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Front Row (Left to Right): Megan Mills, Sarah Fogarty, Gabrielle Penaflor, Katie Tuck, Paige Umscheid, Kylie Conrow, Lynette Cottingham, Amani Borders, Dasjah Mason, Brooke Guiot, Kelly Carpenter, Chandler Carreon, Essence Brewer, Genel Rollins. Second Row: Mackenzie Roney, Tayler Winick, Tabitha Griffith, Elizabeth Nolke, Darrell Satterfield, Hanna Miller, Janelle Johnson, Patricia Miller, Traci Mills, Ebony Hopgood, Chantel Bethune, Blessing Oparaji, Yasmin Musaddiq, Rachel Culberson. Third Row: Nathan Straubel, Darrien Case, Sydia Darker, Kamaya Tucker, Louisa Nylander, Mallory Short, Daiwa Emmert, Chadayne Walker, James Atwood, Jamarice Preston, Eric Carter, Nathan Keown, Kolton Sheldon, Quinlan Moll, Marcus Johnson, Head Coach Shameika McField. Fourth Row: Graduate Assistant Coach Geraint “Marlon” Shirley, Jacob Hockman, James Barnett, Griffin Humphreys, Jason Fambrough, Martin Williams, Brady Adams, Devin Burton, Zak Snow, Christopher Bryan, Terrone Garner, Dinsdale Morgan, Nicolas Basore, Brandon Woods Jason Shaw, Jr., Bryce Miller, Assistant Coach Brett Guemmer. Back Row: Associate Head Coach Benaud Shirley, Harpreet Dosanjh, Matia Finley, Mitch Gaylord, Alex Yoxall, Dahlia Dyson, Kelsey Benoit, Eric Yarbrough, Xavier Kenney, Jeremy Harr, Jaquez Perry, Zane Lockhart, Blake Hocking, Veronica Rollins, Assistant Coach Brian Bishop.

Front Row (Left to Right): Tabitha Griffith, Amani Borders, Katie Tuck, Sarah Fogarty, Megan Mills, Chandler Carreon. Second Row: Elizabeth Nolke, Hanna Miller, Patricia Miller, Tayler Winick, Brooke Guiot, Gabrielle Penaflor, Kelly Carpenter, Chantel Bethune, Head Coach Shameika McField. Third Row: Darrien Case, James Barnett, Jason Fambrough, Griffin Humphreys, Janelle Johnson, Ebony Hopgood, Rachel Culberson, Veronica Rollins, Assistant Coach Brett Guemmer. Back Row: Nathan Straubel, Eric Yarbrough, Xavier Kenney, Zak Snow, Jason Shaw, Jr., Terrone Garner, Bryce Miller, Nathan Keown, Kolton Sheldon, Quinlan Moll, Marcus Johnson.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10 Quick Facts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Team Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Rosters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Team Headlines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Championships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 COACHES/STAFF . . . . . . . . . . . 11-16 Head Coach Shameika McField . . . . . 12 Assoc. Head Coach Benaud Shirley . . . 14 Assistant Coaches . . . . . . . . . . . . .15 Support Staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16 MEET THE ‘ROOS - MEN . . . . . . . 17-44 Brady Adams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 James Barnett . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Nicolas Basore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Devin Burton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Eric Carter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Harpreet Dosanjh . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Jason Fambrough . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Terrone Garner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Jeremy Harr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Blake Hocking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27 Jacob Hockman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Griffin Humphreys . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Xavier Kenney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Nathan Keown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Zane Lockhart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Bryce Miller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Quinlan Moll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Darrell Satterfield . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Jason Shaw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Kolton Sheldon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37 Zak Snow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Martin Williams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Eric Yarbrough . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Alex Yoxall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41 Men’s Newcomers . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 MEET THE ‘ROOS - WOMEN . . . . 45-78 Kelsey Benoit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Chantel Bethune . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47 Amani Borders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Essence Brewer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Kelly Carpenter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Chandler Carreon . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Kylie Conrow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Lynette Cottingham . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Rachel Culberson . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Sydia Darker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Dahlia Dyson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Daiwa Emmert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Sarah Fogarty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Tabitha Griffith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Brooke Guiot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Ebony Hopgood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61 Janelle Johnson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Dasjah Mason . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Hanna Miller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Patricia Miller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Megan Mills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Traci Mills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Yasmin Musaddiq . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Elizabeth Nolke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Blessing Oparaji . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Gabrielle Penaflor . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Genel Rollins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Veronica Rollins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73 Mallory Short . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74 Katie Tuck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75 Women’s Newcomers . . . . . . . . . . .76 2015 CROSS COUNTRY REVIEW . 77-82 Rosters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Meet Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 2015 Season Overview . . . . . . . . . . 80 All-Time Performances . . . . . . . . . . 81 Honors & Awards . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 2015 REVIEW . . . . . . . . . . . . 83-92 Men’s Titles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 Women’s Titles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 Men’s Indoor Performance Lists . . . . 86 Men’s Outdoor Performance Lists . . . 87 Women’s Indoor Performance Lists . . 88 Women’s Outdoor Performance Lists 89 2015 Indoor Season Overview . . . . . 90 2015 Outdoor Season Overview . . . . .91 RECORD BOOK . . . . . . . . . . . 93-100 Men’s Indoor Record Book . . . . . . . 94 Men’s Outdoor Record Book . . . . . . 95

Women’s Indoor Record Book . . . . . 96 Women’s Outdoor Record Book . . . . .97 Men’s Conference Champions . . . . . 98 Women’s Conference Champions . . . 99 Conference Finishes, Honors & Awards 100 ABOUT UMKC . . . . . . . . . . . 101-123 Chancellor Leo E. Morton . . . . . . . . 102 Director of Athletics Carla Wilson . . . 103 Sr. Assoc. Dir. Ursula Gurney . . . . . . 104 Sr. Assoc. Dir. Brian Morris . . . . . . . 105 Sr. Assic. Dir. Jessica Dickson . . . . . 106 Sports Performance . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Sports Medicine . . . . . . . . . . . . .108 UMKC Athletics Staff . . . . . . . . . . 109 UMKC Facilities & Departments . . . . 110 Student Athlete Support Services . . 114 ‘Roo Life Skills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 About UMKC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 Kansas City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 Western Athletic Conference . . . . . 120 Evolution of the Kangaroo . . . . . . . 122

CREDITS The 2015 University of Missouri-Kansas City Track & Field Media Guide was produced by the UMKC Athletics Sports Information Department. EDITOR Josh Carson GUIDE LAYOUT AND DESIGN Josh Carson COVER DESIGN Josh Carson EDITORIAL ASSISTANCE Rob McCutcheon, Nik Busch and the UMKC Track & Field staff PHOTOGRAPHY Matt Hicks ADDITIONAL PHOTOS Sports Information Archives, University of Missouri-Kansas City, WAC Sports

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STAFF INFORMATION Head Coach Shameika McField . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sprints Alma Mater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kansas, 2003 Year at UMKC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Eighth Associate Head Coach Benaud Shirley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jumps Alma Mater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kansas, 2004 Year at UMKC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Eighth Assistant Coaches Brian Bishop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Throws/Multi-Events Alma Mater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kansas, 2012 Year at UMKC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Second Brett Guemmer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Distance Alma Mater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . UMKC, 2013 Year at UMKC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . First Geraint Shirley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Graduate Assistant Alma Mater . . . . . . . . University of Technology, Jamaica Year at UMKC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Second Student Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rakeem Golden Athletic Trainer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Charles Emerson Strength and Conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Clint Dominick Active Release Therapist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Isaac Combs SOCIAL MEDIA Track & Field Twitter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .@RoosTrack_XC Track & Field Facebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . /UMKCTrackandField UMKC Athletics Twitter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . @TheUMKCRoos UMKC Athletics Facebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . /UMKCKangaroos UMKC Athletics Instagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . .UMKC_Kangaroos

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TEAM OVERVIEW MEN’S TEAM

WOMEN’S TEAM

Key Returners Blake Hocking . . . . . . . . . . Sr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Throws Jacob Hockman . . . . . . . . . So. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Throws Bryce Miller . . . . . . . . . . . Jr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Distance Kolton Sheldon . . . . . . . . . Sr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Distance Eric Yarbrough . . . . . . . . . So. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sprints Brady Adams . . . . . . . . . . Sr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sprints Zak Snow . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hurdles Terrone Garner . . . . . . . . . Sr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hurdles Jeremy Harr . . . . . . . . . . . So. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jumos

Key Returners Dahlia Dyson . . . . . . . . . . Sr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Throws Kelsey Benoit . . . . . . . . . . Sr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Throws Veronica Rollins . . . . . . . . . Sr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mid-Distance Genel Rollins . . . . . . . . . . So. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sprints Mallory Short . . . . . . . . . . Jr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hurdles Sydia Darker . . . . . . . . . . . Sr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hurdles Dasjah Mason . . . . . . . . . . Jr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jumps Traci Mills . . . . . . . . . . . . So. . . . . . . . . . . Jumps & Sprints

Key Losses Josh Harden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jumps

Key Losses Briana Carter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jumps & Sprints Courtney Frerichs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Distance

Key Newcomers Chadayne Walker . . . . . . . . Fr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sprinter Marcus Johnson . . . . . . . . Fr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Distance

Key Newcomers Matia Finley . . . . . . . . . . . Fr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Throws Louisa Nylander . . . . . . . . . Fr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hurdles

KOLTON SHELDON

BRADY ADAMS

TRACI MILLS

SYDIA DARKER

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MEN’S ROSTER

SPRINTS Brady Adams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sr. Devin Burton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jr. Eric Carter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sr. Terrone Garner . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sr. Xavier Kenney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jr. Jamarice Preston . . . . . . . . . . . . Fr. Darrell Satterfield . . . . . . . . . . . Sr. Jason Shaw, Jr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sr. Zak Snow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sr. Chadayne Walker . . . . . . . . . . . . Fr. Brandon Woods . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fr. Eric Yarbrough . . . . . . . . . . . . . So.

NAME Brady Adams James Atwood James Barnett Nicolas Basore Christopher Bryan Devin Burton Eric Carter Darrien Case Harpreet Dosanjh Jason Fambrough Terrone Garner Jeremy Harr Blake Hocking Jacob Hockman Griffin Humphreys Marcus Johnson Xavier Kenney Nathan Keown Zane Lockhart Bryce Miller Quinlan Moll Dinsdale Morgan Jamarice Preston Darrell Satterfield Jason Shaw, Jr. Kolton Sheldon Zak Snow Nathan Straubel Chadayne Walker Martin Williams Brandon Woods Eric Yarbrough Alex Yoxall

JUMPS James Atwood . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fr. Eric Carter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sr. Jeremy Harr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . So. Dinsdale Morgan . . . . . . . . . . . . Fr. Jamarice Preston . . . . . . . . . . . . Fr. Darrell Satterfield . . . . . . . . . . . Sr. Zak Snow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sr. DISTANCE James Barnett . . . . . . . . . . . . . So. Darrien Case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fr. Jason Fambrough . . . . . . . . . . . So. Griffin Humphreys . . . . . . . . . . . Sr. Marcus Johnson . . . . . . . . . . . . Fr. Nathan Keown . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jr. Bryce Miller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jr. Quinlan Moll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . So. Kolton Sheldon . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sr. Nathan Straubel . . . . . . . . . . . . Fr. THROWS Nicolas Basore . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jr. Harpreet Dosanjh . . . . . . . . . . . So. Blake Hocking . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sr. Jacob Hockman . . . . . . . . . . . . So. Martin Williams . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sr. Alex Yoxall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . So. MULTI-EVENTS Christopher Bryan . . . . . . . . . . . Fr. Zane Lockhart . . . . . . . . . . . . . So. HURDLES Devin Burton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jr. Xavier Kenney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jr. Jason Shaw, Jr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sr. Brandon Woods . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fr.

EVENT CL. Sprints Sr. Jumps Fr. Distance So. Throws Jr. Multi-Events Fr. Hurdles/Sprints Jr. Jumps/Sprints Sr. Distance Fr. Throws So. Distance So. Sprints Sr. Jumps So. Throws Sr. Throws So. Distance Sr. Distance Fr. Hurdles/Sprints Jr. Distance Jr. Multi-Events So. Distance Jr. Distance So. Jumps Fr. Jumps/Sprints Fr. Jumps/Sprints Sr. Hurdles/Sprints Sr. Distance Sr. Jumps/Sprints Sr. Distance Fr. Sprints Fr. Throws Sr. Hurdles/Sprints Fr. Sprints So. Throws So.

HOMETOWN (PREVIOUS SCHOOL) Nixa, Mo. (Nixa HS) Olathe, Kan. (Blue Valley Northwest HS) Blue Springs, Mo. (Blue Springs HS) Stilwell, Kan. (Blue Valley Southwest) Jamaica (Universal School) Prairie Village, Kan. (Shawnee Mission East HS) Lee’s Summit, Mo. (Lee’s Summit West HS) Parkville, Mo. (Park Hill South HS) Overland Park, Kan. (Blue Valley Northwest HS) Raymore, Mo. (Raymore-Peculiar HS) St. Louis, Mo. (Cardinal Ritter Prep) Mukwonago, Wis. (Mukwonago HS) Lawrence, Kan. (Lawrence HS) Centralia, Mo. (Centralia HS) Columbia, Mo. (Rock Bridge HS) Nixa, Mo. (Nixa HS) St. Louis, Mo. (Ritenour HS) Columbia, Mo. (Rock Bridge HS) Plattsmouth, Neb. (Paris HS) Ashland, Wis. (Ashland HS) Springfield, Mo. (Kickapoo HS) Olathe, Kan. (Blue Valley Southwest HS) Dallas, Texas (Lake Highland HS) Florissant, Mo. (Saint Louis University) Liberty, Mo. (Missouri) (Liberty HS) Raytown, Mo. (Lee’s Summit North HS) St. Louis, Mo. (Ritenour HS) Kansas City, Mo. (Platte County HS) Jamaica (Universal School) Lawrence, Kan. (Coffeyville CC) St. Louis, Mo. (McCluer North HS) St. Louis (Lafayette HS) Minneapolis, Kan. (Minneapolis HS)

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WOMEN’S ROSTER NAME Kelsey Benoit Chantel Bethune Amani Borders Essence Brewer Kelly Carpenter Chandler Carreon Kylie Conrow Lynette Cottingham Rachel Culberson Sydia Darker Dahlia Dyson Daiwa Emmert Matia Finley Sarah Fogarty Tabitha Griffith Brooke Guiot Ebony Hopgood Janelle Johnson Dasjah Mason Hanna Miller Patricia Miller Megan Mills Traci Mills Yasmin Musaddiq Elizabeth Nolke Louisa Nylander Blessing Oparaji Gabrielle Penaflor Genel Rollins Veronica Rollins Mallory Short Katie Tuck Paige Umscheid

EVENT CL. Throws Sr. Sprints Sr. Hurdles/Sprints Sr. Sprints So. Distance Jr. Distance So. Jumps/Sprints So. Jumps/Sprints Sr. Sprints So. Hurdles/Sprints Sr. Throws Sr. Jumps/Sprints So. Throws Fr. Distance Jr. Distance So. Distance Jr. Sprints So. Hurdles/Sprints Jr. Jumps Jr. Distance Jr. Sprints Sr. Distance Jr. Jumps/Sprints So. Throws Jr. Mid-Distance So. Hurdles/Sprints Fr. Jumps/Sprints So. Distance Jr. Sprints So. Sprints Sr. Hurdles/Sprints Jr. Distance Jr. Throws Fr.

HOMETOWN (PREVIOUS SCHOOL) Centralia, Mo. (Centralia HS) St. Louis, Mo. (University City HS) St. Louis, Mo. (University City HS) St. Louis, Mo. (Maplewood Richmond Heights) Wildwood, Mo. (Lafayette HS) Lake St. Louis, Mo. (Wentzville Holt HS) Bowling Green, Mo. (Bowling Green HS) Lee’s Summit, Mo. (Lee’s Summit HS) Florissant, Mo. (McClurer HS) St. Louis, Mo. (Ritenour HS) O’Fallon, Mo. (Fort Zumwalt West HS) Bolivar, Mo. (Bolivar HS) Lawrence, Kan. (Lawrence HS) O’Fallon, Mo. (Fort Zumwalt West HS) Farmington, Mo. (Farmington HS) Warrensburg, Mo. (Warrensburg HS) St. Louis, Mo. (Lafayette HS) St. Louis, Mo. (McCluer South-Berkeley) St. Louis, Mo. (Incarnate Word Academy) Savannah, Mo. (Savannah HS) St. Louis, Mo. (Lafayette Wildwood HS) Nixa, Mo. (Nixa HS) St. Louis, Mo. (Soldan International Studies HS) St. Louis, Mo. (MICDS HS) Lee’s Summit, Mo. (Lee’s Summit West HS) Jefferson City, Mo. (Jefferson City HS) St. Louis, Mo. (Oakville HS) Thornton, Colo. (Horizon HS) St. Louis, Mo. (Incarnate Word Academy) Kansas City, Mo. (Lee’s Summit North HS) Columbia, Mo. (Rock Bridge HS) Smithville, Mo. (Smithville HS) Shawnee, Kan. (Shawnee Mission Northwest HS)

SPRINTS Chantel Bethune . . . . . . . . . . . .Sr. Amani Borders . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sr. Essence Brewer . . . . . . . . . . . . So. Kylie Conrow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . So. Lynette Cottingham . . . . . . . . . .Sr. Rachel Culberson . . . . . . . . . . . So. Sydia Darker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sr. Daiwa Emmert . . . . . . . . . . . . . So. Ebony Hopgood . . . . . . . . . . . . So. Janelle Johnson . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jr. Patricia Miller . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sr. Traci Mills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . So. Louisa Nylander . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fr. Genel Rollins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . So. Veronica Rollins . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sr. Mallory Short . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jr. JUMPS Kylie Conrow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . So. Lynette Cottingham . . . . . . . . . .Sr. Daiwa Emmert . . . . . . . . . . . . . So. Dasjah Mason . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jr. Traci Mills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . So. Blessing Oparaji . . . . . . . . . . . . So. DISTANCE Kelly Carpenter . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jr. Chandler Carreon . . . . . . . . . . . So. Sarah Fogarty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jr. Tabitha Griffith . . . . . . . . . . . . So. Brooke Guiot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jr. Hanna Miller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jr. Gabrielle Penaflor . . . . . . . . . . . Jr. Katie Tuck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jr. THROWS Kelsey Benoit . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sr. Dahlia Dyson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sr. Matia Finley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fr. Yasmin Musaddiq . . . . . . . . . . . Jr. Paige Umscheid . . . . . . . . . . . . Fr. HURDLES Amani Borders . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sr. Sydia Darker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sr. Janelle Johnson . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jr. Louisa Nylander . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fr. Mallory Short . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jr. MID-DISTANCE Elizabeth Nolke . . . . . . . . . . . . So.

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PRONUNCIATION GUIDE

ROSTER BY CLASS

Nicolas Basore . . . . . . . . .BASE-ore Xavier Kenney . . . . . . . . ex-AYV-yer Nathan Keown . . . . . . . . . KEE-own Harpreet Dosanjh . HAR-preet dis-JOHN Jason Fambrough . . . . . . . FAM-bro Quinlan Moll . . . . . . . . . . . . MOLE Eric Yarbrough . . . . . . . . . YAR-bro Alex Yoxall . . . . . . . . . . . . YOX-all Jamarice Preston . . . .juh-MAR-eece Nathan Straubel . . . . . . .str-AH-bull Chadayne Walker . . . . . . CHA-dayne

MEN Seniors (10) Brady Adams Eric Carter Terrone Garner Blake Hocking Griffin Humphreys Darrell Satterfield Jason Shaw, Jr. Kolton Sheldon Zak Snow Martin Williams

Kelsey Benoit . . . . . . . . . .BEN-wah Chantel Bethune . . SHAN-tell buh-THUNE Amani Borders . . . . . . . UH-mon-EE Sydia Darker . . . . . . . . . SID-ee-UH Dahlia Dyson . . . . . . . . . . DOLL-ya Sarah Fogarty . . . . . . . FOE-ger-TEE Brooke Guiot . . . . . . . . . . . GEE-oh Dasjah Mason . . . . . . . . . DAY-shuh Hanna Miller . . . . . . . . . . hann-UH Yasmin Mussadiq . . . YAS-men moose-UH-dic Daiwa Emmert . . . . . DI-wa EM-mert Elizabeth Nolke . . . . . . . . NOLL-kee Blessing Oparaji . . . . OH-pa-RAH-jee Genel Rollins . . . . . . . . . . . JEN-ell Matia Finley . . . . . . . . .MUH-tee-UH Paige Umscheid . . . . . . . UM-sheed

Juniors (5) Nicolas Basore Devin Burton Xavier Kenney Nathan Keown Bryce Miller Sophomores (9) James Barnett Harpreet Dosanjh Jason Fambrough Jeremy Harr Jacob Hockman Zane Lockhart Quinlan Moll Eric Yarbrough Alex Yoxall Freshmen (9) James Atwood Christopher Bryan Darrien Case Marcus Johnson Dinsdale Morgan Jamarice Preston Nathan Straubel Chadayne Walker Brandon Woods

WOMEN Seniors (8) Kelsey Benoit Chantel Bethune Amani Borders Lynette Cottingham Sydia Darker Dahlia Dyson Patricia Miller Veronica Rollins Juniors (11) Kelly Carpenter Sarah Fogarty Brooke Guiot Janelle Johnson Dasjah Mason Hanna Miller Megan Mills Yasmin Mussadiq Gabrielle Penaflor Mallory Short Katie Tuck Sophomores (11) Essence Brewer Chandler Carreon Kylie Conrow Rachel Culberson Daiwa Emmert Tabitha Griffith Ebony Hopgood Traci Mills Elizabeth Nolke Blessing Oparaji Genel Rollins Freshmen (3) Matia Finley Louisa Nylander Paige Umscheid

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INDOOR SCHEDULE DATE MEET VENUE LOCATION December 4 . . . Bob Timmons Challenge (Hosted by Kansas) . . . . . Anschutz Pavilion . . . . Lawrence, Kan. January 8 . . . . . . Bill Easton Classic (Hosted by Kansas) . . . . . . . Anschutz Pavilion . . . . Lawrence, Kan. January 15-16 . Holiday Inn Invitational (Hosted By Nebraska) . . . . . Devaney Center . . . . . . Lincoln, Neb. January 28-29 . . . . Jayhawk Classic (Hosted by Kansas) . . . . . . . . Anschutz Pavilion . . . . Lawrence, Kan. February 12 . Herm Wilson Invitational (Hosted by Wichita State) . . . . Heskett Center . . . . . . Wichita, Kan. February 19 . . . . Nebraska Tune-Up (Hosted by Nebraska) . . . . . . . Devaney Center . . . . . . Lincoln, Neb. February 25-27 . . WAC Indoor Track & Field Championships . . . . .Jacksons Indoor Track . . . Nampa, Idaho March 11-12 . NCAA Division I Indoor Track & Field Championships . Birmingham CrossPlex . . Birmingham, Ala.

OUTDOOR SCHEDULE DATE MEET VENUE LOCATION March 18-19 . . . . . . . . Tulsa Duels (Hosted by Tulsa) . . . . Hurricane Soccer & Track Stadium . Tulsa, Okla. March 26 . Emporia State Spring Open (Hosted by Emporia State) . . . Welch Stadium . . . . . . Emporia, Kan. April 14-15 . . .Bryan Clay Invitational (Hosted by Azusa Pacific) . Cougar Athletic Stadium . . . . Azusa, Calif. April 14-16 . . . . . . . Mt. SAC Relays (Hosted by Mt. SAC) . . . . . Cerritos College Stadium . . Norwalk, Calif. April 14-16 . . Beach Invitational (Hosted by Long Beach State) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Long Beach, Calif. April 20-23 . . . . . . . Kansas Relays (Hosted by Kansas) . . . . . . . . .Rock Chalk Park . . . . . Lawrence, Kan. April 30 . . . . . . . .Rock Chalk Classic (Hosted by Kansas) . . . . . . . Rock Chalk Park . . . . . Lawrence, Kan. May 7 . . . . . . .Ward Haylett Invitational (Hosted by K-State) . . R.V. Christian Track Complex . Manhattan, Kan. May 11-14 . . . . . WAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships . . . . . . Rock Chalk Park . . . . . Lawrence, Kan. May 26-28 . NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field West Preliminary . . Rock Chalk Park . . . . . Lawrence, Kan. June 8-11 . . NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships . . . Hayward Field . . . . . . . Eugene, Ore.

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MEN’S EVENT HEADLINES SPRINTS • Eric Yarbrough is a strong 200 and 400-meter runner that returns to the team after a very solid freshman campaign. • Sophomore Brady Adams looks to improve on an impressive freshman season and will play a major factor in the ‘Roos success in 2016. • Freshman Chadayne Walker hails from Kingston, Jamaica looks to make an immediate impact on the ‘Roos by bringing maturity and a great work-ethic.

ZAK SNOW

ERIC YARBROUGH

HURDLES • Senior Terrone Garner looks to use his final season in the Blue and Gold to leave a lasting impression on the program as he looks to break school records. • Zak Snow will also be using his senior season to leave a lasting mark at UMKC, as he too will be chasing school records and a shot at qualifying for the regional meet.

DISTANCE • Junior Bryce Miller hopes to improve on his impressive 2015 campaign where he was a world junior’s qualifier and an NCAA Qualifier in the Steeplechase. • Marcus Johnson is a freshman distance runner who will specialize in the steeplechase and has already made his mark at UMKC after being named the 2015 WAC Cross Country Freshman of the Year.

BLAKE HOCKING

JUMPS • Sophomore Jeremy Harr will add to the success of the men’s team by leading the ‘Roos in the sand pits, where he saw success in 2015, finishing second behind fellow ‘Roo Josh Harden in the triple jump at the WAC Outdoor Championships.

BRYCE MILLER

THROWS • Blake Hocking will wrap-up his career at UMKC with hopes of repeating as WAC Champion after winning the Shot Put at both indoor and outdoor championships in 2015. • Sopomore Jacob Hockman looks to follow in the footsteps of Hocking and improve from his freshman campaign where he finished fifth in the wieight throw and sixth in the shot put at the WAC indoor Championships in 2015.

JEREMY HARR

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WOMEN’S EVENT HEADLINES SPRINTS • Senior Chantel Bethune holds the top-time in UMKC history in the indoor 400 meters with a time of 56.31 seconds, and is third on the outdoor 400 meter list at 55.55 seconds. • Genel Rollins placed second in the 60 meters at the 2015 WAC Indoor Championships and looks to repeat this season as a major part of the ‘Roos sprinting squad.

CHANTEL BETHUNE HURDLES • Mallory Short is the reigning WAC Champion in the 60-meter hurdles and looks to repeat in 2016. • Senior Sydia Darker looks to cap her career in style and repeat as the WAC Outdoor Champion in the 100-meter hurdles.

MALLORY SHORT MID-DISTANCE • Veronica Rollins hopes to close her career in the Blue and Gold in style as the senior looks to repeat as the WAC Indoor Champion in the 800 meters after doing so in 2015. • Sophomore Rachel Culberson is a strong runner and is one of the best out of the state of Missouri, and is set to make a major impact for the ‘Roos this season.

DAHLIA DYSON JUMPS • Dajah Mason won the 2015 WAC Outdoor Championship in the High Jump and is poised to repeat in her junior campaign. • Sophomore Traci Mills hopes to leave her mark on the WAC after placing third in the Long Jump at the 2015 Outdoor Championships, and is a dual threat in both the sand pits and in sprints.

VERONICA ROLLINS THROWS • Senior Dahlia Dyson had a career-year in 2015, winning a total of three WAC Championships, including the indoor and outdoor Shot Put titles and the Discus championship, and was named the Female Field Athlete of the Year and earned the High Point Award at the WAC Outdoor Championships. • Kelsey Benoit is also a major threat to win championships in 2016 after finishing third in the Shot Put and fourth in the Hammer Throw at the WAC Outdoor Championships in 2015, and second in shot and third in the Weight Throw at the Indoor Championships.

DASJAH MASON

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INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 2016 WAC INDOOR TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS The 2016 Western Athletic Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships will take place in Nampa, Idaho from February 25-27 at the Ford Idaho Center. The venue was opened in July 1997 and is the indoor home to the Boise State University track and field teams. The Ford Idaho Center also played host to the 2012 NCAA Indoor Track Championships. 2016 NCAA DIVISION I INDOOR TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS The 2016 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships will take place March 11 and 12 at the Birmingham CrossPlex in Birmingham, Alabama and are hosted by Samford University. The Birmingham CrossPlex was constructed and opened in 2011. The venue is a world-class facility featuring an aquatic center with an Olympicsized pool and a state-of-the-art indoor track stadium. The track facility features a 200-meter hydraulically banked Mondo Super X track, eight-lane sprint track and four-land warm-up track. There is a double apparatus for all field events; shot put, long jump, triple jump, pole vault and high jump. The track surface can also be converted to hold nine volleyball courts.

OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 2016 WAC OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS UMKC will play host to the 2016 Western Athletic Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championships. The meet will take place May 11-14 at Rock Chalk Park in Lawrence, Kansas. The state-of-the-art facility will also be the destination for the 2016 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field West Preliminary regional meet. 2016 NCAA WEST PRELIMINARY REGIONALS The 2016 NCAA West Preliminary Regional will be held at Rock Chalk Park in Lawrence, Kansas, on May 26-28. Rock Chalk Park is recognized by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) as the fifth Class I Certified track on United States soil, and is one of only 105 in the entire world. 2016 NCAA DIVISION I OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS The 2016 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships will take place June 8-11 in Eugene, Oregon at Hayward Field. The stadium was opened in 1919, and has a current capacity of 10,500. It has undergone significant improvements in modern history, including a new track surface, permanent lights, a video board and newly configured infield.

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SHAMEIKA McFIELD HEAD COACH EIGHTH SEASON KANSAS, 2003 Shameika McField was named the head coach for the UMKC track and field/ cross country programs on March 4, 2008. Before her appointment, McField served as the interim head coach for the Kangaroos from January to March 2008. McField joined the athletics department in September 2007 as an academic advisor. She enters her ninth season at the helm after the most successful year in her tenure in 2014-15, earning WAC Outdoor Women’s Coach of the Year. The outdoor women’s squad scored 199 points, winning its third ever outdoor crown, and first since 2000, while the men had their highest finish since that same season outdoors (3rd) with 138 points. Junior Dahlia Dyson won the Outstanding Field Performer and the High Point Award, picking up 26 points in the meet. Junior Courtney Frerichs was the Outstanding Track Performer as well, winning two events. Indoors, the women took a controversial second place finish, while the men were third. UMKC also had four All-American performances during the year, including three from Frerichs (steeplechase, indoor 5K, and cross country) and one from Bryce Miller (steeplechase). Frerichs had the highest finish in school history at the NCAA Championships, taking runner-up honors. The finish also placed UMKC 28th in the final national women’s standings with eight points, ahead of many local teams, including both Kansas and Missouri. The 2013-14 season saw UMKC post a second place finish on the women’s side

indoors, with the men taking fourth. That was followed by a fourth place finish on the men’s side outdoors, while finishing sixth on the women’s side, with several key performers redshirting. Shanelle Williams (100 meter hurdles) and Bryce Miller (steeplechase) each qualified for regionals outdoors as well. During the 2012-13 version of the Kansas City track & field program turned in one of its best seasons under McField, as the the men took third (118 points), while the women placed fourth (86 points) at the Summit League Indoor Championships. With these performances, it was highest point total for both sides since 2001. In the outdoor season, D.C. Okonta shined for the Kangaroos by claiming The Summit League Championships Track MVP, along with winning The Summit League’s Men Field Athlete of the Year. Team wise at the league championships, the men came in fourth (121 points), whereas the women took fifth (94 points), led by Frerichs’ two gold medals. Frerichs continued her stellar sophomore campaign at the NCAA Championships by placing sixth in the 3,000 meter steeplechase with a school record time of 9:55.02. With this outing, she became the ‘Roos first All-American and garnered the ‘Roos three team points, placing them 44th in the standings. During the cross country season, meanwhile, the men were able to place sixth (128 points) at the league championships, whereas the women took ninth (214 points). Leading the way for UMKC were Cosmas Ayabei’s

fourth place finish (25:25.2), earning his fourth consecutive First Team All-Summit League selection. In addition, Kolton Sheldon placed 13th with a time of 26:11.1 to earn Second Team All-Summit League honors. In the 2011-12 season, McField guided the Kangaroos to a fifth place finish by the women and a sixth place finish by the men at the 2012 Summit League Indoor Championships, while guidng each squad to a seventh place finish at the outdoor championships. In all, 22 ‘Roos were named to the All-Summit League Team, while Cosmas Ayabei, Kimoya Harriott, Courtney Frerichs and Dontay Taylor each qualified for the NCAA West Regionals during the outdoor season. Cross country wise, the program made strides as the men placed fourth in The Summit League Championships, their best finish since 1999. Also, Cosmas Ayabei became the first UMKC runner to compete in the NCAA Championships. On the women’s side, they finished third in the league championships and 19th in the NCAA Midwest Regionals, both the highest in school history. In 2011, McField led the ‘Roos to a fifth place finish on the men’s side in both indoor and outdoor, while guiing the women to a sixth place finish during the indoor season and a fifth place finish during the outdoor campaign. At the 2011 Summit League Indoor Championships, Cosmas Ayabei was named teh Track MVP after winning gold in the 5,000 meter and 3,000 meter and silver as part of the distance medley relay team. During the outdoor season, McField helped

Coaches/Staff • 13 D.C. Okonta, Ayabei, Oscar Emegano and Kimoya Harriott each reach the NCAA West Regionals. McField coached 11 all-Summit League selections during the 2010 indoor season, with Anthony Boyer claiming the gold medal in the 110-meter hurdles. Boyer was also recognized as The Summit League Championship Track MVP, the February Athlete of the Month and the Co-Track Athlete of the Year. McField had five athletes earn medals at the League Indoor Championships and coached the men to a fourth place finish. She had 10 athletes record first place finishes during the indoor season and watched Larry Hill break UMKC school records in the 600-yard run and 800-meter run, and Cosmas Ayabei break the 3,000-meter run. McField had 22 student-athletes land on the UMKC top-five performance list. Following the 2010 outdoor season, McField coached Boyer to a NCAA Preliminary Round appearance the 400-meter hurdles, while also qualifying for the 110-meter hurdles. Boyer was The Summit League Outdoor Champion in the 110-meter and 400-meter hurdles and was named the League Championship MVP. The Kangaroos finished with seven medals at the League Outdoor Championships and the men finished fifth, scoring 94 points. McField had six student-athletes receive all-league recognition and had four school records broken during the outdoor season. Boyer broke the 400-meter hurdle record, Max Carroll broke the record in the javelin, Aubrey Frederking posted a new record in the 1,500-meter run and Susan Brueggemann broke the UMKC school record in the shot put. The Kangaroos had nine first place finishes during the outdoor season and had 13 studentathletes land on the UMKC all-time topfive performance list. In the 2009 cross country season, McField saw Cosmas Ayabei run his way to a third place finish at the Summit League Cross Country Championship. Ayabei earned first team all-league honors and was named the Newcomer of the Championship, a honor that has not been bestowed to a Kangaroo since the 1999 season. Since taking over the UMKC running program, McField has had four student-athletes land on the UMKC all-time top performance and top performer lists. Mcfield coached three all-Summit League selections during the 2009 indoor season, with Marcus Lee claiming the gold medal in the long jump and triple jump and Alex Lopez taking silver in the 800 meters at The Summit League Indoor

Championships. She had two UMKC school records broken under her watch and had five student-athletes land in the UMKC all-time top-five performance list. Lee set the new school record in the triple jump at the Mule Relays with a mark of 51-01.50 and Lopez ran 1:54.23 at the Iowa State Classic to break the 800 meters school record. During the indoor season, she had one student-athlete post an NCAA provisional mark and saw 10 meet champions. Following the 2009 Summit League Outdoor Championships, McField had four student-athletes and one relay team receive gold medals and all-league honors. Lee was again crowned the long and triple jump champion and the men’s 4x100-meter relay team ran their way to a first place finish. Kimoya Harriott earned a gold medal in the javelin and broke the Eccles Coliseum record at Southern Utah University. Keenan Simmons finished first in the men’s 200-meter run, where he became the first male student-athlete in UMKC school history to be crowned the league champion in the event. McField also coached Anthony Boyer to a silver medal in the men’s 110 meters at the League Championships. The five gold medals earned at The Summit League Outdoor Championships were the most for the program since the 2002 season. McField also had student-athletes compete in four events at the NCAA Mideast Regional Championships, with Lee placing fourth in the triple jump and earning a trip to the NCAA Outdoor Championships. She had two outdoor records broken under her watch and had nine student-athletes land in the UMKC record books. The ‘Roos had nine meet champions and 46 top-five finishers at the conclusion of the outdoor season. In the classroom, McField had 17 studentathletes named to The Summit League Winter/Spring Academic all-League team and 10 named to the Commissioner’s List of Academic Excellence. Sara Hiller was recognized again as an ESPN The Magazine Third Team Academic allAmerican. During the 2008 indoor season, McField coached a pair of student-athletes to all-league honors at The Summit League Indoor Championships. Anthony Boyer claimed the league title in the men’s 60-meter hurdles, while Courtney Huber earned an all-league accolade after finishing third in the women’s high jump. At The Summit League Outdoor Championships, McField also had two of her student-athletes receive second and third team all-league honors. Charlie Larson recorded a second place finish in

the triple jump, while Boyer placed third in the men’s 200-meter dash. McField’s previous role as the academic advisor paid off for the Kangaroos in the 2008 season, as both the men’s and women’s teams were recognized by the USTFCCCA as all-Academic teams. UMKC’s Sara Hiller was also recognized as an ESPN The Magazine Second Team Academic all-American. McField also had 18 student-athletes land on The Summit League’s Commissioner’s List of Academic Excellence and a 27 studentathletes earn Winter/Spring Academic all-League honors. Before moving to Kansas City, McField served in an graduate assistant role at Kansas and helped the staff coach three all-Americans, four NCAA qualifiers and one national champion during her time with the Jayhawks. In 2005-06, McField served as an assistant coach at the University of Tulsa, where she coached six studentathletes to personal bests during the indoor season, as the Golden Hurricanes finished fourth in the first year competing in Conference USA. Once the action turned to the outdoor season, McField coached three allconference selections, which included leading Rickey Wilson Jr. to a gold medal performances in both the 110 and 400-meter hurdles. She also coached four competitors to NCAA Regional qualifying marks, and three TU school records were broken under her watch. As a team, Tulsa finished tied for fifth on the women’s side and sixth in the men’s competition at the C-USA Outdoor Championships. During her time as a student-athlete, McField was a member of the Kansas track and field program from 199803. In 2003, she was a member of the 4x400-meter relay that qualified for the NCAA Championships. Academically, she was a Second Team Academic all-Big 12 selection in 2002 and 2003. Additionally, McField was twice a Jayhawk Scholar-Athlete, and she was a member of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC). She also was a member of the Student Relays Committee and the Kansas Black Student Union. McField, who is a Level I Certified coach, earned her bachelor’s degree in psychology and human development and family life from the University of Kansas in May 2003. McField is an active member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.

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BENAUD SHIRLEY ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH EIGHTH SEASON KANSAS, 2004 Benaud Shirley joined the UMKC track and field program as an assistant coach in April 2008. Shirley, who had served as a volunteer assistant coach at Kansas from 2003-08, works with the jumpers for the Kangaroos. In 2013, Shirley helped D.C. Okonta to the title in Triple Jump and Rich McCoy to the title in the long jump at The Summit League Outdoor Track & Field Championships, with Okonta adding Summit League Outdoor Championships Field MVP, while Okonta, McCoy and Stephany Johnson all advanced to the NCAA West Regionals, while in 2014, Josh Harden earned First Team All-WAC honors with a second place finish in the triple jump. In 2012 under his tutelage, Okonta (4703.50 - 14.41m) and Johnson (40-06.75 12.36m) both took home the silver medal in the triple jump at The Summit League Indoor Championships. In outdoor action, Dontay Taylor brought home the bronze (24-03.75 - 7.41m) in the long jump at the league championships and would later place 36th (23-11.50 7.30m) in the same event at the NCAA West Regionals. During the 2011 outdoor season, Shirley guided two individuals to the NCAA West Regionals, including Oscar Emegano (2011 - Long Jump) and D.C. Okonta (2011 - Triple Jump). During the 2009 Summit League Indoor Championship, Shirley had two jumpers compete in the triple jump finals and coached D.C. Okonta to a silver medal.

He also coached Oscar Emegano to a third place finish at The League Indoor Championship in the long jump. Shirley had three student-athletes land on the UMKC all-time top-five performance list. Shirley coached Okonta to a pair of bronze medals in both the long and triple jump at the 2009 Summit League Outdoor Championship. He again had two jumpers in the finals at The League Outdoor Championship in the triple jump and had one athlete land in UMKCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s alltime top-five performance list. Shirley coached Marcus Lee to four Summit League Championship titles during the 2009 indoor and outdoor seasons. Lee was both the long and triple jump champion at the indoor and outdoor Summit League Championships, earning four all-league honors in two events. Lee broke the indoor school record in the triple jump at the Mule Relays with a jump of 51-01.50, and he ranks third on the UMKC all-time top-five performance list in the long jump with a mark of 24-01.50. Shirley also coached Lee to an NCAA provisional qualifying mark in 2009. During the 2009 outdoor season, Lee posted four NCAA regional qualifying marks en route to placing fourth at the NCAA Mideast Regional Championships with a personal best and school record mark of 52-07.25. In addition to coaching Lee to a pair of Summit League Outdoor Championship titles in the long and triple jumps, Shirley had two other jumpers in the triple jump finals. D.C. Okonta finished fifth in the event with a personal best jump of 47-05.75 and Charlie Larson

took sixth with a mark of 47-02.50. While at KU, Shirley served as the primary assistant to the horizontal jumps for Jayhawk assistant coach Milan Donley. During his stint in Lawrence, he had the opportunity to work with four studentathletes that went on to earn all-America honors. As a student-athlete at Kansas, Shirley was a nine-time all-Big 12 Conference jumper. He was the conference champion in the outdoor triple jump in 2002 and 2003, and he was an NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field National Championships participant. In the classroom, he was a four-time Jayhawk Scholar, which is an award given to student-athletes that achieve a 3.0 grade point average or higher on a 4.0 scale. On the national scene, Shirley was the 2003 Jamaica senior national triple jump champion, and he was the national representative at the 2003 Pan American Games. As a prep, Shirley was a national high school triple jump champion and a threetime national representative. He holds high school records in the long jump, high jump and triple jump events. A native of Portland, Jamaica, Shirley earned his bachelor of science degree in economics from the University of Kansas in May 2004. He and his wife, Maria del Carmen, have one daughter, Gisselle A., and are expecting their second in February. Shirley resides in Eudora, Kan., with his family.

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BRIAN BISHOP

BRETT GUEMMER

GERAINT SHIRLEY

ASSISTANT COACH SECOND SEASON KANSAS, 2012

ASSISTANT COACH FIRST SEASON UMKC, 2014

GRADUATE ASSISTANT SECOND SEASON UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, JAMAICA

Bishop joined the UMKC Track & Field coaching staff in the summer of 2014 and will work with the throwers as an assistant coach. Bishop comes to the ‘Roos after a successful career at Kansas where he advanced to the NCAA West Regionals in 2010 in the discus. Prior to joining the Jayhawks, Bishop was named First Team All-GLVC at SIU Edwardsville, while finishing as the second-place conference finisher in 2008 in the discus with a throw of 178-03 ft. That same season, he placed ninth at the NCAA Division II National Championships with a throw of 165-10 ft.

Former UMKC student-athlete Brett Guemmer joined the UMKC staff in the summer of 2015. Guemmer is an assistant coach for men’s and women’s track and field and cross country. He earned his Bachelor’s Degree in secondary education from UMKC in 2013 and was on the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) all four years he ran for the ‘Roos, and was president of SAAC in 2011-12. Guemmer is originally from DeSoto, Missouri, where most of his family still lives, including two of his three brothers.

Shirley joined the UMKC coaching staff in January 2015 as a graduate assistant. He also works at the Swinney Recreation Center on the UMKC campus where he is a customer representative. Shirley graduated from the University of Thechnology, Jamaica, with a bachelor’s in business administration in 2004. Prior to coming to UMKC he was a two-time Island champion in Jamaica in the triple jump, and was a four-time intercollegiate triple jump champion.

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18 • 2016 UMKC Track & Field 2015 Indoor: Placed 13th at the WAC Indoor Championships in the 60 meters with a season best time of 7.11 seconds… Also ran to a season best time in the 200 meters at the indoor championships with a mark of 22.56, placing 18th. Outdoor: Ran a season best 100-meter dash at the WAC Outdoor Championships with a time of 10.92 seconds… Also ran a best for the season at the outdoor championships in the 200-meter prelims, with a time of 21.71 seconds.

BRADY ADAMS SENIOR • SPRINTS NIXA, MISSOURI NIXA HS CAREER BESTS INDOOR EVENT MARK . . . . . . . . . . .MEET (YEAR) 60M . . . 7.07 . . Summit League Champs. (13) 200M . .22.53 . . . . . . . .Holiday Inn Inv. (14) 400M . .52.26 . . . . . . Bill Easton Classic (14)

OUTDOOR EVENT MARK . . . . . . . . . . .MEET (YEAR) 100M . .10.90 . . Summit League Champs. (13) 200M . . 21.57 . . Summit League Champs. (13) 400M . .50.42 . . . . . . . . Bryan Clay Inv. (14)

2014 Indoor: Finished with a time of 7.09 at the KSU Invitational to place seventh and with a time of 7.10 in the Jayhawk Classic in the 60 meter dash… notched times of 22.33 at the Holiday Inn Invitational and 22.65 in the Jayhawk Classic in the 200 meter dash… ran a 52.26 in the Bill Easton Challenge to place eighth. Outdoor: Ran in the 100 meters three times, finishing sixth at the Tulsa Duels (10.81) on 3.22 with a personal best, 18th at the State Farm ESU Relays (11.04) on 4/5 and 10th at the WAC Championships (10.91) on 5/16... recorded two top-5 and four top-10 finishes in the 200 meter dash, including running a 21.56 in the prelims of the WAC Championships that ranked as the second best time in school history, finishing fourth at the Tulsa Duels (21.78) on 3/22 and earning Second Team All-WAC honors with a fourth place finish at the WAC Championships (21.82) on 5/17... garnered First Team All-WAC honors as a member of the 4x100 meter relay team (41.49) that finished third at the WAC Championships on 5/17... ran once in the 400 meters and twice as a member of the 4x400 meter relay team… named Spring Academic All-WAC 2013 Indoor: Placed 10th in the semi-final round of the 60-meter dash at The Summit League Championships (Feb. 24) with a personal best time of 7.07… Set a personal best time of 22.59 in the 200-meter dash at The Summit League Championships (Feb. 24) to place seventh in the preliminary round… Placed 14th (7.10) in the 60-meter dash at the Bob Timmons Challenge (Dec. 6)… Finished 10th (7.12) in the preliminary round of the 60-meter dash at The Summit League Championships (Feb. 24)… Crossed the finish line in 12th place (7.15) in the 60-meter dash at the Wildcat Invitational (Jan. 19)… Placed 36th (7.16) in the preliminary round of the 60-meter dash at the Iowa State Classic (Feb. 8)… Finished 49th (7.23) in the preliminary round of the 60-meter dash at the Jayhawk Classic (Jan. 25)… Placed 31st (22.60) in the 200-meter dash at the Iowa State Classic (Feb. 8)… Came in seventh (22.72) in the final round

of the 200-meter dash at The Summit League Championships (Feb. 25)… Took 18th (23.09) at the Jayhawk Classic (Jan. 25) and eighth (23.22) at the Mule Relays in the 200-meter dash events. Outdoor: Named All-Summit League… recorded the second fastest time in school history in the 200 meter dash at the Summit League Championships with a time of 21.57… named to The Summit League Winter/Spring Academic Honor Roll as a Distinguished Scholar… ran a career best 10.90 in the 100 meter dash at The Summit League Championships… finished second at the Track-It Buster Invitational in a time of 21.80 in the 200 meter dash. HIGH SCHOOL Earned four varsity letters in track and field... Three-time state qualifier... Was part of a 4x100meter relay squad that set a school record (43.02)... Set a school record in the 200 meters (21.91)... As a junior, placed fourth in the 200 meters at the Class 4 Missouri State Finals... Led team to a conference championship as a senior... Set a career best time of 10.9 in the 100 meters... In conference action, his team placed third (2009), second (2010), second (2011), and first (2012)... Earned four letters in football playing the wide receiver position as his team was crowned conference champions in 2011... Also, played baseball. PERSONAL Born on Sept. 11, 1993 in Springfield, Mo... Son of Jennifer and Jeremy Adams... Brother to Sebastian, Aeriah, Jenna, Teagan, and Kaden... Majoring in biology.

Meet the ‘Roos • 19 2015 Cross Country (2014): Redshirt. Indoor: Competed in just one event on the season, the SDSU Jim Emmerich Invitational where he finished less than a second off his personal-record time in the 3,000 meters. Outdoor: Redshirt.

JAMES BARNETT SOPHOMORE • DISTANCE BLUE SPRINGS, MISSOURI BLUE SPRINGS HS CAREER BESTS CROSS COUNTRY EVENT MARK . . . . . . . . . . .MEET (YEAR) 5K . . . .16:04 . . . . . Forest Park Festival (15) 6K . . . .20:01 . . . . Bob Timmons Classic (15) 8K . . . .25:16 . . . . .WAC Championships (15) 10K . . . 32:35 . . . . . . Midwest Regional (15)

INDOOR EVENT MARK . . . . . . . . . . .MEET (YEAR) 60M . . . 7.07 . . Summit League Champs. (13) 200M . .22.53 . . . . . . . .Holiday Inn Inv. (14) 400M . .52.26 . . . . . . Bill Easton Classic (14)

OUTDOOR EVENT MARK . . . . . . . . . . .MEET (YEAR) 100M . .10.90 . . Summit League Champs. (13) 200M . . 21.57 . . Summit League Champs. (13) 400M . .50.42 . . . . . . . . Bryan Clay Inv. (14)

2014 Cross Country (2013): Opened the season at the Bob Timmons Classic with a ninth place finish in the 6K in a time of 19:44.66… finished 25th at the Woody Greeno/Nebraska Invitational with a time of 26:47.00 in the 8K… placed 86th at the Adidas Notre Dame Invitational with a time of 27:06.80 in the 8K… came in 74th at the ISU Pre-Nationals with a time of 26:18.71 in the 8K… finished 19th at the WAC Championships in the 8K with a time of 26:25.30… placed 120th at the NCAA Midwest Regional with a time of 32:43.80 in the 10K. Indoor: Ran a career-best in the 3,000 meters at the Missouri Invitational with a time of 8:43.73… Ran a personal-record 15:18.94 5K at the WAC Indoor Championships. Outdoor: Ran a career-best 5,000 meters at the Bill Cornell Spring Classic with a time of 15:51.86… Ran a personal-best 1,500 meters at the Missouri Relays with a time of 4:03.67. HIGH SCHOOL Earned all-conference honors in his freshman, sophomore, junior and senior seasons... named team captain in his junior and senior seasons... allstate as a senior. PERSONAL Born on January 11, 1995, in Kansas City, Mo... the son of Jeff and Kathy Barnett... undecided on a major.

20 • 2016 UMKC Track & Field 2015 Indoor: Set a career-mark at the WAC Indoor Championships in the pole vault with a mark of 3.80 meters. Outdoor: Placed second at the Tulsa Duels in the pole vault with a mark of 3.95 meters, a personalbest vault. 2014 Indoor: Did not compete. Outdoor: Did not compete.

NICOLAS BASORE JUNIOR • THROWS STILWELL, KANSAS BLUE VALLEY SOUTHWEST HS CAREER BESTS INDOOR EVENT MARK . . . . . . . . . . .MEET (YEAR) PV . . . 3.80m . . . . WAC Championships (15)

OUTDOOR EVENT MARK . . . . . . . . . . .MEET (YEAR) PV . . . 3.95m . . . . . . . . . . Tulsa Duels (15)

HIGH SCHOOL As a sophomore, junior, and senior earned varsity letter in track & field and swim, also set the school record in pole vault... As a freshman his pole vault record was 9’0’’... Sophomore 10’6’’... Junior 14’... Senior 13’. PERSONAL Born on Dec. 20, 1994 in Fort Scott, Kan... the son of Brian and Norra Basore... Brother to Rachel... Majoring in mechanical engineering.

Meet the ‘Roos • 21 2015 Indoor: Set a personal-record in the 60-meter dash at the Tiger Invitational with a time of 7.49 seconds… Set a season best time in the 60-meter hurdles at the WAC Indoor Championships finishing the race in 8.54 seconds. Outdoor: Set a career-best time in the 400-meter hurdles at the Wichita State KT Woodman Classic with a time of 55.97 seconds… Ran the 110-meter hurdle prelims at the WAC Outdoor Championships in a career-best 14.81 seconds.

DEVIN BURTON JUNIOR • HURDLES/SPRINTS PRAIRIE VILLAGE, KANSAS SHAWNEE MISSION EAST HS CAREER BESTS INDOOR EVENT . MARK . . . . . . . . . .MEET (YEAR) 60M . . . . 7.49 . . . . . . . . . . . Tiger Inv. (15) 200M . . .24.61 . . . . . . . . Missouri Inv. (14) 400M . . 53.50 . . . . . Bill Easton Classic (14) 1000M . 3:03.81 . . . WAC Championships (14) 60H . . . . 8.54 . . . .WAC Championships (15) HJ . . . . 1.42m . . . .WAC Championships (14) LJ . . . . . 5.47m . . . .WAC Championships (14) SP . . . . 8.01m . . . .WAC Championships (14) HEP . . . .3204 . . . .WAC Championships (14)

OUTDOOR EVENT . MARK . . . . . . . . . .MEET (YEAR) 400M . . .52.75 . . . . . . . . . Tulsa Duels (14) 110H . . . 14.81 . . . .WAC Championships (15) 400H . . .55.97 . . . K.T. Woodman Classic (15)

2014 Indoor: Notched a season-best time in the 400 meters at the Bill Easton Classic with a time of 53.50 seconds... Set a season-best in the 200 meters at the Missouri Invitational with a time of 24.61 seconds... Set a career-best time in the 60-meter hurdles (8.92 seconds) at the UCM Classic... Recorded season-best marks in the 60 meters (7.58 seconds), 1,000 meters (3:03.81), high jump (1.42 meters), long jump (5.47 meters) and shot put (8.01 meters) on his way to 3,204 points in the heptathlon at the WAC Indoor Championships. Outdoor: Recorded a season-best time in the 400 meters (52.75 seconds) at the Tulsa Duels... Notched a season-best 15.58 seconds in the 110-meter hurdles at the Bill Cornell Spring Classic... Set a season-best time in the 400-meter hurdles at the Arkansas Twighlight meet with a time of 56.25 seconds. HIGH SCHOOL Earned all-conference honors as a junior... allconference and all-metro as a senior. PERSONAL Born on February 4, 1995, in Aurora, Colo... the son of Wendy and Dave Burton... has one brother, D.J... majoring in health sciences.

22 • 2016 UMKC Track & Field 2015 Indoor: Set season bests at the Bob Timmons Challenge in the 60-meter dash (7.25 seconds) and the long jumps (6.47 meters). Outdoor: Set a personal-best record in the 200 meters at the Tulsa Duels with a time of 23.56 seconds… Ran the 100 meters at the ESU Spring Open in a career-best 11.40 seconds… Also set a season-best record at the ESU Spring Open in the long jump, with a mark of 6.66 meters.

ERIC CARTER SENIOR • JUMPS/SPRINTS LEE’S SUMMIT, MISSOURI LEE’S SUMMIT WEST HS CAREER BESTS INDOOR EVENT MARK . . . . . . . . . . .MEET (YEAR) 60M . . . 7.21 . . . . UCM Men Mule Relays (13) 200M . .23.98 . . . .UCM Men Mule Relays (13) LJ . . . . 6.74m . . . . . Iowa State Classic (13)

OUTDOOR EVENT MARK . . . . . . . . . . .MEET (YEAR) 100M . . 11.40 . . . . . . . ESU Spring Open (15) 200M . .23.56 . . . . . . . . . . Tulsa Duels (15) 400M . .54.35 . . . . . . PSU Wendy’s Open (13) LJ . . . . 6.66m . . . . . . ESU Spring Open (15)

2014 Indoor: Redshirt. Outdoor: Recorded a season-best time in the 400-meter hurdles at the Tulsa Duels with a time of 59.60 seconds... Recorded a career-best in the 100 meters at the WAC Outdoor Championships with a time of 11.51 seconds and a season-best mark in the long jump with a distance of 6.04 meters. 2013 Indoor: Recorded a personal best time of 7.21 in the 60-meter dash to place 18th in the preliminary at the Mule Relays (Feb. 2)… Placed 19th in the 200-meter dash at the Mule Relays (Feb. 2) with a personal best time of 23.98… Recorded a personal best mark of 22-01.50 (6.74m) in the long jump at the Iowa State Classic (Feb. 8) to place seventh… In the 60-meter dash events, took 15th (7.22) at the Bill Easton Classic (Jan. 5), 17th (7.23) in the preliminary round at The Summit League Championships (Feb. 24), 47th (7.24) in the preliminary round at the Iowa State Classic (Feb. 8) and 21st (7.38) at the Bob Timmons Challenge (Dec. 16)… In the long jump events, took second (21-10.00 – 6.65m) at the Bob Timmons Challenge (Dec. 6), ninth (21-05.25 – 6.53m) at the Bill Easton Classic (Jan. 5), third (21-03.50 – 6.49m) at the Jayhawk Challenge (Jan. 11), 12th (20-11.75 – 6.39m) at The Summit League Championships and seventh (20-11.25 – 6.38m) at the Mule Relays (Feb. 2). Outdoor: Finished 11th at the Tulsa Duels in the 100 meter dash with a personal best time of 11.30… placed 32nd in the 400 meter dash at the PSU/ Wendy’s Invitational with a personal best time of 54.35… placed 14th at the Tulsa Duels in the long jump with a mark of 6.17 meters, sixth at the Missouri Relays with a jump of 6.15 meters and 19th at the PSU/Wendy’s Invitational with a personal best mark of 6.43 meters… placed seventh at the PSU/Wendy’s Invitational as part of the 4x100 meter relay team with a time of 43.36… finished ninth at the Tulsa Duels as part of the 4x400 meter relay team with a time of 3:44.07.

HIGH SCHOOL Four-time all-conference athlete in track and field... Served as a team captain as a junior and senior... Received all-district and all-state honors during senior season and placed third in state competition... Recorded a season-best 22.5 mark in the long jump as a junior and a 22.6 mark in the long jump as a senior... Was part of four-straight first place conference title teams... Holds a school record for the second best mark in a long jump event... Played football as a running back and earned all-conference and all-state honors. PERSONAL Currently resides in Grandview, Mo... Son of Carla Jones and Lamon Carter... Majoring in business.

Meet the ‘Roos • 23 2015 Indoor: Redshirt. Outdoor: Set a personal-best in the javelin at the State Farm ESU Relays with a heave of 59.76 meters… Set a career-record in the discus and shot put at the WAC Outdoor Championships, with throws of 37.11 and 11.77 meters, respectively.

HARPREET DOSANJH SOPHOMORE • THROWS OVERLAND PARK, KANSAS BLUE VALLEY NORTHWEST HS CAREER BESTS OUTDOOR EVENT . MARK . . . . . . . . . .MEET (YEAR) SP . . . . 11.77m . . . WAC Championships (15) DISC . . . 37.11. . . . .WAC Championships (15) JAV . . . .59.76m . . State Farm ESU Relays (15)

HIGH SCHOOL All-state in the javelin, finished fifth place at the 2014 Kansas Relays, ranked fourth in the state of Kan. among high school seniors... Also played basketball at Blue Valley Northwest.. His personal best would rank among the top eight in the WAC this season... As a freshman he threw the javelin 164’ 11”... Junior year he threw 172’ 11”... Senior year 184’ 6”. PERSONAL Born on Aug. 8, 1995 in Kansas City, Mo... Son of Hardip and Inderjit Dosanjh... Brother to Harinder, 23, and Harjit, 17... Majoring in Biology.

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JASON FAMBROUGH SOPHOMORE • DISTANCE RAYMORE, MISSOURI RAYMORE-PECULIAR HS CAREER BESTS CROSS COUNTRY EVENT . MARK . . . . . . . . . .MEET (YEAR) 5K . . . . .15:57 . . . . Forest Park Festival (15) 6K . . . . .19:29 . . . . Forest Park Festival (14) 8K . . . . 25:30 . . . .WAC Championships (15) 10K . . . . 32:09 . NCAA Midwest Regionals (14)

INDOOR EVENT . MARK . . . . . . . . . .MEET (YEAR) 3000M . 8:43.82 . . . . Jim Emmerich Inv. (15)

OUTDOOR EVENT . MARK . . . . . . . . . .MEET (YEAR) 1500M . 4:01.53 . . . . Rock Chalk Classic (15) 3000M . 8:48.32 . State Farm ESU Relays (15) 5000M . 14:50.05 . . . . . . Bryan Clay Inv. (15)

2015 Cross Country (2014): Competed in six meets for the ‘Roos... Placed 14th in his first collegiate race, the Bob Timmons Classic... Ran to a season-best 6K time (19:29) at the Forest Park Festival in St. Louis, Missouri, placing 24th... Placed 115th at the PreNational Invitational in Terre Haute, Indiana, where he ran a season-best 24:44 8K... Placed 130th in the NCAA Midwest Regionals with a 10K time of 32:09. Indoor: Ran a personal-best time of 8:43.82 seconds in the 3,000 meters at SDSU Jim Emmerich Invitational. Outdoor: Set a personal-best in the 3K at the State Farm ESU Relays with a third-place finish at 8:48.32… Set a career record in the 5,000 meters at the Bryan Clay Invitational with a time of 14:50.05… Ran the 1,500 meters at the Rock Chalk Classic in a personal-best time of 4:01.53. HIGH SCHOOL Earned all-conference, all-district, and Newcomer award as a freshman… Earned all-conference, alldistrict, all-metro, and team MVP as a sophomore… Earned all-conference, all-district, all-metro, team MVP, and team captain as a junior… Earned allconference, all-district, all-metro, all-state, team MVP, and team captain as a senior. PERSONAL Born on Oct. 31, 1995 in Kansas City, Missouri… Son of Weldon and Mary Fambrough… Brother to Laura… Majoring in pre-pharmacy.

Meet the ‘Roos • 25 2015 Indoor: Set a personal-record in the 60 meters at the Missouri Invitational with a time of 7.32 seconds… Ran the 60-meter hurdles at the WAC Indoor Championships in a personal-best time of 8.54 seconds. Outdoor: Ran the 200 meters in a personal best time of 22.49 seconds at the ASU Red Wolf Open… Set a personal-record in the prelims of the 400-meter hurdles at the WAC Outdoor Championships with a time of 52.81 seconds.

TERRONE GARNER SENIOR • SPRINTS ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI CARDINAL RITTER PREP CAREER BESTS INDOOR EVENT . MARK . . . . . . . . . .MEET (YEAR) 60M . . . . 7.32 . . . . . . . . . Missouri Inv. (15) 200M . . 22.38 . . . .WAC Championships (14) 400M . . .49.51 . . . .WAC Championships (14) 600Y . . 1:14.18 . . . . Iowa State Classic (13) 60H . . . . 8.54 . . . .WAC Championships (15)

OUTDOOR EVENT . MARK . . . . . . . . . .MEET (YEAR) 200M . . 22.49 . . . . ASU Red Wolf Open (15) 400M . . 49.95 . . . . . PSU Wendy’s Open (13) 400H . . .52.81 . . . .WAC Championships (15)

2014 Indoor: Set a personal-record in the 200 meters (22.38 seconds) and the 400 meters (49.51 seconds) at the WAC Indoor Championships. Outdoor: Set a personal-best time in the 200 meters at the State Farm ESU Relays with a time of 23.26 seconds... Notched a personal-best in the 400 meters with a time of 450.29 seconds at the Bryan Clay Invitational... Set a career-best in the 400-meter hurdles at the WAC Outdoor Championships with a time of 53.34 seconds. 2013 Indoor: Recorded a personal best time of 10.67 in the 60-meter hurdles to place seventh at the Wildcat Invitational (Jan. 19)… Placed 16th in the preliminary round of the 200-meter dash at The Summit League Championships (Feb. 24) with a personal best time of 23.00… Recorded a personal best time of 50.72 in the 400-meter dash to place sixth at The Summit League Championships (Feb. 25)… Took sixth in the 600-yard run at the Iowa State Classic (Feb. 8) with a personal best time of 1:14.18… In the 200-meter dash events, placed 21st (23.10) at the Holiday Inn Invitational (Jan. 12) and 24th (23.45) at the Jayhawk Classic (Jan. 25)… In the 400-meter dash events, took seventh (50.96) in the preliminary at The Summit League Championships (Feb. 24), 15th (51.75) at the Jayhawk Classic (Jan. 25) and fourth (51.78) at the Jayhawk Challenge (Jan. 11)… Placed fourth (1:15.42) in the 600-yard run at the Wildcat Invitational (Jan. 19). Outdoor: Named All-Summit League… recorded UMKC personal bests in the 400 meter hurdles at the K.T. Woodman Classic with a time of 54.86 and in the 400 meter dash at the PSU/Wendy’s Invitational with a time of 49.95… was a part of the 4x100 meter winning relay team at the Missouri Relays with a time of 3:26.01 and a part of the runner-up team at The Summit League Championships with a time of 3:15.91.

HIGH SCHOOL As a senior, served as a team captain and finished with season best times of 49.16 in the 400 meters, 22.00 in the 200 meters, and 55.00 in the 400-meter hurdles... Was part of two squads that set state records at the Missouri Class 3A State Tournament to finish first in the 4x400-meter relay and 4x800-meter relay events... Finished first in the 400 meters and 200 meters in conference competition as a junior and senior... Competed for the St. Louis Blues traveling team under head coach David Lee... Was part of 4x400-meter relay squad that took gold in 2011 (Indoor Nationals) and silver in 2012 (Indoor Nationals)... Was part of a 4x400meter relay squad that placed fifth at the Outdoor Nationals competition. PERSONAL Born in St. Louis, Mo. on March 11, 1994... Son of Kimberly Hurst... Majoring in nursing.

26 • 2016 UMKC Track & Field 2015 Indoor: Set a personal-best in both the long and triple jumps at the WAC Indoor Championships, leaping 6.40 meters in the long jump, and bounding to a mark of 13.67 meters in the triple jump. Outdoor: Enjoyed a career-day at the ESU Spring Open, setting personal-best marks in the 200 meters (23.96 seconds) and the long jump (6.60 meters)… Placed second in the triple jump at the WAC Outdoor Championships with a personalrecord mark of 14.49 meters.

CAREER BESTS

HIGH SCHOOL All-state selection in the triple jump and long jump in 2013... Also played receiver for his football team...As a sophomore, junior, and senior earned team MVP and all-conference...As a freshman had a personal record in triple jump of 42’ 1” and a 100m dash with 11.33... Sophomore year had a triple jump record of 45’ 10” and long jump of 21’ 5”... Junior year set his triple jump record at 46’ 8.5” and long jump with 21’ 11.25”...Senior year jumped 46’ 5” in the triple and 21’ 5” in the long, also ran the 100m in 11.16 seconds.

INDOOR EVENT MARK . . . . . . . . . . .MEET (YEAR) LJ . . . . 6.40m . . . . WAC Championships (15) TJ . . . 13.67m . . . . WAC Championships (15)

PERSONAL Born on Sept. 16, 1995 in Waukesha, Wi... Son of Don and Rose Harr... Brother to Jessie, 28, Nick, 25, and Emily, 22... Majoring in pharmacy.

JEREMY HARR SOPHOMORE •JUMPS MUKWONAGO, WISCONSIN MUKWONAGO HS

OUTDOOR EVENT MARK . . . . . . . . . . .MEET (YEAR) 200M . .23.96 . . . . . . . ESU Spring Open (15) LJ . . . . 6.60m . . . State Farm ESU Relays (15) TJ . . . 14.49m . . . .WAC Championships (15)

Meet the ‘Roos • 27 2015 Indoor: Placed first in the Bob Timmons Challenge in the shot put with a throw of 16.19 meters… Also set a personal-record in the weight throw at the Bob Timmons Challenge with a heave of 14.75 meters… Won the WAC Indoor shot put title with a throw of 16.70 meters. Outdoor: Won the shot put at the Wichita Stat KT Woodman Classic with a throw of 17.63 meters… Set a personal-best in the discus at the ASU Red Wolf Open with a throw of 48.15 meters… Set a careermark in the shot at the Rock Chalk Classic with a toss of 18.17 meters… Took home the WAC Outdoor Championship in the shot with a throw of 16.57 meters.

BLAKE HOCKING SENIOR • THROWS LAWRENCE, KANSAS LAWRENCE HS CAREER BESTS INDOOR EVENT . MARK . . . . . . . . . .MEET (YEAR) SP . . . . 17.07m . . . . . . Jayhawk Classic (15) WT . . . . 14.75m . . . . . . . Bob Timmons (15)

OUTDOOR EVENT . MARK . . . . . . . . . .MEET (YEAR) SP . . . . 18.17m . . . . ASU Red Wolf Open (15) DISC . . 48.15m . . . . Rock Chalk Classic (15) HAM . . . 41.14m . . . . . . . Bryan Clay Inv. (14)

2014 Indoor: Had throws of 14.00m at the UCM Classic to place seventh and 13.78m at the KSU Invitational to place sixth in the weight throw…won the shot put at the UCM Classic with a toss of 15.81 meters and garnered First Team All WAC honors with a toss of 16.11 meters, the third best mark in UMKC history, to place second…. Finished second at the Bill Easton Challenge with a throw of 15.27m and third in the KSU Invitational with a throw of 15.26m in the shot put… named Winter Academic All-WAC. Outdoor: Opened the season with a mark of 15.73m in the shot put to place third at the Tulsa Duels on 3/21… recorded throw of 16.07m in the shot put to place third and the fourth best throw in school history with a toss of 47.91m in the discus to place fourth at the Missouri Relays on 4/12… set a new UMKC record with a mark of 17.12m in the shot put at the Bill Williams/Bob Laptad Invitational on 4/25 to place second… finished second in both the shot put (16.83m) and the discus (45.98m) in the Arkansas Twilight on 5/2… recorded a toss of 47.54 to place ninth in the discus at the State Farm ESU Relays and a season-best toss of 41.14m in the hammer at the Bryan Clay Invitational to place 36th… garnered First Team All-WAC honors with a second place finish in the WAC Championships with mark of 16.67m in the shot put and Second Team AllWAC honors with a fifth place result in the discus after a throw of 44.28m… named Spring Academic All-WAC. 2013 Indoor: Recorded the second furthest throw in the shot put in UMKC history with a mark of 53-1.75 (16.20m) to win the bronze medal at The Summit League Championships (Feb. 25)… Recorded a personal best mark of 42-02.25 (12.86m) in the weight throw to finish eighth at the UCM Classic (Feb. 15)… In the shot put events, placed third (5110.50 – 15.81m) at the Iowa State Classic (Feb. 8), fifth (50-10.75 – 15.51m) at the UCM Classic (Feb. 15), second (50-09.50 – 15.48m) at the Mule Relays

(Feb. 2), third (50-03.50 – 15.33m) at the Wildcat Invitational (Jan. 19), second (49-01.75 – 14.98m) at the Jayhawk Challenge (Jan. 11), 17th (48-05.50 – 14.77m) at the Jayhawk Classic (Jan. 25) and second (47-01.00 – 14.35m) at the Bill Easton Classic (Jan. 5)… In the weight throw, placed seventh (40-11.75 – 12.49m) at the Wildcat Invitational (Jan. 19), 21st (40-10.50 – 12.46m) at the Mule Relays (Feb. 2), fourth (40-07.75 – 12.39m) at the Bob Timmons Challenge (Dec. 6), eighth (40-03.25 – 12.27m) at the Bill Easton Classic (Jan. 5), 12th (40-02.00 – 12.24m) at The Summit League Championships (Feb. 24), sixth (40-01.50 – 12.23m) at the Jayhawk Challenge (Jan. 11) and 17th (39.09-25 – 12.12m) at the Iowa State Classic (Feb. 8). Outdoor: Recorded the second best mark in school history in the Shot Put at the Summit League Championships with a toss of 16.35 meters to place fifth and the fourth best mark in the Discus with a toss of 46.29 meters to place ninth… named to The Summit League Winter/Spring Academic Honor Roll as a Distinguished Scholar… registered a personal best in the hammer throw with a toss of 39.74 meters at the Mule Relays… recorded eight topfives in the shot put, including placing second at the Missouri Relays with a mark of 16.11 meters and third at the State Farm/ESU Relays (16.20m), at the K.T. Woodman Classic (16.12m) and in the Track-It Buster Invitational (16.25m)… recorded one top-five and five top-10’s in the discus… recorded two top10’s in the hammer throw. HIGH SCHOOL Three-time all-conference honoree... Earned all-area and all-state honors as a junior and senior... Twotime KU Relays champion and earned a state title as a junior... In 2010 at the AAU National Meet in the intermediate division, won the shot put event... As a freshman, set season best marks of 49’8” in the shot put and 137’5” in the discus for a school freshman record... As a sophomore, set season best marks of 56’3” and 149’11” in the discus... As a junior, set a school record in the shot put with a mark of 62’9” and recorded a season best mark of 155’55” in the discus... That shot put school record was previously held by 1960 Olympic gold medalist, Bill Nieder... As a senior, set season best marks of 62’2” in the shot put and 169’11” in the discus... Competed for the Lawrence Track Club (2007-11) under head coach Garen Stacey... Played football for one season as a lineman... Academically, made the Honor Roll every year... Was part of the Spanish Club, Ping Pong Club, and FCCLA. PERSONAL Born Feb. 2, 1994 in Omaha, Neb and currently resides in Lawrence, Kan... Son of Michael and Carmen Hocking... Brother to Nicholas and Ashley... Majoring biology with a minor in Spanish.

28 • 2016 UMKC Track & Field 2015 Indoor: Enjoyed a career-day at the WAC Indoor Championships, setting two personal-records, with a 13.70 meter heave in the shot put and a 14.10 meter toss in the weight throw. Outdoor: Set a personal-best in the hammer throw at the Tulsa Duels with a throw of 42.78 meters… Set two personal-records at the Rock Chalk Classic, throwing the discus 46.45 meters and setting a mark of 13.77 meters in the shot put.

JACOB HOCKMAN SOPHOMORE • THROWS CENTRALIA, MISSOURI CENTRALIA HS CAREER BESTS INDOOR EVENT MARK . . . . . . . . . . .MEET (YEAR) SP . . . 13.70m . . . .WAC Championships (15) WT . . . 14.10m . . . .WAC Championships (15)

OUTDOOR EVENT MARK . . . . . . . . . . .MEET (YEAR) SP . . . 13.77m . . . . . Rock Chalk Classic (15) DISC . 46.45m . . . . .Rock Chalk Classic (15) HAM . . 42.78m . . . . . . . . . Tulsa Duels (15)

HIGH SCHOOL Four-year letterwinner in track and field at Centralia High School for head coach Erle Bennett... Helped his team win the Clarence Cannon Conference championship in his freshman and sophomore seasons... Earned all-conference, all-district and sectional runner-up and was a state qualifier in discus his sophomore season... Was the conference champion in shot put, all-conference runner-up in discus, all-district in discus, all-district and sectional runner-up in shot put and was a statequalifier in both shot put and discus his junior season... Was voted team captain his senior season and was the conference champion in both shot put and discus and was district champion in shot put... Was all-district runner-up in discus, sectional champion in shout put and discus and earned allstate nods in discus (fourth) and shot put (fifth) as well in his senior season... Was voted male track athlete of the year his senior year at Centralia High School and earned the season high-point award... Holds his high school record for shot put with a throw of 52’5.25”. PERSONAL Attended Centralia High School in Centralia, Missouri... Son of Marie Hockman-McDowell and the late Howard Hockman, and stepson to Jim McDowell... Mother is a nurse practitioner and stepfather is Chief of Staff for Samaritan Memorial Hospital in Macon, Missouri... Has six brothers a sisters; Josh, Jeff and Jade Hockman, Kerry Beasley and Emma and Sam McDowell... Majoring in Business Administration with a minor in Psychology.

Meet the ‘Roos • 29 2015 Cross Country (2014): Redshirt. Indoor: Set a career-best record in the 3,000 meters at the Jayhawk Classic with a time of 8:48.25... Recorded a personal-best time in the 5,000 meters at the Nebraska Tune-Up with a time of 15:18.72. Outdoor: Redshirt.

GRIFFIN HUMPHREYS SENIOR • DISTANCE COLUMBIA, MISSOURI ROCK BRIDGE HS CAREER BESTS CROSS COUNTRY EVENT . MARK . . . . . . . . . .MEET (YEAR) 5K . . . . 16:06 . . . . Forest Park Festival (15) 6K . . . . 20:16 . . . Bob Timmons Classic (13) 8K . . . . 25:28 . . . . .Pre-National Invite (15) 10K . . . . 31:58 . .NCAA Midwest Regional (15)

INDOOR EVENT . MARK . . . . . . . . . .MEET (YEAR) MILE . . 4:41.51 . . . Kansas State Invite (12) 3000M . 8:48.25 . . . . . Jayhawk Classic (15) 5000M . 15:18.72 . . . . Nebraska Tune-Up (15)

OUTDOOR EVENT . MARK . . . . . . . . . .MEET (YEAR) 5000M . 15:38.93 . . . . . Missouri Relays (14) 2000S . 6:23.89 . . . . . . . . Tulsa Duels (14) 3000S . 9:35.08 . . . . Arkansas Twilight (14)

2014 Cross Country (2013): Opened the season at the Bob Timmons Classic with a 12th place finish in the 6K in a time of 20:16.55… finished 23rdat the WAC Championships in the 8K with a time of 26:44.10… placed 114th at the Adidas Notre Dame Invitational with a time of 27:33.60 in the 8K… came in 89th at the ISU Pre-Nationals with a time of 26:32.42 in the 8K… placed 114th at the NCAA Midwest Regional with a time of 32:39.00 in the 10K. Indoor: Recorded a career-best time of 8:57.19 in the 3,000 meters at the Missouri Invitational... Notched a personal-record in the 5,000 meters at the WAC Outdoor Championships with a time of 15:38.71. Outdoor: Set a personal-record in the 2,000-meter steeplechase at the Tulsa Duels with a time of 6:23.89... Notched a personal-best in the 5,000 meters at the Missouri Relays with a time of 15:38.93... Set a career-best in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the Arkansas Twilight meet with a time of 9:35.08. 2013 Cross Country (2012): Competed in each meet during the season... Set personal best times of 20.49.8 (6K) to finish 11th at the Bob Timmons Classic (9/1) and 26:51 (8K) at the Richard Clark Invitational (9/15) to place 26th... Finished 89th (8K, 26:51) at the Notre Dame Invitational (9/28), 215th (8K, 26:57) at the NCAA Pre-Nationals (10/13), and 46th (8K, 27:43.5) at The Summit League Championships (10/27)... Recorded a personal best time of 34:22.90 in a 10K race to finish 161st at the NCAA Midwest Regional (11/9). Indoor: Recorded a personal best time of 9:07.60 in the 3,000 meters to place 15th at The Summit League Championships (Feb. 24)… In the 3,000 meters events, finished fourth (9:11.11) at the UCM Classic (Feb. 15) and 18th (9:16.96) at the Mule Relays (Feb. 2)… In the mile event, placed 12th (4:45.86) at the Wildcat Invitational (Jan. 19). Outdoor: Recorded a personal best in the 3,000 meter steeplechase with a time of 9:47.91 at The Summit League Championships to finish eighth and in the 5,000 meter run at the State Farm/ESU Relays with a time of 15:52.46… won the 3,000 meter steeplechase at the Track-It Buster Invitational with a time of 9:55.72.

2012 Cross Country (2011): Placed 49th (21:00.32) at the J.K. Gold Classic (9/3) in a 6K competition... Took 11th (17:20.52) at the Oral Roberts Invitational (9/17) in a 5K race... At the Cowboy Jamboree (10/1), placed 244th in the 8K race with a time of 17:04... Placed 55th (27:47.20) at The Summit League Championships (10/29). Indoor: Crossed the finish line at 9:17.66 to place 13th in the 3,000 meters event at the Varsity Apartments Invitational (2/4)... At the Jayhawk Classic (1/27), crossed the finish line at 9:21.35 in the 3,000 meters... Was clocked at 9:33.39 in the 3,000 meters at the Bill Easton Classic (1/7)... Placed 13th in the mile event at the Kansas State Invitational (1/14) with a personal best time of 4:41.51. Outdoor: Recorded UMKC personal best times in the 3,000 Meter Steeplechase with a time of 10:01.28 at the Missouri Relays (3/24) and in the 5,000 Meter Run with a time of 15:57.23 at the State Farm/ESU Relays (4/7)... finished fourth in the 2,000 Meter Steeplechase at the Tulsa Duels (3/17) and third at the Missouri Relays (3/24) and seventh at the Track-It Buster Invitational (4/27) in the 3,000 Meter Steeplechase. HIGH SCHOOL Earned varsity award in Track and Field all four years... earned varsity award in Cross Country as a sophomore, junior, and senior... earned all-sectional in Cross Country as a junior and senior year... team captain and earned all-districts in Cross Country as a senior... In the 2009 state tournament, finished third in Class 4... In the 2010 state tournament, finished second in Class 4. PERSONAL Born Aug. 12, 1992... parents are Annette and Steve Humphreys... has one brother, Ben... majoring in business.

30 • 2016 UMKC Track & Field 2015 Indoor: Set a personal-record in the 800 meters at the Tiger Invitational with a time of 2:05.64. Outdoor: Set a season-best time in the 400 meters at the ESU Spring Open with a time of 52.59 seconds… Ran to a season-best 58.27 time in the 400-meter hurdles at the ASU Red Wolf Open. 2014 Indoor: Set career-best times in the 60 meters (7.45 seconds) and 200 meters (23.48 seconds) at the UCM Classic. Outdoor: Redshirt

XAVIER KENNEY JUNIOR • HURDLES/SPRINTS ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI RITENOUR HS CAREER BESTS INDOOR EVENT MARK . . . . . . . . . . .MEET (YEAR) 60M . . . 7.45 . . . . . . . . . .UCM Classic (14) 200M . .23.48 . . . . . . . . . .UCM Classic (14) 300M . .37.05 . . . . . ISU Holdiay Preview (12) 400M . . 51.32 . . Summit League Champs (13) 600Y . . 1:15.61 . . . . . . . . . . ISU Classic (13) 800M . 2:05.64 . . . . . . . . . . .Tiger Inv. (15) 60H . . . 9.38 . . . . . ISU Holiday Preview (12)

OUTDOOR EVENT MARK . . . . . . . . . . .MEET (YEAR) 200M . .24.51 . . . . . . . Missouri Relays (12) 400M . .50.23 . . . . . . PSU Wendy’s Open (13) 110H . . 17.56 . . . . . . . Missouri Relays (12) 400H . .56.57 . . . . . . . . . . .ESU Relays (12)

2013 Indoor: Recorded a personal best time of 51.32 in the 400-meter dash to place ninth in the preliminary round at The Summit League Championships (Feb. 24)… Set a new personal best time of 1:15.61 in the 600-yard run event at the Iowa State Classic (Feb. 8) to place ninth… Was part of a 4x400-meter relay squad that won the bronze medal at The Summit League Championships (Feb. 25) with a time of 3:22.50… Recorded the best time (9.49) of any Kangaroo in a 60-meter huddles event, which came with a sixth place finish at the Wildcat Invitational (Jan. 19)… Was part of a Distance Medley group that placed fifth (10:15.58) at the Iowa State Classic (Feb. 8)… Was part of a 4x400-meter relay squad that placed fourth (3:20.40) at the Bob Timmons Challenge (Dec. 6), third (3:21.22) at the Jayhawk Challenge (Jan. 11), seventh (3:21.69) at the Holiday Inn Invitational (Jan. 12) and 23rd (3:24.91) at the Iowa State Classic (Feb. 8)… Was part of a 4x440yard relay squad that placed second (3:25.16) at the Mule Relays (Feb. 2). Outdoor: Recorded a personal best in the 400 meter run at the PSU/Wendy’s Invitational with a time of 50.23… finished third at the Tulsa Duels in a time of 56.77... finished second as part of the 4x400 meter relay team at the Missouri Relays with a time of 3:28.53. 2012 Indoor: Set a personal best time of 9.38 in the 60-meter hurdles at the Holiday Preview (12/9) to finish 25th in the preliminary round... Crossed the finish line at 7.55 in the 60-meter dash at the Bob Timmons Challenge (12/2) for a new personal best time... Placed 19th in the 300-meter dash at the Holiday Preview (12/9) with a personal time of 37.05... Finished 19th in the 400-meter dash at The Summit League Championships (2/24) with a personal best time of 52.07... Took 10th in the 600-yard run at the Iowa State Classic (2/10) with a personal best time of 1:16.05... Placed fourth (1:17.56) in the 600-yard run event at the Kansas State Invitational (1/14)... Was apart of a 4x400-

meter relay squad that finished second (3:25.70) in the Wildcat Invitational (1/21)...Was apart of a 4x400-meter relay squad that finished with the fastest time (3:19.40) for the Kangaroos in 2012 at the Iowa State Classic (2/11). Outdoor: Ranked No. 477 in the NCAA in the 400 Meter Hurdles with a UMKC personal best time of 56.57 at the ESU Relays (4/7) and No. 477 in the NCAA as part of the 4x400 Meter Relay team with a time of 3:17.25 at The Summit League Championships (5/10)... recorded personal best times in the 200 Meter Dash with a time of 24.51 at the Missouri Relays (3/24) and in the 110 Meter Hurdles with a time of 17.56 at the Missouri Relays (3/24)... finished eighth in the 110 Meter Hurdles at the Missouri Relays (3/24)... placed seventh at the Missouri Relays (3/24), eighth at the State Farm/ESU Relays (4/7), sixth at the ESU Midweek Open (4/25) and seventh at the Track-It Buster Invitational (4/28) in the 400 Meter Hurdles... finished third at the Missouri Relays (3/24), sixth at the Track-It Buster Invitational (4/28) and fourth at The Summit League Championships (5/12) as part of the 4x400 Meter Relay team... placed sixth at the Tulsa Duels (3/17) as part of 4x400 Meter Relay team. HIGH SCHOOL Earned Honorable Mention and Most Improved honors as a freshman for performances in the 300m events... Earned Honorable Mention honors for performances in the 300m events... As a junior, earned Second Team All-Conference honors for performance in the 4x400m relay events... Received Second Team All-Conference honors in the 300m event... Earned Honorable Mention honors in 100m High Hurdle event... Earned All-District and All-State honors in 300m Hurdle events... First Team All-Conference in the 4x200 First Team AllConference... Team Captain and MVP... As a senior, named the team captain, MVP, and Most Dedicated Athlete... Earned First Team All-Conference in 4x400m relay events... Received First Team AllConference in 4x100m event... Earned First Team All-Conference in 4x200m event... Received Second Team All-Conference recognition in 300m and 110m hurdle events... Was a part of the 4x200, 4x400m, 4x100m All-District squads... Earned All-State honors in 4x400m events... Competed on the Saint Louis Blues track and field club team from 2010-11... Played varsity football for two years as an outside linebacker and running back... Four-year honor roll student... Participated in a bible study group... PERSONAL Born April 4, 1993 in Japan... Son of Dee and Chad Kenney... Brother to Jasmine Kenney... Majors in Secondary Education.

Meet the ‘Roos • 31 2015 Cross Country (2014): Redshirt. Indoor: Set a season-best time in the 3,000 meters at the SDSU Jim Emmerich Invitational with a time of 8:41.97… Set a season-best in the 5,000 meters at the Nebraska Tune-Up with a time of 15:17.43. Outdoor: Set a personal-record in the 3,000 meters at the State Farm ESU Relays with a time of 8:44.47… Ran a career-best 10,000 meters at the WAC Outdoor Championships with a time of 32:28.22.

NATHAN KEOWN JUNIOR • DISTANCE COLUMBIA, MISSOURI ROCK BRIDGE HS CAREER BESTS CROSS COUNTRY EVENT . . MARK . . . . . . . . .MEET (YEAR) 5K . . . . . 16:04 . . . Forest Park Festival (15) 6K . . . . . 20:03 . . Bob Timmons Classic (13) 8K . . . . . 24:41 . . . .Pre-National Invite (15) 10K . . . . . 31:27 . NCAA Midwest Regional (15)

INDOOR EVENT . . MARK . . . . . . . . .MEET (YEAR) 3000M . .8:35.84 . . . . . Jayhawk Classic (14) 5000M . .15:11.01 . . WAC Championships (14)

OUTDOOR EVENT . . MARK . . . . . . . . .MEET (YEAR) 1500M . . 4:03.18 . . . . . Missouri Relays (14) 3000M . .8:44.47 State Farm ESU Relays (15) 5000M . 14:39.66 . . . . . Bryan Clay Inv. (14) 10000M 32:28.22 . .WAC Championships (15)

2014 Cross Country (2013): Opened the season at the Bob Timmons Classic with a eighth place finish in the 6K in a time of 20:03.93… finished 21st at the Woody Greeno/Nebraska Invitational with a time of 26:38.30 in the 8K… placed 65th at the Adidas Notre Dame Invitational with a time of 26:52.20 in the 8K… came in 63rd at the ISU Pre-Nationals with a time of 26:09.12 in the 8K… finished 18th at the WAC Championships in the 8K with a time of 26:25.10… placed 122nd at the NCAA Midwest Regional with a time of 32:45.10 in the 10K. Indoor: Recorded a season-best time in the 3,000 meters (8:35.84) at the Jayhawk Classic... Notched a season-best time in the 5,000 meters at the WAC Indoor Championships, finishing in 15:11.01. Outdoor: Set a season-best time in the 1,500 meters at the Missouri Relays with a time of 4:03.18... Recorded a season-best time of 14:39.66 in the 5,000 meters a the Bryan Clay Invitational. HIGH SCHOOL Recorded personal best times of 15:40 in the 5K, 9:14 (a school record) in 3,200 meters, and 4:20 in 1,600 meters... Placed third, second, first and ninth, respectively, in four years competing in the state meet. PERSONAL Born on February 14, 1995, in Columbia, Mo... the son of James and Chris Keown... siblings are Ben and Jimmy. Jimmy ran track and cross country at Kansas City... majoring in chemistry.

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ZANE LOCKHART SOPHOMORE • DECATHALON PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA PARIS HS CAREER BESTS INDOOR EVENT MARK . . . . . . . . . . .MEET (YEAR) 60M . . . 7.67 . . . . . WAC Championships (15) 1000M 3:07.86 . C. Robinson Winter Pent. (15) 60H . . . 9.68 . . . . .WAC Championships (15) HJ . . . .1.76m . . . . .WAC Championships (15) PV . . . 2.60m . . . . WAC Championships (15) LJ . . . . 6.19m . . . . WAC Championships (15) TJ . . . 12.95m . . . . . . . . Missouri Inv. (15) SP . . . 8.55m . C. Robinson Winter Pent. (15) PENT . . 2593 . . C. Robinson Winter Pent. (15) HEP . . . 3717 . . . . .WAC Championships (15)

OUTDOOR EVENT MARK . . . . . . . . . . .MEET (YEAR) 100M . . 11.87 . . . . .WAC Championships (15) 200M . .25.61 . . . . . . . ESU Spring Open (15) 400M . .55.23 . . . . .WAC Championships (15) 1500M 5:19.16 . . . . WAC Championships (15) 110H . . 17.89 . . . . .WAC Championships (15) HJ . . . .1.67m . . . . .WAC Championships (15) PV . . . 2.80m . . . . WAC Championships (15) LJ . . . . 6.05m . . . State Farm ESU Relays (15) TJ . . . 12.81m . . . . . . ESU Spring Open (15) SP . . . 9.04m . . . . WAC Championships (15) DISC . . 17.35m . . . . WAC Championships (15) JAV . . . 39.74m . . . .WAC Championships (15) DEC . . . 4789 . . . . .WAC Championships (15)

2015 Indoor: Posted a career-best mark in the shot put and 1,000 meters at the Carol Robinson Winter Pentathlon with a throw of 8.55 meters and a time of 3:07.9 seconds on his way to 2,593 points in the Pentathlon… Set a personal-record in the triple jump at the Missouri Invitational with a bound of 12.95 meters… Set six personal-bests at the WAC Indoor Championships including the 60 meters (7.67 seconds), 60-meter hurdles (9.68 seconds), high jump (1.76 meters), pole vault (2.60 meters) and long jump (6.19 meters) for a total of 3,717 points in the heptathlon. Outdoor: Set personal-records in the 200 meters and triple jump at the ESU Spring Open with marks of 25.61 seconds and 12.81 meters… Set a personalbest in the long jump at the State Farm ESU Relays with a leap of 6.05 meters… Set 10 career-best marks at the WAC Outdoor Championships including the 100 meters (11.87 seconds), 400 meters (55.23 seconds), 1,500 meters (5:19.2 seconds), 110-meter hurdles (17.89 seconds), high jump (1.67 meters), pole vault (2.80 meters), shot put (9.04 meters), discus (17.35 meters) and javelin (39.74 meters) on his way to 4,789 point in the decathlon. HIGH SCHOOL All-state selection in the triple jump and long jump in 2013... As a sophomore, junior, and senior earned first team all-conference... Freshman year triple jumped 41’ and long jumped 20’ 6”... As a sophomore had a record of 42’ 6” in the triple and 21’ 3” in the long... As a junior he triple jumped 45’ 4” and long jumped 21’ 6”... Senior year record a jump of 43’ 8” in the triple and 21’ 6” in the long... 2011 state tourney placed 9th in the triple and in the conference tourney took 1st in the triple and long... 2012 state tourney placed 3rd in the triple and 7th in the long and in the conference tourney took 1st in the triple and long... 2013 state tourney placed 5th in triple and 3rd in the long and in the conference tourney took first in the triple and long... 2014 state tourney placed 3rd in the triple and 7th in the long and in the conference tourney took first in the triple and long. PERSONAL Born on Nov. 9, 1995 in Columbia, Mo... Son of Todd and Deena Lockhart... Brother to Cole, 21, and Drew, 14... Majoring in mechanical engineering.

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BRYCE MILLER JUNIOR • DISTANCE ASHLAND, WISCONSIN ASHLAND HS CAREER BESTS CROSS COUNTRY EVENT . MARK . . . . . . . . . .MEET (YEAR) 5K . . . . 15:36 . . . . Forest Park Festival (15) 6K . . . . .19:29 . . . Bob Timmons Classic (15) 8K . . . . .24:14 . . . . .Pre-National Invite (15) 10K . . . . 32:08 . .NCAA Midwest Regional (15)

INDOOR EVENT . MARK . . . . . . . . . .MEET (YEAR) MILE . . 4:10.03 . . . . . . . Nebraska Tune-Up 3000M . 8:13.94 . . . . Iowa State Classic (14)

OUTDOOR EVENT . MARK . . . . . . . . . .MEET (YEAR) 1500M . 3:52.02 . . . . Rock Chalk Classic (15) 5000M . 14:20.69 . . . . . . Bryan Clay Inv. (15) 2000S . 5:49.43 . . . . . . . . Tulsa Duels (15) 3000S . 8:44.89 . . NCAA Championships (15)

2015 Cross Country (2014): Redshirt. Indoor: Placed first in the mile and 3,000 meters at the SDSU Jim Emmerich Invitational… Set a career-best time of 4:10.03 in the mile at the Nebraska Tune-Up… Won two titles at the WAC Indoor Championships, the mile and 3,000 meters. Outdoor: Won the 2,000-meter steeplechase at the Tulsa Duels with a personal-best time of 5:49.43… Won the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the State Farm ESU Relays… Set a career-best record in the 5,000 meters at the Bryan Clay Invitational with a time of 14:20.69… Won two WAC Outdoor titles, the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a career-best time of 8:44.89, and the 5,000 meters… Qualified for the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships in the 3,000-meter steeplechase where he placed 14th, earning a second team AllAmerica honor. 2014 Cross Country (2013): Earned second team AllWAC honors as a freshman, placing 12th with a time of 26:01.8 at the WAC Championship in Seattle, Wash., on Nov. 2… Checked in at a personal-best 25:34.22 at the Indiana State Pre-Nationals on Oct. 19, 2013… Ran a 27:38.3 at the Adidas Notre Dame Invitational, hosted by Notre Dame, in his first collegiate appearance on Oct. 4, 2013. Indoor: Set the school record and won the 3,000 meter run with a time of 8:13.94 at the Iowa State Classic… finished second in the mile at the Jayhawk Classic with a time of 4:16.00… earned First Team All-WAC honors by finishing second in both the 3,000 meter run (8:34.15) and the mile (4:18.24). Outdoor: Was the champion and earned first team All-WAC honors in the 5,000 meter run with a personal-best time of 15:13.87 and added First Team All-WAC honors by finishing second in the 3,000 meter steeple chase with a time of 9:19.04… set the UMKC record in the 3,000 meter steeple chase with a time of 9:01.37 to finish fifth at the Drake Relays… finished 36th in the steeple chase at the NCAA West Regionals with a time of 9:14.06… finished second in the steeple chase at the Bill Cornell Spring Classic in a time of 9:23.20 and third at the Mt. SAC Relays with a time of 9:04.51… finished second at the Missouri Relays in the 3,000 meter steeple chase with a time of 4:01.88… competed for the US at the 2014 IAAF World Junior Championships

HIGH SCHOOL Earned all-conference honors in the two-mile run as a freshman... named Freshman of the Year... earned all-conference honors in the mile and two-mile as a sophomore... named most improved, captain and team MVP as a sophomore... finished fifth at state in the mile and sixth in the two-mile as a junior... named all-state, team captain and team MVP as a junior...won a state championship in the two-mile as a senior... all-conference in the mile... named allconference, all-state, team captain and team MVP as a senior. PERSONAL Born on May 1, 1995, in Duluth, Minn... son of Dan and Nadine Miller... has twin brothers, Maury and Walker... majoring in health sciences.

34 • 2016 UMKC Track & Field 2015 Cross Country (2014): Opened his collegiate career at the Bob Timmons Classic where he ran to a 16th place finish in the 6K with a time of 20:40… Placed 18th at the WAC Championships where he ran a personal-best time of 26:18 in the 8K… Ran a career-best 32:08 in the 10K at the NCAA Midwest Regionals. Indoor: Set a personal-best time of 8:50.83 seconds in the 3,000 meters at the Tiger Invitational. Outdoor: Set a career-best time of 8:53.42 seconds in the 3K at the State Farm ESU Relays… Set a personal-record time in the 5,000 meters at the Rock Chalk Classic with a mark of 15:05.73.

QUINLAN MOLL SOPHOMORE • DISTANCE SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI KICKAPOO HS CAREER BESTS CROSS COUNTRY EVENT . MARK . . . . . . . . . .MEET (YEAR) 5K . . . . 15:48 . . . . Forest Park Festival (15) 6K . . . . 19:46 . . . Bob Timmons Classic (15) 8K . . . . 24:55 . . . .WAC Championships (15) 10K . . . . 31:55 . .NCAA Midwest Regional (15)

INDOOR EVENT . MARK . . . . . . . . . .MEET (YEAR) 3000M . 8:50.83 . . . . . . . . . .Tiger Inv. (15)

OUTDOOR EVENT . MARK . . . . . . . . . .MEET (YEAR) 3000M . 8:53.42 . . State Farm ESU Relays (15) 5000M . 15:05.73 . . . .Rock Chalk Classic (15)

HIGH SCHOOL Earned all-conference and all-district as a junior… Earned all-conference, all-district, all-state, and team MVP as a senior... honor roll 2011-14, National Honor Society 2013-14, Board of Education Award, President’s Award, and George Washington Carver Award in 2014. PERSONAL Born on Mar. 6, 1996 in Springfield, Mo… Son of Joe Moll and Danielle Braden Moll… Sibling to Sophia, 16 and Tonni, 9… majoring in business.

Meet the ‘Roos • 35 2015 Indoor: Redshirt. Outdoor: Redshirt. 2014 Indoor: Set a personal-record in the triple jump at the WAC Indoor Championships with a mark of 13.14 meters. Outdoor: Set a career-best mark in the long jump at the Bill Cornell Spring Classic with a leap of 6.03 meters... Set a personal-record in the triple jump with a mark of 13.51 meters at the WAC Outdoor Championships.

DARRELL SATTERFIELD SENIOR • JUMPS/SPRINTS FLORISSANT, MISSOURI CHRISTIAN BROTHERS COLLEGE HS CAREER BESTS INDOOR EVENT MARK . . . . . . . . . . .MEET (YEAR) TJ . . . . 13.14m . . . .WAC Championships (14)

OUTDOOR EVENT MARK . . . . . . . . . . .MEET (YEAR) LJ . . . . 6.03m Bill Cornell Spring Classic (14) TJ . . . . 13.51m . . . .WAC Championships (14)

2013 Indoor: Did not compete. Outdoor: Set personal bests in the long jump with a mark of 6.85 meters at the Tulsa Duels and in the triple jump at The Summit League Championships with a mark of 12.89 meters… recorded two top10’s in the long jump… recorded four top-10’s in the triple jump, including finishing second at the Missouri Relays with a mark of 11.91 meters. HIGH SCHOOL All-Conference, Most Valuable Jumper as a freshman... all-conference and team MVP as a sophomore... all-conference, team MVP and team captain as a junior... all-conference and team captain as a senior... won conference titles in 2011’12. PERSONAL Born Feb. 2, 1994... the son of Gabrielle Satterfield... brother to Allison Gilmoore... majoring in psychology and film.

36 • 2016 UMKC Track & Field 2015 Indoor: Set a personal-best in the 600 meters at the Nebraska Tune-Up with a time of 1:26.43 seconds… Ran a career-best 400 meters at the WAC Indoor Championships with a time of 51.41 seconds. Outdoor: Set a personal-record in the 400 meters at the ESU Spring Open with a time of 50.72 seconds… Ran the 400-meter hurdles at the Wichita State KT Woodman Classic in a career-best time of 56.34 seconds.

JASON SHAW JR. SENIOR • HURDLES/SPRINTS LIBERTY, MISSOURI LIBERTY HS CAREER BESTS INDOOR EVENT . MARK . . . . . . . . . .MEET (YEAR) 400M . . . 51.41 . . . .WAC Championships (15) 600M . . 1:26.43 . . . . Nebraska Tune-Up (15)

OUTDOOR EVENT . MARK . . . . . . . . . .MEET (YEAR) 400M . . .50.72 . . . . . . ESU Spring Open (15) 400H . . 56.34 . . . K.T. Woodman Classic (15)

HIGH SCHOOL Named to the Class 4A All-State team in 2011 by MSHSAA ... All-Conference in the 300m hurdles, 4x400m relay and 4x200m relay in 2011 ... AllDistrict selection in the 4x200m relay, the 4x400m relay and 4x800m relay ... All-Section finisher in the 4x400m relay in 2011 as well ... Led Liberty to a Class 4A State Runner-Up finish in 2011 ... Member of the district champion 4x800m and 4x400m relays in 2011 as well ... Member of the Liberty 4x400m relay that won a sectional championship in 2011. PERSONAL Born Oct. 30, 1993, to parents Jason Shaw Sr., and Vonetta Brown in Marrero, Louisiana.

Meet the ‘Roos • 37 2015 Cross Country (2014): Competed in six meets for the ‘Roos... Placed sixth at the Forest Park Festival with a career-best 6K time of 18:46... Placed second in the WAC Championships with a career-best 8K time of 25:07... Ran a career-best 10K with a time of 33:11.0 at the NCAA Midwest Regional. Indoor: Set a personal-record in the 3,000 meters at the SDSU Jim Emmerich Invitational with a time of 8:43.22. Outdoor: Redshirt.

KOLTON SHELDON SENIOR • DISTANCE RAYTOWN, MISSOURI LEE’S SUMMIT NORTH HS CAREER BESTS CROSS COUNTRY EVENT . MARK . . . . . . . . . .MEET (YEAR) 5K . . . . 16:03 . . . . Forest Park Festival (15) 6K . . . . 18:46 . . . . Forest Park Festival (14) 8K . . . . 25:04 . . . .WAC Championships (14) 10K . . . . 31:00 . NCAA Midwest Regionals (15)

INDOOR EVENT . MARK . . . . . . . . . .MEET (YEAR) 800M . . 2:05.04 . . . . . . . .UCM Classic (13) 1000M . 2:38.82 . . . . . Jayhawk Classic (14) MILE . . 4:11.45 Notre Dame Alex Wilson (13) 300M . . 8:43.22 . . . . Jim Emmerich Inv. (15) SP . . . . 6.59m Bob Timmons Challenge (14)

OUTDOOR EVENT . MARK . . . . . . . . . .MEET (YEAR) 800M . . 1:56.08 Summit League Champs (13) 1500M . 3:52.86 . . . 55th Mt. SAC Relays (13) 3000M . 8:46.01 . . Emporia State Relays (13) 5000M 16:20.98 . . . WAC Championships (14)

2014 Cross Country (2013): Redshirt. Indoor: Set a career-record in the shot put at the Bob Timmons Challenge with a throw of 6.59 meters... Set a personal-record time in the 1,000 meters at the Jayhawk Classic, finishing in 2:38.82. Outdoor: Set a personal-record in the 5,000 meters at the WAC Outdoor Championships with a time of 16:20.98. 2013 Cross Country (2012): Competed in five out of six meets... Placed 10th (8K, 26:17) at the Richard Clark Invitational (9/15) and 42nd (8K, 25:40) at the Notre Dame Invitational (9/28)... Recorded a personal best time of 25:27 in an 8K race at the NCAA Pre-Nationals (10/13) to place 66th... At The Summit League Championships (10/27), placed 13th (8K, 26:11.1) to earn Second Team All-Summit League honors... Finished 79th at the NCAA Midwest Regional (11/9) with a personal best time in a 10K race of 32:26.22. Indoor: Was part of a distance medley group that won the gold medal at The Summit League Championships (Feb. 24) with a school-record setting time of 9:59.11… Set a personal best time of 2:05.04 in the 800 meters at the UCM Classic (Feb. 15) to place sixth… Recorded the third fastest time (4:11.45) in the mile event in UMKC history to place 28th at the Alex Wilson Invitational (March 2)… In the mile events, placed fourth (4:17.78) at the UCM Classic (Feb. 15), fifth (4:18.06) at the Iowa State Classic (Feb. 8), eighth (4:19.42) at The Summit League Championships (Feb. 25) and third (4:21.12) at the Jayhawk Classic (Jan. 25)… Was part of a distance medley group that placed fifth (10:15.58) at the Iowa State Classic (Feb. 8). Outdoor: Recorded the fourth fastest time in school history in the 1,500 meter run with a time of 3:51.47 at the Saluki Open to win the event… recorded a personal best in the 800 meter run at The Summit League Championships with a time of 1:56.08… registered a personal best in the 1,500 meter run at the Mt. SAC Relays in a time of 3:52.86… recorded a personal best in the 3,000 meter run to place third at the State Farm/ESU Relays in a time of 8:46.01.

HIGH SCHOOL Four-time all-conference honoree in cross country and track & field... Three-time All-State honoree in cross country and track & field... Four-time alldistrict cross country and track & field honoree... Three-time team captain... Led squad to one state title and three conference titles... Ran a personal time of 4:15 in the 1,600 meters, 9:22 in the 3,200 meters, and 1:51 in the 800 meters (school record)... Also holds a school record in the 4x800 (7:47)... Four-time Honor Roll student... President of Student Activities Advisory Council... Was a part of NHS, Student Senate, and Youth in the Government. PERSONAL Born Nov. 17, 1993 in Kansas City, Mo... Daughter of Kim and Vernon Sheldon... Sister to Quinn and Dakota... Majoring in business.

38 • 2016 UMKC Track & Field 2015 Indoor: Set a personal-record in the 800 meters at the Missouri Invitational with a time of 2:08.86 seconds… Helped the UMKC men’s 4x400-meter relay team take home the title at the Tiger Invitational where the team finished with a time of 3:21.12 seconds… Also set a personal-best in the 60-meter hurdles at the Tiger Invitational with a time of 8.91 seconds. Outdoor: Placed first in the 400-meter hurdles at the Tulsa Duels with a time of 54.87 seconds… Set a personal-record in the 400-meter hurdles at the WAC Outdoor Championships with a time of 52.23 seconds.

ZAK SNOW SENIOR • JUMPS/SPRINTS ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI RITENOUR HS CAREER BESTS INDOOR EVENT . MARK . . . . . . . . . .MEET (YEAR) 200M . . .23.07 . . . . . . . . .UCM Classic (14) 400M . . 49.57 . . . .WAC Championships (14) 600M . . 1:26.22 . . . . . . Holiday Inn Inv. (14) 600Y . . 1:13.41 . . . . Iowa State Classic (13) 800M . . 2:08.86 . . . . . . . Missouri Inv. (15) 60H . . . . 8.91 . . . . . . . . . . . Tiger Inv. (15)

OUTDOOR EVENT . MARK . . . . . . . . . .MEET (YEAR) 200M . . 23.39 . . State Farm ESU Relays (14) 400M . . 50.35 . . . . .PSU Wend’s Relays (13) 400H . . 52.23 . . . .WAC Championships (15)

2014 Indoor: Set a personal-best in the 600 meters with a time of 1:26.22 at the Holiday Inn Invitational... Notched a career-best in the 200 meters at the UCM Classic with a time of 23.07 seconds... Ran the 400 meters in 49.57 seconds at the WAC Indoor Championships to notch a personal-record. Outdoor: Set a personal-best in the 200 meters at the State Farm ESU Relays with a time of 23.39 seconds... Ran a season-best 400 meters in 50.45 seconds at the Bryan Clay Invitational... Finished the 400-meter hurdles at the Arkansas Twighlight meet in a season-best 53.52 seconds. 2013 Indoor: Set a personal best time of 50.95 in the 400-meter dash to place sixth in the preliminary around at The Summit League Championships (Feb. 24)… Clocked a personal best time of 1:13.41 to win the 600-yard run event at the Iowa State Classic (Feb. 8)… In the 400-meter dash events, placed 16th (51.17) at the Holiday Inn Invitational (Jan. 12), seventh (51.37) in the final round at The Summit League Championships (Feb. 25) and 11th (52.00) at the Mule Relays (Feb. 2)… In the 600yard run events, took fifth (1:16.11) at the Wildcat Invitational (Jan. 19) and eighth (1:16.34) at the Jayhawk Classic (Jan. 11)… Was part of a 4x400meter relay squad that placed 16th (3:18.31) at the Iowa State Classic (Feb. 8), third (3:18.74) at the Wildcat Invitational (Jan. 19), seventh (3:21.69) at the Holiday Inn Invitational (Jan. 12) and eighth (3:30.23) at the Bob Timmons Challenge (Dec. 6)… Was part of a 4x440-yard relay squad that placed second (3:25.16) at the Mule Relays (Feb. 2). Outdoor: Named All-Summit League… recorded personal bests in the 400 meter dash at the PSU/ Wendy’s Invitational with a time of 50.35 and in the 400 meter hurdles at the Track-It Buster Invitational with a time of 54.44 to place third… finished as the runner-up at the Missouri Relays and The Summit League Championships as part of the 4x400 meter relay team in times of 3:28.53 and

3:15.91… finished third at the Missouri Relays in the 400 meter hurdles in a time of 56.40. HIGH SCHOOL Four-time varsity lettermen and all-conference honoree in track and field... Served as a team captain during his junior and senior seasons... Recorded a season best 2:08 in the 800 meters as a freshman... Clocked a season best 2:04 in the 800 meters as a sophomore... As a junior, qualified for state competition and recorded a season best mark of 43’5” in the triple jump and clocked at 2:00 in the 800 meters... As a senior, ran a season best 14.8 in the 110-meter hurdles, 40.01 in the 300-meter hurdles, and 49.2 in the 400 meters... In conference competition, team placed in 2009 and second in 2010-12... Set a school record in the 400-meter hurdles... Competed with Saint Louis Blues Track Club for two seasons and placed second as part of a 4x400-meter relay squad at the Indoor AAU Nationals... Four-year varsity football athlete playing the cornerback position... Earned all-conference, all-state, and all-district honors... Academically, was part of the National Honor Society and placed in the top of 15% of his graduating class with a 3.73 grade-point average... Served as the treasurer for Student Council and was member of T.S.A. and S.S.A. PERSONAL Born Feb. 8, 1994 in Italy and resides in Saint Louis, Mo... Son of Chrystal Norfleet... Brother to Derrick, Leland, Andrew, Leilani, and Craig... Majoring in computer science.

Meet the ‘Roos • 39 2015 Indoor: Threw the shot put a season-best 13.68 meters at the Missouri Invitational... Set a careerbest mark in the weight throw at the Nebraska Tune-Up with a throw of 16.73 meters. Outdoor: Redshirt. 2014 Indoor: Set a personal-record in the shot put at the Bob Timmons Challenge with a throw of 13.82 meters... Set a personal-best in the weight throw at the UCM Classic with a mark of 16.60 meters.

MARTIN WILLIAMS SENIOR • THROWS LAWRENCE, KANSAS LAWRENCE HS CAREER BESTS INDOOR EVENT . MARK . . . . . . . . . .MEET (YEAR) SP . . . . 13.82m Bob Timmons Challenge (14) WT . . . . 16.73m . . . . Nebraska Tune-Up (15)

OUTDOOR EVENT . MARK . . . . . . . . . .MEET (YEAR) SP . . . . 13.19m . . . . . . . . . Tulsa Duels (14) DISC . . 47.51m . . . . . . Missouri Relays (14) HAM . . . 51.73m . . . Arkansas Twighlight (14)

COFFEYVILLE C.C. An NJCAA outdoor national qualifier as a freshman... NJCAA indoor/outdoor national qualifier and AllAmerican as a sophomore... also played football. PERSONAL Born on Dec. 3, 1992... son of Martin Williams Sr. and Joyce Williams... brother to Jaselyn... majoring in finance.

40 • 2016 UMKC Track & Field 2015 Indoor: Won the 400-meter dash at the Tiger Invitational with a time of 50.10 seconds and helped the 4x400-meter relay team take home the title… Set two personal-records at the WAC Indoor Championships, finishing the 200 meters in 22.51 seconds and the 400 meters in 49.47 seconds. Outdoor: Set a career-best time in the 400 meters at the Tulsa Duels with a time of 48.92 seconds… Ran the 200 meters at the WAC Outdoor Championships in a personal-best time of 22.26 seconds.

ERIC YARBROUGH SOPHOMORE • SPRINTS ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI LAFAYETTE HS CAREER BESTS INDOOR EVENT . MARK . . . . . . . . . .MEET (YEAR) 200M . . .22.51 . . . .WAC Championships (15) 400M . . .48.47 . . . .WAC Championships (15)

OUTDOOR EVENT . MARK . . . . . . . . . .MEET (YEAR) 200M . . 22.26 . . . .WAC Championships (15) 400M . . 48.92 . . . . . . . . . Tulsa Duels (15)

HIGH SCHOOL Earned all-state in the 400m taking fifth place... PR in the 100m with a time of 10.69... 200m PR of 22.44 ... 400m PR of 48.64... As a sophomore, junior, and senior earned all-conference, all-district, and all-state... MVP in sprints his junior and senior year. PERSONAL Born on Feb. 7, 1996 in St. Louis, Mo... Son of Latonya and Eric Yarbrough... Brother to Darreon, 22, and Marquis, 15... Majoring in criminal justice.

Meet the ‘Roos • 41 2015 Indoor: Redshirt. Outdoor: Set a personal-best in the discus at the ASU Red Wolf Open with a throw of 32.97 meters… Threw the javelin a career-long 56.01 meters at the WAC Outdoor Championships. HIGH SCHOOL Competed in the Kansas Relays and Kansas State Championships the past two seasons... As a junior and senior was a state qualifier... Threw the jav his freshman year 156’... As a sophomore recorded a throw of 166’... Junior year threw 178’... Senior year recorded a toss of 182’.

ALEX YOXALL SOPHOMORE • THROWS MINNEAPOLIS, KANSAS MINNEAPOLIS HS CAREER BESTS OUTDOOR EVENT . MARK . . . . . . . . . .MEET (YEAR) DISC . . 32.97m . . . . ASU Red Wolf Open (15) JAV . . . 56.01.m . . .WAC Championships (15)

PERSONAL Born on Oct. 12 1995 in Kansas City, Mo... Son of Kelly and Rebecca Yoxall... Brother to Andrew, 20, and Eric, 16... Majoring in biology pre-med.

42 • 2016 UMKC Track & Field

JAMES ATWOOD

CHRISTOPHER BRYAN

DARRIEN CASE

FRESHMAN • JUMPS OLATHE, KANSAS BLUE VALLEY NORTHWEST HS

FRESHMAN • MULTI-EVENTS ST. CATHERINE, JAMAICA UNIVERSAL SCHOOL

FRESHMAN • DISTANCE PARKVILLE, MISSOURI PARK HILL SOUTH HS

HIGH SCHOOL Graduated from Blue Valley Northwest High School where he competed in track and field... Holds the record at Blue Valley Southwest High School for high jump with a height of 6’8”... Helped his teams place third in state three-out-of-four years in high school... Also a three-year letterwinner in basketball where he was a point guard and earned All-Eastern Kansas League second-team honors. PERSONAL Son of James Atwood Sr. and Tabitha Atwood... Father, James, is a printing engineer and mother, Tabitha, a hair stylist... Has one sibling, a brother, Tylar... Majoring in Business.

HIGH SCHOOL Bronze medalist in the high jump in 2015 where he jumped 6’10”. PERSONAL Raised in St. Catherine, Majoring in geology.

Jamaica...

HIGH SCHOOL Graduated from Park Hill South High School where he was a two-time allconference selection in cross country... Was named class MVP in track his junior year... Was voted team MVP his senior track season... Conference champion in the 800 meters his junior and senior years... Was the 1,600 meter champion his senior year in conference, district, sectionals and Class 5 State... Holds records at his high school for the 800 meters (1:53.63), 1.600 meters (4:21) and 3,200 meters (9:45)... Was also a member of the Park Hill South recordholding 4x800-meter relay team... Broke a 26-year-old district record in the 800 meters at the 2015 Kansas Relays. PERSONAL Son of Devan and Katrina Case... Both parents attended the University of Kansas, where his mother, Katrina, ran track... His father, Devan is an architect, while Katrina is a teacher... Has one sibling, a sister, Jasmine... Majoring in Business.

Meet the ‘Roos • 43

MARCUS JOHNSON

DINSDALE MORGAN

JAMARICE PRESTON

FRESHMAN • DISTANCE NIXA, MISSOURI NIXA HS

FRESHMAN • JUMPS OLATHE, KANSAS BLUE VALLEY SOUTHWEST HS

FRESHMAN • JUMPS/SPRINTS DALLAS, TEXAS LAKE HIGHLAND HS

HIGH SCHOOL Four-year letterwinner in both cross country and track and field at Nixa High School for head coach Lance Brumley... Was named second-team all-conference in cross country his freshman year and was an all-district honoree as part of the 4x800-meter relay team... All-conference first-team honoree, second-team alldistrict and state qualifier in cross country his sophomore year and earned all-district honors as a part of both the 4x400 and 4x800 relay teams in track... First-team all-conference, second-team all-district and state qualifier in cross country his junior year and all-district honoree in 4x400 and 4x800 relays as well as earning an all-state nod in the 4x800 relay... In his senior year of cross country he was named first-team allconference and all-district as well as allstate and honored with numerous awards including MSHSAA/NFHS Sportsmanship Award, NHS Athletic Leadership Award, SWCCCA Athlete of the Year, Ozark Ozone One Award, Newslead Best of SW Missouri Preps... His senior track campaign included all-district honors in 4x400, 4x800 and 300-meter hurdles and all-secion in 4x800 and 300 hurdles. PERSONAL Father Shem Johnson attended Benedictine College where he played football, mother Megan Berryessa and stepfather Greg Walker attended Missouri State... Majoring in history.

HIGH SCHOOL Ran track at Blue Valley Southwest High School... Was an all-state performer his junior year, as well as being named team captain and team MVP... Holds school records in the triple jump, long jump and is a member of the record-holding 4x100 and 4x400-meter relay teams... Also lettered two years in basketball as a point guard. PERSONAL From Overland Park, Kansas... Son of Dinsdale Morgan and Seanetta LyleMorgan who both ran track at Pittsburg State... Father, Dinsdale, is an athletic trainer and mother, Seanetta, is a nurse manager... Has two siblings, Jamichael and Jakaila... Majoring in Biology.

HIGH SCHOOL Attended Lake Highland High School. PERSONAL From Dallas, Texas.

44 • 2016 UMKC Track & Field

NATHAN STRAUBEL

CHADAYNE WALKER

BRANDON WOODS

FRESHMAN • DISTANCE KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI PLATTE COUNTY HS

FRESHMAN • SPRINTS PORTMORE, JAMAICA UNIVERSAL SCHOOL

FRESHMAN • HURDLES/SPRINTS ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI McCLUER NORTH HS

HIGH SCHOOL Attended Platte County High School where he ran track and cross country... Was an all-state runner in cross country both his junior and senior seasons... Took fifth-place in state cross country his senior year... Earned all-state honors in the two-mile his junior year and both mile and two-mile his senior season...Holds the Platte County school record for the two-mile (2:22) and mile (4:21)... Was a member of the Character Council... FBLA State Champion and was ranked in the top-15 nationally. PERSONAL From Kansas City, Missouri... Son of Angela and John Straubel... Both parents attended Missouri State where his father, John, ran track and cross country... His dad is a police officer and his mother is a teacher... Has one younger sibling, Erin... Majoring in journalism.

HIGH SCHOOL Member of the 4x100 and 4x200-meter relay teams that hold school records. PERSONAL Raised in Portmore, Jamaica... Majoring in criminology.

HIGH SCHOOL Attended McCluer North High School where he was a three-time honoree as all-conference and all-district in track and field... Also earned all-state honors his sophomore and senior years... Was named team captain his junior and senior years... Member of school-record holding sprint medley and 4x400-meter relay teams... Was the salutatorian of his class... PTG scholar and in the top-fivepercent of senior class in GPA... Editor-inchief of the student newspaper... Was a member of student council and National Honors Society. PERSONAL From St. Louis, Missouri... Son of Traci Hope and Carl Woods... Father, Carl, is a route driver and mother, Traci, a mechanical engineer... Has four siblings, Paris, Jazmine, Devon and Jowon... Majoring in the Biology.

46 • 2016 UMKC Track & Field 2015 Indoor: Set a season-best mark in the shot put at the Bob Timmons Challenge with a throw of 13.74 meters… Placed second in the shot at the WAC Indoor Championships with a throw of 13.61 meters… Threw a personal-best 16.80 meters in the weight throw at the Indoor Championships, good enough to place third in the event. Outdoor: Set a season-long in the discus at the State Farm ESU relays with a throw of 39.66 meters… Threw a season-best 50.34 meters in the hammer throw at the Rock Chalk Classic… Took third-place in the shot put at the WAC Outdoor Championships with a season-long mark of 13.95 meters.

KELSEY BENOIT SENIOR • THROWS CENTRALIA, MISSOURI CENTRALIA HS CAREER BESTS INDOOR EVENT . MARK . . . . . . . . . .MEET (YEAR) SP . . . . 14.05m . . . . . . Holiday Inn Inv. (14) WT . . . . 16.80m . . .WAC Championships (15)

OUTDOOR EVENT . MARK . . . . . . . . . .MEET (YEAR) SP . . . . 13.95m . . . WAC Championships (15) DISC . . 42.90m Summit League Champs (13) HAM . . . 53.74m . . . . . . . Bryan Clay Inv. (14)

2014 Indoor: Set a personal-record in the weight throw at the Bob Timmons Challenge with a mark of 16.18 meters... Set a career-best in the shot put with a throw of 14.05 meters at the Holiday Inn Invitational. Outdoor: Notched a personal-best in the shot put at the Tulsa Duels with a mark of 13.68 meters... Set a personal-record in the hammer throw at the Bryan Clay Invitational with a throw of 53.74 meters. 2013 Indoor: Recorded a personal best mark of 41-07.25 (12.68m) in the shot put to place 12th at The Summit League Championships (Feb. 25)… Set a personal best mark of 50-07.25 (15.42m) in the weight throw to place fifth at the UCM Classic (Feb. 15)… In the shot put events, placed fourth (41-05.75 – 12.64m) at the Bob Timmons Challenge (Dec. 6), fifth (4104.25 – 12.60m) at the Jayhawk Challenge (Jan. 11), fifth (40-09.75 – 12.44m) at the Mule Relays (Feb. 1), fifth (40-07.00 – 12.37m) at the Wildcat Invitational (Jan. 19) and fourth (39-07.00 – 12.06m) at the Bill Easton Classic (Jan. 5)… In the weight throw events, placed sixth (50-00.50 – 15.25m) at the Wildcat Invitational (Jan. 19), fourth (49-00.25 – 14.94m) at the Bob Timmons Challenge (Dec. 6), 14th (48-04.00 – 14.73m) at The Summit League Championships (Feb. 24), 13th (48-03.50 – 14.72m) at the Jayhawk Classic (Jan. 25), seventh (47-08.50 – 14.54m) at the Jayhawk Challenge (Jan. 11), 19th (47-05.00 – 14.45m) at the Iowa State Classic (Feb. 8), 10th (45-08.00 – 13.92m) at the Mule Relays (Feb. 1) and fifth (43-04.50 – 13.22m) at the Bill Easton (Jan. 5). Outdoor: Recorded the second best mark in school history in the shot put with a toss of 13.29 meters to place second at the PSU/Wendy’s Invitational, the fourth best mark in the discus with a mark of 42.90 meters to place seventh at The Summit League Championships and the fifth best mark in the hammer throw with a toss of 49.07 meters at The Summit League Championships to place ninth… recorded three top-fives and seven top-10’s in the shot put, three top-10’s in the discus and one topfive and four top-10’s in the hammer throw.

HIGH SCHOOL Four-time all-conference, all-district, and all-state honoree as a shot put and discus thrower... Set a school record for furthest throws in a shot put (44’11”) and discus (130’) event... Placed second in the Missouri Class 2 State Tournament three times in the shot put... Took eighth in the discus as a junior and third in the shot put at the Missouri Class 2 State Tournament... In conference action, placed first in the shot put each season, second in the discus twice, and third in the discus as a sophomore... Played on the varsity level in volleyball as a center... Played basketball as a post player and earned all-conference honors... In the classroom, was part of the National Honor Society (2011-12). PERSONAL Born May 21, 1994 in Columbia, Mo. and currently resides in Centralia, Mo... Daughter of Joe Benoit... Sister to Jared... Majoring in dental hygiene.

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CHANTEL BETHUNE SENIOR • SPRINTS ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI UNIVERSITY CITY HS CAREER BESTS INDOOR EVENT . MARK . . . . . . . . . .MEET (YEAR) 200M . . .25.37 . . . .WAC Championships (15) 400M . . .56.31 . . . .WAC Championships (15)

OUTDOOR EVENT . MARK . . . . . . . . . .MEET (YEAR) 200M . . 24.93 . . . .WAC Championships (15) 400M . . 55.55 . . . .WAC Championships (15) 800M . . 2:29.75 . . State Farm ESU Relays (14)

2015 Indoor: Helped the women’s 4x400-meter relay team take first at the Bob Timmons Challenge… Took first in the 400 meters at the Jayhawk Classic with a time of 58.23 seconds… Was a part of the first-place 4x400 relay team at the Tiger Invitational… Took second-place at the WAC Indoor Championships in the 400 meters with a seasonbest time of 56.31 seconds. Outdoor: Took first in the 400 meters at the State Farm ESU Relays… Also placed first in the 400 at the Wichita State KT Woodman Classic… Member of the first-place 4x400-meter relay team at the ASU Red Wolf Open… Helped the 4x400 relay team win the WAC Outdoor Championship title… Set a career-best in the 200 meter prelims at the WAC Championships with a time of 24.93 seconds… Placed second in the 400 meters at the WAC Championships with a personal-record time of 55.55 seconds. 2014 Indoor: Finished third with a time of 26.19 at the KSU Invitational and 17th with a time of 25.81 at the WAC Championships in the 200 meter dash… won the UCM Classic with a time of 58.35 in the 400 meter dash and placed second with a time of 58.96 at the KSU Invitational… ran a season-best time of 58.25 in the 400 meter dash at the Holiday Inn Invitational… named Winter Academic All-WAC. Outdoor: Placed 20th in the 200 meter dash at the WAC Championships with a time of 25.91 and 14th at the State Farm ESU Relays with a time of 2:29.74 in the 800 meters… Placed sixth with a time of 58.30 at the Arkansas Twilight and 10th with a time of 57.22 at the WAC Championships in the 400 meters. 2013 Indoor: Clocked a personal best time of 26.20 to place 16th in the 200-meter dash preliminary round at The Summit League Championships (Feb. 24)… Recorded a personal best time of 57.92 to place third in the 400-meter dash preliminary round at The Summit League Championships (Feb. 24), which was the fastest time by any Kangaroo during the season… In the 200-meter dash events, placed 38th (26.49) at the Iowa State Classic (Feb. 8) and seventh (26.51) at the Wildcat Invitational (Jan. 19)… In the 400-meter dash events, placed fifth (58.06) in the final round at The Summit League Championships (Feb. 25), first (58.81) at the Jayhawk Classic (Jan. 25), 24th (58.95) at the Iowa State Classic (Feb. 8), 11th (59.39) at the Holiday Inn Invitational (Jan. 12) and second (1:01.50) at the Jayhawk Challenge (Jan. 11)… Was part of a 4x400meter relay squad that placed fourth (3:54.10) at the Holiday Inn Invitational (Jan. 12), 16th (3:54.82) at the Iowa State Classic (Feb. 8), fifth (3:56.80) at

The Summit League Championships (Feb. 25), third (3:58.32) at the Wildcat Invitational (Jan. 19), sixth (4:00.82) at the Bob Timmons Challenge (Dec. 6) and fourth (4:07.45) at the Jayhawk Challenge (Jan. 11). Outdoor: Named All-Summit League… named to The Summit League Winter/Spring Academic Honor Roll… recorded personal bests at The Summit League Championships in the 200 meter dash (25.22) and the 400 meter dash (57.12)… finished third as part of the 4x100 meter relay team at the Missouri relays in a time of 49.46 and second as part of the 4x400 meter relay team in a time of 4:09.30… finished third as part of the 4x400 meter relay team at the State Farm/ESU Relays (3:56.40), the K.T. Woodman Classic (3:56.70) and at The Summit League Championships (3:48.47). HIGH SCHOOL As a junior, recorded a season best 58.00 in the 400 meters and 2:31 in the 800 meters... During senior season, set a school record in the 400 meters with a time of 56.03 to place second in the state tournament... Also, earned all-conference and all-district honors along with being named team captain... At the Missouri Class 3 State Tournament as a senior, was part of a 4x200-meter relay squad that finished first and was part of a 4x400-meter relay squad that placed second... Set a school record as part of a 4x200-meter relay team... In the classroom, was named to the Principal Honor Roll and Dean’s List with over 3.5 grade point average. PERSONAL Born in Claendon, Jamaica... Daughter of Mary Walters and Donald Bethune... Sister to Francene, Shanakaye, and Olivia.

48 • 2016 UMKC Track & Field 2015 Indoor: Set a season-best time in the 60 meters at the Tiger Invitational with a time of 8.28 seconds… Ran the 400 meters at the WAC Indoor Championships in a season-best 1:00.30… Ran a season-best 60-meter hurdles in 9.47 seconds. Outdoor: Ran a season-fastest time in the 100 meters at the Tulsa Duels with a time of 12.98 seconds… Ran the 400-meter hurdles at the State Farm ESU Relays in a season-best 1:05.01… Ran a season-fastest 200 meters at the ASU Red Wolf Open with a time of 26.93 seconds.

AMANI BORDERS SENIOR • HURDLES/SPRINTS ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI UNIVERSITY CITY HS CAREER BESTS INDOOR EVENT . MARK . . . . . . . . . .MEET (YEAR) 60M . . . . 8.23 . . . . . Bill Easton Classic (14) 200M . . . 27.71 . . . . . . Jayhawk Classic (14) 400M . . 59.83 . . . .WAC Championships (14) 60H . . . . 9.28 . . . .WAC Championships (14)

OUTDOOR EVENT . MARK . . . . . . . . . .MEET (YEAR) 100M . . .12.70 . . . . Track-It Buster Inv. (13) 200M . . 26.45 . . . Emporia State Relays (13) 400M . . 1:00.30 . . .WAC Championships (15) 400H . . 1:03.49 . . . WAC Championships (14)

2014 Indoor: Recorded times of 8.23 at the Bill Easton Challenge and 8.29 in the Missouri Invitational in the 60 meter dash… notched times of 9.57 in the Missouri Invitational and 9.59 at the UCM Classic in the 60 meter hurdles. Outdoor: Finished 48th with a time of 12.71 in the 100 meter dash and 28th in the 400 meter hurdles with a time of 1:04.15 at the Long Beach Invitational… placed 19th in the 400 meter dash with a time of 1:01.48 and placed 12th in the 100 meter hurdles with a time of 16.10 at the Tulsa Duels… finished seventh at the Missouri Relays with a time of 1:04.08 and garnered Second Team All-WAC honors with a time of 1:03.49, good for fifth, at the WAC Championships… named Spring Academic All-WAC 2013 Indoor: Clocked a personal best time of 9.77 to place 21st in the preliminary round of the 60-meter hurdles at the Jayhawk Classic (Jan. 25)… Recorded a personal best time of 1:00.99 in the 400-meter dash preliminary round at The Summit League Championships (Feb. 24)… In the 60-meter hurdle events, placed 14th (10.21) in the preliminary round at The Summit League (Feb. 24) and 46th (11.41) in the preliminary round at the Iowa State Classic (Feb. 8)… In the 400-meter dash events, placed fourth (1:01.37) at the Wildcat Invitational (Jan. 19), 35th (1:01.40) at the Iowa State Classic (Feb. 8), 15th (1:01.82) at the Jayhawk Classic (Jan. 25) and third (1:03.39) at the Jayhawk Challenge (Jan. 11)… Was part of a distance medley group that placed ninth (12:16.65) at the Iowa State Classic (Feb. 8) and sixth (12:38.22) at The Summit League Championships (Feb. 25)… Was part of a 4x400meter relay squad that placed 16th (3:54.82) at the Iowa State Classic (Feb. 8), third (3:58.32) at the Wildcat Invitational (Jan. 19) and sixth (4:11.25) at the Jayhawk Challenge (Jan. 11). Outdoor: Named to The Summit League Winter/Spring Academic Honor Roll… recorded personal bests at the Track-It Buster Invitational in the 100 meter dash (12.64) and the 400 meter hurdles (1:04.39), in the 200

meter dash at the State Farm/ESU Relays (26.45) and in the 400 meter dash at the K.T. Woodman Classic (1:00.31)… finished second as part of the 4x400 meter relay team at the Missouri Relays (4:09.30) and third at the State Farm/ESU Relays (3:56.40) and the K.T. Woodman Classic (3:56.70)… finished second in the 400 meter hurdles at the Tulsa Duels in a time of 1:06.67. HIGH SCHOOL Was part of a Class 3 Missouri State Championship squad as a senior, where she placed second in the 300-meter hurdles (44.5), second with a 4x400meter relay squad (3:56), and first with a 4x100meter relay team (48.1)... Set a freshman school record in the 300-meter hurdles... Set school records in the 4x100-meter relay and 4x400meter relay events... Competed with the St. Louis Lightning (2012) and U-City Xplosion (2009-11) traveling sqauds... Earned three letters in softball while playing shortstop and second base to go along with being a Southeast All-Conference Team honoree in one season... In the classroom, placed in the Top 10% of her class and earned the Principal’s Honor Roll award. PERSONAL Born Aug. 31, 1994 in St. Louis, Mo... Daughter of Adrienne L. Francis... Sister to Ashanti T. Borders... Majoring in accounting.

Meet the ‘Roos • 49 2015 Indoor: Ran a personal-record 200 meters at the Nebraska Tune-Up with a time of 25.96 seconds… Ran a career-best 60 meters with a time of 7.91 seconds at the WAC Indoor Championships. Outdoor: Set a personal-best time in the 400 meters at the ESU Spring Open with a time of 1:02.19… Set two personal-records at the Wichita State KT Woodman Classic, with a 12.61-second 100 meters and a 26.07-second 200 meters.

ESSENCE BREWER SOPHOMORE • SPRINTS ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI MAPLEWOOD RICHMOND HEIGHTS HS CAREER BESTS INDOOR EVENT . MARK . . . . . . . . . .MEET (YEAR) 60M . . . . 7.91 . . . . WAC Championships (15) 200M . . 25.96 . . . . . Nebraska Tune-Up (15)

OUTDOOR EVENT . MARK . . . . . . . . . .MEET (YEAR) 100M . . .12.61 . . . K.T. Woodman Classic (15) 200M . . 26.07 . . . K.T. Woodman Classic (15) 400M . . 1:02.19 . . . . . ESU Spring Open (15)

HIGH SCHOOL As a freshman earned all state in the 200m dash... As a sophomore won state in the 200m dash and took all-state in the 100m and 400m... As a junior won state in the 400m dash and earned all-state in the 100m and 200m... As a senior earned all-state in the 100m, 200m, and 400m dash. PERSONAL Born on Aug. 3, 1995 in St. Louis, Mo... Daughter of Karen and Melvin Brewer... Sister to Karmel, 14... Majoring in pharmacy.

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KELLY CARPENTER JUNIOR • DISTANCE WILDWOOD, MISSOURI LAFAYETTE HS CAREER BESTS CROSS COUNTRY EVENT . . MARK . . . . . . . . .MEET (YEAR) 5K . . . . . 18:28 . . .WAC Championships (14) 6K . . . . . 22:16 . NCAA Midwest Regional (14) INDOOR EVENT . . MARK . . . . . . . . .MEET (YEAR) MILE . . . 5:20.50 . . . . . . . Missouri Inv. (14) 3000M . .10:17.83 . . .Iowa State Classic (14) 5000M . 18:24.94 . .WAC Championships (14)

OUTDOOR EVENT . . MARK . . . . . . . . .MEET (YEAR) 1500M . . 4:49.27 . . . . . Missouri Relays (14) 3000M . 10:06.92 . .Arkansas Twighlight (14) 5000M . .17:29.05 . . . . . Bryan Clay Inv. (14) 10000M 35:50.28 . . . . . .Mt. SAC Relays (15

2015 Cross Country (2014): Opened the season with a career-best time in the 4K race at the Bob Timmons Classic with a time of 19:36, placing fifth… Placed 11th in the WAC Championships with a career-best time of 18:28 in the 5K, the performance landed her on the All-WAC second team… Ran a personal-best 6K at the NCAA Midwest Regional meet with a time of 22:16. Indoor: Set a season-best time in the 3,000 meters at the Tiger Invitational with a time of 10:36.53… Placed second in the WAC Indoor Championships in the 5,000 meters with a season-fastest time of 18:53.87. Outdoor: Took second-place in the 3,000 meters at the State Farm ESU Relays with a season-best time of 10:29.50… Ran a season-best 5,000 meters at the Rock Chalk Classic with a time of 18:01.94… Ran a career-best 10,000 meters at the Mt. SAC Relays with a time of 35:50.28… Took second in the 10,000 meters at the WAC Outdoor Championships with a time of 38:21.70. 2014 Cross Country (2013): Opened the season at the Bob Timmons Classic with a 12th place finish in the 5K in a time of 19:52.93… finished 18th at the Woody Greeno/Nebraska Invitational with a time of 23:07.80 in the 6K… placed 68th at the Adidas Notre Dame Invitational with a time of 18:56.60 in the 5K… came in 93rd at the ISU Pre-Nationals with a time of 22:40.02 in the 6K… finished 25th at the WAC Championships in the 5K with a time of 19:17.10… placed 93rd at the NCAA Midwest Regional with a time of 22:02.50 in the 6K. Indoor: Set a season-best in the mile at the Missouri Invitational with a time of 5:20.50... Notched a personal-best time in the 3,000 meters at the Iowa State Classic with a time of 10:17.83... Set a personal-record in the 5,000 meters at the WAC Indoor Championships with a time of 18:24.94. Outdoor: Won the 5,000 meters at the Bill Cornell Classic with a time of 17:35.87... Set a career-best time in the 1,500 meters at the Missouri Relays with a time of 4:49.27... Set a personal-best in the 5,000 meters at the Bryan Clay Invitational with a time of 17:29.06... Notched a career-fastest time in the 3,000 meters a the Arkansas Twilight meet with a time of 10L06.92. HIGH SCHOOL Earned all-conference honors in cross country as a sophomore... earned all-conference and all-district honors in cross country as a junior... all-conference in track as a junior... all-conference and all-district in track as a senior.

PERSONAL Born on August 17, 1994, in New Brunswick, N.J... the daughter of Tim and Tracey Carpenter... has three siblings, Casey, Abby and Trish... majoring in nursing.

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CHANDLER CARREON SOPHOMORE • DISTANCE LAKE ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI WENTZVILLE HOLT HS CAREER BESTS CROSS COUNTRY EVENT . MARK . . . . . . . . . .MEET (YEAR) 5K . . . . 18:20 . . . .WAC Championships (14) 6K . . . . .21:32 . .NCAA Midwest Regional (15)

INDOOR EVENT . MARK . . . . . . . . . .MEET (YEAR) 3000M . 10:31.34 . . . . . . . . . .Tiger Inv. (15)

OUTDOOR EVENT . MARK . . . . . . . . . .MEET (YEAR) 3000M . 10:33.70 . State Farm ESU Relays (15) 5000M . 17:53.31 . . . . . . Bryan Clay Inv. (15)

2015 Cross Country (2014): Opened the season with a personal-best time in the 4K at the Bob Timmons Classic, finishing in ninth place at 20:00… Finished the Roy Griak Invitational 6K race with a personal-record 24:13… Placed ninth at the WAC Championships with a time of 18:20 in the 5K, a personal-best that earned her a place on the AllWAC second team. Indoor: Ran a career-fastest 3,000 meters at the Tiger Invitational with a second-place finish at 10:31.34. Outdoor: Ran a season-best 10:33.70 in the 3,000 meters at the State Farm ESU Relays to take thirdplace… Ran a personal-record in the 5,000 meters at the Bryan Clay Invitational with a time of 17:53.31. HIGH SCHOOL Earned all-conference, all-conference academic award, all-district, state qualifier, and Newcomer Award as a freshman… Earned all-conference, allconference academic award, all-district, state qualifier, all-conference sportsmanship award, and Eye of the Tiger award as a sophomore… Earned all-conference, all-district, state qualifier, allconference academic award, Leadership Award, and MVP as a junior… Earned all-conference, all conference academic award, all-district, all-state, MVP, team captain, and school record holder (5k, 3200, 1600) as a senior. PERSONAL Born on Nov. 25, 1995… Daughter of Andy and Ginger Carreon… Oldest of siblings Mackenzie and Anderson… Majoring in nursing.

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KYLIE CONROW SOPHOMORE • JUMPS/SPRINTS BOWLING GREEN, MISSOURI BOWLING GREEN HS CAREER BESTS INDOOR EVENT . MARK . . . . . . . . . .MEET (YEAR) 60M . . . . 8.00 . . . .WAC Championships (15) LJ . . . . . 5.09m SDSU Jim Emmerich Inv. (15) TJ . . . . 10.68m . . . . . . . Missouri Inv. (15)

OUTDOOR EVENT . MARK . . . . . . . . . .MEET (YEAR) 100M . . .12.60 . . . KT Woodman Classic (15) 200M . . 26.02 . . . KT Woodman Classic (15) 400M . . 59.59 . . . . . . . . . Tulsa Duels (15) LJ . . . . . 5.05m . . . . . . . . . Tulsa Duels (15) TJ . . . . 10.35m . . State Farm ESU Relays (15)

2015 Indoor: Notched a personal-best in the triple jump at the Missouri Invitational with a mark of 10.68 meters... Set a personal-record in the long jump at the SDSU Jim Emmerich Invitational with a leap of 5.09 meters... Finished the 60 meters at the WAC Indoor Championships in 8.00 seconds for a personal-best time. Outdoor: Set personal-records in the 400 meters (59.59 seconds) and long jump (5.05 meters) at the Tulsa Duels... Set personal-best times in the 100 meters (12.60 seconds) and 200 meters (26.02 seconds) at the Wichita State KT Woodman Classic... Notched a career-best in the triple jump at the State Farm ESU Relays with a mark of 10.35 meters. HIGH SCHOOL As a freshman and sophomore earned allconference and all-district... Earned all-state taking fourth in the long jump and sixth in the 100m, state qualifier in triple jump... 100m PR of 12.19... 400m PR of 58.44... Long jump PR of 18’ 3.5”... Triple jump PR of 37’ 3.5”. PERSONAL Born on Oct. 26, 1995 in St. Joseph West... Daughter to Terry and Tabby Conrow... Majoring in mechanical engineering.

Meet the ‘Roos • 53 2015 Indoor: Redshirt. Outdoor: Recorded a season-long mark in the long jump with a mark of 5.20 meters… Ran a personalbest in the 100 meters at the WAC Outdoor Championships with a time of 12.51 seconds… Also recorded a personal-best mark in the triple jump at the outdoor championships with an 11.16 meter jump.

LYNETTE COTTINGHAM SENIOR • JUMPS/SPRINTS LEE’S SUMMIT, MISSOURI LEE’S SUMMIT HS CAREER BESTS INDOOR EVENT . MARK . . . . . . . . . .MEET (YEAR) 60M . . . . 7.92 . . . . . . . . Wildcat Invite (13) 200M . . .27.22 . . . . .Jayhawk Challenge (13) LJ . . . . . 5.43m . Summit League Champs (13) TJ . . . . 11.45m Summit League Champs (12)

OUTDOOR EVENT . MARK . . . . . . . . . .MEET (YEAR) 100M . . .12.51 . . . .WAC Championships (15) LJ . . . . . 5.39m . . . WAC Championships (14) TJ . . . . 11.16m . . . WAC Championships (15)

2014 Indoor: Set a season-best mark in the long jump at the Bill Easton Classic with a jump of 5.26 meters... Set a season-best in the 60 meters at the Holiday Inn Invitational with a time of 8.03 seconds... Jumped 11.22 meters in the triple jump at the WAC Indoor Championships to set a season-best mark. Outdoor: Set a personal-best in the triple jump at the State Farm ESU Relays with a jump of 11.07 meters... Ran a personal-fastest time (12.55 seconds) in the 100 meters at the MSSU Invite... Set a personal-best mark in the long jump at the WAC Outdoor Championships with a jump of 5.39 meters. 2013 Indoor: Recorded a personal best time of 7.92 in the 60-meter dash to place sixth at the Wildcat Invitational (Jan. 19)… Clocked a personal best time of 27.22 in the 200-meter dash to place fifth at the Jayhawk Classic (Jan. 11)… Recorded a personal best mark of 17-09.75 (5.43m) in the long jump to finish sixth at The Summit League Championships (Feb. 24)… In the 60-meter dash events, placed 13th (8.03) at the Bill Easton Classic (Jan. 5), 12th (8.04) at the Jayhawk Challenge (Jan. 11) and 41st (8.42) in the preliminary round at the Iowa State Classic (Feb. 8)… Was part of a 4x400-meter relay squad that placed eighth (4:21.29) at the Bob Timmons Challenge (Dec. 6)… In the long jump events, took seventh (16-10.75 – 5.15m) at the Bill Easton Classic (Jan. 5), ninth (16-10.50 – 5.14m) at the Wildcat Invitational (Jan. 19), ninth (16-05.75 – 5.02m) at the Bob Timmons Challenge (Dec. 6) and ninth (1603.25 – 4.96m) at the Jayhawk Challenge (Jan. 11)… In the triple jump events, placed 12th (35-04.50 – 10.78m) at The Summit League Championships (Feb. 25), sixth (34-10.50 – 10.63m) at the Holiday Inn Invitational (Jan. 12) and 12th (33-08.75 – 10.28m) at the Mule Relays (Feb. 1). Outdoor: Named to The Summit League Winter/ Spring Academic Honor Roll… recorded personal bests in the 100 meter dash at The Summit League Championships with a time of 12.57, in the long jump at the State Farm/ESU Relays with a mark of 5.42 meters and in the triple jump with a mark of 11.01 meters… finished third at the Missouri Relays in the long jump with a mark of 5.00 meters… finished as the runner-up as part of the 4x400 meter relay team at the Tulsa Duels with a time of 3:54.54.

2012 Indoor: Recorded a personal best time of 8.27 in the 60-meter dash to place second (Section 4) at the Bob Timmons Challenge (12/2)... Finished fifth (8.27) in Heat 1 of the preliminary round of the 60-meter dash at the Jayhawk Classic (1/27)... Placed fifth (8.36) in Section 2 at the Bill Easton Classic (1/7), 20th (8.38) in the preliminary round at the Holiday Preview (12/9), and 31st (8.49) in the preliminary round at the Varsity Apartments Invitational (2/4) in the 60-meter dash events... Recorded a personal best mark of 36-06.75 (11.45m) to place first (Flight 1) in the triple jump at The Summit League Championships (2/25)... Placed 20th (35-04.00 - 10.78m) at the Varsity Apartments Invitational (2/4), fifth (34-07.50 - 10.55) in Flight 1 at the Bob Timmons Challenge (12/2), eighth (33-10.25 - 10.32m) at the UCM Classic (2/17), and seventh (32-10.50 - 10.02m) at the Wildcat Invitational (1/21) in the triple jump events... Recorded a personal best mark of 17-00.00 (5.18m) in the long jump to place 13th at the Iowa State Classic (2/10)... Finished third (16-07.75 - 5.07m) at the UCM Classic (2/17), 13th (16-07.75 - 5.06m) at The Summit League Championships (2/24), 12th (16-05.25) (5.01m) at the Wildcat Invitational (1/21), 23rd (16-05.00 - 5.00m) at the Varsity Apartments Invitational (2/3), third (15-11.00 - 4.85m) in Flight 2 at the Jayhawk Classic (1/27), 12th (15-09.00 4.80m) at the Holiday Preview (12/9), 12th (15-04.00 - 4.67m) at the Kansas State Invitational (1/14), fifth (15-02.75 - 4.64m ) in Flight 1 at the Bill Easton Classic (1/7), and 13th (14-09.25 - 4.50m) at the Bob Timmons Challenge (12/2) in the long jump events. Outdoor: Did not compete. HIGH SCHOOL As a freshman, received All-Conference honors in 100m, 200m, long-jump, and triple-jump events.... Named the Golden Shoe Winner and earned All-State honors in the triple-jump event as a freshman... Earned All-State honors with an eighth place finish in the 4x200m relay as a sophomore... State qualifier in the triple-jump event as a junior... Named team captain and qualified for the state tournament in the 4x200m relay as a senior... Competed with the Accelerate Track Club for three years... Qualified nationally in 2009 with a sixth place finish in the triple-jump event... Competed with the Windsteppers Track Club for eight years... Qualified nationally in 2006 (fourth place) and 2007 (third place) in the triple-jump event. PERSONAL Born February 1, 1993 in Southfield, Mich.... Daughter to Lena and Bobby Cottingham Sr. ...Sister to Bobby Jr. and Jonathan... Majors in Biology.

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RACHEL CULBERSON SOPHOMORE • SPRINTS FLORISSANT, MISSOURI McCLURER HS CAREER BESTS INDOOR EVENT . . . MARK . . . . . . . . MEET (YEAR) 200M . . . . 25.64 . .WAC Championships (15) 400M . . . . 58.05 . .WAC Championships (15)

OUTDOOR EVENT . . . MARK . . . . . . . . MEET (YEAR) 200M . . . . 25.64 . .WAC Championships (15) 400M . . . . 57.46 . . . . . . . . Tulsa Duels (15) 800M . . . . 2:27.13 . . ASU Red Wolf Open (15)

2015 Indoor: Capped off the season with a personalbest mark in the 200 meters at the WAC Indoor Championships with a time of 25.64 seconds, edging her previous-best by over a second, which she set at the Jayhawk Classic… Also set a personalbest in the 400 meter prelims at the Indoor Championships with a time of 58.05 seconds. Outdoor: Set a personal-best mark in the 400 meters at the Tulsa Duels where she finished third with a time of 57.46 seconds… Broke a personalrecord in the 800 meters at the ASU Red Wolf Open with a time of 2:27.13… Helped the women’s 4x400-meter relay team win the WAC Outdoor Championship… Set a career-best time of 25.64 in the 200 meters at the Outdoor Championships. HIGH SCHOOL As a senior earned all-state in the 4x2, 4x4, and 400m, also took second place in the 400m and helped her team win the state championships ... Great Southwest Classic took eighth place... 100m PR of 12.91... 200m PR of 25.70... 400m PR of 55.94.

Meet the ‘Roos • 55 2015 Indoor: Set a career-best time of 7.73 in the 60 meters at the WAC Indoor Track and Field Championships to place fourth… Placed sixth in long jump at the WAC Indoor Championships with a career-record jump of 5.66 meters… Also set a personal-record in the triple jump at the Indoor Championships with a bound of 11.43 meters. Outdoor: Helped the women’s 4X100-meter relay team place first in the Tulsa Duels… Set a personalrecord on her way to winning the 100-meter hurdles at the WAC Outdoor Track and Field Championships with a time of 14.20 seconds… Also set a personalrecord in the 400-meter hurdle prelims of the Outdoor Championships with a time of 1:02.96.

SYDIA DARKER SENIOR • HURDLES/SPRINTS ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI RITENOUR HS CAREER BESTS INDOOR EVENT . MARK . . . . . . . . . .MEET (YEAR) 60M . . . . 7.73 . . . . WAC Championships (15) 200M . . 25.43 . . . .WAC Championships (14) 60H . . . . 8.74 . . . . WAC Championships (14) LJ . . . . . 5.66m . . . WAC Championships (15) TJ . . . . 11.43m . . . WAC Championships (15)

OUTDOOR EVENT . MARK . . . . . . . . . .MEET (YEAR) 100M . . .12.64 . . . . Track-It Buster Inv. (13) 200M . . 26.25 . . . . . . . . . . Beach Inv. (14) 100H . . . 14.20 . . . .WAC Championships (15) 400H . . 1:02.96 . . . WAC Championships (15) LJ . . . . . 5.42m . . . . . . . . . Tulsa Duels (13) TJ . . . . 10.57m . . . WAC Championships (15)

2014 Indoor: Set personal-records in both the 200 meters (25.43 seconds) and 60-meter hurdles (8.74 seconds) at the WAC Indoor Championships. Outdoor: Set a personal-record in the 400-meter hurdles at the WAC Outdoor Championships with a time of 1:03.10. 2013 Indoor: Clocked a personal best time of 7.90 in the 60-meter dash to finish 16th at the Bob Timmons Challenge (Dec. 6)… Set a personal best time of 9.12 in the 60-meter hurdles to place 11th in the preliminary round at The Summit League Championships (Feb. 24)… Clocked a personal best time of 26.12 in the 200-meter dash to finish 14th at The Summit League Championships (Feb. 24)… Recorded a personal best mark of 17-10.75 (5.45m) in the long jump at the Jayhawk Classic (Jan. 25) to place eighth… In the 60-meter dash events, placed 11th (7.92) in the preliminary at The Summit League Championships (Feb. 24) and eighth (7.96) at the Wildcat Invitational (Jan. 19)… In the 60-meter hurdle events, took seventh (9.32) in the preliminary round at the UCM Classic (Feb. 15), 16th (9.50) in the preliminary round at the Jayhawk Classic (Jan. 25), seventh (9.51) at the Wildcat Invitational (Jan. 19) and seventh (9.54) at Jayhawk Challenge (Jan. 11)… In the 200-meter dash events, finished 15th (26.34) at the Jayhawk Classic (Jan. 25) and 12th (26.67) at the Holiday Inn Invitational (Jan. 12)… Was part of a 4x400-meter relay squad that placed sixth (4:11.25) at the Jayhawk Challenge (Jan. 11) and eighth (4:21.29) at the Bob Timmons Challenge (Dec. 6)… In the long jump events, placed sixth (17-09.75 – 5.43m) at the Jayhawk Challenge (Jan. 11), second (17-08.25 – 5.39m) at the Mule Relays (Feb. 1), sixth (17-03.25 – 5.26m) at the Wildcat Invitational (Jan. 19) and fourth (17-02.00 – 5.23m) at the Bob Timmons Challenge (Dec. 6). Outdoor: Recorded personal bests in the 100 meter dash at The Summit League Championships with

a time of 12.55, in the 200 meter dash at the K.T. Woodman Classic with a time of 26.60, in the 100 meter hurdles at the Track-It Buster Invitational with a time of 15.33 and in the long jump at the Tulsa Duels with a mark of 5.42 meters… finished third as part of the 4x100 meter relay team at the Missouri Relays in a time of 49.46… placed third at the Missouri Relays in the 100 meter hurdles in a time of 15.36. HIGH SCHOOL Earned team Most Valuable Player four times... Received conference honorable mention honors as a freshman... Competed in the 4x100-meter and 4x200-meter relay events... Also, took part in the long jump and 200 meter events... Set school records in the 300-meter hurdles and long jump events... Recorded a mark of 18.06m in a long jump event during AAU competition. PERSONAL Born Nov. 9, 1993 in Liberia, Africa and claims St. Louis, Missouri as her hometown... Daughter of Nancy Darker... Sister to Cynthia... Pursuing a bachelor of science degree.

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DAHLIA DYSON SENIOR • THROWS O’FALLON, MISSOURI FORT ZUMWALT WEST HS CAREER BESTS INDOOR EVENT . . . MARK . . . . . . . . MEET (YEAR) SP . . . . . .13.98m . . WAC Championships (14) WT . . . . . .18.59m . . WAC Championships (14)

OUTDOOR EVENT . . . MARK . . . . . . . . MEET (YEAR) SP . . . . . .14.28m . . WAC Championships (15) DISC . . . . 46.35m . . Beach Invitational (14) HAM . . . . 53.00m . . Rock Chalk Classic (15)

2015 Indoor: Set a season-best mark in the weight throw at the SDSU Jim Emmerich Invitational with a toss of 17.69 meters… Won the shot put at the WAC Indoor Championships with a season-best throw of 13.77 meters. Outdoor: Set a personal-record at the Rock Chalk Classic in the hammer throw with a mark of 53.00 meters… Set a season-best in the discus with a throw of 45.10 meters to earn the WAC Outdoor Championships title in the event… Also won the shot put at the Outdoor Championships with a personal-record throw of 14.28 meters… Was named the Women’s Outstanding Field Performer at the outdoor championships and was the High-Point Award winner. 2014 Indoor: Won the shot put event at the Bob Timmons Challenge with a mark of 17.25 meters... Won the weight throw at the Missouri Invitational with a mark of 18.26 meters... Set a personal-records in the shot put (13.98 meters) and the weight throw (18.59 meters) at the WAC Indoor Championships... Her mark in the weight throw earned her the WAC title in the event. Outdoor: Set a personal-best in the shot put at the Missouri Invitational with a mark of 13.67 meters... Set a career-best mark in the discus with a 46.35-meter throw at the Beach Invitational... Set a personal-best in the hammer at the WAC Outdoor Championships with a mark of 51.60 meters. 2013 Indoor: Earned Summit League Track & Field Female Athlete of the Week honors (Jan. 8)… Won the bronze medal in the weight throw event at The Summit League Championships (Feb. 24) with a personal best mark of 59-01.25 (18.01m), in what was the second furthest throw in UMKC history… Recorded a personal best mark of 42-00.50 (12.81m) in the shot put, in what was the fifth furthest throw in UMKC history, to place 11th at The Summit League Championships (Feb. 25)… Placed first in the weight throw (53-07.50 – 16.34m) at the Bill Easton Classic (Jan. 5). Outdoor: Recorded the third best mark in school history in the shot put with a mark of 13.01 meters at The Summit League Championships to place 13th, the fourth best mark in the discus with a toss of 45.26 meters at the State Farm/ESU Relays to place fourth and the fourth best mark in the hammer throw with a mark of 51.52 meters at the PSU/Wendy’s Invitational to place third… recorded one top-five and five top-10’s in the shot put, recorded on top-five and five top-10’s in the discus and two topfives and six top-10’s in the hammer throw, including a third place finish at the Track-It Buster Invitational with a mark of 48.21 meters.

2012 Indoor: Recorded a personal best mark of 41-06.50 (12.66m) in the shot put to place second at the Bob Timmons Challenge (12/2)... Placed fifth (4105.00 - 12.66m) in Flight 2 at the Bill Easton Classic (1/7), fourth (40-08.25 - 10.40m) at the Wildcat Invitational (1/21), ninth (40-08.25 - 12.40m) at the Holiday Preview (12/9), and fourth (40-02.75 12.26m) at the Kansas State Invitational (1/14) in the shot put events... Placed first in the weight throw at the Bill Easton Classic (1/7) with a personal best mark of 53-00.75 (16.17m)... Finished fifth (5203.35 - 15.93m) at the Kansas State Invitational (1/14), third (51-06.50 - 15.71m) in Flight 1 at the Bob Timmons Challenge (12/2), eighth (50-01.25 - 15.27m) at the Wildcat Invitational (1/21), and eighth (48-00.75 - 14.65m) at the Holiday Preview in the weight throw events. Outdoor: Did not compete. HIGH SCHOOL Earned junior varsity Most Improved honors as a freshman... Earned varsity Most Improved honors as a sophomore... Served as team captain and earned the team’s MVP award along with All-State, All-Conference, and All-District honors as a junior and senior... Named Suburban Journal Athlete of the Week and 95.7 FM Sports Talk Radio Athlete of the Week as a senior... In Class 4 state tournament competition in the shot-put event, placed 15th (2009), fifth (2010), and fourth (2011)... Placed first in discus competition in the 2011 Class 4 State Tournament... In Class 4 Conference Tournament competition, placed second and third (2009), first (2010), and first (2011) in the shot-put and discus events... Hold numerous track-and-field school and St. Louis high school area records... Personal best in the shot-put event is 44’-8”... Personal best in the discus event is 149’-9” Played junior varsity basketball as a forward and center... Honor roll student in all four years... Was a member of Student Council, Empowering Young Women, DECA, and Girls Scouts of Eastern Missouri. PERSONAL Born June 9, 1993 in St. Louis, Mo.... Parents Tracy and Lillian Ann Dyson... has one sister, Lawson... Majors in Business Administration.

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DAIWA EMMERT SOPHOMORE • JUMPS/SPRINTS BOLIVAR, MISSOURI BOLIVAR HS CAREER BESTS INDOOR EVENT . MARK . . . . . . . . . .MEET (YEAR) 800M . . 2:48.64 C. Robinson Winter Pent. (15) 60H . . . .10.25 . . . .WAC Championships (15) HJ . . . . 1.58m . . . .WAC Championships (15) LJ . . . . . 4.99m . . . WAC Championships (15) TJ . . . . 10.40m . . . WAC Championships (15) SP . . . . 8.36m Bob Timmons Challenge (15) PENT . . . 2618 . . . .WAC Championships (15)

OUTDOOR EVENT . MARK . . . . . . . . . .MEET (YEAR) 100M . . .13.24 . . . . . . . . . Tulsa Duels (15) HJ . . . . 1.55m . . State Farm ESU Relays (15) LJ . . . . . 4.99m . . . . . ESU Spring Open (15) TJ . . . . . 9.88m . . . . . . . . . Tulsa Duels (15)

2015 Indoor: Set a personal-record in the shot put at the Bob Timmons Challenge with a mark of 8.36 meters… Ran a personal-best 800 meters at the Carol Robinson Winter Pentathlon with a time of 2:48.64… Set personal-records in the 60-meter hurdles (10.25 seconds), high jump (1.58 meters), long jump (4.99 meters) and triple jump (10.40 meters) at the WAC Indoor Championships with a career-best 2,618 points in the pentathlon. Outdoor: Set personal-records in the 100 meters (13.24 seconds) and triple jump (9.88 meters) at the Tulsa Duels… Recorded a personal-best mark in the long jump at the ESU Spring Open with a leap of 4.99 meters… Set a career-record in the high jump at the State Farm ESU Relays with a mark of 1.55 meters. HIGH SCHOOL As a freshman earned all-district and allconference... As a sophomore earned team MVP, all-conference, and all-district... As a junior earned co-MVP as well as all-conference, all-district, and all-state... As a senior earned team captain and MVP while also making all-conference, all-district, and all-state... Placed sixth in state for long jump... State qualifier in the high jump and triple jump... High jump PR of 5’ 4”... Long jump PR of 17’ 7”... Triple jump PR of 36’ 6”. PERSONAL Born on Oct. 31, 1995 in Bolivar, Mo... Daughter of Terri Park and Scott Emmert... Sister to Brandon, 16, Autumn, 7, and Corey, 24... Majoring in secondary education.

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SARAH FOGARTY JUNIOR • DISTANCE O’FALLON, MISSOURI FORT ZUMWALT WEST HS CAREER BESTS CROSS COUNTRY EVENT . . . MARK . . . . . . . . MEET (YEAR) 5K . . . . . . 18:16 . . WAC Championships (15) 6K . . . . . . 21:33 . . . Pre-National Invite (15)

INDOOR EVENT . . . MARK . . . . . . . . MEET (YEAR) MILE . . . . 5:01.62 . . . Nebraska Tune-Up (15) 3000M . . 10:13.56 . . Jim Emmerich Inv. (15)

OUTDOOR EVENT . . . MARK . . . . . . . . MEET (YEAR) 1500M . . . 4:40.15 . K.T. Woodman Classic (15) 3000M . . 10:37.19 . . . Arkansas Twilight (14) 5000M . . 19:18.91 . WAC Championships (14) 400H . . . .1:11.09 . . . State Farm ESU Relays 2000S . . . 6:55.36 . . . . . . . Tulsa Duels (15) 3000S . . 10:53.03 . . Rock Chalk Classic (15)

2015 Cross Country (2014): Placed 12th at the Bob Timmons Classic with a personal-best time in the 4K of 20:01… Earned Second-Team All-WAC honors with a 14th-place finish at the WAC Championships with a 5K time of 18:32… Finished the NCAA Midwest Regional 6K with a personal-best time of 21:53. Indoor: Set a personal-record in the 3,000 meters at the SDSU Jim Emmerich Invitational with a time of 10:13.56… Set a career-best time in the mile at the Nebraska Tune-Up with a time of 5:01.62… Was a member of the first-place distance medley relay team at the Jayhawk Classic. Outdoor: Won the 2,000-meter steeplechase with a personal-record time of 6:55.36 at the Tulsa Duels… Placed third in the 1,500 meters at the Wichita State KT Woodman Classic with a careerbest time of 4:40.15… Took second-place in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the Rock Chalk Classic with a personal-record time of 10:53.03… Placed second at the WAC Outdoor Championships in the 3,000-meter steeple with a time of 11:08.68. 2014 Cross Country (2013): Opened the season at the Bob Timmons Classic with a 22nd place finish in the 5K in a time of 20:13.63… finished 28th at the Woody Greeno/Nebraska Invitational with a time of 23:31.30 in the 6K… placed 90th at the Adidas Notre Dame Invitational with a time of 19:14.50 in the 5K… came in 132nd at the ISU Pre-Nationals with a time of 23:04.21 in the 6K… finished 27th at the WAC Championships in the 5K with a time of 19:21.40… placed 157th at the NCAA Midwest Regional with a time of 23:06.20 in the 6K. Indoor: Set a season-best in the 3,000 meters at the Missouri Invitational with a time of 10:37.13... Ran the mile in 5:11.71 for a personal-best time at the WAC Indoor Championships. Outdoor: Set a season-best time in the 2,000-meter steeplechase at the Tulsa Duels with a time of 7:20.65... Set a personal-best in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 1:11.09 at the State Farm ESU Relays... Ran the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the Beach Invitational in a personal-best time of 11:25.31... Ran a personal-best 3,000 meters at the Arkansas Twilight meet with a time of 10:37.19... Ran the 5,000 meters at the WAC Outdoor Championships in a personal-best time of 19:18.91.

HIGH SCHOOL Earned all-conference honors in cross country and track as a sophomore... all-district in track as a sophomore... qualified for state in the 4x800 meter relay... was all-conference, all-district, and all-state in cross country as a junior... earned all-district in track as a junior... earned all-state honors in cross country and track as a senior. PERSONAL Born on February 23, 1995 in Katy, Texas... daughter of Ron and Pam Fogarty... has two brothers, Justin and Ryan, and four sisters, Rose, Victoria, Hannah and Rebekah... majoring in biology.

Meet the ‘Roos • 59 2015 Cross Country (2014): Redshirt. Indoor: Ran a personal-record 3,000 meters at the Tiger Invitational with a time of 10:38.93. Outdoor: Ran to a personal-best time in the 3,000 meters at the State Farm ESU Relays with a time of 10:46.60… Set a career-record in the 5,000 meters at the ASU Red Wolf Open with a time of 18:15.06 to earn third-place.

TABITHA GRIFFITH SOPHOMORE • DISTANCE FARMINGTON, MISSOURI FARMINGTON HS CAREER BESTS CROSS COUNTRY EVENT . MARK . . . . . . . . . .MEET (YEAR) 5K . . . . .18:23 . . . .WAC Championships (15) 6K . . . . 22:43 . . . . .Pre-National Invite (15)

INDOOR EVENT . MARK . . . . . . . . . .MEET (YEAR) 3000M 10:38.93 . . . . Tiger Invitational (15)

OUTDOOR EVENT . MARK . . . . . . . . . .MEET (YEAR) 3000M 10:46.60 . State Farm ESU Relays (15) 5000M . 18:15.06 . . . ASU Red Wolf Open (15)

HIGH SCHOOL Earned eighth all-conference, 13th all-district as a freshman… Earned second as a team at state, allconference in the two mile for track and field as a sophomore… Earned fifth all-conference, second all-district, 19th sectional, track and field allconference, and MVP… Earned class 4, second alldistrict, ninth sectional, eighth at state, MVP, team captain, track and field all conference (1600, 800, 4x800, 3200) all-district (1600, 3200,) as a senior. PERSONAL Born on Jul. 25, 1996 in Houston, Texas… Daughter of Korene and Willie… Oldest of four siblings Adam, Taylor, Arinn, and Thomas… Majoring in education and history.

60 • 2016 UMKC Track & Field 2015 Cross Country (2014): Redshirt. Indoor: Was a member of the first-place distance medley relay team at the Jayhawk Classic… Ran to a season-best time in the 800 meters at the Nebraska Tune-Up with a time of 2:16.95. Outdoor: Set a personal-record in the 400 meters at the State Farm ESU Relays with a time of 1:00.35… Recorded a season-best time in the 800 meters at the Rock Chalk Classic, finishing in 2:13.69.

BROOKE GUIOT JUNIOR • DISTANCE WARRENSBURG, MISSOURI WARRENSBURG HS CAREER BESTS CROSS COUNTRY EVENT . MARK . . . . . . . . . .MEET (YEAR) 5K . . . . .20:11 . . . . Forest Park Festival (15) 6K . . . . 23:58 . . . . Rim Rock Challenge (15)

INDOOR EVENT . MARK . . . . . . . . . .MEET (YEAR) 600M . . 1:36.32 . . . . . . Holiday Inn Inv. (14) 600Y . . 1:26.44 . . . . . . Jayhawk Classic (14) 800M . . 2:15.06 . . . WAC Championships (14)

OUTDOOR EVENT . MARK . . . . . . . . . .MEET (YEAR) 400M . . 1:00.35 . . State Farm ESU Relays (15) 800M . . 2:12.70 . . . . . . . Bryan Clay Inv. (14)

2014 Cross Country (2013): Opened the season at the Bob Timmons Classic with a 39th place finish in the 5K in a time of 22:16.93… Finished 68th at the Woody Greeno/Nebraska Invitational with a time of 25:18.30 in the 6K… Placed 94th in the Rim Rock Classic with a time of 26:06.56 in the 6K… Finished the Gary Stoner Invitational in 38th with a time of 23:17.60 in the 5K. Indoor: Ran the 600 yards in 1:26.44 at the Jayhawk Classic for personal-best time... Set a personal-record in the 600 meters at the Holiday Inn Invitational with a time of 1:36.32... Ran the 800 meters at the WAC Indoor Championships in 2:15.06 to set a season-best time. Outdoor: Ran the 400 meters at the Missouri Relays in a season best 1:00.36... Set a personalbest time in the 800 meters at the Bryan Clay Invitational, finishing the race in 2:12.70. HIGH SCHOOL Named Warrensburg’s top distance runner as a freshman... earned all-district and all-conference honors, won team championship... all-district, all-conference, all-sectional and all-state as a sophomore... all-district, all-conference, allsectional and all-state as a junior... top point scorer, all-conference, all-district, all-sectional, and allstate as a senior... teams won conference titles in sophomore and senior seasons. PERSONAL Born on May 31, 1995, in Clinton, Mo... daughter of Lynn Melin and Joe Guiot... has two siblings, Kelsey and Reagan... majoring in chemistry and psychology.

Meet the ‘Roos • 61 2015 Indoor: Set a personal-record in the 400 meters at the Bob Timmons Challenge with a time of 1:00.26… Won the 600-yard run at the Jayhawk Classic with a personal-best time of 1:29.54. Outdoor: Redshirt.

EBONY HOPGOOD SOPHOMORE • SPRINTS ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI LAFAYETTE HS CAREER BESTS INDOOR EVENT . MARK . . . . . . . . . .MEET (YEAR) 400M . . 1:00.26 Bob Timmons Challenge (15) 600Y . . 1:29.54 . . . . . . Jayhawk Classic (15)

HIGH SCHOOL As a freshman ran a 14.13 in the 100m, 28.57 in the 200m, 64.34 in the 400m... As a sophomore ran a 14.08 in the 100m, 28.6 in the 200m, and 64.67 in the 400m... As a junior ran a 13.74 in the 100m, 27.44 in the 200m, and 62.06 in the 400m... As a senior ran a 13.57 in the 100m, 27.93 in the 200m, and 58.65 in the 400m, she also helped her team finish 6th in the 4x4 relay and 7th in the 4x2 at the state tournament. PERSONAL Born on June 30, 1996 in St. Louis, Mo... Daughter of Stephanie and Collins Hopgood... Sister to Jaelynn, 20, Chelsie, 17, Alayna, 12, Chandler, 10, Martinelle, 6, Elijah and Emmanuel, 4... Majoring in Pre-nursing.

62 • 2016 UMKC Track & Field 2015 Indoor: Set a personal-record in the 600 meters at the SDSU Jim Emmerich Invitational with a time of 1:37.59… Ran a season-fastest 600 yards at the Jayhawk Classic, finishing in 1:28.07 and was a member of the first-place distance medley relay team… Ran a season-best 2:20.78 in the 800 meters at the Tiger Invitational. Outdoor: Was a member of the first-place winning 4x400-meter relay team at the ASU Red Wolf Open… Set a personal-record in the 800 meters at the Rock Chalk Classic with a time of 2:15.52.

JANELLE JOHNSON JUNIOR • HURDLES/SPRINTS ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI McCLUER SOUTH-BERKELEY HS CAREER BESTS INDOOR EVENT . MARK . . . . . . . . . .MEET (YEAR) 400M . . 59.79 . . . . . . KSU Invitational (14) 600M . . 1:37.59 . . . . Jim Emmerich Inv. (15) 600Y . . . 1:27.41 . . . . . . Jayhawk Classic (14) 800M . . 2:17.38 . . . WAC Championships (14)

OUTDOOR EVENT . MARK . . . . . . . . . .MEET (YEAR) 800M . . 2:15.52 . . . . Rock Chalk Classic (15)

2014 Indoor: Notched a personal-best time in the 600 meters at the Holiday Inn Invitational with a time of 1:38.80... Set a personal-record in the 600 yards at the Jayhawk Classic with a time of 1:27.41... Ran the 400 meters in 59.79 seconds at the KSU Invitational, marking a career-best time... Won the 800 meters at the UCM Classic with a time of 2:21.83. Outdoor: Set a personal-record in the 800 meters at the WAC Outdoor Championships with a time of 2:18.20. HIGH SCHOOL Won a state championship as a freshman, during which time she competed in the 4x100, 4x200, 4x400 and 4x800-meter relays... finished fourth in the state in the 800 as a sophomore... finished eighth at state in the 800 as a senior. PERSONAL Born on April 16, 1995 in St. Louis, Mo... the daughter of Barbara Morris and Raymond Johnson... majoring in biology/pre-med.

Meet the ‘Roos • 63 2015 Indoor: Set personal-records in the 200 (28.84 seconds) and 400 meters (1:05.82) at the Bob Timmons Challenge… Recorded a career-best time in the 60 meters at the Missouri Invitational with a time of 8.84 seconds... Set a personal-best in the high jump at the WAC Indoor Championships with a mark of 1.64 meters. Outdoor: Recorded three personal-records at the Tulsa Duels, including the 200 meters (28.36 seconds), 100-meter hurdles (21.53 seconds), and long jump (4.69 meters)… Matched a career-best 1.62 meters in the high jump to win the title at the WAC Outdoor Championships.

DASJAH MASON JUNIOR • JUMPS ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI INCARNATE WORD ACADEMY CAREER BESTS INDOOR EVENT . MARK . . . . . . . . . .MEET (YEAR) 60M . . . . 8.84 . . . . . . . . Missouri Inv. (15) 200M . . 28.59 . Bob Timmons Challenge (14) 400M . . 1:05.82 Bob Timmons Challenge (15) HJ . . . . 1.64m . . . .WAC Championships (15) LJ . . . . . 4.63m . . . . . . KSU Invitational (14)

OUTDOOR EVENT . MARK . . . . . . . . . .MEET (YEAR) 200M . . 28.36 . . . . . . . . . Tulsa Duels (15) 100H . . . 21.53 . . . . . . . . . Tulsa Duels (15) HJ . . . . 1.62m . . . .WAC Championships (15) LJ . . . . . 5.06m . . . . . . . . . Tulsa Duels (14)

2014 Indoor: Set a personal-record in the long jump at the KSU Invitational with a mark of 4.63 meters... Jumped 1.62 meters in the high jump at the WAC Indoor Championships for a season-best mark. Outdoor: Set a personal-best in the long jump at 5.06 meters at the Tulsa Duels... Set a personal-best in the high jump at the WAC Outdoor Championships with a mark of 1.62 meters. HIGH SCHOOL Incarnate Word junior varsity basketball team captain and team MVP as a junior... track and field team captain and team MVP as a senior... allconference as a senior... holds school records in the high jump (5’ 4”) and long jump (17’ 2”)... ran with the St. Louis Blues Track Club for three years... an AAU national qualifier in the 4x800-meter relay in 2011 and 2012, placing second and first, respectively... an AAU national qualifier in the high jump in 2011, ‘12 and ‘13, placing fourth, third and first, respectively... AAU Junior Olympics participant in the 4x800-meter relay and the high jump... played guard on the basketball team... member of National Honors Society and National High School Scholars in 2012... the Science Club secretary, Running Club president, Ultimate Frisbee president, a member of National Honors Society and a student ambassador. PERSONAL Born on Sept. 18, 1995... the daughter of Felicia and Gregory Mason... majoring in pre-pharmacy.

64 • 2016 UMKC Track & Field 2015 Cross Country (2014): Placed 100th at the Forest Park Festival with a time of 21:49 in the 5K... Took 64th in the 6K women’s race at the Rim Rock Classic with a time of 28:03... Finished 52nd at the WAC Championships with a 20:58 5K time. Indoor: Won the 800 meters at the Jayhawk Classic with a time of 2:27.46. Outdoor: Recorded a personal-record in the 800 meters at the Wichita State KT Woodman Classic… Set a personal-best in the 400 meters at the ASU Red Wolf Open with a time of 1:00.14.

HANNA MILLER JUNIOR • DISTANCE SAVANNAH, MISSOURI SAVANNAH HS CAREER BESTS CROSS COUNTRY EVENT . MARK . . . . . . . . . .MEET (YEAR) 5K . . . . 20:38 . . . . . . Gary Stoner Inv. (13) 6K . . . . 25:32 . . . . . .Rim Rock Classic (15)

INDOOR EVENT . MARK . . . . . . . . . .MEET (YEAR) 800M . . 2:22.81 . . . . . . Jayhawk Classic (14) 1000M . 3:13.98 . . . . . . Holiday Inn Inv. (14)

OUTDOOR EVENT . MARK . . . . . . . . . .MEET (YEAR) 400M . . 1:00.14 . . . . ASU Red Wolf Open (15) 800M . . 2:24.20 . . K.T. Woodman Classic (15)

2014 Cross Country (2013): Opened the season at the Bob Timmons Classic with a 43rd place finish in the 5K in a time of 23:08.62… finished 79th at the Woody Greeno/Nebraska Invitational with a time of 26:31.60 in the 6K… placed 103rd in the Rim Rock Classic with a time of 26:44.56 in the 6K… finished the Gary Stoner Invitational in 13th with a time of 20:38.50 in the 5K. Indoor: Set a personal-best time in the 1,000 meters at the Holiday Inn Invitational with a time of 3:13.98... Set a career-best time in the 800 meters at the Jayhawk Classic with a time of 2:22.81. Outdoor: Redshirt. HIGH SCHOOL Earned Coaches Award for track as a freshman... first team all-conference and all-district... first team all-conference in track and cross country as a sophomore... state qualifier in cross country, all-district and all-state in track... first team allconference in cross country, all-district track and all-state track as a junior... all-conference, alldistrict and all-state in track as a senior. PERSONAL Born on February 20, 1995, in Springfield, Mo... the daughter of Mitch and Barb Miller... has two siblings, Kendall and Nate... majoring in nursing.

Meet the ‘Roos • 65 2015 Indoor: Set a personal-best mark in the high jump at the Carol Robinson Winter Pentathlon… Recorded a career-best time in the 600 meters at the Nebraska Tune-Up, finishing in 1:41.29… Threw a career-long 9.73 meters in the shot put at the WAC Indoor Championships. Outdoor: Set season-best marks in the 400-meter hurdles (1:02.51) and triple jump (10.89 meters) at the WAC Outdoor Championships.

PATRICIA MILLER SENIOR • SPRINTS ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI LAFAYETTE WILDWOOD HS CAREER BESTS INDOOR EVENT . MARK . . . . . . . . . .MEET (YEAR) 400M . . .59.01 . . . . . Bill Easton Classic (14) 600M . . 1:41.29 . . . . Nebraska Tune-Up (15) 800M . . 2:23.68 . . .WAC Championships (14) 60H . . . . 9.23 . . . .WAC Championships (14) HJ . . . . 1.50m . C. Robinson Winter Pent. (15) LJ . . . . . 5.22m . Bob Timmons Challenge (13) TJ . . . . 11.63m Bob Timmons Challenge (13) SP . . . . 9.73m . . . .WAC Championships (15) IPENT . . .3169 . Summit League Champs (13)

OUTDOOR EVENT . MARK . . . . . . . . . .MEET (YEAR) 400M . . 58.43 . . . . . . . Bryan Clay Inv. (14) 100H . . . 16.06 . . . . . . . . . Tulsa Duels (14) 400H . . 1:01.49 Summit League Champs (13) TJ . . . . 11.81m . . Emporia State Relays (13)

2014 Indoor: Set a personal-best in the 400 meters at the Bill Easton Classic with a time of 59.01 seconds... Notched personal-best times in the 800 meters (2:23.68) and 60-meter hurdles (9.23 seconds) at the WAC Indoor Championships. Outdoor: Set a personal-record in the 100-meter hurdles at the Tulsa Duels with a time of 16.06 seconds... Notched a career-best time in the 400 meters at the Bryan Clay Invitational with a time of 58.43 seconds. 2013 Indoor: Recorded the fifth most points (3,169) in UMKC history in a pentathlon event to place seventh at The Summit League Championships (Feb. 24)… Clocked a personal best time of 9.68 in the 60-meter hurdles to place eighth at the Wildcat Invitational (Jan. 19)… Set a personal best time of 59.54 in the 400-meter dash to place third at the Jayhawk Classic (Jan. 25)… Recorded a personal best mark of 4-09.75 (1.47m) in the high jump to place seventh at the Mule Relays (Feb. 1)… Set a personal best mark of 17-01.50 (5.22m) in the long jump to place fifth at the Bob Timmons Challenge (Dec. 6)… Recorded a personal best mark of 3802.00 (11.63m) in triple jump at the Bob Timmons Challenge (Dec. 6)… Set a personal mark of 26-07.25 (8.11m) in the shot put at the Wildcat Invitational (Jan. 19) to place seventh…Won the 800 meters event at the UCM Classic (Feb. 15) with a personal best time of 2:26.18… In the 60-meter hurdle events, placed 44th (9.91) in the preliminary round at the Iowa State Classic (Feb. 8) and ninth (11.27) at the Jayhawk Challenge (Jan. 11)… Placed 13th (1:00.99) at the Holiday Inn Invitational (Jan. 12) in the 400-meter dash… Was part of a 4x400-meter relay squad that placed fourth (3:54.10) at the Holiday Inn Invitational (Jan. 12), 16th (3:54.82) at the Iowa State Classic (Feb. 8), fifth (3:56.80) at The Summit League Championships (Feb. 25), third (3:58.32) at the Wildcat Invitational (Jan. 19), sixth (4:00.82) at the Bob Timmons Challenge (Dec. 6) and fourth (4:07.45) at the Jayhawk Challenge (Jan. 11)… Placed sixth (4-07.50 – 1.41m) in the high jump at the UCM Classic (Feb. 15)… In the long jump events, finished 16th (17-01.50 – 5.22m) at the Jayhawk

Classic (Jan. 25), 10th (16-08.50 – 5.09m) at the Wildcat Invitational (Jan. 19), eighth (16-07.00 – 5.05m) at the Jayhawk Challenge (Jan. 11) and 15th (15-10.50 – 4.84m) at the Iowa State Classic (Feb. 8)… In the triple jump events, took 10th (36-02.00 – 11.02m) at The Summit League Championships (Feb. 25) and second (35-10.00 – 10.92m) at the Wildcat Invitational (Jan. 19)… Placed 17th (26-02.75 – 7.99m) in the shot put at the UCM Classic (Feb. 25)… Placed fourth (2,989) in the pentathlon at the Mule Relays (Feb. 1). Outdoor: Named All-Summit League… recorded the fifth fastest time in school history in the 400 meter hurdles with a time of 1:01.49 at The Summit League Championships to place fifth… registered personal bests in the 400 meter dash at the Missouri Relays with a time of 1:00.38 and in the triple jump at the State Farm/ESU Relays with a mark of 11.81 meters to place third… placed third at the Track-It Buster Invitational in the 400 meter hurdles with a time of 1:02.54 and in the triple jump at the Tulsa Duels with a mark of 11.59 meters… placed third as part of the 4x100 meter relay team at the Missouri Relays in a time of 49.46 and second as part of the 4x400 meter relay team in a time of 4:09.30… finished third as part of the 4x400 meter relay team at the State Farm/ESU Relays with a time of 3:56.40, at the K.T. Woodman Classic with a time of 3:56.70 and at The Summit League Championships with a time of 3:48.47. HIGH SCHOOL As a senior, served as a team captain under head coach Rick Voss along with winning the 100% Award and the Best Sprinter honor... Record season-best times of 25.57 (200 meters, school record), 58.75 (400 meters), and a mark of 37.82 in the triple jump during senior season... Was part of a group that placed eighth (4x400-meter relay) in state Class 4A State Competition in 2012... Was part of a 4x400meter relay team that set a school record of 3:59. PERSONAL Born Feb. 4, 1994 in St. Louis, Mo... Daughter of Dana Taylor and Patrick Miller... Sister to Tiana, Latia, and Patra... Majoring in criminology.

66 • 2016 UMKC Track & Field 2015 Cross Country (2014): Ran a personal-best time of 19:19 in the 5K at the WAC Championships to place 29th… Ran a career-best 6K with a time of 22:55 at the NCAA Midwest Regionals. Indoor: Ran a season-best 3,000 meters at the Tiger Invitational with a time of 10:48.22… Set a season-fastest time in the 5,000 meters at the WAC Indoor Championships, finishing the race in 19:37.31. Outdoor: Set a personal-record in the 10,000 meters at the Wichita State KT Woodman Classic, placing second with a time of 38:03.16… Recorded a personal-best time of 18:01.90 in the 5,000 meters at the Rock Chalk Classic.

MEGAN MILLS JUNIOR • DISTANCE NIXA, MISSOURI NIXA HS CAREER BESTS CROSS COUNTRY EVENT . . MARK . . . . . . . . .MEET (YEAR) 5K . . . . . 19:19 . . .WAC Championships (14) 6K . . . . . 22:55 . NCAA Midwest Regional (14) INDOOR EVENT . . MARK . . . . . . . . .MEET (YEAR) MILE . . . 5:29.00 . . . . . . . UCM Classic (14) 3000M . 10:43.79 . . . . . . Missouri Inv. (14) 5000M . 19:03.25 . .WAC Championships (14)

OUTDOOR EVENT . . MARK . . . . . . . . .MEET (YEAR) 3000M . 10:34.67 . . . Arkansas Twilight (14) 5000M . 18:01.90 . . .Rock Chalk Classic (15) 10000M 38:03.46 . K.T. Woodman Classic (15)

2014 Cross Country (2013): Opened the season at the Bob Timmons Classic with a 31st place finish in the 5K in a time of 21:20.51… finished 58th at the Woody Greeno/Nebraska Invitational with a time of 24:24.80 in the 6K… came in 63rd at the Rim Rock Classic with a time of 24:17.75 in the 6K… finished the Gary Stoner Invitational in 8th with a time of 19:50.00 in the 5K… placed 160th at the NCAA Midwest Regional with a time of 23:10.30 in the 6K. Indoor: Set a personal-best in the 3,000 meters at the Missouri Invitational with a time of 10:43.79... Set a personal-best in the mile at the UCM Classic finishing the event in 5:29.00... Set a personalbest in the 5,000 meters at the WAC Indoor Championships with a time of 19:03.25. Outdoor: Set a personal-best in the 5,000 meters at the Bill Cornell Spring Classic with a time of 18:14.26... Set a career-best time in the 3,000 meters with a time of 10:34.67 at the Arkansas Twilight meet. HIGH SCHOOL Earned all-conference honors in cross country as a freshman and a sophomore... all-conference, alldistrict and team MVP as a junior... all-conference and second team all-district as a senior... named team MVP as a senior. PERSONAL Born on May 20, 1995, in Springfield, Mo... the daughter of Jeff and Kelly Mills... has one brother, Benjamin, and two sisters, Abby and Lucy... majoring in elementary education.

Meet the ‘Roos • 67 2015 Indoor: Took first in the long jump at the Jayhawk Classic with a mark of 5.49 meters… Her jump of 5.68 meters in the long jump at the Missouri Invitational marked a career-best… Set a personalbest in the 60 meters Tiger Invitational with a time of 8.09 seconds… Set a personal-record in the triple jump at the WAC Indoor Championships with a mark of 11.26 meters. Outdoor: Set a personal-best in the long jump at the Tulsa Duels with a 5.75 meter jump… Ran the 200 meters at the ASU Red Wolf Open in a careerbest 26.11 seconds… Set two personal-records at the WAC Outdoor Championships, 12.26 seconds in the 100 meters and 11.41 meters in the triple jump.

TRACI MILLS SOPHOMORE • JUMPS/SPRINTS ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI SOLDAN INTERNATIONAL STUDIES HS CAREER BESTS INDOOR EVENT . MARK . . . . . . . . . .MEET (YEAR) 60M . . . . 8.09 . Bob Timmons Challenge (15) LJ . . . . . 5.68m . . . . . . . . Missouri Inv. (15) TJ . . . . 11.26m . . . WAC Championships (15)

OUTDOOR EVENT . MARK . . . . . . . . . .MEET (YEAR) 100M . . .12.26 . . . .WAC Championships (15) 200M . . .26.11 . . . . ASU Red Wolf Open (15) LJ . . . . . 5.75m . . . . . . . . . Tulsa Duels (15) TJ . . . . 11.41m . . . WAC Championships (15)

HIGH SCHOOL As a sophomore earned all-state in the 4x4... As a junior state champ in long jump...As a senior earned all-state in the long jump, districts, sectional, state champ in the long jump... 100m PR of 12.64... Long jump PR of 18’ 9”... Triple jump PR of 36’ 7.5”. PERSONAL Born on Apr. 9, 1996 in St. Louis, Mo... Daughter of April Mills... Majoring in pre-physical therapy.

68 • 2016 UMKC Track & Field 2015 Indoor: Set a personal-record in the weight throw at the Nebraska Tune-Up with a mark of 16.33 meters… Threw the shot put a personal-best 11.35 meters at the WAC Indoor Championships. Outdoor: Set a personal-best mark in the shot put at the Wichita State KT Woodman Classic with a throw of 11.13 meters… Threw the hammer at the Rock Chalk Classic for a personal-record 49.54 meters… Set a personal-best in the discus with a throw of 40.48 meters at the WAC Outdoor Championships.

YASMIN MUSADDIQ JUNIOR • THROWS ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI MICDS HS CAREER BESTS INDOOR EVENT . . . MARK . . . . . . . . MEET (YEAR) SP . . . . . .11.35m . . WAC Championships (15) WT . . . . . .16.33m . . . Nebraska Tune-Up (15)

OUTDOOR EVENT . . . MARK . . . . . . . . MEET (YEAR) SP . . . . . . 11.13m . K.T. Woodman Classic (15) DISC . . . . 40.48m . WAC Championships (15) HAM . . . . 49.54m . . Rock Chalk Classic (15)

2014 Indoor: Set a personal-best mark in the shot put at the Missouri Invitational with a mark of 9.73 meters... Notched a personal-best in the weight throw at the WAC Indoor Championships with a throw of 16.31 meters. Outdoor: Notched a personal-best in the discus at the Bill Cornell Spring Invite with a throw of 38.34 meters... Set a personal-best in the hammer at the MSSU Invite with a throw of 48.02 meters. HIGH SCHOOL Competed as a thrower in all four years under coaches Jim Lohr and Nick Menneke... Recorded personal best marks of 122’10” in the discus (school record) and 34’2.5” in the shot put during senior season... As a junior, recorded season best marks of 116’1” in the discus and 32’5” in the shot put... Earned a junior varsity letter as a cheerleader and danced at the varsity level for three seasons... Extra-curricular activities included participating in musicals, the Dream Team, and G.S.A. PERSONAL Born Jan. 28, 1993 in St. Louis, Mo... Daughter of Daarina Musaddiq-Mayweather and Reginald Powell... Sister to Jeilon, Jeremy, Labria, Tyron, Jarenz, Dasia, and Jackie... Majoring in psychology.

Meet the ‘Roos • 69 2015 Cross Country (2014): Opened the season with a 20:59 4K at the Bob Timmons Classic to place 18th… Placed 32nd at the WAC Championships with a personal-best 5K at 19:26… Ran a personal-best 22:40 in the 6K at the NCAA Midwest Regional. Indoor: Set a personal-record in the mile at the Tiger Invitational with a time of 5:15.30. Outdoor: Ran the 800 meters in a personal-best time of 2:21.01 at the State Farm ESU Relays… Ran the 1,500 meters at the Rock Chalk Classic in a career-fastest time of 4:43.95.

ELIZABETH NOLKE SOPHOMORE • MID-DISTANCE LEE’S SUMMIT, MISSOURI LEE’S SUMMIT WEST HS CAREER BESTS CROSS COUNTRY EVENT . MARK . . . . . . . . . .MEET (YEAR) 5K . . . . .19:26 . . . .WAC Championships (14) 6K . . . . 22:40 . .NCAA Midwest Regional (14)

INDOOR EVENT . MARK . . . . . . . . . .MEET (YEAR) MILE . . 5:15.30 . . . . . Tiger Invitational (15)

OUTDOOR EVENT . MARK . . . . . . . . . .MEET (YEAR) 800M . . 2:21.01 . . State Farm ESU Relays (15) 1500M . 4:43.95 . . . .Rock Chalk Classic (15)

HIGH SCHOOL -- Earned all-state in the 4x800, and Cross Country team placed first at state as a freshman… Earned all-state in 4x800, 4x400, and Cross Country team placed first at state as a sophomore… Earned all-state in 4x800 as a junior… Earned all-state in 1600, 4x800, 4x400. PERSONAL Born on Oct. 23, 1995… daughter of Carmen and Jeff Nolke… oldest of sibling Julie, 14… major undecided.

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BLESSING OPARAJI SOPHOMORE • JUMPS/SPRINTS ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI OAKVILLE HS CAREER BESTS INDOOR EVENT . . . MARK . . . . . . . . MEET (YEAR) 60M . . . . . 8.00 . . . Nebraska Tune-Up (15) 200M . . . . 26.08 . . . Jim Emmerich Inv. (15) LJ . . . . . . 5.36m . . . . . . Missouri Inv. (15) TJ . . . . . . 11.31m . . WAC Championships (15)

OUTDOOR EVENT . . . MARK . . . . . . . . MEET (YEAR) 100M . . . . 12.59 . . WAC Championships (15) 200M . . . . 25.69 . .WAC Championships (15) LJ . . . . . . 5.36m . .WAC Championships (15) TJ . . . . . . 10.49m . . . . ESU Spring Open (15)

2015 Indoor: Set a personal-best mark at the Missouri Invitational with a distance of 5.36 meters in the long jump… Ran the 200 meters in a careerbest 26.08 seconds at the SDSU Jim Emmerich Invitational… Ran the 60 meters in eight seconds flat at the Nebraska Tune-Up to set a personalrecord… Recorded a career-best mark in the triple jump at the WAC Indoor Championships with a jump of 11.31 meters. Outdoor: Recorded a personal-best in the triple jump at the ESU Spring Open with a mark of 10.49 meters… Set three personal-records at the WAC Outdoor Championships, including the 100 meters (12.59 seconds), 200 meters (25.69 seconds) and long jump (5.36 meters). HIGH SCHOOL As a junior earned all-conference, all-district, and all-state... As a senior earned team captain, allconference, and all-district.. PR 100m with 12.66... 200m with 25.79... State qualifier in the 100m and 200m. PERSONAL Born on Aug. 28, 1995 in Umugwueze, Nigeria... Daughter of Cyril Oparaji... Sister to Amblessed, 21, and Favor, 16... Majoring in nursing.

Meet the ‘Roos • 71 2015 Cross Country (2014): Finished with a personalrecord time of 23:11 in the 6K at the NCAA Midwest Regional. Indoor: Set a personal-record at the Jayhawk Classic in the 3,000 meters with a time of 10:56.39… Ran the mile at the Tiger Invitational in a personalbest time of 5:26.82. Outdoor: Ran the 1,500 meters at the Wichita State KT Woodman Classic in a career-best 4:55.99… Ran the 3,000-meter steeplechase in a personal-record time of 11:35.57 at the Rock Chalk Classic… Set a personal-record in the 5,000 meters at the WAC Outdoor Championships with a time of 18:49.06.

GABRIELLE PENAFLOR JUNIOR • DISTANCE THORNTON, COLORADO HORIZON HS CAREER BESTS CROSS COUNTRY EVENT . MARK . . . . . . . . . .MEET (YEAR) 5K . . . . .19:11 . . . .WAC Championships (15) 6K . . . . .23:11 . .NCAA Midwest Regional (14)

INDOOR EVENT . MARK . . . . . . . . . .MEET (YEAR) MILE . . 5.26.82 . . . . . . . . . . Tiger Inv. (15) 3000M 10.56.39 . . . . . Jayhawk Classic (15)

OUTDOOR EVENT . MARK . . . . . . . . . .MEET (YEAR) 1500M . 4:55.99 . . K.T. Woodman Classic (15) 3000M . 11:11.28 . . .Arkansas Twighlight (14) 5000M 18:49.06 . . . WAC Championships (15) 400H . . 1:09.46 . . State Farm ESU Relays (14) 2000S . 7:23.02 . . . . . . . . . Tulsa Duels (14) 3000S . 11:35.57 . . . .Rock Chalk Classic (15)

2014 Cross Country (2013): Opened the season at the Bob Timmons Classic with a 29th place finish in the 5K in a time of 20:56.25… finished 24th at the Woody Greeno/Nebraska Invitational with a time of 23:025.30 in the 6K… placed 92nd at the Adidas Notre Dame Invitational with a time of 19:14.50 in the 5K… came in 167th at the ISU Pre-Nationals with a time of 23:29.95 in the 6K. Indoor: Redshirt. Outdoor: Notched a season-best in the 2,000-meter steeplechase at the Tulsa Duels with a time of 7:23.02... Ran the 400-meter hurdles in a personalbest time of 1:09.46 at the State Farm Emporia State Relays... Ran a personal-best 11:37.85 3,000-meter steeplechase at the Beach Invitational... Ran the 3,000 meters at the Arkansas Twilight meet in a personal-fastest time of 11:11.28... Recorded a personal-best time in the 5,000 meters at the WAC Outdoor Championships. HIGH SCHOOL Earned all-conference honors in track as a freshman, placed 13th in the state... Earned second team all-conference honors in cross country as a sophomore, placed 15th and 84th in the state in track and cross country, respectively... Earned second team all-conference honors in cross country as a junior, placed 12th and 44th in the state in track and cross country, respectively... placed 17th in the state in track as a senior. PERSONAL Born on December 6, 1994, in Aurora, Colo... the daughter of Gary and Dawn Penaflor... has three brothers, Jeramiah, Jonah and Mitchell... majoring in environmental studies.

72 • 2016 UMKC Track & Field 2015 Indoor: Set personal-records in the 60 meters (7.66 seconds) and 200 meters (25.09 seconds) at the WAC Indoor Championships. Outdoor: Was a member of the first-place 4x100meter relay team at the Tulsa Duels… Set a personal-record in the 200 meters at the State Farm ESU Relays with a time of 25.40 seconds… Ran the 100 meters in 12.18 seconds at the WAC Outdoor Championships for a personal-best time.

GENEL ROLLINS SOPHOMORE • SPRINTS ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI INCARNATE WORD ACADEMY CAREER BESTS INDOOR EVENT . . . MARK . . . . . . . . MEET (YEAR) 60M . . . . . .7.66 . . . WAC Championships (15) 200M . . . . 25.09 . .WAC Championships (15)

OUTDOOR EVENT . . . MARK . . . . . . . . MEET (YEAR) 100M . . . . 12.18 . . WAC Championships (15) 200M . . . . 25.40 State Farm ESU Relays (15)

HIGH SCHOOL As a freshman earned all-conference, most all around freshman, and team MVP... As a sophomore earned all-conference and team MVP... As a junior earned team MVP, record breaker in the 200m, and all-conference... As a senior earned team MVP, record breaker for the 100m, 200m, and 400m... All-state in the 100m earning eigth place, all-state in 200m earning seventh place... 60m PR of 7.91... 100m PR of 12.25... 200m PR of 25.41. PERSONAL Born on Feb. 24, 1996 in St. Louis, Mo... Daughter of Gene and Chenita Rollins... Sister to Danielle, 20... Major is undecided.

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VERONICA ROLLINS SENIOR • SPRINTS KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI LEE’S SUMMIT NORTH HS CAREER BESTS INDOOR EVENT . MARK . . . . . . . . . .MEET (YEAR) 300M . . .41.65 Cyclone Holiday Preview (12) 400M . . .57.79 . . . . .Iowa State Classic (12) 600M . . 1:37.84 . . . . . . Holiday Inn Inv. (13) 600Y . . 1:24.40 . . . . . . Jayhawk Classic (15) 800M . . 2:17.53 . . . . Nebraska Tune-Up (15) 60H . . . 10.95 . . . . . . . . .UCM Classic (14) HJ . . . . 1.50m . . . .WAC Championships (14) LJ . . . . . 4.61m . . . . . . . . .UCM Classic (14) SP . . . . 9.02m . . . . . . . . UCM Classic (14) PENT . . . 2681 . . . .WAC Championships (14)

OUTDOOR EVENT . MARK . . . . . . . . . .MEET (YEAR) 200M . . . 27.11 . . . K.T. Woodman Classic (11) 400M . . .57.93 . . . . . . . Track-It Buster (12) 800M . . 2:13.84 . . . . WAC Championship (15) 400H . . 1:05.12 Summit League Champs (12) HJ . . . . 1.56m . . . .WAC Championships (14)

2015 Indoor: Was a member of the first-place 4x400meter relay team at the Bob Timmons Challenge… Set a personal-record in the 600 yards at the Jayhawk Classic with a time of 1:24.40… Was a part of the 4x400 relay team that won the Tiger Invitational… Set a personal-record in the 800 meters with a time of 2:17.53 at the Nebraska TuneUp… Took first-place in the 800 meters at the WAC Indoor Championships with a time of 2:18.81. Outdoor: Took first in the 800 meters at the Wichita State KT Woodman Classic… Helped the 4x400 relay team place first at the ASU Red Wolf Open… Recorded a career-fastest 800 meters at the WAC Championships with a time of 2:13.84 and was a member of the title-winning 4x400 relay team. 2014 Indoor: Set a personal-best in the 60-meter hurdles (10.95 seconds), long jump (4.61 meters) and shot put (9.02 meters) at the UCM Classic... Set a personal-best 1.50 meters in the high jump at the WAC Indoor Championships. Outdoor: Set a personal-best in the high jump at the WAC Outdoor Championships with a mark of 1.56 meters. 2013 Indoor: In the 600-yard run events, placed first (1:27.06) at the Bob Timmons Challenge (Dec. 6), fourth (1:29.68) at the Jayhawk Challenge (Jan. 11) and seventh (1:37.84) at the Holiday Inn Invitational (Jan. 12)… Was part of a 4x400-meter relay squad that finished fourth (3:54.10) at the Holiday Inn Invitational (Jan. 12), fourth (3:55.02) at the Bob Timmons Challenge (Dec. 6) and fourth (4:07.45) at the Jayhawk Challenge (Jan. 11). Outdoor: Did not compete. 2012 Indoor: Recorded a personal best time of 41.65 in the 300 meters to place ninth at the Holiday Preview (12/9), which was the fourth best performance in team history... Set a personal best time of 57.79 in the 400 meters to place 19th at the Iowa State Classic (2/10)... Placed second (P.M. Session) in the 600-yard run at the Jayhawk Classic with a schoolrecord time of 1:25.68... Recorded a personal best time of 2:23.33 to place 12th in the 800 meters at the Varsity Apartments Invitational (2/4)... Was part of a distance medley group that placed fourth at The Summit League Championships (2/24) with a school-record time of 12:06.63... Was part of a 4x400-meter relay team that won the bronze medal at The Summit League Championships (2/25) with a school-record time of 3:48.23. Outdoor: Ranked No. 389 in the NCAA as part of the

4x400 Meter Relay team with a time of 3:47.58 at the Missouri Relays (2/23) and No. 462 in the 400 Meter Hurdles with a UMKC personal best time of 1:05.12 at The Summit League Championships (5/10)... recorded UMKC personal best times in the 400 Meter Dash with a time of 57.93 at the Track-It Buster Invitational and in the 800 Meter Run with a time of 2:19.03 at the ESU Midweek Open (4/25). 2011 Indoor: Did not compete. Outdoor: Placed 29th (27.11) in the 200-meter dash at the K.T. Woodman Invitational (4/16)... Crossed the finish line at 27.61 to place 27th in the 200-meter dash at the CMU Breast Cancer Awareness Invite (4/9)... In the 400-meter run events, placed 13th (59.69) at the Wichita State BCS Buster Invitational (4/30), 10th (1:00.35) in the preliminary round at The Summit League Championships (5/13), and 14th (1:01.04) at the CMU Breast Cancer Awareness Invite (4/9). HIGH SCHOOL Earned All-Conference, All-District, All-State, and First Team All-Metro in track-and-field as a freshman, sophomore, and junior... In the 2007 Class 4A Conference Competition, placed second in the 400m event... 2008-10, finished first in the 400m event in the Class 4A Conference Competition... Holds school records in the 400m, 4x800m relay, 4x200m relay, and 4x400m relay events... Ran for the Kansas City High Performance track club and was All-American athlete for four years... Played center in basketball for two years... Ran cross country for one season... As a sophomore, ran a 57.1 in a 400m event and a 2.17 in a 800m event... PERSONAL Born February 1, 1993 in Kansas City, Mo... Daughter of Edna Briscoe and Prett Rollins III... Sister to Prett Rollins IV, Ciante Brown, and Rashawn Briggs... Majors in Health Science.

74 • 2016 UMKC Track & Field 2015 Indoor: Ran a career-fastest 200 meters at the Tiger Invitational, finishing the race in 27.39 seconds… Set a personal-record in the 60 meters at the WAC Indoor Championships with a time of 8.04 seconds and also set a personal-record in the 60-meter hurdles at 8.57 seconds to earn firstplace. Outdoor: Won the 100-meter hurdles at the Tulsa Duels… Also won the 100 hurdles at the State Farm ESU Relays… Set a personal record (27.30 seconds) in the 200 meters at the ASU Red Wolf Open… Finished third at the WAC Outdoor Championships in the 100-meter hurdles with a personal-record time of 14.23 seconds.

MALLORY SHORT JUNIOR • HURDLES/SPRINTS COLUMBIA, MISSOURI ROCK BRIDGE HS CAREER BESTS INDOOR EVENT . MARK . . . . . . . . . .MEET (YEAR) 60M . . . . 8.04 . . . .WAC Championships (15) 200M . . .27.39 . . . . . . . . . . .Tiger Inv. (15) 60H . . . . 8.57 . . . . WAC Championships (15)

OUTDOOR EVENT . MARK . . . . . . . . . .MEET (YEAR) 100M . . .13.10 . . . . . . . . . . Beach Inv. (14) 200M . . .27.30 . . . . ASU Red Wolf Open (15) 100H . . . 14.23 . . . .WAC Championships (15) 400H . . 1:09.02 . . State Farm ESU Relays (14)

2014 Indoor: Set personal-bests in the 60-meter hurdles (9.07 seconds) and 60 meters (8.27 seconds) at the KSU Invitational... Set a season-best time in the 200 meters at the Missouri Invitational with a time of 28.03 seconds. Outdoor: Set a personal-best in the 400-meter hurdles at the State Farm ESU Relays with a time of 1:09.02... Ran the 100 meters at the Beach Invitational in a personal-best time of 13.10 seconds... Ran the 100-meter hurdles at the WAC Outdoor Championships with a time of 14.50 seconds. HIGH SCHOOL Finished eighth at state in the 100-meter hurdles as a freshman... finished sixth in the state in the 100-meter hurdles as a sophomore... finished second at state in 100-meter hurdles, was awarded most valuable sprinter, and named team captain as a junior... finished fourth in the state in 100-meter hurdles, awarded most valuable sprinter, and named team captain as a senior. PERSONAL Born on December 7, 1994, in Carbondale, Ill... the daughter of Pat and Mindy Short... has a sister, Morgan, and a brother, Drake... majoring in prepharmacy.

Meet the ‘Roos • 75 2015 Cross Country (2014): Opened the season with a career-best time in the 4K at the Bob Timmons Classic finishing in 20:05 and placing 14th. Indoor: Set a season-best at the SDSU Jim Emmerich Invitational in the 3,000 meters with a time of 11:08.47… Recorded a season-fastest time in the mile at the Tiger Invitational, finishing the race in 5:26.39. Outdoor: Set a personal-record in the 3,000 meters at the State Farm ESU Relays with a time of 11:04.80… Recorded a career-best time in the 1,500 meters at the ASU Red Wolf Open, finishing in 5:02.58.

KATIE TUCK JUNIOR • DISTANCE SMITHVILLE, MISSOURI SMITHVILLE HS CAREER BESTS CROSS COUNTRY EVENT . MARK . . . . . . . . . .MEET (YEAR) 5K . . . . .19:12 . . . .WAC Championships (13) 6K . . . . 20:05 . . . Bob Timmons Classic (14)

INDOOR EVENT . MARK . . . . . . . . . .MEET (YEAR) MILE . . 5:13.32 . . . . . . Jayhawk Classic (14) 3000M . 10:36.31 . . . . . . . Missouri Inv. (14)

OUTDOOR EVENT . MARK . . . . . . . . . .MEET (YEAR) 1500M . 5:02.58 . . . ASU Red Wolf Open (15) 3000M . 11:04.80 . State Farm ESU Relays (15)

2014 Cross Country (2013): Opened the season at the Bob Timmons Classic with a fifth place finish in the 5K in a time of 19:31.27… finished 32nd at the Woody Greeno/Nebraska Invitational with a time of 23:38.30 in the 6K… placed 35th at the Rim Rock Classic with a time of 23:20.52 in the 6K… came in 113th at the ISU Pre-Nationals with a time of 22:53.07 in the 6K… finished 23rdat the WAC Championships in the 5K with a time of 19:12.60… placed 142nd at the NCAA Midwest Regional with a time of 22:46.20 in the 6K. Indoor: Set a personal-best in the mile at the Jayhawk Classic with a time of 5:13.32... Notched a personal-record in the 3,000 meters at the Missouri Invitational with a time of 10:36.31. Outdoor: Redshirt. HIGH SCHOOL Earned all-conference and all-district honors in cross country as a freshman... won conference, district, sectional and state championships on 4x800-meter relay team as a freshman... won conference championship in cross country as a sophomore, earning all-district and all-state honors... won conference, district and sectional championships on 4x800-meter relay team as a sophomore, placed second at state... won conference championship in cross country as a junior, earning all-district and all-state honors... won conference and district championships on 4x800-meter relay team, placed sixth at state... also placed second in the state in 1,600 meters and fifth in 800 meters as a junior... won conference and district championships in cross country as a senior, was also named all-state... won conference, district and sectional championships on 4x800-meter relay team, placed third in the state... also placed third in state in 1,600 meters.

PERSONAL Born on April 21, 1995, in Kenosha, Wisc... the daughter of Mike and Julie Tuck... has two siblings, Courtney and Corey... majoring in pharmacy.

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MATIA FINLEY

LOUISA NYLANDER

PAIGE UMSCHEID

FRESHMAN • THROWS LAWRENCE, KANSAS LAWRENCE HS

FRESHMAN • HURDLES/SPRINTS JEFFERSON CITY, MISSOURI JEFFERSON CITY HS

FRESHMAN • THROWS SHAWNEE, KANSAS SHAWNEE MISSION NORTHWEST HS

HIGH SCHOOL Attended Jefferson City High School where she was a four-year letterwinner in track and field... Four-time all-district and all-sectional and scholar athlete... Named freshman athlete of the year at her school... District and sectional champion in the 300-meter hurdles her sophomore year and named outstanding athlete of the year... All-state her junior and senior seasons... Named team captain her senior season and was the high-point female athlete on the team and was named outstanding athlete of the year... A member of the school-record holding 4x200 and shuttle-hurdle relay teams... Also competed in basketball where she was guard and named MVP of the California Tournament... Four year member of honors society... Salutatorian of her class and received an honors diploma... Was student of the month and earned the seal of excellence in math, science, english, social studies, latin, spanish and physical education... Earned the Presidents Award and George Washington Carver award.

HIGH SCHOOL Attended Shawnee Mission Northwest High School... Was named All-Sunflower League first-team her senior season... Also played basketball in high school... Was a member of the Young Republican Club.

HIGH SCHOOL Attended Lawrence High School where she was a four-time all-district and allstate honoree... Three-time state Kansas state champion in the discus. PERSONAL Bornin in Salida, Colorado and raised in Lawrence, Kansas... Daughter to Lisa and Jared Finley... Father, Jared, was a track and field athlete at Wyoming... Has two siblings, Mason and twin sister Rebecca... Mason was a track and field athlete at KU and Wyoming... Rebecca is a thrower at Colorado State... Majoring in Psychology.

PERSONAL Born in Freetown, Sierra Leone and raised in Jefferson City, Missouri... Daughter of Blanche and Joseph Nylander... Father, Joseph is an engineer and mother, Blanche, is a medical specialist... Has two siblings, Margaret and Edward... Majoring in pharmacy.

PERSONAL Raised in Shawnee, Kansas... Daughter of Pam and Wayne Umscheid... Father, is a regional service manager for Hogan, mother is a nurse at KU Med... Has a twin brother, Parker... Her cousin, John Meloan played collegiate baseball at Arizona before becoming a member of the Los Angeles Dodgers and Oakland A’s organizations... Majoring in nursing.

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MEN’S ROSTER NAME James Barnett Darrien Case Jason Fambrough Terrone Garner Griffin Humphreys Marcus Johnson Xavier Kenney Nathan Keown Bryce Miller Quinlan Moll Jason Shaw, Jr. Kolton Sheldon Zak Snow Nathan Straubel Eric Yarbrough

HEIGHT 5’11” 6’0” 6’0” 6’0” 6’3” 5’11” 6’0” 5’10” 5’10” 6’1” 6’1” 6’0” 5’10” 5’11” 6’0”

YEAR HOMETOWN (PREVIOUS SCHOOL) Sophomore Blue Springs, Missouri (Blue Springs HS) Freshman Parkville, Missouri (Park Hill South HS) Sophomore Raymore, Missouri (Raymore-Peculiar HS) Senior St. Louis, Missouri (Cardinal Ritter Prep) Senior Columbia, Missouri (Rock Bridge HS) Freshman Nixa, Missouri (Nixa HS) Senior St. Louis, Missouri (Ritenour HS) Sophomore Columbia, Missouri (Rock Bridge HS) Sophomore Ashland, Wisconsin (Ashland HS) Sophomore Springfield, Missouri (Kickapoo HS) Senior Liberty, Missouri (Missouri) Junior Raytown, Missouri (Lee’s Summit North HS) Senior St. Louis, Missouri (Ritenour HS) Freshman Kansas City, Missouri (Platte County HS) Freshman St. Louis, Missouri (Lafayette HS)

HEIGHT 5’4” 5’3” 5’4” 5’0” 4’11” 5’3” 5’10” 5’5” 5’6” 5’4” 5’5” 5’4” 5’6” 5’4” 5’4” 5’8” 5’3” 6’0” 5’2” 5’6” 5’5”

YEAR Junior Junior Junior Sophomore Senior Sophomore Freshman Junior Freshman Sophomore Sophomore Sophomore Sophomore Junior Junior Sophomore Junior Senior Junior Junior Freshman

WOMEN’S ROSTER NAME Chantel Bethune Amani Borders Kelly Carpenter Chandler Carreon Briana Carter Kylie Conrow Rachel Culberson Sarah Fogarty Tabitha Griffith Brooke Guiot Ebony Hopgood Janelle Johnson Hanna Miller Patricia Miller Megan Mills Elizabeth Nolke Gabrielle Penaflor Veronica Rollins Katie Tuck Kamaya Tucker Tayler Winick

HOMETOWN (PREVIOUS SCHOOL) St. Louis, Missouri (University City HS) St. Louis, Missouri (University City HS) Wildwood, Missouri (Lafayette HS) Lake St. Louis, Missouri (Wentzville Holt HS) Warrensburg, Missouri (Warrensburg HS) Bowling Green, Missouri (Bowling Green HS) Florissant, Missouri (McClurer HS) O’Fallon, Missouri (Fort Zumwalt West HS) Farmington, Missouri (Farmington HS) Warrensburg, Missouri (Warrensburg HS) St. Louis, Missouri (Lafayette HS) St. Louis, Missouri (McCluer South-Berkeley) Savannah, Missouri (Savannah HS) St. Louis, Missouri (Lafayette Wildwood HS) Nixa, Missouri (Nixa HS) Lee’s Summit, Missouri (Lee’s Summit West HS) Thornton, Colorado (Horizon HS) Kansas City, Missouri (Lee’s Summit North HS) Smithville, Missouri (Smithville HS) Atlanta, Georgia (Laguna Creek HS) Jackson, Missouri (Jackson HS)

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2015 MEN’S RESULTS BOB TIMMONS FOREST PARK ROY GRIAK RIM ROCK PRE-NATIONAL WAC MIDWEST NAME CLASSIC (6K) FESTIVAL (5K) INV. (8K) CLASSIC (8K) INVITE (8K) CHAMPS (8K) REG. (10K) Barnett, James 20:01.7 (19th)* 16:04 (14th)* 27:02 (109th) - 25:42 (O-51st) 25:16 (18th)* 32:35 (123rd)* Fambrough, Jason 19:51.3 (16th) 15:57 (10th)* 26:25 (73rd) - 26:01 (154th) 25:30 (21st)* Garner, Terrone - - - 31:53 (138th)* - - Humphreys, Griffin 19:55.5 (18th) 16:06 (15th)* 26:47 (91st) - 25:28 (99th)* 25:30 (22nd) 31:58 (93rd)* Johnson, Marcus 20:38.6 (29th)* 16:11 (17th)* 27:02 (121st) - 25:20 (91st) 24:59 (12th)* 31:48 (84th)* Kenney, Xavier 25:06.3 (53rd)* - - 31:42 (137th)*^ - - Keown, Nathan 20:08.9 (21st) 16:04 (13th)* 26:54 (209th) - 24:41 (26th)* 24:49 (8th) 31:27 (58th)* Miller, Bryce 19:29.9 (6th)*^ 15:36 (1st)*^ 25:57 (44th)^ - 24:14 (9th)*^ 24:24 (2nd)^ 32:08 (105th)* Moll, Quinlan 19:46.5 (14th)* 15:48 (6th)* 26:24 (70th) - 25:21 (93rd) 24:55 (11th)* 31:55 (90th)* Shaw, Jason 26:58.0 (54th) - - 32:39 (140th)* - - Sheldon, Kolton 20:07.3 (20th) 16:03 (12th)* 26:39 (85th) - 25:07 (63rd) 25:06 (14th) 31:28 (59th)^ Snow, Zak 28:05.8 (58th)* - - - - - Straubel, Nathan 20:28.1 (27th)* 16:27 (24th)* - - - - Yarbrough, Eric 27:43.8 (56th)* - - 32:46 (141st)* - - TEAM NTS NTS 11th NTS 7th 2nd 14th *Denotes Personal Record, ^Top Finisher at Meet

2015 WOMEN’S RESULTS BOB TIMMONS FOREST PARK ROY GRIAK RIM ROCK PRE-NATIONAL WAC MIDWEST NAME CLASSIC (5K) FESTIVAL (5K) INV. (6K) CLASSIC (6K) INVITE (6K) CHAMPS (5K) REG. (6K) Bethune, Chantel 23:44.7 (46th)* - - - - - Borders, Amani 27:43.3 (58th)* - - 28:59 (112th) - - Carpenter, Kelly 20:10.9 (24th) 19:46 (23rd) 24:14 (135th) - 22:46 (145th) 19:00 (20th) 22:42 (146th) Carreon, Chandler 19:21.8 (14th) 19:01 (10th) 23:32 (94th) - 21:47 (49th)* 18:34 (10th) 21:32 (54th)*^ Conrow, Kylie 23:47.4 (47th) - - - - - Culberson, Rachel 25:09.4 (53rd)* - - 27:35 (116th)* - - Fogarty, Sarah 19:10.2 (11th)^ 18:33 (6th)^ 22:55 (60th)^ - 21:33 (33rd)*^ 18:16 (4th)*^ 21:56 (82nd) Griffith, Tabitha 19:49.9 (21st) 19:18 (15th) 24:03 (126th) - 22:43 (139th)* 18:23 (7th)* Guiot, Brooke 21:03.2 (33rd) 20:11 (34th) 26:05 (174th) 23:58 (64th)*^ - - Johnson, Janelle 24:19.1 (50th)* - - 26:47 (110th)* - - Miller, Hanna 22:45.8 (42nd) 22:00 (47th) - 25:32 (92nd)* - 20:48 (46th) Miller, Patricia 27:37.4 (57th) - - - - - Nolke, Elizabeth 20:16.9 (26th) 19:55 (29th) 25:52 (172nd) - 24:07 (217th) 19:55 (39th) 26:07 (218th) Penaflor, Gabrielle 21:32.1 (35th) 19:48 (24th) - - 23:19 (182nd) 19:11 (25th)* 23:24 (187th) Rollins, Veronica 24:18.4 (49th) - - 25:58 (102nd)* - - Tuck, Katie 20:30.3 (29th) 20:24 (38th) 25:42 (169th) - 23:59 (Open 106th) 21:16 (49th) TEAM NTS NTS 25th NTS 21st 2nd 26th *Denotes Personal Record, ^Top Finisher at Meet

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2015 SEASON OVERVIEW FOGARTY, MILLER LEAD ‘ROOS IN BOB TIMMONS CLASSIC The UMKC cross country team opened the 2015 season at the Bob Timmons Dual Classic in Lawrence, Kansas on Tuesday, September 1.

MILLER NAMED WAC MEN’S RUNNER OF THE WEEK Bryce Miller was named the Western Athletic Conference Men’s Runner of the Week for the week of October 12-18.

Sarah Fogarty led the way for the women’s team, finishing 11th out of 59 runners with a time of 19:10.2. Four runners on the women’s team set personal-best times in the 5K race.

Miller led the men’s team in the Pre-National Invite hosted by Louisville on October 17. He placed ninth out of 207 runner with a career-best time in the 8K at 24:14. The time beat his previous record by 53 seconds.

Bryce Miller was at the head of the troop for the men’s team, finishing with a career-best time of 19:29 to place sixth. Eight different ‘Roos set personal-best 6K times.

With the honor, Miller became the second UMKC cross country runner to be honored with a WAC Runner of the Week award on the season, as junior Sarah Fogarty was named the women’s Runner of the Week for September 7-13.

MILLER TAKES FIRST TO LEAD ‘ROOS IN FOREST PARK FESTIVAL Sophomore Bryce Miller took first in the 5K men’s race at the Forest Park Festival in St. Louis (September 11) to make it twostraight years the ‘Roos took a first-place finish in the meet. In 2014, Courtney Frerichs finished first in the women’s race, and Miller followed suit in 2015, with a time of 15:36, edging out a pack of three Missouri runners to take home the top spot.

BOTH TEAMS PLACE SECOND IN WAC CHAMPIONSHIPS With the men’s team being picked to finish second and the women picked fourth by league coaches in the Pre-Championship poll, the ‘Roos were out to prove their worth in the WAC Championship meet on October 31.

In the women’s race, Sarah Fogarty led the ‘Roos with a sixthplace finish at 18:33.

The men’s 8K race started off the action for the day, and Bryce Miller continued his stellar sophomore campaign with a secondplace finish at 24:14, earning him a spot on the men’s All-WAC First Team.

FOGARTY NAMED WAC WOMEN’S RUNNER OF THE WEEK Sarah Fogarty was named the Western Athletic Conference Women’s Runner of the Week for the week of September 7-13.

Nathan Keown placed eighth in the race, crossing the finish line at 24:49, and Quinlan Moll came in 11th with a personal-best time of 24:55.

Fogarty earned the nod after finishing sixth in the Forest Park Festival in St. Louis on September 11 with a time of 18:33.

Marcus Johnson broke his personal best by 21 seconds, running his way to winning the WAC Men’s Freshman of the Year award.

MEN’S XC TOPS WAC FOE IN ROY GRIAK INVITATIONAL The men’s cross country team posted an 11th-place finish in the Roy Griak Festival in Minneapolis, Minnesota on September 26 to top WAC rival Utah Valley.

Kolton Sheldon also set a personal record to place 14th, giving him, Keown, Moll and Johnson spots on the All-Conference second team.

Bryce Miller finished faster than all other ‘Roo runners in the 8K with a 44th-place finish at 25:57. Fogarty continued to lead the women’s team with a 60th-place finish with a 22:55 6K time, followed by Chandler Carreon (23:32) and Tabitha Griffith (24:03). GUIOT PR’S AT RIM ROCK CLASSIC Sophomore Brooke Guiot set a new personal record in the women’s 6K race at the Rim Rock Classic in Lawrence, Kansas on October 3. Guiot finished ahead of all other UMKC runners in the women’s race, with a 64th-place finish and a PR time of 23:58. Xavier Kenney led the UMKC pack in the men’s 8K, placing 137th with a time of 31:42. Terrone Garner finished right behind Kenney in 138th-place (31:53). TEN ‘ROOS PR AT PRE-NATIONAL INVITE The ‘Roos cross country teams competed in the Pre-National Invite on October 17 in Louisville, Kentucky, with 10 different runners posting new career-bests. Bryce Miller, Nathan Keown, Marcus Johnson, Quinlan Moll, Griffin Humphreys, Jason Fambrough and James Barnett all set PR’s on the men’s team, while Sarah Fogarty, Chandler Carreon and Tabitha Griffith finished with career-best times in the 6K.

Sarah Fogarty finished fourth and Tabitha Griffith placed seventh, earning each of them a spot on the women’s All-WAC First Team, while Chandler Carreon finished 10th to earn second-team honors. CARREON PR’S IN MIDWEST REGIONAL Chandler Carreon set a personal-record at the NCAA Midwest Regional in Lawrence, Kansas on November 13, to finish out the 2015 cross country season. Carreon crossed the finish line first for the ‘Roos and 54th overall, with a time of 21:32 in the 6K. Nathan Keown led the men’s team to a 14th place finish by crossing the line at 31:27 in the 10K, good enough for a 58th-place individual finish.

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ALL-TIME LEAGUE RESULTS

ALL-TIME PERFORMANCES MEN’S TOP PERFORMANCES 5K RUN 1. Cosmas Ayabei . . . . 15:19.1 . . . 2011 2. Bryce Miller . . . . . 15:36 . . . 2015 3. Zach Mathias . . . . . 15:43.28 . . 2011 4. Quinlan Moll . . . . . 15:48 . . . 2015 5. Jason Fambrough . . 15:57 . . . 2015 6. Kolton Sheldon . . . 16:03 . . . 2015 7. Nathan Keown . . . . 16:04 . . . 2015 8. James Barnett . . . . 16:04 . . . 2015 9. Griffin Humphreys . 16:06 . . . 2015 10. Marcus Johnson . . . 16:06 . . . 2015 6K RUN 1. Kolton Sheldon . . . . . 18:46 . . . 2014 2. Cosmas Ayabei . . . . 18:56.23 . . 2010 3. Cosmas Ayabei . . . . 19:08.04 . . 2011 4. Cosmas Ayabei . . . . 19:11.41 . . 2009 5. Zach Mathias . . . . . 19:12.95 . . 2011 6. Brandon Leibold . . . 19:27.29 . . 2011 7. Bryce Miller . . . . . 19:29.9 . .2015 8. Jason Fambrough . . . 19:29 . . . 2014 9. Brett Guemmer . . . . 19:37.41 . . 2011 10. Alex Nail . . . . . . . . . 19:42 . . . 2014 8K RUN 1. Cosmas Ayabei . . . . 24:04 . . . 2011 2. Cosmas Ayabei . . . . 24:08 . . . 2012 3. Bryce Miller . . . . . 24:14 . . . 2015 4. Bryce Miller . . . . . 24:24 . . . 2015 5. Cosmas Ayabei . . . . . 24:25 . . . 2010 6. Cosmas Ayabei . . . . . 24:31 . . . 2010 Cosmas Ayabei . . . . . 24:31 . . . 2012 8. John Thorpe . . . . . . . 24:34 . . . 1997 9. Nathan Keown . . . . 24:41 . . . 2015 10. Danny Silva . . . . . . . 24:49 . . . 1999 Misgina Kifleyesus . . 24:49 . . . 1999 Nathan Keown . . . . 24:49 . . . 2015 10K RUN 1. Cosmas Ayabei . . . 30:26.03 . . 2011 2. Cosmas Ayabei . . . 30:44.60 . . 2010 3. Cosmas Ayabei . . . . 30:58.17 . . 2012 4. Kolton Sheldon . . . . 31:00.3 . . 2014 5. Jimmy Keown . . . . . 31:08.60 . .2006 6. Cosmas Ayabei . . . . 31:23.26 . . 2011 7. Nathan Keown . . . . 31:27 . . . 2015 8. Kolton Sheldon . . . 31;28 . . . 2015 9. Jimmy Keown . . . . . . 31:38 . . . 2007 10. Bill Hibdon . . . . . . . 31:42 . . . 2001

WOMEN’S TOP PERFORMANCES 2K RUN 1. Aubrey Frederking . . 11:40.88 . . 2011 2. Jylian Jaloma . . . . . 11:48.14 . . 2011 3. Courtney Frerichs . . 11:59.58 . . 2011 4. Siara Stahl . . . . . . 12:24.18 . . 2011 5. Meg Doss . . . . . . . 12:37.98 . . 2011 6. Angel Gannon . . . . . 12:40.74 . . 2011 7. Taylor Spencer . . . . 12:43.99 . . 2011 3K RUN 1. Jylian Jaloma . . . . . 11:00.17 . . 2010 2. Aubrey Frederking . . 11:02.25 . . 2010 3. Erica Freiert . . . . . 11:35.88 . . 2010 4. Angel Gannon . . . . . 12:14.23 . . 2010 5. Alicia Anderson . . . 12:21.53 . . 2010 6. Meg Doss . . . . . . . 12:27.67 . . 2010 4K RUN 1. Sara Meiners . . . . . 15:16.21 . . 2011 2. Jylian Jaloma . . . . . 14:49.05 . . 2011 3. Courtney Frerichs . . 14:54.59 . . 2011 4. Aubrey Frederking . . 14:59.47 . . 2011 5. Siarra Stahl . . . . . . 15:16.21 . . 2011 6. Meg Doss . . . . . . . 15:32.76 . . 2011 7. Taylor Spencer . . . . 15:42.15 . . 2011 8. Angel Gannon . . . . . 15:59.57 . . 2011 9. Kelly Carpenter . . . . 19:36.30 . . 2014 10. Chandler Carreon . . 20:00.30 . . 2014 5K RUN 1. Courtney Frerichs . . . 16:52 . . . 2014 2. Courtney Frerichs . . . 16:55 . . . 2014 3. Courtney Frerichs . . . 17:18.2 . . . 2013 4. Courtney Frerichs . . . 17:35.7 . . . 2013 5. Christine Ensign . . . 17:37.40 . . 2005 6. Sara Hiller . . . . . . . 17:43.70 . . 2005 7. Sara Hiller . . . . . . . 17:48.66 . .2006 8. Sara Hiller . . . . . . . . 17:49 . . . 2007 9. Lisa Buffington . . . . . 17:56 . . . 1999 10. Sara Hiller . . . . . . . 17:56.80 . .2006 6K RUN 1. Jylian Jaloma . . . . . 18:26.35 . . 2011 2. Aubrey Frederking . . 18:30.61 . . 2011 3. Sara Meiners . . . . . 18:33.58 . . 2011 4. Courtney Frerichs . . 18:38.06 . . 2011 5. Siara Stahl . . . . . . 19:26.88 . . 2011 6. Courtney Frerichs . . . 19:58.6 . . 2014 7. Angel Gannon . . . . 20:06.92 . . 2011 8. Taylor Spencer . . . . 20:12.01 . . 2011 9. Courtney Frerichs . . . 20:17.1 . . . 2014 10. Courtney Frerichs . . . 20:44.5 . . 2013

MEN Year . . . . . . . . . . . Place (Points) 1994 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fifth (144) 1995 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fifth (103) 1996 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sixth (135) 1997 . . . . . . . . . . . . . Second (47) 1998 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Third (54) 1999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . Second (60) 2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . Second (68) 2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fourth (113) 2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Third (90) 2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sixth (159) 2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fifth (114) 2005 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fifth (97) 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . Seventh (160) 2007 . . . . . . . . . . . . . Eighth (217) 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . Eighth (185) 2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . Eighth (189) 2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sixth (142) 2011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Fourth (110) 2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sixth (128) 2013 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Third (80) 2014 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Third (81) 2015 . . . . . . . . . . . . . Second (47) WOMEN Year . . . . . . . . . . . Place (Points) 1994 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Seventh 1995 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T-Fifth 1996 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Third 1997 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fourth 1998 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Second 1999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Second 2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Seventh 2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Seventh 2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Seventh 2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sixth 2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fifth 2005 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fifth 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fifth 2007 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ninth 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ninth 2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Eighth 2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fourth 2011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Third 2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ninth 2013 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Third (83) 2014 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Third (62) 2015 . . . . . . . . . . . . . Second (66)

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ALL-TIME CROSS COUNTRY AWARDS AND HONORS MEN’S FIRST TEAM ALL-LEAGUE John Thorpe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1997 Misgina Kifleyesus . . . . . . . . . . . 1998 Bill Hibdon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2000 Bill Hibdon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2002 Jon Kelley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2002 Cosmas Ayabei . . . . . . . . . . . . .2009 Cosmas Ayabei . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2010 Cosmas Ayabei . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2011 Kolton Sheldon . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2014 Taylor Wardall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2014 Bryce Miller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2015 MEN’S SECOND TEAM ALL-LEAGUE Tim Chambers . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1996 Tim Chambers . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1997 Sean Bernsen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1998 Daniel Radkowiec . . . . . . . . . . . 1998 Brad Rodman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1998 Jeremy Combs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1999 Curtis Justice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1999 Musgina Kifleyesus . . . . . . . . . . 1999 Danny Silva . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1999 Curtis Justice . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2000 Jon Harman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2000 Jeremy Wilson . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2000 Bill Hibdon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2001 Jon Kelley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2001 Seth Summerside . . . . . . . . . . . 2002 Jimmy Keown . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2006 Laban Mutai . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2008 Zach Mathias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2011 Taylor Wardall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2013 Bryce Miller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2013 Nathan Keown . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2015 Quinlan Moll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2015 Marcus Johnson . . . . . . . . . . . . 2015 Kolton Sheldon . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2015 MEN’S ATHLETE OF THE YEAR Bill Hibdon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2002 Cosmas Ayabei . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2010 MEN’S NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR John Thorpe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1997 Brad Rodman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1998 Curtis Justice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1999 Cosmas Ayabei . . . . . . . . . . . . .2009 Marcus Johnson . . . . . . . . . . . . 2015 MEN’S ACADEMIC ALL-LEAGUE Luke Abouhalkah . . . . . . . . . . 2010, 13 Gary Alcazaren . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2006 Cosmas Ayabei . . . . . . . . 2009, 10, 12 James Barnett . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2015 Kyle Bremer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2013 Alloch Burton . . . . . . . . . . . . 2010, 12 Jeremy Combs . . . . . . . . . 1997, 98, 99 Grant Dennis . . . . . . . . . . . . 1997, 98 Jay Devineni . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2008 Steve Dove . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2005, 06 Jason Fambrough . . . . . . . . . . . 2015 Jon Harman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2001 Bill Hibdon . . . . . . . . . . . 2000, 01, 02 Dirk Hudson . . . . . . . . . . .2010, 12, 13 Jon Kelley . . . . . . . . . . . . 1999, 2001 Jimmy Keown . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2006 Nathan Keown . . . . . . . . . . . 2014, 15

Blake Koger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2006 Andy Koziatek . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2004 Brandon Leibold . . . . . . . . . . . . 2010 Daniel Mann . . . . . . . . . . 2009, 10, 12 Zach Mathias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2010 Daniel McKenzie . . . . . . . . . . . .2008 Bryce Miller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2015 Quinlan Moll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2015 Laban Mutai . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2008 Alex Nail . . . . . . . . . . . . .2012, 13, 14 Tim O’Bryan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2000 Ryan Patrick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2006 Alex Pena-Lopez . . . . . . . . . 2008, 09 Jason Preston . . . . . . . . . 1996, 97, 98 Stephen Proctor . . . . . . . . . . . .2006 Kolton Sheldon . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2012 Seth Summerside . . . . . . . . . . . 2003 Lee Tittle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1997, 98 Shaun Walker . . . . . . . . . 2002, 03, 04 Jeff Williams . . . . . . . . . . . . 1997, 98 WOMEN’S USTFCCCA ALL-AMERICAN Courtney Frerichs . . . . . . . . . . . 2013 Courtney Frerichs . . . . . . . . . . . 2014 WOMEN’S FIRST TEAM ALL-LEAGUE Jennifer Owen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1995 Jennifer Casebeer . . . . . . . . . . . 1997 Alisha Lehr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1998 Lisa Buffington . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1999 Natalie Myers . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2000 Natalie Myers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2001 Kristi Pinnell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2003 Christine Ensign . . . . . . . . . . . . 2004 Sara Hiller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2004 Christine Ensign . . . . . . . . . . . . 2005 Sara Hiller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2005 Sara Hiller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2006 Jessica Scott . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2006 Sara Meiners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2011 Courtney Frerichs . . . . . . . . . . . 2013 Courtney Frerichs . . . . . . . . . . . 2014 Sarah Fogarty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2015 Tabitha Griffith . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2015 WOMEN’S SECOND TEAM ALL-LEAGUE Jennifer Casebeer . . . . . . . . . . . 1995 Jennifer Casebeer . . . . . . . . . . . 1996 Lisa Buffington . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1998 Carrie McCann . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1998 Alisha Lehr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1999 Breanna Lehr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1999 Natalie Myers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1999 Jylian Jaloma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2010 Aubrey Frederking . . . . . . . . . . . 2010 Jylian Jaloma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2011 Chandler Carreon . . . . . . . . . . . 2014 Kelly Carpenter . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2014 Sarah Fogarty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2014 Chandler Carreon . . . . . . . . . . . 2015 WOMEN’S ATHLETE OF THE YEAR Courtney Frerichs . . . . . . . . . . . 2014 WOMEN’S NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR Julie Boyce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1995

WOMEN’S COACH OF THE YEAR Geoff Masanet . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1999 WOMEN’S ACADEMIC ALL-LEAGUE Alicia Anderson . . . . . . . . . . . . .2009 Adriana Blakely . . . . . . . . . . . . .2006 Jodi Bridgens . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2003 Lisa Buffington . . . . . . . . . . 1998, 99 Kelly Carpenter . . . . . . . . . . . 2014, 15 Chandler Carreon . . . . . . . . . . . 2015 Saah Dietrich . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2000 Meg Doss . . . . . . . . . . . . 2011, 12, 13 Laura Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2006 Dafina Dunmore . . . . . . . . . . 1994, 95 Chistine Ensign . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2005 Kelly Fanning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2002 Sarah Fogarty . . . . . . . . . . . . 2014, 15 Aubrey Frederking . . . . . . 2008, 09, 11 Erica Freiert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2009 Courtney Frerichs . . . . . . . 2011, 13, 14 Angel Gannon . . . . . . . . . . 2011, 12, 13 Marlainna Glenn . . . . . . . . . . . . 1997 Holly Gereski . . . . . . . . . 2003, 04, 05 Brooke Guiot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2015 Kristen Hammond . . . . . . . . . . . 1998 Alex Harkins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2008 Ebonie Hawthorne . . . . . . . . . . .2000 Sara Hiller . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2005, 06 Briana Hoskins . . . . . . . . . . . . .2009 Lindsey Howard . . . . . . . . . . . . .2008 Amanda James . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2005 Jylian Jaloma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2011 Maggie Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2008 Carrie McCann . . . . . . . . . 1997, 98, 99 Hanna Miller . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2014, 15 Megan Mills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2014 Sara Meiners . . . . . . . . . .2009, 11, 12 Courtney Moore . . . . . . . . . . . . 2008 Kelly Muys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1998 Natalie Myers . . . . . . . 1999, 2000, 01 Elizabeth Nolke . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2015 Etagegn O’Neill . . . . . . . . . . . . .2009 Gabrielle Penaflor . . . . . . . . . 2014, 15 Anna Ressell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2002 Liz Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2002 Taylor Spencer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2012 Siara Stahl . . . . . . . . . . . . 2011, 12, 13 Kaitlyn Stryczek . . . . . . . . . . . . 2014 Tiffany Teegarden . . . . . . . . . . . 2006 Katie Tuck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2014, 15

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MEN’S INDOOR ACCOLADES

2015 MEN’S INDOOR TITLES

2015 MEN’S OUTDOOR TITLES

WAC AWARDS WAC Champions Blake Hocking . . . . . . . . . . Shot Put Bryce Miller . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mile Bryce Miller . . . . . . . .3,000 Meters

BOB TIMMONS CHALLENGE Blake Hocking . . . . . . . . . . . . .Shot Put Eric Carter . . . . . . . . . . . . . Long Jump Josh Harden . . . . . . . . . . . . Triple Jump

TULSA DUELS Zak Snow . . . . . . . . . 400-Meter Hurdles Josh Harden . . . . . . . . . . . . Triple Jump Kris Leverette . . . . . . . . .Hammer Throw

WAC Athlete of the Week Bryce Miller . . . . . . . . . . Feb. 16-22

MISSOURI INVITATIONAL Josh Harden . . . . . . . . . . . . Triple Jump Blake Hocking . . . . . . . . . . . . .Shot Put

K.T. WOODMAN CLASSIC Blake Hocking . . . . . . . . . . . . .Shot Put

MEN’S OUTDOOR ACCOLADES WAC AWARDS WAC Champions Bryce Miller . . . 3,000-Meter Steeple Bryce Miller . . . . . . . .5,000 Meters Josh Harden . . . . . . . . . Triple Jump Blake Hocking . . . . . . . . . . Shot Put WAC Athlete of the Week Josh Harden . . . . . . . . . . April 6-12 Terrone Garner . . . . . . . . April 20-26 Blake Hocking . . . . . . . . April 20-26 USTFCCCA AWARDS All-Americans (Second Team) Bryce Miller . . . 3,000-Meter Steeple All-Academic Bryce Miller Blake Hocking

JIM EMMERICH INVITATIONAL Bryce Miller . . . . . . . . . . 3,000 Meters TIGER INVITATIONAL Snow, Garner, Prioleau, Yarbrough . . 4x400-Meter Relay Bryce Miller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mile Kenny Roach . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Meters Eric Yarbrough . . . . . . . . . . 400 Meters Josh Harden . . . . . . . . . . . . Triple Jump WAC INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS Blake Hocking . . . . . . . . . . . . .Shot Put Bryce Miller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mile Bryce Miller . . . . . . . . . . 3,000 Meters

WAC OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS Bryce Miller . . 3,000-Meter Steeplechase Josh Harden . . . . . . . . . . . . Triple Jump Blake Hocking . . . . . . . . . . . . .Shot Put Bryce Miller . . . . . . . . . . 5,000 Meters

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2015 WOMEN’S INDOOR TITLES

2015 WOMEN’S OUTDOOR TITLES

WOMEN’S INDOOR ACCOLADES

BOB TIMMONS CHALLENGE Bethune, Tucker, V. Rollins, Carter . . . . 4x400-Meter Relay Briana Carter . . . . . . . . . . . Triple Jump

TULSA DUELS Mallory Short . . . . . . 100-Meter Hurdles Sarah Fogarty . 2,000-Meter Steeplechase Darker, Momo, Tucker, Rollins . . . . . . 4x100-Meter Relay

WAC AWARDS WAC Champions Courtney Frerichs . . . . 5,000 Meters Courtney Frerichs . . . . 3,000 Meters Dahlia Dyson . . . . . . . . . . Shot Put Mallory Short . . . . 60-Meter Hurdles Veronica Rollins . . . . . . .800 Meters

HOOSIER OPEN Courtney Frerichs . . . . . . . 5,000 Meters JAYHAWK CLASSIC Fogarty, Johnson, Guiot, Frerichs . . . Distance Medley Relay TIGER INVITATIONAL Tucker, Carter, Bethune, V. Rollins . . . 4x400-Meter Relay WAC INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS Courtney Frerichs . . . . . . . 5,000 Meters Dahlia Dyson . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shot Put Mallory Short . . . . . . . 60-Meter Hurdles Veronica Rollins . . . . . . . . . 800 Meters Courtney Frerichs . . . . . . . 3,000 Meters

K.T. WOODMAN CLASSIC Chantel Bethune . . . . . . . . .400 Meters PAYTON JORDAN INVITATIONAL Courtney Frerichs . 3,000-Meter Steeplechase WAC OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS Dahlia Dyson . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shot Put Courtney Frerichs . 3,000-Meter Steeplechase Briana Carter . . . . . . . . . . . Triple Jump Dahlita Dyson . . . . . . . . . .Discus Throw Dasjah Mason . . . . . . . . . . . .High Jump Sydia Darker . . . . . . . 100-Meter Hurdles Carter, V. Rollins, Culberson, Bethune . . 4x400-Meter Relay NCAA WEST REGIONAL Courtney Frerichs . 3,000-Meter Steeplechase

WAC Athlete of the Week Courtney Frerichs . . . . . . . Dec. 8-14 Briana Carter . . . . . . . Jan. 26-Feb. 1 Briana Carter . . . . . . . . . . Feb. 2-8 Briana Carter . . . . . . . . . Feb. 16-22 WAC Individual Awards Dahlia Dyson . . . . Outstanding Performer USTFCCCA AWARDS All-Americans (First Team) Courtney Frerichs . . . . 5,000 Meters

WOMEN’S OUTDOOR ACCOLADES WAC AWARDS WAC Champions UMKC Women . . . . . . . . . . . . Team Dahlia Dyson . . . . . . . . . . Shot Put Dahlia Dyson . . . . . . . . . . . Discus Courtney Frerichs 3,000-Meter Steeple Courtney Frerichs . . . . 5,000 Meters Briana Carter . . . . . . . . Triple Jump Dasjah Mason . . . . . . . . .High Jump Sydia Darker . . . . 100-Meter Hurdles WAC Individual Awards Courtney Frerichs Outstanding Performer Dahlia Dyson . . . . Outstanding Performer Dahlia Dyson . . . . . . . High Point Scorer WAC Athlete of the Week Courtney Frerichs . . March 30-April 5 Courtney Frerichs . . . . April 27-May 3 Joe Kearney Award Courtney Frerichs USTFCCCA AWARDS All-Americans (First Team) Courtney Frerichs 3,000-Meter Steeple All-Academic Courtney Frerichs Athlete of the Week Courtney Frerichs . . . . April 27-May 3 CoSIDA ALL-AMERICA AWARDS Academic All-America (First Team) Courtney Frerichs

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2015 MEN’S INDOOR PERFORMANCE LIST 60 METERS Athlete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Meet Roach, Kenny . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.85 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .WAC Championships (2/26) Prioleau, Daniel . . . . . . . . . . 6.89 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .WAC Championships (2/26) Jones, Andre . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.98 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kansas State Winter Inv. (12/13) Prioleau, Daniel . . . . . . . . . . 7.04 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2014 Bob Timmons (12/6) Adams, Brady . . . . . . . . . . . 7.11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WAC Championships (2/26) Carter, Eric . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2014 Bob Timmons (12/6) Garner, Terrone . . . . . . . . . . 7.32 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Missouri Invitational (1/16) Woods, Garrison . . . . . . . . . . 7.44 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .WAC Championships (2/26) Schirmer, Joshua . . . . . . . . . 7.45 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2014 Bob Timmons (12/6) Burton, Devin . . . . . . . . . . . 7.49 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tiger Invitational (2/6) Lockhart, Zane . . . . . . . . . . . 7.67 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .WAC Championships (2/26)

60-METER HURDLES Athlete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Meet Schirmer, Joshua . . . . . . . . . 8.23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .WAC Championships (2/26) Burton, Devin . . . . . . . . . . . 8.54 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .WAC Championships (2/26) Garner, Terrone . . . . . . . . . . 8.54 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .WAC Championships (2/26) Snow, Zak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.91 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tiger Invitational (2/06) Lockhart, Zane . . . . . . . . . . . 9.68 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .WAC Championships (2/26) Woods, Garrison . . . . . . . . . . 11.60 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WAC Championships (02/26)

200 METERS Athlete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Meet Prioleau, Daniel . . . . . . . . . . 22.47 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WAC Championships (2/26) Garner, Terrone . . . . . . . . . . 22.50 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .WAC Championships (2/26) Yarbrough, Eric . . . . . . . . . . 22.51 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WAC Championships(2/26) Adams, Brady . . . . . . . . . . . 22.56 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .WAC Championships (2/26) Roach, Kenny . . . . . . . . . . . . 22.57 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .WAC Championships (2/26)

HIGH JUMP Athlete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Meet Woods, Garrison . . . . . . . . . . 5’ 10.5” (1.79m) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .WAC Championships (2/26) Lockhart, Zane . . . . . . . . . . . 5’ 9.25” (1.76m) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .WAC Championships (2/26)

400 METERS Athlete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Meet Yarbrough, Eric . . . . . . . . . . 49.47 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .WAC Championships (2/26) Garner, Terrone . . . . . . . . . . 49.76 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .WAC Championships (2/26) Snow, Zak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.60 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2015 Jayhawk Classic (1/29) Shaw, Jason . . . . . . . . . . . . 51.41 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WAC Championships (2/26) Kenney, Xavier . . . . . . . . . . . 52.58 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .WAC Championships (2/26) 600 METERS Athlete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Meet Shaw, Jason . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:26.43 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nebraska Tune-Up (2/20) 600 YARDS Athlete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Meet Kenney, Xavier . . . . . . . . . . . 1:18.95 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2015 Jayhawk Classic (1/29) 800 METERS Athlete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Meet Quick, Cyle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:57.88 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2015 Jayhawk Classic(1/29) Kenney, Xavier . . . . . . . . . . . 2:05.64 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tiger Invitational (2/06) Snow, Zak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:08.86 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Missouri Invitational (1/16) 1,000 METERS Athlete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Meet Woods, Garrison . . . . . . . . . . 2:59.03 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Carol Robinson Winter Pent. (12/12) Lockhart, Zane . . . . . . . . . . . 3:07.86 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Carol Robinson Winter Pent. (12/12) MILE Athlete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Meet Miller, Bryce . . . . . . . . . . . . 4:10.03 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nebraska Tune-Up (2/20) Wardall, Taylor . . . . . . . . . . . 4:14.79 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nebraska Tune-Up (2/20) Sheldon, Kolton . . . . . . . . . . 4:16.44 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tiger Invitational (2/06) 3,000 METERS Athlete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Meet Miller, Bryce . . . . . . . . . . . . 8:32.17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .SDSU Jim Emmerich Inv. (1/24) Keown, Nathan . . . . . . . . . . 8:41.97 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .SDSU Jim Emmerich Inv. (1/24) Sheldon, Kolton . . . . . . . . . . 8:43.22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .SDSU Jim Emmerich Inv. (1/24) Fambrough, Jason . . . . . . . . . 8:43.82 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .SDSU Jim Emmerich Inv. (1/24) Barnett, James . . . . . . . . . . 8:44.44 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .SDSU Jim Emmerich Inv. (1/24) Humphreys, Griffin . . . . . . . . 8:48.25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2015 Jayhawk Classic (1/29) Moll, Quinlan . . . . . . . . . . . . 8:50.83 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tiger Invitational (2/06) Wardall, Taylor . . . . . . . . . . . 8:55.37 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .SDSU Jim Emmerich Inv. (1/24) Nail, Alex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9:18.04 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tiger Invitational (2/06) 5,000 METERS Athlete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Keown, Nathan . . . . . . . . . . Humphreys, Griffin . . . . . . . . Nail, Alex . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Meet 15:17.43 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nebraska Tune-Up (2/20) 15:18.72 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nebraska Tune-Up (2/20) 16:48.08 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .WAC Championships (2/26)

4X400-METER RELAY Athlete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Meet Snow, Prioleau, Garner, Yarbrough . . . . . . . . . 3:21.07 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2015 Jayhawk Classic (1/29)

POLE VAULT Athlete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Meet Basore, Nicolas . . . . . . . . . . 12’ 5.5” (3.80m) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .WAC Championships (2/26) Woods, Garrison . . . . . . . . . . 10’ 6” (3.20m) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .WAC Championships (2/26) Lockhart, Zane . . . . . . . . . . . 8’ 6.25” (2.60m) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WAC Championships (2/26) LONG JUMP Athlete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Meet Harden, Joshua . . . . . . . . . . 23’ 1.25” (7.04m) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .WAC Championships (2/26) Carter, Eric . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21’ 2.75” (6.47m) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2014 Bob Timmons (12/06) Woods, Garrison . . . . . . . . . . 21’ 1.25” (6.43m) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WAC Championships (2/26) Harr, Jeremy . . . . . . . . . . . . 21’ 0” (6.40m) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .WAC Championships (2/26) Lockhart, Zane . . . . . . . . . . . 20’ 3.75” (6.19m) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .WAC Championships (2/26) TRIPLE JUMP Athlete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Meet Harden, Joshua . . . . . . . . . . 47’ 11” (14.60m) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Missouri Invitational (1/16) Harr, Jeremy . . . . . . . . . . . . 44’ 10.25” (13.67m) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .WAC Championships (2/26) Woods, Garrison . . . . . . . . . . 43’ 10.75” (13.38m) . . . . . . . . . . . . . WAC Championships (2/26) Lockhart, Zane . . . . . . . . . . . 42’ 6” (12.95m) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Missouri Invitational (1/16) SHOT PUT Athlete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Meet Hocking, Blake . . . . . . . . . . . 56’ 0” (17.07m) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2015 Jayhawk Classic (1/29) Hockman, Jacob . . . . . . . . . . 44’ 11.5” (13.70m) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WAC Championships (2/26) Williams, Martin . . . . . . . . . . 44’ 10.75” (13.68m) . . . . . . . . . . . . . Missouri Invitational (1/16) Gaylord, Mitch . . . . . . . . . . . 42’ 9” (13.03m) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .WAC Championships (2/26) Woods, Garrison . . . . . . . . . . 32’ 9.75” (10.00m) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .WAC Championships (2/26) Lockhart, Zane . . . . . . . . . . . 28’ 0.75” (8.55m) . . . . . . . . . Carol Robinson Winter Pent. (12/12) WEIGHT THROW Athlete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Meet Williams, Martin . . . . . . . . . . 54’ 10.75” (16.73m) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nebraska Tune-Up (2/20) Hocking, Blake . . . . . . . . . . . 48’ 4.75” (14.75m) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2014 Bob Timmons (12/06) Hockman, Jacob . . . . . . . . . . 46’ 3.25” (14.10m) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WAC Championships (2/26) Gaylord, Mitch . . . . . . . . . . . 43’ 0.25” (13.11m) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WAC Championships (2/26) INDOOR PENTATHLON Athlete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Meet Lockhart, Zane . . . . . . . . . . . 2593 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Carol Robinson Winter Pent. (12/12) Woods, Garrison . . . . . . . . . . 2246 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Carol Robinson Winter Pent. (12/12) HEPTATHLON Athlete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Meet Woods, Garrison . . . . . . . . . . 3814 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WAC Championships (2/26) Lockhart, Zane . . . . . . . . . . . 3717 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .WAC Championships (2/26)

2015 Review • 87

2015 MEN’S OUTDOOR PERFORMANCE LIST 100 METERS Athlete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Meet Roach, Kenny . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.70 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2015 WAC Championships (5/13) Prioleau, Daniel . . . . . . . . . . 10.80 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2015 WAC Championships (5/13) Adams, Brady . . . . . . . . . . . 10.92 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2015 WAC Championships (5/13) Carter, Eric . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.40 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2015 ESU Spring Open (3/28) Lockhart, Zane . . . . . . . . . . . 11.87 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2015 WAC Championships (5/13) Schirmer, Joshua . . . . . . . . . 12.08 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2015 ESU Spring Open (3/28)

3,000-METER STEEPLE Athlete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Meet Miller, Bryce . . . . . . . . . . . . 8:44.89 . . . . . . . . . . . NCAA Div. I Outdoor Championships (6/10)

200 METERS Athlete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Meet Adams, Brady . . . . . . . . . . . 21.71 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2015 WAC Championships (5/13) Prioleau, Daniel . . . . . . . . . . 22.04 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . State Farm ESU Relays (4/04) Yarbrough, Eric . . . . . . . . . . 22.26 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2015 WAC Championships (5/13) Roach, Kenny . . . . . . . . . . . . 22.36 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . State Farm ESU Relays (4/04) Garner, Terrone . . . . . . . . . . 22.49 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ASU Red Wolf Open (4/24) Martin, Jason . . . . . . . . . . . 22.51 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tulsa Duels 2015 (3/20) Carter, Eric . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23.56 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tulsa Duels 2015 (3/20) Harr, Jeremy . . . . . . . . . . . . 23.96 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2015 ESU Spring Open (3/28) Woods, Garrison . . . . . . . . . . 24.38 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2015 ESU Spring Open (3/28) Lockhart, Zane . . . . . . . . . . . 25.61 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2015 ESU Spring Open (3/28)

4X400-METER RELAY Athlete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Meet Yarbrough, Prioleau, Snow, Garner . . . . . . . . . . . . 3:15.17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2015 WAC Championships (5/13)

400 METERS Athlete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Meet Yarbrough, Eric . . . . . . . . . . 48.92 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tulsa Duels 2015 (3/20) Shaw, Jason . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.72 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2015 ESU Spring Open (3/28) Kenney, Xavier . . . . . . . . . . . 52.59 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2015 ESU Spring Open (3/28) Quick, Cyle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54.73 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . State Farm ESU Relays (4/04) Lockhart, Zane . . . . . . . . . . . 55.23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2015 WAC Championships (5/13) 800 METERS Athlete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Meet Wardall, Taylor . . . . . . . . . . . 1:56.08 . . . . . . . . . . . Wichita State KT Woodman Classic (4/08) 1,500 METERS Athlete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Meet Wardall, Taylor . . . . . . . . . . . 3:50.02 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bryan Clay Invitational (4/17) Miller, Bryce . . . . . . . . . . . . 3:52.02 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Rock Chalk Classic (5/02) Fambrough, Jason . . . . . . . . . 4:01.53 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Rock Chalk Classic (5/02) Keown, Nathan . . . . . . . . . . 4:04.98 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Rock Chalk Classic (5/02) Lockhart, Zane . . . . . . . . . . . 5:19.16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2015 WAC Championships (5/13) 3,000 METERS Athlete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Meet Keown, Nathan . . . . . . . . . . 8:44.47 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . State Farm ESU Relays (4/04) Fambrough, Jason . . . . . . . . . 8:48.32 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . State Farm ESU Relays (4/04) Moll, Quinlan . . . . . . . . . . . . 8:53.42 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . State Farm ESU Relays (4/04) Nail, Alex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9:14.42 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . State Farm ESU Relays (4/04) 5,000 METERS Athlete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Meet Miller, Bryce . . . . . . . . . . . . 14:20.69 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bryan Clay Invitational (4/17) Keown, Nathan . . . . . . . . . . 14:48.25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bryan Clay Invitational (4/17) Fambrough, Jason . . . . . . . . . 14:50.05 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bryan Clay Invitational (4/17) Moll, Quinlan . . . . . . . . . . . . 15:05.73 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rock Chalk Classic (5/02) Wardall, Taylor . . . . . . . . . . . 15:28.75 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2015 WAC Championships (5/13) Nail, Alex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15:37.40 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rock Chalk Classic (5/02) 10,000 METERS Athlete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Meet Keown, Nathan . . . . . . . . . . 32:28.22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2015 WAC Championships (5/13) Nail, Alex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33:09.31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2015 WAC Championships (5/13) 110-METER HURDLES Athlete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Meet Burton, Devin . . . . . . . . . . . 14.81 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2015 WAC Championships (5/13) Schirmer, Joshua . . . . . . . . . 15.18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2015 WAC Championships (5/13) Lockhart, Zane . . . . . . . . . . . 17.89 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2015 WAC Championships (5/13) 400-METER HURDLES Athlete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Meet Snow, Zak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52.23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2015 WAC Championships (5/13) Garner, Terrone . . . . . . . . . . 52.81 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2015 WAC Championships (5/13) Burton, Devin . . . . . . . . . . . 55.97 . . . . . . . . . . . . Wichita State KT Woodman Classic (4/08) Shaw, Jason . . . . . . . . . . . . 56.34 . . . . . . . . . . . . Wichita State KT Woodman Classic (4/08) Kenney, Xavier . . . . . . . . . . . 58.27 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ASU Red Wolf Open (4/24) 2,000-METER STEEPLE Athlete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Meet Miller, Bryce . . . . . . . . . . . . 5:49.43 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tulsa Duels 2015 (3/20)

4X100-METER RELAY Athlete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Meet Roach, Martin, Adams, Prioleau . . . . . . . . . . 41.31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2015 WAC Championships (5/13)

HIGH JUMP Athlete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Meet Lockhart, Zane . . . . . . . . . . . 5’ 5.75” (1.67m) . . . . . . . . . . . . 2015 WAC Championships (5/13) POLE VAULT Athlete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Meet Basore, Nicolas . . . . . . . . . . 12’ 11.5” (3.95m) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tulsa Duels 2015 (3/20) Lockhart, Zane . . . . . . . . . . . 9’ 2.25” (2.80m) . . . . . . . . . . . . 2015 WAC Championships (5/13) LONG JUMP Athlete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Meet Carter, Eric . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21’ 10.25” (6.66m) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2015 ESU Spring Open (3/28) Harden, Joshua . . . . . . . . . . 21’ 8.75” (6.62m) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2015 ESU Spring Open (3/28) Harr, Jeremy . . . . . . . . . . . . 21’ 8” (6.60m) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . State Farm ESU Relays (4/04) Martin, Jason . . . . . . . . . . . 21’ 3.25” (6.48m) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tulsa Duels 2015 (3/20) Woods, Garrison . . . . . . . . . . 21’ 0” (6.40m) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2015 ESU Spring Open (3/28) Lockhart, Zane . . . . . . . . . . . 19’ 10.25” (6.05m) . . . . . . . . . . . . State Farm ESU Relays (4/04) TRIPLE JUMP Athlete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Meet Harden, Joshua . . . . . . . . . . 49’ 1” (14.96m) . . . . . . . . . . NCAA Division I West Prelims (5/28) Harr, Jeremy . . . . . . . . . . . . 47’ 6.5” (14.49m) . . . . . . . . . . . 2015 WAC Championships (5/13) Martin, Jason . . . . . . . . . . . 46’ 10” (14.27m) . . . . . . . . . . . . 2015 WAC Championships (5/13) Woods, Garrison . . . . . . . . . . 43’ 1.75” (13.15m) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2015 ESU Spring Open (3/28) Lockhart, Zane . . . . . . . . . . . 42’ 0.5” (12.81m) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2015 ESU Spring Open (3/28) SHOT PUT Athlete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Meet Hocking, Blake . . . . . . . . . . . 59’ 7.5” (18.17m) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ASU Red Wolf Open (4/24) Hockman, Jacob . . . . . . . . . . 45’ 2.25” (13.77m) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rock Chalk Classic (5/02) Gaylord, Mitch . . . . . . . . . . . 42’ 9” (13.03m) . . . . . . . . . . . . 2015 WAC Championships (5/13) Leverette, Kris . . . . . . . . . . . 40’ 5” (12.32m) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . State Farm ESU Relays (4/04) Dosanjh, Hapreet . . . . . . . . . 38’ 7.5” (11.77m) . . . . . . . . . . . . 2015 WAC Championships (5/13) Lockhart, Zane . . . . . . . . . . . 29’ 8” (9.04m) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2015 WAC Championships (5/13) DISCUS THROW Athlete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Meet Hocking, Blake . . . . . . . . . . . 158’ 0” (48.15m) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rock Chalk Classic (5/02) Hockman, Jacob . . . . . . . . . . 152’ 5” (46.45m) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rock Chalk Classic (5/02) Leverette, Kris . . . . . . . . . . . 152’ 1” (46.35m) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rock Chalk Classic (5/02) Dosanjh, Hapreet . . . . . . . . . 121’ 9” (37.11m) . . . . . . . . . . . . 2015 WAC Championships (5/13) Yoxall, Alex . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108’ 2” (32.97m) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ASU Red Wolf Open (4/24) Gaylord, Mitch . . . . . . . . . . . 100’ 10” (30.74m) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ASU Red Wolf Open (4/24) Lockhart, Zane . . . . . . . . . . . 56’ 11” (17.35m) . . . . . . . . . . . . 2015 WAC Championships (5/13) HAMMER THROW Athlete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Meet Leverette, Kris . . . . . . . . . . . 184’ 8” (56.30m) . . . . . . . . . . . 2015 WAC Championships (5/13) Hockman, Jacob . . . . . . . . . . 140’ 4” (42.78m) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tulsa Duels 2015 (3/20) Gaylord, Mitch . . . . . . . . . . . 132’ 6” (40.39m) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ASU Red Wolf Open (4/24) JAVELIN THROW Athlete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Meet Dosanjh, Hapreet . . . . . . . . . 196’ 1” (59.76m) . . . . . . . . . . . . . State Farm ESU Relays (4/04) Yoxall, Alex . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183’ 9” (56.01m) . . . . . . . . . . . 2015 WAC Championships (5/13) Gaylord, Mitch . . . . . . . . . . . 134’ 9” (41.08m) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ASU Red Wolf Open (4/24) Lockhart, Zane . . . . . . . . . . . 130’ 4” (39.74m) . . . . . . . . . . . . 2015 WAC Championships (5/13) DECATHLON Athlete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Meet Lockhart, Zane . . . . . . . . . . . 4789 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2015 WAC Championships (5/13)

88 • 2016 UMKC Track & Field

2015 WOMEN’S INDOOR PERFORMANCE LIST 60 METERS Athlete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Meet Rollins, Genel . . . . . . . . . . . 7.66 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .WAC Championships (2/26) Darker, Sydia . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.73 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .WAC Championships (2/26) Brewer, Essence . . . . . . . . . . 7.91 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .WAC Championships (2/26) Tucker, Kamaya . . . . . . . . . . 7.94 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2014 Bob Timmons (12/06) Carter, Briana . . . . . . . . . . . 8.00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Missouri Invitational (1/16) Conrow, Kylie . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .WAC Championships (2/26) Oparaji, Blessing . . . . . . . . . 8.00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nebraska Tune-Up (2/20) Short, Mallory . . . . . . . . . . . 8.04 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .WAC Championships (2/26) Mills, Traci . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.09 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tiger Invitational (2/06) Borders, Amani . . . . . . . . . . 8.28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tiger Invitational (2/06) Carter, Jasmine . . . . . . . . . . 8.80 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2014 Bob Timmons (12/06) Mason, Dasjah . . . . . . . . . . . 8.84 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Missouri Invitational (1/16)

5,000 METERS Athlete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Frerichs, Courtney . . . . . . . . Carpenter, Kelly . . . . . . . . . . Mills, Megan . . . . . . . . . . . .

200 METERS Athlete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Meet Rollins, Genel . . . . . . . . . . . 25.09 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .WAC Championships (2/26) Tucker, Kamaya . . . . . . . . . . 25.16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .WAC Championships (2/26) Bethune, Chantel . . . . . . . . . 25.37 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .WAC Championships (2/26) Culberson, Rachel . . . . . . . . . 25.64 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .WAC Championships (2/26) Carter, Briana . . . . . . . . . . . 25.71 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tiger Invitational (2/06) Brewer, Essence . . . . . . . . . . 25.96 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nebraska Tune-Up (2/20) Oparaji, Blessing . . . . . . . . . 26.08 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .SDSU Jim Emmerich Inv. (1/24) Short, Mallory . . . . . . . . . . . 27.39 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tiger Invitational (2/06) Mason, Dasjah . . . . . . . . . . . 28.59 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2014 Bob Timmons (12/06)

4X400-METER RELAY Athlete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Meet Tucker, Bethune, V. Rollins, Carter . . . . . . . . . . 3:50.27 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2015 Jayhawk Classic (1/29)

400 METERS Athlete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Meet Bethune, Chantel . . . . . . . . . 56.31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .WAC Championships (2/26) Carter, Briana . . . . . . . . . . . 56.35 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .WAC Championships (2/26) Tucker, Kamaya . . . . . . . . . . 58.00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nebraska Tune-Up (2/20) Culberson, Rachel . . . . . . . . . 58.05 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .WAC Championships (2/26) Rollins, Veronica . . . . . . . . . . 58.63 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .SDSU Jim Emmerich Inv. (1/24) Miller, Patricia . . . . . . . . . . . 1:00.12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .SDSU Jim Emmerich Inv. (1/24) Hopgood, Ebony . . . . . . . . . . 1:00.26 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2014 Bob Timmons (12/06) Borders, Amani . . . . . . . . . . 1:00.30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .WAC Championships (2/26) Mason, Dasjah . . . . . . . . . . . 1:05.82 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2014 Bob Timmons (12/06) 600 METERS Athlete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Meet Johnson, Janelle . . . . . . . . . . 1:37.59 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .SDSU Jim Emmerich Inv. (1/24) Miller, Patricia . . . . . . . . . . . 1:41.29 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nebraska Tune-Up (2/20) 600 YARDS Athlete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Meet Rollins, Veronica . . . . . . . . . . 1:24.40 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2015 Jayhawk Classic (1/29) Johnson, Janelle . . . . . . . . . . 1:28.07 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2015 Jayhawk Classic (1/29) Hopgood, Ebony . . . . . . . . . . 1:29.54 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2015 Jayhawk Classic (1/29) 800 METERS Athlete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Meet Guiot, Brooke . . . . . . . . . . . 2:16.95 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nebraska Tune-Up (2/20) Rollins, Veronica . . . . . . . . . . 2:17.53 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nebraska Tune-Up (2/20) Johnson, Janelle . . . . . . . . . . 2:20.78 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tiger Invitational (2/06) Miller, Hanna . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:25.97 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tiger Invitational (2/06) Miller, Patricia . . . . . . . . . . . 2:30.76 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Carol Robinson Winter Pent. (12/12) Emmert, Daiwa . . . . . . . . . . 2:48.64 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Carol Robinson Winter Pent. (12/12) Sledge, Rebecca . . . . . . . . . . 2:51.89 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2015 Jayhawk Classic (1/29) MILE Athlete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fogarty, Sarah . . . . . . . . . . . Nolke, Elizabeth . . . . . . . . . . Tuck, Katie . . . . . . . . . . . . . Penaflor, Gabrielle . . . . . . . .

Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Meet 5:01.62 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nebraska Tune-Up (2/20) 5:15.30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tiger Invitational (2/06) 5:26.39 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tiger Invitational (2/06) 5:26.82 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tiger Invitational (2/06)

3,000 METERS Athlete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Meet Fogarty, Sarah . . . . . . . . . . . 10:13.56 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SDSU Jim Emmerich Inv. (1/24) Carreon, Chandler . . . . . . . . . 10:31.34 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tiger Invitational (2/06) Frerichs, Courtney . . . . . . . . 10:35.96 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .WAC Championships (2/26) Carpenter, Kelly . . . . . . . . . . 10:36.53 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tiger Invitational (2/06) Griffith, Tabitha . . . . . . . . . . 10:38.93 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tiger Invitational (2/06) Mills, Megan . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:48.22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tiger Invitational (2/06) Penaflor, Gabrielle . . . . . . . . 10:56.39 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2015 Jayhawk Classic (1/29) Tuck, Katie . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11:08.47 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SDSU Jim Emmerich Inv. (1/24)

Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Meet 15:47.56 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NCAA Div. I Championships (3/13) 18:53.87 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .WAC Championships (2/26) 19:37.31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WAC Championships (2/26)

60-METER HURDLES Athlete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Meet Short, Mallory . . . . . . . . . . . 8.57 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .WAC Championships (2/26) Darker, Sydia . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.76 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .WAC Championships (2/26) Borders, Amani . . . . . . . . . . 9.47 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .WAC Championships (2/26) Miller, Patricia . . . . . . . . . . . 9.50 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .WAC Championships (2/26) Emmert, Daiwa . . . . . . . . . . 10.25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .WAC Championships (2/26) Sledge, Rebecca . . . . . . . . . . 11.19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2015 Jayhawk Classic (1/29)

DISTANCE MEDLEY Athlete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Meet Fogarty, Johnson, Guiot, Frerichs . . . . . . . . . . . 11:53.03 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2015 Jayhawk Classic (1/29) HIGH JUMP Athlete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Meet Mason, Dasjah . . . . . . . . . . . 5’ 4.5” (1.64m) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WAC Championships (2/26) Emmert, Daiwa . . . . . . . . . . 5’ 2.25” (1.58m) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .WAC Championships (2/26) Miller, Patricia . . . . . . . . . . . 4’ 11” (1.50m) . . . . . . . . . . . Carol Robinson Winter Pent. (12/12) Sledge, Rebecca . . . . . . . . . . 4’ 7” (1.40m) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2015 Jayhawk Classic (1/29) LONG JUMP Athlete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Meet Mills, Traci . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18’ 7.75” (5.68m) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Missouri Invitational (1/16) Darker, Sydia . . . . . . . . . . . . 18’ 7” (5.66m) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .WAC Championships (2/26) Carter, Briana . . . . . . . . . . . 18’ 6” (5.64m) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .WAC Championships (2/26) Oparaji, Blessing . . . . . . . . . 17’ 7” (5.36m) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Missouri Invitational (1/16) Conrow, Kylie . . . . . . . . . . . . 16’ 8.5” (5.09m) . . . . . . . . . . . . . SDSU Jim Emmerich Inv. (1/24) Sledge, Rebecca . . . . . . . . . . 16’ 6.5” (5.04m) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tiger Invitational (2/06) Emmert, Daiwa . . . . . . . . . . 16’ 4.5”(4.99m) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .WAC Championships (2/26) Miller, Patricia . . . . . . . . . . . 16’ 3” (4.95m) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2014 Bob Timmons (12/06) Carter, Jasmine . . . . . . . . . . 16’ 1” (4.90m) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Missouri Invitational (1/16) TRIPLE JUMP Athlete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Meet Carter, Briana . . . . . . . . . . . 39’ 8” (12.09m) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nebraska Tune-Up (2/20) Miller, Patricia . . . . . . . . . . . 38’ 0.25” (11.59m) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .WAC Championships (2/26) Darker, Sydia . . . . . . . . . . . . 37’ 6” (11.43m) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WAC Championships (2/26) Oparaji, Blessing . . . . . . . . . 37’ 1.25” (11.31m) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .WAC Championships (2/26) Mills, Traci . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36’ 11.5” (11.26m) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WAC Championships (2/26) Conrow, Kylie . . . . . . . . . . . . 35’ 0.5” (10.68m) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Missouri Invitational (1/16) Emmert, Daiwa . . . . . . . . . . 34’ 1.5” (10.40m) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .WAC Championships (2/26) Carter, Jasmine . . . . . . . . . . 33’ 1.75” (10.10m) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2014 Bob Timmons (12/06) Sledge, Rebecca . . . . . . . . . . 32’ 10.25” (10.01m) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tiger Invitational (2/06) SHOT PUT Athlete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Meet Dyson, Dahlia . . . . . . . . . . . 45’ 2.25” (13.77m) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WAC Championships (2/26) Benoit, Kelsey . . . . . . . . . . . 45’ 1” (13.74m) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2014 Bob Timmons (12/06) Musaddiq, Yasmin . . . . . . . . . 37’ 3” (11.35m) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WAC Championships (2/26) Miller, Patricia . . . . . . . . . . . 31’ 11.25” (9.73m) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .WAC Championships (2/26) Emmert, Daiwa . . . . . . . . . . 27’ 5.25” (8.36m) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2014 Bob Timmons (12/06) Sledge, Rebecca . . . . . . . . . . 26’ 3.5” (8.01m) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2015 Jayhawk Classic (1/29) WEIGHT THROW Athlete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Meet Dyson, Dahlia . . . . . . . . . . . 58’ 0.5” (17.69m) . . . . . . . . . . . . .SDSU Jim Emmerich Inv. (1/24) Benoit, Kelsey . . . . . . . . . . . 55’ 1.5” (16.80m) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .WAC Championships (2/26) Musaddiq, Yasmin . . . . . . . . . 53’ 7” (16.33m) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nebraska Tune-Up (2/20) INDOOR PENTATHLON Athlete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Meet Miller, Patricia . . . . . . . . . . . 2981 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Carol Robinson Winter Pent. (12/12) Emmert, Daiwa . . . . . . . . . . 2618 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WAC Championships (2/26) Sledge, Rebecca . . . . . . . . . . 2300 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2015 Jayhawk Classic (1/29)

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2015 WOMEN’S OUTDOOR PERFORMANCE LIST 100 METERS Athlete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Meet Tucker, Kamaya . . . . . . . . . . 12.07 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2015 WAC Championships (5/13) Rollins, Genel . . . . . . . . . . . 12.18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2015 WAC Championships (5/13) Mills, Traci . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.26 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2015 WAC Championships (5/13) Carter, Briana . . . . . . . . . . . 12.28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tulsa Duels 2015 (3/20) Momo, Michelle . . . . . . . . . . 12.28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2015 WAC Championships (5/13) Cottingham, Lynette . . . . . . . 12.51 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2015 WAC Championships (5/13) Oparaji, Blessing . . . . . . . . . 12.59 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2015 WAC Championships (5/13) Conrow, Kylie . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.60 . . . . . . . . . . . . Wichita State KT Woodman Classic (4/08) Brewer, Essence . . . . . . . . . . 12.61 . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wichita State KT Woodman Classic (4/08) Borders, Amani . . . . . . . . . . 12.98 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tulsa Duels 2015 (3/20) Emmert, Daiwa . . . . . . . . . . 13.24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tulsa Duels 2015 (3/20) Short, Mallory . . . . . . . . . . . 13.33 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tulsa Duels 2015 (3/20) Carter, Jasmine . . . . . . . . . . 13.72 . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wichita State KT Woodman Classic (4/08) 200 METERS Athlete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Meet Tucker, Kamaya . . . . . . . . . . 24.86 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2015 WAC Championships (5/13) Bethune, Chantel . . . . . . . . . 24.93 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2015 WAC Championships (5/13) Momo, Michelle . . . . . . . . . . 25.05 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2015 WAC Championships (5/13) Carter, Briana . . . . . . . . . . . 25.26 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tulsa Duels 2015 (3/20) Rollins, Genel . . . . . . . . . . . 25.40 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . State Farm ESU Relays (4/04) Culberson, Rachel . . . . . . . . . 25.64 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2015 WAC Championships (5/13) Oparaji, Blessing . . . . . . . . . 25.69 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2015 WAC Championships (5/13) Conrow, Kylie . . . . . . . . . . . . 26.02 . . . . . . . . . . . . Wichita State KT Woodman Classic (4/08) Brewer, Essence . . . . . . . . . . 26.07 . . . . . . . . . . . . Wichita State KT Woodman Classic (4/08) Mills, Traci . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26.11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ASU Red Wolf Open (4/24) Borders, Amani . . . . . . . . . . 26.93 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ASU Red Wolf Open (4/24) Short, Mallory . . . . . . . . . . . 27.30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ASU Red Wolf Open (4/24) Mason, Dasjah . . . . . . . . . . . 28.36 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tulsa Duels 2015 (3/20) 400 METERS Athlete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Meet Bethune, Chantel . . . . . . . . . 55.55 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2015 WAC Championships (5/13) Carter, Briana . . . . . . . . . . . 56.08 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2015 WAC Championships (5/13) Culberson, Rachel . . . . . . . . . 57.46 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tulsa Duels 2015 (3/20) Rollins, Veronica . . . . . . . . . . 58.17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . State Farm ESU Relays (4/04) Tucker, Kamaya . . . . . . . . . . 58.18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tulsa Duels 2015 (3/20) Miller, Patricia . . . . . . . . . . . 59.36 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . State Farm ESU Relays (4/04) Conrow, Kylie . . . . . . . . . . . . 59.59 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tulsa Duels 2015 (3/20) Miller, Hanna . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:00.14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ASU Red Wolf Open (4/24) Guiot, Brooke . . . . . . . . . . . 1:00.35 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . State Farm ESU Relays (4/04) Brewer, Essence . . . . . . . . . . 1:02.19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2015 ESU Spring Open (3/28) 800 METERS Athlete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Meet Guiot, Brooke . . . . . . . . . . . 2:13.69 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Rock Chalk Classic (5/02) Rollins, Veronica . . . . . . . . . . 2:13.84 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2015 WAC Championships (5/13) Johnson, Janelle . . . . . . . . . . 2:15.52 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Rock Chalk Classic (5/02) Nolke, Elizabeth . . . . . . . . . . 2:21.01 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . State Farm ESU Relays (4/04) Miller, Hanna . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:24.20 . . . . . . . . . . . Wichita State KT Woodman Classic (4/08) Culberson, Rachel . . . . . . . . . 2:27.13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ASU Red Wolf Open (4/24) 1,500 METERS Athlete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Frerichs, Courtney . . . . . . . . Fogarty, Sarah . . . . . . . . . . . Nolke, Elizabeth . . . . . . . . . . Penaflor, Gabrielle . . . . . . . . Tuck, Katie . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Meet 4:22.59 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bryan Clay Invitational (4/17) 4:40.15 . . . . . . . . . . . Wichita State KT Woodman Classic (4/08) 4:43.95 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Rock Chalk Classic (5/02) 4:55.99 . . . . . . . . . . . Wichita State KT Woodman Classic (4/08) 5:02.58 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ASU Red Wolf Open (4/24)

3,000 METERS Athlete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Meet Carpenter, Kelly . . . . . . . . . . 10:29.50 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . State Farm ESU Relays (4/04) Carreon, Chandler . . . . . . . . . 10:33.70 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . State Farm ESU Relays (4/04) Mills, Megan . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:41.00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . State Farm ESU Relays (4/04) Griffith, Tabitha . . . . . . . . . . 10:46.60 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . State Farm ESU Relays (4/04) Tuck, Katie . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11:04.80 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . State Farm ESU Relays (4/04) 5,000 METERS Athlete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Meet Frerichs, Courtney . . . . . . . . 17:26.99 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2015 WAC Championships (5/13) Carreon, Chandler . . . . . . . . . 17:53.31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bryan Clay Invitational (4/17) Mills, Megan . . . . . . . . . . . . 18:01.90 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Rock Chalk Classic (5/02) Carpenter, Kelly . . . . . . . . . . 18:01.94 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Rock Chalk Classic (5/02) Griffith, Tabitha . . . . . . . . . . 18:15.06 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ASU Red Wolf Open (4/24) Penaflor, Gabrielle . . . . . . . . 18:49.06 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2015 WAC Championships (5/13) 10,000 METERS Athlete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Meet Carpenter, Kelly . . . . . . . . . . 35:50.28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mt. SAC Relays (4/16) Mills, Megan . . . . . . . . . . . . 38:03.46 . . . . . . . . . . Wichita State KT Woodman Classic (4/08)

100-METER HURDLES Athlete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Meet Darker, Sydia . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2015 WAC Championships (5/13) Short, Mallory . . . . . . . . . . . 14.23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2015 WAC Championships (5/13) Mason, Dasjah . . . . . . . . . . . 21.53 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tulsa Duels 2015 (3/20) 400-METER HURDLES Athlete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Meet Miller, Patricia . . . . . . . . . . . 1:02.51 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2015 WAC Championships (5/13) Darker, Sydia . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:02.96 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2015 WAC Championships (5/13) Borders, Amani . . . . . . . . . . 1:05.01 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . State Farm ESU Relays (4/04) Rollins, Veronica . . . . . . . . . . 1:05.22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . State Farm ESU Relays (4/04) 2,000-METER STEEPLE Athlete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Meet Fogarty, Sarah . . . . . . . . . . . 6:55.36 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tulsa Duels 2015 (3/20) Penaflor, Gabrielle . . . . . . . . 7:30.53 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tulsa Duels 2015 (3/20) 3,000-METER STEEPLE Athlete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Frerichs, Courtney . . . . . . . . Fogarty, Sarah . . . . . . . . . . . Penaflor, Gabrielle . . . . . . . .

Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Meet 9:31.36 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .NCAA Div. I Championships (6/10) 10:53.03 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Rock Chalk Classic (5/02) 11:35.57 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rock Chalk Classic (5/02)

4X100-METER RELAY Athlete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Meet Cottingham, Tucker, Carter, Momo . . . . . . . . . . . 47.00 . . . . . . . . . . . . Wichita State KT Woodman Classic (4/08) 4X400-METER RELAY Athlete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Meet Carter, Culberson, Tucker, Bethune . . . . . . . . . . 3:45.03 . . . . . . . . . . . . 2015 Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays (3/25) HIGH JUMP Athlete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Meet Mason, Dasjah . . . . . . . . . . . 5’ 3.75” (1.62m) . . . . . . . . . . . . 2015 WAC Championships (5/13) Emmert, Daiwa . . . . . . . . . . 5’ 1” (1.55m) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . State Farm ESU Relays (4/04) LONG JUMP Athlete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Meet Mills, Traci . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18’ 10.5” (5.75m) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tulsa Duels 2015 (3/20) Momo, Michelle . . . . . . . . . . 18’ 6.5” (5.65m) . . . . . . Wichita State KT Woodman Classic (4/08) Oparaji, Blessing . . . . . . . . . 17’ 7” (5.36m) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2015 WAC Championships (5/13) Darker, Sydia . . . . . . . . . . . . 17’ 4.75” (5.30m) . . . . . . . . . . . 2015 WAC Championships (5/13) Sledge, Rebecca . . . . . . . . . . 17’ 1.5” (5.22m) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ASU Red Wolf Open (4/24) Cottingham, Lynette . . . . . . . 17’ 0.75” (5.20m) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ASU Red Wolf Open (4/24) Conrow, Kylie . . . . . . . . . . . . 16’ 7” (5.05m) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tulsa Duels 2015 (3/20) Emmert, Daiwa . . . . . . . . . . 16’ 4.5” (4.99m) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2015 ESU Spring Open (3/28) Carter, Jasmine . . . . . . . . . . 15’ 7.75” (4.77m) . . . . . . Wichita State KT Woodman Classic (4/08) Mason, Dasjah . . . . . . . . . . . 15’ 4.75” (4.69m) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tulsa Duels 2015 (3/20) TRIPLE JUMP Athlete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Meet Carter, Briana . . . . . . . . . . . 40’ 2.25” (12.25m) . . . . . . . . . . . 2015 WAC Championships (5/13) Momo, Michelle . . . . . . . . . . 38’ 3.25” (11.66m) . . . . . . . . . . 2015 WAC Championships (5/13) Mills, Traci . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37’ 5.25” (11.41m) . . . . . . . . . . . 2015 WAC Championships (5/13) Cottingham, Lynette . . . . . . . 36’ 7.5” (11.16m) . . . . . . . . . . . . 2015 WAC Championships (5/13) Miller, Patricia . . . . . . . . . . . 35’ 8.75” (10.89m) . . . . . . . . . . 2015 WAC Championships (5/13) Darker, Sydia . . . . . . . . . . . . 34’ 8.25” (10.57m) . . . . . . . . . . . 2015 WAC Championships (5/13) Oparaji, Blessing . . . . . . . . . 34’ 5” (10.49m) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2015 ESU Spring Open (3/28) Conrow, Kylie . . . . . . . . . . . . 33’ 11.5” (10.35m) . . . . . . . . . . . . State Farm ESU Relays (4/04) Carter, Jasmine . . . . . . . . . . 32’ 6.5” (9.92m) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tulsa Duels 2015 (3/20) Emmert, Daiwa . . . . . . . . . . 32’ 5” (9.88m) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tulsa Duels 2015 (3/20) SHOT PUT Athlete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Meet Dyson, Dahlia . . . . . . . . . . . 46’ 10.25” (14.28m) . . . . . . . . . . 2015 WAC Championships (5/13) Benoit, Kelsey . . . . . . . . . . . 45’ 9.25” (13.95m) . . . . . . . . . . 2015 WAC Championships (5/13) Musaddiq, Yasmin . . . . . . . . . 36’ 6.25” (11.13m) . . . . . Wichita State KT Woodman Classic (4/08) DISCUS THROW Athlete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Meet Dyson, Dahlia . . . . . . . . . . . 147’ 11” (45.10m) . . . . . . . . . . . 2015 WAC Championships (5/13) Musaddiq, Yasmin . . . . . . . . . 132’ 10” (40.48m) . . . . . . . . . . . 2015 WAC Championships (5/13) Benoit, Kelsey . . . . . . . . . . . 130’ 1” (39.66m) . . . . . . . . . . . . . State Farm ESU Relays (4/04) Hasenkamp, Rebecca . . . . . . 76’ 7” (23.35m) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tulsa Duels 2015 (3/20) HAMMER THROW Athlete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Meet Dyson, Dahlia . . . . . . . . . . . 173’ 11” (53.00m) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Rock Chalk Classic (5/02) Benoit, Kelsey . . . . . . . . . . . 165’ 2” (50.34m) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Rock Chalk Classic (5/02) Musaddiq, Yasmin . . . . . . . . . 162’ 6” (49.54m) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Rock Chalk Classic (5/02) JAVELIN THROW Athlete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Meet Hasenkamp, Rebecca . . . . . . 125’ 0” (38.09m) . . . . . . . . . . . . . State Farm ESU Relays (4/04)

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2015 INDOOR SEASON OVERVIEW TRACK AND FIELD FINISHES OPENER AT BOB TIMMONS CHALLENGE The UMKC track and field team opened its 2014-15 indoor season at the Bob Timmons Challenge inside KU’s pavilion. Both of the women and men finished third overall out of the seven teams that competed for the women and the six teams on the men’s side.

UMKC SEES SUCCESS AT MIZZOU The Kansas City track and field teams had another solid meet at the Tiger Invitational, as the women came in second place out of six teams, and the men finished second out of five teams.

The women’s 4x400-meter relay had great success, as they were able to finish first clocking in with 3:53.72 minutes including Chantel Bethune, Kamaya Tucker, Veronica Rollins, and Briana Carter.

The ‘Roo women had several top-five finishers, including the 4x400-meter relay team taking a first place finish. On the men’s side, there were five-first place finishers (Roach, Yarbrough, Miller, and Harden), including the men’s 4x400m relay team.

FRERICHS BREAKS RECORDS AT HOOSIER OPEN The UMKC track and field competed at the Hoosier Open hosted by the University of Indiana. Courtney Frerichs won the 5000m run and beat the school record by 31 seconds.

CARTER SHARES WAC ATHLETE OF THE WEEK HONORS Briana Carter shares WAC Women’s Indoor Track & Field Athlete of the Week honors with Grand Canyon’s Moya Mckenzie for the week of Feb. 2 - 8.

Frerichs easily surpassed all of her competitors in the 5,000-meter run by several seconds with her time of 15:48. This time beat the school record by 31 seconds and is currently the 4th best time in the nation. It also breaks the 15-year-old WAC all-time record of 16:09 by 21 seconds. FRERICHS NAMED WAC WOMEN’S ATHLETE OF THE WEEK Kansas City’s Courtney Frerichs was named the Western Athletic Conference women’s track and field Athlete of the week for December 8-14. Frerichs, a senior from Nixa, Mo. (Nixa HS), opened her indoor season with a victory in the 5,000 meter run at the Hoosier Open in Bloomington, Ind. Frerichs not only beat the Roo’s school record by 31 seconds with a time of 15:48, but crushed a 15-year old WAC record (16:09) in the process. PERSONAL RECORDS SET AT MIZZOU The Kangaroos took on the Missouri Invitational on Friday (January 15), coming home with two field champions, senior Joshua Harden and junior Blake Hocking. The track and field team set personal records all across the board. Hocking, was champion in the shot put having a throw of 16.2 meters, which beat his previous personal record at the Bob Timmons Challenge. Joshua Harden set a season personal best in the triple jump with a mark of 14.60 meters taking first place; following was freshman Jeremy Harr with a sixth place finish and a season personal best. ‘ROOS FINISH WITH ONE CHAMP AT SDSU JIM EMMERICH The Kangaroos came home with a champion and several top ten finishers after competing at the Jim Emmerich Invitational hosted by South Dakota State. The sophomore Bryce Miller, from Ashland, Wis., was the lone champion for the ‘Roos on Saturday after competing in the men’s 3000 meter run chalking up a final time of 8:32. ‘ROOS BREAK RECORDS AT KU The Kangaroos had a successful weekend at the Jayhawk Classic where several of the members of the squad ended up breaking school records and making the top-five all-time performances in the UMKC Track & Field record book. Chantel Bethune took first in the AM session of the women’s 400-meter dash recording a lap at 58.23. Briana Carter won the triple jump with a leap of 11.98 meters. The mark granted her a spot in the women’s indoor top-five all-time performance list at UMKC. The women’s medley relay team was made up of Sarah Fogarty, Janelle Johnson, Brooke Guiot, and anchor Courtney Frerichs won the event with a time of 11:53. CARTER NAMED WAC ATHLETE OF THE WEEK Kansas City’s Briana Carter was named the WAC Women’s Track & Field Athlete of the Week for January 26 - February 1. Carter, a senior from Warrensburg, Mo., had a successful weekend at the Jayhawk Classic where she led the ‘Roos in the field. Carter won the triple jump with a leap of 11.98 meters which granted her a spot in the women’s indoor topfive All-time performances list.

Carter, a senior from Warrensburg, Mo. (Warrensburg HS), was very competitive in the triple jump this weekend at the Air Force Quadrangular. Earning secondplace, Carter jumped 12.01 meters which broke her previous 2012 school record by nearly a foot. This is now the third-best mark in UMKC school history. Furthermore, she now ranks first in the WAC for the women’s triple jump. HARD WORK SHOWS AT THE TUNE-UP, SETS THE BAR FOR THE WAC SHIPS Repping the Blue and Gold boldly, the Kansas City track and field women put on quite a show on Friday at the Bob Devaney Sports Center in Lincoln, Neb. Among the entire squad, ten females finished either in the top three in their event or set a new school record. Bryce Miller and Blake Hocking were strong on the men’s side, as each set school records as well. Sarah Fogarty had a great performance in the women’s one-mile run, grabbing fifth place overall and running her best time all season. She clocked in at 5:01.62, which is now third all time in school history and also has her sitting third in the WAC. Mallory Short set records all across the board with her performance in the women’s 60m hurdles taking fifth place clocking in at 8.82 seconds. Not only is this a personal best for her, but also pulls her closer to the top spot in the UMKC record books as her time is still the second best in school history. MILLER AND CARTER EARN WAC WEEKLY AWARDS Missouri-Kansas City’s Bryce Miller and Briana Carter were named the Western Athletic Conference men’s and women’s indoor track and field athletes of the week along side Utah Valley’s Levi Ball and Taylor Gomez, respectively, for February 16-22. Carter, a senior from Warrensburg, Mo. (Warrensburg HS), continued to set personal and school records after earning a fourth place finish in the women’s 400 meter dash clocking in at 56.86 seconds. Over in the sandpit, Carter placed third with her leap of 12.09 meters in the women’s triple jump. This mark has her sitting first in the WAC and is also fourth all time in school history. Miller, a senior from Ashland, Wis. (Ashland HS), broke his previous record time from the Tiger Invitational in the men’s one mile run. At the Nebraska Tune-Up this weekend, Miller completed the run in 4:10.03, granting him a fourth place finish. This time now ranks second best in school history and is also the fastest in the WAC this season. ‘ROOS NEAR TOP OF LIST AT WAC CHAMPIONSHIPS After three long days of competition, the UMKC men and women left the track and field with outstanding performances in all areas of events. Much controversy was featured on the runway when Briana Carter received a debatable disqualification in the triple jump—costing the Kansas City women 10 points, and therefore the conference title. However, the women finished second overall with 164 points and the men finished third with 99 points at the 2015 WAC Indoor Track and Field Championships. FRERICHS BREAKS SCHOOL RECORD AT NCAA ‘SHIPS The outstanding senior from Nixa, Mo., Courtney Frerichs, finished her final indoor season as a ‘Roo at the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships in the Randal Tyson Center. Frerichs finished fifth overall and set a new UMKC record for the women’s 5000m with her time of 15:47.56.

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2015 OUTDOOR SEASON OVERVIEW ‘ROOS START OUTDOOR SEASON WITH SOLID PERFORMANCES The Kansas City track and field team started their outdoor season with solid performances at the 2015 Tulsa Duels hosted by The University of Tulsa at the Hurricane Track & Soccer Stadium. Eleven females among the ‘Roo squad finished in the top three in their event or set a new school record. Amongst the men, ten kangaroos placed in the top three of their events including Bryce Miller surpassing UMKC’s 2000-meter steeplechase record. HOCKING SETS SCHOOL RECORD IN MEN’S OUTDOOR SHOT PUT The track and field teams competed at two different sites this weekend, the ESU Spring Open in Emporia, Kan., and the Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays in Austin, Tex. Blake Hocking had stand out performances on his part in the men’s shot put and discus events, placing in the top three and setting another school record in shot put for outdoor. While there was tough competition, it did not stop the Kangaroos from breaking more personal and school records. WOMEN TAKE FIRST WHILE MEN GRAB FOURTH AT ESU RELAYS At the Stanford Invitational, senior Courtney Frerichs ran a career best as well as earned a first place finish in the women’s 3000-meter steeplechase with her final time of 9:49.06 minutes. Not only does this rank her first in the WAC by well over a minute, but also resets her previous record for UMKC’s women’s steeplechase. Over in Emporia, Kan. at the ESU Relays, there were 21 Kangaroos who finished in the top three of their event. The women’s team placed first out of the fourteen teams with 181 points, while the men came in fourth out of twelve teams with a total of 91 points. WAC WOMEN’S OUTDOOR TRACK ATHLETE OF THE WEEK GOES TO FRERICHS Missouri-Kansas City’s Courtney Frerichs was named the Western Athletic Conference women’s track Athlete of the Week, respectively, for March 30 - April 5. Frerichs, a senior from Nixa, Mo. (Nixa HS), ran a career best as well as earned a first place finish in the women’s 3000-meter steeplechase with her final time of 9:49.06 minutes at the Stanford Invitational on Friday. Not only does this rank her first in the WAC by well over a minute, but also resets her previous record for UMKC’s women’s steeplechase. That mark also currently leads the nation and is a WAC all time record by 19 seconds. KANGAROOS SEE SUCCESS AT KT WOODMAN the Kangaroos competed at the KT Woodman Classic hosted by the Wichita State Shockers. There were twelve Kangaroos who finished in the top three of their event, while five managed to earn spots in UMKC’s top five all-timers. HARDEN NAMED WAC MEN’S FIELD ATHLETE OF THE WEEK Missouri-Kansas City’s Joshua Harden was named the Western Athletic Conference men’s field Athlete of the Week, respectively, for April 6-12. Harden, a senior from Corral Spring, Flo. (Highland C.C.), grabbed a second place finish in the men’s triple jump at the KT Woodman Classic in Kansas this weekend. Harden leaped to a career best and fifth UMKC all-time mark of 15.00 meters which leads the conference so far this season. SOLID PERFORMANCES FOR UMKC IN CALIFORNIA The ‘Roos competed at the Mt. Sac Relays and Bryan Clay Invitational in California, where Bryce Miller had a stand out performance in the men’s 5000meter run with his second place finish—a career best, first in the WAC, and the UMKC school record. Among the large competition, the ‘Roos were able to run a couple of career bests as well as earn spots in UMKC’s all-time record book. FRERICHS AND MILLER EARN WAC ATHLETE OF THE WEEK NODS Missouri-Kansas City’s Courtney Frerichs and Bryce Miller were named the Western Athletic Conference women’s and men’s track Athletes of the Week, respectively, for April 13-19. Frerichs, a senior from Nixa, Mo. (Nixa HS), grabbed eighth place in the women’s 1500-meter run recording a time of 4:22.59 at the Bryan Clay Invitational this weekend. Her time broke the UMKC school record by 14 seconds and leads the WAC by 6 seconds. Frerichs is currently ranked 33rd in the NCAA west region. Miller, a sophomore from Ashland, Wis. (Ashland HS), had a stand out performance in the men’s 5000-meter run with his second place finish at the Bryan Clay

Invitational—a career best, first in the WAC, and the UMKC school record. Miller broke the school record by 19 seconds and leads the WAC by 11 seconds. HOCKING DAZZLES AT RED WOLF OPEN The Kangaroos came home from the Red Wolf Open in Arkansas with several season bests as well as Blake Hocking having his best performance this season in the men’s shot put—succeeding in breaking the school record once again. Both of the men and women’s relay teams placed in the top three at the meet as well. GARNER AND HOCKING TAKE WAC WEEKLY HONORS Missouri-Kansas City’s Terrone Garner and teammate Blake Hocking have been named the Western Athletic Conference men’s track and field Athletes of the Week, respectively, for April 20-26. Garner, a junior from St. Louis, Mo. (Cardinal Ritter Prep), placed second in the 400 meter hurdles at the ASU Red Wolf Open this weekend in Arkansas. His time of 53.56 seconds currently ranks second in the WAC. Garner also helped the Roo’s in the men’s 4x100 and 4x400 relay teams that set season best marks. Hocking, a junior from Lawrence, Kan. (Lawrence HS), took third place overall in the men’s shot put this weekend with his toss of 18.17 meters- a career best, new school record and ranks first in the conference by well over 2 meters. He is currently ranked 24th in the NCAA West region in the event. Hocking also threw 47.53 meters in the discus which ranks second in the WAC this season. FRERICHS SETS NEW RECORD IN 3000 STEEPLE The track and field team set career bests all across the board at the Rock Chalk Classic with the women finishing fourth (80 pts), while the men taking fifth (55.50 pts). Courtney Frerichs competed solo at the Payton Jordan Invitational and brought home a first place finish in the women’s 3000-meter steeplechase— setting the school record with a career best of 9:32.12 minutes. Her time currently ranks first in the WAC by well over a minute. FRERICHS NAMED USTFCCCA & WAC ATHLETE OF THE WEEK After her stellar performance at the Payton Jordan Invitational last week, UMKC’s four-time All-American Courtney Frerichs picked up a pair of honors on Tuesday, garnering both the USTFCCCA Athlete of the Week and WAC Track Athlete of the Week. Only the two fastest women in American history are ahead of Frerichs on the all-time collegiate steeplechase list. Racing at Stanford against 2013 NCAA runner-up Colleen Quigley of Florida State, Frerichs won in 9:32.12–the fifthfastest time in collegiate history and a sixteen second improvement over her winning time on the same Palo Alto track a month ago. She needed every second of that all-time performance, as Quigley moved to No. 4 on the all-time collegiate performers list at 9:33.63 – the sixth-fastest collegiate time ever. Frerichs, a senior from Nixa, Mo. (Nixa HS), broke her own school record in 3000meter steeplechase with a WAC-record time of 9:32.12 to move into the top spot in the NCAA. Her time also ranks No. 2 in the world, less than a second behind Australia’s Madeline Heiner’s time of 9:31.03. FRERICHS BECOMES FIRST WAC ATHLETE NAMED TO BOWERMAN WATCH LIST Courtney Frerichs was named to the Women’s Bowerman Trophy Watch List last Thursday, making her one of the 10 women under the strongest consideration for collegiate track & field’s highest honor. Frerichs, a junior outdoors, from Nixa, Mo. (Nixa HS), broke her own school record in 3000-meter steeplechase at the Payton Jordan Invitational last weekend with a WAC-record time of 9:32.12 to move into the top spot in the NCAA. Her mark makes her the No. 3 steepler in collegiate history and also ranks No. 2 in the world, less than a second behind Australia’s Madeline Heiner’s time of 9:31.03. Frerichs’s appearance on the list was the first ever for a male or female athlete from the WAC. The Bowerman, which debuted in 2009, is presented annually by the USTFCCCA to the most outstanding male and female collegiate track & field athletes in the nation.

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WOMEN WIN WAC CHAMPIONSHIP, MEN TAKE THIRD The UMKC track and field teams both did something that hadn’t been done since 2000, with the women winning the WAC Outdoor Championship and the men finishing third overall. They battled tough conditions all day with temperatures in the 40’s and rain. The women’s squad scored 199 points winning its third ever outdoor crown, and first since 2000, while the men had their highest finish since that same season outdoors with 138 points. Junior Dahlia Dyson won the Outstanding Field Performer and the High Point Award, picking up 26 points in the meet. Junior Courtney Frerichs was the Outstanding Track Performer as well, winning two events. Also, Shameika McField was named WAC Coach of the Year on the women’s side. FRERICHS NAMED COSIDA ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT UMKC track and field’s Courtney Frerichs continued to add to her award mantle as she was named to the CoSIDA Academic All-District 6 Team. Frerichs, who helped the ‘Roos to the WAC Women’s Outdoor Track and Field Championship by winning the individual titles in the 3,000 meter steeplechase and the 5,000 meter run, was named to the team after posting a cumulative GPA of 3.93 as a chemistry major. The Nixa, Mo., native and four-time All-American will now be joined with the rest of the district honorees with a chance to become an Academic All-American. FRERICHS, MILLER LEAD ‘ROOS AT REGIONALS, QUALIFY FOR NATS Junior Courtney Frerichs won the 3,000 meter steeplechase, while sophomore Bryce Miller set a school record in the same event, as both qualified for nationals with their performances in the NCAA West Regional. Also competing was junior Blake Hocking in the shot put and senior Josh Harden in the triple jump. Hocking got the competition started on Friday night, taking 30th in the shot put with a toss of 57-7.75 on his second attempt. Later in the night, Frerichs took the West Regional title in the steeple, posting a time of 9:48.30. She was six seconds ahead of Rachel Johnson of Baylor. The top 12 performers in each event qualified for nationals in Eugene, Oregon from June 10-13. Miller followed with a career best and school record run in the men’s steeple, taking the 12th and final spot in the national field with a time of 8:50.51. The final competitor was Harden, who tallied at 49-1 to take 29th in the triple jump. MILLER TAKES 14TH, EARNS SECOND-TEAM ALL-AMERICAN HONORS Sophomore Bryce Miller earned UMKC’s fourth All-American honor of the 2014-15 school year on Wednesday night at the NCAA Track and Field Championships, taking 14th place in the 3,000 meter steeplechase. He was a second-team USFTCCCA All-American. Miller broke his own school record with a time of 8:44.89, and missed making the finals by just 1.37 seconds, or two places (top five in each heat and next two best times overall advanced). He took seventh in the first heat.

FRERICHS TAKES SECOND IN STEEPLE, EARNS FIFTH ALL-AMERICAN HONOR Junior Courtney Frerichs ran to a second-place finish in the 3,000 meter steeplechase on Saturday at the NCAA Track and Field Championships, posting a personal record time of 9:31.36. As expected, it was the fastest NCAA steeplechase run this season, with 10 of the 12 runners setting personal-best marks. Frerichs (Nixa, Mo.) bided her time in the fourth and fifth spots most of the race, but in the final 1,000 meters, she pulled even with defending champion Leah O’Connor of Michigan State on two occasions before falling back off. O’Conner led nearly the entire race, until the final lap, when eventual champion Colleen Quigley of Florida State overtook her. Frerichs was in third during most of the final lap, but passed O’Conner in the final straitaway to take second. Frerichs time marked the fourth-fastest in NCAA all-time, and ranked 13th in the world among all runners. It was the fifth All-American honor of Frerichs’ career, and third this school year for her, also earning it in cross country, and in the indoor 5,000 meters in 201415. The victory also placed UMKC 28th in the final national women’s standings with eight points, ahead of many local teams, including both Kansas and Missouri. It capped a banner year for UMKC, as it was the fifth All-American performance of the season (Sophomores Martez Harrison in basketball and Bryce Miller in the steeplechase). It was also the 10th All-American performance in UMKC Division I history, meaning half of the honors came in 2014-15. FRERICHS NAMED CAPITAL ONE ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICAN UMKC track and field’s Courtney Frerich’s was named as one of 15 members to the 2014-15 Capital One Academic All-America Women’s Track & Field/Cross Country First Team at the Division I level. Frerichs, who finished second at the NCAA Championships in the 3,000 meter steeplechase with a school record time of 9:31.35, the fourth fastest in NCAA history, was named to the team after posting a cumulative GPA of 3.93 as a chemistry major. FRERICHS ADVANCES TO USATF STEEPLECHASE FINALS UMKC’s Courtney Frerichs coasted to third in her semifinal heat of the 3,000 meter steeplechase at the 2015 USA Track and Field Outdoor Championships with a time of 9:48.04, advancing to the final, televised live on NBC. FRERICHS SEVENTH AT USATF CHAMPIONSHIPS IN STEEPLE UMKC’s Courtney Frerichs finished seventh in the finals of the 3,000 meter steeplechase at the 2015 USA Track and Field Outdoor Championships with a time of 9:46.24. She needed to finish in the top three to get a spot on team USA.

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MEN’S INDOOR RECORD BOOK 55 METERS Time . . . . . . . . . . Athlete . . . . . . . . . Year 6.23 . . . . . . . . . . . .Sam Randolph . . . . . 1997 6.40 . . . . . . . . . . . .Ronnie Williams . . . . 1998 6.42 . . . . . . . . . . . .Chris Weimer . . . . . . 1999 6.45 . . . . . . . . . . . .Glenn Hunt . . . . . . . 1998 6.45 . . . . . . . . . . . .Richard Lewis . . . . . . 1997

MILE Time . . . . . . . . . . Athlete . . . . . . . . . Year 4:06.18 . . . . . . . . . .Taylor Wardall . . . . . . 2013 4:08.09 . . . . . . . . . .Lee Tittle . . . . . . . . 1999 4:10.03 . . . . . . . . . Bryce Miller . . . . . . 2015 4:11.45 . . . . . . . . . Kolton Sheldon . . . . 2013 4:13.52 . . . . . . . . . .Daniel Mann . . . . . . . 2013

HIGH JUMP Mark . . . . . . . . . . Athlete . . . . . . . . . Year 2.10m (6’10.5”) . . . . . Matt Voelker . . . . . . 2002 2.08m (6’10”) . . . . . .Richard Markray . . . . 1999 2.03m (6’8”) . . . . . . .Charles Troupe . . . . . 2005 2.02m (6’7.5”) . . . . . .Kaleb Stoppel . . . . . 2005 2.01m (6’7.25”) . . . . . Marcus Osler . . . . . . 1999

60 METERS Time . . . . . . . . . . Athlete . . . . . . . . . Year 6.70 . . . . . . . . . . . .Ronnie Williams . . . . 2001 6.82 . . . . . . . . . . . .Chris Weimer . . . . . . 1999 6.84 . . . . . . . . . . . .Anthony Boyer . . . . . 2010 6.85 . . . . . . . . . . . .Kenny Roach . . . . . . 2014 6.86 . . . . . . . . . . . .Deandre Free . . . . . . 2001

3,000 METERS Time . . . . . . . . . . Athlete . . . . . . . . . Year 8:13.94 . . . . . . . . . Bryce Miller . . . . . . 2014 8:23.28 . . . . . . . . . .Cosmas Ayabei . . . . . 2012 8:29.48 . . . . . . . . . .Zach Mathias . . . . . . 2012 8:34.42 . . . . . . . . . .John Thorpe . . . . . . . 2011 8:35.84 . . . . . . . . Nathan Keown . . . . 2014

POLE VAULT Mark . . . . . . . . . . Athlete . . . . . . . . . Year 4.88m (16’0”) . . . . . .Jochen Hegenwald . . . 2001 4.55m (14’11”) . . . . . .Alex Kelsey . . . . . . . 2005 4.27m (14’0”) . . . . . . Micah Bray . . . . . . . 2000 4.26m (13’11.75”) . . . .Grant Dennis . . . . . . 2001 3.97m (13’0.25”) . . . . Jeremy Haskin . . . . . 1997

200 METERS Time . . . . . . . . . . Athlete . . . . . . . . . Year 21.76 . . . . . . . . . . . Chris Weimer . . . . . . 2000 21.93 . . . . . . . . . . .Glenn Hunt . . . . . . . 1998 22.04 . . . . . . . . . . .Joshua Butler . . . . . . 2013 22.05 . . . . . . . . . . .Willie White . . . . . . . 2001 22.16 . . . . . . . . . . . Anthony Boyer . . . . . 2010

5,000 METERS Time . . . . . . . . . . Athlete . . . . . . . . . Year 14:12.18 . . . . . . . . . .Cosmas Ayabei . . . . . 2012 14:34.88 . . . . . . . . .John Thorpe . . . . . . 1998 14:39.88 . . . . . . . . .Zach Mathias . . . . . . 2012 14:53.41 . . . . . . . . . Aaron Barton . . . . . . 2002 15:01.82 . . . . . . . . . Alloch Burton . . . . . . 2012

LONG JUMP Mark . . . . . . . . . . Athlete . . . . . . . . . Year 7.44m (24’5”) . . . . . . Deandre Free . . . . . . 2002 7.38m (24’2.5”) . . . . . Lance Davis . . . . . . . 1998 7.35m (24’1.5”) . . . . . Marcus Lee . . . . . . . 2009 7.33m (24’0.75”) . . . . .Richard Lewis . . . . . . 1997 7.15m (23’5.5”) . . . . . Osace Emagana . . . . 2010

300 METERS Time . . . . . . . . . . Athlete . . . . . . . . . Year 35.21 . . . . . . . . . . . Anthony Boyer . . . . . 2009 36.31 . . . . . . . . . . .Kristen Hepburn . . . . 2010 36.32 . . . . . . . . . . .Johnathon Barnett . . . 2012 36.54 . . . . . . . . . . .Keenan Simmons . . . 2009 36.77 . . . . . . . . . . . Chandler Hannah . . . . 2011

TRIPLE JUMP Mark . . . . . . . . . . Athlete . . . . . . . . . Year 15.58m (51’1.5”) . . . . .Marcus Lee . . . . . . . 2009 15.25m (50’0.5”) . . . . D.C. Okonta . . . . . . . 2013 15.01m (49’3”) . . . . . .Deandre Free . . . . . . 2001 14.90m (48’10.5”) . . . Marcus Osler . . . . . . 1995 14.78m (48’6”) . . . . . Terrence Jackson . . . 1996

400 METERS Time . . . . . . . . . . Athlete . . . . . . . . . Year 47.89 . . . . . . . . . . .Glenn Hunt . . . . . . . 1999 48.54 . . . . . . . . . . .Zdenko Duris . . . . . . 2000 48.78 . . . . . . . . . . .Chris Robinson . . . . . 1996 48.84 . . . . . . . . . . .Brad Epperly . . . . . . 1999 48.91 . . . . . . . . . . .Eric Friends . . . . . . . 2005

SHOT PUT Mark . . . . . . . . . . Athlete . . . . . . . . . Year 17.07m (56’0”) . . . . Blake Hocking . . . . 2015 16.46m (54’0”) . . . . . Ramon Nelson . . . . . 2011 15.77m (51’9”) . . . . . .Cade Lambson . . . . . 2012 15.76m (51’8.5”) . . . . .Brian Krantz . . . . . . 2003 15.51m (50’10.5”) . . . .Josh Whisman . . . . . 2012

600 METERS Time . . . . . . . . . . Athlete . . . . . . . . . Year 1:26.22 . . . . . . . . . Zak Snow . . . . . . . 2014 1:26.43 . . . . . . . . . Jason Shaw . . . . . . 2015

WEIGHT THROW Mark . . . . . . . . . . Athlete . . . . . . . . . Year 18.27m (59’11.25”) . . Kris Leverette . . . . . 2014 18.26m (59’11”) . . . . Josh Whisman . . . . 2002 17.94m (58’10.25”) . . Ramon Nelson . . . . .2012 17.58m (57’8.25”) . . . Brian Kantz . . . . . . 2002 17.17m (56’4”) . . . . . Adam Beltran . . . . . 1999

600 YARDS Time . . . . . . . . . . Athlete . . . . . . . . . Year 1:12.29 . . . . . . . . . . Redell Frazier . . . . . . 2011 1:12.58 . . . . . . . . . . Larry Hill . . . . . . . . . 2010 1:12.60 . . . . . . . . . .Brad Epperly . . . . . . 1998 1:13.04 . . . . . . . . . .LeVerne Wilson . . . . . 1998 1:13.20 . . . . . . . . . .Alex Pena-Lopez . . . . 2010 800 METERS Time . . . . . . . . . . Athlete . . . . . . . . . Year 1:52.36 . . . . . . . . . .Alex Pena-Lopez . . . . 2011 1:52.39 . . . . . . . . . .Larry Hill . . . . . . . . . 2010 1:54.36 . . . . . . . . . .Redell Frazier . . . . . . 2012 1:54.66 . . . . . . . . . .Brad Epperly . . . . . . 2000 1:55.12 . . . . . . . . . . Seth Summerside . . . 2003 1,000 METERS Time . . . . . . . . . . Athlete . . . . . . . . . Year 2:27.80 . . . . . . . . . .Lee Tittle . . . . . . . . 1999 2:30.34 . . . . . . . . . .Misgina Kifleyesus . . 2000 2:31.45 . . . . . . . . . .Cosmas Ayabei . . . . . 2011 2:34.61 . . . . . . . . . .Shaun Walker . . . . . . 2002 2:35.32 . . . . . . . . . .Luke Abouhalkah . . . . 2013

COSMAS AYABEI

55-METER HURDLES Time . . . . . . . . . . Athlete . . . . . . . . . Year 7.44 . . . . . . . . . . . .David Davis . . . . . . . 2001 7.57 . . . . . . . . . . . .Willie White . . . . . . . 1998 7.61 . . . . . . . . . . . .Marcus Osler . . . . . . 1995 7.75 . . . . . . . . . . . . Doug Fredrick . . . . . 1998 7.75 . . . . . . . . . . . . Damon Powell . . . . . 2000 60-METER HURDLES Time . . . . . . . . . . Athlete . . . . . . . . . Year 7.93 . . . . . . . . . . . .David Davis . . . . . . . 2000 7.95 . . . . . . . . . . . .Willie White . . . . . . . 2001 8.00 . . . . . . . . . . . .Anthony Boyer . . . . . 2010 8.23 . . . . . . . . . . . .Joshua Schirmer . . . . 2015 8.24 . . . . . . . . . . . .Doug Frederick . . . . . 2000

PENTATHLON Points . . . . . . . . . Athlete . . . . . . . . . Year 3,733 . . . . . . . . . . .Grant Dennis . . . . . . 2001 3,549 . . . . . . . . . . .Doug Fredrick . . . . . 1999 3,542 . . . . . . . . . . .Deandre Free . . . . . . 2001 3,426 . . . . . . . . . . .Jochen Hegenwald . . . 2001 2,651 . . . . . . . . . . . Mishaiel Reaws . . . . . 2012 HEPTATHLON Points . . . . . . . . . Athlete . . . . . . . . . Year 4,179 . . . . . . . . . . . Preston Phillips . . . . . 2010 4,064 . . . . . . . . . . .Nick Stoppel . . . . . . 2010 3,814 . . . . . . . . . . .Garrison Woods . . . . 2015 3,717 . . . . . . . . . . Zane Lockhart . . . . 2015 3,322 . . . . . . . . . . .Sergio Bichara . . . . . 2010

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MEN’S OUTDOOR RECORD BOOK 100 METERS Time . . . . . . . . . . Athlete . . . . . . . . . Year 10.63 . . . . . . . . . . .Chris Weimer . . . . . . 2000 10.62 . . . . . . . . . . .Daniel Prioleau . . . . . 2014 10.65 . . . . . . . . . . .Ronnie Williams . . . . 1997 10.68 . . . . . . . . . . .Anthony Boyer . . . . . 2009 10.70 . . . . . . . . . . . Brian Favell . . . . . . . 1996 10.70 . . . . . . . . . . . Kenny Roach . . . . . . 2015 200 METERS Time . . . . . . . . . . Athlete . . . . . . . . . Year 21.26 . . . . . . . . . . . Chris Weimer . . . . . . 1999 21.57 . . . . . . . . . . Brady Adams . . . . . 2013 21.63 . . . . . . . . . . .Brian Favell . . . . . . . 1996 21.64 . . . . . . . . . . .Keenan Simmons . . . 2009 21.67 . . . . . . . . . . . LeVerne Wilson . . . . . 1998

110-METER HURDLES Time . . . . . . . . . . Athlete . . . . . . . . . Year 13.98 . . . . . . . . . . .Anthony Boyer . . . . . 2006 14.11 . . . . . . . . . . . David Davis . . . . . . . 2000 14.20 . . . . . . . . . . .Willie White . . . . . . . 1999 14.36 . . . . . . . . . . .Damon Powell . . . . . 1998 14.59 . . . . . . . . . . .Doug Fredrick . . . . . 1998

POLE VAULT Mark . . . . . . . . . . Athlete . . . . . . . . . Year 4.90m (16’0.75”) . . . . Alex Kelsey . . . . . . . 2005 4.27m (14’0”) . . . . . . Jeremy Haskin . . . . . 1996 4.19m (13’9”) . . . . . . Grant Dennis . . . . . . 2001 4.10m (13’5.25”) . . . . Deandre Free . . . . . . 2002 4.10m (13’5.25”) . . . . Micah Bray . . . . . . . 2000

400-METER HURDLES Time . . . . . . . . . . Athlete . . . . . . . . . Year 51.21 . . . . . . . . . . . Anthony Boyer . . . . . 2010 52.23 . . . . . . . . . . Zak Snow . . . . . . . 2015 52.28 . . . . . . . . . . .Doug Fredrick . . . . . 1999 52.52 . . . . . . . . . . .Willie White . . . . . . . 1999 52.74 . . . . . . . . . . . Brad Epperly . . . . . . 1999

LONG JUMP Mark . . . . . . . . . . Athlete . . . . . . . . . Year 8.00m (26’3”) . . . . . .Deandre Free . . . . . . 2000 7.67m (25’2”) . . . . . . Oscar Emegano . . . . . 2011 7.45m (24’5.50”) . . . . Lance Davis . . . . . . . 1998 7.44m (24’5”) . . . . . . Marcus Lee . . . . . . . 2009 7.44m (24’5”) . . . . . . Richard Lewis . . . . . 1996 TRIPLE JUMP Mark . . . . . . . . . . Athlete . . . . . . . . . Year 16.03m (52’7.25”) . . . .Marcus Lee . . . . . . . 2009 15.24m (50’0”) . . . . . Deandre Free . . . . . . 2002 15.18m (49’9.75”) . . . .D.C. Okonta . . . . . . . 2013 15.11m (49’7”) . . . . . .Oscar Emegano . . . . . 2011 15.00m (49’2.5”) . . . . Joshua Harden . . . . . 2015

400 METERS Time . . . . . . . . . . Athlete . . . . . . . . . Year 47.42 . . . . . . . . . . . Glenn Hunt . . . . . . . 2000 47.66 . . . . . . . . . . .Zdenko Duris . . . . . . 2000 48.04 . . . . . . . . . . .Chris Robinson . . . . . 1996 48.28 . . . . . . . . . . .LeVerne Wilson . . . . . 1998 48.43 . . . . . . . . . . .Nathan Buie . . . . . . 2006

SHOT PUT Mark . . . . . . . . . . Athlete . . . . . . . . . Year 18.17m (59’7.5”) . . . . .Blake Hocking . . . . . 2015 16.89m (55’5”) . . . . . Josh Whisman . . . . . 2002 16.20m (53’1.75”) . . . .Ramon Nelson . . . . . 2012 15.78m (51’9.25”) . . . .Brian Krantz . . . . . . 2003 15.43m (50’7.5”) . . . . .Sky Hagy . . . . . . . . . 2010

800 METERS Time . . . . . . . . . . Athlete . . . . . . . . . Year 1:52.12 . . . . . . . . . . Lee Tittle . . . . . . . . 1999 1:52.71 . . . . . . . . . . Larry Hill . . . . . . . . . 2010 1:53.11 . . . . . . . . . . Alex Pena-Lopez . . . . 2009 1:53.44 . . . . . . . . . .Shaun Walker . . . . . . 2004 1:54.00 . . . . . . . . . .Redell Frazier . . . . . . 2012 1,500 METERS Time . . . . . . . . . . Athlete . . . . . . . . . Year 3:48.82 . . . . . . . . . .Lee Tittle . . . . . . . . 1999 3:48.91 . . . . . . . . . .Taylor Wardall . . . . . . 2013 3:51.47 . . . . . . . . . . Daniel Mann . . . . . . . 2013 3:52.02 . . . . . . . . . Bryce Miller . . . . . . 2015 3:52.86 . . . . . . . . . Kolton Sheldon . . . . 2013 3,000 METERS Time . . . . . . . . . . Athlete . . . . . . . . . Year 8:13.31 . . . . . . . . . .Cosmas Ayabei . . . . . 2011 8:29.39 . . . . . . . . . .Lee Tittle . . . . . . . . 1999 8:36.03 . . . . . . . . . .Zach Mathias . . . . . . 2011 8:36.97 . . . . . . . . . .Taylor Wardall . . . . . . 2013 8:37.37 . . . . . . . . . .Danny Sillva . . . . . . . 1998 5,000 METERS Time . . . . . . . . . . Athlete . . . . . . . . . Year 14:20.69 . . . . . . . . Bryce Miller . . . . . . 2015 14:39.24 . . . . . . . . . Cosmas Ayabei . . . . . 2013 14:39.66 . . . . . . . . Nathan Keown . . . . 2014 14:50.05 . . . . . . . . Jason Fambrough . . 2015 14:56.93 . . . . . . . . .Aaron Barton . . . . . . 2002 10,000 METERS Time . . . . . . . . . . Athlete . . . . . . . . . Year 29:13.50 . . . . . . . . .Cosmas Ayabei . . . . . 2012 30:49.84 . . . . . . . . .Bill Hibdon . . . . . . . 2002 31:03.80 . . . . . . . . .John Thorpe . . . . . . 1998 31:51.63 . . . . . . . . . Aaron Burton . . . . . . 2003 31:54.00 . . . . . . . . .Danny Silva . . . . . . . 2000

DISCUS Mark . . . . . . . . . . Athlete . . . . . . . . . Year 49.45m (162’3”) . . . . .Chris Armstrong . . . . 2003 49.20m (161’5”) . . . . .Ramon Nelson . . . . . 2010 48.82m (160’2”) . . . . Tom Woodward . . . . . 2000 48.16m (158’0”) . . . . .Blake Hocking . . . . . 2015 47.50m (155’10”) . . . .Martin Williams . . . . . 2014

ANTHONY BOYER

2,000-METER STEEPLECHASE Time . . . . . . . . . . Athlete . . . . . . . . . Year 5:49.43 . . . . . . . . . .Bryce Miller . . . . . . . 2015 6:23.89 . . . . . . . . . .Griffin Humphreys . . . 2014 6:47.07 . . . . . . . . . .Kyle Bremer . . . . . . . 2013 3,000-METER STEEPLECHASE Time . . . . . . . . . . Athlete . . . . . . . . . Year 8:44.89 . . . . . . . . . .Bryce Miller . . . . . . . 2015 9:08.18 . . . . . . . . . .Jeremy Combs . . . . . 2000 9:23.17 . . . . . . . . . . Sean Bernsen . . . . . 1999 9:23.35 . . . . . . . . . .Jon Harman . . . . . . . 2002 9:26.56 . . . . . . . . . .Justin Reeder . . . . . 1999 HIGH JUMP Mark . . . . . . . . . . Athlete . . . . . . . . . Year 2.22m (7’3.25”) . . . . . Matt Voelker . . . . . . 2002 2.05m (6’8.75”) . . . . .Richard Markray . . . . 1999 2.02m (6’7.50”) . . . . .Tim Jones . . . . . . . . 2002 2.02m (6’7.50”) . . . . .Deandre Free . . . . . . 2000 2.01m (6’7”) . . . . . . .Jimmy Johnson . . . . . 1996

HAMMER Mark . . . . . . . . . . Athlete . . . . . . . . . Year 56.62m (185’9”) . . . . .Kris Leverette . . . . . . 2014 55.40m (181.9”) . . . . .Josh Whisman . . . . . 2002 55.22m (181’2”) . . . . .Geoff Gladish . . . . . . 2000 54.61m (179’2”) . . . . .Ramon Nelson . . . . . 2013 54.36m (178’4”) . . . . .Charles Andrews . . . . 2011 JAVELIN Mark . . . . . . . . . . Athlete . . . . . . . . . Year 59.94m (196’8”) . . . . Max Carroll . . . . . . . 2013 59.77m (196’1”) . . . Harpreet Dosanjh . . 2015 56.01m (183’9”) . . . . .Alex Yoxall . . . . . . . . 2015 55.83m (183’2”) . . . . .Grant Dennis . . . . . . 2001 55.78m (183’0”) . . . . .Josh McNicholl . . . . . 1998 DECATHLON Points . . . . . . . . . Athlete . . . . . . . . . Year 7,413 . . . . . . . . . . . Grant Dennis . . . . . . 2001 6,764 . . . . . . . . . . .Deandre Free . . . . . . 2001 6,575 . . . . . . . . . . .Doug Fredrick . . . . . 2000 6,466 . . . . . . . . . . .Micah Bray . . . . . . . 2000 6,113 . . . . . . . . . . . Jeremy Haskin . . . . . 1997

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WOMEN’S INDOOR RECORD BOOK 55 METERS Time . . . . . . . . . . Athlete . . . . . . . . . Year 7.10 . . . . . . . . . . . .Natasha Kieser . . . . 1998 7.10 . . . . . . . . . . . .Sheri Pewitte . . . . . . 1999 7.11 . . . . . . . . . . . . Khama Beckles . . . . 1999 7.19 . . . . . . . . . . . .Shakira Thomas . . . . 2011 7.20 . . . . . . . . . . . .Nicole Randle . . . . . . 1995 7.20 . . . . . . . . . . . .Comfort Ibe . . . . . . 2000 60 METERS Time . . . . . . . . . . Athlete . . . . . . . . . Year 7.56 . . . . . . . . . . . .Michelle Momo . . . . . 2013 7.66 . . . . . . . . . . . Genel Rollins . . . . . 2015 7.66 . . . . . . . . . . . .Chomanese Roberts . 2000 7.68 . . . . . . . . . . . .Stephany Johnson . . . 2013 7.70 . . . . . . . . . . . .Sherrie Pewitt . . . . . 2001 7.70 . . . . . . . . . . . .Marcia Daniel . . . . . 1999 200 METERS Time . . . . . . . . . . Athlete . . . . . . . . . Year 24.95 . . . . . . . . . . .Michelle Momo . . . . . 2014 25.09 . . . . . . . . . . Genel Rollins . . . . . 2015 25.16 . . . . . . . . . . . Kamaya Tucker . . . . . 2015 25.17 . . . . . . . . . . . Viola Kleiser . . . . . . . 2012 25.18 . . . . . . . . . . .Shanelle Williams . . . 2014 300 METERS Time . . . . . . . . . . Athlete . . . . . . . . . Year 40.43 . . . . . . . . . . .Sa’Kia Taylor . . . . . . . 2012 41.55 . . . . . . . . . . . Briana Carter . . . . . . 2012 41.65 . . . . . . . . . . Veronica Rollins . . . 2012 42.12 . . . . . . . . . . . Danielle Olive . . . . . . 2011 42.29 . . . . . . . . . . .Autumn Scott . . . . . . 2012 400 METERS Time . . . . . . . . . . Athlete . . . . . . . . . Year 56.31 . . . . . . . . . . Chantel Bethune . . . 2015 56.35 . . . . . . . . . . .Briana Carter . . . . . . 2015 56.47 . . . . . . . . . . .Marcia Daniel . . . . . 2003 56.53 . . . . . . . . . . .Marlainna Glenn . . . . 1998 56.74 . . . . . . . . . . .Angela Harris . . . . . . 1999 600 METERS Time . . . . . . . . . . Athlete . . . . . . . . . Year 1:36.32 . . . . . . . . . Brooke Guiot . . . . . 2014 1:37.59 . . . . . . . . . Janelle Johnson . . . 2015 1:37.84 . . . . . . . . . Veronica Rollins . . . 2013 1:41.29 . . . . . . . . . Patricia Miller . . . . 2015 1:42.85 . . . . . . . . . .Molly Behr . . . . . . . . 2010 600 YARDS Time . . . . . . . . . . Athlete . . . . . . . . . Year 1:23.64 . . . . . . . . . .Briana Carter . . . . . . 2014 1:24.40 . . . . . . . . . Veronica Rollins . . . 2015 1:26.00 . . . . . . . . . .Marcia Daniel . . . . . 2003 1:26.21 . . . . . . . . . . Sa’Kia Taylor . . . . . . . 2011 1:26.44 . . . . . . . . . Brooke Guiot . . . . . 2014 800 METERS Time . . . . . . . . . . Athlete . . . . . . . . . Year 2:12.06 . . . . . . . . . .Carrie McCann . . . . . 1999 2:15.06 . . . . . . . . . Brooke Guiot . . . . . 2014 2:16.80 . . . . . . . . . .Angel Gannon . . . . . . 2012 2:17.38 . . . . . . . . . Janelle Johnson . . . 2014 2:17.53 . . . . . . . . . Veronica Rollins . . . 2015

1,000 METERS Time . . . . . . . . . . Athlete . . . . . . . . . Year 3:00.26 . . . . . . . . . .Natasha Nazarova . . . 2003 3:00.27 . . . . . . . . . .Aubrey Frederking . . . 2012 3:04.00 . . . . . . . . . .Carrie McCann . . . . . 2000 3:05.53 . . . . . . . . . .Breanna Lehr . . . . . . 1999 3:07.32 . . . . . . . . . .Kelly Fanning . . . . . . 2002

LONG JUMP Mark . . . . . . . . . . Athlete . . . . . . . . . Year 6.13m (20’1.5”) . . . . . Sheri Pewitte . . . . . . 1998 5.96m (19’6.75”) . . . . Dee Dee Fortman . . . 2000 5.88m (19’3.5”) . . . . .Michelle Momo . . . . . 2013 5.68m (18’7.75”) . . . Traci Mills . . . . . . . 2015 5.66m (18’7”) . . . . . Sydia Darker . . . . . 2015

MILE Time . . . . . . . . . . Athlete . . . . . . . . . Year 4:55.56 . . . . . . . . . .Courtney Frerichs . . . 2013 4:59.44 . . . . . . . . . .Aubrey Frederking . . . 2012 5:01.62 . . . . . . . . . Sarah Fogarty . . . . 2015 5:04.66 . . . . . . . . . .Jylian Jaloma . . . . . . 2012 5:06.66 . . . . . . . . . .Siara Stahl . . . . . . . . 2012

TRIPLE JUMP Mark . . . . . . . . . . Athlete . . . . . . . . . Year 12.49m (40’11.75”) . . . Dee Dee Fortman . . . 2000 12.48m (40’11.5”) . . . .Briana Carter . . . . . . 2014 12.36m (40’6.75”) . . . .Stephany Johnson . . . 2012 11.90m (39’0.5”) . . . . Michelle Momo . . . . . 2014 11.86m (38’10.75”) . . .Cynise Hylton . . . . . . 2006

3,000 METERS Time . . . . . . . . . . Athlete . . . . . . . . . Year 9:35.89 . . . . . . . . . .Courtney Frerichs . . . 2014 9:59.37 . . . . . . . . . .Jylian Jaloma . . . . . . 2013 10:07.34 . . . . . . . . . Sara Hiller . . . . . . . . 2007 10:08.29 . . . . . . . . .Lisa Buffington . . . . 1999 10:13.56 . . . . . . . . Sarah Fogarty . . . . 2015

SHOT PUT Mark . . . . . . . . . . Athlete . . . . . . . . . Year 14.05m (46’1.25”) . . Kelsey Benoit . . . . . 2014 13.98m (45’10.5”) . . Dahlia Dyson . . . . . 2014 13.30m (43’7.75”) . . . .Ise Ruetz . . . . . . . . 1997 13.19m (43’3.25”) . . . .Susan Brueggemann . 2011 13.11m (43’0.25”) . . . .Roxanne Koke . . . . . . 2010

5,000 METERS Time . . . . . . . . . . Athlete . . . . . . . . . Year 15:47.56 . . . . . . . . . Courtney Frerichs . . . 2015 17:18.29 . . . . . . . . . .Jylian Jaloma . . . . . . 2012 17:23.82 . . . . . . . . . Christine Ensign . . . . 2006 17:31.49 . . . . . . . . . .Sara Hiller . . . . . . . . 2007 17:42.15 . . . . . . . . . .Lisa Buffington . . . . 1999 55-METER HURDLES Time . . . . . . . . . . Athlete . . . . . . . . . Year 8.04 . . . . . . . . . . . .Angela Harris . . . . . . 1999 8.34 . . . . . . . . . . . .Julie Weltmer . . . . . . 1998 8.50 . . . . . . . . . . . .Erica Moore . . . . . . . 1998 8.51 . . . . . . . . . . . .Angel Cloughley . . . . 1999 8.58 . . . . . . . . . . . .Saran Dunmore . . . . . 1995 60-METER HURDLES Time . . . . . . . . . . Athlete . . . . . . . . . Year 8.48 . . . . . . . . . . . .Shanelle Williams . . . 2014 8.57 . . . . . . . . . . . Mallory Short . . . . . 2015 8.61 . . . . . . . . . . . .Angela Harris . . . . . . 2000 8.74 . . . . . . . . . . . Sydia Darker . . . . . 2014 8.92 . . . . . . . . . . . .Dee Dee Fortman . . . 2000 HIGH JUMP Mark . . . . . . . . . . Athlete . . . . . . . . . Year 1.72m (5’8”) . . . . . . . Courtney Huber . . . . 2006 1.70m (5’7”) . . . . . . . Lynette Williams . . . . 2000 1.68m (5’6”) . . . . . . .Jessica Hulbert . . . . . 2007 1.65m (5’5”) . . . . . . .Holly Cain . . . . . . . . 2003 1.65m (5’5”) . . . . . . .Kim Nagy . . . . . . . . . 2011 1.65m (5’5”) . . . . . . .Emily Lucas . . . . . . . 2011 POLE VAULT Mark . . . . . . . . . . Athlete . . . . . . . . . Year 3.64m (11’11.25) . . . . .Sonya Ahmed . . . . . . 2001 3.35m (10’11.75”) . . . .Nicole Kofron . . . . . . 2006 3.25m (10’8”) . . . . . . Angie Jeffries . . . . . . 2001 2.95m (9’8”) . . . . . . .Joanna Sparks . . . . . 2005 2.90m (9’6.25’”) . . . . .Cathy Otte . . . . . . . 2002

KELSEY BENOIT

WEIGHT THROW Mark . . . . . . . . . . Athlete . . . . . . . . . Year 18.59m (61’0”) . . . . Dahlia Dyson . . . . . 2014 18.43m (60’0.75”) . . . .Dion McNeal . . . . . . 2002 17.82m (58’5.75”) . . . .Roxanne Koke . . . . . . 2011 17.79m (58’4.5”) . . . . .Dee Dee Steele . . . . . 1999 16.92m (55’6.25”) . . . .Denise Banda . . . . . . 2012 PENTATHLON Points . . . . . . . . . Athlete . . . . . . . . . Year 3,500 . . . . . . . . . . .Dee Dee Fortman . . . 1999 3,270 . . . . . . . . . . .Angel Cloughley . . . . 1998 3,265 . . . . . . . . . . .Starla Brown . . . . . . 1999 3,170 . . . . . . . . . . . Carrie Smith . . . . . . 1998 3,169 . . . . . . . . . . Patricia Miller . . . . 2013

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WOMEN’S OUTDOOR RECORD BOOK 100 METERS Time . . . . . . . . . . Athlete . . . . . . . . . Year 11.74 . . . . . . . . . . . Chomanese Roberts . 2000 11.94 . . . . . . . . . . . Michelle Momo . . . . . 2012 11.99 . . . . . . . . . . . Marcia Daniel . . . . . 2000 12.00 . . . . . . . . . . .Khama Beckles . . . . 1998 12.04 . . . . . . . . . . .Maggie Brueggman-Butler . 2006

100-METER HURDLES Time . . . . . . . . . . Athlete . . . . . . . . . Year 13.70 . . . . . . . . . . . Shanelle Williams . . . 2014 13.95 . . . . . . . . . . .Angela Harris . . . . . . 1999 14.20 . . . . . . . . . . .Sydia Darker . . . . . . 2015 14.23 . . . . . . . . . . . Mallory Short . . . . . . 2015 14.44 . . . . . . . . . . . Dee Dee Fortman . . . 2000

POLE VAULT Mark . . . . . . . . . . Athlete . . . . . . . . . Year 3.51m (11’6.25”) . . . . .Sonya Ahmed . . . . . . 2002 3.35m (10’11.75”) . . . .Angie Jeffries . . . . . . 2001 3.20m (10’6”) . . . . . .Cathy Otte . . . . . . . 2002 3.20m (10’6”) . . . . . .Nicole Kofron . . . . . . 2005 2.90m (9’6”) . . . . . . .Joanna Sparks . . . . . 2005

200 METERS Time . . . . . . . . . . Athlete . . . . . . . . . Year 24.56 . . . . . . . . . . .Khama Beckles . . . . 1999 24.57 . . . . . . . . . . .Natasha Kieser . . . . . 1997 24.70 . . . . . . . . . . .Marcia Daniel . . . . . . 2001 24.73 . . . . . . . . . . . Angela Harris . . . . . . 1999 24.79 . . . . . . . . . . .Chomanese Roberts . 2000

LONG JUMP Mark . . . . . . . . . . Athlete . . . . . . . . . Year 6.29m (20’7.75”) . . . . Sheri Pewitte . . . . . . 2000 6.17m (20’3”) . . . . . . Dee Dee Fortman . . . 1999 6.00m (19’8.25”) . . . .Michelle Momo . . . . . 2013 5.80m (19’0.5”) . . . . .Jazmine Cooper . . . . . 2012 5.79m (19’0”) . . . . . . Traci Mills . . . . . . . . 2015

400 METERS Time . . . . . . . . . . Athlete . . . . . . . . . Year 55.17 . . . . . . . . . . . Marcia Daniel . . . . . 2000 55.47 . . . . . . . . . . . Marlainna Glenn . . . . 1998 55.55 . . . . . . . . . . .Chantel Bethune . . . . 2015 55.76 . . . . . . . . . . .Angela Harris . . . . . . 1999 55.96 . . . . . . . . . . .Anoula Bailey . . . . . . 2010

TRIPLE JUMP Mark . . . . . . . . . . Athlete . . . . . . . . . Year 12.93m (42’5”) . . . . . Dee Dee Fortman . . . 2000 12.56m (41’2.5”) . . . . .Stephany Johnson . . . 2013 12.25m (40’2.25”) . . . .Briana Carter . . . . . . 2015 11.97m (39’3.25”) . . . .Khadian Kelly . . . . . . 2007 11.88m (38’11.75”) . . . Jazmine Cooper . . . . . 2012

800 METERS Time . . . . . . . . . . Athlete . . . . . . . . . Year 2:11.94 . . . . . . . . . . Carrie McCann . . . . . 1999 2:12.70 . . . . . . . . . . Brooke Guiot . . . . . . 2014 2:13.84 . . . . . . . . . .Veronica Rollins . . . . 2015 2:15.52 . . . . . . . . . .Janelle Johnson . . . . . 2015 2:15.62 . . . . . . . . . .Angel Gannon . . . . . . 2012

SHOT PUT Mark . . . . . . . . . . Athlete . . . . . . . . . Year 14.28m (46’10.25”) . . .Dahlia Dyson . . . . . . 2015 13.95m (45’9.25”) . . . .Kelsey Benoit . . . . . . 2015 13.51m (44’4”) . . . . . .Susan Brueggmann . . 2011 12.80m (42’0”) . . . . . Lisa Gray . . . . . . . . . 2010 12.76m (41’10.25”) . . . Alyssa Klein . . . . . . . 2006

1,500 METERS Time . . . . . . . . . . Athlete . . . . . . . . . Year 4:22.59 . . . . . . . . . .Courtney Frerichs . . . 2015 4:36.36 . . . . . . . . . .Aubrey Frederking . . . 2011 4:40.15 . . . . . . . . . .Sarah Fogarty . . . . . . 2015 4:42.60 . . . . . . . . . .Kristi Pinnell . . . . . . 2004 4:42.92 . . . . . . . . . .Liz Smith . . . . . . . . 2003 3,000 METERS Time . . . . . . . . . . Athlete . . . . . . . . . Year 10:01.63 . . . . . . . . . Jennifer Casebeer . . . 1998 10:06.92 . . . . . . . . .Kelly Carpenter . . . . . 2014 10:07.07 . . . . . . . . . Lisa Buffington . . . . 1999 10:11.87 . . . . . . . . . .Jylian Jaloma . . . . . . 2011 10:12.23 . . . . . . . . . Courtney Frerichs . . . 2012 5,000 METERS Time . . . . . . . . . . Athlete . . . . . . . . . Year 16:22.98 . . . . . . . . .Courtney Frerichs . . . 2013 17:09.21 . . . . . . . . . Jylian Jaloma . . . . . . 2013 17:27.75 . . . . . . . . . .Jennifer Casebeer . . . 1998 17:29.06 . . . . . . . . . Kelly Carpenter . . . . . 2014 17:35.02 . . . . . . . . . Natalie Meyers . . . . . 2002 10,000 METERS Time . . . . . . . . . . Athlete . . . . . . . . . Year 35:50.28 . . . . . . . . .Kelly Carpenter . . . . . 2015 35:52.69 . . . . . . . . .Sara Meiners . . . . . . 2012 36:06.00 . . . . . . . . .Natalie Meyers . . . . . 2002 36:20.31 . . . . . . . . .Sara Hiller . . . . . . . . 2007 36:48.40 . . . . . . . . .Jennifer Casebeer . . . 1998

SHANELLE WILLIAMS

400-METER HURDLES Time . . . . . . . . . . Athlete . . . . . . . . . Year 1:00.50 . . . . . . . . . .Comfort Ibe . . . . . . . 2001 1:00.95 . . . . . . . . . .Julie Weltmer . . . . . . 1998 1:01.30 . . . . . . . . . .Erica Moore . . . . . . . 2000 1:01.34 . . . . . . . . . .Angela Harris . . . . . . 1998 1:01.49 . . . . . . . . . .Patricia Miller . . . . . . 2013 2,000-METER STEEPLECHASE Time . . . . . . . . . . Athlete . . . . . . . . . Year 6:48.82 . . . . . . . . . .Courtney Frerichs . . . 2013 6:55.36 . . . . . . . . . .Sarah Fogarty . . . . . . 2015 7:23.02 . . . . . . . . . .Gabrielle Penaflor . . . 2014 3,000-METER STEEPLECHASE Time . . . . . . . . . . Athlete . . . . . . . . . Year 9:31.36 . . . . . . . . . .Courtney Frerichs . . . 2015 10:53.03 . . . . . . . . .Sarah Fogarty . . . . . . 2015 11:34.64 . . . . . . . . . Kristi Pinnell . . . . . . 2003 11:35.57 . . . . . . . . . Gabrielle Penaflor . . . 2015 HIGH JUMP Mark . . . . . . . . . . Athlete . . . . . . . . . Year 1.74m (5’8.5”) . . . . . .Courtney Huber . . . . . 2007 1.70m (5’7”) . . . . . . . Lynette Williams . . . . 1999 1.67m (5’5.75”) . . . . . Jessica Hulbert . . . . 2006 1.65m (5’5”) . . . . . . .Dee Dee Fortman . . . 2000 1.63m (5’4.25”) . . . . . Starla Brown . . . . . . 2000 1.63m (5’4.25”) . . . . . Holly Cain . . . . . . . . 2005

DISCUS Mark . . . . . . . . . . Athlete . . . . . . . . . Year 49.00m (160’9”) . . . . Ise Ruetz . . . . . . . . 1997 46.81m (153’7”) . . . . .Dion McNeal . . . . . . . 2001 45.26m (146’6”) . . . . .Dahlia Dyson . . . . . . 2013 42.90m (140’9”) . . . . Kelsey Benoit . . . . . . 2013 42.47m (139’4”) . . . . .Taylor Jensen . . . . . . 2010 HAMMER Mark . . . . . . . . . . Athlete . . . . . . . . . Year 55.02m (180’6”) . . . . Dion McNeal . . . . . . 2002 53.74m (176’4”) . . . . .Kelsey Benoit . . . . . . 2014 53.62m (175’11”) . . . . Dee Dee Steele . . . . . 1998 53.00m (173’11”) . . . . Dahlia Dyson . . . . . . 2015 52.17m (171’2”) . . . . . Denise Banda . . . . . . 2012 JAVELIN Mark . . . . . . . . . . Athlete . . . . . . . . . Year 48.44m (158’11”) . . . . Kimoya Harriott . . . . . 2012 41.25m (135’4”) . . . . .Starla Brown . . . . . . 2002 39.22m (128’8”) . . . . .Ashley Weeks . . . . . . 2001 38.48m (126’3”) . . . . .Lisa Lambert . . . . . . 2005 38.20m (125’4”) . . . . .Rebecca Hasenkamp . 2014 HEPTATHLON Points . . . . . . . . . Athlete . . . . . . . . . Year 4,608 . . . . . . . . . . .Starla Brown . . . . . . 2000 4,345 . . . . . . . . . . .Carrie Smith . . . . . . 2000 4,276 . . . . . . . . . . .Angel Cloughley . . . . 1999 4,025 . . . . . . . . . . .Meg Sharemet . . . . . 2014 3,998 . . . . . . . . . . .Kim Ansley . . . . . . . 1999

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MEN’S CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS SUMMIT LEAGUE INDOOR CHAMPIONS Year . . . Athlete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Event 1995 . . . Marcus Olser . . . . . . . . . . Triple Jump 1997 . . . Chris Robinson . . . . . . . . . 400 Meters 1997 . . . Damon Powell . . . . . . 55-Meter Hurdles 1997 . . . Fitch, Robinson, Haskin, Lewis . . . . . 4x400-Meter Relay 1997 . . . Dennis, Preston, Tittle, Porter . . . Distance Medley Relay 1997 . . . Richard Lewis . . . . . . . . . . Long Jump 1998 . . . Doug Frederick . . . . . 55-Meter Hurdles 1998 . . . Lance Davis . . . . . . . . . . . .Long Jump 1999 . . . Willie White . . . . . . . 60-Meter Hurdles 2000 . . . David Davis . . . . . . . 60-Meter Hurdles 2000 . . . Kifleyesus, Dennis, Epperly, Hill . . . . Distance Medley Relay 2000 . . . Deandre Free . . . . . . . . . . .Long Jump 2000 . . . Deandre Free . . . . . . . . . . Triple Jump 2000 . . . Matt Voelker . . . . . . . . . . . High Jump 2000 . . . Geoff Gladish . . . . . . . . . Weight Throw 2001 . . . Glenn Hunt . . . . . . . . . . . 400 Meters 2001 . . . Willie White . . . . . . . 60-Meter Hurdles 2001 . . . Deandre Free . . . . . . . . . . .Long Jump 2001 . . . Deandre Free . . . . . . . . . . Triple Jump 2002 . . . Deandre Free . . . . . . . . . . .Long Jump 2002 . . . Matt Voelker . . . . . . . . . . . High Jump 2002 . . . Josh Whisman . . . . . . . . Weight Throw 2003 . . . Matt Voelker . . . . . . . . . . . High Jump 2004 . . . Seth Summerside . . . . . . . . . . . .Mile 2004 . . . Summerside, Carnegie, Hemmings, Walker . . Distance Medley Relay 2006 . . . Femi Olajoke . . . . . . . . . . Triple Jump 2006 . . . Sky Hagy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shot Put 2008 . . . Anthony Boyer . . . . . 60-Meter Hurdles 2009 . . . Marcus Lee . . . . . . . . . . . .Long Jump 2009 . . . Marcus Lee . . . . . . . . . . . Triple Jump

SUMMIT LEAGUE OUTDOOR CHAMPIONS Year . . . Athlete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Event 1995 . . . Marcus Olser . . . . . . 110-Meter Hurdles 1995 . . . Jeff Fitch . . . . . . . . 400-Meter Hurdles 1995 . . . Terrence Jackson . . . . . . . . Long Jump 1995 . . . Terrence Jackson . . . . . . . . Triple Jump 1996 . . . Richard Lewis . . . . . 400-Meter Hurdles 1996 . . . Richard Lewis . . . . . . . . . . Long Jump 1996 . . . Jeremy Haskin . . . . . . . . . . Decathlon 1997 . . . Doug Frederick . . . . . 110-Meter Hurdles 1997 . . . Jeff Fitch . . . . . . . . 400-Meter Hurdles 1998 . . . Glenn Hunt . . . . . . . . . . . 400 Meters 1998 . . . Willie White . . . . . . . 110-Meter Hurdles 1998 . . . Doug Frederick . . . . 400-Meter Hurdles 1998 . . . Wilson, Hunt, Davis, Epperly . . . . . 4x400-Meter Relay 1998 . . . Lance Davis . . . . . . . . . . . .Long Jump 1999 . . . Glenn Hunt . . . . . . . . . . . 400 Meters 1999 . . . Lee Tittle . . . . . . . . . . . 1,500 Meters 1999 . . . Willie White . . . . . . . 110-Meter Hurdles 1999 . . . Doug Frederick . . . . 400-Meter Hurdles 1999 . . . Duris, Hunt, White, Epperly . . . . 4x400-Meter Relay 2000 . . . Jeremy Combs . . 3,000-Meter Steeplechase 2000 . . . Willie White . . . . . . . 110-Meter Hurdles 2000 . . . Doug Frederick . . . . 400-Meter Hurdles 2000 . . . Duris, Hunt, Weimer, Epperly . . . 4x400-Meter Relay 2000 . . . Deandre Free . . . . . . . . . . .Long Jump 2000 . . . Deandre Free . . . . . . . . . . Triple Jump 2000 . . . Geoff Gladish . . . . . . . . . . . . Hammer 2000 . . . Grant Dennis . . . . . . . . . . . Decathlon 2001 . . . Willie White . . . . . . 400-Meter Hurdles 2001 . . . Deandre Free . . . . . . . . . . .Long Jump 2001 . . . Deandre Free . . . . . . . . . . Triple Jump 2001 . . . Tim Jones . . . . . . . . . . . . . High Jump 2001 . . . Hunt, Duris, White, Dennis . . . . . 4x400-Meter Relay 2001 . . . Grant Dennis . . . . . . . . . . . Decathlon 2002 . . . Deandre Free . . . . . . . . . . .Long Jump

2002 . . . Matt Voelker . . . . . . . . . . . High Jump 2002 . . . Josh Whisman . . . . . . . . . . . Shot Put 2003 . . . Matt Voelker . . . . . . . . . . . High Jump 2005 . . . Alexis, Friends, Kramer, Snelson . . . .4x100-Meter Relay 2006 . . . Femi Olagoke . . . . . . . . . . Triple Jump 2006 . . . Dotson, Boyer, Kramer, Buie . . . . . .4x100-Meter Relay 2007 . . . Sky Hagy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shot Put 2009 . . . Marcus Lee . . . . . . . . . . . .Long Jump 2009 . . . Marcus Lee . . . . . . . . . . . Triple Jump 2009 . . . Keenan Simmons . . . . . . . 200 Meters 2009 . . . Nared, Venerable, Simmons, Boyer . . . .4x100-Meter Relay 2010 . . . Anthony Boyer . . . . . 110-Meter Hurdles 2010 . . . Anthony Boyer . . . . 400-Meter Hurdles 2011 . . . .Cosmas Ayabei . . . . . . . 10,000 Meters 2013 . . . DC Okanta . . . . . . . . . . . . Triple Jump WAC OUTDOOR CHAMPIONS Year . . . Athlete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Event 2014 . . . Bryce Miller . . . . . . . . . . 5,000 Meters 2015 . . . Bryce Miller . 3,000-Meter Steeplechase 2015 . . . Josh Harden . . . . . . . . . . . Triple Jump 2015 . . . Blake Hocking . . . . . . . . . . . Shot Put 2015 . . . Bryce Miller . . . . . . . . . . 5,000 Meters

MARCUS LEE BRYCE MILLER

2010 . . . Anthony Boyer . . . . . 60-Meter Hurdles 2011 . . . .Cosmas Ayabei . . . . . . . . 3,000 Meters 2011 . . . .Cosmas Ayabei . . . . . . . . 5,000 Meters 2013 . . . Josh Butler . . . . . . . . . . . 200 Meters 2013 . . . Mann, Kenney, Sheldon, Wardall . Distance Medley Relay 2013 . . . DC Okanta . . . . . . . . . . . . Triple Jump WAC INDOOR CHAMPIONS Year . . . Athlete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Event 2015 . . . Blake Hocking . . . . . . . . . . . Shot Put 2015 . . . Bryce Miller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mile 2015 . . . Bryce Miller . . . . . . . . . . 3,000 Meters

DEANDRE FREE

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WOMEN’S CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS SUMMIT LEAGUE INDOOR CHAMPIONS Year . . . Athlete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Event 1995 . . . Dafina Dunmore . . . . . . . . 800 Meters 1995 . . . Harris, Dunmore, Strong, Hunter . . . . 4x400-Meter Relay 1996 . . . Maggie Lenley . . . . . . . . . 400 Meters 1996 . . . Dafina Dunmore . . . . . . . . 800 Meters 1996 . . . Strong, Harris, Dunmore, Lenley . . . 4x400-Meter Relay 1997 . . . Natasha Kieser . . . . . . . . . 55 Meters 1997 . . . Natasha Kieser . . . . . . . . 200 Meters 1997 . . . Sheri Pewitte . . . . . . . . . . .Long Jump 1997 . . . Ise Ruetz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shot Put 1998 . . . Glenn, A. Harris, . . . . . . E. Harris, Weltmer . . 4x400-Meter Relay 1998 . . . Sheri Pewitte . . . . . . . . . . .Long Jump 1998 . . . Dee Dee Steele . . . . . . . . Weight Throw 1999 . . . Khama Beckles . . . . . . . . . 60 Meters 1999 . . . Sheri Pewitte . . . . . . . . . . 200 Meters

SHERI PEWITTE

1999 . 1999 . 1999 . 2000 . 2000 . 2000 . .... 2000 . 2000 . 2001 . 2002 . 2005 . 2006 . 2007 . 2013 . 2013 .

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Angela Harris . . . . . . 60-Meter Hurdles Dee Dee Fortman . . . . . . . . Triple Jump Dee Dee Steele . . . . . . . . Weight Throw Chom Roberts . . . . . . . . . . 60 Meters Angela Harris . . . . . . 60-Meter Hurdles Fortman, Harris, Degenhardt, Daniel . 4x400-Meter Relay Dee Dee Fortman . . . . . . . . Long Jump Dee Dee Fortman . . . . . . . . Triple Jump Marcia Daniel . . . . . . . . . . 60 Meters Natalie Myers . . . . . . . . 5,000 Meters Jessica Hulbert . . . . . . . . . High Jump Courtney Huber . . . . . . . . . High Jump Courtney Huber . . . . . . . . . High Jump Courtney Frerichs . . . . . . 3,000 Meters Courtney Frerichs . . . . . . 5,000 Meters

WAC OUTDOOR CHAMPIONS Year . . . Athlete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Event 2014 . . . Courtney Frerichs . . . . . . 3,000 Meters 2014 . . . Courtney Frerichs . . . . . . 5,000 Meters 2014 . . . Sanelle Williams . . . . 60-Meter Hurdles 2014 . . . Briana Carter . . . . . . . . . . Triple Jump 2014 . . . Kelsey Benoit . . . . . . . . . . . . Shot Put 2014 . . . Dahlia Dyson . . . . . . . . . Weight Throw 2015 . . . Courtney Frerichs . . . . . . 3,000 Meters 2015 . . . Courtney Frerichs . . . . . . 5,000 Meters 2015 . . . Dahlia Dyson . . . . . . . . . . . . Shot Put 2015 . . . Mallory Short . . . . . . 60-Meter Hurdles 2015 . . . Veronica Rollins . . . . . . . . 800 Meters

SUMMIT LEAGUE OUTDOOR CHAMPIONS Year . . . Athlete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Event 1995 . . . Daina Dunmore . . . . 400-Meter Hurdles 1995 . . . Randle, Dunmore, Hunter, Strong . . . . .4x100-Meter Relay 1995 . . . Amy Personett . . . . . . . . . . . . Javelin 1996 . . . Khama Beckles . . . . . . . . 100 Meters 1996 . . . Maggie Lenley . . . . . . . . . 200 Meters 1996 . . . Maggie Lenley . . . . . . . . . 400 Meters 1996 . . . Dafina Denmore . . . . . . . . 800 Meters 1996 . . . Sheri Pewitte . . . . . . . . . . .Long Jump 1997 . . . Natasha Kieser . . . . . . . . 100 Meters 1997 . . . Natasha Kieser . . . . . . . . 200 Meters 1997 . . . Julie Weltmer . . . . . 400-Meter Hurdles 1997 . . . Beckles, Pewitte, Strong, Kieser . . . . . 4x100-Meter Relay 1997 . . . Glenn, A. Harris, E. Harris, Strong . . . 4x400-Meter Relay 1998 . . . Marlainna Glenn . . . . . . . . 400 Meters 1998 . . . Carrie McCann . . . . . . . . . 800 Meters 1998 . . . Jennifer Casebeer . . . . . . 5,000 Meters 1998 . . . Jennifer Casebeer . . . . . 10,000 Meters 1998 . . . Beckles, Pewitte, Weltmer, Glenn . . . . .4x100-Meter Relay 1998 . . . Glenn, E. Harris, A. Harris, Weltmer . . 4x400-Meter Relay 1998 . . . Sheri Pewitte . . . . . . . . . . .Long Jump 1999 . . . Khama Beckles . . . . . . . . 100 Meters 1999 . . . Khama Beckles . . . . . . . . 200 Meters 1999 . . . Carrie McCann . . . . . . . . . 800 Meters 1999 . . . Alisha Lehr . . . . . . . . . 10,000 Meters 1999 . . . Angela Harris . . . . . .100-Meter Hurdles 1999 . . . Fortman, Harris, McCann, Moore . . . . 4x400-Meter Relay 1999 . . . Dee Dee Fortman . . . . . . . . Long Jump 1999 . . . Dee Dee Fortman . . . . . . . . Triple Jump 1999 . . . Lynette Williams . . . . . . . . . High Jump 1999 . . . Dee Dee Steele . . . . . . . . . . . Hammer 2000 . . . Marcia Daniel . . . . . . . . . .400 Meters 2000 . . . Carrie McCann . . . . . . . . . 800 Meters 2000 . . . Angela Harris . . . . . .100-Meter Hurdles 2000 . . . Comfort Ibe . . . . . . 400-Meter Hurdles 2000 . . . Ibe, Roberts, Patterson, Daniel . . . 4x100-Meter Relay 2000 . . . Degenhardt, McCann, Ibe, Daniel . . . . . . . 4x400-Meter Relay 2000 . . . Sheri Pewitte . . . . . . . . . . .Long Jump 2000 . . . Dee Dee Fortman . . . . . . . . Triple Jump

2000 . . . Starla Brown . . . . . . . . . . Heptathlon 2001 . . . Marcia Daniel . . . . . . . . . . 100 Meters 2001 . . . Comfort Ibe . . . . . . 400-Meter Hurdles 2001 . . . Blake, Daniel, . . . . . . Ibe, Tigner . . . . . . . 4x100-Meter Relay 2001 . . . Blake, Daniel, Ibe, Tigner . . . . . . . 4x400-Meter Relay 2002 . . . Natalie Myers . . . . . . . . 5,000 Meters 2002 . . . Natalie Myers . . . . . . . 10,000 Meters 2002 . . . Starla Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . Javelin 2002 . . . Sonya Ahmed . . . . . . . . . . . Pole Vault 2005 . . . Christine Ensign . . . . . . 10,000 Meters 2005 . . . Courtney Huber . . . . . . . . . High Jump 2007 . . . Sara Hiller . . . . . . . . . . 10,000 Meters 2007 . . . Courtney Huber . . . . . . . . . High Jump 2009 . . . Kimoya Harriot . . . . . . . . . . . . Javelin 2011 . . . .Kimoya Harriot . . . . . . . . . . . . Javelin 2013 . . . Courtney Frerichs . . . . . . 5,000 Meters 2013 . . . Courtney Frerichs . . 3,000-Meter Steeplechase WAC OUTDOOR CHAMPIONS Year . . . Athlete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Event 2014 . . . Kelsey Benoit . . . . . . . . . . . . Hammer 2014 . . . Shanelle Williams . . .100-Meter Hurdles 2015 . . . Dahlia Dyson . . . . . . . . . . . . Shot Put 2015 . . . Dahlia Dyson . . . . . . . . . . . . . Discus 2015 . . . Courtney Frerichs . . . . . . 5,000 Meters 2015 . . . Courtney Frerichs . . 3,000-Meter Steeplechase

COURTNEY FRERICHS

DEE DEE FORTMAN

2015 . 2015 . 2015 . 2015 .

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Briana Carter . . . . . . . . . . Triple Jump Dasjah Mason . . . . . . . . . . High Jump Sydia Darker . . . . . . 100-Meter Hurdles Carter, Rollins, Culberson, Bethune . 4x400-Meter Relay

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CONFERENCE FINISHES, HONORS & AWARDS INDOOR CONFERENCE FINISHES Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . Year . . . . . M/W Mid-Continent Conference . . . . 1995 . . . 5th/5th Mid-Continent Conference . . . . 1996 . . . 6th/5th Mid-Continent Conference . . . . 1997 . . . .2nd/1st Mid-Continent Conference . . . . 1998 . . . 4th/2nd Mid-Continent Conference . . . . 1999 . . . 3rd/1st Mid-Continent Conference . . . . 2000 . . . 1st/2nd Mid-Continent Conference . . . . 2001 . . . 4th/3rd Mid-Continent Conference . . . . 2002 . . . 4th/4th Mid-Continent Conference . . . . 2003 . . . 6th/4th Mid-Continent Conference . . . . 2004 . . . 6th/5th Mid-Continent Conference . . . . 2005 . . . 6th/5th Mid-Continent Conference . . . . 2006 . . . 4th/5th Mid-Continent Conference . . . . 2007 . . . 4th/5th Summit League . . . . . . . . . . . 2008 . . . 6th/7th Summit League . . . . . . . . . . . 2009 . . . 7th/8th Summit League . . . . . . . . . . . 2010 . . . 4th/8th Summit League . . . . . . . . . . . 2011 . . . .5th/6th Summit League . . . . . . . . . . . 2012 . . . .6th/5th Summit League . . . . . . . . . . . 2013 . . . .3rd/4th Western Athletic Conference . . 2014 . . . 4th/2nd Western Athletic Conference . . 2015 . . . 3rd/2nd OUTDOOR CONFERENCE FINISHES Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . Year . . . . . M/W Mid-Continent Conference . . . . 1995 . . T-3rd/5th Mid-Continent Conference . . . . 1996 . . . 3rd/3rd Mid-Continent Conference . . . . 1997 . . . .4th/3rd Mid-Continent Conference . . . . 1998 . . . 2nd/2nd Mid-Continent Conference . . . . 1999 . . . 1st/1st Mid-Continent Conference . . . . 2000 . . . 1st/1st Mid-Continent Conference . . . . 2001 . . . 4th/2nd Mid-Continent Conference . . . . 2002 . . . 4th/4th Mid-Continent Conference . . . . 2003 . . . 6th/4th Mid-Continent Conference . . . . 2004 . . . 6th/5th Mid-Continent Conference . . . . 2005 . . . 4th/5th Mid-Continent Conference . . . . 2006 . . . 4th/4th Mid-Continent Conference . . . . 2007 . . . 4th/4th Summit League . . . . . . . . . . . 2008 . . . 6th/7th Summit League . . . . . . . . . . . 2009 . . . 6th/7th Summit League . . . . . . . . . . . 2010 . . . 5th/8th Summit League . . . . . . . . . . . 2011 . . . .5th/6th Summit League . . . . . . . . . . . 2012 . . . . 7th/7th Summit League . . . . . . . . . . . 2013 . . . .4th/5th Western Athletic Conference . . 2014 . . . .4th/6th Western Athletic Conference . . 2015 . . . . 3rd/1st

MEN’S HONORS & AWARDS Indoor Athlete of the Year Deandre Free . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2001 Anthony Boyer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2010

WOMEN’S HONORS & AWARDS Indoor Athlete of the Year Angela Harris . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1999 Dee Dee Fortman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2000

Indoor MVP of Championships Anthony Boyer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2010 Cosmas Ayabei . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2011

Indoor Newcomer of the Year Natasha Kieser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1997

Indoor Newcomer of the Year Josh Whisman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2002

Indoor Coach of the Year Dave Krueger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1997 Dave Krueger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1999

Indoor Coach of the Year Geoff Masanet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2000 Geoff Masanet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2002

NCAA Indoor All-Americans Courtney Frerichs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2015

NCAA Indoor Qualifiers Sam Randolph (55-Meters, NP) . . . . . . . . . . 1997 Marcus Lee (Triple Jump, NP) . . . . . . . . . . 1999 Outdoor Athlete of the Year Willie White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1999 Deandre Free . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2001 Deandre Free . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2002 Outdoor MVP of Championships Anthony Boyer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2010 DC Okanta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2013 Outdoor Newcomer of the Year Terrence Jackson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1995 Deandre Free . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2000 Outdoor Coach of the Year Dave Krueger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1999 Geoff Masanet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2000 NCAA Outdoor All-Americans Matt Voelker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2002 Bryce Miller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2015 NCAA Outdoor Qualifiers Deandre Free (Long Jump, 15th) . . . . . . . . . 2000 Grant Dennis (Decathlon, 13th) . . . . . . . . . . 2001 Deandre Free (Long Jump, 13th) . . . . . . . . . 2001 Matt Voelker (High Jump, 6th) . . . . . . . . . . 2002 Matt Voelker (High Jump, NP) . . . . . . . . . . 2003 Marcus Lee (Triple Jump, NP) . . . . . . . . . . 2009 Bryce Miller (3,000 Steeple, 14th) . . . . . . . . 2015 NCAA Academic All-Americans Jon Kelley (First-Team) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2003

NCAA Indoor Qualifiers Dee Dee Steele (Weight Throw, NP) . . . . . . . Sheri Pewitte (Long Jump, NP) . . . . . . . . . . Dee Dee Steele (Weight Throw, NP) . . . . . . . Dion McNeal (Weight Throw, NP) . . . . . . . . Courtney Frerichs (5,000 Meters, 5th) . . . . .

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Outdoor Athlete of the Year Jennifer Casebeer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1998 Dee Dee Fortman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2000 Outdoor Newcomer of the Year Sheri Pewitte . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1996 Natasha Kieser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1997 Comfort Ibe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2000 Outdoor Coach of the Year Geoff Masanet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2000 NCAA Outdoor All-Americans Courtney Frerichs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2013 Courtney Frerichs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2015 NCAA Outdoor Qualifiers Ise Ruetz (Discus, NP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1997 Dee Dee Steele (Hammer, NP) . . . . . . . . . . 1998 Dee Dee Fortman (Long Jump, NP) . . . . . . . 1999 Dee Dee Fortman (Long Jump, NP) . . . . . . . 2000 Sheri Pewitte (Long Jump, NP) . . . . . . . . . . 2000 Dion McNeal (Hammer, NP) . . . . . . . . . . . . 2003 Courtney Frerichs (3,000 Steeple, 2nd) . . . . . 2015 NCAA Academic All-Americans Sonya Ahmed (Third-Team) . . . . . . . . . . . . 2000 Sonya Ahmed (First-Team) . . . . . . . . . . . . 2002 Maggie Brueggeman-Butler (Second-Team) . . 2006 Sara Hiller (Second-Team) . . . . . . . . . . . . 2008 Courtney Frerichs (First-Team) . . . . . . . . . . 2015

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LEO E. MORTON CHANCELLOR TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY, 1968 MIT, 1987 UMKC VISION STATEMENT UMKC will become a model urban research university characterized by signature graduate and professional programs, a dynamic undergraduate population, a highly diverse faculty, staff and student body, and active engagement with its city and region.

UMKC MISSION STATEMENT UMKC’s mission is to lead in life and health sciences; to deepen and expand strength in the visual and performing arts; to develop a professional workforce and collaborate in urban issues and education; and to create a vibrant learning and campus life experience.

UMKC VISION STATEMENT • • • •

Strengthen resource base and financial capacity Strengthen core academic mission Increase student success Improve the racial climate and increase campus diversity

Leo E. Morton was named Chancellor of the University of Missouri-Kansas City on December 15, 2008. Prior to assuming the Chancellorship, Leo was employed by Aquila, Inc, joining the firm in January 1994 as vice president, performance management. He was named senior vice president in 1996 with responsibility for re-engineering, corporate procurement and environmental services. Morton assumed additional duties for the management of human resources in 1997 and information technology in 1998. He was named senior vice president and chief administrative officer in 2000 as he also assumed responsibility for additional corporate services. Prior to joining Aquila, Morton’s management career spanned 26 years in a wide range of engineering and manufacturing positions with AT&T Microelectronics, Bell Laboratories, General Motors, Rust Engineering Company and Corning Glass. Morton has been a University of Missouri-Kansas City trustee since 2000 and was in his third year as chairman of the Board of Trustees when he stepped down to serve as the university’s interim chancellor. Previously, he was a member on UMKC’s Center for the City board and chaired the community relations committee of the Trustees.

He is chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Menorah Medical Center and chairman of the advisory board of Prep-KC, a major regional youth educational development organization. Morton also serves as 2nd vice chairman of the board of Swope Community Enterprises. In addition, he serves on the Board of Trustees for MRI, the Economic Development Corporation, the Kansas City Area Development Council, the Starlight Theatre, the independent advisory commission on racial profiling for the Overland Park Police Department, the Ironhorse Golf committee and as a commissioner for the Local Investment Commission. Morton has a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Tuskegee University, and a master’s degree in management from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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CARLA WILSON DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS UMKC, 1988 Carla Wilson was named the fourth Director of Athletics in the Division I era, made official on Monday, December 2, 2013 with a public announcement at the Sprint Center in downtown Kansas City. She held the position in an interim role the previous five months. Wilson leads the Athletics Department as it competes in the Western Athletic Conference. Wilson’s leadership in the department has touched many facets – budget, human resources, facilities, sport administration and student-athlete welfare and development. Wilson became the only female athletics director in the Western Athletic Conference, and the first ever female leader of intercollegiate athletics at UMKC. She is one of a few minority women serving as an athletics director at the NCAA’s 351 Division I institutions. At the time of her hire, less than 9 percent of Division I athletics directors were women; less than 4 percent were minority women. She was also the only African-American woman athletics director in Division I not at a historically black college or university. “Carla is a nationally recognized leader in college athletics, and was an easy and natural choice for this position,” said Leo E. Morton, Chancellor of UMKC. “While we are promoting from within, we are also choosing the best candidate for this important position. Carla has the experience, the dedication and the vision to be an exemplary leader.” In 2012, she was named the Division I Administrator of the Year by the National Association of Collegiate Women Athletic Administrators. A member of the WAC AD’s council, Wilson’s 17 years of experience in athletics is vital as she works with the WAC on strategic planning and branding initiatives. Well rounded in sport administration, she has been the sport administrator for 14 of the 16 sports sponsored by UMKC throughout her career – men’s

basketball, women’s basketball, men’s soccer, softball, men’s and women’s tennis, men’s and women’s golf, men’s and women’s cross country, and men’s and women’s indoor and outdoor track and field. Prior to the AD appointment, she served as the Senior Associate Athletics Director for Business and Administration and Senior Woman Administrator since 2007. In this role, Wilson was responsible for the human resources and business operations of the department, as well as all dayto-day operations in the absence of the Director of Athletics, and served as a member of the Director of Athletics senior staff. Wilson was responsible for the preparation, development and maintenance of the budgets for all 16 sports and nine administrative areas of the department. She also served as the sport administrator for women’s basketball, men’s soccer, and men’s and women’s tennis. Wilson also served as the Assistant Athletics Director for Business Operations for nine years prior to her time as Senior Associate Athletics Director. As Senior Woman Administrator, Wilson is the highest ranking female involved with the management of UMKC’s Intercollegiate Athletics program, and represents UMKC in dealings with the conference office and the NCAA. She also partakes in program-wide administrative responsibilities, including decision making at the institutional, conference and national levels. She collaboratively addresses departmental goals, supports women’s interests and supports and helps manage diversity, gender equity and Title IX matters. Wilson, who is an active member of the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics, National Association of Collegiate Women Athletics Administrators, the College Athletic Business Management Association and the Minority Opportunities Athletic Association, is a 2010 graduate of the NCAA Fellows Leadership

Development Program. The 18-month program was developed with the specific goal of enhancing the employment and leadership opportunities for racial/ethnic minorities and women at the senior management level of intercollegiate athletics administration. She is also a 2009 NACWAA HERS East graduate. Wilson is also a member of the MOAA Educational and Professional Development Committee and the Program Committee, which is responsible for programming of the MOAA Symposium held at the annual NACDA Convention. Wilson is also a frequent presenter at CABMA Conventions, and serves on the Membership and Program committees for the organization. Wilson has also been active on NCAA committees during her time at UMKC. In 2010, Wilson began a four-year term on the NCAA Division I Women’s Softball Committee, and serves as the chair of the committee for 2013-14. From 2004-07, she also served on the Division I NCAA Men’s and Women’s Tennis Committee. Both committees are responsible for selecting the teams that compete for the opportunity to play for a national championship. Since 1999, Wilson has also served on the NCAA Region V Post Graduate Scholarship Committee. A 25-year career Kangaroo, prior to athletics Wilson served UMKC as a budget specialist in the University’s administrative affairs office for four years, where she was responsible for assisting in the preparation of the University’s $159 million budget. From 1988-93, she also served in the accounting department as a senior accountant. Wilson graduated from UMKC in 1988 with a bachelor’s degree in accounting. She and her husband Kevin, who reside in Olathe, KS, are parents to four adult children, Shae, Tristan, Kevin Jr., and Kaylan.

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URSULA GURNEY SENIOR ASSOCIATE A.D. INTERNAL OPERATIONS/SWA Ursula Gurney was named the Senior Woman Administrator in May of 2014 as well as being promoted to the Senior Associate Athletics Director for Internal Operations. Prior to her appointment, she was the Senior Associate AD for Academics and Strategic Initiatives. In her current role, Gurney oversees the areas of academics, sports medicine, sports performance (strength and conditioning), and is the primary liaison with the admissions and registration offices. In her new role, Gurney will also oversee the area of compliance, and have liaison duties with campus residential housing. She will continue to serve as the sport administrator for men’s and women’s golf while furthering her sport supervision responsibilities to include women’s volleyball. She will represent UMKC as a member of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) Administrative Council and serve as a member of the Director of Athletics Senior Staff. As Senior Woman Administrator (SWA), Gurney provides administrative leadership in the management and governance of UMKC’s Intercollegiate Athletics program, and is heavily involved in key decision making at the institutional, conference, and national levels. Gurney collaborates to address strategic initiatives and departmental goals, serve as a resource to all student-athletes and coaches, support gender equity and title IX

issues, and evaluate performance of departmental employees. Gurney is charged to help foster a culture that embraces diversity and advocates for student-athlete welfare. Under Gurney and her staff, UMKC has built a tradition of academic success. The current cumulative department GPA is 3.24. Currently 15 of UMKC’s 16 teams have a cumulative GPA of 3.00 or better. UMKC’s Graduation Success Rate (GSR) remains steady at 87%, while its current cumulative Academic Progress Rate (APR) is 966. Gurney is an active member of the National Association of Academic Advisors for Athletics (N4A) and the National Association of Collegiate Women Athletic Administrators (NACWAA). Gurney is individually certified by the N4A, and has presented multiple times at N4A’s national and regional conventions. She is a current member of the N4A’s Board of Directors, serves on the N4A’s Strategic Planning Committee as the ChairElect, and is also a member of the NCAA Division I Recruiting and Athletics Personnel Issues Cabinet. She is a graduate of NACWAA’s 2012 Leadership Enhancement Institute (LEI), the 2010 NACWAA West Institute for Administrative Advancement (IAA), and a 2009 graduate of the N4A’s Professional Development Institute (PDI) Leader/Manager Track.

Previously, Gurney spent seven years in various roles in academic athletic support at The Ohio State University. At Ohio State, Gurney served as an academic specialist in the Student-Athlete Support Services Office. She assisted in the academic support of over 900 student-athletes in 36 varsity sports. She specialized in preparing football student-athletes to meet education requirements, and traveled with the football team to the 2008 BCS National Championship game in New Orleans, La., to monitor academic development. In addition to her advising role, Gurney served as an undergraduate instructor in the history department at Ohio State from 2002-2008. Athletically, Gurney swam competitively at the national level in Canada participating in several National Championships, Olympic and Commonwealth Games Trials. Gurney earned her bachelor of arts degree in history from Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, British Columbia, in 2000. She then went on to earn her master’s degree in history from SFU in 2002. She is currently a PhD. candidate in history at The Ohio State University and resides in Kansas City with her husband Andrew and son Jackson

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BRIAN MORRIS SENIOR ASSOCIATE A.D. EXTERNAL OPERATIONS Brian Morris joined UMKC in September of 2014 as the Senior Associate Athletics Director for External Operations. Morris served as the Associate Athletic Director for External Operations at Oklahoma Baptist University previously, and has served in several collegiate athletics development and corporate sponsorship roles at institutions such as Oklahoma State, Wichita State, Arkansas State and Oklahoma. While at OBU, he assisted in securing a $1.5 million split gift for OBU and the OBU athletics department. Morris also increased the athletics department sponsorship and ticket revenues by 900 percent from $40,000 to $400,000 in less than two years. Prior to OBU he was the senior account executive for Oklahoma State Cowboy Sports Properties (Learfield Sports), generating $115,000 in new sponsorship revenue. Morris also served as the Associate Athletic Director for Development at Wichita State University. While at WSU, he led the athletics development staff and served as a member of the athletic director’s senior management team. He secured a $1.2 million naming-rights gift for the Bombardier Learjet Indoor Practice Facility and maintained oversight of the $3.4 million annual fund for the Shocker Athletic Scholarship Organization. He also secured half of the private funds for the $3.7 million Building

Excellence for the Student-Athlete Campaign. Morris also worked as the Assistant Athletic Director for Development at Arkansas State University, where he led the development staff in setting a record breaking level for athletics annual fund giving. He also secured $250,000 in major gifts for renovation of their baseball stadium. As the Assistant Director of Athletics Development at the University of Oklahoma, he raised $850,000 in major gifts during the stadium renovation campaign, while assisting in the record-setting annual fundraising drive. Morris also served as a representative of the Missouri Valley Conference for the National Association of Athletic Development Directors. Morris earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism and mass communications from Kansas State University in 2003 and a master’s degree in sport management from Wichita State University in 2013.

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JESSICA DICKSON SENIOR ASSOCIATE A.D. FACILITIES, OPERATIONS & CHAMPIONSHIPS Jessica Dickson was named the Associate Athletics Director for Facilities, Operations and Championships in October 2014. Prior to her appointment, she served as Assistant Athletics Director for External Relations for five years. Dickson joined the UMKC staff as the Director of Marketing and Promotions in August of 2006. In her current role, Dickson’s areas of responsibility include: event management, television and radio production, marketing and promotions, licensing and sponsorship execution. In addition, she serves as the sport administrator for women’s soccer, softball and spirit squads. Dickson is an active member of National Association of Collegiate Marketing Administrators (NACMA) and National Association of Collegiate Women Athletic Administrators (NACWAA) and has presented on multiple occasions at the NACMA national convention. Dickson is a graduate of the 2011 NCAA/NACWAA Institute for Administrative Advancement (IAA). Special assignments at UMKC have included the 2012 NACWAA National Convention Local Organizing Committee, serving as championship manager for The 2012 Summit League Men’s and Women’s Tennis Championships and 2010 NCAA Division I Volleyball National Championship host liaison to the NCAA.

Dickson has been a volunteer at the Kansas City Sports Commission and Foundations/WIN for KC since 2005 and an active member of the Downtown Council of Kansas City and genKC. Prior to joining the UMKC team, Dickson spent 4 years at Time Warner Cable/Metro Sports in Kansas City. While with TWC, Dickson created promotional materials and advertising packages for sporting events, movies, specials and cable networks. Her duties with Metro Sports included serving as a communications and promotions liaison between Metro Sports and the media sales office. Dickson graduated from Central Missouri in May 2002 with a degree in public relations and a minor in photography. At Central, she was a four-year letterwinner on the women’s soccer team. Dickson, her husband Ryan and their daughter Morgan reside in Kansas City, Mo.

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SPORTS PERFORMANCE

PAUL ARNDORFER

CLINT DOMINICK

ERIC LANGDON

DIRECTOR OF STRENGTH & CONDITIONING

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF STRENGTH & CONDITIONING

STRENGTH & CONDITIONING GRADUATE ASSISTANT

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SPORTS MEDICINE

IAN BALDWIN

SCOTT McGINN

JESSICA SCHMITZ

HEAD ATHLETIC TRAINER

ASSISTANT ATHLETIC TRAINER

CHARLIE EMERSON

MELANIE ELLSWORTH

DYLAN WILSON

ASSISTANT ATHLETIC TRAINER

GRAD. ASSISTANT ATHLETIC TRAINER

SPORTS MEDICINE FELLOWSHIP/TEAM DOCTORS Dr. Meg Gibson Head Sports Medicine Physician

Dr. Joe Samuel Intern Sports Medicine physician

Dr. Grant Smith Team Dentist

Dr. Jon Schultz Team Sports Medicine Physician

Dr. Kristen Michael Intern Sports Medicine physician

Dr. Dan Lorenz Team Physical Therapist

Dr. Drew Glover Team Sports Medicine Physician

Dr. Dan Gurley Team Orthopedic physician

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UMKC ATHLETICS STAFF Administration Carla Wilson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director of Athletics Ursula Gurney . . . . . . . . . . Senior Associate A.D. for Internal Operations/SWA Brian Morris . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Senior Associate A.D. for External Operations Jessica Dickson . . . . . . . . Associate A.D. for Facilities, Operations and Championships Erica Portley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Administrative Assistant

Women’s Basketball Marsha Frese . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Head Coach Meredith Doyle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assistant Coach Pat Filien . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assistant Coach Danielle Gratton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assistant Coach Christina Gilbert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director of Basketball Operations

Academic Support Ursula Gurney . . . . . . . . . . Senior Associate A.D. for Internal Operations/SWA Amelia Howard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assistant Director of Academic Support Sam Clark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Academic Services Graduate Assistant Shakayla McEaddy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Academic Services Graduate Assistant Bailey Sosa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Academic Services Graduate Assistant

Cheer/Dance Dawn Todd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Cheer Coordinator

Business and Finance Trish Baldwin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Business Manager Kelsay Eggen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assistant Business Manager

Men’s Golf J.W. VanDenBorn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director of Golf/Head Coach Rick Hairgrove . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Graduate Assistant Coach Andy Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assistant Coach

Compliance Robert Greim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director of Compliance Rachel Rutter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Compliance Graduate Assistant

Cross Country Shameika McField . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Head Coach Brett Guemmer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assistant Coach

Women’s Golf Brianna Broderick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Head Coach Andy Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assistant Coach

External Operations Brian Morris . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Senior Associate A.D. for External Operations Mike Magnusson . . . . . . . Assistant A.D. for Development and Corporate Sponsorships Cassie Molitoris . . . . . . . . Director of Corporate Relations and Special Events Tim Riva . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director of Marketing and Ticketing Presley Chrisco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marketing Graduate Assistant Michael Ropp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ticketing Graduate Assistant

Men’s Soccer Rick Benben . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Head Coach Fred Schlichting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Associate Head Coach Alan Mayer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Goalkeeper Coach Anthony Rashid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director of Soccer Operations Tato Chiaparro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Graduate Assistant

Operations and Facilities Jessica Dickson . . . . . . . . Associate A.D. for Facilities, Operations and Championships Mike ‘Radar’ Bellis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Equipment Manager Liz Hoffman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Operations Graduate Assistant

Women’s Soccer Chris Cissell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Head Coach Jeff Cole . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assistant Coach Ashley Gann . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Graduate Assistant

Sports Information Rob McCutcheon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sports Information Director Nik Busch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assistant Sports Information Director Josh Carson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sports Information Graduate Assistant

Softball Meredith Smith Neal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Head Coach Lauren Eisenreich . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assistant Coach Natalie Brock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assistant Coach Michael Baxter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Student Manager Chris Nasuti . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Student Manager

Sports Medicine Ian Baldwin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Head Athletic Trainer Scott McGinn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assistant Athletic Trainer Jessica Schmitz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assistant Athletic Trainer Charles Emmerson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assistant Athletic Trainer Melanie Ellsworth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Athletic Trainer Graduate Assistant Dylan Wilson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Athletic Trainer Graduate Assistant Meg Gibson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Head Team Physician Drew Glover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Team Doctor Kristen Michael . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Team Doctor Joe Samuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Team Doctor Jon Schultz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Team Doctor Dan Gurley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Team Orthopedic Surgeon Dan Lorenz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Physical Therapist Grant Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Team Dentist Sports Performance Paul Arndorfer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director of Strength & Conditioning Clint Dominick . . . . . . . . . . . . Assistant Director of Strength & Conditioning Eric Langdon . . . . . . . . . . . . Strength and Conditioning Graduate Assistant Men’s Basketball Kareem Richardson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Head Coach Angres Thorpe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Associate Head Coach Conner Hampton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assistant Coach Chris Hollender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assistant Coach Andre McGee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assistant Coach Aaron Hanshaw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Graduate Assistant Reese Holliday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Graduate Assistant

Men’s Tennis Kendell Hale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Head Coach Malcolm Harrison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Head Assistant Coach Women’s Tennis Kendell Hale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Head Coach Malcolm Harrison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Head Assistant Coach Eva Dalvai . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assistant Coach Track and Field Shameika McField . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Head Coach Benaud Shirley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Associate Head Coach (Jumps) Brett Guemmer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assistant Coach (Distance) Brian Bishop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Assistant Coach (Throws/Multi-Events) Marlon Shirley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Graduate Assistant Volleyball Christi Posey . . Trent Jones . . . Kalani Rose . . . Taylor Johnson . Zach Warring . .

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DURWOOD SOCCER STADIUM AND RECREATIONAL FIELD

Durwood Soccer Stadium and Recreational Field serves as the official home of the Kangaroos and will provide student-athletes, students and community groups with one of the top soccer facilities in the WAC and the Midwest. The $9 million addition adds to the growing residential feel of the UMKC campus. The gift from the Durwood Foundation and its trustees to construct this stadium is another in their long history of supporting a variety of UMKC initiatives. Durwood will provide seating for 850 fans and a separate addition will host locker rooms, offices and concession areas. Stanley H. Durwood was one of the University’s and the athletic program’s most ardent supporters. His affiliation with UMKC began when NCAA Division I participation was a pipe dream. Durwood also helped establish an endowed scholarship for UMKC student-athletes. VICTOR F. SWYDEN ATHLETICS TRAINING FACILITY

The Victor F. Swyden Athletics Training Facility continues UMKC’s commitment to the total care of each student-athlete. Under the guidance of Head Athletics Trainer Ted Ferris, the UMKC Sports Medicine staff prioritizes prevention, treatment and rehabilitiation in working with Kangaroo student-athletes. Built in 1999, the Swyden Athletics Training Facility honors the memory of former Kansas City councilman and longtime UMKC Athletics supporter Victor F. Swyden, who headed the taskforce that guided the Kangaroos from NAIA to NCAA Division I. A lifetime resident of Kansas City and a graduate of Paseo High School, Swyden was honored in 1993 with the Golden Torch Award, one of the highest honors bestowed by UMKC upon an individual.

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SWINNEY RECREATION CENTER

OLD SWINNEY

The Dutton Brookfield Strength and Conditioning Center at UMKC’s Swinney Recreation Center was officially dedicated on Sept. 22, 2004. The Brookfield Center is designed to help enhance UMKC student-athletes’ levels of performance while significantly reducing the chances for injuries. The benefit of performing structured strength and power training throughout the entire year will give studentathletes the opportunity to reach new levels of physical development. The center contains free weights, plus platforms, benches and machines and the latest cardiovascular equipment. In the summer of 2006, the area purchased the latest Sports Motion system to give student-athletes the video analysis needed to improve their techniques.

The home of UMKC Athletics, Swinney Recreation Center is also one of the finest fitness centers in all of Kansas City. Created through a $14.5 million addition to the old Swinney Gymnasium, the center includes five basketball courts, four racquet ball courts, a 25-meter indoor/outdoor pool and three exercise rooms - two weight rooms and a cardio room. The competition court serves as the home venue for UMKC volleyball in the fall, UMKC women’s basketball contests during the winter. Kangaroo student-athletes enjoy some of the finest locker room facilities in the WAC courtesy of a major renovation undertaken prior to the 2007-08 school year. Along with providing each student-athlete their own individual locker space, the facility also features a player’s lounge that includes leather couches and a big screen television. In addition, the lounge is equipped with a computer workstation with a high-speed internet connection. Original Old Swinney Gymnasium, affectionately known as “Old Swinney”, which is part of the Swinney Recreation Center received a face lift in the summer of 2010. The renovation transforms the Old Swinney Gymnasium into a modern, collegiate practice facility that will better serve the student body, faculty and staff members and community members, as well as provide outstanding training opportunities for ‘Roo student-athletes. The $500,000 renovation plan included new basketball/volleyball court flooring and basketball standards and volleyball nets to be installed in the existing facility. The current skylights in the building were also altered, which allows for modified lighting to be put into place. The entire Old Swinney interior will be updated and scoreboards will be installed.

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MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM

Municipal Auditorium, a building that many fans believe is the best arena in which to watch basketball, is the home of UMKC menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s basketball. The venue, which has a rich and storied basketball tradition, is now in its eighth decade in Kansas City. Municipal, which was opened in 1936, has hosted nearly every type of event - from U.S. presidential campaigns to NCAA Final Four Championships. In fact, the auditorium has hosted a total of nine NCAA Championships, which are the most of any other building in the country. The facility is also the home to the NAIA National Tournament and the MIAA Tournament. A facility upgrade included $3.5 million in renovations, encompassing new arena lighting, new seating and enhanced locker rooms for players and officials. Municipal Auditorium is located in the heart of downtown Kansas City and steps from the Kansas City Power & Light District. Municipal Auditorium comfortably seats 10,700 people, including 7,300 permanent upholstered seats. The Arena is one of four self-contained venues in the Municipal Auditorium, and has its own lighted marquee, box office, show office, coat check, restrooms and concessions. It is accessible from the south side of 13th Street, where visitors enter through the splendid Grand Foyer. The arena is also connected by covered walkways to the Convention Center, Conference Center, and the Auditorium Plaza Garage. MISSOURI 3&2 COMPLEX MISSOURI 3&2 COMPLEX

UMKC reached an agreement with the city in the fall of 2011 to play its softball games at the Missouri 3&2 Complex. Since its first season there in the spring of 2012, UMKC has added a new scoreboard and re-furbished the fences around the game field. In its first season, UMKC softball hosted the Missouri Coaches Versus Cancer Classic, and the Summit League Championships.

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The UMKC men’s and women’s tennis teams practice and compete at the Plaza Tennis Center, which is located just minutes away from the UMKC campus. The Plaza Tennis Center sits next to the Country Club Plaza, the Midwest’s oldest outdoor shopping area featuring a number of unique shops, restaurants, boutiques and Spanish architecture. The facility includes 14 outdoor lighted courts, a pro shop and locker rooms. The exhibition court, adjacent to the clubhouse, features permanent and bleacher seating for about 300 spectators. The center has hosted many events, including three Big 12 and the final Big Eight Championships, NCAA Division II Nationals, the Missouri Valley’s National Qualifier Sweet 16, a USTA professional men’s satellite tournament, USA Tournament Tennis sanctioned play, USTA leagues and instructional programs. The facilty has received local, regional and national awards since its grand opening in 1996. In 1998, the United States Tennis Association named the center a USTA National Outstanding Public Tennis Facility. In 2005, it was named PTR Public Facility of the Year by the United States Professional Tennis Registry. In 2007, the Plaza Tennis Center was recognized as one of the top 50 Tennis Welcome Centers in the country. UMKC Hosted the Summit League Men’s and Women’s Championships there in 2012.

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ST. TERESA’S ACADEMY

STUDENT ATHLETE SUPPORT SERVICES OFFICE It is the mission of the Student-Athlete Support Services Office (SASSO) to provide a variety of educational support to ensure student-athletes acquire the tools to meet their academic, professional and personal goals. SASSO provides a comprehensive support unit which includes, but is not limited to the following services: academic counseling, academic mentoring, degree and NCAA eligibility monitoring, assessment, tutoring, computer access, academic and individual skill development, individualized study plans, a comprehensive Summer Bridge Program, academic workshops, knowledge of on-campus resources and Life Skill development. SASSO offers a comprehensive tutoring program available to all student-athletes. SASSO employs undergraduate and graduate student tutors to provide assistance in a variety of academic areas. The mission of the tutoring program is to provide subject-specific support and assistance to any student-athlete with equal access for all sports. All SASSO tutoring takes place in study hall, SRC 251. Most tutoring sessions are a one-on-one meeting with a tutor and student-athlete; however, group tutoring sessions are also available. The SASSO tutoring program serves as an additional support for course material but does not supplement for class attendance. The primary focus of tutoring is the teaching of skills and strategies that support independent learning. SASSO Tutoring services are a privilege and may be revoked if abused.

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STUDENT ATHLETE SUPPORT SERVICES OFFICE

URSULA GURNEY

AMELIA HOWARD

SR. ASSOC. A.D., SWA

ASST. DIR. OF ACADEMIC SUPPORT

SAM CLARK

SHAKAYLA McEADDY

ACADEMIC SERVICES GRAD. ASST.

BAILEY SOSA ACADEMIC SERVICES GRAD. ASST.

SASSO OVERVIEW The Student-Athlete Support Services Office (SASSO) provides a variety of educational support to ensure student-athletes acquire the tools to meet their academic, professional and personal goals. With a six person staff, SASSO integrates its services within the mission of UMKC and the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics to promote the overall development of the student-athletes. To foster the positive growth of student-athletes, SASSO provides a comprehensive support unit which includes, but is not limited to: academic counseling, academic mentoring, degree and NCAA eligibility monitoring, assessment, tutoring, computer access, academic and individual skill development, individualized study plans, a comprehensive Summer Bridge Program, academic workshops, knowledge of on-campus resources and Life Skill development. SASSO GOALS The goals of the Student-Athlete Support Services Office are to: • Maintain the highest level of integrity in our dedication to the acdemic, personal and professional development of studentathletes. • Ensure compliance with NCAA, WAC, and UMKC academic eligibility requirements, policies and procedures. • Inform student-athletes of the resources available to them on the UMKC campus in order to better assist them in their academic pursuits. • Provide an environment which supports the goal of graduation for all student-athletes. • Develop values which emphasize leadership, accountability, integrity, communication and inter-personal skills. • Enhance the experience of the student-athlete by providing opportunities to be involved in the University, Athletic Department and the greater Kansas City community. • Promote respect for diversity and gender equity. • Encourage the development of well-balanced life styles. • Support student-athlete initiatives through our dedication to Life Skills and the StudentAthlete Advisory Committee (SAAC).

ATHLETIC ACADEMIC POINTS OF PRIDE • The Athletic Department boosted a cumulative GPA of 3.29 for 2014-15. • 16 of 16 teams finished the 2014-15 with a cumulative GPA above 3.0. The top three were Women’s Basketball at 3.70, Women’s Cross Country at 3.45 and Women’s Golf at 3.43. • A total of 141 student-athletes were named WAC Academic All-League. • 106 student-athletes were awarded the distinction of UMKC Scholar-Athlete for 2015. This distinction is awarded to those with a cumulative GPA of 3.5 and higher at the end of each year. • During the Division I era nine student-athletes have been named Academic AllAmericans. Most recently, women’s track and field/cross country’s Courtney Frerichs garnered the honor in 2015. • The Graduation Success Rate (GSR) is 83%, above the 81% Division I average.

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‘ROO LIFE SKILLS The Roo Life Skills Program is designed to support the development of a well-balanced lifestyle for UMKC’s student-athletes, encouraging holistic well-being, personal and academic growth, mature decision making skills, and a commitment to the campus and surrounding community. The Life Skills program strives to support student-athlete development in five areas: academics, athletics, personal development, career development and community service. Life Skills Programming Performance Team - The Performance Team Programming gives student-athletes and coaches the opportunity to gather information to support a healthy lifestyle and achieve optimum athletic performance. Career Development - Partnerships with UMKC’s Career Services and Career Athletes have been developed to best prepare current student-athletes for life after college. Community Service Partnerships - Community service is strongly encouraged, and UMKC Athletics feels strongly in the value of giving back to Kansas City and the UMKC campus. SASSO has formed several partnerships in the community and encourages teams and individuals to get involved. Student-Athlete Advisory Committee - UMKC’s SAAC representatives serve as leaders within the athletic department, and on campus. The group of representatives meets monthly to encourage team, department and school unity, while promoting excellence and a commitment to community and campus service.

STUDENT-ATHLETES IN THE COMMUNITY The UMKC Athletics Department takes great pride in giving back to its neighbors and friends. During the 2014-15 school year, the ‘Roos outdid themselves by hosting and participating in a plethora of successful events. Service projects included: UMKC Campus Move-In Day UMKC Women’s Center Walk-A-Mile in Her Shoes UMKC Career Services Etiquette Dinner Blue and Gold Games ‘Roo Life Skills Challenge Toys for Tots Toy Collection Boys & Girls Club Center Middle School Habitat for Humanity Morning Glory Cafe

Kangaroo Food Pantry Children’s Mercy Gardens at Barry Road ReStore KC YMCA Before/After School Program Drug Free Sport Jeff Jansen Leadership Academy Step Up! Bystander Intervention Training It’s On Us Campaign Morning Glory Cafe

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ABOUT UMKC For 82 years, the University and Kansas City have been partners and neighbors, a relationship that has enhanced the growth of both. A part of Kansas City’s thriving urban core, UMKC brings together its students and the city it calls home. The University offers an amazing education experience with top-notch faculty and skills that go directly from the classroom to the real world.

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With 125 academic programs in 13 schools, UMKC is bound to have the one thing (or more than one thing) you want to continue learning about. Whether you have an idea of what you want to study or not, UMKC is a great place to explore your potential, putting different classes together to define what you know and who you are. • • • • • • • • • •

Location Study What You Want Research Right Now Internships and Job Opportunities Diversity First-rate Faculty Campus Life National Recognition Affordability Home Away From Home

HENRY W. BLOCH BUILDING

HAAG HALL

RESIDENTIAL LIFE AT UMKC Student housing at UMKC is about more than just offering you a place to eat and sleep - it’s about your total educational experience. Whether it’s continuing a classroom discussion over pizza, or attending a discussion with faculty outside of class, we know that having a home away from home is important. Residence Life offers you a place where you can hang out with friends, learn about others and most importantly, learn about yourself. That’s why all housing is conveniently located on the west side of campus, near the University Center (and cafeteria), Swinney Recreation Center, and within easy walking distance to all other Volker campus buildings. Nearby are the Country Club Plaza and museums, and other local attractions. Downtown Kansas City, Mo., is approximately 10 minutes away by automobile (or bus).

UMKC By The Numbers Enrollment: 16,160 (Fall 2014) . . . . undergraduate, graduate & professional students Enrollment breakdown: 53% . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . undergraduate 35% . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . graduate 12% . . . . . . . . . . . . . . dual enrolled high school Enrollment diversity: 3% . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Multi-Ethnic 6% . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hispanic /Latino 11% . . . . . . . . . . . . . Non-Resident International 7% . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Asian 12% . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Black/African-American 60% . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . White Where students come from: 50 states and 79 countries Number of online students: 912 (Fall 2014)

THE NEW STUDENT UNION UMKC opened a new 109,000-square-foot Student Union in August 2010. The new Union offers a bird’s eye view of Kansas City’s Country Club Plaza, a new 329-seat theater, a two-story bookstore, new restaurants (Chick-fil-A Express, Baja Fresh Mexican Grill, SubConnection and Jazzman’s Café & Bakery) and 10,000 square-feet of space dedicated to student organizations. Located near UMKC’s residential halls at 51st and Cherry Streets, the $38.3 million Student Union features a green roof terrace and wide floor-to-ceiling windows with views of the Plaza, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art and UMKC’s Stanley H. Durwood Soccer Stadium and Recreational Field.

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KANSAS CITY Although Kansas City’s reputation outside the Midwest may be that of an agricultural cowtown, its residents know the truth. UMKC is in the middle of it all, with history, culture and entertainment options on all sides and within just a short walk or drive. Here’s just a few of the options that students at UMKC have at their disposal. The Legends at Village West boasts 1.1 million square feet of retail space and is home to more than 100 shops and restaurants. This northern shopping mecca is also located by the Kansas Speedway, Children’s Mercy Park and Community America Ballpark.

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The Kansas Speedway hosts major league racing events like NASCAR’s Sprint and Nationwide series. Sporting Park is home to the MLS’s Sporting KC, while Community America Ballpark is home to the Kansas City T-Bones.

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The Country Club Plaza offers 14 blocks of shopping amid beautiful Spanish architecture, fountains and statues.

Arrowhead Stadium, home of the Kansas City Chiefs, seats more than 79,000 on game day.

More than 80 miles of lights outline every building, dome and tower on the Country Club Plaza each holiday season. The Plaza is within a short walking distance from the Volker Campus.

The Kansas City Royals play in Kauffman Stadium, which just wrapped up a $250 million renovation. Kauffman Stadium’s unique features include a 322-foot-wide water spectacular. The water spectacular is the largest privately funded fountain in the world. Both teams play at the Truman Sports Complex.

Kansas City is known as the City of Fountains with more than 200 fountains on the Plaza and in downtown KC.

NEGRO LEAGUE MUSEUM

COUNTRY CLUB PLAZA

Located within a short walk from the Volker Campus, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art includes works of art from some of the great masters. The lawn of The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art resembles a badminton court with 18-ft.-tall sculptures, titled “Shuttlecocks.”

NELSON-ATKINS MUSEUM OF ART

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The $850 million Power & Light District is the largest new development project in the Midwest. Just steps from the Convention Center and a short drive from the Volker Campus, the Power & Light District features eight blocks of dining, nightlife and entertainment venues. Located next to the Power & Light District, the Sprint Center opened in downtown Kansas City in October 2007. The Sprint Center is a state-of-the-art, 18,500-seat arena offering marquee concerts and sporting events. POWER & LIGHT DISTRICT

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Located in the Sprint Center, the College Basketball Experience celebrates college basketball by placing visitors in electrifying, game-like situations. Home to the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame as well, UMKC had the honor of opening the CBE and held its first practice of the 2007-08 season. KAUFFMAN STADIUM

The Negro Leagues Baseball Museum chronicles the history and heroes of the Negro Leagues from their founding after the Civil War to their demise in the 1960s. The first professional Negro Leagues were founded in Kansas City in 1920, just two blocks from the museum. Municipal Auditorium has hosted more NCAA Tournament games and more Final Fours than any other venue in the country. The UMKC menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s basketball team plays the majority of its games at this historical venue. MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM

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WESTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE

FACTS After completing its 51st year of intercollegiate competition, the Western Athletic Conference continues to evolve and feature some of the nation’s best programs. One thing that remains unchanged is the persistent nature of the schools in the WAC to advance their programs to contend at the top levels of the NCAA. The WAC provides its student-athletes the chance to travel to scenic destinations and gain exposure in some of the nation’s most diverse markets and largest metropolitan cities. In addition, the WAC’s student-athletes work to achieve the highest levels of success with the academic support of their respective institutions. The WAC has experienced tremendous success over the years. In men’s basketball, the WAC has sent at least two teams to the NCAA Tournament in 24 of the past 29 seasons. In baseball, the WAC has boasted two national champions since 2003. In women’s basketball, the conference has had at least two teams qualify for the NCAA Tournament 10 times in 22 seasons, with a record five teams in 1998. The WAC also sent teams to three BCS football bowl games since 2006. In 2013-14, the WAC will create a new digital network to give fans streaming internet access to many of its regular season games and postseason championships including volleyball, soccer, swimming and diving, basketball, softball and baseball. The WAC is the sixth oldest among the nation’s 11 Division I-A conferences. Its history traces back to July 27, 1962, when the original sixteam league of Arizona, Arizona State, Brigham Young, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming began competition. The first championship was held in November 1962, when Arizona won the men’s cross country title and New Mexico followed with the first WAC football title. Arizona finished second in the NCAA College World Series and, less than three years later, Arizona State claimed the league’s first NCAA title when the Sun Devils won the College World Series trophy. Fresno State was the last WAC school to earn an NCAA team title when it won the College World Series in 2008. Since 1962, several changes have occurred. UTEP and Colorado State became members in September 1967, while Arizona and Arizona State withdrew on June 30, 1978. The WAC then added San Diego State (1978), Hawai‘i (1979) and Air Force (1980). Before 1990, the WAC sponsored championships only in men’s sports. However, a merger with the High Country Athletic Conference formed a single conference under one administrative structure, and the 1990-91 athletic year was the first in which both men and women competed under the WAC name. Fresno State was added in 1992, and then in 1996, the women’s programs from Air Force and Hawai‘i along with six new schools (UNLV, Rice, San Jose State, SMU, TCU and Tulsa) came into the WAC. Air Force, Brigham Young, Colorado State, UNLV, New Mexico, San Diego State, Utah and Wyoming withdrew on June 30, 1999. Nevada (2000), Boise State (2001) and Louisiana Tech (2001) were added while TCU withdrew following the 2000-01 season. In 2005, Idaho, New Mexico State and Utah State joined the WAC after Rice, SMU, UTEP and Tulsa withdrew. Boise State withdrew prior to the 2011-12 season. In 2012, the WAC added Denver, Seattle U, UT Arlington, UTSA and Texas State. The current membership began on July 1, 2013 when the WAC added Bakersfield, Chicago State, Grand Canyon, Kansas City, UTPA and Utah Valley to join Idaho, New Mexico State and Seattle U. The new institutions replace withdrawing members, Denver, Louisiana Tech, San Jose State, Utah State, UT Arlington, UTSA and Texas State. The WAC has had just six commissioners in its history. Paul Brechler was named the first leader of the conference and held the position from 1962-1968. He was followed by Wiles Hallock (1968-71), Stan Bates (1971-80), Dr. Joe Kearney (1980-94), Karl Benson (1994-2012) and current commissioner Jeff Hurd (2012-present). Presently, the WAC crowns team and individual champions in 19 sports – nine men’s and 10 women’s. For the men, there are championships in baseball, basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, swimming and diving, tennis, indoor track and field and outdoor track and field. Championships for women are held in basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, softball, swimming and diving, tennis, indoor track and field, outdoor track and field and volleyball. The WAC office has been located in the Denver area since the conference’s inception with the exception of a two-year stay in Phoenix from 1964-66.

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A decade on the move... July 1, 2005 - Idaho, New Mexico State and Utah State become official members of the WAC. November 24, 2005 - The WAC streams its first sporting event (the opening match of the volleyball tournament) via the internet using WAC.TV. September 3, 2008 - The WAC announces a contract extension with ESPN that guarantees more than 300 regular-season and 45 championship events will be aired on the ESPN networks through the spring of 2017. August 27, 2010 - The WAC and Learfield Sports announce the creation of the WAC Sports Network to enhance the coverage of football and basketball in the WAC’s media markets. July 1, 2012 – Denver, Seattle, UT Arlington, UTSA and Texas State become official members of the WAC. October 9, 2012 - The WAC Board of Directors extend invitations for membership to CSU Bakersfield and Utah Valley, effective July 1, 2013. November 27, 2012 - The WAC Board of Directors extend an invitation for membership to Grand Canyon, effective July 1, 2013. December 5, 2012 – Chicago State becomes a member of the WAC, effective July 1, 2013. December 19, 2012 – Texas-Pan American accepts an invitation to become the eighth member of the conference for the 2013-14 season. January 9, 2013 – The WAC reinstates men’s soccer. February 7, 2013 – The University of Missouri-Kansas City accepted an invitation for membership to join the conference effective July 1, 2013. June 11, 2013 – Jeff Hurd is named the sixth commissioner in league history. June 11, 2013 – WAC Board of Directors determined that the men’s and women’s basketball tournaments will return to Las Vegas and the Orleans Arena March 12-15, 2014. The Board also committed to the development of a strategic plan to facilitate conference growth that includes both a digital network and a new marketing/branding campaign. July 1, 2013 – CSU Bakersfield, Chicago State, Grand Canyon, UMKC, UT-Pan American and Utah Valley become official members of the WAC.

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EVOLUTION OF THE KANGAROO When choosing a mascot, the discussion usually starts with three main categories - predatory animals, historical or regional figures, or humans that represent power and strength - and ends with a collection of the usual suspects. Thanks to Walt Disney, The Kansas City Star and the Kansas City Zoo, UMKC has a very unique mascot, but how exactly does the Kangaroo fit? As it turns out, quite well. In 1936, the issue of a mascot was first brought up by the editors of The University - the campus newspaper for Kansas City University. Although there were no organized intercollegiate athletics teams at the time, the newspaper staff felt that KCU’s debate team - and more importantly the school itself - deserved a unique identity. During that same year, the Kansas City Zoo purchased a pair of baby Kangaroos, and The Kansas City Star lit the fire with an article titled “Kangaroo May Go To KCU ... Student Editors Believe University Should Have A Symbol.” Others on campus were not as enthusiastic. The editors of The Crataegus - the University’s yearbook - thought that a Kangaroo was not an appropriate symbol for KCU. A proposed feature page in the 1936-37 yearbook for the Kangaroo emblem was deleted, sparking a tremendous amount of debate. As the debate wore on, interest from the campus community began to wane. It looked as if KCU would not adopt a mascot after all. But in 1937, two events would combine to indelibly link the Kangaroo with the University and give the mascot a name. During the student government elections in the spring semester, the CO-OP Party adopted the Kangaroo as its official mascot, naming him Kasey. With a landslide victory in April behind the slogan “Kasey fits KC”, the first part of the foundation was laid. During the same month the first issue of KCU’s humor magazine The Kangaroo - was published, with a kangaroo gracing the cover. Six months later, a kangaroo made another appearance on the cover of The Kangaroo, and although it wasn’t a solo appearance, it put a quick end to the debate over whether a kangaroo was an appropriate mascot for KCU. Missouri native and famed cartoonist Walt Disney provided the artwork for the cover illustration, which featured Mickey Mouse shaking hands with Kasey Kangaroo. In a matter of a few years, The Kangaroo thrived while The Crataegus floundered, with the latter eventually folding. The Kangaroo became the University’s yearbook and the Kangaroo became the official mascot of Kansas City University. Kasey has undergone several changes over the years, with the most recent metamorphosis led by former UMKC Director of Athletics Tim Hall. With the help of local advertising agency Bernstein-Rein, UMKC developed a set of new athletics marks in the spring of 2008. After a community vote, the new Kangaroo logo was unveiled in May. With its aggressive snarl, the new Kangaroo capitalizes on UMKC’s mission to be an outstanding urban university while keeping mindful of the traditions established in 1937.

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The first incarnation of Kasey Kangaroo was inked by Marceline, Mo., native Walt Disney, and featured the KCU mascot alongside a somewhat more famous rodent.

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