2010 Air Force Cross Country Media Guide by Air Force Sports Information

2010

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Table of Contents | Quick Facts . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Head Coach Juli Benson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-3 Support Staﬀ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 2010 Season Preview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Roster | Roster Breakdown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 Team Captains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6-7 Returning Le erwinners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8-10 Other Returning Runners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11-19 Freshmen Runners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20 2009 Season In Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21 Men’s Sta s cs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22 Women’s Sta s cs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23

Year-By-Year History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24-25 Honors and Awards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26 All-Americans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26-27 NCAA Championship History . . . . . . . . . . . .28-29 All-Time Le erwinners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30-31 Conference Awards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32-33 MWC Championship History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34 The Academy Experience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35 Senior Leadership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36 Director of Athle cs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37 Air Force Athle cs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38

The 2010 Air Force Cross Country Media Guide was designed, wri en and edited by assistant athle c media rela ons director Valerie Perkin. Editorial assistance provided by the athle c media rela ons staﬀ. Photos by Rachel Boe cher of DenMar Photo Services; Col Mar n France and NCAA Photos.

MEN’S TEAM INFORMATION Team Captains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Tyler Small . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jus n Tyner

WOMEN’S TEAM INFORMATION Team Captains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Auriele Fain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Katherine Ward

2009 MWC Finish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3rd 2009 NCAA Regional Finish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6th 2009 NCAA Championship Finish . . . . . . . . . .n/a

2009 MWC Finish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4th 2009 NCAA Regional Finish . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13th 2009 NCAA Championship Finish . . . . . . . . . .n/a

Le erwinners Returning/Lost . . . . . . . . . . . . .6/2 Newcomers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11

Le erwinners Returning/Lost . . . . . . . . . . . . .4/2 Newcomers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6

DATE Sept. 11 Sept. 18 Oct. 2 Oct. 2 Oct. 16 Oct. 16 Oct. 29 Nov. 13 Nov. 22

MEET Rust Buster Invita onal Woody Greeno Invita onal adidas Invita onal Rocky Mountain Shootout Tiger Invita onal Pre-Na onals Invita onal Mountain West Conference Championships NCAA Mountain Region Championships NCAA Cross Country Championships

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LOCATION Colorado Springs, Colo. Lincoln, Neb. Madison, Wis. Boulder, Colo. Hays, Kan. Terre Haute, Ind. Laramie, Wyo. Salt Lake City, Utah Terre Haute, Ind.

ACADEMY QUICK FACTS Loca on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .USAF Academy, Colo. Founded . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1954 Enrollment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4,400 Colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Blue and Silver Nickname . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Falcons Affilia on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .NCAA Division I Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mountain West Conference Home Courses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Santa Fe Trail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .North Monument Valley Park Superintendent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lt Gen Michael Gould Director of Athle cs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dr. Hans Mueh CROSS COUNTRY STAFF Head Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Juli Benson Email . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .julianne.henner@usafa.edu Alma Mater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .James Madison (1992) Office Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .719.333.3602 Office Fax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .719.333.6569 Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Maj Jason Zarb-Cousin Email . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .jason.zarb-cousin@usafa.edu Office Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .719.333.6787 Volunteer Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jenny Barringer Volunteer Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mark Stanforth MEDIA INFORMATION Cross Country Contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Valerie Perkin Email . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .valerie.perkin@usafa.edu Office Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .719.333.8286 Office Fax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .719.333.3798 Website . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .GoAirForceFalcons.com

COURSE North Monument Valley Park Pioneers Park Thomas Zimmer Championship Course Buﬀalo Ranch Fort Hays State Campus Course LaVern Gibson Championship Course Jacoby Golf Course Rose Park Golf Course LaVern Gibson Championship Course

HOST Colorado-Colorado Springs Nebraska Wisconsin Colorado Fort Hays State Indiana State Wyoming Utah Indiana State

HEAD COACH JULI BENSON

JULI BENSON HEAD COACH | 2ND SEASON JAMES MADISON (1992) MASTERS: JAMES MADISON (1996)

Juli Benson is entering her second season as the head coach for the Air Force cross country team. In addi on to her du es coaching the cross country program, Benson is an assistant coach for the Falcons' track and ﬁeld team, working exclusively with the middle distance and distance runners. Last season, Benson coached junior Jus n Tyner to the Falcons’ ﬁrst appearance at the NCAA Cross Country Championships since 2007. Highlighted by a pair of allconference runners in Tyner and senior Zach Nordahl, the men placed third at the conference championships.

Olympic Trials. She also guided Treniere Clement to a runner-up performance in the 1500-meter run at the 2004 NCAA Championships. Benson began her coaching career as the head coach of the women's cross country team at her alma mater, James Madison University, in 1993. During her four-year tenure, she helped lead the Dukes to their ﬁrst-ever CAA Championship. In addi on, she served as an assistant coach for the track and ﬁeld team.

With four of the five scoring runners finishing within the top 30, the women’s squad placed fourth - its best placement at the conference meet since the 2004 season. Benson’s success carried into the track season, as she coached Tyner to a MWC tle in the 3000-meter run and to All-American status in the 5000-meter run at the NCAA Indoor Championships, where he was the top American finisher. In all, her middle distance and distance runners accumulated five all-conference selec ons, while the Air Force men claimed four of the top seven finishes in the 5000-meter run at the MWC Outdoor Championships. In 2009, during her first season with the Falcons' track and field team, two of her athletes set Academy records. Senior Sean Houseworth, who won the 3000- and 5000-meter tles at the Mountain West Conference Indoor Championships, clocked a program-best me in the 10,000-meter race at the Stanford Invita onal during the outdoor season. In addi on, Daniel Castle set a program standard in the 1500meter run at the NCAA Championships. Benson comes to the Academy following a three-year s nt at George Mason University, where she served as the men's middle distance coach and recrui ng coordinator. While with the Patriots, Benson was instrumental in improving the placement of the men's cross country team at the Colonial Athle c Associa on Championships from ninth to second in just two seasons. Prior to her me at GMU, she spent five years as an assistant coach for the men's and women's track and field team at Georgetown University. During her tenure with the Hoyas, over 20 athletes earned All-America status. In addi on, the distance program was consistently ranked among the na on's top-10. One of her Georgetown runners, Chris Lukezic, won the USA Junior Na onal Championship in the 1500-meter run and finished fourth in that event at the 2004

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HEAD COACH JULI BENSON / SUPPORT STAFF She received a bachelor's degree in poli cal science from James Madison in 1992. She also obtained a master's degree in sports administra on and exercise science from JMU in 1996. A four-year le erwinner with the Dukes, she was an NCAA AllAmerican in the 1500-meter run during the 1992 season. In 2002, Benson was inducted into the JMU Athle c Hall of Fame. Benson, who spent seven years as a compe tor for Asics Tiger Corpora on (199394) and Reebok Interna onal (1994-00), served as an assistant women's coach for the 2007 U.S. World Championship Team that competed in Osaka, Japan, and as the junior women's coach for the 2003 U.S. Cross Country Team that captured its highest finish ever at the World Championships in Lausanne, Switzerland. She has served as a personal coach to Kevin Sullivan, who set new Canadian records in the indoor and outdoor 3000-meter events and finished 13th at the 2006 World Cross Country Championships, and Lukezic, who finished seventh at the 2006 World Indoor Championships and clocked the seventh-fastest 1500-meter me ever in a U.S. outdoor performance. Benson also served as a consultant to Alan Webb, who was ranked No. 1 in the 1500 meters during that me. She was elected to the U.S. Women's Track and Field Coaches Associa on Advisory Board and as a representa ve for USATF Women's High Performance (middle distance running). An accomplished runner in her own right, Benson represented the United States in the 1500-meter run during the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta. She is a two- me silver medalist in the 1500 at the World Student Games and a gold medalist in that event at the 1996 Atlanta Gran Prix. She also earned a bronze medal in the mile of the 1997 Gran Prix Final. She was married in July 2009 to Robert Benson, the associate head football coach and defensive coordinator at The Colorado School of Mines. The couple resides in Highlands Ranch, Colo.

CROSS COUNTRY SUPPORT STAFF

JENNY BARRINGER

RILEY FEENEY

MARK STANFORTH

MAJ JASON ZARB-COUSIN

Vounteer Coach | 1st Season

Cadet Manager | 1st Season

Volunteer Coach | 1st Season (16th)

Assistant | 1st Season (2nd)

ATHLETIC TRAINERS: Erick Kozlowski, Sheri Lampin. Jenny Stone

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2010 SEASON PREVIEW The Air Force cross country team, under the direc on of second-year head coach Juli Benson, is a unique blend of talented veterans and noteworthy newcomers. The men’s team might be one of the deepest in recent years, as the talented and experienced upperclassmen provide the backbone for a young overall squad. While the women’s team is also young, the talent level con nues to build toward a promising future. MEN: Although the senior class is the smallest, with just three members, it returns a significant amount talent and experience. Last season, current co-captain Jus n Tyner became the first Falcon to par cipate at the NCAA Cross Country Championships in two years, while pacing the squad in four team compe ons. Tyner gained valuable experience during the track season as well, highlighted by finishing as the top American (and third overall) in the 5000-meter run at the NCAA Indoor Championships. Tyner will share the team’s 2010 captaincy with Tyler Small, a three-year runner who advanced to the conference and regional championship roster as a junior. Tyler Stanley rounds out the senior class. Although he has not par cipated in cross country since his freshman year, Stanley has become a strong contributor in the middle distance events during the indoor and outdoor track season. The six members of the junior class have seen significant ac on during their first two seasons. Jim Walmsley, the program’s top freshman in 2008, competed at the conference and regional meet as a sophomore, claiming a top-25 finish at the Mountain West Conference Championships. Walmsley is joined by Ma Cain, Ryan Del Grosso, Jon Rock, Nick White and Alex Zubey. Although the squad may look young on paper, with just three seniors, the 16 junior and sophomore runners provide a wealth of experience to the lineup, while the 11 freshmen runners provide strong depth. Last season’s Rookie of the Year, Jeremy Drenckhahn, returns for his sophomore season a er an impressive first season. Drenckhahn, the Falcons’ top finisher in two meets and a recipient of the Mountain West Conference Athlete of the Week award, was the only first-year runner to compete at the conference and regional championships. Joining Drenckhahn for their second year with the Blue and Silver are Ted Artz, Ma Bell, Cameron Edwards, Tommy Heikkinen, Donald Jackson, Sam O’Hair, Gage Owens, Seth Pelle er and Andrew Quallio. Heikkinen, Jackson, Owens and Pelle er competed in mul ple meets for the Falcons as members of the “B” squad during their first year, while Artz, Bell, Edwards and O’Hair saw limited ac on. The men added 11 freshmen to its roster in 2010, each looking to make an immediate impact on the program, while shaping the course of its future. The youngest con ngent of Falcons are Dan Bailey, Isaiah Bragg, Ma hieu Caldwell, Shawn Dubbs, Carl Eifert, Carson Fugal, Jake Hawkins, Alex Lindsay, Gavin Owens, Charlie Perkins and Lance Wolfsmith. WOMEN: The women’s team will need to replace some significant scoring power due to the gradua on of Ally Romanko, the 2009 MVP. It is a remarkably young

squad, featuring just two seniors. In addi on to the pair of senior runners, the Falcons’ roster includes three sophomores, four sophomores and six freshmen. Katherine Ward, the most experienced runner on the roster and the 2009 Most Improved Runner, was elected to serve as co-captain of the women’s team. A threeyear compe tor at the conference and regional championships, Ward is one of two seniors on the roster, joining classmate Whitney Beck. Co-captain Auriele Fain leads the three members of the Falcons’ junior class. Fain, the top freshman in 2009, paced the squad at the Rocky Mountain Shootout, before going on to compete at the conference and regional meets. Fain is joined on the junior class roster by Ka e Carroll, a 2008 MWC Championship par cipant, and Alexa Ramsier. The sophomore class returns four runners who were all significant contributors to the Falcons’ success in 2009. Freshman of the Year Jen Bremser is back for another season a er finishing as the top Air Force runner at the Mountain West Conference Championships and the top scoring freshmen in two others. Bremser is joined on the roster by classmates Melissa Fuerst, Kate Kanetzky and Morgan Mosby. All four saw significant ac on during their first season. Bremser, Kanetzky and Mosby competed at both the conference and regional championships, while Fuerst represented the Academy at the conference meet. The experience gained by compe ng at the na onallyrecognized meets can only help the Falcons in their quest to improve on their fourth-place finish at the conference meet. The Falcons added six newcomers to the roster this year in Amanda Blain, Anne e Eichenberger, Carley Gross, Tasha Mayne, Stephaney Saari and Stacey Wilkins. SCHEDULE: Air Force opens the 2010 campaign in Colorado Springs, at the annual Rust Buster Invita onal, hosted by the University of Colorado-Colorado Springs in Monument Valley Park on Sept. 11. One week later (Sept. 18), the Falcons will travel to Lincoln, Neb., for the Woody Greeno Invita onal at Nebraska’s Pioneer Park. The Falcons open the second month of compe on with a pair of meet on Oct. 2. Select members will travel to Madison, Wis., for the adidas Invita onal at the Thomas Zimmer Championship Course, while the rest of the team heads to Boulder, Colo., for the annual Rocky Mountain Shootout at Buffalo Ranch. Air Force will also split up on Oct. 16, when part of the squad heads to the pres gious Pre-Na onal Invita onal at LaVern Gibson Championship Cross Country Course in Terre Haute, Ind., the site of the 2010 NCAA Cross Country Championships. The remaining members of the team will close out the regular season at the Fort Hays State Tiger Invita onal in Hays, Kan. The championship season begins on Oct. 29, with the Mountain West Conference Championships. The annual MWC meet will be held at the Jacoby Golf Course in Laramie, Wyo. Two weeks later (Nov. 13), the Falcons will travel to Salt Lake City, Utah, for the NCAA Mountain Regional Championships at Rose Park Golf Course. The 2010 season will conclude at the NCAA Cross Country Championships on Nov. 22, in Terre Haute, Ind.

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2010 ROSTER 2010 TEAM CAPTAINS Auriele Fain, Tyler Small, Jus n Tyner, Katherine Ward FALCONS BY CLASS . . . . .TOTAL . . . . . . .MEN . . . . . .WOMEN Seniors (C1C) . . . . . . . . . .5 . . . . . . . . . . . .3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 Juniors (C2C) . . . . . . . . . . .9 . . . . . . . . . . . .6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 Sophomores (C3C) . . . . . .14 . . . . . . . . . . .10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Freshmen (C4C) . . . . . . . .17 . . . . . . . . . . .11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6

Men’s Roster Ted Artz Dan Bailey Ma Bell Isaiah Bragg Ma Cain Ma hieu Caldwell Ryan Del Grosso Jeremy Drenckhahn Shawn Dubbs Cameron Edwards Carl Eifert Carson Fugal Jake Hawkins Tommy Heikkinen Donald Jackson Alex Lindsay Sam O’Hair Gage Owens Gavin Owens Seth Pelle er Charlie Perkins Andrew Quallio Jon Rock Tyler Small Tyler Stanley Jus n Tyner Jim Walmsley Nick White Lance Wolfsmith Alex Zubey

Yr So. Fr. So. Fr. Jr. Fr. Jr. So. Fr. So. Fr. Fr. Fr. So. So. Fr. So. So. Fr. So. Fr. So. Jr. Sr. Sr. Sr. Jr. Jr. Fr. Jr.

Ht 6-1 5-10 6-2 6-3 6-1 6-0 6-1 5-7 5-9 6-2 6-0 5-9 5-8 6-0 5-11 6-0 6-1 6-0 6-2 6-0 5-11 5-6 6-1 6-3 6-2 6-1 6-0 5-10 6-1 6-4

Hometown (High School) Indian Harbor Beach, Fla. (Satellite) Cream Ridge, N.J. (Chris an Brothers Academy) Denver, Colo. (George Washington) West Liberty, Ohio (Emmanuel Chris an) Brockport, N.Y. (Brockport) Centennial, Colo. (Smoky Hill) Marysville, Ohio (Marysville) Plymouth, Minn. (Wayzata) Cripple Creek, Colo. (Cripple Creek-Victor) Park City, Utah (Park City) Peachtree City, Ga. (McIntosh) Park City, Utah (Park City) Hamstead, N.H. (Pinkerton Academy) Panama City, Fla. (Rutherford) Cumming, Ga. (South Forsyth) Rochester, Mich. (Rochester Adams) Rocklin, Calif. (Rocklin) McAllister, Mont. (Ennis) Ennis, Mont. (Ennis) Wells, Maine (home school) Alameda, Calif. (Alameda) Jacksonville, Fla. (Zama American/Japan) Macomb, Mich. (Eisenhower) Nashport, Ohio (Mercersburg Academy) Columbus, Ohio (Bexley) Baxter, Minn. (Brainerd Senior) Sco sdale, Ariz. (Horizon) Peyton, Colo. (Falcon) Morgan Hill, Calif. (Ann Sobrato) Tamaqua, Pa. (Tamaqua Area Senior)

Women’s Roster Whitney Beck Amanda Blain Jen Bremser Ka e Carroll Anne e Eichenberger Auriele Fain Melissa Fuerst Carley Gross Kate Kanetzky Tasha Mayne Morgan Mosby Alexa Ramsier Stephaney Saari Katherine Ward Stacey Wilkins

Yr Sr. Fr. So. Jr. Fr. Jr. So. Fr. So. Fr. So. Jr. Fr. Sr. Fr.

Ht 5-3 5-7 5-5 5-2 5-10 5-6 5-2 5-7 5-7 5-7 5-4 5-6 5-7 5-10 5-6

Hometown (High School) Eden, Utah (Weber) Mankato, Minn. (Mankato East) Colorado Springs, Colo. (Sand Creek) San Antonio, Texas (Winston Churchill) West Chicago, Ill. (West Chicago) Billings, Mont. (Billings Senior) Blue Springs, Mo. (Blue Springs) Tus n, Calif. (Foothill) Buda, Texas (Jack C. Hays) Pﬂugerville, Texas (Hendrickson) Evergreen, Colo. (Mullen) Dallas, Texas (Plano West) San Antonio, Texas (Ronald Regan) Port Ma lda, Pa. (State College Area) San Antonio, Texas (Tom C. Clark)

FALCONS BY STATE . . . . .TOTAL . . . . . . .MEN . . . . . .WOMEN Colorado . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 . . . . . . . . . . . .4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 Texas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 California . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 . . . . . . . . . . . .3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Florida . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 . . . . . . . . . . . .3 Minnesota . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 . . . . . . . . . . . .2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Montana . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 . . . . . . . . . . . .2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Utah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 . . . . . . . . . . . .2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Georgia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 . . . . . . . . . . . .2 Michigan . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 . . . . . . . . . . . .2 Pennsylvania . . . . . . . . . . .2 . . . . . . . . . . . .1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Arizona . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 . . . . . . . . . . . .1 llinois . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Maine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Missouri . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 New Hampshire . . . . . . . .1 . . . . . . . . . . . .1 New Jersey . . . . . . . . . . . .1 . . . . . . . . . . . .1 New York . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 . . . . . . . . . . . .1 PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Ted Artz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .arts Jen Bremser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .brem-sir Ma hieu Caldwell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ma hew Ka e Carroll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .carol Ryan Del Grosso . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .del gross-oh Jeremy Drenckhahn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .drenk-han Anne e Eichenberger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ike-en-burger Carl Eifert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .eye-fert Auriele Fain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .are-ee-elle fane Melissa Fuerst . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ﬁrst Tommy Heikkinen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .high-kin-in Kate Kanetzky . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .can-e -ski Morgan Mosby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .mose-bee Seth Pelle er . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .pellet-ee-air Andrew Quallio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kwall-ee-oh Alexa Ramsier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .rams-ear Stephaney Saari . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .stephanie sorry Jus n Tyner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . e-ner Alex Zubey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .zoo-bee

Head Coach: Juli Benson (Second Season)

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MEN’S TEAM CAPTAINS

TYLER SMALL

JUSTIN TYNER

Senior Nashport, Ohio Mercersburg High School

Senior Baxter, Minn. Brainerd Senior High School

JUNIOR (2009): Compete in five meets, including the conference and regional championships…placed 32nd at the 8K MWC Championships with a season-best me of 26:15…that me was the eighth-fastest on the team…finished the 10K NCAA Regional Championships meet in 33:27 to finish 96th…also competed at the Pre-Na onals Meet (8K), crossing the finish line in 26:23…ran the Roy Griak Invita onal in 26:54…opened the season at the 6K Rust Buster Invita onal, clocking a 28th-place me of 20:21…academic all-conference selec on…MWC Scholar-Athlete. SOPHOMORE (2008): Par cipated in four meet...opened the season at the 4.25mile Wyoming Invita onal, clocking a 24:29 to finish 28th...registered a seasonbest 8K me of 26:56 at the Fort Hays Invita onal (31st)...ran the Rocky Mountain Shootout in 28:42 to finish 72nd...placed 11th at the Air Force Open with a me of 28:47...academic all-conference selec on...named to the MWC Scholar-Athlete list. FRESHMAN (2007): Competed in two meets for the Falcons...finished 20th at the Air Force Open with a me of 29:10...opened the season with a 4.25-mile me of 26:06 at the Wyoming Invita onal to finish 56th...MWC Scholar-Athlete. HIGH SCHOOL: Mercersburg Academy...first-team all-league (Mid-Atlan c Prep League) selec on in cross country as a junior and senior...won the 3200-meter event at the Independent Prep League meet as a senior...named most outstanding runner...ran 4:32(1600m) and 9:50 (3200m)...also le ered in soccer... graduated Cum Laude with a 4.0 grade point average. PERSONAL: Full name is Tyler William Small...nickname is "Biggie Smalls"...son of Craig and Erika Small...has one older brother, Todd, who is a 2008 graduate of the Academy...also has one younger sister, Sarah...majoring in physics... future plans include becoming a pilot...served as Academy Officer, Element Leader, Element NCO, Support Clerk and Athle c NCO... member of the "500 Club"...received the Superintendent's Pin for excellence in military, academic and athle c performance...hobbies include unicycling and snowboarding...spent the summer at Edwards AFB, Calif., conduc ng research on plasma thrusters...academic allconference selec on for track... member of Cadet Squadron 20.

JUNIOR (2009): Earned the team’s Most Valuable Runner award…placed 71st at the NCAA Na onal Championships with a 10K me of 30:38…automa c qualifier to the na onal meet…became the first Air Force runner to qualify for the NCAA meet since 2007…all-region and all-conference honoree…was the team’s top finisher in four of five meets…placed fi h at the NCAA Regional Championships with a career-best 10K me of 30:29.5…that finish was the best for a Falcon at the regional meet since 2005…paced the squad to a sixth-place team finish…placed third at the Mountain West Conference Championships…clocked a career-best 8K me of 23:44.70…that placement is the best for Air Force since 2003…one of two Falcons to earn all-conference accolades…guided the Falcons to a third-place finish in the team standings…led the Falcons with a 21st-place finish at the Pre-Na onals Meet (24:17)…also paced the squad at the Roy Griak Invita onal, finishing fi h out of 167 runners in a me of 24:58…named MWC Runner of the Week following that meet…opened the season with a seventh-place finish (19:25, 6K) at the UCCS Rust Buster Invita onal…chosen as the Academy’s Athlete of the Week on three occasions. SOPHOMORE (2008): Named the team's most improved runner...competed in six meets, including the conference and regional championships...finished 16th at the MWC Championships with a me of 25:09...opened the season with a ninth-place finish at the 4.25-mile Wyoming Invita onal (22:47)...placed 15th at the Rocky Mountain Shootout with a me of 26:25...clocked a me of 26:30 to finish 66th at the Aztec Invita onal...finished 87th at the Pre-Na onals Meet behind a me of 24:50...recorded a 10K me of 30:50 at the NCAA Regional Championships. FRESHMAN (2007): Par cipated in four meets for the Falcons...placed 12th at the Air Force Open with a me of 27:25...clocked a 17th-place me of 28:44 at the Rocky Mountain Shootout...finished 42nd at the Fort Hays Invita onal, a er clocking a me of 27:56...ran the 4.25-mile Wyoming Invita onal in 24:52 to finish 45th. HIGH SCHOOL: Brainerd High School...all-state selec on...finished 10th at the Minnesota AA cross country championships...clocked a personal-best me of 4:24.96 in the 1600-meter run at the Minnesota AA track and field championships...member of the U.S. Junior World Cup Biathlon Team in 2007. PERSONAL: Full name is Jus n Wilson Tyner...nickname is Snuggles...son of Richard and Linda Tyner...has three older siblings, Lyric, Harmony and Nathanial...majoring in systems engineering management...future plans include becoming an Air Force officer...has served as Wing Opera ons NCO, Group Standardiza on and Evalua on NCO, Element Leader and Squadron Chief of Standardiza on and Evalua on...member of the "500 Club"...hobbies include playing guitar, hiking and ea ng...spent the summer serving as a sports camp counselor, comple ng the Powered Flight Program and taking English 411…named Outstanding Men’s Compe tor of the 2010 track and field team…was the top American finisher in the 500-meter run at the NCAA Indoor Championships…Mountain West Conference champion in the 3000meter run at the indoor meet…claimed three all-conference selec ons during the 2010 track season…member of Cadet Squadron 32. Photo on inside front cover...

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AURIELE FAIN

KATHERINE WARD

Junior Billings, Mont. Billings Senior High School

Senior Port Ma lda, Pa. State College Area High School

SOPHOMORE (2009): Competed in five meets, including the conference and regional championships…was the Falcons’ top finisher at the Rocky Mountain Shootout (22:43, 18th)…that me was the fastest on the team at the 5.8K distance…placed 24th at the MWC Championships, finishing the 6K course in a me of 22:44…placed 80th at the Regional Championships behind a me of 22:59… clocked a season-best me of 22:27 at the Pre-Na onals Meet…that me was the second-fastest 6K me on the team…opened the season with a 10th-place me of 15:37 (5K) at the Rust Buster Invita onal…academic all-conference selec on.

JUNIOR (2009): Received the team’s Most Improved award…competed in five meets, including the conference and regional championships…placed 23rd at the Mountain West Conference Championships with a season-best me of 22:43…that me was ranked fi h on the team at the 6K distance…clocked a me of 23:05 at the NCAA Regional Championships to finish 84th…opened the season with an 11thplace me of 15:39 (4K) at the Rust Buster Invita onal…placed 55th at the Roy Griak Invita onal behind a 6K me of 23:30…also competed at the Pre-Na onals Meet, recording a me of 22:54.

FRESHMAN (2008): Earned the team's Rookie of the Year award...competed in six meets...was the Falcons' top finisher at the Wyoming Invita onal and Rocky Mountain Shootout...was the top scoring freshman in three other meets...clocked a 2.5mile me of 15:27 at Wyoming to finish sixth...the me and the placement were the Falcons' best since 2005...recorded a me of 22:59 (17th) at the Rocky Mountain Shootout to pace the squad...clocked a 5K me of 19:07 at the Aztec Invita onal to place 60th...finished the Pre-Na onals Meet in 23:00...placed 31st at the MWC Championships (22:58)...posted a season-best 6K me of 22:32 at NCAA Regionals...earned the Academy's athlete of the week award following the Wyoming meet.

SOPHOMORE (2008): Par cipated in four meets, including the conference and regional championships...recorded a season-best 6K me of 22:45 at the Pre-Na onals Meet (191st)...finished 57th at the MWC Championships with a me of 24:08...crossed the finish line of the NCAA Regional Championships in 23:01 (99th)...finished 92nd at the Aztec Invita onal with a me of 19:41.

HIGH SCHOOL: Billings Senior High School...four- me all-state selec on in cross country...also a four- me all-state honoree in track (2005-08)...competed at the 2006 Nike Team Na onals...four me academic all-state selec on in both cross country and track...recipient of the 2008 Big Sky State Games "Character Counts" scholarship... graduated with High Honors. PERSONAL: Full name is Auriele Nelle Fain...daughter of Bruce and Patricia Fain...has two older siblings, Aubree and Aus n...also has two younger siblings, AuraLea and Auguste...majoring in poli cal science...future plans include pilot training...hobbies include snowboarding and rock climbing… spent the summer comple ng Opera on Air Force at Aviano AB, Italy…flew in the back of an F-16 during a training mission and visited Rome, Florence and Venice while in Italy... also served as an Element Leader on Flight Staff during the first session of Basic Cadet Training…member of Cadet Squadron 31.

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FRESHMAN (2007): Competed in four meets, including the conference and regional meets...ﬁnished 36th at the Mountain West Conference Championships with a me of 23:52...clocked a season-best 6K me of 23:18 at the NCAA Mountain Regional Championships, placing 88th...was the Falcons' top ﬁnisher at the Wyoming Invita onal, with a 2.5-mile me of 15:53 (13th)...placed 59th at the Aztec Invita onal behind a me of 19:39. HIGH SCHOOL: State College Area High School...three- me champion at the district cross country championships...won the 1600- and 3200-meter races as a sophomore and junior...ran a leg of the winning 4x800-meter relay both years ...competed for a track club during senior year...earned All-America honors in the indoor 5000-meter run...named a High Honor Student all four years... graduated with a 4.0 grade point average PERSONAL: Daughter of Kelly and Karen Ward...nicknames are "Warden" and "Big Kat"...has younger twin brothers, Kyle and Kendall... both parents graduated from Army and are on ac ve duty...family is currently sta oned at West Point ...majoring in English...enjoys salsa dancing, sleeping, ea ng ice cream and learning to dance hip-hop... member of Cadet Squadron 36.

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JEN BREMSER

JEREMY DRENCKHAHN

Sophomore Colorado Springs, Colo. Sand Creek High School

Sophomore Plymouth, Minn. Wayzata High School

FRESHMAN (2009): Earned the team’s Most Outstanding Freshman award…competed in five meets, including the conference and regional championship meets…was the Falcons’ top finisher at the Mountain West Conference Championships, finishing 20th with a season-best me of 22:36…that me was ranked fourth on the team…placed 99th at the NCAA Regional Championships with a me of 23:22…opened the season with a 13th-place finish at the Rust Buster Invita onal (15:45, 4K course)…ranked the Roy Griak Invita onal in 24:14 to finish 94th…also competed at the Pre-Na onals Meet, crossing the finish line in 23:27…academic all-conference selec on. HIGH SCHOOL: Sand Creek High School...Colorado Springs 5A Runner of the Year...top Colorado finisher at the Footlocker Midwest Championship...four-year state qualifier in cross country...three-year state qualifier to the state track meet...placed fi h at the Colorado state cross country championships...school record holder in the 5K (18:07) and two-mile (11:25)...league and regional cross country champion...city two-mile champion...academic all-state first-team selec on...Colorado High School Athle c Associa on scholarship winner...class valedictorian...graduated with a 4.2 grade point average...member of the Na onal Honor Society...student council athle c commissioner...Link Leader...Rotary Club champion...selected as the Mayor's Top-100 Teen...four-year scholar-athlete...three- me Sand Creek Student of the Year (2007-08-09). PERSONAL: Full name is Jennifer Grace Bremser...goes by Jen… daughter of Dennis and Amy Bremser...father re red from the Air Force with the rank of major... has one younger sister, Bree...majoring in behavioral science...future plans include working in the medical field...hobbies include running, hiking and spending me with family and friends...spent the summer comple ng Global Engagement and Combat Survival Training…grandfathers were in the Marines and the Army...set Alabama state mile record (7:01) at seven years old... age group champion of the Bolder Boulder and State Games of the West...member of Cadet Squadron 17.

FRESHMAN (2009): Earned the team’s Most Outstanding Freshman award…competed in five meets, including the conference and regional championships…finished 31st at the Mountain West Conference Championships with a me of 26:13…clocked a me of 32:49 in the 10K at the NCAA Regional Championships…posted a season-best me of 25:45 (8K) to place 21st at the Fort Hays Tiger Invita onal…was the top Air Force finisher…named MWC Runner of the Week following that meet…was also the top Falcon finisher at the Rocky Mountain Shootout, placed 64th with an 8K me of 28:15…opened the season with a 40thplace me of 20:53 at the Rust Buster Invita onal…academic all-conference selec on…MWC Scholar-Athlete. HIGH SCHOOL: Wayzata High School...coached by Bill Miles...three- me all-state selec on...finished 10th at the Minnesota AA cross country championships as a senior...finished 12th in that meet as a junior...member of two cross country state championship teams that qualified for Nike Team and Nike Cross Na onals as a junior and senior, respec vely...state champion in the 3200-meter run as a senior...finished seventh in the 1600-meter run that year...clocked a personal-best me of 4:21.4 in the 1600 meters...four- me academic all-state selec on. PERSONAL: Son of Theron Drenckhahn and Peggy Farah...nickname is "Gumdrop"...father re red from the Air Force with the rank of major a er serving as a C-130 navigator...has one older brother, Nathan, and one younger sister, Melissa...brother is a second lieutenant in the Air Force, currently flying T-38s...majoring in aeronau cal engineering…future plans include becoming a pilot…hails from the number one city in America to live, as reported by CNN Money magazine...hobbies include playing hockey and hanging out with friends...member of Cadet Squadron 08.

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KATE KANETZKY

JON ROCK

Sophomore Buda, Texas Jack C. Hays High School

Junior Macomb, Mich. Eisenhower High School

FRESHMAN (2009): Compete in five meets, including the conference and regional championships…placed 37th at the Mountain West Conference Championships with a me of 23:15…finished 85th at the NCAA Regional Championships with a me of 23:06…placed 97th at the Roy Griak Invita onal (24:16)…also competed at the PreNa onals Meet, clocking a me of 23:16…opened the season at the Rust Buster Invita onal (4K)…competed in the “open” race, crossing the finish line in 16:01…academic all-conference selec on…MWC Scholar-Athlete.

SOPHOMORE (2009): Competed in five meets, including the conference and regional championships…finished 19th at the MWC Championships with a seasonbest me of 25:00…also recorded that me at the Pre-Na onals Meet to finish 83rd…that me was the fourth-fastest by an Air Force runner…placed 36th at the NCAA Regional Championships, crossing the finish line of the 10K race in 31:43… placed 71st at the Roy Griak Invita onal, clocking an 8K me of 26:28…opened the season with an 11th-place me of 19:40 (6K course) at the Rust Buster Invita onal.

HIGH SCHOOL: Jack C. Hays High School...placed 27th at the Texas state cross country championships...won the district tle in the two-mile race during the track season...also served as captain of the soccer team...earned academic all-state honors in cross country...graduated seventh in class...AP Scholar.

FRESHMAN (2008): Competed in four meets for the Falcons...picked up a seventhplace finish at the Air Force Open, crossing the finish line in 27:50...recorded a season-best me of 26:03 at the Fort Hays Invita onal to finish 15th...also ran at the Rocky Mountain Shootout, collec ng a 55th-place me of 27:52...finished 22nd in the season-opening Wyoming Invite (4.25-mile course) behind a me of 23:53.

PERSONAL: Full name is Kate Lyn Kanetzky...daughter of Don and Marty Kanetzky...has two older siblings, Dakota and Case...majoring in geospa al science...future plans include becoming a pilot...working towards ge ng a pilot's license...has soloed... named to the Superintendent’s List for excellence in military, academic and athle c performance... served as an Element NCO…hobbies include running, hiking, stargazing, swimming and camping…spent the summer completing Combat Survival Training, Global Engagement, Soaring and Philosophy 310…member of Cadet Squadron 23.

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HIGH SCHOOL: Eisenhower High School...coached by Rick Straughen...All-American...team MVP...all-state, all-region, all-county and all-conference selec on... named league MVP...school record holder in the 5K...served as team captain...received all-academic team honors at the state, county and conference levels...selected as Athlete of the Week by the Macomb Daily...chosen as a Detroit Free Press Prep Star...earned U ca Community Schools Recogni on for Athle c Achievement...named Academic-Athlete of the Class of 2008...graduated Cum Laude. PERSONAL: Full name is Jonathan Michael Rock...goes by Jon...son of John and Maureen Rock...has a twin sister, Jen, who runs for Loyola University in Chicago...majoring in poli cal science and minoring in Spanish...future plans include becoming a pilot...received a commandant's pin for excellence in military performance…received an Athle cs Pin for excellence in athle c performance...served as Element NCO, Academic Clerk and Athle cs NCO…member of the "500 Club"…Honor Basic…hobbies include running, playing basketball, football, drums and video games (Madden NFL, NBA Live), hanging out with family and friends, watching football (Dallas Cowboys), basketball (Detroit Pistons), baseball (Detroit Tigers) and track...all-conference honoree (10,000-meter run) at the 2010 MWC meet… member of Cadet Squadron 29.

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JIM WALMSLEY

NICK WHITE

Junior Sco sdale, Ariz. Horizon High School

Junior Peyton, Colo. Falcon High School

SOPHOMORE (2009): Competed in five meets, including the conference and regional meets…placed 21st at the Mountain West Conference Championships with a me of 24:14…ran the 10K NCAA Regional Championships in 31:49 to place 39th…competed at the Roy Griak Invita onal, placing 34th with a me of 25:34…finished 35th at the Pre-Na onals Meet with a season-best me of 24:29…that me was the second-fastest on the team at the 8K distance…opened the season with a sixth-place finish at the Rust Buster Invita onal (19:23, 6K course)…that me also ranked second on that team at that distance. FRESHMAN (2008): Earned the team's Rookie of the Year award...competed in the first three meets of the season...opened the season with a 16th-place finish at the 4.25-mile Wyoming Invita onal (23:23)...clocked an 8K me of 26:53 at the Aztec Invita onal to finish 89th...finished 34th at the Rocky Mountain Shootout behind a me of 27:11...also competed in the USA Cross Country Championships (Junior Division)...placed 19th at that meet with a season-best me of 25:36. HIGH SCHOOL: Horizon High School...2007 Footlocker Na onal Finalist (23rd)...Arizona 5AD2 individual cross country champion as a senior...also won the Mt. SAC SuperSweeps and the Doug Conley Invita onal cross country tles in 2007...finished second at the Arizona 5AD1 state meet as a junior...member of two teams that finished second at the Arizona 5AD2 state meets in 2006 and 2007...team also finished second at the 2006 Doug Conley Invita onal...earned mul ple regional and district tles...won the 1600-meter run at the state championships as a senior...was a member of the Arizona 5AD2 championship team in 2008... clocked mes of 4:17 in the 1600meter run and 9:13 in the 3200meter run...also le ered two years in soccer...member of the Na onal Honor Society...two- me French Honorary...four-year member of the Society of Gentlemen Scholars.

SOPHOMORE (2009): Competed in four meets, including the Mountain West Conference Championships…placed 45th at the conference meet with a me of 27:50…ran a season-best me of 25:54 at the Fort Hays Tiger Invita onal to finish 27th…that was the seventh-fastest me on the team…clocked a me of 28:49 at the Roy Griak Invita onal…opened the season with a 44th-place finish (20:57) at the Rust Buster Invita onal. FRESHMAN (2008): Saw ac on in four meets for the Falcons...opened the season with a 38th-place me of 25:27 at the Wyoming Invita onal (4.25-mile course)...clocked a season-best 8K me of 27:14 at the Fort Hays Invita onal...also ran 8K courses at the Air Force Open (29:12, 14th) and at the Rocky Mountain Shootout (29:28, 82nd). HIGH SCHOOL: Falcon High School...two- me Metro League cross country champion...Metro League champion in the 1600- and 800-meter events...also earned the regional championship (Colorado Springs area) tle in those two events. PERSONAL: Full name is Melvin Nicholas White...goes by Nick...nickname is "Blaze"...son of Melvin and Dylia White...father is re red from the Air Force...has three younger siblings, Mercedes, Chris and Andrew...currently undecided on major...future plans include becoming a fighter pilot...hobbies include running, snowboarding, basketball and videogames...a ended the Academy's Prep School...member of Cadet Squadron 08.

PERSONAL: Son of Harry and Joan Walmsley...goes by Jim...has a twin brother, Wil, who is on the rugby team at Arizona State University...also has a sister, Kim, that attends the University of Arizona... majoring in biology...future plans include a ending dental school... hobbies include rock climbing, bowling and basketball...ﬁnished sixth in 5000-meter run at the 2009 U.S. Junior Na onal Championships ...member of Cadet Squadron 07.

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TED ARTZ

WHITNEY BECK

Sophomore Indian Harbor Beach, Fla. Satellite High School

Senior Eden, Utah Weber High School

FRESHMAN (2009): Competed in the first two meets of the season…placed 64th at the season-opening Rust Buster Invita onal with a 6K me of 22:01…also ran at the four-mile Colorado State Classic, finishing 58th in a me of 24:41…MWC Scholar-Athlete. HIGH SCHOOL: Satellite High School...all-conference and all-state selec on in track...graduated with a 4.0 un-weighted grade-point-average...was ac ve in schools' science research and music programs. PERSONAL: Full name is Edward James Artz...goes by Ted...son of Edward and Barbara Artz...has one older sister, Alice...majoring in aeronau cal engineering...future plans include becoming a pilot or an engineer...hobbies include running and flying...has a commercial pilot's license...has played the viola in orchestra for eight years...member of Cadet Squadron 07.

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JUNIOR (2009): Competed in five meets…opened the season with a 23rd-place finish (16:28, 4K course) at the Rust Buster Invita onal…placed 29th at the 5K Colorado State Classic with a me of 21:07…clocked a me of 24:10 to place 53rd at the Rocky Mountain Shootout (5.8K)…placed 32nd at the Fort Hays Tiger Invita onal with a 5K me of 19:42…recorded a season-best me of 25:54 at the RMAC Open, placing 25th. SOPHOMORE (2008): Did not compete as a sophomore. FRESHMAN (2007): Saw ac on in four meets for the Falcons...opened the season with a 32nd-place me of 17:41 at the 2.5-mile Wyoming Invita onal...registered an 11th-place me of 27:28 at the 6K Air Force Open...clocked a me of 20:47 at the Aztec Invita onal (5K) to place 104th...finished the 5.8K Rocky Mountain Shootout in 26:33 (25th). HIGH SCHOOL: Weber High School...served as captain of cross country and track teams...senior class president. PERSONAL: Daughter of Lewis and Cynthia Beck...has one younger sister, Holly...majoring in behavioral sciences...future plans include attending nursing school...served as B-Flight NCO and Public Affairs NCO...has earned athle c honors...father, grandfather and greatgrandfather all served in the Air Force...a ended the Academy Prep School...was a member of the Huskies’ volleyball team...earned an achievement award...spent the summer working at a hospital in Kunsan AFB, Korea, receiving hands-on experience with IVs and phlebotomy...also worked with an ambulance at University Hospital in Gunsan City and assisted in a surgery...flew in an F-16...member of Cadet Squadron 33.

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MATT BELL

MATT CAIN

Sophomore Denver, Colo. George Washington High School

Junior Brockport, N.Y. Brockport High School

FRESHMAN (2009): Ran at the Colorado State Classic…placed 34th with a me of 21:39.50…that me was the Falcons’ best four-mile me of the season…was the squad’s top finisher at that meet. HIGH SCHOOL: George Washington High School...seven- me le erwinner in track and cross country...earned cross country MVP honors as a sophomore...served as cross country team captain during junior and senior seasons...clocked a personalbest 5K me of 15:27 and a personal-best two-mile me of 9:17...earned an IB diploma. PERSONAL: Full name is Ma hew Jacob Bell...goes by Ma ...nickname is "Baboon"…son of Mark and Judy Bell...has one younger sister, Sally...majoring in environmental engineering...future plans include becoming a fighter pilot… served as an Element NCO…member of the "500 Club"…named to the Superintendent’s List for excellence in military, academic and athle c performance…hobbies include biking, skiing, camping and swimming...spent the summer completing Global Engagement and Combat Survival Training…also spent me at home, camped in the mountains, climbed three 14ers (Harvard, Columbia, Yale) with dad, cliff jumped at Green Mountain Reservoir and went summer skiing with friends...member of Cadet Squadron 09.

SOPHOMORE (2009): Competed in four meets for Air Force…finished 39th (20:50) at the season-opening Rust Buster Invita onal...clocked a me of 28:17 at the Roy Griak Invita onal (8K course)…also ran at the Fort Hays Tigers Invita onal and at the RMAC Open…finished 51st at Fort Hays with a season-best 8K me of 26:50…placed 56th at the RMAC Open in 29:05. FRESHMAN (2008): Competed in four meets for the Falcons...picked up a seasonbest eighth-place finish (22:40) in the 6K race at the Air Force Open...opened the campaign with a 4.25-mile me of 25:47 at the Wyoming Invita onal (41st)...clocked a season-best 8K me of 27:04 at the Fort Hays Invita onal to place 36th...also competed at the Rocky Mountain Shootout, clocking an 84th-place me of 29:32. HIGH SCHOOL: Brockport High School...received 15 le ers...two- me par cipant at NSIC...four- me par cipant at the New York State Public High School Athle c Associa on Championships...six- me New York State Scholar-Athlete. PERSONAL: Son of Marleen Cain...has one older sister, Christyna...majoring in systems engineering management/human systems...future plans include working in the Air Force un l re rement and then owning an engineering firm...member of the "500 Club"...hobbies include playing guitar and hanging out with friends... grandfather and uncle were Marines...grandmother's brother was a pilot in Vietnam...spent the summer comple ng Global Engagement and Combat Survival Training, before relaxing at home... member of Cadet Squadron 39.

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KATIE CARROLL

RYAN DEL GROSSO

Junior San Antonio, Texas Winston Churchill High School

Junior Marysville, Ohio Marysville High School

SOPHOMORE (2009): Competed in four meets…opened the season at the Rust Buster Invita onal (4K course), placing 15th with a me of 16:10…finished 16th at the Fort Hays Tiger Invita onal a er crossing the finish line in a 5K me of 19:07…competed at the Roy Griak Invita onal, finishing with a me of 24:38…also ran the RMAC Open (6K), placing 20th with a me of 25:24…academic all-conference selec on. FRESHMAN (2008): Competed in four meets, including the conference championships...placed 26th at the 2.5-mile Wyoming Invita onal (17:14)...posted a 5.8K me of 24:09 at the Rocky Mountain Shootout (36th)...ran the 6K Pre-Na onals Meet in 25:43 (277th)...clocked a season-best 6K me of 25:16 at the MWC Championships to placed 67th...academic all-conference selec on. HIGH SCHOOL: Winston Churchill High School...qualified to the state cross country championships as a senior...district champion in the 3200-meter run in 2008...runner-up in the 1600-meter race at the district championships...MVP of the girls' wrestling team (2006-07)...district champion in the 119-pound weight class...graduated 16th in a class of 700...had a grade-point-average of over 4.0...member of the Na onal Honor Society. PERSONAL: Full name is Katherine Louise Carroll...goes by Ka e... daughter of Joseph and Martha Carroll...has two brothers, Richard and Mike...also has one younger sister, Janie...majoring in electrical engineering...hobbies include reading...member of Cadet Squadron 15.

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SOPHOMORE (2009): Competed in four meets, including the Mountain West Conference Championships…placed 38th at the conference meet with an 8K me of 27:00…also ran 8K courses at the Pre-Na onals Meet (26:55) and at the Roy Griak Invita onal (27:16)…opened the season with a 32nd-place me of 20:27 at the Rust Buster Invita onal (6K course)..academic all-conference selec on. FRESHMAN (2008): Par cipated in four meets...recorded a season-best 8K me of 26:23 to finish 23rd at the Fort Hays Invita onal...ran the Rocky Mountain Shootout in 28:56 (75th)...placed 16th at the 6K Air Force Open with a me of 29:35...opened the season with a 34th-place me of 25:03 at the 4.25-mile Wyoming Invita onal...academic all-conference selec on. HIGH SCHOOL: Marysville High School...three- me team MVP...two- me regional qualifier...graduated with a 4.22 GPA...member of the Na onal Honor Society. PERSONAL: Full name is Ryan Alexander Del Grosso...nickname is "Gonzo"...son of John and Connie Del Grosso...has one older brother, Nicholas...majoring in environmental engineering...future plans include working in the field of special tac cs...hobbies include playing hiking, swimming, camping and shoo ng...spent part of the summer at Hulburt Field, Fla., with the Special Tac cs Orienta on Group… also taught Evasion during Combat Survival Training...member of Cadet Squadron 24.

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CAMERON EDWARDS

MELISSA FUERST

Sophomore Park CIty, Utah Park City High School

Sophomore Blue Springs, Mo. Blue Springs High School

FRESHMAN (2009): Competed in the Rust Buster Invita onal…clocked a me of 23:39 to place 71st at that meet. HIGH SCHOOL: Park City High School...placed third in the Utah state cross country championships...ﬁnished second in the 800-meter run and fourth in the 1600-meter run at the Utah state track and ﬁeld championships...took 11 advance placement (AP) classes...member of the High Honor Roll...member of the varsity jazz band and Key Club. PERSONAL: Full name is Cameron O eson Edwards...goes by Cam... nickname is "Dopey"...son of Mitch Edwards and Melanie Desautels... has one older sister, Chelsea, and one older brother, Nick...majoring in computer engineering...earned Jump Wings over the summer… hobbies include skiing, biking and music...member of Cadet Squadron 36.

FRESHMAN (2009): Competed in five meets, including the Mountain West Conference Championships…placed 51st at the conference meet with a me of 24:12…picked up a season-best 10th-place finish at the Fort Hays Tiger Invita onal with a season-best me of 18:41 (5K)…placed 25th at the Colorado State Classic with a 5K me of 20:28…ran the Rocky Mountain Shootout in 24:44 to place 80th…par cipated in the “open” race of the Rust Buster Invita onal, clocking a me of 16:17. HIGH SCHOOL: Blue Springs High School...all-conference selec on in cross country and track...three- me compe tor at the Missouri state cross country championships...all-district honoree in track...competed on the 4x800-meter relay team that competed at the state championship meet...ranked eighth in gradua ng class...named to the Principal's Honor Roll...member of the Na onal Honor Society...served as NHS vice-president. PERSONAL: Full name is Melissa Lee Fuerst...nickname is Mel... daughter of Leland and Alice Fuerst...has one older sister, Chris na...majoring in systems engineering management...future plans include becoming an officer in the Air Force...served as B-2 Element NCO…enjoys sewing and reading...took a cruise with family over the summer…member of Cadet Squadron 29.

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TOMMY HEIKKINEN

DONALD JACKSON

Sophomore Panama City, Fla. Rutherford High School

Sophomore Cumming, Ga. South Forsyth High School

FRESHMAN (2009): Competed in ﬁve meets for the Falcons...earned a season-best 59th-place ﬁnish at the four-mile Colorado State Classic (23:36)…also competed in 8K races at the Rocky Mountain Shootout (29:51), the Fort Hays Tiger Invita onal (27:19, 59th) and the RMAC Open (29:55, 77th)…competed in the “open” race of the Rust Buster Invita onal, clocking a me of 21:38…academic all-conference selec on. HIGH SCHOOL: Rutherford High School...competed in track and cross country...was also a member of the swimming and soccer teams. PERSONAL: Son of Gerrold and Diane Heikkinen...goes by Tommy... has one older sister, Sarah... has twin younger sisters, Amy and Elizabeth...majoring in physics...future plans include becoming a F-22 pilot...member of Cadet Squadron 27.

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FRESHMAN (2009): Competed in three races…made collegiate debut at the Rocky Mountain Shootout (29:23)…also competed at the Fort Hays Tiger Invita onal (26:28, 59th) and at the RMAC Open (28:40, 47th). HIGH SCHOOL: South Forsyth High School…two- me regional champion...won the regional cross country tle in 2006...placed ﬁrst in the region in the 1600-meter run during the 2009 season...school record holder in the 800- and 1600-meter events...named to 2008 Team Georgia in cross country...two- me Team Metro-Atlanta selec on...three-year qualiﬁer to the state championship in swimming...member of the Na onal Honor Society...member of the Beta Club. PERSONAL: Son of Donald and Sharon Jackson...nickname is "Gator"...has two siblings, Jordan and Randi...majoring in computer programming...future plans include becoming a helicopter pilot...hobbies include playing the guitar and par cipa ng in other sports...did not start running un l sophomore year of high school...spent 12 years playing baseball and nine years playing football...has one aunt and two uncles that serve in the military.. member of Cadet Squadron 37.

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MORGAN MOSBY

SAM O’HAIR

Sophomore Evergreen, Colo. Mullen High School

Sophomore Rocklin, Calif. Rocklin High School

FRESHMAN (2009): Competed in four meets…placed 12th at the 6K RMAC Open a er finishing in 24:34…finished 13th at the Fort Hays Tiger Invita onal (5K) in 18:55…that me was the fourth-fastest on the team at that distance…competed at the Colorado State Classic, finishing the 5K race in 20:23 to place 20th…opened the season with a 21st-place finish at the 4K Rust Buster Invita onal. HIGH SCHOOL: Mullen High School…placed fourth in the 800-meter run at the 2007 Colorado 4A state track and field championships...recorded a me of 2:18.28 at that meet...set a personal-best me of 2:17.79 in the 800-meter run...placed 13th at the state 4A cross country championships in 2008. PERSONAL: Full name is Morgan Diane Mosby...nickname is "Momo"...daughter of James and Mary Mosby...has four siblings, Tre, Jahlorah, Hannah and Madison...majoring in behavioral science...future plans include flying helicopters…hobbies include reading, music and friends...spent the summer comple ng Combat Survival Training, Global Engagement and the Parachu ng program… member of Cadet Squadron 11.

FRESHMAN (2009): Did not compete. HIGH SCHOOL: Rocklin High School...earned MVP honors in both cross country and track...qualiﬁed for the state track championships in the two-mile and 3000-meter events...holds the school record in those two events...also par cipated on the basketball team...three- me scholar-athlete...named to the Honor Roll all four years. PERSONAL: Full name is Mark Samuel O'Hair...goes by Sam...nicknames are "Rabbit" and "RCR"...son of Mark and Margaret O'Hair...has one younger sister, Stephanie...currently undecided on a major...hobbies include ﬁshing and listening to Bob Dylan...currently serving as an IT Clerk and Coach…member of Cadet Squadron 22.

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GAGE OWENS

SETH PELLETIER

Sophomore McAllister, Mont. Ennis High School

Sophomore Wells, Maine Home School

FRESHMAN (2009): Competed in five meets…finished 54th at the Colorado State Classic with a four-mile me of 23:58…ran the Rocky Mountain Shootout in 30:15…clocked a me of 27:47 to place 70th at the at the Fort Hays Tiger Invita onal… competed at the RMAC Open, finishing 80th with a me of 30:06…par cipated in the “open” race at the Rust Buster Invita onal, clocking a me of 22:25…academic all-conference selec on…MWC Scholar-Athlete. HIGH SCHOOL: Ennis High School...competed in track and cross country all four years...all-state Class C finisher...placed seventh at the Montana state cross country championships as a junior...placed eighth at that meet during senior season... two- me qualifier and finisher at the Na onal Junior Olympics Cross Country Championships...two-year member of the basketball team...also played soccer...served as team captain of club soccer team...received the Scholas c Achievement Award (honors list)...member of the Saturday Scholars Program, which was awarded by teacher nomina on...member of the Na onal Honor Society...served as president during senior year...member of the Spanish Club, Lifesavers, SADD, Business Professionals of America, 4-H, Academic Olympics, Speech and Debate (impromptu speaking)...served as class president of Freshman, Sophomore and Senior classes in Student Council...Chamber Ensemble Member (madrigals, jazz choir)...served as student body vice-president during senior year...class valedictorian. PERSONAL: Full name is Gage Lynn Owens...son of Bre and Rita Owens...father is a re red lieutenant colonel…has three younger siblings, Gavin, Madison and Race...Gavin is a freshman runner at the Air Force Academy…majoring in mechanical engineering...future plans include becoming a pilot…hobbies include running, reading, music and any outdoor recrea on...also plays the piano... spent the summer comple ng Jump, Global Engagement and Combat Survival Training…member of Cadet Squadron 32.

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FRESHMAN (2009): Par cipated in four meets…opened the season at the Rust Buster Invita onal, placing 54th in a 6K me of 21:21…ran the four-mile Colorado State Classic in 22:06 to ﬁnish 39th…clocked a me of 29:58 at the Rocky Mountain Shootout (8K course)…posted a season-best me of 26:24 at the Fort Hays Tiger Invita onal to place 38th…that me was the 10th-fastest 8K me on the team. HIGH SCHOOL: Home schooled...represented Seacoast Chris an High School in compe on...six- me MAISAD champion in cross country and track...recorded personal-best mes of 4:16.60 in the 1600-meter run and 10:01.00 in the 3200-meter run. PERSONAL: Full name is Seth William Pelle er...son of Sammy and Susan Pelle er...has two older sisters, Samantha and Laura...also has one older brother, Douglas... Doug is a 2007 graduate of West Point and currently serving in Iraq ...majoring in poli cal science...future plans include becoming a pilot of the A-10 or AC-130...hobbies include music performance, hiking, ﬁshing, running and swimming... member of Cadet Squadron 35.

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ANDREW QUALLIO

ALEXA RAMSIER

Sophomore Jacksonville, Fla. Zama American High School (Japan)

Junior Dallas, Texas Plano West Senior High School

FRESHMAN (2009): Competed in five races…opened the season at the Rust Buster Invita onal…placed 47th with a me of 21:05 (6K course)…recorded a four-mile me of 22:01 to take 38th at the Colorado State Classic…ran three 8K courses…finished 77th at the Rocky Mountain Shootout with a me of 28:33…recorded a season-best me of 26:24 at the Fort Hays Tiger Invita onal to finish 44th…that me was the Falcons’ ninth-fastest of the season…was the Falcons’ top finisher at the RMAC Open, placing 44th with a me of 28:28…academic all-conference selec on. HIGH SCHOOL: Zama American High School (Camp Zama, Japan)...two- me Department of Defense Dependents Schools (DODDS) Far-East cross country champion...two- me Kanto Plains Associa on of Secondary School Principals (KPASSP) cross country champion...2009 USATF All-American for cross country...two- me KPASSP champion in the 3200/3000...2008 KPASSP champion in the 1500-meter ran...was an all-state (Florida) cross country selec on in 2006...member of the Na onal Honor Society...served as vice president of the ZHS Keystone Club. PERSONAL: Full name is Andrew Jonathan Quallio...son of Richard and Sharon Quallio...both parents are in the military...has two younger sisters, Selina and Miranda...majoring in mechanical engineering...future plans include becoming a pilot...made the Superintendent’s List for excellence in military, academic and athle c performance during both semesters of freshman year…hobbies include exercising, paintball and snowboarding...spent the summer comple ng S.P.A.C.E., Combat Survival Training and Global Engagement…also visited Southern California and the Kennedy Space Center over the summer…member of Cadet Squadron 03.

SOPHOMORE (2009): Competed in five meets for Air Force…opened the season with a 22nd-place finish at the Rust Buster Invita onal (16:21, 4K course)…finished 21st at the Fort Hays Tiger Invita onal in a season-best me of 19:16 (5K)…clocked a 5K me of 21:33 at the Colorado State Classic to place 37th…ran a 25:40 (5.8K) at the Rocky Mountain Shootout…clocked a 6K me of 26:01 to take 26th at the RMAC Open. FRESHMAN (2008): Competed in four meets for the Falcons...picked up a seasonbest fourth-place finish at the Air Force Open, clocking a 6K me of 25:46...ran the 5K Fort Hays Invita onal in 19:57 to finish 19th...clocked a me of 25:25 to place 65th at the 5.8K Rocky Mountain Shootout...opened the season with a 2.5-mile me of 17:37 at the Wyoming Invita onal (27th)...academic all-conference selec on. HIGH SCHOOL: Plano West Senior High School...member of the cross country team that finished first in the Texas Region 2-5A meet in 2006...that team also finished fourth at the Texas state 5A cross country meet...member of two District 9-5A championship teams (2006, 2007)...served as team captain during senior year...2007 regional qualifier in the 1600-meter run...2008 regional qualifier in the 3200-meter run...two-year captain of the soccer team...member of the Na onal Honor Society...member of the Spanish Honor Society...received academic awards in both computer and art class. PERSONAL: Full name is Alexa Allyn Ramsier...daughter of Patrick and Joy Ramsier...has three younger siblings, Jordan, Casie and Brooke...majoring in legal studies and earning a minor in Spanish…possible future plans include becoming a Public Affairs Officer or a JAG...named to the Dean's List and Athle c Director's List...hobbies include running and hanging out with family and friends...spent the summer comple ng Opera on Air Force at Tinker AFB, Okla., vaca oning at home in Texas and working the second session of Basic Cadet Training…member of Cadet Squadron 04.

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TYLER STANLEY

ALEX ZUBEY

Senior Columbus, Ohio Bexley High School

Junior Tamaqua, Pa. Tamaqua Area Senior High School

JUNIOR (2009): Did not compete.

SOPHOMORE (2009): Competed in the season-opening Rust Buster Invita onal…placed 19th with a me of 20:05.

SOPHOMORE (2008): Did not compete. FRESHMAN (2007): Competed in two meets for the Falcons...collected a me of 30:03 to place 24th at the Rocky Mountain Shootout...posted a 4.25-mile me of 25:46 at the Wyoming Invita onal to finish 53rd. HIGH SCHOOL: Bexley High School...two- me all-state selec on in track...finished third in the 800-meter run at the state championships as a senior...also ran a leg of the 4x800-meter relay team that finish seventh at that meet...served as team captain...also le ered in soccer, basketball and baseball...served as captain of soccer and basketball teams...member of two state championship soccer teams (2003, 2005)...member of the Na onal Honor Society...graduated with honors...served as class vice-president. PERSONAL: Full name is Paul Tyler Stanley...goes by Tyler...son of Sharleen Stanley...has one older brother, Chase, and one younger brother, Spencer...majoring in management...named to the Superintendent's List for excellence in military, academic and athle c performance...member of the Air Force track and field team....was the track and field program’s 2010 recipient of the Bret Hyde Award for Drive and Determina on… member of the 4x400-meter relay team that claimed all-conference honors at the 2010 MWC Outdoor Championships…member of Cadet Squadron 03.

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FRESHMAN (2008): Competed in four meets for the Falcons...recorded a seasonbest 8K me of 26:02 at the Fort Hays Invita onal...the 14th-place ﬁnish at the meet was also a season-best...ﬁnished 17th at the Air Force Open with a me of 29:55...tallied a me of 28:45 at the Rocky Mountain Shootout to place 73rd...tallied a 29th-place me of 24:38 at the 4.25-mile Wyoming Invita onal...academic allconference selec on. HIGH SCHOOL: Tamaqua Area Senior High School...holds school records in the 3200, 1600- and 800-meter events...also holds the league and district records in the 1600meter run with a me of 4:17.17...was a third-place medalist at the Pennsylvania AA state meet in both the 1600- and 800-meter events...recorded a personal-best 800-meter me of 1:55.06...member of the Na onal Honor Society, English Honor Society and French Honor Society...served as secretary of student government. PERSONAL: Son of Jerry and Helene Zubey...nickname is "Zubes".. has one older brother, George... majoring in management...future plans include becoming a pilot... member of the "500 Club"...hobbies include hanging out with family and friends, being outdoors and watching sports...member of Cadet Squadron 05.

FRESHMEN RUNNERS

DAN BAILEY Cream Ridge, N.J.

AMANDA BLAIN Mankato, Minn.

ISAIAH BRAGG West Liberty, Ohio

MATTHIEU CALDWELL Centennial, Colo.

SHAWN DUBBS Cripple Creek, Colo.

ANNETTE EICHENBERGER West Chicago, Ill.

CARL EIFERT Peachtree City, Ga.

CARSON FUGAL Park City, Utah

CARLEY GROSS Tustin, Calif.

JAKE HAWKINS Hampstead, N.H.

ALEX LINDSAY Rochester, Mich.

TASHA MAYNE Pflugerville, Texas

GAVIN OWENS Ennis, Mont.

CHARLIE PERKINS Alameda, Calif.

STEPHANEY SAARI San Antonio, Texas

LANCE WOLFSMITH Morgan Hill, Calif.

STACEY WILKINS San Antonio, Texas

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2009 SEASON IN REVIEW Under the direction of first-year Air Force head coach Juli Benson and first-year assistant coach Maj Jason Zarb-Cousin, the Air Force cross country team completed a successful season. The men placed third at the conference championship meet, while the women boasted their best finish in six years with a fourth-place standing. The men placed sixth and the women finished 13th at the regional meet. Junior Justin Tyner - the first Air Force runner in three years to compete at the national championship meet – earned all-region and all-conference accolades, while senior captain Zach Nordahl joined him on the all-conference list. Senior Ally Romanko was a strong presence for the women’s team in 2009, while freshman Jen Bremser guided the Falcons at the conference meet with a 20th-place individual finish.

2009 TEAM NOTES Justin Tyner, the first Falcon to compete at the NCAA Championships since 2007, paced the Falcons in four of five meets, including an all conference performance third overall at the MWC Championships. With all five scoring runners placing within the top 50, the men finished sixth in the 17 team regional. That team placement is the second highest finish for the Fal cons since 2004. Air Force was paced by all region hon oree Justin Tyner, who placed fifth in 30:30. Zach Nordahl finished 31st with a personal best time of 31:26, while Jonathan Rock 31:43, 36th and James Walmsley 31:50, 39th made their collegiate 10K debuts. Andy Schweitzer, also competing in his first 10K, rounded out the scoring runners with a 50th place time of 32:06. Ally Romanko and Katie Lynch paced the women to a 13th place regional finish. Romanko finished 63rd in 22:40, while Lynch was right on her heels at 22:41 64th . Auriele Fain 22:59 finished 80th, while Katherine Ward career best 23:05 and Kate Kanetzky 23:06 finished 84th and 85th, respectively. Meghan Prinkey rounded out the runners with a 94th place career time of 23:15. Crossing the finish line in a career best time of 23:45, Justin Tyner picked up a third place finish at the 2009 MWC Championships on Oct. 31. Tyner, who finished just 10 seconds off of the meet winner, collected the Falcons’ best individual finish since 2005 and tied for the second best finish ever. Justin Tyner and Zach Nordahl claimed all conference honors following top 14 finishes at the MWC Champi onships on Oct. 31. Tyner’s third place finish garnered him first team accolades, while Nordahl placed 13th to earn second team honors.

With all five scoring runners finishing within the top 25, the Air Force men placed third at the conference cham pionships on Oct. 31. In addition to the Falcons’ two all conference performers, Jonathan Rock finished 19th and James Walmsley placed 21st. Andy Schweitzer rounded out the Air Force scoring runners with a 23rd place time.

2009 TEAM AWARDS MOST VALUABLE RUNNERS Justin Tyner; Ally Romanko MOST IMPROVED RUNNERS Andy Schweitzer; Katherine Ward OUTSTANDING FRESHMEN Jeremy Drenckhahn; Jennifer Bremser

With a 20th place finish, Jen Bremser recorded the Fal cons’ best individual placement at the MWC meet since 2005. It is also the first time this season that a member of the Falcons’ freshman class paced the field. Four of the Falcons’ five scoring runners finished within the top 30 at the MWC meet on Oct. 31, as Air Force fin ished fourth in the team standings. That placement is the best for an Air Force team since 2004. Behind Jen Bremser’s 20th place finish, Katherine Ward and Auriele Fain finished 23rd and 24th, respectively. Katie Lynch rounded out the Falcons’ top finishers in 27th place. Jeremy Drenckhahn was named the MWC Runner of the Week following his team leading performance at the Fort Hays State Tiger Open on Oct. 10. With a career best time of 25:45.26, Drenckhahn finished 21st among 102 runners, while placing the Falcons to a fifth place finish. Justin Tyner was named the MWC Runner of the Week and the USAFA Athlete of the Week, following his stellar performance at the Roy Griak Invitational on Sept. 26. Tyner finished fifth among 167 NCAA Division I runners, while pacing the Falcons to an eighth place team finish. Brittany Morreale was awarded one of 32 Rhodes Schol arships for 2010. Morreale is the Academy’s 36th recipi ent of this prestigious award and the 11th cadet athlete to earn this honor.

2009 MOST VALUABLE RUNNER Junior Justin Tyner had a standout season for the Falcons, earning all-conference and all-region honors, as well as a berth at the NCAA Cross Country Championships. The junior picked up the program’s best finish at the national meet since 2004, as he placed 71st among 250 of the nation’s top runners. Tyner was the top-finishing Air Force runner in four meets. Pacing Air Force at both the 8K and 10K distances, Tyner was an all-conference (third-place) and all-region (fifth-place) selection. In addition, he recorded strong finishes at the Pre-Nationals (21st) and Roy Griak (fifth) Invitational, while earning MWC Athlete of the Week honors. Senior Ally Romanko was the Falcons’ top finisher in every meet she competed in this season, including the Pre-Nationals Meet and NCAA Mountain Region Championships. Her Pre-Nationals time of 22:24.1 was the fastest 6K time on the team in 2009, while she also accounted for the fastest 4K time (15:29.02) at the season-opening UCCS Rust Buster Invitational. Romanko finished fourth at the Rust Buster to guide the women to a first-place finish in the team standings.

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2009 HONORS & AWARDS ALL-REGION SELECTIONS Justin Tyner ALL-CONFERENCE HONOREES Justin Tyner (first team) Zach Nordahl (second team) MWC RUNNER OF THE WEEK Justin Tyner (Sept. 29) Jeremy Drenckhahn (Oct. 13) USAFA ATHLETE OF THE WEEK Justin Tyner (Sept. 28; Nov. 2; Nov. 16) CoSIDA ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT Brittany Morreale (first team) CoSIDA ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICA Brittany Morreale (second team) RHODES SCHOLAR Brittany Morreale ACADEMIC ALL-CONFERENCE Dominique Amor; Jennifer Bremser; Katie Carroll; Ryan Del Grosso; Auriele Fain; Jeremy Drenckhahn; Thomas Heikkinen; Kara Hovseth; Kate Kanetzky; Brittany Morreale; Zach Nordahl; Gage Owens; Meghan Prinkey; Andrew Quallio; Andy Schweitzer; Tyler Small; Kathleen Vardell MWC SCHOLAR-ATHLETE Ted Artz; Jeremy Drenckhahn; Austin Fritzke; Kate Kanetzky; Brittany Morreale; Zach Nordahl; Gage Owens; Tyler Small

2009 MEN’S RESULTS DATE Sept. 04 Sept. 18 Sept. 26 Oct. 3 Oct. 10 Oct. 17 Oct. 24 Oct. 31 Nov. 14 Nov. 23

EVENT Rust Buster Invitational (6K) Colorado State Classic (4 mi) Roy Griak Invitational (8K) Rocky Mountain Shootout (8K) Tiger Invitational (8K) Pre-Nationals Meet (8K) RMAC Open (8K) MWC Championships (8K) NCAA Regional Championships (10k) NCAA Championships (10k)

NAME Edward Artz Matthew Bell Zak Boston Matt Cain Ryan Del Grosso Jeremy Drenckhahn Cameron Edwards Chris Espinosa Austin Fritzke Jacob Fulton Dylan Hallums Thomas Heikkinen Donald Jackson Cory Johnson Conor Murphy Zach Nordahl Sam O’Hair Gage Owens Seth Pelletier Jordan Potterton Andrew Quallio Jonathan Rock Andy Schweitzer Tyler Small Justin Tyner James Walmsley Nick White Alex Zubey

UCCS 22:01 (64) -21:40 (60) 20:50 (39) 20:27 (32) 20:53 (40) 22:39 (71) 22:38 (70) 20:16 (24) -21:46 (*) 21:38 (*) -21:15 (53) -19:09 (2) -22:25 (*) 21:21 (54) -21:05 (47) 19:40 (11) 20:09 (21) 20:21 (28) 19:25 (7) 19:23 (6) 20:57 (44) 20:05 (19)

CSU 24:41 (58) 21:40 (34) 23:17 (48) -------22:47 (45) 23:36 (52) --22:31 (44) --23:58 (54) 22:06 (39) -22:01 (38) --------

PLACE 2nd 2nd 8th 4th 5th 12th -3rd 6th --

MINN ---28:17 (148) 27:16 (115) ----------25:45 (40) -----26:28 (71) 26:46 (91) 26:54 (101) 25:58 (5) 25:34 (34) 28:49 (154) --

FIELD 7 teams 6 teams 18 teams 4 teams 8 teams 34 teams -6 teams 17 teams --

RMS --29:47 (118) --28:15 (64) -30:53 (153) --29:34 (109) 29:51 (123) 29:23 (102) -29:46 (117) --30:15 (137) 29:58 (128) -28:33 (77) --------

POINTS 44 points 200 points 223 points 91 points 116 points 382 points -72 points 161 points --

FHI --27:08 (57) 26:50 (51) -25:45 (21) ----27:17 (58) 27:19 (59) 26:28 (42) ----27:47 (70) 26:24 (38) -26:18 (36) -----25:54 (27) --

TOP FINISHER Zach Nordahl Matt Bell Justin Tyner Jeremy Drenckhahn Jeremy Drenckhahn Justin Tyner Andrew Quallio Justin Tyner Justin Tyner Justin Tyner

PRE ----26:55 (219) ----------24:50 (64) -----25:00 (83) 26:06 (181) 26:23 (201) 24:17 (21) 24:29 (35) ---

RMAC --28:44 (49) 29:05 (56) ---30:26 (83) --29:39 (70) 29:55 (77) 28:40 (47) 29:32 (69) 29:04 (55) --30:06 (80) --28:28 (44) --------

PLACE 2nd 34th 5th 64th 21st 21st 44th 3rd 5th 71st

MWC ----27:00 (38) 26:13 (31) ---------24:42 (13) -----25:00 (19) 25:34 (23) 26:15 (32) 23:45 (3) 23:14 (21) 27:50 (45) --

FIELD 86 runners 62 runners 167 runners 204 runners 102 runners 238 runners 119 runners 50 runners 120 runners 250 runners

REG -----32:49 (80) ---------31:26 (31) -----31:43 (36) 32:06 (50) 33:27 (96) 30:30 (5) 31:49 (39) ---

TIME 19:09 21:40 24:58 28:15 25:45 24:17 28:28 23:45 30:30 30:38

NCAA ------------------------30:38 (71) ----

ANDREW QUALLIO

MATT BELL

JEREMY DRENCKHAHN

* Competed in the “open” race.

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2009 WOMEN’S RESULTS DATE Sept. 04 Sept. 18 Sept. 26 Oct. 3 Oct. 10 Oct. 17 Oct. 24 Oct. 31 Nov. 14

EVENT Rust Buster Invitational (4K) Colorado State Classic (5K) Roy Griak Invitational (6K) Rocky Mountain Shootout (5.8K) Tiger Invitational (5K) Pre-Nationals Meet (6K) RMAC Open (6K) MWC Championships (6K) NCAA Regional Championships

NAME Dominique Amor Katie Anderson Whitney Beck Jen Bremser Becca Burditt Katie Carroll Auriele Fain Phaelen French Melissa Fuerst Cathy Haycraft Kara Hovseth Kate Kanetzky Katie Lynch Brittany Morreale Samantha Morrison Morgan Mosby Meghan Prinkey Alexa Ramsier Ally Romanko G Torre’ Santiago Kathleen Vardell Katherine Ward Elyse Willard

UCCS 16:32 (25) 15:32 (5) 16:28 (23) 15:45 (13) 17:29 (42) 16:10 (15) 15:37 (10) 16:13 (21) 16:17 (*) 19:45 (63) 17:08 (36) 16:01 (*) 15:36 (8) 16:30 (24) -16:20 (21) 16:18 (20) 16:21 (22) 15:29 (4) -16:42 (*) 15:39 (11) 15:33 (6)

CSU 21:24 (34) -21:07 (29) -----20:28 (25) -21:11 (30) --20:07 (17) -20:23 (20) 20:29 (22) 21:33 (37) --22:18 (42) ---

PLACE 1st 5th 9th 4th 2nd 32nd -4th 13th

MINN ---24:14 (94) -24:38 (120) -25:36 (158) ---24:16 (97) 23:32 (57) -----23:03 (37) --23:30 (55) 23:48 (71)

FIELD 8 teams 6 teams 17 teams 4 teams 7 teams 37 teams -9 teams 20 teams

RMS 24:39 (73) -24:10 (53) ---22:43 (18) -24:44 (80) -25:04 (93) --23:27 (37) --23:41 (39) 25:40 (106) --25:47 (110) ---

POINTS 33 points 113 points 246 points 83 points 51 points 777 points -124 points 376 points

FHI 19:20 (25) -19:42 (32) --19:07 (16) -19:15 (18) 18:41 (10) -19:41 (31) --18:39 (9) -18:55 (13) 18:37 (8) 19:16 (21) --20:30 (42) ---

TOP FINISHER Ally Romanko Brittany Morreale Ally Romanko Auriele Fain Meghan Prinkey Ally Romanko Elyse Willard Jen Bremser Ally Romanko

PRE ---23:27 (210) --22:27 (135) ----23:16 (196) 22:35 (145) -----22:24 (130) --22:54 (171) --

RMAC 25:32 (22) -25:54 (25) --25:24 (20) -25:32 (21) --26:10 (27) ----24:34 (12) -26:01 (26) --26:41 (29) -24:18 (9)

PLACE 4th 17th 37th 18th 8th 130th 9th 20th 63rd

MWC ---22:36 (20) --22:44 (24) -24:12 (51) --23:15 (37) 22:49 (27) 24:04 (46) --23:18 (38) ----22:43 (23) --

FIELD 75 runners 54 runners 193 runners 169 runners 68 runners 249 runners 50 runners 74 runners 134 runners

REG ---23:22 (99) --22:59 (80) ----23:06 (85) 22:41 (64) ---23:15 (94) -22:40 (63) --23:05 (84) --

TIME 15:29 20:07 23:03 22:43 18:37 22:24 24:18 22:36 22:40

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GOAIRFORCEFALCONS.COM

ELYSE WILLARD

MEGHAN PRINKEY

AURIELE FAIN

BRITTANY MORREALE

JEN BREMSER

* Competed in the “open” race.

MENâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S YEAR-BY-YEAR HISTORY YEAR . . . . .W . . . .L . . . .T 1956 . . . . . .1 . . . .1 . . . .0 1957 . . . . . .1 . . . .3 . . . .0 1958 . . . . . .5 . . . .4 . . . .0 1959 . . . . . .7 . . . .2 . . . .0 1960 . . . . . .8 . . . .1 . . . .0 1961 . . . . . .7 . . . .5 . . . .0 1962 . . . . . .3 . . . .5 . . . .0 1963 . . . . . .6 . . . .1 . . . .1 1964 . . . . . .9 . . . .1 . . . .0 1965 . . . . . .2 . . . .3 . . . .0 1966 . . . . . .3 . . . .6 . . . .0 1967 . . . . . .9 . . . .0 . . . .0 1968 . . . . . .6 . . . .4 . . . .0 1969 . . . . . .5 . . . .2 . . . .0 1970 . . . . . .5 . . . .4 . . . .0 1971 . . . . . .7 . . . .1 . . . .0 1972 . . . . . .3 . . . .3 . . . .0 1973 . . . . . .4 . . . .3 . . . .0 1974 . . . . . .4 . . . .3 . . . .0 1975 . . . . . .8 . . . .4 . . . .0 1976 . . . . . .5 . . . .4 . . . .0 1977& . . . . .4 . . . .5 . . . .1 1978 . . . . . .5 . . . .2 . . . .0 1979 . . . . . .9 . . . .1 . . . .0 1980# . . . . .5 . . . .1 . . . .0 1981 . . . . . .3 . . . .1 . . . .0 1982^ . . . . .2 . . . .5 . . . .0 1983 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1984 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1985 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1986 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1987 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1988 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1989 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1990 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1991 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1992 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1993 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1994 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1995 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1996 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1997 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1998* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1999+ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2005 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2007 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TOTAL . . . .136 . . .75 . . . .2

CONF . . . .REG . . . .NATL . . . .COACH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TEAM CAPTAINS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .MOST VALUABLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Lt Russell Thoburn . . . . . . . . . .James Chapman, Don Livingston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Tommy Thomson . . . . . . . . . . . .James Bilello . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Capt Ed Matthews . . . . . . . . . . .James Bilello . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9th . . . . . .Capt Ed Matthews . . . . . . . . . . .James Bilello . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7th . . . . . .Capt Ed Matthews . . . . . . . . . . .Dave Carlstom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10th . . . . .Capt Ed Matthews . . . . . . . . . . .John Fer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Arne Arnesen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Tom Cardoza . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Arne Arnesen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .James Murphy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10th . . . . .Arne Arnesen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Kirk Hall, Jesse Overall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Arne Arnesen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lewis Moore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Arne Arnesen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .n/a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2nd . . . . . .Arne Arnesen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Terry Gruters, Doug Everett . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22nd . . . . .Arne Arnesen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lindsey Parris . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mike Ryan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Arne Arnesen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .John Jones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mike Ryan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Arne Arnesen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .John Jones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dennis Sbach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23rd . . . . .Arne Arnesen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dennis Sbach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dennis Sbach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Arne Arnesen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ernie Maravilla . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ernie Maravilla . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Arne Arnesen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Bill Frank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Bill Frank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Arne Arnesen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Pat Rupel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Pat Rupel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Arne Arnesen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jeff Ford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jeff Ford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Arne Arnesen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Keith Haines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Gary Sheppard . . . . . . . . .11th . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Maj Dick Elliott . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dave Wynn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dave McKinney . . . . . . . . .7th . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Maj Dick Elliott . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dave McKinney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .John Evans . . . . . . . . .13th . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Maj Dick Elliott . . . . . . . . . . . . . .John Evans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Bret Hyde 3rd . . . . . .8th . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Maj Dick Elliott . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Bret Hyde . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Bret Hyde 2nd . . . . . .3rd . . . . .22nd . . . . .Maj Pete Jones . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Andy Ferguson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dan Rooney 6th . . . . . .7th . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Maj Pete Jones . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Brian Maas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Gary Droze 8th . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Capt Jim Trego . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Robert Langstaff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Robert Langstaff 7th . . . . . .14th . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Capt Jim Trego . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ivan McKnight, John Wright . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Micky Testa 8th . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Capt Jim Trego . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Joe Martin, David Carpenter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Micky Testa 7th . . . . . .14th . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Capt Jim Trego . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Bert Morales, Micky Testa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Micky Testa 8th . . . . . .14th . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Maj Jim Trego . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Alan Anzai . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Alan Anzai 4th . . . . . .6th . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Maj Jim Trego . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Craig DeBoni, Caesar Garduno . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Caesar Garduno 6th . . . . . .12th . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ralph Lindeman . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dave Fresella . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dave Fresella 3rd . . . . . .9th . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ralph Lindeman . . . . . . . . . . . . .Brad Hamby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Chris Nelson 1st . . . . . .2nd . . . . .14th . . . . .Ralph Lindeman . . . . . . . . . . . . .Chris Nelson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Chris Nelson 3rd . . . . . .5th . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mark Stanforth . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Chris Juarez . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Phil Swenson 3rd . . . . . .7th . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mark Stanforth . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Phil Swenson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Phil Swenson 1st . . . . . .4th . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mark Stanforth . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Cliff Volpe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Eric Mack 2nd . . . . . .7th . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mark Stanforth . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Eric Mack, Andy Meehan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Eric Mack 1st . . . . . .10th . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mark Stanforth . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Andrew Marx . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Zach Smith 3rd . . . . . .7th . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mark Stanforth . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Steve Radtke, Zach Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Zach Smith 2nd . . . . . .8th . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mark Stanforth . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Matt Allen, Todd Moenster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Matt Allen 2nd . . . . . .8th . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mark Stanforth . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jim Nelson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jim Nelson 3rd . . . . . .6th . . . . .16th . . . . .Mark Stanforth . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Joe Monaco, Shane Rogers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Chris Acs 2nd . . . . . .5th . . . . .26th . . . . .Mark Stanforth . . . . . . . . . . . . . .David Romero, Albert Kelly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .David Romero 4th . . . . . .10th . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mark Stanforth . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Rudy Taute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ben Payne 1st . . . . . .3rd . . . . .8th . . . . . .Mark Stanforth . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ben Payne, Chris Acs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ben Payne 2nd . . . . . .3rd . . . . .14th . . . . .Mark Stanforth . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Brian Dumm, Abe Wengel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Brian Dumm 3rd . . . . . .7th . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mark Stanforth . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Matt Hellier, Mark Walter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Nick Wilson 2nd . . . . . .8th . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mark Stanforth . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jason Beck, Richard Elmore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Richard Elmore 3rd . . . . . .6th . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .John Hayes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Kenny Grosselin, Josh van Wyngaarden . . . . . . . .Matt Williams 2nd . . . . . .5th . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ralph Lindeman . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sean Houseworth, Matt Williams . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sean Houseworth 3rd . . . . . .6th . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Juli Benson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Zach Nordahl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Justin Tyner

& First year of NCAA District 7 competition; # First year of WAC competition; * Last year in WAC competition; + First year in MWC; ^ There were no dual meets after 1982

AIR FORCE CROSS COUNTRY

WOMENâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S YEAR-BY-YEAR HISTORY YEAR . . . . .W . . . .L . . . .T 1976 . . . . . .3 . . . .0 . . . .0 1977 . . . . . .1 . . . .0 . . . .0 1978 . . . . . .3 . . . .0 . . . .0 1979 . . . . . .5 . . . .1 . . . .0 1980 . . . . . .3 . . . .0 . . . .0 1981 . . . . . .4 . . . .0 . . . .0 1982$ . . . . .4 . . . .0 . . . .0 1983 . . . . . .2 . . . .0 . . . .0 1984 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1985 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1986 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1987 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1988 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1989 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1990 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1991 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1992 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1993 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1994 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1995 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1996# . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1997 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1998% . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1999+ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2005 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2007 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TOTAL . . . . .25 . . . .1 . . . .0

CONF . . . .REG . . . .NATL . . . .COACH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TEAM CAPTAINS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .MOST VALUABLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Maj Vik Hackley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5th . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Capt Jim Scott . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Anne Martin . . . . . . . . .10th . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Capt Jim Scott . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Donna Cliff . . . . . . . . .1st . . . . .1st* . . . . .Ernie Cunliffe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Amy McCarthy, Tanya Senz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Rita Burr . . . . . . . . .1st . . . . .3rd* . . . . .Ernie Cunliffe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Annetta Weber, Jan Wiley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Theresa Hanrahan . . . . . . . . .2nd . . . . .2nd* . . . . .Ernie Cunliffe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Rita Burr, Dana Lindsley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dana Lindsley . . . . . . . . .2nd . . . . .6th . . . . . .Ernie Cunliffe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dana Lindsley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Rita Burr . . . . . . . . .1st . . . . .8th . . . . . .Ernie Cunliffe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Joy Meyen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Gail Conway . . . . . . . . .3rd . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ernie Cunliffe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Laureli Mazik . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Princess Harrison . . . . . . . . .5th . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Capt Gus Schalkham . . . . . . . . . .Carol Travis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Carol Travis . . . . . . . . .2nd . . . . .9th . . . . . .Capt Gus Schalkham . . . . . . . . . .Brenda Lewis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jill Wood . . . . . . . . .2nd . . . . .9th . . . . . .Capt Mark Sperre . . . . . . . . . . . .Rebecca Sivacek . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Shannen Karpel . . . . . . . . .1st . . . . .2nd . . . . . .Capt Mark Sperre . . . . . . . . . . . .Jill Wood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jill Wood . . . . . . . . .1st . . . . .2nd . . . . . .Capt Gail Conway . . . . . . . . . . . .Jill Wood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jill Wood . . . . . . . . .2nd . . . . .2nd . . . . . .Capt Gail Conway . . . . . . . . . . . .Callie Calhoun, Suzanne Henke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Callie Calhoun . . . . . . . . .6th . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Capt Gail Conway . . . . . . . . . . . .Kelly Kirkpatrick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Kelly Kirkpatrick . . . . . . . . .3rd . . . . .6th . . . . . .Mark Stanforth . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Rachel Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jennifer Kornacker . . . . . . . . .4th . . . . .11th . . . . .Mark Stanforth . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Renae Bartolone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jennifer Kornacker . . . . . . . . .4th . . . . .14th . . . . .Mark Stanforth . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Renae Bartolone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Michelle Truesdale . . . . . . . . .3rd . . . . .6th . . . . . .Mark Stanforth . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sara Whittingham, Rita Perez . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Michelle Truesdale 10th . . . . .13th . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mark Stanforth . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sierra Gould . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Rachel Smith 8th . . . . . .15th . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mark Stanforth . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jennifer Young . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Heather Johnson 4th . . . . . .12th . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mark Stanforth . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Cathy Majauskas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Rachel Smith 3rd . . . . . .12th . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mark Stanforth . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Heather Johnson, Rachel Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Rachel Smith 3rd . . . . . .9th . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mark Stanforth . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jaime Flood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jaime Flood 3rd . . . . . .7th . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mark Stanforth . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lara Coppinger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Brandess Pardue 3rd . . . . . .6th . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mark Stanforth . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Elissa Ballas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Brandess Pardue 3rd . . . . . .14th . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mark Stanforth . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Kelly McPherson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Anne Chumlea 5th . . . . . .11th . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mark Stanforth . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Cindy Dawson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Kelly Robinson 6th . . . . . .10th . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mark Stanforth . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Andrea Pinchak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Nicole Graham 7th . . . . . .13th . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mark Stanforth . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Margaret Frash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Kelly Robinson 6th . . . . . .16th . . . . . . . . . . . . . .John Hayes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Danielle Pozun, Kelly Robinson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Brittany Morreale 6th . . . . . .13th . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ralph Lindeman . . . . . . . . . . . . .Brittany Morreale, Ally Romanko . . . . . . . . . . . . .Katie Lynch 4th . . . . . .13th . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Juli Benson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Katie Lynch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ally Romanko

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COSIDA ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICAN Chris Nelson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1990, 1991 Renae Bartolone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1992, 1993, 1994 Jennifer Kornacker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1993 Dolly Patel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1994, 1995 Nick Wilson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2005 Kenny Grosselin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2007 Brittany Morreale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2009

MEN’S AWARD WINNERS 1962 John Fer . . . . . . . .Most Valuable Male Athlete 1965 Jim Murphy . . . . .Most Valuable Male Athlete 1970 Mike Ryan . . . . . . . . . . . . .Athletic Excellence 1972 Dennis Sbach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Leadership 1978 Ric Linares . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Scholar-Athlete 1981 Bret Hyde . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Leadership 1992 Chris Nelson . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Scholar-Athlete 1996 Andy Meehan . . . . . . . . . . . . .Scholar-Athlete 1996 Eric Mack . . . . . .Most Valuable Male Athlete 1998 Will Woodward . . . . . . . . . . . .Scholar-Athlete 2001 Shane Rogers . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Scholar-Athlete 2003 Ben Payne . . . . . .Most Valuable Male Athlete 2007 Kenny Grosselin . . . . . . . . . . .Scholar-Athlete 2008 Sean Houseworth . . . . . . .Athletic Excellence

COSIDA ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT Nick Wilson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2005 Margaret Frash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2005 Kenny Grosselin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2006, 2007 Joe Curran . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2006 Brittany Morreale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2007, 2009 Matt Williams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2008 NCAA POSTGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP Jim Murphy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1965-66 Mike Ryan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1969-70 John Jones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1970-71 Chris Nelson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1991-92 Dolly Patel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1995-96 Shane Rogers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2000-01 Kenny Grosselin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2007-08

WOMEN’S AWARD WINNERS 1989 Rita Burr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Scholar Athlete 1991 Callie Calhoun . . . . . . . . . .Athletic Excellence 2003 Elissa Ballas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Leadership 2009 Brittany Morreale . . . . . . . . . .Scholar Athlete

RHODES SCHOLARSHIP Brittany Morreale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2009 STAN BATES SCHOLARSHIP (WAC) Chris Nelson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1991-92 USTFCCCA ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM Women . . . . . . . . . . . .2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006 Men . . . . . . . . . .1995, 1996, 1997, 2006, 2007, 2008

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MEN’S ALL-AMERICANS In the 54-year history of Air Force men’s cross country, eight have earned All-America honors a total of 11 times. Included in this number are two multi-winners and one national champion.

Jim Murphy 1964

Terry Gruters 1967

Mike Ryan 1967-68-69

Dennis Sbach 1971

1968 National Champion

Jim Koster 1973

Chris Nelson 1990-91

Phil Swenson 1993

Eric Mack 1995 1995 Top American Finisher

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AWARDS AND HONORS WOMEN’S ALL-AMERICANS In the 34-year history of Air Force women’s cross country, 14 have earned All-America honors on 28 occasions (AIAW or NCAA Division II level). There have been seven multi-winners and one national champion.

Rita Burr 1979-80-81-82

Annetta Webber 1979-81

Kim Sheridan 1981

Lisa Yoha 1981

Jill Wood 1986-87-88-89

Shannen Karpel 1987-88-89-90

Kelly Kirkpatrick 1988

Callie Calhoun 1988-89-90 1995 National Champion

Suzanne Henke 1988-90

Cindy Craig 1989

Michelle Truesdale 1994-95

Dolly Patel 1995

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Amy Reecy 1990

Jennifer Kornacker 1992

MENâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP HISTORY NCAA TEAM FINISHES (ALL AT DIV-I LEVEL) 1959 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9th place 1960 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7th place 1961 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10th place 1964 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10th place 1967 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2nd place 1968 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22nd place 1971 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23rd place 1981 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22nd place 1991 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14th place 2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16th place 2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26th place 2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8th place 2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14th place NCAA INDIVIDUAL HIGHLIGHTS 1968 . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mike Ryan is national champion 1995 . . . . . . . . . . .Eric Mack is top American finisher

1964 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10TH PLACE Jim Murphy *** . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3rd (20:17.5) Bob Foley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42nd (21:11.1) Dave Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82nd (21:37.1) 1967 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2ND PLACE Mike Ryan *** . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3rd (31:06) Terry Gruters *** . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14th (32:15) Greg Wright . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33rd (32:58) Howard Parriss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41st (33:12) Roy Almeida . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53rd (33:39.5) Doug Everett . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64th (34:08) Tim Mason . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67th (34:17) 1968 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22ND PLACE Mike Ryan *** . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1st (29:16.8) John Jones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .208th (34:16) 1969 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mike Ryan *** . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2nd (29:01) John Jones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102nd (31:43) 1970 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Jones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96th (29:48) Dennis Sbach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .98th (29:50) 1971 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23RD PLACE Dennis Sbach *** . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23rd (30:21) Jim Koster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95th (31:21) David Daley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .206th (32:40) Ernie Maravilla . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .237th (33:11) Howard Frank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .248th (33:30) Richard Lower . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .263rd (34:11) William Miller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .264th (34:14)

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1959 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9TH PLACE John Fer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32nd (20:00.2) James Bilello . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39th (22:14) Joe Mandel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59th (22:36.5) Dave Carlstrom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66th (22:46.5) Austin Wedemeyer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67th (22:47) Will Holbrow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .98th (24:09) Roy Stafford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100th (24:13) 1960 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7TH PLACE David Carlstrom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33rd (21:00) John Fer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39th (21:04) Tom Cardoza . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57th (21:31) Austin Wedemeyer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58th (21:35) Dick Parker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60th (21:42) Joe Mandel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68th (22:10) Will Holbrow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87th (23:03) 1961 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10TH PLACE John Fer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39th (21:09) Tom Cardoza . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60th (21:31) Austin Wedemeyer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68th (21:37) Dick Parker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81st (21:59) Will Holbrow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(place/time n/a)

1973 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jim Koster *** . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26th (29:17.6) 1980 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bret Hyde . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .169th (31:37.6) 1981 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22ND PLACE Dan Rooney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69th (times n/a) Andy Ferguson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71st (times n/a) Brian Maas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82nd (times n/a) Mike Kubitschek . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112th (times n/a) Gary Droze . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .123rd (times n/a) Bob Langstaff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .144th (times n/a) Blake Pierson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .153rd (times n/a) 1990 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chris Nelson *** . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29th (30:05) 1991 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14TH PLACE Chris Nelson *** . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20th (31:02.2) Chris Juarez . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68th (32:03.3) Phil Swenson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72nd (32:05.9) Chris Lindhorst . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113th (32:45.7) Eli Ricca . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .137th (33:14.3) Nick MacFalls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .149th (33:39.7) Peter Ohotnicky . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .164th (34:25.8)

1993 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Phil Swenson *** . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28th (30:29.7) 1994 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Eric Mack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67th (31:52.8) 1995 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Eric Mack *** . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3rd (30:46) 1996 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Andrew Marx . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .171st (36:29) 2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16TH PLACE Albert Kelly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85th (31:38) Chris Acs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91st (31:40) Joe Monaco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103rd (31:46) Zach Richter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .145th (32:08) David Romero . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .167th (32:18) Ben Payne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .173rd (32:20) Shane Rogers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .219th (32:57) 2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26TH PLACE David Romero . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75th (30:42) Chris Acs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121st (31:11) Al Kelly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .144th (31:27) Ben Payne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .190th (31:57) Brian Carpenter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .221st (32:39) Jim Blech . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .229th (32:57) Brian Dumm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .242nd (33:44) 2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8TH PLACE Chris Acs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36th (30:21.8) Brian Dumm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58th (30:39.1) Ben Payne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62nd (30:42.9) Mark Walter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80th (30:52.8) Abe Wengel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94th (31:01.6) Jeff Gosselin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .98th (31:03.6) Kalib Wilkinson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .142nd (31:30.3) 2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14TH PLACE Brian Dumm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57th (32:26) Jeff Gosselin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61st (32:27) Nick Wilson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85th (32:44) Abe Wengel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89th (32:48) Matt Hellier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90th (32:49) Mark Walter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .124th (33:14) Kalib Wilkinson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .167th (33:50) 2007 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Matt Williams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .136th (31:25) 2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Justin Tyner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71st (30:38)

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WOMENâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP HISTORY AIAW TEAM FINISIHES 1979 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .National Champion 1980 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3rd place 1981 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2nd place 1979 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1ST PLACE Rita Burr *** . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7th (17:49.0) Anne Weber *** . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10th (17:57.4) Theresa Hanrahan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18th (18:16.3) Tanya Senz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19th (18:17.4) Dana Lindsley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43rd (18:46.4) 1980 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3RD PLACE Rita Burr *** . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13th (18:38.4) Annetta Weber . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24th (18:58) Gay Weaver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31st (19:03) Margaret Waszkiewicz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48th (19:15) Joy Meyen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80th (19:35) 1981 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2ND PLACE Kim Sheridan *** . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9th (times n/a) Rita Burr *** . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13th (times n/a) Lisa Yoha *** . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17th (times n/a) Annetta Weber *** . . . . . . . . . . . . .22nd (times n/a)

1983 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8TH PLACE Gail Conway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31st (18:22) Princess Harrison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39th (18:40) Joy Meyen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47th (18:51) Shelly Ginder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50th (18:53) Laureli Mazik . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63rd (19:10) Theresa Hanrahan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69th (19:28) Jean Garvin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73rd (19:37)

1992 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6TH PLACE Jennifer Kornacker *** . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23rd (19:44) Sara Whittingham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38th (20:09) Renae Bartolone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45th (20:19) Dolly Patel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47th (20:25) Eve Burke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49th (20:28) Jennifer Robinson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51st (20:32) Rita Perez . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60th (20:47)

1984 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Laureli Mazik . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(place/time n/a) Princess Harrison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(place/time n/a)

1993 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11TH PLACE Jennifer Robinson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44th (19:25) Jennifer Kornacker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60th (19:40) Dolly Patel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63rd (19:41) Sierra Gould . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70th (19:51) Renae Bartolone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78th (20:01) Sara Whittingham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81st (20:06) Sandra Acosta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .98th (20:34)

1986 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9TH PLACE Jill Wood *** . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7th (17:27) Brenda Pippel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38th (18:23) Rebecca Sivacek . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44th (18:33) Brenda Lewis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81st (19:46) Sherry Teague . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84th (19:50) Marcy Houston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85th (19:52) Jeanette Howard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .97th (21:36) 1987 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shannen Karpel *** . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23rd (time n/a) Jill Wood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30th (time n/a) Amy Reecy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44th (time n/a) Callie Calhoun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73rd (time n/a) Rebecca Sivacek . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .76th (time n/a) Kristi Swain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77th (time n/a) Jeanette Howard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87th (time n/a) 1988 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2ND PLACE Jill Wood *** . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2nd (17:05.3) Kelly Kirkpatrick *** . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4th (17:20.1) Callie Calhoun *** . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11th (17:56.5) Shannen Karpel *** . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20th (18:09.2) Suzanne Henke *** . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21st (18:10.4) Amy Reecy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28th (18:18.3) Brenda Pippel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39th (18:28.7)

CALLIE CALHOUN NCAA DIVISION II TEAM FINISIHES 1988 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2nd place 1989 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2nd place 1990 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2nd place 1992 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6th place 1995 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6th place NCAA DIVISION II INDIVIDUAL HIGHLIGHTS 1990 . . . . . . . . . .Callie Calhoun is national champion 1982 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6TH PLACE Rita Burr *** . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25th (22:14.5) Dana Lindsley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32nd (22:22.5) Jean Garvin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37th (22:26.6) Joy Meyen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48th (22:36.1) Laureli Mazik . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73rd (23:46.8) Shelly Ginder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79th (24:21.1) Lisa Yoha . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81st (24:27.6)

1994 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14TH PLACE Michelle Truesdale *** . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25th (18:48) Sierra Gould . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67th (19:40) Renae Bartolone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68th (19:41) Sara Whittingham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72nd (19:45) Dolly Patel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75th (19:46.2) Rita Perez . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104th (20:26) Eve Burke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111th (20:39) 1995 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6TH PLACE Michelle Truesdale *** . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13th (17:45) Dolly Patel *** . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17th (17:52) Sara Whittingham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38th (18:27) Sierra Gould . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67th (19:01) Rita Perez . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83rd (19:15) Irene Hobbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .98th (19:35) Sharon Rohde . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100th (19:36)

1989 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2ND PLACE Jill Wood *** . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2nd (17:20.7) Callie Calhoun *** . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5th (17:43.4) Shannen Karpel *** . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10th (18:02.7) Cindy Craig *** . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24th (18:26.2) Suzanne Henke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44th (18:52.1) Brenda Pippel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49th (18:58.4) Amy Reecy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91st (21:30.8) 1990 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2ND PLACE Callie Calhoun *** . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1st (16:56.6) Shannen Karpel *** . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2nd (17:14.4) Amy Reecy *** . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8th (17:30.7) Suzanne Henke *** . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18th (17:46.2) Kelly Kirkpatrick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49th (18:45) Jennifer Atcheley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58th (19:06) Jennifer Elsing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61st (19:13.9)

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ALL-TIME LETTERWINNERS AAA Acosta, Sandra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93 Acs, Chris . . . . . . . . . . . . . .00-01-02-03 Alexander, Lynn . . . . . . . . . . .94-95-97 Allen, Matt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .97, 98 Almeida, Roy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67 Anderson, Katie . . . . . . . . . . .06-07-08 Anzai, Alan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84-85-87 Aspden, Vivien . . . . . . . . . . . .02-03-04 Atchley, Jennifer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90 Atkins, Christine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88

BBB Babcock, Alan . . . . . . . . . . . . .78-79-80 Balcao, Scott . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .06-08 Ballas, Elissa . . . . . . . . . . . . . .00-01-02 Ballato, Josie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77-78 Banks, Robert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70 Bartolone, Renae . . . . . . .91-92-93-94 Beatty, Silvia Ann . . . . . . . . . .80-81-82 Beck, Jason . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .05-06 Beck, Whitney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .07 Bennett, William . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74 Bilello, James . . . . . . . . . . . . .57-58-59 Bilsbury, Norman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87 Blackmar, John . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62 Blaich, James . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82 Blech, James . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .01-02 Blissit, James Jr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71-72 Bodary, Alan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .76 Bodine, Ron . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81-82 Bodnar, Mary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85 Bremser, Jen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .09 Brock, Larry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85 Brodel, Robert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68 Brown, David . . . . . . . . . . . . .62-63-64 Bunton, Clark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67-68 Burden, Debra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78 Burgess, Barb . . . . . . . . . . . . .83-84-85 Burke, Eve . . . . . . . . . . . . .91-92-93-94 Burr, Rita . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79-80-81-82 Burton, Christian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89

CCC Calhoun, Callie . . . . . . . . .87-88-89-90 Call, Rachel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91-92 Callender, Mike . . . . . . . . . . .88-89-90 Cardoza, Thomas . . . . . . . . . .60-61-62 Carlstrom, David . . . . . . . . . . .58-59-60 Carpenter, Brian . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99-01 Carpenter, Dave . . . . . . . . . . .83-84-85 Carroll, Katherine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .08 Casperson, Heidi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86 Castle, Daniel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .07-08 Castro, Christopher . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79 Catherwood, Elizabeth . . . . . . . .03-04 Chapman, Barbara . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77 Chapman, James . . . . . . . . . . . . .56-57 Chronister, Brad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .08 Chumlea, Anne . . . . . . . . .00-01-02-03 Church, Kelly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .02

Clark, Steve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75-76-77 Cliff, Donna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77-78 Compton, Matt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .97 Conway, Gail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83 Cook, Michael . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72-73 Coppinger, Lara . . . . . . . . . . .98-99-01 Cornell, Stephanie . . . . . . . . . . . .00-01 Cowan, Jacqueline . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79 Cowles, Parker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .07-08 Craig, Cindy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89 Culbertson, Trey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89 Culp, Ashley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .03-04 Cummings, Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . .78-79 Curran, Joe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .06-07

DDD D'Amato, Anthony . . . . . . . . .03-04-05 Daley, David . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71-72 Dawson, Cindy . . . . . . . . . . . .01-02-03 Deboni, Craig . . . . . . . . . .85-86-87-88 Denaro, Tracy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99-00 Dorsey-Spitz, Jenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . .03 Drenckhahn, Jeremy . . . . . . . . . . . . .09 Dremann, Christopher . . . . . . . . . . .78 Droze, Gary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81-82 Dullack, Kathryn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91 Dumm, Brian . . . . . . . . . . . . .01-03-04

EEE Elmore, Richard . . . . . . . . . . . . . .05-06 Elsing, Jennifer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90-91 Erspamer, Chad . . . . . . . . . . .91-92-93 Evans, John . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .76-77-79

FFF Fain, Auriele . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .08-09 Fagnant, John . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79-80 Fenstermaker, Scott . . . . . . . . . . . . .82 Fer, John . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59-60-61 Ferguson, Andrew . . . . . . . . .79-80-81 Feth, Karl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87-88 Fitch, Amy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96-97 Flood, Jaime . . . . . . . . . . .97-98-99-00 Foley, Robert Jr. . . . . . . . . . . .63-64-65 Ford, Jeffrey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74-75 Fox, Keri . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88 Frank, Howard . . . . . . . . . . . .71-72-73 Frash, Margaret . . . . . . . . . . .04-05-06 French, Phaelen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .08 Fresella, David . . . . . . . . . .86-87-88-89 Fritzke, Austin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .07 Fry, Stephanie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99 Fuller, Robert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61-62

GGG Gallo, Jon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57 Garduno, Caesar . . . . . . . .85-86-87-88 Garvin, Jean . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83-84-85 Garza, Roberto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77-78 Ginder, Shelly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81-82 Glass, Calvin . . . . . . . . . . . . . .05-06-07

Glushko, William . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70 Goetz, Francis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67 Golding, Dawn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96 Gosselin, Jeff . . . . . . . . . . .02-03-04-05 Gould, Sierra . . . . . . . . . . .93-94-95-96 Graddon, Paul . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94-95 Graham, Nicole . . . . . . . . .02-03-04-05 Green, Diana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77 Griffith, Perry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99 Grose, Lindsay . . . . . . . . . . . .03-04-05 Grosselin, Kenny . . . . . . . . . . . . .06-07 Gruters, Terence . . . . . . . . . . . . .66-67

HHH Habeich, Anita . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79-80 Haesecke, Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68 Haines, Cyril Jr. . . . . . . . . . . . .75-76-77 Hall, Kirk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62-63-64 Hamby, Brad . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88-89-90 Hanrahan, Theresa . . . . . . . . . . .79-80 Hansen, Gregg . . . . . . . . .89-90-91-92 Harrison, Arcolar . . . . . . . . . .83-84-85 Hawes, Gary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60 Hellier, Matt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .04-05 Hendrick, Kenneth . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77 Henke, Suzanne . . . . . . . .87-88-89-90 Herner, Marcy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .98 Hobbs, Irene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95 Hoglund, David . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72-73 Holbrow, Willmore . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61 Hook, Blane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79-80 Horton, Tracy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81-82 Houseworth, Sean . . . . . .05-06-07-08 Houston, Marcy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86 Hyams, Jessica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96 Hyde, Bret . . . . . . . . . . . . .77-78-79-80

III Illig, Jamie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .05-06

JJJ Jastrebski, Sema . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92 Johnson, Heather . . . . . . .96-97-98-99 Johnson, Robin . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80, 82 Jones, John III . . . . . . . . . . . .68-69-70 Jones, Kyle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .08 Juarez, Chris . . . . . . . . . . .89-90-91-92 Juback, Sara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .06 Juhas, Diane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .76

KKK Kanetzky, Kate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .09 Kappel, Brandy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94 Karpel, Shannen . . . . . . . .87-88-89-90 Kelchner, Bryan . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79-80 Kelly, Albert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .00-01 Kingsland, Louis Jr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58 Kinney, Sara . . . . . . . . . . . . . .98-99-00 Kirkpatrick, Kelly . . . . . . . . . . .88-90-91 Kolojejchick, Donna . . . . . . . . . . . . .81 Kornacker, Jennifer . . . . . . . . . . .92-93

Koster, James . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71-73 Kubitschek, Mike . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81

LLL LaMont, Perry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79-80 Langstaff, Robert . . . . . . . . . . . . .81-82 Lentz, Daniel . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75-76-77 Lewis, Brenda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85-86 Lindenlaub, Carl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81 Lindhorst, Chris . . . . . . . . .90-91-92-93 Lindsley, Dana . . . . . . . . . .79-80-81-82 Livingston, Donald . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56 Long, Stephen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74 Lopez, Joseph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99-00 Lostetter, Vincent . . . . . . .85-86-87-88 Lynch, Katie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .08-09

MMM Maas, Brian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80-81-82 MacFalls, Nick . . . . . . . . . .91-92-93-94 MacGilvra, John . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77 Mack, Eric . . . . . . . . . . . . .92-93-94-95 Maddox, Lalenya . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91 Maffey, Paul . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68-69 Mahaffey, Cindy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89 Majauskas, Cathy . . . . . . . . . .96-97-98 Malberg, Sarah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99 Mandel, Joseph . . . . . . . . . . .58-59-60 Maravilla, Ernest . . . . . . . . . .70-71-72 Maroon, Brandon . . . . . . .94-95-96-97 Marrs, Jim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86 Martin, Anne . . . . . . . . . . . . .77-78-79 Martin, Joseph . . . . . . . . . . . .83-84-85 Marx, Andrew . . . . . . . . . . . . .94-95-96 Mason, Justin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .08 Mason, Timothy . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67-68 May, Thomas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72 Mazik, Laureli . . . . . . . . . . . . .82-83-84 McCafferty, Michael . . . . . . . . . . . . .85 McCarthy, Amy Ellen . . . . . . . . . .78-79 McCormick, Ed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92 McFarland, Ian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .06-07 McKinney, David . . . . . . . . . . .76-77-78 McPherson, Kelly . . . . . . .00-01-02-03 Meehan, Andrew . . . . . . . . . . . . .94-95 Mendonca, Michael . . . . . . . . . . . . .82 Messerli, Paul . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92 Meyen, Joy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80-81-82 Miller, William . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71 Miseyadis, Christy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93 Mitchell, Katie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96 Mizell, John . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93-94-95 Moenster, Todd . . . . . . . . . . .96-97-98 Monaco, Joe . . . . . . . . . . . . . .98-99-00 Moore, Kathy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94-96 Moore, Lewis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64-65 Morales, Bert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85-86 Morgan, Tom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85 Morreale, Brittany . . . . . . . . . . . .06-07 Mostoller, Luke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .01 Mueller, Amy . . . . . . . . . . . . .81-82-83

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ALL-TIME LETTERWINNERS Murphy, James . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63-64

NNN Nay, Jake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95 Nelson, Chris . . . . . . . . . . .88-89-90-91 Nelson, Jim . . . . . . . . . . . .96-97-98-99 Nesbitt, Amy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96 Ness, Stan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94 Nichols, Tobias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74-75 Nordahl, Zach . . . . . . . . . . . . .07-08-09

Rooney, Daniel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79 Rooney, David . . . . . . . . . . . . .79-80-81 Rossi, Frank . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83-84-85 Rupel, Patrick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73-74 Rupp, Jon Andrew . . . . . . . . .85-86-87 Ryan, Michael . . . . . . . . . . . . .67-68-69

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Packett, Mitchell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82 Page, Brooke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .97 Papenberg, Kate . . . . . . . . . . . . .05-06 Pardue, Brandess . . . . . . .00-01-02-03 Parker, Brian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57 Parker, Richard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60-61 Parriss, Howard Jr. . . . . . . . . . . . .67-68 Patel, Dolly . . . . . . . . . . . .92-93-94-95 Patterson, Travis . . . . . . . . . . . . .04-05 Paulson, Tony . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .97-98 Payne, Ben . . . . . . . . . . . .00-01-02-03 Perez, Rita . . . . . . . . . . . . .92-93-94-95 Pierson, Blake . . . . . . . . . . . . .79-80-81 Pinchak, Andrea . . . . . . . .02-03-04-05 Pippel, Brenda . . . . . . . . . . . .86-88-89 Pozun, Danielle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .05 Prinkey, Meghan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .08 Puhek, Gary . . . . . . . . . . .85-86-87-88 Puhek, Peter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82

Sammons, Ronald . . . . . . . . . . . .62-63 Sbach, Dennis . . . . . . . . . . . . .69-70-71 Scari, Bob . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81 Schell, Steve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95 Schwaller, Eric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84-85 Schwartz, Chris . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86 Schwartz, Terese . . . . . . . . . .83-85-86 Schweitzer, Andy . . . . . . . . . . . . .07-09 Senz, Tanya . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77-79 Sersun, Douglas . . . . . . . .87-88-89-90 Shanahan, Patrick . . . . . . . . . . . .98-99 Sheppard, Gary . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75-76 Sheridan, Kim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81 Sidor, Stacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86 Sivacek, Rebecca . . . . . . . . . . . . .86-87 Small, Tyler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .09 Smith, Glory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .98 Smith, Michael . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78-79 Smith, Rachel . . . . . . . . . .96-97-98-99 Smith, Zach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95-96-97 Snider, Danielle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .06 Snyder, Ashley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .03-04 Souza, David . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90 Sowell, Michael . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82 Speed, Alexander . . . . . . . . . . .[96-97] Stephens, Sandi . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85-86 Stephens, Vince . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74 Stevens, Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . .96-97-98 Stimpson, Jessie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .07 Stratton, Bradley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74 Stratton, Todd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93 Swain, Kristine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87-90 Swenson, Phil . . . . . . . . . .90-91-92-93

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Radtke, Steve . . . . . . . . . .94-95-96-97 Reecy, Amy . . . . . . . . . . . .87-88-89-90 Regan, Laura . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90 Reichel, Rhonda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89 Rhoades, Nancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77 Ricca, Eli . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89-90-91-92 Richter, Thomas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .07 Richter, Zach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99 Roberdeau, Chris . . . . . . . . . . . . .97-98 Roberson, Nichole . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91 Robinson, Jennifer . . . . . . . . .91-92-93 Robinson, Kelly . . . . . . . . .04-05-06-07 Rock, Jonathan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .09 Rogers, Shane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99-00 Rohde, Sharon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95-97 Rojas, Daniel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82 Romanko, Ally . . . . . . . . . .06-07-08-09 Romero, David . . . . . . . . . . . .99-00-01

Takash, Emi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .76 Taute, Rudy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .01-02 Taylor, Jean . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .00-01-02 Teague, Sherry . . . . . . . . .86-87-88-89 Testa, Micky . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84-85 Tibbitts, Jean . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86 Trichler, Kristin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .04 Truesdale, Michelle . . . . . . . . . . .94-95 Turner, Eva . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .76 Tyner, Justin . . . . . . . . . . . . . .07-08-09

OOO O'Cain, Bruce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85 O'Hara, Ryan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .98-99 O'Neill, Grace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93 Ohotnicky, Pete . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90-91 Oliphint, John . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .07 Ortiz, Sebastian . . . . . . . . . . .06-07-08 Overall, Jesse IV . . . . . . . . . . .62-63-64 Owens, Billiana . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86-87

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UUU Uhler, Mary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .01

VVV Wyngaarden, Josh . . . . . . . . .05-06-07 Verboncoeur, Vic . . . . . . . . . .85-86-87 Vincent, Cynthia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99

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Vincent, Todd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87 Volpe, Clifton . . . . . . . . . .91-92-93-94

WWW Walmsley, James . . . . . . . . . . . . .08-09 Walter, Mark . . . . . . . . . . .02-03-04-05 Ward, Katherine . . . . . . . . . . .07-08-09 Waszkiewicz, Margaret . .79-80-81-82 Weaver, Gay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80 Webb, Steven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79 Weber, Annetta . . . . . . . .78-79-80-81 Wedemeyer, Austin . . . . . . . .59-60-61 Wenckus, Dalia . . . . . . . . . . . .97-98-99 Wengel, Abe . . . . . . . . . . .01-02-03-04 Westbrook, Landon . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70 Wetterer, Michael . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67 Wharton, James . . . . . . . . . . .85-86-87 White, Nick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .09

Whitlock, Timothy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70 Whittingham, Sara . . . . . .92-93-94-95 Wiley, Janet . . . . . . . . . . . .77-78-79-80 Wilkinson, Kalib . . . . . . . . . . .02-03-04 Willard, Elyse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .08 Williams, Matt . . . . . . . . .05-06-07-08 Wilson, John . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61 Wilson, Nick . . . . . . . . . . .02-03-04-05 Wimmer, Amy . . . . . . . . . .79-80-81-82 Wood, Jill . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86-87-88-89 Woodward, Will . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96-97 Wooten, David . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87 Worley, Greg . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85-86-87 Wright, Gregory . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66-67

YYY Yoha, Lisa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81-82 Young, Jennifer . . . . . . . . . . . .95-96-97

Brig General Dana (Lindsley) Born, the current Dean of Faculty at the Air Force Academy, was a four-year letterwinner for the Falcons’ cross country team (197980-81-82) and two-year team captain (1981-82). Above, Born cheers on the Falcons at the 2009 Rust Buster Invitational.

Brian Dumm, a three-year letterwinner of the Air Force cross country team (2001-03-04), won the 2010 Air Force Marathon. The 2004 cross country MVP won the 26.2-mile race that featured over 1700 men’s competitors and 2400 total runners.

CONFERENCE AWARDS

INDIVIDUAL CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS Chris Nelson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1990, 1991 Eric Mack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1995 ALL-CONFERENCE HONOREES Chris Nelson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1988, 1990, 1991 Dave Fresella . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1989 Chris Juarez . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1991 Phil Swenson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1992, 1993 Nick MacFalls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1994 Eric Mack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1994, 1995 Cliff Volpe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1994 Andrew Marx . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1995, 1996 Zach Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1996, 1997 Jim Nelson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1998 COACH OF THE YEAR Mark Stanforth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1994, 1996 TEAM CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS 1991, 1994, 1996 MEN’S ACADEMIC ALL-CONFERENCE Peter Ohotnicky . . . . . . . . . . . .1989, 1990, 1992 Chris Chaplin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1991 Sean Dariushnia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1991 Chad Erspamer . . . . . . . . . . . . .1991, 1992, 1993 Chris Nelson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1990, 1991 William Sabol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1991 Todd Stratton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1991, 1992, 1993 Ed McCormick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1992, 1993 Andrew Meehan . . . . . . . . . . . .1993, 1994, 1995 Will Woodward . . . . . . . . . . . . .1995, 1996, 1997 Mike Anderson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1996 Tim Baumgartner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1996 Chad Connor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1996 Todd Moenster . . . . . . . . . . . . .1996, 1997, 1998 Shane Rogers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1996 Rye Whitehead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1996 Matt Compton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1997 Matt Allen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1997, 1998 Chris Roberdeau . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1997, 1998 Patrick Shanahan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1997, 1998

ALL-CONFERENCE HONOREES: FIRST-TEAM Jim Nelson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1999 Ben Payne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2001, 2003 David Romero . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2001 Brian Dumm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2003 Mark Walter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2003 Nick Wilson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2005 Matt Williams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2007 Ian McFarland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2007 Sean Houseworth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2008 Justin Tyner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2009 ALL-CONFERENCE HONOREES: SECOND-TEAM Joe Monaco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1999 Ryan O’Hara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1999 Rachel Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1999 Ben Payne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2000, 2002 Chris Acs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2000, 2001, 2003 Brian Carpenter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2001 Abe Wengel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2002, 2003, 2004 Brian Dumm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2004 Mark Walter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2004 Nick Wilson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2003, 2004 Kelly Robinson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2004 Nicole Graham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2005 Richard Elmore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2006 Matt Williams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2006, 2008 Josh van Wyngaarden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2007 Joe Curran . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2007 Zach Nordahl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2008, 2009

ATHLETES OF THE WEEK Pat Shanahan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1999 Joe Monaco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1999 Chris Acs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2000, 2001, 2003 Ben Payne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2001, 2002, 2003 David Romero . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2000 Elissa Ballas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2002 Brandess Pardue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2002 Richard Elmore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2004 Nicole Graham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2004 Lindsey Grose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2004 Abe Wengel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2004 Nick Wilson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2005 (2x) Scott Balcao . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2006, 2008 Matt Williams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2006 Calvin Glass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2007 Brittany Morreale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2008 Sebastian Ortiz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2008 Phaelen French . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2008 Justin Tyner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2009 Jeremy Drenckhahn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2009

COACH OF THE YEAR Mark Stanforth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1999, 2003 TEAM CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS 2003

WOMEN’S ACADEMIC ALL-CONFERENCE Amy Fitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1997 Heather Johnson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1997,1998 Dalia Wenckus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1998

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CONFERENCE AWARDS MEN’S ACADEMIC ALL-CONFERENCE Patrick Shanahan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1999 Shane Rogers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1999, 2000 Jim Blech . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2000, 2001 Thomas Kubler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2001 Brian Carpenter . . . . . . . . . . .1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 Ben Payne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2002, 2003 Jeff Gosselin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2002, 2003 Brian Dumm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2002, 2003, 2004 Nick Wilson . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 Matt Hellier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2004, 2005 Jason Beck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2005, 2006 Josh van Wyngaarden . . . . . . . . . . .2005, 2006, 2007 Matt Williams . . . . . . . . . . . .2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Kenny Grosselin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2006, 2007 Ian McFarland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2006, 2007 Justin Mason . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2006, 2008 Daniel Castle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2007, 2008 Joe Curran . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2007 Austin Fritzke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2007 Arthur Grijalva . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2007 Zach Nordahl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2007, 2008, 2009 Ryan Workman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2007 Ryan Del Grosso . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2008, 2009 Jacob Fulton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2008 Andy Schweitzer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2008, 2009 Tyler Small . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2008, 2009 Chase Welch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2008 Alex Zubey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2008 Jeremy Drenckhahn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2009 Thomas Heikkinen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2009 Gage Owens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2009 Andrew Quallio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2009

WOMEN’S ACADEMIC ALL-CONFERENCE Tracy Denaro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1999, 2000 Stephanie Fry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1999 Heather Johnson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1999 Rachel Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1999 Cynthia Vincent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1999 Dalia Wenckus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1999, 2000 Elissa Ballas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2000, 2001, 2002 Anne Chumlea . . . . . . . . . . . .2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 Jean Taylor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2000, 2001, 2002 Mary Uhler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2001 Cindy Dawson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2001, 2002 Vivien Aspden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2002, 2004 Andrea Pinchak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2002, 2004, 2005 Kelly McPherson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2003 Elizabeth Catherwood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2003, 2004 Jenna Dorsey-Spitz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2003 Ashley Snyder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2003, 2004 Margaret Frash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2004, 2005, 2006 Kelly Robinson . . . . . . . . . . . .2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 Kristin Trichler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2004 Kate Papenberg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2005, 2006 Brittany Morreale . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2006, 2007, 2009 Ally Romanko . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2006, 2007 Danielle Snider . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2006 Becca Burditt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2008 Katherine Carroll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2008, 2009 Meghan Prinkey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2008, 2009 Alexa Ramsier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2008 Elyse Willard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2008 Dominique Amor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2009 Jen Bremser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2009 Auriele Fain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2009 Kara Hovseth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2009 Kate Kanetzky . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2009 Kathleen Vardell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2009

MEN’S SCHOLAR-ATHLETES (GPA above 3.50) Matt Hellier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2003-04, 2004-05, 2005-06 Nick Wilson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2003-04 Kenny Grosselin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2004-05, 2005-06, 2006-07, 2007-08 Josh van Wyngaarden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2004-05, 2005-06, 2006-07 Daniel Castle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2005-06, 2006-07, 2007-08, 2008-09 Joe Curran . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2005-06, 2006-07, 2007-08 Justin Mason . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2005-06, 2006-07, 2007-08, 2008-09 Jason Beck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2006-07 Austin Fritzke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2006-07, 2007-08, 2009-10 Arthur Grijalva . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2006-07 Zach Nordahl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2006-07, 2007-08, 2008-09, 2009-10 Matt Williams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2007-08, 2008-09 Tyler Small . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2008-09, 2009-10 Ted Artz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2009-10 Jeremy Drenckhahn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2009-10 Gage Owens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2009-10

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WOMEN’S SCHOLAR-ATHLETES (GPA above 3.50) Vivien Aspden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2003-04, 2004-05 Anne Chumlea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2003-04 Cindy Dawson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2003-04 Margaret Frash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2003-04, 2004-05, 2005-06, 2006-07 Ashley Snyder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2003-04 Elizabeth Catherwood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2004-05 Brittany Morreale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2006-07, 2007-08, 2009-10 Jessica Drewicz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2007-08 Meghan Prinkey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2008-09 Kate Kanetzky . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2009-10

MWC CHAMPIONSHIP HISTORY 1999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2ND PLACE 7. Jim Nelson . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25:36 8. Joe Monaco . . . . . . . . . . . . .25:38 11. Ryan O’Hara . . . . . . . . . . . . .25:52 15. Patrick Shanahan . . . . . . . . .26:05 17. Shane Rogers . . . . . . . . . . . .26:10 18. Perry Griffith . . . . . . . . . . . .26:11 20. Brain Carpenter . . . . . . . . . .26:12 30. Zach Richter . . . . . . . . . . . . .26:50 25. Joe Lopez . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27:12

2005 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3RD PLACE 2. Nick Wilson . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24:28 9. Jeff Gosselin . . . . . . . . . . . . .24:49 16. Travis Patterson . . . . . . . . . .25:15 22. Anthony D'Amato . . . . . . . .25:36 24. Richard Elmore . . . . . . . . . . .25:42 26. Calvin Glass . . . . . . . . . . . . .25:48 27. Sean Houseworth . . . . . . . .25:52 28. Matt Williams . . . . . . . . . . . .25:51 30. Josh van Wyngaarden . . . . .25:53

1999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3RD PLACE 11. Rachel Smith . . . . . . . . . . . .18:22 21. Heather Johnson . . . . . . . . .19:03 25. Jamie Flood . . . . . . . . . . . . .19:12 28. Stephanie Fry . . . . . . . . . . . .19:32 35. Sarah Malberg . . . . . . . . . . .19:50 36. Sara Kinney . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19:55 42. Cynthia Vincent . . . . . . . . . .20:11 45. Tracy Denaro . . . . . . . . . . . .20:19 48. Dalia Wenckus . . . . . . . . . . .20:32

2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3RD PLACE 8. Ben Payne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25:43 14. Chris Acs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25:55 15. David Romero . . . . . . . . . . . .25:56 16. Albert Kelly . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25:56 21. Joe Monaco . . . . . . . . . . . . .26:07 22. Zach Richter . . . . . . . . . . . . .26:13 28. Shane Rogers . . . . . . . . . . . .26:40 33. Joe Lopez . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26:49 42. Brian Carpenter . . . . . . . . . .27:36

2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2ND PLACE 9. Richard Elmore . . . . . . . . . . .25:07 12. Matt Williams . . . . . . . . . . . .25:14 15. Josh van Wyngaarden . . . . .25:18 17. Ian McFarland . . . . . . . . . . .25:31 24. Scott Balcao . . . . . . . . . . . . .25:57 25. Sean Houseworth . . . . . . . .25:59 26. Sebastian Ortiz . . . . . . . . . .26:00 31. Kenny Grosselin . . . . . . . . . .26:12 37. Jason Beck . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26:33

2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3RD PLACE 19. Jamie Flood . . . . . . . . . . . . .22:34 21. Jean Taylor . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22:44 22. Ellissa Ballas . . . . . . . . . . . . .22:49 29. Anne Chumlea . . . . . . . . . . .23:04 33. Brandess Pardue . . . . . . . . .23:15 34. Tracy Denaro . . . . . . . . . . . .23:18 35. Kelly McPherson . . . . . . . . .23:19 43. Sara Kinney . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23:50 46. Stephanie Cornell . . . . . . . . .24:01

2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2ND PLACE 3. David Romero . . . . . . . . . . . .24:29 5. Ben Payne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24:33 9. Chris Acs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24:42 13. Brian Carpenter . . . . . . . . . .24:57 24. Albert Kelly . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25:27 34. Jim Blech . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26:09 35. Rudy Taute . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26:24 39. Brian Dumm . . . . . . . . . . . . .26:36

2007 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3RD PLACE 4. Matt Williams . . . . . . . . . . . .24:57 6. Ian McFarland . . . . . . . . . . .25:02 10. Josh van Wyngaarden . . . . .25:22 12. Joe Curran . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25:24 20. Sean Houseworth . . . . . . . .25:45 22. Zach Nordahl . . . . . . . . . . . .26:01 26. Parker Cowles . . . . . . . . . . . .26:08 32. Daniel Castle . . . . . . . . . . . .26:28 24. Kenny Grosselin . . . . . . . . . .26:49

2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3RD PLACE 17. Brandess Pardue . . . . . . . . .22:17 22. Elissa Ballas . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22:49 26. Jean Taylor . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23:02 29. Lara Coppinger . . . . . . . . . . .23:19 33. Anne Chumlea . . . . . . . . . . .23:25 37. Kelly McPherson . . . . . . . . .23:38 38. Cindy Dawson . . . . . . . . . . . .23:43 39. Mary Uhler . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23:51 48. Stephanie Cornell . . . . . . . . .24:47

2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2ND PLACE 7. Sean Houseworth . . . . . . . .24:51 8. Matt Williams . . . . . . . . . . . .24:52 14. Zach Nordahl . . . . . . . . . . . .25:06 16. Justin Tyner . . . . . . . . . . . . .25:09 17. Daniel Castle . . . . . . . . . . . . .25:10 24. Kyle Jones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25:48 26. Brad Chronister . . . . . . . . . .25:51 34. Justin Mason . . . . . . . . . . . .26:18 38. Parker Cowles . . . . . . . . . . . .26:40

2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3RD PLACE 15. Brandess Pardue . . . . . . . . .22:11 18. Elissa Ballas . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22:18 21. Nicole Graham . . . . . . . . . . .22:36 26. Kelly McPherson . . . . . . . . .23:00 28. Jean Taylor . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23:05 41. Vivien Aspden . . . . . . . . . . .23:41 42. Cindy Dawson . . . . . . . . . . . .23:43 49. Anne Chumlea . . . . . . . . . . .24:19 51. Andrea Pinchak . . . . . . . . . .24:24

2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3RD PLACE 3. Justin Tyner . . . . . . . . . . . . .23:45 13. Zach Nordahl . . . . . . . . . . . .24:42 19. Jonathan Rock . . . . . . . . . . .25:00 21. Jim Walmsley . . . . . . . . . . . .23:14 23. Andy Schweitzer . . . . . . . . .24.34 31. Jeremy Drenckhahn . . . . . . .26:13 32. Tyler Small . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26:15 38. Ryan Del Grosso . . . . . . . . . .27:00 45. Nick White . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27:50

2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3RD PLACE 15. Lindsay Grose . . . . . . . . . . . .22:55 20. Anne Chumlea . . . . . . . . . . .23:12 22. Vivian Aspden . . . . . . . . . . .23:17 24. Ashley Culp . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23:20 25. Ashley Snyder . . . . . . . . . . . .23:22 28. Kelly McPherson . . . . . . . . .23:32 32. Andrea Pinchak . . . . . . . . . .23:47 35. Beth Catherwood . . . . . . . . .24:01 57. Jenna Dorsey-Spitz . . . . . . . .25:40

2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4TH PLACE 8. Ben Payne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24:47 11. Abe Wengel . . . . . . . . . . . . .24:54 16. Chris Acs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25:02 30. Jim Blech . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25:37 33. Mark Walter . . . . . . . . . . . . .25:50 34. Kalib Wilkenson . . . . . . . . . .25:53 39. Rudy Taute . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26:18 41. Nick Wilson . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26:22 42. Jeff Gosselin . . . . . . . . . . . . .26:26 2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1ST PLACE 2. Ben Payne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24:31 5. Brian Dumm . . . . . . . . . . . . .24:52 7. Mark Walter . . . . . . . . . . . . .25:02 11. Abe Wengel . . . . . . . . . . . . .25:16 12. Chris Acs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25:21 14. Nick Wilson . . . . . . . . . . . . .25:38 15. Jeff Gosselin . . . . . . . . . . . . .25:42 17. Kalib Wilkinson . . . . . . . . . . .25:50 31. Anthony D’Amato . . . . . . . . .26:58 2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2ND PLACE 8. Abe Wengel . . . . . . . . . . . . .25:28 9. Brian Dumm . . . . . . . . . . . . .25:29 11. Mark Walter . . . . . . . . . . . . .25:35 13. Nick Wilson . . . . . . . . . . . . .25:37 16. Jeff Gosselin . . . . . . . . . . . . .25:47 18. Matt Hellier . . . . . . . . . . . . .25:57 29. Travis Patterson . . . . . . . . . .26:36 31. Anthony D’Amato . . . . . . . . .26:47 32. Kalib Wilkinson . . . . . . . . . . .26:50

2005 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6TH PLACE 8. Nicole Graham . . . . . . . . . . .21:27 19. Margaret Frash . . . . . . . . . . .21:59 31. Andrea Pinchak . . . . . . . . . .22:35 40. Danielle Pozun . . . . . . . . . . .23:11 51. Kelly Robinson . . . . . . . . . . .23:38 57. Kate Papenberg . . . . . . . . . .24:29 61. Jamie Illig . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25:22 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7TH PLACE 21. Kelly Robinson . . . . . . . . . . .22: 07 24. Ally Romanko . . . . . . . . . . . .22:49 32. Margaret Frash . . . . . . . . . . .23:01 39. Katie Anderson . . . . . . . . . . .23:30 53. Kate Papenberg . . . . . . . . . .24:47 56. Sara Juback . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25:26 60. Jamie Illig . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27:04 2007 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6TH PLACE 22. Brittany Morreale . . . . . . . .22:44 24. Katie Anderson . . . . . . . . . . .22:49 40. Katherine Ward . . . . . . . . . .23:52 41. Kelly Robinson . . . . . . . . . . .23:54 46. Danielle Pozun . . . . . . . . . . .24:15 52. Ally Romanko . . . . . . . . . . . .24:40 57. Jessie Stimpson . . . . . . . . . .25:21 67. Whitney Beck . . . . . . . . . . . .26:25 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6TH PLACE 21. Katie Lynch . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22:29 31. Auriele Fain . . . . . . . . . . . . .22:58 41. Ally Romanko . . . . . . . . . . . .23:22 44. Katie Anderson . . . . . . . . . . .23:29 50. Meghan Prinkey . . . . . . . . . .23:52 52. Elyse Willard . . . . . . . . . . . . .23:53 57. Katherine Ward . . . . . . . . . .24:08 58. Phaelen French . . . . . . . . . .24:12 67. Katie Carroll . . . . . . . . . . . . .25:16 2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4TH PLACE 20. Jen Bremser . . . . . . . . . . . . .22:36 23. Katherine Ward . . . . . . . . . .22:43 24. Auriele Fain . . . . . . . . . . . . .22:44 27. Katie Lynch . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22:49 37. Kate Kanetzky . . . . . . . . . . . .23:15 38. Meghan Prinkey . . . . . . . . . .23:18 46. Brittany Morreale . . . . . . . .24:04 51. Melissa Fuerst . . . . . . . . . . .24:12

2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3RD PLACE 13. Kelly Robinson . . . . . . . . . . .22:54 23. Lindsay Grose . . . . . . . . . . . .23:25 29. Ashley Snyder . . . . . . . . . . . .23:36 30. Ashley Culp . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23:38 33. Kristin Trichler . . . . . . . . . . .23:57 34. Andrea Pinchak . . . . . . . . . .23:57 36. Elizabeth Catherwood . . . . .24:02

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THE ACADEMY EXPERIENCE The United States Air Force Academy offers a four-year program of instruction and experience designed to educate, train and inspire men and women to become officers of character, motivated to lead the United States Air Force in service to our nation. Each cadet graduates with a bachelor of science degree and a commission as a second lieutenant in the Air Force. COURSE OF STUDY Cadets are exposed to a balanced curriculum that provides the knowledge, skills and responsibilities essential to a career Air Force officer. The entire USAFA experience is integrated and mapped to achieve a set of desired outcomes in every graduate. The core academic curriculum includes courses in basic sciences, engineering, social sciences and humanities. Cadets take additional elective courses to complete requirements for one of 32 major areas of study. About 50 percent of the cadets complete majors in science and engineering; the remainder graduate in the social sciences and humanities. Some of the most popular majors include management, aeronautical engineering, foreign area studies, history, behavioral science, civil engineering, astronautical engineering, electrical engineering and engineering mechanics. FACULTY COMPOSITION The majority of the Academy's faculty members, more than 500 total, are Air Force officers. They are selected primarily from career-officer volunteers who have established outstanding records of performance and dedication. Each has at least a master's degree and more than 55 percent have doctorates or other terminal degrees in their field of study. About 30 percent of the faculty are civilians who bring great depth of disciplinary and educational expertise and provide academic stability and continuity. Faculty members are intensely focused on cadet learning as an integral part of their officer development. The Air Force Academy has been ranked No. 1 in the nation for the most accessible and involved faculty for four years in a row. To provide greater contributions by a diverse faculty, the Academy has several distinguished visiting professors and endowed professors who serve one or more years. Officers from other services, as well as officers from allied countries are also members of the faculty. Distinguished civilian and military lecturers also share their expertise with the cadets during the academic year. ATHLETIC PROGRAM The Academy's athletic program is designed to improve physical fitness, teach athletic skills and develop leadership qualities. To achieve its goals, the Academy offers some of the most extensive physical education, intramural sports and intercollegiate athletic programs in the nation. Cadets take at least three different physical education courses each year. MILITARY EDUCATION AND TRAINING An air, space and cyberspace-oriented military education, training and leadership program begins with basic cadet training and continues throughout the four years. Seniors are responsible for the organizational leadership of the cadet wing, while juniors

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and sophomores seek to develop team and interpersonal leadership and instructional skills. Cadets are projected into as many active leadership roles as possible to prepare them to be effective Air Force officers. Fundamental concepts of military organization -- drill, ethics, honor, Air Force heritage and physical training -- are emphasized the first summer during basic cadet training. Freshmen study the military role in United States society, as well as the mission and organization of the Air Force. Sophomores receive instruction in communication skills and juniors study combat and operational aspects of the Air Force. The Academy offers courses in flying, navigation, soaring and parachuting, building from basic skills to instructor duties. Some cadets may fly light aircraft with the Cadet Flying Team. Summer training for cadets is divided into three, three-week training periods. There are a variety of programs available and each cadet is required to complete two training periods each summer with leave during the other period. All new cadets take six weeks of basic cadet training in their first summer. Combat survival training is a required three-week program during cadets' second summer. For other second-summer training periods, cadets have options such as working with Airmen in an operational unit at an Air Force installation, airborne parachute training, soaring or basic free-fall parachute training. During their last two summers, all cadets are offered leadership training as supervisors or instructors in the summer programs listed above. Extracurricular activities also are an integral part of the education program. The cadet ski club, drum and bugle corps, cadet chorale and forensics are a few of the programs available to Academy cadets. NOMINATIONS Nominations to the Academy may be obtained through a congressional sponsor or by meeting eligibility criteria in other categories of competition established by law. For information on admission procedures, write to HQ USAFA/RRS; 2304 Cadet Drive, Suite 200; USAF Academy, CO 80840-5025.

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HISTORY OF THE ACADEMY In 1948, a board of leading civilian and military educators was appointed to plan the curriculum for an academy that would meet the needs of the newly established Air Force. The board determined that Air Force requirements could not be met by expanding the other service academies and recommended an Air Force Academy be established without delay. In 1949, then Secretary of the Air Force W. Stuart Symington appointed a commission to assist in selecting a site and on April 1, 1954, President Dwight D. Eisenhower authorized creation of the United States Air Force Academy. After considering 580 sites in 45 states, the commission narrowed the choice to three locations. During the summer of 1954, Secretary of the Air Force Harold Talbott selected a site near Colorado Springs, Colo. Colorado contributed $1 million toward purchase of the property. In July 1955, the first Academy class entered interim facilities at Lowry Air Force Base, Denver, while construction began. It was sufficiently completed for occupancy by the cadet wing in late August 1958. Initial construction cost was $142 million. Women entered the Academy on June 28, 1976, as members of the class of 1980.

SENIOR LEADERSHIP Lt. Gen. Michael C. Gould is Superintendent, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colo. He directs a four-year academic, military training, athle c and character development program leading to a bachelor’s degree and commission as an Air Force oﬃcer. The general is a graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy’s Class of 1976. His career encompasses a wide range of assignments, ranging from head football coach of the Air Force Academy Preparatory School, to serving as Air Force aide to the President of the United States. He has held numerous command posi ons at the group, wing and numbered air force level, and was commander of Cheyenne Mountain Opera ons Center during 9/11. Prior to his return to the Academy, he was Director of Opera ons and Plans, U.S. Transporta on Command, Sco Air Force Base, Ill. General Gould is a command pilot with more than 3,000 ﬂying hours in the T-38, T41, KC-10, C-5, C-17, C-21, C-141 and KC-135R. The general’s military awards and decora ons include the Dis nguished Service Medal with two oak leaf clusters, Defense Superior Service Medal with two oak leaf clusters, Legion of Merit with oak leaf cluster, Meritorious Service Medal with oak leaf cluster, Air Force Commenda on Medal, Air Force Achievement Medal and the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal.

Vice Superintendent Colonel Tamara Rank

Commandant of Cadets Brig General Richard Clark

Dean of Faculty Brig General Dana Born

Commander, 10th Air Base Wing Colonel Rick LoCastro

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DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS DR. HANS MUEH Director of Athle cs | Seventh Season

Dr. Hans J. Mueh is in his seventh year as the director of athletics at the Air Force Academy. A re red Air Force brigadier general, Mueh was vice dean of faculty for two years prior to his re rement from ac ve duty in the summer of 2004. Mueh was heavily involved in Academy athle cs before becoming director of athle cs. He was the Academy's faculty athle cs representa ve from 1996-2004 and was a long- me member of the board of directors for the Air Force Academy Athle cs Associa on. Since becoming the director of athle cs, Mueh has led the Academy to some remarkable feats. In 2007, the Academy was one of only three schools (Michigan State and Boston College) to reach post-season play in football (2007), men’s basketball and ice hockey (2006-07). It marked the first me a service academy has ever had a team compete in the post-season in all three sports. In addi on, under Mueh’s watch the men’s basketball team has played in an NCAA tournament and the Na onal Invita onal Tournament’s Final Four. The ice hockey team won three straight conference championships and made three straight appearances in the NCAA tournament. Mueh was on the selec on commi ee that hired current head coach Frank Serratore and led the Academy’s move into the Athle c Hockey Associa on. The football program, the Academy’s flagship sport, has gone through a major overhaul under Mueh. He led the transi on from the re rement of the legendary Fisher DeBerry a er 23 years at the helm to hiring current head coach Troy Calhoun, a 1989 Academy graduate. Calhoun’s impact was immediate, leading the Falcons to a 9-4 overall mark and a second-place finish in the Mountain West Conference in 2007. The Falcons qualified for their first bowl game in five years, playing in the Armed Forces Bowl in 2007. The program has posted back-to-back eight-win seasons and qualified for bowl games since, marking the first me since 1990-92 Air Force has been to a bowl three straight years. Mueh has been just as successful behind the scenes with the administra on of the department. Mueh restructured the department with an internal/external model that has streamlined resources and made the department more effec ve from top to bo om. In ad-

di on, he has the department on course to become a federally chartered non-profit organiza on which will lead to more fund-raising opportuni es. Mueh was instrumental in the USAFA Endowment and the announcement of an Indoor Training Facility that broke ground in the summer of 2010. The $15 million facility will be completed in 2011. Mueh has also been ac ve within the conference and the NCAA. He was recently selected to be part of the NCAA Division I Amateurism Cabinet and has been ac ve on the NCAA’s academics/eligibility compliance cabinet, the men’s golf commi ee and the region 7 postgraduate scholarship commi ee. Mueh has been equally ac ve within the conference on various leadership commi ees. He is currently on the awards and recogni on commi ee and has previously served on the joint council execu ve commi ee, and committees on championships, television and sportsmanship. Before assuming his du es as vice dean at the Academy, Mueh was permanent professor and head of the department of chemistry at the Academy, a posi on he held since October 1987 where he oversaw the annual design and instruc on of 25 undergraduate courses for 1,500 cadets annually. Mueh was born Jan. 8, 1944, in Celle, Germany, and emigrated to the United States in 1951. He entered the Air Force in 1962 as a member of the Academy's eighth gradua ng class, and graduated with a bachelor of science degree in chemistry in 1966. While at the Academy, Mueh was a two-year le erwinner in soccer as a goalie. He s ll holds the Academy record for saves in a game with 30, accomplishing it twice in 1965 against North Carolina and Benedic ne. In his junior and senior years, Mueh helped the Falcons to the Rocky Mountain Intercollegiate Soccer League championship and quarterfinal berths in the NCAA tournament. He was a first-team all-league selec on in 1965.

Between earning the two degrees, Mueh returned to the Academy as an instructor in the department of chemistry from 1970-72. He also served as assistant soccer coach and played semi-pro soccer with the Aurora Interna onals in Denver during those two years, leading the Interna onals to the Colorado state tle in 1971. He volunteered for duty in Vietnam and served as an intelligence officer in Saigon, Republic of Vietnam and at Nakhon Phanom RTAB, Thailand, in 1972 and 1973. A er earning his doctorate degree, Mueh returned to the Academy in 1976 as an associate professor of chemistry. He remained at the Academy except for a s nt in 1985-86 as the special assistant for technical ma ers at the Defense Intelligence Agency at the Pentagon. In 1986, he assumed the posi on of ac ng head, department of chemistry, before being selected for his posi on of permanent professor and head of the department of chemistry in 1987. As faculty athle cs representa ve, he was ac ve in both the Western Athle c Conference and Mountain West Conference, and was the Academy's representa ve on the transi on team to form the new MWC, the only faculty athle cs representa ve on the team. He competes in golf, racquetball, handball and tennis, and has promoted Air Force Academy intercollegiate sports throughout his tenure, beginning with work as chairman of the hockey eligibility commi ee, officer representa ve to the men's golf team and five years as the officer representa ve to the football team. Mueh is married to the former Sally Flax of Cincinna , Ohio. They have three children: Kris ne, Kurt and Deborah.

Following gradua on, Mueh completed two assignments in intelligence before a ending the University of Wisconsin where he earned his master's degree in chemistry in 1970. He later earned a doctorate degree in chemistry from Wisconsin in 1976 as a dis nguished graduate. Mueh also completed Squadron Oﬃcer School, Air Command and Staﬀ College and Air War College.

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AIR FORCE ATHLETICS Few schools in the country have an athle c program as extensive as the Air Force Academy's. The goals of the athle c program are to enhance the physical condi oning of all cadets, to develop the physical skills necessary for officership, to teach leadership in a compe ve environment and to build character. There are three subdivisions of the athle c program: intercollegiate athle cs, intramurals and physical educa on. The intercollegiate program has 17 men's and 10 women's NCAA-sanc oned teams, facing some of the top compe on in the na on. Men’s teams are football, baseball, basketball, ice hockey, cross-country, fencing, golf, gymnas cs, indoor and outdoor track, lacrosse, rifle, soccer, swimming and diving, tennis, water polo and wrestling. The Academy fields women's teams in basketball, cross-country, fencing, gymnas cs, rifle, indoor and outdoor track, swimming and diving, soccer, tennis and volleyball. In addi on, the Academy sponsors two non-NCAA programs; boxing and cheerleading.

The majority of the Academy’s men’s and women’s programs compete at the NCAA Division I level in the Mountain West Conference. The Falcons compete in this conference against teams from Brigham Young, New Mexico, Colorado State, San Diego State, TCU, Wyoming, Utah and UNLV. All sports also compete against non-conference opponents, including many na onally-ranked teams. The football team competes annually for the Commander-in-Chief's Trophy, which is emblema c of service academy football supremacy. The Falcons have won the trophy 16 mes, which is more than Army and Navy combined. The winner of the annual rivalry visits the White House to have the trophy presented by the President of the United States. The USAFA Cadet Field House is one of the most impressive buildings in the country. It’s a modern, versa le structure with seemingly endless uses. The $5.6 million building is ﬁve stories high and 396 feet by 426 feet, the size of three football ﬁelds laid side by side. The structure is divided into three areas--basketball arena, ice hockey arena and mul purpose area. The three sec ons have a combined sea ng capacity of more than 9,000.

BRAD D EAUSTIN Vice Director Athletics

COL BILLY WALKER Deputy AD Head, Physical Education

JIM TREGO Senior Associate AD External Affairs

JOHN COULAHAN Associate AD Finance

MARTI GASSER Associate AD/SWA Intercollegiate Program

WILLIAM CARPENTER Associate AD Recruiting Support

WAYNE KELLENBENCE Associate AD Support

TROY GARNHART Associate AD Info/Communications

DERMOT COLL Associate AD Development/Gov’t

KAREN WARNER Associate AD Human Resources

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