2014 UNC Asheville Track & Field Guide by Matthew Pellegrin

X UNC ASHEVILLE ROSTER MEN’S TEAM Name Barbeau, Sam Bellard, John Brown, Miles Catrine, Ryan Collichio, Dominic Devaney, Keenan Fink, Jacob Gower, Jeremy Henry, Courtney Hibert, Kurt Osborne, Patrick Paniagua, Sebastian Paradise, Kevin Schouler, Brent Smith, Caleb Stevens, Chase Thornburg, Andy Winchester, Skyler

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Hometown/Previous School Charlotte, NC Charlotte, N.C. (Providence ) Cary, NC (Green Hope ) Fuquay-Varina, N.C. (Fuquay-Varina) Carrboro, N.C. (Carrboro ) Tolland, Conn. (Tolland HS) Salisbury, N.C. (Carson ) Benson, NC (West Johnston) Jonesboro, GA (Ola High) Vista, CA (Rancho Buena Vista HS ) Macedonia. OH (Nordonia ) Haymarket, Va (Battlefield HS) Medina, Ohio (Medina HS) Hyannis, Mass. (Whitinsville Christian ) Stuart, Va. (Patrick County) Bakersville, N.C. (Mitchell ) St. Clairsville, Ohio (St. Clairsville) Knoxville, TN (Bearden High School)

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Hometown/Previous School Wake Forest, N.C. (Franklin Academy) Benson, N.C. (West Johnston High School) Swansboro, N.C. (Swansboro ) Raleigh, N.C. (Athens Drive HS) Winchester, VA (James Wood HS) Barnesville, Ohio (St. Clairsville ) Candler, N.C. (Enka HS) Mills Godwin High School (Henrico, Va.) Oak Ridge, Tenn. (Oak Ridge HS) Charlotte, N.C. (Myers Park ) Raleigh, N.C. (Millbrook ) Charlotte, NC (Myers Park ) Mooresville, N.C. (Lake Norman) Saint Johns, Fla. (Creekside ) Concord, NC (Robinson HS)

WOMEN’S TEAM Name Banks, Marissa Beamon, Scarlett Blue, Alexandra Briggs, Kasey Carson, Rachel Castle, Amy Crawford, Colby Dalton, Erin Etheridge, Adrian Etheridge, Lauren Gamble, Katie Gelbach, Anna Gibson, Argia Heisner, Sarah Lashway, Alyssa McClintock, Corey Pierre, Kassandra Ristic, Meredith Rubino, Kelsie Smith, Kylie

Black Mountain, N.C. (NC School for Science & Math)

Brooklyn, NY (Brooklyn Tech) Hendersonville, N.C. (West Henderson ) Mooresville, NC (Lake Norman ) Fairview, N.C. (Roberson )

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Location: Asheville, North Carolina Enrollment: 3,700 Founded: 1927 Nickname: Bulldogs Affiliation: NCAA Division I Conference: Big South Colors: Royal Blue and White Chancellor: Dr. Anne Ponder Faculty Representative: Dr. Herman Holt Director of Athletics: Janet R. Cone Associate Athletics Director of Internal Affairs and Compliance: Terri Brne Associate Athletics Director of External Affairs: Mike Gore Athletics Business Manager: Judith Bohan Director of Marketing: Erin Punter Spence Ticket Manager: Harmon Turner Ticket Office Phone: (828) 251-6904 Athletic Department Phone: (828) 251-6459

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JUMPS

Sam Barbeau

John Bellard

Junior • Charlotte, N.C.

Overview:Talented javelin thrower who has improved with each season… should be ready to have a big senior year in 2014-15…has also competed in the discus and sprints

Overview:Versatile athlete who can run sprints and compete in several different field events… has gotten points for the Bulldogs in the javelin over the past two years and could be ready to make a push for a podium finish next year…has primarily been in the javelin and the high jump the past two seasons.

2014 Outdoor: Competed in the javelin in five different meets…top throw of the season and a personal best for him was 45.45 meters at Western Carolina (4-12)…had throw of 44.57 meters at High Point (4-4)…competed in Big South Conference meet and had throw of 43.92 meters.

2014 Outdoor: Earned sixth-place finish in the javelin with career-best throw of 57.03 meters at Big South Championships (4-17)…earned sixth-place spot at High Point (4-5) with javelin toss of 52.77 meters…just missed points in the high jump at Big South meet with 10th place finish with season-best leap of 1.90 meters.

2013-14 Indoor: Entered only one meet and competed in the 60 meters at JDL College Kick-Off Classic in Winston-Salem and posted time of 7.84. 2013 Outdoor: Threw both the javelin and discus as a sophomore…top javelin throw was 43.99 meters at Charlotte 49er Classic (3-14)…best discus throw came Western Carolina (3-22) with throw of 32.15 meters. 2012 Outdoor: As a freshman in outdoor, he competed in the javelin and discus in four different meets…season-high of 43.18 meters came at Charlotte 49er Classic (3-15) in javelin…top discus throw occurred at Western Carolina (3-24)with throw of 30.15 meters. Collegiate Best Marks: Javelin- 43.18m

Discus-31.95

2013-14 Indoor: Picked up a point for Asheville at Big South Championships (2-28) in high jump with jump of 1.89 meters…had a 10th-place finish in high jump at Niswonger Invitational at 1.88 meters (1-18)…also ran in the 4x400 relay team at Big South (2-28) and had time of 3:31.44. 2013 Outdoor: Won the javelin at Western Carolina (3-23) with throw of 52.01 meters against strong field…season-best throw came at Big South Meet (4-19) with toss of 54.89 meters as he came in seventh place and earned two points for the Bulldogs…top high jump mark also came at Big South Meet (4-19) with leap of 1.79 meters. 2012-13 Indoor: Season-best high jump came at ASU Open (11-30) as he came in third with leap of 1.96 meters…was sixth in high jump at JDL Fast Track (2-1) with 1.88 meters…came in 11th at Big South Meet (2-22) with jump of 1.84 meters. 2012 Outdoor: Came in eighth place and earned Asheville a point in the javelin with season-best throw of 54.83 meters at Big South Meet (4-10). 2011-12 Indoor: Competed in both the triple and long jumps during his freshman campaign… finished sixth in the triple jump with mark of 12.89 meters at UNC Open (2-4)…season-best mark in triple jump came at Big South Meet (2-25) with jump of 13.12 meters as he finished in tie for eighth place. Before UNC Asheville: Attended St. Thomas Academy in Mendota Heights Minnesota for two years before relocating to Providence High School in Charlotte for the remainder of his education...enjoyed great track career at Providence...played on the USA handball team.

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DISTANCE

Miles Brown

Ryan Catrine

Sophomore • Cary, N.C.

Sophomore • Fuquay-Varina, N.C.

Overview: Talented sprinter who should be ready to make an impact in his junior Overview: Has posted two solid years on both cross country and track field teams and senior years…has run the 60, 200, 300 and 400 meters for the Bulldogs in both in distance…has gotten better with each season and should be ready to have proindoor and outdoor…also competed in the 4x400 relay…struggled with injuries ductive junior and senior years. this past outdoor season and only participated in three meets. 2014 Outdoor: Competed in three different events in four meets during the sea2014 Outdoor: Competed in three different meets and raced in the 400 meters son…ran in the 800, 1,500 and 5,000 meters…posted a time of 2:03.99 in the 800 and 4x400 relay…posted a 41.30 time in the 400 meters at the Coastal Carolina meters at 49er Classic (3-20)…season-best time of 4:16.11 in the 1,500 meters at Invitational (3-14)…helped 4x400 relay team have a time of 3:26.97 at High Point 49er Classic (3-20)…top time in the 5,000 meters came in Coastal Carolina Invita(4-4). tional (3-14) with time of 15:53. 2013-14 Indoor: Ran the 300 meters with his top time of 36.42 coming at the JDL College Kick-off Classic in Winston-Salem (12-7)…part of 4x400 relay team that posted of 3:36.41 at JDL…also ran the 200 meters at Orange and Purple Classic but did not have a time recorded.

2013-14 Indoor: Ran in four events during the indoor season…top time in the 800 meters came at Clemson (1-11) with time of 2:06.85…had a time of 4:35.01 in the mile at Niswonger Invitational (1-17)…posted season-best time of 9:17.35 in the 3,000 meters at Hilton Garden Invitational (1-31) with mark of 9:17.35…top time in the 5,000 meters came at USC Upstate Invitational at 15:48.31 (2-14).

2013 Outdoor: As a freshman, produced a season-best time of 50.99 in the 400 meters at the Big South Conference championships (4-18)…posted a time of 22.98 2013 Outdoor: Competed in the 1,500 and 5,000 meters plus the 3,000 meters in the 200 meters at Western Carolina(3-22)…best 4x400 relay time came at Duke steeplechase…top time in steeplechase came at 49er Classic (3-14) with time of Invitational (4-5) at 3:26.11. 10:19.32…ran season-best 16:03 at Duke Invitational (4-5) in 5,000 meters…posted time of 4:15.98 at Western Carolina (3-22) in the 1,500 meters. 2012-13 Indoor: Ran in three different events freshman year as he competed in the 60, 200, 400 meters and 4000 meters distance relay…top time in 60 meters of 7.32 2012-13 Indoor: Ran in three events through the indoor season…posted a seasoncame at Niswonger Invitational (1-18)…posted a time of 52.30 in 400 meters in best of 4:37.79 in the mile at Clemson Tiger Paw meet (2-8)…registered a mark first meet of year at Appalachian State (11-30)…also had season-best time of 23.13 of 9:02.04 in the 3,000 meters at Kentucky (1-25)…had a season-best time of in 200 meters at ASU…helped 4,000 meter distance relay team improve by more 16:19.54 in the 5,000 meters (2-21) at Big South Championships. than 20 second with time of 10:33.99 at Clemson (2-8). Before UNC Asheville: Attended Fuquay-Varina HS in Fuquay-Varina where he letBefore UNC Asheville:Outstandng prep career at Green Hope HS...set a PR at tered in cross country and track and field…earned a spot in the 4-A State Regional state championship meet with time of 49.49 in 400 meters as a senior. in the 800 meters…earned All-Conference honors in cross country.

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Dominic Collichio

Keenan Devaney

Freshman • Carrboro, N.C.

Freshman • Tolland, Conn.

Overview: Freshman who battled through some injuries in track season Overview: Talented sprinter and jumper who red-shirted both indoor and but future is very bright for this talented distance runner…could make a outdoor seasons due to injuries…has potential to make a real impact in run at Big South All-Conference honors in both cross country and track the future…comes to UNC Asheville from Tolland HS in Tolland, Conn. and field over the next few years. 2014 Outdoor: Red-shirted 2014 Outdoor: Competed in the 1,500 and 5,000 meters plus the 4x800 relay…top time in the 1,500 came at 49er Classic with mark of 4:09.58 2013-14 Indoor: Participated in just one meet before red-shirting…com(3-20)…posted a time of 16:39.83 in the 5,000 at High Point (4-4). peted in the JDL College Kick-Off Classic in Winston-Salem…raced in the 60 meters and posted a time of 7.77…made it in the finals of the long 2013-14 Indoor: Best time in the 3,000 meters came at Orange and Purple jump with a leap of 5.53 meters (12-7). Meet at Clemson when recorded a mark of 8:54.17…part of 4,000 medley relay team that had time of 10:48.19 at Niswonger Invitational (1-17) Before UNC Asheville: Enjoyed a solid prep career at Tolland HS where he as the quartet improved time by more than 20 seconds from previous was a sprinter and pole vault…also lettered in soccer. meet. Before UNC Asheville: Attended Carrboro HS in Carrboro...personal best in the 1600 meters was 4:22.31, in the 3200 meters it was 9:29.89 and in the 5K it was 16:26.61.

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Jacob Fink

Jeremy Gower

Freshman • Salisbury, N.C.

Sophomore • Benson, N.C.

Overview: Sophomore from Carson HS in Salisbury who did not run during cross country as a freshman due to injuries in high school…recovered to run in five different distance events during indoor and outdoor seasons.

Overview: Distance runner who improved a great deal last year as a sophomore and should be ready to have solid junior and senior season.

2014 Outdoor: Competed in three different distance events and a relay during his sophomore outdoor campaign…season-best time in the 800 meters came at High Point (4-4)…registered a time of 9:08.98 in the 3,000 meters (3-14)…recorded a 2014 Outdoor: Ran in the 800 and 1,500 meters…posted a time of 2:12.84 personal-best mark of 4:04.43 at Big South Championships (4-17)…helped 4x400 in the 800 meters at the Coastal Carolina Invitational (3-14)…top time in relay team post a time of 3:26.78 at Big South Meet (4-17).

the 1500 came at High Point (4-4) with mark of 4:39.27.

2013-14 Indoor: Took part in two events plus a relay during indoor season…set a new personal best in the mile at Hilton Garden Invitational with mark of 4:33.86 (12013-14 Indoor: Ran in four different events in four meets…registered 31)…new high in the 800 meters came at USC Upstate with time of 2:00.97…4x400 a time of 2:21.91 in the 800 meters at Orange and Purple Classic (1- relay team registered a time of 3:33.21 at Hilton Garden Invitational (1-31).

11)…ran 2:59.91 in the 1,000 meters at the JDL College Kick-Off Classic in Winston-Salem (12-7)…competed in the 3,000 meters at Tar Heel Opener (1-25) and posted a time of 10:09.38…also ran the 5,000 meters at Niswonger Invitational (1-17) and finished with a time of 17:32.38

2013 Outdoor: As a freshman, he took part in four distance events plus one relay race…season-best in the 800 and 1,500 meters came in first meet of the year at 49er Classic(3-14)…ran the 800 in 2:02.50 and 1,500 at 4:08.16…registered season-highs in the 5,000 and 10,000 meters at Big South Championships…posted a time of 15:33.54 in the 5,000 and 32:18.81 in the 10,000 meters (4-18)…recorded Before UNC Asheville: Battled injuries at Carson but still had a solid ca- a time of 3:26.31 in the 4x400 relay (4-18) at Big South Meet.

reer in both cross country and track and field.

2012-13 Indoor: Competed in four different distance events…top time in 800 meters at Tiger Invitational (2-8) with 2:00.73…registered a time of 4:40.02 in the mile (1-18) at Niswonger Invitational…topped the 3,000 meters at Hilton Garden Invitational (2-1) with time of 9:05…posted a season-best in the 5,000 meters at 15L27 (2-21). Before UNC Asheville:Went to West Johnston HS in Benson, N.C. where he placed second at the NCHSAA 4A State Championships with a time of 9:26.38 in the 3,200 meters as a senior.

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THROWS

Courtney Henry

Kurt Hibert

Senior • Jonesboro, Ga.

Senior • Vista, Calif.

Overview: Versatile athlete who participated in seven different events in outdoor and indoor seasons during his career…competed in sprints and jumps and finished up his career this past outdoor season.

Overview: Came to UNC Asheville as a baseball player before transferring to track and field and enjoying an excellent career as a throw…leaves Asheville as the school’s all-time leader in the hammer throw…excellent student who earned Big South Scholar-Athlete of the Year for Indoor Track senior year.

2014 Outdoor: Ran both the 100 and 200 meters plus competed in the long jump…season-best in the 100 meters came at High Point with time of 11.11 (4-4)…finished 13th in the long jump at Big South Championships with season-best leap of 6.65 meters…posted a time of 22.90 in the 200 meters at Coastal Carolina Open (3-14).

2014 Outdoor: Sensational year that saw him just miss out on qualifying for a regional in the hammer throw…had a great year in not just the hammer throw but the discus…season-high in the hammer throw came at 49er Classic with impressive throw of 56.05 meters, while finishing in third place against great competition…won the hammer throw and the discus at Western Carolina (4-12)…had a mark of 55.84 meters in the hammer and 46.93 meters in the discus at WCU…earned a podium finish in the discus at Big South Championships (4-18) with third-place spot as he had toss of 46.12 meters…came in seventh at Big South (4-17) in hammer throw with mark of 54.76 meters…had fifth-place finish at 49er Classic (3-20) with mark of 45.58 meters.

2013-14 Indoor: Season-high triple jump of 12.97 meters in long jump came at JDL Fast Track Invitational (2-1)…top long jump of the year also came at JDL (2-1) with mark of 6.53 meters… ran a 7.18 in 60 meters at JDL (2-1). 2013 Outdoor:Took seventh place in the long jump at Western Carolina (3-23) with leap of 6.44 meters…season-best times in the 100 and 200 meters came at 49er Classic (3-15) with mark of 11.26 in the 100 and 22.81 in the 200…came in the ninth place in triple jump at Duke Invitational (4-4) with mark of 13.57 meters. 2012-13 Indoor: Competed in five different events for the Bulldogs throughout the season… placed seventh in the 55 meters with time of 6.62 at ASU Open (12-1)…top time in the 60 meters came at Big South Championships (2-21) with mark of 7.16…took 10th in the triple jump at Big South (2-21) with jump of 13.26 meters…season-best in the 200 meters came at Niswonger Invitational (1-18)…top mark in long jump came at ASU Open (12-1) with leap of 6.81 meters. 2011-12 Indoor: Ran in the 55 and 60 meters and participated in long and triple jumps…top 55 meter time was 6.57 at ASU Open (12-2)…registered a mark of 7.17 at UNC Open (1-14) in the 60 meters…came in ninth place at ASU Open (12-2) in long jump with mark of 6.81 meters… had leap of 12.43 meters in triple jump at Niswonger Invitational (1-27). 2011 Outdoor: Took part in 100, 200 and 400 meters plus long jump in freshman outdoor season…took fifth in the long jump at Palmetto Classic (3-11) with mark of 6.55 meters…came in seventh in 100 meters with time of 11.03, also at Palmetto Classic (3-11)…best mark in the 200 meters was 22.47 at 49er Classic (3-18)…posted a time of 54.95 in the 400 meters at Western Carolina (3-26). 2010-11 Indoor: Participated in five different events…ran a time of 6.75 in the 55 meters at ASU Open (1-15)…also has season-best jump of 12.80 meters in triple jump at ASU Open (1-15)… top long jump came at Big South Championships (2-24) with mark of 6.55 meters…posted a time of 7.19 in the 60 meters at Niswonger Invitational (2-5)…also had season-best in 200 meters at Niswonger (2-4) with mark of 23.06.

Before UNC Asheville: Attended Ola High School in Georgia where he set the school record in the 100 meters (11.19) and 200 meters (22.60).

2013-14 Indoor: Competed in both the shot put and weight throw in senior campaign…took third place at the JDL Fast Track Invitational (12-7) in weight throw with mark of 17.59 meters…posted mark of 13.73 meters in shot put at UNC (1-25) and took fourth place…finished eighth at Big South Championships (2-28) in weight throw with throw of 16.73 meters…was sixth in shot put at UCS (2-14) Invitational as he registered mark of 13.50 meters…came in seventh in weight throw in same meet with 16.66 meters. 2013 Outdoor: Participated in discus, hammer throw and shot put during his junior season…placed third in the hammer throw at Big South Championships (4-18) with mark of 56.05 meters…took eighth in the discus at Big South (4-19) as he generated throw of 43.13 meters…top throw of the year in hammer throw came at came at Clemson Twilight (5-7) with toss of 56.53 meters as he finished fourth…took second at Duke Invitational (4-5) in hammer throw of 56.19 meters…came is third in hammer throw at 49er Classic (3-14) with toss of 56.32 meters…top shut put mark was 13.04 meters at Big South Championships (4-19). 2012-13 Indoor: Finished fifth in the weight throw at Big South Championship with throw of 16.95 meters (2-21)… top mark in the shot put came at Clemson (2-8) with throw of 12.97 meters. 2012 Outdoor: Came in fifth at Big South Championships (4-19) in hammer throw with mark of 52.37 meters… finished fourth at Western Carolina in hammer throw with mark of 54.47 meters (3-24)…top throw in the discus came at Winthrop Twilight at 45.61 meters (5-4). 2011-12 Indoor: Top throw of the year in weight throw came at Big South Championships (2-24) with season-best mark of 15.50 meters…registered a throw of 12.12 meters in the shot put at ASU Open (12-2). 2011 Outdoor: Participated in three different field events as a freshman…registered mark of 44.39 meters at 49er Classic in discus (3-17)…top hammer throw, also came at 49er Classic (3-18) with mark of 44.34 meters…produced a season-best mark of 11.17 meters in shot put at Western Carolina (3-26). 2010-11 Indoor: Season-best mark of 13.32 meters came at UNC (1-29) in the weight throw…registered mark of 10.89 meters in the shot put at ASU Open (12-3). Before UNC Asheville: Went to Rancho Buena Vista HS in California. Enjoyed a standout baseball career as a pitcher.

DISTANCE

Patrick Osborne

Kevin Paradise

Sophomore • Macedonia, Ohio

Junior • Medina, Ohio

Overview: Versatile middle and distance runner from Ohio who was much im- Overview: Excellent distance runner for the Bulldogs who is extremely versatile… has enjoyed solid career and is a very good student. proved as a sophomore last season…excellent student. 2014 Outdoor: Enjoyed a successful sophomore campaign…season-best times in the 400 and 800 meters came at 49er Classic (3-20) as he recorded marks of 52.19 in the 400 and 1:56.68 in the 800…registered a personal-best time of 4:02.73 in the 1,500 meters at Big South Championships (4-17)…competed in the 4x400 relay and best time was 3:26.97 mark at High Point (4-4). 2013-14 Indoor: Ran in two individual events and two relay races during the year… registered a time of 1:57.41 in the 800 meters at USC Upstate Invitational (2-14)… posted a season-best time of 4:28.50 at Big South Conference Championships (228)…ran in two relays at Big South meet with time of 3:31.44 occurring in the 4x400 relay and mark of 10:20.18 in the 4,000 distance medley.

2014 Outdoor: Ran in three meets…raced in the 5,000 meters twice and 10,000 meters once…top time in the 500 meters came at 49er Classic (3-20) with mark of 16:12.65…registered a time of 32:52.93 at Coastal Carolina Invitational (3-14) in the 10,000 meters. 2013-14 Indoor: Took part in three races in the 3,000 meters…best mark came at Hilton Garden Invitational (1-31) when he registered a time of 9:07.20. 2013 Outdoor: Participated in three different events throughout the year…top time in the 1,500 meters came at Western Carolina (3-22) with mark of 4:19.68… generated a season-best time of 15:39.83 at 49er Classic (3-14)…registered time of 32:31.82 in the 10,000 meters at Raleigh Relays (3-29).

2012-13 Indoor: Ran in three different events during the season…competed in the mile and registered top mark of 4:45.34 at Niswonger Invitational (1-18)…season2013 Outdoor: Competed in two individual events and one relay race his freshman best time of 9:01.64 in the 3,000 meters came at Hilton Garden Invitational (2-1)… year…top time in the 800 meters came at Duke Invitational with mark of 1:59.13… had a time of 15:43.83 in the 5,000 meters at Kentucky (1-25). posted a time of 4:05.99 at Raleigh Relays (3-29)…ran in the 4x400 relay and top 2012 Outdoor: As a freshman, Kevin participated in the 1,500, 5,000 and 10,000 time came at Big South Championships (4-18) with time of 3:26.13. meters…top time in the 1,500 meters came at Appalachian State (4-13) with mark of 4:16.78…posted his best marks in the 5,000 and 10,000 meters at Big South 2012-13 Indoor: Recorded a time of 2:01.04 in the 800 meters at Tiger Paw (2-8)… Championships (4-19 & 20)…posted time of 31:53.54 and ninth-place finish in the top mark in the mile was recorded at Kentucky (1-25) with time of 4:28.00…took 10,000 and came back the next day with mark of 15:29.97 in the 5,000. part in the 4,000 distance medley and helped record time of 10:32.39 at Big South 2011-12 Indoor: Competed in the mile, 3,000 and 5,000 meters plus 4,000 DMR… Championships (2-21). registered season-best time of 4:37.02 in the mile at Kent Taylor Invitational (2-4)… top mark in the 3,000 meters came at JDL Fast Track Invitational (2-11)…posted Before UNC Asheville: Attended Nordonia HS (Ohio) in middle distance races… mark of 15:23.48 in the 5,000 meters at Big South Championships (2-24). competed at the OHSAA District Track and Field Championship and placed 5th in Before UNC Asheville: Ohio product who prepped at Medina HS in Medina… the 1600 meters with a PR of 4:22.32 as a senior. former teammates Sam Maynard and Kent Rankin were also teammates in high school…placed 25th at Ohio Cross Country Championships as a senior.

DISTANCE

Brent Schouler

Caleb Smith

Junior • Hyannis, Mass.

Freshman • Stuart, Va.

Overview: Talented distance runner who gets better with each year.

Overview: Distance Runner who is very versatile who learned a great deal as a freshman and will only be better in years to come…red-shirted in 2014 Outdoor: Competed in the steeplechase during the outdoor sea- cross country in fall of 2013. son…top mark in the 2,000 meters steeplechase with a time of 6:32.05 at 49er Classic (3-20)…posted time of 10:14.17 in the 3,000 meters steeple- 2014 Outdoor: Competed in four meets for the Bulldogs and took part chase at High Point (4-4). in three different events…top time in the 1,500 meters came at 49er Classic (3-20) as he registered a 4:02.12 mark…ran the 800 meters with 2013-14 Indoor:Took part in the 3,000 and 5,000 meters plus 4,000 meter a season-best time of 2:02.66 at High Point (4-4)…took part in the 4x400 DMR…registered mark of 9:08.29 at the JDL Kick-Off Classic in 3,000 relay at Big South Championships with time of 3:26.78 (4-17). meters (12-7)…generated mark of 16:07.86 in the 5,000 meters at Orange and Purple Classic (1-11). 2013-14 Indoor: Raced in seven different meets during the indoor season as he competed in the 800, 1,000 meters, mile and 4,000 distance med2013 Outdoor: Ran in three different events during the season…com- ley…season-best in the 800 meets came at UNC Chapel Hill (1-25) with peted in the 800, 1,500 and 5,000 meters…generated mark of 2:05.84 in time of 2:02.34…had a time of 2:44.92 in the 1,000 meters at the JDL the 800 meters at Western Carolina (3-22)…top time in the 1,500 meters, Kickoff Classic (12-7) in Winston-Salem…top mile time occurred at USC also came at WCU (3-22) with mark of 4:22.81…posted mark of 16:43.28 Upstate Invitational (2-14) with mark of 4:24.14…helped lead the 4,000 in the 5,000 meters at 49er Classic (3-14). distance medley relay team to time of 10:20.18 at Big South Championships (2-28). 2012-13 Indoor:Top time in the mile with a mark of 4:50.49 at Niswonger Invitational (1-18)…posted mark of 9:28.80 in the 3,000 meters at Appa- Before UNC Asheville: Attended Patrick County HS in Stuart, Va....perlachian State Invitational (11-30)…competed in the 5,000 meters at Ken- sonal best in the 1,600 meters was 4:26.81, 9:33.03 in the 3,200 meters tucky and generated time of 16:42 (1-25). and 15:56 in the 5K. Before UNC Asheville: Transferred from Massachusetts Maritime…went to high school at Whitinsville Christian where he was All-Conference in both cross country and track and field.

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Chase Stevens

Andy Thornburg

Freshman • Bakersville, N.C.

Sophomore • St. Clairsville, Ohio

Overview: Middle distance runner from nearby Mitchell HS in Bakers- Overview: Has done a nice job for the Bulldogs both as a freshman and sophomore...hard worker who is an excellent student. ville…strong freshman year and should be even better in the future. 2014 Outdoor: Ran in the 400 and 800 meters plus 4x400 relay…top time in the 400 meters at 51.88 with 49er Classic (3-20)…posted a seasonbest mark of 1:58.36 in 800 meters at Big South Championships (4-17)… helped 4x400 relay team finish with a time of 3:26.78. 2013-14 Indoor: Competed in two middle distance races and two relay squads…registered a time of 53.62 in the 400 meters at JDL Kick-Off Classic (1-31)…posted a season-best time of 1:59.68 in the 800 meters at USC Upstate Invitational (2-14)…4x400 relay team had a time of 3:31.44 (2-28) at Big South Championships..also had season-best mark at Big South Championships in 4,000 distance medley with time of 10:20.18 (2-28). Before UNC Asheville: Three-sport star at Mitchell HS and helped lead track and field team to runner-up finish at state championships… came in third in the 800-meter run (2:00.80) and sixth in the 110-meter high hurdles (15.90)…was a leg on the Western Highlands Conference’s 1-A champion 3,200-meter relay team.

2014 Outdoor: Competed in four different events with three individual distance races and one relay…season-best time in the 1,500 meters came at Coastal Carolina (3-14) with time of 4;08.59…registered time of 15:14.43 at 49ers Classic (320)…took part in the 3,000 meters steeplechase and recorded mark of 10:40.80 at High Point (4-4)…was part of 4x800 relay team that posted time of 8:01.59 at Charlotte (3-20). 2013-14 Indoor: Also competed in four events during the indoor season…top time in the 3,000 meters came at USC Upstate Invitational (2-14) with mark of 9:01.41…registered time of 4:24.78 in the mile occurred at Big South Championships (2-28)…season-best mark of 15:51.81 in the 5,000 meters, also came at Big South Championships (2-28)…ran the 4,000 distance medley relay and top time came at Big South Championships (2-28) with mark of 10:20.18. 2013 Outdoor: As a freshman, ran in three different distance events…top mark in the 1,500 meters came at Duke Invitational with mark of 4:09.37…recorded a time of 9:10.41 in the 3,000 meters at 49er Classic (3-14)…recorded a time of 16:05.61 in the 5,000 meters at Raleigh Relays (3-29). 2013-14 Indoor: Top time in the mile came at Hilton Garden Invitational (2-1) with time of 4:31.37…had time of 9:03.74 in 3,000 meters at Kentucky (1-18)…took part in the 4,000 distance medley relay at Clemson (2-8) with time of 10:41.75. Before UNC Asheville: Came to Asheville from St. Clairsville HS in St. Clairsville, Ohio.

DISTANCE Skylar Winchester Sophomore • Knoxville, Tenn. Overview: Excellent distance runner who bounced back from injury to have solid track season for the Blue & White in 2014, both indoor and outdoor...excellent student who earned spot on Big South All-Academic Team for Outdoor Track and Field. 2014 Outdoor: Solid distance season for the Bulldogs as he competed in the 3,000, 5,000 and 10,000 meters throughout the year…top times in the 5,000 and10,000 meters came at the Big South Championships…posted a season-best time in the 5,000 with a mark of 15:27.78 (4-17)…registered a time of 32:43.67 in the 10,000 meters (4-17)…top time in the 3,000 meters came at Charlotte (3-20) when he had a time of 8:41.29. 2013-14 Indoor: Competed in the mile, 3,000 and 5,000 meters and ran in all of Asheville’s indoor meets…season-best time in the mile came at Hilton Garden Invitational (1-31) as he registered a mark of 4:30.01…top time in the 3,000 meters came at USC Upstate Invitational with mark of 8:49.01 (2-14)…registered a season-high in the 5,000 meters at the Big South Championship with a time of 15:37.11. 2013 Outdoor: Ran in one race at Charlotte in the 5,000 meters and had a time of 15:10.21 (3-14). 2012-13 Indoor: Good freshman year in the indoor season as he ran the mile, 3,000 meters and was part of 4,000 meter distance medley team…top mile time came at Tiger Paw (2-8) when he registered a mark of 4:27.59…posted a time of 9:04.53 in the 3,000 meters at Kentucky (1-25)…helped 4,000 meter medley team reach season-best time of 10:32.39 at Big South Championships (2-21). Before UNC Asheville: Enjoyed great high school career at Bearden HS in Knoxville, Tenn.

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Marissa Banks

Scarlett Beamon

Freshman • Wake Forest, N.C.

Sophomore • Benson, N.C.

Overview: Distance runner from Franklin Academy in Wake Forest, N.C Overview:Talented distance runner who can run in various different races, including steeplechase events…has improved with each season and should be key performer who enjoyed a solid freshman year...talented artist. for Bulldogs the next two years.

2014 Outdoor: Ran in three races throughout the season with two being in the 800 meters and one in the 1,500 meters…top time in the 800 meters came at the Coastal Carolina Invitational (3-14) with a time of 2:41.39…posted a time of 5:30.60 in the 1,500 meters at High Point (4-4).

2014 Outdoor: Participated in the 1,500 meters and in two different steeplechase races…top time in the 1,500 meters came at 49er Classic (3-20) with mark of 5:01.55…also ran in the 2,000 meter steeplechase at 49er Classic (3-20) and had time of 7:35.45…best time in the 3,000 meter steeplechase came at High Point with mark of 12:09.60 (4-4).

2013-14 Indoor: Participated in two meets during the season and ran in the 800 meters and 1,000 meters…registered a time of 2:54.19 in the 800 at JDL College Kickoff Classic in Winston-Salem (12-7)…had time of 3:35.28 in the 1,000 meters at Niswonger Invitational (1-17).

2013-14 Indoor: Took part in three meets in three different events…best mile time came at USC Upstate Invitational where she posted a mark of 5:21.22 (2-14)… registered a time of 11:03.59 in the 3,000 meters at Hilton Garden Invitational (1-31)…part of the 4,000 meter distance medley team that recorded a mark of 11:03.59 at Niswonger Invitational (1-17).

Before UNC Asheville: Finished 14th in state cross country meet as a se- 2013 Outdoor: Competed in four different individual events throughout her freshnior and helped lead school to sixth-place finish...also competed in track man season…posted season-bests in the 800 meters with mark of 2:27.96 and 1,500 meters with time of 4:59.25 at 49er Classic (3-14)…top time in the 5,000 and field for Franklin Academy. meters came at Duke Invitational (4-5)…registered a mark of 12:30.41 in the 3,000 meter steeplechase at Western Carolina (3-22).

2012-13 Indoor: Posted a time of 5:45.41 in the mile at Niswonger Invitational (118)…had a time of 11:12.99 in the 3,000 meters at Tiger Paw (2-8). Before UNC Asheville: Attended West Johnston HS in Benson, N.C…senior year advanced to the North Carolina State meet in the 1,600 and 3,200 meters.

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DISTANCE

Alexendra Blue

Kasey Briggs

Freshman • Swansboro, N.C.

Junior • Raleigh, N.C.

Overview: Competed in the javelin, jumps and sprints as a freshman... Overview: Bounced back from a back injury to have solid 2013-14 season…redshowed a lot of promise and best days are ahead for her…could be a shirted during the 2012-13 indoor and outdoor year. future heptathlete for the Bulldogs.

2014 Outdoor: Competed in both the 5,000 and 10,000 meters this year…did a great job at the Big South Conference Championships with a fifth-place finish in 2014 Outdoor: Participated in first two meets of the season at Coastal the 10,000 meters as she posted a time of 37:39.44 (4-16)…top time in the 5,000 Carolina and Charlotte and competed in five different events…had a triple meters was 18:24.69 at the 49er Classic (3-20).

jump of 10.43 meters at Coastal Carolina Invitational (3-14)…top throw in javelin came at Coastal with toss of 26.78 meters (3-14)…ran the 200 2013-14 Indoor: Ran in the 3,000 and 5,000 meters during the season…registered meters a week later at 49er Classic (3-20) and posted a time of 27.28… a time of 10:43.04 in the 3,000 meters at Tar Heel Opener (1-25)…posted a mark registered a jump of 4.68 meters in the long jump at Charlotte (3-20)… of 18:46.35 in the 5,000 meters at USC Upstate Invitational (2-14). part of 4x400 relay team that had a time of 4:10.13 (3-20) 2013-14 Indoor: Competed in every meet during the season…top time in the 60 meters came at Clemson with a time of 8.63 (1-11)…ran the 200 meters at Clemson and posted a time of 28.50 (1-11)…had solid results in field events at Big South Championship Meet…personal best of 5.20 meters in long jump (2-28) and in triple jump with leap of 10.89 meters (2-28)…

2012-13 Indoor:Top time in the 3,000 meters came at Appalachian State Invitational (11-30) as she generated mark of 11:12.47.

2012 Outdoor: Participated in the 1,500, 3,000 and 5,000 meters during the season…registered a season-best in the 1,500 meters at Western Carolina (3-24) with time of 5:10.55…posted mark of 10:52.29 in the 3,000 meters at Duke Invitational (4-6)…had a time of 18:18.26 in the 5,000 meters at 49er Classic (3-15).

2011-12 Indoor: Competed in the mile and 3,000 meters her freshman season…top Before UNC Asheville: Went to Swansboro HS in Swansboro...senior year time in the mile came at Big South Championships (2-24) with time of 5:29.13...generated mark of 3,000 meters at JDL Fast Track Invitational with time of 10:31.84.

was part of 4x400 relay team that finished second in the state championships meet...also competed in the triple jump at state meet and placed Before UNC Asheville: Enjoyed a great prep career at Athens Drive HS in Raleigh… sixth...part of school-record relay teams in 4x200 and 4x400. posted times of 5:25 in the 1,600 meters, 11:20 in the 3200 meters and 19:11 in the 5K in cross country.

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Rachel Carson

Amy Castle

Senior • Winchester, Va.

Freshman • Barnesville, Ohio

Overview: Distance runner who enjoyed a fine career for the Blue & White as she graduated this past May…excellent student who made the Big South All-Academic Team for both Indoor and Outdoor Track & Field one time each.

Overview: Talented distance runner from Ohio…had a solid freshman year and should be even better in the future.

2014 Outdoor: Top time in the 5,000 meters came at Coastal Carolina Invitational (3-15) as she finished with mark of 18:42.12 and earned fifth-place finish at meet… …generated a PR in the 800 meters at 49er Classic with time of 2:19.20 (3-20)…finished seventh at Big South Conference Championships (4-17) in 1,500 meters at time of 4:45.85.

2014 Outdoor: Competed in first two meets of the year…posted a time of 2:30.27 in the 800 meters at Coastal Carolina Invitational (3-20)…participated in the 4x800 relay the following week at Charlotte and helped team record a time of 9:49.96.

2013-14 Indoor: Anchored the 4x4000 DMR team that took fifth at Big South Conference Meet (2-28) with time of 12:27.18…posted a season-best time of 2:19.76 in the 800 meters at JDL Fast Track Invitational (2-14)…also had season-best mark in mile at JDL (2-14) with time of 5:06.66 2013 Outdoor: Top time in the 1,500 meters came at Duke Invitational (4-5) with mark of 5:12.95. 2012-13 Indoor: Ran the mile at Appalachian State Invitational (12-1) and earned fourth place with time of 5:38.17. 2011-12 Indoor: Participated in three different individual events throughout the season…top time in the 800 meters came at JDL Fast Track Invitational (2-11) with mark of 2:24.97…also had a season-best time in the mile at JDL at 5:23.95 (2-11)…finished seventh in the 3,000 meters at UNC Chapel Hill with time of 10:48.17. 2011 Outdoor: Ran the 800 meters and produced season-best mark of 2:23.19 at 49er Classic (3-17)…top time in the 1,500 meters was 4:53.42 at Big South Championships (4-21)…ran on 4x400 relay team and best mark came at Duke Invitational at 4:07.96 (4-8).

2013-14 Indoor: Took part in five meets in four different events…had a time of 3:17.17 in the 1,000 meters at JDL Kick-Off Classic (12-7)… top time in the 800 meters came at Orange and Purple Classic (1-11) at 2:30.30…ran the mile in 5:29.40 at Niswonger Invitational (1-17)…was part of 4,000 Distance Medley team that improved its time by almost 30 seconds from start of season to end of the year as they posted a seasonbest time of 12:32.53 at Hilton Garden Invitational (1-31). Before UNC Asheville: Attended St. Clairsville HS in Barnesville, Ohio... top time in the 800 was 2:22.64, in the 1600 was 5:08.31, in the 3200 was 11:17.12 and in the 5K was 18:45.80.

2010-11 Indoor: As a freshman, she took part in the 800 and 3,000 meters…came in eighth at Appalachian State Invite (12-3) in 3,000 meters at 12:08.99…top time in the 800 meters was 2:27.78 at Clemson (2-15). Before UNC Asheville: Attended James Wood HS in Virginia...earned seven varsity letters in track and cross country…captain of cross country team…named MVP of cross country team and track and field squad senior year…earned All-State honors six times…Winchester TV3 StudentAthlete of the Week…also earned James Wood Athlete of the Year honors as a senior.

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Colby Crawford

Erin Dalton

Junior • Candler, N.C.

Sophomore • Henrico, Va.

Overview: Local sprinter from Enka HS…red-shirted in 2012 and has put Overview: Hard-working distance runner who earned All-Conference honors in cross country as a sophomore with a sixth-place finish at league meet…versatile two solid sprint seasons together. runner who can compete in several different events along with relays.

2014 Outdoor: Top time in the 100 meters came at 49er Classic (3-20) 2014 Outdoor:Top times in the 5,000 and 10,000 meters came at Big South Chamwith a mark of 13.77…posted a season-best of 28.70 in the 200 meters pionships (4-17)…registered a mark of 18:25.76 in the 5,000 and 39:01.12 in the at Western Carolina (4-12) 10,000…season-best in the 1,500 meters came at 49er Classic (3-20) with time of 4:57.78.

2013-14 Indoor: Ran the 200 meters in two different races with top time 2013-14 Indoor: Ran season-best 18:24.92 in the 5,000 meters at Big South Chambeing 29.60 at USC Upstate Invitational (2-14). pionships (2-28)…posted mark of 10:21.55 at USC Upstate Invitational (2-14)

2013 Outdoor: Posted a season-best mark in the 100 meters at the Ra- in 3,000 meters…top mile time came at UNC Chapel Hill (1-25) with mark of leigh Relays (3-29) with time of 13.77…top time in the 200 meters was 5:17.03. 28.25 at Duke Invitational (4-5). 2013 Outdoor: Recorded a time 4:49.58 in the 1,500 meters at Big South Conference Championships (4-18)…top time in the 3,000 meters came at Duke Invita-

2012-13 Indoor: Competed in three different sprint events throughout tional with time of 10:26.90 (4-5)…registered mark of 18:08.23 in the 5,000 meters the season…best time in the 55 meters came at Appalachian State (11-30) at 49ers Classic (3-14). with mark of 8.15…posted season-bests in the 60 and 200 meters at Tiger Paw Meet (2-8) as she had a mark of 8.92 in the 60 and 29.32 in the 200. 2012-13 Indoor: Posted a mark of 5:12.60 in the mile at Hilton Garden Invita-

tional (2-1)…top time in the 3,000 meters came at Kentucky (1-25) with mark of Before UNC Asheville: Enjoyed a solid career at Enka where she com- 10:18.28…had a time of 18:00.72 at Big South Championships (2-21) in 5,000 meters…came in sixth and earned Bulldogs points in 3,000 meters at Big South meet.

peted in the 100 and 200 meters plus long jump.

Before UNC Asheville: Attended Mills Godwin HS in Richmond…placed second in conference meet in 3,200 meters with time of 11:21 and in 1,600 meters at time of 5:11.42.

DISTANCE

Adrian Etherdige

Lauren Etheridge

Junior • Oak Ridge, Tenn.

Freshman • Charlotte, N.C.

Overview: One of the most versatile distance runners in the Big South Conference…has run everything from 800 to 10,000 meters in her career…earned Bulldogs points at several Big South Conference Championships and should be ready to have a big senior year…excellent photographer and very good student.

Before UNC Asheville: Middle-distance runner who was slowed by injuries in the outdoor season and red-shirted.

2014 Outdoor: Picked up an eighth-place finish in the Big South Conference Championship in the 10,000 meters with a time of 38:28.46…posted mark of 18:15.52 in the 5,000 meters at Raleigh Relays (3-28)…had a season-best time of 4:56.40 in the 1,500 meters at 49er Classic (3-20).

2014 Outdoor: Participated in one meet before being red-shirted…ran in the 200 and 400 meters at Coastal Carolina Invitational (3-14)…posted a time of 29.48 in the 200 and 1:06.70 in the 400.

2013-14 Indoor: Ran four different distance events during the indoor season…registered a time of 3:18.74 in the 1,000 meters at JDL Kickoff Classic (12-7)…had a mark of 5:25.45 in the mile at Tar Heel Opener (1-25)…generated mark of 10:37.75 at Hilton Garden Classic in the 3,000 meters (1-31)…top time in the 5,000 meters was 18:11.16 in the Big South Championships (2-28). 2013 Outdoor: Participated in the 800, 1500, 5000 and 10,000 meters during sophomore outdoor season…earned seventh place finishes for the Bulldogs in Big South Conference Championships in two different events...had time of 17:47.79 in the 5,000 meters at Big South (4-18) and mark of 38:13.47 in the 10,000 meters…registered time of 2:21.78 in the 800 meters at 49er Classic (3-14)…top time in the 1,500 meters came at Duke Invitational (4-5). 2012-13 Indoor: Earned a fifth-place finish in the 5,000 meters at Big South Conference with time of 17:45.96 (2-21)…season-best mark of 3,000 meters came at Tiger Paw Invitational with time of 10:24.60 (2-8)…top time in the mile came at Niswonger Invitational (1-18) with mark of 5:18.59 2012 Outdoor:Top times in the 5,000 and 10,000 meters came at Big South Conference Championships (4-18-19)…posted time of 18:05.83 in the 5,000 and 37:42.70 in the 10,000 where she registered an eight-place finish…had time of 2:25.21 at Duke Invitational (4-6) in the 800 meters…generated mark of 5:00.37 in the 5,000 meters at Western Carolina (3-24).

2013-14 Indoor: Competed in five meets and took part in three different events…top time in the 400 meters came at JDL College Kick-Off Classic (12-7) with a mark of 1:04.24…competed in the 4x400 relay and best time came at JDL (12-7) with mark of 4:19.52…posted a season-best in the 200 meters at Niswonger Invitational (1-17) with time of 29.65. Before UNC Asheville: Lettered for four years in track and two years in cross country at Myers Parks HS...conference champion in the 300 hurdles as a senior and was third in the regionals...was the 2012 conference runner up in 300 hurdles and triple jump...placed 6th in the regionals in the 300 hurdles...competed in the 4x200 relay and went to state meet... first in the 400 hurdles at Carolina Cup.

2011-12 Indoor: Competed in the mile, 3,000 and 5,000 meters during her freshman season… top time in the mile was at Kent Taylor Invitational (2-4) with mark of 5:19.88…registered time of 10:47.11 in the 3,000 meters at JDL Invitational (2-11)…had a season-best mark in the 5,000 meters with time of 18:32.33 at Big South Championships (2-24). Before UNC Asheville: Attended Oak Ridge High School in Tennessee and was a former teammate of former Bulldog standout Melanie Kulesz…Oak Ridge won three state championships during Etheridge’s career…was an All-State athlete all four years.

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Katie Gamble

Anna Gelbach

Freshman • Raleigh, N.C.

Sophomore • Charlotte, N.C.

Overview: Distance runner who put up solid marks as a freshman and Overview:Talented sprinter from Charlotte who won 800 meters at Coastal Carolina and helped DMR relay team win Indoor Big South title in 2013. should be even better as a sophomore. 2014 Outdoor: Took part in four meets in the 1,500 meters and 3,000 meter steeplechase…top time in the 1,500 was 4:58.65 at Charlotte 49er Classic (3-20)…posted a time of 12:29.36 in the 3,000 steeplechase at Coastal Carolina Invitational (3-14).

2014 Outdoor: Highlight of the season came when she won the 800 meters at Coastal Carolina Invitational (3-20) with time of 2:24.94…improved time in the 800 to 2:20.70 at Big South Championships (4-17) …top time in the 400 meters was mark of 59.59 at 49er Classic (3-20). ..ran on the 4x400 relay team and helped quartet pick up sixth place finish at Big South meet with time of 3:54.74.

2013-14 Indoor: Competed in five meets in the mile, 3,000 meters and 4,000 distance medley…top mark in the mile came at Chapel Hill (1-25) with time of 5:26.72…registered a time of 10:46.94 in the 3,000 meters at Hilton Garden Invitational (1-31)…top time in the 4,000 distance medley came at Niswonger Invitational (1-17) with mark of 13:05.6.

2013-14 Indoor: Raced in four different individual events from 200 to the 800 meters and also took part in two relays...top time in the 200 meters was 27.33 at Hilton Garden Invitational (1-31)…posted time of 59.49 in the 400 meters came at USC Upstate Invitational (2-14)…had a time of 1:21.99 in the 500 meters at JDL Kick-Off Classic (1-17)…registered mark of 2:30.97 in the 800 meters at Niswonger Invitational (1-17)…part of 4,000 meter DMR team that had time of 12:27.18 and fifth-place finish at Big South Championships (2-28).

Before UNC Asheville: Attended Millbrook HS in Raleigh...top times were 2013 Outdoor: Had season-best time of 26.32 in the 200 meters at Western Carolina (3-22)…also had top time in the 400 meters at WCU with mark of 59.32 5:19.50 (1600), 11:55.10 (3200) and 19:32.31 (5K). (3-22).

2012-13 Indoor: Part of Big South Championship and record-setting 4,000 meter DMR quartet that finished in first place with time of 12:05.85…posted a seasonbest time of 8.22 in the 60 meters at Kentucky (1-25)…also had a season-best time at Kentucky in the 200 meters with mark of 26.73…finished with time of 1:00.57 at Clemson (2-8).

Before UNC Asheville: Four-year letterwinner from Myers Park HS…placed ninth at state meet in the 400 meters with a time of 58.26 in the 400m...qualified for the state meet in the 400 meters in 2011 and 2012...conference champion in the 400 meters in 2012...regional runner-up in the 400 in 2012...school record holder in the Indoor 400...anchored the school record breaking 4x400 in both indoor and outdoor.

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Argia Gibson

Sarah Heisner

Freshman • Mooresville, N.C.

Freshman • Saint Johns, Fla.

Overview: Talented sprinter and jumper who enjoyed some great mo- Overview: Enjoyed an excellent freshman season for the Bulldogs in both ments as a freshman both in indoor and outdoor season. cross country and track and field…earned All-Conference honors in cross country with a 12th place finish at Big South Conference Meet in the fall. 2014 Outdoor: Enjoyed a busy season where she ran in two sprint events and jumped in two field events…top time in the 100 meters came at 2014 Outdoor: Competed in three different events throughout the year… Coastal Carolina (3-14) with mark of 12.73…registered a mark of 26.05 took part in the 1,500, 5,000 and 10,000 meters…posted a time of 4:53.54 in the 200 meters at 49er Classic (3-20)…also posted a season-best in the at Coastal Carolina Invitational (3-20) in the 1,500…top time in the 10,000 triple jump in Charlotte with a mark of 11.14 meters (3-20)…posted a meters came at Big South Championships (4-16) when she finished with a season-high leap of 5.39 meters in the long jump at Big South Champion- mark of 39:14.89…established a season-best in the 5,000 meters the next ships (4-17)…part of school-record setting 4x400 relay team with time of day at Big South Championships with mark of 18:12.02. 3:54.74 at Big South meet (4-17). 2013-14 Indoor: Ran in six meets during the year…participated in four 2013-14 Indoor: Top time in the 200 meters came at USC Upstate Invi- events throughout the season…registered a mark of 5:17.57 in the mile tational with mark of 26.83 meters(2-20)…also had season-high mark in at Hilton Garden Invitational (1-31)…top time in the 3,000 meters was the long jump at USC Upstate (2-20) with leap of 5.33 meters…posted 10:33.33 at USC Upstate Invitational (2-14)…had season-best mark of season-best in the triple jump at JDL Kick-Off Classic with leap of 11.40 5,000 meters at Big South Championships (2-28) with time of 18:51.68… meters…helped 4x400 relay team set a school record and earn points at helped 4,000 distance medley relay team post a time of 12:27.18 at Big Big South Conference meet with time of 3:56.72 (2-28). South Championships (2-28). Before UNC Asheville: Ran the 200, 400, long jump and triple jump at Lake Before UNC Asheville: California native who moved to Florida in high Norman HS…top time for in the 200 meters was 25.4...top time in the school...attended Creekside HS in Saint Johns, Fla...top times were 2:21 400 meters was 58.54. (800), 5:09 (1600), 11:37.90 (3200) and 18:49 (5K).

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Alyssa Lashway

Corey McClintock

Sophomore • Concord, N.C.

Senior • Black Mountain, N.C.

Overview: Talented middle distance runner who has picked up points for the Bull- Overview: Enjoyed a tremendous field career after starting out in sprints…ended her career in grand style with school-record in hammer throw…excellent student who graduated in May… dogs in her career…versatile runner who can do a lot of different events. named to Big South Scholar-Athlete team for Outdoor Track and Field senior year…red-shirted 2014 Outdoor: Took part in the 400, 800 and 1,500 meters and also participated in 4x400 and 4x800 relay races…earned the Bulldogs points at the Big South Championship with a fifth-place finish in the 800 meters at a time of 2:18.36 (4-17)…top time in the 400 meters came at Coastal Carolina with mark of 1:03.42 (3-14)… ran the 1,500 meters at 49er Classic and recorded a time of 5:02.23 (3-20)…ran in the 4x400 relay and helped Asheville pick up a point at Big South meet (4-17) with time of 4:01.84

a year when selected for UNC Asheville Abroad program in Scotland.

2014 Outdoor: Finished second in the hammer throw and earned a podium finish at the Big South Conference championships (4-17) with a school-record throw of 51.31 meters …kept breaking her own school record in four straight meets…finished second in the event at Western Carolina (4-12) with throw of 50.39 meters…was also second at High Point (4-4) with toss of 49.45 meters. 2013-14 Indoor: Came in third at Big South Conference Championships (2-28) in the weight throw with throw of 15.48 meters…top throw came in third-place finish at JDL Fast Track Invitational (12-7) when she set a school record with a throw of 16.87 meters…also threw the shot put during the season with top mark of 8.37 meters coming at Orange and Purple Invitational (1-11).

2013-14 Indoor: Ran in the 400 and 800 meters…season-best in the 400 meters came at Tar Heel Opener (1-25) with mark of 104.17…finished sixth at Big South 2012 Outdoor: Threw the discus and hammer throw during the season…placed seventh at RaConference meet (2-28) in the 800 with time of 2:18.17 (2-28)…helped 4x400 leigh Relays in the hammer throw with toss of 45.99 meters (3-31)…season-high in the discus came at ASU Open with throw of 29.23 meters (4-13). relay team earn points at Big South Meet with time of 3:56.72. 2013 Outdoor: Posted a season-best time of 1:01.57 in the 400 meters at 49er Classic (2-14)…recorded mark of 2:20.41 at Duke Invitational (4-5) in 800 meters…4x400 relay team posted time of 4:03.15 (4-18) at Big South Championships.

2011-12 Indoor: Finished seventh in the weight throw at UNC Open as she had toss of 13.50 meters (2-4)…top throw in the shot put also came at UNC (2-4) with toss of 8.37 meters. 2011 Outdoor: Season-best in the hammer throw came at Big South Meet (4-22) with toss of 38.52 meters…also competed in the javelin and produced throw of 19.41 meters at Western Carolina (3-26). 2010-11 Indoor: Competed in three different sprint events and the weight throw…posted sea-

2012-13 Indoor: Top time in the 800 meters at Big South Meet (2-21) at 2:20.40… son-bests in the 55 and 200 meters at ASU Invitational (1-15) as she had time of 8.19 in 55 meters and 29.43 in 200...top mark in the 60 meters was 9.08 at Niswonger Invitational (2-4)…seasonhelped 4x400 relay team have mark of 4:02.07 at Big South (2-21). best in the weight throw came at Niswonger Invitational (2-5) with toss of 10.20 meters.

Before UNC Asheville: Attended Robinson HS in Concord, N.C….placed second in 2010 Outdoor: Top time in the 100 meters came at 49er Classic (3-19) with mark of 13.76…. posted a time of 28.47 in the 200 meters at Lenoir-Rhyne Open (4-10)…season-high in the shot the 800 meters at the 3-A Western Regional with time of 2:22.21. put, also came at Lenoir-Rhyne with throw of 4.60 meters (4-10).

2009-10 Indoor: Posted mark of 29.42 in the 200 meters at ASU Invitational (12-9)…top time in the 400 meters came at UNC (2-12) with mark of 1:05.92.

Before UNC Asheville: Local product from Black Mountain who attended North Carolina School of Science and Math in Durham.

SPRINTS

JUMPS

Kassandra Pierre

Meredith Ristic

Sophomore • Brooklyn, N.Y.

Senior • Hendersonville, N.C.

Overview: Talented sprinter who enjoyed an excellent outdoor season in 2014 in the hurdles and in sprints…red-shirted 2013 outdoor season after suffering knee injury during indoor campaign.

Overview:Three-sport athlete at UNC Asheville as she enjoyed a great volleyball career as one of the top middle blockers in the Big South…excelled as a high jumper for the Blue & White in both indoor and outdoor…battled injuries her senior season but still managed to win the Big South Championship in the high jump during indoor… finishes her career as the school’s all-time leader in the high jump for both indoor and outdoor.

2014 Outdoor: Set school-record in the 400 meter hurdles at High Point (4-4) with time of 1:01.70…generated a time of 12.47 in the 100 meters at Coastal Carolina Invitational (3-14)…top time in the 200 meters came at High Point (4-4) with mark of 25.77…part of 4x400 relay team that set school record with time of 3:54.74 at Big South Championships (4-18) and allowed Bulldog to earn sixth-place finish. 2013-14 Indoor: Picked up season-bests in 60 and 200 meters at Big South Championships (2-28) with time of 7.87 in 60 and 25.54 in 200…posted a time of 42.81 in the 300 meters (12-7) at JDL College Kick-Off Classic (12-7)…top mark in the 400 meters came at Hilton Garden Invitational (1-31) with time of 1:01.78. 2012-13 Indoor:Top time in the 60 meters was 7.98 at Kentucky (1-25)… had strong meet at Niswonger Invitational (1-18) with season-best marks in the 200 meters at 26.20 and 60 meter hurdles with time of 10.54 (118)…injured at Kentucky (1-25) and missed rest of indoor and outdoor seasons. Before UNC Asheville: Enjoyed a standout track and field career at Brooklyn Tech.

2014 Outdoor: Set a school record in the high jump at 49er Classic with leap of 1.70 meters (3-20) as she finished in third place in strong field…earned a podium finish with third-place mark at Big South Championships as she leaped 1.65 meters (4-18)…came in second place at Winthrop (3-28) with mark of 1.60 meters…won Liberty Twilight meet after regular season (5-1) with mark of 1.65 meters 2013-14 Indoor: Claimed the Big South Conference championships (3-1) in the high jump with leap of 1.70 meters…battled injuries the indoor season and only competed in one other meet and that came at UCS Invitational (2-15) where she placed fourth with leap of 1.65 meters. 2013 Outdoor: Took second at Big South Conference championships with jump of 1.63 meters (4-19)…won at Western Carolina against tough field with mark of 1.62 meters (3-23)…also had jump of 1.63 meters at Duke Invitational (4-6) and came in sixth place…finished fourth at 49er Classic (3-15) at 1.60 meters. 2012-13 Indoor: Began the season in impressive fashion with a jump of 1.67 meters and good enough to finish in first place at ASU Open (12-1)…took second at Big South Championships (2-22) with mark of 1.65 meters… also had jump of 1.65 meters at Clemson (2-9) and second-place finish…came in fourth at Niswonger Invitational (1-19) with mark of 1.63 meters. 2012 Outdoor:Won at Western Carolina (3-24) with leap of 1.65 meters…also had a mark of 1.65 meters at Big South Conference Championships (4-20) and fourth-place finish…came in fourth at 49er Classic (3-16), also at 1.65 meters…took sixth at Duke (4-7) with mark of 1.63 meters. 2011-12 Indoor:Took fifth at Big South Championships with season-best 1.65 meters (2-25)…had a jump of 1.60 meters at JDL Fast Track (2-11) and fourth-place finish…came in sixth at UNC (1-14) with mark of 1.60 meters… placed fifth at Niswonger Invitational (1-28) with jump of 1.58 meters. 2011 Outdoor: As a freshman, she finished in third place at Palmetto Classic with leap of 1.54 meters (3-11) in her first ever outdoor meet…season-best of 1.55 meters came at Duke (4-9) and Big South Championships (4-9)… finished 10th at Big South meet…had mark of 1.50 meters at 49er Classic (3-17). 2010-11 Indoor: Generated season-best mark of 1.53 meters in two meets…the first came at ASU Open (1-15) and the second came at Big South Championships (2-24) where she placed 10th…also had mark of 1.52 meters at Appalachian Invitational (12-4) and came in ninth. Before UNC Asheville: Outstanding prep career in both volleyball and track and field at West Henderson HS in Hendersonville… state high jump champion her junior year...regional champion in the long jump as a sophomore and junior.

DISTANCE

Kelsie Rubino

Kylie Smith

Sophomore • Mooresville, N.C.

Senior • Fairview, N.C.

Overview: Talented distance runner who as a freshman in 2013 helped win Big South Conference title in the 4,000 Distance Medley Relay at Indoor Championships…versatile runner who can compete at various events along with different relay teams.

Overview: Distance runner who began her career in 2009, took some time off, and then returned to enjoy an excellent year this past season…good student who graduated in May of 2014…local product who enjoyed great prep career at Roberson. 2014 Outdoor: Part of 4x800 relay team that produced a third-place finish at Coastal Carolina Invitational with time of 9:31.65 (3-14)…top time in the 1,500 meters with mark of 4:48.44 (3-20) came at 49er Classic (3-20).

2014 Outdoor: Enjoyed a solid meet at High Point with two season-best times in the 800 and 1,500 meters…posted a time of 2:19.60 in the 800 (4-4) and 4:43.59 in 2013-14 Indoor: Helped the 4x4000 DMR relay team finish in first place at the Hilton Garden Inthe 1,500 (4-4)…ran the 1,500 meters at 49er Classic and had a mark of 18:19.36… vitational (1-31) with mark of 12:32.53…also had a season-best time of 5:21.11 at Hilton Garden (1-31) in the mile…top time in the 3,000 meters came at Tar Heel Opener (1-25) at 10:55.26. ran in 4x400 relay and helped register time of 4:01.84 at High Point (4-4). 2013-14 Indoor: Earned points for the Bulldogs at Big South Championship meet with seventh-place finish in the 800 meters with time of 2:17.01 (2-28)…registered a time of 5:04.81 in the mile at USC Upstate Invitational (2-14)…had a season-best mark of 10:46.18 in the 3,000 meters at JDL Kickoff Classic (12-7-13).

2011-12 Indoor: Participated in three different individual events...came in sixth place in the 3,000 meters at Kent Taylor Invitational (2-4) with mark of 10:47.27…posted time of 5:36.31 in mile at UNC Chapel Hill (1-14)…ran the 800 meters with top time of 2:35.03 at JDL Fast Track Invitational (2-11). 2011 Outdoor: Ran in four different individual events during the year…top meet came at Western Carolina (3-26) with high finishes in 800 and 1,500 meters…came in fourth in 800 with mark of 2:30.35 and fifth in 1,500 at time of 4:52.24…recorded time of 10:21.69 in 3,000 meters at Duke Invitational (4-9)…posted mark of 19:34.32 in 5,000 meters at Big South Championships (4-22).

2013 Outdoor: Top time in the 800 meters came at Duke Invitational (4-5) with mark of 2:20.17…posted time of 4:48.91 in the 1,500 meters at 49er Classic (314). 2010-11 Indoor: Enjoyed a solid sophomore campaign that was highlighted at the Big South Con2012-13 Indoor: Helped 4,000 Distance Medley Relay team win Big South Conference championship and set school and league record with time of 12:05.85(2-21)… top mark in 800 meters came at Kentucky (1-25)…registered season-best in the mile and 5,000 meters at Big South Meet (2-21) with time of 5:13.74 in the mile and mark of 18:47.35 in 5,000.

ference Meet (2-24) when she anchored 4x4000 DMR team to second-place finish with time of 12:27.99…came in 10th in the mile at Big South Meet (2-24) at mark of 5:17.25…took ninth in the 3,000 meters at UNC Chapel Hill (1-29) with time of 10:51.80…top 5,000 meters time of 19:12.83 occurred at Niswonger Invitational (2-5).

2010 Outdoor: Produced sixth-place finish at Western Carolina in the 1,500 meters with time of 5:12.90 (3-27)…came in 10th at 49er Classic in 3,000 meters with time of 11:27.24 (3-19)…also had season-best in 5,000 meters at 49er Classic with mark of 19:51.37 (3-18)…ran the 10,000 meters at Big South Championships (4-15) and finished with time of 44:44.46.

Overview: Ran for Lake Norman HS in Mooresville…placed sixth in the 800 me2009-10 Indoor:Top time in the mile came at ASU Open (1-15) with mark of 5:55.19…also ran in ters at the 4-A West Regional Meet. the 3,000 meters and had mark of 11:39.20 at Niswonger Invitational (1-22).

Before UNC Asheville: Had great prep cross country and track and field career at nearby Roberson.

HEAD COACH Jesse Norman Seventh Season • Western Carolina, 2003 Jesse Norman just finished up his fifth year as head coach of the UNC Asheville Cross Country and Track and Field programs. The Bulldogs cross country and track and field program have shown tremendous improvements across the board during his tenure. In the 2011-12 seasons, the Bulldogs men’s track team had Milan Ristic qualify for the NCAA Preliminary Outdoor meet in the 110 hurdles. It marked the first time a Bulldog hurdler had advanced to a NCAA championship meet. Ristic won the Big South Conference championship in the 110 hurdles at the outdoor meet and won the 60 hurdles at the league’s indoor meet in February. On the women’s side, Sarah Gentry captured the 800 meters at the outdoor BSC championships for her first ever championship. The 2010-11 seasons saw new heights for the program. The women’s cross country squad improved their team finish at the Big South Championships with Melanie Kulesz again earning allconference honors. The indoor season had the women’s team finishing in third place; the highest finish in school history. Norman was named Big South Indoor Track and Field Women’s Coach of the Year after Asheville’s impressive performance. During the outdoor season Natalie Pearson (100m & 200m) and Simon Haake (Javelin) qualified for the NCAA Eastern Regional with Pearson advancing on to the NCAA National Championships in Des Moines, Iowa. The outdoor season also had Ristic qualify for the European U-23 Championships in the 110m hurdles. He also guided Ashlei Clodfelter to a school record in the triple jump (38-9). During the 2009-10 seasons, both Bulldog cross country squads improved their showing from the previous season with freshman Melanie Kulesz earning all-conference honors. In the track and field ranks, Asheville had both Simon Haake and Natalie Pearson qualify for the Eastern Regional under tougher standards. Pearson became the first Bulldog student-athlete to qualify for the National Championships in the 200 meters. Pearson was ranked first nationally in the 200 during the season. Kulesz qualified for the USATF Junior Nationals in the 5,000m placing 11th at the championships.

Norman worked for two years at Western Carolina with the Catamounts men and women’s distance teams before coming to UNC Asheville in the summer of 2007. He helped guide WCU cross country runner Dan Fassinger to an all-conference finish in cross country and Deanna Kulesz to an all-conference finish in the 1500 and 3000 meters. Norman was part of a Catamount coaching staff that helped WCU win two straight Southern Conference Outdoor Track and Field championships. Norman enjoyed a great career at Western Carolina from 1999-2003. He won the Southern Conference individual championship in cross country in 2001, the only Catamount ever to accomplish such a feat and earned all-conference honors in the 10,000 meters during the 2000 outdoor season. Norman had a sensational prep career at Fuquay-Varina HS where he was a fivetime state champion in cross country, 1600 meters and 3200 meters. Norman earned a degree in physical education from Western Carolina in 2003 and then picked up his master’s in physical education in May of 2007. Norman holds USATF Level I & II certifications in endurance and was invited to attend the United States Olympic Committee’s Emerging Elite coaching clinic held at the Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, CA for both the endurance (2009) and the jumping (2010) event groups. Jesse and his wife Melanie have a daughter Eliza.

ASSISTANT COACH Joel Williams Seventh Season • Appalachian State, 2004 Joel Williams is in his seventh year as an assistant track and field coach with the UNC Asheville men’s and women’s programs. He has been in charge of coaching the sprints (up to 1500m) and hurdle events, throws and high jump since his hiring in the fall of 2007. The 2012-2013 school year proved to be the most successful campaign during Williams’ tenure at UNC Asheville. Junior Milan Ristic became the track and field program’s and the school’s first ever All American in any sport garnering a second team All American position. He did so in qualifying for the NCAA indoor natiional track and field championships for the 60m Hurdles. Earlier in the indoor season, he set a school record for the same event with a time of 7.75. At the conference indoor meet, he won his second straight conference title at 60mH and finished 3rd in the 60m dash setting a school record of 6.87 in the prelims. During the outdoor season, Ristic tied his school record for the 110m hurdles in his second meet of the outdoor season with a time of 13.88. He ran a wind-aided 13.78 for the same event for his second consecutive outdoor conference championship-his fourth overall championship in two years. That outdoor mark was the fastest in school history under all conditions. That mark also qualified him, for the second consecutive year, for the NCAA East regional preliminary championships. Another of Williams’s athletes senior Sarah Gentry repeated her junior year successes by again winning the conference indoor and outdoor 800m championships making those four championships in two years in the same event. Gentry set a new school record at 800m outdoors running 2:08.96. During the indoor conference meet, she was also a member of the Big South champion DMR team which also set school, conference, and facility records in the event.

Kurt Hibert moved to number 2 all time for UNC Asheville indoors with his 15.50m weight throw. Outdoors he set a school record in the hammer throw with a toss of 54.47m.

Additionally outdoors, Gentry, having run only one mile race in her athletic career (indoors) during her senior year, emerged victorious in the 1500m at the outdoor conference championships while setttng a new school record with a time of 4:32.81. Gentry graduates having achieved a top five school mark in the 200m, a second best all time mark in school history in the 400m with a senior best of 57.41 and school records at 800m indoors and outdoors as well as the school record outdoors for the 1500m. In total, Gentry won five individual conference titles and was a member of one relay-DMR-championship.

The 2010-2011 season was highlighted by the performances of junior Simon Haake, Ristic and sophomore Sarah Gentry.

Junior Kurt Hibert set a school record in the weight throw indoors with a fifth place finish at the indoor confrence meet with a school record of 16.95m. Outdoors Hibert finiished 3rd in the conference meet hammer throw and set a new school record in the event in early May with a mark of 56.53m missing qualifying for the NCAA first round by approx. 1m.

Gentry led the women’s side in her first year at 800m by setting a school record while finishing second in the Big South Conference Indoor Championships. Outdoors, Gentry moved into second place in program history with a time of 2:12.14 and surpassed her own second-best school time in the 400m.

Junior Meredith Foster-Ristic finished second in the high jump at both the indoor and outdoor conference championships. She set an indoor school record with a jump of 1.65m Ristic, a native of Belgrade, Serbia, capped his sophomore year and the 2012 track season by becoming the program’s first hurdler to qualify for the NCAA Regionals while breaking his own school record with a time of 13.88 (42 inch hurdles). Ristic won both the 60m hurdles at the Big South indoor championships and the 110m hurdles at the outdoor championships during the 2011-2012 school year. Ristic also set school records for 200m indoors and outdoors with times of 21.68 and 21.62, respectively.

Also, during 2011-2012 school year, Gentry won the 800m conference championships at both the indoor and outdoor Big South championships. Gentry set a school record indoors with a time of 2:11.40 and ran 2:10.87 outdoors. She also moved to number 2 all time for the school outdoors in the 400m with a time of 57.65.

Haake broke his own school record in the javelin with a throw of 68.15 meters to qualify for the NCAA East preliminary round for the second consecutive year. He also posted the second-best hammer throw and the third-best shot put marks in program history after having recorded Asheville’s top-three marks in both events indoors.

Prior to his arrival at UNC Asheville, Williams coached at Watauga High School in Boone from 1994-2005. He was in charge of the indoor track and field program while serving as assistant for the outdoor team. Williams is a 2004 graduate of Appalachian State with a Bachelor of Science in Health Promotion with minors in Exercise Science and Sociology. He is a USATF level II certified coach in both Sprints/Hurdles/Relays and the Throws. He also holds a USAW (U.S. Weightlifting Federation) Club Coach Certification for teaching and coaching Olympic lifts.

ASSISTANT COACH Adam Puett Fourth Season â&#x20AC;˘ Western Carolina, 2007 Adam Puett is in his fourth year as the assistant coach with the UNC Asheville cross country and track and field programs. Adam works primarily with the middle and long distance runners. During his first year at UNC Asheville, Adam helped coach the Bulldog women to their highest finish in school history at the Big South Indoor Conference Championships by placing third in 2011. Adam also helped his athletes achieve 21 personal bests, while coaching four Big South All-Conference Performers. Puett enjoyed an outstanding career for Western Carolina University. He was the 2005 Western Carolina Male Athlete of the Year and 2006 Southern Conference Outdoor Performer of the Year. Adam earned All Conference honors three times in cross country and 10 times in indoor and outdoor track. He was a fivetime So-Con champion in indoor and outdoor track plus a fourtime NCAA outdoor regional qualifier in the 1500. The Alabama native won the Southern Conference 1500 meters for three consecutive years. Before coming to UNC Asheville, Puett served as an assistant coach at WCU for three years. He coached events ranging from the 800 meters to the 10,000 meters. The Alabama native coached 13 All-Conference performers and six Southern Conference champions during his tenure. He helped lead the Catamount programs to five different league championships. Puett graduated from Western Carolina in 2006 and then earned his Masters in Physical Education from WCU in 2009.

X UNC ASHEVILLE MENâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S RECORDS - Outdoor 100 Meters 1. Milan Ristic 2. Enita Okodiko 3. Brandon Hamilton Courtney Henry 4. Eric Fitzgerald 5. Jordan Yarbrough Wind Aided Eric Fitzgerald

10,000 Meters 1. Jon Harmon 2. Root Kirbach 3. Pat Spencer 4. Kevin Paradise 5. Martin Morales

31:08.20 31:08.79 31:43.90 31:53.54 32:28.10

2006 2007 1996 2012 1994

110 Meter Hurdles 1. Milan Ristic 2. Kris Fant 3. Joel Collier 4. Derek Larsen 5. Andy Gainor

13.78 14.41 15.36 15.76 15.80

2013 2004 2004 2010 1997

400 Meter Hurdles 1. Andy Guzy 2. Joel Collier 3. Brandon Hamilton 4. Michael Eitelberg

53.25 54.29 55.60 57.77

2001 2003 2007 2001

9:06.08 9:09.96 9:30.26 9:32.90 9:37.52

2006 1999 1998 1994 1999

10.92 10.93 11.03 11.03 11.07 11.09

2011 2006 2007 2011 1998 2010

10.80

1998

21.62 22.00 22.38 22.47 22.54

2012 2006 1998 2011 2010

21.11

2013

400 Meters 1. Dane Corriher 2. Jeremy Twiggs 3. Nelson Delgado 4. Andrew Burnette 5. Miles Brown

49.97 49.99 50.14 50.77 50.99

2007 2001 1994 2008 2013

3,000 Meter Steeplechase 1. Dave Bell 2. Brendan McGrane 3. Eddie Legair 4. Sam MacGibbon 5. Tim Gautreau

800 Meters 1. Nelson Delgado 2. Sam Maynard 3. Jim Phillips 4. Eliud Chirchir 5. Brandon Trollip

1:50.94 1:51.08 1:52.57 1:53.32 1:54.33

1994 2010 1998 2010 1997

4 x 100 Meter Relay 1. Scott, Roseboro, Fant,Young

200 Meters 1. Milan Ristic 2. Enita Okodiko 3. Eric Fitzgerald 4. Courtney Henry 5. Raymond Urruitia Wind Aided Milan Ristic

2. 3.

1500 Meters 1. Brandon Trollip 2. Taylor Little 3. Ed Matthews 4. Sam Maynard 5. Eliud Chirchir 3,000 Meters 1. Phil Latter 2. Brendan McGrane 3. Taylor Little 4. Skyler Winchester 5. Brandon Trollip

3:51.14 3:53.08 3:54.58 3:56.14 3:56.65

1998 2007 1997 2010 2010

4. 5.

2005 2010 1998 2008 2007

4 x 400 Meter Relay 1. Guzy, Roberts, Collier, Twiggs 8:33.96 8:34.21 8:34.46 8:41.29 8:44.69

2004 1999 2006 2014 1999

2. 3. 4.

5,000 Meters 1. Taylor Little 2. Chad Pearson 3. James Rogers 4. Phil Latter 5. Martin Morales

42.70 Larsen,Yarbrough, Urruitia, Haake 43.30 Creel, Northington, Gainor, Fitzgerald 43.38 Hamilton, Corriher, Ahmad, Bandoly 43.65 Corriher, Ahmad,Young, Hamilton 43.67

14:19.16 14:36.57 14:36.80 14:47.64 14:52.55

2007 2000 1998 2004 1994

3:20.97

2002

3:22.91 Urruitia, Chirchir, Maynard, Lopez 3:24.57 Corriher, Maynard, Burnette, Matthews 3:25.55 Corriher, Burnette, Stepp, Holman 3:25.86

2001

Phillips, Twiggs, Collier, Guzy 2010 2009 2008

X UNC ASHEVILLE MENâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S RECORDS - Outdoor High Jump 1. Chad Wynens 2. Justin Bellamy 3. Nick Mozzone 4. Cameron Howard 5. John Bellard Long Jump 1. Jordan Yarbrough 2. Milan Ristic 3. Courtney Henry 4. Vince Kreiger 5. Omar Ahmad Wind Aided Milan Ristic Triple Jump 1. Will Beasley 2. Omar Ahmad 3. Courtney Henry 4. Delano Loritts 5. Giovonni Freeman Wind Aided Omar Ahmad Pole Vault 1. Ian Boyd 2. K.C. Radford 3. Kelvin Howard Michael Eitelberg 4. Simon Haake 5. Dane Horne

Javelin 1. Simon Haake 2. Troy Young 3. John Bellard 4. Erik Nabi 5. Brian MacPhee

1.98m 1.93m 1.90m 1.88m 1.85m

6-6.00 6-4.00 6-2.75 6-2.00 6-0.75

1996 2002 2010 2013 2014

6.83m 6.73m 6.65m 6.63m 6.61m

22-5.00 22-1.00 21-9.25 21-9.00 21-8.25

2010 2011 2014 1997 2006

7.03m

23-0.75

2011

4 x 800 Relay 1. Phillips, Matthews, Legair, Trollip

13.78m 13.59m 13.57m 13.32m 13.21m

45-2.50 44-7.00 44-6.25 43-8.50 43-4.25

2009 2006 2013 2012 1994

13.85m

45-5.25

2006

3.96m 3.85m 3.81m 3.81m 3.21m 3.05m

12-11.75 12-7.50 12-6.00 12-6.00 10-6.25 10-0.00

2010 2007 2000 2001 2010 1999

68.15m 56.71m 56.01m 55.48m 53.62m

Decathalon 1. Troy Young 2. Michael Eitleberg 3. Simon Haake

223-7 186-0 183-9 182-0 175-11

5689 5667 5510

2011 2006 2014 2008 2001 2006 2002 2010

Odd Events

3. 4.

7:35.76 Chirchir, Maynard, Lopez, Rankin 7:49.59 Trollip, Phillips, Rogers, ???? 7:57.19 Phillips, Matthews, Gautrea, Trollip 7:58.27

4 x 1500m Relay 1. Legair, Phillips, Halyburton, Trollip 15:58.12 2. Phillips, Matthews, Legair, Trollip 16:07.91 3. Fernandez, Trollip, J. Hill, McGrane 16:22.30

1997 2010 1998 1997

1998 1997 1999

Distance Medley Relay 1. Legair, Rogers, Phillips, Trollip Shot Put 1. Nathan Hedgpeth 2. Brian MacPhee 3. Simon Haake 4. Daniel Corriher 5. Adam Chacon

17.00m 16.02m 14.25m 13.94m 13.77m

55-9.25 52-6.75 46-9.00 45-9.00 45-2.25

2005 2001 2011 2007 2002

Discus 1. Nathan Hedgpeth 2. Clint Barden 3. Brian MacPhee 4. Kurt Hibert 5. Troy Young

53.83m 50.52m 48.86m 47.96m 45.36m

176-7 165-9 160-4 157-4 148-10

2005 2004 2001 2014 2005

Hammer Throw 1. Kurt Hibert 2. Clint Barden 3. Simon Haake 4. Keith Scruggs 5. Adam Chacon

56.32m 51.93m 49.94m 48.37m 47.70m

184-9 170-4 163-10 158-8 156-6

2013 2002 2011 2009 2002

2. 3.

10:01.68 Legair, Northington, Trollip, Phillips 10:03.99 McGrane, Guzy, J. Hill, Trollip 10:10.96

1998 1998 1999

X UNC ASHEVILLE MENâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S RECORDS - Indoor

4 x 400 Meter Relay 1. Freeman, Twiggs, Roberts, Collier 3:26.31 2. Corriher, Stepp, Maynard, Burnette 3:26.68 3. Corriher, Goodrum, Burnette, Okodiko 3:27.83 4. Phillips, Eitelberg, Twiggs, Guzy 3:28.03 5. Urruitia, Larsen, Chirchir, Maynard 3:28.47

55 Meters 1. Brandon Hamilton Milan Ristic 2. Dante Roseboro 3. Courtney Henry 4. Eric Fitzgerald Jordan Yarbrough 5. Troy Young

6.49 6.49 6.54 6.57 6.58 6.58 6.71

2006 2010 2004 2011 1998 2010 2004

60 Meters 1. Milan Ristic 2. Raymond Urruitia 3. David Pickett 4. Enita Okodiko 5. Dante Roseboro

6.87 7.04 7.08 7.09 7.10

2013 2010 2010 2006 2005

200 Meters 1. Milan Ristic 2. Enita Okodiko 3. Ivan Scott 4. Raymond Urruitia 5. Dane Corriher

21.68 22.38 22.54 22.64 22.71

2012 2006 2005 2010 2005

400 Meters 1. Dane Corriher 2. Andy Guzy 3. Jeremy Twiggs 4. Ivan Scott 5. Enita Okodiko

49.98 50.55 50.67 50.81 50.93

2009 2000 2003 2005 2005

800 Meters 1. Eliud Chirchir 2. Jim Phillips 3. Nelson Delgado 4. Sam Maynard 5. Eddie Legair

High Jump 1. John Bellard 2. Chad Wynens 3. Nick Mozzone 4. Cameron Howard 5. Andrew Heath

1.96m 1.93m 1.90m 1.85m 1.83m

6-5 6-4 6-2.75 6-0.75 6-0

2012 1996 2010 2012 2000

1:54.62 1:55.09 1:55.36 1:55.39 1:56.27

2010 1998 1995 2010 1998

Mile 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

Long Jump 1. Dante Roseboro 2. Courtney Henry 3. Omar Ahmad 4. Jordan Yarbrough 5. Troy Young

6.85m 6.81m 6.58m 6.53m 6.31m

22-5.75 22-4.25 21-7.25 21-5.25 20-8.50

2004 2011 2008 2010 2005

James Rogers Taylor Little Travis Rudnick Brendan McGrane Brandon Trollip

4:16.84 4:17.26 4:17.31 4:17.44 4:17.56

1996 2006 1996 1998 1997

3,000 Meters 1. Taylor Little 2. Jon Harmon 3. Phil Latter 4. James Rogers 5. Brendan McGrane

Triple Jump 1. Omar Ahmad 2. Courtney Henry 3. John Bellard 4. Delano Loritts 5. Will Beasley

13.62m 13.26m 13.12m 12.61m 12.56m

44-8.25 43-6.00 43-0.50 41-4.50 41-2.50

2008 2013 2012 2012 2009

8:22.48 8:29.68 8:32.62 8:41.11 8:41.35

2007 2008 2003 1998 1998

5,000 Meters 1. Jon Harmon 2. Phil Latter 3. James Rogers 4. Chad Pearson 5. Root Kirbach

Shot Put 1. Brian MacPhee 2. Nathan Hedgepeth 3. Simon Haake 4. Daniel Corriher 5. Adam Chacon

16.17m 16.03m 14.21m 14.01m 14.00m

53-0.75 52-7 46-7.50 45-11.75 45-11.25

2001 2004 2011 2008 1999

14:55.76 14:58.64 15:07.01 15:17.21 15:17.63

2008 2003 1998 2000 2005

55 Meter Hurdles 1. Milan Ristic 2. Kris Fant 3. Derek Larsen 4. Joel Collier 5. Andy Gainor

Weight Throw 1. Kurt Hibert 2. Clint Barden 3. Brian MacPhee 4. Simon Haake 5. Adam Chacon

17.59m 16.22m 15.92m 15.45m 14.55m

57-8.50 53-2 52-2.75 50-8.25 47-9

2013 2002 2001 2011 2002

7.21 7.49 8.10 8.14 8.40

2012 2005 2010 2004 1998

60 Meter Hurdles 1. Milan Ristic 2. Kris Fant 3. Joel Collier 4. Derek Larsen

Pole Vault 1. Ian Boyd 2. Andre Robinson 3. Kelvin Howard 4. Michael Eitelberg 5. K.C. Radford

4.10m 4.00m 3.66m 3.65m 3.51m

13-5.25 13-1.50 12-0 11-11.75 11-6

2010 2012 2000 2001 2007

7.75 8.13 8.78 8.81

2013 2005 2004 2010

Distance Medley Relay 1. Phillips, Trollip, Legair, McGrane 10:17.82 2. Smith, Stevens, Osborne, Thornburg 10:20.28 3. Maynard, Urruitia, Chirchir, Lopez 10:21.37 4. Gautreau, Guzy, Roberts, Trollip 10:27.10 5. Bell, Goodrum, Jackson, Mazzotta 10:31.84

2002 2009 2006 2001 2010

1998 2014 2010 1999 2004

X UNC ASHEVILLE WOMENâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S RECORDS - Outdoor 100 Meters 1. Natalie Pearson 2. Kassandra Pierre 3. Argia Gibson 4. Tanya Harris 5. Eureka Jones Wind Aided Natalie Pearson 200 Meters 1. Natalie Pearson 2. Tanya Harris 3. Tia Hill 4. Kassandra Pierre 5. Sarah Gentry Wind Aided Natalie Pearson

11.60 12.53 12.73 12.81 12.84

2010 2014 2014 2006 2010

11.59

2011

23.47 24.77 25.50 25.77 25.88

2010 2006 1999 2014 2013

23.25

2010

54.95 57.41 59.32 59.33 59.66

2006 2013 2013 1999 2007

800 Meters 1. Sarah Gentry 2. Zola Davis 3. Devon Nemire-Pepe 4. Alyska Kalmeijer 5. Melanie Kulesz

2:08.96 2:10.69 2:16.73 2:17.66 2:17.81

2013 2001 2003 2010 2011

1500 Meters 1. Sarah Gentry 2. Loring Watkins 3. Mandy Becker 4. Micki Logue 5. Zola Davis

4:32.81 4:33.89 4:34.22 4:38.18 4:39.05

2013 2003 1999 2004 2001

400 Meters 1. Tanya Harris 2. Sarah Gentry 3. Anna Gelbach 4. Tia Hill 5. Erika Walker

3,000 Meters 1. Micki Logue 2. Mandy Becker 3. Emily Olinger 4. Macy Little 5. Becky Vonderhaar

9:52.08 9:56.55 10:11.50 10:17.24 10:20.29

2004 1999 1997 2003 1997

5,000 Meters 1. Emily Olinger 2. Emma Bussard 3. Mandy Becker 4. Micki Logue 5. Loring Watkins

17:10.86 17:12.68 17:20.10 17:20.46 17:30.11

1997 2013 1999 2004 2004

10,000 Meters 1. Becky Vonderhaar 2. Macy Little 3. Melanie Kulesz 4. Kasey Briggs 5. Adrian Etheridge

35:44.00 36:38.98 36:56.61 37:39.44 37:42.70

1998 2004 2012 2014 2012

15.16 15.16 15.22 15.26 15.60

2004 2003 1996 2012 1996

400 Hurdles 1. Kassandra Pierre 2. Marlene Silva 3. Molly Harkavy 4. Diana Manee 5. Marlene Gardner

1:01.70 1:03.71 1:04.50 1:04.54 1:05.06

2014 1996 2012 2003 1994

3000 Steeplechase 1. Emma Bussard 2. Micki Logue 3. Scarlett Beamon 4. Joyce Cacka 5. Katie Gamble

10:37.85 11:46.54 12 :09.60 12:27.90 12:29.36

2013 2001 2014 1996 2014

100 Meter Hurdles 1. Anna Walker 2. Laura Lewandowski 3. Marlene Silva 4. Molly Harkavy 5. Rhi Dundee

4x100 Relay 1. Clodfelter, Pearson, Gentry, Jones 48.39 2010 2. Knight, Thompson, Walker, Harrison 49.78 2001 3. Harris, Lewandowski, Thompson, Manee 49.79 2003 4. Rodevick, Hill, Thompson, Harrison 50.20 2000 4 x 400 Meter Relay 1. Lewandowski, Harris, Thompson, Manee 3:58.16 2003 2. Gelbach, Harkavy, Lashway, Gentry 3:59.35 2013 3. Lashway, Rubino, Dalton, Gentry 3:59.92 2013 4. Pierre, Hickey, Gibson, Gelbach 4:00.49 2014 5. Harris, Scheifer, Walker, Allstaedt 4:00.65 2006 High Jump 1. Meredith Foster 2. Corrie Trotter 3. Rhi Dundee 4. Crystal Goure 5. Lauren Baker

1.70m 1.60m 1.59m 1.57m 1.55m

5-7 5-3 5-2.50 5-1.75 5-1.00

2014 2007 1996 2001 2012

X UNC ASHEVILLE WOMENâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S RECORDS - Outdoor Long Jump 1. Lisa Roberts 2. Brooke Thompson Argia Gibson 4. Rhi Dundee 5. Jenny Bain

17-9.75 17-8.25 17-8.25 17-1.25 16-9.25

1994 2003 2014 1996 1999

Triple Jump 1. Lisa Roberts 2. Argia Gibson 3. Jenny Bain 4. Ashlei Clodfelter 5. Brooke Thompson

12.08m 11.14m 10.85m 10.80m 10.64m

39-7.75 36-6.75 35-7.25 35-5.25 34-11

1994 2014 1999 2010 2000

Pole Vault 1. Crystal Goure 2. Jenny Bain 3. Shanley Ressler

3.05m 2.44m 2.13m

10-0 8-0 6-11.75

2001 1999 2000

Shot Put 1. Crystal Durham 2. Garette Hunter 3. Laura Lewandowski 4. Tish Franklin 5. Crystal Goure

12.90m 12.85m 12.45m 12.33m 11.24m

42-4 42-2 40-10.25 40-5.50 36-10.50

1993 2002 2002 2000 2001

Discus 1. Crystal Goure 2. Garette Hunter 3. Ashley Southern 4. Molly deMattos 5. Emily Pineda

44.84m 41.89m 40.86m 39.36m 38.48m

147-1 137-5 134-1 129-1 126-3

2001 2004 2000 2001 2012

Hammer Throw 1. Corey McClintock 2. Crystal Goure 3. Michelle Ray 4. Tish Franklin 5. Natalie Williams

51.31m 47.07m 45.39m 41.78m 40.00m

167-3 154-5 148-11 137-1 131-3

2014 2004 2000 2002 2006

Javelin 1. Crystal Goure 2. Ashlei Clodfelter 3. Heather Polgar 4. Kristi Cummings 5. Amy Pearson

48.98m 42.24m 35.02m 33.33m 31.17m

160-8 138-7 114-11 109-4 102-3

2004 2013 1998 1995 2000

4426 4169 3945 3700

2002 2002 2001 2007

Heptathlon 1. Laura Lewandowski 2. Brooke Thompson 3. Crystal Goure 4. Morgan Weeks

Odd Events 5.43m 5.39m 5.39m 5.21m 5.11m

4 x 800 Relay 1. Rubino, Lashway, Smith, Heisner 9:31.65

2014

9:38.65

2013

9:42.96

2014

9:46.82 Nemire-Pepe, Watkins, Carberry, Scheifer 9:57.10

2006

Bussard, Dalton, Kulesz, Etheridge

Smith, Dalton, Etheridge, Gamble

Allstaedt, Mase, Duncan, Scheifer

2003

X UNC ASHEVILLE WOMENâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S RECORDS - Indoor 55 Meters 1. Natalie Pearson 2. Tanya Harris 3. Jazmyn Williams 4. Donetta Floyd 5. Eureka Jones

7.08 7.40 7.51 7.55 7.60

2007 2006 2004 2002 2010

60 Meters 1. Natalie Pearson 2. Kassandra Pierre 3. Tanya Harris 4. Jazmyn Williams 5. Anna Gelbach

7.54 7.87 7.99 8.17 8.22

2007 2014 2006 2004 2013

200 Meters 1. Natalie Pearson 2. Tanya Harris 3. Kassandra Pierre 4. Diana Manee 5. Jazmyn Williams

24.79 25.21 25.54 26.42 26.64

2009 2006 2014 2004 2004

400 Meters 1. Tanya Harris 2. Natalie Pearson 3. Katharina Riesenberg 4. Sarah Gentry 5. Anna Gelbach

56.14 57.76 58.71 58.80 59.15

2006 2008 2006 2013 2014

800 Meters 1. Sarah Gentry 2. Kelsie Rubino 3. Zola Davis 4. Tiffany Carberry 5. Alyssa Lashway

2:11.40 2:17.01 2:17.18 2:18.00 2:18.17

2012 2014 2001 2004 2014

Mile 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

Micki Logue Zola Davis Loring Watkins Mandy Becker Melanie Kulesz

4:59.82 5:04.18 5:04.37 5:04.71 5:04.78

2004 2001 2003 1999 2011

3,000 Meters 1. Micki Logue 2. Loring Watkins 3. Melanie Kulesz 4. Mandy Becker 5. Emma Bussard

10:05.18 10:07.94 10:10.38 10:12.81 10:14.05

2004 2003 2011 2000 2012

5,000 Meters 1. Becky Vonderhaar 2. Adrian Etheridge 3. Macy Little 4. Melanie Kulesz 5. Emma Bussard

17:36.60 17:45.96 17:52.62 17:56.59 17:59.49

1998 2013 2003 2011 2012

55 Meter Hurdles 1. Laura Lewandowski 2. Molly Harkavy 3. Anna Walker 4. Kassandra Pierre 5. Rhi Dundee

8.50 8.65 8.73 8.86 8.98

2004 2011 2004 2012 1996

60 Meter Hurdles 1. Anna Walker 2. Molly Harkavy 3. Laura Lewandowski 4. Rhi Dundee 5. Ashlei Clodfelter

9.19 9.32 9.37 9.43 9.49

2004 2012 2003 1996 2011

4 x 400 Meter Relay 1. Gentry, Harkavy, Pineda, Kalmeijer 2.

Manee, Thompson, Lewandowski, Harris

Pierre, Lashway, Rubino, Gelbach

Gentry,Pearson,Pineda,Kalmeijer

Gelbach, Harkavy, Lashway, Gentry

Distance Medley Relay 1. Rubino, Gelbach, Gentry, Kulesz 2.

Rubino, Lashway, Gentry, Dalton

Logue, Hill, Davis, Wicke

Powell, Harkavy, Gentry, Etheridge

Heisner, Gelbach, Rubino, Carson

4:00.51

2012

4:00.81

2003

4:02.02

2014

4:02.03

2011

4:02.43

2013

12:05.85

2013

12:13.83

2013

12:21.60

2001

12:25.92

2012

12:27.18

2014

High Jump 1. Crystal Goure 2. Meredith Foster 3. Rhi Dundee 4. Lauren Baker 5. Brooke Thompson

1.68m 1.67m 1.63m 1.60m 1.58m

5-6.00 5-5.75 5-4.25 5-3.00 5-2.25

2001 2012 1996 2012 2002

Long Jump 1. Argia Gibson 2. Brooke Thompson 3. Alex Blue 4. Jenny Bain 5. Ashlei Clodfelter

5.33m 5.21m 5.20m 5.15m 5.04m

17-6 17-1 17-0.50 16-10 16-6.50

2014 2002 2014 1999 2012

Triple Jump 1. Ashlei Clodfelter 2. Argia Gibson 3. Jenny Bain 4. Alex Blue 5. Brooke Thompson

11.81m 11.40m 10.85m 10.66m 10.61m

38-9 37-5 35-7 34-11.75 34-9

2011 2013 1999 2014 2000

Shot Put 1. Garrett Hunter 2. Tish Franklin 3. Tia Hill 4. Laura Lewandowski 5. Jessica Keys

12.67m 12.12m 11.99m 11.80m 11.35m

41-7 39-9 39-4 38-8 37-3

2003 2002 2001 2002 1999

Weight Throw 1. Corey McClintock 2. Crystal Goure 3. Michelle Ray 4. Tish Franklin 5. Molly deMattos

16.87m 14.86m 13.88m 13.71m 13.31m

55-4.25 48-9 45-6 44-11.75 43-11

2013 2003 2000 2002 2001

Pole Vault 1. Crystal Goure 2. Laura Lewandowski 3. Jenny Bain 4. Shanley Ressler

3.05m 2.30m 2.16m 2.15m

10-0 7-6 7-1 7-0.50

2001 2001 1999 2000

Pentathlon 1. Morgan Weeks

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THE BIG SOUTH CONFERENCE Since its founding in 1983, the Big South Conference has matured into a competitive leader in college athletics, actively pursuing excellence on the field of play and in the classroom. The League’s growing presence as an NCAA Division I athletic conference is evident by athletic accomplishments on the national stage, innovative marketing and media partnerships, increased television packages, and quality athletic competition while intentionally fostering the academic, personal, social, athletic and leadership development of each student-athlete. This has evolved into the Conference’s mission of “Developing Leaders Through Athletics.” The Big South Conference was formed on August 21, 1983, when Charleston Southern (then Baptist College) Athletic Director Howard Bagwell and Augusta President George Christenberry began recruiting members into the Big South, receiving initial commitments from Augusta, Charleston Southern, Campbell, Coastal Carolina and Winthrop. One month later, Dr. Edward M. Singleton was selected as the League’s first Commissioner and continued to solicit new members. His efforts led to the additions of Armstrong State, Radford and UNC Asheville, giving the Big South more than the required six members to constitute an official conference. The Big South’s first year of competition was in the Fall of 1984, and in September 1986, the Big South Conference was granted fullfledged NCAA Division I status. During its infancy and prior to securing automatic bids to NCAA Championships, the Big South made early strides in earning at-large berths in several national postseason events, including volleyball, women’s basketball and women’s golf. In 1989, George F.“Buddy” Sasser replaced the retiring Dr. Singleton as Commissioner, and in 1990, the League received its first automatic bid -- receiving an automatic qualifier to the NCAA Baseball Championship. Under Sasser’s seven years of leadership, the Conference implemented its public relations and compliance programs, and introduced its first-ever men’s basketball television package, featuring the Big South competing among some of the finest teams in the nation. In August 1996, Kyle B. Kallander replaced Sasser as the League’s third Commissioner, and in his 15 years at the helm of the Big South, Kallander has been instrumental in aggressively promoting the Conference to new heights. The Conference has enjoyed record levels in marketing revenue during the past several years, he has brought television coverage to Big South women’s basketball, baseball and softball for the first time in Conference history, as well as increased national television exposure to the League as a whole through aggressive and unique television packages. Under Kallander’s leadership, the Big South developed and initiated its first long-range strategic plan, re-affirming the League’s vision as a distinctive athletic Conference committed to the quality of institutional life through athletic competition. He also spearheaded the efforts to add football as a championship sport, which came to fruition in 2002, and oversaw the additions of men’s and women’s indoor track & field in 1997. The Conference’s 19th championship sport -- women’s lacrosse, will begin play in 2012-13 with seven members. At the same time, Kallander has solidified Conference membership, as an all-time high 11 member institutions comprise the 28-year League in 2011-12. Recent additions include High Point, Gardner-Webb and Presbyterian College, plus the return of charter member Campbell University this year. Kallander’s long range vision has also included technological advancements, as the Conference introduced its first live event video streaming in 2005 and has since expanded its video offerings to more than 700 events annually through a partnership with the member institutions, as well as the creation of several online and social media platforms.

In the last 15 years alone, the Big South Conference has experienced monumental growth and success in nearly every sport. During this time, the Conference has had an individual National Champion six times, more than 240 All-Americans, has reached the “Sweet 16” in men’s soccer, women’s basketball and baseball, has received national Top 25 rankings in football, men’s soccer, men’s basketball, women’s basketball, baseball, men’s outdoor track & field, and men’s golf, had an individual selected to play in the NCAA Singles Championship six times in addition to the first men’s tennis doubles at-large selection, had the first women’s golf program advance to the national finals, had the No. 1 ranked men’s golfer in the country, has had the nation’s top scoring men’s basketball team five consecutive years as well as the national men’s basketball scoring leader twice, received an at-large playoff berth in the Football Championship Subdivision in 2006, has had four NFL Draft picks, and had an institution finish fifth in the NCAA Men’s Golf Championships - the Conference’s highest-ever team finish in an NCAA event. In 2006-07, the Big South was the only Conference nationwide to have an at-large participant in the football playoffs (Coastal Carolina), a team in the Second Round of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament (Winthrop) and a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Baseball Regionals (Coastal Carolina). In fact, Coastal Carolina’s baseball program has been a No. 1 seed four out of the last seven years - including a national seed for the first time in 2010, while the Chanticleers’ FCS playoff berth in 2006 came in just the fifth-year of the Big South’s football existence. The 2009-10 season saw Liberty’s Sam Chelanga win two NCAA National Championships (cross country, 10,000-meter run), Coastal Carolina’s baseball team reach the Super Regionals for the second time in three years as well as being ranked No. 1 in the national RPI and as high as No. 3 in the national polls; and three women’s basketball teams reach the postseason for the first time in Conference history. Last season, Chelanga won two more NCAA National Championships (cross country, outdoor 5,000-meter run), the Big South had its first automatic bid recipient in football (Coastal Carolina), UNC Asheville reached the Second Round of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament, Coastal Carolina’s women’s golf team was the first in Conference history to advance to the NCAA Championship out of Regional play, and a League-record 18 baseball players were drafted in the 2011 MLB First-Year Player Draft. Several former Big South student-athletes have also reached national prominence in recent years. Coastal Carolina’s Amber Campbell made the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team - one of five former Big South athletes to compete in the Games; VMI’s Reggie Williams reached the NBA with the Golden State Warriors in 2010, UNC Asheville’s Ty Wigginton was named an American League All-Star in 2010, and Coastal Carolina’s Dustin Johnson has won four PGA Tour events since departing the Big South Conference in 2007 and tied for runner-up at the 2011 Open Championship. The Conference’s tagline, “Developing Leaders Through Athletics” was unveiled in 2008-09 in conjunction with the Conference’s 25th Anniversary. The League also honored its heritage with the Top 25 “Best of the Best” moments in League history from 1983-2008, with Liberty University’s 10-year women’s basketball championship run from 19962007 being crowned the No. 1 moment in the Big South’s first 25 years. The Conference’s on-field accomplishments have been duplicated in the classroom. Annually, more than 40 percent of Conference student-athletes are named to the Big South’s Presidential Honor Roll for maintaining a cumulative 3.0 grade-point average, and the League has had more than 95 Academic All-Americans in its 27 years of existence. Furthermore, the Big South has a record number of NCAA Public Recognition Awards for APR progress the last two years.

BIG SOUTH QUICK FACTS

BIG SOUTH CONFERENCE 7233 Pineville-Matthews Road, Suite 100 Charlotte, NC 28226 Phone: (704) 341-7990 Fax: (704) 341-7991 www.BigSouthSports.com

Founded 1983 President Penelope W. Kyle, Radford University Vice President Dr. Frank Bonner, Gardner-Webb University Secretary Dr. Anne Ponder, UNC Asheville Commissioner Kyle B. Kallander Associate Commissioner James Companion Associate Commissioner Dawn Turner Assistant Commissioner - Public Relations Mark Simpson Assistant Commissioner - Marketing Chad Cook Director of Multimedia Development Mark Bryant Office Manager Terri Ballard Assistant Director of Marketing Matt VanSandt Assistant Director of Public Relations Nic Bowman Assistant Director of Compliance Sherika McLean Marketing Assistant Melissa Estepp Public Relations Assistant Briana Mayes Administration/Multimedia Assistant Earl Laing Coordinator of Football Officials Doug Rhoads Coordinator of Men’s Basketball Officials Joe Forte Coordinator of Women’s Basketball Officials Charlene Curtis Coordinator of Baseball Umpires Tony Thompson Coordinator of Softball Umpires Betsy Kidd Coordinator of Men’s Soccer Officials Paul James Coordinator of Volleyball Officials Daniel Leake

Member Institutions (12): Campbell University, Charleston Southern University, Coastal Carolina University, Gardner-Webb University, High Point University, Liberty University, Longwood University, Presbyterian College, Radford University, UNC Asheville, Virginia Military Institute, Winthrop University Geographical Breakdown (3 states): North Carolina (4) – Campbell University, Gardner-Webb University, High Point University, UNC Asheville; South Carolina (4) – Charleston Southern University, Coastal Carolina University, Presbyterian College, Winthrop University; Virginia (4) – Liberty University, Longwood University, Radford University,Virginia Military Institute Associate Members: Stony Brook University (football), Davidson College (women’s lacrosse) Championship Sports (19): Baseball, Men’s Basketball, Women’s Basketball, Men’s Cross Country, Women’s Cross Country, Football, Men’s Golf,Women’s Golf,Women’s Lacrosse, Men’s Soccer,Women’s Soccer, Softball, Men’s Tennis, Women’s Tennis, Men’s Indoor and Outdoor Track & Field, Women’s Indoor and Outdoor Track & Field, Volleyball Council of Chief Executive Officers: Jerry Wallace, Campbell; Jairy C. Hunter, Jr., Charleston Southern; David DeCenzo, Coastal Carolina; Frank Bonner, Gardner-Webb; Nido Qubein, High Point; Jerry L. Falwell, Jr., Liberty; Marge Connelly, Longwood; Dr. Claude Lilly, Presbyterian; Penelope W. Kyle, Radford; Anne Ponder, UNC Asheville; J.H. Binford Peay III,VMI; Anthony J. DiGiorgio, Winthrop

f All About UNC Asheville UNC Asheville is the stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s designated public liberal arts campus where a purposefully personal learning environment encourages students to explore the connections between disciplines.

3,700 students 330 full- and part-time faculty More than 30 majors

60 clubs and service organizations 37 Fulbright Scholars Undergraduate research with 60 percent of student participating Study Abroad

f All About UNC Asheville Nationally ranked Forbes magazine ranks UNC Asheville the 2nd highest “Best Buy” college in North Carolina (surpassed only by UNC Chapel Hill) and 21st in the nation. U.S. News and World Report lists UNC Asheville as 7th in the nation among public liberal arts colleges.

Princeton Review lists UNC Asheville in the

By the Numbers

top 75 public “Best Value Colleges” and “The Best 377 Colleges,” with distinctions as a “Top Green College” and “Top College Town.”

Average Weighted GPA:

Kiplinger’s Personal Finance ranks UNC

Half of incoming freshmen were in the top of their high-school graduating classes

Asheville as one of the nation’s 100 best values in public colleges, and the 6th lowest in average debt among graduates.

Our students represent counties of N.C., and states, plus Washington, D.C

Average SAT:

1194

(up from 1174 in 2011)

4.09 20%

f All About UNC Asheville Stellar Programs In addition to the tradition Liberal Arts disciplines that encourage a broad-based curriculum, UNC Asheville offers nationally ranked programs in: Chemistry f Biochemistry f Biology f Environmental Science f Computer Science f Mechatronics Engineering f Health and Wellness f New Media f Management f And Many Others f

f All About UNC Asheville Our Alumni fMore than 17,500 alumni—12,000 live in the South, 6,000 live in WNC. f Within 10 years of graduation, 97 percent have been employed or have enrolled in graduate school.

Wiley Cash ’04

Jennifer Mayer ’04

Wasim Al-Abed ’01

He majored in literature, but it was his history classes and the magic of the mountains of nearby Madison County that inspired Wiley Cash’s ﬁrst novel, “A Land More Kind Than Home.”

As a businessperson, she’s a local leader. As a philanthropist, she is a force of nature. And Jennifer Mayer’s achievements are far more inspiring when you know her backstory.

Degrees from UNC Asheville have launched thousands of successful careers, like that of Wasim Al-Abed, sales manager for FLS Energy of Asheville, one of the nation’s fastestgrowing solar energy ﬁrms.

Cash’s novel debuted on the New York Times Best Seller list last year and promptly won praise by reviewers in USA Today, Vanity Fair and O Magazine. “My Appalachian history professor at UNC Asheville, Dan Pierce, made the mountains come alive for me, their history, their people, culture and mystery.”

By the age of 16, Mayer already had lived a hard life. She was waitressing double shifts to support herself, and she could only read at the secondgrade level. But at the urging of a close friend, she enrolled in a literacy program and eventually earned a high school GED. Later, Mayer enrolled at UNC Asheville where she pursued a degree in psychology. Today, she is the owner and CEO of Charlotte Street Computers, one of Asheville’s busiest independent computer shops.

This rapidly evolving industry needs employees who can think critically and solve problems that have never been encountered before. So when FLS Energy needed a team leader who could make the links between economics, science, policy and environmental impact, they turned to this UNC Asheville business and marketing graduate. That’s the power of the liberal arts. “At UNC Asheville,” says Al-Abed, “I learned with students whose creativity and passion were out of this world.”

f All About Asheville

sheville’s prime location in the spectacular mountains of Western North Carolina and the high quality of life enjoyed by residents make it a place where lifestyle complements business opportunity. The area shows consistent and steady growth with approximately 244,000 people in Buncombe County, The metro unemployment rate at 8.4 percent is the third lowest of the 14 North Carolina metros, following Durham-Chapel Hill and Raleigh-Cary Metros. Average income—$59,943 in the Asheville Metro area.

Culture and Environment The cultural accolades for Asheville complement the dramatic scenery that sets the region apart. Western North Carolina enjoys elevations ranging from 1,500 feet in the valleys to 6,684 feet at Mount

Mitchell, the highest peak east of the Mississippi River. The 469-mile Blue Ridge Parkway winds along the Blue Ridge Mountains, through Asheville, and enters the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The area’s mountain location doesn’t mean that it isn’t accessible to many major cities. Charlotte, N.C. is an hour and a half away and Atlanta, Ga. is a about four hours from Asheville.

Downtown Asheville Artists and street musicians, more than 30 galleries and boutiques, ﬁne dining, Art Deco architecture, coffee shops and live music give Asheville a vibrancy rarely found in a city of its size. Little wonder Asheville, and its edgy energy, is one of the South’s biggest tourist destinations.

fAll About Asheville

New York 690 miles Washington, D.C. 471 miles Nashville 288 miles Raleigh 231 miles

Atlanta 188 miles

Charlotte 122 miles Charleston 259 miles

Wilmington 318 miles

f All About UNC Asheville Athletics With the tenacity of its Bulldog mascot, UNC Asheville athletics is a perennial competitor in 15 NCAA Division I sports.

In the classroom: UNC Asheville has a tradition of academic excellence with an overall NCAA academic progress rate of 983.

In the game: UNC Asheville currently ďŹ elds 15 division I sports. With 13 Big South regular season championships, 17 tournament championships, 10 post-season appearances, and 1 NAIA national championship, the Bulldogs are proven winners.

fAll About UNC Asheville Athletics By the Numbers: Total student-athletes ........................................................ 196 International student-athletes ................................................ 5 Minority student-athletes..................................................... 34 In-state student-athletes ..................................................... 115 Out-of-state student-athletes .............................................. 81 2012-13 student-athlete graduates................................31

NCAA-Allowed Full Scholarships..........................................................132.7

Bulldogs in the Classroom:

Total of Equivalent Full Scholarships, UNC Asheville Student-Athletes...........................78

f61% of student-athletes have GPAs of 3.0 or higher

51 student-athletes made the Dean's List f Student-athletes earned an overall f GPA of 3.17 cumulative

11 of 14 teams received a 1000 f Academic Progress Rate

And the Community: fBulldog student-athletes contributed more than 2000 hours of Community Service, including: Rocky's Readers Boofest 2012 Citizen-Times Half Marathon I Have a Dream Toy Drive Manna Food Bank Breast Cancer Awareness/Coaches vs. Cancer Eliada Homes Girls on the Run Ten Thousand Villages

fAll About UNC Asheville Athletics Competitive Spirit Men’s BasketballfThe best program in the Big South Conference over the past six seasons. Asheville has gone to post-season play three times during that period. The Bulldogs have gone to the NIT (2008) once and twice gone to the NCAA Tournament (2011, 2012). Asheville’s overall record during that time is 113-82 (.579). Our record inside the Big South Conference is 68-34 (.667). We own wins over four BCS schools—South Carolina, Auburn, Utah and St. John’s in the last six years. The men’s basketball program has a legacy of strong coaches including Bob Hartman, Jerry Green, Don Doucette, Randy Wiel and Eddie Biedenbach who led the Bulldogs to four Big South Conference Championship Titles.

VolleyballfOne of the most consistent programs in the Big South over the last 11 years. From 2002 through last year, Asheville has posted eight winning seasons and never ﬁnished lower than sixth place in the Big South Conference during that period. We have two Big South regularseason championships and been to the league title game three times. The overall record during the past 11 seasons is 194-142 (.577). In league play, the record is 104-61 (.631). Coach Fredrico Santos leads the team. A UNC Asheville graduate, Santos has extensive international coaching experience with stops in Brazil, Iceland, Poland and Switzerland before returning home to his alma mater.

Women’s SoccerfAnother consistent program over the years. From 1995 through last season, our women’s soccer program has won two Big South Conference championships (1995 & 2006), two regular-season

championships (2004 & 2005) and advanced to the league championship game seven different times (1995, 1996, 1998, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006). This season team won three of its ﬁnal four matches and had two players recognized by the National Soccer Coaches Association for their work in the classroom. The team is led by Michelle Demko, an outstanding coach, who was selected in the spring of 2012 to help train the U.S. Under-20 Women’s National team and as an assistant coach for the Under-23 Women’s National Team.

Men’s TennisfThe Bulldog men’s tennis program has enjoyed its best success in more than a decade the past two seasons. Last season we ﬁnished in second place in the Big South, the highest regular-season ﬁnish the Bulldogs have ever had. On the academic side, they have been recognized by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association three times in the last four years. Under the direction of Coach Lise Gregory and former LSU standout Tom Hand, we have recorded winning seasons the past two years and will be competing for a Big South Conference championship this year

Women’s TennisfOur women’s tennis team will enjoy its third winning season in the last ﬁve years this season. Head Coach Lise Gregory is one of the top coaches in the country and has rebuilt the program two different times. Our team this season is made up of sophomores and freshmen and won more matches than last season at the half-way point of the year. On the academic side, this program has been recognized for its work in the classroom by the ITA for ﬁve consecutive years.

fAll About UNC Asheville Athletics Competitive Spirit Men’s & Women’s Cross CountryfBoth cross country programs have been steadily improving under the direction of Western Carolina graduate Jesse Norman. This past year had both teams finishing in fifth place in the 12-team Big South Conference. It marked the best finish for both squads in eight years.

Track and FieldfBoth programs have had some great individual performers over the past three years and are slowly building solid programs. Jesse Norman is the coach for these programs as well. Natalie Pearson went to the NCAA Outdoor Championships in 2010 and 2011 in the 200 meters and earned Honorable Mention AllAmerican honors. She just missed qualifying for the Great Britain Olympic team last summer. This past year saw Milan Ristic qualify for the NCAA Indoor Track Championships in the hurdles and ﬁnished 13th overall. Coach Jesse Norman’s excellent leadership led him to be named Big South Coach of the year in 2011.

BaseballfUNC Asheville Bulldogs Baseball has improved steadily under the leadership of head coach Tom Smith. Last year, we won 25 games and ﬁnished in fourth place in the Big South Conference after being a preseason pick to ﬁnish in last place. Highlights included winning a series at College of Charleston late in the season and 12 conference victories. We presently have one player in the major leagues in Ty Wigginton and one who went to spring training with the Florida Marlins in Kevin Mattison. We have two other players – Ryan Dull and Justin Schumer – who are in the minor leagues.

Women’s BasketballfWe are going through a rebuilding phase after winning the Big South Championship in 2007. We have hired former Florida assistant and Waynesville native Brenda Mock Kirkpatrick as our head coach. She inherited a tough situation this past year and then had ﬁve potential starters suffer season-ending injuries. However, our team battled hard to the end without anyone quitting the team. We believe our program is in great shape and will be turning the corner immediately as she and her staff signed four excellent recruits in the fall.

Women’s SwimmingfWe brought women’s swimming back after having a co-ed program in the mid-70s. We are members of the Coastal Collegiate Swimming Association. In our first year with just eight swimmers, we finished in ninth place at the championship meet as we finished in front of four others teams with a full roster. In the fall semester, the team was honored by College Swim Coaches Association of America for a 3.22 GPA. Former College of Charleston MVP Elizabeth Lykins leads the team.

Men’s SoccerfWe expect to be better in men’s soccer this fall than we have been the past few years. They have certainly done the work in the classroom. Junior Bobby Castro was named to the Capital One Academic All-District 3 Men's Soccer Division I team by the College Sports Information Directors of America last fall. In addition, they were given a NSCAA Team Academic Award last fall with a 3.16 GPA. Matt Kern is in his third year as head coach. He enjoyed a standout career at Hartwick college including 2 trips to the NCAA ﬁnal four.

fAll About UNC Asheville Athletics Athletic Facilities

State of the art facilities including the $42 million Wilma Sherrill Center and Kimmel Arena. Kimmel Arena serves as the premier location for Division I NCAA basketball games (Big South Men’s Basketball Championship and Southern Conference Women’s Basketball Championships).

The Justice Center is home to the UNC Asheville Women’s volleyball team. With a capacity of 1,100 this is a great venue to cheer on the women Bulldogs. The facility was renovated in 2011 including a completely new ﬂoor.

fAll About UNC Asheville Athletics Athletic Facilities

The Justice Center Pool was completely renovated in June 2012 to welcome the return of the UNC Asheville women’s swim team. The six-lane 25-yard pool has been completely outﬁtted to host home competitions.

Home to the UNC Asheville men’s and women’s tennis team, the

Asheville Racket Club Downtown is located just ﬁve minutes from campus. With indoor and outdoor courts, the ARC gives the Bulldog teams one of the best facilities in the Southeast.

fAll About UNC Asheville Athletics Athletic Facilities The 1,200-square-foot

Bulldog Strength Center is equipped with seven double sided half racks fully equipped, including 6'x8' oak Olympic lifting platforms. The room also includes dumbbells ranging from 10-110 lbs, six glute-ham machines, two lat pull downs, a reverse hyper machine and various sizes of plyo boxes and medicine balls.

Future Athletic Facilities The Karl Straus Track serves as the training and competition

Greenwood Baseball Field:

site for the UNC Asheville NCAA Division I men and women’s track programs. Improvements to the facility will include grandstand seating, restrooms, press box, concessions and upgrades to the lighting. Resurfacing of the track has already been completed.

Updates will include a press box with seating dugouts, restrooms, lights, ﬁeld tarp, scoreboard upgrades, seating for at least 500, batting cages, and high speed Internet with streaming video.

Greenwood Soccer Field: Our growing and successful men’s and women’s soccer programs will have a permanent soccer stadium at Greenwood Field that will include: lights, additional seating, press box, ticket booth, concessions and fencing.

UNC ASHEVILLE CHANCELLOR - DR. ANNE PONDER Dr. Anne Ponder became the sixth Chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Asheville in October 2005 after serving for 10 years as president of Colby-Sawyer College in New London, N.H. A nationally known expert on strategic planning, she began her UNC Asheville tenure by leading a campus-wide collaboration to create a dynamic and viable strategic plan and revised mission statement; she then established a dashboard that measures UNC Asheville’s progress toward the strategic plan goals, with a continued emphasis on quality and sustainability. With this focus, UNC Asheville has made major strides as a national leader in the liberal arts and has become one of the top choices for students seeking a rigorous and multi-faceted educational experience.

American Council on Education’s book Leading America’s Branch Campuses.

During Chancellor Ponder’s tenure, the university was chosen as the first national headquarters for the Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges. Several new majors from anthropology to religious studies, art history to jazz and contemporary music have been added to the curriculum.The academic profile and diversity of the student body, as well as the proportion of students living on campus, increased to their highest levels during this time. The university received its 10-year re-affirmation of accreditation from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools in 2012 with no major findings, one recommendation, and high praise from the assessment committee.

In 2011, UNC Asheville celebrated the dedication of the Wilma M. Sherrill Center, which houses academic and outreach programs focused on disease prevention and healthy living, as well as the 3,800-seat Kimmel Arena.This $41 million project was funded through a $35-million state appropriation in 2004 and an additional $6 million in private gifts and grants. It is the largest construction project ever undertaken at UNC Asheville.

A hallmark of Chancellor Ponder’s tenure at UNC Asheville is her commitment to strengthening the university’s outreach and partnerships with Western North Carolina communities and businesses, as well as with sister UNC institutions. She has encouraged innovative collaboration that resulted in a UNC-Chapel Hill Eshelman School of Pharmacy satellite program in Asheville. New partnerships with local governments, scientific agencies and nonprofit organizations have resulted in agreements with Mission Health System, the City of Asheville, the Renaissance Computing Institute and others for enhanced learning and research opportunities for students and faculty. The university is a founding member of the AshevilleBuncombe Regional Sports Commission, a major contributor to the region’s economic development. This emphasis on collaboration also led to the cultivation, with other campus and community leaders, of some of the largest multi-million dollar donations in the university’s history. An Economic Impact Study completed for 2012 revealed that UNC Asheville’s economic impact on the region was $268 million.

Chancellor Ponder has overseen the largest building program in UNC Asheville’s history – most recently Overlook Hall, home to more than 300 students. The new residence hall boosts the number of students living on campus from 35 percent to more than 40 percent and is one of the “greenest” buildings on campus with cutting-edge sustainability features including geothermal heating and cooling. Other major building projects have included the New Hall classroom building, Sam Millar Facilities Management Complex, Zeis Science and Multimedia Building, and the Wilma M. Sherrill Center, which houses the North Carolina Center for Health & Wellness and Kimmel Arena. Major renovations have been made to Rhoades Hall and several residence halls. These efforts, combined with countless others across campus, have earned the university repeated recognition as a model of sustainability among UNC institutions and across the state. In 2010, the university opened the Janice W. Brumit Pisgah House, which serves as a location for university-sponsored events, meetings receptions and dinners, and also is the Chancellor’s residence. The $2.9-million multi-purpose building, required of all UNC campuses, was funded by private donations.

The university also expanded its campus boundaries under Chancellor Ponder’s leadership, purchasing several nearby properties including the 10-acre Rhoades property in 2008, which was the first major gift/ purchase of property for the campus since moving to its current location in 1961. The property now hosts a community garden and residence for the Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs, both of which are favorite gathering places for students. Other acquisitions have included a 10-acre parcel adjacent to campus on Broadway Avenue which is being developed as a part of Asheville’s greenway to link campus and downtown. In 2013, UNC Asheville acquired adjacent acreage and the health facility formerly owned by MAHEC on W.T.Weaver Boulevard, which will house an expanded Student Health and Counseling Center and the offices for University Advancement and Alumni Relations. Chancellor Ponder earned her bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees in English from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She was the first woman and first pre-tenure professor at Elon University to receive the Daniels-Danieley Award for Excellence in Teaching. During her nine years at Elon, she taught English and communications. She then held faculty and administrative posts at Guilford College in North Carolina, where she was an associate professor of English and interdisciplinary studies and served as associate academic dean. In her next appointment at Kenyon College in Ohio, she served as professor of English and drama, academic dean, and vice president for information technology. In 1995, she was selected to become president at Colby-Sawyer College, a private liberal arts college in New Hampshire.

Chancellor Ponder is a national leader in higher education garnering accolades for her athletic administration and academic leadership as well. In 2013, she received the inaugural Van Ummersen Presidential Leadership Award from the National Association of Collegiate Women Athletics Administrators, in recognition of her demonstrated leadership and promotion of women’s opportunities in athletics administration and In addition to serving UNC Asheville, Chancellor Ponder is a memcoaching. Under her tenure, UNC Asheville added a women’s swimming team, bringing the university’s total to 15 Division I athletic teams, with an ber of the Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce Board, Mission Health Systems Audit Committee, and the Asheville Children’s Welfare League. average academic progress rate of 983 out of a possible 1,000. She also serves as a member of the HUB Community Economic DevelopIn 2012, Chancellor Ponder was named a fellow by the National Col- ment Alliance. legiate Honors Council, a national professional association of colleges and A native of Asheville, Chancellor Ponder is the daughter of the late universities with honors programs. She is a past president of the organization, and she founded and directed Elon University’s Honors Program Eleanor and Herschel Ponder, both of whom traced their Asheville family during her first faculty appointment. She is a former faculty member of roots to the 1780s. She is married to award-winning writer and publisher Harvard Institutes for Higher Education, is past president of the Southern Christopher Brookhouse. University Conference, and wrote the chapter on strategic planning in the

DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS - JANET CONE Janet R. Cone is in her 10th year as Director of Athletics at UNCAsheville. She also serves the school as Senior Administrator for University Enterprises. In June, she was one of just 28 Directors of Athletics to be named as Under Armour AD of the Year by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics. This past year saw many accomplishments under Cone’s leadership. The school revived women’s swimming at UNC Asheville. It marked the first time the athletics department had added a sport in 20 years.Her leadership helped bring the Charlotte Bobcats NBA basketball team to the Sherrill Center and Kimmel Arena for their fall training camp. More than 60 percent of UNC Asheville’s student-athletes in the 2012-13 academic year had a GPA of 3.0 or above.

In the 2010-11 year, Cone saw the UNC Asheville men’s basketball team win the Big South Conference championship and advance to the second round of the NCAA Tournament. In addition, the Bulldog women’s indoor track and field squad finished in third place, the highest finish in school history. Senior sprinter Natalie Pearson made her second appearance in the NCAA National Outdoor Track and Field meet. Four years ago, Chancellor Anne Ponder appointed Cone to the position of Senior Administrator for University Enterprises. In this position, Cone oversees the Sherrill Center, manages specific community relationships and serves as a member of UNC Asheville’s major gifts team. She is a member of the Chancellor’s Senior Staff. In 2009, Cone helped to create the Asheville Buncombe Regional Sports Commission to bring athletic events to the Asheville area. Her leadership helped secure the return of the Southern Conference men’s and women’s basketball tournament to Asheville starting in March of 2012. Student-Athletes have excelled in the classroom under Cone’s leadership. In 2004, she created the Athletic Director’s 3.0 + Club which recognizes student-athletes who achieve a 3.0 or better grade-point average each semester. More than 1,000 studentathletes have made the club during Cone’s nine years.

The 2011-12 year was highlighted by the men’s basketball team’s winning the Big South Conference championship for During that same time period, more than 900 student-athletes the second year in a row. The Bulldogs set a school record for were named to the Big South Presidential Honor Roll. conference and overall wins. Asheville advanced to the NCAA Tournament where it nearly pulled off one of the greatest upsets Cone has overseen construction projects that have dramatically in NCAA history when the 16th-seeded Bulldogs lost a close game improved the facilities in which UNC Asheville’s Bulldog studentto top-seeded Syracuse. athletes compete and train. (1) The Wilma Sherrill Center/Kimmel Arena was completed in the spring of 2011. Funded partly through In addition, the school successfully hosted the Big South a $35 million state appropriation, Cone helped raise more than $ Conference men’s basketball tournament with a national television 7 million dollars in private funds to construct the Kimmel Arena, audience and sellout crowd watching the championship game in a major convocation space that will accommodate larger group the school’s brand-new Kimmel Arena. events than the campus has been able to host before.Among other things, this will allow the university to host its own graduation, Cone oversaw the successful opening of the Wilma Sherrill attract major speakers and performances, and have a new home Center which houses the Kimmel Arena. She worked to bring for the men’s and women’s basketball teams. (2) Renovation and the top-ranked UNC Chapel Hill men’s basketball team to open repairs to the Karl Straus Track began in the spring of 2009. Cone Kimmel against the Bulldogs in a game that was nationally televised. helped raised more than one million dollars in private funding for That game was also sold out. the track project. (3) Cone negotiated a partnership with Crowne Plaza Hotel and Resort for construction of a new Bulldog tennis The Sherrill Center had more than 100,000 visitors in its first facility which has indoor courts, composition courts and six hard year as its hosted various events from concerts to graduation. courts that were completed in the fall of 2009.The facility has been the home of Bulldog men’s and women’s tennis for the past three Other successes included the men’s tennis team’s finishing in seasons, and this past spring hosted the Big South Conference second place in the Big South Conference, its highest league finish men’s and women’s tennis championships for the first time in ever, the volleyball team’s advancing to the semifinals of the Big school history. South Tournament for the eighth time in the last nine years, and the women’s tennis, men’s tennis and women’s track and field Highlights of the 2007-08 year included the men’s basketball team teams being honored for their work in the classroom. being co-regular season champions of the Big South Conference and earning a bid to the National Invitational Tournament, making Cone guided the athletic department through a successful UNC Asheville the first men’s basketball team in Big South history certification process by the NCAA. In addition, she brought back to receive a bid to the NIT. Cone helped the department successfully women’s swimming as a varsity sport for the first time in more host the Big South Conference Men’s Basketball Tournament and than 35 years. Women’s Basketball Tournament in back-to-back weekends.

SENIOR ADMINISTRATOR FOR UNIVERSITY ENTERPRISES In October of 2007, Cone was named the 2007 Division I-AAA Administrator of the Year by the National Association of Collegiate Women Athletic Administrators. Chancellor Anne Ponder was delighted to see Cone receive the award. “Janet Cone’s inspirational leadership has set a very high standard for our student-athletes and our coaches, all of whom continue to be winners both on and off the field,” stated Ponder. “We are thrilled that she is being recognized in this way for her vision, her energy, and her tenacity, qualities our University benefit from each and every day.” In 2006-07, three different UNC Asheville teams won Big South Conference championships and advanced to the NCAA Tournament. In May 2006, the baseball team completed an amazing run with its first ever championship and a trip to Clemson for the NCAA Regional. In the fall of 2006, the women’s soccer team became the first women’s team in school history to qualify for the NCAA Tournament when the Bulldogs won the league title and earned a spot against topseed UNC Chapel Hill in the College Cup. In March 2007, the UNC Asheville women’s basketball team won its first ever Big South Conference championship. Asheville advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the first time where it took on Final Four-bound LSU. The South Carolina native has promulgated a significant increase in corporate sponsorships and Bulldog Athletic Association donations, critical to an organization that is not allowed to receive state funds of any kind. She has also overseen a new partnership with the Asheville City and Buncombe County Parks and Recreation Departments, an improved Athletics website, and the implementation of internet broadcasts and video-streaming for six different sports. Cone has been tapped by the NCAA and the Big South Conference to serve on several key committees. In the Big South, she is on the committees for Budget, Compliance, Ad Hoc Committee on Publicity and Promotions, Baseball, Men’s and Women’s Basketball and Men’s Soccer and Tennis. In the spring of 2006, Cone was named to the NCAA Women’s Basketball Issues Committee. In September of 2008, she began a four-year term on the NCAA Division I Leadership Council. In July 2006, the Summerville, S.C. native was one of just 14 female athletic administrators to be picked by the NCAA/NACWAA to attend The Institute of Athletics Executives in Denver. In September 2008, she began a four-year term on the NCAA Division I Leadership Council. Other highlights of Cone’s tenure include the development of a new Athletics Logo and a partnership with the Asheville City and Buncombe County Parks and Recreation Departments. In the spring of 2006, she was named as an Outstanding Executive Manager by the Asheville-Buncombe Excellence in Public Service. Cone is extremely active in the community, and in the summer of the 2006, she helped lead a group of community leaders to bring the Big South Conference Women’s Basketball Tournament

to UNC Asheville’s Justice Center in 2007 and 2008. Cone also initiated the “Our Turn to Play” women’s luncheon for local business, civic, and community leaders the past two years. In addition, Cone was recognized as one of 10 Women to Know in Western North Carolina. Cone came to Asheville from Samford University where she served as the first head women’s basketball coach beginning in 1996. She coached the Bulldogs for five seasons and, in 19992000, the team posted a 19-10 record. Cone was named Assistant Athletics Director before being promoted to Associate Athletics Director in 2003. Prior to Samford, Cone served as the first full-time Assistant Athletics Director, and the head women’s basketball and volleyball coach at Saint Leo University in Florida. She also directed basketball programs at Western Carolina University and Mars Hill College. Cone began her career as a teacher and coach in Gilbert, South Carolina. She coached against UNC Asheville eight times in her career and had a 5-3 record against the Bulldogs. Cone was born and raised in Summerville, S.C. She was a four-year letterwinner on the basketball team and was an allconference performer at Summerville HS for two years. Cone was inducted into that school’s Hall of Fame in 2007. She graduated magna cum laude from Furman University in 1978 and was named Physical Education Student of the Year while lettering in basketball and field hockey as an undergraduate. While earning her Master’s from the University of South Carolina in 1986, she completed her studies with a perfect 4.0 grade point average. A life-long learner, Cone is a 2003 graduate of the NACWAA/ HERS Institute of Administrative Advancement. She is a member of NACDA, NACWAA, NCAA Division I-AAA Athletics Directors Association, Women’s Sports Foundation, and the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. 49

UNC ASHEVILLE SUPPORT STAFF

MIKE GORE ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS FOR EXTERNAL AFFAIRS Mike Gore is in his 28th year of service to the UNC Asheville Athletics Department. He currently serves the school as an Associate Athletics Director for External Affairs. In his post, Gore is the liaison with the media, handling all media-related activities concerning the athletic department. He also assists with game management and sport oversight. In 2004, Gore served as the school’s Interim Athletics Director for six months prior to the hiring of Janet Cone. He is the chairman of the school’s Athletics Department Hall of Fame and the Big South Conference Hall of Fame committee. The Buffalo native has been a longtime contributor to the Asheville Citizen-Times , Hendersonville Times-News and has written for Blue Ribbon Basketball Magazine. For the past 13 years, Gore has been the official scorer for the Class A Asheville Tourists baseball team. In 2005, Gore was honored with the first ever Mike Gore Bulldog Service Award at UNC Asheville’s Athletics Banquet. Gore is a 1984 graduate of Appalachian State University with a bachelor’s degree in communications. His wife Lisa is an Assistant District Attorney for the 28th Judicial District.

TERRI BRNE ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS SENIOR WOMEN’S ADMINISTRATOR Terri Brne is in her eighth year of service to the UNC Asheville Athletics Department. She serves as Associate Director of Athletics for Internal Affairs and as Director of Compliance and Sport Oversight. She joined the UNC Asheville Athletic Department in the fall of 2006. In the summer of 2011, Terri became the school’s Senior Woman Administrator. Brne is responsible for the interpretation of rules by the NCAA and Big South Conference and is the department’s liaison with Admissions, Financial Aid, Registrar and the Big South Conference. She educates UNC Asheville’s student-athletes and staff on all of the NCAA rules and regulations. Brne serves as the Game Administrator for men’s and women’s basketball. Terri also oversees men’s and women’s soccer plus baseball and assists with men’s and women’s basketball. In addition, she works with the Big South Conference whenever UNC Asheville hosts a league tournament. This past year saw Brne help the athletic department pass its NCAA certification and host both the men’s basketball and men’s and women’s tennis Big South tournaments. The Illinois native was an assistant basketball coach at both South Dakota and St. Andrews Presbyterian College. While at St. Andrews, she assisted in NCAA Compliance for all sports.

Brne earned a Bachelor of Science degree in physical education from Illinois State. She earned her masters’s degree at Tarleton State in Exercise and Sports Studies and is currently completing a doctorate in Sports Administration.

UNC ASHEVILLE SUPPORT STAFF

Omar Ahmad Head Strength & Conditioning Coach

Daniel Barber Assistant Women’s Basketball Coach

Lydee Benoit Assistant Volleyball Coach

Betsy Blose Special Assistant to the AD for Advancement

Judith Bohan Business Manager

Honey Brown Assistant Women’s Basketball Coach

Brady Burresh Director of Facilities

Brett Carey Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach

Janell Crayton Assistant Women’s Basketball Coach

Zack Frabitore Assistant Athletic Trainer, ATC

Russ Gardiner Marketing Director

Dr. Herman Holt Faculty Athletics Representative

Heather Mohler Assistant Athletic Trainer, ATC

Rebecca Nelms-Keil Director of Student Athlete Affairs

Donna Peek Administrative Assistant

Matt Pellegrin Director of Athletics Media Communications

Adam Puett Assistant Cross Country Coach

Aaron Sanders Director of Bulldog Athletic Association

Joey Sasvari Assistant Women’s Soccer Coach

Erin Punter-Spence Director of Marketing and Promotions

Pauline Thrash Business Assistant

Harmon Turner Ticket Manager

James Westfall Assistant Athletic Trainer, ATC

Tim White Head Athletic Trainer, ATC

Joel Williams Assistant Track & Field Coach

UNC ASHEVILLE HEAD COACHES

Nick McDevitt Men’s Basketball 1st year as head coach

Brenda Mock Kirkpatrick Women’s Basketball 2nd year as head coach

Michele Demko Women’s Soccer 4th year as head coach

Tom Hand Men’s Tennis 1st year as head coach

Matt Kern Men’s Soccer 4th year as head coach

Elizabeth Lykins Women’s Swimming 2nd year as head coach

Jesse Norman Cross Country/Track 7th year as head coach

Lise Gregory Women’s Tennis 7th year as head coach

Tom Smith Baseball 5th year as head coach

Frederico Santos Volleyball 3rd year as head coach

UNC ASHEVILLE BULLDOG ATHLETICS ASSOCIATION Bulldog Athletic Association (BAA) The mission of the Bulldog Athletic Association is to provide the scholarship funds necessary to support UNC Asheville Athletics and annually ďŹ ll our NCAA-allowed scholarships.

412 members | Total Revenue $86,469 | Average Donation: $209.87

2012-13 BAA Special Events Eddie Biedenbach Golf Tournament-August f Scholarship Car Raffle-March f Our Turn to Play-April f Total Revenue: $222,324

Bulldog Athletic Association Board Members 2012-13 Wilma Sherrill, President Juli Dave Ron Payne, Vice President Darlene Davis Al Whitesides, Jr., Past President Randy Davis Anne Payne, Secretary Junius Grimes Bruce Goforth, Treasurer Ben Lewis Greg Mosher Bill Newman Parker Spears 53