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LIGHTWEIGHT CREW: NATIONAL CHAMPIONS! MEN’S LIGHTWEIGHT CREW SPRING RECAP Lightweight Rowers Post Finest Season in 22 Years Other Highlights • The team captured its fifth national (IRA) championship, and first since 2008 Four members of the crew were invited to United States National Rowing Team Under-23 Selection • Went undefeated during the dual season for the 11th time and Camp …The Red won its 20th Matthews Cup by first since 1992 beating the Penn varsity eight, and captured the • Ranked No. 1, the lights first varsity won the Ivy Cup (its ninth) Leonard Cup by sweeping all four races. On the and the Joseph Wright Trophy (10th) by winning the varsity eight same day, Cornell defeated the Harvard varsity race at the EARC Sprints. eight for the first time since 2008. Later at the IRAs, the Red edged the Crimson by .54 of a • With its top-three finish in the varsity eight (1st), second varsity second in the varsity eight race…At Princeton, eight (3rd) and first freshman eight (bronze), the Big Red also took home the Jope Cup for the fifth time. the lightweights won the Platt and Harriett Cups, losing only the second varsity eight race…The • Dual season team sweeps of Yale, Dartmouth, Penn and MIT. Geiger Cup went to the Big Red via wins over Columbia and MIT in the varsity eight race…A • Chris Kerber was named the IRA Coach of the Year and the sweep of Dartmouth gave the lights their third varsity eight was named IRA Crew of the Year. consecutive Baggaley Bowl.
Absolute Champions by Assistant Coach Matt Rung
or men’s lightweight crew, all the The tone of the squad at the IRA attacks from the competing crews, and then preparation and hard work of the Championship was very different from the take command in the middle 1,000 meters. entire rowing season comes down tone at the Sprints. Everyone had witnessed At 750 meters into the race, the guys hit the to two regattas: The Eastern Sprints the Cornell varsity’s speed at the Eastern gas and never let go. They claimed seat, after FChampionship and the IRA National Sprints and had been given two weeks to seat, after seat on the field. With 500 meters Championship Regatta. The Eastern Sprints search for a way to match or outpace the left, Cornell had built an entire length lead is an emotional roller coaster. It is the race Big Red. For Cornell, it meant taking on the field. Coming toward the finish line, where the entire dual racing season can be “championship speed” and making it faster. Harvard put on a massive burst in a desperate completely redefined in one race down the On Sunday, the crew’s racing was all attempt to steal the win, but the Big Red did 2,000-meter distance. business. In the heats, competitors from not flinch. In the final 50 meters, Cornell When the Big Red lights won the Sprints Princeton, Columbia, and Navy threw a charged back and reclaimed the lead, crossing in May and captured the team points trophy, laundry list of race tactics and magic tricks the line just moments later. it defined the face of the 2014 Cornell at the Big Red lights, trying to shake their It was proof: a perfect dual season, an lightweight crew; the Big Red was for confidence. None of it worked; the crew was Eastern Sprints Championship, the EARC real. At the IRA Regatta, the results of the cool, calm, and unwavering, winning its heat Jope Cup points trophy and an IRA National Sprints are put to the test. If you are truly by a strong margin and claiming the fastest Title. The members of the Lightweight the champions, you have to do it again. The time of the day. Men’s Eight from Cornell were absolute Sprints suggests who the best is; the IRA Going into the final, the game plan was champions, and the BMA (Best Men Afloat)! proves it. simple: use power and grit to endure initial
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• The women won first varsity eight races against Yale, Harvard, Columbia, Penn and Dartmouth.
Rowers Finish Seventh • The first varsity eight earned non-conference victories over Louisville, Michigan State, Duke, Miami, Iowa, at Ivy Championship Oklahoma, Clemson and Central Florida. • Junior Kate Roach set new school records for the 5K and 2K. Roach was named a Mid-Atlantic Region first- team selection, duplicating the honor she also received Other in 2013. Roach was also named a CRCA Second Highlights Team All-American. Co-captain Lily Eisermann was accorded CLICK HERE Mid-Atlantic Region second-team honors… TO VISIT THE Kelly Albanir was named a CRCA National WOMEN’S CREW Scholar-Athlete. To earn this honor, a WEBSITE student-athlete must hold a minimum cumulative grade-point average of 3.5 and race in at least 75 percent of her institution’s NCAA eligible boats…Assistant Coach Liz Dennison, a five-year member of the Big Red women’s rowing program, was named Associate Head Coach. “This was a well-deserved promotion for an outstanding coach,” said Head Coach Hilary Gehman. Dennison was the 2011 EAWRC Co- Assistant Coach of the Year.
MEN’S HEAVYWEIGHT CREW SPRING RECAP
• The varsity eight tallied wins over Navy and Syracuse on the Cayuga Inlet to capture this year’s Rowers Win Goes Cup Goes Cup. for First Time Since 2010 • A young varsity crew ended 8th in the country and made the Grand Finals at the Eastern Sprints for the first time in five years.
• The 3V boat won the petite final at the IRA Championships.
• The team earned fifth place at the Eastern Sprints with the freshman boat capturing the bronze.
• All three varsity boats beat their seed at the IRA Regatta, and the freshman eight placed sixth in the Grand Finals.
CLICK HERE Other Highlights TO VISIT THE MEN’S The Big Red also won the Stagg Points Trophy when the HEAVYWEIGHT CREW first freshman eight bested Navy and Syracuse on the WEBSITE Cayuga Inlet…With a sweep of Penn, Cornell captured both the Madeira Cup and the James Wray Memorial Trophy for the seventh straight season. The streak is the longest in the series for Cornell, and matches the second-longest winning streak by Penn (1995-2001). SHOP NOW FOR YOUR CORNELL ATHLETICS APPAREL. VISIT CORNELLBIGRED.COM SPIRIT! MAGAZINE 3 MEN’S LACROSSE SPRING RECAP
• The Big Red captured its 12th Ivy League Laxers Win 12th Ivy championship in the last 13 years. • The team advanced to the NCAA tournament, where Title in Last 13 Years it fell to Maryland, 8-7. The Terps notched the winning goal with just two seconds remaining on the clock.
• Junior midfielder Connor Buczek garnered first team All-America honors and was named Ivy League Player of the Year. Junior attackman Matt Donovan, senior defenseman Tom Freshour, junior attackman Dan Lintner, and junior defenseman Jordan Stevens were all accorded All-America honorable mention.
• Freshman goalie Christian Knight was named Ivy League Rookie of the Year, and earned Rookie of the Week five times during the season. This tied the Ivy League record for the number of Rookie of the Week nods in a season, held by Cornell junior captain Matt Donovan.
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Other Highlights Donovan, Freshour and Stevens joined Buczek on the All-Ivy first team. Named to the second team were Lintner and junior middie John Hogan. Knight earned honorable mention honors…When the team was 9-0 in April, it was the last remaining undefeated squad in the country…This summer at the World Lacrosse Championships in Denver, the Big Red will be well represented…Team USA’s roster includes Rob Pannell ’13, Max Seibald ’09 and Mitch Belisle ’07… Brennan Donville ’16, Jason Noble ’13 and Jesse Gamble ’11 join Team Canada… Sten Jernudd ’14 will play for Team Sweden and Associate Head Coach Peter Milliman will direct Team Russia.
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att Kerwick has been named the Richard M. Ned Harkness won 22 straight. Moran Head Coach of Men’s Lacrosse at Cornell The 2014 team finished the University. Kerwick, who served in the position on year with an 11-5 record Man interim basis during the 2014 season, becomes the 11th overall and a mark of 5-1 in head coach in the program’s 122-year history. the Ivy League. The team won “I am excited that Matt Kerwick has accepted our offer the Ivy League title and earned to become the Richard M. Moran Head Coach of Men’s an at-large bid to the NCAA Lacrosse,” said Andy Noel, the Meakem*Smith Director of tournament, where it fell to Athletics and Physical Education. “His performance over national semifinalist Maryland the past two years has been exemplary and I could not be on a goal scored with two more pleased that he has the opportunity to continue the seconds to play in the contest. progress he has made with our program. I am keenly aware Prior to his stint as that Matt has the enthusiastic support of our team, staff, interim head coach, Kerwick administration and our loyal alumni. Like them, I am most was named an assistant coach for the Big Red for the 2013 excited for the future of the program with Coach Kerwick at season. In his first season at Cornell, Kerwick helped the the helm.” Big Red to a 14-4 record overall and an undefeated Ivy “It is truly an honor to be named the Richard M. Moran League championship with a mark of 6-0. His work with Head Coach of Men’s Lacrosse at Cornell,” said Kerwick. the offense helped the Big Red to rank first in the country “To have an opportunity to coach at one of the most in scoring margin (5.5), second overall in scoring offense prestigious universities in the world with one of the country’s (14.6 gpg) and fourth overall in assists per game (7.7). most storied lacrosse traditions is what I’ve always aspired Kerwick spent the 2012 season with Georgetown, to do. I look forward to coaching the tremendous group of working as an associate head coach on Dave Urick’s student-athletes and working with the alumni that make up staff. It was his second stint with the Hoyas; he spent the Cornell Lacrosse family for many years to come.” three seasons there as an assistant coach and helped the Kerwick’s 2014 squad exceeded all expectations. Cornell program amass a 36-9 record and make an appearance in was selected 17th overall in the 2014 Inside Lacrosse Face- the Final Four in 1999 before returning to his alma mater, Off Yearbook Preseason Poll, marking the first time since Hobart, as head coach. Prior to his time at Georgetown, being tabbed 11th in 2003 that Cornell was chosen to finish Kerwick spent two seasons outside the top 10. Once the Big Red season began on Feb. CLICK HERE building the program at 22, the team rose in the USILA poll for four straight weeks TO VIEW Jacksonville University after before earning a No. 2 ranking on March 24. Altogether, the accumulating 13 years of team stayed in the top 10 for five straight weeks. “Big Red Bio: combined head coaching The Big Red opened the season with a 9-0 record and Matt Kerwick” experience at Randolph- was the last undefeated team in the nation. The 9-0 start Macon, Alfred and Hobart, was the best by a first-year coach in Cornell history since where he spent seven years.
Milliman Appointed Boiardi Associate Head Coach
t was also announced that Peter A native of Rochester, N.Y., Institute of Technology, with a Milliman has been named the Milliman spent four seasons as the one-year stint as an assistant at Mario St. George Boiardi ’04 head coach at Division II Pfeiffer, Siena. Milliman was a three- IAssistant Coach of Men’s Lacrosse, where he amassed a record of 37-26 time Division III All-America at after serving as an assistant coach as his teams improved their win total Gettysburg, where he helped the with the program this past season. each year. During his tenure with Bullets to two NCAA Division III Milliman came to Cornell after the Falcons, he was twice named the championship games. Following his one season as a member of the Conference Carolinas Coach of the time at Gettysburg, Milliman went Princeton coaching staff, despite Year. on to play professionally for four being promoted to the team’s Before taking over at Pfeiffer, years with Major League Lacrosse’s offensive coordinator position just Milliman spent two years as an Rochester Rattlers, winning an MLL prior to his departure. assistant coach at the Rochester Championship in 2008.
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• Junior Lindsay Toppe was named both the Ivy League Attacker of the Year, and also to the Toppe Wins Top Northeast All-Region team. She tallied 47 goals and 11 assists in 2014.
Ivy League Award • The team defeated Dartmouth (11-10 2OT) for the first time since 2008.
• The squad fell to Princeton, 12-5, in the Ivy League Tournament semifinal game.
• The laxers took a trip to The Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and Ireland May 29-June 8, which included games against German opponent Dusseldorfer SC “99, the Dutch National Team, and an Irish club team.
Other Highlights Toppe was first team All-Ivy for the second straight year. Junior midfielder Sarah Hefner and junior defender Claire McManus were named to the second team, and senior attacker CLICK HERE Rachel Moody earned honorable mention TO VISIT THE honors…Hefner set a single-season school record with 68 draw controls. WOMEN’S LACROSSE WEBSITE
MEN’S GOLF SPRING RECAP
• Senior Carl Schimenti placed third at the Ivy championships, and was named first-team All-Ivy. Team Finishes Third He finished just one shot behind the co-leaders. • At the Navy Invite, the Big Red was fourth in a field at Cornell Invite of 16 schools. Senior Zack Bosse led the team with an eighth-place finish.
• The Big Red finished third out of 15 schools at the Cornell Invite led by Schimenti’s fifth-place showing.
• The Spring Trip to Hobe Sound, FL, was one of the highlights of the year, affording the team excellent practice conditions and competitive golf.
CLICK HERE Other Highlights TO VISIT THE The team scored a perfect 1,000 on the NCAA MEN’S GOLF Academic Progress Report, and has been WEBSITE publicly recognized every year since the APR was first released in 2004-05, landing it among just 146 programs across the country able to tout such an honor. 6 SPIRIT! MAGAZINE SHOP NOW FOR YOUR CORNELL ATHLETICS APPAREL. SOFTBALL SPRING RECAP
• Coach Dick Blood secured his 600th win with the Big Red in a doubleheader sweep at Brown. He Coach Blood Eclipses now has 606 wins to his credit, the most victories of any Cornell coach ever in a single sport.
600 Win Mark • This year’s graduating class was the largest in program history. Honoring their four-year commitment were JJ Briggs, Lauren Bucolo, Katrina Conklin, Sam Creamer, Jenny Edwards, Sarah McCormack, Alyson Onyon, Samantha Roth and Christina Villalon.
• Sophomores Michiko McGivney (.364), an outfielder, and Meg Parker (.321), a utility player, were first team All-Ivy performers. Senior pitcher Aly Onyon (11-10, 3.04 ERA) garnered honorable mention honors.
Other Highlights McGivney, despite missing the team’s first 17 CLICK HERE games, finished the season as the team’s leading TO VISIT THE hitter (.364)…Coach Brent Doane returned to SOFTBALL the Cornell coaching ranks after many seasons at WEBSITE the helm of the TC3 Panthers, where he led his squad to the 2009 National championship. He was previously an assistant with the Big Red softballers in 1999 and 2000.
BASEBALL SPRING RECAP
• Seven players, the second highest total in program history, earned All-Ivy recognition. Seven Diamondmen Earn • Junior Ryan Karl was the first-team All-Ivy designated hitter; he led the league in home runs, All-Ivy Recognition total bases and slugging percentage.
• Junior Brent Jones was drafted in the fourth round of the MLB Amateur Draft, making him the highest- ever draft pick in Cornell history. His fastball was clocked as high as 98 mph this spring.
• Senior shortstop Tom D’Alessandro set a school record for most stolen bases in a game (6) at George Washington early in the season.
Other Highlights Senior outfielder Chris Cruz set a Cornell record CLICK HERE for career home runs (25)…In addition to Karl TO VISIT THE being on the All-Ivy first team, sophomore BASEBALL pitcher Michael Byrne was named to the second WEBSITE team. Earning honorable mention were Jones, D’Alessandro, Cruz, senior Ryan Plantier, and sophomore Jordan Winawer…Winawer finished the season fast, hitting .436 in 21 games played.
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• Five women competed at the NCAA championships Women Compete with June 11-14 in Eugene, Oregon. They included senior Rachel Sorna in the 3,000 steeplechase, and the Nation’s Best the Ivy League record-breaking 4x400 (3:34.40) relay team of junior Zena Kolliesuah, junior Elyse Wilkinson, senior Ebolutalese Airewele and sophomore Udeme Akpaete.
• An all-time high 45 Cornell women competed at the ECAC championships, where the team finished fifth.
• The Heps, where the team finished third, crowned champions Kolliesuah in the 400 meters (54.40), Sorna in the 3,000 steeplechase, and the 4x400 relay quartet (3:37.6).
• Captain Rachel Sorna recorded an Ivy League record 9:43.48 in the 3,000 steeplechase at Princeton. In addition to the 4x400 record, this year’s squad also notched school records in the 4x100 (45.55) and 4x200 (1:36.76) relays.
• Redefining “student-athlete”, seniors Emily Shearer CLICK HERE and Sam Olyha were named Marshall scholars, and classmate Devin McMahon was named a Goldwater TO VISIT THE scholar. WOMEN’S OUTDOOR TRACK • First-team All-America honors at the NCAA WEBSITE Championships went to Sorna in the 3,000 steeplechase (9:46.96). Making the second team was the 13th-place 4x400 relay team (3:34.94) of Kolliesuah, Wilkinson, senior Airewele, and Akpaete.
Other Highlights CLICK HERE TO WATCH “an interview with The 2005 and 2014 Big Red 4x400 relay teams are the only two in the Ivy League to have ever qualified for Rachel Sorna after the the NCAA Finals…An exciting schedule saw the Big final race of her storied Red perform at many of the nation’s top competitions, Cornell career.” including the Stanford Invitational and Penn Relays.
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Men Win Ninth HEPS CLICK HERE Championship in Last 12 Years TO VISIT THE MEN’S OUTDOOR TRACK WEBSITE
• The team enjoyed a historic weekend at the Heps, winning the championship after three consecutive second place finishes.
• Sixteen athletes qualified for the NCAA East Regional, where the Big Red was the top team. Junior Stephen Mozia, senior Montez Blair and sophomore Max Hairston advanced to the NCAA championships June 11-14 in Eugene, Oregon.
• Mozia had a stellar outing at the NCAA East Regional; in the discus, he broke a 22-year-old Cornell record, set the Ivy League record with a throw of 206’0”. He CLICK HERE TO WATCH also registered a school record with a 66’ 10” heave in “an interview with the shot put. Stephen Mozia after his outstanding • Blair recorded a 7’ 1” leap in the high jump at the NCAA East Regional. performance in the shot put at the NCAA’s.” • Hairston established a school record in the 110 hurdles with a time of 13.74 at the NCAA East Regional. He was named the Heps Track MVP, winning both the 110 hurdles (13.94) and 400 hurdles (51.49).
• The 4x100 relay team was the IC4A champion at the Penn Relays. The quartet posted a time of 40.64, the Other Highlights seventh fastest in IC4A history, and included senior Senior Peter Roach set a school record at the IC4As with a 17’ Justin McCollin, sophomore Larry Gibson, senior 4 ½” leap in the pole vault…2014 Cornell Heps champions Steven Bell and senior Bruno Hortelano-Roig. also included: Gibson at 200 meters (21.30), Mozia in the shot put (63’ 3 ½”), the 4x100 relay (40.42) with McCollin, • Earning All-America first-team honors at the NCAA Gibson, Bell and Hortelano-Roig, and the 4x400 relay Championships were Mozia (2nd in the shot put, 67- 11/2 ½) and Blair (7th in the high jump, 7-01/2 ½). Earning (3:10.76) of junior Cisco Olloqui, Hairston, senior Will second-team accolades were Mozia (13th in the discus, Weinlandt, and Gibson. 188-1) and Hairston (14th in 110 hurdles, 13.96).
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• The doubles team of sophomore Dena Tanenbaum and freshman Alex D’Ascenzo ranked as high as No. 31 in the country, beating teams ranked No. 22 and No. 28 during the season.
• Cornell beat Big XII opponent West Virginia 5-2.
• Freshman Marika Cusick was 25-8 in singles at the No. 2 and 3 positions; classmate Alex D’Ascenzo Bright Future was 24-10, also playing at No. 2 and 3. For Young Team Other Highlights The team established a 14-match winning streak vs. non-league opponents. It came to an end on March 1, in a 4-3 loss to Rutgers. CLICK HERE TO VISIT THE WOMEN’S TENNIS WEBSITE
CLICK HERE MEN’S TENNIS SPRING RECAP TO VISIT THE MEN’S TENNIS • Junior Sam Fleck became WEBSITE Cornell’s first five-time All-Ivy career performer, as he collected first-team Sam Fleck All-Ivy honors in singles and second-team in doubles for the second straight Sets season. He was 5-2 vs. Ancient Eight competition at No. 1 singles in 2014. He earned All-Ivy School second-team singles recognition as a freshman. • Cornell won the USTA/ITA Northeast Regional doubles championship in an all-Big Red final. Record Fleck and freshman Chris Vrabel defeated teammates Jason Luu and Quoc-Daniel Nguyen, 8-2, for the title.
• Cornell bested No. 28-ranked VCU, 4-3, on the road and No. 50-ranked Nebraska, 5-2, at home.
Other Highlights Sophomore Stefan Vinti was named All-Ivy second team in singles in the top half of the lineup, and had a team-high overall record of nine wins… Also earning All-Ivy second-team accolades were juniors Jason Luu and Quoc-Daniel Nguyen in doubles. The duo had an impressive 5-2 league record, primarily at No. 1 doubles. 10 SPIRIT! MAGAZINE SHOP NOW FOR YOUR CORNELL ATHLETICS APPAREL. THREE CORNELLIANS join pro ranks
lthough Cornell has produced Jones has the fastball to fit the mold. 47 Big Red records and 18 Ivy League its share of professional Last fall, at the Big Red’s Scout Day, marks for passing and total offense. athletes, this has long been the the 6-3 right-hander’s fastball was He ranks among the top 20 all-time exception,A not the rule. clocked at 93-95 mph. He also has a passers in the FCS. In 2014, three Big Red athletes better than average curveball. As a three-time team captain, signed professional contracts in their For his Cornell career, Jones he was named one of 16 finalists for respective sports. It all started when compiled a 10-6 record with a 3.48 the William V. Campbell trophy that senior soccer standout Patrick Slogic ERA. He struck out 112 and walked recognizes the top football scholar- ‘14 joined the Rochester Rhinos of the just 48 in 134.2 innings. He earned athlete in the nation. The three-year top tier of the United Soccer Leagues All-Ivy honorable mention this past All-Ivy selection earned Capital One in April. A month later, quarterback spring. Academic All-District team honors, Jeff Mathews ’14 was signed as a free and was a two-time finalist for the agent by the NFL’s Atlanta Falcons. Bushnell Cup for the Ivy League SLOGIC Offensive Player of the Year, winning in 2011. He was the fifth Cornellian to accept an invitation to the East-West Shrine game, and was named East team captain. JONES
Slogic is a 6-6 defender who was named the 2013 Ivy League Defender of the Year. In his final season on the hill, he anchored the back line, helping the team post a program-record goals against average of 0.60. A captain, he was a two-time first-team All-Ivy On June 6, Brent Jones ’15 became honoree and NSCAA/Continental Tire the highest Major League Draft Northeast Region selection. He earned MATHEWS pick from Cornell, with the Arizona NSCAA Scholar All-East and All- Diamondbacks selecting him with the America accolades, and was selected to 120th pick overall in the fourth round, the Academic All-Ivy League team. and then signing him for $350,000 to He finished his illustrious career With the two backups to All-Pro debut with the Hillsboro (OR) Hops with the Big Red as the program’s quarterback Matt Ryan having minimal of the Northwest League — a Class leader in minutes played (5,894), playing experience, Mathews is already A Short Season circuit with teams including 5,123 consecutive minutes working his way towards playing time in British Columbia, Washington, dating back to October 2010. During with the Falcons. Oregon, and Idaho. In his pro debut his career, he tallied eight goals and six Playing professionally is a dream on June 16, Jones started the game, assists, including four game-winning come true for many, and for these pitched three innings, allowed three tallies. fine young men, they always know hits, and struck out four. Cornell football passing records that when it ends, they have a terrific Pitchers in MLB are currently can be summed up in two words: Jeff education to keep them in good hands throwing in the mid to upper-90s, and Mathews. The 6-4 signal caller holds for the future.
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ornell seniors Jeff Mathews and Rachel Sorna 5,000 meters indoors and the 3,000 steeplechase took home the Charles H. Moore Outstanding outdoors. In the steeplechase, she won the Penn Senior Varsity Athlete Award at the school’s Relays in 2013 and outdoor Heps in both 2013 and annual senior athletics banquet. Andy Iles and Emily 2014, becoming the first Cornellian to win the event CShearer both earned the Ronald P. Lynch Senior Spirit in back-to-back years. Her school record time of Award, given to student-athletes whose leadership 9:43.48 in the event is more than 23 seconds faster on and off the field models the ideals of the Big Red than the next closest mark athletics department. Alyssa Gagliardi and Benjamin at Cornell. Williams were recognized with the Mario St. George Boiardi ’04 Leadership Award for most embodying The 2014 Ivy League leadership, athleticism and a strong work ethic. Player of the Year and a two-time first-team All-Ivy MATHEWS, a two- selection, ILES became time All-American, ranks the program’s all-time saves among the top 20 all-time leader (2,998). Iles was in career passing yards in named a Senior CLASS the FCS and set the Ivy first-team All-American for League’s all-time passing excellence in the classroom, record by more than in competition, in character ANDY ILES 2,000 yards. Mathews and in community. He was owns 47 Big Red school also named the ECAC records and 18 Ivy League Hockey Student-Athlete of the Year. Iles became marks for passing and the first Big Red goalkeeper in 31 years to wear an JEFF MATHEWS total offense. The three- assistant captain letter, and was heavily involved in year team captain was a number of community service projects, including named one of 16 finalists for the National Football spending two seasons as the organizer and planner Foundation’s William V. Campbell Trophy which of the Cornell Hockey Teddy Bear Toss for the recognizes the top football scholar-athlete in the Cancer Resource Center of the Finger Lakes and the nation. The three-time All-Ivy selection was a Capital Franziska Racker Centers. Iles also made a service trip One Academic All-District first-team selection and to Don Juan, Dominican Republic, to help construct a two-time finalist for the Bushnell Cup for the Ivy a multipurpose center for League Offensive Player of the Year, winning in 2011. use as both a church and a Mathews became the fifth Cornellian to accept an school in an impoverished invite to the East-West Shrine game, serving as a area. team captain for the East team, and has signed a free- agent contract with the Atlanta Falcons. SHEARER was a three- time All-Ivy League SORNA was a four-time All- selection in cross country, American, earning accolades including a first-team pick twice in cross country and as both a junior and senior. twice in track and field. A The two-time NCAA two-time first-team All-Ivy all-region selection was EMILY SHEARER League and NCAA all-region the runner-up at the 2012 selection, Sorna owns the Heptagonal cross country school record in the 3,000 meet and was a part of four total Heps championship steeplechase. She captured teams (two in cross country, two in track and field). second-team All-America A Marshall Scholar and Rhodes Scholar candidate, accolades as a junior in the Shearer has a grade point average of 4.2 while RACHEL SORNA
12 SPIRIT! MAGAZINE SHOP NOW FOR YOUR CORNELL ATHLETICS APPAREL. double majoring in biological sciences and government. An Academic All-Ivy selection, she spent time working as an emergency medical technician on campus, putting her concern for others and interest in medicine into daily practice. Shearer conducted health policy research for Cornell’s student-run think tank, Fastest Man the Roosevelt Institute. in the History of A second-team All-American the Ivy League in 2014, GAGLIARDI was a ______two-time captain for a Big Red women’s hockey team that won Senior track athlete Bruno Hortelano-Roig three Ivy League titles, three was also recognized for his outstanding Cornell career. Here’s a summary of his greatest ECAC championships and earned accomplishments: four consecutive trips to the NCAA tournament during her n Cornell Record Holder: tenure with the squad. Cornell’s ALYSSA GAGLIARDI 60m Dash • 100m Dash • 200m Dash • 400m Dash first finalist for the women’s Hockey Humanitarian Award, n Ivy League Record Holder: she graduated as the school’s career leader in games 60m Dash • 200m Dash played (138) and fifth in plus-minus (+96) while ranking among the all-time scorers as a defenseman (19-70-89). n Spanish Record Holder: Gagliardi was chosen to compete for a spot on the U.S. 200m Dash, 4x100 Relay, 4x400 Relay Olympic hockey team. She devoted time to the Feed My Starving Children program and the Salvation Army’s n 2x Ivy League Track Athlete of the Year adopt-a-family program and volunteered time for Habitat for Humanity, assisting in building two homes in the n 10x 1st Team All-Ivy Award for 10 Sprint Event community. Championships WILLIAMS was a four-year n 3x NCAA Qualifier starter and a two-time All-Ivy League performer who gave n 1st Team All American – 2014 much more off the pitch. A starter on the 2012 Ivy League n 3x Academic-All-American in Bio-Engineering championship team, Williams 13 HEPS Sprint Event Championships is the first player in men’s soccer program history to win seven n 2 Penn Relays Championships major team awards, including three as a senior. His ability to BENJAMIN WILLIAMS n Semi-Finalist at the 2013 IAAF World assist others was also renowned, Championships (200m) contributing time and resources for programs like the Lace Up 4 Pediatric Cancer n 1st ever to attempt and win the 400m/60m Awareness campaign, the National Women in Sports in the same meet (Indoor HEPS, 2014) - it was Day, Bench Press for a Cure, Salvation Army’s Adopt-a- previously believed to be impossible for an athlete Family, the Red Key’s Field Day for Kids and One Billion to run in both of these events in the same meet Rising flashmob against domestic violence. Williams was invited by the coaching staff to join the program as an n Led the Cornell 4x100 Relay team to the NCAA Championships – first Ivy team to undergraduate assistant coach in the spring of 2014. make the meet in 35 years
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First-Team All-America (14) Jeff Mathews, Football Zena Kolliesuah, Ebolutalese Airewele, Montez Blair, Indoor Track & Field (high jump) Grant Gellatly, Football Women’s Indoor Track & Field (400 meters) Women’s Indoor Track & Field (4x400 relay) Montez Blair, Outdoor Track & Field (high jump) Devin McMahon, Track & Field Zena Kolliesuah, Ebolutalese Airewele, Connor Buczek, Men’s Lacrosse David Melly, Track & Field Women’s Indoor Track & Field (4x400 relay) Women’s Outdoor Track & Field (4x400 relay) Gabe Dean, Wrestling Emily Shearer, Track & Field Zena Kolliesuah, Udeme Akpaete, Nahshon Garrett, Wrestling Patrick Slogic, Men’s Soccer Women’s Outdoor Track & Field (4x100 relay) Women’s Indoor Track & Field (400 meters) Bruno Hortelano-Roig, Eric Upton, Baseball Zena Kolliesuah, Udeme Akpaete, Indoor Track & Field (200 meters) Women’s Outdoor Track & Field (4x400 relay) Women’s Indoor Track & Field (4x400 relay) Danielle Letourneau, Women’s Squash National Football Foundation William Ignacio Masias, Men’s Polo Udeme Akpaete, Jeff Mathews, Football V. Campbell Trophy Finalist (1) Devin McMahon, Women’s Outdoor Track & Field (4x400 relay) Stephen Mozia, Indoor Track & Field (shot put) Jeff Mathews, Football Women’s Indoor Track & Field (5000 meters) Steve Bell, Stephen Mozia, Outdoor Track & Field (shot put) Stephen Mozia, Men’s Outdoor Track & Field (4x100 relay) Brian Realbuto, Wrestling Men’s Outdoor Track & Field (shot put) Nick Sachvie, Men’s Squash Senior CLASS First-Team Stephen Mozia, Jillian Saulnier, Women’s Ice Hockey All-American (1) Men’s Outdoor Track & Field (discus) Rachel Sorna, Cross Country Andy Iles, Men’s Ice Hockey Kristen Niedrach, Rachel Sorna, Women’s Indoor Track & Field (1000 meters) Outdoor Track & Field (Steeplechase) All-Region (63) Kristen Niedrach, Ebolutalese Airewele, Women’s Outdoor Track & Field (1500 meters) Second-Team All-America (4) Women’s Indoor Track & Field (4x400 relay) Libby Nolan, Ebolutalese Airewele, Ebolutalese Airewele, Women’s Indoor Track & Field (distance medley relay) Women’s Indoor Track & Field (4x400 relay) Women’s Outdoor Track & Field (4x100 relay) Francisco Olloqui, Udeme Akpaete, Ebolutalese Airewele, Men’s Indoor Track & Field (500 meters) Women’s Indoor Track & Field (4x400 relay) Women’s Outdoor Track & Field (4x400 relay) Francisco Olloqui, Alyssa Gagliardi, Women’s Ice Hockey Udeme Akpaete, Men’s Indoor Track & Field (4x400 relay) Grant Gellatly, Football Women’s Indoor Track & Field (4x400 relay) Anjelique Parnell, Max Hairston, Udeme Akpaete, Women’s Indoor Track & Field (long jump) Men’s Outdoor Track & Field (110 meter hurdles) Women’s Outdoor Track & Field (4x400 relay) Robert Plummer, Zena Kolliesuah, Sam Belcher, Men’s Indoor Track & Field (triple jump) Women’s Indoor Track & Field (4x400 relay) Men’s Indoor Track & Field (1000 meters) Mike Rabbitt, Stephen Mozia, Steven Bell, Men’s Indoor Track & Field (heptathlon) Men’s Indoor Track & Field (Discus) Men’s Indoor Track & Field (long jump) Ben Rainero, Jessenia Pacheco, Women’s Squash Eve Bishop, Men’s Indoor Track & Field (distance medley relay) Kate Roach, Women’s Rowing Women’s Outdoor Track & Field (pole vault) Peter Roach, Montez Blair, Elyse Wilkinson, Montez Blair, Men’s Indoor Track & Field (pole vault) Men’s Indoor Track & Field (high jump) Women’s Indoor Track & Field (4x400 relay) Men’s Indoor Track & Field (high jump) Peter Roach, Connor Buczek, Men’s Lacrosse Delphi Cleaveland, Men’s Outdoor Track & Field (pole vault) Gabe Dean, Wrestling Honorable Mention All-America (4) Women’s Indoor Track & Field (distance medley relay) Emily Shearer, Women’s Cross Country Matt Donovan, Men’s Lacrosse Matt Donovan, Men’s Lacrosse Devin Cox, Women’s Polo Emily Shearer, Thomas Evangelista, Lightweight Rowing Dan Lintner, Men’s Lacrosse Wynndham Curtis, Women’s Indoor Track & Field (3000 meters) Katherine Falb, Lightweight Rowing Tom Freshour, Men’s Lacrosse Men’s Indoor Track & Field (4x400 relay) Grant Sisserson, Brian Ferlin, Men’s Ice Hockey Jordan Stevens, Men’s Lacrosse Claire DeVoe, Men’s Indoor Track & Field (pole vault) Sam Fleck, Men’s Tennis (Singles) Women’s Outdoor Track & Field (3000 meters) Grant Sisserson, Chris Fraser, Football NCAA Elite 89 Award (1) Corey Dowe, Men’s Outdoor Track & Field (pole vault) Tom Freshour, Men’s Lacrosse Devin McMahon, Cross Country Women’s Indoor Track & Field (distance medley relay) Patrick Slogic, Men’s Soccer Emily Fulton, Women’s Ice Hockey Corey Dowe, Rachel Sorna, Women’s Cross Country Alyssa Gagliardi, Women’s Ice Hockey Ivy League Player of the Year (9) Women’s Outdoor Track & Field (3000 steeplechase) Rachel Sorna, Grant Gellatly, Football Connor Buczek, Men’s Lacrosse Brian Eimstad, Women’s Indoor Track & Field (3000 meters) Larry Gibson, Nahshon Garrett, Wrestling Men’s Indoor Track & Field (5000 meters) Mark Tedder, Men’s Outdoor Track & Field (200 meters) Max Hairston, Kailey Eldredge, Women’s Polo Men’s Indoor Track & Field (distance medley relay) Larry Gibson, Men’s Outdoor Track & Field (Track) Nik Feldman, Men’s Polo Lindsay Toppe, Women’s Lacrosse Men’s Outdoor Track & Field (4x100 relay) Bruno Hortelano-Roig, Larry Gibson, Elyse Wilkinson, Larry Gibson, Men’s Indoor Track & Field (Track) Men’s Indoor Track & Field (200 meters) Women’s Indoor Track & Field (800 meters) Men’s Outdoor Track & Field (4x400 relay) Andy Iles, Men’s Ice Hockey Larry Gibson, Elyse Wilkinson, Max Hairston, Stephen Mozia, Men’s Indoor Track & Field (4x400 relay) Women’s Indoor Track & Field (4x400 relay) Men’s Indoor Track & Field (60 meter hurdles) Men’s Indoor Track & Field (Field) William Gibson, Elyse Wilkinson, Max Hairston, Jillian Saulnier, Women’s Ice Hockey Men’s Indoor Track & Field (distance medley relay) Women’s Outdoor Track & Field (4x400 relay) Men’s Outdoor Track & Field (110 meter hurdles) Patrick Slogic, Men’s Soccer (Defensive) James Gowans, Anna Winslow, Women’s Polo Max Hairston, Lindsay Toppe, Women’s Lacrosse (Attacker) Men’s Indoor Track & Field (1 mile) Katie Woodford, Men’s Outdoor Track & Field (400 meter hurdles) James Gowans, Women’s Outdoor Track & Field (4x100 relay) Max Hairston, Ivy League Rookie of the Year (4) Men’s Outdoor Track & Field (1500 meters) Ryan Wooley, Men’s Outdoor Track & Field (4x400 relay) Hannah Bunton, Women’s Ice Hockey Max Hairston, Women’s Indoor Track & Field (distance medley relay) Bertram Harney, Lightweight Rowing Gabe Dean, Wrestling Men’s Indoor Track & Field (60 meter hurdles) Andrew Hooker, Lightweight Rowing Chris Fraser, Football Max Hairston, Men’s Indoor Track & Field (4x400 USAG First-Team All-America (5) Carolyn Horner, Field Hockey Christian Knight, Men’s Lacrosse relay) Alicia Bair, Gymnastics (vault) Bruno Hortelano-Roig, Austin Jamerson, Melanie Jorgensen, Gymnastics (all-around) Men’s Indoor Track & Field (60 meters) Second-Team Capital One Men’s Indoor Track & Field (heptathlon) Melanie Jorgensen, Bruno Hortelano-Roig, Academic All-America (1) Adrian Jones, Gymnastics (uneven bars) Men’s Indoor Track & Field (400 meters) Grant Gellatly, Football Women’s Outdoor Track & Field (4x100 relay) Lexi Schupp (floor exercise) Bruno Hortelano-Roig, Caroline Kellner, Lexi Schupp (uneven bars) Men’s Outdoor Track & Field (4x100 relay) First-Team Capital One Women’s Indoor Track & Field (5000 meters) Andy Iles, Men’s Ice Hockey Academic All-District (9) Kieran Kinnare, First-Team All-Ivy (73) Aditya Jagtap, Men’s Squash Allyson DiMagno, Women’s Basketball Men’s Indoor Track & Field (distance medley relay) Jacob Aiken-Phillips, Wrestling Ryan Karl, Baseball Andy Iles, Men’s Ice Hockey 14 SPIRIT! 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Zena Kolliesuah, Claire MacManus, Women’s Lacrosse ECAC Hockey Best All-CSFL Second-Team (9) Women’s Indoor Track & Field (4x400 relay) Jeff Mathews, Football Defensive Defenseman (1) Benjamin Herrera, RB Zena Kolliesuah, Quoc-Daniel Nguyen, Alyssa Gagliardi, Women’s Ice Hockey Kyle Higgins, DL Women’s Outdoor Track & Field (400 meters) Men’s Tennis (doubles) John Kelder, LB Zena Kolliesuah, Rachel Nichols, Women’s Soccer ECAC Hockey Student-Athlete Ryan Litchman, DB Women’s Outdoor Track & Field (4x400 relay) Keith Rayburn, of the Year (1) Brendan Miller, QB Danielle Letourneau, Women’s Squash Men’s Outdoor Track & Field (pole vault) Andy Iles, Men’s Ice Hockey John Rodriguez, PK Justin McCollin, Jake Rinow, Men’s Soccer Eric Stazi, DL Men’s Outdoor Track & Field (4x100 relay) Liz Simpson, Women’s Cross Country First-Team All-ECAC Hockey (2) Bennett Winters, OL Michiko McGivney, Softball Grant Sisserson, Alyssa Gagliardi, Women’s Ice Hockey Greg Zalevsky, OL Stephen Mozia, Men’s Indoor Track & Field (pole vault) Jillian Saulnier, Women’s Ice Hockey Men’s Indoor Track & Field (shot put) All-CSFL Honorable Mention (4) Stephen Mozia, Rachel Sorna, Second-Team All-ECAC Hockey (3) Christopher D’Ambrosio, LB Men’s Outdoor Track & Field (shot put) Women’s Outdoor Track & Field (3,000 meters) Emily Fulton, Women’s Ice Hockey Jared Meichner, DB Mike Nevinger, Wrestling Stefan Vinti, Men’s Tennis (singles) Andy Iles, Men’s Ice Hockey Jino Park, LB Cisco Olloqui, Joakim Ryan, Men’s Ice Hockey Nick Perez, RB Men’s Outdoor Track & Field (4x400 relay) Honorable Mention All-Ivy (23) Edward O’Neill, Peter Chodas, Men’s Soccer Third-Team All-ECAC Hockey (4) NFHCA All-Academic Squad (10) Lightweight Rowing Nolan Cressler, Men’s Basketball Jessica Campbell, Women’s Ice Hockey Shannon Berry, Field Hockey William Oprea, Chris Cruz, Baseball Hayleigh Cudmore, Women’s Ice Hockey Ann DiPastina, Field Hockey Lightweight Rowing Hayleigh Cudmore, Women’s Ice Hockey Brian Ferlin, Men’s Ice Hockey Stephanie Eggertson, Field Hockey Jessenia Pacheco, Women’s Squash Tom D’Alessandro, Baseball Cassandra Poudrier, Women’s Ice Hockey Katie Garrity, Field Hockey Dylan Palacio, Wrestling Luke Hagy, Football ECAC Hockey Carolyn Horner, Field Hockey Meg Parker, Softball Brent Jones, Baseball All-Tournament Team (4) Madeleine Parish, Field Hockey Ryan Pederson, Lightweight Rowing Christian Knight, Men’s Lacrosse Alyssa Gagliardi, Women’s Ice Hockey Elizabeth Schaeffler, Field Hockey Brian Realbuto, Wrestling John McCarron, Men’s Ice Hockey Cassandra Poudrier, Women’s Ice Hockey Taylor Standiford, Field Hockey Brian Rhodes, Tre’ Minor, Football Jillian Saulnier, Women’s Ice Hockey Katherine Stone, Field Hockey Men’s Indoor Track & Field (weight throw) Rachel Moody, Women’s Lacrosse Lauren Slebodnick, Women’s Ice Hockey Katy Weeks, Field Hockey Raymond Richhart, Lightweight Rowing Alyson Onyon, Softball Christopher Rogers, Lightweight Rowing Duke Pickett, Wrestling ECAC Hockey All-Rookie Team (2) Division I Scholar of Distinction (1) Joakim Ryan, Men’s Ice Hockey Ryan Plantier, Baseball Hannah Bunton, Women’s Ice Hockey Katy Weeks, Field Hockey Nick Sachvie, Men’s Squash Cassandra Poudrier, Women’s Ice Hockey Paula Voorheis, Women’s Ice Hockey Jillian Saulnier, Women’s Ice Hockey Natasha Rowland, Volleyball CRCA Mid-Atlantic Carl Schimenti, Golf Lauren Slebodnick, Women’s Ice Hockey Second-Team All-ECAC (1) Region First Team (1) Emily Shearer, Women’s Cross Country Michael Turner, Football Patrick Slogic, Men’s Soccer Kate Roach, Women’s Rowing Marisa Siergiej, Field Hockey Brad Wagner, Football Patrick Slogic, Men’s Soccer Zach Wilk, Football Third-Team All-ECAC (4) CRCA Mid-Atlantic Rachel Sorna, Women’s Cross Country Benjamin Williams, Men’s Soccer Hannah Balleza, Field Hockey Region Second Team (1) Rachel Sorna, Jordan Winawer, Baseball Rachel D’Epagnier, Volleyball Lily Eisermann, Women’s Rowing Women’s Outdoor Track & Field (3,000 Steeplechase) Zach Zagorski, Men’s Soccer Katy Weeks, Field Hockey Jordan Stevens, Men’s Lacrosse Breanna Wong, Volleyball CRCA National Scholar Athlete (1) Lindsay Toppe, Women’s Lacrosse Academic All-Ivy League (30) Kelly Albanir, Women’s Rowing Chris Villalonga, Wrestling Connor Buczek, Men’s Lacrosse Ivy League All-Tournament Team (2) Will Weinlandt, Rachel D’Epagnier, Volleyball Amanda D’Amico, Women’s Lacrosse USILA Scholar All-Americans (1) Men’s Indoor Track & Field (800 meters) Georgina de Rham, Equestrian Matt Donovan, Men’s Lacrosse Doug Tesoriero, Men’s Lacrosse Will Weinlandt, Allyson DiMagno, Women’s Basketball Men’s Outdoor Track & Field (4x400 relay) Thomas Evangelista, Lightweight Rowing EIWA Wrestler of the Year (1) USPA All-Tournament (3) Elyse Wilkinson, Sam Fleck, Men’s Tennis Nahshon Garrett, Wrestling Kailey Eldrede, Women’s Polo Women’s Indoor Track & Field (4x400 relay) Alyssa Gagliardi, Women’s Ice Hockey Nik Feldman, Men’s Polo Victoria Wines, Fencing Grant Gellatly, Football EIWA Freshman of the Year (1) Anna Winslow, Women’s Polo Katie Woodford, Carolyn Horner, Field Hockey Gabe Dean, Wrestling Women’s Outdoor Track & Field (4x400 relay) Bruno Hortelano-Roig, Cacchione Cup Award Men’s Indoor Track & Field NSCAA All-Northeast Georgiana de Rham, Equestrian Second-Team All-Ivy (26) Bruno Hortelano-Roig, Region First Team (1) Udeme Akpaete, Men’s Outdoor Track & Field Patrick Slogic, Men’s Soccer National Show Participants Women’s Outdoor Track & Field (400 meters) Andy Iles, Men’s Ice Hockey Georgiana de Rham, Equestrian Jace Bennett, Wrestling Aditya Jagtap, Men’s Squash Second Team NSCAA Elizabeth Drake, Equestrian Montez Blair, Ryan Karl, Baseball All-America Team (1) Chelsea Huss, Equestrian Men’s Outdoor Track & Field (high jump) Danielle Letourneau, Women’s Squash Patrick Slogic, Men’s Soccer Kaitlin Smith, Equestrian Brett Buehler, Football Claire MacManus, Women’s Lacrosse Tommy Butler, Jeff Mathews, Football NSCAA All-East Region Men’s Indoor Track & Field (high jump) John McCarron, Men’s Ice Hockey Scholar Team (3) Michael Byrne, Baseball Brendan Miller, Sprint Football Jake Kirsch, Men’s Soccer Jessica Campbell, Women’s Ice Hockey Mike Nevinger, Wrestling Patrick Slogic, Men’s Soccer Allyson DiMagno, Women’s Basketball Rachel Nichols, Women’s Soccer Zach Zagorski, Men’s Soccer Sam Fleck, Men’s Tennis (doubles) Jessenia Pacheco, Women’s Squash Larry Gibson, Katie Roach, Women’s Rowing NFHCA Mideast Region Men’s Outdoor Track & Field (400 meters) Emily Shearer, Women’s Cross Country All-American Mark Grey, Wrestling Patrick Slogic, Men’s Soccer Marisa Siergiej, Sarah Hefner, Women’s Lacrosse Rachel Sorna, Women’s Cross Country Field Hockey (second-team) John Hogan, Men’s Lacrosse Rachel Sorna, Women’s Indoor Track and Field Dan Lintner, Men’s Lacrosse Rachel Sorna, Women’s Outdoor Track and Field All-CSFL First Team (2) Jason Luu, Men’s Tennis (doubles) Lindsay Toppe, Women’s Lacrosse Spenser Gruenenfelder, WR Claire MacManus, Women’s Soccer Zach Zagorski, Men’s Soccer Chris Stiko, DB SHOP NOW FOR YOUR CORNELL ATHLETICS APPAREL. VISIT SHOP.CORNELLBIGRED.COM SPIRIT! MAGAZINE15 HONORING THE HOCKEY SIX IVY LEAGUE CHAMPION TEAMS DURING 2013-2014
LIGHTWEIGHT CREW
THE MEN’S HOCKEY TEAM WON ITS SECOND IVY CHAMPIONSHIP IN THREE YEARS.
THE LIGHTWEIGHT CREW WON ITS
NINTH IVY CUP BY WINNING THE VARSITY LACROSSE EIGHT RACE AT THE EARC SPRINTS.
THE MEN’S LACROSSE TEAM CLAIMED ITS 12TH IVY LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP IN THE LAST 13 YEARS.
16 SPIRIT! MAGAZINE SHOP NOW FOR YOUR CORNELL ATHLETICS APPAREL. HOCKEY
WRESTLING
THE WRESTLING TEAM CAPTURED ITS 12TH CONSECUTIVE LEAGUE TITLE AND EXTENDED ITS IVY UNBEATEN DUAL MEET STREAK TO 63.
DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS ANDY NOEL MADE GOOD ON HIS
PROMISE TO THE HEPS INDOOR OUTDOOR TRACK CHAMPIONSHIP TRACK TEAM...
...AFTER SEEING THEIR RED HAIR AT THE INDOOR HEPS MEET, HE PROMISED TO DYE HIS OWN HAIR RED IF THEY DOUBLED UP AND WON THE OUTDOOR HEPS CHAMPIONSHIP. THEY DID... AND SO DID HE!
INDOOR TRACK SHOP NOW FOR YOUR CORNELL ATHLETICS APPAREL. VISIT CORNELLBIGRED.COM SPIRIT! MAGAZINE17 Upgrades to the FRIEDMAN CENTER include: STRENGTHENING THE • “Ultra Tile” high-impact flooring • Full rack of customized dumbbells FRIEDMAN STRENGTH & • Eight half racks on the first floor • Three reverse hyper machines, three glute-ham benches CONDITIONING CENTER • Eleven Keiser Pneumatic racks • Five Keiser Functional trainers • Ten Keiser selectorized pieces • Olympic training bars and plates • Three lat pull/low row combination machines • New Cornell bear logo on the east wall • “Speed Center” addition in Newman arena
Reasons to be Excited: • Current athletes, recruits and visitors love the new “look” to the Friedman Center! • The ability to measure and track peak power output with the Keiser equipment. Power production is crucial in most sports. • Expanded weightroom square footage. The Friedman mezzanine is now an additional 2000 sqft of dedicated strength training space. • Increased capacity to utilize specialty equipment for injury prevention. The Keiser functional trainers are key in this effort! • Additional space to conduct speed/agility training in the Newman Arena mezzanine “speed center”.
The impact thus far… • The new equipment has improved the capacity to service athletes during “peak” training hours. • Teams utilized the “speed center” in Newman Arena during the winter months when the Ramin Room was used for team practices, affording greater training opportunity to both in-season and out-of season athletes. • By having the power output feedback capabilities with the Keiser equipment, athletes have become more competitive in strength and explosive power events. “Competition breeds excellence!”
hampions are crowned during the season, but again, a key cohort of alumni stepped forward to provide the championships are earned long before competition funding needed to update the Friedman Center Strength begins. Cornell’s 1,100 varsity athletes have exclusive and Conditioning Center. Their generosity provided Head Caccess to one of the best training facilities in the nation, the Strength & Conditioning Coach Tom Howley, along with 8,000-square-foot Friedman Strength and Conditioning his terrific staff, the new equipment, flooring and additional Center, which recently underwent a significant renovation. capacity necessary to maintain the Friedman Center as a Says Meakem*Smith Director of Athletics, Andy Noel, “Once national class strength and conditioning facility. It is once
18 SPIRIT! MAGAZINE SHOP NOW FOR YOUR CORNELL ATHLETICS APPAREL. What they are saying about the Friedman Strength and Conditioning Center:
Matt Kerwick, Head Coach MLAX: Val Klopfer, Ass’t Coach, Women’s Basketball: The upgrades and improvements to the Friedman The Friedman Center is one of the top training The overall atmosphere in the facility, combined Strength and Conditioning Center put Cornell’s facilities in all of Division I lacrosse. Our student- with the passion of our strength & conditioning weight room among the top facilities in the Ivy athletes are able to compete at their peak because staff, make this a huge selling point for our League and showcase Cornell’s investment in of their training with the tremendous staff Coach prospects. Our current players love the creativity providing a first-class experience to our student- Howley has assembled. Most importantly, training the addition of the new high-tech equipment has athletes. in the Friedman Center makes it possible for us to added to their everyday workouts! stay healthy as we make the run for the Ivy League From David Archer, Head Coach of Football: title each spring. Coach Howley and the Friedman Jenny Graap, Head Coach, WLAX: “The upgrades made to the Friedman Strength and Strength & Conditioning Center have played a vital Coach Howley and his staff, including Erika Travis, Conditioning Center are great! The new equipment role in our success over the years and the Center is who trains our women’s lacrosse team, are has allowed for a much more competitive a key stop for us when a recruit arrives on campus. continually looking to implement new techniques atmosphere in our weight training.” and strategies in challenging our Big Red athletes.
again the premier facility of its kind in the Ivy League, Howley, Assistant Athletic Director for Athlete Performance/ and it affords our Big Red athletes an edge in preparing Head Strength and Conditioning Coach. for competition. It is also a key component in our injury “Our goal is to provide a motivating, state-of-the- prevention protocol.” art training environment for our student-athletes,” Howley “These upgrades have had an impact on every sport added. “This is an important part of their athletic experience that utilizes the Friedman Center and we are very excited at Cornell and with the recent upgrades, we feel that we’ve to see its future influence on team performance,” said Tom accomplished that goal.”
SHOP NOW FOR YOUR CORNELL ATHLETICS APPAREL. VISIT CORNELLBIGRED.COM SPIRIT! MAGAZINE19 The Big Red Bids Farewell to Four Iconic Alumni
uring the past year, the Big Red lost four of its dearest friends with the passing of Lou Conti `41, Frank Collyer `48, Curt Reis `56 and Jack Meakem `58. These four sharedD many things in common: all were devoted family men, all had successful business careers, all were generous philanthropists and all were great leaders for Cornell Athletics. FRANK COLLYER Jack and Frank were rowers and very involved with the Cornell Rowing Association; Jack was a former chair and Frank was a long- time treasurer. Frank was a turbine engineer with GE and later a stock broker in Ithaca. He was originally a member of the Class of `45, but graduated in 1948 after serving three years in the Army Air Force flying combat operations in the Pacific Theater of Operations, including the Philippines and Iwo Jima. More recently, one could always find Frank at the boathouse on the Cayuga Inlet supporting his Cornell crew on race days. Frank’s uncle ( John `17) chaired Cornell’s Board of Trustees and made the lead gift to build the Collyer Boathouse. Jack retired as Chairman, President and CEO of Advanced Polymer Systems, and was a consumer marketing pioneer in the JACK MEAKEM 1960s and 70s. He led the team that created Vick’s Nyquil, and subsequently rose to senior management positions in several corporations, where he created or expanded well-known products, including Vick’s Formula 44, Odor Eaters, and Grecian Formula 16. In his later years, Jack was an active investor, as well as an advisor to entrepreneurs. The Reis name has become synonymous with philanthropy for the Cornell Tennis community. Curt’s mom and dad (San and Jo `29) provided the lead gift to build the Reis Tennis Center and Curt continued that legacy of philanthropy. Curt was a global traveler who visited all seven continents, a lifelong sports enthusiast and a man committed to social justice. He spent his entire professional career in the banking industry and retired as the Chairman and CEO of LOU CONTI Alliance Bank, headquartered in Culver City, CA. Curt was a long- time member of the Athletic Alumni Advisory Committee. Lou played and coached football at Cornell. He was a member of the undefeated National Championship team of 1939 and played in the famous 5th down game against Dartmouth in 1940. He also served the program as a coach (1949-56). Lou had a distinguished military career and saw combat as a dive-bomber pilot for the Marines. He later retired as a Major General in the Marine Corps Reserve. Lou’s business career was equally distinguished; he served as a director on the boards of several major corporations (including Emerson Electric) and retired as the President and CEO of Marine Transport Lines. Well done, gentlemen. You will be missed, but never forgotten. CURT REIS All hail, Cornell…
20 SPIRIT! MAGAZINE SHOP NOW FOR YOUR CORNELL ATHLETICS APPAREL. Dear Friends of Big Red Athletics, The Big Red Band and COE…. I hope that you are not tired of being reminded of a simple fact: all that we are able to accomplish – on the field, ice, floor, pitch, track, course, mat, court, water, as well as in the ring and gym - is built upon the shoulders and generosity of our alumni, parents and friends. Thanks to all of you who have already supported one or more of our programs this year, and thanks, in advance, to those of you who will join our nearly 7,000 benefactors by the June 30th deadline. Our annual fund effort stands at 95% of goal as of June 24th – 6 days remaining! Please know that each gift is appreciated very much and helps to lift both our programs and the students who participate. Gifts postmarked by June 30th count toward the current fiscal year. I can’t thank you enough for your loyalty to the Big Red!
COMPLIANCE
so much news and nobody to tell By Assistant Director of Compliance Andrew Turker
overage of college athletics through traditional and announcements might seem like great social media outlets has become a 24-hour a day, inside information, but always consider seven-day a week business. There are even television the source. It’s important to remember channels and websites dedicated exclusively to college athletics. that the information (1) is not coming AMY FOSTER C Associate AD for Compliance This expansive media coverage provides information about from the institution, but from the student and Student Services every aspect of an institution’s athletic department, including himself, (2) is completely unofficial with at times, the recruiting process. For example, we have all seen no written agreement, especially in the Ivy the announcements on ESPN where a football recruit chooses League where likelihood of admissibility into an institution the hat of the institution they plan to attend. The publicity cannot even be communicated to a prospect until October 1 surrounding a top recruit’s college choice is big news and of his or her senior year, and (3) may ultimately and simply entertainment, but NCAA rules restrict when an institution can just be completely false. For more information on admissions be in on the fun. and commitments in the Ivy League, please visit the following It is no secret that early recruiting has become the norm website: http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/information/psa/ in most sports. Many prospects are verbally committing to index institutions as they start their high school careers. Although a After a prospect signs a National Letter of Intent or puts coach cannot initiate calls to prospects until July 1st following down a deposit, the prohibition on public commentary by a prospect’s junior year, early recruitment is done permissibly an institution is lifted. Until then, when speaking with our through unofficial on-campus visits and telephone calls initiated coaches, try to resist the urge to ask about the prospects they are by the prospects. Recruits are verbally committing years before recruiting or do so with the expectation that the answer given they can sign a National Letter of Intent or apply and receive will be vague. Know that our coaches are most certainly excited admission to an institution. The media is always seeking the to share information about future prospects with you, but inside scoop, but they can’t get it from the coaches. NCAA NCAA rules restrict when they can do so. Bylaw 13.10.2 prohibits institutional staff members from Compliance Corner articles in Spirit Magazine are meant to publicly commenting about a prospect before they have signed a be educational, but cannot cover all scenarios or be all-inclusive. National Letter of Intent or put down their deposit in response Articles should be used as a reminder of the extensive NCAA to an official offer of admission. However, this prohibition does rules that bind intercollegiate athletics and those involved. It not stop a prospect from wanting to share his or her intended is important that you always contact Amy Foster, Associate and exciting plan. As a result, you may often see comments Athletic Director for Compliance and Student Services, at and commitments from 9th, 10th, and 11th grade prospects 607-255-8874, or via email at [email protected], with specific in newspaper articles, blogs, posts and tweets on-line. These questions or concerns.
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