University of Dubuque Cross Country 1957-2014
Top 25 Individual Times, p. 1 Men's Top Performances, p. 2 Women's Top Performances, p. 3 Year by Year, p. 4-5 1959 IIAC Champions, p. 6 1962 IIAC Champions, p. 7 Men's All-Time Roster, p. 8-9 Women's All-Time Roster, p. 10-11 Men's Academic Awards, p. 12 Women's Academic Awards, p. 13 Top 10 Times - Misc. Distances, p. 14
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TOP INDIVIDUAL TIMES University of Dubuque Cross Crountry
Men's - 8,000 Meters 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 9. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25.
John Herrig Alec Bass Payton Nevills Adam Ahlden Pat Cleary Aaron Ewinger Chip Jensen Jeff Bensen Matt Tidball Justin Carlson Rick Herrig Kraig Schultz Darron Evans Dan Johnston James Johnson Justin Holstein Matt Novak Jordan Murray Alex Flores Jeff Boal Kenny Hunt Jack Lindsay Thomas Goad Chris Talley Jeff Andrews
25:14.0 26:17.7 26:18.5 26:19.8 26:21.0 26:22.2 26:24.0 26:33.0 26:37.0 26:44.0 26:51.0 27:00.0 27:07.0 27:07.0 27:07.0 27:11.0 27:21.0 27:23.6 27:29.0 27:33.0 27:33.0 27:36.9 27:37.9 27:56.0 27:58.0
1978 2014 2014 2008 2000 2008 1973 1977 2002 2006 1973 2001 1978 1999 2002 2002 1977 2012 2004 1974 2002 2014 2008 2004 2001
Women's - 6,000 Meters * *
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Men's - 5,000 Meters 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Alec Bass Payton Nevills Jack Lindsay Justin Carlson Jordan Murray Remington Meggers Aaron Ewinger Matt Zittritsch David Ploenzke Ames Helzer
15:58 16:16 16:23 16:34.6 17:10 17:44 17:49.0 17:52 18:12 18:17
2014 2014 2014 2006 2014 2014 2008 2014 2014 2014
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25.
Melissa Maestri Fabiola Ortiz Caroline Zelent Jen Bowman Megan Michaelis Tracy Demerath Megan Bloedow Brenda Nava Beth Michaelis Chelsey Kemp Rachael Busjahn Amber Stratton Skylar Brooks Sybbie Sears Kelly Lesniak Samantha Holen Kristin Mackenburg Courtney Frederick Kiersten Wenthold Sarah Schumacher Kelly Hauber Katie Tipping Naomi Keppler Kelsey Rursch Melissa Todman
22:38.0 22:53.3 23:44.0 23:46.0 23:49.0 23:51.0 23:57.9 24:10.3 24:14.0 24:17.3 24:20.5 24:44.0 24:57.7 24:59.8 25:03.0 25:07.2 25:08.0 25:11.9 25:16.4 25:26.6 25:29.4 25:41.9 26:22.0 26:24.9 26:36.1
2004 2014 2005 2002 2010 2002 2012 2014 2010 2009 2013 2002 2014 2014 2012 2013 2014 2010 2014 2008 2012 2009 2003 2008 2014
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Women's - 5,000 Meters * * * * * * * *
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Lisa Demerath Melissa Maestri Jen Bowman Amber Stratton Megan Bloedow Caroline Zelent Kelly Lesniak Brenda Nava Megan Michaelis Beth Michaelis
18:26 19:18 19:32 20:16 20:20 20:37 20:42 20:46 20:49 20:52
2000 2003 2002 2002 2012 2006 2012 2012 * 2010 2010
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TOP PERFORMERS Iowa Conference Championships University of Dubuque Men's Cross Crountry
1970 Fred Schafer - 9th Place Tom Cummings - 11th Place David Horstmann - 12th Place
1959 Peter Boyd - 1st Place Bill Macfarlane - 2nd Place Tom TeBockhorst - 3rd Place John Hudson - 4th Place Bob Johnston - 5th Place Ron Mensack - 7th Place Team Champions - Perfect Score of 15 -
1971 Tom Cummings - 2nd Place Bill Dodd - 12th Place George Eklund - 15th Place
1959 NAIA National Championships - 6th Place 1977 Jeff Benson D-III National Championships - 89th Place 2000 Pat Cleary All-Central Region - 27th Place
1972 1960
National Honors
Tom Cummings - 14th Place Peter Boyd - 1st Place 1973
1961
Chip Jensen - 9th Place Rick Herrig - 11th Place
Peter Boyd - 1st Place
1962
1974 Terry McDonald - 1st Place Dave Sage - 3rd Place Jack Renz - 10th Place Paul Skelley - 11th Place Team Champions
Jeff Boal - 7th Place Rick Herrig - 14th Place Jeff Benson 1975 John Herrig - 13th Place
1965 Jim Pysanczn - 12th Place Joe Lange - 14th Place
1966
1976 Matt Novak - 15th Place
1977 Bob Webb - 12th Place Ken Sims - 15th Place
Jeff Benson - 7th Place Matt Novak - 13th Place John Herrig - 14th Place
1967 Bob Webb - 12th Place Terry Quinn - 14th Place
1978
Bob Webb - 8th Place Terry Quinn - 15th Place
1999
Darron Evans - 5th Place John Herrig - 11th Place
1968
1969
2000 Tom Cummings - 10th Place Terry Quinn - 13th Place
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Pat Cleary - 13th Place
Pat Cleary - 7th Place Kraig Schultz - 15th Place
Division-III National Championships Qualifier (1977)
TOP PERFORMERS Iowa Conference Championships University of Dubuque Women's Cross Crountry 2000 Lisa Demerath - 2nd Place
2003 Melissa Maestri - 13th Place
2005
National Honors 1997 Lisa Demerath All-Central Region - 26th Place 2000 Lisa Demerath All-Central Region - 4th Place D-III National Championships - 57th Place
Caroline Zelent - 14th Place 2009 Most Improved Team - Central Region
2014 Fabiola Ortiz - 6th Place
Lisa Demerath Division-III National Championships Qualifier (2000)
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YEAR-BY-YEAR Iowa Conference Championships University of Dubuque Cross Crountry
MEN Year 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 4
WOMEN
Men's Coach/Women's Coach Moco Mercer Moco Mercer George French Moco Mercer Moco Mercer Moco Mercer Moco Mercer Moco Mercer Moco Mercer Moco Mercer Moco Mercer
Points 15
Finish 1st
57 53
2nd 1st
100 111
4th 4th
Jon Davison Jon Davison Jon Davison Jon Davison Jon Davison Jon Davison Jon Davison Jon Davison Jon Davison Jon Davison
91 3rd 69 3rd 69 2nd 96 4th 82 3rd 98 4th 101 4th 124 5th 77 4th 84 3rd 126 4th 152.0 5th No Team Score
John Herrig John Herrig John Herrig John Herrig John Herrig Tom Barnes Tom Vail No Team Doris Spencer Doris Spencer Benjamin Ray Dennis Rima Dennis Rima Dennis Rima Dawn Abernathy Dawn Abernathy Scott Steuernagel Scott Steuernagel Greg Yoko Greg Yoko Zachary Roberts Zachary Roberts Zachary Roberts
162 5th 236 8th No Team Score No Team Score No Team Score No Team Score 244 8th 227 8th 241 8th 266 256 270
169 222 198
9th 9th 9th 9th 9th 7th 7th 7th 8th 8th
Points
Finish
No Team Score No Team Score No Team Score No Team Score No Team Score No Team Score No Team Score No Team Score No Team Score 205 7th 205 7th 239 7th 234 8th 7th 167 6th 7th 9th No Team Score 235 9th 249 9th 179 7th
YEAR-BY-YEAR Iowa Conference Championships University of Dubuque Cross Crountry
MEN Year 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Men's Coach/Women's Coach Greta Pemsl Nate Rucker Katie Meyer Katie Meyer Katie Meyer Matt Hayes Matt Hayes Matt Hayes Chad Gunnelson Chad Gunnelson Chad Gunnelson Chad Gunnelson
POINTS 251 201 231 235 263 255 280 281 295 238 214 169
FINISH 9th 7th 9th 9th 9th 8th 9th 9th 9th 8th 8th 5th
WOMEN POINTS FINISH 225 8th 255 9th 234 8th 263 9th No Team Score 267 8th 207 7th 237 8th 239 8th 159 5th 180 7th 139 5th
Kenneth "Moco" Mercer: 18x IIAC Champion Coach UD Athletics Hall of Fame Iowa Sports Hall of Fame
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1959 Iowa Conference Champions
Front Row: Head Coach George French, Peter Boyd, Blair Bowling, Bill MacFarlane, and Starling Jenkins (Manager). Back Row: John Hudson (Captain), Tom TeBockhorst, Ron Mensach, and Bob Johnston.
- Perfect Score of 15 at IIAC Championships Peter Boyd - First Place Bill MacFarlane - Second Place Tom TeBockhorst - Third Place John Hudson - Fourth Place Bob Johnston - Fifth Place Ron Mensack - Seventh Place
- First Cross Country Team at UD - UD Hall of Fame, Class of 2013-14 - 2nd Place at AAU Midwest Championships - 6th Place at NAIA National Championships - Undefeated in Dual Meets -
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1962 Iowa Conference Champions
Terry McDonald, Jim Watt, Paul Skelley, Jack Renz, and Dave Sage Head Coach: Moco Mercer
- Team Score of 53 at IIAC Championships Terry McDonald - First Place Dave Sage - Third Place Jack Renz - Tenth Place Paul Skelley - Eleventh Place Jim Watt - Twenty-Eighth Place
Terry McDonald
Dave Sage
Jack Renz
1st Place
3rd Place
10th Place 7
ALL-TIME ROSTER University of Dubuque Men's Cross Crountry A Aber, John Ahlden, Adam Allen, Anthony Alsip, Cory Anderson, Jake Anderson, Kyle Andreae, Tyler Andrews, Jeff Avila, Joel
B Ball, Donovan Barasel, Paul Barker, Nick Barry, Brandon Bartlett, Ron Bass, Alec Beneby, Andrew Benson, Jeff Berland, Jonathan Bibens, Keith Black, James Boal, Jeff Bohl, Darin Bowdry, Dejuan Bowling, Blair Boyd, Peter Burdt, Blair Burgmeier, Nick Butz, Jarrad
C Camp, Jeremiah Carbajal, Benjamin Carlson, Bob Carlson, Justin Chapman, Jason Cherry, Don Cleary, Pat Coles, David Corona, Oscar Csajashy, Brett Cummings, Tom Curinga, Jason Curoe, Matt Cusick, Dave
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D DeMaegd, Erik Devore, Rick Dodd, Bill Dolan, Nick Dunne, Josh
Hudson, John Huerta-Gutierrez, Emanuel Hunt, Kenny
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E Easley, Johnathan Eklund, George Elsbernd, Luke Epton, Richard Erickson, Jon Evans, Darron Ewinger, Aaron
Jensen, Chip Johnston, Bob Johnson, Isaiah Johnson, James Johnston, Dan Jones, Brandon Jones, Eric Junkroski, Rob
K F Fain, John Feehan, Josh Felderman, Tim Ferguson, Andy Finn, Pat Fleischman, Greg Flores, Alex French, William Frick, Freddy
G Gauley, Matt George, Austin Gile, Matt Goad, Thomas Grandon, Cory Grebener, Mark Groth, Jason Grow, William
H Hackney, Dale Hamilton, Steve Haning, Colton Helzer, Ames Hempfling, Benjamin Hernandez, Isaac Herrig, John Herrig, Rick Hickman, Jeff Hintzke, Jason Hoffmeier, Erich Holstein, Justin Honda, Koji Honore, Regie Horstmann, David
1988-2014
Keys, Randy Kidwell, Jesse Kiliminik, Casey King, Christian
L Lambert, Bruce Lange, Joe Lindsay, Jack Lux, Matt
M MacFarlane, Bill Maline, Dan Manning, Dave Martin, David Mattingly, Ryan Matzen, Jake McAlexander, Dave McAray, Ryan McCubbin, Dennis McDonald, John McDonald, Terry McDowell, Brian McGrath, Brad McKennie, Robert McMahon, Mike McQue, Mike Mensack, Ron Mellmann, Justin Miller, Devante Miller, Reggie Moore, Ben Moore, Emanuel Moose, Mike Murphy, Jim Murray, Jordan
ALL-TIME ROSTER University of Dubuque Men's Cross Crountry N Nevills, Payton Novak, Matt
T Talley, Chris TeBockhorst, Tom Thurow, Rod Tidball, Matt Tippe, Jim Trone, Chris
O Ofosu, Aaron Olsen, Andy Omernick, Jed
V Verduzco, Andres Voorn, John
P Parks, Scott Parson, Terry Patterson, Kendall Peugh, Tyler Piercy, Jason Ploenzke, David Pollock, Mike Post, James Praska, John Pysanczyn, Jim
W Wales, Shane Watt, Jim Webb, Bob White, Lawrence Wilhite, Michael Williams, Cole
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Z Ziebert, Jeremiah Zittritsch, Matt
Querol, Carlos Quinn, Terry
Y Yancy, Magnus
NCAA D-III Championships 1976 John Herrig 206th Place -- 27:26 Matt Novak 227th Place -- 27:50 Chris Trone 268th Place Paul Barasel 273rd Place Dale Hackney 278th Place TEAM: 41st of 42 -- 1,251 pts. 1977 Jeff Benson 89th Place -- 27:31 Matt Novak 116th Place -- 27:40 John Herrig 277th Place -- 29:54 Chris Trone 286th Place -- 30:02 Dennis McCubbin 310th Place -- 30:28 TEAM: 45th of 52 -- 1,081 pts.
R Radvansky, Milan Renz, Jack Robertson, Jake Rodriguez, Javier Rucker, Nate Ryan, Pat
S Sadder, Obie Sage, Dave Salwolke, John Sammon, Jeff Sarff, Philip Sarr, Serigne Schafer, Fred Schultz, Kraig Shirley, Terrance Sims, Ken Skelley, Paul Stevens, Joseph
1988-2014
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ALL-TIME ROSTER University of Dubuque Women's Cross Crountry A Abernathy, Dawn Adriano, Victoria Anderson, Ranita Armstrong, Alexis Axon, Kelsey
B Baldwin, Betsy Bartels, Kelly Basnight, Chanel Batten, Janel Becker, Katie Bergman, Sarah Bertland, Jessie Blackmon, Melissa Bliss, Cassy Bloedow, Megan Bonafacci, Cassie Bott, Allisha Bowman, Jennifer Breimon, Brenda Brooks, Skylar Brzezinski, Amber Burns, Brittany Burns, Gina Busjahn, Rachael
C Canier, Natalie Carter, Kaylee Cocom, Vanessa Coffey, Rhiannon Cooper, Becky
F Faison, Wilamenia Friske, Erin Frederick, Courtney Freeman, Felicia
G George, Allison Glidden, Jessica Green, Abby
H Hanrahan, Regina Harrow, Ashley Hauber, Kelly Helgemoe, Bobbie Jo Hicks, Layla Hodge, Leigha Holen, Samantha
J Jacobs, Jan Jenaman, Carrie Johnson, Bonnie Jones, Jody
K Kass, Shannon Kemp, Chelsey Kempisty, Katie Keppler, Naomi Kinateder, Kayla Kocer, Tina Kowlowski, Katie Krause, Marcy Kress, Agnes Krontz, Sarah
D Delp, Elizabeth Demerarth, Lisa Demerath, Tracy Dix, Melissa Duckworth, Mardelle Dundee, Samantha Durbin, Amy
L Lambeth, Kim Lesniak, Kelly Liddle, Ashley Linder, Amy Loney, Lindsy Lorenz, Krystle
E Edwards, Angelina Elissa, Lauren 10
1988-2014
M Mackenburg, Kristin Maestri, Melissa Machart, Shelia Marx, Anne McKenzie, Nickolette Michaleis, Beth Michaleis, Megan Monigold, Kim Montgomery, Madison Morgan, Keisha Murphy, Shannon
N Nauman, Susie Nava, Brenda Ndubi, Angela Nieves, Jillian Nowachek, Mary Jo
O Odefey, Michelle Oliver, Katie Ortiz, Fabiola Oster, Jennifer
P Pace, Caroline Persinger, Jessica Pithan, Michele
R Ramlochan, Sylvia Ranniger, Beth Rathmeier, Glenna Reding, Dawn Reeder, Tenisha Rieniets, Angie Rioux, Yasmin Rubel, Julie Rursch, Kelsey Russell, Brooke
ALL-TIME ROSTER University of Dubuque Women's Cross Crountry S Saddoris, Susan Sadewasser, Ashley Schumacher, Sarah Scott, Lara Sears, Sybbie Sellers, Aysa Sheppard, Beth Sherrahn, Martha Smith, Jill Starks, Tieisha Starnes, Kayla Stratton, Amber Stubbers, Heidi Swan, Maddy Swicegood, Heather Swift, Kate
W Waldman, Lori Wallner, Kasondra Watkins, Myesha Weber, Stacey Welles, Luci Wenthold, Kiersten Willyard, Ashley Wolf, Madie Worden, Juliette
NCAA D-III Championships 2000 Lisa Demerath 57th Place -- 19:02.2 No Team Score
Z Zangara, CeCe Zavala, Michelle Zelent, Caroline
T Tello, Cecelia Thissen, Jayme Tipping, Katie Todman, Melissa Tran, Khuyen Treml, Jenna Turner, Erin
U Udoh, Rebecca Ulrich, Kim
V Van Brocklin, Kate Vasquez, Katrina Veal, Felicia Vega, Jennelle Voelliger, Grace
1988-2014
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IIAC ALL-ACADEMIC University of Dubuque Men's Cross Crountry 2003-04 Matthew Gauley
2004-05 Matthew Gauley
National Honors 2008 -- Jonathan Erickson 2nd Team CoSIDA All-America 1st Team CoSIDA All-District 2012 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team 2013 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
2005-06 Jason Groth Billy Grow
2006-07 Kyle Anderson Jonathon Erickson Jason Groth Jake Matzen
2007-08 Cory Alsip Jonathon Erickson Thomas Goad John Salwolke
2013-14 Ryan Mattingly Tyler Peugh David Ploenzke
2014-15 Jonathan Berland Remington Meggers Tyler Peugh David Ploenzke
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Jonathan Erickson Academic All-America (2008) Academic All-District (2008)
IIAC ALL-ACADEMIC University of Dubuque Women's Cross Crountry 1996-97 Becky Cooper
1999-2000 Dawn Reding
2002-03 Jen Bowman Marcy Krause Melissa Maestri
2012-13 Samantha Holen Bethany Michaelis Brenda Nava
2013-14 Brenda Breimon Samantha Holen Nickolette McKenzie Brenda Nava
National Honors 1997 -- Natalie Canier USTFCCCA All-Academic 1997 -- Becky Cooper USTFCCCA All-Academic 1997 -- Dawn Reding USTFCCCA All-Academic 1997 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
2014-15 Samantha Holen Nickolette McKenzie Kiersten Wenthold
2003 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team 2008 -- Caroline Zelent 2nd Team CoSIDA All-District
2003-04 Kelly Thompson
2008 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
2005-06 Caroline Zelent
2009 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team 2006-07 Brooke Russell Ashley Willyard Caroline Zelent
2010 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team 2011 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
2007-08 Jessica Glidden Ashley Willyard Caroline Zelent
Becky Cooper USTFCCCA All-Academic (1997)
2012 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team 2013 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
2008-09 Megan Michaelis Sarah Schumacher
2009-10 Megan Michaelis Kelsey Rursch
Dawn Reding USTFCCCA All-Academic (1997)
2010-11 Melissa Englert Bethany Michaelis Megan Michaelis
2011-12 Kaylee Carter Bethany Michaelis
Caroline Zelent 3x Academic All-IIAC Academic All-District (2008) 13
Top Individual Times University of Dubuque Cross Crountry
Men's - 3,000 Meters 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Nick Burgmeier Adam Ahlden Aaron Ewinger Luke Elsbernd James Blacks Cory Grandon Brad McGrath Jed Obernick Freddy Frick Oscar Corona
10:24 10:41 11:08 11:08 11:21 11:22 11:33 11:45 11:47 12:08
2010 2009 2009 2010 2009 2009 2010 2011 2009 2009
Men's - 6,000 Meters 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Aaron Ewinger Thomas Goad Freddy Frick Andres Verduzco Jon Erickson David McAlexander Josh Feehan Matt Curoe John Salwolke
20:22 20:32 20:57 21:07 22:33 22:48 24:25 24:28 26:54
2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007
Women's - 3,000 Meters 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Beth Michaelis Chelsey Kemp Melissa Maestri Megan Michaelis Megan Bloedow Courtney Frederick Brenda Nava Jody Jones Katie Kozlowski Lara Scott
2009 2009 2004 2009 2009 2010 2011 * 2004 2004 1999
Women's - 4,000 Meters 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Fabiola Ortiz Caroline Zelent Sybbie Sears Kiersten Wenthold Skylar Brooks Megan Michaelis Samantha Holen Kristin Mackenburg Kayla Kinateder Melissa Todman
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12:03 12:08 12:10 12:11 12:27 12:41 13:51 13:53 14:02 14:34
15:14 15:22.1 15:41 16:10 16:24 16:34.3 16:38 17:09 17:27 17:54
2014 2007 2014 2014 2014 2007 2014 2014 2014 2014
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University of Dubuque Cross Country
John Herrig: Fastest 8k in UD History
Melissa Maestri: Fastest 6k in UD History
at 25:14.0 in 1978
at 22:38.0 in 2003
Pat Cleary: All-Region (2000)
Lisa Demerath: All-Region (1997 & 2000)
USTFCCCA Most Improved Team - Central Region (2009) Megan Bloedow, Chelsey Kemp, Beth Michaelis, Megan Michaelis, Katie Tipping
University of Dubuque Cross Country
Douglas J. Miller Outdoor Track
Peter Boyd
Tom Cummings
Lisa Demerath
IIAC Championships 1st Place (1959) 1st Place (1960) 1st Place (1961)
IIAC Championships 10th Place (1969) 11th Place (1970) 2nd Place (1971) 14th Place (1972)
IIAC Championships 2nd Place (2000) All-Region (1997 & 2000)