oregon cross country 2007 men’s national champions MEN 2007 NCAA Coaching Staff National Champions Vin Lananna 2007 NCAA Associate Athletic Director West Regional 4th Year Champions 2007 Pac-10 The tremendous scope of Vin Lananna’s accomplishments has established him as one of the premier leaders in track and fi eld in the United States. Named Champions Associate Athletic Director at the University of Oregon in July 2005, Lananna has been guiding a vision for the Oregon track and fi eld program and Hayward 2007 Bill Field as the center of track and fi eld in the country. Dellinger Hosting the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials was a giant leap forward in Invitational Lananna’s grand plan for Track Town, U.S.A., as a pair of UO student-athletes Champions qualifi ed for the 2008 Summer Olympics, Andrew Wheating in the men’s 800 meters and Galen Rupp in the 10,000. However, it served only as a benchmark 2007 Pac-10 and for the ambitious visionary who has recaptured the glory of Oregon’s proud National Coach Coaching Honors running tradition both in terms of the teams’ performance on the track, as well of the Year his leadership in the running community of Eugene. NCAA Cross Country Vin Lananna The 2007-08 season marked an ascension back to the top of the collegiate Coach of the Year running world for both programs. The men won the NCAA championship in 2007 All-Americans 1986, 1996, 1997, cross country and took Pac-10 team titles in both the track & fi eld and cross Kenny Klotz 2002, 2007 country seasons. The women’s program continued its resurgence as well, with Daniel Mercado runner-up fi nishes at both the NCAA and Pac-10 Championships in cross Diego Mercado NCAA West Region country, and a third-place showing at the Pac-10 meet on the track. Lananna Shadrack Coach of the Year was recognized as the NCAA Men’s Cross Country Coach of the Year, his fi fth Kiptoo-Biwott 1994 (W), 1995 (M&W), time to be so recognized. The two programs combined for 11 All-America Galen Rupp 1996 (M&W), 1997 (M), honors at the NCAA Track & Field Championships in June, the school’s highest 1998 (M), 1999 (M), 2002 total in 17 years. 2007 NCAA (M&W), 2006 (M), 2007 (M) Lananna has also led the establishment of a new post-collegiate club, the West Regional Oregon Track Club Elite, that provides a new opportunity for American middle Pac-10 Cross Country Champion distance/distance athletes to train with the goal of being competitive on the Coach of the Year Galen Rupp world stage. 1993 (W), 1994( W), The 2006-07 season exemplifi ed Lananna’s ability to extend the reputation 1996 (M&W), 1997 (M&W), 2007 Pac-10 of the University of Oregon, Hayward Field and Eugene as the nation’s most 2000 (M), 2001 (M), 2002 Champion vibrant setting for collegiate track and fi eld. On the track, the Ducks celebrated (M&W), 2006 (M), 2007 (M) Shadrack their third Pac-10 men’s team crown as UO individuals combined for fi ve Kiptoo-Biwott victories. The Duck women added two Pac-10 individual track and fi eld titles Pac-10 Track and Field and collected fi ve All-America honors to go along with seven combined men’s Coach of the Year indoor and outdoor honors. 2007 Pac-10 2000 (M), 2001 (M), 2007 (M) Athlete of the Year Just a few months after his arrival in July 2005, Lananna’s leadership helped the University of Oregon and the City of Eugene win the right to host the 2008 U.S. Shadrack USA Team Head Coach Olympic Track and Field Team Trials -- something the University again won Kiptoo-Biwott 1990 IAAF World Cross the right to do in 2012, and the 2006 outdoor track and fi eld season featured Country Championships more than a doubling of season ticket holders, home meet attendance records, 2007 Pac-10 1996 IAAF World Cross and a surge of enthusiasm for the sport throughout the campus community, city, Newcomer Country Championships and state. During the indoor and outdoor seasons, Oregon men and women of the Year claimed three individual NCAA championships and 25 All-America awards. In A.J. Acosta USA Junior Team July 2006, a two-year renovation began to prepare historic Hayward Field to Head Coach host the most exciting meets in the country. 1994 IAAF World Cross Lananna is experienced as both an administrator and a coach at the highest levels. Country Championships Prior to his arrival at Oregon, Lananna served as athletic director at Oberlin College in Ohio. At the internationally-renowned liberal arts institution, he led USA Team Assistant Coach the revitalization and reorganization of the department of athletics and physical 1999 IAAF World Track and education. His efforts to improve fundraising and enhance the department’s Field Championships resources allowed Oberlin to increase staffi ng and upgrade facilities, including 2004 Olympic Games the construction of a new stadium for soccer, lacrosse, and track and fi eld. 16 2007 women’s national runner-up oregon cross country Vin Lananna Has Guided WOMEN Teams to: 6 NCAA Team 2007 NCAA Championships National Men’s Cross Country Runner-up 1996, 1997, 2002, 2007 Women’s Cross Country 2007 NCAA 1996 West Regional Men’s Track and Field Runner-up 2000 National Coach of the Year 2007 Pac-10 32 Conference Team Vin Lananna and Runner-up Championships Pac-10 Athlete of the Year Men’s Cross Country Shadrack Kiptoo-Biwott 2007 Bill 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, Dellinger 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, Renowned for his ability to develop talent, Lananna’s reputation as an Invitational 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, exceptional coach was secured during his tenure as director of track and fi eld at Champions 2001, 2002, 2006, 2007 Stanford University from 1992 to 2003. In his time at Stanford, Lananna built Women’s Cross Country one of the nation’s elite programs. His cross country and track and fi eld teams 2007 All-Americans 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, claimed fi ve NCAA team championships, 35 top-10 NCAA fi nishes, and 22 Nicole Blood 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, NCAA individual titles. The Cardinal men and women also won 17 Pacifi c-10 Alexandra 2002 Conference team titles and 45 individual conference crowns in addition to 15 Kosinski Men’s Track and Field West Regional cross country championships. His athletes excelled in national and international competition, representing Team USA at the Olympic Games 1998, 1989, 1990, 1991, 2007 NCAA and the IAAF World Championships. 2001, 2002, 2007 West Regional At Stanford, Lananna received three NCAA Coach of the Year cross country Vin Lananna Has Guided Runner-up honors, nine NCAA West Region Cross Country Coach of the Year awards, 10 Athletes to: Nicole Blood Pacifi c-10 Cross Country Coach of the Year honors, and two Pacifi c-10 Track and Field Coach of the Year awards. He also served on the NCAA Track and Five Olympic Teams 2007 Bill 800 Meters (2008) Field Committee from 2001-03. In 2004, Lananna traveled to Greece as an assistant coach for Team USA at the Olympic Games in Athens. He has also Dellinger 1,500 Meters (2000, 2004) served as an assistant coach at the 1999 Track and Field World Championships Invitational 5,000 Meters (2000) and as head coach in the 1990 and 1996 World Championships and 1994 World Champion 10,000 Meters (2008) Junior Championships in cross country. Nicole Blood Marathon (1992, 1996) Lananna’s leadership and vision for the future of track and fi eld positioned Five World Stanford as a destination for elite collegiate and post-collegiate competition. 2007 Pac-10 Championship Teams Athletes from across the country came to “The Farm” to participate in high Newcomer 5,000 Meters (2003, 2005) performance invitationals designed to optimize athletic performance. His of the Year 10,000 Meters (1999, 2007) commitment to advancing the sport also led to the creation of a post-collegiate Alexandra Marathon (1997) club team based at Stanford, and the University hosted the 2002 and 2003 USA Kosinski Outdoor Championships and an annual IAAF Grand Prix meet. 21 NCAA Track and Field Lananna arrived at Stanford after serving as assistant athletic director and head Titles coach for cross country and track and fi eld at Dartmouth College in Hanover, 800 Meters N.H. 2006 (W) From 1980 until 1992, his men’s and women’s cross country teams posted a 1,500 Meters combined seven NCAA top-20 fi nishes—including men’s runner-up efforts in 2000 (M), 2002 (M), 2003 1986 and 1987—and 37 combined All-America cross country and track and (M), Mile 2000 (M) fi eld awards. The men’s team won 13 Heptagonal League titles and the women 3,000 Meters had six runner-up fi nishes. In recognition of the teams’ accomplishments, he 1998 (W), 2002 (W) was named the 1986 NCAA Men’s Cross Country Coach of the Year and was a 5,000 Meters seven- time New England Region Men’s Cross Country Coach of the Year and 1998 (M), 1999 (M), 2000 a four-time New England Track and Field Coach of the Year. (M), 2001 (M&W), 2002 His coaching career began in 1975 when Lananna was named head coach of (W), 2003 (W) cross country at his alma mater, C.W. Post in Greenvale, NY. As an athlete 10,000 Meters (1971-75), he ran cross country and track and fi eld and was captain of the 1974 1998 (M), 1999 (M), 2000 team that fi nished fourth in the NCAA Division II Championships.