KANSAS 2009 Media Guide
CROSS COUNTRY
Bret Imgrund
Amanda Miller
Lauren Bonds
Donny Wasinger
Jayhawk Women
2009 Cross Country
Jayhawk Men
2009 Jayhawk Cross Country
Table of Contents INTRODUCTION Quick Facts/Schedule................................................................. 2 2009 Meet Information.............................................................. 3 Media Information.................................................................. 4-5 www.kuathletics.com.................................................................. 6 Big 12 Cross Country................................................................ 7 Season Outlook/Rosters.......................................................... 8-9
COACHES and SUPPORT STAFF Head Coach Stanley Redwine...................................... 12-13 Assistatnt Coach Michael Whittlesey, Ph.D....................... 14 Cross Country Support Staff............................................. 15 Athletics Director Lew Perkins.......................................... 16 University Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little.................... 16
MEET THE JAYHAWKS
2008 SEASON REVIEW Season Recap................................................................... 42 Meet Results............................................................... 43-44
Credits The 2009 University of Kansas Cross Country Media Guide was produced by the Kansas Athletics Media Relations office and published by Kansas Athletics, Inc. Guide Design and Layout: Cara Schlinger Writer and Editor: Cara Schlinger Cover Design: Beau White, Cody Tenbrink Editorial Assistance: Kansas Media Relations staff Photography: Jeff and Laura Jacobsen, University Archives Printing: Mainline Printing, Topeka, Kan.
Kaleb Humphreys
Women’s Team Bonds/Knoll........................................................................ 18-19 Schneider/Sokol.................................................................. 20-21 Coen/Hall........................................................................... 22-23 Miller/Wertenberger............................................................ 24-25 Akin/Nightengale..................................................................... 26 Schafer/Stowe........................................................................... 27 Wiegers/Windisch.................................................................... 28 Abernathy/Becker/Farren......................................................... 29 Kilwein/Marquis...................................................................... 30 Thompson/Turcotte................................................................. 31 Men’s Team Huseman/Imgrund.............................................................. 32-33 Shirlen/Caprario.................................................................. 34-35 Van Orsdel............................................................................... 36 Bird/Bussing............................................................................. 37 Humphreys/Schneider.............................................................. 38 Wasinger/Zarda........................................................................ 39 Cosgrove/Ladron/Roberts........................................................ 40
Nick Caprario
HISTORY Glenn Cunningham/Bill Easton.............................................. 46 Al Frame/John Lawson............................................................ 47 Billy Mills/Jim Ryun................................................................ 48 Wes Santee/Herb Semper......................................................... 49 Bob Timmons.......................................................................... 50
RECORD BOOK Kansas Record Book......................................................... 52 Year-by-Year Results.................................................... 53-54
THIS IS THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS The University of Kansas............................................. 56-57 Athletic Excellence...................................................... 58-59 Rim Rock Farm........................................................... 60-61 Athletic Facilities......................................................... 62-63 Training Facilities............................................................. 64 Famous KU Alumni......................................................... 65 KU Traditions..................................................................... 66-67 Lawrence.................................................................... 68-69 Kansas City...................................................................... 70 Academic Support............................................................ 71 Big 12 Conference............................................................ 72
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Quick Facts SCHOOL INFORMATION Location............................................................. Lawrence, Kan. Founded............................................................................. 1866 Enrollment...................................................................... 30,102 Nickname.................................................................... Jayhawks Colors............................................................Crimson and Blue Chancellor......................................... Dr. Bernadette Gray-Little Athletics Director.....................................................Lew Perkins Faculty Athletics Representative......................... Dr. Jerry Bailey Associate A.D./S.W.A...................................... Debbie Van Saun Associate A.D./Cross Country Administrator....... Chris Howard Affiliation/Conference......................... NCAA Division I/Big 12 Home Course.................................................... Rim Rock Farm Distances......................Men: 10K and 8K; Women: 6K and 5K
TEAM HISTORY Season of Cross Country (M/W)............................... 96th/35th 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 2008 Conference Finish (M/W)..................................... 8th/8th
ROSTER INFORMATION Men’s Letterwinners (Returning/Lost)................................... 6/1 Women’s Letterwinners (Returning/Lost).............................. 4/1
COACHING STAFF Head Coach............................. Stanley Redwine (Arkansas, ’85) ....................................................... 16th Season/10th at Kansas Assistant Coach......... Dr. Michael Whittlesey (Connecticut ‘90) ........................................................ 12th season/First 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 RELATIONS Assistant A.D. for Media Relations.......................Chris Theisen Cross Country Contact....................................... Cara Schlinger Office Phone..................................................... (785) 864-7947 Cell Phone........................................................ (307) 690-2446 E-mail........................................................... cschlinger@ku.edu Fax.................................................................... (785) 864-7944 Mailing Address..................... 1651 Naismith Drive, Suite 1400 .........................................................Lawrence, KS 66045-1800 Web site.................................................... www.kuathletics.com
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2009 Schedule September 5 Bob Timmons Classic 12 Missouri Cross Country Challenge
Lawrence, Kan. Columbia, Mo.
October 3 OSU Jamboree 17 NCAA Pre-Nationals Invitational 31 Big 12 Championships
Stillwater, Okla. Terre Haute, Ind. Columbia, Mo.
November 14 Midwest Regional Championship 23 NCAA Championships
Springfield, Mo. Terre Haute, Ind.
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Meet Information Bob Timmons Classic Sept. 5 • Lawrence, Kan. Host: University of Kansas Course: Rim Rock Farm Contact: Cara Schlinger cschlinger@ku.edu • O: (785) 864-7947 F: (785) 864-7944 • www.kuathletics.com
OSU Cowboy Jamboree Oct. 3 • Stillwater, Okla. Host: Oklahoma State University Course: OSU Cross Country Course Contact: Gavin Lang gavin.lang@okstate.edu • O: (405) 744-3875 F: (405) 744-7754 • www.okstate.com
Missouri Cross Country Challenge Sept. 12 • Columbia, Mo. Host: University of Missouri Course: A.L. Gustin Golf Course Contact: Tom Lewis lewistv@missouri.edu • O: (573) 884-9486 F: (573) 882-4720 • www.mutigers.com
ISU Pre-Nationals Oct. 17 • Terre Haute, Ind. Host: Indiana State University Course: La Vern Gibson Championship Cross Country Course Contact: Mike Williams mwilliams73@isugw.indstate.edu • O: (812) 237-4161 F: (812) 237-4157 • www.gosycamores.com
NCAA Midwest Regional Championships
Big 12 Championships Oct. 31 • Columbia, Mo. Host: University of Missouri Course: A.L. Gustin Golf Course Contact: Shawn Davis davisshaw@missouri.edu • O: (573) 884-9486 C: (573) 819-9082 • www.mutigers.com
Nov. 14 • Springfield, Mo. Host: Missouri State University Course: MSU Cross Country Facility Contact: Jake Gossage • gossage42@missouristate.edu O: (417) 836-5402 www.missouristate09.com
NCAA National Championships Nov. 14 • Terre Haute, Ind. Host: Indiana State University Site: Wabash Valley Family Sports Center Contact: Kevin Jenison • kevin.jenison@indstat.edu O: (812) 237-4073 www.ncaa.org
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Media Information Kansas Media Relations Staff Allen Fieldhouse 1651 Naismith Dr. Suite 1400 Lawrence, KS 66045 Offiice: (785) 864-3417 Fax: (785) 864-7944
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Mike Strauss Associate Director Media Relations
Beau White Assistant MR Director Graphic Designer
Mike Cummings Assistant Director Media Relations
Katy Lonegran Assistant Director Media Relations
Christine Dieckmann Assistant Director Media Relations
Erin Penning Office Manager Publications Coordinator
Cara Schlinger Media Relations Assistant
Jeff Jacobsen Staff Photographer
Lisa Morrisey
Chris Theisen Assistant AD Media Relations
The University of Kansas media relations office welcomes your interest in cross country and will make every effort to make your coverage of the Jayhawks an enjoyable experience. The media relations office maintains information on all current student-athletes, as well as historical information on previous athletes and the program in general. For information, interviews or photo shoots and/or file photos, please call or stop by our office located in Parrott, or e-mail a request to Cara Schlinger (cschlinger@ ku.edu). The following are some brief guidelines of which media should be aware: Internet Resources For up-to-date news concerning KU cross country, members of the media can retrieve information on the official Kansas Athletics web site by logging onto www.kuathletics.com. Press Services Press releases including updated individual and team stats and performance sheets, as well as information on upcoming meets, will be available each week. On the day of the meet, the media relations staff will distribute pre-meet notes and other pertinent information. The releases are available in PDF format via e-mail. To be included on the e-mail list, please contact Media Relations Assistant Cara Schlinger at cschlinger@ku.edu. The releases will also be available on the KU Athletics’ web site in PDF format. Interviews All interviews with student-athletes and coaches should be arranged through media relations contact Cara Schlinger at (785) 864-7947. Please give at least 24 hours notice. Phone interviews will be done on a call-back basis only when convenient to the student-athlete or coach.
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Big 12 Cross Country Big 12 Conference Contacts: Emily Franzenburg • efranzenburg@big12sports.com • (469) 524-1040 Carmen Branch • carmen@big12sports.com • (469) 524-1009 400 E. John Carpenter Frwy. Irving, Texas 75062 Fax: (469) 524-1045 www.big12sports.com BAYLOR Contact: Todd Zeidler Todd_Zeidler@baylor.edu (254) 710-4049 (Direct Line) (254) 644-3458 (Cell/Home) 150 Bear Run Waco, Texas 76711 www.baylorbears.com COLORADO Contact: Linda Poncin linda.poncin@colorado.edu (303) 492-5980 (Direct Line) (612) 701-0054 (Cell/Home) Fieldhouse Annex 50 357 UCB Boulder, Colorado 80309 www.cubuffs.com IOWA STATE Contact: Sean Sullivan sully87@iastate.edu (515) 294-3372 (Office) (515) 710-7358 (Cell) Jacobson Athletic Building 1800 South Fourth Street Ames, Iowa 50011 www.cyclones.com KANSAS Contact: Cara Schlinger caraschlinger@ku.edu (785) 864-7947 (Direct Line) (307) 690-2446 (Cell) 1651 Naismith Drive, Suite 1400 Lawrence, Kansas 66045 www.kuathletics.com
KANSAS STATE Contact: Chris Newton cknewton@ksu.edu (785) 532-6735 (Office) (316) 648-8521 (Cell) 1800 College Avenue, Suite 37 Bramlage Coliseum Manhattan, Kansas 66502 www.k-statesports.com MISSOURI Contact: Shawn Davis davisshaw@missouri.edu (573) 884-9486 (Direct Line) (573) 819-9082 (Cell) 260 Hearnes Center PO Box 677 Columbia, Missouri 65205 www.mutigers.com NEBRASKA Contact: Jeremy Foote jfoote@huskers.com (402) 472-7778 (Direct Line) (402) 518-0232 (Cell) One Memorial Stadium Lincoln Nebraska 68588 www.huskers.com OKLAHOMA Contact: David Bassity dbassity@ou.edu (405) 325-8571 (Direct Line) (405) 274-1455 (Cell) McClendon Center Room 2525 180 West Brooks Norman, Oklahoma 73019 www.soonersports.com
OKLAHOMA STATE Contact: Gavin Lang gavin.lang@okstate.edu (405) 744-3875 (Direct Line) (803) 318-0525 (Cell) 220 Athletics Center Sillwater, Oklahoma 74078 www.okstate.com TEXAS Contact: Jeremy Sharpe (Men’s) jeremysharpe@athletics.utexas.edu (512) 471-8373 (Direct Line) Contact: Ashley Walker (Women’s) ashley.walker@athletics.utexas.edu (512) 471-8236 (Direct Line) (512) 748-8062 (Cell) 2101 San Jacinto Bellmont Hall, Room 327 Austin, Texas 78712 www.texassports.com TEXAS A&M Contact: Shawn Price sprice@athletics.tamu.edu (979) 845-9534 (Direct Line) (979) 661-0731 (Cell) PO Box 30017 College Station, Texas 77842-3017 www.aggieathletics.com TEXAS TECH Contact: Brandon Ireton brandon.ireton@ttu.edu (806) 742-2770 (Office) (806) 252-4653 (Cell) Athletic Media Relations Box 43021 Lubbock, Texas 79409 www.texastech.com
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Season Outlook With the loss of only three seniors between the men’s and women’s squads and the return of 10 letterwinners, the KU cross country teams are poised and ready to attack in 2009. “We’re really excited about this upcoming season,” Head Coach Stanley Redwine said. “We have some newcomers that will make an immediate impact on the team and the maturity we’ve seen in our returning athletes from last year to this year is extremely encouraging. We certainly have all the elements to have a great cross country season.” WOMEN The women’s team tied their best showing in the last five years at the 2008 conference meet, finishing eighth overall in the Big 12. Entering the 2009 season, the team will enjoy a complete roster, as they boast a solid group of veteran runners and an influx of new talent; all of whom have the ability to score big throughout the season.
In addition to Bonds, Allison Knoll and Amanda Miller represent two other upperclassmen who will help lead the squad in 2009. Miller finished behind Bonds as the Jayhawks’ No. 2 runner in all six races in 2008, while Knoll consistently held the No. 4 position. Miller opened her 2008 season as the runner-up at the Bob Timmons Classic, followed by a fifthplace finish at the Missouri Cross Country Challenge. She posted a career-best 6K time of 21:47.70 at the ISU Pre-Nationals race, which was nearly a minute faster than her previous record. Knoll, an experienced member of the KU squad, turned in several solid performances last season, including her best overall finish of seventh at the Bob Timmons Classic, where she posted a career-best 5K time of 19:41.70.
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“Although I am confident that any of our freshmen have the ability to hop into the top three at any time, the returning athletes of Bonds, Miller and Windisch really proved themselves as our stable runners last season and we will again rely on them to take care of business,” Redwine said. Among the new additions to the KU roster are high school standouts Kyra Kilwein, the Lawrence Free State High School recordholder in the 4K, and Kathleen Thompson, a four-time state qualifier in cross country and a member of the 2009 Missouri State Champion 4x800 meter relay team. Joining Kilwein and Thompson on the list of accomplished freshmen are Natalie Becker, Brenna Farren, Allie Marquis and Tessa Turcotte. These six new faces will add depth to the KU roster and play a significant role in improving upon the results from last season. MEN On the men’s side, the squad welcomes back nine of the 11 runners who competed at the Big 12 Championships. The team that suffered slightly last year from a young roster will now look to their experience as the prevailing factor for success in 2009. Donny Wasinger, a sophomore from Winona, Minn., emerged as the Jayhawks’ premier runner during the 2008 season. He was the No. 1 finisher for KU in four of six meets last year and posted a season-best 8K time of 25:17.63 at the conference championship. As a freshman, Wasinger led his team at the Midwest Regional, finishing the grueling 10K in 32:09.80 to take 28th place overall. Along with Wasinger, senior Bret Imgrund will pick up where he left off as one of the top runners in Crimson and Blue. The Shawnee, Kan., native was among the Jayhawks’ top three finishers in five of six meets last season, including the OSU Jamboree, where he led the squad with an 8K time of 25:48. He turned in his best time of the season at the Big 12 Championships, finishing the 8K race in 25:30.98.
Kara Windisch
Leading the charge for the women is senior Lauren Bonds, who is coming off arguably the best season for a female in Jayhawk history. Not only did Bonds lead the squad in all six races last year, but she finished among the top 15 overall in five of six meets and took home two individual medals at the Bob Timmons Classic and Missouri Cross Country Challenge. She became only the second woman in KU history to earn All-Big 12 First Team honors with a 12th-place finish at the Big 12 Championships. She was named to the all-region team for her performance at the NCAA Midwest Regional Championship, where she finished in 15th place with a 6K time of 21:29.70. Bonds is a strong competitor who undoubtedly has the drive to win.
Kara Windisch returns after a highly successful season as a redshirt freshman. The Overland Park, Kan., native established herself as the Jayhawks’ No. 3 runner early in the 2008 season, after finishing just seconds behind Miller at the Bob Timmons Classic and Missouri Cross Country Challenge. Windisch was also one of KU’s top performers at the Big 12 Championships, clocking in at 22:25.20 to finish in 41st place overall.
2009 Jayhawk Cross Country “Donny Wasinger and Bret Imgrund were our consistent top two from last season and, as both are returning this year, we can expect to get strong leadership and great results out of them,” Redwine said. Joining them as returning Jayhawks are juniors Dan Van Orsdel and Nick Caprario. “Nick Caprario has always been good when it comes time,” Redwine said. “He has stepped up in the past and often filled that third or fourth spot in the lineup and we expect him to continue to run well for us this season.” Caprario saved his best performance of the 2008 season for the Big 12 Championships, as he finished third on the team and 40th overall with a time of 25:32.58. Van Orsdel also proved himself as a reliable team member, competing in all six meets, with his best finish coming at the OSU Cowboy Jamboree. He was the No. 3 runner for KU and posted a seasonbest 8K time of 25:29. Along with the veterans, KU had several newcomers make an impact in 2008, including Zach Zarda and Kaleb Humphreys. “Zarda is another guy who can come in at any time and do a really good job for us,” Redwine said. Zarda was the first to cross the finish line for Kansas at the Missouri Cross Country Challenge, finishing the 8K race in 27:12.82 and taking sixth overall. Humphreys ran in all six meets as a true freshman, earning his highest team finish of third at the Midwest Regional. He turned in a season-best 26:09.10 at the ISU Pre-Nationals race, followed by a 26:15.08 at the Big 12 Championships. The men’s squad welcomes two new faces to the roster; Sam Cosgrove, a senior transfer from Miami-Ohio, and David Roberts, a freshman from Mulvane, Kan. Roberts is the reigning state champion in the 3,200 meters and placed fourth at last year’s state cross country championships. The Jayhawks have six events on tap for 2009, starting their season in usual fashion with the Bob Timmons Classic at Rim Rock Farm. Both the men and women won the event last year and hope to continue their dominance on their home course this season. “Although we are still in our base phase of training during the first two meets, we plan to throw a lot at the team when they first report to campus, so they will be ready for our early competitions,” Redwine said. “We look at the season as a continued progression from the first meet to the NCAA and we will expect better performances out of them every week.”
WOMEN’S ROSTER Name Mackenzie Abernathy Amanda Akin Natalie Becker Lauren Bonds Kaitlyn Coen Brenna Farren Claire Hall Kyra Kilwein Alison Knoll Allie Marquis Amanda Miller Laura Nightengale Lindsay Schaefer Kellie Schneider Cassi Sokol Rebeka Stowe Kathleen Thompson Tessa Turcotte Riley Wertenberger Devin Wiegers Kara Windisch
Yr. Hometown (HS/Previous School) Fr. (RS) Plano, Texas (Plano West HS) So. Topeka, Kan. (Hutchinson HS) Fr. St. Louis, Mo. (Parkway West HS) Sr. Hutchinson, Kan. (Hutchinson HS) Jr. Hays, Kan. (Hays HS) Fr. Dallas, Texas (Ursuline Academy) Jr. Iowa City, Iowa (West HS) Fr. Lawrence, Kan. (Lawrence Free State HS) Sr. Shawnee, Kan. (Shawnee Mission Northwest HS) Fr. Prairie Village, Kan. (Shawnee Mission East HS) Jr. Overland Park, Kan. (Olathe East HS) So. El Dorado, Kan. (El Dorado HS) So. Highlands Ranch, Colo. (Highlands Ranch HS) Sr. Kenosha, Wis. (Tremper HS) Sr. Urbandale, Iowa (Urbandale HS) So. Olathe, Kan. (Olathe Northwest HS) Fr. Chesterfield, Mo. (Parkway Central HS) Fr. Albuquerque, N.M. (St. Pius X HS) So. Olathe, Kan. (Olathe East HS) So. Leawood, Kan. (Blue Valley HS) So. Overland Park, Kan. (Blue Valley West HS)
MEN’S ROSTER Name Sam Bird Austin Bussing Nick Caprario Sam Cosgrove Kaleb Humphreys Levi Huseman Bret Imgrund Diego Ladron David Roberts Clay Schneider Isaiah Shirlen Dan Van Orsdel Don Wasinger Zach Zarda
Yr. So. So. Jr. Sr. So. Sr. Sr. Fr. (RS) Fr. So. Sr. Jr. So. So.
Hometown (HS/Previous School) Columbia City, Ind. (Northrop HS) Houston, Texas (James E. Taylor HS) Kearney, Neb. (Kearney HS) Hilliard, Ohio (Hilliard Darby HS/Miami-Ohio) Sterling, Kan. (Sterling HS) Tonganoxie, Kan. (Tonganoxie HS) Shawnne, Kan. (Shawnee Mission Northwest HS) Shawnne, Kan. (Shawnee Mission Northwest HS) Mulvane, Kan. (Mulvane HS) Topkea, Kan. (Seaman HS) Old Fort, N.C. (McDowell HS/UNC-Charlotte) Minnetonka, Minn. (Cotter HS) Winona, Minn. (Cotter HS) Shawnee, Kan. (Maranatha Academy)
Head Coach: Stanley Redwine Assistant Coach: Michael Whittlesey
After their debut event, the teams will travel to Columbia, Mo., for the Missouri Cross Country Challenge, followed by the OSU Cowboy Jamboree in Stillwater, Okla. KU then heads to the site of the 2009 NCAA Championships for the highly competitive ISU Pre-Nationals race on Oct. 18. After a short two-week hiatus, the Jayhawks will vie for a conference title at the Big 12 Championships in Columbia, Mo. “In order for us to place better we obviously need to be better compared to our competition,” Redwine said. “Everyone in the Big 12 is training harder and getting better. What it comes down to is we need to be both mentally and physically prepared to race at that level.”
Lauren Bonds
The Jayhawks begin NCAA competition with the Midwest Regional Championships on Nov. 14, followed by the NCAA National Championships on Nov. 23.
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Stanley Redwine Head Coach 10th Year (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 10th 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 All-Americans 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 nine seasons, 33 Kansas student-athletes have achieved 69 AllAmerica honors, and the men’s and women’s teams have combined to set more than 61 school records and cracked 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. Most recently, he was selected as the distance coach for Team USA at the 2009 IAAF World Outdoor Championships in Berlin, Germany. In July of 2007, he traveled to Rio de Janeiro as the men’s head track 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 four seasons alone, the cross country teams have supplied 39 members to the Academic All-Big 12 teams, while the track teams have contributed 86 to the same list. After losing six All-Americans in 2008 and welcoming a combined 44 new faces to the men’s and women’s rosters, the 2008-09 season was a year of growth for both the cross country and track and field programs. Despite the youth-driven squads, Redwine saw 23 athletes make the KU all-time top five lists and two new school records set. He also led five athletes to the NCAA Championships throughout the indoor and outdoor track and field seasons.
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Olympic Athletes: 2004 - Charlie Gruber - 1,500 meters 2008 - Nickesha Anderson - 4x100 meter relay
All-America Honors (XC/Track & Field) Academic All-Big 12 selections in last four seasons
Under the direction of Redwine, Lauren Bonds became only the second woman in Kansas history to earn All-Big 12 First Team honors in cross country, after she finished 12th at the Big 12 Championships in 2008. Bonds also set two new school records during the indoor track season in the mile (4:43.74) and 1,000 meters (2:46.60). Redwine’s eighth season, the 2007-08 campaign, featured 14 All-Americans combined in cross country and track and field. Colby Wissel became just the fifth cross country runner in school history to earn back-to-back All-America honors. In the 2008 indoor track and field season, nine school records were topped, and Kansas was just one of 10 schools to have both its men’s and women’s teams finish in the top 25 at the NCAA Championships. Senior Egor Agafonov joined a prestigious list with Karl Salb, Jim Ryun and Leo Bookman as the only Jayhawks to successfully defend their indoor national titles, winning the weight throw for the second-straight year. At the outdoor NCAA championships, senior Crystal Manning (long jump and triple jump) and junior Nickesha Anderson (100 meters and 200 meters) each won two All-America honors. Only one other woman (Candace Mason) had accomplished the feat in KU history. In 2006-07, the men’s cross country team made its second consecutive NCAA appearance, finishing 20th as 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 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-Americans, 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 and 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-to-back 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
2009 Jayhawk Cross Country 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 oversaw five athletes who received All-America accolades in outdoor track, as he and his staff guided Amy Linnen to Big 12 and NCAA Championships in the pole vault. The Jayhawk men finished 25th nationally, and the women placed 29th. The summer of 2005 also saw the Jayhawks claim success on the international stage as Paul Hefferon captured the silver medal 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 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 sixth-place 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 champions. The men’s track team finished eighth in the nation during the indoor season, and then gave a fourth-place performance at the Big 12 Outdoor Championships before finishing 21st nationally. Also in 2002, Redwine and his staff guided seven athletes to a total of eight All-America honors, 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, 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 of his 2000 cross country teams improved at the Big 12 Conference Championships, as the men placed sixth and the women improved from 11th to eighth. Before Redwine was hired 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 re-wrote the Golden Hurricane’s all-time top-10 performance lists. Including some of the top finishes in conference history, Redwine produced 11 NCAA qualifiers and Tulsa’s first-ever All-American. Redwine also oversaw the Golden Hurricane 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 of Arkansas, one of the premier track and field programs in the nation. During his tenure at UA, the Razorbacks captured nine consecutive NCAA Championships and 22 titles from 1985 to 1994 in both track and field and cross country. He helped produce 14 All-Americans and two NCAA
THE REDWINE FILE Coaching History
2000-Present Kansas Head Coach, Cross Country/Track and Field 1994-2000 Tulsa Head Coach, Cross Country/Track and Field 1985-1994 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
• 2009 IAAF World Outdoor Championships - Team USA, Assistant Coach • 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
• University of Arkansas, 1985 Bachelor’s in administrative management
Personal
Wife, Jacqueline; three children, Alexa, Crysta and Stanley, Jr. 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 AllAmerican 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 four-time 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 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 twotime silver medalist in the 800-meter run at the Goodwill Games (1986, 1994). He also won two bronze medals at the Pan American Games, in 1983 and 1987. Redwine was a five-time World Championship team member (1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 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 (27), Stanley, Jr. (24), and Alexa (19).
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Michael Whittlesey, Ph.D. Assistant Coach First Year (Connecticut, 1990) Michael Whittlesey is in his first season as assistant coach for cross country and middle distance/distance running at Kansas. Whittlesey came to KU after serving 11 years as the assistant coach in charge of cross country and distance running for the track program at North Carolina. In addition to his coaching duties at UNC, Whittlesey worked as the assistant director for both men’s and women’s track and field and cross country for the past four seasons. Under his direction, North Carolina produced nine NCAA individual and relay titles in six years, 70 All-Americans and 36 conference champions. Most recently, Whittlesey led the track team to back-toback NCAA titles in the distance medley relay at the 2006 and 2007 Indoor NCAA Championships. Along with the 2007 distance medley relay title, Whittlesey coached sophomore anchor Brie Felnagle to the individual NCAA title in the outdoor 1,500 meters. Under the guidance of Whittlesey, Felnagle captured three NCAA titles and was named an All-American 10 times in her career. Additionally, in his 11 years at the helm of the cross country program at UNC, the Carolina women's team advanced to the NCAA Championships 10 times, including a program-best sixth-place finish in 1999. With a 10th-place finish in 2004, the Tar Heel women posted back-toback top-10 NCAA finishes for the first time in school history. After assisting the Tar Heels to a fourth-place indoor finish and another top-10 outdoor finish and producing four NCAA individual and relay titles, Whittlesey was awarded the first-ever NCAA Division I Track and Field National Assistant Coach of the Year for women's middle distance/distance in 2003. Whittlesey also received the 2007 NCAA Outdoor Track & Field East Regional Assistant Coach of the Year honor. On top of the great team success during Whittlesey’s tenure at UNC, the Tar Heels also witnessed some of the greatest individual distance athletes in school history during his term. Perhaps no other athlete thrived under Whittlesey more than Shalane Flanagan. Flanagan was the NCAA cross country champion in 2002 and 2003. Not only was Flanagan the first Carolina woman to ever take the cross country national championship, but she was only the third woman in NCAA history to successfully defend her title. A threetime recipient of the NCAA Cross Country Athlete of the Year award, Flanagan also excelled on the track. She won a pair of indoor national championships in 2003. Individually, she claimed the title in the 3000 meters, and then teamed up with teammates Erin Donohue, Anissa Gainey and Alice Schmidt to take first-place honors in the distance medley relay. Flanagan also earned a spot on the 2004 U.S. Olympic 5,000 team before claiming a bronze medal in the 10,000 at the 2008 Olympic Games.
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Along with Flanagan, Whittlesey coached standout runner Alice Schmidt, who was a two-time national champion in the outdoor 800 and the first North Carolina track and field athlete to win an NCAA title in the same event twice. Both Schmidt and Flanagan went on to earn places on the 2005 U.S. Track & Field World Championship team, while Erin Donohue earned All-America status in both cross country and track. All three athletes earned spots on the 2007 U.S. Track and Field World Championship team, as well as the 2008 US Olympic team. Whittlesey has twice won both the ACC Cross Country Coach of the Year and Southeast Region Coach of the Year awards, earning each in 1999 and 2003. A native of Morris, Conn., Whittlesey started his coaching career at UNC-Charlotte, where he served two years as an assistant coach. While with the 49ers, Whittlesey coached his athletes to 53 new school records in 18 different events and coached all-conference performers in the triple jump and javelin. Before his time at Charlotte, Whittlesey coached at the University of Connecticut for six years and also served as an assistant strength coach. Whittlesey's competitive experience includes being the first American finisher in the 1995 Boston Marathon. He also qualified for the 1996 Olympic Trials in the marathon after competing as a non-recruited athlete at the University of Connecticut. He graduated from UConn in May 1990 with a bachelor's degree in sports medicine/athletic training and later earned a master's in biophysical science/exercise physiology in 1993. In 1997, Whittlesey received a doctorate of philosophy in sports science/exercise physiology from UNC. Whittlesey and his wife, Carol, have two children: five-year-old daughter Samantha Paige and three-year-old son Ryan Allen.
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Support Staff
Chris Howard Associate Athletics Director Cross Country Administrator
Debbie Luman Administrative Assistant
Vincent Bingham Director of Operations
Milan Donley Events Coordinator
Rosie Martins Athletic Trainer
Joel Luedke Athletic Trainer
Mary Beth Marchiony Academic Counselor
Lisa Hehman Academic Counselor
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Athletics Director Lew Perkins Lew Perkins has served as Director of Athletics at the University of Kansas since June 2003. He arrived at KU after achieving nationally recognized success as athletics director at the University of Connecticut. That success has continued at KU. In the summer of 2008 Perkins topped the public voting in TIME Magazine’s online poll of the best sports executives in the world. He was the only college sports administrator to make TIME’s list of 35 individuals, which includes team owners, team managers, league commissioners and other executives from around the world. Kansas Athletics has experienced tremendous growth and success during Perkins’ tenure. Student-athletes have excelled in athletic programs in conference and national play, bringing home conference titles, bowl games and national championships under Perkins’ leadership. Success can also be found in the classroom, with student-athletes setting new records for academic excellence. Kansas Athletics fundraising has reached unprecedented levels, resulting in greater services for student-athletes, coaches and numerous upgrades in KU’s athletics facilities. Under Perkins, Kansas Athletics’ $27-million budget has grown to more than $55 million. Perkins has 41 years experience in college athletics and is one of the most respected athletics directors in the country. A native of Chelsea, Mass., Perkins was inducted into his high school Hall of Fame in 1989. A highly recruited basketball player, he played at the University of Iowa (1965-67). Perkins earned his undergraduate degree there in 1967. He obtained his master’s degree in education (1975) from the University of South Carolina and received an honorary Doctor of Education degree at USC Aiken in May 2005. Perkins has served on many NCAA, Big 12 Conference and other prestigious committees, including the Basketball Issues Committee. At the conference level, Perkins has served as Chair of the Big 12 Board of Athletics Directors and as a member of the Big 12 Television Committee. In spring 2005 he was named to the Board of Directors of the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame. He and his wife Gwen have been married 41 years. Their daughter Amy and her husband Brandon Macneill, Executive Associate Athletic Director at Tulane University, are parents to Caroline and Alexandra. Daughter Holly obtained her juris doctorate from the University of Kansas School of Law and is an associate at Polsinelli Shughart in Kansas City. Lew and Gwen are committed to the well-being of all student-athletes, coaches and staff, and are proud to call Kansas home.
University Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little A highly regarded scholar, teacher and university leader, Bernadette Gray-Little began her tenure as the 17th chancellor of the University of Kansas on August 15, 2009. As KU chancellor, Gray-Little is the chief executive officer of the university, overseeing campuses in Lawrence, Kansas City, Overland Park and Wichita in addition to research and educational centers in Topeka, Hutchinson, Parsons and elsewhere in the state. She succeeds Robert Hemenway, who served as KU chancellor for 14 years. Chancellor Gray-Little previously was executive vice chancellor and provost from 2006 to 2009 at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. A professor of psychology, Gray-Little rose to the post of UNC’s chief academic officer after successive administrative appointments, including dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, executive associate provost, senior associate dean for undergraduate education for the college, and chair of the Department of Psychology. In these roles, she earned a reputation as a superb fundraiser, a relationship builder, a strong advocate for faculty and for research, and a champion for the highest quality educational experience for students. A native of eastern North Carolina, Gray-Little received her bachelor’s degree from Marywood College in Scranton, Pa., and her master’s and doctoral degrees in psychology from St. Louis University. Her postdoctoral research in cross-cultural psychology was funded by a fellowship from the Fulbright Foundation for study in Denmark. She has also been a Social Science Research Council Fellow and a recipient of a Ford Foundation Senior Scholar Fellowship through the National Research Council. Her research falls primarily into three areas, two of which reflect a continuing interest in the relation of social and cultural factors to personality and psychopathology. First, she has studied the relevance of the client and clinician’s ethnic/racial membership to the diagnosis and treatment of psychological disorder. The second area concerns the social determinants of self-esteem and is manifest in research on factors associated with self-esteem in children and adolescents of varied ethnic groups. In a third area of research she has explored the association of relationship satisfaction to the decision-making and influence strategies used by couples in intimate relationships. Gray-Little is married to Shade Key Little, who was assistant dean for academic support services at UNC. They have two adult children and one grandchild.
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Lauren Bonds 5-8 • Senior Hutchinson, Kan. (Hutchinson HS) JUNIOR (2008) Led the Jayhawks in all six meets, while capturing two individual medals…Finished first at the Bob Timmons Classic with a career-best 5K time of 18:53.10… Named Big 12 Runner of the Week (Sept. 13) after winning the Missouri Cross Country Challenge in a 5K time of 18:59.29…Placed ninth at the OSU Cowboy Jamboree with a 6K time of 21:32...Earned All-Big 12 First Team honors with a 12th-place finish at the Big 12 Championships…Finished in 15th place at the NCAA Midwest Regional Championships to earn all-region honors with a 6K time of 21:29.70…Named Academic All-Big 12 First Team for the second consecutive year. SOPHOMORE (2007) Earned USTFCCCA Division I All-Region honors with a 25th-place finish at the Midwest Regionals (21:05)… Was the team’s No. 1 runner in every meet she competed in…Finished third at the Bob Timmons Classic with a time of 22:52…Placed ninth at the NCAA PreNationals with a time of 21:47…Competed at the Big 12 Championships and ran a time of 22:04, good for 30th place…Named Academic All-Big 12 First Team. FRESHMAN (2006) Ran in all but one race for KU in an outstanding freshman season...Placed seventh at the Bob Timmons Classic (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 Pre-Nationals...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 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). PERSONAL Daughter of Lisa Bonds...Born in Junction City, Kan... Majoring in political science.
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CAREER-BEST TIMES 5K: 18:53.10 6K: 21:05 CAREER RESULTS 2008 Bob Timmons Classic: 18:53.1 (1st) Missouri Cross Country Classic: 18:59.29 (1st) OSU Cowboy Jamboree: 21:32 (9th) ISU Pre-Nationals: 21:24.9 (64th) Big 12 Championships: 21:31 (12th) NCAA Midwest Region Championships: 21:29.70 (15th) 2007 Bob Timmons Classic: 22:52.40 (3rd) Roy Griak Invitational: 22:47 (64th) NCAA Pre-Nationals: 21:47 (9th) Big 12 Championships: 22:04.3 (30th) NCAA Midwest Regional: 21:05 (25th) 2006 Bob Timmons Classic: 23:15.04 (7th) Roy Griak Invitational: 23:49.3 (143rd) NCAA Pre-Nationals: 22:49.0 (90th, Open Division) Big 12 Championships: 23:17.6 (58th) NCAA Midwest Regional: 23:12.6 (84th)
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Alison Knoll 5-0 • Senior Shawnee, Kan. (Shawnee Mission Northwest HS) JUNIOR (2008) Ran a personal-best 5K time of 19:41.70 to finish seventh at the Bob Timmons Classic…Placed 10th at the Missouri Cross Country Challenge with a 5K time of 19:57.27…Recorded a personal-best 6K time of 22:26.20 at the ISU Pre-Nationals…Finished in 41st place at the OSU Cowboy Jamboree with a 6K time of 22:34…Posted a 55th-place finish at the Big 12 Championships with a 6K time of 22:49.95…Placed 65th at the NCAA Midwest Regional Championships with a 6K time of 22:40.40. SOPHOMORE (2007) Placed 11th at the Kansas State vs. Kansas Duel with a 5K time of 20:03…Competed at the NCAA PreNationals and placed 61st with a time of 23:00.80… Ran a time of 23:23.40 at the Big 12 Championships and placed 75th…Ran a personal-best 6K time of 22:25 at the Midwest Regionals. FRESHMAN (2006) Competed in three races for Kansas...Placed 23rd at the Bob Timmons Classic...Finished eighth in the 5K KSU Wildcat Invitational (19:48.80)...Ran a season-best 6K time of 23:05.10 at the NCAA PreNationals. HIGH SCHOOL Placed 11th at the Kansas 6A State Cross Country Championships in a time of 15:40...Was named to All-Sun County first team, All-Johnson County first team and All-Metro Coaches’ Association first team. PERSONAL Daughter of Ron and Cindy Knoll....Majoring in applied behavioral science.
CAREER-BEST TIMES 5K: 19:41.70 6K: 22:40.40 CAREER RESULTS 2008 Bob Timmons Classic: 19:41.70 (7th) Missouri Cross Country Challenge: 19:57.27 (10th) OSU Cowboy Challenge: 22:34 (41st) ISU Pre-Nationals: 22:26.20 (164th) Big 12 Championships: 22:49.95 (55th) NCAA Midwest Regional Championships: 22:40.40 (65th) 2007 Kansas State/Kansas Duel: 20:03.9 (11th) Roy Griak Invitational: 23:56.9 (128th) NCAA Pre-Nationals: 23:00.8 (61st) Big 12 Championships: 23:23.4 (75th) NCAA Midwest Regional: 22:25 (100th) 2006 Bob Timmons Classic: 24:48.34 (23rd) KSU Wildcat Invitational: 19:48.8 (8th) NCAA Pre-Nationals: 23:05.1 (118th, Open Division)
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Kellie Schneider 5-7 • Senior Kenosha, Wis. (Tremper HS) JUNIOR (2008) Finished 93rd in the Women’s Open Race at the ISU Pre-Nationals with a 6K time of 23:31.80...Placed 70th at the Big 12 Championships in a 6K time of 23:18.05... Missed first part of season due to injury. SOPHOMORE (2007) Competed in three meets…Placed 76th at the NCAA Pre-Nationals (23:24)…Competed at the Big 12 Championships and placed 97th with a time of 24:35.10. FRESHMAN (2006) Competed in all but one race during her freshman campaign...Maintained great consistency throughout the season, staying between 22:45.20 and 23:58.30...Placed 16th in her first collegiate race, the Bob Timmons Classic (23:43.23)...Ran at the Roy Griak Invitational, placing 157th (23:58.30)...Logged a personal-best time of 22:45.20 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, finishing 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 Kurt Schneider and Kimberly Gagliardi... Majoring in applied behavioral science.
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CAREER-BEST TIMES 6K: 22:45.20 CAREER RESULTS 2008 ISU Pre-Nationals: 23:31.80 (93rd, Open Division) Big 12 Championships: 23:18.05 (70th) 2007 Roy Griak Invitational: 25:14.4 (200th) ISU Pre-Nationals: 23:24.5 (76th) Big 12 Championships: 24:35.1 (97th) 2006 Bob Timmons Classic: 23:43.23 (16th) Roy Griak Invitational: 23:58.3 (157th) NCAA Pre-Nationals: 22:45.2 (85th, Open Division) Big 12 Championships: 23:56.51 (77th) NCAA Midwest Regional: 23:00.2 (74th)
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Cassi Sokol 5-6 • Senior Urbandale, Iowa (Urbandale HS) JUNIOR (2008) Posted a 33rd-place finish at the Bob Timmons Classic in a 5K time of 21:38.90. SOPHOMORE (2007) Competed in three races…Placed 37th at the Bob Timmons Classic (25:12)…Ran a season-best 8K time of 24:22 at the NCAA Pre-Nationals and placed 99th. FRESHMAN (2006) Ran in four races for Kansas in her freshman season...Started the season with an 11th-place finish at the Bob Timmons Classic (23:20.72)...Competed at the Roy Griak Invitational (24:37.60)...Ran a personal-best 6K time at the NCAA Pre-Nationals (22:56.60)...Was one of three KU freshmen to compete at the Big 12 Championships, where she placed 78th (23:58.20). HIGH SCHOOL Finished sixth overall and as the second senior at the 2005 Iowa 4A Cross Country Championships... Recorded four top-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 second in the distance medley relay. PERSONAL Daughter of Neal and Joni Sokol...Majoring in journalism.
CAREER-BEST TIMES 5K: 21:38.90 6K: 22:56.60 CAREER RESULTS 2008 Bob Timmons Classic: 21:38.90 (33rd) 2007 Bob Timmons Classic: 25:12.24 (37th) Roy Griak Invitational: 24:49.90 (178th) NCAA Pre-Nationals: 24:22.80 (99th) 2006 Bob Timmons Classic: 23:20.72 (11th) Roy Griak Invitational: 24:37.60 (200th) NCAA Pre-Nationals: 22:56.60 (107th, Open Division) Big 12 Championships: 23:58.20 (78th)
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Kaitlyn Coen 5-8 • Junior Hays, Kan. (Hays HS) SOPHOMORE (2008) Academic All-Big 12 First Team selection...Finished in 24th place at the Bob Timmons Classic in a career-best 5K time of 21:16.20…Placed 27th at the Missouri Cross Country Challenge with a 5K time of 21:56.33...Ran a personal-best 6K time of 24:18.10 at the ISU Pre-Nationals to finish 123rd in the Women’s Open Race. FRESHMAN (RS) (2007) Earned Academic All-Big 12 Second Team honors... Competed in three meets…Placed 43rd at the Bob Timmons Classic with a time of 25:36.32…Saved her best race for last at the NCAA Pre-Nationals by setting a personal-best time of 25:29. FRESHMAN (2006) Utilized her redshirt season. HIGH SCHOOL Placed 15th at the 2005 Kansas 5A State Cross Country Championships...Highly decorated cross country athlete with the following accolades: threetime all-conference, four-time all-region, three-time all-state, two-time Academic all-state, four-time Most Valuable Runner at Hays High School, two-time conference runner-up, school record holder in the 4K (16:18). PERSONAL Daughter of Dave and Karen Coen...Majoring in accounting and finance.
CAREER-BEST TIMES 5K: 21:16.20 6K: 24:18.10 CAREER RESULTS 2008 Bob Timmons Classic: 21:16.20 (24th) Missouri Cross Country Challenge: 21:56.33 (27th) ISU Pre-Nationals: 24:18.10 (123rd, Open Division) 2007 Bob Timmons Classic: 25:36.32 (43rd) Roy Griak Invitational: 26:12.8 (236th) NCAA Pre-Nationals: 25:29 (115th)
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Claire Hall 6-0 • Junior Iowa City, Iowa (West HS) SOPHOMORE (2008) Posted a personal-best 5K time of 21:14.80 to take 23rd place at the Bob Timmons Classic…Placed 31st at the Missouri Cross Country Challenge in a 5K time of 23:18.23...Named to the Academic All-Big 12 First Team. FRESHMAN (RS) (2007) Named to the Academic All-Big 12 First Team… Competed in four races…Finished 39th at the Bob Timmons Classic with a time of 25:22.98… Ran a personal-best 5K time of 21:16 at the Kansas State vs. Kansas Duel (placed 16th)… Ran a personal-best 6K time of 24:48.60 at the NCAA Pre-Nationals. FRESHMAN (2006) Utilized her redshirt season. 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 the 2004 Iowa State distance medley championship team. PERSONAL Daughter of David Hall and Margo Schilling... Majoring in exercise science.
CAREER-BEST TIMES 5K: 21:14.80 6K: 24:48.6 CAREER RESULTS 2008 Bob Timmons Classic: 21:14.80 (23rd) Missouri Cross Country Challenge: 23:18.23 (31st) 2007 Bob Timmons Classic: 25:22.98 (39th) Kansas State/Kansas Duel: 21:16.2 (16th) Roy Griak Invitational: 26:10.2 (233rd) NCAA Pre-Nationals: 24:48.6 (107th)
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Amanda Miller 5-4 • Junior Overland Park, Kan. (Olathe East HS) SOPHOMORE (2008) KU’s No. 2 finisher at all six meets…Runner-up at the Bob Timmons Classic after posting a personal-best 5K time of 19:17.20…Placed fifth at the Missouri Cross Country Challenge in a 5K time of 19:20.75…Finished in 24th-place at the OSU Cowboy Jamboree after running the 6K course in 22:05…Set a personal-best 6K time of 21:47.70 at the ISU Pre-Nationals, where she finished in 94th place overall…Recorded a 38th-place finish at the Big 12 Championships with a 6K time of 22:17.35… Finished 33rd at the NCAA Midwest Regionals in a 6K time of 21:53.90…Selected to the Academic All-Big 12 First Team. FRESHMAN (2007) Contributed to the scoring effort in five of the six meets she ran… Placed 10th at the Kansas State vs. Kansas Duel with a 5K time of 19:55.80…Finished in 38th place at the NCAA Pre-Nationals with a time of 22:27.90…Competed at the Big 12 Championships and finished in a time of 22:50.75 to place 60th…Ran a personalbest time of 22:23 at the Midwest Regionals and placed 96th. HIGH SCHOOL Multi-sport athlete who also participated in basketball and soccer...Placed fifth at the 2006 6A Kansas 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 in 2005 and 2006...Named to the All-Sun Girls Cross Country First Team from 2004-2006... Named all-state in 2004, 2005 and 2006...All-Sunflower League from 2003-2006...Member of the All-Star Johnson County Cross Country First Team in 2005 and 2006...Named to the Kansas City Star All-Metro Cross Country First Team in 2005...Member of the Kansas City 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...Majoring in business.
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CAREER-BEST TIMES 5K: 19:17.20 6K: 21:47.70 CAREER RESULTS 2008 Bob Timmons Classic: 19:17.20 (2nd) Missouri Cross Country Challenge: 19:20.75 (5th) OSU Cowboy Jamboree: 22:05 (24th) ISU Pre-Nationals: 21:47.70 (94th) Big 12 Championships: 22:17.35 (38th) NCAA Midwest Regional Championship: 21:53.90 (33rd) 2007 Bob Timmons Classic: 23:55.36 (14th) Kansas State/Kansas Duel: 19:55.80 (10th) Roy Griak Invitational: 24:09.10 (142nd) NCAA Pre-Nationals: 22:27.90 (38th) Big 12 Championships: 22:50.75 (60th) NCAA Midwest Regional: 22:23 (96th)
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Riley Wertenberger 5-2 • Junior Olathe, Kan. (Olathe East HS) SOPHOMORE (2008) Named to the Academic All-Big 12 First Team… Ran a personal-best 5K time of 20:52.80 at the Bob Timmons Classic to finish in 18th place…Placed 23rd at the Missouri Cross Country Challenge in a 5K time of 21:18.25...Posted a personal-best 6K time of 23:34.30 at the ISU Pre-Nationals to finish 95th in the Women’s Open Division. FRESHMAN (2007) Ran in four races…Set a personal best time in the 5K at the Kansas State vs. Kansas Duel (20:57.20)… Ran a personal-best 8K time of 23:55.90 at the NCAA Pre-Nationals and placed 91st…Competed at the Big 12 Championships and placed 93rd (24:14.60). HIGH SCHOOL 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...Twotime 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 ninth in the 3,200 meters at the state championships. PERSONAL Daughter of Brian and Lori Wertenberger… Majoring in chemical engineering.
CAREER-BEST TIMES 5K: 20:52.80 6K: 23:34.30 CAREER RESULTS 2008 Bob Timmons Classic: 20:52.80 (18th) Missouri Cross Country Challenge: 21:18.25 (23rd) ISU Pre-Nationals: 23:34.30 (95th, Open Division) 2007 Bob Timmons Classic: 24:48.65 (28th) Kansas State/Kansas Duel: 20:57.20 (14th) NCAA Pre-Nationals: 23:55.90 (91st) Big 12 Championships: 24:14.60 (93rd)
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Amanda Akin 5-7 • Sophomore Topeka, Kan.
(Seaman HS) FRESHMAN (2008) Placed 27th in her debut at the Bob Timmons Classic with a personal-best 5K time of 21:22.30…Finished in 26th place at the Missouri Cross Country Challenge, posting a 5K time of 21:42.29…Ran in the Open Division at the ISU Pre-Nationals, finishing in 108th place in a time of 23:48.2. HIGH SCHOOL Four-year letterwinner in cross country...Lettered two years in both soccer and track...Three-time all-state selection in cross country (2005-2007)...Named to the Kansas class 5A all-regional team all four years (2004-2007)...Earned All-Centennial League honors four times (2004-2007).
CAREER-BEST TIMES 5K: 21:22.30 6K: 23:48.20
PERSONAL Daughter of Bruce and Tami Akin...Majoring in Business.
CAREER RESULTS 2008 Bob Timmons Classic: 21:22.30 (27th) Missouri Cross Country Challenge: 21:42.29 (26th) ISU Pre-Nationals: 23:48.20 (108th, Open Division)
Laura Nightengale 5-10 • Sophomore El Dorado, Kan.
(El Dorado HS) FRESHMAN (2008) Impressive showing in her debut at the Bob Timmons Classic, placing fifth in a personal-best 5K time of 19:32.10…Finished in 16th place at the Missouri Cross Country Challenge after crossing the finish line in 20:21.73…Placed 39th at the OSU Cowboy Jamboree in a personal-best 6K time of 22:31... Ran a 23:36.35 (6K) at the Big 12 Championships to finish in 91st place. HIGH SCHOOL Four-year letterwinner in both cross country and track...Lettered three years in basketball...Three-time first team all-state selection in cross country... Named MVP of her cross country team all four years (2004-07)...Academic all-state in 2006 and 2007...Voted teammate of the year in 2006 and 2007... State Champion in the 800 meters...Named MVP of her track team. PERSONAL Daughter of Brad and Diane Nightengale...Undecided on major.
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CAREER-BEST TIMES 5K: 19:32.10 6K: 22:31 CAREER RESULTS 2008 Bob Timmons Classic: 19:32.10 (5th) Missouri Cross Country Challenge: 20:21.73 (16th) OSU Cowboy Jamboree: 22:31 (39th) Big 12 Championships: 23:56.20 (91st)
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Lindsay Schaefer 5-9 • Sophomore Highlands Ranch, Colo. (Highlands Ranch HS) FRESHMAN (2008) Competed in five of six meets as a true freshman…Placed 28th at the Bob Timmons Classic in a 5K time of 21:28.10…Ran a personal-best 5K time of 21:03.45 at the Missouri Cross Country Challenge, finishing in 21st place…Posted a personal-best 6K time of 23:26.30 at the ISU Pre-Nationals to place 89th in the Women’s Open Division…Finished in 86th place at the Big 12 Championships with a 6K time of 23:45.50… Ran a 6K time of 23:36.35 at the NCAA Midwest Regional Championships to finish in 131st place. CAREER-BEST TIMES HIGH SCHOOL Lettered three years in both cross country and track... Voted team captain of cross country team her senior year (2007)...Second team all-state in 2005 and 2006...Named most outstanding junior in 2006 and most outstanding sophomore in 2005...CHSAA Academic Athlete in 2005 and 2006. PERSONAL Daughter of Ann and Gregg Schaefer...Majoring in biology.
5K: 21:03.45 6K: 23:26.30 CAREER RESULTS 2008 Bob Timmons Classic: 21:28.10 (28th) Missouri Cross Country Challenge: 21:03.45 (21st) ISU Pre-Nationals: 23:26.30 (89th, Open Division) Big 12 Champioships: 23:45.50 (86th) NCAA Midwest Regional Championships: 23:36.35 (131st)
Rebeka Stowe 5-6 • Sophomore Olathe, Kan. (Olathe Northwest HS) FRESHMAN (2008) Was the only true freshman to compete in all six meets for the Jayhawks…Placed 15th at the Bob Timmons Classic in a 5K time of 20:39...Finished 13th at the Missouri Cross Country Challenge in a personal-best 5K time of 20:10.08…Recorded a personalbest 6K time of 22:42 at the OSU Cowboy Jamboree...Clocked in at 22:51.40 at the ISU Pre-Nationals...Finished 78th at the Big 12 Championships with a 6K time of 23:44.60…Finished 91st at the NCAA Midwest Regionals in a 6K time of 22:57.85.
CAREER-BEST TIMES 5K: 20:10.08 6K: 22:42 CAREER RESULTS 2008 Bob Timmons Classic: 20:39 (15th) Missouri Cross Country Challenge: 20:10.08 (13th) OSU Cowboy Jamboree: 22:42 (47th) ISU Pre-Nationals: 22:51.40 (204th) Big 12 Champioships: 23:44.60 (78th) NCAA Midwest Regional Championships: 22:57.85 (91st)
HIGH SCHOOL Lettered four years in cross country, three years in both basketball and soccer... All-state all four years (2004-07)...Runner-up at the state cross country meet in 2006 and 2007...Four-time All-Olathe selection (2004-2007)...First team All-Sunflower in 2004, 2006 and 2007...All-metro first team selection in 2004, 2006 and 2007...Named second team All-Metro in 2005...Regional champion in 2004 and 2006...Runner-up at regionals in 2007...Top-three in the Sunflower League in 2004, 2006 and 2007 (finished third, first and second, respectively)...Earned a spot on the all-hustle team for basketball. PERSONAL Daughter of Pat Stowe...Majoring in secondary math education.
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Devin Wiegers 5-11 • Sophomore Leawood, Kan. (Blue Valley HS) FRESHMAN (2008) Finished in 19th place at the Bob Timmons Classic in a personal-best 5K time of 21:01.10… Placed 22nd at the Missouri Cross Country Challenge with a 5K time of 21:11.24.
CAREER-BEST TIMES 5K: 21:01.10
HIGH SCHOOL Four-year letterwinner in both cross country and track...Lettered two years in basketball and one year in soccer...Owns Blue Valley High School records in both the 4K and 5K...State of Kansas All-Metro honorable mention all four years (2004-2007)...Placed fifth at AAU nationals as a member of the Brocaw Blazers AAU team in 2006...Finished eighth at AAU Nationals in 2007...Named runner of the week once in 2005...Rookie of the Year selection in 2004...Finished in the top 25 all four years at the state meet (eighth, 24th, 22nd and 22nd, respectively)...Earned player of the year honors in basketball.
CAREER RESULTS 2008 Bob Timmons Classic: 21:01.10 (19th) Missouri Cross Country Challenge: 21:11.24 (22nd)
PERSONAL Daughter of John and Sabra Wiegers...Undecided on major.
Kara Windisch 5-2 • Sophomore Overland Park, Kan. (Blue Valley West HS) FRESHMAN (RS) (2008) KU’s No. 3 runner...Recorded a personal-best 5K time of 19:25 en route to a fourth-place finish at the Bob Timmons Classic…Placed sixth at the Missouri Cross Country Challenge in a 5K time of 19:31.91…Posted a career-best 6K time of 22:22.50 at the ISU Pre-Nationals…Finished 41st at the Big 12 Championships in a 6K time of 22:25.20… Placed 60th at the NCAA Midwest Regional Championships after posting a 6K time of 22:36.65. FRESHMAN (2007) Utilized her redshirt season. HIGH SCHOOL Lettered 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-meter run and was runner-up in the 1,600-meter run...Led her team to a third-place finish at the state track championships in CAREER-BEST TIMES 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 5K: 19:25 state track meet in the 3,200-meter run...Was runner-up at the 5A State Cross 6K: 22:22.50 Country Championships in 2005, led the girls’ team to a second-place finish... All-Johnson County cross country first team in 2005...All-sun girls cross country CAREER RESULTS first team in 2005...All-metro cross country second team in 2005...Received 2005 2008 Community America Credit Union Class 5A Cross Country Academic All-State Award...Named the 2004 and 2005 Blue Valley West Girls Cross Country Runner Bob Timmons Classic: 19:25 (4th) of the Year...Named to the All-Johnson County cross country second team in Missouri Cross Country Challenge: 19:31.91 (6th) 2004...All-sun girls cross country honorable mention in 2004...All-metro cross OSU Cowboy Jamboree: 22:45 (50th) country honorable mention in 2004. ISU Pre-Nationals: 22:22.50 (156th) PERSONAL: Big 12 Champioships: 22:25.20 (41st) Daughter of Paul and Glenda Windisch....Majoring in NCAA Midwest Regional Championships: 22:36.65 (60th) community health.
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Mackenzie Abernathy 5-7 • Freshman (RS) Plano, Texas (Plano West HS) FRESHMAN (RS) (2008) Utilized her redshirt season HIGH SCHOOL Lettered in cross country and track (1,600 meters and 3,200 meters)…Regional qualifier as a senior in 2007…Selected to receive the Plano West Cross Country/Track Scholarship as a senior…Named first team all-district cross country in 2007…Also Lettered in soccer as a freshman… Member of the F.C. Dallas Soccer Club from 2000-2006…Was the team captain of her club soccer team as a sophomore and junior, where she earned the player’s choice award both years and MVP as a junior…Honor roll student and member of the National Honor Society all four years. PERSONAL Daughter of University of Kansas graduates Gary and Kellye Abernathy…Majoring in exercise science…Grandparents Charles and Marie McCarthy, uncle Kent McCarthy and brother Brendan Abernathy all attended KU…Brother, Ian, played rugby at Stanford University.
Natalie Becker 5-3 • Freshman St. Louis, Mo. (Parkway West HS) HIGH SCHOOL 2009 graduate of Parkway West High School in Ballwin, Mo…Four-time all-state and all-metro in cross country...Finished 12th at the 2008 cross county state championships in a personal-best 5K time of 19:24…Placed in the top 20 at the 2005 and 2006 state cross country meets…Fourtime all-state selection in track…Finished fourth in the 3,200 meters at the 2007 track and field state championship and fifth in the 1,600 meters and 3,200 meters at the 2008 state meet. PERSONAL Born in St. Louis, Mo…Daughter of Kim and Eric Becker...Undecided on major.
Brenna Farren 5-7 • Freshman Dallas, Texas (Ursuline Academy) HIGH SCHOOL Graduated from the Ursuline Academy in Dallas, Texas…Three-time all-district and all-state selection in track and cross country…Finished fifth at the 2006 cross country state championships and fourth at the 2007 state meet…member of the 2006 and 2008 5A Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools (TAPPS) cross country championship team...Named captain of the track team her senior year…Finished 11th in the 3,200 meters at the 2008 Texas Relays…Runner-up in the 1,600 meters and 3,200 meters at the 2009 track and field state championship…track team won the title at the 2008 and 2009 5A TAPPS state championships...Also lettered in swimming…Member of the 2005 and 2006 regional and state champion swim team…Placed in top five in four events at the 2005 and 2006 swimming state championships…Member of the Dallas Mustangs Swim Team from 2000-07 and Metroplex Striders from 2007-09…Kerr McGee Elite Pro Qualifier in the 100 and 200 meter breast stroke… Member of the National Honor Society…Named to her high school’s honor roll all four years…Graduated Magna Cum Laude. PERSONAL Daughter of Neil and Terie Farren…Has six siblings…Sister, Kinsey, is a member of the University of Missouri cross country and track and field teams…Plans to major in pre-exercise science.
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Kyra Kilwein 5-2 • Freshman Lawrence, Kan. (Lawrence Free State HS) HIGH SCHOOL Four-year letterwinner and four-time state qualifier in cross country…Finished fifth at the 2008 cross country state championships… Kansas City Star All-Metro First Team as a senior, second team as a junior…Named to the 2006 and 2007 Lawrence Journal World All-Area Team…Manhattan Cross Country Course and Lawrence Free State High School record holder in the 4K (14:32)…Finished third in the two mile at the 2006 track and field state championships...Placed fifth in the mile and sixth in the two mile at the 2007 track and field state championships…Two-time Lawrence Journal World All-Area selection for track…Member of the National Honor Society…Named 6A Cross Country Academic all-state her junior and senior years. PERSONAL Daughter of Marcy Kilwein…Plans to major in pre-exercise science.
Allie Marquis 5-5 • Freshman Prairie Village, Kan. (Shawnee Mission East HS) HIGH SCHOOL 2009 graduate of Shawnee Mission East High School…Four-year letterwinner in cross country and track…Named to the Greater Kansas City All-Metro First Team as a senior, honorable mention selection as a freshman…Qualified for the 2007 6A cross country state championships, finished 18th...First Team All-Sun Girls selection in 2007…All-Star Johnson County Second Team as a junior, honorable mention as a senior…Named to the 2007 Kansas City Star All-Metro Honorable Mention cross country team…Four-time 6A state qualifier in the 1,600 meters, 3,200 meters and 4x800 meter relay…Member of the 2008 and 2009 state champion 4x800 meter relay team…Received the Most Outstanding High School Girls Relay Team Award at the 2009 Kansas Relays…Finished third at the 2009 track and field state championships in the 3,200 meters…Two-time All-Star Johnson County First Team for the 4x800 meter relay…Named to the 2008 AllStar Johnson County Girls Second Team and 2009 Honorable Mention Team in the 3,200 meters…Received the Dick Gilbert Leadership Award for Track and Field as a senior…Member of the National Honor Society as a junior and senior…Named 610 Sports Radio Scholar Athlete…2009 Paige Winters’ Inspirational Award and Scholarship Winner. PERSONAL Daughter of John and Lisa Marquis…Third-generation Jayhawk…Plans to major in pre-sports science.
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Kathleen Thompson 5-7 • Freshman Chesterfield, Mo. (Parkway Central HS) HIGH SCHOOL Graduated from Parkway Central High in Chesterfield, Mo…Named cross country team MVP her freshman, sophomore and senior years…Two-time all-state selection…Four-time state qualifier…Named to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch All-Metro Cross Country Honorable Mention team in 2005 and 2007… Named to the 2005 St. Louis Track Club All-Metro Second Team…Received all-state honors as a sophomore in the 1,600 meters, also qualified for state track meet in the 3,200 meters…Named 2006 distance runner of the year for high school track team…Named track team captain and team MVP her senior year…Member of the 2009 all-state 4x800 meter relay team that finished fourth at the state championships…Member of the 2009 Missouri State Champion 4x800 meter relay team and runner-up 4x400 meter relay team…4x800 meter relay team holds the Missouri high school state record of 9:06.89…Recipient of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch Scholar Athlete of the Year Award for Parkway Central High…Also a member of the Elgin Sharks Track Club…Member of the AAU National Cross Country Team Champion in 2000, 2003 and 2005. PERSONAL Daughter of Bill and Karen Thompson…Uncle is a former member of the KU baseball team…Has nine family members who also attended KU…Plans to major in civil engineering.
Tessa Turcotte 5-7 • Freshman Albuquerque, N.M. (St. Pius X HS) HIGH SCHOOL Graduate of St. Pius X in Albuquerque, N.M…Four-year letterwinner in cross country…Four-time cross country all-district selection… Named team captain and MVP her junior and senior years…Second-team all-state in 2005, 2006 and 2007, first-team all-state as a senior in 2008…2008 district champion…Seventh-place finish at the 2008 cross country state championships…Named to the New Mexico AllHarrier Team as a senior…Lettered three years in track…Three-time second team all-state in the 3,200 meters and 1,600 meters…two-time second team all-state in the 800 meters and medley relay…2008 recipient of the New Mexico Athletic Association Sportsmanship Award. PERSONAL Born in Amarillo, Texas…Daughter of Jeff and Doris Turcotte, sister of Ashley Turcotte…Father, Jeff, was a seven-time letterman in track and cross country at the University of New Mexico…Plans to major in speech-language-hearing.
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Levi Huseman 5-11 • Senior Tonganoxie, Kan. (Tonganoxie HS) JUNIOR (2008) Academic All-Big 12 First Team selection…Ran in three meets for the Jayhawks…Recorded a seasonbest 8K time of 27:29.90 at the Bob Timmons Classic to finish in 30th place…Placed 26th at the Missouri Cross Country Challenge after crossing the finish line in 29:38.24…Finished 142nd at the OSU Cowboy Jamboree in an 8K time of 27:31. SOPHOMORE (2007) Earned Academic All-Big 12 Second Team honors... Placed 13th at the Kansas State vs. Kansas Duel with a time of 17:10.10…Ran a time of 29:28.40 at the Roy Griak Invitational…Competed in the open division at the NCAA Pre-Nationals and ran a personal best time of 26:28.80 for the 8K race (placed 101st). FRESHMAN (RS) (2006) Competed in two races for Kansas...Ran a personal best time of 28:40.68 to finish 41st at the Bob Timmons Classic...Finished sixth on the team and 13th overall at the KSU Wildcat Invitational with a time of 16:37.5 (5K). FRESHMAN (2005) Utilized his redshirt season. HIGH SCHOOL Earned 11 letters (four in track, three in cross country, three in basketball and one in soccer)...Was his team’s point leader in track in 2005...Finished fourth in the state in the 4x800-meter relay in 2003 and 2005... Named all-league in cross country in 2004...Helped his team to a second-place finish in 2001 and a third-place finish in 2002 at the Kansas state championships. PERSONAL Son of Brian and Terri Huseman...Born in Lincoln, Neb...working toward a Master’s of Science in education.
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CAREER-BEST TIMES 5K: 16:37.5 8K: 26:28.8 CAREER RESULTS 2008 Bob Timmons Classic: 27:29.90 (30th) Missouri Cross Country Challenge: 29:38.24 (26th) OSU Cowboy Jamboree: 27:31 (142nd) 2007 Bob Timmons Classic: 29:45.99 (93rd) Kansas State/Kansas Duel: 17:10.10 (13th) Roy Griak Invitational: 29:28.40 (202nd) NCAA Pre-Nationals: 26:28.8 0(101st, Open Division) 2006 Bob Timmons Classic: 28:40.68 (41st) KSU Wildcat Invitational: 16:37.50 (13th)
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Bret Imgrund 6-0 • Senior Shawnee, Kan. (Shawnee Northwest Mission HS) JUNIOR (2008) Finished in the top three on the team in five of six races… Placed ninth at the Bob Timmons Classic in an 8K time of 26:19.80…Posted a 15th-place finish at the Missouri Cross Country Challenge after finishing the 8K race in 27:55.02…Led KU at the OSU Cowboy Jamboree, finishing in 42nd place with a time of 25:48…Ran an 8K time of 25:36.20 at the ISU Pre-Nationals...Finished 38th at the Big 12 Championships after clocking in with an 8K time of 25:30.98…Recorded a personal-best 10K time of 32:11.60 at the NCAA Midwest Regional Championships to finish in 30th place. SOPHOMORE (2007) Finished at least third on the team in five of the six meets… Placed 10th at the Bob Timmons Classic with a time of 26:50.97…Ran a personal best 5K time of 15:42.20 and placed second at the Kansas State vs. Kansas Duel… Competed at the Roy Griak Invitational and placed 82nd with a time of 26:08.80…Ran a personal best 8K time of 25:02.70 at the NCAA Pre-Nationals and placed 160th… Placed 41st at the Big 12 Championships with a time of 26:08.20…Competed at the Midwest Regionals and completed the 10K course in a time of 34:39. FRESHMAN (2006) Competed in five meets for Kansas...Placed 14th as an unattached runner in his first collegiate meet at the Bob Timmons Classic (27:05.69)...Finished third at the 5K Kansas State Wildcat Invitational (15:42.6)...Ran an 8K personal best time of 25:51.4 at the NCAA Pre-Nationals... Finished in 51st place at the Big 12 Championships (26:04.9). HIGH SCHOOL Finished second at the 2005 Kansas 6A State Cross Country Championships with a time of 15:49...Won the 1,600 meters and the 3,200 meters at the 2006 Kansas 6A State Track and Field Championships...Finished third in the 3,200 meters at the 2005 Kansas 6A State Meet...A member of the third-place 3,200 meter relay team at the 2005 Kansas State 6A Meet...Placed 36th at the cross country Foot Locker Midwest Region.
CAREER-BEST TIMES 5K: 15:42.2 8K: 25:02.7 10K: 32:11.60 CAREER RESULTS 2008 Bob Timmons Classic: 26:19.80 (9th) Missouri Cross Country Challenge: 27:55.02 (15th) OSU Cowboy Jamboree: 25:48 (42nd) ISU Pre-Nationals: 25:36.20 (183rd) Big 12 Championships: 25:30.98 (38th) NCAA Midwest Regional Championships: 32:11.60 (30th) 2007 Bob Timmons Classic: 26:50.97 (10th) Kansas State/Kansas Duel: 15:42.20 (2nd) Roy Griak Invitational: 26:08.80 (82nd) NCAA Pre-Nationals: 25:02.70 (160th) Big 12 Championships: 26:08.20 (41st) NCAA Midwest Regional: 34:39 (140th) 2006 Bob Timmons Classic: 27:05.69 (14th, Unattached) KSU Wildcat Invitational: 15:42.60 (3rd) Roy Griak Invitational: 28:11.20 (263rd) NCAA Pre-Nationals: 25:51.40 (96th, Open) Big 12 Championships: 26:04.90 (51st)
PERSONAL Son of Frank and Kathy Imgrund...Majoring in exercise science.
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Isaiah Shirlen 6-3 • Senior Old Fort, N.C. (UNC-Charlotte/McDowell HS) JUNIOR (2008) Placed 19th at the Bob Timmons Classic in an 8K time of 27:09.30…Recorded a season-best seventh-place finish at the Missouri Cross Country Challenge with an 8K time of 27:18.80…Ran an 8K time of 27:43 at the OSU Cowboy Jamboree...Ran a personal-best 8K time of 25:37.40 to finish 187th at the ISU Pre-Nationals…Finished 52nd at the Big 12 Championships after running the 8K race in 26:04.68…Competed in the 10K NCAA Midwest Regional Championships, clocking in at 33:06.50. SOPHOMORE (2007, UNC-CHARLOTTE) Did not compete. FRESHMAN (2006, UNC-CHARLOTTE) Ran a personal-best 8K time of 25:55 for the Charlotte 49ers...Placed eighth at the Charlotte Relay...Competed in Pre-Nationals, the George Mason Invitational and the Winthrop Invitational...Finished 72nd out of a 146-man field at the Atlantic 10 Championships. HIGH SCHOOL Lettered four years in cross country and two years in basketball...A two-time all-state performer in indoor track... Placed third in the state in the 3,200-meter run (2005)... Earned all-state honors in the 3,200-meter run in the 2005 outdoor season...Conference cross country champion as a senior in 2005...Five-time all-conference performer in track and three-time cross country all-conference runner...2005 NW4A Conference Runner of the Year...Twice was named all-region in track...Three-time all-region selection in cross country (2003-2005)...Was named freshman of the year in 2002. PERSONAL Son of Vaughn and Linda Shirlen...Majoring in history.
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CAREER-BEST TIMES 8K: 25:37.40 10K: 33:06.50 CAREER RESULTS 2008 Bob Timmons Classic: 27:09.30 (19th) Missouri Cross Country Challenge: 27:18.80 (7th) OSU Cowboy Jamboree: 27:43 (154th) ISU Pre-Nationals: 25:37.40 (187th) Big 12 Championships: 26:04.68 (52nd) NCAA Midwest Regional Championships: 33:06.50
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Nick Caprario 5-11 • Junior Kearney, Neb. (Kearney HS) SOPHOMORE (2008) Placed 12th at the Bob Timmons Classic with an 8K time of 26:25.60…Finished in 10th place at the Missouri Cross Country Challenge after posting an 8K time of 27:33.24…Recorded a 56th-place finish at the OSU Cowboy Jamboree in an 8K time of 26:04… Ran a 25:53 at the ISU Pre-Nationals...Ran a seasonbest 8K time of 25:32.58 at the Big 12 Championships to finish in 40th place overall and third for the Jayhawks…Competed for the second consecutive year at the NCAA Midwest Regional Championships, finishing in 61st place with a 10K time of 32:50.70… Selected to the Academic All-Big 12 Second Team. FRESHMAN (2007) Contributed greatly as a freshman…Finished 17th at the Bob Timmons Classic with a time of 27:20.48 in his first collegiate race…Helped Kansas to a win over Kansas State with his sixth-place finish at the Kansas State vs. Kansas Duel (16:02.30, 5K)…Set a personal-best at the NCAA Pre-Nationals with a time of 25:29.70 for the 8K (199th place)…Placed 72nd at the Big 12 Championships with a time of 27:16.39… Ran a time of 32:36 in his first 10K race at the Midwest Regionals (85th place). HIGH SCHOOL Runner-up at the 2006 Nebraska Class A State Cross Country Championships (15:55)...Runnerup at 2007 Nebraska Class A State Track and Field Championships in the 3,200 meters (9:22)...Member of cross country state runner-up teams in 2004 and 2005...Member of track state runner-up teams in 2005 and 2007...Member of 2006 Super-State Boys Cross Country Team...Four-year letterwinner in both cross country and track. PERSONAL Son of Pat and Linda Stewart...Majoring in industrial design.
CAREER-BEST TIMES 5K: 16:02.30 8K: 25:29.70 10K: 32:36 CAREER RESULTS 2008 Bob Timmons Classic: 26:25.60 (12th) Missouri Cross Country Challenge: 27:33.24 (10th) OSU Cowboy Jamboree: 26:04 (56th) ISU Pre-Nationals: 25:53 (207th) Big 12 Championships: 25:32.58 (40th) NCAA Midwest Regional Championships: 32:50.70 (61st) 2007 Bob Timmons Classic: 27:20.48 (17th) Kansas State/Kansas Duel: 16:02.30 (6th) Roy Griak Invitational: 26:35 (102nd) NCAA Pre-Nationals: 25:29.70 (199th) Big 12 Championships: 27:16.39 NCAA Midwest Regional: 32:36 (85th)
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Dan Van Orsdel 6-0 • Junior (RS) Minnetonka, Minn. (Hopkins HS) SOPHOMORE (2008) Finished among the top five for the Jayhawks in four of six races…Placed 15th at the Bob Timmons Classic in an 8K time of 26:50.80…Finished in a season-best 12th place at the Missouri Cross Country Challenge after posting an 8K time of 27:38.10… Posted a 25:59 to finish in 50th place at the OSU Cowboy Jamboree…Ran a 26:11.20 at the ISU PreNationals...Ran a season-best 8K time of 25:58.38 to finish 50th at the Big 12 Championships… Finished 60th at the NCAA Midwest Regional Championships after running the 10K race in 32:49.95…Selected to the Academic All-Big 12 Second Team. FRESHMAN (RS) (2007) Named Academic All-Big 12 First Team…Ran a personal-best 5K time of 16:27.20 at the Kansas State vs. Kansas Duel…Placed 106th at the Roy Griak Invitational with a time of 26:42…Set a personal record in the 8K with a time of 25:40.40 at the NCAA Pre-Nationals…Placed 61st at the Big 12 Championships with a time of 26:45.85… Stepped up big as the team’s No. 3 runner at the Midwest Regional and placed 71st with a personalbest 10K time of 32:11. FRESHMAN (2006) Utilized his redshirt season. HIGH SCHOOL Three-year letterwinner in cross country...Threetime all-conference selection in cross country...A member of two state qualifying teams, which placed fourth in 2005 and fifth in 2006. PERSONAL Son of Scott Van Orsdel and Lil Lundeen...Born in Hopkins, Minn...Majoring in finance and supply chain management.
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CAREER-BEST TIMES 5K: 16:27.2 8K: 25:40.4 10K: 32:11 CAREER RESULTS 2008 Bob Timmons Classic: 26:50.80 (15th) Missouri Cross Country Challenge: 27:38.10 (12th) OSU Cowboy Jamboree: 25:59 (50th) ISU Pre-Nationals: 26:11.20 (225th) Big 12 Championships: 25:58.38 (50th) NCAA Midwest Regional Championships: 32:49.95 (60th) 2007 Bob Timmons Classic: 27:32.22 (22nd) Kansas State/Kansas Duel: 16:27.20 (8th) Roy Griak Invitational: 26:42 (106th) NCAA Pre-Nationals: 25:40.40 (218th) Big 12 Championships: 26:45.85 (61st) NCAA Midwest Regional: 32:11 (71st)
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Sam Bird 6-0 • Sophomore Columbia City, Ind. (Northrop HS) FRESHMAN (2008) Competed unattached at the Bob Timmons Classic and Missouri Cross Country Challenge, finishing in 28th place (27:26.10) and 13th place (27:42.06), respectively... Placed 121st at the OSU Cowboy Jamboree after running a career-best 27:08 8K… Posted a personal-best 8K time of 26:03.70 at the ISU Pre-Nationals to place 65th in the Men’s Open Race…Finished 78th at the Big 12 Championships in an 8K time of 26:53.50.
CAREER-BEST TIME 8K: 26:03.70 CAREER RESULTS
HIGH SCHOOL Lettered all four years in both track and cross country...Conference and section champion in cross country as a senior in 2007...Qualified for state in 2006 and 2007...Made the all-region team in 2006 and 2007... Earned all-semistate honors in 2006 and 2007...Named MVP of his cross country team in both 2006 and 2007...All-conference 2005-2007...Allsection team member 2006 and 2007...Member of state-qualifying team in 2005...Named team’s most valuable rookie as a freshman in 2004... Was a two-time state qualifier in track.
2008 Bob Timmons Classic: 27:26.10 (28th, Unattached) Missouri Cross Country Challenge: 27:42.06 (13th, Unattached) OSU Cowboy Jamboree: 27:08 (121st) ISU Pre-Nationals: 26:03.70 (65th, Open Division) Big 12 Champioships: 26:53.50 (78th)
PERSONAL Son of Gary and JoAnn Bird...Majoring in environmental science.
Austin Bussing 6-1 • Sophomore Houston, Texas (James E. Taylor HS) FRESHMAN (2008) Ran unattached at the Bob Timmons Classic, finishing in 16th place with an 8K time of 26:59.60...Placed 17th at the Missouri Cross Country Challenge with an 8K time of 28:00.68…Ran a 26:50 (8K) at the OSU Cowboy Jamboree...Recorded a personal-best 8K time of 26:36.30 to finish 91st in the Men’s Open Race at the ISU Pre-Nationals. HIGH SCHOOL Four-year letterman in both track and cross country...Was team captain of his cross country team as a junior and senior...Qualified for state as a senior in 2007... Regional qualifier 2005-2007...Three-year regional track qualifier...Was a two-time team MVP in track...Was a four-year academic/athletic all-star. PERSONAL Full name is Greg Austin Bussing...Son of Greg and Dorothy Bussing...Born in St. Louis, Mo...Majoring in English.
CAREER-BEST TIMES 8K: 26:36.30 CAREER RESULTS 2008 Bob Timmons Classic: 26:59.60 (16th, Unattached) Missouri Cross Country Challenge: 28:00.68 (17th) OSU Cowboy Jamboree: 26:50 (102nd) ISU Pre-Nationals: 26:36.30 (91st, Open Division)
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Kaleb Humphreys 5-11 • Sophomore Sterling, Kan. (Sterling HS) FRESHMAN (2008) Competed in all six meets as a true freshman…Finished 13th in his debut at the Bob Timmons Classic after running an 8K time of 26:39.80…Placed 18th at the Missouri Cross Country Challenge in an 8K time of 28:03.07…Finished 61st at the OSU Cowboy Jamboree, clokcing in at 26:14...Recorded a personal-best 8K time of 26:09.10 at the ISU Pre-Nationals...Ran a 26:35.90 at the Big 12 Championships to place 71st...Finished third on the team and 57th overall in his first career 10K at the NCAA Midwest Regional Championships after clocking in at 32:46.95. HIGH SCHOOL Lettered in cross country, track and basketball...Helped Coach Dan Whisler and Sterling High School win three consecutive state championships in cross country (2005, 2006, 2007)...Kansas Class 2A Cross Country State Champion as a senior in 2007...Three-time all-state selection (2005-2007)...Runner-up at the Kansas Class 2A Cross Country State Championships in 2005 and 2006...Named academic all-state in 2006 and 2007...Broke the 2A state record in the 3,200 meters in 2007...Won two track state championships in 2007 (1,600 meters and 3,200 meters). PERSONAL Son of Robert and Lori Humphreys...Born in Hutchinson, Kan... Majoring in community health.
CAREER-BEST TIMES 8K: 26:09.10 10K: 32:46.95 CAREER RESULTS 2008 Bob Timmons Classic: 26:39.80 (13th) Missouri Cross Country Challenge: 28:03.07 (18th) OSU Cowboy Jamboree: 26:14 (61st) ISU Pre-Nationals: 26:09.10 (223rd) Big 12 Champioships: 26:35.90 (71st) NCAA Midwest Regional Championships: 32:46.95 (57th)
Clay Schneider 6-3 • Sophomore Topeka, Kan. (Seaman HS) FRESHMAN (RS) (2008) Ran in four races for the Jayhawks…Finished 34th at the Bob Timmons Classic in an 8K time of 27:38.60…Placed 21st at the Missouri Cross Country Challenge with an 8K time of 28:29.72...Posted a personal-best 8K time of 26:46 to finish in 75th place at the OSU Cowboy Jamboree…Ran a 27:40.10 in the Men’s Open Race at the ISU Pre-Nationals. FRESHMAN (2007) Utilized his redshirt season CAREER-BEST TIME 8K: 26:46 CAREER RESULTS 2008 Bob Timmons Classic: 27:38.60 (34th) Missouri Cross Country Challenge: 28:29.72 (21st) OSU Cowboy Jamboree: 26:46 (75th) ISU Pre-Nationals: 27:40.10 (121st, Open Division)
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HIGH SCHOOL Ran both cross country and track at Seaman High School...2007 Kansas state champion in the 1,600-meter run...2007 runner-up at the Kansas state cross country championships. PERSONAL Son of Donald and Lucinda Schneider....secondary education-english.
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Donny Wasinger 5-10 • Sophomore Winona, Minn. (Cotter HS) FRESHMAN (2008) Competed in all six meets as a true freshman, while leading the team in four of six races, including the final three meets of the season…Placed fifth in his debut at the Bob Timmons Classic in an 8K time of 25:56…Recorded a 19th-place finish at the Missouri Cross Country Challenge with an 8K time of 28:07.80…Posted an 8K time of 25:48 at the OSU Cowboy Jamboree to finish 43rd…Ran a 25:21.10 at the ISU Pre-Nationals...Finished in 28th place at the Big 12 Championships after running a personal-best 8K time of 25:17.63…Led the Jayhawks at the NCAA Midwest Regional Championships with a 10K time of 32:09.80 to place 28th. CAREER-BEST TIMES 8K: 25:17.63 10K: 32:09.80 CAREER RESULTS 2008 Bob Timmons Classic: 25:56 (5th) Missouri Cross Country Challenge: 28:07.80 (19th) OSU Cowboy Jamboree: 25:48 (43rd) ISU Pre-Nationals: 25:21.10 (160th) Big 12 Champioships: 25:17.63 (28th) NCAA Midwest Regional Championships: 32:09.80 (28th)
HIGH SCHOOL Lettered four years in both cross country and track...Two-year letterman in both swimming and Nordic skiing...2007 state champion in cross country...Conference champion in cross country in 2007...Cross country state runner-up in 2006... Was named cross country team MVP three times (2005-2007)...All-conference selection in cross country all four years (2004-2007)...Three-time cross country all-state selection (2005-2007)...Was named all-conference in track all four years (2005-2008)...Back-to-back state champion in both the 1,600 meters and the 3,200 meters (2007-2008)...Broke the state record in the 1,600 with his 2008 state championship performance...State runner-up in the 3,200 meters in 2006. PERSONAL Son of Tony and Marti Wasinger...Born in St. Louis, Mo...Majoring in pre-sport management.
Zach Zarda 5-11 • Sophomore Shawnee, Kan. (Maranatha Academy) FRESHMAN (2008) Competed in five of six races as a true freshman…Finished eighth as an unattached runner in his debut at the Bob Timmons Classic with a personal-best 8K time of 25:59.90…Named Big 12 Runner of the Week (Sept. 13) after leading the Jayhawks and placing sixth overall at the Missouri Cross Country Challenge in an 8K time of 27:12.87…Placed 62nd at the OSU Cowboy Jamboree in an 8K time of 26:16…Recorded a 58th-place finish at the Big 12 Championships after running the 8K race in 26:15.08. HIGH SCHOOL Three-year letterman in cross country, track and soccer...Three-time all-state selection for cross country (2005-2007)...Kansas 2A cross country state runner-up in 2007...MVP of his cross country team as a senior in 2007...Received First Team All-Metro (Kansas City) honors in 2007...Earned academic all-state three times (2005-2007)...Third place at Kansas 2A cross country state championships in 2006...Finished ninth at the Kansas 3A cross country state championships in 2005...2A state champion in track in the 3,200 meters and the 1,600 meters (2008)...Kansas 2A state-record holder in the 3,200 meters... Named most valuable runner for track in 2006 and 2008...Member of state champion soccer team in 2004...Made two other appearances at the state soccer tournament (2005 and 2006), helping his team to third and fourth-place finishes, respectively. PERSONAL Son of Bernie and Karen Zarda...Born in Shawnee, Kan... Valedictorian of his high school class...Majoring in business.
CAREER-BEST TIMES 8K: 25:59.90 CAREER RESULTS 2008 Bob Timmons Classic: 25:59.90 (8th, Unattached) Missouri Cross Country Challenge: 27:12.87 (6th) OSU Cowboy Jamboree: 26:16 (62nd) ISU Pre-Nationals: 26:12.20 (226th) Big 12 Champioships: 26:15.08 (58th)
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Sam Cosgrove 6-1 • Senior Hilliard, Ohio (Miami-Ohio/Hilliard Darby HS) AT MIAMI-OHIO (2005-07) Ran two years for the Redhawks…Top team finish was seventh at the Pre-NCAA Invitational (Oct. 14, 2006), where he ran a season-best 8K time of 26:28…Competed in the 2006 MAC Championship, finishing eighth on the team and 52nd overall with a 10K time of 30:10.20…Best overall finish was 22nd at the Miami Invitational (Sept. 9, 2006). HIGH SCHOOL Three-year letterwinner in cross country…Named First Team All-OCC as a senior…Selected as team captain for cross country and track during his senior year…Also lettered in baseball and track…District champion in the 1,600 meters…Member of the district champion 4x800m relay team…Finished 12th in the 1,600 meters at the state meet his senior year…Selected first team all-district in track…Graduated with a 3.9 GPA… Member of the National Honor Society PERSONAL Born in Columbus, Ohio...Son of Joe and Carol Cosgrove…Completed undergraduate degree in finance from Miami in 2008…Working toward a master’s in higher education.
Diego Ladron 6-0 • Freshman (RS) Shawnee, Kan. (Shawnee Mission Northwest HS) FRESHMAN (2008) Utilized his redshirt season. HIGH SCHOOL Three-year letterman in track and cross country...Named All-Sunflower Runner of the Year as a senior in 2007...All-Kansas First Team in 2007... Sunflower League Champion in 2007...Member of back-to-back Kansas 6A state championship cross country teams (2006-2007)...Qualified for Nike Team Nationals in 2007...Selected to the 2006 All-Sunflower First Team in track (3,200 meters). PERSONAL Son of Francisco and Maria Ladron...Born in Guadalajara, Mexico...Majoring in business.
David Roberts 6-1 • Freshman Mulvane, Kan. (Mulvane HS) HIGH SCHOOL Three-year letterman in cross country, four-year letterwinner in track…4A state champion in cross country his junior year…Took fourth place at the cross country state meet his senior year…2009 state champion in the 3,200 meters…Member of the state champion 4x800 meter relay team… Took third in the 1,600 meters at the state meet his senior year…Finished third in the 3,200 meters at the 2007 state championships…Also received two varsity letters in wrestling...Named Academic All-State his junior and senior years…Graduated with a 4.0 GPA…Named Valedictorian and Kansas Honor Scholar. PERSONAL Son of Ellen and Curtis Roberts…Majoring in mechanical engineering.
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2008 Season Review It was a year of growth for the Kansas cross country teams, as a combined 15 freshmen were featured on the men’s and women’s rosters as opposed to just three seniors. Junior Lauren Bonds and freshman Donny Wasinger consistently led the Jayhawks during the 2008 campaign, while several others moved in out and out of the top five throughout the season. Despite the young membership on both squads, KU put forth a valiant effort and posted many strong performances in 2008. The Jayhawks opened the season with a dominating performance, sweeping the men's and women's races at the annual Bob Timmons Classic. It didn’t take long for Bonds to get started on what would prove to be one of the greatest individual seasons by a KU women’s runner in school history. The Hutchinson, Kan., native turned in an eye-opening performance, crossing the finish line in a 5K personal-best time of 18:53.10 to win the race by 24 seconds over runner-up and teammate Amanda Miller. Miller, a sophomore from Overland Park, Kan., also finished with a 5K personal record of 19:17.20. On the men’s side, Wasinger also made an early name for himself. The freshman from Winona, Minn., turned in the best performance for the men, with a fifth-place overall finish and a personal 8K record of 25:56. Two weeks later at the Missouri Cross Country Challenge, Bonds found herself in the winner's circle once again, while both the KU men's and women's teams finished in second place behind host Missouri. Bonds posted a time of 18:59.29 to take home the women's individual title at A.L. Gustin Golf Course. Miller was the next Jayhawk to finish, placing fifth overall with a time of 19:20.75. For the second straight race, a freshman paced the KU men in Columbia. This time it was Zach Zarda, a product of Marantha Academy in Shawnee, Kan. Zarda finished in sixth place overall with a time of 27:12.87, while junior transfer Isaiah Shirlen finished right behind in seventh place (27:18.80). For their efforts in Columbia, Bonds and Zarda were named Big 12 Runners of the Week by the conference office. Bonds became the first women’s runner in KU history to win the award, while Zarda joined two-time All-American Colby Wissel as recent KU men to achieve the honor. Bonds’ ninth-place finish at the 72nd annual OSU Cowboy Jamboree (Oct. 4) led Kansas to a fourth place finish in a 27-team field. On the men’s side, five Jayhawks ran season-best times, as KU placed seventh in a 23-team field. Bonds finished the 6K course with a time of 21:32, while juniors Bret Imgrund and Wasinger paced the Kansas men. Imgrund and Wasinger ran the 8K course neck-and-neck, both finishing in a season-best time of 25:48. Imgrund narrowly captured 42nd place and Wasinger finished in 43rd.
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In the most competitive field of the season for Kansas, the Jayhawk men and women finished 36th and 23rd, respectively, at the ISU Pre-Nationals meet (Oct. 18), held on the LaVern Gibson Championship Cross Country Course in Terre Huate, Ind.
Riley Wertenberger, Amanda Miller, Rebeka Stowe, Kara Windisch, Kaitlyn Coen
Bonds led the women’s team for the fourth-consecutive race, placing 64th individually with a 6K time of 21:24.90. She was followed by Miller, who finished 94th overall in 21:47.70. Leading the Jayhawk men was Wasinger, who finished in 160th place after running a 25:21.1 8K. He was followed by Imgrund at 25:36.2 (183rd). Next up for the Jayhawks was the much anticipated Big 12 Championships. Bonds put together arguably the best performance of the season, based on the level of competition. She finished in 12th place with a time of 21:31, becoming the second women’s runner in Kansas history to earn All-Big 12 honors. Wasinger was the top finisher for the KU men for the third time during the season. He placed 28th in his first Big 12 Championships appearance in a time of 25:17.63, his second-best career 8K time. Both the KU men’s and women’s teams finished in eighth place overall. The eighth-place women’s finish tied for the second-best Big 12 Championships performance in school history, behind a sixth-place finish by the women in 2002. Led by top-35 performances from the usual suspects (Bonds, Wasinger, Imgrund and Miller), the Kansas men’s and women’s teams finished eighth and seventh, respectively, at the NCAA Midwest Regional Championships, held on the campus of Oklahoma State University. Bonds finished in 16th place with a 6K time of 21:29.70 to lead the KU women, while Wasinger was once again the highest finisher for the men’s team in his first career 10K race. He finished in 29th place with a time of 32:09.80. Imgrund was right behind in 31st place, running a career-best 10K time of 32:11.60. Midwest Regionals marked the final event of the 2008 season for the Jayhawks, but the team said goodbye to only two (Brock Ternes and Megan James) of 14 runners who competed at the event. James was a two-year letterwinner and a three-time All-Academic Big 12 First Team selection. She ran in all six races as a senior, posting a careerbest 6K time of 21:19.60 at the ISU Pre-Nationals race. Ternes was a senior transfer from Emporia State, who competed in all six of KU’s 2008 races. He turned in his best finish at the Missouri Cross Country Challenge, finishing third on the team and eighth overall with a time of 27:46.66. Also graduating in 2009 was Victor Chesang, nephew of twotime Big 12 Champion and Jayhawk runner Benson Chesang.
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2008 Meet Results WOMEN BOB TIMMONS CLASSIC (5K) Aug. 30, 2008 Rim Rock Farm Lawrence, Kan.
MISSOURI XC CHALLENGE (5K) Sept. 13, 2008 A.L. Gustin Golf Course Columbia, Mo.
OSU COWBOY JAMBOREE (6K) Oct. 4, 2008 OSU Cross Country Course Stillwater, Okla.
Team Finish 1st of 5
Team Finish 2nd of 4
Team Finish 4th of 27
Individual Finishes 1. Lauren Bonds -- 18:53.1 2. Amanda Miller-- 19:17.2 4. Kara Windisch -- 19:25.0 5. Laura Nightengale -- 19:32.1 6. Megan James -- 19:32.4 7. Alison Knoll -- 19:41.7 15. Rebeka Stowe -- 20:39.0 18. Riley Wertenberger -- 20:52.8 19. Devin Wiegers -- 21:01.1 23. Claire Hall -- 21:14.8 24. Kaitlyn Coen -- 21:16.2 27. Amanda Akin -- 21:22.3 28. Lindsay Schaefer -- 21:28.1 33. Cassi Sokol -- 21:38.9
Individual Finishes 1. Lauren Bonds -- 18:59.29 5. Amanda Miller -- 19:20.75 6. Kara Windisch -- 19:31.91 10. Alison Knoll -- 19:57.27 13. Rebeka Stowe -- 20:10.08 14. Megan James -- 20:12.46 16. Laura Nightengale -- 20:21.73 21. Lindsay Schaefer -- 21:03.45 22. Devin Wiegers -- 21:11.24 23. Riley Wertenberger -- 21:18.25 26. Amanda Akin -- 21:42.29 27. Kaitlyn Coen -- 21:56.33 31. Claire Hall -- 23:18.23
Individual Finishes 9. Lauren Bonds -- 21:32 24. Amanda Miller -- 22:05 39. Laura Nightengale -- 22:31 41. Alison Knoll -- 22:34 47. Rebeka Stowe -- 22:42 50. Kara Windisch -- 22:45 61. Megan James -- 22:59
ISU PRE-NATIONALS (6K) Oct. 18, 2008 LaVern Gibson Cross Country Course Terre Haute, Ind.
BIG 12 CHAMPIONSHIPS (6K) Nov. 1, 2008 ISU Cross Country Course Ames, Iowa
Team Finish 23rd of 41
Team Finish 8th of 12
Individual Finishes 64. Lauren Bonds -- 21:24.9 94. Amanda Miller -- 21:47.7 146. Megan James -- 22:19.6 156. Kara Windisch -- 22:22.5 164. Alison Knoll -- 22:26.2 204. Rebeka Stowe -- 22:51.4
Individual Finishes 12. Lauren Bonds -- 21:31.00 38. Amanda Miller -- 22:17.35 41. Kara Windisch -- 22:25.20 55. Alison Knoll -- 22:49.95 57. Megan James -- 22:52.70 70. Kellie Schneider -- 23:18.05 78. Rebeka Stowe -- 23:44.60 86. Lindsay Schaefer -- 23:45.5 91. Laura Nightengale -- 23:56.2
(Women’s Open Race Results) 89. Lindsay Schaefer -- 23:26.3 93. Kellie Schneider -- 23:31.8 95. Riley Wertenberger -- 23:34.3 108. Amanda Akin -- 23:48.2 123. Kaitlyn Coen -- 24:18.1
NCAA MIDWEST REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS (6K) Nov. 15, 2008 OSU Cross Country Course Stillwater, Okla. Team Finish 7th of 27 Individual Finishes 15. Lauren Bonds -- 21:29.70 33. Amanda Miller -- 21:53.90 60. Kara Windisch -- 22:36.65 65. Alison Knoll -- 22:40.40 80. Megan James -- 22:50.60 91. Rebeka Stowe -- 22:57.85 131. Lindsay Schaefer -- 23:36.35
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2008 Meet Results MEN BOB TIMMONS CLASSIC (8K) Aug. 30, 2008 Rim Rock Farm Lawrence, Kan.
OSU COWBOY JAMBOREE (8K) Oct. 4, 2008 OSU Cross Country Course Stillwater, Okla.
Team Finish 1st of 7
Team Finish 2nd of 3
Team Finish 7th of 23
Individual Finishes 5. Donny Wasinger -- 25:56.0 8. Zach Zarda (UA) -- 25:59.9 9. Bret Imgrund -- 26:19.8 12. Nick Caprario -- 26:25.6 13. Kaleb Humphreys -- 26:39.8 14. Brock Ternes -- 26:44.3 15. Dan Van Orsdel -- 26:50.8 16. Austin Bussing (UA) -- 26:59.6 19. Isaiah Shirlen -- 27:09.3 26. Diego Ladron (UA) -- 27:24.1 28. Sam Bird (UA) -- 27:26.1 30. Levi Huseman -- 27:29.9 33. Josh Baden (UA) -- 27:36.4 34. Clay Schneider -- 27:38.6 38. Sean Proehl (UA) -- 27:53.4 54. Victor Chesang -- 29:00.0
Individual Finishes 6. Zach Zarda -- 27:12.87 7. Isaiah Shirlen -- 27:18.80 8. Brock Ternes -- 27:24.66 10. Nick Caprario -- 27:33.24 12. Dan Van Orsdel -- 27:38.10 13. Sam Bird (UA) -- 27:42.06 15. Bret Imgrund -- 27:55.02 17. Austin Bussing -- 28:00.68 18. Kaleb Humphreys -- 28:03.07 19. Donny Wasinger -- 28:07.80 21. Clay Schneider -- 28:29.72 23. Diego Ladron (UA) -- 28:56.20 26. Levi Huseman -- 29:38.24 29. Josh Baden (UA) -- 30:01.00
Individual Finishes 42. Bret Imgrund -- 25:48 43. Donny Wasinger -- 25:48 50. Dan Van Orsdel -- 25:59 56. Nick Caprario -- 26:04 61. Kaleb Humphreys -- 26:14 62. Zach Zarda -- 26:16 75. Clay Schneider -- 26:46 102. Austin Bussing -- 26:50 105. Brock Ternes -- 26:53 121. Sam Bird -- 27:08 142. Levi Huseman -- 27:31 154. Isaiah Shirlen -- 27:43
ISU PRE-NATIONALS (8K) Oct. 18, 2008 LaVern Gibson Cross Country Course Terre Haute, Ind.
BIG 12 CHAMPIONSHIPS (8K) Nov. 1, 2008 ISU Cross Country Course Ames, Iowa
Team Finish 36th of 40
Team Finish 8th of 12
Individual Finishes 160. Donny Wasinger -- 25:21.1 183. Bret Imgrund -- 25:36.2 187. Isaiah Shirlen -- 25:37.4 207. Nick Caprario -- 25:53.0 223. Kaleb Humphreys -- 26:09.1 225. Dan Van Orsdel -- 26:11.2 226. Zach Zarda -- 26:12.2
Individual Finishes 28. Donny Wasinger -- 25:17.63 38. Bret Imgrund -- 25:30.98 40. Nick Caprario -- 25:32.58 50. Dan Van Orsdel -- 25:58.38 52. Isaiah Shirlen -- 26:04.68 55. Brock Ternes -- 26:09.53 58. Zach Zarda -- 26:15.08 71. Kaleb Humphreys -- 26:35.9 78. Sam Bird -- 26:53.5
(Men’s Open Race Results) 47. Brock Ternes -- 25:44.3 65. Sam Bird -- 26:03.7 91. Austin Bussing -- 26:36.3 121. Clay Schneider -- 27:40.1
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MISSOURI XC CHALLENGE (8K) Sept. 13, 2008 A.L. Gustin Golf Course Columbia, Mo.
NCAA MIDWEST REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS (10K) Nov. 15, 2008 OSU Cross Country Course Stillwater, Okla. Team Finish 8th of 23 Individual Finishes 28. Donny Wasinger -- 32:09.80 30. Bret Imgrund -- 32:11.60 57. Kaleb Humphreys -- 32:46.95 60. Dan Van Orsdel-- 32:49.95 61. Nick Caprario -- 32:50.70 75. Isaiah Shirlen -- 33:06.50 93. Brock Ternes -- 33:40.35
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Glenn Cunningham (1931-34) 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; 1932-34, 880-yard run; 1933-34, two-mile run). In 1932 and 1933, Cunningham was the NCAA champion in the mile run, earning All-America 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. The finish line at Rim Rock Farm is affectionately known as the Glenn Cunningham Finish.
CUNNINGHAM’S ACCOLADES • 1931 and 1932 Big Six Conference Cross Country Champion • Silver Medalist in 1,500-meter run at 1936 Olympics • Broke three world records while at Kansas
Bill Easton (1948-65) In a career that spanned three decades, Bill Easton built a reputation as 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, Easton’s 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 EASTON’S ACCOLADES titles in cross country, indoor and outdoor track • Four NCAA Individual Cross Country Champions for eight consecutive years. The first highlight of • 1953 NCAA Cross Country Champions Easton’s Jayhawk career came in 1953 when his • 10 Top-six finishes at NCAA Championships cross country team won the NCAA Championship. • 15 Conference Championships He later won the 1959 and 1960 outdoor men’s • 12 Individual Conference Champions 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. Altogether, 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.
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Al Frame (1952-55) Al Frame carved out an 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 two Big Seven individual championships, 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 Championship 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 third-place finish at the outdoor NCAA Championships in 1955 added All-America status to Frame’s resume. FRAME’S ACCOLADES • 1954 and 1955 Big Seven Champion • 1954 and 1955 All-Amercian • 1954 NCAA Champion
A member of the KU Hall of Fame, Frame’s statue at Rim Rock Farm is located just north of Pat’s Little Pond on the third mile of the course.
John Lawson (1963-66) As the most recent Kansas cross country runner to win the NCAA championship, 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 AllAmerica awards: one indoor for his second-place performance in the two-mile run and two outdoor for consecutive secondplace 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 (1965, three-mile run).
LAWSON’S ACCOLADES • 1965 Big Eight Cross Country Champion • 1965 NCAA Champion • 1965 and1966 All-American
Lawson’s statue at Rim Rock Farm can be found near the end of the third mile of the course, southwest of the finish line.
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Billy Mills (1958-61) 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 All-American (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.
MILLS’ ACCOLADES • 1958 and 1959 All-American • 1960 Big Eight Cross Country Champion • 1964 10,000 meter Olympic Gold Medalist
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, saluting the runners for their perseverance and will to compete. In fact, the pose of Mills’ silhouette is identical to the one he struck upon winning the gold medal at the 1964 Olympics.
Jim Ryun (1966-69)
RYUN’S NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS 1967: Mile, Indoor 1967: Mile, Outdoor 1968: Mile, Indoor 1968: Two-Mile, Indoor 1969: Mile, Indoor
There is perhaps no other athlete more associated with Kansas distance running than Jim Ryun. His legend extends far beyond his KU accomplishments. 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 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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RYUN’S WORLD RECORDS AT KANSAS 1966: Mile (Outdoor): 3:51.3 1966: 880-yard run (Outdoor): 1:44.9 1967: 880-yard run (Indoor): 1:48.3 1967: 1,500-meter run: 3:33.1 1967: Mile (Outdoor): 3:51.1
RYUN’S ACCOLADES • 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
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Wes Santee (1952-55) 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-America 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. SANTEE’S ACCOLADES Olympic team in the 5,000 meters. • 1953 NCAA Individual Cross Country Champion He broke three world records while at • Member of 1953 NCAA Cross Country Championship Team Kansas, twice setting new marks in the • 1952 and 1953 Big Seven Conference Cross Country Champion indoor mile run (1954, 4:04.9; 1955, • 1952 Olympian in 5,000-meter run 4:03.8) and in the outdoor 1,500 • Broke three world records while at Kansas meters (1954, 3:42.8). A two-time outdoor All-American, Santee won the 5,000 meters in 1952 and the mile run in 1953. Santee collected seven conference championships: four indoor SANTEE’S WORLD RECORDS AT KANSAS (1952-54, mile run; 1953, 880 yards) and four outdoor 1954: Indoor Mile: 4:04.9 (1952-54, mile run; 1953, 880 yards). 1954: Outdoor 1,500 meters: 3:42.8 1955: Indoor Mile: 4:03.8 A member of the KU Hall of Fame, Santee’s statue at Rim Rock Farm can be found at the start of the second mile of the course, west of the Shady Glen.
Herb Semper (1949-52) 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 then again in 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 is surrounded by three ponds (Teardrop Pond, Jayhawk Pond and Pat’s Little Pond) on the northeast portion of the course. SEMPER’S ACCOLADES • 1950 and 1951 NCAA Cross Country Champion • 1950 and 1951 Big Seven Conference Champion
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Bob Timmons (1968-88) Bob Timmons is to Kansas Cross Country what Phog Allen is to Kansas Basketball. The man who coached 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 of the 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 teams 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 Classic 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 worldrecord 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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TIMMONS’ ACCOLADES • 11-time NCAA District V Coach of the Year • Four Track and Field NCAA Championships • 1975 USTFCA National Coach of the Year
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Record Book KU HALL OF FAME MEMBERS
KU OLYMPIANS Name Glenn Cunningham Glenn Cunningham Wes Santee Billy Mills Jim Ryun Jim Ryun Jim Ryun Charlie Gruber
Event 1,500 meters 1,500 meters 5,000 meters 10,000 meters 1,500 meters 1,500 meters 1,500 meters 1,500 meters
Finish - Silver Medal - Gold Medal - Silver Medal - -
Year 1932 1936 1952 1964 1964 1968 1972 2004
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 (1992) Michael Cox (1994) David Johnston (1994) Benson Chesang (2004) Paul Hefferon (2006) Colby Wissel (2006, 2007) * KU’s only female All-American
INDIVIDUAL CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS Missouri Valley Fred Rodkey (1914, 1915) Poco Frazier (1927, 1928) Big Six Glenn Cunningham (1931, 1932) Bob Karnes (1947) Big Seven Bob Karnes (1948, 1949) Herb Semper (1950, 1951) Wes Santee (1952, 1953) Al Frame (1954, 1955)
Big Eight Jerry McNeal (1956) Tom Skutka (1957) Billy Mills (1960) Bill Dotson (1961) John Lawson (1965) Big 12 Benson Chesang (2004, 2005) Colby Wissel (2006)
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
NCAA APPEARANCES - MEN 1950................ 4th 1951............... 2nd 1953.................1st 1954................ 4th 1955............... 2nd 1956............... 2nd 1957................ 5th 1961................ 4th 1963................ 4th 1965................ 6th 1966.............. 16th
1968.............. 16th 1969...............21st 1972.............. 14th 1979............. 22nd 1981.............. 18th 1989.............. 10th 1990.............. 16th 1991.............. 15th 1994.............. 16th 2005.............. 12th 2006.............. 20th
NCAA APPEARANCES - WOMEN 1993............. 22nd 1994.............. 28th
TEAM CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS Missouri Valley 1928 Big Six 1947 Big Seven 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957 Big Eight 1958, 1959, 1961, 1963, 1964, 1968, 1969
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NCAA INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONS Herb Semper...........................................................1950, 1951 Wes Santee........................................................................1953 Al Frame...........................................................................1954 John Lawson.....................................................................1965
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When Forbes Magazine named the 100 most powerful women in the world, two KU graduates were in the top five. KU promotes a global education and ranks 11th in nation for study abroad participation and 25th in Peace Corps participation among large doctoral universities. KU has produced 25 Rhodes Scholars, more than all other Kansas universities combined. Design-build projects by KU architecture students have won Architecture Magazine’s Home of Year twice in three years, and KU built the first student constructed LEED-Platinum certified building in the state. The Chronicle of Higher Education ranks KU in the top for “Great Colleges to Work For.� The University of Kansas is a major public research and teaching institution with lofty goals and a global outlook. The historic buildings and treecovered campus, along with top-ranked academic programs and growing research endeavors, provide an environment that inspires and challenges students and faculty. Students find a home that is wireless yet historic, on the edge of both prairie and a metropolis with a myriad of opportunities and activities.
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► Kansas is one of seven ► Tony Thompson became the first player in Big 12 history to win the league’s triple crown as he led the conference in batting average, home runs and runs batted in.
► Danielle McCray earned All-America honorable mention honors while leading Kansas to the WNIT finals.
► Sherron Collins is one of two returning men’s basketball All-Americans.
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schools in the country which currently has a national coach of the year in football (Mark Mangino, 2008) and basketball (Bill Self, 2009).
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►Val Chapple won her
► Erin Mertz was an All-
second-straight Academic All-America honor in 2009.
American diver last year.
►Lauren Bonds set two school records last season and was a national qualifier.
► Former golfer Gary
Woodland earned his PGA tour card.
► Emily Cressy was a Freshman All-American and the Big 12 Newcomer of the Year.
► Darrell Stuckey was an All-Big 12 First Team selection in 2008 and is a candidate for many national awards in 2009 for his on the field and off the field success.
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RIM Rock Farm 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 unique. 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.
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Directions to Rim Rock Farm: 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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First Serve Tennis Center Kivisto Field & Jim Hershberger Track at Memorial Stadium
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11. Kansas student-athletes enjoy first class facilities in all sports. Recently completed proj ects include the Rowing Boathouse, McCarthy Fam ily Clubhouse and the Golf Hitting Facility at Alva mar. Additional renovations are finished or ongoing for many other developments including academic area s, locker rooms and coaches offices among others. It’s an exciting time to be a Jayhawk!
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Kansas Athletics is committed to “Unparalleled Excellence” in all areas including providing comfortable and competitive facilities in all sports. Listed are a few of the major improvements in facilities that have been completed since 2003.
Booth Family Hall of Athletics Anderson Weight Room
Training Room
October ‘09
Allen Fieldhouse Renovation included the
August ‘09
FieldTurf installed on Kivisto Field at
February ‘09
Golf Hitting Facility indoor hitting stalls added at
January ‘09
Rowing Boathouse new facility located along the
Burge Union
construction of a new basketball practice facility; improved concourses; a remodel to Parrott and addition to Anschutz; new office spaces for many departments including dedicated academic areas, compliance and others. Memorial Stadium state-of-the-art playing surface installed and crown removed from field. Alvamar Golf Club.
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Allen Fieldhouse Scoreboard new videoboards added
Kansas River with generous contributions from the student body and cooperation from the city of Lawrence.
August ‘05
Allen Fieldhouse Renovations interior and exterior
January ‘09
McCarthy Family Baseball Clubhouse new
August ‘05
Booth Family Hall of Athletics facility to honor the history of Kansas Athletics built in Allen Fieldhouse.
July ‘08
Anderson Family Football Complex football-
August ‘05
Memorial Stadium Scoreboard video boards added to North Bowl
June ‘05
Hoglund Indoor Hitting Facility indoor baseball
March ‘05
Hydrotherapy Training Center hydrotherapy pools installed in Anderson Strength Center
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Women’s Basketball Office Renovations new
added
March ‘04
Arrocha Ballpark new softball stadium
Allen Fieldhouse Court new basketball floor
March ‘03
Anderson Family Strength & Conditioning Center
facility provides home for Kansas baseball at Hoglund Ballpark.
only facility built adjacent to Memorial Stadium provides all the amenities
April ‘08
Tennis Lounge at First Serve Tennis Complex
March ‘08
Softball outfield lights night softball arrives at KU
September ‘06
Olympic Sports locker room renovations
May ‘06
Hoglund Ballpark Scoreboard new videoboard
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cleaning, repainted seating in bowl structure, refinished wood seats, new lighting, new sound sound system.
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state-of-the-art weight training facility
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Harold Arlin First play-by-play man for a MLB game on radio K.S. “Bud” Adams Owner, Tennessee Titans Stuart Bailey Producer of “The Daily Show” Nancy Kassebaum Baker U.S. Senator Scott Bakula Actor (TV’s “Quantum Leap,” “Star Trek: Enterprise”) Kay Waldo Barnes First female mayor of Kansas City, Mo. Etta Moten Barnett Actress and singer - First African-American woman to entertain at the White House Linda Zarda Cook Executive Director of Shell Gas & Power and former CEO of Shell Canada. Named one of the most successful businesswomen in Europe. Wilt Chamberlain Basketball Hall of Famer Bob Dole Former U.S. Senator and presidential candidate Bob Eaton Chair of Chrysler Corp. Paul Ehrlich Environmental scientist, population expert and author (“The Population Bomb”). Also a MacArthur Fellow recipient.
Paul Rudd
Bob Dole
Joe Engle NASA astronaut on first shuttle flight
Al Oerter Four-time Olympic gold medalist
Ron Evans NASA astronaut on Apollo 17
Sara Paretsky Best-selling mystery writer (V.I. Warshawski series)
Alex Graves Executive producer (“West Wing”) Moses Gunn Actor (“Heartbreak Ridge” and “Roots”)
Mandy Patinkin Actor (“Yentl,” “The Princess Bride”; TV’s “Chicago Hope” and “Criminal Minds”)
Steve Hawley NASA astronaut
Paul Rudd Actor (“Clueless,” “Cider House Rules,” “I Love You, Man”)
David Hillis Evolutionary biologist and MacArthur “Genius” Fellow
Jim Ryun Three-time U.S. track Olympian and worldrecord miler, U.S. House of Representatives
William Inge Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright (“The Dark at the Top of the Stairs,” “Come Back, Little Sheba,” “Picnic,” “Splendor in the Grass”)
Gale Sayers Chicago Bears football star
Clarence Kelly Former head of the FBI Rebecca Kolls Gardening expert (HGTV’s “Rebecca’s Garden,” ABC’s “Good Morning America”) Bill Kurtis Journalist and producer (A&E’s “Investigative Reports,” “American Justice”) Delano Lewis Former National Public Radio CEO and Ambassador to South Africa Elmer V. McCollum Scientist (discovered vitamins A, B and D) Billy Mills Olympic gold medalist in track (only American to win the 10,000-meters medal)
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Kathleen Sebelius
Lou Montulli Co-founder of Netscape Alan Mulally President and CEO of Ford Motor Company
Kathleen Sebelius U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Douglas Shane Director of Flight Operations for SpaceShipOne, first private manned space program Dean Smith College basketball’s second-winningest coach Deanell Reece Tacha Chief judge of the U. S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit Clyde Tombaugh Scientist (discovered the dwarfed planet Pluto) Kent Whealy Founder of the Seed Savers Exchange, MacArthur Fellow Lynette Woodard First female Harlem Globetrotter. All-time leading scorer in college women’s basketball history. Sir Robert Worcester Market research pioneer and top British political commentator and pollster
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traditions THE ROCK CHALK CHANT
The Rock Chalk Chant has been the battle cry of KU fans for more than 80 years. This strange, traditional chant, which is among the most famous of all college cheers, was started by E.H.S. Bailey, a professor of chemistry. Bailey wanted a cheer for his Science Club. Returning from a convention in Wichita, Bailey and some associates patterned a yell after the rhythmic cadence of their train rolling along the tracks. On May 21, 1886, Bailey submitted the cheer to his club. Before the University adopted the cheer in 1897, it consisted of “Rah, Rah, Jayhawk, KU” being repeated three times. An English professor soon suggested that “Rock Chalk” be substituted for “Rah, Rah” because it rhymed with Jayhawk. “Rock Chalk” was also symbolic of the chalky limestone formations found on Mount Oread. Teddy Roosevelt once said the Rock Chalk chant was the best he had ever heard.
CAMPANILE HILL
Campanile Hill forms the picturesque backdrop for Memorial Stadium. On a sunny fall Saturday, the “Hill” is transformed into a congregating place for watching Jayhawk football, sunning and barbequing. Potter Lake, just to the southeast of Memorial Stadium and at the bottom of Campanile Hill, adds to the beauty of the Kansas campus.
WAVING THE WHEAT
Since the early days of KU sports, it has been a ritual of Jayhawk fans to “wave the wheat” following every Kansas scoring drive. The ritual consists of fans waving their arms in the air, an activity which, when done by a large crowd, resembles a breezy Kansas wheat field.
THE NICKNAME
During the Civil War a regiment raised by Kansas Governor Charles Robinson called itself the “Independent Mounted Jayhawks” (later officially the First Kansas Calvary and then the Seventh Kansas Regiment). By the end of the Civil War the word Jayhawk was associated with the spirit of camaraderie and the courageous fighting qualities that characterized efforts to keep Kansas a free state. By 1886, the University of Kansas had adopted the mythical bird as part of the KU yell. When the university’s football team first took the field in 1890, it seemed only natural that they should be called Jayhawkers. Few colleges and universities have such a meaningful symbol, one so deeply associated with the struggles of the people who founded them.
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George “Dumpy” Bowles, a student with the class of 1912, longed to make a great contribution to the KU spirit, but wasn’t athletic enough to do historic deeds on the athletic field. He turned to music and produced some outstanding student musical shows. A song in one of these shows was “I’m a Jayhawk.” Written in 1912, it was dormant until 1920 when a growth in school spirit brought out “I’m a Jayhawk” once more. The song contributed to the raising of funds to build both the KU football stadium and student union as World War I memorials. The 1926 glee club made it known nationally.
THE SCHOOL COLORS
The University of Kansas colors, crimson and blue, used since the early 1890s, are not the colors originally adopted by the university Board of Regents in the 1860s. The Regents had decided to adopt the Michigan colors, maize and sky blue. Maize and blue were used at early oratorical meets, and they may have been used when Kansas competed in rowing in the middle 1880s. However, when football came upon the scene in 1890, the student backers wanted to use Harvard crimson as the athletic color in honor of Col. John J. McCook, a Harvard man, who had given money for an athletic field at KU. That field ran east and west in the proximity of where the north bowl of Memorial Stadium stands on the Kansas campus today. Some Yale men were on the faculty, and they demanded the Yale blue be included. The rooters rallied forth to allow crimson and blue on their team. No one fought to retain the original colors, and the vivid deeper tone crimson and blue became generally used. Finally, in May 1896, the KU Athletic Board adopted crimson and blue as the official team colors for the university.
THE ALMA MATER
In 1891, professor George Barlow Penny searched for a school song for the Glee and Mandolin Club to sing on its tour through Kansas to Denver and back. No one responded with an original song in answer to his appeals. Just before departure, he thought of the Cornell song “Far Above Cayuga’s Waters.” Hastily changing a few words, he gave it to the glee club men to sing on the trip. He did not expect the song to be used after their return, but “Crimson and the Blue” still goes on. The music is not Cornell’s but an old English folk tune, “Annie Lisle.”
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lawrence Lawrence is not just another college community. It presents the easy-going feeling of a small town combined with big city cultural opportunities. A population of 90,000 that comes from widely diverse backgrounds makes Lawrence an outstanding place to live and raise a family. A community that supports the University of Kansas with its heart and soul, Lawrence envelopes the students so they too think of Lawrence as their own hometown. Lawrence is well known for the arts, alternative music and downtown shops, galleries and restaurants.
About Lawrence
• Lawrence Population: 90,000 • Annual Average High Temperature: 66 • Annual Average Low Temperature: 43 • Annual Average Precipitation: 39” • Lawrence is conveniently located on Interstate 70 35 miles west of Kansas City and 25 miles east of Topeka (state capital). Kansas Highway 10 connects Lawrence to the south Kansas City metroplex. Highway 59 serves as the city’s north and south access, and Highway 40 runs parallel to Interstate 70 east and west. • Lawrence was founded in 1854 by the New England Emigrant Aid Society in an effort to keep the territory free from slavery. It is said that it is one of the few cities in the United States founded strictly for political reasons. • Both the Oregon and Sante Fe Trails run through parts of Lawrence and Douglas County. • Lawrence streets are named after the states in the order they came into the Union, beginning with Delaware. • Massachusetts was designated the “Main” street because Lawrence’s founders were from Massachusetts. • Lawrence festivals provide a wealth of musical offerings. Music is a staple in the Lawrence community. The sounds of local talent can be heard echoing through the city’s streets both day and night.
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Lawrence boasts a vibrant downtown, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, with a wide assortment of shops, galleries, eateries and historic architecture. Many have called Massachusetts Street one of the most beautiful main streets in America.
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What others say about Lawrence... ► The League of American Cyclists ranked Lawrence as one of the country’s most bike-friendly towns in 2005. ► The Lied Center of Kansas, the University of Kansas’ multimilliondollar performing arts center, was ranked by International Arts Manager magazine as one of the “Top U.S. University Presenters.” ►
Golf Digest consistently lists Lawrence’s Alvamar golf course among the 100 best public golf courses in the nation.
► Clinton Lake was ranked among the top 50 lakes in the country by Boating World Magazine, July 2000. ► Forbes Magazine ranked Lawrence as the sixth-best smaller metro area to start a business or a career in 2004. ► USA Today ranked Lawrence as one of the least segregated communities in the country. ► Frommer’s 2007 edition of Cities Ranked & Rated pegged Lawrence as the 100th-best metropolitan area in the country to live.
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A short drive to
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ansas City, just 35 miles east of Lawrence, knows how to entertain visitors. After all, from its beginnings this city has a history of delighting travelers with flashy amusement parks and innovative shopping areas. Whether you are enjoying one of the many sporting events or watching a “hog” being assembled at the Harley-Davidson Final Assembly Plant, today’s traveler will find a multitude of diverse and fun attractions. Thrill-seekers of all ages love the side-by-side theme parks, Worlds of Fun and Oceans of Fun. For a wild time, head to the Kansas City Zoo where hundreds of exotic animals reside in their natural habitats. The Kansas City Power & Light District is a vibrant, new eight-block neighborhood in the heart of downtown Kansas City with a combination of entertainment, retail, nightlife and residential areas. The many tastes, flavors and entertainment options of the District makes each visit an exciting experience. The Truman Sports Complex is home to major league sports action for the Kansas City Chiefs and Royals at the side-by-side Arrowhead and Kauffman stadiums. In Kansas City, Kan., just off I-70 sits the Community America Ballpark, home of the Kanas City Wizards Soccer Team, and the Kansas Speedway, which hosts NASCAR’s premier series, the NEXTEL Cup Series. It also brings the superstars of the Indy Racing League’s IndyCar Series for an exciting season of heart-pounding motorsports action. No trip to Kansas City is complete without a visit to the Plaza. This 14-square-block outdoor shopping and entertainment district boasts romantic Spanish architecture, European art and dazzling fountains. Designed in 1922, the Plaza features boutiques and fashionable national stores as well as distinctive restaurants, outdoor cafés and nightlife hotspots.
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Academic Support The Student-Athlete Support Services staff focuses all collective resources in support of the academic, personal and interpersonal development of each individual it serves. As part of its commitment to the academic success of its athletes, Kansas Athletics recently completed a new academic complex in the summer of 2009. The facility features individual study rooms and a computer lab.
Mary Beth Marchiony
Senior Associate Director, Academic and Career Counseling Mary Beth Marchiony is in her fifth year as an Associate Director of Academic and Career Counseling. She is responsible for assisting the student-athletes with course selection, tutoring and academic counseling, ensuring that student-athletes continue to progress toward graduation. Prior to coming to KU, Marchiony worked for 14 years at The Pembroke Hill School in Kansas City, Mo., where she served as Director of College Counseling. She was Director of Admissions and Financial Aid at Park Tudor School (Indianapolis). Prior to her time at Pembroke Hill, Marchiony worked as Regional Director of Admissions at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. Marchiony graduated from Iona College with a bachelor’s degree in history and political science, and earned a master’s degree in history from UMKC. In addition, she was a Klingenstein Fellow at Columbia University, Teachers College. Marchiony is married to Jim Marchiony (KU Associate Athletics Director-External Affairs). The couple resides in Lawrence with their son, Donald, who graduated from KU in 2009.
Lisa Hehman
Academic Counselor Lisa Hehman is in her first year as an academic counselor for the University of Kansas. She works primarily with cross country/track and field, and assists with soccer and men’s and women’s golf. Hehman came to KU after working three years as an academic support/ life skills specialist at Cleveland State University. She advised and counseled student-athletes on degree programs, course offerings and registration, and oversaw the leadership development and structure of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC).
Strategic and Instructional Tutoring Program • The strategic and instructional tutoring program schedules more than 900 hours of tutoring each week for more than 250 student-athletes. • For the current year, Kansas Athletics has allocated more than $1.6 million toward studentathlete support, including $400,000 for tutoring services. • Tutoring is available to any student-athlete, regardless of scholarship status or sport. • Many of the tutors working within STP are instructors or teaching assistants at KU. Some are undergraduate students who have excelled in their respective subject areas. • STP offers individualized tutoring as well as small study groups.
Prior to her time at Cleveland State, Hehman worked as a graduate assistant for student support services at the University of Missouri – Kansas City. She has also completed a counseling internship at Lee’s Summit North High School and served as a secondary English teacher at Paseo Academy of Fine and Performing Arts in Kansas City, Mo. Hehman graduated from KU in 2001 with a bachelor’s degree in communication, and earned a master’s from UMKC in counseling and guidance in 2007.
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Big 12 Conference Big 12 Conference Communications Staff
Dan Beebe Big 12 Commissioner
Bob Burda Asst. Commissioner Communications
Rob Carolla Director of Communications
Carmen Branch Joni James Lehmann Emily Franzenburg Asst. Director of Assoc. Dir. of Will Hancock Communications Communications Intern
The Big 12 Conference has established a consistent level of national success on the field and in the classroom as it enters its 14th season in 2009-10. Since it began play in 1996-97, the Conference can boast of 34 team crowns and over 400 individual NCAA Championships. The success continued through 2008-09 as Texas A&M captured national titles in men’s golf as well as men’s and women’s outdoor track & field. The league placed two teams in the Bowl Championship Series for the fifth time and had a team play for the BCS National Championship for the sixth season. In addition, two volleyball teams advanced to the semifinals of the NCAA Championship and Oklahoma played in the Women’s Final Four. Missouri softball and Texas baseball punched tickets to the College World Series. Among individual honors, Sally Kipyego (Texas Tech) became the first NCAA Division I female or male runner to win three consecutive cross country national championships. She was named the Honda Award winner for the third season as the nation’s top female cross country athlete, becoming just the eighth athlete to win the award three times in any sport. Jenny Barringer (Colorado) claimed the Honda Award for Track & Field while Oleksandr Nedovyesov (Oklahoma State) was named ITA/Campbell’s Tennis Player of the Year. Over the past five seasons a total of 13 NCAA trophies have been hoisted by Big 12 institutions, with at least one national crown won in all but one year for the Conference, including each of the past 12 seasons. The Big 12 and its member institutions are committed to a competitive environment where sportsmanship and fair play take center stage. Whether on the field, in the classroom, or within the community the student-athletes, administrators, coaches and game officials of the Big 12 support the highest ideals in sportsmanship. Big 12 student-athletes also do well in garnering national academic recognition. Sarah Pavan (Nebraska) was named Academic All-America of the Year in volleyball in 2006 and 2007 by ESPN The Magazine and College Sports Information Directors of America with a 4.0 gradepoint average in Biochemistry. She also won the national academic honor presented for all sports in 2006-07 and was named recipient of the prestigious 2006-07 Honda-Broderick Award as Collegiate Woman Athlete of the Year. She is the first athlete since the Big 12 was formed to earn the accolade. In its history, the conference has over 330 academic honorees, averaging more than 25 each season. The Big 12 can boast of other stories that combine on and off the field success. Patience Knight (Texas Tech) was the recipient of the Honda Inspiration Award in 2008, given to an outstanding female college athlete who overcomes adversity to excel in her sport. She was diagnosed with a cancerous tumor in 2007, but rebounded to win All-America honors at the 2008 NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships.
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Candice Eng Will Hancock Intern
Competitive excellence, scholarship and sportsmanship are all equal components of the Big 12 philosophy. All-Big 12 teams and Academic All-Big 12 squads are recognized for each sport at the end of their respective seasons. At the end of each academic year, the Conference honors its top male and female student-athletes with the Big 12 Athlete of the Year and Big 12 Sportsperson of the Year awards. Institutions can also nominate student-athletes for the prestigious Dr. Prentice Gautt Postgraduate Scholarships at the end of each academic year. A total of 225 scholars have received over 1.3 million in postgraduate financial aid through the first 13 years of the program. The Big 12 sponsors 21 sports. Men’s squads include baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, indoor track & field, outdoor track & field, swimming & diving, tennis and wrestling. Women’s teams are fielded in basketball, cross country, golf, gymnastics, indoor track & field, outdoor track & field, soccer, softball, swimming, tennis and volleyball. The conference is made up of 12 institutions that have shared many traditional rivalries throughout their histories. Member schools include - Baylor University, University of Colorado, Iowa State University, University of Kansas, Kansas State University, University of Missouri, University of Nebraska, University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma State University, University of Texas, Texas A&M University and Texas Tech University. The institutions created a league that encompasses seven states, over 45 million people and television households in 18 of the top 100 markets within its geographic footprint. The conference conducts championships for 20 of its 21 sports. Each championship helps to determine teams and/or individuals that will represent the Conference in national postseason competition. The winner of the Big 12 football championship game earns the league’s berth into the prestigious Bowl Championship Series. In the last several years the Big 12 has increased its bowl agreements and expanded television opportunities for all sports through contracts with ABC/ESPN and FSN. Most recently, the league renewed and expanded its multi-year arrangement with ABC/ESPN, Inc. The new contract began in 2008-09. In its first 13 years, the Conference has distributed more than $1.1 billion to its 12 member institutions. The Big 12 staff administers to over 4,600 student-athletes in 21 sports. The conference office is headquartered in Irving, Texas
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