2010 Track & Field Yearbook

2010 INDOOR

JAN 15-16 KENTUCKY INVITATIONAL • LEXINGTON | JAN 29-30 ROD McCRAVY MEMORIAL • LEXINGTON FEB 5-6 @ Virginia Tech Elite Meet • Blacksburg, Va. | FEB 12-13 @ Tyson Invitational • Fayetteville, Ark. | FEB 12-13 @ Husky Classic • Seattle, Wash.

FEB 26-28 SEC Championships • Fayetteville, Ark. | MARCH 6 @ Iowa State Qualifier • Ames, Iowa | MARCH 12-13 NCAA Championships • Fayetteville, Ark.

2010 OUTDOOR MARCH 19-20 @ Black and Gold Challenge • Orlando, Fla. | MARCH 26-27 @ Yellow Jacket Invitational • Atlanta, Ga. APRIL 2-3 @ Florida Relays • Gainesville, Fla. | APRIL 10 @ Kentuckiana Border Battle • Louisville, Ky. APRIL 17 @ Tom Jones Memorial Invitational • Gainesville, Fla. | APRIL 22-24 @ Penn Relays • Philadelphia, Pa. APRIL 23-24 @ UCSD Triton Invitational • San Diego, Calif. | APRIL 30-MAY 1 @ Jesse Owens Track Classic • Columbus, Ohio MAY 7 @ Billy Hayes Invitational • Bloomington, Ind. | MAY 13-16 SEC Championships • Knoxville, Tenn.

JUNE 9-12 NCAA Championships • Eugene, Ore. | JUNE 23-26 USATF Jr & Sr Championships • Des Moines, Iowa Home Meets in Bold Face ALL CAPS

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As shown in the artist’s rendering above, UK’s proposed new outdoor track and field facility would provide an outstanding state-of-the-art venue for athletes and fans alike.

ASHLEY TRIMBLE 2009 SEC Champion

In fall 2009, the SEC and ESPN began a partnership that allows ESPN and its outlets to air more than 5,500 SEC events, including Olympic sports.

RONDEL SORRILLO Five-time 2009 All-American

ASHLEY MUFFET 2009 SEC Champion

Kentucky is under an all-school contract with Nike. All 22 of UK’s varsity teams use Nike shoes and equipment and, over the course of the contract, the Wildcats will receive millions of dollars worth of clothing and equipment.

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2010 Wildcat Women ......................................38-52

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UK Track and Field by the Numbers ...................2-3 Fantastic Facilities...............................................4-5 Joe Craft Center..................................................6-7 Strength & Conditioning .........................................8 Athletic Training......................................................9 Winning in the Classroom ...............................10-11 The CATSPY Awards ......................................12-13 Lexington, Kentucky ........................................14-15 University of Kentucky ....................................16-17 Dr. Lee T. Todd, Jr./Mitch Barnhart .......................18

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HISTORY

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Men’s All-Americans........................................70-71 Women’s All-Americans...................................72-73 Men’s All-Time Top Times/Marks ....................74-76 Women’s All-Time Top Times/Marks ...............77-79 UK Varsity Records .........................................80-81 UK Freshman Records....................................82-83 Nutter Field House Records .................................84

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2009 REVIEW

All media interviews with student-athletes and coaches at the University of Kentucky MUST BE coordinated through the media relations office. Please make all requests for intervews at least 24 hours before the desired interview time to Tony Neely. Please allow two days notice for any telephone interview.

Editorial Assistance: Tony Neely and Craig Hornberger Layout and Design: Craig Hornberger Photography: David Coyle/Team Coyle, Cheryl Treworgy Printing: Wendling Printing

The 2010 Kentucky Track and Field Media Guide was published by the UK Athletics Department, Mitch Barnhart, Director. It was written and compiled by Jeremy Strachan, Maria Zumdick, Sean Hilen and Nicole Britenriker.

2009 Women’s Cross Country Review .................32 2009 Men’s Cross Country Review ......................33 2009 Indoor Track and Field Review ....................34 2009 Outdoor Track and Field Review .................35 2010 Track and Field Support Staff......................36

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COACHES & 2010 OUTLOOK Head Coach Don Weber ......................................20 Team Outlook .......................................................21 Assistant Coach Erin Tucker ................................22 Sprints/Hurdles Outlook .......................................23 Assistant Coach Doug Reynolds ..........................24 Throws Outlook ....................................................25 Assistant Coach James Thomas..........................26 Jumps/Vaults/Multi-Events Outlook ......................27 Assistant Coach John Mortimer ...........................28 Distance Outlook..................................................29 2010 Roster..........................................................30

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The 2010 Kentucky Track and Field Media Guide is intended to answer any questions you might have about the upcoming season and assist you in your coverage of the team throughout the year.

Questions about the team should be directed to Tony Neely, Sean Hilen or Nicole Britenriker in the Kentucky Media Relations Office at (859) 257-3838.

KENTUCKY QUICK FACTS Location:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lexington, Ky. Enrollment: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27,000 Founded: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1865 Nickname: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wildcats Colors: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Blue and White Conference:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Southeastern President: . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dr. Lee T. Todd, Jr. Athletics Director: . . . . . . . . . Mitch Barnhart Indoor Facility: . . . . . E.J. Nutter Field House Outdoor Facility: . . . . . . . . . . . . Shively Track

CONTACT INFORMATION Track and Field Contacts: . . . . . Tony Neely, Sean Hilen and Nicole Britenriker Office Phone:. . . . . . . . . . . . . (859) 257-3838 Cell Phone:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (859) 576-9943 FAX: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (859) 323-4310 E-Mail: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . tneely@uky.edu Web site: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . UKathletics.com

PRECIOUS NWOKEY

UK ATHLETICS ASSOCIATION Joe Craft Center 338 Lexington Avenue Lexington, KY 40506-0604 (859) 257-8000

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BILL LIGHTSEY

JIM GREEN

The UK track and field program boasts eight athletes who have won 14 individual NCAA Championships. They include Bill Lightsey (1971–LJ), Jim Green (1968–60 Yds, 100 Yds; 1971–100 Yds) Bernadette Madigan (1982–Two Mile), Lisa Breiding (1986–3,000M), Valerie McGovern (1989, ’90, ’91–5,000M), Rashaud Scott (2008–Discus), Bob Whelan (1990–Mile) and Tim Harden (1995, ’96–55M; 1995–100M).

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MIKEL THOMAS

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RED, WHITE & UK BLUE Among those representing the University of Kentucky at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, China, were— from left: Erin Tucker (Asst. Coach for Venezuela), David Freeman (Puerto Rico) and Jose Acevedo (Venezuela). UK’s other former Olympians include Pat Etcheberry, Hamil Grimes, Mike Buncic, Tim Harden, Passion Richardson, Luis Luna and Mikel Thomas.

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he Kentucky track and field squads benefit from some of the finest facilities in intercollegiate track, including the impressive indoor facility Nutter Field House—the host site for the 2009 SEC Indoor Track and Field Championships.

The field house is an $8.5 million climate-controlled structure that is used for winter conditioning and indoor track and field meets.

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The track and field team room in the Shively Sports Complex provides UK athletes with a comfortable space in which to relax and unwind after practice.

The facility features an artificial turf football playing field of 108,000 square feet, surrounded by a six-lane, 290-meter track. One of the most unique features of this 132,000-square foot, multi-million dollar showplace is the electronic netting system.

The system allows for different combinations of sports to practice safely and simultaneously by dividing the playing field into multiple practice areas.

In addition to the indoor facilities, the University

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Shively Track has been host to three SEC outdoor track and field championships as well as numerous high school and Bluegrass Games events.

of Kentucky’s Shively Track has been a fixture on the UK campus since 1959, when the site was developed and later named in honor of former Director of Athletics Bernie Shively.

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The artist’s rendering below, depicting a new outdoor track and field complex, was recently created as part of UK Athletics’ preferred plan for future facility development.

“We are thrilled about the prospect of a new outdoor track facility.

We want to not only make it a great, competitive facility but, just as importantly, make it as fan-friendly as we can in terms of seating location and overall capacity. At track facilities in Europe, fans are very close to the action on the track. Our goal is to position fans at the track near the events that they are most interested in watching.”

— Don Weber, UK Head Track & Field Coach

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ocated just minutes from the Nutter Field House and Shively Track, the Joe Craft Center serves as the administrative headquarters of the Kentucky track and field program and UK Athletics.

In August 2006, Kentucky Athletics received a $6 million pledge from Joe Craft, an eastern Kentucky native who currently resides in Tulsa, Okla.

It represents the largest private gift in the history of UK Athletics and the facility bears his name.

A native of Hazard, Craft received his undergraduate degree in accounting (1972) and a law degree (1976) from UK. He is president and chief executive officer of Alliance Resource Partners, L.P., a diversified coal producer and marketer.

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“More than anything else, the Joe Craft Center has had a positive impact on the perception of the program, the athletic department and what recruits and their families think about the University of Kentucky. I think facilities are a huge part of developing a program.”

— Don Weber, UK Head Track & Field Coach

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strength, agility, flexibility, balance and nutrition,” Tracey-Simmons said. “Through these avenues, we are providing the athletes with the tools they need to reach their athletic potential while remaining injury-free.”

The primary focus of the facility is the development of core strength using ground-based, multijoint lifting through use of the Olympic lifts. By incorporating this explosive style of lifting, athletes become more powerful, resulting in an increase in speed. The core of the athlete’s body also is trained and complemented with a variety of lifts, including squats, lunges, plyometrics, presses, pulls, trunk rotation and abdominal exercise. Through the combination of these exercises, the athletes are better able to reach their goals.

Another major focus of the strength staff is the he Kentucky track and field team calls Shively Training Center its home for strength and condi- development of sport-specific speed, agility and conditioning. This facet of training is organized through tioning. The 2,000-square foot complex is under the direction of Coach Stephanie Tracey-Simmons and fea- different types of footwork patterns, drills and linear fitness. While nearly all of UK’s Olympic sports tures a variety of free weight equipment, which comteams train at Shively, they also take part in “Speed plements the training philosophy of the Shively staff.

School,” a twice-weekly seven-week training session “Our top goal is to create a comprehensive training program, which encompasses the areas of speed, power, in Nutter Field House.

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The Shively Sports Complex and Nutter Training Center are multi-million dollar training facilities for the UK track and field program.

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n collegiate athletics, there is no substitute for proper health care and medical treatment.

Kentucky is blessed to have one of the finest training staffs in the nation, which includes six full-time athletic trainers as well as graduate assistants and student assistants.

The trainers also work closely with team physicians and a variety of consultants that cover every medical specialty.

Altogether, the medical staff handles the needs of athletes in all 22 sports at Kentucky.

The UK athletic trainers work in an outstanding facility. The Nutter Center training room covers more than The spacious training room in the Shively Training Room provides the med5,000 square feet and includes ample ical staff with plenty of space to treat UK athletes. space for taping and treatment. Inside The latest addition to the Nutter training room is the training room is a modern rehabilitation area the “Swim-Ex,” a state-of-the-art aquatic therapy and whirlpool therapy area, as well as physicians’ system that is used for the rehabilitation of injuries. and trainers’ offices.

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In addition to the training facilities at Nutter, UK track and field athletes have access to an underwater treadmill in the Joe Craft Athletic Training Room.

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Kentucky’s commitment to its student-athletes is evident in the support personnel and resources provided through the Ohio Casualty Center for Academic & Tutorial Services (CATS).

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■ Kentucky was the first school in the nation to open an academic center dedicated exclusively to student-athletes ■ Kentucky has won the Academic Achievement Award for having the nation’s highest graduation rate ■ The current CATS was built at a cost of $2.4 million and includes: • Spacious study areas and tutoring rooms 20,000 square feet of space • Career development and life skills resource center • Community outreach office ■ CATS is led by Bob Bradley, two-time winner of the National Academic Advisor of the Year and also the CHAMPS Life Skills Coordinator of the Year ■ CATS has a full-time staff of 11, plus numerous graduate assistants and tutors

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The Carol Marin Gatton Computer Center, located within CATS, provides student-athletes with a quite working environment for research, writing and studying.

■ UK spends approximately $1,500,000 each year for the operation of CATS ■ UK has been chosen as an NCAA CHAMPS/Life Skills “Program of Excellence” based on commitment to academics, athletics, community service, career development and personal development

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WILLIAM T. YOUNG LIBRARY ne of the the most recent additions to the educational landscape at UK is the $58 million William T. Young Library.

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• Size: The library covers 365,350 square feet, more than six football fields. The building is five stories high, plus a basement.

• Shelf capacity: If laid end-to-end, the bookshelf space would stretch 198,828 linear feet - that’s more than 37 miles of shelf space. The shelves will house 1.2 million books.

• Seating capacity: The library can seat more than 4,000 patrons at one time.

The William T. Young Library served as the backdrop for ESPN College GameDay in 2007.

• Computer connections: Every study table and study carrel in the library has an electrical outlet and a computer jack connected to the University’s computer system. Virtually the entire library has wireless coverage.

In addition, the five floors and basement of the structure are designed as open, flexible spaces, enabling the library to adapt its services and facilities to the future changes in needs of UK students.

• Flexibility: The library has a state-of-the-art electronic infrastructure that will enable UK to take full advantage of current and emerging technology.

• Endowment: The UK Library has the largest book endowment of any public university in the nation.

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rack and field athletes at the University of Kentucky enjoy a unique evening for celebrating the accomplishments of all UK student-athletes — the CATSPY Awards.

Based on the highly popular “ESPY Awards” hosted by ESPN, the CATSPY Awards ceremony

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is a dinner and awards show honoring student-athletes, coaches, and administrators for UK’s 22 varsity sports. The event is held each year in April.

The 2009 award-winners are listed on the following page.

ESPN’s Jay Crawford and Christi Thomas of WKYT-TV co-hosted the CATSPYs for the second year in a row in 2009. Andrea Halasek (top) received the Character Award at the 2009 CATSPYs, while head track and field coach Don Weber was named Male Team Coach of the Year.

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2009 CATSPY W INNERS

Men’s Track and Field–2009 Male Team of the Year

ROOKIE OF THE YEAR Becky Pavan, Volleyball Randall Cobb, Football Ethan Settlemires, Rifle SCHOLAR-ATHLETE OF THE YEAR Leah Harms, Swimming SUPPORTING ROLE David "Bingy" Lara, Men's Soccer PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR Ashley Trimble, Track and Field Jodie Meeks, Basketball Brad Hart, Football MCDONALD’S COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD Ashley Trimble, Track and Field Tim Masthay, Football CHARACTER AWARD Andrea Halasek, Track and Field

A total of five teams and 28 individuals received 2009 CATSPY Awards.

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD Donnie Mefford, Tommy Davis and Chuck Stivers (Turf Management) BLUE HEART AWARD Eleia Roddy, Women's Basketball FEMALE TEAM COACH OF THE YEAR Craig Skinner, Volleyball MALE TEAM COACH OF THE YEAR Don Weber, Track and Field COACH

YEAR (CO-ED TEAM) Harry Mullins, Rifle

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SCRATCH AWARD (NON-SCHOLARSHIP ATHLETE) Jennifer Stone, Women's Tennis K-ASSOCIATION ATHLETE OF THE YEAR Sarah Rumely, Volleyball Tom Csenge, Rifle ACADEMIC TEAM OF THE YEAR Men’s Golf / Women’s Soccer MR. AND MISS WILDCAT Bruno Agostinelli, Tennis Tim Masthay, Football Carly Ormerod, Basketball Ashley Trimble, Track and Field TEAM OF THE YEAR Men’s Track and Field / Volleyball BILL KEIGHTLEY “ASSIST” AWARD Adam Coleman, Strength and Conditioning Grad. Asst.

Ashley Trimble, the 2009 SEC indoor champion in the women’s pentathlon, was named co-recipient of the “Miss Wildcat” Award and won CATSPYS for Community Service and Female Performance of the Year.

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MIKE LYDEN COURAGE AWARD Natalie Rubinstein, Gymnastics ONE SHINING MOMENT Rifle K

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A friendly, vibrant city located in the famous Bluegrass region of Central Kentucky, Lexington is one of the nation’s top five college sports towns as selected by Forbes magazine.

LEXINGTON AT A GLANCE The Bluegrass Airport is a 10-minute drive from campus. Its major airlines include Delta, United, Continental, Northwest, US Air and American.

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Location: Within a day’s drive of 75% of the U.S. population.

Population: Lexington-Fayette County – 260,512 Time Zone: Eastern Average Temperatures: (F°) Spring – 74° high, 34° low Summer – 86° high, 61° low Fall – 79° high, 36° low Winter – 54° high, 23° low Annual Precipitation: 44.6 inches

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Lexington has four shopping malls and seven unique shopping areas located downtown and close to campus.

In addition to being the home of Kentucky basketball, Rupp Arena hosts numerous concerts and cultural events throughout the year.

Lexington is home to UK’s 22 sports teams, Thoroughbred Racing and the Lexington Legends Class A baseball team.

Keeneland Race Track is open every April and October.

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■ UK students enjoy a great range of academic choices, with approximately 200 majors available

■ UK has earned more than 80 national rankings for academic excellence ■ UK is ranked in the nation’s top 20 in “Best Value for Public Colleges and Universities” ■ UK is ranked as the fourth-best campus in the nation for safety out of 135 schools surveyed by Reader’s Digest magazine

■ UK students are from all 50 states, every county in Kentucky and 115 countries

■ UK’s William T. Young Library has the largest book endowment of any public university in the nation

■ UK Athletics provides more than $1.6 million each year to non-athletic, academic scholarship programs ■ Numerous UK alumni have gone on to become presidents of universities and to lead Fortune 500 companies

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UK’s innovative President, Dr. Lee T. Todd, Jr., is executing a plan to make UK one of the nation’s Top-20 public universities.

MAKING LIVES BETTER Here are some ways that UK reaches out to improve the quality of life in the state and around the world …

■ UK student-athletes make lives better through community service; UK athletes contributed more than 1,700 hours of volunteer community service in 2007-08.

■ UK’s research expenditures increased to a record-high $324 million last year, helping to propel UK into the nation’s top 25 public research universities ■ The Commonwealth Collaboratives outreach program has 36 projects focused on solving problems and changing the lives of people in Kentucky

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■ The UK Chandler Hospital is a Level I Trauma Center, meaning that UK cares for the most critically injured and ill patients in the region

■ UK is in the midst of a $2.5 billion building program that will further enhance the university’s standing as one of the best medical facilities in the country

For more information on the University of Kentucky, viist:

www.uky.edu

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DR. LEE T. TODD, JR., PRESIDENT UK B T L A B

ee T. Todd, Jr. became the 11th president of the University of Kentucky on July 1, 2001, after serving as senior vice president of IBM’s Lotus Development Corp. President Todd is the sixth UK alumnus to hold the presidency.

President Todd has concentrated his efforts and energies on helping his alma mater achieve a greater level of national prominence. He launched the University of Kentucky’s Top 20 Business Plan in December 2005. The plan is a quantitative analysis highlighting what it will take for UK to achieve its state-mandated goal of building a Top 20 public research university.

Widely hailed as the first business plan by a public university in the nation, UK’s plan garnered widespread national attention. It has been featured by national media outlets and recognized by peer institutions, as several higher education leaders have visited UK’s campus to learn more about the Business Plan approach.

He continues to champion UK’s outreach efforts. President Todd launched a universityfunded research program called the Commonwealth Collaboratives. The initiative features 36

of UK’s top research teams, who are focused on solving the intrinsic problems that have held the state back from reaching its full potential. It is part of UK’s effort to ensure that its research hits the ground in Kentucky and changes lives throughout the Commonwealth.

President Todd has spearheaded an effort to revitalize health care in Kentucky. In June 2006, UK unveiled the Commonwealth’s Medical Campus of the Future, a multi-phased project aimed at providing Kentuckians with cutting-edge, 21st century health care. As part of the revamped academic medical campus, UK will construct a new, one million square foot University of Kentucky Albert B. Chandler Hospital and a new College of Pharmacy.

President Todd is Chair of the Board of Directors and Executive Committee for the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU). He also is President of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) Executive Committee. President Todd serves on the Equitable Resources Board of Directors and is chair of the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education’s STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) Task Force. He is chair of the National Consortium for Continuous Improvement in Higher Education’s (NCCI) Leveraging Excellence Award selection panel. President Todd also is a member of the Business Higher Education

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UK Board of Trustees

UK Athletic Board

(as of July 6, 2009)

(as of July 6, 2009)

Mira S. Ball, Chair Stephen P. Branscum, Vice Chair Edward Britt Brockman Penelope A. Brown Jo Hern Curris Dermontti F. Dawson Carol Martin (Bill) Gatton Ann Brand Haney Pamela T. May, Secretary Everett McCorvey Billy Joe Miles Sandy Bugie Patterson Erwin Roberts Charles R. Sachatello C. Frank Shoop Ryan Smith James W. Stuckert Ernest J. Yanarella Barbara Young

Charles Arnold Frank Butler Charles S. Cassis Dermontti F. Dawson Luther Deaton Joseph L. Fink III Carol Martin (Bill) Gatton Victor Hazard Scott Kelley Kathi Kern C. Frank Shoop Kumble Subbaswamy Lee T. Todd, Jr. Bruce Walcott Lionel Williamson

Emeritus Member S. T. Roach

Forum and the Council on Competitiveness.

He is married to the former Patricia Brantley, a UK graduate who earned her master’s degree from Simmons College in Boston. They have two adult children, UK graduates Troy and Kathryn.

MITCH BARNHART, ATHLETICS DIRECTOR M

itch Barnhart is in his eighth year at the University of Kentucky, with unparalleled accomplishments in his past and unprecedented goals for the future.

When he arrived in 2002, Barnhart’s first move was to totally support all 22 varsity sports with the maximum number of scholarships and coaches, along with the facilities, equipment and support staff needed to make those teams successful.

The commitment to fully fund every sport produced never-before-seen successes in UK athletics, with first-ever Southeastern Conference championships in baseball, men’s golf and women’s tennis.

Perhaps the biggest on-field turnaround has been in football, where the Wildcats have made four consecutive bowl appearances (2006-09) for the first time in UK’s 117 seasons in the sport.

In order to make the dreams a reality, Barnhart spearheaded record-breaking growth in philanthropic giving, ticket sales and a comprehen2

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ambitious course for the future was revealed with his recent announcement of the “15x15x15” plan.

The goals are to win at least 15 conference or national championships and rank among the NCAA’s top 15 athletic programs by 2015 – all of which would represent unprecedented achievements for UK Athletics – while continuing to expand UK Athletics’ service to the local community and commonwealth of Kentucky. Another goal of the initiative is a cumulative 3.0 gradepoint average for UK’s 500 student-athletes.

Barnhart arrived at Kentucky from Oregon State, where he served four successful years (19982002) as athletics director. Before his term at OSU, he worked in athletics administration posts at Tennessee (1986-98), Southern Methodist University (1983-86), Oregon (1983) and San Diego State (1982-1983).

Barnhart, 50, is a native of Kansas City, Kan. He received his bachelor degree from Ottawa University (Kansas) in 1981 and a masters in sports administration from Ohio University in 1982.

He and his wife, the former Connie Brown, have three children, Kirby, Blaire and Scott.

sive multi-media rights agreement.

Barnhart’s connection to UK student-athletes is evident by his individual interaction and dedication to provide the support services necessary to meet their needs. UK Athletics spends more than $1.5 million annually on its nationally renowned Center for Academic and Tutorial Services. He also began the CATSPYs, an annual awards program that honors the best of UK Athletics.

Additional initiatives begun under Barnhart’s leadership include the UK Athletics Hall of Fame and the Joe Craft Center, a $30 million facility that includes new practice and administrative space for a variety of sports.

Barnhart’s influence reaches far beyond the fields of competition. Despite athletics’ urgent financial needs, Barnhart initiated a $1.2 million annual contribution to the University’s scholarship program, a contribution that is being increased to $1.7 million this year.

Social responsibility in the Commonwealth of Kentucky is a priority for Barnhart, who has been extremely active in community service and encourages the UK athletics staff to do the same.

Not content with past successes, Barnhart’s

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HEAD COACH DON WEBER ntering his 26th season as head coach at the University of Kentucky, Don Weber has seen NCAA Champions, All-America honors, Conference Champions and academic honors. Overall, he has dedicated his time and passion over the past 32 years, including the six seasons Weber served as head cross country coach and as an assistant coach for track and field. Weber has built Kentucky into the prestigious program that it is today.

A veteran of the Southeastern Conference, Weber’s coaching tenure at UK is the longest among his peers in the league. Weber has spearheaded track and field and cross country at UK since 1984, and under his direction, the program has become a staple at the national championships.

National success quickly followed after Weber was elevated to direct the program. His 1985 women’s cross country team finished fourth at the NCAA Championships. The Wildcats improved the following year with a third-place national finish, leading up to his crowning achievement.

In 1988, Weber guided the UK women’s cross country team to the NCAA National Championship title. At the same national championship event, the men’s team finished eighth. In 1989, the women’s squad returned to the Championship as the National RunnerUp. In 2008 Weber helped guide a new generation to the national stage as the women’s team made its fifth post-season appearance at the NCAA Championships.

In recognition of the Wildcats’ success on the cross country course, Weber was named NCAA Coach of the Year in 1988. Prior to that,

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he was honored as NCAA District III Coach of the Year in 1985. In both of those years, he also received the SEC Men’s Cross Country Coach of the Year. Weber has been named SEC Women’s Coach of the Year three times (1985, 1988 and 1989) and was Men’s Indoor Track and Field Coach of the Year in 1995.

After more than two decades at the helm of the Kentucky program, Weber’s athletes have earned 187 NCAA All-America honors and six Wildcats have won 10 NCAA individual national championships. He has also coached a total of 106 SEC individual champions.

During Weber’s tenure at Kentucky, Wildcat cross country and track and field athletes have consistently been named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll.

Weber’s prolific coaching career stems from his vast experience as a Kentucky athlete and former SEC Champion. As a student-athlete Weber participated in track and cross country at UK from 1968-72. In 1970, he helped his team to the SEC Cross Country Championship, which led to an All-SEC honor in cross country.

Weber also received All-SEC honors in indoor track from 1968-72. He was the SEC 1000-yard champion in 1972, establishing a then-conference record with a time of 2:10.20. Weber received the UK Athletic Leadership Award the same year. In addition to all of his honors and records, he was named captain of both the cross country and track squads.

After receiving his bachelor’s degree from UK in education in 1973, he began his coaching career at Jesse Stuart High School in Louisville. Following two successful years at the high school level, he entered the collegiate ranks

SINCE WEBER BECAME HEAD COACH • UK track & field athletes have won 187 NCAA AllAmerica honors, including 31 the last three years.

• Six UK athletes have won 10 individual NCAA National Championships, including Rashaud Scott’s 2008 title in men’s discus.

• UK has had three athletes earn United States Olympic Team berths on four occasions: 1988, 1992, 1996 and 2000. In addition five athletes have earned international Olympic Team berths on two occasions: 2004 and 2008.

• UK has won seven Southeastern Conference cross country team titles, an NCAA Cross Country Championship, a runner-up, third-, fourth-, eighth-, 11th- and 12th-place NCAA national finishes.

• UK has five top-10 finishes at the NCAA Track & Field Championships and 11 top-20 finishes, including the Wildcat men’s ninth-place finish at the 2008 Outdoor Championships.

• UK has produced “Championship of America” relay teams in both the prestigious Penn Relays and the Drake Relays.

• UK has been consistently ranked nationally in the middle-distance relays.

• The track and field teams have had three females and three males recognized as UK Athletes of the Year, two of which were repeat honors.

• Seven middle distance athletes qualified for the 2004 U.S. Olympic Trials, more than any other team in the nation in the 800 and 1,500 meters.

• Ten representatives of UK track and field took part in 2008 Olympic trials across North and South America.

as an assistant cross country and track and field coach at Murray State University in Murray, Ky. While coaching the Racers, Weber earned a master’s degree in secondary education.

In 1975, the Concentracion Deportiva de Pinchincha (the Sports Committee of the Ecuadorian State of Pichincha) selected Weber as the National and Olympic Track and Field Coach and to guide the team at the Montreal Summer Games. Following the 1976 Olympics, Weber returned to the United States to serve as the assistant coach at Pittsburg State University in Pittsburg, Kan., before joining the coaching staff at his alma mater in 1978.

Weber has also authored several articles on distance running. He and his wife Camille have three adult children: Jennifer, Katie and Robbie.

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On the 2010 season…

“My expectations are always the same from one year to the next. I want everyone on our team to maximize their performance possibilities. I think if we can convince them to focus on themselves and their own improvement and own development, we collectively maximize what our team’s possibilities are.”

On the throwing events…

“We lost a lot of contribution in the men’s throws with Rashaud Scott and Chase Madison graduating. We anticipate that Colin Boevers’ development will lead him to be competitive at the conference level and possibly at the national level.

The women’s throws should be one of our stronger areas. With Ashley Muffet, Kristin Smith, Mary Angell and Jenny Svoboda returning, we feel very good about the women’s throwers.”

On jumps, vaults and multievents…

“We have various contributors for the women’s multi-events. Sophomore Precious Nwokey has become competitive in that event along with junior Ashley Newby. For the jumping events, seniors David Banks and Keenan Hall will be significant contributors, both at the conference and national level. We have three women pole vaulters who have steadily improved and we hope that they will be very competitive this year.”

On distance events…

“Our distance athletes are young, although we think we have a group that can grow into a level of competitiveness. We are especially young on the women’s side. On the men’s side we have more of a mixture of young people and some experienced people but limited seniors.

With Luis Orta, Adam Henken, Sharif Webb, Trent Halasek, Josh Nazdam and Jeremy Zagorski we think we can be very competitive at the conference level.”

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“I think when we have returning athletes like Rondel Sorrillo, Colin Boevers and Ashley Muffet that are very dedicated and motivated, that the other athletes notice and appreciate that. I also think all the guys and girls are involved in supporting each other as athletes in events other than their own.”

On attaining national rankings…

“The past few years we’ve been ranked entering the season, but more importantly than being ranked, we’ve finished high at the NCAA National Championships. Our national ranking this year is based upon the returning athletes that we have that have been competitive at the national level. It keeps our program noticeable for all of our supporters.”

On the team’s depth…

“Traditionally the SEC is very sprint oriented and all of the running events are extremely hard to come by when it comes to winning points. In the field events we have worked to have a consistent group year-to-year, because there are always available points to get. Having a broad-based program is very important when it comes to conference standing.”

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On the sprints and hurdles…

“For the men, the sprints have traditionally been one of our strong areas. Certainly, having one of the best runners in the country, Rondel Sorrillo, back for his senior year will attest to that and hopefully lead us to success in the sprinting events. Justin Austin and Kwasi Obeng are certainly a strong supporting cast. We will have a well-rounded relay team once our fourth leg emerges. Freshman Darryl Bradshaw is an impressive prospect and competitor who’s joining our team. He will compete in the hurdle events

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for the men. Veteran Jenna Martin returns to lead the women’s sprinters. Martin, the indoor and outdoor varsity record holder in the 400m, will compete for the women’s relay teams. The women have grown into being competitive in the relay and sprinting events. Precious Nwokey, a multi-event athlete, will round out the women’s hurdles crew.”

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rin Tucker begins his seventh season as a member of the University of Kentucky track and field staff. Tucker oversees the sprint and hurdle events, and had built an impressive resume in his time with the Wildcats. Since coming to Kentucky, Tucker has directed two NCAA runners-up, 4 Olympians, 18 All-Americans, 15 All-Regional selections, five Southeastern Conference champions, 20 All-SEC honorees and 27 school record holders.

At the 2009 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, Tucker’s sprinters had a hand in all 15 points earned by the men. With a secondplace 20.70 performance in the 200m dash, junior Rondel Sorrillo collected eight points for the Cats.

Continuing his stint at the NCAA Championships, Sorrillo earned four more team points, finishing in 10.22 for fifth place. Also contributing to the team total was the men’s 4x100 relay team.

Comprised of Sorrillo, junior Kwasi Obeng, and seniors Gordon McKenzie and Jose Acevedo, the squad took sixth in 39.27, taking three points.

Sorrillo went on to become a semifinalist at the 2009 World Championship in Berlin.

For their performances in the 2009 indoor and outdoor seasons, four of Tucker’s athletes garnered All-America recognition. In only his first season at Kentucky, Sorrillo became the first Wildcat man to collect five All-America honors in one year. He

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THE TUCKER FILE Born: August 14, 1976, in Brooklyn, N.Y. Family: Has a baby son, Ezra (nicknamed “LT”) Education: Bachelor’s degree in history (1998) and master’s in education (2000) from Florida Coaching Experience: 2004-Present — University of Kentucky Asst. Coach for Sprints, Hurdles • Had a 2009 World Championship semifinalist • 2008 Olympic Coach for Venezuelan National Team • Directed Two NCAA Runners-Up and Five SEC Champions • Guided 2007 NCAA 2nd-Place 4x400m Indoor Relay and SEC Champion team • Coached 18 All-Americans, 15 All-Regional selections, 20 All-SEC selections and 27 school records • 2006 Mideast Region Asst. Coach of the Year 2000-2003 — University of Illinois Asst. Coach for Sprints, Hurdles • Coached one All-American, one Big Ten Champion, six All-Big Ten selections, one Big Ten record and three school records.

Competitive Experience: Track and Field - Florida (1995-99) • Six-time All-American selection • Four-time SEC Champion

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Under Tucker, four Wildcats have participated in the Summer Olympics. Jose Acevedo ran at the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, China.

Acevedo represented his home country of Venezuela, as Tucker was hand-picked by the Venezuelan National Team to work with sprinters as an assistant coach. Wildcat hurdler Mikel Thomas also participated in the 2008 Olympic Games, competing in the 110m hurdles for Trinidad and Tobago. Also running for Trinidad in Beijing was Rondel Sorillo, participating in the 200m. At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, Luis Luna ran in the 400m.

Tucker came to Lexington from the University of Illinois, where he spent three seasons in a similar position with the men’s track team. During his stay in Champaign, Tucker’s athletes were responsible for breaking multiple school records and posting 10 new top-10 marks in school history.

Before entering coaching, Tucker enjoyed a prolific collegiate track career at the University of Florida (1994-99). While there, he became a fourtime SEC champion and a six-time All-American.

In 1998, Tucker won the 400-meter hurdles at the SEC Championships with a personal best time of 49.82, which still ranks as the sixth-fastest time in Florida history. Tucker also ran on three conference championship teams and four All-America mile relay teams for UF. Tucker was a two-time All-SEC academic honoree at Florida and served as team captain from 1997-99. He earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Florida, and is an active member of Omega Psi Phi fraternity.

earned recognition for his performances at the NCAA Outdoor Championships. At the 2009 Indoor Track and Field Championships, Sorrillo took All-America honors for a third-place finish in the 200m and a fifth-place finish in the 60m.

Obeng, McKenzie and Acevedo also earned accolades for their finish at the outdoor championships.

Since his arrival, Tucker’s athletes have assaulted the UK record books, owning 57 (33 indoor, 24 outdoor) marks currently among the top 10 in various sprint events, including the school record in the outdoor men’s 4x400 relay (3:02.00) - a record that stood at Kentucky for over 11 years before being broken twice in each of the last two seasons - and the indoor men’s 4x400 relay (3:05.87).

During the 2008 season, Tucker directed UK men to four All-Mideast Regional honors and qualified eight of his athletes for regionals with eight marks in the sprints and hurdles and two relay marks which ranked 10th nationally. At Nationals, the 4x400m relay team placed third nationally while setting a school record in the event, clocking in at 3:02.00. The All-America Wildcat team consisted of seniors Nathan Browning and Justin Harrison as well as sophomore Kwasi Obeng and junior Jose Acevedo. A few weeks earlier the foursome brought home a Southeastern Conference title in the event.

In 2007, Tucker’s 4x400 indoor relay squad comprised of Acevedo, Browning, Harrison and Luis Luna made history as the Wildcats toppled No. 2 LSU at the NCAA Mideast Regional to make Kentucky the first team to defeat LSU in the five-year history of outdoor regional competition.

During the 2007 indoor season, the Wildcats finished second in the nation at the NCAA Indoor Championships and captured the SEC Championship by breaking the Nutter Field House and SEC meet record with a time of 3:05.87.

In 2006, Tucker was named the Division I Assistant Coach of the Year in the Mideast Region.

He was asked to be a guest coach on the Venezuelan National Team at the Central American and Caribbean Games in Cartagena, Columbia.

At the national level, Tucker’s athletes have compiled many accolades. From 2006-08, Luis Luna took the 400m title and Jose Acevedo took first place at the Venezuelan National Championships. Rondel Sorillo owns 2009 Trinidad 200m title as well as the 2009 CAC 4x100 championship. Also at the 2009 CAC Championship, Sorrillo took second in the 200m.In 2007 and 2008 Trinidad National Championships, Mikel Thomas was the 110m hurdles champion, while taking second place in the 2008 4000m hurdles.

Also in 2008 Tucker guided Jenna Martin to third place finishes at the Canadian Olympic Trials and NACAC U-23 in the 400m, and Jose Acevedo to T

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“Kwasi Obeng has improved every year and this fall has developed a leadership role. He has helped more this year than any other year he has been at Kentucky. With his hard work and determination Obeng looks to have his best year as a Wildcat and add to a great career,” Tucker said.

Justin Austin and Alex Williams move into their sophomore season with expectations to compete at every level. Austin made huge strides last season and looks to have a great year. Austin will be running in the 400m instead of the 60m and 200m that he ran primarily in his freshman year. Williams has also shown improvement and can take big strides similar to the ones he made last fall.

The Cats have two incoming freshman, Cody Miller and Darryl Bradshaw. Miller will be inserted into the 4x400m relay and will make a big impact according to Tucker. Bradshaw, a hurdler from Brooklyn, New York has a promising future.

“In the long run Bradshaw will be as good as Mikel Thomas,” Tucker said.

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“The future is now.

We’ve had good things in the past but this senior class is going to continue to build a legacy and the women are going to start a legacy this year.”

The women’s side looks forward to the return of former All-American Jenna Martin. Tucker believes the junior class’ biggest impact will be in the 4x400m. In addition to Martin, Jazmyn Shorter, Brittany Cabbler and sophomore Precious Nwokey are expected to form a relay team that will step on to the national stage as a contender in the NCAA Championships. The women intend to start a tradition in the 4x400m that rivals the men’s side.

JENNA MARTIN or the last few seasons, assistant coach for sprints and hurdles Erin Tucker set a goal to have at least two people in every sprint final at the SEC Championships, along with having at least two people qualify for nationals.

With the men’s 4x400-meter relay breaking multiple school records in 2007 and 2008, they have proven to be the engine of the team. Concluding the 2009 season ranked sixth nationally, this year’s team will need to replace departed senior Jose Acevedo. Returning for the Wildcats are senior All Americans Rondel Sorrillo and Kwasi Obeng, and joining the relay will be transfer Sharif Webb and freshman Cody Miller. With the combination of veteran experience and fresh talent, the men’s 4x400m should be strong again for the 2010 season.

Tucker believes last year’s graduating class was the best on record, acknowledging their spots will be extremely hard to fill but all eyes are on Trinidad and Tobago native Rondel Sorrillo to step up to the challenge. Returning for his senior year, Sorrillo will be without a doubt the focal point on the men’s side. In a 2009 season full of accomplishments he placed third nationally in the 200m dash at the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships and broke the 15-year-old school varsity record in the event with a time of 20.72. To back

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THROWING EVENTS COACH DOUG REYNOLDS oming off a banner year in 2008, coach Doug Reynolds helped guide the 2009 Kentucky throwers to another stellar season that included two All-Americans, four NCAA Automatic Qualifiers, two NCAA Regional Champions, two Southeastern Conference champions and an SEC Athlete of the Year selection.

To kick off the 2009 indoor postseason, junior Kristin Smith nearly topped the school record in women’s weight throw at the SEC Indoor Championships, tossing a personal best 61-11.50.

Smith’s throw earned second place in the SEC and in the UK record books for the event. Teammate Heather Smith took third in the event at the SEC Championships with a throw of 60-10.75.

At the 2009 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships, senior Chase Madison received All-America accolades for his performance in the men’s shot put.

UK throwers also took home a number of titles and honors from the SEC Outdoor Championships. Junior Ashley Muffet made her presence known, taking the league discus title. She earned 10 points for the Cats in the discus and added 11 more to the team total with a third place finsh in the hammer throw and fourth place finish in the shot put.

Responsible for 21 of UK’s 56 points, Muffet was awarded the SEC Outdoor Women’s Track and Field Commissioner’s Cup as the top individual point scorer at the 2009 outdoor championships. Muffet also took a share of the Commissioner’s Cup as a sophomore in 2007.

Muffet was named an 2009 All-SEC selection for her discus performance and recognized as the SEC Women’s Co-Field Athlete of the Year for her accomplishments at the championships.

Senior Rashaud Scott, the 2008 discus national champion, was also crowned an SEC Champion in the same event in 2009.

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Throws Coach of the Year, joined UK prior to the 2005 season after spending five years as the throws coach at the University of Kansas. During that time, he was responsible for the program’s recruiting efforts, coaching and conditioning for KU throwers.

During his coaching tenure, Reynolds has coached 17 All-America selections, two individual NCAA Champions, one collegiate record, 41 All-Conference selections, and 16 individual conference champions.

A 1998 graduate of Arizona, he earned national recognition as a Pac-10 champion in the discus throw, along with a No. 1 NCAA ranking. He competed in the NCAA championships in the shot put and discus. In 1996, he was the shot put and discus NJCAA champion.

At the 1997 & 1999 World University Games, he won a bronze medal in the discus. He also was a finalist in the discus at the 1999 & 2003 PanAmerican Games. During his athletic career, Reynolds ranked as high as third in the U.S. and 10th in the world in the discus throw.

Smith, Madison, Muffet and Scott continued to shine at the 2009 NCAA Mideast Regional.

Smith threw a 209-2 in the hammer throw to take second and set a new UK record in the event. Madison and Muffet each competed in discus and finished in third place, with Madison registering a 195-2 and Muffet a 181-00.

Scott participated in both shot put and discus, and ultimately took home the regional title in both events. After finishing eighth in the 2008 Mideast Regional, Scott took home the shot put crown with a 62-1.25. Securing his second straight men’s discus regional championship, Scott threw a personal best of 216-2. Scott also set a new Mideast Regional record in the process.

In recognition of his 2009 throwing performances, Scott was named the Southeast Region Men’s Field Athlete of the Year by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) in June. The USTFCCCA honors the top track and field athletes along with the top head coaches and assistant coaches in nine Division I regions. Awards are voted on by coaches within their respective region.

The 2008 season proved to be a standout season for Reynolds and the Wildcat throwers.

Scott won the Mideast Regional discus title with a personal-best throw of 199-10, automatically qualifying him for the NCAA Outdoor Meet.

He also made the cut for Nationals in the shot put. Scott made good on both invitations, placing eighth in the country in the shot put after winning the National Title in discus. The title was the first of any kind since 1996 for the Wildcats and marked the second national crown for any field event at UK. At the 2008 NCAA Championships, two Wildcat throwers scored to help UK earn its best point total at the event in school history. In his championship performance in discus, Scott nabbed 10 points for the Wildcats, while adding one more with an eight-place finish in shot put.

Andy Fryman also added a tally to the Kentucky total, finishing eighth in the hammer throw. In the end, the Wildcat men finished the event in ninth place. Scott and Fryman also earned AllAmerica honors, each collecting two.

Another champion for the Wildcats in 2008 was Madison, the SEC discus title winner.

Besides his league title, Madison also placed sixth in the shot put at SEC. To end 2008, Reynolds competed at the U.S. Olympic Trials alongside Scott, Madison and Muffet. Competing in his fourth-straight Olympic Trials, Reynolds finished fourth overall in the discus while Scott finished immediately behind him in fifth place.

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Education: University of Arizona ‘98, B.S. Health Science Coaching Experience: 2005-Present — University of Kentucky Asst. Coach for Throws • Coached Rashaud Scott to national title in discus at 2008 NCAA Outdoor Championships • Directed Scott and Ashley Muffet to SEC outdoor discus titles in 2009 • Guided UK throwers to six SEC Championships • 2006 Mideast Region Throws Coach of the Year 2000-2005 — University of Kansas Asst. Coach for Throws • Coached nine All-Americans.

1999-2000 — Boise State University Asst. Coach for Throws • Coached five All-Americans.

1998-1999 — University of Arizona Part-time Asst. Coach for Throws • Coached two All-Americans Competitive Experience: Track and Field Arizona (1997-98) • Two-time World University Games medalist.

• Two-time Pan-Am Games team member.

• Former No. 1 college discus thrower nationally.

• NJCAA titles in the shot put and discus.

• Formerly ranked 11th in the world and fourth in the U.S. in the discus.

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niversity of Kentucky assistant coach for throwing events Doug Reynolds has a group of throwers with enormous potential, proven leadership and excitement for the upcoming 2010 season. A strong group of six female throwers will headline for Coach Reynolds and sophomore Colin Boevers, the only male thrower for the Cats, is very capable of extending the line of great throwers at Kentucky.

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“While we lost some very talented and accomplished athletes to graduation, this group is every bit as talented and will become accomplished this season. I have a great deal of faith in the talent and work ethic of this group.

I expect them to continue to re-write the UK record books, just like the group who graduated.”

Juniors Jennifer Svoboda, Heather Smith and Mary Angell are the future of female throwers at Kentucky. Svoboda was a two time NCAA Mideast Regional semi-finalist in the shot put and made it to the finals at the SEC Championships in both the indoor and outdoor seasons in 2009. Svoboda’s talent and improved technique should help her improve in every event.

Also, Mary Angell an NCAA Mideast Regional semifinalist in the discus and shot put in 2009 has continued to improve just like her teammates. In the 2010 season, she is poised to contribute at the SEC’s and move pass regionals to the NCAA Championships.

Senior Natalie Wise, a veteran of the pentathlon, will lead the Wildcats in the javelin throw.

"Ashley is one of the top returning discus throwers, and has proven to be one of the most tenacious multiple event throwers in the SEC. We hope to keep that streak alive, and capitalize with a top spot at the NCAA Championships."

After great improvement during the 2009 season and a trip to the NCAA Outdoor Championships, Kristin Smith is looking to add to her accomplishments. Smith is the UK varsity record holder in the hammer throw and in 2010 looks to better her place at the national championships.

Also, in the indoor season Smith looks to improve in the weight throw as well.

"Kristin is one of the top returning hammer throwers in the nation, and we hope to challenge for a top spot in the NCAA Championships,” Reynolds said.

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COLIN BOEVERS onships this year. Boevers has huge shoes to fill after SEC and NCAA Champion Rashaud Scott has graduated and moved on to the professional level, competing for Nike. Chase Madison, a former Indoor All American in the shot put graduated as well.

"Colin has proven to be one of the best discus throwers in the SEC. This year we expect that he will prove the same at both the conference and national level, in both the shot put and discus," Coach Reynolds said.

Leading the female throwers is returning All- American and SEC Co-Field Athlete of the Year, Ashley Muffet. Muffet holds the UK varsity record in the discus and this season looks to improve in both the weight throw and shot put events.

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Since his arrival at UK, Thomas has coached: • 42 individual additions to the UK alltime top-10 rankings • 24 individual SEC championship finalists • 10 varsity school-record holders • 11 freshman school-record holders • 3 NCAA All-Americans Prior to the 2008 season, only a handful of women had even attempted a pentathlon or heptathlon competition at UK. But in just two seasons, Thomas has guided three NCAA national qualifiers, an SEC champion, an All-American and nine SEC scorers.

Under Thomas’ guidance, Ashley Trimble quickly became one of the top multi-event athletes in the SEC, winning the pentathlon at the 2009 SEC Indoor Championships . Continuing to the 2009 NCAA Indoor Championships, Trimble again broke the pentathlon varsity record. Totaling 3,997 points, Trimble took 11th in the nation.

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Thomas arrived in the Bluegrass from Ft. Worth, Texas, where he served two seasons as an assistant coach at Texas Christian University.

Thomas lettered in both track & field and basketball at Northwest Nazarene University in Nampa, Idaho, where he was a two-time AllAmerican in the javelin and triple jump. In his senior year he transferred to Sam Houston State where he earned All-Southland Conference recognition in his final campaign. He also earned NCAA all-region honors and qualified for the NCAA Championships. Thomas set school records in the javelin and indoor pentathlon.

Thomas is a USATF Level II certified coach in jumps and worked as a graduate assistant instructor in the health and kinesiology department at Sam Houston State, while working on his master’s degree in health and kinesiology.

Trimble set yet another school record. With a score of 5,530, Trimble came in third in the event.

Another multi-event competitor, Danielle Sampley, set the school pentathlon and heptathlon records in 2008 before they were eclipsed

by Trimble. Sampley became a regional qualifier, advanced to the outdoor nationals and competed for the USA World Junior Team in the heptathlon.

Also competing in the heptathlon at the SEC Outdoor Championships, freshman Precious Nwokey recorded a personal-best point total of 4,833. Nwokey finished the event in fifth place and earned All-Freshman honors as the top freshman finisher.

During the last two indoor and outdoor seasons, Thomas’ young jumpers also made their mark at a number of events.

In 2008, high jumper Grant Lindsey had a meteoric rise from February, clearing 7-0.50 in the indoor season, to battling for an outdoor national championship in June, as he cleared 75.00 and placed second in the nation. The AllAmerican’s dramatic improvement later took him to the Olympic Trials in August for a chance to represent the United States. Along the way, Lindsey set both the varsity and freshman UK outdoor high jump records (7-5.00) and claimed an SEC Outdoor title and a Mideast Regional championship on the way to the NCAA Outdoor Championships.

Also under Thomas’ tutelage, Derrick Locke set the UK freshman indoor long jump record with a leap of 25-5.25. Having worked only a few weeks with Thomas, Locke was named the SEC Freshman Field Athlete of the Year and was an All-American. He also broke the UK outdoor varsity long jump record by springing 25-3.25.

The 2009 campaign saw sophomore David Banks claim the triple jump title at the Jesse Owens Track Classic with a regional-qualifying leap of 50-4.75. At the Sea Ray Relays, Banks’ leap of 50-6.25 won the competition. Banks was also a NCAA Mideast Regional finalist in the triple jump.

In the SEC Outdoor Championships, sophomore Ke’Undra Bishop placed fifth in the triple jump with a leap of 40-09.75. Along with Banks, Bishop also reached the semifinals of the triple jump at the Mideast Regionals.

In the pole vault, Thomas coached Mary Chris Durham to the school indoor record with a height of 12-6.25 at the 2008 SEC Championships. Durham again set a school record as a junior in 2009, this time with an outdoor 12T

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THE THOMAS FILE Born: September 30, 1979 Family: He and his wife Ebony reside in Lexington; has a baby son, Jordan.

Education: Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology Sam Houston State University in 2003.

Coaching Experience: 2007-Present — University of Kentucky Asst. Coach for Jumps, Vaults, Multi-Events • Directed Ashley Trimble to the 2009 SEC indoor pentathlon championship • Guided All-American Grant Lindsey to runnerup finish at ‘08 NCAA Outdoor Championships and Mideast Regional and SEC high jump titles.

• Coached 2008 SEC Freshman Indoor Field Athlete of the Year and All-American Derick Locke.

2005-2006 — Texas Christian University Asst. Coach for Jumps, Javelin, Combined Events • Coached five All-Conference honorees with an NCAA qualifier and school record holder.

2004 — Sam Houston State University Asst. Coach for Jumps, Javelin, Combined Events • Coached four Midwest Regional qualifiers, three school record holders and one NCAA qualifier.

Competitive Experience: Track and Field - Sam Houston St. (2003); NW Nazarene University (2000-02) • Two-time All-American selection.

• NCAA Midwest All-Region and national qualifier in the javelin.

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n James Thomas’ fourth year at the University of Kentucky he feels this year brings a new kind of excitement. This will be Thomas’ first recruiting class to see all the way and likes the athletes who have been in his system now for several years and have a deep understanding of it. Thomas looks forward to the experience his athletes bring to this season, especially the knowledge they have of his system.

“I love guys that have been in this system and understand it and we look for big results from it this season,” Thomas said.

Thomas feels like he has the talent to compete at any level even in a very difficult Southeastern Conference. The jumps, vaults and multi-event athletes not only want to compete but influence the team’s finish at meets.

“We’ve moved up from last year and our fall workouts were the best since I have been here,” Thomas said.

David Banks, returning for his junior season, had great improvement in the fall with great strength gains and has added incredible power. In addition to his natural talent and improved strength he is now grasping the techniques in both the triple and long jump. Banks looks to be a factor in the SEC as well as NCAA Championships.

An exciting addition to David Banks on the jumps team is Keenan Hall a transfer from reigning NCAA Outdoor Champions Texas A&M. “He has a ton of natural talent and ability,” Thomas said. Hall moving from a perennial power like Texas A&M will have much more of a leadership role at Kentucky. Thomas looks for Hall to

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Other freshmen include high jumper Alexandra Morgan and Emelle McConney. Morgan, who is also on the volleyball team at UK, is an amazing talent and brings a lot of ability to the track. Both freshmen hope to score at the SEC championships in Fayetteville.

excel in his new situation and be a real contributor to the team.

On the women’s side junior Ke’Undra Bishop had very encouraging fall workouts but her leadership was even more exceptional. “She is not only a leader on the women’s side but on the men’s side as well. She is extremely driven and motivated,” Thomas said.

Also, on the women’s side sophomore Precious Nwokey has expectations of improving as the season moves along. Coming into the 2010 season Nwokey had a lot of maturing to do because she was not planning on competing in the multievents but she stepped up according to Thomas.

Nwokey plans on being a factor in the relays, hurdles, heptathlon, triple jump and long jump. She has the ability to fill former All-American Ashley Trimble’s spot on the team and can improve her leadership role.

An impressive group of three women pole vaulters go into the 2010 season with great expectations starting with senior Mary Chris Durham. Durham is the varsity record holder in both indoor and outdoor pole vault along with being selected all four years to the SEC Academic Honor Roll. Durham is poised to be a great leader of two talented underclassmen Samantha Stenzel and Shelby Kennard. Stenzel made the single biggest improvement in the fall according to Thomas. Kennard adds depth and is an incredibly hard worker and great student to the vaulting team. They hope to take pole vaulting T

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“We are looking to build and grow off experience, and contend at the SEC and NCAA level. We have a good mix of young newcomers and experienced veterans who are excited about this season.”

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DISTANCE EVENTS COACH JOHN MORTIMER entucky assistant coach for distance and cross country, John Mortimer, enters his third year in Lexington. He has made an immediate impact on the Wildcat cross country program and distance track events during his relatively short tenure at UK. In only his second year with the Wildcats, Mortimer helped direct the women’s cross country team to its first NCAA Cross Country Championship appearance in 19 years. The Wildcats’ second-place finish at the NCAA Southeast Regional secured an automatic bid to the Championships.

On the men’s side, sophomore Adam Henken represented UK at the NCAA meet in 2008 after placing fifth overall at the regional to automatically qualify as an individual.

After two cross country seasons in the Bluegrass, Mortimer has guided three Cats to AllSEC honors while five athletes have earned six All-Regional awards. Moreover, middle distance and distance athletes have accounted for 20 new entries in the UK record books since 2007.

Under Mortimer’s guidance, six Wildcats have received Cross Country All-SEC honors with four coming in the 2009 campaign. Freshmen Luis Orta and Matt Sonnenfeldt were tabbed SEC All-Freshman due to their finishes at the 2009 SEC Championships. Orta also

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He also claimed third- and fifth-place steeplechase finishes in 1997 and 1998 at the USA Track and Field Championships, respectively.

As a student-athlete at the University of Michigan, Mortimer was a seven-time All-America selection in track and cross country and a sixtime Big Ten Conference Champion. He twice was selected as the Big Ten Conference Athlete of the Championships and once as the league’s Athlete of the Year.

His success extended to the classroom as he was a four-time Academic All-America and Big Ten All-Academic selection.

Mortimer earned a B.S. in architecture from the University of Michigan in 1999. In May 2008, the former Wolverine star was inducted into the UM Track and Field Hall of Fame.

Mortimer is married to the former Jennifer Kramer, a competitor in the 5,000m at the 2004 Olympic Trials and a two-time All-America honoree. The couple resides in Lexington with their infant son Jack.

received second team accolades, adding to his all-conference recognition at the 2009 SEC Track and Field Championships. Freshmen Cally Macumber and Chelsea Oswald also earned AllFreshman accolades, with Oswald receiving second team honors as well. Additionally, Andrea Halasek-Richardson clinched All-SEC honors at the 2008 SEC Championships.

To cap off the 2008 indoor season, Mortimer guided the women’s distance medley relay to a second-place finish at the SEC Championships.

In 2007, Mortimer joined the University of Kentucky from Boston College where he served five years as the Eagles’ distance coach. During that time, he coached 13 men and six women who rank among BC’s all-time top five in middle distance and distance events.

Under Mortimer’s guidance in 2006, Patrick Mellea broke a 27-year-old school record in the indoor mile. Mortimer also spent time as the coach of professional runner Amy Mortimer (no relation) from 2004-06 while she was in graduate school at Boston College. Under his direction, she qualified for two consecutive IAAF World Cross Country Championships, had five top-five finishes at U.S. Championship events and ran a personal-best 1,500-meter time of 4:07 to capture the bronze medal at the 2005 U.S. Outdoor Championships.

Despite coaching for the only non-scholarship men’s track and field program in the BIG EAST, he directed a men’s 4x800 relay team that broke a 30-year-old school record and the New England Collegiate record. He also led the men’s cross country squad to a top-five finish at the 2003 BIG EAST Championship.

In addition to his coaching duties, Mortimer served as the track and field chairman of the USATF’s New England Executive Board of Governors from 2003-06. His responsibilities included the promotion and development of track and field and running throughout New England.

In 1999, he co-founded and currently serves as the race director of the country’s largest 1-mile road race – the Millennium Mile Road Race. In that capacity, he is responsible for event operations, sponsorships and publicity. Prior to his career at BC, Mortimer one season as a volunteer assistant coach at Harvard.

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THE MORTIMER FILE Born: March 18, 1976 Family: He, his wife Jennifer and son Jack reside in Lexington.

Education: B.S. Architecture University of Michigan (1999) Coaching Experience: 2007-Present — University of Kentucky Asst. Coach for Distance, Cross Country • Helped guide the 2008 women’s cross country team to the NCAA Championships for first time in 19 years.

• Coached Adam Henken to his first NCAA Cross Country Championship meet.

• Directed six cross country athletes to All-SEC honors • Guided cross country athletes to 20 new entries in the UK record books 2002-07 – Boston College, Asst. Coach for Distance • Coached 13 men and six women who now rank among BC’s all-time top five in middle distance and distance events.

2001 – Harvard University Volunteer Asst. Coach Competitive Experience: Cross Country and Track and Field – Michigan (1995-99) • Big Ten Athlete of the Year (1996) • Two-Time Big Ten Athlete of the Championships • Seven-time All-America selection • Six-time Big Ten Champion • Four-time Academic All-America and Big Ten All-Academic selection

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PREVIEWING istance coach John Mortimer enters into the 2010 track and field season with a considerable number of point contributors returning for both the men and women’s squads.

“I am expecting similar dedication from our athletes, but I also anticipate them to improve upon their finishes from last year,” Mortimer said. “We are always looking for the athletes to develop.”

Coming off an impressive cross country season, sophomore Luis Orta brings an All-Southeastern Conference second team cross country selection and All-Freshman team honor to the track.

Orta took second place in the steeplechase at the 2009 SEC Outdoor Track and Field Championships, and Mortimer says the Wildcats will be looking to Orta to provide similar contributions in 2010.

Joining Orta is junior Adam Henken. An All-SEC cross-country selection as a sophomore, Henken will be a consistent point contributor for the men’s team in the mile run.

Fellow junior Josh Nazdam, also a mile-run specialist, returns to the team as a 1,500m run finalist at the 2009 SEC Outdoor Championships.

Matt Sonnenfeldt joins the men’s team for his freshman track and field debut. Sonnenfeldt was a strong contributor for the Wildcats during the cross-country season and earned All-SEC Freshman honors for his efforts.

Veteran Jeremy Zagorski returns for his sixthyear after a career of injuries. Mortimer said.

Zagorski is healthy and the coach hopes to see the senior progress in the 1,500 and mile.

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The Wildcats look to veteran and fifth-year senior Andrea Halasek-Richardson for leadership.

Halasek-Richardson, a SEC third-place finisher in the steeplechase as a junior and All-SEC cross country selection, returns for her senior year.

Senior Katherine Peterson is an indoor and outdoor point contributor for the women’s team.

Making significant improvements over her fouryear career, Peterson, a 2009 NCAA Mideast Regional finalist in the 5,000m run, will join Halasek-Richardson in leading the women’s distance corps.

Kentucky’s future is promising with freshmen Chelsea Oswald and Cally Macumber joining the team. Oswald claimed cross country All-SEC second team and All-Freshman team honors at the conference championships for her impressive finishes.

Macumber, also an All-Freshman team selection in her cross country season debut, is another young member who Mortimer hopes will bring similar contributions to the track and field season.

Despite a solid mix of youth and talent on both the men’s and women’s squads, Mortimer is optimistic.

“Hopefully we’ll see them contribute and score for our team on the track,” Mortimer said.

joins the distance squad for his first track and field season.

“With a year of SEC experience under his belt, McGregor is an athlete that the conference will be looking out for,” Mortimer said.

With solid contributions from Orta in the steeplechase, Henken in long distance events, and Nazdam, Zagorski and McGregor in the mile, the Wildcats are hoping to make an impact in a variety of events.

“The past three years have led to a higher degree of talent and investment compared to previous years,” Mortimer said. “We are building a core group of guys who are talented and have potential to contribute at the SEC level.”

On the women’s side, the distance squad is very young.

“Eight freshman women join the team this season,” Mortimer said. “Many of them have impressive high school resumes, obtaining state and national championships along with AllAmerica honors. Having the young runners gain SEC and big meet experience against strong competition is important.”

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2010 WILDCAT ROSTERS WOMEN’S TRACK & FIELD ROSTER Name Event Class Hometown/Previous School Mary Angell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Throws . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Byron Center, Mich.(Byron Center/North Carolina) Katie Atchien . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Fr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Fishers, Ind. (Cathedral) Ke’Undra Bishop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jumps/Sprints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Houston, Texas (Klein Forest) Sarah Buhler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Hurdles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Fr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Union, Ky (Owensboro) Brittany Cabbler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sprints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Roanoke, Va. (William Fleming) Mary Chris Durham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Pole Vault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Owensboro, Ky. (Owensboro) Andrea Halasek-Richardson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Georgetown, Ky. (Scott County) Audrey Holbrook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .So . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Beavercreek, Ohio (Beavercreek) Katherine Holt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Greenville, Ky. (Muhlenburg South) Shelby Kennard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Pole Vault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Fr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Rockwell, Texas (Rockwell) Claire Laverty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Yorktown, Ind. (Yorktown) Cally Macumber . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Fr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Rochester Hills, Mich. (Rochester Adams) Jenna Martin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sprints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Nova Scotia, Canada (Bridgetown) Emelle McConney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jumps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Fr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Pontiac, Mich. (Rochester Adams) Ashley Newby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Combined Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Maplewood, NJ (Columbia) Alexandra Morgan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jumps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Fr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Birmingham, Ala. (Mountain Brook) Ashley Muffet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Throws . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .N. Canton, Ohio (Hoover) Samantha Norman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Fr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Louisville, Ohio (Louisville) Precious Nwokey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jumps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .So . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Houston, Texas (Westbury) Chelsea Oswald . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Fr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Medina, Ohio (Walsh Jesuit) Katherine Peterson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Louisville, Ky. (Sacred Heart) Lindsay Petri . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Girard, Pa. (General McLane) Shiara Robinson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sprints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Fr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Pickertington, Ohio (Pickertington North) Adrianne Shearer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Fr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Nicholasville, KY (West Jessamine) Jazmyn Shorter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sprints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .So . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .St. Petersburg, Fla. (Lakewood) Heather Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Throws . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Powell, Ohio (Olentangy Liberty/Nevada) Kristin Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Throws . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Marietta, Ga. (Sprayberry) Samantha Stenzel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Pole Vault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Fr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lexington, Ky. (Paul Laurence Dunbar) Jennifer Svoboda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Throws . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .So . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Howells, Neb. (Howells) Amanda Whowell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Fr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Arlington Heights, Ill. (Rolling Meadows) Hiruni Wijayaratne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Fr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Herndan, Va. (Hernadan) Natalie Wise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Combined Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Madison, Tenn. (Goodpasture Christian) Megan Wright . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Fr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mt. Orab, Ohio (Western Brown) Jessica Zangmeister . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Fr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Fairview Park, Ohio (Fairview)

MEN’S TRACK & FIELD ROSTER Name Event Class Hometown/Previous School Justin Austin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sprints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .So . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Milwaukee, Wis. (Brown Deer) David Banks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jumps/Sprints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Rosenberg, Texas (Lamar Consolidated) Colin Boevers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Throws . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Salt Lake City, Utah (Judge Memorial) Darryl Bradshaw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sprints / Hurdles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Fr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Brooklyn, N.Y. (Sheepshead Bay / Bethune-Cookman) Thomas Canary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Middle Distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Fr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Versailles, Ky..(Lexington Catholic) Steve Crouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jumps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .So . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Albany N.Y. (Colonie Central) James Dickinson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .So . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Owensboro, Ky. (Apollo) Michael Dickinson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .So . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Owensboro, Ky. (Apollo) Matt Frawley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Middle Distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Staten Island, N.Y. (Monsignor Farrell) Justin Haire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Fr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dayton, Ky. (Bishop Brossart) Trent Halasek . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Middle Distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .So . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Georgetown, Ky. (Scott County) Keenan Hall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jumps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Indianapolis, Ind.(Ben Davis/Texas A&M) Colin Heenan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Liverpool, N.Y. (Liverpool) Christopher Heibell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Fr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Hillsborough, N.J.(Immaculata) Adam Henken . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Catharpin, Va. (Brentsville District) Bruce Hordusky . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Erie, Pa. (Fort LeBoeuf) J.D. Horton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Navarre, Ohio (Perry) Joe Jackson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .So . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Hilliard, Ohio (Hilliard Darby) Kyron Joseph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sprints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Fr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Arima, Trinidad(Arima Governement Secondary School) Sean Lange . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sprints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Fr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ft. 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(Northeast) Walter Luttrell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Fr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dayton, Ohio (Dayton Christian) Benjamin Mason . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sprints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Fr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lexington, KY (Lafayette High School) Patrick McGregor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Fr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Hoover, AL (Hoover) Cody Miller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sprints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Fr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Creston, Ohio (Norwayne) Josh Nadzam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Middle Distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Monaca, Pa. (Monaca) Zac Noel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Winfield, W.Va. (Winfield) Kwasi Obeng . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sprints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Bardstown, Ky. (Bardstown) Luis Orta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .So . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Caracas, Venezuela (Madison L.C.) Will Rover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Middle Distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Maineville, Ohio (Kings Mills/Ohio University) Wilfred Ruck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Middle Distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Fr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Maineville, Ohio (Kings Mill/Ohio) Matthew Sonnenfeldt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Fr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Bellerose, N.Y. (Holy Cross) Rondel Sorrillo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sprints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sr . . .Vessigny, Trinidad and Tobago (Vessigny Government Secondary/Univ. of Trinidad) Sharif Webb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Middle Distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Paramus, N.J. 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2009 WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY REVIEW fter the loss of a prolific CHELSEA OSWALD senior class that led the squad to the NCAA Championships in 2008, the University of Kentucky women’s cross country team reloaded in 2009 with an impressive group of freshmen.

Collectively garnering five Southeastern Conference honors throughout the season, freshmen Chelsea Oswald and Cally Macumber proved consistent Wildcat performers.

Oswald earned SEC Freshman of the Week accolades after placing first overall with a three-mile 15:54 during the meet at Eastern Kentucky University. Continuing her impressive first year, Oswald clocked in as the second Wildcat and seventh overall at the 2009 Old Timers Classic 5k.

Kentucky’s top finisher at the SEC Championships, Oswald clocked a 21:56 to earn 14th place, earning her All-SEC second team and All-Freshman honors. Oswald was also the first Wildcat to cross the finish line at the NCAA Regional.

Another SEC Freshman of the Week and All-Freshman selection behind her 22:16 19th place SEC Championship performance, Cally Macumber also served as a vital addition to the Kentucky roster. Macumber was the top Wildcat at the Old Timers Classic and Greater Louisville Cross Country Classic. At the Old Timers Classic, Macumber clocked in at 18:13 for fourth place overall, while coming in 17:44 for 12th in Louisville.

Kentucky’s top finish of the season came at Eastern Kentucky, where they took top honors with wins over Eastern Kentucky and Marshall. At the event, four of Kentucky’s five competitors finished in the top nine. Freshman Amanda Whowell led the pack, finishing the course in 18:17. Rounding in the top five behind Whowell were Oswald, sophomore Katherine Peterson (18:29), freshman Samantha Norman (18:35) and senior Lindsay Petri (18:45).

At the Greater Louisville Cross Country Classic, the Wildcats took second out of 35 teams with 130 points. Following Macumber and Oswald, Peterson crossed the finish line 25th overall with a time of 18:11. Norman finished close behind at 18:17, with Petri as the fifth Wildcat scorer coming in at 18:27. In their runner-up performance, UK beat out eight other

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Behind Oswald and Macumber’s SEC Championship performances, the Wildcats completed the 6k course in eighth place with 175 points.

Norman scored third for Kentucky at the event, running at a clip of 22:47 to finish 38th in the conference. Whowell crossed the finish line fourth to take 53rd in 23:18. The final scorer for the Wildcats was Peterson, placing 59th with a mark of 23:28.

Oswald’s 6k time of 21:37 earned the freshman a 34th-place finish at the NCAA Southeast Region. Macumber stopped the clock at the regional, finishing 40th overall in a time of 21:42. Completing the course in 22:03, Peterson placed third for the Cats and took place 56th overall. Crossing the finish line third for Kentucky, Peterson continued her streak of scoring in every UK meet during the 2008 and 2009 seasons. Petri ran 64th in the race, clocking in at 22:10 as the fourth Wildcat to finish, while Norman finished immediately behind Petri in 65th as the final scorer for UK, completing the course in 22:14. Whowell (81st - 22:29) and freshman Katy Achtien (111th - 22:54) also competed for the Cats at the event. The UK women tallied 256 total points to place eighth among the regional’s 35 squads.

WOMEN’S 2009 TEAM FINISHES 9-4 • EKU Invitational • 3mi • Richmond, Ky. Def. EKU 26-43, Def. Marshall 15-50 Overall winner: Chelsea Oswald, Kentucky, 15:54 9-19 • Old Timers Classic • 5K • Bowling Green, Ky. 1st out of four teams (unscored) Overall winner: Janet Jesang, Western Kentucky, 17:07 10-3 • Greater Louisville Classic • 5K • Louisville, Ky. 2nd out of 35 teams, 130 points Overall winner: Janet Jesang, Western Kentucky, 16:47 10-31 • SEC Championships • 6K • Oxford, Miss.

8th out of 12 teams, 175 points Overall winner: Rebecca Lowe, Florida, 20:57 11-14 • NCAA Southeast Regional • 6K • Louisville, Ky. 8th out of 35 teams, 256 points Overall winner: Tasmin Fanning, Virginia Tech, 20:07

2009 WOMEN’S RESULTS EKU Invitational Richmond, Ky. 3-Mile 17:44-12-18 -17:35-10-16 17:09-5-7 17:12-7-9 16:46-3-3 15:54-1-1 16:32-2-2 --17:11-6-8 17:21-8-11 17:42-11-17 17:23-9-12

Katy Achtien Audrey Holbrook Suzanne Holt Claire Laverty Cally Macumber Samantha Norman Chelsea Oswald Katherine Peterson Lindsay Petri Adrianne Shearer Amanda Whowell Hiruni Wijayaratne Megan Wright Jessica Zangmeister

Old Timers Classic Bowling Green, Ky. 5K 19:23-8-17 -19:21-7-16 20:10-11-23 18:13-1-4 18:35-5-9 18:22-3-7 18:29-4-8 18:45-6-11 -18:17-2-6 19:45-10-20 20:11-12-24 19:35-9-18

Greater Louisville Classic Louisville, Ky. 5K ----17:44-1-12 18:17-4-34 17:54-2-16 18:11-3-25 18:27-5-47 -18:40-6-60 ----

SEC Championships Oxford, Miss.

6K 24:03-8-72 -25:07-10-90 -22:16-2-19 22:47-3-38 21:56-1-14 23:28-5-59 23:43-6-66 23:50-7-68 23:18-4-53 24:50-9-86 ---

NCAA SE Regional Louisville, Ky. 6K 22:54-7-111 ---21:42-2-40 22:14-5-65 21:37-1-34 22:03-3-56 22:10-4-64 -22:29-6-81 ----

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2009 MEN’S CROSS COUNTRY REVIEW uring the 2009 campaign, the University of Kentucky men’s cross country team ran behind a trio of youthful leaders. Throughout the season, junior Adam Henken, and freshmen Luis Orta and Matt Sonnenfeldt consistently led the young team.

In the squad’s opening meet at Eastern Kentucky, Sonnenfeldt turned in the top overall four-mile time of 19:02. Henken (19:09) and Orta (19:22) outran the rest of the field to turn in top-four scores at the event. Junior Matt Wagner (19:42 - eighth) and sophomore Josh Nadzam (20:06 - 10th) also finished in the top 10 individually for the Cats.

At the 5-mile Old Timer’s Classic, the trio again led Kentucky, recording three-consecutive top-10 times. Crossing the finish line first, Orta clocked in at 25:30, good for sixth place. Henken stopped the clock next at 25:51 to finish seventh, while Sonnenfeldt placed eighth, running in 25:56. Wagner again turned in a top-10 performance, finishing 10th with a time of 26:13.

Nadzam placed 15th in 26:50 to round out the top five.

Henken directed the WildLUIS ORTA cats to second place at the Greater Louisville Cross Country Classic, finishing among the top 15 of 336 harriers in the men’s 8K race. Henken’s time of 24:22.62 was good for 12th overall. Orta finished next for the Cats in the 17th slot, clocking in at 24:27.71, and Sonnenfeldt placed 35th recording a time of 24:57.31. In 46th place, sophomore Colin Heenan posted a mark of 25:07.61, with Wagner rounding out the UK scorers in 59th overall, finishing in 25:19.92.

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MEN’S 2009 TEAM FINISHES 9-4 • Eastern Kentucky Invitational • 4mi • Richmond, Ky. Defeat EKU 22-33, Defeat Marshall 18-41 Overall winner: Matt Sonnenfeldt, Kentucky, 19:02 9-19• Old Timers Classic • 5-Mile • Bowling Green, Ky. 1st out of 4 teams (unscored) Overall winner: Patrick Cheptoek, Western Kentucky University, 24:42 10-3 • Greater Louisville Classic • 8K • Louisville, Ky. 2nd out of 38 teams, 153 points Overall winner: Stephen Sambu, Rend Lake College, 23:33 10-31 • SEC Championships • 8K • Oxford, Miss.

7th out of 11 teams, 152 points Overall winner: Barnabas Kirui, Ole Miss, 24:24 11-14 • NCAA Southeast Regional • 10K • Louisville, Ky. 13th out of 35 teams, 449 points Overall winner: Samuel Chelanga, Liberty, 29:31 Championships. Orta was named to the All-SEC second team and SEC AllFreshman team for his marks at the event. Finishing third for the Cats at the event, Sonnenfeldt was also an All-Freshman honoree for placing 31st overall with a time of 26:02.

Clocking in at 25:29, Henken finished second for Kentucky, placing in the field’s top 20. Wagner clocked in at 26:31, finishing 42nd, while freshman Tyler Dickinson rounded out the scoring for the Cats in 48th place (26:53). UK totaled 152 points at the championship.

Leading the Wildcats at the NCAA Southeast Regional was Henken with a 10K time of 31:04 and 23rd-place finish. Henken received AllSoutheast Region honors for his performance. Sonnenfeldt stopped the clock at 32:07 to place second for Kentucky and 55th overall. Heenan finished five spots later in 104th with a time of 32:57, with Dickinson scoring fifth for UK in 172nd (34:27). The Wildcat men finished 13th among 35 squads with 449 points.

2009 MEN’S RESULTS EKU Invitational Richmond, Ky. 4-Mile 20:50-9-24 20:33-7-20 --20:36-8-22 19:09-2-3 21:04-10-28 20:28-6-18 ---20:06-5-12 -19.28-3-5 20:28-6-18 19:02-1-2 19:42-4-9

Todd Dickinson Tyler Dickinson Justin Haire Trent Halasek Colin Heenan Adam Henken J.D. Horton Joe Jackson John Luttrell Walter Luttrell Patrick McGregor Josh Nadzam Zac Noel Luis Orta Will Rover Matt Sonnenfeldt Matt Wagner

Old Timers Classic Bowling Green, Ky. 5-Mile -27:20-6-21 --27:17-5-20 25:51-2-7 -28:09-9-25 ----27:49-8-24 25:30-1-6 27:42-7-23 25:56-3-8 26:13-4-10

Greater Louisville Classic Louisville, Ky. 8K ----25:07-4-46 24:22-1-12 -------24:27-2-17 -24:57-3-35 25:10-5-59

SEC Championships Oxford, Miss.

8K -26:53-5-48 --27:44-9-64 25:29-2-20 -27:17-8-57 ---27:06-6-53 27:51-10-68 25:12-1-13 27:12-7-56 26:02-3-31 26:31-4-42

NCAA SE Regional Louisville, Ky. 10K -34:27-5-172 --32:57-4-104 31:04-1-23 -----32:55-3-99 ---32:07-2-55 34:47-6-182

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2009 INDOOR TRACK & FIELD REVIEW he indoor track and field squads closed the 2009 season with three Wildcats earning All-America honors, while the men’s team finished 19th overall at the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships held at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas.

A few weeks before at the 2009 Southeastern Conference Track and Field Indoor Championships, three of Kentucky’s athletes grabbed All-SEC honors for their performances at the event.

Senior Ashley Trimble finished first in the women’s pentathlon at the conference meet to earn All-SEC first team honors. Trimble set the UK varsity pentathlon record with a personal-best total of 3,991 points to earn an NCAA provisional mark.

Trimble’s performance at the SEC Championships made her the first woman in school history to capture an indoor SEC pentathlon title and ranked her 16th nationally in the multi-event going into the final week of the indoor season.

Veteran hurdle specialist and senior Mikel Thomas earned All-SEC second team honors after finishing second in the men’s 60m hurdles at the SEC Championships. The graduate ranked sixth in the country with a 60m hurdles time of 7.74 that broke the UK varsity record Thomas set last in the 2008 season.

For the throwing squad, senior Kristin Smith won her first career conference honor in the women’s weight throw. Smith finished second in the event with a personal-best throw measuring 61-11.50 to earn All-SEC second team accolades.

The Wildcat’s distance squad held a ranking of 30th in the country and second all-time at UK. Heading into the NCAA Championships, the UK men’s squad ranked 15th nationally. Altogether, UK sent six athletes to compete in the NCAA Indoor Championships.

Junior sprinter Rondel Sorrillo was the only Wildcat with an automatic qualifying mark to compete in the NCAA Championships. Sorrillo secured his position in both the 60m and 200m dash and earned All-America honors for his championship performances. His third-place finish in the 200m with a time of 20.72 was fast enough to claim the UK varsity school record. He also claimed fifth place in the 60m with a time of 6.63.

Thomas finished 12th in the championships with a time of 7.86 in the 60m hurdles.

Senior thrower Chase Madison wrapped up his UK indoor career with a sixth place finish in the men’s shot put with a finals throw of 612.00.

Trimble put an exclamation point on her final career indoor meet by breaking the school record for the third time in a season with a point total of 3,997 and 11th place overall.

Senior Jose Acevedo capped his career with his fourth consecutive appearance in the Championships as a member of the men’s 4x400meter relay team. The relay team comprised of Acevedo, Sorrillo, freshman Pentathlete Ashley Trimble (above), Justin Austin and senior Brandon Austin ran a meet time of 3:09.15 to shot putter Chase Madison (upper right) and sprinter Jose Acevedo (right) finish 11th overall. were among six Wildcats who advanced The NCAA Championships to the 2009 NCAA Indoor Track and enabled for two new UK varsity Field Championships. records to be set by Sorrillo’s 200m

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time and Trimble’s pentathlon point total. The men’s team achieved the fourth-best indoor championship point total in school history to place 19th overall.

Women’s team member Ashley Trimble was honored as an All-America selection, along with Sorrillo and Madison.

Altogether in the 2009 indoor season, the Wildcats entered 21 new top-10 indoor times/marks into the all-time UK record books.

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2009 OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD REVIEW

Ashley Muffet (above) claimed the SEC outdoor discus title and earned SEC Athlete of the Year honors in 2009, while Rondel Sorrillo earned three outdoor All-America honors and was the NCAA runner-up in the 200 meters.

uring the 2009 outdoor season, both the Wildcat men and women brought home the hardware as they proved to be consistent conference and national contenders. In all, Kentucky’s athletes earned eight All-America recognitions, while two throwers were awarded for their continued success.

The Wildcat men tallied 15 points at the 2009 NCAA Track and Field Outdoor Championships held in Fayetteville, Ark., as they finished in 15th overall. One athlete, junior Rondel Sorrillo, amazingly had a hand in all 15 points accumulated by Kentucky at the championship.

Sorrillo began his campaign at Nationals with a runner-up finish in the 200m. Crossing the line in 20.70, Sorrillo picked up eight points for the Wildcats. Sorrillo then placed fifth in the 100m and grabbed four more points. Clocking in at 10.22, Sorrillo set a personal-best time along the way.

Joining seniors Gordon McKenzie and Jose Acevedo, and junior Kwasi Obeng, Sorrillo finished sixth overall in the 4x100. With a time of 39.27, the group tallied Kentucky’s final three points of the championship.

Sorrillo garnered All-America honors for his three top-10 performances at the NCAA Outdoor Championships. Adding to the two All-America awards he received during the indoor season, Sorrillo became the first Wildcat man to receive five of the honors in one year. Joining Sorrillo, McKenzie, Acevedo and Obeng also received All-America recognition.

Coming off of his discus title at the 2008 NCAA Outdoor Championships, senior Rashaud Scott continued his run as one of the nation’s top throwers. Scott took the Southeastern Conference Outdoor Championship in the discus with a throw of 194-4. The league discus title was the first of Scott’s career, as he outperformed the rest of the field by 11 feet.

Scott continued his run as he advanced to the NCAA Track and Field Outdoor Mideast Regional. The defending regional discus champion, Scott claimed the title yet again with a personal-best score of 216-2. The mark also broke the Mideast Regional record, originally set by Auburn’s Gabor Mate with a 213-5 in 2005. Scott added yet another title to his collection at the regional as he grabbed the shot put crown with a winning throw of 62-1.25.

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For his performances at the Mideast Regional, Scott was given the prestigious title of Southeast Region Men’s Field Athlete of the Year, as announced by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA). The USTFCCCA honors the top track and field athletes along with the top head coaches and assistant coaches in nine Division I regions.

Awards are voted on by coaches within their respective region.

Advancing to the NCAA Championships, Scott added an AllAmerica award to his resume, as he finished tenth overall in the discus event. The Wildcat received two All-America accolades the previous year for his performances at Nationals.

Senior Chase Madison joined Scott in the discus competition at Nationals. In his effort, Madison received the first All-America recognition of his Kentucky career.

Madison’s accomplishment brought the total number of Kentucky 2009 Outdoor All-America selections to eight.

Leading the Wildcat women at the NCAA Championships was senior Ashley Trimble. Competing in the heptathlon, Trimble finished 14th overall with 5,459 points. In the final event of the heptathlon, she placed second in the 800m run with a personal-best time of 2:11.32.

Trimble’s mark was the second-fastest time run in the heptathlon 800m at nationals over the past five years.

Trimble also finished 12th in the javelin with a personal-best 118-8. She also hit the dirt at 17-9.75 to place 20th in the heptathlon long jump.

The 4x400 men’s relay squad of Obeng, Acevedo, and seniors Stephan Smith and Brandon Austin finished 16th nationally as they came in at 3:08.15. Junior Ashley Muffet and senior Emilee Strot threw in the discus competition. Muffet placed 17th overall with a throw of 161-2, while Strot’s throw of 153-7 landed her 22nd.

A few weeks earlier at the Mideast Regional in Louisville, Ky., 22 Wildcats competed to earn a spot at the NCAA Championships. The men recorded their best finish in seven-year history of the regional, as they registered 46 points to take third place. Finishing 19th, the women recorded 14 total points.

At the SEC Championships, junior Ashley Muffet made her mark as she brought home a number of prestigious honors.

Muffet took home the conference discus crown with a throw of 182-0.

Grabbing 10 points with her conference championship, Muffet added six more to the women’s total as she took third in the hammer throw. Also finishing fourth in shot put, she earned five more points, tallying 21 total.

Nabbing 21 of Kentucky’s 56 points earned at the SEC Championship, Muffet was awarded the SEC Outdoor Women’s Track and Field Commissioner’s Cup for the second time in her career. The prestigious award is given to the top individual point scorer at the conference meet.

Aside from winning the Commissioner’s Cup, Muffet was also crowned SEC Women’s Co-Field Athlete of the Year.

In the end, the Wildcat women finished sixth overall, while the men recorded 55 points, good for seventh. Six competitors from both the men’s and women’s squad earned conference honors as well.

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2010 WILDCAT SUPPORT STAFF ANDRE ENGLISH V OLUNTEER C OACH ndre English enters his fifth season as a volunteer coach, assisting coach Erin Tucker with the sprinters and hurdlers. As a former collegiate and professional athlete, English brings a wealth of experience to the University of Kentucky Track and Field squad.

“Coach English is a great athlete that has understood the sport from a young age,” Tucker said. “Even today, he continues to be a student of the sport. Andre certainly has a bright coaching future ahead of him!”

English was a four-year letter winner at the University of Illinois where he competed in sprints and hurdles from 2003-06. At the Big 10 Championships, English took second place in 60-meter hurdles in 2004 and in the 110-meter hurdles in 2006. English was a regional qualifier all four years, while qualifying for the NCAA Championships in 2004.

A two-time United States Indoor Championships qualifier, English holds a personal best of 7.85 in the 60m hurdles and 13.85 in the 110m hurdles. English also owns top times of 6.82 in the 60m, 10.51 in the 100m and 21.31 in the 200m.

English graduated from Illinois in 2006 with a bachelor’s degree in recreation, sport and tourism. He completed his master’s in kinesiology at UK in the fall of 2009.

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Webster graduated from the University of Kentucky in 1978 with a degree in Education. He began his career at the Centre College in Danville, Ky. where he was the head athletic trainer at Centre from 19781980. At the University of Florida, Webster served as the athletic trainer for the men’s basketball team from 1980-1982, while assisting with football and handling all team travel for the men’s basketball squad. He also worked with the track and field teams while in Gainesville. He also served as the head athletic trainer at Morehead State from 1982-1992 while earning his masters degree in Physical Education.

LISA PETERSON A SSOCIATE AD/F INANCE T RACK & F IELD A DMINISTRATOR isa Peterson joined the UK Athletics Department in January 2003 as Assistant Athletics Director for Business. She was elevated to her current role of Associate Athletics Director in June 2006.

Peterson manages the day-to-day operations of the athletic business office for all 22 sports and its $67 million budget, including supervising payroll, personnel and information systems. This is her third season overseeing the Kentucky track and field program and her fourth as UK’s senior woman administrator.

She is a member of the senior-level management team and has served on several campus committees, including IRIS Steering Committee at UK and campus liaison for the NCAA self-study. She was a member of the NCAA Track and Field Committee from 2005 – 2007. This committee is responsible for the oversight and management of the rules and NCAA Championships of cross country, indoor and outdoor track and field.

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KRISTY GARRETT T RACK & F IELD S ECRETARY

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MIKE PIRRMAN ACADEMIC COUNSELOR

MELISSA LEAKE ATHLETIC TRAINER

ZACK SANCHEZ ATHLETIC TRAINER

JOHN SPURLOCK STRENGTH & CONDITIONING

TONY NEELY ATHLETIC MEDIA RELATIONS DIRECTOR

NICOLE BRITENRIKER MEDIA RELATIONS STUDENT ASST.

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ASHLEY MUFFET Senior • Throws • North Canton, Ohio (Hoover)

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2009 SEC Outdoor Co-Field Athlete of the Year 2009 SEC Outdoor Champion - Discus 2009 & 2007 SEC Commissioner’s Cup Recipient 2009 All-SEC Outdoor First Team - Discus 2009 NCAA Outdoor Semifinalist - Discus 2009 Mideast Regional Finalist - Discus 2009 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District Third Team • 2009 SEC Academic Honor Roll • 2008 U.S. Olympic Trials Participant - Shot Put • 2008 NCAA Indoor Semifinalist - Shot Put • 2007 NCAA Outdoor Semifinalist - Discus • 2007 All-SEC Indoor First Team - Shot Put • 2007 Indoor All-American - Shot Put • 2007 SEC Indoor Champion - Shot Put • 2006 All-SEC, All-Mideast Region - Shot Put • Varsity Record Holder – Discus; Outdoor & Indoor Shot Put • Freshman Record Holder - Outdoor Shot Put; Indoor Shot Put; Weight Throw; Hammer 2009 (Senior): Outdoor – Become the first women's throwing event conference outdoor champion at Kentucky after clinching women's discus conference title to earn All-SEC first team honors ... Named SEC Women's Co-Field Athlete of the Year ... Won as a result of finishing first in discus at 182-0, third in the hammer with a personal-best distance of 192-1 and a fourth-place showing in the shot put with a heave of 52-3.75 ... Won the 2009 SEC Outdoor Women’s Commissioner’s Cup, the trophy awarded to the league’s top individual points scorer with 21 total points ... Set the varsity discus record with a winning throw of 187-8 at Ohio State while also breaking the Owens Stadium record during the Jesse Owens Track Classic in May ... Named SEC Women’s Field Athlete of the Week, her fourth career recognition by the conference, as a result ... Automatically qualified for nationals with a third-place discus toss of 181-0 at the NCAA Mideast Regional in Louisville ... Finished 17th overall at NCAA Championships with with a top discus throw of 161-2 ... Earned SEC Athlete of the Week honors for third time in career after posting three NCAA qualifying marks to open the season at Arizona State. Indoor – Did not compete. 2008 (Junior): At U.S. Olympic Trials, finished 17th overall in the event with a toss of 50-2.50 on her final attempt. Outdoor – Did not compete.

Indoor – At NCAA Championships, finished eighth in her flight and 16th overall in the women's shot put, throwing a distance of 51-2.75 ... Turned in a season-best performance and a fourth-place showing in the weight throw at the SEC Championships with a toss of 59-4.75 ... Took third in the shot out at SECs with distance 2

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measuring 51-9 ... A shot put throw of 55-03.00 placed her second nationally after competing at UK’s McCravy Memorial. 2007 (Sophomore): Indoor – Named 2007 Indoor All-American ... Finished ninth at NCAA Indoor Championships with a shot put toss of 53-1.75 ... Broke 24-year-old school record of 53-7.5 that was held by Cindy Crapper in 1983 in the indoor women’s shot put with a winning throw of 55-3.05 at Kentucky Invitational ... Surpassed her previous personal-best and school record with a Iowa State Classic... Named SEC Female Field Athlete of the Week for performance at Iowa State. The award is the second such honor in Muffet’s career, as she was also named Female Field Athlete of the Week on April 5, 2006. It marked the first time in school history that a UK female athlete has won the award during the indoor season ... Broke her own school record in the women’s shot put for second time in season at the SEC Indoor Championships capturing the 2007 shot put title with a school-record toss of 56-8.50 and was the SEC’s only automatic NCAA qualifier in the event. Outdoor – At NCAA Outdoor Championships just missed qualifying for the finals in the discus with a toss of 166-3 to finish 13th ... At NCAA Mideast Regional threw a toss of 170-0 in women’s discus placing her second all-time in school history ... Tied for the 2007 SEC Outdoor Women’s Commissioner’s Cup, the trophy awarded to the league’s top individual points scorer at the championships ... She finished with 22 of UK’s 42 team points finishing second in the shot put and hammer throw and third in the discus Auburn’s Kerron Stewart also finished with 22 points ... At the SEC Championships earned a regional qualifier and recorded the second-best hammer throw in school history with toss of 189-11. 2006 (Freshman): Indoor – Broke UK frosh records and moved into the all-time top 10 in the shot put (52-4, third all-time) and weight throw (61-9, second all-time) … Placed third at the SEC Championships in the shot put and seventh in the weight throw … Was UK’s top scorer at the conference meet by tallying eight team points … Season-best mark of 52-4 in the shot put was an NCAA provisional mark … Placed first in the shot put and weight throw at the Kentucky Invitational … Posted a then-personal best (52-2.75) to finish first in the shot put at the Hoosier Relays … Outdoor – Outstanding first-year thrower who broke a 23-year old Kentucky shot-put record (54-2.50) at SEC Championships to place second … Ranks first in the shot put, tied for third in the hammer throw (186-6, frosh record) and eighth in the discus (156-0) all-time at UK … Placed eighth in the hammer throw at conference meet … Qualified regionally in all three throwing events … Finished sixth at regional meet in the shot put (52-4) to earn a trip to the NCAA Championships ... Won the shot put and hammer throw titles at the Seminole Invitational … Brought home the shot crown at the Yellow Jacket Invite with a throw of 51-11.25 ... Competed at the USA Track and Field Championships, finishing 16th overall. High School: Won and set a state meet record with a personal-best toss of 50-6.50 in the shot put … Also won the discus title …

Placed first by over 17 feet in the discus at the Midwest Meet of Champions …

Also placed first in the shot put with a meet record of 49-8.50 … A seven-time allOhio selection … Won the hammer throw (171-5) title at the Nike Outdoor Nationals … Placed third in the shot put at the Nike Outdoor Nationals … Finished third in the shot put at the Nike Outdoor Nationals … Finished fourth in the shot put at the 2005 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships … Also competed in soccer her first three years in high school. Personal: Full name is Ashley Muffet … Born Sept. 16, 1986 in San Antonio, Texas … Parents are Dan and Patty Muffet … Father played collegiate football at Mount Union … Has two sisters, Brittany and Morgan, and one brother, Marcus. Personal Bests: Shot Put – 568.50; Hammer Throw – 192-1; Discus – 187-8; Weight Throw – 61-9.

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JENNA MARTIN Junior • Sprints • Nova Scotia, Canada (Bridgetown)

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• 2009 Represented Team Canada at World Championships 4x400m Relay • 2008 Canadian Olympic Trials Participant- 400m Dash • 2008 NCAA Indoor All-American - 400m Dash • 2008 NCAA Outdoor Semifinalist - 400m Dash • 2008 Two-time Bronze Medalist at NACAC Under-23 Championships - 400m Dash, 4x400m Relay • 2007 NCAA Outdoor Semifinalist - 400m Dash • 2007 NCAA Mideast Regional Participant – 400m Dash, 4x400m Relay • 2007 NCAA Indoor Championships Participant – 400m Dash • 2007 Athletics Canada Junior Athlete of the Year • Member of 2007 Canadian Junior National Team • Varsity Record Holder – Indoor 4x400m Relay; Indoor 400m Dash; Outdoor 400m Dash • Freshman Record Holder - Indoor 400m Dash; Outdoor 400m Dash 2009 (Junior): Redshirted indoor and outdoor seasons ... Represented Canada in the women’s 4x400m relay at the 2009 World Championships held in Berlin, Germany ... The Canadian relay squad finished sixth in its preliminary heat with a time of 3:29.17 ... Has competed in all four NCAA Championships for each season she has run in the Blue and White. 2008 (Sophomore): Outdoor – Finished third in the 400m dash final with a time of 52.95 at the Canadian Olympic Trials held in Windsor, Ontario, but did not attain the Olympic standard to qualify for the 2008 Summer Games in Beijing, China ... At the 2008 North America, Central America and Caribbean (NACAC) Under-23 Track and Field Championships in Toluca, Mexico, posted two third-place finishes collecting the first bronze medal in the 400m dash finals with a time of 2

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52.45 and collected the other after running the opening leg of the 4x400m relay helping the team finish third with a time of 3:35.26 ... Placed sixth in her heat and 13th nationally in the 400m dash semifinals at the NCAA Championships with a time of 53.25 ... At SEC Championships, placed third overall in the 400m with a season-best time of 52.77 ... Also scored points as member of fifth-place 4x400m relay team (3:39.48) and seventh-place 4x100m relay team (45.48). Indoor – At NCAA Championships finished sixth overall in the 400m dash with a time of 53.15 to earn her first All-America honors ... On final day of SEC championships, broke the UK 400m dash record for second time at the meet, improving her record in the event by 0.39 seconds, clocking in at 52.32 to finish third overall and earn an NCAA automatic bid while placing behind athletes that ran the top two times in the nation at the time ... Also ran the opening leg of the 4x400m relay that finished fifth overall in a time of 3:38.10 at the league meet ... At conference championships broke the 400 meter dash record for the second time in two meets edging her own top mark by 0.01 seconds crossing the line at 52.71 in the prelims ... Also posted the third-best mark all-time in the 200m dash with a time of 24.03 at the SECs ...

Set the 400m dash school record at the Tyson Invitational with a time of 52.72 in the 400m dash prelims, breaking a decade-old record held by Roshell Russell (52.90) in 1998 ... Named SEC Female Runner of the Week as a result of the time that ranked second nationally ... Set another varsity record as a member of the 4x400m relay team at the Iowa State Qualifier tying the UK record time of 3:38.08 set in 1996. 2007 (Freshman): Outdoor – Shattered her lifetime personal-record time inthe 400-meter dash at the Pan Am Junior Athletics Championships and became the first female UK runner in school history to break the 52-second mark as she finished second in the finals of the event. Competing as a member of Team Canada, broke the school record and her own freshman school record with a time of 51.91 ... Member of the Team Canada 4x400m relay team that finished fourth in the finals of the Pan Am Junior Athletics Championships running ran her leg in 51.2 and her squad finished in a time of 3:38.85 ... Advanced to the semifinals of the 400-meter dash at the NCAA Championships (52.60) breaking the previous freshman school record of 52.65 set by Michelle Brown in 1994 ... Anchor leg of UK’s 4x400 relay squad that set the second-fastest time in school history at the NCAA Mideast Regional (3:38.78). Indoor – At NCAA Indoor Championships, finished fourth in her heat in the preliminaries of the women’s 400 meter run to finish 15th overall ...

At SEC Indoor Championships notched an NCAA provisional-qualifying and personal best mark of 53.44 in the 400 meter, which broke the freshman school record as the fastest freshman in the event in the nation and is second all-time at UK ... Ran a personal-best 24.32 in the 200 meter at SEC Championships.

The mark is fifth-best all-time at UK ... Part of women’s distance medley relay that posted an NCAA provisional-qualifying mark with a time of 11:27.73 at New Balance Invitational. High School: Coached by Charles Scarrow … Was the top-ranked Canadian in the 400 meter as a senior … Holds 53 overall records in Nova Scotia in the 100, 200, 400 and 800 meter … The Canadian Legion champion and record holder in the 400 meter her freshman, sophomore and junior years … Represented Canada in the 2006 Penn Relays … Also a member of the volleyball squad her first three years in high school … An honor student from grades 7-12. Personal: Full name is Jenna Grace Martin … Born March 31, 1988 … Parents are Steve and Lynn Martin … Has two siblings, Ian and Gavin. Personal Bests: 400m - 51.91; 200m - 24.03.

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KRISTIN SMITH Senior • Throws • Marietta, Ga. (Sprayberry)

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2009 NCAA Outdoor Semifinalist - Hammer 2009 NCAA Mideast Regional Finalist - Hammer 2009 All-SEC Indoor Second Team - Weight Throw 2008 NCAA Mideast Regional Semifinalist – Hammer Varsity Record Holder – Hammer

2009 (Junior): Outdoor – At the NCAA Mideast Regional, broke the UK hammer record she had set earlier in the season in Atlanta by 10 feet with a secondplace mark of 209-2 on the first attempt of the finals and automatically qualified for Nationals as a result ... As a result, she became the first UK woman to clear the 200-foot mark in the hammer throw ... More impressively, she eclipsed the old record of 199-2 on each of her final four throws of the regional and automatically qualified for the NCAA Championships while collecting eight team points for the Cats ... Finished 20th at the NCAA Championships in the hammer after throwing a distance of 182-1 in the qualifying round ... At Georgia Tech Invitational, broke the UK varsity record in the hammer throw with a distance measuring 199-2 to earn an NCAA regional-qualifying mark and win the competition ...

Won Purdue Invitational hammer title after a regional-qualifying throw of 191-6 ... At the SEC Championships, picked up a point for the Cats with an eighthplace throw of 168-11. Indoor – On day two of the SEC Championships, placed second overall in the weight throw earning an NCAA provisional mark with a personal-best throw of 61-11.50 that ranks second all-time at UK to current record holder and teammate Heather Smith ... Was honored as member of All=SEC Indoor Second Team in the weight throw after perfrormance ... At Virginia Tech Last Chance Meet, finished third in the weight throw, pitching the implement a distance of 61-3.50. 2008 (Sophomore): Outdoor – Posted a mark of 165-1 at the Mideast Regional in the hammer throw ... Placed sixth at the SEC Championships in the hammer with personal-best mark of 191-1 that ranked second all-time at UK ... That mark was just under a 40-foot improvement from the year before ... In the shot put at SECs, finished seventh overall with season-best mark of 46-10.25, good for eighth all-time at UK. Indoor – Placed seventh overall in the weight throw at the SEC Championships with a toss of 55-4.75 ... Threw personal-best weight throw distance of 59-7.75 at Tyson Invitational. 2007 (Freshman): Indoor – Threw a personal best of 53-0 in weight throw at Kentucky Invitational ... also competed in shot put. Outdoor – Threw a personal best in shot put with heave of 43-4.25 at Auburn Tiger Track Classic which ranks as the 10th-best mark all-time at UK ... Achieved another personalbest in hammer throw at SEC Outdoor Championships in Tuscaloosa, Ala., the eighth-best mark in the UK record books. High School: A four-year member of her high school track and field squad … Named the 2006 Georgia Female Field Athlete of the Year … An all-American in the indoor shot put her final campaign … The state and Cobb County champion in the shot put her senior year … Also won the Cobb County and regional title in the shot put her junior campaign …

Runner-up for the county and regional discus titles her senior year … Also a fouryear member of the varsity volleyball squad, on which she was team captain for three years earning All-Region honors in 2005 … Posted a 3.5 grade point average every semester of her high school career .. A class officer for three years … A member of the Spanish Honor Society and Senior Elite. Personal: Full name is Kristin Alyna Smith … Born Dec. 23, 1987 in Atlanta, Ga. … Parents are Eugene and Sherry Smith … Has one sister, Gina. Personal Bests: Shot Put - 48-2; Weight Throw - 61-11.5; Hammer Throw - 209-2.

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KE’UNDRA BISHOP Junior • Jumps • Houston, Texas (Klein Forest)

2009 NCAA MIDEAST REGIONAL SEMIFINALIST • 2009 & 2008 SEC Academic Honor Roll • 2009 & 2008 NCAA Mideast Regional Semifinalist – Triple Jump 2009 (Sophomore): Outdoor – At the 2009 SEC Championships, tied her personal-best triple jump mark set at 2008 league meet with a leap of 4009.75, good for fifth place overall and four points for the Wildcats; the 2009 measurement replaces her sixth-place mark all-time at UK. Indoor – Hit the dirt with a season-best distance of 40-1.25 to finish fourth overall in the triple jump at the Penn State National Invitational ... At SEC Championships, placed sixth overall in the triple jump with a distance measuring 39-11.50 ... Also a member of seventh-place distance medley relay team at conference championships ... Leapt 18-7 in the long jump at the Rod McCravy Memorial Meet - her best mark this season.

2008 (Freshman): Outdoor – Placed eighth overall at SEC Championships with a personal best jump of 40-9.75, good for sixth all-time at UK ...

Jumped 38-2.75 in Mideast regional semifinal competition ... At Nikoloff invitational, leaped a season-best 17-5.25 in the long jump and ran 25.76 in 200m dash, also a season best. Indoor – Placed second at Kentucky Invitational in the triple jump measuring 40-6.75 which ranks fourth alltime at UK ... Jumped a season-best mark of 17-2.75 at SEC/Big Ten Challenge. High School: Placed third in the 2007 Texas 5A state meet triple jump ... Also two-time district champ, three-time regional qualifier and two-time state qualifier in the event ... 2006 placed sixth in the 200meter dash at the 5A state finals. ... State qualifier in 4x200m relay ... Twotime regional qualifier in 4x400m relay ... Coached by Derrick Koontz ...

Also lettered three years in basketball ... Honor Roll student all four years of high school ... Member of FCCLA, Gospel Choir and Stand Leaders ... Student Council Committee Chair and Class Representative.

Personal: Full name is Ke’Undra Bre’Sha Bishop ... Born May 5, 1989 in Houston ... Parents are Earl and Mary Bishop ... Has one sister, Lisa McQuocordale ... Nickname “KeKe.” Personal Bests: Triple Jump - 409.75; Long Jump -19-0; 200m dash - 24.26.

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ANDREA HALASEK-RICHARDSON Senior • Distance • Georgetown, Ky. (Scott County)

2008 ALL-MIDEAST REGIONAL • 2008 NCAA Cross Country Championship Participant • 2008 NCAA Mideast Regional Finalist – 3000m Steeplechase • 2008 All-Mideast Regional Team – Steeplechase • 2008 SEC Bronze Medalist – Steeplechase • 2008 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team • 2008 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District Second Team • 2008 State Farm Scholar Athlete of the Month • 2008 and 2007 SEC Good Works Team • 2008 and 2007 SEC Academic Honor Roll • 2007 All-Southeast Region Cross Country • 2007 All-SEC Second Team Cross Country • 2007 NCAA Mideast Regional Participant – 3000m Steeplechase • Varsity Record Holder – 3000m Steeplechase 2008-09 (Senior): Cross Country - Crossed NCAA finish line in 6K time of 22:10 as fourth UK scorer and 216th overall ... At Southeast Regional, wrapped

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2007-08 (Junior): Cross Country - Finished 23rd overall at Southeast Regional with a 6K time of 21:20 to earn All-Region honors ... Led squad by crossing the line first for the Cats at SEC Championships with 6K mark of 21:25 good for 14th overall; earning her a spot on the women's second team All-SEC. Indoor Posted a personal best time in the 5000m run at the Husky Classic crossing the finish in 17:00.67 to pencil her name into the seventh position in the UK record books. ... Set a personal record in the mile run at the McCravy Memorial meet with a mark of 4:53.24 ... At the Kentucky Invitational set a personal-best time in the 3000m run of 9:50.30. Outdoor - One of three UK women to score at the Mideast Regional by placing eighth overall in the steeplechase with a time of 10:56.90, earning All-Mideast Regional Honors ... At SEC Championships toppled the steeplechase record a second time with a personal-best pace of 10:35.76 and placed third overall ... Broke own steeplechase varsity record set in 2007 with a time of 10:47.65 at the Stanford Invitational. Honors - Named to the Southeastern Conference Good Works Team for the second consecutive season for her dedication to community service ... Member of USTFCCCA All-Academic team and ESPN The Magazine's Academic All-District Second Team. 2006-07 (Sophomore): Named to SEC Good Works Team for the 2007 season for her dedication to community service. Cross Country – Competed in each of Kentucky’s meets as a sophomore ... Best finish came at the Greater Louisville Classic where she was in the top 20 with a squad-best 18th place finish and a 5K time of 18:25 ... Finished in a personal-best 5K time of 18:08 at the Old Timer’s Classic to finish sixth overall ... Was second on the team and 37th overall at the SEC Championships (21:42, 6K). Indoor – Ran a personal-best time of 5:05.67 in mile run at McCravy Memorial ... Posted personal-best mark of 10:11 in 3000m at Kentucky invitational. Outdoor – Picked up a regional-qualifying mark and personal best in the women’s 3,000-meter steeplechase with a time of 10:48.06 to finish seventh at SEC Outdoor Championships and earn her a trip to the NCAA Mideast Regional. 2005-06 (Freshman): Cross Country – Competed in each of the squads five meets during her freshman campaign … Helped key UK’s fourth-place finish at the SEC Championships with a strong 41st place showing at the conference meet (21:36, 6K) … Finished seventh at the Woodford Trials (12:10, 2-mile). Indoor – Competed in the mile and the 800 (2:24.12) for the Cats. Outdoor – Posted a personal best 4:50.90 in the 1,500 at the Yellow Jacket Invite … Held the Cats’ top 3,000m mark of the season. High School: A three-time first team All-State honoree ... second at the 2005 Kentucky High School Cross Country State Championships … third at the state meet in the 3,200 meters as a senior … Three-time Area 6 Cross Country Runner of the Year … Won four cross country races as a senior … Scott County High School record-holder for 5,000, 3,200 and 1,600 meters … Lettered four years on her high school track and cross country squads … Also competed in golf … Fourtime academic all-state performer. Personal: Full name is Andrea Nayle Halasek … Born Feb. 15, 1987 … Parents are Bob and Judy Halasek … Mother Judy is a UK grad ... Has one brother, Trent, a sophomore on the UK track team …

Majoring in elementary education ... Married former UK distance runner John Richardson on Dec. 31, 2009. Personal Bests: 1,500m run- 4:38.70; Mile 5:05.67; 3000m Run - 10:08.37; Steeplechase - 10:48.06.

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2010 WILDCAT WOMEN 29, 1989 in Byron Center, Mich. ... Parents are Sam and Laurie Angell ...

Has one sister, Julie ... Father was a thrower at the University of Michigan.

KATY ACHTIEN Freshman • Distance Fishers, Ind. (Cathedral) 2009-10 (Freshman): Cross Country – Competed in four meets for the Wildcats … Best performance came at the NCAA Southeast Regional where she finished seventh on the team recording a 6K time of 22:54 to finish 111th overall … At SEC Championships finished eighth on the team on the 6K course with a finish of 24:03 … Also finished as eighth Wildcat across the line at Old Timers Classic with 5K mark of 19:23.37. High School: FirstTeam All-State cross country selection as a senior, sophomore and freshman ... Named 2009 cross country/track Athlete of the Year at Cathedral in final year ... Four-time Indianapolis City Cross Country Champion from 2005-08 ... Holds school records in both the 4,000m and 5,000m runs ... Four-year MVP and letterwinner in both cross country and track ... Member of cross country team that finished 11th in the Indiana state championships as a junior ... Her cross country team placed sixth overall in the state and won sectional and regional championships as a freshman ... Coached by Mark Worrell and Matt Wire ... Graduated with honors ...

Member of National Honor Society ... Volunteered with Big Brothers/Big Sisters, Paws for a Cause and Habitat for Humanity. Personal: Full name is Merrie Katelyn Achtien ... Born June 7, 1991 in Mission Viejo, Calif. ...

Parents are Chris and Melissa Achtien ... Has three siblings: two brothers Chris and Evan; one sister Lauren who played soccer at the University of Akron ... Major is nursing.

MARY ANGELL Junior • Throws Byron Center, Mich. (Byron Center/North Carolina)

SARAH BUHLER Freshman • Sprints/Hurdles Union, Ky. (Ryle) High School: Placed third in the 300m hurdles at the Kentucky 3A state meet as a senior to earn second team All-State honors ... Claimed Boone County Championship in 300m hurdles in final campaign … In junior season, won regional championship for 300m hurdles to win All-Region accolades ... Named to Academic All-State First Team as a junior … Owns school records in 300m hurdles (47.23) and 4x400m relay (4:10.82) …

Recognized as high school Athlete of the Year and team MVP as a senior ... Tabbed as team’s best sprinter in junior year … Track team finished fourth in Kentucky Class AAA state meet during junior year after claiming regional and conference championships … As a sophomore, track team placed as Class AAA Region 5 runner-up ... Coached by Jim Wihebrink ...

Three-year letter winner in track in final three years … Played volleyball all four years winning district titles in first three seasons … Four-year honor roll student and AP scholar with distinction … Earned school’s work ethic diploma ... Served as senior class officer and member of National Honor, Science National Honor and Math National Honor Societies … Volunteered with Special Olympics and participated in Locks of Love. Personal: Full name is Sarah Nicole Buhler … Born March 26, 1991 in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada ... Parents are Bevan and Cheryl Buhler ... Has one sister, Natasha … Father player junior football in Canada … Intended major is mining engineering.

BRITTANY CABBLER 2009 (Sophomore): Outdoor – Competed at the NCAA Mideast Regional in both the discus and shot put … Threw a personal-best distance of 1629 in the discus at the Triton Invitational to move into UK’s all-time record list at the eighth position … At the SEC Championships, placed fifth in the discus with a throw of 157-6 … Finished seventh in the shot put at the conference meet throwing a personal-best outdoor mark of 48-8 that ranks seventh all-time at UK …

Placed eighth overall in the shot put at the Triton Invitational recording a distance of 48-5.50. Indoor – Posted a personal-best shot put throw of 500.75 at the Iowa State Classic to claim sixth place; the mark ranks fifth alltime at UK … At the Rod McCravy Memorial Meet, placed sixth in the shot put stretching the tape to 49-0.25 … Placed seventh in the shot put at the SEC Championships throwing a distance of 48-10. Previous College (North Carolina): Led Tar Heel throwers in the shot put as a freshman in both indoor and outdoor seasons with top mark of 47-0.25 ... Top distance in the discus was 160-4 ... Coached by Dennis Craddock. High School: Michigan Gatorade track athlete of the year as a senior ... Threetime Michigan state champion in shot put ... Discus state champion in 2007 ... Holds Michigan state records in both shot put (49-6) and discus (165-7) ... Coached by her father, Sam Angell ... Played four years of volleyball and tennis earning All-conference honors in both her junior and senior years ... Graduated Summa Cum Laude ... Member of National Honor Society. Personal: Full name is Mary Christine Angell ... Born Aug. 2

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Junior • Sprints Roanoke, Va. (William Fleming) 2009 (Sophomore): Outdoor – Entered UK record books with 400m time of 55.83 at SEC Championships – good for 10th in school history … Ran third leg of 4x400m relay squad that turned in a season-best time of 3:42.38 to place fifth overall at Sea Ray Relays … Member of 4x400m relay that placed sixth overall at SEC Championships in 3:43.27 … At the Triton Invitational, ran on championship 4x400m relay team clocking in at 3:53.56 … Finished sixth in the 400m dash at Triton with a time of 57.05 … Turned in top 200m time of 25.29 at Jesse Owens Track Classic. Indoor – At McCravy Memorial Meet, competed on third-place 4x400m relay team that posted a season-best time of 3:42.43 … Ran third leg of 4x400m relay that took home seventh place at SEC Championships in a time of 3:42.75 … Also at conference meet, posted season-best 400m time of 56.84 … Recorded top 200m time at Kentucky Invitational, crossing the finish line on 25.82. 2008 (Freshman): Outdoor – Won the 400m dash at Eastern Kentucky Open, with a season-best time of 57.30. Indoor – Ran season-best time of 58.16 in the 400m dash at the New Balance College Invitational ... At SEC/Big 10 challenge recorded season best 200m dash time of 26.02. High School: 2007 Virginia state high school champion in both the 300 and 500 meters ... First female athlete to win

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back-to-back state championships at William Fleming HS (300m - Jr.; 500m - Sr.) ... Numerous accolades in 400m Dash: All-Timesland, 2007 Female Athlete of The Year, All-District, All-Region, All-State all four years ... HS team was state runner-up junior year ... Coached by Robert Vineyard ... Family lines in track and field as cousin Monica Cabbler attended University of Georgia and competed in the triple jump for the Bulldogs and later at the Olympic trials ... On A-B Honor Roll and member of Student Government ... Nominated to represent Virginia’s top high school athletes at city council meeting ... 2007 Homecoming Queen. Personal: Full name is Brittany Cabrita Cabbler ... Born August 14, 1989 in Roanoke, Va. ... Parents are Alfred Cabbler and Rita Hopson ... Has four brothers James Divers, Randy Cabbler, Troy Cabbler and Corey Cabbler ... Nickname: “Britt.”

than five inches ... Cleared 11-7.75 to finish seventh at Jesse Owens Track Classic. Indoor – Posted season-best height of 11-07.75 at the Kentucky Invitational. 2008 (Sophomore): Outdoor – At Nikoloff Invitational placed third overall with season-best vault of 11-7.25 which ranks third all-time at UK. Indoor – At SEC Championships, set a new school record clearing a height of 12-6.25 bettering her record set earlier this season by 2.75 inches to finish eighth in the conference ... Cleared a height of 123.50 to set the school record at the New Balance Collegiate Invitational.

2007: Red-shirted. 2006 (Freshman): Outdoor – Broke the UK outdoor mark in the pole vault with a jump of 11-1 at the Jesse Owens Classic Indoor – Captured the school record with a near personal best jump of 1111.75 (t-ninth place all-time UK) in the pole vault at the SEC Championships … Placed third at the Kentucky Invitational with a leap of 115.75 …Tied for fifth place at the Rod McCravy Invitational. High School: Jumped a personal best 12-0 at the Daviess County Invite ... Won the state meet as a senior with a meet record jump of 11-6 ... Set the indoor state meet record (11-6) by winning the Mason Dixon Games. Personal: Full name is Mary Christine Durham ... Born July 18, 1986 ... Parents are Terry and Mary Beth Durham ... Has two brothers Clay and Rob ... Brother Rob plays football at Georgetown (Ky.) College ... Communications and history graduate with one year of eligibility left in each season.

AUDREY HOLBROOK Sophomore • Distance Beavercreek, Ohio (Beavercreek)

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MARY CHRIS DURHAM Senior • Pole Vault Owensboro, Ky. (Owensboro)

2008-09 (Freshman): Cross Country – Ran three meets for the Wildcats this season ... Best finish was at Memphis Twilight completing the 5K course in 20:59. Outdoor – Ran top 1,500m time of 5:28.60 at Eastern Kentucky Open. Indoor Recorded top 3,000m run mark of 11:19.18 at Kentucky Invitational. High School: A seven-time letterwinner in cross country and track and field at Beavercreek High School ... Cross Country First Team All-League as senior and junior ... Individual league champion, All-Region and state qualifier in cross country as a junior ... Cross country teams qualified for state tournament, won the district title twice and clinched the league championship three times during her career ...

Coached by Jack Holliday ... Played soccer during freshman year ... Member of Ohio All-Academic team ... Member of the National Honor Society and Student Council. Personal: Full name is Audrey Lynn Holbrook ...

Born Apr. 2, 1990 ... Parents are Keith and Teresa Holbrook ... Has three siblings: Amy Mowbray, Betsy Holbrook and Cady Holbrook ... Family includes several Kentucky grads including father Keith, sister Amy a former member of the UK dance team, brother-in-law Adam played golf for the Blue and White and sister Betsy a former member of the Wildcat soccer team; twin sister Cady also attends UK and is a current member of the soccer squad ... Major is undecided.

• 2009 All-District CoSIDA Academic Honor Roll • 2009, 2008, 2007 and 2006 SEC Academic Honor Roll • Varsity Record Holder – Indoor Pole Vault • Varsity Record Holder – Outdoor Pole Vault • Freshman Record Holder – Indoor Pole Vault

SUZANNE HOLT Junior • Distance Greenville, Ky. (Muhlenburg South) • 2009 SEC Academic Honor Roll • 2008 NCAA Cross Country Championship Participant

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at Old Timers Classic with 5K time of 19:21 to finish seventh on the team … At SEC Championships crossed line at 25:07 on 6K course. 2008-09 (Sophomore): Cross Country – Competed in first NCAA Championship Meet finishing the 6K course in 24:12 ... Scored in two meets for the Cats this season ... Ran fifth on the team at Memphis Twilight clocking in at a pace of 19:49 for the 5K race ... Also placed fifth on the team at Iona Meet of Champions with a 6K mark of 24:10 ... Season best times were recorded at Notre Dame Invitational (5K - 19:06) and Penn State National Invitational (6K - 23:11). Indoor - Competed in the mile and 3,000m runs. Outdoor - Competed in the 3,000m and 5,000m runs. 2007-08 (Freshman): Cross Country – Competed in first three meets for the Wildcats ... Finished 40th overall at Old Timers Classic 5K (19:47). Indoor - Ran a personal-best time of 5:22.00 in mile run at McCravy Memorial. Outdoor - Posted personal best 3,000m run time at Eastern Kentucky Invitational with a time of 10:43.48 ... At Jesse Owens Track Classic turned in personal best 5,000m time of 18:55.49. High School: KHSAA Class AA State Champion in cross country her senior year ... Regional cross country champion her last two seasons in high school ... Captain of her cross country team her junior and senior years as the squad won the regional title twice and the state title in 2006 ... Indoor state champion in the 3,000-meter run her senior year after finishing as state runner-up in the event in 2005 ... Captured the outdoor regional title in the 1,600-meter run her junior season, earning all-state honors in the event her last two years ... Coached by Mark Fortney ... Lettered four years in cross country and three years in track ... Graduated in the top 20 of her class ... Was her class vice president and also vice president of the National Honor Society ... Senior BETA Club President ... Academic AllState selection her junior and senior years. Personal: Full name is Katherine Suzanne Holt ... Born Feb. 5, 1989 ... Parents are Robert and Laura Holt ...

Has two brothers Heath and Ben ... Major is business marketing.

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2009-10 (Senior): Cross Country – Competed in three meets for UK …

Best performance came at SEC Championships with a 6K time of 23:50.28 to place seventh on the team … Turned in 5K time of 20:10.23 at Old Timers Classic. 2008-09 (Junior): Cross Country - Competed in first NCAA Championship Meet finishing the 6K course in 23:50 ... Ran in last four meets for Wildcats after coming off of preseason injury ... Season best time was recorded at the SEC Championships with a 6K time of 23:13. Indoor - Anchored seventh-place distance medley relay team at SEC Championships ... Ran a personal best 3,000m time of 10:21.72 at the Iowa State Classic. Outdoor - Ran a personal-best time of 4:49.82 in the 1,500m run at the Eastern Kentucky Open ... Also ran the 3,000m run and the steeplechase. 2007-08 (Sophomore): Cross Country - Ran in five of UK’s six meets including the SEC Championships ... Thirty-fifth at the Old Timers Classic with a personal-best 5K time of 19:20. Indoor - Competed in the mile run SEC/Big Ten Challenge turning in a time of 5:07.49. Outdoor – Finished seventh overall at the Yellow Jacket Invitational with personal-best steeplechase time of 11:12.39 ... Placed fourth in steeplechase at Sea Ray Relays clocking in at 11:14.82. 2006-07 (Freshman): Cross Country - Competed in five of UK’s six meets her rookie campaign, including the NCAA Southeast Regional ... Seventh overall at the EKU Invitational with a 2-mile time of 11:43 ... Fifty-seventh at the Cal Poly Invitational with a then-personal-best 5K time of 19:39. Indoor - Did not compete. Outdoor - Earned a personal-best 4:54.30 in the 1,500 meters at the Seminole Invitational. High School: A four-year member of her high school track and cross country squads ... A regional champion and state qualifier in cross country her junior year ... A county, sectional and regional champion in the 1,600 and 3,200 meters her sophomore, junior and senior years ... An all-state selection in the 1,600 her junior year ... Also competed in swimming for four years in high school ... An academic all-state selection her senior year. Personal: Full name is Claire Elizabeth Laverty ... Born Nov. 11, 1987 ... Parents are John and Susan Laverty ... Has one sister, Anne ... Major is psychology.

Freshman • Pole Vault Rockwall, Texas (Rockwall) High School: Earned three medals in the pole vault during four consecutive appearances at Texas state meet ... Owns school record in the event at a height of 12-10 … Member of district championship team as a sophomore … Coached by Toby Howell ... Four-year letter winner in track …

Member of cheerleading squad all four years winning National Championship team titles as freshman and senior … National scholar, academic booster club member and recipient of Lanyard of Knowledge … Member of student council, Wakeboarding Club, FCA, DFYIT and Cheer Athletics … Volunteered 100 hours during senior year with local organizations. Personal: Full name is Shelby Leigh Kennard … Born Jan. 6, 1991 in Richardson, Texas ... Parents are Chris and Annette Kennard ... Has one brother, Blayne … Intended major is communications.

CLAIRE LAVERTY Senior • Distance Yorktown, Ind. (Yorktown) • 2009 All-District CoSIDA Academic Honor Roll • 2009, 2008 and 2007 SEC Academic Honor Roll • 2008 NCAA Cross Country Championship Participant 2

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CALLY MACUMBER Freshman • Distance Rochester Hills, Mich. (Rochester Adams) • 2009 All-SEC Freshman Team – Cross Country 2009-10 (Freshman): Cross Country – Finished in the top two for UK in final four meets of first season in the Blue and White, claiming top team honors twice … Earned All-SEC Freshman Team honors at conference meet clocking in with a 6K time of 22:16 to place second on the team 19th overall … At NCAA Southeast Regional stopped the clock at 21:42, finishing second on the team and 40th overall … Honored as the SEC Cross Country Female Freshman of the Week for her performance in the 5K Greater Louisville Classic as the Wildcats' top runner for the second consecutive race, finishing 12th overall in a time of 17:44.17…Crossed the finish line as the third true freshman out of 291 competitors at the GLC ... Paced the Cats on the 5K Old Timers Classic course by placing fourth overall in a time of 18:13.

High School: Finished as runner-up at the MidEast Meet of Champions in 2008 ... Three-time All-State selection during her final three seasons highlighted by a third-place finish as a junior ... Regional champion as a junior and runner-up as a senior ... Earned All-Region, All-County, AllArea and All-League cross country honors each of her four years ... Named cross country MVP as a senior and junior ... Four-time state qualifier in

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Qualified for state competition twice in the 3,200m run ... Named track team MVP as a senior ... Four-year letterwinner in cross country and track ... Member of Michigan state cross country championship team as a sophomore ... Ran on regional champion cross country teams as a senior, sophomore and freshman ... Coached by Budd Cicciarelli ... Member of All-State Academic Team for cross country in her final year ... Volunteered with Habitat for Humanity. Personal: Full name is Cally Marr Macumber ... Born Aug. 19, 1990 in Rochester Hills, Mich. ... Parents are John and Denise Macumber ... Has one brother - Brent ... Major is undecided.

EMELLE MCCONNEY Freshman • Jumps Pontiac, Mich. (West Bloomfield) High School: Michigan state high jump champion as a senior … Also claimed regional high jump crown in final two seasons … Clinched Oakland County High Jump Championship as junior …

Named to 2009 women’s track and field dream team as a senior ... Owns school high jump record of 5-8 … Tabbed as team’s MVP in senior year after becoming team’s high point scorer for the season … Track team won regional championships during sophomore and junior seasons … Coached by Lee Averil ... Fouryear letter winner in track … Played volleyball and basketball all four years with three years on the varsity in each sport … Named senior captain of volleyball and basketball teams … Volleyball MVP as a senior after earning first team All-Area and All-District honors … Attained volleyball All-District First Team and All-Area Second Team honors as a junior … Named to volleyball All-Academic Team in final campaign … Named Female Athlete of the Year as senior … Graduated Summa Cum Laude … Recognized with Michigan Merit Honor, Michigan High School Athletic Association Scholar-Athlete Award and Oakland Athletic Association Scholar-Athlete Award ... Member of National Honor Society and National Society of High School Scholars. Personal: Full name is Emelle Sharde McConney … Born Dec. 23, 1991 in Pontiac, Michigan ... Parents are Edmond and Evelyn Buhler ... Has two siblings: sister Elandra and brother Evian …

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ASHLEY NEWBY Junior • Combined Events Maplewood, N.J. (Columbia) 2009 (Sophomore): Outdoor – At SEC Championships finished ninth overall in the heptathlon with a season-high 4,628 points after personal-best outdoor marks in the javelin throw, 100m hurdles and shot put. Indoor – During SEC Championship pentathlon, placed ninth overall with personal-best 3,542 points to rank fourth all-time in UK history … Tied personal-best high jump mark of 5-5.75 which ranks 10th all-time in school history during pentathlon competition … Also notched season-best finishes in the 60m hurdles and 800m run in event … Finished seventh overall in the high jump competition at the SEC Championships clearing the bar at 55.25 in her second attempt. 2008 (Freshman): Outdoor – At SEC Championships, finished eighth overall in heptathlon scoring 4,784 points, entering UK’s all-time list in fifth ... Placed ninth in high jump at SECs clearing a height of 5-5.00 ...While competing in heptathlon at SECs, set several season-best marks in the 100m hurdles, 800m run, high jump, long jump and javelin ... Set previous best heptathlon point total of 4,671 at Sea Ray Relays, posting season-best marks in the 200m dash and shot put.

Indoor – Finished 11th overall in pentathlon at SEC Championships with 3358 points which ranks seventh all-time at UK ... Claimed third in the long jump at Kentucky Invitational with personal-best jump of 18-7.75 ...

Posted season-best high jump mark at McCravy Memorial at a height of 52.25. High School: Named the National Scholastic Pentathlon Champion in 2007 and holds the second-ranked indoor performance in the country for the pentathlon ... Second-team at the state meet in the long jump and high jump her senior year ... Essex County champion in the long jump, triple jump and 400-meter hurdles ... Co-State High Jump Relay Record Holder ... County record-holder in high jump ... Fifth-best pentathlon score all-time in New Jersey high school history ... Coached by Flecia Blake and Darrius Pemberton ...Who’s Who Among American Students ...

Member of Columbia High School Special Dance Company ... Trained dancer at The Arts Conservatory Inc., for 15 years. Personal: Full name is Ashley Younnia Newby ... Born June 20, 1989 in Newark, N.J. ... Mother is Lisa Newby ... Has one brother; Terrence ... Cousin is Grammy-winning recording artist Lauryn Hill.

ASHLEY NEWBY

ALEXANDRA MORGAN Freshman • Jumps Birmingham, Ala. (Mountain Brook) High School: A two-time high school All-America selection and a three-time state champion in track and field as a high jumper … Three-time high school track and field All-American … Claimed three state championships in high jump and one in triple jump ... 2008 Nike Indoor National high jump champion … Also a member of UK volleyball team … Led volleyball team to back-to-back area championships and appearances in the state Sweet 16 tournament ... Two-time first team all-state selection, and earned second-team honors in 2006 ... Named to the Birmingham Area Super All-Metro team, Alabama State All-Star team and 2009 Birmingham Area Female Athlete of the Year ... Holds school volleyball records in single-season kills (542) and blocks (130) and is the all-time career leader in both kills and blocks … Also was a standout center on the basketball team …

Personal: Full name is Alexandra Lee Morgan ... Born on May 19, 1991 ... Parents are Weldon and Rusha Morgan … Intended major is undecided.

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SAMANTHA NORMAN Sophomore • Distance Louisville, Ohio (Louisville) 2009-10 (Freshman): Cross Country – Scored in each meet for UK during first season in the Blue and White … At NCAA Southeast Regional, finished as the final scorer on team, completing the 6K course in 22:14 … At SEC Championships, ran at a 6K clip of 22:47 to finish third on the team and 38th overall … Crossed the finish in 34th place overall and as fourth Wildcat at the 5K Greater Louisville Classic, stopping the timer at 18:17.43 … Rounded out UK scorers in 5K Old Timers Classic, ending the race in 18:35. High School: Placed 15th at the MidEast Cross Country Championships as a senior ... Three-time All-State cross country selection as a freshman, sophomore and junior highlighted by two top-10 finishes ...

Two-time district champion as a senior and freshman ... Three-time league champion as the league runner of the year during senior, junior and freshman campaigns ... Named cross country MVP in each of her four seasons ...

Named Stark County Cross Country Runner of the Year as a senior and member of All-County first team each of her four years ... Placed fifth overall in 1,600m run at Ohio state championships as a senior ... As a freshman finished eighth in the 3,200m run at state championships ... Earned district and league championships in both the 1,600m and 3,200m runs as a senior ... Regional runner-up in the 1,600m run in her final campaign ... Stark County 3,200m champion as a junior ... Owns school records in the 1,600m, 3,200m, and 5,000m runs ... Four-year letterwinner in cross country and track ... Member of regional cross country teams as a senior, sophomore and freshman ... Ran on league championship track teams as a senior and junior ... Coached by Christine Muniak ... Member of swimming team as a senior and played basketball as a freshman ... Member of Academic AllState team and recognized on school honor roll ... Member of National Honor Society, Key Club, Jo’s Girls and French Club ... Volunteered with Making Strides for Breast Cancer. Personal: Full name is Samantha Lee Norman ... Born Oct. 17, 1990 in Canton, Ohio ... Parents are David and Kathie Norman ... Has one brother, Seth ... Major is undecided.

history of 3,428 during collegiate debut in the multi-event at the SEC Championships ... Finished 10th overall in the pentathlon, with seasonbest marks in the high jump and the 60m hurdles … At McCravy Memorial Meet, competed on third-place 4x400m relay team that posted a season-best time of 3:42.43 … Ran anchor leg of 4x400m relay that took home seventh place at SEC Championships in a time of 3:42.75 … Competed in the pentathlon at Alex Wilson Invitational, posting a season-best time in the 800m run and personal-best height in the high jump of 5-5.

High School: Third-ranked U.S. high jumper in 2008 ... Ranked first in the nation for high jump in 2006 ... Member of Texas 5A 4x200m relay state runner-up in 2008 ...Texas 4A high jump state runner-up in 2005 ...

Regional 5A champion in 4x100m relay in 2008 ... Regional 4A champion in 4x400m relay in 2005 and long jump as freshman ... Four-time district champ in long jump and high jump ... District 5A champion in 4x100m and 4x200m relays; runner-up in the 400m dash as senior ... Holds three records at Border Olympic Meet in the high jump (5-10), long jump (18-3) and 4x100m relay ... Also record holder in 4x200m relay at Texas State University relays ... Team was two-time Texas 4A state runner-up and two-time regional 4A champs ... Coached by Raasin McIntosh ... Played four years of volleyball and three years of basketball ... Who’s Who Among American Students as honor roll student ... Member of Theater Arts program. Personal: Full name is Precious Ijeoma Nwokey ... Born Apr. 27, 1990 in Houston, Texas ... Parents are Aidan and Philomena Nwokey ... Has four siblings: sisters Chanel and Diane and brothers Dean and MicDaniel ... Nickname is “P-nut” …

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PRECIOUS NWOKEY Sophomore • Combined Events Houston, Texas (Westbury) • 2009 All-SEC Outdoor Freshman Team – Heptathlon 2009 (Freshman): Outdoor – Claimed All-Freshman Team honors from the SEC after posting the top finish by a first-year athlete in the heptathlon … At conference championships, recorded a personal-best heptathlon point total of 4,833 to finish eighth overall in the event and move into fifth place all-time at UK … Posted personal-best 800m time of 2:18.84 to finish second in the final event … At Jesse Owens Track Classic, turned in a time of 1:02.25 to finish 11th overall in the 400m hurdles and move into UK's all-time top-10 list at the ninth position … Ran anchor leg of 4x400m relay squad that turned in a season-best time of 3:42.38 to place fifth overall at Sea Ray Relays … Member of 4x400m relay that placed sixth overall at SEC Championships in 3:43.27 … Ran opening leg of eighth-place 4x100m relay at SECs with a time of 45.87 … At Sea Ray Relays, finished fifth overall in the heptathlon with 4,538 points ... At the Triton Invitational, ran on championship 4x400m relay team clocking in at 3:53.56. Indoor – Notched seventh-best pentathlon total in school 2

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CHELSEA OSWALD Freshman • Distance Medina, Ohio (Walsh Jesuit) • 2009 All-SEC Second Team – Cross Country • 2009 All-SEC Freshman Team – Cross Country 2009-10 (Freshman): Cross Country – Finished among the top three for UK in each meet of first season in the Blue and White, claiming top team honors three times … Earned both second and freshman team All-SEC honors at conference championships as the first Wildcat across the finish by completing the 6K course in 21:56 to place 14th overall … At the NCAA Southeast Regional raced across the finish line first for the Wildcats, clocking in with a 6K time of 21:37 to place 34th overall …

At 5K Greater Louisville Classic finished second on the team and 16th overall, clocking in at 17:54.67 … Placed seventh overall and second on the team at the 5K Old Timers Classic with a finish of 18:22 … Earned Southeastern Conference Cross Country Freshmen of the Week honors after finishing first overall in opening collegiate cross country race at Eastern Kentucky, topping the next competitor by more than 37 seconds. High School: 2009 Nike Indoor National 5K Champion with a winning time of 17:03 ... Two-time cross country Footlocker National Qualifier finishing 14th overall and AllAmerican as a senior after placing 31st as a junior ... Finished in the top-10 of the Ohio state cross country championships on three occasions: placing fifth as a senior, runner-up as a junior and seventh as a sophomore ... Placed fifth at the track state championships as a junior in the 3,200m run after placing seventh overall as a freshman ... Owns school records in the 1,600m, 3,200m and 5,000m runs as well as a member of the 3,200m relay squad ... Four-year letterwinner in cross country and track ... Member of state qualifying cross country teams as a sophomore and freshman ... Ran on district champion cross country teams as a sophomore and freshman ... Member of 3,200m relay team that placed seventh at the Ohio state championships and runnersup at regional meet as a freshman ... Cross country MVP all four years and track MVP three years ... Athlete of the Year at Walsh Jesuit ... Chosen as a

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Personal: Full name is Chelsea Marie Oswald ... Born Nov. 20, 1990 in Parma, Ohio ... Parents are John and Sharon Oswald ... Has one brother Matthew and two sisters - Jessica and Shannon ... Major is biology.

KATHERINE PETERSON Senior • Distance Louisville, Ky. (Sacred Heart) • 2009 NCAA Mideast Regional Finalist – 5,000m Run • 2009 and 2008 SEC Academic Honor Roll • 2009 All-District CoSIDA Academic Honor Roll • 2009 Society of Character Recipient • 2009 Sanner Award Recipient • 2008 NCAA Cross Country Championship Participant 2009-10 (Senior): Cross Country – Scored in each of UK’s meets this season to extend scoring streak to two consecutive full seasons … At NCAA Southeast Regional, placed third for the Cats and 56th overall completing the 6K course in 22:03 … Final scorer for UK at the SEC Championships in the 59th spot running a mark of 23:28 on the 6K course … Ran 18:11.78 to finish third on the team and 25th overall in return to hometown at the 5K Greater Louisville Classic … Crossed the finished line in 18:29 at the 5K Old Timers Classic to place fourth on the team and eighth overall. 2008-09 (Junior): Cross Country – During second year of cross country, competed in first NCAA Championship Meet finishing the 6K course in 21:52 ... Finished 31st overall at NCAA Southeast Regional with a 6K time of 21:51 ... Placed 24th overall at SEC Championships running 21:39 on the 6K course ... Finished in top three on the team in six of seven meets this season ... Season best times were recorded at Notre Dame Invitational (5K - 17:33) and Penn State National Invitational (6K 21:25). Indoor - Ran top 3,000m time of the year at the Kentucky Invitational, clocking in at 9:46.46 ... Posted an eighth-place finish in the 3,000m run at the SEC Championships, racing a clip of 9:47.84 ... Ran season-best mile mark at the Iowa State Classic with a finish of 4:52.99.

Outdoor - Moved up to eighth on the school’s all-time list in the 5,000m run, crossing the finish line in a personal-best time of 16:49.62 to place eighth in the Penn Relays’ Olympic Development race ... Finished ninth overall in the 10,000m run at the SEC Championships ... Placed 12th in the 5,000m run at SECs, turning in a time of 17:16.05 ... In the NCAA Mideast Regional 5,000m run final, placed 19th overall. 2007-08 (Sophomore): Cross Country - In first year of cross country came up big at seasonending Southeast Regional, running a personal best 6K time of 21:41 to finish fifth on the team and 49th overall ... Improved 6K time by 43 seconds from SEC Championships to Southeast Regional two weeks later helping the Cats finish fourth overall as a team. Indoor – Placed eighth in the 3000m at the SEC Championships with a personal-best time of 9:47.71 ... Also at the conference championships, ran a personal-best run of 17:12.49 in the 5000m to place tenth overall; the mark places her tenth all-time in the UK record books ... Finished seventh in 3000 meters at the

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2006-07 (Freshman): Cross Country - Did not compete. Indoor – Participated in the mile run, finishing in a season-best time of 5:00.30 at the Husky Classic in Seattle. Outdoor - Ran in the 1,500 and 3,000 meter events. High School: A four-time first-team all-state selection in track and field and a twotime all-state selection in cross country ... A member of Sacred Heart’s threetime KHSAA Class AAA State Champion cross country team ... Member of the 2004 KHSAA Class AAA State Champion track and field squad ...

Named Kentucky’s High School Senior Runner of the Year by the Kentucky High School Coaches Association in 2005 ... A member of the three-time (2003-05) state championship 4x800 relay squad ... Named to the Kentucky Super Cross Country Team in 2004, a list that honors the top 12 runners in the state of Kentucky ... A 2004 regional cross country champion ... Won three individual cross country races as a senior ... Crossed the finish line fifth at the 2005 KHSAA state cross country championships after an 11th-place finish at the event the previous year ... Finished third in the state in the mile her final season ... Posted fourth and fifth-place finishes her sophomore and junior seasons, respectively, in the 800-meter run at the state meet ... Captain of her high school track and cross country squads ... Voted her school’s Athlete of the Year her final campaign ... An Academic All-State selection each of her four years at Sacred Heart ... A member of the school’s honor roll each year ... President of her school’s Spanish Club and Vice president of the Social Club and the Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD) ... Also participated in varsity soccer her first two years at Sacred Heart. Personal: Born Dec. 28, 1987 ... Parents are Mike and Pat Peterson ... Has one brother Chris ... Majoring in integrated strategic communications and Spanish.

LINDSAY PETRI

SHIARA ROBINSON

Senior • Distance Girard, Penn. (General McLane)

Freshman • Sprints Pickerington, Ohio (Pickerington North)

• 2009, 2008 and 2007 SEC Academic Honor Roll • 2008 NCAA Cross Country Championship Participant • Freshman Record Holder - 3,000m Steeplechase 2009-10 (Senior): Cross Country – Scored in three meets for UK this season … At NCAA Southeast Regional, ran 64th overall and fourth on the team clocking in at 22:10 … Rounded out the scoring for Kentucky in 47th place at the 5K Greater Louisville Classic clocking in at 18:27.59.

2008-09 (Junior): Cross Country – Competed in first NCAA Championship Meet finishing the 6K course in 22:34 ... Finished 36th overall at NCAA Southeast Regional with a personal-best 6K time of 21:57 ... As the fifth team scorer across the finish, her personal record could not have come at a better time as she secured UK a second-place team finish at the Regional and an automatic bid to the NCAA National Championships ...

Placed 43rd overall at SEC Championships running 22:20 on the 6K course ... Scored in all six meets that she ran this season. Indoor - Did not compete. Outdoor - Did not compete. 2007-08 (Sophomore): Cross Country - Competed in all six meets for the Wildcats on the season ... Finished 10th overall at Eastern Kentucky 2-mile course at 11:35. Indoor - At the Husky Invitational ran season-best 5,000m mark of 17:37.35 ... At New Balance Collegiate Invitational ran season-best 3,000m time of 10:09.21 ... At Rod McCravy Memorial posted personal-best time in the mile of 05:04.91.

Outdoor - Placed seventh in the steeplechase at the SEC Championships with 2

a personal-best time of 10:56.77 ... Ran personal-best 5,000m time of 17:09.59 at Stanford Invitational ... Finished third in the steeplechase at the Sea Ray Relays crossing the line in 11:07.85. 2006-07 (Freshman): Cross Country - Competed in five of six meets her freshman year ... Finished 31st overall at the Old Timers Classic (20:28, 5K) ... Was sixth on the team and 10th overall at the EKU Invitational (11:53, 2-mile) ... Posted a personal-best 5K time of 19:35 at the Cal Poly Invitational (50th overall). Indoor - Competed in the mile run and the 3,000 and 5,000 meters. Outdoor - Set the freshman school record in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the Auburn Tiger Track Classic with a time of 11:30.10 ... Also competed in the 3,000 and 5,000 meter runs. High School: A four-year member of her high school’s track and cross country teams ... Her cross country squad was the district and regional champion her junior and senior years ... Her track team also won the district title her final campaign ... Finished 24th at the state championships in cross country her senior year ... An all-state and all-region selection, and district cross country champion her senior year ... A first-team all-Erie County League selection her freshman and sophomore campaigns ... Finished seventh at the state cross country championships her sophomore year ... Also a district champion and state qualifier in the 1,600 and 3,200 meter her junior season ... Posted the school record in the 3,200 meter with a time of 11:15 her junior year ... Also a district champion and state qualifier in the 3,200 meter and the 4x800 meter relay her senior year ... Part of a school-record setting 4x800 relay team her final campaign with a time of 9:28 ... Also competed in swimming her junior year ... Was her high school’s Salutatorian ... A member of her high school’s Principal’s Honor Roll every semester of her high school career ... An advisor for Students for Academic Excellence ... A member of the National Honor Society. Personal: Full name is Lindsay Michele Petri …

Born Oct. 10, 1987 … Parents are Rick and Doreen Petri … Has one sister, Sarah, attending the University of Michigan ... Major is kinesiology.

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During junior campaign, squad was runner-up at regional and district meets and division champions … Coached by Jim Langenderfer ... Four-year letter winner in track … Member of cheerleading squad first three years, including competitive cheer squad as freshman and sophomore … Cheer team finished second overall at UCA Nationals as sophomore and third overall as freshman after finishing third in the Division 1 state competition both years alongside division and grand championships … Honor roll sudent ... President of Youth Connections student group, Editor-in-chief of Yearbook Staff and member of Key Club ... Volunteered with Race for the Cure and GUMC Youth Mission Trips. Personal: Full name is Shiara L Robinson … Born Jan. 31, 1991 in Tampa, Florida ... Parents are Rodney and Jennifer Robinson ...

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ADRIANNE SHEARER Freshman • Distance Nicholasville, Ky. (West Jessamine) 2009-10 (Freshman): Cross Country – Did not compete. High School: Kentucky state track champion in the 1,600m run as a senior ... Named to All-State first team for the 1,600m run in final campaign ...

Earned All-State second team honors in cross country as a senior ... Holds school records in the 800m, 1,600m and 5,000m runs ... Four-year letterwinner in cross country and track ... Ran on track regional runner-up teams as a senior, sophomore and freshman ... Member of cross country regional runner-up team senior year ...

Coached by David St. Louis ... Member of swimming team all four years ...

Named to All-State academic teams in both cross country and track all four seasons ... Graduated as valedictorian of her class ... Named Kentucky Governor’s Scholar ... President of National Honor Society, Key Club secretary, Beta Club member and worked on the school newspaper staff ... Volunteered with Cardinal Hill Teen Board ... Also served as a tutor for fellow students and participated in school blood drives. Personal: Full name is Adrianne Lynn Shearer ... Born Oct. 19, 1990 in Lexington, Ky. ... Parents are Scott and Judy Shearer ... Has one brother - Aaron ... Major is mechanical engineering.

of 24.53 ... Posted season-best 60m time of 7.77 at SEC/Big 10 Challenge.

High School: Four-year member of track team ... Competed in the 100, 200 and 400 Meters ... Set school records in the 200 Meters (24.67) and 400 Meters (53.73) ... Track team captain 4 years ... 2006 District and Regional Champion in the 200 Meters ... 2006 Golden South Classic Champion in the 400 Meters ... 2007 District Champion 200 Meters ... Back-to-back Class 3A State Champion in the 400 Meters (2006 and 2007) ... 2006 Pinellas County Female Athlete of the Year ... 2007 Co-Female Athlete of the Year ... Undefeated in the 400 meters in 2006 and 2007 ... NIKE high school All-American 400 Meters ... Ninth in 400 Meters at NSIC Championships ... Ranked in the top 10 in the U.S. in the 400 Meters (53.73) ... Coached by Anthony Snead and Garlynn Boyd ... Lettered four years as a power forward in basketball, averaging 15.0 points and 15 rebounds per game ... Named to All-County and All-Suncoast basketball teams ... Also named to the 2007 Senior All-Star South squad ... Nominated by her senior class as the most athletic. Personal: Full name is Jazmyn NaShae` Shorter ... Born January 6, 1989 in St. Petersburg, Fla. ... Parents are Jeffrey Shorter and Lori Seabrook ... Has two brothers, Jeffrey and Paris ... Nickname: “Jaz” ... Major is kinesiology.

HEATHER SMITH Senior • Throws Powell, Ohio (Olentangy Liberty/Nevada) • 2009 SEC Academic Honor Roll • Varsity Record Holder – Weight Throw

JAZMYN SHORTER Junior • Sprints St. Petersburg, Fla. (Lakewood) • 2008 NCAA Mideast Regional Finalist – 4x400m Relay • 2008 NCAA Mideast Regional Semifinalist – 4x100m Relay • Varsity Record Holder - Indoor 4x400m Relay 2009 (Sophomore): Outdoor - Entered UK's outdoor record books in the 400m dash crossing the line in a personal-best time of 55.64 at the Florida Relays to rank ninth all-time at UK … Ran opening leg of 4x400m relay squad that turned in a season-best time of 3:42.38 to place fifth overall at Sea Ray Relays … Member of 4x400m relay that placed sixth overall at SEC Championships in 3:43.27 … Ran opening leg of eighth-place 4x100m relay at SECs with a time of 45.87 … At the Triton Invitational, ran on championship 4x400m relay team clocking in at 3:53.56 … Turned in season-best 200m time of 24.16 at SEC Championships. Indoor – Recorded the fourth-fastest 400m time in UK history at the SEC Championships, crossing the finish line in 10th place to stop the clock at 55.16 … At McCravy Memorial Meet, competed on third-place 4x400m relay team that posted a season-best time of 3:42.43 …

Ran anchor leg of 4x400m relay that took home seventh place at SEC Championships in a time of 3:42.75 … At the Penn State National Invitational, finished eighth in the 200m dash in a time of 24.53 to tie her personal-best effort.

2008 (Freshman): Outdoor - At Mideast Regional, member of 4x400m relay team that finished 11th overall with a time of 3:42.23 ... On 4x100m relay team at Regionals that placed 12th in a time of 45.91 ... At SEC Championships, member of 4x400m relay squad that finished in fifth-place time of 3:39.48 ... Member of 4x100m relay squad that finished in seventh-place time of 45.48 at SECs ... Ran season-best mark at conference meet in 400m run clocking in at 56.17 ... Posted season-best time in the 200m of 24.62 at Jesse Owens Classic. Indoor - At Iowa State Qualifier, member of 4x400m relay team that tied the UK record of 3:38.08 set in 1996 ... On 4x400m relay squad that finished fifth at the SEC Championships in a time of 3:38.10 ... Ran UK’s fourth-fastest time ever in the 400m dash of the McCravy Memorial crossing the finish at 55.35 ... At the Tyson Invitational, notched season-best 200m time 2

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SAMANTHA STENZEL Sophomore • Pole Vault Lexington, Ky. (Paul Laurence Dunbar) • Freshman Record Holder – Indoor Pole Vault • Freshman Record Holder – Outdoor Pole Vault 2009 (Freshman): Outdoor – Set the UK pole vault freshman record on three separate occasions … Set the record for a final time at the Sea Ray Relays, clearing 11-11.75 that ranks third all-time in school history … At Florida Relays, improved upon early-season mark by half of a foot in two weeks by clearing 11-7.75, topping her initial freshman standard … Broke the pole vault freshman record in first career outdoor meet, clearing a height of 11-1.75 on the second attempt to finish seventh overall at the Baldy Castillo Invitational … Cleared 12-0 mark in offseason over summer of 2009. Indoor – At SEC Championships, tied the freshman indoor mark held by teammate Mary Chris Durham, clearing the bar at 1111.75 to rank third all-time at UK. High School: Kentucky All-State First Team as a senior…Ranked first in the pole vault in the state of Kentucky as a senior ... In 2008, placed second in the pole vault at the Kentucky state championships after placing third her junior year and sixth as a sophomore ... Placed 11th in pole vault at USATF Junior Olympics as a senior ... As a junior, clinched third in pole vault at USATF Youth Outdoor Championships and sixth at the AAU Junior Olympics ... Claimed first in pole vault at Kentucky Region 5 AAA Championships as a senior and junior and ranked third as a sophomore ... Owns pole vault record for the school (11-7) and the city (10-9) ... Won pole vault championship at UT Volunteer Track Classic as a senior and placed second at UK High School Invitational the same year ...Won four high school team awards at Dunbar including Outstanding Jumper of the Year in 2007 and 2008 ... Track and field team won Kentucky state championship in 2005 ... Team also won district and Region 5 championships all four years ...

Coached by Killian Timoney at Dunbar and UK track alumnus Ray Sabbatine at Kentucky Elite Athletics ... Also coached by Paul Babits of Ft. Wayne, Ind. (Masters World Record Holder in the pole vault) … KTCCCA All-State Academic Team as a senior ... Participated in gymnastics for 11 years on private club team under current UK gymnastics coach Mo Mitchell ... Member of National Honor Roll as freshman and senior ... Honor Roll all four years ... Member of French Honor Society. Personal: Full name is Samantha Nicole Stenzel …

Born July 20, 1990 in Lexington, Ky. … Parents are Kurt and Denise Stenzel … one brother, Jake … Nickname is “Sam” … Major is biology.

JENNIFER SVOBODA Junior • Throws Howells, Neb. (Howells) • 2009 and 2008 NCAA Mideast Regional Semifinalist – Shot Put • 2009 All-District CoSIDA Academic Honor Roll • 2009 and 2008 SEC Academic Honor Roll • 2008 NCAA Mideast Regional Semifinalist – Discus

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AMANDA WHOWELL Freshman • Distance Arlington Heights, Ill. (Rolling Meadows) 2009-10 (Freshman): Cross Country – Finished among the top six UK runners in every meet during first season in Blue and White … Best result came at the 5K Old Timers Classic finishing second on the team and sixth overall in a time of 18:17 …

Placed fourth for the Cats and 53rd overall at the SEC Championships with a 6K finish of 23:18 … At Southeast Regional, placed sixth on the team and 81st overall with a 6K time of 22:29 … Finished the Greater Louisville Classic 5K course in18:40.27 to take 60th overall. High School: Illinois indoor state track champion in the mile run as a senior ... Named to All-Area and All-Conference cross country teams as a junior ... Holds school record in 800m run ... Four-year letterwinner in track and three-year letterwinner in cross country ... Coached by Jim Voyles ...

Member of swimming team as a sophomore and played basketball as a freshman and sophomore ... Named to academic honors in both cross country and track all four seasons ... Member of National Honor Society ... Volunteered with Special Olympics, Shop with a Cop, Lutheran Home, Concordia College for little kids track camp and local church youth group ... Also served as a Sunday School teacher for fellow parishioners. Personal: Full name is Amanda Beth Whowell ... Born Sept. 26, 1990 in Arlington Heights, Ill. ...

Parents are Andy and Ingrid Whowell ... Has one brother - Matthew and one sister - Melissa ... Major is undecided.

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Freshman • Distance Herndon, Va. (Herndon)

Freshman • Distance Mt. Orab, Ohio (Western Brown)

• Virginia High School State Champion - 3,200m Run 2009-10 (Freshman): Cross Country – Competed in three meets for UK … Best result came at the SEC Championships with a ninth-place team finish recording a 6K time of 24:50 … Completed 5K Old Timers Classic course in 19:45. High School: Finished fifth at the USATF National Cross Country Meet after being crowned a regional and area champion as a senior ... Virginia state, regional and district champion in the 3,200m outdoor run as a junior ... Finished eighth overall in the 3,000m run at the Penn Relays Carnival ... Placed third at the outdoor state meet in the 3,200m run after claiming regional championship as a sophomore ... Outdoor track regional and district champion in the 1,600m run as a junior ... Member of district champion 3,200m relay team as a junior ... Indoor track regional and district champion in the 1,600m and 3,200m runs as a senior before placing second at the state meet in the latter ... Placed third at the indoor state meet in the 3,200m run and as a member of the 3,200m relay team in junior year ... Finished second in 1,600m run at indoor regional championships as a junior ...

Indoor track district champion in the 1,600m and 3,200m runs as well as the 3,200m relay as a junior ... Clinched three individual cross country meet titles over final two seasons ... Four-year letterwinner in cross country and track ... Three-time cross country team MVP and served as team captain ...

As a junior ran on a cross country team that finished fifth at the state championships after clinching regional and district titles ... Her senior indoor and outdoor track teams were runners-up at the regional ... Holds school records in 1,600m, 3,200m and 5,000m runs ... Coached by Pete Sherry ... Academic accolades include AP Scholar with Honors, honor society memberships and multiple time honor roll student ... Member of chemistry and math honor societies ... Volunteered with church in blanket drive, soup kitchen and community holiday dinners. Personal: Full name is Hiruni Kesara Wijayaratne ... Born Dec. 5, 1990 in Colombo, Sri Lanka ... Parents are Punu and Savithri Wijayaratne ... Has one brother – Akhila ... Major is biology.

NATALIE WISE Senior • Combined Events Madison, Tenn. (Goodpasture Christian) • 2009 SEC Freshman Honor Roll 2009 (Junior): Indoor – At SEC Championships, placed 12th overall in pentathlon with top season marks in the 60m hurdles and long jump … Made season debut in the high jump with a 5-4.25 clearance to finish ninth at the McCravy Memorial Meet.Outdoor – Threw javelin for a season-best mark of 116-5 at SEC Championships. 2008 (Sophomore): Did not compete, medical hardship. 2007 (Freshman): Indoor – Did not compete. Outdoor – Threw javelin for a season-best mark of 121-00. High School: Three-time regional champ in high jump as sophomore, junior and senior ... Pentathlon Region Champ as junior and senior ... State runner-up in high jump as freshman ... State-runner-up in pentathlon as junior and senior ... Owns four high school records in high jump, long jump, 300 hurdles and javelin ... Coached by Ray Wells ... Played volleyball and was a cheerleader all four years … Member of volleyball regional championship team as junior and senior … National Honor Society member. Personal: Full name is Natalie Dean Wise ... Born June 1, 1988 ... Parents are Ron and Sherry ... Has two brothers, Richie Glass and Mitchell … Major is psychology.

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2009-10 (Freshman): Cross Country – Competed in two meets for UK … Best result came at the Old Timers Classic turning in 5K time of 20:11. High School: Seven-time Ohio state championship qualifier with three nods in outdoor track, and two bids each in both indoor track and cross country ... Fivetime regional qualifier with three bids in outdoor track and two in cross country ... Four-year letterwinner in both track and cross country ... Member of cross country regional championship teams as a freshman and sophomore ... Claims school records in 800m and 1,600m runs as well as the 1,600m and 3,200m relays ... Coached by Jeff Jones, Jim Nue and Tina Cooper ...

Member of high school dance team as a freshman ... Received scholar athlete recognition ... Member of DECCA and Spanish Club ... Volunteered with Hi-Y. Personal: Full name is Megan Elizabeth Wright ... Born Oct. 2, 1990 in Cincinnati, Ohio ... Parents are Dennis and Jessica Wright ... Has one sister - Morgan ... Father Dennis played baseball collegiately at Cumberland College ... Major is undecided.

JESSICA ZANGMEISTER Freshman • Distance Fairview Park, Ohio (Fairview) 2009-10 (Freshman): Cross Country – Competed in two meets for UK … Best result came at the Old Timers Classic turning in 5K time of 19:35.

High School: At Footlocker Midwest Cross Country Meet set course and school records with time of 17:55 ... Ran in both Footlocker National Championships as well as Mideast Meet of Champions ... Ohio state indoor champion in the 3,200m run as a junior ... Four-year letterwinner in both track and cross country ... Three-time state qualifier in cross country ...

Two-time regional and district cross country champion as well as conference MVP ... Crowned cross country league champion three times and qualified for regionals each season ... Set eight cross country records as a junior ... Outdoor track qualifier for Midwest Meet of Champions ...

Three-time state outdoor track qualifier after finishing as regional runnerup on three occasions ... Outdoor track regional qualifier three times and four-time district qualifier ... Owns five district championships including three in the two-mile run and a pair of mile run titles ... Three-time league champion in the two-mile run ... Two-time high school Athlete of the Year in addition to MVP of cross country team all four seasons and track MVP on three occasions ... Holds school records in both the mile and two-mile runs ... Three-time Cleveland Plain Dealer Athlete of the Week ... Twotime conference track MVP ... Set the two-mile school record an amazing 16 times ... Coached by Richard Friel ... Two-time All-Ohio cross country selection honoring those who finished in the top-25 with a GPA of 3.0 or higher ... Three-time All-Ohio outdoor track selection honoring those who finished in the top-8 with a GPA of 3.0 or higher ... Three-time Academic All-Ohio selection in both cross country and outdoor track ... Member of principal’s list each semester of high school career, honoring those with 4.0 GPA or higher ... Member of student council, Key Club and served as National Honor Society Vice President as a senior ... Volunteered over 750 hours of service at Fairview Hospital. Personal: Full name is Jessica Monique Zangmeister ... Born Feb. 9, 1991 in Fairview Park, Ohio ...

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RONDEL SORRILLO Senior • Sprints • Vessigny, Trinidad and Tobago (Vessigny Government Secondary/University of Trinidad)

FIVE-TIME ALL-AMERICAN • 2009 NCAA Indoor All-American – 60m Dash, 200m Dash • 2009 NCAA Indoor Third Place – 200m Dash • 2009 NCAA Indoor Fifth Place – 60m Dash • 2009 NCAA Indoor Semifinalist – 4x400m Relay • 2009 NCAA Outdoor All-American – 100m Dash, 200m Dash, 4x100m Relay • 2009 NCAA Outdoor Second Place – 200m Dash • 2009 NCAA Outdoor Fifth Place – 100m Dash • 2009 NCAA Outdoor Sixth Place – 4x100m Relay • 2009 NCAA Mideast Regional Second Place – 4x100m Relay • 2009 NCAA Mideast Regional Third Place – 200m Dash • 2009 Trinidad and Tobago National Champion – 200m Dash • 2009 CAC Gold Medalist - 4x100m Relay • 2009 CAC Silver Medalist – 200m Dash • 2008 Olympian (Trinidad and Tobago) – 200m Dash • Varsity Record Holder – Indoor 200m Dash • Varsity Record Holder – Outdoor 200m Dash 2009 (Junior): Outdoor – First five-time All-America selection within a single track season in Wildcat track history claiming three outdoor honors and a pair of indoor awards … At the NCAA Outdoor Championships, earned a trio of All-America honors and had a hand in all 15 points scored by the Wildcats … Finished second in the country in the 200m dash, crossing the finish line in 20.70 while running into a headwind …

Earlier at nationals, broke the 200m UK varsity record for second time in three weeks clocking in at 20.45 … In the NCAA 100m dash final, ran the third-fastest time in UK history crossing the line in 10.22 to finish fifth nationally … Earned his first Outdoor All-America honor as the anchor leg of the UK 4x100m relay team when the Wildcats placed sixth overall with the fourth-fastest time in school history, finishing the one-lap race in 39.27 … In the Mideast Regional 200m dash final, crossed the finish line in 20.50 to automatically qualify for nationals and break the 15-year-old varsity record of 20.54 held by former Olympian Tim Harden set in 1994 … Also at the regional, anchored the 4x100m relay team that turned in the Wildcats' best mark in the event since 1995 at 39.29 to place second and automatically qualify for the NCAA Championships …

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a gold medal by winning the 200m dash title at the 2009 Trinidad and Tobago National Open Track and Field Championships at Hasely Crawford Stadium in Port of Spain, clocking in at 20.62. Indoor – First five-time All-America selection within a single track season in Wildcat track history claiming three outdoor honors and a pair of indoor awards … Placed third nationally in the 200m dash to earn his first All-America honor in his first career NCAA finals appearance, by running his personal-best time as a Wildcat of 20.72 to break the 15-year-old UK varsity of 20.73 set by Clyde Rudolph in 1994 … Bolted out of the blocks in lane one of the NCAA 60m dash final to place fifth in the country with a time of 6.63, earning the Wildcat an additional All-America distinction … Also at the NCAAs, ran an closing split of 47.22 to help team record time of 3:09.15 for an 11th-place national finish … Competing in his first collegiate meet as a Wildcat, ran a clip of 6.60 at the SEC Championships to automatically qualify for the NCAAs; the mark ranks second all-time at UK … The following week at the Iowa State Qualifier, notched another automatic bid by crossing the finish at 20.83 in the 200m dash … At SEC Championships in Lexington, ran as a member of the third-place 4x400m relay team that posted a time of 3:06.78 to rank fourth all-time in school history. Previous School: Won first-round heat in the 200m dash at 2008 Beijing Summer Olympic Games representing Trinidad and Tobago ... At 2008 Central American and Caribbean Championships, won silver medal in 200m dash ... Silver medalist in the 200m dash at the 2005 National Secondary School Championships ... Played soccer as a freshman. Personal: Full name is Rondel Kelvin Sorrillo … Born Jan. 24, 1986 in Sangre Grande … Parents are Kelvin and Pearl Sorrillo … Has two siblings, brother Adiba and sister Abiola. Personal Bests: 60m – 6.60; 100m – 10.22; 200m – 20.45

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KWASI OBENG Senior • Sprints • Bardstown, Ky. (Bardstown)

2008, 2009 ALL-AMERICAN • 2008 NCAA Outdoor All-American – 4x100m Relay • 2009 NCAA Mideast Regional Second Place – 4x100m Relay • 2009 and 2008 All-SEC Academic Honor Roll • 2008 NCAA Outdoor All-American – 4x400m Relay • 2008 NCAA Outdoor Third Place – 4x400m Relay • 2008 NCAA Mideast Regional Fourth Place – 4x100m Relay • 2008 SEC Outdoor Champion – 4x400m Relay • 2008 All-SEC Outdoor First Team – 4x400m Relay • 2008 NCAA Indoor Semifinalist – 4x400m Relay • Varsity Record Holder – Outdoor 4x400m Relay

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Also at the regional, ran as opening leg of 4x400m relay team that placed third in the region to qualify for nationals in a time of 3:06.29 … At SEC Championships, teamed up on the 4x400m relay to place fourth, crossing the finish in 3:07.45 … Recorded personal-best 400m time of 47.25 at the SEC Championships … At the Florida Relays ran on the 4x400m relay that posted a season-best time of 3:05.77 … Ran season-best 200m dash time of 21.66 at Jesse Owens Track Classic. Indoor – At the annual Kentucky Invitational competed on third-place UK 4x400m squad that recorded a time of 3:09.61 - a mark that ranked sixth nationally … Added a sixth-place showing in the 400m dash at the Kentucky Invite with a season-best mark of 47.92.

2008 (Sophomore): Outdoor – Third leg of 4x400m relay team at NCAA Championships that broke the school record with a third-place time of 3:02.00 ... Earned Outdoor All-America honor for his 4x400m relay effort ...

Ran opening leg for UK 4x100m relay squad that finished 13th nationally with a time of 40.11 ... Anchored the Mideast Regional 4x100m relay that placed fourth with a time of 39.72 ... Ran opening leg of SEC Champion 4x400m relay team with winning time of 3:04.57 ... Opening leg of fifthplace 4x100m relay team at SECs with time of 39.85 ... Ran career-best 200m time of 21.57 at Jesse Owens Classic ... At Sea Ray Relays turned in personal-best 400m time of 47.54. Indoor – At NCAA Championships, ran third leg on 4x400m relay squad that finished 10th nationally in a time of 3:08.60 ... Ran personal-best time of 21.46 in 200m dash at SEC Championships to rank seventh all-time at UK ... Placed fourth in 4x400m relay at SECs with time of 3:11.48 after the initial handoff was impeded ... Entered UK record books after running 6.80 in the 60m dash, good for ninth alltime ... Ran personal-best 400m time of 47.90 at Tyson Invitational. 2007 (Freshman): Indoor – Competed in 60m dash with season-best time of 6.85 at Rod McCravy Memorial ... Also ran season-best in 200m dash at same meet at 21.89 ... At Iowa State Classic ran in 400m with personal-best time of 48.54. Outdoor – Member of 4x100m relay squad that earned a regionalqualifying mark with a time of 40.38 at Yellow Jacket Invitational ... Ran personal best in 100m dash (10.79) to finish 10th at Shamrock Invitational.

High School: A four-year track letterwinner at Bardstown High, where his team claimed the KHSAA Class 4A state title each of his last three seasons ... first team all-state selection in the 100m dash and 4x400m relay his junior and senior years ... Also a second team all-state selection in the 200m dash his junior and senior years ... Class A Track Athlete of the Year during his sophomore campaign ... Also a four-year member of his high school football squad, on which he was named the 2004 District Player of the Year. Personal: Full name is Nana Kwasi Obeng-Diawvoh ... Born in Mampong, Ghana ... Parents are Benjamin and Dora Obeng-Diawuoh ... Has two brothers, Jeshurun and Ebenezer ... Mother also was a track athlete ... Kinesiology major.

Personal Bests: 60m – 6.80; 100m – 10.79; 200m – 21.46; 400m – 47.25

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JUSTIN AUSTIN Sophomore • Sprints • Milwaukee, Wis. (Brown Deer)

2009 NCAA INDOOR SEMIFINALIST • 2009 NCAA Indoor Semifinalist – 4x400m Relay • Freshman Record Holder - 60m Dash • Freshman Record Holder- Indoor 200m Dash 2009 (Freshman): Outdoor – After an impressive indoor season, red-shirted outdoor competition after incurring an injury after Penn Relays in late April … At Penn Relays, ran the third leg of the 4x100m relay squad that crossed the finish line at 40.31 to place sixth in the college final … Posted a fourth-place time of 10.35 in the 100m dash at the Sea Ray Relays; the personal-best time ranks 11th in school history … Achieved three regionalqualifying marks in the 200m dash and as a member of two relay squads at Florida Relays … Placed seventh overall during his Wildcat outdoor debut in the 200m dash in Gainesville, clocking in a 20.99 to rank ninth all-time at UK … Ran on the 4x400m relay that posted a season-best time of 3:05.77 in Florida and competed on the 4x100m relay that placed fifth overall, crossing the finish in 40.03. Indoor – At the NCAA Championships, ran an opening split of 47.00 to help team record time of 3:09.15 for an 11th-place national finish … At SEC Championships in Lexington, ran as a member of the third-place 4x400m relay team that posted a time of 3:06.78 to rank fourth all-time in school history … Broke the 200m dash freshman record twice during the SEC Championships, turning in a personal-best mark of 20.99 in the final to place sixth in the conference and tie for fourth all-time at UK with teammate Jose Acevedo in the event … Also earned points for the Cats at the league championships in the 60m dash, finishing the race in eighth place at 6.73 … Made sure his collegiate debut in the 200m dash did not go unnoticed at Iowa State Classic, winning the race with a scorching time of 21.13 to originally top DeMarcus Lindsey's 16-year old freshman UK mark of 21.23 … Made debut in the Blue and White at the Kentucky Invitational by breaking former Olympian Tim Harden's 16-year-old converted freshman record mark of 6.72 in the 60m dash by posting a third-place time of 6.71 that ranks eighth all-time in the UK record books. High School: Three-time state champion in Wisconsin Division 2 for the 100m and 200m dashes as sophomore, junior and senior ... named MVP of the year in each of those seasons within Wisconsin ... Member of 4x100m relay state championship team as a senior in Wisconsin Division 2 ... Holds Wisconsin state record for most gold medals in track and field career ... Led track and field team to a Wisconsin state championship as a senior after runner-up finishes during his sophomore and freshman seasons ... Ran on two relay teams that claimed Wisconsin state records: the 4x100m relay as a sophomore and the 4x200m relay as a freshman ... In addition, claims the 100m dash Wisconsin state record ... Holds school records in the 100m dash, 200m dash, long jump, 4x100m relay and 4x200m relay ... Coached by Rob Green ... Played basketball for four years, winning the conference championship as a senior ... Competed in football for three seasons and named Gatorade rookie of the year as a freshman ... Honor roll student ... Also was a member of the Varsity Club, Choir, DECA and FBLA. Personal: Full name is Justin Boyd Austin ... Born October 8, 1989 in Milwaukee, Wisc. ... Parents are Milton Austin and Tanz Robertson ... Three siblings: twin brother Jerrell (20), brother Milton (24) and sister Dionna McFerrin (25) ... Nickname “J. Aust.” Personal Bests: 60 meters – 6.71; 100 meters – 10.35; 200 meters – 20.99 2

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DAVID BANKS Junior • Jumps/Sprints • Rosenberg, Texas (Lamar Consolidated)

2009 REGIONAL FINALIST • 2009 NCAA Mideast Regional Finalist – Triple Jump • 2008 NCAA Mideast Regional Semifinalist – Triple Jump 2009 (Sophomore): Outdoor – Performed impressively at the Mideast Regional in the triple jump with a personal-best leap of 50-11 on his third attempt; the distance ranks second all-time at UK only behind Bethel Ward's varsity record jump of 51-1.75 set in 1981 … At the SEC Championships, scored for the first time in a league meet by placing eighth overall with a leap of 49-3.50 in the triple jump to collect a point for the Cats … Attained personal-best distance of 22-7.25 in the long jump to place third overall at the Baldy Castillo Invitational and move into ninth place all-time at UK …

Claimed the triple jump title at the Jesse Owens Track Classic with a regional-qualifying leap of 50-4.75 … After almost a four-hour weather delay at the Sea Ray Relays, capitalized on return to the triple jump pit with a leap of 506.25 to win the competition. Indoor – Notched personal-best triple jump mark at the SEC Championships with a fifth-place leap of 49-8.25 to improve his fifth-place mark all-time at UK … At the Alex Wilson Invitational, finished second overall in the triple jump with a distance of 47-9.75 …

Leapt to a personal-best long jump mark of 22-5.75 to finish sixth overall at the Rod McCravy Memorial Meet. 2008 (Freshman): Outdoor – At Mideast Regional, landed a triple jump of 48-7.25 ... Placed ninth overall at SEC Championships with leap of 48-8.25 in triple jump ... Posted the fourth-best triple jump distance in UK history hitting the dirt at 50-2.75, a personal-best measurement at the Jesse Owens Classic ... Notched the tenth-best mark at UK in the long jump with a measurement of 21-7.25 at the Nikoloff invitational. Indoor – Placed third in the triple jump with a season-best distance of 49-05.00 at the Kentucky Invitational, giving him the fifth-best mark all-time at UK during his first collegiate meet ... Also posted season-best long jump mark at Kentucky Invite measuring 22-3.50. High School: Two-time Texas 4A state champion in the triple jump as senior and junior ... Runner-up at the 2006 Junior Olympics in the triple jump and as part of the 4x100 meter relay team ... Holds high school record in triple jump at 48-9.00 ... Coached

by Steve Hummel ... Played football all four years, part of state 4A runner-up team in 2007 ... Honor roll student and member of chess club and BASH in high school. Personal: Born April 25, 1989 in Rosenberg, Texas ... Parents are David Sr. and Chandra Banks ... One sister, Dierra...Plans to major in psychology. Personal Bests: Triple Jump – 50-11.00; Long Jump – 22-7.25

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COLIN BOEVERS Junior • Throws • Salt Lake City, Utah (Judge Memorial)

2008 REGIONAL SEMIFINALIST • • • •

2008 NCAA Mideast Regional Semifinalist – Discus 2008 All-SEC Outdoor Freshman Team – Shot Put 2008 All-SEC Indoor Freshman Team – Shot Put 2008 USATF Junior Championships Participant – Shot Put, Discus

2009 (Sophomore): Outdoor – Started flight two of the discus competition at the SEC Championships with a personal-best throw of 176-8 that placed fourth overall … Also threw a personal-best shot put mark of 56-6 at the conference meet to finish ninth overall … Placed seventh in the Triton Invitational shot put competition, with a measurement of 56-0 to claim a regional-qualifying mark … Added another NCAA mark at Auburn’s Tiger Track Classic, throwing the discus a distance of 176-5 on the final attempt to place fourth overall. Indoor – Threw season-best shot put mark of 54-03.25 at Kentucky Invitational … At Rod McCravy Memorial Meet posted season-best weight throw mark of 51-07.25. 2008 (Freshman): Outdoor – Broke the UK freshman discus record with a personal-best throw of 181-4 at the Jesse Owens Classic ... At Mideast Regional, threw the discus a distance of 176-0 to place 12th overall ...

Placed seventh in the discus at the SEC Championships with a throw of 179-6 ... Finished as top freshman in the shot put at SECs with a personalbest heave of 55-2 ... At USATF junior championships placed third in shot put and seventh overall in discus. Indoor – At SEC Championships, was top the freshman in the shot put with a personal-best mark of 56-0.50 to place ninth overall ... Threw personal best weight throw mark at McCravy Memorial with a distance of 46-8.75. High School: Member of the 2007 USA Today High School All-USA Track and Field Team in shot put and discus ... Nike All-American in shot put and discus ... Two-time state champion in both shot and discus ... Holds 3A state records in both shot put and discus ... Ranked fourth in the nation for shot put and eighth in the country for discus in 2007 ... On state championship teams in 2005 and 2007 ... Coached by Bishop Dolegiewicz ... Holley Sportsmanship Award in 2006. Personal: Born May 17, 1989 ... Parents are James and Susan Boevers ... Has two brothers, Eric and Justin ... Major is Community and Leadership Development. Personal Bests: Discus – 176-8; Shot Put – 56-6

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LUIS ORTA Sophomore • Distance • Caracas, Venezuela (Madison L.C.)

2009 REGIONAL FINALIST Jan. 15, 1989 in Caracas … Parents are Jorge Orta and Ruth Millan de Orta … Has three brothers, Otto, Jorge and Jorge. Personal Bests: Steeplechase: 8:52.39; 3000m – 8:19.25; 5000m – 14:33.82

• 2009 All-SEC Second Team – Cross Country • 2009 All-SEC Freshman Team – Cross Country • 2009 All-SEC Outdoor Second Team – 3,000m Steeplechase • 2009 All-SEC Outdoor Freshman Team – 3,000m Steeplechase • 2009 NCAA Mideast Regional Finalist – 3,000m Steeplechase • Freshman Record Holder - Indoor 3,000m Run • Freshman Record Holder - Indoor 5,000m Run • Freshman Record Holder - 3,000m Steeplechase 2009-10 (Sophomore): Cross Country – After successful freshman cross country campaign, was forced to withdraw from final meet of season at the NCAA Southeast Regional because of a hamstring injury … Led the UK men to the finish at the SEC Championships, completing the 8K course in 25:12 to place 13th overall and earn All-SEC Second Team accolades …

Also earned conference All-Freshman team honors as a result of the finish … Placed among the top three UK runners in each meet of the season in which he ran … At the 5-mile Old Timers Classic, topped the UK contingent placing sixth overall in a time of 25:30. 2008-09 (Freshman): Cross Country – Did not compete. Outdoor – Smashed his 3,000m steeplechase freshman record at UK for the third time of the season at the SEC Championships, besting his old standard by over six seconds in 8:52.39 to place second overall and earn All-SEC Second Team honors ... His steeplechase mark stands third all-time in the UK record books ... Finished 16th in the steeplechase at the NCAA Southeast Regional ... Set the Kentucky freshman steeplechase record for the second time at the Jesse Owens Classic with a regional-qualifying finish of 8:58.83 ... Broke another 19-year-old freshman standard by posting a time of 9:00.27 to win the steeplechase competition at the Florida Relays. Indoor – Topped his own 3,000m freshman record set earlier in the year by over three seconds with a fifth-place time of 8:19.25 at the Iowa State Classic ... Broke the 13-year-old UK freshman 5,000 meter run record at the Penn State National Invitational with a time of 14:33.82 ... Opened the season at home in the Kentucky Invitational by toppling a 19-year-old freshman record in the 3,000m run by more than a second, crossing the line at 8:22.83 ...Member of seventhplace distance medley team at the SEC Championships ... Ran the secondfastest mile run on the team, with a mark of 4:10.62 at the McCravy Memorial Meet. High School: Ranked first in America and 14th in the world in the steeplechase at world junior competition in 2008 … Two years prior, ranked sixth in the world in steeplechase in world youth competition … Member of Venezuelan National Team ... Placed 12th in the steeplechase at the 2008 World Junior Championships held in Poland … Finished 80th overall at 2007 World Cross Country Championships held in Kenya ...

Placed second in steeplechase at 2007 South American Junior Championships held in Brazil ... Runner-up in steeplechase at 2007 Pan American Games held in Brazil ... Notched two titles at the 2006 South America Youth Championships in Caracas in the steeplechase and 3,000 meter run ... Won 2007 South American Cross Country Championship held in Brazil ... Coached by Armando Moreno. Personal: Full name is Luis Alberto Orta Millan … Born 2

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2009 WILDCAT MEN DARRYL BRADSHAW Freshman • Sprints/Hurdles Brooklyn, N.Y. (Sheepshead Bay/Bethune-Cookman) High School: Member of the 2008 and 2009 national champion 4x100 squad…Also holds state, city and borough championships in the 4x100…Holds Sheepshead Bay records in the 55h, 60, 4x100, 4x200 and pentathlon…Owns the New York state record in 55h…Competed for the Sheepshead Bay football team as a freshman and sophomore…Also participated student government, mock trial, P.A.L Council for Unity and Anti-Defamation League. Personal: Full name is Darryl Lawrence Bradshaw ... Born August 28, 1990 in Brooklyn, N.Y. ... Previously a member of the Bethune-Cookman track and field team…Son of Darryl Bradshaw and Margaret Brewer ... Has one sister; Kahlida ... Father was a member of the track and field team at Rutgers.

THOMAS CANARY Freshman • Sprints Versailles, Ky. (Lexington Catholic) High School: Two-time Kentucky 2A state champion in the 800m run ... Set 2A state record in 800m run as a junior with a personal-best time of 1:54.06 and defended the title as a senior ... Finished as second individual overall at Kentucky 2A cross country championships as a senior after placing third overall as a junior … At the 2006 USATF Junior Olympics, finished fourth in the 1,500m run and placed fifth in the 800m run … As a senior helped lead team to third-place finish at Kentucky class 2A state meet ... Member of third-place squad at Kentucky class 2A state cross country meet as a junior ... Cross country teams won regional championships during sophomore and freshman campaigns ... The cross country team placed fourth at the state meet during sophomore year and fifth in freshman season ... Coached by William Leach ... Four-year letter winner in both track and cross country … Played basketball as a sophomore and freshman … Honor roll student ... Volunteered with Special Olympics and the Catholic Action Center. Personal: Full name is Thomas Glenn Canary ... Born June 5, 1991 in Versailles, Ky. ... Parents are Thomas and Jennifer Canary ... Has one sister, Cecille … Parents and grandmother attended Kentucky … Intended major is business.

STEVE CROUSE Sophomore • Jumps Albany, N.Y. (Colonie Central) 2009 (Freshman): Outdoor – Finished fourth in the triple jump at Arizona State’s Baldy Castillo Invitational with a season-best leap of 47-11, good for eighth all-time in the UK annals … At the Sea Ray Relays, finished ninth in the triple jump with a distance of 47-9.25 ... Placed sixth at the Triton Invitational with a triple jump mark of 47-2.50 … Notched best long jump mark of the season at the Jesse Owens Track Classic, hitting the dirt 2

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Holds school records in triple jump, long jump, 50m hurdles, shuttle hurdle relay and sprint medley relay ... Coached by John Ashley ... Also played two years of baseball ... Team finished fifth at the 15-years and under Babe Ruth World Series as a sophomore ... Named to All-Series Defensive team as catcher ... Honor roll student with 3.74 GPA. Personal: Full name is Stephen Bruce Crouse ... Born Aug. 14, 1990 in Albany N.Y. ... Parents are John and Mary Ann Crouse ... Has one sister, Kathleen … Major is education.

TODD DICKINSON Freshman • Distance Owensboro, Ky. (Apollo) 2009-10 (Freshman): Cross Country – Did not compete as a reserve runner on the cross country team. High School: A four-year letterwinner in track and cross country ... Three-time state qualifier for cross country in last three years ... Earned cross country All-State honorable mention in 2005, 2006 and 2007 ... All-Area cross country selection in 2007 ... Member of 2006 All-South team at Footlocker Regional in junior race ... Member of state championship 3,200m relay team as a senior ... Previous record holder in the 1,500m run ... Cross country squad finished as runner-up at 2007 Kentucky state championships ... The team also captured regional, district and city-county team championships that same season ... 2007 member of Team Kentucky at Mideast Meet of Champions ... Coached by Bo Phelan and Charlie Shoulta ... Competed in swimming as a sophomore ... Threetime academic All-State selection for cross country, and earned another selection for swimming. Personal: Full name is Michael Todd Dickinson ... Born Nov. 24, 1988 in Owensboro, Ky. ... Parents are James and Lisa Dickinson ... Has one twin brother - Tyler. who is a Wildcat teammate and one sister, Taryn ... Major is undecided.

TYLER DICKINSON Freshman • Distance Owensboro, Ky. (Apollo) 2009-10 (Freshman): Cross Country – Competed in each meet for UK this season … Fifth scorer on the team at NCAA Southeast Regional, finishing 10K course in 34:27 … At SEC Championships, rounded out the scoring for the Cats in 48th place, completing the 8K course in 26:53. High School: A four-year letterwinner in track and cross country ... All- State first team member for cross country as a senior ... Two-time Kentucky state qualifier in the 3,200m run ... Member of state championship 3,200m relay team as a senior ... Member of 3,200m relay team that holds school record ... Cross country squad finished as runner-up at 2007 Kentucky state championships ... The team also captured regional, district and city-county team championships that same season ... Qualified for Nike Outdoor Nationals for 3,200m relay ... Coached by Bo Phelan and Charlie Shoulta ... Competed in swimming as a sophomore ...

Academic All-State selection for cross country ... Member of BETA Club.

Personal: Full name is James Tyler Dickinson ... Born Nov. 24, 1988 in Owensboro, Ky. ... Parents are James and Lisa Dickinson ... Has one twin brother - Todd who is a Wildcat teammate - and one sister, Taryn ... Major is business and marketing.

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JUSTIN HAIRE Freshman • Distance Dayton, Ky. (Bishop Brossart) 2009-10 (Freshman): Cross Country – Did not compete as a reserve runner on the cross country team. High School: Earned three bronze medals at Kentucky state track championships as a senior in the 800m dash, 1,600m relay and 3,200m relay ...

Holds multiple school records including the indoor 800m and 1,500m runs as well as indoor records for the 1,600m and 3,200m relays and outdoor records for the 3,200m and distance medley relays ... Competed at the AAU Nationals from 2001-07 ... Indoor track squads were state champion in each of his four years 2005-09 ... Cross Country teams were state runners-up in 2005 and 2006 ... Outdoor track teams were state runners-up in 2006 and 2008 ... Coached by Andy Shonebarger ... Earned academic first team honors each year ... Participated in the senior service project. Personal: Full name is Justin Thomas Haire ... Born May 29, 1991 in Fort Wright, Ky. ... Parents are Robert and Crystal Haire ...

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TRENT HALASEK Sophomore • Middle Distance Georgetown, Ky. (Scott County) 2009-10 (Sophomore): Cross Country – Did not compete as a reserve runner on the cross country team. 2008-09 (Freshman): Cross Country – Did not compete. Indoor – At Iowa State Classic, ran personal-best 800m mark of 1:53.48 ... Ran top mile time of 4:21.54 at the Kentucky Invitational ... Member of seventh-place distance medley relay at SEC Championships. Outdoor – Competed in the 800m run with best result of 1:55.73 at the Florida Relays. High School: Crowned Kentucky 3A state champion in 800m run as a senior ... Won Class 3A Region 5 Championships in 800m run as a senior and junior as well as a 4x400m relay championship in his third year ... Holds region and school record in 800m run ... Also claims school record in the 1600m run and 1600m relay ... Coached by Dwayne Ellison ... Team was second runner-up at Kentucky state championships and Class 3A Region 5 Champions during junior year ... Played football freshman and sophomore years ...

Graduated with 3.7 GPA. Personal: Full name is Robert Trent Halasek ... Born Aug. 10, 1989 in Georgetown, Ky. ... Parents are Robert and Judy Halasek ... Has one sister, Andrea a senior on the UK track team ... Mother Judy also attended UK … Major is finance.

KEENAN HALL Senior • Jumps/Sprints Indianapolis, Ind. (Ben Davis/Texas A&M) Previous College (Texas A&M): Transfer from Texas A&M University where he finished in sixth place in the long jump and triple jump at the Big XII Championships as a junior … Has two years of eligibility remaining for indoor track and one season remaining for outdoor track … Set school triple jump record mark of 52-1 … Coached by Pat Henry … Aggies were crowned National Champions during outdoor season in addition to their Midwest Region championship and runner-up finish at the conference

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meet. Previous College (Central Arizona): As a freshman, crowned NJCAA indoor pentathlon National Champion with personal-best score of 3,562 points … Also placed third nationally at NJCAA competition on the long jump … Those performance helped Central Arizona finish as 2007 NJCAA Indoor National Runner-Up … NJCAA national runner-up in the triple jump as a sophomore after winning regional and conference championships in the event … Also won regional and conference long jump championship in second year at Central Arizona College with a personal-best mark of 25-11 … Competed in 110m hurdles with top time of 14.32 … 2008 squad finished as NJCAA Outdoor National Runner-Up after winning regional and conference championships. High School: USA Today High School All American in 2006 … Nike Outdoor National Champion in the long jump as a senior in 2006 … Also claimed state, regional, sectional, conference and county championships in the event …

Member of 4x400m relay Indiana state championship teams in both 2006 and 2003 to go along with state runner-up result in 2005 … The 4x400m relay squad won four consecutive sectional championships from 2003-06 … Recorded a sectional championship in the high jump as a sophomore … Won trio of sectional championships in the 300IM hurdles in final three seasons ... Boasts numerous high school records in both hurdle events (300IM, 110HH) the long jump, 4x400m relay, 400m dash, sprint medley relay and most points scored … Coached by Mike Davidson ... Team qualified for state championships and won sectional titles all four years while claiming a regional championship in 2006 … Four-year letter winner in track … Played football in first three years of high school playing on a state championship team in 2003 and sectional championship squad in 2004 …

Volunteered with Big Brothers, Boys and Girls Club of America, Poets Society. Personal: Full name is Keenan Michael Hall ... Born July 8, 1987 in Chicago, Ill. ... Parents are Michael and Demetric Hall ... Has two siblings, sister Kierra and brother Andrelle … Major is psychology.

COLIN HEENAN Junior • Distance Liverpool, N.Y. (Liverpool) • 2009 and 2008 SEC Academic Honor Roll 2009-10 (Junior): Cross Country – Placed fourth on the team and 46th overall at Greater Louisville Classic with an 8K mark of 25:07.61 … At NCAA Southeast Regional, finished fourth on the team and 104th overall with a 10K time of 32:57. 2008-09 (Sophomore): Cross Country - Named SEC Male Athlete of the Week and Freshman of the Week after placing first on the team and seventh overall with an 8K time of 25:25 at the Wildcats’ opener in Memphis ... At Notre Dame Invitational, came across the line in second on the team and 62nd overall with a five-mile time of 24:42 ...

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Personal: Full name is Colin Jack Heenan ... Born Dec. 30, 1988 ... Parents are Michael and Kathryn Heenan ... Father competed in crew at Jacksonville University as an undergraduate ... Has two siblings, Jeff and Brigid ... Brigid is also a cross country and track athlete at SUNY-Geneseo ... Major is history.

CHRIS HEIBELL Senior • Distance Hillsborough, N.J. (Immaculata) Previous College (Loyola Md.): Transfer from Loyola University of Maryland where he set numerous school records in both cross country and track … Has one year of eligibility remaining for both indoor and outdoor track seasons … Set school records for 10K time in cross country and set top indoor marks in the 3,000m (8:18.97), mile (4:11.19), 1,000m and 800m runs along with the 4x400m relay … Posted school records in the outdoor 5,000m (14:29), 1500m (3:51.44) and 800m (1:54.21) runs … Recognized on All-MAAC Team for cross country after sophomore and junior campaigns … Three-time qualifier at Intercollegiate Association of Amateur Athletes of America (IC4A) in both the indoor mile and 3,000m runs in final two seasons … Also qualified in the 5,000m run at the outdoor IC4A meet … Named captain of both track and cross country teams last season … Named cross country team MVP in last three seasons …

Two-time MAAC cross country runner of the week … Coached by Rick Woods … Three-time MAAC All-Academic Team selection in final three seasons … Four-time member of dean’s list at Loyola. High School: Second team All-State selection in New Jersey for cross country as a senior ...

First-team All-Area cross country selection in final season … Claims school records in cross country at a 5K distance as well as track records for the 800m,1600m and 3200m runs … Coached by Wilt Robinson ... Fouryear letter winner in cross country and earned six letters in indoor/outdoor track … Played AAU Basketball in high school with Hillsborough Raiders … Volunteered with Mary, Mother of God Catholic Church in high school and college; and volunteered at Zoo Boo while at Loyola. Personal: Full name is Chris Robert Heibell ... Born January 23, 1987 in Somerset, NJ. ... Parents are Robert and Laura Heibell ... Master’s degree candidate in sport leadership.

ADAM HENKEN Junior • Distance Catharpin, Va. (Brentsville District) • 2009 and 2008 All-Southeast Regional Team - Cross Country • 2009 All-SEC Academic Honor Roll • 2008 NCAA Cross Country Championship Participant • 2008 All-SEC Second Team Cross Country • 2008 All-SEC Indoor Freshman Team - 3000m Run • 2007 All-SEC Freshman Team - Cross Country 2009-10 (Junior): Cross Country – Earned All-Southeast Region honors by placing 23rd overall at NCAA Southeast Regional in Louisville, Ky.,

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at the 8K SEC Championships to place second on the team at 25:32, earning recognition as part of the All-Freshman SEC Team in the conference ... Only freshman harrier to score in each meet for the Cats ... Finished 55th overall and second on the team at the Southeast regional in a 10K time of 31:39, helping the team improve four spots over its finish the previous year. Indoor - Ran a personal-best 4:12.28 mile at the McCravy Memorial Meet ... Posted personal-best 5,000m time at the Husky Classic, clocking in a 14:50.09 ... At SEC/Big Ten Challenge, notched personalbest time of 8:31.87 in 3,000m. Outdoor - Did not compete. High School: Class 2A State Runner-up in cross country in 2006 ... Class 2A State Runner-up in 3200m as junior and senior ... A four-year letterwinner in cross country and track and field ... An all-state cross country selection his junior and senior seasons ... Cross country team won the district, regional and Class 2A state titles in each of his last three seasons ...

Coached by Rob Dulin. Personal: Full name is Adam Henry Henken ...

Born June 8, 1989 in Fairfax, Va. ... Mother is Allison Howard ... Has three brothers: Ben, Brian and Cameron ... Major is social work.

BRUCE HORDUSKY Senior • Distance Erie, Pa. (Fort LeBoeuf)

ADAM HENKEN completing the 10K course in 31:04 … Led the Cats across the finish for the second time of season and seventh occasion overall in his career … At SEC Championships, clocked in at 25:29 on the 8K course to finish second on the team and 20th overall … Headed the Wildcat at the 8K Greater Louisville Classic with a 12th-place finish of 24:22 … Finished second on the team and seventh overall at Old Timers Classic five-mile course crossing the finish in 25:21 … Finished among the top three on the team in each competition this year … Since the 2007 SEC Championships in Lexington, has placed no worse than third on the team including seven top Wildcat finishes. 2008-09 (Sophomore): Cross Country – Individually qualified for the NCAA Championships by virtue of a fifthplace overall finish at the NCAA Regional to earn his first All-Southeast Regional honor with a 10K time of 30:26 - a 73-second improvement over his 2007 Regional mark ... Finished the 10K NCAA Championship course in 31:25 in cold conditions ... Claimed All-SEC Second Team honors at the league championships ... Slowly worked his way up through the field passing several runners on the final two loops of the 8K course while posting a personal-best time of 24:12 to place 14th overall ... Finished first on the squad in five consecutive meets ... Placed sixth overall at Penn State National Invitational completing the 5.2-mile course in 25:26 ... Scored in 11 of 12 career team races for UK. Indoor - Entered the UK record books by posting a personal-best 3,000m time of 8:16.27 at the Penn State National Invitational, the mark ranks tenth all time in school history ...

Ran a personal-best 4:08.08 mile at the Iowa State Classic ... Qualified for SEC Indoor Championship finals in the mile, finishing seventh ... Member of distance medley team that finished seventh overall at SEC Indoors.

Outdoor - Turned in the second-fastest 1,500m run of the season for the Wildcats at the SEC Outdoor Championships, crossing the line in 3:54.23 in Gainesville. 2007-08 (Freshman): Cross Country – Finished 41st overall 2

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2006-07 (Sophomore): Cross Country - Participated in each of the Wildcats' six meets ... Best finish came at the Old Timers Classic, where he posted a personal-best 5-mile time of 27:05 and finished third on the team and 13th overall ... Ninth overall at the EKU Invitational with a 4-mile time of 19:43 ... UK's No. 4 runner at the Greater Louisville Classic where he notched a personal-best 8K time of 26:11. Indoor – Competed in the mile, 3,000 meters and 5,000 meters ... Posted a personal-best time of 8:31.53 in the 3,000 meters at the SEC Championships. Outdoor – Participated in the 1,500, 5,000 and 10,000 meters ... Had the top 10,000meter time on the squad in 2007 with a mark of 30:30.67 at the Oregon Invitational beating his personal-best mark by 45 seconds ... Finished first in 10,000 meters at the Shamrock Invitational. 2005-06 (Freshman): Cross Country – Competed in four meets during his inaugural season...Was

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UK’s fourth runner and 19th overall at the Woodford Trials. Indoor – Ran a season best in the mile at the Kentucky Invitational... Broke the 9-minute barrier (8:57.38) in the 3,000 at the Iowa State Classic. Outdoor – Finished freshman campaign with the eighth fastest 3,000 in the SEC (8:49.75, Seminole Invite). High School: Finished 14th at the Pennsylvania State 3A Cross Country Championships as a junior ... Two-time all-state honoree ...

Set the Linesville Invitational course record (15:54, 5K) ... Placed first in the 3,200 meter at the regional meet as a junior ... Member of the Fort LeBoeuf High School 3,200 school-record relay squad (8:08) ... Also competed in basketball each of his four years in high school ... A member of the National Honor Society. Personal: Full name is Bruce Martin Hordusky, Jr. ... Born Feb. 17, 1987 ... Parents are Bruce and Joan Hordusky ... Has one sister, Erin Klinge ... Major is mechanical engineering.

J.D. HORTON Junior • Distance Navarre, Ohio (Massillon Perry) 2008-09 (Junior): Cross Country – Did not compete. 2008-09 (Sophomore): Cross Country – Did not compete. Indoor – Did not compete. Outdoor – Did not compete. 2007-08 (Freshman): Cross Country – Competed in all six meets for the Wildcats ... Top performance of the year was at SEC Championships, placing fifth on the team and 61st overall with an 8K time of 26:07. Indoor – Competed in the mile and 3,000m ... Posted season-best 3,000m time at McCravy Memorial with a finish of 8:47.16 ... At SEC/Big Ten Challenge, ran season-best mile time of 4:27.51. Outdoor – At SEC Championships, ran personal-best time in steeplechase finishing 14th overall in a time of 9:34.28 ... Crossed the line in second with personal-best 5,000m time of 15:44.61 at Sea Ray Relays ... At EKU Open, finished fifth in steeplechase crossing the finish in 9:37.90. High School: A three-time first-team all-county and four-time first-team all-federal league standout in cross country at Massillon Perry High School ... An AllOhio selection in track and field his final two seasons ... An All-Ohio selection in cross country in 2005 ... A member of the two-time district champion 4x800-meter relay squad ... Relay squad was the regional runners-up in 2007 ... Cross country squad was the district champion and regional runner-up his junior campaign ... A four-year letterwinner in track and field and cross country ... Coached by Rob Mizicko ... A fourtime academic All-Ohio selection and a four-time honor roll selection ...

Graduated in the top 25 of his high school class. Personal: Full name is Jacob Daniel Horton ... Born Oct. 18, 1988 in Canton, Ohio ... Parents are Rick and Brenda Horton ... Has one sister, Katie who is also a cross country and track athlete at Ohio Northern ... Father was a two-time national runner-up in the steeplechase for Malone College ... Major is decision science and information systems.

JOE JACKSON Sophomore • Distance Hilliard, Ohio (Hilliard Darby) 2009-10 (Sophomore): Cross Country – Ran in three meets for the Wildcats ... Best finish was at the SEC Championships with an 8K time of 27:17 to place eighth on the team and 57th overall.

2008-09 (Freshman): Cross Country – Ran in four meets for the Wildcats ... Best finish was at the SEC Championships with an 8K time of 26:06 to finish 67th overall.

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Track and field state qualifier in the 3,200m final two seasons finishing 12th as a junior and sixth as a senior (9:23) ... Ninth-place finish at Nike Outdoor Nationals with a 15:18 mark in the 5,000m ... School record holder in the 5,000m, 3,200m and 1,600m runs ... Coached by Jonathan Agriesti ... Also played soccer freshman and sophomore years... Member of 8th-place teams at Ohio Cross Country State Championships sophomore and junior years and district champion team as a senior ... Ran on track and field regional champion team as a freshman and district champion teams as a sophomore and junior ... Scholar athlete and member of senior class cabinet ... Also member of student athletic counsel, symphonic band, interact club, diversity club, freshman mentorship program and was a Camp Joy counselor. Personal: Full name is Joseph Henry Jackson II ... Born Dec. 14, 1989 in Roanoke, Va. ... Parents are Joseph and Leonetta Jackson ... Has one brother Jalen and one sister Princess-Jyla ... Major is biotechnology.

KYRON JOSEPH Freshman • Sprints Arima, Trinidad and Tobago (Arima Government Secondary School) High School: Two-time silver medalist in the boys 100m and 200m dashes at the 2009 Pan American Junior National Junior Championships … Placed third in the 200m dash event with a time of 21.21 in the boys under-20 division of the Trinidad and Tobago Carifta Games Trials to advance the 2009 Carifta Games held in St. Lucia last April as a member of the national team … In the boys under20 division 200m final of the Tobago Falcon Games clinched the 200m title in 21.78 seconds … Boasts top 100m time of 10.49 and best 200m mark of 21.15. Personal: Full name is Kyron Carlton Joseph ... Born Nov. 2, 1990 in Mt. Hope, Trinidad ... Parents are Carlton Joseph and Cheryl Warner... Has one sister, Adelle … Intended major is telecommunications.

SEAN LANGE Freshman • Sprints Fort Lauderdale Fla. (Northeast) High School: 2008 USATF National Champion in the 100m and 200m dashes … At 2009 Florida Class 3A state championships, member of state championship 4x400m relay and second-place 4x800m relay teams … Also at the state meet, finished third in the 100m dash and fourth in the 200m dash as a junior a year before placing fourth in the 100m and fifth in 200m in final season … Finished third in the 100m dash at the 2008 Florida Relays as a junior ... In the same year finished as a runner-up in the 100m dash and third in the 200m dash at the 3A regional meet …

Named to All-Broward County second team in each of final two seasons … District champion in 100m and 200m dashes as well as 4x100m relay as a senior following district 100m crown as a junior … Holds school records in both the 100m (10.5) and 200m (21.23) dashes … Coached by Carlton McCall ... Team finished as runner-up in state 3A championships in senior season … Three-year letter winner in track … Played varsity football as a sophomore and junior … Participated in martial arts for 13 years, primarily in Tae Kwon Do … First degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do

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along with father and younger brother. Personal: Full name is Sean Antoine Lange ... Born July 20, 1990 in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. ... Parents are Stephen and Laura Lange ... Has two siblings: sister Geneva and brother Peter …

Intended major is kinesiology.

in Nashville ... Parents are Gary and Amy Luttrell ... Has three siblings: older brother James, twin brother John and sister Esther ... Father, grandfather and sister all attended UK ... Father Gary ran track and field and cross country at Kentucky ... Major is undecided.

WALTER LUTTRELL

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Sophomore • Distance Dayton, Ohio (Dayton Christian)

Freshman • Sprints Lexington, Ky. (Lafayette)

2009-10 (Sophomore): Cross Country – Did not compete. 2008-09 (Freshman): Cross Country – Ran in five meets for the Wildcats ... Best result was at Notre Dame Invitational running the fivemile course in 26:10 to place seventh on the team.

Indoor – Did not compete. Outdoor – Did not compete. High School: Midwest Meet of Champions 3,200 champion as senior ... Ohio Division 3 3200m State Champion as a senior and junior ... Ohio Division 3 individual state cross country champion senior year, twin brother John was second ... Sixth place finish in 5,000m at USA Track and Field Junior Nationals ... Huntington Bank Runner of the Year for senior season of cross country ... Member of Ohio Division 3 State Championship Track and Field Team as a junior ... Coached by Larry Myers ... Played soccer all four years and basketball as a freshman and sophomore. Personal: Full name is Walter Luttrell ... Born June 19, 1989

High School: Placed third overall in the 200m dash and fourth overall in the 100m dash at the 2009 Kentucky state championships as a senior …

As a junior at the 2008 state championship meet, placed third in the 200m dash and fifth in the 100m dash after clinching regional crowns in both events … Competed in the state championships in each of final three years … … Coached by Ken Northington … Four-year letter winner in track … Volunteered with Habitat for Humanity during 2008 winter break in Biloxi, Miss. Personal: Full name is Benjamin Levi Mason... Feb. 7, 1991 in Lexington, Ky. ... Parents are Ted and Regina Mason... Has two brothers: Matt and Alex … Brothers, father, uncle and grandmother all attended UK … Intended major is kinesiology.

PATRICK MCGREGOR Freshman • Distance Hoover, Ala. (Hoover) 2008-09 (Freshman): Cross Country – Did not compete. High School: Runner-Up at Nike indoor nationals in the mile with a time of 4:08 - that ranked second nationally ... Three-time indoor track All-America selection in 2006, 2008 and 2009 ... Two-time outdoor track All-America selection as a junior and senior ... Alabama state cross country champion as a junior ... Five-time outdoor track state champion over last two seasons ...

Pivotal member of 2009 state championship track and field squad ...

Coached by Devon Hind ... Member of swim team as a junior. Personal: Full name is Patrick Cunningham McGregor ... Born Nov. 15, 1990 in Birmingham, Ala. ... Parents are Bob and Molly McGregor ... Has one brother - John ... Major is undecided.

CODY MILLER Freshman • Sprints Creston, Ohio (Norwayne) High School: Two-time 400m dash division II/III state champion in Ohio in final two seasons …

Claims Ohio Division II/III 400m dash state record with personal-best time of 47.48 … Holds high school records in the 100m (10.84), 200m (21.6) and 400m dashes as well as a member of record-holding 4x400m, 4x200m and sprint medley relay teams …

Coached by Jim Glessner … Four-year letter winner in track and soccer …

Named to Ohio All-Academic first team … Also active in band and drama club … Volunteered at church events. Personal: Full name is Cody James Miller ... Parents are Jerry and Therese Miller ... Has two brothers: Nick and Alex and one sister Bailey … Intended major is kinesiology.

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Junior • Middle Distance Monaca, Pa. (Monaca)

Junior • Distance Winfield, W. Va. (Winfield)

• 2009 and 2008 SEC Academic Honor Roll

• 2009 and 2008 SEC Academic Honor Roll • 2008 All-SEC Outdoor Freshman Team – Steeplechase

2008-09 (Junior): Cross Country – At NCAA Southeast Regional, finished as the third scorer for the Cats clocking in at 32:55 and 99th overall …

In the 5-mile Old Timers Classic, placed fifth on the team and 15th overall crossing the finish in 26:50 … Ran in each meet for the Wildcats.

2008-09 (Sophomore): Cross Country – Competed in three meets for the Wildcats ... Ran best mark at Memphis Twilight posting an 8K time of 26:39. Indoor – Ran personal-best mile time at the McCravy Memorial Meet with a finish of 4:14.80 to claim fifth place ... Finished with top 3,000m time of 8:40.08 at the Penn State National Invitational. Outdoor – Specialized in the 1,500m run ... Advanced to his first event final at the SEC Championships in the 1,500m run, placing 12th overall in the prelims with a personal-best time of 3:52.61 before placing 11th overall in the final. 2007-08 (Freshman): Cross Country – Did not compete. Indoor – Competed in the mile and 3,000m run ... Turned in best time in the mile at the Husky Classic clocking in at 4:15.54 ... Ran best 3,000m mark of 8:43.09 at SEC/Big Ten Challenge. Outdoor – Specialized in the 1,500m run posting best time of 3:56.91 at Stanford Invitational. High School: Placed third in PIAA Championships in the 1,600 meters as senior ... Finished seventh in 3,200 meters at PIAA Championships as junior ... Holds school records in 800, 1,600 and 3,200 meters ... Coached by Jody Nowry ... Played four years of basketball and football ... Member of basketball state quarterfinalist team as junior ... Second-team All-Section guard in basketball final two years ... Second team All-Conference wide receiver senior year of football ... Recipient of U.S. Marines and Beaver County YMCA Scholar-Athlete Awards ... Member of Just Say No Club, Teen Leadership and Spanish Club. Personal: Full name is Joshua Mark Nadzam ... Born Oct. 15, 1988 in Monaca Pa. ... Mother is Wendy Nadzam ... Major is social work.

2008-09 (Junior): Cross Country – Competed in three meets for the Wildcats … Best result was at 5-mile Old Timers Classic where he finished 24th overall in 27:49.75 … Also ran at the SEC Championships, crossing the 8K finish line in 27:51.30. 2008-09 (Sophomore): Cross Country – Did not compete. Indoor – Did not compete. Outdoor – Did not compete. 2007-08 (Freshman): Cross Country – Finished sixth on the team and 17th overall at Old Timers Classic with a 5-mile time of 26:20. Indoor – Did not compete. Outdoor – Named to All-SEC Freshman Team in the steeplechase ... At SEC Championships, ran personal-best time in steeplechase finishing 13th overall in a time of 9:28.40 ...

Won the steeplechase at Yellow Jacket Invitational, crossing the line in 9:30.45 ... Ran season-best mark in 1,500m at EKU Open, clocking in at 4:00.27. High School: The 2007 West Virginia Class AA state champion in the 1,600 meters ... West Virginia state runner-up in cross country in 2005 ... A four-time West Virginia all-state selection in the 3,200 meters, setting his school’s all-time record with a personal-best time of 9:31 in the 3,200 ... A three-time all-state selection (2005-07) in the 1,600 meters ...

A three-time all-state selection (2004-06) in cross country ... Helped his high school track and field squad to four consecutive state championships during his high school career ... Coached by John Mike Nichols (cross country) and David Bailey and Sean Anderson (track) ... Was a state finalist for the Wendy’s High School Heisman ... Graduated Summa Cum Laude with a 4.061 GPA ... Personal-best times include 4:30 (1,600 meter) ... Also competed in soccer his first two years and basketball his freshman season. Personal: Full name is Zachary Ryne Noel ... Born June 16, 1989 in Oklahoma City, Okla. ... Parents are Jackson Noel and Lynn Baker ... Has two brothers: Tyler and A.J. and four sisters: Krystal, Kamber, Courtney and Olivia ... Pre-pharmacy major.

JOSH NADZAM WILL ROVER Senior • Middle Distance Maineville, Ohio (Kings Mill/Ohio University) • 2008 SEC Academic Honor Roll 2009-10 (Senior): Cross Country – Competed in three meets for UK … Best finish was at SEC Championships turning in an 8K time of 27:12.65 to place 56th overall … Also ran in the 5-mile Old Timers Classic, crossing the finish in 27:42.38 to place 23rd overall. 200809 (Junior): Cross Country – Completed career-best race at SEC Championships to place second on the team and 32nd overall running an 8K time of 25:08 ... The place was his highest on the team in his career and the mark was almost two minutes faster than previous 8K races earlier in the season ... At Southeast Regional, finished with a 10K time of 33:29. Indoor – Concentrated on the mile run, turning in best time of 4:17.85 at the Iowa State Classic. Outdoor – Recorded personal-best 800m time of 1:53.52 at EKU Open ... Notched personal-best 1,500m run mark of 3:57.27 at the Sea Ray Relays. 2007-08 (Sophomore): Cross Country – Competed in all races for Kentucky before suffering injury just before Southeast Regional ... Best finish came at Old Timers Classic where he fin2

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Holds AAA state, regional and league cross country course records ...

Claims 3,200m and 1,600m run regional records ... Holds school record in 5,000m and 3,200m runs ... Coached by father Marty Sonnenfeldt ...

Recipient of both the John Mauer Award and the James M. “Doc” Simpson award ... Member of Key Club ... Volunteered with Knoxville Track Club and Empty Stocking Fund locally. Personal: Full name is Matthew Logan Sonnenfeldt ... Born Nov. 6, 1990 in Knoxville, Tenn. ... Parents are Marty and Betty Sonnenfeldt ... Has one brother - Daniel ... Parents were both distance runners at Tennessee, with Marty securing an All-SEC selection in the 10,000m run ... Major is business and marketing.

ished fourth on the team in the five mile race at 26:12. Indoor – Did not compete. Outdoor – Finished fourth in the steeplechase at Yellow Jacket Invitational, crossing the line with a personal-best mark of 9:48.02 ...

Placed fourth at EKU Open in 1,500m run with a personal-best time of 3:59.36 ... Also ran season-best 800m time at EKU crossing the line in 1:59.79. 2006-07 (Previous College): Participated in track and field and cross country at Ohio University ... Posted the team’s second-best 800meter time at the MAC Indoor Championships, finishing in 1:59.18 ...

Ran a cross country seasonal best at the NCAA Pre-Nationals, finishing the 8K race in 26:09.00 ... Ran in seven of the team’s eight cross country meets during the season ... Coached by Mitch Bentley. High School: A four-year letterwinner in track and field and cross country at Kings Mills High School ... A three-time first-team all-conference selection in track and cross country ... A Nike Outdoor Nationals qualifier in the 800meters ... Placed eighth at the 2006 Ohio state meet in the 800-meters ...

Finished 26th at the state cross country meet in 2005 ... A two-time alldistrict selection in cross country ... A two-time district champion in the 800 meters. Personal: Full name is William Martin Rover ... Born June 9, 1987 in Pomona, N.J. ... Parents are Larry and Peggy Rover ... Has one brother, Larry ... Major is finance.

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WILL RUCK Freshman • Sprints Bellerose, New York (Holy Cross) High School: As a senior in 2009 took CHSAA City Championships 300m and 4x200 secondplace honors … 2007 CHSAA Sophomore City Champion … 4x100 runner-up at 2007 NYC Mayor’s Cup Championships … Took the bronze medal at the 2007 Bishop Loughlin Games in the 300m … Named Brooklyn/Queens Indoor and Outdoor Sophomore MVP in 2007 … Took Holy Cross Outdoor MVP honors as a sophomore and senior … Claimed Holy Cross Indoor MVP honors as a junior …

Holds the Holy Cross 400m sophomore record and 300m varsity record ...

Also competed for Metro Eagles Track Club. Personal: Full name is Wilfred Ruck … Born Sept. 19, 1991 in New York, N.Y. ... Parents are Wilfred and Gemma Ruck … One brother Stephen, and one sister Andria ...

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MATT SONNENFELDT Freshman • Distance Knoxville, Tenn. (Knoxville West) • 2009 All-SEC Freshman Team Cross Country 2009-10 (Freshman): Cross Country – Placed 31st overall at SEC Championships in a time of 26:02 to earn conference All-Freshman team honors … At NCAA Southeast Regional, stopped the clock at 32:07 to place second for the Cats and 55th overall on the 10K course … Placed 35th overall and third on the team at the Greater Louisville Classic recording an 8K time of 24:57.31 ... At 5-mile Old Timers Classic, turned in a time of 25:56 to finish eighth overall ... Finished among the top three Wildcats in each race of season … Won SEC Male Freshman of the Week honors this season after posting the best UK time at the Eastern Kentucky Invitational. High School: As a senior claimed Footlocker South runner-up with 10th-fastest time on the course as well as Great American runner-up ... Tennessee state 2

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the race, yet still competed … At SEC Championships, placed fourth on the team and 42nd overall in an 8K time of 26:31 … Placed fifth on the team and 59th overall at the 8K Greater Louisville Classic, finishing the course in 25:19.92 … At the 5-mile Old Timers Classic, finished fourth on the team and 10th overall ending his run in 26:13. 2008-09 (Sophomore): Cross Country – Did not compete. Indoor – Competed in the 800m, mile and 3,000m runs ... Turned in season-best mile time of 4:21.72 at the McCravy Memorial Meet. Outdoor – Ran personal-best 1,500m time of 3:58.24 at SEC Championships ... Posted personal-best 800m time at EKU Open crossing the line in 1:55.51. 2007-08 (Freshman): Cross Country – Competed in all six races for UK ... Best finish was at 4-mile Eastern Kentucky Invitational, finishing at a time of 19:50 good for sixth on the team and 12th overall. Indoor – At SEC Championships, ran personal-best mile time of 4:21.22 ... Ran personal-best 800m time of 1:57.81 at McCravy Memorial Meet. Outdoor – Posted season-best 800m time at EKU crossing the line in 1:58.80 ... At Yellow Jacket Invitational, ran season-best time in 1,500m of 4:05.77. High School: A four-year letterwinner in track and one-year letterwinner in cross country ... A firstteam all-conference track selection in the 1,600 meters his senior campaign ... A second-team all-conference honoree in cross country last season ...

Earned a special-mention 1,600-meter all-conference distinction his junior year ... Cross country squad captured its district championship in 2006 ...

Coached by Jack Holliday ... Competed in soccer his first three years of high school and swimming his freshman campaign ... Soccer team was its conference champion in the 2003 and 2004 seasons with Wagner as a member. Personal: Full name is Matthew Lawrence Wagner ... Born Aug. 15, 1988 in Denver, Colo. ... Parents are Gerald and Susan Wagner ... Has two brothers - Andrew and Philip - and one sister, Sarah ... Brother Andrew ran cross country at Savannah College of Art and Design ... Placed sixth overall in the 2009 New Jersey State Sprint Triathlon that included a 500m swim, 11.5 mile bike race and 5K run ... Major is mechanical engineering.

SHARIF WEBB Junior • Middle Distance Paramus, N.J. (Don Bosco Prep/South Plains JC) Previous College (South Plains): Transfer from South Plains Junior College where he was a threetime NJCAA All-America selection … Has two years of eligibility remaining for both indoor and outdoor track seasons … Two-time All-America honoree last season for indoor 600m run and outdoor 800m run …

Claimed silver medals in both events with personal-best 600m time of 1:18.7 and personal-best 800m time of 1:49.4 … Also earned NJCAA AllAmerica recognition as a freshman in 2008 in the 800m run … Set personal-best 400m time last season of 47.4 … Coached by Chris Beene …

Member of two-time defending NJCAA Indoor and Outdoor National Championship teams. High School: 2007 New Jersey state champion in 800m run as a senior … Claims school records the 600m run and outdoor 400m (48.8) and 800m (1:51.07) runs … Coached by Rob Decarlo and Maurice Gibbs... Member of 2006 non-public New Jersey Class A state championship team as a junior … Earned six letters in indoor/outdoor track … Served as a student ambassador in high school. Personal: Full name is Sharif Lamar Webb ... Born: June 9, 1989 in Orange, N.J. ... Parents are Al-Tariq Dunson and Hakima Webb-Dunson ... Has one brother Al-Tariq Dunson Jr. and one sister Zania Dunson … Major is journalism.

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ALEX WILLIAMS Sophomore • Sprints Garland, Texas (Garland) 2009 (Freshman): Outdoor – Member of fifthplace 4x100m relay squad at the Florida Relays that crossed the finish in 40.03 … Turned in personal-best 100m time at the Florida Relays, crossing the line in 10.77 … In the 100m dash at the Baldy Castillo Invitational, clocked in at 10.78 to place seventh overall; also placed seventh in the 200m dash with a personal-best finish of 21.80. Indoor – Crossed the line in 6.77 in the 60m dash at the Penn State National Invitational to finish fourth overall and notch the 11th-best mark all-time at UK … At the Iowa State Qualifier, took home second in the 60m dash clocking in at 6.78 … Turned in best 200m mark of the season at the Rod McCravy Memorial Meet crossing the line in 22.00. High School: Member of Texas 4x200m relay state runner-up team as a senior ... Also ran on Texas state runner-up 4x100m and 4x200m relay teams as a junior ... Coached by Johnny McCoy ... Played four years of football and on the Texas 5A state runner-up team as a junior.

Personal: Full name is Alex Juhray Eudean Williams ... Born Feb. 23, 1990 in Garland, Texas … Parents are Carl and Brenda Williams ... Has four siblings, sister Cherie and brothers Gabby, Carlton and Justin ...

Brother Carlton ran track for Texas A&M - Kingsville ... Cousin Angela Williams ran first leg on the 2008 USA women’s 4x100m Olympic relay team, in the same role as the 2004 Olympics in Athens.

JEREMY ZAGORSKI Senior • Distance Parsippany, N.J. (Parsippany Hills/Boston College) 2008-09 (Junior): Cross Country – Scored in each of his six meets for the Wildcats ... Finished fifth on the team and 107th overall at Southeast Regional with a 10K time of 33:21 ... At SEC Championships placed fifth on the team and 61st overall with running the 8K course in 25:55 ... Top performances included second-place finished on team at the 8K Iona Meet of Champions running a time of 25:18 and at the Penn State National Invitational clocking in at 26:04 on the 5.2-mile course. Outdoor – Did not compete. Indoor – Only competed in one meet before incurring season-ending injury … In the 3,000m run, posted a solid time of 8:19.39 to finish fourth in his first indoor race in the Blue and White at the Kentucky Invitational. 2005-07 (Boston College): Member of 4x800m relay championship teams as a freshman at both the indoor and outdoor New England Championships ...

1,500m champion at outdoor New England Championships as a junior ... ran on record-holding indoor 4x800m relay team at BC with a mark of 7:30.43 ... Relay squad also claimed New England Championship record of 7:37.50 ... Coached by John Mortimer and Randy Thomas. High School: New Jersey High School State Champion in the mile as a sophomore ... Owns outdoor track New Jersey High School State record in the event ... Coached by John Pico ... Member of National Honor Society.

Personal: Full name is Jeremy M. Zagorski ... Born Nov. 19, 1985 in Denville, N.J. ... Parents are Glenn and Marilyn Zagorski ... Three brothers Josh, Kyle and Scott ... Brother Josh played football at Moravian College ... Father Glenn played football at Lycoming College ... Pursuing a Masters in Health Administration at UK's Martin School of Public Policy and Administration.

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MEN’S ALL-AMERICANS 1970 (Indoor).......................220 Yards 1968 (Outdoor)....................100 Yards 1968 (Indoor).........................60 Yards HAMIL GRIMES 1980 (Outdoor)..................400 Meters 1980 (Indoor).......................440 Yards EUGENE GRUNDY 1997 (Indoor)......................High Jump TIM HARDEN 1996 (Outdoor)..................100 Meters 1996 (Indoor).......................55 Meters 1995 (Outdoor)..................100 Meters 1995 (Outdoor)..........400-Meter Relay 1995 (Indoor).......................55 Meters 1994 (Outdoor)..................100 Meters 1994 (Outdoor)..........400-Meter Relay 1994 (Indoor).......................55 Meters 1993 (Outdoor)..................100 Meters 1993 (Outdoor)..........400-Meter Relay JUSTIN HARRISON 2008 (Outdoor).......1,600-Meter Relay 2007 (Indoor) .........1,600-Meter Relay CHRIS JACKSON 1995 (Outdoor)..........400-Meter Relay 1994 (Outdoor)..........400-Meter Relay D’ANDRE JENKINS 1995 (Outdoor).......1,600-Meter Relay 1993 (Outdoor)..........400-Meter Relay

JOSE ACEVEDO JOSE ACEVEDO 2009 (Outdoor)..........400-Meter Relay 2008 (Outdoor).......1,600-Meter Relay 2007 (Indoor) .........1,600-Meter Relay

MIKE BUNCIC 1985 (Outdoor) .........................Discus 1984 (Outdoor) .........................Discus 1984 (Indoor).........................Shot Put

JEAN BALAN 2003 (Outdoor)..................800 Meters

JEFF CHAKOUIAN 2005 (Outdoor) ......................Shot Put 2004 (Outdoor) ......................Shot Put 2004 (Indoor).........................Shot Put 2002 (Indoor).........................Shot Put 2001 (Outdoor) ......................Shot Put 2001 (Indoor).........................Shot Put

PAUL BALDWIN 1972 (Indoor) ........................Two Mile DAVE BENSEMA 1982 (Indoor) ........................Two Mile 1980 .............................Cross Country BEN BIRD 1994 (Outdoor) .........................Discus NATHAN BROWNING 2008 (Outdoor).......1,600-Meter Relay 2007 (Indoor) .........1,600-Meter Relay JIM BUELL 1974 .............................Cross Country

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CHAD JOHNSON 2003 (Indoor) ..Distance Medley Relay 2002 (Indoor).....................800 Meters 2001 (Indoor) ..Distance Medley Relay JIM B. KAISER 1991 ............................Cross Country 1991 (Outdoor).............10,000 Meters MATT KAVANAGH 2000 (Outdoor) ......................Hammer 2000 (Indoor).................Weight Throw 1999 (Outdoor) ......................Hammer 1998 (Outdoor) ......................Hammer KRIS LANDERS 2003 (Indoor) ..Distance Medley Relay BILL LIGHTSEY 1971 (Indoor) .....................Long Jump

DARRYL GAINES 1997 (Indoor) .........1,600-Meter Relay 1995 (Indoor) .........1,600-Meter Relay

JEFF LIMPERT 1999 (Indoor).....................800 Meters

JIM GREEN 1971 (Indoor).........................60 Yards 1970 (Outdoor)....................220 Yards 1970 (Indoor).........................60 Yards

DEMARCUS LINDSEY 1995 (Outdoor)..........400-Meter Relay 1995 (Outdoor).......1,600-Meter Relay 1994 (Outdoor)..........400-Meter Relay 1994 (Indoor).......................55 Meters

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VADIM NEMAD 1996 .............................Cross Country 1996 (Outdoor).............10,000 Meters 1996 (Indoor)..................5,000 Meters 1995 (Indoor)..................5,000 Meters 1993 (Indoor)..................5,000 Meters

RONDEL SORRILLO 2009 (Outdoor) ................100 Meters 2009 (Outdoor) ................200 Meters 2009 (Outdoor) .......400-Meter Relay 2009 (Indoor) .....................60 Meters 2009 (Indoor) ...................200 Meters

MARK NENOW 1980 (Outdoor).............10,000 Meters 1979 ............................Cross Country

HUNTER SPENCER 2003 (Indoor) ................................Mile 2002 (Indoor) ................................Mile 2001 (Indoor) ..Distance Medley Relay

KWASI OBENG 2009 (Outdoor) .......400-Meter Relay 2008 (Outdoor).....1,600-Meter Relay ARNOLD PAYNE 1996 (Outdoor).......1,600-Meter Relay 1996 (Indoor).....................400 Meters 1996 (Indoor) .........1,600-Meter Relay CLYDE RUDOLPH 1994 (Outdoor)..................200 Meters 1994 (Outdoor)..........400-Meter Relay 1994 (Indoor).....................200 Meters 1993 (Outdoor)..................200 Meters 1993 (Outdoor)..........400-Meter Relay

1993 (Outdoor)..........400-Meter Relay GRANT LINDSEY 2008 (Outdoor)...................High Jump

THOMAS MORGAN 2003 (Indoor) ..Distance Medley Relay 2001 (Indoor) ..Distance Medley Relay

RASHAUD SCOTT 2009 (Outdoor) .........................Discus 2008 (Outdoor) .........................Discus 2008 (Outdoor) ......................Shot Put

JESSE STUART 1971 (Outdoor) ......................Shot Put 1971 (Indoor).........................Shot Put BOB WHELAN 1991 (Indoor)..................1,500 Meters 1990 (Indoor) ................................Mile 1989 (Indoor) ................................Mile RONNIE WILLIAMS 1996 (Outdoor)..................200 Meters 1996 (Outdoor).......1,600-Meter Relay 1996 (Indoor) .........1,600-Meter Relay 1995 (Outdoor)..........400-Meter Relay 1995 (Indoor) .........1,600-Meter Relay GEORGE YIANNELIS 1993 (Outdoor) ...3,000-Meter Steeple

DERRICK LOCKE 2008 (Indoor) .....................Long Jump LUIS LUNA 2007 (Indoor) .........1,600-Meter Relay CHASE MADISON 2009 (Outdoor) .........................Discus 2009 (Indoor).........................Shot Put CHRIS MARTIN 1997 (Indoor) .........1,600-Meter Relay 1996 (Outdoor).......1,600-Meter Relay 1996 (Indoor) .........1,600-Meter Relay MARVIN MAYS 1981 (Indoor)......................High Jump 1980 (Outdoor)...................High Jump PAT MCCULLA 1982 (Outdoor) .........................Discus 1980 (Outdoor) .........................Discus BENNY MCINTOSH 1989 (Indoor)..................3,000 Meters 1988 ............................Cross Country GORDON MCKENZIE 2009 (Outdoor)..........400-Meter Relay MARK MILLER 1997 (Indoor) .........1,600-Meter Relay 1996 (Outdoor).......1,600-Meter Relay 1996 (Indoor) .........1,600-Meter Relay 2

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WOMEN’S ALL-AMERICANS SIMIDELE ADEAGBO 2003 (Outdoor)..................Triple Jump 2003 (Indoor) ....................Triple Jump 2002 (Outdoor)..................Triple Jump 2001 (Indoor) ....................Triple Jump CATHY BARBER 1982 (Indoor) ............800-Meter Relay LISA BREIDING 1989 (Indoor)..................3,000 Meters 1988 ............................Cross Country 1987 (Indoor) .........3,200-Meter Relay 1986 ............................Cross Country 1986 (Outdoor)...............3,000 Meters 1986 (Indoor)..................3,000 Meters MICHELLE BROWN 1997 (Indoor).......................55 Meters 1997 (Indoor).....................200 Meters 1996 (Outdoor)..........400-Meter Relay ANTOINETTE BROWNING 1982 (Indoor) ............800-Meter Relay LIZETTE BROWNING 1982 (Indoor) ............800-Meter Relay EDYTH CHILDRESS 1981 (Indoor)......................High Jump

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DONNA COMBS 1989 ............................Cross Country CINDY CRAPPER 1983 (Indoor).........................Shot Put 1982 (Indoor).........................Shot Put JANET CRAWFORD 2003 (Indoor)......................High Jump 2002 (Outdoor)...................High Jump REGINA FELDER 1983 (Indoor).........................60 Yards ELISA FROSINI 1987 (Outdoor)...............1,500 Meters 1987 (Indoor) ................................Mile 1986 (Indoor)..................1,000 Meters KIM HAWKINS 1989 (Indoor) .........3,200-Meter Relay 1987 (Indoor) .........3,200-Meter Relay BETH HEIMANN 2005 (Indoor).....................800 Meters 2004 (Indoor).....................800 Meters 2003 (Outdoor)..................800 Meters 2003 (Indoor).....................800 Meters SHERRY HOOVER 1989 (Indoor) .........3,200-Meter Relay 1988 ............................Cross Country 1988 (Outdoor)...............1,500 Meters 2

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LIZ POLYAK 1986 (Indoor).........................Shot Put

KERRY RINK 1989 (Indoor) .........3,200-Meter Relay

JULIE STIBBE 1983 (Indoor) .........3,200-Meter Relay

JUDY RICHARDSON 1982 (Indoor) ............800-Meter Relay

ROSHELL RUSSELL 1998 (Outdoor)..................400 Meters 1998 (Indoor).....................400 Meters

HOLLY STRAIGHT 1983 (Indoor)....................1,000 Yards

PASSION RICHARDSON 1997 (Outdoor)..................100 Meters 1996 (Outdoor)..........400-Meter Relay 1996 (Indoor).......................55 Meters 1994 (Indoor).......................55 Meters

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2009 1972 2008 1995 2002 1982 2008 2006 2002 1991

200 METERS 1. Rondel Sorrillo 2. Clyde Rudolph 3. Tim Harden 4. Jose Acevedo Justin Austin 6. DeMarcus Lindsey 7. Gordon McKenzie 8. Jude Hammond 9. Kwasi Obeng Ernest Simms

20.72 20.73 20.90 20.99 20.99 21.15 21.28 21.38 21.46 21.46

College Station Atlanta Lexington Fayetteville Lexington Lexington Gainesville Fayetteville Fayetteville Lexington

2009 1994 1996 2008 2009 1994 2006 2000 2008 2003

400 METERS 1. Arnold Payne 2. Luis Luna 3. Justin Harrison 4. Nathan Browning 5. Jose Acevedo 6. Mark Miller 7. Dwight Phillips 8. Dedrick Tillerson 9. Ronnie Williams 10. Darryl Gaines

45.75 46.46 46.72 46.77 46.85 46.96 47.12 47.24 47.25 47.31

Lexington Lexington Fayetteville Ames Lexington Atlanta Ames Fayetteville Lexington Lexington

1996 2007 2005 2008 2009 1997 1998 2005 1996 1996

800 METERS 1. David Freeman 2. James Doaty 3. Hunter Spencer 4. Paul Ciurlys 5. Chad Johnson 6. Kris Landers 7. Jeff Limpert 8. Jeff Ellis 9. John Richardson Brad Rogers Brian Maslyar

1:47.40 1:47.93 1:48.29 1:48.62 1:48.84 1:49.19 1:49.25 1:49.50 1:49.94 1:49.94 1:49.94

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3:58.77 3:59.35 4:00.69 4:00.78c 4:01.10 4:01.14 4:04.08 4:04.99 4:05.00h 4:05.56

Indianapolis Lexington Gainesville Gainesville Gainesville South Bend Johnson City Johnson City Houston Johnson City

1990 2008 2003 1985 2003 2004 1991 1991 1972 1990

3000 METERS 1. Benny McIntosh 2. John Richardson 3. Thomas Morgan 4. Dave Bensema 5. Richard Ede 6. Andy Redmond 7. Vadim Nemad 8. Jim B. Kaiser 9. George Yiannelis 10. Eddie Melia

7:59.10 7:59.26 7:59.96 8:02.00h 8:02.52 8:02.95 8:06.27 8:08.10 8:11.79 8:16.41

Gainesville Seattle South Bend Gainesville Gainesville Gainesville Lexington South Bend Gainesville Gainesville

1989 2008 2004 1982 1987 1986 1996 1991 1992 1990

5000 METERS 1. David Bensema Mark Nenow 3. Vadim Nemad 4. Thomas Morgan 5. Jim B. Kaiser 6. Richard Ede 7. Tom Burridge 8. Thomas Morgan 9. AndrĂŠ Silva 10. Joe Buell

13:57.30c Louisville 13:57.30c Bloomington 13:59.57 Indianapolis 14:07.57 Fayetteville 14:14.38 Ames 14:17.16 Gainesville 14:21.33c Baton Rouge 14:22.06 Fayetteville 14:26.30 Lexington 14:27.90c Champaign

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65-10.50 64-09.50 63-11.25 62-06.50 62-02.50 62-02.25 61-00.75 59-03.75 58-02.00 58-01.75

Lexington Detroit Columbus Blacksburg Athens Gainesville New York Gainesville Baton Rouge Knoxville

2000 1971 1984 2008 1976 2006 2007 1970 1975 1986

LONG JUMP 1. Andrew Channer 2. Derrick Locke 3. Bill Lightsey 4. Tony Woods 5. Jeff Huggins 6. Brendan Ames 7. Reggie Payton 8. Kendrick Maiden 9. Tom Gohlke 10. Dwight Phillips

25-07.25 25-05.25 25-02.25 24-06.25 24-02.50 23-10.75 23-10.25 23-05.25 23-05.00 23-03.50

Baton Rouge Fayetteville Detroit Lexington Wichita Lexington Lexington Lexington Muncie Indianapolis

1998 2008 1970 1996 1972 2008 1994 2008 1973 1997

HIGH JUMP 1. Eugene Grundy 2. Marvin Mays Michael Mason 4. A. Vander Wagen 5. Grant Lindsey 6. Matt Smotherman 7. Bill Thomas 8. Pat Fanan 9. Scott Weisman 10. John McIntosh Dave Kleykamp Rob Rothfuss

7-04.50 7-02.25 7-02.25 7-01.00 7-00.50 7-00.25 7-00.00 6-11.00 6-10.75 6-10.00 6-10.00 6-10.00

Lexington Columbus Lexington Lexington Bloomington Lexington Bloomington Indianapolis Lexington Lexington Gainesville Columbus

1997 1981 2005 2000 2008 2003 1975 1997 1983 1982 1973 1971

TRIPLE JUMP 1. Dwight Phillips 2. Bethel Ward 3. Everton McDougall 4. Mike Stutland 5. David Banks 6. Andrew Channer 7. David Zorn 8. Sterling Ward 9. Steve Crouse

51-04.50 51-01.75 50-09.50 50-02.75 49-08.25 49-01.75 48-07.00 48-02.00 48-00.25

Gainesville Gainesville Baton Rouge Louisville Lexington Bloomington Baton Rouge Lincoln Lexington

1997 1981 1984 1971 2009 1998 1980 1991 2009

POLE VAULT 1. Nathan Plager 2. Chris Daniel 3. Shelton Riffle 4. Keith Kline 5. Tracy Goff 6. Mike Pifer 7. Greg Hoffman 8. Mark Norsworth 9. Mike Mendelsohn

17-05.50 17-00.00 16-08.75 16-01.75 15-00.00 14-11.00 14-09.00 14-06.00 14-01.25

Bloomington Blacksburg Columbus Bloomington Knoxville Lexington West Lafayette Ann Arbor Lexington

1996 2000 1995 1998 1981 1998 1992 1970 2009

35-LB. WEIGHT 1. Andy Fryman 2. Rashaud Scott 3. Matt Kavanagh

67-03.50 Blacksburg 65-06.00 Fayetteville 65-02.00 Lexington

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63-06.25 63-00.25 59-06.75 58-00.00

1600-METER RELAY 1. J. Harrison, N. Browning, 3:05.87 J. Acevedo, L. Luna 2. J. Harrison, N. Browning, 3:06.34 J. Acevedo, L. Luna 3. M. Miller, R. Williams,3:06.46 C. Martin, A. Payne 4. J.Austin, R. Sorrillo, 3:06.78 B. Austin, J. Acevedo 5. J. Harrison, N. Browning, 3:07.01 J. Acevedo, L. Luna DISTANCE MEDLEY RELAY 1. K. Landers, C. Johnson, 9:35.41 P. Ciurlys, D. Freeman 2. H. Spencer, P. Ciurlys,9:36.19 C. Johnson, T. Morgan 3. H. Spencer, C. Johnson, 9:37.12 J. Doaty, T. Morgan 4. H. Spencer, P. Ciurlys,9:37.76 D. Freeman, T. Morgan 5. K. Landers, P. Ciurlys,9:37.81 C. Johnson, T. Morgan

Lexington Ames Lexington Columbus

1998 2002 2008 1970

Lexington

2007

Fayetteville

2007

Lexington

1996

Lexington

2009

Ames

2006

Fayetteville

2003

Ames

2002

South Bend

2001

Boston

2003

Fayetteville

2003

1000 METERS (DISCONTINUED BY NCAA) 1. Dave Brockwell 2:22.72 Gainesville 1987 2. Brian Maslyar 2:23.45 Gainesville 1987 3. Mike McKay 2:24.50 Gainesville 1982 4. Russell Nally 2:25.10 Baton Rouge 1988 5. Charlie Kern 2:26.53 Lincoln 1991 6. Bob Whelan 2:26.64 Gainesville 1989 7. Martin Clark 2:26.94 Columbus 1982 8. Jack Morgan 2:27.33 South Bend 2001 9. Dan Glomb 2:27.56 Bloomington 1988 10. Kevin Hedenberg 2:28.13 Ames 1993 TWO MILE (DISCONTINUED BY NCAA) 1. Paul Baldwin 8:39.20h Detroit 2. Tom Burridge 8:45.04 Baton Rouge 3. Andy Redmond 8:46.66 Baton Rouge 4. Jim Buell 8:46.70h Bloomington 5. Vic Nelson 8:47.34 Montgomery 6. Dave Bensema 8:48.79 Pontiac 7. Richard Ede 8:49.55 Ann Arbor 8. Mike Haywood 8:51.74 Jackson 9. Rob Redenbaugh 8:52.43 Montgomery 10. Dave Bernardy 8:53.34 Baton Rouge

1972 1977 1985 1976 1971 1982 1986 1973 1979 1975

OUTDOOR 100 METERS 1. Tim Harden 2. Gordon McKenzie 3. Rondel Sorrillo 4. Jim Green 5. DeMarcus Lindsey Alfred Agee 7. Mark Mitchell 8. Ernest Simms 9. Hamil Grimes 10. Chris Jackson

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110-METER HURDLES 1. Mikel Thomas 13.57 2. Chuck Peters 14.04c 3. Bryan Wilson 14.09 4. Brendan Ames 14.14 5. Geoffrey Daley 14.36 Tom Masthay 14.36 7. Reggie Payton 14.60 8. Melvin Gentry 14.64c 9. Marvin Olige 14.84c

Fayetteville Lexington Atlanta Des Moines Knoxville Tallahassee Tuscaloosa Richmond Richmond

2008 1972 2002 2008 2008 2006 1995 1982 1988

200 METERS 1. Rondel Sorrillo 2. Clyde Rudolph Tim Harden 4. Jose Acevedo 5. DeMarcus Lindsey 6. Ronnie Williams 7. Gordon McKenzie 8. Jim Green 9. Mark Mitchell 10. Justin Austin

20.45 20.54 20.54 20.58 20.69 20.72 20.77 20.94c 20.96 20.99

Fayetteville Fayetteville Fayetteville Fayetteville Tuscaloosa Eugene Fayetteville Sacramento Lexington Gainesville

2009 1994 1994 2008 1995 1995 2008 1970 1986 2009

400 METERS 1. Hamil Grimes 2. Arnold Payne Luis Luna 4. Jose Acevedo 5. D’Andre Jenkins 6. Nathan Browning 7. Ronnie Williams 8. Justin Harrison 9. Mark Miller 10. Dwight Phillips

45.74 46.15 46.15 46.17 46.23 46.30 46.47 46.56 46.60 46.80

Austin Knoxville Columbia Gainesville Tuscaloosa Auburn Baton Rouge Atlanta Auburn Atlanta

1980 1996 2007 2009 1995 2008 1995 2006 1997 1997

400-METER HURDLES 1. Jeff Ellis 49.96 2. Dedrick Tillerson 50.29 3. Mikel Thomas 51.40

Athens Knoxville Port of Spain

1999 2006 2008

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51.61 52.14 52.33 52.44 52.59 52.63 53.01

Atlanta Atlanta Lexington Muncie Tuscaloosa Knoxville Philadelphia

1992 1992 1989 1972 2007 2003 1997

800 METERS 1. Jean Balan 2. David Freeman 3. Kris Landers 4. Jeff Limpert 5. Brian Maslyar 6. Chad Johnson 7. LaMonte Vaughn 8. Hunter Spencer 9. Paul Ciurlys 10. James Doaty

1:47.22 1:47.66 1:47.81 1:48.02 1:48.02 1:48.10 1:48.23 1:48.35 1:48.77 1:48.85

Knoxville Starkville Stanford Durham Indianapolis Columbia Atlanta Atlanta Knoxville Starkville

2003 2002 2004 2000 1988 2001 1994 2002 2003 2002

1500 METERS 1. Bob Whelan 2. Hunter Spencer 3. Martin Clark 4. David Freeman 5. John Richardson 6. Thomas Morgan 7. Alex Davey 8. Mike McKay 9. McKay Mattingly 10. Russell Nally

3:40.56 3:40.91 3:41.26 3:41.56 3:41.87 3:42.42 3:42.74 3:42.79 3:43.44 3:44.15

Eugene Stanford Indianapolis Stanford Palo Alto Stanford Eugene Baton Rouge Murray Fayetteville

1991 2002 1985 2004 2008 2004 1991 1984 1982 1988

3000-METER STEEPLECHASE 1. George Yiannelis 8:42.74 Austin 2. Leo Lenting 8:49.44 Tuscaloosa 3. Luis Orta 8:52.39 Gainesville 4. Charles Schultz 8:53.44 Knoxville 5. Max Hadley 8:54.34 Des Moines 6. Thomas Morgan 8:59.14 Knoxville 7. Dave Bernardy 8:59.94 Baton Rouge 8. Andy Redmond 9:00.37 Baton Rouge 9. Eddie Melia 9:00.58 Athens 10. Paul Baldwin 9:01.44 Knoxville

1993 1977 2009 1976 1974 2003 1975 1984 1990 1972

5000 METERS 1. Thomas Morgan 2. Paul Baldwin 3. Dave Bensema 4. Jim B. Kaiser 5. Vadim Nemad 6. Mark Nenow 7. Vic Nelson 8. Richard Ede 9. Tom Burridge 10. Andy Redmond

13:45.57 Stanford 13:46.24 Eugene 13:53.65 Knoxville 13:54.32 Philadelphia 13:56.16 Santa Monica 13:57.41 Knoxville 14:00.10h Knoxville 14:00.64 Knoxville 14:00.66 Tuscaloosa 14:02.64 Knoxville

2004 1972 1981 1991 1993 1981 1968 1986 1979 1985

10000 METERS 1. Mark Nenow 2. Benny McIntosh 3. Jim B. Kaiser 4. Vadim Nemad 5. Tom Burridge 6. Dean Erdal 7. Jim Buell 8. Dave Bensema 9. Lloyd Ness 10. John Barr

28:32.00h 29:09.07 29:11.54 29:21.58 29:23.10h 29:27.20h 29:53.10h 29:58.50h 30.15.10h 30:28.30h

1980 1989 1991 1996 1979 1979 1977 1981 1979 1982

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SHOT PUT 1. Jeff Chakouian 2. Jesse Stuart 3. Mike Buncic 4. Andy Fryman 5. Don Allshouse 6. Rashaud Scott 7. Chase Madison 8. Gavin Ball 9. John Stuart 10. Ben Bird

66-03.00 64-09.50 63-11.25 63-04.25 62-02.50 62-02.25 59-11.25 59-05.00 59-03.75 58-02.50

Baton Rouge Gainesville Columbus San Diego Athens Gainesville Des Moines Columbia Gainesville Lexington

2004 1971 1984 2006 1976 2009 2009 2007 1970 1996

DISCUS 1. Rashaud Scott 2. Mike Buncic 3. Chase Madison 4. Pat McCulla 5. Andy Fryman 6. Bill Power 7. Colin Boevers 8. Ben Bird 9. Jason Margraf 10. Colin Boevers

216-02 214-05 206-02 198-11 192-01 185-00 181-04 181-02 180-01 176-08

Louisville Lexington Chula Vista Sacramento Bloomington Knoxville Columbus Lexington Knoxville Gainesville

2009 1986 2008 1981 2008 2002 2008 1996 1998 2009

Baton Rouge Richmond Atlanta Caracas Lexington

1984 1982 1973 1964 1974

JAVELIN (OLD: PRE-1985) 1. Rob Curtis 256-08 2. Mike Brennan 247-03 3. Tony Kozleski 244-11 4. Pat Etcheberry 242-02 5. Wayne Gorman 219-06

JAVELIN (NEW: POST-1985) 1. Darby Roberts 218-4 Lexington

1995

HAMMER 1. Matt Kavanagh 2. Andy Fryman 3. Jamie Shannon 4. Alek Grietens 5. Ray Sabbatine 6. Bill Powers 7. Pat McCulla 8. Steve Fisher

221-04 216-08 192-00 190-11 183-00 174-06 146-02 144-05

Boise Des Moines Lexington Atlanta Lexington Austin Lexington Knoxville

1999 2008 1997 2009 1971 2001 1982 1972

HIGH JUMP 1. Grant Lindsey 2. Eugene Grundy 3. Marvin Mays 4. Michael Mason 5. Bill Thomas 6. Matt Smotherman 7. Pat Farnan 8. A. Vander Wagen Scott Weisman 10. John McIntosh Dave Kleykamp Bob Rothfuss

7-05.00 7-04.50 7-04.25 7-02.50 7-00.00 6-11.75 6-11.00 6-10.75 6-10.75 6-10.00 6-10.00 6-10.00

Des Moines Auburn Tallahassee Nashville Bloomington Miami Lexington Austin Lexington Lexington Gainesville Lexington

2008 1997 1981 2005 1975 2003 1996 2000 1983 1982 1973 1971

LONG JUMP 1. Derrick Locke 2. Andrew Channer 3. Reggie Payton

25-03.25 Knoxville 25-01.25 Knoxville 24-04.50 Knoxville

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8.

9.

10.

2008 1998 1994

DAVID BANKS

Tony Woods Dwight Phillips Jeff Huggins Tom Gohlke Stuart Wilson David Banks Brendan Ames

24-04.25 24-03.00 24-02.50 23-05.00 23-01.75 22-07.25 22-05.00

Knoxville Knoxville Wichita Muncie Knoxville Tempe Auburn

1996 1997 1972 1973 1983 2009 2008

TRIPLE JUMP 1. Bethel Ward 2. David Banks 3. Everton McDougall 4. Dwight Phillips 5. Mike Stutland 6. Andrew Channer 7. David Zorin 8. Steve Crouse 9. Mark Mumford 10. Jeff Brown

51-01.75 50-11.00 50-09.50 50-07.50 50-02.75 48-07.25 48-07.00 47-11.00 45-03.00 44-09.00

Gainesville Louisville Baton Rouge Austin Lexington Palo Alto Baton Rouge Tempe Knoxville Lexington

1981 2009 1984 1997 1971 1997 1980 2009 1970 1974

POLE VAULT 1. Nathan Plager 2. Shelton Riffle 3. Chris Daniel 4. Keith Kline 5. Tracy Goff 6. Greg Hoffman 7. Mark Norsworth

17-05.50 17-01.50 16-05.25 15-09.25 15-00.00 14-09.00 14-06.00

Lexington Lexington Knoxville Gainesville Knoxville West Lafayette Ann Arbor

1995 1995 1999 1998 1981 1982 1970

DECATHLON 1. Jeff Huggins 2. Jeff Bathiany 3. Ray Maikkula 4. John McIntosh 5. Bill Mounce 6. Richard Ashburn 7. Kevin Carney 8. Imani DuPerry

7015 6970 6796 6462 6283 6123 6087 5672

Tuscaloosa Tuscaloosa Tallahassee Athens Athens Knoxville Knoxville Gainesville

1973 1979 1984 1982 1982 1974 2009 2009

Knoxville

1995

Boise

1994

Fayetteville

2009

Fayetteville

2009

Louisville

2009

Des Moines

2008

Knoxville

2006

Tuscaloosa

2007

Des Moines

2008

Atlanta

2006

400-METER RELAY 1. D. Lindsey, C. Jackson, 38.81 R. Williams, T. Harden 2. D. Lindsey, C. Jackson, 38.94 C. Rudolph, T. Harden 3. G. McKenzie, J. Acevedo, 39.21 K. Obeng, R. Sorrillo 4. G. McKenzie, J. Acevedo, 39.27 K. Obeng, R. Sorrillo 5. G. McKenzie, J. Acevedo, 39.29 K. Obeng, R. Sorrillo 1600-METER RELAY 1. N. Browning, J. Harrison, 3:02.00 K. Obeng, J. Acevedo 2. N. Browning, J. Harrison, 3:02.97 J. Acevedo, L. Luna 3. N. Browning, J. Harrison, 3:03.96 J. Acevedo, L. Luna 4. N. Browning, J. Harrison, 3:04.57 K. Obeng, J. Acevedo 5. N. Browning, J. Harrison, 3:04.81 J. Acevedo, L. Luna

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METERS Michelle Brown Passion Richardson Regina Felder Jackie Knox LaTanza Stephens Teniqua Broughton Kenya Patton Alexis Simmons Talonda Ingram Bianca Tyson

7.25c 7.28c 7.36c 7.42c 7.45c 7.49c 7.51 7.53c 7.55 7.58

Indianapolis Gainesville Baton Rouge Lexington Lexington Lexington Bloomington Lexington Lexington Lexington

1997 1994 1983 1995 1996 1998 2006 1998 2004 2008

60-METER HURDLES 1. Lutisha Shittu 8.25c 2. Danielle Sampley 8.35 3. Shonna Johnson 8.36c Michelle Williams 8.36c 5. Tonya Lowe 8.37c 6. Ashley Trimble 8.45 7. Olubusola Adeagbo 8.46 8. Ola Sesay 8.48 9. Elmetta Johnson 8.51 10. Raina Turner 8.58c

Gainesville Lexington Bloomington Lincoln Baton Rouge Lexington Lexington Lexington Lexington Gainesville

1999 2008 1998 1998 1984 2009 2003 1999 2003 1994

200 METERS 1. Michelle Brown 2. Alexis Simmons 3. Jenna Martin 4. Roshell Russell 5. Bianca Tyson 6. Kenya Patton 7. Talonda Ingram 8. Kendra Patton 9. Danielle Sampley 10. Jackie Knox

23.32 23.96 24.03 24.06 24.20 24.22 24.40 24.42 24.45 24.48

Atlanta Atlanta Fayetteville Lexington Fayetteville Lexington Lexington Lexington Lexington Lexington

1997 1997 2008 1998 2008 2006 2004 2004 2008 1995

400 METERS 1. Jenna Martin 2. Roshell Russell 3. Michelle Brown 4. Jazmyn Shorter 5. Meka Rembert 6. Colette Ellison 7. Teniqua Broughton 8. Judy Richardson Jackie Gordon 10. Takia Brooks

52.32 52.90 54.27 55.16 55.49 55.82 55.86 56.06 56.06 56.22

Fayetteville Ames Baton Rouge Lexington Lexington Gainesville Lexington Louisville Lexington Lexington

2008 1998 1995 2008 1996 1992 1998 1981 2004 2004

800 METERS 1. Beth Heimann 2. Georganne Way 3. Lavera Morris 4. Jessica Ortman 5. Laura McSpadden 6. Elisa Frosini 7. Brooke Patterson 8. Sherry Hoover 9. Kim Hawkins 10. Missy Vaughn

2:05.72 2:05.79 2:06.00 2:08.24 2:08.47 2:08.78 2:08.95 2:09.46 2:09.50 2:11.04

Gainesville Ames Ames Ames Baton Rouge Fairfax South Bend Gainesville Baton Rouge Columbus

2002 2007 2007 2008 1989 1986 2004 1988 1989 1983

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4:38.37 4:40.23 4:42.00 4:42.14 4:42.86 4:45.40 4:47.67 4:47.92 4:47.94 4:48.10

Baton Rouge Oklahoma City Lexington Louisville Oklahoma City Lexington Lexington Oklahoma City Fayetteville Lexington

1989 1988 2004 1982 1987 2004 2004 1987 2008 2008

SHOT PUT 1. Ashley Muffet 2, Cindy Crapper 3. Liz Polyak 4. Jennifer Svoboda 5. Emilee Strot 6. Mary Angell 7. Gloria Harris 8. Suzie von Bernuth 9. Heidi Quast 10. Gennessa Guzman

56-08.50 53-07.50 52-05.50 51-02.75 50-03.25 50-00.75 49-01.75 47-02.50 46-11.00 46-04.00

Lexington Baton Rouge Baton Rouge Fayetteville Lexington Ames Gainesville Lexington Bloomington Gainesville

2007 1983 1986 2008 2009 2009 1994 1999 1998 2002

3000 METERS 1. Valerie McGovern 2. Lisa Breiding 3. Bernadette Madigan 4. Audrey Pierce 5. Kristy Orre 6. Caitlin Phillips 7. Donna Combs 8. Denise Bushallow 9. Jennifer Kendall 10. Patricia Padorno

9:05.74 9:07.66 9:13.95 9:18.94 9:19.55 9:26:52 9:34.04 9:35.57 9:36.30 9:36.40h

Indianapolis Oklahoma City New York Oklahoma City Johnson City Gainesville Gainesville Baton Rouge Gainesville Indianapolis

1989 1986 1982 1986 1988 2004 1990 1988 1989 1987

HIGH JUMP 1. Raina Turner 2. Janet Crawford Edyth Childress 4. Rachel Kohler 5. Saraha Yancy Betty Geoghegan 7. Missy Meeker 8. Kristen Mowrey Heather Hutchings 10. Ashley Newby

6-00.00 5-11.25 5-11.25 5-08.75 5-08.00 5-08.00 5-07.00 5-06.00 5-06.00 5-05.75

Lexington Gainesville Pocatello Fayetteville Lexington Louisville Columbus Lexington Lexington Lexington

1996 2003 1981 2003 1996 1980 1980 2003 1996 2009

5000 METERS 1. Valerie McGovern 2. Bernadette Madigan 3. Kristy Orre 4. Caitlin Phillips 5. Audrey Pierce 6. Allison Grace 7. Andrea Halasek 8. Taylor Miller 9. Christa Prusinowski 10. Katherine Peterson

15.45.72 16:15.75 16:21.18 16:29.90 16:31.66 16:43.09 17:00.67 17:04.24 17:09.55 17:12.49

Athens Baton Rouge Gainesville Lexington Baton Rouge Ames Seattle Seattle Ames Fayetteville

1990 1983 1988 2004 1986 2006 2008 2008 1993 2008

LONG JUMP 1. Ola Sesay 2. Shevan Threats 3. Valerie Williams 4. Simidele Adeagbo 5. Cathy Barber 6. Danielle Sampley 7. Ashley Trimble 8. Ronda Boyd 9. Cathy Barber 10. Michelle Gales

21-01.25 20-05.50 20-04.50 20-03.50 19-11.75 19-09.00 19-08.25 19-05.75 19-02.00 19-01.50

Gainesville Ames Baton Rouge Lexington Knoxville Fayetteville State College Gainesville Louisville Gainesville

1999 2001 1998 2001 1982 2008 2009 1981 1984 2006

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OUTDOOR 100 METERS 1. Passion Richardson 2. Michelle Brown 3. Regina Felder 4. LaTanza Stephens 5. Jackie Knox 6. Alexis Simmons 7. Pat Blackburn 8. Cathy Barber Rhonda Boyde 10. Roshell Russell Tonya Lowe

HEATHER SMITH TRIPLE JUMP 1. Simidele Adeagbo 2. Valerie Williams 3. Shevan Threats 4. Ke’Undra Bishop 5. Falana Greenwell 6. Rhonda White 7. Michelle Gales 8. Ola Sesay

43-08.00 41-11.50 41-07.00 40-06.75 40-05.50 40-01.25 39-01.25 38-00.50

Fayetteville Blacksburg Blacksburg Lexington Lexington Lexington Lexington Baton Rouge

2003 1998 2000 2008 2000 2001 2006 1998

20-LB. WEIGHT 1. Heather Smith 2. Kristin Smith 3. Gennessa Guzman 4. Ashley Muffet 5. Aisha Smith 6. Nicole Allyn 7. Emily Bernhardt 8. Ildiko Varga 9. Rebecca Wedel 10. Disa Salender

62-10.75 61-11.50 61-09.75 61-09.00 60-09.25 59-03.00 57-05.75 56-10.25 55-11.00 52-02.75

Ames Lexington Lexington Gainesville Fayetteville Lexington Fayetteville Lexington Lexington Indianapolis

2009 2009 2005 2006 2002 2003 2008 2006 2001 1997

POLE VAULT 1. Mary Chris Durham 2. Maggie Tincher 3. Samantha Stenzel 4. Liz Kittredge

12-06.25 12-01.50 11-11.75 10-08.00

Fayetteville Lexington Lexington Lexington

2008 2008 2009 2002

PENTATHLON 1. Ashley Trimble 2. Danielle Sampley 3. Edyth Childress 4. Ashley Newby 5. Temitayo Adeagbo 6. Kristen Mowrey 7. Precious Nwokey 7. Debra Oden 8. Anita Brown 9. Stephanie Cordell 10. Natalie Wise

3997 3704 3596 3542 3522 3511 3428 3390.5 3266 3229 3221

College Station 2009 Fayetteville 2008 1981 Lexington 2009 Colorado Springs 2001 Fayetteville 2002 Lexington 2009 1979 1976 Baton Rouge 1991 Lexington 2009

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Ames

2008

Lexington

1996

Fayetteville

2008

Lexington

2008

Fayetteville

2008

South Bend

2004

Fayetteville

2004

Lexington

2004 1987

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Austin Palo Alto Lexington Knoxville Atlanta Palo Alto Manhattan Knoxville Knoxville Gainesville Athens

1997 1997 1983 1995 1993 1997 1976 1981 1981 1998 1982

100-METER HURDLES 1. Shonna Johnson 13.16 2. Lutisha Shittu 13.32 3. Tonya Lowe 13.35 4. Ashley Trimble 13.40 5. Danielle Sampley 13.54 6. Michelle Williams 13.78 7. Ola Sesay 13.84 8. Judy Thomas 13.90 9. Elmetta Johnson 13.94 10. Kathy Klaehn 14.03

Gainesville Edwardsville Baton Rouge Auburn Columbus Auburn Athens Austin Columbus Knoxville

1998 1998 1984 2008 2008 2000 1998 1981 2003 1983

200 METERS 1. Michelle Brown 2. Roshell Russell 3. Shevan Threats 4. Passion Richardson 5. Danielle Sampley 6. Alexis Simmons 7. Jackie Knox 8. LaTanza Stephens 9. Kenya Patton Colette Ellison

23.30 23.63 23.71 23.84 23.85 23.86 23.90 23.91 23.96 23.96

Knoxville Athens Baton Rouge Baton Rouge Auburn Palo Alto Starkville Lexington Tempe West Lafayette

1995 1998 2000 1997 2008 1997 1993 1996 2005 1992

400 METERS 1. Jenna Martin 2. Roshell Russell 3. Michelle Brown 4. Judy Richardson 5. Colette Ellison 6. Antoinette Browning 7. Takia Brooks 8. Alexis Simmons 9. Jazmyn Shorter 10. Brittany Cabbler Kleo Mack

51.91 52.37 52.58 53.76 54.20 54.53 54.92 55.47 55.64 55.83 55.83

Sao Paulo Austin Knoxville Louisville Chapel Hill Austin Columbus Los Angeles Gainesville Gainesville Atlanta

2007 1998 1995 1981 1992 1981 2004 1996 2009 2009 2007

Knoxville Louisville Columbus Austin Knoxville Lexington Gainesville College Station Columbus Tuscaloosa

1996 2009 2003 1998 1982 1983 1998 1995 2009 1995

400-METER HURDLES 1. Meka Rembert 57.91 2. Ashley Trimble 59.31 3. Olubusola Adeagbo 59.72 4. Shonna Johnson 60.01 5. Judy Thomas 60.35 6. Tonya Lowe 61.03 7. Lutisha Shittu 61.08 8. Tenesha Blakey 62.16 9. Precious Nwokey 62.25 10. Adrienne Bundy 62.83

1000 METERS (DISCONTINUED BY NCAA) 1. Elisa Frosini 2:45.28 Oklahoma City 1986 2. Missy Vaughn 2:46.61 Gainesville 1984 3. Sherry Hoover 2:48.71 Gainesville 1987 4. Kerry Rink 2:49.17 Baton Rouge 1989 5. Lisa Breiding 2:49.41 Gainesville 1989 6. Kim Hawkins 2:50.76 Indianapolis 1987 7. Beth Heimann 2:51.84 South Bend 2005 8. Laura McSpadden 2:52.08 Gainesville 1987 9. Patricia Padorno 2:53.74 Baton Rouge 1988 10. Robin Grim 2:53.77 Baton Rouge 1989

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2:04.13 2:04.48 2:04.79 2:05.87 2:06.39 2:06.52 2:06.92 2:07.30 2:07.51 2:07.94

Baton Rouge Knoxville Lexington Sacramento Fayetteville Auburn Knoxville Columbus Indianapolis Gainesville

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1500 METERS 1. Sherry Hoover 2. Elisa Frosini 3. Lisa Breiding 4. Brooke Patterson 5. Bernadette Madigan 6. Audrey Pierce 7. Lavera Morris 8. Laura McSpadden 9. Denise Bushallow 10. Kim Hawkins

4:16.11 4:16.93 4:18.19 4:19.04 4:19.14 4:23.48 4:23.62 4:23.99 4:23.90 4:24.84

Des Moines Baton Rouge Lexington Stanford Walnut Hill Baton Rouge Tuscaloosa Indianapolis Lexington Lexington

1988 1987 1986 2004 1982 1986 2007 1988 1989 1986

5000 METERS 1. Valerie McGovern 2. Lisa Breiding 3. Bernadette Madigan 4. Audrey Pierce 5. Allison Grace 6. Denise Bushallow 7. Caitlin Phillips 8. Katherine Peterson 9. Taylor Miller 10. Kristy Orre

15:45.72 16:01.57 16:16.34 16:27.41 16:30.87 16:32.80 16:44.65 16:49.62 16:50.30 16:50.45

Athens Austin Austin Austin Nashville Knoxville Walnut Philadelphia Knoxville Baton Rouge

1990 1986 1985 1986 2005 1988 2004 2009 2007 1988

10000 METERS 1. Valerie McGovern 2. Bernadette Madigan 3. Kristy Orre 4. Taylor Miller 5. Lynne Segreti 6. Mary Witt 7. Karen Porter 8. Katherine Peterson 9. Jeane Bass 10. Sarah Berry

32:50.44 33:19.89 34:35.72 35:45.29 35:46.50 36:18.24 36:23.85 36:32.63 36:43.14 37:10.04

Walnut Walnut Philadephia Palo Alto Philadelphia Columbus Knoxville Auburn Knoxville Lexington

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SHOT PUT 1. Ashley Muffet 2. Cindy Crapper 3. Liz Polyak 4. Jennifer Svoboda 5. Emilee Strot Gloria Harris 7. Mary Angell 8. Suzie von Bernuth 9. Kristin Smith 10. Heidi Quast

54-02.50 53-07.50 52-05.50 51-11.75 49-11.75 49-11.75 48-08.00 48-00.00 46-10.25 46-09.00

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2006 1983 1986 2008 2008 1994 2009 1999 2008 1999

DISCUS 1. Ashley Muffet 2. Ildiko Varga 3. Emilee Strot 4. Gennessa Guzman 5. Molly Lonergan 6. Cindy Crapper 7. Suzie von Bernuth

187-08 185-10 174-07 167-11 167-08 164-09 163-02

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HAMMER 1. Kristin Smith 2. Nicole Allyn 3. Ashley Muffet 4. Gennessa Guzman 5. Ildiko Varga 6. Emily Bernhardt 7. Aisha Smith 8. Rebecca Wedel 9. Heather Smith 10. Disa Salander

209-02 194-07 192-01 187-01 186-06 184-06 179-04 172-01 166-04 142-06

Louisville Fayetteville Gainesville Walnut Fayetteville Conway Starkville Louisville Columbus Lexington

2009 2006 2009 2005 2006 2007 2002 2001 2008 1997

JAVELIN (OLD: PRE-1985) 1. Cindy Crapper 181-10 Lexington 2. Carol Waters 141-06 Gainesville

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JAVELIN (NEW: POST-1985) 1. Mary Jo Schultz 161-11 Baton Rouge 2. Beth Burkett 150-05 Austin 3. Kathleen Biondi 137-03 Tempe 4. Lauren Abney 136-05 Nashville 5. Victoria Dunlap 130-05 Auburn 6. Emilee Strot 126-01 Auburn 7. Kristen Mowrey 121-01 Athens 8. Natalie Wise 121-00 Tuscaloosa

1997 2000 2006 2005 2008 2008 2003 2007

TRIPLE JUMP 1. Simidele Adeagbo 2. Shevan Threats 3. Ola Sesay 4. Falana Greenwell 5. Valerie Williams 6. Ke’Undra Bishop 7. Michelle Gales 8. Danielle Sampley 9. Keeoma Wardford 10. Miranda Martin

44-00.50 42-09.25 42-05.50 42-00.75 42-00.50 40-09.75 39-03.50 37-04.00 36-11.50 35-07.75

Austin Austin Knoxville Miami Athens Gainesville Atlanta Gainesville Austin Athens

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Boise Austin Baton Rouge Knoxville Knoxville Gainesville Columbus Gainesville Athens Auburn

1999 2001 2000 2008 1982 1999 2006 1981 1999 2008

HIGH JUMP 1. Raina Turner 2. Janet Crawford 3. Victoria Dunlap 4. Heather Hutchings Edyth Childress 6. Kristen Mowrey Rachel Kohler Sarah Yancy Betty Geoghegan 10. Missy Meeker

6-00.50 5-10.75 5-10.00 5-08.75 5-08.75 5-08.00 5-08.00 5-08.00 5-08.00 5-07.00

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400-METER RELAY 1. P. Richardson, L. Stephens, 43.99 A. Simmons, M. Brown 2. L. Stephens, M. Brown, 44.64 P. Richardson, J. Knox 3. L. Stephens, T. Cole, 45.20 P. Richardson, M. Brown 4. J. Shorter, D. Sampley 45.48 J. Martin, B. Tyson J. Shorter, D. Sampley 45.48 J. Martin, B. Tyson 1600-METER RELAY 1. M. Rembert, L. Stephens, 3:38.45 A. Simmons, M. Brown L. Livingston, A. Bundy, 3:38.45 L. Stephens, M. Brown 3. K. Mack, L. Morris, 3:38.78 A. Trimble, J. Martin 4. J. Martin, J. Shorter, 3:39.48 A. Trimble, L. Morris 5. J. Martin, A. Trimble, 3:40.52 D. Sampley, J. Shorter

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LONG JUMP 1. Ola Sesay 2. Simidele Adeagbo 3. Shevan Threats 4. Danielle Sampley 5. Cathy Barber 6. Valerie Williams 7. Michelle Gales 8. Rhonda Boyd 9. Falana Greenwell 10. Ashley Trimble

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ANDY FRYMAN

Record Holder Tim Harden Chuck Peters Tim Harden Mikel Thomas Rondel Sorrillo Arnold Payne David Freeman Bob Whelan Benny McIntosh Vadim Nemad Harrison, Browning, Acevedo, Luna Landers, Johnson, Ciurlys, Freeman Jeff Chakouian Andy Fryman Eugene Grundy Andrew Channer Dwight Phillips Nathan Plager

Time/Mark 6.06 7.44 6.54 7.74 20.72 45.75 1:47.40 3:58.77 7:59.10 13:59.57 3:05.87 9:35.41 65-10.50 67-03.50 7-04.50 25-07.25 51-04.50 17-05.50

Year 1996 1972 1995 2009 2009 1996 2003 1990 1989 1996 2007 2003 2001 2008 1997 1998 1997 1996

Time/Mark 10.05 13.57 20.45 45.74 49.96 1:47.22 3:40.56 4:01.80 8:42.74 13:46.24 28:32.00 38.81 3:02.00 66-03.00 216-02.00 218-04.00 221-04.00 7-05.00 25-03.25 51-01.75 17-05.50 7015

Year 1995 2008 2009 1980 1999 2003 1991 1985 1993 1972 1980 1995 2008 2004 2009 1995 1999 2008 2008 1981 1995 1973

OUTDOOR RECORDS Event 100 Meters 110 Hurdles 200 Meters 400 Meters 400 Hurdles 800 Meters 1,500 Meters Mile 3,000m Steeplechase 5,000 Meters 10,000 Meters 4x100m Relay 4x400m Relay Shot Put Discus Javelin Hammer High Jump Long Jump Triple Jump Pole Vault Decathlon key: BOLD = current athletes

RONDEL SORRILLO

Record Holder Tim Harden Mikel Thomas Rondel Sorrillo Hamil Grimes Jeff Ellis Jean Balan Bob Whelan Martin Clark George Yianellis Paul Baldwin Mark Nenow Lindsey, Jackson, Williams, Harden Browning, Harrison, Obeng, Acevedo Jeff Chakouian Rashaud Scott Darby Roberts Matt Kavanagh Grant Lindsey Derrick Locke Bethel Ward Nathan Plager Jeff Huggins

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Record Holder Michelle Brown Michelle Williams Passion Richardson Lutisha Shittu Michelle Brown Jenna Martin Beth Heimann Lisa Breiding Valerie McGovern Valerie McGovern Martin, Shorter, Morris, Sampley/ Russell, Stephens, Rembert, Brown Patterson, Gordon, Heimann, Phillips Ashley Muffet Heather Smith Raina Turner Ola Sesay Simidele Adeagbo Mary Chris Durham Ashley Trimble

Time/Mark 6.75 7.70 7.34 8.25c 23.32 52.32 2:05.72 4:38.37 9:05.74 15:48.17

Year 1997 1998 1996 1999 1997 2008 2002 1989 1989 1990

3:38.08 11:17.66 56-08.50 62-10.75 6-00.00 21-01.25 43-09.25 12-06.25 3997

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ANDREA HALASEK

OUTDOOR RECORDS Event 100 Meters 100-Meter Hurdles 200 Meters 400 Meters 400-Meter Hurdles 800 Meters 1,500 Meters Mile 3,000m Steeplechase 5,000 Meters 10,000 Meters 4x100m Relay 4x400m Relay Shot Put Discus Javelin Hammer High Jump Long Jump Triple Jump Pole Vault Heptathlon key: BOLD = current athletes

Record Holder Time/Mark Passion Richardson 11.31 Tonya Lowe 13.35 Michelle Brown 23.30 Jenna Martin 51.91 Meka Rembert 57.91 Brooke Patterson 2:04.13 Sherry Hoover 4:16.11 Patricia Padorno 4:48.04 Andrea Halasek 10:35.76 Valerie McGovern 15:45.72 Valerie McGovern 32:50.44 Richardson, Stephens, Simmons, Brown 43.99 Rembert, Stephens, Simmons, Brown 3:38.45 Ashley Muffet 54-02.50 Ashley Muffet 187-08.00 Cindy Crapper 181-10.00 Kristin Smith 209-02.00 Raina Turner 6-00.50 Ola Sesay 21-00.00 Simidele Adeagbo 44-00.50 Mary Chris Durham/Maggie Tincher 12-01.50 Ashley Trimble 5530

Year 1997 1984 1995 2007 1996 2004 1988 1987 2008 1990 1991 1996 1996 2006 2009 1982 2009 1993 1999 2003 2009/2008 2009

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JUSTIN AUSTIN

Record Holder Tim Harden Reggie Payton Justin Austin Brendan Ames Justin Austin Justin Harrison James Doaty Roy Wood Luis Orta Luis Orta Harden, Lindsey, Vaughn, Perry Spencer, Graves, Johnson, Morgan Jeff Chakouian Matt Kavanagh Michael Mason Derrick Locke Dwight Phillips Sheldon Riffle Kevin Carney

Time/Mark 6.26 7.47 6.71 7.97 20.99 46.72 1:47.93 4:05.60 8:19.25 14:33.82 3:19.02 9:52.83 65-10.50 64-04.00 7-02.25 25-05.25 51-04.50 16-08.75 4717

Year 1993 1994 2009 2008 2009 2005 2001 1980 2009 2009 1993 1999 2001 1997 2005 2008 1997 1995 2009

Time/Mark 10.24c 14.14 20.79 46.80 50.39 1:48.44 3:44.50 4:03.50 8:52.39 14:16.80 30:12.00 66-00.50 181-04.00 215-07.00 200-00.00 7-05.00 25-03.25 50-07.50 17-01.50 6805

Year 1967 2008 2006 1997 1998 2001 1982 1982 2009 1978 1978 2001 2008 1994 1997 2008 2008 1997 1995 1972

key: BOLD = current athletes

OUTDOOR RECORDS Event 100 Meters 110-Meter Hurdles 200 Meters 400 Meters 400-Meter Hurdles 800 Meters 1,500 Meters Mile 3,000m Steeplechase 5,000 Meters 10,000 Meters Shot Put Discus Javelin Hammer High Jump Long Jump Triple Jump Pole Vault Decathlon

JAMES DOATY

Record Holder Jim Green Brendan Ames Jose Acevedo Dwight Phillips Jeff Ellis David Freeman Martin Clark Martin Clark Luis Orta Dave Bensema Dave Bensema Jeff Chakouian Colin Boevers Darby Roberts Matt Kavanagh Grant Lindsey Derrick Locke Dwight Phillips Sheldon Riffle Jeff Huggins

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Record Holder Time/Mark Passion Richardson 6.78 Michelle Williams 7.83 Passion Richardson 7.39 Danielle Sampley 8.35 Bianca Tyson/Michelle Brown 24.20 Jenna Martin 53.44 Lavera Morris 2:09.70 Sherry Hoover 4:44.90 Lisa Breiding 9:07.66 Lynne Segreti 16:40.68 Ashley Muffet 52-04.00 Ashley Muffet 61-09.00 Raina Turner 6-00.00 Ola Sesay 20-07.25 Valerie Williams 41-11.50 Samantha Stenzel/Mary Chris Durham 11-11.75 Danielle Sampley 3704

Year 1994 1998 1994 2008 2008/1994 2007 2005 1986 1986 1986 2006 2006 1993 1998 1998 2009/2006 2008

JENNA MARTIN

OUTDOOR RECORDS Event 100 Meters 100-Meter Hurdles 200 Meters 400 Meters 400-Meter Hurdles 800 Meters 1,500 Meters Mile 3,000m Steeplechase 5,000 Meters 10,000 Meters Shot Put Discus Javelin Hammer High Jump Long Jump Triple Jump Pole Vault Heptathlon key: BOLD = current athletes

Record Holder Regina Felder Lutisha Shittu Danielle Sampley Jenna Martin Ashley Trimble Sherry Hoover Lisa Breiding Patricia Padorno Lindsay Petri Lisa Breiding Lynne Segreti Ashley Muffet Ildiko Varga Cindy Crapper Ashley Muffet Raina Turner Danielle Sampley Valerie Williams Samantha Stenzel Danielle Sampley

Time/Mark 11.53 13.48 23.85 51.91 1:00.94 2:06.47 4:18.19 4:48.04 11:30.10 16:01.57 36:45.76 54-02.50 171-09.00 161-04.00 186-06.00 6-00.50 20-05.00 41-07.75 11-11.75 5377

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Record Holder Tim Harden (Kentucky) Duane Ross (Clemson) Leonard Scott (Tennessee) Ron Bramlett (Alabama) Tyson Gay (Arkansas) Milton Campbell (Unattached) Otukile Lekote (South Carolina) Rob Myers (Ohio State) Dorian Ulrey (Arkansas) Alistair Craig (Arkansas) Taylor, Phillips, Anderson, Smith (Florida) Taylor, Botha, Vazquez, Mulvaney (Arkansas) Mauirce Smith (Auburn) Dan Taylor (Ohio State) Dan Taylor (Team Nike) Eugene Grundy (Kentucky) Walter Davis (LSU) Leevan Sands (Auburn) Lawrence Johnson (Tennessee)

Time/Mark 6.14 7.24 6.48 7.55 20.40 45.40 1:46.78 3:58.64 7:55.56 13:42.95 3:05.82 9:41.80 5767 66-09.75 77-02.50 7-04.50 26-08.50 55-10.25 18-04.50

Year 1995 2001 2001 2001 2004 2006 2001 2003 2009 2004 2009 2004 2004 2004 2005 1996 2001 2004 1996

key: BOLD = UK athletes

NATHAN BROWNING WOMEN’S TOP TIMES Event 55 Meters 55-Meter Hurdles 60 Meters 60-Meter Hurdles 200 Meters 400 Meters 800 Meters Mile 3,000 Meters 5,000 Meters 4x400m Relay Distance Medley Relay Pentathlon Shot Put 20 lb. Weight High Jump Long Jump Triple Jump Pole Vault

Record Holder Holli Hyche (Indiana State) Shandy Boyd-Pleasant (Unattached) Kerron Stewart (Auburn) Hyleas Fountain (Nike) Kerron Stewart (Auburn) Hazel-Ann Regis (LSU) Phoebe Wright (Tennessee) Tiffany McWilliams (Mississippi State) Sarah Bowman (Tennessee) Christine Kalmer (Arkansas) Regis, Bernard-Thomas, Hall, Davy (LSU) Novak, Olupona, Sullivan, Hyatt (Tennessee) Hyleas Fountain (Georgia) Cleopatra Borel (Unattached) Candice Scott (Florida) Natasha Alleyne (Unattached) Brittney Reese (Ole Miss) Suzette Lee (LSU) Thorey Elisdottir (Georgia)

Time/Mark 6.76 7.61 7.14 8.02 22.46 51.13 2:02.39 4:35.91 9:11.31 16:20.06 3:29.42 11:16.61 4417 59-00.00 74-07.25 6-04.00 21-09.50 44-08.25 14-05.25

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2010 INDOOR

JAN 15-16 KENTUCKY INVITATIONAL • LEXINGTON | JAN 29-30 ROD McCRAVY MEMORIAL • LEXINGTON FEB 5-6 @ Virginia Tech Elite Meet • Blacksburg, Va. | FEB 12-13 @ Tyson Invitational • Fayetteville, Ark. | FEB 12-13 @ Husky Classic • Seattle, Wash.

FEB 26-28 SEC Championships • Fayetteville, Ark. | MARCH 6 @ Iowa State Qualifier • Ames, Iowa | MARCH 12-13 NCAA Championships • Fayetteville, Ark.

2010 OUTDOOR MARCH 19-20 @ Black and Gold Challenge • Orlando, Fla. | MARCH 26-27 @ Yellow Jacket Invitational • Atlanta, Ga. APRIL 2-3 @ Florida Relays • Gainesville, Fla. | APRIL 10 @ Kentuckiana Border Battle • Louisville, Ky. APRIL 17 @ Tom Jones Memorial Invitational • Gainesville, Fla. | APRIL 22-24 @ Penn Relays • Philadelphia, Pa. APRIL 23-24 @ UCSD Triton Invitational • San Diego, Calif. | APRIL 30-MAY 1 @ Jesse Owens Track Classic • Columbus, Ohio MAY 7 @ Billy Hayes Invitational • Bloomington, Ind. | MAY 13-16 SEC Championships • Knoxville, Tenn.

JUNE 9-12 NCAA Championships • Eugene, Ore. | JUNE 23-26 USATF Jr & Sr Championships • Des Moines, Iowa Home Meets in Bold Face ALL CAPS

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