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Runners-Up at the HEPS By Artie Smith ‘96 Men’s Recap The Cornell track teams returned to Ithaca with second place team finishes on both the men's and women's sides. Despite facing adversity, both the men and the women competed with great heart and made the team standings very close in the meet's final events as the held on to victory. The Cornell men made up a deficit of more than 70 points (even with defending 100/200 champ Bruno Hortelano-Roig on the sidelines with an injury sustained on Saturday) on the second day to finish only 11 points behind Princeton. The quality of the Cornell performances across the board were remarkable with the Cornell men producing an amazing 43 IC4A qualifiers, five event wins and eight second place finishes along with eight changes to the school all-time top 10 lists to score 186 points, the most ever for a second place team at the outdoor Heps. In the men's meet, Cornell and Princeton again outscored the rest of the League combined as Brown claimed third with 76. The Big Red men staged one of the most remarkable second day comebacks in recent meet history, pulling with seven points heading into the final two relays before just falling short. The seeds for the comeback were sown on Day One as the Big Red qualified a meet best 18 through to the finals and managed 17 day one points. The long jump was a source of 12 of those points as the Big Red placed 3-4-5 behind junior Chase Aaronson (3rd, 24-0 3/4), freshman Hercules Stancil (4th, 23-11 1/2) and freshman Steven Bell (5th, 23-10 1/4). Junior Bob Belden placed sixth in the shot put at 53-5 1/2 to add another point to the Big Red ledger. And in the 10K, senior Nate Edeleman ran a tough race that was very slow and tactical for the first four miles and crossed the line in 30:32.98 to place fourth. Classmate Drew Hart was ninth in 30:59.27. It was the 18 qualifiers for Sunday that gave the Big Red a chance. In the 100, the Big Red advanced four although a hamstring problem for defending 100 and 200 champion Bruno Hortelano-Roig was a big blow. The 100 qualifiers were freshman Kinsley Ojukwu (10.81), sophomore Jedidiah Adarquah- Yiadon (10.90), Aaronson (10.83) and senior Andy Ahart (10.95). Hortelano-Roig managed ninth in 10.99, but was unable to continue the rest of the weekend. In the 200, freshman Justin McCollin ran 22.16 and senior Cody Boyd and Ojukwu both ran 21.78 to advance. Senior co-captain Cody Boyd (48.15) and junior Dan Thomas (48.20) both got through in the 400, while the 800 trio of sophomore Nick Wade (1:50.98), freshman Will Weinlandt (1:50.98) and freshman John Schilkowski (1:51.36) all advanced. In the 110 hurdles, juniors Nick Huber (14.71) and Dan Hagberg (14.78) and sophomore Zach Zeller (15.30) qualified and in the 400 hurdles, juniors Ken McClain (52.57), Brian Freitas (52.81) and Huber (54.47) advanced forward. Sunday got off to a tremendous start for Cornell as the 4X100 stepped up with a big win and the fifth best time in meet and school history. Aaronson, Adarquah-Yiadon, Ahart and senior co- captain Chris Tait crossed the line in 40.66, nearly half a second ahead of second. And Cornell got an inspired effort from senior co-captain Adrien Dannemiller in the next final on the track, the 3000 . Leading from the gun, Dannemiller ran the second best time in school history (and the fourth best time in meet history), 8:42.14 and fought a memorable battle with the 2010 NCAA runner-up in the event, Donn Cabral of Princeton, who had won the 10K the night before. Cornell also came up big early on in the day in the as junior Chris Arlinghaus placed second with a life-time best clearance of 6-11 1/2, #5 all-time at Cornell. Also scoring was Stancil, who was sixth and 6-5 Huber, who cleared 6-5 for sixth; Scott just missed scoring with a seventh place 6-3 1/2. Meanwhile, in the discus, Belden bounced back well from the shot put with a fourth place effort of 165-1 in the discus. The Big Red then got 19 big points behind the 1-2-6 finish of Hagberg (14.40, #7 all-time), Huber (14.47, #9 all-time) and Zeller (15.07) in the 110 hurdles. In the 400, Thomas placed fourth in 48.05, with Boyd just missing in on the scoring action with a seventh place run of 48.51. It was in the next several events that the Princeton lead, which had ballooned to over seventy points, quickly began to shrink. Adarquah-Yiadon (10.73), Ojukwu (10.78) and Aaronson (10.85) went 2-4-5 in the 100 and then in the 800, Wade ran an inspired final 150 meters to nip Princeton's Russell Dinkins at the finish line to earn his first Heps title, running 1:50.15. Close behind was Schilkowski, who managed sixth in 1:52.01. The Big Red also got seventh place efforts in both events from Ahart (10.92 in the 100) and Weinlandt (1:55.59 in the 800). The 400 hurdles provided 22 more points as Freitas claimed his first Heps title with a run of 51.99 and McClain continued his late- season surge to place second in 52.49; do-it-all junior Huber was fourth in 53.68. The decathlon provided 16 more points as junior Josh Cusick was the Heps runner-up with 6,730 points (#3 all- time at Cornell), junior Vince Formica was third at 6,675 points (#4 all-time) and senior co-captain Alex Holcombe competed tough to get fifth at 6,291 points. And elsewhere in the field, the Big Red got a huge lift from the triple jump as the quartet of senior Gary Jones (50-6 3/4), Scott (49-4 1/2), senior Julian Remouns (48-10 3/5) and Bell (48-5 1/4) went 1-2-3-6 to net 25 points. Cornell also tallied three points in the 200 as Boyd (22.01) and Ojukwu (22.24) were fifth and sixth. And even as Princeton's Mark Amirault claimed first in the 5000, the Big Red matched the Princeton 10-point tally with great finishes from Edelman (2nd, 14:14.43) and senior Matt De Silva (5th, 14:17.68) as Princeton led Cornell by only seven with the two relays remaining on the schedule. The Big Red competed great in the final two events but Princeton was just a bit better, edging Cornell by a place in each relay. The 4X800 of Dannemiller (1:52.9), Thomas (1:52.4), Schilkowski (1:53.2) and Wade (1:50.0) placed fourth in 7:28.52, #7 all-time at Cornell and the fourth best in meet history. And the 4X400 closed out the meet with a fine second place effort of 3:13.83 as McClain (48.9), Boyd (48.9), Freitas (47.6) and Tait (48.3) gave a fine effort. In addition to these scoring efforts, the Big Red had other good performances as well. Tait was 11th in the 200 at 22.27 and 9th in the 400 at 49.16, junior Steve Wexler was 13th in the 400 hurdles at 57.32, freshman Peter Roach was seventh in the vault at 15-3 while Huber cleared 14-9 for eighth, sophomore Jourdan White was seventh in the long jump at 23-2 3/4 and ninth in the high jump at 6-3 1/2, sophomore Bob Fiedler was seventh in the hammer at 172-10, and Hart was 21st in the 5000 at 15:09.92, a day after the 10K. Women’s Recap The Cornell women overcame the loss of last year's meet MVP, junior Melissa Hewitt (who pulled her hamstring in the 100 preliminaries on day one) to claw back into the meet and finish only 19 points behind the Princeton women. But the absence of one of the team's stars was hardly an excuse as the women of Cornell stepped into those gaps and produced brilliant results. The quality of the Cornell performances across the board were remarkable with the Cornell women producing 34 ECAC qualifiers, 12 changes to the all-time top 10 lists in addition to a school record and two freshman school records, an event win and five second place finishes to score 113 points. Third place Brown had 101 as seven teams scored more than 70, demonstrating the increasing parity on the women's side of the Heps. The Big Red women got on the board early with a sixth place finish from junior Kristin Brandt, who stepped up with her first career points in the long jump, reaching 19-0 3/4. Misfortune struck quickly, however, as junior Melissa Hewitt, who had begun with a solid start in the preliminary rounds of the long jump, crashed to the track in the first round of the 100 with a pulled hamstring. She did manage seventh in the long jump (19-0 1/2) but her loss for the rest of the meet was a tough one for her and her teammates. But the Big Red women rallied and stepped up and were not deterred, as the team qualified a meet-best 12 through to Sunday's finals. And the team managed to up-set pre-meet form charts in a big way with the finals that were contested on Day One. The women's 10,000 meters on Saturday night proved to be a real momentum-builder for the Big Red heading into Sunday as sophomores Kelsey Karys and Katie Kellner worked in tandem to produce a stellar 1-2 finish for Cornell, masterfully executing their race plan. After a slow and tactical first , the pair traded the lead for the next two miles as they applied heavy pressure to the rest of the field with faster and faster laps. With two-defending champion Sarah Cummings of Princeton hanging in and even re-taking the lead in the final 3000 meters, Karys unleashed a 5:07 final mile to pull away for her first career Heps title, crossing the line in a new school record of 34:19.99 (breaking the 19 year old mark of Martina Hoppe '94 by .01), also the fifth best time ever run at the Heps. Kellner rallied with great determination in the final three laps and finished second with a 95 second personal best of 34:37.92, #4 all time at Cornell. With a first 5K of 17:50, Karys managed a remarkable 16:29 5K to close out the race, while Kellner ran the last half of her race in 16:47. Also running an inspiring effort was senior Kristin Sellers, who ran a personal best 36:05.07, #9 all-time at Cornell, to place seventh. The Big Red throwers also stepped up on Saturday as sophomore Brittany Dombrowski earned her sash with a fourth-place finish of 135-0 in the javelin and junior Erin Rossi (5th, 169-10) and senior Andrea Faldermeyer (6th, 154-3 in her first Heps!) scored valuable points as well. The Big Red qualified a huge crew through to the Sunday's finals. Senior co-captain Mecha Santos led the way, advancing in the 100 (11.98) and 200 (25.12) while classmate and fellow captain Kim Standridge ran very well to advance in the 800 in 2:08.53. Also getting through were freshman Ebolutalese Airewele in the 200 (25.15), junior Kelsey Reimnitz in the 400 (55.90), freshman Lauren Lloyd in the 800 (2:10.02), junior Janel Parker (4:26.63) and sophomore Alyssa O'Connor (4:25.25) in the 1500, junior Danielle Silas (14.07, #4 all-time) and senior Lauren Tanz (14.59) in the 100 hurdles and junior Molly Glantz (59.52) and freshman Ryan Woolley (62.06) in the 400 hurdles. The Big Red continued to pile up points on Sunday. After Kellner ran a gritty 5000 to place seventh in a tactical race, crossing the line in 16:55.08, the 4X100 impressed with a third place finish of 46.74. In Hewitt's absence, this was the quartet of freshman Anjelique Parnell, Santos, Airewele and Silas first time together and they did a great job getting the stick around the track. Cornell began to make up ground on Princeton in the steeplechase as the trio of freshman Rachel Sorna, senior Maura Carroll and sophomore Genna Hartung all earned their sashes with a 3-4-5 finish. Sorna set a new freshman record of 10:36.16, Carroll ran 10:39.53 and Hartung crossed the line in 10:41.74 as they all moved up extremely well in the final two laps. Meanwhile, in the triple jump, Brandt continued her fine meet with a fifth place mark of 39-11 1/4 and senior co-captain Kim Lienhoop was sixth in 39-10 1/2, #7 all-time at Cornell. Despite dealing with an injured foot the last two months, Lienhoop then doubled back an hour later with a clutch sixth place high jump clearance of 5-7; sophomore Ailish Hanly also cleared 5-7 to get seventh. Back on the track, Parker set a new personal best to place fifth in a fast 1500 final, running 4:25.25; O'Connor was ninth in 4:36.68. Silas ran a good race to get fourth in the 100 hurdles at 14.10 (Tanz was eighth in 14.51) and then Reimnitz closed brilliantly in the final straightaway of the 400 to match her indoor Heps finish of third, running 55.88. Cornell also added a point in the heptathlon as junior Karen Schillinger scored a seasonal best 4,342 points for sixth. Santos proved clutch as well in the 100, placing second in 11.96 and her fellow co-captain Standridge ran a great race to place second in the 800, running a seasonal best 2:07.37, tenth best in meet history. Close behind was Lloyd, who ran a terrific race to tie the freshman record, placing fourth in 2:08.95. And then in the 400 hurdles, junior Molly Glantz ran very well to place second in 59.25, also the tenth best time in meet history. Woolley earned her sash with a seasonal best, sixth place effort of 61.89. Meanwhile, in the discus, senior Cassie Schweighofer placed fourth in 147-4 (sophomore Claire Dishong just missed scoring with a seventh place throw of 138-1) and then in the 200, Santos closed out her outstanding meet with a third place run of 24.67, #10 all-time at Cornell. After the 1500, Cornell had trailed Princeton by 52 points but heading into the meet's final three events, the Big Red had trimmed the deficit to just 13 points. In the 3000, Karys doubled back from her 10K triumph the night before with another remarkable effort, running her last 1600 meters in 5:00 to place sixth in a very close finish, running 9:53.37 as all six scorers placed within four seconds of one another. In the final two relays, the Big Red competed very well as the 4X800 placed second to Princeton in 8:43.35 as sophomore Alyssa O'Connor (2:09.6), Lloyd (2:13.2), Parker (2:10.1) and Standridge (2:10.3) ran 8:43.35, #4 all-time at Cornell and the second best time in meet history. And in the 4X400, the quartet of Woolley (58.1), Reimnitz (56.7), Airewele (54.9) and Glantz (55.3) ran 3:44.87 for fourth. The Big Red also had solid performances from junior Bry Bonavita in the 800 (15th, 2:13.70), junior Tayor Baird in the 100 hurdles (9th, 14.71), freshman Zaakirah Daniels in the 100 hurdles (10th, 14.76), sophomore Becky Delong (10th, 18-2 1/2), Parnell (11th, 18-2 1/4) and sophomore Savannah Johnson (17th, 17-5 1/2) in the long jump, freshman Dale Kinney (12th, 10:08.63) and junior Meghan Brown (19th, 10:14.13) in the 3000, freshman Sarah Udelhofen (12th, 5-1 1/4) in the high jump, and Johnson (13th, 38-1 1/4) in the triple jump. Congrats to the Princeton teams on an outstanding year and meet this weekend and congrats to the Cornell men and women for stepping up with terrific competitive efforts even as some top Big Red athletes were unable to have the opportunity due to injury. And thanks to all the Cornell alumni, family, friends and fans who were on hand in New Haven for a great weekend of competition. Cornell Represents at the First Round of NCAA’s By Artie Smith ‘96 A total of 19 Cornell athletes represented the Big Red at the first round of the 2011 NCAA championships in Bloomington, Ind. Eight women and 11 men competed in a total of 15 events in the opening rounds of action, hosted in the East by the Indiana University. The main highlight for the Big Red men came in the 10,000 meters as senior Nate Edelman punched his ticket to the Final Round in Des Moines with a stellar sixth place finish, running a big personal best of 29:10.11, #3 all-time at Cornell (behind only Brian Clas ‘94 and Zach Hine ‘09). Running a gutty race in which he was well-positioned in the top 12 throughout, Edelman moved up very well in the last 3K to earn a spot in the NCAA Final Round. Classmate Drew Hart also ran extremely well, placing 18th in a personal best of 29:41.83, #8 all-time at Cornell. Both Edelman and Hart did terrific jobs to place significantly higher than their pre-meet seeding would have indicated. The 10,000 was also a big highlight for the Cornell women as sophomore Katie Kellner ran a 29 second personal best to place 18th in 34:08.66, breaking the three-week old school record set by classmate Kelsey Karys at the Heps. Seeded 23rd coming in, Kellner gave a terrific effort and ran in the top fifteen to twenty of a very good field throughout. After splitting 17:04 at 5K, she closed out her race with another 17:04; remarkably, both of these 5000 meter splits were faster than her personal best for the 5K from last year as a freshman. After Martina Hoppe ‘94 had held the women’s 10K school record for 19 years, the mark has now been lowered twice in the last three weeks, with Kellner following her roommate Karys’ instructions from before the race to go out and set a new one. Earlier in the day, the Big Red men had very strong showings in the field. Junior Chris Arlinghaus placed fifteenth in the high jump with a near personal best clearance of 6-11. And classmate Bob Belden performed very well with an outdoor seasonal best of 56-10 to place an impressive 20th in a very good field. And freshman Steven Bell gained valuable experience in his first exposure to this meet with a 46th place showing in the long jump, reaching 22-2 1/4. On the track, junior Brian Freitas placed 33rd in the 400 hurdles with a time of 52.92 while sophomore Nick Wade closed out his season with a run of 1:54.35 for 41st in the 800. The Cornell women had a pair of very good showings in the 1500 as junior Janel Parker and sophomore Alyssa O’Connor both finished higher than their seeding entering the meet. Parker ran a very good race to place seventh in her heat with a time of 4:25.77 and missed advancing to the semi-final round by just one place, finishing 25th overall. O’Connor placed ninth in her heat, competing well to get 27th overall in 4:27.62. Senior co-captain Kim Standridge closed out her outstanding , All-American Cornell career with a run of 2:08.89 in the 800, placing fifth in her heat and 30th overall. And junior Molly Glantz finished a remarkable year with a strong run in the 400 hurdles; she was in the top three in her heat before hitting the ninth hurdle. She ultimately placed seventh in her heat and 44th overall in 62.52. Gary Jones came through with a clutch third round triple jump of 50-4 to advance to the final group of 16 before coming through again on his fourth round jump with an eleventh place mark of 50-6 to punch his ticket to the Final Round in Des Moines. Within minutes of the conclusion of the men’s triple jump, Dannemiller stepped to the line of the 3000 meter steeplechase. Cheered on by many friends and family (Dannemiller grew up in nearby Martinsville, IN), Dannemiller ran a terrific race to place third in his heat and eighth overall, running a personal best 8:40.79, #2 all-time at Cornell and within a second of the school record held by Max King ‘02. Dannemiller’s effort earned him his second career trip to the NCAA Finals as he also qualified in 2009. The Cornell women had a pair of very good performances in the 3000 steeplechase on Friday as well. Sophomore Genna Hartung ran very well in her first appearance at the NCAA First Round, running her second best career time, crossing the line in 10:32.90 to place ninth in her heat and 26th overall. And senior Maura Carroll closed out her Cornell career with a fine effort, placing 38th after being seeded 48th coming in, running 10:58.52. Karys ran 16:28.35 for 5000 meters to place sixth in the second heat and 13th overall, missing a berth in the Final Round of the NCAAs by only one place. Seeded 27th coming in, Karys ran a terrific race to upset the pre-meet form charts in a big way. Running in the top five of her heat for the first 3600 meters, she fell off the pace for 800 meters before nearly grabbing the coveted final spot to Des Moines with a stirring 73 second final lap and finished in her second- best career time.

NCAA Championship by Zeb Lang ’02 Senior Nate Edelman concluded his fantastic Cornell career in style, placing 13th as well, in the 10,000 meters. Racing a day later than expected due to severe thunderstorms, Edelman crossed the line in 29:30.69, a fine time in the humid conditions. Out in 14:33 for 5K, Edelman ran tough the final 5K to earn finish his career as an All-American. Junior Nick Huber finished the decathlon in 13th with an outstanding score of 7,586 points, just seven points shy of the school record he set in April. His performances: 100 meters - 11.12; long jump - 6.59 meters (21’7.5”); shot put - 13.66 meters (44’9.75”); high jump 1.96 meters (6’5”); 400 meters - 48.68 seconds; 110-meter hurdles - 14.98; discus - 41.32 meters (135’6.75”); pole vault - 4.70 meters (15’5”); javelin - 48.75 meters (159’11”); 1,500 meters - 4:28.96. Seeded 14th entering the competition, Huber did a great job in his first NCAA meet! Senior Adrien Dannemiller competed in the steeplechase, running 9:05.23 to place 10th in his semi-final heat and 21st overall. In great position with two laps to go, Adrien fell while going over a barrier and was not able to race his way back into the lead pack. He looks to continue his carrier next year in Graduate school. Senior Gary Jones concluded his fantastic collegiate career in what was likely the most exciting NCAA triple jump final ever! Although he fouled all three attempts, he will continue to train next year in hopes of qualifying for the Olympic Trails next year.

Uceny ‘07 Wins 1500m USATF Championship ‘07 won her first career outdoor USA 1500 meter title and earned a spot on the U.S. team that will compete at the IAAF World Track and Field Championships in Daegu, South Korea from August 27 to September, 4. Morgan looked terrific in winning the title against arguably the deepest and most competitive field in the women’s middle distance and distance events at these USATF Championships. Lining up against 2008 Olympians , Christin Wurth- Thomas, Anna Pierce (formerly of Brown) and (the 2009 world championships bronze medalist), as well as World Championship team veteran and college star of Oregon, Morgan settled into second after Wurth-Thomas set a blistering opening pace for the first 400 meters. Morgan crossed through 400 in 63.0 and was already 10 meters back, and then she split 800 in 2:10.8 and was 30 meters down on the hard-charging Wurth-Thomas. With 400 to go, Wurth-Thomas still had a sizeable lead. Uceny led the chase pack that included Simpson, Rowbury and Pierce. Morgan split 1200 in 3:17.2 and then began to pull away from the rest of the chase pack. She ran her last 400 in 62.33 (her final 300 was 46.5) and inexorably closed the gap on Wurth-Thomas throughout the final lap, ultimately rolling past her with 80 meters to go to win by nearly two seconds, crossing the line in 4:03.91. Morgan now heads to Europe to compete on the racing circuit there. Morgan is now the first Cornellian to qualify for the IAAF World Championships since Hall of Famer ‘91, who made the US team in the 1500 in 1999. Also competing in the meet, rising senior captain, Nick Huber competed in the decatholon at the USATF Championship, after an All-American performance at the NCAA Championship. Huber finished 11th in his first appearance at the USA Championships, scoring 7,273 points, his third best career total. Joining Huber, recent graduate, Adrien Dannemiller completed his terrific Cornell career with an 18th place finish of 8:54.65 in the 3000 steeplechase. Dannemiller finished his decorated Cornell career with the second best time in school history in the event. And competing in the USATF Junior Championships, freshman Steven Bell had a very good series to place sixth in the long jump, with his best at 23-11. Both Steven Bell and classmate Dan Scott competed in the triple jump in the USATF Junior meet to finish off their solid freshman year. Scott finished 17th with a mark of 47-2 1/2 while Bell was 19th in 47-1 1/2.

Rich Bowman Named Alan B. ‘53 and Eliza beth Heekin Harris Women’s Track & Field and Cross Country Coach Rich Bowman, entering his 31st year with the Cornell track and field program as assistant and associate head coach, has been named the second Alan B. '53 and Elizabeth Heekin Harris Women's Track & Field and Cross Country Coach, it was announced by Andy Noel, the Meakem Smith Director of Athletics and Physical Education. Lou Duesing, who served as head coach for the Big Red over the last 21 seasons, will become a part-time assistant coach as he steps back from full-time coaching. Longtime assistant coach Artie Smith '96 was also promoted to full-time on the staff and will have the primary responsibility for coaching the cross country team and distance runners after splitting time working with the track program and as assistant Dean in the College of Arts and Sciences the past four years. Bowman, who works primarily with the sprint-hurdlers, relays and multi-event athletes has coached Cornell athletes to 144 Heptagonal Championships and 45 current school records during his tenure in Ithaca. The Big Red has claimed 35 track and field team championships with Rich on the coaching staff. “I'm excited about the opportunity to direct the Big Red Women's track and field and cross country programs. Our goals, as in past years, are to insure competitive opportunities for the members of the women's team and provide for their welfare in a highly-charged academic environment. Past teams have nurtured a long tradition of both academic and athletic excellence and have repeatedly earned honors for their work in the classroom while securing the top Division 1 status in the Northeast region. My staff and I are thrilled about what lies ahead for the future of Big Red women's track and field and cross country.” Three athletes that Bowman has coached at Cornell – Darren Roach '87, Lauren Kulik '85 and Susie (Curtis) Schneider '91 – have been added to the Cornell Athletics Hall of Fame. Among other athletes he has coached are Olympian Curt Hampstead '86 (Guyana) and three women MVP's at the Heptagonals - Katy Jay, Jeomi Maduka and Melissa Hewitt. Before coming to Cornell, Bowman coached for three years at the University of Kansas where he helped the Jayhawks to three consecutive conference championships. Upon his arrival at Cornell, he helped the men's team to the 1985 Heptagonal Championship, coaching three jump champions as Cornell snapped a six-year title drought. More recently, he has coached four of the last nine Cornell Charles H. Moore Award recipients for the top senior female student- athlete (Katy Jay '03, Hannah Garrity '04, Jamie Greubel '06 and Jeomi Maduka '09). Bowman earned his bachelor of science degree and a master's degree in physical education from Eastern Illinois, the latter coming in 1975. He has coached at the USA Track and Field Elite Olympic Camp and is both Level I and Level II certified by USA Track and Field and is currently working toward his Level III certification. Bowman has also coached on seven international track and field tours in Europe with the Cornell program. “It was an honor and a privilege to serve as the George E. Heekin Coach of Track for nine years, and then as the Alan B. and Elizabeth Heekin-Harris Coach of Women's Track since 1999,” Duesing said. “With this administrative restructuring of the staff, there will be little that changes for the student-athletes since the person who has been coaching them will continue to do so. Andy Noel and the athletic administration have been very generous in allowing for this restructuring with the long term continued success of the program as a primary focus, and for that I am very grateful. Rich Bowman and Artie Smith have been tremendously loyal to Cornell and Cornell Track, and have been outstanding coaches and mentors to so many Big Red athletes through their years here. I am very fortunate to be able to continue to do what I have always loved doing, and that is coaching. I'm not ready to retire, and I won't be for a while yet. I am excited about this new chapter in Cornell Track, and am looking forward to the future.” Duesing's 21 years at the helm saw the Big Red women's programs reach extraordinary heights, winning more Heptagonal Championships than any other team in the league, 25 totals overall. In cross country, depth and consistent improvement meant four championships and, also unprecedented in the league, three consecutive top four finishes at the NCAA cross country championships. On the track, the teams have been deep in many events as well as competitive in virtually every event contested at the league championships. Duesing has coached 57 All-Americans in cross country and track and field (44 at Cornell), 207 Heptagonal Champions, three Champions, one NCAA Champion and has had five individuals place in the top 10 at the NCAA Cross Country Championships. Five of Duesing's student-athletes have won NCAA postgraduate scholarships, six have earned Phi Beta Kappa recognition and 10 have been named CoSIDA Academic All-Americans, most recently, Emily Bartlett '09. Ginny Ryan '95 was a finalist for the Walter Byers Scholarship, was a two-time CoSIDA Academic All-American, earned an NCAA postgraduate scholarship and earned a full scholarship to medical school. “The Cornell cross country and track program has been a huge part of my life since my freshman year nearly 20 years ago,” Smith said. “Lou Duesing was my coach as an undergraduate and Rich Bowman was instrumental in encouraging me to be part of the Cornell track team during my search process all of those years ago and both have been wonderful mentors ever since. To have the opportunity to help the program in a full-time role is something I'm very excited about and it means a lot to me that I'll be able to have that role while continuing to work closely with both of them. I learned a great deal the past few years as an assistant dean in the College of Arts and Sciences, so I hope that I'll be able to continue to provide our student-athletes with good academic counsel and perspective even as I work with them on the track. It is a dream come true to now be able to focus all of my attention on a program I love and to work with a great group of people and I'm looking forward to getting started. After all, we have a rich tradition of success here in women's cross country and track and the future looks very promising.” Smith, who works with the cross country team and the distance runners in track, has spent 12 years as an assistant coach at his alma mater, while also finishing his Ph.D. in African American history from Duke and working as an assistant dean in Cornell's College of Arts and Sciences during that time. During his tenure with the Big Red, he has helped guide the women's cross country team to an NCAA appearance and four ECAC championships, and the women's track and field team to 15 of the past 20 Heptagonal titles. In addition, six female harriers have qualified individually for the NCAA Cross Country Championships and 19 women have competed at the NCAA Track and Field Championships. In just the past seven years in the distance events alone, the Cornell women have had three different NCAA competitors in the 5,000 and two (on three occasions) in the 3000 steeplechase. In this same time-span in the 3K, 5K, 10K and 3K steeplechase, the Cornell women have earned four individual Heps titles, three ECAC individual titles, two individual Penn Relays championships, three ECAC individual runner- up finishes in track, and a pair of Penn Relays runner-up medals while setting several school records.

Senior Farewell By Tori Kiss As the 2010-2011 academic year comes to a close, we graduate a standout group of senior teammates. After four years of diligent studying and hard work on the track, these seniors have earned their diplomas and are ready to begin their post-collegiate lives. Just as we all will miss them, they too will miss memories from their times at Cornell. “I’ve grown so much as a person in general throughout my years at Cornell and being on the track team especially, and I know that my experiences here have prepared me to tackle the world with confidence in whatever the future has in store for me,” remarks senior captain and Spiked Shoe Society President Chris Tait, who will be taking a gap year before graduate school to teach English to students in France. Lauren Tanz adds, “I am really going to miss the camaraderie and the support from my teammates and coaches. I have so much to thank Cornell Track for.” Here’s a look at what the seniors have planned following their graduation: Adrien Dannemiller will be doing a two year program at Indiana University for his masters in international relations, as well as running cross country and track there. Alana Levy is going to Columbia for a postbaccalaureate in order to go to medical school. Alex Holcombe is going to be working for Enterprise here in Ithaca, NY before going to grad school for sports management. Andrea Faldermeyer will be attending law school at the University of California, Los Angeles. Andrew Ahart will be doing a summer marketing internship in Kansas City, MO and hopes to get into marketing/advertising. Andrew Corridore plans on taking a year off from school to work before attending law school. Brian Tan will be enjoying new experiences while traveling before entering the workforce. Cassilyn Schweighofer married Erik Roneker ’10 on June 22, 2011. (Congratulations, newlyweds!) She now plans to manage her family farm and start her own business. Choumika Simonis plans to work in Léogâne, Haiti, as a nutrition intern for the Children's Nutrition Program of Haiti. Chris Tait will be taking a gap year before graduate school to teach English to students in France. Drew Hart will be working on a masters of engineering in environmental engineering here at Cornell in the fall. Elizabeth Walker will be working as a manufacturing engineer at General Motors in Michigan. Enbani Moore plans to attend graduate school for development and economics. Gary Jones plans to take a year off doing cancer research at the University of Rochester and pursuing his athletic career before applying to medical school. Katie Sullivan is will also be working in Léogâne, Haiti for the Children's Nutrition Program of Haiti before considering graduate school for international public health. Academic All-Americans Kimberly Lienhoop plans to work for a year or two before Adrien Dannemiller applying to graduate school to pursue her doctorate of Bob Belden Psychology. Chris Arlinghaus Kimberly Standridge will be working in the Department of Communication in CALS and volunteering with the Cornell Dan Hagberg track team, while she continues to compete post-collegiately. Devin McMahon Kristin Sellers will be in a neurobiology program at the Drew Hart University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Janel Parker Lauren Bariexca will be working at Bank of America Merrill Josh Cusick Lynch as a Sales and Trading analyst in Manhattan, NY. Katie Kellner Lauren Tanz is going to Johns Hopkins University for her Masters of Science in Public Health. Kelsey Karys Matt de Silva is working for Bank of America in their capital Molly Glantz markets division as an FX and rates analyst. Nate Edelman Maura Carroll will be working as a civil engineer for Malcolm Nick Huber Pirnie, a civil and environmental engineering firm, in This past spring there were 11 Washington, DC. women and 5 men who earned Nate Edelman will be in Vienna, Austria doing biological over a 4.0 GPA. The track & research at the Institute of Molecular Pathology. field team represents 16 out of the 80 total student-athletes at Cornell with over a 4.0 this past semester. Richard Semenick is interning at Capital IQ in NYC for the summer as a software dev then heading back to Cornell to finish up double major in Computer Science and Econ. Sean Potter is applying for investment banking jobs in the NYC area, in order to get the experience needed to apply to MBA schools in a couple of years. Steve Soprano plans to attend graduate school for a MA in education and work as a graduate assistant Cross Country/Track coach. Thomas Shouler is traveling to South Africa this summer to construct a schoolhouse he has designed with other Cornell students, and will be staying at Cornell next year for his Masters of Structural Engineering. Other graduated seniors: Cody Boyd, Nicholas Longfellow, Julian Remouns, and Mecha Santos. Spiked Shoe Society On behalf of the whole track and field team, thank you to all Executive Board the seniors for your dedication over the years, Co-Presidents: Molly Glantz & Steven Wexler congratulations, and best of luck with your futures! Wastebasket Editors: Kim Standridge & Jessica Wilson Treasurer: Danny Hagburg Spiked Shoe Society Encourages Community Service Chair: Community Service Kristin Brandt Social Chair: Ailish Hanly By Molly Glantz ‘12 Despite the fact that indoor and outdoor season are in full swing second semester, the team still made time to participate in a few service activities. One of our biggest events was a clean up of the track center and weight room in Barton. Rumor has it custodians come in and clean the track center once in a while, but it’s clear that the place was definitely in need of a good scrub down. Members of the team graciously donated cleaning supplies and Spiked-Shoe funds allowed us to rent a rug doctor and purchase shelves to hold peoples’ belongings. After three long hours, the place looked good as new and I hope this becomes an annual event! One of our better events of the semester occurred spur of the moment when the disaster in Japan hit. Spiked Shoe members quickly decided to hold a bake sale, which raised $200.00. All proceeds were sent to Save the Children, which helps provide food, medical care and education to children struggling after natural disasters and conflict. Kristin Brandt, the upcoming Spiked Shoe community service chairman, helped organize the bake sale for Japan has a few words on what she has planned for next year’s service events: “Molly did an amazing job in organizing community service events this past year. My goal for next year is to become more active with GIAC and have more Spiked Shoe members involved in our community service projects. Ultimately, it would be amazing if we could host our own campus wide event to support our community.” To round out the end of the year, the 5th grade track team from GIAC came to our home meet on May 1st to cheer on our athletes. Next year we plan to keep our events up with the GIAC kids in hopes that we can continue to be positive role models for the youth of Ithaca. Finally, during study week, the team participated in an Ultimate Frisbee Tournament held by Red Key, an honor society for varsity athletes on campus. Teams pay $50 to enter the tournament and all of the money raised goes to Gadabout, the Ithaca transportation service for the elderly. The track team played two teams in the tournament and contributed $100 to the $600 total that the event raised. Thanks to everyone who has participated in the service events throughout

Stay connected with the team…"like" Cornell Track & Field and Cross Country on Facebook and Follow CornellTFXC on Twitter! the year. All of our efforts have earned the women’s team the title of the Cornell Cup, an inter- sport competition that ranks the sports teams based on academics, athletic success, community service, and attendance at other team’s events. Great job girls! Looking forward to next year!

Alumni Updates Please e-mail Artie Smith ’96 at [email protected] with more alumni updates. Great to hear from Barbara Amoscato Sabaitis ‘81, “Despite being Older Than Dirt (planning to attend my 30th Class Reunion in June!), I still run ... actually, jog ... and enjoy it. Just came in from the boardwalk. It is a clear day, 60 degrees, west wind, wild surf; I never get tired of the smell of salt air and clear head that results from a few miles outside.” Oliver Campbell ‘82 says “I still keep fit by doing local triathlons and running with Gilbert’s Gazelles in Austin. Oldest daughter Juliet made the USA 19 & under squad for the 2011 Triathlon World Championships in Beijing. Midori and I plan to cheer her on. She will be a college freshman this fall. Work related, I’ve been involved with lots of sustainability work for Dell. Our two newest biotechnology introductions of bamboo and mushroom based packaging have been well received by customers, media, and NGO communities.” Hall of Fame Coach Jack Warner is entering his 17th year as the xc coach at William Smith College and writes, “I still love coaching very much. I love hearing from many of my former Cornell and Colgate athletes. CHEERS!” From Kirsten Etka Hallstrom ’91: “We had quite a Cornell inspired year last year. It was great fun to wear our Cornell gear all over Ann Arbor last year during the basketball team's Sweet 16 run. My husband, Brian Hallstrom '90, and I made it back to campus for his 20th Reunion and our 18th Wedding Anniversary. It was great fun, but I think the hills in the Plantations must have grown between graduation and the Alumni Run this past June! After I did the run, we hurried down to the inlet for the ground breaking ceremony for the new Crew boathouses. It felt great to start our weekend at Cornell running, rowing and then going to the Ithaca Bakery. In August, Brian and I returned to Ithaca for a week vacation on Lake Cayuga with our children Lars (13 years) and Anneka (10 years). They got to meet Lou and Rich. Lars did a track work out with me as he was in training for fall soccer. We shared the vacation house with Susie Curtis Schneider '91 and Heather Dykstra '91 and their families. We took all 6 kids hiking at Taughannock Falls and Treman. We always said summer was the best time to be in Ithaca! Back home in Ann Arbor, Michigan I am still working as a Pediatric Physical Therapist. Brian is still on staff in the Orthopedic Surgery Department at University of Michigan. We love living in a college town but wish there were more Cornell races to go to nearby. I was sorry to miss the Indoor Heps reunion, but we were off at a cross country ski race, my family's new winter time love! I have also taken up spinning classes. Somehow, whenever I am told to push my hardest in the class, I close my eyes to focus and end up on the last 200 meters on the Schoelkopf Track- -20 years later. Great Memories!” From Megan (Kilbride) Dalitsch ’98: “The Dalitsch family just welcomed their second boy, Justin, on March 11. Our first boy, Will, is now 2 years old. This summer we will be moving to San Diego.” Brett Scott ’03 graduated with his MBA from The Rady School of Management, UCSD in May. Erika Nolting ’08 writes: “I just relocated to the Los Angeles area for a promotion to an account executive position within Disney and ESPN Media Networks, the cable and digital media affiliate sales division of our company. I’m living in Los Feliz at the southeast corner of Griffith Park and would love to connect with any other Cornell Track & Field alumni in the area.“ Kat Beck ’09 earned her Masters in Couple and Family Therapy from the University of Maryland this past May! Jess Weyman ’10 is engaged to her high school sweetheart Greg Tutolo and they will be married on July 21, 2012 at the Waterview in Monroe, CT. She has taken a break from sprints to try out long distance events this coming summer including a triathlon and a Tough Mudder (see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRwSqrfHdQg or http://toughmudder.com/). She will also be attending medical school in the Fall.

Summer, Eventually, Becomes Fall Cross Country Preview By Kimberly Standridge The Big Red has an exciting upcoming Cross Country season. Led by senior cross country captain Meghan Brown, the women will be in the running for an Ivy-League Championship. 10k Heptagonal Champion, Kelsey Karys, and 10k school record holder, Katie Kellner, will be pushing each other to the finish all fall. Genna Hartung was 2nd team All-Ivy as a freshman in cross country and believes she will return to that level this fall, as well. Senior, Janel Parker, and junior, Alyssa O’Connor, will be bringing the speed to the cross country team after a very fast spring season, where they shined in the 1500 all the way to the first round of NCAA’s. After an outstanding freshman campaign, NCAA cross country qualifier, Devin McMohan, is looking forward to another successful season. Steeplechaser Rachel Sorna, is gearing up to attack any barriers that may come in her way this fall. Keep your eye out for returners, Cara Costich, Kate Roseitte, Dale Kinney and Liz Simpson as they will also be looking to make an impact on the Big Red. The team is excited to welcome many freshman to Ithaca, NY including, Marianne Collard from Crystal Lake, IL a 4:58 miler who has run under 18 for 5k; Abby Clifford from Perry, OH was the Ohio State runner up in XC; Corey Dowe from Barrington, NH was indoor 3k state champ; Christine Driscoll from Geneva, NY ran 9:56 in the 3k and was the NY state class B XC champ; Anna & Katie Johnson, twins from Temecula, CA both run 17 min for XC 5k; Sydney Williams right from Binghamton, NY is a 10:06 3k runner; and all the way from Wales, Jade Williams was the Welsh 800 Champ, but is also looking to test her endurance out on the cross country course. Led by senior captain Chandler Kemp, the men’s team will have some big shoes to fill after graduating Nate Eldelman, Adrien Dannemiller, and Matt De Silva. Last year’s top freshman Gabe Heck will be looking to build off of a solid freshman campaign. Matt McCullough, Bobby Micikas, and Brett Kelly all set 5k PRs this spring and will continue to put in the mileage this summer to build off their spring momentum.

Sophomore David Forward had a 2011 Cross Country Schedule great beginning to his college career 9/9 Cornell V. Army & Binghamton – Ithaca, NY and will definitely contribute to the 9/17 Colgate Invitational – Hamilton, NY Big Red over these next three years. 9/30 Paul Short Invitational – Bethlehem, PA The team also hopes for a healthy 10/15 Rochester Invitational – Rochester, NY Kevin Johnson to have fun out on 10/16 Pre-Nationals Invitational – Terre Haute, IN the cross country course. Heps 10/21 Reif Memorial Run – Ithaca, NY 800m champ Nick Wade had 10/29 Heptagonal Championship - Princeton, NJ another outstanding season on the 11/12 NCAA Regional Championship - Buffalo, NY track and plans to contribute to the 11/21 NCAA Championship – Terre Haute, IN cross country team in a big way this The schedule is subject to change and may vary between men and women’s teams. fall. Also keep an eye out for sophomore Max Groves, juniors Andy Arnold and Adam Trofa.

Track Team Honors Dr. Verne Rockcastle After serving as the teams’ academic advisor for 56 years, Dr. Verne Rockcastle has retired from Cornell University. The cross country and track and field captains treated Dr. Rockcastle to dinner to thank him for his service to Cornell and the team. During the meal, Dr. Rockcastle recounted the many fond memories he has as apart of the team. Dr. Rockcastle was also honored by the Big Red at the Senior Athlete Banquet; the team present him with a Cornell track captains’ blanket. Both Dr. Rockcastle and his wife Madeline have been wonderful supporters of the program, inviting us into their home, attending many track and field and cross country meets and always cheering us on.