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Output On: September 22, 2016 3:04 PM High-Resolution PDF - PRINT READY 2016 Charlotte Cross Country Reedy Creek Park Latta Plantation Cross Country Facilities Irwin Belk Track McAlpine Creek Park Frank Liske Park 2016 Charlotte Cross Country TABLE OF CONTENTS QUICK FACTS THE PROGRAM GENERAL INFORMATION XC Facilities . 2 Location. Charlotte, N .C . Table of Contents . 3 Founded . 1946 Facilities. 4-5 Enrollment. 27,251 Academics . 6 Nickname . 49ers Strength and Conditioning . 7 Colors . Green and White 49er Pride and Alums . .. 8-9 Conference . Conference USA Media . 10-11 Affiliation . NCAA Division I The University . 12-13 Chancellor . Dr . Philip L . Dubois Athletics Director . Judy Rose 2016 SEASON Assoc . A .D ./SWA . Kim Whitestone Season Preview . 14 Ticket Office . .. (704) 687-4949 Men’s and Women’s Roster . 15-16 Athletics Academic Advisor . Keira Crutchfield Director of XC/TF Robert Olesen . 17 Head Coach Alex Gibby . 18 CROSS COUNTRY INFORMATION Assistant Coach Faith Trammell .. 19 Director of XC/TF . Robert Olesen (17th season) Support Staff . 19 Head Coach . Alex Gibby (3rd season) Men’s Bios . 20-24 Office Number . (704) 687-0428 Women’s Bios. 25-28 Assistant Coach . .. Faith Trammell Fax Number . (704) 687-5318 THE HISTORY 2015 Season Results . 29 CHARLOTTE MEDIA RELATIONS Top Times . 29 Associate A .D . Tom Whitestone Honors . 30 Sports Information Staff . Brent Stastny, Sean Fox and Travis All-time All-Conference . 31 Woods Charlotte All-Region . 32 Media Production Coordinator . .. Joe Proszek Conference USA . 33 Assistant/XC Contact . Nate Wise Phone . (704) 687-1025 THE UNIVERSITY E-mail . nwise2@uncc .edu Chancellor Dr . Philip Dubois . 34 Cell . (301) 717-0240 Athletic Director Judy Rose . 35 Fax . (704) 687-4918 2015 Charlotte Invitational Schedule . 36 SCHEDULE CREDITS & Friday Sept. 2 Charlotte Preview ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Friday Sept . 16 William & Mary Invitational The 2016 Charlotte 49ers Cross Country Media Guide is Friday Sept . 23 Lou Onesty Invitational a publication of the 49ers Department of Athletics and is produced by the office of sports information. This pub- Saturday Oct . 15 Penn State Open lication was designed, written and edited by Nate Wise with assistance from Associate A .D . Thomas E . Whites- Saturday Oct . 29 C-USA Championships tone, Travis Woods, Brent Stastny, Sean Fox, the entire Charlotte 49ers athletic department and the Conference Saturday Nov . 5 Adidas 3-Stripe Invite USA staff . The cover was created by Old Hat Creative . Photographers: Sam Roberts (FreezeFrame) and Wade Friday Nov . 11 NCAA Southeast Regional Bruton (University Photographer) . Saturday Nov . 19 NCAA Championships Facilities D.L Phillips Sports Complex (1996/2010) Wells Fargo Field House (1994) Halton-Wagner Tennis Complex (2012) Transamerica Field (1996) James H. Barnhardt Student Activity Center & Dale F. Halton Arena (1996) Charles Hayward Practice Gym (2002) Jerry Richardson Stadium McColl-Richardson Field Judy W. Rose Football Center The Charlotte 49ers have added nearly $100M worth of facilities and facility upgrades over the last 20 years Irwin Belk Track & Field Complex (1996) Stubble eld Golf Center Practice Area (2006) and Golf Facility (2010) at Rocky River Golf Club Robert & Mariam Hayes Stadium (2007) Academics Charlotte Student-Athletes set a school record by donating over 2,600 hours of community service to over 80 agencies last years, totalling over 17,000 hours to the community over the last seven combined years. The Charlotte Athletics Since the opening of Department has the AAC in 2003, eclipsed the 3.0 Charlotte has collective GPA mark for registered 29 eight straight years Academic All-Americans. Strength Miltimore-Wallis ATAC Strength Training Suite (Judy W. Rose Football Center) Charlotte’s 49er Pride volleyball spearheads ALL-AMERICANS “Dig Pink” and led the Baseball M. Indoor Track & eld nation in Barry Shi ett, 1985 Will Montgomery, 2002 fundraising Tim Collie, 1995 Derrick Johnson, 2005 in 3 of the Lefty Webster is a three- Joey Anderson, 1996 Darius Law, 2010 last 5 years time all-Conference USA James Matan, 1998 Trey McRae, 2015 selection. Bo Robinson, 1998 Brad McElroy, 2007 W. Outdoor Track & Field Molly Kerin, 1995 Adam Mills, 2007 Football makes the move to Conference USA and the Chris Taylor, 2008 Sharonda Johnson, 2004 FBS in 2015, just two years after starting the program Andrew Smith, 2011 Courtney Patterson, 2006 Shareese Woods, 2006, 2007 Men’s Basketball Pat Springs, 2009 Cedric Maxwell, 1977 M. Outdoor Track & Field Bryon Dinkins, 1988 Rephel Martin, 2000 Jarvis Lang, 1991 Will Montgomery, 2001, 2002 DeMarco Johnson, 1998 Trey McRae, 2014, 2016 Curtis Withers, 2004 Anthony Campbell, 2015 Eddie Basden, 2005 K’Vonte Scorre, 2015 Women’s Basketball Paula Bennet, 1980 Patricia Walker, 1982 Jon Busch Men’s Cross Country San Jose Kenneth Svendsen, 1999 Earthquakes & Chicago Fire 2008 Women’s Cross Country Molly Kerin, 1994, 95 MLS Goalkeeper Kelly Travis, 1999 of the Year & 1996 Donnie Smith MLS NCAA College Cup Golf draft pick New England Andrew DiBitetto, 2007 Revolution Corey Nagy, 2007,08,09,10 Jonas Enander Hedin, 2008 Men’s Soccer Gabe Garcia, 1991 Mac Cozier, 1994 Jon Busch, 1996 Ben Parry, 1997 Chris Salvaggione, 2008 Charles Rodriguez, 2011 Kyle Parker, 2014, 2016 In 2015, Jordi Massalle Ferrer Macy Vonderschmidt Women’s Soccer won 29 singles matches, Cedric “Cornbread”Maxwell is a three-time All- Christina Papp, 1998 third most in 1977 NCAA Final Four Courtney Crandall, 2002 program history Conference USA pick 1981 Boston Celtics Hailey Beam, 2008 NBA Finals MVP W. Indoor Track & Field Cassie Ficken, 2005 Shareese Woods, 2006,2007 Sharonda Johnson, 2007 Pat Springs, 2009 Amanda Goetschius, 2010 Men’s soccer advanced to the 2011 College Cup Final, the school’s rst national championship game in any sport 49ers in Coach Hibbs won his the Pros 700th career game at Coach Price played 12 season in the Charlotte in April 2015. NBA and was a four-time All-Star Charlotte vs. Marquette NBA at the 1977 Final Four Cedric Ball Eddie Basden Sean Colson Bryon Dinkins DeMarco Johnson Chad Kinch Cedric Maxwell Rodney White MLB Stu Cole John Maine - 2001 Conference USA Mark Davidson Pitcher of the Year Lindsay Beam-Ozimek Chris Haney Trey McRae is a three- Bryan Harvey time All-American at the NCAA Championships and U.S. National Je Johnson competed at the 2016 U.S. Under-20 Team John Maine Olympic Trials 3 Time Academic Armando Rios All-American Jason Stanford A-10 Scholar Sean Whiteside Former Harlem Athlete of the Year Globetrotter NCAA Woman of Ed Bean (Umpire) Charlie “Cobra” Coley the Year Finalist Field Culbreth (Umpire) Golf NCAA Regional Championship Team MLS Jon Busch Mac Cozier NATIONAL TEAMS Floyd Franks Aiden Heaney Team USA Mira Mupier De’Angelo Alexander, Basketball Evan James Jon Busch, Soccer Donnie Smith DeMarco Johnson, Basketball Javis Lang, Basketball WNBA Will Montgomery, Track Markita Aldridge Je Mullins (Coach), Basketball Jameka Jones Lindsey Beam-Ozimek, Soccer Jason Stanford, Baseball Shareese Woods Henry Williams, Basketball Four-time PGA Tour Curtis Withers, Basketball All-America Chris Tucker Shareese Woods, Track 2008 U.S. Indoor - Gold WPFL Team Canada Team Liberia 2008 World Janine Repole Nick Sunseri, Cross Country Abe Morlu, Track Men’s soccer advanced to the 2011 College Cup Final, the Indoor - Bronze school’s rst national championship game in any sport Media Join us online at and at our internet home, Twitter.com/Charlotte49ers, Facebook.com/Charlotte49ers, www.charlotte49ers.com. Check out CUSA.tv, the internet home for live 49ers action. CUSA.tv subscription service includes: • live video • live audio • highlight packages • interviews • features Join us online at and at our internet home, Twitter.com/Charlotte49ers Facebook.com/Charlotte49ers www.charlotte49ers.com. UNC Charlotte 1,000 full-time faculty members in seven professional colleges: 80 Bachelor Degrees, 64 Masters Programs, & 21 Doctoral Programs. UNC Charlotte is located on nearly 1,000 beautifully landscaped acres 10 miles from downtown Charlotte, NC With nearly 29,000 students, UNC Charlotte is consistently ranked among the top academic institutions in the Southeast and boasts two US Professors of the Year and one North Carolina Professor of the Year. Since 2000, UNC Charlotte’s campuses have seen nearly $800 million in new, completed construction, including a $65 million student union. Almost $45 million additional construction is currently in either the building or design phase. The University Career Center uses cooperative education, the 49ership Program, career prospector externships and academic internships to assist in career exploration. 2016 Charlotte Cross Country The Charlotte 49ers men’s and women’s cross country teams begin their third season under coach Alex Gibby, who joined the program in 2014 . In his first season as the program’s seventh head coach, Gibby sent 15 runners to the NCAA Southeast Regional in Louisville, Ky . He then coached 14 runners, seven on the men’s side and seven on the women’s side, at the 2015 NCAA Southeast Regional in Charlottesville, Va . On the men’s squad, Gibby will have an abundance of youth at his disposal with 10 true freshman joining the program . The most experienced runners on the team are redshirt sophomores Josh Barrett, Mihret Coulter and Tom Nobles, furthur empha- sizing how young this team truly is . Nobles proved to be the standout of the group as he led the 49ers in three of the five races he ran in. The Cary, N.C. native just missed All-Conference USA honors after placing 22nd at the conference championships and set a personal record time of 31:26 .0 in the NCAA Southeast Regional 10K . Redshirt freshmen Matt Bomkamp, Aaron Gebhart, Bobby Gonzalez and Alex Sumida represent the only other student-athletes returning in 2016 . The women’s side shares a similar amount of youth competing for the 49ers this fall as nine true freshman will see college competition for the first time.