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2008 Website XC Guide.Indd 2008 USC Cross Country Roster Runner Height Birthdate Class Hometown Brianna Bentley 5-2 5/15/89 Sophomore Alta Loma, Calif. Lindsay Buckley 5-8 6/17/87 RS Junior Newport Coast, Calif. Kristin Byrne 5-7 7/18/89 Sophomore Rochester Hills, Mich. Sarah Cocco 5-5 8/17/88 Sophomore Boulder, Colo. Katherine Ellis 5-4 07/13/88 Junior Vancouver, Wash. Zsofia Erdelyi 5-3 12/10/87 Sophomore Godollo, Hungary Chanel Fischetti 5-5 03/07/88 Junior Laguna Niguel, Calif. Frida Flodstrom 5-9 12/24/87 Sophomore Sollentuna, Sweden Leah Gaeta 5-8 09/18/90 Freshman Palo Alto, Calif. Liz Gill 5-2 01/21/86 Senior San Anselmo, Calif. Christine Greer 5-2 12/07/86 Senior Warrington, Pa. Bridget Helgerson 5-1 12/17/87 Junior Portland, Ore. Colby Kennedy 5-5 08/13/89 Sophomore Newton, Mass. Jasmine Leija 5-4 09/21/88 Junior Chula Vista, Calif. Anniya Louis 5-4 09/03/90 Freshman Los Angeles, Calif. Zara Lukens 5-8 09/26/89 Sophomore Vancouver, Wash. Jessica Lundin 5-4 12/20/89 Freshman Hillsboro, Ore. Devon Rennie 5-5 04/05/89 Sophomore Hacienda Heights, Calif. Allison Rojewski 5-6 02/06/89 Sophomoe Phoenix, Ariz. Joy Samuels 5-9 04/02/90 Freshman Granada Hills, Calif. Allison Spies 5-8 10/16/87 Senior San Diego, Calif. Jennifer Wells 5-9 02/28/88 Junior Fountain Valley, Calif. Head Coach • Tom Walsh Tom Walsh begins his 15th season as the USC women’s cross country coach and the middle and long distance coach for the track & field team. In five of the last seven seasons, Walsh has coached a Women of Troy runner who has qualified for the NCAA Cross Country Championships - Iryna Vashchuk (2003-04), Brooke Thomas (2002), Sarah Ellis (2001) and Sarah Cocco (2007). In 1996, Walsh coached Emebet Shiferaw to All- America honors in cross country. During his tenure, the Women of Troy middle and long distance program has consistently been one of the best in the country. USC under Walsh has produced a four-time NCAA All-American in both the 800m and 1500m . During the last 12 years, USC middle distance runners have captured All-American honors 21 times, including an NCAA 800m championship by four-time All-American Brigita Langerholc in 2001. Langerholc also finished a surprising fourth in the 800m at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, Australia, in a school-record time of 1:58:51. Another Walsh product was Grazyna Penc, a four-time All-American in the 1,500m. Penc finished third in 1996 and 1998, fourth in 1997 and was second in 1999 in the 1500m at the NCAAs. Shiferaw was a two-time All-American in the 3,000m in 1996-97. Her best NCAA finish was second place. Anna Lopaciuch twice earned All-American honors in the 1,500m, finishing fifth in 1998 and third in 2000. In 2002, Aleksandra Deren placed seventh in the 800m at the NCAAs. In 2004, Julia Budniak became the first Women of Troy athlete to earn All-American honors in the 3,000m steeplechase as she finished sixth in the NCAAs. Vashchuk also earned All-American honors in 2004 and 2005, as she finished sixth and seventh respectively in the 1,500m at the NCAA Championships. Walsh also worked with 1500m runner Tomasz Babiszkiewicz, a four-time Pac-10 scorer and two-time NCAA championship qualifier. In 2007, Irek Sekretarski broke the USC mile record with a time of 4:01.89, a record that had stood for over 40 years. Last year Walsh developed Cocco and Erdelyi in cross country and then guided the long distance women to seven USC top 10 marks: Cocco (1), Erdelyi (3), Laura Meyers (1), Katherine Ellis (1) and Zara Lukens (1) Walsh graduated from USC in 1988 and served as a graduate assistant at his alma mater for three years in the late 1980s. He also served as a track and field consultant for ABC and NBC during the 1988 and 1992 U.S. Olympic Trials. 1 2008 USC Women’s Cross Country Team Outlook 333 by USC head coach Tom Walsh 444 The 2008 USC women’s cross country team looks to improve on its breakout season last year. The Women of Troy return nine of their top 10 runners this season. We also bring in some solid new runners that will add depth to the program. The dynamic sophomore duo of Sarah Cocco and Zsofia Erdelyi will lead this team again. Last season the two combined to win three races as the Trojans had the individual champion at their last four regular season meets. Sarah won the Aztec Invitational and Pepperdine Invitational where she set the school 6K record and Zsofia won the Triton Invitational while setting a new course record. Zsofia then went on to have a strong track and field campaign, culminating with a ninth place finish in the steeplechase at the 2008 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships. Bridget Helgerson and Christine Greer will lead the next group of runners as they have both improved since coming to USC. Bridget was our top finisher in the season opener meet at Fullerton, demonstrating the type of season she was going to have as she set new PRs in both the 5K and 6K races. Due to injuries last year, Chris- tine redshirted after competing in the first meet of the season. This caused her to get a late start on the track season, but she bounced back with a campaign setting new PRs in the 1500m, 3000m and 5000m. Adding much needed depth to the distance program is Liz Gill, a graduate student from Columbia University. Liz comes from a very good Columbia program. Her race experience and determination will help the girls in the same way that Laura Meyers helped the team last season. Katherine Ellis, Chanel Fischetti and Zara Lukens have all improved over this past year. Kat comes off a solid track season that saw her take second place in the steeplechase at the USC-UCLA Dual Meet as USC’s 1-2 finish in the even set the tone in the Trojan upset of the Bruins. These three runners have all made steady progress. They will push each other on a daily basis and I am expecting some good races from this group. Freshman Jessica Lundin and returning runners Brianna Bentley, Jasmine Leija and Jennifer Wells will improve the depth of the USC cross country team. They all have talent to elevate their running to a higher level. Other runners that I expect to step up and complete well include freshmen Frida Flodstrom, Leah Gaeta, Anniya Louis and Joy Samuels, sophomores Kristin Byrne, Colby Kennedy, Devon Rennie and Allison Rojewski, juniors Lindsay Buckley and Jennifer Wells and senior Allison Spies. It is important for us to build off of last year and get to the next level in the Pac-10 Conference. This team really came together and ran well at the end of the season. They showed me that they can compete with some of the better teams in the Pac-10. It was also exciting to see the Women of Troy win the five Lexus Gauntlet points in the competition with rival UCLA. As a team, I think we can improve in the Pac-10 Conference and at the NCAA Regional. This group understands the commitment to running, and they are dedicated to having a successful season. We have a good chance of sending two girls to the NCAA Championships in November and have had at least one runner qualify in five of the last seven seasons. Returning Trojans from left to right are Bridget Helgerson, Chanel Fischetti and Christine Greer 2 5-0 MEET THE 2008 TROJANS Coach Tom Walsh with USC’s 2007 NCAA West Regional team of Katherine Ellis, Zsofia Erdelyi, Sarah Cocco, Chanel Fischetti, Bridget Helgerson and Laura Meyers. PLAYER BIOGRAPHIES 5-0 BBRIANNARIANNA BBENTLEYENTLEY Ht. - 5-2 Birthdate - 5/15/89 C Class - Sophomore Hometown - Alta Loma, Calif. R Best 5K time - 20:02, Aztec Invitational (9/15/08) O S ““BriannaBrianna sshowedhowed ssomeome ttalentalent dduringuring hherer iinjurynjury pplaguedlagued ffreshmanreshman sseasoneason llastast ffall.all. IIff sshehe sstaystays hhealthyealthy S sshehe ccanan mmakeake a ccontributionontribution ttoo tthehe tteameam tthishis sseason.”eason.” --HeadHead CCoachoach TTomom WWalshalsh C At USC: O Brianna Bentley begins her second season as a cross country runner for USC. 2007: She had a solid first season, competing in all five regular season meets for USC...She was very consistent U running 20:02-20:08 in all three 5K races, with a season best of 20:02 at the Aztec Invitational in San Diego, Calif. on Sept. 15. ..She had her best 6K time of 22:41.97 at the Pepperdine Invitational N on Sept. 22...Bentley was one of USC’s top seven finishers and figured in the scoring in three of the five races. T High School: R Bentley is a 2007 graduate of Los Osos (Calif.) High...Los Osos placed third out of 23 teams at Morro Bay, led by Bentley who placed eighth with a time of 19:08...Set a school Y record in September at the Woodbridge Invitational with a time of 18:11 (12 seconds faster than her school-record time of 18:23 set as a junior) to finish fourth...Won at the Hi-Desert Classic amidst 20-mile-per-hour winds and temperatures in the mid-80s... She then took 32nd at the Stanford Invitational with a time of 19:00 in a race that featured B nine nationally ranked teams and over 160 runners...Finished sixth at the Inland Empire Challenge with a time of 18:18...Selected to the 2007 All-San Bernardino County Team and I as the San Bernardino County No.
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