2013 University of North Dakota men's track and field media guide by University of North Dakota

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Table of Contents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 THE UNIVERSITY The University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3 About Grand Forks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Athletics Facilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7 Academic Success. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-9 Athletics Achievements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Gameday Experience. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Strength Training . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Sports Medicine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Community Involvement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Athletics Development. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Multimedia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Media Coverage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 University Administration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Athletics Administration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19-20 Athletics Staff Directory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 NORTH DAKOTA staff Head Coach Kevin Galbraith. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22-23 Associate Head Coach Dick Clay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24-25 Assistant Coaches. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Support Staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 TRACK AND FIELD PREVIEW 2013 Season Preview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 2013 Roster. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 CROSS COUNTRY REVIEW 2012 Season in Review. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 2012 Roster, Results. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 2012 Individual Results. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 STUDENT-ATHLETE PROFILES Ryan Andert, Jakob Bissell, Jerrod Braam, Quinton Coleman. . . . . . . Tyler Colling, Sam Coulter, Kyle Economy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jimmy Evers, D’Monte Farley, Jesse Fenstermacher. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jordan Fisk, Isaiah Frohling, Keaton Hanevold, Mark Harries . . . . . . . Matthew Harris, Alex Hickel, Shawn Johnson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aaron Koenig, Kohl Koppinger, John LeClerc, Nick Lindstrom. . . . . . Cody Mach, Dwight Mandimika, Matthew McCreary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tate Messmer, Ross Nelson, Zach Olson, Nate Peterson. . . . . . . . . . . . Sam Saccoman, Conrad Schwarzkopf, Chris Stoks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Roman Waldera, Parker Wharram. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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General School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . North Dakota Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Grand Forks, ND (58202) Founded. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1883 Enrollment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,250 (Fall 2012) Nickname. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . None School Colors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kelly Green & White National Affiliation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NCAA Division I Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Big Sky Conference President . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dr. Robert Kelley Director of Athletics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brian Faison Senior Woman Administrator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Daniella Irle Faculty Athletics Representative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sue Jeno Athletic Dept. Phone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 701.777.2234 Ticket Office Phone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 701.777.0855

COACHING Staff Head Coach. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kevin Galbraith Galbraith’s Office Phone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 701.777.2361 Associate Head Coach/Cross Country Coach. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dick Clay Clay’s Office Phone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .701.777.2979 Assistant Coaches. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Peter Miller, Joe Silvers Strength & Conditioning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brad Dolak Team information 2012 Big Sky Conference Cross Country Finish. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8th 2012 NCAA Midwest Regional Finish. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24th 2012 Great West Conference Indoor Track Finish. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd 2012 Great West Conference Outdoor Track Finish. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd Media RELATIONS Media Relations Director/Track & XC Contact. . . . . . . . . Jayson Hajdu Office Phone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 701.777.2985 Cell Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 701.740.7659 Fax. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 701.777.2285 E-mail. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . jayson.hajdu@athletics.und.edu Athletics Website. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.undsports.com Athletics on Facebook. . . . . . . . . . . . www.facebook.com/undathletics Athletics on Twitter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.twitter.com/undsports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.twitter.com/undmtrackfield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.twitter.com/undmcc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.twitter.com/undsid

Big Sky Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 history UND Track & Field Records. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46-48 Conference Champions and Records. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49-50 Awards & Honors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 UND All-Americans. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52-57 UND Athletics Hall of Fame. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58-59 UND Ron Pynn Invitational. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 credits The 2012-13 University of North Dakota men’s track and field/cross country media guide is a production of the UND Athletics media relations office. The guide was designed, written and edited by assistant athletics director/ media relations Jayson Hajdu. Special thanks to the hard work of previous UND Athletics media relations staffs. Cover design by Amy Chandler Design of Grand Forks, N.D. Photos by Avry Images, Kory Wallen, Matt Schill and Adam Stainiger.

Outside front cover (L to R): Jesse Fenstermacher, Shawn Johnson, Chris Stoks. Inside front (L to R): Sam Saccoman, Ross Nelson Inside back: Nate Peterson Outside back (Clockwise from top right): Matthew McCreary, Matthew Harris, Jakob Bissell.

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North Dakota

2012-13 UND TRACK & CROSS COUNTRY People: •

15,250 total enrollment (Fall 2012)

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11,522 undergraduate students

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3,175 graduate and professional (law and medicine) students

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51% men, 49% women

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2.2% American Indian, 1.6% AfricanAmerican, 1.9% Latino-American, and 1.3% Asian-American students

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50 states and more than 50 countries are represented in the student body

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3,101 live in UND’s 14 residence halls

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862 faculty and 2,006 staff

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118,873 degrees granted since 1889

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98,595 living alumni

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UND had more than 25,000 enrollments in its online academic courses

Located in Grand Forks in the heart of the Red River Valley, the University of North Dakota is the largest and most diversified institution of higher learning in a three-state region. One of only 47 public institutions with both a law school and a medical school, UND consistently ranks by most measures as one of the top 150 universities in the United States. Its more than 14,000 students – including over 2,500 graduate students, 250 law students, and 240 medical students – come from every state in the union and more than 50 countries. Stretching out from the banks of the scenic English Coulee, the 548-acre University of North Dakota campus has been nationally recognized for its landscaping and beauty. The 242 buildings demonstrate both classic university architecture blended with

and programs, non-credit courses, workshops, and other professional development activities

Quick Facts: • more futuristic facilities in the Aerospace complex. UND’s newest additions are the remodeled and expanded energy-efficient and environmentally conscious Education Building, the $20 million Wellness Center, and University Place, an innovative apartmentstyle residence hall. With 218 fields of study and nearly 3,000 courses, including internationally recognized programs in aviation, aerospace, and Unmanned Aerial Systems, UND has a vast array of educational choices. The most popular programs include engineering, health professions, business, aerospace, and education, The University is characterized by a solid foundation of the liberal arts surrounded by a constellation of professional programs, a manageable size, high-quality students and faculty, a varied curriculum, nine colleges and schools, a widely recognized program of graduate education and research, rich cultural resources, and an outstanding record of alumni support. UND is consistently ranked highly in college guides, including U.S. News & World Report, Forbes, Princeton Review, and more. Its economic impact on the state of North Dakota and region is nearly $1 billion.

ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY

Founded in 1883, six years before North Dakota became a state

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There are 14 residence halls, 850 student apartment units, and 19 fraternities and sororities

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UND has over 275 student organizations

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The Dakota Student, the official publication of UND, was first published in 1888

UND offers 52 master’s and 26 doctoral programs, as well as professional programs in law (J.D.) and medicine (M.D.), and undergraduate degrees in 89 fields of study in nine degree-granting colleges: • College of Arts & Sciences • College of Business & Public Administration • College of Education & Human Development • Graduate School • The John D. Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences • College of Nursing • School Engineering and Mines • School of Law • School of Medicine and Health Sciences

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2012-13 und TRACK & CROSS COUNTRY Notable Alumni

Tom Amberry, ‘46 World record holder with 2,750 consecutive free throws

Chuck Johnson, ‘48 Sports writer and author, member of the Wisconsin Sports Hall of Fame

Maxie Anderson, ‘56 First to cross Atlantic Ocean, North America in balloon

Rick Kelleher, ‘69 Known as Don Bleu, host of The Gong Show

James Maxwell Anderson, ‘11 Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Sam Anderson, ‘69, ‘71 Actor, notably in Lost, Forrest Gump, Friends, ER Chuck Klosterman (‘94), best-selling author of such books as Fargo Rock City and Downtown Owl, is one of America’s foremost authorities on pop culture.

Karen Nyberg, ‘94 NASA astronaut

Carla Christofferson, ‘89 Co-owner of WNBA’s Los Angeles Sparks

Fritz Pollard, Jr., ‘39 1936 Olympic bronze medalist, 110 hurdles

Ronald Davies, ‘27, ‘61 U.S. District Judge, ordered 1957 integration of Little Rock (Ark.) high schools

Sally (Wold) Smith, ‘80 President and CEO, Buffalo Wild Wings Grill and Bar

Ralph Engelstad, ‘54 Las Vegas entrepreneur, casino owner R. Richard Fontaine, ‘65 Chairman Internationaol, GameStop

Carla Christofferson (‘89) is the co-owner of the WNBA’s Los Angeles Sparks.

Chuck Klosterman, ‘94 Best-selling author

Ed Belfour, ‘87 Hockey Hall of Fame goaltender

Carl Ben Eielson, ‘21 Aviator, explorer, first to cross Arctic Ocean and Antarctica by plane

Legendary NBA coach and player Phil Jackson (‘67), pictured during his August 2008 return to UND to receive an honorary Doctor of Letters degree, won 11 NBA titles, more championships than any coach in professional sports history.

Cora Smith King, 1889 One of first graduates; first woman to pass N.D. state medical examination and perform surgery

Terry Ingstad, ‘67 Known as Shadoe Stevens, replaced Casey Kasem as host of “American’s Top 40”, announcer for Hollywood Squares, Late Night with Craig Ferguson Phil Jackson, ‘67 Legendary NBA player and coach

Dave St. Peter, ‘89 President, Minnesota Twins Mark O. Stutrud, ‘75 Founder/Brewmaster, Summit Brewing Co. Edward K. Thompson, ‘27, ‘58 Writer, editor of Life Magazine, publisher of SMITHSONIAN Magazine Era Bell Thompson, ‘29, ‘69 Author, editor and journalist for Ebony Magazine Jonathan Toews, ‘07 Captain of NHL’s Chicago Blackhawks, 2010 Stanley Cup Champion and Olympic gold medalist

Karen Nyberg (‘94), a NASA astronaut, proudly displays the University of North Dakota flag while training in outer space.

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Grand Forks, N.D., is a classic university town. Located in the heart of the Red River Valley on Interstate 29, the largely residential town offers a community environment with all the amenities of a large urban area and the safety and convenience of a small community, and is within driving distance of great amenities in the region. Grand Forks has outdoor activities for every season: • 900 acres of park land with trails, sports fields and courts, lakes, playground equipment. • The Greenway - 2,200 acres along the Red River • Twenty miles from Turtle River State Park. • Five golf courses including King’s Walk, the only PGA-rated golf course in North Dakota. • One-of-a-kind Japanese Garden at Sertoma Park. Greater Grand Forks is an impressively cosmopolitan city, boasting a regional population of roughly 75,000 residents and spanning two states. Because of its diversity, there’s always live theatre, musical performances, art shows or a concert from rock to the Grand Forks Symphony somewhere in Grand Forks: • Alerus Center • Empire Arts Center • Ralph Engelstad Arena complex • Fire Hall Theatre • The North Dakota Museum of Art • Chester Fritz Auditorium • Grand Cities Art Fest • First Night Celebration Wherever one lives in Grand Forks, great shops and restaurants are always within a short distance. Additional commercial growth has sprouted at the southwest end of the city, anchored by the Columbia Mall and Market Place. However, the heart of the Grand Cities is downtown, which spans the Red River. Downtown features a large variety of options and events, from a Farmer’s Market at the Town Square to fine dining.

Photos courtesy of the Greater Grand Forks Convention & Visitors Bureau

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ALERUS CENTER

North Dakota plays its football home games at the Alerus Center (above and right), a 12,283-seat stadium located just minutes from the UND campus in Grand Forks. New turf, AstroTurf’s GameDay Grass 3D60H, was installed prior to the 2012 season.

BETTY ENGELSTAD SIOUX CENTER

The Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (left and below) opened in August 2004 and is home to the UND volleyball and basketball teams, while also housing the Fighting Sioux women’s soccer locker room and offices. One of the premiere arenas of its kind in the country, the Sioux Center has a capacity of approximately 3,300. There are 2,600 seats with molded chair backs, 700 telescopic bleacher seats and additional seating in the VIP area.

APOLLO SPORTS COMPLEX

The North Dakota softball team plays its home games at the Apollo Softball Complex (left), located minutes from campus.

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HYSLOP SPORTS CENTER

Over the many years, the Hyslop Sports Center (above and right) has served a number of different functions. Today it houses the athletics administration offices, the athletics academic study center, the swimming and diving pool, weight room, coaching offices and locker room facilities.

Ray Richards Golf Course

Ray Richards Golf Course (left) is home to the cross country teams’ annual home event, the Ron Pynn Invitational. The course is set up as a 5K for women and 8K for men, providing a challenging route well-known in the Upper Midwest.

BRONSON FIELD

Bronson Field (above) has been the home of North Dakota women’s soccer since the team’s inception in 1999. The natural grass field is located on campus, west of the UND bookstore and part of the Ralph Engelstad Arena sports complex. A second practice field is located just east of the Ralph Engelstad Arena.

Choice Health & Fitness CLUB

The $25 million Choice Health and Fitness Club opened its doors in August 2012 and serves as the home for UND tennis. A 159,000 square foot facility, Choice Health and Fitness features six tennis courts among its many state-of-the-art amenities, as well as customized locker rooms for UND’s men’s and women’s tennis teams.

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KING’S WALK GOLF COURSE

King’s Walk Golf Course (left) is the home to the University of North Dakota men’s and women’s golf teams. The Arnold Palmer-designed course recreates the atmosphere found on the great links courses of Scotland and Ireland.

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Ralph Engelstad Arena

The most visited tourist destination in North Dakota, the new Ralph Engelstad Arena (above and right) has become widely regarded as the finest hockey facility in the world. The premiere home to college hockey, the Engelstad Arena has just about everything. As soon as fans enter the doors, they know they are in the Fighting Sioux hockey arena. Seven NCAA and 14 WCHA championship banners hang proudly from the rafters.

Memorial Stadium

Memorial Stadium (left) is the most historic building among the University of North Dakota athletic facilities. It boasts a rich and colorful history that continues today, serving as the practice home and offices for North Dakota football.

KRAFT FIELD

The North Dakota baseball team plays its home games at Kraft Field, a facility owned and operated by the Grand Forks Park District that includes bleacher seating for 2,000 in a picturesque setting with evergreens lining the outfield fences. The facility recently received a new artificial infield prior to the 2011 season.

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2012-13 UND TRACK & CROSS COUNTRY UND’s Academic Awards Night in February honored 276 student-athletes who achieved either a 3.0 GPA during the fall semester or a cumulative 3.0 through the Fall 2011 semester. Nearly 67 percent of UND’s student-athletes achieved this high honor, including 40 who owned a perfect 4.0 GPA.

Notable academic achievements in 2011-12 • UND’s student-athletes owned a collective 3.173 GPA in 2011-12, the highest in department history. • A school-record 115 studentathletes earned academic allconference honors from the GWC, WCHA, WAC, MPSF and America Sky. • More than 65 percent of UND’s student-athletes boasted a 3.0 GPA during the Spring 2012 semester alone.

The George and Arlene Schubert Athletics Academic Center provides a comfortable and centrallylocated site to aid in the promotion of academics for all student-athletes.

UND Athletics prides itself on the academic excellence of its studentathletes, whose athletic achievements are matched by academic distinction on a yearly basis. The George and Arlene Schubert Athletics Academic Center, which opened in April 2008, serves as a study center for student-athletes and is conveniently located in the Hyslop Sports Center. Academic services director Amanda Hajdu oversees the study center, which features 12 state-of-the-art, desktop computers and provides an excellent location for student-athletes to utilize between classes for valuable daytime study. The academic center is also available on demand to student-athletes for evening study table. Amanda Hajdu

Director of Academic Services

academic success

UND’s student-athletes also have access to a variety of laptop computers for use on road trips, further emphasizing a department-wide commitment to academics.

• Lindsay Anderson (track) and Jocelyne Lamoureux (hockey) earned Academic All-America honors. • Senior goalie Brad Eidsness received an NCAA postgraduate scholarship and was the WCHA Most Outstanding Male StudentAthlete of the Year. • UND’s women’s golf program received public recognition from the NCAA for the second straight year for its outstanding multiyear Academic Progress Rate (APR). UND’s APR ranked in the top 10 percent of all Division I women’s golf programs, which accounts for the 2007-08 through 2010-11 academic years. • Men’s and women’s track/cross country and men’s and women’s swimming/diving each earned AllAmerica team honors from their respective national organizations.

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A longtime hallmark of North Dakota Athletics has been academic excellence. During the five-year Division I transition period, UNDâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s studentathletes earned 12 Academic All-America honors, five NCAA Postgraduate Scholarships, and a pair of prestigious NCAA academic awards. UND established its academic reputation with 65 all-time Academic All-Americans at the Division II level, fourth-most allGoaltender Brad Eidsness (center with faculty athletics representative Sue Jeno and athletics time among DII schools. director Brian Faison) was a 2012 NCAA postgraduate scholarship recipient, the 2011-12 WCHA Most Outstanding Student-Athlete of the Year and the 2011 NCAA Elite 88 Award recipient.

Baseball 1978 Lowell Schweigert

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Basketball (M) 1977 Fred Lukens

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Basketball (W) 1985 Lori Carriere 1992 Jenny Walter 1994 Tracey Pudenz 1999 Jaime Pudenz 2000 Jaime Pudenz 2003 Jenny Boll Becky Moen

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Football 1975 Fred Slone 1977 Fred Slone 1984 Glen Kucera 1987 Kurt Otto 1988 Chuck Clairmont Rusty Ekness Matt Gulseth 1992 Mark Ewen Tim Gelinske 1996 Tim Tibesar 1998 Marcus McKenzie 1999 Brant Grimes 2001 Mac Schneider 2002 Mac Schneider 2003 Jesse Ahlers 2005 Jeff Glas Digger Anderson Danny Gagner 2006 Weston Dressler Michael Greenwood 2007 Mitch Braegelmann Weston Dressler Rory Manke 2008 Mitch Braegelmann Rory Manke Andrew Miller Brady Trenbeath 2009 Brandon Hellevang Nick Nolte

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Golf 2009 Amanda Kaler

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Hockey (M) 2000 Karl Goehring 2001 Karl Goehring 2009 Chay Genoway

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Hockey (W) 2012 Jocelyne Lamoureux

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Softball 2002 Holly Bonk 2007 Casie Hanson 2008 Casie Hanson 2010 Casie Hanson

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Swimming & Diving (M) 1993 Carlo Waldfried 1999 Ryan Requist 2000 Ryan Requist 2001 Ryan Requist 2002 Sebastian Andersson 2004 Sebastian Andersson

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Swimming & Diving (W) 1984 Kim Edwards 1985 Kim Edwards 1990 Janine Etchepare 1991 Janine Etchepare 2001 Katie Bjerke 2002 Katie Bjerke 2006 Lauren Mickelson

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Tennis (W) 2006 Erin Sullivan

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Track & Field/Cross Country (M) 1989 Steve Burian 1990 Steve Burian 1999 Marc Sondreal 2002 Mike Backes

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Track & Field/Cross Country (W) 1984 Kari McIntire 1985 Kari McIntire 1992 Steph Bruening 1993 Steph Bruening 1994 Steph Bruening 2010 Kristi Dahlheimer 2012 Lindsay Anderson

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Volleyball 1991 Karla Danielson 2002 Kate Cahill

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Wrestling 1990 Kris Presler 1991 Kris Presler

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NCAA Postgraduate Scholarships 1979 1980 1981 1982 1984 1988 1991 1992 1996 1998 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2007 2008 2009 2009 2010 2010 2012

Dale Lian Todd Thomas Doug Moen Paul Franzmeier Alison Myhra Glen Kucera Kurt Otto Matt Gulseth Kris Presler Steve Burian Tim Gelinske Jenny Walter Tim Tibesar Tom Langer Tiffany Pudenz Stacy Brown Jaime Pudenz Missy Berg Karl Goehring Becky Leppard Ryan Requist Mike Backes Katie Bjerke Kate Cahill Kelby Klosterman Becky Moen Jessica Schill Michael Greenwood Heidi Evans Rory Manke Amanda Kaler Andrew Miller Kristi Dahlheimer Brad Eidsness

Football Football Football Football Tennis Football Football Football Wrestling Track & Field Football Basketball Football Football Basketball Swimming Basketball Track & Field Hockey Track & Field Swimming Track & Field Swimming Volleyball Football Basketball Track & Field Football Track & Field/Cross Country Football Golf Football Track & Field/Cross Country Hockey

NCAA Special Awards NCAA Top VII Award 2011 Casie Hanson

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NCAA Elite 88 Award 2011 Brad Eidsness

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2012-13 UND TRACK & CROSS COUNTRY Individual National Champions

1969 Arjan Gelling Track & Field (Six Mile) 1984 Kim Edwards Swimming (50 Free) 1985 Dave Levos Track & Field (Shot Put) Mary Beth Dunlevy Swimming (100 Fly, 200 Freestyle Relay) Kim Edwards Swimming (200 Freestyle Relay) Janine Owens Swimming (200 Freestyle Relay) Peggy Schmidt Swimming (200 Freestyle Relay) 1986 Dave Levos Track & Field (Discus) 1987 Norm McGee Track & Field (100M, 55M) 1988 Norm McGee Track & Field (100M, 55M) 1989 Norm McGee Track & Field (100M) 1989 Janine Etchepare Swimming (200 Medley Relay) Kristin McClocklin Swimming (200 Medley Relay) Michelle Puetz Swimming (200 Medley Relay) Jodie Schwartz Swimming (200 Medley Relay) 1990 Janine Etchepare Swimming (50 Freestyle) 1990 Marion Warner Swimming (110 Breaststroke, 100 Butterfly, 200 Medley Relay) Janine Etchepare Swimming (200 Medley Relay) Michelle Puetz Swimming (200 Medley Relay) Jodie Schwartz Swimming (200 Medley Relay) 1991 Shelly Ebbighausen Swimming (200 Medley Relay ) Janine Etchepare Swimming (200 Medley Relay) Jodie Schwartz Swimming (200 Medley Relay) Marion Warner Swimming (200 Medley Relay) 1992 Shelly Ebbighausen Swimming (100 Butterfly) 1993 Shelly Ebbighausen Swimming (100 Butterfly) 1993 Tisha Yantzer Swimming (200 Breaststroke) 1994 Marie Crep Track & Field (800 Meter) Andrea Rudser Swimming (100 Butterfly, 200 Butterfly) 1997 Tania Younkin Swimming (100 Butterfly) 1998 Tara Bruels Swimming (200 Medley Relay) Sarah Doeden Swimming (200 Medley Relay) Katherine Poole Swimming (200 Medley Relay) Tania Younkin Swimming (200 Medley Relay) 1999 Sarah Doeden Swimming (200 Medley Relay) Rebecca Fischer Swimming (400 Individual Medley) Brook McKee Swimming (200 & 400 Medley Relay) Beth Morris Swimming (100 Breaststroke, 200 & 400 Medley Relay) Holly Skarsgard Swimming (200 & 400 Medley Relay) Trish Stoutenberg Swimming (400 Medley Relay) 2000 Marie Burdkhard Swimming (200 Medley Relay) Barb Colbert Swimming (200 & 400 Medley Relay) Brook Mckee Swimming (200 & 400 Medley Relay) Beth Morris Swimming (200 & 400 Medley Relay) Trish Stoutenberg Swimming (400 Medley Relay ) 2001 Sebastian Andersson Swimming (200 Medley Relay) Mats Liden Swimming (200 Medley Relay) Jacob Mills Swimming (200 Medley Relay) Vesa Nurmiviita Swimming (200 Medley Relay)

Team National Champions

1959

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1963

Men’s Hockey

1980

Men’s Hockey

1982

Men’s Hockey

1987

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1997

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1997

Women’s Basketball

1998

Women’s Basketball

1999

Women’s Basketball

2000

Men’s Hockey

2001

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2002 Fernando Alves Swimming (400 Medley Relay) Sebastian Andersson Swimming (400 Medley Relay) Janice Berry Swimming (400 Indi. Medley, 200 Breaststroke) Andrew Burckhard Swimming (200 Medley Relay) Rodrigo Cintra Swimming (1650 Freestyle) Mats Liden Swimming (200 & 400 Medley Relay) Jacob Mills Swimming (200 & 400 Medley Relay) Beth Morris Swimming (100 Breaststroke) Vesa Nurmiviita Swimming (200 Medley Relay) 2003 Fernando Alves Swimming (400 Medley Relay) Erin Borgschatz Diving (1 Meter) Andrew Burckhard Swimming (400 Medley Relay) Jacob Mills Swimming (400 Medley Relay) Jeffrey Schnieder Swimming (400 Medley Relay) 2004 Fernando Alves Swimming (200 Freestyle Relay, 100 Butterfly, 200 Butterfly & 400 Freestyle Relay) Sebastian Andersson Swimming (400 Freestyle Relay) Jenny Bachmeier Swimming (100 Backstroke) Andy Burckhard Swimming (200 Freestyle Relay) Rodrigo Ferreira Swimming (200 Freestyle Relay, 100 Backstroke) Jason Mraule Swimming (200 Freestyle Relay, 400 Freestyle Relay) Kasey Moseley Diving (1 Meter) 2005 Fernando Alves Swimming (100 Butterfly & 200 Freestyle Relay) Rodrigo Ferreira Swimming (100 Backstroke & 200 Freestyle Relay) Eric Knight Swimming (200 Freestyle Relay) Jason Mraule Swimming (200 Freestyle Relay) Rodrigo Cintra Swimming (500 Freestyle) 2006 Jeff Schneider Swimming (200 Medley Relay) Jared Peters Swimming (200 Medley Relay, 400 Medley Relay) Eric Knight Swimming (200 Medley Relay) Rodrigo Ferreira Swimming (100 Backstroke, 400 Freestyle Relay, 200 Medley Relay, 400 Medley Relay) Pedro Pereira Swimming (400 Medley Relay) Per Westergren Swimming (400 Freestyle Relay, 400 Medley Relay) Adam Rollins Swimming (400 Freestyle Relay) Eric Knight Swimming (400 Freestyle Relay) 2007 Anthony Buhr Swimming (200 Freestyle Relay) Rodrigo Ferreira Swimming (100 Backstroke, 200 & 400 Medley Relay Eric Knight Swimming (200 Freestyle Relay, 200 & 400 Medley Relay) Pedro Pereira Swimming (200 Freestyle Relay, 200 & 400 Medley Relay) Per Westergren Swimming (200 Freestyle Relay, 200 Medley Relay) Dan Zabler Swimming (400 Medley Relay) 2008 Carissa Gormally Swimming (50 & 100 Freestyle) Heidi Evans Track (1500M) Matt Litzinger Track (Javelin)

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“I’ve never been to a place that’s more proud of its athletes and its athletics than UND.” — Former UND All-American, 2010 United States Olympian, and current Minnesota Wild star Zach Parise

THE GAMEDAY EXPERIENCE

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It is our mission to physically and mentally prepare the student-athlete for the rigors of collegiate athletics, by implementing professionally designed, scientifically sound training programs, designed specifically to reduce the incidence of injury and help each team and studentathlete reach their full athletic potential.

Philosophy

We believe that strength and conditioning is crucial to the complete development of the student-athlete. The philosophy of Nate Baukol Director of Strength and Conditioning our strength and conditioning program is based on the belief that what occurs in the weight room and field transfers to the playing surface. We train sport specifically with the goal of enhancing athleticism. We also believe in the importance of work ethic, attitude, accountability and mental toughness and that these qualities can be developed and enhanced through our strength and conditioning program. At the University of North Dakota, one program, functioning behind the scenes, but which should not be taken lightly, is the strength and conditioning program. The strength and conditioning program at UND is among the finest in Division I and vital to the success of all UND athletic teams. The strength and conditioning staff commits themselves to the development of size, strength, power, speed, agility, conditioning, and body composition of each student-athlete. The goal of the strength staff is to develop the athlete and team to reach their maximum potential throughout their career while staying injury free. Nate Baukol, director of strength and conditioning, oversees the program and facilities. Baukol has three full-time assistant coaches and one graduate assistant coach to assist him. Together they direct and monitor the training of over 400 studentathletes in 20 sports at UND. UND also boasts some of the finest strength training facilities around. The facilities include weight rooms at the Ralph Engelstad Arena, the Betty Engelstad Sioux Center, Memorial Stadium, and the Hyslop Sports Center. Training has become a year-round activity, with a student athlete spending as much time on physical development as any other part of their sport throughout the year. Student-athletes follow either offseason or in-season programs, which are individualized specific to the athlete and sport. Off-season programs are five days a week, summer months included. Each athlete receives a comprehensive summer training manual to follow, given that a member of the strength staff wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be supervising them. In-season programs are typically 45-minute sessions, two to three days per week, supervised by the strength and conditioning staff.

STRENGTH & CONDITIONING

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2012-13 und TRACK & CROSS COUNTRY One of the unfortunate aspects of athletics is that injuries do occur. However, every student-athlete from UND athletic teams are under excellent care thanks to the UND Divison of Sports Medicine and its umbrella of staff, facilities and training.

Steve Westereng

With a staff of 11 faculty athletic trainers, three graduate assistant athletic trainers and 30 athletic training students headed by director of sports medicine Steve Westereng, UND student-athletes are in good hands, returning them quickly and safely to participation.

Director of Sports Medicine

The UND Division of Sports Medicine was formed in 1990. Additionally, the bachelor of science in athletic training degree and the UND Center for Sports Medicine was founded. The athletic training education program was the first program in the nation to be placed directly in a school of medicine and is housed within the Department of Family Medicine, combining the efforts of the UND Athletic Training program and the UND School of Medicine and Health Sciences. UNDâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s progressive thinking makes the institution a leader in the field of athletic training. Moreover, the programâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s affiliation with the School of Medicine helps both the athletic training student and the studentathlete. Completion of the bachelor of science in athletic training allows the student to sit for the board of certification exam to become a certified athletic trainer (ATC). The student-athletes also benefit from having a wealth of competent individuals getting them back into action. In order to be accepted into the athletic training program, a student must complete 100 hours of observation, fill out a formal application, and have a minimum GPA of 2.75. The Division of Sports Medicine also has an outpatient facility, the UND Center for Sports Medicine, which specializes in rehabilitation of orthopedic injuries. UND student-athletes, as well as the general public, utilize this facility to decrease pain, increase strength, and improve range of motion of injuries. Many of the injuries seen in the Center for Sports Medicine are significant, such as pre- and post-surgical issues. The center is staffed by Cathy Ziegler, PT/ATC, and Robin Tracy, PT/ ATC, who have experience with high school, college, and professional athletes.

Dr. Greg Greek Team Physician

Dr. William Mann Team Physician

SPORTS MEDICINE

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2012-13 UND TRACK & CROSS COUNTRY Whether it is reading to area school children or lending their time to countless charitable organizations or providing disaster relief, UND’s student-athletes pride themselves on their community involvement and have long been looked upon as pillars within the UND and Grand Forks communities. In 2011-12 alone, UND student-athletes logged more than 6,000 hours of community service.

Above Left: UND’s ‘We Are One. We Are North Dakota: Flood Fight 2011’ t-shirt. The shirt was sold to aid North Dakota flood victims, with 90 percent of the proceeds going to the American Red Cross. Above Right: The Student Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) raised more than $13,000 for earthquake relief efforts in Haiti in 2010. Below Right: The football team’s Holiday Magic For Markus program provides Christmas presents to sick children.

Aobve: Members of the men’s hockey team call Champions Club members and thank them for their support during the annual ‘Thank-A-Thon.’ Below: Studentathletes serve their fans at the World’s Largest French Fry Feed during Potato Bowl USA week.

COMMUNITY SERVICE

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The University of North Dakota boasts a proud history of varsity athletics nicknames. UND’s first official athletics nickname was the “Flickertails,” although its origin remains somewhat a mystery. The nickname made its first public appearance in a Grand Forks Herald account of UND’s football loss to Minnesota on Oct. 8, 1904, 15 years after UND’s first athletics contest was played. According to Lee Bohnet’s A Century of UND Sports, “The author was not identified, but there is strong evidence the nickname was coined by a Minneapolis sportswriter who may have covered the game for the Herald. The writer lauded the fighting spirit of the North Dakota players.”

The University of North Dakota adopted the interlocking ND as its official logo during the summer of 2012 following the retirement of the Fighting Sioux nickname and logo. The interlocking ND will be utilized until 2015, when a new athletics nickname is selected.

In 1911, UND’s student body officially adopted “Flickertails” as its athletics nickname. UND would remain known as the “Flickertails” (as well, unofficially, as the “Nodaks”) for a third of a century, establishing an early athletics history. In the fall of 1930, the university adopted the nickname “Sioux” for its varsity teams following a successful renaming campaign by the Dakota Student, UND’s student newspaper. The word “Fighting” was later added, and UND would be known as the “Fighting Sioux” until the summer of 2012. The university utilized several”Fighting Sioux” logos throughout the decades, perhaps most notably the green geometric logo introduced in 1976 and the most recent full-color logo was unveiled in 1999. The former was designed by an artist at the UND News Bureau, while the latter was created by noted Native American artist and UND alum Bennett Brien.

UND’s most recent Fighting Sioux logo, designed by noted Native American artist and UND alum Bennett Brien, was unveiled in 1999. The logo was named the No. 1 hockey logo in the world by The Hockey News in 2009.

The University of North Dakota officially retired its longtime “Fighting Sioux” nickname and logo prior to the 2012-13 athletics season. UND’s varsity athletics teams will operate without an official nickname until 2015. The university’s varsity athletics teams will be referred to as “the University of North Dakota,” “North Dakota,” or “UND.”

The geometric Fighting Sioux logo was introduced in 1976 and remained in use through the 1999-2000 season.

The current University of North Dakota logo has been in use since the close of Centennial year activities in 1984. It serves as the official logo of the University, but typically is not used for athletics purposes. Following the University’s first athletic competition in 1889, UND’s earliest teams were known unofficially as the “Nodaks” (pictured above is the 1896 football team). The “Flickertails” nickname made its first appearance in a 1904 Grand Forks Herald article and was officially adopted in 1911.

HISTORY AND TRADITION

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2012-13 UND TRACK & CROSS COUNTRY UNDSports.com is the official source for everything regarding the University of North Dakota athletics department.

The website, maintained by the athletics media relations office, offers everything for the fan. Away from home but still want to watch the game live? Watch it on UNDSports.com. Missed the game and want to check the score? Find recaps, box scores and on-demand video of highlights and the complete game. Need some new decorations for the dorm room or basement? Buy action images at any size from our photo store. You can also follow UND on our mobile site or download the UNDSports.com app for iPhone and Android. News, scores, schedules and watch highlight videos and interviews. You can even listen to live games streamed directly to your phone!

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UNDSPORTS.COM

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2012-13 und TRACK & CROSS COUNTRY All men’s hockey home games, as well as selected home football, volleyball, women’s hockey, men’s basketball and women’s basketball games, can be seen regionally on Midco Sports Network (MidcoSN) in North Dakota and South Dakota, as well as northwestern Minnesota. This year, UND Sports broadcasts on MidcoSN will be seen on channel 26 (analog), 322 (digital) and 622 (HD). Visit UNDSports.com for updated carriage information on cable systems other than Midcontinent Communications. Home men’s hockey games can also be seen nationally on Fox College Sports (FCS). Fox College Sports is offered on most cable and satellite systems throughout the United States and is available in more than 54 million homes nationwide. Root Sports, available to nearly 9 million viewers, will televise the October 20th home football game featuring UND and Montana. Check with your local cable or satellite provider for carriage information. UND Sports Extra will also return this season as a 30-minute weekly program showcasing UND Athletics. UND Sports Extra airs Tuesday nights at 7 p.m. on MidcoSN and at various times on Fox College Sports. UND Sports Extra can also be seen on-demand at UNDSports.com. All home and conference road games for football, volleyball and men’s and women’s basketball can be viewed for free on Big Sky TV at BigSkyConf. com. Men’s and women’s hockey can be viewed live or on-demand on UND Insider at UNDSports.com. UND Insider is also your ticket to live video and audio streams of exclusive events such as women’s soccer, baseball and softball not available anywhere else.

The North Dakota Radio Network produces live broadcasts for all football, men’s hockey and men’s and women’s basketball games, as well as all home women’s hockey games and a weekly Wednesday coaches show. Listen to the UND Coaches Radio Show every Wednesday night from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. live from the Ground Round restaurant in Grand Forks.

2012-13 North Dakota Radio Network Affiliates Grand Forks, N.D. KQHT FM96.1 (The Fox) (Flagships) KSNR FM 100.3 (Cat Country) KKXL AM 1440 (The Fan) Fargo, N.D. WDAY AM 970 Bismarck, N.D. KFYR AM 550 KXMR AM 710 Beulah, N.D. KDKT AM 1410 Devils Lake, N.D. KDVL FM 102.5 Dickinson, N.D. KTLC AM 1460 Langdon, N.D. KNDK FM 95.7 Mahnomen, Minn. KRJM FM 101.5 Minot, N.D. KRRZ AM 1390 Williston, N.D. KDSR FM 101.1 Wimbledon, N.D. KRVX FM 103.1 Warroad, Minn. KRWB AM 1410

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*Indicates Game of the Week broadcaster for volleyball, basketball, women’s hockey

MEDIA COVERAGE

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pRESIDENT Dr. Robert Kelley

Dr. Robert Kelley began serving as UND’s 11th president July 1, 2008. He had been dean of the College of Health Sciences and professor of medical education and public health at the University of Wyoming since 1999. Before then, he was associate vice chancellor for research and executive associate dean of the graduate college at the University of Illinois at Chicago, and professor of biological sciences at the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and professor of anatomy and cell biology at the College of Medicine, both at the University of Illinois at Chicago. At the University of New Mexico, he served as chair of anatomy and senior executive associate dean, as well as other faculty capacities. He has also taught at the University of California, Berkeley. Kelley earned his bachelor’s degree in biology and chemistry from Abilene Christian University in Abilene, Texas, in 1965, and his master’s degree in 1966 and doctorate in 1969, both in cell and developmental biology from the University of California, Berkeley. Kelley has served as chair of the Assembly for the Association of American Medical Colleges, chaired the Council of Academic Societies for the AAMC, and was a member of the executive board of the National Board of Medical Examiners, which is responsible for the U.S. medical licensure examination. In addition, he has served the National Institutes of Health (NIH) on several study sections, served on the director’s advisory board for NIH strategic planning, and chaired the Minority Biomedical Research Support Program advisory committee in the NIH Division of Research Resources. That program helped support research for historically black universities, tribal colleges, and “minority-majority” institutions. Kelley also served as principal investigator for the University of Wyoming/ Northern Rockies INBRE (IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence), an NIH program which promotes biomedical research and connects the state’s community colleges with the University of Wyoming. He and his wife, Marcia, who was a lecturer in the University of Wyoming Department of Communication Disorders, have four children.

Sue Jeno, an associate professor in UND’s Department of Physical Therapy, serves as the Faculty Athletics Representative (FAR) to the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA), a position she has held the position since November 2006. Jeno has served as a member of UND’s Intercollegiate Athletics Committee (IAC) since 2001, as well as numerous other university committees, and was the chair of the University Senate during the 2005-06 academic year. She is also active in her professional organization, having served as treasurer of the North Dakota Physical Therapy Association for the nine years. Jeno is a former NCAA Division I student-athlete and coach. After competing for the University of Michigan varsity synchronized swimming team, she graduated and served as an assistant coach for the Wolverines for two seasons. Sue Jeno

Faculty Athletics Representative

UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATION

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Athletics director Brian Faison

Brian Faison is in his fifth year as athletics director at the University of North Dakota. Faison assumed his duties at UND in May of 2008. In leading UND Athletics through the Division I transition, alumni and fan support have continued to grow: Champions Club and endowment giving have enjoyed a sixth straight record year; volleyball had a third record-breaking season at the turnstile, while women’s and men’s hockey both finished second in the nation in home average attendance. Competitively, UND teams again enjoyed outstanding seasons resulting in two conference regular season championships, four conference post-season tournaments championships, three All-Americans, a national coach of the year, a record third consecutive Broadmoor Trophy, a national player of the year finalist and a second place finish in the all-sports standings of the Great West Conference. In the classroom, student-athletes continued their tradition of academic excellence: a record number of student-athletes were named to the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for the fall and spring semesters; women’s basketball, women’s swimming and diving, women’s golf and men’s and women’s track and field all recognized nationally for their academic performance, two student-athletes were named Academic All-Americans and one student-athlete received a prestigious NCAA Post-Graduate Scholarship (the program’s 34th recipient). Faison helped secure membership in the Big Sky Conference for 14 of UND sports. Competition begins this school year. And, he played a leadership role in the formation of the National Collegiate Hockey Conference (NCHC), joining Colorado College, Denver, Miami, Minnesota Duluth, St. Cloud State, Western Michigan and Nebraska Omaha. Conference play begins in 2013-14. Prior to joining UND, Faison served as special assistant to the president (2004-08) and director of athletics (1999-04) at New Mexico State University. Before that, he served as the national director of development for the National Children’s Cancer Society (1995-1999). Faison gained experience in Division I administration as the director of athletics at Indiana State University (1988-1995), assistant athletics director for development at the University of Louisville (1984-1988) and assistant athletics director for promotions and fund raising at Illinois State University (19791984). He also had stints as the assistant manager for athletic public relations at the University of Missouri (19781979) and assistant director for alumni activities at the University of Missouri (19741978). Faison received his bachelor’s degree in 1972 from the University of Missouri and is also a 1997 graduate of the National Planned Giving Institute. Faison and his wife, Donna, have three sons: Jonathan, Matthew and Bradley. ATHLETICS DIRECTOR

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2012-13 UND TRACK & CROSS COUNTRY Daniella Irle

Senior Assoc. Athletics Director, Internal Operations/ Senior Woman Administrator

Daniella Irle is in her fourth fifth year on the UND Athletics administrative staff and serves as UND’s senior associate athletics director for internal operations and senior woman administrator (SWA).

Steve Brekke

Amanda Hajdu

Jayson Hajdu

Kara Helmig

Assoc. Athletics Director, Development

Asst. Athletics Director, Academic Services

Asst. Athletics Director, Media Relations

Asst. Athletics Director, Compliance

Dexter Albrecht

Nate Baukol

Nick Jensen

David Primus

Irle’s day-to-day duties include departmental oversight of the compliance office, athletics academic services, strength and conditioning, sports medicine, and 14 of UND’s 21 sports. Irle was also responsible for oversight of UND’s athletics certification and UND’s successful transition to Division I. Irle came from the Tulane University, where she served as the assistant athletics director of business and student services operations and was a two-time Conference USA Swimming Coach of the Year.

Director, Ticket Sales

Director, Strength & Conditioning

Paul Ralston

Matt Schill

Director, Corporate Partnerships

Director, Marketing

Kyle Doperalski

Associate Athletics Director, External Operations

Kyle Doperalski, in his first year at UND, oversees external communications, broadcast properties and marketing for UND Athletics. He collaborates with the athletics director to secure media contracts, including television and radio rights, as well as new media opportunities.

Director, Broadcast Properties

Director, New Media

Director, Aquatics Head Diving Coach

Brian Strom

Steve Westereng

Alex Burbach

Stacy Bjorlie

Bev Hopman

Director, Sports Medicine

Doperalski came to UND from New Mexico State University, where he served as a broadcast consultant and managed the Aggie Sports Radio Network.

Randy Magill

Associate Athletics Director, Chief Financial Officer

In his first year at UND, Randy Magill directs all business operations for UND Athletics. He oversees all internal accounting, including property acquisition and control, bids, contract negotiations, cash receipts from sports, special events, facility usage, accounts payable and receivable, trade-out utilization, fund transfers and travel. Magill, who possesses nearly 20 years of administrative experience in intercollegiate athletics, came to UND after spending the past four years as senior associate athletics director for business affairs at the University of North Carolina-Wilmington.

Megan Nicholson Coordinator, Compliance

ATHLETICS ADMINISTRATION

Ryan Powell

Associate Director, Media Relations

Mitch Wigness

Assistant Director, Media Relations

Deb Beiswenger

Assistant, Business Operations

Sr. Exec. Admin. Assistant to the Athletics Director

Katie Horob

Travis Kahlbaugh Equipment Manager

Assistant Director, Media Relations

Assistant, Business Operations

Ryan Hillesland

Ben Messerli

Catlin Solum

Brandon Thomas

Associate Director, Champions Club

Assistant, Marketing

Assistant, Compliance

Coordinator, Academic Services

Derek Koenen

Assistant, Marketing

Office Manager

Erik Martinson

Assistant, Academic Services

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Head Coaches

J. Travis Brewster

Dick Clay

Women’s Basketball

Jeff Dodson

Cross Country

Matt Kellogg Soccer

Kevin Galbraith

Baseball

Natalie Martinson Women’s Golf

Dave Hakstol

Track and Field

Chris Mussman Football

Ashley Hardee

Men’s Hockey

Eric Oakley Softball

Brian Idalski

Volleyball

Steve Parsons Swimming

Brian Jones

Women’s Hockey

Rob Stiles Men’s Golf

Men’s Basketball

Tom Wynne Tennis

Athletics Department Phone Directory

Athletics Department Staff - General phone line: 701.777.2234 Unless noted, all phone numbers begin with 77 followed by the 7-XXXX number, and are all in the 701 area code. ADMINISTRATION Athletic Department Phone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Athletic Department FAX. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Faison, Brian (A.D.). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Irle, Daniella (Sr. Assoc. A.D./SWA). . . . . . . . . . . Doperalski, Kyle (Assoc. A.D., External). . . . . . Brekke, Steve (Assoc. A.D., Development). . . Magil, Randy (Assoc. A.D., CFO). . . . . . . . . . . . . TBA (Assoc. A.D., Champions Club). . . . . . . . . . Hajdu, Amanda Asst. A.D., Acad. Services). . Hajdu, Jayson (Asst. A.D., Media Relations). . Helmig, Kara (Asst. A.D., Compliance). . . . . . . Burbach, Alex (Sr. Exec. Asst. to the A.D.). . . . Kahlbaugh, Travis (Equip. Mgr.). . . . . . . . . . . . . Hopman, Bev (Office Manager). . . . . . . . . . . . . Jeno, Sue (Faculty Athletics Rep.). . . . . . . . . . .

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ACADEMIC SERVICES Hajdu, Amanda (Asst. A.D.). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.2110 Bjorlie, Stacy (Coordinator). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.2112 Thomas, Brandon (Assistant) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.5356 BASEBALL Dodson, Jeff (Head Coach) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.4038 Field, J.C. (Assistant Coach). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.2352 Devillers, Brian (Assistant Coach) . . . . . . . . . . . 7.2937 BASKETBALL - MEN’S Jones, Brian (Head Coach). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ahelegbe, Gameli (Assistant Coach) . . . . . . . . Oliver, Dean (Assistant Coach). . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wilson, Brent (Assistant Coach). . . . . . . . . . . . . Grabowski, Steve (Director of Operations). . . Abbott, Thelma (Administrative Assistant). . . .

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BASKETBALL - WOMEN’S Brewster, J. Travis (Head Coach). . . . . . . . . . . . . Dryburgh, Tom (Assistant Coach). . . . . . . . . . . Sayavongchanh, Linda (Assistant Coach). . . . Woods, Drew (Assistant Coach). . . . . . . . . . . . . Sannes, Val (Director of Operations). . . . . . . . . Abbott, Thelma (Administrative Assistant). . . .

7.6214 7.6069 7.2980 7.6740 7.3253 7.3478

BUSINESS OPERATIONS Randy Magill (Assoc. A.D., CFO). . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.3481 Beiswenger, Debbie (Assistant). . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.3366 Martinson, Erik (Assistant). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.0835 CHEER TEAM Eberhardt, Amber (Coach). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 740.7377 COMPLIANCE Helmig, Kara (Asst. A.D., Compliance). . . . . . . 7.5585 Nicholson, Megan (Coordinator). . . . . . . . . . . . 7.3169 Messerli, Ben (Assistant). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.5161 CHAMpions CLUB/Alumni association Brekke, Steve (Assoc. A.D., Development). . . 7.6426 TBA (Assoc. A.D., CC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.4216 Horob, Katie (Associate Director, CC). . . . . . . . 7.4078 Alumni 800 TN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 800.543.8764 FOOTBALL Mussman, Chris (Head Coach). . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mannausau, Mike (Associate Head Coach) . . Boyd, Benny (Assistant Coach). . . . . . . . . . . . . . Breitbach, Greg (Assistant Coach). . . . . . . . . . . Freund, Danny (Assistant Coach). . . . . . . . . . . . Kotelnicki, Josh (Assistant Coach) . . . . . . . . . . Myers, Kyle (Assistant Coach). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nurse, Wes (Assistant Coach). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Richter, Jeff (Assistant Coach). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Schleusner, Luke (Assistant Coach). . . . . . . . . . Kopp, Dallas (Equipment) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Klug, Cindy (Administrative Assistant). . . . . . .

7.3176 7.2996 7.2229 7.2997 7.2229 7.4863 7.2229 7.2229 7.2229 7.4192 7.2340 7.4191

GOLF - MEN’S Stiles, Rob (Head Coach). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.3036 GOLF - WOMEN’S Martinson, Natalie (Head Coach). . . . . . . . . . . . 7.3036 HOCKEY - MEN’S Hakstol, Dave (Head Coach). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Berry, Brad (Assistant Coach) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jackson, Dane (Assistant Coach). . . . . . . . . . . . Swanson, Pat (Director of Operations) . . . . . . Rannells, Andy (Equipment Manager). . . . . . . Pester, Carmen (Administrative Assistant). . .

7.3118 7.2654 7.3117 7.3110 7.3110 7.3103

HOCKEY - WOMEN’S Idalski, Brian (Head Coach). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Elander, Peter (Associate Head Coach). . . . . . Fabian, Erik (Assistant Coach). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vaughan, Kevin (Manager of Operations) . . . . Reception . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

7.6490 7.6492 7.6491 7.6092 7.6697

MARKETING, PROMOTIONS, & SALES Primus, David (Director, Marketing). . . . . . . . . Albrecht, Dexter (Director, Ticket Sales). . . . . Jensen, Nick (Dir., Corporate Partnerships). . Ralston, Paul (Dir., Broadcast Properties). . . . Hillesland, Ryan (Marketing Assistant).. . . . . . Solum, Catlin (Marketing Assistant). . . . . . . . .

7.2237 7.4852 7.5373 7.3210 7.1373 7.1373

MEDIA RELATIONS Hajdu, Jayson (Asst. A.D.). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Powell, Ryan (Associate Director). . . . . . . . . . . Koenen, Derek (Assistant Director). . . . . . . . . . Wigness, Mitch (Assistant Director). . . . . . . . . Schill, Matt (Director, New Media). . . . . . . . . . .

7.2985 7.2986 7.6743 7.4210 7.2668

SOCCER Kellogg, Matt (Head Coach) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.3972 Rasmussen, Sven (Assistant Coach). . . . . . . . . 7.3684 TBA (Assistant Coach). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.3684 Abbott, Thelma (Administrative Assistant) . . . . 7.3478 SOFTBALL Oakley, Eric (Head Coach) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.4952 Montalto, Amanda (Assistant Coach). . . . . . . . 7.2353 Richards, Jessica (Assistant Coach). . . . . . . . . . 7.2353 SPORTS MEDICINE Westereng, Steve (Director). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7.3886 Tracy, Robin (Physical Therapist). . . . . . . . . . . . 7.4845 Ziegler, Cathy (Physical Therapist). . . . . . . . . . .7.4846 Flatt, John (Asst. AT). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.2977 Poolman, Mark (Asst. AT). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.3107 Rambough, Audrey (Asst. AT). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.3177 Sand, Eric (Asst. AT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.0723 Vanderpan, McKynsay (Asst. AT). . . . . . . . . . . . 7.6147 White, Christy (Asst. AT). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.0723

STRENGTH & CONDITIONING Baukol, Nate (Head Coach). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.4035 Dolak, Brad (Assistant Coach). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.2063 Lofgren, Adam (Assistant Coach). . . . . . . . . . . .7.3933 Schwenzfeier, Aaron (Assistant Coach). . . . . . 7.3933 Tiesman, Casey (Assistant Coach). . . . . . . . . . . 7.3933 SWIMMING & DIVING Parsons, Steve (Head Coach). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Strom, Brian (Diving Coach/Dir. of Aquatics). . . Harris, Anthony (Assistant Coach). . . . . . . . . . . Koenig, Dan (Assistant Coach). . . . . . . . . . . . . . Swim ND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

7.2766 7.3050 7.2454 7.2454 7.4451

TENNIS Wynne, Tom (Head Coach). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.4758 Gombera, Tanya (Assistant Coach). . . . . . . . . . 7.4758 TICKET OFFICE Reardon, Heather (Manager) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ticket Office (REA). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . REA Ticket Office FAX. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Student Ticket Office. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

7.4694 7.0855 7.6646 7.3666

TRACK & FIELD/CROSS COUNTRY Galbraith, Kevin (Head Track Coach) . . . . . . . . Clay, Dick (Head Cross Country Coach). . . . . . Miller, Peter (Assistant Coach) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Silvers, Joe (Assistant Coach) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

7.2361 7.2979 7.0446 7.2361

VOLLEYBALL Hardee, Ashley (Head Coach). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.2351 Brown, Dan (Assistant Coach). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.2508 Joki, Erin (Assistant Coach). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.2508 Abbott, Thelma (Administrative Assistant) . . . . 7.3478 OTHER DEPT. NUMBERS Evans, Julie (Title IX Coord./AA Officer). . . . . . Facilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hyslop Conference Room . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pride of the North Band. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ray Richards Golf Course. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NoDak Nation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Training Room (Hyslop). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Training Room (Memorial Stadium). . . . . . . . . Weight Room (Memorial Stadium). . . . . . . . . .

7.4171 7.2591 7.2364 7.4396 7.4340 7.3666 7.2977 7.4487 7.6417

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kevin galbraith Head Coach Years at UND: 2nd

Years as Collegiate Head Coach: 9th Hometown: Salem, Ore. Alma Mater: Loyola Marymount (‘81, ‘91)

Kevin Galbraith will guide the University of North Dakota into its first year of Big Sky Conference membership in 2012-13 after a highly successful first season at the helm of the track and field program. Galbraith, who was named head coach at UND on July 19, 2011, led UND’s women’s team to runner-up finishes at both the 2011 Great West Conference Indoor and Outdoor Championships, while the men’s squad placed third at both championship meets. Under Galbraith’s tutelage, UND student-athletes claimed nine individual GWC titles, highlighted by senior Emily Emerson’s GWC record time of 4:27.29 in the 1,500-meters, the final race of her decorated career. Mikaela Hirst (triple jump), Taylor Brett (pole vault), Roman Waldera (discus), Jesse Fenstermacher (800-meters), Shawn Johnson (shot put) and Matthew Harris (pole vault) also captured GWC outdoor titles, while Brett and Christine Weinreich (weight throw) won GWC indoor championships. Senior sprinter Chris Stoks won UND’s prestigious Glenn “Red” Jarrett Male Athlete of the Year Award (all sports), senior Tyler Rose received the GWC Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) Sportsmanship Award, senior Lindsay Anderson was named the GWC Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year and freshman Chantel Urban was named the GWC Female Freshman of the Year. During Galbraith’s first year at UND, his student-athletes were equally prolific in the classroom, as both the men’s and women’s squads were named 2011-12 Division I All-Academic teams by the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA). UND’s women’s team boasted a cumulative 3.45 grade point average to tie for 13th among the 171 Division I women’s teams honored. On the men’s side, UND owned a 3.19 cumulative GPA to tie for 31st among 85 honored teams. Individually, Anderson was named to the 2012 Capital One Academic All-America Women’s Track and Field/Cross Country Third Team, as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). She was joined on the Academic All-District Team by her UND teammate, junior Kirsten Haas. During the fall of 2012, Galbraith and his staff unveiled a new addition to the program’s practice facilities: the Gill NCAA

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Hometown • Salem, Ore. Education • Bachelor’s Degree: Communications (Loyola Marymount ‘81) • Master’s Degree: Communications (Loyola Marymount ‘91) Coaching • 2011 to present: Head Track and Field Coach University of North Dakota • 2005 to 2011: Head Track and Field Coach University of Northern Colorado • 1999 to 2004: Assistant Track and Field Coach Long Beach State University • 1997 to 1999: Assistant Track and Field Coach Track West • 1995 to 1997: Head Track and Field Coach Los Angeles Valley College • 1993 to 1995: Assistant Track and Field Coach Track West • 1986 to 1993: Volunteer Cross Country Coach Loyola Marymount University

Double Ring Tall hammer cage. The first-ever hammer cage at UND, it is the same model that was used at the 2008 Olympic trials hammer throw and is built to the specifications required to host an NCAA championship. The cage, which also enhances training safety for UND’s student-athletes, puts the program’s throwing facilities on par with nearly every school in the nation. An experienced collegiate track and field coach with a diverse coaching background, Galbraith came to UND after a highly successful seven-year tenure as head men’s and women’s track and field coach at the University of Northern Colorado, where he guided the Bears through their transition from Division II to Division I and into the Big Sky Conference. “Coach Galbraith brings a unique vantage point to our track and field program, having led a program through the transition from Division II to Division I and leading that same program into our future conference home the Big Sky,” said UND Athletics Director Brian Faison at the time of Galbraith’s hiring. “Kevin’s coaching resume is outstanding.” During his time at UNC, Galbraith’s student-athletes set 15 school records and added 68 marks to the program’s men’s and women’s top-10 lists. UNC also boasted several significant milestones, including its first NCAA Division I qualifiers in school history (all sports), the first NCAA national championship female qualifier in school history, and the first Big Sky individual champions (all sports) in school history. Galbraith also developed a comprehensive training and strength development plan for Amr Seoud, a Beijing Olympic qualifier. Seoud trained with the Bears in 2010 and went on to set two Egyptian national records and win the Gold medal in the 200 meters at the 2010 African Championships.

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2012-13 und TRACK & CROSS COUNTRY “Coach Galbraith brings a unique vantage point to our track and field program, having led a program into our future conference home, the Big Sky Conference. Kevin’s coaching resume is outstanding.” -- UND Athletics Director Brian Faison Prior to his arrival at UNC, Galbraith spent five seasons (1999 to 2004) as an assistant track and field coach at Long Beach State University, where he coached sprints and hurdles. In four of his five seasons, he coached the top three finishers at the conference championship in the men’s 400 meters, and he also had the top freshmen finishers at the Big West Championship in both the men’s and women’s 400 meters his final three years. Galbraith is a 1981 graduate of Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in communications and was the cross country team’s most valuable runner as a senior. He served as a volunteer cross country coach at LMU from 1986 to 1993, and received a master’s degree in communication in 1991. In 1995, Galbraith was named head track and field coach at Los Angeles Valley College, where he spent two seasons. He also served two stints (1993-95, 1997-99) as assistant track coach with Track West, a USA Track and Field (USATF) national club program based out of Santa Monica, Calif.

Prior to arriving at North Dakota, Galbraith enjoyed a highly successful sevenyear stint as head coach at the University of Northern Colorado.

Galbraith has also served as the meet manager of the Southern California Twilight Distance Qualifier in Los Angeles, and the Southern California Cross Country Championships in Walnut, Calif.

UND’s coaching staff at the 2012 Great West Conference Indoor Championship. From left to right: assistant coach Peter Miller, head track and field coach Kevin Galbraith, head cross country coach Dick Clay and assistant coach Joe Silvers.

HEAD COACH KEVIN GALBRAITH

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dick clay

Cross Country Coach Years at UND: 28th Years as Collegiate Head Coach: 28th Hometown: Dawson, Minn. Alma Mater: St. Cloud State (‘82)

One of the longest-tenured coaches in the history of North Dakota Athletics, the 2012-13 season marks the 28th year of Dick Clay’s distinguished coaching career at UND. Clay serves as men’s and women’s cross country head coach, as well as men’s and women’s track and field associate head coach. Clay had doubled as UND’s head women’s track and field coach from 1985 to 2011, as well as interim men’s head track and field coach in 2011, until a restructuring of the program’s coaching staff. In 2012, Clay guided UND cross country through its first season of Big Sky Conference membership. UND’s women’s team placed seventh and the men’s team eighth, and both squads got their first taste of a Division I championship at the 2012 NCAA Midwest Regional in Springfield, Mo. UND’s women’s and men’s teams placed 22nd and 24th, respectively, at regionals to finish ahead of programs such as Nebraska, Creighton and North Dakota State. On Sept. 10, 2012, UND made school history when the men’s team earned its first-ever appearance in the Division I regional rankings. That week, UND was ranked No. 14 in the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) NCAA Midwest Region rankings. The 2011 cross country season was highlighted by outstanding athletic and academic accomplishments. Serving as host of the of the Great West Conference Championship, UND placed second despite being without the services of 2010 GWC Athlete of the Year Lindsay Anderson, who redshirted the season. In Anderson’s absence, senior Emily Emerson led the way with a fifth-place finish and all-conference first team honors. She was joined on the All-GWC team by freshman Erin Wysocki, who placed sixth and claimed GWC Freshman of the Year honors. On the men’s side, senior Tyler Rose capped his distinguished career by earning All-GWC Second Team accolades with an eighth-place finish. Following the year, Rose was named the GWC Student-Athlete Advisory Committee’s Sportsmanship Award. In the classroom, five student-athletes garnered academic allconference honors, three from the men’s team and two from the women’s team. In 2011, Clay mentored several track and field record-breakers, conference champions, and conference scorers. On the women’s side, senior Lindsay Anderson won GWC indoor titles in the 3,000 and 5,000-meters, setting a conference record in the latter, and was named GWC Indoor Female Athlete of the Year. UND studentathletes who set school records included Christine Weinreich (hammer throw, indoor weight throw), Jessica Butler (100-meter hurdles, 60meter hurdles), the 800-meter relay team of Brittney Bolstad, Paige 24

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Hometown • Dawson, Minn. Education • Bachelor’s Degree: Physical Education (St. Cloud State ‘82) Coaching • 1985-86 to present - Head Cross Country Coach • 1985-86 to 2010-11- Head Women’s Track & Field Coach • 2010-11- Head Men’s Track & Field Coach University of North Dakota • 1983-84 to 1984-84 - Head Coach Central Missouri State University Coaching Awards • NCAA CCCA Distinguished Service Award (‘07, ‘92) • NCAA TCA Distinguished Service Award (‘96) • NCAA DII Indoor Track & Field Coach of the Year (‘00) • NCAA Regional Indoor Track Coach of the Year (‘00) • NCAA Regional Cross Country Coach of the Year (‘99, ‘94, ‘91) • NCC Outdoor Track & Field Coach of the Year (‘07, ‘88) • NCC Indoor Track & Field Coach of the Year (‘00) • NCC Cross Country Coach of the Year (‘06, ‘01, ‘94, ‘92) CCCA: Cross Country Coaches Association TCA: Track Coaches Association Kuplic, Mikaela Hirst and Sarah Fegley, and the distance medley relay team of Anderson, Megan Gray, Emily Emerson and Savana Weller. On the men’s side, senior Josh LaBlanc broke the oldest record in school history when he ran the 10,000-meters in 30:05.24, toppling the previous record set by Arjan Gelling in 1968 by 25 seconds. He also set the school record in the 5K and the conference record in the 3,000-meters 8:31.15 at the GWC Indoor Championship. Following the season, LaBlanc was named the 2010-11 GWC Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year. UND’s cross country teams enjoyed a superlative 2010 season, highlighted by junior season Lindsay Anderson winning the Great West Conference Cross Country championship and earning GWC Most Valuable Runner honors. Anderson and teammate Emily Emerson were both named to the All-GWC first team after leading the Sioux to a third-place team finish. On the men’s side, UND placed sixth at the conference meet. The 2010 track and field season was a memorable one for the Sioux women, as Clay’s student-athletes set numerous school records. At the GWC Indoor Championship, junior Jessica Butler won the 60-meter hurdles with a school-record time of 8.98 seconds and led the Sioux to a third-place finish.At the GWC Outdoor Championship, Brenny was the runner-up in both the 5,000-meter and 10,000-meter runs. Also during the outdoor season, sophomore Emily Emerson was twice named GWC Athlete of the Week. UND’s quartet of Mikaela Hirst, Paige Kuplic, Cheri Boyer and Taryn Anderson broke an 11-year old record in the 800-meter relay at the Coastal Carolina Shamrock Invitational. Several Sioux athletes also recorded times, throws and jumps that have cracked UND’s all-time top-10 lists. Clay’s women’s cross country team earned team and individual runner-up honors at the 2009 Great West Conference Championship; the Sioux finished second in the team standings while senior Brittany

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2012-13 und TRACK & CROSS COUNTRY Brenny earned her second straight all-conference first team nod by taking second in the individual standings. Brenny was joined on the all-conference team by teammate and second-team selection Katherine Enabnit.

In 2008-09, UND’s first as a Division I program, Clay guided the Sioux to a third-place finish at the inaugural Great West Conference Cross Country Championship, where three of his runners earned allconference honors: Brenny (first team), Mandy Gefroh (first) and Emily Emerson (second). Clay’s track and field team finished fourth at the 2009 GWC Outdoor Championship, highlighted by individual conference titles by Jessica Clausnitzer (pole vault) and Kristi Dahlheimer (3,000-meter steeplechase). UND also placed fourth at the 2009 GWC Indoor Championship, led by a pair of individual titles from Clausnitzer, a two-time Division II All-American, in the 60-meter hurdles and the pole vault. In May 2008, Clay coached Heidi Evans to a national title in the 1,500meter run at the Division II national championships. With the title, Evans became the second individual women’s track & field national champion in UND school history and the first Fighting Sioux women’s outdoor champion. The only other UND women’s track national individual title came in 1994, when former UND runner Marie Crep won an NCAA national title in the 800-meter run in the NCAA Division II Indoor Championships.

the highest for a UND cross country team. From 1991 to 2007, the Sioux made 12 team appearances in the NCAA national cross country meet. The Sioux posted team finishes of fifth place or higher in the NCAA National meet seven times including five fourth-place finishes. In track and field, UND’s highest team finishes came in 1993 and 1994 when the Sioux placed fifth and sixth respectively at the NCAA Indoor National Track & Field Championships. Clay has coached Sioux track and cross country athletes to over 80 individual All-America finishes since 1987. Clay came to UND from Central Missouri State where he served two years as head coach of the men’s and women’s cross country team and the women’s track team. In 1984, Clay’s Central Missouri State track and field team claimed a 10th-place finish at the NCAA Championships. A native of Dawson, Minn., Clay graduated from St. Cloud State in 1982 with a bachelor’s degree in physical education. He went on to earn a master’s degree from St. Cloud State in 1983. A four-year track and cross country letterwinner and team captain for the Huskies, Clay qualified for the Division II cross country championships in 1978, 1979, and 1980.

A hallmark of Clay’s coaching career at UND has been academic succes, and the 2009-10 was as successful as any. Clay’s women’s track and field team boasted the sixth-highest grade point average (3.5) in Division I last season, earning the team 2010 Division I Women’s AllAcademic Track and Field Team honors by the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA). Additionally, senior Kristi Dahlheimer earned a prestigious NCAA postgraduate scholarship and was named a 2009-10 ESPN the Magazine Academic All-American. The previous season, Clay’s track and field squad was named a 2009 Division I Women’s All-Academic Track and Field Team by the USTFCCCA, ranking 12th among 130 teams with a 3.44 grade point average. Brenny and Dahlheimer were each named to the 2009 ESPN the Magazine Academic All-District Women’s Track and Field/Cross Country team. Clay served on the NCAA Track and Field Subcommittee and the NCAA Track and Cross Country Rules Committee from 1999-2004. He is a past president of the NCAA Division II Track Coaches Association and served on the U.S. Track Coaches Association Board of Directors from 1995-1997. Clay was also the coordinator of the NCAA Division II Track and Field Hall of Fame from 1996-2003.

Now in his 28th season, Dick Clay is UND’s longest-serving active coach.

A certified USATF Level I Track and Field Coach, Clay was honored by his peers when he was awarded the Distinguished Service Award by the NCAA Cross Country Coaches Association in 1992 and again in 2007. In 1996, Clay received the Distinguished Service Award from the NCAA Track Coaches Association. Under Clay’s leadership, UND won the 1992, 1994, 1996, 2001 and 2006 North Central Conference Cross Country Championship and the 1994 North Central Region title. The 2000 cross country team placed second in the NCAA national championships. The runner-up finish was cross country coach dick clay

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peter miller

joe silvers

Assistant Coach

Years at UND: 2nd season

Years as Collegiate Coach: 5th season

Years as Collegiate Coach: 4th season

Hometown: Pine Island, Minn.

Hometown: Murtaugh, Idaho

Alma Mater: Minnesota (‘08)

Alma Mater: Idaho State (‘09)

Assistant coach Peter Miller is in his second season as a member of North Dakota’s track and field coaching staff and works with the program’s throwers. Miller’s throwers were dominant from beginning to end in 201112, breaking eight school records and winning three Great West Conference individual titles. Shawn Johnson (twice) and Jakob Bissell each broke UND’s hammer throw record on the men’s side, while on the women’s side, Megan Storstad (twice) and Christine Weinreich each took their turns breaking the school hammer throw record. Weinreich also twice broke her own school record in the weight throw. Miller mentored Weinreich (indoor, weight), Johnson (outdoor, shot) and Roman Waldera (outdoor, discus) to individual conference titles, while Chantel Urban garnered GWC Freshman of the Year accolades. Miller also played a key role in the fundraising and construction of a new addition to the program’s practice facilities during the fall of 2012: the Gill NCAA Double Ring Tall hammer cage. The first-ever hammer cage at UND, it is the same model that was used at the 2008 Olympic trials hammer throw and is built to the specifications required to host an NCAA championship. The cage, which also enhances training safety for UND’s student-athletes, puts the program’s throwing facilities on par with nearly every school in the nation. Miller came to UND from the University of Wisconsin-River Falls, where he enjoyed a highly successful three-year tenure as an assistant coach working with throws and combined events. He began his coaching career at UWRF after a standout athletic career at the University of Minnesota. Miller coached NCAA Division III qualifiers in each of his three seasons at UWRF, with his top student-athlete placing as high as third. His student-athletes placed 1-2 in the women’s javelin at the 2011 Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) and broke school records in the men’s weight and hammer throws. In his two seasons’ coordinating the Falcons’ strength and conditioning program, Miller’s student-athletes broke 27 school records and earned 13 All-America awards. He has also been heavily involved in track and field winter camps as both a director and instructor. Miller also coordinated the UWRF track program’s $10,000-peryear fundraising efforts. A 2008 graduate of the University of Minnesota, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in kinesiology, Miller was a three-year letterwinner for the Golden Gophers and served as a team captain during his senior year. He was a three-time Academic All-Big Ten selection and a five-time University of Minnesota Scholar Student-Athlete. Miller is currently pursuing his master’s degree in business administration.

The 2012-13 season marks the second for Joe Silvers as a member of UND’s track and field coaching staff. Silvers coaches the men’s and women’s multi and jumping events. Silvers helped guide UND’s track and field program to new heights in his first season, mentoring four Great West Conference individual champions: Taylor Brett (indoor and outdoor pole vault), Matthew Harris (outdoor pole vault) and Mikaela Hirst (outdoor triple jump). Those individual titles were among the 13 GWC All-Conference performances by Silvers’ student-athletes in 2011-12. Silvers came to UND after spending the previous two seasons as an assistant coach at Idaho State, where he worked primarily with ISU’s multi-event student-athletes. One of those student-athletes, Justin Critser, qualified for the 2010 USA Junior Outdoor Track and Field Championship. Before beginning his coaching career in 2009, Silvers was a pole vaulter and decathlete at Idaho State from 2004-09. A two-time letterwinner at ISU, Silvers was a member of the Bengals’ Big Sky Conference championship team in 2006 and was the 2009 Idaho Cup pole vault champion. Silvers graduated from ISU in 2009 with a bachelor’s degree in sports management and a minor in coaching. He received his master’s degree in athletic administration from ISU in 2010 and is considering pursuing a degree in sport psychology. Silvers received his USA Track & Field (USATF) Level 1 coaching certificate in 2010. In July 2012, Silvers attended the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) Academy and attained Jumping Event Specialist Certification.

Assistant coach Peter Miller, who works with UND’s throwers, at the 2012 Great West Conference Indoor Championship.

Assistant coaches

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brad dolak Strength Coach

jayson hajdu

Media Relations Director

Years at UND: 1st season Years as Collegiate Coach: 5th season

Years at UND: 11th season

Hometown: Linton, Ind.

Hometown: Regina, Saskatchewan

Alma Mater: Indiana State (‘08)

Alma Mater: North Dakota (‘00)

Assistant strength and conditioning coach Brad Dolak is in his first year at North Dakota after having spent the 2011-12 season as an assistant athletic performance coach at the University of Vermont. He works primarily with UND’s men’s and women’s track and field and swimming and diving teams. Prior to Vermont, Dolak spent two years as a graduate assistant strength and conditioning coach at Indiana State University and one season as an assistant strength and conditioning coach at Butler University. Dolak earned a bachelor’s degree in exercise science in 2008 and a master’s degree in exercise science in 2011, both from Indiana State. A native of Linton, Ind., Dolak is a member of the National Strength and Conditioning Association and is a certified strength and conditioning specialist (CSCS) through the NSCA. He is also certified by USA Weightlifting.

travis kahlbaugh Equipment Manager Years at UND: 8th season

Jayson Hajdu is in his third year as assistant athletics director for media relations, having been promoted in June 2010 after completing his second year as UND’s director of media relations. Prior to that, he spent the previous six years as an assistant media relations director at UND. Hajdu oversees the day-to-day operations of the media relations office, which serves as a liaison between UND Athletics and the media. Other responsibilities of his office include annual and gameday publications, UNDSports.com, social media and multimedia initiatives, press box management for home events, and historical archiving and research. Hajdu is the primary contact for UND men’s hockey, men’s and women’s cross country, and men’s and women’s track and field, and serves as UND’s on-site administrator for men’s hockey. A member of the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA), Hajdu has garnered 22 CoSIDA Publications Awards, including seven “Best in the Nation” citations. In June of 2008, Hajdu was one of UND’s 11 recipients of the North Central Conference Legacy Award. Hajdu served as the Print Media Chairperson for 2005 IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship and was the Media Chairperson for the 2008 World Curling Federation World Men’s Curling Championship. Both events were held in Grand Forks, N.D. Hajdu is a 2000 graduate of UND with a bachelor’s degree in communication and a minor in history. A native of Regina, Saskatchewan, Hajdu served as a graduate assistant in the UND athletic media relations office in 2000 and 2001. Hajdu’s family includes his wife, Amanda.

Hometown: Grand Forks, N.D. Alma Mater: North Dakota (‘00)

Travis Kahlbaugh, in his eight season at UND, serves as the head equipment manager for University of North Dakota Athletics. Kahlbaugh is a 2000 graduate of the University of North Dakota with a bachelor’s degree in physical education and teaching and learning. Before coming to UND, he spent the previous four years teaching in Grand Forks and Rugby, N.D. Kahlbaugh’s athletics background includes a stint as a player in the AFHL, as well as coaching experience in Grand Forks and Rugby (N.D.). A native of Grand Forks, Kahlbaugh is a 1996 high school graduate of Grand Forks Central High School.

support staff

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Junior Jesse Fenstermacher (Hibbing, Minn.) leads this group after winning the 800-meters at the 2012 GWC Outdoor Championship, setting a school-record time of 1 minute, 50.57 seconds in the process. Freshman Sam Coulter (St. Cloud, Minn.) will also have the opportunity to contribute in the mid-distance events.

Chris Stoks was the GWC champion in the 400meters and was UND’s Male Athlete of the Year.

Kevin Galbraith’s first season as head track

In the distance events, UND returns a multitude of talented veterans, incuding juniors Jerrod Braam (Pequot Lakes, Minn.), Kyle Economy (Victoria, Minn.), Dwight Mandimika (Harare, Zimbabwe), Ross Nelson (Apple Valley, Minn.) and University of Minnesota Duluth transfer Sam Saccoman (Hibbing, Minn.), as well as sophomores Mark Harries (Plymouth, Minn.), Nick Lindstrom (Shakopee, Minn.) and Nate Peterson (Horace, N.D.). Freshman Parker Wharram (Independence, Minn.) will also be in the mix.

and field coach at North Dakota proved to be SPRINTS Chris Stoks (Sr., Virginia, Minn.) overcame an a resounding success. early-season injury last year to claim UND’s In UND’s final season in the Great West Con- Glenn “Red” Jarrett Male Athlete of the Year ference, Galbraith guided his women’s team award (all sports). Stoks, who redshirted the to runner-up finishes at both the GWC Indoor outdoor season, twice broke the school record and Outdoor Championships, while his men’s in the 400-meters and went on to the GWC insquad finished third at both. Additionally, door championship in the same event. UND student-athletes captured nine individual Great West titles and broke multiple school Behind Stoks is a trio of newcomers, including Saint John’s University senior transfer Aaron records. Koenig (St. Cloud, Minn.), as well as freshmen In his second season at UND, Galbraith now Quinton Coleman (Duluth, Minn.) and Isaiah faces the challenge of leading the program Frohling (Britton, S.D.). into its first season of Big Sky Conference membership.

2013 BIG SKY CONFERENCE preseason indoor poll

Rk. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11.

School (1st) Northern Arizona (9) Montana State (2) Sacramento State Weber State Eastern Washington Southern Utah Idaho State Montana North Dakota Northern Colorado Portland State

Points 119 97 93 88 78 65 64 53 25 24 20

JUMPS/HURDLES

Matthew Harris (Jr., Sidney, Mont.) returns after winning the GWC outdoor championship in the pole vault, while teammates Tyler Colling (So., Forest Lake, Minn.) and Jordan Fisk (Jr., Langdon, N.D.) also return after each scored in the pole vault at both the GWC Indoor and Outdoor Championships. University of Mary junior transfer Kohl Koppinger (Dickinson, N.D.) also joins the team this season. UND also welcomes back sophomore Ryan Andert (Eagan, Minn.), who placed fifth in the high jump at the 2012 GWC Outdoor Championship, while adding prep standout D’Monte Farley (Cottage Grove, Minn.). Senior hurdler Matthew McCreary (Grand Forks, N.D.) will be looked upon to provide leadership and experience for a group that also includes freshmen Jimmy Evers (Grand Forks, N.D.) and John LeClerc (Grafton, N.D.).

THROWS

UND’s throwers delivered a dominant 2012 season and Galbraith has the luxury of returning five veterans from that group, led by a pair of GWC outdoor champions in juniors Shawn Johnson (Eveleth, Minn.) and Roman Waldera (Minot, N.D.). Johnson won the outdoor title in the shot put and was also the runner-up in the indoor shot put and the outdoor discus, while Waldera won an outdoor conference title in the discus. A third returning letterwinner, Jakob Bissell (Jr., Plymouth, N.H.), set a school record in the hammer throw. Veterans Alex Hickel (Jr., Grand Forks, N.D.) and Tate Messmer (So., Ortonville, Minn.) also return, while freshmen Keaton Hanevold (Thompson, N.D.), Cody Mach (Faribault, Minn.), Zach Olson (Owatonna, Minn.) and Conrad Schwarzkopf (Bismarck, N.D.) will add considerable depth to a talented group. 28

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UND’s track and field teams huddle at the University of North Carolina-Wilmington Seahawk Invitational.

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2012-13 und TRACK & CROSS COUNTRY 2013 NORTH DAKOTA TRACK & FIELD ROSTER Name Ryan Andert Jakob Bissell Jerrod Braam Quinton Coleman Tyler Colling Sam Coulter Kyle Economy Jimmy Evers D’Monte Farley Jesse Fenstermacher Jordan Fisk Isaiah Frohling Keaton Hanevold Mark Harries Matthew Harris Alex Hickel Shawn Johnson Aaron Koenig Kohl Koppinger John LeClerc Nick Lindstrom Cody Mach Dwight Mandimika Matthew McCreary Tate Messmer Ross Nelson Zachary Olson Nate Peterson Sam Saccoman Conrad Schwarzkopf Chris Stoks Roman Waldera Parker Wharram

EVENT Jumps Throws Distance Sprints Pole Vault Mid-Distance Distance Hurdles Jumps Mid-Distance Pole Vault Sprints Throws Distance Pole Vault Throws Throws Sprints Jumps Hurdles Distance Throws Distance Hurdles Throws Distance Throws Distance Distance Throws Sprints Throws Distance

Yr. So. Jr. Jr. Fr. So. Fr. Jr. Fr. Fr. Jr. Jr. Fr. Fr. So. Jr. Jr. Jr. Sr. Jr. Fr. So. Fr. Jr. Sr. So. Jr. Fr. So. Jr. Fr. Sr. Jr. Fr.

Hometown Eagan, Minn. Plymouth, N.H. Pequot Lakes, Minn. Duluth, Minn. Forest Lake, Minn. St. Cloud, Minn. Victoria, Minn. Grand Forks, N.D. Cottage Grove, Minn. Hibbing, Minn. Langdon, N.D. Britton, S.D. Thompson, N.D. Plymouth, Minn. Sidney, Mont. Grand Forks, N.D. Eveleth, Minn. St. Cloud, Minn. Dickinson, N.D. Grafton, N.D. Shakopee, Minn. Faribault, Minn. Harare, Zimbabwe Grand Forks, N.D. Ortonville, Minn. Apple Valley, Minn. Owatonna, Minn. Horace, N.D. Hibbing, Minn. Bismarck, N.D. Virginia, Minn. Minot, N.D. Independence, Minn.

Previous School Inver Hills (Minn.) Community College Bemidji State University Pequot Lakes High School Duluth East High School Forest Lake High School St. Cloud Tech Chaska High School Red River High School Park High School Hibbing High School Langdon/Munich High School Britton-Hecla High School Thompson High School Wayzata High School Sidney High School Red River High School Eveleth-Gilbert High School Saint John’s University University of Mary Grafton High School Shakopee High School Faribault High School Gateway High School Central High School Ortonville Secondary School Apple Valley High School Owatonna High School West Fargo High School University of Minnesota Duluth Century High School Virginia High School Minot High School Mound Westonka High School

Head Coach: Kevin Galbraith (Loyola Marymount ‘81) Associate Head Coach: Dick Clay (St. Cloud State ‘82) Assistant Coach: Peter Miller (Minnesota ‘08) Assistant Coach: Joe Silvers (Idaho State ‘09) Strength & Conditioning Coach: Bradley Dolak (Indiana State ‘08)

TRACK & FIELD SEASON PREVIEW

North Dakota

2012-13 UND TRACK & CROSS COUNTRY The program held its lone home meet of the season when it hosted the annual Ron Pynn Invitational at Ray Richards Golf Course in Grand Forks. The race was held on a beautiful Sunday afternoon in front of nearly 100 UND track and field and cross country alumni, many of whom ran in the race. The includsion of alumni in the race was part of UND’s cross country/track and field reunion that also included a morning presentation on the UND Athletics Complex, as well as an evening social.

In his first season at UND, junior Sam Saccoman was his team’s top runner at three different meets.

Individually, UND was able to rely on several veteran runners throughout the season. Junior Sam Saccoman (Hibbing, Minn.), a transfer from Minnesota Duluth, was UND’s top runner at three meets, while Kyle Economy (Jr., Victoria, Minn.), Nate Peterson (So., Horace, N.D.) and team captain Ross Nelson (Jr., Apple Valley, Minn.) each led the team once.

Saccoman was the team’s top runner at the Sky Conference Championship, while NelThe 2012 season was one of new begin- Big son took his turn in front of the pack at the nings for 28th-year head coach Dick Clay, who NCAA Division I Midwest Regional. guided North Dakota’s cross country program through its first season of Big Sky Conference In the classroom, Peterson, Adam Stainiger membership. (Sr., Chisholm, Minn.) and Parker Wharram (Fr., Independence, Minn.) were named to Under the tutelage of UND’s longest-tenured the 2012 Fall Big Sky Conference Men’s Allcoach, UND’s men’s team placed eighth at the Academic Cross Country Team. always-competitive Big Sky Championship.

2012 BIG SKY CONFERENCE RECAP Big Sky Conference Championship Standings Rk. School Score 1. Northern Arizona 24 2. Weber State 54 3. Southern Utah 57 4. Montana State 97 5. Sacramento State 160 6. Montana 171 7. Idaho State 184 8. North Dakota 223 9. Eastern Washington 286 10. Northern Colorado 287 11. Portland State 329 UND Participants Pl. Name 40. Sam Saccoman 41. Nate Peterson 45. Jerrod Braam 50. Ross Nelson 55. Parker Wharram 60. Kyle Economy 63. Adam Stainiger

All-Big Sky Conference Team Name School Brian Shrader NAU Matt McElroy NAU Futsum Zienasellassie NAU Nate Jewkes SUU John Coyle WSU Ryan Barrus SUU Caleb Hoover NAU Mike Hardy WSU Jason Nance WSU Michael Asay MSU

On Sept. 10, 2012, UND made school history when the men’s team earned its first-ever appearance in the Division I regional rankings. That week, UND was ranked No. 14 in the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) NCAA Midwest Region rankings. That ranking came one week after UND opened the season with a double-dual victory over NDSU and South Dakota State at Bison Duals in Fargo.

cross country year in review

Time 24:55.9 24:56.3 24:56.7 24:58.5 24:59.0 25:17.0 25:23.0 25:23.8 25:32.3 25:32.3

Coach of the Year: Eric Heins, Northern Arizona

UND also got its first taste of a Division I championship at the 2012 NCAA Midwest Regional in Springfield, Mo., placing 22nd ahead of the likes of Nebraska, Creighton and North Dakota State.

UND’s September scheduled included a pair of third-place showings, first at the South Dakota State Classic (Sept. 14), then again two weeks later at the Montana Invitational (Sept. 28).

Time 27:00.3 27:04.1 27:23.6 27:37.0 27:50.5 28:17.4 28:35.4

North Dakota at the starting line of the annual Ron Pynn Invitational in Grand Forks.

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yr.

Hometown

Previous School

Jerrod Braam

Jr.

Pequot Lakes, Minn.

Pequot Lakes High School

Kyle Economy

Jr.

Victoria, Minn.

Chaska High School

Mark Harries

So.

Plymouth, Minn.

Wayzata High School

Nick Lindstrom

So.

Shakopee, Minn.

Shakopee High School

Dwight Mandimika

Jr.

Harare, Zimbabwe

Gateway High School

Ross Nelson

Jr.

Apple Valley, Minn.

Apple Valley High School

Nate Peterson

So.

Horace, N.D.

West Fargo High School

Sam Saccoman

Jr.

Hibbing, Minn.

University of Minnesota Duluth

Adam Stainiger

Sr.

Chisholm, Minn.

Garden City Community College

Parker Wharram

Fr.

Independence, Minn.

Mound Westonka High School

Head Coach: Dick Clay (St. Cloud State ‘82)

2012 NORTH DAKOTA CROSS COUNTRY TEAM RESULTS DATE

MEET

LOCATION

PTS. RESULT

TOP UND RUNNER

Aug. 31

Bison Cross Country Duals

Fargo, N.D.

1st

Kyle Economy / 26:30.30 / 3rd

Sept. 14 South Dakota State Classic

Brookings, S.D.

4th

Sam Saccoman / 26:28.31 / 13th

Sept. 28 Montana Invitational

Missoula, Mont.

3rd

Sam Saccoman / 26:47.9 / 12th

Oct. 13

UND Ron Pynn Invitational*

Grand Forks, N.D.

2nd

Nate Peterson / 26:16.0 / 3rd

Oct. 27

Big Sky Cross Country Championship

Flagstaff, Ariz.

223

8th

Sam Saccoman / 27:00.3 / 40th

Nov. 9

NCAA Division I Midwest Regional

Springfield, Mo.

631

24th

Ross Nelson / 33:10.29 / 116th

* Scored as dual vs. North Dakota State

The men’s cross country team prepares itself prior to the Bison Duals at North Dakota State.

cross country year in review

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Nate Peterson

2012 UND CROSS COUNTRY INDIVIDUAL RESULTS

Jerrod Braam (Jr.) Bison Cross Country Duals South Dakota State Classic Montana Invitational UND Ron Pynn Invitational Big Sky Conference NCAA Midwest Regional

Time Place 27:28.16 14th 28:25.01 48th 28:00.1 21st 26:56.9 10th 27:23.6 45th DNC DNC

Ross Nelson (Jr.) Bison Cross Country Duals South Dakota State Classic Montana Invitational UND Ron Pynn Invitational Big Sky Conference NCAA Midwest Regional

Time Place 27:10.90 12th 26:32.16 16th 26:49.7 13th 26:49.7 9th 27:37.0 50th 33:10.29 116th

Kyle Economy (Jr.) Bison Cross CountryDuals South Dakota State Classic Montana Invitational UND Ron Pynn Invitational Big Sky Conference NCAA Midwest Regional

Time Place 26:30.30 3rd 26:34.96 17th 26:59.2 15th 27:08.9 13th 28:17.4 60th 33:44.82 140th

Nate Peterson (So.) Bison Cross Country Duals South Dakota State Classic Montana Invitational UND Ron Pynn Invitational Big Sky Conference NCAA Midwest Regional

Time Place 26:52.52 8th DNC DNC 27:48.7 20th 26:16.0 3rd 27:04.1 41st 33:13.41 119th

Mark Harries (So.) Bison Cross Country Duals South Dakota State Classic Montana Invitational UND Ron Pynn Invitational Big Sky Conference NCAA Midwest Regional

Time Place DNC DNC DNC DNC DNC DNC DNC DNC DNC DNC DNC DNC

Sam Saccoman (Jr.) Bison Cross Country Duals South Dakota State Classic Montana Invitational UND Ron Pynn Invitational Big Sky Conference NCAA Midwest Regional

Time Place 26:50.98 7th 26:28.31 13th 26:47.9 121th 26:33.4 7th 27:00.3 40th 33:42.04 138th

Nick Lindstrom (So.) Time Place Bison Cross Country Duals 26:45.41 4th South Dakota State Classic DNC DNC Montana Invitational DNC DNC UND Ron Pynn Invitational DNC DNC Big Sky Conference DNC DNC NCAA Midwest Regional DNC DNC

Adam Stainiger (Sr.) Bison Cross Country Duals South Dakota State Classic Montana Invitational UND Ron Pynn Invitational Big Sky Conference NCAA Midwest Regional

Time Place 29:18.26 21st 28:52.20 52nd DNC DNC 27:13.3 14th 28:35.4 63rd 33:57.44 146th

Dwight Mandimika (Jr.) Time Place Bison Cross Country Duals 27:02.93 9th South Dakota State Classic 27:23.94 36th Montana Invitational DNC DNC UND Ron Pynn Invitational DNC DNC Big Sky Conference DNC DNC NCAA Midwest Regional DNC DNC

Parker Wharram (Fr.) Bison Cross Country Duals South Dakota State Classic Montana Invitational UND Ron Pynn Invitational Big Sky Conference NCAA Midwest Regional

Time Place 27:04.96 10th 26:51.67 27th 27:30.4 19th 26:58.3 11th 27:50.5 55th 33:22.09 125th

cross country year in review

Ross Nelson

Jerrod Braam

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STUDENT-ATHLETE PROFILES Andert, Bissell, Braam, Coleman . . . . . . . . . 34 Colling, Coulter, Economy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Evers, Farley, Fenstermacher. . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Fisk, Frohling, Hanevold, Harries. . . . . . . . . 37 Harris, Hickel, Johnson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Koenig, Koppinger, LeClerc, Lindstrom. . . 39 Mach, Mandimika, McCreary . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Messmer, Nelson, Olson, Peterson. . . . . . . 41 Saccoman, Schwarzkopf, Stoks . . . . . . . . . . 42 Waldera, Wharram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Nick Lindstrom

TEAM INFORMATION :: IDAHO

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ryan andert Year: Sophomore

Year: Junior

Event: Jumps

Event: Distance

Hometown: Eagan, Minn.

Hometown: Pequot Lakes, Minn.

High School: Henry Sibley High School (‘10)

High School: Pequot Lakes High School (‘10)

Major: Management

Major: Graphic Design Technology

2011-12 (Freshman): Finished fifth in the high jump at the 2012 Great West Conference Outdoor Championship with a mark of 1.85 meters (6 feet, ¾ inches) ... Also placed ninth in the triple jump at the GWC Outdoor Championship ... His high jump of 1.88 meters (6 feet, 2 inches) at the Dakota Duals was the fourth-best in the GWC all season ... Runner-up in the high jump at North Dakota State after clearing 1.91 meters (6-03.25) ... Earned first letter ... Before UND: Attended Inver Hills (Minn.) Community College in 2010-11 ... A 2010 graduate of Henry Sibley High School ... Letttered three times in track and field as a prep ... Served as team captain as a senior ... Also competed in cross country and Nordic Skiing ... Graduated with honors ... Personal: Majoring in management ... Son of Jim and Mary Andert.

jakob bissell Year: Junior Event: Throws Hometown: Plymouth, N.H. Previous School: Bemidji State University Major: Physical Education

2011-12 (Sophomore): Great West Conference runner-up in the weight throw at the 2012 GWC Indoor Championship with a personal-record throw of 16.90 meters (55-5 ½) ... Broke the school record in the hammer throw and placed third at the 2012 Great West Conference Outdoor Championship with a throw of 54.92 meters (180-02) ... Also placed eighth in the javelin with a mark of 44.49 meters (145-11) ... Earned first letter at UND ... Before UND: Spent freshman season at Bemidji State University ... A 2010 graduate of Plymouth Regional High School ... Lettered four times in track and field in the javelin and shot put ... Earned all-state honors in the javelin as a senior ... Set school record in the javelin ... A three-time New Hampshire All-Star Meet winner ... Lettered twice each in football and wrestling ... Was an all-state selection in football as a senior and an all-state honorable mention as a junior ... Named his team’s most valuable offensive player as a senior ... A two-time state place winner in wrestling who was named team MVP as a senior ... Personal: Majoring in physical education, exercise science and wellness ... Son of Monika Bissell and Mark Bissell ... Grandfather, Robert Armstrong, played football at the University of Arkansas.

jerrod braam

STUDENT-ATHLETE PROFILES

2012-13 (Junior): Competed in five of six cross country meets ... Was third among UND runners at the Big Sky Conference Championship with a time of 27:23.6 ... Placed 45th overall ... Recorded his lowest time of the season (26:56.9) at UND’s Ron Pynn Invitational ... 201112 (Sophomore): Member of UND’s fourth-place distance medley relay team (10:50.33) at the Great West Conference Indoor Championship ... Finished fifth in the 1,000-meters at the Dakota Duals (Dec. 10) ...Placed 38th (27:43.41) at the 2011 Great West Conference Cross Country Championship ... Earned second letter in both cross country and track and field ... 2010-11 (Freshman): A member of UND’s seventh-place distance medley relay team (10:54.21) at the Great West Conference Indoor Championship ... Ran in all seven of UND’s cross country meets ... Placed 48th at the 2010 Great West Conference Cross Country Championship ... Made his collegiate debut at UND’s Ron Pynn Classic (Sept. 4) and placed 23rd ... Earned his first letter in both cross country and track and field ... Before UND: A 2010 graduate of Pequot Lakes High School ... Lettered three times in cross country and twice in track and field as a prep ... Earned all-Mid State Conference honors in cross country as a senior ... Led Pequot Lakes to a third-place state cross country finish as a junior and sophomore ... An all-conference performer in the 4x800 relay ... Graduated with honors ... Personal: Majoring in graphic design technology ... Son of Anna and Jerry Braam.

QUINTON COLEMAN Year: Freshman Event: Sprints Hometown: Duluth, Minn. High School: Duluth East High School (‘12) Major: Undeclared

Before UND: A 2012 graduate of Duluth East High School ... Lettered four times in track and was a four-time all-state and all-area selection ... Was also a four-time state finalist ... Was the USATF Minnesota champion in the 100-meters ... Also lettered four times in basketball and three times in football ... Was an all-area selection in football as a senior ... Helped lead Duluth East to state basketball tournament appearances as a senior and junior ... Personal: Son of Donna Coleman ... Is the third-youngest of 12 children.

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tyler colling

kyle economy

Year: Sophomore

Year: Junior

Event: Pole Vault

Event: Distance

Hometown: Forest Lake, Minn.

Hometown: Victoria, Minn.

High School: Forest Lake High School (‘11)

High School: Chaska High School (‘10)

Major: Mechanical Engineering

Major: Geography

2011-12 (Freshman): Placed fifth in the pole vault at the Great West Conference Outdoor Championship with a mark of 4.40 meters (14 feet, 5 ¼ inches) ... Finished seventh in the pole vault at the GWC Indoor Championship after clearing 4.25 meters (13-11 ¼) ... His pole vault mark of 4.55 meters at the Iowa State Bill Bergan Invitational was the second-best in the GWC all season ... Named to Athletics Director’s Fall Honor Roll ... Earned first letter ... Before UND: A 2011 graduate of Forest Lake Senior High School ... Lettered three times in track as a prep ... An all-conference pole vaulter as a senior and junior ...Also lettered in basketball ... Received Outstanding Academic Achievement Award in each of his four years ... Personal: Majoring in mechanical engineering ... Son of Keith and Darlene Colling.

sam coulter Year: Freshman Event: Mid-Distance Hometown: St. Cloud, Minn.

2012-13 (Junior): Clocked a time of 33 minutes, 44.82 seconds at the NCAA Division I Midwest Regional, placing 140th ... Placed 60th overall at the Big Sky Conference Championship with a time of 28:17.4 ... Opened the cross country season with a third-place finish to lead all UND runners at the Bison Cross Country Duals ... Ran the race in 26:36.30 ... 2011-12 (Sophomore): Member of UND’s fourthplace distance medley relay (10:50.33) at the Great West Conference Indoor Championship ... Won the 10K at the Carleton Relays with a time of 32:56.89 ... Placed 48th (28:26.18) at the GWC Cross Country Championship ... Finished 17th at the Eastern Illinois Walt Crawford Invitational with a time of 25:38.34 ... Named to Athletics Director’s Fall Honor Roll ... Earned second letters in cross country and track and field ... 2010-11 (Freshman): Took third in the 3,000-meters at Boise State’s Bronco Invitational ... Competed in all seven cross country meets ... Placed 40th at the 2010 Great West Conference Cross Country Championship ... Made his collegiate debut at UND’s Ron Pynn Classic (Sept. 4) and placed 17th ... Earned first letter in both cross country and track and field ... Before UND: A 2010 graduate of Chaska High School ...Lettered five times in track and field and four times in cross country as a prep ... A state qualifier and all-conference performer ... Served as a team captain ... Member of the Dean’s List ... Personal: Majoring in geography ... Son of Rob and Bonnie Economy.

High School: St. Cloud Tech (‘12) Major: Pre-Marketing

Before UND: A 2012 graduate of St. Cloud Technical High School ... Lettered three times in track and earned All-Central Lake Conference honorable mention accolades as a senior and junior ... Also lettered three times in football and helped lead St. Cloud Tech to a conference championship as a senior ... Was an all-conference and all-section performer in football as a senior ... Was an all-area honorable mention ... Lettered three times in hockey ... Personal: Plans to major in marketing ... Son of David and Andrea Coulter ... Older brother, Alex, is a senior linebacker at Winona State University.

Junior Kyle Economy ran at the Big Sky Conference Championship and the NCAA Division I Midwest Regional in 2012.

STUDENT-ATHLETE PROFILES

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JIMMY EVERS

Year: Freshman Event: Hurdles

wrestling and football ... Was an all-conference honorable mention in football as a senior and received the Ironman Award as the team’s best all-around athlete ... Was an all-conference honorable mention in wrestling ... Received Highest Honors Award at graduation ... Personal: Undecided on a major but is considering a career in exercise science ... Son of Danisa Farley.

Hometown: Grand Forks, N.D. High School: Red River High School (‘12) Major: Electrical Engineering

jesse fenstermacher Year: Junior

Before UND: A 2012 graduate of Red River High School ... Named Mr. Red River High School as a senior ... Lettered four times in track as a prep and was a four-time All-Eastern Dakota Conference performer ... As a senior received the Cliff Cushman Award as Red River’s most outstanding senior athlete, as well as the school’s most valuable track athlete award ... Served as team captain as a senior and junior ... Was the North Dakota state 110-meter hurdles champion in 2011 ... Earned Most Valuable Team Member award in 2011 ... Was twice named Red River’s Most Valuable Sprinter/Hurdler ... Named Red River Junior Athlete of the Year in 2011 and Red River Sophomore Athlete of the Year in 2010 ... Was named team’s rookie of the year in 2009 ... Also lettered in football and hockey ... Earned all-state football honors at defensive back as a senior ... Was also named to the All-EDC and all-city teams ... Member of both the National Honor Society and the National Technical Honor Society ... Also a member of the National Association of High School Scholars ... Reipient of UND Presidential Scholarship ... Personal: Majoring in electrical engineering ... Son of Mike and Margie Hutson Evers ... Mother ran track at UND, is the school’s record-holder in the 55-meters, 60-meters and 400-meter relay, and was inducted into the UND Athletics Hall of Fame in 2007 ... Sister, Emily, is a sophomore center on UND’s basketball team ... Cousin, Kyle Bondy, was an offensive lineman at UND from 2005 to 2009.

d’monte farley Year: Freshman Event: Jumps Hometown: Cottage Grove, Minn. High School: Park High School (‘12) Major: Undeclared

Before UND: A 2012 graduate of Park High School ... Lettered four times in track as a prep ... Earned all-state and All-Suburban East Conference honors in each of his last three years ... Won state championship in the 4x100 relay as a senior ... Led his team to a runner-up finish at the 2012 MSHSL AA State Meet ... Was the 2011 Suburban East Conference champion in the 100-meters (11.12 seconds), 200meters (22.3 seconds) and the long jump (22 feet, 2 inches) ... Placed second in both the 100-meters and the long-jump and finished fifth in the triple jump at the 2011 MSHSL Section 3AA Finals ... At the 2011 state meet, finished sixth in the 100-meters, 12th in the triple jump and 20th in the long jump ... Earned all-state academic honors each of his last three years ... Also lettered three times each in 36

STUDENT-ATHLETE PROFILES

Event: Mid-Distance Hometown: Hibbing, Minn. High School: Hibbing High School (‘10) Major: Biology

2011-12 (Sophomore): Named to 2011-12 Great West Conference Winter/Spring Academic Team in both indoor and outdoor track ... Won the 800-meters with a school-record time of 1:50.57 at the 2012 Great West Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championship ... Broke school record that had stood for 10 years ... Also helped UND to a fourth-place finish in the 4x400 relay at the GWC Outdoor Championship ... Member of UND’s runner-up 4x400 relay team (3:24.27) at the GWC Indoor Championship ... Also placed third in the 800-meters at the GWC Indoor Championship with a time of 1:55.50 ... Won the 400-meter dash at North Dakota State with a time of 47.82 seconds, the top time in the GWC all season ... Placed 27th among 110 competitors in the 800-meters at the Long Beach State Invitational with a time of 1:52.42 ... Ran the 800-meters in 1:52.15 at the Mt. SAC Relays, placing fourth in his section and clocking the third-fastest time in the GWC ... Helped UND win the 4x400 relay (3:22.16) at the UNC-Wilmington Seahawk Invitational ... Opened the indoor season by winning the 600-meters at the Dakota Duals with a time of 1:22.04 ... Named to Athletics Director’s Fall Honor Roll ... Earned second letter ... 2010-11 (Freshman): Was the Great West Conference Outdoor Championship runner-up in the 800-meters with a time of 1:56.20 ... Helped lead UND to a runner-up finish in the 4x400 relay with a time of 3 minutes, 22.54 seconds at the 2011 Great West Conference Indoor Championship ... Also placed fourth in the 800-meters (1:55.61) at the GWC Indoor Championship ... Was the runner-up in the 800-meters at the UND-NDSU Dual with a time of 1:53.85 ... Earned first letter ... Before UND: A 2010 graduate of Hibbing High School ... Lettered four times in track and field and was twice named Hibbing High School’s MVP ... Was also a team captain and state qualifier ... Lettered three times in soccer and was a team captain ... Also lettered twice in hockey ... Member of the Honor Roll each of his four years ... Personal: Majoring in biology ... Son of Mike and Becky Fenstermacher ... Mother played volleyball at the University of Minnesota Duluth.

North Dakota

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jordan fisk

keaton hanevold

Year: Junior

Year: Freshman

Event: Pole Vault

Event: Throws

Hometown: Langdon, N.D.

Hometown: Thompson, N.D.

High School: Langdon/Munich High School (‘10)

High School: Thompson High School (‘12)

Major: Pre-Physical Therapy

Major: Chemical Engineering

2011-12 (Sophomore): Named to 2011-12 Great West Conference Winter/Spring Academic Team in both indoor and outdoor track ... Great West Conference outdoor runner-up in the pole vault with a personal-record mark of 4.50 meters (14 feet, 9 inches) ... Placed fourth in the pole vault at the GWC Indoor Championship after clearing 4.45 meters (14-07 ¼) ... Named to Athletics Director’s Fall Honor Roll ... Earned second letter ... 2010-11 (Freshman): Finished sixth in the pole vault at the 2011 Great West Conference Indoor Championship with a leap of 13 feet, 11 ¼ inches ... Placed eighth in the pole vault at the 2011 Great West Conference Outdoor Championship with a leap of 13-03 ½ feet ... Earned first letter ... Before UND: A 2010 graduate of Langdon Area High School ...Lettered four times in track as a prep ... State champion in the pole vault and the 4x100 and 4x200 relays ... Member of Langdon football team that was the state Class A runner-up ... Honor roll student in each of his four years ... Personal: Majoring in pre-physical therapy ... Son of Mark and Julie Fisk.

isaiah froHling Year: Freshman Event: Sprints Hometown: Britton, S.D. High School: Britton-Hecla High School (‘12) Major: Pre-Criminal Justice

Before UND: A 2012 graduate of Britton-Hecla High School ... Lettered six times in cross country and five times in track and field ... Was named Britton-Hecla’s distance MVP in each of his final four years ... Also earned track and field team award as hardest worker in his last two years ... Served as cross country team captain as a sophomore, junior and senior ... Was also named hardest worker in each of tose years ... Class Valedictoria and Honor Roll student ... National History Day finalist ... Personal: Majoring in pre-criminal just studies ... Son of Dana and Dawn Frohling ... Older brother, Zach, competed in cross country and track and field at South Dakota State ... Older sister, Anya, attended UND.

Before UND: A 2011 graduate of Thompson High School ... Lettered three times in track and field ... Placed fifth in the javelin at the 2011 state championship ... Also placed twice in the discus, finsihing sixth in 2011 and seventh in 2010 ... Lettered four times in football and served as team captain as a senior ... Was a second-team all-state selection as a senior ... A two-time all-region performer ... Also lettered five times in wrestling and owned a 32-14 career record ... Class Valedictorian and a member of the Dean’s List ... Personal: Plans to major in chemical engineering ... Son of Kindra and the late Orin Hanevold.

mark harries Year: Sophomore Event: Distance Hometown: Plymouth, Minn. High School: Wayzata High School (‘11) Major: Mechanical Engineering

2012-13 (Sophomore): Did not compete in any cross country meets ... 2011-12 (Freshman): Made his collegiate track debut at the Dakota Duals with a fourth-place effort in the 3K with a time of 9:13.31 ... Placed sixth in the 5K (15:27.21) at the UNC-Wilmington Seahawk Invitational (March 10) and the Carleton Relays (April 21) ... Made his collegiate cross country debut with a 15th-place finish at UND’s Ron Pynn Invitational ... Clocked a time of 27:13.66 ... Named to Athletics Director’s Fall Honor Roll ... Earned first letters in both cross country and track and field ... Before UND: A 2011 graduate of Wayzata High School ... Lettered four times in cross country and three times in track and field ... Helped lead Wayzata High School to three state cross country championships as a freshman, sophomore and senior ... Earned all-state honors as a senior ... Earned back-toback all-section and all-conference honors as a junior and senior ... Was a four-time academic all-state honoree in track and a two-time recipient in cross country ... Personal: Majoring in mechanical engineering ... Son of Kurt and Julie Harries.

student-athlete PROFILES

North Dakota

2012-13 UND TRACK & CROSS COUNTRY

matthew harris Year: Junior

Year: Junior

Event: Pole Vault

Event: Throws

Hometown: Sidney, Mont.

Hometown: Eveleth, Minn.

High School: Sidney High School (‘10)

High School: Eveleth-Gilbert High School (‘10)

Major: Pre-Physical Therapy

Major: Criminal Justice

2011-12 (Sophomore): Great West Conference outdoor pole vault champion with a mark of 4.70 meters (15 feet, 5 inches) ... Placed third in the pole vault at the GWC Indoor Championship after clearing 4.55 meters (14-11) ... Was the runner-up in the pole vault at the UNC-Wilmington Seahawk Invitational, clearing 4.55 meters (14 feet, 11 inches) ... Earmed first letter ... 2010-11: Did not compete ... Before UND: A 2010 graduate of Sidney High School ... Lettered twice in track and field in the pole vault and decathlon ... Personal: Majoring in pre-physical therapy ... Son of Lee and Jan Harris.

alex hickel Year: Junior Event: Throws Hometown: Grand Forks, N.D. High School: Red River High School (‘10) Major: Mechanical Engineering

2011-12 (Sophomore): Great West Conference runner-up in the javelin with a personal-record mark of 57.42 meters (188 feet, 5 inches) ... Mark was the second-longest in the GWC all season ... Won the javelin at the Cobber Twilight with a mark of 56.32 meters (184-9) ... Originally established a PR in the javelin (183-10) at the USD/SDSU Double Dual while competing in the event for just the second time all season ... Also a sophomore linebacker for the UND football team ... 2010-11 (Freshman): Did not compete ... Before UND: A 2010 graduate of Red River High School ... Two-time letterwinner in football ... Named to the Eastern Dakota Conference first team ... Participated in the 2010 North Dakota Shrine Bowl on the 11 Man East Roster ... Two-year letterwinner in basketball ... Earned three letters in track ... Received track’s Cushman Award ... Named Male Athlete of the Year ... Member of the honor roll ... Personal: Majoring in mechanical engineering ... Son of Todd Hickel and Tammy Zola ... Father and grandfather, Gary Sukut, played football for UND ... Mother also attended UND.

shawn johnson

student-athlete PROFILES

2011-12 (Sophomore): Great West Conference outdoor champion in the shot put with a personal-record mark of 16.08 meters (52 feet, 9 1/4 inches) ... Was also the GWC outdoor runner-up in the discus with a throw of 48.98 meters (160-8) and placed fifth in the hammer throw (53.25 meters/174 feet, 8 inches) ... GWC indoor runner-up in the shot put with a throw of 15.41 meters (50-6 ¾) ... Also placed sixth in the weight throw at the GWC Indoor Championship with a mark of 15.04 meters (49-4 ¼) ... Won the shot put at North Dakota State (outdoor) with a throw of 15.33 meters (50-3 ½) ... Was also the runner-up in the discus at NDSU at 48.50 meters (159-01) ... Broke the school record in the hammer throw twice in one week in late April (later broken by teammate Jakob Bissell) ... Broke it the second time at the Cobber Twilight (April 24) with a mark of 54.91 meters (180-2) ... Originally broke it earlier in the week at the Long Beach State Invitational (April 21) with a throw of 177-10, breaking standard that had previously stood for seven years ... Won the shot put at the Bison Classic (indoor) with a GWC-best mark of 15.89 meters (52-01 ¾) ... Won the discus at the Cobber Twilight (49.15 meters/161 feet, 3 inches), the Bison Invite (49.60/162-9) and the UNC-Wilmington Seahawk Invitational (48.33/158-7) ... Named to Athletics Director’s Fall Honor Roll ... Earned second letter ... 2010-11 (Freshman): Placed third in the discus (155-9 ¼), sixth in the shot put (48-8 ¼) and eighth in the hammer throw (142-1) at the 2011 Great West Conference Outdoor Championship ... Placed fourth in the shot put (49-7 ¼) at the GWC Indoor Championship ... Won the discus at the UNDNDSU Dual (163-05), the South Dakota State Twilight Meet (157-8) and the UND-SDSU-USD Double Dual (161-3) ... Earned first letter ... Before UND: A 2010 graduate of Eveleth-Gilbert High School ... Lettered four times in track and field and was a two-time state discus champion ... Also won a state championship in the shot put ... Twotime Mesabi Daily News Track Athlete of the Year ... An all-conference running back and linebacker in football ... Personal: Majoring in criminal justice studies ... Son of Robert and Mary Johnson.

North Dakota

2012-13 und TRACK & CROSS COUNTRY

aaron koenig

john lEclerc

Year: Senior

Year: Freshman

Event: Sprints

Event: Hurdles

Hometown: St. Cloud, Minn.

Hometown: Grafton, N.D.

High School: St. Cloud Cathedral High School (‘10)

High School: Grafton High School (‘12)

Major: Chemistry

Major: Pre-Physical Therapy

Before UND: Spent the previous three seasons at Saint John’s University in Collegeville, Minn. ... Helped set the Saint John’s school record in the 4x200 relay ... Led the school to a Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) championship in 2011 ... Earned All-MIAC Sportsmanship Team honors in 2012 ... A 2008 graduate of St. Cloud Cathedral High School ... Competed in track, football and soccer as a prep ... Personal: Graduate student in chemistry ... Received bachelor’s degree in chemistry with a minor in mathematics while at Saint John’s ... Son of John and Karla Koenig.

kohl koppinger Year: Junior Event: Jumps Hometown: Dickinson, N.D. High School: Trinity High School (‘10) Major: Mechanical Engineering

Before UND: Spent the previous two seasons competing at the University of Mary ... Earned 2012 Academic All-America honors ... Placed seventh in the pole vault at the 2012 Northern Sun Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (NSIC) Championship ... A 2010 graduate of Trinity High School, where he lettered four times in track ... Was the 2012 state runner-up in the 800-meters as a senior ... Also enjoyed state runner-up efforts in the 1600-meter relay as a sophomore and junior ... Placed seventh in the pole vault at the 2009 state meet as a junior ... Also lettered three times in football and hockey ... Served as a team captain in hockey as a senior ... Member of the National Honor Society ... Personal: Majoring in mechanical engineering ... Son of Kelly and Judy Koppinger.

Before UND: A 2012 graduate of Grafton High School ... Lettered five times in track ... Missed most of his senior year due to injury ... Placed at state track meet as a freshman, sophomore and junior ... Also lettered four times in football and three times in hockey ... Member of Grafton’s 2011 state championship football team ... Also helped lead Grafton to back-to-back state runner-up finishes as a junior and senior ... Served as Grafton High School Student Council President ... Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) Chapter VicePresident ... FBLA state champion in Business Ethics ... Member of the National Honor Society and the Spanish Honor Society ... Personal: Majoring in pre-physical therapy ... Son of Ed and Nancy Miller and Brian LeClerc.

nick lindstrom Year: Sophomore Event: Distance Hometown: Shakopee, Minn. High School: Shakopee High School (‘11) Major: Atmospheric Sciences

2012-13 (Sophomore): Competed in one cross country meet, a fourth-place finish at the Bison Cross Country Duals ... 2011-12 (Freshman): Placed seventh in the 3K (8:45.09) at the Great West Conference Indoor Championship ... Finished eighth in the 1,500meters (4:01.22) at the GWC Outdoor Championship ... Was the runner-up to teammate Tyler Rose in the 1,500-meters (4:02.33) at North Dakota State (May 4) ... Took third in the 3K (8:54.15) at North Dakota State (May 4) ... Placed 17th (26:20.52) at the GWC Cross Country Championship, UND’s second-highest finisher ... Made his collegiate debut at the UND Ron Pynn Invitational, placing 12th with a time of 27:07.50 ... Named to Athletics Director’s Fall Honor Roll ... Earned first letters in cross country and track and field ... Before UND: A 2011 graduate of Shakopee High School ... Lettered four times in cross country and twice in track and field ... A three-time allstate and all-conference performer in cross country ... Also earned track and field all-conference honors in the 800-meters and was an all-conference honorable mention in the 1,600-meters ... Earned academic all-state accolades in cross country ... Also lettered three times in hockey ... A recipient of the 2011 Hobey Baker Minnesota High School Character Award ... Also received the Brian Keyes Memorial Award for character... Personal: Majoring in atmospheric sciences ... Son of Eric and Michele Lindstrom.

STUDENT-ATHLETE PROFILES

North Dakota

2012-13 UND TRACK & CROSS COUNTRY

cody mach

Year: Freshman

Year: Senior

Event: Throws

Event: Hurdles

Hometown: Faribault, Minn.

Hometown: Grand Forks, N.D.

High School: Faribault High School (‘12)

High School: Central High School (‘09)

Major: Pre-Physical Therapy

Major: Phys. Ed., Exercise Science & Wellness

Before UND: A 2012 graduate of Faribault High School ... Lettered three times in track ... Earned All-Big 9 Conference honors in the discus as a senior and junior ... Went on to place seventh at the state track meet ... Also earned all-conference honors in football as a senior ... Received team’s most improved player award ... Competed in wrestling ... Honors student ... Personal: Majoring in pre-physical therapy ... Son of Al Mach and Kathy Mach.

dwight mandimika Year: Junior Event: Distance Hometown: Harare, Zimbabwe High School: Gateway High School (‘09) Major: Commerical Aviation

2012-13 (Junior): Ran in a pair of cross country meets ... Opened the season at the Bison Cross Country Duals where he placed ninth with a time of 27:02.93 ... Also ran at the South Dakota State Classic, placing 36th with a time of 27:23.94 ... 2011-12 (Sophomore): Named to 2011 Great West Conference Fall All-Academic Team ... Member of UND’s fourth-place distance medley relay (10:50.33) at the GWC Indoor Track and Field Championship ... Placed 27th (26:47.84) at the GWC Cross Country Championship ... Finished 17th at the USD Tim Young Invitational with a time of 26:28.16 ... Finished fourth in the 800-meters (1:56.86) at the Bison Invitational (May 4) ... Placed eighth in the mile run (4:31.59) at the Bison Classic (Feb. 6) ... Named to Athletics Director’s Fall Honor Roll ... Earned second cross country and track and field letters ... 2010-11 (Freshman): A member of UND’s seventh-place distance medley relay team (10:54.21) at the Great West Conference Indoor Championship ... Ran a personal-best time of 9:07.88 in the 3,000-meters at the GWC Indoor Championship ... Placed 14th in UND’s season-ending dual at South Dakota (Nov. 14) ... Made his collegiate debut at the 2010 Great West Conference Cross Country Championship (Oct. 30), placing 60th ... Earned first letter in both cross country and track and field ... Before UND: A 2009 graduate of Gateway High School in Harare, Zimbabwe ... Lettered three times each in cross country and track and field ... An all-conference performer in both sports ... School record holder in cross country ... Twice named provincial cross country captain ... Also lettered three times each in field hockey and cricket ... Played provincial field hockey for five years and was selected to pre-Junior Olympic national team ... Personal: Majoring in commercial aviation ... Son of Aldrin and Elinah Mandimika. 40

matthew mCcreary

STUDENT-ATHLETE PROFILES

2011-12 (Junior): Member of UND’s runner-up 4x400 relay team (3:24.27) at the 2012 Great West Conference Indoor Championship ... Placed fifth in the 400-meter hurdles at the GWC Outdoor Championship with a time of 55.55 seconds ... Also helped UND to a fourthplace finish in the 4x400 relay at the GWC Outdoor Championship ... Helped UND win the 4x400 relay (3:22.16) at the UNC-Wilmington Seahawk Invitational ... Named to Athletics Director’s Fall Honor Roll ... Earned second letter ... 2010-11 (Sophomore): Helped lead UND to a runner-up finish in the 4x400 relay with a time of 3 minutes, 22.54 seconds at the 2011 Great West Conference Indoor Championship ... Also a member of UND’s seventh-place distance medley relay team (10:54.21) at the GWC Indoor Championship ... Placed seventh in the 400-meter hurdles at the 2011 Great West Conference Outdoor Championship with a time of 57.29 seconds ... Won the 400meter hurdles at the UND-NDSU Dual with a time of 57.49 seconds ... Earned first letter ... 2009-10 (Freshman): Made his collegiate debut at the USD Graphic Edge Alumni Meet (Jan. 23) ... Before UND: A 2009 graduate of Grand Forks Central High School ... Lettered four times in track and field ... Placed third in the 300-meter hurdles at the Eastern Dakota Conference meet as a senior ... Placed sixth in the same event at the state meet ... Also lettered twice in football ... Honor roll student and member of the National Honor Society ... Personal: Majoring in physical education, exercise science and wellness ... Son of Merle and Karina McCreary.

Junior Dwight Mandimika helped UND place fourth in the distance medley relay at the 2012 Great West Conference Indoor Championship.

North Dakota

2012-13 und TRACK & CROSS COUNTRY

tate messmer

zach olson

Year: Sophomore

Year: Freshman

Event: Throws

Hometown: Ortonville, Minn.

Hometown: Owatonna, Minn.

High School: Ortonville Secondary School (‘11)

High School: Owatonna High School (‘12)

Major: Electrical Engineering

Major: Pre-Marketing

2011-12 (Freshman): Recorded a personal-record of 40.50 meters in the hammer throw at the Bison Invitational ... Named to Athletics Director’s Fall Honor Roll ... Earned first letter ... Before UND: A 2011 graduate of Ortonville Public School ... Lettered six times in track and field as a prep ... Earned All-Pheasant Conference honors in each of his last three years ... Also lettered four times in football as an offensive lineman, and three times in basketball as a center ... Honor roll student ... Was Class Salutatorian as a senior ... Personal: Majoring in electrical engineering ... Son of Chet and Janet Messmer ... Father played football at North Dakota State from 1987 to 1990.

ross nelson

Before UND: A 2012 graduate of Owatonna High School ... Multisport athlete who lettered in track, football and hockey ... Served as team captain in track and field and received team’s most improved award ... Earned All-Big 9 conference honors in the shot put as a senior and junior ... True Team State Meet runner-up in the shot put ... Earned all-conference honors in football as a defensive lineman ... Personal: Majoring in pre-marketing ... Son of Greg and Kim Olson ... Both parents attended UND.

nate peterson Year: Sophomore

Year: Junior

Event: Distance

Hometown: Horace, N.D.

Hometown: Apple Valley, Minn.

High School: West Fargo High School (‘11)

High School: Apple Valley High School (‘10)

Major: Mathematics

Major: Pre-Operations & Supply Chain Management

2013-13 (Junior): Served as cross country team captain ... UND’s top finisher at the NCAA Division I Midwest Regional with a time of 33 minutes, 10.29 seconds ... Placed 116th ... Was fourth among UND’s runners at the Big Sky Conference Championship with a time of 27:37.0 ... Placed 50th overall ... Competed in all six cross country meets ... 2011-12 (Sophomore): Placed 37th (27:33.60) at the 2011 Great West Conference Cross Country Championship ... Named to Athletics Director’s Fall Honor Roll ... Earned second letters in both cross country and track and field ... 2010-11 (Freshman): Competed in all seven cross country meets ... Placed 51st at the 2010 Great West Conference Cross Country Championship (Oct. 30) ... Made his collegiate debut with a 25th-place finish at UND’s Ron Pynn Classic (Sept. 4) ... Earned first letter in both track and cross country ... Before UND: A 2010 graduate of Apple Valley High School ... Lettered four times each in cross country and track and field ... Was an All-Lake Conference honorable mention in cross country as a senior ... Received team’s Most Dedicated award as a senior and Most Improved award as a freshman ... Won the track team’s Eagle Award as a senior ... Personal: Majoring in operations and supply chain management ... Son of Stephen and Brenda Nelson.

2012-13 (Sophomore): Competed in five of six cross country meets ... Was second among UND runners at the Big Sky Conference Championship with a time of 27:04.1 ... Placed 41st overall ... Clocked a time of 33 minutes, 13.41 seconds at the NCAA Division I Midwest Regional, placing 119th ... Led UND and placed third among Division I runners at UND’s Ron Pynn Invitational with a time of 26:16.0 ... 2011-12 (Freshman): Placed 46th (28:22.20) at the 2011 Great West Conference Cross Country Championship ... Made his collegiate debut at UND’s Ron Pynn Invitational, placing 19th with a time of 27:47.08 ... Named to Athletics Director’s Fall Honor Roll ... Earned first letter ... Before UND: A 2011 graduate of West Fargo High School... Lettered three times in cross country and twice in track and field ... Named the Eastern Dakota Conference (EDC) Track and Field Senior Athlete of the Year as a senior ... Also earned first-team all-state track and field and cross country honors as a senior ... Finished fifth at the 2010 state cross country meet ... A three-time all-conference performer ... Academic all-state bronze team and national semifinalist at the Presidential Scholar Competition ... Personal: Majoring in mathematics ... Son of Kory and Pam Peterson ... Bother parents attended UND ... Father ran track at UND.

STUDENT-ATHLETE PROFILES

North Dakota

2012-13 UND TRACK & CROSS COUNTRY

sam SACCOMAN Year: Junior

Year: Senior

Event: Distance

Event: Sprints

Hometown: Hibbing, Minn.

Hometown: Virginia, Minn.

High School: Hibbing High School (‘10)

High School: Virginia High School (‘08)

Major: Marketing

Major: Investments

2012-13 (Junior): Competed in all six cross country meets and led UND in three of them ... Paced all UND runners at the Big Sky Conference Championship with a time of 27:00.3 and placed 40th ... Clocked a time of 33: 42.04 seconds at the NCAA Division I Midwest Regional, placing 138th ... Placed seventh among Division I runners at UND’s Ron Pynn Invitational with a time of 26:33.4 ... Earned first letter at UND ... Before UND: Spent the previous two seasons at the University of Minnesota Duluth ... Was named 2010-11 Track and Field/ Cross Country Rookie of the Year at UMD ... Finished fifth in the 5K at the 2012 Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC) Outdoor Championship ... Placed fifth in the mile at the 2011 NSIC Championship ... A 2010 graduate of Hibbing High School ... Lettered four times in both track and field and cross country as a prep ... Was voted team’s best runner as a senior and junior ... Was a two-time state participant and four-time all-conference performer in cross country ... Earned three all-conference honors in track ... Also lettered once in basketball ... Member of the National Honor Society ... Personal: Majoring in marketing ... Son of Mark Saccoman and Karlyn Schlitz ... Father played football at Hibbing (Minn.) Community College.

conrad schwarzkopf Year: Freshman Event: Throws Hometown: Bismarck, N.D. High School: Century High School (‘12) Major: Civil Engineering

Before UND: A 2012 graduate of Century High School where he earned all-state honors on defense as a senior and all-state honors as a junior on offense ... Twice earned WDA All-Conference honors ... Personal: Son of Todd and Kristie Schwarzkopf ... Majoring in civil engineering.

chris stoks

STUDENT-ATHLETE PROFILES

2011-12 (Senior, Redshirted Outdoor Season): Named UND’s Glenn “Red” Jarrett Male Athlete of the Year (all sports) ... Named to 2011-12 Great West Conference Winter/Spring Academic Team ... Broke UND’s 14-year old record in the 400-meters twice in a 3-week span, both at Iowa State ... First broke record Jan. 28 at Iowa State’s Bill Bergan Invitational with a time of 49.14 seconds … Was named GWC Athlete of the Week for that performance … Broke it again two weeks later at the Iowa State classic with a time of 48.36 … GWC indoor champion in the 400-meters (49.23 seconds) ... Was also a member of UND’s runner-up 4x400 relay team at the GWC Indoor Championship (3:24.27) ... Named to Fall Athletics Director’s Honor Roll ... Ran under the school record in the 400-meters while running unattached at the Bison Invite (47.58 seconds) and at NDSU’s Lyle Hokanson Open (47.69) ... Won the 200-meters (22.71 seconds) and 400-meters (48.67) running unattached at the Carleton Relays ... Named to Athletics Director’s Fall Honor Roll … Earned fourth letter ... 2010-11 (Junior): Earned 2010-11 Great West Conference Winter/Spring Academic All-Conference honors in both indoor and outdoor track ... Helped lead UND to a runner-up finish in the 4x400 relay with a time of 3 minutes, 22.54 seconds at the 2011 GWC Indoor Championship ... Also placed fourth in the 400-meters (49.51 seconds) at the GWC Indoor Championship ... Placed third in the 400-meters at the 2011 GWC Outdoor Championship with a time of 48.54 seconds ... Won the 400-meter dash at the UND-NDSU Dual Meet (48.59) and at the UND-SDSU-USD Double Dual (48.57) ... Won the 200-meters at the South Dakota State Twilight Meet (April 26) with a time of 22.01 seconds ... Earned third letter ... 2009-10 (Sophomore): Named to 2010 Great West Conference Winter/Spring AllAcademic Team in both indoor and outdoor track and field ... Named UND’s Most Valuable Runner ...Placed fourth in the 400-meter dash and sixth in the 4x100-meter relay at the 2010 GWC Outdoor Championship ... Placed sixth in the 400-meters at the 2010 GWC Indoor Championship ... Won the 200-meters at the USD Graphic Edge Alumni Meet ... Was the runner-up in the 400-meters at the Southern Illinois Edwardsville Gateway Classic ... Earned second letter ... 200809 (Freshman): Named UND’s Most Valuable Runner and Rookie of the Year ... Great West Conference runner-up in the 400-meter dash at the GWC Outdoor Championship (May 15-16) ... Finished third in the 400-meter dash at the GWC Indoor Championship (March 1-2) ... Member of UND’s 4x400 relay team that placed second at the GWC Indoor Championship ... Won the 400-meter dash at five events: the USD Graphic Edge Alumni Meet (Jan. 24), the MSU Ted Nelson Classic (Feb. 7), the South Dakota State Twilight (April 22), the Al Cassell Relays (April 23) and the Sioux Falls Last Chance Meet (May 7) ... Runner-up in the 400-meters at the Cobber Open (Jan. 31) ... Earned first letter ... Before UND: A 2008 graduate of Virginia High School ... Earned three varsity letters in hockey and two each in football and track and field ... Named to the all-area track team in both 2007 and 2008 ... State champion in the 400-meter dash ... Personal: Majoring in investments and accounting ... Son of Steve and Linda Stoks.

North Dakota

2012-13 und TRACK & CROSS COUNTRY

roman waldera

PARKER WHARRAM

Year: Junior

Year: Freshman

Event: Throws

Event: Distance

Hometown: Minot, N.D.

Hometown: Independence, Minn.

High School: Minot High School (‘10)

High School: Mound Westonka High School (‘12)

Major: Phys. Ed., Exercise Science & Wellness

Major: Pre-Commercial Aviation

2011-12 (Sophomore): Won the discus at the 2012 Great West Conference Outdoor Championship with a throw of 49.00 meters (160 feet, 9 inches) ... Placed eighth in the hammer throw with a mark of 49.48 meters (162-04) ... Placed fourth in the weight throw at the GWC Indoor Championship with a mark of 16.47 meters (54 1/2) ... Established a personal record of 52.33 meters (171-8) in the hammer throw at the Cobber Twilight .. Named GWC Athlete of the Week (April 12) for his career performance at the USD/SDSU Double Dual ... Recorded a discus throw of 176 feet, 10 inches at the USD/SDSU double dual that was seven feet longer than any other in the GWC all season ... The throw also eclipsed his PR by more than 20 feet and would have put him in position to qualify for the NCAA Championship if UND was eligible ... Also won the hammer throw (169 feet) at the USD/SDSU double dual ... Won the discus at NDSU’s Lyle Hokanson Open with a mark of 46.26 meters (151 feet, 9 inches) ... Named to Athletics Director’s Fall Honor Roll ... Earned second letter ... 2010-11 (Freshman): Placed sixth in the discus at the 2011 Great West Conference Outdoor Championship with a throw of (147-1 ¾) ... Placed eighth in the weight throw at the GWC Indoor Championship with a throw of (47-5 ¼) ... Earned first letter ... Before UND: A 2010 graduate of Minot High School ... Lettered twice in track and field ... Placed third in the discus at the 2010 state meet ... Was the runner-up at the West Region meet ... Also lettered in football ... Personal: Majoring in physical education, exercise science and wellness ... Son of Mark and Julie Waldera ... Mother ran track and North Dakota State and father ran track at Minnesota State University Moorhead, Montana State and Cal State Northridge.

2012-13 (Freshman): Competed in all six cross country meets as a freshman ... Clocked a time of 33 minutes, 22.09 seconds at the NCAA Division I Midwest Regional, placing 125th ... Finished 55th at the Big Sky Conference Championship with a time of 27:50.5 ... Made his collegiate cross country debut at the Bison Cross Country Duals, placing 10th with a time of 27:04.96 ... Before UND: A 2012 graduate of Mound Westonka High School ... Lettered four times in track and cross country ... Set a pair of track and field school records while at Mound Westonka and was named team MVP three times ... Earned four all-conference honors and two all-state honors in track and won conference titles in three races ... Was the 2011 Wright Conference champion in both the 1,600 and 3,200-meters and was the Section 2AA runner-up in both events ... Was a four-time all-conference performer in cross country and won one conference championship ... Set the school record in the 5K ... Member of the National Honor Society ... Personal: Majoring in pre-commercial aviation ... Son of Dominic and Linda Wharram.

North Dakota’s medalists at the 2012 Great West Conference Indoor Championship in Chicago.

STUDENT-ATHLETE PROFILES

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2012-13 UND TRACK & CROSS COUNTRY

Doug Fullerton Commissioner A new era in the Big Sky Conference begins in to nine schools in 1987 with the addition of 2012-13 as the league enters its 50th year of Eastern Washington. athletic competition, and its 25th sponsoring women’s collegiate athletics. The 1990s saw change in the makeup of the league, beginning in 1992 when Nevada The Division I Big Sky Conference welcomes departed and put the Big Sky back at eight the University of North Dakota and Southern teams. In 1996 Boise State and Idaho left and Utah University into the fold as full members. at the same time the conference added PortCal Poly and UC Davis join the league as af- land State, Sacramento State and Cal State filiate members in football, where the league Northridge. The Big Sky maintained nine teams competes at the Championship Subdivision for five years before Cal State Northridge delevel (formerly I-AA). parted in the spring of 2001.

In 1988-89, the Big Sky Conference first began sponsoring women’s sports. The former Mountain West Conference existed from 198288, sponsoring championships for women’s sports at the same institutions the Big Sky had men’s programs. The Big Sky merged with the Mountain West in 1988, forming one league for both men and women.

Doug Fullerton, the fifth commissioner of the Big Sky Conference, is in his 18th year at the helm. Fullerton took over the Big Sky on July 1, 1995, replacing longtime commissioner Ron The Big Sky now includes nine states spanning Stephenson, who passed away in 2011. Stefrom the Pacific Ocean to the Red River Valley phenson served the league for 14 years. Steve of North Dakota. The league is represented Belko was the commissioner from 1977-81, along the entire west coast with institutions while John Roning held the post from 1971in Washington, Oregon and California. League 77. The first league commissioner was Jack schools also range up and down the Rocky Friel, who served from 1963-71. Mountains with institutions in Montana, Idaho, Utah, Arizona and Colorado.

The additions of North Dakota and Southern Utah give the stable Big Sky 11 full institutions and 13 football members. The current lineup includes four of the six charter members: Idaho State University, The University of Montana, Montana State University and Weber State. Northern Arizona enters its 43rd season in the Big Sky, giving the conference five members with at least 40 years of continuous membership. On Feb 25, 1963, the name Big Sky was adopted by the six presidents of the charter memEastern Washington University joined the Big bers as the name of the new conference. The Sky Conference in 1987, followed by Portland name Big Sky originated in a novel written by State University and Sacramento State in the late A.B. (Bud) Guthrie of Great Falls, Mont., 1996. The Big Sky became a nine-team league in 1947 entitled “The Big Sky.” Jack Hollowell, a in 2006 with the addition of the University of former Montana advertising director, promotNorthern Colorado. ed the Big Sky theme for the Treasure State. While on a track and field trip from Pocatello, The league has become one of the strongest Idaho, to Missoula, Mont., legendary Dubby Division I conferences in the West and is a na- Holt of Idaho State saw a “Welcome to Big Sky tional leader in the Football Championship Country” sign as his team entered Montana. Subdivision. Six times, Big Sky teams have Holt, and his athletes thought “Big Sky” would won the Division I National Championship, in- be a perfect name for the new conference. cluding Eastern Washington in 2010. A Big Sky Harry Missildine of the Spokane Spokesmanteam has played for the national champion- Review called for the newly formed league to ship in three of the past four seasons. be named the Big Sky Conference in his column dated Feb. 20, 1963. The Big Sky Conference was established in 1963 by six charter members – Idaho, Idaho The Big Sky sponsors championships in 15 State, Gonzaga, Montana, Montana State and sports, including men’s and women’s cross Weber State. Those six schools formed the country, indoor and outdoor track and field, foundation of the Big Sky before the league basketball and tennis. In addition, there are expanded in 1970 by adding Boise State and also championships in football, and women’s Northern Arizona. Gonzaga left the Sky in 1979 volleyball, golf and soccer. This upcoming and was replaced by Nevada, which gave the spring, the Big Sky will sponsor a softball league eight members. The conference grew championship for the first time.

BIG SKY conference

Ron Loghry Associate Commissioner

Jaynee Nodalski Assistant Commissioner

Jon Kasper Assistant Commissioner

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TEAM INFORMATION :: IDAHO

North Dakota

2012-13 UND TRACK & CROSS COUNTRY North Dakota Indoor Track and Field Records

Event 55-Intermediate Hurdles 55-Meter Hurdles 60-Intermediate Hurdles 60-Meter Hurdles 55-Meter Dash 60-Meter Dash 200-Meter Dash 300-Meter Dash 400-Meter Dash 500-Meter Dash 600-Meter Dash 800-Meter Dash 1,000-Meter Run 1,500-Meter Run Mile Run 3,000-Meter Run 5,000-Meter Run Pole Vault Long Jump High Jump Triple Jump Shot Put Pentathlon 35 lb. Weight Relays Sprint Medley Relay 1,600-Meter Relay

Name Henry Jordan Jon Wrzesinski Rory Beil Rick Johnson Jeremy Zimney Norm McGee Donovan Alexander Norm McGee Norm McGee Chris Stoks Aaron Berndt Aaron Berndt Aaron Berndt Aaron Berndt Todd Szczepanski Chad Heltemes Josh LaBlanc Josh LaBlanc Jon Wrzesinski Justin Schiele Marc Sondreal Mike Backes Dave Levos Tyler Stoltz Josh Haugan

Year Mark 1979 :07.50 1988 :07.60 1991 :07.60 1979 :08.10 1998 :08.30 1989 :06.20 2007 :06.75 1989 :21.66 1987 :34.18 2012 :48.36 2001 1:04.67 2000 1:21.16 2001 1:51.73 2001 2:27.82 1991 3:58.90 1997 4:08.61 2011 8:19.69 2011 14:36.55 1998 16-02 2001 24-07.25 1997, 1998 7-00.25 2002 50-04 1986 59-01.50 2003 3,406 Pts. 2006 54-08.75 Josh LaBlanc set three records as a senior in 2011, including indoor records in the 3K and 5K races.

Bob O’Halloran, Cory Ravnass, Chris Larson, Kory Zimney

1992

3:37.39

Norm McGee, Bryan Greenwood, Chuck Torrance, Tracy Martin

1987

3:17.31

3,200-Meter Relay

Alex Campbell, Cam Felton, 2002 Dan Arneson, Aaron Berndt

7:48.52

Distance Medley Relay

Mark Barclay, Josh LaBlanc, Tyler Rose, Kyle Rosseau

2010

10:14.40

Kyle Rosseau was a member of the school-record distance medley relay team in 2010. Tyler Stoltz set the school record in the pentathlon in 2003.

SCHOOL RECORDs

Donovan Alexander is the school record-holder in the 60-meter dash. Alexander now plays for the CFL’s Edmonton Eskimos.

North Dakota

2012-13 und TRACK & CROSS COUNTRY North Dakota Outdoor Track and Field Records Event 100-Meter Dash 200-Meter Dash 400-Meter Dash 800-Meter Dash 1,500-Meter Run 5,000-Meter Run 10,000-Meter Run 110-Meter Hurdles 400-Intermediate Hurdles Steeplechase Triple Jump Long Jump High Jump Pole Vault Shot Put Discus Javelin Hammer Decathlon

Name Norm McGee Norm McGee Brad Lies Jesse Fenstermacher Chad Heltemes Gerry Werven Josh LaBlanc Jeremy Zimney Jeremy Zimney Chris Carbonneau Mike Backes Justin Schiele Marc Sondreal Scott Jemtrud Dave Levos Dave Levos Matt Fick Jakob Bissell Jon Wrzesinski

Year Mark 1988, 1989 :10.20 1988 :20.67 1998 :47.90 2012 1:50.57 1998 3:51.34 1983 14:57.70 2011 30:05.24 2000 :14.27 1999 :52.50 1992 9:27.20 2002 50-10.75 2002 24-00.50 1998 7-01.50 1991 15-10 1986 57-04.25 1986 193-01 2008 229-10 2012 180-02 1988 6,941 Pts.

Relays 400-Meter Relay

Willis Jacox, Norm McGee, Bryan Greenwood, Tracy Martin

1987

:40.98

800-Meter Relay

Chuck Torrance, Tracy Martin, Bryan Greenwood, Norm Mcgee

1987

1:26.97

1,600-Meter Relay

Chuck Torrance, Jeff Zander, Bryan Greenwood, Norm McGee

1987

3:13.11

3,200-Meter Relay

Alex Campbell, Dan Arneson, Cam Felton, Aaron Berndt

2002

7:36.38

4x1,600-Meter Relay

Pete Miller, Jamie Blomquist, Mike Madsen, Chris Carbonneau

1992

*17:23.44

2000

1:04.54

4x110-Meter Hurdle Relay Jeremy Zimney, Mike Backes, Digger Johnson, Dan Dow

Multiple record-holder Norm McGee was a five-time NCAA champion, the most in Sioux history. He was inducted into the UND Athletics Hall of Fame in 2001.

* - Adjusted for .24 automatic time

Two-time All-American Matt Fick set the school record in the javelin in 2008. Justin Schiele holds UND’s outdoor and indoor long jump records.

Jakob Bissell broke UND’s 7-year old hammer record in 2012.

SCHOOL RECORDS

North Dakota

2012-13 UND TRACK & CROSS COUNTRY North Dakota Indoor Track and Field Records (RETIRED) Event 50-Yard Dash 60-Yard Dash 300-Yard Dash 440-Yard Dash 600-Yard Dash 880-Yard Dash 1,000-Yard Run Mile Run 2-Mile Run 50-Yard High Hurdles 50-Yard IM Hurdles 60-Yard High Hurdles 60-Yard IM Hurdles

Name Tom Lowe Conrad Jones Tom Stroup Dennis Holweger John Wickkiser Tim Orthmeyer Doug Thompson Larry Kennedy Arjan Gelling Arjan Gelling Henry Jordan Steve Gross Gary Rath Steve Gross Steve Gross

Year Mark 1974 :05.40 1956 :06.10 1974 :32.00 1957 :51.30 1964 :51.30 1974 1:13.60 1973 1:57.40 1975 2:15.50 1970 4:11.3 1970 9:07.00 1979 :06.49 1973 :06.23 1956 :07.60 1973 :07.60 1974 :07.20

North Dakota Outdoor Track and Field Records (RETIRED) Event 100-Yard Dash 220-Yard Dash 440-Yard Dash 880-Yard Dash Mile Run 2-Mile Run 3-Mile Run 6-Mile Run 10-Mile Run 120-Yard High Hurdles 440-Yard IM Hurdles

Name Conrad Jones Conrad Jones Conrad Jones Charles Vein Arjan Gelling Arjan Gelling Arjan Gelling Arjan Gelling Arjan Gelling Lafe Ludwig Ron Green

Year Mark 1956 :09.70 1956 :21.10 1956 :49.70 1975 1:56.20 1967 4:10.30 1967 9:08.70 1968 13:59.00 1968 29:21.90 1967 52:06.80 1931 :25.00 1965 :56.70

Relays 440-Yard Relay

Tom Lowe, Steve Gross, Bruce Cartwright, Tom Stroup

1974

:43.50

880-Yard Relay

Richard Karger, Donald Miller, Mike Lemp, Conrad Jones

1955

1:31.10

Mile Relay

Tim Orthmeyer, John Gehl, Ken Vein, Tom Stroup

1975

3:19.30

Arjan Gelling was a seven-time All-American and a two-time NCAA champion. He was inducted into the UND Athletics Hall of Fame in 1980.

Gary Rath shares the school record in the 60-yard high hurdles with Steve Gross.

SCHOOL RECORDS

North Dakota

2012-13 und TRACK & CROSS COUNTRY indoor conference records

Name Norm McGee Dave Levos Josh LaBlanc

Conf. NCC NCC GWC

Event Mark Year 55-Meters 6.20 1985 Shot Put 58-11 1986 3K 8:31.15 2011

indoor conference champions

Shot Put Doug Schindler Dave Levos Dave Levos Dave Levos Steve Burian Mark Murdock Creighton Schroyer Creighton Schroyer

Conf. Mark NCC 52-08.50 NCC 53-09.50 NCC 55-10 NCC 58-11 NCC 49-08.50 NCC 55-10 GWC 50-4.75 GWC 51-11.75

Year 1972 1984 1985 1986 1987 1995 2009 2010

High Jump Marc Sondreal Marc Sondreal

Conf. Mark NCC 6-08.75 NCC 6-11.75

Year 1997 1998

Triple Jump Mike Backes

Conf. Mark NCC 50-04

Year 2002

Pole Vault Brian Quern Scott Jemtrud

Conf. Mark NCC 15-01.25 NCC 15-01.25

Year 1981 1990

55-Meter Dash Norm McGee Norm McGee Norm McGee Norm McGee

Conf. Mark NCC 6.39 NCC 6.38 NCC 6.20 NCC 6.28

Year 1985 1987 1988 1989

400-Meter Dash Chris Stoks

Conf. Mark GWC 51.92

Year 2012

1,000-Meter Run Mike Madsen Mike Madsen

Conf. Mark NCC 2:30.37 NCC 2:29.04

Year 1993 1995

3,000-Meter Run Josh LaBlanc

Conf. Mark GWC 8:31.15

Year 2011

55-M High Hurdles Rory Beil

Conf. Mark NCC 7.67

Year 1991

1,600-Meter Relay North Dakota

Conf. Mark NCC 3:20.83

Year 1987

3,200-Meter Relay North Dakota

Conf. Mark NCC 7:55.79

Year 1993

300-Meter Dash Norm McGee Norm McGee

Conf. Mark NCC 34.18 NCC 34.62

Year 1987 1989

Two-Mile Run (Retired) Conf. Mark Arjan Gelling NCC 9:27.9 Arjan Gelling NCC 9:31.7 Arjan Gelling NCC 9:13.2

Year 1968 1969 1970

outdoor conference records

Name Dave Levos Marc Sondreal Norm McGee

Conf. NCC NCC NCC

Event Mark Year Discus 193-01 1986 High Jump 7-01.5 1998 100-Meters 10.22 1989

Outdoor conference champions

Triple Jump Terry Anstett

Conf. Mark NCC 45-07.5

Year 1973

Long Jump Les Veigel Glenn “Red” Jarrett Glenn “Red” Jarrett John F. Bacon Kenneth L. Johnson Kenneth L. Johnson Matt Kelly

Conf. Mark NCC 22-04.5 NCC 22-06 NCC 22-09 NCC 22-06.5 NCC 23-02.5 NCC 21-06.875 NCC 23-09.25

Year 1927 1930 1931 1933 1937 1938 1990

Shot Put Ted Meinhover Ted Meinhover Louis H. Chumich Martin Johnson Dave Levos Dave Levos Steve Burian Mark Murdock Brian Emerson Creighton Schroyer Brandon Quesenberry Shawn Johnson

Conf. Mark NCC 45-07 NCC 47-04 NCC 47-00 NCC 51-00 NCC 54-07.5 NCC 56-05.25 NCC 49-07 NCC 54-07 NCC 54-08.5 NCC 51-06.25 GWC 55-02 GWC 52-09.25

Year 1932 1933 1935 1962 1984 1986 1987 1998 1999 2008 2010 2012

High Jump Joe Shelver Joe Shelver Les Veigel Les Veigel Allen Williamson Marc Sondreal Marc Sondreal

Conf. Mark NCC 6-00 NCC 5-10 NCC 5-09 NCC 5-11 NCC 6-00.375 NCC 7-01.5 NCC 7-00

Year 1922 1923 1925 1927 1952 1998 1999

Pole Vault Don Thompson Lloyd Murphy Scott Jemtrud Matthew Harris

Conf. Mark NCC 12-00.125 NCC 12-00 NCC 15-10 GWC 15-05

Year 1927 1934 1991 2012

Javelin Grant N. “Bud” Nelson Grant N. “Bud” Nelson Gene Lavoy Will N. Spear James Sauer Leon Reopelle Leon Reopelle Dave Lince Dave Lince Roger Larson Tyler Stoltz Matt Litzinger Tyler Stoltz Matt Fick Matt Fick

Conf. Mark NCC 168-04 NCC 165-04.75 NCC 173-04 NCC 182-01 NCC 155-02 NCC 183-02 NCC 192-07.75 NCC 185-02 NCC 206-06 NCC 195-05 NCC 199-09 NCC 219-02 NCC 222-04 NCC 205-06 NCC 223-03

Year 1923 1924 1926 1940 1955 1956 1958 1965 1966 1971 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

Discus Arthur H. Laemmele Ted Meinhover Ted Meinhover Ted Meinhover Harry Nelson Dave Levos Dave Levos Dave Levos Jason Cook Jason Cook Drew Thomas Erik Moe Drew Thomas

Conf. Mark NCC 132-11.375 NCC 145-04.5 NCC 144-04 NCC 142-07 NCC 133-11 NCC 164-01 NCC 169-04 NCC 193-01 NCC 157-06.5 NCC 170-05 NCC 157-04 NCC 157-03 NCC 152-10

Year 1925 1932 1933 1934 1941 1983 1984 1986 2002 2004 2005 2006 2007

100-Meter Dash Norm McGee Norm McGee Norm McGee Norm McGee

Conf. Mark NCC 10.32 NCC 10.61 NCC 10.75 NCC 10.55

Year 1985 1987 1988 1989

200-Meter Dash Norm McGee Norm McGee Norm McGee

Conf. Mark NCC 20.90 NCC 21.57 NCC 21.18

Year 1987 1988 1989

400-Meter Dash Tom Stroup Corey Hehling

Conf. Mark NCC 48.60 NCC 48.22

Year 1976 2008

800-Meter Run Kory Zimney Jared Bruggeman Aaron Berndt Jesse Fenstermacher

Conf. Mark NCC 1:53.42 NCC 1:52.54 NCC 1:53.42 GWC 1:50.57

Year 1989 1992 2002 2012

1,500-Meter Run Mike Madsen

Conf. Mark NCC 3:55.16

Year 1996

400-Meter IM Hurdles Conf. Mark Jeremy Zimney NCC 53.23 Jeremy Zimney NCC 53.14

Year 1999 2000

1,600-Meter Relay Norm McGee Chuck Torrance Bryan Greenwood Jeff Zander

Conf. Mark NCC *3:13.11

Year 1987

Rory Beil Jeff Zander Robert Ostman Norm McGee

NCC

3:16.92

1988

Robert Ostman Bert Burkholder Jeff Zander Norm McGee

NCC

3:15.42

1989

Italics indicates still active * - Indicates conference record

Drew Thomas was a two-time (2005, 2007) North Central Conference outdoor champion in the discus.

CONFERENCE RECORDS & CHAMPIONS

North Dakota

2012-13 UND TRACK & CROSS COUNTRY retired events

100-Yard Dash Ralph L. Pierce Ralph L. Pierce Ralph L. Pierce George Fait Horace Johnson Horace Johnson Horace Johnson Ron Thompson Ron Thompson Conrad Jones

Conf. Mark NCC 9.8 NCC 9.9 NCC 10.0 NCC 10.0 NCC 9.9 NCC 9.7 NCC 10.3 NCC 9.9 NCC 9.9 NCC 10.1

Year 1932 1933 1934 1936 1937 1938 1939 1952 1953 1956

220-Yard Dash Ralph L. Pierce Ralph L. Pierce Ralph L. Pierce Horace Johnson Horace Johnson Horace Johnson Ron Thompson Conrad Jones Conrad Jones

Conf. Mark NCC 21.8 NCC 22.2 NCC 21.8 NCC 22.2 NCC 21.4 NCC 23.1 NCC 22.6 NCC 21.4 NCC 22.3

Year 1932 1933 1934 1937 1938 1939 1953 1955 1956

440-Yard Dash Joe Drew Joe Drew Wayne F. Hill Paul Stratte Myron Lempe

Conf. Mark NCC 52.8 NCC 50.6 NCC 51.1 NCC 51.8 NCC 50.0

Year 1925 1926 1934 1936 1953

880-Yard Run LeRoy Pearson Roy Mosher Roy Mosher Hugh Nichols Hugh Nichols

Conf. Mark NCC 1:59.0 NCC 1:59.5 NCC 2:02.7 NCC 2:03.2 NCC 2:04.1

Year 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935

Mile Run Henry Hanson William Hollister Felson William Hollister Felson LeRoy Pearson LeRoy Pearson LeRoy Pearson

Conf. Mark NCC 4:36.4 NCC 4:32.8 NCC 4:45.0 NCC 4:22.8 NCC 4:33.8 NCC 4:42.6

Year 1923 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933

Two-Mile Run LeRoy Pearson LeRoy Pearson

Conf. Mark Year NCC 10:12.1 1932 NCC 10:17.0 1933

120-Yard High Hurdles Conf. Mark Peter Simonesen NCC 15.5

Year 1949

220-Yard Low Hurdles Joseph “Lafe” Ludwig George Fait George Fait Peter Simonesen

Conf. Mark NCC 25.1 NCC 25.5 NCC 26.1 NCC 24.9

Year 1931 1934 1935 1949

Mile Relay North Dakota North Dakota (Jones, Miller, Lempe, Ryan) North Dakota (Jones Miller, Ryan, Koon)

Conf. Mark NCC 3:27.6 NCC 3:24.0

Year 1931 1955

NCC

1956

3:24.0

CONFERENCE RECORDS & CHAMPIONS

conference TEAM champions

North Dakota North Dakota North Dakota North Dakota

1933 1934 1937 1938

Note: UND joined the Big Sky Conference prior to the 2012-13 season. Before joining the Big Sky, UND was a member of the North Central Conference from May 1921 through the 2008-09 season, and of the Great West Conference from 2008-09 through 2011-12.

Memorial Stadium, home to the University of North Dakota’s men’s and women’s track and field teams, was built in 1927 as a memorial to members of the UND community who died during World War I.

North Dakota

2012-13 und TRACK & CROSS COUNTRY NCAA division Team Finishes Year Indoor Outdoor 1969 -- 9th 1985 -- 8th 1987 -- t-9th

1990 1991 1995 1998 1998 1998 1999 1999 2000 2001 2004 2005 2007 2007 2008 2008

NCAA national champions Indoor Year Name Event 1985 Dave Levos Shot Put 1987 Norm McGee 55-Meters 1988 Norm McGee 55-Meters Outdoor Year Name 1969 Arjan Gelling 1986 Dave Levos 1987 Norm McGee 1988 Norm McGee 1989 Norm McGee 2008 Matt Litzinger

Event Six Mile Discus 100-Meters 100-Meters 100-Meters Javelin

Shot Put 110-Hurdles Shot Put Shot Put High Jump 1,500-Meters Shot Put High Jump Discus Discus Discus Javelin Javelin Javelin Javelin Javelin

USTFCCCA TRACK AND FIELD DIVISION I track & field all-america team 2010 Indoor/Outdoor 2012 Indoor/Outdoor

All-Americans Indoor Year Name 1985 Dave Levos 1985 Norm McGee 1987 Norm McGee 1987 Tracy Martin Norm McGee Bryan Greenwood Chuck Torrance 1988 Norm McGee 1988 Jon Wrzesinski 1988 Steve Burian 1989 Steve Burian 1989 Norm McGee 1990 Steve Burian 1990 Scott Jemtrud 1991 Scott Jemtrud 1992 Jared Bruggeman 1995 Mark Murdock 1997 Marc Sondreal 1997 Mark Murdock 1998 Marc Sondreal 1998 Jim Mallory 2002 Mike Backes 2002 Aaron Berndt

55-Meters Pole Vault Shot Put Shot Put 55-Meters Shot Put Pole Vault Pole Vault 800-Meters Shot Put High Jump Shot Put High Jump 5,000 Meters Triple Jump 800-Meters

Outdoor Year Name 1968 Arjan Gelling 1968 Arjan Gelling 1968 Mike Kane 1969 Arjan Gelling 1969 Arjan Gelling 1975 Larry Kennedy 1977 Robert Fransen 1984 Dave Levos 1984 Dave Levos 1985 Norm McGee 1985 Norm McGee 1986 Dave Levos 1986 Dave Levos 1987 Norm McGee 1987 Norm McGee 1988 Norm McGee 1988 Norm McGee 1989 Norm McGee 1989 Norm McGee

Event Place 5,000-Meters 5th 10,000-Meters 2nd 10,000-Meters 5th Three Mile 2nd Six Mile 1st Mile Run 5th High Jump 6th Discus 4th Shot Put 6th 100-Meters 4th 200-Meters 6th Shot Put 6th Discus 1st 200-Meters 2nd 100-Meters 1st 100-Meters 1st 200-Meters 2nd 100-Meters 1st 200-Meters 2nd

Event Shot Put 55-Meters 55-Meters 1,600 Relay

Steve Burian Rory Beil Mark Murdock Mark Murdock Marc Sondreal Chad Heltemes Brian Emerson Marc Sondreal Brian Emerson Brian Emerson Jason Cook Tyler Stoltz Matt Fick Matt Litzinger Matt Fick Matt Litzinger

Place 1st 4th 1st 4th

1st 4th 6th 4th 2nd 4th 5th 3rd 4th 2nd 3rd 6th 2nd 6th 5th 4th

USTFCCCA TRACK AND FIELD DIVISION II SCHOLAR TEAM OF THE YEAR 2008 Outdoor CoSIDA ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICA TEAM 1989 Steve Burian (1st) 1990 Steve Burian (1st)

2nd 7th 6th 8th 7th 8th 8th 8th 5th 5th 5th 5th 8th 6th 3rd 1st

2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2009

TEAM TEAM TEAM TEAM, Lee DeKrey, Matt Gerszewski, Paul Kriegler Lee DeKrey TEAM, Clark Carlson, Matt Gerszewski, Donovan Alexander TEAM

BIG SKY CROSS COUNTRY all-academic team 2012 Nate Peterson, Adam Stainiger, Parker Wharram GWC CROSS COUNTRY all-academic team 2009 Cory Absey 2010 Cory Absey, Jeremy Jones, Josh LaBlanc, Tyler Rose, Kyle Rosseau 2011 James Dean, Dwight Mandimika, Tyler Rose GWC TRACK & FIELD all-academic team 2009 Mark Barclay, Matt Elbert, Josh LaBlanc, Kyle Rosseau 2010 Cory Absey, Mark Barclay, Matt Elbert, Jeremy Jones, Josh LaBlanc, Eric Nelson, Tyler Rose, Kyle Rosseau, Daniel Sjarpe, Chris Stoks 2011 Chris Benson, Josh LaBlanc, Shawn Reich, Tyler Rose, Chris Stoks 2012 Chris Benson, Jesse Fenstermacher, Jordan Fisk, Brandon Quesenberry, Shawn Reich, Tyler Rose, Adam Stainiger, Chris Stoks

CoSIDA ACADEMIC ALL-district TEAM 1993 Mike Madsen 1994 Mike Madsen 1997 Marc Sondreal 1999 Marc Sondreal 2000 Greg Geers 2002 Mike Backes 2003 Brent Lorentz

ncc at-large all-academic team 1985 Bryan Greenwood, Gerry Werven (HM) 1987 Bryan Greenwood, Dan Thralow 1988 Steve Burian, Andy Lawrence, Rory Beil, Todd Brecto 1989 Steve Burian, Jon Wrzesinski, Andy Lawrence, Rory Beil, Bert Burkholder, Mike Sanderson 1990 Steve Burian, Scott Jemtrud, Kory Zimney NCAA II cross country coaches 1991 Rory Beil, Scott Jemtrud, Matt Kelly, Kory association all-academic team Zimney 1992 Chris Carbonneau 1992 Rory Beil, Sean Burian, Matt Kelly, Kory 1995 TEAM, Mike Madsen, Chad Heletemes Zimney, Brian Bergantine, Jared Bruggeman, 1996 TEAM Wayne Kazmierczak, Russ Schwehr 1997 TEAM, Chad Heltemes, Jim Mallory 1993 Mike Madsen, Russ Schwehr, Wayne 1998 TEAM Kazmierczak, Greg Hexum, Mike Hoebel, Eric 1999 TEAM, Brent Lorentz Podnickes 2000 TEAM 1994 Cory Ravnaas, Darin Didier, Mike Madsen, 2001 TEAM Jim Kalina 2002 TEAM 1995 Mike Madsen, Chad Heltemes 2003 TEAM 1996 Mike Madsen 2004 TEAM, Lee DeKrey, Paul Kriegler 1997 Marc Sondreal, Chad Heltemes, Mark 2005 TEAM Murdock, Byron Severson, Jim Mallory 2006 TEAM, Lee DeKrey 1998 Jim Mallory, Marc Sondreal 2007 TEAM, Kyle Rosseau 1999 Jeremy Zimney, Ryan Reynolds, Marc Sondreal, Dave Lloyd track coaches association all-academic 2000 Mike Backes, Jeremy Zimney, Dan Alstatt, 1996 Chad Heltemes, Mike Madsen, Greg Geers Mark Murdock, Marc Sondreal 2001 Greg Geers, Steve Hanke, Brent Lorentz, 1997 TEAM, Mark Murdock, Chad Heltemes, Alex Campbell Marc Sondreal 2002 Mike Backes, Brent Lorentz, Dan Arneson, 1998 TEAM (1st in nation), Martin Blekkerud, Aaron Berndt, Alex Campbell, Dan Dow, Chad Heltemes, Jim Mallory, Mark Murdock, Pete Kriegler Ryan Reynolds, Marc Sondreal, Jeremy 2003 Brent Lorentz, Nate Fiala, Peter Holmes, Ryan Zimey Schafer 1999 TEAM, Jeremy Zimney, Ryan Reynolds, Mike 2004 Jason Cook, Lee DeKrey Backes, Marc Sondreal 2005 Lee DeKrey, Nate Fiala, Brent Keigley 2000 TEAM (2nd in nation), Mike Backes, Justin 2006 Lee DeKrey, Richie Spitsberg “Digger” Johnson, Jeremy Zimney 2007 Lee DeKrey, Richie Spitsberg 2001 Team (1st in nation), Mike Backes

AWARDS & HONORS

North Dakota

2012-13 UND TRACK & CROSS COUNTRY

mike backes

Years at UND: 1998-2002

All-America Honors: 1

Event: Triple Jump

Event: 800-Meters

Hometown: Grand Forks, N.D.

Mike Backes earned All-America honors in 2002 with a fifth-place finish in the triple jump at the NCAA Division II Indoor Track and Field Championships. The school record-holder in the triple jump with a leap of 50-10 3/4 at the 2002 NCC indoor meet, Backes was also a member of UNDâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 4x110-meter hurdle relay team that established a school record in 2000. In 2002 Backes was named to the Verizon Division II Academic All-America Team and the NCC At-Large Academic Team (for the second time). He was also a three-time member of the NCAA Division II Track Coaches Association All-Academic Team. A 1998 graduate of Red River High School in Grand Forks, Backes was the 1999 UND Rookie of the Year for the entire UND athletics department.

Aaron Berndt earned All-America honors in 2002 with a fourth-place finish in the 800-meters at the NCAA Division II Indoor Track and Field Championships. A member of the 2002 North Central Conference At-Large Academic Team, Berndt owns five indoor school records and two outdoor marks. In indoor competition he set school records in the 500, 600, 800 and 1,000-meter races, and was also a member of the 2002 3,200-meter relay team that set a school record. In outdoor competition Berndt was a member of UNDâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s school-record 3,200-meter relay team and holds the school standard in the 800meter dash. Berndt was a 1998 graduate of Red River High School in Grand Forks, N.D.

rory beil

jared bruggeman

Years at UND: 1988-91

Years at UND: 1990-93

All-America Honors: 1

Event: Hurdles

Event: 800-Meters

Hometown: Valley City, N.D.

Hometown: La Crescent, Minn.

Rory Beil finished seventh in the 100-meter hurdles at the 1991 NCAA Division II Track and Field Championships. It was the highest finish for a UND hurdler in UND history. Beil is still tied as the UND indoor record holder in the 55-meter hurdles. During the 1991 outdoor season, Beil captured a NCC championship in the 400-meter intermediate hurdles. He also captained the UND outdoor track team in 1989-90-91. Beil was a 1987 graduate of Valley City High School and came to UND to major in business marketing.

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Jared Bruggeman placed fourth in the 800-meters at the 1992 NCAA Division II Track and Field Meet. Bruggeman is a former record-holder of the UND indoor 800-meters record and was on the 3,200-meter relay team that set the outdoor record of 7:48.30 in 1993. Bruggeman, a 1989 graduate of LaCrescent High School (Minn.), is married to former UND volleyball and basketball standout Maria (Oistad) Bruggeman. He currently serves as the director of athletics at Missouri Southern State University.

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steve burian Years at UND: 1987-90 All-America Honors: 4 Event: Shot Put Hometown: Bismarck, N.D.

2006 UND Athletics Hall of Fame Inductee Steve Burian was a four-time All-American in the shot put. In 1988, Burian finished sixth at the NCAA Division II Meet. He placed fourth in 1989, and again in 1990, with a final finish of second place at the NCAA outdoor championships. Steve finished in the top three in discus at all four of his career NCC outdoor championships. He was named GTE CoSida All Academic First Team in 1988-89 and 1989-90, achieved NCC All Academic Team honors from 1988-1990, and was a awarded a postgraduate scholarship. Steve was also awarded the UND Young alumni Achievement Award in 2005. Steve is CEO & cofounder of Advanced Engineering & Engineering Services (AE2S) in Grand Forks, N.D., and has served as president of the UND Letterwinners Association. Burian was a 1986 graduate and valedictorian of his Bismarck Century High School class.

jason cook

Years at UND: 2002-04 All-America Honors: 1 Event: Discus Hometown: Fridley, Minn.

Jason Cook finished fifth in the discus at the 2004 NCAA outdoor championships to earn All-American honors for the Sioux. Cook, a 2000 graduate of Spring Lake Park (Minn.) High School, earned a degree in civil engineering at UND.

brian emerson Years at UND: 1998-2001 All-America Honors: 3 Event: Discus, Shot Put

chris carbonneau Years at UND: 1988-92 All-America Honors: 1 Event: Cross Country

Hometown: Grand Forks, N.D.

Brian Emerson earned the first of his three All-America honors in 1999 with an eighth-place finish at the NCAA Outdoor Meet in the shot put. His second All-America was earned in the discus with a fifth-place finish at the outdoor meet in 2000. His third honor was also with a fifth-place finish at the 2001 NCAA Division II Outdoor Track and Field Meet in the discus.

Hometown: St. Paul, Minn.

Chris Carbonneau placed 32nd at the 1992 NCAA Division II Cross Country Meet to earn All-America honors. Carbonneau was also a member of the UND outdoor 4x1600-meter relay that holds the school record set in 1992 and he set the steeplechase record in 1992. Carbonneau was a 1988 graduate of Tartan High School in St. Paul, Minn.

matt fick Years at UND: 2004-08 All-America Honors: 2 Event: Javelin Hometown: Grand Forks, N.D.

Matt Fick finished eighth in the javelin at the 2007 NCAA Division II outdoor championships, earning All-American honors for the Fighting Sioux. Fick also earned All-American honors in 2008 after placing third at the NCAA Division II outdoor championships. Fick, a 2004 graduate from Red River High School in Grand Forks, N.D., earned a degree in marketing from UND.

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robert fransen

bryan greenwood

Years at UND: 1977

Years at UND: 1984-87

All-America Honors: 1

Event: High Jump

Event: 1,600-Meter Relay

Hometown: Underwood, N.D.

Hometown: Cavalier, N.D.

Robert Fransen placed sixth in the high jump at the 1977 NCAA Division II Track and Field Championship to earn All-America honors.

arjan gelling Years at UND: 1967-70 All-America Honors: 7 Event: Cross Country, Distance

Bryan Greenwood earned All-America honors in the 1,600-meter relay, which placed fourth at the 1987 NCAA Division II Championships. Greenwood is a UND record holder in the indoor 1,600-meter relay set in 1987, and the outdoor 400, 800, and 1,600-meter relays, all set in 1987. Greenwood came to UND after graduating from Cavalier High School in 1993 where he was the Class B state champion in the 100, 200 and 400-meters.

chad heltemes

Hometown: Thunder Bay, Ontario

Years at UND: 1994-98

1980 UND Athletics Hall of Fame Inductee

All-America Honors: 1

Arjan Gelling (below), a 1980 inductee into the University of North Dakota Athletic Hall of Fame, won an NCAA Division II Championship Title in 1969 in the the six-mile run. In 1968, Gelling placed second in the 10,000-meters and fifth in the 5,000-meters. In 1969, he placed second in the three-mile run along with his first place in the six mile run. Gelling won the 1967 NCAA Division II Cross Country Championships with a time of 19:33.50. He also earned All-America honors in 1968 with a fourth-place finish and 1969 with a third-place finish in the cross country championships. Gelling holds the fourmile North Central Conference course record with a time of 19:25.90, set in 1967. He also holds the UND Outdoor 10,000-meters record, set in 1968, with a time of 30:34.00.

Event: 1,500-Meters Hometown: Anoka, Minn.

Chad Heltemes placed eighth at the 1998 NCAA Division II Outdoor Championships in the 1,500-meters to earn All-America honors. He previously held the UND indoor 1,000-meter record (set in 1996) and still holds the indoor mile record (set in 1997) and the outdoor record in the 1,500-meters which he set in 1998. A three-sport athlete from St. Francis High School in Anoka, Minn., Heltemes earned a bachelorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s degree in mechanical engineering from UND.

All-American and 1980 UND Athletics Hall of Fame inductee Arjan Gelling stands next to UNDâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s track and field records board in the Hyslop Sports Center.

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greg hexum Years at UND: 1989-93 All-America Honors: 1 Event: Cross Country Hometown: Duluth, Minn.

Greg Hexum earned All-America honors with his 36th-place finish at the 1992 NCAA Cross Country Championships. Hexum was a 1989 graduate of Duluth Proctor High School who ran cross country and track for UND. He graduated from UND with a major in English and a minor in athletic coaching.

scott jemtrud

larry kennedy

Years at UND: 1975 All-America Honors: 1 Event: Mile Run

Larry Kennedy placed fifth in the mile run to earn All-America honors at the 1975 NCAA Division II Track and Field Meet.

dave levos Years at UND: 1982-86 All-America Honors: 5

Years at UND: 1988-91

Event: Discus, Shot Put

All-America Honors: 2

Hometown: Grand Forks, N.D.

Event: Pole Vault Hometown: Larimore, N.D.

Scott Jemtrud finished fifth in the pole vault in 1990 and finished third at the 1991 NCAA Division II Indoor Track and Field Meet. Jemtrud holds the outdoor record in the pole vault, a record which he set in 1991.

mike kane Years at UND: 1968

2000 UND Athletics Hall of Fame Inductee Levos graduated from Grand Forks Red River in 1981 and graduated from UND with a degree in business administration in 1986. Levos was a three-time NCAA Division II All-America weight man in both the discus and shot put in 1984, 1985 and 1986. A five-time All-American for finishing in the top six at the NCAA Division II meet, he also won eight conference track titles. He was a four-time NCC shot put champion and triple winner in the discus under coach Mike Grandall. As a senior, Levos was first in the shot put in all six UND indoor meets and was first in the shot put in the 1985 national indoor meet. He didn’t compete in the 1985 outdoor season, instead competing in 1986. In 1986, Levos’ national title in the discus enabled him to compete in the Division I national championships, where he finished 10th. Levos is married to the former Nancy Wavrin (UND 1986-87), and the couple currently resides in Medford, Ore., where Levos is a manufacturing manager for Bear Creek, Corp. He and Nancy have two sons, Michael and Dylan. Levos was inducted into UND’s Athletic Hall of Fame in 2000.

All-America Honors: 1 Event: 10,000-Meters

Mike Kane placed fifth in the 10,000-meters at the 1968 NCAA Division II Track and Field Meet to earn All-America honors.

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matt litzinger Years at UND: 2004-08 All-America Honors: 2 Event: Javelin

Hometown: Grand Forks, N.D.

Matt Litzinger earned two All-America honors while at UND. Litzinger was the NCAA Division II outdoor National Champion in the javelin in 2008. Litzinger also finished sixth in the javelin at the 2007 NCAA Division II Outdoor Championships. Litzinger, a 2004 graduate from Central School in Grand Forks, N.D., was a commercial aviation major at UND.

jim mallory

norm mcgee Years at UND: 1985-89 All-America Honors: 13 Event: Sprints Hometown: Milwaukee, Wis. 2001 UND Athletics Hall of Fame Inductee

Norm McGee was a three-time NCAA Division II Champion in the 100-meter dash. McGee won the titles in 1987, 1988, and 1989. He placed fourth in the indoor 55-meter dash in 1985, was the champion in 1987 and in 1988. In 1985, McGee placed fourth in the 100meters and finished sixth in 200-meters at the NCAA Division II Outdoor Track and Field meet. In 1987, McGee won the 100-meters and was second in the 200-meters. He repeated that feat at the 1988 and 1989 NCAA Meets. In all, McGee brought home five first-place finishes from the NCAA Division II Track and Field meets, the most in UND history. McGee also ran the 1,600-meter relay and earned All-America honors at the 1987 NCAA Division II Championships. McGee was inducted into UNDâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Athletic Hall of Fame in 2001.

Years at UND: 1995-98 All-America Honors: 1 Event: 5,000-Meters Hometown: Bismarck, N.D.

mark murdock Years at UND: 1995-98 All-America Honors: 4

Jim Mallory placed fifth in the 5,000-meters at the 1998 NCAA Division II Meet to earn All-America honors. Mallory also holds current UND records in the indoor 3,000 and 5,000-meter races, both set in 1998.

tracy martin Years at UND: 1987 All-America Honors: 1 Event: 1,600-Meter Relay Hometown: Brooklyn Center, Minn.

Tracy Martin earned All-America honors in the 1,600-meter relay which placed fourth at the 1987 NCAA Division II Indoor Championships. Martin is also a part of the current UND record-holding 4x400m relay team.

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Event: Shot Put Hometown: Grand Forks, N.D.

Mark Murdock placed second in the 1995 NCAA Division II Indoor Meet in the shot put. In the outdoor meet, that same season he took home a sixth-place finish. Two years later, in 1997, he placed sixth in the shot put at the NCAA Track and Field Meet to earn his third All-America honor. His fourth All-America honor came at the NCAA Outdoor Meet in 1998 when he placed eighth in the shot put. In his senior season at UND, Murdock took first place five times in outdoor competition, including the North Central Conference Championships where he threw 54-07. Murdock was a 1992 graduate of Red River High School in Grand Forks.

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marc sondreal

chuck torrance

Years at UND: 1996-99

Years at UND: 1984-87

All-America Honors: 4

All-America Honors: 1

Event: High Jump

Event: 1,600-Meter Relay

Hometown: Northwood, N.D.

Hometown: Grand Forks, N.D.

A four-time All-American, Marc Sondreal posted a third-place finish in the high jump at the 1997 NCAA Division II indoor meet. In 1998 at the NCAA indoor meet, Sondreal moved up a position to second place, and then in the 1998 outdoor season, he finished seventh in the high jump. In Sondreal’s 1998 season, he won six of the eight high jump competitions during the outdoor season, including the North Central Conference Outdoor Championships where he tied a meet record with a leap of 7-01 1/2. Sondreal earned his fourth All-American award in 1999, finishing eighth in the high jump at the NCAA outdoor meet. Sondreal graduated from from UND in the spring of 1999 with a degree in physical therapy. He is originally from Northwood, N.D.

Chuck Torrance earned All-America honors in the 1,600-meter relay which placed fourth at the 1987 NCAA Division II Championships. Torrance is also a member of the current UND record-holding indoor and outdoor 4x400-meter relays set in 1987. Torrance, a 1993 graduate of Grand Forks Central High School, majored in zoology while at the University of North Dakota.

earnest wilson Years at UND: 1964

tyler stoltz

All-America Honors: 1 Event: Cross Country

Years at UND: 2003-06 All-America Honors: 1 Event: Javelin

Earnest Wilson placed 13th at the 1964 NCAA Division II Cross Country Championships to earn All-America honors.

Hometown: Valley City, N.D.

Tyler Stoltz earned All-America honors by placing fifth in the javelin at the 2005 NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field Championships. Stoltz’s fifth-place finish came on a throw of 207 feet, 4 inches. Stoltz was named UND’s most valuable performer (field events) in 2005. Stoltz, a 2002 graduate of Valley City (N.D.) High School, is majoring in psychology at the University of North Dakota.

jon wrzesinski Years at UND: 1988-89 All-America Honors: 1 Event: Pole Vault Hometown: Stanford, Mont.

Jon Wrzesinski placed fourth in the pole vault at the 1988 NCAA Division II Track and Field Meet. Wrzesinski holds the current UND indoor record in the pole vault, set in 1988.

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2012-13 UND TRACK & CROSS COUNTRY The University of North Dakota instituted an athletics Hall of Fame in 1975, with eight individuals being inducted that year, including former track and field standouts Edmund W. Boe, Joseph J. Flanagan and Glenn L. “Red” Jarrett.

Following is a chronolgical list of UND Athletics Hall of Famers who played, coached or who were associated with the UND men’s track and field program, with an alphabetical listing of men’s track and field hall of famers on the following page: CHRONOLOGICAL LISTING

1989 Inductee Ron R. (Magic) Gustafson................................................(FB 1971-74; Tr 1972)

1991 Inductee Peter V. Porinsh.......................................................................(FB, TR 1962-64, 66) 1992 Inductees S. Alex Cooley....................................................(BB 1966-68; Tr 1965; BB 1966) Donald D. Miller..................(FB 1954-55; Tr 1955-56; Base 1956; BB 1955) 1994 Inductee Bill Leifur.....................................................................................(BB, FB, Tr 1959-62) 2000 Inductee Dave Levos.....................................................................(Tr 1982-85; BB 1981-82) 2001 Inductee Norm McGee.................................................... (Tr 1985-89; FB 1984, 1986-88)

1975 Inductees Edmund W. Boe..................................................................(BB; FB; Tr 1923-27) Joseph J. Flanagan............................................................(FB; BB; Tr 1895-01) Glenn L. (Red) Jarrett........................................................(FB; BB; Tr 1927-30) Frederick D. (Fritz) Pollard...................................................... (FB; Tr 1936-38)

2002 Inductee Ralph Nienas................................................................................... (FB/Tr 1948-51)

1976 Inductee Stephen M. Myhra.................................................................... (FB; Tr 1955-57)

2006 Inductee Steve Burian............................................................................................(Tr 1987-90)

2003 Inductee Bruce Smith...........................................................................(FB 1967-69, Tr 1970)

1977 Inductees Fred N. (Nip) Felber...........................................................(FB; BB; Tr 1929-32) Arthur F. Malo Sr..............................................................................(FB 1930-32) Theodore R. Meinhover...................................................(FB; BB; Tr 1930-33) David V. Osborn......................................................................... (FB; Tr 1962-64) Richard R. Ryan...................................................................(FB; BB; Tr 1951-54) 1978 Inductees John J. Burma............................................................................. (FB; Tr 1929-31) Grant N. (Bub) Nelson............................................................. (FB; Tr 1922-24) 1979 Inductees Walter Dobler................................... (FB 1939-41; Tr 1940-42; BB 1941-42) Curt C. Schave....................................................(FB; BB 1928-31; Tr 1929-32) Dudley D. (Dude) Draxton...... (BB 1942-43, 46-48; FB 1947; Tr 1942, 47) Horace W. (Hoss) Johnson.............................(FB 1936-38; BB; Tr 1936-39) 1980 Inductees Judge Ronald N. Davies.................................................................(Tr 1923-26) Vern L. DuChene....................................(FB 1929-31; BB 1929-32; Tr 1930) 1981 Inductee Dr. Will N. Spear................................................................................(Tr 1939-41) 1982 Inductees William E. (Dutch) Leidholdt.....(FB 1932, 34, 36; H 1932-33; Tr 1935-37) Lloyd D. (Boom) Hallada...................... (FB 1948-51; Tr 1951-52; Box 1949) 1983 Inductees Michael J. Brenkus....................................................... (FB 1937-39; Tr 1939-40) J. Gordon Caldis................................................ (FB 1939-41; BB 1940; Tr 1941) Ralph L. Pierce............................................................... (FB 1931-33; Tr 1932-34) Frank A. Zazula.......................................(FB co 1946-59; Tr & CC co 1956-82) David L. (Butch) Lince.......................(FB 1963-65; BB 1963-66; Tr 1964-66) Ronald C. Thompson.........................................................(Tr 1952-53; FB 1951)

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Steve Burian was the most recent track and field standout inducted into the UND Athletics Hall of Fame. A member of the 2006 Hall of Fame class, Burian was a four-time All-American in the shot put.

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2012-13 und TRACK & CROSS COUNTRY The University of North Dakota instituted an athletics Hall of Fame in 1975, with eight individuals being inducted that year, including former track and field standouts Edmund W. Boe, Joseph J. Flanagan and Glenn L. “Red” Jarrett.

the UND men’s track and field program:

Following is an alphabetical list of UND Athletics Hall of Famers who played, coached or who were associated with

ALPHABETICAL LISTING B Boe, Edmund W. ................................................................(BB; FB; Tr 1923-27) Brenkus, Michael J. ..................................................... (FB 1937-39; Tr 1939-40) Burian, Steve...........................................................................................(Tr 1987-90) Burma, John J. ........................................................................... (FB; Tr 1929-31) C Caldis, J. Gordon............................................... (FB 1939-41; BB 1940; Tr 1941) Cooley, S. Alex...................................................(BB 1966-68; Tr 1965; BB 1966)

Nelson, Grant N. (Bub) ........................................................... (FB; Tr 1922-24) Nienas, Ralph................................................................................... (FB/Tr 1948-51) O Osborn, David V. ....................................................................... (FB; Tr 1962-64) P Pierce, Ralph L. ............................................................. (FB 1931-33; Tr 1932-34) Pollard, Frederick D. (Fritz) .................................................... (FB; Tr 1936-38) Porinsh, Peter V. .....................................................................(FB, TR 1962-64, 66) R Ryan, Richard R. .................................................................(FB; BB; Tr 1951-54) S Schave, Curt C. ..................................................(FB; BB 1928-31; Tr 1929-32) Smith, Bruce..........................................................................(FB 1967-69, Tr 1970) Spear, Dr. Will N. ..............................................................................(Tr 1939-41) T Thompson, Ronald C. .......................................................(Tr 1952-53; FB 1951) Z Zazula, Frank A. .....................................(FB co 1946-59; Tr & CC co 1956-82)

D Davies, Judge Ronald N. ...............................................................(Tr 1923-26) Dobler, Walter.................................. (FB 1939-41; Tr 1940-42; BB 1941-42) Draxton, Dudley D. (Dude) .... (BB 1942-43, 46-48; FB 1947; Tr 1942, 47) DuChene, Vern L. ..................................(FB 1929-31; BB 1929-32; Tr 1930) F Felber, Fred N. (Nip) .........................................................(FB; BB; Tr 1929-32) Flanagan, Joseph J............................................................(FB; BB; Tr 1895-01) G Gustafson, Ron R. (Magic) ..............................................(FB 1971-74; Tr 1972) H Hallada, Lloyd D. (Boom) .................... (FB 1948-51; Tr 1951-52; Box 1949) J Jarrett, Glenn L. (Red) ......................................................(FB; BB; Tr 1927-30) Johnson, Horace W. (Hoss) ...........................(FB 1936-38; BB; Tr 1936-39) L Leifur, Bill....................................................................................(BB, FB, Tr 1959-62) Leidholdt, William E. (Dutch).....(FB 1932, 34, 36; H 1932-33; Tr 1935-37) Levos, Dave....................................................................(Tr 1982-85; BB 1981-82) Lince, David L. (Butch) .....................(FB 1963-65; BB 1963-66; Tr 1964-66) M Malo Sr., Arthur F. ...........................................................................(FB 1930-32) McGee, Norm................................................... (Tr 1985-89; FB 1984, 1986-88) Meinhover, Theodore R. .................................................(FB; BB; Tr 1930-33) Miller, Donald D. .................(FB 1954-55; Tr 1955-56; Base 1956; BB 1955) Myhra, Stephen M. .................................................................. (FB; Tr 1955-57)

Two-sport star Frederick “Fritz” Pollard, Jr. (Hall of Fame Class of ‘75) won the bronze medal for the United States in the 110-meter hurdles at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany. His father, Fritz Pollard Sr., was the National Football League’s first African-American head coach.

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2012-13 UND TRACK & CROSS COUNTRY By Jackie DeMolee, UND Athletics

Ron Pynn was an educator at the University of North Dakota for 29 years in political science, but he didn’t only shape the minds of students in the classroom. He has projected his love for track and field and cross country onto the programs at UND. Pynn has been a long time supporter of cross country and track and field. The Ron Pynn Invitational, UND’s annual cross country meet, was established in 2002 to honor Pynn for his many contributions to the teams, including travelling with the teams for support, working events and financially supporting the program. He said that he’s always had a passion for the sport and the studentathletes involved.

The Ron Pynn Invitational was established in 2002 to honor his contributions to UND.

Ron Pynn

“It [running] takes a special brand of discipline,” said Pynn. “What drives them [athletes] to run drives them to succeed in other areas of their life.” This is only one of the many reasons Pynn feels so passionate about the program at UND. “It’s been exciting each and every year,” said longtime UND men’s cross country and track and field head coach Mike Grandall, who retired following the 2009-10 season. “It’s great to have him back.” Pynn uses the Invitational as an opportunity to visit the University and friends. “I think the world of the coaches,” he said. “The way they treat the athletes, but not just as UND athletes, but as students too.”

Ray Richards Golf Course is home to the Ron Pynn Invitational. The course is set up as a 5K for women and 8K for men, providing a challenging route well-known in the Upper Midwest. The Division I transition has changed the Invitational somewhat, but it doesn’t change the meaning behind the name of the event or how important the event is to the head coaches of the men’s and women’s cross country teams and Pynn.

“What drives them to run drives them to succeed in other areas of life.” — Ron Pynn

Pynn currently resides in Burlington, Vt., but makes the trek back to UND each year for the Invitational.

For the first time in 2012, the annual UND Ron Pynn Invitational included an alumni meet and reunion social. More than 100 track and field alumni attended the events.

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schedule Indoor Season Dec. 7 Dakota Duals (North Dakota State) Jan. 12 Northwest Open at Minneapolis, Minn. Jan. 19 National Pole Vault Summit at Reno, Nev. Jan. 26 Bill Bergan Invitational at Ames, Iowa Feb. 2 Bison Invitational at Fargo, N.D. Feb. 8-9 Bison Open at Fargo, N.D. Feb. 8-9 Iowa State Classic at Ames, Iowa Feb. 15 USD Indoor Twilight at Vermillion, S.D. Feb. 22-23 Big Sky Conf. Championship at Bozeman, Mont.

7:30 p.m. 10:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m. 9:30 a.m. 12:00 p.m. 11:00 a.m. 11:00 a.m. 4:00 p.m. 10:00 a.m.

Outdoor Season Mar. 8-9 Seahawk Invitational at Wilmington, N.C. Mar. 14 -16 Shamrock Invitational at Myrtle Beach, S.C. Apr. 6 Dakota Duals at Brookings, S.D. Apr. 13 NDSU Dual at Fargo, N.D. Apr. 19 Bryan Clay Invitational at Azusa, Calif. Apr. 19-20 Mt. SAC Relays at Walnut, Calif. Apr. 20 Long Beach Invitational at Long Beach, Calif. Apr. 23 Cobber Twilight at Moorhead, Minn. May 3 NDSU Tune-Up at Fargo, N.D. May 8-11 Big Sky Conf. Championship at Portland, Ore. May 24-25 NCAA First Round at Austin, Texas June 5-8 NCAA Championship at Eugene, Ore. June 19-20 USA Junior Championship at TBA

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