2015-16 UND men's track and field & cross country media guide

NORTH DAKOTA MEN’S

TRACK & FIELD CROSS COUNTRY

NATE PETERSON, SR. DISTANCE – HORACE, ND

CODY MACH, SR. THROWS – FARIBAULT, MN

JIMMY EVERS, SR. HURDLES – GRAND FORKS, ND

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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 2016 Season Preview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 2016 Roster. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 CROSS COUNTRY REVIEW 2015 Season in Review. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 2015 Roster, Results. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 2015 Individual Results. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 STUDENT-ATHLETE PROFILES Seth Adkins, Alec Anderson, Darin Baltezore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Dylan Boura, Drew Campbell, Ian Collins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Connor Danielson, Cataldo DiDonna, Nathan Engstrom . . . . . . . . . . .

Jimmy Evers, Joseph Fenstermacher, Colin Gessler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Keaton Hanevold, Mark Harries, Lane Herbert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Blake Hollingsworth, James Hollister, Nolan Hovland, Ryan Kirkland, Tyler Kolander. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Jace Kruger, Scott Kvidera, John LeClerc, Anthony Litersky. . . . . . . . .

Cody Mach, Tanner McKinnon, Adam Mehr, Mitchell Meyer. . . . . . . .

Jared Michel, Kelly Nordling, Tyler Olson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Nate Peterson, Michael Quesenberry, Zachary Ray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

GENERAL School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . North Dakota Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Grand Forks, ND (58202) Founded. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1883 Enrollment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,951 (Fall 2015) Nickname. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fighting Hawks School Colors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kelly Green & White National Affiliation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NCAA Division I Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Big Sky Conference President (interim). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Edward T. Schafer 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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Drew Jones, Joe Silvers Strength & Conditioning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lucas Blom TEAM INFORMATION 2015 Big Sky Conference Cross Country Finish. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8th 2015 NCAA Midwest Regional Finish. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19th Cross Country Letterwinners Returning/Lost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6/4 2014-15 Big Sky Conference Indoor Track Finish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9th 2014-15 Big Sky Conference Outdoor Track Finish. . . . . . . . . . . . . .9th Track Letterwinners Returning/Lost. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16/6

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MEDIA RELATIONS Media Relations Track & XC Contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rachel Whipple Office Phone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 701.777.2985 Cell Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 507.993.3419 Fax. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 701.777.2285 E-mail. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . rachel.whipple@my.und.edu

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Athletics Website. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.undsports.com Athletics on Facebook. . . . . . . . . . . . www.facebook.com/undathletics Track & Field on Twitter. . . . . . . . . . . www.twitter.com/undtrackfieldxc

Big Sky Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 HISTORY UND Track & Field Records. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45-47 Conference Champions and Records. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48-49 All-Time Top-10 Lists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50-54 Awards & Honors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 UND All-Americans. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56-61 UND Athletics Hall of Fame. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62-63 UND Ron Pynn Invitational. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 CREDITS The 2015-16 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 with writing assistance from media relations intern Gabriella Fundaro. 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 Miller Photography, Avry Images, Emma Erickson, Kory Wallen, Matt Schill, GopherTrackShots.com and Adam Stainiger.

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ON THE COVER Outside Front (L to R): Cody Mach, Jimmy Evers, Nate Peterson. Inside Front (clockwise from left): Drew Campbell, Ryan Kirkland, Nathan Engstrom, starting line, Alec Anderson. Outside Back (clockwise from top): Tyler Olson, Drew Campbell.

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2015-16 North Dakota TRACK & FIELD People: •

14,951 total enrollment (Fall 2015)

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11,537 undergraduate students

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3,369 graduate and professional (law and medicine) students

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53% men, 47% women

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1.7% American Indian, 2.3% AfricanAmerican, 2.8% Latino-American, and 1.4% Asian-American students

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50 states and more than 85 countries are represented in the student body

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4,043 live in UND’s on-campus housing

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822 faculty and 1,967 benefited staff

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More than 131,000 degrees granted since 1889

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More than 122,000 living alumni (149,000 total)

Quick Facts: 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 threestate region. One of fewer than 70 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 nearly 15,000 students – including over 2,850 graduate students, 230 law students, and 275 medical students – come from every state in the union and more than 85 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 240 buildings demonstrate both classic university architecture blended with more futuristic facilities in the Aerospace complex.

UND’s newest additions are the Gorecki Alumni Center, nationally recognized for its environmentally friendly sustainability features, the remodeled and expanded energyefficient and environmentally conscious Education Building, the $20 million Wellness Center, and University Place, an innovative apartment-style residence hall. Current construction projects include a new School of Medicine and Health Sciences approved by the North Dakota State Legislature, scheduled to be complete by summer 2016; a renovated and expanded School of Law, also approved by the State Legislature; the High Performance Athletics Center; and a renovated Wilkerson Hall, which will provide more dining options and gathering space for students.

With 243 fields of study and nearly 3,000 courses, including internationally recognized programs in aviation, aerospace, and unmanned aircraft 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 with professional programs, a manageable size, high-quality students and faculty, a varied curriculum, nine colleges and schools, a widely

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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 20 fraternities and sororities

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UND has more than 275 student organizations

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

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 more than $1 billion.

UND offers more than 55 master’s and more than 35 doctoral programs, as well as professional programs in law (J.D.) and medicine (M.D.), and undergraduate degrees in 91 fields of study in its nine degree-granting colleges and schools: • College of Arts & Sciences • College of Business & Public Administration • College of Education & Human Development • School of Graduate Studies • The John D. Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences • College of Nursing and Professional Disciplines • College of Engineering and Mines • School of Law • School of Medicine and Health Sciences

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2015-16 North Dakota TRACK & FIELD 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, 1911 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

Mark Chipman, ‘83, ‘85 Owner, NHL’s Winnipeg Jets Board of Governors, NHL

Greg Page, ‘73 Executive Chairman, Cargill, Inc.

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

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Fritz Pollard, Jr., ‘39 1936 Olympic bronze medalist, 110 hurdles Sally (Wold) Smith, ‘80 President and CEO, Buffalo Wild Wings Grill and Bar Dave St. Peter, ‘89 President, MLB’s Minnesota Twins

Ralph Engelstad, ‘54 Las Vegas entrepreneur, casino owner

Mark O. Stutrud, ‘75 Founder/Brewmaster, Summit Brewing Co.

R. Richard Fontaine, ‘65 Director, GameStop Corp.

Edward K. Thompson, ‘27, ‘58 Writer, editor of Life Magazine, publisher of SMITHSONIAN Magazine

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, HON ‘08 President, NBA’s New York Knicks

Jonathan Toews is a three-time Stanley Cup Champion and two-time Olympic gold medalist.

Chuck Klosterman, ‘94 Best-selling author

Ed Belfour, ‘87 Hockey Hall of Fame goaltender

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

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

Era Bell Thompson, ‘29, ‘69 Author, editor and journalist for Ebony Magazine Jonathan Toews, ‘07 Captain of NHL’s Chicago Blackhawks, three-time Stanley Cup Champion and two-time 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 and new highdefinition video boards were added prior to the 2014 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.

UND ATHLETICS HIGH PERFORMANCE CENTER

Phase One of UND’s state-of-the-art practice facility, which features a 100-meter football field and an 8-lane, 300-meter track, was completed in August 2015. Once fully completed, the facility will also include spectator seating, an academic center, a sports medicine facility, and strength and conditioning amenities. Among the finest of its kind in North America, the facility will be utilized by all of UND’s athletics programs in addition to hosting area competitions.

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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UND’s Academic Awards Night in February honored 336 student-athletes who achieved a 3.0 GPA during the Fall 2014 semester, representing 74 percent of UND’s student-athlete population. Seventy of those student-athletes owned a perfect 4.0 GPA.

NOTABLE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS IN 2014-15 • UND’s student-athletes owned a collective 3.23 GPA in 2014-15, the highest single-year GPA in UND Athletics history.

• Eighteen of UND’s 21 teams boasted a GPA of 3.0 or higher.

• UND placed a school-record 213 student-athletes on academic allconference teams.

• Seventy-two percent of UND’s student-athletes boasted a 3.0 GPA during the Spring 2015 semester.

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.

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• Hockey players Shelby AmsleyBenzie and Nick Mattson earned Academic All-America honors.

• Mattson earned his second straight NCAA Elite 89 Award for men’s hockey at the NCAA Frozen Four.

• Men’s and women’s track & field, men’s & women’s cross country, and men’s & women’s swimming & diving each earned academic team honors from their respective national organizations.

• UND had a Big Sky-leading five teams earn NCAA Public Recognition Awards: men’s cross country, men’s tennis, men’s indoor track, men’s outdoor track, and women’s basketball.

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.

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2015-16 North Dakota TRACK & FIELD ALL-TIME ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICANS A longtime hallmark of North Dakota Athletics has been academic excellence.

Since making the transition to Division I competition in 200809, UND’s student-athletes have earned 23 Academic AllAmerica honors, seven NCAA Postgraduate Scholarships, and five prestigious NCAA academic awards.

UND established its academic reputation with 64 Academic AllAmericans at the Division II level, fourth-most all-time among Senior men’s hockey player Nick Mattson received his second straight NCAA Elite 89 Award DII schools. at the 2015 Frozen Four in Boston. The award is given to the student-athlete with the highest cumulative grade-point average among all participants at each NCAA championship.

Baseball 1978 Lowell Schweigert 2014 Patrick Riewer

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Basketball (M) 1977 Fred Lukens

3rd Team

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

Becky Moen

2nd Team 1st Team 1st Team 3rd Team 2nd Team 3rd Team 3rd Team

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 2014 Nick Mattson 2015 Nick Mattson

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Hockey (W) 2012 Jocelyne Lamoureux 2013 Jocelyne Lamoureux

Monique Lamoureux 2014 Shelby Amsley-Benzie 2015 Shelby Amsley-Benzie

2nd Team 1st Team 3rd Team 3rd Team 1st Team

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

1st Team 1st Team 1st Team 1st Team

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 2013 Kirsten Haas

3rd Team 2nd Team 2nd Team 1st Team 1st Team 2nd Team 3rd Team 3rd Team

Volleyball 1991 Karla Danielson 2002 Kate Cahill 2013 Ronni Munkeby 2015 Lauren Clarke

2nd Team 3rd Team 3rd Team 3rd Team

Wrestling 1990 Kris Presler 1991 Kris Presler

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NCAA Postgraduate Scholarships 1979 1980 1981 1982

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2004 2007 2008 2009 2009 2010 2010 2012 2013

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 Brett Cameron Jocelyne Lamoureux

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 Football Hockey

NCAA Special Awards NCAA Today’s Top 10 Award (formerly Top VIII Award) 2011 Casie Hanson Hockey, Softball 2014 Jocelyne Lamoureux Hockey NCAA Elite 89 Award (formerly Elite 88 Award) 2011 Brad Eidsness 2014 Nick Mattson 2015 Nick Mattson

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2015-16 North Dakota TRACK & FIELD 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)

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

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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 won’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.

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2015-16 North Dakota TRACK & FIELD 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.

UND’s progressive thinking makes the institution a leader in the field of athletic training. Moreover, the program’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

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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 2014-15 alone, UND student-athletes logged a school-record 8,050 hours of community service.

Above Left: Student-athletes serve their fans at the World’s Largest French Fry Feed in University Park during Potato Bowl USA week. Above: 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.

Above: Members of the men’s hockey team call Champions Club members and thank them for their support during the annual ‘Thank-A-Thon.’ Below: The men’s hockey team helped UND Athletics raise more than $30,000 for cancer research with the North Dakota Strong campaign in Fall 2013.

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2015-16 North Dakota TRACK & FIELD The University of North Dakota boasts a proud history of varsity athletics nicknames. UND’s first official 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

In 1911, UND’s student body officially adopted “Flickertails” as its 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 with input from American Indian students, 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.

Following the retirement of the Fighting Sioux nickname, UND’s varsity athletics teams operated without an official nickname for three seasons.

On Nov. 18, 2015, UND began a new chapter in its athletics history when President Robert Kelley announced that ‘Fighting Hawks’ would be the University’s new athletics nickname effective immediately.

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

With a new nickname selected, Kelley also announced that the University would begin the process of developing, selecting and implementing a visual identity to accompany the name. The new athletics mark is expected to be finalized by mid-summer 2016. Until then, UND continues to use its interlocking ND mark as its primary athletics logo.

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.

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2015-16 North Dakota TRACK & FIELD UNDsports.com is the official source for everything regarding the University of North Dakota athletics department.

The website, re-launched in January 2015, 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.

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!

UNDsports.com: •

Live video webcasts for all home men’s and women’s hockey, and select soccer, baseball and softball games

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Live audio broadcasts from the Home of Economy UND Sports Radio Network

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Watchgames andhighlights in our on-demand video archive

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Live stats for all home games

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News sent directly to your phone, inbox or RSS feed

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Download the schedules to your mobile device and calendars

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Watch all Big Sky Conference games for football, volleyball and men’s and women’s basketball on WatchBigSky.com or download the WatchBigSky app.

Social Media: Facebook

www.facebook.com/UNDAthletics

Twitter

www.twitter.com/UNDSports

YouTube

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2015-16 North Dakota TRACK & FIELD CBS Sports Network (CBSSN) is the primary broadcast partner of the National Collegiate Hockey Conference (NCHC), North Dakota’s men’s hockey conference. CBSSN will broadcast a select number of home and road North Dakota men’s hockey games. Check with your local cable or satellite TV provider for channel information for these listings and other television coverage.

Midco Sports Network (MidcoSN) will broadcast all home North Dakota football contests, as well as selected volleyball, women’s hockey, men’s basketball and women’s basketball games. MidcoSN will broadcast all home men’s hockey games that are not televised by CBS Sports Network or conflict with other NCHC broadcasts.

Check with your local cable or satellite TV provider for channel information.

Midco Sports Network will continue to broadcast two 30-minute programs focused on UND Athletics, as UND Sports Extra and North Dakota Hockey with Brad Berry premier on Tuesday nights throughout the season.

MidcoSN will also air the popular web series Through These Doors, a behind-the-scenes look at UND’s men’s hockey program. All three programs will air on Friday nights on MidcoSN in addition to their premiers on various platforms.

FOX College Sports (FCS) will continue to broadcast nationwide all North Dakota sporting events (except men’s hockey) that are produced by MidcoSN through a partnership with UND Athletics and Midcontinent Communications. Check with your local cable or satellite TV provider for channel information.

FOX Sports North (FSN)/FOX Sports North Plus (FSN+) is in its second year as a television partner with UND Athletics and will carry third-tier volleyball and men’s and women’s basketball games produced by UND Athletics. Many of these productions are also available on FOX College Sports (FCS). Check with your local cable or satellite TV provider for channel information.

The Home of Economy UND Sports 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, select volleyball and baseball games, and a weekly Wednesday coaches show. Listen to the UND Coaches Show every Wednesday night from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. on many Home of Economy UND Sports Radio Network stations.

2015-16 North Dakota Radio Network Affiliates Grand Forks, N.D. KQHT FM 96.1 (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. KXDI FM 93.9 Jamestown, N.D. KRVX FM 103.2 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 Warroad, Minn.

KRWB AM 1410

FM 102.9

Football, Men’s Hockey Men’s Basketball, Women’s Basketball Women’s Hockey, Coaches Show Football, Hockey, Coaches Show, Game of the Week* Football, Men’s Hockey Football, Men’sHockey, Coaches Show Football, Men’s Hockey Football, Men’s Hockey Football, Men’s Hockey Men’s Hockey Football, Men’s Hockey Football, Men’s Hockey Football, Men’s Hockey Football, Men’s Hockey, Coaches Show Men’s Hockey Men’s Hockey

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

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PRESIDENT

Edward T. Schafer

Edward T. Schafer, former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture under George W. Bush and former North Dakota Governor, took over as the Interim President of the University of North Dakota Today, Friday, Jan. 15. A UND alum, Schafer follows Dr. Robert Kelley, who started as UND’s 11th president in July 2008 and who retired Thursday, Jan. 14.

Born and raised in Bismarck, N.D., Schafer graduated from the UND in 1969 with a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and earned an MBA from the University of Denver in 1970. UND awarded Schafer an honorary Doctor of Letters in 2008, and the UND Alumni Association & Foundation awarded him the Sioux Award in 2009.

Schafer was sworn in as the 29th Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) on Jan. 28, 2008. As Secretary of Agriculture, he oversaw a $95 billion operating budget and over 107,000 employees. He restructured and reshaped 29 agencies to modernize the focus of $285 billion in program delivery and built a new process for implementing the 2008 Farm Bill. He also initiated the Secretary’s Fight Hunger Initiative, directed the United States’ response to the World Food Crisis, and helped direct international trade negotiations on behalf of the federal government.

Schafer served as North Dakota’s governor from 1992 to 2000, making education the number one priority of his administration, during which time his administration was able to increase spending by reshaping the budget to reflect spending priorities. He also started the Education Roundtable, which led to the modernization of the system in North Dakota, and he co-founded the Western Governors University. Other administration priorities included diversification and strengthening of the economy and reducing the cost of government. He also led efforts to upgrade North Dakota’s communications infrastructure and make highspeed voice and data networks across the state.

As governor, Schafer oversaw a budget of $4.6 billion, and led the state’s response to emergencies such as the severe flood that hit Grand Forks and the northern Red River Valley in 1997. Schafer, who visited Grand Forks and the University of North Dakota at the most critical point in the flood disaster, was instrumental in marshaling and mobilizing North Dakota resources, including the manpower of the North Dakota National Guard, to help the Grand Forks area, including UND, manage the flood and its aftermath.

Schafer chaired the Western Governors Association, leading efforts to demonstrate how technology could improve the efficiency and lower the cost of delivering government services, and he was elected chair of the Republican Governors Association in 2000, co-founding and co-chairing the Governors Biotechnology Partnership to increase public understanding and support for the benefits of agricultural biotechnology.

Before entering public life, Schafer was an executive with the Gold Seal Company in Bismarck, a successful marketer of nationally-known consumer products such as “Mr. Bubble” bubble bath, “Glass Wax” glass cleaner and “Snowy Bleach.” The company had been founded by his father, Harold Schafer. Ed Schafer joined Gold Seal after he earned his MBA and held a series of management positions with the

company before becoming president in 1978. Under his leadership, Gold Seal’s sales doubled and the net worth of the company tripled. It was sold in 1986.

Schafer then went on to launch several new businesses, including a commercial real estate development company, a fish farm and a classic car dealership.

After leaving office in 2000, he co-founded Extend America, a venture capitalbacked company, to provide wireless voice and high-speed data services to commercial and residential customers in five rural Midwestern states. He also continues to serve as the chairman of the Theodore Roosevelt Medora Foundation that oversees the operations of the historic town his father resurrected, and he became active in leading several other nonprofit and citizens advocacy groups in North Dakota.

Schafer and his wife, Nancy, have four children; Tom Schafer, Ellie Schafer and Eric Jones and Kari Hammer; and 13 grandchildren.

Sue Jeno, Faculty Athletics Representative 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.

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ATHLETICS DIRECTOR Brian Faison

Brian Faison is in his eighth year as athletics director at the University of North Dakota. Faison assumed his duties at UND in May of 2008.

During his tenure UND has successfully completed the five-year reclassification process to Division I. Alumni and fan support have continued to grow: Champions Club and endowment giving have enjoyed nine straight record years; $18.8 million in private funding has been secured for the first phase of the UND Athletics High Performance Center; and last year women’s ice hockey finished third and men’s hockey finished first nationally in total home attendance.

Media coverage has continued to grow with multi-year, multi-sport broadcast agreements with Midco Sports Network and Fox College Sports for television, Clear Channel for radio with continuing expansion of all social media platforms.

In the classroom, student-athletes have continued to excel: this past year a record number of student-athletes were named to the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for the Fall and Spring semesters resulting in the highest GPA for the year in the history of the program; more than 200 earned academic all-conference honors; three received CoSIDA All-District honors; two student-athletes were named CoSIDA Academic All-Americans; and, volleyball, softball, men’s tennis, women’s basketball, men’s and women’s cross country, men’s and women’s swimming and diving, men’s and women’s track and field all were recognized nationally for their academic performance.

Competition for UND last year resulted in two teams advancing to post-season play -- women’s basketball to the Women’s Basketball Invitational (WBI), and men’s ice hockey to its 13th straight NCAA tournament and its 21st Frozen Four appearance.

Faison has helped secure membership in the Big Sky Conference (BSC) for 14 UND teams and landed men’s and women’s swimming & diving and baseball in the Western Athletic Conference (WAC). He also played a leadership role in the formation of the National Collegiate Hockey Conference (NCHC) partnering with Colorado College, Denver, Miami, Minnesota Duluth, St. Cloud State, Western Michigan and Nebraska Omaha.

With over 30 years of experience in intercollegiate athletics, Faison has served on several conference, regional and national sports committees. Most recently he chaired the NCHC Board of Directors for two years and chaired the BSC Joint Council. Faison currently serves on the BSC Administration Committee, and chairs the NCAA Division I Men’s Hockey Committee.

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 was national director of development for the National Children’s Cancer Society (1995-99). Faison also served as director of athletics at Indiana State University (1988-95), assistant athletics director for development at the University of Louisville (1984-88) and assistant athletics director for promotions and fund raising at Illinois State University (1979-84). He also had stints as assistant manager for athletics public relations (1978-79) and assistant director for alumni activities (1974-78) at the University of Missouri.

Faison is a 1972 graduate of the University of Missouri. He and his wife Donna have three sons: Jonathan, Matthew and Bradley, and a grandson Harrison.

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University of North Dakota Athletics Department Staff

Daniella Irle

Deputy Athletics Director, SWA

Jason Namanny

Asst. Athletics Director, Marketing & Licensing

Cathy Anderson

Assistant, Business Operations

Roberta Klamm Office Manager

Steve Brekke

Kyle Doperalski

Assoc. Athletics Director, Development

Assoc. Athletics Director, External Relations

Matt Schill

Paul Adelman

Deb Beiswenger

Cami Bennett

Asst. Athletics Director, Digital Media & Vid. Prod.

Assistant, Business Operations

Alex Kroke

Assistant Director, Marketing

Director, Ticket Sales

Stacy Bjorlie

Coordinator, Academic Services

Ross LaDue

Breanna Linert

Assistant Director, Media Relations

Coordinator, Academic Services

ATHLETICS STAFF

Nate Baukol

Director, Strength & Conditioning

Coordinator, Graphic Design

Martin Solomon

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Randy Magill

Kara Helmig

Assoc. Athletics Director, Compliance

Amy Stroup

Director, Special Projects

Coordinator, Licensing

Assoc. Athletics Director, Chief Financial Officer

Tony Goldenstein

Amanda Hajdu

Asst. Athletics Director, Academic Services

Paul Ralston

Director, Corporate Partnerships

Director, Broadcast Properties

David Folske

Joey Garcia

Coordinator, Video Production

Assistant, Student Life

Erik Martinson

Assistant, Facilities & Game Ops.

Val Sussex

Associate Director, Champions Club

Lance Moser

Assistant Director, Marketing

Matt Varnadoe Assistant, Compliance

Jayson Hajdu

Mike Mannausau

Asst. Athletics Director, Media Relations

Asst. Athletics Director, Champions Club

Brian Strom

Steve Westereng

Director, Aquatics Head Diving Coach

Travis Kahlbaugh

Director, Sports Medicine

Andrew Klamm

Manager, Equipment Operations

Coordinator, Equipment Operations

Ryan Powell

Heather Reardon

Associate Director, Media Relations

Manager, Ticket Office

Mitch Wigness

Assistant Director, Media Relations

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University of North Dakota Head Coaches

Brad Berry

Men’s Hockey

Chris Maiello

Swimming & Diving

J. Travis Brewster

Dick Clay

Women’s Basketball

Jeff Dodson

Cross Country

Natalie Martinson Women’s Golf

Kevin Galbraith

Baseball

Mark Pryor Volleyball

Track and Field

Bubba Schweigert Football

Brian Idalski

Brian Jones

Women’s Hockey

Tim Swanson Men’s Golf

Men’s Basketball

Tom Wynne Tennis

Matt Kellogg Soccer

Jordan Stevens Softball

Athletics Department Phone Directory

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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.2234 Athletic Department FAX. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.2285 Faison, Brian (Director of Athletics) . . . . . . . . . 7.2993 Brekke, Steve (Assoc. AD, Development) . . . . 7.6426 Doperalski, Kyle (Assoc. AD, External) . . . . . . . 7.2210 Hajdu, Amanda Asst. AD, Acad. Services) . . . 7.2110 Hajdu, Jayson (Asst. AD, Media Relations) . . . 7.2985 Helmig, Kara (Assoc. AD, Compliance). . . . . . . 7.5585 Irle, Daniella (Deputy AD/SWA). . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.4036 Kahlbaugh, Travis (Equip. Mgr.). . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.2987 Klamm, Roberta (Office Manager). . . . . . . . . . .7.2713 Magill, Randy (Assoc. AD, CFO). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.3481 Mannausau, Mike (Asst. AD/Champions Club). . 7.4216 Martinson, Erik (Dir., Facilities/Game Ops). . . 7.0835 Namanny, Jason (Asst. AD/Marketing) . . . . . . 7.1373 Schill, Matt (Asst. AD, Digital Media) . . . . . . . . 7.2668 Stroup, Amy (Director, Special Projects). . . . . 7.2794

BUSINESS OPERATIONS Magill, Randy (Assoc. AD, CFO). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.3481 Anderson, Cathy (Assistant) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.6897 Beiswenger, Debbie (Assistant). . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.3366

CHAMPIONS CLUB/ALUMNI ASSOCIATION Brekke, Steve (Assoc. AD, Development) . . . . 7.6426 Mannausau, Mike (Asst. AD, CC) . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.4216 Sussex, Val (Associate Director, CC). . . . . . . . . . 7.4078 Alumni 800 TN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 800.543.8764

ACADEMIC SERVICES Hajdu, Amanda (Asst. A.D.). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Bjorlie, Stacy (Coordinator). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Garcia, Joey (Assistant, Student Life). . . . . . . .

Solomon, Martin (Assistant). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

DIGITAL MEDIA & VIDEO PRODUCTION Schill, Matt (Director, New Media). . . . . . . . . . . 7.2668 Folske, David (Coord., Video Production). . . . 7.2668

7.2110 7.2112 7.5356 7.5356

BASEBALL Dodson, Jeff (Head Coach) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.4038 Field, J.C. (Associate Head Coach). . . . . . . . . . . 7.2352 Devillers, Brian (Assistant Coach) . . . . . . . . . . . 7.2937 BASKETBALL - MEN’S Jones, Brian (Head Coach). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.2974 Dirden, Shawn (Assistant Coach). . . . . . . . . . . . 7.0483 Grabowski, Steve (Assistant Coach). . . . . . . . . 7.2976 Horner, Jeff (Assistant Coach). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.3492 Heatherly, Craig (Director of Operations). . . . 7-3553 Abbott, Thelma (Administrative Assistant). . . . 7.3478

BASKETBALL - WOMEN’S Brewster, J. Travis (Head Coach). . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.6214 Bernard, Mallory (Assistant Coach). . . . . . . . . . 7.6740 Jacobson, Adam (Assistant Coach). . . . . . . . . . 7.2980 Voigt, Jackie (Assistant Coach). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.6069 Kielpinski, Jessica (Director of Operations) . . 7.3253 Abbott, Thelma (Administrative Assistant). . . . 7.3478

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CHEER TEAM Linert, Breanna (Coach) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 651.249.9299 COMPLIANCE Helmig, Kara (Asst. AD, Compliance) . . . . . . . . 7.5585 Varnadoe, Matt (Assistant). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.5161 TBA (Coordinator). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.3169

FOOTBALL Schweigert, Bubba (Head Coach). . . . . . . . . . . 7.3176 Rudolph, Paul (Offensive Coord./QBs) . . . . . . 7.4192 Schmidt, Eric (Defensive Coordinator). . . . . . . 7.2996 Freund, Danny (Wide Receivers). . . . . . . . . . . . 7.4193 Gigli, Jordan (Defensive Line). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.2995 Knauf, Luke (Offensive Line) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.4193 Kostich, Shawn (Special Teams Coord.). . . . . . 7.2997 Maurice, Kevin (Recruiting Coord./RBs). . . . . . 7.4863 Reinholz, Carl (Video Coordinator). . . . . . . . . . 7.4193 Stepps, Travis (Defensive Backs) . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.4193 Schwenzfeier, Joel (Outside Linebackers). . . .7.2229 Kahlbaugh, Travis (Equipment) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.2340

GOLF Martinson, Natalie (Women’s Coach). . . . . . . . 7.3036 Swanson, Tim (Men’s Coach). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.2155 HOCKEY - MEN’S Berry, Brad (Head Coach). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Jackson, Dane (Associate Head Coach). . . . . .

Shaw, Matt (Assistant Coach) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Swanson, Patrick (Director of Operations). . .

Kupka, Eric (Equipment Manager) . . . . . . . . . .

Duden, Whitney (Administrative Assistant). .

7.2654 7.3117 7.3118 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) . . . .

Williams, Tori (Office Assistant) . . . . . . . . . . . . .

7.6490 7.6492 7.6491 7.6092 7.6697

MARKETING, PROMOTIONS, & SALES Nammany, Jason (Asst. AD, Marketing). . . . . .

Adelman, Paul (Director, Ticket Sales) . . . . . . .

Bennett, Cami (Graphic Design Coord.) . . . . .

Goldenstein, Tony (Dir., Corp. Partnerships). . .

Kroke, Alex (Asst. Director, Marketing). . . . . . . .

Moser, Lance (Asst. Director, Marketing). . . . .

Ralston, Paul (Dir., Broadcast Properties) . . . .

7.1373 7.4852 7.1373 7.5373 7.1373 7.6953 7.3210

MEDIA RELATIONS Hajdu, Jayson (Asst. AD, Media Relations) . . .

LaDue, Ross (Assistant Director) . . . . . . . . . . . .

Powell, Ryan (Associate Director) . . . . . . . . . . .

Wigness, Mitch (Assistant Director) . . . . . . . . .

7.2985 7.6743 7.2986 7.4210

SOCCER Kellogg, Matt (Head Coach) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.3972 Webb, Stephanie (Associate Head Coach). . . 7.3684 TBA (Assistant Coach) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.3684 SOFTBALL Stevens, Jordan (Head Coach) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.4952 Buchanan, Bobby (Assistant Coach). . . . . . . . . 7.2353 Kutz, Ally (Assistant Coach). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.2353 SPORTS MEDICINE Westereng, Steve (Director). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7.3886 Tracy, Robin (Physical Therapist). . . . . . . . . . . . 7.4845 Ziegler, Cathy (Physical Therapist). . . . . . . . . . .7.4846 Bjerke, Sara (Asst. Athletic Trainer) . . . . . . . . . . 7.3883 Carlson, Matthew (Asst. Athletic Trainer) . . . . 7.0723 Champagne, Alicia (Asst. Athletic Trainer). . . 7.0723 Poolman, Mark (Asst. Athletic Trainer). . . . . . . 7.3107 Rambough, Audrey (Asst. Athletic Trainer) . . 7.3177 Sand, Eric (Asst. Athletic Trainer). . . . . . . . . . . . 7.0723 Tsuchiya, Makoto (Asst. Athletic Trainer) . . . . 7.0579 Vanderpan, McKynsay (Asst. Athletic Trainer). . 7.6147

STRENGTH & CONDITIONING Baukol, Nate (Head Coach). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.4035 Bloms, Lucas (Assistant Coach) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.3933 Lofgren, Adam (Assistant Coach). . . . . . . . . . . .7.2063 SaariBovre, Ben (Assistant Coach). . . . . . . . . . . 7.3933 Schwenzfeier, Aaron (Assistant Coach). . . . . . 7.3933 Zachman, Kelsey (Assistant Coach) . . . . . . . . . 7.3933 SWIMMING & DIVING Maiello, Chris (Head Coach) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Strom, Brian (Diving Coach/Dir. of Aquatics). . .

Harris, Anthony (Assistant Coach). . . . . . . . . . .

Rich, Ryan (Assistant Coach). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Swim ND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

TENNIS Wynne, Tom (Head Coach). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Anderson, Kyle (Assistant Coach). . . . . . . . . . .

TICKET OFFICE Reardon, Heather (Manager) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Ticket Office (REA). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

REA Ticket Office FAX. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

TRACK & FIELD/CROSS COUNTRY Galbraith, Kevin (Head Track Coach) . . . . . . . .

Clay, Dick (Head Cross Country Coach). . . . . .

Jones, Drew (Assistant Coach). . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Silvers, Joe (Assistant Coach) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

7.2766 7.3050 7.2454 7.3254 7.4451 7.4758 7.4758 7.4694 7.0855 7.6646 7.2361 7.2979 7.0446 7.2361

VOLLEYBALL Pryor, Mark (Head Coach). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.2351 Joki, Erin (Assistant Coach). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.2508 Tabberson, Mia (Assistant Coach). . . . . . . . . . . 7.2508 OTHER DEPT. NUMBERS Jeno, Sue (Faculty Athletics Rep.). . . . . . . . . . .

Smith, Donna (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). . . . . . . . . .

7.3662 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: 5th Years as Collegiate Head Coach: 11th Hometown: Salem, Ore. Alma Mater: Loyola Marymount (‘81, ‘91)

Now in his fifth season as head coach of the University of North Dakota track and field teams, Kevin Galbraith has guided the program to new heights.

UND has set the bar higher and higher for itself every season under Galbraith’s guidance, and that was no different in 2014-15. School records once again fell repeatedly, with the following standing as new all-time best marks:

INDOOR • Jakob Bissell (Weight) • Natasha Brown (60-meters) • Jesse Fenstermacher (600-meters) • Shawny Kramer (Weight) • Tyler Olson (400-meters)

OUTDOOR • Jakob Bissell (Hammer) • Molli Detloff (Hammer) • Rachel Dryburgh (400-meters) • Jayd Eggert (Javelin) • Jesse Fenstermacher (800-meters) • 4x100 Relay (McKinney/Harrower/Slemmons/Dryburgh)

Detloff also broke the freshman record in the weight throw on three difference occasions during the indoor season.

UND’s student-athletes earned conference-wide recognition to go along with those program-best marks. Three men’s athletes earned AllBig Sky Conference honors: Bissell (weight, hammer), Fenstermacher (800-meters), and Michael Quesenberry (shot put). The women’s team saw three all-conference finishes as well from Brown (200-meters), Detloff (hammer), and Eggert (javelin).

Two UND student-athletes earned Junior All-America honors, as Detloff received such recognition in the discus and McKinney did the same in the 400-meters at the 2015 USA Track & Field Junior Outdoor Championships. North of the border, Brown earned herself a thirdplace finish in the 100-meters at the 2015 Canadian Track & Field Championships.

One-hundred new entries were etched into UND’s all-time top-10 listings in 2013-14, 63 by Galbraith’s women’s team and 37 by his men’s squad. Of those 100 performances, 11 stand as new school records:

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INDOOR • Jakob Bissell (Weight) • Ke-Ke Burks (Weight) • Stephanie Clarke (200-meters, 400-meters)

HEAD COACH KEVIN GALBRAITH

THE KEVIN GALBRAITH FILE 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 OUTDOOR • Jakob Bissell (Hammer) • Ke-Ke Burks (Hammer) • Stephanie Clarke (400-meters) • Tyler Colling (Pole Vault) • Molly Griep (Shot Put) • Sam Saccoman (5,000-meters) • 400-meter relay (Page/Espinoza/Slemmons/Van Heel Clarke, senior Shawn Johnson (shot put, discus) and Jayd Eggert (javelin) each qualified for the 2014 NCAA Division I Men’s and Women’s Outdoor Track & Field Preliminary Championships. Clarke became the first Big Sky Conference champion in program history after capturing the 400-meters at the outdoor championship with a school-record time of 54.03 seconds. Johnson, meanwhile, earned allconference outdoor honors in both the shot put and discus, becoming the first student-athlete in UND men’s track history to earn multiple All-Big Sky honors in one championship.

In the classroom, both the men’s and women’s squads earned USTFCCCA All-Academic Team honors, while Eggert was also recognized individually. Additionally, sophomore Jimmy Evers and junior Erin Wysocki were named to the 2013-14 Capital One Academic All-District Track & Field/Cross Country Team by a vote of the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).

In 2012-13, UND’s first as a member of the Big Sky Conference, Galbraith engineered a record-setting season for both his men’s and women’s squads. Burks, Griep, Eggert, D’Monte Farley and incoming freshman John Hoplin qualified for the 2013 U.S. Junior Track & Field Outdoor Championships, the first in UND track and field history to do so. Both Eggert and Farley earned All-America honors in their respective events.

Additionally, Eggert, Farley and advanced to the NCAA Division I NCAA West Region prelims. At the conference level, Johnson, Griep and Clarke earned the first All-Big Sky honors in program history.

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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 2012 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 ScholarAthlete 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.

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.

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.

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.

Individually, Anderson was named to the 2012 Capital One Academic All-America Women’s Track and Field/Cross Country Third Team). 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 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.

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 top10 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.

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Eleven school records were set under Galbraith’s watch in 2015-16

HEAD COACH KEVIN GALBRAITH

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DICK CLAY Cross Country Coach Years at UND: 31st Years as Collegiate Head Coach: 32nd Hometown: Dawson, Minn.

Alma Mater: St. Cloud State (‘82) One of the longest-tenured coaches in the history of North Dakota Athletics, the 2015-16 season marks the 31st 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.

Last season, Clay once again guided his youthful men’s and women’s squads to the NCAA Division I Midwest Regional, where the men’s team earned its highest regional finish (19th) of the DI era. Between the two teams, 14 of Clay’s runners earned academic all-conference accolades from the Big Sky Conference.

In 2014, Clay and UND hosted the Big Sky Cross Country Championship for the first time in program history. Running on their home course at Ray Richards Golf Course, each of Clay’s top five runners ran personal-record times.

Academically, Clay’s men’s and women’s teams once again received USTFCCCA All-Academic Team honors, with 20 individuals nabbing academic allconference honors.

During the 2013 cross country season, UND’s second in the Big Sky Conference, Clay coached the first Division I all-region performer in program history in junior Erin Wysocki. The Grand Forks, N.D., native placed 25th at the NCAA DI Midwest Region Championsip two weeks after finishing fifth at the conference meet.

In the classroom, both Clay’s men’s and women’s squads earned USTFCCCA AllAcademic Team honors while 17 runners earned Big Sky Conference Fall AllAcademic honors.

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 and Creighton.

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.

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CROSS COUNTRY COACH DICK CLAY

THE DICK CLAY FILE 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 In the classroom, five student-athletes garnered academic all-conference 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 student-athletes who set school records included Christine Weinreich (hammer throw, indoor weight throw), Jessica Butler (100-meter hurdles, 60-meter hurdles), the 800-meter relay team of Brittney Bolstad, Paige 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 schoolrecord 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

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2015-16 North Dakota TRACK & FIELD the Coastal Carolina Shamrock Invitational. Several UND 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 squad finished second in the team standings while senior Brittany 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 his team to a third-place finish at the inaugural Great West Conference Cross Country Championship, where three of his runners earned all-conference 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.

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 All-Academic 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 AllAmerican.

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 the highest for a UND cross country team.

From 1991 to 2007, UND made 12 team appearances in the NCAA national cross country meet. The program 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 UND placed fifth and sixth respectively at the NCAA Indoor National Track & Field Championships. Clay has coached UND 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.

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.

Nine track and field student-athletes were named to 2009 Great West Conference Winter/Spring All-Academic team, the most of any UND team, and two more earned 2008 Fall Academic All-Great West Conference accolades.

During his time at the helm during UND’s Division II era, Clay established a program that is respected for its success at both the conference national levels.

Among his coaching honors:

• NCAA DII Indoor Track and Field Coach of the Year (2000) • NCAA North Central Region Indoor Track and Field Coach of the Year (2000) • NCAA North Central Region Cross Country Coach of the Year (1999, 1994, 1991) • NCC Outdoor Track and Field Coach of the Year (2007, 1988 • NCC Indoor Track and Field Coach of the Year (2000) • NCC Cross Country Coach of the Year (2006, 2001, 1994, 1992)

In May 2008, Clay coached Heidi Evans to a national title in the 1,500-meter 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.

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 19962003.

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Now in his 31st season, Dick Clay is UND Athletics’ longest-serving active coach.

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DREW JONES Assistant Coach Years at UND: 3rd season Years as Collegiate Coach: 9th season Hometown: Coon Rapids, Minn.

Jones came to North Dakota after five record-setting seasons as an assistant coach at Hamline University in Saint Paul, Minn. During his tenure, Jones mentored 15 Division III All-Americans, four Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) Field Athletes of the Year, and 21 individual MIAC champions. His throwers set four MIAC and seven school records over those five seasons.

In 2013, Jones coached the Division III national champion in the women’s discus and was later named the 2013 USTFCCCA Central Region Women’s Assistant Coach of the Year.

Alma Mater: Hamline (‘08)

Drew Jones, who joined UND’s coaching staff prior to the 2013-14 season, works specifically with the program’s throwers.

In his second season with the program, UND’s athletes enjoyed tremendous success in the field. On the women’s side, his studentathletes entered 17 new marks into the program’s all-time top-10 lists.

Three new school records were set, as senior Shawny Kramer snapped the record in the weight throw, and junior Jayd Eggert did the same in the javelin while also breaking the hammer record once.

Freshman Molli Detloff had a very impressive collegiate debut under Jones’ tutelage, setting a new program-best mark in the hammer on three occasions.

UND’s men’s throwers saw seven of their marks crack the top-10 on the program’s all-time lists during the 2014-15 campaign, and two school records were broken there as well by senior Jakob Bissell. He bested the program records in both the weight and the hammer, breaking each three different times.

Jones, who also served as an assistant strength coach for the past two years, oversaw the strength and conditioning plan for Hamline men’s and women’s track, while also serving as the program’s travel coordinator.

Prior to his time at Hamline, Jones was an assistant coach for one season (2007-08) at Concordia University in Saint Paul and helped the Golden Bears score points in the throws at the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC) Championship for the first time in five years. Additionally, he coached the school record-holder in the women’s indoor shot put and weight throw.

Jones is a 2008 graduate of Hamline with a bachelor’s degree in psychology. A four-year letterwinner and two-year captain, Jones was a 10-time All-MIAC performer and a two-time MIAC AllAcademic selection. He received his USATF Level 2 certification (throwing events) in 2009, his USA Weightlifting certification in 2013 and his USTFCCCA Academy Throws Specialist Certification in 2014.

On both the men’s and women’s sides, UND’s throwers compiled six all-conference honors. Bissell was an All-Big Sky Conference honoree in both the hammer and the weight, while classmate Roman Waldera turned in an All-Big Sky performance in the discus.

Freshman Michael Quesenberry secured all-conference honors in the shot put at the Big Sky Conference Outdoor Championships.

For the women, Eggert captured All-Big Sky honors in the javelin, and Detloff took home all-conference honors in the hammer.

His first season in Grand Forks was a resounding success as well, as his student-athletes broke five different school records and totaled 35 new entries in UND’s men’s and women’s all-time top-10 lists.

Senior Jakob Bissell took down the school records in the weight and hammer throws, sophomore Ke-Ke Burks did the same on the women’s side, and classmate Molly Griep broke the school record in the shot put.

In all, 12 male student-athletes and 23 female student-athletes cracked UND’s all-time top-10 lists, including six new marks in the women’s hammer, five in the women’s weight, and four each in the women’s shot put and discus and men’s weight.

Drew Jones’ throwers set five school records in 2014-15.

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JOE SILVERS Assistant Coach Years at UND: 5th season Years as Collegiate Coach: 7th season Hometown: Murtaugh, Idaho Alma Mater: Idaho State (‘09)

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.

The 2015-16 season marks the fifth 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.

Last season saw Silvers’ student-athletes continue to challenge the best in the Big Sky Conference, as Rochelle Robb earned allconference honors in the high jump at the Big Sky Conference Outdoor Championship with a second-place finish. She finished her career ranked fifth all-time in the UND record books with a mark of 5 feet, 7 inches (1.70 meters).

Pole vaulter Tyler Colling also received recognition from the conference. The school record holder in the event, he was named a Big Sky Scholar Athlete at the end of the season, and finished just off the podium in fourth place at the Big Sky Outdoor Championship.

In all, the Fighting Hawks’ vaulters and jumpers added seven new marks to the program’s all-time top-10 lists in 2015-16, four on the women’s side and three on the men’s. UND’s pole vaulters also appeared on the cover of VAULTER Magazine in February 2015.

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.

He has been published in the USTFCCCA’s official publication, Techniques, contributing an article entitled “Mental Training for Track and Field.”

Silvers guided his student-athletes to new heights in 2014-15, including two school records and two Big Sky All-Conference performances. Additionally, Silvers oversaw 23 performances that cracked UND’s all-time top 10: 14 by the women’s team and nine by the men. Four of those efforts landed all the way in UND’s all-time top three.

Junior Tyler Colling twice broke UND’s pole vault record, with his second record-breaking performance also landing him a third-place finish at the Big Sky Outdoor Championship. His other all-conference performer was sophomore D’Monte Farley, who finished third in the triple jump at the indoor conference championship.

2012-13, Silvers mentord the likes of junior Jordan Fisk, who broke the school record in both the indoor heptathlon and outdoor pole vaut.

Farley qualified for both the NCAA West Regional and the USA Junior Track and Field Championship in the triple jump while earning USATF All-America honors. In the classroom, Farley was named a USTFCCCA Academic All-American.

Silvers helped guide UND’s track and field program to new heights in 2011-12, his first season at UND, coaching four Great West Conference individual champions: Taylor Brett (indoor and outdoor pole vault), Matthew Harris (outdoor pole vault) and Mikaela Hirst (outdoor triple jump).

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2015-16 North Dakota TRACK & FIELD MIDDLE DISTANCE Fenstermacher leaves big running shoes to fill, having graduated as the school record-holder in four different events. His younger brother, Joseph, is one of several student-athletes vying to fill the void.

Decorated senior Nate Peterson returns to lead UND in the mile run. The Horace, N.D., native is the owner of the program’s best mile run in the last 19 years.

DISTANCE Peterson broke the school record in the 5K during the 2015 outdoor season and looks to build on that standout junior campaign. UND will also lean heavily on the likes of junior Darin Baltezore and talented freshman Alec Anderson.

Nate Peterson is UND’s top distance runner.

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Dakota continued its steady, incremental rise as a track and field program in 2014-15, a season highlighted by five new school records on the men’s side.

Senior thrower Jakob Bissell capped his stellar career by breaking school records in both the indoor (weight) and outdoor (hammer) seasons, as did classmate Jesse Fenstermacher (600- and 800-meters).

Additionally, sophomore Tyler Olson set a new UND standard in the 400-meters while competing at the Big Sky Championship.

Now in 2015-16, UND turns the page and begins a new chapter for the program marked by the opening of the highly-acclaimed UND Athletics High Performance Center. With a state-of-the-art facility to utilize year-round, the Fighting Hawks can now set their sets higher than ever.

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School (1st) Points Northern Arizona (9) 141 Sacramento State (2) 122 Montana State 112 Weber State (1) 100 Eastern Washington

93 Southern Utah

90 Idaho State

78 Montana

56 North Dakota

44 Northern Colorado

43 Idaho

38 Portland State

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Another freshman to watch is Rugby, N.D., product Nolan Hovland, a multi-sport standout as a prep who was the state champion and school-record-holder in the high jump as a senior.

Freshman Kelly Nordling finished sixth in the high jump at the Minnesota state meet last spring and could be an immediate contributor.

Michael Quesenberry earned All-Big Sky Conference honors in the shot put as a freshman.

THROWS Always a strength under the current coaching regime, UND’s group of throwers will have to compensate for the gradution of All-Big Sky performers Jakob Bissell and Roman Waldera.

Sophomore Michael Quesenberry returns after earning an all-conference nod of his own in the shot put as a freshman.

Seniors Keaton Hanevold and Cody Mach, junior Ian Collins, and sophomore Lane Herbert each cracked UND’s all-time top-10 in at least one event last season and all four return in 2016 to once again provide the program with outstanding depth in the throws events.

In the sprint events, junior Tyler Olson will look to build off of a strong sophomore campaign that saw him break the school record in the 400 at the Big Sky Indoor Championship.

Sophomore Anthony Litersky also showed some promise last season competing in the 200 and 400.

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JUMPS With the graduation of All-Big Sky performer Jordan Fisk and classmate Tyler Colling, UND’s biggest contributors in the pole vault, the team will look to its new faces to be able to compete right away. Jace Kruger is one of those new faces; the Dickinson, N.D., native captured the state title in the pole vault in 2015.

SPRINTS/HURDLES Jared Michel was the Fighting Hawks’ leader in the 400-meter hurdles last season, scoring in the event at the Big Sky Outdoor Championship with a sixth-place finish.

The Fighting Hawks will also welcome four new sprinters and hurdlers to the fold: Seth Adkins, Dylan Boura, Blake Hollingsworth, and James Hollister.

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Tyler Olson set the UND record in the 400-meters.

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2015-16 North Dakota TRACK & FIELD 2016 NORTH DAKOTA TRACK & FIELD ROSTER NAME Seth Adkins Alec Anderson Darin Baltezore Dylan Boura Drew Campbell Ian Collins Connor Danielson Cataldo DiDonna Nathan Engstrom Jimmy Evers Joseph Fenstermacher Colin Gessler Keaton Hanevold Mark Harries Lane Herbert Blake Hollingsworth James Hollister Nolan Hovland Ryan Kirkland Tyler Kolander Jace Kruger Scott Kvidera John LeClerc Anthony Litersky Cody Mach Tanner McKinnon Adam Mehr Mitchell Meyer Jared Michel Kelly Nordling Tyler Olson Nate Peterson Michael Quesenberry Zachary Ray

EVENT Yr. HOMETOWN Sprints/Hurdles Fr. Argusville, N.D. Distance Fr. Chaska, Minn.

Distance Jr. West Fargo, N.D. Sprints/Hurdles Fr. Grafton, N.D. Distance Jr. Lake Elmo, Minn.

Throws Jr. Edina, Minn.

Distance So. Fergus Falls, Minn.

Distance Jr. Bismarck, N.D. Distance Fr. Andover, Minn.

Hurdles Sr. Grand Forks, N.D. Distance Fr. Hibbing, Minn.

Throws Fr. Spokane, Wash.

Throws Sr. Thompson, N.D. Distance Sr. Plymouth, Minn.

Throws So. Glasgow, Mont.

Sprints/Hurdles Fr. Oakes, N.D. Sprints/Hurdles Fr. Hunter, N.D. Jumps Fr. Rugby, N.D. Distance Jr. Mahtomedi, Minn.

Throws Fr. Waseca, Minn.

Jumps Fr. Dickinson, N.D. Distance So. Minnetonka, Minn.

Hurdles Sr. Grafton, N.D. Sprints/Hurdles So. Ashland, Wis. Throws Sr. Faribault, Minn.

Jumps Fr. Fargo, N.D. Throws Fr. Savage, Minn.

Distance So. Dickinson, N.D. Sprints/Hurdles Jr. Chesterfield, Mo. Jumps Fr. Montgomery, Minn.

Sprints/Hurdles Jr. Buffalo, Minn.

Distance Sr. Horace, N.D. Throws So. Billings, Mont.

Jumps Fr. Centennial, Colo.

PREVIOUS SCHOOL Northern Cass High School Chaska High School West Fargo High School Grafton High School Mahtomedi High School Edina High School Fergus Falls High School Century High School Andover High School Red River High School Hibbing High School Central Valley High School Thompson High School Wayzata High School Glasgow High School Oakes High School Northern Cass High School Rugby High School Mahtomedi High School Waseca High School Trinity High School Minnetonka High School Grafton High School Ashland High School Faribault High School West Fargo High School Burnsville Senior High School Trinity High School Marquette High School Tri City United Buffalo Senior High School West Fargo High School Billings High School Arapahoe High School

Head Coach: Kevin Galbraith (Loyola Marymount ‘81) Associate Head Coach: Dick Clay (St. Cloud State ‘82) Assistant Coach: Drew Jones (Hamline ‘08) Assistant Coach: Joe Silvers (Idaho State ‘09)

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2015-16 North Dakota TRACK & FIELD “We ran an extremely good race,” said Clay.

“This is a course that’s probably the toughest course we’ll run outside of the [NCAA Midwest] Regional, so when you do that on this course this early in the year, to be running that well is very good.”

UND returned to action two weeks later at South Dakota State before returning home to host the annual Ron Pynn Invitational.

Although UND fell to North Dakota State in dual action, Campbell took center stage by capturing medalist honors in his lone home meet. Teammate Anderson was not far behind in third place.

At the Big Sky Conference Championship, Anderson placed inside the top half of the field of 84 runners, finishing 36th overall. He ran a time of 27:03.5 to lead UND for the fourth time.

Freshman Alec Anderson led UND four times.

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Junior Cataldo DiDonna just missed a tophalf finish for himself. He clocked a time of 27:25.3 to place 45th.

Dakota returned five steady upperclassmen in 2015, but it was freshman Alec UND closed out the season with a 19th-place Anderson who quickly emerged as the team’s effort at the NCAA Division I Midwest Regiontop runner. al, hosted by the University of Kansas.

Anderson, a Minnesotan, was UND’s top finisher at the first three meets of the season plus the Big Sky Conference Championship in Cedar City, Utah.

Campbell led all UND runners with a time of 31:37.3 seconds in the 10K. That placed him in the top half of the field of 192 runners at 66th overall, and was also well ahead of his time of 33:12.2 from the previous year’s NCAA He opened his career with a seventh-place ef- Midwest Regional. fort at North Dakota State’s Bison Open during the first week of September, then followed up with top-20 showings at Nebraska and South Dakota State. Anderson clocked his best time of the season (25:59.17) at the SDSU Classic.

2015 BIG SKY CONFERENCE RECAP Big Sky Conference Championship Standings Rk. School Score 1. Southern Utah 26 pts 2.

Northern Arizona 43 pts 3.

Weber State 96 pts 4.

Eastern Washington 118 pts 5.

Idaho State 144 pts 6.

Montana 198 pts 7.

Montana State 202 pts 8.

North Dakota 231 pts 9.

Portland State 233 pts 10. Sacramento State 255 pts 11. Idaho 256 pts 12. Northern Colorado 318 pts UND Participants Pl. Name 36. Alec Anderson 45. Cataldo DiDonna 49. Mark Harries 54. Drew Campbell 55. Connor Danielson 60. Nathan Engstrom 65. Scott Kvidera 72. Darin Baltezore All-Big Sky Conference Team Pl. Name 1. Hayden Hawks, SUU 2.

Mike Tate, SUU 3.

Tyler Day, NAU 4.

Cory Glines, NAU 5.

Jason Kearns, WSU 6.

Matt Wright, SUU 7.

Josh Collins, SUU 8.

Harvey Nelson, NAU 9.

Jeffery Miller, NAU 10. Ibrahim Ahmed, SUU

Time 27:03.5 27:25.3 27:32.3 27:48.0 27:51.2 28:09.7 28:19.0 28:28.2 Time 24:56.6 25:01.1 25:02.7 25:34.7 25:38.7 25:42.4 25:43.0 25:43.1 25:46.5 25:58.9

Coach of the Year: Eric Houle, Southern Utah

In the two meets in which UND was not paced

by Anderson, it was junior Alec Campbell who led the way. Campbell, from Lake Elmo, Minn., was UND’s top runner at the NCAA Midwest Regional with a 10K time of 31:37.3 and captured medalist honors at UND’s own Ron Pynn Invitational.

UND opened the season at the aforementioned Bison Open against regional rivals NDSU, South Dakota and South Dakota State.

That meet served as a necessary tune-up for UND’s annual trip to Nebraska’s Woody Greeno Invitational. Anderson -- running his first 8K race -- placed 16th and UND placed fourth in the six-team standings. Four of head coach Dick Clay’s runners cleared 27 minutes and two of them came in under 26.

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CROSS COUNTRY RECAP

The men’s cross country team at the annual UND Ron Pynn Invitational at Ray Richards Golf Course.

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HOMETOWN

PREVIOUS SCHOOL

Alec Anderson

Fr.

Chaska, Minn.

Chaska High School

Darin Baltezore

Jr.

West Fargo, N.D.

West Fargo High School

Drew Campbell

Jr.

Lake Elmo, Minn.

Mahtomedi High School

Connor Danielson

So.

Fergus Falls, Minn.

Fergus Falls High School

Cataldo DiDonna

Jr.

Bismarck, N.D.

Century High School

Nathan Engstrom

Fr.

Andover, Minn.

Andover High School

Joseph Fenstermacher

Fr.

Hibbing, Minn.

Hibbing High School

Ryan Fetch

Fr.

Bismarck, N.D.

Century High School

Mark Harries

Sr.

Plymouth, Minn.

Wayzata High School

Ryan Kirkland

Jr.

Mahtomedi, Minn.

Mahtomedi High School

Scott Kvidera

So.

Minnetonka, Minn.

Minnetonka High School

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

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LOCATION

RESULT TOP UND RUNNER

Sept. 4

Bison Open (6K)

Fargo, N.D. Alec Anderson (7th, 19:21.7)

vs. North Dakota State

L, 36-20

vs. South Dakota

L, 36-21

vs. South Dakota State

L, 35-21

Sept. 19 Woody Greeno/Nebraska Invitational (8K)

Lincoln, Neb.

4th

Alec Anderson (16th, 26:12.4)

Oct. 3

South Dakota State Classic (8K)

Brookings, S.D.

3rd

Alec Anderson (10th, 25:59.17)

Oct. 17

UND Ron Pynn Invitational (8K)

Grand Forks, N.D.

vs. North Dakota State

Drew Campbell (1st, 25:06.1)

L, 35-20

Oct. 31

Big Sky Conference Championship (8K)

Cedar City, Utah

8th

Alec Anderson (36th, 27:03.5)

Nov. 13

NCAA Midwest Regional (10K)

Lawrence, Kan.

19th

Drew Campbell (66th, 31:37.3)

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Alec Anderson (Fr.) Bison Open Woody Greeno Invitational South Dakota State Classic UND Ron Pynn Classic Big Sky Championship NCAA Midwest Regional

Time Place 19:21.7 7th 26:12.4 16th 25:59.17 10th 25:23.5 3rd 27:03.5 36th 31:44.0 77th

Joseph Fenstermacher (Fr.) Time Place Bison Open --- DNF Woody Greeno Invitational DNC DNC South Dakota State Classic DNC DNC UND Ron Pynn Classic DNC DNC Big Sky Championship DNC DNC NCAA Midwest Regional DNC DNC

Darin Baltezore (Jr.) Bison Open Woody Greeno Invitational South Dakota State Classic UND Ron Pynn Classic Big Sky Championship NCAA Midwest Regional

Time Place 20:35.0 35th 27:18.0 32nd 26:55.41 26th 25:58.1 9th 28:28.2 72nd 32:39.7 130th

Ryan Fetch (Fr.) Time Place Bison Open 21:08.1 40th Woody Greeno Invitational DNC DNC South Dakota State Classic DNC DNC UND Ron Pynn Classic DNC DNC Big Sky Championship DNC DNC NCAA Midwest Regional DNC DNC

Drew Campbell (Jr.) Bison Open Woody Greeno Invitational South Dakota State Classic UND Ron Pynn Classic Big Sky Championship NCAA Midwest Regional

Time Place 19:27.4 9th 26:44.4 24th 26:04.48 11th 25:06.1 1st 27:48.0 54th 31:37.3 66th

Mark Harries (Sr.) Bison Open Woody Greeno Invitational South Dakota State Classic UND Ron Pynn Classic Big Sky Championship NCAA Midwest Regional

Connor Danielson (So.) Bison Open Woody Greeno Invitational South Dakota State Classic UND Ron Pynn Classic Big Sky Championship NCAA Midwest Regional

Time Place 20:11.5 25th 27:13.4 30th 26:42.28 20th 26:05.6 10th 27:51.2 55th 33:05.3 144th

Ryan Kirkland (Jr.) Time Place Bison Open DNC DNC Woody Greeno Invitational 27:06.7 27th South Dakota State Classic DNC DNC UND Ron Pynn Classic DNC DNC Big Sky Championship DNC DNC NCAA Midwest Regional DND DNC

Cataldo DiDonna (Jr.) Bison Open Woody Greeno Invitational South Dakota State Classic UND Ron Pynn Classic Big Sky Championship NCAA Midwest Regional

Time Place 19:55.1 21st 26:28.9 21st 26:45.74 22nd 25:38.2 7th 27:25.3 45th 33:54.8 168th

Scott Kvidera (So.) Bison Open Woody Greeno Invitational South Dakota State Classic UND Ron Pynn Classic Big Sky Championship NCAA Midwest Regional

Nathan Engstrom (Fr.) Bison Open Woody Greeno Invitational South Dakota State Classic UND Ron Pynn Classic Big Sky Championship NCAA Midwest Regional

Time Place 20:22.3 30th 27:39.7 99th 27:10.83 32nd 26:17.6 13th 28:09.7 60th 33:43.0 162nd

CROSS COUNTRY RECAP

Time Place 19:44.1 19th 26:14.3 17th 26:48.58 23rd 26:07.6 11th 27:32.3 49th 33:22.8 152nd

Time Place 21:10.6 41st 27:39.8 100th 26:53.43 25th 26:36.7 16th 28:19.0 65th DNC DNC

Mark Harries

Drew Campbell

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STUDENT-ATHLETE PROFILES Adkins, Anderson, Baltezore. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Boura, Campbell, Collins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Danielson, DiDonna, Engstrom. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Evers, Fenstermacher, Gessler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Hanevold, Harries, Herbert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Hollingsworth, Hollister, Hovland, Kirkland, Kolander. . . . . . . 39 Kruger, Kvidera, LeClerc, Litersky. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Mach, McKinnon, Mehr, Meyer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Michel, Nordling, Olson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Peterson, Quesenberry, Ray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

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SETH ADKINS Year: Freshman

Year: Junior

Event: Sprints, Hurdles

Event: Distance

Hometown: Argusville, N.D.

Hometown: West Fargo, N.D.

High School: Northern Cass High School (‘15)

High School: West Fargo High School (‘13)

Major: Management

Major: Composite Social Studies Education

2015-16 (Freshman): Named to Fall 2015 Dean’s List ... Before UND: A 2015 graduate of Northern Cass High School ... Lettered four times in track & field and was named team’s Most Valuable Jumper in each of his last two years ... Placed fourth in the region in the long jump as a senior ... Was also named cross country team’s Most Improved Runner as a senior ... Also competed in football and basketball ...

Class co-Salutatorian ... Personal: Majoring in management ... Son of Wade and Anne Adkins.

ALEC ANDERSON Year: Freshman Event: Distance Hometown: Chaska, Minn.

High School: Chaska High School (‘15) Major: Undeclared

2015-16 (Freshman): Named UND’s Most Valuable Cross Country Runner as a freshman ... Also received team’s Freshman of the Year award ... UND’s top finisher in five of the team’s seven cross country meets, including the Big Sky Conference championship ... Clocked a time of 27 minutes, 3.5 seconds at the conference meet and placed 36th ... Ran a season-best time of 25:23.5 at UND’s Ron Pynn Classic and placed third ... Made his collegiate debut at the Bison Open, finishing seventh with a time of 19:21.7 ... Earned first cross country letter ... Before UND: A 2015 graduate of Chaska High School … Lettered six times in cross country and seven times in track as a prep …

A three-time all-conference performer in both sports … Helped lead Chaska’s cross country team to a section championship and a berth in the state meet as a senior … Took individual medalist honors at the St. Olaf Showcase … Also lettered one year in Nordic skiing and earned all-conference honors in that sport ... Personal: Undecided on a major … Son of Mark and Monica Anderson.

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2015-16 (Junior): Named to 2015 Big Sky Conference Fall All-Academic Team ... Co-captain of cross country team ... Ran in all six cross country meets, including the Big Sky Conference and NCAA Midwest Regional Championships ... Ran a sesaon-best time of 25 minutes, 23.5 seconds at UND’s Ron Pynn Classic ... Earned third cross country letter ... 2014-15 (Sophomore): Named to Big Sky Conference 2015 Winter and Spring All-Academic Teams … Qualified for the Big Sky Conference Outdoor Championship in the 10K … Placed fourth in the 10K at the Shamrock Invitational with a time of 32:40.87 …

Named cross country team’s Most Improved Runner ... Ran a time of 32 minutes, 28.4 seconds at the NCAA Midwest Regional … Clocked an 8K time of 26:07.8 at the Big Sky Championships … Took ninth at the UND Ron Pynn Classic with a time of 26:07.83 … Finished 36th out of 76 runners at the Woody Greeno/Nebraska Invitational with a time of 27:58.80 … Earned second letters in both track and cross country ... 2013-14 (Freshman): Named to the 2013-14 Big Sky Conference Winter All-Academic Team in indoor track ... Named cross country team’s Freshman of the Year in the fall … Competed in six meets with his collegiate debut coming at the University of Minnesota’s Oz Memorial where he ran a 6K time of 21 minutes, 49 seconds … Ran a season-best 8K time of 26:40 and placed 14th at UND’s Ron Pynn Invitational … Clocked a time of 27:16 at the Big Sky Conference Championship … Ran a 10K time of 33:56 at the NCAA Division I Cross Country Midwest Regional ... Placed third in the 1,500-meters at the Cobber Twilight with a time of 4:10.08 ... Earned his first letters in both cross country and track ... Before UND: A 2013 graduate of West Fargo High School ... Lettered six times in cross country and five times in track ... Named the Eastern Dakota Conference (EDC) Cross Country Senior Athlete of the Year in 2012 ... Earned all-state second team honors in 2011 ... Earned All-EDC honors in 2008, 2010, 2011 and 2012 ... Member of the National Honor Society ... Personal: Majoring in composite social studies education ... Son of Jim and Joan Baltezore.

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DYLAN BOURA Year: Freshman Event: Sprints, Hurdles Hometown: Grafton, N.D. High School: Grafton High School (‘15) Major: Undeclared

Before UND: A 2015 graduate of Grafton High School ... Lettered six times in track and field ... Won state championships in both the 110-meter and 300-meter hurdles as a senior ... Was the regional champion in both events, as well as the 100-meters ... Placed third in the 4x400 relay at the state championship as a junior ... As a sophomore, placed third at state in 110 hurdles and fourth in 300 hurdles ...

Regional champion in the 110 hurdles as a junior ... Also lettered four times in fotball and earned first-team all-region honors as a senior and second-team accolades as a junior.

Personal: Undecided on a major ... Son of Ed and Stacy Boura.

DREW CAMPBELL Year: Junior Event: Distance Hometown: Lake Elmo, Minn.

High School: Mahtomedi High School (‘13) Major: International Studies

2015-16 (Junior): Named to 2015 Big Sky Conference Fall All-Academic Team ... Received UND’s Most Improved Cross Country Runner award ... Competed in all six cross country meets ... Won the UND Ron Pynn Classic with a personal-record time of 25 minutes, 6.1 seconds ... Was UND’s top finisher at the NCAA Midwest Regional, placing 66th with a time of 31:37.3 ... Earned third letter in cross country ... 2014-15 (Sophomore): Named to Big Sky Conference 2015 Winter and Spring All-Academic Teams … Placed fifth in the steeplechase at the Big Sky Conference Outdoor Championship with a time of 9:31.84 … Runner-up in the 3K at the Bison Classic with a time of 8:50.10 … Placed third in the 3K steeplechase at the Shamrock Invitational with a time of 9:32.62 … Ran a personal-best in the 10,000-meter run at the NCAA Cross Country Midwest Regional with a time of 33 minutes, 12.2 seconds … Took 54th at the Big Sky Cross Country Championship with a time of 26:26.9 … Earned second letters in both track and cross country ... 2013-14 (Freshman): Earned Big Sky All-Academic honors in the fall (cross country), winter (indoor track) and spring (outdoor track) ... Ran in five cross country meets as a freshman … Made his collegiate debut at the University of Minnesota’s Oz Memorial (Sept. 6), where he ran a 6K time of 21 minutes, 27 seconds … Ran a season-best 8K time of 27:08 at UND’s Ron Pynn Invitational (Oct. 19) … Led UND’s three participants at the St. John’s Fall Finale, placing 14th with a time of 27:17 ... Member of UND’s distance medley relay that placed seventh at the 2014 Big

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Sky Conference Indoor Championship ... Quartet clocked a time of 10:35.98 that was the seventh-fastest in UND history ... Won the 3K with a time of 8:58.76 at NDSU’s Thundering Herd Classic ... Ran a PR in the 3K steeplechase at Drake’s Jim Duncan Invitational with a time of 9:41.78, the fourth-best in school history ... Earned his first letters in both cross country and track ... Before UND: A 2013 graduate of Mahtomedi High School ... Lettered four times in track and three times in cross country ... Served as cross country captain and was named the team’s most valuable runner as a senior ... Earned Hardest Worker honors as a junior and Most Improved accolades as a sophomore ... Also lettered four times in Nordic skiing ... Earned Team MVP honors in that sport as a junior and senior ... Also improved Most Improved honors as a sophomore ... Honor Roll student ... Personal: Majoring in international studies ... Son of Frank and Kari Campbell.

IAN COLLINS Year: Junior Event: Throws Hometown: Edina, Minn.

High School: Edina High School (‘13) Major: Communication

2014-15 (Sophomore): Logged the ninth-best hammer throw in UND history with a throw of 155 feet, 9 inches (47.48 meters) at UNC-Wilmington ... Redshirted the indoor season for UND … Placed fifth in the shot put at the Lyle Hokanson Classic while competing unattached, setting a new personal record of 52 feet, 3.75 inches (15.94 meters) … Took second in the discus at the Drake Alternative Meet while competing unattached, scoring a personal best of 16000 (48.78) ... 2013-14 (Freshman): Placed fourth in the discus at the Cobber Twilight with a throw of 153 feet, 11 inches (46.92 meters) …

Runner-up in the shot put at the Dakota Duals with a throw of 4911.25 (15.22) … Placed fifth in the discus at the Dakota Duals with a mark of 159-10 (48.71) … Earned first letter ... Before UND: A 2013 graduate of Edina High School ... Lettered three times in track and field ... Was an all-state, all-conference and all-metro performer as a prep ... Also lettered three times in football ... Personal: Majoring in communication ... Son of John and Barby Collins.

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CONNOR DANIELSON Year: Sophomore Event: Distance Hometown: Fergus Falls, Minn.

High School: Fergus Falls High School (‘14) Major: Operations & Supply Chain Management

2015-16 (Sophomore): Named to 2015 Big Sky Conference Fall AllAcademic Team ... Named to Fall 2015 Semester Dean’s List ... Competed in all six cross country meets ... Ran his season-best time at the UND Ron Pynn Classic, crossing the line in 26 minutes, 5.6 seconds ...

Earned second cross country letter ... 2014-15 (Freshman): Named to Big Sky Conference 2015 Winter and Spring All-Academic Teams … Qualified for the Big Sky Conference Outdoor Championship in the 10K … Won the 1,500-meters at the Coastal Carolina Invitational … Clocked a time of 4:10.59 … Placed eighth in the 5K at the Jim Duncan Invitational with a time of 15:26.23 … Placed sixth in the 10K at the Shamrock Invitational with a time of 32:54.63 … Received cross country team’s Freshman of the Year award ... Ran a 10,000-meter time of 34 minutes, 20.7 seconds at the NCAA Cross Country Midwest Regional … Finished 63rd overall at the Big Sky Cross Championship with a time of 26:48.9 … Finished in the top half of the field at the Woody Greeno/Nebraska Invitational with a time of 29:11.90 … Ran a season-best time of 26:36.50 in the 8,000-meters at the Ron Pynn Classic … Earned first letters in both track and cross country ...

Before UND: A 2014 graduate of Fergus Falls High School ... Lettered four times in cross country and track as a prep ... Earned all-conference honors in cross country in each of his last three years and was a state qualifier in each of his last two ... Conference champion and state qualifier in the 3,200-meters as junior ... Earned all-conference honors in both the 3,200-meters and the 4x800 as a sophomore, winning the conference championship in the latter ... Also earned all-conference in the 4x800 as a freshman ... Member of the National Honor Society ... Personal: Majoring in operations & supply chain management ... Son of Brad and Michelle Danielson ... Mother played tennis at Minnesota State University Moorhead ... Grandfather played basketball at the University of Minnesota, Crookston.

CATALDO DIDONNA Year: Junior Event: Distance Hometown: Bismarck, N.D.

ter ... 2014-15 (Sophomore): Named to Big Sky Conference Winter All-Academic Team … Helped UND to a sixth-place finish in the distance medley relay at the Big Sky Conference Indoor Championship … Opened the track season with a runner-up effort in the mile run at the SDSU Open, clocking a time of 4:28.47 … Ran the ninth-fastest steeplechase in school history at the Jim Duncan Invitational, clocking a time of 9:49.32 ... Runner-up in the steeplechase at Gustavus Adolphus’ Drake Alternative Meet … Clocked a time of 10:01.70 ...

Earned first track letter ... 2013-14 (Freshman): Named 2013 Big Sky Fall All-Academic team ... Also named to UND’s Spring 2014 Dean’s List ... Competed in six meets as a freshman … Made his debut at the season-opening NDSU Invite with a 5K time of 16 minutes, 52 seconds … Ran a PR 8K time of 27:17 at the UND Ron Pynn Invitational, where he placed 18th ... Earned his first letter in cross country ... Before UND: A 2013 graduate of Century High School ... A fouryear letterwinner in cross country and track ... Earned all-state cross country honors and placed at the state meet in 2011 and 2012 ...

Also served as a team captain in each of those two years ... Doubled as track captain in 2013 and placed fifth in the 1,600-meters at state in 2012 ... Also lettered in swimming three times and was an all-state selection and team captain in 2013 ... Member of the National Honor Society ... Graduated as Class Valedictorian ... Personal: Majoring in chemical engineering ... Son of Greg and Nancy DiDonna.

NATHAN ENGSTROM Year: Freshman Event: Distance Hometown: Andover, Minn.

High School: Andover High School (‘15) Major: Commercial Aviation

2015-16 (Freshman): Named to 2015 Big Sky Conference Fall AllAcademic Team ... Competed in all six meets as a freshman ... Debuted at the season-opening Bison Open with a 6K time of 20 minutes, 22.3 seconds ... Ran his season-best 8K at the UND Ron Pynn Classic with a time of 26:17.6 ... Earned first cross country letter ...

Before UND: A 2015 graduate of Andover High School … Lettered three times in cross country and twice in track, serving as a team captain for both during senior year … A two-time all-conference performer in cross country and a state meet qualifier as a senior … Also lettered twice in Nordic skiing and once in Alpine skiing …

Was an all-conference selection in Nordic skiing as a senior and an all-conference honorable mention as a junior … Qualified for state meet in each of his last two years ... Personal: Majoring in commercial aviation … Son of Douglas and Coreen Engstrom.

High School: Century High School (‘13) Major: Chemical Engineering

2015-16 (Junior): Named to 2015 Big Sky Conference Fall All-Academic Team ... Named to both UND’s 2015 Fall Semester Dean’s List and President’s Roll of Honor ... Ran in all six cross country meets ...

Logged career-best time of 25 minutes, 38.2 seconds at the UND Ron Pynn Classic ... Finished seventh in that meet ... Placed 45th at the Big Sky Championship (27:25.3) ... Earned second cross country let-

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JIMMY EVERS

JOSEPH FENSTERMACHER

Year: Senior

Year: Freshman

Event: Hurdles

Event: Distance

Hometown: Grand Forks, N.D.

Hometown: Hibbing, Minn.

High School: Red River High School (‘12)

High School: Hibbing High School (‘15)

Major: Physics

Major: History, Social Studies Education

2015-16 (Senior): Named to Fall 2015 Semester President’s Roll of Honor ... 2014-15 (Junior): Named to UND’s Dean’s List and President’s Honor Roll for both the Fall 2014 and Spring 2015 semesters … Named to the Big Sky Conference Winter All-Academic Team …

Placed seventh in the 110-meter hurdles at the Coastal Carolina Invitational behind a time of 15.40 … Won the 60-meter hurdles at the Beaver Twilight … Took third in the 60-meter hurdles at the Thundering Herd Classic with a time of 8.38 … Won the 60-meter hurdles at the Bison Classic with a time of 8.38 … Finished third in the 60-meter hurdles at the SDSU Open with a time of 8.46 to open the season … Earned third letter ... 2013-14 (Sophomore): Named to the Capital One Academic All-District Track & Field/Cross Country Team by CoSIDA … Earned 2014 Big Sky All-Academic Team honors in both indoor and outdoor track … Took fifth in the 110-meter hurdles at the Big Sky Championships with a time of 14.57 seconds … Time was the fifth-fastest in UND history and the fastest in 14 years ... Won the 110-meter hurdles at the NDSU Tune-Up with a time of 14.80 seconds … Won the 110-meter hurdles at the Ron Masanz Classic with a time of 14.89 … Finished second in his section in the 200-meter dash at the Beach Invitational with a time of 22.87 … Won the 110-meter hurdles at the Lyle Hokanson Open with a time of 14.69 … Earned second letter ... 2012-13 (Freshman): Earned Big Sky Winter and Spring All-Academic Team honors … Named to both the University’s Dean’s List and President’s Roll of Honor for the spring semester … Ran the fifth-fastest 60-meter hurdles time in school history (8.43 seconds) at the USD Open … Qualified for the Big Sky Outdoor Championship when he won the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 14.94 seconds at Gustavus Adolphus … Earned first letter ... 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-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 allcity 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 ... Recipient of UND Presidential Scholarship ... Personal: Majoring in physics ... Son of Mike and Margie Hutson Evers ... Mother ran track at UND, is the school’s recordholder in the 55-meters, 60-meters and 400-meter relay, and was inducted into the UND Athletics Hall of Fame in 2007 ... Sister, Emily, was a center on UND’s basketball team from 2011-15 ... Cousin, Kyle Bondy, was an offensive lineman at UND from 2005 to 2009.

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Before UND: A 2015 graduate of Hibbing High School … Lettered six times in track as a prep … Earned all-area honors and was a state tournament participant in 2014 … Lettered four times in soccer at Hibbing High and was the All-Area Player of the Year … Also received his team’s MVP award in each of his last two years … Lettered twice in hockey and received the 2015 Hobey Baker Character Award ... Personal: Double majoring in history and composite social studies education … Son of Mike and Becky Fenstermacher … Older brother, Jesse Fenstermacher, was on the UND track team from 2010-11 through 2014-15.

COLIN GESSLER Year: Freshman Event: Throws Hometown: Spokane, Wash.

High School: Central Valley High School (‘15) Major: Commercial Aviation

Before UND: A 2015 graduate of Central Valley High School ... Personal: Majoring in commercial aviation.

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KEATON HANEVOLD Year: Senior Event: Throws Hometown: Thompson, N.D. High School: Thompson High School (‘11) Major: Chemical Engineering

2015-16 (Senior): Named to Fall 2015 Dean’s List ... 2014-15 (Junior): Named to the Big Sky Conference Spring All-Academic Team … Placed third in the javelin at the Lyle Hokanson Classic with a throw of 195 feet, 10 inches (59.69 meters) … Took third in the javelin at the Cobber Twilight with a mark of 172-11 (52.72) … Placed ninth in the javelin at the Beach Invitational with a launch of 179-01 (54.60) … Placed fourth in the javelin at the Marauder Open with a throw of 177-07 (54.12) … Earned third letter ... 2013-14 (Sophomore): Named to 2014 Big Sky All-Academic Spring Team ... Also named to UND’s Spring 2014 Dean’s List ... Placed third in the javelin at the Big Sky Championship with a personal-record mark of 196 feet, 10 inches (59.99 meters) to capture All-Big Sky honors … Won the javelin at the NDSU Tune-Up with a throw of 188-03 (57.38) …

Placed fourth in the javelin at the Lyle Hokanson Open with a toss of 194-10 (59.40) … Placed eighth in the javelin at the Shamrock Invitational with a mark of 192-00 … Earned second letter ... 2012-13 (Freshman): Earned Big Sky Winter and Spring All-Academic Team honors … Set a personal record in the weight throw at the Bison Open with a mark of 45 feet, 3 ½ inches … Earned first letter ... 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, finishing 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: Majoring in chemical engineering ... Son of Kindra and the late Orin Hanevold.

MARK HARRIES Year: Senior Event: Distance Hometown: Plymouth, Minn.

High School: Wayzata High School (‘11) Major: Mechanical Engineering

2015-16 (Senior): Named to Big Sky Conference Fall All-Academic Team ... Co-captain of cross country team ... Competed in all six meets ... Ran a season-best time of 26:07.6 at the UND Ron Pynn Classic ...

Earned fourth cross country letter ... 2014-15 (Senior): Named to Big Sky Conference 2015 Winter and Spring All-Academic Teams … Also named to both UND’s Dean’s List and President’s Roll of Honor in each of the fall and spring semesters ... Helped UND to a sixth-place

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finish in the distance medley relay at the Big Sky Conference Indoor Championship … Placed third in the 5K at Gustavus’ Adolphus Drake Alternative Meet … Received cross country program’s Dakota Spirit Award ... Ran a 10,000-meters time of 32 minutes, 28.1 seconds at the NCAA Cross Country Midwest Regional … Placed 33rd overall at the Big Sky Cross Country Championships with a time of 25:46.1 … Clocked a time of 25:45.39 at the Ron Pynn Classic, good enough for a seventh-place finish … Finished 28th at the Woody Greeno/ Nebraska Invitational with a time of 27:30.90 … Earned third letters in both track and cross country ... 2013-14 (Junior): Named to the 2013 Big Sky Fall All-Academic Team ... Also named to UND’s Fall 2013 President’s Honor Roll ... Lettered in cross country ... 2012-13 (Sophomore): Named to 2013 Big Sky Conference Spring All-Academic Team … Also named to UND’s Spring 2013 Dean’s List and 2013 Spring Semester President’s Roll of Honor … Earned second track and field letter … 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-to-back all-section and all-conference honors as a junior and senior ... Was a fourtime 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.

LANE HERBERT Year: Sophomore Event: Throws Hometown: Glasgow, Mont.

High School: Glasgow High School (‘14) Major: Civil Engineering

2014-15 (Freshman): Placed fourth in the javelin at the Big Sky Conference Outdoor Championship with a throw of 193 feet, 2 inches (58.88 meters) … Tifth in the javelin at the Beach Invitational with a mark of 194-02 (59.19), the fifth-best in UND history … Took fourth in the javelin at the Lyle Hokanson Classic with a throw of 193-01 (58.85) … Finished in third in the javelin at the Marauder Open with a throw of 179-11 (54.85) … Won the javelin at the Dakota Duals with a throw of 182-00 (55.47) … Earned first letter ... Before UND: A 2014 graduate of Glasgow High School ... Was the Montana state runner-up in the javelin and boasts a personal record of 180 feet, 7 inches ... Also played football and basketball as a prep ... Personal: Majoring in civil engineering.

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BLAKE HOLLINGSWORTH Year: Freshman Event: Sprints, Hurdles Hometown: Oakes, N.D.

the Year as a senior ... Set the school record in the high jump (6 feet, 6 inches) and won the state championship in that event as a senior ...

Was also the state runner-up in the triple jump and placed fourth in the 4x400 relay ... Named team’s most improved as a junior ... Earned all-state honors in cross country in 2013 and was named Rugby’s most valuable runner ... Led Rugby to a state title in basketball as a senior and earned all-district honors ... Personal: Majoring in engineering ... Son of Rob and Steph Hovland ... Older sister, Aubrey, is a junior on UND’s track team.

High School: Oakes High School (‘15) Major: Management

Before UND: A 2015 graduate of Oakes High School ... Lettered five times in track and field ... Four-time team MVP ... State runner-up in the 400-meters as a senior ... Also placed third in both the 100-meters and 200-meters ... Received the O.J. Jensen Outstanding Athlete award ... Named Barnes County Invite Outstanding Athlete ... Also lettered four times in both football and basketball ... An all-region honorable mention wide receiver in football ... Personal: Majoring in management ... Son of John Hollingsworth and Michelle Stark ...

Older brother, Jordan, played football at Mayvile State University.

JAMES HOLLISTER Year: Freshman Event: Sprints, Hurdles Hometown: Hunter, N.D. High School: Northern Cass High School (‘15) Major: Mathematics

2015-16 (Freshman): Named to 2015 Fall Semester Dean’s List ... Before UND: A 2015 graduate of Northern Cass High School ...

Lettered five times in track & field and was a two-time team MVP (2014, 2012) ... Named Most Improved in 2013 ... Was also named cross country team’s MVP in 2014 ... Also competed in football and basketball ... Class Valedictorian ... Earned North Dakota Academic All-State bronze medal ... Personal: Majoring in mathematics ... Son of Don and Sue Hollister.

RYAN KIRKLAND Year: Junior Event: Distance Hometown: Mahtomedi, Minn.

High School: Mahtomedi High School (‘13) Major: Mathematics

2015-16 (Junior): Competed in one cross country meet during the fall ... Placed 27th at Nebraska’s Woody Greeno Invitational with a time of 27 minutes, 06.7 seconds ... 2014-15 (Sophomore): Placed fourth in the 1,500-meters at the Lyle Hokanson Classic with a time of 4:03.88 … Finished sixth in the 1,500-meters with a time of 4:06.36 at the Dakota Duals … Earned second cross country letter and first track letter ... 2013-14 (Freshman): Was the runner-up in the 1,500-meters at conocordia College’s Cobber Twilight with a time of 4 minutes, 9.08 seconds ... Competed in six cross country meets and earned his first letter ... Before UND: A 2013 graduate of Mahtomedi High School ... Personal: Majoring in mathematics.

TYLER KOLANDER Year: Freshman Event: Throws Hometown: Waseca, Minn.

High School: Waseca High School (‘15)

NOLAN HOVLAND Year: Freshman Event: Jumps Hometown: Rugby, N.D. High School: Rugby High School (‘15) Major: Engineering

Major: Psychology

Before UND: A 2015 graduate of Waseca High School ... Four-year letterwinner in track and field ... State runner-up in the discuss as a junior ... Placed third in both the discus and shot put at the state meet during his senior year ...Established a discus personal-record of 179 feet, 1 inch as a senior ... A four-time academic all-state selection and four-year academic letterwinner ... Also lettered three times in football and twice in basketball ... Personal: Majoring in psychology ... Son of Todd and Beth Kolander ... Older brother, Brock, played football at Minnesota State University Moorhead.

Before UND: A 2015 graduate of Rugby High School ... A multi-sport athlete who lettered four times in both track and cross country and three times in basketball ... Named North Central Senior Athlete of

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JACE KRUGER Year: Freshman

Year: Senior

Event: Jumps

Event: Hurdles

Hometown: Dickinson, N.D.

Hometown: Grafton, N.D.

High School: Trinity High School (‘15)

High School: Grafton High School (‘12)

Major: Pre-Entrepreneurship

Major: Occupational Therapy

Before UND: A 2015 graduate of Dickinson Trinity High School ...

Lettered six times in track and was named Southwest Region Boys Senior Athlete of the Year by the North Dakota High School Activities Association (NDHSAA) ... Led Trinity to a regional championship as a senior and earned individual titles in the pole vault and 400-meters ... Placed in four events during the 2014 North Dakota Class B state championship ... Finished fourth in the pole vault and seventh in the 400-meters ... Also lettered three times in football ... Personal: Pre-entrepreneurship major ... Son of Justin and Christine Kruger.

SCOTT KVIDERA Year: Sophomore Event: Distance Hometown: Minnetonka, Minn.

High School: Minnetonka High School (‘14) Major: Commercial Aviation

2015-16 (Sophomore): Competed in five cross country meets ...

Ran season-best time of 26:36.7 at UND Ron Pynn Classic ... Earned second cross country letter ... 2014-15 (Freshman): Named to Big Sky Conference Winter All-Academic Team … Helped UND to a sixth-place finish in the distance medley relay at the Big Sky Conference Indoor Championship … Placed third in the 1,500-meters at the Coastal Carolina Invitational with a time of 4:12.22 … Finished fifth in the 800-meters at the Dakota Duals with a time of 1:57.58 …

Won the 800-meters at the Lyle Hokanson Classic with a time of 1 minute, 55.08 seconds … Ran a time of 32 minutes, 57.3 seconds in the 10,000-meter run at the NCAA Cross Country Midwest Regional … At the Big Sky Cross Country Championships, clocked a time of 27:09.7 … Earned first letters in both track and cross country ... Before UND: A 2014 graduate of Minnetonka High School ... Lettered four times in track and cross country as a prep ... Two-time team MVP in cross country (2013, 2012) and 2014 team MVP in track ...

Served as team captain of both squads as a senior ... A state participant in track in the 1,600-meters (2014) and 4x800 relay (2013) ...

Also qualified for state meet in cross country in 2013 ... Earned AllLakes Conference honors in track in each of his three years and was also an all-conference performer in cross country in 2013 ... Member of Minnetonka’s school-record distance medley relay team ... An academic all-state selection in track in 2013 ... Was a National Merit Commended Scholar and an AP Scholar with Distinction in 2013 ...

Personal: Double major in unmanned aircraft systems operations and commercial aviation ... Son of Steve and Sandy Kvidera.

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2015-16 (Senior): Team captain ... 2014-15 (Junior): Named to UND’s Dean’s List for both the Fall 2014 and Spring 2015 semesters … Placed ninth in the 4x400 relay at the Jim Emmerich/Alumni Invitational with a time of 3 minutes, 29.23 seconds … Placed second in the 60-meter hurdles at the Bison Classic with a time of 8.46 …

Earned third letter ... 2013-14 (Sophomore): Earned Big Sky Conference All-Academic Team honors in both indoor and outdoor track ... Placed sixth in the 110-meter hurdles at the Big Sky Championship with a time of 14.60 seconds … Hit a new PR in the 110-meter hurdles at the NDSU Tune-Up with a time of 14.97 … Won his section of the 200-meter dash at the Beach Invitational with a time of 22.71 … Won the 110-meter hurdles at the Dakota Duals with a time of 15.03 … Earned second letter ... Member of UND’s Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) ... 2012-13 (Freshman): Earned Big Sky Conference Winter and Spring All-Academic Team honors … Ran the 60-meter hurdles in 8.55 seconds at the USD Open, tying him for the 10th-fastest time in school history … Ran a PR time of 15.25 seconds in the 110-meter hurdles prelims at the Big Sky Outdoor Championship … Went on to finish 14th in the finals … Earned first letter ... Before UND: A 2012 graduate of Grafton High School ... Lettered five times in track as a prep ... 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 both the National Honor Society and the Spanish Honor Society ...

Personal: Majoring in occupational therapy ... Son of Ed and Nancy Miller and Brian LeClerc.

ANTHONY LITERSKY Year: Sophomore Event: Sprints/Hurdles Hometown: Ashland, Wis. High School: Ashland High School (‘14) Major: Kinesiology

2014-15 (Freshman): Helped UND earn a sixth-place finish in the distance medley relay at the Big Sky Conference Indoor Championship, recording a time of 10 minutes, 53.75 seconds … Set a new personal record in the 400 at the SDSU Indoor Classic with a time of 51.54 … Finished second in his section of the 200-meters at the

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Earned first letter ... Before UND: A 2014 graduate of Ashland High School ... Lettered in track and field, football and basketball ... As a senior earned his second straight track team MVP honor after qualifying for the state meet in both the 110-meter hurdles and the triple jump ... A two-time all-conference performer ... Personal: Majoring in kinesiology ... Son of Edward and Dianne Litersky.

CODY MACH Year: Senior Event: Throws Hometown: Faribault, Minn.

High School: Faribault High School (‘12) Major: Psychology, Pre-Physical Therapy

2015-16 (Senior): Track and field team captain ... 2014-15 (Junior): Named to the Big Sky Conference Winter All-Academic Team …

Threw the fourth-best hammer in UND history at Gustavus Adolphus, logging a mark of 179 feet, 7 inches (54.75 meters) ... Took third in the hammer at the Marauder Open with a throw of 171-3 (52.20) … Finished fourth in the hammer at the Dakota Duals with a toss of 171-02 (52.18) … Took sixth in the weight the Big Sky Indoor Championships with a throw of 57-04.58 (17.49) … Earned third letter ... 2013-14 (Sophomore): Named to 2014 Big Sky All-Academic Winter Team ... Earned second letter ... 2012-13 (Freshman): Earned Big Sky Spring All-Academic Team honors … Hit personal records in both the discus (142 feet, 10 ½ inches) and the hammer (157-3) at the Cobber Twilight … Earned first letter ... 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 psychology and pre-physical therapy ... Son of Al Mach and Kathy Mach.

TANNER MCKINNON Year: Freshman

ADAM MEHR Year: Freshman Event: Throws Hometown: Savage, Minn.

High School: Burnsville Senior High School (‘15) Major: Mechanical Engineering

Before UND: A 2015 graduate of Burnsville High School ...Three-year letterwinner in track & field ... An all-conference honorable mention as a senior ... Owns personal-bests of 49 feet, 11 inches in the shot put and 155-07 in the discus ... Also lettered three times in Olympic style weightlifting and was a two-time state runner-up ... Lettered one year in football on the offensive and defensive line ... Personal: Majoring in mechanical engineering ... Son of Scott and Sue Mehr ...

Older sister, Nicole, played volleyball at the University of WisconsinRiver Falls in 2013 and currently attends UND.

MITCHELL MEYER Year: Sophomore Event: Mid-Distance Hometown: Dickinson, N.D. High School: Trinity High School (‘14) Major: Pre-Management

2014-15 (Freshman): Placed third in the 800-meter run at the Marauder Open, clocking a time of 2 minutes, 4.50 seconds … Finished in fifth place in the 800 at the Shamrock Invitational behind a time of 2:00.19 … Earned a fourth-place finish in the 800 at the Bison Classic with a time of 2:00.18 … Earned first letter ... Before UND: A 2013 graduate of Trinity High School ... Lettered four times in track and was a finalist for Region 8 Male Track Athlete of the Year as a senior ...

Also lettered in basketball and football as a prep ... Personal: Majoring in pre-management and social science/management ... Son of Chad and Tammy Meyer.

Event: Jumps Hometown: Fargo, N.D. High School: West Fargo High School (‘15) Major: Pre-Physical Therapy

Before UND: A 2015 graduate of West Fargo High School ... Threeyear letterwinner in track ... Second-team all-state ... state runner-up in the javelin as a senior ... Also placed seventh in the 4x100 relay and ninth in the long jump ... Finished sixth in the Eastern Dakota Conference in the triple jump ... Lettered three times in football and was named first team all-conference as a junior ... Personal: Son of Dean McKinnon and Tracy McKinnon ... Majoring in pre-physical therapy.

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JARED MICHEL Year: Junior

Year: Freshman

Event: Sprints, Hurdles

Event: Jumps

Hometown: Chesterfield, Mo.

Hometown: Montgomery, Minn.

High School: Marquette High School (‘13)

High School: Tri City United (‘15)

Major: Mathematics, Economics

Major: Kinesiology

2015-16 (Junior): Named to UND’s Fall 2015 President’s Roll of Honor ... 2014-15 (Sophomore): Named to UND’s Dean’s List and President’s Honor Roll for both the Fall 2014 and Spring 2015 semesters … Named a Big Sky Conference Spring All-Academic Team honoree … Finished sixth in the 400-meter hurdles at the Big Sky Outdoor Championship with a time of 54.09 seconds … Timed was the third-best in school history ... Took ninth in the 400 hurdles at the Steve Scott Invitational with a time of 53.37 … Won his section of the 400 hurdles at the Bryan Clay Invitational, clocking a time of 53.35 … Placed second in the 400 hurdles at the Marauder Open with a time of 54.06 … Finished second in the 400 hurdles at the Dakota Duals behind a time of 53.84 … Finished in third in the 400 hurdles at the Coastal Carolina Invitational with a time of 54.60 …

Earned second letter ... 2013-14 (Freshman): Earned 2014 Big Sky Conference All-Academic Team honors in both indoor and outdoor track ... Named to UND’s President’s Honor Roll during both the fall and spring semesters ... Was also named to the Fall 2013 Dean’s List ... Finished eighth in the 400-meter hurdles at the Big Sky Championship with a time of 57.97 seconds … Helped UND finish eighth in the distance medley relay at the Big Sky Conference Indoor Championship ... Quartet ran a time of 10:35.98 that was the seventh-fastest in school history ... Runner-up in the 400-meter hurdles at the NDSU Tune-Up with a time of 55.00 … Was the runner-up in his section of the 400-meter hurdles at the Beach Invitational with a time of 54.30 … Won his section in the 400-meter hurdles at the Bryan Clay Invitational with a time of 54.86 … Earned first letter ... Before UND: A 2013 graduate of Marquette High School ... Lettered four times in track as a prep ... Broke a 30-year old Suburban West Conference record in the 300-meter hurdles during his season year ... Was the runner-up in the same event at the 2013 state championship ... Also a member of Marquette’s runner-up 4x800 relay team at the 2013 state championship ... Placed ninth in the 300-meter hurdles at the 2012 state championship as a junior ... Also lettered twice in football as a linebacker and wide receiver ... Member of the National Honor Society ... A 2012 recipient of the Dartmouth Book Award ... Personal: Majoring in mathematics and economics ... Son of Keith and Dawn Michel.

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Before UND: A 2015 graduate of Tri City United ... Lettered four times in track ... A 2014 all-state performer who pllaced sixth in the high jump at the Minnesota state championship as a senior ... Owns a personal-best of 43 feet, 5 inches in that event ... Two-time all-conference selection and two-time team MVP ... Also lettered twice in basketball and once in football ... Personal: Majoring in kinesiology ... Son of Craig and Paige Nordling ... Father competed in basketball and track & field at the University of Minnesota, Morris.

TYLER OLSON Year: Junior Event: Sprints, Hurdles Hometown: Buffalo, Minn.

High School: Buffalo Senior High School (‘13) Major: Criminal Justice Studies

2014-15 (Sophomore): Placed fifth in the finals of the 400-meters at the Big Sky Conference Indoor Championship with a time of 48.28 seconds … Broke the school record in the 400 in the preliminaries at the Indoor Championship, clocking a time of 48.07 … Finished in 10th in the 400-meters at the Steve Scott Invitational with a time of 49.29 seconds … Won the 400-meters at the Drake Alternative Meet with a time of 48.92 … Placed second in the 200-meters at the Marauder Open with a time of 21.99 … Finished in sixth in the 400 at the Coastal Carolina Invitational with a time of 49.18 … Earned a third-place finish in the seeded 400-meters at the Thundering Herd Classic behind a time of 49.70 … Ran a time of 49.80 in the 400 at the Bison Classic to notch a third-place finish … Earned second letter ... 2013-14 (Freshman): Named to the 2014 Big Sky Conference All-Academic Winter Team ... Runner-up in the 200-meter dash at the NDSU Tune-Up with a time of 22.12 seconds … Won his section in the 400-meters at the Beach Invitational with a time of 49.09 … Won his section in the 400-meters at the Bryan Clay Invitational with a time of 48.81 … Won the 200-meters at the Lyle Hokanson Open with a time of 22.16 … Finished first in the 400-meters with a time of 49.18 at the Dakota Duals … Earned first letter ... Before UND: A 2013 graduate of Buffalo High School ... Lettered four times in track and field as a prep ... A three-time all-state and all-conference performer in the 100-meters, 200-meters and 400-meters ... Also earned all-conference honors in the 4x100 and 4x200 in 2010 ... Personal: Majoring in criminal justice ... Son of David and Bethany Olson.

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NATE PETERSON Year: Senior Event: Distance Hometown: Horac, N.D. High School: West Fargo High School (‘11) Major: Mathematics

2014-15 (Senior): Named to UND’s Fall 2014 Dean’s List and Spring 2015 Dean’s List ... Also named to the President’s Honor Roll for the Fall 2014 and Spring 2015 semesters … Cross country team captain and track co-captain … Named to the Big Sky Conference Fall and Winter All-Academic Teams … Set the school record in the 5K at the Coastal Carolina Shamrock Invitational with a time of 14 minutes, 30.59 seconds … Scored in the mile at the Big Sky Conference Indoor Championships with a seventh-place finish, behind a time of 4 minutes, 15.15 seconds … Ran a season-best time of 4:12.31 in the mile with a second-place finish at the SDSU Indoor Classic … Earned event wins in the mile at the Thundering Herd Classic and the Jim Emmerich/Alumni Invitational … Paced UND at five out of six cross country meets… Received cross country team’s Most Valuable Runner award for second straight year ... Placed within the top half of the field at the NCAA Cross Country Midwest Regional with a time of 31 minutes, 40.8 seconds … Finished 18th overall at the Big Sky Cross Country Championship with a time of 25:07.6 … His 25:12.28 time at the Ron Pynn Classic was good enough for a second-place finish … Earned his fourth letters in cross country and track ... 201314 (Junior): Named to the 2013 Big Sky Fall All-Academic Team ...

Named UND’s Most Valuable Cross Country Runner in the fall …

Also named to UND’s 2014 Spring Dean’s List and the 2014 Spring President’s Honor Roll ... Served as team co-captain … Was UND’s top runner at the Big Sky Conference Cross Country Championship, where he placed 28th with a time of 26 minutes, 4 seconds … Was also the team’s top finisher at the UND Ron Pynn Invitational (25:39 // 6th place) and the SDSU Classic (26:22 // 16th) ... Won the 3K at Minnesota’s Northwest Open with a time of 8:41.08 ... Ran a PR in the mile at Iowa State’s Bill Bergan Invitational ... His time of 4:11.97 bested his previous PR by eight seconds and was the third-fastest time in school history ... Earned his third letters in both cross country and track ... 2012-13 (Sophomore): Named to the 2013 Big Sky Conference Spring All-Academic Team, 2012-13 Big Sky Conference Winter All-Academic Team and the 2012 Big Sky Fall All-Academic Team … Also named to UND’s Spring 2013 Dean’s List and 2013 Spring Semester President’s Roll of Honor … Member of UND’s distance medley relay team that placed seventh at the Big Sky Conference Indoor Championship … Quartet ran the fourth-fastest relay in school history with a time of 10:31.98 … Clocked a PR of 3:55.94 in the 1,500-meters at the Big Sky Conference Outdoor Championship (May 11) … Ran a PR mile of 4:19.58 at Iowa State’s Bill Bergan Invitational (Jan. 26) that was the fifth-fastest in school history …

Also hit a PR in the 800-meters at the NDSU Tune-Up (May 3) with a time of 1:58.78 … 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 … Earned second letter in both cross country and track ... 2011-12

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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 and history ... Son of Kory and Pam Peterson ... Both parents attended UND ... Father ran track at UND.

MICHAEL QUESENBERRY Year: Sophomore Event: Throws Hometown: Billings, Mont.

High School: Billings West High School (‘14) Major: Pre-Business Economics

2014-15 (Freshman): Collected all-conference honors at the Big Sky Outdoor Championship after finishing third in the shot put with a personal-record toss of 55 feet, 8.50 inches (16.98 meters) … That marked ranked fifth in UND history ... Took third in the shot put at the Dakota Duals with a launch of 48-09.50 (14.87) … Placed third in the shot put at the Coastal Carolina Invitational with a throw of 4806.25 (14.79) … Finished fifth in the shot put at the Big Sky Indoor Championship as the only freshman to compete in the event, throwing for 52-01.75 (15.89) … Placed third in the shot put at the SDSU Indoor Classic with a throw of 51-05.50 (15.68) … Earned his first letter ... Before UND: A 2014 graduate of Billings West High School ... Placed third in the discus as a senior at the 2014 Montana state meet ... Placed third in the shot put as a junior in 2013 ... Personal: Majoring in pre-business economics ... Son of Rod and Sophia Quesenberry ... Older brother, Brandon, is a 2011 graduate of UND and competed in track and football.

ZACHARY RAY Year: Freshman Event: Jumps Hometown: Centennial, Colo.

High School: Arapahoe High School (‘15) Major: Petroleum Engineering

Before UND: A 2015 graduate of Arapahoe High School ... Logged pole vault PR of 14 feet, 4 inches as a prep ... Personal: Majoring in petroleum engineering.

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2015-16 North Dakota TRACK & FIELD The 1990s saw change in the makeup of the league, beginning in 1992 when Nevada departed and put the Big Sky back at eight teams. In 1996 Boise State and Idaho left and at the same time the conference added Portland State, Sacramento State and Cal State Northridge. The Big Sky maintained nine teams for five years before Cal State Northridge departed in the spring of 2001.

The Big Sky Conference enters its 52nd year The Big Sky now includes nine states spanand 27th year of women’s competition during ning from the Pacific Ocean to the Red River the 2015-16 academic year.

Valley of North Dakota. The league is represented along the entire west coast with instiThe venerable and stable Division I conference tutions in Washington, Oregon and California. observed its 50th birthday on July 1, 2013.

League schools also range up and down the Rocky Mountains with institutions in MonFour of the current league members – Idaho tana, Idaho, Utah, Arizona and Colorado. It is State University, The University of Montana, “The Heart of the American West.”

Montana State and Weber State – have been with the league since its birth. Fellow charter On Feb 25, 1963, the name Big Sky was adoptmember the University of Idaho will bring the ed by the six presidents of the charter memmajority of its sports back to the Big Sky on bers as the name of the new conference. The July 1, 2014. Northern Arizona University en- name Big Sky originated in a novel written by ters its 45th season in the league, giving the the late A.B. (Bud) Guthrie of Great Falls, Mont., league five members with at least 40 years of in 1947 entitled “The Big Sky.” Jack Hollowell, a continuous membership. former Montana advertising director, promot-

ed the Big Sky theme for the Treasure State.

While on a track and field trip from Pocatello, Idaho, to Missoula, Mont., legendary Dubby Holt of Idaho State saw a “Welcome to Big Sky Country” sign as his team entered Montana.

Holt, and his athletes thought “Big Sky” would be a perfect name for the new conference.

Harry Missildine of the Spokane SpokesmanReview called for the newly formed league to be named the Big Sky Conference in his colThe league has become one of the strongest umn dated Feb. 20, 1963.

Division I conferences in the West and is a national leader in the Football Championship The Big Sky sponsors championships in 15 Subdivision. Six times, Big Sky teams have sports, including men’s and women’s cross won the Division I National Championship, in- country, indoor and outdoor track and field, cluding Eastern Washington in 2010. A Big Sky basketball and tennis. In addition, there are team has played for the national champion- also championships in football, and women’s ship in three of the past five seasons. The Big volleyball, golf and soccer. The Big Sky sponSky is one of three conferences in the western sored softball for the first time in 2013. Men’s United States playing Division I football. golf will return as a conference sport in 2014The Big Sky Conference welcomed North Dakota and Southern Utah on July 1, 2012 as full members. UC Davis and Cal Poly joined as football affiliate members. Eastern Washington University, the University of Northern Colorado, Portland State University and Sacramento State round out the current membership.

The Big Sky Conference was established in 1963 by six charter members – Idaho, Idaho State, Gonzaga, Montana, Montana State and Weber State. Those six schools formed the foundation of the Big Sky before the league expanded in 1970 by adding Boise State and Northern Arizona. Gonzaga left the Sky in 1979 and was replaced by Nevada, which gave the league eight members. The conference grew to nine schools in 1987 with the addition of Eastern Washington.

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Doug Fullerton, the fifth commissioner of the Big Sky Conference, is in his 19th year at the helm. Fullerton took over the Big Sky on July 1, 1995, replacing longtime commissioner Ron Stephenson, who passed away in 2011. Stephenson served the league for 14 years. Steve Belko was the commissioner from 1977-81, while John Roning held the post from 197177. The first league commissioner was Jack Friel, who served from 1963-71.

Doug Fullerton Commissioner

Ron Loghry Associate Commissioner

Jaynee Nodalski Assistant Commissioner

Jon Kasper Assistant Commissioner

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.

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2015-16 North Dakota TRACK & FIELD 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 Rory Beil Rick Johnson Jeremy Zimney Norm McGee Donovan Alexander Norm McGee Norm McGee Tyler Olson Aaron Berndt Jesse Fenstermacher Jesse Fenstermacher Aaron Berndt Todd Szczepanski Chad Heltemes Josh LaBlanc Josh LaBlanc Jon Wrzesinski Justin Schiele Marc Sondreal Mike Backes Dave Levos Tyler Stoltz Jakob Bissell

Year Mark 1979 :07.50 1991 :07.60 1979 :08.10 1998 :08.16 1989 :06.20 2007 :06.75 1989 :21.66 1987 :34.18 2015 :48.07 2001 1:04.67 2015 1:19.16 2013 1:51.65 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. 2015 62-10.50

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

Josh LaBlanc set three records as a senior in 2011, including indoor records in the 3K and 5K races.

10:14.40

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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.

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Donovan Alexander is the school record-holder in the 60-meter dash.

Alexander went on to play in the Canadian Football League.

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Name Norm McGee Norm McGee Jesse Fenstermacher Jesse Fenstermacher Chad Heltemes Tyler Rose Nate Peterson Josh LaBlanc Jeremy Zimney Jeremy Zimney Chris Carbonneau Mike Backes Bert Burkholder Marc Sondreal Tyler Colling Dave Levos Dave Levos Matt Fick Jakob Bissell Jon Wrzesinski

Year 1988, 1989 1988 2012 2015 1998 2010 2015 2011 2000 1999 1992 2002 1986 1998 2014 1986 1986 2008 2015 1988

Mark :10.20 :20.67 :47.82 1:50.04 3:51.34 8:5232 14:30.39 30:05.24 :14.27 :52.50 9:27.20 50-10.75 23-11.75 7-01.50 16-04.75 57-04.25 193-01 229-10 198-08 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 UND history. He was inducted into the UND Athletics Hall of Fame in 2001.

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Two-time All-American Matt Fick set the school record in the javelin in 2008.

Tyler Rose broke the school record in the 3K in 2010.

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Jakob Bissell broke the school hammer record multiple times.

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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 1974 1956 1974 1957 1964 1974 1973 1975 1970 1970 1979 1973 1956 1973 1974

Mark :05.40 :06.10 :32.00 :51.30 :51.30 1:13.60 1:57.40 2:15.50 4:11.3 9:07.00 :06.49 :06.23 :07.60 :07.60 :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 1956 1956 1956 1975 1967 1967 1968 1968 1967 1931 1965

Mark :09.70 :21.10 :49.70 1:56.20 4:10.30 9:08.70 13:59.00 29:21.90 52:06.80 :25.00 :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.

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Name Norm McGee Dave Levos Josh LaBlanc

Conf. Event Mark NCC 55-Meters 6.20 NCC Shot Put 58-11 GWC 3K 8:31.15

INDOOR CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS

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

Conf.

NCC NCC NCC NCC NCC NCC GWC GWC

Mark 52-08.50 53-09.50 55-10 58-11 49-08.50 55-10 50-4.75 51-11.75

Year 1972 1984 1985 1986 1987 1995 2009 2010

High Jump Marc Sondreal Marc Sondreal

Conf.

NCC NCC

Mark 6-08.75 6-11.75

Year 1997 1998

Triple Jump Mike Backes

Conf.

NCC

Mark 50-04

Year 2002

Pole Vault Brian Quern Scott Jemtrud

Conf.

NCC NCC

Mark 15-01.25 15-01.25

Year 1981 1990

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

Conf.

NCC NCC NCC NCC

Mark 6.39 6.38 6.20 6.28

Year 1985 1987 1988 1989

400-Meter Dash Chris Stoks

Conf.

GWC

Mark 51.92

Year 2012

1,000-Meter Run Mike Madsen Mike Madsen

Conf.

NCC NCC

Mark 2:30.37 2:29.04

Year 1993 1995

3,000-Meter Run Josh LaBlanc

Conf.

GWC

Mark 8:31.15

Year 2011

55-M High Hurdles Rory Beil

Conf.

NCC

Mark 7.67

Year 1991

1,600-Meter Relay North Dakota

Conf.

NCC

Mark 3:20.83

Year 1987

3,200-Meter Relay North Dakota

Conf.

NCC

Mark 7:55.79

Year 1993

300-Meter Dash Norm McGee Norm McGee

Conf.

NCC NCC

Mark 34.18 34.62

Year 1987 1989

Two-Mile Run (Retired) Conf.

Arjan Gelling NCC Arjan Gelling NCC Arjan Gelling NCC

Mark 9:27.9 9:31.7 9:13.2

Year 1968 1969 1970

OUTDOOR CONFERENCE RECORDS

Name Dave Levos Marc Sondreal Norm McGee

Conf. Event Mark NCC Discus 193-01 NCC High Jump 7-01.5 NCC 100-Meters 10.22

OUTDOOR CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS

Triple Jump Terry Anstett

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Year 1985 1986 2011

Conf. Mark NCC 45-07.5

Year 1986 1998 1989

Year 1973

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

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.

NCC NCC NCC NCC NCC NCC NCC

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

Year 1927 1930 1931 1933 1937 1938 1990

Conf.

NCC NCC NCC NCC NCC NCC NCC NCC NCC NCC GWC GWC

Mark 45-07 47-04 47-00 51-00 54-07.5 56-05.25 49-07 54-07 54-08.5 51-06.25 55-02 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.

NCC NCC NCC NCC NCC NCC NCC

Mark 6-00 5-10 5-09 5-11 6-00.375 7-01.5 7-00

Year 1922 1923 1925 1927 1952 1998 1999

Pole Vault Don Thompson Lloyd Murphy Scott Jemtrud Matthew Harris

Conf.

NCC NCC NCC GWC

Mark 12-00.125 12-00 15-10 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 Roman Waldera

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 GWC 160-09

Year 1925 1932 1933 1934 1941 1983 1984 1986 2002 2004 2005 2006 2007 2012

CONFERENCE RECORDS & CHAMPIONS

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

Conf.

NCC NCC NCC NCC

Mark 10.32 10.61 10.75 10.55

Year 1985 1987 1988 1989

200-Meter Dash Norm McGee Norm McGee Norm McGee

Conf.

NCC NCC NCC

Mark 20.90 21.57 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.

NCC NCC NCC GWC

Mark 1:53.42 1:52.54 1:53.42 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.

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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.

NCC NCC NCC NCC NCC NCC NCC NCC NCC NCC

Mark 9.8 9.9 10.0 10.0 9.9 9.7 10.3 9.9 9.9 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.

NCC NCC NCC NCC NCC NCC NCC NCC NCC

Mark 21.8 22.2 21.8 22.2 21.4 23.1 22.6 21.4 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.

NCC NCC NCC NCC NCC

Mark 52.8 50.6 51.1 51.8 50.0

Year 1925 1926 1934 1936 1953

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

Conf.

NCC NCC NCC NCC NCC

Mark 1:59.0 1:59.5 2:02.7 2:03.2 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.

NCC NCC NCC NCC NCC NCC

Mark 4:36.4 4:32.8 4:45.0 4:22.8 4:33.8 4:42.6

Year 1923 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933

Two-Mile Run LeRoy Pearson LeRoy Pearson

Conf.

NCC NCC

Mark Year 10:12.1 1932 10:17.0 1933

120-Yard High Hurdles Conf.

Peter Simonesen NCC

Mark 15.5

Year 1949

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

Conf.

NCC NCC NCC NCC

Mark 25.1 25.5 26.1 24.9

Year 1931 1934 1935 1949

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

Conf.

NCC NCC

Mark 3:27.6 3:24.0

Year 1931 1955

NCC

3:24.0

1956

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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.

CONFERENCE RECORDS & CHAMPIONS

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2015-16 North Dakota TRACK & FIELD TOP ALL-TIME NORTH DAKOTA INDOOR PERFORMANCES (Through 2015) 6.20 6.49 6.60 6.52 6.56 6.58 6.58 6.59 6.60 6.61

1988 2007 2007 2003 2001 1998 2002 1988 1987 1987

400-METERS Tyler Olson Chris Stoks Brad Lies Norm McGee Justin Schiele Bryan Greenwood Corey Hehling Brent Keigley Robert Ostman Denton Davidson

Big Sky 48.07 2015 Iowa State 48.36 2012 Bemidji State 49.19 1998 Fargo 49.33 1989 Minnesota St. 49.44 2003 St. Cloud State 49.97 1986 Minnesota St. 50.08 2006 Minnesota St. 50.17 2004 Winnipeg 50.19 1990 Concordia 50.27 2000

MILE RUN Chad Heltemes Arjan Gelling Nate Peterson Josh LaBlanc Tyler Rose Mike Madsen Nate Foss Stephen Staskivige Brent Lorentz Sam Saccoman

7.60 7.48 7.63 7.75 7.77 7.79 7.79 7.79 7.81 7.88

1991 1988 1999 2006 2001 1988 1993 2003 1992 2003

500-METERS Aaron Berndt Denton Davidson Brad Lies Mark Barclay Jesse Fenstermacher Nate Swenson Russ Schwehr Denton Davidson Bryan Greenwood Andy Dorais

St. Cloud St. 1:04.67 NCC 1:04.80 St. Cloud St. 1:05.19 Minnesota St. 1:05.40 Notre Dame 1:05.59 Fargo 1:05.80 NCC 1:05.97 Fargo 1:06.10 Fargo 1:06.24 Minnesota St. 1:06.35

2001 2003 1998 2008 2011 1990 1991 2000 1987 2004

3,000-METERS Josh LaBlanc Iowa State 8:19.69 2011 Sam Saccoman Iowa State 8:32.71 2014 Jim Mallory Fargo 8:35.30 1998 Nick Lindstrom Iowa State 8:36.96 2013 Lee DeKrey Iowa State 8:38.30 2005 Paul Kriegler Iowa State 8:40.11 2005 Nate Peterson Minnesota 8:41.08 2014 Greg Hexum Fargo 8:41.94 1993 Dennis Smalley 8:42.51 1981 Jason Krueger NCC 8:45.33 1999

Minnesota State 6.75 Minot State 6.81 Minnesota State 6.93 Minnesota 6.96 Minot State 6.94 Winnipeg 6.94 Winnipeg 6.96 Fargo 7.02 Fargo 7.03 Fargo 7.05

2007 1985 2007 2014 1985 1990 1990 2002 1988 2013

600-METERS Jesse Fenstermacher Aaron Berndt Nate Swenson Matt Gerszewski Bob O’Halloran Denton Davidson Cam Felton Matt Sailer Zach Green Kory Zimney

NDSU Bemidji State Winnipeg Bemidji State Minnesota Bemidji State Bemidji State St. John’s St. John’s Minnesota

1:19.16 1:21.16 1:21.82 1:22.74 1:22.92 1:23.04 1:23.16 1:23.18 1:23.26 1:23.46

2015 2000 1990 2007 1993 2003 2002 2007 2007 1990

5,000-METERS Josh LaBlanc Jim Mallory Mike Koebel Sam Saccoman Lee DeKrey Joel Rovang Richie Spitsberg Paul Kriegler Jason Krueger Mark Harries

60-METER HURDLES Jeremy Zimney Fargo 8.16 1998 Riza Mahmoud NCC 8.30 2003 Tyler Stoltz Minnesota 8.35 2006 Jimmy Evers NDSU 8.38 2015 Adam Maine NCC 8.43 2003 John LeClerc South Dakota 8.46 2015 Digger Johnson Fargo 8.49 2002 Carl Hanson NCC 8.51 2008 Brandon Yates Minnesota State 8.53 2006 Allen Becker Minot State 8.54 1985

800-METERS Jesse Fenstermacher Aaron Berndt Jared Bruggeman Mike Madsen Matt Gerszewski Dan Arneson Chad Heltemes Byron Severson Kory Zimney Matt Sailer

Iowa State NCAA Iowa State Iowa State St. John’s NCC Fargo Iowa State Iowa State NCC

1:51.65 1:51.73 1:51.88 1:52.93 1:54.21 1:54.63 1:54.70 1:54.77 1:55.15 1:56.22

2013 2001 1993 1995 2007 2002 1996 1997 1991 2006

200-METERS Norm McGee Justin Schiele NCC D’Monte Farley NDSU Martin Blekkerud NCC Donovan Alexander NCC Tyler Olson SDSU Cory Ravnaas Fargo Brian Bergantine Fargo Chris Stoks South Dakota Brad Lies Bemidji State

300-METERS Norm McGee NCC Chuck Torrance Winnipeg Cory Ravnaas Bemidji State Bryan Greenwood NCC Brian Bergantine Fargo Robert Ostman Fargo Bert Burkholder Fargo Karl Kjeldsen Bemidji State Chris Larson Bemidji State Brad Graff Winnipeg

21.66 1989 22.18 2002 22.18 2014 22.35 1998 22.45 2007 22.46 2015 22.50 1992 22.57 1992 22.61 2012 22.64 1998

1,000-METERS Aaron Berndt Chad Heltemes Mike Madsen Matt Gerszewski Cam Felton Alex Campbell Jared Bruggeman Wayne Kazmierczak Todd Szczepanski Jim Trouba

Fargo 2:27.82 Fargo 2:27.84 NCC 2:29.04 Minnesota St. 2:30.32 NCC 2:32.01 Fargo 2:32.05 NCC 2:32.06 Fargo 2:32.78 Fargo 2:32.34 Fargo 2:33.24

2001 1996 1995 2006 2003 2002 1991 1990 1991 1987

34.18 35.50 36.05 35.65 35.71 36.12 36.49 36.54 36.84 36.93

1,500-METERS Todd Szczepanski Mike Madsen Pete Miller Gerry Werven Lon Aune Jamie Blomquist Chad Heltemes Andy Lawrence Brent Lorentz Ken Kennedy

NCC Fargo Fargo NCC NCC NCC NCC NCC Concordia NCC

1991 1995 1992 1985 1987 1992 1994 1989 2000 1989

55-METERS Norm McGee Ryan Chappell Donovan Alexander Riza Mahmoud Justin Schiele Martin Blekkerud Rob Myles Bert Cummins Tracy Martin Willis Jacox

NCC Bemidji State Bemidji State Fargo Fargo NCC St. Cloud State St. Cloud State Winnipeg NCC

55-METER HURDLES Rory Beil Fargo John Wrzesinski Fargo Jeremy Zimney NCC Tyler Stoltz Bemidji State Digger Johnson NCC Julian Atchia Fargo Craig Gillen NCC Riza Mahmoud Fargo Karl Kjeldsen Fargo Adam Maine Fargo 60-METERS Donovan Alexander Norm McGee Ryan Chappell D’Monte Farley Mike Labine John Armstrong Dustin Fredrickson Rob Myles Martin Blekkerud Quinton Coleman

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1987 1986 1992 1987 1990 1990 1989 1993 1992 1985

TOP-1O INDOOR PERFORMANCES

3:58.90 3:59.77 3:59.98 4:01.85 4:02.29 4:00.41 4:03.96 4:04.54 4:05.46 4:05.68

Iowa State UND Iowa State Boise State Iowa State Minnesota NCC St. Cloud St. Fargo Minnesota

4:08.61 1997 4:11.54 1970 4:11.97 2014 4:18.67 2011 4:18.92 2012 4:19.85 1996 4:20.03 2000 4:21.35 2002 4:21.80 2000 4:22.32 2014

Notre Dame 14:50.91 2011 Iowa State 14:41.34 1998 Fargo 14:49.26 1993 NDSU 14:57.89 2014 NCC 15:06.31 2007 St. Cloud St. 15:07.00 1986 Minnesota St. 15:13.36 2007 Minnesota St. 15:14.08 2005 Minnesota St. 15:24.00 1999 SDSU 15:24.07 2015

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2015-16 North Dakota TRACK & FIELD TOP ALL-TIME NORTH DAKOTA INDOOR PERFORMANCES (Through 2015) 800-METER RELAY Ryan Schafer, Jay Armstrong, John Stogis, Rob Myles 1,600-METER RELAY Chuck Torrance, Tracy Martin, Bryan Greenwood, Norm McGee Jeremy Zimney, Martin Blekkerud, Adam Bjornson, Brad Lies Jeff Zander, Robert Ostman, Bert Burkholder, Norm McGee Chuck Torrance, Jeff Zander, Bryan Greenwood, Norm McGee Ryan Schafer, Adam Maine, Denton Davidson, Dustin Kouba Digger Johnson, Aaron Berndt, Denton Davidson, Dustin Kouba Justin Schiele, Ryan Schafer, Denton Davidson, Dustin Kouba Digger Johnson, Dan Dow, Dustin Kouba, Aaron Berndt Ryan Schafer, Andy Dorais, Patrick Nelson, Brent Keigley Justin Schiele, Adam Maine, Denton Davidson, Dustin Kouba 3,200-METER RELAY Alex Campbell, Cam Felton, Dan Arneson, Aaron Berndt Bob O’Halloran, Jamie Blomquist, Mike Madsen, Jared Bruggeman Byron Severson, Chad Heltemes, Josh Jorde, Mike Madsen Byron Severson, Josh Jorde, Travis Hochhalter, Chad Heltemes Alex Campbell, Dan Arneson, Stephen Staskivige, Aaron Berndt Jared Bruggeman, Jason Harens, Nate Swenson, Kory Zimney Jordan Bremer, Matt Gerszewski, Cam Felton, Ryan Lee Shawn Gruenberg, Kory Zimney, Nate Swenson, Wayne Kazmierczak Nate Swenson, Bryce Luthens, Shawn Gruenberg, Kory Zimney Wayne Kazmierczak, Nate Swenson, Jared Bruggeman, Kory Zimney DISTANCE MEDLEY RELAY Tyler Rose, Mark Barclay, Kyle Rosseau, Josh LaBlanc Kyle Downs, Mark Barclay, Kyle Rosseau, Tyler Rose Lee DeKrey, Brent Keigley, Matt Gerszewski, Paul Kriegler Nate Peterson, Matt McCreary, Dwight Mandimika, Sam Saccoman Kyle Rosseau, Matt Elbert, Jeremy Jones, Tyler Rose Brent Lorentz, Denton Davidson, Alex Campbell, Stephen Staskivige Jordan Bremer, Rob Peters, Alex Campbell, Stephen Staskivige Kyle Rosseau, Matt Elbert, Dustin Umland, Kyle Downs Skip Gilson, Zach Green, Matt Sailer, Lee DeKrey Dan Alstatt, Adam Bjornson, Dan Arneson, Jason Krueger SHOT PUT Dave Levos Shawn Johnson Mark Murdock Steve Burian Brandon Quesenberry

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Concordia

1:32.34

2000

NCAA

3:17.31

1987

Iowa State

3:18.11

1998

NCC

3:20.76

1989

NCC

3:20.83

1987

NCC

3:20.84

2003

Minnesota

3:20.89

2002

Minnesota State

3:21.17

2003

Bemidji State

3:21.26

2002

NCC

3:21.45

2004

Fargo

3:21.74

1992

NCC

7:48.52

2002

Fargo

7:49.30

1993

NCC

7:50.93

1996

NCC

7:51.78

1997

St. Cloud State

7:54.71

2002

NCC

7:55.01

1992

NCC

7:55.70

2003

Winnipeg

7:56.14

1990

NCC

7:56.53

1989

Fargo

7:56.58

1992

Iowa State

10:14.40

2010

Iowa State

10:19.08

2009

Iowa State

10:19.59

2005

Big Sky

10:31.98

2013

Great West

10:32.05

2010

Concordia

10:34.33

2000

Minnesota

10:38.14

2002

NCC

10:40.89

2008

Bemidji State

10:46.73

2006

Fargo

10:47.43

1999

59-01 1/2 56-06 3/4 56-04 1/2 54-11 53-08

1986 2013 1997 1990 2011

Fargo Big Sky Fargo Fargo Boise State

Ryan Reynolds Michael Quesenberry Creighton Schroyer Brian Emerson Conrad Schwarzkopf

Fargo Big Sky Great West Fargo Big Sky

53-00 52-1.75 51-11 1/2 51-08 51-03 1/2

1999 2015 2010 1999 2013

WEIGHT Jakob Bissell Cody Mach Roman Waldera Matt Fick Shawn Johnson Josh Haugan Brandon Quesenberry Ian Collins Creighton Schroyer Erik Moe

Big Sky 62-10 1/2 SDSU 58-01 1/4 South Dakota 57-09 3/4 NCC 56-08 Big Sky 55-10 1/4 Bemidji State 54-08 1/2 Great West 51-11 1/2 South Dakota 51-04 1/2 Minnesota State 51-04 NCC 50-10 3/4

2015 2015 2014 2008 2013 2006 2010 2014 2009 2008

HIGH JUMP Marc Sondreal NCAA Bob Fransen Tracy Martin St. Cloud State Chad Krick St. Cloud State Mike Lauckner Fargo Pete Hankla NCC Julian Atchia Fargo Justin Schiele Bemidji State Riza Mahmoud Fargo Nick Wilkens Great West

7-00 1/4 6-11 6-08 6-07 6-07 6-06 6-06 6-06 6-05 1/5 6-04 3/4

1998 1977 1987 1986 1991 1985 1988 2000 2003 2009

Fargo Wisconsin Minot State Minnesota State NDSU Bemidji State Bemidji State Iowa State Bemidji State Fargo

24-07 1/4 23-08 23-08 23-06 1/4 22-07 3/4 22-04 22-00 3/4 22-01 22-01 1/2 22-01 1/4

2001 1989 1991 2005 2014 2009 2004 2010 2007 1987

TRIPLE JUMP Mike Backes NCC D’Monte Farley Big Sky David Rygh Bemidji State Terry Anstett Kyle Schneweis Fargo Ryan Waechter Minnesota State Jay Greenwood St. Cloud State David Josephson Minnesota State Paul Nelson Fargo Jay Larshus Fargo

50-03 3/4 47-06 1/2 45-10 1/2 45-08 1/2 45-03 44-04 1/4 44-04 43-10 3/4 43-09 43-08 1/2

2002 2014 2006 1973 1997 2009 1997 2004 1999 1987

POLE VAULT John Wrzesinski Tyler Colling Jordan Fisk Scott Jemtrud Jay Schroeder Clark Carlson Matthew Harris Kohl Koppinger Tony Lequeri Dave Lloyd

NCAA SDSU SDSU Fargo Great West Bemidji State Big Sky Big Sky Fargo St. Cloud State

16-02 16-00 3/4 16-00 3/4 16-00 15-11 15-05 1/2 15-05 15-05 15-00 15-00

1988 2015 2015 1990 2009 2007 2013 2014 1994 1997

Fargo NCC NCC NCC

3,398 pts.

3,296 pts.

2,986 pts.

2,824

2003 1994 2006 2006

Big Sky NDSU

4,296 pts.

3,991 pts.

2013 2011

LONG JUMP Justin Schiele Bert Burkholder Matt Kelly Tyler Stoltz D’Monte Farley Ryan Waechter David Josephson Bryant Halvorson Carl Hanson Willis Jacox

PENTATHLON Tyler Stoltz Jim Kalina Brandon Yates Patrick Delmore

HEPTATHLON Jordan Fisk Matthew Harris

TOP-1O INDOOR PERFORMANCES

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2015-16 North Dakota TRACK & FIELD TOP ALL-TIME NORTH DAKOTA OUTDOOR PERFORMANCES (Through 2015) 100-METERS Norm McGee Rob Myles D’Monte Farley Donovan Alexander Martin Blekkerud Brian Bergantine Javen Butler Joel Anderson Bert Burkholder Tracy Martin

NCAA Moorhead Azusa NCC Minot State Concordia Big Sky NDSCS UND Moorhead

10.20 10.65 10.69 10.72 10.73 10.78 10.79 10.84 10.87 10.89

1988 1999 2014 2006 1998 1990 2014 1992 1989 1987

5,000-METERS Nate Peterson Coastal Car. 14:30.39 2015 Sam Saccoman Drake 14:51.42 2014 Gerry Werven 14:57.70 1983 Josh LaBlanc Coastal Car. 14:59.14 2011 Paul Kriegler NW Mo. St. 15:06.93 2005 Lee DeKrey Truman St. 15:09.49 2005 Skip Gilson NCC 15:11.53 2007 Joel Rovang Moorhead 15:14.01 1987 Mike Koebel SW Missouri 15:17.78 1993 Ray Keogh NDSCS 15:20.63 1980

1988 2001 1998 1990 1998 1987 2001 1986 2010 1986

10,000-METERS Josh LaBlanc Mt. SAC Arjan Gelling Lee DeKrey Drake Paul Kriegler NCC Eric Sondag NCC Richie Spitsberg NCC Joel Rolvang UND Phil Ludwig NCC Eric Benson NCC Joe Fogarty NCC

200-METERS Norm McGee NCAA 20.67 Justin Schiele NCC 21.42 Martin Blekkerud Fargo 21.48 Brian Bergantine Moorhead 21.73 Brad Lies Moorhead 21.73 Tracy Martin Moorhead 21.79 Rob Myles UND 21.82 Bryan Greenwood UND 21.86 Chris Stoks Drake 21.86 Chuck Torrance UND 21.89

400-METERS Jesse Fenstermacher Fargo 47.82 Brad Lies NCC 47.90 Tyler Olson Azusa 48.81 Corey Hehling NCC 48.22 Bryan Greenwood NCC 48.38 Jeff Zander NCC 48.38 Chris Stoks UNC-Wilmington 48.49 Chuck Torrance UND 48.73 Robert Ostman UND 49.05 Adam Bjornson NCC 49.25

800-METERS Jesse Fenstermacher Big Sky 1:50.04 Aaron Berndt Emporia St. 1:51.21 Jared Bruggeman Moorhead 1:51.54 Kory Zimney NCC 1:52.23 Matt Gerszewski NCC 1:53.07 Mike Madsen NCC/MIAA 1:53.64 Nate Swenson NCC 1:53.98 UNC-Wilmington 1:54.07 Tyler Rose Kyle Rosseau Great West 1:54.47 Dan Arneson Moorhead 1:54.49

1,500-METERS Chad Heltemes NCAA 3:51.34 Mike Madsen NCC 3:55.15 Nate Peterson Big Sky 3:55.94 Josh LaBlanc UNC-Wilm. 3:56.25 Pete Miller NCC 3:56.84 Jamie Blomquist Minnesota 3:57.05 Lon Aune NCC 3:57.94 Stephen Staskivige UND 3:58.45 Jim Mallory Fargo 3:58.75 Tim Bohan 3:58.83

1998 1996 2013 2011 1992 1993 1993 2003 1998 1981

3,000-METERS Tyler Rose Josh LaBlanc Skip Gilson Kyle Downs Joel Rolvang Joe Kemp Eric Benson

2010 2009 2008 2009 1986 2011 1986

SDSU SDSU Moorhead SDSU Jamestown Coastal Car. Jamestown

8:52.32 8:55.39 9:04.17 9:08.14 9:11.84 9:15.33 9:17.04

2012 1998 2014 2008 1986 1989 2011 1987 1990 1999 2015 2002 1991 1990 2004 1996 1990 2012 2010 2000

30:05.24 30:34.00 30:54.06 31:00.61 31:4814 31:48.63 31:48.70 31:49.74 32:11.64 32:17.32

110-METER HURDLES Jeremy Zimney NCC 14.27 Rory Bell NCAA 14.46 Jon Wrzesinski UND 14.48 Craig Gillen Augustana 14.66 Jimmy Evers Big Sky 14.69 John LeClerc Big Sky 14.76 Tyler Stoltz NCC 14.89 Digger Johnson Truman State 14.91 Karl Kjeldsen Moorhead 14.94 Julian Atchia Moorhead 14.97

400-METER HURDLES Jeremy Zimney Moorhead 52.50 Digger Johnson NCC 53.15 Jared Michel Big Sky 53.25 Karl Kjeldsen NCC 53.39 Rory Beil NCC 53.77 Russ Schwehr NCC 53.83 Jeff Johannsen UND 53.94 KC Homiston NCC 54.12 Mike Biermaier NCC 54.35 Kent Luetzen Long Beach 54.50

STEEPLECHASE Chris Carbonneau 9:27.44 Drew Campbell Big Sky 9:31.84 Todd Brecto NDSCS 9:39.11 Jamie Blomquist Moorhead 9:41.27 Pete Kriegler NCC 9:44.74 Rob Jerstad Moorhead 9:46.84 Jim Trouba 9:46.86 Dwight Mandimika NDSU 9:48.75 Cataldo DiDonna Drake 9:49.32 Richie Spitsberg Simpson 9:53.87 400-METER RELAY Willis Jacox Drake 40.98 Norm McGee Bryan Greenwood Tracy Martin Mike Labine Norm McGee Chuck Torrance Bryan Greenwood

41.71

2011 1968 2005 2005 1995 2007 1986 1996 1985 1993 2000 1991 1989 1994 2014 2014 2006 2000 1992 1990 1999 2000 2015 1994 1991 1992 1995 1994 1992 2012

Jon Wrzesinski Brian Bergantine Bert Burkholder Norm McGee

NCC

41.94

1989

Ryan Schafer Rob Myles Justin Schiele Jeremy Zimney

NCC

42.00

2000

Jeff Zander Norm McGee Chuck Torrance Bryan Greenwood

NCC

42.07

1987

Jeremy Zimney Brad Lies Jay Armstrong Martin Blekkerud

UND

42.17

1998

Ryan Schafer Adam Maine Denton Davidson Justin Schiele

NCC

42.28

2003

Jon Wrzesinski Norm McGee Bert Burkholder Craig Pigeon

Concordia

42.48

1988

Mike Labine Bryan Greenwood Bert Burkholder Chuck Torrance

UND

42.50

1986

3:13.11

1987

1600-METER RELAY Chuck Torrance NCC Jeff Zander Bryan Greenwood Norm McGee Adam Bjornson Martin Blekkerud Jeremy Zimney Brad Lies

NCC

3:13.85

1998

Robert Ostman Jeff Zander Bert Burkholder Norm McGee

Drake

3:15.22

1989

Adam Bjornson Jeremy Zimney Digger Johnson Aaron Berndt

NCC

3:16.46

1999

Digger Johnson Jeremy Zimney Denton Davidson Aaron Berndt

Drake

3:16.77

2000

1987

Denton Davidson Aaron Berndt Digger Johnson Dustin Kouba

NCC

3:16.79

2002

1985

Rory Beil Jeff Zander Robert Ostman Norm McGee

NCC

3:16.92

1988

1992 2015 1987 1992 2002 1988 1983 2014 2015 2007

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2015-16 North Dakota TRACK & FIELD TOP ALL-TIME NORTH DAKOTA OUTDOOR PERFORMANCES (Through 2014) Chuck Torrance Bob Cunningham Mike Labine Norm McGee

Moorhead

3:16.89

1985

Jared Bruggeman Robert Ostman Nate Swenson Pete Miller

Drake

10:16.55

1991

Digger Johnson Adam Bjornson Jeremy Zimney Aaron Berndt

Drake

3:31.26

1999

Sean Allan Jeff Zander Bryan Greenwood Norm McGee

Moorhead

3:16.94

1987

Pete Miller Nate Swenson Kory Zimney Chris Carbonneau

Drake

10:18.53

1992

John Zurn Cory Ravnaas Russ Schwehr Bob O’Halloran

Drake

3:32.21

1993

Adam Bjornson Denton Davidson Jeremy Zimney Aaron Berndt

Truman State 3:17.76

2000

Chad Heltemes Brad Lies Jared Bruggeman Mike Madsen

Drake

10:19.08

1994

1:26.97

1987

Dan Thralow Jeff Zander Sean Allan Lon Aune

Drake

10:22.95

1987

4 X 200-METER RELAY Chuck Torrance Drake Tracy Martin Bryan Greenwood Norm McGee

Chad Heltemes Brad Lies Byron Severson Eric Sondag

Drake

10:23.06

1995

Aaron Berndt Rob Peters Greg Geers Dan Arneson

Drake

10:24.50

2001

3:24.89

3200-METER RELAY Alex Campbell Drake Cam Felton Dan Arneson Aaron Berndt

7:36.38

2002

Ryan Schafer Rob Myles Justin Schiele Jeremy Zimney

Drake

1:27.95

2000

Ryan Schafer Adam Maine Denton Davidson Justin Schiele

Drake

1:28.54

2003

KC Homiston Jeremy Zimney Brad Lies Cory Ravnaas

Drake

1:29.74

1996

1998

Jordan Fisk Chris Stoks Matt McCreary Reilly Mathiason

Coastal Carolina 1:30.24

2011

Kory Zimney Jason Harens Nate Swenson Jared Bruggeman

Drake

7:36.64

1992

Bob O’Halloran Mike Madsen Brad Lies Jared Bruggeman

Drake

7:37.35

1994

Greg Geers Dan Arneson Dan Alstatt Aaron Berndt

Drake

7:39.73

2000

Brian Fransen Matt Sailer Kyle Downs Matt Gerszewski

Drake

7:41.36

2007

Brian Bergantine Robert Ostman Jared Bruggeman Kory Zimney

Drake

3:27.07

1990

Chad Loosmore Cory Ravnaas KC Homiston Trace Johnson

Drake

1:30.54

1995

Byron Severson Chad Heltemes Josh Jorde Mike Madsen

Drake

7:43.48

1996

Ryan Schafer Justin Schiele Dustin Kouba Cam Felton

Drake

3:27.70

2003

KC Homiston Brad Lies Craig Gillen Cory Ravnaas

Drake

1:30.71

1994

Wayne Kazmierczak Drake Jared Bruggeman Nate Swenson Kory Zimney

7:44.02

1990

Brian Bergantine Bert Burkholder Jeff Zander Nate Swenson

Drake

3:28.38

1989

John Stogis Adam Maine Rob Peters Dustin Kouba

Drake

1:31.88

2001

Shawn Gruenberg Rory Beil Nate Swenson Kory Zimney

Drake

7:44.13

1989

Ryan Schafer Patrick Nelson Brent Keigley Matt Gerszewski

Drake

3:28.45

2004

17:33.58

1991

Stephen Staskivige Drake Cam Felton Matt Gerszewski Jordan Bremer

7:49.17

2003

Chad Loosmore Cory Ravnaas Brad Lies Byron Severson

Drake

3:29.80

1995

4 X 1600-METER RELAY Pete Miller Drake Todd Szczepanski Jamie Blomquist Chris Carbonneau

9:58.84

1996

Brian Bergantine Robert Ostman Russ Schwehr Kory Zimney

Drake

3:30.56

1991

10:14.04

1993

Rob Myles Justin Schiele Denton Davidson Alex Campbell

Drake

3:31.25

2000

DISTANCE MEDLEY RELAY Mike Madsen Drake Brad Lies Byron Severson Chad Heltemes Mike Madsen Russ Schwehr Bob O’Halloran Jamie Blomquist

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Pete Miller Jamie Blomquist Mike Madsen Chris Carbonneau

Drake

17:23.44

1992

Jamie Blomquist Chad Heltemes Byron Severson Darin Didier

Drake

17:40.59

1994

Jamie Blomquist Mike Madsen Joe Fogarty Greg Hexum

Drake

17:41.34

1993

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1998 1978 2002 2000 2012 2009 2003 1986 1996 2008

HAMMER Jakob Bissell Roman Waldera Shawn Johnson Cody Mach Josh Haugan Matt Fick Brandon Quesenberry Zach Olson Ian Collins Tate Messmer

Big Sky Big Sky Concordia Gustavus Adolphus NCC Concordia Great West South Dakota UNC Wilmington Coastal Carolina

JAVELIN Matt Fick Matt Litzinger Tyler Stoltz Keaton Hanevold Lane Herbert Scott Larson Alex Hickel Joe Wilson Tim Tandeski John Hoplin

Augustana Augustana Truman State Big Sky Long Beach NCC Great West NCC UND MSU

DECATHLON Jon Wrzesinski Brad Graf Jordan Fisk

POLE VAULT Tyler Colling Jordan Fisk Scott Jemtrud Clark Carlson Jon Wrzesinski Tim Smith Tony Lequeri Kohl Koppinger Matthew Harris Jay Schroeder

Big Sky NDSU NCC Concordia NCC Moorhead South Dakota State Long Beach Long Beach NCC

16-04 3/4 16-00 3/4 15-10 15-08 1/4 15-07 1/4 15-06 15-06 15-06 1/4 15-05 3/4 15-03

2014 2015 1991 2005 1988 1990 1993 2014 2013 2006

LONG JUMP Bert Burkholder Matt Kelly Tyler Stoltz Bert Burkholder Justin Schiele D’Monte Farley Bryant Halvorson Ryan Waechter Dave Josephson Steve Hedtke

Moorhead NCC Emporia State NCC UND Azusa Pacific Arizona State NCC Truman State UND

23-11 3/4 23-09 23-09 1/4 23-04 1/2 23-03 23-01 3/4 23-00 22-06 3/4 22-04 1/4 21-11 3/4

1986 1990 2005 1985 2002 2013 2010 2008 2004 1990

50-10 3/4 49-01 1/2 48-00 1/4 44-11 1/2 44-08 44-06 3/4 44-04 3/4 43-07 43-03 43-04

2002 2013 1972 2004 2008 1996 1999 1988 1991 2006

57-04 1/4 56-11 1/4 56-07 1/2 55-11 55-08 1/2 55-01 3/4 54-08 1/2 54-05 1/2 53-04 51-05 1/2

1986 2013 1995 1990 2015 2010 1999 2008 1999 2013

193-01 178-06 176-10 176-00 170-05 162-11 159-10 159-04 158-11 157-07

1986 2014 2012 2000 2004 1999 2014 2007 1990 2000

TRIPLE JUMP Mike Backes UND D’Monte Farley Coastal Carolina Terry Anstett David Rygh NCC Ryan Waechter Moorhead Kyle Schneweiss NCC Paul Nelson Moorhead Jay Larshus Concordia Jay Reed UND Grant Sundquist Moorhead SHOT PUT Dave Levos Shawn Johnson Mark Murdock Steve Burian Michael Quesenberry Brandon Quesenberry Brian Emerson Creighton Schroyer Ryan Reynolds Zach Olson

DISCUS Dave Levos Shawn Johnson Roman Waldera Brian Emerson Jason Cook Ryan Reynolds Ian Collins Erik Moe Steve Burian Curt Misialek

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Drake Coastal Carolina NCAA NCAA Big Sky Great West NCC Great West NCC South Dakota NCC Fargo South Dakota NCC NCC NCC South Dakota Concordia NDSCS Bemidji State

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198-08 189-02 180-01 1/2 179-07 172-10 166-08 164-97 160-03 155-09 154-07

2015 2014 2012 2015 2006 2008 2012 2013 2014 2013

229-10 228-01 222-04 196-10 194-02 190-10 188-05 185-10 185-05 185-00

2008 2008 2006 2014 2015 1992 2012 2002 1987 2014

NCC 6,941 pts.

NCC Coastal Carolina 5,331 pts.

1988 1986 2013

Shawn Johnson ranks among UND’s all-time topthree in the shot put, discus and hammer throws.

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NCAA DIVISION TEAM FINISHES Year Indoor Outdoor 1969 -- 9th 1985 -- 8th 1987 -- t-9th­­

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

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 1990 Steve Burian 1991 Rory Beil 1995 Mark Murdock 1998 Mark Murdock 1998 Marc Sondreal 1998 Chad Heltemes 1999 Brian Emerson 1999 Marc Sondreal 2000 Brian Emerson 2001 Brian Emerson 2004 Jason Cook 2005 Tyler Stoltz 2007 Matt Fick

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 Shot Put 2nd 110-Hurdles 7th Shot Put 6th Shot Put 8th High Jump 7th 1,500-Meters 8th Shot Put 8th High Jump 8th Discus 5th Discus 5th Discus 5th Javelin 5th Javelin 8th

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

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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

Javelin Javelin Javelin

Place 1st 4th 1st 4th

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

USTFCCCA ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM 1996 Chad Heltemes, Mike Madson,

Mark Murdock, Marc Sondreal 1997 Team, Mark Murdock, Chad Heltemes,

Marc Sondreal 1998 Team, Martin Blekkerud, Chad Heltemes,

Jim Mallory, Mark Murdock, Ryan Reynolds,

Marc Sondreal, Jeremy Zimney 1999 Team, Jeremy Zimney, Ryan Renolds,

Mike Backes, Marc Sondreal 2000 Team, Mike Backes, Digger Johnson,

Jeremy Zimney 2001 Team, Mike Backes 2002 Team 2003 Team 2004 Team 2005 Team, Lee DeKrey, Matt Gerszewski,

Paul Kriegler 2006 Lee DeKrey 2007 Team, Clark Carlson, Matt Gerszewski,

Donovan Alexander 2009 Team 2010 Team 2012 Team 2013 Team, D’Monte Farley 2014 Team 2015 Team Bold indicates highest team GPA in nation USTFCCCA DII SCHOLAR TEAM OF THE YEAR 2008 Outdoor CoSIDA ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICA TEAM 1989 Steve Burian (1st) 1990 Steve Burian (1st) 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 2014 Jimmy Evers CROSS COUNTRY COACHES ASSOCIATION ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM 1992 Chris Carbonneau 1995 Team, Mike Madsen, Chad Heletemes 1996 Team 1997 Team, Chad Heltemes, Jim Mallory 1998 Team 1999 Team, Brent Lorentz 2000 Team 2001 Team 2002 Team 2003 Team 2004 Team, Lee DeKrey, Paul Kriegler 2005 Team 2006 Team, Lee DeKrey 2007 Team, Kyle Rosseau 2009 Team 2010 Team 2012 Team 2013 Team 2014 Team BIG SKY ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM Year Name 2013 Tyler Colling (I/O), Sam Coulter (I), Jimmy

Evers (I/O), D’Monte Farley (O), Jesse

Fenstermacher (I/O), Jordan Fisk (I), Isaiah

Frohling (I), Keaton Hanevold (I/O), Mark

Harries (O), Aaron Koenig (I), John LeClerc

2014

2015

(I/O), Nick Lindstrom (I), Cody Mach (O), Matthew McCreary (I/O), Nate Peterson (I/O), Parker Wharram (I/O) Darin Baltezore (I), Drew Campbell (I/O), Tyler Colling (I/O), Colin Cottingham (I), Jimmy Evers (I/O), D’Monte Farley (I/O), Isaiah Frohling (I), Keaton Hanevold (O), John LeClerc (I/O), Cody Mach (I), Jared Michel (I/O), Tyler Olson (I), Parker Wharram (I/O) Darin Baltezore (I/O), Drew Campbell (I/O), Tyler Colling (I/O), Connor Danielson (I/O), Cataldo DiDonna (I), Jimmy Evers (I), Jesse Fensterm- acher (I/O), Jordan Fisk (I/O), Keaton Hanevold (O), Mark Harries (I/O), Scott Kvidera (I), Cody Mach (I/O), Nate Peterson (I)

BIG SKY CROSS COUNTRY ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM 2012 Nate Peterson, Adam Stainiger, Parker Wharram 2013 Drew Campbell, Colin Cottingham, Cataldo

DiDonna, Mark Harries, Nate Peterson,

Parker Wharram 2014 Darin Baltezore, Drew Campbell, Connor

Danielson, Mark Harries, Scott Kvidera,

Ben Nelson, Nate Peterson, Ryan Phillips,

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 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 1991 Rory Beil, Scott Jemtrud, Matt Kelly, Kory Zimney 1992 Rory Beil, Sean Burian, Matt Kelly, Kory

Zimney, Brian Bergantine, Jared Bruggeman,

Wayne Kazmierczak, Russ Schwehr 1993 Mike Madsen, Russ Schwehr, Wayne

Kazmierczak, Greg Hexum, Mike Hoebel, Eric Podnickes 1994 Cory Ravnaas, Darin Didier, Mike Madsen,

Jim Kalina 1995 Mike Madsen, Chad Heltemes 1996 Mike Madsen 1997 Marc Sondreal, Chad Heltemes, Mark

Murdock, Byron Severson, Jim Mallory 1998 Jim Mallory, Marc Sondreal 1999 Jeremy Zimney, Ryan Reynolds, Marc

Sondreal, Dave Lloyd 2000 Mike Backes, Jeremy Zimney, Dan Alstatt,

Greg Geers 2001 Greg Geers, Steve Hanke, Brent Lorentz,

Alex Campbell 2002 Mike Backes, Brent Lorentz, Dan Arneson,

Aaron Berndt, Alex Campbell, Dan Dow,

Pete Kriegler 2003 Brent Lorentz, Nate Fiala, Peter Holmes, Ryan Schafer 2004 Jason Cook, Lee DeKrey 2005 Lee DeKrey, Nate Fiala, Brent Keigley 2006 Lee DeKrey, Richie Spitsberg 2007 Lee DeKrey, Richie Spitsberg

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MIKE BACKES Years at UND: 1998-2002

Years at UND: 1998-2002

All-America Honors: 1

All-America Honors: 1

Event: Triple Jump

Event: 800-Meters

Hometown: Grand Forks, N.D.

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 UND’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 UND’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

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

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 bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from UND.

All-American and 1980 UND Athletics Hall of Fame inductee Arjan Gelling stands next to UND’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 UND’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

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.

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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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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2015-16 North Dakota TRACK & FIELD 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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2015-16 North Dakota TRACK & FIELD 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)

N 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)

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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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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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SPRINTS/HURDLES – BUFFALO, MN

CROSS COUNTRY – LAKE ELMO, MN

2015-16 SCHEDULE OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD

MEN'S CROSS COUNTRY Sept 4 Sept 19 Oct 3 Oct 17 Oct 31 Nov 13 Nov 21

Bison Open Woody Greeno/Nebraska Invitational SDSU Classic UND RON PYNN CLASSIC Big Sky Conference Championship NCAA Midwest Regional NCAA Championship

Fargo, ND Lincoln, NE Brookings, SD Grand Forks, ND Cedar City, UT Lawrence, KS Louisville, KY

TBA 10:45AM 10:45AM 1:15PM TBA TBA TBA

Brookings, SD Fargo, ND Brookings, SD Minneapolis, MN Winnipeg, MA Fargo, ND Brookings, SD Bozeman, MT

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INDOOR TRACK & FIELD Dec 5 Jan 16 Jan 23 Jan 29-30 Feb 5-6 Feb 12-13 Feb 12-13 Feb 25-27

SDSU Holiday Open NDSU Bison Classic Jim Emmerich Invitational Jack Johnson Invitational Bison Classic NDSU Bison Open SDSU Classic Big Sky Conference Championship

Mar 11-12 Mar 18 -19 Apr 9 Apr 14 Apr 14 -15 Apr 15 Apr 15 Apr 16 Apr 19 Apr 23 Apr 30 Apr 30 May 6 May 11-14 May 26 -28 June 8 -11 June 23-25

Coastal Carolina invitational Shamrock Invitational Sioux Falls Open LA Twilight Open Mt. SAC Relays Bryan Clay Invitational Jim Duncan Invitational Long Beach Invitational Cobber Twilight Lyle Hokanson Classic Drake Alternative Steve Scott Invitational NDSU Tune-Up Big Sky Outdoor Championships NCAA First Round NCAA Championships USA Junior Championships

Myrtle Beach, SC Myrtle Beach, SC Sioux Falls, SD Los Angeles, CA Cerritos, CA Azusa, CA Des Moines, IA Long Beach, CA Moorhead, MN Fargo, ND Saint Peter, MN Irvine, CA Fargo, ND Greenley, CO Lawrence, KS Eugene, OR Eugene, OR

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