General Information
Table of Contents
Location . . . . . . . . . . . Murfreesboro, Tenn. Enrollment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23,872 Founded . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1911 Nickname . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Blue Raiders Colors . . . . . . . . . . . Royal Blue and White President . . . . . . . . . Dr. Sidney A. McPhee Director of Athletics . . . . . . . Chris Massaro Sr. Women’s Administrator Diane Turnham Main Athletics Phone . . . . 615/898-2450 Web site . . . . . . . . . . . GoBlueRaiders.com Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sun Belt Indoor Facility . . . . . . . . . . Murphy Center Outdoor Facility . . . . . . . . . Dean A. Hayes . . . . . . . . . . . . . Track and Soccer Stadium
Coaches. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3 Head Coach Dean Hayes. . . . . . . . . . 2 Assistant Coach Keith Vroman . . . . . . 3 Assistant Coach Roger Kerr . . . . . . . . 3 2009 Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 The Blue Raiders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-18 2009 Men’s Roster. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Returning Men. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-12 Philip Benavides. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Isaac Biwott. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Festus Chemaoi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 David Emery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Julius Kirui. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 William Songock. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Men’s Newcomers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 2009 Women’s Roster . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Returning Women. . . . . . . . . . . . 15-17 Marla Bailey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Zamzam Sangau. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Kristen Tithof. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Women’s Newcomers. . . . . . . . . . . . 18 2008 Year in Review. . . . . . . . . . . 19-21 2008 Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Men’s Performance Chart. . . . . . . . . 20 Women’s Performance Chart. . . . . . 21 History & Records. . . . . . . . . . . . . 22-35 Men’s Conference Results. . . . . . . . . 24 Men’s Inv. Conference Results. . . . . . 28 Women’s Conference Results . . . . . . 30 Women’s Inv. Conference Results . . . 32 All-Conference Award Winners. . . . 34 The University and City. . . . . . . . . 36-44 This is Middle Tennessee. . . . . . . . . . 36 Academic Enhancement . . . . . . . . . . 38 Sun Belt Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Sports Medicine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Strength and Conditioning. . . . . . . . 41 University President . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Director of Athletics. . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 GoBlueRaiders.com. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Athletic Communications Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark Owens XC Contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . Christian Lemon Lemon’s e-mail lemon@goblueraiders.com Lemon’s Office Phone . . . . 615/898-5272 Lemon’s Cell Phone . . . . . . 901/268-9383 Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . Jessica Stauffacher Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Travis Woods AC Fax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 615/898-5626 Mailing Address . . . . . . . . . . MTSU Box 20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Murfreesboro, TN 37132 Overnight Address . . 1500 Greenland Dr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Murfreesboro, TN 37132
Head Coach Head Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dean Hayes Alma Mater/Year . . . . . Lake Forest/1959 Hayes’ Office Phone . . . . . 615/898-2571 Overall Conference Titles . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Sun Belt Titles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 All-Americans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 NCAA Top 25 Finishes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Coach of the Year Honors . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Marla Bailey, Junior
Isaac Biwott, Junior
Coaching Staff Assistant Coach . . . . . . . . . . . Keith Vroman Alma Mater/Year Eastern Kentucky/2000 Vroman’s Office Phone . . . 615/898-5865 Assistant Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . Roger Kerr Alma Mater/Year. . . . . . . . . . . Iowa/1963 Kerr’s Office Phone . . . . . . 615/898-5879
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MISSION STATEMENT CREDITS
The 2009 Middle Tennessee Cross Country Media Guide is a production of the Athletic Communications Department. The guide was written and designed by Graduate Assistant Christian Lemon. Special thanks to Jack Ross, J. Intintoli, Andy Heidt, Cathy Weller and Rhonda Wimberly at MT Photographic Services. Photography provided by Bradley Lambert, Glen Clark, Joe Imel, Dan Avila, Nelson Chenault, CW Pack Sports, Paul Angelle, Buffy Massey and Rick Yeatts.
The Middle Tennessee athletic program is committed to quality athletics that bring the campus community together and promote a sense of pride and tradition in academic and athletic excellence. These programs also bring the University regional and national recognition and provide a link between the University, its alumni and the community at large. They give students, faculty and alumni opportunities for innovative public service activities that better the community. Athletics uses financial and physical resources to maintain and develop sports programs to accomplish the mission of the University.
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