2008 WAKE FOREST TRACK AND FIELD MEDIA GUIDE

GENERAL INFORMATION Quick Facts WFU ON THE WEB E-MAIL SERVICE Table of Contents/Credits ...... 1 Log on to the official Wake Please contact Media ...... 2-3 2008 TRACK & FIELD INFORMATION Forest University athletic website Relations Athletics Assistant Katy Strength and Conditioning ...... 4 Director ...... Annie Schweitzer Bennett to find updated track & field infor- Hamlett ([email protected]) to Sports Medicine ...... 5 Bennett’s Email ...... [email protected] mation all season. The site will be added to the Wake Forest Track Student-Athlete Services ...... 6 Bennett’s Phone ...... 336-758-4871 Assistant Director ...... Scott Hall include rosters, schedules, results, & Field e-mail service which game stories, feature stories, pic- includes press releases, postgame THE COACHING STAFF Hall’s Email ...... [email protected] Director of Track and Field Hall’s Phone ...... 336-758-5860 tures, season statistics and recaps, weekly releases and addi- Annie Bennett ...... 7 Assistant Coach ...... Amber Larsen archived history. Following the tional updates. Larsen’s Email ...... [email protected] Men’s Head Coach Scott Hall ...... 8 conclusion of meets, recaps and Larsen’s Phone ...... 336-758-3872 results can be found on the web at PHOTOGRAPHERS Assistant Coach Mike Bennett ...... 9 Assistant Coach ...... David Duggan Assistant Coach Matt Kerr ...... 9 Duggan’s Email ...... [email protected] : WakeForestSports.com. Photographers may shoot Assistant Coach Amber Larsen ...... 9 Duggan’s Phone ...... 336-758-4872 from the roof of the press box, or Assistant Coach John Williams ...... 9 Volunteer Assistant Coaches ...... Mike Bennett CREDENTIALS down on the track, so long as their Volunteer Assistant Coaches ...... 10 ...... Chris Boyles Photographers and mem- presence does not hinder the com- ...... Brian Clymer bers of the media who wish to pletion of the race in any way. THE 2007 DEMON DEACONS ...... Chris Helwick cover a Wake Forest track & field ...... Lela Nelson Men’s Team ...... 10-18 meet at Kentner Stadium should FINDING KENTNER STADIUM Women’s Team ...... 19-25 Track & Field Fax ...... 336-758-4565 Track & Field Mailing Address ...... P.O. Box 7346 contact the WFU Media Relations Kentner Stadium is located Office in advance at (336) 758- in the center of Wake Forest WAKE FOREST TRACK AND FIELD HISTORY ...... Winston-Salem, NC 27109 Early History ...... 26 Track & Field Facility ...... Kentner Stadium 5640 to be placed on the media University campus just southeast Kentner Stadium ...... 27 gate list. Statistics and notes will of the stoplight intersection on UNIVERSITY INFORMATION be made available to the media campus. Location ...... Winston-Salem, N.C. prior to each meet in the Kentner THE RECORD BOOK Founded ...... 1834 2007/08 Indoor Results/Honors . . . . .28 Enrollment ...... 4,412 Stadium press box. FROM BUSINESS 40 2007 Outdoor Results/Honors ...... 29 School Colors ...... Old Gold & Black In downtown Winston- Men’s All-Time Performance List . . . . .30-31 Conference ...... Atlantic Coast PLAYER/COACH INTERVIEWS Salem, take the Cherry St. exit and Women’s All-Time Performance List . . .32-33 President ...... Dr. Nathan O. Hatch All interviews with Demon go right at the top of the ramp. Olympians and Team USA Members . . . .34 Athletic Director ...... Ron Wellman Deacon players should be arranged Proceed north through the down- All-Time Records ...... 35 through the Media Relations town. Men’s Record Book ...... 36-37 MEDIA RELATIONS Office. Please allow 24 hours for Cherry St. becomes Women’s Record Book ...... 38-39 Assistant AD, Media Relations ...... Steve Shutt Demon Deacon Athletics ...... 40 Associate Director ...... TBA requests to be arranged. No inter- University Pkwy. Continue north for Assistant Director ...... Scott Wortman views will be scheduled prior to 2.5 miles. You will pass Lawrence ADMINISTRATION Assistant Director ...... TBA meets on meet days. Joel Coliseum on your right. One President Nathan O. Hatch ...... 41 Track & Field Contact ...... Katy Hamlett Head Coaches Annie mile ahead, the road will split. Hamlett Phone (o) ...... 336-758-4120 Athletics Director Ron Wellman . . . . .42 Bennett and Scott Hall may be Bear left to stay on University Hamlett Phone (c) ...... 615-414-7493 Track and Field Support Staff ...... 43 Hamlett E-mail ...... [email protected] contacted directly in their offices. Pkwy. About 1/2 mile ahead, turn Deacon Club ...... 44 Fax ...... 336-758-5140 The best time to reach the Deacon left into the Wake Forest University Media Relations Mailing Address ...... P.O. Box 7426 coaching staff is from 10 am to 1 campus...... Winston-Salem, NC 27109 pm Monday through Friday. Take a left at the stoplight on Overnight Address ...... 310 Miller Center campus, you’ll pass Reynolds ...... 1834 Wake Forest Road COVERING A MEET Gymnasium on your right and you’ll ...... Winston-Salem, NC 27109 Post-meet interviews will be see Kentner Stadium just behind Website ...... www.WakeForestSports.com held on the Kentner Stadium field Reynolds Gym and the Manchester shortly after the meet ends. Please Athletic Center. GUIDE CREDITS notify a member of the WFU The 2008 Wake Forest University Track and Field Guide is a Media Relations staff of any product of the Wake Forest Media Relations Department. requests. The writing, design portions and covers were done by media Post-meet summaries will relations assistant Katy Hamlett. Photography by Ken Bennett, Bob Hebert and University archives. Special thanks be available at the Wake Forest to media relations student assistants Christie Upton and Media Relations Office shortly Wilder Harte. after the end of the meet. Access to work space, telephones and a fax machine will be made available and a member of the Wake Forest Media Relations staff will carry out any fax requests you may have.

WFU ATHLETICS COMPLIANCE OFFICE As a member of the ACC and NCAA, Wake Forest University is committed and obligated to the principle of institutional control and will maintain all aspects of its intercollegiate athletics program in full accordance with all University, ACC and NCAA rules. The Wake Forest University Athletics Compliance Office is the entity within the Athletics Department responsible to coordinate, administer, monitor and verify the accurate and timely completion of NCAA-required procedures and to assist in maintaining institutional compliance with all NCAA, ACC and University rules, as well as to investigate any poten- tial, and report all, violations of those rules. In addition, the Athletics Compliance Office provides educational programming and interpretive support to ensure that all individuals involved with the athletics program fully understand the University’s compliance expectations. All facets of the Athletics Compliance Office are overseen and directed by the Assistant Athletics Director for Compliance. All questions regarding NCAA rules should be directed to Todd Hairston, Assistant Athletics Director for Compliance at 336-758-4620. www.WakeForestSports.com 1 WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY

Location Winston-Salem, NC

Founded 1834 Wake Forest, NC

President Nathan O. Hatch, AB, AM, PHD

Status Private, coeducational, liberal arts

Motto “Pro Humanitate” (for humanity)

Team Nickname Demon Deacons

Athletic Conference Atlantic Coast

Fight Song “O Here’s To Wake Forest.”

Alma Mater “Dear Old Wake Forest.” ake Forest University is one of the nation’s premier School of Arts and Sciences, private liberal arts universities, but the Wake Forest the School of Law, the School Colors Wexperience distinguishes itself from others in many Babcock Graduate School of Old Gold and Black ways. Wake Forest offers students the opportunity to discover Management and the not only who they are, but also who they can become. Through Divinity School. The Undergraduate Tuition lessons learned in classrooms and labs, but also from the world Bowman Gray Campus is (2008-09) around them, Wake Forest students are challenged intellectu- home to the Wake Forest $36,560 ally and spiritually to become better students, and to become University School of better persons. Medicine. Enrollment Wake Forest is best described as a small school with the While much of (2007-08) academic resources of a large school. It is recognized for out- their learning takes Undergraduate: 4,412 standing teacher-scholars for whom teaching and research are place on campus, many Graduate & professional, and priorities; libraries with comprehensive collections of print and students make the Allied Health: 2,280 electronic material; technology that includes a laptop comput- world their classroom; Total: 6,778 er for every student; and an intimate educational environment about 50 percent of students have stud- of small classes and teacher-student interaction. ied abroad by the time they graduate. Many study at the In-state/out-of state A leader among American educational institutions, Wake University’s international residential centers: Flow House in 29%/71% Forest has annually received recognition from U.S. News & Vienna, Casa Artom in Venice, and Worrell House in London. World Report as one of the top schools in the nation. Barron’s Others participate in programs in Africa, Mexico, Cuba, Japan, Undergraduate faculty Guide to the Most Competitive Schools has also ranked Wake Russia, Spain and France. (full-time) Forest among the nation’s best public and private universities In April 2004, President Thomas K. Hearn Jr., announced 395 in the South. that he would retire in June 2005 after more than twenty years Wake Forest has an undergraduate enrollment of approx- as the institution’s twelfth president. In July 2005, Hearn was Academic majors imately 4,000. It is one of just a few remaining private schools succeeded by Dr. Nathan O. Hatch, the former provost at the 37 to offer a need-blind admissions program, in which qualified University of Notre Dame. students are accepted without regard to their financial need. A In May 2004, alumna and Professor of Psychology Library holdings caring community, big-time athletic programs, and supportive Deborah Best was named the new Dean of Wake Forest 1.5 million volumes alumni networks contribute to Wake Forest’s reputation as one College. Best succeeded Reynolds Professor of History Paul of the finest schools in the country. Escott, who stepped down after nine years as dean. Student/faculty ratio Steeped in rich history and tradition, Wake Forest was Also in the spring, Wake Forest was selected as one of 10:1 founded in 1834 in the town of Wake Forest, North Carolina, eight Kauffman Campuses by the Ewing Marion Kauffman and relocated seventy-five miles west to Winston-Salem, Foundation and will receive a $2.16 million grant to further Endowment North Carolina, in 1956. The picturesque Reynolda Campus, or entrepreneurship on campus. The grant, which will be matched 1.25 billion main campus, is home to the Undergraduate College, the by University fundraising, will allow Wake Forest to become a Calloway School of Business and Accountancy, the Graduate model for incorporating entrepreneurship into a liberal arts

2 2008 Wake Forest Track & Field SMALL IN SIZE. BIG IN RESOURCES. TALL AMONG NATIONAL UNIVERSITIES.

includes works by many of the nation’s most distinguished artists, such as Albert Bierstadt, Mary Cassatt, Frederic E. Church, John Singleton Copley, Stuart Davis, Georgia O’Keeffe, Jacob Lawrence and Grant Wood. Throughout its 170-year history, Wake Forest has honored its promise of giving the opportunity for a private education to those qualified individu- als who might not have the financial resources. The Campaign for Wake Forest: Honoring the Promise began in April 2001 with a goal of $450 million; the goal was increased in the spring of 2002 to $600 million, with $400 million projected for the Reynolda cam- pus and $200 million for the Bowman Gray campus. The campaign, which concluded in 2006, seeked to build an endowment, relative to the scope of the University and its offerings, which will assure Wake Forest’s com- petitiveness to attract eager and talented stu- dents and to hire and retain the excellent facul- ty who teach them. Thanks to the generosity and leadership of Wake Foresters across the coun- cam- try, nearly 250 scholarships, programs, and pus. The five-year plan professorships have been created or aug- for the grant includes establishing an office mented since the campaign’s inception. of entrepreneurship and liberal arts, adding Wake Forest offers plentiful opportuni- new entrepreneurship courses and faculty, ties for students and faculty to participate in creating a university Center for social and service activities. More than Entrepreneurship, and developing a fifth- 1,100 students regularly volunteer with the year entrepreneurship institute for recent Volunteer Service Corps (VSC). One popular university graduates pursuing new ventures. program is Project Pumpkin, which brings In 2003, the University dedicated the local children to campus to trick-or-treat in F.M. Kirby Wing of the Calloway Center for residence halls along University Plaza. Other Business, Mathematics and Computer projects include a spring carnival in conjunc- Science. The three-story project is named tion with Special Olympics, construction of after the F.M. Kirby Foundation, which homes for Habitat for Humanity, and alterna- donated $5 million for the addition. It tive break trips such as caring for the poor includes classroom and office space, and and elderly in India. breakout space for group meetings, as well From academic challenge to social as an entrepreneurial incubator -- a special development and spiritual growth, Wake center designed for entrepreneurial business Forest offers an unparalleled college experi- study. ence. Students find outstanding educational Construction continues on an educa- programs, the finest teacher-scholars, tional wing for Reynolda House, Museum of sophisticated computing and networking American Art, which became formally affili- technology, intimate class settings, a strong ated with Wake Forest in 2002. Reynolda sense of community and a competitive ath- House was originally built as the early 20th letic program. They leave Wake Forest with century home of R. J. Reynolds, founder of an ethically informed education that has pre- R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., and his wife, pared them not only for a career, but also for Katharine. a life in service to humanity. It is home to a collection of American art dating from the mid-18th century that

www.WakeForestSports.com 3 STRENGTH & CONDITIONING

uch of the work it takes to become a “We expect a total commitment from every These tools will afford Wake Forest’s student- successful student-athlete at Wake player when he or she steps into the strength athletes the opportunity to maximize their athlet- MForest doesn’t happen on the playing room,” Reeve said. “If our student-athletes are ic potential. field, the practice facility, the library or even the not attacking the weights, if they are not moving Mike Tolloti, one of Reeve’s assistants, works classroom. In order to become the best they can the bar quickly, we point it out as unacceptable. closely with the track and field program and con- possibly be, the athlete’s journey starts in the Every player must commit to get stronger, to be stantly monitors the progress of Wake Forest stu- weight room. more powerful and more explosive.” dent-athletes as well as the innovations in their Ethan Reeve is in his seventh year as the head To fulfill this commitment, Wake Forest totally developing field. strength and conditioning coach at Wake Forest. redesigned its Bob McCreary Strength and “What makes a difference is the work habits He has implemented a program that challenges Conditioning Center. Inside the 7,000 square foot of the student-athletes,” Reeve said. “They have each and every player to the utmost. It is his goal center are 20 workstations that each include a made a year-round commitment to improvement. to help each player to maximize their potential power rack, Olympic lifting platform, squat stand, We expect every player to work hard, to work while adding speed, strength and size. bumper and steel plates and a 90 degree bench. smart and to concentrate on their technique but Under the direction of Reeve, the program has Also available in the strength and conditioning more importantly to attack the weights.” adopted a new, aggressive attitude in making a center are wrestler twists pieces, medicine balls, commitment to winning. This commitment quick feet ladders, wooden pushing and pulling applies to the team’s efforts on the field and to its sleds, chin-up bars, two full sets of dumbbells and hard work and dedication in the strength room. a 10 by 30 foot tumbling mat.

ETHAN REEVE MIKE TOLLOTI Head Strength & Conditioning Track and Field Strength & Coordinator Conditioning Coordinator

DAVID BASS TODD HEDRICK Assistant Strength & Conditioning Assistant Strength & Conditioning Coordinator Coordinator

4 2008 Wake Forest Track & Field SPORTS MEDICINE

ports Medicine, which cares for all Demon Medical Center. As a result, all injured athletes An auxiliary facility was also included as part of Deacon student-athletes in the prevention, receive immediate attention from physicians with the overall athletic department office and facilities Streatment and rehabilitation of injuries, is rec- the highest credentials. renovation project. It provides a football-specific ognized as one of the most comprehensive and qual- Heading this group is Dr. David Martin, a area that allows for more efficient and effective pre- ified in the country. nationally recognized orthopedic surgeon, who is in practice preparation and treatment of athletes. A primary reason why Wake Forest is so high- his second year as the Director of Sports Medicine At Wake Forest, Collins is assisted by a staff of ly respected in this critical area is that since 1979 for the athletic department. seven certified athletic trainers. the Sports Medicine program has been closely asso- On campus, the Department of Sports Anne Bradley is the primary assistant for track ciated with the Wake Forest University Baptist Medicine is administered on a daily basis by and field and works closely with that sport, both on Assistant Athletic Director/Sports a daily basis at practice and in the often demanding Medicine Greg Collins. Collins, who area of rehabilitation. The Sports Medicine staff also came to Wake Forest in January of includes five other athletic trainers and a full-time 1997 after serving five years as head physical therapist. trainer at the University of Richmond, is enthusiastic about his position and the outstanding work being provided by his staff. “Wake Forest is recognized nationally for its excellence in sports medicine care and has a tremendous history for advancements in the area of athletic health care,” Collins says. “One of the greatest advantages we offer our student-athletes is that in the event of an injury, they can be seen at a well-renowned school of medicine by a physician without

delay. The fact all of our medical serv- DR. DAVID MARTIN GREG COLLINS ices are housed in one facility gives Director of Sports Medicine Assistant Athletic Director for us a greater variety of medical per- Sports Medicine sonnel from which to choose.” Aside from having the resources of a comprehensive Medical Center, another reason for Wake Forest’s solid reputation lies in its on-campus sports medicine facilities. Recent ren- ovation of the training room from 1,800 to 6,300 square feet allows for more rehabilitation equipment, weights and exercise materials. ANNE BRADLEY Track and Field Athletic Trainer

www.WakeForestSports.com 5 STUDENT-ATHLETE SERVICES

ake Forest has long been recognized THE MILLER CENTER championships is important, but of equal or more not only for its athletic achievements, The most recent addition to the Demon importance is giving our student-athletes the Wbut also for the outstanding academic Deacon athletic complex is the Kenneth D. Miller opportunity to reach their full academic potential achievements of its student-athletes. Center, a 50,000 square foot facility which was while helping them make graduation a reality.” Such impressive achievements do not come completed in the fall of 2001. Crowning the east easily or without tremendous support from the end of Kentner Stadium, the facility includes NATIONALLY-RANKED ACADEMIC PROGRAMS athletic department, where a staff of highly com- 15,000 square feet devoted to serving the aca-  Wake Forest was ranked 30th among mitted people in the area of academic counseling demic and personal development needs of the national universities by U.S. News & World Report play a significant role in the academic progress student-athlete. in 2006 and was recognized for its outstanding and the ultimate reward, a degree. “It provides our student-athletes with one of freshman experience. Jane Caldwell, director of academic coun- the finest academic facilities in the nation,”  The Calloway School of Business is ranked seling and assistant to the Dean of The College, Caldwell said. “Our staff wants to make sure that among the top 10 percent of undergraduate busi- and her staff offer academic support to more than Wake Forest student-athletes have an environ- ness programs in the United States. The Calloway 300 student-athletes. ment solely established for helping them get the School is ranked 29th in U.S. News and World Their headquarters is in the 50,000 square assistance they need to achieve academic and Report. foot Kenneth D. Miller Center. The facility personal success.”  Graduates of the Calloway School have includes wireless computer access, private study All Wake Forest student-athletes benefit from ranked in the top five in the nation in passing the carrels, work areas for individual and small group the facility. CPA exam for eight straight years. tutorial sessions, and a large conference room. “We deeply appreciate the Deacon Club  The medical school was in the top 50 by The Miller Center enables student-athletes to members who made this facility a reality,” direc- U.S. News and World Report. give their best effort in the classroom, as they do tor of athletics Ron Wellman said. “Their gener-  The Wall Street Journal ranked Wake on the field. ous contributions are evidence of their pride in our Forest’s graduate business school No. 11 overall, “As the university advances in its develop- university and in our athletic program. Pursuing the highest-ranked school in the Southeast. ment of future leaders, the athletic department is committed to continuing to provide our student- athletes with the encouragement and support they need,” Caldwell said. Student-Athlete Services provides student- athletes with individual and group tutoring, mandatory study hall for freshmen, career guid- ance, academic counseling, a library and other educational resources. These methods and tools are designed to give the student-athletes a proac- tive approach to achieving academic and person- DWIGHT LEWIS JANE CALDWELL ELIZABETH MILLER JULIE GRIFFIN al success. Associate Athletic Director for Assistant Athletic Director for Track and Field CHAMPS/Life Skills Coordinator Student-Athlete Services Academic Counseling Academic Counselor

6 2008 Wake Forest Track & Field DIRECTOR OF CROSS COUNTRY/TRACK AND FIELD ANNIE BENNETT

record by over 10 seconds. Annie Bennett The men’s team finished third at the 2006 ACC Outdoor Championships, hosted by Wake Forest at Kentner Director of Cross Country/ Stadium in April, its highest finish in seven years. Track & Field The 2006 cross country season also saw Sikes garner Head Coach - Men’s and Women’s Cross All-American honors after a 13th place result at the Country and Track and Field NCAA Cross Country Championships. Her time of Texas ‘88 21:09.2 on the 6k course beat out 240 other runners. In 2005, Bennett placed three athletes in the NCAA Championships. Senior Annie Bersagel took sixth in the One of America’s top distance runners in the mid-1980s, Annie Schweitzer Bennett enters her ninth 10,000-meters, earning All-America honors for the third season at the helm of the Wake Forest University track and field team. Bennett, who served as the consecutive year in that event. Lindsay Neuberger and head women’s track and field coach at Wake Forest for two years, became the Director of Wake Michael Bingham also competed in the NCAA Forest Track and Field following the 2001 season when the men’s and women’s programs merged. In Championships. Bingham, as a freshman, won the November of 2003, Bennett was one of title at the ACC Championships. five former athletes and coaches inducted The Bennett File into the Women’s Athletics Hall of Honor In the 2003 cross country season, Bennett coached the ACC Female Rookie of the Year, five All- at the University of Texas. Region athletes, three All-ACC selections and an All-American, en route to another stellar season in Full Name Demon Deacon Cross Country. The men finished fifth at the ACC Championships and Sean Stevens Annie Schweitzer Bennett Last season, Bennett helped guide Wake was an individual qualifier for the NCAA Championships. The women came in third at the ACC Forest to its best-finish ever at the NCAA Championship, followed by a ninth place finish at the NCAA Regionals and a 21st place spot at the Born Indoor Championship, tying for 14th place. NCAA Championships. October 29, 1965 in Salt Lake City, Utah A total of 10 records were set including six by the women’s squad and four by the Under the guidance of Bennett, five Demon Deacons earned All-ACC honors in the spring of 2003. Hired at Wake Forest men. The Demon Deacons place three Three individuals qualified for the NCAA Championships and Nikeya Green (800m) and Anne Bersagel August 28, 1999 student-athletes on the All-America team (10,000m) took home All-America honors. Five different Demon Deacons competed at the 2003 USA including Michael Bingham in the 400, Outdoor Track and Field Championships and nine school records were broken. Brent LaRue in the and All-Americans Michelle Sikes in the 5000 and 3000 In 2002, Bennett was named ACC Women’s Cross Country Coach of the Year as the Deacons shared 23 (22 at Wake Forest) meters. LaRue won the ACC their first-ever ACC Championship title with NC State. Bennett led the team to five first-place and two Championship in the heptathlon and Sikes second-place finishes on the season and received NCAA Southeast Regional Coach of the Year hon- NCAA Championship Qualifiers set a pair of school records before finish- ors after winning the NCAA Regional in Greenville, NC. The Deacons placed ninth in their first ever 36 (29 at Wake Forest) ing third in the 5K and fourth in the 3K at trip to the NCAA Championships since the program originated in 1978. Bennett saw three of her stu- the NCAA Championships. dent-athletes receive Academic All-America honors, including Anne Bersagel who was also named Conference Champions All-ACC, All-Region and All-America after an outstanding sophomore season. Bennett led Wake 30 (25 at Wake Forest) Sikes became Wake Forest’s first NCAA Forest women’s track and field squad to a fifth place finish indoors and eighth outdoors at the 2001 Champion during the 2007 Outdoor sea- ACC Championships and tied for 30th at both NCAA Championships. All-Conference Selections son. She captured the 5000 meters at the 85 (67 at Wake Forest) NCAA Championships with a school and Her 2000 women’s cross country team finished third at both the ACC Championships and the NCAA NCAA-record time of 15:16.76, smashing Regional Championships, before placing 29th at the NCAA Championships. The DMR team broke the Education the existing NCAA record of 15:24.06 set school record, won the ACC Championship and finished fourth at the NCAA Championships. Eight Bachelor’s Degree Texas 1988 by Stanford Lauren Fleshman. Sikes upset Demon Deacons earned All-ACC honors, three won ACC Championships and seven All-America cer- Master’s Degree SW Texas St. 1995 Texas Tech’s Sally Kipyego who was vying tificates were captured. Bennett’s top pupil, Sara Day, followed up with a runner-up finish at the ACC for an unprecedented fifth national title. Cross Country Championships with three All-American honors on the track, including a runner-up fin- Coaching Experience Sikes would go on to be named a Rhodes ish in the 10,000-Meter Run - the highest women’s finish in school history. Texas Assistant 1992-94 Scholar and qualify for the World Stephen F. Austin Head 1994-99 Championships in Japan. In 2001, Bennett directed a young cross country team to a seventh place finish at NCAA Regionals U.S. Jr. Cross Country Head 1999 and saw true freshman Bersagel automatically qualify individually for the NCAA Championships. U.S. Sr. Cross Country Head 2002 Wake Forest had a record 18 individuals Wake Forest Head 1999-pres. qualify for the NCAA Regionals with In her first season at the helm of the Demon Deacons, Bennett coached the cross country squad to Bingham, Sikes and the men’s 4x400 relay a fourth place finish at the ACC Championships and saw four different people earn all-conference hon- Athletic Experience team moving on to the national champi- ors, as well as Janelle Kraus and Jill Snyder earn All-American honors in both indoors and outdoors. onship event. Bingham finished fifth in the Texas Cross Country 1984-87 400 meters at the NCAA event. At the Texas Track & Field 1984-87 Prior to coming to Winston-Salem, Bennett was the head coach of the women’s track and cross ACC Outdoor Championships, the women country program at Stephen F. Austin State University for five years. Bennett has also served as the scored a record 54 points and set 11 head coach of the U.S. Junior Women’s Cross Country team. In March 2005, Bennett coached the Personal Honors records while the men also set a school U.S. Senior Women’s Cross Country team to a bronze medal in France. In 2007, she was an assistant • Six-time All-American record. coach for the USA team in the Pan American Games held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. • 1987 National Champion in 5,000m • Undefeated, 1987 cross country season In 2006, Bennett guided several of her Before moving to Stephen F. Austin, Bennett spent two years as the assistant coach for the women’s • Three-time SWC Champion in 3,000m student-athletes to stellar seasons on the track and field program at the University of Texas from 1992 through 1994. Her coaching stint at Texas • Three-time SWC Champion in 5,000m track. Her team earned 24 All-ACC awards followed a brilliant career with the Longhorns. A six- • SWC All-Decade Team (1980s) between the indoor and outdoor seasons. time All-American and NCAA Champion, Bennett was • Four-time All-SWC Selection Sikes became just the 19th Demon named to the Southwest Conference All-Decade • Member of Texas 1986 national championship Deacon to earn All-America honors after Team for her individual and team achievements during cross country team she finished fifth in the 5,000m at the the 1980s. A native of Baton Rouge, La., Bennett • Member of Texas 1986 national champion ship NCAA Outdoor Championships. Also at earned a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from the outdoor track team the outdoor championships, the 4x400m University of Texas in 1988 and earned a master’s • 1998 SWC Women’s Cross Country Coach of relay team of Michael Bingham, Willie degree in Interdisciplinary Studies from Southwest the Year Idlette, Brent LaRue and Eric Seely closed Texas State University in 1995. • 2002 ACC Women’s Cross Country Coach of the its season with an 11th-place result in a Year time of 3:06.31. This result came after the Bennett resides in Winston-Salem with her husband, • Inducted into University of Texas Women’s team shattered the previous school record Mike, their daughter, Carley and their son, Michael. Athletics Hall of Honor in 2003 in the event with a time of 3:05.48 at the NCAA East Regionals, breaking the old

www.WakeForestSports.com 7 HEAD COACH SCOTT HALL

In his 18 years, Hall coached 51 North The Hall File Scott Hall Central Conference Champions, 119 NCAA Division II national qualifiers, 77 Full Name All-Americans, and nine national champi- Scott Alan Hall Assistant Director of ons. In addition, more than 100 new school records were set. With the Born Track and Field Deacons, Hall has coached 11 NCAA April 19, 1958 Speed & Power Events Championship qualifiers and a pair of All- Americans. Saint Lawrence ‘80 Hired at Wake Forest During Hall’s tenure at Northern September 8, 2003 Colorado, his track and field athletes were named to the North Central All-Americans Dr. Scott Hall has served as the Assistant Director of Track and Field/Men’s Track and Field Head Conference All-Academic At-Large Team 77 Coach since 2005. This season, Hall will work primarily with the throwers, jumpers and combined 10 times. Three athletes since 1990 event athletes while working with Amber Larsen in the sprints and hurdles. These areas will be bol- were named to the GTE Academic All- NCAA Championship Qualifiers stered by some outstanding new recruits and should be an area of improvement for the Deacons. America team. The Bears’ team grade 122 (4 at Wake Forest) point average annually exceeded that of In 2007, the Deacons produced more ACC point scorers, and sent a team-record 18 individuals to the the university average, and each team Conference Champions NCAA East Regional. Michael Bingham earned All-America honors in both the indoor and outdoor 400 earned the U.S. Track Coaches 56 (6 at Wake Forest) meters. Association All-Academic honor. In addi- tion, seven athletes earned NCAA post- The Deacons finished third in 2006 in the ACC Outdoor Track and Field Championships, their best fin- Education graduate scholarships with honors. ish since a third place showing in 1999. Hall worked with a group of sprinters that won the 4x100 Bachelor’s Degree St. Lawrence 1980 and the 4x400 meter relays. The 400 meter relay team set a school record with a 39.28 time, the Master’s Degree Idaho State 1981 Hall graduated from St. Lawrence fifth-best in ACC history. Bingham claimed the ACC title in the 200 in 2006. Doctorate Degree N. Colorado 1993 University in Canton, New York, with a degree in physical education. He com- For Hall’s efforts, he was named the 2006 NCAA Division I East Region and National Sprints/Hurdles Coaching Experience peted as a multi-event athlete on six Coach of the Year as the Deacs dominated the sprints and rewrote several school records at the ACC St. Lawrence 1979-80 ICAC championship teams and served as Outdoor Championships. Idaho State 1980-81 team captain for two years. Northfield-Mt. Hermon Prep School 1981-82 In 2005 as a freshman, Bingham became the second Demon Deacon to reach the NCAA Having earned his master’s degree in Idaho State 1982-85 Championship under the guidance of Hall. Bingham also won the 2005 ACC Championship in the event athletic administration from Idaho State Northern Colorado 1986-2003 and was the U.S. Junior Champion as well as the bronze medalist at the Junior Pan American Games. University in 1981, Coach Hall received Wake Forest 2003-present Additionally, he won championships in the 200-meter dash (outdoor), 4x100-meter relay (outdoor) his doctorate degree in mechanical kine- and 4x400-meter relay (indoor/outdoor) in 2006. siology at Northern Colorado in 1993. Athletic Experience Hall was also an Assistant Professor in St. Lawrence Track & Field 1977-1980 In 2004, the men’s track team improved from a ninth place finish at the indoor meet to a seventh the School of Kinesiology and Physical place mark during the outdoor season. The women moved from seventh to fifth from indoor to out- Education at Northern Colorado. He Personal Honors door championships. More than a dozen school records were set in several of the events which Hall served as head coach of the 1995 U.S. • 2000 North Central Conference Cross Country coaches, including the , 60-meter high hurdles, and 100-meter hurdles during the Decathlon Team that competed against Coach of the Year outdoor season. Cassie Richards claimed the ACC long jump title and qualified for the NCAA Canada in addition to serving as an assis- • 1997 North Central Region Cross Country Coach of Championships. tant coach for the North squad at the the Year 1994 U.S. Olympic Festival. • 1989 and 1991 North Central Conference Track In 2003, Hall directed the men’s cross country program to a fifth place finish in the ACC Tournament — one spot better than in 2002 — and eighth place at the NCAA Southeast Regional. Coach of the Year Hall currently serves on the USA Track • 2000 USTCA Women’s Regional Coach of the Year and Field High Performance Committee Prior to his arrival at Wake Forest, Hall was at the University of Northern Colorado as the Director of • 2006 NCAA Division I East Region and National volunteering as the chair for the the Track and Field program for 18 years. Subsequently, Hall was named North Central Conference Sprints/Hurdles Coach of the Year decathlon and vertical jumps. Cross Country Coach of the Year for winning the cross country title in 2000. In 1997, Hall was select- ed as the North Central Region Cross Country Coach of the Year. In the summer of 2002, Hall was named head coach for the USA vs. Germany decathlon meet. He served as an assistant coach for the United During his tenure at the University of Northern Colorado, Hall built the track and field team into a top- States at the 2004 World Indoor Championships in Budapest, Hungary. In addition, Hall has been 25 program on the NCAA Division II level. Coach Hall was honored by his peers as the North Central selected as the coach of the 2009 Junior Pan American Games team for the United States. Conference Track Coach of the Year in 1989 and 1991. In 2000, he was selected as the USTCA Women’s Regional Coach of the Year. Additionally, Hall works regularly with post-collegiate Olympic hopefuls. Brad Mears won the title at the 1999 Pan Am Games and placed ninth at the 2000 Olympic Trials, while Aaron Banks, another of Hall’s pupils, finished 12th in the same event. Hall directed the career of heptathlete Kim Schiemenz, who posted a heptathlon score of 6,209 in 2003, which was the top U.S. score and ranked among the top ten in the world. She also represented the USA in the 2001 World University Games, in the 2003 IAAF World Championships and the 2004 World Indoor Championships.

Hall currently guides assistant coaches Chris Boyles, Chris Helwick and Lela Nelson in multi-events. Boyles was a Multistars Champion in 2006, and earned the No. 5 American ranking and No. 17 world ranking in the decathlon with 7,855 points. Nelson was the 2004 NCAA heptathlon champion with 5,903 points and won the 2006 USATF pentathlon title. Nelson overcame an injury at the 2007 USATF meet and late in the summer won the heptathlon at the USA-Germany meet, achieving a No. 3 U.S.- ranking in both the long jump and the heptathlon. Helwick was a seven-time All-American at Tennessee who earned his way onto the USA-Germany team and won a bronze medal in the Dutch Championships

Hall has two children, a daughter, Michaela (22), a senior track athlete at Western Carolina and a son, Daley (15), a high school freshman.

8 2008 Wake Forest Track & Field ASSISTANT COACHES

ing sprints, hurdles, jumps, multi-events and middle distance. In 2005, Illinois captured the Big Mike Bennett Ten Conference Championship. Larsen also spent two years at the University of Idaho as an assistant track and field and cross country coach. Larsen helped lead the Vandals to the Big West cross country crown in Assistant Coach 2002 and to the 2003 track and field conference championship. A 2001 graduate of Linfield College, Larsen ran varsity track for four seasons. Larsen was Multi-Events honored as the NCAA Woman of the Year in Oregon and was the NCAA Division III National Northern Colorado, 1992 Champion in the 400m hurdles. She was an All-American in 2000 after finishing third in the 400m hurdles and again in 2001 after finishing third in the 400m indoor. Larsen's other honors gathered in 2001 include the Western Regional Female Athlete of the Year, the Northwest Conference Female Athlete of the Year and the Linfield College Female Athlete of the Year. Mike Bennett enters his seventh year at Wake Forest this season. A three-time National Larsen graduated in 2001 with a B.A. in Health Education and a minor in Spanish. In 2003, Champion decathlete, Bennett offers his wisdom to the Demon Deacon pole vaulters, hurdlers, she earned her M.S. in Physical Education at the University of Idaho where she majored in decathletes and heptathletes. Under Bennett's supervision, numerous athletes have achieved Sports Science with emphasis in Exercise Physiology. outstanding performances along with tremendous improvements. Among many impressive for- mer athletes, Michael Eskind was named All-ACC in the decathlon and Jamie Grayzer was an Chris Boyles ACC Champion in the Heptathlon. Volunteer Assistant Coach - Multi-Events Bennett came to Wake Forest after serving as an assistant coach at Stephen F. Austin for five years. He guided All-American heptathlete, Jennifer Hoppe, to the NCAA Outdoor Chris Boyles is entering his third year as a volunteer assistant with the Deacon track and field team. Boyles graduated from Messiah College (PA) Championships and then the 2000 and 2004 U.S. Olympic Trials. in 2002. A two-sport athlete at Messiah, Boyles was a seven-time All- A three-time National Champion decathlete at Northern Colorado, Bennett went on to American in track & field (decathlon, and hurdles), and a First become a member of the U.S. Decathlon Team for two years. A member of the NCAA Division Team All-American goalkeeper in soccer. Boyles was the starting goal- II Hall of Fame, Bennett graduated from Northern Colorado, located in Greeley, Colo., in 1992. keeper on the 2000 national championship team at Messiah and won the 2002 national championship in the decathlon. He resides in Winston-Salem, N.C., with his wife of 11 years, Annie, and their children, Carley After playing a year of professional soccer, Boyles decided to return to and Michael. Bennett enjoys many sports including mountain biking, tennis, surfing and golfing. track and field. His post-collegiate track career began in 2004 with a 10th place finish at the Olympic Trials. In 2005, his finish in the U.S. Championships improved to seventh. In his first competition with his new coach Scott Hall in 2006, Boyles set a personal best decathlon score en route to winning his first international decathlon at the Multistars meet in Desenzano, Italy. David Duggan Chris ended his 2006 season with a fourth place finish at the U.S. Championships and a third place finish at the NACAC Combined Events Challenge. He ended the year with an IAAF World Ranking of No. 17. Boyles enjoys golf, graphics/web design and is an avid NASCAR fan. Assistant Coach Brian Clymer Distance Volunteer Assistant Coach - Pole Vault

Hight Point, 1998 2007 marks Brian Clymer’s fourth year as a volunteer assistant with the Demon Deacon pole vaulters. This year, he has included the pole vault development of the Deacon decathletes as a part of his primary focus. Clymer ran three years of varsity track and field at Kent State University, in the Mid-American Conference. He was a two year letter-winner as well as team captain his senior year. He competed in the pole vault for Kent and David Duggan enters his first year as assistant coach with the Wake Forest cross country and accomplished a collegiate PR of 4.95m. During the 1997 season, Clymer competed for Mt. Union College where he qualified for Division III Nationals. track and field teams after serving as a volunteer assistant coach for four years. He works pri- At Wake, Clymer has coached one school record-holder in the women’s marily with the distance runners. pole vault as well as two decathletes into the 15’ club, one of those decathletes reaching second all- A native of Kilcross, Inistioge, County Kilkenny, Ireland, Duggan graduated from High Point time on the indoor pole vault list. University in 1998 with a bachelor's of science degree in physical education. He ran cross coun- Off the track, Clymer is the lead assistant of museum services Reynolda House Museum of American Art. try and track for the Panthers. While running for High Point, Duggan won the CVAC cross country championship twice and was also twice named the conference Runner of the Year. Competing at the NCAA Regional Lela V. Nelson Championships, Duggan placed fifth in 1995 and eighth in 1996. Volunteer Assistant Coach - Multi-Events He earned his master's of science in sport studies from High Point University in May of 2005. A former NCAA Division I champion in the heptathlon, Lela Nelson is entering her second year as a volunteer assistant with the Deacs. Nelson recently had the top performance of the women's long jump at Amber Larsen the 2008 Reebok Boston Indoor Games, with a 6.50 meter mark, surpass- ing the Swedish champion by 10 centimeters. As a student-athlete at Eastern Michigan, Nelson finished as a long jump All-American. She also placed fifth at the USA Outdoor Assistant Coach Championships in the heptathlon. Nelson also won the 2005 MAC cham- Sprints, Hurdles, Mid Distance pionship titles in the 100-meter hurdles and the long jump and finished that meet as the MVP. She left EMU with eight school records, including seven Linfield, 2001 that still stand. 2006 was another stellar year for the Detroit native, winning the USA Indoor Pentathlon Championship and placing sixth in the long jump at the same meet. Nelson also placed fourth in the heptathlon at the 2006 USA Outdoor Championships. Nelson graduated from Eastern Michigan University in 2005 with a double major in English and Larsen is in her third year with the Demon Deacons. She works with the sprinters, hurdlers technical writing. and middle distance runners. Since she started at Wake, ten athletes that have trained under Larsen have set new school Chris Helwick Volunteer Assistant Coach - Throws/Multi-Events records, nine athletes have qualified for the NCAA Regional Championships and two have qual- ified for the NCAA Championships. Over the summer, Larsen coached Jon Reid to the 400m title Helwick is in his first year as a volunteer assistant coach with the Demon in the Canadian Junior Track and Field Championships and qualifying marks for the Pan Am Deacons after lettering four years at the University of Tennessee where he Games as well as guiding three other U.S. junior champion qualifiers. served as track team captain in 2007 and became a 7-time All-American. Before coming to Wake Forest, Larsen spent two years as a volunteer with the University of At the start of 2008, Helwick placed second in the men’s heptathlon at Illinois women’s track and field team. With the Fighting Illini, Larsen gained experience coach- the Wisconsin Elite Invitational in Madison, tallying 5,447 points. www.WakeForestSports.com 9