2012 Cross Country Media Guide

AIR FORCE CROSS COUNTRY 2012 MEDIA GUIDE

AIR FORCE CROSS COUNTRY

TABLE OF CONTENTS Table of Contents | Quick Facts ................................1 Media Information ....................................................2 Head Coach Juli Benson.............................................3 Support Staff .............................................................4 2012 Roster | Roster Breakdown ..............................5 Returning Letterwinners ..................................... 6-17 Returning Runners............................................. 18-26 Newcomers .............................................................27 2011 Season-in-Review ..................................... 28-29 2011 Meet-by-Meet Results.............................. 30-31 Year-by-Year History (Men) ............................... 32-33

QUICK FACTS Year-by-Year History (Women) ...............................34 All-Americans ..........................................................35 Post-Season History........................................... 36-37 All-Time Letterwinners ...................................... 38-39 Honors and Awards .................................................40 Mountain West Conference ....................................41 Conference History............................................ 42-43 Year-by-Year MW Finishes ................................ 44-45 The Academy Experience ........................................46 Senior Leadership ....................................................47 Air Force Athletics ............................................. 48-49

2012 AIR FORCE CROSS COUNTRY MEDIA GUIDE The 2012 Air Force Cross Country Media Guide was designed, written and edited by assistant athletic media relations director Valerie Perkin. Editorial assistance provided by the athletic media relations staff. Photos taken

by DenMar Photo Service and NCAA Photos, unless otherwise indicated on the image.

MEN’S TEAM INFORMATION

WOMEN’S TEAM INFORMATION

Team Captain .....................................Andrew Quallio

Team Captains ................Jen Bremser, Melissa Fuerst

2011 MWC Finish ..................................................2nd 2011 NCAA Regional Finish ................................... 8th 2011 NCAA Championship Finish .......................... n/a

2011 MWC Finish .................................................. 4th 2011 NCAA Regional Finish ................................. 13th 2011 NCAA Championship Finish .......................... n/a

NCAA Participants Returning/Lost ........................ 1/0 Letterwinners Returning/Lost ............................... 7/2 Newcomers .............................................................13

NCAA Participants Returning/Lost ........................ n/a Letterwinners Returning/Lost ............................... 5/2 Newcomers ...............................................................3

ACADEMY QUICK FACTS Location ....................................USAF Academy, Colo.

Founded ............................................................. 1954 Enrollment ......................................................... 4,000 Colors ................................................. Blue and Silver Nickname ....................................................... Falcons Affiliation ............................................NCAA Division I Conference ........................................ Mountain West Superintendent ........................Lt Gen Michael Gould Director of Athletics ........................... 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 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

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2012 CROSS COUNTRY SCHEDULE DATE Aug. 31 Sept. 15 Sept. 29 Sept. 29 Oct. 6 Oct. 13 Oct. 26 Nov. 9 Nov. 17

MEET at Colorado State Open at Woody Greeno Invitational at Rim Rock Classic at Rocky Mountain Shootout at Metro State Invitational at Pre-Nationals at Mountain West Championships at NCAA Regional Championships at NCAA National Championships

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LOCATION Fort Collins, Colo.

Lincoln, Neb. Lawrence, Kan. Boulder, Colo.

Denver, Colo.

Louisville, Ky. Las Vegas, Nev. Fort Collins, Colo.

Louisville, Ky.

COURSE Hughes Stadium Course Pioneers Park Rim Rock Farms Buffalo Ranch XC Course Washington Park E.P. “Tom” Sawyer State Park Silver Bowl Park Collindale Golf Course E.P. “Tom” Sawyer State Park

HOST SCHOOL Colorado State Nebraska Kansas Colorado Metro State Louisville UNLV Colorado State Louisville

TIME 6:00 p.m.

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MEDIA INFORMATION MEDIA GUIDELINES INTERVIEW REQUESTS: Interviews with Air Force coaches and athletes must be arranged through Valerie Perkin in the Air Force Athletic Media Relations Office at 719.333.8286 or at valerie.perkin@usafa.edu. All requests must be made at least 24 hours in advance of the desired interview time.

WORKING PRESS CREDENTIALS: Press and photo credentials for media can be obtained by contacting Valerie Perkin, assistant athletic media relations director.

Requests should be made at least one day prior to the event.

CONTACTING ATHLETES: The private phone numbers and email addresses of Air Force cadet-athletes will not be issued to the media. The cadet-athletes have been instructed not to accept calls from any members of the media within prior notification from the athletic media relations office.

AIR FORCE ATHLETIC MEDIA RELATIONS Associate Athletic Director | Communications ..................................Troy Garnhart Assistant Athletic Director | Media Relations ........................................ Dave Toller Assistant Media Relations Director .....................................................Nick Arseniak Assistant Media Relations Director .........................................................Jerry Cross Assistant Media Relations Director ............................................. Melissa McKeown Assistant Media Relations Director ....................................................Valerie Perkin Graphics Coordinator ................................................................. Madeline McGuire Braodcast Executive Producer............................................................. Brian Jerman Television Production Assistant .......................................................... Adam Parker Mailing Address ................................................................... 2169 Field House Drive ........................................................................................ USAF Academy, CO 80840 Office Phone ....................................................................................... 719.333.2313 Office Fax............................................................................................ 719.333.3798 Website .....................................................................www.GoAirForceFalcons.com

MEDIA GUIDE: The 2012 cross country media guide is produced as a source of information for the media. Other materials may be obtained by contacting the media relations office ...719.333.8286 or valerie.perkin@usafa.edu.

PRIMARY MEDIA OUTLETS ACADEMY SPIRIT HQ USAFA/PAI USAFA, CO 80840 719.333.2044

DENVER POST 101 W. Colfax Ave, 600 Denver, CO 80202 303.954.1296

KOAA-TV (5) - NBC 2200 7th Ave. Pueblo, CO 81003 719.630.3930

THE GAZETTE 30 S. Prospect Street Colo. Springs, CO 80903 719.636.0250

KRDO-TV (13) - ABC P.O. Box 1457 Colo. Springs, CO 80901 719.575.6260

KKTV (11) - CBS 3100 N. Nevada Ave. Colo. Springs, CO 80907 719.578.0000

Cross County Contact .........................................................................Valerie Perkin Email ................................................................................valerie.perkin@usafa.edu Office Phone ....................................................................................... 719.333.8286 Cell Phone .......................................................................................... 719.440.5315

GOAIRFORCEFALCONS.COM Visit the official Air Force athletic website - GoAirForceFalcons.com - for the most up-to-date information regarding the Falcons’ cross country team and all 27 Air Force sports. Results, statistics, rosters, cadet-athlete bios, previews, features, interviews and meet recaps can be found on the team page.

MOUNTAIN WEST CONFERENCE FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK AND TWITTER The cross country team has joined Facebook and Twitter. Fans can get the lastest information on the Falcons’ cross country team by clicking “like” on its Facebook page (facebook.com/AirForceTF) or following its Twitter feed (@AirForceFalcons).

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Media Contact ...................................................................................... Judy Willson Email .....................................................................................jwillson@themwc.com Office Phone ....................................................................................... 719.488.4052 Website ......................................................................................www.themwc.com

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HEAD COACH JULI BENSON JULI BENSON

Head Coach | Fourth Season | James Madison (1992) | James Madison (1996) Juli Benson, the 2010 Mountain West Coach of the Year, is entering her fourth season as the head coach for the Air Force cross country team. In addition to her duties coaching cross country, Benson is an assistant coach for the track and field team, working exclusively with the middle distance and distance runners.

Last season, Benson coached the men to a runner-up finish in the team standings at the MW Championships and four all-conference honors. Jeremy Drenckhahn placed second at the MW meet, while Jim Walmsley, who also nabbed all-region distinction, placed fifth to earn all-MW first-team accolades, while Isaiah Bragg and Andrew Quallio finished within the top 15 for second-team distinction. On the women’s side, all-MW selection Melissa Fuerst became just the second member of the women’s team to place within the top 10 at a conference meet, as she paced Air Force to a fourth-place team finish.

Benson was honored as the coach of the year by the Mountain West Conference after guiding the men’s team to a third-place finish at the 2010 conference championships and two all-conference selections, including runner-up placement by senior Justin Tyner. The men finished fifth at the NCAA Regional Championships, while Tyner and Drenckhahn advanced to the national championship meet. On the women’s side, Katherine Ward claimed the first all-region and all-conference honors for the women’s program since 2005.

One of her Georgetown runners, Chris Lukezic, won the USA Junior National Championship in the 1500-meter run and finished fourth in that event at the 2004 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 addition, she served as an assistant coach for the track and field team.

She received a bachelor’s degree in political science from James Madison in 1992.

She also obtained a master’s degree in sports administration and exercise science from JMU in 1996. A four-year letterwinner with the Dukes, she was an NCAA All-American in the 1500-meter run during the 1992 season. In 2002, Benson was inducted into the JMU Athletic Hall of Fame.

Benson, who spent seven years as a competitor for Asics Tiger Corporation (199394) and Reebok International (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.

Benson is currently the personal coach to Jennifer (Barringer) Simpson, who claimed the gold medal in the 1500-meter run at the 2011 World Outdoor Championships and competed in that event at the 2012 Olympic Games. She also coached Tyner, Houseworth and Matt Williams, during their tenure as members of the Air Force World Class Athlete Program (WCAP).

The success of the Falcons’ distance program has carried into the track season.

The men’s distance and middle distance runners helped the Falcons capture their first-ever Mountain West titles at both the indoor and outdoor championship meets. Junior Alex Lindsay won the 800-meter title at the MW Outdoor Championships, while classmates Matt Caldwell and Lance Wolfsmith helped Air Force to a conference title in the distance medley relay. Sophomore Zach Perkins also claimed all-conference honors in the 1500-meter run, while Quallio qualified to the NCAA West Preliminary in the 10,000-meter run.

On the women’s side, senior Morgan Mosby became Air Force’s first individual conference champion in a running event, as she won the 1500-meter title at the MW Outdoor Championships That came less than three months after she and Fuerst, who earned all-MW honors with a third-place finish in the 1500, helped the Falcons’ distance medley relay team to their first conference championship title with an Academy-record performance at the MW Indoor Championships. Mosby also set the Academy record in the 1500-meter run and qualified with Fuerst to the NCAA West Preliminary Meet, while classmate Jen Bremser set a new program standard in the 3000-meter steeplechase.

Benson came to the Academy following a three-year stint at George Mason University, where she served as the men’s middle distance coach and recruiting coordinator. While with the Patriots, Benson was instrumental in improving the placement of the men’s cross country team at the Colonial Athletic Association Championships from ninth to second in just two seasons.

Prior to her time 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 addition, the distance program was consistently ranked among the nation’s top-10.

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In 2009, Benson coached Tyner to the Falcons’ first appearance at the NCAA Championships since 2007. Highlighted by a pair of all-league runners in Tyner and thensenior Zach Nordahl, the men placed third at the conference championships. With four of the five scoring runners finished within the top 30, the women’s squad finished fourth for its best placement at the conference meet since the 2004 season.

She has also served as a 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 time ever in a U.S. outdoor performance. In addition, Benson served as a consultant to Alan Webb, who was ranked No. 1 in the 1500 meters during that time.

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-time 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. Benson was elected to the U.S. Women’s Track and Field Coaches Association Advisory Board and as a representative for USATF Women’s High Performance (middle distance running).

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.

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SUPPORT STAFF MARK STANFORTH

Volunteer Assistant Coach | Third Season | South Dakota-Springfield (1972) Mark Stanforth returns to the Air Force track and field program for his third season as a volunteer coach. Stanforth, who retired in 2007 after serving 15 years as the head coach of the cross country and associate head coach of the track and field team, will assist the current Falcons’ middle distance and distance runners.

The highlights for the men’s cross country program during Stanforth’s 15 years include three top-16 NCAA finishes between 2000 and 2004, topped by an eighth-place finish in 2003.

When the Falcons qualified for the NCAA Division I championship in 2000, it marked a unique coaching distinction for Stanforth - his teams had qualified for the national cross country championship in every collegiate division: NJCAA, NAIA and NCAA Divisions I, II and III. The Falcons won three conference championships, were conference runnersup six times and finished outside the top three only once in that 15 year span.

Stanforth was selected by his peers as the conference coach of the year four times.

Individually, athletes with whom Stanforth worked with earned All-America honors 10 times in track and field and six times in cross country. He coached 26 individual conference champions on the track and one in cross country. His teams also earned national all-academic honors nine times.

Prior to coaching at the Academy, Stanforth coached one year at his alma mater, the University of South Dakota/Springfield, seven years at Glendale (Ariz.) Community College and five years at the University of California, San Diego, in addition to one year as a graduate assistant at Northern State (S.D.) University.

Stanforth and his wife, Pat, have two sons, Nicholas and Daniel.

Stanforth led the women’s cross country team during their transition from NCAA Division II to Division I. In his first four years, the Falcon women competed in Division II and qualified for the NCAA championships each year with program-high finishes of sixth place in both 1992 and 1995. In 1996, the Academy women’s programs moved to Division I. In 1999, the Falcons started a string of five consecutive third-place MWC conference finishes, the only upper division finishes by any Falcon women’s program in Division I.

JOHN FARQUHAR

Cadet Manager | Second Season | Junior AT ACADEMY: Entering second year as a manager for the Air Force cross country team… also serves as a manager for the track and field program…received the team’s Ernie Cuncliffe Manager Award.

PERSONAL: Son of John and Millident Farquhar…father graduated from the Academy in 1980 and currently teaches in the MSS department…goes by Johnny…“comes from a long line of John Farquhars”…nickname is “Lord”…has one younger sister, Kirsten, and one younger brother, Luke…majoring in military strategic studies…future plans include becoming a pilot… named to the Athletic Director’s List for excellence in athletic performance…also named to the Commandant’s List for excellence in military performance…served as Element Leader and Safety Clerk…Section Marcher runner-up…spent the summer in Russia with the Cadet Summer Language Immersion Program (CSLIP)…also “took in the sights and sounds” of Altus AFB, Okla., during Operation Air Force…hobbies include running, swimming and managing…attended Rampart High School…participated at the state championships for cross country and track all four years…served as vicepresident of the National Honor Society...member of Cadet Squadron 23.

RILEY FEENEY

Cadet Manager | Third Season | Senior AT ACADEMY: Entering third year as a manager of the Air Force cross country team…also serves as a manager for the track and field team…twotime recipient of the track and field team’s Ernie Cuncliffe Manager Award…voted as a team captain for the track and field program during the 2012-13 season.

PERSONAL: Son of Peter and Patti Feeney… nickname is “Doc”…has one older brother, Austin…also has one younger brother, Tate… majoring in economics…futures plans include becoming a pilot…served as First Sergeant, MTE and Combat Skills Squadron Commander… spent part of the summer as a Cadet Intern with the Joint Staff in Washington, D.C.…hobbies include managing, running, hockey and watching baseball…attended Chelsea High School…member of Cadet Squadron 28.

OTHER SUPPORT STAFF Lt Kelly Heinbaugh, Director of Operations for Cross Country/Track and Field (Second Season) | Elizabeth Staab, Cadet Manager (Second Season) | Valerie Perkin, Sports Information Director (Ninth Season) | Jenny Simpson, Volunteer Assistant Coach (Second Season)

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2012 CROSS COUNTRY ROSTER ROSTER BREAKDOWN BY CLASS CLASS YEAR | RANK ......................M ....... W .......T Seniors | C1C .................................. 6 ......... 4 ....... 10 Juniors | C2C................................... 9 ......... 2 ....... 11 Sophomores | C3C ........................... 4 ......... 4 ......... 8 Freshmen | C4C .............................. 13 ....... 3 ....... 16

ROSTER BREAKDOWN BY STATE STATE .............................................M ....... W .......T Colorado ........................................... 6 ......... 3 ......... 9 California .......................................... 5 ..................... 5 New Mexico...................................... 2 ......... 2 ......... 4 Florida .............................................. 3 ..................... 3 Connecticut ...................................... 2 ..................... 2 Illinois ............................................... 1 ......... 1 ......... 2 Massachusetts .................................. 1 ......... 1 ......... 2 Montana ........................................... 2 ..................... 2 Ohio .................................................. 1 ......... 1 ......... 2 Texas ................................................ 1 ......... 1 ......... 2 Arizona ......................................................... 1 ......... 1 Georgia ............................................. 1 ..................... 1 Kansas........................................................... 1 ......... 1 Maine ............................................... 1 ..................... 1 Michigan ........................................... 1 ..................... 1 Minnesota ........................................ 1 ..................... 1 Missouri ........................................................ 1 ......... 1 New Hampshire ................................ 1 ..................... 1 South Dakota .................................... 1 ..................... 1 Utah .................................................. 1 ..................... 1 Washington ...................................... 1 ..................... 1 Wisconsin ..................................................... 1 ......... 1

PRONUNCIATION Ted Artz ................................................................ arts Jen Bremser ............................................... bremm-sir Riley Coates ........................................................coats Jeremy Drenckhahn.............................. drenk-haah-n Annette Eichenberger .......................... ike-en-burger Carl Eifert....................................................... eye-furt Rebecca Esselstein ................................ ess-elle-stine Hannah Everson ...................................... eee-ver-son Melissa Fuerst ......................................................first Evan Fortney ............................................... fort-knee Carson Fugal .................................................. few-gull Christopher Madaffari ....................... mah-dah-far-ee Kevin Mihalik ......................................... muh-haul-ick Seth Pelletier ........................................ pelleh-tee-air Andrew Quallio......................................... kwal-ee-oh Tanner Ruhl ..........................................................rule

MEN’S TEAM ROSTER MEN’S TEAM Ted Artz Sean Bapty Matt Bell Isaiah Bragg Dan Caddigan Matthieu Caldwell Grant Caswell Zack Christenson Riley Coates Patrick Corona Jeremy Drenckhahn Carl Eifert Evan Fortney Carson Fugal Jake Hawkins Andrew Hood Alex Lindsay Christopher Madaffari Nolan Mayhew Kevin Mihalik Elliot Myers Gage Owens Gavin Owens Seth Pelletier Casey Peloquin Charlie Perkins Zach Perkins Andrew Quallio ** Tanner Ruhl Daniel Shellhouse Stone Shoaf Lance Wolfsmith

YR Sr. Fr. Sr. Jr. Fr. Jr. Fr. So. So. Fr. Sr. Jr. Fr. Jr. Jr. Fr. Jr. Fr. Fr. Fr. So. Sr. Jr. Sr. Fr. Jr. So. Sr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Jr.

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

HOMETOWN Indian Harbor Beach, Fla. Albuquerque, N.M. Denver, Colo.

West Liberty, Ohio Oak Lawn, Ill. Centennial, Colo.

Denver, Colo.

Safety Harbor, Fla. Rapid City, S.D. Fairfield, Conn.

Plymouth, Minn.

Peachtree City, Ga. Denver, Colo.

Park City, Utah Derry, N.H. Franklin, Mass.

Rochester, Mich.

Norwalk, Conn.

Colorado Springs, Colo.

San Diego, Calif.

Yorba Linda, Calif.

McAllister, Mont.

McAllister, Mont.

Wells, Maine Gig Harbor, Wash.

Alameda, Calif.

Alameda, Calif.

Jacksonville, Fla. Aurora, Colo.

Kingwood, Texas Alamogordo, N.M. Morgan Hill, Calif.

HIGH SCHOOL | PREVIOUS SCHOOL Satellite La Cueva George Washington Emmanuel Christian Brother Rice Smoky Hill Cherry Creek Countryside | USAFA Prep School Stevens Fairfield College Preparatory School Wayzata McIntosh Faith Christian Park City Pinkerton Academy Franklin Rochester Adams | Northwestern Prep Brien McMahon Cheyenne Mountain | Texas A&M Rancho Bernardo Esperanza Ennis Ennis Home School Gig Harbor Alameda Alameda | USAFA Prep School Zama American (Japan) Smoky Hill Kingwood Alamogordo Ann Sobrato | USAFA Prep School

HT 5-5 5-6 5-4 5-1 5-10 5-7 5-9 5-2 5-7 5-4 5-9 5-5 5-3

HOMETOWN Colorado Springs, Colo.

Pembroke, Mass.

Phoenix, Ariz.

Muskego, Wis. West Chicago, Ill. Dayton, Ohio Colorado Springs, Colo.

Blue Springs, Mo. Buda, Texas Evergreen, Colo.

Roswell, N.M. Albuquerque, N.M. Topeka, Kan.

HIGH SCHOOL Sand Creek Pembroke North Canyon Muskego West Chicago Archbishop Alter Liberty Blue Springs Jack C. Hays Mullen Roswell Eldorado Topeka

WOMEN’S TEAM ROSTER WOMEN’S TEAM Jen Bremser ** Heather Connick Adrianna Dong Taylor Drolshagen Annette Eichenberger Rebecca Esselstein Hannah Everson Melissa Fuerst ** Kate Kanetzky Morgan Mosby Anna Olesinski Marie Rossillon Emily Wagemaker

YR Sr. So. Jr. So. Jr. So. Fr. Sr. Sr. Sr. Fr. So. Fr.

COACHING STAFF HEAD COACH: Juli Benson (Fourth Season) VOLUNTEER ASSISTANT COACHES: Mark Stanforth (Third Season) | Jenny Simpson (Second Season)

CADET MANAGERS MEN’S MANAGERS: John Farquhar (Second Season) | Riley Feeney (Third Season) WOMEN’S MANAGER: Elizabeth Staab (Second Season)

** denotes team captain

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RETURNING LETTERWINNERS TED ARTZ

Senior | 6-1 | Indian Harbor Beach, Fla. | Satellite High School

TOP MARKS 8K Distance ....................................26:33.5 (2011) 10K Distance ....................................................n/a

JUNIOR (2011): Competed in four competitions…was the Falcons’ top finisher at the Rocky Mountain Shootout…placed 27th with a time of 27:20…also competed in 8K races at the Woody Greeno Invitational (26:34, 53rd) and at the Wisconsin adidas Invitational (26:37, 253rd)…also participated in the Rust-Buster Invitational, placing 32nd in the 6K race with a time of 19:40…academic all-conference selection…Mountain West Scholar-Athlete.

SOPHOMORE (2010): Competed in four meets…opened the season with a 46thplace finish at the Rust Buster Invitational (20:56, 6000-meter distance)…clocked an 8K time of 27:56 at the Woody Greeno Invitational (133rd)…also competed at the Rocky Mountain Shootout (28:33, 140th) and Tiger Invitational (season-best 26:41, 72nd)…academic all-conference selection…MWC Scholar-Athlete.

FRESHMAN (2009): Competed in the first two meets of the season...MWC ScholarAthlete.

HIGH SCHOOL: Satellite High School...all-conference and all-state selection in track...graduated with a 4.0 un-weighted grade-point-average...was active 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 aeronautical 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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RETURNING LETTERWINNERS MATTHEW BELL

Senior | 6-2 | Denver, Colo. | George Washington High School

TOP MARKS 8K Distance ....................................25:10.3 (2010) 10K Distance ....................................................n/a

JUNIOR (2011): Competed in four meets, including the Mountain West Championships…finished 30th at the conference meet with a time of 26:28…recorded a season-best time of 25:35 at the Wisconsin adidas Invitational (203rd)…finished third at the season-opening Rust Buster Invitational after posting a 6K time of 18:48… also competed at the Notre Dame Invitational, finishing 87th with a five-mile time of 25:19…academic all-conference selection…Mountain West Scholar-Athlete.

SOPHOMORE (2010): Competed in two meets…opened the season with a 10thplace finish at the Rust Buster Invitational…clocked a 6K time of 18:59 at that race…also competed at the Wisconsin adidas Invitational, clocking an 8K time of 25:10 (111th)…academic all-conference selection…MWC Scholar-Athlete.

FRESHMAN (2009): Ran at the Colorado State Classic…placed 34th with a time of 21:39.50…that time was the Falcons’ best four-mile time of the season…was the squad’s top finisher at that meet.

HIGH SCHOOL: George Washington High School...seven-time letterwinner 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 time of 15:27 and a personal-best two-mile time of 9:17...earned an IB diploma.

PERSONAL: Full name is Matthew Jacob Bell...goes by Matt...nickname is “Baboon”…son of Mark and Judy Bell...has one younger sister, Sally...majoring in environmental engineering...future plans include becoming a pilot…has served as Element Leader, Morale, Welfare and Recreation NCO, Athletic NCO and Athletic Officer…member of the “500 Club”…named to the Superintendent’s List for excellence in military, academic and athletic performance…hobbies include biking, camping, fishing, skiing and hiking…traveled to Nepal over the summer for a twoweek Olmsted trip through the Civil Engineering department to help construct bathrooms at a youth hostel in the Himalayas...member of Cadet Squadron 09.

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RETURNING LETTERWINNERS ISAIAH BRAGG

Junior | 6-3 | West Liberty, Ohio | Emmanuel Chris an High School

TOP MARKS 8K Distance ....................................25:24.7 (2011) 10K Distance ..................................31:39.1 (2011)

SOPHOMORE (2011): Earned all-conference honors after placing 14th at the Mountain West Championships…crossed the finish line in 25:45 to help the Falcons to a second-place finish in the team standings…posted a season-best 8K time of 25:25 to place 11th at the Woody Greeno Invitational and help Air Force win the team title…also competed in an 8K race at the Wisconsin adidas Invitational, posting a time of 26:17 (241st)…placed 40th at the NCAA Mountain Region Championships with a 10K time of 31:39…clocked a five-mile time of 25:13 at the Notre Dame Invitational (78th)…finished 14th at the Rust Buster Invitational with a season-opening 6K time of 19:20.

FRESHMAN (2010): Competed in six meets, including the conference and regional championships…was one of two Air Force freshmen to compete at the conference meet and the only freshman to compete at the regional championships…placed 30th at the Mountain West Conference Championships with a time of 26:29… finished 75th at the NCAA Mountain Region Championships with a 10K time of 32:14…opened the season with a 19th-place finish at the Rust Buster Invitational (20:18, 6000-meter course)…also competed at the Woody Greeno Invitational (26:08, 25th), Wisconsin adidas Invitational (25:46, 111th) and Pre-Nationals Meet (25:48, 168th).

HIGH SCHOOL: Emmanuel Christian Academy…2008 Ohio Division III state champion in cross country…2010 state champion in the 3200-meter run with a personal-best time of 9:22.13…finished second in the 1600-meter run at the regional championships with a career-best time of 4:22.07…also competed in wrestling… was a 2008 regional qualifier…member of the National Honor Society…served as student body president…class salutatorian.

PERSONAL: Full name is Isaiah Luke Bragg…nickname is “ShoTyme”…son of Dan and Annette Bragg…has one older brother, Josiah…also has two younger brothers, Noah and Micah…majoring in aeronautical engineering…future plans include becoming a developmental engineer…considers running a gift and his way to glorify God...would like thank his family for everything, “I wouldn’t be here without their support”…clocked the 10th-fastest time in Academy history in the 10,000-meter run during sophomore season…member of Cadet Squadron 32.

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RETURNING LETTERWINNERS JEN BREMSER

Senior | 5-5 | Colorado Springs, Colo. | Sand Creek High School

TOP MARKS 5K Distance ....................................18:20.0 (2011) 6K Distance ....................................21:34.2 (2011)

SENIOR (2012): Team captain.

JUNIOR (2011): Competed in six meets, including the conference and regional championships…finished fourth at the Woody Greeno Invitational, helping the Falcons to a second-place finish in the team-standings…clocked a time of 21:34 at that meet, which ranked second on the team in 2011…placed 21st at the Mountain West Championships with a time of 22:17…clocked 22:33 to finish 49th at the NCAA Mountain Regional Championships…opened the season with a 12th-place finish at the 4K Rust Buster Invitational (14:56)…also competed at the Notre Dame Invitational (18:20, 115th) and the Wisconsin adidas Invitational (22:20, 248th)… academic all-conference selection.

SOPHOMORE (2010): Competed in six races, including the conference and regional championships…placed 45th at the Mountain West Championships with a 6K time of 24:18 (7200 elevation)…finished 70th at the NCAA Mountain Regional Championships with a time of 22:22…posted a season-best 6K time of 22:03 at the Wisconsin adidas Invitational (96th)…that time was the second-fastest on the team… finished 17th (22:59) at the Woody Greeno Invitational…clocked a time of 22:35 at the Pre-Nationals Meet (188th)…opened the season placing 11th (15:58, 4K course) at the Rust Buster Invitational…academic all-conference selection.

FRESHMAN (2009): Earned the team’s Most Outstanding Freshman award…competed in five meets, including the conference and regional championships…was the Falcons’ top finisher at the MWC Championships, finishing 20th with a seasonbest time of 22:36…that time was ranked fourth on the team…placed 99th at the NCAA Regional Championships with a time of 23:22…opened the season with a 13th-place finish at the Rust Buster Invitational (15:45, 4K course)…ranked the Roy Griak Invitational in 24:14 to finish 94th…also competed at the Pre-Nationals Meet, crossing the finish line in 23:27…academic all-conference selection.

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 fifth 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 selection...Colorado High School Athletic Association scholarship winner...class valedictorian... graduated with a 4.2 grade point average...member of the National Honor Society...student council athletic commissioner...Link Leader...Rotary Club champion... selected as the Mayor’s Top-100 Teen...four-year scholar-athlete...three-time 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 retired from the Air Force with the rank of major...has one younger sister, Bree...majoring in behavioral science...future plans include becoming a nurse...hobbies include running, hiking and spending time with family and friends...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...set the Academy’s 3000-meter steeplechase record (10:46.79)…also ranked fifth in the indoor 5000-meter run, seventh in the indoor 3000-meter run and 10th in the outdoor 5000-meter run…member of Cadet Squadron 17.

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RETURNING LETTERWINNERS HEATHER CONNICK

Sophomore | 5-6 | Pembroke, Mass. | Pembroke High School

TOP MARKS 5K Distance ....................................18:44.0 (2011) 6K Distance ....................................22:11.4 (2011)

FRESHMAN (2011): Competed in six meets, including the conference and regional championships…placed 40th at the Mountain West Championships with a time of 23:11…clocked 23:39 to finish 93rd at the NCAA Mountain Region Championships…opened the season with a 15th-place finish at the Rust Buster Invitational (15:18, 4K)…placed 21st at the Woody Greeno Invitational (22:35), helping Air Force to a second-place finish in the team standings…also competed at the Notre Dame Invitational (18:44, 158th) and at the Wisconsin adidas Invitational (22:11, 232rd).

HIGH SCHOOL: Pembroke High School…Patriot League All-Scholastic selection…

Scholar-Athlete award winner…member of the swim team…Falmouth and Duxberry triathlon age group winner…member of the Honor Roll…member of the National Honor Society.

PERSONAL: Daughter of Dan and Camille Connick…has two older brothers, David and Bobby…majoring in biology and earning a minor in German…future career plans include becoming a researcher or neuroscientist…did not start running cross country until the freshman year of high school…hobbies include drawing, swimming and hiking…member of Cadet Squadron 07.

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RETURNING LETTERWINNERS JEREMY DRENCKHAHN

Senior | 5-7 | Plymouth, Minn. | Wayzata High School

TOP MARKS 8K Distance ....................................24:22.2 (2011) 10K Distance ..................................30:17.3 (2010)

JUNIOR (2011): Finished second at the Mountain West Championships, tying for the best conference placement in Academy history…all-conference first-team selection…clocked a time of 25:11 at that race to lead Air Force to a second-place team finish…claimed two additional top-five finishes…placed third at the Woody Greeno Invitational with a time of 24:46…opened the season with a sixth-place finish (19:00, 6K) at the Rust Buster Invitational…clocked a season-best time of 24:22 to place 36th among 270 races at the Wisconsin adidas Invitational…that time was ranked second on the team…earned the MW Runner of the Week award following that race…became just the sixth Falcon to earn multiple AOW awards in a career… finished 31st at the Notre Dame Invitational with a five-mile time of 24:48…concluded the season with a 39th-place 10K time of 31:39 at the NCAA Mountain Region Championships…academic all-conference selection…MW Scholar-Athlete.

SOPHOMORE (2010): All-region honoree…competed at the NCAA Championships…clocked a 10K time of 31:28.2 to finish 134th at that race…placed 13th at the NCAA Mountain Region Championships with a career-best 10K time of 30:17… placed 15th at the MWC Championships with an 8K time of 25:38…also competed in four regular season meets…opened the season with an eighth-place finish at the 6000-meter Rust Buster Invitational (19:48)…that was the second-best finish on the team at that meet…finished 15th at the Woody Greeno Invitational…time of 25:49 was the second-fastest time on the team at that meet…placed 69th at the Pre-Nationals Meet (24:46) and 76th at the Wisconsin adidas Invitational (24:42)… ranked second on the team at the 6000-meter and 10,000-meter distances… ranked fourth on the team at the 8000-meter distance…academic all-conference selection…MWC Scholar-Athlete…named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team.

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 Championships with a time of 26:13…clocked a time of 32:49 in the 10K at the NCAA Regional Championships…posted a seasonbest time of 25:45 (8K) to place 21st at the Fort Hays Tiger Invitational…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 time of 28:15…opened the season with a 40th-place time of 20:53 at the Rust Buster Invitational…academic all-conference selection…MWC Scholar-Athlete.

HIGH SCHOOL: Wayzata High School...coached by Bill Miles...three-time all-state selection...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 Nationals as a junior and senior, respectively...state champion in the 3200-meter run as a senior... finished seventh in the 1600-meter run that year...clocked a personal-best time of 4:21.4 in the 1600 meters...four-time academic all-state selection.

PERSONAL: Son of Theron Drenckhahn and Peggy Farah...nickname is “Gumdrop”...father retired from the Air Force with the rank of major after serving as a C-130 navigator...has one older brother, Nathan, who is a first lieutenant in the Air Force and currently flying KC-10s...also has one younger sister, Melissa...majoring in biology… future plans include becoming a doctor…served as Squadron Athletic Officer…spent the summer serving as Mission Support Group DO and completing Powered Flight… hails from the number one city in America to live, as reported by CNN Money magazine...hobbies include playing hockey and sleeping...set the Academy’s Junior Class record in the 10,000-meter run during the 2012 season…ranked fourth in both the indoor and outdoor 5000-meter events…member of Cadet Squadron 08.

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RETURNING LETTERWINNERS MELISSA FUERST

Senior | 5-2 | Blue Springs, Mo. | Blue Springs High School

TOP MARKS 5K Distance ....................................17:49.0 (2011) 6K Distance ....................................21:09.2 (2011)

JUNIOR (2011): Team MVP…all-conference selection…became just the fifth Falcon in program history to earn all-MW honors, after placing ninth at the Mountain West Championships (21:22)…that placement is the second-highest finish for Air Force in program history…was the Falcons’ top finisher in five of six competitions… placed second among 283 runners at the Woody Greeno Invitational with a time of 21:26…that time was the seventh-fastest at Pioneer’s Park since 2002…guided Air Force to a second-place finish in the team standings…earned the Mountain West Runner of the Week award following that meet…became the first Falcon since 2008 to earn the weekly conference award…placed 32nd at the NCAA Mountain Region Championships with a time of 22:06…clocked the team’s fastest 6K time of the season (21:09) at the Wisconsin adidas Invitational (86th)…finished 49th at the Notre Dame Invitational with a 5K time of 17:49…opened the season with a seventh-place finish at the Rust Buster Invitational (4K).

SOPHOMORE (2010): Competed in six meets, including the conference and regional championships…finished 24th at the MWC Championships with a time of 23:03…posted a season-best 6K time of 22:18 at the NCAA Mountain Region Championships (67th)…that was the third-fastest 6K time on the team in 2010… also ran 6K times of 23:07 (22nd, Woody Greeno Invitational), 22:38 (130th, Wisconsin adidas Invitational) and 22:44 (202nd, Pre-Nationals Meet)…opened the season with a 22nd-place time of 16:22 at the 4K Rust Buster Invitational.

FRESHMAN (2009): Competed in five meets, including the Mountain West Conference Championships…placed 51st at the conference meet with a time of 24:12… picked up a season-best 10th-place finish at the Fort Hays Tiger Invitational with a season-best time of 18:41 (5K)…placed 25th at the Colorado State Classic with a 5K time of 20:28…ran the Rocky Mountain Shootout in 24:44 to place 80th…participated in the “open” race of the Rust Buster Invitational, clocking a time of 16:17.

HIGH SCHOOL: Blue Springs High School...all-conference selection in cross country and track...three-time competitor 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 graduating class... named to the Principal’s Honor Roll...member of the National 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, Christina...majoring in systems engineering management...future plans include working in acquisitions...served as an Athletic Officer…has also served as an A-1 Element Leader and a B-2 Element NCO…named to the Superintendent’s List for excellence in military, academic and athletic performance…enjoys sewing and reading...spent the summer as Expeditionary Survival and Evasion Training (ESET) cadre…ran a leg of the distance medley relay that won the Mountain West championship title and set an Academy record in 2012…earned all-conference honors in the 1500-meter run at the 2012 MW Outdoor Championships…NCAA Qualifier in the 1500-meter run as a junior… ranked fifth in that distance on the Academy’s all-time record book…also ranked fourth all-time in the indoor 3000-meter run…member of Cadet Squadron 29.

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RETURNING LETTERWINNERS JAKE HAWKINS

Junior | 5-8 | Derry, N.H. | Pinkerton Academy

TOP MARKS 8K Distance ....................................25:29.1 (2011) 10K Distance ..................................32:35.5 (2011)

SOPHOMORE (2011): Competed in six meets, including the conference and regional championships…finished 33rd at the Mountain West Championships with a time of 26:35…posted a season-best 8K time of 25:29 to finish 15th at the Woody Greeno Invitational…added an 8K time of 26:29 at the Wisconsin adidas Invitational (245th)…clocked a 10K time of 32:36 to place 67th at the NCAA Mountain Regional Championships…ran at the five-mile Notre Dame Invitational, clocking a time of 25:35 (111th)…opened the season with a 20th-place finish (19:28, 6K) at the Rust Buster Invitational…academic all-conference selection…Mountain West Scholar-Athlete.

FRESHMAN (2010): Competed in four meets…opened the season at the Rust Buster Invitational, finishing 25th with a 6K time of 20:29…finished 49th at the Tiger Invitational, clocking a season-best 8K time of 26:11…also competed at the Woody Greeno Invitational (26:59, 66th) and the Rocky Mountain Shootout (29:32, 199th)…MWC Scholar-Athlete.

HIGH SCHOOL: Pinkerton Academy…placed fifth at the New Hampshire Meet of Champions (cross country)…also finished fifth in the 1600-meter run at the New England Indoor Championships…competed in the 3200-meter run (personal-best time: 9:25.39), 1600-meter run (4:25.09) and 1500-meter run (indoors, 4:00.60)… earned all-New England honors in both cross country and indoor track…also earned all-state honors in cross country.

PERSONAL: Full first name is Jacob, but goes by Jake…nickname is “Helen”…son of Charles and Christine Hawkins…has one younger sister, Brittany…majoring in physics…served as IT NCO…hobbies include learning sign language…loves to rock climb…member of Cadet Squadron 32.

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RETURNING LETTERWINNERS KATE KANETZKY

Senior | 5-7 | Buda, Texas | Jack C. Hays High School

TOP MARKS 5K Distance ....................................18:14.0 (2011) 6K Distance ....................................21:45.7 (2011)

JUNIOR (2011): Competed in six meets, including the conference and regional championships…opened the season with a sixth-place finish at the Rust Buster Invitational…clocked a team-leading time of 14:44 in the 4K race…placed eighth at the Woody Greeno Invitational, clocking a season-best 6K time of 21:46 to help Air Force to a second-place finish in the team standings…finished 27th at the Mountain West Championships behind a time of 22:35…clocked 23:05 to finish 69th at the NCAA Mountain Region Championships…ran 21:58 to finish 211th at the Wisconsin adidas Invitational…also competed at the Notre Dame Invitational, clocking a 5K time of 18:14 to finish 97th…academic all-conference selection…Mountain West Scholar-Athlete.

SOPHOMORE (2010): Competed in six meets, including the conference and regional championships…posted a season-best time of 23:10 at the NCAA Mountain Region Championships (106th)…finished 43rd at the Mountain West Conference Championships (24:12, 7200 elevation)…also competed in two additional 6K races – Woody Greeno Invitational (23:48, 48th) and Pre-Nationals Meet (23:36, 256th)…opened the season with a 17th-place finish (16:11) at the 4K Rust Buster Invitational…one of two Falcons to compete at the Rocky Mountain Shootout, finishing 63rd with a 5800-meter time of 23:55…academic all-conference selection…

MWC Scholar-Athlete…CoSIDA Capital One Academic All-District selection.

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

PERSONAL: Full name is Kate Lyn Kanetzky...daughter of Don and Marty Kanetzky... has two older siblings, Dakota and Case...majoring in geospatial science...future plans include becoming a C-17 pilot...working towards getting a pilot’s license...has soloed...named to the Superintendent’s List for excellence in military, academic and athletic performance…volunteers with Big Brothers/Big Sisters…earned Best Base Cadre for Combat Survival Training…served as an Element Leader and Element NCO…spent the summer working as a Philmont Ranger and participating in the Powered Flight Program…also served as Academic Squadron Commander…… hobbies include hiking, camping, stargazing, swimming, tubing, skiing, playing soccer, watching movies and watching lightning storms…ranked fourth on the Academy’s all-time rankings in the 10,000-meter run…also ranked ninth in the outdoor 5000-meter run…member of Cadet Squadron 23.

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HIGH SCHOOL: Jack C. Hays High School...placed 27th at the Texas state cross country championships...won the district title 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.

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RETURNING LETTERWINNERS MORGAN MOSBY

Senior | 5-4 | Evergreen, Colo. | Mullen High School

TOP MARKS 5K Distance ....................................18:55.3 (2009) 6K Distance ....................................22:18.2 (2010)

JUNIOR (2011): Competed in five meets, including the conference and regional championships…finished 35th at the Mountain West Championships after clocking a time of 22:53…clocked a time of 23:20 to finish 82nd at the NCAA Mountain Region Championships…also competed at the Wisconsin adidas Invitational, clocking a season-best time of 22:31…opened the season with a 37th-place time of 16:02 (4K) at the Rust Buster Invitational…also competed at the Notre Dame Invitational (217th), finishing the 5K course in a time of 19:50.

SOPHOMORE (2010): Competed in six meets, including the conference and regional championships…opened the season with a fourth-place finish at the 4K Rust Buster Invitational (15:41)…finished 30th at the Mountain West Conference Championships with a time of 23:29 (7200 elevation)…placed 76th at the NCAA Mountain Region Championships (22:30)…posted a season-best 6K time of 22:18 at the Wisconsin adidas Invitational (108th)…finished 20th at the Woody Greeno Invitational with a time of 23:01…clocked a time of 22:43 (199th) at the Pre-Nationals Meet.

FRESHMAN (2009): Competed in four meets…placed 12th at the 6K RMAC Open after finishing in 24:34…finished 13th at the Fort Hays Tiger Invitational (5K) in 18:55…that time 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 Invitational.

HIGH SCHOOL: Mullen High School…placed fourth in the 800-meter run at the 2007 Colorado 4A state track and field championships...recorded a time of 2:18.28 at that meet...set a personal-best time 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 becoming a pilot…served as Flight NCO and Element Leader…also served as the Mountain West Conference Spirit Representative…member of the 1000s Club…hobbies include any outdoor activities…took a mission trip to Tanzania over the summer…also completed Powered Flight and worked Basic Cadet Training…became the Academy’s first individual conference champion for the women’s track and field team, after winning the 1500-meter run at the 2012 MW Outdoor Championships with an Academy-record time of 4:23.74a…also ran a leg of the distance medley relay that won the Mountain West championship title and set an Academy record in 2012…NCAA Qualifier in the 1500-meter run…voted team captain for the 2012-13 track and field team… member of Cadet Squadron 11.

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RETURNING LETTERWINNERS GAVIN OWENS

Junior | 6-2 | McAllister, Mont. | Ennis High School

TOP MARKS 8K Distance ....................................25:15.5 (2011) 10K Distance ..................................32:27.2 (2011)

SOPHOMORE (2011): Competed in five meets, including the conference and regional meets…placed 21st at the Mountain West Championships (26:04) to help the Falcons to a runner-up finish in the team standings…was Air Force’s top finisher at the Fort Hays State Tiger Invitational, placing 11th with a season-best time of 25:16…earned the MW Runner of the Week award following that meet…finished 25th at the Woody Greeno Invitational behind a time of 25:50…clocked a 10K time of 32:27 to finish 62nd at the NCAA Mountain Region Championships…also participated in the Notre Dame Invitational, clocking a five-mile time of 25:59…opened the season at the Rust Buster Invitational, finishing 44th with a time of 19:53.

FRESHMAN (2010): Competed in four meets…opened the season with a 27thplace time of 20:31 at the Rust Buster Invitational (6000-meter course)…finished 36th at the 8K Tiger Invitational, clocking a season-best time of 25:47…finished 62nd at the Woody Greeno Invitational with a time of 26:57…placed 83rd at the Rocky Mountain Shootout with a time of 27:31.

HIGH SCHOOL: Ennis High School…competed in track and cross country…Montana Class C cross country state champion…two-time champion in the 3200-meter run… also claimed state title in the 1600-meter run…recorded personal-best times of 4:29 in the 1600-meter run, 9:53 in the 3200-meter run and 15.30 in the three-mile run…served as student body president…class saluditorian.

PERSONAL: Full name is Gavin Cadwalander Owens…nickname is “Queso”…son of Brett and Rita Owens...father is a retired lieutenant colonel…has one older brother, Gage, who is a senior runner at the Academy…also has two younger siblings, Madison and Race…currently undecided on a major…member of Cadet Squadron 11.

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RETURNING LETTERWINNERS ANDREW QUALLIO

Senior | 5-6 | Jacksonville, Fla. | Zama American High School (Japan)

TOP MARKS 8K Distance ....................................25:03.3 (2011) 10K Distance ..................................32:02.2 (2011)

SENIOR (2012): Team Captain JUNIOR (2011): Earned all-conference honors after placing 12th at the Mountain West Championships…recorded a time of 25:38 to help the Falcons to a secondplace finish in the team standings…earned a ninth-place finish at the Woody Greeno Invitational (25:05) as Air Force won the team title...posted a season-best 8K time of 25:03 to place 142nd at the Wisconsin adidas Invitational…placed 50th at the NCAA Mountain Region Championships with a 10K time of 32:02…ran a five-mile time of 25:21 to finish 92nd at the Notre Dame Invitational…opened the season with a 17th-place time of 19:26 at the Rust Buster Invitational (6K course)… academic all-conference selection.

SOPHOMORE (2010): Competed in six meets, including the conference and regional championships…finished 44 at the Mountain West Conference Championships with an 8K time of 27:48…posted a 10K time of 32:48 to finish 87th at the NCAA Mountain Region Championships…posted a season-best 8000-meter time of 25:19 at the Tiger Invitational, finishing 27th…placed 28th at the Woody Greeno Invitational with a time of 26:11…posted a time of 25:40 at the Wisconsin adidas Invitational to finish 148th…clocked a 6K time of 20:16 to finish 18th at the seasonopening Rust Buster Invitational…academic all-conference selection.

FRESHMAN (2009): Competed in five races…opened the season at the Rust Buster Invitational…placed 47th with a time of 21:05 (6K course)…recorded a four-mile time of 22:01 to take 38th at the Colorado State Classic…ran three 8K courses… finished 77th at the Rocky Mountain Shootout with a time of 28:33…recorded a season-best time of 26:24 at the Fort Hays Tiger Invitational to finish 44th…that time was the Falcons’ ninth-fastest of the season…was the Falcons’ top finisher at the RMAC Open, placing 44th with a time of 28:28…academic all-conference selection.

HIGH SCHOOL: Zama American High School (Camp Zama, Japan)...two-time Department of Defense Dependents Schools (DODDS) Far-East cross country champion...two-time Kanto Plains Association of Secondary School Principals (KPASSP) cross country champion...2009 USATF All-American for cross country...two-time KPASSP champion in the 3200/3000...2008 KPASSP champion in the 1500-meter ran...was an all-state (Florida) cross country selection in 2006...member of the National Honor Society...served as vice president of the ZHS Keystone Club.

PERSONAL: Full name is Andrew Jonathan Quallio...nickname is “Q”…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...named to the Superintendent’s List for excellence in military, academic and athletic performance…served as 2011 BCT Cadre and Squadron Safety NCO…will serve as team captain during the track and field season…hobbies include exercising, paintball and snowboarding…spent the summer skydiving and working Expeditionary Survival and Evasion Training and Basic Cadet Training…also visited the Bahamas…NCAA Qualifier in the 10,000-meter run…recorded the eighthfastest time in Academy history at that distance…member of Cadet Squadron 03.

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RETURNING RUNNERS MATT CALDWELL

Junior | 6-0 | Centennial, Colo. | Smoky Hill High School

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ZACK CHRISTENSON

Sophomore | 6-0 | Safety Harbor, Fla. | Countryside High School

TOP MARKS

8K Distance ....................................26:25.5 (2010) 10K Distance ....................................................n/a

8K Distance ....................................26:53.0 (2011) 10K Distance ....................................................n/a

SOPHOMORE (2011): Competed in three meets…opened the season at the Rust Buster Invitational, clocking a 6K time of 20:44 (82nd)…posted a season-best 8K time of 27:34 to finish 119th at the Woody Greeno Invitational…also competed at the Rocky Mountain Shootout, placing 58th in a time of 28:32.

FRESHMAN (2011): Competed in four meets, including three 8K competitions… posted a season-best time of 26:53 at the Fort Hays State Tiger Invitational (70th)… recorded a time of 28:57 at the Woody Greeno Invitational (203rd)…finished 97th at the Rocky Mountain Shootout with a time of 30:01…opened the season at the Rust Buster Invitational, placing 89th with a 6K time of 21:05.

FRESHMAN (2010): Competed in four meets…posted a season-best 8K time of 26:26 to finish 60th at the Tiger Invitational…finished 61st at the Woody Greeno Invitational (26:57) and 89th at the Rocky Mountain Shootout (27:38)…opened the season with a 35th-place finish at the Rust Buster Invitational, clocking a 6000meter time of 20:41.

HIGH SCHOOL: Smoky Hill High School…finished second in the 800-meter run at the Colorado Class 5A state championships with a personal-best time of 1:52.82… also placed second in the 1600-meter run at that meet…recorded a season-best time of 4:20.67 at the Cherry Creek Invitational…ran a 9:39.45 in the 3200-meter run at the Nike/Valor Invitational…two-time all-state (first team) selection in track and field…regional champion in cross country in 2008…two-time all-state (secondteam) selection in cross country…served as team captain for three years…selected as Smoky Hill Athlete of the Year in 2010…also named high school’s Outstanding Senior that year…received the 2010 IB Doze English Award for outstanding English student…selected as the John Lynch Star of the Year award in 2006.

HIGH SCHOOL: Countryside High School…earned all-county and all-region honors in both cross country and track…also claimed all-state honors in track…clocked a personal-best time of 1:56 in the 800-meter run and 4:21 in the 1600-meter run… served as captain for both track and cross country…also played varsity soccer… served as senior class treasurer.

PERSONAL: Full name is Zachary Thomas Christenson…goes by Zack…nickname is “Sack”…son of Lee and Janet Christenson…has older twin brothers, Damon and Raymond…Damon is a STO in the Air Force and Raymond is an All-American Triathlete…majoring in economics…future plans include “getting drafted by the National Cricket Association”…served as a PEER…attended the Academy’s Prep School… member of the soccer team…hobbies include cricket, longboarding, surfing, rock climbing, painting, photography and sculpting…member of Cadet Squadron 40.

PERSONAL: Son of David and Christine Caldwell…nickname is “Buttons”…has one younger sister…majoring in philosophy…future plans include becoming a pilot or going into the intelligence field…served as Honor NCO, Athletic Clerk and Recycling Clerk…worked Basic Cadet Training over the summer…hobbies include hiking, reading, writing and watching TV...ran a leg of the distance medley relay that won the Mountain West championship title in 2012…member of Cadet Squadron 05.

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RETURNING RUNNERS RILEY COATES

Sophomore | 5-8 | Rapid City, S.D. | Stevens High School

TOP MARKS 8K Distance ......................................................n/a 10K Distance ....................................................n/a

FRESHMAN (2011): Did not compete in any meets.

HIGH SCHOOL: Stevens High School…three-time all-state selection in cross country…also earned three All-Greater Dakota Conference selections…earned one All-Greater Dakota Conference selection in track…school record holder in the 800meter run (1:55.1)…also a member of the 4x800-meter relay team that holds the school record at 7:52.85…member of the National Honor Society.

PERSONAL: Son of Kip and Mary Coates…nickname is “Goat”…has a twin brother, Casey…also has one older sibling, Kelly…majoring in biology…would like to attend medical school following graduation…spent the summer completing Expeditionary Survival and Evasion Training (ESET) and Jump…hobbies include baseball, basketball and watching movies…member of Cadet Squadron 31.

ADRIANNA DONG

Junior | 5-4 | Phoenix, Ariz. | North Canyon High School

TOP MARKS 5K Distance ....................................18:42.7 (2011) 6K Distance ....................................23:44.1 (2011)

SOPHOMORE (2011): Competed in four meets, including the Mountain West Championships…finished 49th at the conference meet with a career-best time of 23:44…placed ninth at the Fort Hays State Tiger Invitational (18:43, 5K)…opened the season with a 30th-place time of 15:52 at the 4K Rust Buster Invitational… placed 48th at the Rocky Mountain Shootout, with a 5.8K time of 24:11.

FRESHMAN (2010): Did not compete for the cross country team.

HIGH SCHOOL: North Canyon High School…2009 regional champion in the 1600meter run…also finished second in the 800-meter run…runner-up in both the 800and 1600-meter events at the 2009 District Championships…named Most Valuable Senior in 2010 and Most Outstanding Junior in 2009…served as captain of cross country and track team…College Board AP Scholar…graduated with a 4.6 weighted GPA…finished in the 95% class percentile…served as Student Body president…also served as president of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes…superb sno-cone engineer at Tropical Sno from 2008-10.

PERSONAL: Full name is Adrianna Larre Dong…daughter of Larry and Monica Dong…has one older sister, Amanda…majoring in political science and earning minors in Chinese and Spanish...served as the Wing Honor Chairperson for Education NCO…named to the Dean’s List and Athletic List…spent the summer completing Operation Air Force at Nellis AFB, Nev., and working at the Personnel Recovery Command Center for the ESET program…also backpacked through Europe with sister…hobbies include arts and crafts, reading and hiking…father invented her middle name…loves “Glee”…member of Cadet Squadron 22.

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RETURNING RUNNERS TAYLOR DROLSHAGEN

Sophomore | 5-1 | Muskego, Wis. | Muskego High School

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ANNETTE EICHENBERGER

Junior | 5-10 | West Chicago, Ill. | West Chicago High School

TOP MARKS

5K Distance ....................................18:45.4 (2011) 6K Distance ....................................22:53.0 (2011)

5K Distance ....................................19:09.8 (2011) 6K Distance ....................................23:31.1 (2011)

FRESHMAN (2011): Competed in four meets…placed 10th at the Fort Hays State Tiger Invitational with a 5K time of 18:45…competed at the Woody Greeno Invitational, finishing 30th in 22:53 (6K)…opened the season at the Rust Buster Invitational, clocking a 4K time of 15:58 to finish 35th…also participated Rocky Mountain Shootout, placing 44th in 23:48 (5.8K)…academic all-conference selection.

SOPHOMORE (2011): Competed in four meet, including the conference and regional championships…finished 43rd at the MW Championships, clocking a time of 23:31…posted a time of 23:49 to finish 192nd at the NCAA Mountain Regionals… placed 19th at the Tiger Invitational with a 5K time of 19:09…opened the season at the Rust Buster Invitational, placing 32nd (15:54) in the 4K race.

HIGH SCHOOL: Muskego High School…competed at state championship meets during seven of eight seasons…earned all-conference honors every season… academic all-state selection…led the women’s cross country team to its first appearance at the state championship meets in school history…National Merit Scholarship finalist.

FRESHMAN (2010): Competed in the season-opening Rust Buster Invitational… clocked a 4K time of 16:07 to finish 13th.

PERSONAL: Full name is Taylor Marie Drolshagen…daughter of TJ and Sheri Drolshagen…has a twin sister, Niki, who is a sophomore runner at the University of Loyola in Chicago…majoring in biology…future plans include becoming a pilot… hobbies include art (drawing, painting, sculpting, etc.), reading and skiing (water and downhill)…uncle, SMsgt Randall La Bodda, is a C-130 Hercules loadmaster… member of Cadet Squadron 28.

HIGH SCHOOL: West Chicago Community High School… state champion in the 800meter run during both the indoor (2:14) and outdoor (2:12.26) meets…finished second at the 2009 Nike Outdoor Nationals in the Emerging Elite Division…placed second in the 2000-meter steeplechase at the 2009 AAU Junior Olympics…seventime qualifier to the Junior Olympics in the 800-meter run, javelin throw, 2000meter steeplechase, heptathlon and as a member of the 4x800-meter relay team… earned All-America status in the steeplechase and relay…all-state honoree…threetime indoor conference champion in the 800-meter run…also earned three consecutive conference titles in the outdoor 800-meter run…2008 sectional champion in the outdoor 800-meter run…2008 conference champion in the indoor 1600-meter run…two-time co-captain of cross country team…also served as co-captain of the 2010 track team…four-year varsity letterwinner in both cross country and track… sectional qualifier for cross country…two-time all-area athlete for track and field in Dupage County…member of the 4x800-meter relay team that qualified for the 2010 state meet…holds school records in the 800-meter, mile, 4x400-meter relay, 4x800-meter relay and high jump…also lettered in basketball as a sophomore… named “2010 Mrs. WIldcat” as the top senior girl’s all-around athlete at West Chicago High School…graduated 17th out of 526 students with a 3.94 GPA…named Illinois State Scholar…member of the National Honor Society…member of the National Foreign Language Honor Society (Spanish)…three-year recipient of the “Outstanding Effort in Mathematics” award…Martin Luther King Scholarship winner... selected “Wildcat Leader” to assist underclassmen…participated in the “We-Go Buddies” to help disabled students…participated in Relay for Life…Community/ Church youth volunteer…named to “Who’s Who Among All-American Scholars”.

PERSONAL: Full name is Annette Rianna Eichenberger…nickname is “Little Annette”…daughter of Ike and Valerie Eichenberger…father is a retired lieutenant colonel…mother is a former captain in the USAF nurse corps…has three younger siblings – Jack, Blake and Sabrina…majoring in biology…future plans include attending medical school…named the Top Female Athlete in squadron during Basic Cadet Training…served as Athletic Clerk, Operation Air Force Cadet-in-Charge, Element Leader during Basic Cadet Training and Support Clerk…named to the Dean’s List and Athletics List…enjoys playing the guitar and scuba diving…traveled to Seymour Johnson AFB, N.C., for Operation Air Force over the summer…also vacationed at Walt Disney World and went boating in Wisconsin…has two uncles that have served in the military; Lt Col (ret) Harold Eberle and Brig Gen (ret.) Milton Eberle…hopes to run in the Olympics someday…ranked sixth on the Academy’s alltime list in the indoor 800-meter run…also ranked eighth in the outdoor 800-meter run…member of Cadet Squadron 02.

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RETURNING RUNNERS CARL EIFERT

Junior | 6-0 | Peachtree City, Ga. | McIntosh High School

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REBECCA ESSELSTEIN

Sophomore | 5-7 | Dayton, Ohio | Archbishop Alter High School

TOP MARKS

8K Distance ....................................26:17.0 (2011) 10K Distance ....................................................n/a

5K Distance ....................................18:58.1 (2011) 6K Distance ....................................23:40.7 (2011)

SOPHOMORE (2011): Competed in three meets…clocked a season-best time of 26:17 to place 43rd at the Fort Hays State Tiger Invitational…finished 73rd at the Woody Greeno Invitational with a time of 26:50…also competed in the seasonopening Rust Buster Invitational, placing 68th with a time of 20:25.

FRESHMAN (2011): Competed in four competitions…opened the season at the Rust Buster Invitational, placing 29th with a 4K time of 15:52…ran a 5K time of 18:58 to place 14th at the Fort Hays State Tiger Invitational…clocked a 5.8K time of 24:43 to place 40th at the Rocky Mountain Shootout…competed at the Woody Greeno Invitational, recording a time of 23:41 to finish 81st in the 6K race…academic all-conference selection…Mountain West Scholar-Athlete.

FRESHMAN (2010): Competed in four meets…opened the season with a 56th-place finish at the 6K Rust Buster Invitational (21:40)…recorded a season-best 8K time of 26:46 at the Tiger Invitational to place 79th…also competed at the Woody Greeno Invitational (28:24, 159th) and the Rocky Mountain Shootout (29:32, 198th).

HIGH SCHOOL: McIntosh High School…earned seven letters in cross country and track...two-time MVP…received the honor for cross country and track (running events) as a senior…two-time all-region selection for cross country…named to the all-county cross country team twice…served as captain of both teams during senior year…finished third in the 3200-meter run at the Georgia state track meet with a personal-best time of 9:54 as a senior…also placed within the top 10 as a junior…state qualifier in the 3200-meter run as a senior…two-time all-region and all-county honoree in track…named school winner of Wendy’s High School Heisman…honor graduate…served as president of the National Honor Society… also served as vice-president of the Beta Club…member of the National English and Spanish Honor Society…Eagle Scout…also ran for the Southside Pioneers Track Club…finished 10th with a career-best time of 6:42 in the 2000-meter steeplechase at the 2009 AAU National Junior Olympics.

PERSONAL: Full name is Carl William Eifert…nickname is “Sleepy Carl”…son of Ron and Cele Eifert…father is a 1978 Academy graduate…mother is a retired lieutenant colonel…has one brother, Robert…majoring in civil engineering…future plans include becoming a pilot…served as Athletic NCO…has also served as Standardization/Evaluation Clerk…named to the Dean’s List and Athletic Director’s List… spent the summer completing Operation Air Force in Alaska…also participated in the Field Engineering Readiness Laboratory (FERL) and serving as Expeditionary Survival and Evasion Training (ESET) cadre…hobbies include running, swimming, music and hanging out with family and friends…member of Cadet Squadron 09.

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HIGH SCHOOL: Archbishop Alter High School…member of three state championship teams (2007 cross country, 2009 4x800-meter relay, 2011 4x800-meter relay)…four-time state qualifier in the 800-meter run…placed within the top-10 at the state meet all four years (fourth in 2009, seventh in 2010, eighth in 2008 and ninth in 2011)…served as co-captain of the 2010 cross country team…earned academic all-Ohio recognition for cross country…also earned academic all-state honors in track…two-time recipient of the Coaches’ Award for cross country… earned the 2011 Coaches’ Award for track…class valedictorian…received numerous department awards…received Scholar-Athlete honors from the Girls Greater Cincinnati League…AP Scholar.

PERSONAL: Full name is Rebecca Ann Esselstein…nicknames are “Becca” or “Reebs”…daughter of Brian and Lisa Esselstein…has one older brother, Matt, and two older sisters, Katie and Hilary…also has one younger brother, Andrew…majoring in astronautical engineering…future plans include becoming a pilot and ultimately, an astronaut…served as a CFC worker…received jump wings…spent the summer completing Expeditionary Survival and Evasion Training and the Jump program (“coolest thing I’ve done at USAFA”)…also served as a bridesmaid in sister’s wedding... hobbies include drawing, watching movies and playing Minesweeper on the computer…also enjoys playing laser tag…has one cousin in the Air Force Reserves and several uncles that are retired from the Air Force…member of Cadet Squadron 19.

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RETURNING RUNNERS CARSON FUGAL

Junior | 5-9 | Park City, Utah | Park City High School

TOP MARKS 8K Distance ....................................26:13.7 (2011) 10K Distance ....................................................n/a

SOPHOMORE (2011): Participated in three meets…clocked a season-best 8K time of 26:14 to place 38th at the Fort Hays State Tiger Invitational…opened the season at the Woody Greeno Invitational, placing 98th with a time of 27:14…also competed at the Rocky Mountain Shootout, clocking a time of 28:12 to place 48th.

FRESHMAN (2010): Competed in four meets…opened the season at the Rust Buster Invitational, clocking a 6K time of 20:49 to finish 40th…also competed in three 8K races…ran at the Woody Greeno Invitational (28:14, 148th), Rocky Mountain Shootout (28:40, 153rd) and the Tiger Invitational (26:43, 76th).

HIGH SCHOOL: Park City High School…three-time cross country MVP…three-time recipient of the Coaches Award…two-time all-region honoree…two-time all-state selection…earned four varsity letters in both cross country and track…member of the cross country team that won the state championship title…Top 10%...graduated as an A.P. Scholar with distinction.

PERSONAL: Son of Brig and Debbi Fugal…nickname is “Skittles”…has one older sister, Jennifer Meyer…majoring in systems engineering management…future plans include becoming a pilot or working within the acquisitions field…is a renowned section marcher…named to the Dean’s List…participated in Operation Air Force at Beale AFB, Calif., over the summer…also traveled home during leave…hobbies include skiing, camping and hiking…has a dog that is named after a Kinks song…”is a proud part of Scott Carson Fugal”…member of Cadet Squadron 26.

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ALEX LINDSAY

Junior | 6-0 | Rochester, Mich. | Rochester Adams High School

TOP MARKS 8K Distance ...................................26:52.6 (2011)) 10K Distance ....................................................n/a

SOPHOMORE (2011): Competed in two meets…opened the season at the Rust Buster Invitational, clocking a 6K time of 21:26 to place 103rd…also participated in the Fort Hays State Tiger Invitational…finished 69th with a time of 26:53.

FRESHMAN (2010): Competed in the season-opening Rust Buster Invitational… placed 70th with a time of 22:29.

HIGH SCHOOL: Rochester Adams High School…member of the cross country team that placed third at the state championship meet…two-time all-region selection in track (2007, 2008)…also earned three all-region selection in track (2007, 2008, 2009)…three-time all-league selection in track (2007, 2008, 2009)…earned 2008 all-county honors in both cross country and track…also earned all-country honors in track in 2009…two-time all-state selection in track (2008, 2009)…member of the 4x400-meter relay team that finished second at the Michigan state championships…also ran a leg of Michigan’s 4x800-meter relay team that competed at the Midwest Meet of Champions…served as captain of the cross country and track teams during senior season…also played ice hockey…also served as captain of that team during senior year…helped all three sports to a top-10 finish at the Division I state finals during senior year (cross country – ninth, track – fifth, hockey – Elite 8).

PERSONAL: Full first name is Alexander, but goes by Alex…nickname is “Cookies”… son of Rick and Sandy Lindsay…has one older sister, Chantal…majoring in management…future career plans include becoming a pilot…served as Element Leader… named to the Athletic Director’s List…spent the summer as survival cadre during Expeditionary Survival and Evasion Training (ESET)…attended Northwestern Preparatory School following high school graduation…hobbies include camping and fishing…was born in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada…became a naturalized citizen of the United States at age nine…won the 800-meter title at the 2012 Mountain West Outdoor Championships…ranked among the top-10 in both the indoor and outdoor 800-meter events…also ran a leg of the distance medley relay that clocked the second-fastest time in Academy history…member of Cadet Squadron 10.

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RETURNING RUNNERS ELLIOT MYERS

Sophomore | 6-1 | Yorba Linda, Calif. | Esperanza High School

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GAGE OWENS

Senior | 6-0 | McAllister, Mont. | Ennis High School

TOP MARKS

8K Distance ....................................26:41.3 (2011) 10K Distance ....................................................n/a

8K Distance ....................................26:25.6 (2011) 10K Distance ....................................................n/a

FRESHMAN (2011): Competed in three meets…opened the season at the Rust Buster Invitational, placing 59th with a 6K time of 20:15…clocked a season-best 8K time of 26:41 to place 57th at the Fort Hays State Tiger Invitational…also competed at the Woody Greeno Invitational, placing 108th in a time of 27:21…academic allconference selection…Mountain West Scholar-Athlete.

JUNIOR (2011): Competed in four meets, including three 8K competitions…clocked a season-best time of 26:26 to finish 48th at the Fort Hays State Tiger Invitational… crossed the finish line in 26:55 at the Woody Greeno Invitational to place 78th… finished 41st at the Rocky Mountain Shootout with a time of 27:57…opened the season at the Rust Buster Invitational, posting a 6K time of 20:06 to finish 51st… academic all-conference selection.

HIGH SCHOOL: Esperanza High School…earned the team’s MVP award…also named Most Inspirational…all-CIF and all-state selection…varsity letterwinner… also competed on the swim team…varsity letterwinner…Straight A’s…named Distinguished Graduate.

PERSONAL: Son of Fred and Ann Myers…nickname is “Squeaks”…has one older sister, Danielle, who is in the military…majoring in physics and earning a minor in Chinese…future career plans include working in the research and development field… served as Academic Clerk…hobbies include rest and relaxation…spent the summer completing Expeditionary Survival and Evasion Training (ESET), Unmanned Aerial Systems and the Space Program…is Chinese…has several uncles who have also served in the military…member of Cadet Squadron 25.

SOPHOMORE (2010): Competed in four races…clocked a 6K time of 21:29 to finish 53rd at the season-opening Rust Buster Invitational…posted a season-best 8K time of 27:52 at the Woody Greeno Invitational to finish 128th…clocked a time of 27:59 to place 117th at the Tiger Invitational…finished 143rd at the Rocky Mountain Shootout behind a time of 28:34...academic all-conference selection.

FRESHMAN (2009): Competed in five meets…finished 54th at the Colorado State Classic with a four-mile time of 23:58…ran the Rocky Mountain Shootout in 30:15… clocked a time of 27:47 to place 70th at the at the Fort Hays Tiger Invitational… competed at the RMAC Open, finishing 80th with a time of 30:06…participated in the “open” race at the Rust Buster Invitational, clocking a time of 22:25…academic all-conference selection…MWC Scholar-Athlete.

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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-time qualifier and finisher at the National 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 Scholastic Achievement Award (honors list)...member of the Saturday Scholars Program, which was awarded by teacher nomination...member of the National 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...nickname is “Salsa”…son of Brett and Rita Owens...father is a retired lieutenant colonel…has three younger siblings, Gavin, Madison and Race...Gavin is a junior runner at the Air Force Academy…majoring in mechanical engineering...future plans include becoming a pilot…served as CST Evasion Cadre, Element Leader, Squadron Superintendent, Personnel Recovery Cadre for Expeditionary Survival and Evasion Training (ESET) and Chief of Security…has maintained a cumulative GPA of at least 3.0…spent the summer completing Powered Flight and working ESET…also traveled home during leave… hobbies include running and being outdoors (hiking, biking, etc.)...also plays the piano…member of Cadet Squadron 32.

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RETURNING RUNNERS SETH PELLETIER

Senior | 6-0 | Wells, Maine | Home School

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Junior | 5-11 | Alameda, Calif. | Alameda High School

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8K Distance ....................................25:12.3 (2010) 10K Distance ....................................................n/a

8K Distance ....................................25:26.7 (2011) 10K Distance ....................................................n/a

JUNIOR (2011): Competed in four meets…opened the season at the Rust Buster Invitational, clocking a time of 20:07 to finish 52nd…also ran in three 8K events… posted a season-best time of 25:36 at the Fort Hays State Tiger Invitational, placing 22nd…finished 44th at the at the Rocky Mountain Shootout (28:03) and 45th at the Woody Greeno Invitational (26:27).

SOPHOMORE (2011): Competed in five meets, including the conference and regional championships…finished 25th at the Mountain West Championships with an 8K time of 26:16…finished 14th among 305 runners at the Woody Greeno Invitational (25:27) to help Air Force win the team title…finished 49th at the NCAA Mountain Region Championships with a 10K time of 32:00…ran a five-mile time of 26:11 to place 15th in the JV race of the Notre Dame Invitational…clocked a 6K time of 19:38 to finish 30th at the Rust Buster Invitational

SOPHOMORE (2010): Competed in five meets, including the conference championships…finished 47th at the Mountain West Championships with a time of 28:27…was the Falcons’ best finisher at the Tiger Invitational…clocked a time of 25:12 to finish 24th at that meet…also competed at the Woody Greeno Invitational (26:42, 45th) and Rocky Mountain Shootout (27:37, 87th)…opened the season at the 6000-meter Rust Buster Invitational, finishing 17th with a time of 20:13.

FRESHMAN (2009): Participated in four meets…opened the season at the Rust Buster Invitational, placing 54th in a 6K time of 21:21…ran the four-mile Colorado State Classic in 22:06 to finish 39th…clocked 29:58 at the Rocky Mountain Shootout (8K course)…posted a season-best time of 26:24 at the Fort Hays State Tiger Invitational to place 38th…that time was the 10th-fastest 8K time on the team.

HIGH SCHOOL: Home schooled...represented Seacoast Christian High School in competition...six-time MAISAD champion in cross country and track...recorded personal-best times of 4:16.60 in the 1600-meter run and 10:01.00 in the 3200meter run.

PERSONAL: Full name is Seth William Pelletier...son of Sammy and Susan Pelletier...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 political science...future plans include becoming an A-10 or AC-130 pilot...hobbies include music performance, hiking, fishing, running and swimming...member of Cadet Squadron 35.

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FRESHMAN (2010): Competed in the first two meets of the season…opened the season at the Rust Buster Invitational, placing 55th with a 6K time of 21:34… clocked a 6K time of 27:49 at the Woody Greeno Invitational (123rd).

HIGH SCHOOL: Alameda High School…set a personal-best time of 15:22 in the cross country 5K at Mt. SAC to finish first in division…placed ninth in the 3200meter run at California’s North Coast Section Meet of Champions...placed 22nd at the state cross country championships…recorded a 4.0 GPA during junior and senior seasons.

PERSONAL: Full first name is Charles, but goes by Charlie…nickname is “Tuna”… son of Randall and Alyssa Perkins…father served in the Army and Coast Guard…has a twin brother, Zach, who is a sophomore at the Air Force Academy and member of the cross country team…also has an older brother, Randall, who is graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy…majoring in systems engineering management…future plans include becoming a pilot…hobbies include running and biking…member of Cadet Squadron 25.

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RETURNING RUNNERS ZACH PERKINS

Sophomore | 6-4 | Alameda, Calif. | Alameda High School

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MARIE ROSSILLON

Sophomore | 5-5 | Albuquerque, N.M. | Eldorado High School

TOP MARKS

8K Distance ....................................26:07.0 (2011) 10K Distance ....................................................n/a

5K Distance ......................................................n/a 6K Distance ......................................................n/a

FRESHMAN (2011): Competed in three meets…clocked a season-best time of 26:07.0 to finish 31st among 305 runners at the Woody Greeno Invitational…also clocked that time (26:07.8) at the Fort Hays State Tiger Invitational to place 35th… finished sixth in the JV race at the Notre Dame Invitational after clocking a fivemile time of 25:49.

FRESHMAN (2011): Competed in the season-opening Rust Buster Invitational… clocked a time of 16:09 to finish 38th in the 4K race…did not compete for the rest of the season after undergoing shoulder surgery.

HIGH SCHOOL: Alameda High School…earned the MVP award for the track team… also named Most Improved for cross country…member of the soccer team…served as team captain.

PERSONAL: Full first name is Zachary, but goes by Zach…nickname is “Snake Bite”… son of Randy and Alyssa Perkins…father served in the Army and Coast Guard…has a twin brother, Charlie, who is a junior at the Air Force Academy and member of the cross country team…also has one older brother, Randy, who is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy…majoring in management…future plans include becoming a fighter pilot, engineer, doctor and aeronautical engineer…spent the summer completing Expeditionary Survival and Evasion Training (ESET)…also took biology and history classes…hobbies include figure skating and rollerblading…also likes to participate in rhythmic gymnastics…has “a passion for the arts; culinary, dance and photography” and enjoys “bedazzling and Zumba workouts”…attended the Academy’s Prep School…hobbies include roller and ice skating…also has a “passion for the culinary arts”…all-conference honoree in the 1500-meter run…set the Academy’s Freshman Class Record in that event…member of Cadet Squadron 06.

HIGH SCHOOL: Eldorado High School...placed 10th at the 2010 district cross country championships...all-district second-team selection...member of the district championship team as a senior...finished 15th out of 108 runners at the 2010 New Mexico 5A state cross country championships...member of the state championship team...ran on the team that was invited to the NXN Regionals in Mesa, Ariz.... claimed four top-four finishes at the 5A state track and field championships in 2011...placed second in the 300-meter hurdles, third in the 800-meter run and as a member of the 1600-meter relay, and fourth as a member of the 800-meter relay...also finished third in the 800-meter run at the 2011 Marilyn Sepulveda Elite Invitational (all-class) with a time of 2:20.33...served as team captain during senior season...won the 5A state championship during freshman year as a member of the 1600-meter medley...member of the volleyball team...served as team captain during junior and senior years...member of the district championship team...that team also advanced to the 5A state semifinals...named all-state second-team, all-metro first-team and all-district 2-5A first-team as a senior...also earned academic alldistrict 2-5A honors...named to the 2010 New Mexico All-Star North Team...team MVP as a senior...earned all-district 5-5A, academic all-district 5-5A and all-metro honorable mention as a junior...varsity starter and letterwinner as a sophomore... graduated 10th in a class of 360.

PERSONAL: Full name is Marie Nicole Rossillon...daughter of Jerry and Leslie Rossillon...father is a 1983 Academy graduate and retired fighter pilot...mother was in the ROTC and served five years...has one older brother, Kevin, who is a senior at the Academy and a member of the soccer team...also has one younger brother, Eric...majoring in behavioral science...future plans include being a fighter pilot... member of Cadet Squadron 36.

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RETURNING RUNNERS LANCE WOLFSMITH

Junior | 6-1 | Morgan Hill, Calif. | Ann Sobrato High School

TOP MARKS 8K Distance ....................................25:49.2 (2010) 10K Distance ....................................................n/a

SOPHOMORE (2011): Did not compete in any meets.

FRESHMAN (2010): Competed in five meets, including the conference championships…was one of just two Air Force freshmen to run at the conference meet… placed 42nd at the Mountain West Conference Championships with a time of 27:31 (7200 elevation)…clocked a season-best time of 25:49 at the Pre-Nationals Meet (171st)…placed 55th at the Woody Greeno Invitational with a time of 26:53… finished 67th at the Rocky Mountain Shootout with a time of 27:13…opened the season with a 23rd-place time of 20:26 at the Rust Buster Invitational (6000-meter race course).

ANNETTE EICHENBERGER

HIGH SCHOOL: Ann Sobrato High School…won California’s Central Coast Section in the 3200-meter run (9:07.10) in 2009…also won the Stanford invitational that year at 3200 meters…recorded a season-best time of 4:15.80 in the 1600-meter run at the Blossom Valley League finals…named Athlete of the Year as a junior and senior…won the 2006 USA Triathlon’s Youth Elite National Championships in Colorado Springs.

PERSONAL: First name is David, but goes by Lance…nickname is “Drama”…son of Dave Wolfsmith, Vikki O’Hara and Julie Wolfsmith…has one younger sister, Lauren…majoring in management…future plans include becoming a pilot or STO… served as the Standardization/Evaluation NCO…named to the Athletic Director’s List…hobbies include cycling…attended the Academy’s Prep School…nationally ranked in the junior triathlon…ran a leg of the distance medley relay that won the Mountain West championship title in 2012…member of Cadet Squadron 04.

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NEWCOMERS

SEAN BAPTY

DANIEL CADDIGAN

GRANT CASWELL

PATRICK CORONA

HANNAH EVERSON

Freshman | 5-11 Albuquerque, N.M. La Cueva High School

Freshman | 5-9 Oak Lawn, Ill. Brother Rice High School

Freshman | 6-0 Denver, Colo.

Cherry Creek High School

Freshman | 5-9 Fairfield, Conn.

Fairfield College Preparatory

Freshman | 5-9 Colorado Springs, Colo.

Liberty High School

EVAN FORTNEY

ANDREW HOOD

CHRIS MADAFFARI

KEVIN MIHALIK

ANNA OLESINKSKI

Freshman | 5-10 Denver, Colo.

Faith Chris an High School

Freshman | 5-6 Franklin, Mass.

Franklin High School

Freshman | 5-8 Norwalk, Conn.

Brien McMahon High School

Freshman | 6-1 San Diego, Calif.

Rancho Bernardo High School

Freshman | 5-9 Roswell, N.M. Roswell High School

CASEY PELOQUIN

TANNER RUHL

DANIEL SHELLHOUSE

STONE SHOAF

EMILY WAGEMAKER

Freshman | 5-7 Gig Harbor, Wash.

Gig Harbor High School

Freshman | 5-9 Aurora, Colo.

Smoky Hill High School

Freshman | 6-0 Kingwood, Texas Kingwood High School

Freshman | 6-0 Alamogordo, N.M. Alamogordo High School

Freshman | 5-3 Topeka, Kan. Topeka High School

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2011 SEASON-IN-REVIEW The Air Force cross country team concluded another successful season in 2011, highlighted by a runner-up finish from the men at the Mountain West Championships. Jeremy Drenckhahn placed second at the men’s conference championships, tying for the Falcons’ best placement ever at the MW meet and becoming Air Force’s first non-senior to earn the runner-up spot. Melissa Fuerst became just the fi h Air Force runner to earn all-conference honors in the women’s championships, as she finished ninth. Drenckhahn (first team) and Fuerst (second team) were two of five all-MW selec ons for the Falcons, joining Jim Walmsley (first team), Andrew Quallio (second team) and Isaiah Bragg (second team), while Walmsley earned all-region honors. In addi on, Drenckhahn, Fuerst, Walmsley and Gavin Owens also accounted for five MW Runner of the Week awards – setng a new Academy record for the total number of Academy awards in a single-season.

2012 HONORS & AWARDS ALL-REGION Jim Walmsley ALL-CONFERENCE Isaiah Bragg ......................................Second Team Jeremy Drenckhahn .............................. First Team Melissa Fuerst ..................................Second Team Andrew Quallio.................................Second Team Jim Walmsley ........................................ First Team MW ATHLETE OF THE WEEK Jeremy Drenckhahn ................................... Oct. 18 Melissa Fuerst ..........................................Sept. 20 Gavin Owens.............................................. Oct. 11 Jim Walmsley .............................Sept. 13, Sept. 20

MEN’S MVP: All-conference and all-region honoree Jim Walmsley had a stellar senior season for the Falcons.

A two- me Mountain West Runner of the Week, Walmsley earned a pair of first-place finishes. With a meet record 6K me of 18:30.72, Walmsley won the season-opening Rust Buster Invita onal, finishing 15 seconds ahead of the rest of the 134-runner field. The team captain also took first in the 305-runner Woody Greeno Invita onal the following weekend, successfully defending his tle with the sixth-fastest 8K me ever at Nebraska’s Pioneer Park (24:15.3). He became the first Air Force runner to earn the conference’s athlete of the week award during back-to-back weeks since 2008, while becoming only the fi h Falcon to claim mul ple such awards in a career. In his final two cross country races, Walmsley earned all-conference honors with a fi h-place finish at the MW Championships and earned an all-region award by finsihing 21st at the NCAA Regional Championships.

WOMEN’S MVP: Junior Melissa Fuerst became just the second female runner in Air Force history to finish within the top-10 at the Mountain West Championships (ninth) and only the fi h to earn all-conference accolades at the MW meet. She paced the Falcons during five of six races, including the conference and regional championships (32nd). Fuerst earned MW Runner of the Week honors a er placing second among 283 runners at the Woody Greeno Invita onal. Improving her personal me at the 6K distance by nearly one minute (21:25.7) at that meet, Fuerst clocked the seventh-fastest me at Nebraska’s Pioneer Park since 2002. In addi on, she became the first Air Force female since 2008 – and just the fi h since 1999 – to claim the league’s weekly honor.

WALMSLEY EARNS ALL-REGION RECOGNITION With a 10K me of 31:14.0 at the NCAA Mountain Region Championships on Nov. 12, Jim Walmsley was awarded All-Region recogni on by the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Associa on. Walmsley finished 21st at the regional meet to earn one of 450 all-region cita ons.

FIVE FALCONS CLAIM ALL-MW HONORS Five runners collected all-conference honors at the MW Championships – marking the highest total since 2005 and the second-most in Academy history. On the men’s side, Jeremy Drenckhahn and Jim Walmsley were named to the first team, while Andrew Quallio and Isaiah Bragg earned second-team dis nc on. Melissa Fuerst claimed all-MW honors for the women with a second-team selec on.

DID YOU KNOW? Jeremy Drenckhahn’s second-place finish is ed for the best placement ever by an Air Force runner in Mountain West Championship ac on. He joined Ben Payne (2003), Nick Wilson (2005) and Jus n Tyner (2010) as a conference runner-up, while becoming the team’s first non-senior to claim the second-place spot.

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USAFA ATHLETE OF THE WEEK Jim Walmsley ............................................Spet. 12 ACADEMIC ALL-CONFERENCE Ted Artz, Ma Bell, Amanda Blain, Jen Bremser, Ka e Carroll, Jeremy Drenckhahn, Taylor Drolshagen, Rebecca Esselstein, Michelle Ferguson, Jake Hawkins, Emily Hazen, Kate Kanetzky, Elliot Myers, Gage Owens, Andrew Quallio MW SCHOLAR-ATHLETE Ted Artz, Ma Bell, Amanda Blain, Jeremy Drenckhahn, Rebecca Esselstein, Michelle Ferguson, Jake Hawkins, Kate Kanetzky, Elliot Myers AF ATHLETIC EXCELLENCE Jim Walmsley

FUERST FACTS Melissa Fuerst became the fi h member of the women’s program to claim all-MW honors, as she finished ninth at the conference meet. In addi on, she became just the second female runner to ever place within the top-10 at a Moun n West meet.

MEN PLACE SECOND AT MW CHAMPIONSHIPS Highlighted by Jeremy Drenckhahn’s runner-up finish, the men placed second at the Mountain West Cross Country Championships on Oct. 29 – just three points out of first. Jim Walmsley also placed the top five (fi h), while Andrew Quallio and Isaiah Bragg finished 12th and 14th, respec vely. With Gavin Owen’s 21st-place finish, all five scoring runners for Air Force finished within the top 25.

WOMEN FINISH FOURTH AT CONFERENCE MEET Finishing ninth, Melissa Fuerst recorded the Falcons’ second-highest placement ever at the MW Championships, while pacing the women to a fourth-place team finish. Jen Bremser (21st) also finished within the top 25, while Kate Kanetzky (27th) crossed the finish line among the top 30. Ka e Carroll (34th) and Morgan Mosby (35th) rounded out the Falcons’ five scoring runners.

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2011 SEASON-IN-REVIEW MEN RECEIVE VOTES FOR THIRD STRAIGHT WEEK The men’s team received votes in the USTFCCCA Coaches’ Poll for the third straight week on Oct. 4 (ranked 33rd). The Falcons earned their first “RV” designa on a er a six-year absence on Sept. 20.

MEN TAKE 10TH AT NOTRE DAME INVITATIONAL With all scoring runners placing within the top half of the 205-runner field, the men placed 10th at the 26team Notre Dame Invita onal on Sept. 30 (finishing ahead of two na onally-ranked teams). Jim Walmsley paced the Falcons with a 10th-place individual finish.

FUERST PACES FALCONS FOR SECOND WEEK Backed by a 49th-place finish, Melissa Fuerst paced the Falcons to a 21st-place team finish in the Notre Dame Invita onal. Fuerst and Kate Kanetzky (97th) finished within the top half of the 225-runner field.

DRENCKHAHN NAMED MW ATHLETE OF THE WEEK Jeremy Drenckhahn was named the MW Athlete of the Week on Oct. 18, marking the second me he has claimed the weekly honor. He earned the award a er recording a career-best 8K me of 24:22.2 to finish 36th in the 270-runner field at the adidas Invita onal.

DID YOU KNOW? Jeremy Drenckhahn’s MW award on Oct. 18 marked the fi h me this season that Air Force has earned Athlete of the Week honors. The five selec ons – Jim Walmsley (Sept. 13, Sept. 20), Melissa Fuerst (Sept.

20), Gavin Owens (Oct. 11) and Drenckhahn (Oct. 18) – are a new Academy record for the most in a season.

ONE MORE STAT FACT Having also claimed the Mountain West Athlete of the Week honor as a freshman in 2009, Jeremy Drenckhahn becomes just the sixth Falcon in program history to claim mul ple MW honors in a career.

DUO PACES FALCONS AT WISCONSIN Jeremy Drenckhahn and Jim Walmsley finished within just two seconds of one another at the adidas Invita onal, placing 36th and 38th, respec vely. Drenckhahn, who shaved 20 seconds off of his previous best 8K me, was one of two runners to “PR” in Wisconsin.

STAYING CLOSE TO HOME Ted Artz paced the Falcons to a third-place team finish at the 26th annual Rocky Mountain Shootout in Boulder, placing 27th among 164 runners. All five scoring runners finished within the top 50, with Nick White (34th), Gage Owens (41st), Seth Pelle er (44th) and Carson Fugal (48th) rounding out the men’s scoring.

ROCKY MOUNTAIN RUNNING Chris ne Hagan and Amanda Blain led the women to a third-place finish at The Shootout. The duo, which placed 35th and 36th, respec vely, in the 171-runner race, guided the five scorers to top-50 finishes. Joining Hagan and Blain were Rebecca Esselstein (40th), Taylor Drolshagen (44th) and Emily Hazen (46th).

WALMSLEY AND FUERST SHARE MW HONORS Jim Walmsley and Melissa Fuerst were named the MW Athletes of the Week on Sept. 20, marking just the third me in Academy history that the Falcons have claimed both league awards in the same week.

HERE’S A LITTLE HISTORY LESSON Jim Walmsley’s Athlete of the Week honor on Sept.

20 marked the first me since the 2008 season that any runner in the conference has claimed the award in back-to-back weeks. He is also just the fi h Falcon to receive the honor more than once in a career, while Melissa Fuerst is the first member of the women’s team to claim the weekly honor since 2008.

WALMSLEY WINS SECOND WOODY GREENO MEET Jim Walmsley won the Woody Greeno Invita onal for the second straight year, be ering the 305-runner field by eight seconds. His me of 24:15.3 is the sixth-fastest me ever at Nebraska’s Pioneer Park.

Walmsley now owns two of the top-20 fastest mes in course history, as he recorded the 17th-best me in a winning effort at the 2010 invita onal compe on.

FUERST TAKES SECOND Clocking a career-best 6K me of 21:25.7, Melissa Fuerst placed second in a field of 283 runners at the Woody Greeno Invita onal. Her me was the seventh-fastest course me at Pioneer Park since 2002.

MEN WIN WOODY GREENO INVITATIONAL Backed by three top-10 finishes and five in the top 14, the men won the 28-team Woody Greeno Invite by nearly 50 points. In addi on to Jim Walmsley’s firstplace finish, Jeremy Drenckhahn finished third and Andrew Quallio placed ninth, while Isaiah Bragg and Charlie Perkins placed 11th and 14th, respec vely.

WOMEN TAKE SECOND AT NEBRASKA With all five scoring runners finishing within the top 25, including three within the top 10, the women finished second at the 25-team Woody Greeno Invita onal. Melissa Fuerst paced the Falcons with a second-place finish, while Jen Bremser and Kate Kanetzky finished fourth and eighth, respec vely.

WALMSLEY COLLECTS WEEKLY AWARDS A er winning the Rust Buster Invita onal in a meetrecord me, Jim Walmsley was named the MW Runner of the Week and Air Force Athlete of the Week.

Walmsley, who covered the 6K course in 18:30.72, finished 15 seconds ahead of the other 134 runners, while breaking the meet mark by 33 seconds.

BEING BLUE Air Force men accounted for three of the top five finishes at the Rust Buster Invita onal on Sept. 10. In addi on to Jim Walmsley’s victroy, Ma Bell and Jeremy Drenckhahn finished third and fi h, respec vely.

SHAKING OFF THE RUST Kate Kanetzky and Melissa Fuerst paced the women to five of the top 15 spots at the Rust Buster Invitaonal, finishing sixth and seventh, respec vely.

FUERST GUIDES WOMEN AT ADIDAS INVITATIONAL Two Falcons recorded career-best mes on Oct. 14.

Melissa Fuerst improved her 6K me by 14 seconds to pace the Falcons with an 86th-place finish.

OWENS NAMED MW ATHLETE OF THE WEEK Gavin Owens was named the Mountain West Athlete of the Week on Oct. 11, a er clocking a career-best 8K me of 25:15.5 to finish 11th among 152 runners at the Fort Hays State Invita onal on Oct. 8, pacing the men to a third-place finish in the team standings.

WHAT A FINISH With all five scorers placing within the top 20, the women finished second at the Fort Hays State Tiger Invita onal, trailing only Friends University, which is ranked seventh in the NAIA na onal standings.

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2011 MEET-BY-MEET RESULTS WEEK 1

WEEK 2

WEEK 3

RUST BUSTER INVITATIONAL | SEPT. 10 Colorado Springs, Colo. | Monument Valley Park

WOODY GREENO INVITATIONAL | SEPT. 17 Lincoln, Neb. | Pioneer’s Park

NOTRE DAME INVITATIONAL | SEPT. 30 South Bend, Ind. | ND Cross Country Course

MEN ........................................................................

6K Course | 135 Runners | No Team Scores

MEN ........................................................................

8K Course | 305 Runners | 1st of 28 Teams (35 pts)

MEN ........................................................................

5M Course | 205 Runners | 10th of 28 Teams (296 pts)

Pl 1 3 5 14 17 20 30 32 38 42 44 51 52 58 59 68 82 84 89 103

Pl 1 3 9 11 14 15 25 31 32 45 48 53 73 78 82 98 108 116 119 203

Pl 10 31 78 87 92 111 144

Runner Time Jim Walmsley....................................18:30.72 Ma Bell..............................................18:47.78 Jeremy Drenckhahn ............................18:59.07 Isaiah Bragg .........................................19:20.33 Andrew Quallio ...................................19:26.14 Jake Hawkins .......................................19:27.58 Charlie Perkins ................................... 19:37.08 Ted Artz ...............................................19:39.73 Dan Bailey ...........................................19:47.54 Nick White...........................................19:51.04 Gavin Owens ...................................... 19:52.87 Gage Owens ....................................... 20:05.93 Seth Pelle er .......................................20:06.90 Cameron Edwards ...............................20:14.11 Elliot Myers .........................................20:14.77 Carl Eifert ............................................20:24.82 Ma Caldwell ......................................20:44.03 Ronnie Elly...........................................20:45.43 Zack Christenson .................................21:05.26 Alex Lindsay.........................................21:25.52

Runner Time Jim Walmsley......................................24:15.3 Jeremy Drenckhahn ..............................24:45.7 Andrew Quallio .....................................25:05.0 Isaiah Bragg ...........................................25:24.7 Charlie Perkins ......................................25:26.7 Jake Hawkins .........................................25:29.1 Gavin Owens .........................................25:49.6 Zach Perkins ..........................................26:07.0 Dan Bailey .............................................26:12.0 Seth Pelle er .........................................26:27.1 Nick White.............................................26:29.2 Ted Artz .................................................26:33.5 Carl Eifert ..............................................26:50.4 Gage Owens ..........................................26:54.9 Ronnie Elly.............................................27:00.5 Carson Fugal ..........................................27:13.5 Elliot Myers ...........................................27:20.9 Sam O’Hair ............................................27:30.4 Ma Caldwell ........................................27:33.7 Zack Christenson ...................................28:56.6

WOMEN ..................................................................

4K Course | 94 Runners | No Team Scores

WOMEN ..................................................................

6K Course | 283 Runners | 2nd of 25 Teams (55 pts)

Pl 6 7 12 13 15 21 24 25 29 30 32 34 35 36 37 38 42 46 51 75

Pl 2 4 8 21 24 30 37 52 64 71 119

Runner Time Kate Kanetzky ......................................14:43.92 Melissa Fuerst .....................................14:44.20 Jen Bremser ........................................14:55.52 Ka e Carroll.........................................15:13.64 Heather Connick ................................ 15:17.99 Carley Gross ........................................15:38.86 Amanda Blain ......................................15:44.09 Rachel Sykes ........................................15:45.36 Rebecca Esselstein ..............................15:52.06 Adrianna Dong ....................................15:52.33 Anne e Eichenberger .........................15:54.44 Alexa Ramsier......................................15:57.29 Taylor Drolshagen ...............................15:57.57 Emily Hazen.........................................15:58.09 Morgan Mosby ....................................16:01.66 Marie Rossilon ....................................16:08.90 Tasha Mayne .......................................16:16.37 Stephaney Saari ..................................16:25.92 Michelle Ferguson ...............................16:41.43 Chris ne Hagan ...................................17:58.80

Runner Time Melissa Fuerst .......................................21:25.7 Jen Bremser ..........................................21:34.2 Kate Kanetzky ........................................21:45.7 Heather Connick ...................................22:35.0 Ka e Carroll...........................................22:46.7 Taylor Drolshagen .................................22:53.0 Carley Gross ..........................................22:59.9 Amanda Blain ........................................23:19.0 Emily Hazen...........................................23:36.5 Rebecca Esselstein ................................23:40.7 Alexa Ramsier........................................24:38.4

Runner Time Jim Walmsley .............................................24:19 Jeremy Drenckhahn ...................................24:48 Isaiah Bragg ...............................................25:13 Ma Bell ....................................................25:19 Andrew Quallio ..........................................25:21 Jake Hawkins .............................................25:25 Gavin Owens..............................................25:59

MEN (JUNIOR VARSITY RACE) ..................................

5-Mile Course | 59 Runners | No Team Scores Pl 6 12 15

Runner Time Zach Perkins...............................................25:49 Dan Bailey ..................................................26:02 Charlie Perkins ...........................................26:11

WOMEN ..................................................................

5K Course | 225 Runners | 21st of 28 Teams (535 pts) Pl 49 97 115 147 149 158 217

Runner Time Melissa Fuerst............................................17:49 Kate Kanetzky ............................................18:14 Jen Bremser ...............................................18:20 Ka e Carroll ...............................................18:38 Carley Gross ...............................................18:39 Heather Connick ........................................18:44 Morgan Mosby ..........................................19:50

ROCKY MOUNTAIN SHOOTOUT | OCT. 1 Boulder, Colo. | Buffalo Ranch Cross Country Course

MEN 8K Course | 164 Runners | 3rd of 4 DI Teams (76 pts) Pl 27 34 41 44 48 58 77 97

Runner Time Ted Artz......................................................27:20 Nick White .................................................27:42 Gage Owens...............................................27:57 Seth Pelle er .............................................28:03 Carson Fugal ..............................................28:12 Ma Caldwell ............................................28:32 Sam O’Hair.................................................29:18 Zack Christenson .......................................30:01

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5.8K Course |171 Runners | 3rd of 4 DI Teams (91 pts) Pl 35 36 40 44 46 48 52 55 67 72

Runner Time Chris ne Hagan .........................................23:38 Amanda Blain ............................................23:38 Rebecca Esselstein .....................................23:43 Taylor Drolshagen ......................................23:48 Emily Hazen ...............................................23:59 Adrianna Dong...........................................24:11 Alexa Ramsier ............................................24:21 Michelle Ferguson .....................................24:25 Tasha Mayne..............................................24:47 Stephaney Saari .........................................24:55

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TIGER INVITATIONAL | OCT. 8 Hays, Kan. | Fort Hays State Cross Country Course

MOUNTAIN WEST CHAMPIONSHIPS | OCT. 29 Fort Collins, Colo. | Collindale Golf Course

MEN ........................................................................

8K Course | 152 runners | 3rd of 15 Teams (75 pts)

MEN ........................................................................

8K Course | 51 runners | 2nd of 6 Teams (54 pts)

Pl 11 15 22 24 30 35 38 43 47 48 55 57 69 70

Pl 2 5 12 14 21 25 30 33 42

Runner Time Gavin Owens .........................................25:15.5 Dan Bailey .............................................25:24.3 Seth Pelle er .........................................25:36.3 Cameron Edwards .................................25:42.5 Nick White.............................................25:55.5 Zach Perkins ..........................................26:07.8 Carson Fugal ..........................................26:13.7 Carl Eifert ..............................................26:17.0 Sam O’Hair ............................................26:24.9 Gage Owens ..........................................26:25.6 Ronnie Elly.............................................26:37.6 Elliot Myers ...........................................26:41.3 Alex Lindsay...........................................26:52.6 Zack Christenson ...................................26:53.9

WOMEN ..................................................................

5K Course |99 Runners | 2nd of 16 teams (52 pts) Pl 6 9 10 14 19 20 21 23 25 29

Runner Time Amanda Blain ........................................18:39.0 Adrianna Dong ......................................18:42.7 Taylor Drolshagen .................................18:45.4 Rebecca Esselstein ................................18:58.1 Anne e Eichenberger ...........................19:09.1 Tasha Mayne .........................................19:09.8 Alexa Ramsier........................................19:15.1 Emily Hazen...........................................19:17.7 Stephaney Saari ....................................19:20.0 Michelle Ferguson .................................19:26.9

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Runner Time Jeremy Drenckhahn ..............................25:11.2 Jim Walmsley ........................................25:24.9 Andrew Quallio .....................................25:38.0 Isaiah Bragg ...........................................25:44.8 Gavin Owens .........................................26:03.6 Charlie Perkins ......................................26:16.1 Ma Bell................................................26:27.9 Jake Hawkins .........................................26:34.7 Dan Bailey .............................................27:12.3

WOMEN ..................................................................

6K Course |68 Runners | 4th of 8 teams (122 pts) Pl 9 21 27 34 35 40 43 49 51

Runner Time Melissa Fuerst .......................................21:21.9 Jen Bremser ..........................................22:16.6 Kate Kanetzky ........................................22:35.4 Ka e Carroll...........................................22:49.6 Morgan Mosby ......................................22:52.8 Heather Connick ...................................23:10.7 Anne e Eichenberger ...........................23:31.1 Adrianna Dong ......................................23:44.1 Carley Gross ..........................................23:53.7

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WISCONSIN INVITATIONAL | OCT. 14 Madison, Wis. | Thomas Zimmer Champ Course

NCAA REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS | NOV. 12 Provo, Utah | East Bay Golf Course

MEN ........................................................................

8K Course | 270 runners | 30th of 39 Teams (660 pts)

MEN ........................................................................

10K Course | 115 runners | 8th of 17 Teams (199 pts)

Pl 36 38 142 203 241 245 253

Pl 21 39 40 49 50 62 67

Runner Time Jeremy Drenckhahn ..............................24:22.2 Jim Walmsley ........................................24:24.3 Andrew Quallio .....................................25:03.3 Ma Bell................................................25:34.8 Isaiah Bragg ...........................................26:17.2 Jake Hawkins .........................................26:28.5 Ted Artz .................................................26:37.4

Runner Time Jim Walmsley ........................................31:14.0 Jeremy Drenckhahn ..............................31:38.8 Isaiah Bragg ...........................................31:39.1 Charlie Perkins ......................................31:59.6 Andrew Quallio .....................................32:02.2 Gavin Owens .........................................32:27.2 Jake Hawkins .........................................32:35.5

WOMEN ..................................................................

6K Course |305 Runners | 41st of 44 teams (1042 pts)

WOMEN ..................................................................

6K Course |130 Runners | 13th of 19 teams (320 pts)

Pl 86 211 232 248 265 296

Pl 32 49 69 82 88 93 102

Runner Time Melissa Fuerst .......................................21:09.2 Kate Kanetzky ........................................21:57.5 Heather Connick ...................................22:11.4 Jen Bremser ..........................................22:20.2 Morgan Mosby ......................................22:31.3 Ka e Carroll...........................................23:45.1

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Runner Time Melissa Fuerst .......................................22:05.7 Jen Bremser ..........................................22:33.3 Kate Kanetzky ........................................23:05.1 Morgan Mosby ......................................23:20.4 Ka e Carroll...........................................23:31.9 Heather Connick ...................................23:39.3 Anne e Eichenberger ...........................23:48.8

MEN’S SEASON-BEST 8K TIMES 24:15.3 24:22.2 25:03.3 25:15.5 25:24.3 25:24.7 25:26.7 25:29.1 25:34.8 25:36.3 25:42.5 25:55.5 26:07.0 26:13.7 26:17.0 26:24.9 26:25.6 26:33.5 26:37.6 26:41.3 26:52.6 26:53.0 27:33.7

Walmsley, Woody Greeno Invita onal Drenckhahn, adidas Invita onal Quallio, adidas Invita onal Gav. Owens, Tiger Invita onal Bailey, Tiger Invita onal Bragg, Woody Greeno Invita onal C. Perkins, Woody Greeno Invita onal Hawkins, Woody Greeno Invita onal Bell, adidas Invita onal Pelle er, Tiger Invita onal Edwards, Tiger Invita onal White, Tiger Invita onal Z. Perkins, Woody Greeno Invita onal Fugal, Tiger Invita onal Eifert, Tiger Invita onal O’Hair, Tiger Invita onal Gag. Owens, Tiger Invita onal Artz, Woody Greeno Invita onal Elly, Tiger Invita onal Myers, Tiger Invita onal Lindsay, Tiger Invita onal Christenson, Tiger Invita onal Caldwell, Woody Greeno Invita onal

WOMEN’S SEASON-BEST 6K TIMES 21:09.2 21:34.2 21:45.7 22:11.4 22:31.3 22:46.7 22:53.0 22:59.9 23:19.0 23:31.1 23:36.5 23:40.7 23:44.1 24:28.4

Fuerst, adidas Invita onal Bremser, Woody Greeno Invita onal Kanetzky, Woody Greeno Invita onal Connick, adidas Invita onal Mosby, adidas Invita onal Carroll, Woody Greeno Invita onal Drolshagen, Woody Greeno Invite Gross, Woody Greeno Invita onal Blain, Woody Greeno Invita onal Eichenberger, MW Championships Hazen, Woody Greeno Invita onal Esselstein, Woody Greeno Invita onal Dong, MW Championships Ramsier, Woody Greeno Invita onal

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MEN’S YEAR-BY-YEAR HISTORY MEN’S YEAR-BY-YEAR RESULTS Year 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 (&) 1978 1979 1980 (#) 1981 1982 (^) 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 2010 2011

Coach 1Lt Russell Thoburn Tommy Thomson Capt Ed Matthews Capt Ed Matthews Capt Ed Matthews Capt Ed Matthews Arne Arnesen Arne Arnesen Arne Arnesen Arne Arnesen Arne Arnesen Arne Arnesen Arne Arnesen Arne Arnesen Arne Arnesen Arne Arnesen Arne Arnesen Arne Arnesen Arne Arnesen Arne Arnesen Arne Arnesen Maj Dick Elliott Maj Dick Elliott Maj Dick Elliott Maj Dick Elliott Maj Pete Jones Maj Pete Jones Capt Jim Trego Capt Jim Trego Capt Jim Trego Capt Jim Trego Maj Jim Trego Maj Jim Trego Ralph Lindeman Ralph Lindeman Ralph Lindeman Mark Stanforth Mark Stanforth Mark Stanforth Mark Stanforth Mark Stanforth Mark Stanforth Mark Stanforth Mark Stanforth Mark Stanforth Mark Stanforth Mark Stanforth Mark Stanforth Mark Stanforth Mark Stanforth Mark Stanforth John Hayes Ralph Lindeman Juli Benson Juli Benson Juli Benson

MEN’S MOST VALUABLE Conf ------------------------3rd 2nd 6th 8th 7th 8th 7th 8th 4th 6th 3rd 1st 3rd 3rd 1st 2nd 1st 3rd 2nd 2nd 3rd 2nd 4th 1st 2nd 3rd 2nd 3rd 2nd 3rd 3rd 2nd

Reg ---------------------11th 7th 13th 8th 3rd 7th -14th -14th 14th 6th 12th 9th 2nd 5th 7th 4th 7th 10th 7th 8th 8th 6th 5th 10th 3rd 3rd 7th 8th 6th 5th 6th 5th 8th

Natl ---9th 7th 10th --10th --2nd 22nd --23rd ---------22nd ---------14th --------16th 26th -8th 14th --------

W 1 1 5 7 8 7 3 6 9 2 3 9 6 5 5 7 3 4 4 8 5 4 5 9 5 3 2

L 1 3 4 2 1 5 5 1 1 3 6 0 4 2 4 1 3 3 3 4 4 5 2 1 1 1 5

T 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

1968..................................... Mike Ryan 1969..................................... Mike Ryan 1970................................ Dennis Sbach 1971................................ Dennis Sbach 1972..............................Ernie Maravilla 1973....................................... Bill Frank 1974.......................................Pat Rupel 1975........................................ Jeff Ford 1976.............................. Gary Sheppard 1977............................. Dave McKinney 1978.................................... John Evans 1979......................................Bret Hyde 1980......................................Bret Hyde 1981.................................. Dan Rooney 1982.................................... Gary Droze 1983........................... Robert Langstaff 1984...................................Micky Testa 1985...................................Micky Testa 1986...................................Micky Testa 1987..................................... Alan Anzai 1988............................ Caesar Garduno 1989.................................Dave Fresella 1990..................................Chris Nelson 1991..................................Chris Nelson 1992.................................Phil Swenson 1993.................................Phil Swenson 1994...................................... Eric Mack 1995...................................... Eric Mack 1996.................................... Zach Smith 1997.................................... Zach Smith 1998.....................................Matt Allen 1999.....................................Jim Nelson 2000....................................... Chris Acs 2001............................... David Romero 2002..................................... Ben Payne 2003..................................... Ben Payne 2004..................................Brian Dumm 2005................................... Nick Wilson 2006............................. Richard Elmore 2007............................... Matt Williams 2008......................... Sean Houseworth 2009...................................Justin Tyner 2010...................................Justin Tyner 2011................................ Jim Walmsley No awards given prior to 1968

MICKY TESTA

BEN PAYNE

JUSTIN TYNER

(&) First year of NCAA District 7 competition | (#) First season of WAC competition | (*) Last season in WAC | (+) First season of MWC competition | (^) There were no dual meets after 1982 | Overall dual record of 136-75-2

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MEN’S YEAR-BY-YEAR HISTORY MEN’S TEAM CAPTAINS 1956.................................... James Chapman, Don Livingston 1957....................................................................James Bilello 1958....................................................................James Bilello 1959....................................................................James Bilello 1960.................................................................Dave Carlstom 1961...........................................................................John Fer 1962................................................................... Tom Cardoza 1963.................................................................James Murphy 1964.................................................... Kirk Hall, Jesse Overall 1965................................................................... Lewis Moore 1966...................................................................................n/a 1967............................................Terry Gruters, Doug Everett 1968.................................................................. Lindsey Parris 1969.......................................................................John Jones 1970.......................................................................John Jones 1971...................................................................Dennis Sbach 1972................................................................ Ernie Maravilla 1973......................................................................... Bill Frank 1974.........................................................................Pat Rupel 1975.......................................................................... Jeff Ford 1976.................................................................... Keith Haines 1977......................................................................Dave Wynn 1978............................................................... Dave McKinney 1979...................................................................... John Evans 1980........................................................................ Bret Hyde 1981................................................................ Andy Ferguson 1982...................................................................... Brian Maas 1983..............................................................Robert Langstaff

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1984........................................... Ivan McKnight, John Weight 1985...........................................Joe Martin, David Carpenter 1986.............................................. Bert Morales, Micky Testa 1987....................................................................... Alan Anzai 1988........................................Craig DeBoni, Caesar Garduno 1989...................................................................Dave Fresella 1990.................................................................... Brad Hamby 1991.................................................................... Chris Nelson 1992..................................................................... Chris Juarez 1993...................................................................Phil Swenson 1994........................................................................Cliff Volpe 1995................................................ Eric Mack, Andy Meehan 1996.................................................................. Andrew Marx 1997................................................Steve Radtke, Zach Smith 1998............................................ Matt Allen, Todd Moenster 1999.......................................................................Jim Nelson 2000............................................. Joe Monaco, Shane Rogers 2001.............................................David Romero, Albert Kelly 2002......................................................................Rudy Taute 2003.......................................................Ben Payne, Chris Acs 2004.............................................. Brian Dumm, Abe Wengel 2005.............................................. Matt Hellier, Mark Walter 2006............................................ Jason Beck, Richard Elmore 2007......................... Kenny Grosselin, Josh van Wyngaarden 2008................................... Sean Houseworth, Matt Williams 2009...................................................................Zach Nordahl 2010................................................. Tyler Small, Justin Tyner 2011.................................................................. Jim Walmsley

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WOMEN’S YEAR-BY-YEAR HISTORY WOMEN’S YEAR-BY-YEAR RESULTS Year 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 ($) 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 2010 2011

Coach Maj Vik Hackley Capt Jim Scott Capt Jim Scott Ernie Cuncliffe Ernie Cuncliffe Ernie Cuncliffe Ernie Cuncliffe Ernie Cuncliffe Ernie Cuncliffe Capt Gus Schalkham Capt Gus Schalkham Capt Mark Sperre Capt Mark Sperre Capt Gail Conway Capt Gail Conway Capt Gail Conway Mark Stanforth Mark Stanforth Mark Stanforth Mark Stanforth Mark Stanforth Mark Stanforth Mark Stanforth Mark Stanforth Mark Stanforth Mark Stanforth Mark Stanforth Mark Stanforth Mark Stanforth Mark Stanforth Mark Stanforth John Hayes Ralph Lindeman Juli Benson Juli Benson Juli Benson

WOMEN’S MOST VALUABLE Conf --------------------10th 8th 4th 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd 5th 6th 7th 6th 6th 4th 4th 4th

Reg -5th 10th 1st 1st 2nd 2nd 1st 3rd 5th 2nd 2nd 1st 1st 2nd 6th 3rd 4th 4th 3rd 13th 15th 12th 12th 9th 7th 6th 14th 11th 10th 13th 16th 13th 13th 14th 13th

Natl ---1st 3rd 2nd 6th 8th --9th 9th 2nd 2nd 2nd -6th 11th 14th 6th -----------------

W 3 1 3 5 3 4 4 2

L 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0

T 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

1979........................................Rita Burr 1980........................ Theresa Hanrahan 1981................................Dana Lindsley 1982........................................Rita Burr 1983.................................. Gail Conway 1984.......................... Princess Harrison 1985................................... Carol Travis 1986....................................... Jill Wood 1987.............................Shannen Karpel 1988....................................... Jill Wood 1989....................................... Jill Wood 1990............................... Callie Calhoun 1991............................ Kelly Kirkpatrick 1992........................Jennifer Kornacker 1993........................Jennifer Kornacker 1994....................... Michelle Truesdale 1995....................... Michelle Truesdale 1996................................. Rachel Smith 1997...........................Heather Johnson 1998................................. Rachel Smith 1999................................. Rachel Smith 2000...................................Jaime Flood 2001...........................Brandess Pardue 2002...........................Brandess Pardue 2003.............................. Anne Chumlea 2004.............................. Kelly Robinson 2005.............................. Nicole Graham 2006.............................. Kelly Robinson 2007......................... Brittany Morreale 2008....................................Katie Lynch 2009................................Ally Romanko 2010............................ Katherine Ward 2011...............................Melissa Fuerst

JILL WOOD

No awards given prior to 1979

(*) AIAW Div-II National Championships | ($) First year of NCAA competition | (#) First season in NCAA Division I, First season of WAC competition | (%) Last season in WAC | (+) First season of MWC competition | Overall dual record of 25-1-0 | Affiliations: 1976-81 -- AIAW Region 7; 1982-95 -- NCAA South Central Region; 1996-97 -- NCAA District 7

BRANDESS PARDUE

WOMEN’S TEAM CAPTAINS 1977....................................................................Anne Martin 1978...................................................................... Donna Cliff 1979............................................ Amy McCarthy, Tanya Senz 1980................................................ Anetta Weber, Jan Wiley 1981..................................................Rita Burr, Dana Lindsley 1982..................................................................Dana Lindsley 1983.......................................................................Joy Meyen 1984...................................................................Laureli Mazik 1985..................................................................... Carol Travis 1986...................................................................Brenda Lewis 1987..............................................................Rebecca Sivacek 1988......................................................................... Jill Wood 1989......................................................................... Jill Wood 1990.......................................Callie Calhoun, Suzanne Henke 1991.............................................................. Kelly Kirkpatrick 1992.......................................................................Rachel Call 1993............................................................. Renae Bartolone 1994............................................................. Renae Bartolone

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1995........................................................... Sara Whittingham 1996.................................................................... Sierra Gould 1997................................................................ Jennifer Young 1998............................................................. Cathy Majauskas 1999...................................... Heather Johnson, Rachel Smith 2000..................................................................... Jaime Flood 2001................................................................Lara Coppinger 2002..................................................................... Elissa Ballas 2003............................................................. Kelly McPherson 2004................................................................. Cindy Dawson 2005............................................................... Andrea Pinchak 2006............................................................... Margaret Frash 2007.......................................Danielle Pozen, Kelly Robinson 2008................................... Brittany Morreale, Ally Romanko 2009......................................................................Katie Lynch 2010..........................................Auriele Fain, Katherine Ward 2011..................................................................... Auriele Fain AURIELE FAIN

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ALL-AMERICANS ALL-AMERICANS (AIAW, NCAA DIVISION II, NCAA DIVISION I)

Jim Murphy 1964

Terry Gruters 1967

Mike Ryan 1967-68-69

Dennis Sbach 1971

Jim Koster 1973

Rita Burr 1979-80-81-82

Anetta Weber 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

Suzanne Henke 1988-90

Cindy Craig 1989

Chris Nelson 1990-91

Amy Reecy 1990

Jennifer Kornacker 1992

Phil Swenson 1993

Michelle Truesdale 1994-95

Eric Mack 1995

Dolly Patel 1995

Chris Acs 2003

All men’s All-America accolades came at the NCAA Division I level, while the women’s were award at the AIAW (1979-81) and NCAA Division II (1982-1995) level.

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MEN’S POST-SEASON HISTORY MEN’S NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP HIGHLIGHTS

Left: Mike Ryan, the 1968 NCAA national champion; Right: Eric Mack, the top American finisher in 1995

NCAA TEAM FINISHES 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 RESULTS 1959 .............................................. 9TH PLACE John Fer .................................................. 32nd (20:00) James Bilello ............................................39th (22:14) Joe Mandel ..............................................59th (22:37) Dave Carlstrom ........................................66th (22:47) Austin Wedemeyer..................................67th (22:47) Will Holbrow............................................98th (24:09) Roy Stafford...........................................100th (24:13)

1996 ...............................................................

Mike Ryan ** .......................................... 1st (29:16.8) John Jones .............................................208th (34:16)

Andrew Marx......................................... 171st (36:29)

2000 .............................................16TH PLACE 1969 ...............................................................

John Jones ...............................................96th (29:48) Dennis Sbach ...........................................98th (29:50)

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)

1971 ............................................ 23RD PLACE

2001 .............................................26TH 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)

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)

1973 ...............................................................

2003 .............................................. 8TH PLACE

Jim Koster ** ........................................26th (29:17.6)

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)

Mike Ryan ** ............................................ 2nd (29:01) John Jones ............................................ 102nd (31:43)

1970 ...............................................................

1980 ...............................................................

Bret Hyde............................................169th (31:37.6)

1960 .............................................. 7TH PLACE

1981 ............................................ 22ND 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)

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)

1961 .............................................10TH PLACE

1990 ...............................................................

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)

Chris Nelson ** .......................................29th (30:05)

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)

1991 .............................................14TH PLACE

2007 ...............................................................

Matt Williams ........................................136th (31:25)

Jim Murphy ** ........................................3rd (20:17.5) Bob Foley ............................................. 42nd (21:11.1) Dave Brown ......................................... 82nd (21:37.1)

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)

1967 ..............................................2ND PLACE

1993 ...............................................................

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)

Phil Swenson ** ...................................28th (30:29.7)

1964 .............................................10TH PLACE

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1968 ............................................ 22ND PLACE

2004 .............................................14TH PLACE

2009 ...............................................................

Justin Tyner ............................................. 71st (30:38)

2010 ...............................................................

Justin Tyner .............................................89th (31:03) Jeremy Drenckhahn...............................134th (31:28)

1994 ...............................................................

Eric Mack ..............................................67th (31:52.8)

1995 ...............................................................

Eric Mack ** ..............................................3rd (30:46)

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WOMEN’S POST-SEASON HISTORY WOMEN’S NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP HIGHLIGHTS

Left: The 1979 AIAW national championship team with head coach Ernie Cuncliffe; Right: Callie Calhoun, the 1990 NCAA Division II national champion

1984 ...............................................................

1992, CONT. ...................................................

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

Jennifer Robinson ....................................51st (20:32) Rita Perez ............................................... 60th (20:47)

1986 ............................................. 9TH PLACE

1993 ........................................... 11TH 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)

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)

1987 ...............................................................

1994 ........................................... 14TH 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)

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)

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)

1981 ............................................. 2ND PLACE

1988 ............................................ 2ND PLACE

1995 ............................................. 6TH 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)

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)

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)

AIAW TEAM FINISHES 1979............................................National Champions 1980............................................................. 3rd place 1981.............................................................2nd place

AIAW INDIVIDUAL RESULTS 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

NCAA TEAM FINISHES 1988.............................................................2nd place 1989.............................................................2nd place 1990.............................................................2nd place 1992............................................................. 6th place 1995............................................................. 6th place

NCAA DIVISION II INDIVIDUAL RESULTS 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)

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)

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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)

NCAA DIVISION I INDIVIDUAL RESULTS 2001 ...............................................................

Brandess Pardue................................... 223rd (23:38)

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)

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)

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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 Artz, Ted........................................ 11 Atchley, Jennifer ...............................90 Atkins, Christine ...............................88

BBB Babcock, Alan ........................ 78-79-80 Bailey, Dan .................................... 11 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 Bell, Matt ...................................... 11 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 Bragg, Isaiah ............................. 10-11 Bremser, Jen........................ 09-10-11 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, Katie .......................... 08-10-11 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

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Cliff, Donna ................................. 77-78 Compton, Matt .................................97 Connick, Heather ........................... 11 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 ............ 09-10-11 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

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 Gross, Carley.....................................10 Grosselin, Kenny ......................... 06-07 Gruters, Terence ........................ 66-67

MMM 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 Hawkins, Jake ................................ 11 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

FFF III | JJJ Fain, Auriele .....................08-09-10-11 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 Fuerst, Melissa ......................... 10-11 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

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

Illig, Jamie ................................... 05-06 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..................... 09-10-11 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

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 Mosby, Morgan ........................ 10-11 Mostoller, Luke.................................01 Mueller, Amy ......................... 81-82-83 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 Names in blue indicate returners.

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ALL-TIME LETTERWINNERS 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 Owens, Gavin ................................ 11

PPP | QQQ 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 Quallio, Andrew ....................... 10-11

RRR Radtke, Steve....................94-95-96-97 Reecy, Amy .......................87-88-89-90 Regan, Laura .................................... 90

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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 ........................... 09-10 Rogers, Shane ............................. 99-00 Rohde, Sharon ............................ 95-97 Rojas, Daniel .................................... 82 Romanko, Ally...................06-07-08-09 Romero, David ....................... 99-00-01 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

SSS 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 ................................. 09-10

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

TTT 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 .....................07-08-09-10

UUU | VVV Uhler, Mary ..................................... 01 Van Wyngaarden, Josh .......... 05-06-07 Verboncoeur, Vic ................... 85-86-87 Vincent, Cynthia .............................. 99 Vincent, Todd .................................. 87 Volpe, Clifton ....................91-92-93-94

WWW Walmsley, Jim...................08-09-10-11 Walter, Mark ....................02-03-04-05 Ward, Katherine ...............07-08-09-10 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

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Chris Acs ..........................................2001, 2002, 2003 Jeremy Drenckhahn.............................................2010 Brian Dumm ..............................................2003, 2004 Jeff Gosselin ........................................................2005 Sean Houseworth ................................................2008 Ian McFarland......................................................2007 Ben Payne..................................................2002, 2003 David Romero ............................................2000, 2001 Justin Tyner ...............................................2009, 2010 Jim Walmsley.......................................................2011 Mark Walter ..............................................2003, 2004 Abe Wengel .........................................................2004 Matt Williams ............................................2007, 2008 Nick Wilson..........................................................2005

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

CoSIDA ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT Nick Wilson..........................................................2005 Margaret Frash ....................................................2005 Kenny Grosselin .........................................2006, 2007 Joe Curran ...........................................................2006 Brittany Morreale ......................................2007, 2009 Matt Williams ......................................................2008 Kate Kanetzky ......................................................2010

WOMEN.......................................................................

Nicole Graham.....................................................2005 Brandess Pardue........................................2001, 2002 Katherine Ward ...................................................2010

CHRIS ACS

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

RHODES SCHOLARSHIP Brittany Morreale ................................................2009

STAN BATES (WAC) SCHOLARSHIP Chris Nelson .................................................. 1991-92

USTFCCCA ALL-ACADEMIC Matt Williams ......................................................2008 Jeremy Drenckhahn.............................................2010

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ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT AWARDS 1962 1965 1970 1972 1978 1981 1989 1991 1992 1996 1996 1998 2001 2003 2003 2007 2008 2009 2011 2012

John Fer ...........................Most Valuable Male Jim Murphy......................Most Valuable Male Mike Ryan .......................... Athletic Excellence Dennis Sbach .................... Athletic Leadership Ric Linares............................... Scholar-Athlete Bret Hyde.......................... Athletic Leadership Rita Burr ..................................Scholar Athlete Callie Calhoun .................... Athletic Excellence Chris Nelson ........................... Scholar-Athlete Andy Meehan ......................... Scholar-Athlete Eric Mack .........................Most Valuable Male Will Woodward....................... Scholar-Athlete Shane Rogers .......................... Scholar-Athlete Ben Payne ........................Most Valuable Male Elissa Ballas ....................... Athletic Leadership Kenny Grosselin ...................... Scholar-Athlete Sean Houseworth .............. Athletic Excellence Brittany Morreale ....................Scholar Athlete Justin Tyner ...................Athletic Achievement Jim Walmsley ..................... Athletic Excellence

USAFA ATHLETIC HALL OF FAME Class of 2009 ....................................... Callie Calhoun Class of 2011 .......................................... Gail Conway

Women........................ 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006 Men ................... 1995, 1996, 1997, 2006, 2007, 2008

AIR FORCE WORLD CLASS ATHLETE PROGRAM (WCAP)

What does this mean for distance athletes? Simply put, high caliber athletes graduating from the Academy have a unique opportunity to continue training in their sport. Not only do they get the time to train the way an elite athlete needs to train, but they also get all of the support. A section of Air Force Services called “AF Sports” selects these athletes and takes care of all the equipment, training supplies and travel. The athletes are also able to choose where they would like to train to get the best benefit.

Since the inception of the program, seven Air Force distance runners have been a part of the WCAP. Pre-Atlanta Games: Nick MacFalls, Doug Sersun. Pre-Sydney Games: Jeff Kuzma, Nick MacFalls, Eric Mack. Pre-Athens Games: Nick MacFalls, Eric Mack.

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Every Olympic cycle, the Air Force sponsors 20-30 athletes to train for a berth in the next Olympic Games. Athletes for this program must be of Olympic caliber; that is, the National Governing Body (NGB) must recognize the athletes chosen for the World Class Athlete Program (WCAP) as having a legitimate chance at attaining an Olympic berth. Athletes who meet the criteria are then placed in a special duty assignment preceding the Olympic Games. The Air Force program was initiated in 1995 and modeled after the Army’s existing program, which was developed after seeing a decline in the amount of Armed Forces members achieving international athletic prowess.

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MOUNTAIN WEST CONFERENCE Founded: July 1, 1999 | Commissioner: Craig Thompson | Location: Colorado Springs, Colo. | 2012-13 Members: Air Force, Boise State, Colorado State, Fresno State, Hawai‘i (football only), Nevada, New Mexico, San Diego State, UNLV, Wyoming | Team NCAA Championships: 3 | Individual NCAA Championships: 32 | Academic All-America Selections: 125 | All-America Selections: 762

THIS IS THE MOUNTAIN WEST From its inception in 1999, the Mountain West has been committed to excellence in intercollegiate athletics, while promoting the academic missions of its member institutions. Progressive in its approach, the MW continues to cultivate opportunities for student-athletes to compete at the highest level, while fostering academic achievement and sportsmanship. Now in its 14th year, the MW has been assertive in its involvement with the NCAA governance structure and has taken a leadership role in the overall administration of intercollegiate athletics.

ACADEMIC CONSORTIUM From the outset, the MW’s member institutions have been committed to creating strong academic relationships, as well as athletic competition. To that end, the chief academic officers of each institution have explored academic exchange programs, library crossovers and shared research. In addition, the faculty athletics representatives routinely provide academic assistance and test-taking services for student-athletes visiting from fellow member institutions for competition.

OPPORTUNITY The Mountain West has marked several achievements over its first 13 years of existence, most notably becoming the first to establish a sports television network dedicated solely to an intercollegiate athletic conference (The Mtn.). The MW also was the first to experiment with the coaches’ challenge in the college football instant replay system, and was the first non-automatic-qualifying BCS conference to participate in four BCS bowl games, winning three. Additionally, the MW was the first conference to have a member institution with No. 1 overall picks in both the NFL and NBA drafts in the same year (Utah’s Alex Smith and Andrew Bogut, respectively in 2005). With San Diego State’s Stephen Strasburg claiming the No. 1 pick in the 2009 MLB Draft, the Mountain West is one of two conferences to have the No. 1 selection in each of the NFL, NBA and MLB drafts since the MW was founded in 1999. In 2011-12, the Mountain West was among the first conferences to implement a league-wide state-of-the art basketball instant replay system.

The MW is noted for its geographic diversity. Some of the most beautiful terrain and landscapes in the nation can be found within Mountain West boundaries, including the majestic Rocky Mountain range, which borders four MW institutions (Air Force, Boise State, Colorado State and New Mexico). The high plains of Wyoming (elevation 7,220 feet – the highest Division I campus in the nation) contrast with the desert cities of Las Vegas and Reno, home to UNLV and Nevada, while Fresno State and San Diego State add a West coast influence with their locations in Central and Southern California. The inclusion of the Hawai‘i football program extends the Mountain West footprint to the beautiful islands in the Pacific Ocean.

HISTORY The Mountain West was conceived on May 26, 1998, when the presidents of eight institutions — Air Force, BYU, Colorado State, New Mexico, San Diego State, UNLV, Utah and Wyoming — decided to form a new NCAA Division I-A intercollegiate athletic conference. The split from a former 16-team conference re-established continuity and stability among the membership within the new league and signaled the continuation of its tradition-rich, long-standing athletic rivalries. Three of the MW’s eight original members have been conference rivals since the 1960s (New Mexico, Wyoming and Colorado State), while San Diego State (1978) and Air Force (1980) were longtime members as well. UNLV and TCU entered the fold in 1996 and the Rebels continued as one of the original eight institutions that formed the MW in 1999. TCU re-joined the group with its first year of competition in the Mountain West in 2005-06. With conference realignment sweeping the nation in recent years, the MW has been proactive in addressing membership changes.

Boise State University joined the Mountain West in 2011-12, followed by Fresno State and the University of Nevada on July 1, 2012. Also on July 1, 2012, the University of Hawai‘i became a football-only member of the Conference. On May 4, 2012, the Mountain West announced the additions of San Jose State University and Utah State University as full-time members effective July 1, 2013.

When the Mountain West officially began operations on July 1, 1999, the new league had in place a seven-year contract with ESPN, giving the broadcaster exclusive national television rights to MW football and men’s basketball, and threeyear agreements to send the league’s football champion to the Liberty Bowl and a second team to the Las Vegas Bowl. Commissioner Craig Thompson also arranged a third bowl tie-in each of the first three seasons (1999 Motor City, 2000 Silicon Valley, 2001 New Orleans) before securing a four-year deal with the Emerald Bowl in San Francisco in 2002. Entering the 2012 season, the MW has four contracted bowl affiliations – the MAACO Bowl Las Vegas, San Diego Country Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl, Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl and Gildan New Mexico Bowl.

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The Mountain West provides a first-class athletic and academic experience for more than 7,000 student-athletes each year. Over the past 13 years, 38 Mountain West student-athletes have earned NCAA Postgraduate Scholarships, and since the league’s inception in 1999, an additional 26 student-athletes have been named MW Scholar-Athlete of the Year and awarded league-sponsored postgraduate scholarships. Three student-athletes have earned distinction as Rhodes Scholars (Jessica Mellinger, Wyoming and Delavane Diaz and Brittany Morreale, Air Force).

Conference student-athletes are also given a voice regarding pertinent issues within the MW and NCAA governance structure through representation on the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC). The Mountain West SAAC consists of 19 representatives; two student-athletes from each full member institution and one faculty athletics representative. The committee reviews and reacts to legislation and to other topics referred by the Conference constituent groups or committees related to the student-athlete experience.

The MW has produced 762 All-America selections among its 18 sponsored sports (men’s swimming was discontinued as a conference sport following the 2010-11 season) in the last 13 years, including a league-record 83 All-America honorees in 2010-11. A total of 125 MW student-athletes have also earned Academic AllAmerica accolades in that span. The Mountain West has sent at least 28 teams to NCAA postseason events in each of the past 13 years, capturing three team national championships in men’s cross country and producing 32 individual national champions in the sports of men’s golf, men’s cross country, and men’s and women’s indoor track & field and outdoor track & field.

Mountain West members have participated in 51 bowl games under the league umbrella, including four appearances in BCS games. The MW has earned 61 postseason bids in men’s basketball, including 33 NCAA Tournament appearances and two NIT Final Four berths. MW women’s basketball has tallied 57 postseason slots, including 31 NCAA bids, five Sweet 16 appearances and one Elite Eight berth since 2000. Wyoming won the MW’s first WNIT championship in 2007 with a win over Wisconsin. In women’s volleyball, the MW has had 34 NCAA bids with eight Sweet 16 berths and one Elite Eight appearance. Women’s soccer has earned 26 NCAA bids since 1999, with BYU advancing to the Sweet 16 in 2000 and the Elite Eight in 2003. MW men’s golf has had at least four representatives in each of the last 13 NCAA Golf Regionals, while women’s golf has had at least three teams participate in NCAA Regionals 11 of the last 13 years.

SPORTSMANSHIP Named a Sports Ethics Fellow by the Institute for International Sport in 1998, Commissioner Thompson has been a driving force for sportsmanship within intercollegiate athletics. As part of its continuing growth and development, the Mountain West implemented an extensive Sportsmanship Initiative, endorsed by both the MW Joint Council and MW Board of Directors.

The program is made up of several elements, which are both practical and philosophical in nature. While the MW has significant penalties in place to deal with violations, the Sportsmanship Initiative is primarily promotional and educational in nature. The goal is to develop an environment that fosters appropriate behavior from all Conference constituencies.

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CONFERENCE HISTORY

INDIVIDUAL CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS Chris Nelson ....................................... 1990, 1991 Eric Mack ...................................................... 1995

ALL-CONFERENCE

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 Ralph Lindeman ............................................ 1991 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

MAJOR AWARDS

MEN’S FIRST-TEAM

COACH OF THE YEAR

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, 2010 Jon Rock...............................................................2010 Jeremy Drenckhahn.............................................2011 Jim Walmsley.......................................................2011

Mark Stanforth ..........................................1999, 2003 Juli Benson...........................................................2010

MEN’S SECOND-TEAM Joe Monaco .........................................................1999 Ryan O’Hara ........................................................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 Richard Elmore ....................................................2006 Matt Williams ............................................2006, 2008 Josh van Wyngaarden .........................................2007 Joe Curran ...........................................................2007 Zach Nordahl .............................................2008, 2009 Isaiah Bragg .........................................................2011 Andrew Quallio....................................................2011

WOMEN’S SECOND-TEAM Rachel Smith........................................................1999 Kelly Robinson .....................................................2004 Nicole Graham.....................................................2005 Katherine Ward ...................................................2010 Melissa Fuerst .....................................................2011

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ATHLETES OF THE WEEK MEN’S HONOREES Pat Shanahan.......................................................1999 Joe Monaco .........................................................1999 Chris Acs ..........................................2000, 2001, 2003 Ben Payne........................................2001, 2002, 2003 David Romero ......................................................2000 Richard Elmore ....................................................2004 Abe Wengel .........................................................2004 Nick Wilson...................................................2005 (2x) Scott Balcao ...............................................2006, 2008 Matt Williams ......................................................2006 Calvin Glass..........................................................2007 Sebastian Ortiz ....................................................2008 Justin Tyner .........................................................2009 Jeremy Drenckhahn...................................2009, 2011 Gavin Owens .......................................................2011 Jim Walmsley................................................2011 (2x)

WOMEN’S HONOREES Elissa Ballas..........................................................2002 Brandess Pardue..................................................2002 Nicole Graham.....................................................2004 Lindsey Grose ......................................................2004 Brittany Morreale ................................................2008 Phaelen French ....................................................2008 Melissa Fuerst .....................................................2011

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

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WOMEN

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, 2010 Jacob Fulton .......................................................2008 Andy Schweitzer ....................................... 2008, 2009 Tyler Small ...................................... 2008, 2009, 2010 Chase Welch .......................................................2008 Alex Zubey ..........................................................2008 Jeremy Drenckhahn........................ 2009, 2010, 2011 Tommy Heikkinen...............................................2009 Gage Owens ................................... 2009, 2010, 2011 Andrew Quallio............................... 2009, 2010, 2011 Ted Artz .................................................... 2010, 2011 Matt Bell ................................................... 2010, 2011 Jake Hawkins ......................................................2011 Elliot Myers ........................................................2011

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 Katie Carroll .......................... 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 Meghan Prinkey ....................................... 2008, 2009 Alexa Ramsier .....................................................2008 Elyse Willard .......................................................2008 Dominique Amor ................................................2009 Jen Bremser .................................... 2009, 2010, 2011 Auriele Fain ........................................................2009 Kara Hovseth ......................................................2009 Kate Kanetzky ................................. 2009, 2010, 2011 Kathleen Vardell .................................................2009 Amanda Blain .....................................................2011 Taylor Drolshagen ..............................................2011 Rebecca Esselstein .............................................2011 Michelle Ferguson ..............................................2011 Emily Hazen ........................................................2011

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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, 2010-11 Ted Artz ........................................................................ 2009-10, 2010-11, 2011-12 Jeremy Drenckhahn...................................................... 2009-10, 2010-11, 2011-12 Gage Owens ................................................................................................2009-10 Matt Bell ...................................................................................... 2010-11, 2011-12 Jake Hawkins ............................................................................... 2010-11, 2011-12 Elliot Myers .................................................................................................2011-12

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, 2010-11, 2011-12 Amanda Blain .............................................................................. 2010-11, 2011-12 Rebecca Esselstein ......................................................................................2011-12 Michelle Ferguson .......................................................................................2011-12

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Jim Nelson (all-MW, 1st) ...........................25:36 Joe Monaco (all-MW, 2nd)........................25:38 Ryan O’Hara (all-MW, 2nd) .......................25:52 Patrick Shanahan ......................................26:05 Shane Rogers ............................................26:10 Perry Griffith .............................................26:11 Brain Carpenter.........................................26:12 Zach Richter ..............................................26:50 Joe Lopez...................................................27:12

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Fort Collins, Colo. | Collindale Golf Course 8K course | 52 runners | 3rd of 6 teams (74 pts)

San Diego, Calif. | Morley Field 8K course | 50 runners | 2nd of 6 teams (57 pts)

San Diego, Calif. | Mission Bay Park 8K course | 50 runners | 2nd of 6 teams (62 pts)

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Ben Payne (all-MW, 2nd) ..........................25:43 Chris Acs (all-MW, 2nd).............................25:55 David Romero ...........................................25:56 Albert Kelly ................................................25:56 Joe Monaco ...............................................26:07 Zach Richter ..............................................26:13 Shane Rogers ............................................26:40 Joe Lopez...................................................26:49 Brian Carpenter.........................................27:36

Abe Wengel (all-MW, 2nd) .......................25:28 Brian Dumm (all-MW, 2nd) .......................25:29 Mark Walter (all-MW, 2nd).......................25:35 Nick Wilson (all-MW, 2nd) ........................25:37 Jeff Gosselin ..............................................25:47 Matt Hellier ...............................................25:57 Travis Patterson ........................................26:36 Anthony D’Amato .....................................26:47 Kalib Wilkinson..........................................26:50

Sean Houseworth (all-MW, 1st) ................24:51 Matt Williams (all-MW, 2nd) ....................24:52 Zach Nordahl (all-MW, 2nd)......................25:06 Justin Tyner ...............................................25:09 Daniel Castle .............................................25:10 Kyle Jones..................................................25:48 Brad Chronister .........................................25:51 Justin Mason .............................................26:18 Parker Cowles ...........................................26:40

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Albuquerque, N.M. | Paradise Hills Golf Course 8K course | 50 runners | 2nd of 6 teams (54 pts)

Fort Collins, Colo. | Collindale Golf Course 8K course | 50 runners | 3rd of 6 teams (73 pts)

Orem, Utah | Cascade Golf Course 8K course | 49 runners | 3rd of 6 teams (72 pts)

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David Romero (all-MW, 1st) .....................24:29 Ben Payne (all-MW, 1st) ...........................24:33 Chris Acs (all-MW, 2nd).............................24:42 Brian Carpenter (all-MW, 2nd) .................24:57 Albert Kelly................................................25:27 Jim Blech ...................................................26:09 Rudy Taute ................................................26:24 Brian Dumm ..............................................26:36 Luke Mostoller ..........................................26:51

Nick Wilson (all-MW, 1st) .........................24:28 Jeff Gosselin (all-MW, 2nd) .......................24:49 Travis Patterson ........................................25:15 Anthony D’Amato .....................................25:36 Richard Elmore..........................................25:42 Calvin Glass ...............................................25:48 Sean Houseworth......................................25:52 Matt Williams............................................25:51 Josh van Wyngaarden ...............................25:53

Justin Tyner (all-MW, 1st) .........................23:45 Zach Nordahl (all-MW, 2nd)......................24:42 Jonathan Rock ...........................................25:00 Jim Walmsley ............................................23:14 Andy Schweitzer........................................24.34 Jeremy Drenckhahn ..................................26:13 Tyler Small.................................................26:15 Ryan Del Grosso ........................................27:00 Nick White ................................................27:50

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Provo, Utah | East Bay Golf Course 8K course | 49 runners | 4th of 6 (94 pts)

Salt Lake City, Utah | Rose Park Golf Course 8K course | 49 runners | 2nd of 6 teams (76 pts)

Laramie, Wyo. | Jacoby Golf Course 8K course | 52 runners | 3rd of 6 teams (68 pts)

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Ben Payne (all-MW, 2nd) ..........................24:47 Abe Wengel (all-MW, 2nd) .......................24:54 Chris Acs ....................................................25:02 Jim Blech ...................................................25:37 Mark Walter ..............................................25:50 Kalib Wilkenson ........................................25:53 Rudy Taute ................................................26:18 Nick Wilson ...............................................26:22 Jeff Gosselin ..............................................26:26

Richard Elmore (all-MW, 2nd) ..................25:07 Matt Williams (all-MW, 2nd) ....................25:14 Josh van Wyngaarden ...............................25:18 Ian McFarland ...........................................25:31 Scott Balcao ..............................................25:57 Sean Houseworth......................................25:59 Sebastian Ortiz .........................................26:00 Kenny Grosselin ........................................26:12 Jason Beck .................................................26:33

Justin Tyner (all-MW, 1st) .........................25:10 Jon Rock (all-MW, 1st) ..............................25:16 Jeremy Drenckhahn ..................................25:38 Jim Walmsley ............................................25:48 Isaiah Bragg ...............................................26:29 Tyler Small.................................................26:56 Lance Wolfsmith .......................................27:31 Andrew Quallio .........................................27:47 Seth Pelletier.............................................27:27

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Albuquerque, N.M. | UNM North Golf Course 8K course | 47 runners | 1st of 6 teams (37 pts)

Albuquerque, N.M. | UNM North Golf Course 8K course | 45 runners | 3rd of 6 teams (52 pts)

Fort Collins, Colo. | Collindale Golf Course 8K course | 51 runners | 2nd of 6 Teams (54 pts)

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Matt Williams (all-MW, 1st)......................24:57 Ian McFarland (all-MW, 1st) .....................25:02 Josh van Wyngaarden (all-MW, 2nd) ........25:22 Joe Curran (all-MW, 2nd) ..........................25:24 Sean Houseworth......................................25:45 Zach Nordahl .............................................26:01 Parker Cowles ...........................................26:08 Daniel Castle .............................................26:28 Kenny Grosselin ........................................26:49

Jeremy Drenckhahn (all-MW, 1st) .............25:11 Jim Walmsley (all-MW, 1st) .......................25:25 Andrew Quallio (all-MW, 2nd) ..................25:38 Isaiah Bragg (all-MW, 2nd) ........................25:45 Gavin Owens .............................................26:04 Charlie Perkins ..........................................26:16 Ma Bell....................................................26:28 Jake Hawkins .............................................26:35 Dan Bailey .................................................27:12

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Provo, Utah | East Bay Golf Course 6K course | 49 runners | 3rd of 8 teams (111 pts)

San Diego, Calif. | Morley Field 6K course | 63 runners | 5th of 8 teams (121 pts)

Albuquerque, N.M. | UNM North Golf Course 6K course | 70 runners | 6th of 9 teams (160 pts)

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Rachel Smith (all-MW, 2nd) ......................18:22 Heather Johnson .......................................19:03 Jamie Flood ...............................................19:12 Stephanie Fry ............................................19:32 Sarah Malberg ...........................................19:50 Sara Kinney ...............................................19:55 Cynthia Vincent .........................................20:11 Tracy Denaro .............................................20:19 Dalia Wenckus...........................................20:32

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Jamie Flood ...............................................22:34 Jean Taylor ................................................22:44 Ellissa Ballas ..............................................22:49 Anne Chumlea...........................................23:04 Brandess Pardue .......................................23:15 Tracy Denaro .............................................23:18 Kelly McPherson .......................................23:19 Sara Kinney ...............................................23:50 Stephanie Cornell......................................24:01

Kelly Robinson (all-MW, 2nd) ...................22:54 Lindsay Grose ............................................23:25 Ashley Snyder............................................23:36 Ashley Culp ...............................................23:38 Kristin Trichler ...........................................23:57 Andrea Pinchak .........................................23:57 Elizabeth Catherwood ...............................24:02

Brittany Morreale .....................................22:44 Katie Anderson..........................................22:49 Katherine Ward .........................................23:52 Kelly Robinson...........................................23:54 Danielle Pozun ..........................................24:15 Ally Romanko ............................................24:40 Jessie Stimpson .........................................25:21 Whitney Beck ............................................26:25

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Fort Collins, Colo. | Collindale Golf Course 6K course | 65 runners | 6th of 9 teams (138 pts) 8.

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Nicole Graham (all-MW, 2nd) ...................21:27 Margaret Frash .........................................21:59 Andrea Pinchak .........................................22:35 Danielle Pozun ..........................................23:11 Kelly Robinson...........................................23:38 Kate Papenberg.........................................24:29 Jamie Illig ..................................................25:22

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Salt Lake City, Utah | Rose Park Golf Course 6K course | 63 runners | 7th of 9 teams (159 pts)

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Katie Lynch ................................................22:29 Auriele Fain ...............................................22:58 Ally Romanko ............................................23:22 Katie Anderson..........................................23:29 Meghan Prinkey ........................................23:52 Elyse Willard .............................................23:53 Katherine Ward .........................................24:08 Phaelen French .........................................24:12 Katie Carroll ..............................................25:16

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Brandess Pardue .......................................22:17 Elissa Ballas ...............................................22:49 Jean Taylor ................................................23:02 Lara Coppinger ..........................................23:19 Anne Chumlea...........................................23:25 Kelly McPherson .......................................23:38 Cindy Dawson ...........................................23:43 Mary Uhler ................................................23:51 Stephanie Cornell......................................24:47

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Provo, Utah | East Bay Golf Course 6K course | 64 runners | 3rd of 8 teams (98 pts) 15.

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Kelly Robinson..........................................22: 07 Ally Romanko ............................................22:49 Margaret Frash .........................................23:01 Katie Anderson..........................................23:30 Kate Papenberg.........................................24:47 Sara Juback ...............................................25:26 Jamie Illig ..................................................27:04 NICOLE GRAHAM

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Katherine Ward (all-MW, 2nd) .................22:28 Melissa Fuerst ...........................................23:03 Carley Gross ..............................................23:23 Morgan Mosby..........................................23:29 Kate Kanetzky ...........................................24:12 Jen Bremser ..............................................24:16 Stephaney Saari ........................................25:50 Katie Carroll ..............................................25:55 Tasha Mayne .............................................26:08

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THE ACADEMY EXPERIENCE The U.S. 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.

COURSES 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 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 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.

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.

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MILITARY EDUCATION & 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 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.

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 U.S. 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.

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SENIOR LEADERSHIP LT GEN MICHAEL C. GOULD, SUPERINTENDENT Lt. Gen. Michael C. Gould is Superintendent, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colo. He directs a four-year academic, military training, athlec 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 posions at the group, wing and numbered air force level, and was commander of Cheyenne Mountain Operaons Center during 9/11. Prior to his return to the Academy, he was Director of Operaons and Plans, U.S. Transport on Command, Sco Air Force Base, Ill. General Gould is a command pilot with more than 3,000 flying hours in the T-38, T-41, KC-10, C-5, C-17, C-21, C-141 and KC-135R. The general’s military awards and decoraons include the Disnguished 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 Commendaon Medal, Air Force Achievement Medal and the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal.

VICE SUPERINTENDENT Colonel Tamra Rank

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COMMANDANT OF CADETS Brig General Gregory Lengyel

DEAN OF FACULTY Brig General Dana Born

COMMANDER, 10TH ABW Col Thomas Gibson

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AIR FORCE ATHLETICS DR. HANS J. MUEH, DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS Dr. Hans J. Mueh is in his eighth year as the director of athletics at the Air Force Academy. A retired Air Force brigadier general, Mueh was vice dean of faculty for two years prior to his retirement from active duty in the summer of 2004. He was heavily involved in Academy athletics before becoming director of athletics. He was the Academy’s faculty athletics representative from 1996-2004 and was a long-time member of the board of directors for the Air Force Academy Athletics Association.

Since becoming the director of athletics, Mueh has led the Academy to some remarkable feats. In 2007, the Academy was one of three schools (Michigan St., Boston College) to reach post-season play in football (2007), men’s basketball and ice hockey (2006-07). It marked the first time a service academy has ever had a team compete in the post-season in all three sports.

In addition, under Mueh’s watch the men’s basketball team has played in an NCAA tournament and the National Invitational 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 selection committee that hired current head coach Frank Serratore and led the Academy’s move into the Athletic Hockey Association.

The football program, the Academy’s flagship sport, has gone through a major overhaul under Mueh. He led the transition from the retirement of the legendary Fisher DeBerry after 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 then posted back-to-back eight-win seasons and was 9-4 in 2010, while qualifying for bowl games every year.

The school has averaged 9,000 bowl tickets sold during the four-year run.

Mueh has also been successful behind the scenes with the administration of the department. Mueh restructured the department with an internal/external model that has streamlined resources and made the department more effective from top to bottom. In addition, he has the department on course to become a federally chartered non-profit organization which will lead to more fund-raising opportunities. Mueh was instrumental in the USAFA Endowment and the Holaday Athletic Center, a $15 million indoor training facility that was completed in July 2011.

Mueh has also been active within the conference and the NCAA. He is a part of the NCAA Division I Amateurism Cabinet and has been active on the NCAA’s academics/eligibility compliance cabinet, the men’s golf committee and the Region 7 postgraduate scholarship committee. Mueh has been equally active within the conference on various leadership committees. He is currently on the awards and recognition committee and has previously served on the joint council executive committee, and committees on championships, television and sportsmanship.

Before assuming his duties as vice dean at the Academy, Mueh was permanent professor and head of the department of chemistry at the Academy, a position he held since October 1987 where he oversaw the annual design and instruction of 25 undergraduate courses for 1,500 cadets annually.

Mueh was born Jan. 8, 1944, in Celle, Germany, and emigrated to the U.S. in 1951.

He entered the Air Force in 1962, as a member of the Academy’s eighth graduating class, and graduated with a bachelor of science degree in chemistry in 1966.

While at the Academy, Mueh was a two-year letterwinner in soccer as a goalie. He still holds the Academy record for saves in a game with 30, accomplishing it twice in 1965 against North Carolina and Benedictine. 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 firstteam all-league selection in 1965.

Following graduation, Mueh completed two assignments in intelligence before attending 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 distinguished graduate. Mueh also completed Squadron Officer School, Air Command and Staff College and Air War College.

Between earning the two degrees, Mueh returned to USAFA 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 Internationals in Denver during those two years, leading the Internationals to the Colorado state title 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.

After 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 stint in 1985-86 as the special assistant for technical matters at the Defense Intelligence Agency at the Pentagon.

In 1986, he assumed the position of acting head, department of chemistry, before being selected for his position of permanent professor and head of the department of chemistry in 1987. As faculty athletics representative, he was active in both the Western Athletic Conference and Mountain West Conference, and was the Academy’s representative on the transition team to form the new MWC, the only faculty athletics representative 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 committee, officer representative to the men’s golf team and five years as the officer representative to the football team.

Mueh is married to the former Sally Flax of Cincinnati, Ohio. They have three children: Kristine, Kurt and Deborah.

Dr. Mueh honored the men’s indoor track and field team at halŌime of a men’s basketball game, aŌer the program won its first Mountain West Indoor Championship Ɵtle in 2012.

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AIR FORCE ATHLETICS

COL BART WEISS

COL BILLY WALKER

JIM TREGO

WILLIAM CARPENTER

Vice Director of Athletics

Deputy Director of Athletics

Senior Associate AD

Associate AD | Recruiting Support

DERMOT COLL

JOHN COULAHAN

MARTI GASSER

TROY GARNHART

Associate AD | Development, Government

Associate AD | Finance

Associate AD | Intercollegiate Programs | SWA

Associate AD | Information, Communications

WAYNE KELLENBENCE

GEORGE NELSON

KAREN WALKER

Associate AD | Support

Associate AD | Athle c Programs

Associate AD | Human Resources

AIR FORCE ATHLETICS Few schools in the country have an athletic program as extensive as the Air Force Academy’s. The goals of the athletic program are to enhance the physical conditioning of all cadets, to develop the physical skills necessary for officership, to teach leadership in a competitive environment and to build character. There are three subdivisions of the athletic program: intercollegiate athletics, intramurals and physical education.

The intercollegiate program has 17 men’s and 10 women’s NCAA-sanctioned teams, facing some of the top competition in the nation. Men’s teams are football, baseball, basketball, ice hockey, cross-country, fencing, golf, gymnastics, 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, gymnastics, rifle, indoor and outdoor track, swimming and diving, soccer, tennis and volleyball. In addition, 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 Boise State, Colorado State, New Mexico, San Diego State, TCU, UNLV and Wyoming. All sports also compete against non-conference opponents, including many ranked teams.

The football team competes annually for the Commander-in-Chief’s Trophy, which is emblematic of service academy football supremacy. The Falcons have won the trophy 17 times, which is more than any other academy. 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, versatile 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 multipurpose area. The three sections have a combined seating capacity of more than 9,000. Clune Arena seats 5,858. The Cadet Ice Rink has a seating capacity of 2,470, while the multipurpose area seats 1,000 fans for track and field competitions.

The department’s newest facility, the Holaday Athletic Center, was completed in July 2011.

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LAWRENCE, KAN.

SEPT. 29

AT ROCKY MOUNTAIN SHOOTOUT

BOULDER, COLO.

OCT. 6

AT METRO STATE INVITATIONAL

DENVER, COLO.

OCT. 13

AT PRE-NATIONALS

LOUISVILLE, KY.

OCT. 26

AT MOUNTAIN WEST CHAMPIONSHIPS

LAS VEGAS, NEV.

NOV. 9

AT NCAA REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

FORT COLLINS, COLO.

NOV. 17

AT NCAA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

LOUISVILLE, KY.