2007 Schedule Sept. 1 ................................... Bob Timmons Invitational ................................(Rim Rock Farm; Lawrence, Kan.) Sept. 7 ............................Kansas State Wildcat Invitational .............................................................(Manhattan, Kan.) Sept. 29 ............................................ Roy Griak Invitational ......................................................... (Minneapolis, Minn.) Oct. 13..............................NCAA Pre-Nationals Invitational ............................................................ (Terre Haute, Ind.) Oct. 26............................................ Big 12 Championships .............................................................. (Lubbock, Texas) Nov. 10 ...................................... NCAA Midwest Regionals ....................................................................... (Peoria, Ill.) Nov. 19 ............................................ NCAA Championships .................................... ........................ (Terre Haute, Ind.)
Coaching Staff Head Coach ................... Stanley Redwine (Arkansas, ’85) ............................................ 14th Season/Eighth at Kansas Assistant Coach ...... Doug Clark (Central Missouri St. ‘81) ............................................ 17th Season/Eighth at Kansas Events Coordinator.........................................Milan Donley Administrative Assistant .............................. Debbie Luman Office E-mail ............................................. dluman@ku.edu Office Phone ............................................... (785) 864-3486 Office Fax ................................................... (785) 864-5525 Office Address .................................... 1651 Naismith Drive ..............................................Lawrence, KS 66045-0881
Media Information
Table of Contents Quick Facts/Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Head Coach Stanley Redwine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5 Assistant Coach Doug Clark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Cross Country Support Staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 2007 Cross Country Preview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 2007 Team Rosters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Meet the Jayhawks (Men) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-16 Meet the Jayhawks (Women) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17-25 2006 Year in Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27-31 Three-Peat Tribute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Legendary Jayhawks.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33-42 Kansas Record Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Year-by-Year Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Rim Rock Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 University of Kansas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47-64
KU Quick Facts Location........................................................................ Lawrence, Kan. Founded..........................................................................................1866 Enrollment....................................................................................29,613 Nickname...............................................................................Jayhawks Colors .......................................................................Crimson and Blue Chancellor........................................................ Dr. Robert Hemenway Athletics Director ...............................................................Lew Perkins Faculty Athletics Representative...................................... Jerry Bailey Associate A.D./S.W.A..............................................Debbie Van Saun Associate A.D./CC Administrator ..................................Chris Howard Affiliation ...........................................................NCAA Division I/Big 12 Home Course..............................................................Rim Rock Farm Distances ...........................................................Men: 8K, Women: 6K
Cross Country Facts
Assistant A.D. for Media Relations ............... Chris Theisen Cross Country Contact ............................... Steven Schoon Office Phone ............................................... (785) 864-7947 Cell Phone ..................................................(620) 218-1693 E-mail ........................................................schoon@ku.edu Fax..............................................................(785) 864-7944 Mailing Address .................................. 1651 Naismith Drive ..............................................Lawrence, KS 66045-0881
Season of Cross Country (M/W) ......................................... 94th/33rd NCAA Appearances (M/W) ...........................................................22/2 NCAA Team Titles (M/W)................................................................. 1/0 NCAA Individual Champions (M/W)............................................... 5/0 Conference Team Championships (M/W)...................................19/0 Conference Individual Champions (M/W) ...................................23/0 2006 Conference Finish (M/W)...............................................3rd/11th Men’s Letterwinners (Returning/Lost) ............................................ 4/4 Women’s Letterwinners (Returning/Lost) ...................................... 5/2
PRESS SERVICES: Members of the media are supplied with weekly releases that contain updated performance sheets and the latest meet results. On the day of the meet, the media relations staff will distribute pre-meet notes and other pertinent information.
Guide Credits
INTERVIEWS: All interviews with student-athletes and coaches should be arranged through cross country media relations contact, Steven Schoon, at (620) 218-1693. Please give at least 24 hours notice. Phone interviews will be done on a call-back basis only when convenient for the student-athlete or coach.
The 2007 University of Kansas cross country media guide was written, edited and designed by Eric Dolan and Steven Schoon. Editorial and design assistance from the University of Kansas media relations staff. Photography by Jeff and Laura Jacobsen and University Archives. Covers designed by Beau White. Printing by Pittcraft Printing of Pittsburg, Kan. COVER: Seniors Paul Hefferon, Patrick McGowan, Alicia McGregor, Lisa Morrisey and Colby Wissel.
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Head Coach 8th Year at Kansas/14th Overall Arkansas, 1985 Since taking the reins of the track and field and cross country teams at the University of Kansas, Stanley Redwine has found success in leaps and bounds. As he enters his eighth year at the helm, Redwine, his staff and his teams continue to establish their marks in the lore of Jayhawk history, shattering school records and adding several AllAmericans to the illustrious luminaries of Kansas’ storied past. Judging by his results, both as a coach and as an athlete, this path looks to continue into the future. In Redwine’s first seven seasons, 29 Kansas studentathletes have achieved 53 All-America honors and the men’s and women’s teams have combined to set more than 60 school records and crack the KU all-time top-five list in more than 60 events. At Kansas, he has coached four individuals to national championships in six different events. As a result of their outstanding performances, Redwine’s 2001 and 2002 men’s track and field teams were enshrined into the KU Hall of Fame after back-to-back eighth-place finishes at the NCAA Championships. Since coming to Lawrence, Redwine has also found time to coach at the international level. This past July, he traveled to Rio de Janeiro as the men's track head coach for Team USA at the Pan-American games. Redwine's athletes took home 20 medals, including three golds. It was the second time Redwine was selected to coach the team, as he also served as an assistant at the 2003 games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Throughout Redwine's tenure, his teams have also shown great success in the classroom. In the past two seasons alone, the cross country teams have supplied 18 members to the Academic All-Big 12 teams, while the track teams have contributed 45 to the same list. Following the 2007 outdoor track season, 11 more student-athletes were named to the USTFCCCA Division I All-Academic Team and yet another, Egor Agafonov, was named an Academic All-America by CoSIDA/ESPN The Magazine. The athletic achievements of the 2007 seasons were just as plentiful. The men's cross country team made its secondconsecutive NCAA appearance, finishing 20th as Colby Wissel and Paul Hefferon became the first Kansas runners in 12 years to win All-America honors in the same season. Wissel was also one of three indoor athletes to receive the All-America honors as the men finished 16th nationally and the women 34th. The outdoor season was one of the best in Redwine's tenure. The teams set a school record with eight All-Ameicans, including the first duo of KU men's long jumpers to claim the distinction in the same year (Eric Babb and Barrett Saunders). The men had their best finish since 1989, ranking 18th in the nation, while the women's fifth place finish at the Big 12 Championships was their highest showing in 13 years. Six different Jayhawks won individual Big 12 titles (also a school record) and freshman pole vaulter, Big 12 Indoor Performer
of the Year, Jordan Scott, won the same award during the outdoor season. In Redwine's sixth season, the men’s cross country team recorded its best results at both the Big 12 Conference Championships and the NCAA Championships in more than a decade, finishing third and 12th, respectively. Additionally, Redwine and his staff mentored Benson Chesang to back-toback Big 12 titles in cross country, the first time a Jayhawk had accomplished the feat since the 1950s. On the track, Redwine and his staff oversaw the development of Sheldon Battle, a six-time All-American. Battle was named the 2006 Division I Men's Indoor Field Athlete of the Year for the Midwest Region. In total, the 2006 track and field season delivered Redwine and his staff six more All-America performers in 10 events. In 2005, Redwine and his staff oversaw five athletes receive All-America accolades in outdoor track as Redwine and his staff guided Amy Linnen to Big 12 and NCAA Championships in the pole vault. The Jayhawk men finished 25th nationally as the women placed 29th nationally. The summer of 2005 also saw the Jayhawks claim success on the international stage as Paul Hefferon captured silver in the 5000-meter race at the Junior Pan Am Games in Windsor, Ontario. Coach Redwine's 2004 men's cross country team tied its Big 12 and regional finishes from the previous season, finishing fourth at both meets. In addition to the first of his two Big 12 championships, Redwine and his staff saw Chesang become the first KU cross country All-American in a decade with a seventh-place finish at the NCAA Championships. During the 2003 season, Redwine guided the women’s indoor track and field team to a fourth-place finish at the Big 12 Conference Championships and a sixthplace finish at the outdoor championships. On the men’s side, Redwine and his staff helped develop Leo Bookman as he became the indoor and outdoor national champion in the 200-meter dash, a feat he would repeat at the indoor championships in 2004. Redwine’s second season at KU was very prosperous. In 2002, he produced eight Big 12 champions, 21 total NCAA qualifiers and two individual national titlists. The men's track teams finished eighth in the nation during the indoor season and then gave a fourth-place performance at the Big 12 Outdoor Championships and finished 21st nationally. Also in 2002, Redwine and his staff guided seven athletes to a total of eight All-American titles, while the men’s squad set four outdoor and seven indoor school records and one all-time collegiate record.
In his first season at Kansas, Redwine and his staff made their mark quickly, turning what some considered a rebuilding project into a budding powerhouse. Redwine mentored seven different athletes to a total of nine All-America awards and had three athletes qualify for the USATF Indoor Championships, two athletes compete at the USATF Outdoor Championships, two athletes set a total of three national records, one athlete compete at the IAAF World Championships in Edmonton, Canada, and two athletes compete at the World University Games in Beijing, China. Both his 2000 cross country teams improved at the Big 12 Conference championships as well, as the men placed sixth and the women improved from 11th to eighth. Before Redwine was selected as head coach at Kansas on May 25, 2000, he had a six-year stint as head coach at the University of Tulsa. At Tulsa, Redwine's athletes broke more than 70 school records, most on multiple occasions. In many events, Redwine's athletes completely rewrote the Golden Hurricane's all-time Top10 performance lists. Including some of the top finishes in conference history, Redwine produced 11 NCAA qualifiers and the Tulsa's first-ever All-American. Redwine also oversaw the Golden Hurricanes as they registered some of the highest conference finishes in school history. Prior to his appointment at Tulsa in 1994, Redwine spent 11 years as an assistant coach at the University Redwine was an All-American in of Arkansas, one of the the 600-yard run (twice), the premier track and field 800-yard run and the 800-meter programs in the nation. run. During his tenure at UA, the Razorbacks captured nine consecutive NCAA championships and 22 titles from 1985 through 1994 in both track and field and cross country. He helped produce 14 All-Americans and two NCAA champions in hurdle and sprint events. Among those All-Americans were twotime 400 meter NCAA indoor and outdoor champion, Calvin Davis; three-time 400 meter and 500 meter NCAA champion, Robbie Haley; and seven-time All-American sprinter, Jimmy French. Before becoming a coach at Arkansas, Redwine placed his name in the Razorback history books as a 400-meter, 600-yard and 800-meter runner from 1980-1983. Redwine was a fourtime All-American and was named UA's Outstanding Track Athlete all four of his years in Fayetteville. He was a six-time conference champion and still ranks among the Razorbacks' Top-10 in six events, which includes anchoring the school's record-setting sprint medley relay team (3:15.10) at the Penn Relays in 1983, which still ranks as the second-best time in school history. For his achievements, Redwine was inducted into the University of Arkansas Hall of Honor in 2003. Professionally, Redwine retired from competition in 1996
COACH REDWINE Coaching History: 2000-Present 1994-2000 1985-1994
Kansas Head Coach, Cross Country/Track and Field Tulsa Head Coach, Cross Country/Track and Field Arkansas Assistant Coach, Track
Athletic History: Four-time All-American Six-time conference champion Two-time U.S. 800-meter champion Silver Medalist, 800-meter run (Goodwill Games, 1986 and 1994) Bronze Medalist, 800-meter run (Pan-Am Games, 1983 and 1987) Five-time World Championship team member
Honors and Achievements: 2007 Pan-American Games - Team USA Head Coach, Men's Track and Field 2003 Pan-American Games - Team USA , Assistant Coach UA's Most Outstanding Track Athlete (1980, 1981, 1982, 1983) Arkansas Hall of Honor Inductee (2003) Arkansas State Hall of Fame Inductee (2003)
Education: Arkansas, 1985 Bachelor's in Administrative Management
Personal: Wife, Jacqueline; three children, Alexa, Crysta and Stanley Jr.
after he finished fifth in the 800-meter run at the U.S. Olympic Trials in Atlanta, Ga. He was a U.S. Olympic Trial qualifier five consecutive times from 1980 to 1996 and was a two-time silver medalist in the 800-meter run at the Goodwill Games in 1986 and 1994. He also won two bronze medals at the Pan American Games in 1983 and 1987. Redwine was also a World Championship team member in 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991 and 1993 and a two-time U.S. 800-meter champion. Redwine earned his bachelor's degree in administrative management from the University of Arkansas in 1985. He and his wife, Jacqueline, have three children: Crysta (25), Stanley Jr. (22), and Alexa (17).
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Assistant Coach 8th year at Kansas/17th Overall Central Missouri State, ‘81 Doug Clark begins his eighth year at the University of Kansas as an assistant cross country coach and middle distance/distance coach for the track team. Clark came to KU after six successful seasons as an assistant coach to Stanley Redwine at the University of Tulsa. Clark has worked closely with Redwine throughout his career, also coaching alongside him from 1988-93 at the University of Arkansas. In Clark's last two seasons at Kansas, the men's cross country team has finished 12th (2005) and 20th (2006) at the NCAA Championships, the first two Top-20 finishes since 1994. The team also had back-toback third-place showings at the conference level which were the highest finishes since Kansas placed second in the Big Eight Conference in 1981. The second-place finish at the Midwest Regionals matched the team's best effort since the inception of the regional format in 1978. Kansas also boasts the last three Big 12 individual champions in Benson Chesang (2004, 2005) and Colby Wissel (2006) as well as three All-Americans in the last three seasons. Chesang earned the honor in 2004, while Paul Hefferon and Wissel each earned the distinction last year. In doing so, the teammates became the first pair of Jayhawks to receive All-American status in the same season since 1994. The 2006 women's team, featuring nine freshmen and just one senior, finished 11th in the Big 12. The youngsters, however, made great strides toward the end of the year and throughout the 2007 track seasons and figure to be much improved. Senior Alicia McGregor and sophomore Lauren Bonds both scored at the Big 12 Outdoor Championships and will join senior Lisa Morrisey, the top runner for the 2006 cross country squad, to form a formidable nucleus in the 2007 season. Complementing the progress of senior Hayley Harbert and the 2006 freshmen will be newcomers Kara Windisch, the reigning Class 6A Kansas state champion in the 3,200-meter run and Amanda Miller, who placed second at the cross country Class 6A Kansas state championships in 2005 and had a fifth place finish in 2006.
Throughout Clark's seven-year tenure, the Jayhawks have produced All-American athletes in the 1,500 meter (two), Mile (two), 3,000 meter (one), 3,000 meter steeplechase (one), 5,000 meter (two), and distance medley relay (four) as well as an additional nine NCAA qualifiers in cross country and track. In that period, the team has also made major revisions to the school's all-time performance lists including school records in the men's and women's 1,000 meters, women's 1,500 meters, men's 3,000 meters and the men's and women's distance medley relay. Since arriving at Kansas, Clark also directed Jayhawk Alumnus Charlie Gruber to a second place finish at the 2004 Olympic Trials and as a member of the 2004 USA Olympic Team in the 1,500-meter run. That year Gruber ran a 3:34.71/1,500 meters and 1:46.30/800 meters, was champion at the USATF 4K Cross Country Championships and finished second at the USATF Indoor Championships in the 1,500meter run. In 2005, he oversaw Paul Hefferon to the USATF Junior Championship title and to the silver medal at the Pan American Junior Championships, both in the 5,000-meter run. During Clark's tenure at Tulsa, the distance and middle distance athletes again made major modifications to the school record book including multiple Western Athletic Conference and Missouri Valley Conference championships. Most notably, Clark directed Dwight Davis to a school record 3:59.29 mile and Tulsa's first-ever track All-American awards in the indoor mile and outdoor 1,500 meter-run in 2000. Prior to Tulsa, Clark served as an assistant coach at the University of Texas-El Paso in the spring of 1994. While with the Miners, he coached Jim Svenoy to a NCAA Championship in the outdoor 3,000 meter steeplechase. Under Clark, Svenoy also set a Norwegian record in the indoor 3,000-meter run (7:51), good enough for a second-place finish at the NCAA Championships. UTEP finished third in the nation during the indoor season and was national runner-up during the outdoor championships. While with Arkansas, Clark helped assemble one of the most dominant teams in the history of college athletics. During the 1991-92, 1992-93 and 1993-94 school years, Arkansas won all nine NCAA Championships in Cross Country (three), Indoor Track (three) and Outdoor Track (three). Clark was an NCAA qualifier in cross country at Southwest Missouri State University and qualified for the 2000 Olympic Marathon Trials, running 2:17.40. He was the top Masters runner in Oklahoma from 1996-2000 posting times of 14:58/5K, 25:45/8K, and 31:41/10K.
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Men’s Roster Name Nick Caprario Victor Chesang Paul Hefferon Levi Huseman Bret Imgrund Chris Kuhman Patrick McGowan Alex Rock Clay Schneider Jason Schweitzer Dan Van Orsdel Ryan Weber Colby Wissel
Yr. Fr. Jr. Sr. Jr. So. Fr. Sr. Fr. Fr. Sr. So. Fr. Sr.
Ht. 5-11 5-10 6-0 5-11 6-0 5-7 6-0 6-3 6-3 5-6 6-0 6-0 5-10
Hometown (HS/Previous College) Kearney, Neb. (Kearney) Nairobi, Kenya (Kituro) Overland Park, Kan. (Blue Valley West) Tonganoxie, Kan. (Tonganoxie) Shawnee, Kan. (Shawnee Mission Northwest) Cleveland, Ohio (Elyria Catholic) Springdale, Ark. (Springdale) Lawrence, Kan. (Free State) Topeka, Kan. (Seaman) Houston, Texas (Cypress-Fairbanks/Tulsa) Minnetonka, Minn. (Hopkins) Cary, Ill. (Cary Grove) Elm Creek, Neb. (Kearney)
Women’s Roster Name Melissa Arnold Lauren Bonds Kaitlyn Coen Claire Hall Hayley Harbert Megan James Alison Knoll Alicia McGregor Amanda Miller Lisa Morrisey Sarah Nackley Kellie Schneider Cassi Sokol Riley Wertenberger Kara Windisch
Yr. So. So. So. So. Sr. Jr. So. Sr. Fr. Sr. So. So. So. Fr. Fr.
Ht. 5-5 5-8 5-8 6-0 5-6 5-7 5-0 5-6 5-4 5-7 5-8 5-7 5-6 5-2 5-2
Hometown (HS/Previous College) Mundelein, Ill. (Mundelein) Hutchinson, Kan. (Hutchinson) Hays, Kan. (Hays) Iowa City, Iowa (West) Shawnee, Kan. (Shawnee Mission Northwest) Kansas City, Mo. (North Kansas City) Shawnee, Kan. (Shawnee Mission Northwest) Independence, Mo. (Truman) Overland Park, Kan. (Olathe East) Ottawa, Kan. (Ottawa) Shawnee, Kan. (Shawnee Mission Northwest) Kenosha, Wis. (Tremper) Urbandale, Iowa (Urbandale) Olathe, Kan. (Olathe East) Overland Park, Kan. (Blue Valley West)
Coaching Staff Head Coach: Stanely Redwine, 8th season at Kansas/14th overall (Arkansas, 1985) Assistant Coach: Doug Clark, 8th season at Kansas/17th overall (Central Missouri State, 1981)
Pronunciations Nick Caprario . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ca-prahr-ee-oh Victor Chesang. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . chi-SANG Kaitlyn Coen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . COH-in Levi Huseman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .hews-man Chris Kuhman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . COO-man Patrick McGowan . . . . . . . . . . . . . .mick-GOW-un
Clay/Kellie Schneider . . . . . . . . . . . sh-n(eye)-der Jason Schweitzer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . sh-WHITE-sir Cassi Sokol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . so-CULL Kara Windisch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . win-DISH Colby Wissel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . whis-ull
Paul Hefferon
6-0 Senior Overland Park, Kan. (Blue Valley West)
Patrick McGowan 6-0 Senior Springdale, Ark. (Springdale)
Colby Wissel
5-10 Senior Elm Creek, Neb. (Kearney)
Victor Chesang 5-10 Junior Nairobi, Kenya (Sacho)
Levi Huseman 5-11 Junior Tonganoxie, Kan. (Tonganoxie)
Jason Schweitzer
5-6 Senior (RS) Houston, Texas (Cypress-Fairbanks/Tulsa)
Brett Imgrund
6-0 Sophomore Shawnee, Kan. (Shawnee Mission North)
Dan Van Orsdel 6-0 Sophomore Minnetoka, Minn. (Hopkins)
Nick Caprario 5-11 Freshman Kearney, Kan. (Kearney)
Chris Kuhman 5-7 Freshman Cleveland, Ohio (Elyria Catholic)
Alex Rock
6-3 Freshman Lawrence, Kan. (Free State)
Clay Schneider 6-3 Freshman Topeka, Kan. (Seaman)
Ryan Weber
6-0 Freshman Cary, Ill. (Cary Grove)
2007 Cross Country Hayley Harbert
PERSONAL
Daughter of Steve and Pat Harbert ... Born June 9, 1986, in Kansas City, Mo. ... Majoring in secondary English education.
5-6 Senior Shawnee, Kan. (Shawnee Mission Northwest) • 2005 Academic All-Big 12 First Team BEST TIME 5K___________19:46.5 6K___________22:53.8
BIG 12 FINISH 2006__________74th 2005__________57th
AS A JUNIOR (2006)
Ran a personal best time of 22:53.8 in the 6K at the NCAA PreNationals ... Placed 74th at the Big 12 Championships (23:48.3) ... ... Finished in 7th place at the KSU Wildcat Invitational (19:46.5), her fastest time in the 5K ... Ran at the NCAA Midwest Regionals and finished 103rd with a time of 23:42.0.
AS A SOPHOMORE (2005)
Named to the Academic All-Big 12 First Team ... Finished 88th overall at the NCAA Midwest Regionals in a time of 23:39 … Ran a 23:14 at the Big 12 Championships, good for 57th overall … Finished 87th overall at NCAA Pre-Nationals in a time of 23:41.5 … Ran a 24:10 at the Roy Griak Invitational.
AS A FRESHMAN (2004)
HIGH SCHOOL
Helped Shawnee Mission Northwest to a state cross country championshipin2003...NamedtotheAll-Sunflowercrosscountry team in 2002 and 2003 ... Named to the All-Metro cross country team in 2003.
2006 Bob Timmons Invitational: 24:32.07 (19th) KSU Wildcat Invitational: 19:46.5 (7th) Roy Griak Invitational: 24:05.8 (164th) NCAA Pre-Nationals: 22:53.8 (100th, Open) Big 12 Championships: 23:48.3 (74th) NCAA Midwest Regionals: 24:21.2 (103rd)
Harbert’s Career Results
2005 Bob Timmons Invitational: 20:49.71 (24th) KSU/KU Dual: 20:33.2 (12th) Roy Griak Invitational: 24:10 (212th) NCAA Pre-Nationals: 23:41.5 (87th, Open) Big 12 Championships: 23:14 (57th) NCAA Midwest Regionals: 23:39 (88th)
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2004 Bob Timmons Invitational: 20:16.47 (16th) KSU Wildcat Invitational: 24:04.9 (28th) Roy Griak Invitational: 24:17 (199th)
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Returning Runners
As a freshman, raced in three events for the Jayhawks … Finished 16th at the Bob Timmons Invitational with a time of 20:16.47 … Recorded her best 6K time of the year at the KSU Wildcat Invitational, coming in 28th with a time of 24:04.9 … Had a time of 24:17 at the Roy Griak Invitational.
Alicia McGregor
HIGH SCHOOL
Received eight letters (four cross country, four track and field) at Truman High School ... Garnered all-conference and all-district honors in 2001, 2002 and 2003 ... Earned all-sectional honors in cross country in 2001 and 2003 and all-state honors in cross country in 2001 and 2002.
5-6 Senior Independence, Mo. (Truman)
PERSONAL
Daughter of Fernando McGregor and Caryl Goodyear-Bruch ... Born Dec. 26, 1985, in Redlands, Calif. ... Majoring in political science and international studies.
• 2005 Academic All-Big 12 Second Team BEST TIME 5K___________18:50.2 6K___________22:20.0
BIG 12 FINISH 2006__________57th 2005__________51st
Julia Saul is the only female AllAmerican for Kansas (1992).
AS A JUNIOR (2006)
Finished 17th at the Bob Timmons Invitational ... Had a season high finish of third at the KSU Wildcat Invitational (18:50.2) ... Placed 121st at the Roy Griak Invitational (23:34.4) ... Finished 41st at the NCAA Pre-Nationals with a season best time of 22:20.1 ... Competed at the Big 12 Championships and finished 57th in a time of 23:13.8 ... Placed 80th at the NCAA Midwest Regionals (23:06.5).
AS A SOPHOMORE (2005)
Named to the Academic All-Big 12 Second Team ... Competed in six events for the Jayhawks … Finished 82nd overall at the NCAA Midwest Regionals in a time of 23:29 … Placed 51st at the Big 12 Championships (23:02) … Ran a 23:23.6 at NCAA Pre-Nationals, good for 74th overall.
Returning Runners
AS A FRESHMAN (2004)
Competed in all but one race … Finished 13th overall and fourth on the team at the Bob Timmons Invitational with a time of 20:14.32 … Placed 39th overall at the KSU Wildcat Invitational (24:36.7) … Recorded a time of 25:11 at the Roy Griak Invitational … Finished 90th in the open division of NCAA Pre-Nationals with a time of 23:36.2 … Ran her best time of the season at the NCAA Midwest Regionals with 23:09.21.
2006 Bob Timmons Invitational: 23:54.48 (17th) KSU Wildcat Invitational: 18:50.2 (3rd) Roy Griak Invitational: 23:34.4 (121st) NCAA Pre-Nationals: 22:20.1 (41st, Open) Big 12 Championships: 23:13.8 (57th) NCAA Midwest Regionals: 23:06.5 (80th)
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McGregor’s Career Results
2005 Bob Timmons Invitational: 20:38.58 (20th) KSU Wildcat Invitational: 20:18.2 (10th) Roy Griak Invitational: 24:25 (226th) NCAA Pre-Nationals: 23:23.6 (74th, Open) Big 12 Championships: 23:02 (51st) NCAA Midwest Regionals: 23:29 (82nd)
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2004 Bob Timmons Invitational: 20:14.32 (13th) KSU Wildcat Invitational: 24:36.7 (39th) Roy Griak Invitational: 25:11 (240th) NCAA Pre-Nationals: 23:36.2 (90th, Open) NCAA Midwest Regionals: 23:09.21 (113th)
2007 Cross Country state cross country meet ... In track, was the state champion in the 3,200 meters and placed second in the mile her senior year ...Was the Huron League champion in the 800 meters, 1,600 meters and 3,200 meters all four years of high school.
Lisa Morrisey 5-7 Senior Ottawa, Kan. (Ottawa)
BEST TIME 5K___________18:58.6 6K___________21:59.1
PERSONAL
Daughter of Mark and Cyndi Morrisey ... Born Jan. 16, 1986, in Lawrence, Kan. ... Majoring in communications.
BIG 12 FINISH 2006__________45th 2005__________39th 2004__________52nd
AS A JUNIOR (2006)
Placed fourth at the KSU Wildcat Invitational (18:58.6) ... Ran a season best time of 21:59.1 at the NCAA Pre-Nationals ... Had a 64-place improvement over her sophomore year at the Roy Griak Invitational, where she placed 100th (23:16.1) ... Competed at the Big 12 Championships for the third consecutive year and placed 45th (22:48.9) ... Finished as the team’s No. 1 runner in four out of six meets.
AS A SOPHOMORE (2005)
Ran the last three races as the team’s No. 1 runner … Finished 43rd overall at the NCAA Midwest Regionals (22:36) … Ran a 22:43 at the Big 12 Championships, placing 39th … Finished 24th overall at NCAA Pre-Nationals (22:25.2) … Ran a 24:43 at the Roy Griak Invitational, finishing second on the team.
AS A FRESHMAN (2004)
HIGH SCHOOL
Named to the Lawrence Journal-World and Ottawa Herald cross country all-area team all four years ... Helped head coach Chris Kornhausandteammatestoaseventh-placefinishatthe2003Kansas
2006 Bob Timmons Invitational: 23:37.26 (15th) KSU Wildcat Invitational: 18:58.6 (4th) Roy Griak Invitational: 23:16.1 (100th) NCAA Pre-Nationals: 21:59.1 (20th, Open) Big 12 Championships: 22:48.9 (45th) NCAA Midwest Regionals: 22:42.9 (60th)
Morrisey’s Career Results
2005 KSU Wildcat Invitational: 20:30.6 (11th) Roy Griak Invitational: 23:43 (164th) NCAA Pre-Nationals: 22:25.2 (24th, Open) Big 12 Championships: 22:43 (39th) NCAA Midwest Regionals: 22:36 (43rd)
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2004 Bob Timmons Invitational: 20:15.2 (15th) KSU Wildcat Invitational: 24:23.7 (33rd) Roy Griak Invitational: 24:24 (207th) NCAA Pre-Nationals: 23:09.7 (51st, Open) Big 12 Championships: 23:28.28 (52nd) NCAA Midwest Regionals: 22:25.94 (72nd)
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Returning Runners
Came on strong toward the end of the season … Competed in six events … Finished 15th in the Bob Timmons Invitational (20:15.2) … Came in 33rd at the KSU Wildcat Invitational with a time of 24:23.7 … Raced in the Roy Griak Invitational, finishing with a time of 24:24 … Finished 51st in the open division at NCAA PreNationals (23:09.7) … At the Big 12 Championships, placed 52nd overall and third among Kansas runners (23:28.28) … Recorded her best time of the season at the NCAA Midwest Regionals, finishing 72nd overall and second on the team with a time of 22:25.94.
Megan James
Melissa Arnold
5-7 Junior Kansas City, Mo. (North KC) AS A SOPHOMORE (2006)
5-5 Sophomore Mundelein, Ill. (Mundelein)
AS A FRESHMAN (2006)
BEST TIME 5K____________19:56.0 6K____________23:15.9
Ran in four races for Kansas ... Broke 20 minutes in the 5K for the first time at the KSU Wildcat Invitational (19:59.0) ... Competed at the Roy Griak Invitational and placed 198th ... Ran the best 6K time of her career in her final meet of the season at the NCAA Pre-Nationals, finishing 130th (23:15.9).
Competed in one race in her first season with the Jayhawks ... Placed 56th at the Bob Timmons Invitational (27:21.18).
HIGH SCHOOL
Participated in both track and cross country ... Cross country team placed fourth at regionals.
AS A FRESHMAN (2005)
CompetedinfoureventsfortheJayhawksinherfreshmancampaign ... Ran 24:45.7 at NCAA Pre-Nationals … Finished in a time of 25:21 at the Roy Griak Invitational … Finished 22nd overall at the Bob Timmons Invitational in a time of 20:41.45.
PERSONAL
Daughter of Bert and Sharon Arnold ... Born July 31, 1988, in Mundelein, Ill. ... Majoring in elementary education.
Returning Runners
HIGH SCHOOL
In cross country, was all-conference all four years ... Garnered alldistricthonorshersophomorethroughsenioryears...Astatequalifier her junior and senior years ... Nominated for the Greater Kansas City Cross Country Coaches Association honorable mention team ... In track, was named all-district all four years ... Ran a 5:08 in the 1,600 meters and an 11:32 in the 3,200 meters ... All-conference her junior and senior years ... All-sectional and state qualifier her junior and senior years ... All-statehersenioryear...Kansas City Star all-metro second team her senior year ...Tied her school record in the mile her senior year with a time of 5:08.
Arnold’s Career Results 2006 Bob Timmons Invitational: 27:21.18 (56th)
PERSONAL
Daughter of Teri James ... Born April 27, 1987, in Leavenworth, Kan. ... Majoring in exercise science.
James’ Career Results 2006 Bob Timmons Invitational: 24:51.08 (24th) KSU Wildcat Invitational: 19:56.0 (10th) Roy Girak Invitational: 24:34.8 (198th) NCAA Pre-Nationals: 23:15.9 (130th, Open)
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BEST TIME 6K__________27:21.18
2005 Bob Timmons Invitational: 20:41.45 (22nd) KSU Wildcat Invitational: 20:52.8 (13th) Roy Griak Invitational: 25:21 (263rd) NCAA Pre-Nationals: 24:45.7 (145th, Open)
Former Kansas runner Steve Heffernan is the current caretaker of Rim Rock Farm, home of Jayhawk Cross Country since 1974. Former caretaker and head coach Bob Timmons donated the land to KU in 2004.
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2007 Cross Country Lauren Bonds
Kaitlyn Coen
5-8 Sophomore Hutchinson, Kan. (Hutchinson) BEST TIME 6K___________22:49.0
5-8 Sophomore Hays, Kan. (Hays)
BIG 12 FINISH 2006___________58th
AS A FRESHMAN (2006)
Ran in all but one race for KU in an outstanding freshman season ... Placed seventh at the Bob Timmons Invitational (23:15.04) ... Competed at the Roy Griak Invitational and placed 143rd (23:49.3) ... Ran a personal best 6K time of 22:49.0 at the NCAA PreNationals ... Finished third on the team and 58th overall at the Big 12 Championships (23:17.6) ... Joined Kellie Schneider as the only two Jayhawk freshmen to compete at the NCAA Midwest Regionals and placed 84th overall.
HIGH SCHOOL
Ran in one race for the Jayhawks ... Finished 13th at the KSU Wildcat Invitational with a time of 20:3.02.
BEST TIME 5K__________20:36.2
HIGH SCHOOL
Placed 15th at the 2005 Kansas 5A State Cross Country Championships ... Highly decorated cross country athlete with the followingaccolades:three-timeall-conference,four-timeall-region, three-time all-state, two-time All-Academic all-state, four-time Most Valuable Runner at her alma mater, two-time conference runner-up, school record holder in the 4K (16:18).
PERSONAL
Daughter of Dave and Karen Coen ... Born on Aug. 17, 1988, in Jonesboro, Ark. ... Majoring in accounting and finance.
Returning Runners
Was the top senior finisher at the 2005 Kansas 6A State Cross Country Championships, placing fourth ... At the 2006 Kansas 6A State Track and Field Championships, recorded top-five finishes in the 1,600 meters (third), 800 meters (second) and 1,600 meter-relay (second place).
AS A FRESHMAN (2006)
PERSONAL
Daughter of Lisa Bonds ... Born on June 9, 1988, in Junction City, Kan. ... Majoring in political science.
Bonds’ Career Results 2006 Bob Timmons Invitational: 23:15.04 (7th) Roy Griak Invitational: 23:49.3 (143rd) NCAA Pre-Nationals: 22:49.0 (90th, Open) Big 12 Championships: 23:17.6 (58th) NCAA Midwest Regionals: 23:12.6 (84th)
Coen’s Career Results KSU Invitational: 20:36.2 (13th)
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Alison Knoll
Claire Hall
5-0 Sophomore Shawnee, Kan. (Shawnee Mission Northwest)
6-0 Sophomore Iowa City, Iowa (West)
AS A FRESHMAN (2006)
AS A FRESHMAN (2006) Did not compete.
HIGH SCHOOL
Participated in both cross country and track and field ... Named to the 2006 all-state cross country first team ... Placed 10th at the 2005 Iowa State Cross Country Championships, 11th at the 2004 state meet and 15th at the same event in 2003 ... A member of 2004 Iowa State distance medley championship team.
PERSONAL
Daughter of David Hall and Marge Schilling ... Born on Nov. 13, 1987, in Iowa City, Iowa ... Majoring in exercise science.
BEST TIME
Competed in three races for 5K___________ 19:48.8 Kansas ... Placed 23rd in the Bob Timmons Invitational ... 6K___________ 23:05.1 Finished eighth at the 5K KSU Wildcat Invitational (19:48.8) ... Ran a season best 6K time of 23:05.1 at the NCAA Pre-Nationals.
HIGH SCHOOL
Placed 11th at the Kansas 6A State Cross Country Championships in a time of 15:40 ... Has been named to All-Sun County first team, All-Johnson County first team and All-Metro Coaches’ Association first team.
PERSONAL
Returning Runners
Daughter of Ron and Cindy Knoll ... Born on Aug. 14, 1987, in Shawnee, Kan. ... Majoring in exercise science.
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Knoll’s Career Results 2006 Bob Timmons Invitational: 24:48.34 (23rd) KSU Wildcat Invitational: 19:48.8 (8th) NCAA Pre-Nationals: 23:05.1 (118th, Open)
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2007 Cross Country Sarah Nackley
Kellie Schneider
5-8 Sophomore Shawnee, Kan. (Shawnee Mission Northwest)
5-7 Sophomore Kenosha, Wisc. (Tremper)
AS A FRESHMAN (2006)
BEST TIME
Competedinthreeraces...Placed 26th in her first collegiate race at 5K___________19:54.2 the Bob Timmons Invitational 6K___________24:00.6 (24:54.98) ... Ran her first 5K in a time of 19:54.2 at the KSU Wildcat Invitational ... Finished 183rd with a personal best time of 24:00.6 at the 6K NCAA Pre-Nationals.
HIGH SCHOOL
Placed 18th at 2006 Kansas 6A State Cross Country Championships ... A member of the 2006 Kansas 6A State Cross Country Championship team ... Named to All-Sun County, All-Jefferson County and All-Metro Coaches’ Association first teams for her accomplishments.
BEST TIME 6K__________22:45.2
BIG 12 FINISH 2006 ___________77th
AS A FRESHMAN (2006)
Competed in all but one race during her freshman campaign ... Maintainedgreatconsistencythroughouttheseasonstayingbetween 22:45.2 and 23:58.3 ... Placed 16th in her first collegiate race, the Bob Timmons Invitational (23:43.23) ... Ran at the Roy Griak Invitational placing 157th (23:58.3) ... Logged a personal best time of 22:45.2 in the 6K at the NCAA Pre-Nationals ... Placed 77th at the Big 12 Championships ... Joined Lauren Bonds as the only two Jayhawk freshmen to compete at the NCAA Midwest Regionals, and placed 77th.
HIGH SCHOOL
Placed in the top 10 all four years at the Wisconsin Division I State Championships, placing fifth as a senior, third as a junior, second as a sophomore and eighth as a freshman ... Served as cross country team captain for two years.
PERSONAL
Daughter of Dan and Amy Nackley ... Born on July 28, 1988, in Shawnee, Kan. ... Majoring in health sport and exercise science.
PERSONAL
Schneider’s Career Results Nackley’s Career Results 2006 Bob Timmons Invitational: 24:54.98 (26th) KSU Wildcat Invitational: 19:54.2 (9th) NCAA Pre-Nationals: 24:00.6 (183rd, Open)
2006 Bob Timmons Invitational: 23:43.23 (16th) Roy Griak Invitational: 23:58.3 (157th) NCAA Pre-Nationals: 22:45.2 (85th, Open) Big 12 Championships: 23:56.51 (77th) NCAA Midwest Regionals: 23:00.2 (74th)
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Daughter of John and Kimberly Schneider ... Born on Aug. 17, 1988, in Kenosha Wis. ... Undecided on a major.
Cassi Sokol
Amanda Miller
5-6 Sophomore Urbandale, Iowa (Urbandale) BEST TIME 6K__________22:56.6
5-4 Freshman Overland Park, Kan. (Olathe East) BIG 12 FINISH 2006____________78th
AS A FRESHMAN (2006)
Ran in four races for Kansas in her freshman season ... Started the season with an 11th place finish at the Bob Timmons Invitational (23:20.72) ... Competed at the Roy Griak Invitational (24:37.6) ... Ran a personal best 6K time at the NCAA Pre-Nationals (22:56.6) ... Was one of three KU freshman to compete at the Big 12 Championships, where she placed 78th (23:58.2).
Returning Runners/Newcomers
HIGH SCHOOL
Finished sixth overall and as the second senior at the 2005 Iowa 4A Cross Country Championships ... Recordedfourtop-five finishes at the 2005 Iowa 4A Track and Field Championships, placing second in the 1,500 meters, second in the 800 meters, fourth in the 3,200 meter-relay and secondonthedistance medley relay.
PERSONAL
Daughter of Neal and Joni Sokol ... Born on May 5, 1988, in Ottumwa, Iowa ... Majoring in journalism.
HIGH SCHOOL
Multi-sport athlete who also participated in basketball and soccer ... Placed fifth at the 2006 6A State Cross Country Meet, also a member of the state championship team ... Finished third in the 1,600 meters at the 2005 6A State Track and Field Championships ... Runner-up at the 2005 6A State Cross Country meet, also part of the second place team that year ... Holds Olathe East High School cross country records in the two mile, 4K and 5K ... Also the Olathe East High School record holder in the 1,600 meters (5:15) ... Named to the Greater KC Area Cross Country Association All-Metro First Team 2005-2006 ... Named to the All-Sun Girls Cross Country First Team from 2004-2006 ... Named all-state in 2004-2006 ... Named to the All-Sunflower League from 2003-2006 ... Member of the All-Star Johnson County Cross Country First Team in 2005-2006 ... Named to the KC Star All-Metro Cross Country First Team in 2005 ... Member of the KC Star All-Metro Cross Country Second Team in 2006 ... Named to the All-Star Johnson County Track Second Team in the 1,600 meters in 2005 ... All-Olathe Track First Team from 2005-2006 ... Finalist for the KC Sports Commission 2007 Outstanding Female High School Athlete of the Year ... Received the Tara Peck Outstanding High School Female Athlete of the Year award in 2007.
PERSONAL
Daughter of Greg and Michele Miller … Born November 19, 1988, in Kansas City, Mo. ... Undecided on a major.
Legendary Kansas Women’s Basketball Coach Marian Washington was the first coach in the history of the Jayhawks women’s cross country program.
Sokol’s Career Results 2006 Bob Timmons Invitational: 23:20.72 (11th) Roy Griak Invitational: 24:37.6 (200th) NCAA Pre-Nationals: 22:56.6 (107th, Open) Big 12 Championships: 23:58.2 (78th)
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2007 Cross Country Kara Windisch
Riley Wertenberger
5-2 Freshman Overland Park, Kan. (Blue Valley West)
5-2 Freshman Olathe, Kan. (Olathe East)
HIGH SCHOOL
HIGH SCHOOL
Lettered in all four years in both track and cross country ... Received Eastern Kansas League Scholar Athlete Award all four years ... Was the 2007 6A state track and field champion in the 3,200 meters and earned runner-up accolades in the 1,600 meters ... Led her team to a third place finish at state track in 2007 ... Named to the All-Sun Girls track first team in 2006 and 2007 ... Received All-Metro honorable mention for track in 2007 ... Finished second at the 2006 5A state track meet in the 3,200 meters ... Was runner-up at the 5A State Cross Country Championships in 2005, led the girls team to a second place finish ... All-Star Johnson County Cross Country first team in 2005 ... All-Sun Girls Cross Country first team in 2005 ... All-Metro Cross Country second team in 2005 ... Received 2005 Community America Credit Union Class 5A Cross Country Academic All-State Award ... Named the 2004 and 2005 Blue Valley West Girls Cross Country Runner of the Year ... Named to the AllStar Johnson Country Cross Country second team in 2004 ... AllSun Girls Cross Country honorable mention in 2004 ... All-Metro Cross Country Honorable Mention in 2004.
Helped lead Olathe East to 2006 6A state cross country title while placing 23rd individually ... Member of the 2005 cross country state runner-up team ... Three time 6A state qualifier, All-Sunflower League and All-City in cross country ... Two-time honorable mention All-Metro Kansas City Cross Country coaches association ... Holds the Olathe East record in the 3,200 meters (11:46) ... Qualified for the 6A state track meet twice ... In 2007, placed 9th in the 3,200 meters at the state championships.
PERSONAL
Daughter of Brian and Lori Wertenberger … Born June 6, 1989 … Majoring in chemical engineering.
PERSONAL
Daughter of Paul and Glenda Windisch … Born February 8, 1989, in Overland Park, Kan. … Majoring in graphic design.
Newcomers
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KU Cross Country on the Web • Complete coverage of Kansas Cross Country including news releases, meet recaps and results. • Updated roster and schedule. • Downloadandprintweekly releases, meet registration forms and maps of Rim Rock Farm. • Photo galleries from meets.
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2006 Year in Review
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2006 Year in Review The 2006 Cross Country season was very successful for the men's squad, while providing the women's team reasons to be optimistic for the upcoming year. Juniors Colby Wissel and Paul Hefferon became the first pair of Jayhawks to be named All-Americans since 1994, as the men finished 20th at the NCAA Championships. The young women's squad had many bright spots throughout the season despite the roster consisting of nine freshmen and just one senior. In the opening meet of the season, the men and women swept the Bob Timmons Invitational at Rim Rock Farm for the second consecutive year. In the men's race, Hefferon (25:38.95) fought off Wissel for the first win of his collegiate career. The men won the 10-team race as seniors Erik Sloan and Tyler Kelly and junior Patrick McGowan all finished within the top 10. Melissa O'Rourke led the Kansas women on their home course with a sixth-place finish (23:14.51), followed by senior Laura Major, who was second on the team with a 12th place showing (23:23.95).
Bob Timmons Invitational
2006 Year-in-Review
Sept. 2 ~ Lawrence, Kan. Men: 1st of 10 ~ 8K Women: 1st of 9 ~ 6K
(Men’s Individual Finishers Paul Hefferon Colby Wissel Erik Sloan Patrick McGowan Tyler Kelly Victor Chesang Adrian Ludwig Levi Huseman
Results) Place 1st 2nd 4th 9th 10th 32nd 33rd 41st
(Women’s Results) Individual Finishers Place Melissa O’Rourke 6th Laura Major 12th Lisa Morrisey 15th Alicia McGregor 17th Hayley Harbert 19th Melissa Moody 22nd Megan James 24th Bridget Moran 31st
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Time 25:38.95 25:39.19 26:16.99 26:39.26 26:41.61 28:01.35 28:05.31 28:40.68 Time 23:14.51 23:23.95 23:37.26 23:54.48 24:32.07 24:41.23 24:51.08 25:15.25
After winning the KSU Wildcat Invitational on Sept. 8, Wissel was recognized as the Big 12 Runner of the Week. Wissel ran a sub 15-minute 5K (14:57.2) to be the first of three consecutive Jayhawks to cross the finish line. Patrick McGowan placed second (15:30.3) and Bret Imgrund rounded out the trio with a time of 15:42.6. The women's team completed the sweep of the Wildcats in the dual meet as the Jayhawks edged Kansas State by one point, 29-28. Alicia McGregor ran the 5K in a time of 18:50.2 to finish third, followed by juniors Lisa Morrisey, Melissa Moody and Hayley Harbert. KSU Wildcat Invitational Sept. 8 ~ Manhattan, Kan. Men: 1st of 2 ~ 5K Women: 1st of 2 ~ 5K
(Men’s Individual Finishers Colby Wissel Patrick McGowan Bret Imgrund Victor Chesang Adrian Ludwig Levi Huseman
Results) Place 1st 2nd 3rd 9th 10th 13th
(Women’s Results) Individual Finishers Place Alicia McGregor 3rd Lisa Morrisey 4th Melissa Moody 6th Hayley Harbert 7th Megan James 10th Bridget Moran 11th
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Time 14:57.2 15:30.3 15:42.6 16:16.0 16:24.4 16:37.5 Time 18:50.2 18:58.6 19:44.1 19:46.5 19:56.0 20:16.1
2007 Cross Country 2006 Year in Review Roy Griak Invitational
NCAA Pre-Nationals
Sept. 23 ~ Minneapolis, Minn. Men: 9th of 34 ~ 8K Women: 23rd of 31 ~ 6K
(Men’s Results) Individual Finishers Place Colby Wissel 10th Paul Hefferon 16th
Time 24:53.8 25:04.7
Benson Chesang Erik Sloan Tyler Kelly Victor Chesang Patrick McGowan Bret Imgrund Adrian Ludwig
25:44.2 26:19.7 26:30.7 27:08.1 27:30.1 28:11.2 28:12.6
44th 109th 135th 196th 223rd 263rd 264th
(Women’s Results) Individual Finishers Place Lisa Morrisey 100th Melissa O’Rourke 114th Alicia McGregor 121st Lauren Bonds 143rd Kellie Schneider 157th Hayley Harbert 164th Laura Major 182nd Megan James 198th Cassi Sokol 200th Melissa Moody 213th
Time 23:16.1 23:31.0 23:34.4 23:49.3 23:58.3 24:05.8 24:22.3 24:34.8 24:37.6 24:50.3
Oct. 14 ~ Terre Haute, Ind. Men: 6th of 36 ~ 8K Women: 2nd of 13 ~ 6K
(Men’s Results) Individual Finishers Place Paul Hefferon 13th Colby Wissel 14th Benson Chesang 30th Erik Sloan 101st Matt French 121st Patrick McGowan 137th Tyler Kelly 170th
Time 23:50.0 23:52.1 24:09.1 24:51.6 25:00.4 25:08.6 25:26.7
(Women’s Results-Open Division) Individual Finishers Place Time Lisa Morrisey 20th 21:59.1 Alicia McGregor 41st 22:20.0 Kellie Schneider 85th 22:45.2 Lauren Bonds 90th 22:49.0 Melissa Moody 94th 22:52.3 Hayley Harbert 100th 22:53.8 Melissa O’Rourke 101st 22:53.9 Cassi Sokol 107th 22:56.6 Alison Knoll Megan James Sara Nackley
118th 130th 183rd
23:05.1 23:15.9 24:00.6
Patrick McGowan
Lisa Morrisey was the top runner on the women's team for Kansas in both meets. She finished 15 seconds ahead of teammate Melissa O'Rourke in the final meet of September and posted a season-best time of 21:59.1 in the midOctober meet in Terre Haute, Ind., where the women placed second as a team.
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In the following two meets, the junior trio of Wissel, Hefferon and Morrisey led their respective teams. Wissel and Hefferon once again paced the men as Wissel's 10th-place showing was the highest finish of any Jayhawk at the Roy Griak Invitational. Hefferon came in just 11 seconds behind Wissel to place 16th. However, Heffferon would eclipse Wissel at the NCAA Pre-Nationals with his 13th-place finish (23:50.0). Wissel was 14th, crossing the finish line just two seconds behind. Benson Chesang finished third and Erik Sloan finished fourth in each of the two races as the men's team placed ninth at the Roy Griak Invitational and sixth at the NCAA Pre-Nationals.
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2006 Year in Review In 2006, Kansas became the 11th different school in as many years to host the Big 12 Championships when the conference schools competed at Rim Rock Farm on Oct. 27. After Benson Chesang won the previous two conference titles, another Jayhawk, Wissel, took home the men's crown. Wissel fought off the frigid conditions and the hilly terrain to win the 8K race in time of 24:34.4. Hefferon and Chesang also earned All-Big 12 honors as Hefferon had an impressive fourth-place showing and Chesang came in under the 25-minute mark of the 8K race for a 12th-place finish. Seniors Matt French (33rd) and Tyler Kelly (34th) rounded out the top five runners for Kansas. During the Big 12 Championships, the Kansas women were unable to find the same success they had in September at Rim Rock Farm The Jayhawks finished in 11th place and were led by Morrisey's 45thplace finish. The junior from Ottawa, Kan., ran the 6K race in a time of 22:48.9. Junior Alicia McGregor and freshman Lauren Bonds finished 57th and 58th, respectively.
Big 12 Championships Oct. 27 ~ Lawrence, Kan. Men: 3rd of 12 ~ 8k Women: 11th of 12 ~ 6k
(Men’s Results) Individual Finishers Place Colby Wissel 1st Paul Hefferon 4th Benson Chesang 12th Matt French 33rd Tyler Kelly 34th Bret Imgrund 51st Patrick McGowan 56th Erik Sloan 61st Victor Chesang 63rd
Time 24:34.4 24:41.1 24:57.1 25:40.7 25:42.6 26:04.9 26:10.2 26:21.7 26:25.3
(Women’s Results) Individual Finishers Place Time Lisa Morrisey 45th 22:48.9 Alicia McGregor 57th 23:13.8 Lauren Bonds 58th 23:17.6 Melissa O’Rourke 68th 23:33.6 Melissa Moody 71st 23:40.3 Hayley Harbert 74th 23:48.3 Kellie Schneider 77th 23:56.5 Cassi Sokol 78th 23:58.2 Laura Major 89th 24:39.5
NCAA Midwest Regionals
2006 Year-in-Review
Nov. 11 ~ Minneapolis, Minn. Men: 2nd of 21 ~ 10k Women: 12th of 23 ~ 6k
At the NCAA Midwest Regionals in Minneapolis, Minn., the women were unable to qualify for the NCAA Championships for the first time since 1994. The group raced to a 12th-place finish in its final meet of the season. Morrisey (22:42.9) and O'Rourke (22:45.4) led the way for KU, placing 60th and 61st, respectively. The men's team placed second at the Midwest Regionals and earned its second consecutive berth in the NCAA Championships. The second-place showing matched Kansas’ best finish in that event since its inception in 1978. Wissel, Hefferon and Chesang all ran in the top-15 of the 10k race.
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(Men’s Results) Individual Finishers Place Colby Wissel 8th Paul Hefferon 10th Benson Chesang 14th Erik Sloan 24th Matt French 32nd Patrick McGowan 62nd Tyler Kelly 93rd
Time 30:59.5 31:02.3 31:18.3 31:33.6 31:56.6 32:46.4 33:49.9
(Women’s Results) Individual Finishers Place Time Lisa Morrisey 60th 22:42.9 Melissa O’Rourke 61st 22:45.4 Kellie Schneider 74th 23:00.2 Alicia McGregor 80th 23:06.5 Lauren Bonds 84th 23:12.6 Hayley Harbert 103rd 23:42.0 Melissa Moody 132nd 24:21.2
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2007 Cross Country 2006 Year in Review Wissel and Hefferon earned All-American honors for their performances at the NCAA Championships in Terre Haute, Ind. In the 10K race, Wissel finished 26th in a time of 31:34.3. Hefferon was not far behind with a time of 31:47.7, good for 42nd place. With two Jayhawk runners suffering injuries during the Championships, seniors Erik Sloan and Matt French and junior Patrick McGowan came up with some key scoring to help propel the Jayhawks to a 20th place finish as a team. Sloan ended his Jayhawk career with a time of 33:12.1, while French finished in 33.35.6. McGowan was fifth on the team, crossing the finish line in 34:20.0.
NCAA Championships
Nov. 20 ~ Terre Haute, Ind. Men: 20th of 31 ~ 10K (Men’s Results) Individual Finishers Place Colby Wissel 26th Paul Hefferon 42nd Erik Sloan 164th Matt French 188th Patrick McGowan 230th
2006 Honors and Awards
The 20th-place showing at the NCAAChampionships marked the second straight season the Jayhawks had finished inside the Top-20 at the NCAA's. It was the first time the Jayhawks had accomplished the feat since the 1993 and 1994 seasons. For their efforts in the classroom throughout the 2006 campaign, nine Jayhawks were named to Academic All-Big 12 teams. Sophomore Megan James highlighted the first team with her 4.0 GPA. Joining James with first team honors were seniors Matt French, Laura Major, Melissa Moody, Erik Sloan, and junior Colby Wissel. Senior Tyler Kelly, junior Adrian Ludwig and sophomore Bridget Moran were all honored as second team members.
Time 31:34.3 31:47.7 33:12.1 33:35.6 34:20.0
NCAA Championships Men: 20th place
All-Americans Paul Hefferon Colby Wissel
Individual Big 12 Champion Colby Wissel
Academic All-Big 12 Teams
2006 Year-in-Review
Men: Matt French - 1st Team Tyler Kelly - 2nd Team Adrian Ludwig - 2nd Team Erik Sloan - 1st team Colby Wissel - 1st Team Women: Megan James - 1st Team (4.0 GPA) Laura Major - 1st Team Melissa Moody - 1st Team Bridget Moran - 2nd Team
All-Big 12 Team Benson Chesang Paul Hefferon Colby Wissel
All-Americans Colby Wissel (left) and Paul Hefferon became the first pair of Jayhawks to recieve the honor in the same season since 1994.
Big 12 Runner of the Week
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Back-to-Back-to-Back Big 12 Individual Champions
2004 and 2005 Benson Chesang
A member of the Jayhawk crimson and blue has been the first to cross the finish line for the past three years at the Men’s Big 12 Championships. In 2004, Benson Chesang began the string of titles when he narrowly edged out Brent Vaughn of Colorado. His winning time of 24:07.43 at the Stateland Cross Country Course in Topeka, Kan. was just over a second faster than Vaughn’s. Chesang followed up his 2004 performance with another Big 12 championship in 2005 in Waco, Texas. His winning time of 23:45.20 marked the first time in over fifty years a Kansas runner had won back-to-back conference crowns. The Jayhawks’ latest champion, Colby Wissel, won the 2006 title in a time of 24:34.40. The third straight victory for Kansas was even more special because Wissel’s championship was won at Kansas’ own historic Rim Rock Farm. Wissel and the Jayhawks will look to add a fourth title at the 2007 Championships in Lubbock, Texas on October 26.
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Thre-Peat Tribute
All-Time Kansas Conference Champions
Previous Men’s Big 12 Champions Year Champion School 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
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John Kiptarus Adam Goucher Adam Goucher Ron Roybal Jorge Torres Jorge Torres Jorge Torres Dathan Ritzenhein Benson Chesang Benson Chesang Colby Wissel
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History
Wes Santee (1952-55) • • • • •
1953 NCAA Individual Cross Country Champion Member of 1953 NCAA Cross Country Championship Team 1952 and 1953 Big Seven Conference Cross Country Champion 1952 Olympian in 5,000-meter run Broke three world records while at Kansas
A legendary Kansas Jayhawk, Wes Santee’s contributions to Kansas cross country and track and field are among the bedrocks of the tradition-rich heritage. Santee, an Ashland, Kan. native, captured the NCAA championship in 1953, giving KU the individual crown for the third time in four years. In fact, Santee’s All-American performance at the 1953 NCAA Championships propelled the Kansas cross country team to the NCAA title, the only cross country team in KU’s history to achieve the feat. Santee also excelled at the conference level, claiming back-to-back league championships in 1952 and 1953 and helping his team collect two Big Seven Conference championships (1952 and 1953). Santee was a member of the 1952 U.S. Olympic team in the 5,000 meters. He broke three world records while at Kansas, twice setting new marks in the indoor mile run (1954, 4:04.9; 1955, 4:03.8) and in the outdoor 1,500 meters (1954, 3:42.8). A twotime outdoor All-American, Santee won the 5,000 meters in 1952 and the mile run in 1953. Santee collected seven conference championships: three indoor (1952-54, mile run; 1953, 880 yards) and four outdoor (1952-54, mile run; 1953, 880 yards). A member of the KU Hall of Fame, Santee’s statue at Rim Rock Farm (see map below) can be found at the start of the second mile of the course, west of the Shady Glen.
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Herb Semper (1949-52) • 1950 and 1951 NCAA Cross Country Champion • 1950 and 1951 Big Seven Individual Conference Champion
A member of the Kansas cross country program during its golden era under the direction of head coach Bill Easton, Herb Semper firmly established his mark in the lore of Kansas cross country. Semper became the first Jayhawk to win an NCAA championship, prevailing in 1950 and 1951. He remains the only runner in KU history to win two cross country individual national championships. Under Easton’s guidance, Semper was a member of two Big Seven Conference championship teams (1950 and 1951) and was a two-time Big Seven individual champion (1950 and 1951). Semper is also a member of the KU Hall of Fame. Semper’s excellence extended to the Kansas track and field team as well. A four-time Big Seven Conference champion in the two-mile run (1950-52 indoor; 1950 outdoor), Semper was a two-time outdoor AllAmerican after back-to-back third-place finishes in the two-mile run at the NCAA Championships. Semper’s statue at Rim Rock Farm (see map below) is surrounded by three ponds (Teardrop Pond, Jayhawk Pond and Pat’s Little Pond) on the northeast portion of the course.
Jim Ryun (1966-69) • • • •
Broke five world records while at Kansas Five NCAA Championships Still Holds 11 Outdoor and three Indoor Track and Field records 1972 Olympic Silver Medalist in 1,500-meter run
There is perhaps no other athlete more associated with Kansas distance running than Jim Ryun. His legend extends far beyond his KU acomplishments. A three-time Olympian (1964, 1968 and 1972), Ryun captured silver at the 1968 games in Mexico City in the 1,500 meters, duplicating the performance of former Jayhawk Glenn Cunningham at the 1936 games. During his tenure at KU from 1966-69, Ryun broke five world records, including the world outdoor mile record twice, and also claimed five individual NCAA titles. Before attending Kansas, Ryun became the first high school runner to complete the mile run in under four minutes. In addition, his national high school mile record of 3:55.3, set over 30 years ago, still stands today for events completed in the U.S. Inducted into the National Track and Field Hall of Fame in 1982, Ryun’s statue at Rim Rock Farm (see map below) sits atop the Jim Ryun Skyline Bend and is among the first statues visitors see when turning into Rim Rock Farm.
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Glenn Cunningham (1931-34) • 1931 and 1932 Big Six Cross Country Conference Champion • Silver Medalist in 1,500-meter run at 1936 Olympics • Broke three world records while at Kansas One of the earliest cross country greats to don the Crimson and Blue was Glenn Cunningham. A member of the KU Hall of Fame, Cunningham was a two-time Big Six Conference cross country champion, capturing the league crown in 1931 and 1932. Cunningham also excelled in track and field while at Kansas, breaking the world record in the indoor 1,500 meters (3:53.3) in 1934 and both the indoor mile (4:08.4) in 1932 and the outdoor mile (4:06.7) in 1933. During his tenure on the track at KU, he served as team captain in 1934 and won 12 conference championships: four indoor (1932-34, mile run and 1934, 880-yard run) and eight outdoor (1932-34, mile run; 193234, 880-yard run; 1933-34, two-mile run). In 1932 and 1933, Cunningham was the NCAA champion in the mile run, earning All-American accolades in the process. A two-time Olympian in the 1,500 meters (1932 and 1936), Cunningham won the silver medal at the 1936 summer games in Berlin. In 1974, he became one of the first inductees into the National Track and Field Hall of Fame. In accordance with his early success, Cunningham’s statue is located near the start of the course (see map below). The finish line at Rim Rock Farm is affectionately known as the Glenn Cunningham Finish.
Billy Mills (1958-61) • 1958 and 1959 All-American • 1960 Big Eight Cross Country Champion • 1964 10,000 meter Olympic Gold Medalist
Gold medalist. All-American. Hall-of-Famer. Kansas Jayhawk. All these accolades describe Billy Mills, who made his impact on the Kansas tradition with golden footprints. A two-time AllAmerican (1958 and 1959), Mills captured the 1960 Big Eight cross country championship. He was also a part of two Big Eight Conference team titles while at KU (1958 and 1959) under head coach Bill Easton. However, Mills’ legacy at KU extends far beyond the borders of the Sunflower State. A member of the 1964 United States Olympic team, Mills won the gold medal in the 10,000 meters and set a new Olympic record. In dramatic fashion, Mills came from behind on the last lap to win the race in Tokyo and to this day, he is still the only American to win the event. Mills’ success was also evident on the track and field team, as he set a world record in the six-mile run in 1965 (27:11.6). He won two Big Eight Conference championships, capturing both the indoor and outdoor championships in 1961 and was a member of both the 1959 and 1960 NCAA championship track teams. Inducted into the National Track and Field Hall of Fame in 1976, Mills’ iconic statue, in which his arms are raised high, is placed on the last straightaway of Rim Rock Farm (see map below), saluting the runners for their perseverance and will to compete. In fact, the pose of Billy’s silhouette is identical to the one he struck upon winning the gold medal at the 1964 Olympics.
John Lawson (1963-66) • 1965 Big Eight Cross Country Champion • 1965 NCAA Champion • 1965 All-American As the most recent Kansas cross country runner to win the NCAA championships, John Lawson’s career signals yet another chapter in the golden era of Kansas cross country. In 1965, Lawson pulled off an impressive sweep, capturing both the Big Eight Conference championship and the NCAA individual title and was recognized with All-America status. A member of the KU Hall of Fame, Lawson also performed valiantly on the Kansas track and field team, earning three All-America awards: one indoor for his second-place performance in the two-mile run and two outdoor for consecutive second-place finishes in the three-mile run in 1965 and 1966. At the conference level, Lawson captured four individual championships: three indoor (1964 and 1966, two-mile run; 1966, mile run) and one outdoor championship (1965, three-mile run). Lawson’s statue at Rim Rock Farm (see map below) can be found near the end of the third mile of the course, southwest of the finish line.
• 1954 and 1955 Big Seven Champion • 1954 and 1955 All-Amercian • 1954 NCAA Champion A teammate of Wes Santee, Al Frame carved out an equally impressive cross country and track and field career while attending the University of Kansas. A member of the 1953 NCAA championship team, Frame won the individual NCAA championship in 1954. Under the tutelage of head coach Bill Easton, Frame was a member of three Big Seven Conference championship teams while at KU. He also won the Big Seven individual championship twice, netting the accomplishment in back-to-back years (1954 and 1955) and was the last Jayhawk to do so until Benson Chesang won the Big 12 Championships in consecutive years (2004 and 2005). A 1954 and 1955 All-America honoree, Frame, like so many before him, also found success on the track and field team. During his time on the team, Frame captured six Big Seven Conference championships: four indoor (1954, two-mile run; 1955-56, mile run; 1956, 880-yard run) and two outdoor (1955, mile run; 1955, two-mile run). A thirdplace finish at the outdoor NCAA Championships in 1955 added All-America status to Frame’s resume. A member of the KU Hall of Fame, Frame’s statue at Rim Rock Farm (see map below) is located just north of Pat’s Little Pond on the third mile of the course.
• 11-time NCAA District V Coach-of-the-Year • Four Track and Field NCAA Championships • 1975 USTFCA National Coach-of-the-Year Bob Timmons is to Kansas Cross Country what Phog Allen is to Kansas Basketball. The man who coched KU to four NCAA Track and Field Championships is perhaps most noted for bringing Jim Ryun to Lawrence. Timmons coached Ryun at Wichita East High School until 1964, when he became an assistant at KU for a year under Bill Easton. Ryun then followed Timmons to Kansas where he continued to thrive under Timmons’ coaching. Timmons was an 11-time NCAA District V Coach-of-the-Year and was the 1975 U.S. Track and Field Coaches Association National Coach-ofthe-Year. At the helm of the KU track and field program, he led the Jayhawks to 13 indoor league crowns and 14 outdoor titles. In cross country, Timmons guided John Lawson to the 1965 NCAA Individual Championship. In 1970, Timmons and his wife, Pat, purchased land just north of Lawrence. In 1974 that property became known as Rim Rock Farm and it has been home of the Jayhawk Cross Country team ever since. Rim Rock Farm is now known as one of the best and toughest courses in the nation and is a credit to Timmons’ vision and passion for cross country. The annual Bob Timmons Invitational is held each September in his honor on the course he put so much work into. During his career, Timmons coached 77 AllAmericans, 24 NCAA champions, 16 world record holders and seven Olympians. Timmons is a member of the Kansas State High School Activities Association Hall of Fame, the KU Hall of Fame, and the Kansas Sports Hall of Fame.
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Four NCAA Individual Cross Country Champions 1953 NCAA Cross Country Champions 10 Top-six finishes at NCAA Championships 15 Conference Championships 12 Individual Conference Champions
In a career that spanned over three decades, Bill Easton built a reputation of one of the nation’s best track and field coaches. Before coming to Kansas in 1948, Easton won three-straight cross country NCAA Championships with Drake University while also serving as the meet director for the Drake Relays. At Kansas, his teams were always near the top of the conference. His cross country teams won 15 conference championships and never finished worse than second in his 18 years as coach. He won conference titles in cross country, indoor and outdoor track for eight consecutive years. The first highlight of Easton’s Jayhawk career came in 1953 when his cross country team won the NCAA Championship. He later won the 1959 and 1960 outdoor men’s track and field titles. Easton coached 32 All-Americans including Wes Santee, Herb Semper, Al Frame, Billy Mills and John Lawson. In track and field, he mentored Olympic champions Bill Nieder and Al Oerter. All together, Easton coached eight Olympians. His KU athletes set 14 intercollegiate records, seven NCAA records, 14 American records, four Olympic records and four world records. He is a member of seven different halls of fame including the KU Hall of Fame and the USA Track and Field Hall of Fame. The Bill Easton Scoreboard stands in his honor near the finish line at Rim Rock Farm.
Record Book
Kansas Olympians
NCAA Champions
Glenn Cunningham, 1,500 meters.................................. 1932 Glenn Cunningham, 1,500 meters (Silver Medal) ......... 1936 Wes Santee, 5,000 meters ............................................. 1952 Billy Mills, 10,000 meters (Gold Medal) .......................... 1964 Jim Ryun, 1,500 meters.................................................. 1964 Jim Ryun, 1,500 meters (Silver Medal) .......................... 1968 Jim Ryun, 1,500 meters.................................................. 1972 Charlie Gruber, 1,500 meters ......................................... 2004
Herb Semper ..........................................1950, 1951 Wes Santee ......................................................1953 Al Frame ...........................................................1954 John Lawson ....................................................1965
Cross Country All-Americans Harold Moore .................................................................1945 Bob Karnes ..........................................................1947, 1948 Harold Hinchee ..............................................................1948 Herb Semper .................................................................1950 Cliff Abel ........................................................................1950 Herb Semper .................................................................1951 Norm Bitner ...................................................................1951 Wes Santee ...................................................................1953 Art Dalzell ......................................................................1953 Al Frame ..............................................................1954, 1955 Jan Howell .....................................................................1956 Jerry McNeal .......................................................1956, 1957 Billy Mills ..............................................................1958, 1959 Brian Travis....................................................................1958 John Lawson .................................................................1965 Brent Steiner..................................................................1984 Julia Saul (KU’s only female All-American) ...................1992 Michael Cox ...................................................................1994 David Johnston ..............................................................1994 Benson Chesang ...........................................................2004 Paul Hefferon ...............................................................2006 Colby Wissel ................................................................2006
Conference Champions Missouri Valley (4) ......................Fred Rodkey (1914 & 1915) ................................................... Poco Frazier (1927 & 1928) Big Six (3) ........................ Glenn Cunningham (1931 & 1932) ..................................................................Bob Karnes (1947) Big Seven (8) ............................... Bob Karnes (1948 & 1949) ...................................................Herb Semper (1950 & 1951) .....................................................Wes Santee (1952 & 1953) ..........................................................Al Frame (1954 & 1955) Big Eight (5) ........................................... Jerry McNeal (1956) ..................................................................Tom Skutka (1957) ......................................................................Billy Mills (1960) ................................................................... Bill Dotson (1961) ............................................................... John Lawson (1965) Big 12 (3) .............................Benson Chesang (2004 & 2005) .............................................................. Colby Wissel (2006) BOLD indicates current Jayhawks
NCAA Top-Five Team Finishes 1950 (4) 1956 (2)
1951 (2) 1957 (5)
1953 (1) 1954 (4) 1955 (2) 1961 (4) 1963 (4)
NCAA Appearances -- Men 1950 (4) 1951 (2) 1956 (2) 1957 (5) 1966 (16) 1968 (16) 1981 (18) 1989 (10) 2005 (12) 2006 (20)
1953 (1) 1961 (4) 1969 (21) 1990 (16)
1954 (4) 1955 (2) 1963 (4) 1965 (6) 1972 (14) 1979 (22) 1991 (15) 1994 (16)
NCAA Appearances -- Women 1993 (22) 1994 (18)
Team Conference Championships Missouri Valley (1) ....................................... 1928 Big Six (1) .................................................... 1947 Big Seven (10) ..... 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952 ............................. 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957 Big Eight (7) ................... 1958, 1959, 1961, 1963 ................................................. 1964, 1968, 1969
KU Hall of Fame Members Lee Adams Billy Alley Gary Ard Jim Bausch Terry Beucher Les Bitner Dick Blair David Blutcher Jeff Buckingham George Byers Shelia Calmese Frank Cindrich Sam Colson Glen Cunningham Cliff Cushman Elwyn Dees Bob Devinney Emmett Edwards Allen Frame
Theo Hamilton Herold Hadley Scott Huffman Ron Jessie Jan Johnson J.W. Johnson Roger Kathol Kristi Kloster Doug Knop John Lawson Eddie Lewis Mark Lutz Brian McElroy Billy Mills Ralph Moody Kevin Newell Bill Nieder Jim Niehouse Al Oerter
Sanya Olowabi Tom Poor Terry Porter Michael Ricks Scott Russell Jim Ryun Karl Salb Wes Santee Tom Scavuzzo Herb Semper Herb Shelby Randy Smith Dennis Stewart Charlie Tidwell Jay Wagner Cliff Wiley Steve Wilhelm
Kansas Conference Affiliation 1907-1927: Missouri Valley 1928-1947: Big Six Conference
1948-1957: Big Seven Conference 1958-1996: Big Eight Conference
1996-Present: Big 12 Conference
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Kansas Men’s Cross Country Year-By-Year Results H C W.O. Hamilton W.O. Hamilton W.O. Hamilton Fred Rodkey --Karl Schlademan Karl Schlademan Karl Schlademan Karl Schlademan Karl Schlademan Karl Schlademan John McMurphy Dr. H.J. Huff Dr. H.J. Huff Dr. H.J. Huff Brutus Hamilton Brutus Hamilton Brutus Hamilton Bill Hargiss Bill Hargiss Bill Hargiss Bill Hargiss Bill Hargiss Bill Hargiss Bill Hargiss Bill Hargiss Bill Hargiss Bill Hargiss Bill Hargiss Henry Shenk Ray Kanehl Ray Kanehl Ray Kanehl Ray Kanehl Bill Easton Bill Easton Bill Easton Bill Easton Bill Easton Bill Easton Bill Easton Bill Easton Bill Easton Bill Easton Bill Easton Bill Easton Bill Easton Bill Easton Bill Easton Bill Easton Bill Easton Bill Easton Bob Timmons Bob Timmons Bob Timmons Bob Timmons Bob Timmons Bob Timmons Bob Timmons Bob Timmons Bob Timmon Bob Timmons Bob Timmons Bob Timmons Bob Timmons Bob Timmons Bob Timmons Bob Timmons Bob Timmons
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H C Bob Timmons Bob Timmons Bob Timmons Bob Timmons Bob Timmons Gary Schwartz Gary Schwartz Gary Schwartz Gary Schwartz Gary Schwartz Gary Schwartz Gary Schwartz Gary Schwartz Gary Schwartz Gary Schwartz Gary Schwartz Gary Schwartz Stanley Redwine Stanley Redwine Stanley Redwine Stanley Redwine Stanley Redwine Stanley Redwine Stanley Redwine
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Kansas Women’s Cross Country Year-By-Year Results H C Marian Washington Gary Pepin Tom Lionvale Terri Anderson & Theo Hamilton Terri Anderson & Theo Hamilton Carla Coffey Theo Hamilton Theo Hamilton Cliff Rovelto Cliff Rovelto Cliff Rovelto Cliff Rovelto Cliff Rovelto Gary Schwartz Gary Schwartz Gary Schwartz Gary Schwartz Gary Schwartz Gary Schwartz Gary Schwartz Gary Schwartz Gary Schwartz Gary Schwartz Gary Schwartz Gary Schwartz Stanley Redwine Stanley Redwine Stanley Redwine Stanley Redwine Stanley Redwine Stanley Redwine Stanley Redwine
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The University of Kansas hosts its home cross country meets at historic Rim Rock Farm, northwest of Lawrence. Before being donated to KU in 2004, the property was owned by former head track and field and cross country coach Bob Timmons and has been the home of the Jayhawks since the 1974 season. Any runner or spectator will say that the course is quite challenging and unusual. In addition to having two covered bridges as part of the course, Rim Rock Farm also features specific hills, turns and other landmarks that are named after former Jayhawk greats. Dispersed throughout the course are silhouette statues of seven legendary Jayhawk distance runners including Herb Semper, Al Frame, John Lawson and Olympians Billy Mills, Wes Santee, Glenn Cunningham and Jim Ryun. Rim Rock Farm was the vision of Coach Timmons, who, during his 23-year tenure, won two cross country conference championships. “There is something for everyone at Rim Rock Farm,” Timmons said. “Parents are afforded the opportunity to walk around throughout the course and find all the wonderful places to observe. Spectators can catch the runners three or four times throughout the event and explore the different elevations. And the runners can navigate a course that will challenge them with its obstacles and amaze them with its beauty. That’s what makes Rim Rock Farm so exciting.” In the fall of 2006, Rim Rock Farm played host to its first Big 12 Cross Country Conference Championships. Rim Rock Farm hosted the Big Eight Cross Country Championships in 1983, 1991 and 1995 and was also the site of the 1998 NCAA Division I and II Cross Country Championships as well as numerous Kansas high school state meets. Rim Rock Farm is home of the Jayhawks, but also home to former Kansas runner Steve Heffernan. After donating the course to KU, Timmons made sure that the cozy house in the middle of the farm has a full-time tenant. Heffernan is currently responsible for the farm’s upkeep, while also serving as head coach of cross country and track and field at Lawrence Free State High School. D R R F : Those traveling to Rim Rock from the Kansas Turnpike are advised to take the East Lawrence exit and then travel north on Kansas Highway 24/59 (which curves to the west) for approximately 2.5 miles before turning right (north) on the asphalt road at the Midland Store. Approximately 2.5 miles later, watch for an abandoned natural gas station on the right and make a left turn (west) at that point onto a gravel road. About .25 miles ahead, make a right turn and follow the gravel road approximately 1.33 miles (north) to the course. Maps are available through the cross country office by calling (785) 864-3486 or by visiting www.kuathletics.com.
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