2009 Track & field guide

Senior CAPTAIN Alea MURPHY 2009 towsonPlayer track Profiles & field

2009 Roster Player Class Hgt. Hometown/High School Laura Asendio Sprints/Hurdles Sophomore Washington, D.C./Riverhead H.S. Gina Benigno Freshman Hillsdale, N.J./Pascack Valley H.S. Melanie Blanco Distance Junior Middletown, Del./Middletown H.S. Christie Boden Sprints Sophomore Pylesville, Md./North Harford HS Brittni Bradley Distance Sophomore Drexel Hill, Pa./Upper Darby H.S. Lindsay Bumbernick Jumps/Hurdles Sophomore Etters, Pa./Red Land HS Megan DiGregorio Middle Distance Junior White Marsh, Md./Perry Hall H.S. Katlyn Dillow Middle Distance Freshman Hollywood, Md./Leonardtown H.S. Anjelica DiNucci Middle Distance Freshman Timonium, Md./Dulaney H.S. Michelle Donadio Distance Junior Reisterstown, Md./Franklin H.S. Amber Gaffey Pole Vault Sophomore Thompson, Pa./Susquehanna Comm. HS Brandi Gervais Distance Sophomore Cape Giradeau, Mo./Waynesville H.S. Kaylin Gilmartin-Donohue Distance Freshman White Plains, N.Y./White Plains H.S. Erika Griffith Distance Freshman Mt. Laurel, N.J./Lenape Regional H.S. Kate Gwiazdowski Sprints Sophomore Bel Air, Md./Bel Air H.S. Rachel Jochem Sprints/Hurdles Junior Tabernacle, N.J./Seneca H.S. Liya Kasimova Distance Freshman Severna Park, Md./Severna Park H.S. Amy Lauenstein Javelin Junior Nottingham, Md./Perry Hall H.S. Melanie Lawson Sprints/Hurdles Sophomore Logan TWP, N.J./Kingsway Regional HS Ebone Leach Sprints/Hurdles Sophomore Randallstown, Md./Milford Mill HS Emily Lyons Sprints Freshman Glenelg, Md./Glenelg H.S. Jill Meshey Sprints Junior Columbia, Pa./Columbia H.S. Alea Murphy Hurdles/Jumps Senior Clarks Summit, Pa./Abington Heights H.S. Alana Nedd Multi-Events Junior Columbia, Md./Atholton H.S. Vivian Nwachukwu Sprints Junior Bowie, Md./Bowie H.S. Katie Ogden Distance Sophomore Owings, Md./Northern H.S. Motara Okusaga Jumps/Hurdles Sophomore Germantown, Md./Northwest H.S. Karen Riddle Distances Sophomore Catonsville, Md./Seton Keough H.S. Danielle Scruggs Sprints Sophomore Baltimore, Md./Loch Raven H.S. Shannel Shivers Throws Freshman Aberdeen, Md./Aberdeen H.S. Shianna Smith Throws Freshman Columbia, Md./Wilde Lake H.S. Head Coach: Roger Erricker Lindsay Warfield Distance Junior Woodbine, Md./South Carroll H.S. Assistant Coach: Jim Bell Renee Wynegar Pole Vault Junior Mechanicsburg, Pa./Cumberland Valley H.S. Jumps Coach: Rebecca duRivage-Jacobs Leslie Zuknick Junior Gambrills, Md./Archbishop Spalding H.S.. Throws Coach: Dr. John Govern- Player Profiles

Towson University Quick Facts Mailing Address: Home Stadium: Johnny Unitas Stadium 8000 York Rd., Head Coach: Roger Erricker Towson, Md. 21252-001 (Frostburg, ’79) Founded: 1866 Erricker’s Phone: 410-704-3972 Enrollment: 21,111 Coach’s E-Mail: [email protected] Nickname: “Tigers” Assistant Coaches: Colors: Gold, White & Black Jim Bell (Miami, ’64), President: Dr. Robert Caret John Govern (Albright, ’84); Director of Athletics: Rebecca DuRivage-Jacobs (Towson, ’08) Mike Hermann Captains: Alea Murphy, Jill Meshey, Leslie Associate Athletic Directors: Zuknick, Megan DeGregorio Tom Brush, Nance Reed, Margie Tversky Head Athletic Trainer: Terry O’Brien Faculty Rep.: Dr. Gail Gasparich Media Relations Contact.: Peter Schlehr Top Majors: Media Relations Phone: 410-704-6258 Business, Mass Communication, Elem. Education, Psychology, Biology Media Relations Fax: 410-704-3861 Degrees: B.A., B.F.A., B.M., B.S., Web Site: www.towsontigers.com M.A., M.A.T., M.Ed., M.F.A., M.M.

2009 Tiger Track and Field Guide The 2009 Tiger Track and Field Media Guide is published by the Towson University Department of Athletics and produced by Peter Schlehr of the Athletic Media Relations Office. Photography by Kanji Takeno, Jim Bell, Brendan Cavanaugh and Scott Thornton. The guide is designed and produced by Chris Komisar of the University’s Office of Design and Publications.

2009 Tiger track and field 1 coachingPlayer Profiles staff TRACK THROUGH THE YEARS AT TOWSON Roger Erricker Yrs. Men Yrs. Women Roger Erricker 21 129-57 22 117-64-1 Head Coach Jim Pennington 5 28-11 Frostburg State, ‘79 Libby Lomsky 4 23-15 23rd Season Jack McDonald 17 106-74-1 2 2-2 Ray Riordon 2 14-2 In 1978 Roger Erricker captured the Bob Melville 3 13-10-1 Mason-Dixon Conference Indoor high Paul Bell 1 7-4 jump title with a 6-6 leap while compet- 2008 Roger Erricker 0-0 (8th in CAA) ing for his alma mater, Frostburg State, 2007 Roger Erricker 0-0 (8th in CAA) in the Towson Center. He never imag- 2006 Roger Erricker 0-0 (9th in CAA) ined he would return to the Towson 2005 Roger Erricker 9-7 (5th in CAA) campus seven years later to coach the 2004 Roger Erricker 0-0 (7th in CAA) 0-0 (7th in CAA) Tigers’ cross country and track teams. 2003 Roger Erricker 0-0 (6th in CAA) 0-0 (7th in CAA) He didn’t imagine he would stay 23 years either. 2002 Roger Erricker 0-0 (7th in CAA) 0-0 (7th in CAA) In 1985 he arrived at Towson as its women’s cross country and assistant 2001 Roger Erricker 26-13-1 (7th in AE) 24-12 (7th in AE) track coach. The following year he was appointed head coach, responsible 2000 Roger Erricker 18-16 (6th in AE) 12-16 (7th in AE) for overseeing six varsity squads. After the 2003-04 year the university 1999 Roger Erricker 23-7 (6th in AE) 18-6 (7th in AE) discontinued cross country, indoor track and outdoor track for men. 1998 Roger Erricker 26-4 (5th in AE) 20-8-1 (7th in AE) He has led the women’s cross country program for 23 of its 26 years, 1997 Roger Erricker 6-3 (6th in AE) 4-5-1 (7th in AE) compiling a 543-257-6 record. He’s skippered the women’s track squad 1996 Roger Erricker 7-4 (6th in NAC) 7-4 (7th in NAC) for 21 of its 32 years with a 117-64-1 record. 1995 Roger Erricker 5-2 (4th in Big South) 7-1 (2nd in Big South) His tenure on Towson’s athletics staff places him third on the longevity 1994 Roger Erricker 4-0-1 (4th in Big South) 3-1 (6th in Big South) list behind gymnastics coach Dick Filbert and men’s soccer coach Frank 1993 Roger Erricker 2-1 1-2 Olszewski. 1992 Roger Erricker 3-1 (5th in ECC) 3-1 (3rd in ECC) Roger’s college coaching career has yielded interesting successes. In 1991 Roger Erricker 0-2 (6th in ECC) 2-0 (2nd in ECC) 1990 Roger Erricker 1-1 (6th in ECC) 2-0 (4th in ECC) 1992 his women’s cross country team finished second in the Big South 1989 Roger Erricker 3-1 (7th in ECC) 2-0 (4th in ECC) Conference meet, just three points from the championship. In 1998 his 1988 Roger Erricker 3-1 (7th in ECC) 1-1 (4th in ECC) men’s squad placed third in the prestigious IC4A meet. In 2007 the Tigers 1987 Roger Erricker 2-1 (7th in ECC) 2-0 (4th in ECC) were 5th in the ECAC meet. 1986 Jack McDonald 1-3 (7th in ECC) 1-1 ((4th in ECC) A number of individuals have performed well over the years too. 1985 Jack McDonald 7-1 (7th in ECC) 1-1 (4th in ECC) Maureen Shaneman, who went on to a very successful road racing career, 1984 Jack McDonald 2-3 (7th in ECC) was unbeaten during the 1987 regular season and finished third in the 1984 Jim Pennington 3-1 (3rd in ECC) East Coast Conference championships. Vikki Benhardt, a 2007 inductee 1983 Jack McDonald 3-2 (8th in ECC) into Towson’s Athletic Hall of Fame, won the 1991 ECC title. Buffy 1983 Jim Pennington 6-1 (2nd in ECC) Gavigan was an All-Conference runner who went on to teach chemistry 1982 Jack McDonald 4-6 and biology at nearby Calvert Hall High School where she was the head 1982 Jim Pennington 4-2 cross country and track coach for over a decade. Megan Lerch was an 1981 Jack McDonald 6-4-1 (5th in M-D) All-Colonial Athletic Association selection after finishing 9th in the 2004 1981 Jim Pennington 6-2 conference championships. 1980 Jack McDonald 7-2 (6th in M-D) On the men’s side Paul Borg missed winning the 1998 America East 1980 Jim Pennington 9-5 (5th in M-D title by a second. Doug Stewart and John Supsic joined Borg as All-East 1979 Jack McDonald 4-4 (3rd in M-D) selections with all three finishing in the IC4A top 20. Erik Estrada was an 1979 Libby Lomsky 8-3 (4th in M-D) All-Big South runner and Paul Walten an All-ECC performer 1978 Jack McDonald 6-3 (3rd in M-D) 1978 Libby Lomsky 10-7 Roger also points with pride to his teams’ academic successes. The 1977 Paul Bell 7-4 (2nd in M-D) women’s cross country team is a mainstay at the top of the athletic depart- 1977 Libby Lomsky 2-2 ment’s semester grade point average list. Most recently women’s cross 1976 Jack McDonald 6-4 (2nd in M-D) country posted a team GPA of 3.502. 1976 Libby Lomsky 1-3 Roger attended Gaithersburg High School, winning a Maryland state 1975 Jack McDonald 8-11 high jump title with a leap of 6-6. After a year at Charleston Southern 1974 Jack McDonald 9-6 he transferred to Montgomery Community College, winning the Eastern 1973 Jack McDonald 6-9 Junior College high jump championship. In 1979 he earned his degree in 1972 Jack McDonald 10-6 History and Social Science at Frostburg, leaving with that Mason-Dixon 1971 Jack McDonald 9-4 (M-D Champs) high jump title. The best jump of his career was 6-7.After receiving his 1970 Jack McDonald 9-3 degree Roger followed in his father’s footsteps as a huntsman and caring 1969 Jack McDonald 9-3 for fox hounds at Andrews Bridge Fox Hunt Club in Pennsylvania and the 1968 Ray Riordon 7-1 Elkridge-Harford Hunt Club near Baltimore. Four years later he entered 1967 Ray Riordon 7-1 the education profession, teaching at Howard High School where he 1966 Bob Melville 6-1 coached track for three years and jayvee football for one year. 1965 Bob Melville 3-4-1 In 1985 Howard won the Maryland state boys track championship. 1964 Bob Melville 4-5 The year before, Laurie Governor, who went on to enjoy a successful CAA - Colonial Athletic Association college basketball career at Richmond, won the state title with a AE - America East Conference record throw that stood for over a decade. NAC - North Atlantic Conference Roger and his wife, Elizabeth, reside in the Overlea section of Baltimore, BS - Big South Conference just minutes from the Towson campus. ECC - East Coast Conference 2 2009 Tiger track and field coachingPlayer Profiles staff Dr. Jim Bell Rebecca du Assistant Coach Miami (Ohio), ‘64 Rivage-Jacobs Jumps Coach Towson, ‘08

Retirement has enabled Jim Bell to spend Rebecca is the newcomer to the Tiger more time pursuing one of his passions; coaching staff, but a familiar face in coaching cross country and track. the program. A 2006 Towson gradu- Jim is in his second stint with ate, she competed all four years as an the Tigers, having previously served as undergraduate setting several records a volunteer assistant coach for cross during her career. country and track in 1995 and 1996. His association with Towson began Rebecca is working primarily with the jumps for both the indoor and when two sons, Rick and Andy, competed for the Tiger cross country and outdoor track programs. As a passionate student of the sport, Rebecca track teams from 1989 to 1995. Rick graduated from Towson in 1993 brings a fresh perspective and new initiative to the jumps program while Andy is a 1995 Towson graduate. at Towson. As an undergraduate Jim ran cross country and track at Miami of Ohio Rebecca competed as part of the Towson Track and Field team for where he was a teammate of Olympians and holders Bob four years. Specializing in the horizontal jumps, Rebecca held both the Schul and Jack Batchelor. He competed at the NCAA National Cross long and school records. Her 40’-8.75” is still the best in the Country Championships as a junior and senior. outdoor triple jump. In track, he ran the 800-meter and one- events and was also a Rebecca finished her final season with All-East recognition in the triple member of the one-mile relay team. When he graduated, he held the school jump at the ECAC Meet and a fourth place finish at the Colonial Athletic record in the 1000- indoor run. Association Championships in the . Rebecca also competed After graduating from Miami with a degree in Biology, Jim earned for the Towson Swimming & Diving program early in her Towson a Doctorate in Pharmacology from the University of Illinois College of athletics career. Medicine in . He taught pharmacology to medical students at Away from the Johnny Unitas Stadium track, Rebecca is the Help Desk Illinois for one year. After his short career as a teacher, he got a job as a Representative for the Library & Information Services department at the research electrophysiologist for the National Institute on Drug Abuse in nearby K-12 institution, the Friends School of Baltimore. Still an avid Lexington, Kentucky. He became a resident of Maryland when the NIDA runner, she enjoys post-collegiate competition in the field events as well moved to Baltimore in 1984. as the occasional 5K. A life-long fan of track and field, Jim returned to his volunteer coaching position at Towson following his retirement. Jim’s duties at Towson include planning and executing the training of the middle distance runners. Under his tutelage, many have gained confer- ence honors as well as school records and marks in the upper echelon of Dr. John Govern Tiger performances. Additionally Jim produces edited highlight films of Throws Coach the cross country and track and field competitions. A life-long fan of track and field, Jim returned to his volunteer coaching Albright, ‘84 position at Towson following his retirement from his government job. As an assistant coach for the Tigers, he assists Coach Erricker in all phases of the program. In his tenth season as a member of the Tiger coaching staff, Dr. John Govern serves as the throws coach for both the indoor and outdoor track programs. A Psychology professor at Towson University since 1989, Govern gradu- ated summa cum laude from Albright College with a Bachelor’s Degree in Psycho-biology. During his four-year career at Albright, he threw the shot put, discus, and javelin while also competing in the 400 meter dash and the 1600 meter relay team. A team captain his senior year, Govern’s discus record at Albright stood for 13 years. He was also the recipient of the Eugene Shirk Award as an outstanding senior scholar-athlete. While studying at Temple for his Doctorate in Social Psychology, Govern was a graduate student member of the Owls Powerlifting club team. He threw competitively in the Philadelphia area before accepting a position at Towson in 1989. In his position as the Tigers’ throws coach, he has worked with Kelly Robinson, the Tigers’ record-setting javelin thrower. Coach Govern has Robinson qualify for Nationals in 2004 and 2005. She was the first Tiger track athlete to reach nationals.

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Towson track coach Roger Erricker doesn’t Jumps Throws need a calculator to tell him how many meet Junior Leslie Zuknick is the heir The entire throw squad from last year points his senior class took with it when the apparent to take over the high jumping chores. (Robinson, Laura Catterson and Liz group graduated last May. Zuknick, a co-captain this year, has improved Davenport) is gone. It’s up to a couple of “It was a lot,” sighed Erricker. “To be noticeably from last year and is capable of freshman and a junior recruit from a track more exact, about two-thirds of our points a 5’-5” performance that would put her in class to carry the load this year. are gone.” scoring position at the CAA’s. She won the Freshmen Shannel Shivers and Shianna These were quality points and, in many event at the Ursinus Indoor Meet with a 5’-1” Smith represent the shot put, discus and instances, championship and record points. jump and was second in the CAA Invitational group. Shivers is emerging as It pains Erricker to list the names of with a career best 5’-3”. the one to catch in the shot while Smith is the the departed; thrower Kelly Robinson, Sophomore Lindsay Bumbernick is front runner in the weight throw. high jumper Laura Passalacqua, sprinter showing marked improvement from her Shivers already has broken into the top Tamisha James, steeplechaser Britta Nelson freshman year in both the long and triple ten in the shot with a heave of 40’-10.25” at and distance runner Kay Borleis. jumps. If the indoor season is any indication, the CAA Invitational. That mark landed her Ouch! Bumbernick’s improvement will be measured in third on Towson’s list. Robinson and Passalacqua were in feet, not inches. She won the triple jump both Colonial Athletic Association at the John Covert Classic with a 37’-5.75” champions and NCAA National Track & effort to move into fourth place on Towson’s Field Championship competitors. Robinson’s all-time list. She also captured a second place records in the javelin (159 feet, four inches), at the Bucknell Winter Classic with a leap of shotput (43 feet, 1.75 inches) and discus (135 17’-7.75” which put her in 10th place on the feet, 5 inches) along with Passalacqua’s high long-jump all-time list. jump mark (5 feet, 11.25 inches) will be very Sophomore Motara Okusaga is sure to difficult to break. Nelson owns the Tigers’ pile up the points in the jumps as well as the record (11:00.59) by more than hurdles. She tripled 37’-5” last spring at the a half-minute. Borleis and James were solid Delaware State Meet and came very near Throws performers who always scored. that this past winter when she won the event “We don’t have any superstars this year,” twice, finishing first at the Navy Lidlifter and said Erricker, “but we can still score points. later at the Bucknell Heptagonal. I’m pleased with the depth we have and I Although primarily a hurdler, senior co- think that’ll help to compensate for some of captain Alea Murphy is very capable. She’s Smith will be the lead on the hammer our losses.” currently tied for 5th in the with based upon her indoor performances with a career best 17’-10.5” at Shippensburg the weight throw. Her top throw was last spring. 53’-6.50” at the CAA Invitational. That broke a 10-year-old school record. The two freshmen will share duties in the . For the javelin Erricker reached deep into one of his track and field classes where he recruited junior Amy Lauenstein. The Tigers will have to wait until the spring to see her perform but Erricker said she has promise.

Pole Vault The ranks are somewhat thin this spring. Sophomore Amber Gaffey is back after a productive freshman year. She vaulted 11’-0.25” at Bucknell during the indoor season last year. That was her top effort and landed her second on Towson’s all-time list. She highlighted her 2008-09 indoor season Jumps with a victory at the Ursinus Classic when she vaulted 9’-6.25”. A former Pennsylvania state high school

4 2009 Tiger track and field is another 100 (13.23) and 200 meter dash (26.73) prospect. Junior Vivian Nwachukwu is a transfer from Delaware State and should give the sprints a nice boost. She proved to be Towson’s top sprinter in the indoor circuit this past winter, capturing the 200 meter dash at the Ursinus Indoor Classic with a top time of 26.39. She was Towson’s first place finisher in every event she ran indoors.

Hurdles Distance Two names surface immediately in discussions about Towson’s hurdles prospects; Alea Murphy and Motara pole vault champion, Gaffey won a medal Erricker is banking on a number of Okusaga. Murphy has been close several with a personal best 12’-3” vault. That would newcomers to pitch in. Based upon their times to the school record in both the 100 break Towson’s record by five inches. performances in the fall on the cross country meter hurdles (14.33) and the 400 meter Veteran Renee Wynegar could score trails, they should contribute much to the hurdles (62.82). Both of her times are second points in the pole vault too. Her career overall effort. best all-time. best is a 9’-6.50” at Bucknell this past Freshmen Liya Kasimova, Erika Griffith, Okusaga is right on Murphy’s heels, espe- indoor season. Kaylin Gilmartin-Donohue, Katlyn Dillow cially in the 400 hurdles where she owns the Also competing in pole vault is freshman and Angelica DiNucci should all fill in. third fastest time at Towson with a 62.91 Gina Benigno whose top mark in high school Kasimova was Towson’s top finisher in four clocking. She was 10th last summer at the was nine feet. She also competed in the long of the cross country meets. She posted the USATF Junior Nationals held at Ohio State. jump and triple jump at Pascack H.S. best time for a Tiger in a 5K when she ran an 18:15 in the Towson Invitational. Gilmartin-Donohue also ran well on the Distance Heptathlon cross country circuit. Her best finish was a Junior Alana Nedd is the leader in the The bulk of Towson’s depth is in its dis- 6th overall in the Baltimore Metro Meet. She tance events. The Tigers can draw from heptathlon. She finished third in the Colonial competed in the steeplechase and 800 meter Athletic Association’s championship meet last a wealth of talent that makes up their run in high school. cross country team. spring with 4,732 points, almost 500 points Griffith ran the 3000 indoors and posted better than the previous year. Sophomore Katie Ogden should be a 10:45.62 for a 10th place spot on the leading the way but she’s still rehabbing from program’s all-time list. DiNucci ran times a stress fracture that kept her out of the lineup of 5:13 in the mile and 2:21 in the 800 in this past fall and winter. Erricker hopes she’ll high school. return next fall to full strength. Sophomore Brandi Gervais, a Showing the way is a couple of upper- transfer from Southeast Missouri State, is classmen, juniors Megan DiGregorio and expected to pitch in too as she did on the Michelle Donadio. Both have been mainstays cross country squad. on the cross country circuit. Donadio is among Towson’s top ten in the 1500 (3rd – 4:42.31), 5000 (3rd – 18:08.15) Sprints plus the indoor 1000 (6th – 3:05.23), the The Tigers will look to a handful of mile (5th – 5:08.44) and the 3000 (7th – sprinters to carry the speed load. Leading the 10:42.11). She won the 1600 at the Navy returning veterans is junior co-captain Jill Indoor Lidlifter in 5:06.64. Meshey, Towson’s record holder in the 400 DiGregorio, a co-captain this spring, is meter dash with a time of 55.39. Her time of the Tigers’ top runner in the steeplechase. She 12.20 is the second fastest 100 meter dash ranks second at Towson in that event with a time at Towson. She’ll also run legs on the Hurdles career best 11:35.01. She’s also a possibility relay teams. in the 1500 (9th – 4:53.81) and the 5000, Sophomore Danielle Scruggs is which she won at Shippensburg last year in a another 400 meter dash (58.21) and relay personal record 18:25.38. participant. Sophomore Christina Boden Sprints 2009 Tiger track and field 5 Player Profiles

indoor at the New York Fast Track Meet, smashing the Laura Melanie old mark of 3:58.63 with a 3:54.25. (2007) Helped set two records for Towson during the indoor season ... Asendio Blanco ran the second leg on the record setting 4x200 re- Sophomore • Sprints/Hurdles Junior • Distance lay (1:46.72) and on the medley relay (4:12.71) ... Washington, D.C. Middletown, Del both marks were set at Ursinus. Riverhead H.S. Middletown H.S. Background/Personal: Two-sport athlete Mass Communication Major Early Childhood Ed. Major at North Harford High School … holds school records in 100-meter, 200-meter, and 400-meter events … earned second place in county meet in 4x200 relay Track: (2008) Ran the 800 and 500 indoors, clock- Track: (2008) Ran the 1500, 3000 and 5000 … and 4x400 relay … timed at 26.0 in the 200, 12.9 in the ing a 2:45.03 and 1:26.82 respectively. turned a 5:24 for the 1500 in the TU Invitational … 100, and 60.0 in the 400 … four year honor roll student Background/Personal: Ran cross country clocked a 20:11.05 in the 5000 at the Penn Invitational … named Maryland Distinguished Scholar … also on and track at Riverhead … ran a personal record 2:25 … ran her best 3000 indoors at the Navy Lidlifter in the cheerleading squad … lists her mother and father in the 800 and a 1:07.5 in the 400 hurdles, a school 11:06.40. (2007) Top effort on the oval was a 4th place as the people she admires the most … enjoys drawing, record too … a member of the National Honor Soci- finish at the Delaware Open in the 1500 (5:18)...she , hanging out with friends and family, beach ety and the National Foreign Language Society … the finished 9th in the same event at the Delaware State volleyball, and surfing … favorite athlete is Ray Lewis person she admires most is her dad … summer jobs Invitation (5:35:76). … favorite movie is Sahara … lists Paul Walker as her have included working at a tanning salon … favorite cross country: (2008) Clocked a personal favorite actor … enjoys listening to music by Silvertide athlete is Marion Barber … favorite movies include record 20:21 for the 5K in the TU Invitational for a … favorite restaurant is Sonic … has an older brother Step Up and Gone In 60 Seconds … enjoys listening to 26th place finish. (2007) Competed in 7 of 8 cross and a younger sister … father works for a defense Neyo and Chris Brown … favorite restaurants are the country meets ... top 5K time was 21:46, top 6K time contracting firm … mother is a homemaker … daugh- Cheesecake Factory and Outback … most memorable was 25:23. (2006) Ran her best time at the ECAC ter of Michael and Sandra Boden … born February 8, experience was traveling to Europe … has an older Meet with a 21:46 ... opened her college career with 1989 in Towson, Md. ... carrying a 3.591 grade point brother and sister … her dad is the news director for a 21:48.84 in the Baltimore Metro followed by 21:59.20 average at Towson. WAMU (88.5 FM) Radio at American University and a in Towson’s Invitational ... finished in 21:49.96 at the graduate of Northwestern … her mom is a graduate of Delaware Invitational Mt. Holyoke … daughter of James and Donna Asendio Background/Personal: Ran cross country Brittni … born May 26, 1989 in Orange, N.J. and track for Bill DuBois ... helped the Cavaliers finish eighth at the Division I state meet and fifth at the Blue Bradley Hen Conference Championships ... earned All-Blue Hen Sophomore • Distance Gina honors ... received the Blue Hen Conference Academic Drexel Hill, PA Award ... high honor roll student ... finished 24th at Upper Darby H.S. Benigno the state meet as a senior … father is a toolmaker Accounting Major Freshman • Pole Vault at General Motors ... mother is an administrative co- Hillsdale, N.J. ordinator ... has two older brothers ... very involved Pascack Valley H.S. with the Special Olympics and helping children with Track: (2008) Top 1500 time last spring was 5:09 Math/Secondary Ed. Major special needs ... favorite movie is “The Little Mermaid” at the Paul Kaiser Meet hosted by Shippensburg … ran ... most memorable experiences are running her last the same time at the TU Invitational … sticks to the high school meet and helping those who need help 3000 on the indoor circuit, clocking a best 11:02.58 at Track: (2008) Recorded an 8’-0.5” vault in her first before herself … carrying a 3.17 grade point average the CAA Invitational. (2007) Best showing on the in- collegiate competition at the Ursinus Winter Classic … at Towson … born May 26, 1988 in Wilmington, Del. ... door track her freshman year was a 5:41.04 mile at the also competed in the CAA Invitational. daughter of Gerald and Catherine Blanco. Bucknell Winter Classic and a 5:41.34 at the Bucknell Background/Personal: Competed in the Heptagonal … ran the mile consistently in the 5:40’s. pole vault, long jump and triple jump for the Indians … cross country: (2008) Ran in 7 of the 8 events personal records included 9’0” in the pole vault, 15’11” Christie … top finish was a 21st in the Towson Invitational in the long jump and 33’11” in the triple … qualified where she ran a 5K personal record 20:04 … posted for the State Meet in the pole vault and triple jump in Boden her second fastest 5K time in the Baltimore Metro her junior year … also played volleyball and competed Sophomore • Sprints with a 20:29. (2007) Top finish was 17th place in the on the gymnastics team in high school … ambition is Pylesville, Md Baltimore Metro meet when she ran a 5K season best to teach algebra … hobbies include going to shows, North Harford H.S. 20:29 … her best 6K time was 23:53 at the Don Cath- outdoor adventures and reading … favorite authors Mass Communication Major cart Salisbury Invitational for a 26th place. are J.K. Rowling and Chuck Palahniuk ... favorite ac- Background/Personal: Top time in the tor is Emma Watson … enjoys listening to Forever In 5K at Upper Darby was 20:05 ... posted a 2:28 in the Motion … her dad attended Fairleigh Dickinson, her Track: (2008) Clocked the 7th fastest 400 at Tow- 800 and a 5:30 mile ... a member of the Distinguished mother attended Bauder College … has one younger son with a 58.35 at Delaware last spring … set a per- Honor Roll ... ran all four years on the varsity, was a brother … parents are Joseph and Debra Benigno … sonal record of 26:50 for the 200 at the CAA’s … top MVP and captain too … one of three girls in the family born January 3, 1990 in Ridgewood, N.J. 100 time was 13:16 at the Penn Invitational … finished ... ambition is to be an IRS field agent ... has worked as 2nd at the CAA Invitational in 59.24 and 3rd at the a lifeguard in the summer months ... favorite athlete is Bucknell Winter Classic in the 400 with a 59:71 … run- Brian Westbrook ... favorite book is Moment of Truth ... ning the first leg on the relay teams … part owner of favorite movie is Remember the Titans ... daughter of three indoor relay records … joined with Jill Meshey, Jeanmarie Bradley ... born May 23, 1989 in Elgin, Ill. … 6 2009 Tiger Track and Field Alea Murphy and Rachel Jochem to run a record 4x400 carrying a 3.512 grade point average at Towson. Player Profiles

cross country: (2008) Ran a personal 5K 18:43 (21 seconds ahead of second), leading Leonard- Lindsay record 19:11 to finish 9th in the Towson Invitational town to its fourth straight championship … she had … clocked all of her 5K times under 20:00 last fall … won the SMAC championship as a freshman, finished Bumbernick other top finishes included a 13th in the Baltimore second in her junior year and third her sophomore Sophomore • Jumps Metro (19:29) and a 14th at the Delaware Invitational year … she was Leonardtown’s top finisher at the 4A Etters, PA (19:26) … she placed first for Towson with a 23:16 for East Region meet in 2007, placing third as the Raid- Red Land H.S. the 6K course in the Princeton Invitational, finish- ers made off with that team title also … for those Physical Education Major ing 30th overall. (2007) Knocked 39 seconds off her performances she was named 2007 Runner of the 5K time, turning in a 19:12 for a fifth place finish in Year by the Washington Post … she also earned county the Baltimore Metro Meet … came back with a 19:21 Runner of the Year honors … she led the Raiders to an Track: (2008) Owns the 4th best triple jump in for an 8th place in the Towson Invitational … her 8th unbeaten 12-0 record in 2006 with a 6th place finish program history after her 37’-5.75” effort that earned place in the Don Cathcart at Salisbury in 22:47 was her at the state meet … the following spring she helped her a first place at the John Covert Indoor Classic at best 6K clocking, marking the first time she had been the Raiders to an unbeaten track season and was the Lehigh this past winter … also has the 10th best long under 23:00 at that distance … continued to score for regional champ in the 1600 (5:13.6) … placed 8th in the jump with a 17’-7.75” she marked at the Covert Indoor the Tigers with a 12th place overall in the Delaware 2007 state cross country meet … top indoor mile time Classic on the same day … a consistent top 4 finisher Invitational with a 5K 19:36 … an injury from an auto- was 5:12, top outdoor mile time was 5:14 that earned in the latter half of regular outdoor season last spring mobile accident kept her from competing in the final her a 5th place in the 2007 state meet … earned in both jumps. two meets. (2006) Competed in 5 cross country meets Leonardtown’s Senior Athlete of the Year award … a Background/Personal: Two-sport athlete her freshman year … finished 6th (20:10.94) in her first member of the school’s honor roll for all four years at Red Land High School … holds school record in college meet as the Tigers won the Baltimore Metro … the oldest of three girls in the family … summer the triple jump (38’-4”) and 100 meter hurdles (15.7 team title. jobs include working in a restaurant … the person seconds.) … seventh at states in the triple jump in Background/Personal: Ran cross country she admires the most is her grandmother … hobbies 2007 … fourth at states in the triple jump in 2006 … and track for Coach Brad Jaeger at Perry Hall High include running, soccer and boating … favorite athlete won the 2006 District III title in triple jump … placed School ... helped the Gators to a Baltimore County is … Denzel Washington and Adam third in District III in the 100 meter hurdles … top long Indoor Relay championship in 2006 ... named MVP in Sandler are her favorite actors … favorite movie is jump was 17’-5’’ … named Scholar-Athlete … also com- cross country as a senior ... earned 12 varsity letters Rocky IV … enjoys listening to the country sounds peted for the tennis team … names her parents and at Perry Hall ... an honor roll student and a member of Rascal Flatts … most memorable experiences are grandmother as the people she admires the most … of the National Honor Society … born May 1, 1988 in the family vacations in North Carolina … daughter enjoys coloring … lists Hines Ward and Willie Parker White Marsh, Md. ... daughter of David and Vanessa of James and Leslie Dillow … born April 10, 1990 in as her favorite athletes … favorite movies are Stick DiGregorio ... father is a University of Baltimore gradu- Leonardtown … posted a 3.333 grade point average in It and Pearl Harbor … enjoys listening to music by ate and works at Johns Hopkins Hospital as a com- her first semester at Towson. the Backstreet Boys … favorite restaurants are Sub- puter analyst ... mother is a circulations assistant ... way and Panera Bread … lists her most memorable has a younger sister ... enjoys reading and drawing ... moment as winning districts in the triple jump her ju- favorite athlete is Lance Armstrong ... favorite movie Sophomores nior year in high school … has two older siblings … father is “Mean Girls” ... favorite actress is Kate Hudson ... Danielle Shruggs and Linsay Bumbernick is a systems architect … mother is a secretary … born favorite food is chicken caesar salad … carrying a April 10, 1989 in Camp Hill, Pa. ... carrying a 3.493 grade 3.540 grade point average at Towson. point average. Megan Kaitlyn DiGregorio Dillow Junior • Distances Freshman • Middle Distances White Marsh Md Hollywood Md. Perry Hall H.S Leonardtown H.S. Exercise Science Major Undecided Major

Track: (2008) Won the 5000 at the Paul Kaiser Track: (2008) Top place on the indoor circuit Classic last spring in 18:25.38 … finished runner up by this past winter was a 7th in the 1600 (5:34.16) at one second in the 3000 steeplechase at the Towson the Navy Lidlifter … turned a 5:50.59 in the mile at Invitational in 11:49.79 … (2007) Had a couple of first Bucknell as well as a 2:29.36 in the 800. place finishes including the 3000 steeplechase at cross country: (2008) Ran in seven of the the Delaware Open clocked at 11:35.01 for the second eight meets … top time in the 5K was 20:17 for a 25th best time in that event for a Towson runner … took place in the Towson Invitational … that was her best the 1500 meter run at the Delaware State Invitational finish of the fall. (4:56.83) ... took a 2nd at the 2007 Lion’s Invitational Background/Personal: A solid number with a 4:53.81 in the 1500 which registers 10th on the two runner for the Raiders during the 2007 regular Tigers’ top ten list ... claimed a 3rd place with a 3:09.12 season … she broke to the front in the post-season at the Thomson Invitational to rank 9th in the 1000 to capture the Southern Maryland Athletic Conference meter run standings. cross country title in a PR and course record time of 2009 Tiger track and field 7 Player Profiles

run (18:08.15). (2008) Ran the 800, 1500 and 5000 out- the county and regional championships ... 2006 state Anjelica doors … her 2:22.32 earned her a fourth at the Dela- champion in the outdoor 3200 ... holds school records ware State Hornet Invitational … best 1500 of 4:48.71 in the 800, 1600, 3200, 3-mile and the 5K ... also set DiNucci was clocked in the spring’s first meet at the CCU a new course record at the Baltimore County and Freshman • Middle Distances Invitational … finished fourth in the 5000 at the Penn Regional cross country meets ... Maryland Distin- Timonium, Md. Invitational for a spring best 18:08.15 … top perfor- guished Scholar Honorable Mention … born August 25, Dulaney H.S. mance this past winter was her first place time of 1988 in Baltimore, Md. ... has Native American heritage Interior Design Major 5:06.64 in the Navy Lidlifter, winning by more than as her mother is part Comanche ... active in the Na- 7 seconds … had a second in the 800 (2:24.51) and tive American community ... accomplished artist who a third in the mile (5:18.99) at the Ursinus Indoor has taken part in numerous art exhibitions ... won Track: (2008) Saw limited duty during the recent Classic … took a third at the John Covert Classic in first place at an international show held at the Balti- indoor season … finished 19th in the mile (6:00.20) at the mile (5:23.62) … clocked a personal record 3:04.04 more Convention Center ... is the “artist in residence” the John Covert Classic … ran the 1000 in 3:18.22 at the for a 5th place in the 1000 at the Bucknell Winter at the Wolfhaven Studio in Woodensburg, Md. ... Bucknell Winter Classic. Classic. (2007) Placed among the top four finishers in daughter of Mary-Jo Wolf … carrying a 4.0 grade point cross country: (2008) Top showing was a four meets … was a double winner at the John Covert average at Towson … this fall she’ll transfer to the 17th place in the Towson Invitational where she ran Classic, capturing the mile in 5:21.84 and the 3000 in University of Maryland School of Pharmacy where she’ll a 19:44, the only sub-20 minute time for her last fall 10:42.11 … she also claimed the mile at the Thomson complete the co-op program and earn her degree in … clocked her best 6K time at the CAA Meet with a Indoor Invitational in a time of 5:11.92 … had second Medicinal Chemistry. time of 23:24. place finishes at Ursinus (520.30) and the Bucknell Background/Personal: Selected first Winter Classic (5:18.44) … ran second in the mile at the team All-Baltimore County and second team All-Metro Frank Colden Invitational in (5:14.01). (2006) Doubled in 2007 while at Dulaney … earned 12 letters at Du- up at the Ursinus Indoor Classic by winning the mile laney in cross country and track … helped the Lions in 5:21.13 and the 800 meter run in 2:25.88) … she was to another Baltimore County cross country title and second in the 3000 meter run at the 2006 John Covert a third place finish at states in her senior year … the Classic (10:45.24) Lions won the Class 4A North regional championship cross country: (2008) Hampered by inju- and were runner up in the state meet her junior year ries her best finish was 11th in the Baltimore Metro when she was selected All-Baltimore County … was a meet in a time of 19:19 … her best 5K time for the fall consistent top three finisher for the Lions and a top was 19:07 at the ECAC Meet. (2007) Had four top five 10-15 finisher overall … personal best 5K time was cross country finishes for Towson … finished first 18:56 … outdoor PR’s include 5:13 mile and a 2:21 in for the Tigers at the Delaware Invitational with a 5K the 800 …ambition is to seek a career in interior de- season best 18:58 to place third overall … she was one sign … the person she most admires is Chad Boyle, her of only three runners in a field of 124 to post a sub- high school cross country coach … has held summer 19:00 at that meet … that was also one of three under jobs working in restaurants … her favorite restaurant 19:00-minute 5K’s for the Tigers during the season … is Chili’s … favorite actor is Brad Pitt … favorite book third overall in the Baltimore Metro Meet in 19:06 … is Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld … favorite movie is Fight top overall finish of the season was a second place Club … her dad attended the University of Colorado in the Don Cathcart Salisbury Invitational where she … her mother attended Villa Julie … has one younger clocked a 6K career best 21:55, two seconds behind brother … daughter of Richard and Paula DiNucci … winner and teammate Katie Ogden … Towson’s top fin- born March 18, 1990 in Baltimore … carrying a 3.835 isher in the 5K ECAC University Race with a 12th place grade point average. in 19:06. (2006) Wasted no time in establishing herself ... a top 10 finisher in four straight meets ... named CAA Rookie of the Week after placing second with an Michelle 18:51.37 in the Towson Invitational ... that was one of only two sub 19:00 5K’s run by the Tigers that year Donadio and less than two seconds off from the best time of Junior • Distances any Towson runner in 2006 ... ran third (19:03.15) in her Reisterstown, Md. first collegiate meet in the Baltimore Metro. Franklin H.S. Background/Personal: Outstanding prep Chemistry Major student-athlete at Franklin High School ... ran cross country and track for Bob McIvor ... Wendy’s High School Heisman state finalist ... all-state in cross Sophomore Track: (2008) On the indoor circuit she has the country as a senior ... earned numerous All-Baltimore Renee Wynegar 5th fastest mile in program history at 5:08.44 … she Metro honors in cross country and track ... Baltimore ranks among Towson’s top 10 in the 1,000 meter run County Cross Country Runner of the Year (2005) ... (3:05.23) and the 3,000 meter run (10:42.11) … outdoors named the Baltimore Sun’s county Co-Runner of the she owns the third fastest time in the 1500 meter run Year during the indoor track season ... named Fox 45 (4:42.31) and the third best clocking in the 5000 meter Prep Player of the Week after recording triple gold at

8 2009 Tiger Track and Field Player Profiles

Kaylin Amber Brandi Gilmartin- Gaffey Gervais Donohue Sophomore • Pole Vault Sophomore • Distances Thompson, Pa Churchville, Md. Freshman • Distances Susquehanna Community H.S Waynesville (Mo.) H.S. White Plains, N.Y. Business Management Major Predentistry Major White Plains H.S. Marketing Major Track: (2008) Stands second on Towson’s all-time Track: A transfer from Southeast Missouri State … pole vault list with a height of 11 feet, one-quarter inch collected All-Ohio Valley Conference honors in track Track: (2008) Ran the 800 and 1000 indoors … turned in last winter at Bucknell … her top outdoor for finishing 6th in the conference indoor meet in the finished 5th at the John Covert Classic in the 800 vault was 10’6” at Coastal Carolina … her vault of 9’6” 5K (18:22). (2008) Top finish was a 5th in the 3000 at in 2:24.40, an improvement of 16 seconds over her earned her a first place at the Delaware State meet … the Ursinus Indoor Classic with a time of 10:48.92 … first 800 earlier … posted a 3:06.85 in the 100 at the took first place at the Ursinus Indoor Meet this past ran an 11:06.37 for 7th in the 3000 at the John Covert Bucknell Winter Classic.. winter with another 9’6” performance … had a 9’6.25” Classic at Lehigh. (2008) cross country: Got off to a great start vault at the Bucknell Heptagonal for her best effort cross country: Ran second for the SMS by leading all Towson runners in the season opening this past winter.. Redhawks most of the season … earned All-OVC hon- Baltimore Metro with a time of 18:46 to place 6th over- Background/Personal: Three-sport ath- ors by finishing 12th in 19:07.63 at the 2007 league all … she later topped that time with an 18:42 in the lete at Susquehanna Community High School … holds championships … she was the Redhawks highest fin- Towson Invitational for a 3rd place finish overall … she high school and district records in the pole vault (12’- isher in the NCAA Midwest Regional, placing 83rd with was one of only two Tiger runners to turn in sub-19:00 3”) … won four state medals in the pole vault includ- a time of 22:08 … her top effort of the season was a 5K’s last fall … posted a season 6K best 23:32 for 38th ing the first place title as sophomore … also won four 5th place in the Eastern Illinois Panther Open with a overall in the Princeton Invitational, coming in 2nd for district and league titles … named Scholar-Athlete time of 18:24 … Brandi also finished 5th in the Saluki the Tigers.. … a part of the undefeated league championship Invitational in 18:46.65 … placed 6th in the 4K Stegem- Background/Personal: Won the West- volleyball team … also competed for the cross country oller Classic. (2008) The Tigers’ top finisher in the 6K chester County individual cross country title twice team … lists her mother and father as the people she Mid-Atlantic Regional, placing 82nd overall with a time – in 8th grade and in her junior year … she was 9th admires the most … enjoys scrapbooking and riding of 24:21 … placed 10th overall and 3rd for the Tigers in in her senior year and 12th in her sophomore year … horses … favorite athlete is Stacy Dragila … favor- the season opening Baltimore Metro meet by clocking named Westchester County Runner of the Year as a ite book is Cross by James Patterson … lists Broken a 19:17 which proved to be her best 5K time of 2008. junior … earned second team All-State notice and was Bridges as her favorite movie … favorite actor is Paul Background/Personal: Played volleyball first team All-Section … selected Outstanding Female Walker … favorite actress is Angelina Jolie … enjoys in high school until her junior year when she began Athlete at White Plains where she captained those dining at Olive Garden … finds summer employment running cross country, earning All-State honors in her Tigers’ cross country and track teams … top 5K time as a camp clerk … lists her most memorable experi- first year running … capped off her high school career was a school record 18:23 … other record times in- ence as swimming with dolphins while on a cruise in Missouri with a second place (PR 19:10.31) at the 5K cluded a 7:12 for the 2000 steeplechase, a 2:18 in the with her family … has two older sisters … older sister, State 4A championships, finishing just four seconds 800 and a 14:13 on the Van Cortlandt Park course … Amanda, played volleyball for Misericordia University behind the winner … she tuned up for that state also earned scholar-athlete recognition … the person … father is a paint manager … mother is a pharmacy meet by winning the Class 4 Section 3 district crown she admires most is her mom who attended Kean technician … daughter of Robert and Dawn Gaffey … to establish herself as one of the favorites … helped College and who teaches physical education … her born April 8, 1989 in Susquehanna, Pa. her high school Tigers to a 2007 Ozark Conference brother, Conor, is a junior tight end on Northeastern Track title … ran 5th in the 2 mile at the Class 4 Track University’s football team … Kaylin is active in Spe- Championships …named the Aldo Seben Runner of the cial Olympics and volunteers at her church … summer Year … her class valedictorian at Waynesville … both jobs have included lifeguarding … favorite athlete is parents are graduates of Lander University and are Peyton Manning … ambition is to pursue a career in serving in the U.S. Army … her dad is a Lt. Colonel, her advertising … favorite author is Raul Daul … favorite mom is a Colonel … prior to Waynesville she attended movie is Friday Night Lights … favorite actor is Will Kaiserslautern American High School in … Farell … enjoys listening to Lil Wayne … macaroni and her ambition is to be an orthodontist … spends time cheese are at the top of her menu … most memorable during the summer job shadowing at dental clinics experience was when her younger sister was born … … favorite athlete is Olympic gold medalist Michael daughter of Thomas Dononue and Patricia Gilmartin … Phelps … favorite author is Jane Austen, favorite book born June 21, 1990 in White Plains, N.Y. is The Thief Lord … James McAvoy and Natalie Port- man are her favorite actors … living in Germany and traveling throughout Europe have provided her most memorable experiences … daughter of Chris and Ma- ria Gervais … born May 4, 1989 in Augsburg, Germany … carrying a 4.0 grade point average at Towson.

2009 Tiger track and field 9 Player Profiles

taurant is the Olive Garden ... her dad attended Fair- ... second in the Lions’ Invitational too in 1:03.88 ... was Erika leigh Dickinson, her mom attended Youngstown State 4th at the Delaware Open in 1:05.22 ... part of Towson’s ... ambition is to seek a career as an exercise physiolo- 4x400 outdoor record relay team (3:56.12) ... took a Griffith gist ... born June 23, 1990 in Voorhees, N.J. … daughter second last year at the Ursinus Indoor Classic in the Freshman • Distances of Mark and Davene Griffith … carrying a 3.813 grade 400 meter dash with a 1:01.56. Mt. Laurel, NJ point average at Towson. Background/Personal: Two-sport ath- Lenape H.S. lete at Seneca High School … holds school records in Exercise Science Major 400-intermediate hurdles, high jump and triple jump … won a state title in 400-intermediate hurdles as a Kate junior … earned All-Conference and All-County notice Track: (2008) Made the top 10 list in the 3000 in as a junior and senior … earned Scholar Athlete Award her very first meet when she posted a 10:45.62 for a Gwiazdowski during 2006 season … also competed on the gymnas- 6th place at the Navy Lidlifter … proved to be Towson’s Sophomore • Distances tics team … enjoys shopping, scrapbooking, music and top runner in the 3000 for most of the winter … was Bel Air, Md. playing Sodoku … has worked as a gymnastics coach Towson’s top finisher (8th overall) at Bucknell with a Bel Air H.S. during the summer … favorite athletes are Shawn 10:53.20 … ran 3rd at the John Covert Classic with a Special Education Major Johnson and Michael Phelps … lists Finding Nemo 10:54.11 … turned a 5:31.87 in the mile at the Bucknell as favorite movie … favorite actor is Johnny Depp … Winter Classic …ran 3rd in the 5000 at the CAA Invita- enjoys listening to Tom Petty … favorite restaurant tional with a 19:07.76 … ran a 2:37.40 in the 800 at the Track: (2008) Ran the 800 indoors, clocking a is PF Changs … lists most memorable experience as Bucknell Winter Classic. 2:36.73 in her first college meet at the Navy Lidlifter going to Nationals for the … has cross country: (2008) Best showing was a … also ran the 800 at the Ursinus Winter Classic and a younger sister … parents are graduates of Trenton 15th place in the Towson Invitational in 19:34 … top the Bucknell Heptagonal … clocked a 5:56.37 mile at State … her dad, who ran track at Trenton State, works time for a 5K was 19:27 at the ECAC Meet … best 6K the Bucknell Winter Classic and a 5:49.24 at the John as a mechanical engineer … mother is a guidance time was a 23:32 at the CAA Meet. Covert Classic. . counselor … daughter of Bill and Jessie Jochem … Background/Personal: A first team Background/Personal: Competed in both born May 21, 1988 in Mt. Holly, N.J. … carrying a 3.469 All-Burlington County and Olympic Conference cross cross country and track for the Bobcats … top mile grade point average at Towson. country selection throughout her interscholastic ca- time was 5:55 … top 800 time was 2:29 … a member reer, earning 12 varsity letters that included track as of the National Honor Society at Bel Air … hobbies well ... a first team All South Jersey and All Group 4 include soccer and running … Ravens’ kicker Matt Sto- runner in her junior year ... top 5K prep time was 19:03 ver is her favorite athlete … has worked as a camp Liya on a flat course and 19:50 on a hilly course ... prior counselor during the summer months … her favorite Kasimova to high school she competed in many road races ... meal is lasagna … favorite actor is Jennifer Aniston … earned a medal in the 2004 Footlocker Cross Coun- born August 5, 1989 in Baltimore … daughter of William Freshman • Distances try Championship Race, Freshman Division ... helped and Karen Gwizadowski. Severna Park, Md. the Indians to a pair of Burlington County Open titles, Severna Park H.S. an unbeaten season in the Olympic Conference and a Undecided Major number 10 ranking among state teams ... ran a 19:15, 5K during the outdoor track season ... ran the lead on Rachel Lenape’s mile relay team at the 2006 Nike Indoor Na- Track: (2008) Ran the 1000 and mile during the tionals that earned the program’s first All-American Jochem indoor season … top 1000 time was 3:07.48 at the CAA recognition in the relays ... PR’s also include 2:20 Junior • Sprints/Hurdles Invitational to place her 8th on the school’s all-time (indoor 800), 5:15 (outdoor 1600) and 11:29 (outdoor Tabernacle, N.J. list in that event … ran a 5:36.14 mile at the Bucknell 3200) ...helped Lenape to a Group IV state indoor title Seneca H.S. Heptagonal. and a number one outdoor ranking in 2007 and 2008 Advertsing Major cross country: (2008) Took to the lead right ... graduated 24th in a class of 447 with a 3.92 overall away for the Tigers … finished first for Towson in 4 of grade point average ... selected Female Scholar Athlete the 8 events … posted the best time of the fall for the of the Year by both Lenape and the Olympic Confer- Track: (2008) Ranked among the Tigers’ top three Tigers in a 5K race when she set an Oregon Ridge Park ence ... a two-time All-American for the 4xmile at the hurdlers … specialty is the 400 meter hurdles … fin- course record when she clocked an 18:15 in the Tow- Nike Indoor Nationals ... active member of Lenape’s ished 2nd at the TU Invitational in 1:05.05, 3rd at Dela- son Invitational … that erased the old mark of 18:22 Student Council Executive Board (two terms), Inter- ware State in 1:04.63 and 4th at Coastal Carolina in set by Britta Nelson in 2005 … she was named CAA act Club, SADD, Renaissance, National Honor Society, 1:05.02 … stands 5th on Towson’s all-time list with a Runner of the Week for that performance … she also Hispanic Honor Society and the STAR Club … one of 1:03.45 clocked at Delaware … ran the 500 meter dash finished first for the Tigers in the Navy Salty Dog (6K three girls in the family ... older sister, Taylor, attends indoors, clocking a 1:19.48 at the CAA Invitational to – 24:05), the Delaware Invitational (5K – 18:36) and the William Paterson ... younger sister is Morgan ... the rank 4th on Towson’s all-time list in that event … part CAA Championships (6K – 22:35) … she posted 3 of just people she admires most are her parents ... hobbies owner along with Jill Meshey, Alea Murphy and Chris- 5 sub-19:00 5K times last fall for Towson … overall she include cooking and baking ... favorite athlete is Steve tie Boden of the school’s 4x400 indoor relay record had 3 top 10 finishes. Prefontaine ... favorite book is John L. Parker’s Once A set at the New York Fast Track Meet, smashing the old Background/Personal: Enjoyed a very Runner ... other favorites include actor Johnny Depp, mark of 3:58.63 with a 3:54.25. (2007) Second in the successful career at Severna Park … won the Anne the movies The Notebook and , top res- Towson Invitational 400 meter hurdles with a 1:04.68 Arundel County cross country championship in

10 2009 Tiger Track and Field Player Profiles

her junior year in 19:27 … finished third in both her freshman (20:17) and sophomore (20:02) years and Melanie Ebone second in her final season (19:52.6) … she placed fourth in the state meet her freshman year with a time Lawson Leach of 20:47 … she improved on that time with a 20:06 as a Sophomore • Sprints/Hurdles Sophomore • Sprints/Hurdles sophomore but finished sixth … set a personal record Logantownship N.J.. Randallstown, Md. for that course in her senior year with a 20:05 … she Kingsway Regional H.S Milford Mill H.S. was county champion in the 1600 indoor (5:24.59), Occupational Therapy Major Psychology Major 3200 indoor, 1600 outdoor and 3200 outdoor … high school PR’s included 5:12 in the mile (5 seconds short of the program record), 2:22 in the 800, 64.0 in the Track: (2008) Her 1:05.85 at Shippensburg last Track: (2008) Ran the 200 dash and 100 hurdles 400, and 18:28 in the 5K when she shaved 29 seconds spring ranks her 8th on the program’s all-time 400 outdoors, the 200 and 60 hurdles indoors … bet 200 off her first sub-19:00 time … other indoor PR’s includ- meter hurdles list … best 100 time was 16.12 at the TU time outdoors was 28.08 in the TU Invitational … ed 5:19 in the 1600 and 11:28 in the 3200 … outdoors Invitational … kept busy during the indoor season in posted a 15.94 in the 100 hurdles at the Paul Kaiser she turned a 5:11 in the 1600 and 11:16 in the 3200 … a the 400, 500 and 60 hurdles … clocked a 9.48 in the … top indoor times are 28.14 in the 200, 9.61 in the three-year team captain, she helped the Falcons to a 60 hurdles at the Bucknell Winter Classic where she 60 hurdles and 8.75 in the 55 hurdles … also does pair of state team titles and four straight county cross registered a personal record 1:20.38 in the 500 dash some long jumping, posting a 15’7” leap at the CAA country championships … an All-County and All-Metro … best 400 meter dash time is 1:02.08 posted at the Invitational this past winter.. selection in cross country … finished among the Navy Lidlifter. Background/Personal: Transferred from top five overall in six cross country races in 2007, Background/Personal: A part of the 2007 Morgan State … a three-sport athlete at Milford Mill winning the 4A East Regional title (18:34.00) … she Indoor New Jersey State Championship and South Academy … a part of Maryland State Championship posted second place finishes in the Knights Invita- Jersey State Championship Outdoor teams … holds team in 2006 where she set her 100-meter hurdles tional, the Disney Invitational and the county champi- school records for 400-intermediate hurdles, shuttle PR (16.0) … only competed for the track team dur- onships … became hooked on running after watching hurdles, and the 4x400-meter relay … qualified for the ing junior and senior seasons … named team’s Most her older brother, Artur, compete for the Severna Park state meet in high hurdles as a junior and senior … Valuable Player … named Scholar-Athlete … also boys’ team … emigrated from Kazan, , with her honor roll student … would like to become an occu- participated in cheerleading and softball … received parents and brother when she was five-years-old … pational therapist … lists her older sister, Tiffany, as Coaches Award in all three sports … named team’s has performed classical piano at the Kennedy Center the person she admires most … favorite athlete is Gail Most Valuable Player for cheerleading and softball … in Washington, D.C. … her dad is a math teacher at Devers … favorite movie is Dirty Dancing … lists Hal- captain of the softball team … would like to become Chesapeake H.S. and her mom is a music director … ley Berry as her favorite actress … enjoys listening to a developmental psychologist … lists her brother and the person she most admires is her mom … summer music by Alicia Keys, John Legend, and Lil Wayne … mother as the people she admires most … enjoys jobs for her have included “nannying” … Julia Roberts favorite food is pizza … has an older sister … father track and working out … has worked in the summer is her favorite actor … the Boatyard in Annapolis is her works for Quest Diagnostics … mother is a kinder- as a personal trainer at Bally Total Fitness … favorite favorite restaurant … favorite singers are John Mayer garten teacher … daughter of Anthony and Marlene athlete is Marion Jones … lists winning the 2006 State and Matt Nathanson … daughter of Alfred and Liliya Lawson … born November 2, 1988 in Woodbury, N.J. ... Championships as her most memorable moment … Kasimova … born May 5, 1990 in Kazan, Russia. carrying a 3.028 grade point average at Towson. has an older brother and sister … mother is a loan officer … daughter of Ernest Leach and Joyce Anderson … born September 3, 1988 in Baltimore, Md.

Freshman Liya Kasimova

2009 Tiger track and field 11 Player Profiles

student council secretary … also played basketball Emily and ran on cross country team … lists her mother and Alana father as the people she admires the most … enjoys Lyons shopping, reading, scrapbooking, spending time with Nedd Freshman • Sprints friends and family and sudoku … favorite athlete is Junior • Multi-Events Glenelg, Md. Derek Jeter …father works in facilities management … Columbia, Md Glenelg H.S. mother works in human resources … daughter of John Atholton H.S. Exercise Science Major and Tammy Meshey … born July 11, 1988 in Lancaster, Sports Management Major Pa. ... carrying a 3.737 grade point average at Towson.

Track: (2008) A short sprinter she ran the 200 Track: A two-sport athlete at Towson, compet- indoors, posting a best time of 29.77 at the Navy Alea ing in the heptathlon and as a guard on Towson’s Lidlifter in the first meet of the season … she women’s basketball squad. (2008) Finished 3rd at the competed in every meet thereafter.. Murphy CAA in the heptathlon with 4,732 points … placed 6th Background/Personal: A team cap- Senior • Hurdles/Jumps at last year’s with 4,476 points, she was tain who helped the Gladiators to a state title … Clarks Summit, Pa in second place after the first day’s events … posted personal records in high school included 27.0 for the Abington Heights H.S. a 5’5.25” high jump at the CAA meet to tie for 5th on 200, 12.9 for the 100, 7.8 for the 55, 43.0 for the 300 Elementary Education Major Towson’s all-time list. (2007) Threw the javelin 107’11” and 64.0 for the 400 … the person she admires most is to rank 9th on the Tigers’ all-time list … part of Tow- her mom who is a registered nurse … hobbies include son’s record setting 4x200 indoor relay team that was rock climbing … has worked as a physical therapy Track: (2008) One of the premier hurdlers of all- clocked at 1:46.72 at the Ursinus Winter Classic. technician in the summer time … enjoys Italian food time at Towson … also scores points in the sprints, Background/Personal: Two-sport athlete … favorite actor is Audrey Hepburn … listens to Goo relays and as a long jumper … serving as a co-captain at Atholton High School … helped Raiders win the Goo Dolls … most memorable experience was running this spring … the only senior on the squad this year... 2005 State Championship as a junior … honor roll at the state meet and attending the Penn Relays … a holds the school record in the 60 indoors with a time student … helped basketball team win regional title … brothr, John, played lacrosse at Penn in the late 80’s of 8.95 set this past winter at the NYU Fast Track Meet hobbies include playing basketball, dancing, drawing … born May 18, 1990 in Glenelg … daughter of Pat and … she’s been flirting with the 100 and 400 outdoor and reading … favorite athlete is Michael Jordan … en- Kim Lyons … carrying a 3.802 grade point average at hurdle records … she ranks second at Towson in both joys reading Harry Potter series … favorite movies are Towson. events … owns part of both the indoor (3:54.25) and Love and Basketball and Bad Boys … lists Will Smith as outdoor (3:56.12) 4x400 relay records. (2008) Posted a favorite actor … favorite actress is Halle Berry … en- 14.33 in the 100 hurdles at the Paul Kaiser last spring joys listening to music by Jay-Z and Alicia Keys … likes Jill to put her in second place on the Tigers’ all-time list … to dine at Chipotle … lists most memorable experi- clocked a 62.82 in the CAA meet last spring to rank her ence as winning the state championship at Atholton … Meshey second in the 400 hurdles … named CAA Track Athlete has one younger sister … daughter of Clement Gordon Junior • Sprints of the Week for winning the 100 hurdles in 14.44, fin- and Deayon Nedd … born July 17, 1988 in Brooklyn, N.Y. Columbia, Pa ishing second in the long jump (17’8.25”) and running ... carrying a 3.270 grade point average at Towson. Columbia H.S. the fastest leg for the Tigers’ winning 4x400 relay Exercise Science Major team at last year’s Towson Invitational … placed 5th in the CAA 100 hurdles with a time of 14.35 … recorded a long jump of 17’10.50” to rank 5th on the school’s Track: One of the Tigers’ co-captain this spring … all-time list … clocked a 1:19.83 in the 500 meter run at the school record holder in the 400 meter dash in a Bucknell for a 5th place on that list … recipient of the time of 55.39 clocked at the 2007 CAA Meet … part Doc Minnegan Scholarship last year. (2007) Enjoyed owner of three program relay records … along with success during the indoor season with third place Rachel Jochem, Alea Murphy and Christie Boden set finishes at the Frank Colden Invitational (8.83) in the the school’s 4x400 indoor relay record set at the New 55 hurdles and in the long jump (16-’5.25”) ... helped to York Fast Track Meet this past winter, smashing the set new marks in Towson’s 4x400 indoor relay record old mark of 3:58.63 with a 3:54.25 … also owns a leg (3:58.63) and the 4x400 outdoor relay record (3:56.2). on Towson’s 4x100 (47.76) and 4x400 (3:56.12) outdoor Background/Personal: Competed in the teams. (2008) Her 12.20 is second on Towson’s 100 100 meter dash and the 100 meter hurdles (14.77) meter dash list, clocked at the Paul Kaiser at Ship- in high school ... helped the Comets win the Jordan pensburg last spring when she also won the 200 in Relays ... part of Abington Heights’ record 4x400 relay 25.26 … best time in the 400 dash was 57:27 at Coastal team ... member of the Comets’ district championship Carolina … won the TU Invitational 400 in 58.12. team three years in a row ... also competed in the 400 Background/Personal: Three-sport meter dash and the long jump (17’-0”) ... good student athlete at Columbia High School … finished in fifth who was named to the honor roll ... career goal is to place in the 200-meter and 400-meter events at become a kindergarten or first grade teacher ... has 2005 state championships … earned second place in written, illustrated and self-published a children’s Junior Jill Meshey state meet in 400-meter dash as a senior … two-time book titled “Learning with Lilly.” ... has two younger league champion in 400-meter dash … ranked third sisters ... father is a mechanic ... mother works as a in senior class … high honors student … served as payroll clerk ... born August 26, 1986 in Scranton, Pa. ... daughter of Joseph and Sandra Murphy ... carrying a 12 2009 Tiger Track and Field 3.737 grade point average at Towson. Player Profiles

holds school records in 100-meter high hurdles (15.5), Vivian 55-meter hurdles (8.81), triple jump (35’-8.75”), long Shannel jump (17’-2”), and 300-meter intermediate hurdles Nwachukwu (45.5) … three-year honor roll student … also com- Shivers Junior • Sprints peted with the soccer team … would like to become an Freshman • Throws Bowie, Md. event planner … lists her parents as they people she Aberdeen, Md. Bowie H.S. admires the most … enjoys reading, sleeping, eating, Aberdeen H.S. Biology Major and dancing … lists favorite athlete as Lolo Jnes … Exercise Science Major favorite book is Pride and Prejudice … favorite movie is Mean Girls … lists Kiera Knightley as her favorite ac- Track: (2008) In her first year with the Tigers af- tress … enjoys music by Justin Timberlake … favorite Track: (2008) Has already moved into Towson’s ter transferring from Delaware State … short sprinter food is candy … enjoys meals from Chipotle … lists her top 10 lists with her performances during the indoor she ran the 60, 55 and 200 indoors … posted a best first hurdle race as her most memorable experience … season … ranks 3rd in the shot put with a 40’10.25” ef- 200 time of 26.21 at the CAA Invitational to rank tied has a younger brother … father is a nurse … mother fort at the CAA Invitational … her 43’2.25” throw at the for 9th on Towson’s all-time list … ran a 26.39 for a is a teacher … daughter of Doyin and Toke Okusaga … Bucknell Winter Classic is 7th best in the 20lb. weight first place at the Ursinus Winter Classic … her top 60 born December 15, 1989 in Washington, D.C. ... carrying event … had 4 top five finishes in the shot during the time was 8.01 at the Bucknell Winter Classic … stands a 3.512 grade point average at Towson. indoor season, winning the event in the Navy Lidlifter tied for 5th on the program’s all-time 55 meter dash which was her very first college meet. list with a 7.45 at the Bucknell Heptagonal … ran one Background/Personal: A three-sport 4x400 relay. Danielle athlete at Aberdeen … earned All-County notice for Background/Personal: Also played soc- Scruggs volleyball, basketball and track for three years … cer in high school … scored 17 goals in her senior didn’t begin competing in track until the 10th grade year and was named MVP of her team … has served Sophomore • Sprints … as a junior she won the Maryland state shot put summer internships with the Department of Energy Parkville, Md title (40’4”) and earned a runner up spot in the discus … favorite athlete is soccer player Landon Donavan Loch Raven H.S. (117’0”) … in her senior year she was state runner up … favorite actor is Will Smith … listens to Lupe Fiasco Psychology Major in the shot (39’6”) and champion in the discus (126’6”) … pefers home cooked meals to eating out … favorite … she was selected second team All-Metro in track … movie is Superbad … most memorable experience was was a 1,000-point career scorer in basketball for the scoring the winning goal that gave the Bowie Bulldogs Track: (2008) Helped the Tigers set a new 4x400 Eagles … ambition is to become a personal trainer … a regional title … one of six children in the family … indoor relay record of 3:58.63, clocked at the Sports- the people she admires most are her parents and all born October 16, 1988 in Dallas, Tex. … daughter of plex Last Chance Meet in Washington, D.C. … the re- her grandparents … volunteers for Unified Sports for Vincent and Rossy Nwachukwu. cord has since been broken … also owns part of the Kids With Disabilities … works as a rec aid at a pool school’s indoor sprint medley relay record of 4:12.71 during the summer months … favorite athletes are set at Ursinus two seasons ago …sits 8th on the Tow- Dwayne Wade and Wilt Chamberlain … favorite ac- Motara son’s all-time 200 outdoor list with a 26.09 clocked tor is Will Smith … favorite food is soul food … most at Coastal Carolina … ranks 5th on the 400 outdoor memorable experience to date was when the game Okusaga list with a 58.21 turned at the CAA’s last spring … top was stopped to recognize her 1000th career point Sophomore • Jumps/Hurdles 60 time is 8.50 at the Navy Lidlifter … ran 4th at the in basketball … has one older brother … daughter Germantown, Md Bucknell Heptagonal with a 1:00.97. of Jeffrey and Karen Shivers … born March 24, 1989 Northwest H.S. Background/Personal: Two-sport athlete in Aberdeen. Business Admin. Major at Loch Raven High School … holds school records in 4x400-meter relay, 4x200-meter relay, 4x100-meter relay, 400-meter, and 200-meter … best times in high school were 25.9 in the 200 and 59.2 in the 400 … also Junior Track: (2008) Top performance came at the Penn Vivian Mwachukwa Invitational when she clocked a 1:02.91 in the 400 played soccer … enjoys running and making jewelry … hurdles to rank third on Towson’s all-time list in that favorite author is David Sedans … listens to music by event … she was 10th last summer at the USATF Junior Lou Reed … favorite restaurant is Noodle ‘N Company Nationals held at Ohio State ... had a 37’5” triple jump … has one younger brother … daughter of Jacquelyn at the Delaware State meet to rank 5th all-time among Scruggs … born April 26, 1989 in Baltimore, Md. ... car- the Tigers … had a successful winter finishing first at rying a 3.241 grade point average at Towson. the Navy Lidlifter and at the Bucknell Heptagonal in the triple jump … posted an 8.55 at the CAA Indoor Invitational 55 meter hurdles to rank 6th on that list … best 500 meter run time was 1:20.60 at the same meet for a 9th spot on that ladder. Background/Personal: Two-sport athlete at Northwest High School … a part of the 4A West Re- gional and two-time Montgomery County Public School Division I Championship teams … placed fourth in the triple jump at the 4A state meet in 2007 … also fin- ished third at the state meet in the 300-intermediate hurdles … 2007 County Champion in the long jump … 2009 Tiger track and field 13 Player Profiles

time was 11:53 … broke the South Carroll indoor mile Shianna record with a 5:32 clocking … other top high school Leslie times included 2:27 in the 800, 5:25 in the 1600 and Smith 19:04 in the 3 mile … named Runner of the Year by Zuknick Freshman • Throws The Gazette … earned Scholar Athlete of the Year Junior • High Jump Columbia, Md. honors at South Carroll in both cross country and track Gambrills, Md Wilde Lake H.S. … a member of the National Honor Society at South Archbishop Spalding H.S. Business Management Major Carroll … at UNC Charlotte she ran in four cross Elementary Education Major country meets for the 49ers in 2006 ... best effort was a 16th place at the Winthrop Invitational in 19:45, Track: (2008) Just a month or so on the job and placing her 4th among the 49ers ... that was her only Track: (2008) Coming off a successful winter sea- she already owns Towson’s 20lb. indoor weight throw 5K race ... ran well in two 6K’s, finishing 30th at George son … placed first at the Ursinus Winter Classic with a record … she recorded a 53’6.50” throw at the CAA Mason with a 23:50.21 clocking ... turned a 24:35 at 5’1” performance … equaled that effort for a 5th place Invitational to rewrite a 10-year-old mark, doing so by Pre-Nationals ... she finished second in the Charlotte Re- at the Bucknell Heptagonal, a 7th place at the John almost 3 feet … her shot put of 38’.75” at the same lay 3K with an 11:06 split time …ambition is to become a Covert Classic and a tie for 2nd at the Bucknell Winter meet places her 11th on that list … in her first colle- physical therapist … the person she most admires Classic … cleared 5’3” twice, earning a 2nd place at the giate meet she finished 2nd in the weight throw and is her dad … hobbies include fishing and bowling … CAA Invitational. (2007) Jumped 5’-1” at the Bucknell 3rd in the shot put at the Navy Lidlifter . summer jobs have included working as a cashier and Winter Classic ... finished 12th in the CAA Meet with a stocker for a super market … favorite athlete is Lance 4’-11” effort ... jumped the same height at the Bucknell Background/Personal: A member of the Armstrong … favorite music is country … enjoys read- Open during the indoor season. All-County track team at Wilde Lake … she was county ing the Chicken Soup books … has one older sister and regional champ in the discus twice … personal Background/Personal: Member of record- who is a senior at Towson this year, and three younger setting sprint medley team and the 4x400 record of 126’. An honor roll student all four years, brothers … daughter of Brian and Regina Warfield … she was the first student at Wilde Lake to complete relay team … a two-sport athlete at Archbishop Spal- born November 10, 1988 in Olney, Md. … carrying a ding High School … earned Coach’s Award and Leader- the culinary program … her ambition is to become a 3.939 grade point average at Towson. pastry chef and by the proprietor of her own bakery ship Award … also played soccer for the Cavaliers … … her favorite meal is any that she prepares herself honor roll student … career goal is to become a math … favorite actress is Angelina Jolie … the person she teacher … lists her mother and father as the people admires most is her mother … her favorite athlete is she admires most … enjoys shopping and hanging out Troy Polamalu … her favorite movie is Borat … likes Renee with friends … favorite author is Dan Brown … lists listening to Lil Wayne … also played basketball and Wynegar Zoolander as favorite movie … favorite actor is Will was a cheerleader for the Wildecats … born November Farrell … favorite musician is Taylor Carson … enjoys 21, 1990 in Laurel, Md. … daughter of Shaun and Anne Junior • Pole Vault dining at Fugi’s … has an older brother and an older Smith. Mechanicsburg, Pa. sister who ran cross country and track at Gettysburg Cumberland Valley H.S. College … father is a superintendent for Harbor View Accounting Major Contracting … daughter of Ken and Pat Zuknick … born June 22, 1988 in Gambrills, Md. ... carrying a 3.432 Lindsay grade point average at Towson. Track: (2008) Raised her best to 9’6.50” at Buck- Warfield nell this past winter … still ranks 7th on Towson’s Junior • Distance pole vault list … placed 7th at the CAA Invitational Woodbine, Md. Indoor Meet with a 9’4.25” vault … best effort last South Carroll H.S. outdoor season was a 9’6.25” performance at the Paul Exercise Science Major Kaiser Classic. (2007) Cleared 9’-5.25” at Delaware two springs ago to post the 7th highest vault in program history ... tied for 2nd with a 9’-0” vault at last year’s Track: (2008) A transfer from UNC Charlotte … in Delaware State Invitational ... finished 3rd at the 2007 her first season on the outdoor oval with the Tigers … Towson Invitational (8’-0”). competed this past winter indoors … ran an 11:50.82 in Background/Personal: Led the Eagles the 3000 at the Bucknell Heptagonal … finished 5th at to district championship as a sophomore … tied the the CAA Invitational with a 19:00.00 in the 5000. school record in the pole vault … honor roll student cross country: (2008) Ran in 6 of the 8 events … would like to become an accountant … hobbies last fall … top finish was a 20th in the Towson Invita- include sports, shopping and spending time with tional, clocking a 19:58 for the 5K course … best 6K friends … has worked as a camp counselor during the time was 24:03 at Princeton. summer … favorite book is The DaVinci Code … lists Background/Personal: Earned All- How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days as favorite movie … Monocacy Valley recognition in cross country and favorite actor is Johnny Depp … enjoys listening to track at South Carroll … was the 2006 state 3200 in- music by Dave Matthews Band … enjoys dining at door champion … also took top honors in that event Macaroni Grill … has one older brother … father works at the county and regional meets … best 3200 prep as a project manager … daughter of Ron Wynegar and Roxane Cassel … born April 9, 1987 in York, Pa. ... carrying a 3.188 grade point average at Towson.

1414 2009 Tiger Track and Field Freshman Shianna Smith Player Profiles records Tiger Track and Field Records Women’s All-Time Indoor Records Event Record Holder Time/Distance Year 60-Hurdles Alea Murphy 8.95 2009 60-Dash Beth Wermiel 7.87 2001 200-Dash Beth Wermiel 25.46 2001 400-Dash Janet Williams 57.2 1984 500-Dash Michelle Mathsen 1:16.42 1998 800-Run Maureen Shaneman 2:12.51 1988 1000-Run Maureen Shaneman 2:55.10 1987 Michele Mathsen 4:55.40 1998 3000-Run Britta Nelson 10:15.91 2008 5000-Run Megan Lerch 17:46.34 2006 Megan Lerch, Stephanie Pabst 12:28.18 2006 Sara McElroy, Britta Nelson 4x400 Relay Jill Meshey, Alea Murphy 3:54.25 2009 Rachel Jochem, Christie Boden 4x200 Relay Timisha James, Christina Boden 1:46.72 2008 Sprint Medley Relay Danielle Scruggs, Christie Boden 4:12.71 2008 Laura Passalacqua, Britta Nelson 4x800 Relay Sandy Bowe-Maliszewski, Sharon Gill 9:36.34 2004 Renee Passalacqua, Sara McElroy Long Jump Stephanie Rathbauer 18’11.75” (5.78m) 2006 High Jump Laura Passalacqua 5’10” (1.78m) 2006 Triple Jump Stephanie Rathbauer 38’3.75” (10.75m) 2007 Shot Put Kelly Robinson 41’7.75” (12.69m) 2008 20-lb. Weight Shianna Smith 53’6.50”(16.32m) 2009 Pole Vault Jodi Taetle 11’10” (3.61m) 2005

Women’s All-Time Outdoor Records Event Record Holder Time/Distance Year 110-Hurdles Janet Williams 14.24 1984 400-Hurdles Janet Williams 1:02.24 1984 100-Dash Beth Wermeil 11.89 2001 200-Dash Beth Wermiel 24.72 2000 400-Dash Jill Meshey 55.39 2007 800-Run Maureen Shaneman 2:07.58 1989 1,500-Run Maureen Shaneman 4:32.80 1989 3,000-Run Michelle Mathsen 10:02.60 1998 5,000-Run Megan Lerch 17:28.77 2006 10,000-Run Laura Brazil 37:03.74 2005 3000-Steeplechase Britta Nelson 11:00.59 2008 4x100 LaToya Morton, Jill Meshey 47.76 2007 Timisha James, Stephanie Rathbauer 4x200 Tina Shriver, Linda Hicks 1:45.50 1982 Kim Shanton, Jill Bowman 4x400 Alea Murphy, Jill Meshey 3:52.56 2008 Timisha James, Danielle Scruggs 4x800 Julie Blanchard, Sara McElroy 9:32.30 2006 Britta Nelson, Renee Passalacqua 4x1500 Laura Brazil, Kim Wiesner, 21:15.91 2002 Sophomore Lauren Waddell, Lindsay Klaus Motara Okusaga Distance Medley Relay Jane Hughes, Teri Campbell, 12:44.83 1988 Susan Orsega, Maureen Shaneman Long Jump Stephanie Rathbauer 19’8.25” (6.00m) 2007 High Jump Laura Passalacqua 5’-11.25” (1.81m) 2007 Triple Jump Rebecca duRivage-Jacobs 40’8.75” (12.41m) 2006 Shot Put Kelly Robinson 43’1.75” (13.15m) 2006 Discus Kelly Robinson 135’5” (41.29m) 2008 Javelin Kelly Robinson 159’4” (48.58m) 2008 Hammer Elisa Jones 152’ (46.33m) 1999 Pole Vault Jodi Taetle 11’6” (3.50m) 2003 Heptathlon Janet Williams 5,124 points 1984 2009 Tiger track and field 15 towsonPlayer universi Profilesty

In the decades following the Revolution, Americans clamored for free public schooling for their children. Maryland’s elected officials and others who valued a literate citizenry also recognized that public school systems would require qualified and dedicated teachers. They pressed for a systematic, reliable means of producing teachers, and in 1865 - the final year of the Civil War - the legislature allocated funds for Maryland’s first teacher-training school. On January 15, 1866, the State Normal School opened its rented quarters in Baltimore with a principal, M.A. Newell, 11 students and three faculty. (“Normal School” is the English translation for Ecole Normale, the term used by the French teacher-training schools that served as models for U.S. educators.) Today, Towson University is an institution of higher learning with a president, Dr. Robert Caret, an enrollment of 21,111 students and a faculty numbering 1,276.

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Junior ALANA NEDD 2009 Towson track & field

2009 Track and Field Schedule March 13-14 at Coastal Carolina Invitational 10:00 am 21 @ Stockton Invitational 10:00 am 28 Towson Invitational 10:00 am April 4 at Penn Invitational 11:00 am 17-18 CAAChampionships (Johnny Unitas Stadium) All Day 23 at Penn Relays 10:00 25 Paul Kaiser Invitational at Shippensburg 10:00 am May 3 @ Delaware 12:00 15-17 ECAC Championships at Princeton 12:00 pm

Junior MICHELLE DONADIO