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2011 Meet InformationBob Timmons
ClassicMU Cross Country
Challenge
Roy Griak Invitational
Haskell Invitational
Wisconsin adidasInvitational
Big 12 Cross CountryChampionships
NCAA Midwest Regional Championships
NCAA National Championships
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Table of ContentsIntroduction 2011 Schedule 1 KU Quick Facts 1 Season Outlook 2 Schedule Preview 3Media Information Kansas Media Relations 4 Big 12 Media Contacts 5 Local Media Outlets 6Meet the Staff Head Coach Stanley Redwine 8 Assistant Michael Whittlesey 9 Support Staff 10-11The Men of Kansas 2011 Preview 14 Men’s Roster 15 Athlete Profiles 16-32The Women of Kansas 2011 Preview 34 Women’s Roster 35 Athlete Profiles 36-502010 Season in Review Season Review 52-53 2010 Results 54-56Home Course Information Rim Rock Farm 57 Course Maps 58History Kansas Tradition 60 1953 National Champions 61 KU Cross Country Legends 62-67 2006 Big 12 Champion 68
Record Book Men’s Records NCAA Top-Finishers 70 All-Americans/All-Conf. 70 Jayhawks in the Olympics 70 Conference Champions 70 Year-by-Year Results 71 Top Post-Season Finishers 72 Rim Rock/Track Records 73 Women’s Records Year-by-Year Results 74 Top Post-Season Finishers 75 Rim Rock/Track Records 76This is Kansas Welcome to KU 78-79 KU Academics 80 Welcome to Lawrence 81 Meet the Chancellor 82 Meet the Athletic Director 83The Big 12 Conference 84
About the CoversFront and back covers designed by Anne Werner and Joe Wachter of Kansas Media Relations. The 2011 media guide cover picture was taken by Jeff Jacobsen at Rim Rock Farm at King’s Bridge. From left to right are seniors Rebeka Stowe and Donny Wasinger.
CreditsThe Kansas Cross Country media guide wasdesigned, written and edited by Brad Gilbert. Additional writing and editing by Erin Penning. Primary photography courtesy of Jeff and Laura Jacobsen.
CopyrightAny commercial use of information or photo-graphs herewith is prohibited without prior writ-ten consent of the University of Kansas Athletic Dept. Copyright 2011.
KU Quick FactsSchool InformationLocation ......................................Lawrence, Kan.Founded ......................................................1866Enrollment ...............................................29,462Chancellor ..................Dr. Bernadette Gray-LittleAthletics Director ............... Dr. Sheahon ZengerSr. Associate A.D./S.W.A ..........Debbie Van SaunAssociate A.D./CC Administrator ......Chris HowardAffiliation/Conference .....NCAA Division I/ Big 12Home Course .............................Rim Rock FarmDistances ....Men: 10K & 8K; Women: 6K & 5K
Team HistorySeason of Cross Country ......... (M/W)98th/37thNCAA Appearances .........................(M/W)22/2NCAA Team Titles (M/W) ........................... 1/0NCAA Individual Championships (M/W).........5/0Conf. Team Championships (M/W) .............. 19/0Conf. Individual Championships (M/W) .........23/02010 Conference Finish (M/W) ..............7th/7th
Roster InformationMen’s Letterwinners (Returning/Lost) ............. 12/3Women’s Letterwinners (Returning/Lost) .............9/6
Coaching StaffHead Coach .......Stanley Redwine (Arkansas ’85).................................18th Season/12th at KansasAssist. Coach ...Michael Whittlesey, Ph.D.(Conn. ’90) ................................ 14th season/Third at KansasEvents Coordinator ......................Milan DonleyAdministrative Assistant .............. Debbie LumanOffice E-mail [email protected] Phone ...............................785- 864-3486Office Fax .....................................785-864-5525Office Address ................... 1651 Naismith Drive Lawrence, KS 66045-7800
2011 ScheduleSeptember3......Bob Timmons Classic (Lawrence, Kan.)10....Missouri Cross Country Challenge (Columbia, Mo.)24....Roy Griak Invitational (Minneapolis, Minn.)
October8...... Haskell Invitational (Lawrence, Kan.)14.... Wisconsin adidas Invitational (Madison, Wis.)29.... Big 12 Championships (College Station, Texas)
November12......NCAA Midwest Regionals (DeKalb, Ill.)21......NCAA National Championships (Terre Haute, Ind.)
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Expectations are high as the Jayhawks head into another season of Kansas cross country. The 2011 season will see the return of 12 letterwinners on the men’s side, while the women return nine from a 2010 campaign that saw both teams place 11th or
better at the NCAA Regionals. Both teams will be filled with experience and depth from top to bottom, having all but one of their top five performers return from last season.
“I’m really looking forward to see how the season turns out,” said 12th-year Head Coach Stanley Redwine. “On paper, we should be pretty good. Both teams have experience. Both teams have depth. My expectations are certainly that our kids will come in and have a successful season.”
With a strong cast of returners making up the majority of both men’s and women’s squads, the 2011 roster will be filled with confidence and, more importantly, experience from top to bottom. Six women and six men who saw action in last year’s Big 12 Championships and NCAA Regionals will be back in the Crimson and Blue in 2011. The KU roster also features four seniors on each of the men’s and women’s squads as well as seven juniors, three for the men and four for the women.
“With both men’s and women’s teams we have a pretty strong nucleus of returners coming back,” said third-year Assistant Coach Mike Whittlesey. “We only lost one from our top-five on both the men’s and the women’s teams last year, so we have a lot of expe-rience coming back. The things we will really work on this season are trying to get the right combination and understanding how we need to compete in the big races.”
Even though there is a plethora of leadership returning, for the season to be a real success it will be dependent on the underclass-men, who will add depth to the KU roster. The teams will feature a combined five sophomores and nine redshirt freshmen, many of whom saw action in several meets last season. Those young Jayhawks will be looked upon to make significant contributions throughout the year and will be imperative to the teams’ overall success as the season wears on.
“One of the things Coach Whittlesey has done has been to develop great depth,” said Coach Redwine. “We have redshirted some people that will be able to come up and contribute for us this year. We also had a lot of our young runners get experience and con-tribute last year, which will really pay-off for us this season.”
While there will be a great amount of experience on this year’s squad, as always, there will be several fresh faces. Eleven fresh-men (six men, five women) and one transfer will be joining the Jayhawks for the 2011 campaign and will be expected to catch on quickly and contribute immediately. The 2011 Jayhawks will feature a quality that recent teams have lacked at times, senior leadership. Kansas returns two athletes that were All-Big 12 selections a year ago, Donny Wasinger and Rebeka Stowe, who are both primed for tremendous seasons. Both were KU’s top finishers in each race they competed in last season and both are looking to continue that streak this year, while also pushing their teammates to some top finishes as well.
“The one common denominator on all of our past great teams is that we’ve had a great leader,” explained Coach Redwine. “This year we have that in Donny (Wasinger) on the men’s side and Rebeka (Stowe) on the women’s side. It starts at the top. If you have great leaders, then you have great depth, and once you’ve got those two things then you’re going to see some great results by the end of the season.”
The 2011 Jayhawks are confident, deep, experienced and are coming off of one of the toughest summer workout regiments they have ever seen. This season, they will look to move the Kansas program that much closer to the upper echelon of collegiate cross country and to write another chapter in the KU cross country’s storied history.
“Our goal is to be a perennial national championship contender, and I think this year we will take great strides toward that goal,” said Coach Whittlesey. “There’s a great heritage here at Kansas for cross country and I think our athletes have embraced that and have learned to value themselves and this program at a much higher level. Now that we have achieved that, the rest is going to become easier.”
“The biggest change I’ve noticed in recent years is the athletes want to be great,” Coach Redwine concluded. “Their goal is to be at the top as a team. They’re coming in with the mindset, ‘Yes, we can do this’ and once you get those components together, that’s when the magic happens. That’s when it starts to get fun.”
Season Outlook
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The 2011 schedule is sure to test the Jayhawks from the first meet to the last, putting them up against some of the most
competitive fields in the NCAA this season.
“I feel like we’ve got a really strong schedule this year,” said assistant coach Mike Whittlesey. “It will be fun seeing our ath-letes going up against the best courses and the best athletes from around the country.”
The 2011 season will once again kick-off with the Bob Tim-mons Classic on September 3 at the Jayhawks’ home course, Rim Rock Farm. At least one KU team has claimed the meet title the last five-consecutive seasons and has had at least one individual claim a title in the past seven meets. The meet will provide a prime opportunity for some of the young Jayhawks to prove themselves and build confidence for the remainder of the season.
The following week both teams will travel to Columbia, Mo., for a September 10 match-up against rival Missouri at the Mis-souri Cross Country Challenge. Both the men’s and women’s teams have good memories from last year’s meet. The men won the event while the women placed four runners in the top 10 to finish second.
After a week break the Jayhawks will have to traverse through one of the toughest courses they will face all season when they compete at the Roy Griak Invitational on September 24 in Minneapolis, Minn. The Jayhawks will then return to Lawrence and compete against their neighbors from Haskell in the Haskell Invitational on Oc-tober 8. The meet will be another opportunity for the Jayhawks to gain confidence as they head in to the challenging part of the schedule.
On October 15 the teams will face arguably the toughest com-petition of the season at the Wisconsin adidas Invitational in Madison, Wis. Many of the country’s top teams have entered the meet hosted by Wisconsin this year instead of competing in the also-competitive Pre-Nationals Meet, making the event in Madison a star-filled race.
“I really think the Wisconsin meet is going to be stronger than the NCAA Championships, competition-wise,” said Whit-tlesey. “Most of the top-40 teams in the country have decided to go to that meet this year. All the big players are going to be at that one. It’s going to be tough, but it’ll give us some great experience.”
From there, the Jayhawks will then prepare for the Big 12 Championships on October 29 in College Station, Texas. Both teams will look to improve upon their seventh-place finishes at the meet last season, and will look to have an individual champion crowned for the first time since 2007.
The NCAA Regional Championships will take place on No-vember 12 in Dekalb, Ill. The Jayhawks placed two individuals in the top 20 last season and hope to place even more in that select group this season, in order to send teams to the NCAA Championships.
“Our goal is to qualify for the NCAA meet as a team,” said head coach Stanley Redwine. “We have had individuals in the past but getting our team qualified has to be the goal we work toward throughout the season. That regional meet is always a very important one for us.”
Indiana State will once again host the NCAA Championships at its home course, the LaVern Gibson Championship Course, on November 21. Senior Donny Wasinger already has solid experience on this course after competing there in the NCAA Championships last season. Wasinger will attempt to make it back to Terre Haute for a second-straight year and hopes to be joined by several of his teammates from both the men’s and women’s teams.
“This schedule really has the potential to set us up to do some good things late in the season,” Coach Whittlesey explained. “Our goals are definitely for a top five, if not higher, team fin-ish at the Big 12 meet. Then of course to earn a trip for both teams to the NCAA Championships. That should be our goal every single year, however, this is really the year that we have a great chance of accomplishing that.”
The Schedule
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1651 Naismith Drive, Suite 1400, Lawrence, KS 66045Phone: (785)864-3417; Fax: (785)864-7944
Website: www.kuathletics.com
Brad Gilbert Media Relations Assistant Cross Country/Track & Field
Work: (785)864-7788 Cell: (913)515-7006 Email: [email protected]
Internet ResourcesFor up-to-date news concerning KU cross country, members of the media can retrieve information on the official Kansas Athletics web site by logging onto www.kuathletics.com.
Press ServicesPress releases, including updated individual and team stats and performance sheets, as well as information on upcoming meets, will be available each week. On the day of the meet, the media relations staff will distribute pre-meet notes and other pertinent information. The releases are available in PDF format via e-mail. To be included on the e-mail list, please contact Media Relations Assis-tant Brad Gilbert at [email protected]. The releases will also be available on the KU Athletics’ web site in PDF format.
InterviewsAll interviews with student-athletes and coaches should be arranged through media relations contact Brad Gil-bert at (785) 864-7788. Please give at least 24 hours no-tice. Phone interviews will be done on a call-back basis only when convenient to the student-athlete or coach.
Cross Country Contact Information
Kansas Media Relations
Mike StraussAssociate Media Relations DirectorMen’s Golf, Women’s GolfPhone: (785)864-3420Email: [email protected]
Katy LonerganAssistant Media Relations DirectorFootball Phone: (785)864-7314Email: [email protected]
Mike CummingsAssistant Media Relations DirectorBaseball, Secondary FootballPhone: (785)864-3575Email: [email protected]
Christine DieckmannAssistant Media Relations DirectorWomen’s Basketball, SoccerPhone: (785)864-7942Email: [email protected]
Alissa BauerAssistant Media Relations DirectorVolleyball, SoftballPhone: (785)864-7947Email: [email protected]
Erin PenningOffice Manager/Publications Coord.Phone: (785)864-3417Email: [email protected]
Jeff JacobsenStaff PhotographerPhone: (785)864-7055Email: [email protected]
Jackie BerraGraphic DesignerPhone: (785)864-3407Email: [email protected]
Chris TheisenAssistant AD/Media RelationsMen’s BasketballPhone: (785)864-3474Email: [email protected]
Kevin McCartyWeb DesignerPhone: (785)864-7979Email: [email protected]
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Big 12 Media ContactsBig 12 Conference Contact:Cassandra Novy • [email protected] • (469) 524-1040400 E. John Carpenter Frwy.Irving, Texas 75062Fax: (469) 524-1045www.big12sports.com
BAYLORContact: Todd [email protected](254) 710-4049 (Office)(254) 644-3458 (Cell)1500 South University Parks DriveWaco, Texas 76706www.baylorbears.com
IOWA STATEContact: Katie [email protected](515) 294-3372 (Office)Jacobson Athletic Building1800 South Fourth StreetAmes, Iowa 50011www.cyclones.com
KANSAS STATEContact: Ricardo Cruz [email protected](785) 375-1723 (Office)1800 College Avenue, Suite 37Bramlage ColiseumManhattan, Kansas 66502www.k-statesports.com
MISSOURIContact: Shawn [email protected](573) 882-0771 (Office)(573) 819-9082 (Cell)Mizzou ArenaOne Champions DriveColumbia, Missouti 65205www.mutigers.com
OKLAHOMAContact: David [email protected](405) 325-8571 (Office)(405) 274-1455 (Cell)McClendon CenterRoom 2525180 West BrooksNorman, Oklahoma 73019www.soonersports.com
OKLAHOMA STATEContact: Gavin [email protected](405) 744-3875 (Office)(803) 318-0525 (Cell)220 Athletics CenterSillwater, Oklahoma 74078www.okstate.com
TEXASContact: Ashley [email protected](512) 471-8236 (Office)(512) 748-8062 (Cell)2101 San JacintoBellmont Hall, Room 327Austin, Texas 78712www.texassports.com
TEXAS A&MContact: Shawn [email protected](979) 845-9534 (Office)(979) 661-0731 (Cell)PO Box 30017College Station, Texas 77842-3017www.aggieathletics.com
TEXAS TECHContact: Brandon [email protected](806) 742-2770 (Office)(806) 252-4653 (Cell)Athletic Media RelationsBox 43021Lubbock, Texas 79409www.texastech.com
KANSASContact: Brad Gilbert [email protected](785) 864-7788 (Office)(913) 515-7006 (Cell)1651 Naismith Drive1400 ParrottLawrence, Kansas 66045www.kuathletics.com
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Publication Address Phone Website Contact
NEWSPAPERSHUTCHINSON DAILY NEWS 300 West Second, Hutchinson, KS 67501 800-766-5742 hutchnews.com Gene SchinzelKANSAS CITY STAR 1729 Grand Blvd, Kansas City, MO 64108 816-234-4355 kcstar.com Brady McColloughLAWRENCE JOURNAL-WORLD 609 New Hampshire, Lawrence, KS 66044 785-843-1000 ljworld.com Tom KeeganTOPEKA CAPITAL JOURNAL 616 Jeff erson, Topeka, KS 66607 785-295-1111 cjonline.com Tim BiselWICHITA EAGLE 825 East Douglas, Wichita, KS 67201 316-268-6251 wichitaeagle.com Brady McColloughUNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN 1000 Sunnyside Ave., Lawrence, KS 66045 785-864-4810 kansan.com Mitchell Friesen
SPECIALTY MEDIAJAYHAWK ILLUSTRATED 1201 E. 11th, Winfield, KS 67156 214-764-6337 phog.net Julie JamisonKU ALUMNI MAGAZINE Adams Center, KU, Lawrence, KS 66045 785-864-4760 kualumni.org Chris Lazzarino
TELEVISIONKSNT-TV (NBC) P.O. Box 2700, Topeka, KS 66601 785-582-4000 ksnt.com Johnny KaneWIBW-TV (CBS) 631 SW Commerce Pl., Topeka, KS 66615-1234 785-272-6397 wibw.com J.B. BauersfeldWDAF-TV (FOX) 3030 Summit, Kansas City, MO 64108 816-753-4567 wdaftv4.com Al WallaceKMBC-TV (ABC) 1049 Central, Kansas City, MO 64105 816-221-9999 kmbc.com Karen Mornacki6NEWS (Knology) 645 New Hampshire, Lawrence, KS 66044 785-832-6397 6newslawrence.com Kevin RomaryKSHB-TV (NBC) 4720 Oak, Kansas City, MO 64112 816-753-4141 kshb.com Jack HarryMETRO SPORTS 6550 Winchester, Kansas City, MO 64133 816-222-5860 kcondemand.com Leif LisecKTKA (ABC) 2121 SW Chelsea Dr., Topeka, KS 66614 785-215-8503 49abcnews.com Nic Hoch
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Local Media Outlets
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Stanley RedwineSince taking the reins of the track and field and cross country teams at the University of Kansas, Stanley Redwine has found success in leaps and bounds. As he enters his 12th year at the helm, Redwine, his staff and his teams continue to establish their marks in the lore of Jayhawk history, shattering school records and adding several All-Americans to the illustrious luminaries of Kansas’ storied past. Judging by his re-sults, both as a coach and as an athlete, this path looks to continue into the future.
In Redwine’s first nine seasons, 33 Kansas student-athletes have achieved 69 All-America honors, and the men’s and women’s teams have combined to set more than 61 school records and cracked the KU all-time top-five list in more than 60 events. At Kansas, he has coached four individuals to national champion-ships in six different events. As a result of their outstanding performances, Redwine’s 2001 and 2002 men’s track and field teams were enshrined into the KU Hall of Fame after back-to-back eighth-place finishes at the NCAA Championships.
Throughout Redwine’s tenure, his teams have also shown great success in the classroom. In the past four seasons alone, the cross country teams have supplied 39 members to the Academic All-Big 12 teams, while the track teams have contributed 86 to the same list.
Before Redwine was hired as head coach at Kansas on May 25, 2000, he had a six-year stint as head coach at the University of Tulsa. At Tulsa, Redwine’s athletes broke more than 70 school records, most on mul-tiple occasions. In many events, Redwine’s athletes completely re-wrote the Golden Hurricane’s all-time top-10 performance lists. Including some of the top finishes in conference history, Redwine produced 11 NCAA qualifiers and Tulsa’s first-ever All-American. Redwine also oversaw the Golden Hurricane as they registered some of the highest conference finishes in school history.
Prior to his appointment at Tulsa in 1994, Redwine spent 11 years as an assistant coach at the University of Arkansas, one of the premier track and field programs in the nation. During his tenure at UA, the Ra-zorbacks captured nine consecutive NCAA Championships and 22 titles from 1985 to 1994 in both track and field and cross country. He helped produce 14 All-Americans and two NCAA Champions in hurdle and sprint events. Among those All-Americans were two-time 400 meter NCAA indoor and outdoor cham-pion, Calvin Davis; three-time 400 meter and 500 meter NCAA champion, Robbie Haley and seven-time All-American sprinter, Jimmy French.
Before becoming a coach at Arkansas, Redwine placed his name in the Razorback history books as a 400-meter, 600-yard and 800-meter runner from 1980-1983. Redwine was a four-time All-American and was named UA’s Outstanding Track Athlete all four of his years in Fayetteville. He was a six-time conference champion and still ranks among the Razorbacks’ top 10 in six events, which includes anchor-ing the school’s record-setting sprint medley relay team (3:15.10) at the Penn Relays in 1983, which still ranks as the second-best time in school history. For his achievements, Redwine was inducted into the University of Arkan-sas Hall of Honor in 2003.
Professionally, Redwine retired from competition in 1996 after he finished fifth in the 800-meter run at the U.S. Olympic Trials in Atlanta, Ga. He was a U.S. Olympic Trial qualifier five consecutive times from 1980 to 1996 and was a two-time silver medalist in the 800-meter run at the Goodwill Games (1986, 1994). He also won two bronze medals at the Pan American Games, in 1983 and 1987. Redwine was a five-time World Championship team member (1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993), and a two-time U.S. 800-meter champion.
Redwine earned his bachelor’s degree in administrative management from the University of Ar-kansas in 1985. He and his wife, Jacqueline, have three children: Crysta (27), Stanley, Jr. (24), and Alexa (19).
Meet the Staff
Head Coach12th Year
Coaching History2000-Present Kansas
Head Coach, Cross Country/Track & Field1994-2000 Tulsa
Head Coach, Cross Country/Track & Field1985-1994 Arkansas
Assistant Coach, Track
Athletic Achievements• Four-time All-American
• Six-time conference champion• Two-time U.S. 800m champion
• Silver Medalist, 800-meter run (Goodwill Games, 1986 and 1994)
• Bronze Medalist, 800-meter run (Pan-Am Games, 1983 and 1987)
• Five-time World Championship team member
Honors and Achievements• 2009 IAAF World Championships
- Team USA, Assistant Coach• 2007 Pan-American Games
- Team USA Head Coach, Men’s Track and Field• 2003 Pan-American Games- Team USA , Assistant Coach
• UA’s Most Outstanding Track Athlete (1980, 1981, 1982, 1983)
• Arkansas Hall of Honor Inductee (2003)
Education• University of Arkansas, 1985
Bachelor’s in administrative management
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Michael Whittlesey is in his third season as assistant coach for cross country and middle distance/distance running for track at Kansas.
In his short time at Kansas, Whittlesey has already made a huge impact with both the cross country and track programs. In his first two seasons with the Jayhawks, he has guided two Jayhawks to appearances at the NCAA Cross Country Championships, Lauren Bonds, which was a first for a KU woman since the 1994 season, and Donny Wasinger, who was the first KU man to do so since 2007. Additionally, in 2010 the Kansas women’s dis-tance medley relay team composed of Bonds, Rebeka Stowe, Cori Christensen and Taylor Washington earned All-America status at the 2010 NCAA Indoor Championships.
Whittlesey has mentored six Jayhawks to All-America honors on the track and has seen 10 of his athletes break school records. (2010 Indoor DMR, Lauren Bonds - Outdoor 1,500m, Lauren Bonds - Outdoor 5,000m, Amanda Miller - Indoor 5,000m and Rebeka Stowe - 3,000m Steeplechase)
Whittlesey came to KU after serving 11 years as the assistant coach in charge of cross country and distance running for the track program at North Carolina. In addition to his coaching duties at UNC, Whittlesey worked as the assistant director for both men’s and women’s track and field and cross country for his last four seasons at UNC.
Under his direction, North Carolina produced nine NCAA individual and relay titles in six years, 70 All-Ameri-cans and 36 conference champions. Most recently, Whittlesey led the track team to back-to-back NCAA titles in the distance medley relay at the 2006 and 2007 Indoor NCAA Championships. Along with the 2007 distance medley relay title, Whittlesey coached sophomore anchor Brie Felnagle to the individual NCAA title in the outdoor 1,500 meters. Under the guidance of Whittlesey, Felnagle captured three NCAA titles and was named an All-American 10 times in her career.
Additionally, in his 11 years at the helm of the cross country program at UNC, the Carolina women’s team advanced to the NCAA Championships 10 times, including a program-best sixth-place finish in 1999. With a 10th-place finish in 2004, the Tar Heel women posted back-to-back top-10 NCAA finishes for the first time in school history.
Whittlesey was awarded the first-ever NCAA Division I Track and Field National Assistant Coach of the Year for women’s middle distance/distance in 2003. Whittlesey also received the 2007 NCAA Outdoor Track & Field East Regional Assistant Coach of the Year honor.
Whittlesey has twice won both the ACC Cross Country Coach of the Year and Southeast Region Coach of the Year awards, earning each in 1999 and 2003.
A native of Morris, Conn., Whittlesey started his coaching career as a graduate assistant at UConn where he assisted with distance and was the pole vault and multi-event coach. He then went on to UNC-Charlotte, where he served
two years as an assistant coach. While with the 49ers, Whit-tlesey coached his athletes to 53 new school records in 18
different events and coached all-conference perform-ers in the triple jump and javelin.
Whittlesey’s competitive experience in-cludes being the first American finisher in the 1995 Boston Marathon. He also quali-
fied for the 1996 Olympic Trials in the marathon after competing as a non-recruited athlete at the University of Connecticut. He graduated from UConn in May 1990 with a bachelor’s degree in sports medicine/athletic training and later earned a master’s in biophysical science/exercise physiology in 1993. In 1997, Whittlesey received a doc-torate of philosophy in sports science/exercise physiology from UConn.
Whittlesey and his wife, Carol, have two children: seven-year-old daughter Saman-tha Paige and five-year-old son Ryan Allen.
Assistant CoachThird Year
Coaching History• 2009-Present Kansas Assistant Coach, Cross Country/Track• 1998-2009 North Carolina Assistant Coach, Cross Country/Track• 1996-1998 UNC Charlotte Assis. Coach, Cross Country/Track & Field• 1990-1996 Connecticut Assis. Strength Coach, Cross Country/Track
Athletic History and Achievments• UConn Cross Country/ Track Team, 1987-1990• First American Finisher at the Boston Marathon, 1995
Coaching Honors• NCAA Division I Track & Field National Assistant Coach of the Year, 2003 • NCAA Outdoor Track & Field East Region Assistant Coach of the Year, 2007
Education• University of Connecticut, 1990 Bachelor’s in Sports Medicine/ Athletic Training• University of Connecticut, 1993 Masters in Biophysical Science/ Exercise Physiology• University of Connecticut, 1997 Doctorate of Philosophy in Sports/ Excercise Physiology
Meet the Staff
Michael Whittlesey, Ph.D.
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Support Staff
Vince Bingham was named director of operations for the Kansas track & field and cross country programs in 2008 and brings over 26 years of coach-ing experience to the KU staff.
As a coach at Lindenwood and Missouri Babtist, Bingham’s teams won three NAIA National Championships. In 2006 with Missouri Baptist, Bing-ham’s women’s team broke eight national records at the NAIA Indoor Championships and all told, Bingham’s athletes earned 78 All-America honors that season.
Bingham’s athletes have qualified for the NCAA Division I Championships five times and he has coached six NCAA Division II All-Americans, with Sedell Roberts grabbing the honor in the indoor 400 meters and Jody Kay Martines taking the award in the outdoor 100 meters and 400-meter relay.
Vince Bingham
Director of Cross Country/Track & Field Operations
Fourth Year
Milan DonleyOn Nov. 1, 2006, Milan Donley was named the events coordinator as well as meet director for the Kansas Relays. Donley was the hori-zontal jumps coach for the Jayhawks for seven seasons.
For his oustanding coaching efforts in 2005, the U.S. Track and Field/Cross Country Coaches Association named Donley the Midwest Region Assistant Coach of the Year.
Prior to coming to KU, Donley guided 17 All-Americans, two national champions, four Olympic team members, two U.S. champions and two American record holders.
Donley and his wife, Julie, reside in Lawrence with their three children, Hailey, Ethan and Anna. Events Coordinator
Ninth Year
Debbie LumanDebbie Luman started at Kansas Athletics in February, 1996 and serves as the administrative assistant for the cross country and track and field teams. Her main responsibility is working with coaches on day-to-day operations of the track office, while organizing officials and volunteers for home cross country and track meets.
Luman worked as the department’s travel auditor for seven years before joining the track office in 2003. Before coming to KU, Luman spent three years as a teller supervisor and construction loan processor at Commerce Bank and one year as the human resources manager at Curtis 1000.
She was born in Hutchinson, Kan., where she attended Hutchinson High School. She graduated with a business degree from Baker University.
Luman and her husband David have four children, Lindsey, Chris, Jessica and Katie. She enjoys traveling and scrapbooking.Administrative Assistant
15th Year
Chris Howard
Tegan Thornberry started at Kansas Athletics in August, 2003 and serves as the travel manager. Her main responsibilities are overseeing all travel operations and making sure each team’s trips run smoothly. She specializes in postseason travel and local hotel liaison.
Thornberry was a member of the Kansas golf team and also worked as a men’s basketball manager while in school. She also spent time as a baseball operations intern for the Kansas City Royals.
Thornberry earned her bachelor’s degree in sports and fitness management and her master’s in sport studies at KU.
She was born in Seoul, South Korea and attended Saint Thomas Aquinas High School in Overland Park, Kan. While in high school she played softball and golf. Thornberry is a member of the Society of Collegiate Travel Management. Her main hobby is golf.
Travel ManagerEighth Year
Tegan Thornberry
Associate Athletics DirectorCross Country Administrator
Fifth Year
Chris Howard is in his fifth year as an associate athletics director in the Kansas athletic department. His responsibilities include acting as the adminis-tror of both the cross country and track & field programs. Before assuming his current role he worked with the Williams Educational Fund to promote Kansas Athletics and develop opportunities for athletics alumni of KU. The St. Louis native has made stops at LSU as an associate athletics director from 2003-07, at the NCAA as a memberof the enforcement staff from 2001-03, and again at KU from 1996-98 as a supervisor for student support services.Howard earned a bachelor of science degree in education from the University of Kansas in 1997. He added a master’s in science degree in education and a jurist doctor degree from KU in 2001; he received the Justice Lloyd Kagey Leadership Award during his final year at the KU law school. He was also a combat medical specialist in the United States Army from 1990 to 1995; he served in Operation Desert Storm with the 24th Infantry Division.Howard has two children, Oliva, 8, and Langston, 5.
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Lisa HehmanLisa Hehman started at Kansas Athletics in August, 2009 and serves as an academic and career counselor. Her main responsibilities are to assist student-athletes with course selection, degree choice and academic challenges. Hehman came to KU after working as the men’s basketball advisor and life skills specialist at Cleveland State from 2007-09. She also worked as a graduate assistant for student supports services at UMKC and as a high school English teacher at the Paseo Academy of Fine and Performing Arts. She earned her bachelor’s degree in communications studies from Kansas and her master’s degree in counseling and guidance from UMKC. Hehman was born in Detroit, Mich., and attended Blue Springs South (Mo.) High School, where she participated in swimming.
Academic CounselorThird Year
Support Staff
Zack Sanchez
Athletic TrainerFirst Year
This is Zack Sanchez’s first year working with the KU training staff. His duties include covering the athletic training duties for both the cross country and track & field teams as well as being the department’s orthotics specialist and the visiting team information correspondent.
Sanchez brings several years of experience as a trainer with other top cross country and track and field programs from around the country to KU. Before arriving in Lawrence, he worked at school’s such as Kentucky, Colorado and Florida. He earned his athletic training certification at the University of Florida in 2008. Sanchez, who is originally from Tampa, Fla., is preparing to marry his fiance, Courtney Krebs, in January. In his spare time he enjoys running, spending time with his fiance and watching premier league soccer.
Athletic TrainerSecond Year
Maggie Mountsier
Academic Counselor18th Year
Phil Lowcock, Ph.D. Dr. Phil Lowcock is entering his 18th year with Kansas Athletics. He serves as the academic advisor for baseball, tennis and women’s cross country/track & field. For the past 10 years he has been on a hiatus from working with the cross country/track and is looking forward to retunring to the programs again this season. He also works to support all of KU’s international student-athletes with admissions, immigration and visa acquisition and transition to college courses. In addition, he is an adjunct faculty member in the health, sport and excersice science department and lectures a class on campus every semester.Lowcock has been teaching at KU since 1984, when he began working as a graduate teaching assistant and doctoral student in the health, sport and exercise science department. He has attained three degrees, all from Kansas; bachelor’s and master’s in education in 1985 and 1989 and a doctorate in applied sport psychology and counseling psychology in 1992. The Kansas City, Kan., native is a graduate of Shawnee Missoin North and has a daughter, Megan, who is currently a sophomore in high school. In his spare time he enjoys spending time with his daughter and their two dogs as well as rooting on the Jayhawks athletes whenever possible.
Maggie Mountsier is in her second year as an athletic trainer for the men’s and women’s cross country/track & field teams. Her main responsibilities include prevention of injuries, evaluation and assessment of injuries, taping/bracing and rehabilitation/reconditioning.
Mountsier is currently completing her master’s in health education from KU and is anticipating to graduate in May of 2012. She earned a bachelor’s degree of science in kinesiology and health from Iowa State University in the spring of 2010. While at Iowa State, she worked as an athletic training student for two years. Mountsier originally hails from Urbandale, Iowa and attended Urbandale High School where she was a member fo the swimming and golf teams. She has two older brothers Cliff (26) and Andrew (23) and enjoys spending time with friends and family in her spare time, as well as playing golf and watching movies.
Academic ProgramsCoordinatorFirst Year
Katie MartincichKatie Martincich is in her first year with Academic Support. She will be assisting the cross country/track & field academic counselors with administrative and counseling responsibilities. Before she came to KU she worked at the Cerner Corporation in Kansas City. There, she worked as a programs coordinator as well as a business analyst.
In 2009, Martincich earned bachelors’ degrees in both business marketing and sports and fitness management from KU. She is currently working towards a master’s in education while she works as a graduate student in the academic support offices.
Martinchich was a four year letterwinner for the KU volleyball team from 2006-09 and was the recipient of the 2008 Big 12 Sportsman of the Year award, as well as the 2009 KU Women of Distinction Award. She also was named to the Academic All-Big 12 lists on numerous occasions. Originally from Shawnee, Kan., Martincich grew up with two older sisters Lisa (30) and Laura (28). In her spare time she coaches a club volleyball team in Kansas City. She enjoys hanging out with friends and family and loves listening to live music.
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Kansas Jayhawks
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Kansas Jayhawks
The Men of Kansas
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Men’s Preview
The KU men return the bulk of the runners that com-bined for much of their success in 2010. Even though
the Jayhawks lose the leadership and experience of outgoing senior Nick Caprario, several other men are fit to fill his spot at the front of the pack.
The Jayhawks will once again be led by senior Donny Wasinger who has been the team’s top performer for the past three seasons. The Winona, Minn., native is coming off a season where he was an All-Big 12 selection after his 13th-place finish at the conference meet, earned an at-large bid to the NCAA Championships for his 10th-place finish at the NCAA Regionals, broke the 25-minute mark in each 8K race he competed in and became the first KU male to take part in the NCAA Championships since 2007.
“Donny really had it figured out last year,” said assistant coach Mike Whittlesey. “He learned an awful lot through-out the season and gained a lot of confidence in himself and a lot of aggressiveness from a racing standpoint. I expect him to be up there at the top of the confer-ence and go for All-American.”
With Wasinger look-ing to build on his already impressive re-sume, the coaches are hoping he can lead his teammates to a top finish at the con-ference and NCAA meets.
“It’s those seasoned veterans that know how to train and mentally prepare for the big races and I think that’s where Donny is right now,” added Coach Redwine. “That will make him a great leader for this team because of his great experience.”
Wasinger isn’t the only upperclassman looking to end his career in Lawrence on a high note. Fellow senior Austin Bussing was consistently a top performer for the Jayhawks in 2010, coming in as KU’s third finisher three times on the season. Bussing and Wasinger will be joined by fellow up-perclassman Zach Zarda as the veteran leaders of this year’s men’s squad. Zarda saw action in two meets for the Jay-hawks last season; the highlights coming in top-10 finishes at the both the Bob Timmons Classic and Missouri Cross Country Challenge. The veteran leadership and knowledge of these three fourth-year men will be a key ingredient for the success of the 2011 campaign.
Junior Josh Baden is coming off a fantastic sophomore sea-son in 2010. He was one of only two Jayhawks to compete in all six meets, finishing in the team’s top four in four those races. Rounding out the upperclassmen for the men are Sean Proehl and Eric Dyson, who each bring speed and athleticism to give the team a more complete skill set.
The KU men also return a strong class of sophomores that bring experience beyond their years. Jose Muñoz, Josh Munsch and Nikki Trooien-Smith were each members of the seven-man team that competed in the Big 12 Cham-pionships a year ago. Trooien-Smith and Muñoz also saw action at the Midwest Regionals, giving them experience few sophomores can bolster. Those three men being on the front lines for the Jayhawks this season will be instrumental in KU’s accomplishments.
“We talked about the goals all summer long with this group of juniors and sophomores,” said Coach Whittlesey. “About how we need to be more effective as a team, and
how we can’t just depend on the se-niors to do it all this year. They’ve been training great this summer and hopefully it will show in the results come the first meet.”
Rounding out the men’s team depth will be a group of five eager redshirt
freshmen who have spent a year honing their skills at the collegiate level. Conner Day, James Wilson and Emilio Trujillo are a few who could help the KU men surprise teams around the country this year.
“We redshirted a lot of freshmen last year so we’re expect-ing a much tighter pack from our guys,” Coach Whittlesey explained. “They really give us a well-rounded component to our group and it gives us a shot to run with any team in the country.”
In addition, coaches Redwine and Whittlesey again have a talented and enthusiastic group of incoming freshmen that will be expected to contribute early and often to the season’s success. Six true freshmen are expected to suit up in the Crimson and Blue this year, all of which were the top performers for their respective high school teams.
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2011 Roster
Name Year Hometown(HS/Previous College)Josh Baden RS-Jr. Colby, Kan. (Colby HS)Reid Buchanan Fr. Manhattan, Kan. (Manhattan HS)Austin Bussing Sr. Houston, Texas (James E. Taylor HS)Conner Day RS-Fr. Fairview, Texas (Lovejoy HS)Eric Dyson RS-Sr. Fountain Valley, Calif. (Fountain Valley HS)Phillip Freeman Fr. Rogers, Ark. (Rogers HS)Alex Galli Fr. Lebanon, Pa. (Cedar Crest HS)Gabe Gonzalez Fr. Springdale, Ark. (Springdale HS)Josh Harsin RS-Fr. Omaha, Neb. (Blair HS)Evan Landes RS-Fr. Mulvane, Kan. (Mulvane HS)Jose Muñoz So. Rio Rico, Ariz. (Rio Rico HS)Josh Munsch So. Hays, Kan. (Hays HS)Sean Proehl RS-Jr. San Diego, Calif. (Rancho Bernardo HS)Clay Schneider RS-Sr. Topeka, Kan. (Seaman HS)Kaman Schneider RS-Jr. Tribune, Kan. (Greeley County HS)Logan Sloan Fr. Lawrence, Kan. (Lawrence Free State HS)Brendan Soucie RS-Fr. Osawatomie, Kan. (Osawatomie HS)Nikki Trooien-Smith So. Mulvane, Kan. (Mulvane HS)Emilio Trujillo RS-Fr. Colorado Springs, Colo. (Sierra HS) Donny Wasinger Sr. Winona, Minn. (Cotter HS)Ben Wilson Jr. Lawrence, Kan. (Lawrence HS/N. Colorado)James Wilson RS-Fr. Abilene, Kan. (Abilene HS)Zach Zarda RS-Jr. Shawnee, Kan. (Maranatha Academy)
Men’s Roster
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Austin BUSSING
Seniors
JUNIOR (2010)Competed in five meets for the Jayhawks, finishing among the top-three KU finishers in all but one race... Top finish came at the Missouri Cross Country Challenge (Sept. 11), where he finished fifth with an 8K time of 26:06.09... Notched a career-best 8K time at the Wisconsin adidas Invitational (Oct. 2), placing 99th in 25:01.60... Finished 48th at his second Big 12 Championships meet (Oct. 30), crossing the finish line in 25:46.96... Ran in his first Midwest Regional meet (Nov. 13), running a 10k time of 32:02.34 and finishing 82nd... Named to the Academic All-Big 12 First Team for second-consecutive season.
SOPHOMORE (2009) Was among the Jayhawks’ top-five finishers in five of the six meets in which he competed... Posted a career-best 8K time of 25:26 at the OSU Cowboy Jamboree (Oct. 3), where he also had a season-best team-finish of third, while placing 62nd overall... Clocked in at 25:30 at the ISU Pre-Nationals Invitational (Oct. 17) to take 123rd... Competed at the Big 12 Championships (Oct. 31), finishing in 62nd in an 8K time of 26:44.50... Selected as a member of the Academic All-Big 12 First Team.
FRESHMAN (2008)Ran unattached at the Bob Timmons Classic, finishing in 16th place with an 8K time of 26:59.60... Placed 17th at the Missouri Cross Country Challenge with an 8K time of 28:00.68... Ran a 26:50 (8K) at the OSU Cowboy Jamboree... Recorded a personal-best 8K time of 26:36.30 to finish 91st in the Men’s Open Race at the ISU Pre-Nationals.
HIGH SCHOOLFour-year letterman in both track and cross country... Was team captain of his cross country team as a junior and senior... Qualified for state as a senior in 2007... Regional qualifier 2005-2007... Three-year regional track qualifier... A two-time team MVP in track... Was a four-year academic/athletic all-star.
PERSONALFull name is Greg Austin Bussing... Son of Greg and Dorothy Bussing... Born in St. Louis, Mo... Majoring in political science with minors in journalism and English... His aunt, Heather, attended KU.
6-2 • SeniorHouston, Texas(James E. Taylor HS)
THE BUSSING FILENickname(s) ................................... “Boston”, “Boss”, “The Buss”, “Old Greg”Favorite subject(s) .............................political science, American literatureFavorite food(s)................macaroni and cheese, chicken pot pie, ice creamFavorite TV show(s) .................................................... “The Office”, “Dexter”Most played song(s) on my iPod .............................. anything by Blink 182After college I plan on .................................................going to grad schoolPre-race ritual ............................................................. listening to EminemFavorite actor ............................................................................Chris FarleyBiggest accomplishment ............. getting sixth in the Big 12 SteeplechaseFavorite TV sports personality .................................................Kenny SmithFirst job.........................................................................................lifeguardFavorite movie(s) ..... Tommy Boy, Remember the Titans, Dumb and DumberBest place(s) to eat in Lawrence ............................... Zen Zero, Papa Keno’sFavorite pro athlete........................................................Hakeem OlajuwonFavorite pro team..............................................................Houston RocketsFavorite video game ............................................................... “Mario Kart”If I could meet one historical figure, it would be ............. Thomas JeffersonMy motto .........................................................“Everything I do, I do it big”Items on my bucket list ........................... run a marathon, travel the world
CAREER-BEST TIMES6K: 19:39.37 8K: 25:01.60 10K: 32:02.34
CAREER RESULTS2010Missouri XC Challenge: 26:06.09 (5th)Wisconsin adidas Inv.: 25:01.60 (99th)ISU Pre-Nationals: 25:21.00 (132nd)Big 12 Championships: 25:46.96 (48th)NCAA Midwest Regionals: 32:02.34 (82nd)
2008Bob Timmons Classic: 26:59.60 (16th)Missouri XC Challenge: 28:00.68 (17th)OSU Cowboy Jamboree: 26:50 (102nd)ISU Pre-Nationals: 26:36.30 (91st, Open Division)
2009Bob Timmons Classic: 19:39.37 (9th)Missouri XC Challenge: 26:17.5 (4th)OSU Cowboy Jamboree: 25:26 (62nd)ISU Pre-Nationals: 25:30 (123rd)Big 12 Championships: 26:44.50 (62nd)
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Clay SCHNEIDER
JUNIOR (2010)Clocked in with a career-best 8K time of 27:26.63 at the Missouri Cross Country Challenge (Sept. 11), finishing 19th... Collected first career top-10 finish at the Bob Timmons Classic (Sept. 4), crossing the finish line in a 6k time of 19:51.70 to finish ninth.
SOPHOMORE (2009) Ran in two events during his sophomore campaign... Posted a 6K time of 20:57.38 at the Bob Timmons Classic (Sept. 5)... Clocked in at 28:00.80 to take 24th at the Missouri Cross Country Challenge (Sept. 12).
RS-FRESHMAN (2008)Ran in four races for the Jayhawks... Finished 34th at the Bob Timmons Classic in an 8K time of 27:38.60... Placed 21st at the Missouri Cross Country Challenge with an 8K time of 28:29.72... Posted a personal-best 8K time of 26:46 to finish in 75th place at the OSU Cowboy Jamboree... Ran a 27:40.10 in the Men’s Open Race at the ISU Pre-Nationals.
FRESHMAN (2007)Utilized Redshirt Season
HIGH SCHOOLRan both cross country and track at Seaman High School... 2007 Kansas state champion in the 1,600-meter run... 2007 runner-up at the Kansas state cross country championships.
PERSONALSon of Donald and Lucinda Schneider... Grandfather, Larry Schneider. was a member of the KU track and field team... Majoring in creative writing.
6-3 • (RS) SeniorTopeka, Kan.(Seaman HS)
THE SCHNEIDER FILEFavorite subject(s) ................................................... poetry, literary theoryFavorite food(s)....................................................................anything spicyFavorite meal ............................................................................... Thai foodFavorite TV show .....................................................................“Family Guy”Most played song on my iPod .................................“99 Problems” by HugoFavorite hobby other than running .................................................readingFavorite vacation spot .................................................. San Fransisco, Calif.Actor who would play me in my life story ..............................James FrancoWorst habit ................................................................................. being lateWebsite bookmarked on my computer ..................... Liberty Hall’s websiteFavorite movie(s) .................................................. Howl, Gods and GeneralsBest place to eat in Lawrence .................................................Aladdin CafeFavorite pro athlete(s) ................................... Lauren Bonds, Paul HefferonToughest course I’ve ever run ..........................Ottawa High School’s courseIf I could meet one historical figure, it would be ..................Walt WhitmanThe best thing about KU is .................................................the atmosphereTalent I would most like to have ........................................... being flexibleFavorite value in others ........................................ being truthful to oneselfMy hero ...............................................................................Allen Ginsberg
CAREER-BEST TIMES6K: 19:51.70 8K: 27:26.63
CAREER RESULTS2010Bob Timmons Classic: 19:51.70 (9th)Missouri XC Challenge: 27:26.63 (19th)
2008Bob Timmons Classic: 27:38.60 (34th)Missouri XC Challenge: 28:29.72 (21st)ISU Pre-Nationals: 27:40.10 (121st, Open Division)
2009Bob Timmons Classic: 20:57.38 (29th)Missouri XC Challenge: 28:00.80 (24th)
Seniors
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Donny WASINGER
JUNIOR (2010)The Jayhawks’ No. 1 performer for the second-consecutive season, was the top Kansas finisher in all five meets he competed in... Was the first Kansas male to compete at the NCAA Championship meet (Nov. 22) since 2007, where he finished 233rd with a 10K time 33:02.7... Only Jayhawk to break the 25:00 mark in an 8K meet, which he accomplished twice... Collected first collegiate win at the Missouri Cross Country Challenge (Sept. 11), crossing the finish line in an 8K time of 25:17.45... Top 8K time of the season came at the Wisconsin adidas Invitational (Oct. 2) with a mark of 24:02.80, placing 24th... Earned All-Big 12 honors with a 13th-place finish at the Big 12 Championships (Oct. 30), crossing the finish line in 24:40.04... With his finish at the Big 12 Championships, he became just the fifth Jayhawk in history to be Kansas’ top finisher in three-straight conference meets... Earned an at-large spot at the NCAA Championship meet by way of a 10th-place finish at the NCAA Midwest Regional (Nov. 13), running a 10K time of 30:05.30, a career best... USTFCCCA All-Region selection.
SOPHOMORE (2009) Had a highly impressive sophomore season, as he was the Jayhawks’ No. 1 finisher in all six meets and was one of only two KU athletes to run a sub-25:00 8K throughout the season... Was the runner- up at the Missouri Cross Country Challenge (Sept. 12), crossing the finish line in 26:05.30... Ran a career-best 8K time of 24:38.10 at the ISU Pre-Nationals Invitational (Oct. 17), where he finished 42nd overall in a field of 236 runners... Took 35th at the NCAA Midwest Regional Championships (Nov. 14) with a career-best 10K time of 31:58.20.
FRESHMAN (2008)Competed in all six meets as a true freshman, while leading the team in four of six races, including the final three meets of the season... Placed fifth in his debut at the Bob Timmons Classic in an 8K time of 25:56... Recorded a 19th-place finish at the Missouri Cross Country Challenge with an 8K time of 28:07.80... Posted an 8K time of 25:48 at the OSU Cowboy Jamboree to finish 43rd... Ran a 25:21.10 at the ISU Pre-Nationals... Finished in 28th place at the Big 12 Championships after running a personal-best 8K time of 25:17.63... Led the Jayhawks at the NCAA Midwest Regional Championships with a 10K time of 32:09.80 to place 28th.
HIGH SCHOOLLettered four years in both cross country and track... Two-year letterman in both swimming and Nordic skiing... 2007 state champion in cross country... Conference champion in cross country in 2007... Cross country state runner-up in 2006... Named cross country team MVP three times (2005-2007)... All-conference selection in cross country all four years (2004-2007)... Three-time cross country all-state selection (2005-2007)... Was named all-conference in track all four years (2005-2008)... Back-to-back state championships in both the 1,600 meters and the 3,200 meters (2007-2008)... Broke the state record in the 1,600 meters with his 2008 state championship performance... State runner-up in the 3,200 meters in 2006.
PERSONALSon of Tony and Marti Wasinger... Born in St. Louis, Mo... Majoring in general studies.
5-11 • SeniorWinona, Minn.(Cotter HS)
THE WASINGER FILENickname(s) ................................ “Dragon”, “Hurricane”, “Optimus Prime”Favorite subjects ......................................................... western civ, poetryFavorite TV show ................................................ “Pardon the Interuption”If If I could switch places with one person, it would be ......Coach WhittleseyAfter college I plan on .........coaching and persuing proffessional runningFavorite meal ............................................................ my opponents’ tearsPre-race ritual(s) ................................ eating Pop Tarts, listening to musicFavorite actor .................................................................... Edward NortonFavorite vacation spot ...................................................... Cancun, MexicoFavorite pro running stars ......................Billy Mills, Jim Ryun, Wes SanteeFavorite movie(s) ...................................... Lord of the Rings, Forrest GumpFavorite pro team.............................................. Minnesota TimberwolvesIf I could meet one historical figure, it would be ..............Roger BannisterFavorite TV sports personality ...............................................John ClaytonThe best thing about KU is ................................................ my teammatesFavorite video game ............................................................ “Call of Duty”Talent I would most like to have ...................................... the ability to flyFavorite value in others ............................................................... integrityMy motto ...............................................................“Never be afraid. Ever.”
CAREER-BEST TIMES6K: 19:24.13 8K: 24:02.80 10K: 30:05.30CAREER RESULTS2010Missouri XC Challenge: 25:17.45 (1st)Wisconsin adidas Inv.: 24:02.80 (24th)ISU Pre-Nationals: 24:33.70 (47th)Big 12 Championships: 24:40.04 (13th)NCAA Midwest Regionals: 30:05.30 (10th)NCAA Championships: 33:02.70 (233rd)
2009Bob Timmons Classic: 19:24.13 (3rd)Missouri XC Challenge: 26:05.30 (2nd)OSU Cowboy Jamboree: 25:48 (43rd)
2009 (cont.)ISU Pre-Nationals: 24:38.10 (42nd)Big 12 Champioships: 31:58.20 (35th)NCAA Midwest Regional: 31:58.20 (35th)
2008Bob Timmons Classic: 25:56 (5th)Missouri XC Challenge: 28:07.80 (19th)OSU Cowboy Jamboree: 25:48 (43rd)ISU Pre-Nationals: 25:21.10 (160th)Big 12 Champioships: 25:17.63 (28th)NCAA Midwest Regionals: 32:09.80 (28th)
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Juniors
Josh BADEN
SOPHOMORE (2010)Competed in all six meets for the Jayhawks, with his top finish coming at the Bob Timmons Classic (Sept. 4), a sixth-place finish... Ran a career-best 8k time of 25:34.60 at the ISU Pre-Nationals meet (Oct. 16), finishing 147th... Ran at the Big 12 Championships for the second-consecutive season, posting a 49th-place finish with a time of 25:52.99... Was one of six Jayhawks to run at the NCAA Midwest Regional meet, crossing the finish line in a 10K time of 31:40.53 and placing 64th... Selected to the Academic All-Big 12 First Team. REDSHIRT FRESHMAN (2009)Was a member of the Jayhawks’ travel squad for much of the season, competing in five of six meets... Posted a season-best 8K time of 25:47.60 at the OSU Cowboy Jamboree (Oct. 30), where he finished sixth on the squad and 82nd overall in a field of 245 competitors... Ran a 25:59.30 at the ISU Pre-Nationals Invitational (Oct. 17)... Competed at the Big 12 Championships, posting an 8K time of 27:04.58 to take 71st place.
FRESHMAN (2008)Utilized Redshirt
HIGH SCHOOLCompeted in both cross country and track at Colby High School... Runner-up at the 2007 Kansas Class 4A State Cross Country Championships... All-state as a senior in 2007... Member of the Kansas all-state academic team in 2006 and 2007... NWKL Academic All-League 2004-2007... Selected to the all-league team in 2004 and 2005... Runner-up in the 3,200 meters at the 2008 Kansas Track and Field State Championships... Placed third in the 1,600 meters at the 2008 state track and field meet... Finished in third place at state in the 800 meters... Fourth place in the 1,600 meters at the 2007 state track and field meet... Placed third in the 3,200 meters at the 2007 state meet... Sixth place at state in 2006 as a sophomore in the 3,200 meters.
PERSONALSon of Leo and Janice Baden... Born in Superior, Neb... High school valedictorian... Majoring in math.
5-10 • (RS) JuniorColby, Kan.(Colby HS)
THE BADEN FILEFavorite subjects ...............................................................................mathFavorite meal ....................................“The Bill Self” from 23rd St. BreweryFavorite TV show(s) .......................................“Eureka”, “The Twilight Zone”Most played song on my iPod ..............................anything by The BeatlesAfter college I plan on ................................................ Running marathonsBiggest Accomplishment ..... being named my high school’s valedictorianFavorite vacation spot ...........................................................Disney WorldDream Vacation spot(s) .................................................... London, SydneyActor who would play me in my life story ..........................Orlando BloomFirst Job ................................................ waiting tables at Montana Mike’sFavorite pro athlete(s) ................................ Dan Marino, Peyton ManningFavorite pro team..............................................................Miami DolphinsBest place in Lawrence to eat ....................................23rd Street BreweryFavorite video game .............................................................. “Uncharted”Not many people know this about me ......I took 10 years of piano lessonsIf I could meet one historical figure, it would be ..............Jesus or EinsteinOutside of cross country my greatest talent is ...................................mathMy Hero(s) ....................................................... Dan Marino, Chris SalinskyItems on my bucket list ................. run a marathon, live in three centuries
CAREER-BEST TIMES6K: 19:16 8K: 25:34.60 10K: 31:40.53
CAREER RESULTS2010Bob Timmons Classic: 19:16 (6th)Missouri XC Challenge: 26:56.44 (12th)Wisconsin adidas Inv.: 26:04.00 (132nd)ISU Pre-Nationals: 25:34.60 (147th)Big 12 Championships: 25:52.99 (49th)NCAA Midwest Regionals: 31:40.53 (64th)
2009Bob Timmons Classic: 20:12.63 (15th)Missouri XC Challenge: 26:42.2 (12th)OSU Cowboy Jamboree: 25:47.60 (82th)ISU Pre-Nationals: 25:59.30 (169th)Big 12 Championships: 27:04.58 (71st)
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Juniors
Sean Proehl
SOPHOMORE (2010)Competed in two meets for the Jayhawks, finishing in the top-21 in both... Collected a 17th-place finish at the Bob Timmons Classic (Sept. 4), crossing the finish line in 20:16.60... Ran an 8K time of 28:04.51 at the Missouri Cross Country Challenge (Sept. 11), finishing 21st.
RS-FRESHMAN (2009)Did not compete for Kansas in any events
FRESHMAN (2008)Utilized Redshirt Season
HIGH SCHOOLLettered four years in track and cross country... Selected to all-league and All-California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) first teams in 2007... Placed fourth at the league finals in 2007... Finished in 10th place at the 2007 CIF finals... Was his team’s No. 2 runner in 2006... Fourth man at CIF in 2005... Made the top seven at CIF as a freshman in 2004... Earned first team all-league in track.
PERSONALSon of Pam and Gerry Proehl... Born in Overland Park, Kan... Majoring in marketing... Sister, Meghan Proehl, was a member of the KU swimming and diving team (2006-10).
6-3 • (RS) JuniorSan Diego, Calif.(Rancho Bernardo HS)
THE PROEHL FILENickname ........................................................................... “Ricky Proehl”Favorite subject .................................................................... business lawFavorite food ...................................................................California BurritoFavorite TV show ..................................................................... “The Office”Most played song on my iPod ...“Californication” by RedHot Chilli PeppersIf I could switch places with one person, it would be ........Leonardo DiCaprioAfter college I plan on .................................................going to law schoolFavorite hobby other than running ........................................playing poolPre-race ritual ................................................................listening to musicToughest course I’ve ever run ............................................. Rim Rock FarmFavorite vacation spot ....................................................... Cabo San LucasFavorite pro runnin star ............................................................. Billy MillsFirst job................................................................................soccer refereeFavorite movie ..............................................................................Top GunFavorite pro team........................................................San Diego ChargersNot many people know this about me ....................................... I can cookIf you walked into my dorm room, you would notice ............... how clean it isIf I could meet one historical figure it would be ..................Steve PrefontaineItems on my buckert list include .........going to the moon, visiting Antarctica
CAREER-BEST TIMES6K: 20:16.60 8K: 28:04.51
CAREER RESULTS2010Bob Timmons Classic: 20:16.60 (17th)Missouri XC Challenge: 28:04.51 (21st)
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Juniors
Kaman Schneider
SOPHOMORE (2010)Competed in three meets for the Jayhawks during his freshman campaign... Top finish came at Bob Timmons Classic (Sept. 4), running a 6K time of 19:38.20 and finishing eighth... Season’s best 8K time came in the open race at ISU Pre-Nationals (Oct. 16), crossing the finish line in 27:00 and finishing 87th... Placed 18th at the Missouri Cross Country Challenge (Sept. 11) and ran an 8K time of 27:24.47.
FRESHMEN (2009)Utilized Redshirt Season
HIGH SCHOOLFour-year letterwinner in track, cross country and basketball... Class 1A 1,600 meters champion his junior year (2008)... Member of the Greeley County High School third-place state cross country team (2007)... Valedictorian of his class... Named to the academic all-state team in 2007 and 2008.
PERSONALSon of Dirk and Darcy Schneider... Majoring in genetics with a minor in business... Has two siblings, Kellum and Kennedy.
6-3 • (RS) JuniorTribune, Kan.
(Greeley County HS)
THE SCHNEIDER FILEFavorite subject ........................................................................... anatomyFavorite food(s) ...................................................... lasagna and spaghettiAfter college I plan on ........................................... changing people’s livesFavorite vacation spot ...........................................................Tribune, Kan.Biggest accomplishment ...................................................never giving upFavorite value in others ............................................................. hard work
CAREER-BEST TIMES6K: 19:38.20 8K: 27:00
CAREER RESULTS2010Bob Timmons Classic: 19:38.20 (8th)Missouri XC Challenge: 27:24.47 (18th)ISU Pre-Nationals: 27:00 (87th, open race)
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Ben Wilson
SOPHOMORE (2010)Competed in three meets for the Jayhawks... Collected a 10th-place finish at the Bob Timmons Classic (Sept. 4), crossing the finish line in a 6K time of 19:52.00... Season’s top 8K time came at the ISU Pre-Nationals meet, a 69th-place finish in the open race, clocking a time of 26:38.90.
AT NORTHERN COLORADO (2009) Clocked an 8K time of 26:24 during the 2009 season... Named to the Academic All-Big Sky team in 2009.
HIGH SCHOOLLettered in cross country three years in a row... Selected as team captain his senior year (2008)... Led his cross country team to its first-ever state title and was named to the all-state, all-region, all-area and all-league teams... State qualifier in the 800 meters, 1600 meters and 4x800 meter relay.
PERSONALSon of Mark and Amy Wilson... Aunt, Beth Llewellyn, ran track and played field hockey at KU... Majoring in sports management... Would like to be an athletic director... Has one sister, Kensley.
5-8 • JuniorLawrence, Kan.(Lawrence HS)
THE WILSON FILEFavorite subject ........................................................ sports managementFavorite food .......................................................... spaghetti with shrimpMost played songs on my iPod ...............................anything by Bob DylanIf I could switch lives with a person for a day, it would be .........Tom BradyAfter college I plan on ...........................becoming the KU athletic directorFavorite hobby other than running ...................................... longboardingPre-race ritual ......................................shuffle backwards to the start lineSuperstition .......................................must have a lot of knots in my lacesFavorite actor(s) ............................ Denzel Washington, Woody HarrelsonFavorite vacation spot ............................................................. Rome, ItalyWorst habit ......................................................................eating too muchFavorite movie(s) ................................ White Men Can’t Jump, Harry PotterFavorit pro athlete(s) ......... Manu Ginobli, John Stockton, David RobinsonNot many people know this about me ...... I’ve changed majors three times If I could meet one histortical figure, it would be ..................... Bob DylanThe best thing about KU is .................................................my teammatesFavorite value in others ...................................................................loyaltyMy hero(s) ...............................................................................my parentsItems on my bucket list .......... surfing, visiting the seven wonders of the world
CAREER-BEST TIMES6K: 19:38.20 8K: 27:00
CAREER RESULTS2010Bob Timmons Classic: 19:52.00 (10th)Missouri XC Challenge: 27:20.15 (17th)ISU Pre-Nationals: 26:38.90 (69th, open race)
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Juniors
ZachZarda
JUNIOR (2010)Competed in two meets for the Jayhawks in his junior campaign, collecting top-five finishes in both... Was the Jayhawks’ top finisher at the Bob Timmons Classic (Sept. 4) with a second-place finish and a 6K time of 19:01.30... Placed fourth at the Missouri Cross Country Challenge (Sept. 11), crossing the finish line in an 8K time of 26:06.09... Named to the Big 12 All-Academic First Team.
SOPHOMORE (2009) Was one of four sophomores to compete in all six meets for the Crimson and Blue... Finished second on the team and third overall at the Missouri Cross Country Challenge (Sept. 12) with an 8K time of 26:11.20... Turned in a career-best 8K time of 25:47.60 at the OSU Cowboy Jamboree (Oct. 3)... Competed in his first collegiate 10K race at the NCAA Midwest Regional Championships (Nov. 14), posting an impressive time of 32:35.50 to finish third for the Jayhawks and 52nd overall... Selected to the Academic All-Big 12 First Team.
FRESHMAN (2008)Competed in five of six races as a true freshman... Finished eighth as an unattached runner in his debut at the Bob Timmons Classic with a personal-best 8K time of 25:59.90... Named Big 12 Runner of the Week (Sept. 13) after leading the Jayhawks and placing sixth overall at the Missouri Cross Country Challenge in an 8K time of 27:12.87... Placed 62nd at the OSU Cowboy Jamboree in an 8K time of 26:16... Recorded a 58th-place finish at the Big 12 Championships after running the 8K race in 26:15.08.
HIGH SCHOOLThree-year letterman in cross country, track and soccer... Three-time all-state selection for cross country (2005-2007)... Kansas 2A cross country state runner-up in 2007... MVP of his cross country team as a senior in 2007... Received First Team All-Metro (Kansas City) honors in 2007... Earned academic all-state three times (2005-2007)... Third place at Kansas 2A cross country state championships in 2006... Finished ninth at the Kansas 3A cross country state championships in 2005... 2A state champion in track in the 3,200 meters and the 1,600 meters (2008)... Kansas 2A state record holder in the 3,200 meters... Named most valuable runner for track in 2006 and 2008... Member of state champion soccer team in 2004... Made two other appearances at the state soccer tournament (2005 and 2006), helping his team to third and fourth-place finishes, respectively.
PERSONALSon of Bernie and Karen Zarda... Born in Shawnee, Kan... Valedictorian of his high school class... Has three siblings, Riley (25), Andrew (24) and Bethany (19)... Parents Bernie and Karen and brother Andrew attended KU... Majoring in finance and supply chain management.
5-11 • (RS) JuniorShawnee, Kan.
(Maranatha Academy)
THE ZARDA FILEFavorite subject ....................................................................business lawFavorite food(s) ....................................................steak, sushi, bar-b-queAfter college I plan on .......................................... making stack of moneyFavorite hobby other than running .................................... wakeboardingPre-race ritual ...............................................................................prayingFavorite Actor ......................................................................Harrison FordFavorite vacation spot .......................................... Interlaken, SwitzerlandActor who would play me in my life story ...................................Al PacinoWorst habit ........................................................................biting my nailsFavorite movie(s) ....................................................................... Star WarsBest place(s)to eat in Lawrence .................23rd Street Brewery, Yello SubFavorite video game ............................................................. “Mario Kart”If you walked into my dorm room, you would notice my ....Star Wars postersIf I could meet a historical figure, it wuold be ............... Thomas JeffersonI chose KU because ............................................... I’ve been a lifelong fanThe best thing about KU is ....................................................... the peopleA talent I would most like to have is ................................ public speakingFavorite value in others ....................................................trustworthinessMy motto ......................................................“Don’t miss an opportunity”
CAREER-BEST TIMES6K: 19:51.70 8K: 27:26.63
CAREER RESULTS2010Bob Timmons Classic: 19:01.30 (1st)Missouri XC Challenge: 26:04.88 (4th)
2008Bob Timmons Classic: 25:59.90 (8th)Missouri XC Challenge: 27:12.87 (6th)OSU Cowboy Jamboree: 26:16 (62nd)ISU Pre-Nationals: 26:12.20 (226th)Big 12 Championships: 26:15.08 (58th)
2009Bob Timmons Classic: 19:38.58 (7th)Missouri XC Challenge: 26:11.20 (3rd)OSU Cowboy Jamboree: 25:47.60 (83rd)ISU Pre-Nationals: 25:52.20 (20th)Big 12 Championships: 26:47.84 (64th)NCAA Midwest Regionals: 32:35.50 (52nd)
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Jose Muñoz
FRESHMAN (2010)In his first season as a Jayhawk, competed in all six meets for the Crimson and Blue, notching two top-10 finishes... Season-best 8K time came at the Wisconsin adidas Invitational (Oct. 2), crossing the finish line in 25:23.50 and placing 112th... Finished seventh at the Missouri Cross Country Challenge (Sept. 11), running an 8K time of 26:21.75... Competed at the Big 12 Championships (Oct. 30), notching a 62nd-place finish with an 8K time of 26:34.59... Paced 147th at his first NCAA Midwest Regional meet, crossing the finish line in a 10K time of 33:45.25.
HIGH SCHOOLFour-year letterwinner in track and cross country... Named first team all-state cross country 2007-2009... Nike cross country finalist... Member of the Rio Rico High School state champion cross country team in 2006 and 2008... Named to the honor roll.
PERSONALSon of Jose Luis and Maria Muñoz... Majoring in sport management... Has one brother, Mario, and one sister, Jacelyn... Aspires to be a coach after college.
5-10 • SophomoreRio Rico, Ariz.(Rio Rico HS)
THE MUÑOZ FILENickname ........................................................................................“Jopa”Favorite meal(s) ........................................................... Carne Asada, TacosFavorite TV Show .................................................................“Sportscenter”Most played song on my iPod ................“Don’t Stop Believing” by JourneyAfter college I plan on ................................................................. coachingFavorite hobby other than running ................................... being outdoorsPre-race ritual ........................... listening to music and visulizing my raceFavorite actor ............................................................................ Will SmithToughest course(s) I have ever run ........................Mt. Sac, Rim Rock FarmDream vacation spot .......................................................................HawaiiFavorite pro-running stars ...................................Bernard Lagat, Ryan HallWorst habit ................................................................................being lateFavorite pro athlete ............................................................Michael JordanWebsite bookmarked on my computer ....................................letsrun.comFavorite pro team(s) .................. Arizona Cardinals, Diamondbacks, CelticsBest thing about KU is ..................the campus and the cross country teamA talent I would like to have is...................................... the ability to dunkFavorite value(s) in others ........................................... honesty, joyfulnessItems on my bucket list .................... traveling the world, enjoy my family
CAREER-BEST TIMES6K: 19:06.90 8K: 25:23.50 10K: 33:45.25
CAREER RESULTS2010Bob Timmons Classic: 19:06.90 (5th)Missouri XC Challenge: 26:21.75 (7th)Wisconsin adidas Invit.: 25:23.50 (112th)ISU Pre-Nationals: 26:09.00 (194th)Big 12 Championships: 26:34.59 (62nd)NCAA Midwest Regionals: 33:45.25 (147th)
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Josh Munsch
FRESHMAN (2010)Competed in five meets in his debut season for the Jayhawks, notching two top-10 finishes... Placed fourth at the Bob Timmons Classic (Sept. 9) with a 6K time of 19:06.50, his highest finish of the season... Competed at the Big 12 Championships (Oct. 30), crossing the finish line in an 8K time of 26:40.87 and placing 67th... Best 8K time of the season came at the Wisconsin adidas Invitational (Oct. 2), crossing the finish line in 25:28.50 and finishing 132nd... Placed ninth at the Missouri Cross Country Challenge (Sept. 11), running an 8K time of 26:33.93.
HIGH SCHOOLFour-year letterwinner in cross country and track... Selected as Hays High School’s M.V.P. all four years... Named Hays High School Athlete of the Year his senior year (2010)... Member of the 5A regional and state champion track and field teams (2010)... Named to the academic all-state team his junior and senior years (2008 and 2009).
PERSONALSon of Cory and Pam Munsch... Majoring in design with a minor in business... Has two siblings, Leighton and Landon... Favorite subject is organic chemistry.
6-4 • SophomoreHays, Kan.(Hays HS)
THE MUNSCH FILENickname .................................................................................. “J-Boogie”Favorite subject ............................................................. organic chemistryFavorite food ............................................................................cheesecakeToughest course I have ever run ......................................... Rim Rock FarmFavorite TV show(s) ............................. “Parks and Rec”, “Lost”, “The Office”Favorite hobby other than running ....................................... volunteeringSong played most on my iPod ...... “Return of the Mack” by Mark MorrisonFavorite Actor ................................................................Leonardo DiCaprioPre-race ritual ........................................................................ warming upFavorite vacation spot ...................................................................JamaicaFavorite sports personality ................................................... Chris BermanFavorite pro-running star ............................................................ Jim RyunFavorite movie..................................................................... V for VendettaBest place to eat in Lawrence ................................................ Pizza ShuttleFavorite pro team ............................................................................ChiefsFavorite pro athlete ...................................................................Tim TebowNot many people know this about me .................................I like to danceTalent I would like most to have ...........................................ability to singMy hero(s) ............................................................................my dad, Jesus
CAREER-BEST TIMES6K: 19:06.50 8K: 25:28.50
CAREER RESULTS2010Bob Timmons Classic: 19:06.50 (4th)Missouri XC Challenge: 26:33.93 (9th)Wisconsin adidas Invit.: 25:28.50 (116th)ISU Pre-Nationals: 25:40.90 (159th)Big 12 Championships: 26:40.87 (67th)
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Nikki Trooien-Smith
FRESHMAN (2010)Competed in all six meets for the Jayhawks in only his first season with the team... Season’s top 8K time came at the Wisconsin adidas Invitational (Oct. 2), finishing in 26:23.70 and placing 137th... Top finish was 11th, coming at the Bob Timmons Classic (Sept. 4) where he notched a 6K time of 19:53.90...Ran at the Big 12 Championships (Oct. 30), placing 77th with an 8K time of 27:40:19... One of six Jayhawks to compete at the NCAA Midwest Regional meet (Nov. 13), running a 10K time of 32:59.25 and placing 127th.
HIGH SCHOOLThree-time member of the Mulvane High School state champion cross country team (2007-2009)... Valedictorian of his class.
PERSONAL Son of Jon Smith and Patricia Trooien... Majoring in both English and philosophy... Has two brothers, Lucas and Liam.
6-0 • SophomoreMulvane, Kan.(Mulvane HS)
THE TROOIEN-SMITH FILEFavorite TV show(s) ......................................“Seinfeld”, “The Office”, “Lost”After college I plan on ..............................................becoming a professorFavorite hobby other than running .................................................. musicPre-race ritual ......................................................tuck laces into my shoesToughest course I have ever run ................................................ ChapparalDream vacation spot(s) ...............................................Alaska, SwitzerlandFavorite pre-running stars ....................................................Nate BrannenIf I could meet one histortical figure, it would be ............. Andrew Jackson
CAREER-BEST TIMES6K: 19:53.90 8K: 26:23.70 10K: 32.59.25
CAREER RESULTS2010Bob Timmons Classic: 19:53.90 (11th)Missouri XC Challenge: 27:32.68 (20th)Wisconsin adidas Invit.: 26:23.70 (137th)ISU Pre-Nationals: 26:33.70 (62nd, open race)Big 12 Championships: 27:40.19 (77th)NCAA Midwest Championships: 32:59.25 (127th)
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ConnerDay
FRESHMAN (2010)Utilized Redshirt Season
HIGH SCHOOLFour-year letterwinner in cross country and track... Three-year district champion in the 1,600 meters... Member of the Lovejoy High School cross country district champion team in 2008, 2009 and 2010... Placed eighth in the state cross country meet during the 2008 season and second during the 2009 season... Holds three school records: 400 meters (50.12), 800 meters (1:56.8) and 1,600 meters (4:29).
PERSONALSon of David and Anne Day... Father played football at the University of Furman... Majoring in business... Aspiring to be a writer for a television show… Has three siblings: Ryan, Lauren and Hayden.
6-0 • (RS) FreshmanFairview, Texas(Lovejoy HS)
THE DAY FILEFavorite subject ................................................................................. EnglishFavorite food ..................................................................................... seafoodFavorite TV shows ............................................... “The Office”, “Sportscenter”If I could trade places with a person for a day, it would be ..............Lil WayneAfter college I plan on .......................................writing for a television showBiggest fear(s) ....................................................................... snakes, spidersFavorite actor ................................................................................Will FerrellToughest course I have ever run .................... Lake Highlands in Dallas, TexasDream vacation spot .......................................................................Maui, HawaiiFavorite sports personality .............................. Shaquille O’Neal, Charles BarkleyMost played song(s) on my iPod ...................................... anything by Lil WayneBest place to eat in Lawrence ............................................................... Dempsy’sFavorite pro athlete ........................................................................ Dirk NowitzkiFavorite pro team(s) ......................................................Cowboys, Mavs, RangersI chose KU because ...................................there’s good people and good scenery Favorite value in others .............................................................. faith in GodMy motto ..................................................................................“Carpe Diem”Item on my bucket list ..................................................run all over the world
Newcomers/Freshmen
EricDyson
HIGH SCHOOLRan for coach Martin Barratti at Fountain Valley High School.
PERSONALSon of Deryl and Patsy Dyson... Has an older sister, Emily (24)... Majoring in audiology... After college he plans on attending graduate school in San Diego.
5-11 • (RS) SeniorFountain Valley, Calif.(Fountain Valley HS)
THE DYSON FILENickname ............................................................................................“Seth”Favorite subject ...................................................................... sign languageFavorite food(s)........................................................................... pasta, pizzaFavorite TV show .................................................... “How I Met Your Mother”If I could switch places with a person for a day, it would be ... Austin BussingAfter college I plan on ......................attending graduate school in San DiegoFavorite hobby other than running ...................................................bowlingToughest course I have ever run ......................................................... Mt. SacFirst job..........................................................................movie theater usherFavorite movie ...............................................................................DodgeballBest place to eat in Lawrence .......................................................... Zen ZeroFavorite pro team................................................................. Tampa Bay RaysNot many people know this about me ................................. I’m half hispanicI got started in running because .............. I wanted to get in shape for soccerIf you walked into my dorm room, you would notice ....... I need a cleaning ladyI chose Kansas because.................................................... my family is from hereThe best thing about KU is.....................................................................the unityItem on my bucket list ..........................................................go to the World Cup
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BrendanSoucie
FRESHMAN (2010)Utilized Redshirt Season
HIGH SCHOOLFour-year letterwinner in track and basketball... Lettered three years in cross country and one year in football... Member of the Osawatomie High School third-place state track team in 2008... Holds five school records: 800 meters (1:52.96), 1,600 meters (4:23.1), 4X400 relay (3:21.44) which is also a state record, 4X800 (8:01.4) and the high jump (6’7”)... Seven-time state track medalist... Named to the academic all-state cross country team in 2008 and 2009... All-state honorable mention in basketball his junior and senior year (2008 and 2009).
PERSONALSon of Darren and Annette Soucie... Father played football at the University of Nebraska at Kearney... Majoring in pre-physical therapy... Has three siblings: Jordan, Tayler and Morgan.
6-4 • (RS) FreshmanOsawatomie, Kan.(Osawatomie HS)
THE SOUCIE FILEFavorite subject .............................................................................. anatomyFavorite meal ............................................................................... enchiladasFavorite TV show(s) ...................................................... “The Office”, “Dexter”After college I plan on .................................... becoming a physical therapistFavorite hobby other than running .................................. playing basketballFavorite TV sports personality ............................................... Charles BarkleyFavorite movie(s) .............................................. Hitch, Dark Knight, InceptionBest place to eat in Lawrence ........................................23rd Street BreweryFavorite video game ................................................................ “Call of Duty”If you walked into my dorm room, you would notice ..... the Taylor Swift posterFavorite actor ................................................................... Leonardo DiCaprioIf I could meet one histortical figure, it would be....... Martin Luther King, Jr.I chose KU because ..............................it was my dream since middle schoolFavorite pro team.................................................................................ChiefsTalent I would most like to have ....................................................... singingFavorite value in others ....................................trustworthiness, faithfulnessMy motto .......................................................................“Go big or go home”Item(s) on my bucket list ............................... be on ESPN, meet Taylor Swift
Freshmen
JoshHarsin
FRESHMAN (2010)Utilized Redshirt Season
HIGH SCHOOLFour-year letterwinner in cross country and track... Two-year letterwinner in baseball... Named Most Valuable Runner four consecutive years... Cross country team captain in 2009... Recognized as Blair High School’s Most Valuable Track Teammate in 2008... Nebraska Class B state champion 2008, clocking a 5K time of 16:24.6... National Honor Society member... Named a Runza student-athlete of the week.
PERSONALSon of Darren and Sue Harsin... Father ran track at Doane College... Grandfather, Dale, was a member of the University of Nebraska at Kearney track team... Has two brothers, Zach and Drew.... Zach ran track at Nebraska Wesleyan... Majoring in political science.
5-10 • (RS) FreshmanOmaha, Neb.(Blair HS)
THE HARSIN FILENickname .............................................................................................“Leo”Favorite subject(s) ...................................................history, political scienceFavorite Meal ................................................................... Chicken ParmesanFavorite TV shows .................................“Psych”, “The Office”, “Parks and Rec”After college I plan on ........................................... continuing my educationToughest course I have ever run .............................................Rim Rock FarmFavorite vacation spot ..................................................................... ColoradoFavorite sports personality................................................... Dwight HowardActor who would play me in my life story ........................ Leonardo DiCaprioWeb site bookmarked on my computer ........................................ IMDB.comFirst Job ................................................................................. Pizza Hut cookFavorite movie(s) ................................. Inception, The Dark Knight, SuperbadBest place to eat in Lawrence ........................................23rd Street BreweryFavorite pro team..................................................................................49ersFavorite video game ......................................................“Super Smash Bros.”If you walked into my dorm room, you would notice ........ the Alicia Keys posterTalent I would most like to have .................................................... ability to sing
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EmilioTrujillo
FRESHMAN (2010)Recieved a medical redshirt for the 2010 season... Competed in two meets for the Crimson and Blue, notching top-15 finishes in both... Crossed the finish line in 19:58.30 at the Bob Timmons Classic, placing 13th... Was one of eight Jayhawks to finish in the top-15 at the Missouri Cross Country Challenge, running an 8K time of 27:14.00 and placing 15th.
HIGH SCHOOLFour-year letterwinner in cross country and track... Named to the second team all-state cross country and track and field teams four years in a row... Cross country M.V.P. (2008 and 2009)... Finished 10th at the cross country state championship meet (2009).
PERSONALSon of Salina Trujillo... Undecided on major.
6-0 • (RS) FreshmanColorado Springs, Colo.(Sierra HS)
THE TRUJILLO FILENickname ...................................................“Blake Griffin”, “Cornbread”, “T.I.”Favorite subject ...........................................................................PsychologyFavorite food ................................................................................. cornbreadFavorite TV show(s) .......... “Spongebob Squarepants”, “Martin”, “Boondocks”Most played artists on my iPod ..................................DMX, Tupac, NotoriousFavorite hobby other than running ............................................playing poolPre-race ritual ...................................................... watching Mo Farah videosFavorite actress .....................................................................Sandra BullockFavorite sports personality......................................................... Randy MossBiggest accomplishment ...... graduating high school and attending collegeFavorite pro teams ................................................... Broncos, Rockies,CelticsDream vacation spot ................................................... San Juan, Puerto RicoActor who would play me in my life story ...............................Emilio EstevezFavorite movie .......................................................................... TransformersFavorite video game(s) ....................“Batman: Arkhum Asylum”, “NBA 2k10”Best place to eat in Lawrence ....................................LongHorn Steak HouseFavorite Pro Athlete(s) .....................Ray Allen, John Elway, Manny PacquiaoI chose KU because .............................. it has a positive atmosphere to learn
JamesWilson
FRESHMAN (2010)Utilized Redshirt Season
HIGH SCHOOLFour-year letterwinner in track and basketball... Lettered three years in cross country and one year in football... Member of the Osawatomie High School third-place state track team in 2008... Holds five school records: 800 meters (1:52.96), 1,600 meters (4:23.1), 4X400 relay (3:21.44)which is also a state record, 4X800 (8:01.4) and the high jump (6’7”)... Seven-time state track medalist... Named to the academic all-state cross country team in 2008 and 2009... All-state honorable mention in basketball his junior and senior year (2008 and 2009).
PERSONALSon of Dan and Jean Wilson... Has three siblings: Carly, Jess and Joe... Brother, Jess, attended KU... Undecided on major.
5-8 • (RS) FreshmanOsawatomie, Kan.(Osawatomie HS)
THE WILSON FILEFavorite food .................................................................................bar-b-quePre-race ritual ..................................................... tie my shoes enough timesFavorite meal ................................................................anything from homeToughest course I have ever run ....................... Wamego High School CourseFavorite TV sports personalities ..............................................Dave ChapelleFirst Job .....................................................................................Zey’s MarketFavorite Movies ......................... The Sandlot, Caddyshack, Star Wars, Joe DirtBest place to eat in Lawrence .........................................................Yello SubFavorite pro athlete........................................................................Larry BirdFavorite pro team(s) ....................................................... Chiefs, Sporting KCThe first thing you would notice in my dorm room is ........ the American flagIf I could meet one historical figure, it would be ............ Dwight EisenhowerOutside cross country, my greatest talent is .................................bass guitarTalent I would most like to have .......................................... public speakingFavorite value in others .................................................................... honestyMy hero(s) .................................................................................. my parentsMy motto ........................... “Knowing I gave everything, means everything”Item on my bucket list ......................................................................... travel
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PhilipFreeman
HIGH SCHOOLTook three titles (3,200m, 1,600m, 800m) at the 2011 Kansas 6A State Track and Field Meet... Notched a fifth-place finish at the 2010 6A state cross country meet... Took All-State cross country honors his junior year (2009)... Holds three school records; 3,200m (9:24), 800m (1:53.1) and 5K cross country (15:46)... Was a state champion in the 1,600 meters his junior year (2010)... Finished fifth in the gold division at the 2010 Rim Rock Classic, crossing the finish line in a time of 15:47... Academic All-State selection in 2009 and 2010.
PERSONALSon of Shelley and Mike Buchanan... Has an older sister, Molly (21)...Plans to major in electrical engineering.
5-9 • FreshmanRogers, Ark.(Rogers HS)
THE FREEMAN FILEFavorite subjects ................................................................. business, histroyFavorite food(s)................................................................ pasta, sandwichesFavorite TV shows .....................................“Sportscenter”, “Big Bang Theory”After college I plan on ....................................... becoming the CEO of adidasFavorite hobby other than running ............................................ playing golfPre-Race ritual ..........................................................Watch “Without Limits”Favorite Actor(s) ..........................................Heath Ledger, Morgan FreemanToughest Course I have ever run....................... Eliminator 5K in Rogers, Ark.Favorite vacation spot ..................................................... Breckenridge, Colo.I chose KU because ................................................................Rim Rock FarmFavorite movie(s) ............. The Hunt for Red October, Shawshank RedemptionWorst habit ............................................................................biting my pensHow I got started running ..............................saw my mom run a marathonFavorite video game ......................................................................... FIFA ‘10The best thing about KU is ........................................................ the traditionFavorite Pro Athlete(s) ................................Peyton Manning, Phil MickelsonTalent I would most like to have .................................... shredding on guitarItems on my bucket list .............. run in the Boston and New York Marathons
HIGH SCHOOLArkansas state meet qualifier his senior and junior years in both cross country and track... Personal bests: 5K – 16:10, 1,600m – 4:29, 3,200m – 10:03
PERSONALSon of Jeff and Sabrina Freeman... Plans to major in marketing... After college aspires to become the CEO of adidas.
Freshmen
ReidBuchanan6-1 • FreshmanManhattan, Kan.(Manhattan HS)
THE BUCHANAN FILEFavorite subject .................................................................................physicsFavorite meal .....................................................................................salmonSong most played on my iPod ...........................“Seasons of Love” from RentFavorite TV show ............................................................................... “Dr. Oz”After college I plan on .................................... pursuing the American dreamPre-race ritual ......................................................... listening to techno jamsPost-race ritual ................................................................... eating ice creamFavorite Actress ................................................................... Natalie PortmanToughest course I have ever run ..................Warner Park in Manhattan, Kan.Favorite TV sports personality .................................................. Erin AndrewsFavorite vacation spot .........................................................Cozumel, MexicoWorst habits ............................................................ chewing my fingernailsFavorite pro athlete(s) .....................Michael Vick, Kobe Bryant, Tiger WoodsFavorite Movie ........................................................................ V for VendettaFavorite pro teams ...................................................................Chiefs, Royals
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AlexGalli5-8 • FreshmanLebanon, Pa.(Cedar Crest HS)
THE GALLI FILEFavorite Subject(s) ...................................................................physics, mathFavorite Meal ............................................................................Surf and TurfFavorite TV Show ............................................................................. “Archer”After College I plan on ........................................... going to graduate schoolFavorite hobby other than running ............................................... Ping PongPost-race ritual ........................................................................ binge-eatingSupersition ...................................... can’t walk across finish line before raceFavorite Actress ...........................................................................Jessica AlbaToughest course I’ve ever run .......... Footlocker Regional Course in New YorkDream vacation spot ................................................................... Rome, ItalyActor who would play me in my life story ............................ George ClooneyWorst Habits ................................................................................... snackingFavorite Movie ........................................................................................ 300Favorite place to eat in Lawrence ................................................... Five GuysFavorite Pro Athlete ................................................................. Ryan HowardI chose KU because ................... I loved it on my visit and my Dad went hereFavorite video game(s) ................................................. “Halo”, “Call of Duty”My motto .............................................................................. “Never give up”
GabeGonzalez5-7 • FreshmanSpringdale, Ark.(Springdale HS)
THE GONZALEZ FILEFavorite Food ........................................................................................ pizzaFavorite TV show ......................................................“Expedition Impossible”Song that is played most on my iPod ........................... “Headliner” by DrakeIf I could switch places with someone for a day it would be .......Kobe BryantAfter college I plan on ................................................. coaching high schoolPre-Race Ritual(s) ........................ice bath, down on all fours before the gunFavorite Actor .................................................................Denzel WashingtonDream vacation spot .......................................................................BahamasFavorite pro-running star ...............................................................Tyson GayFavorite movie ....................................... Fast 5, Rise of the Planet of the ApesFavorite pro team(s) ..................................................................Lakers, ColtsIf I could meet one historrical figure, it would be ....... Martin Luther King, Jr.Outside cross country my greatest talent is ....................................volleyballBest thing about KU ................................................................... the facilitiesMy hero ............................................................................................ my dadFavorite value in others ......................................................................respectMy motto ....................................“What hurts you only makes you stronger”Items on my bucketlist ..................................................................... skydive
Freshmen
HIGH SCHOOLLeague and District cross country champion his senior year... Member of state champion 4X800-meter relay team his junior year... Member of district champion 4X400-meter relay team both his senior and junior years... PTXC Invitational Champion in 2009.
PERSONALSon of Bruce and Kathy Galli... Has two older siblings, Alyna (22) and Bruce (21)... Plans to major in physics and astronomy... Father, Bruce, attended KU.
HIGH SCHOOL7A cross country state champion in both his junior and senior years (2009, 2010)... 2011 state champion in the indoor and outdoor 1,600 meters and 3,200 meters... School record holder in the 1,600 meters (4:16) and the 3,200 meters (9:18).
PERSONALSon of Ossy and Rosa Gonzalez... Undecided on major... Aspires to be high school coach following college.
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LoganSloan5-10 • FreshmanLawrence, Kan.(Lawrence Free State HS)
THE SLOAN FILENickname(s) ...................................... “Log”, “Luge”, “Logo”, “L.O.G.”, “Lo Slow”Favorite Subject(s) .................................................................... science, gymFavorite TV Show(s) ....................................... “Rob Drydek’s Fantasy Factory” Favorite song(s) in my iPod .... “All the Above “ Marvin Gaye and Chardonnay Favorite Hobby Other Than Running .............frisbee, volleyball, driving ATVsPre-race ritual(s) ................................................Sleeping, Listening to MusicFavorite Actor(s)/Actress(es) ....................................................... Jessica AlbaToughest Course You Have Ever Run ....................................... Rim Rock FarmDream Vacation Spot(s) .....................................Tortola, British Virgin IslandsFavorite TV Sports Personality(ies) ............................................... Ocho CincoFavorite Pro-Running Star(s) ..............................................Steve Prefontaine
Actor Who Would Play Me In The Movie Of My Life ........................... Zac EfronWorst Habit ........................................................................... itching my headNot Many People Know This About Me .................................... I’m narcolepticOutside of cross country, my greatest talent is ...............................swimmingMy hero(s): .........................................................................................my dadMy motto(s): .........“Trust everyone, but don’t trust the devil inside of them.” Items on my bucket list ......................................................................skydive
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EvanLandes6-0 • FreshmanMulvane, Kan.(Mulvane HS)
THE LANDES FILEFavorite subject ................................................................................ biologyFavorite food ......................................................................... cereal and milkFavorite TV show .........................................................................“The Office”Toughest course I have ever run .................................................... ChapparalFavorite vacation spot ..................................................................... ColoradoDream vacation spot .................................................................New ZealandI chose KU because of ..........the coaching staff, the atmosphere, the peopleMy hero is ................................................................................ Brad Canfield
HIGH SCHOOLThree-time individual 4A state track champion – 2010, 3,200m – 2011, 1,600m – 2011)... Member of three-time 4A state champion cross country team)... School record holder in the 3,200 meters (9:14) as well as the 5K in cross country, both records set his senior year... Two-time academic all-state.
PERSONALSon of Dale and Renie Landes... Has a younger sister, Erika (11)... Father, Dale, played basketball at Tabor College... Uncle, Dwight Landes, attended KU... Plans to major in exercise science.
HIGH SCHOOLFour-year medalist at Kansas 6A state cross country meet... Third at Footlocker cross country meet his sophomore year... Member of state runner-up 4X800-meter relay team in 2011.
PERSONALSon of Ed and Polly Sloan... Has three siblings, Katie (21), Ben (16) and Nathan (11)... Mother, Polly, holds 200m-fly record at Iowa... Plans to major in medicine.
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Women’s Preview
Twenty-eleven is sure to be an action-packed season for the Kansas women, who return a key nucleus of
runners that had standout seasons a year ago. Like the men, the Jayhawks lost a key aspect from last year’s squad in departing senior Amanda Miller. However, the coaches have their eyes on several women who will be able to fill the void left by Miller and beyond.
Leading the KU nucleus will be senior Rebeka Stowe, who had a breakthrough season last year, becoming just the third KU woman to earn All-Big 12 honors while also leading the women’s team in all four races she competed in.
“I expect Rebeka to be up there as one of the top run-ners in the country this year,” said Coach Whittlesey. “She was certainly close last year but she’s improved so much over the course of this year. I think we’re going to see some big things from her this sea-son.”
Cori Christensen, Devin Wiegers and Kara Windisch will join forces with Stowe to guide the women’s team as senior leaders this year. Win-disch saw action in three of the bigger meets last season, with a top performance com-ing at the NCAA Midwest regionals in a 54th-place fin-ish.
“Kara Windisch should have an outstanding season,” Coach Whittlesey explained. “She really started coming along at the end of the last outdoor track season and I think she’s going to carry that over to this year.”
Christensen and Wiegers each picked up valuable skills and confidence in the early meets last season and will hope those experiences can translate to some top perfor-mances in 2011. Each placed in the top 10 at the Bob Timmons Classic and Christensen placed ninth at the Missouri Cross Country Challenge to come in as KU’s fourth finisher.
The coaches are expecting a lot out of the junior group of Kyra Kilwein, Allie Marquis, Kathleen Thompson
and Tessa Turcotte. Each were an integral aspect of the women’s team last season and now bring another year of experience that should prove beneficial.
“One of the difficulties about last year was we had a lot of girls that hadn’t really had a full season of competi-tion under their belt and hadn’t been in big races,” said Whittlesey. “Now they’ve been there. People like Tessa Turcotte, Allie Marquis and Kyra Kilwein are now veter-ans and I expect them to learn from last year, which was running as a stronger pack and running together more effectively.”
Redshirt sophomore Nata-lie Becker will also be back in the Crimson and Blue and looks to have another solid season. She was the women’s No. 2 performer throughout 2010 and will help add versatility to the roster.
“Even though she’s a soph-omore, Natalie (Becker) is one of the veterans on this team,” added Coach Whit-tlesey. “She had a really good year last season and I’m excited to see what she will do this year.”
Like the men, the women have a solid group of red-shirt freshmen that are primed to make a differ-
ence in 2011. Charlene Browne, Madison Moser, Lauren Guasto and Maddy Rich used the extra year of practice and preparation to learn from their coaches and team-mates. They now add a much-needed aspect of depth to help round out the women’s roster.
The women have added six newcomers to this year’s squad; five true freshmen and a sophomore transfer. While young, they are a talented group that will surely turn some heads once the season begins.
“I expect our girls to try and run with Rebeka this year, whereas last year, I don’t think that was in everyone’s mindset,” concluded Coach Whittlesey. “The girls are go-ing to start closing the gap on (Stowe) because they’ve improved so much, and that will make this a really solid team.”
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2011 RosterName Year Hometown(HS/Previous College)Ragan Allen Fr. Portland, Ore. (Ulysses S. Grant HS)Natalie Becker RS-So. St. Louis, Mo. (Parkway West HS)Charlene Brown RS-Fr Kansas City, Mo. (North Kansas City HS)Cori Christensen TR-Sr. Medicine Lodge, Kan. (Medicine Lodge/Samford)Hayley Francis Fr. Lawrence, Kan. (Lawrence Free State HS)Lauren Guasto RS-Fr. Washington, Mo. (Washington HS)Kyra Kilwein Jr. Holcomb, Kan. (Lawrence Free State HS)Allie Marquis Jr. Prairie Village, Kan. (Shawnee Mission East HS)Molly Milbourn Fr. El Dorado, Kan. (El Dorado HS)Madison Moser RS-Fr. Tribune, Kan. (Greeley County HS)Maddy Rich RS-Fr. Prairie Village, Kan. (Shawnee Mission East HS)Rachael Schaffer Fr. Lawrence, Kan. (Lawrence Free State HS)Sara Seiwald Fr. Portland, Ore. (Valley Catholic HS)Rebeka Stowe Sr. Olathe, Kan. (Olathe Northwest HS)Brittany Tate TR-So. Lee’s Summit, Mo. (Lee’s Summit West HS/Central Mo.)Liza Tauscher Fr. Geneva, Ill. (Geneva HS)Kathleen Thompson Jr. Chesterfield, Mo. (Parkway Central HS)Tessa Turcotte Jr. Albuquerque, N.M. (St. Pius X)Devin Wiegers Sr. Leawood, Kan. (Blue Valley HS)Kara Windisch Sr. Overland Park, Kan. (Blue Valley West HS)
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Cori Christensen
JUNIOR (2010)Competed in three meets for the Jayhawks with the highest finish coming at the Bob Timmons Classic (Sept. 4), placing eighth with a 5K time of 20:00... Was one of four Jayhawks to finish in the top 10 at the Missouri Cross Country Challenge (Sept. 11), taking ninth and clocking in with a 5K time of 18:59.82... Competed in the open race at the ISU Pre-Nationals meet (Oct. 16), running a 6K time of 24:10.50 and finishing 111th.
AT SAMFORD (2008)2008 All-Southern Conference Freshman Team Selection... Placed 20th at the Crimson Classic and 18th at the Furman Invitational... Placed 24th overall and fifth on the team at the SoCon Championship.
HIGH SCHOOLA seven-time class 3A state champion in track at Medicine Lodge High School... Placed first in the 1,600 meters her sophomore, junior and senior years... A state runner-up for cross country her freshman, sophomore and senior seasons... Lettered in basketball for four years... A member of the Principal’s Honor Roll for three years, maintaining a 4.0 GPA.
PERSONALDaughter of Robert and Cindy Christensen... Mother, Cindy, played basketball at Kansas... Father, Robert, competed in track and cross country at Wichita State... Majoring in pre-dentistry... Plans to become a dentist.
5-8 • SeniorMedicine Lodge, Kan.(Medicine Lodge HS/Samford)
THE CHRISTENSEN FILENickname(s) ......................................... “Corndog”, “Cornbread”, “Corinita”Favorite subject .............................................................................biologyFavorite meal .............................................................................. MexicanFavorite TV show(s) ..........................“Mad Men”, “Desperate Housewives”After college I plan on ........................ being a dentist in the mission fieldFavorite actor .......................................................................... Jamie FoxxBiggest accomplishment .........................................making All-AmericanFavorite pro-running star(s) ........................................ Sara and Ryan HallFavorite vacation spot ...................................................Toas, New MexicoFirst job ...................................................................................... lifeguardFavorite movie ..........................................................................SecretariatBest place to eat in Lawrence ...........................................Tad’s SnowconeFavorite pro team ................................................................ Chicago BullsFavorite pro athlete(s) .......................................Derek Rose, Kevin DurantFavorite video game ..............................................“Roller Coaster Tycoon”Talent I would most like to have ..............................knitting and quilitingThe person that got my running career started ............................ my DadBest this about KU ..............................Coach Whittlesey, girl’s track houseFavorite value in others ................................................................honestyMy hero(s) ...........................................................Jesus Chirst, my parents
CAREER-BEST TIMES4K: 15:38.94 5K: 18:59.82 6K: 23:38.62
CAREER RESULTS2010Bob Timmons Classic: 20:00 (8th)Missouri XC Challenge: 18:59.82 (9th)ISU Pre-Nationals: 24:10.50 (111th)
2008 (Samford)Belmont Opener: 15:38.94 (30th)Crimson Tide Classic: 19:09.15 (20th)Auburn Tiger Invitational: 18:51 (114th)Furman Invitational: 19:59 (18th)SoCon Championships: 18:53.87 (24th)NCAA South Regionals: 23:38.62 (89th)
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Rebeka Stowe
JUNIOR (2010)KU’s top runner for the season, finishing as the Jayhawks’ top finisher in each meet she competed in... Only Jayhawk to break the 21:00 mark in a 6K race, doing so in all four meets she ran in... Earned All-Big 12 honors with her 12th-place finish at the Big 12 Championships (Oct. 30), finishing in a 6K time of 20:43.44... Personal best 6K time came in a 12th-place finish at the Wisconsin adidas Invitational (Oct. 2), clocking in with a time of 20:31.10... Finished 18th at the Midwest Regional Championships (Nov. 13) with a 6K time of 20:40.33... Academic All-Big 12 First Team selection... Named to USTFCCCA’s All-Academic team.
SOPHOMORE (2009)Was one of the Jayhawks’ top performers in 2009... Opened the season with an individual victory at the Bob Timmons Classic (Sept. 5), as she crossed the finish line in 18:42.29, setting a new 5K course record at Rim Rock Farm... Posted a career-best 5K time of 17:50.10 at the OSU Cowboy Jamboree (Oct. 3), where she finished 15th overall in a field of 211 runners... Took 77th at the ISU Pre-Nationals Invitational (Oct. 17) with a career-best 6K time of 21:51.70... Raced extremely well at the Big 12 Championships (Oct. 31), where she finished second in a 6K time of 21:46.52, behind former KU standout Lauren Bonds on the team and 28th overall to help the squad capture fifth place, which marked its best finish in 15 years... Ran a 22:33.90 at the Midwest Regional Championships (Nov. 14) to finish 68th... Received Academic All-Big 12 First Team honors.
FRESHMAN (2008)Was the only true freshman to compete in all six meets for the Jayhawks... Placed 15th at the Bob Timmons Classic in a 5K time of 20:39... Finished 13th at the Missouri Cross Country Challenge in a personal-best 5K time of 20:10.08... Recorded a personal-best 6K time of 22:42 at the OSU Cowboy Jamboree... Clocked in at 22:51.40 at the ISU Pre-Nationals... Finished 78th at the Big 12 Championships with a 6K time of 23:44.60... Finished 91st at the NCAA Midwest Regionals in a 6K time of 22:57.85.
HIGH SCHOOLLettered four years in cross country, three years in both basketball and soccer... All-state all four years (2004-07)... Runner-up at the state cross country meet in 2006 and 2007... Four-time All-Olathe selection (2004-2007)... First team All-Sunflower in 2004, 2006 and 2007... All-metro first team selection in 2004, 2006 and 2007... Named second team All-Metro in 2005... Regional champion in 2004 and 2006... Runner-up at regionals in 2007... Top-three in the Sunflower League in 2004, 2006 and 2007 (finished third, first and second, respectively)... Earned a spot on the all-hustle team for basketball.
PERSONALDaughter of Pat Stowe... Grandmother, Ann Lynam, attended KU… Majoring in health and physical education.
5-6 • SeniorOlathe, Kan.
(Olathe Northwest HS)
THE STOWE FILEFavorite food ................................................................................ice creamFavorite TV show(s) .................................“The Office”, “Friday Night Lights”Most played song on my iPod .............“Sons of Hope” by Robbie Seay BandAfter college I plan on .................................. continuing my running careerPre-race ritual .................................. eat a granola bar before my warm upFavorie actor(s) ....................................................Julia Roberts, Tom HanksFavorite vacation spot ........................................................ Cancun, MexicoWorst habit ......................................................................... biting my nailsFavorite hobby other than running .................................................readingFirst job ................................................................................hostess at Zio’sFavorite movie ..................................................................... Runaway BrideBest place(s) to eat in Lawrence .................................. Pita Pit, Papa Keno’sNot many people know this about me .............. I was an all-state trumpeterFavorite pro-running star(s) ................. Shalane Flanagan, Jenny BarringerFavorite video game ................................................................ “Mario Kart”If I could meet one historical figure, it would be .......................Jesus ChristI chose KU because ......................it was close to home and I liked the teamTalent I would most like to have ...................................... the ability to singFavorite value(s) in others ........................... honesty, loyalty, responsibilityMy hero .........................................................................................my mom
CAREER-BEST TIMES5K: 17:50.10 6K: 20:31.20
CAREER RESULTS2010Wisconsin adidas Inv.: 20:31.20 (12th)ISU Pre-Nationals: 20:43.90 (16th)Big 12 Championships: 20:43.44 (12th)NCAA Midwest Regionals: 20:40.33 (18th)
2008Bob Timmons Classic: 20:39 (15th)Missouri XC Challenge: 20:10.08 (13th)OSU Cowboy Jamboree: 22:42 (47th)ISU Pre-Nationals: 22:51.40 (204th)Big 12 Champioships: 23:44.60 (78th)NCAA Midwest Regionals: 22:57.85 (91st)
2009Bob Timmons Classic: 18:42.9 (1st)OSU Cowboy Jamboree: 17:50.10 (15th)ISU Pre-Nationals: 21:51.70 (77th)Big 12 Championships: 21:46.52 (28th)Midwest Regionals: 22:33.90 (68th)
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Devin Wiegers
JUNIOR (2010)Competed in one meet for KU, collecting a fifth-place finish at the Bob Timmons Classic (Sept. 4), clocking in with a 5K time of 19:41.90.
SOPHOMORE (2009)Ran in five of the Jayhawks’ six meets... Turned in a career-best 5K time of 19:08.70 at the OSU Cowboy Jamboree (Oct. 3), where she finished 94th... Competed in her first collegiate 6K at the ISU Pre-Nationals Invitational, clocking in at 23:08.90 to take 36th in the women’s open division (Oct. 17)... Was a member of the Big 12 Championships (Oct. 31) squad, finishing the 6K race in 24:13.52.
FRESHMAN (2008)Finished in 19th place at the Bob Timmons Classic in a personal-best 5K time of 21:01.10... Placed 22nd at the Missouri Cross Country Challenge with a 5K time of 21:11.24.
HIGH SCHOOLFour-year letterwinner in both cross country and track... Lettered two years in basketball and one year in soccer... Owns Blue Valley High School records in both the 4K and 5K... State of Kansas All-Metro Honorable Mention all four years (2004-2007)... Placed fifth at AAU nationals as a member of the Brocaw Blazers AAU team in 2006... Finished eighth at AAU Nationals in 2007... Rookie of the Year selection in 2004... Finished in the top 25 all four years at the state meet (eighth, 24th, 22nd and 22nd, respectively)... Earned player of the year honors in basketball.
PERSONAL Daughter of John and Sabra Wiegers... Has three sisters: Brooke (23), Tori (14) and Tara (14)... Uncle played baseball at KU... Majoring in business and French.
5-11 • SeniorLeawood, Kan.(Blue Valley HS)
THE WIEGERS FILENickname ....................................................................................“Dirty D”Favorite subject ......................................... French, international businessFavorite meal ..................................................... prime rib and asparagusFavorite TV show ....................................... “So You Thhnk You Can Dance”Most played song on my iPod .................. “Party Rock Anthem” by LMFAOAfter college I plan on ........................................... becoming a billionaireFavorite hobby other than running ..............................................dancingFavorite vacation spot ............................................................SwitzerlandDream vacation spot ............................................................New ZealandFavorite pro-running star .................................................... Kara GoucherActress who would play me in my life story ......................... Emma StoneFavorite movie ................................................... How to Train Your DragonNot many people know this about me ....................... I’m fluent in FrenchFavorite video game ..............................................................“Mario Kart”Outside of cross country, my greatest talent is .............................dancingTalent I would most like to have .......................being good at gymnasticsFavorite value in others ............................................... honesty, reliabilityMy hero(s) ...............................................................................my parentsItem on my bucket list ........................................... compete in a triathlon
CAREER-BEST TIMES5K: 19:41.90 6K: 23:08.90
CAREER RESULTS2010Bob Timmons Classic: 19:41.90 (5th)
2009Bob Timmons Classic: 19:56.32 (13th)Missouri XC Challenge: 20:03.6 (21st)OSU Cowboy Jamboree: 19:08.70 (94th)ISU Pre-Nationals: 23:08.90 (36th)Big 12 Championships: 24:13.52 (79th)
2008Bob Timmons Classic: 21:01.10 (19th)Missouri Cross Country Challenge: 21:11.24 (22nd)
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Kara Windisch
JUNIOR (2010)Competed in three races for the Jayhawks...Set a new personal-best 6K time in a 54th-place finish at the Midwest Regional Championships (Nov. 13), crossing the finish line in 21:28.92... Ran at the Big 12 Championships (Oct. 30), earning a 57th-place finish with a 6K time of 22:07.22.
SOPHOMORE (2009)Was among the Jayhawks’ top four finishers in five of the six meets in which she competed... Finished second at the Bob Timmons Classic (Sept. 5) with a 5K time of 18:45.37... Helped her team to a runner-up finish at the OSU Cowboy Jamboree (Oct. 3), where she placed 14th and posted a career-best 5K time of 17:48.60... Took 37th at the Big 12 Championships after completing the 6K course in 22:53.19... Was the Jayhawks’ No. 2 finisher at the Midwest Regional Championships (Nov. 14) after clocking in with a career-best 6K time of 21:55.50 to take 42nd place overall.
RS-FRESHMAN (2008)KU’s No. 3 runner... Recorded a personal-best 5K time of 19:25 en route to a fourth-place finish at the Bob Timmons Classic... Placed sixth at the Missouri Cross Country Challenge in a 5K time of 19:31.91... Posted a career-best 6K time of 22:22.50 at the ISU Pre-Nationals... Finished 41st at the Big 12 Championships in a 6K time of 22:25.20... Placed 60th at the NCAA Midwest Regional Championships after posting a 6K time of 22:36.65.
FRESHMAN (2007)Utilized Redshirt Season
HIGH SCHOOLLettered all four years in both track and cross country... Received Eastern Kansas League Scholar Athlete award all four years... Was the 2007 6A state track and field champion in the 3,200-meter run and was runner-up in the 1,600-meter run... Led her team to a third-place finish at the state track championships in 2007... Named to the all-sun girls track first team in 2006 and 2007... Received all-metro honorable mention for track in 2007... Finished second at the 2006 5A state track meet in the 3,200-meter run... Was runner-up at the 5A State Cross Country Championships in 2005, led the girls’ team to a second-place finish... All-Johnson County cross country first team in 2005... All-sun girls cross country first team in 2005... All-metro cross country second team in 2005... Received 2005 Community America Credit Union Class 5A Cross Country Academic All-State Award... Named the 2004 and 2005 Blue Valley West Girls Cross Country Runner of the Year... Named to the All-Johnson County cross country second team in 2004... All-sun girls cross country honorable mention in 2004... All-Metro Cross Country Honorable Mention in 2004.
PERSONAL Daughter of Paul and Glenda Windisch.... Father, Paul, attended KU... Has a younger sister, Marisa Windisch (18)... Majoring in community health.
5-2 • (RS) SeniorOverland Park, Kan.
(Blue Valley West HS)
THE WINDISCH FILENickname .................................................................................... “Windy”Favorite food ....................................................................................KashiAfter college I plan on ............ setting up health programs for companiesPre-race ritual ....................................................drinking Gatorade PrimeFavorite movie .........................................................Sweet Home AlabamaThe person who got my running career started .......................... my momI chose KU because ....................... I’ve wanted to be a Jayhawk all my lifeMy motto .......................................“Live every moment like it’s your last”
CAREER-BEST TIMES5K: 17:48.60 6K: 21:28.92
CAREER RESULTS2010ISU Pre-Nationals: 22:10.20 (137th)Big 12 Championships: 22:07.22 (57th)NCAA Midwest Regionals: 21:28.92 (54th)
2008Bob Timmons Classic: 19:25 (4th)Missouri XC Challenge: 19:31.91 (6th)OSU Cowboy Jamboree: 22:45 (50th)ISU Pre-Nationals: 22:22.50 (156th)Big 12 Champioships: 22:25.20 (41st)NCAA Midwest Regionals: 22:36.65 (60th)
2009Bob Timmons Classic: 18:45.37 (2nd)Missouri XC Challenge: 18:37.5 (6th)OSU Cowboy Jamboree: 17:48.60 (14th)Big 12 Championships: 22:53.19 (37th)Midwest Regionals: 21:55.50 (42nd)
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Kyra Kilwein
SOPHOMORE (2010)Ran in all six races for the Jayhawks, notching two top-10 finishes... Earned first individual title of collegiate career at the Bob Timmons Classic (Sept. 4), crossing the finish line in 18:37.20... Ran a 6K personal best at the Midwest Regional Championships (Nov. 13), clocking in at 21:52.38 and placing 88th... Earned sixth place at the Missouri Cross Country Challenge (Sept. 11), crossing the finish line in 18:34.39, a 5K personal best... Competed at the Big 12 Championships (Oct. 30), placing 62nd with a 6K time of 22:17.04.
FRESHMAN (2009)Had a strong debut for the Jayhawks, finishing third on the team and fourth overall at the Bob Timmons Classic (Sept. 5) in a season-best 5K time of 19:28.44... Clocked in at 19:46 at the Missouri Cross Country Challenge (Sept. 12) to take 16th place overall... Finished 121st out of 211 runners at the OSU Cowboy Jamboree (Oct. 3), posting a 5K time of 19:31... Ran her first collegiate 6K at the ISU Pre-Nationals Invitational (Oct. 17), where she finished 48th in the women’s open division with a time of 23:30.80.
HIGH SCHOOLFour-year letterwinner and four-time state qualifier in cross country... Finished fifth at the 2008 cross country state championships... Kansas City Star All-Metro First Team as a senior, second team as a junior... Named to the 2006 and 2007 Lawrence Journal World All-Area Cross Country Team... Manhattan Cross Country Course and Lawrence Free State High School record holder in the 4K (14:32)... Finished third in the two mile at the 2006 track and field state championships... Placed fifth in the mile and sixth in the two mile at the 2007 track and field state championships... Two-time Lawrence Journal World All-Area selection for track... Member of the National Honor Society... Named 6A Cross Country Academic All-State her junior and senior years.
PERSONALDaughter of Mark and Marcy Kilwein... Has an older sister, Jennica (25)... Majoring in community health.
5-3 • JuniorLawrence, Kan.(Lawrence Free State HS)
THE KILWEIN FILENickname ............................................................................................“Ki”Favorite food(s) ........................................................................... MexicanFavorite actor ....................................................................Orlando BloomFavorite vacation spot ............................................................ Puerto RicoDream vacation spot(s) ............................................... New Zealand, ItalyFavorite pro-running stars ......................Shalane Flanagan, Kara GoucherFavorite movie .......................................................................The BlindsideThe best thing about KU is ......................................... the athletic successFavorite value(s) in others .................... determination, desire, work ethic
CAREER-BEST TIMES5K: 18:34.39 6K: 21:52.38
CAREER RESULTS2010Bob Timmons Classic: 18:37.20 (1st)Missouri XC Challenge: 18:34.39 (6th)Wisconsin adidas Inv.: 21:54.30 (83rd)ISU Pre-Nationals: 22:21.60 (160th)Big 12 Championships: 22:17.04 (62nd)NCAA Midwest Regionals: 21:52.38 (88th)
2009Bob Timmons Classic: 19:28.44 (4th)Missouir Cross Country Challenge: 19:46 (16th) OSU Cowboy Jamborree: 19:31 (121st)ISU Pre-Nationals: 23:30.80 (48th, Open Division)
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Allie Marquis
SOPHOMORE (2010)Competed in five meets during her sophomore campaign... Was the Jayhawks’ top finisher at the Missouri Cross Country Challenge (Sept. 11), earning a runner-up finish with a 5K time of 18:01.90, a personal best... Season-best 6K time was 21:27.88, coming at the Midwest Regional Championships (Nov. 13) in a 52nd-place finish... Took 51st at the Big 12 Championships (Oct. 30), crossing the finish line in a 6K time of 21:57.39.
FRESHMAN (2009)Saw action in the Bob Timmons Classic (Sept. 5), completing the 5K course in 19:42.12 to finish fifth for the Jayhawks and seventh overall.
HIGH SCHOOL2009 graduate of Shawnee Mission East High School... Four-year letterwinner in cross country and track... Named to the Greater Kansas City All-Metro First Team as a senior, honorable mention selection as a freshman... Qualified for the 2007 6A cross country state championships, finished 18th... First Team All-Sun Girls selection in 2007... All-Star Johnson County Second Team as a junior, honorable mention as a senior... Named to the 2007 Kansas City Star All-Metro Honorable Mention cross country team... Four-time 6A state qualifier in the 1,600 meters, 3,200 meters and 4x800 meter relay... Member of the 2008 and 2009 state champion 4x800-meter relay teams... Received the Most Outstanding High School Girls Relay Team Award at the 2009 Kansas Relays... Finished third at the 2009 track and field state championships in the 3,200 meters... Two-time All-Star Johnson County First Team for the 4x800 meter relay... Named to the 2008 All-Star Johnson County Girls Second Team and 2009 Honorable Mention Team in the 3,200 meters... Received the Dick Gilbert Leadership Award for Track and Field as a senior... Member of the National Honor Society as a junior and senior... Named 610 Sports Radio Scholar Athlete... 2009 Paige Winters’ Inspirational Award and Scholarship Winner.
PERSONALDaughter of John and Lisa Marquis... Third-generation Jayhawk... Has an older sister, Kristen (22)... Majoring in psychology with a minor in communications.
5-5 • JuniorPrairie Village, Kan.
(Shawnee Mission East HS)
THE MARQUIS FILENickname(s) ....................................... “Allie Cat”, “Tiny Gemma”, “A-Marq”Favorite subject(s) .......................................communications, psychologyFavorite food ..............................................................................ice creamFavorite TV show .................................................................“Jersey Shore”Favorite hobby other than running ............being with family and friendsFavorite vacation spot ...............................................Dominican RepublicDream vacation spot .................................................................. AustraliaMost played song on my iPod ................................. depends on my moodIf I could switch places with one person, it would be ...... Lauren FleshmanFavorite pro-running star(s) ................. Lauren Fleshman, Paula RadcliffeWorst habit ................................................................... popping my gumBest place to eat in Lawrence .......................................Freestate BreweryFavorite video game ..............................................................“Mario Kart”The person that got me started running is ................................. my sisterI chose KU because ................................................................the traditionFavorite value in others ...................................................... humor, lovingMy hero ...................................................................................... my momMy motto ................................................................... “Live. Laugh. Love.”Item(s) on my bucket list ....................................run a marathon, sky dive
CAREER-BEST TIMES5K: 18:01.90 6K: 21:27.88
CAREER RESULTS2010Missouri XC Challenge: 18:01.90 (2nd)Wisconsin adidas Inv.: 22:57.30 (128th)ISU Pre-Nationals: 22:30.00 (177th)Big 12 Championships: 21:57.39 (51st)NCAA Midwest Regionals: 21:27.88 (52nd)
2009Bob Timmons Classic: 19:42.12 (7th)
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Kathleen Thompson
SOPHOMORE (2010)Ran in three meets for the Jayhawks, notching two top-15 finishes... Top finish came at the Bob Timmons Classic (Sept. 4), crossing the finish line in sixth with a 5K time of 19:48.50... One of seven Jayhawks to finish in the top-15 at the Missouri Cross Country Challenge (Sept. 11), clocking in with a 5K time of 19:21.38 and placing 13th... Competed in the open race at the ISU Pre-Nationals meet (Oct. 16), finishing in 127th with a 6K time of 25:42.60... Academic All-Big 12 First Team selection.FRESHMAN (2009)Was one of only two freshmen to run in all six meets for the Jayhawks... Finished in fifth place overall in her debut event at the Bob Timmons Classic (Sept. 5), posting a 5K time of 19:32.54... Filled the No. 5 spot for the Jayhawks at the Missouri Cross Country Challenge (Sept. 12) with a 5K time of 19:10.50... Ran her season-best 5K at the OSU Cowboy Jamboree (Oct. 3), clocking in at 18:58.80 to take 74th place... Competed in her first collegiate 6K at the ISU Pre-Nationals Invitational (Oct. 17), where she turned in a time of 23:40.30... Crossed the finish line at the Big 12 Championships (Oct. 31) in 24:08.76 to take 74th place. HIGH SCHOOLGraduated from Parkway Central High in Chesterfield, Mo... Named cross country team MVP her freshman, sophomore and senior years... Two-time all-state selection... Four-time state qualifier... Named to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch All-Metro Cross Country Honorable Mention team in 2005 and 2007... Named to the 2005 St. Louis Track Club All-Metro Second Team... Received all-state honors as a sophomore in the 1,600 meters... Also qualified for state track meet in the 3,200 meters... Named 2006 distance runner of the year for high school track team... Named track team captain and team MVP her senior year... Member of the 2009 all-state 4x800-meter relay team that finished fourth at the state championships... Member of the 2009 Missouri State Champion 4x800-meter relay team and runner-up 4x400-meter relay team... 4x800-meter relay team holds the Missouri high school state record of 9:06.89... Recipient of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch Scholar Athlete of the Year Award for Parkway Central High... Also a member of the Elgin Sharks Track Club... Member of the AAU National Cross Country Team Champion in 2000, 2003 and 2005.PERSONALDaughter of Bill and Karen Thompson... Has an older sister, Erica… Uncle, Randy Stroup, is a former member of the KU baseball team... Has nine family members who attended KU... Majoring in civil engineering.
5-7 • JuniorChesterfield, Mo.(Parkway Central HS)
THE THOMPSON FILEFavorite meal ..................................................... spaghetti and meatballsFavorite TV show ........................................................................ “Friends”After college I plan on ........................................getting a job in ColoradoFavorite hobby other than running .............................................. cookingFavorite actor ........................................................................... Paul RuddFavorite vacation spot ....................................................................FloridaDream vacation spot ............................................................New ZealandFavorite pro-running star .................................................... Kara GoucherFavorite movie ............................................................. The Social NetworkBest place to eat in Lawrence ........................................................PerkinsFavorite pro team ......................................................... St. Louis CardinalsThe person who got my running career starting was ................. my sisterThe best thing about KU is ....................................................... basketballTalent I would most like to have ....................................................singing
CAREER-BEST TIMES5K: 18:01.90 6K: 21:27.88
CAREER RESULTS2010Bob Timmons Classic: 19:48.50 (6th)Missouri XC Challenge: 19:21.38 (13th)ISU Pre-Nationals: 25:42.60 (127th)
2009Bob Timmons Classic: 19:32.54 (5th) Missouri XC Challenge: 19:10.50 (10th)OSU Cowboy Jamboree: 18:58.80 (74th)ISU Pre-Nationals 23:40.30 (216th)Big 12 Championships: 24:08.76 (74th)Midwest Regionals: 24:32.5 (144th)
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Tessa Turcotte
SOPHOMORE (2010)Competed in all six races for the Jayhawks, notching two top-three overall finishes... Recorded personal-best 6K time at the Midwest Regional Championships (Nov. 13), clocking in at 21:08.31 and placing 35th... Finished second at the Bob Timmons Classic (Sept. 4) with a 5K time of 18:50.90... Competed at the Big 12 Championships (Oct. 30) crossing the finish line in a 6K time of 21:58.00 and placing 52nd... Finished third at the 5K Missouri Cross Country Challenge (Sept. 11) and set a personal-best time of 18:20.16... Selected to the Academic All-Big 12 First Team.
FRESHMAN (2009)Had a very impressive rookie season, as she was one of only two freshmen to run in all six meets for the Crimson and Blue... Turned in a season-best 5K time of 19:05.60 at the OSU Cowboy Jamboree (Oct. 3), where she finished 86th in a field of 211 runners... Ran her first collegiate 6K at the ISU Pre-Nationals Invitational (Oct. 17), finishing in 196th place with a time 23:17.60... Took 65th at the Big 12 Championships with a 6K time of 23:43.99... Was the Jayhawks’ No. 5 finisher at the Midwest Regional Championships (Nov. 14) where she ran a season-best 6K time of 23:12.40 and finished 95th overall.
HIGH SCHOOLGraduate of St. Pius X in Albuquerque, N.M... Four-year letterwinner in cross country... Four-time cross country all-district selection... Named team captain and MVP her junior and senior years... Second-team all-state in 2005, 2006 and 2007, first-team all-state as a senior in 2008... 2008 district champion... Seventh-place finish at the 2008 cross country state championships... Named to the New Mexico All-Harrier Team as a senior... Lettered three years in track... Three-time second team all-state in the 3,200 meters and 1,600 meters... Two-time second team all-state in the 800 meters and distance medley relay... 2008 recipient of the New Mexico Athletic Association Sportsmanship Award.
PERSONALBorn in Amarillo, Texas... Daughter of Jeff and Doris Turcotte... Has an older sister, Ashley (22)... Father, Jeff, was a seven-time letterman in track and cross country at the University of New Mexico... Majoring in speech and language pathology.
5-7 • JuniorAbluquerque, N. M.
(St. Pius X HS)
THE TURCOTTE FILENickname(s) ......................................... “Diva”, “Pep”, “Pepper Ann”, “Hills”Favorite subject .................................................................. sign languageFavorite food(s) ................................................................. pizza, MexicanFavorite TV show(s) ........................................... “The Hills”, “Jersey Shore”After college I plan on ................... working, getting married, having kidsDream vacation spot ...............................................anywhere on a beachFavorite pro-running star ............................................. Shalane FlanaganPre-race ritual(s) ...................................warm-up, stretch, listen to musicFirst Job ...................................................................................... lifeguardFavorite movie(s) .................. How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, The NotebookBest place(s) to eat in Lawrence .............................First Watch, DynamiteFavorite pro team(s) ..........................Pittsburgh Steelers, Boston Red SoxThe person that got my running career started .............................my dad
If I could meet one historical figure, it would be ..................... Jesus Christ If you walked into my dorm room, you would notice .............. my pictures I chose KU because ..................................................................... the team The best thing about KU is ..................... the support from the community My hero ......................................................................................... my sister My motto(s) .......................................... “Have fun”, “Live life to the fullest”
CAREER-BEST TIMES5K: 18:20.16 6K: 21:08.31
CAREER RESULTS2010Bob Timmons Classic: 18:50.90 (2nd)Missouri XC Challenge: 18:20.16 (3rd)Wisconsin adidas Inv.: 21:36.40 (65th)ISU Pre-Nationals: 22:08.40 (134th)Big 12 Championships: 21:58.00 (52nd)NCAA Midwest Regionals: 21:08.31 (35th)
2009Bob Timmons Classic: 19:32.54 (5th) Missouri XC Challenge: 19:10.50 (18th)OSU Cowboy Jamboree: 19:05.60 (86th)ISU Pre-Nationals: 23:17.60 (196th)Big 12 Championships: 23:43.99 (65th)NCAA Midwest Regionals: 23:12.4 (95th)
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NatalieBecker
RS-FRESHMAN (2010)Competed in each meet for the Jayhawks, becoming the team’s second-highest finisher in four of the six races... Highest finish came at the Bob Timmons Classic (Sept. 3), where she finished third overall with a 5K time of 19:33.90... Notched season-best 6K time at the Midwest Regional Championships (Nov. 13), crossing the finish line in 21:07.74 to finish 33rd... Collected a 33rd-place finish at the Big 12 Championships (Oct. 30) with a 6K time of 21:07.74... Named to the Academic All-Big 12 Second Team.
FRESHMAN (2009)Utilized her redshirt season, but did compete in the Bob Timmons Classic as an unattached runner, where she finished 44th in a 5K time of 22:06.33.
HIGH SCHOOLFour-time all-state and all-metro in cross country... Finished 12th at the 2008 Missouri State Cross County Championships in a 5K time of 19:24... Placed in the top 20 at the 2005 and 2006 state cross country meets... Four-time all-state selection in track... Finished fourth in the 3,200 meters at the 2007 track and field state championships and fifth in the 1,600 meters and 3,200 meters at the 2008 state meet.
PERSONALDaughter of Kim and Eric Becker... Has two older siblings, Erica (27) and Grant (24)... Majoring in community health with a minor in business.
5-3 • (RS) SophomoreSt. Louis, Mo.(Parkway West HS)
THE BECKER FILENickname(s) ...........................................................“Becker”, “Beck Nasty”Favorite subject(s) ................................................................ English, gymFavorite food ...................................................................... peanut butterFavorite TV show ............................................................... “Bachelor Pad”Most played song on my iPod ....................“Mr. Jones” by Counting CrowsAfter college I plan on ...............................becoming a sports nutritionistPre-race ritual .....................................eating oatmeal and peanut butterSuperstition ...................... always have to wear the same socks in a raceToughest course I have ever run ......................................... Sioux PassageFavorite actor .................................................................... Ryan ReynoldsDream vacation spot ............................................................................FijiFavorite movie ................................................................. Sherlock HolmesBest place to eat in Lawrence ................................................The EldridgeFavorite pro team ......................................................... St. Louis CardinalsFavorite video game ..............................................................“Mario Kart”I chose KU because .............................. I loved the team and the traditionFavorite characteristics in others ........... funny, charming, down-to-earthMy motto ............................................ “Everything happens for a reason”Item on my bucket list ..........................................compete in a triathalon
CAREER-BEST TIMES5K: 19:09.60 6K: 21:07.74
CAREER RESULTS2010Bob Timmons Classic: 19:33.90 (3rd)Missouri XC Challenge: 19:09.60 (11th)Wisconsin adidas Inv.: 21:20.50 (54th)ISU Pre-Nationals: 21:25.00 (52nd)Big 12 Championships: 21:41.64 (39th)NCAA Midwest Regionals: 21:07.74 (33rd)
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BrittanyTate
Newcomers/Freshmen
HIGH SCHOOLEarned all-state cross country honors all four years of high school... Member of state champion cross country teams her junior and senior years (2008-09)... Earned all-state track honors all four years of high school... Member of state champion 4X800-meter relay teams her freshman, sophomore and junior years.
PERSONALDaughter of Dennis Tate and Carla Krebs... Mom, Carla, was Division II Basketball Player of the Year at Central Missouri, as well as a national champion and All-American... Majoring in exercise science.
5-7 • Sophomore (TR)Lee’s Summit, Mo.(Lee’s Summit West HS/Central Missouri)
THE TATE FILENickname(s) ..............................................................................................“BT”Favorite food(s) .................................................................................. MexicanFavorite meal ........................steak, mashed potatoes, asparagus, applesauceFavorite TV show ....................................................................................“Glee”Most played song on my iPod .............anything by Kayne West or Chris BrownAfter college I plan on ................................................ moving to AlbuquerquePre-race ritual(s) .......................................not talking, listening to my playlistSuperstition ...................................................... I have to wear my lucky socksFavorite actress .............................................................................. Megan FoxFavorite vacation spot ................................................................Kuuai, HawaiiDream vacation spot(s) ................................................................Italy, IrelandActress who would play me in my life story ....................... Hayden PanettiereWorst habits ............................................................................ procrastinatingFavorite movie(s) .............................Step Brothers, Tommy Boy, Without LimitsBest place(s) to eat in Lawrence ..........................Chipotle, Buffalo Wild WingsFavorite pro teams .........................................Kansas City Chiefs, Chicago BullsI chose KU because .............................................................. I like the traditionOutside cross country, my greatest talent is ............................quoting movies
CharleneBrowne5-3 • (RS) FreshmanKansas City, Mo.(North Kansas City HS)
THE BROWNE FILENickname(s) .............................................................. “Charlie Brown”, “Chuck”Favorite subject ..................................................................any kind of scienceFavorite food(s) ........................................................ Mexican, Chinese, ItalianAfter college I plan on ....................................................... running marathonsMost played song on my iPod .................................................anything by DevToughest course I’ve ever run ............................... the State Course in MissouriFavorite vacation spot ....................................................................... ColoradoPre-race ritual ................................................................................... jammingActor who would play me in my life story ....................................... Ellen PageWorst habit ................................................. biting my nails when I’m nervousBest place to eat Lawrence .................................................... The Burge UnionFavorite video game .....................................................................“Mario Kart”When you walk into my dorm room, you would notice ..............my tiny couchTalent I would most like to have .................... touching my tongue to my noseItems on my bucket list ..........................................sky dive, swim with sharks
FRESHMAN (2010)Utilized Redshirt Season
HIGH SCHOOLFour-year letterwinner in track at North Kansas City High School... Lettered three years in cross country and two years in diving... Competed at the Nike Cross Country Regionals, clocking a 5K time of 20:32... Named all-conference second team three years in a row... All-state qualifier as a senior in 2009... Selected first team all-district as a junior and senior (2008 and 2009)... Gold Medallion Honors diploma recipient... International Baccalaureate candidate.
PERSONALDaughter of John and Carol Guthrie... Majoring in exercise science... Has two siblings, Samantha (16) and Douglas (23).
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LaurenGuasto5-5 • (RS) FreshmanWashington, Mo.(Washington HS)
MadisonMoser5-3 • (RS) FreshmanTribune, Kan.(Greeley County HS)
FRESHMAN (2010)Utilized Redshirt Season
HIGH SCHOOLFour-year letterwinner in cross country, track and basketball... Two-year letterwinner in volleyball... Member of the Greeley County High School state cross country championship teams in 2006, 2008 and 2009... Holds three school records: 800 meters (2:26), 1,600 meters (5:17) and 4X800-meter relay (10:03)... Named to the Garden City All-Area cross country and track teams in 2009 and 2010... Was an all-state cross country and track runner four years in a row.
PERSONALDaughter of Robert and Dalene Moser... Mother, father, two aunts and an uncle all attended KU... Has one sister, Lauren (22)... Cousin, Tyler Gonzales, wrestled at Fort Hays State University... Cousin, Jennifer Ibarra, ran track and cross country at Butler... Uncle, Charles, ran track at Barton... Majoring in exercise science with a minor in business.
FRESHMAN (2010)Utilized Redshirt Season
HIGH SCHOOLLetterwinner in cross country and track... Named Washington High School student-athlete of the year in 2009... Clocked a personal-best 5:14 mile time in 2010.
PERSONALDaughter of Jim and Josie Guasto... Majoring in architecture... Has two older siblings, Kyle (26) and Kristian (23).
Freshmen
THE RICH FILENickname(s) ..................................................................... “Maddie Mo”, “Mad”Favorite subject .................................................................................... scienceAfter college I plan on ..................................................... going to grad schoolFavorite hobby other than running .....................................................dancingToughest course I have ever run ............................................... Rim Rock FarmFavorite pro running athlete ................................................................Lisa KollFavorite vacation spot ....................................................................... ColoradoDream vacation spot ..................................................... any where on a beachFavorite movie(s) ......................................................................Up, Bad Boys IIBest place to eat in Lawrence ................................................. Noodles and Co.If you walked into my dorm room, you would notice .........clothes everywhereI chose KU because .......................................................................the traditionFavorite value(s) in others ................................................. real, down to earthMy hero ............................................................................................. my mom
THE GUASTO FILENickname(s) ....................................................“Lo”, “Lolo”, “Lola”, “Guacamole”Favorite food ...............................................ice cream from Sylas and Maddy’sAfter college I plan on ....................................................................... travelingFavorite hobby other than running .............................................................artWorst habit ................................................................................. overthinkingBest place(s) to eat in Lawrence ........................... Ingredient, Noodles and Co.
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MaddyRich5-6 • (RS) FreshmanPrairie Village, Kan.(Shawnee Mission East HS)
RaganAllen5-6 • FreshmanPortland, Ore.(Ulysses S. Grant HS)
HIGH SCHOOLFour year letterwinner in cross country and track… Team MVP her sophomore, junior and senior years… Competed at cross country state championships all four years… Qualified for state championships in the 3,000m three-straight years.
PERSONALDaughter of Mark Allen and Ellen Ragan… Has a younger brother, McKinley (14)… Parents Mark and Ellen as well as grandpa, Jim Ragan, attended KU… Plans to major in architecture.
FRESHMAN (2010)Utilized Redshirt Season
High SchoolRan for coaches Bre Meschke and Tricia Beaham at Shawnee Mission East High School.
PersonalDaughter of Steve and Kim Rich... Has an older brother, Nick (23), who also attended KU... Plans to major in communications.
Freshmen
THE RICH FILENickname(s) ...................................... “Mad Money”, “Mad Dawg”, “The Bomb”Favorite food .................................................................................... spaghettiFavorite TV show ....................................................................................“Glee”Most played song on my iPod ..........“None of Your Business” by Salt-n-PepperAfter college I plan on ....................................................... running marathonsPre-race ritual .......................................................................... drinking waterFavorite actress .............................................................................Blake LivelyFavorite vacation spot .........................................................................JamaicaBest place to eat in Lawrence ........................................................... GenoveseFavorite TV sport personality .......................................................Erin AndrewsFavorite movie(s) ....................She’s the Man, Love and Basketball, October SkyFavorite pro athlete ......................................................................... Lolo JonesFavorite pro team .......................................................................... Sporting KCNot many people know this about me ................................... I’m a vegetarianTalent I would most like to have ...........................................................singingFavorite value(s) in others ...................................... peace, love and happiness
THE ALLEN FILEFavorite subject(s) .......................................................... photography, historyFavorite food(s) ............................. mashed potatoes, chocolate, Chinese foodFavorite TV show(s) ................................................. “House”, “Modern Family”Most played song(s) on my iPod .............................. anything by Jack JohnsonAfter college I plan on ......... going into architecture at an environmental firmFavorite hobbies other than running .................................... drawing, cookingPre-race ritual ........................................................make waffles for breakfastFavorite actor ............................................................................... Hugh DancyDream vacation spot ...................................................................New ZealandWorst habits ................................... bite my nails, leave my shoes everywhereFavorite movies ............... The Notebook, The Princess Bride, The Breakfast ClubNot many people know this about me ................................. I’m afraid of birdsIf I could meet one histrorical figure it would be .............................Rosa ParksThe best thing about KU is .................. the pretty campus and friendly peopleOutside cross country, my greatest talent is ....................................... drawingFavorite value in others ...................................................honesty, friendlinessItem on my bucket list ..................................................... visit every continent
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MollyMilbourn5-5 • FreshmanEl Dorado, Kan. (El Dorado HS)
HIGH SCHOOLPlaced fourth in the two mile at the state championships meet her senior year (2011)... Member of school record setting 4X800 meter relay team her junior year (2010)... Finished 11th in the state championships meet her freshman year (2008).
PERSONALDaughter of Mark and Tiffany Francis... Has two siblings, Carlin (19) and Caleb (16)... Father, Mark, is the head soccer coach at KU... Plans to major in journalism.
5-2 • FreshmanLawrence, Kan. (Lawrence Free State HS)
HIGH SCHOOL2010 Gatorade Kansas Runner of the Year... State champion in 4A cross country her sophomore and senior years… State champion in the 3,200 meters, 1,600 meters and 800 meters during her four year high school career.
PERSONALDaughter of Sonja and Clint Milbourn... Has two older siblings, Brookes (24) and Chelsea (21)... Plans to major in business management.
Freshmen
THE FRANCIS FILENickname .............................................................................................. “Birdi”Favorite subject ....................................................................................EnglishFavorite food(s) ...................................................... apples with peanut butterFavorite meal(s) ...............................................................................tacos, ribsFavorite TV show ................................................................“Pretty Little Liars”After college I plan on .................................................... traveling and writingPre-race ritual(s) .........................................listen to my iPod, talk to my momToughest course I have ever run ............................................... Rim Rock FarmDream vacation spot .............................................................................GreeceFirst job .................................................................... waitressing at Mirth CafeBest place(s) to eat in Lawrence ......................................... Zen Zero, La ParillaI chose KU because of ................................................. the journalism programThe best thing about KU is ........................... the enthusiasm, the school spiritOutside cross country, my greatest talent is .........................................writingFavorite value in others ............................................ honesty, trustworthinessMy hero .................................................................................my grandmotherItems on my bucket list .........................scuba dive in Thailand, touch a whale
THE MILBOURN FILENickname ...............................................................................................“Moo”Favorite food(s) ..................................................................oatmeal, spaghettiFavorite TV show(s) .............................................................“True Life”, “Made”Most played song on my iPod ..........................“Heart of a Champion” by NellyAfter college I plan on ........................................................starting a businessFavorite hobby other than running .......................................................bakingFavorite actor ..............................................................................Owen WilsonFavorite vacation spot ....................................................................Rome, ItalyWorst habit ........................................................................... spending moneyFavorite movie ................................................................................... Due DateBest place to eat in Lawrence ................................................... The Mad GreekFavorite pro team ...........................................................New England PatriotsFavorite video game .......................................................... “Just Dance” for WiiI chose KU because ......................................................... I was born a JayhawkFavorite value in others .................................................................... reliabilityMy hero(s) .................................................. my parents, my high school coachItem on my bucket list ..............................................run the Boston Marathon
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SaraSeiwald5-0 • FreshmanPortland, Ore.(Valley Catholic HS)
5-4 • FreshmanLawrence, Kan.(Lawrence Free State HS)
Freshmen
THE SCHAFFER FILEFavorite subject ....................................................................................EnglishFavorite food(s) .......................................................................................pastaFavorite TV show ................................................................. “The Cosby Show”After college I plan on ............................................traveling and getting a jobPre-race ritual .................................................................. listening to my iPodSuperstition .............................. I have to talk to my parents before every raceFavorite actor ........................................................................... Ryan ReynoldsDream vacation spot .............................................................................HawaiiFavorite pro-running star .....................................................Steve PrefontaineWebsite that is bookmarked on my computer ...................................FacebookWorst habit ................................................................................chewing gumFavorite movie ................................................................. Remember the TitansBest place to eat in Lawrence .......................................................China HouseNot many people know this about me .......I have only run one year of cross countryI chose KU because of .......................... the tradition academically and athleticallyMy hero .................................................................................................... my sisterItem on my bucket list ...........................................................travel to all 50 states
THE SEIWALD FILEFavorite subject ................................................................................... SpanishFavorite food ...........................................................................................pastaFavorite TV show ................................................................“Pretty Little Liars”Most played song on my iPod ........................................ “T.G.I.F.” by Katy PerryAfter college I plan on ............................................. getting a high-paying jobPre-race ritual ................... Going to YouTube amd watching professionals runPost-race ritual ........................................................... drinking chocolate milkFavorite actress ........................................................................... Kate HudsonToughest Course I’ve ever run .................................Steens Mountain Uphill 5KFavorite vacation spot ...........................................................................HawaiiWorst habit .............................................................................. biting my nailsFavorite pro-running star ........................................................... Kara GoucherFavorite pro team ............................................................... Los Angeles LakersNot many people know this about me ..........I played the violin in high schoolOutside cross country, my greatest talent is .......................................cleaningFavorite value(s) in otheres ........................................ loyalty, trustworthinessMy hero ........................................................................................... Usain Bolt
HIGH SCHOOLMember of state third-place 4X800-meter relay team her senior year (2011)... Member of 4X800-meter relay team that finished second at state and broke the school record her junior year.
PERSONALDaughter of Van and Rose Schaffer... Has a younger sister, Sara (16)... Father, Van, ran track and cross country for KU... Plans on majoring in speech, language and hearing pathology.
HIGH SCHOOLThird-place finisher in the 1,500 meters at the state meet her senior year (2011)... Placed ninth at the state cross country meet in her junior year (2009)... Notched a third-place finish in the 3,000 meters at the state meet her junior year (2010).
PERSONALDaughter of Michael and Holly Seiwald... Has an older brother, Aaron (20)... Father, Michael ran track and the Naval Academy... Plans to major in exercise science.
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LizaTauscher5-9 • FreshmanGeneva, Ill.(Geneva HS)
Roster BreakdownsMen
By ClassificationSeniors .......................................................4Juniors ........................................................5Sophomores ...............................................3Freshman .................................................11
By StateKansas ......................................................12Arkansas .....................................................2California ...................................................2Texas ..........................................................2Arizona .......................................................1Colorado ....................................................1Minnesota ..................................................1Nebraska ....................................................1Pennsylvania ...............................................1
Women
By ClassificationSeniors .......................................................4Juniors ........................................................4Sophomores ...............................................2Freshman .................................................10
By StateKansas ......................................................11Missouri .....................................................5Oregon .......................................................2Illinois ........................................................1New Mexico ...............................................1
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THE TAUSCHER FILEFavorite subject(s) .............................................................. biology, chemistryFavorite food(s) ...........................................key lime pie, popcorn, nectarinesFavorite TV show ..............................................................................“Seinfeld”Most played song on my iPod ..................................“Drops of Jupiter” by TrainIf I could switch places with one person, it would be .........................Bill GatesAfter college I plan on ................finishing pharmacy school and living abroadFavorite hobby other than running ............................................ rock climbingPre-race ritual ......................................................................taking my inhalerSupersition ................................................................. I always knock on woodFavorite actor(s) .............................................. Denzel Washington, Will SmithToughest Course I have ever run ................................Nike Nationals in OregonDream vacation spot ......................................................................... AustraliaWorst habit ............................................................put on chapstick too muchFavorite movie(s) ............................. Remember the Titans, The Lincoln LawyerFavorite pro team ................................................................Green Bay PackersMy motto ............................................................ “Be happy and be postitive.”Item on my bucket list ........................................................ going to the moon
High SchoolState qualifier for cross country all four years of high school... Member of state champion cross country team her freshman and sophomore years (2007, 2008)... Has recorded a three mile PR of 17:28... Qualifier for Nike National Team... Academic All-Conference selection.
PERSONALDaughter of Jack and Georgia Tauscher... Has two older brothers, Rob (20) and Jake (20)... Plans to major in pharmacy.
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Year in Review Title Page
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It was a year of growth for the Kansas cross country teams, as a combined 25 underclassmen were featured on the men’s and women’s rosters as opposed to just five seniors. Juniors Donny Wasinger and Rebeka Stowe consistently led the Jayhawks dur-ing the 2010 campaign, while several others moved in and out of the top five throughout the season. Despite the young mem-bership on both squads, KU put forth a valiant effort and posted many strong performances in 2010.
The Jayhawks opened the season with a dominating perfor-mance, sweeping the men’s and women’s races at the annual Bob Timmons Classic.
The Kansas women were nothing short of fantastic in the sea-son’s opening meet, having eight Jayhawks finishing in the top 10. Lawrence native Kyra Kilwein took first at the meet, marking the first win of her young career. She crossed the finish line in a 5K personal-best time of 18:37.20, and joined five other Jayhawks who broke the 20-minute mark.
On the men’s side, junior Zach Zarda collected the highest finish of his career with a second-place finish. His 6K time of 19:01.30 would lead eight other Jayhawks who broke the 20-minute mark.
A week later at the Missouri Cross Country Challenge, more Jay-hawk women stepped up as sophomores Allie Marquis and Tessa Turcotte finished second and third, respectively. Kilwein and Cori Christensen would also collect top-10 finishes with personal best times as the women came together for a second-place team fin-ish at the meet.
The men found their stride, finishing first in team scoring for the second-straight week and placing four Jayhawks in the top five. Donny Wasinger made a triumphant return for the men, collect-ing a first-place finish with a time of 25:17.45 in the 8K race. Nick Caprario, Zarda and Austin Bussing rounded out the Jayhawks who each grabbed spots in the top five.
After a three week lay-off, the Jayhawks returned to action at the Wisconsin adidas Invitational in Madison, Wis. The women, who finished11th in the team standings, saw the return of junior Rebe-ka Stowe, who led the women with an individual 12th-place fin-ish. Stowe’s 6K time of 20:31.10 was a career-best for the Olathe, Kan., native. Redshirt freshman Natalie Becker also had a break out race, becoming the Jayhawks’ No. 2 finisher and placing 54th overall, crossing the finish line in 21:20.50.
Wasinger once again led the KU men, this time to a 16th-place team finish. Like Stowe, Wasinger too set a personal best with his 8K time of 24:02.80 in a 24th-place finish. Senior Nick Caprario also ran his best race of the season, notching the team’s No. 2 fin-ish for the second-straight meet. Caprario crossed the finish line in 24:30.20 to place 54th.
In the most competitive field of the season for Kansas, the Jay-hawk men and women finished 18th and 24th, respectively, at the ISU Pre-Nationals meet (Oct. 16), held on the LaVern Gibson Championship Cross Country Course in Terre Haute, Ind.
A Look Back at the Jayhawks in 2010
Kyra KilweinZach ZardaAustin Bussing
Ben Wilson
Clay Schneider
Jose Muñoz
Josh Munsch
Tessa Turcotte
Cori Christensen
Devin Weigers
Brenna Farren Lindsay Shaefer
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Stowe led the women’s team for the second-consecutive race, placing 16th individually with a 6K time of 20:43.90. She was fol-lowed by Becker who finished 52nd overall in 21:25.
Leading the Jayhawk men for the thrid-straight meet was Wasing-er, who finished in 47th place after running a 24:33.70 8K. He was again followed by Caprario at 25:13.30 (116th).
Next up for the Jayhawks was the much anticipated Big 12 Cham-pionships hosted by Oklahoma State in Stillwater, Okla. Stowe put together another masterful performance, finishing in 12th place with a 6K time of 20:43.44, becoming only the third women’s runner in Kansas history to earn All-Big 12 honors. Becker would again take KU’s No. 2 finish, running a 21:41.64 6K and placing 39th overall. Amanda Miller (21:53.93), Marquis (21:57.39), and Tessa Turcotte (21:58) would round out the top five KU women’s finishers, earning a seventh-place team finish.
As he had done in the three previous meets, Wasinger again paced the KU men, who, like the women, would go on to earn a seventh-place team finish. Wasinger notched a 13th-place indi-vidual finish, his best ever at the conference meet.
Led by top-31 performances from the usual suspects (Stowe, Wasinger, Caprario and Becker), the Kansas men’s and women’s teams finished 11th and sixth, respectively, at the NCAA Midwest Regional Championships, held at Newman Golf Course near the campus of Bradley University. Stowe finished in 18th place with a 6K time of 20:40.33 to lead the KU women. The finish marked the fourth-consecutive race Stowe placed in the top-20, breaking the 21 minute mark in each.
It was a day to remember for Wasinger, who was once again the highest finisher for the men’s team in his second career 10K race. His 10th-place finish earned him an automatic bid to the NCAA Championships ans his time of 30:05.30 would smash his previ-ous best, making him the first KU male to compete at the NCAA meet since 2007.
Midwest Regionals marked the final event of the 2010 season for almost all of the Jayhawks, but the team said goodbye to only two (Nick Caprario and Amanda Miller) of 13 runners who com-peted at the event. Caprario was a four-year letterwinner and a three-time Academic All-Big 12 Second Team selection. He ran in five races as a senior, posting a career-best 8K time (24:30.20) at the Wisconsin adidas Invitational as well as a career best 10K time (30:50.05) at the Midwest Regionals. Miller was also a four-year letterwinner as well as the team’s captain for two seasons. She was a three-time Academic All-Big 12 selection and posted five top-10 finishes throughout her career. She ran in four meets her senior season including a personal best 6K time (21:41.60) at the Wisconsin adidas Invitational.
While the season was over the majority of his teammates, Wasing-er saw action in his first NCAA Championship Meet at LaVern Gibson Cross Country Course near the campus of Indiana State Univeristy. Despite fighting sickness and running against the toughest competition in the country, Wasinger put up a strong valiant effort on a cold day in Terre Haute. He would conclude his 2010 season with a 233rd-place finish and a 10K time of 33:02.7. Rebeka Stowe
Donny Wasinger
Amanda Miller
Nick Caprario
Josh Baden
Jose Muñoz
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Bob Timmons ClassicSept. 4, 2010
Rim Rock FarmLawrence, Kan.
5K
Team Finish - 1st
Individual Finishes (out of 41) Time
1. Kyra Kilwein 18:37.202. Tessa Turcotte 18:50.903. Natalie Becker 19:33.905. Devin Wiegers 19:41.906. Kathleen Thompson 19:48.507. Brenna Farren 19:55.908. Cori Christensen 20:00.009. Mackenzie Abernathy 20:14.7017. Lindsay Schaefer 21:38.30
Wisconsin adidas InvitationalOct. 2, 2010
Thomas Zimmer ChampionshipCross Country Course
Madison, Wis.6K
Team Finish - 11th (out of 20)
Individual Finishes (out of 202) Time
12. Rebeka Stowe 20:31.1054. Natalie Becker 21:20.5065. Tessa Turcotte 21:36.4075. Amanda Miller 21:41.6083. Kyra Kilwein 21:54.30106. Brenna Farren 22:30.50128. Allie Marquis 22:57.30
Winner1. Charlotte Browning (Fla.) 20:13.40
Missouri Cross CountryChallenge
Sept. 11, 2010A.L. Gustin Golf Course
Columbia, Mo.5K
Team Finish - 2nd (out of 3)
Individual Finishes (out of 35) Time
2. Allie Marquis 18:01.903. Tessa Turcotte 18:20.166. Kyra Kilwein 18:34.399. Cori Christensen 18:59.8211. Natalie Becker 19:09.6013. Kathleen Thompson 19:21.3815. Brenna Farren 19:26.0021. Mackenzie Abernathy 19:59.2225. Lindsay Shaefer 21:15.11
Winner1. Vanatta Kaitie (Missouri) 17:37.20
ISU Pre-NationalsOct. 16, 2010
LaVern Gibson ChampionshipCross Country Course
Terre Haute, Ind.6K
Team Finish - 24th
WHITE RACEIndividual Finishes (out of 274) Time
16. Rebeka Stowe 20:43.9052. Natalie Becker 21:25.00134. Tessa Turcotte 22:08.40137. Kara Windisch 22:10.20160. Kyra Kilwein 22:21.60177. Allie Marquis 22:30.00183. Amanda Miller 22:32.30
OPEN RACEIndividual Finishes (out of 128) Time92. Brenna Farren 23:44.30102. Mackenzie Abernathy 23:59.50111. Cori Christensen 24:10.50127. Kathleen Thompson 25:42.60
NCAA Midwest RegionalChampionships
Nov. 13, 2010Newman Golf Course
Peoria, Ill.6K
Team Finish - 6th
Individual Finishes (out of 188) Time
18. Rebeka Stowe 20:40.3333. Natalie Becker 21:07.7435. Tessa Turcotte 21:08.3152. Allie Marquis 21:27.8854. Kara Windisch 21:28.9271. Amanda Miller 21:44.1088. Kyra Kilwein 21:52.38
Winner1. Stephanie Price (Minn.) 20:01.48
Big 12 ChampionshipsOct. 30, 2010
Oklahoma State Cross Country Course
Stillwater, Okla.6K
Team Finish - 7th (out of 12)
Individual Finishes (out of 83) Time
12. Rebeka Stowe 20:43.4439. Natalie Becker 21:41.6450. Amanda Miller 21:53.9351. Allie Marquis 21:57.3952. Tessa Turcotte 21:58.0057. Kara Windisch 22:07.2262. Kyra Kilwein 22:17.04
Winner1. Rose Tanui (Texas Tech) 20:04.34
WOMEN2010 Results
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Bob Timmons ClassicSept. 4, 2010
Rim Rock FarmLawrence, Kan.
6K
Team Finish - 1st
Individual Finishes (out of 48) Time
2. Zach Zarda 19:01.304. Josh Munsch 19:06.505. Jose Munoz 19:06.906. Josh Baden 19:16.008. Kaman Schneider 19:38.209. Clay Schneider 19:51.7010. Ben Wilson 19:52.0011. Nikki Tooien-Smith 19:53.9013. Emilio Trujillo 19:58.3017. Sean Proehl 20:16.60
WinnerPaul Hefferon (Hanson Bros.) 18:31.10
Wisconsin adidas InvitationalOct. 2, 2010
Thomas Zimmer ChampionshipCross Country Course
Madison, Wis.8K
Team Finish - 16th (out of 21)
Individual Finishes (out of 212) Time
24. Donny Wasinger 24:02.8054. Nick Caprario 24:30.2099. Austin Bussing 25:01.60112. Jose Munoz 25:23.50116. Josh Munsch 25:28.50132. Josh Baden 26:04.00137. Nikki Trooien-Smith 26:23.70
Winner1. Donn Cabral (Princeton) 23:29.00
ISU Pre-NationalsOct. 16, 2010
LaVern Gibson ChampionshipCross Country Course
Terre Haute, Ind.8K
Team Finish - 18th
WHITE RACEIndividual Finishes (out of 241) Time
47. Donny Wasinger 24:33.70116. Nick Caprario 25:13.30132. Austin Bussing 25.21.00147. Josh Baden 25:34.60159. Josh Munsch 25:40.90194. Jose Munoz 26:09.00
OPEN RACEIndividual Finishes (out of 128) Time62. Nikki Trooien-Smith 26:33.7069. Ben Wilson 26:38.9087. Kaman Schneider 27:00.00
NCAA Midwest RegionalChampionships
Nov. 13, 2010Newman Golf Course
Peoria, Ill.10K
Team Finish - 11th
Individual Finishes (out of 171) Time
10. Donny Wasinger 30:05.3031. Nick Caprario 30:50.0564. Josh Baden 31:40.5382. Austin Bussing 32:02.34127. Nikki Trooien-Smith 32:59.25147. Jose Munoz 33:45.25
Winner1. Colby Lowe (OSU) 29:30.70
Missouri Cross CountryChallenge
Sept. 11, 2010A.L. Gustin Golf Course
Columbia, Mo.8K
Team Finish - 1st (out of 4)
Individual Finishes (out of 36) Time
1. Donny Wasinger 25:17.452. Nick Caprario 25:49.704. Zach Zarda 26:04.88 5. Austin Bussing 26:06.097. Jose Munoz 26:21.759. Josh Munsch 26:33.9312. Josh Baden 26:56.4415. Emilio Trujillo 27:14.0017. Ben Wilson 27:20.1518. Kaman Schneider 27:24.4719. Clay Schneider 27:26.6320. Nikki Trooien-Smith 27:32.6821. Sean Proehl 28:04.51
Big 12 ChampionshipsOct. 30, 2010
Oklahoma State Cross Country Course
Stillwater, Okla.8K
Team Finish - 7th (out of 12)
Individual Finishes (out of 82) Time
13. Donny Wasinger 24:40.0428. Nick Caprario 25:17.0248. Austin Bussing 25:46.9649. Josh Baden 25:52.9962. Jose Munoz 26:34.5967. Josh Munsch 26:40.8777. Nikki Trooien-Smith 27:40.19
Winner1. Girma Mecheso (OSU) 23:56.94
MEN2010 Results
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2010 NCAA Division I National ChampionshipsHosted By Indiana State University
LaVern Gibson Championship Cross Country CourseTerre Haute, Ind.
Nov. 22, 2010
MEN’S 10,000 METER INDIVIDUAL RESULTS
Place Name Class School 2k 5k 8k Finish
1 Samuel Chelanga SR Liberty 5:45 14:37 23:27 29:22.2 2 Stephen Sambu JR Arizona 5:46 14:38 23:27 29:26.5 3 Luke Puskedra JR Oregon 5:45 14:38 23:34 29:38.0 4 Leonard Korir JR Iona 5:49 14:48 23:41 29:42.0 5 Chris Derrick JR Stanford 5:50 15:06 23:54 29:44.7 6 Jake Riley JR Stanford 5:51 15:06 23:54 29:45.0 7 Girma Mecheso JR Okla. State 5:52 15:06 23:54 29:47.5 8 German Fernandez JR Okla. State 5:53 15:06 23:54 29:49.3 9 Colby Lowe JR Okla. State 5:52 15:06 23:54 29:57.6 10 Matthew Centrowitz JR Oregon 5:49 15:06 24:00 30:01.1
233 Donny Wasinger JR Kansas 5:57 15:59 26:15 33:02.7
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The University of Kansas hosts its home cross country meets at historic Rim Rock Farm, northwest of Lawrence. Before being donated to KU in 2004, the property was owned by former head track and field and cross country coach Bob Timmons and has been the home of the Jayhawks since the 1974 season.
Any runner or spectator will say that the course is quite challenging and unique. In ad-dition to having two covered bridges as part of the course, Rim Rock Farm also features spe-cific hills, turns and other landmarks that are named after former Jayhawk greats. Dispersed throughout the course are silhouette statues of seven legendary Jayhawk distance runners in-cluding Herb Semper, Al Frame, John Lawson and Olympians Billy Mills, Wes Santee, Glenn Cunningham and Jim Ryun.
Rim Rock Farm was the vision of Coach Tim-mons, who, during his 23-year tenure, won two cross country conference championships. “There is something for everyone at Rim Rock Farm,” Timmons said. “Parents are afforded the opportunity to walk around throughout the course and find all the wonderful places to observe. Spectators can catch the runners three or four times throughout the event and explore the different elevations. And the runners can navigate a course that will challenge them with its obstacles and amaze them with its beauty. That’s what makes Rim Rock Farm so excit-ing.”
In the fall of 2006, Rim Rock Farm played host to its first Big 12 Cross Country Confer-ence Championships. Rim Rock Farm hosted the Big Eight Cross Country Championships in 1983, 1991 and 1995, and was also the site of the 1998 NCAA Division I and II Cross Country Championships as well as numerous Kansas high school state meets.
Rim Rock Farm is home of the Jayhawks, but also home to former Kansas runner Steve Heffernan. After donating the course to KU, Timmons made sure that the cozy house in the middle of the farm had a full-time ten-ant. Heffernan is currently responsible for the farm’s upkeep, while also serving as head coach of cross country and track and field at Law-rence Free State High School.
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Kansas Tradition
Few collegiate cross country and track pro-grams have the heritage and tradition the
Kansas program bestowes. Mount Oread has been home to some of the greatest distance runners and coaches in the nation’s history and has been at the center of the evolution of cross country and track and field over the past century. The Jayhawk program has seen 27 All-Americans, 15 conference champi-ons, five national champions and five future Olympians suit up in the Crimson and Blue as well as two legendary coaches who are now enshrined in numerous Hall of Fames around the country. Former American and world re-cord holders such as Jim Ryun, Wes Santee and Billy Mills each kicked off their legend-ary running careers in Lawrence and have joined throngs of other KU men and women who have established Kansas cross country as a tradition-rich national power.
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NCAA National Champions 1953
The 1953 National Championship team from Kansas is still considered to be one of the most complete and stron-gest teams to ever take home a NCAA title. On a cool and windy late November day in 1953, the six men on that team ran their way into Jayhawk immortality. Led by in-dividual champion Wes Santee, the Jayhawks placed four of their six runners in the top 40, earning 70 points and besting runner-up Indiana by 11. The championship cata-pulted an already prestigious Kansas program into a peren-nial national championship contender, winning the next six-straight conference championships and taking teams to 10 of the next 15 NCAA Championship meets. The 1953 championship was one of the many highlights of coach Bill Easton’s 17-year tenure at KU, earning him his only cross country championship while at Kansas, but giving him the fourth title of his 25-year coaching career. This champion-ship has stamped its place along side the many KU leg-ends.
1953 NCAA Cross CountryNational Championships
East Lansing, Mich.November 23, 1953
4 Miles
Kansas Finishers (Out of 101) Time1. Wes Santee .......................................... 19:43.514. Art Dalzell ........................................... 20:3018. Al Frame ........................................... 20:33.540. Lloyd Koby .......................................... 20:5542. Dick Wilson ......................................... 20:5778. Tom Rupp ............................................ 22:18
Team Finishes (Out of 11) Team Points Total1. Kansas ................................1-7-10-25-27-(56) .......... 702. Indiana ............................. 4-5-9-29-34-(57-66) ......... 813. Syracuse ......................... 2-12-23-26-30-(50-53) ....... 934. Penn State ....................... 3-6-19-33-36-(58-60) ........ 975. Pittsburgh ........................14-15-16-20-39-(45) ....... 104
Art Dalzell
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One of the earliest cross country greats to don the Crimson and Blue was Glenn Cunningham. A member of the Kansas Athletics Hall of Fame, Cunning-
ham was a two-time Big Six Conference cross country champion, cap-turing the league crown in 1931 and 1932.
Cunningham also excelled in track and field while at Kansas, breaking the world record in the indoor 1,500 meters (3:53.3) in 1934 and both the indoor mile (4:08.4) in 1932 and the outdoor mile (4:06.7) in 1933. During his tenure on the track at KU, he served as team captain in 1934 and won 12 conference championships: four indoor (1932-34, mile run and 1934, 880-yard run) and eight outdoor (1932-34, mile run; 1932-34, 880-yard run; 1933-34, two-mile run). In 1932 and 1933, Cunningham was the NCAA champion in the mile run, earning All-America accolades in the process. A two-time Olympian in the 1,500 meters (1932 and 1936), Cun-
ningham won the silver medal at the 1936 summer games in Berlin. In 1974, he became one of the first inductees into the
National Track and Field Hall of Fame.
In accordance with his early success, Cunningham’s stat-ue is located near the start of the course. The finish line at Rim Rock Farm is affectionately known as the Glenn Cunningham Finish.
Benson Chesang(2003-06)
CUNNINGHAM’S ACCOLADES• 1931 and 1932 Big Six Conference Cross Country Champion• Silver Medalist in 1,500-meter run at 1936 Olympics• Broke three world records while at Kansas
Glenn Cunningham(1931-33)
When ranking Kansas runners from the modern era, Benson Chesang is an easy selection for the top of the list. The Kenya native won the Big 12 Championships two straight years, the first KU runner to do so since 1954-55, when John Lawson won back-to-back conference titles. Chesang was just the fifth man in school history to run in three NCAA Championship meets and recorded the highest KU finish in the 2004 meet (seventh) since Brent Steiner took seventh in 1984. His finish at the NCAA meet in the 2004 earned him All-American honors, the first KU male to do so in 20 years.
Over his four years in Lawrence, Chesang was a three-time All-conference and all-region selection and was the team’s top run-ner all but one year of his Kansas career. In 2005 he helped the men’s team to a 12th-place finish at the NCAA Championships, the Jayhawks’ best result at Nationals since 1989. He was also Big 12 Run-ner of the Week multiple times for his constant top-10 finishes.
CHESANG’S ACCOLADES• Two-time Big 12 Champion (2004, 2005)• Three NCAA Championship Appearances• 2004 All-American• Three-time All-Big 12 Selection• Three-time All-District Selection
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In a career that spanned three decades, Bill Easton built a reputation as one of the nation’s best track and field coaches. Before coming to Kansas in 1948, Easton won three-straight cross country NCAA Championships with Drake Uni-versity while also serving as the meet director for the Drake Relays.
At Kansas, Easton’s teams were always near the top of the conference. His cross coun-try teams won 15 conference championships and never finished worse than second in his 18 years as coach. He won conference titles in cross country, indoor and outdoor track for eight consecutive years. The first highlight of Easton’s Jayhawk career came in 1953 when his cross country team won the NCAA Championship. He later won the 1959 and 1960 outdoor men’s track and field titles.
Easton coached 32 All-Americans including Wes Santee, Herb Semper, Al Frame, Billy Mills and John Lawson. In track and field, he mentored Olympic champions Bill Nieder and Al Oerter. All together, Easton coached eight Olympians. His KU athletes set 14 intercollegiate records, seven NCAA records, 14 American records,
four Olympic records and four world records. He is a member of seven different halls of fame, includ-ing the Kansas Athletics Hall of Fame and the USA Track and Field Hall of Fame. The Bill Easton Scoreboard stands in his honor near the finish line at Rim Rock Farm.
Al Frame carved out an impressive cross country and track and field career while attending the University of Kansas. A member of the 1953 NCAA championship team, Frame won the individual NCAA championship in 1954. Under the tute-lage of head coach Bill Easton, Frame was a member of three Big Seven Confer-ence championship teams while at KU. He also won two Big Seven individual championships, netting the accomplishment in back-to-back years (1954 and 1955) and was the last Jayhawk to do so until Benson Chesang won the Big 12
Championship in consecutive years (2004 and 2005).
A 1954 and 1955 All-America honoree, Frame, like so many before him, also found success on the track and field team. During his time on the team, Frame
captured six Big Seven Conference championships: four indoor (1954, two-mile run; 1955-56, mile run; 1956, 880-yard run) and two outdoor (1955, mile run; 1955, two-mile run).
A third-place finish at the outdoor NCAA Championships in 1955 added All-America status to Frame’s resume. A member of the Kansas Athletics Hall of
Fame, Frame’s statue at Rim Rock Farm is located just north of Pat’s Little Pond on the third mile of the course.
Bill Easton(1948-65)
EASTON’S ACCOLADES• Four NCAA Individual Cross Country Champions• 1953 NCAA Cross Country Champions• 10 Top-six finishes at NCAA Championships• 15 Conference Championships• 12 Individual Conference Champions
Al Frame(1952-55)
FRAME’S ACCOLADES• 1954 and 1955 Big Seven Champion• 1954 and 1955 All-Amercian• 1954 NCAA Champion
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As the most recent Kansas cross country runner to win the NCAA champion-ship, John Lawson’s career signals yet another chapter in the golden era of Kan-sas cross country. In 1965, Lawson pulled off an impressive sweep, capturing both the Big Eight Conference championship and the NCAA individual title and was recognized with All-America status.
A member of the Kansas Athletics Hall of Fame, Lawson also performed valiantly on the Kansas track and field team, earning three All-America awards: one indoor for his second-place performance in the two-mile run and two outdoor for consecutive second-place finishes in the three-mile run in 1965 and 1966. At the conference level, Lawson captured four individual cham-pionships: three indoor (1964 and 1966, two-mile run; 1966, mile run) and one outdoor (1965, three-mile run).
Lawson’s statue at Rim Rock Farm can be found near the end of the third mile of the course, southwest of the finish line.
Gold medalist. All-American. Hall-of-Famer. Kansas Jayhawk. All these accolades describe Billy Mills, who made his impact on the Kansas tradition with golden footprints. A two-time All-American (1958 and 1959), Mills captured the 1960 Big Eight cross country championship. He was also a part of two Big Eight Con-ference team titles while at KU (1958 and 1959) under head coach Bill Easton.
However, Mills’ legacy at KU extends far beyond the borders of the Sunflower State. A member of the 1964 United States Olympic team, Mills won the gold medal in the 10,000 meters and set a new Olympic record. In dramatic fashion, Mills came from behind on the last lap to win the race in Tokyo and to this day, he is still the only American to win the event. Mills’ success was also evident on the track and field team, as he set a world record in the six-mile run in 1965 (27:11.6). He won two Big Eight Conference Individual Championships, capturing both the indoor and outdoor champion-ships in 1961, and was a member
of both the 1959 and 1960 NCAA championship track teams.
Inducted into the National Track and Field Hall of Fame in 1976, Mills’ iconic statue, in which his arms are raised high, is placed on the last straightaway of Rim Rock Farm, saluting the runners for their perseverance and will to compete. In fact, the pose of Mills’ silhouette is identical to the one he struck upon winning the gold medal at the 1964 Olympics.
John Lawson(1963-66)
Billy Mills(1958-61)
LAWSON’S ACCOLADES• 1965 Big Eight Cross Country Champion• 1965 NCAA Champion• 1965 and 1966 All-American
MILLS’ ACCOLADES• 1958 and 1959 All-American• 1960 Big Eight Cross Country Champion• 1964 10,000 meter Olympic Gold Medalist
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There is perhaps no other athlete more associated with Kansas distance running than Jim Ryun. His legend extends far beyond his KU accomplishments. A three-time Olympian (1964, 1968 and 1972), Ryun captured silver at the 1968 games in Mexico City in the 1,500 meters, duplicating the performance of for-mer Jayhawk Glenn Cunningham at the 1936 games.
During his tenure at KU from 1966-69, Ryun broke five world re-cords, including the world outdoor mile record twice, and also claimed five individual NCAA titles. Before attending Kansas, Ryun became the first high school runner to complete the mile run in under four minutes. In addition, his national high school mile record of 3:55.3, set over 30 years ago, still stands today for events completed in the U.S.
Inducted into the National Track and Field Hall of Fame in 1982, Ryun’s statue at Rim Rock Farm sits atop the Jim Ryun Skyline Bend and is among the first statues visi-tors see when turning into Rim Rock Farm.
A legendary Kansas Jayhawk, Wes Santee’s contributions to Kansas cross country and track and field are among the bedrocks of the tradition-rich heritage. Santee, an Ashland, Kan., native, captured the NCAA cham-pionship in 1953, giving KU the individual crown for the third time in four years. In fact, Santee’s All-America performance at the 1953 NCAA Championships propelled the Kansas cross country team to the NCAA title, the only cross country team in KU’s history to achieve the feat. Santee also excelled at the conference level, claiming back-to-back league cham-pionships in 1952 and 1953 and helping his team collect two Big Seven Conference championships (1952 and 1953).Santee was a member of the 1952 U.S. Olympic team in the 5,000 meters. He broke three world records while at Kansas, twice setting new marks in the indoor mile run (1954, 4:04.9; 1955, 4:03.8) and in the outdoor 1,500 meters (1954, 3:42.8). A two-time outdoor All-American, Santee won the 5,000 meters in 1952 and the mile run in 1953. Santee collected seven con-
ference championships: four indoor (1952-54, mile run; 1953, 880 yards) and four outdoor (1952-54, mile run; 1953,
880 yards).
A member of the Kansas Athletics Hall of Fame, Santee’s statue at Rim Rock Farm can be found at the start of the second mile of the course, west of the Shady Glen.
Jim Ryun(1966-69)
Wes Santee(1952-55)
RYUN’S WORLD RECORDS AT KU1966: Mile (Outdoor): 3:51.31966: 880-yard run (Outdoor): 1:44.91967: 880-yard run (Indoor): 1:48.31967: 1,500-meter run: 3:33.11967: Mile (Outdoor): 3:51.1
RYUN’S ACCOLADES• Broke five world records while at Kansas• Five NCAA Individual Championships• Still holds 11 outdoor and three indoor track & field records• 1972 Olympic Silver Medalist in 1,500-meter run
RYUN’S NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS1967: Mile, Indoor1967: Mile, Outdoor1968: Mile, Indoor1968: Two-Mile, Indoor1969: Mile, Indoor
SANTEE’S WORLD RECORDS AT KU1954: Indoor Mile: 4:04.91954: Outdoor 1,500 meters: 3:42.81955: Indoor Mile: 4:03.8
SANTEE’S ACCOLADES• 1953 NCAA Individual Champion• Member of 1953 NCAA Championship Team• 1952 and 1953 Big Seven Conference Champion• 1952 Olympian in 5,000-meter run• Broke three world records while at Kansas
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A member of the Kansas cross country program during its golden era under the direction of head coach Bill Easton, Herb Semper firmly established his mark in the lore of Kansas cross country. Semper became the first Jayhawk to win an NCAA championship, prevailing in 1950 and then again in 1951. He remains the only runner in KU history to win two cross country individual national championships.
Under Easton’s guidance, Semper was a member of two Big Seven Conference championship teams (1950 and 1951) and was a two-time Big Seven individual champion (1950 and 1951). Semper is also a member of the Kansas Athletics Hall of Fame. Semper’s excellence extended to the Kansas track and field team as well. A four-time Big Seven Conference champion in the two-mile run (1950-52 indoor; 1950 outdoor), Semper was a two-time outdoor All-American after back-to-back third-place finishes in the two-mile run at the NCAA Championships. Semper’s statue at Rim Rock Farm is sur-rounded by three ponds (Teardrop Pond, Jayhawk Pond and Pat’s Little Pond) on the northeast portion of the course.
Herb Semper (1949-52)
SEMPER’S ACCOLADES• 1950 and 1951 NCAA Cross Country Champion• 1950 and 1951 Big Seven Conference Champion
Julia Saul(1991-1993)
Arguably the greatest female runner Kansas cross country has ever seen, Julia Saul was the catalyst that began the rise of the women’s program. After the Law-rence native transfered to KU from Oregon following the 1990 season, she put
together a list of accolades that no other woman in the Crimson and Blue has been able to match. To this day she is the only female cross country All-American in Kansas history, earning the honor with her 18th-place finish at
the 1992 NCAA Championships. A three-time All-Big Eight and All-District V selection, she collected a total of six individual titles throughout her career, in-
cluding the 1991 District V title. Saul become just the fifth Jayhawk in the history of both the men’s and women’s programs to run in three NCAA Championship meets, finishing 32nd, 16th and 65th in the three races. She was the top KU fin-isher in all but three races she competed in during her three years and never finished lower than fourth at the Big Eight Championships.
Saul’s track career was just has decorated as her time with cross country. She was a two-time Big Eight Champion, claiming her first title in the 5,000 meters at the 1992 Indoor Championships, and her second coming later that year in the 10,000 me-ters at the 1992 Outdoor Championships. She still holds the school record in the outdoor 5,000-meters and, until 2010, also held the indoor 5,000 meter school record.
SAUL’S ACCOLADES• First Female KU Cross Country All-American• Six individual titles at Kansas• Two Big Eight track titles in 1992 • 1991 District V Champion
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Bob Timmons is to Kansas Cross Country what Phog Allen is to Kan-sas Basketball. The man who coached KU to four NCAA Track and Field Championships is perhaps most noted for bringing Jim Ryun to Lawrence. Timmons coached Ryun at Wichita East High School until 1964, when he became an assistant at KU for a year under Bill Easton. Ryun then followed Timmons to Kansas where he continued to thrive under Timmons’ coaching. Timmons was an 11-time NCAA District V Coach of the Year and was the 1975 U.S. Track and Field Coaches Association National Coach of the Year. At the helm of the KU track and field program, he led the Jayhawks to 13 indoor league crowns and 14 outdoor titles. In cross country, Timmons guided John Lawson to the 1965 NCAA Individual Championship.
In 1970, Timmons and his wife, Pat, purchased land just north of Lawrence. In 1974 that property became known as Rim Rock Farm, and it has been home of the Jayhawk Cross Coun-try teams ever since. Rim Rock Farm is known as one of
the best and t o u g h e s t cross country courses in the na-tion and is a credit to Timmons’ vi-
sion and passion for the sport. The annual Bob Timmons Classic is held each September in the legendary coach’s honor on the course he put so much work into. Dur-ing his career, Timmons coached 77 All-Americans, 24 NCAA champions, 16 world record holders and seven Olympians. Timmons is a member of the Kansas State High School Activities Association Hall of Fame, the Kansas Athletics Hall of Fame and the Kansas Sports Hall of Fame.
Bob Timmons(1968-88)
TIMMONS’ ACCOLADES• 11-time NCAA District V Coach of the Year• Four Track and Field NCAA Championships• 1975 USTFCA National Coach of the Year
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Colby Wissel 2006 Big 12 Champion
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On October 27, 2006, Kan-sas junior Colby Wissel be-came the 15th Jayhawk to be crowned a conference cham-pion. The Elm Creek, Neb., native overcame the blustery and muddy conditions to fin-ish the 8k race in 24:34 and helped guide the Kansas men’s team to a third-place finish. It was a momentous victory for Wissel as well as the rest of the Jayhawk program and was made even more special because it was done on KU’s home course, Rim Rock Farm. Wissel blazed past Texas senior Joe Thorne in the final 1,000 meters of the race to give KU its third-straight individual conference champion. The victory vaulted the junior into illustrious company with other past Kansas conference champions like Wes Santee, Billy Mills, Herb Semper and Al Frame. Wissel remains the most recent Big 12 champion to don the Crimson and Blue.
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KU OLYMPIANSName Event Finish YearGlenn Cunningham 1,500 meters - 1932 Glenn Cunningham 1,500 meters Silver Medal 1936Wes Santee 5,000 meters - 1952Billy Mills 10,000 meters Gold Medal 1964Jim Ryun 1,500 meters - 1964Jim Ryun 1,500 meters Silver Medal 1968Jim Ryun 1,500 meters - 1972Charlie Gruber 1,500 meters - 2004 CROSS COUNTRY ALL-AMERICANSHarold Moore (1945)Bob Karnes (1947, 1948)Harold Hinchee (1948)Herb Semper (1950)Cliff Abel (1950)Herb Semper (1951)Norm Bitner (1951)Wes Santee (1953)Art Dalzell (1953)Al Frame (1954, 1955)Jan Howell (1956)Jerry McNeal (1956, 1957)
KU HALL OF FAME MEMBERS Lee Adams Theo Hamilton Sanya OlowabiBilly Alley Herold Hadley Tom PoorGary Ard Scott Huffman Terry PorterJim Bausch Ron Jessie Michael RicksTerry Beucher Jan Johnson Scott RussellLes Bitner J.W. Johnson Jim RyunDick Blair Roger Kathol Karl SalbDavid Blutcher Kristi Kloster Wes SanteeJeff Buckingham Doug Knop Tom ScavuzzoGeorge Byers John Lawson Herb SemperShelia Calmese Eddie Lewis Herb Shelby Frank Cindrich Mark Lutz Randy SmithSam Colson Brian McElroy Dennis StewartGlen Cunningham Billy Mills Charlie TidwellCliff Cushman Ralph Moody Jay WagnerElwyn Dees Kevin Newell Cliff WileyBob Devinney Bill Nieder Steve WilhelmEmmett Edwards Jim NiehouseAllen Frame Al Oerter
Big EightJerry McNeal (1956)Tom Skutka (1957)Billy Mills (1960)Bill Dotson (1961)John Lawson (1965)
Big 12Benson Chesang (2004, 2005)Colby Wissel (2006)
Missouri ValleyFred Rodkey (1914, 1915)Poco Frazier (1927, 1928)
Big SixGlenn Cunningham (1931, 1932)Bob Karnes (1947)
Big SevenBob Karnes (1948, 1949)Herb Semper (1950, 1951)Wes Santee (1952, 1953)Al Frame (1954, 1955)
INDIVIDUAL CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS
TEAM CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPSMissouri Valley1928
Big Six1947
Big Seven 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957
Big Eight 1958, 1959, 1961, 1963, 1964, 1968, 1969
NCAA INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONSHerb Semper ..........................................................1950, 1951Wes Santee .......................................................................1953Al Frame ..........................................................................1954John Lawson ....................................................................1965
NCAA APPEARANCES - MEN
1950................ 4th1951............... 2nd1953.................1st1954................ 4th1955............... 2nd1956............... 2nd1957................ 5th1961................ 4th1963................ 4th1965................ 6th1966.............. 16th
1968..............16th1969...............21st1972..............14th1979............. 22nd1981..............18th1989..............10th1990..............16th1991..............15th1994..............16th2005..............12th2006..............20th
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Year Head Coach Conf. NCAA Region NCAA1914 W.O. Hamilton 2nd - - - - - -1915 W.O. Hamilton 2nd - - - - - -1916 W.O. Hamilton 2nd - - - - - -1917 Fred Rodkey 2nd - - - - - -1918 - - - DNC - - - - - -1919 Karl Schlademan DNC - - - - - -1920 Karl Schlademan 2nd - - - - - -1921 Karl Schlademan DNC - - - - - -1922 Karl Schlademan 2nd - - - - - -1923 Karl Schlademan 4th - - - - - -1924 Karl Schlademan 4th - - - - - -1925 John McMurphy 6th - - - - - -1926 Dr. H.J. Huff 4th - - - - - -1927 Dr. H.J. Huff 2nd - - - - - -1928 Dr. H.J. Huff 1st - - - - - -1929 Brutus Hamilton 2nd - - - - - -1930 Brutus Hamilton 5th - - - - - -1931 Brutus Hamilton 3rd - - - - - -1932 Bill Hargiss 6th - - - - - -1933 Bill Hargiss No Meet - - - - - -1934 Bill Hargiss 5th - - - - - -1935 Bill Hargiss 6th - - - - - -1936 Bill Hargiss 6th - - - - - -1937 Bill Hargiss 6th - - - - - -1938 Bill Hargiss 3rd - - - - - -1939 Bill Hargiss 3rd - - - - - -1940 Bill Hargiss 6th - - - - - -1941 Bill Hargiss 5th - - - - - -1942 Bill Hargiss No Meet - - - - - -1943 Henry Shenk No Meet - - - - - -1944 Ray Kanehl No Meet - - - - - -1945 Ray Kanehl No Meet - - - - - -1946 Ray Kanehl 5th - - - - - -1947 Ray Kanehl 1st - - - - - -1948 Bill Easton 1st - - - - - -1949 Bill Easton 1st - - - - - -1950 Bill Easton 1st - - - 4th1951 Bill Easton 1st - - - 2nd1952 Bill Easton 1st - - - - - -1953 Bill Easton 1st - - - 1st1954 Bill Easton 1st - - - 4th1955 Bill Easton 1st - - - 2nd1956 Bill Easton 1st - - - 2nd1957 Bill Easton 1st - - - 5th1958 Bill Easton 1st - - - - - -1959 Bill Easton 1st - - - - - -1960 Bill Easton 2nd - - - - - -1961 Bill Easton 1st - - - 4th1962 Bill Easton 2nd - - - - - -1963 Bill Easton 1st - - - 4th1964 Bill Easton 1st - - - - - -1965 Bill Easton 2nd - - - 6th
1966 Bob Timmons 3rd - - - 16th1967 Bob Timmons 3rd - - - - - -1968 Bob Timmons 1st - - - 16th1969 Bob Timmons 1st - - - 21st1970 Bob Timmons 5th - - - - - -1971 Bob Timmons 2nd - - - - - -1972 Bob Timmons 4th - - - 14th1973 Bob Timmons 4th - - - - - -1974 Bob Timmons 7th - - - - - -1975 Bob Timmons 7th - - - - - -1976 Bob Timmons 2nd - - - - - -1977 Bob Timmons DNC - - - - - -1978 Bob Timmons 3rd 4th - - -1979 Bob Timmons 2nd 2nd 22nd1980 Bob Timmons 4th - - - - - -1981 Bob Timmons 2nd 3rd 18th1982 Bob Timmons 6th - - - - - -1983 Bob Timmons 4th - - - - - -1984 Bob Timmons 4th 7th - - -1985 Bob Timmons 7th 9th - - -1986 Bob Timmons 6th - - - - - -1987 Bob Timmons 4th 5th - - -1988 Gary Schwartz 6th 6th - - -1989 Gary Schwartz 5th 3rd 10th1990 Gary Schwartz 4th 3rd 16th1991 Gary Schwartz 3rd 2nd 15th1992 Gary Schwartz 5th 7th - - -1993 Gary Schwartz 8th 8th - - -1994 Gary Schwartz 4th 3rd 16th1995 Gary Schwartz 7th 9th - - -1996 Gary Schwartz 8th 7th - - -1997 Gary Schwartz 8th 9th - - -1998 Gary Schwartz 6th 14th - - -1999 Gary Schwartz 7th 11th - - -2000 Stanley Redwine 6th 8th - - -2001 Stanley Redwine 7th 9th - - -2002 Stanley Redwine 8th 7th - - -2003 Stanley Redwine 4th 4th - - -2004 Stanley Redwine 4th 4th - - -2005 Stanley Redwine 3rd 3rd 12th2006 Stanley Redwine 3rd 2nd 20th2007 Stanley Redwine 7th 10th - - -2008 Stanley Redwine 8th 8th - - -2009 Stanley Redwine 8th 9th - - -2010 Stanley Redwine 7th 11th - - -
Men’s Year-by-Year Results
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Conference Championships2010 Donny Wasinger (10) 24:40.042009 Donny Wasinger (37) 26:00.82 2008 Donny Wasinger (28) 25:17.632007 Colby Wissel (5) 24:51.142006 Colby Wissel (1) 24:34.402005 Benson Chesang (1) 23:452004 Benson Chesang (1) 24:07.432003 Benson Chesang (11) 25:05.092002 Mark Menefee (18) 24:44.382001 Brent Behrens (13) 24:39.302000 Charlie Gruber (14) 25:361999 Brian Jensen (25) 25:521998 Brian Jensen (5) 24:43.801997 Ricardo Amezcua (10) 24:551996 Jerry Fullins (10) 25:441995 Chris Gaston (23) 25:37.401994 David Johnson (16) 25:17.001993 Bryan Schultz (27) 25:451992 Michael Cox (11) 25:321991 Donnie Anderson (9) 25:121990 Donnie Anderson (10) 25:23.401989 Donnie Anderson (14) 26:131988 Steve Heffernan (10) 31:03.961987 Steve Heffernan (9) 32:29.291986 Craig Watcke (20) 32:07.861985 Ben Welch (28) 33:19.601984 Brent Steiner (3) 32:011983 Brent Steiner (3) 30:33.621982 Brent Steiner (6) 30:46.001981 Tim Tays (5) 31:21.401980 Tim Gundy (10) 32:05.501979 Paul Schultz (3) 30:53.701978 Dave Bauer (7) 30:36.701977 Kendall Smith (25) 25:24.001976 George Mason (3) 24:40.001975 John Roscoe (9) 26:02.001974 Bill Lundberg (7) 25:05.001973 Kent McDonald (4) 24:21.001972 Kent McDonald (12) 25:20.001971 Dave Anderson (6) 19:47.001970 Jay Mason (8) 19:13.001969 Jay Mason (9) 19:53.001968 Doug Smith (3) 14:25.001967 Glenn Cunningham (3) 16:06.001966 Tom Yergovich (8) 14:56.001965 John Lawson (1) 14:04.301964 Bill Silverberg (2) 14:20 1961 Bill Dotson (1) 14:50.001960 Billy Mills (1) 15:03.601957 Tom Skutka (1) 14:58.001956 Jerry McNeal (1) 15:10.001955 Al Frame (1) 15:10.101954 Al Frame (1) 15:16.701953 Wes Santee (1) 15:06.801952 Wes Santee (1) 15:08.10 1951 Herb Semper (1) 9:14.901950 Herb Semper (1) 9:19.801949 Bob Karnes (1) 9:35.301948 Bob Karnes (1) 9:39.201947 Bob Karnes (1) 9:50.301932 Glenn Cunningham (1) 9:32.601931 Glenn Cunningham (1) 9:38.101928 Poco Frazier (1) 25:431927 Poco Frazier (1) 24:44 1915 Fred Rodkey (1) 26:401914 Fred Rodkey (1) 28:10
1911-27: 5 miles1932-51: 2 miles1952-68: 3 miles1969-71: 4 miles1972-77: 5 miles1978-88: 10k1989-present: 8k
Regional Championships (10k)2010 Donny Wasinger (10) 30:05.302009 Donny Wasinger (35) 31:58.202008 Donny Wasiner (29) 32:09.802007 Colby Wissel (5) 30:11.402006 Colby Wissel (8) 30:59.502005 Paul Heffron (8) 31:102004 Benson Chesang (6) 30:30.742003 Benson Chesang (2) 30:41.002002 Mark Menefee (8) 30:16.312001 Mark Menefee (31) 31:43.002000 Charlie Gruber (4) 30:381999 Charlie Gruber (43) 32:221998 Brian Jensen (2) 30:54.401997 Ricardo Amezcua (6) 32:561996 Jerry Pullins (6) 31:031995 Brian Watts (26) 32:37.801994 David Johnston (8) 31:20.701993 Bryan Schultz (23) 33:301992 Michael Cox (8) 31:361991 Michael Cox (7) 31:161990 Michael Cox (15) 31:31.101989 Steve Heffernan (9) 31:03.571988 Craig Watcke (11) 30:561987 Craig Watcke (5) 31:30.101985 Ben Welch (21) 32:14.601984 Brent Steiner (2) 30:17.301983 Greg Leibert (16) 32:14.601982 Brent Steiner (8) 30:54.801981 Paul Schultz (8) 31:01.651979 Tim Tays (16) 31:14.001977 Kendall Smith (27) 32:49.001976 Bruce Coldsmith (15) 30:23.001975 Bill Lundberg (13) 30:161974 Tom Koppes (7) 31:201972 Kent MacDonald (12) 30:08------1969 Jay Mason (4) 24:241968 Doug Smith (13) 1967 Roger Kathol (32) 26:131966 Tom Yergovich (16) 25:471965 John Lawson (1) 25:07.71964 Bill Silverberg (2) 18:52
NCAA National Championships2010 Donny Wasinger (233) 33:02.702007 Colby Wissel (39) 30:36.502006 Colby Wissel (26) 31:34.302005 Benson Chesang (39) 30:222004 Benson Chesang (7) 30:59.402003 Benson Chesang (48) 30:22.702002 Mark Menefee (111) 31:12.052000 Charlie Gruber (61) 31:24.201998 Brian Jensen (50) 31:24.001997 Ricardo Amezcua (38) 30:221996 Jerry Pullins (52) 32:061994 Michael Cox (12) 30:55.801991 Jason Teal (70) 32:041990 Donnie Anderson (75) 30:481989 Steve Heffernan (58) 31:02.981984 Brent Steiner (7) 29:451981 Paul Schultz (61) 30:26.601979 Paul Schultz (114) 31:10.501978 Dave Bauer (126) 31:23.701974 Bill Lundberg (209) 32:52.101973 David Anderson (63) 29:54.601972 Jim Euell (51) 29:47.001969 Jay Mason (94) 31:37.001968 Lowell Mattingly (87) 31:15.001967 Michael Petterson (62) 34:06.501966 Michael Petterson (60) 31:501965 John Lawson (1) 29:24.001964 John Lawson (24) 20:56.001963 John Lawson (27) 20:321962 George Cabrera (4) 15:06.001961 William Dotson (20) 20:441960 Billy Mills (5) 20:051959 Billy Mills (5) 21:081958 Billy Mills (5) 20:351957 Jerry McNeal (7) 20:001956 Jan Howell (7) 20:251955 Al Frame (5) 20:14.101954 Al Frame (1) 19:54.201953 Wes Santee (1) 19:43.501951 Herb Semper (1) 20:09.501950 Herb Semper (1) 20:31.701949 Robert Karnes (17) 21:00.001948 Robert Karnes (4) 20:07.371947 Robert Karnes (5) 20:521946 Earl Jones (38) 22:01.301945 Harold Moore (6) 22:08
1938-64: 4 miles1965-75: 6 miles1976-present: 10k
Charlie Gruber
Colby Wissel
Year-by-Year Top Postseason Finishers
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Rim Rock Farm - Kansas
8K24:34.40 Colby Wissel 200624:34.60 Michael Cox 199424:41.10 Paul Hefferon 2006 24:52 Steve Heffernan 198724:55 Craig Watcke 198825:12 David Johnston 199225:12 Donne Anderson 199125:16 Ian Hays 199225:21 Bryan Schultz 199625:22.9 Bobby Palmer 199325:25.20 Stuart Gillin 1990
10K30:33.62 Brent Steiner 198330:57.82 Tim Gundy 198331:12.47 Greg Leibert 198332:26.12 Craig Watcke 198632:27 Dan Owens 198332:44.28 Ben Welch 1985
Rim Rock Farm - Overall Records
8K23:57.3 Adam Goucher, Colorado 199524:04.7 Daniel Munz, Arkansas 199224:05.1 Brian Baker, Arkansas 199224:12.3 Jon Wild, Okla St. 199524:13.0 Michael Morin, Arkansas 199224:16.4 Patrick Kiptum, Okla State 199524:19 Jonah Koech, Iowa St. 199124:20.5 Alex Dressel, Arkansas 199224:22 Jonathon Brown, Iowa St. 199124:22.7 Frank Hanley, Arkansas 1992
10K29:26 Adam Goucher, Colorado 199729:42.96 Yobes Ondieki, Iowa St. 198329:49 Abdi Abdirahman, Arizona 199730:00 Julius Mwangi, Butler 199730:00 Matthew Downin, Wisconsin 199730:12 Sean Kaley, Arkansas 199730:18 Brad Hauser, Stanford 199730:21.23 Joseph Kipsang, Iowa St. 198330:33.62 Brent Steiner, Kansas 198330:39.42 Mike Blaney, Florida 1986
Kansas Postseason Records
Conference Championships – 8K24:07.43 Benson Chesang 2004 24:34.40 Colby Wissel 2006 24:39.30 Brent Behrens 2001 24:40.04 Donny Wasinger 2010 24:43.80 Brian Jensen 1998 24:44.38 Mark Menefee 2002
10K30:33.62 Brent Steiner 1983 30:36.70 Dave Bauer 1978 30:53.70 Paul Schultz 1979 31:03.96 Steve Heffernan 1988 31:21.40 Tim Tays 1981 32:05.50 Tim Gundy 1980
NCAA Regional Championships10K30:05.30 Donny Wasinger 2010 30:08.00 Kent MacDonald 1972 30:11.40 Colby Wissel 2007 30:16.00 Bill Lundberg 1975 30:16.31 Mark Meneffe 2002 30:17.30 Brent Steiner 1984
NCAA National Championships10K29:45.00 Brent Steiner 1984 30:22.00 Benson Chesang 2005 30:22.00 Ricardo Amezcua 1997 30:26.60 Paul Schultz 1981 30:36.50 Colby Wissel 2007 30:48.00 Donnie Anderson 1990
6 mi.29:24.00 John Lawson 1965 29:47.00 Jim Euell 1972 29:54.60 David Anderson 1973 31:15.00 Lowell Mattingly 1968 31:37.00 Jay Mason 1969 31:50.00 Michael Petterson 1966
4 mi.19:43.50 Wes Santee 1953 19:54.20 Al Frame 1954 20:00.00 Jerry McNeal 1957 20:05.00 Billy Mills 1960 20:07.37 Robert Karnes 1948 20:09.50 Herb Semper 1951
Kansas Indoor Track Distance RecordsMile3:57.50 Jim Ryun 19683:58.51 Charlie Gruber 20013:59.60 Bill Dotson 19634:01.39 Michael Cox 19934:01.92 Colby Wissel 20094:03.00 John Lawson 19664:04.40 Cameron Schwehr 20064:04.90 Wes Santee 1954
3,000m7:53.08 Colby Wissel 20077:57.86 Benson Chesang 20058:00.73 Jim Ryun 19688:01.51 Paul Hefferon 20068:03.60 John Lawson 1966
5,000m13.51.82 Craig Watcke 198913:54.00 Colby Wissel 200714:02.78 Paul Hefferon 200814:06.50 Tim Tays 198214:09.20 George Mason 197714:12.00 John Roscoe 1977
Kansas Outdoor Track Distance Records1,500m3:33.1h Jim Ryun 19673:39.0h Bill Dotson 19613:40.1h Michael Cox 19953:41.08 Charlie Gruber 20023:42.8h Wes Santee 1954
Mile3:51.1h Jim Ryun 19673:59.0h Bill Dotson 19624:00.5h Wes Santee 19554:00.93 Michael Cox 19954:02.9h John Lawson 19664:02.9h Doug Smith 1971
3,000m7:47.84c Jim Ryun 19668:09.64c John Lawson 19668:12.40c Jay Mason 19718:18.24c Wes Santee 19548:18.84c Doug Smith 1969
3,000m Steeplechase8:28.54 Kent McDonald 19758:34.4h Bill Lundberg 19768:38.01 Andy Tate 20018:41.2h George Mason 19768:43.12 Steve Heffernan 1990
5,000m13:47.8h Jim Ryun 196713:52.80 Mark Menefee 200213:54.32 Craig Watcke 198913:57.42 Benson Chesang 200513:58.2c Jay Mason 197113:59.47 Paul Hefferon 200614:04.37 Colby Wissel 2006
10,000m28:51.54 Craig Watcke 198929:19.12 Ricardo Amezcua 199829:23.0 Brent Steiner 198429:25.91 John Lawson 196629:26.29 Ricardo Amezcua 1997
University of Kansas Records
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Year Head Coach Conf. NCAA Region NCAA
1975 Marian Washington 5th - - - - - -1976 Gary Pepin 4th - - - - - -1977 Tom Lionvale 5th - - - - - -1978 Terri Anderson & 4th 2nd - - - Theo Hamilton 1979 Terri Anderson & 4th 4th - - - Theo Hamilton 1980 Carla Coffey 6th 7th - - -1981 Theo Hamilton 7th - - - - - -1982 Theo Hamilton 7th 7th - - -1983 Cliff Rovelto 7th 8th - - - 1984 Cliff Rovelto 7th 7th - - -1985 Cliff Rovelto 8th - - - - - - 1986 Cliff Rovelto 7th 9th - - -1987 Cliff Rovelto 8th - - - - - -1988 Gary Schwartz 8th - - - - - - 1989 Gary Schwartz 6th 5th - - -1990 Gary Schwartz 7th 6th - - -
KU FEMALE HALL OF FAME MEMBERS
Terry BeucherShelia CalmeseSanya Olowabi
Jan JohnsonKristi Kloster
Women’s Year-by-Year Results
1991 Gary Schwartz 5th 4th - - -1992 Gary Schwartz 4th 4th - - -1993 Gary Schwartz 5th 1st 22nd1994 Gary Schwartz 6th 1st 18th1995 Gary Schwartz 6th 7th - - -1996 Gary Schwartz 11th 14th - - - 1997 Gary Schwartz 11th 14th - - -1998 Gary Schwartz 12th 20th - - -1999 Gary Schwartz 12th 20th - - -2000 Stanley Redwine 11th 13th - - -2001 Stanley Redwine 8th 8th - - -2002 Stanley Redwine 6th 6th - - -2003 Stanley Redwine 10th 5th - - -2004 Stanley Redwine 10th 16th - - -2005 Stanley Redwine 8th 11th - - -2006 Stanley Redwine 11th 12th - - -2007 Stanley Redwine 11th 12th - - -2008 Stanley Redwine 8th 7th - - -2009 Stanley Redwine 5th 10th - - -2010 Stanley Redwine 7th 6th - - -
1994 Midwest Regional Champions
1993 Midwest Regional Champions
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Conference Championships2010 Rebeka Stowe (12) 20:40.332009 Lauren Bonds (10) 21:46.522008 Lauren Bonds (12) 21:31.002007 Lauren Bonds (30) 22:04.302006 Lisa Morrisey (45) 22:48.892005 Lisa Morrisey (39) 22:43.002004 Megan Manthe (47) 23:20.612003 Laura Lavoie (32) 23:03.502002 Laura Lavoie (8) 21:05.102001 Katy Eisenmenger (18) 21:40.402000* Laura Lavoie (40) 22:41.001999 Keely Malone (62) 18:56.001998 Diane Heffernan (46) 18:51.201997 Lynn LoPresti (27) 18:43.001996 Emily Miles (38) 19:05.001995 Sara Heeb (20) 18:33.501994 Colleen McClimon (20) 18:37.001993 Julia Saul (4) 17:55.001992 Julia Saul (3) 17:55.001991 Julia Saul (4) 18:14.001990 Cathy Palacios (15) 18:25.401989 Tricia Brown (11) 18:07.001988 Kelly Coffey (40) 19:00.401987 Trisha Mangan (35) 19:43.041986 Lisa Kirwan (33) 19:20.931985 Shaula Hatcher (33) 19:02.001984 Susan Glatter (17) 19:22.001983 Paula Berquist (19) 17:48.651982 Anne Johannessen (33) 19:08.001981 Anne Johannessen (30) 19:27.301980 Tanya Heard (27) 19:21.001979 Michelle Brown (7) 18:26.00
*Changed from 5k race to 6k in 2000
Regional Championships2010 Rebeka Stowe (18) 20:43.442009 Lauren Bonds (5) 20:49.102008 Lauren Bonds (16) 21:29.702007 Lauren Bonds (25) 21:05.402006 Lisa Morisey (60) 22:42.902005 Lisa Morisey (11) 22:36.002004 Megan Manthe (61) 22:14.75 2003 Laura Lavoie (10) 21:39.002002 Paige Higgins (16) 21:18.442001 Diane Disher (31) 22:07.402000* Paige Higgins (69) 22:441999 Keely Malone (59) 18:391998 Diane Heffernan (89) 19:061997 Lynn LoPresti (27) 19:271996 Lynn LoPresti (35) 18:371995 Sarah Heeb (12) 18:23.21994 Melissa Swartz (2) 17:33.301993 Julia Saul (4) 18:141992 Julia Saul (6) 18:051991 Julia Saul (1) 16:481990 Cathy Palacios (11) 17:34.201989 Tricia Brown (22) 18:21.411988 Tricia Brown (34) 18:521986 Lisa Kirwan (41) 18:501985 Shaula Hatcher (28) 18:291984 Caryne Finlay (23) 17:51.001983 Cindy Blakeley (28) 18:511981 Gretchen Bajema (23) 19:37.701980 Tanya Heard (24) 18:341979 Michelle Brown (11) 18:08.41978 Michelle Brown (6) 18:18
*Changed from 5k race to 6k in 2000
NCAA National Championships2009 Lauren Bonds (61) 21:02.301994 Colleen McClimon (82) 18:20.301993 Julia Saul (65) 17:40.001992 Julia Saul (18) 17:50.301991 Julia Saul (32) 17:25.501981 Catherine Saxon (81) 18:15.90
*Changed from 5k race to 6k in 2000
Lauren Bonds
Colleen McClinton
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5K17:25 Julia Saul 199117:48.65 Paula Berquist 198318:01.3 Susan Glatter 198418:11.24 Cindy Blakeley 198318:20.4 Melissa Satterfield 198518:22 Kathy Palacios 199118:26.0 Susan MacLean 198718:35.3 Kristin Klosten 199318:37.20 Kyra Kilwein 201018:41.8 Sarah Heeb 1995
Rim Rock Farm - Overall Records
5K16:47 McGregor Katie, Michigan 199816:53 Skieresz Amy, Arizona 199817:03 Yoder Amy, Arkansas 199817:16 Davis Marie, Oregon 199817:16 Koch Jessica, Arkansas 199817:03 Cristy Swartz, Kansas St. 199617:09 Gordon Kristen, Georgetown 199817:09 Glynn Sally, Stanford 199817:11 Stamps Julia, Stanford 199817:11 Elizabeth Kampfe, Michigan 1996
Kansas Post Season RecordsConference Championships – 6K20:40.33 Rebeka Stowe 201021:05.10 Laura Lavoie 200221:07.74 Natalie Becker 201021:31.00 Lauren Bonds 200821:40.40 Katy Eisenmenger 200122:12.05 Alicia McGregor 2007
5K17:48.65 Paula Berquist 198317:55.00 Julia Saul 199318:07.00 Tricia Brown 198918:25.40 Cathy Palacios 199018:26.00 Michelle Brown 197918:33.50 Sara Heeb 1995
NCAA Regional Championships6K20:43.44 Rebeka Stowe 201020:49.10 Lauren Bonds 200921:07.74 Natalie Becker 201021:08.31 Tessa Turcotte 201021:18.44 Paige Higgins 200221:27.88 Allie Marquis 2010
5K16:48.00 Julia Saul 199117:33.30 Melissa Swartz 199417:34.20 Cathy Palacios 199017:51.00 Caryne Finlay 198418:05.00 Julia Saul 199218:08.4 0 Michelle Brown 1979
Kansas Indoor Track Distance RecordsMile4:41.61 Lauren Bonds 20104:43.9h Michelle Brown 19804:44.81 Melissa Swartz 19964:44.84 Katy Eisenmenger 20024:45.02 Cathy Palacios 19924:45.68 Rebeka Stowe 20114:46.24 Laura Lavoie 20044:48.01 Megan Manthe 2004
3,000m9:30.9h Lauren Bonds 20109:33.24 Cathy Palacios 19929:34.90 Melissa Swartz 19969:36.72 Rebeka Stowe 20119:38.80 Julia Saul 19929:45.61 Natalie Becker 20119:45.72 Kara Windisch 20109:49.05 Amanda Miller 2010
5,000m16:27.03 Amanda Miller 201016:32.34 Julia Saul 199216:34.06 Kara Windisch 201016:55.03 Sarah Heeb 199616:59.12 Paige Higgins 200317:17.39 Alicia McGregor 200817:23.39 Hayley Harbert 200817:24.48 Daniela Daggy 199417:24.86 Connie Abbott 200517:26.29 Lynn Lo Presti 1998
Kansas Outdoor Track Distance Records1,500m4:14.29 Lauren Bonds 20104:17.19 Katy Eisenmenger 20024:18.61 Laura Lavoie 20034:22.28 Melissa Swartz 19964:23.28 Cathy Palacios 1992
3,000m9:15.48 Cathy Palacios 19929:36.38 Julia Saul 19929:41.9h Michelle Brown 19809:45.14 Sarah Heeb 19969:46.34 Rebeka Stowe 2011
3,000m Steeplechase9:53.12 Rebeka Stowe 201110:25.44 Sarah Heeb 199610:40.45 Lauren Bonds 200811:09.09 Natalie Becker 201111:36.03 Jesse Violand 200412:07.90 Lauren Brownrigg 2003
5,000m16:25.29 Julia Saul 199216:51.51 Melissa Swartz 199616:52.74 Sarah Heeb 199616:54.21 Amanda Miller 201016:58.60 Kara Windisch 201117:04.93 Karen Fitz 1979
10,000m34:27.30 Karen Fitz 197934:37.83 Paige Higgins 200535:00.01 Julia Saul 199235:00.22 Allie Marquis 201035:28.79 Sarah Heeb 1996
University of Kansas Women’s Records
Rebeka Stowe
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Kansas Indoor Track Distance RecordsMile4:41.61 Lauren Bonds 20104:43.9h Michelle Brown 19804:44.81 Melissa Swartz 19964:44.84 Katy Eisenmenger 20024:45.02 Cathy Palacios 19924:45.68 Rebeka Stowe 20114:46.24 Laura Lavoie 20044:48.01 Megan Manthe 2004
3,000m9:30.9h Lauren Bonds 20109:33.24 Cathy Palacios 19929:34.90 Melissa Swartz 19969:36.72 Rebeka Stowe 20119:38.80 Julia Saul 19929:45.61 Natalie Becker 20119:45.72 Kara Windisch 20109:49.05 Amanda Miller 2010
5,000m16:27.03 Amanda Miller 201016:32.34 Julia Saul 199216:34.06 Kara Windisch 201016:55.03 Sarah Heeb 199616:59.12 Paige Higgins 200317:17.39 Alicia McGregor 200817:23.39 Hayley Harbert 200817:24.48 Daniela Daggy 199417:24.86 Connie Abbott 200517:26.29 Lynn Lo Presti 1998
Kansas Outdoor Track Distance Records1,500m4:14.29 Lauren Bonds 20104:17.19 Katy Eisenmenger 20024:18.61 Laura Lavoie 20034:22.28 Melissa Swartz 19964:23.28 Cathy Palacios 1992
3,000m9:15.48 Cathy Palacios 19929:36.38 Julia Saul 19929:41.9h Michelle Brown 19809:45.14 Sarah Heeb 19969:46.34 Rebeka Stowe 2011
3,000m Steeplechase9:53.12 Rebeka Stowe 201110:25.44 Sarah Heeb 199610:40.45 Lauren Bonds 200811:09.09 Natalie Becker 201111:36.03 Jesse Violand 200412:07.90 Lauren Brownrigg 2003
5,000m16:25.29 Julia Saul 199216:51.51 Melissa Swartz 199616:52.74 Sarah Heeb 199616:54.21 Amanda Miller 201016:58.60 Kara Windisch 201117:04.93 Karen Fitz 1979
10,000m34:27.30 Karen Fitz 197934:37.83 Paige Higgins 200535:00.01 Julia Saul 199235:00.22 Allie Marquis 201035:28.79 Sarah Heeb 1996
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KU has more than 40 nationally ranked academic programs, 28 of which are ranked among the nation’s top 30 public schools. Two are number one in the nation: special education and city management/urban policy. Among the top 10 rankings are the school of education and programs in community health, occupational therapy, nursing and petroleum engineering.
KU offers nearly 200 fields of study in 13 different schools, from architecture, music and engineering to medicine, social welfare and law.
KU has an enrollment of 29,462 students, including 19,811 undergraduates on the Lawrence campus. KU attracts more than 1,500 international students from more than 110 countries. The average ACT score of 24.8 exceeds the national average.
KU’s popular Four-Year Tuition Compact freezes tuition rates for four years for first-time freshmen. The Jayhawk Generations Scholarship offers a 12 to 20 percent discount on out-of-state tuition for qualifying children of KU alumni who live outside Kansas.
KU ranks seventh in nation among “most popular” public universities, per US News’ Student Choice Awards.
Counselors from US News’ “best high schools” rank KU 12th in nation, based on a survey of academic reputation.
The KU School of Journalism won the Intercollegiate Writing Competition in 2007, 2008 and 2009.
The KU Debate team won the national championship in 2009, its fifth national title.
KU’s School of Pharmacy ranks third in the nation for NIH research funding and fifth in nation in exam pass rates.
KU’s Confucius Institute is ranked among top four in the nation, top 20 in the world.
KU ranks ninth in the world in the rate of new patents issued.
KU’s law school ranks 10th in nation for hands-on educational opportunities.
When Forbes Magazine named the 100 most powerful women in the world, two KU graduates were in the top five.
KU promotes a global education and ranks 11th in the nation for study abroad participation and 25th in Peace Corps participation among large doctoral universities.
KU has produced 25 Rhodes Scholars, more than all other Kansas universities combined.
The Chronicle of Higher Education ranks KU in the top four “Great Colleges to Work For.”
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KU Facilities1. Horejsi Family Athletics Center2. Allen Fieldhouse3. Jayhawk Tennis Center4. Hoglund Ballpark5. Indoor Hitting Facility at Alvamar Golf Course6. Anschutz Indoor Practice Facility7. Kivisto Field & Jim Hershberger Track at Memorial Stadium8. Arrocha Ballpark9. Rowing Boathouse10. Robinson Natatorium
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• STP schedules more than 900 hours of tutoring each week for more than 250 student-athletes.• STP has 75 tutors who work with all student-athletes who request tutoring assistance.• Tutoring is available to any student-athlete, regardless of scholarship status or sport.• Many of the tutors working within STP are instructors or teaching assistants at KU. Some are undergraduate students who have excelled in their respective subject areas.• Research studies have found the Strategic Tutoring Program to be an effective program for under-prepared student-athletes and highly skilled students alike.• Student-athletes report a high level of satisfaction with the STP.• Both programs offer individualized tutoring as well as small study groups.
2010 Cross Country Academic Honors
• Men’s and Women’s teams achieved Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 1,000 for second-straight year, placing them in the top 10 percent in the country. • Rebeka Stowe named to USTFCCCA All-Academic team for 3.66 GPA during the Fall 2010 semester.• Women’s team earned All-Academic team distinction from USTFCCCA for attaining a team GPA of 3.22 for the Fall 2010 semester.• Ten Jayhawks named to Academic All-Big 12 teams. (Eight on First Team, two on Second Team.)
The Student-Athlete Support Services staff focuses all collective resources in support of the academic, personal and interpersonal development of each individual it serves. As part of its commitment to the academic success of its athletes, Kansas Athletics completed a new academic complex in the summer of 2009. The facility features individual study rooms and a computer lab.
Phil LowcockWomen’s Team
Academic Counselor
Lisa HehmanMen’s Team
Academic counselor
Katie MartincichProgram Coordinator
Cross Country Academic Support Staff
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Welcome to
Lawrence is not just another college community. It presents the easy-going feeling of a small town combined with big city cultural opportunities. A population of 90,000 that comes from widely diverse backgrounds makes Lawrence an outstanding place to live and raise a family.
A community that supports the University of Kansas with its heart and soul, Lawrence envelopes the students so they too think of Lawrence as their own hometown. Lawrence is well known for the arts, alternative music and downtown shops, galleries and restaurants.
About Lawrence•LawrencePopulation:90,000
•AnnualAverageHighTemperature:66
•AnnualAverageLowTemperature:43
•AnnualAveragePrecipitation:39”
•Lawrence is conveniently located onInterstate7035mileswestof KansasCityand25mileseastof Topeka(statecapital).KansasHighway10connectsLawrencetothesouthKansasCitymetroplex.Highway59 serves as the city’s north and southaccess, and Highway 40 runs parallel toInterstate 70 east and west.
•Lawrencewasfoundedin1854bytheNewEngland Emigrant Aid Society in an effort to keep the territory free from slavery. It is said that it is one of the few cities in the United States founded strictly for political reasons.
•Both theOregonandSanteFeTrails runthrough parts of Lawrence and Douglas County.
•Lawrencestreetsarenamedafterthestatesin the order they came into the Union, beginning with Delaware.
•Massachusettswasdesignated the “Main”street because Lawrence’s founders werefromMassachusetts.
•Lawrence festivals provide a wealth of musicalofferings.MusicisastapleintheLawrencecommunity.Thesoundsof localtalent can be heard echoing through the city’sstreetsbothdayandnight.
The League of American Cyclists ranked Lawrence as one of the country’s most bike-friendly towns in 2005.
The Lied Center of Kansas, the University of Kansas’ multimillion-dollar performing arts center, was ranked by International Arts Manager magazine as one of the “Top U.S. University Presenters.”
Golf Digest consistently lists Lawrence’s Alvamar golf course among the 100 best public golf courses in the nation.
Clinton Lake was ranked among the top 50 lakes in the country by Boating World Magazine.
Forbes Magazine ranked Lawrence as the sixth-best smaller metro area to start a business or a career in 2004.
USA Today ranked Lawrence as one of the least segregated communities in the country.
Frommer’s 2007 edition of Cities Ranked & Rated pegged Lawrence as the 100th-best metropolitan area in the country to live.
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Meet the Chancellor
A highly regarded scholar, teacher and university leader, Bernadette Gray-Little began her tenure as the 17th chancellor of the University of Kansas on Aug. 15, 2009. As KU chancellor, Gray-Little is the chief executive officer of the university, overseeing campuses in Law-rence, Kansas City, Overland Park and Wichita, as well as research and educational centers in Garden City, Hays, Parsons, Pittsburg, Topeka and Yoder.
Chancellor Gray-Little’s goals for KU include enhancing student achievement so that more KU students graduate in four years, as well as spurring more research and scholarly activities that enhance quality of life and create economic growth. During her first year as chancellor she also has made it a point to meet with Kansans and with KU alumni throughout the state and nation to learn about their aspirations for the university.
Gray-Little was one of four university leaders selected to represent the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities at a White House summit on math and science education in January 2010. She is also on the board of trustees for the Online Computer Library Center, an international organization dedicated to expanding public access to information and research.
Gray-Little previously was executive vice chancellor and provost from 2006 to 2009 at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. A professor of psychology, she rose to the post of UNC’s chief academic officer after succes-sive administrative appointments, including dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. While at UNC, she earned a reputation as a champion for the highest quality educational experience for students and a strong advocate for faculty and for research.
A native of eastern North Carolina, Gray-Little received her bachelor’s degree from Marywood College in Scran-ton, Pa., and her master’s and doctoral degrees in psy-chology from Saint Louis University. She earned a Ful-bright Fellowship to study in Denmark. She also served as a Social Science Research Council Fellow and received a Ford Foundation Senior Scholar Fellowship through the National Research Council.
Gray-Little is married to Shade Key Little. They have two adult children and one grandchild.
Dr. Bernadette Gray-Little
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Zenger comes to KU after serving for five years as athletics director at Illinois State University, helping steer ISU Athletics to a place of prominence in the Missouri Valley Conference. The Redbirds won a conference-leading seven league titles during the 2009-10 season and captured their second Valley All-Sports Trophy in three years.In the beginning, Zenger wasn’t headed toward a career in administra-tion. He was nine years old when he told his father he wanted to be a coach, and it didn’t take long for that dream to materialize. After play-ing football at Fort Hays State and Mid-American Nazarene College, he finished his undergraduate degree at Kansas State. Even before he received his bachelor’s degree in English and secondary education in 1988, Zenger was assisting the football coaches at Manhattan (Kan.) High School. His first college football coaching job came at Drake University right after graduation.In 1989, at age 23, Zenger joined Bill Snyder’s staff at Kansas State as one of the nation’s youngest full-time football staff members; he served in key roles as assistant recruiting coordinator and director of football operations. Zenger completed his master’s degree in journalism and mass communication in 1992 while helping Snyder bring Wildcat football to unprecedented success.Zenger would then seek advice from then-KU Chancellor Gene Budig, who convinced him to pursue a Ph.D. at KU. As he completed his Ph.D. in educational policy and leadership (1996), Zenger contributed communications and special projects support to the office of the execu-tive vice-chancellor, Ed Meyen, and wrote the professional life history of then-chancellor Del Shankel, while strengthening his understanding of university leadership at the highest levels.Still, coaching stayed in his blood. After earning his doctorate, Zenger in 1996 signed on as the recruiting coordinator for the brand-new NCAA Division I football program at the University of South Florida. A year later he joined the University of Wyo-ming football staff as recruiting coordinator and within two years rose to assistant head coach, a position he still considers one
of the crowning achievements of his career.Zenger stayed at Wyoming through the 2000 season before returning to
Kansas State. He spent a year in the KSU College of Business, raising more than $2 million and restructuring its development program with research and planning. He rejoined KSU Athletics in 2001 as assistant athletics director for major gifts, helping KSU initiate important de-velopment strategies. In 2002 he was appointed KSU’s associate ath-letics director for development, a position he held until 2005, when he was named Athletics Director at Illinois State.A published author and researcher, Zenger served for three years on the NCAA Division I Committee on Student-Athlete Reinstatement. He also served on two NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) Division committees, and was a member of the Executive Committee of NACDA’s Division I FCS Athletic Directors Association.He is also a member of many professional and university organiza-tions, including the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA), the Association for the Study of Higher Educa-tion and the American Football Coaches Association.Zenger is married to the former Pam McAnarney. The couple has three children: Luke (14), Abby (12) and Jake (10).
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One. True. Champion. The Big 12 enters its 16th year in a unique position - as the only major conference in the nation to determine its champions in all sports directly on the field. Around here, it’s every team against every team. We believe that’s the way a true champion is made.
Determining our champion on the field is just one portion of how we play in the Big 12 Conference. The member schools of the Big 12 are neigh-bors, where road games don’t require crossing time zones. We battle each other hard on Gameday and celebrate wins against outside competition. Our student-athletes, fans and alumni have each other’s backs on other days - because that is what you do for your neighbor. A hard work ethic and Midwestern values are part of everyone associated with the Big 12 and its member schools.
This work ethic has translated to enormous success on the field of play in the first 15 years of the league. Since it began play in 1996-97, the Con-ference can boast of 42 team crowns and 477 individual NCAA Champion-ships. The trophy case added more hardware last year as Oklahoma State (men’s cross country) and Texas A&M (women’s basketball) won national crowns. In the spring, the Aggies registered an unprecedented double three-peat by winning the men’s and women’s NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships for the third straight season.
Big 12 squads are highly-regarded on a national level in every sport. All but one sport the Conference sponsored this past season had at least one team ranked in the top five of the national polls, with eight sports boast-ing the nation’s No. 1 team. In addition, most of those top five rankings (and all the No. 1 rankings) were by schools that will be part of the league in 2011-12 and beyond.
In addition to the NCAA crowns and top rankings, several other teams made strong national showings. Ten Big 12 volleyball teams have com-peted in the regional semifinals of the NCAA Championship over the past three years, including Texas for three straight campaigns. In 2010-11, six of the eight sports that hold NCAA Championships where the Big 12 sponsored full round-robin competition had a team competing among the final eight teams or beyond.
Through its first 15 years, the Big 12 has claimed a team national championship in 16 of the sports it sponsors. The Conference is tied with a nation’s-best seven appearances in the BCS National Championship Game and leads the country with 89 football consensus All-America selections. League squads have combined to lead the nation in women’s basketball attendance each of the last 12 years and the Big 12 is the only conference to surpass the one-million mark in season attendance - doing so six times, including each of the last five seasons. In men’s basketball, the league has sent six different teams to the Elite Eight the past four campaigns, the most of any conference.
The 10 current members have accounted for 34 of 39 bowl appearances over the last five years, including eight BCS berths. All 42 NCAA men’s basketball bids in the last eight years and 77 of 80 in Big 12 history have been earned by the 10 schools.
During the last seven years a total of 21 NCAA trophies have been hoisted by Big 12 institutions, with at least one national crown won in all but one year for the Conference, including 14 consecutive seasons.
The Big 12 and its member institutions are committed to a competitive en-vironment where sportsmanship and fair play take center stage. Whether on the field, in the classroom, or within the community, the student-athletes, administrators, coaches and game officials of the Big 12 support the highest ideals in sportsmanship.
The academic accolades have always been strong in the Big 12. In 2010-11, four student-athletes were recipients of the NCAA Elite 88 Award. The honor recognizes individuals who have reached the pinnacle of competition at the national championship level, while also achieving the highest academic standard among their peers. In its short history, the Big 12 has also had over 500 Academic All-America recipients, averaging more than 30 each season.
Big 12 student-athletes have shown commitment to their studies by earning numerous individual academic recognitions. Seven times in the past six years a league athlete has garnered the top academic honor for their respective sport. The Big 12 had plenty of success overall in the classroom the last two years, as the Conference boasted 60 student-athletes earning Capital One/CoSIDA Academic All-America recognition.
The Big 12 sponsors 23 sports with the addition of equestrian and rowing for the 2011-12 campaign. Men’s squads include baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, indoor track & field, outdoor track & field, swimming & diving, tennis and wrestling. Women’s teams are fielded in basketball, cross country, equestrian, golf, gymnastics, indoor track & field, outdoor track & field, rowing, soccer, softball, swimming & diving, tennis and volleyball.
The Conference is comprised of 10 institutions in the Central time zone that have shared many traditional rivalries throughout their histories. Member schools include - Baylor University, Iowa State University, University of Kan-sas, Kansas State University, University of Missouri, University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma State University, University of Texas, Texas A&M University and Texas Tech University.
The institutions created a league that encompasses five states and over 40 million people. More than 4,200 student-athletes from across the United States and around the World compete annually in the sports sponsored by the Conference.
The Conference conducts championships for 20 of its 23 sports. Each cham-pionship helps to determine teams and/or individuals that will represent the Conference in national postseason competition. The winner of the Big 12 football regular season championship earns the league’s berth into the Bowl Championship Series.
In its first 15 years, the Conference has distributed more than $1.4 billion to its member institutions. The conference office is headquartered in Irving, Texas.
Dan BeebeBig 12
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Bob BurdaAsssoc. Commissioner
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Rob CarollaDirector of
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Joni LehmanAssoc. Director ofCommunications
Laura RasmussenAssit. Director ofCommunications
Sean DoerreWill Hancock
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Cassandra NovyWill Hancock
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The new six-lane track (eight lanes on the sprint straightaway) replaces the existing track, which is the original track in-stalled when Anschutz was built in 1984. The 231-meter oval was converted into a 200-meter track, the current standard for indoor facilities. Other improvements include new, reconfigured jump pits, and a new pole vault box and runway, all of which will improve spectator viewing. It also includes a Hobart topping in all training and competition areas that will provide durability, stain resistance and longevity.The new Daktronics results board contains an active area of nearly 18 feet high and 16 feet wide. Daktronics will also install a new state-of-the-art sound system.
In 2009, Kansas completed a state-of-the-art cross country/track and field locker room, lounge and acquatic rehabilitation center. These facilites at KU lead the rest of the Big 12 Conference, and are among the top ath-letic facilites in the country.
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