PUT

SCORE 9.47m 9.38m 9.35m 9.11m 8.39m

ATHLETE M. Jean-Baptiste M. Jean-Baptiste M. Jean-Baptiste M. Jean-Baptiste M. Jean-Baptiste

800 METERS

TIME 2:10.76 2:12.94 2:16.44 2:17.25 2:18.09 2:20.51 2:21.33 2:43.21

ATHLETE Amy Cashin Candace Jones Amy Cashin Rebecca Wendt Rebecca Wendt Rebecca Wendt Rebecca Wendt M. Jean-Baptiste

1,000 METERS

TIME 2:50.88 2:51.98 3:03.13

ATHLETE Candace Jones Candace Jones Rebecca Wendt

MEET (DATE) Marshall Invitational Big 12 Indoors (Pentathlon Pushkin Classic PSU National (Pentathlon WVU Open

PLACE 2nd 5th 5th 6th 2nd 4th 4th 5th 11th 8th 13th 2nd 1st 18th Place 11th 3rd 6th 1st 2nd 4th 2nd 10th Place 1st

PLACE 9th 13th 11th 5th 9th

MEET (DATE) YSU College Invite UCS Invitational WVU Open Big 12 Indoor Championship Akron Invitational Gold YSU College Invite Marshall Invitational Big 12 Indoors (Pentathlon

PLACE 1st 5th 1st 10th(p) 8th 15th 9th 15th

MEET (DATE) PSU National (Inv Big 12 Indoor Championship PSU National

PLACE 1st 9th(p) 8th

3,000 METERS

TIME 9:11.24 9:27.37 9:32.42 9:35.94 9:53.68 9:54.63 9:54.78 10:11.97 10:16.39 10:27.89 10:41.10 10:45.18 11:49.35 11:55.78

ATHLETE Amy Cashin Maggie Drazba Amy Cashin Maggie Drazba Olivia Hill Sarah Wills Sarah Wills Marianne Abdalah Marianne Abdalah Antigone Archer Antigone Archer Antigone Archer Andrea Pettit Andrea Pettit

MEET (DATE) BU Valentine Invite PSU National (Inv Big 12 Indoor Championship Big 12 Indoor Championship Big 12 Indoor Championship PSU National Big 12 Indoor Championship Marshall Invitational Big 12 Indoor Championship Marshall Invitational YSU College Invite WVU Open Marshall Invitational YSU College Invite

PLACE 1st 2nd 5th 9th 19th 5th 21st 6th 37th 10th 12th 2nd 32nd 36th

ATHLETE Maggie Drazba Sarah Wills Maggie Drazba Marianne Abdalah

MEET (DATE) BU Valentine Invite BU Valentine Invite Big 12 Indoor Championship Akron Invitational Gold5th

PLACE 5th 11th 13th

ATHLETE Amy Cashin Amy Cashin Amy Cashin Amy Cashin Maggie Drazba Candace Jones Sarah Wills Sarah Wills Marianne Abdalah Antigone Archer Andrea Pettit Andrea Pettit

MEET (DATE) UCS Invitational NCAA Indoor Championship PSU National (Inv NCAA Indoor Championship YSU College Invite BU Valentine Invite Penn State Tune-Up YSU College Invite YSU College Invite Akron Invitational Blue WVU Open Akron Invitational Blue

PLACE 1st 6th(p) 1st 9th 1st 29th 3rd 3rd 10th 3rd 6th 14th

MEET (DATE) Big 12 Indoor Championship

PLACE 4th

5,000 METERS

TIME 16:34.48 17:04.57 17:12.34 17:59.81

MILE

TIME 4:39.63 4:40.15 4:41.17 4:43.67 4:49.92 4:51.86 4:58.36 4:59.86 5:12.79 5:14.37 5:55.38 5:56.16

DISTANCE MEDLEY RELAY

TIME 11:28.20

12:18.57

ATHLETE Wills, Smith, Jones, Cashin Archer, Wendt, Smith, Abdalah

Marshall Invitational

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2017-18 OUTDOOR PERFORMANCE LIST 100 METER HURDLES

TIME 14.18 14.52 14.53 14.76 15.40

ATHLETE M. Jean-Baptiste M. Jean-Baptiste M. Jean-Baptiste M. Jean-Baptiste M. Jean-Baptiste

100 METER DASH

TIME 12.41 13.14

ATHLETE M. Smith M. Ashford

200 METER DASH

TIME 24.53 24.66 24.73 24.76 24.85 25.43 25.84 25.96

ATHLETE M. Smith M. Smith M. Smith M. Smith M. Smith M. Jean-Baptiste M. Jean-Baptiste M. Jean-Baptiste

400 METER DASH

TIME 55.51 55.89 56.11 57.02 1:00.44

ATHLETE M. Smith M. Smith M. Smith M. Smith C. Jones

800 METERS

TIME 2:14.15 2:15.26 2:18.25 2:18.30 2:19.89 2:39.25 2:49.29

ATHLETE R. Wendt R. Wendt R. Wendt S. Wills R. Wendt M. Jean-Baptiste M. Jean-Baptiste

1,500 METERS

TIME 4:20.29 4:21.56 4:26.17 4:26.64 4:28.99 4:32.71 4:33.48 4:35.26 4:35.81 4:36.17 4:38.71 4:48.02 5:03.61 5:14.02

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ATHLETE A. Cashin A. Cashin C. Jones C. Jones C. Jones S. Wills C. Jones C. Jones S. Wills M. Drazba O. Hill R. Wendt A. Colbert A. Pettit

MEET (DATE) Big 12 Championship Virginia Grand Prix Raleigh Relays Virginia Challenge 49er Classic MEET (DATE) Raleigh Relays 49er Classic

PLACE 6th (hept) 11th 5th 3rd (hept) 36th PLACE 32nd 70th

MEET (DATE) Virginia Challenge Virginia Grand Prix Big 12 Championship Raleigh Relays 49er Classic Big 12 Championship Virginia Challenge 49er Classic

PLACE 14th 11th 22nd 9th 18th 7th (hept) 4th (hept) 63rd

MEET (DATE) Big 12 Championship Virginia Challenge Virginia Grand Prix 49er Classic 49er Classic

PLACE 18th 9th 9th 10th 61st

MEET (DATE) Virginia Grand Prix Virginia Challenge Big 12 Championship Bison Outdoor Classic Bison Outdoor Classic Big 12 Championship Virginia Challenge

PLACE 11th 8th 24th 28th 43rd 10th (hept) 8th (hept)

MEET (DATE) Virginia Challenge Virginia Grand Prix Virginia Grand Prix Virginia Challenge Bison Outdoor Classic Virginia Challenge Stanford Invitational Big 12 Championship Bison Outdoor Classic Bison Outdoor Classic Virginia Grand Prix Bison Outdoor Classic Virginia Grand Prix Virginia Grand Prix

PLACE 2nd 1st 3rd 23rd 16th 2nd 11th 13th 35th 37th 11th 19th 22nd 26th

3,000 METERS

TIME 10:17.48 10:29.59 11:22.32 11:43.41

ATHLETE A. Archer A. Archer A. Pettit A. Pettit

5,000 METERS

TIME 16:36.96 17:03.80 17:05.26 17:12.86 17:23.32 17:41.17 18:24.62 18:32.88

ATHLETE A. Cashin S. Wills M. Drazba S. Wills B. Warren J. Forsey A. Archer B. Warren

10,000 METERS

TIME 33:51.71 34:47.73 35.21.96 35:51.37 36:20.05 36:48.22 36:56.18

ATHLETE M. Drazba O. Hill J. Forsey O. Hill B. Warren J. Forsey O. Hill

MEET (DATE) Bison Outdoor Classic 49er Classic Bison Outdoor Classic 49er Classic

PLACE 2nd 15th 39th 44th

MEET (DATE) Stanford Invitational Stanford Invitational Penn Relays Penn Relays Bison Outdoor Classic Big 12 Championship Virginia Grand Prix Big 12 Championship

PLACE 12th 8th 15th (sect 1) 19th (sect 2) 31st 16th 7th 25th

MEET (DATE) Stanford Invitational Stanford Invitational Virginia Challenge NCAA East Prelims Virginia Challenge NCAA East Prelims Big 12 Championship

PLACE 6th 22nd 8th 29th 18th 40th 7th

3,000 METER STEEPLECHASE

TIME ^9:58.75 9:59.40 10:00.04 10:04.19

ATHLETE A. Cashin A. Cashin A. Cashin A. Cashin

LONG JUMP

MARK 6.16m 5.79m 5.58m 5.51m 5.48m 5.35m 5.12m 4.98m 4.84m

ATHLETE D. Bryan D. Bryan M. Jean-Baptiste M. Jean-Baptiste M. Jean-Baptiste D. Bryan M. Jean-Baptiste M. Ashford M. Ashford

MEET (DATE) PLACE NCAA Outdoor Championships 13th Penn Relays 1st Big 12 Championship 2nd NCAA East Prelims 3rd (heat 3)

MEET (DATE) Virginia Grand Prix Virginia Challenge Big 12 Championship Virginia Challenge Raleigh Relays Raleigh Relays Virginia Grand Prix Virginia Grand Prix Bison Outdoor Classic

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PLACE 5th 7th t4th (hept) 5th (hept) t11th 16th 23rd 25th 28th

2017-18 OUTDOOR PERFORMENCE LIST TRIPLE JUMP

MARK 12.58m 12.52m

ATHLETE D. Bryan D. Bryan

HIGH JUMP

MARK 1.66m 1.65m 1.65m 1.64m 1.63m 1.62m 1.62m 1.61m 1.60m 1.58m 1.57m

ATHLETE F. Penny F. Penny K. Williams M. Jean-Baptiste F. Penny M. Jean-Baptiste K. Williams F. Penny M. Jean-Baptiste K. Williams K.G. Taylor

POLE VAULT

MARK ^4.41m 4.30m 4.24m 4.18m 4.05m 4.02m 3.90m 3.89m 3.85m 3.81m 3.80m 3.78m 3.75m 3.71m 3.59m 3.59m 3.50m 3.50m 3.50m 3.40m 3.40m 3.35m 3.26m

ATHLETE M. Gardner M. Gardner M. Gardner M. Gardner M. Gardner S. Finfrock S. Finfrock S. Finfrock E. Gardner E. Gardner S. Finfrock S. Finfrock S. Finfrock E. Gardner E. Gardner M. Shute R. LaFata E. Gardner E. Gardner R. LaFata M. Shute R. LaFata R. LaFata

MEET (DATE) Virginia Challenge Virginia Grand Prix MEET (DATE) Bison Outdoor Classic Raleigh Relays Raleigh Relays Big 12 Championship Virginia Grand Prix Virginia Challenge Bison Outdoor Classic Virginia Challenge Raleigh Relays 49er Classic Bison Outdoor Classic

PLACE 5th 5th PLACE 6th t7th 3rd 5th (hept) t3rd 5th (hept) 10th t2nd t10th t11th t21st

MEET (DATE) PLACE Virginia Challenge 2nd NCAA Outdoor Championships 8th Big 12 Championship 4th NCAA East Prelims 12th Virginia Grand Prix 4th Bison Outdoor Classic 4th 49er Classic 1st Big 12 Championship 13th Bison Outdoor Classic 5th Virginia Grand Prix 1st Raleigh Relays t6th NCAA East Prelims 32nd Virginia Grand Prix 9th Virginia Challenge t2nd Big 12 Championship 18th Big 12 Championship t21st 49er Classic t4th 49er Classic 13th Raleigh Relays 4th Bison Outdoor Classic t16th Bison Outdoor Classic 22nd Raleigh Relays t17th Virginia Challenge t12th

4X800 METER RELAY

TIME 9:19.98

ATHLETE C. Jones, A. Cashin, A. Archer, A. Colbert.

TIME ATHLETE 20:33.13 R. Wendt, A. Pettit,

A. Archer, A. Colbert

JAVELIN

MARK 22.88m 19.34m 17.08m

ATHLETE M. Jean-Baptiste M. Jean-Baptiste M. Jean-Baptiste

SHOT PUT

MARK 9.86n 9.44m

ATHLETE M. Jean-Baptiste M. Jean-Baptiste

HEPTATHLON

POINTS 4,751 4,388

ATHLETE M. Jean-Baptiste M. Jean-Baptiste

MEET (DATE) Bison Outdoor Classic 4x1500 Meter Relay

PLACE 1st

MEET (DATE) Raleigh Relays

PLACE 10th

MEET (DATE) Big 12 Championship Virginia Challenge Bison Outdoor Classic

PLACE 10th 11th (hept) 38th

MEET (DATE) Big 12 Championship Virginia Challenge

PLACE 8th (hept) 10th (hept)

MEET (DATE) Big 12 Championship Virginia Challenge

PLACE 7th 7th

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2017-18 WVU TRACK & FIELD SCHEDULE INDOOR DATE EVENT

LOCATION

Dec. 2

Martin Pushkin Track Classic

Morgantown, W.Va.

Jan. 13

WVU Open

Morgantown, W.Va.

Jan. 19

YSU College Invitational

Youngstown, Ohio

Jan. 26-27

Penn State National Open

University Park, Pa.

Feb. 2-3

Akron Invitational

Akron, Ohio

Feb. 9

David Hemery Valentine Invite

Boston, Mass.

Feb. 9-10

Marshall Invitational

Huntington, W.Va.

Feb. 17

Penn State Tune-Up

University Park, Pa.

Feb. 17

UCS Invitational

Winston-Salem, N.C.

Feb. 23-24

Big 12 Indoor Championships

Ames, Iowa

Mar. 9-10

NCAA Indoor Championships

College Station, Texas

OUTDOOR

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DATE EVENT

LOCATION

Mar. 15-17

49er Classic

Charlotte, N.C.

Mar. 30

Stanford Invitational

Stanford, Calif.

Mar. 30-31

Raleigh Relays

Raleigh, N.C.

Apr. 14-15

Bison Outdoor Classic

Lewisburg, Pa.

Apr. 20-21

Virginia Challenge

Charlottesville, Va.

Apr. 26

Penn Relays

Philadelphia, Pa.

Apr. 28

Virginia Grand Prix

Charlottesville, Va.

May 4

Jim Thorpe Open

University Park, Pa.

May 11-13

Big 12 Championship

Waco, Texas

May 24-27

NCAA East Preliminary Regional

Tampa, Fla.

June 6-9

NCAA Outdoor Championship

Eugene, Ore.

MOUNTAINEER

TRACK & FIELD

RECORD

BOOK

All-Time Records ������������������������������ 58 Top-Five Performers ������������������������ 61 School Records �������������������������������� 64 Conference Champions �������������������� 65 NCAA Champions ���������������������������� 68 WVU All-Americans �������������������������� 69 All-Time Coaches and Captains ������ 74

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ALL-TIME

RECORDS

INDOOR EVENT 55 meters 60 meters 55m Hurdles 60m Hurdles 200 meters 200m Hurdles 300 meters 400 meters 500 meters 600 meters 800 meters 1,000 meters Mile 3,000 meters 5,000 meters 4x200 Relay 4x400 Relay 4x800 Relay DMR Long Jump High Jump Triple Jump Pole Vault Shot Put Weight Throw Pentathlon

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HOLDER Tammy Henderson Stacian Brown Pat Itanyi Chelsea Carrier Stacian Brown Jeanna Johnson Tammy Henderson April Rotilio Connie Ellerbe Keri Bland Kate Vermeulen Kate Vermeulen Keri Bland Megan Metcalfe Marie-Louise Asselin Marlene Dawkins, Pat Itanyi, Martina Miller, Jeanna Johnson Maxine Dawkins, Jeanna Johnson, Martina Miller, Tameca Williams Keri Bland, Kaylyn Christopher Marie-Louise Asselin, Jessica O’Connell Kaylyn Christopher, Karly Hamric, Marie-Louise Asselin Keri Bland Pat Itanyi Sharon Pfister Christine Brown Madelin Gardner Jodi Smith Heather Adams Chelsea Carrier

RECORD YEAR 6.82 1985 7.34 1999 7.67 1996 8.08 2011 23.67 1999 27.40 1997 39.45 1984 54.29 2009 1:12.84 1990 1:33.32 2010 2:06.42 1999 2:43.02 1999 4:34.78 2009 8:58.17 2005 15:50.53 2010 1:38.80 1996 3:42.84 1998 8:44.98 2010 11:05.12 2009 6.48m 1996 1.78m 1985 13.13m 2000 4.37m 2018 14.80m 1984 18.18m 2013 4,170 points 2011

OUTDOOR EVENT 100 meters 200 meters 400 meters 800 meters 1,500 meters 3,000 meters Steeplechase 5,000 meters 10,000 meters 100 Hurdles 400 Hurdles 4x100 Relay 4x200 Relay 4x400 Relay 4x800 Relay SMR DMR Long Jump High Jump Javelin Shot Put Discus Hammer Throw Pole Vault Triple Jump Heptathlon FAT - fully automatic time

HOLDER Stacian Brown Maxine Dawkins April Rotilio Jennifer Kemp Megan Metcalfe Megan Metcalfe Amy Cashin Megan Metcalfe Clara Grandt Chelsea Carrier Connie Ellerbe Keisha Miller, Tameca Williams, Zane Francis, Stacian Brown Amanda Valentine, Maxine Dawkins, Jeanna Johnson, Marlene Dawkins Maxine Dawkins, Jeanna Johnson, Martina Miller, Tameca Williams Karly Hamric, Keri Bland, Jessica O’Connell, Kaylyn Christopher Stacian Brown, Tameca Williams, Amanda Valentine, Rebecca Stallwood Keri Bland, Abbie Stechschulte, Raeleen Hunter, Marie-Louis Asselin Pat Itanyi Althea Moody Jodi Smith Jodi Smith Jodi Smith Heather Adams Madelin Gardner Danique Bryan Chelsea Carrier

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RECORD 11.36 23.21 52.71 2:05.09 4:12.00 9:04.02 9:58.75 15:47.64 33:16.96 12.78 55.87 44.28 1:34.55 3:36.58 8:47.95 3:54.62 11:24.76 6.74m 1.83m 47.98m 14.22m 50.26m 56.96m 4.41m 13.68m 5,927 points

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INDOOR

TOP-FIVE PERFORMERS

60 METERS 1.)

2.)

3.)

4.)

5.)

Stacian Brown Jessica Czaikowski Ciara Chic Chelsea Carrier Sabrina Cox

600 METERS

7.34 7.49 7.54 7.56 7.58

1999 2007 2003 2011 2000

8.08 8.22 8.23 8.38 8.42

2011 1999 2005 2013 1996

23.63 23.78 23.80 24.12 24.17

1999 1998 1997 1984 2009

54.29 54.79 55.09 55.18 55.24

2009 1998 1992 1991 1989

60 HURDLES 1.)

2.)

3.)

4.)

5.)

Chelsea Carrier Stacian Brown Jessica Czaikowski Chené Townsend Pat Itanyi

Stacian Brown Maxine Dawkins Marlene Dawkins Tammy Henderson April Rotilio

April Rotilio Tameca Williams Kristy Beans Connie Ellerbe Claudette Rodgers

Connie Ellerbe Pamela Richardson Tamara Stoner Holly Workman Aileen Smith

2010 2015 2013 1985 2016

1.)

2.)

3.)

4.)

5.)

Kate Vermeulen Keri Bland Aileen Smith Jennifer Kemp Merissa Sexsmith

2:06.42 2:06.72 2:08.81 2:09.55 2:09.98

1999 2009 2001 2005 2000

1.)

2.)

3.)

4.)

5.)

Kate Vermeulen Kaylyn Christopher Millie Paladino Karly Hamric Megan Metcalfe

2:43.01 2:45.56 2:45.80 2:46.03 2:46.78

1999 2011 2016 2010 2004

1.)

2.)

3.)

4.)

5.)

Keri Bland Megan Metcalfe Kelly Williams Karly Hamric Kate Vermeulen

4:34.78 4:35.89 4:36.77 4:38.55 4:39.05

2009 2004 2013 2010 1999

1990 2005 1995 1986 2001

1.)

2.)

3.)

4.)

5.)

Megan Metcalfe Amy Cashin Jessica O’Connell Marie-Louise Asselin Jillian Forsey

Marie-Louise Asselin Clara Grandt Jillian Forsey Sarah-Anne Brault Tara Struyk

1.)

2.)

3.)

4.)

5.)

Pat Itanyi Christine Brown Chelsea Carrier Danique Bryan Abbie Stechschulte Stormy Nesbit

SHOT PUT

1.)

2.)

3.)

4.)

5.)

Jodi Smith Karissa Knabenshue LaShawna Black Abbie Stechschulte Michelle McGinnis

POLE VAULT

1.)

2.)

3.)

4.)

5.)

Madelin Gardner Erin Nett Sara Finfrock Katlyn Shelar Alex Acker

HIGH JUMP

3,000 METERS 1:12.84 1:12.93 1:14.35 1:14.42 1:14.56

1.)

2.)

3.)

4.)

5.)

LONG JUMP

MILE

500 METERS 1.)

2.)

3.)

4.)

5.)

5,000 METERS

1:33.32 1:33.69 1:34.84 1:35.05 1:35.53

1,000 METERS

400 METERS 1.)

2.)

3.)

4.)

5.)

Keri Bland Brianna Kerekes Alyssa Scherich Kelly Austin Rebecca Wendt

800 METERS

200 METERS 1.)

2.)

3.)

4.)

5.)

1.)

2.)

3.)

4.)

5.)

8:58.17 9:11.24 9:14.12 9:14.44 9:26.52

2005 2018 2011 2008 2014

1.) Sharon Pfister Sydney Cummings 3.) Katelyn Williams Hannah Stone 5.) Nancy Regalbuto Alethea Moody

TRIPLE JUMP

1.)

2.)

3.)

4.)

5.)

Christine Brown Shamoya McNeil Stormy Nesbit Danique Bryan Tessie Palmer

PENTATHLON

1.) Chelsea Carrier 2.) Pat Itanyi 3.) Abbie Stechschulte 4.) Sharon Pfister 5.) Meghan Jean-Baptiste

SHOT PUT

1.)

2.)

3.)

4.)

5.)

CONNIE ELLERBE

60

Jodi Smith Karissa Knabenshue LaShawna Black Abbie Stechschulte Michelle McGinnis

15:50.53 16:04.24 16:14.76 16:17.95 16:22.44

2010 2010 2016 2011 2004

6.48m 6.21m 6.10m 6.00m 5.92m 5.92m

1996 2003 2010 2016 2007 2013

14.80m 13.12m 13.10m 12.83m 12.53m

1984 2014 2008 2007 2003

4.37m 4.07m 4.05m 3.98m 3.87m

2018 2001 2018 2014 2009

1.78m 1.78m 1.75m 1.75m 1.74m 1.74m

1985 2013 2010 2016 2004 1988

13.13m 12.93m 12.69m 12.46m 12.20m

2000 2017 2014 2017 1989

4,170 4,111 4,016 3,817 3,445

2011 1997 2007 1986 2018

14.80m 13.12m 13.10m 12.83m 12.53m

1984 2014 2008 2007 2003

REBECCA STALLWOOD

WEIGHT THROW

1.)

2.)

3.)

4.)

5.)

Heather Adams Terina Miller Karissa Knabenshue Michele McGinnis Alanna Pritts

4 X 800M RELAY

18.18m 16.73m 15.18m 15.05m 14.65m

MARIE-LOUISE ASSELIN

2013 2012 2013 2004 2013

1.) Keri Bland, Kaylyn Christopher, 8:44.98 Marie-Louise Asselin Jessica O’Connell 2010 2.) Merissa Sexsmith, Ailene Smith,, 8:50.10 Rebecca Stallwood, Jennifer Davis 2002 3.) Karly Hamric, Kaylyn Christopher, 8:51.55 Alison Spiker, Keri Bland 2009 4.) Jennifer Kemp, Rebecca Stallwood, 8:52.44 Jennifer Davis, Ailene Smith 2002 5.) Jennifer Kemp, Rebecca Stallwood, 8:52.59 Jennifer Davis, Merissa Sexsmith 2002

DISTANCE MEDLEY RELAY

1.) Kaylyn Christopher, April Rotilio, 11:05.12 Karly Hamric, Keri Bland 2009 2.) Marie-Louise Asselin, April Rotilio, 11:07.64 Karly Hamric, Keri Bland 2008 3.) Keri Bland, April Rotilio, 11:09.28 Kaylyn Christopher, J essica O’Connell 2010 4.) Kaylyn Christopher, April Rotilio, 11:11.33 Karly Hamric, Keri Bland 2009 5.) Pam Richardson, Ailene Smith, 11:11.98 Jennifer Kemp, Megan Metcalfe 2003

DMR SPLITS 800

1.)

2.)

3.)

4.)

Jennifer Kemp Aileen Smith Merissa Sexsmith Karly Hamric

2:05.75 2:07.89 2:08.50 2:08.89

DMR SPLITS 1200

1.)

2.)

3.)

4.)

5.)

Megan Metcalfe Rebecca Stallwood Marie-Louise Asselin Keri Bland Kaylyn Christopher

DMR SPLITS 1600

1.)

2.)

3.)

4.)

5.)

Megan Metcalfe Keri Bland Kate Vermeulen Jennifer Davis Marie-Louise Asselin

3:21.85 3:23.20 3:23.90 3:25.84 3:25.90

2004 2002 2008 2010 2009

4:33.50 4:35.94 4:36.15 4:39.50 4:39.60

2003 2008 1999 2005 2008

2005 2003 2002 2009

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OUTDOOR

TOP-FIVE PERFORMERS

100 METERS

1.)

2.)

3.)

4.)

5.)

Stacian Brown Kay Iheagwam Maxine Dawkins Tammy Henderson Trinese Summerlin

100 METER HURDLES

1.)

2.)

3.)

4.)

5.)

Chelsea Carrier-Eades Pat Itanyi Jessica Czaikowski Stacian Brown Chené Townsend

200 METERS

1.) Maxine Dawkins 2.) Tammy Henderson 3.) Kay Iheagwam Tameca Williams 5.) Stacian Brown

400 METERS

1.)

2.)

3.)

4.)

5.)

April Rotilio Tameca Williams Holly Workman Connie Ellerbe Kristy Beans

400 METER HURDLES

1.)

2.)

3.)

4.)

5.)

Connie Ellerbe Chelsea Carrier Martina Miller Pam Richardson Jeanna Johnson

800 METERS

1.)

2.)

3.)

4.)

5.)

Jennifer Kemp Keri Bland Raeleen Hunter Karly Hamric Ailene Smith

1,500 METERS

1.)

2.)

3.)

4.)

5.)

Megan Metcalfe Karly Hamric Kelly Williams Keri Bland Amy Cashin

3,000 METERS

1.)

2.)

3.)

4.)

5.)

Megan Metcalfe Rebecca Stallwood Marie-Louise Asselin Jillian Forsey Jessica O’Connell

5,000 METERS

1.)

2.)

3.)

4.)

5.)

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Megan Metcalfe Marie-Louise Asselin Katie Gillespie Clara Grandt Jillian Forsey

11.36 11.51 11.54 11.55 11.61

1999 1995 1998 1983 1994

12.78 13.20 13.27 13.29 13.44

2012 1995 2007 1999 2012

23.21 23.54 23.56 23.56 23.61

1998 1984 1995 1998 1999

52.71 52.92 53.70 54.10 54.35

2011 1999 1987 1988 1992

55.87 57.48 57.77 1:00.74 1:00.75

1992 2011 1999 2004 1997

2:05.09 2:05.63 2:06.09 2:08.02 2:08.89

2003 2010 2007 2010 2002

CHELSEA CARRIER

10,000 METERS

1.)

2.)

3.)

4.)

5.)

Clara Grandt Kaite Gillespie Allison Lasnicki Kate Harrison Sarah-Anne Brault

33:16.96 33:44.08 33:46.22 33:48.64 33:51.14

3,000 METER STEEPLECHASE

4:12.00 4:13.54 4:13.61 4:14.52 4:15.00

2003 2010 2013 2010 2018

9:04.02 9:23.45 9:26.09 9:29.86 9:30.06

2004 2001 2007 2014 2012

15:47.64 15:53.93 16:00.27 16:01.18 16:05.89

2005 2010 2015 2010 2016

1.)

2.)

3.)

4.)

5.)

Amy Cashin Sarah Martinelli Jordan Hamric Susan Davis Megan Yuan

HEPTATHLON

1.)

2.)

3.)

4.)

5.)

9:58.75 10:05.27 10:06.47 10:25.93 10:27.39

Chelsea Carrier Pat Itanyi Abbie Stechschulte Sharon Pfister Meghan Jean Baptiste

HIGH JUMP

1.) Alethea Moody 2.) Katelyn Williams 3.) Sharon Pfister Sydney Cummings 5.) Marseille McBeam

2009 2015 2014 2011 2011 2018 2014 2013 2006 2016

5,927 5,647 5,609 5,141 4,751

2011 1997 2007 1986 2018

1.83m 1.79m 1.78m 1.78m 1.76m

1990 2011 1986 2013 2014

POLE VAULT

1.)

2.)

3.)

4.)

5.)

Madelin Gardner Katlyn Shelar Sara Finfrock Erin Nett Tori Bertrand

LONG JUMP

1.)

2.)

3.)

4.)

5.)

Pat Itanyi Chelsea Carrier Christine Brown Danique Bryan Meghan Mock

TRIPLE JUMP

1.)

2.)

3.)

4.)

5.)

Danique Bryan Shamoya McNeil Christine Brown Stormy Nesbit Tessie Palmer

JAVELIN

1.)

2.)

3.)

4.)

Jodi Smith Lindsey Clark Kristen Snyder Pat Itanyi

4.41m 4.10m 4.02m 4.00m 3.91m

2018 2013 2018 2002 2016

6.74m 6.42m 6.29m 6.28m 6.17m

1995 2011 2002 2017 2011

13.68m 13.21m 13.20m 13.19m 12.45m

2017 2017 2001 2014 1991

47.99m 43.09m 41.82m 40.00m

1984 2006 1997 1995

DISCUS

1.)

2.)

3.)

4.)

5.)

Jodi Smith Heather Adams Heather Adams Karissa Knabenshue Brittany Fink

SHOT PUT

1.)

2.)

3.)

4.)

5.)

Jodi Smith Karissa Knabenshue Michelle McGinnis Abbie Stechschultz Terina Miller

HAMMER THROW

1.)

2.)

3.)

4.)

5.)

Heather Adams Terina Miller Heather Adams Michele McGinnis Alanna Pritts

50.26m 47.32m 46.29m 42.89m 42.31m

1984 2013 2012 2012 2010

14.22m 13.16m 12.67m 12.37m 11.80m

1984 2013 2006 2007 2011

56.96m 55.25m 53.29m 42.51m 42.24m

2013 2012 2012 2006 2012

ALETHEA MOODY

4X100 RELAY

1.) Martina Miller, Tameca Williams, Zane Francis, Stacian Brown 2.) Haneefah Norman, Tameca Williams, Zane Francis, Stacian Brown 3.) Maxine Dawkins, Marlene Dawkins, Pat Itanyi, Martina Miller 4.) Jeanna Johnson, Tameca Williams, Martina Miller, Maxine Dawkins 5.) Maxine Dawkins, Pat Itanyi, Amanda Valentine, Marlene Dawkins

4X200 RELAY

1.) Martina Miller, Tameca Williams, Haneefah Norman, Zane Francis 2.) Martina Miller, Maxine Dawkins, Tameca Williams, Jamillah Nock 3.) Junique Morris, Jamillah Nock, Shani Boone, Jessica Czaikowski 4.) Amanda Valentine, Maxine Dawkins, Jeanna Johnson, Marlene Dawkins 5.) Amanda Valentine, Pat Itanyi, Tamara Stoner, Kay Iheagwam

4X400 RELAY

1.) Jeanna Johnson, Tameca Williams, Martina Miller, Maxine Dawkins 2.) Kristy Beans, Connie Ellerbe, Jennifer Scweizer, Tamara Stoner 3.) Jenna Barreto, Chelsea Carrier, Allison Tyree, April Rotilio 4.) Amanda Valentine, Kay Iheagwam, Tamara Stoner, Halima Sinceno 5.) Jeanna Johnson, Marlene Dawkins, Amanda Valentine, Maxine Dawkins

4X800m RELAY

1.) Karly Hamric, Keri Bland, Jessica O’Connell, Kaylyn Christopher 2.) Merissa Sexsmith, Megan Metcalfe, Jennifer Kemp, Jennifer Davis 3.) Jennifer Zawaski, Merissa Sexsmith, Rebecca Stallwood, Kecia Herod 4.) Jennifer Kemp, Ailene Smith, Jennifer Davis, Megan Metcalfe 5.) Jennifer Davis, Jennifer Kemp, Megan Metcalfe, Ailene Smith

DISTANCE MEDLEY RELAY

KARLY HAMRIC

1.) Kaylyn Christopher, Katelyn Williams, Karly Hamric, Keri Bland 2.) Keri Bland, Abbie Stechshulte, Emma Hunter, Marie-Louise Asselin 3.) Jennifer Kemp, Stacian Brown, Ailene Smith, Megan Metcalfe WVUXCTF

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44.28 44.65 44.88 45.27 45.43

1999 1999 1997 1998 1996

1:34.55 1:35.41 1:36.37 1:36.40 1:36.94

1999 1998 2006 1996 1995

3:36.58 3:41.62 3:41.68 3:41.74 3:42.38

1998 1992 2011 1995 1996

8:47.95 8:48.07 8:49.50 8:51.17 8:51.66

2010 2003 1999 2002 2002

11:19.81

2008

11:24.76

2007

1:33.63

2002

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MOUNTAINEER TRACK RECORDS **West Virginia begins competition at The Track & Field Complex at Mylan Park in 2019.** EVENT HOLDER 100-meters Kay Iheagwam (WVU) 200-meters Debbie Bonner (Pitt) 400-meters Connie Ellerbe (WVU) 800-meters Keri Bland (WVU) 1,500-meters Keri Bland (WVU) 3,000-meters Susie Comer (WVU) 5,000-meters Jennifer Colgrove (All.CC) 10,000-meters Charlene Burstrom (WVU) 100 Hurdles Allison Williams (Unat) 400 Hurdles Connie Ellerbe (WVU) 4x100 Relay Pitt 4x200 Relay West Virginia 4x400 Relay West Virginia 4x800 Relay West Virginia Mile Relay West Virginia 2-Mile Relay Indiana, Pa. DMR West Virginia SMR West Virginia Long Jump Pat Itanyi (WVU) High Jump Alethea Moody (WVU) Triple Jump Tessie Palmer (WVU) Pole Vault Alex Acker Shot Put Jodi Reidel (Kent St.) Weight Throw Heather Adams (WVU) Discus Jodi Smith (WVU) Javelin Jodi Smith (WVU) Heptathlon Pat Itanyi (WVU)

RECORD 11.51 23.80 54.10 2:07.01 4:27.09 9:47.34 17:06.11 35:00.05 13.38 56.95 46.37 1:37.31 3:43.05 8:57.31 3:49.80 9:33.56 12:14.60 4:06.97 20’6 .5” 5’10” 40’ .75” 3.66m 44’10 .5” 16.53m 160’5” 157’5” 5647 points

YEAR 1995 1989 1988 2008 2008 1981 1983 1987 1996 1987 1989 1988 1988 1990 1984 1983 1995 1984 1995 1990 1989 2008 1983 2013 1984 1984 1997

RECORD 6.82 7.71 24.27 37.54 53.59 1:12.84 1:32.35 2:07.32 2:48.30 4:44.00 9:23.10 16:29.50 3:43.19 9:00.45

YEAR 1985 1996 1985 N/A 1983 1990 1982 1982 1999 2003 1992 1993 1982 2002

SHELL BUILDING RECORDS EVENT HOLDER 55-meters Tammy Henderson (WVU) 55 Hurdles Pat Itanyi (WVU) 200-meters Tammy Henderson (WVU) 300-meters Janet Dodson (Morgan St.) 400-meters Edna Brown (Temple) 500-meters Connie Ellerbe (WVU) 600-meters Monica Egbuonu (Princeton) 800-meters Dorianne Lambelet-McClive (Cornell) 1,000-meters Kate Vermeulen (WVU) Mile Megan Metcalfe (WVU) 3,000-meters Alyse Holden (Allegheny) 5,000-meters Janice Brown (William & Mary) 4x400 Relay Temple 4x800 Relay Megan Metcalfe, Rebecca Stallwood, Merissa Sexsmith, Jennifer Kemp (WVU) Long Jump Trecia Smith (Pitt) High Jump Becky Bryan (West Ontario) Triple Jump Najuma Fletcher (Pitt) Pole Vault Madelin Gardner (WVU) Pentathlon Pat Itanyi (WVU)

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ATLANTIC 10 TEAM INDOOR CHAMPION

400-METER DASH

5,000-METER RUN

1993 • 1995

1995 - Mandy Valentine, 57.88 1993 - Halima Sinceno, 57.80

1995 - Carisa Brown, 17:38.28

500-METER RUN

1995 - Pat Itanyi, 07.91

ATLANTIC 10 INDIVIDUAL INDOOR CHAMPIONS 55-METER DASH

1995 - Kay Iheagwam, 6.96 1993 - Trinese Summerlin, 6.90

200-METER DASH 1995 - Kay Iheagwam, 24.52 1993 - Trinese Summerlin, 24.86

1995 - Tamara Stoner, 1:14.35

ONE-MILE RUN

55-METER HURDLES 4X400-METER RELAY

1993 - Erin O’Reilly, 4:55.90

1995 - 3:54.17 ( M. Valentine, H. Sinceno, K. Iheagwam, T. Stoner)

3,000-METER RUN

HIGH JUMP

1995 - Charity Wachera, 9:59.41 1993 - Erin O’Reilly, 9:46.55

1993 - Chantel Dubois, 5-04.25

LONG JUMP 1995 - Pat Itanyi, 20-04.50

ECAC

CHAMPIONS

INDOOR

OUTDOOR

Year Name Event Time/Distance 2008 Chelsea Carrier 60 meter hurdles 8.46 2007 Jessica Czaikowski 60 meter hurdles 8.36 2004 Megan Metcalfe 1,000 meters 2:47.11 2004 Tara Struyk 5,000 meters 16:22.44 2002 Rebecca Stallwood, Ailene Smith,

Schavia Felder, Megan Metcalfe DMR 11:14.25 2000 Christine Brown Triple Jump 12.95m 2000 Stacian Brown 200 meters 23.95 2000 Merissa Sexsmith 1,000 meters 2:49.08 1998 Kristin Quackenbush Pole Vault 11’8” 1996 Charity Wachera 5,000 meters 16:39.87 1993 Trinese Summerlin 55 meters 6.88 1992 Trinese Summerlin 55 meters 6.92 1990 Erin O’Reilly 1,000 meters 2:53.01 1983 Tammy Henderson 55 meters 6.89 1982 Tammy Henderson 55 meters 7.02

Year Name Event Time/Distance 2012 Chelsea Carrier-Eades 100 meters 11.82 2012 Stormy Nesbit Triple jump 13.07 meters 2009 Chelsea Carrier 100 meter hurdles 13:30 2008 Clara Grandt 10,000 meters 34:15.07* 2008 Keri Bland 1,500 meters 4:19.02 2005 Jennifer Kemp 800 meters 2:06.33 2005 Jennifer Davis 3,000 meters 9:33.61 2003 Megan Metcalfe 1,500 meters 4:21.81 2003 Tara Struyk 10,000 meters 35:02.44 2002 Stacian Brown 100 meter hurdles 13.51 2002 Megan Metcalfe 3,000 meters 9:20.17 1999 Tameca Williams 400 meters 52.93 1998 Maxine Dawkins 100 meters 11.69 1998 Kristin Quackenbush Pole Vault 11’4 1/4” 1998 Maxine Dawkins, Jenna Johnson,

Martina Miller, Tameca Williams 4x100 meter relay 45.27 1997 Pat Itanyi 100 meter hurdles 13.48 1997 Charity Wachera 10,000 meters N/A 1996 Maxine Dawkins, Pat Itanyi,

Mandy Valentine, Marlene Dawkins 4x100 meter relay 46.51 1996 Maxine Dawkins 100 meters 11.55 1996 Charity Wachera 10,000 meters 34:43.11 1995 Kay Iheagwam 100 meters 11.63 * ECAC meet record

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BIG EAST

CHAMPIONS

INDOOR BIG EAST INDOOR OUTSTANDING TRACK PERFORMER 1999 2003 2008 2009

Kate Vermeulen Megan Metcalfe Marie-Louise Asselin Keri Bland

BIG EAST INDOOR OUTSTANDING FIELD PERFORMER 2011

Chelsea Carrier

BIG EAST INDIVIDUAL INDOOR CHAMPIONS 60-METER HURDLES 2010 2011

800-METER RUN 2005

1,000-METER RUN 2008

MILE RUN 1999 2009

Chelsea Carrier, 8:31 Chelsea Carrier, 8.17 Jennifer Kemp, 2:10.26 Keri Bland, 2:48.66 Kate Vermeulen, 4:39.84 Keri Bland, 4:34.78

3,000-METER RUN 2002 Megan Metcalfe, 9:20.87 2003 Megan Metcalfe, 9:15.25 2008 Marie-Louise Asselin, 9:20.56 2011 Jessica O’Connell, 9:21.09

5,000-METER RUN 2002 2010

Rebecca Stallwood, 16:38.30 Marie-Louise Asselin, 15:58.15

DISTANCE MEDLEY RELAY 1999 2000 2002 2008

R. Stallwood, T. Williams, M. Sexsmith, K. Vermeulen, 11:26.24 R. Stallwood, T. Williams, A. Smith, M. Sexsmith, 11:33.03 M. Metcalfe, S. Felder, A. Smith, R. Stallwood, 11:28.51 E. Malloy, C. Staye, T. Woodward, B. Spies, 11:16.87

3,200-METER RELAY 1999

LONG JUMP 1996

K. Herod, R. Stallwood, D. Simms, M. Sexsmith, 8:58.47 Pat Itanyi, 6.41m (21-2.5)

POLE VAULT 1998 2000 2001 2002

Kristen Quackenbush, 3.20m (10-6) Erin Nett, 3.55m (11-7.75) Erin Nett, 3.80m (12-5.5) Erin Nett, 3.90m (12-9.5)

PENTATHLON 2006 2007 2010 2011

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Abbie Stechschulte, 3,972 pts.

Abbie Stechschulte, 4,016 pts.

Chelsea Carrier, 3,994 pts.

Chelsea Carrier, 4,170 pts.

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OUTDOOR BIG EAST OUTDOOR OUTSTANDING TRACK PERFORMER 1996 2011

Marlene Dawkins Chelsea Carrier

BIG EAST OUTDOOR INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONS 100-METER DASH 1998 1999

Maxine Dawkins, 11.58 Stacian Brown, 11.62

200-METER DASH 1996 1998 1999

Marlene Dawkins, 23.67 Maxine Dawkins, 23.44 Stacian Brown, 23.89

400-METER DASH

1996 1999 2000 2011

Marlene Dawkins, 54.57 Temeca Williams, 53.16 Tameca Williams, 53.55 April Rotilio, 52.71

1,500-METER RUN 1999 2010

Kate Vermeulen, 4:25.72 Karly Hamric, 4:28.02

5,000-METER RUN 2002 2009 2010

Megan Metcalfe, 16:35.63 Clara Grandt, 16:07.55 Marie Louise Asselin, 16:31.04

10,000-METER RUN 2003 2010 2011

Megan Metcalfe, 35:08.89 Clara Grandt, 33:31.80 Kate Harrison, 33:59.84

100-METER HURDLES 2006 2008 2011 2012

Jessica Czaikowski, 13.42 Chelsea Carrier, 13.48* Chelsea Carrier, 13.07 Chelsea Carrier-Eades, 12.93

400-METER HURDLES 2011

POLE VAULT 1998 2001 2002

Chelsea Carrier, 57.48 Kristen Quackenbush, 3.61m (11’10”) Erin Nett, 3.80m (12’5.5”) Erin Nett, 3.95m (12’11.5”)

LONG JUMP 2011

Chelsea Carrier, 6.42m (21-3/4)

400-METER RELAY 1999 2000

45.27 (H. Norman, T. Williams, Z. Francis, S. Brown) 45.39 (S. Brown, S. Cox, Z. Francis, T. Williams)

BIG 12 CHAMPION 10,000-METER RUN MEGAN METCALFE

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NCAA

CHAMPIONS PAT ITANYI

1995 NCAA OUTDOOR LONG JUMP CHAMPION In only her sophomore season, Pat Itanyi became the first female in West Virginia University women’s track and field history to win a national championship by taking top honors in the long jump at the 1995 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Knoxville, Tenn., with a leap of 22'1. Itanyi edged out George Mason’s Diane Guthrie-Greshman who had a jump of 22'0.25" and surpassed her WVU record of 21'10.25", a mark that placed her ranking second entering the meet. A native of Ukehe, Nigeria, Itanyi’s jump was the 10th longest in NCAA History at the time and set a school record in the finals that still stands to this day.

KATE VERMEULEN 1999 NCAA INDOOR MILE CHAMPION

As a freshman, Kate Vermeulen became the second female NCAA champion when she took top honors in the mile at the 1999 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships in Indianapolis, Ind., with a time of 4:39.07. Vermeulen’s time was her best of the year as she edged out Mary Jayne Harrelson of Appalachian State who finished with a time of 4:39.53. The London, Ontario native is the only indoor champion for WVU and in only one year as a Mountaineer, Vermeulen tied other national champion Itanyi by setting six school records in one season.

MEGAN METCALFE 2005 NCAA OUTDOOR 5,000M CHAMPION

In her final season at WVU, Megan Metcalfe concluded an already stellar career as a Mountaineer by capturing the 5,000 meter title at the 2005 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Sacramento, Calif., with a time of 16:31.88. Metcalfe used a final surge of energy to outkick the defending champion, Sara Bei of Stanford, defeating her by just 0.54 seconds. The Edmonton, Alberta native, finished her career as a nine-time All-American and still holds four school records to this day.

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ALL-AMERICANS CONNIE

ELLERBE 1988,1989, 1991,1992 As a freshman, she became the first female track and field athlete in school history to earn All-America accolades when she finished seventh in the 400-meter hurdles at the 1988 NCAA Outdoor Championships at Oregon. She again earned All-America honors during her sophomore campaign – finishing ninth in the hurdles at the outdoor meet in Provo, Utah. After redshirting the 1989-90 season, she captured her third All-America honor by finishing fourth in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 56.60. Ellerbe culminated her brilliant career in 1992 by finishing second in the 400-meter hurdles at the NCAA meet in Austin.

She also competed at the U.S. Olympic Trials in 1992 where her fifthplace finish in the 400-meter hurdles is the highest a WVU female track athlete has ever placed and she narrowly missed a spot on the U.S. roster.

ALETHEA

MOODY 1990 Moody earned All-America honors during the 1990 season when she placed sixth in the high jump with a leap of 5’ 11 1/4” at the NCAA Outdoor Championships at Duke. Two weeks earlier, the junior won the high jump at the Penn Relays and at the ECAC Outdoor Championships; her victory at Penn Relays represented the first female WVU winner at the prestigious meet. She finished the season as the No. 1 ranked jumper in the East and was also selected to compete in the Olympic Sports Festival.

TRINESE

SUMMERLIN 1993 WVU’s third female track All-American, Summerlin placed sixth in the 55-meter dash at the NCAA Indoor Championships in Indianapolis, blazing to a time of 6.85. The honor capped off an indoor season that saw her take top honors in the

55-meter dash at the ECAC Indoor Championships, as well as the Fairfax Indoor Classic and the George Mason Collegiate Invitational.

PAT

ITANYI 1995,1996, 1997 Pat Itanyi ended her career at WVU with seven All-America honors and six school records. In 1995, the Ukehe, Nigeria, native culminated a brilliant season by becoming the school’s first female national track champion. During the indoor season, Itanyi placed third in the long jump and fifth in the 55-meter hurdles at the NCAA Indoor Championships at Indianapolis to secure All-America status. At the NCAA Outdoor Championships in Knoxville, Tenn., the sophomore won the long jump with a leap of 22’1”, edging George Mason’s Diane Guthrie-Greshman for the national title. That jump was the 10th longest in NCAA history at that time. Itanyi took her fourth AllAmerica honor in 1996 at the NCAA Indoor Championships by placing fifth in the long jump. To cap off her senior season at WVU, Itanyi brought home three All-America awards in 1997. She placed eighth in the long jump at the NCAA indoor meet in Indianapolis. During the outdoor season, Itanyi notched third in the long jump and fifth in the heptathlon at the NCAA Outdoor Championships at Bloomington, Ind., to once again earn All-America status.

KRISTIN

QUACKENBUSH 1998 Kristin Quackenbush only participated in track for one season, but she left her mark as one of WVU’s most gifted athletes ever.

Quackenbush earned All-America status in the pole vault during the outdoor season. Her mark of 12’1 1/2” was good enough for fourth at the NCAA Championships, and was her third-best effort on the season.

Quackenbush also placed 10th at the NCAA Indoor Championships. She captured first place in the Big East and ECAC Championships during both the indoor and outdoor seasons.

Quackenbush was only one of three athletes in West Virginia history ever to earn All-America status in two different sports at the time. This 1997 national Gymnast of the Year, excelled in gymnastics at WVU for four years.

Her All-American honors in gymnastics include: 1994-95-96 floor, 1994 and 96 vault, and 1996 all-around.

She was tied for the most individual All-America awards in West Virginia history with former track stars James Jett and Pat Itanyi.

CHARITY

WACHERA 1998 Charity Wachera was one of WVU’s best distance runners during her career. The Nairobi, Kenya, native earned All-America honors in the 10,000-meters during the outdoor season as she crossed the line with a time of 34:29.64, good enough for a sixth-place finish at the NCAA Championships. She also held two school records. She ran a 16:27.27 in the 5,000-meters and a 34:24.00 in the 10,000-meters during the 1998 outdoor track season, both good enough for first all-time. In 1997, Wachera finished 11th with a time of 17:00 to become WVU’s first female cross country All-American.

KATE

4x800 relay (8:58.47) and distance medley relay (11:15.50), which both captured school records. She was named Outstanding Track Performer at the Big East Championships and posted the fastest collegiate mile time (4:39.84) during the indoor season.

MERISSA

SEXSMITH 1999, 2000, 2001 Sexsmith proved to be a picture of consistency throughout her freshman campaign as she earned AllAmerica honors for her participation on the distance medley relay team, where she ran the 800-meter leg of the relay. This team, made up of Rebecca Stallwood (1,200 meters), Tameca Williams (400 meters) and Kate Vermeulen (mile), became the first relay team to win a Big East Championship (11:15.40) and set the school record during the indoor season with that time. The team placed fifth at the NCAA Indoor Championships.

Sexsmith was also a member of the 4x800 relay team that captured a Big East Championship and a school record. Sexsmith became a two-time All-American when the distance medley team came in second at the NCAA Indoor Championships in 2000.

She earned her third All-America accolade as a member of the 2001 DMR team.

VERMEULEN

TAMECA

1999

WILLIAMS

Kate Vermeulen will go down as one of the most prolific distance runners in WVU history. Vermeulen took just one year to become the NCAA indoor champion in the mile, setting a then-school record with a time of 4:39.07. She earned All-America honors during the indoor season and joins Pat Itanyi (long jump, 1995), Mike Mosser (1000-yards, 1972) and Megan Metcalfe (5,000-meters, 2005) as one of only four West Virginia track national champions. Vermeulen’s six school records ties Itanyi with the most of any track athlete in the University’s history.

During the outdoor season, she captured the 1,500-meters (4:22.89), and managed to run down five throughout the indoor season, which included the 800-meters (2:06.42), the 1000-meters (2:43.01) and the mile (4:39.07). She also anchored the WVUXCTF

1999, 2000 A transfer from Southern University, Williams quickly became West Virginia’s top 400-meter runner.

She was part of the distance medley relay team, running the 400-meter leg, that captured the school record (11:15.40) and a Big East Championship during the indoor season.

She also holds the school record in the 400-meters outdoor with a time of 52.92. Williams earned her second AllAmerica honor with her membership in the 2000 indoor distance medley relay team. Williams was part of the DMR that finished second at the NCAA Indoor Championships with a time of 11:17.92.

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ALL-AMERICANS REBECCA

STALLWOOD 1999, 2000 Stallwood was a fantastic two-sport athlete for West Virginia’s track and cross country teams for four years. As a freshman, she joined the 1997 women’s cross country team at the NCAA Cross Country Championship and had an equally successful season with the cross country team in 1999, with another NCAA Cross Country Championship appearance. She earned her AllAmerica honors, for her contribution on the distance medley relay team, running the opening 1,200-meter leg. This team captured the Big East Championship and set a school record with a time of 11:15.40. The Burlington, Ontario, Canada, native earned her second All-America honor when the distance medley team finished second at the NCAA Indoor Championships in 2000.

CHRISTINE

BROWN 1999, 2000 An athlete that coaches only dream about, Brown came from Jamaica as a freshman. In her first season, the talented athlete took the U.S. Collegiate track scene by storm. Then after taking a year off to work on her studies, she decided to attend WVU, where in 2000, she went to the NCAA Championships as a top seed. There she earned her AllAmerica honors with a sixth-place finish in the triple jump.

AILENE

SMITH 2000, 2001 Smith earned her All-America honors as part of the second-place distance medley relay team at the 2000 Indoor NCAA Championships.

Smith, a transfer from Southern University, was all-Big East as a freshman and made a huge impact on the team’s relays. Smith ran the second leg of the 4x800 relay team that finished fourth at the Big East Indoor Championships in 2000 and finished eighth at the Big East Outdoor

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Championships in the 800 with a time of 2:11.88. Smith earned her second All-America honor as a member of the 2001 distance medley relay team.

CIARA

brilliant career with a ninth All-America honor and a national championship when she won the 5,000 meters at the 2005 NCAA Outdoor Championships.

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CHIC

DAVIS

2001

2004, 2005

Ciara Chic, a Charleston, W.Va., native, was one of the top athletes to come out of West Virginia during the past decade. She earned her All-America honor during her freshman year as a member of the 2001 distance medley relay team, which finished eighth at the 2001 NCAA Indoor Championships.

MEGAN

Jennifer Davis, a native of Romney, W.Va., earned her first AllAmerica honor as a part of the DMR team that finished fifth at the 2004 NCAA Indoor Championships. The team recorded a time of 11:12.56 en route to a fifth place overall finish. Her second such honor came in the same event at the 2005 NCAA Indoor Championships.

The team finished sixth with a time of 11:13.07.

METCALFE 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005

Megan Metcalfe, a nine-time All-American, is one of the most prolific distance runners in Mountaineer women’s track and field history. The Edmonton, Alberta, native earned her first All-America accolade as a member of the 2001 distance medley relay team, which finished in eighth place. Metcalfe’s second All-America award, and first individual, came with a third-place finish in the 3,000-meter at the 2002 NCAA Outdoor Championships in a WVU record time of 9:09.95. Also an outstanding cross country runner, Metcalfe was named the 2000 Big East Freshman of the Year. Her third All-America honor came with a ninthplace finish at the 2002 NCAA Cross Country Championship, making her just the second female cross country All-American in school history and only the fourth Mountaineer to earn All-America honors in two sports. She earned her fourth and fifth All-America accolades in 2003 by finishing fourth in the 3,000-meter at the indoor championships and was a part of the school-record setting distance medley relay team in that same meet.

Her sixth and seventh awards came in March of 2004 when she was fifth in the 3,000-meter and again was a member of the DMR team. Metcalfe’s eighth and school-record winning All-America honor came at the 2004 NCAA Cross Country Championships where she recorded a 16th-place overall finish. Metcalfe capped off her

PAM

RICHARDSON 2003, 2004 2005 Pam Richardson was a three-time All-American as a member of the Mountaineer distance medley relay team. The Atco, N.J., native earned her first honor in 2003 as part of the record-setting DMR team that finished fourth in a then school-record time of 11:11.19.

She followed that performance by being a part of the 2004 DMR squad that finished fifth at the 2004 NCAA Indoor Championships with a time of 11:12.56. In 2005, Richardson helped the WVU DMR team capture sixth place with a time of 11:13.07.

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SUSAN

DAVIS 2005

Susan Davis earned her All-America honor as a member of the WVU distance medley relay squad at the 2005 NCAA Indoor Championships.

The Romney, W.Va., native helped the Mountaineers achieve a sixth-place finishing time of 11:13.07.

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KEMP

2003, 2004, 2005 Jennifer Kemp was a threetime All-American as a member of the Mountaineers’ stellar distance medley relay team. The Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, native picked up her first honor in 2003 when she was a part of the school-record quartet that ran 11:11.19 at the NCAA indoor meet. In 2004, she was again a part of the DMR squad that finished fifth. For the third consecutive year, in 2005, Kemp helped the Mountaineer DMR team capture sixth place at NCAA Indoor Championships.

STECHSCHULTE 2007 After three years of dedicated work, Abbie Stechschulte finally built herself a name in the track world, showing dominance as a multi-event athlete during the 2007 indoor and outdoor season. As proof, the Columbus Grove, Ohio, native won the 2007 Big East Indoor pentathlon crown and finished sixth at the NCAA Championships, earning her All-America honors. During the 2007 outdoor season, Stechschulte nabbed an Olympic Trials ‘B’ standard at the 80th Annual Texas Relays, scoring 5,609 points in the heptathlon. At the end of her career, she ranked second in the WVU record book for the pentathlon (4,085 points) and the heptathlon (5,609 points).

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ASSELIN 2008, 2009, 2010

One of the most talented and decorated distance runners to ever wear the Old Gold and Blue, as of 2010, Marie-Louise Asselin, a Sarnia, Ontario, native owns seven All-America medals, including three in cross county and four in track. Asselin’s last cross country season, 2009, was one for the record books as she became one of only two WVU runners to earn three All-America honors in the sport. Along with teammate

Keri Bland, Asselin achieved the honor as she finished in 31st place (20:43) at the 2009 NCAA Cross Country Championship. The Mountaineers went on to finish sixth, marking the thirdconsecutive year that WVU finished in the top 10 at the national championships.

Asselin also earned all-region honors for the fourth time in her career and all Big East honors for the third time. Her success continued into the track season as she posted a second-place finish in the 5,000-meter race at the NCAA Indoor Championships (15:50.53) and a second-place finish in the 5,000 meter at the NCAA Outdoor Championships (15:53.93).

In 2008, she led WVU to its most successful season in school history, as the Mountaineers took a historic fourth-place finish at the NCAA Championship, first at the NCAA allMid-Atlantic Regionals and second at the Big East Championship. Asselin became the first Big East Women’s Cross Country Individual Champion in 2008, as she took the top spot with a time of 20:10. She then placed 17th at the NCAA Championship race with a time of 20:27 to earn her second consecutive All-American honor. She earned her first All-American title in 2007 as the Mountaineers captured their first Big East Championship and finished ninth in the country. Even though she was just a sophomore at t he time, Asselin became WVU’s third All-American in the sport when she finished 17th (14th in the team standings) with a time of 20:39 at the 2007 NCAA Championship. It was a fitting ending to an outstanding season that saw her post the team’s highest finish in the final five meets. Asselin showed glimpses of her abilities just weeks earlier at the Big East Championship where she took second and at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional race, where she placed third in leading her team to an overall second-place finish. Asselin, an all-Big East and all-Mid-Atlantic region selection, was joined by Bland as an All-American, marking the first time in program history that two teammates earned the honor in the same season. In the 2008 indoor season, Asselin went on to place seventh in the 3,000-meter to earn All-America honors and was on the All-America distance medley relay team that took fourth at nationals.

KERI

BLAND 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 Keri Bland, a nine-time AllAmerican, continued to leave her name in the WVU record books as the most decorated athlete in WVU track and field history. In 2011, Bland earned third-team All-America honors in the 1,500-meter run with an 18thplace finish at the NCAA Outdoor Championships with a time of 4:24.

She aided the Mountaineers to a sixthplace finish at the 2009 NCAA Cross Country Championships, marking the third-straight year WVU finished in the nation’s top 10. Bland, along with teammate Marie-Louise Asselin, became the only Mountaineers in school history to earn All-America honors for three seasons in cross county, as she finished 34th (20:45).

The Fairview, W.Va., native earned two All-America honors in the 2009 indoor track season, as she placed eighth in the mile and was a part of the distance medley relay team.

Bland continued to dominate in the outdoor season, as she earned her fourth honor of the year by virtue of finishing as one of the top U.S. citizens in the 1,500-meter race, marking the second time she earned honors in all three seasons (cross county, indoor track and outdoor track). Bland was an essential part of the Mountaineers team in 2008, when she led WVU to its most successful season in school history as the squad placed fourth at the NCAA Championship, first at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regionals and second at the Big East Championship.

She was the first Mountaineer to finish at the NCAA Championship, where she finished 14th with a time of 20:20.

In 2007, Bland and Asselin helped guide the Mountaineers to their first conference title and the highest finish at nationals in school history (ninth) in 2007. At nationals, Bland was the second Mountaineer to cross the line in 23rd at 20:58. Bland, along with Asselin, was named a first team All-American, marking the first time WVU’s cross country program had multiple All-Americans in the same year. Bland earned all-Big East and all-Mid-Atlantic region accolades during the season after finishing fourth and seventh, respectively, in those races. In the 2008 indoor track season, Bland was a part of the AllAmerica distance medley team that

set a school record and placed fourth in the country. She finished the 2008 outdoor season by earning All-America honors in the 1,500-meters to become the first female in WVU history to earn All-America honors in three sports in the same year.

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HAMRIC

in Fayetteville, Ark. In 2008, Rotilio earned her first honor as she ran the 400-meter leg of the DMR at the NCAA Indoor Championships, helping lead the Mountaineer unit to a fourthplace finish. The Bellaire, Ohio, native ran the 400-meter split in 55.14. The group, who set a new school record with a time of 11:07.64, featured Marie-Louise Asselin, Keri Bland and Karly Hamric.

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Bruceton Mills, W.Va., native Karly Hamric capped off an excellent career in 2010 as she earned her second All-America honor with a sixth-place finish in the 1,500-meter run (4:17.78) at the NCAA Outdoor Championships. Hamric’s first honor came when she ran the 800-meter leg of the distance medley relay at the 2008 NCAA Indoor Championships to help the unit earn All-America honors. Hamric’s 800-meter split was 2:10.82, as the DMR finished fourth with a school record time of 11:07.64.

Hamric was joined by Marie-Louise Asselin, Keri Bland and April Rotilio on the squad. Owns a persona-best time of 4:23.54 in the 1,500-meter.

April ROTILIO 2008, 2010, 2011 April Rotilio earned her third All-America honor in 2011 with a 19th-place finish in the 400-meter dash at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in 53.47 seconds.

She qualified for NCAAs with a 10thplace finish in the 400-meter at the NCAA East Regional in 53.31 seconds.

Rotilio earned her best 400-meter time of the year at the Big East Championships, finishing in 52.71 seconds in first place and became the first Mountaineer since Tameca Williams in 2000 to win the event.

Academically, she capped her career with third team CoSIDA Academic All-America honors and was named to the Capital One Academic all-district first team.

Rotilio captured her second AllAmerica honor in 2010 as she once again aided the distance medley relay team (Rotilio, Keri Bland, Kaylyn Christopher and Jessica O’Connell) to an eighth-place showing (11:16.39) at the NCAA Indoor Championships

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GRANDT 2009 Clara Grandt saved the best for last as she posted the finest season of her career and earned her first All-America honor in cross country. The West Union, W.Va., native led the team to a sixth-place finish at the 2009 NCAA Championship, the first Mountaineer to cross the line in 13th place overall. Grandt also earned all-region and all-Big East honors and was named Big East Cross Country Athlete of the Week on Sept. 24, for her efforts in the Midwest Open. There she crossed the line in 17:00.1, 19 seconds before Louisville’s Tarah McKay (17:19.4), for the fastest course time in over 20 years. In the track season, Grandt earned her second honor of the year by virtue of finishing as one of the top U.S. citizens in the 5,000-meter race at the 2010 NCAA Indoor Championships. She then capped off her final season as a Mountaineer with a fourth-place showing in the 10,000-meter race at the outdoor championships, giving her four total All-America honors.

Grandt became WVU’s 24th track and field All-American as she earned the honors with a fourth-place showing in the 10,000-meter finals at the NCAA Championship in 2009. Grandt started off the race behind the lead pack before finding her stride around the 6,000-meter mark. The junior closed the gap, and finished with a time of 33:45.16.

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the 5,000-meter at the Big East Indoor Championships and had two first-place marks in the 3,000-meter at the Wake Forest Open and the Larry Ellis Invitational.

CHELSEA

Kaylyn Christopher, a native of Kingwood, W.Va., received her first and second All-America honors in 2010, by virtue of finishing as one of the top U.S. citizens in the mile, and as a member of the distance medley relay team at the NCAA Indoor Championships. Christopher captured her first honor with a 12thplace finish in the mile with a time of 4:46, to finish as one of the top eight Americans in the race. Later in the day, she returned to aid the DMR team (Christopher, Keri Bland, Jessica O’Connell and April Rotilio) to an eighth-place showing (11:16.39).

Owns a personal-best time of 4:40.78 in the mile.

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O’CONNELL 2010, 2011, 2012 Another name to be added to the list of great WVU distance runners, Jessica O’Connell earned her first AllAmerica honors as a member of the distance medley relay team (O’Connell, Kaylyn Christopher, Keri Bland and April Rotilio) that finished in eighth place (11:16.39) at the 2010 NCAA Indoor Championships in Fayetteville, Ark. The Calgary, Alberta, native also was a vital asset in the NCAA Outdoor Regionals in 1,500-meter race, but was tripped on the last leg. O’Connell still managed to finish in 10th place in the semifinals (4:30.05). She is also a NCAA qualifier in the 3,000-meter race after running a life-time best of 9:16.22 at the NY Fast Times Invitational and went on to win the North American Championships in the 5,000-meter that summer.

Her second All-America honor came in the 3,000-meter at the 2011 NCAA Indoor Championships, when she finished in 16th place to earn second team All-America honors. To qualify for NCAAs, O’Connell earned her first ever Big East title in the 3,000-meter with a time of 9:21.09.

In 2012, she earned her third AllAmerica honor at the NCAA Outdoor Championships where she placed 19th in the 5,000-meter run in 17:10.43 for an honorable mention accolade.

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Chelsea Carrier, an eight-time All-American, left her name in the WVU record books as one of the greatest track athletes in school history. In 2010, Carrier, a Buckhannon, W.Va., native earned her first and second All-America honors at the NCAA Indoor Championships in Fayetteville, Ark. Her first honor came after a fourthplace showing in the pentathlon.

Carrier finished with one of her best performances with 4,133 total points.

Later in the day, Carrier earned her second honor with a sixth-place finish in the 60-meter hurdles (8.29). Earlier in the season, Carrier was named Mid-Atlantic Field Athlete of the Year after earning two Big East Champion honors and breaking the school record in the pentathlon at the Sykes-Sabock Challenge on Feb. 5. Carrier won the event with 4,136 points to break the school record previously set by AllAmerican Pat Itanyi in 1997 (4,111).

In 2011, Carrier earned first team All-America honors in the heptathlon after placing third with 5,761 points and also earned third team AllAmerica in the 100-meter hurdles after placing 19th in 13.56 seconds.

She was named the Mid-Atlantic Field Athlete of the Year, and before that earned three individual Big East titles in the long jump, 100-meter hurdles and 400-meter hurdles. During the indoor season, Carrier earned AllAmerica in the 60-meter hurdles with a fourth-place finish in 8.08 seconds, beating her personal record of 8.15 seconds. She notched another AllAmerican award in the pentathlon with a fifth-place finish with 4,128 points, her second All-America award in the pentathlon. Her junior campaign saw her break the school records in the 60-meter hurdles, pentathlon, 100-meter hurdles and the heptathlon.

She also participated at the USA Track and Field Championships following the season, finishing 16th in the semifinals round in a time of 13.04 seconds.

Her 2012 senior campaign notched two All-America awards as she earned first team honors in both the heptathlon and the 100-meter hurdles.

She placed third in the heptathlon

with 5,839 points and seventh in the hurdles in 13.31. She earned a career- and school-best 12.78 in the 100-meter hurdles during the semifinals at NCAAs and also won the heptathlon for a second consecutive year at the Texas Relays.

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HARRISON 2011 Kate Harrison earned her first All-America honor as a track and field athlete at the 2011 NCAA Outdoor Championships where she was first team All-America in the 10,000-meter run by way of a second-place finish in 34:30.35. She qualified for NCAAs with a first-place finish for the event at the NCAA East Regional in 33:48.64, a personal best for the Toronto, Ontario, native. The championship season began well for No. 16-ranked Harrison as she earned her first Big East title in the 10,000 with a time of 33:59.84, her best mark of the year at the time. Harrison also earned her first All-America honor during the 2011 cross country season with an eighth-place individual finish at the NCAA Championship.

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Sarah-Anne Brault earned her first All-America honor in 2011 with a second team All-America achievement in the 10,000-meter run as she finished in 10th place in 35:05.36.

To qualify for NCAAs, the Winnipeg, Manitoba, native placed sixth in the 10,000 at the NCAA East Regional with a time of 33:51.14, her best mark of the year for the event. Brault earned a second-place finish in 34:04.63 in the 10,000-meter at the Big East Championships and a solid 10th place in the 1,500-meter race in 4:35.07 at the prestigious Jesse Owens Classic.

During the indoor season, Brault finished fourth in the 5,000-meter run in 16:17.95 at the Big East Championships. She also excelled academically by earning second team CoSIDA Academic All-America honors and was named to the Capital One Academic all-district first team.

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MOCK 2011 Meghan Mock capped off a stellar junior season by finishing with third team All-America honors in the long jump at the NCAA Outdoor Championships with a distance of 6.02 meters, good for 20th place among the nation’s elite jumpers.

The Berkeley Springs, W.Va., native qualified for the NCAAs for the first time of her career by placing 11th in the long jump at the NCAA East Regional at a distance of 6.07 meters.

Mock began the championship portion of the season well with an eighthplace mark for the event at 5.81 meters, advancing to the East regional for the first time. Her junior year was enhanced with a first-place finish in the long jump with a 6.17-meter mark at the Penn Relays, a personal-best and currently ranks third all-time at WVU. At the prestigious Stanford Invitational, she placed fourth in the long jump at 5.70 meters. During the indoor season, Mock finished fourth at the Big East Championships at a distance of 5.86 meters.

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WILLIAMS 2011 Katelyn Williams earned third team All-America honors in the high jump with an 18th-place height of 1.76 meters at the NCAA Outdoor Championships. To earn her second trip to NCAAs, the Chesterland, Ohio, native placed ninth at the NCAA East Regional, also at a height of 1.78 meters. She started the outdoor championship season well at the Big East Championships with a second-place finish in the high jump at 1.78 meters and placed third in the heptathlon with 5,044 points.

In the heptathlon, she finished first in the high jump with a career-best 1.79-meter height, and had solid finishes in the shot put (3rd, 11.09m) and javelin (4th, 29.30m). At the prestigious Jesse Owens Classic, Williams placed third at 1.70 meters.

Her indoor season was highlighted with a fourth-place finish in the long jump at 5.08 meters at the WVU Holiday Classic.

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HAMRIC Jordan Hamric ended her career as a Mountaineer, earning second team All-America honors. The Bruceton Mills, W.Va., native posted a 12th-place finish in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the 2013 NCAA Division I Track & Field Championships in Eugene, Oreg. Hamric ended her career as the school record holder in the 3,000-meter steeplechase, which she set at the 2013 NCAA semifinals with a time of 10:06.47. During her senior campaign, Hamric also placed second at the Big 12 Outdoor Championships, third at the Penn Relays and seventh at the Stanford Invitational. It marked the first time in her career that she garnered All-America honors.

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WILLIAMS 2013 Kelly Williams wasted no time to ink her name into the Mountaineer record books. The freshman became the 33rd All-American in WVU track and field program history in 2013. The Chesterland, Ohio, native recorded a seventh-place finish in the mile at the 2013 Indoor Track and Field Championships in Fayetteville, Ark. Williams finished with a time one-mile time of 4:39.30 at the meet, just two seconds off her personal-best mile time of 4:36.77 set earlier in the season. That time ranks her No. 3 in WVU program history for the mile.

Martinelli was named second team All-American in the 3,000 meter steeplechase event where she finished 11th place crossing the finish line in 10:12.73 at the 2014 NCAA Championships. Martinelli was a scholar and an athlete where she was recognized often for her success. The Morgantown native was named the Big 12 Women’s Cross Country ScholarAthlete of the Year, an Academic All-Big 12 First team selection while maintaining a 3.75 GPA, earned All-Big 12 honors by finishing eighth overall at the Big 12 Championships with a personal-best 6k time of 20:44.9 and earned All-Mid-Atlantic Region from finishing in 22nd place overall at the NCAA Regional Meet.

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LASNICKI 2014 Allison Lansnicki, a native of Canastota, N.Y., earned third team All-America honors in the 10,000 meter run where she placed 17th during the second day of the 2014 Division I NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Eugene, Ore. Lansnicki recorded the second fastest time in school history in this event with a time of 33:456.22.

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NESBIT 2014 Stormy Nesbit completed her career as perhaps the greatest jumper in West Virginia University track and field history. The Roseville, Minnesota, native spent three seasons with the Mountaineers. Nesbit concluded her career with an eighth-place finish at the 2014 Division I NCAA Outdoor Track and field Championships in Eugene, Oregon in the triple jump. The finish earned her First Team All-America status. Nesbit ended her career as the WVU school record holder in the triple jump (13.19 meters).

It’s recognized that distance runner Kaitlyn Gillespie is a strongminded athlete shown by her many accomplishments throughout her collegiate career. Gillespie earned second team All-America honors-the first of her career in the 10,000-meter run at the 2015 NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships. She placed ninth overall with a time of 33:44.08 for a new personal best, marking the second-fastest time in program history. This marks Gillespie’s fourth time in her career of being honored an All-American

Amy Cashin left West Virginia as its best 3,000-meter steeplechaser in program history. A native of Werribee, Victoria, Australia, Cashin earned All-America third-team status at the 2017 NCAA Outdoor Championships, placing 19th during preliminaries. Then, as a senior, Cashin garnered two more All-America honors. During indoor season, she placed ninth in the mile, crossing the finish line in 4:43.67, good for second-team honors. Outdoors, she broke her own school record in the steeplechase, becoming the first woman in Mountaineer history to break the 10-minute barrier in the event. Cashin finished 13th overall in 9:58.75 for her third career AllAmerica honor. Cashin also was a two-time Big 12 Track & Field ScholarAthlete of the Year and was named a Big 12 nominee for the 2018 NCAA Woman of the Year Award.

Madelin Gardner rewrote the Mountaineer record book during a memorable 2018 campaign. The Williamstown, West Virginia, native broke the indoor and outdoor pole vault records, and she finished the year with a pair of All-America honors to her name. During indoors, Gardner, who was named the USTFCCCA MidAtlantic Region Indoor Women’s Field Athlete of the Year, finished ninth in the pole vault at the 2018 NCAA Indoor Championships, earning a jump of 4.31 meters. The performance was good for All-America second-team honors. Gardner’s success continued outdoors, where she topped her own school record in the pole vault before arriving in Eugene. While there, she registered a jump of 4.30 meters, placing eighth for her second AllAmerica honor of the season and her first time on the first team.

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McNEIL 2017 Shamoya McNeil rode her late-season momentum all the way to Eugene during a successful junior campaign in 2017. First, the Portland, Jamaica, native tallied the secondbest mark in program history in the triple jump at the Big 12 Outdoor Championships, jumping 13.21 meters (43 feet, 4.25) inches. Later, McNeil recorded a mark of 13.04 meters (42 feet, 9.5 inches) at the NCAA East Prelims to earn a bid to the NCAA Outdoor Championships. From there, she ended her season with a 22ndplace finish in the event, earning AllAmerica Third Team honors.

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YEAR COACH CAPTAINS RECORD 1978 Linda King None 1-2 1979 Linda King None 2-0 1980 Linda King None 1-0 1981 Linda King None 2-0 1982 Linda King None 2-1 1983 Pat Nicol None 1-0 1984 Kim Kemp Jean England, Kris Kavetski 1-0 1985 Kim Kemp Lisa Ayers, Kris Kavetski 1-0 1986 Laura Nardelli Karen Carpenter, Lori Smith 0-0* 1987 Laura Nardelli Charlene Burstrom, Karen Carpenter 0-0* 1988 Laura Nardelli Charlene Burstrom, Traci Purtell 0-0* 1989 Laura Nardelli Charlene Burstrom 0-0* 1990 Laura Nardelli Theresa Papa 0-0* 1991 Martin Pushkin Vicki Stum 0-0* 1992 Martin Pushkin None 0-0* 1993 Martin Pushkin Erin O’Reilly 3-4 1994 Martin Pushkin Kerryn Davidson, Joleen Tocci 8-0 1995 Martin Pushkin Carisa Brown 11-0 1996 Martin Pushkin Heather Bury, Mary Ann Myer 9-2 1997 Martin Pushkin Charity Wachera 14-8 1998 Martin Pushkin Nancy Knapp, Rebecca Stallwood 0-0* 1999 Martin Pushkin Rebecca Stallwood, Johanna Fisher 0-0* 2000 Martin Pushkin Rebecca Stallwood, Johanna Fisher 0-0* 2001 Martin Pushkin Rebecca Stallwood 0-0* 2002 Jeff Huntoon Stacian Brown 0-0* 2003 Jeff Huntoon Megan Metcalfe 0-0* 2004 Jeff Huntoon Tara Struyk 0-0* 2005 Jeff Huntoon Jennifer Kemp, Pam Richardson 0-0* 2006 Jeff Huntoon Jessica Czaikowski, Susan Davis 0-0* 2007 Jeff Huntoon Jessica Czaikowski, Abbie Stechschulte, Halimah Bashir, Alison Spiker 0-0* 2008 Sean Cleary Halimah Bashir, Alison Spiker 0-0* 2009 Sean Cleary Alison Spiker, Nicole DeStefano 0-0* 2010 Sean Cleary Marie-Louise Asselin, Keri Bland, Clara Grandt, Karly Hamric, April Rotilio 0-0* 2011 Sean Cleary April Rotilio, Chelsea Carrier-Eades 0-0* 2012 Sean Cleary Chelsea Carrier-Eades, Katelyn Williams 0-0* 2013 Sean Cleary Sarah-Anne Brault, Sydney Cummings 0-0* 2014 Sean Cleary Sarah Martinelli, Stormy Nesbit 0-0* 2015 Sean Cleary None 0-0* 2016 Sean Cleary Amy Cashin, Maggie Drazba, Kelly Williams, Bria Welker 0-0* 2017 Sean Cleary Amy Cashin, Maggie Drazba, Shamoya McNeil 0-0* 2018 Sean Cleary Jillian Forsey, Madelin Gardner, Olivia Hill, Shamoya McNeil 0-0* TOTAL 56-17 *no dual meets -- all invitational competition

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PRESIDENT » WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY E. GORDON GEE J.D., ED.D.

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Dr. E. Gordon Gee is one of America’s most prominent higher education leaders, having served as president of some of the most prestigious public and private universities for more than three decades.

When he returned to lead West Virginia University in 2014 as the institution’s 24th president, it was a homecoming of sorts. He was first named WVU president in 1981 at age 36 – at the time, among the youngest persons to ever serve as a university president.

He led West Virginia University until 1985 when he went on to presidencies at the University of Colorado (1985-90), Brown University (1998-2000) and Vanderbilt University (2001-07). He served as president of The Ohio State University from 1990-97 and again from 2007-13.

On his return to the Morgantown campus, he said, “This is not a job to me; it is a calling.” His leadership style bears that out as he works tirelessly to advance the University’s land-grant mission and open doors to the American dream.

In one of his latest addresses to the University community, he noted that for 150 years, the institution has been a polar star guiding West Virginians toward a brighter tomorrow. He said, “That is why, in this milestone year, we recommit our University to living the values that drive our work. Serving our students and our state is not just our duty — it is our passion.”

Gee has built a special relationship with the students as well as the state’s citizens, making it a point to visit students where they live, learn and socialize – and visiting all 55 West Virginia counties during his inaugural year – and at least half in subsequent years.

Born in Vernal, Utah, Gee graduated from the University of Utah with an honors degree in history and earned his J.D. and Ed.D. degrees from Columbia University.

He clerked under Chief Justice David T. Lewis of the U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals before being named a judicial fellow and staff assistant to the U.S. Supreme Court. In this role, he worked for Chief Justice Warren Burger on administrative and legal problems of the Court and federal judiciary. Gee returned to Utah as an associate professor and associate dean in the J. Reuben Clark Law School at Brigham Young University, and was granted full professorship in 1978.

One year later, he became dean of the WVU College of Law, and, in 1981, was named WVU’s 19th president.

Gee has served on several education-governance organizations and committees, including the Big 12 Conference Council of Presidents, the Business Higher Education Forum and the American Association of Universities. He is past chair of the American Council on Education’s Commission on Higher Education Attainment and formerly served as co-chair of the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities’ Energy Advisory Committee. In 2009, King Abdulaziz University in Saudi Arabia invited him to join its international advisory board. In 2009, Time magazine named him one of the top 10 university presidents in the United States.

Gee is currently serving as chair of the Big 12 Board of Directors Executive Committee and is a member of Forward 50, an initiative working toward student equity, success and outcomes.

Last summer, working with Department of Commerce and Marshall University officials, he was instrumental in establishing the West Virginia Forward initiative to bring together state and local leaders in providing a blueprint for alignment and focus on solutions for a united and prosperous West Virginia. It quickly developed into a larger effort with policymakers, experts and government officials working together to formulate results-driven policy to help strengthen and diversify all regions of the state.

Active in many national professional and service organizations, he is on the executive committee of the National 4-H Council Board of Trustees as well as on the Board of Trustees of the Royal University for Women in Bahrain, with which West Virginia University has a long-standing academic partnership.

A recipient of the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award, he is an executive board member of Boy Scouts of America. He has also served on the boards for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum and Limited Brands.

In 2011, Gee began serving as secretary on the Board of Directors of Ohio’s economic development program, JobsOhio. In 2011-12, Governor John Kasich asked him to chair the Ohio Higher Education Capital Funding Collaborative and the Ohio Higher Education Funding Commission. In December 2012, he began serving on the Columbus Education Commission.

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Gee has received many honorary degrees, awards, fellowships and recognitions over the years. He is a fellow of the prestigious American Association for the Advancement of Science, the world’s largest science organization. In 1994, Gee received the Distinguished Alumnus Award from the University of Utah, as well as from Teachers College of Columbia University. In 2013, he received the ACE Council of Fellows/Fidelity Investments Mentor Award and the Outstanding Academic Leader of the Year Award on behalf of Historically Black Colleges and Universities.

He is the co-author of over a dozen books, including his two most recent, “Leading Colleges and Universities” and “Land-Grant Universities for the Future.” He has also authored many papers and articles on law and education.

Gee is engaged to Laurie Erickson, leader of the Erickson Foundation. Gee’s daughter, Rebekah, is Secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health. In addition to that role, she is a practicing gynecologist and Gratis Faculty at the Louisiana State University School of Medicine and Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in New Orleans. Dr. Rebekah Gee is married to David Patrón and they have five children.

THE GEE FAMILY

Front from left: Nathan, Elly and Ben Patrón.

Back from left: Rebekah Gee, Eva Patrón, E. Gordon Gee, Elizabeth Patrón and David Patrón

E. GORDON GEE and fiancée LAURIE ERICKSON

DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS SHANE LYONS ASSOCIATE VICE PRESIDENT

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In his fourth year as the director of athletics at West Virginia University, Shane Lyons has a clear vision for his athletic program. It’s a vision that focuses on the betterment of more than 500 student-athletes and the day-to-day needs that will help them succeed in the classroom and in competition.

His open lines of communications have made him a popular role model for WVU athletes, and his honest, fair and caring approach has energized an entire department.

Whether it’s regularly scheduled meetings with the student-athletes or his open-door office policy, Lyons has his finger on the pulse of his student-athletes, coaches and staff.

His endless energy is devoted to his facilities master plan that will keep West Virginia a strong Power 5 institution and position his department for growth and continued success. Lyons’ facilities master plan isn’t about keeping up with the Joneses, it’s about taking what his department has, improving it and making it complete for the student-athlete. From training, nutrition, medical and competitiveness, Lyons’ vision is for future success, building winning programs and enhancing the overall WVU student-athlete experience. Lyons is about results, and he has already left a great deal of accomplishments in his rear view mirror.

He spearheaded and finished more than $100 million in fan enhancements to Milan Puskar Stadium and the WVU Coliseum, broke ground on a $45 million aquatic and track center in Morgantown, completed phase two of Coliseum renovations, bringing the arena up to current ADA seating code, and for the first-time ever, introduced a second video board to Milan Puskar Stadium to provide information and improve fan entertainment.

Overseeing 18 varsity sports, a self-sustaining department budget of more than $93 million and 250 employees, Lyons’ leadership has also guided WVU to unparalleled success in the classroom as the department recorded an impressive overall 3.2 GPA in 2018. And, with the student-athlete in mind, he has implemented a Clinical and Sport Psychology unit with a full-time director and professional interns, added specialized learning assistants to the Student-Athlete Development unit and entered into a partnership with WVU Medicine’s Neuroscience Department to assist in the training and recovery of student-athletes, all emphasizing his overall commitment to the well-being and performance student-athletes.

Ask him and he’ll tell you it’s not his department, but West Virginia’s department, and he can tell you his vision to improve it not only for the coming year, but for three, five, seven and 10 years down the road. He cares and the proof lies in what he has already accomplished in three years.

Additionally, his work with WVU President E. Gordon Gee’s senior leadership team, as well as the Big 12 Conference and other national committees, has brought additional respect and positive exposure to his department and the University. He currently serves on the Big 12 Administration Committee, Finance and Budget Committee and the Game Management and Officiating Subcommittee. In 2018, he chaired the overall athletic directors committee for the Big 12, was named again to the NCAA Division I Council and will serve as chair of the NCAA Division I Football Oversite Committee. He is also on the board of directors for Mylan Park in Morgantown.

Lyons came to West Virginia after spending three years as the deputy director of athletics and chief operating officer at Alabama where he worked closely on day-to-day strategic leadership and direction of the Crimson Tide Athletic program.

During his time at Alabama, his responsibilities included oversight of a $120 million budget, management of the day-to-day operations of the department and oversight of the Crimson Tide’s 21 sports teams. In addition, he played a pivotal role in a historic renegotiation of Alabama’s multimedia rights agreement that started in 2014 and was involved in several significant capital projects totaling more than $85 million.

The Crimson Tide won seven national titles in five different sports during his time there – two in football, two in men’s golf, one in women’s golf, one in gymnastics and one in softball. He also played a critical role in the hiring of four Alabama head coaches.

Prior to joining the Alabama staff in November 2011, Lyons spent 10 years as an associate commissioner at the Atlantic Coast Conference. At the ACC, Lyons focused on conference-wide compliance and academic initiatives, providing direct assistance to the conference’s presidents, chancellors and athletics directors in matters dealing with NCAA regulatory matters.

In addition, he served as the ACC’s human resource manager and was responsible for the administration, negotiation and mediation of the employee benefits program and managing the conference’s organizational policies and procedures. He was part of the senior administrative team for ACC events, including the football championship game, the men’s basketball tournament and men’s and women’s NCAA basketball events.

Prior to working at the ACC, Lyons served as associate athletics director for compliance at Big 12 member Texas Tech from 1998 to 2001. During that time, Lyons assumed responsibility for the leadership, administration and implementation of a

comprehensive NCAA compliance program with emphasis toward rules education and extensive monitoring systems. He also served as oversight administrator for several of the Red Raiders’ athletic teams and had financial and operational supervision of the strength and conditioning, nutritional and sports medicine units.

Before joining Texas Tech, Lyons worked at the NCAA for almost 10 years as a senior membership services representative, where he was responsible for the oversight and coordination of rules and interpretations for the 25 membership service representatives and was the staff liaison to various NCAA standing committees.

Lyons began his career in college athletics in July 1988 as assistant commissioner of the Big South Conference. With the Big South, he was in charge of conference-wide compliance and championships.

A native of Parkersburg, West Virginia, and a graduate of Parkersburg High, Lyons was a standout basketball player for the Big Reds. He earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in sport management from WVU in 1987 and 1988, respectively.

Lyons, the University’s 12th athletic director, and his wife, Emily, a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, have two children: Cameron and Brooke. Cameron is a member of Terry Bowden’s football team at Akron and Brooke plays volleyball at Morgantown High School.

SHANE LYONS THROUGH THE YEARS: 1988-89 Big South Conference (Assistant Commissioner for Compliance and Championships) 1989-98 NCAA (Senior Membership Services Representative) 1998-2001 Texas Tech (Associate Athletic Director – Compliance) 2001-11 Atlantic Coast Conference (Associate Commissioner) 2011-15 Alabama (Deputy Director of Athletics/Chief Operating Officer) 2015-present West Virginia (Director of Athletics and Associate Vice President) SHANE LYONS’ NATIONAL COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS 2000-01 Division I Satisfactory Progress Waivers Committee 2004-06 Division I Academics/Eligibility Compliance Cabinet 2004-06 Recruiting Subcommittee (Chair 1 year) 2004-08 Division I Interpretations Committee (Chair 2 years) 2005-07 Legislative Review Committee (Chair 2 years) 2006-08 Division I Management Council 2008-11 Division I Legislative Council (Chair 1 year) 2010-11 Division I Communications and Coordination Committee 2015-18 Big 12 Administration, Finance and Budget Committee 2015-18 Big 12 Game Management and Officiating Subcommittee 2017-18 Big 12 Athletic Directors Council Chair 2018- Division I Council 2018- Division I Football Oversight Committee Chair

THE LYONS FAMILY Cameron, Shane, Emily and Brooke

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INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS

MICHAEL FRAGALE

KELI ZINN

STEVE URYASZ

SIMON DOVER

DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS

EXECUTIVE SENIOR ASSOCIATE ATHLETICS DIRECTOR

SENIOR ASSOCIATE ATHLETICS DIRECTOR/ BUSINESS OPERATIONS/CFO

SENIOR ASSOCIATE ATHLETICS DIRECTOR/ COMMUNICATIONS

TERRI HOWES

BEN MURRAY

SENIOR ASSOCIATE ATHLETICS DIRECTOR/ SPORT ADMINISTRATION/SWA

SENIOR ASSOCIATE ATHLETICS DIRECTOR/ MAC EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

MATT WELLS

BRANDON CUNNINGHAM

GREG FEATHERSTON

SENIOR ASSOCIATE ATHLETICS DIRECTOR/ EXTERNAL AFFAIRS

ASSOCIATE ATHLETICS DIRECTOR/ MAJOR GIFTS AND CAPITAL PROJECTS

ASSOCIATE ATHLETICS DIRECTOR/ GOVERNANCE & COMPLIANCE

APRIL MESSERLY

BRYAN MESSERLY

ERIC BUDA

ASSOCIATE ATHLETICS DIRECTOR/ FACILITIES & OPERATIONS

ASSOCIATE ATHLETICS DIRECTOR/ COMMUNICATIONS

ASSISTANT ATHLETICS DIRECTOR/ ANNUAL GIVING

ZACH ECKERT

JAMIE HALL

ASSISTANT ATHLETICS DIRECTOR/ FACILITIES & OPERATIONS

ASSISTANT ATHLETICS DIRECTOR, DONOR RELATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION

SAM MORRONE

PRESTON WAGES

STEPHANIE WHITE

NATHANIEL ZINN

ASSISTANT ATHLETICS DIRECTOR/ BUSINESS OPERATIONS

ASSISTANT ATHLETICS DIRECTOR/ COMPLIANCE

ASSISTANT ATHLETICS DIRECTOR/ STUDENT-ATHLETE DEVELOPMENT

ASSISTANT ATHLETICS DIRECTOR/ MARKETING

WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY

HEAD COACHES

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NEAL BROWN

JASON BUTTS

MIKE CAREY

SEAN CLEARY

SEAN COVICH

TIM FLYNN

JON HAMMOND

BOB HUGGINS

FOOTBALL

GYMNASTICS

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

CROSS COUNTRY/TRACK

GOLF

WRESTLING

RIFLE

MEN’S BASKETBALL

NIKKI IZZO-BROWN

JIMMY KING

MARLON Le BLANC

MIHA LISAC

RANDY MAZEY

VIC RIGGS

REED SUNAHARA

WOMEN’S SOCCER

ROWING

MEN’S SOCCER

TENNIS

BASEBALL

MEN’S AND WOMEN’S SWIMMING & DIVING

VOLLEYBALL

MEDIA

INFORMATION

MEDIA SERVICES The West Virginia athletic communications office will be available through the entire 2018-19 women’s track and field season to accommodate any media requests. The following are some guidelines that should make it easy for media members to cover the West Virginia track and field team. Any additional questions should be directed to the track and field contact Joe Mitchin.

DURING THE WEEK Any member of the media wishing to interview a runner or member of the coaching staff during the week should the West Virginia track and field contact Joe Mitchin, via email (jmitchin@mail.wvu.edu) or by phone (304293-9916), at least 24 hours in advance.

Cell phone numbers will not be available.

All WVU student-athletes have been instructed not to conduct interviews without prior approval of the athletic communications staff.

RECEIVING INFORMATION Media members may receive women’s track and field press releases, notes and more via email. To receive such press releases, meet recaps and more, simply email your requests to jmitchin@mail.wvu.edu.

WVUSPORTS.COM WVUsports.com is the place for media and fans to browse for the latest on Mountaineer track and field.

Player and coaching staff bios are available at the click of your finger by going to WVUsports.com. After each meet, WVUsports.com is updated with the latest statistics. Not only will you find this season’s stats, but you will also be able to find the WVU record book where you can gain some historical insights.

SOCIAL MEDIA WVU track and field is active on various social media platforms - Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Visit facebook.com/ WVUXCTF to like the Facebook page.

To follow the Mountaineers on Twitter visit, Twitter.com.WVUXCTF. To follow the team on Instagram, visit Instagram.com/ WVUXCTF. FIRST LAST WVUXCTF

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CONTACT INFORMATION ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS

The West Virginia University athletics communications office is located on the second floor of the Coliseum.

MAILING ADDRESS

ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE West Virginia University P.O. Box 0877 Morgantown, WV 26507-0877

BASEBALL TRACK & FIELD

WVU ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS STAFF

MOUNTAINEER

MICHAEL FRAGALE SENIOR ASSOCIATE ATHLETICS DIRECTOR/ COMMUNICATIONS

MIKE MONTORO DIRECTOR OF FOOTBALL COMMUNICATIONS

BRYAN MESSERLY ASSOCIATE ATHLETICS DIRECTOR/ COMMUNICATIONS

JOE SWAN DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS PUBLICATIONS

JOHN ANTONIK DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS CONTENT

KRISTIN COLDSNOW MULTIMEDIA SPECIALIST

OVERNIGHT SHIPPING ADDRESS

WVU ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS 3450 Monongahela Blvd., Room 217 Morgantown, WV 26506 PHONE INFORMATION

OFFICE: 3 04-293-2821 FAX: 304-293-4105 PRESS BOX: 304-293-6480

KAITLYN COLE GRAPHIC DESIGNER

ASHLEY BAILEY ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS

SHANNON WOLFGANG ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS

CHARLIE HEALY ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS

TRACK CONTACT

JOE MITCHIN Graduate Assistant Athletic Communications EMAIL: jmitchin@mail.wvu.edu AMY SALVATORE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS

TANNER CAIN GRADUATE ASSISTANT ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS

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LISA AMMONS BUSINESS MANAGER

KATIE MacCRORY GRADUATE ASSISTANT DIGITAL MEDIA

CHERYL WIRE OPERATIONS COORDINATOR

JOE MITCHIN GRADUATE ASSISTANT ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS

AMY PRUNTY PROGRAM ASSISTANT

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It’s in our sweat. It’s in our nature.

So we will go above. We will go beyond.

When everyone else goes back, Mountaineers