2008-09 Men’s /Cross Country Roster General Information Name Event Year Hometown/High School College/Major Aaronson, Chase Sprints Fr. Palm, Calif./Palm Springs AS/Biology Arlinghaus, Chris Jumps Fr. North Olmsted, Ohio/North Olmsted AS/Computer Science Ahart, Andrew Sprints So. Kingston, Mo./Polo R-VII CALS/Nutritional Science Ambrosi, Anthony* Javelin So. Newton, Mass./Phillips Academy AS/Undecided Anderson, Aaron Distance So. Portland, Ore./Lincoln EN/Engineering Bass, Andrew Pole Vault Fr. Miami, Fla./Miami Beach EN/Engineering Belden, Robert Weights Fr. Indianapolis, Ind./Decatur Central HE/Human Biology, Health & Society Bogdan, Brad Distance Jr. Buffalo, N.Y./Canisus HE/Human Development Boyd, Cody* Sprints So. St. Catherine’s, Ontario/Sir Winston Churchill EN/Civil Engineering Brinkofski, Teddy Distance Fr. Somerset, N.J./Bishop George Ahr AS/Undecided Canaday, Sage**## Distance Sr. Sheridan, Ore./Newberg HE/Design and Envirinmental Analysis

Cato, Matthew Sprints Fr. Spring, N.J./Don Bosco Prep AS/Undecided the CoachesMeet Cerqueira, Daniel Distance Jr. Mansfield, Mass./Mansfield AS/Undecided Corridore, Andrew* Hurdles So. Naugatuck, Conn./Naugatuck AS/Chemistry & Economics Crabtree, Nathan*** Sprints Sr. Bend, Ore./Summit AS/Archaeglogy Cusick, Josh Pole Vault Fr. San Jose, Calif./St. Lawrence ILR/Industrial and Labor Relations Dannemiller, Adrien Distance So. Martinsville, Ind./Martinsville ILR/Industrial and Labor Relations Degraft-Hanson, Kojo* Sprints Sr. Buford, Ga./Phillips Academy EN/Operations Research Donelan, Ryan Sprints Fr. East Windsor, N.J./Hightstown AS/Undecided Edelman, Nathaniel Distance So. Memphis, Tenn./White Station AS/Biological Science English, Eric Mid-Distance So. Pittsford, N.Y./Pittsford Mendon CALS/Biological Science Formica, Vince Jumps Fr. Chalfont, Pa./Central Bucks South CALS/Applied Economics and Management Freitas, Brian* Sprints So. Walpole, Mass./Thayer Academy AS/Undecided Frost-Tift, Joel Distance Jr. Averill Park, N.Y./Averill Park AS/Psychology

Gadson, Aaron** Jumps Sr. Ashland, Mass./Phillips Exeter EN/Electrical Engineering Outlook Season Garza, Baldemer Sprints Fr. Rio Grande City, Texas/Rio Grande City AS/Human Biology, Health and Society Gibbons, Douglas Distance Jr. Scranton, Pa./Scranton Prep AS/History & Government Goettert, Philip Distance Fr. Baton Rouge, La./Baton Rouge EN/Mechanical Engineering Gorski, Scott Jumps Jr. Old Westbury, N.Y./Wheatley School CALS/Communications Hagberg, Daniel Hurdles Fr. St. Charles, Ill./Burlington Central AS/Undecided Hall, Matthew Mid-Distance Jr. Exton, Pa./Downingtown East EN/Electrical Engineering Hart, Andrew Distance So. Ithaca, N.Y./Ithaca CALS/Biological and Environmental Engineering Hatch, Charles**## Distance Jr. Nashville, Ill./Nashville Community EN/Mechanical Engineering Herynk, Brad Sprints Jr. Broadview Heights, Ohio/Brecksville-Broadview EN/Biological Engineering Hine, Zachary***## Distance Sr. South Hadley, Mass./South Hadley EN/Chemical Engineering Holcombe, Alexander Multi So. Souderton, Pa./Germantown Academy AS/Undecided Huber, Nick Hurdles Fr. Leopold, Ind./Perry Central ILR/Industrial and Labor Relations

Huyler, Garrett*** Jumps Sr. Marlboro, N.Y./Marlboro Central CALS/Information Science The Big RedMeet Inzana, Jason* Pole Vault Jr. Birdsboro, Pa./Daniel Boone CALS/Biological and Environmental Engineering Jacobson, Chris Mid-Distance Fr. Big Flats, N.Y./East EN/Chemical Engineering Jaffee, Scott** Weights Jr. Blacklick, Ohio/Columbus Academy EN/Civil & Environmental Engineering Karim, Fahad Javelin Fr. Makati City, Philippines/International School of Manilla EN/Mechanical Engineering Jones, Gary Jumps Sr. Webster, N.Y./Schroeder HE/Human Biology, Health & Society Kasak, Maxwell Distance So. Armonk, N.Y./Byram Hills CALS/Sociology Kemp, Chandler Distance Fr. Haines, Alaska/Haines Kimple, Owen**## Mid-Distance Jr. Manlius, N.Y./Fayetteville-Manlius CALS/Applied Economics Management Kippins, Michael** Sprints/Jumps Jr. Latham, N.Y./Shaker AS/Economics Kirkpatrick, Joshua** Pole Vault Jr. London, Ontario/Saunders CALS/Applied Economics Management Knewstub, Lucas Weights Fr. Trumansburg, N.Y./Ithaca CALS/Biological Science Levy, Andrew Distance Sr. Chappaqua, N.Y./Horace Greely AS/Philosophy Longfellow, Nicholas Sprints So. Warwick, N.Y./Warwick Valley CALS/Statistics 2007-08 In Review Loy, Peter Distance Jr. Grosse Pointe, Mich./De La Salle College EN/Electrical Engineering Luff, Samuel*### Distance Sr. Emmaus, Pa./Emmaus ILR/Industrial and Labor Relations McClain, Kenneth Sprints Fr. Jacksonville, Fla./The Bolles School AS/Undecided MacGillivary, Jack Distance Fr. Bedford, Nova Scotia/Charles Allen AS/Biology Miller, Andrew** Mid-Distance Sr. Lebanon, Pa./Cedar Crest CALS/Plant Science Moore, Enbani Jumps So. Suffern, N.Y./Suffern CALS/Biological Science Pierce, Jay** Jumps Jr. Solon, Ohio/Solon EN/Computer Science Potter, Sean Hurdles So. Staten Island, N.Y./Monsignor Farrell CALS/Applied Economics Management Remouns, Julian Jumps So. Washingtonville, N.Y./Washingtonville AS/Undecided Robak, Patrick Sprints Sr. Dix Hills, N.Y./Half Hollow Hills HE/Policy Analysis and Management Roneker, Erik*** Weights Sr. Groton, N.Y./Groton CALS/Natural Resources Rothermel, Shane Distance Jr. Lehighton, Pa./Lehighton Area CALS/Biological Engineering Records History and Roy, Thomas Distance So. Newton, N.J./Pope John XXIII EN/Engineering Ryan, Christopher Multi So. Plainville, Mass./Bishop Feehan AAP/Architecture Ryan, Eric** Distance Sr. Kingwood, W. Va./Central Preston EN/Civil Engineering Semenick, Richard Sprints So. Levittown, N.Y./Chaminade AS/Undecided Shalla, Hassan Distance So. Glenside, Pa./Abington AS/Information Science Shonio, Spencer Sprints Fr. Swampscot, Mass./Swampscot EN/Mechanical Engineering Silverstrim, Damian* Weights Jr. Bethany, Conn./Amity EN/Civil & Environmental Engineering Smith, Jim*** Jumps Sr. Havertown, Pa./Cardinal O’Hara HE/Policy Analysis and Management Soprano, Steven Distance Jr. Queensbury, N.Y./Queensbury AS/Spanish Tait, Christopher Sprints So. Scarborough, Ontario/Mary Ward Catholic HE/Nutrition Tan, Brian Sprints So. Troy, Mich./Detroit Country Day ILR/Industrial and Labor Relations Taylor, Dale* Mid-Distance Jr. Pittstown, N.J./North Hunterdon Regional EN/Electrical & Computer Engineering

Teixeira, Duane* Jumps Jr. Melrose HS/Melrose, MA EN/Mechanical Engineering This Is Cornell Thomas, Daniel Sprints Fr. Cathedral Catholic HS/ San Diego, CA HO/Hotel Administration Tilger, Chris Mid-Distance Jr. Archbishop Carol HS/Collegeville, PA EN/Civil Engineering Toro, T. J.** Multi Sr. St. Anthony’s HS/Miller Place, NY CALS/Applied Economics Management Van Eeden, Marcel*** Sprints Sr. W Morris Mendhan HS/Gladstone, NJ CALS/Applied Economics Management Wexler, Steven Hurdles Fr. Don Bosco Prep/ Bergenfield, NJ AS/Economics Wolpert, Kyle Distance Jr. North Carolina School/Durham, NC AS/Neurobiology Wu, Barnett Weights Fr. West Windsor Plainfield HS/Plainsboro, NJ HO/Hotel Administration Wyner, Jimmy Mid-Distance Sr. Somers Point, N.J./Mainland Regional HS CALS/Biometry and Statistics Zamora, Richard Pole Vault Jr. Bernards HS/Gladstone, NJ EN/Civil & Environmental Engineering

*Track Letters Won +Cross Country Letters Won Cross Country Captain: Sam Luff Track Captains: Garrett Huyler, Andy Miller, Erik Roneker, Marcel van Eeden

2008-09 Cornell Big Red Cross Country/Track and Field www.CornellBigRed.com • 17 2008 Men’s Cross Country Outlook The Cornell cross-country team enters the 2008 season full of momentum after enjoying sis at regionals. Despite coming in very accomplished (9:05.91 for 3,200 as a prep), Dannemi- a fantastic 2007-2008 campaign. In the fall, the Big Red continued their improvement under ller improved greatly in 2007 and was the strongest freshman for the Big Red in many years. At the tutelage of men’s distance coach Robert Johnson. In 2007, the Big Red improved for the Pre-NCAAs, Dannemiller posted a stellar 24:50 clocking for 8k and at Heps, he was the second fourth straight year and enjoyed its finest season in 13 years, finishing as the conference run- freshman across the line as he finished 22nd overall. ners-up and running the fastest five-man average (25:06.5) in school history at historic Van “I think everyone, including myself, is very excited to get the 2008 season going. We got Cortlandt Park. The Big Red distance men carried that momen-

General Information General tum into the track season, as the distance group outscored their Heps rivals by a wide margin both indoors and outdoors and played a key role in the Big Red’s record-breaking wins at both the indoor and outdoor championships. The 2008 Big Red men return five runners who have run 25:35 or better at Van Cortlandt Park, in- cluding three seniors. Expected to lead the team up front will be senior Zac Hine. Hine comes into the season full of confidence after excelling in all three Meet the Coaches seasons in 2007-08. In cross-country, he became the 13th Cornellian to break 25:00 at Van Cortlandt Park as he clocked 24:55 to finish eighth and garner sec- ond team All-Ivy honors. Indoors, Hine captured his first Heps title as he won the 5k after scoring in the 3k. Outdoors, he was again a double scorer as he was the runner-up to teammate Sage Canaday in the 10k and was fourth in the 5k. Senior Sam Luff will captain the squad in 2008. Season Outlook The Emmaus, Pa., native and Industrial and Labor Relations student enjoyed an improved junior cam- paign as he lowered his Van Cortlandt Park personal best from 25:55 to 25:31 while earning All-East honors with a 10th-place showing at the IC4A close to the top of the mountain last year, and the guys have been working very hard for a year meet. In track, he set PRs in the 5k (14:35.89) at the Penn Relays and in the 10k (30:34.67) at to take that next step,” said men’s distance coach Robert Johnson. “This team has the best team Bucknell. Even during the off season, Luff has provided the team with inspiration and cohesive- dynamic of any of my teams so far, and I’m hoping that synergy, combined with talent, ends ness with summer training guidelines and a mid-August running mini-camp in Pennsylvania. up producing great things.” Fellow senior Andy Miller, who was one of the most improved runners in the country in The two other freshman who joined Dannemiller at Heps last year, Max Kasak (25:48 at 2007, will also assume a big role. Miller had remarkable breakthroughs during the last school Van Cortlandt Park) and Nate Edelman (31:04.44 track 10k, an IC4A qualifier), will be looking Meet The Big Red year both in cross-country and track. Coming into last year, the Lebanon, Pa., native had never to add to the Big Red effort in 2008, as will juniors Kyle Wolpert (25:54 at Van Cortlandt Park) broken 27:00 in cross-country and had never competed in the team’s top 12 at Heps. Last year, and Dale Taylor (30:51.13 10k), who also ran at Heps. Kasak, from Armonk, N.Y., was the team’s he ran 25:02 at Pre-NCAAs and was an anchor in the team’s top five in the final four meets of eighth man at Heps with a very solid showing for a freshman. The coming season will only be the year. In track, he came into the year with a personal best of only 3:56.84 for 1,500 meters the neophyte Edelman’s third cross-country campaign, and the Memphis, Tenn., sophomore but left with a 4:06.19 indoor mile (fifth-best all-time at Cornell), a 3:46.24 outdoor 1,500 enters the fall after setting a 5k PR in the middle of the summer off of base training. Wolpert, (also fifth-best all-time) and two runner-up finishes in the conference, as well as a remark- of Durham, N.C., made the Notre Dame trip last year, running 25:30 for 8k on that course, and able 4:00.9 split at Penn Relays on finished ninth on the Big Red squad at Heps. Taylor, from Pittstown, N.J., set a series of 3k PRs the 1,600 leg. indoors and was an IC4A qualifier in the 10k during the outdoor season. Junior Charlie Hatch will also In addition to the runners already mentioned, Cornell has juniors Joel Frost-Tift (30:59.14 2007-08 In Review play a key role in 2008. The Nashville, 10k), Pete Loy (14:55.05 5k) and Steve Soprano (31:28.80 10k), who will be aiming to make Ind., native comes into the fall with their marks in cross-country after showing promise in track. Joining them will be sophomores high expectations after a breakout Aaron Anderson and Drew Hart and senior transfer John Means. Anderson, who hails from track campaign and a summer of Portland, Ore., seems ready to finally display his talent after being sidelined with stress frac- altitude training, as this summer he tures for most of last year. Hart, an Ithaca native and the brother of former Big Red runner Dan lived on famed Magnolia Road in Hart ‘04, improved markedly from high school to run 15:00 for 5k as a freshman. Means comes Colorado. Last year, Hatch was fourth to Cornell from Northern Arizona University, where he ran 4:11 for the indoor mile and 14:45 in the indoor mile, while outdoors, for 5k, and could be a secret weapon for the Cornell harriers. he was an IC4A finalist in the 1,500 A talented but injury-prone freshman class will also be trying to get their feet wet in 2008.

Records and HistoryRecords as he ran 3:49.10, equivalent to a Canada’s Jack MacGillivray, who ran a stellar 8:54 3k and was the provincial champ in cross 4:07.5 mile. He also contributed stel- country as a ninth grader, and New Jersey’s Teddy Brinkofski, the New Jersey Parochial Group lar leadoff legs at the Penn Relays in A cross country champ (16:04 at Holmdel Park), didn’t run outdoor track in 2008 due to injury both the DMR and 4xMile Champion- complications. Alaska’s Chandler Kemp, the third placer in the state cross-country meet, will ship of America races. also be looking to make his mark. Sophomore Adrien Dannemiller enjoyed a fantastic freshman year and should be even better in 2008. Junior Charlie Hatch will be counted on to help keep the men’s As a rookie, the Martinsville, Ind., na-

This Is Cornell cross country team at the top of the Ivy League race in 2008. tive was in the top five from day one until he was slowed by mononucleo- 18 • www.CornellBigRed.com 2008-09 Cornell Big Red Cross Country/Track and Field 2008-09 Men’s Track and Field Outlook General Information The Cornell Track program reached new heights in 2008, winning its sixth consecutive junior Gary Jones (51-5), who was the national high school champion in the triple jump Ivy League/Heptagonal Games title during the outdoor season after winning its fourth in- coming out of high school. These three will ease the pain of the departure of Halim. Junior door Heps title in the last six years. Setting the stage for the 2008 double was an IC4A title Mike Kippins (47-0) and sophomore Julian Remouns (47-11) are also past IC4A qualifiers indoors in 2007, the first time an Ivy League school has won that prestigious meet in more and will be pushed by incoming freshmen K.C. Aharanwa and Daniel Thomas. The pos- than 30 years. In 2008, the team again demonstrated exceptional strength, depth and sibility of having so many jumpers at or above 50 feet is almost unheard of in Division I balance, as they scored at the Heps in every event except two and established a number track and field. of Ivy League records along the way. The Big Red also garnered two All-American awards Teixeira was the runner-up in the Heps long jump to Halim, and with Jones and tal- from within the six men that went to the NCAA Championships. Led by terrific athletes ented freshmen Thomas, Vince Formica and Chase Aaronson, the long jump is in excellent who are also dedicated students, the success of the 2008 season was a testament to the hands. the CoachesMeet commitment to the sport by the university, the athletic department, the coaching staff Junior Josh Kirkpatrick was the Heps champion in the pole vault last year (16-5), mak- and particularly the athletes on the team. With its sixth consecutive conference title out- ing it six years in a row in that event that a Cornellian has won. Also an IC4A qualifier in doors, enters elite company as only the second team since the found- the long jump, he has the tools to clear 17 feet this year and challenge all the records. ing of the Heptagonal Championships/Ivy League 73 years ago to win six or more in a Junior Jason Inzana has also cleared 16 feet, as has incoming freshman Josh Cusick. Senior row. With its eyes set firmly on a potential seventh title, Cornell returns its top athlete in decathlete T.J. Toro will focus on the vault this year, and along with Rick Zamora, give the every event except five with the departure of Adam Seabrook, Saidu Ezike and Muham- Big Red the possibility of having five guys who can each clear 16 feet. mad Halim, among other key athletes. Seabrook was the Heps Most Outstand- Distance

ing Performer outdoors and holds the Senior Zac Hine, the indoor Heps champion in the 5k, led a huge resurgence in the Outlook Season school record in the 400m hurdles, long distances in 2008. He dominated the 5k indoors and finished second to classmate while Ezike is the school and Heptago- Sage Canaday as the pair swept the top two spots in the 10k at the Outdoor Heps. Canaday nal Games record holder in the hurdles. was an NCAA qualifier in cross country and the only U.S. college athlete to qualify for the Halim, meanwhile, was a four-time Olympic Trials in the , setting a Cornell record at 2:21:4e in the process. A corps NCAA All-American and the school and of young distance runners also showed dramatic improvements by qualifying for the IC4A league record holder in the triple jump. meet in the 10,000m. Senior co-captain Sam Luff leads the group with juniors Dale Taylor, Fortunately, there are excellent Joel Frost-Tift and Steve Soprano and sophomores Nate Edelman and Adrian Dannemiller athletes right behind those who have joining in, giving the team eight runners at the highly selective meet. With the gradu- graduated, and along with a very good ation of two All-Ivy runners in Meet The Big RedMeet incoming class of freshmen, including the steeplechase, that event two high-school All-Americans, the will be wide open, but expect future for the 2009 team looks very distance coach Robert Johnson promising. Cornell finished ninth at to come up with yet another the NCAA East Regional and 25th in Junior Duane Teixeira will seek to fill the void left by the group of guys who will chal- the NCAA Championships in 2008, and departure of NCAA triple jump champion Muhammad lenge the league’s best. there’s a good chance the Big Red will Halim. The return of senior mid- finish even higher in 2009. dle distance star Jimmy Wyner will have a huge impact on the 2007-08 In Review Jumps success of the team. Wyner In spite of losing NCAA triple jump champion Muhammad Halim to graduation in has exceptional range and 2008, the jumping events could still be the biggest strength of the team. Cornell returns a holds multiple school records. Heps champion in 2 of the 4 jumps, highlighted by senior co-captain Garrett Huyler. Huyler He is a Heps champion and is the school record holder and an NCAA qualifier in the high jump (7-2 1/2). He’ll be ably a three-time NCAA regional backed up by classmate Jim Smith (6-11) and junior Jay Pierce (6-8 1/2), who were both qualifier who has run 1:48.64 scorers at the Heps. Also set to challenge that trio is rapidly improving sophomore Enbani in the 800m and 3:42.66 in the Moore and star freshmen Chris Arlinghaus and Nick Huber. Senior Zac Hine scored in both the 5,000m and the 10,000m at the 1500m. Joining him will be su- In the long and triple jumps, junior Duane Teixeira, who has bests of 24-1 and 50-7, Outdoor Heps last year. per-tough senior Andy Miller, respectively, was a Heps scorer and an NCAA regional qualifier in both events. He is joined who was the Heps runner-up Records History and by senior Aaron Gadson (49-11), himself a scorer at Heps and a regional qualifier, and in the 1500m and a regional qualifier. Charlie Hatch, another Heps scorer in the mile, and 1000m scorer Owen Kimple give Cornell four stars in this area who can put the Big Red among the best in the U.S. in the distance medley and 4xMile relays. Newcomers may also have an impact here as Jack MacGillavray, Phil Goettert, Chris Jakobson and Ted Brinkofski will develop into excellent runners. Sophomores Aaron Anderson and Drew Hart return from injury and could also surprise a lot of people.

Hurdles For four years in a row, Cornell has broken the Heps championship open during the This Is Cornell 400m hurdles, gaining three or four places, and one year taking first through fourth. Grad- uated athlete Aaron Merrill broke the 56-year-old record by the great Olympian Charlie Moore, only to have classmate Adam Seabrook break that record and advance to the NCAA Championships with a performance of 50.33. Sophomore Brian Freitas was fourth at the Heps and was joined in the finals by IC4A qualifier Kippins, as they are looking to fill the gaps left by Seabrook and Merrill. This year’s incoming class could be as good as the class of 2008 was, and is headlined by the All-American Kenny McClain. The Florida state cham- Senior Garrett Huyler, the school record holder in the high jump both indoors and outdoors, qualified for the pion turned in the fifth-best time in the U.S. in the 300m hurdles at 36.64 and is psyched NCAA Outdoor Championships as a junior and will seek to make a return trip in 2009. to take on the 400m hurdles for the first time. McClain will also run the high hurdles, 2008-09 Cornell Big Red Cross Country/Track and Field www.CornellBigRed.com • 19 where he’ll be joined by freshmen Dan Hagberg (14.13 in the 110m hurdles and 38.00 for record holder in that event). Look for these three, along with Mike Kippins, a former fresh- 300m hurdles), Nick Huber (14.47 at 110m hurdles and 38.00 for 300m hurdles) and Steve man record holder who as second at the Heps in 2007, to make some serious waves in the Wexler (54.96 for 400m hurdles). Cornell could put five runners into the finals in 2009. In 4x400m as they aim to supplant previous Cornell teams as the all-time best team in Ivy the high hurdles, all-everything Saidu Ezike has graduated and passes the mantle to this League history. group of talented freshmen, who will join Heps finalist Andrew Corridore, a sophomore. Also looking to have an impact will be sophomore Matt Colley (48.3 in the 400m) and There will be a lot of work to be done in this area, but the talent is there. freshman Kenny McClain, a high school All-American who regularly split in the 47-second range. This group will give Cornell fantastic depth in the 200m through 500m events as well as the 400m hurdles and the relays. Nate Crabtree saw exceptional improvement as a junior and qualified for the IC4A meet in the 100m and 200m and moved to second all-time in the indoor 200m. He’ll be General Information General called upon to lead a strong corps of young sprinters, headlined by B.J. Garza (10.65), Ryan Donelan (10.6h) and Aaronson (10.82). A group of sophomores led by Rich Semenick are now ready to come into their own in the short sprints, while freshmen Matt Cato, Karl DeLaRoche, Daniel Thomas and Spencer Shonio should develop quickly.

Mid Distance For the past five years, Cornell has had one of the best middle distance groups in the East, having posted national rankings in the distance medley and 4xMile relays, along with four of the last six 4x800m titles at the IC4As. Here again, Wyner and Miller will lead this Meet the Coaches group to national prominence in 2009. Joining them as the nucleus of the group will be senior Andrew Levy, who burst onto the scene in the last meet of the year by turning splits of 1:50 on two consecutive Senior Erik Roneker qualified for the NCAA Regional meet in the hammer and the discus and narrowly missed days at the IC4As. The search making the NCAA Indoor Championships in the 35-pound weight throw. He will seek his first NCAA Champion- ships appearance in 2009. for a solid fourth could fall on Hatch or Kimple, or it could fall on one of the long sprint- Season Outlook Throws and Multi-Events ers, such as van Eeden, Freitas Senior co-captain Eric Roneker, the three-time Cornell throwing MVP, took another or Kippins, all of whom have huge step forward in 2008. The Heps champion in the 35-pound weight throw narrowly the ability to go into the low missed the NCAA meet and outdoors was a regional qualifier in both the shot put and 1:50 range. Another runner hammer, and he has his sights set on even bigger improvements in his final year. Junior who could be a major factor is Scott Jaffee, a regional qualifier and heps scorer in the discus, moved way up the all-time senior Eric Ryan, while sopho- list with his season-best throw of 171 feet, and has now thrown almost 20 feet father than more Eric English is ready to do he did in high school. something this year, as is the Another thrower looking to have a big season is junior Damien Silverstrim, who could freshman Jakobson. The men’s 4x400m relay team of Marcel van Eeden, Mike Kippins, Adam Seabrook ‘08 and Cody Boyd claimed victory at last year’s Meet The Big Red be into the mid-170 foot range in the hammer. Sophomore javelin thrower Anthony Am- There are always other Outdoor Heptagonal Championships. Cornell has claimed that title brosi made the jump to college throwing, qualifying for the IC4A meet and hopes to ahve athletes who rise to the occa- 16 times during the history of the championships, more than any a big imapct at the Heps this year. sion and surprise the coaches. other school. Joining this group will be highly touted Indiana state champion Bob Belden, a high Internal drive and motivation school All-American with best of 195-4 in the discus and 59-7 in the shot put, along with can be a tough thing to measure. One thing for certain is that the 2009 team has the tal- Barnet Wu, who also threw better than 174 in the discus. In the decathlon and heptathlon, ent and depth that make it possible to repeat the successes of 2008. For the past few years, senior T.J. Toro, who has top scores of 4,875 and 6,223, has scored at the IC4A meet and is the Cornell team has set the standard for other teams to meet. In addition to returning set to make another huge jump in performance. He’ll be joined by sophomores Alex Hol- 14 All-Ivy athletes, there are no less than 21 athletes who have previously scored at the combe and Chris Ryan, along with freshmen Cusick, Formica and sleeper Nick Huber. Heps returning to show that Cornell intends to remain a major force in eastern track and

2007-08 In Review field. Cornell was a USTCCA Academic All-American team in 2008 and had four individual Sprints Academic All-Americans. With over 25 engineering majors on the team along with more The graduation of all-time than 20 other majors in the sciences and pre-med, athletes who come to Cornell know greats Adam Seabrook, Jordan that they can have the best of all worlds here. The coaches, the athletic department, and Lester and David Mengel will the university are committed to it. This is an exciting time to be associated with the track hurt, but the cupboard will not program at Cornell. be bare as seniors Marcel van Eeden (47.33 in the 400m), and Nate Crabtree (10.66 for 100m

Records and HistoryRecords and 21.50 at 200m) will lead a sprint group that dominated the Heps in 2008. Van Eeden, who has now run on each of the three fastest 4x400m re- lay teams in Heps history, will be joined by Heps scorers and All-Ivy sophomores Cody Boyd (third all-time at 400m) and Sophomore Brian Freitas finished fourth in the 400m hurdles last Brian Freitas (fourth all-time This Is Cornell year and will help fill the gap left by the graduation of school-record at 500m and the freshman holder Adam Seabrook. 20 • www.CornellBigRed.com 2008-09 Cornell Big Red Cross Country/Track and Field in Barton Hall with a third place in the Heps 5k. Outdoors, Canaday ran the sixth-fastest 10k in school Anthony Ambrosi history with a 29:48.70 at the Penn Relays before achieving his finest moment in a Cornell uniform General Information Sophomore • 6-0 • Javelin when he became conference champion in that event, taking charge in the final mile and powering Newton, Mass. • Phillips Academy strongly to the win, leading teammate Zac Hine to a 1-2 Big Red finish that set the tone for the College of Arts and Science overwhelming Cornell team victory. At Sheridan: Canaday finished 13th in the state cross country meet as a senior and recorded best Top Performances track times of 4:09.2 for 1,500 meters and 8:46.14 for 3,000 meters. A long distance specialist from Javelin...... 194-8 the beginning of his running career, he also ran a strong 32:05 10k on the road in high school. Personal: Sage Clifton Read Canaday is the son of Clifton and Pamela Ando Canaday and has an older brother and a younger sister.

At Cornell: Ambrosi is a two-sport athlete, splitting time between the football team, where he is an Nate Crabtree the CoachesMeet up-and-coming running back, and the track team. He was Cornell’s top javelin thrower last year as a Senior • 5-10 • Sprints freshman, qualifying for the IC4A, while his best throw of 194-8 ranks him eighth all-time at Cornell Bend, Ore. • Summit HS for the new javelin. With improvement in technique, look for Ambrosi to improve next year and to Anthropology and Archeology challenge for a Heptagonal title in 2009. At Phillips Academy: Anthony was the 2007 NE Prep school champion in the javelin as well as a Top Performances starter on the football team. 60m...... 7.15 200m ...... 21.50 Personal: Anthony Ambrosi is the son of Phillip and Roberta Ambrosi and has an older and younger 100m ...... 10.67 400m ...... 49.26 brother. He is enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences. Season Outlook Season Cody Boyd At Cornell: Things clicked for Crabtree during his junior season as he made good on the promise he Sophomore • 6-0 • Sprints showed coming out of high school. Determined to transform himself as a track athlete, the hard work St. Catherines, Ontario • Sir Winston Churchill SS was rewarded as he posted huge improvements in every event in 2008. Moving up to the 400m during Engineering the indoor season, he capped of the year by finishing third at the Heps and recorded the third-best per- formance all-time in the 200m at 21.98 and ran a strong leg on the Heps Champion 4x400m. Outdoors, Top Performances his focus shifted to the shorter sprints as he came through in a big way at the Heps again, running a 200m ...... 21.80 scintillating second leg on the 4x100m that ran 40.92 for 2nd, the fastest non-winning time in 25 400m ...... 48.13 years, finished third in the 100m in 10.67 and second in the 200m at 21.50. If he’s able to develop his strength levels to equal his quickness, he’ll become a major force beyond the Ivy League in 2009 and

challenge for a spot on the 4x400m as well. As a senior, he’ll be looked upon to lead the young short The Big RedMeet At Cornell: Finishing the season on a high note is tough for a freshman, but Boyd bucked the odds sprint group as they try to replace three seniors from that 4x100m squad. by running 48.13 in the 400m to finish sixth, ran on the Heps championship 4x400m relay and was At Summit: Crabtree led his Summit HS team to a state title, placing in the 100, 200 and 400 me- All-Ivy and All-East indoors and out in just his first season. During the indoor season, he served ters. He was ranked among the nation’s top 100 sprinters. notice that he will be a force in the league by running 48.30 – fifth all-time – at the IC4As and con- Personal: Nathan Thomas Crabtree is the son of Thomas Crabtree and Kathi Dean and has two older tributing a leg on the IC4A championship 4x400m team that ran the second-best Heps performance sisters. all-time of 3:10.48 in the finals. For the hard running, his best race came on the regional 4x400 relay as he ran his fastest split of the year at 46.9. With another solid year and more extensive running AdriEn Dannemiller under his belt, Boyd should become one of the top 400m runners in league history as he looks to dip Sophomore • 6-0 • Distance under 47.50 and add a number of Heps championships to his already impressive resume’. Martinsville, Ind. • Martinsville HS At Sir Winston Churchill: Boyd was an OFSAA finalist and scorer in the 400m with a top time of Industrial and Labor Relations 2007-08 In Review 48.73. Personal: Cody William Boyd is the son of Craig and Lori Boyd, and he has a younger sister. He is Top Performances enrolled in the College of Engineering. Van Cortlandt Park...... 25:22.9 Sage Canaday Senior • 5-10 • Distance Newberg, Ore. • Sheridan HS At Cornell: Dannemiller arrived on campus as a freshman with the fastest high school 3,200m time of any Design & Environmental Analysis - Ergonomics recruit in Cornell history and, having also displayed great ability over longer distances with a 1:08:21 for the , was under the gun to contribute immediately at the 8k cross-country distance. The talented Records History and Top Performances rookie didn’t disappoint, as he planted himself in the team’s top four from the get-go and remained a reliable Van Cortlandt Park. . 24:41.6 10,000m...... 29:48.70 scoring presence throughout the season. Employing a hammering running style, Dannemiller recorded fine 8k 3000m ...... 8:24.01 Marathon...... 2:21:43 times of 25:04 at Notre Dame and 24:50 at Pre-NCAAs, then came through again at Heps, where he once again 5000m ...... 14:34.69 finished fourth for Cornell in 22nd place overall as the second freshman in the league. A bout of mononucleosis in November, coupled with a double-sprained ankle in January, curtailed Dannemiller’s indoor season and lim- At Cornell: Eligible for the 2009 indoor and outdoor track seasons, Canaday returns following very ited his outdoor competition to a couple of unattached appearances, but he returns for the 2008 cross-country strong campaigns in all three seasons during the last school year. Already a qualifier for the Olympic season in full health and more is expected from the talented and gritty workhorse in upcoming seasons. Trials with his gritty 2:21:43 in hot weather at Grandma’s Marathon in June 2007, Canaday resumed At Martinsville: Dannemiller posted a stellar time of 9:05.91 for 3,200m as a senior and ran an summer training and arrived on campus ready to establish himself as a national-level collegian. impressive 1:08:21 half marathon as a junior, only 14 seconds shy of the national age group record

Starting off the fall season in style with a first-place individual finish against Army to help extend for the distance. This Is Cornell the Cornell winning streak against the Black Knights, Canaday remained the top runner for the Big Personal: Adrien Thomas Dannemiller is the son of Greg and Sheila Dannemiller and has one sister Red in all but one cross-country race, including setting a fine PR of 24:09 on the fast Pre-Nationals and three brothers, including one brother, Brooke, who ran for the Big Red. course before thrilling Big Red fans with a runner-up finish at the Heps with a time of 24:41.6 on the Van Cortlandt Park course, becoming the fifth-fastest Cornell runner in history at that venue. Not content with anything short of an appearance at the NCAA meet, Canaday continued with an excel- lent eighth-place at the Northeast Regional meet at Franklin Park in Boston, running 30:13 for the 9,855-meter course and earning an individual berth in the National Championships, becoming the first runner to represent the Big Red at nationals since Bruce Hyde in 2004. At the NCAAs, Canaday ran a strong, smartly-paced race to place 83rd against the best 255 college runners in the country. His indoor track season included personal bests in the mile, 3k and 5k, and he capped off the season 2008-09 Cornell Big Red Cross Country/Track and Field www.CornellBigRed.com • 21 Brian Freitas Charlie Hatch Sophomore • 5-8 • Sprints Junior • 5-10 • Mid-Distance/Distance East Walpole, Mass. • Thayer Academy Nashville, Ill. • Nashville Community HS College of Arts and Sciencs Mechanical Engineering Top Performances Top Performances 400m Hurdles ...... 53.11 Van Cortlandt Park. . . 25:35.0 Mile...... 4:09.12 500m ...... 1:03.53 1000m ...... 2:27.56 3000m ...... 8:29.98 1500m ...... 3:49.10 5000m ...... 14:41.91 General Information General At Cornell: As a freshman in 2008, Freitas had a stellar indoor season that culminated in scoring at At Cornell: Already an accomplished runner on the conference level as a freshman, Hatch took an- his first Heps and then smashing the freshman record in the 500m that had been set by Kippins the other step up the league ranks as a sophomore, solidifying himself as a high-scoring threat in the year before. He qualified for the IC4As in the 400m (49.10) and lowered the 500m record to 1:03.53 middle distances. In cross-country, he got out of the gate well, using his trademark strong finish to while also running a leg on the Heps championship 4x400m. He also split 1:54 on a 4x800m and grab fourth overall and third for Cornell against Army on the rain-soaked Moakley Course. An illness was on the freshman record setting 4x400m relay. A foot injury dramatically slowed his progress in prior to the Notre Dame meet set him back, but he partially rebounded to run an 8k PR of 24:55 at his signature event, the 400m hurdles, as he gradually dropped his time to 53.57 late in the season. Pre-Nationals, followed by a 25:38.2 at Heps. Hatch enjoyed his greatest success as a sophomore During the outdoor season, he was constantly in injury management mode. His performances last during the indoor season, highlighted by an excellent race to finish fourth in an extremely com- year were just the tip of the iceberg as Freitas has exceptional potential and range. He may move petitive Heps mile final with a PR of 4:09.12 on the flat Barton Hall track. He also contributed solid more toward the 800m and bring his 48.40 speed into play, and better consistency will make him a 1:52 splits in both the prelims and finals of the 4x800m at the indoor IC4As, the finals unit running

Meet the Coaches major player at the Heps and beyond. 7:32.34, third on the all-time Cornell indoor list. Outdoors, Hatch ran a 1,500m personal best of At Thayer: Freitas was the MVP of his team at Thayer Academy, where he holds six school records. 3:49.10 at Bucknell, performed excellently on the leadoff legs on both the Championship of America He also played soccer and was on the swimming team. DMR and 4xMile at the Penn Relays, and made the IC4A final in the 1,500. Personal: Brian Christopher Freitas is the son of Mark and AnnMarie Freitas and has a brother. At Nashville Community: As a junior, Hatch won the Illionis Class A state title in both cross country as well as the 800m. As a senior, he was runner-up in cross country and in the 1,600m. His track Joel Frost-Tift personal bests were 1:53 and 4:14. Junior • 6-0 • Distance Personal: Charles R. Hatch is the son of the Honorable Dennis and Monica Hatch and has an older Averill Park, N.Y. • Averill Park HS brother and sister as well as a younger brother. Government / History Zac Hine Season Outlook Top Performances Senior • 5-11 • Distance 10,000m...... 30:59.14 South Hadley, Mass. • South Hadley HS Chemical Engineering Top Performances At Cornell: Coming to Cornell with only modest high school credentials (9:53.75 for 3,200), Frost- Van Cortlandt Park. . . 24:55.9 5000m ...... 14:14.22 Tift has quietly and doggedly worked his way up to the level of an IC4A qualifier in track. In cross- 3000m ...... 8:15.38 10,000m...... 30:10.36 country, he began showing his propensity for dramatically elevating his game on race day and run- ning with a gutsy determination. But it is in the long track races where Frost-Tift has blossomed as a At Cornell: Following a breakthrough sophomore year in which he moved to third on the all-time

Meet The Big Red rhythm runner, contesting the 10k three times during the 2008 season and lowering his PR by over a minute from the previous year in winning the Big Red Invitational with an IC4A-qualifying 30:59.14. Cornell chart in the 5,000m with a time of 14:14.22 and led the league’s distance runners with the At the IC4A meet, he placed a respectable 14th. best long double (second in the 10k and fourth in the 5k) at the outdoor Heps, Hine brought his At Averill Park: Frost-Tift sported a best high school time of 9:53.75 for 3,200 meters and enjoyed elevated fitness to the 2007 cross-country scene and was a model of consistency as one of the elite competing in numerous road races and trail runs. Ivy League runners throughout the fall. Hine led the team at Notre Dame with a 24:36 clocking, ran Personal: Joel Arthur Frost-Tift is the son of Tom Tift and Sue Frost and has a younger brother. a cross-country 8k PR of 24:22 at Pre-Nationals, then finished eighth in the Heps Championships with a time of 24:55.9, 12th fastest all-time by a Cornell runner at Van Cortlandt Park. In the winter Aaron Gadson season, Hine ran indoor PRs for both 3k and 5k. At the indoor Heps, he scored with a fifth-place finish Senior • 6-0 • Jumps in the 3k, which featured an extremely slow start and a furious finish, then came back the next day Ashland, Mass. • Phillips Exeter Academy to deliver an emotionally-stirring performance to win the 5k to the delight of the Big Red fans that 2007-08 In Review Engineering packed Barton Hall. In the outdoor campaign, despite feeling the cumulative effort of three hard racing seasons, Hine once again stamped himself as a tough, clutch performer at the outdoor Heps, Top Performances fighting hard for a second-place finish and a PR in the 10k behind teammate Sage Canaday in a race Triple Jump ...... 49-11 which delivered the message that the Big Red was not going to be denied the team title. Hine came Long Jump...... 22-9 back for fourth in the 5k the next day to repeat his grueling Heps double from the previous year. At South Hadley: Hine was the Massachusetts Division II state cross-country champion as a senior with a time of 14:26 for 2.9 miles. In track, he was the state runner-up in the mile and posted a best At Cornell: Gadson is one of the hardest workers on the roster. His consistent efforts and exceptional work mile time of 4:17.73 at the Nike Outdoor Nationals. ethic in the weight room were rewarded during his junior year with an improvement of almost two and a half Personal: Zachary John Hine is the son of John and Karen Hine and has a younger sister. feet. He enters his senior year having made the finals at the Heps and qualifying for the IC4A championships in Records and HistoryRecords the triple jump every year, soaring to a best of 49-11 in 2008 while qualifying for the NCAA regional champi- Garrett Huyler onships. Great technique has been the only thing separating him from scoring bigger points at the Heps, and Junior • 6-8 • Jumps greater focus and improvements in his run will bring him even bigger performances during his senior year. Marlboro, N.Y. • Marlboro HS Gadson loves track and is an incredible student of the event. He also has a best of 22-9 in the long jump. Computer and Information Sciences At Phillips Exeter: Gadson earned six letters in track and field at Phillips Exeter and was a part of the school’s 4x100m record-holding team. Top Performances Personal: Aaron Joseph Gadson is the son of Ollie and Brenda Gadson, and he has an older brother High Jump...... 7-2 1/2 and an older sister. This Is Cornell At Cornell: A co-captain this year, Huyler enters his senior year after a stellar junior season where 22 • www.CornellBigRed.com 2008-09 Cornell Big Red Cross Country/Track and Field he established himself among the elite in the country and the greatest high jumper in Cornell his- to jump. Before being sidelined in 2008, he showed glimpses of what to expect in 2009, recording tory. He set new school records indoors at 7-1 and Outdoors at 7-2 1/2, and his PR clearance places bests of 23-10 in the long jump and 50-7 1/2 in the triple in limited action. Look for a big year from General Information him eighth all-time among Ivy League athletes. Along the way, he missed the NCAA indoor meet by Jones as he settles in and lets the big jumps come to him in his quest to make the NCAA champion- one centimeter, but scored at the NCAA regional championships, both for the second year in a row, ships and challenge teammates Teixeira and Gadson for a Heps title. advancing to the NCAA finals and then missing out by one miss. His 2.20m performance also left him At Webster Schroeder: Jones was ranked No. 1 in the country in the indoor triple jump and No. 3 on the outside looking in for the Olympic Trials by one centimeter. In spite of the incredible successes in the outdoor triple jump and was selected as an All-American for his accomplishments. In August, Huyler has had in winning both the Indoor and Outdoor Heps Championships, there is plenty of 2006, he was named to the USA TODAY All-USA high school boys track and field team. motivation for the upcoming year. He has tremendous potential and continued improvements in his Personal: Gary Jones is the son of Gary and Monique Jones and has an older brother and sister. approach and concentration on the key ingredients to big jumps this year could put him in position to put the Cornell records out of sight and move him among the truly elite in collegiate high jumping Owen Kimple and score at the NCAA Championships. Junior • 5-10 • Mid-Distance/Distance At Marlboro: Huyler was the state champion in the high jump as a junior at Marlboro HS. He had Manlius, N.Y. • Fayetteville-Manlius HS the CoachesMeet a leap of 6-9. Applied Economics and Management Personal: Garrett James Huyler is the son of Duncan and Erica Huyler. Top Performances Jason Inzana Van Cortlandt Park. . . 25:49.3 Mile...... 4:10.61 Junior • 5-11 • Pole Vault 1000m ...... 2:28.09 3000m ...... 8:28.97 Birdsboro, Pa. • Daniel Boone HS 1500m ...... 3:51.88 Computer and Information Sciences At Cornell: A former high school All-American, Kimple will spend the 2008 fall season abroad but Top Performances will return to Cornell in time to race his bread-and-butter events - the middle distances. An All-Ivy Pole Vault...... 15-11 1/2 performer on the indoor DMR as a freshman and an individual indoor Heps scorer as sophomore, Outlook Season Kimple runs with authority when at the top of his game. His best events are the 1,000m and the mile, and he has been a Heps finalist in both events, scoring in the 1,000m as a sophomore. Out- doors, Kimple has been consistent in the 3:51 to 3:53 range for 1,500m but is seeking a big break- At Cornell: Another transfer, this time from Bucknell, Inzana improved dramatically all the way through to the 3:45 range in future seasons. to tenth on the Cornell all-time lists both indoors and out, posting a best of 15-11 1/2. Learning to At Fayetteville-Manlius: Kimple had a remarkable senior year, finishing sixth at the New York harness his excellent speed and improving his technique could put him among the league’s elite as Federation cross-country meet, as his powerhouse Fayetteville-Manlius squad won the team title. he pushes teammate Kirkpatrick to some big heights. An IC4A qualifier, Inzana’s just scratching the He finished 27th at the Nike Team Nationals, helping his team to a third-place finish. His All-Ameri- surface of his abilities. He has already improved a foot since his high school personal best. can track season as a senior was highlighted by winning the state title with a stellar 4:07.71 for

At Daniel Boone: Inzana was a finalist in the state championship in the pole vault. 1,600 meters and running the fastest split for the F-M 4xmile unit, which clocked a time of 17:18.33 The Big RedMeet Personal: Jason Inzana is the son of Tom and Ann Inzana. to win the national title at the Nike Outdoor Nationals with a meet record, the best high school time in 20 years and the eighth-best high school performance all-time. He also contributed a 3:01.2 lead- Scott Jaffee off 1,200 for his distance medley squad, which ran 10:04.39 for 2nd at the same championships. Junior • 6-2 • Shot/Discus/Hammer Personal: Owen Ward Kimple is the son of James and Emily Kimple and has a younger brother. Blacklick, Ohio • Columbus Gahanna Acad. College of Engineering Mike Kippins Top Performances Junior • 5-7 • Jumps/Sprints Discus...... 170-11 Hammer...... 151-7 Latham, N.Y. • Shaker HS 35-lb. Weight. . 50-0 1/2 Shot Put...... 48-9 College of Arts and Sciences 2007-08 In Review Top Performances At Cornell: Jaffee continued to make some dramatic gains in his throwing during his sophomore Triple Jump ...... 46-11 year at Cornell. A consummate technician who is as dedicated to his lifting as he is to his technique, 500m ...... 1:04.07 he was able to add over 15 feet to his freshman year mark in the discus. Jaffee was Cornell’s top 400m Hurdles ...... 53.75 discus thrower, finishing third at the Outdoor Heps and qualifying for the IC4A meet and the the NCAA regional championships. His throw of 170-11 was good enough to move him to fifth all-time. At Cornell: Following an exceptional freshman year that was cut short by injury, expectations were He is also a very good shot putter and has picked up the weight and hammer, where he has shown high for Kippins to have a fantastic sophomore season. As a freshman, he finished second at the Heps good potential in both. Look for him to continue to improve and to be an even bigger factor in Ivy in the 500m, establishing a new freshman record of 1:04.08, and ran a leg on the championship League throwing. 4x400m team that set a new Heptagonal Games championship record of 3:12.96. Kippins started Records History and At Columbus Academy: Jaffee finished second in 2006 at the Ohio state championship discus the indoor season of 2008 somewhat tentatively and slowly rounded into form, again placing at in Division III and was his region’s champion in the discus. The two-time state qualifier was also a the Indoor Heps and then running an excellent leg on the 4x400m at the IC4As that set the school member of the 4x100 and 4x200 relay, a starter on his high school basketball team and a goalie in and Ivy Record at 3:10.19. He also recorded a 1:53.5 split during the indoor season in a 4x800 relay. soccer. His HS bests were 51’3” in the shot and 155” in the discus. Training for the 400m hurdles during the outdoor season, he dropped his time to 53.75 and made Personal: Scott Jaffee is the son of Steve and Diane Jaffee. the finals at the Heps and ran a solid leg on the winning 4x400m relay. His best race of the year came at the NCAA regionals, where deft running gave him a 47.1 split before Seabrook got knocked to the Gary JOnes track on the anchor. NCAA regionals and a Heps championship are his goals for 2009. Junior • 6-1 • Jumps At Shaker: Scored at the state meet in the triple jump and intermediate hurdles as well as leading his 4x800m team to All-American status indoors and outdoors. Rochester, N.Y. • Schroeder HS This Is Cornell Human Biology, Health and Society Personal: Mike Kippins is the son of Marylin Kippins. Top Performances Triple Jump ...... 50-7 1/2 Long Jump...... 23-10

At Cornell: After a long and torturous road, Jones is ready to have the season he has been hoping for. Following a high school national championship where he recorded a personal best of 51-5, he went to Arkansas but transferred after a season to Cornell to pursue his academic goals and continue 2008-09 Cornell Big Red Cross Country/Track and Field www.CornellBigRed.com • 23 Josh Kirkpatrick Andy Miller Junior • 6-2 • Pole Vault Senior • 5-10 • Mid-Distance London, Ontario • Saunders Secondary Lebanon, Pa. • Cedar Crest HS College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Plant Science Top Performances Top Performances Pole Vault...... 16-4 3/4 Van Cortlandt Park. . . 25:25.8 1500m ...... 3:46.24 800m ...... 1:51.14 Mile...... 4:06.19 1000m ...... 2:26.33 3000m ...... 8:20.10 General Information General At Cornell: Following a freshman year that saw flashes of brilliance, Kirkpatrick made many of the improve- At Cornell: Following a dedicated summer and fall of 2007 in which he put in up to 100 miles per ments more permanent. His consistency rose dramatically, making him able to open at high heights every meet. week, Miller exhibited as much improvement in all three seasons as any runner in recent Cornell his- Harnessing his immense ability has been the biggest challenge. He ran under 10.90 for the 100m and spanned tory. Having never broken 27:00 for an 8k cross-country race prior to his junior year, Miller arrived in 23-3 in the long jump to qualify for the IC4As as a sophomore and has excellent body awareness and is getting dramatic fashion as a harrier in 2007, steadily improving both fitness and confidence throughout the closer and closer to putting it all together. His best meets last year came in winning the Indoor Heps Champion- season, running 25:12 for 8k at Notre Dame and 25:02 at Pre-NCAAs. He anchored himself firmly in ship, making him the seventh Cornell vaulter to win a Heps championship in the last seven years. Kirkpatrick the top seven by mid-season and was the fifth runner for the Big Red at Heps with a 25th-place show- now sits fifth on the all-time list indoors and out with his clearances of 16-5, and continued improvements in ing and a fine time of 25:25.8 at Van Cortlandt Park. He then ran fourth for Cornell at the Northeast aggressiveness and concentration at the higher heights will reap big dividends. Look out in 2009. Last year he regional to nicely cap off a fine season. Indoors, Miller put his fall fitness gains to use in a big way, first was the third-ranked vaulter form his home country of Canada. He also joined in on the school-record setting recording a huge PR of 8:20.10 for 3k, then establishing the fifth-best indoor mile time in Big Red his-

Meet the Coaches team in the Shuttle Hurdle Relay that broke the world record, set by the great Cornell team of ’51. tory, a 4:06.19. At the indoor Heps in Barton Hall, Miller gave the home fans a thrill and the team a shot At Saunders: Kirkpatrick was a provincial runner-up and junior national qualifier. of inspiration when he charged to the lead of the mile final with 120 meters remaining and wound Personal: Joshua Kirkpatrick is the son of Kelly Kirkpatrick and has a sister, Nicole. up second to the defending champion in a tight finish. The confident running and strong showings by Miller and teammate Charlie Hatch in the mile set the tone for fearless, courageous performances by Andrew Levy virtually every Cornell athlete, and the Big Red stormed to an overwhelming team victory. Outdoors, Senior • 6-0 • Distance Miller continued with an early-season 1,500m of 3:46.24 (fifth-best all-time) and finished fourth in a Chappaqua, N.Y. • Horace Greeley HS very strong field in the top 1,500m section at the Sea Ray Relays. He excelled once again at the Penn Philosophy Relays with a 4:00.9 split on the 1,600m leg, as the squad finished seventh in the Championship of America section with 9:37.70, the second-best time in school history. Miller added another second Top Performances place Heps finish in the outdoor 1,500m and tacked on an 800m PR of 1:51.14 at IC4As. Season Outlook 800m (relay split)...... 1:50.5 At Cedar Crest: Miller was the runner-up in the Pennsylvania state meet in the 800 meters and 1500m ...... 3:53.50 sported a best time of 1:54.61. Personal: Andrew Michael Miller is the son of Bill and Shawn Miller and has an older brother.

At Cornell: After struggling mightily with low iron as a freshman, Levy has made consistent and re- Jay Pierce markable improvement and now represents a possible Heps scoring threat as a middle distance runner. Junior • 6-7 • High Jump Confined mostly to prelim relay duty for his first few seasons, Levy produced occasional surprising perfor- Solon, Ohio • Solon HS mances which became more frequent the more he raced. As a junior, he delivered his most eye-opening Mechanical Engineering race yet, a 1:50.5 split in the prelims of the IC4A 4x800m, and followed with a relaxed-looking 1:52.0 split to assume the lead in the final. Levy also slashed nearly five seconds off his 1,500m PR as a junior with a Top Performances Meet The Big Red time of 3:53.50, and ran an unofficial 3:51.8 in a late-season intra-squad race. Now that he has shown he High Jump...... 6-8 1/2 can be competitive at the collegiate level, Levy will be counted on as an 800m go-to man as a senior. At Horace Greeley: Levy recorded a time of 4:17.44 for 1,600 meters as a junior before being ham- pered by injuries as a senior. Personal: Andrew S. Levy is the son of Ross and Janet Levy, and he has an older brother and a At Cornell: After having a typical freshman year where there were constant struggles, Pierce had younger sister, Alana, who competes for the Cornell women’s track and field team. a solid second season at Cornell. Improvements in mental and physical consistency propelled him to a big PR of 6-8 1/2 at the Heps, which also qualified him for the IC4As. An injury to his takeoff Sam Luff foot forced him out of competition for almost two months, but he came back strong at the outdoor Senior • 5-7 • Distance Heps to finish fifth. Further improvements in the weight room could make him the third Cornell high 2007-08 In Review jumper to make the regional meet in 2009. Emmaus, Pa. • Emmaus HS At Solon: Pierce scored in the high jump at the Ohio state championships and was nationally ranked Industrial and Labor Relations as a senior. Top Performances Personal: Jay Benjamin Pierce is the son of John and Christy Pierce and has a brother, Chadd. Van Cortlandt Park 8K...... 25:31.0 Julian Remouns 5000m ...... 14:35.89 Sophomore • 5-10 • Jumps 10,000m...... 30:34.67 Washingtonville, N.Y. • Washingtonville HS At Cornell: The 2008 cross-country captain, Luff experienced gains in fitness, confidence and consistency College of Agriculture and Life Sciences during the previous year. In cross-country, he was a regular in the top seven and lowered his Van Cortlandt Records and HistoryRecords Top Performances Park 8k PR twice, first as the team’s seventh man at Heps and again when he earned All-East honors with a Triple Jump ...... 47-11 1/2 10th-place finish at the IC4A Championships with a solid time of 25:31.0 on the storied course. In between those meets, Luff ran fifth for Cornell at the Northeast regional with a fine effort at Franklin Park. Luff spent the indoor season building fitness, which came to fruition outdoors when he ran an excellently-paced 10k of 30:34.67 at Bucknell, a PR by over a minute. He followed that performance with an 11-second 5k PR at At Cornell: Remouns had a typical freshman season in the triple jump where there were more the Penn Relays before finishing eighth in the 5k at the Heps and 11th in the 10k at the IC4As. downs than ups as he learned new techniques and overhauled his techniques. The former New York At Emmaus: High school highlights included 20th place in the Foot Locker Northeast Regional cross- state champion started to come around right at the end of the year and qualified for the IC4As with a country meet and runner-up finishes at the 2004 Pennsylvanian state cross country meet as well as jump of 47-11 1/2. Look for continued improvements in 2009, as there’s still a lot to work on. the 2005 Penn Relays 3,000 meters. Luff also ran an excellent time of 9:10.14 for 3,200 meters. At Washingtonville: Remouns was the New York state champion indoors and outdoors with a best This Is Cornell Personal: Samuel Slamon Luff is the son of Janie Slamon and Bruce Luff and has a younger brother effort of 47-11. and sister. 24 • www.CornellBigRed.com 2008-09 Cornell Big Red Cross Country/Track and Field Personal: Julian Christopher Remouns is the son of George Remouns and Janet Bartlett-Remouns, Indoors, his throw of 55- 7 was good enough to qualify him for the IC4As and was a three-foot and he has an older brother and a younger sister. improvement over his freshman year. Outdoors, Silverstrim continued his good throwing, qualifying General Information for the Penn Relays in the hammer and improving his PR to almost 170 feet. As his technique and strength continue to improve, so too should his distances. Look for him to be over 60 feet in the eRIK rONEKER weight and close to 200 feet in the hammer in the 2009 season. Senior • 6-3 • Weights At Amity: Silverstrim was an excellent all-around athlete at Amity as he was all-state in both foot- Groton, N.Y. • Groton HS ball and track. He was the outdoor state champion in the discus and was a Nike Indoor scorer in the Natural Resources weight where he threw over 60 feet. Personal: Damian Silverstrim is the son of Christine Silverstrim. He is enrolled in the College of Top Performances Engineering. Discus...... 155-2 Shot Put. . . . . 55-11 3/4 Meet the CoachesMeet Hammer...... 194-4 35-lb. Weight. . 64-5 1/4 Jim Smith Senior • 6-3 • Jumps Havertown, Pa. • Cardinal O’Hara HS At Cornell: Erik continued his meteoric rise as one of the Ivy League’s best throwers. His hard work Materials Science and Engineering and dedication to his training and technique enabled him to be Cornell’s top thrower last year. In- Top Performances doors, he recorded the farthest throw in the Ivy League last year in the 35-lb. weight as he improved to over than 64 feet in winning his first Heps championship. His throw of 64-5 1/4 ranks him fourth High Jump...... 6-11 all-time and was a provisional NCAA qualifier. He finished third in the Heps shot put and was an IC4A qualifier indoors in both the weight and shot, the latter throwing 55-11 3/4, fourth all-time.

Outdoors, Roneker was an NCAA regional qualifier in both the hammer (194-4, sixth all-time) and Outlook Season the shot put (55-5 1/4, seventh all-time). In addition, he was an IC4A qualifier and a Heps scorer in At Cornell: The 2008 season was a breakout year for Smith as he broke off the shackles of a rough the hammer, where he finished third, the shot, where he finished second, and the discus. His rapid sophomore year to finish fourth at the indoor Heps and third at the outdoor meet. Saving his best improvement and contribution to the team earned him two additional honors as he was voted the indoor jumping for the indoor championships, he improved all the way to 6-10 1/2, a nearly three- team’s top weight man and was elected one of the team captains for the 2009 season. Given his at- inch PR, and then went 6-11 during the outdoor season to qualify for both the IC4As and the NCAA tention to detail and his dedication to his training, look for Roneker to make an even greater impact regional championships. Harnessing his talents has taken time and faith in himself. Technically, he on the team and the league in 2009. has developed an excellent run and needs to develop consistency to boom jumps which will lead At Groton: Roneker was a two-year member of the high school varsity, qualifying for the state him to his ultimate goal of 7-0. Look for further improvements in 2009. He has the ability to do it. indoor championships in the shot put. He was also a member of the high school golf and bowling At Cardinal O’Hara: Smith was a league champion and an all-state honoree in the high jump. team. His high school PR’s were 47’8 shot put and 143’ discus. Personal: Jim Smith is the son of Jim and Joan Smith. Personal: Erik Ralph Roneker is the son of Karl and Carol Roneker and he has a brother, Keith who The Big RedMeet also attended Cornell. Dale Taylor Junior • 5-10 • Distance Eric Ryan Pittstown, N.J. • North Hunterdon Regional HS Senior • 6-0 • Mid-Distance Electrical and Computer Engineering Kingwood, W. Va. • Central Preston HS Top Performances Civil Engineering 3000m ...... 8:30.40 Top Performances 10,000m...... 30:51.13

1000m ...... 2:29.92 2007-08 In Review 1500m ...... 3:53.20 At Cornell: After a freshman year which saw him post a respectable 14:56.83 for 5k, Taylor con- Mile...... 4:13.29 tinued to work his way up through the college ranks as a sophomore, setting three indoor personal bests for the 3k distance while balancing a competitive disposition with good pace judgment. Out- At Cornell: Despite having setbacks from anemia and foot injuries at times during his first few doors, Taylor executed an evenly-paced 10k at Bucknell, moving up throughout the race, and was years, Ryan has been a paragon of dedication, patiently persevering with training and racing, and rewarded with an IC4A-qualifying performance of 30:51.13, an improvement of 51 seconds over his has shown tantalizing flashes of great talent in the middle distances. As a sophomore, he earned his freshman time for the distance. A durable high-mileage runner, Taylor aims to parlay his success in first all-conference honor when ran the leadoff leg on the DMR squad which finished second at the the long track events to the cross-country scene in 2008. indoor Heps with a time of 9:53.92, the fifth-best indoor time in Cornell history. As a junior, Ryan set At North Hunterdon Regional: Taylor finished fourth in the New Jersey Meet of Champions with an indoor mile PR and made his first individual Heps final with another PR in the 1,000m. Outdoors, a 4:18.15 PR for 1,600m and posted a best time of 9:28.73 for 3,200m. he established a lifetime best of 3:53.20 for 1,500m. Records History and Personal: Dale Allen Taylor is son of Marguerite and Todd Taylor and has one older and one younger sister. At Central Preston: Ryan won four events at the 2004 West Virginia state meet. He started things off with a 1:51.9 carry to lead his team to victory in the 4x800 before coming back to set the state Duane Teixeira record (4:14.03) in the 1,600. He later won the open 800 and anchored the 4x400 to another title. Junior • 6-0 • Jumps Ryan ran open PRs of 49.90 (400m), 1:56.36 (800m), 4:14.03 (1600m) and 9:33.49 (3200m), and was the state runner-up in cross-country. Melrose, Mass. • Melrose HS Personal: Eric William Ryan is the son of Karina Ryan and has an older brother. College of Engineering Top Performances Damian Silverstrim Triple Jump ...... 50-7

Junior • 6-4 • Weights Long Jump...... 24-0 1/2 This Is Cornell Bethany, Conn. • Amity HS Civil and Environmental Engineering At Cornell: During his first year, Teixeira received the Most Outstanding Freshman award for his ef- Top Performances forts. The former Massachusetts state champ in the high jump, he showed dramatic improvements 35-lb. Weight...... 55-7 1/2 in the long jump as he spanned 24-3 to finish second at the Indoor Heps and third at the outdoor Shot Put...... 47-8 meet. Following a major technical overhaul in the triple jump during his freshman year, he bounded Hammer...... 166-0 all the way to 50-7 as a sophomore, putting him number seven all-time at Cornell and qualifying him for the NCAA regionals. Achieving his goals for 2008 of 24 feet and 50 feet, Teixeira has set his At Cornell: Silverstrim made some significant improvements in 2007 in his technique and perfor- sights on 25 feet and 52 feet this year as well as a berth at the NCAA meet in June. He has scored mances. His best event right now is the weight, but the hammer will eventually be his best event. valuable points in both events at the Heps while being in the shadow of national champions Mu- 2008-09 Cornell Big Red Cross Country/Track and Field www.CornellBigRed.com • 25 hammad Halim and Rayon Taylor, this should be his year. He pays great attention to the details of time in Ivy League history. A consistently great leadoff leg, van Eeden is the guy who always gets it getting better but sometimes gets distracted by them. Better focus on the key ingredients will yield going, both on and off the track, and never backs down, as demonstrated by his 46.8 leadoff at the big improvements. Teixeira was also an USTFCCCA All-Academic selection in 2008. NCAA regional in 2008. He has been the lead-off leg on five of the top ten 4x400m teams in Cornell At Melrose: Teixeira was a state champion in the high jump and also scored in the long jump and history. As a sophomore, he showed his toughness by running the 400m leg of the Distance Medley triple jump. at Penn Relays in 47.2 and coming back 30 minutes later with a lead-off of 47.0 in the 4x400m Personal: Duane Teixeira is the son of David and Hiromi Teixeira and has an older sister and a victory, a win that was repeated in 2008. His best outdoor 400m is 47.33, which puts him fourth brother who ran at MIT. all-time. Look for 2009 to be the culmination of all the hard work so far, as he and the coaches have hopes of running in the 46.50 range and putting the school indoor and outdoor records in his name. T.J. Toro In his only 800m of the year, he posted a solid 1:53.47, a testament to his fearlessness and fitness. Senior • 6-4 • Multi-Events At West Morris Mendham: A two-sport star, van Eeden was named the conference’s defensive

General Information General Miller Place, N.Y. • St. Anthony’s HS player of the year as a senior at West Morris Medham HS. He was a first-team all-league selection for Biometry and Statistics the 10-1 league champions and earned recognition on the New Jersey Football Coaches Association Super 100 list. As a senior, van Eeden posted 56 tackles, including seven for loss, with five sacks and Top Performances two interceptions. He also blocked three punts. On the track, van Eeden was ranked among the top Heptathlon...... 4875 five runners nationally in the 600 meters and has posted a 48.60 for 400 meters. Decathlon...... 6222 Personal: Marcel Jevan van Eeden is the son of Jaco van Eeden and has two younger sisters. Jimmy Wyner At Cornell: For two years in a row, what looked like a promising season was cut short by injury. Prior Senior • 5-11 • Mid-Distance/Distance to getting hurt, Toro had moved up to number three all-time in the Heptathlon and looked poised to

Meet the Coaches Somers Point, N.J. • Mainland Regional HS claim the school record with improvements in almost every event. In his final year, he will continue to do the multis with his sights set on scoring over 5000 and 6800, but he will also focus more on Biometry and Statistics the pole vault, where he has shown dramatic potential, clearing 15-3 with limited practice. All-East Top Performances as a freshman and seventh all-time, he could jump close to 23 feet in the long jump and has a best Van Cortlandt Park 8K. . . 24:32.0 Mile...... 4:03.48 of 6-5 in the high jump. 800m ...... 1:48.64 3000m ...... 8:18.56 At St. Anthony’s: Toro was a five-time all-league selection in track at St. Anthony’s HS. A team 1000m ...... 2:24.58 5000m ...... 14:21.59 captain for both the track and golf teams as a senior, Toro also lettered in basketball. 1500m ...... 3:42.66 Personal: Anthony Joseph Toro is the son of Tony and Lynn Toro. At Cornell: One of the most talented and versatile runners in Cornell history, Wyner returns for the 2009 track seasons after a semester away from school. Wyner has been a force in the conference

Season Outlook Marcel van Eeden and has set records since his freshman year. He owns individual school records in the indoor 800m Senior • 5-10 • Sprints (1:51.22) and 1,000m (2:24.58) and outdoor 800m (1:48.64), and has been a part of three school Gladstone, N.J. • West Morris Mendham HS record relays – the indoor 4x800m (7:26.74), the outdoor DMR (9:33.32) and the 4xMile (16:29.21). Applied Economics and Management He has won the indoor Heps title in the 800m and has four runner-up finishes in individual con- ference track events, three on relays and one in cross-country. He has run the fastest leg on each Top Performances of Cornell’s 4x800m teams that won five consecutive IC4A titles. His time of 24:32 for the historic 400m ...... 47.33 Van Cortlandt Park 8k course ranks as the second-best performance in Cornell history at that site. Wyner’s return to the Big Red track team should provide an enormous boost to the strong middle distance group, which is already a major presence in the conference and nationally-competitive in the long relays. Meet The Big Red At Cornell: A co-captain for the Big Red for his senior season, van Eeden finally figured it out right at At Mainland Regional: Wyner captured the group championship in both the 800m and 1,600m the end of his junior season. After lowering his PR to 47.94 and recording the second-best 400m all- before winning the Meet of Champions in the 1,600m. He had high school bests of 1:53.09 for 800m time indoors and garnering All-East recognition by scoring at the IC4As as a sophomore, the South and 4:11.49 for 1,600m. African native came on strong in 2008 to finish second at the Indoor Heps in the 400m and lead off Personal: James Michael Wyner is the only child of Jim and Ann Wyner. the 4x400m team that won the IC4As and qualified for the NCAA regionals at 3:10.19, the fastest 2007-08 In Review Records and HistoryRecords

Senior Aaron Gadson will help to lead a strong jumps group into the 2008-09 sea- Senior Andy Miller will seek to improve on his breakout junior season that saw him

This Is Cornell son for the Big Red. qualify for the NCAA East Regional as well as grab a pair of runner-up finishes in the mile and 1500m at the indoor and outdoor Heps Championships. 26 • www.CornellBigRed.com 2008-09 Cornell Big Red Cross Country/Track and Field Meet The Big Red Newcomers General Information Chase Aaronson Josh Cusick Nick Huber Palm Springs, Calif. San Jose, Calif. Leopold, Ind. College of Arts and Sciences School of Industrial and Labor Relations College of Arts and Sciences After some dominating early season performances as a senior One of the top vaulters in California with a best of 16-0 3/4, A stellar basketball player who is just scratching the surface he was slowed by injury. He owns bests of 10.82 in the 100m he’s multitalented and hopes to expand into the Decathlon in track, Huber posted solid times in the HH 14.47, 300IH at and 22-9 in the LJ and is a determined competitor. where he has a best of 6478 and was a Junior National final- 38.0, along with a 6-6 in the High Jump. He’s also run 50 for ist. He has the potential to score in both events right away. the 400 and will try the Multi events during the fall. K.C Aharanwa

Dallas, Texas Ryan Donelan John Means the CoachesMeet College of Arts and Sciences Hightstown, NJ Philomath, Ore. A Regional finalist in the Triple Jump with a best of 46-8, K.C College of Arts and Sciences College of Agriculture and Life Sciences will also play football at Cornell as a linebacker. A powerful Out of almost nowhere Donelan dropped impressive times Means comes to Cornell from Northern Arizona University athlete with room for improvement. during his senior year. He ran 10.6 and showed range with a where earned All Big Sky honors in the DMR and displayed 49.01 to be one of the top runners from New Jersey. great range by scoring individually in the mile as well as the Chris Arlinghaus 10k in 2007. North Olmsted, Ohio Vince Formica College of Engineering Chalfont, Pa. Kenny McClain When he learns how to jump, watch out. At 6’7 he’s got the Applied Economics and Management Jacksonville, Fla. Season Outlook Season tools and in college will just do track. He has a best of 6-7 but A powerhouse, Formica made the finals at the state meet in College of Human Ecology should improve dramatically like Huyler and Pell. both the Long Jump (22-11) and the 60. Injuries slowed his A very tough runner from the super fast state of Florida. The outdoor season. Has also scored over 6200 in the Decathlon State Champion, he posted the 6th fastest 300IH in the na- Bob Belden so the athleticism is there. tion at 36.64 and was selected as an All-American. Has run Indianapolis, Ind. numerous 47 second relay splits and will challenge for a spot College of Human Ecology Baldemar Garza on the 4x400. He’s looking forword to the 400IH and could go 2008 Indiana State Champion and high school All-American Rio Grande, Texas under 51.00 as a freshman and possibly make the NCAAs. in the discus with a best of 195-4 who also has a best of 58-6 College of Human Ecology in the shot put. Belden who also won the Midwest Meet of One of the top sprinters from the valley he posted an excel- Daniel Thomas Champions placed third at the Nike Outdoor Nationals and lent time in the 100 at 10.65 and advanced to the ultra com- San Diego, Calif. The Big RedMeet ended up ranked 15th in the US last year. petitive regional finals. He should find a home in the 4x100m School of Hotel Administration right away. Another athlete whose senior year was cut short by injury, Ted Brinkofski Thomas ran 48.36 in the 400 as a junior. He has also jumped Somerset, N.J. Phil Goettert 22-4 in the LJ and 45-9 in the TJ and could surprise a lot of College of Arts and Sciences Baton Rouge, LA people. Brinkofski captured the New Jersey Parochial A state cross College of Arts and Sciences country title as a senior by running a stellar 16:04 at Holm- Goettert was an eight-time state champion in Lousiana, hav- Steven Wexler del. He missed his senior track season with a serious stress ing won state titles in the 800m, 1600m, 3200m and cross Bergenfield, N.J. fracture and hopes to be ready to compete in time for track country. College of Arts and Sciences 2007-08 In Review season. Quietly moving toward the top, Wexler ran 54.89 in the Dan Hagberg 400IH, sub-50 in the 400 and under 1:58 in the 800 and could Matt Cato St. Charles, Ill. surprise at Cornell. Spring Valley, N.J. School of Industrial and Labor Relations College of Human Ecology A top hurdler from Illinois, Hagberg has best of 14.11 for the Barnett Wu A broken leg in a freak accident on the track eliminated his High Hurdles and has run 38.00 for the 300IH. Fearless with Plainsboro, N.J. senior year. Once healthy look for Cato to challenge the top good speed, he should make the transition to the college College of Hotel Administration guys in the 200 and 400. hurdles quickly. NJ Group 3 Section Champion in the discus with a best of 173-

5, he also threw 54-10 in the shot at the Nike Indoor Meet. Records History and This Is Cornell

Nate Crabtree (right), who posted the third-fastest indoor 200m team in Cornell history last year, will lead a Marcel van Eeden holds the fourth-best outdoor 400m time in school history and will serve as one of four team talented group of young sprinters into the 2008-09 season. captains for the Big Red men in 2008-09.

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