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John Weaver Director of Track & Field and Cross Country

Coach Weaver is in his 33rd season as the director of the women’s track and cross country program and in his 19th season as the director of both the women’s and men’s programs at Appalachian State University.

Weaver assumed the duties of directing both programs in the fall of 1995.

A 1971 graduate of Appalachian in biology, Weaver returned to Appalachian in 1979 to assist the men’s program while earning his masters in biology. During his three-year tenure as the men’s assistant, he trained two NCAA qualifiers and seven Southern Conference champions.

Weaver took over the full-time coaching duties for the women’s program in 1982. Since that time, the program, including cross country, indoor track and outdoor track, has produced an NCAA Division I National Champion in the 1500m twice, nine NCAA Division I all-Americans with 23 all-American performances, 18 NCAA Division I qualifiers, 257 Southern Conference individual champion performances, 776 all-conference performances, 27 conference MVP athletes, 40 conference team championships, 24 conference coachof-the-year honors, 13 conference freshman of the year honors and two Southeast Region Coach of the Year honors. Since 2003, when the NCAA began competition on a Regional level, the Mountaineers have sent 49 athletes to the regional meet.

After taking over the men’s program in 1995, the Mountaineers have produced two NCAA Division I all-Americans, four NCAA AllAmerican performances, 11 Division I Qualifiers, 203 Southern Conference individual champion performances, 511 all-conference performers, 10 conference MVP’s, 25 conference team championships, 11 coach-of-the-year honors, three conference freshman of the year and two Southeast Region Coach of the Year honors. App State has also sent 42 athletes to Regional competition.

Appalachian has qualified 42 men and 51 women athletes to

the East Region with eight NCAA Championship qualifying performances coming out of the region for Appalachian. In 2004, Appalachian had its first East Region champion with a first place finish in the men’s 100 meter dash.

Coach Weaver has also worked as the Yosef Club Director (athletic fundraising arm of the Appalachian Foundation Inc.) from 1982-1985.

He also taught classes in the Education and Physical Education departments of the university.

A native of Fayetteville, N.C., Weaver graduated from Seventy-First High School in 1967. He earned his bachelor of science degree in 1971 from Appalachian, returning to Fayetteville to teach biology and eventually take over the cross country and track programs at Douglas Byrd High School in 1972. His cross country dual meet record over eight years was an impressive 71-11 and his teams won six conference titles while competing in four state championships. His track team also produced many individual conference and regional champions, along with several state meet qualifiers.

Currently, Coach Weaver coaches the sprinters, hurdlers, multievent athletes and relays, while over-seeing all aspects of the program.

He is also serving an appointment to the NCAA Division I Track and Cross Country Committee effective September of 2006 and active until September of 2010. Each summer, Weaver also directs the Grandfather Mountain Marathon, The Bear Road Race and two Cross Country team camps. Over 1,000 athletes attend camp at App State each summer.

On April 10, 2014, Weaver was awarded with the W.H. Plemmons Leadership Medallion. It’s awarded to “recognize the time, energy, skill and commitment of students, faculty, studen development, educators and staff who exceed their peers in proving leadership that enriches the quality of a student life and advances the education of students.” Weaver was one of six community members to receive the honor and was recognized as part of the Fall Convocation in September 2014.

Michael Curcio Head Coach Mike Curcio is in his 20th year as the head men’s and women’s cross country coach and track and field distance coach at Appalachian State University.

For the Mountaineers in 2013, Curcio led them to a second-place finish at the SoCon championship meet. Kyle McFoy placed sixth and ran a time of 25:08.85 and also was named to the SoCon first-team. Josh Cox finished 10th with a time of 25:31.76.

James Howard-Smith and Will Raby both took second-team honors.

The 2012 campaign was a banner year for the Mountaineers’ middledistance/distance runners on the track as Curcio helped coach three athletes who broke five school records. Will Raby set the school record for the 5,000-meter event in indoor track, while Alex Taylor and Chris Moen teamed up with two sprinters to set the school record in the distance medley relay for indoor track at the SoCon Championships. Taylor set the App State record in the 800 and 1500-meter events while teaming up with Moen and two of Appalachian’s sprinters to break a 28-year old Appalachian record in the distance medley relay at the 2012 Penn Relays.

Curcio coached four men to the first round of the NCAA Championships in 2012 in outdoor track, as Taylor qualified for both the 800 and 1,500-meter events and Moen, Sean Soderman and Josh Cox all qualified for the 3,000-meter steeplechase.

Curcio’s cross country teams have been very successful under his tenure, as they have captured one women’s Southern Conference titles and 10 men’s SoCon championships, including six-straight men’s titles from 2005-10 During his time at App State, Curcio has coached nine NCAA Qualifiers, 16 NCAA Regional Qualifiers, 19 USATF Junior National Qualifiers and seven Southern Conference Cross Country Freshman of the Year.

In addition to those feats, Curcio has also coached 93 all-Southern Conference Cross Country performers and four Southern Conference Cross Country individual champions.

While coaching the distance runners for Appalachian track and field, Curcio has coached 59 athletes to SoCon indoor and outdoor individual

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champion performances and 208 runners to all-conference indoor and outdoor performances. He has also coached two athletes to SoCon indoor track and field MVP awards and two outdoor track and field MVP awards.

As athletic excellence is important, Curcio and his teams also strive for success in academics. Since being at Appalachian, Curcio has coached two NCAA post graduate scholarship award winners, one Southern Conference post graduate scholarship award winner, three Mrs. Brakefield award recipients, for an Appalachian senior student-athlete with the highest GPA, and 12 USTFCCCA academic all-Americans.

During the 2011-12 season, both the App State men’s and women’s recorded multi-year APR scores well above the national average while the men were recognized with an NCAA Public Recognition Award for compiling a four-year APR of 1,000 and ranking among the top 10 percent of all teams in the nation.

For all of his efforts, in 2003 Curcio was named the USTCA Division I Men’s National Assistant Coach of the Year for Distance. He also has been recognized by the Southern Conference for his team’s impressive performances, being named the SoCon’s men’s cross country coach of the year nine times.

Before coming to Appalachian, Curcio served as an assistant at Florida State from 1988-1992.

In the spring of 1993, he became an assistant at South Florida, where he helped build a fledgling track and field program, along with a nationally-ranked cross country program.

The track women at USF won three conference titles in the first four years of the program’s existence. The men’s and women’s cross country teams were ranked as high as 12th and 21st in Division I during his tenure.

Curcio hails from Long Island, N.Y. where he attended Newfield High School before attending and competing for Appalachian State University. He was a three-time all-SoCon selection in track and still ranks fifth all-time in the 1,500 meter run with a time of 3:49.60.

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Chris Anderson Josh Cox Daniel Ellis Michael Ellis Evan Georges Will Henderson Chris Kelly Evan Laratta Collin Loy Kyle McFoy Grant Rodgers Ryan Shannon Tyler Sink Andrew Vandenberg Cade Zimmerman

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Greensboro, N.C./Weschester Country Day Mooresville, N.C./Charlotte Lawrenceville, Ga./Collins Hill Winston-Salem, N.C./Mt. Tabor Charlotte, N.C./Charlotte Catholic) Lilburn, Ga./Parkview Pinehurst, N.C./Pinecrest Angiers, N.C./Quince Orchard (LaSalle) Burlington, N.C./Southern Alamance Newark, Del./The Tatnall School Wake Forest, N.C./Heritage Maiden, N.C./North Lincoln Apex, N.C./Apex Boone, N.C./Watauga Tallahassee, Fla./Chiles

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SEASON PREVIEW on Oct. 25 before the Sun Belt Championship meet on Nov. 2 in Mobile, Ala. The Three Stripe Invitational in Raleigh, N.C. will take place on Nov. 8 followed by the NCAA Division I Southeast Regional in Louisville, Ky. on Nov. 14. The NCAA Division I National Championships will return to Terre Haute, Ind. on Nov. 22.

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Appalachian State University men’s cross country enters the 2014 season in its first year as a member of the Sun Belt Conference. The Apps finished in second place at the Southern Conference Championship meet in its last season in the conference. The Mountaineers will rely on a relatively young team, consisting of eight freshman, but bringing back multiple experience runners. One of those runners, Kyle McFoy will lead the Mountaineers. The junior finished sixth in at the Southern Conference championship meet and also set a new personal record at Lehigh’s Paul Short Run with a time of 24:49.50. Also returning is Michael Ellis who ran a personal best at the Blue Ridge Open. Matt Burns, Tyler Sink and Andrew Vandenberg also come back to help a young Mountaineer roster compete in the Sun Belt.

App State opens its campaign at home with the Covered Bridge Open on Aug. 29 before hitting the road hitting the road to Montreat, N.C. for the Montreat University Open on Sept. 13. The Apps will continue its road warrior mentality when they travel to the Winthrop Invitational on Sept. 20 and USC Upstate Open on Oct. 4. The Black and Gold will return home on Oct. 17 with some competing in the Blue Ridge Open and others going to the WCU Open in Cullowhee. The team will wrap up its season at the Lenoir-Rhyne Open

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Chris Anderson - So. - Greensboro, N.C./ Westchester Country Day (Charlotte) PR’s Cross Country: 8,000m - 26:11...10,000m - 33:18.42 Indoor: 3,000m - 8:39.17 ... 5,000m - 14:50.53 Outdoor: 5,000m - 14:46.15...1,500m - 4:03.26 ... 10,000m - 31:14.03 2013-14 : Indoor: ran a personal best in the 3,000m at the 2014 Liberty Quad and placed second ... took fourth place at the SoCon Indoor Championships ...

Outdoor: ran a personal best in the outdoor 5,000m at the Florida Relays while placing 12th ... ran a personal best 10,000m at the SoCon Outdoor Championships and placed ninth.

2012-13 at Charlotte Cross Country: competed in every race as a constant top-five finisher ... finished second on the team at the Southeast Regional with a time of 33:18.42 ... Indoor: did not compete ... Outdoor: recorded a personal record in the 5k at the Charlotte 49ers Classic ... posted a personal best in the 1,500m at the Virginia Invitational.

High School: MVP for cross country 2010-2012 ... MVP for track and field 2012 ...

2012 Male student athlete of the year ... 2011 NC champ in 1600 meters ... Three time Triad Athletic Conference selection in cross country and twice in track and field.

Josh Cox - Sr. - Mooresville N.C./ Mooresville (Charlotte) PR’s Cross Country: 8,000m - 25:09.20... 10,000m - 32:12.70 Indoor: 800m – 2:07.20...One Mile –4:29.64...3,000m – 8:36.21...5,000m - 15:08.09 Outdoor: 1,500m – 4:05.67... 3,000m steeplechase – 9:02.77... 5,000m – 14:54.96 2013-14 Cross Country: finished sixth at the Winthrop/Adidas Invitational ... took home a 10th place finish at the SoCon Conference meet ... ran a personal-best 10K at the NCAA DI Southeast Region meet and finished 92nd ... Outdoor: placed first in the Charlotte Invitational in the 3,000s with a time of 9:26.65 ... took second place at the SoCon Outdoor Championship in the 3,000s with a time of 9:14.82 2012-13 Cross Country: Was a top-five runner for the Apps all season...helped the Mountaineers to a second-place finish at the adidas/Winthrop Invitational, placing 14th overall...placed second for Appalachian and 20th overall at the Blue Ridge Open...earned a 15th place overall finish and a fourth-place finish for the Black and Gold, helping the Apps win a SoCon Championship...participated in the NCAA Southeast Regional, crossing the line fifth for the Apps...Indoor: Finished fourth in the 3,000m at the JDL Invitational..ran a personal-best 8:36.21 in the 3,000m at the SoCon Championships...placed sixth in the 5,000m at the Kentucky Invitational...posted a personal-best 15:08.09 in the 5,000m at the SoCon Championships...Outdoor: Earned a second-place finish in the 3,000m steeplechase at the Auburn Classic...placed third in the 3,000m steeplechase at the Coastal Carolina Invitational...ranks sixth all-time in the 3,000m steeplechase, running a 9:02.77 in the SoCon Championships for a second-place finish and earning all-SoCon honors...placed 12th in the 5,000m run at the SoCon Championships 2011-12 Cross Country: Redshirted...Indoor: Competed in four meets for Appalachian...finished seventh in the 5,000m at the Dick Taylor Invitational...ran a 8:49.13 in the 3,000m at the JDL Fast Track Collegiate Invitational...Outdoor: finished first in the 3,000m steeplechase, running a 9:28.82 at the Coastal Carolina University Invitational...posted a second place finish in the 3,000m steeplechase at the SoCon Outdoor Championships, garnering all-SoCon honors...ranks sixth all-time at ASU in the 3,000m steeplechase, running a 9:03.31 at the Duke Invitational...finished sixth at the SoCon Outdoor Championships in the 5,000m... helped the Apps to its third-straight SoCon Outdoor title as a top performer in the 3,000m steeplechase...qualified for the NCAA East Preliminaries in the 3,000m steeplechase 2010-11 (Charlotte) Cross Country: Competed in every meet for the 49ers...ran his best 8,000m race, 26:09.3, at the Charlotte Invitational...helped his squad to a second place finish at the Clemson Invitational...Indoor: Placed 13th at JRF Combined Events/Invitational in the 3,000m Daniel Ellis - Fr. - Lawrenceville, Ga./Collins Hill H.S. PR’s Cross Country: 5,000m - 15:49 H.S. PR’s Track and Field: 400m - 0:51.60s ... 800m - 1:56.20 ... 1600m - 4:19.06 ...

3200m - 9:24.87 ... 2000 steeple - 6:13.11 High School: lettered in cross country, track and field and wrestling ... two-time cross country all-region and all-county and one all-state honor ... one all-country track honor ... two-time State most valuable cross country runner and most valuable distance runner for track and field once ... finished top 10 at Nationals for steeplechase (led the nation in steeple chase through most of the season)• Top ten in state for cross country and track and field.

Michael Ellis - (RS) Fr. - Winston-Salem, N.C./Mt. Tabor PR’s Indoor: Mile - 4:29.09... 3,000m - 8:46.41 Outdoor: 5,000m - 15:12.36 ...3,000m steeplechase - 9:22.11 2013-14 Cross Country: ran a personal-best and finished 26th at the Blue Ridge Open ... took a seventh-place finish at the Winthrop/Adidas Invitational ... ran a

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personal-best at the NCAA DI Southeast Region meet and took 110th .. Indoor: ran a personal best in the 3,000m and placed fifth at the 2014 Liberty Quad and fourth at the SoCon Indoor Championships ... Outdoor: ran a personal best in the 3,000s at the SoCon Outdoor Championships and placed seventh ... placed third at the Charlotte Invitational in the 3,000s.

2012-2013 Cross Country: Redshirted... Indoor: Ran in six meets... earned a sixth place finish and personal best of 8:47.37 in the 3,000m at the Liberty Quad...finished fifth in the mile at the Appalachian Indoor Open Split Meet with a PR of 4:29.09... Outdoor: Competed in six meets... finished third in the 3,000m steeplechase at the Mountains vs. Beach meet...ran a personal best of 9:29.37 in the 3,000m steeplechase at the Auburn Tiger Classic High School: was named all-region in both his junior and senior seasons...received both the Coaches Award and Most Improved for cross country...earned the Coaches Award two times for track...finished fourth in the 4A North Carolina High School State Championships in the 3,200m, posting a 9:31.53 Evan Georges - Fr. - Charlotte, N.C./Charlotte Catholic H.S. PR’s Track and Field: 800m - 1:57 ... 1600m - 4:20 ... 3200m - 9:44 High School: lettered in cross country and track and field ... two-time all-region and all-state as a junior ... three-time team MVP and earned Coaches Award after freshman and sophomore year.

Will Henderson - Fr. - Lilburn, Ga./Parkview H.S. PR’s Cross Country: 5,000m - 16:24 H.S. PR’s Track and Field: 400m - 0:49 ... 800m - 1:55 ... 1600m - 4:14.57 High School: finished in fourth place at the Georgia 5A state meet in the 1600m ... lettered in cross country and track and field ... track and field all-county and allregion in 2014 ... track and field Parkview HS Runner of the Year in 2014 ... 2013 cross country Orange HS most valuable runner.

Chris Kelly - Fr. - Pinehurst, N.C./Pinecrest H.S. PR’s Cross Country: 5,000m - 15:41 H.S. PR’s Track and Field: 1600m - 4:28 ... 3200m - 9:30 High School: lettered in both cross country and track and field ... XC all-region sophomore, junior and senior seasons ... track and field all-region junior and senior seasons ... track and field all-state as a junior ... XC and track and field team MVP for junior and senior seasons.

Evan Laratta - So. - Angiers, N.C./Quince Orchard (LaSalle) High School: lettered in both cross country and track and field.

Collin Loy - Fr. - Burlington, N.C./Southern Alamance H.S. PR’s Cross Country: 5,000m - 15:44 H.S. PR’s Track and Field: 800m - 1:59 ... 1600m - 4:23 ... 3200m - 9:29 High School: four-time all-conference and two-time all-region in cross country ... three-time all-conference and all-region during junior year in track and field ... three-time Cross Country Conference Runner of the Year and team MVP during senior year ... track and field conference MVP during senior year – holds school records in the 5K, 3200 and 1600 Kyle McFoy - Jr. - Newark, Del./ The Tatnall School PR’s Cross Country: 8,000m – 24:49.50 Indoor: 800m – 2:07.84... 3,000m – 8:27.46.... One Mile – 4:23.90... 5,000m - 15:16.44 Outdoor:800m – 2:04.16... 1,500m – 4:10.11... 3,000m steeplechase – 10:08.02...

5,000m - 14:32.41 ... 10,000m - 29:59.14 2013-14 Cross Country: ran a personal best in at Lehigh’s Paul Short Run ... finished second for App State at the Winthrop/Adidas Invitational ... placed fifth at the Blue Ridge Open ... took home sixth place at the SoCon Conference meet ... finished 100th at the NCAA DI Southeast Region XC Championships ... Indoor: ran a personal best in the mile at the Appalachian Pre-Conference Indoor meet and took first place ... also ran a personal best in the 3,000m at the SoCon Indoor T&F Championships and placed third ... also placed third in the 5,000m at the SoCon Indoor Championship ... Outdoor: ran a personal best in the outdoor 5,000m at the Florida Relays and took fifth place ... finished third at the SoCon Outdoor Championships in the 5,000m and seventh in the 10,000 with a personal best.

2012-13 Cross Country: ran a personal-best in the adidas/Winthrop Invitational... placed fourth for the Apps in the 49er Invite... posted an eighth-place finish for the Mountaineers at the SoCon Championships... Indoor: earned a sixth-place finish and a personal-best in the mile at the Appalachian Pre-Conference meet... finished second in the 3,000m at the Mountaineer Open... posted a personal-best time in the 3,000m at the Liberty Quad... ran a personal-best 15:16.44 in the 5,000m at the Kentucky Invitational for a seventh-place finish... Outdoor: finished second in the 5,000m at the Coastal Carolina Invitational, running a personal-best 14:50.70... posted an eighth-place finish in the 5,000m run at the SoCon Championships... set a personal-best time in the 10,000m run at the Raleigh Relays... placed seventh in

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the SoCon Championships in the 10,000m run 2011-12 Cross Country: Redshirted...Indoor: Ran in five meets...posted a fifth place finish in the mile and the 800m at the Appalachian Split Open... helped his team to a sixth place finish in the dual medlay relay at the Dick Taylor Invitational...Outdoor: Competed in three meets...finished third in the 3,000m steeplechase, running a 10:08.02 a the Appalachian Open Outdoor Track Meet...had a fourth place finish in the 3,000m steeplechase at the South Carolina Invitational High School: Named two-time all-state honors in cross country...member of two team state cross country championships...earned all-conference two times in cross country...two-time all-county honors in cross country and track & field.

Grant Rodgers - Fr. - Wake Forest, N.C./Heritage H.S. PR’s Cross Country: 5,000m - 15:44 H.S. PR’s Track and Field: 800m - 1:58 ... 1,000m - 2:35 ... 1600m - 4:21 ...

3200m - 9:27 High School: track all-conference honoree as a senior ... XC all-conference honoree and all-region ... 2013 and 2014 track and cross country team MVP Ryan Shannon - Fr. - Maiden, N.C./North Lincoln H.S. PR’s Cross Country: 5,000m - 15:27 H.S. PR’s Track and Field: 800m - 2:03 ... 1600m - 4:26 ... 3200m - 9:26 High School: lettered in both cross country and track and field ... two-time XC all-state ... four-time XC all-conference and all-county ... three-time state runner-up in 3200m

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Tyler Sink - So. - Apex, N.C./ Apex PR’s Cross Country: 8,000m - 28:02.70 2013-14 Cross Country: ran a personal-best at the Covered Bridge Open.

High School PR’s: 800m – 2:04... 1600m – 4:27... 3200m – 9:40 High School: Lettered three times in cross country and twice in track and field... named all-conference as a senior... holds the school record in the 4x1600 relay Andrew Vandenberg - Jr. - Boone, N.C./Watauga PR’s Cross Country: 8,000m - 25:52.30 ... 10,000m - 32:10.30 Indoor: 3,000m - 9:14.10 Outdoor: 3,000m - 8:58.09... 5,000m - 15:18.39... 10,000m - 32:41.02 2013-14 Cross Country: ran a personal-best at Lehigh’s Paul Short Run ... placed 11th at the Covered Bridge Open ... took eighth place at the Winthrop/Adidas Invitational ... ran a personal-best at the NCAA DI Southeast Region meet ... Indoor: placed second at 2014 Mountaineer Open in 3,000m ... Outdoor: ran a personal best 3,000m at Carolina’s Cup 2014 .... also ran a personal best 5,000m at Wake Forest Open.

2012-13 Cross Country: Participated in the Covered Bridge Open, finishing sixth for the Apps and 15th overall... Indoor: Placed eighth in the Mountaineer Open in the 3,000m... ran a personal-best 9:14.10 in the Liberty Quad in the 3,000m... earned a first-place finish in the 3,000m at the Appalachian Pre-Conference meet... Outdoor: Posted a personal-best in the 3,000m at Beaches vs Mountains... finished sixth in the 5,000m at the High Point VertKlasse Meeting, running a personal-best 16:17.70... garnered a second-place finish in the 10,000m at the Coastal Carolina Invitational High School: Named all-conference four times in cross country and track and field...named Most Improved his senior year for outdoor track and field... finished seventh inthe 3,200m at the 4A North Carolina Indoor State Meet, posting a 9:47.93...father, Peter Vandenberg and aunt, Whitney Ball both ran at App State and have been inducted into the Hall of Fame.

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Cade Zimmerman - Fr. - Tallahassee, Fla./Chiles H.S. PR’s Cross Country: 5,000m - 15:32 H.S. PR’s Track and Field: 1600m - 4:24 ... 3200m - 9:32 High School: lettered in cross country, track and field and soccer ... All-Big Bend in soccer as a sophomore and junior, XC as a sophomore, junior and senior and track and field as a junior and senior ... All-state first-team, all-region first team in XC ... 2012 XC district champion ... 2011 XC Rookie of the Year and team MVP in 2012 and 2013 ... most Improved award for soccer

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Appalachian State University

Nestled in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina, Appalachian boasts an enrollment of 17,838 students. Located in the town of Boone, Appalachian is in the midst of one of the finest resort areas in the United States. Mountain foliage, skiing, the Blue Ridge Parkway (America’s most visited national park) and cool summer evenings help make the Boone area so popular.

Academically, Appalachian is a comprehensive university that offers more than 130 majors. The institution stresses teaching. Classes are kept small and almost all classes are taught by full professors. The student to faculty ratio is 15-to-1.

U.S. News and World Report has consistently ranked Appalachian among the Top 10 Regional Universities. All this at a reasonable cost.

Appalachian fields 20 varsity sports at the NCAA Division I level, including cross country and indoor and outdoor track and field. In the past 31 years before transferring into the Sun Belt Conference on July 1, 2014, the men and women have combined to win 63 Southern Conference championships in track and cross country. The men’s program has produced 43 NCAA qualifiers and seven All-Americans, while the women have 50 NCAA qualifers, 10 gaining All-America honors, a two-time NCAA National Champion, and a two-time Olympic bronze medalist. The women’s cross country team has won nine conference titles, while the men’s team has captured 14, with 1994 as a banner year as the mens team qualified for the NCAA Championships and finished the season ranked 20th in the nation.

Running Facilities

Appalachian and the surrounding areas offer some of the best and widest variety of training sites on the East Coast.

Moses Cone Park and The Blue Ridge Parkway offer over 50 miles of groomed trails, while the on-campus cross country course has more than four miles of trails sitting along the New River. The course was named after Appalachian standout Don Kennedy. The 8,325- seat Holmes Convocation Center and its 300-meter indoor track opened in 2000. The stateof-the-art Appalachian Athletics Center opened in 2009 at Kidd Brewer Stadium and serves as the home for App State football and outdoor track and field.

Quick Facts

Location............................................................................. Boone, N.C. Founded..........................................................................................1899 Enrollment.................................................................................. 17,838 Conference..............................................................................Sun Belt Nickname..................................................................... Mountaineers Colors........................................................................... Black and Gold Chancellor............................................................. Dr. Sheri N. Everts Faculty Representative..........................................Dr. Alan Hauser Interim Director of Athletics...................................... Rick Beasley Senior Assoc. Athletic Director/SWA........ Debbie Richardson Director of Track and Cross Country......................John Weaver Head Cross Country Coach.........................................Mike Curcio XC/Track Phone...........................................................828-262-3080 XC/Track Fax.................................................................828-262-4056 www.appstate.edu www.appstatesports.com