Track & Field Media Guide
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
2005–06 Track & Field Media Guide — NCAA Qualifiers — Julianna Reed Justin Clickett Keith Higham Head Coach Alonzo Webb Mareen McCandless Anthony Bonura 2005 – 2006 PITT TRACK SCHEDULE 2005 CROSS COUNTRY SCHEDULE Date Meet Location Sept. 3 Duquesne Duals Pittsburgh, Pa. Sept. 24 Iona Meet of Champions Bronx, N.Y. Oct. 1 Paul Short Invitational Bethlehem, Pa. Oct. 15 National Invitational State College, Pa. Oct. 28 Big East Championships New York, N.Y. Nov. 12 NCAA Mid-East Regional Bethlehem, Pa. Nov. 21 NCAA Championships Terre Haute, Ind. 2005-06 INDOOR TRACK SCHEDULE Dec. 2-3 Annual Blue/Gold Meet* Pittsburgh, Pa. Jan. 13-14 Skip Summerville Invitational Akron, Ohio Jan. 27-28 Penn State National Open State College, Pa. — NCAA Qualifiers — Feb. 3-4 New Balance Collegiate Invitational New York, N.Y. ShanteaShantea Feb. 4 Akron University Invitational Akron, Oh. ShaneaShanea Feb. 10-11 Penn State Challenge Cup State College, Pa. CalhounCalhoun CalhounCalhoun Feb. 18-19 Big East Indoor Championships Akron, Ohio Mar. 3-4 Alex Wilson Invitational South Bend, Ind. Mar. 10-11 NCAA Indoor Championships Fayetteville, Ark. 2006 OUTDOOR TRACK SCHEDULE Mar. 24-25 Raleigh Relays Raleigh, N.C. Apr. 1 Yellow Jacket Invitational Atlanta, Ga. Apr. 1 Western PA Championship Washington, Pa. Apr. 12-15 Sea Ray Relays Knoxville, Tenn. Apr. 14-15 Bennie Benson Invitational Pittsburgh, Pa. Apr. 22 Penn State Dual Meet State College, Pa. Apr. 27-29 Penn Relays Philadelphia, Pa. May. 5-7 Big East Outdoor Championships Storrs, Conn. May. 12-14 IC4A/ECAC Championships Princeton, N.J. May. 26-27 NCAA East Regional Greensboro, N.C. June. 7-10 NCAA Outdoor Championships Sacramento, Calif. TRACK & FIELD/CROSS COUNTRY TABLE OF CONTENTS MEDIA INFORMATION QUICK FACTS Media Information ........................ 1 CONTACT: GENERAL INFORMATION Head Coach Alonzo Webb .............. 2 Overseeing the Media Relations duties for the School: University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh track and field and cross country Location: Pittsburgh, PA 15213 Assistant Coaches ..................... 3-5 teams is Nicole Amato. Founded: 1787 Support Staff ............................... 5 Enrollment: 33,796 2004-05 Big East Championships ... 6 PRESS SERVICES: Nickname: Panthers Cross Country Rosters ................. 7 Members of the media are supplied with Colors: Blue and Gold Cross Country History .................. 8 weekly updates containing statistics, meet Affiliation: NCAA Division I 2004 Cross Country Review .......... 9 summaries and information regarding upcom- Conference: Big East Conference ing events via the Olympic Sports Release. Chancellor: Mark A. Nordenberg Men’s Track and Field Rosters .... 10 Alma Mater: Thiel '70 Panther Profiles .................... 11-17 Athletic Director: Jeff Long MEDIA RELATIONS DEPARTMENT: Women’s Track and Field Rosters 18 Alma Mater: Ohio Wesleyan ‘82 Located on the Event Level of the Petersen Athletic Department Phone: (412) Panther Profiles .................... 19-27 Events Center. 648-8200 Indoor Records ........................... 28 Director: E.J.Borghetti Outdoor Records ......................... 29 Associate Director: Greg Hotchkiss 2004-05 Indoor Review ............... 30 Assistant Director: Brad Cuprik TRACK AND FIELD STAFF Head Coach: Alonzo Webb Big East Indoor Champions .......... 31 Administrative Asst.: Celeste Welsh Graduate Assistant: Nicole Amato Alma Mater: Western Michigan, ‘79 2005 Outdoor Review.................. 32 Graduate Assistant: Sophia Duck Assistant Coach: Curtis Phillips Big East Outdoor Champions........ 33 Phone Number: (412) 648-8240 Alma Mater: Slippery Rock, ‘92 Men’s Track & Field (NCAA’s) ..... 34 Fax Number: (412) 648-8248 Assistant Coach: Mihaela Tripon Women’s Track & Field (NCAA’s) . 35 Mailing Address: Alma Mater: Babes-Bolyai University, Romania, ‘96 Pittsburgh Panther Olympians ..... 36 P.O. Box 7436 Pittsburgh,PA 15213 Assistant Coach: James Trautmann Overnight Address: Alma Mater: Notre Dame, ‘95 3719 Terrace Street Vol. Assistant Coach: Sam Bair Pittsburgh, PA15261 Alma Mater: Kent State, ‘69 MEDIA OUTLETS Vol. Assistant Coach: Keith Roberts INTERVIEW POLICY: Alma Mater: Kent State, ‘05 If a member of the media wishes to interview Associated Press Track Office Phone: (412) 648-8334 6 Gateway Center, Suite 222, Pittsburgh, PA or photograph a Pittsburgh track and field athlete or coach, contact the Media Relations Track Office Fax: (412) 648-8940 15222. (412) 281-3747. Fax: (412) 281- Track Secretary: Jeanne Monahan 1869. (Alan Robinson, sports editor). Department in advance. Every attempt will be made to fulfill the request as efficiently and Phone: (412) 648-8334 Track Academic Advisor: Brian Hines Beaver County Times as quickly as possible. 400 Fair Avenue, Beaver, PA 15009. (724) Interviews with athletes will be set up only Phone: (412) 648-7869 775-3272. Fax: (724) 775-4180. (Ed Rose, by the Media Relations Office. Please allow at Track Athletic Trainer: Jenny Pease sports editor). least one day's notice or more. Athletes' Phone (412) 648-7999 telephone numbers will not be released Panther Sports Network to the media. Interviews with any of the 502 William Pitt Union, Pittsburgh, PA 15260. coaches can be arranged by contacting them (412) 401-5994. Fax: (412) 648-8491. directly. Coaches' office numbers are listed in (Jumoke Davis, sports director). the athletics department directory in the back portion of this guide. Pitt News ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 434 William Pitt Union, Pittsburgh, PA 15260. (412) 648-7980. Fax: (412) 648-8491. Editor: Nicole Amato (Geoff Dutelle, sports editor). Contributing Editors: E.J. Borghetti, Brad Cuprik, Greg Hotchkiss, Sophia Duck Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Contributors: Missi Matthews, Matt Par- 34 Boulevard of the Allies, Pittsburgh, PA sons 15222. (412) 263-1621. Fax: (412) 263- 1926. (Jerry Micco, asst. managing editor/ Computer Page Design: Brad Cuprik, Nicole sports). Amato Cover Design: Schiff Printing, Inc., Nicole Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Amato Photography: Will Babin - Image Point D.L. Clark Building, 503 Martindale Street, 2004-05 Third Floor, Pittsburgh, PA 15212. (412) Pittsburgh, Mike Drazdzinski, Harry Big East Women’s Champions Bloomberg, Herb Ferguson, Gary Guydosh, 321-6460. Fax: (412) 320-7964. (Kevin Indoor & Outdoor Smith, sports editor). Joe Kapelewski, Clem Marion, Michael E. Haritan, Bob Stowell, William McBride, Ja- ECAC Women’s Champions son Blair, Mihaela Tripon, Anthony Bonura Indoor & Outdoor Printing: Schiff Printing, Inc. 1 HEAD COACH ALONZO WEBB Alonzo Webb THE WEBB FILE Head Coach — Track & Field Coaching File: ittsburgh native Alonzo Webb is entering his (accomplishments of student-athletes fourth season with the Panthers. In three PP seasons under Webb’s leadership, the women’s under the guidance of Coach Webb) PP team brought home seven consecutive Championships titles, the 2003, 2004 and 2005 ECAC • Track and Field News All-Americans Outdoor Championships and the 2004 and 2005 Indoor • USATF Junior National All-Americans titles. In the Big East Conference his Women’s team • National Scholastic All-American climbed from eighth place in 2001 to winning the Indoor and Outdoor Big East Championships in 2005. The • Gatorade Circle of Champions Women’s team also finished the year ranked third in the Athlete of the Year nation in the Indoor Dual Meet Power Rankings conducted • Nike Indoor Classic All-Americans by the United States Track Coaches Association for NCAA • Footlocker National Cross Country Division I schools. In addition, Coach Webb earned three consecutive All-American NCAA Mid-Atlantic Coach of the Year and the 2005 Indoor • National Scholastic Indoor Champion and Outdoor Big East Coaching Staff of the Year awards. and Outdoor Runner-up Furthermore, Coach Webb’s athletes have swept the Big • USATF World Junior team members East Most Outstanding Field Performer Awards both Indoor and Outdoor, along with the Most Outstanding Track Performer Awards Indoor and Outdoor. • High School Record Holders With Webb at the helm, the men’s team managed to rise from the basement of the Big East • IAFF Pan Am Junior Team members Conference where they were 13th out of 14 teams in 2001 to a third place finish Indoor and • USATF Junior Olympic National Outdoor in 2005. Moreover, at the NCAA East Regional Championships the men’s team placed Champions eighth out of 112 schools in 2005. Over the past three seasons Webb has produced an outstanding six NCAA All-American honors, • AAU Junior Olympic National 25 NCAA qualifying performances, 21 ECAC/IC4A champions, 117 All-ECAC/IC4A, 29 Big East Champions Champions and 48 All-Big East Awardees. • Golden West Meet Champions Elizabeth Bayne, an NCAA qualifier in the 400 meter hurdles, was also selected as the NCAA • Pennsylvania High School State Meet Mondo Mid-Atlantic District Female Athlete of the Year. In the 2004 cross country season Maureen McCandless won the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional Cross Country Title, finished third at the Big Champions East Championships and was named the NCAA Mid-Atlantic District Most Valuable Cross Country • NCAA All-Americans Athlete of the Year and became the first female cross country All-American in school history with • Conference Record Holders her fifth place finish at the NCAA Cross Country Championships. She followed that up by running • Conference Champions: Two MAC the 5000m indoors in a world class 15:48.10 which at the time was the fastest time in the country and the fourth fastest in the world. Titles, Two Big East Titles, Five Academically, Webb’s athletes