2011 Men's Cross Country Booklet

2011

APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY MEN’S CROSS COUNTRY SOUTHERN CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS 1987, 1989, 1993, 1994, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP APPEARANCES 1994 NATIONAL RANKINGS 20th (1994)

2011 A ppalachian S tate C ross C ountry

COACHES John Weaver Director of Track & Field and Cross Country

Coach Weaver is in his 30th season

as the director of the women’s track and cross country program and in his 16th 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 ASU 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, 718 all-conference performances, 27 conference MVP athletes, 40 conference team championships, 24 conference coach-of-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 All-American performances, 11 Division I Qualifiers, 203 Southern Conference individual champion performances, 479 all-conference performers, 10 conference MVP’s, 25 conference team championships, 11 coach-of-the-year honors, three confer-

ence freshman of the year and two Southeast Region Coach of the Year honors. ASU has also sent 42 athletes to Regional competition.

Appalachian has qualified 42 men and 49 women athletes to the East Region with eight NCAA Championship qualifying performances coming out of the region for Appalachian. In 2004, ASU 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 ASU 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 SeventyFirst 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 ASU each summer.

Michael Curcio Head Coach Mike Curcio is in his 17th year as the head men’s and women’s cross country coach, track and field distance coach at Appalachian State University.

Curcio’s men’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 titles.

In his 16 years, Curcio has coached, nine NCAA Qualifiers, 12 NCAA Regional Qualifiers, 18 USATF Junior National Qualifiers and seven Southern Conference Cross Country Freshman of the Year. In addition to those feats, Curcio has also coached 84 all-Southern Conference Cross Country performances and four Southern Conference Cross Country individual champions.

While coaching the distance runners for ASU track and field, Curcio has coached 53 athletes to SoCon indoor and outdoor individual champion performances and 203 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 fiel MVP awards.

As athletic excellence is important, Curcio and his teams also strive for success in academics. Since being at ASU, Curcio has coached two NCAA post graduate scholarship award winners, one

2

2011 Mountaineer Cross Country

Southern Conference post graduate scholarship award winner, three Mrs. Brakefield award recipients, for an ASU senior student-athlete with the highest GPA, and 12 USTFCCCA academic all-Americans.

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.

Coach 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 sixth all-time in the 1,500 meter run with a time of 3:49.60.

GoASU.com

2011 A ppalachian S tate C ross C ountry

Name Josh Cox Chris Garrett Brian Graves James Howard-Smith Nick Kelly Michael Lilley Kyle McFoy Chris Moen Will Raby Mason Rivera Sean Soderman Ashton Smith Mark Sullivan Alex Taylor Charles Wofford

ROSTER

Class So. Fr. RJr. RSo. Sr. Jr. Fr. Sr. Jr. Fr. Sr. Fr. So. Jr. Jr.

Hometown/Previous School Mooresville, N.C./Charlotte Garner, N.C./West Johnson Bethesda, Md./Walter Johnson Chalottesville, Va./Western Albemarle Burlington, N.C./Gardner-Webb Hagerstown, Md./Williamsport Newark, Del./The Tatnall School Rocksville, Md./Walter Johnson Charlotte, N.C./McCallie School Parkton, Md./Hereford Charlotte, N.C./North Mecklenberg Huntington, W.Va./Huntington Raleigh, N.C./South Alabama Charlotte, N.C./Providence Wilmington, N.C./Hoggard

SCHEDULE

Date Sept. 2 Sept. 16 Sept. 30 Sept. 30 Oct 14 Oct. 29 Nov. 13 Nov. 22

Meet Covered Bridge Open Mountaineer Open Paul Short Run Charlotte Open Blue Ridge Open SoCon Championship NCAA Southeast Regionals NCAA Championships

Location Boone, N.C. Boone, N.C. Bethlehem, Pa. Charlotte, N.C. Boone, N.C. Charleston, S.C. Lousiville, Ky. Terre Haute, Ind.

Time 5 p.m..

5 p.m.

10 a.m.

4:30 p.m.

3 p.m.

11 a.m.

11 a.m.

11 a.m.

Season Preview Appalachian State University men’s cross country is looking to continue its championship tradition during the highly-anticipated 2011 season.

The Mountaineers will be running for their seventh consecutive Southern Conference championship to become the third school in SoCon history to win at least sevenstraight titles, during the 81-year conference championship history. William & Mary claimed the title 10-straight years from 1966 thru 1975 and former conference foe East Tennesse State won eight-straight from 1978-1985. Appalachian’s 2010 SoCon title gave the Mountaineers 14 total SoCon championships trailing only William & Mary and East Tennessee State with 15 titles apiece.

Coach Curcio’s club will rely on the leadership of senior Sean Soderman and junior Will Raby. Soderman, a North Mecklenburg, Charlotte, N.C. native, earned conference honors for the third-straight year. He posted three topnine finishes including a first-place finish at the Asics-Winthrop Invitational. Raby, a Charlotte, N.C. native, led the Apps in the 2010 conference meet with an eighth-place

GoASU.com

finish and a 42nd place finish at the NCAA Southeast Regional Championship.

Other Mountaineers to watch are senior Chris Moen and junior Alex Taylor. Moen, a Rockville, Md. native, will be looked upon to be a big contributor this season as a senior, after having a very strong track season and setting a new 3,000m indoor school record last season, 8:05.88. Moen posted a 15th-place finish in the SoCon Cross Country Championship.

Taylor, a Charlotte, N.C. native, earned all-conference honors by his season-best 25:06.11 time at the SoCon Cross Country Championship.

The Black and Gold welcomes three freshmen and two transfers. Coach Curcio brings in Mark Sullivan, a South Alabama transfer, and Josh Cox, a Charlotte transfer. Sullivan, a Raleigh, N.C. native, earned a first-place finish in his first collegiate meet and finished 20th at the Sun Belt Championships.

Cox, a Mooresville, N.C. native, helped the 49ers earn a second place finish at the Clemson Invitational. The freshmen class consists of Chris Garrett (Garner, N.C.) Kyle McFoy (Newark, Del.) and Mason Rivera (Parkton, Md.).

2011 Mountaineer Cross Country

3

2011 A ppalachian S tate C ross C ountry

2011 Mountaineers Josh Cox - So. - Mooresville N.C./ Mooresville (Charlotte)

2010-11--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.

Cross Country PR’s: 8,000m - 26:09.3 ... 10,000m - 35:06.8 ... Indoor PR’s: 3000m - 9:04.76 ... HS PR’s: Mile - 4:31 ... 3,200m - 9:37 ... 5,000m - 15:26.

Chris Garrett - Fr. - Garner, N.C./ West Johnston

High School: All-state in cross country with a runner-up finish his senior season ... finished 15th in the Footlocker Cross Country South Regional ... earned all-conference three times in cross country ... was a three-time all-state performer in track & field ...

State champion in the 1,600m in the 2011 indoor championship.

HS PR’s: 800m - 1:56 ... 1,000m - 2:39 ... 1,600m - 4:18 ... 3,200m 9:11 ... 5,000m - 15:19.

Brian Graves - Jr. (RS) - Bethesda, Md./Walter Johnson

2010-11--Cross Country: Red-shirted ... Indoor: Finished third at the Appalachian Pre-Conference meet ... Outdoor: Did not compete.

2009-10--Cross Country: Name to the SoCon all-freshman team after 23rd place finish at conference championships....Posted career-best 8k time of 25:22 at Paul Shot Run. 2008-09--Cross Country: Red-shirted ... Track and Field: Redshirted both the indoor and outdoor seasons.

Cross Country PR’s: 6,400m - 21:03.69 ... 8,000m – 25:22 ...10,000m - 33:44.83. Indoor PR’s: 3,000m - 8:54.30 ... 5,000m 15:06.77. Outdoor PR’s: 5,000m - 14:59.28 ...10,000m - 31:15.03 ...

HS PR’s: Mile - 4:27.8 ... 3,200m - 9:32.

James Howard-Smith - So. (RS) - Charlottesville, Va./ Western Albemarle

2010-11--Cross Country: earned a season top finish 16th place at the Asics-Winthrop Inivtational ... competed three meets ... Indoor: Competed in two meets ... earned a seventh place finish in the 800m at the Appalachian Pre-Conference meet.

2009-10--Cross Country: Red-shirted. Indoor: Placed seventh at Mountain vs. Sea Meet in the 1,500m. Outdoor: Placed second in the steeplechase at Winthrop Open in a personal best time of 9:48.10.

Cross Country PR’s: 6,400m – 20:36.44 ... 8,000m - 26:02.28 ... Indoor PR’s: 800m - 1:59.55 ... Mile - 4:31.87 ... Outdoor PR’s: 800m - 1:58.35 ...1,500m - 4:04.89 ... 3,000m steeple - 9:48.10 ... HS PR’s: 800m - 1:57.94 ... Mile - 4:20.79 ... 5,000m - 15:54.

Nick Kelly - Sr. - Burlington, N.C./Williams (Gardner-Webb)

2010-11--Cross Country: Placed 10th at the Asics-Winthrop Invational to help the squad win the inviational ... posted a career best 6,400m time, 20:26.03, at the Covered Bridge Open ... broke his personal record in the 8,000m, 25:42, at the Brooks-Paul Short Run ... helped the Apps win its sixth straight SoCon championship ... Indoor: finished sixth at the SoCon Indoor Championships in 3,000m and 5,000m ... place first in the 3,000m at the Niswonger

4

2011 Mountaineer Cross Country

Invitational ... Outdoor: Finished second in the 3,000m at the Beach vs. Mountain meet ... finished fifth at the SoCon Championships in the 5,000m .... seventh place finish in the 10,000m helped ASU win its second-straight triple crown ...

Gardner-Webb: Holds school records in the mile, 3000m, 5000m and distance medley relay.

Cross Country PR’s: 6,400m - 20:26.03 ... 8,000m - 25:42. Indoor PR’s: 800m - 2:00.14 ... Mile - 4:18.32....3,000m - 8:29.23 ... 5,000m - 14:49.16 ... Outdoor PR’s: 800m - 1:56.32 ... 1,500m - 3:58 ....

3,000m - 8:35 .... 5,000m - 14:53.38 ... 10,000m - 31:32.53.

Michael Lilley - Jr. - Hagerstown, Md./Williamsport

2010-11-- Cross Country: Helped ASU win its sixth-straight conference title ... competed in five meets ... set a new personal record in the 6,400m, 20:43.75, at the Covered Bridge Open ... Indoor: finished 12th at the SoCon Championships in the 5,000m and 15th in the 3,000m ... earned a second place finish in the 3,000m at the Appalachian Pre-Conference meet ... Outdoor: competed in three meets ... finished sixth in teh 5,000m at the Wake Forest Invitational.

2009-10--Cross Country: Placed 25th and posted a season-best 6k time of 20:58 at the Covered Bridge Open....Ran season-best 8,000m at Paul Shot Run (25:42). Outdoor: Placed sixth in the 10,000m at 2010 USATF Junior Nationals.

Cross Country PR’s: 6,400m – 20:43.75 ... 8,000m - 25:42. Indoor PR’s: Mile - 4:28.55 ... 3,000m - 8:45.07 ... 5,000m - 15:11.21 ... Outdoor PR’s: 3,000m - 8:58.95... 5,000m - 15:16.61 ...10,000m - 31:24.79 ... HS PR’s: 400m - 54.0 ... 800m - 2:01 ... Mile - 4:26 ...

3,200m - 9:44 ... 5,000m - 15:53.

Kyle McFoy - Fr. - Newark, Del./ The Tatnall School

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 ... HS PR’s: 1,600m - 4:21 ... 3,200m - 9:36 ... 5,000m - 15:55.

Chris Moen - Sr. - Rockville, Md./Walter Johnson

2010-11--Cross Country: Competed in five meets including the SoCon Championship and the NCAA Southeast Regional ... Indoor: Claimed the SoCon title in the 3,000m ... earned a second place finish in the mile at the conference championships ... won the 3,000m at the Appalachian Open and finished second at the Akron Inviational-Gold meet ... broke the school indoor 3,000m record at the Akron Inviational-Gold meet with at 8:05.88 time ...

Outdoor: earned all-conference honors with a third-place finish in the 3,000m steeplechase at SoCon Championships ... finished second in the 1,500m at the Raleigh Relays ... posted a secondplace finish at the Beach vs. Mountains meet.

2009-10--Cross Country: Competed in three meets, with his best finish coming at the season-opening Covered Bridge Open (29th). 2008-09--Cross Country: Competed in four meets for Appalchian as a freshman....Ran season-best time at Winthrop Invitational, posting a 26:02....Posted a 26:33 time at the SoCon Championship ... Indoor: Captured first place in the mile at the SoCon Championships ... Placed eighth at in 800m at the SoCon Championships.

GoASU.com

2011 A ppalachian S tate C ross C ountry

2011 Mountaineers Cross Country PR’s: 6,400m - 20:49.52 ... 8,000m - 25:24.70 ...

10,000m - 34:26.7. Indoor PR’s: 800m - 1:53.50 ... Mile - 4:08.61 3000m - 8:05.88 ... Outdoor PR’s: 800m - 1:53.41 ... 1,500m 3:51.60 ... 3,000 steeple - 9:13.96 ... HS PR’s: Mile - 4:13.

- 32:02.33. Indoor PR’s: 3,000m - 8:30.03 ... 5,000m - 14:32.99 ... Outdoor PR’s: 800m - 1:56.89 ... 1,500m - 3:58.04 ... 3,000m steeple 8:56.82 ... 5,000m - 14:22.16. HS PR’s: Mile - 4:23 ... 3,200m - 9:47.

Will Raby - Jr. - Charlotte, N.C./McCallie School

High School: Earned two varsity letters in cross country and in track and field ... named two-time all-conference in cross country.

HS PR’s: 1,600m - 4:36 ... 3,200m - 9:50 ... 5,000m - 16:26.

2010-11--Cross Country: led ASU to its sixth-straight conference title with a eighth place finish ... finished third at the AsicsWinthrop Invitaitional ... was the Apps top performer at the NCAA Southeast Regional ... set a personal record at the 8,000m Brooks-Paul Short Run meet ... Indoor: competed in three meets, including the SoCon Indoor Championships ... became second all-time in the 5,000m for his 15:36.91 time performence at the Akron Invitational-Gold and is behind teammate Sean Soderman ... Outdoor: Won the 5,000m title at the SoCon Championships ... earned all-conference honors with a fourth place finish in the 10,000m ... finished first at the Beach vs. Mountain meet in the 3,000m.

2009-10--Cross Country: Competed in three meets as a freshman.

Cross Country PR’s: 6,400m - 20:13:87 ... 8,000m – 25:04 ...

10,000m - 31:53.9 Indoor PR’s: Mile - 4:28.25 ... 3,000m - 8:32.21 ... 5,000m - 15:36.91 ... Outdoor PR’s: 1,500m - 3:55.91 ... 3,000m 8:36.63 ... 5,000m - 14:49.38 ... 10,000m - 30:29.38 ... HS PR’s: Mile - 4:28 ... 3,000m - 9:08 ... 3,200m - 9:44 ... 5,000m - 15:54.

Mason Rivera - Fr. - Parkton, Md./ Hereford

High School: Won the state cross country meet as a senior ... twotime Baltimore Sun all-metro honors in cross coutnry ... Combined six-time county champion in cross country and track ... HS PR’s: 800m - 2:01 ... 1,600m - 4:29 ... 3,200m - 9:43 ... 5,000m - 16:04.

Sean Soderman - Sr. - Charlotte, N.C./North Mecklenburg

2010-11--Cross Country: Earned all-conference with a 25:13.10 time at the conference meet ... won the Asics-Winthrop Invitional to help lead ASU the invitaional title ... was the Apps top performer in four of the seven meets ... Indoor: Set the school record in the 5,000m at the Akron Invitational-Gold ... claimed the conferences title in the 5,000m ... Outdoor: earned the conference title in the 3,000m steeplechase ... won the 3,000m steeplechase at the Beach vs. Mountains meet ... placed first at the Raleigh Relays in the 5,000m.

2009-10--Cross Country: Established new 8k personal best at the Paul Short Run clocking in with a time of 24:38....Claimed first-team all-SoCon honors with a sixth place finish at conference championship. Outdoor: Placed fifth in the 5,000m run at the SoCon Championships....Captured third place in the 3,000m steeplechase at SoCon Championships.

2008-09--Cross Country: Finished 15th at the SoCon Championships, posting a season-best time of 25:34....Named to the SoCon all-freshman team. Indoor: Claimed third place in the 5,000m run at the SoCon Championships, earning all-SoCon honors. Outdoor: Placed fourth in the 3,000m steeplechase at SoCon Championships....Won USATF Jr. national championship in 3,000m steeplechase....Represented the USA at the Pan-Am Junior Games, placed second in the 3,000m steeplechase.

Cross Country PR’s: 6,400m - 19.54.90 ... 8,000m - 24:38....10,000m

GoASU.com

Ashton Smith - Fr. - Huntington, W.Va./ Huntington

Mark Sullivan - So. - Raleigh, N.C./ Cardinal Gibbons (South Alabama)

2010-11--Cross Country: Earned first-place finish at the four-mile Southern Mississippi Invitational ... Finished fifth at the Troy State “Coach “O” Invitational” ... Placed 20th at the Sun Belt Championships ... Cross Country PR’s: Four-Mile – 20:58.97 ... 5,000m - 16:24.17 ...

8,000m - 25:42.34 ... HS PR’s: 1,600m - 4:19 ... 3,200m - 9:22 ... 5,000m - 15:54.

Alex Taylor - Jr. - Charlotte, N.C./Providence

2010-11--Cross Country: Placed 11th at the SoCon Championship to earn all-conference honors ... earned a nineth place finish at the Asics-Winthrop Invitational ... Indoor: Claimed the conference title in the mile ... finished eighth in 800m at the SoCo Championships ... Outdoor: Was a NCAA Qualifier in the 1,500m ... finished first in the 1,500m at the Liberty Twilight Qualifier Meet, Duke Twilight Meet and the Roanoke Twilight Meet ... earned 12th place finish at the conference championships.

2009-10--Cross Country: Top finish came at the Mountaineer Open (28th)....Turned in a time of 26:19 at the Blue Ridge Open (8k). Indoor: Took fifth in the 800m and third in the mile at 2010 SoCon Championships....Placed third in the 800m and 1,500m at 2010 conference meet....Competed at 2010 USATF Junior Nationals in the 1,500m and got ninth overall.

Cross Country PR’s: 6,400m – 20.18.08 ... 8,000m – 25:06.11 ...

10,000m - 33:26.4 ... Indoor PR’s: 800m - 1:53.25 ... Mile - 4:06.46 ...

Outdoor : 800m - 1:51.98 ... Mile - 4:10.64 ... 1,500m - 3:45.73 ... HS PR’s: 400m - 50.4 ... 800m - 1:56 ... Mile - 4:18.4 ... 3,200m - 9:46 ...

5,000m - 16:01.

Charles Wofford - Jr. - Wilmington, N.C./Hoggard

2010-11--Cross Country: Appeared in two races ... posted a career best 21:37.96 time at the Covered Bridge Open ... Outdoor: Finished sixth in the 5,000m at Liberty Invitational.

2009-10--Cross Country: Competed in two races as a freshman....

Turned in a time of 21:51 at the Covered Bridge Open. Cross Country PR’s: 6,400m – 21:37.96 ... 8,000m - 27:44.1 ... Indoor PR’s: 3,000m - 9:06.94. Outdoor PR’s: 3,000m - 9:00.36 ... 5,000m - 15:58.56 ... HS PR’s: 400m - 50.56 ... 800m - 1:59 ... Mile - 4:29 ... 3,200m - 9:42 ...

5,000m - 15:49.

2011 Mountaineer Cross Country

5

Appalachian State University

Nestled in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina, Appalachian boasts an enrollment of 17,000 students. Located in the town of Boone, ASU 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 29 years, the men and women have combined to win 60 Southern Conference championships in track and cross country. The men’s program has produced 35 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 traning sites on the East Coast.

Moses Cone Park and The Blue Ridge Parkway offer over 50 miles of groomed trails. A recently completed on-campus cross country course with more than four miles of trails sitting along the New River. The course was named after ASU standout Don Kennedy. The 8,325- seat Holmes Convocation Center and its 300-meter indoor track opened in 2000.

Quick Facts

Location..............................................................................Boone, N.C. Founded...........................................................................................1899 Enrollment...................................................................................17,222 Conference.............................................................................Southern Nickname......................................................................Mountaineers Colors............................................................................Black and Gold Chancellor...................................................Dr. Kenneth E. Peacock Faculty Representative..........................................Dr. Alan Hauser Director of Athletics....................................................Charlie Cobb Senior Associate 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 University Web Address.................................www.appstate.edu Track Web Address.............................................www.GoASU.com