2013 Army Track Guide by Army West Point Athletics

2013 ARMY MEET SCHEDULE JANUARY 4-5 12 19 25

CROWELL OPEN ARMY SIX-WAY Harvard Challenge NYRR College Night

WEST POINT, N.Y. WEST POINT, N.Y. Boston, Mass. New York, N.Y.

FEBRUARY 3 8 15-17

NAVY (STAR MEET) WEST POINT, N.Y. Lafayette-Rider Games New York, N.Y. PATRIOT LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIPS WEST POINT, N.Y.

MARCH 1-3 22-23 29-30

ECAC/IC4A Championships All-Academy Championships DICK SHEA OPEN

Boston, Mass. Miami, Fla. WEST POINT, N.Y.

APRIL 6 13 19-20 25-27

Navy (Star Meet) ARMY QUAD MEET Larry Ellis Invitational Penn Relays

Annapolis, Md. WEST POINT, N.Y. 速 Princeton, N.J. Philadelphia, Pa.

MAY 3-4 10-12 23-25

Patriot League Championships ECAC/IC4A Championships NCAA East Regional

Home meets in BOLD CAPS

Bethlehem, Pa. Princeton, N.J. Greensboro, N.C.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Location Founded Enrollment Superintendent Director of Athletics Nickname Colors Conference

2013 Schedule Inside Front Cover Quick Facts and Table of Contents 1 This is West Point 2-5 Distinguished Graduates 6 Why West Point? 7 Academy Leadership 8 Director of Athletics 9 Army Track & Field Facilities 10-11 Coaching and Support Staﬀ 12-17 2013 Season Preview 18-19 Men’s Roster 20-21 Returning Men’s Profiles 22-29 Men’s Captain Spotlights 30-33 Women’s Roster 34-35 Returning Women’s Profiles 36-41 Women’s Captain Spotlights 42-45 2012 Season Bests 46-47 Army Track & Field History 48-51 Record Book 52 Army All-Americans 53 Army-Navy Series 54-55 Army in the Patriot League 56-63 Patriot League Inside Back Cover Army in Puerto Rico Back Cover

West Point, N.Y. March 16, 1802 4,400 Lt. Gen. David H. Huntoon, Jr. Boo Corrigan Black Knights Black, Gold and Gray Patriot League

TRACK & FIELD QUICK FACTS Head Coach Assistant Coaches

Troy Engle John Hill Knut Hjeltnes Shannon O’Brien Joe Rogers Rondell Ruff Shene Davis Carlys Romano-Lemler Col. John Nelson Lt. Col. Liam Collins Men’s Team Captains Nicholas Snoad Thomas Ryan Kevin Russell (Cross Country) Women’s Team Captains Kaitlyn Love Ashley Gordon Mary Prakel (Cross Country) Athletic Trainer Jason Heiar Head Officer Representative Col. Mark Toole Track & Field Office Phone 845.938.2425 Facilities Indoor Gillis Field House Outdoor Shea Stadium 2012 Indoor Patriot League Finish 3rd (M), T5th (W) 2012 Individual Indoor PL Champions 2 (M), 0 (W) 2012 Outdoor Patriot League Finish 3rd (M), 4th (W) 2012 Individual Outdoor PL Champions 3 (M), 2 (W) All-Americans 66 Most Recent Domonick Sylve (2011)

ARMY ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS Executive AD/ Athletic Communications Bob Beretta Comm. Assistant/T&F Contact Pam Flenke Flenke’s Oﬃce Phone 845.938.6996 Flenke’s Email pamela.flenke@usma.edu Athletic Communications Fax 845.446.2556 Army Athletics Webpage www.goARMYsports.com

CREDITS The 2013 Army Track & Field Media Guide is an oﬃcial publication of the U.S. Military Academy Oﬃce of Athletic Communications. The guide was designed, written and edited by Pam Flenke. Editing assistance was provided by Christian Anderson. Photos courtesy of the USMA Department of Information Management Creative Imaging Center, John Pellino, Mady Salvani and Col. Bryan Goda.

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The United States Military Academy is renowned because of its historic and distinguished reputation as a military academy, and as a leading, progressive institution of higher education. Made legendary in books and movies produced over the years, the Academy’s “Long Gray Line” of graduates includes some of our nation’s most famous and influential men: Ulysses S. Grant, Robert E. Lee, Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson, George S. Patton, Omar Bradley, Douglas MacArthur, Dwight Eisenhower and Norman Schwarzkopf. Because of this superb education and leadership experience, West Point graduates historically have been sought for high level civilian and military leadership positions. Their numbers include two U.S. presidents, several ambassadors, state governors, legislators, judges, cabinet members, educators, astronauts and corporate executives. Today, West Point continues to provide hundreds of young men and women the unique opportunity to develop physically, ethically and intellectually while building a foundation for an exciting, challenging and rewarding career as an Army oﬃcer in the service of our nation. Cadets have much more responsibility in running the Academy than students in most other colleges or universities. It adds to the leadership experience. Cadets succeed at West Point because of the support they receive from the staﬀ and faculty. After all, many faculty members are West Point graduates and understand the challenge cadets face on a daily basis. They also serve as ideal role models, showing cadets what Army life is like. The U.S. Military Academy’s primary strength is its ability to develop leaders of character who are committed to “Duty, Honor, Country” and selfless service to our nation.

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The mission of the U.S. Military Academy is to educate, train, and inspire the Corps of Cadets so that each graduate is a commissioned leader of character committed to the values of Duty, Honor, Country; professional growth throughout a career as an officer in the U.S. Army; and a lifetime of selfless service to the Nation. Founded on March 16, 1802, the Academy celebrated its Bicentennial in 2002. But West Point’s role in America’s history dates to the Revolutionary War, when both sides realized the strategic importance of the commanding plateau on the west bank of the Hudson River. Gen. George Washington considered West Point to be the most strategic position in America. He personally selected Thaddeus Kosciuszko, one of the heroes of Saratoga, to design the fortifications in 1778 after problems arose with French engineers originally placed in charge of the design. In 1779, General Washington transferred his headquarters to West Point. Continental soldiers built forts, batteries and defensive barriers. A 100-ton iron chain was extended across the Hudson to control river traffic. Today, several links from that chain are arranged at Trophy Point as a reminder of West Point’s original fortifications. In 1802 President Thomas Jefferson signed the legislation establishing the U.S. Military Academy to create an institution devoted to the arts and sciences of warfare. This effectively eliminated America’s wartime reliance on foreign engineers and artillerists. West Point became the nation’s first engineering school and served as the model for engineering programs which were eventually established at other colleges. Col. Sylvanus Thayer, the “Father of the Military Academy,” served as Superintendent from 1817 through 1833. He upgraded academic standards, instilled military discipline and emphasized honorable conduct. Early graduates were largely responsible for the construction of the nation’s initial railway lines, bridges, harbors, and roads. Although the curriculum maintains its focus on engineering, in recent decades the program of instruction has markedly changed, providing cadets a selection of more than 40 majors. This tradition of academic and military excellence, guided by a demanding standard of moral and ethical conduct, remains the cornerstone of the West Point experience. It is said at West Point that “much of the history we teach was made by those people we taught.” The Academy has produced famous leaders throughout its illustrious past…Civil War Generals Grant,, Sherman, Lee, and Jackson, name but a few. In Ja ack c so on n,, to on World Wo W orl r d War Waar I, 34 of the 38 corps W and division aan nd di ivisi viisi s on commanders were graduates. World War II would gr rad adua uate tes es. s. W see graduates reach se ee many maany n brigadier general or higher, to b br rig igad iga adie ierr ge gen n include Eisenhower, MacArthur, in ncl clud lude ud de Ei Eise sen Bradley B Bra Br rad adle ey and aan nd Patton. In more rrecent re rec ecent ntt cconfl on o nflicts, MacArthur, Ridgway, Westmoreland, Abrams, Ri R idgwa way, y, W y, Wes ess Schwarzkopf and Abizaid were in command. Academy graduates have also excelled in air and space exploration, and countless others went on from military service to mil KACI CLARK become leaders bec medicine, law, in ARMY TRACK & FIELD business, religion bus

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and science. Since its founding, the Military Academy fulfills the same mission as it always has . . . to educate, train, and inspire the Corps of Cadets. It accomplishes this mission by developing cadets in three essential areas: intellectual, physical and military. These developmental paths are balanced and fully integrated into the daily life of each young man and woman at the Academy. Intellectual growth is fostered through an academic curriculum that provides a broad liberal education in the arts and sciences. The electives program builds upon the foundation of the core, allowing cadets to develop even greater competence in selected areas. In addition, the fields-of-study and majors nurture the development of creativity, critical thinking, and self-directed learning, essential characteristics of 21st century officers. The four-year academic experience leads to a bachelor of science degree and a commission as a second lieutenant in the Army. Physical development is achieved through a rigorous athletic and physical education program. Each cadet participates at the intercollegiate, club or intramural level each semester. This readies the cadet for the physical demands of military life and helps teach good judgment and self-discipline, even while under mental and physical stress. Military development begins with the cadet’s first day at West Point. Most military training takes place during the summer, with new cadets undergoing Cadet Basic Training, or Beast Barracks, their first year, followed the second summer by Cadet Field Training. Cadets spend their third and fourth summers serving in active Army units around the world; attending specialty training such as airborne, air assault or northern warfare or helping to train the first- and second-year cadets. The Cadet Leader Development System seeks to give the cadets increasing responsibility until they are ready to receive their commissions and assume their duties as leaders in today’s Army. Moral and ethical values guide cadets throughout their four years at West Point. Commitment to the Academy’s “Bedrock Values,” based on integrity and respect for the dignity of others, begins on the first day. Integrity is reflected in the Cadet Honor Code which states: “A cadet will not lie, cheat, steal, or tolerate those who do.” Respect denotes that cadets treat others with the same respect and dignity they themselves would expect. At West Point, it is not enough to train leaders—they must be leaders of character. Admission is keenly competitive and is open to young men and women from all states and territories and from every socioeconomic level. Prospective cadets must receive a nomination by a member of Congress or from the Department of the Army. The Academy seeks candidates who possess records of success in academics, athletics and leadership indicative of well-rounded individuals. Although the life of a cadet is demanding, there remains an array of club activities ranging from golf, skiing, boxing, crew and orienteering to such organizations as the cadet radio station, Habitat for Humanity and Big Brothers-Big Sisters. Additionally, the U.S. Corps of Cadets hosts a Special Olympics event each spring. Today’s Military Academy is a vastly different institution from the small academy legislated into being by Congress in 1802. Originally just 1,800 acres, the Academy has grown to more than 16,000 acres. The first graduating class numbered just two men; today’s classes graduate more than 900 new officers annually, both men and women, who are prepared for leadership roles within the Army. With the expansion of knowledge and the changing needs of the United States Army and the nation, life at West Point has changed to keep pace. Ever mindful of its rich heritage, the U.S. Military Academy is developing leaders for tomorrow, and its focus remains the national needs of the 21st century.

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AT WEST POINT, IT IS OFTEN SAID ... “MUCH OF THE HISTORY WE TEACH WAS MADE BY PEOPLE WE TAUGHT.”

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ROBERT E. LEE ’29 The Academy’s ninth Superintendent (1852-55), Lee was a model cadet during his four years at West Point. He graduated second in his class and never earned a single demerit during his four years at the Academy. At the beginning of the Civil War, he was selected to serve as Commanding General of the Army, but instead resigned his commission and was named General-In-Chief of the Confederate Army from 1861 to 1865. Lee’s surrender to Ulysses S. Grant (USMA 1843), at Appomattox Court House, Va., ended the Civil War. Fort Lee, Va., was named in his honor. ULYSSES S. GRANT ’43 Grant distinguished himself during the Civil War at the Battle of Vicksburg in 1863; his victory secured control of the Mississippi River for the Union. President Abe Lincoln later appointed him Commanding General of the Army in March 1864. On April 9, 1865, at Appomattox Court House, Va., Robert E. Lee (USMA 1829) surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia to him, ending the Civil War. Grant later served as the 18th President of the United States from 1869 to 1877. Today, his image graces the $50 bill. JOHN J. PERSHING ’86 Considered the second most senior oﬃcer in Army history, behind only George Washington, Pershing served as commander of the American Expeditionary Force during World War I. The two-million-plus troops of the AEF made a decisive contribution to the defeat of Imperial Germany. Pershing’s abilities as a leader distinguished him among European commanders, and through repeated successes on the battlefield, promoted American prestige around the world. He served as Army Chief of Staﬀ in 1921, and was named General of the Armies of the United States upon his retirement in 1924. JAMES V. KIMSEY ’62 Kimsey was the founding chairman of America Online, and was named chairman emeritus in 1996. He founded the Kimsey Foundation in 1996.

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EDWARD WHITE ’52 An astronaut from 1962 to 1967, White was the first man to walk in space and was one of the three astronauts killed in the Apollo I disaster in 1967. FRANK BORMAN ’50 An astronaut from 1962 to 1970, Borman commanded the first circumlunar flight of the earth. He later served as President of Eastern Airlines. ALEXANDER M. HAIG JR. ’47 Haig served as Chief of Staff to President Richard Nixon from 1973 to 1974; Supreme Allied Commander in Europe 1974 to 1979; President of United Technologies Corporation 1980 to 1981 and Secretary of State during the Reagan administration from 1981 to 1982. H. NORMAN SCHWARZKOPF ’56 As Commander-in-Chief, United States Central Command from 1988 to 1991, Schwarzkopf’s command ultimately responded to Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait with the largest U.S. deployment since the Vietnam War, including portions of the Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps as well as units from dozens of nations around the world. After retiring, Schwartzkopf received the Presidential Medal of Freedom. RAYMOND T. ODIERNO ‘76 Odierno commanded the 4th Infantry Division during the fall of 2003 which, along with Special Forces units, captured Saddam Hussein in December of that year. Odierno helped plan and coordinate the raid that netted Iraq’s fallen dictator. OMAR N. BRADLEY ’15 During his career, Bradley earned a reputation as one of the best infantry commanders in World War II. He commanded the 82nd Airborne and 28th Infantry Divisions before going on to command the 1st Army and the 12th Army Group. After the war he served as Army Chief of Staff from 1948 to 1949 and served as the first Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 1949 to 1953. He was the last Army officer to be promoted to General of the Army (five stars), and the Bradley fighting vehicle is named in his honor.

DISTINGUISHED GRADUATES

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DOUGLAS MacARTHUR ’03 After World War I, MacArthur returned to West Point to serve as the Academy’s 31st Superintendent from 1919 to 1922. During that time, he was responsible for the revitalization of the Academy. He was later promoted to General of the Army and served as Supreme Allied Commander in the Pacific Theater during World War II. During that time, he received the Medal of Honor for leading defense preparation and operations on the Philippine Islands. He later served as Supreme Allied Commander, Japan, and as commander, United Nations Command in the Far East. He was one of only five oﬃcers to be promoted to General of the Army (five stars). PETER M. DAWKINS ’59 Dawkins was Cadet Brigade Commander (First Captain of the U.S. Corps of Cadets) as a senior and became the third Heisman Trophy winner in Army football history. He later served as chairman and CEO of Primerica. EDWIN E. ALDRIN ’51 An astronaut from 1963 to 1972, Aldrin participated in the first manned lunar landing with Michael Collins (USMA ’52) and was the second man to walk on the moon. GEORGE S. PATTON JR. ’09 “Old Blood and Guts,” Patton was one of the most colorful commanders in the Army. During World War II the famed commander of the 2nd Armored Division and later the Third Army displayed courage and daring as prominently as the pair of ivory handled revolvers he wore. Patton accomplished one of the most remarkable feats in military history in December 1944, when he quickly turned the Third Army northward to reinforce the Allied southern flank against the German attack in the Battle of the Bulge. The General’s doctrine of aggressive employment of massive armor forces continue to prove themselves in combat arenas around the world. GEORGE W. GOETHALS ’80 Goethals became an architect and was builder of the Panama Canal, 1904 TO 1914.

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FIDEL V. RAMOS ’50 One of the Academy’s international cadets, Ramos served as a Philippine Army officer after graduation. He eventually became the country’s military Chief of Staff and later Secretary of National Defense. He also served as President of the Republic of the Philippines from 1992 to 1998. MICHAEL W. KRZYZEWSKI ’69 Krzyzewski served as head basketball coach at West Point from 1974 to 1979 before assuming similar duties at Duke University. Krzyzewski has led the Blue Devils to three national championships and was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in October 2001. He coached the U.S. at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. ROBERT S. KIMBROUGH ’89 Kimbrough was named one of 11 new astronaut candidates by NASA in May 2004. Kimbrough ranks among Army Baseball’s career leaders in saves. A veteran of Desert Storm, he currently works for NASA in Houston as a flight simulation engineer and participated in a space shuttle mission in 2009. DAVID H. PETRAEUS ‘74 Petraeus, a four-star general, served as the commander of the International Security Assistance Force and commander of the U.S. Forces Afghanistan from July 4, 2010July 18, 2011 and was responsible for implement President Barack Obama’s strategies and policies in Afghanistand during that time. He also served as commander of U.S. Central Command from 2008-2010. The Cornwall-on-Hudson, N.Y., native was unanimously as the next Director of the Central Intelligence Agency on June 30, 2011. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER ’15 During World War II, Eisenhower served as Supreme Commander of Allied Forces Europe from 1943 to 1944, during which he led the D-Day invasion of Europe. During that time, he was promoted to General of the Army (five stars). After the war, he served as Army Chief of Staff from 1945 to 1948 and was named President of Columbia University in 1948. He served as the 34th President of the United States from 1953 to 1961 and was one of only five officers to be promoted to General of the Army (five stars).

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“I think if my dear mother were alive, she would tell you nothing comes close to graduating from West Point, even going to the moon.” ‐ ASTRONAUT FRANK BORMAN “The combination of an education at West Point and the experience of a career in the armed services will prepare you in a unique way for a rich diversity of further career and service in civilian life.” ‐ HEISMAN TROPHY WINNER GLENN DAVIS FRANK BORMAN

“I believe in the code ... ‘Duty, Honor, Country.’ I believe in service to one’s country. The institution of the armed forces has thrived on its commitment to developing excellence. It is meritocracy in action. Race, religion, wealth, background count not.” ‐ PRESIDENT GEORGE H.W. BUSH

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“From the birth of our existence, America has had a faith in the future -- a belief that where we’re going is better than where we’ve been, even when the path ahead is uncertain. To fulfill that promise, generations of Americans have built upon the foundation of our forefathers -finding opportunity, fighting injustice, forging a more perfect union. Our achievement would not be possible without the Long Gray Line that has sacrificed for duty, for honor, for country.” - PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA

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LIEUTENANT GENERAL DAVID H. HUNTOON, JR. Superintendent Lieutenant General David H. Huntoon, Jr. became the 58th Superintendent of the United States Military Academy in July 2010. He had previously served as Director of the Army Staff in January 2008. Huntoon was commissioned from West Point in 1973. From 1973-1986, he served as an infantry officer in a series of command and staff assignments with the 3rd Infantry Regiment at Fort Myer, Va., the 9th Infantry Division at Fort Lewis, Wash., the 7th Army Training Command at Vilseck, Germany, and with the 3rd Infantry Division in Aschaffenburg, Germany. From 1986-1988, Huntoon attended the Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kans. and the School for Advanced Military Studies. He then served in the Directorate of Plans, XVIII Airborne Corps, Fort Bragg, N.C., as Senior War Plans Officer (Operation Just Cause), Deputy Director of Plans (Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm), and Director of Plans. Huntoon commanded 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry (Mechanized) at Camp Casey, Korea, and served as Chief of Plans, CJ3, Combined Forces Command and United Nations Command, Yongsan from 1992-94. In 1994-95, he was the Army’s National Security Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University. He then took command of the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard), Fort Myer, Va. Huntoon’s next assignment was the Executive Officer to the Chief of Staff of the United States Army. Prior to that assignment, he served as the Assistant Division Commander of the 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas, and from 2000-2002, he was the Deputy Commandant of the US Army Command and General Staff College. Huntoon moved on to become the Director of Strategy, Plans and Policy, Army G3, at the Pentagon. In August 2003, he was assigned as the 46th Commandant, United States Army War College, Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania. Huntoon’s awards include the Distinguished Service Medal, Legion of Merit (6th Award), and the Bronze Star; Expert Infantryman’s Badge, Parachute Qualification Badge, and the Ranger Tab. He has a Masters of Arts in International Relations from Georgetown University and a Masters in Military Arts and Sciences from the CGSC Advanced Military Studies Program.

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BRIGADIER GENERAL THEODORE D. MARTIN Commandant of Cadets Brigadier General Theodore D. Martin, a former Army swimmer and captain of the 198283 Black Knights’ swimming team, returned to West Point in July 2011 to assume command of the United States Corps of Cadets as the 73rd Commandant of Cadets. Martin graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1983 and was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the armor branch of the U.S. Army. His military education includes the Armor Officer Basic Course (cavalry track), the Infantry Officer Advanced Course, the Naval College of Command and Staff, and the Army War College. He holds a master’s degree in national security & strategic studies from the Naval War College, a master’s degree in strategic studies from the Army War College, and a master’s degree in business from Webster University. Martin’s command experience includes Commander, C Company, 2nd Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division, Federal Republic of Germany; Commander, 1st Squadron, 10th U.S. Cavalry Regiment (Buffalo Soldiers), 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas and Operation Iraqi Freedom in Iraq; Commander, 1st Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Hood, Texas and Operation Iraqi Freedom in Iraq; Commander, Operations Group (COG), National Training Center, Fort Irwin, Calif.; and Commandant & 45th Chief of Armor, U.S. Army Armor School, Fort Benning, Ga. Beyond command, Martin has served in a wide variety of staff and leadership assignments including duty in the 1st Armor Training Brigade, Fort Knox, Ky.; the Combined Arms CommandTraining, Fort Leavenworth, Kan.; Advisor to the Imam Mohammed bin Saud Brigade and later the Prince Sa’ad bin Abdul Rahman Brigade, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; Joint Improvised Explosive Device-Defeat Task Force as the Iraq Field Team Leader, Baghdad, Iraq; and Human Resource Command, Alexandria, Va., as Armor Branch Chief and Chief of Combat Arms Division. Brigadier General Martin’s awards and decorations include the Legion of Merit with two oak leaf clusters, Bronze Star Medal with “V” device and two oak leaf clusters, Meritorious Service Medal with six oak leaf clusters, Army Commendation Medal with oak leaf cluster, and the Army Achievement Medal with four oak leaf clusters. Additionally, he has earned the Combat Action Badge and Parachutist Badge. Martin is a member of the 10th U.S. Cavalry Regiment (Buffalo Soldiers) and is the recipient of the Order of Saint George, the Order of Saint Barbara, and the Order of Saint Maurice (Primicerius).

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BRIGADIER GENERAL TIMOTHY E. TRAINOR Dean of the Academic Board Brigadier General Timothy E. Trainor, Ph.D., became the Dean of the Academic Board at the United States Military Academy in the summer of 2010. He previously served as professor and head of the Department of Systems Engineering at West Point where he taught courses in engineering management, systems engineering and decision analysis. Trainor graduated with a Bachelor of Science from West Point in 1983 and entered the Engineer Branch of the U.S. Army. As an engineering oﬃcer, Trainor has served in operational assignments around the world, including Germany, Honduras, Fort Bragg, N.C., Fort Riley, Kans. and Sarajevo, Bosnia. Trainor has a Master of Business Administration from the Fuqua School of Business at Duke and a doctorate degree in industrial engineering from North Carolina State University. He is a member of the Military Applications Society of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences the Military Operations Research Society, the American Society for Engineering Management and the American Society of Engineering Education. He is a past president of Epsilon Mu Eta, the national Engineering Management Honor Society. Trainor is also a member of the Board of Fellows for the David Crawford School of Engineering at Norwich University. As an analyst, Trainor helped develop the Installation Status Report that provides the Army a standardized means to assess infrastructure and environmental conditions on installations to support resource allocation decisions. He has applied decision analysis methods in completing an organizational analysis of the Army’s Installation Management Agency and in assessing defense security cooperation programs. Trainor deployed to Basrah, Iraq in the summer of 2007 and worked with the Britishled Provincial Reconstruction Team in helping the provincial Iraqi leaders improve their infrastructure revitalization plans. Trainor is married to Col. Donna Brazil, a 1983 graduate of West Point, who is a professor in the Department of Behavioral Sciences at the Academy. They have a daughter Cory, who is currently attending West Point, and two sons; Danny and Zach.

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BOO CORRIGAN Superintendent Lt. Gen. David H. Huntoon Jr., announced the hiring of Boo Corrigan as the Academy’s director of athletics on Feb. 1, 2011. “We have an opportunity to work every day with a truly exceptional group of young people,” Corrigan said. “The opportunities they receive through intercollegiate athletics will help shape their own leadership styles as they become oﬃcers in the U.S. Army. We have a great team that focuses daily on our cadet-athletes. We strive to enhance their overall experience as they develop into the leaders our nation needs.” In his short time as athletic director, Corrigan has strengthened and expanded Army Athletics’ relationships in several key areas. In recent months, Army has secured a new apparel agreement with Nike, a new pouring rights contract with Coke and bringing in the Aspire Group to enhance ticket sales and better serve Army season ticket holders. Corrigan also crafted the Team Army concept, a comprehensive plan designed to add significant value to Army’s corporate sponsorships while maintaining the tradition of West Point Athletics. Corrigan, who has a proven record as a fundraiser, spearheaded changes in the Army A Club and ticket operations that have resulted in more than $20 million dollars in major gifts and record-setting annual giving during his tenure. During that time the funding for a new lacrosse facility, that is scheduled to break ground, was secured. In addition to his role in enhancing revenues for Army Athletics, Corrigan led a strategic planning process that developed a new mission statement and goals for the department. In his first full year at West Point, Corrigan oversaw a program that won three Patriot League championship (baseball, women’s soccer, women’s tennis) and sent four teams to the NCAA postseason (rifle). Eighteen cadets earned a major award from their conference, including six Rookies of the Year selections and three Player of the Year winners. Cadet-athletes have continued to thrive in the classroom under Corrigan’s watch. In 2011-12, Army had five Academic All-Americans, including four firstteam selections. The Black Knights’ football team boasted two first-team CoSIDA Academic All-Americans in 2011, a first for the program since 1957. The Black Knights also boasted three Patriot League Scholar-Athletes of the Year, including overall men’s winner Brendan Buckley. In addition, former football standout Andrew Rodriguez became the first Army player to win the National Football Foundation’s Willam V. Campbell Trophy, which is presented annually to the nation’s top football scholar-athlete. Rodriguez later was honored with the Amateur Athletic Union’s James E. Sullivan Award as the top amateur athlete in the country. He was the first Army player to receive the award since 1946 and was just the third player in history (Peyton Manning, Tim Tebow) to win both the Campbell Trophy and Sullivan Award. Army has been the focus of national attention since Corrigan’s arrival. He was instrumental in supporting the CBS documentary, “Game of Honor,” that chronicled the Black Knights’ 2011 football season leading up to its annual showdown with arch-rival Navy. Not only was the two-hour program broadcast to a national audience on Showtime, but also won the Emmy

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Award for Best Sports Documentary. The Army football team was also the focus of a behind-the-scenes book titled, “Soldiers First,” written by New York Times writer Joe Drape. Corrigan has also made his mark on the aesthetics of historic Michie Stadium. In order to upgrade the appearance and provide a better experience for Army fans, Corrigan implemented a Michie Stadium branding and signage campaign that began in 2011. The first phase of the project was completed prior to the 2012 season. In addition to his duties at West Point, Corrigan has been an active leader in the Patriot League, serving as chairman of the conference’s Broadband Committee. Corrigan, who was the senior associate athletic director for external affairs at Duke University starting in August 2008, brings a wealth of leadership to his post. He is a proven administrator with 18 previous years of experience in all areas of revenue generation, external affairs, staff management and leadership. Corrigan’s chief responsibilities at Duke included the oversight of the Blue Devil corporate partnerships and the Marketing, Promotions, Ticket, Internet Operations, Sports Information and Video Services departments. In only two years at Duke, Corrigan was responsible for the negotiation of multi-media rights to ISP. A supervisor of the 2009 NCAA Champion women’s tennis and 2010 NCAA Champion men’s lacrosse programs, Corrigan was a part of three NCAA Championships at Duke in just two seasons. He is currently a member of the NCAA Men’s Lacrosse Rules committee and the Atlantic Coast Conference Men’s Lacrosse Committee, while serving on the Executive Budget Committee at Duke. Prior to arriving at Duke in August of 2008, he oversaw Notre Dame’s corporate relations and marketing as an associate athletic director for five years. During his stint at Notre Dame, Corrigan spearheaded the redesign of its official athletics website and creation of 15-20 hours of original video content weekly. That resulted in a 35 percent increase in page views and unique users. Corrigan also worked directly with ISP Sports, CSTV, and NBC Sports from a sales and marketing standpoint. Before joining the staff at Notre Dame, Corrigan spent nearly three years as the associate athletic director for marketing at the United States Naval Academy. He was responsible for turning the marketing department from a deficit to profit in his first year with full budget responsibility for the department. Corrigan also was intimately involved with the re-branding of the Annual Giving Campaign (The Blue and Gold), which led to an increase of 75 percent year over year donations. His collegiate experience also includes a stint as assistant director of marketing at Florida State from 1992-95. Corrigan is a 1990 University of Notre Dame graduate with a degree in economics. He is married to the former Kristen Aceto, a former field hockey and lacrosse player at the University of Virginia who also earned a master’s degree from the school. The couple has three children, Finley (11), Tre (9) and Brian (8). He is the youngest of seven children of Gene and Lena Corrigan.

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Army’s Gillis Field House is the home of the Black Knights’ track and field and volleyball teams. Gillis Field House is fully-equipped with locker rooms for both teams and also features coaches oﬃces and a fullyequipped training room. Located within Gillis Field House, Crowell Track is the home of Army’s indoor track & field team. Resurfaced in the spring of 2011, Crowell track features a six-lane (eight on the straightaway), 200-meter oval track. This lightning-fast track incorporates the same surface as the tracks used in the Atlanta and Sydney Olympic Games. The facility is also equipped with two jumping pits, pole vault runway with new UCS 1900 landing system and a high jump apron with UCS landing mats. There is an indoor throwing cage and sector, as well as throwing nets to allow for discus and hammer practice. Carleton T. Crowell took over the reins of the Army track and field program in 1952 and continued Army’s long string of success on the track. One of the most beloved coaches at West Point, Crowell guided Army teams to 351 victories and a dozen Heptagonal championships - five indoors, three outdoors and four in cross country. All but one indoor and outdoor track and field record was shattered during his 25-year tenure.

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SHEA STADIUM

Considered one of the finest track venues on the East Coast, Shea Stadium includes an eight-lane all-weather surface designed with capabilities to set up sprints in either direction. Six jumping pits and six vault boxes face every direction, allowing jumpers to always enjoy the most favorable winds. The stadium boasts a great surface for racing that is well-cushioned and resilliant enough for daily training to minimize chance of injury. Shea also possesses two shot put circles and sectors, two Olympic-size hammer and discus cages, and a all-weather surfaced javelin runway. Located along the banks of the Hudson River, Shea Stadium is also equipped with two functional locker rooms and an athletic training facility. The playing field features an AstroTurf surface surrounded by the eight-lane allweather track. At night, the impressive facility is illuminated by seven television-quality lightstacks. Improvements to the seating area were completed in the summer of 2000 along with the installation of two modest press boxes servicing both track and field competitions as well as sprint football games. Shea Stadium was named in honor of Richard Shea, one of West Point’s finest athletes and soldiers. A 1952 graduate, Shea enlisted in the Army in 1944 and served as a staﬀ sergeant in the 53rd Constabulary Regiment in Nuremberg, Germany. A native of Portsmouth, Va., he did not compete in cross country until entering the Army, but went on to win the European 1500-meter and 5000m championships. Shea entered West Point in 1948, served as a cadet captain and was the recipient of the Army Athletic Association Trophy presented to the top senior athlete. He won 16 major intercollegiate middle distance and cross country championships and set seven indoor and outdoor Academy track records. He also qualified for the 1952 Olympic Games in the 10,000m competition. Shea was assigned to Korea following graduation and died in action on July 8, 1953, at Sokkogae, trying to repel Communist “suicide attacks” during the Korean Conflict. He was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for wartime bravery, the 77th Medal of Honor awarded during the Korean War.

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TROY ENGLE

Head Coach Fifth Season Amherst ’83

Troy Engle brings a wealth of international and collegiate coaching experience to West Point as he enters his fifth season as the head coach of the Army men’s and women’s cross country and track and field teams. This is his third stint at the U.S. Military Academy after previously serving as an instructor of physical education and assistant coach for the men’s and women’s track and field teams from 1995-96 and again in 1998. In his first season at the helm, Engle guided men’s teams to a sweep of the cross country, indoor, and outdoor Patriot League Championships, and was named the League’s men’s Coach of the Year in both the Indoor and Outdoor track campaigns. In 2009-10, Engle led the women’s cross country team to its first Star Meet win since 2005, as well as another indooroutdoor season sweep of the Midshipmen by the Black Knight men’s track squad. The 2010 track season was also highlighted by Army’s 14th men’s indoor Patriot League title and an NCAA Outdoor Championship trip by Domonick Sylve. Sylve qualified for the national semifinals in the 110-meter hurdles after winning his heat in the national quarterfinal. Success continued in 2010-11 as women’s cross country defeated Navy for its first back-to-back Star Meet wins since 2004-05. Men’s track and field swept both the indoor and outdoor Star Meets for their sixth-straight victories against the Midshipmen. Sylve capped oﬀ his record-breaking career by earning AllAmerica honors after advancing to the national semifinals once again. Sylve placed 11th overall at the 2011 NCAA Championships to earn second-team recognition, becoming the 34th All-American in Academy track and field history. In 2012, the women’s distance contingent shined for Engle as freshman Lisa Junta became Army’s first ECAC Champion on the track with her winning time in the 10,000-meter run, simultaneously qualifying for the NCAA Regionals. The Black Knights spent most of the season attacking the

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Academy record book, as the cadets posted 47 marks that rank among the top 10 all-time, including two Army records. Junta accounted for seven top-10 times during her first season. The Black Knights have also been successful in the classroom under Engle as men’s cross country has been named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic team list in each of his four seasons and the women being recognized in each of the last three seasons. Tom Wagner was named the Patriot League Scholar-Athlete of the Year following the 2012 outdoor season, becoming the second Black Knight (Andrew Ferrara, 2009) under Engle’s watch to earn the distinction. In February 2011, Engle was once against selected by USA Track & Field as an assistant coach for endurance events for the Pan-American Games. The 2011 Pan-American Games took place in October in Guadalajara, Mexico. Engle coached the U.S. track and field team in the 2008 Paralympic Games in Beijing. During his tenure with the United States Olympic Committee, which began in 2006, Engle also served as the associate director of the Paralympic Division. Engle directed all aspects of the U.S. track and field team’s preparation for the Paralympic Games and served as the head coach at all major international competitions leading up to the Paralympics, including the Pan American and World Cup games. Engle orchestrated a growth in the program that resulted in an increase in the U.S. team’s medal count and a jump in the track and field standings to second behind China. Prior to joining the USOC, Engle was the head coach of the men’s and women’s

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track and field and cross country teams, assistant athletic director, and athletic department business manager at Division III Occidental College in Los Angeles, Calif. He turned the women’s cross country team, which was initially unable to field a full program, into a Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference title winner by his fourth year. In his seventh and final year at the school, Engle led the team to its first NCAA appearance in 12 years. Engle garnered three West Regional NCAA Division III Coach of the Year honors at Occidental; one for cross country (2006) and two in indoor track and field (2003 and 2005). A native of Council Grove, Kan., Engle served as an assistant coach for the men’s and women’s track and field teams at Kansas State University for the 1998-99 academic year. There, he helped coach all the events and assisted in recruiting a class which was rated fourth-best in Division I by Track and Field News. In between his first two stints at Army, Engle served as the director of sports for the Papua New Guinea Sports Commission. Engle directed all sports development programs for the nation of five million people and served as the national track and field coach. He first served as the national coach for Papua New Guinea between 1987 and 1991.

In addition to his international and collegiate coaching experience, Engle is a respected administrator and clinician. He was a member of the NCAA Track and Field Committee from 2001-06, chairing it from 2005-06. Engle has also served in various leadership capacities within USA Track and Field, both as assistant coach at such meets as the 1995 World Indoor Championships in Barcelona and through his involvement with the Coaching Education Program. He has lectured in the Level II endurance program since 1998. In addition, he has conducted clinics for the world governing body of track and field, the International Association of Athletic Federations, in four nations and has lectured at numerous coaching clinics around the United States. Engle earned his bachelor’s degree from Amherst College in 1983 and a master’s degree in sport management from the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 1985. He currently resides at West Point with his wife, Katrina, daughter, Nawen, and new baby girl, Kassidy, born in August 2012.

Engle closed out a successful stint as head men’s and women’s track and cross country coach at Washington (Mo.) University (1992-94) by guiding the women’s outdoor track and field and cross country teams to the University Athletic Association title in his final season. His eﬀorts earned him UAA Coach of the Year honors in both track and cross country. Engle also served as the men’s track and cross country coach at Swarthmore College (1991-92).

ENGLE AT ARMY • BY THE NUMBERS Patriot League Team Titles (3) 2009 Men’s Indoor; 2009 Men’s Outdoor; 2010 Men’s Indoor Patriot League Champions (69) 22 Men’s Indoor; 21 Men’s Outdoor 8 Women’s Indoor; 8 Women’s Outdoor Army Records (10) 5 Men’s Indoor; 1 Men’s Outdoor; 3 Women’s Outdoor; 1 Women’s Indoor Top-10 Army Marks (139) 42 Men’s Indoor; 27 Men’s Outdoor; 34 Women’s Outdoor; 36 Women’s Indoor

Army swept the men’s indoor and outdoor Patriot League titles in Engle’s first season at West Point (2009)

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RONDELL RUFF

Assistant Coach/Sprints, Relays Second Season Michigan ’06

Rondell Ruff enters his second season with the Army track and field team. Head coach Troy Engle selected Ruff as the Black Knights’ new sprint coach in August 2011. He also directs a pair of middle-distance groups and the relay units. Ruff’s first season at West Point was a successful one, highlighted by an Academy records and three Patriot League event titles. The women’s outdoor 4x800-meter relay team snapped the Army record established in 1985, while the Black Knight men won three relay titles at the 2012 conference championships: the indoor 4x400 and outdoor 4x400 and 4x800. In addition to the two West Point records established, Ruff’s athletes added 11 finishes that rank in the all-time top 10, including Jennifer Comfort’s third-best outdoor 800-meter time which was the best by a Black Knight since 1985. Ruff came to West Point from Saint Francis University in Loretto, Pa., where he coached the jumps, sprints and relays as a graduate assistant since August of 2009. Under his tutelage, the Red Flash boasted multiple student-athletes who competed in the postseason after achieving ECAC and IC4A Championship-qualifying marks.

Championships under Ruff in 2011, earning their best finish at the indoor meet since 2005 and best outdoor place since 2003. Ruff, a 2006 graduate of the University of Michigan, captained the Wolverines’ cross country and track teams in 2005-06. Originally a walk-on to the programs, the Detroit native went on to win a pair of Big Ten indoor distance medley relay titles (2002, 2005) before capturing the 2005 NCAA Indoor National Championship trophy in the event. After earning his degree in general studies, Ruff returned to his alma mater to serve as a volunteer assistant coach with the track and cross country teams. He also coached three summers at Michigan’s track and field camp. Rondell currently resides in Newburgh, NY., with his spouse, Jacqueline, son Rondell Jr., and daughter Norah.

The Saint Francis women’s indoor and outdoor track and field teams made strides at the Northeast Conference

SHANNON O’BRIEN

Assistant Coach/Distance First Season Keene State ’05

Shannon O’Brien begins her first season with the Army track and field program. O’Brien will be in charge of the Black Knights’ distance contingent and also assists the cross country program. She comes to West Point from Florida State, where she served two years as meet director and graduate manager for the women’s track and field and cross country programs. At FSU, O’Brien was responsible for designing a training regiment for walk-on athletes as well as conducting daily practices for that contingent. With her guidance, four student-athletes were oﬀered scholarships to run for the perennial national contender program. Working alongside FSU head coach Karen Harvey, the women’s cross country team placed second at the NCAAs in 2010 and fourth in 2011, while the track team’s distance unit enjoyed similar success on the regional and national stage.

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Prior to her two-year stint with the Seminoles, O’Brien was an assistant coach/coaching intern at Dartmouth College with the Big Green’s track and cross country teams. O’Brien got her first taste of recruiting while in Hanover, N.H., as she worked on arranging oﬃcial visits and contacted potential student-athletes. O’Brien also spent her undergraduate years in New Hampshire, receiving a bachelor’s degree in English from Keene State College in 2005. The middle-distance specialist was an All-American for the Owls in the 800 meters, and still maintains her hold on school records in the 500 meters, 400-meter hurdles and 4x400-meter relay. Following her graduation, she worked at her alma mater as an assistant coach through the summer of 2006. O’Brien, who received her master’s degree in sport management from Florida State earlier this year, has a USATF Level 1 Certification and has worked for running camps across the country, including Vermont and Oregon.

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KNUT HJELTNES

Assistant Coach/Throws 13th Season Brigham Young ’78

Knut Hjeltnes, a veteran of four Olympic Games, resumes control of the Army throwers for a 13th year. Hjeltnes’ Olympic experience was culminated with a fourth-place finish in the discus for the Norwegian national team at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, Calif., in the 1976 Olympics in Montreal, Canada, and the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, Hjeltnes was able to garner seventh-place finishes. The Norway native also qualified for the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow, Russia, but unfortunately for Hjeltnes, Norway took part in the boycott of the Olympic Games that year. During his competitive career, Hjeltnes established 11 Norwegian records and captured 20 Norwegian championships. Since arriving at West Point, throwers under his guidance have won 41 Patriot League Championships, set five Academy records and now dominate the top-10 lists for both the Army men’s and women’s Olympic throwing events to the tune of 62 distances. Hjeltnes also developed three All-American performances, including Adam Burke’s back-to-back AllAmerica campaigns in the javelin in 2003 and 2004 and Brian Gebhardt’s stellar 2000 season in the weight throw.

conference hammer throw runner-up Nicholas Snoad finished the 2012 season among the top 48 in the East Region in their respective events. Snoad went on to compete in Jacksonville, Fla., while Waggoner opted out of the competition, but capped her season by breaking the 10-year old Academy record in the discus in just her second season at West Point. Hjeltnes’ athletes have been just as successful in the classroom as they have been on the field. Former captain and javelin thrower Kevin Kumlien was named an Academic All-American and Patriot League Scholar Athlete of the Year for the 2007-08 season, while discus and shot put athlete Caleb Wells earned the same honors after the 2005-06 season. A 1978 graduate of Brigham Young University, Hjeltnes returned to his alma mater as an assistant coach for the Cougars from 1982-1984. While coaching at BYU, Hjeltnes earned his master’s degree in Professional Leadership and Exercise Science. During his coaching career, Hjeltnes also has served as an assistant coach at University of California-Berkeley, University of California-Irvine (1984-1986) and at SUNY Albany (1997-1999). Experienced in the world of business marketing as well, Hjeltnes was involved in sales and marketing for Nike International (1980-1982) and with Microsoft, Inc. (1989-1991).

Additionally, Hjeltnes has developed several other NCAA Qualifiers, including two 35 lbs. weight throwers, three hammer throwers and two discus throwers, while developing three javelin U.S. Junior National Qualifiers in Marcus Canty, Mike Nulk and Jason Smartt.

Prior to joining Army’s staﬀ, Hjeltnes served as the Norwegian National track and field coach from 1994-97. He also worked as a personal discus coach for Olympians from Norway, Sweden and Ireland.

Most recently, two Black Knights earned invites to the NCAA Regional Championships as Patriot League discus champion Jessica Waggoner and

Hjeltnes currently resides in New Windsor, N.Y., with his wife Colleen. They have three children, Kristin, Erik and Daniel, and two grandchildren: Charlotte and Graham.

JON HILL

Assistant Coach/Multis First Season Portland State ’10

Oregon native Jon Hill enters his first season as the multi-event and pole vault coach for Army track and field in 2012-13. Hill came to West Point after four years of coaching at Eastern Washington University. While with the Eagles, Hill oversaw the jumping and multievent competition groups, while also managing recruiting and scholarship allocation, home competitions and monitoring academic performance. During his tenure, Hill’s student-athletes broke 11 school records, established 44 top10 historical marks, collected 24 all-conference certificates and earned five bids to the NCAA Regional Championships. A proven recruiter, notable EWU signees scouted by Hill included six high school valedictorians, a national record holder, 12 state champions and one junior national champion. Prior to his time in Cheney, Wash., Hill spent the 2007-08 season as the head track and field coach at La Salle Catholic

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College Preparatory in Milwaukie, Ore. Hill’s teams excelled both on the track and in the classroom, establishing three school records and 17 all-state nods, while earning a pair of all-state academic team certificates. Hill is a certified USATF Level I instructor, while also boasting Level II credits for jumps and sprints, hurdles, relays, and combined events. A 2007 graduate of Portland State University with a degree in health studies, Hill established 11 top-10 marks while qualifying for the NCAA Regionals during his final season with the Vikings. He remains ranked as high as No. 2 on the all-time long jump lists for both indoor and outdoor competition. Hill, who worked towards a graduate degree in sports administration from EWU, boasts a unique tie to West Point and the military; his grandfather, Edward Hathorn, fought in the Battle of the Bulge during World War II under the direction of Gen. George S. Patton (USMA 1909).

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JOE ROGERS

Assistant Coach/Jumps, Hurdles 13th Season Miami (Ohio) ’66

Joe Rogers, one of the most experienced and well-respected track and field coaches in the country, joined the Army staﬀ in 2000 after a 16-year stint as the head coach at Ball State University. He has over 45 years of experience coaching track and field with 40 of those years at the collegiate level. Primarily working with Army’s jumpers and hurdlers, Rogers’ athletes have established eight Academy records, including three by Jeﬀ Weaver (indoor and outdoor long jump, outdoor triple jump), while also recording 96 marks which rank among the top 10 in West Point history. On the conference level, 63 Black Knights have captured individual Patriot League titles, including four-time 110-meter hurdles champion Domonick Sylve and eight-time winner Thomas Wagner. Taylor Kensy (USMA ‘12) was Rogers’ latest record breaker following his 500-meter performance at the IC4A Indoor Championships in 2012. Kensy snapped the 500-meter record which had been on the books since 1983. Wagner also highlighted the indoor 2012 season by becoming just the second Black Knight in history to eclipse the high bar at seven feet. Wagner’s height of 2.14 meters ranks second all-time in both indoor and outdoor competition. Wagner was also named the Patriot League Scholar-Athlete of the Year for outdoor track in 2012. Rogers helped Sylve, originally a walk-on to the program, develop into an All-American high hurdler. Sylve, a seventime Patriot League champion, three-time IC4A champion, and two-time NCAA semifinalist, capped his record-breaking career by earning second team All-America honors following an 11th-place finish at the 2011 NCAA Championships. In addition to owning the Academy records in the 110-meter high hurdles, 55-meter hurdles and 60-meter hurdles, Sylve established Patriot League Championship records in the 60and 110-hurdles. On the women’s side, Rogers leads one of the most successful units of the Army track and field program. The Black Knight jumpers have taken home seven long jump belts, five triple jump trophies and three high jump crowns from the Patriot League Championships since Rogers took charge.

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Five-time conference champion Tiﬀany Martin highlighted the 2005 indoor meet by establishing the Patriot League record in the jump which still ranks second all-time at the Academy. Rogers’ female hurdlers have been equally as successful, as Lauren Rowe set the Army record in the 60-meter hurdles against service academy rival Navy in 2003. Rowe, along with Tonya Stallard (three time), Hallie Huggins (2010) Katelin Grant (three time), and most recently Kaitlyn Love (2012), have all collected league titles in the hurdles. The honors that Rogers garnered prior to joining the Army staﬀ included being selected as the Mid-American Conference Coach of the Year in 1987 and 1990. Following an outstanding 1990 campaign, Rogers was also selected as the NCAA District IV Coach of the Year. Additionally, he served as the Cardinals’ cross country coach for 12 years, leading the 1989 team to a 19th place finish at the NCAA National meet and a 14th place ranking in the final NCAA poll. Rogers also has international experience, coming first as the assistant manager for the USA team that competed in Bremen, Germany, against the West German team in 1985. He was also the head coach of the U.S. team that won a triangular running meet versus England and Kenya in 1990. Rogers served as the head manager on the U.S. Junior PanAmerican team that competed in Santiago, Chile, in 1995. He was an assistant coach for the North team competing in the National Sports Festival in 1983 and was the head coach of the same team competing in the US Olympic Festival in 1987. Rogers has served on various track and field and development committees within the USA Track and Field organization. He was a member of the original Coaches’ Education Committee formed in 1984 and chaired it from 1992-1995. Rogers has also been a clinic speaker throughout the United States and has been a part of the curriculum development groups that formulated and revised the Level I and Level II Coaching Education Programs. After earning his bachelor and master’s degrees from Miami University, Rogers began coaching at the high school level, then took coaching positions at Hillsdale College and Olivet College in Michigan before taking over as head coach at Ball State. Rogers and his wife, Irene, a teacher and coach at the West Point Middle School, reside in New Windsor, N.Y. They have a married son, Jason, who is Director of Emergency Services in Delaware County; a married daughter, Blythe, who lives in Sunnyvale, Calif.; as well as two grandchildren: granddaughter Makayla and step-grandson, Cameron.

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LT. COL. LIAM COLLINS Lt. Col. Liam Collins, a 1992 graduate of West Point, returns for his fourth year as a volunteer assistant coach, working with the distance and steeplechase athletes. In the past three years the Army’s steeplechase unit has attacked the Academy’s record book. The women have recorded three times that rank among the top-10 in Army history, including Mary Prakel’s third-place time at the Patriot League Championships in 2012 which lists third-best at West Point. The men, who have sent qualifiers to the IC4A Championships every season under Collins’ watch, cracked the record book in 2011 for the first time in 10 years when Barrett LeHardy recorded the 10thfastest steeplechase time in Academy history. Collins has been coaching distance runners in the Army for the past 20 years, and was recognized as the Army’s Coach of the Year in 2011. He has been the head mentor of the All-Army cross country and marathon teams since 2009. During his collegiate career at West Point, Collins held an Academy record as a member of the distance medley relay team and set a league mark for the top time in the 3000-meter steeplechase.

Vol. Assistant Coach/Steeplechase Fourth Season West Point ’92 Following his collegiate career, Collins was a member of multiple U.S. Armed Forces teams competing at numerous military world championships. He finished as the top American runner at the World Military Cross Country Championships in 1997 and carried the same distinction in the marathon at the World Military Games in 1999. In 2007, he won the Army’s Best Ranger Competition at the age of 36. He is currently one of the nation’s top Master’s (over 40) runners and is the reigning two-time defending national champion in the steeplechase. Collins is a highly decorated Special Forcers Oﬃcer (Green Beret) and Ranger who has conducted multiple combat deployments to both Afghanistan and Iraq. He has been awarded multiple Bronze Star medals and two Valorous Awards for bravery in combat. Collins was a distinguished honors graduate from the Academy. He holds a B.A. in Aerospace Engineering and a Masters in Public Aﬀairs from Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School. He recently finished a three-year teaching stint in the Department of Social Sciences and is currently finishing his Ph.D. from Princeton before moving to the West Point’s Department of Military Instruction in 2013.

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four-time indoor Patriot League high jump and triple jump champion Thomas Wagner, long jump title-holder Michael Hutchins, and 500-meter Academy recordsetter Taylor Kensy. The women’s losses include their workhorse from a season ago in Christina Johnson and distance specialist Chelsea Prahl.

Included in the four meets Gillis will house is the 2013 Patriot League Indoor Championships, as Army will serve as the host for the fifth time overall and first time since 2010. The 2010 conference meet was also the last time the Black Knights took home a team trophy as the men edged out Bucknell that season by six points.

“Because of injuries on the men’s side last year, we worked around those guys, in the spring in particular, but it’s still a significant hit,” said Engle. “Those guys are hard to replace in the short term, they were four-year contributors.

The Army men have won the Patriot League Indoor Championship team crown all four previous times the meet has been hosted at Gillis Field House, while the women have won the title once at West Point and have finished in the top three in three of the four meets.

Jennifer Comfort

“We love the opportunity to host the conference meet,” said Engle. “I’m convinced our kids compete better at home. Our kids do very well with routine and thrive in this environment and going on the road takes us out of our zone, so we love to have home meets. To have the Patriot League at West Point is a good thing for us as a team as well as for the Corps of Cadets to be able to see us. We’re excited for it.”

“For the women, we’re going to face the same challenge – we continue to have holes that we need to fill that are hard to fill with a small female population at West Point. “In the off-season we’ve seen some significant improvements, especially with our sprinters under second-year coach Rondell Ruff. We have a couple of folks who look like they’re really ready for breakthrough performances.” Ruff’s group of sprinters is highlighted on the men’s side by the return of Jason Wilkes and Brian Cobbs, who missed most of last season with an injury, while the women’s unit has high hopes for newcomer Haley Winters.

Army, which was picked to finish third on the men’s side and fourth on the women’s in the league’s preseason poll, will look to improve upon its finishes from last season’s indoor meet where the men earned the bronze and the women took home fifth place.

“I feel better than I did last year with this group because everyone is back on the men’s side, and they’re just a more mature group now as well,” said

A lot has changed on both sides since that meet, with the Army men losing a core of perennial performers to graduation. Included in the graduating Class of 2012 is

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Scott Geary

The 2013 Army track and field season oﬃcially gets under way Jan. 4 with the Crowell Open which is the first of eight meets on the Black Knights’ indoor schedule this season, and the first of four slated for Army’s home at Gillis Field House. Fifth-year head coach Troy Engle hopes the Black Knights’ home-laden schedule will serve them as well as it has in the past.

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Chris Kittle

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The distance group was able to prove themselves during the cross country season as five Black Knights took home All-Patriot League honors at season’s end, including a first-team certificate by Lisa Junta. Junta had a breakthrough outdoor track season a year ago, becoming Army’s first ECAC running champion (10,000 meters), and continued that success through the cross country calendar. Cross country team captains Mary Prakel and Kevin Russell will also be counted on for senior leadership during the track seasons. Junior Ricardo Galindo shone bright on the men’s side, earning Army’s top time in every meet of the cross country season while taking home second-team all-conference accolades. Engle will rely on Galindo as well as classmate Kendall Ward to carry much of the workload this season for the Army distance runners. Field events have many unanswered

The throwers are highlighted by a pair of NCAA Regional qualifiers in senior co-captain Nick Snoad and junior Jessica Waggoner. Waggoner won the discus at last season’s outdoor conference meet and also set the Academy standard in the event, while Snoad earned the silver medal in the hammer throw at the Patriots. “Nick Snoad will be one of the best weight throwers in the conference and certainly one of the best hammer throwers outdoors,” said Engle. “Scott Geary and Shane Jones are awfully good, but we need depth.” The multis and the pole vault groups are under the direction of first-year coach Jon Hill. Engle has high hopes for sophomore Chris Kittle on the men’s side, while the women’s group could be highlighted by a pair of freshman in Avrie Welton and Anna Smith. Engle will rely on leadership from not only Snoad but fellow men’s team captain Thomas Ryan, who came on strong last season in the hurdles. Fellow hurdler Kaitlyn Love is one of two captains on the women’s side, as she is joined by middle distance runner and sprinter Ashley Gordon. The mix of experience and maturity as well as what Engle described as “youthful exuberance” will hopefully work in Army’s favor this season. The Black Knights made strides last season, attacking the Academy record book like they never had before, and the goal is to continue in that direction once again in 2013.

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The middle distance and d i s t a n c e contingents have been fortified on both sides by youth and experience. The men’s middle distance group will rely on sophomore Clyde Wilson, who boasted an IC4A-qualifying season during his first year at West Point, and Ian MacPherson. For the women, sophomores Katrina Donarski and Jennifer Comfort return, both of whom attacked the Academy record book during their inaugural years at the Academy.

questions for Army this season. The men’s jumping unit will need young members of its team to step up following the graduation of Wagner, Hutchins and Fred Beebe, while senior McKenzie Majchrzak, a two-time Patriot League high jump champion, will be relied on heavily in at least a pair of events for the women.

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HOMETOWN/HIGH SCHOOL Gainesville, Ga./North Hall South Easton, Mass./Home Educated Nashville, Tenn./Montgomery Bell Academy Boys Ranch, Texas/Boys Ranch Manassas, Va./ Forest Park Carmel, N.Y./Carmel Paradise, Calif./Paradise St. Charles, Mo./Francis Howell Prescott, Ariz./Prescott (USMAPS) Broken Arrow, Okla./Lincoln Christian Seymour, Conn./Seymour (USMAPS) Fall City, Wash./O’Dea (USMAPS) Fort Wayne, Ind./Snider Seoul, South Korea/Seoul American High School Albuquerque, N.M./Hope Christian Albuquerque, N.M./La Cueva Joplin, Mo./Joplin Cosmopolis, Wash./North River Portage, Ind./Portage Colardo Springs, Colo./Cheyenne Mountain (USMAPS) Farmington Hills, Mich./Novi-Detroit Catholic Sheridan, Wyo./Great Plains Lutheran Franklin, Mich./Brother Rice Fishers, Ind./Fishers Dakota Dunes, S.D./Dakota Valley Swansea, Ill./Belleville West Tyler, Texas/Bishop T.K. Gorman Anaheim, Calif./Esperanza (USMAPS) Clarks Hill, Ind./McCutcheon (USMAPS) Moraga, Calif./Campolindo Auburn, Ala./Auburn High School Renton, Wash./Oliver M. Hazen Los Gatos, Calif./Valley Christian Rome, Ga./Pepperell Alpharetta, Ga./Alpharetta Van Alstyne, Texas/Van Alstyne Fort Lee, N.J./Bergen County Academy Ladysmith, Va./Carolina Huntsville, Ala./Lee (USMAPS) Landstuhl, Germany/Jakarta International School Tolland, Conn./Tolland Kenosha, Wis./Bradford Brookfield, Wis./ Brookfield East Whittier, Calif./La Serna Belle Mead, N.J./Montgomery High School Comstock, Mich./Comstock Park Omaha, Neb./Creighton Preparatory School Vacaville, Calif./Vacaville Monroe, N.Y./Monroe-Woodbury Arlington, Wash./Arlington Macungie, Pa./Emmans Naperville, Ill./Nequa Valley Albuquerque, N.M./Albuquerque Academy Cherry Hill, N.J./Cherry Hill High School East Bronx, N.Y./Frederick Douglass Academy Danbury, Conn./Danbury Mooresville, N.C./Mooresville

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Christopher Smith Sprints/Hurdles Nick Snoad Throws Stevyn Spees Sprints Brent Stout Throws Alexander Tardieu Pole Vault Patrick Taylor Sprints Jordan Trompke Throws Mark Van Benschoten Pole Vault Kendall Ward Distance Nathan Weir Multis Jason Wilkes Sprints Clyde Wilson Mid-Distance Christian Young Pole Vault Branam Yow Javelin

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North Wales, Pa./Devon Preparatory School Gahanna, Ohio/Lincoln Columbus, Ohio/ St. Charles Preparatory Menomonie, Wis./Menomonie Grants Pass, Ore./Grants Pass (USMAPS) Fairfax, Va./Woodson (USMAPS) Eagle, Idaho/Rocky Mountain Minnetonka, Minn./Home Schooled Highland Falls, N.Y./James I. O’Neill High School Hackett, Ark./Union Christian Academy (USMAPS) Lubbock, Texas/Lubbock Corpus Christi, Texas/Jack Britt High School (N.C.) Bisbee, Ariz./Bisbee Keene, Texas/Southwest Christian

Roster Breakdown By Event Distance ....................15 Steeple ....................... 2 Mid-Distance ............ 10 Sprints .......................17 Hurdles....................... 7

Jumps .........................4 Javelin .........................1 Throws ......................12 Multis .........................4 Pole Vault ................... 5

By Year Senior ........................ 11 Junior ....................... 18 Sophomore ...............17 Freshman ................. 25

By State Alabama ..................... 2 Arizona ....................... 2 Arkansas .....................1 California ....................6 Colorado .....................1 Connecticut ............... 3 Georgia ...................... 3 Idaho ...........................1 Illinois ......................... 2 Indiana .......................4 Massachusetts ............1 Michigan .................... 3 Minnesota ...................1 Missouri ..................... 2 Nebraska .....................1 New Jersey ................ 3

New Mexico............... 3 New York ...................4 North Carolina ............1 Ohio............................ 2 Oklahoma ...................1 Oregon ........................1 Pennsylvania .............. 2 South Dakota ..............1 Tennessee ...................1 Texas ..........................6 Virginia ....................... 3 Washington ...............4 Wisconsin ................... 3 Wyoming.....................1 International .............. 2

Notable Returners

Ricardo Galindo

Justin Harris

2013 ARMY TRACK & FIELD

Chris Smith

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Brian Cobbs

Nick Snoad

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SWASEY BROWN

CODY BARGER Sophomore Distance Gainesville, Ga. North Hall

Junior Mid-Distance Boys Ranch, Texas Boys Ranch

Personal Bests Has Not Competed

Personal Bests 800m: 1:59.01 - Yale Springtime, 5/1/11

BRIAN COBBS

MARK CASTELLI

Senior Sprints St. Charles, Mo. Francis Howell

Senior Distance/Steeple Carmel, N.Y. Carmel

Personal Bests 60m: 6.97 - The Armory, 2/12/11 100m: 11.07 - Patriots, 4/30/10 200m: 22.45 - Larry Ellis, 4/16/10 2010 Indoor PL Champion, 4x100 Relay

Personal Bests Mile: 4:23.55 - Harvard Challenge, 1/22/11 5,000m - 15:19.29 - Army 5-Way, 4/14/12 3,000m-Steeple: 9:20.56 - Patriots, 5/4/11

JACOB DROZD

HAYDEN CONRAD

Sophomore Throws/Jumps Seymour, Conn. Seymour USMAPS

Sophomore Hurdles Prescott, Ariz. Prescott USMAPS

Personal Bests High Jump: 1.99m - Patriots, 5/4/12 Shot Put: 12.28m - Crowell Open, 1/6/12 Javelin: 59.37m - Navy, 4/7/12

Personal Bests 110m-H: 15.73 - Army 5-Way, 4/14/12 400m-H: 58.71 - Army 5-Way, 4/14/12

RETURNER PROFILES

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JOSHUA ECKER

NATHAN FISHER

Junior Distance Seoul, South Korea Seoul American School

Sophomore Mid-Distance Joplin, Mo. Joplin Personal Bests 800m: 1:54.56 - Patriots, 5/4/12 1,500m: 4:13.77 - Virginia Swashbuckle, 3/24/12 Mile: 4:24.46 - Army 6-Way, 1/14/12

Personal Bests Has Not Competed

SCOTT GEARY

RICARDO GALINDO Junior Distance Farmington Hills, Mich. Novi-Detroit Catholic

Senior Throws Sheridan, Wyo. Great Plains Lutheran

Personal Bests 3,000m: 8:26.45 - Patriots, 2/17/12 5,000m: 14:46.32 - Navy, 4/7/12 10,000m: 30:41.41 - Patriots, 5/4/12

Personal Bests Discus: 50.90m - Navy, 4/7/12 Hammer: 51.10m - Army Strong, 5/7/12 Shot Put: 16.38m - Patriots, 5/7/11

AUSTIN GORGE Sophomore Throws Fishers, Ind. Fishers Personal Bests Shot Put: 13.63m - Army 5-Way, 4/14/12 Discus: 45.44m - Army 5-Way, 4/14/12 Weight Throw: 12.37m - Crowell Open, 1/6/12

SCOTT GEARY

2013 ARMY TRACK & FIELD

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RETURNER PROFILES

MATT GREEN

JOSEPH HANNIGAN

Junior Sprints Dakota Dunes, S.D. Dakota Valley

Junior Sprints Swansea, Ill. Belleville West

Personal Bests 200m: 22.97 - Dick Shea, 3/30/12 400m: 49.59 - Patriots, 5/4/12 500m: 1:05.99 - Harvard Challenge, 1/21/12

Personal Bests 400m: 51.13 - Armory, 1/28/12 500m: 1:05.43 - Navy, 2/4/12 800m: 2:02.09 - Crowell Open, 1/8/11

JAMES HODGEN

JUSTIN HARRIS

Senior Distance Clarks Hill, Ind. McCutcheon (USMAPS)

Senior Pole Vault Tyler, Texas Bishop T.K. Gorman Personal Bests Pole Vault: 4.95m - Larry Ellis, 4/23/11

Personal Bests 1,500: 4:12.92 - Dick Shea Open, 3/30/12 5,000: 15:41.62 - UVA Swashbuckle, 3/24/12

2011 Outdoor PL Champion, Pole Vault

MICHAEL HOFFMAN Junior Sprints Moraga, Calif. Campolindo Personal Bests 100m: 11.37 - Army 5-Way, 4/14/12 200m: 22.09 - Navy, 2/4/12 400m: 55.44 - Dick Shea Open, 3/30/12

MATT GREEN

RETURNER PROFILES

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ERNEST HOLLAND

JAMES HOLLAND Junior Hurdles Renton, Wash. Oliver M. Hazen

Sophomore Jumps Auburn, Ala. Auburn

Personal Bests 60m-H: 8.62 - Harvard Challenge, 1/21/12 110m-H: 15.01 - Patriots, 5/7/11

Personal Bests High Jump: 1.99m - Navy, 4/7/12 Triple Jump: 13.36m - Navy, 4/7/12

BRYAN HOUP

MARCUS JACKSON

Sophomore Sprints Los Gatos, Calif. Valley Christian

Sophomore Sprints Rome, Ga. Pepperell

Personal Bests 200m: 24.04 - Dick Shea Open, 3/30/12 400m: 53.71 - Lafayette-Rider Games, 2/10/12

Personal Bests 200m: 22.31 - Larry Ellis, 4/20/12 400m: 48.50 - Patriots, 5/4/12

DANIEL JESTER

SHANE JONES

Senior Distance/Steeple Alpharetta, Ga. Alpharetta

Junior Throws Van Alstyne, Texas Van Alstyne

Personal Bests 1,500m: 4:05.20 - Dick Shea Open, 3/30/12 3,000m: 8:47.23 - Lafayette-Rider Games, 2/10/12 3,000m-Steeple: 9:17.59 - Larry Ellis, 4/23/11

2013 ARMY TRACK & FIELD

Personal Bests Shot Put: 15.00m - Navy, 4/7/12 Discus: 48.00m - Patriots, 5/4/12

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RETURNER PROFILES

ANDREAS KELLAS

CHRISTOPHER KITTLE

Sophomore Mid-Distance Fort Lee, N.J. Bergen County

Sophomore Multis Ladysmith, Va. Carolina

Personal Bests 1,500m: 4:01.74 - Army 5-Way, 4/14/12 Mile: 4:29.47 - Harvard Challenge, 1/21/12 3,000m: 9:22.86 - Bulls Invite, 3/16/12

Personal Bests Decathlon: 5993 - Patriots, 5/4/12 Heptathlon: 4649 - Patriots, 2/17/12

ELIOT KNOTTS

TREVOR LAFONTAINE

Sophomore Jumps Huntsville, Ala. Lee USMAPS

Sophomore Distance Tolland, Conn. Tolland

Personal Bests Long Jump: 6.79m - Patriots, 5/4/12 Triple Jump: 13.95m - Navy, 4/7/12

Personal Bests Mile: 4:30.03 - Lafayette-Rider Games, 2/10/12 3,000m-Steeple: 9:47.46 - Army 5-Way, 4/14/12

JUNYOUNG LEE

NIGEL LIEFVELD

Sophomore Sprints Kenosha, Wis. Bradford

Junior Sprints Whittier, Calif. La Serna

Personal Bests 60m: 7.31 - Crowell Open, 1/6/12 100m: 11.45 - Dick Shea Open, 3/30/12 200m: 23.42 - Army 5-Way, 4/14/12

RETURNER PROFILES

Personal Bests 200m: 23.30 - Army 6-Way, 1/14/12 400m: 50.55 - The Armory, 2/12/11

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IAN MACPHERSON Junior Mid-Distance Belle Mead, N.J. Montgomery

KYLER MARTIN Senior Hurdles Vacaville, Calif. Vacaville Personal Bests 60m-H: 8.22 - Navy, 2/4/12 110m-H: 14.47 - Navy, 4/7/12 400m-H: 55.31 - Yale Springtime, 5/1/11

Personal Bests 400m: 51.19 - Army 5-Way, 4/14/12 800m: 1:55.52 - Larry Ellis, 4/23/11

PETER MILLER

BRIAN MORENUS

Junior Throws Macungie, Pa. Emmans

Senior Distance Naperville, Ill. Nequa Valley

Personal Bests 5,000m: 15:34.32 - Patriots, 5/6/11 10,000m: 31:00.68 - Bison Classic, 4/15/11

Personal Bests Javelin: 55.38m - Virginia Swashbuckle, 3/24/12

JEROME RAPHAEL Junior Sprints Bronx, N.Y. Frederick Douglass Academy

Personal Bests 200m: 22.77 - Yale Springtime, 5/1/11 400m: 51.52 - West Point Open, 4/16/11

KYLER MARTIN

2013 ARMY TRACK & FIELD

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RETURNER PROFILES

KEVIN RUSSELL

CHRISTOPHER SMITH

Senior Distance Danbury, Conn. Danbury

Junior Sprints/Hurdles North Wales, Pa. Devon Preparatory Personal Bests 200m: 23.20 - The Armory, 1/29/11 500m: 1:05.48 - The Armory, 2/12/11 400m-H: 53.84 - Patriots, 5/4/12

Personal Bests 1,500m: 3:52.16 - Patriots, 5/4/12 Mile: 4:16.61 - Harvard Challenge, 1/21/12

PATRICK TAYLOR

BRENT STOUT

Sophomore Sprints Fairfax, Va. Woodson USMAPS

Sophomore Throws Menomonie, Wis. Menomonie

Personal Bests 200m: 22.84 - Dick Shea Open, 3/30/12 400m: 48.89 - Patriots, 5/4/12

Personal Bests Hammer: 44.82m - Dick Shea Open, 3/30/12 Weight Throw: 13.84m - The Armory, 1/28/12

MARK

VAN BENSCHOTEN Junior Pole Vault Minnetonka, Minn. Home Educated

Personal Bests Pole Vault: 4.50m - Patriots, 2/17/12

KEVIN RUSSELL

RETURNER PROFILES

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JASON WILKES

KENDALL WARD Junior Distance Highland Falls, N.Y. James I. O’Neill

Junior Sprints Lubbock, Texas Lubbock

Personal Bests 3,000m: 8:46.09 - Crowell Open, 1/6/12 5,000m: 15:09.41 - Army 6-Way, 1/14/12 Mile: 4:25.24 - The Armory, 2/12/11

Personal Bests 60m: 7.04 - Harvard Challenge, 1/21/12 100m: 10.87 - Navy, 4/7/12 200m: 22.03 - Navy, 4/7/12

CLYDE WILSON

CHRISTIAN YOUNG

Sophomore Mid-Distance Corpus Christi, Texas Jack Britt

Junior Pole Vault Bisbee, Ariz. Bisbee

Personal Bests 400m: 50.04 - Army 5-Way, 4/14/12 500m: 1:07.34 - Crowell Open, 1/6/12 800m: 1:52.93 - IC4As, 3/3/12

Personal Bests Pole Vault: 4.55m - The Armory, 1/28/12

JASON WILKES

2013 ARMY TRACK & FIELD

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RETURNER PROFILES

Thomas RYAN

Senior Hurdles Mooresville, N.C. Mooresville

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Personal Bests 60m-H: 8.31 - Patriots, 2/17/12 110m-H: 14.33 - Army-Navy Dual, 4/7/12

2013 Men’s Team Captain 2012: Following the graduation of All-American hurdler Domonick Sylve, Ryan stepped into a more prominent roll for the Black Knight hurdling unit during his junior season ... began the season with Army’s second-best time at the Crowell Open (Jan. 7) in the 60-meter hurdles, placing sixth of 24 with a finish of 8.45 ... ran both the hurdles and the 60-meter dash at the Army 6-Way (Jan. 14) ... recorded a career-best 7.63 in the sprint while placing sixth of 20 in the hurdles (8.55) ... excelled against the Ivy league for the second consecutive season, qualifying for the finals and represented the Patriot League to a third-place time of 8.38 at Harvard on Jan. 21 ... ran to a third-place finish in the hurdles against Navy (8.36) ... indoor season highlight came at the Patriot League Championships ... qualified for the finals by placing fifth in the prelims (8.35) ... established a career best with his fourth-place finish of 8.31 seconds ... earned four points for Army as the only Black Knight to qualify for the finals in the event ... ran the 110-meter hurdles exclusively in the outdoor season ... earned Army’s top time in every meet ... improved on his PR right out of the gate ... placed fourth of 15 at the USF Bulls Invite (March 16) with a time of 14.77 ... qualified for the finals at the UVA Swashbuckle on March 24 ... won the event at the Dick Shea Open (March 31) with a time of 14.81, besting a field of 16 ... cracked the Army record book for the first time in his career against Navy on April 7 at Shea Stadium ... recorded the seventh-fastest time in Academy history with his first-place mark of 14.33 seconds ... mark also qualified him for the IC4A Championships ... won the 110-hurdles at the Army 5-way (April 14) ... led the hurdling group at the Patriot League Championships with a six-point performance ... placed third in the finals with a time of 14.54 ... concluded the year with his first showing at the IC4As ... missed the cut for the finals by placing 13th of 19 in the prelims (14.55) ... named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll for the third consecutive year. 2011: Ran the 60-meter and 100-meter dash for the first time collegiately ... first 60-meter try was 7.88 seconds at the Crowell Open (Jan. 8) ... also ran the hurdles ... placed seventh of 24 with a time of 8.87 ... competed next at the inaugural Ivy League vs. Patriot League showdown at Harvard on Jan. 22 ... qualified for the 60m-hurdles final by matching his career best time of 8.63 ... matched that time in the finals to finished third of eight ... wrapped up indoor season at the Patriot League Championships ... qualified for the finals in the 60m-hurdles by besting his previous PR by .10 for a time of 8.53 ... set a career standard in the event in the finals with a sixth-place time of 8.50, earning Army one point ... began the outdoor season at Army’s spring break trip to Puerto Rico ... got off to a successful start by shaving off .08 seconds from his 2010 season best 110-meter hurdles time with a finish of 15.19 at the Mayaguez Classic (March 19) ... despite chilly conditions at the Dick Shea Open on March 30, improved his PR to 15.14 for third place in a field of 14 ... established a career best in the 110m-hurdles in the Army-Navy Star Meet ... placed fourth by crossing the line in 14.90 ... ran the 100-meter dash at the West Point Open (Aprl 16), again under less-than-ideal conditions ... finished in 11.90 to place 14th of 40 ... concluded the season at the Patriot League Championships ... qualified for the 110-hurdles final following a seventh-place time of 15.22 in the prelims ... finished sixth in the finals for one point by crossing the line in 14.97, his second sub-15second time of his career ... once again named to the conference’s Academic Honor Roll. 2010: Ran the 60-meter hurdles (indoor) and 110-meter hurdles (outdoor) exclusively ... first collegiate competition was the Crowell Open on Jan. 9 ... ran the 60-meter hurdles, placing eighth of 11 with a time of 9.22 ... followed with a pair of Saturday nights at the Armory ... consistently shaved time off finishes ... 8.96-second finish on Jan. 30 then 8.69 on Feb. 13 ... finished indoor season at Army-Navy Star Meet ... placed fourth of six with a season-best time of 8.63 ... opened outdoor season at USF Bulls Invitational (March 19) ... placed sixth of 11 in the 110-hurdles with a time of 15.82 ... improved that time at the Army-Navy outdoor meet to 15.27 ... concluded the season with a pair of sub-16-second times at the Larry Ellis Invite and the Yale Springtime Invitational ... named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll. High School: Decorated athlete out of Mooresville High School ... two-time All-North Piedmont Conference selection ... 2009 North Carolina All-Mid West Region ... team MVP in 2009. Personal: Thomas Ryan ... son of Curtis and Robin Ryan ... older sister, Ashton ... credits his parents with having the most influence on his career ... favorite athletic achievement involves the four times Army beat Navy in the annual Star Meets ... enjoys hiking, playing guitar and reading during his free time ... majoring in Arabic ... branched Infantry. • Patriot League Academic Honor Roll - 2010, 2011, 2012 • Superintendent’s Award For Excellence • Superintendent’s Award For Achievement • Dean’s List • Distinguished Cadet Award • Enters 2013 with Army’s all-time seventh-best 110-meter hurdles time

2013 ARMY TRACK & FIELD

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CAPTAIN SPOTLIGHTS

NICK SNOAD

Senior Throws Gahanna, Ohio Lincoln

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Personal Bests Discus: 39.44m - Larry Ellis, 4/16/10 WT: 17.54m - 2/18/12 Hammer: 60.66m - Penn Relays, 4/28/12

2013 Men’s Team Captain 2012: Bested the 16-meter mark in the weight throw at the first meet of the season ... placed second of 24 with a toss of 16.09m at the Crowell Open (Jan. 7) ... extended career-best mark in each of the final four indoor meets of the season, recording Army’s best throw in the final three competitions ... earned two points against Navy with a third-place toss of 16.82m ... improved on that mark at the Lafayette-Rider meet on Feb. 10 with a seventh-place throw of 16.88m ... recorded a career-best distance of 17.54m at the Patriot League Championships (Feb. 18) ... earned four points for Army for his fourth-place finish ... bested his previous career best in the hammer throw at the first outdoor meet of the season - the USF Bulls Invite on March 15 ... placed second in a stacked field of 29 with a throw of 57.42m ... throw also exceeded IC4A standards ... bested that distance at five of the next six competitions ... won back-to-back events against Navy (April 7) and at the Army 5-Way (April 14) ... surpassed 59 meters in both competitions ... etched his name into the Academy record book at the Penn Relays on April 28 ... recorded a throw of 60.66 meters to rank seventh all-time ... best throw by a Black Knight since 2004 ... qualified for the NCAA Regional Championships ... runner-up at the Patriot League Championships with a throw of 59.16m ... placed 13th of 22 at the IC4A Championships ... concluded his junior season at the NCAA Regionals ... placed 37th of 48 with a distance of 55.98m ... Patriot League Academic Honor Roll. 2011: Threw in every meet during a solid sophomore season ... began the year with a seventh-place showing (14.13m) at the Crowell Open (Jan. 8), competing in the weight throw for the first time collegiately ... improved that toss two weeks later at the Harvard Challenge (Jan. 22) with a mark of 14.75m ... eclipsed the 15-meter mark in back-to-back meets, highlighted by what would be his season best against Navy (Feb. 5) ... recorded Army’s second-best toss in the event with a distance of 15.73m to earn one point for the Black Knights ... placed ninth at the indoor Patriot League Championships ... competed in the hammer throw during the outdoor season ... broke the 50-meter mark in just his second meet ... was runner-up in a field of 24 at the Dick Shea Open (March 25) with a heave of 52.10m ... placed second at Army’s other home meet of the season (West Point Open, April 16) with a toss of 54.66m ... throw exceeded IC4A-qualifying standards ... improved upon that mark at the Larry Ellis Invite with his throw of 54.81m ... Army’s top distance, placing seventh overall in a field of 28 ... earned six points for Army at the outdoor Patriot League Championships by placing third (53.91m) with the best throw by a Black Knight ... season-best mark came in final meet of the season, the IC4A Championships ... finished ninth of 22 with a toss of 56.64m ... distance was the best by an Army thrower in 2011. 2010: Competed at three meets during his first year at the Academy ... threw the shot put indoor and discus outdoor ... placed 15th of 21 in the shot in first collegiate competition - the Crowell Open on Jan. 9 ... recorded a distance of 10.33m ... placed 19th of 26 in first outdoor meet, the Larry Ellis Invite (April 17) tossing the discus 39.44m ... concluded the season at the Yale Springtime Invitational ... improved his discus mark by half a meter (33.94m). High School: Competed at Napolean High School for three years before moving to Gahanna Lincoln High School in Columbus, Ohio ... three-time regional qualifier in track and field ... All-Ohio ... placed seventh in the discus at the Ohio State Championships as a senior ... All-Ohio in football as well ... All-OCC linebacker. Personal: Nicholas John Snoad ... born Aug. 30, 1990, in Columbus, Ohio ... son of John and Sherri Snoad ... father coaches high school football ... brothers Beau and Brian (twins), both freshmen in college ... Brian plays Division II football at Ohio Dominican ... enjoys fishing, golfing and hanging out with friends in his free time ... credits Army throwing coach Knut Hjeltnes with having the most influence on his track and field career ... majoring in Psychology ... branched Signal Corps. • Patriot League Field Athlete of the Week - March 2, 2012 • Enters 2013 season ranked seventh all-time in the hammer throw with his toss of 60.66m at the Penn Relays (4/28/12) • 2012 NCAA Regional qualifier (hammer throw) • 2012 All-Patriot League second team • 2012 Patriot League Academic Honor Roll • IC4A Qualifier - 2011 and 2012 outdoor (hammer throw)

2013 ARMY TRACK & FIELD

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CAPTAIN SPOTLIGHTS

NAME EVENT Bonny Bradway Javelin Emily Buck Distance Jillian Busby Distance Crystal Christian Jumps/Sprints Catherine Claywell Jumps Dayna Cline Distance/Steeple Jillian Collins Sprints/Mid-Distance Katherine Collins Distance/Mid-Distance Jennifer Comfort Mid-Distance Lindsey Danilack Multis Angelica Dickson Distance Shelbi Doehling Jumps/Multis Katrina Donarski Sprints Emily Ezerins Throws Lindsay Gabow Distance Megan Gemar Pole Vault Ashley Gordon Sprints/Mid-Distance Madison Hill Distance Lisa Junta Distance Rachel King Distance Ashtin Kurz Distance/Mid-Distance Anna Lail Sprints Kaitlyn Love Hurdles McKenzie Majchrzak Jumps Katrina Mecklenburg Mid-Distance Brianna Miller Jumps Nicole Miller Javelin Elizabeth Moton Sprints Laurel Neposchlan Pole Vault Jessica Niemiec Multis Elizabeth O’Donnell Distance Azeezat Olatunde Throws Ashley Phillips Throws Mary Prakel Distance/Steeple Samantha Reid Sprints Justine Rennekamp Javelin Morgan Rennekamp Multis Cody Rothschild Throws Amy Slaughter Throws Anna Smith Multis/Hurdles Alexandra Sutherland Mid-Distance Hannah Tuﬀy Multis Jessica Waggoner Throws Avrie Welton Multis Haley Winters Sprints Ashley Zeitvogel Pole Vault

2013 WOMEN’S ROSTER

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HOMETOWN/HIGH SCHOOL Quinton, N.J./Penns Grove Bow, N.H./Bow High School Merrimack, N.H./Merrimack Fayetteville, Ga./Starr’s Mill Murray, Ky./Murray Tampa, Fla./C. Leon King Royal Palm Beach, Fla./Royal Palm Beach Brookfield, Conn./Immaculate Doylestown, Pa./Central Bucks West Montville, N.J./Montville Township Covington, La./Mandeville Manhattan, Kan./Manhattan (USMAPS) Yorkville, Ill./Yorkville (USMAPS) Amston, Conn./RHAM Pelham, N.Y./Loomis Chaﬀee Walnut Creek, Calif./Las Lomas Burlington, N.J./Burlington Township Leachtown, W.Va./Parkersburg Springfield, Va./Thomas Jeﬀerson Franktown, Colo./Douglas County Leavenworth, Kan./Lansing Charlotte, N.C./South Mecklenburg (USMAPS) Houston, Texas/Cypress Creek (USMAPS) Manistee, Mich./Manistee San Diego, Calif./Cathedral Catholic Waseca, Minn./Waseca Raymond, Va./Willapa Valley Castle Rock, Colo./Douglas County Springfield, Ill./Springfield Destin, Fla./Fort Walton Beach Central Valley, N.Y./Monroe-Woodbury Olney, Md./Sherwood Mukwonago, Wis./Mukwonago Versailles, Ohio/Versailles Colorado Springs, Colo./Classical Academy (USMAPS) Beaverton, Ore./Beaverton Beaverton, Ore./Beaverton Malabar, Fla./Palm Bay North Ogden, Utah/Weber (Marion Military) Summerfield, N.C./The Early College at Guilford Houston, Texas/Clear Lake Scott Township, Pa./ Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School Minden, Nev./Douglas/USMAPS Omaha, Neb./Omaha Central Spanaway, Wash./Chapin Grand Forks, N.D./Red River (USMAPS)

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Roster Breakdown By Event Distance ....................12 Steeple ....................... 2 Mid-Distance .............. 7 Sprints ........................8 Hurdles....................... 2

Jumps ......................... 5 Throws .......................6 Javelin ........................ 3 Multis ......................... 7 Pole Vault ................... 3

By Year Senior ......................... 5 Junior ........................ 11 Sophomore .............. 14 Freshman ................. 16

By State California .................... 2 Colorado .................... 3 Connecticut ............... 2 Florida ........................4 Georgia .......................1 Illinois ......................... 2 Kansas ........................ 2 Kentucky .....................1 Louisiana .....................1 Maryland .....................1 Michigan .....................1 Minnesota ...................1 Nebraska .....................1 Nevada ........................1

New Hampshire ......... 2 New Jersey ................ 3 New York ................... 2 North Carolina ........... 2 North Dakota ..............1 Ohio.............................1 Oregon ....................... 2 Pennsylvania .............. 2 Texas .......................... 2 Utah ............................1 Virginia ....................... 2 Washington ................1 West Virginia ...............1 Wisconsin ....................1

Notable Returners

Katrina Donarski

Jessica Waggoner

Lisa Junta

McKenzie Majchrzak

Kaitlyn Love

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2013 WOMEN’S ROSTER

BONNY BRADWAY

EMILY BUCK

Junior Javelin Quinton, N.J. Penns Grove

Sophomore Distance Bow, N.H. Bow

Personal Bests Javelin: 42.55m - Patriots, 5/4/12

Personal Bests 5,000: 19:12.57 - Dick Shea Open, 3/31/12

CRYSTAL CHRISTIAN

JILL BUSBY

Junior Jumps/Sprints Fayetteville, Ga. Starr’s Mill

Senior Distance Merrimack, N.H. Merrimack

Personal Bests 60m: 7.87 - Harvard Challenge, 1/21/12 100m: 12.93 - Navy, 4/8/11 200m: 27.07 - Navy, 2/4/12 Long Jump: 5.58m - Patriots, 5/4/12

Personal Bests 1,500: 4:58.55 - Dick Shea Open, 4/2/10 Mile: 5:10.86 - Navy, 2/26/10 3.000: 10:19.53 - Navy, 2/26/10 5,000: 18:32.71 - Military Champ., 3/26/10

JILLIAN COLLINS

DAYNA CLINE

Sophomore Mid-Distance Royal Palm Beach, Fla. Royal Palm Beach

Sophomore Distance Tampa, Fla. C. Leon King Personal Bests 1,500m: 4:59.90 - Dick Shea Open, 3/30/12 3,000m: 10:39.12 - Lafayette-Rider, 2/10/12 5,000m: 18:43.36 - Army 6-Way, 1/14/12 3,000m-Steeple: 11:07.16 - Navy, 4/7/12

RETURNER PROFILES

Personal Bests 400m: 1:01.95 - Navy, 4/7/12 500m: 1:22.12 - Harvard Challenge, 1/21/12 800m: 2:18.35 - The Armory, 1/28/12

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KATHERINE COLLINS

JENNIFER COMFORT

Junior Distance Brookfield, Conn. Immaculate

Sophomore Mid-Distance Doylestown, Pa. Central Bucks West

Personal Bests 800m: 2:27.17 - Navy, 2/5/11 1,500m: 4:51.20 - Navy, 4/8/11 Mile: 5:15.48 - Patriots, 2/19/11

Personal Bests 400m: 1:03.63 - Army 5-Way, 4/14/12 500m: 1:21.93 - Crowell Open, 1/6/12 800m: 2:12.56 - Patriots, 5/4/12

LINDSEY DANILACK

SHELBI DOEHLING Sophomore Multis Manhattan, Kan. Manhattan USMAPS

Junior Multis Montville, N.J. Montville

Personal Bests Pentathlon: 2838 - Patriots, 2/17/12 Heptathlon: 4077 - Patriots, 5/4/12

Personal Bests High Jump: 1.53m - USF Bulls Inivte, 3/16/12

KATRINA DONARSKI Sophomore Sprints Yorkville, Ill. Yorkville USMAPS Personal Bests 200m: 26.21 - Patriots, 2/17/12 400m: 57.15 - Larry Ellis, 4/20/12 500m: 1:18.57 - Army 6-Way, 1/14/12 800m: 2:17.16 - Dick Shea, 3/30/12

KATRINA DONARSKI

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LISA JUNTA

RACHEL KING

Sophomore Distance Springfield, Va. Thomas Jeﬀerson

Sophomore Distance Franktown, Colo. Douglas County Personal Bests 1,500m: 4:44.22 - Army 5-Way, 4/14/12 Mile: 5:12.04 - Lafayette-Rider, 2/10/12 3,000m: 10:18.01 - Harvard Challenge, 1/21/12 5,000m: 17:57.96 - Army 6-Way, 1/14/12

Personal Bests Mile: 5:02.64 - Harvard Challenge, 1/21/12 3,000m: 9:51.34 - Navy, 2/4/12 5,000m: 16:58.16 - Patriots, 5/4/12 10,000m: 35:17.90 - ECACs, 5/11/12 2012 Outdoor PL Champion, 10,000m 2012 Outdoor ECAC Champion, 10,000m 2012 Outdoor PL Rookie of the Meet 2012 NCAA Regional Qualifier, 10,000m

ASHTIN KURZ Sophomore Distance Leavenworth, Kan. Lansing Personal Bests 1,500m: 4:58.82 - Army 5-Way, 4/14/12 3,000m: 10:59.34 - Lafayette-Rider, 2/10/12 5,000m: 19:17.06 - Dick Shea Open, 3/30/12

McKENZIE MAJCHRZAK Senior Jumps Manistee, Mich. Manistee

McKENZIE MAJCHRZAK

Personal Bests High Jump: 1.73m - Penn Relays, 4/22/10 Long Jump: 5.47m - Navy, 4/7/12 2011, 2010 Outdoor PL Champion, high jump

RETURNER PROFILES

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KATRINA MECKLENBURG Sophomore Distance San Diego, Calif. Cathedral Catholic

BRIANNA MILLER Junior Jumps Waseca, Minn. Waseca

Personal Bests 1,500m: 5:08.44 - Dick Shea Open, 3/30/12 Mile: 5:17.51 - Army 6-Way, 1/14/12 3,000m: 10:54.98 - Crowell Open, 1/6/12

Personal Bests High Jump: 1.65m - Harvard Challenge, 1/22/11 Triple Jump: 9.43m - Army 5-Way, 4/14/12

NICOLE MILLER

ELIZABETH MOTON

Junior Throws Raymond, Va. Willapa Valley

Sophomore Sprints Castle Rock, Colo. Douglas County

Personal Bests 400m: 1:04.27 - Army 5-Way, 4/14/12 800m: 2:31.95 - Bulls Invitational, 3/17/12

Personal Bests Javelin: 39.41m - Patriots, 5/7/11

LAUREL NEPOSCHLAN

BRIANNA MILLER

Sophomore Pole Vault Springfield, Ill. Springfield

Personal Bests Pole Vault: 3.40m - Harvard Challenge, 1/21/12

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RETURNER PROFILES

JESSICA NIEMIEC

ELIZABETH O’DONNELL Junior Distance Central Valley, N.Y. Monroe-Woodbury

Junior Multis Destin, Fla. Fort Walton Beach

Personal Bests 1,500m: 4:42.94 - Bulls Invitational, 3/17/12 3,000m: 9:51.69 - ECACs, 3/3/12 5,000m: 17:16.04 - UVA Swashbuckle, 3/24/12

Personal Bests Pentathlon: 1884 - Crowell Open, 1/8/11 Heptathlon: 2900 - Dick Shea Open, 3/25/11

AZEEZAT OLATUNDE

ASHLEY PHILLIPS

Sophomore Throws Olney, Md. Sherwood

Sophomore Throws Mukwonago, Wis. Mukwonago

Personal Bests Shot Put: 12.14m - Patriots, 5/4/12 Discus: 42.18m - Army Strong, 5/7/12

Personal Bests Discus: 32.26m - Dick Shea Open, 3/30/12 Weight Throw: 9.07m - Crowell Open, 1/6/12

MARY PRAKEL

Senior Distance Versailles, Ohio Versailles Personal Bests 1,500m: 4:51.67 - Auburn Invite, 4/4/09 Mile: 5:13.19 - The Armory, 1/28/12 3,000m: 10:23.04 - Larry Ellis, 4/20/12 3,000m-Steeple: 11:06.68 - Patriots, 5/4/12

RETURNER PROFILES

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SAMANTHA REID Sophomore Sprints Colorado Springs, Colo. Classical Academy USMAPS

ALEXANDRA SUTHERLAND Junior Mid-Distance Houston, Texas Clear Lake

Personal Bests 60m: 8.28 - Harvard Challenge, 1/21/12 100m: 12.76 - Navy, 4/7/12 200m: 26.17 - Navy, 4/7/12 400m: 1:02.23 - Lafayette-Rider, 2/10/12

Personal Bests 400m: 1:01.57 - Army 5-Way, 4/14/12 500m: 1:18.85 - Navy, 2/4/12 800m: 2:16.79 - Patriots, 5/4/12

JESSICA WAGGONER Junior Throws Minden, Nev. Douglas USMAPS Personal Bests Shot Put: 11.39m - Navy, 4/8/11 *Discus: 50.74m - Army Strong, 5/7/12* 2012 NCAA Regional Qualifier, discus 2012 Outdoor PL Champion, discus *Academy record*

JESSICA WAGGONER

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KAITLYN LOVE

Senior Hurdles H o u s t o n , Te x a s Cypress Creek USMAPS

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Personal Bests 60m-H: 8.92 - Navy, 2/4/12 100m-H: 14.19 - Navy, 4/7/12 400m-H: 1:03.26 - Army 5-Way, 4/14/12

2013 Women’s Team Captain 2012: Picked up the reigns after Army graduated a pair of accomplished hurdlers in 2011 ... most successful season to date ... recorded three hurdles times which rank on the Academy’s all-time top-10 lists ... became the third consecutive Black Knight to capture the 100-meter hurdles crown at the Patriot League Championships ... was runner-up in the 60H in the season’s first meet - the Crowell Open on Jan. 6 ... placed second the following week as well at the Army 6-Way ... qualified for the 60H finals at the Harvard Challenge before placing sixth with a time of 9.24 ... indoor season highlights came at Navy in annual Star Meet on Feb. 4 ... won the 60H with the fifth-fastest time in Academy history - 8.92 ... member of the 4x400 relay team which recorded a season-best finish of 3:57.84 ... finished indoor season at the conference championships ... qualified for the 60H finals with a time of 8.95 ... wrapped up fifth place and two points with a finish of 9.16 ... bested her PR in the 100-hurdles in the first outdoor meet of the season - the USF Bulls Invite on March 15 ... finished eighth in a stacked field of 29 with a time of 14.53 ... ran in four events at the UVA Swashbuckle (March 24) ... qualified for the finals in both the 100 and 400 hurdles ... placed fifth in both events ... shined against Navy once again ... recorded the third-best 100-hurdles time in Academy history with her winning mark of 14.19 ... qualified for the ECAC Championships with her time ... runner-up in the 400H with a PR of 1:04.42 ... bested that time the following week at the Army 5-Way, running the fifth-best 400H time in Academy history (1:03.26) ... time was the best by a Black Knight since 2007 ... ran at the Larry Ellis (April 20) and Penn Relays (April 26) before beginning the postseason ... 4x100 relay team recorded a season-best time at the Relays ... 4x400 relay squad achieved the same feat at Larry Ellis ... qualified for the 100-hurdles finals after placing third in the prelims at the Patriot League Championships ... became Army’s third consecutive 100H champion with a winning time of 14.40 ... also earned points in the 400H with a fifth-place time ... concluded the season by competing at the ECAC Championships for the first time in her career ... missed the qualifying cut by placing 25th in the prelims (15.16). 2011: Competed in every indoor meet with the exception of the ECAC Championships ... added the 400- and 500-meter dashes as well as the 4x400 relay to her repertoire ... first crack at the 4x400 was a winning one, taking first the Crowell Open (Jan. 8) with a time of 4:11.72 ... earned a pair of runner-up times in the 60H (9.21) and 500m (1:22.80) ... hurdles mark bested her PR ... shaved even more time oﬀ her 60H mark at the Harvard Challenge on Jan. 22 ... time of 9.06 was the second-best by a Black Knight at the meet ... successful day against the Midshipmen in the annual indoor Star Meet on Feb. 5 ... bested her PR in the 60H with a third-place time of 9.02 ... finish earned Army two points ... added two more points with a third-place finish in the 400m ... capped indoor campaign at the Patriot League Championships ... fourth-place 4x400 relay time was the best by an Army unit all season ... crossed the line in 3:56.39 for four points ... qualified for the 60H finals before once again recording a PR with a third-place time of 8.95 ... finish earned Army six points while the Black Knights totaled 16 in that event alone ... bested PR in 100H in first outdoor meet of the season - the Mayaguez Spring Classic in Puerto Rico (March 19) ... crossed the line in 15.08 ... shaved more time oﬀ that mark at the LSU Invitational on April 2 ... updated PR became 15.06 ... also recorded a career-best time in the 400H with a fourth-place finish of 1:05.84 ... shine in the outdoor Star Meet against Navy (April 8) ... won the 400H by besting her PR with a time of 1:05.44 ... 400H mark was the best by a Black Knight in 2011 ... recorded a sub-15 second finish in the 100H for the first time in her career with a third-place mark of 14.82 ... ran in both 4x100 and 4x400 relays as well ... finished the season at the Patriot League Championships ... placed 12th in the 400H. 2010: Competed in the 60-meter dash and 60-meter hurdles in her first collegiate meet - the Crowell Open on Jan. 8 ... competed at The Armory the next three Saturdays ... career-best 60m time came at the third installment ... ran to a 8.27 finish in the prelims ... qualified for the hurdles finals at the Patriot League Championships after posting a time of 9.42 in the prelims ... ran to a sixth-place finish in the finals to give Army one point ... crossed the line in 9.37 - her best at that point of the season ... bested that time the following weekend against Navy in the annual indoor Star Meet ... earned a third-place finish as Army dominated the hurdles, taking spots 1-3 ... time of 9.25 would stand as a season best ... ran the 200m for the first time in her collegiate career against the Midshipmen ... earned the Black Knights one point with her time of 26.73 ... competed at five meets during the outdoor season ... ran the 100 and 400 hurdles as well as the 4x100 relay ... placed 10th of 23 in the 100H at the USF Bulls Invite (March 19) with a time of 15.39 ... finished 12th of 18 in the 400H at the same competition, crossing the line in 1:07.41 ... top 100H time of the season came the following week at the Military Track & Field Championships in Lexington, Va. ... earned the bronze medal with a time of 15.36 as Army took the top-four finishes in the event ... earned the Black Knights five points in the 400H by placing fifth with a time of 1:07.73 ... ran in all three events against Navy on April 10 ... Army earned eight points in both hurdling events, including three points by Love in the 400H ... time of 1:06.79 was a season best ... finished the year at the Patriot League Championships, competing only in the 4x100 ... squad placed third with a time of 48.46 to collect six points ... time was the best by an Army relay unit in 2010. High School: Captained the Cypress Creek volleyball team under the watch of head coach Debbie Jaehne ... lettered two years as an outside hitter ... district champion running the sprints and hurdles and went on to spend one year on the USMAPS track and field team Personal: Kaitlyn Nicole Love ... daughter of Dale and Lisa Love ... born April 8, 1990 in Houston, Texas ... father, Dale, was a four-year letter winner for the Black Knights’ football program before graduating in 1982 ... older brother, Caleb (USMA ’08), lettered four years as an outfielder for Army’s baseball team ... sister, Kylie ... Kaitlyn also played on Army’s volleyball team during her first year at the Academy ... enjoys working out, going on Pinterest, listening to country music and shopping in her free time ... majoring in Management ... branched Quartermaster. • 2012 All-Patriot League first team • 2012 Patriot League outdoor 100-meter hurdles champion • Enters 2013 season ranked tied for fifth in the 60-meter hurdles, third in the 100-hurdles and fifth in the 400-hurdles on Army’s all-time top-10 lists

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ASHLEY GORDON

Senior Sprints Burlington, N.J. B u r l i n g t o n To w n s h i p

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Personal Bests 200m: 26.79 - USF Bulls Invite, 3/19/10 400m: 59.56 - Navy Dual Meet, 2/26/10 800m: 2:24.70 - Larry Eliss, 4/16/10

2013 Women’s Team Captain 2012: Did not compete in the indoor season … returned to competition at the UVA Swashbuckle on March 24 … ran the 400m and the 4x400-meter relay … followed with a shot at the 800m at the Dick Shea Open on March 31 … placed seventh of 40 with a time of 2:28.31 … earned a point for Army in the annual Star Meet against Navy by finishing fourth in the 400m (1:01.60) … member of the 4x400 relay team which recorded a season-best time of 3:56.02 at the Larry Ellis Invite (April 20) … foursome won its heat while placing 15th of 25 overall … capped the season at the Patriot League Championships … competed in the 4x400 and 400m. 2011: Successful sophomore campaign … finished the season owning Army’s top times in the indoor and outdoor 400m, indoor 500m, as well as a member of the top 4x400 teams and outdoor 4x800 squad … began the season at the Crowell Open (Jan. 8) with a third-place finish in the 500m (1:22.82), while the 4x400 team captured first place (4:11.72) … ran the 200m and 400m at The Armory the following week … bested her PR in the 500m at the Harvard Challenge (Jan. 22) with a third-place time of 1:19.71 … improved upon that time once again against Navy on Feb. 5 … finished third for two points with a time of 1:19.47 … helped to add five points to the Black Knights’ total at the Patriot League Championships … ran a career-best 1:17.77 in the 500m to earn sixth place, while the 4x400 unit ran a season-best 3:56.39 to place fourth … ran in all three relays during the outdoor season … member of the 4x400 unit which posted a season-best 3:59.95 at the LSU Invitational (April 2) … competed in the 4x100 and 4x400 against Navy … also ran the 400m, finishing in third place to earn Army two points by crossing the line in 1:022.66 … member of a pair of relay teams which earned points at the conference meet … 4x400 squad placed sixth while the 4x800 unit captured fifth with a season-best 9:32.91 finish. 2010: Competed mostly in the 400-meter dash and 4x400-meter relay throughout her first season... won the 400m in her first collegiate meet - the Crowell Open on Jan. 9 ... bested a field of seven with a time of 1:03.16 ... also a member of the winning 4x400 team ... competed in the 500m in back-to-back weekends at The Armory ... placed ninth of 20 on Jan. 16 with a season-best 1:19.86 ... finished 12th of 20 the following Saturday ... ran to a seventh-place finish at the indoor Patriot League Championships in the 400m, crossing the line in 1:00.78 ... member of the fourth-place 4x400 team (4:01.67) which collected four points for the Black Knights ... capped the indoor season with a solid performance against Navy in the annual Star Meet ... recorded PRs and team-best times in the 400m and 4x400 ... placed third in the 400m with a time of 59.56 ... relay team was edged by the Midshipmen by less than one-third of a second to finish in 3:56.33 … ran the 200m and 400m in the first outdoor meet of the year – the USF Bulls Invite on March 19 … recorded her second straight sub-60-second performance in the 400m with a 12th-place finish of 59.91 … time would stick as her best of the outdoor season … finished seventh of 12 in the 400m at the Military T&F Championships (March 27) … 4x400 relay team finished third at the meet … competed next at the Star Meet against Navy … earned points for the Black Knights by placing fourth in the 400m with a time of 1:00.56 … ran the 800m for the first time at the Larry Ellis Invite (April 17) … crossed the line in 2:24.70 … ran the 4x400 at the Penn Relays … team finished fourth in its heat with a time of 4:00.66 … improved upon that time at the Patriot League Championships to conclude the season … foursome finished in 3:58.85 to earn one point … also ran the 400m at the conference meet … placed 11th of 15 (1:00.02). Personal: Ashley Gordon ... born Jan. 14, 1990 ... daughter of Jacqueline Vazquez ... mother retired as a Major in the U.S. Army... brother, Miguel Gordon (USMA ‘12)... earned four varsity letters in track under coach Sorina Haddock at Burlington Township High School ... member of the Willingboro Track club ... management major. • All-Patriot League second team (2010 indoor and outdoor)

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2012 Men’s Indoor Season Bests Event 60m 200m 400m 500m 800m 1,000m Mile 3,000m 5,000m 60m H 4x400m R

Athlete Jason Wilkes Michael Hoﬀman Michael Hutchins Taylor Kensy Clyde Wilson Kevin Russell Dan Nix Ricardo Galindo Ricardo Galindo Kyler Martin P. Taylor, T. Kensy C. Smith, M. Green 4x800m R R K. Russell, C. Wilson N. Fisher, I. MacPherson HJ Thomas Wagner LJ Thomas Wagner TJ Thomas Wagner PV Justin Harris SP Scott Geary WT Nick Snoad Heptathlon Christopher *Academy record

Meet Harvard Challenge Army-Navy Patriots IC4As IC4As IC4As Army-Navy IC4As Army 6-Way Army-Navy IC4As

Time/Mark 7.04 22.09 49.41 1:02.46* 1:52.93 2:26.38 4:14.63 8:22.72 14:59.48 8.22 3:13.66

Army-Navy

7:42.51

Army 6-Way Army-Navy Patriots Army-Navy Army-Navy Patriots Kittle Patriots

2.14m 7.14m 14.50m 4.80m 16.14m 17.54m 4649

Taylor Kensy

2012 Women’s Indoor Season Bests Event 60m 200m 400m 500m 800m 1,000m Mile 3,000m 5,000m 60m H 4x400m R 4x800 R HJ PV LJ TJ SP WT Pentathlon

Athlete Crystal Christian Katrina Donarski Katrina Donarski Katrina Donarski Jennifer Comfort Jennifer Comfort Chelsea Prahl Lisa Junta Lisa Junta Kaitlyn Love K. Donarski, K. Love K. Roose, J. Niemiec J. Comfort, J. Collins S. Dowdy, A. Sutherland McKenzie Majchrzak Laurel Neposchlan Crystal Christian Jari Ross Krystal Onyema Makeba Jeﬀcoat Christina Johnson

Meet Harvard Challenge Patriots SNATA II Army 6-Way Army 6-Way Lafayette-Rider ECACs Army-Navy Army 6-Way Army-Navy Army-Navy

Time/Mark 7.87 26.21 58.00 1:18.57 2:18.96 2:55.14 4:56.59 9:51.34 17:16.54 8.92 3:57.84

Army-Navy

9:23.74

Harvard Challenge Harvard Challenge Patriots Army-Navy Patriots Army-Navy Harvard Challenge

1.68m 3.40m 5.46m 10.98m 13.20m 15.25m 3345

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2012 Men’s Outdoor Season Bests Event 100m 200m 400m 800m 1,500m 3,000m 5,000m 10,000m 110m H 400m H 3K Steeple 4x100m R 4x400m R 4x800m R HJ LJ TJ PV SP Hammer Discus Javelin Decathlon

Athlete Jason Wilkes Jason Wilkes Marcus Jackson Christopher Jones Kevin Russell Kendall Ward Ricardo Galindo Ricardo Galindo Thomas Ryan Taylor Kensy Barrett LeHardy P. Taylor, J. Wilkes T. Kensy, M. Jackson C. Smith, T. Kensy P. Taylor, M. Jackson N. Fisher, C. Wilson K. Russell, C. Jones Thomas Wagner Michael Hutchins Fred Beebe Justin Harris Scott Geary Nick Snoad Scott Geary Jacob Drozd Michael Bliss

Meet Army-Navy Army-Navy Patriots IC4A Patriots Bulls Invitational Army-Navy IC4A Army-Navy IC4A Patriots Patriots

Time/Mark 10.87 22.03 48.50 1:50.52 3:52.16 8:56.28 14:46.32 30:29.91 14.33 53.22 9:12.30 41.37

IC4A

3:10.93

Patriots

7:27.65

Penn Relays Army-Navy IC4A Bulls Invitational Army-Navy Penn Relays Army-Navy Army-Navy Dick Shea Open

2.12m 7.15m 15.25m 4.75m 16.14m 60.66m 50.90m 59.37m 6095 pts

Fred Beebe

2012 Women’s Outdoor Season Bests Event 100m 200m 400m 800m 1,500m 3,000m 5,000m 10,000m 100m H 400m H 3K Steeple 4x100m R 4x400m R 4x800m R

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Athlete Samantha Reid Katherine Roose Katrina Donarski Jennifer Comfort Chelsea Prahl Lisa Junta Lisa Junta Lisa Junta Kaitlyn Love Kaitlyn Love Mary Prakel K. Donarski, K. Love K. Roose, S.Reid A. Gordon, K. Love S. Dowdy, K. Donarski S. Dowdy, J. Comfort K. Donarski, A. Sutherland McKenzie Majchrzak Crystal Christian Krystal Onyema Laurel Neposchlan Krystal Onyema Jessica Waggoner Makeba Jeﬀcoat Bonny Bradway Christie Johnson

Meet Army-Navy Army-Navy Larry Ellis Junior Nationals Larry Ellis Larry Ellis Patriots ECAC Army-Navy Army 5-Way Patriots Penn Relays

Time/Mark 12.76 26.15 57.15 2:12.10 4:36.43 10:04.75 16:58.16 35:17.90 14.19 1:03:26 11:06.68 48.91

Larry Ellis

3:56.02

Patriots

8:47.36

Army-Navy Patriots Army-Navy Army-Navy Army-Navy Army Strong Army-Navy Patriots Patriots

1.70m 5.58m 11.41m 3.35m 13.05m 50.74m 46.63m 42.55m 4511 pts

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THE BEGINNINGS The importance of the first Army-Navy football game in developing athletics — and certainly track and field — at West Point is clear. Losing to the Midshipmen in that opening game in 1890 made the members of the Corps, as well as staﬀ and faculty, work that much harder to change that result. Thus, the stage was set for the establishment of other sports at the Academy. In 1893 it was called “Field Day.” Track and field competition was held between the classes. At first, Field Day consisted of teams of five competitors from each class. The Class of 1896 was the inaugural winner and received a banner from the Army Oﬃcers Athletic Association. One year after the first Field Day was held, the rules of the competition were changed, allowing two competitors from each class in each event. During the first competition, all athletes were required to compete in all events. The change brought instant improvement in the performances. A spring Field Day remained a fixture of the athletic schedule at West Point, and later a winter competition was added as well.

GREAT TEAMS AND GREAT COACHES Intercollegiate track and field competition began in 1921 when Army defeated Tufts 93-33. The first coach was Lt. Elmer Q. Oliphant, a former two-time All-American halfback for the Army football team (1916-17) and a National Football Foundation Hall of Fame selection in 1955. Oliphant coached the track team for two years, leading them to an unblemished 3-0 record the second season. After a two-year stint by Lt. Eugene L. Vidal, the Athletic Association turned to Leo Novak to establish a solid program. Novak, who also coached basketball at West Point, laid the foundation for Army’s traditionally strong outdoor program. Novak led the track squad to 22 straight victories over the course of four seasons. He spent 25 years at the Academy, compiling a 9624 record before resigning at the close of the 1949 season. He also established an indoor track program in 1942, going 11-2 before wrapping

1987 Women’s Track & Field

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up his coaching career in 1949. Novak’s outdoor squads won four Heptagonal Championships, one Nonagonal title and finished first at the IC4A Championships three times. His Army teams also had two second-place finishes at the IC4A meet, along with a second and a third at the national AAU Championships. Jess Mortensen, a former worldrecord decathlete and NCAA javelin champion at Southern California, succeeded Novak and served as cross country and track coach in 1950 and 1951. His first cross country team finished with a 7-1 record, won the Heptagonal Championship and took runner-up honors at the IC4A meet. Mortensen’s indoor track teams posted identical 4-0 records during his two-year stint, and his 1951 squad won the indoor Heps. Carleton Crowell succeeded Mortensen and continued Army’s long string of success on the track. Crowell guided Army teams to 351 victories and a dozen Heptagonal championships — five indoors, three outdoors and four in cross country. All but one indoor and outdoor track and field record was shattered during his 25-year tenure. Crowell suﬀered a fatal heart attack on September 5, 1975, at the age of 62. Capt. Mel Pender, a former Olympian serving as an assistant at West Point, coached the 1975-76 indoor team and the 1976 outdoor unit. Then John Randolph, former head track and cross country coach at William & Mary, was named the head coach. Randolph remained at the Academy for three seasons before accepting a similar position at Florida. While at Army, Randolph accumulated a 28-2-1 record indoors and a 14-3 outdoor mark. In 1979, the women’s track and field team made its debut, compiling a 6-2 record under Capt. Chuck Hunsaker, who went 14-3 in three seasons at West Point. Sue Kellett captained that inaugural squad, which defeated Barnard 82-13 in its first meet. During their first season, the Black Knights finished third at the New York State Championships. Army won the New York State AIAW Division III title in 1981 and took runner-up honors a year later. That same year, 1982, Army finished first in the Division III championship meet and third at the national championships. Ron Bazil, head track coach at Adelphi, succeeded Randolph on the men’s side in 1980 and Craig Sherman on the women’s side in 1983. During a splendid 16-year stint at Army, Bazil joined Carleton Crowell as one of only six coaches to win 300 contests in any men’s or women’s sport at West Point. Bazil guided the Army men’s and women’s programs into the Patriot League era in 1992, bringing home 18 championship trophies during his tenure at West Point. In 1994, his men’s indoor track team posted a perfect 5-0 record and placed second at Heptagonals. He also led the Army women to four Hep crowns and seven league titles, while developing 14 male and female All-Americans. When Bazil departed for Tulane following the 1994-95 season, Director of Athletics Al Vanderbush turned to veteran Jerry Quiller, a

Carleton Crowell

Shortly after Grover Cleveland began his second term as President of the 44-state nation, the track and field program at West Point was born. With the dream of the first modern Olympic Games still a twinkle in the eye of the Baron Pierre de Coubertin, track and field competition began at the United States Military Academy in the spring of 1893, three years after baseball and football were established as oﬃcial athletic activities for the Corps of Cadets.

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Ron Bazil

THE ATHLETES Recruiting is the lifeblood of any successful program, and Army’s legendary coaches have brought in many outstanding individual performers throughout the long history of the sport. Perhaps the most famous was George S. Patton, Class of 1909, who starred on the Army track and field team and later competed in the modern pentathlon at the 1912 Olympics in Stockholm. One of the finest West Point athletes was Richard Shea, a 1952 USMA graduate. Shea enlisted in the Army in 1944 and served as a staﬀ sergeant in the 53rd Constabulary Regiment in Nuremberg, Germany. A native of Portsmouth, Va., he did not compete in cross country until entering the Army, but he went on to win the European 1,500 and 5,000-meter championships. Shea entered West Point Richard Shea, European Champion

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in 1948, served as a cadet captain and was the recipient of the Army Athletic Association Trophy presented to the top senior athlete. He won 16 major intercollegiate middle distance and cross country championships and set seven indoor and outdoor Academy track records. He also qualified for the 1952 Olympic Games in the 10,000. Shea was assigned to Korea following graduation and died in action on July 8, 1953, at Sokkogae, trying to repel Communist “suicide attacks” during the Korean Conflict. He was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for wartime bravery, the 77th Medal of Honor awarded during the Korean War. West Point’s outdoor track and field facility — Shea Stadium — is dedicated in his honor. Edwin E. “Buzz” Aldrin Jr., the former NASA astronaut who was the Lunar Module Pilot for the Apollo 11 flight that completed the first manned Moon landing in 1969, competed in track at West Point. During his last year, 1951, Aldrin finished second in the pole vault at the IC4A Championships, clearing 13-6. His career best was 13-8, just 1/8 of an inch shy of the Academy record at that time. Another noted astronaut, Ed White, scored in the 400 hurdles at the NCAA Championships in 1952. White became the first American to walk in space in June of 1965. Tragically, he was killed on Jan. 27, 1967, in a fire during a preflight test on what would have become the Apollo 1 mission. In 1960, Army track and field’s Ron Zinn became the first to compete in the Olympics while still a cadet, placing 19th in the 20-kilometer walk at the Rome games. Zinn competed again in the 1964 Olympic Games, held in Tokyo, delivering one of the finest performances by an American in the 20k walk by placing sixth. Tragically, he was killed in action in Vietnam on July 7, 1965, as a first lieutenant. Since 1977, USA Track and Field has awarded the Captain Ron Zinn Memorial Award annually to the top race walker in the country. Another of Army’s outstanding competitors was Bill Straub, a 1964 graduate. Straub shared the 5,000 championship at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in his senior year. The native of nearby Mt. Kisco, N.Y., finished in a dead heat with Jim Murphy of Air Force at Eugene, Ore. Straub, whose time of 14 minutes, 12.3 seconds set an NCAA Championship meet record, is the only male Army runner to win a national title in the history of the program. Curt Alitz, the son of former Army wrestling coach LeRoy Alitz, is considered another of Army’s finest distance men. An All-American in cross country, Alitz was also successful on the track. In 1978 he won the 10,000 at the Heptagonal Championships and the two-mile run at the IC4A Tyno Carter, All-American

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Curt Alitz, five-time All-American

former national cross country “Coach of the Year” at the University of Colorado and a well-known figure on the international track and cross country scene. Quiller, who served as an assistant coach on the 2000 U.S. Olympic team in Sydney, Australia, guided the Army men’s and women’s cross country and track teams to 37 Patriot League titles in 13 seasons on the job. He won a Patriot League title in either cross country or track and field in each of his 13 years at the Academy and was named the Patriot League “Coach of the Year” an astounding 22 times. As one of the most successful coaches in Army history, ‘Q’ went out on top, coaching the women’s team to their first outdoor Patriot League title in 10 years and earning 2008 Women’s Outdoor Track Coach of the Year honors from the Patriot League. He also earned one last trip to the NCAA Championships as distance runner John Mickowski advanced to the national competition under his leadership. A new era begins this season with the arrival of Troy Engle as the head coach of both the track and field and cross country teams. Engle, who previously served as an assistant coach for Army in two separate stints under both Bazil and Quiller in the mid-90’s, brings a tremendous amount of collegiate and international coaching experience to West Point. Just prior to arriving at Army, Engle led the U.S. Paralympic track and field team at the 2008 Paralympic Games in Beijing. His eﬀorts led to an improvement in the team’s medal count, placing the Americans second to only the host nation.

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Alma Cobb, Army Athletics Hall of Fame inductee

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Pontius, who shattered the Academy record in the decathlon and earned a trip to the NCAA Championships in that demanding event. Pontius placed 12th at NCAAs in 1997 while boasting the top javelin throw in the competition. The class of 2002 gave Army three outstanding distance runners in Will Wyche, Clint Tisserand and Clay Schwabe. In 2001, Wyche became just the fourth runner in the history of the Patriot League to capture the individual conference title twice, while Tisserand ended his junior season as an NCAA provisional qualifier in the steeplechase. Schwabe, considered one of the finest distance runners in the history of the United States Military Academy, became an NCAA All-American in the 1,500 in 2001. That same season he took his talents to the international level, where he finished sixth in the 1,500 at the U.S. Track and Field Championships. Schwabe also shattered the school record in the mile, joining Browne as the only Army harriers to ever eclipse the elusive four-minute barrier. Plebes Tracy Hanlon and Alma Cobb became the first Army women to earn All-American recognition in track and field in 1981. Hanlon placed sixth in the long jump at the nationals with a leap of 17-8 ¾, while Cobb was fourth in the shot put with a toss of 42-6. Hanlon and Cobb repeated those successes in 1982. Cobb was fifth in the discus (132-3) and first in the heptathlon (4,895 points), while Hanlon won the long jump event with a top mark of 19-3, which stood for several years as the Academy and meet record. Also in 1982, Army’s Ann Buckingham took third in the high jump, and the mile relay quartet of Teresa Southworth, Buckingham, Michelle Walla and Mary List won a national championship with a time of 4:01.12. In 1983, Hanlon became an All-American at the NCAA Division II Championships by finishing second in the heptathlon with 5,402 points. She was also second in 1984 and fifth in the Division I heptathlon with 5,550 points, which still remains the Academy record today. In 1986, Pam Pearson gained All-American honors at the NCAA Division II meet in the long jump and triple jump, while Teresa Sobiesk — perhaps the greatest female distance runner in Academy history — was fourth in the 5,000 to earn her first All-America plaque. Sobiesk, a 1989 graduate, still owns five Army records — three outdoors and two indoors. Pearson owns the rare distinction of being a two-time All-American in two diﬀerent sports — track and basketball. Pearson and Cobb have since been inducted into the Army Sports Hall of Fame. Sobiesk, a 2010 inductee into the Army Sports Hall of Fame, starred on one of the finest Army squads of all-time, the 1988 team that boasted five All-Americans and placed eighth as a team at the national championships. Sobiesk won the NCAA title in the 5,000 and also placed sixth in the 10k. Kim Seminiano (long jump), Sigrun Denny (3,000) and Lisa Benitez (10,000) also earned All-American plaudits. One of Army’s finest women’s track and field athletes of all-time

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Dan Browne, 2004 Olympian

meet. In 1977, he captured the Penn Relays 10-kilometer as well as the 3,000 steeplechase and the 5,000 at Heps. Alitz, who broke five Academy standards gained All-American honors twice indoors in the threemile and three times outdoors — twice in the 10,000 and once more in the 5,000. His mark on the Academy’s athletic history was recognized in 2008 when he was inducted into the Army Sports Hall of Fame. A former Army Athletic Association Award recipient and a two-time Heptagonal Champion, Dennis Trujillo also earned All-American citations in the indoor two-mile run and the outdoor three-mile event in 1975. He and Alitz established a tradition of excellence for Army distance teams that has remained one of the best in the East. Cardell Williams earned a pair of All-American certificates in the 800m during the 1983 season, and Tom Szoka did the same two years later. Tyno Carter was All-American in the 5,000 in 1988, and Jason Stewart, Mike Bernstein and Dan Browne were all among the nation’s best distance runners in the mid-1990’s. In 1994, Stewart earned the rare distinction of copping All-American honors in cross country, indoor track and outdoor track, placing as high as third in the 5,000 at the 1994 NCAA Outdoor Championships. Browne earned outdoor All-American honors in the 5,000 in 1996 and the 10,000 in 1997. He seemed headed toward a possible national title during his senior campaign before suffering a disappointing leg injury. During a remarkable three-week stretch in the winter, Browne shattered Academy indoor records in three different events — the mile, the 3,000 and the 5,000 — at three different meets. In Army’s dual meet win over Navy, he became the first Cadet ever to run a sub fourminute mile, clocking a 3:59.31. In 1998, Browne was named “Runner of the Year” by Runner’s World magazine and in 2004 he competed in the Olympic Games held in Athens. Browne’s achievements place him as one of the best athletes in the history of the U.S. Military Academy, as in 2005 he was part of the second class ever inducted into the Army Sports Hall of Fame. Hammer thrower Gerald Ingalls, a former walk-on who went on to break Army records and earn All-America recognition in the 35-pound weight and hammer throws, joined Stewart and Browne at the 1996 U.S. Olympic Trials in Atlanta. Ingalls reached the finals of that prestigious event and placed fourth overall. Ingalls was selected as an alternate on the 2000 Olympic team, finishing fourth during those trials. One of the finest athletes to pass through West Point’s iron gates in quite some time was 1997 graduate Jon Anita Allen, 2004 Olympian

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Adam Burke, two-time All-American

Mike Mai, silver medalist at 2011 Pan American Games

was 1990 grad Diana Wills. A 12-time All-American long and triple jumper, Wills earned a spot on the 1996 Olympic squad in the triple jump after finishing third at the Olympic Trials. Wills shattered Academy records in the triple jump both indoors (43-3) and outdoors (44-11 ¾), as well as in the outdoor long jump (20½). An eight-time Heptagonal champion (four long jump, four triple jump), Wills is also a member of the Academy record-setting sprint medley relay. From 1988-90, she won four Division II national titles in the triple jump (three outdoors, one indoors), and she even earned three All-American citations at the Division I level. Her remarkable accomplishments made her a member of first class ever inducted into the Army Sports Hall of Fame in 2004. Browne was joined by Anita Allen ’00 on the U.S. Olympic team at the 2004 Athens Games. Browne qualified for a pair of events, the 10,000-meter run and the marathon. A two-time All-American, Browne was the first American to cross the finish line in the 10K, placing 12th overall. He finished 65th in the marathon. Allen, meanwhile, competed in the modern pentathlon, where she won the equestrian discipline and finished 18th out of 32 competitors. Patriot League champion and Army relay record holding Lorenzo Smith is the most recent track and field graduate to compete in the Olympics. He competed in the 2006 Torino games in the bobsled. Sprinter and hurdler Yolanda McCray was also dominant in the Patriot League throughout her Army career. The rest of the conference was probably glad to see her graduate in 1998 after she captured the conference title in the 100 hurdles four consecutive years. In 2002, McCray was joined by javelin thrower Susan Warnick as the only Army competitors to win four consecutive titles at the conference championships in their respective events. Army’s last two-time AllAmerican was javelin thrower Adam Burke. Burke won the Patriot League title in both 2003 and 2004, advancing to the NCAA Championships in both years and placing ninth and 11th,

respectively. He set the Army javelin throw record of 236-4 in his final outing at the 2004 NCAA Championships. In 2008, John Mickowski earned a trip to the NCAA championships after becoming the first Army track and field athlete to win the Regional championships. Mickowski surprised the field with a stellar run in the 1500m. Domonick Sylve capped oﬀ his stellar career in 2011 by becoming the Army men’s 20th All-American when he placed 11th in the 110-meter hurdles for second-team honors. Sylve shaved .05 seconds oﬀ the school record in the process, clocking a time of 13.62 seconds. Army’s men have continued to shine at the Patriot League Championships. Army ran its streak of consecutive outdoor titles to 16 while also adding a 12th indoor title in 2007, giving the Black Knights 28 total championships in 34 attempts to date since joining the league. Their impressive outdoor streak ended with a second place finish in 2008, but the women’s team came through to win their eighth Patriot League outdoor title. Additionally, distance runner Jonathan Anderson and sprinter Ebony Thomas both claimed the Outstanding Track Athlete of the Meet honors, continuing the long history of star cadet-athletes in the Hudson Valley. The men claimed back-to-back indoor conference tiles in 2009 and 2010, while head coach Troy Engle was honored as the Patriot League Coach of the Year at the conclusion of both seasons. The Black Knight men earned a pair of second-place finishes at the 2011 Patriot League indoor and outdoor championships, while the women placed fourth and sixth, respectively. Army tied a Patriot League season high with four invites to the NCAA Regional Championships including Sylve, a three-time regional qualifier. The Black Knights spent much of 2012 attacking the Academy’s record book. Cadets established a pair of Army records as well as 47 marks that rank among the top-10 all-time.

Domonick Sylve, Army’s most recent All-American

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MEN’S INDOOR Event 55m 60m 200m 400m 500m 800m 1,000m 1,500m Mile 3,000m 5,000m 55m-H 60m-H LJ TJ HJ PV SP WT 4x400 R

Athlete Meet (Date) Tony Dedmond Navy (2/21/70) Alfred McDaniel Patriots (2/21/10) Reggie Anderson IC4As (3/4/00) Derric Anderson Heps (2/28/81) Taylor Kensy IC4As (3/4/12) Kevin Williams Boston Univ. (2/17/91) Clay Schwabe Patriots (2/18/01) Cardell Williams (2/18/83) Dan Browne Navy (2/1/97) Dan Browne West Point (1/18/97) Dan Browne Boston (1/25/97) Domonick Sylve IC4As (3/7/10) Domonick Sylve Patriots (2/19/11) Jeﬀ Weaver Patriots (2/21/04) Ryan McKee Navy (2/6/99) Jon Pontius IC4A (3/2/96) Darrin Hinman West Point (1/18/97) Duance Fuller Heps (2/24/79) Brian Gebhardt Millrose (2/4/00) C. Smith, J. Cayton IC4A (3/6/11) T. Kensy, M. Hutchins 4x800 R J. Stewart, C. Mozina Heps (2/27/83) B. Oschner, C. Williams DMR R. Lee, J Pates Mobile Invite (2/25/95) D. Browne, M. Bernstein Pent. Jon Pontius IC4As (3/2/96)

MEN’S OUTDOOR Time/Mark 6.0hy 6.85 21.78 47.63 1:02.46 1:49.63 2:23.64 3:45.85 3:59.37 7:57.43 13:42.40 7.32 7.76 7.54m 15.70m 2.15m 5.23m 17.41m 20.36m 3:12.65 7:26.75 9:43.88 4001 points

Event Athlete 100m Trent Cuthbert 200m Bob Kyasky 400m Derric Anderson 800m Cardell Williams 1,500m Clay Schwabe Mile Clay Schwabe 3k-Steep Aaron Pogue 5,000m Dan Browne 10,000m Dan Browne 110m-H Domonick Sylve 400m-H Ivory Carson LJ Jeﬀ Weaver TJ Jeﬀ Weaver HJ Brian Smith PV Darrin Hinman SP Kris Terrill Discus Travis Pendleton HT Gerald Ingalls Javelin^ Steve Kreider Javelin@ Adam Burke 4x100 R L. Smith, R. Anderson O. Thompson, C. Smith 4x400 R R. Anderson, G. Londo J. Jones, D. Capps ^Prior 1986 rule change @Post 1986 rule change

WOMEN’S INDOOR 55m 60m 200m 400m 500m 800m 1,000m 1,500m Mile 3,000m 5,000m 55m-H 60m-H LJ TJ HJ PV SP WT 4x400 R

Kathy Harrison Tiffany Martin Ebony Thomas Ebony Thomas Jen Popku Roxanne Theobald Ashley Urick Lori Fleming Catherine Gaffigan Teresa Sobiesk Teresa Sobiesk Yolanda McCray Lauren Rowe Kathy Harrison Diana Wills Kim Seminiano Kaci Clark Sara Fields Heather Lawson E. Thomas, K. Grant C. Hauck, L. Boyd 4x800 R S. Tuggle, L. Fleming R. Major, M. List DMR A. Allison, A. Albano R. Theobald, C. Gaffigan

Time/Mark 10.3h 20.6hys 46.80 1:47.64 3:38.53 3:58.91 8:43.00 13:46.1 28:27.64 13.62 50.99 7.88m 16.16m 2.15m 5.15m 17.38m 57.27m 69.97m 80.53m 72.05m 40.73

Penn Relays (4/27/00)

3:09.27

WOMEN’S OUTDOOR

West Point (11/26/83) Navy (2/7/04) Valentine (2/13/09) Valetine (2/10/07) Boston (2/13/99) ECACs (3/2/96) Boston (2/10/06) Heps (2/26/83) Navy (2/3/95) Heps (2/23/86) West Point (12/4/87) Navy (2/7/98) Navy (2/15/03) Yale Invite (2/4/84) (3/10/90) (2/26/89) Armory (2/12/11) Patriots (2/22/04) Navy (2/6/99) Armory (2/29/08)

6.96 7.24 24.50 55.73 1:15.78 2:11.10 2:53.44 4:33.55 4:50.3h 9:45.56 16:33.50 8.04 8.73 6.11m 13.18m 1.79m 3.80m 15.25m 17.99m 3:49.46

Heps (2/23/85)

9:02.97y

Mobile Invite (2/25/95)

11:43.44

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ALL-TIME RECORDS

Meet (Date) Navy (4/18/81) West Point (5/28/55) Heps (5/3/81) NCAAs (6/2/83) U.S. Nationals (6/24/01) G. Spike (7/11/01) Monmouth (4/20/90) Mt. Sac (4/20/96) World Univ. (8/30/97) NCAAs (6/9/11) IC4As (5/22/76) Patriots (4/30/04) Patriots (5/1/04) Patriots (5/7/94) Yale (4/26/97) Patriots (5/2/98) Albany (5/10/02) UConn (4/20/96) Penn (4/28/79) NCAAs (6/10/04) Navy (4/8/00)

100m 200m 400m 800m 1,500m Mile 3k-Steep 5,000m 10,000m 100m-H 400m-H

Kathy Harrison Heps (5/6/84) Ebony Thomas Patriots (5/3/08) Dominique McLeggan Navy (4/16/05) Mary List Heps (5/6/84) Ashley Urick NCAA Regional (5/29/04) Ashley Urick Penn Relays (4/29/06) Myra Markey NCAA Regional (5/29/04) Teresa Sobiesk Penn Relays (4/23/86) Teresa Sobiesk NCAAs (6/1/88) Tracy Hanlon St. John’s (4/21/84) Tanesha Hodge Patriots (5/7/94) Katelin Grant Patriots (5/5/07) LJ Diana Wills Navy (4/9/88) TJ Diana Wills NCAAs (5/26/90) HJ Kim Seminiano Heps (5/7/89) PV Kaci Clark Puerto Rico (3/19/11) SP Kim Nash Navy (4/1/95) Discus Jessica Waggoner Army Strong (5/7/12) HT Heather Lawson RPI (5/15/98) Javelin Tracy Hanlon Penn (4/25/84) 4x100 R D. McLeggan, T. Martin Navy (4/16/05) E. Perez, M. Venable-Thomas 4x400 R M. List, M. Collins Penn Relays (4/23/83) K. Turner, P. Pearson 4x800 R A. Sutherland, S. Dowdy Patriots (5/4/12) J. Comfort, K. Donarski

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11.79 24.15 54.34 2:09.04 4:23.44 4:45.64 10:53.51 16:26.8h 33:48.70 13.7h 1:00.42 1:00.42 6.11m 13.71m 1.80m 3.75m 14.85m 50.74m 58.21m 49.01m 46.61 3:46.5h 8:47.36

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MEN’S ALL-AMERICANS Athlete Event Place Bill Straub 5,000m T-1st John Graham hammer throw 6th John Graham hammer throw 4th Larry Hart weight throw 3rd Dale Frederick weight throw 5th Dennis Trujillo 2-mile 6th Dennis Trujillo 3-mile 5th Curt Alitz 3-mile 4th Curt Alitz 5,000m 4th Curt Alitz 10,000m 4th Dave Wiener hammer throw 8th Curt Alitz 3-mile 7th Curt Alitz 10,000m 7th Cardell Williams 800m 3rd Cardell Williams 800m 9th Tom Szoka 800m 6th Tyno Carter 5,000m 7th Jason Stewart 5,000m 5th Jason Stewart 5,000m 3rd Mike Bernstein 3,000m * Gerald Ingalls weight throw 13th Dan Browne 5,000m 6th Dan Browne 10,000m 4th Jon Pontius decathlon 12th Mike Ross 5,000m 11th Brian Gebhardt weight throw 13th Clay Schwabe 1,500m 8th Adam Burke javelin 9th Adam Burke javelin 11th Domonick Sylve 110m hurdles 11th

Season (O/I) 1964 (O) 1966 (O) 1967 (O) 1968 (I) 1969 (I) 1975 (I) 1975 (O) 1977 (I) 1977 (O) 1977 (O) 1977 (O) 1978 (I) 1978 (O) 1983 (I) 1983 (O) 1985 (I) 1987 (O) 1994 (I) 1994 (O) 1995 (I) 1996 (I) 1996 (O) 1997 (O) 1997 (O) 1999 (I) 2000 (I) 2001 (O) 2003 (O) 2004 (O) 2011 (O)

*Finished among top eight Americans

TERESA SOBIESK

DIANA WILLS

WOMEN’S ALL-AMERICANS Athlete Event Place Alma Cobb shot put 4th Tracy Hanlon long jump 6th Alma Cobb discus 5th Alma Cobb heptathlon 1st Ann Buckingham high jump T-3rd Tracy Hanlon long jump 1st Teresa Southworth mile relay 1st Ann Buckingham Michelle Walla Mary List Tracy Hanlon heptathlon 2nd Tracy Hanlon heptathlon 2nd Tracy Hanlon heptathlon 5th Mary List 800m 5th Pam Pearson long jump 7th Pam Pearson triple jump 3rd Diana Wills triple jump 3rd Lisa Benitez 10,000m 5th Sigrun Denny 3,000m 8th Kim Seminiano high jump 2nd Teresa Sobiesk 5,000m 1st Teresa Sobiesk 5,000m 10th Teresa Sobiesk 10,000m 6th Diana Wills triple jump 1st Diana Wills long jump 5th Diana Wills long jump 8th Diana Wills long jump 1st Diana Wills triple jump 1st Diana Wills triple jump 4th Mary Cheyne high jump T-5th Bridget Sullivan 800m 6th Diana Wills triple jump 1st Diana Wills long jump 3rd Diana Wills triple jump 1st Diana Wills triple jump 3rd Diana Wills long jump 5th

CURT ALITZ

Total Number of All-America Certificates: 66 Total Number of Athletes: 34 Men: 30 certificates, 20 athletes Women: 36 certificates, 14 athletes Most By a Male: Curt Alitz, five Most By a Female: Diana Wills, 12

ADAM BURKE

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1983 (O) 1984 (O) 1984 (O) 1984 (O) 1986 (O) 1986 (O) 1987 (O) 1988 (O) 1988 (O) 1988 (O) 1988 (O) 1988 (O) 1988 (O) 1988 (O) 1988 (O) 1988 (O) 1989 (O) 1989 (O) 1989 (O) 1990 (I) 1990 (I) 1990 (I) 1990 (I) 1990 (O) 1990 (O) 1990 (O)

DOMONICK SYLVE

Sprints: none Middle Distance: five Distance: 21 Hurdles: one Throws: 11 Jumps: 19 Relay: one (four-person team) Multi: five

Indoor Awards: 16 Outdoor Awards: 50

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Season (O/I) 1981 (O) 1981 (O) 1982 (O) 1982 (O) 1982 (O) 1982 (O) 1982 (O)

ARMY ALL-AMERICANS

vs. YEAR ȍO/IȎ 1923 (O) 1924 (O) 1925 (O) 1926 (O) 1927 (O) 1928 (O) 1933 (O) 1934 (O) 1935 (O) 1936 (O) 1937 (O) 1938 (O) 1939 (O) 1940 (O) 1941 (O) 1942 (O) 1943 (O) 1944 (O) 1945 (O) 1946 (O) 1947 (O) 1948 (O) 1949 (O) 1950 (O) 1951 (O) 1952 (O) 1953 (O) 1954 (O) 1955 (O) 1956 (O) 1957 (O) 1958 (O) 1959 (O) 1960 (I) 1960 (O)

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SCORE Army, 67.33 - 58.67 Army, 79 - 56 Navy, 72.5 - 62.5 Army, 69.4 - 65.6 Army, 103.5 - 31.5 Army, 84.5 - 41.5 Army, 76 - 50 Navy, 76.33 - 49.67 Army, 68.08 - 57.92 Army, 64.67 - 61.33 Navy, 68 - 58 Navy, 70 - 56 Army, 81 - 45 Navy, 67 - 59 Army, 66.67 - 59.33 Army, 63.67 - 62.33 Navy, 64.33 - 61.67 Navy, 52 - 74 Navy, 72.4 - 53.6 Navy, 70.33 - 55.67 Army, 74.5 - 51.5 Army, 77 - 54 Army, 107.5 - 23.5 Army, 86.5 - 44.5 Army, 68.67 - 62.33 Army, 69.4 - 66.6 Army, 73.5 - 57.5 Navy, 81.58 - 49.42 Army, 65.67 - 65.33 Navy, 71.5 - 59.5 Army, 66 - 65 Navy, 84.33 - 46.67 Navy, 74 - 66 Army, 63 - 46 Navy, 76.67 - 54.33

YEAR ȍO/IȎ 1961 (I) 1961 (O) 1962 (I) 1962 (O) 1963 (I) 1963 (O) 1964 (I) 1964 (O) 1965 (I) 1965 (O) 1966 (I) 1966 (O) 1967 (I) 1967 (O) 1968 (I) 1968 (O) 1969 (I) 1969 (O) 1970 (I) 1970 (O) 1971 (I) 1971 (O) 1972 (I) 1972 (O) 1973 (I) 1973 (O) 1974 (I) 1974 (O) 1975 (I) 1975 (O) 1976 (I) 1976 (O) 1977 (I) 1977 (O) 1978 (I)

Overall: Army leads, 69 - 68 - 2 Outdoor: Army leads, 44 - 42 Indoor: Navy leads, 26 - 25 -2

MEN’S ARMY-NAVY SERIES

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SCORE Army, 59 -50 Navy, 91 - 49 Army, 55.5 - 53.5 Army, 75 - 74 Army, 56.67 - 52.33 Army, 82 - 67 Army, 56 - 53 Army, 80 - 69 Army, 60 - 49 Navy, 85.5 - 68.5 Navy, 65.5 - 42.5 Army, 78 - 76 Army, 62 - 47 Army, 87 - 67 Army, 64 - 45 Army, 114 - 40 Army, 84 - 25 Army, 110 - 44 Army, 73 - 36 Army, 108 - 46 Army, 69 - 40 Army, 80 - 74 Navy, 93 - 25 Navy, 100 - 54 Navy, 37.5 - 80.5 Navy, 100 - 54 Navy, 93 - 25 Navy, 84- 70 Navy, 69 - 49 Navy, 86 - 77 Navy, 79 - 39 Navy, 92 - 70 Army, 68 - 58 Army, 83 - 80 Tied, 68 - 68

YEAR ȍO/IȎ 1978 (O) 1979 (I) 1979 (O) 1980 (I) 1980 (O) 1981 (I) 1981 (O) 1982 (I) 1982 (O) 1983 (I) 1983 (O) 1984 (I) 1984 (O) 1985 (I) 1985 (O) 1986 (I) 1986 (O) 1987 (I) 1987 (O) 1988 (I) 1988 (O) 1989 (I) 1989 (O) 1990 (I) 1990 (O) 1991 (I) 1991 (O) 1992 (I) 1992 (O) 1993 (I) 1993 (O) 1994 (I) 1994 (O) 1995 (I) 1995 (O)

At West Point: Army leads, 39 - 30 In Annapolis: Navy leads, 37 - 30 - 2 At Neutral Site: Navy leads, 1 - 0

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SCORE Army, 85 - 78 Army, 87.67 - 48.33 Navy, 82 - 81 Tied, 68 - 68 Army, 95 - 68 Navy, 73 - 63 Army, 98 - 65 Army, 70 - 66 Navy, 97 - 66 Army, 69 - 67 Navy, 103 - 60 Navy, 85 - 51 Navy, 82 - 81 Army, 70.33 - 65.67 Navy, 97 - 66 Navy, 96 - 40 Navy, 83.5 - 79.5 Navy, 74 - 62 Navy, 84 - 79 Navy, 85.33 - 50.67 Navy, 92 - 71 Army, 68.67 - 67.33 Army, 86 - 77 Navy, 77 - 59 Navy, 88 - 75 Navy, 77 - 59 Navy, 100 - 63 Navy, 91 - 45 Navy, 93.17 - 69.83 Navy, 88 - 48 Navy, 109 - 54 Army, 77 - 59 Army, 82 - 81 Army, 79 - 57 Army, 87.5 - 75.5

YEAR ȍO/IȎ 1996 (I) 1996 (O) 1997 (I) 1997 (O) 1998 (I) 1998 (O) 1999 (I) 1999 (O) 2000 (I) 2000 (O) 2001 (I) 2001 (O) 2002 (I) 2002 (O) 2003 (I) 2003 (O) 2004 (I) 2004 (O) 2005 (I) 2005 (O) 2006 (I) 2006 (O) 2007 (I) 2007 (O) 2008 (I) 2008 (O) 2009 (I) 2009 (O) 2010 (I) 2010 (O) 2011 (I) 2011 (O) 2012 (I) 2012 (o) * Biloxi, Miss.

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SCORE Army, 84 - 52 Army, 106 - 57 Army, 82 - 63 Army, 89 - 74 Navy, 80 -65 Navy, 92 - 71 Navy, 93 -88 Navy, 157 - 132 Navy, 101.5 - 79.5 Navy, 118 - 85 Army, 106 - 75 Navy, 102 - 101 Navy, 93 - 88 Army, 114 - 89 Navy, 97 - 81 Navy, 103 - 100 Navy, 101 - 80 Navy, 105 - 98 Navy, 101 - 80 Navy, 102 - 100 Navy, 93 - 88 Army, 105 - 97 Navy, 95 - 86 Army, 103 - 100 Navy, 95 - 86 Navy, 118 - 85 Army, 104 - 74 Army, 118 - 75 Army, 97 - 84 Army, 119 - 84 Army, 96 - 85 Army, 103 - 97 Navy, 98 - 83 Navy, 102.5 - 100.5

Current Streak: Navy, two meets Longest Streak: Army, 11 [’66 (O) - ’71 (O)]

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vs. YEAR ȍO/IȎ 1987 (I) 1987 (O) 1988 (I) 1988 (O) 1989 (I) 1989 (O) 1990 (I) 1990 (O) 1991 (I) 1991 (O) 1992 (I) 1992 (O) 1993 (I) 1993 (O) 1994 (I) 1994 (O) 1995 (I) 1995 (O) 1996 (I) 1996 (O) 1997 (I) 1997 (O) 1998 (I) 1998 (O) 1999 (I) 1999 (O)

SITE N N N A A N N A A N N A A N N A A N N A A N N A A *

Overall: Army leads, 26 - 25 - 1 Outdoor: Army leads, 14 -12 Indoor: Navy leads, 13 - 12 -1

SCORE Army, 72 - 46 Army, 94-65 Army, 83 - 35 Army, 115 - 39 Army, 90 - 28 Army, 90 - 64 Army, 90 - 28 Army, 83 - 71 Army, 95 - 23 Army, 99 -55 Army, 69 - 49 Army, 93 - 61 Army, 65 - 53 Army, 81 - 73 Army, 82.3 - 35.7 Army, 89 - 65 Army, 64 - 54 Navy, 83 - 71 Tied, 74 - 74 Army, 80.33 - 73.67 Navy, 73 - 63 Navy, 82.5 - 71.5 Army, 74 - 71 Army, 103 - 60 Navy, 93 - 88 Army, 151 - 131.5

YEAR ȍO/IȎ 2000 (I) 2000 (O) 2001 (I) 2001 (O) 2002 (I) 2002 (O) 2003 (I) 2003 (O) 2004 (I) 2004 (O) 2005 (I) 2005 (O) 2006 (I) 2006 (O) 2007 (I) 2007 (O) 2008 (I) 2008 (O) 2009 (I) 2009 (O) 2010 (I) 2010 (O) 2011 (I) 2011 (O) 2012 (I) 2012 (O) * Biloxi, Miss.

At West Point: Army leads, 14 - 11 In Annapolis: Navy leads, 14 - 11 - 1 At Neutral Site: Army leads, 1 - 0

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SITE N A A N N A A N N A A N N A A N N A A N N A A N N A

SCORE Navy, 113 - 68 Navy, 108 - 95 Navy, 100 - 81 Navy, 107 - 96 Navy, 93 - 88 Navy, 109 - 94 Army, 97 - 81 Army, 106 - 97 Navy, 95.5 - 85.5 Army, 112 - 91 Army, 92 - 89 Navy, 110 - 92 Navy, 99.5 - 88.5 Navy, 104 - 99 Navy, 107 - 73 Navy, 106 - 97 Navy, 93.5 - 87.5 Army, 119.5 - 83.5 Navy, 92 - 88 Navy, 116 - 87 Navy, 94 - 87 Navy, 107 - 93 Navy, 103.5 - 77.5 Navy, 129 - 73 Navy, 112.5 - 68.5 Navy, 116 - 87

Current Streak: Navy, eight meets Longest Streak: Army, 17 [’87 (I) - ’95 (I)]

WOMEN’S ARMY-NAVY SERIES

YEAR-BY-YEAR TEAM RESULTS Year Army’s Team Finish (points) 2012 Third (106) 2011 Second (165)

Champion (points) Bucknell (185) Navy (171)

2010 2009

First (165) First (188)

Army (165) Army (188)

2008 2007

Third (108) First (154.5)

Navy (188.5) Army (154.5)

2006

First (188)

Army (188)

2005

Second (152)

Navy (196)

2004 2003 2002 2001

Second (175.75) First (191) First (210.5) First (212)

Navy (177.75) Army (191) Army (210.5) Army (212)

2000 1999 1998

First (230) First (238) First (212.5)

Army (230) Army (238) Army (212.5)

1997

First (203)

Army (203)

1996

First (238)

Army (238)

1995

First (200)

Army (200)

1994

First (216)

Army (216)

ARMY-HELD MEET RECORDS Event Name 60-Meter Dash Alfred McDaniel 1,000-Meter Run Clay Schwabe 60-Meter Hurdles Domonick Sylve High Jump Jon Pontius Long Jump Jeﬀ Weaver Weight Throw Brian Gebhardt 4x400-Meter Relay Michaels, Wright, Hutchins Thurman DMR Stewart, Petersen, Grein, Bernstein Pentathlon Rodney Manzo

Army’s Major Award Winners Track Athlete of the Meet - Domonick Sylve Field Athlete of the Meet - Thomas Wagner Coach of the Year - Troy Engle Track Athlete of the Meet - Brandon Thurman Rookie of the Meet - Michael Hutchins Coach of the Year - Troy Engle Rookie of the Meet - Alfred McDaniel Field Athlete of the Meet - Brandon Lewis Coach of the Year - Army Staff Field Athlete of the Meet - Brandon Lewis Rookie of the Meet - Kenny Saffold Coach of the Year - Jerry Quiller Scholar-Athlete of the Year - Caleb Wells Rookie of the Meet - Michael Peck Scholar-Athlete of the Year - Paul Strozier Co-Field Athlete of the Meet - Jeff Weaver Field Athlete of the Meet - Jeff Weaver Field Athlete of the Meet - Jeff Weaver Track Athlete of the Meet - Clay Schwabe Scholar-Athlete of the Year - Chad Klascius Track Athlete of the Meet - Nick Gantt Coach of the Year - Jerry Quiller Athlete of the Meet - Mike Ross Coach of the Year - Jerry Quiller Co-Coach of the Year - Jerry Quiller Scholar-Athlete of the Year - Darrin Hinman Athlete of the Meet - T.J. Peterson Coach of the Year - Jerry Quiller Scholar-Athlete of the Year - Gerald Ingalls Athlete of the Meet - Mike Bernstein Coach of the Year - Ron Bazil Coach of the Year - Ron Bazil

Record 6.85 2:23.64 7.87 2.11 meters* 7.54 meters 20.23 meters 3:14.84 9:53.33 3676 points

Year 2010 2001 2010 1997 2004 2000 2009 1994 2003

*Tied with Lafayette’s Matt Rutt

Alfred McDaniel

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ARMY INDIVIDUAL EVENT WINNERS 55/60-METER DASH 1995 Joel Pates 1996 T.J. Petersen 1998 Reggie Anderson 1999 Calvin Smith 2000 Lorenzo Smith 2006 Ryan Collins 2007 John Laird 2010-11 Alfred McDaniel 200-METER DASH 1995 Joel Pates 1996 T.J. Petersen 2000 Reggie Anderson 2006 Ryan Collins 2009 Brandon Thurman 2011 Domonick Sylve 400-METER DASH 1994 Jim McPherson 1996 Tony Dedmond 2000-01 Devon Capps 2009 Michael Hutchins 500-METER RUN 2001 Greg Londo 2002 Trevor Hopper 2005 Adrian Perkins 2009 Brandon Thurman 800-METER RUN 1994 Timothy Krueger 1995 Rance Lee 1996 Mike Gorman 1999-2001 Nicholas Gantt 2004 Chris Haag 2009 Andrew Ferrara 1,000-METER RUN 1994 Jason Stewart 2001 Clay Schwabe 2006 Chris Haag 2009 Alexis Torre Santiago MILE RUN 1994 Dan Browne 1995 Mike Bernstein 1996 Dan Browne 2004 Philip Sakala 2006 John Mickowski 2010 Alexis Torre-Santiago 3,000-METER RUN 1995 Mike Bernstein 1996 Shawn Smith 1999 Mike Ross 2003 Philip Sakala 5,000-METER RUN 1996 Dan Browne 1998 Mike Ross 2000 Ryan Kirkpatrick 2001 Will Wyche

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55/60-METER HURDLES 1996 1997 1998 1999 2001 2002 2010-11 HIGH JUMP 1994-95 1996-97 2002 2003 2004 2010-12 LONG JUMP 1996 2002, ‘04 2005 2006 2007 2009 2011 TRIPLE JUMP 1994 1998-99 2003-04 2011 POLE VAULT 1995-97 2002 2004 2006 35-POUND WEIGHT 1995-96 1997 1999-2000 2003-04 SHOT PUT 1994 1998 2000 2006 PENTATHLON 1999 2003 HEPTATHLON 2004 2006-07 4x400

T.J. Petersen Ayo Lawson Justin Rose Chris Curry Aris Comeaux Trevor Hopper Domonick Sylve Brian Smith Jon Pontius Rod Manzo Jeff Weaver Rod Manzo Thomas Wagner Jon Pontius Jeff Weaver Rudy Mejia Kenneth Saffold Rudy Mejia Alfred McDaniel Michael Hutchins Chris Baker Ryan McKee Jeff Weaver Thomas Wagner Darrin Hinman Chris Bowen Ryan Keaton Gavin Mohrmann Gerald Ingalls Brad Pasho Brian Gebhardt Matt Schmitt Peter Stelling Kris Terrill Karl Nilsen Caleb Wells Chris Curry Rod Manzo Rod Manzo Brandon Lewis 1994, ’97-2001, ’09, ’12

4x800 1994-95, 2000-01, ’09, ’10 DISTANCE MEDLEY 1994, ’96, ’98, 2000-02, ’06, ’09

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MEN’S INDOOR PLC RECORD BOOK

YEAR-BY-YEAR TEAM RESULTS Year Army’s Team Finish (points) 2012 Third (149) 2011 Second (157) 2010 Second (178) 2009 First (234)

Champion (points) Bucknell (167) Bucknell (186) Bucknell (181) Army (234)

2008

Second (179)

Navy (199)

2007 2006

First (162) First (219.5)

Army (162) Army (219.5)

2005

First (226)

Army (226)

2004

First (228)

Army (228)

2003 2002 2001

First (188) First (216) First (244.5)

Army (188) Army (216) Army (244.5)

2000

First (228)

Army (228)

1999 1998 1997 1996

First (271) First (253.5) First (271) First (309)

Army (271) Army (253.5) Army (271) Army (309)

1995

First (282)

Army (282)

1994

First (273)

Army (273)

1993 1992

First (214) First (274)

Army (214) Army (274)

ARMY-HELD MEET RECORDS Event Name 200-Meter Dash Reggie Anderson 5,000-Meter Run Dan Browne 110-Meter Hurdles Domonick Sylve High Jump Brian Smith Long Jump Jeﬀ Weaver Triple Jump Jeﬀ Weaver Hammer Throw Gerald Ingalls Discus Travis Pendleton 4x800-Meter Relay Tingan, Wagner, Torre-Santiago, Ferrara Decathlon Brandon Lewis

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Army’s Major Award Winners Field Athlete of the Meet - Thomas Wagner Track Athlete of the Meet - Domonick Sylve Rookie of the Meet - Michael Hutchins Coach of the Year - Troy Engle Scholar-Athlete of the Year - Andrew Ferrara Track Athlete of the Meet - Jon Anderson Rookie of the Meet - Alfred McDaniel Scholar-Athlete of the Year - Kevin Kumlien Coach of the Year - Army Staﬀ Track Athlete of the Meet - David Frehulfer Field Athlete of the Meet - Rudy Mejia Coach of the Year - Jerry Quiller Co-Track Athlete of the Meet - Daniel Braud Rookie of the Meet - Adrian Perkins Coach of the Year - Jerry Quiller Scholar-Athlete of the Year - Paul Strozier Field Athlete of the Meet - Jeﬀ Weaver Coach of the Year - Jerry Quiller Coach of the Year - Jerry Quiller Track Athlete of the Meet - Clay Schwabe Scholar-Athlete of the Year - Chad Klascius Track Athlete of the Meet - Reggie Anderson Field Athlete of the Meet - Brian Gebhardt Coach of the Year - Jerry Quiller Coach of the Year - Jerry Quiller Coach of the Year - Jerry Quiller Scholar-Athlete of the Year - Darrin Hinman Athlete of the Meet - Gerald Ingalls Coach of the Year - Jerry Quiller Scholar-Athlete of the Year - Gerald Ingalls Athlete of the Meet - Joel Pates Coach of the Year - Ron Bazil Athlete of the Meet - Jim McPherson Coach of the Year - Ron Bazil Coach of the Year - Ron Bazil Athlete of the Meet - Jim McPherson Coach of the Year - Ron Bazil Record 21.094 13:23.0 13.74 2.15 meters 7.88 meters 16.16m meters 67.66 meters 55.74 meters 7:24.16 6661 points

Year 2000 1996 2011 1994 2004 2004 1996 2003 2010 200

Jeﬀ Weaver

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ARMY INDIVIDUAL EVENT WINNERS

100-METER DASH 1994-95 1999 2000 2005 2007 2008-09 200-METER DASH 1992-94 1995 1996 2000 2005 2006 400-METER DASH 1992, ’94 1999-2000 2005 2006 2009 800-METER RUN 1992 1995 1996 2001 2009 1,500-METER RUN 1992-93 1995 1996-97 1999 2000-01 2006 2009 3,000-METER STEEPLECHASE 1992 1998 2001 2003 2004-05 5,000-METER RUN 1993 1994 1995 1996-97 1999 2008 10,000-METER RUN 1993 1996-97 2008-09 110-METER HURDLES 1994-96 1997 1998 1999 2001 2008-11 400-METER HURDLES 1997-99 2001-03 HIGH JUMP 1993-94 2002 2003-04 2009, ‘12

Joel Pates Calvin Smith Lorenzo Smith Ryan Collins Robert Stovall Alfred McDaniel Jim McPherson Joel Pates T.J. Petersen Reggie Anderson Daniel Braud David Frehulfer Jim McPherson Devon Capps Daniel Braud David Frehulfer Michael Hutchins Mike Peck Rance Lee Mike Gorman Clay Schwabe Andrew Tingan Jason Stewart Mike Bernstein Dan Browne Mike Ross Clay Schwabe Philip Sakala Alexis Torre Santiago Liam Collins Andy Jugan Clint Tisserand Aaron Smead Eric Heely Jeff Harris Erik Rheam Mike Bernstein Dan Browne Scott Goff Jonathan Anderson John Panhorst Mike Ross Jonathan Anderson T.J. Petersen Chris Curry Justin Rose Chris Curry Trevor Hopper Domonick Sylve Thurman McKenzie Trevor Hopper Brian Smith Rod Manzo Jeff Weaver Thomas Wagner

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LONG JUMP 1998 1999 2004 2006-07 2012 TRIPLE JUMP 1992 1993 1995 1998 1999, 2001 2002, ’04 2006 2007 2008 2011-12 POLE VAULT 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996-97 1998 1999 2000-01 2003-05 2006 2011 HAMMER 1992 1994-96 1997 1998 1999-2000 2002 2003-2005 DISCUS 1992 1998 2001 2002-03 2005 2006 2009 JAVELIN 1992 1994-1996 1997 2003-2004 SHOT PUT 1992 1994 1997-98 1999-2001 DECATHLON 2006-08 4X100

Ryan McKee Chris Curry Jeﬀ Weaver Rudy Mejia Michael Hutchins Mike Crenshaw Chris Baker John Turner Ryan McKee Zachary Harrison Jeﬀ Weaver Rudy Mejia Steve Zhang Archie Smith Thomas Wagner Jason Jenkins Ryan Jones Darrin Hinman Christopher Page Darrin Hinman Tyson Mangum Chad Klascius Chris Bowen Ryan Keaton Gavin McMahon Justin Harris Ken Rahn Gerald Ingalls Eric Paliwoda Brad Pasho Brian Gebhardt Dan Presutti Matt Schmitt Marc Brunner Jason Wells Manny Eleyae Travis Pendleton Craig Buerstatte Caleb Wells Adam Schwartz Curt Keller Chad Foster Jon Pontius Adam Burke Marc Brunner Peter Stelling Kris Terrill John Ruch Brandon Lewis 1993-96, ‘98-2001, ‘05-’10

4X400 1992, ’94, ’96-2001, ’04, ’08-10, ‘12 4X800

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1995-97, ’99-2001, ‘10, ‘12

MEN’S OUTDOOR PLC RECORD BOOK

YEAR-BY-YEAR TEAM RESULTS Year Army’s Team Finish (points) 2012 Tie-Fifth (56) 2011 Fourth (67) 2010 Fifth (79) 2009 Third (94) 2008 Fourth (75) 2007 Third (81) 2006 Second (122) 2005 Third (115) 2004 Third (100) 2003 Second (120) 2002 Second (123.16) 2001 Fourth (87) 2000 Third (84) 1999 Second (146.83) 1998 Second (150) 1997 First (149) 1996 First (141.5) 1995 First (169) 1994 First (176)

Champion (points) Bucknell (164) Navy (157) Bucknell (168) Navy (151) Bucknell (173) Bucknell (192) Bucknell (190) Bucknell (211.5) Bucknell (198) Bucknell (180) Bucknell (167) Navy (196) Bucknell (212) Bucknell (225.33) Bucknell (175.5) Army (149) Army (141.5) Army (169) Army (176)

ARMY-HELD MEET RECORDS Event Name Long Jump Tiﬀany Martin Triple Jump Melba Goggins Shot Put Sara Fields

Army’s Major Award Winners Field Athlete of the Meet - Kaci Clark Track Athlete of the Meet - Ebony Thomas Field Athlete of the Meet - Tiﬀany Martin Field Athlete of the Meet - Sara Fields Co-Scholar Athlete of the Year - Lauren Rowe Coach of the Year - Jerry Quiller Scholar-Athlete of the Year - Catherine Gaﬃgan -

Record 6.05 meters 12.16 meters 15.25 meters

Year 2005 1994 2004

Tiﬀany Martin

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ARMY INDIVIDUAL EVENT WINNERS 55/60-METER DASH 1997 Yolanda McCray 2001 Jamie Glassford 2002-03, ’05 Tiffany Martin 2006 Meghan Venable-Thomas 2008-09 Ebony Thomas 200-METER DASH 1999 Jennifer Opoku 2003 Tiffany Martin 2006 Meghan Venable-Thomas 2008-09 Ebony Thomas 400-METER DASH 1994 Tanesha Hodge 1995 Alexis Albano 1996 Brandy Andrews 1999 LaTonia Koledoye 2005 Dominique McLeggan 2006 Katelin Grant 500-METER RUN 1994 Brandy Andrews 1999 Jennifer Opoku 800-METER RUN 1994-95 Roxanne Theobald 1,000-METER RUN 1994 Melissa Wyka 1997 Gretchen Witty MILE RUN 1994 Catherine Gaffigan 3,000-METER RUN 1995 Catherine Gaffigan 1998 Jessica Jones 5,000-METER RUN 1994 Catherine Gaffigan 1998 Jessica Jones

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55/60-METER HURDLES 1995, 97-98 Yolanda McCray 2002 Lauren Rowe 2010-11 Tonya Stallard HIGH JUMP None LONG JUMP 1994 Melba Goggins 2001 Jamie Glassford 2002-03, ’05 Tiﬀany Martin TRIPLE JUMP 1994 Melba Goggins 2007-08 Angela Jenkins 2009 Jarietta Ross POLE VAULT 1997 Christina Congo 2010 Hallie Huggins 2011 Kaci Clark 20-LBS. WEIGHT 1995 Heather Rykard 1996 Leilani Strokin 1997-99 Heather Lawson 2002-03 Tracey Coleman SHOT PUT 1994-96 Kim Nash 2001 Carlys Romano 2003-04 Sara Fields 2006 Kelcee Moody 2009 Geryah White PENTAHLON None 4X400 1996, 2007, 2008 4X800 None DISTANCE MEDLEY 1997

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YEAR-BY-YEAR TEAM RESULTS Year Army’s Team Finish (points) 2012 Tie-Fifth (56) 2011 Sixth (60.5) 2010 Third (97) 2009 Fourth (84) 2008 First (148)

Champion (points) Bucknell (164) Bucknell (189.5) Bucknell (191) Bucknell (188.5) Army (148)

2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001

Third (108) Fourth (123) Second (154) Second (160) Second (128) Second (129) Second (162)

Bucknell (207) Bucknell (187.5) Bucknell (209.5) Bucknell (182) Navy (139) Bucknell (159) Bucknell (203)

2000 1999 1998

Third (102.25) Second (162.5) First (226)

Bucknell (212) Bucknell (190.5) Army (226)

1997

First (175)

Army (175)

1996 1995 1994

First (219) First (225) First (237)

Army (219) Army (225) Army (237)

1993 1992

First (167) First (178)

Army (167) Army (178)

ARMY-HELD MEET RECORDS Event Name 200-Meter Dash Ebony Thomas Triple Jump Janelle Jones 4x100-Meter Relay Venable-Thomas, Thomas, Grant, Owney

Army’s Major Award Winners Field Athlete of the Meet - Kaci Clark Rookie of the Meet - McKenzie Majchrzak Track Athlete of the Meet - Ebony Thomas Coach of the Year - Jerry Quiller Rookie of the Meet - Ebony Thomas Field Athlete of the Meet - Sara Fields Track Athlete of the Meet - Jamie Glassford Field Athlete of the Meet - Carlys Romano Field Athlete of the Meet - Carlys Romano Athlete of the Meet - Yolanda McCray Coach of the Year - Jerry Quiller Scholar-Athlete of the Year - Yolanda McCray Athlete of the Meet - Heather Lawson Coach of the Year - Jerry Quiller Coach of the Year - Ron Bazil Athlete of the Meet - Tanesha Hodge Scholar-Athlete of the Year - Catherine Gaﬃgan Coach of the Year - Ron Bazil Coach of the Year - Ron Bazil

Record 24.26 12.23 meters 46.88

Year 2007 2008 2007

Ebony Thomas

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ARMY INDIVIDUAL EVENT WINNERS 100-METER DASH 1996, ’98 Yolanda McCray 1999 Stacy Hazel 2001 Jamie Glassford 2002-03 Tiffany Martin 2008 Ebony Thomas 200-METER DASH 1993 Tanesha Hodge 1996 Alexis Albano 2001 Jamie Glassford 2002 Tiffany Martin 2005 Dominique McLeggan 2006 Meghan Venable-Thomas 2007-08 Ebony Thomas 400-METER DASH 1992-94 Tanesha Hodge 1995-96 Brandy Andrews 1998-99 Jennifer Opoku 2007 Ebony Thomas 800-METER RUN 1995 Alicia Allison 1996 Roxanne Theobald 1,500-METER RUN 1994 Catherine Gaffigan 1995-96 Roxanne Theobald 2005 Ashley Urick 1,500-METER RUN 2010 Jessica LeTarte 3,000-METER RUN 1995 Melissa Wyka 1998 Jessica Jones 3,000-METER STEEPLECHASE 2004 Myra Markey 2005 Jill Hajec 5,000-METER RUN 1995 Erin Miller 1998 Jessica Jones 2004 Ashley Urick 10,000-METER RUN 1997 Tatiana Sohrakoff 2008 Meg Curran 100-METER HURDLES 1994 Melba Goggins 1995-98 Yolanda McCray 2010 Hallie Huggins 2011 Tonya Stallard 2012 Kaitlyn Love 400-METER HURDLES 1993 Stacy Takats 1994 Tanesha Hodge 1996 Lindsey Halter 1998 Yolanda McCray

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2005-07 HIGH JUMP 1993 2001 2010-11 LONG JUMP 1993-94 1998 2001 2002, ’05 TRIPLE JUMP 1993-94 1995 2007-08 POLE VAULT 1997 1998 2011 HAMMER 1993 1994-95 1996 1997 1998 2009 DISCUS 1992-93 1995 2000-01 2002-03 2012 JAVELIN 1992 1993-94 1999-02 SHOT PUT 1992 1993-94, ‘96 . 2000-01 2002, ’04 2006 HEPTAHLON 2009, ’11 4X100 4X400 4X800

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Katelin Grant Stacy Takats Lauren Bolte McKenzie Majchrzak Melba Goggins Yolanda McCray Jamie Glassford Tiﬀany Martin Melba Goggins Phoebe Penny Janelle Jones Christina Congo Toni Chase Kaci Clark Renee Underwood Heather Rykard Leilani Strokin Heather Lawson Glenda Wrenn Kim Mallard Renee Underwood Heather Rykard Carlys Romano Sara Fields Jessica Waggoner Tiﬀany Havasy Tracy Smith Susan Warnick Heather Rykard Kim Nash Carlys Romano Sara Fields Kelcee Moody Tonya Stallard 1995-96, ’98-’99, 2001, ’03-’05, ’07, ’08 1993-98, 2007, ‘08 1995, ’97, 2004

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The Patriot League, which was founded on the principles of admitting athletes who are academically representative of their class, is in its second decade of academic and athletic achievement. Participation in athletics at Patriot League institutions is viewed as an important component of a well-rounded education. The Patriot League began as a successful Division I-AA (now called Football Championship Subdivision) football conference in 1986. Full League members include American, Army, Bucknell, Colgate, Holy Cross, Lafayette, Lehigh and Navy. Associate members include Fordham (football) and Georgetown (football). These member institutions are among the oldest and most prestigious in the nation. Alumni from Patriot League colleges and universities have played a leadership role in the shaping of our country. In the classroom, the Patriot League’s full-member institutions, individually and collectively, consistently rank among the top Division I programs in the NCAA Graduation Rates Report. For the eighth-straight year the Patriot League ranked first among all Division I conferences in student-athlete graduation rates according to the NCAA Graduation Rates report. League members have also distinguished themselves on the field of play. The Patriot League sponsors championship competition in 23 sports (11 for men; 12 for women). Championship teams from 14 sports are guaranteed advancement into NCAA post-season competition: baseball, men and women’s basketball, field hockey, football, men’s golf, men and women’s lacrosse, men and women’s soccer, softball, men and women’s tennis and volleyball. In the Patriot League’s history, more than 225 teams have been selected for post-season play in the NCAA, ECAC or National Invitational tournaments. The Patriot League also boasts nearly 100 individual studentathletes who have qualified for NCAA Championships, the pinnacle of collegiate individual competition. In excess of 235 Patriot League student-athletes have earned All-America honors. Along the timeline of Patriot League history about three-quarters of the Patriot League’s 410 Scholar-Athletes of the Year also received All-Patriot League status for their exemplary athletic performance. Additionally, more than 70 of the Scholar-Athletes honored were named Players of the Year or Performers of the Meet in their respective sport. In the Patriot League’s history, 169 Patriot League student-athletes have been recognized as CoSIDA Academic All-Americans, while more than 10,500 more have qualified for the League’s Academic Honor Roll by accumulating a 3.2 grade-point average and earning a varsity letter. Twenty-seven student-athletes have received NCAA Postgraduate Scholarships. Additionally, Patriot League student-athletes have earned four Fulbright Scholarships, a Rhodes Scholarship, a Luce Foundation Scholarship, a Marshall Scholarship, three NACDA/Disney Scholarships, five National Football Foundation Scholarships and three ECAC/Robbins Scholar-Athlete of the Year awards among their many accomplishments.

ARMY TRACK & FIELD IN PUERTO RICO Army track & field escaped the cold winter of the Hudson Valley in March 2011 for an eight-day training trip to Puerto Rico. The Black Knights capped their trip by competing at the Spring Break Classic in the city of Mayaguez. Army will once again travel to San Juan in March 2013.