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THE UNIVERSITY OF TULSA TRACK & FIELD 2008 2008 GOLDEN HURRICANE TRACK & FIELD MEDIA GUIDE Indoor Track & Field January 19 Kansas Invitational Lawrence, Kan. January 25-26 Razorback Invitational Fayetteville, Ark. February 2 J.D. Martin Invitational Norman, Okla. February 15-16 Tyson Invitational Fayetteville, Ark. Feb 29 – March 1 Conference USA Championships Houston, Texas TULSA March 7 Last Chance Qualifier Fayetteville, Ark. March 14-15 NCAA Championships Fayetteville, Ark.

Outdoor Track & Field March 22 Tulsa Duels Tulsa, Okla. March 29 Arlington Invitational Arlington, Texas April 4-5 Stanford Invitational Palo Alto, Calif. edwin henshaw April 11-12 John Jacob Invitational Norman, Okla. alex becker Senior April 25-26 Drake Relays Des Moines, Iowa Junior May 3 Arkansas Twilight Fayetteville, Ark. May 15-17 Conference USA Championships El Paso, Texas May 30-31 Midwest Region Championships Lincoln, Neb. June 11-14 NCAA Championships Des Moines, Iowa

thomas stoltz Senior

april montgomery Junior

dawn nagazina ASHLEA GILFILLAN Junior Sophomore we are

katy mcgillen Senior

www.tulsahurricane.com INTRO STAFF outlook players review records c-usa 1111 51 53 54 ...... 49 ..... 52 ...... 50 ...... 48 ...... 57-58 ...... 55 ...... 58-59 ...... 56 ...... 34 ...... 35-47 Returning qualifiers of the NCAA On Cover: Midwest Regional Championships. 2008 Men’s Roster. Men’s Profiles. All-American/NCAA . Qualifiers Season-In-Review 48-53 2007 Women’s Cross Country Results. 2007 Men’s Cross Country Results. 2007 Women’s Indoor Top Performances 2007 Men’s Indoor Top Performances. 2007 Women’s Outdoor Top Performances. 2007 Men’s Outdoor Top Performances... Tulsa Records/History 55-59 Women’s Indoor Records. Men’s Indoor Records. Women’s Outdoor Records. Men’s Outdoor Records. 60 USA Conference 2008 Schedule Back Cover www.tulsahurricane.com www.tulsahurricane.com www.tulsahurricane.com www.tulsahurricane.com www.tulsahurricane.com ..... 19 ...... 15 ...... 1 8 ...... 19 ...... 19 ...... 12-13 ...... 14 ...... 4-7 ...... 22 ...... 1 ...... 17 s ...... 23-33 t ...... 8-11 ...... 2-3 ...... 16 e n t Credits This publication has been provided to assist you in your coverage of Tulsa Track & Field. We hope that it will be an invaluable asset to you during the 2008 season. Specific requests for other items should be directed to Gordon Houck, 800 South Tucker Drive, Tulsa, Okla. 74104-3189. The 2008 Tulsa Track and Field Media Guide is published by The University of Tulsa Athletic Media Relations office and designed and printed by Transcript Press of Norman, Oklahoma. Photographic contributions by Walt Beazley. The University of Tulsa is an equal opportunity/affirmative action institution. For EEO/AA information, contact the Office of Legal Compliance at (918) 631-2423; for disability accommodations, contact Dr. Jane Corso at (918) 631-2315. Women’s Profiles. Graduate Assistant – Andrew Maloney. 20-21 Outlook 2008 22-47 Players The 2008 Women’s Roster. Introduction Introduction 1-17 General Information. City of . Tulsa Assistant Coach – Jim Garnham. Assistant Coach – Debbie King. The University of Tulsa. Tulsa Athletics. Tulsa’s Athletic Facilities. Strength & Conditioning. Hurricane Soccer & Track Stadium. President. Director of Athletics. 18-19 Staff Coaching Head Coach – Steve Gulley. o n C o f

Don Tomkalski a b l e .....Andrew Maloney . T Bubba Cunningham Women - 2nd Women - 18/7 Women - 6th Women - 4th ...... Jim Garnham ...... Debbie King...... 918-631-2893 ...... Gordon Houck ...... 918-631-5485 ...... Jason West ...... Stephanie Hall ...... 918-631-2323 ...... 918-631-2545 Hurricane Soccer & Track ...... Baylor ‘04 ...... Steve Gulley ...... Saint Francis ‘05 ...... Kent State ‘98 ...... 918-631-3200 ...... 918-631-2492 ...... 918-631-2163 ...... 918-631-3720 ...... Northeastern State ’83 4,125

Dr. Steadman Upham Tulsa, Oklahoma ...... [email protected] ...... [email protected] Information Old Gold, Royal Blue and Crimson ...... [email protected] ...... [email protected] ...... [email protected]

King’s Office. E-mail. Alma Mater. Maloney’s Office. Alma Mater. E-mail.

Gulley’s Office. E-mail.

2007 C-USA Cross Country Finish: Men - 2nd Letterwinners Returning/Lost: Men - 22/4 2007 C-USA Indoor Track Finish: Men - 4th 2007 C-USA Outdoor Track Finish: Men - 6th team Graduate Asst. Coach E-mail. Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Alma Mater. Garnham’s Office. Head Coach coaching staff Alma Mater.

Assoc. Athletic Director for Communications. Office Phone. Assistant Director. Office Phone. Assistant Director. Office Phone. Intern/Track Contact. Office Phone. E-mail. Mailing Address: Athletic Media Relations The University of Tulsa 800 S. Tucker Drive Tulsa, OK 74104-3189 Tulsa athletic media relations Director of Athletics: Associate Athletic Director/SWA: Crista Troester Home Facility: Stadium Nickname: Golden Hurricane Colors: Conference: Conference USA Affiliation: NCAA Division 1 President: Tulsa Quick ts Fac Location: Founded: 1894 Enrollment:

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In 1719, a French trader came within a few miles of Tulsa and claimed the land for France. He reported an abundance of trees and water, rolling hills and plentiful game. Today’s residents and visitors are also impressed

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ulsa’s real assets are the over 750,000 The natural beauty of the area has not been trader wandered by accident into the area. T people who live and work in the spoiled by a city being built in its midst. But to the diverse people who make Tulsa metropolitan area. Tulsa’s downtown area has some of the their home, it’s still a place of abundant best examples of art deco and revivalist beauty and opportunity. The people of Tulsa enjoy a lifestyle that is architecture in the nation. family-oriented and civic-minded. There is Another asset of the city of Tulsa is the widespread support for sporting events, the Tulsa is a young city built mostly since the The Tulsa Sports Commission. Founded in performing arts, cultural festivals, historical 1970s. The City of Tulsa, along with civic 1993, the Tulsa Sports Commission cre- and art museums and a world-class zoo. The groups and homeowners, contributes to ates positive economic impact in the Tulsa temperate climate encourages use of world- Tulsa’s natural beauty by the use of impres- region through attracting, developing, and class golf courses and an extensive parks sive landscaping. Few places in the United facilitating amateur sports events, sports system. On most days of the year, parks will States can boast of the variety of trees and related conventions and other ventures and be filled with joggers, walkers, tennis enthu- flowers that Tulsans take for granted. facilities, thus enhancing the community’s siasts, cyclists, volleyball players and young quality of life. families enjoying the playgrounds. Tulsa has grown and become part of the very modern world since that first French

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About Tulsa gross production of goods and services Tulsa Facts of $29.24 billion. r ec or d s • Our cost of doing business is 20 percent Tulsans enjoy unsurpassed beauty, a well- City Population: 383,760 (2004 estimate) educated and talented workforce, cultural BELOW the national average. Founded: 1898 diversity and a pro-business environment. All • Tulsa’s cost of living is 8 percent BELOW of this ensures Tulsa remains a great place the national average and our County per Time Zone: Central to do business, raise a family and visit. capita income is 11 percent ABOVE the Median Age: 35 national average. Average Maximum Temperature: 71

Some of the following points provide a sum- • A recent labor market survey reported c-u sa mary of the Tulsa region: — Tulsa enjoys a workforce with edu- Average Minimum Temperature: 49 • Tulsa still remains below the national aver- cation and training which exceeds the Average Days of Sunshine: 227 age in unemployment, while reporting net national average. Elevation: 725 new job growth. • More than ever, Tulsans have access to Tulsa City Area: 192 square miles • The Tulsa region is host to some of the more quality educational opportunities. world’s most envious labor force clusters We have over 49,000 students currently Tulsa Metro Area: 5,161 square miles — in aerospace we are 8th in the nation, enrolled in our public and private higher in oil and gas we are 9th and technology education institutions and technology is 17th. schools. These assets provide a signifi- • Almost 80 percent of our region’s busi- cant labor supply ready to fill the needs of nesses contain 10 and fewer employees our businesses. — it’s obvious the Tulsa metro economy • In tourism — last year, Tulsa was ranked depends on the entrepreneurship and in the top 10 southern cities in Southern vitality of small businesses. Living magazine and Fodor’s Travel • Tulsa ranked in the top one-third of all Publications listed Tulsa as one of its MSAs, states and countries worldwide outstanding travel destinations — but dis- in total gross product in 2001, with a tinguished us as being overlooked and undiscovered.

www.tulsahurricane.com 3 Th e Un i v e r s i t y INTRO STAFF pl a o u t l oo k ye rs r ev i ew r ec or d s the university of tulsa Today ranked among the top 100 universities in the nation, The University of Tulsa traces its beginnings to Muskogee, Indian Territory, where it was founded by the Presbyterian Church in 1894 as a mission school for

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y 1907, the school had been renamed future. Their legacy is evident across cam- attention: the average class size is 19 and B Henry Kendall College. Tulsa’s popula- pus today in buildings bearing the names of the student-to-faculty ratio is 11-to-1. tion at the time was only about 7,000, and many founders and benefactors: Chapman, Muskogee was developing an edge as the Harwell, Keplinger, Lorton, Mabee, McClure, TU’s combination of academic quality and territory’s commercial leader. Seeing that an Oliphant, Phillips, Shaw, Skelly, Westby and individual attention is matched by an empha- institution of higher education was essential Zink among them. sis on enrichment programs such as the TU to Tulsa’s growth, enterprising members Honors Program and Tulsa Undergraduate of the Tulsa Commercial Club bought the While TU’s growing reputation is built on the Research Challenge (TURC), which provide college and moved it to its current campus vision and generosity of many, it also reflects students with opportunities for mentored location – just in time for statehood. (In fact, the talents of its students. This past year, TU research, leadership development, and the bell rung to announce Oklahoma’s state- welcomed the most outstanding freshman service. hood remains on campus today.) class in university history, with a record number of National Merit Scholars (one in TU garnered national acclaim in 2005 In the nearly 100 years since Henry Kendall 10) and nearly two-thirds of freshmen rank- as a Truman Honor Institution, an award College joined its destiny with that of Tulsa, ing in the top 10 percent of their high school bestowed by the Harry S. Truman Scholarship the relationship between school and city has graduating classes. These high-achieving Foundation on select colleges and universi- grown and deepened. In 1921, directors students from throughout the nation are ties that place a priority on service learning. re-chartered the college as The University of attracted to Tulsa not only by TU’s reputa- Ten TU students have been awarded Truman Tulsa. Early and generous support from pio- tion, but also by its emphasis on personal Scholarships in recent years, joining the neering civic leaders secured the university’s

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many Goldwater Scholars, Udall Scholars, knowledge in a wide range of academic

Fast Facts r ec or d s and Marshall Scholars who are proving that disciplines housed in four colleges: the a TU education inspires excellence both in Henry Kendall College of Arts and Sciences, Founded: 1894 the classroom and beyond. College of Business Administration, College Institution Type: Private, doctoral of Engineering and Natural Sciences, and degree granting, accredited, coeducational In keeping with its core values, The University College of Law. While the university’s repu- Affiliation: Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) of Tulsa educates students for a rapidly tation in petroleum engineering has been Enrollment: 4,125 (2,882 changing and increasingly complex world. internationally recognized for more than half undergraduate, 1,243 graduate and law) TU students come from 46 states and 61 a century, TU is known today in a number 59 undergraduate, Programs: c-u sa countries outside of the United States. A of disciplines, foremost among them Native 33 graduate, 10 doctoral growing number of them live on the universi- American law and computer science. The Average class size: 19 ty’s 200-acre residential campus, which has TU College of Law established the nation’s Student/faculty ratio: 11 to 1 expanded significantly over the past decade first advanced degree program (LL.M.) in Full-time faculty: 306 with new facilities including the Donald W. American Indian law, and TU was among the Endowed chairs and/or Reynolds Center, Michael D. Case Tennis lead institutions selected to participate in the professorships: 42 Center, Fulton and Susie Collins Fitness federal “Cyber Corps,” a computer security Average ACT score: 27 (2006 freshman Center, and Mabee Legal Information Center. initiative launched by the U.S. Department of class) This fall has seen the completion of Collins Defense and National Science Foundation. Top 10 percent of high school Hall, the Case Athletic Complex, and nearly class: 59 percent (2006 freshman class) 400 new student apartments. Construction is There is no TU resource more vital to intellec- National Merit Finalists: 1 of every underway on TU’s new 11th Street entrance tual inquiry than McFarlin Library, the literal 10 students (2006 freshman class) and an addition to the McFarlin Library. and symbolic heart of campus. The library, Undergraduate Male/Female Ratio: Following the conclusion of the 2007 football which commemorated its 75th anniversary 53 (m) to 47 (f) season, work will begin on renovations to with a rededication ceremony in 2005, is Percentage receiving some type of H.A. Chapman Stadium, which is expected known for its Special Collections in Native financial aid: 96 percent to be complete before the first kickoff of the American history, World War I history, and (2006 freshman class) 2008 season. 19th- and 20th-century British and American literature, including extensive holdings on Alongside this physical growth, TU contin- James Joyce and the papers of V.S. Naipaul, ues to be a leading producer of experts and the 2001 Nobel laureate for literature.

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The University of Tulsa continues to educate Prominent Alumni of The University of Tulsa r ec or d s the scientists, teachers, artists, engineers, business leaders, and thinkers who will • Jorge Atalla (MS ’51, Petroleum Engineering) Former owner, Hills Brothers Coffee shape our future. At the same time, the • Michael Babcock (BA ’65, Psychology) Former President and COO, The Leslie Fay Companies, university’s competitive tradition in intercollegiate athletics provides an exciting arena a specialty chain based in New York City for the aspirations of TU’s student-athletes. • Doug Claybourne (BS ’74, Art) Feature film producer (Producer of “The Mask of Zorro”, “V.I. The 18 men’s and women’s teams that com- Warshawski” and “Mr. Baseball”; Assistant Director of “Apocalypse Now”) prise the TU Golden Hurricane athletic pro- • Cortlandt S. Dietler (BA ’74, History; BS ’74, Political Science) Chairman, Transmontaigne, Inc. c-u sa gram compete in the highest division of the • Lex Frieden (BS ’71, Psychology) Senior Vice President, The Institute for Rehabilitation and NCAA in Conference USA. In the 2006-07 Research academic year, Tulsa won a regular season • Patrick (P.S.) Gordon (BS ’74, Art) Nationally known artist title in volleyball, and captured tournament crowns in men’s and women’s tennis as well • Henry D. (Hank) Haney (BS ’77, Recreation) Coach for Tiger Woods, ESPN Golf Analyst, as men’s golf. Author • Todd Hays (BS ’92, Physical Education) 2002 Olympic Bobsled Silver Medalist No profile of The University of Tulsa would • S.E. Hinton (BS ’70, Secondary English) Author, The Outsiders; Tex; Rumble Fish; That Was be complete without mentioning the con- Then, This is Now tributions of its graduates. TU is not only • Hani A. Hussein (BS ’71, Chemical Engineering) Deputy Chairman, CEO, Kuwait National Oil an excellent school, but also an extend- Corporation ed community. The university’s growing alumni network includes chapters in 10 • David L. Kyle (MBA ’87) Chairman and CEO, ONEOK Incorporated cities: Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Fort Worth/ • Daniel Lang (BS ’53, Fine Art) Painter whose works are on permanent display in New York’s Arlington, Houston, Kansas City, Oklahoma Museum of Modern Art and the Chicago Art Institute City, St. Louis, Tulsa, and Washington, D.C. • Steve Largent (BS ’76, Environmental Biology) Former U.S. Congressman. Former wide receiver This extended family of alumni provides for the NFL’s Seattle Seahawks and member of the NFL Hall of Fame the partnership and perspective that has • Robert Lavender (JD ’53) Justice, Oklahoma Supreme Court (former Chief Justice) advanced The University of Tulsa for more than 100 years. • David R. Lawson (BS ’70, Accounting) President and CEO, Capital One Auto Finance

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• Nancy Lopez (BS ’79) Retired Professional Golfer and member, LPGA and TU Athletic Halls

of Fame r ec or d s • Joseph W. Moeller (BS ’66, Marketing), President and CEO, Georgia-Pacific Corporation • Russell Myers (BS ’60, Commercial Design) Creator of the cartoon strip, “Broom Hilda” • Drew Pearson (BS ’72, Physical Education) President, Drew Pearson Enterprises, Inc. Former wide receiver for the NFL’s Dallas Cowboys • Mary Kay Place (BA ’69, Speech) Actress, screenwriter, singer whose credits include act- ing roles in “The Big Chill” and TV’s “Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman” and writing scripts for

“MASH” and “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” c-u sa • Stacy L. Prammanasudh (BS ’02, Exercise and Sports Science) Professional Golfer and Competitive Scholarships, member, LPGA Fellowships, Grants • Mark A. Radcliffe (BS ’74, Journalism) Executive Producer, Harry Potter Films • Kelly Robbins (BS ’91, Educatin) Professional Golfer and member, LPGA Since 1995, TU students have received: • Michael D. Ruffin (BS ’99, Chemical Engineering) Professional Basketball Player, Washington 41 Goldwater Scholarships Wizards 26 National Science Foundation • Gailard Sartain (BS ’69, Commercial Design) Actor/Artist. Movies include “Mississippi Graduate Fellowships Burning”, “Fried Green Tomatoes”, “Getting Even with Dad” 8 Truman Scholarships • Myles W. Scoggins, PhD. (BS ’70, Petroleum Engineering; PhD. ’78) President, Colorado 7 Department of Defense School for the Mines Fellowships • Greg Smith (BS ’67, Applied Mathematics) Economist, contributor to The Wall Street 7 Phi Kappa Phi Graduate Journal Fellowship • Lovie Smith (BS ’80, Physical Education) Head Coach, Chicago Bears Football Team 6 Fulbright Grants • Howard Twilley (BS ’68, Electrical Engineering) All-American football player at TU; former 5 Morris K. Udall Scholarships wide receiver, Miami Dolphins; founder of “The Athletes Foot” retail chain in Oklahoma 4 British Marshall Scholarships • Michael E. Wiley (BS ’72, Petroleum Engineering) Former Chairman, President and CEO, Baker Hughes; Former President and COO, ARCO

www.tulsahurricane.com 7 Stu d e n t -Ath l e t e s INTRO STAFF pl a o u t l oo k ye rs r ev i ew r ec or d s student-athletes The academic support program is designed to assist all student-athletes in developing academic and career goals. This program provides academic direction and promotes accountability, decision-making skills, and integrity. All new student-athletes are required to participate in the academic support program. The student-athlete, c-u sa coaching staff, and academic advisor cooperatively determine the necessary degree of participation and develop an individualized program for the student.

The student’s schedule, with the accompa- Advising Network Components nying syllabus for each class, is assessed and serves as a guide for implementing an Each student-athlete is assigned an advi- ll the components within the program action plan. The contract provides condi- sor within the athletic department and/or function as an interdependent network. A tions to uphold and reinforce the commit- department of his/her chosen major. This The components, which are listed below, ment made between the student-athlete, advisor will assist in making certain the stu- help each student develop qualities and coaching staff, and The University of Tulsa dent is on course within the degree program skills significant not only through the colle- to attain a quality education and enhance and help in the class scheduling process. giate career, but throughout a lifetime. the overall welfare of the student-athlete. TU’s athletic student services staff advises student-athletes about specific academic Individual Contract and Individual Instruction concerns such as course scheduling and individual needs. Conditions Each student-athlete has personal meetings with an advisor or graduate assistant to At the beginning of each semester, each Progress Report discuss class preparation, strengthen criti- new student-athlete meets with an academic cal thinking skills, and encourage academic Periodic monitoring of each student-athlete’s advisor to develop a strategy for success. progress. academic performance provides feedback

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from the classroom and assists in identifying Recent Student-Athlete Academic Highlights and arranging necessary support. r ec or d s NCAA Top VIII Award Recipient • Michael Dulaney (football), 2002 Learning Center • Michael Ruffin (basketball), 1999 • Brandi McGuire (softball), 2003 Provisions are made to give student-athletes • Jason Parker (basketball), 2004 an opportunity to study in an environment con- NCAA Women of the Year Finalist • Matt Wiley (soccer), 2005 ducive for learning. A quiet, structured format • Shana Robinson (track & field), 2004 • Garrett Mills (football), 2005 enables students to focus upon studies without • Sara Dyer (softball), 2007 Tulsa’s ESPN The Magazine/ disturbances. The Learning Center is monitored • Paul Smith (football), 2007 c-u sa CoSIDA Academic All-Americans and accounted for by the TU athletic department to ensure flexible hours to meet the needs First-team Second-team of each student-athlete. • David Millwee (football), 1995 • Tamara Holzhuter (volleyball), 1989, • Levin Gillen (football), 1996, 1997 fall/winter at-large Tutoring • Jonathan Pillow (track), 1996, 1997 • Stacy Prammanasudh (golf), 2001, One-on-one monitoring provides personal atten- fall/winter at-large spring at-large tion and addresses specific needs of a student- • Michael Ruffin (basketball), 1999 • Matt Wiley (soccer), 2004 athlete in a given subject. • Anousjka van Exel (tennis), 1999, • Eric Burkholder (soccer), 2006, 2007 spring at-large • Paul Smith (football), 2006 Additional Campus • Tim Surface (track), 1999, 2000, fall/ Academic Resource winter at-large; 2000, 2001 spring Third-team at-large • Jonathan Pillow (track), 1995 McFarlin Library, the math center, the writing • Drew McLaughlin (football), 2001 • Tim Surface (track), 1999, spring at-large center, computer labs, the accounting lab, the • Stacy Prammanasudh (golf), 2002, • Jennifer DeSpain (tennis), 2001, foreign language lab, the counseling center, and collegiate advising offices are available spring at-large spring at-large to all students. A new academic center was • Debbie Cardenas (cross country/ • Jason Parker (basketball), 2003 opened to all student-athletes in the fall of track), 2002 • Shana Robinson (track), 2004 2007 with the completion of the Case Athletic • Charlotte Sanderson (cross country/ • Matt Thomas (soccer), 2006 Complex. track), 2002 • Vanessa Andrews (rowing), 2007

www.tulsahurricane.com 9 Tu l s a Ath l e t i c s INTRO STAFF pl a o u t l oo k ye rs r ev i ew r ec or d s a winning tradition You don’t have to paint your face blue and gold to show your support for The University of Tulsa Golden Hurricane athletics, but some students do. c-u sa ports are a source of pride and excite- Tulsa began its membership in C-USA in in 2006. Tulsa football has great tradition. S ment for all students, faculty and fans 2005-06, after nine seasons in the Western A bevy of TU athletic events are often tele- in the Tulsa community. The athletic pro- Athletic Conference. In its first two years vised on networks such as ESPN, ESPN2, gram enjoys success in each of its 18 inter- of C-USA membership, Tulsa posted eight CSTV and Fox Sports, as well as a solid local collegiate sports, 10 for women and eight league championships, including four each and regional television package. for men. The University fields men’s teams year. Tulsa has also had eight student-ath- in basketball, cross country, football, golf, letes win the award for the top C-USA scholar TU athletics has a long winning tradition from indoor track, outdoor track, soccer and ten- athlete in their particular sport, four in each its early beginnings. The University of Tulsa nis; and women’s teams in basketball, cross of its first two years of conference member- has won six national championships includ- country, golf, rowing, soccer, softball, ten- ship. In its third year, Tulsa won two titles in ing four in women’s golf (two NCAA and nis, indoor and outdoor track and volleyball. the fall 2007 with C-USA Championships in two AIAW title) and two NIT titles in men’s men’s soccer and volleyball, as well as the basketball. Tulsa has also had four national All programs are members of the top division West Division title in football. individual champions, and has had numer- of the National Collegiate Athletic Association ous athletes compete individually at national (NCAA), and all but rowing are members of Tulsa’s golf, tennis and men’s basketball championship events. Conference USA. TU is one of the smallest teams are most always among the nation’s schools in the nation to participate in NCAA elite. The women’s basketball and softball Since 1990, TU’s basketball, football, women’s Division I athletics, but has become one of teams showed that the national limelight golf, men’s golf, rowing, softball, women’s the most successful. will focus on the success of those teams as soccer, men’s soccer, women’s tennis and well with NCAA Tournament appearances men’s tennis have been nationally ranked.

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Since 1980-81, the Tulsa men’s basket- the nation to participate in five straight New will also host the 2008 NCAA Men’s and r ec or d s ball team has had one of the nation’s top Year’s Day bowl games in the 1940’s. In the Women’s Tennis Championship. programs, advancing to postseason tour- 1960’s, Tulsa football was credited with the nament competition 18 times. Tulsa was emergence of what brings excitement to the TU athletes are also winners in the classroom. one step away from the NCAA Final Four college game today –– passing. The graduation rate of TU student-athletes in the 2000 season after advancing to the ranks in the top one-third of all colleges and South Region finals. The Hurricane basket- Tulsa football has made a bowl game universities that compete in NCAA Division I ball team advanced to the NCAA “Sweet appearance in four of the last five seasons. athletics. Hurricane athletes have received Sixteen” three times in a span of seven In 2005, Tulsa won the Conference USA numerous academic awards based on both seasons. Tulsa basketball was picked by Championship in the school’s inaugural year athletic and academic success. c-u sa Street & Smith’s Greatest College Basketball in the league. Tulsa went on to win the 2005 Programs of All-Time as the 59th ranked col- AutoZone Liberty Bowl game against Fresno Tulsa student-athletes have had outstand- legiate basketball program in the nation. State. In 2007, Tulsa won 10 games for only ing performances in the classroom as well the sixth time in school history while winning as on the field. TU student-athletes have Tulsa’s men’s and women’s teams in golf the GMAC Bowl. been honored with 35 ESPN The Magazine/ and tennis, as well as men’s soccer all par- CoSIDA Academic All-America first, second ticipated in NCAA postseason competition Since 2000, Tulsa has had two of its female or third-team awards since 1995. in recent years. The women’s golf team won athletes – four-time All-America golfer Stacy an unprecedented seven straight Western Prammanasudh and basketball All-American Athletic Conference titles, while David Inglis Jillian Robbins –– win the Conference Athlete (2001-04) of the men’s team became just the of the Year Award, going to the best athlete second golfer in NCAA history to win four in the conference based on athletic perfor- consecutive conference individual titles. The mance. women’s basketball team posted its most wins (26) in school history in 2006 and made Not only has Tulsa been competitive on the it to three straight post-season tournament national level, but the University has hosted appearances. two NCAA Division I National Championships since 1999, including the 1999 NCAA Tulsa’s football teams have appeared in 15 Women’s Golf Championship and the 2004 bowl games, and TU was the first school in NCAA Men’s Tennis Championship. Tulsa

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r ec or d s athletic facilities Donald W. Reynolds Center Tulsa’s basketball teams moved into its on-campus facility in December 1998. The men’s basketball team has played to sellout crowds at the Donald W. Reynolds Center, and since moving into the arena has advanced to the NCAA Elite Eight and won the 2001 NIT Championship. The women’s hoops team made the school’s first post-season appearance c-u sa since calling the Reynolds Center its home and its first NCAA appearance in 2006. The arena also houses the Golden Hurricane volleyball team, playing its first match there in 1999. The volleyball squad clinched the 2006 Conference USA regular season championship at the Reynolds Center.

Michael D. Case Tennis Center The Michael D. Case Tennis Center, which features six indoor and 12 outdoor courts, is the nation’s best collegiate tennis facility, and hosted the 2004 NCAA Men’s Tennis Championships. The Case Tennis Center will serve as the host site of the 2008 NCAA Men’s & Women’s Tennis Championships.

The Donna J. Hardesty Sports and Recreation Complex The Donna J. Hardesty Sports and Recreation Complex houses the Softball Field and Hurricane Soccer and Track Stadium. The Donna J. Hardesty Sports and Recreation Complex includes an intercollegiate softball field, Hurricane Soccer and Track Stadium, soccer practice field, student fitness center and multi-purpose recreational fields. The softball stadium hosted the 2006 Conference USA Championships, while the soccer and track stadium hosted the 2005 Western Athletic Conference Track Championships and the 2006 C-USA Men’s Soccer Championship.

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Southern Hills Country Club Southern Hills Country Club, site of numerous pro golf championships including the 2001 U.S. Open and the 2007 PGA Championship, is one of the several private and public c-u sa courses that Tulsa’s nationally ranked women’s and men’s golf teams play.

Skelly Field at H.A. Chapman Stadium H.A. Chapman Stadium has hosted some of the nation’s best teams, Oklahoma, Miami, Iowa, Texas A&M and numerous other top college football programs. The stadium was built in 1930 and has undergone significant changes in the more than 70 years of its exis- tence. It has also served as the host site for professional football and baseball exhibitions, NASL games, a Reverend Billy Graham rally, concerts and numerous other events. The stadium will undergo major renovation following the 2007 season.

J. Bird Sr. Shell Nest

The J. Bird Sr. Shell Nest on the Verdigris River in Catoosa, Oklahoma, is the home site for the Tulsa rowing team. A 5,000 square foot boathouse can house 46 boats and the Verdigris River is one of the best waterways for rowing in the United States.

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The University of Tulsa’s strength and conditioning center is a state-of-the-art facility housed in the Donald W. Reynolds Center. The 6,000-square foot strength and conditioning center is equipped with the newest of strength-building and cardiovascular training equipment. c-u sa

he strength and conditioning center grams to build strength and speed through A qualified staff of full-time athletic trainers T serves over 300 student-athletes. The weight-lifting, running and agility drills. The works closely with team physicians to pro- center consists of the newest and best strength staff designs weight-training provide top quality care of University athletes. of strength-building equipment, including grams that are sport-specific. A computer free weights, Hurricane racks, power racks, system allows the strength and conditioning In addition, The University of Tulsa’s aca- Olympic lifting platforms and numerous aux- staff to monitor each student-athletes’ diet demic curriculum includes one in athletic iliary machines. and training program. training, thus providing numerous well- trained student athletic trainers to lend sup- Student-athletes receive both personal and In conjunction with the strength and con- port to the sports medicine staff. team instruction from a qualified staff mem- ditioning center, the Reynolds Center also ber. Tulsa’s student-athletes are provided houses a 5,300-square foot sports medicine with the attention and direction needed to center, equipped with all the modern and reach their maximum potential. essential equipment necessary for the pre- vention, care and rehabilitation of athletic The strength and conditioning staff is com- injuries. mitted to developing every individual by designing in-season and off-season pro-

14 The University of Tulsa 2008 Track & Field Media Guide Tr a c k & Fi e l d Fa c i l i t i e s INTRO STAFF pl a o u t l oo k ye rs r ev i ew

hurricane soccer & track stadium r ec or d s The Hurricane Soccer & Track Stadium is the home field for the Golden Hurricane track & field and men’s and women’s soccer teams. The state-of-the-art facility, which was completed in August, 2003, is the third phase of the 10-year athletic master plan for campus development. The multi-purpose facility is part of the Donna J. Hardesty Sports and Recreation Complex, a 30-acre development at The University of Tulsa. c-u sa esigned by St. Louis-based Hastings & The $4.5 million facility has generated excite- Other firms working on the stadium included the D Chivetta Architects, Inc., the stadium fea- ment for the teams as well as enhance stu- St. Louis companies of McClure Engineering tures a 75’ x 120’ soccer field and an eight-lane dent-athlete recruitment opportunities. The Associates as mechanical, electrical and plumb- 400-meter synthetic surface running track. The facility further demonstrates The University of ing engineer; and Jack Sontag, structural fully irrigated soccer field consists of Tiffsport sod Tulsa’s commitment to providing its Division I engineer. Tulsa-based companies included Saks on top of an eight-inch sand base to facilitate NCAA teams top-notch athletic facilities. & Associates providing civil engineering; Howell drainage to a system of pipes below. The stadi- In just two seasons of service, the Hurricane & Vancuren as the landscape architect; and um includes locker rooms, athletic training room, Soccer & Track Stadium has been the host Oakridge Builders as the general contractor. concession stand and storage area, a press box site of two men’s soccer NCAA Tournament and seating for 2,000 spectators. first round games (2003, 2004) and a 2004 Tulsa’s practice field at the Donna J. Hardesty Missouri Valley Conference Tournament first Sports Complex is located south of the Hurricane The primary goal for the stadium is to provide round contest. On the track and field side, the Soccer & Track Stadium and is one of the finest the University’s soccer and track teams with stadium served as the host facility for the 2005 soccer practice fields in the nation. The facility, a permanent track and natural grass field on Western Athletic Conference Track and Field which features permanent seating on both sides campus. The stadium allows the track teams to Championships. of the field, served as the home field for the incorporate the hammer throw, discus, javelin Golden Hurricane for three seasons (2000-02). and shot put into its field events.

www.tulsahurricane.com 15 Pr e s i d e n t INTRO Dr. Steadman Upham President

Steadman Upham was named president of The University of Tulsa in June 2004, after having served as president of Claremont Graduate University for six STAFF years. Prior to this time, he served as vice provost for research and dean of the Graduate School and professor of archaeology at the University of Oregon.

He has provided extensive service to the scholarly professions.

pl a o u t l oo k He has been president of both the National Physical Science Consortium and the Western Association of Graduate Schools. He was the 1999 chair of the Council of Graduate Schools’ Board of Directors, and has served in the executive committees of the Association of Graduate Schools of the Association of American Universities and the Council on Research Policy and Graduate Education of the National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges. He also served as commissioner for ye rs r ev i ew r ec or d s the Western Association of Schools and Colleges Accrediting Commission.

President Upham is currently a director of the American Mutual Funds, The Capital Group Companies; director of the St. Francis Health System; director of the Gilcrease Museum, Museum of the Americas; director of the Tulsa Chamber of Commerce; and director of the Oklahoma Conference on Community and justice. c-u sa

Dr. Upham has written numerous books and scholarly articles on the prehistory and archaeology of the American Southwest.

He is a fellow of the American Anthropological Association, a member of Sigma Xi, the international honor society of scientific and engineering research, and a member of the honor society of Phi Kappa Phi. President Upham received numerous awards for his teaching and research while serving as a faculty member at New Mexico State University and the University of Oregon.

Upham earned a Ph.D. in anthropology from Arizona State University in 1980, where he also earned a M.A. in the same field. He has a B.A. from the University of Redlands, Redlands, California where his major areas of study were English Literature and Spanish.

Upham unwinds in his art studio where he creates contemporary paintings. He and his wife, Peggy (a silversmith), are the parents of two children: Erin, a graduate of Carnegie-Mellon University in Pittsburgh; and Nathan, a graduate of Occidental College in California.

16 The University of Tulsa 2008 Track & Field Media Guide Di r e ct o r o f Ath l e t i c s INTRO Lawrence (Bubba) In addition, Cunningham engineered the athletic department’s out- Cunningham sourcing of its marketing and corporate sponsorship efforts when he Director of Athletics secured a contract with Nelligan’s Sports Marketing for the athletics department. The agreement with NSM produced one of the most profitable ventures ever by the athletics department. Lawrence (Bubba) Cunningham was appointed the Director of Athletics at Cunningham also assisted the athletics department in creating a The University of Tulsa on October 7, relationship with NIKE for all of its athletics gear, engineered plans STAFF 2005. He came to Tulsa following three to enhance the student-athlete experience and hosted the first-ever years as the athletics director at Ball marketing summit in the athletics department’s history. State University. Cunningham began his tenure at Tulsa on November 11, 2005. Prior to his appointment at Ball State, Cunningham spent 15 years working in the athletics department at the University of Notre Dame.

In his time at Tulsa, Cunningham has guided TU through its infancy At Notre Dame between 2000-02, Cunningham served as associate of membership in Conference USA. Tulsa shared a league-best four pl a o u t l oo k director of athletics for external affairs. He renegotiated the school’s conference championships in its first year as a C-USA member, and footwear contract, developed a communications and marketing equaled that total in the school’s second season. plan, created marketing teams for all 26 varsity sports, increased C-USA titles came in the sports of football, women’s basketball, corporate sponsorship income by 400 percent, created a financial/ men’s tennis and softball in the 2005-06 campaign, while men’s equity plan for the department and served as chairman of the NCAA tennis, women’s tennis, men’s golf and volleyball captured league Division I Women’s Golf Committee.

championships a year later. In addition, 10 teams have made post- Before that, he served as associate athletics director for finance and season tournament play in its two years of league membership, facilities (1995-2000). In that time, Cunningham was responsible for

including the women’s basketball and softball teams making their ye rs a $30 million budget and all business affairs. first NCAA appearances in 2006.

In that capacity, Cunningham was responsible for developing and In December 2005, Cunningham spearheaded a ticket campaign implementing an equity plan to meet Title IX requirements, com- that saw over 15,000 Golden Hurricane fans storm Memphis, pleted the master plan for Notre Dame athletic facilities, coordinated Tennessee for the 2005 AutoZone Liberty Bowl. In the spring of the bid process and negotiation with Westwood for football radio 2006, he oversaw Tulsa’s annual fundraising campaign that sur- rights and helped plan and complete the $50 million renovation and r ev i ew passed a goal of $2.2 million. 20,000 seat expansion of Notre Dame Stadium. He also coordinated Cunningham has overseen plans for a $20 million renovation of the planning and construction of the Warren Golf Course, an 18-hole Skelly Field at H.A. Chapman Stadium, which will take place follow- championship course on the Notre Dame campus. ing the 2007 football season. He has also worked towards develop- At Notre Dame, Cunningham also served as assistant athletics ing relationships with national sponsors during his short tenure. director/business manager (1993-95), ticketing and marketing man- Cunningham has implemented and continues developing a strate- ager (1988-93), and before that was an athletics department intern r ec or d s gic plan for personal and professional growth and development for (1987-88).

TU’s student-athletes, coaches and athletic staff. Cunningham earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in busi- Academic success continues to thrive under Cunningham’s lead- ness administration, both from Notre Dame, in 1984 and 1988, ership. Tulsa has had seven ESPN The Magazine Academic All- respectively. He played on the Irish golf team in 1982-83.

America selections, while each year over 125 student-athletes were Cunningham serves on the Gatorade National Advisory Board and named to Conference USA’s Commissioner’s Honor Roll. Tulsa has is a member of the Rotary Club of Tulsa. He has been a featured had the most C-USA Scholar Athlete of the Year selections in the speaker at numerous NACDA and I-A institute conferences. first two years of the league with eight, including four award winners c-u sa each year. Born in Flint, Mich., and raised in Naples, Fla., Cunningham and his

wife, Tina, have four children: Matthew, Michael, John and Sarah. In his tenure at Ball State, Cunningham guided a program with 19 intercollegiate sports and a budget of $12.4 million. In his final year, Ball State completed a $12M campaign to renovate the football stadium. In raising those funds, Cunningham secured the largest single gift in Ball State Athletics history.

Ball State continued its rich academic and athletic tradition under Cunningham’s guidance. Cardinal teams had an average Academic Performance Rate (APR) Index of 983 with 12 programs at a rating of 1,000.

He implemented a variety of firsts for the Cardinals. The football team played the first-ever night game in Ball State Stadium and the first-ever weeknight home game in the university’s 78-year history in 2003. Cunningham also developed and implemented a marketing plan for a record football attendance mark in 2003. He was able to secure funding exclusively from private donors to have permanent lights installed at Ball State Stadium.

www.tulsahurricane.com 17 St a f f INTRO Steve Gulley Head Coach Gulley’s Capsule 8th YEAR Education • Northeastern State, B.S. Education, 1983 Steve Gulley is entering his eighth season • Baylor University, Master’s Degree, 1985 as head track and field, and cross country Highlights

STAFF coach during which time he has turned • Has coached five All-Americans at Tulsa the Golden Hurricane into one of the best • Has coached 24 WAC or C-USA individual conference squads in Conference USA. champions at Tulsa • Led the 2007 men’s Cross Country team to TU’s first berth to Under Gulley’s tenure, the Hurricane the NCAA Championships has qualified 23 student-athletes for the • Won TU’s first team conference championship in women’s NCAA Championships and garnered seven All-American honors Cross Country in 2001

pl a o u t l oo k during that time. These honors have come from Shana Robinson • Won TU’s first team conference championship in men’s Cross in the 200-meters in 2003, Melanie Hardy in the 800-meters in Country in 2003 2005, Alex Becker in cross country as well as the 3,000-meters and • Holds more Southwest Conference titles than any other coach 5,000-meters in 2007, Fride Vullum in the 5,000-meters in 2001 and in the history of Baylor sports Charlotte Sanderson in 10,000-meters in 2001. SWC Cross Country Championships Women: 1990, 1991 1992 and 1993 Men: 1992, 1994 During this time, Gulley has coached 24 individual WAC and C-USA WAC Cross Country Championships conference champions and helped 3 athletes qualify to represent Women: 2001 Men: 2003 their countries at the World Championships. The Hurricane qualified SWC Cross Country Coach-of-the-Year the women’s 4x400-meter relay team in 2002 for the NCAA Indoor 1989 (women) 1990 (women) 1991 (women) ye rs Championships. 1992 (men & women) 1993 (women) 1994 (men) 1995 (women) In the 2007 season, Tulsa qualified its first field event athlete for WAC Cross Country Coach-of-the-Year the NCAA Championships with Stephanie Jeffers’ school-record 2001 (women) 2003 (men) performance in the shot put and it first outdoor male distance qualifier with a school-record performance from Edwin Henshaw in the r ev i ew 5,000-meters. In the sprint hurdles, Rickey Wilson, Jr. became the teams also placed 10th (1991), 17th (1992), 18th (1990 and 1992) first back-to-back individual conference champion in school history and 22nd (1989 and 1994) nationally. with consecutive C-USA titles in the 110-meter hurdles. During the fall of 2007, Alex Becker became the first three-sport All-American in Gulley was named Southwest Conference Women’s Coach of school history. the Year five consecutive times (1989-93) and again in 1995. He received the same honor on the men’s side in 1992 and 1994. In addtion to Tulsa’s success in track and field, the 2007 men’s Gulley was also selected to coach the South team at the 1993 U.S. cross country team earned the first team berth in school history to r ec or d s Olympic Sports Festival in San Antonio, Texas. While at Baylor, the NCAA Cross Country Championships and the highest national Gulley coached 14 athletes to 27 conference titles. One of those ranking in school history from the USTFCCA of 17th. Also in the athletes made SWC history by claiming All-America honors in cross 2007 season, two Tulsa athletes earned post-season honors, with country, indoor track and outdoor track. In all, the Bears claimed Alex Becker named 2007 C-USA Athlete of the Year and John two distance event conference titles and four runner-up finishes in Beattie named C-USA Newcomer of the Year. Both men’s and wom- the Big XII Outdoor Championships in 1999. en’s cross country teams also earned the highest finish in school history at the 2007 NCAA Midwest Regional, while Alex Becker earned As the assistant coach for the track and field squads, Gulley the first cross country All-American certificate in school history at the helped in the development of 29 female All-Americans and 50 c-u sa NCAA Championships. Under Gulley’s tenure, both the women’s male All-Americans. He coached 14 top-10 finishers at the NCAA and men’s cross country teams captured the first conference cham- Championships on the men’s side with two more top-10 finishers pionships in school history in 2001 and 2003, respectively. on the women’s side. Three times Gulley coached three-sport All- Americans. Gulley came to Tulsa from Baylor University where he served as head cross country coach, and assistant track and field coach. In In addition to his responsibilities at Baylor, Gulley created a sum- 12 seasons as the head coach for cross country, Gulley produced mer camp in 1994 for runners from ages 10 through 18, which one of Baylor’s most successful athletic programs. His teams can accommodate over 90 campers at one time. His success and won six conference titles, had 22 individual conference distance experience has allowed him to be a five-time speaker at the Texas title-holders, made seven NCAA Cross Country Championship High School Coaching Clinic. Gulley also served as Director of the team appearances, and earned 18 All-American honors and three Woodway Family Center in Waco, Texas. During his four years at Academic All-American honors. He was named the Southwest the center, he developed and organized several summer day-camp Conference Coach of the Year eight times and the District VI Coach programs for children and organized adult activity leagues for the of the Year once. Gulley was the first coach in SWC history to win center’s members. After helping to raise funds, he was also in both the men’s and women’s cross country titles in the same year charge of building new facilities and playing fields. (1992). With six conference titles to his credit, Gulley won more conference crowns than any other coach in the history of Baylor sports. Gulley began coaching at Baylor in 1985 as a graduate assistant. He graduated from Northeastern State University in Tahlequah, Gulley’s squads at Baylor also made an impact on the national Okla. in 1983 with a degree in education. He was a three-year let- scene. Of the women’s seven NCAA championship team appear- terwinner for the Redmen in track and field, and served as a team ances, their best came in 1998 with an eighth place finish. His captain. Gulley received his master’s degree from Baylor in 1985. He and his wife, Kathy, have two sons, Taylor and Austin.

18 The University of Tulsa 2008 Track & Field Media Guide INTRO Jim Garnham King received her bachelor’s degree from Baylor in 2004 as a Assistant Coach general studies major with an emphasis in human performance. 3rd YEAR

Jim Garnham is in his third season as an assistant coach at Tulsa. He Andrew Maloney

serves as the field events coach as Graduate Assistant STAFF well as the multi-events coach. 3rd YEAR

In his two season at Tulsa he Andrew Maloney is a third-year gradu- has coached one NCAA qualifier ated assistant coach. He helps coach (Stephanie Jeffers, 16th place in the long sprinters, middle-distance athletes shot put in 2007), two C-USA Champions, nine NCAA Midwest

and cross country as well as assists in pl a o u t l oo k Regional qualifiers, 13 All-Conference performers and 16 school coordinating recruiting efforts. records. Maloney, a native of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, earned his bach- Prior to Tulsa, Garnham served five years as an assistant elor’s degree in management from Saint Francis (PA) in 2005 and track and field coach at The University at Buffalo. At Buffalo, is currently working on his master’s degree in law and business Garnham’s coaching responsibilities included the multi-event administration. athletes, the javelin throwers and the hurdlers. He helped coach a USATF Indoor heptathlon qualifier, a Canadian Olympic Trails At Saint Francis, Maloney was a three-time NCAA Regional qualifier in the women’s heptathlon, two NCAA qualifiers, four Qualifier, a four-time All-East Coast performer in the 800m and ye rs NCAA East Regional qualifiers, five Mid-American Conference 4x800m relay, a six-time Northeast Conference Champion and a Champions and 14 school records. 12-time All-NEC performer. He was also a member of eight NEC Championship teams and currently holds three individual school In 1998, Garnham earned his bachelors degree in history from records for the 500m, 800m Indoor and 800m Outdoor. In addi- Kent Stat University in Kent, Ohio and the following year gradu- tion, Maloney was a three-time Academic All-America selection. ated from D’Youville College in Buffalo, N.Y. with his masters r ev i ew degree in secondary education. Maloney is also a Canadian record-holder in 4x800-meter relay and represented Canada in the 800-meters at the 2007 World Debbie King University Games in Bangkok, Thailand. Assistant Coach 2nd YEAR r ec or d s Debbie King is in her second year with The University of Tulsa track and field program and works with the distance runners.

King comes to TU after serving as administrative assistant and Elite

Resident Athlete at ZAP Fitness Foundation where she worked c-u sa with the day-to-day operation of the facility while also training for US Championship track and road racing events. Before that, she served as a fitness consultant at Metabolic Research Center where she consulted directly with clients through various programs.

Her last coaching experience was as a volunteer assistant coach with the Baylor track and cross country teams during the 2003-04 seasons.

Before serving as a volunteer coach with the Bears, King was also a standout in the distance events for BU from 2002-03. She was an NCAA All-American in the 10,000m in 2003 as well as being a two-time Big XII champion in the event. She qualified for the 2003 NCAA Indoor Championships in the 5,000m run as well.

King was named the Big XII Cross Country Newcomer of the Year in 2002, after transferring from North Texas where she attended from 1999-2001. At UNT, she was the Sun Belt Conference champion in the indoor and outdoor 5,000m run, as well as winning the 2001 Sun Belt Cross Country Championship and earning the conference MVP award.

www.tulsahurricane.com 19 2008 Out l o o k

INTRO 2008 Outlook

The 2008 Golden Hurricane men’s tennis team is in pursuit of college tennis’ ultimate prize, a National Championship, and with the advantage of hosting the STAFF 2008 Tennis Championships tht goal is in sight. This season’s squad possesses a blend of experience and youth as it returns five of nine lettermen from the 2007 group that won its second straight Conference USA Championship o u t l oo k and received an NCAA Tournament bid.

Ashlea Gilfillan This year’s team has senior leadership and youthful exuber- ance with six upperclassmen and five underclassmen. This combination should help a team that won 19 matches last year, including 14 against ranked opponents. The experi- Junior All-American Arnau Brugues anchors the Hurricane pl a ence of those 14 wins should come in handy as the Golden lineup. Brugues compiled a 31-7 record in 2006-07, the fourth most wins in school history, and posted an amazing 20-7 mark ye rs Hurricane faces another extremely tough schedule. against ranked competition. The native of Barcelona, Spain, Two thirds of Tulsa’s 2008 opponents are teams with a has racked up multiple awards since stepping onto campus. national ranking in the initial ITA rankings and 12 schools that He has twice been named the Conference USA Player of the participated in the 2007 NCAA Championships, including Year, the ITA National Player to Watch and Cosida/ESPN The defending national champion Georgia. “This is the toughest Magazine Academic All-District first team. r ev i ew schedule we’ve ever played at The University of Tulsa,” said Head Coach and Director of Tennis Vince Westbrook. In 2006, Brugues captured the Polo Ralph Lauren All- American title, giving the Hurricane its’ first-ever individual The Hurricane will face a tough test in pursuit of its third national champion. Brugues reached the quarterfinals of the consecutive Conference USA Championship, while two other 2007 NCAA Tournament, thus earning All-America status C-USA teams were nationally ranked to begin the 2008 spring once again. His trip to the “Elite Eight” was the farthest that r ec or d s season. any TU singles player had advanced in the national tournament since the current format was employed in 1977. TU’s squad should fare well against its daunting schedule due in large part to an abundance of team depth and strength of “The success that Arnau has enoyed definitely proves that he the lineup, from position one to six. The Golden Hurricane is one of the best players in the country,” said Westbrook. returns a two-time All-American, another top-50 ranked individual and two doubles teams ranked among the nation’s Senior Ricardo Soriano, a three-year letterwinner, provides top-15. a strong presence at the second position for the Hurricane in c-u sa

john beattie

alex becker

20 The University of Tulsa 2008 Track & Field Media Guide attila korosi INTRO STAFF o u t l oo k

tayler rigsby

his final collegiate season. The native of Murcia, Spain, has Andy Connelly, another three-year letterman, will also serve compiled 65 career wins in singles play and has been a part as a team captain for the Hurricane. Connelly, from Oklahoma pl a

of 35 doubles victories during his four years. City’s Bishop McGuinness High School, has become an elite ye rs doubles player. The team of Connelly and Ross Cunningham, Soriano is coming off a 2006-07 season in which he was sec- with whom he played junior doubles, has become a top-5 ond on the team with 22 single victories. Soriano along with nationally ranked doubles duo. The pair lost only two matches doubles partner Brugues reached the quarterfinals of the Polo in the fall, losing in the semifinals of the Polo All-American and All-American and entered the spring 2008 campaign ranked the quarterfinals of the ITA National Indoor Championships. r ev i ew 15th nationally. He was also ranked No. 44 in singles after In both instances, the duo lost to the nation’s current-standing finishing 2007 spring season ranked No. 110. No. 1 ranked pair from Virginia, who went on to win both championships. Homegrown talent Will Gray, who played his prep tennis at Holland Hall High School, is another three-year letterwinner The final member of Tulsa’s senior class is Tulane transfer and will play the third position in the Hurricane lineup. Gray Alberto Sottocorno. A two-year letterwinner at Tulane,

has posted 70 career victories in singles play and has 29 wins Sottocorno was a third-team all-C-USA selection in the r ec or d s in doubles competition. His 70 singles victories ranks eighth 2004-05 campaign before the Green Wave dropped its tennis on the school’s career wins list. program. He posted a 20-3 record in singles play and a 16-8 doubles mark his sophomore season, and was one half of Gray’s 18 singles victories last year earned him second-team the Tulane doubles team that was ranked as high as No. 27 all-C-USA honors. His leadership will be an integral part of nationally that year. the squad as he will serve as one of two team captains for the Hurricane. c-u sa

john beattie

edwin henshaw thomas stoltz

www.tulsahurricane.com 21 Wo m e n ’s Ro s t e r INTRO Women’s Roster Hurricane by Class Seniors Kelli Denny Name Ht. Class Event(s) Hometown/Previous School Margaret Glover Katy McGillen Ashley Aikten 5-9 Fr. Mid-Distance Napier, New Zealand (Taradale) Juniors

STAFF Alex Becker Alex Becker 5-4 Jr. Mid-Distance Guelph, Ontario, Canada (Our Lady of Lourdes) Petrina Lamb April Montgomery Morgan Bolom 5-10 So. Throws Tyler, Texas (Bishop Gorman) Dawn Nagazina Sophia Rodriguez Katy Brown 5-10 Fr. Pole Vault Edmond, Okla. (Edmond Memorial) Sophomores Morgan Bolom Caitlin Clancy 5-9 So. Pole Vault Tucson, Ariz. (Canyon del Oro) Cailtin Clancy o u t l oo k Kelli Denny 5-7 Sr. Distance Lee’s Summit, Mo. (Lees Summit) Jessica Ford Ashlea Gilfillan Laura Englehutt 5-9 Fr.. Distance Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada (Prince Andrew) Sarah Graesser Lana Kelley Jessica Ford 5-5 So. Sprints Carthage, Texas (Tatum) Julie Monda Tayler Rigsby Ashlea Gilfillan 5-5 So. Distance Channon, Australia (St. Andrew’s) Maryke Rossouw Heather Stroeder pl a Margaret Glover 5-3 Sr. Jumps Houston, Texas (Mirabeau Lamar) Freshmen Ashley Aitken ye rs Sarah Graesser 5-3 So. Distance St. Louis, Mo. (Cor Jesu Academy) Katy Brown Laura Englehutt Lana Kelley 5-9 So. Distance Edmond, Okla. (Edmond) Kelsey Klein Rachel Lee Kelsey Klein 6-1 Fr. Throws Glendale, Ariz. (Ironwood) Jennifer Mace Dannielle McKenzie Petrina Lamb 5-4 Jr. Distance Guthrie, Okla. (Guthrie) r ev i ew Brianna Steel Rachel Lee 5-3 Fr. Distance Liberty, Mo. (Liberty) Ashley Wills Jennifer Mace 5-7 Fr. Sprints Owasso, Okla. (Owasso) By Event Sprints/Hurdles Katy McGillen 5-8 Sr. Throws/Multi-Event Clinton, Wash. (South Whidbey) Jessica Ford Jennifer Mace Dannielle McKenzie 5-8 Fr. Distance Bli Bli, Australia (Immanuel Lutheran College) Ashley Wills r ec or d s Jumps Julie Monda 5-8 So. Distance St. Louis, Mo. (Cor Jesu Academy) Margaret Glover Sophia Rodriguez April Montgomery 5-7 Jr. Mid-Dist./Hurdles Broken Arrow, Okla. (Broken Arrow) Brianna Steel Middle Distance Dawn Nagazina 5-7 Jr. Mid-Distance Edmonton, Alberta, Canada (Bellrose) Ashley Aitken Alex Becker Tayler Rigsby 5-6 So. Mid-Distance Tulsa, Okla. (Metro Christian) April Montgomery Dawn Nagazina c-u sa Sophia Rodriguez 5-3 Jr. Jumps Houston, Texas (J. Frank Dobie) Tayler Rigsby Distance Maryke Rossouw 5-4 So. Distance Johannesburg, South Africa (Kempton Park) Laura Englehutt Brianna Steel 5-8 Fr. Jumps/Multi-Event Newfane, N.Y. (Newfane) Kelli Denny Ashlea Gilfillan Heather Stroeder 5-3 So. Distance Hanover, Ontario, Canada (Sacred Heart) Sarah Grasser Lana Kelley Ashley Wills 5-3 Fr. Sprints Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Pope John Paul) Rachel Lee Petrina Lamb Dannielle McKenzie Julie Monda Maryke Rossouw Heather Stroeder Pronunciation Guide Throws Morgan Bolom Bolom: bowl – um Kelsey Klein Maryke: m-rye-ka Katy McGillen Ashlea: ashley Pole Vault Katy Brown Petrina: p – tree – na Caitlin Clancy Caitlin: kate – lynn Nagazina: nag – a – zee – na

22 The University of Tulsa 2008 Track & Field Media Guide INTRO Ashley Aitken Mid-Distance • Fr-1L (CC) Napier, New Zealand Taradale STAFF

Personal Bests Cross Country: 5K: 18:31 6K: 22:20

Tulsa: Lettered as a true freshman in cross country during the fall. o u t l oo k

2007: (Cross Country) Competed in all six events . . . posted a seventh-place finish at the Hurricane Festival in her first TU event with a time of 11:31 in the two-mile race . . . finished 31st at the Southern Stampede with a time of 18:31 in the 5K race, setting a personal record . . . placed 36th at the C-USA Championships in a time of 19:51 on the 5K course . . . set a personal record in the 6K with a time of 22:20 and finished 94th at the NCAA Midwest Regionals. pl a ye rs High School: Established the New Zealand secondary schools 800-meter record with a time of 2:08.13, finishing first in the 2006 Senior Girls 800 meters . . . was a 2006 New Balance Award recipient for track . . . finished 11th in Senior Girls cross country (4 km) . . . in 2007, finished second in the Senior Women’s 800m . . . post-

ed a third-place finish in the Senior Girls 1,500 meters in 2005 . . . r ev i ew set personal-record times of 2:08.13 in the 800 meters, 57.8 in 400 meters and 4:36.00 in the 1,500 meters.

Personal: A marketing major . . . parents are Deane and Leigh Championships with a school-best time of 20:06 . . . named the Aitken . . . has two younger siblings . . . born August 16, 1988. 2007 C-USA Female Athlete of the Year . . . was the 2007 C-USA Individual Champion with a time of 17:34 . . . also earned first-team

all-C-USA honors . . . placed first at the Southern Stampede with r ec or d s a school-record time in the 5K of 16:33 . . . named to C-USA all- Alex academic team. Becker Middle Distance • Jr-4L (T) 3L (CC) 2006-07: (Cross Country) Participated in four meets . . . finished Guelph, Ontario, Canada 34th at the NCAA Championships with a time of 21:24 . . . placed Our Lady of Lourdes 13th at the NCAA Midwest Regional in the 6K race with a time of 21:19 . . . earned first-team all-C-USA honors after finishing third at the C-USA Championships in a time of 17:45 . . . ran a personal- c-u sa best of 21:07 in the 6K at Pre-Nationals, placing 45th . . . (Indoor) Personal Bests Competed in seven meets . . . earned All-America accolades after Cross Country: 5K: 16:33 6K: 20:06 finishing seventh in the 3,000m at the NCAA Championships with a Indoor: 1,000m: 2:52.17 One-mile: 4:41.35 time of 9:19.69 . . . placed 13th in the preliminaries of the one-mile 3,000m: 9:19.10 at the NCAAs with a time of 4:47.54 . . . broke the school record in Outdoor: 800m: 2:14.52 1,500m: 4:22.39 the 3,000m at the Tyson Invitational with a time of 9:19.10 . . . was a 5,000m: 16:00.34 member of the distance medley relay team that set a new meet and school record with a time of 11:40.37 at the C-USA Championships Tulsa: A seven-time letterwinner . . . a three-time All-American . . . bettered her school record time in the one-mile at the (Cross Country, Indoor – 3,000m, Outdoor – 5,000m), and became Razorback Invitational with a time of 4:41.35 . . . moved into sec- the first athlete in Tulsa school history to do so . . . 2007 C-USA ond-place in TU history in the 1,000m with a time of 2:52.17 at the Female Athlete of the Year in cross country, indoor and outdoor Missouri Invitational . . . (Outdoor) Competed in six meets track . . . 2007 C-USA Individual Champion in cross country, the . . . earned All-America status after finishing seventh in the 5,000m indoor Mile run and 3,000m and the outdoor 5,000m . . . named with a time of 16:00.34, while also setting a new school record first-team ESPN The Magazine/Cosida Academic All-District for dis- . . . finished first in the 5,000m at the C-USA Championships with trict VI in 2007 . . . holds eight school records. a time of 16:50.11 . . . placed second in the 1,500m with a time of 4:27.13 at the C-USAs . . . set a new school record in 1,500m with 2007: (Cross Country) Competed in five meets . . . earned TU’s a time of 4:22.39 at the Drake Relays . . . was a member of the first cross country All-America accolades after finishing 15th at the distance medley relay team that shattered the school-record with a NCAA Championships . . . was named an all-Midwest region per- time of 11:30.46 at the Drake Relays . . . selected to the C-USA All- former after placing third to qualify for her second straight NCAA Academic team.

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INTRO Invitational . . . (Outdoor) Participated in four meets . . . set person- 2005-06: (Cross Country) Participated in all six meets . . . captured al-bests in the discus and the hammer throw at the Wichita State a personal-best and a third-place finish in the two-mile run with a Invitational . . . threw a length of 33.97m (111-5.0) in the discus, time of 11:28 at the Hurricane Festival . . . tallied a personal record while in the hammer throw had a length of 30.20m (99-1.0) . . . in the 5,000-meter run with a time of 18:13.20 at the Southern set her personal-record in the shot put of 9.56m (31-4.50) at the Stampede . . . turned in a time of 22:57.3 in the 6,000-meter run Arlington Invitational. for a personal best at the Chile Pepper Invitational . . . (Indoor) STAFF Competed in five meets . . . claimed a personal-best and a school High School: A four-year letterwinner in track and field at Bishop record in the mile run with a time of 4:50.90 at the Iowa State Gorman High School . . . won district and finished fifth in the state in Classic . . . registered a team-leading, personal-best time of the discus her senior year . . . finished third in the district in the shot 2:57.65 in the 1,000-meter run at the Missouri Invitational . . . at the put . . . as a junior she finished third in the state in the discus and Husker Invitational, claimed a career-best time of 9:51.64 in the fifth in the state in the shot put . . . won the district in the discus and 3,000-meter run . . . a member of the distance medley relay team was runner-up in the shot put as a junior . . . her team won the state

o u t l oo k that set a school record time of 11:42.25 at the Iowa State Classic title all four years of high school . . . boasts a personal-best of 100-7 . . . her distance medley relay team registered a top finish in the in the discus . . . also lettered four years in basketball and one year C-USA Championships, earning her first-team all-C-USA honors in softball. . . . received second-team all-conference honors in the mile run . . . named TU Student-Athlete of the Week on January 23rd . . . Personal: Majoring in film studies . . . daughter of Leo and Jane (Outdoor) Participated in seven meets . . . registered a personal- Bolom . . . born on June 21, 1988 . . . her brother, Kris, is a member best time of 2:14.52 in the 800-meter run at the Tulsa Duels . . . at of the TU men’s track and field team. the Stanford Invitational, turned in a career-best time of 4:26.64 in pl a the 1,500-meter run . . . recorded a ninth-place mark with a time of ye rs 4:31.89 in the 1,500-meter run at the NCAA Midwest Regional . . . a Katy member of the 4x1,600-meter relay team that claimed a sixth-place finish and a school-record time of 20:25.54 at the Drake Relays Brown . . . in the distance medley relay, helped her team set a school-best Pole Vault • Fr-HS time of 11:38.54 at the Drake Relays . . . received all-C-USA third- Edmond, Okla. team honors . . . a C-USA All-Academic Medalist. Edmond Memorial r ev i ew High School: Finished seventh at the Canadian Nationals in the 1500m with a time of 4:37.1 . . . set school records for the 800m (2:13.2) and 1500m (4:37.1) at Our Lady of Lourdes . . . helped High School: Was a four-year letterwinner at Edmond Memorial her 4x400m relay team set a school record . . . named the District High School . . . her team won the Mid-State Conference Most Valuable Player in track and cross country as a senior . . . was Championship in 2006 . . . had a personal record of nine feet in the also a four-year runner for the Guelph Track Club . . . was the all- pole vault at the Oklahoma State Track Meet in 2005 . . . also lettered two years in cross country . . . was a member of the National r ec or d s province 1500m indoor champion . . . was a member of the 4x400m relay team that won provincials . . . named club MVP . . . also par- Honor Society. ticipated in hockey, soccer and dance. Personal: Majoring in marketing . . . daughter of Dennis and DeAnn Personal: An elementary education major . . . daughter of Lucinda Brown . . . her father played golf at Southwestern Oklahoma State and Robert Becker . . . born June 2, 1987. University . . . has three brothers . . . born May 11, 1989. c-u sa Morgan Caitlin Bolom Clancy Throws • So-2L (T) Pole Vault • So-2L (T) Tyler, Texas Tucson, Ariz. Bishop Gorman Canyon del Oro

Personal Bests Personal Bests Indoor: Shot Put: 10.05m (32-11.75) Indoor: Pole Vault: 3.55m (11-7.75) Outdoor: Shot Put: 9.56m (31-4.50) Outdoor: Pole Vault: 3.65m (11-11.75) Discus: 33.97m (111-5.0) Hammer Throw: 30.20m (99-1.0) Tulsa: A two-time letterwinner.

Tulsa: A two-time letterwinner, earning one letter each last year in 2006-07: (Indoor) Competed in five meets . . . broke the school Indoor and Outdoor Track. record in the pole vault with a jump of 3.55m (11-7.75) at the ISU Classic . . . (Outdoor) Participated in four meets . . . placed second 2006-07: (Indoor) Completed in two meets . . . set a personal- at the C-USA Championships with a jump of 3.65m (11-11.75), set- best in the shot put with a throw of 10.05m (32-11.75) at Missouri ting a new personal and school record . . . finished first at the Bill Southern . . . had a throw of 9.89m (32-5.50) at the Missouri Williams/Bob Laptad Invitational in Joplin, Mo. with a jump of 3.60m (11-9.75).

24 The University of Tulsa 2008 Track & Field Media Guide High School: A four-year letterwinner in track and field at Canyon High School: Earned four letters at Lee’s Summit High School INTRO del Oro High School . . . was a state champion her senior year, as . . . was an all-state selection in the 4x800-meter relay as a senior well as being selected to the all-state squad . . . earned all-region . . . earned all-conference, all-district and all-sectional honors in the recognition her sophomore and junior seasons . . . helped lead her 3,200-meters and 4x800-meter relay . . . was the district and sec- team to both a region and a state championship . . . had personal tional champion in the 3,200-meters in 2004, in addition to earning bests of 16.2 in the 100m hurdles, 34-2 in the triple jump, 5-2 in the all-area honors . . . was named to the all-conference and all-district high jump and 12-feet in the pole vault . . . also lettered two years in teams for the 1,600-meters as a senior . . . earned all-state honors volleyball. as a junior for the 3,200-meters, along with all-sectional, all-area and STAFF all-district honors in track . . . was a two-time sectional and district Personal: A mathematics major . . . daughter of Dennis Clancy and champion in the 3,200-meters . . . helped her cross country team Patricia Paintor . . . born on February 16, 1988. become the first Kansas City Area girl’s team to win the 4A State Cross Country Meet as a freshman . . . was a four-year letterwinner in cross country . . . earned all-sectional, all-district, all conference,

Kelli all-area, second-team all-metro and all-state honors in cross country o u t l oo k her sophomore through senior seasons. Denny Distance • Sr-4L (T) 2L (CC) Personal: A business major . . . daughter of Gary and Patricia Lee’s Summit, Mo. Denny . . . born May 23, 1986. Lee’s Summit

Laura pl a Personal Bests Cross Country: Two-miles: 12:10 5K: 18:55 Englehutt ye rs 6K: 23:12 Distance • Fr-1L (CC) Indoor: 3,000m: 10:38.95 5,000m: 18:36.39 Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada Outdoor: 3,000m: 10:31.39 5,000m: 17:57.51 Prince Andrew 10,000m: 37:57.26

Tulsa: A six-time letterwinner. r ev i ew Personal Bests 2006-07: (Cross Country) Participated in three meets . . . placed Cross Country: 5K: 18:45 6K: 21:33 eighth at the Hurricane Festival with a time of 12:15 . . . (Indoor) Did not participate . . . (Outdoor) Competed in two meets . . . posted a Tulsa: A true freshman . . . lettered in cross country . . . earned time of 5:07.90 in the 1,500m at the Wichita State Invitational. third-team all-C-USA accolades.

2005-06: (Cross Country) Participated in all six meets . . . turned 2007: (Cross Country) Competed in four of six events . . . posted a r ec or d s in a 16th-place mark and a personal-best in the two-mile run with 17th place finish at the Cowboy Jamboree in her first TU event with a time of 12:10 at the Hurricane Festival . . . registered a personal- a time of 18:45 in the 5K race . . . finished second for Tulsa at Pre- best in the 5,000-meter run at the Conference USA Championships Nationals, posting an 86th place finish in a time of 21:33 in the 6K with a time of 18:55.59 . . . captured a time of 23:59.3 in the race, setting a personal record . . . placed 13th at the Conference 6,000-meter run for a season-best at the Chile Pepper Invitational USA Championships with a time of 18:56 at the 5K course, earning . . . (Indoor) Competed in four meets . . . posted a personal- third-team all-C-USA honors . . . was 60th at the NCAA Midwest best time of 18:36.39 in the 5,000-meter run at the C-USA Regional in a time of 21:46 in the 6K race.

Championships . . . registered season-bests in the mile run with a c-u sa time of 5:25.58 at the Missouri Invitational and in the 3,000-meter High School: Was the provincial record-holder for high school run with a time of 10:38.95 at the Iowa State Classic . . . (Outdoor) senior girls in the 3,000 meters . . . finished first at the senior girls Participated in six meets . . . turned in a personal-best time of cross country meet as a senior at Prince Andrew High School . . . 4:53.08 in the 1,500-meter run at the Wichita State Invitational . . . in placed second in the under-15 girls 3,000 meters at the National the 3,000-meter run captured a career-best time of 10:31.39 at the Legions . . . posted personal-bests of 4:43.75 in the 1,500 meters Missouri Relays . . . at the Michael Johnson Classic, tallied a time of and 10:16.18 in the 3,000 meters. 17:57.51 in the 5,000-meter run for a personal record . . . posted a personal-best time of 37:57.26 in the 10,000-meter run at the Drake Personal: Majoring in exercise sports science . . . daughter of Relays . . . a C-USA All-Academic honoree. Robert and Janet Englehutt . . . brother, Dave, is a member of the University of Maine track team . . . born on June 5, 1989. 2004-05: (Cross Country) Competed in all six events . . . was Tulsa’s third best finisher at the Midwest Regionals . . . (Indoor) Competed in five meets . . . finished fifth in the 3,000-meter run at the Missouri Invitational in the 3,000-meter run with a time of 10:52.64 . . . recorded a fifth-place finish in the one-mile run at the J.D. Martin Invitational . . . finished 12th at the WAC Championships in the 5,000-meter run and 25th in the 3,000-meter run . . . (Outdoor) Competed in four events . . . finished fourth in the 5,000-meter run at the Missouri Relays . . . recorded a sixth-place finish at the WAC Championships in the 10,000-meter run.

www.tulsahurricane.com 25 Wo m e n ’s Tr a c k & Fi e l d INTRO 2007: (Cross Country) Participated in four meets . . . placed 50th Jessica with a personal-record time of 21:38 in the 6K at the NCAA Midwest Regional . . . earned third-team all-C-USA honors after finishing 12th Ford at the C-USA Championships with a time of 18:55 . . . tallied a time Sprints • So-2L (T) of 21:59 at Pre-Nationals . . . was TU’s second-finisher, placing 13th Carthage, Texas with a personal-record time of 18:31 at the Cowboy Jamboree. Tatum STAFF 2006-07: (Indoor) Competed in three meets . . . was the second- best performer in the 3,000m with a time of 10:01.90 at the Razorback Invitational . . . ran the mile-run in a time of 5:13.42 at the Personal Bests Missouri Invitational . . . (Outdoor) Participated in six meets . . . at Indoor: 60m: 8.09 the NCAA Midwest Regional ran the 3,000m steeplechase in a time Outdoor: 100m: 12.30 200m: 25.30 of 11:08.11 . . . was a co-winner of the C-USA Female Freshman of o u t l oo k the Year honor . . . finished second in the 3,000m steeplechase at Tulsa: A two-time letterwinner. the C-USA Championships in a school record time of 10:45.92 . . . 2006-07: (Indoor) Competed in five meets . . . was a member of placed fourth in the 5,000m with a personal-record time of 17:36.34 the distance medley relay team that set a new meet and school at the C-USA Championships . . . ran a time of 2:20.78 in the record with a time of 11:40.37 at the C-USA Championships . . . 800m at the Arlington Invitational . . . was TU’s top performer in the tallied a time of 3:49.89 as a member of 4x400m relay team at the 3,000m with a time of 10:36.86 at the Tulsa Duels. ISU Classic . . . also ran a time of 8.09 in the 60m at the ISU Classic . . . finished the 200m at the Razorback Invitational with a time of High School: Won a Gold Sporting Award for winning the national pl a 25.89 . . . (Outdoor) Participated in six meets . . . was a member cross country meet . . . also won a Gold Sporting Award in track of the sprint medley relay team that posted a time of 3:57.70 at the ye rs and field her senior year . . . was the QLD state champ in the Drake Relays . . . ran the 200m in a time of 25.30 at the Arkansas 1,500m, 3,000m and the 2,000m steeplechase in Brisbane in 2006 Invitational . . . posted a time of 12.30 in the 100m at the Tulsa . . . helped guide her team to a top finish in both the QLD schools Duels. state and the nationals. High School: Was a four-year letterwinner in track and field at Personal: Majoring in communication . . . daughter of Rob and

r ev i ew Tatum High School . . . earned all-region honors, as well as aca- Karen Gilfillan . . . both parents are coaches and her father was her demic all-district merits. . . was the team MVP and selected most high school track coach. athletic as a senior. . . went undefeated her senior year in the 100m and 200m . . . was all-region in the 100m and 200m as a junior . . . finished fifth at the state track meet in the 200m as a junior . . . qualified for the national junior Olympics in the 100m and 200m Margaret . . . as a freshman, finished third in the state in the 400m relay . . . Glover finished first in the 100m, 200m, 400m and 400m relay at the Texas r ec or d s Jumps • Sr-7L (T) Amateur Athletic Federation Meet . . . personal-bests include an Houston, Texas 11.7 in the 100m, 24.8 in the 200m and 57.0 in the 800m . . . also Mirabeau Lamar lettered in volleyball her junior and senior years, and cheerleading her senior year.

Personal: An exercise sports science major . . . daughter of Joe Personal Bests and Julia Ford . . . born on July 26, 1988 . . . was the Salutatorian of Indoor: 60m: 8.01 Long Jump: 5.89m (19-4.0) her graduating class. c-u sa Outdoor: 100m: 12.96 Long Jump: 5.90m (19-5.75)

Tulsa: A seven-time letterwinner. Ashlea 2006-07: (Indoor) Participated in five meets . . . set the school Gilfillan record in the long jump at the Last Chance Meet with a jump of Distance • So-2L (T) 1L (CC) 5.89m (19-4.0) . . . posted a jump of 5.44m (17-10.25) at the C-USA Channon, Australia Championships . . . ran the 60m dash in a time of 8.05 at the St. Andrew’s Missouri Invitational . . . (Outdoor) Did not compete.

2005-06: (Indoor) Participated in five meets . . . posted a personal- best and school-record long jump of 19 feet, 1.25 inches at the Personal Bests Conference USA Championships . . . a member of the distance Cross Country: 5K: 18:31 6K: 21:38 medley relay team that turned in a first-place time of 11:55.07 Indoor: 3,000m: 10:01.90 at the Razorback Invitational . . . turned in a season-best time of Outdoor: 3,000m Steeplechase: 10:45.92 8.07 in the 60-meter dash at the Missouri Invitational . . . (Outdoor) 5,000m: 17:36.34 Competed in six meets . . . turned in a season-best time of 12.96 in the 100-meter dash at the Missouri Relays . . . recorded a long jump Tulsa: A three-time letterwinner . . . named the 2007 C-USA of 19 feet, 1.5 inches for a season-best mark at the Tulsa Duels. Female Co-Freshman of the Year . . . earned third-team all-C-USA accolades in cross country as a sophomore. 2004-05: (Indoor) Competed in six meets . . . set a new personal- best in the 60-meters with a time of 8.01 at the J.D. Martin

26 The University of Tulsa 2008 Track & Field Media Guide INTRO Sarah Graesser Distance • So-1L (T) 2 (CC) St. Louis, Mo. Cor de Jesu STAFF

Personal Bests Cross Country: Two-mile: 12:20 5K: 19:17 Outdoor: 5,000m: 19:29.03 o u t l oo k Tulsa: A three-time letterwinner.

2007: (Cross Country) Competed in three meets . . . posted a personal-best in the 6K at Pre-Nationals with a time of 26:23 . . . finished the Southern Stampede with a time of 19:17, a new personal- record in the 5K . . . placed 13th at the Hurricane Festival with a time of 12:20. pl a 2006-07: (Cross Country) Participated in three meets . . . ran a time ye rs of 20:32 at the Cowboy Jamboree . . . set a personal-record time of 19:50 in the 5K at the Southern Stampede . . . placed 14th with a time of 12:42 at the Hurricane Festival . . . (Indoor) Did not compete . . . (Outdoor) Participated in two meets . . . posted a personal-best time of 19:29.03 in the 5,000m at the Arlington Invitational. r ev i ew Invitational . . . finished second in the long jump at the J.D. Martin 2005-06: (Indoor) Did not compete . . . (Outdoor) Did not compete Invitational . . . set a school and personal-record with a jump of 5.67 . . . was a C-USA All-Academic Medalist. meters (18-07.25 feet) at the J.D. Martin Invitational and matched it at the WAC Championships, earning a ninth-place finish . . . High School: Was a four-year letterwinner in track and cross coun- (Outdoor) Competed in six meets . . . finished sixth in the long jump try at Cor Jesu Academy . . . set a school record in the two-mile run at the Missouri Relays with a jump of 5.42 meters (17-09.50 feet) and 4x800m . . . was the cross country MVP her junior and senior . . . jumped a season-best 5.74 meters (18-10.0 feet) at the WAC years, and track MVP as a senior . . . was a four-time state qualifier r ec or d s Championships for a seventh-place finish. in cross country . . . earned all-district and all-sectional honors in cross country and all-district honors in track. 2003-04: (Indoor) Competed in six meets . . . finished seventh in the long jump at the Missouri Southern Open with a season-best Personal: A biology major . . . daughter of Kathleen and Kenneth jump of 5.38m (17-08) . . . posted career-bests in the 60-meters Graesser . . . born April 2, 1987. and 200-meters at the Arkansas Invitational with marks of 8.21 and 26.46, respectively . . . ran a personal-best time of 26.46 at the Arkansas Invitational and Razorback Invitational . . . (Outdoor) Posted career-best times in the 100-meters (12.59) at the Baylor Lana c-u sa Invitational, 200-meters (26.02) at the Tulsa Duels and the 400-meters (59.62) at the LSU Tiger Relays . . . posted a personal- Kelley Distance • So-2L (T) 2(CC) best 5.90 meter (19-5.75) long jump at the WAC Championships. Edmond, Okla. Edmond High School: Was a two-year letterwinner in track at Houston Lamar High School . . . sat out her senior season to rehabilitate a knee injury . . . as a junior, ran the second leg on the 4x200-meter relay team that finished third at the Texas 5A State Championships . . . ran the third leg on the Wings Track Club 4x100-meter team Personal Bests Cross Country: Two-mile: 11:28 5K: 17:51 that won the USATF National Junior Olympic Championships in the 6K: 21:27 summer of 2003 . . . was a second-round regional qualifier in the Outdoor: 5,000m: 18:06.08 long jump, finishing first in the district . . . ran the 4x400 meters and finished third in the region during her junior year . . . also ran the Tulsa: A four-time letterwinner . . . earned second-team all-C-USA 4x200 finishing third at the state meet . . . as a sophomore, ran on honors in cross country as a sophomore. the 4x100 and 4x200 teams that finished first at the state championships . . . was a letterwinner on the basketball team, earning 2007: (Cross Country) Participated in six meets . . . placed 36th Defensive Player of the Year honors three times. at NCAA Midwest Regional with a time of 21:27, setting a new personal-best . . . earned second-team all-C-USA honors after fin- Personal: An exercise sports science major . . . parents are Offiong ishing ninth at the C-USA Championships with a time of 18:41 . . . and Robert Glover . . . born January 23, 1985.

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INTRO ran a time of 21:48 at Pre-Nationals . . . was TU’s top-finisher at the Cowboy Jamboree, placing 10th with a time of 18:28 . . . set a new Petrina personal-record in the 5K with a time of 17:51, finishing 10th at the Southern Stampede . . . Tulsa’s top-finisher at the Hurricane Festival Lamb finishing fifth in a time of 11.28, setting a new personal-best in the Distance • Jr-3L (T) 3L (CC) two-mile. Guthrie, Okla. Guthrie

STAFF 2006-07: (Cross Country) Competed in all six meets . . . tallied a time of 23:47 in the 6K at the NCAA Midwest Regional . . . placed 26th at the C-USA Championships with a time of 19:16 . . . set a Personal Bests personal-best in the 6k with a time of 22:55 at Pre-Nationals . . . Cross Country: Two-mile: 11:48 5K: 18:35 placed 44th with a time of 19:17 at the Cowboy Jamboree . . . ran a 6K: 23:25 personal-record time of 19:03 in the 5K at the Southern Stampede . Indoor: 1,000m: 3:06.88 One-mile: 5:14.18 Outdoor: 800m: 2:25.65 1,500m: 4:52.02 o u t l oo k . . TU’s top-finisher at the Hurricane Festival placing fifth with a time of 11:59 . . . (Indoor) Participated in one meet . . . posted a personal-best time of 10:24.16 at the ISU Classic . . . (Outdoor) Competed Tulsa: A six-time letterwinner. in four meets . . . posted a career-best time of 18:06.08 in the 5,000m at the Arlington Invitational . . . ran a personal-record time of 2007: Participated in three meets . . . set a personal-record in the 10:51.00 in the 3,000m at the Tulsa Duels, the second-fastest time 6K with a time of 23:25 in the women’s open race at Pre-Nationals on the team. . . . posted a personal-record time of 18:35 at the Southern Stampede . . . finished ninth with a personal-best time of 11:48 in pl a the two-mile at the Hurricane Invitational. 2005-06: (Indoor) Did not compete . . . (Outdoor) Did not compete

ye rs . . . was a C-USA All-Academic Medalist. 2006-07: (Cross Country) Competed in two meets . . . ran a time of 20:20 at the Southern Stampede . . . finished 13th with a time of High School: Was a four-year letterwinner in track and two-year 12:36 at the two-mile Hurricane Festival . . . (Indoor) Did not partici- letterwinner in cross country at Edmond North High School . . . was pate . . . (Outdoor) Competed in four meets . . . posted a personal- a four-time state qualifier in track and field. . . served as the track record time of 4:52.02 in the 1,500m at the Wichita State Invitational and field and cross country team captain and earned MVP honors . . . ran a time of 10:59.02 in the 3,000m at the Tulsa Duels. r ev i ew her senior year . . . named to the Track and Field Academic all-state team in 2003 . . . earned all-conference, all-regional and all-state 2005-06: (Cross Country) Participated in five meets . . . turned accolades in cross country . . . received 2003 all-conference hon- in a personal-best and a 23rd-place finish with a time of 12:25 in orable mention merits in cross country . . . was also a member of the two-mile run at the Hurricane Festival . . . registered a time the diving team for one year and cheerleading team for two years of 19:29.80 in the 5K at the Southern Stampede . . . set a per- . . . was a member of the National Honor Society and Who’s Who sonal record in the 6K with a time of 24:50.4 at the Chile Pepper Among America’s High School Students . . . was a March of Dimes Invitational . . . (Indoor) Competed in four meets . . . posted a r ec or d s Scholar-Athlete Award nominee and Jim Thorpe Scholar-Athlete personal-best in the mile run with a time of 5:14.18 at the Iowa State nominee. Classic . . . tallied a time of 3:06.88 in the 1,000-meter run for a personal-best at the Razorback Invitational . . . a member of the 4x440- Personal: An exercise sports science major . . . daughter of Gary yard relay team that recorded a time of 4:14.59 for a sixth-place and Lisa Kelley . . . born January 27, 1987. mark at the JD Martin Invitational . . . (Outdoor) Participated in five meets . . . turned in a personal-best time of 2:25.65 in the 800-meter run at the Michael Johnson Classic . . . captured a career-best time Kelsey of 4:55.12 in the 1,500-meter run at the Tulsa Duels . . . a C-USA c-u sa Klein All-Academic honoree. Throws • Fr-HS High School: Earned four letters in both track and cross country Glendale, Ariz. at Guthrie High School . . . won four state and regional titles in Ironwood her prep career . . . was a conference and regional champion in the 1600m, a regional champion in the 800m, and a regional and state champion in the 4x800m relay as a senior . . . was the confer- High School: Was a four-year letterwinner at Ironwood High School ence champion and regional runner-up in the 1600m, the regional . . . was the Arizona State Champion in the discus, while finishing runner-up and state champion in the 4x800m, and the regional second in the shot put and high jump as a senior… was the 2006 champion and state runner-up in the 800m as a junior . . . was the Arizona State Champion in the high jump . . . named two-time conference and regional champion in the 800m, and state runner- Ironwood High School MVP . . . named most outstanding female up in the 4x800m as a sophomore . . . was the conference, region athlete at the North Canyon Invitational . . . set school records in the and state champion in the 800m and the regional 1600m champion discus and shot put . . . qualifed for Junior Nationals in the hammer as a freshman . . . received all-city, all-conference, all-region and throw . . . set personal records of 5’6 in the high jump, 15’6 in the all-state honors in cross country her sophomore through senior sea- long jump, 39’7 in the shot put, 140’3 in the discus, 158’11 in the sons, and all-conference and all-region honors her freshman year hammer throw and 43’ in the weight throw . . . also lettered in bas- . . . earned Academic All-State accolades . . . was a Jim Thorpe/ ketball . . . was president of the National Honor Society as a senior. The Oklahoman Scholar Athlete and Wendy’s High School Heisman State finalist . . . was the Valedictorian of her high school class. Personal: A biology major . . . parents are John and Debbie Klein . . . born September 25, 1988. Personal: An English major . . . daughter of Charles and Monika Lamb . . . born December 10, 1986.

28 The University of Tulsa 2008 Track & Field Media Guide INTRO Rachel Lee Distance • Fr-HS Liberty, Mo. Liberty STAFF

High School: Was a four-year letterwinner at Liberty High School in track and cross country . . . received all-conference (KC Big 7) and all-state accolades as a senior . . . her prep team won the Missouri state championship in cross country . . . had personal-best times of 2:26 in the 800 meters, 5:25 in the 1,600 meters and 19:11 in the 5 o u t l oo k kilometers . . . also lettered one year in diving . . . was a member of the National Honor Society.

Personal: An arts and sciences major . . . parents are Tony and Susan Lee . . . has one younger brother . . . born August 17, 1988. pl a

Jennifer ye rs Mace Sprints • Fr-HS Owasso, Okla. Owasso . . . had a javelin throw of 46.21m (151-7.0) at the NCAA Midwest

Regional . . . finished third at the C-USA Championships with a r ev i ew High School: Was a four-year letterwinner at Owasso High School throw of 57.76m (156-8.0), nearly setting a new personal and school . . . was the 2006 and 2007 Oklahoma State Champion in the 400 record . . . posted a high jump of 1.60m (5-3.0) at the Wichita State meters . . . was undefeated in the 400 meters as a junior and senior Invitational. . . . finished fourth at the state meet in the 200 meters during her senior season . . . also placed fourth in the 100 meters and fifth in 2005-06: (Indoor) Did not compete . . . (Outdoor) Participated in the 200 meters as a junior at the state meet . . . earned Academic seven meets . . . turned in a career-best high jump of 5 feet, 2.25 All-State merits in 2004 and 2006 . . . holds school records in the inches at the Wichita State Invitational . . . posted a personal-best r ec or d s 100m, 200m and 400m . . . set personal-best times of 11.98 in the and school-record javelin throw of 159 feet, 1 inch at the C-USA 100 meters, 25.04 in the 200 meters and 55.92 in the 400 meters Championships . . . captured a ninth-place mark with a throw of . . . was a member of the National Honor Society. 156 feet, 5 inches in the javelin at the NCAA Midwest Regional . . . earned all-conference second-team honors. Personal: Majoring in exercise sports science . . . daughter of Art and Terri Mace . . . an only child . . . born September 14, 1988. 2004-05: (Indoor) Competed in five events . . . (Outdoor) Competed in eight meets . . . recorded three second-place finishes in the jav-

elin throw at the Tulsa Duels (43.00 meters), Missouri Relays (41.46 c-u sa meters), and the Ole Miss Invitational (39.90 meters) . . . finished Katy third at the John Jacobs Invitational with a throw of 38.60 meters . . . notched a first-place finish in the javelin at the Michael Johnson McGillen Classic with a throw of 42.30 meters . . . set a school record in Jumps/Throws • Jr-5L (T) the javelin at the WAC Championships with a 45.21 meter throw, Clinton, Wash. qualifying for the Midwest Regional . . . finished sixth at the WAC South Whidbey Championships . . . turned in an 11th-place finish at the Midwest Regional in the javelin throw with a throw of 43.78 meters (143-08).

High School: Earned four letters at South Whidbey High School Personal Bests . . . won the state javelin championship as a senior . . . high school Indoor: High Jump: 1.60m (5-3.0) team was undefeated during the regular season all four years . . . Outdoor: High Jump: 1.60m (5-3.0) also won a state championship in the high jump as a junior . . . fin- Javelin: 48.49m (159-1.0) ished third at the state cross country meet as a junior and sixth as a senior . . . earned four letters in volleyball, receiving a spot on the Tulsa: A five-time letterwinner . . . received all-C-USA second-team all-state first team . . . won the state’s Sportsmanship Award. honors in outdoor track as a sophomore. Personal: A communication major . . . daughter of Matt McGillen 2006-07: (Indoor) Competed in five meets . . . set a personal-best and Sue and Craig Williams . . . born March 19, 1986 . . . her older in the high jump with a height of 1.60m (5-3.0) at the Missouri sister, Andrea, was TU’s first female pole vaulter . . . twin brother, Southern Invitational . . . (Outdoor) Participated in seven meets Kyle, is also a member of the TU track team.

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INTRO seasons . . . was a U.S. Army Reserve National Scholar Athlete, a National Merit Finalist and the Missouri Bright Flight Scholar. Dannielle McKenzie Personal: A biochemistry major . . . daughter of John and Aimee Monda . . . born May 6, 1987. Distance • Fr-1L (CC) Bli Bli, Queensland, Australia Immanuel Lutheran College STAFF April

Tulsa: A true freshman . . . lettered in cross country. Montgomery Middle Distance/Hurdles • SJr-4L (T) 3L (CC) 2007: (Cross Country) Competed in one of six events . . . posted a Broken Arrow, Okla. 34th place finish at the Conference USA Championships with a time Broken Arrow o u t l oo k of 18:48 in the 5K race.

High School: Won the Girls U16 4 kilometers ahead of current Personal Bests teammate Ashlea Gilfillan in 2004 . . . in the 2005, finished second Indoor: 600-yard: 1:24.83 to Gilfillan in the U17 4 km . . . posted a third-place finish in the 800m: 2:13.20 3,000 meters, fourth place finish in the 2,000 meter steeplechase Outdoor: 400m Hurdles: 59.60 and a fifth-place finish in the 1,500 meters in 2005 . . . finished sec- pl a ond in the 3,000 meters and fourth in the 1,500 meters in 2004 . . . Tulsa: A seven-time letterwinner . . . earned all-C-USA first-team set personal-record times of 4:42 in the 1,500 meters, 9:51 in 3,000 honors in indoor track and second-team honors in outdoor track as ye rs meters, 17:31 in the 5,000 meters and 13:55 in the 4 Km. a freshman.

Personal: A biology major . . . parents are David and Leanne 2007: (Cross Country) Competed in one meet . . . finished 12th at McKenzie . . . has a younger brother and sister . . . born July 26, the Hurricane Festival, setting a personal-record with a time of 11:54 1988. in the two-mile race. r ev i ew 2006-07: (Cross Country) Participated in two meets . . . placed 10th with a time of 12:23 at the Hurricane Invitational . . . (Indoor) Julie Competed in five meets . . . was a member of the distance medley Monda relay team that set a new meet and school record with a time of Distance • So-2L (CC) 11:40.37 at the C-USA Championships . . . posted a time of 1:27.49 St. Louis, Mo. in the 600-yard race at Missouri Southern Invitational . . . ran a Cor de Jesu Academy time of 59.08 in the 400m at the Razorback Invitational… (Outdoor) r ec or d s Participated in six meets . . . ran the 400m hurdles in a time of 1:00.07 at the NCAA Midwest Regional . . . set the second-best time in school history in the 400m hurdles at the C-USA Championships, Personal Bests finishing third with a time of 59.60 . . . was a member of the 4x400m Cross Country: 5K: 19:38 relay team that finished third at the C-USAs with a time of 3:42.61.

Tulsa: A two-time letterwinner. 2005-06: (Cross Country) Competed in one meet . . . captured a personal-best and an 18th-place finish with a time of 12:14 in the c-u sa 20007: (Cross Country) Competed in two meets . . . posted a two-mile run at the Hurricane Festival . . . (Indoor) Participated in personal-best time of 19:38 in the 5K at the Southern Stampede . . . five meets . . . turned in a personal-best and a team-leading time placed 18th with a time of 12:45 at the Hurricane Festival. of 1:24.83 in the 600-yard run at the JD Martin Invitational . . . captured a career-best time of 2:13.20 in the 800-meter run at the Iowa 2006-07: (Cross Country) Participated in three meets . . . ran a time State Classic . . . a member of the distance medley relay team that of 21:17 at the Cowboy Jamboree . . . set a personal-best time of set a school record time of 11:42.25 at the Iowa State Classic . . . 21:13 in the 5K at the Southern Stampede . . . finished 14th with her distance medley relay team registered a top finish in the C-USA a time of 12:42 at two-mile Hurricane Festival, setting a personal- Championships, earning her first-team all-C-USA honors . . . as a record . . . (Indoor) Did not compete . . . (Outdoor) Did not partici- member of the 4x400-meter relay team, tallied a season-best and pate. 13th-place finish with a time of 3:47.35 at the Iowa State Classic . . . (Outdoor) Competed in eight meets . . . captured a career-best 2005-06: (Indoor) Did not compete . . . (Outdoor) Did not compete . time of 2:16.80 in the 800-meter run at the Wichita State Invitational . . was a C-USA All-Academic honoree. . . . turned in a personal-best and team-leading time of 59.92 in the 400-meter hurdles at the Conference USA Championships, earn- High School: A four-year letterwinner in track and cross coun- ing second-team all-C-USA honors . . . recorded an 11th-place try at Cor Jesu Academy . . . was a four-time Cross Country mark with a time of 1:01.40 in the 400-meter hurdles at the NCAA Sportsmanship Award winner . . . was a member of the school Midwest Regional . . . in the distance medley relay, helped her record-setting 4x800m relay team . . . received the Track 100% team set a school-best time of 11:38.54 at the Drake Relays . . . Award . . . earned all-conference cross country honors . . . helped her 4x400-meter relay team finished in fourth-place with a time of lead her team to a cross country conference championship her 3:45.37 at the C-USA Championships . . . a C-USA All-Academic junior year, and runner-up finishes her sophomore and senior Medalist.

30 The University of Tulsa 2008 Track & Field Media Guide INTRO all-C-USA honors in indoor track as a freshman.

2007: (Cross Country) Competed in five meets . . . posted a time of 19:58 at the C-USA Championships . . . set a personal-record in the 6K with a time of 22:23 at Pre-Nationals . . . finished 19th with a time of 18:52 at the Cowboy Jamboree . . . ran a personal-best time of 18:15 in the 5K at the Southern Stampede . . . placed eighth with a STAFF time of 11:39 in the two-mile Hurricane Festival.

2006-07: (Cross Country) Competed in all six meets . . . placed 69th with a time of 22:54 at the NCAA Midwest Regional . . . earned third-team all-C-USA honors after finishing 15th at the C-USA Championships with a personal-best time of 18:39 . . . set a person-

al-record of 22:20 in the 6K at Pre-Nationals . . . finished sixth with o u t l oo k a time of 12:03 at the Hurricane Festival . . . (Indoor) Participated in five meets . . . was a member of the distance medley relay team that set a new meet and school record with a time of 11:40.37 at the C-USA Championships . . . had Tulsa’s top-performance of the season in the 800m and 600-yard run . . . ran a time of 2:11.89 in the 800m at the ISU Classic . . . posted a time of 1:24.91 at the

Missouri Southern in the 600-yard run . . . (Outdoor) Competed pl a in eight meets . . . ran a time of 2:10.27 at the NCAA Midwest

Regional in the 800m . . . placed fourth in the 800m at the C-USA ye rs Championships with a time of 2:10.71 . . . was a member of the distance medley relay team that shattered the school-record with a time of 11:30.46 at the Drake Relays . . . ran the third-fastest time in school history in the 800m at the Wichita State Invitational with a time of 2:09.69 . . . posted a time of 4:35.43 in the 1,500m at the Arkansas Invitational. r ev i ew 2004-05: (Cross Country) Red-shirted . . . (Indoor) Red-shirted . . . (Outdoor) Red-shirted.

High School: Earned four letters in track and three in cross country at Broken Arrow High School . . . was named to the all-state and all-conference teams in cross country as a senior . . . helped lead

the Lady Tigers to a runner-up finish at the state cross country r ec or d s meet in 2003 . . . won the 800-meter run at the state track meet as a senior, while also running on the state champion 1,600-meter and 3,200-meter relay teams . . . was the state runner-up in the 300-meter hurdles as a senior . . . finished first at the regional meet in the 300-meter hurdles, 800-meter run, 1,600-meter relay and the 3,200-meter relay . . . helped lead the track team to regional and state championships and the cross country team to regional and

conference titles as a senior. c-u sa

Personal: A psychology major . . . daughter of Dale and Phyllis Montgomery . . . born October 8, 1985.

Dawn Nagazina Middle Distance • Jr-4L (T) 2L (CC) Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Bellerose Composite

Personal Bests Cross Country: 5K: 18:15 6K: 22:23 Indoor: 1,000m: 3:00.63 Outdoor: 800m: 2:09.69 1,500m: 4:35.43

Tulsa: A six-time letterwinner . . . collected third-team all-C-USA accolades in cross country as a sophomore . . . earned first-team

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INTRO 2005-06: (Indoor) Competed in five meets . . . posted a personal- 2:13.18 in the 800m at the ISU Classic . . . posted a career-best best time of 1:01.17 in the 400-meter run at the Missouri Invitational in the 600-yard run at Missouri Southern Invitational with a time of . . . earned a team-leading and career-best time of 2:11.59 in 1:27.41 . . . (Outdoor) Competed in seven meets . . . had Tulsa’s the 800-meter run at the Iowa State Classic . . . at the JD Martin second-best time in the 800m with a time of 2:11.96 at the C-USA Invitational, tallied a time of 3:00.63 for a personal-best in the Championships . . . was a member of the distance medley relay 1,000-meter run . . . a member of the distance medley relay team team that shattered the school-record with a time of 11:30.46 at that set a school record time of 11:42.25 at the Iowa State Classic the Drake Relays . . . posted a time of 4:41.20 in 1,500m at the STAFF . . . her distance medley relay team registered a top finish in the Arkansas Invitational. C-USA Championships, earning her first-team all-C-USA honors . . . as a member of the 4x400-meter relay team, tallied a season- High School: A four-year letterwinner in track and field and a best and 13th-place finish with a time of 3:47.35 at the Iowa State three-year letterwinner in cross country at Metro Christian Academy Classic . . . (Outdoor) Participated in seven meets . . . posted a per- . . . was a three-time state champion in cross country . . . was the sonal-best time of 59.21 in the 400-meter dash . . . in the 800-meter state champion in the 800m, 1600m and the 3200m her senior

o u t l oo k dash, tallied a career-best and a team-leading time of 2:12.09 at year . . . was state champion in the 1600m and went undefeated in the Tulsa Duels . . . in the 1,500-meter run, registered a time of her junior year . . . was the state champion in the 1600m and the 4:51.98 at the Missouri Relays for a personal record . . . a member 3200m during her sophomore campaign . . . was also on the state of the 4x1,600-meter relay team that claimed a sixth-place finish championship 4x800m relay team . . . her team was the Academic and a school-record time of 20:25.54 at the Drake Relays . . . in State Champions in track and field her sophomore year and in cross the distance medley relay, helped her team set a school-best time country her junior year . . . personal bests include 57.0 in the 400m of 11:38.54 at the Drake Relays . . . a member of the 4x800-meter and a 2:14 in the 800m . . . also lettered in basketball her freshman relay team that captured a fourth-place finish in a time of 9:20.15 at year. pl a the Missouri Relays . . . assisted her 4x400-meter relay team to a

ye rs fourth-place finish in a time of 3:45.37 at the C-USA Championships Personal: Majoring in geosciences . . . the daughter of Kevin . . . a C-USA All-Academic Medalist. Rigsby and Leanna Wyatt . . . born April 27, 1988 . . . her grandfa- ther, Gary Scott, played football for Tulsa. High School: Finished second in the 800m High School Provincials as a senior at Bellerose Composite High School . . . helped her 4x400m relay team establish a new record at the Legion Nationals

r ev i ew . . . clinched a second-place finish in the 800m at the Legion Sophia Nationals and third-place mark at the Junior Nationals in 2004. Rodriguez Jumps • Jr-3L (T) Personal: A chemistry major . . . daughter of Lori and Craig Houston, Texas Nagazina . . . born June 18, 1987. J. Frank Dobie r ec or d s Tayler Personal Bests Rigsby Outdoor: Long Jump: 5.80m (19-0.5) Middle Distance • So-2L (T) 2L (CC) Triple Jump: 12.77m (41-10.75) Tulsa, Okla. Metro Christian Academy Tulsa: A three-time letterwinner.

2006-07: (Indoor) Did not participate . . . (Outdoor) Did not compete. c-u sa Personal Bests 2005-06: (Indoor) Participated in five meets . . . posted a personal- Cross Country: 5K: 18:05 6K: 22:11 best long jump of 18 feet, 10 inches at the JD Martin Invitational Indoor: 600-yard: 1:27.41 . . . in the Conference USA Championships, tallied a season-best Outdoor: 800m: 2:11.96 1,500m: 4:41.20 and a fifth-place triple jump of 39 feet, 5.75 inches . . . (Outdoor) Competed in six meets . . . recorded a personal-best, school record Tulsa: A four-time letterwinner. and 10th-place finish in the triple jump with a distance of 41 feet, 10.75 inches at the NCAA Midwest Regional . . . turned in a person- 2007: (Cross Country) Participated in all six meets . . . set a per- al-best long jump of 19 feet, 0.50 inches at the Tulsa Duels . . . reg- sonal-record in the 6K at the NCAA Midwest Regional with a time istered a triple jump of 41 feet, 1 inch at the C-USA Championships. of 22:11 . . . finished 29th at the C-USA Championships with a time of 19:36 . . . set a personal-record of 18:05 for an 11th place finish 2004-05: (Indoor) Competed in five meets . . . broke the school’s in the 5K at the Southern Stampede . . . placed 10th with a time of triple jump record three times in her freshman year . . . broke the 11:48 at the two-mile Hurricane Festival. school record the first time with a first-place finish at the Missouri Invitational with a jump of 11.94 meters (39 feet, 2.25 inches) and 2006-07: (Cross Country) Competed in five meets . . . ran a person- then again at the Iowa State Classic with a jump of 11.97 meters al-best time of 23:40 at the NCAA Midwest Regional in the 6K (39 feet, 3.25 inches) for a 14th place finish and finally at the WAC . . . finished 34th at the C-USA Championships with a time of 19:40, Championships with a fourth-place jump of 12.08 meters (39 feet, setting a personal-best in the 5K . . . posted a time of 23:42 at 7.25 inches) . . . was named the WAC Athlete of the Week for Pre-Nationals . . . ran a time of 19:49 at the Cowboy Jamboreee January 17-23 . . . had the fourth-best jump among all WAC triple . . . (Indoor) Participated in five meets . . . ran a personal-best of jumpers on the season, with a jump of 39 feet, 7.75 inches . . . (Outdoor) Did not compete.

32 The University of Tulsa 2008 Track & Field Media Guide High School: Was a four-year letterwinner in track at J. Frank Dobie jump at the 2006 indoor NYSPHSAA Championships . . . was first INTRO High School . . . served as team captain her senior season . . . fin- in the heptathlon at the 2006 Empire State Games . . . participated ished third at the Class 5A State Track and Field Meet as a senior at the Junior Olympics National Championships, finishing eighth in . . . was named the squad’s Most Valuable Senior . . . earned the the heptathlon… also lettered in soccer . . . was the senior class most points for her high school in both the indoor and outdoor sea- president. sons . . . awarded the 2001 and 2002 Hustlin’ Horn Award . . . was named her school’s Most Improved Athlete in cross country in 2002 Personal: Majoring in nursing . . . daughter of Ron and Diane Steel . . . earned the UIL Scholar Award in 2004. . . . has three older sisters . . . born February 21, 1988. STAFF

Personal: An environmental policy major . . . daughter of Anthony and Schineatha Rodriguez . . . born March 24, 1986. Heather Stroeder Distance • So-1L (T) 1L (CC) o u t l oo k Maryke Hanover, Ontario Canada Rossouw Sacred Heart Distance • So-2L 1L (CC) Johannesburg, South Africa Kempton Park Personal Bests Cross Country: 5K: 19:11 6K: 22:39 Outdoor: 5,000m: 18:38.41 pl a Personal Bests Tulsa: A two-time letterwinner. ye rs Cross Country: Two-mile: 11:30 Indoor: One-mile: 5:12.43 3,000m: 10:24.07 2006-07: (Cross Country) Competed in five meets . . . was Tulsa’s Outdoor: 1,500m: 4:50.93 third-finisher at the NCAA Midwest Regionals with a time of 22:54 . . . placed 28th at the C-USA Championships with a time of 19:22 Tulsa: A three-time letterwinner. . . . ran a personal-best time of 22:39 in 6K at Pre-Nationals . . . set

a personal-best in 5K of 19:11 at Cowboy Jamboree, finishing 41st r ev i ew 2007: (Cross Country) Competed in one meet . . . finished sixth at . . . (Indoor) Did not participate . . . (Outdoor) Competed in five the Hurricane Festival with a time of 11:30 in the two-mile race. meets . . . had TU’s second-best time in the 10,000m, clocking a time of 41:47.94 at the C-USA Championships . . . ran a personal- 2006-07: (Indoor) Participated in four meets . . . posted a personal- record of 18:38.41 in the 5,000m at the C-USA Championships . . . best of 10:24.07 at the ISU Classic in the 3,000m . . . had TU’s third- posted a time of 5:00.79 in the 1,500m at the Arlington Inviational. fastest time in the one-mile, clocking a 5:12.43 at the Razorback Invitational . . . (Outdoor) . . . Competed in seven meets . . . High School: Posted personal-bests of 4:38 in the 1,500 meters r ec or d s posted a team-best time of 40.20.06 in the 10,000m at the C-USA and 10:08 in the 3,000 meters at Sacred Heart High School Championships . . . also tallied a time of 18:56.97 in the 5,000m at the C-USAs . . . at the Arkansas Invitational ran the 3,000m in a Personal: An exercise sports science major . . . daughter of Jerome time of 11:01.75 . . . ran the 800m in a time of 2:21.51 at the Wichita and Lisa Stroeder . . . born May 7, 1987. State Invitational . . . posted a time of 4:50.93 in 1,500m at the Arlington Invitational. Ashley High School: Helped guide her team to a South African Cross c-u sa Country National Championship her senior year . . . Had personal Wills bests of 4:40 in the 1,500m, 10:15 in the 3,000m and 38:00 in the Sprints • Fr-HS 10,000m. Toronto, Ontario, Canada Pope John Paul Personal: Majoring in exercise sports science . . . the daughter of Jannie Rossouw . . . born March 30, 1988. High School: Was a three-year letterwinner at Pope John Paul Secondary School . . . was named the Senior Girl MVP and Overall Brianna Senior Girl of 2007 . . . won the Toronto District College Athletic Association (TDCAA) gold in the 100m, 200m and 400m as a senior Steel . . . was the Metro champion in the 400m . . . won the Ontario Jumps/Multi-Events • Fr-HS Federation of Secondary School Athletics (OFSSA) gold for the Newfane, N.Y. 4x100m relay in 2004 and 2006 . . . received the OFSSA silver in the Newfane 4x400m relay and bronze in the 200m as a senior . . . set personal- record time of 12.3 in 100m, 24.9 in the 200m and 58.0 in the 400m . . . also lettered in soccer. High School: Was a four-year letterwinner at Newfane High School . . . won the New York State Public High School Athletic Association Personal: Majoring in accounting . . . daughter of Elaine and Ricky (NYSPHSAA) title in the pentathlon as a junior, finished second as Wills . . . born January 9, 1989. a senior and third as a sophomore . . . finished third in the high Andy C

www.tulsahurricane.com 33 Me n ’s Tr a c k & Fi e l d INTRO Men’s Roster Hurricane by Class Seniors Name Ht. Class Event(s) Hometown/Previous School Edwin Henshaw Jordan Hughes Nolan Jenkins John Beattie 5-10 Jr. Distance Southampton, England (Univ. of Southampton) Jerrod Landress

STAFF Jay Matlack Kris Bolom 6-1 Jr. Sprints Tyler, Texas (Embry-Riddle) Kyle McGillen Josh Butts 5-9 So. Distance West Clarksville, N. Y. (Rogers State) O’Dell Smith Joel Stansloski Mark Davidson 5-9 Fr.-RS Distance Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Birchmount Park) Thomas Stoltz Brett Turowski Kyle Dekker 5-10 So. Distance Kitchener, Ontario, Canada (Grand River) Juniors o u t l oo k John Beattie Lamar Ellison 5-10 Fr. Sprints Honolulu, Hawaii (Hanau) Kris Bolom Eric Harris Eric Harris 6-3 Jr.. Distance Conway, Ark. (Conway) Kris Karnes Rob Nickels Edwin Henshaw 5-11 Sr. Distance Auckland, New Zealand (Northcote College) Lewis Timmins Sophomores Jordan Hughes 5-10 Sr. Mid-Distance Bartlesville, Okla. (Bartlesville) Josh Butts pl a Kyle Dekker Nolan Jenkins 5-7 Sr. Mid-Distance Holt, Mich. (Holt) Attila Korosi ye rs Patrick McConnell Kris Karnes 6-1 Jr. Sprints/Hurdles Fort Worth, Texas (Tulane) Cory Pixley Attila Korosi 6-2 So. Sprints Subotica, Serbia (Subotica Nursing) R. J. Young Freshmen Jerrod Landress 6-0 Sr. Sprints Colorado Springs, Colo. (Pine Creek) Mark Davidson Lamar Ellison r ev i ew Daniel LePage 5-11 Fr. Distance Helias, Mo. (Helias) Daniel LePage Jonathan Moore Jay Matlack 5-9 Sr. Distance Shawnee, Kan. (Mill Valley) Craig Shultz

Patrick McConnell 5-10 So. Distance London, Ontario, Canada (Oakridge SS) By Event Sprints/Hurdles Kyle McGillen 6-1 Sr. Jumps Clinton, Wash. (Western Washington) Kris Bolom

r ec or d s Lamar Ellison Jonathan Moore 5-9 Fr. Sprints Muskogee, Okla. (Muskogee) Kris Karnes Attila Korosi Rob Nickels 6-2 Jr. Jumps Sarnia, Ontario, Canada (St. Clair) Jerrod Landress Jonathan Moore Cory Pixley 6-2 So. Jumps/Multi-Events Delevan, N. Y. (Pioneer) O’Dell Smith R. J. Young Craig Shultz 6-2 Fr. Jumps Springfield, Mo. (Glendale) Middle Distance Jordan Hughes c-u sa O’Dell Smith 6-2 Sr. Sprints Muskogee, Okla. (Muskogee) Nolan Jenkins Joel Stansloski 5-7 Sr. Distance Wooster, Ohio (Wooster) Distance John Beattie Thomas Stoltz 6-0 Sr. Javelin/Multi-Events Phoenixvlle, Pa. (Phoenixville) Josh Butts Mark Davidson Lewis Timmins 5-10 Jr. Distance Newcastle, England (Northumbria) Kyle Dekker Eric Harris Brett Turowski 5-8 Sr. Distance Bartlesville, Okla. (Bartlesville) Edwin Henshaw Daniel LePage R. J. Young 5-4 So. Sprints Tulsa, Okla. (Memorial) Jay Matlack Patrick McConnell Joel Stansloski Lewis Timmins Pronunciation Guide Brett Turowski Multi-Events Bolom: bowl – um Thomas Stoltz Korosi: Kerr – ess – ee Cory Pixley Jumps Stansloski: stans – loss – key Kyle McGillen Stoltz: stole – ts Robert Nickels Turowski: tur – row – ski Craig Shultz

34 The University of Tulsa 2008 Track & Field Media Guide High School: Was a four-year letterwinner in track and field at T. K. INTRO Gorman High School . . . was state runner-up in the 4x100m relay John and the 4x200m relay . . . was the district runner-up in the 4x100m, Beattie 4x200m and the 4x400m relays . . . was the team captain as a Distance • Jr-1L (CC) senior . . . was also named Most Valuable Overall during his senior Southampton, England year . . . as a junior was named his team’s Most Valuable Runner . . Univ. of Southampton . as a sophomore was named Most Improved . . . helped guide his team to three district championships, a state championship and a STAFF state runner-up . . . has clocked bests of 11.2 in the 100m and 22.3 in the 200m. Personal Bests Cross Country: 8K: 23:54 10K: 30:11 Personal: Majoring in philosophy . . . son of Leo Bolom and Jane Manley . . . born on November 28, 1986 . . . his sister, Morgan, is

Tulsa: In his first season at Tulsa . . . lettered in cross country . . . also a member of the TU women’s track and field team. o u t l oo k named Conference USA Cross Country Male Newcomer of the Year . . . earned second-team all-C-USA accolades in cross country.

2007: (Cross Country) Competed in six of seven meets . . . was Josh TU’s top-finisher in the three major meets including the NCAA Butts Championship, NCAA Midwest Regional and C-USA Championship Sophomore • So-2L (T) 1L (CC) . . . named Conference USA Cross Country Male Newcomer of the West Clarksville, N. Y. pl a Year . . . at nationals, he placed 127th with a 10K time of 31:22, Rogers State

after clocking a sixth-place time of 30:11 at the NCAA Midwest ye rs Regional . . . earned all-C-USA second team honors after crossing the finish line in sixth-place with a time of 25:20 at the conference meet . . . led Tulsa to a 29th place finish at nationals, which was the Personal Bests school’s first-ever NCAA appearance. Cross Country: Four-miles: 20:27 8K: 26:39 Indoor: One-mile: 4:15.24 1,000m: 2:31.44

Prior to Tulsa: Received the full colours award from athletic union Outdoor: 800m: 1:58.90 1,500m: 3:55.71 r ev i ew at the University of Southampton . . . was also a University Sports bursary recipient . . . was a member of England’s National Team . . . 2007: (Cross Country) Competed in two meets . . . finished 12th in set personal-record times of 3:55.00 in the 1,500 meters, 8:22.00 in Tulsa’s Annual Hurricane Festival with a time of 20:27 in the four- the 3,000 meters, 14:16.00 in the 5,000 meters and 30:03.00 in the mile course . . . participated in the open race at Pre-Nationals, fin- 10,000 meters. ishing 111th in the 8K race with a time of 26:39.

Personal: Working towards his master’s degree in business admin- 2006-07: (Indoor) Competed in six meets . . . finished ninth at the r ec or d s istration . . . son of Bob and Fiona Beattie . . . has one younger C-USA Indoor Championships in the one-mile with a time of 4:15.24, brother, Richard . . . born January 20, 1986. the third fastest time in 2007 . . . also ran the 3,000m at the C-USA Championships in a time of 8:55.44 . . . posted a personal-best of 2:31.44 at the JD Martin Invitational in 1,000m . . . (Outdoor) Participated in eight meets . . . was a member of the 4x1,600m relay Kris team that posted a time of 16:57.93 at the Drake Relays, the fast- Bolom est time in TU history… clocked a personal-best time of 1:58.90 at

Sprints • Jr-2L (T) the Tulsa Duels in the 800m . . . posted his other top-times at the c-u sa Tyler, Texas C-USA Championships, finishing the 1,500m with a time of 3:55.71 Embry-Riddle and clocking a time of 17:15.56 in the 3,000m.

Prior to Tulsa: Transferred to TU from Rogers State . . . was a five- time letterwinner at Bolivar-Richburg High School in New York . . . Personal Bests was the county champion in the 800m, 1,600m and the 3,200m his Indoor: 60m: 7.45 senior year . . . was the sectional champ in the 800m, 1,600m and Outdoor: 100m: 11.30 200m: 23.10 the 3,000m steeple chase . . . was a New York State top-5 finisher in the 3,000m steeplechase as a senior . . . was a first-team all- Tulsa: A two-time letterwinner. star in cross country for two years . . . was the cross country team captain for four years and in track for three seasons . . . has logged 2006-07: (Indoor) Competed in three meets . . . clocked his two top personal-bests of 4:12 in the 1,600m, 1:53 in the 800m, 14:48 in the times at the Missouri Southern meet, running in the 60m and 200m 5,000m and 2:28 in the 1,000m. . . . posted personal-best times of 7.45 in the 60m and 23.85 in the 200m . . . (Outdoor) Participated in four meets . . . posted TU’s sec- Personal: Majoring in art and graphic design . . . the son of Morey ond fastest time in 2007 in 100m with a time of 11.30 at the Tulsa Butts and Trudy Oldham . . . born April 21, 1982 . . . served as a Duels . . . also clocked a personal-best time of 23.10 in the 200m. sergeant in the United States Army for five years and is a veteran of the Iraq War. Prior to Tulsa: Earned one letter at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University . . . posted times of 7.62 in the 60m, 11.54 in the 100m and 23.79 in the 200m.

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INTRO . . (Indoor) Competed in five meets . . . posted the fourth-best time in school history in the 5,000m with a time of 14:46.62 at the C-USA Mark Championships . . . ran a personal-record time of 8:23.11 in the Davidson 3,000m at the Razorback Invitational . . . posted a time of 4:17.13 in Distance • Fr-1L (CC) the one-mile at the Missouri Invitational . . . (Outdoor) Participated Toronto, Ontario, Canada in seven meets . . . was a member of the 4x1,600m relay team that Birchmount Park posted a time of 16:57.93 at the Drake Relays, the fastest time in TU STAFF history… moved into third-place on Tulsa’s all-time 5,000m list with a time of 14:32.80 at the Stanford Invitational . . . ran a personal-record time of 1:57.61 in 800m at the Wichita State Invitational . . . tallied a Personal Bests time of 3:57.41 in the 1,500 m at the Oklahoma Invitational. Cross Country: 8K: 25:39 High School: Was a three-time provincial high school bronze med-

o u t l oo k Tulsa: Lettered as a true freshman in cross country. alist in the 3000m at Grand River High School . . . won the silver medal in the 1500m . . . was a bronze medalist in the national junior 2007: (Cross County) Red-shirted meet in the 5000m . . . was a two-time silver medalist in the 3000m at the Nike Invitational . . . helped lead his team to the 2005 Ontario 2006-07: (Cross Country) Competed in three meets . . . finished Track and Field Association Cross Country Championship . . . 36th at the C-USA Championships with a time of 27:28 in the 8K boasts personal-bests of 1:56 in the 800m, 3:53 in the 1500m, 8:28 race . . . clocked a time of 25:39 at the Pre-Nationals meet . . . red- in the 300m and 14:28 in the 5000m. shirted in both indoor and outdoor track. pl a Personal: Majoring in arts and sciences . . . son of Ken and Dianne

ye rs High School: Finished third at the Canadian Junior Nationals in the Dekker . . . born on June 24, 1987. 1500m . . . was fourth in the OFSAA in both the 1500m (3:51.00) and the 3000m (8:28.00) . . . was named the Birchmount Park High School Male Athlete of the Year his senior year . . . also earned a Lamar cross country award. Ellison

r ev i ew Personal: Majoring in exercise sports science . . . son of Eric and Sprints • Fr-HS Joanne Davidson . . . born on December 31, 1985. Honolulu, Hawaii Hanau (Germany)

Kyle Dekker High School: Was a four-year letterwinner at Hanau High School Distance • So-2L (T) 2L (CC) in Hanau, Germany . . . was a four-team captain and team MVP . r ec or d s Kichener, Ontario, Canada . . honored as track MVP of Europe as a junior . . . was the 400m Grand River Champion, both his junior and senior year . . . went undefeated in the 400m as a junior and a senior . . . was the 200m Champion as a junior as well as going undefeated in the event . . . led his team to a first-place finish in Division III and fourth-place finish in the Personal Bests European finals. Cross Country: 8K: 24:08 10K: 30:56 Indoor: One-mile: 4:17.13 3,000m: 8:23.11 Personal: An arts and sciences major . . . son of Lawrence and c-u sa 5,000m: 14:46.62 Rodnette Ellison . . . has an older sister . . . born on April 11, 1989. Outdoor: 800m: 1:57.61 1,500m: 3:57.41 5,000m: 14:32.80 Eric Tulsa: A four-time letterwinner . . . was a two-time third-team all-C- USA performer in cross country. Harris Distance • Jr-4L (T) 2 L (CC) 2007: (Cross Country) Participated in six meets . . . was Tulsa’s Conway, Ark. fourth-finisher at the NCAA Championships with a time of 31:51 Conway . . . posted a 26th-place finish at the NCAA Midwest Regional in a time of 30:56 in the 10K race . . . earned third-team all-C-USA accolades after finishing 15th at the C-USA Championships with a time Personal Bests of 26:46 . . . ran a personal-record time of 24:08 at Pre-Nationals Cross Country: Four-miles: 19:51 8K: 24:51 finishing 48th… was TU’s top-finisher at the Southern Stampede, 10K: 31:14 finishing sixth with a time of 24:26. Indoor: One-mile: 4:17.13 3,000m: 8:23.78 5,000m: 14:47.52 2006-07: (Cross Country) Competed in five meets . . . collected a Outdoor: 5,000m: 14:33.59 10,000m: 30:55.21 42nd-place finish at the NCAA Midwest Regional with a time of 32:08 in the 10K race . . . earned third-team all-C-USA accolades after Tulsa: A six-time letterwinner . . . a two-time third-team all-C-USA finishing 12th at the C-USA Championships with a time of 26:02 . . . honoree in cross country . . . was a C-USA All-Academic performer ran a personal-best in the 8K at Pre-Nationals with a time of 25:37 . as a freshman.

36 The University of Tulsa 2008 Track & Field Media Guide 2007: (Cross Country) Participated in six meets . . . was Tulsa’s fifth- INTRO place finisher at the NCAA Championships, finishing 189th with a time of 31:54 . . . finished 35th at the NCAA Midwest Regional with a Edwin time of 31:14 in the 10K . . . place 11th for the second consecutive Henshaw year at the C-USA Championships, earning third-team all-C-USA Distance • Sr-5L (T) 3L (CC) honors with a time of 26:10 . . . ran a personal-best of 24:51 at Auckland, New Zealand Pre-Nationals in the 8K . . . was TU’s top-finisher (fifth-place) at the Northcote College Hurricane Festival with a time of 19:51. STAFF

2006-07: (Cross Country) Competed in six meets . . . placed 58th in the NCAA Midwest Regional with a time of 32:40 . . . earned all-C- Personal Bests Cross Country: Four-Miles: 20:38 8K: 23:34 USA accolades after finishing 11th at C-USA Championships with a 10K: 31:12 time of 25:54 . . . ran most of the 8K race without his right shoe Indoor: One-mile: 4:09.13 3,000m: 7:58.82

. . . set a personal-best in the 8K with a time of 25:48 at Pre- o u t l oo k Outdoor: 1,500m: 3:45.09 5,000m: 14:04.53 Nationals . . . finished third in the four-mile race with a time of 20:37 at the Hurricane Festival . . . (Indoor) Participated in five meets . . Tulsa: An eight-time letterwinner . . . earned first-team all-C-USA . had TU’s second-best performance of the season in the 5,000m honors in cross country as a sophomore . . . also a two-time sec- with a fifth-place performance at the C-USA Championships in a ond-team all-C-USA performer in cross country. time of 14:47.52 . . . ran the 3,000m in a time of 8:23.78 at the ISU Classic . . . posted a time of 4:22.82 in the one-mile at the 2007: (Cross Country) Participated in five meets . . . was instru- MSSU Invitational . . . (Outdoor) Moved into fourth-place all-time in mental in the Golden Hurricane’s first-ever NCAA Championships pl a school history in both the 5,000m and 10,000 . . . at the Stanford bid . . . was Tulsa’s top-finisher twice . . . was in third-place of the

Invitational, tallied a time of 14:33.59 in the 5,000m . . . posted a ye rs NCAA Midwest Regional before pulling out due to injury . . . finished time of 30:55.21 in the 10,000m at the Drake Relays . . . was also seventh at the C-USA Championships, earning second-team all-C- the second-best performer in the 3,000m for 2007, running a time of USA accolades . . . led Tulsa to a sixth-place finish at Pre-Nationals, 8:37.82 at the Tulsa Duels. placing 10th with a time of 23:34 . . . had a fourth-place finish at the 8K Cowboy Jamboree with a time of 24:10 . . . during the sum- 2005-06: (Indoor) Participated in five meets . . . captured a mer, Henshaw won the Senior New Zealand Cross Country Title, personal-best and an eighth-place finish with a time of 4:21.20 in r ev i ew qualifying to represent New Zealand at the World Cross Country the mile run at the Conference USA Championships . . . turned in Championships. a time of 8:44.19 in the 3,000-meter run at the Husker Invitational for a personal-best . . . was a member of the distance medley 2006-07: (Cross Country) Competed in six meets . . . was Tulsa’s relay team that claimed a third-place time of 10:41.72 at the top-finisher in four races . . . finished 12th at the NCAA Midwest Missouri Invitational . . . (Outdoor) Competed in four meets . . . in Regional with a time of 31:12 . . . earned first-team all-C-USA hon- the 1,500-meter run, tallied a time of 4:22.39 at the Wichita State ors after finishing third at the C-USA Championships with a time

Invitational for a personal-best . . . at the Missouri Relays, registered r ec or d s of 24:44 . . . placed 10th at the 8K Pre-Nationals with a time of a time of 15:35.86 in the 5,000-meter run for a career best . . . a 24:05, setting a personal-best . . . also finished 10th at the Cowboy C-USA All-Academic honoree. Jamboree with a time of 24:45 . . . (Indoor) Competed in six meets . . . ran the nation’s 23rd fastest time in 3,000m at the Razorback 2004-05: Red-shirted Invitational with a time of 7:58.82, which was also a school record . . . finished third in the one-mile at the C-USA Championships High School: A three-year letterwinner in cross country and track with a time of 4:09.13, the fourth-fastest time in TU history . . . at Conway High School . . . helped his team set a new school (Outdoor) Competed in eight meets . . . finished 14th at the NCAA

record in the 4x800m relay . . . was a 2004 and 2005 Class 5A c-u sa Championships in 5,000m with a time of 14:08.59 . . . qualified for State Runner-Up in the 1600m . . . was the 5A State Runner-Up in the NCAAs after finishing fifth at the NCAA Midwest Regional with a the 3200m in 2004 and finished in third-place in 2005 . . . was the time of 14:04.53, his personal-record and the Tulsa school record 2003 5A State Cross Country Runner-Up . . . received the 2003 Log . . . was third in the 1,500m at C-USA Championships with a time of Cabin Democrat’s Faulkner County Cross Country Athlete of the 3:45.09 . . . was a member of the distance medley relay team that Year award and was the 2004 Track Athlete of the Year . . . was a posted a time of 9:55.31 at the Drake Relays, the fourth-fastest in 2000m Steeplechase medalist in 2002 at the AAU Junior Olympics TU history… also had TU’s top performance in the 3,000m with a . . . was a three-year member of the Arkansas All-Star Team . . . time of 8:36.09. earned all-state honors in track and field, and cross country . . . was a member of the National Honor Roll and Who’s Who Among High 2005-06: (Cross Country) Participated in all six of TU’s meets School Students. . . . tallied a personal-best time of 20:58 in the four-mile run at the Hurricane Festival for a ninth-place finish . . . registered a ninth- Personal: An accounting major . . . son of Mark and Linda Harris place finish and a personal-best time of 24:58.70 in the 8,000-meter . . . born August 8, 1986. run at the Conference USA Championships . . . captured a time of 31:52.2 for a personal-best in the 10,000-meter run at the Chile Pepper Invitational . . . earned second-team all-C-USA honors . . . (Indoor) Competed in four meets . . . led the team in both the mile run and the 3,000-meter run . . . turned in a personal-best and an 11th-place finish with a time of 4:14.27 in the mile run at the Razorback Invitational . . . at the Conference USA Championships, turned in a time of 8:22.18 in the 3,000-meter run for a personal-

www.tulsahurricane.com 37 Me n ’s Tr a c k & Fi e l d INTRO best and the fourth-best in school history . . . a member of the distance medley team that recorded a fourth-place finish in a time of 10:26.29 at the C-USA Championships . . . (Outdoor) Participated in six meets . . . led the team in both the 1,500-meter run and the 5,000-meter run . . . posted a personal-best and a second-place finish in the 1,500-meter run with a time of 3:53.95 at the Michael Johnson Classic . . . turned in a personal-best, a sixth-place finish STAFF and TU’s second-best mark in school history with a time of 14:33.63 in the 5,000-meter run at the Stanford Invitational . . . in the 4x1,600- meter relay, turned in a time of 17:32.42 at the Drake Relays for TU’s second-best mark.

2004-05: (Cross Country) Did not compete . . . (Indoor) Did not

o u t l oo k compete . . . (Outdoor) Recorded a 28th-place mark in a time of 16:08.15 in the 5000-meter run at the Missouri Relays . . . improved his 5000m time at the Ole Miss Invitational with a time of 15:51.83, and again at the Michael Johnson Classic with a time of 15:43.25 . . . claimed his best 5000m finish at the WAC Outdoor Championships in a time of 15:28.66 . . . posted a time of 8:56.67 in the 3000-meter run at the John Jacobs Invitational . . . registered a 10,000-meter time of 32:55.09 at the WAC Outdoor Championships. pl a

ye rs High School: Was the New Zealand Champion in the 3000m, and the North Island Champion in the 1500m and 3000m . . . claimed the New Zealand Cross Country Championship for men under-20.

Personal: An exercise sports science major . . . son of Stan Henshaw and Mayannje Young . . . born September 22, 1985. r ev i ew

Jordan Hughes Middle Distance • Sr-6L (T) 3L (CC) Bartlesville, Okla. r ec or d s Bartlesville C-USA Championships with a personal-record time of 1:53.04 . . . was a member of the distance medley relay team that posted a time of 9:55.31 at the Drake Relays, the fourth-fastest in TU his- Personal Bests tory… was a member of the 4x1,600m relay team that posted a Cross Country: Four-Miles: 21:03 8K: 25:13 time of 16:57.93 at the Drake Relays, the fastest time in TU his- Indoor: 800m: 1:54.66 1,000m: 2:30.54 tory… recorded a time of 3:55.16 in the 1,500m at the Arlington One-mile: 4:19.64 Invitational, TU’s third-fastest time on the season . . . selected to the

c-u sa Outdoor: 800m: 1:53.04 1,500m: 3:55.16 C-USA All-Academic team.

Tulsa: An nine-time letterwinner . . . received all-WAC honors in out- 2005-06: (Cross Country) Competed in two meets . . . turned in a door track as a freshman . . . earned C-USA All-Academic honors personal-best time of 21:26 for a 15th-place finish in the four-mile as a sophomore. run at the Hurricane Festival . . . captured a time of 26:47.80 in the 8K run at the Southern Stampede . . . (Indoor) Participated in five 2007: (Cross Country) Competed in four meets . . . finished 20th meets . . . claimed a personal-best in the 800m run with a time of at the C-USA Championships with a time of 27:11 . . . ran a time of 1:56.15 at the Conference USA Championships . . . recorded a time 26:06 in the open race at Pre-Nationals . . . set a personal-best time of 2:30.72 in the 1,000-meter run for a personal-best and the fifth- of 25:13 in the 8K at the Southern Stampede . . . placed 16th at the best in school history at the Razorback Invitational . . . (Outdoor) Hurricane Festival with a time of 21:03 in the four-mile race. Competed in six meets . . . posted a personal-best in the 800m run with a time of 1:57.99 at the Tulsa Duels . . . earned a personal- 2006-07: (Cross Country) Participated in five meets . . . placed 44th record time of 4:01.40 in the 1,500m run at the Michael Johnson at the C-USA Championships with a time of 28:06 . . . finished the Classic . . . in the 4x1,600-meter relay, turned in a time of 17:32.42 8K Cowboy Jamboree in a time of 27:56 . . . ran a personal-best at the Drake Relays for TU’s second-best mark . . . a C-USA All- time of 27:36 at the Southern Stampede . . . finished 17th at the Academic Honoree. Hurricane Festival with a time of 21:11 . . . (Indoor) Competed in five meets . . . placed fifth in the 800m with a personal-record time 2004-05: (Indoor) Notched a time of 2:00.28 in the 800-meter run of 1:54.66, TU’s best indoor time in the 800m . . . tallied a time of and a time of 2:36.79 in the 1000m run at the Razorback Invitational 2:30.54 in the 1,000m at the Missouri Invitational . . . ran a time of . . . competed in the one-mile run at the Iowa State Classic, turning 4:19.64 in the one-mile at the Razorback Invitational . . . (Outdoor) in a time of 4:29.24 . . . claimed a 12th-place mark and a season- Participated in six meets . . . finished fourth in the 800m at the best 4:25.93 at the WAC Indoor Championships . . . (Outdoor)

38 The University of Tulsa 2008 Track & Field Media Guide Posted a time of 4:09.93 in the 1500-meter run at the Tulsa Duels INTRO . . . earned a 16th-place finish with a time of 1:58.15 in the 800m run at the John Jacobs Invitational . . . recorded a season-best 4:01.41 in the 1500m run at the WAC Outdoor Championships . . . registered all-WAC honors.

High School: A four-year letterwinner on the track and cross country teams at Bartlesville High School . . . received all-conference STAFF cross country honors his senior campaign . . . was the Frontier Conference Champion in the 800m his senior season . . . was a three-year member of the swim team . . . was Valedictorian of his high school class.

Personal: A philosophy major . . . son of Terry and Julie Hughes o u t l oo k . . . born September 19, 1985.

Nolan Jenkins Middle Distance • Sr-6L (T) 3L (CC)

Holt, Mich. pl a Holt ye rs

Personal Bests Cross Country: Four-Miles: 22:20 8K: 27:00 Indoor: 600-yard: 1:15.03 800m: 1:55.17 r ev i ew 1,000m: 2:36.60 Outdoor: 800m: 1:58.00 1,500m: 4:11.79

Tulsa: A nine-time letterwinner . . . earned C-USA All-Academic honors as a sophomore.

2007: (Cross Country) Competed in three meets . . . recorded a r ec or d s time of 27:15 in the 8K at Pre-Nationals . . . ran a personal-best time of 27:00 at the Southern Stampede . . . placed 19th at the Hurricane Festival with a time of 22:20 in the four-mile run.

2006-07: (Cross Country) Competed in three meets . . . recorded a time of 28:54 at the Cowboy Jamboree . . . set a personal-best time of 28:49 in the 8K at the Southern Stampede . . . finished 29th at the Hurricane Festival with a time of 22:52 in the four-mile… 2004-05: (Cross Country) Participated in four events . . . recorded c-u sa (Indoor) Participated in five meets . . . recorded TU’s second-best a four-mile time of 22:35 at the Hurricane Festival . . . clocked a time of season in the 800m with a time of 1:57.18 at the Razorback 30:04.00 in the 8,000-meters at the Cowboy Jamboree . . . (Indoor) Invitational . . . was a member of the distance medley relay team Competed in four meets . . . set a personal record in the 800-meter that posted a time of 10:02.64 at the Razorback Invitational . . run at the Iowa State Classic with a time of 1:57.31 . . . finished in . clocked a time of 1:15.03 in the 600-yard run at the Missouri fourth-place twice in the 800-meter run at the Missouri Invitational Invitational . . . (Outdoor) Competed in five meets . . . finished the with a time of 2:02.75 and the JD Martin Invitational with a 2:00.36 800m at the C-USA Championships in a time of 2:01.56 . . . record- . . . claimed an 11th-place finish at the WAC Championships with a ed a time of 4:16.32 in the 1,500m at the Arlington Invitational. 1:59.24 in the 800m . . . (Outdoor) Participated in four meets . . . set a season-best mark at the WAC Championships in the 800-meter 2005-06: (Indoor) Competed in five meets . . . captured a personal- run with a time of 1:58.38. best and an eighth-place finish in the 600-yard run with a time of 1:16.46 at the Missouri Invitational . . . in the 800-meter run, High School: Earned four letters at Holt High School . . . was the turned in a personal-best time of 1:55.17 at the Iowa State Classic regional champion in the 800-meters as a senior, after finishing . . . at the JD Martin Invitational, claimed a time of 2:36.60 in the fourth in the event as a junior . . . was a member of the 1,600-meter 1,000-meter run for a personal record . . . (Outdoor) Participated and 3,200-meter relay teams that finished fourth at the state regional in six meets . . . posted a personal-best time of 53.18 in the in 2004 . . . earned two letters in soccer as well . . . was a member 400-meter dash at the Emporia State Relays . . . set a season-best of the academic all-conference team in all three sports (track, soc- time of 1:58.00 in the 800-meter run at the Tulsa Duels . . . at the cer and cross country). Missouri Relays, captured a personal-record time of 4:11.79 in the 1,500-meter run . . . a C-USA All-Academic Honoree. Personal: A German major . . . son of Dennis and Mary Ann Jenkins . . . born May 5, 1986.

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INTRO Prior to Tulsa: Clocked bests of 10.4 in the 100m, 22.13 in the 200m and 47.89 in the 400m at Subotica Nursing High School. Kris Karnes Personal: Majoring in business administration . . . the son of Jozef Sprints/Hurdles • Jr-2L (T) Korosi . . . born December 21, 1986. Fort Worth, Texas Tulane STAFF Jerrod Landress Personal Bests Sprints • Sr-6L (T) Indoor: 400m: 51.95 600-yard: 1:17.45 Colorado Springs, Colo. Outdoor: 400m Hurdles: 58.34 Pine Creek o u t l oo k Tulsa: A two-time letterwinner.

2006-07: (Indoor) Competed in five meets . . . was a member of the Personal Bests 4x400 relay team that posted a time of 3:16.95 at the ISU Classic Indoor: 200m: 22.58 . . . posted a time of 51.95 in the 400m at the ISU Classic . . . at 400m: 48.53 600-yard: 1:13.21 the Missouri Southern Invitational recorded a time of 1:17.45 in the Outdoor: 200m: 22.42 400m: 48.35 600-yard dash . . . (Outdoor) Participated in two meets . . . was a 800m: 1:56.78 pl a member of the 4x400 relay team that posted the second-fastest time in school history of 3:12.55 at the C-USA Championships. Tulsa: A six-time letterwinner . . . earned C-USA All-Academic hon- ye rs ors as a sophomore. Prior to Tulsa: Transferred to Tulsa from Tulane . . . ran a 58.34 in the 400m hurdles while at Tulane at the 2006 Conference USA 2006-07: (Indoor) Participated in five meets . . . ran the second- Outdoor Championships . . . posted bests of 10.8 in the 100m, 21.8 best time on the season in the 400m with a time of 48.53 at the in the 200m and 50.02 in the 400m. ISU Classic . . . also at the ISU Classic, posted a time of 22.58 in the 200m . . . recorded a time of 1:13.21 in the 600-yard run at the r ev i ew Personal: A finance major . . . son of Keith Karnes and Liz Missouri Invitational . . . (Outdoor) Competed in six meets . . . was Lattimore . . . born on November 10, 1986. a member of the 4x400 relay team that posted the second-fastest time in school history of 3:12.55 at the C-USA Championships . . . was a member of the distance medley relay team that posted a time Attila Korosi r ec or d s Sprints • So-2L (T) Subotica, Serbia Subotica Nursing

Personal Bests Indoor: 200m: 22.16 400m: 48.21

c-u sa 600-yard: 1:12.90 Outdoor: 200m: 22.21 400m: 47.82

Tulsa: A two-time letterwinner.

2006-07: (Indoor) Participated in six meets . . . was a member of the 4x400 relay team that posted a time of 3:16.95 at the ISU Classic . . . ran a team-best time of 7.17 in the 60m dash at the J.D. Martin Invitational . . . ran a season-best in the 600-yard run with a time of 1:12.90 at the Missouri Southern Invitational . . . posted the third-fastest time in TU history in the 400m with a time of 48.21 at the Razorback Invitational . . . recorded a team-best of 22.16 in the 200m at the Razorback Invitational . . . (Outdoor) Competed in six meets . . . was a member of the 4x400 relay team that posted the second-fastest time in school history of 3:12.55 at the C-USA Championships . . . placed eighth in the 400m at the C-USAs with a time of 47.82, third-fastest time in school history . . . was a member of the distance medley relay team that posted a time of 9:55.31 at the Drake Relays, the fourth-fastest in TU history… recorded Tulsa’s second-fastest time of the season in 200m with a time of 22.21 at the Wichita State Invitational… at the Tulsa Duels, ran a personal-best time of 1:59.66 in the 800m.

40 The University of Tulsa 2008 Track & Field Media Guide of 9:55.31 at the Drake Relays, the fourth-fastest in TU history . . . INTRO set a personal-record in the 400m with a time of 48.35 at the Wichita State Invitational . . . recorded a time of 22.42 in the 200m, setting a Jay new personal-best. Matlack Distance • Sr-6L (T) 4L (CC) 2005-06: (Indoor) Competed in five meets . . . tallied a personal- Shawnee, Kansas best time of 23:07 in the 200-meter dash at the Razorback Mill Valley Invitational . . . at the JD Martin Invitational, set a personal record STAFF and a team-leading time of 1:13.84 in the 600-yard run . . . helped the 4x400-meter relay team turn in a season-best time of 3:17.77 at the Iowa State Classic . . . a member of the distance medley Personal Bests team that recorded a fourth-place finish in a time of 10:26.29 at the Cross Country: Four-Miles: 20:38 8K: 25:34 C-USA Championships . . . (Outdoor) Participated in seven meets 10K: 32:48

. . . posted a team-leading and personal-best time of 48.82 in the Indoor: 3,000m: 8:39.61 5,000m: 14:56.71 o u t l oo k 400-meter dash at the C-USA Championships . . . tallied a personal- Outdoor: 5,000m: 15:07.18 10,000m: 30:58.25 best time of 1:56.78 in the 800-meter run at the Wichita State Invitational . . . a C-USA All-Academic Honoree. Tulsa: A 10-time letterwinner . . . was a first-team C-USA All- Academic selection for cross country in 2007 . . . earned third-team 2004-05: (Indoor) Participated in five meets . . . set a season-best all-C-USA accolades in cross country in the fall . . . earned C-USA mark in the 200-meter dash at the Razorback Invitational with a All-Academic honors as a sophomore. time of 23.30 . . . claimed his best time in the 400-meter dash at the WAC Championships with a time of 49.29 in the preliminaries, 2007: (Cross Country) Participated in four meets . . . was Tulsa’s pl a

and finished seventh in the finals of the 400-meters with a time of sixth-finisher at the NCAA Championships with a time of 32:48 in ye rs 49.36 . . . claimed fourth at the JD Martin Invitational in the 600-yard the 10K . . . earned third-team all-C-USA honors after finishing 14th run with a season-best time of 1:14.29 . . . (Outdoor) Competed at the C-USA Championships with a time of 26:41 . . . placed 48th in six meets . . . recorded the ninth-best time in the WAC in the in the open race at Pre-Nationals with a time of 25:34 . . . finished 400-meter dash at the Ole Miss Invitational with a time of 48.93 . . 15th at the Hurricane Festival with a time of 20:38 in the four-mile . was a member of the 4x400-meter relay team that finished first at race.

the Tulsa Duels . . . finished ninth in the 400-meter dash at the WAC r ev i ew Championships with a time of 49.19. 2006-07: (Cross Country) Competed in five meets . . . recorded a time of 33:05 in the NCAA Midwest Regional in the 10K . . . High School: Earned three letters at Pine Creek High School . . . placed 31st at the C-USA Championships with a time of 27:05 in was the state champion in the 400-meters as a senior . . . qualified the 8K . . . ran a personal-best time of 25:58 at Pre-Nationals . . . for the state championships in the 100, 200, and 400-meter races tallied a time of 27:35 at the Cowboy Jamboree . . . was TU’s top- . . . owns the Pine Creek High School record in the 400-meters . . . finisher at the Southern Stampede with a time of 26:40 . . . (Indoor)

won the Rocky Mountain State Games in the 400-meters and was a Participated in five meets . . . finished ninth in the 5,000m with a r ec or d s silver medalist in the 200-meters . . . was a USATAF regional quali- time of 15:10.90 at the C-USA Championships . . . also placed 10th fier in the 400-meters . . . won two letters as a member of the soccer in the 3,000m with a time of 8:39.61 . . . at the Missouri Invitational, team . . . was an All-Academic team selection for track as a senior. recorded a time of 4:26.04 in the mile run . . . (Outdoor) Competed in four meets . . . placed ninth at the C-USA Championships in the Personal: A speech pathology major . . . son of Candice and Jerry 5,000m with a time of 15:07.18 . . . posted the third-best time of Landress . . . born October 1, 1983. the season and the fifth-best in school history in the10,000m with a personal-record time of 30:58.25 at the Drake Relays. c-u sa Daniel 2005-06: (Cross Country) Participated in all six of TU’s meets . . . registered a personal-best and 14th-place finish in a time of 21:25 LePage in the four-mile run at the Hurricane Festival . . . claimed a person- Distance • Fr-HS al-best time of 25:48.96 in the 8,000-meter run at the Conference Helias, Mo. USA Championships for a 21st-place finish . . . tallied a personal- Helias best 33:27.3 in the 10,000-meter run at the Chile Pepper Invitational . . . (Indoor) Competed in four meets . . . turned in a personal-best in the mile run with a time of 4:27.00 at the Missouri Invitational . . . at the Razorback Invitational, claimed a personal-best time High School: Was a four-year letterwinner in track and three-year of 8:42.78 in the 3,000-meter run . . . claimed a team-leading letterwinner in cross country . . . received all-district accolades in and personal-best time of 14:56.71 for a seventh-place mark in 2004, 2005 and 2006 in cross country . . . was the district individual the 5,000-meter run at the Conference USA Championships . . . champion in 2006 . . . set a personal-record time of 16:29 in the 5K (Outdoor) Participated in six meets . . . posted a personal-best and 10:03 in the two-mile. time of 4:05.82 in the 1,500-meter run at the Tulsa Duels . . . at the Stanford Invitational, claimed a personal-record time of 15:09.80 in Personal: Majoring in biochemistry . . . son of Bill and Lesley the 5,000-meter run . . . with the 4x1,600-meter relay team, turned LePage . . . has a younger brother, Will . . . born on February 28, in a time of 17:32.42 at the Drake Relays for TU’s second-best 1989. mark in school history . . . a C-USA All-Academic Honoree.

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Patrick McConnell Distance • So-2L (T) 1L (CC) London, Ontario, Canada

STAFF Oakridge

Personal Bests Cross Country: Four-Miles: 21:22 8K: 25:51 Outdoor: 3,000m: 8:51.71 5,000m: 15:19.85 10,000m: 31:22.08 o u t l oo k Tulsa: A three-time letterwinner.

2007: (Cross Country) Participated in three meets …recorded a time of 25:51 in the open race at Pre-Nationals . . . posted a time of 26:16 in the 8K at the Southern Stampede . . . finished 17th at the Hurricane Festival with a time of 21:22. pl a 2006-07: (Indoor) Did not complete . . . (Outdoor) Participated in ye rs five meets . . . finished ninth in the 3,000m steeplechase with a time of 10:14.61 at the C-USA Championships . . . in the 5,000m, posted a time of 15:19.85 at the C-USAs . . . ran a time of 31:22.08 at the Drake Relays in the 10,000m . . . recorded a time of 8:51.71 in the 3,000m at the Tulsa Duels. r ev i ew High School: A four-year letterwinner in both track and field and cross country at Oakridge Secondary School . . . was named cross country and track and field MVP all four years of high school . . . during the summer won the Ontario Track and Field Championships Junior 5000m with a time of 15:11.78 . . . finished ninth at the Canadian Junior Nationals . . . has posted personal-bests of 4:04 in the 1500m, 8:43 in the 300m and 15:11 in the 5000m. r ec or d s 2004-05: (Cross Country) Competed in six meets . . . turned in his best 8,000-meter time at the Cowboy Jamboree with a 27:29.00 Personal: A political science major . . . son of John and Karen . . . ran a time of 33:33.6 in the 10,000-meter run at the Chile McConnell . . . born on July 30, 1988. Pepper Festival . . . (Indoor) Participated in five meets . . . had a season-best time in the 3,000-meter run at the Iowa State Classic with an 8:56.35 . . . finished 20th in the 3,000-meter run at the WAC Championships with a time of 9:07.78 . . . claimed a 13th-place fin- Kyle ish in the 5,000-meter run at the WAC Championships with a time McGillen c-u sa of 15:58.46 . . . (Outdoor) Competed in five meets . . . recorded his Jumps • Sr-2L (T) best outings of the season in the 1,500-meter run at the Missouri Clinton, Wash. Relays (4:17.61), the 3,000-meter run at the Tulsa Duels (9:22.57), Western Washington the 5,000-meter run at the WAC Championships (16:03.94) and the 10,000-meter run at the Kansas Relays (33:04.97) . . . finished sixth in the 10,000-meter run at the WAC Championships with a Personal Bests time of 33:56.06 . . . turned in the fifth-best performance in the Indoor: Triple Jump: 13.81m (45-3.75) 10,000-meter run in the WAC. High Jump: 2.01m (6-7.0) Long Jump: 6.97m (22-10.5) High School: Earned four letters at Mill Valley High School . . . was Outdoor: Triple Jump: 13.85m (45-5.25) named to the all-state, all-league, all-area, all-metro and all-John- High Jump: 2.03m (6-8.0) son County teams as a junior and senior . . . finished fourth at the Long Jump: 6.98m (23-1.0) state cross country championship in 2003, after finishing seventh at the meet as a junior . . . was captain of the cross country and soc- Tulsa: A two-time letterwinner. cer teams for two years. 2006-07: (Indoor) Participated in five meets . . . was TU’s top per- Personal: A marketing major . . . was an Outstanding Senior . . . former in the high jump, long jump and triple jump . . . finished named Homecoming King . . . serves as the president of University seventh in the triple jump with the third-best jump in school history Ambassadors . . . son of Terry and Cathy Matlack . . . born August of 13.81m (45-3.75) at the C-USA Championships . . . also finished 4, 1985. seventh in the high jump with a height of 2.01m (6-7.0) at the C-USAs, the fifth-best in TU history . . . recorded the third-best long jump in TU history at the Missouri Southern Invitational with a length

42 The University of Tulsa 2008 Track & Field Media Guide INTRO of 6.97m (22-10.5) . . . ran a time of 7.34 in the 60m dash at the Tulsa: A four-time letterwinner . . . a C-USA All-Academic Medalist Razorback Invitational . . . (Outdoor) Competed in four meets as a freshman. . . . recorded the third-best triple jump in school history at the C-USA Championships with a length of 13.85m (45-5.25)… posted a 2006-07: (Indoor) Participated in five meets . . . finished sixth in season-best jump of 6.98m (22-3.0) in the long jump at the Wichita the long jump at the C-USA Championships with a jump of 6.90m State Invitational . . . at the Missouri Southern Invitational, ran an (22-7.75) . . . jumped a personal-best of 6.92m (22-8.50) in the long 11.60 in the 100m dash . . . posted the fifth-best high jump in TU jump at the Missouri Southern Invitational . . . ran the third-best time history with a height of 2.03m (6-8.0) at the Tulsa Duels. of the season in the 60m dash with a time of 7.26 at the Missouri STAFF Southern Invitational . . . posted the fourth-best triple jump in TU his- Prior to Tulsa: Earned three letters at the University of Western tory at the Razorback Invitational with a length of 13.73m (45-0.75) Washington . . . was the 2004-05 Great Northwest Athletic . . . (Outdoor) Competed in one meet . . . recorded a distance of Conference Champion in the high jump and long jump . . . was the 6.51m (21-4.25) in the long jump at the Wichita State Invitational. 2005-06 GNAC long jump champion . . . helped lead his team to

back-to-back GNAC indoor championships in 2004-05 and 2005-06, 2005-06: (Indoor) Participated in four meets . . . turned in a person- o u t l oo k as well as an outdoor championship in 2005-06. al-best time of 7.29 in the 60-meter dash at the Missouri Invitational . . . led the team in both the long jump and triple jump . . . recorded High School: Was a three-year letterwinner in track and field at a distance of 22 feet, 7.25 inches in the long jump at the Missouri South Whidbey High School . . . won state championships in the Invitational for a fifth-place finish, a personal record and the fifth- high jump, long jump and triple jump his senior year . . . was the best jump in school history . . . in the triple jump, notched a sev- state champion in the triple jump, finished second in the high jump enth-place mark, a personal-best and the third-best mark in school and finished third in the long jump as a junior . . . also a two-time history with a distance of 44 feet, four inches at the Conference letterwinner in basketball. USA Championships . . . (Outdoor) Competed in two meets . . . pl a

posted a personal-best time of 24.53 in the 200-meter dash at the ye rs Personal: Majoring in communication and marketing . . . son of Tulsa Duels . . . registered a long jump of 22 feet, 5.75 inches at Matt McGillen and Craig and Sue Williams . . . born March 19, 1986 the Missouri Relays for a personal-best . . . a C-USA Academic . . . has a twin sister, Katy, who is a member of the TU women’s Medalist. track team. High School: Registered school records in the long jump and 110m

hurdles, and city records in the long jump and triple jump at St. r ev i ew Jonathan Clair Secondary School . . . was the track team MVP his senior season . . . finished as the 2005 Ontario Runner-Up and fourth in the Moore Canadian Junior Nationals in the long jump . . . received the Ontario Sprints • Fr-HS Scholar and Principals Award for his academic success. Muskogee, Okla. Muskogee Personal: An art major . . . son of Gary and LuAnn Nickels . . . born

February 21, 1986. r ec or d s

High School: Was a four-year letterwinner at Muskogee High School . . . was the state runner-up in the 400 meters (21.8) and Corey 4x400 meters as a senior, as well as a state finalist in the 200 meters and 4x100 meters . . . as a junior, was the state finalist in the Pixley 200 meters (48.6) and 4x400 meters . . . was a state finalist in the Jumps/Multi-Events • So-2L (T) 4x100 meters and 4x400 meters as a sophomore . . . was a three- Delevan, N. Y.

year letterwinner and starter at receiver on the football team . . . Pioneer c-u sa named all-Frontier Conference as a senior.

Personal: An arts and sciences major . . . son of John and Jaque Moore . . . has three younger siblings . . . born on April 7, 1988. Personal Bests Indoor: Heptathlon: 3,658 pts. High Jump: 2.01m (6-7.0) Outdoor: Decathlon: 5,935 pts. Rob High Jump: 2.05m (6-7.5) Nickels Tulsa: A two-time letterwinner. Jumps • Jr-4L (T) Sarnia, Ontario, Canada 2006-07: (Indoor) Competed in six meets . . . posted TU’s third- St. Clair best performance in the heptathlon at the C-USA Championships with 3,658 points, including a first-place finish in the heptahlon high jump with a height of 1.97m (6-5.5) . . . placed sixth in the Personal Bests high jump with a height of 2.01m (6-7.0) at C-USAs, the fourth-best Indoor: 60m: 7.29 jump in school history . . . recorded a long jump of 6.35m (20-10.0) Triple Jump: 13.73m (45-0.75) at the Missouri Southern Invitational . . . had the second-best shot Long Jump: 6.92m (22-8.5) put throw of the season with a distance of 10.11m (35-2.0) at the Outdoor: Long Jump: 6.85m (22-5.75) Missouri Invitational . . . (Outdoor) Participated in four meets . . . placed fourth in the high jump with a height of 2.05m (6-8.75) at the

www.tulsahurricane.com 43 Me n ’s Tr a c k & Fi e l d INTRO C-USA Championships, the fourth-best jump in school history . . . finished sixth in the decathlon with 5,935 points at the C-USAs, the second-best point-total in school history . . . as part of the decathlon finished first in the high jump with a height of 2.02m (6-7.5) . . . had a shot put throw of 10.98m (36-0.25) at the Tulsa Duels.

High School: A three-time letterwinner in track and field at Pioneer STAFF High School . . . was the New York State Champion in the pentathlon his senior season . . . his team won the 2006 state championship . . . was a two time sectional champion in the pentathlon . . . earned the Western New York Sportsmanship Award . . . posted bests of 51.8 in the 400m, 4:53 in the 1500m and 15.1 in the high hurdles . . . also had bests of 6-8 in the high jump, 21-8 in the long jump

o u t l oo k and 43-0 in the shot put.

Personal: Majoring in exercise sports science . . . son of Vicki Goldsmith . . . born on September 19, 1986.

Craig pl a Shultz Jumps • Fr-HS ye rs Springfield, Mo. Glendale

High School: Four-year letterwinner at Glendale High School . . .

r ev i ew named all-state after finishing second in the Class 4A high jump with a height of 6-8 as a senior . . . set the school record with a jump of 6-10 his senior season . . . was all-state as a sophomore after finishing seventh in the Class 4A high jump . . . posted person- . . . had TU’s top-times in the 100m and 200m . . . was a member of al-records of 6-10 in the high jump and 21-8 in the long jump . . . the 4x400 relay team that posted the second-fastest time in school was the valedictorian of his high school class . . . was a member of history of 3:12.55 at the C-USA Championships . . . posted a time the National Honor Society. of 49.15 in the 400m at the Wichita State Invitational . . . finished r ec or d s seventh in both the 100m and 200m dashes at the Tulsa Duels with Personal: Majoring in computer science . . . son of Dr. Thomas and times of 10.91 and 22.10, respectively. Julie Shultz . . . youngest of five children . . . older brother, Kent is a TU student . . . born April 28, 1988. 2005-06: (Indoor) Participated in five meets . . . turned in season- bests and team-leading times in the 60-meter dash (7.14) and in the 200-meter dash (22.43) . . . captured a career-best time of 49.68 in the 400-meter dash at the Razorback Invitational . . . helped the O’Dell 4x400-meter relay team turn in a season-best time of 3:17.77 at c-u sa Smith the Iowa State Classic . . . (Outdoor) Competed in one meet . . . Sprints • Sr-6L (T) captured a team-leading and a personal-best time of 21.99 in the Muskogee, Okla. 200-meter dash at the Tulsa Duels. Muskogee 2004-05: (Indoor) Competed in six meets . . . set a season-high mark in the 60-meter dash at the JD Martin Invitational (7.13) Personal Bests . . . recorded a personal record in the 200-meter dash at the WAC Championships in a time of 22.22 for a 12th-place finish . . . was a Indoor: 60m: 7.17 200m: 22.38 member of the 4x400-meter relay team at the WAC Championships 400m: 49.37 . . . (Outdoor) Participated in five meets . . . posted a season-best Outdoor: 100m: 10.91 200m: 21.99 mark in the 200-meter dash at the WAC Championships with a time 400m: 49.15 of 22.33, 12th overall . . . was a member of the third place 4x400- meter relay team at the WAC Championships. Tulsa: A six-time letterwinner. High School: Was a three-time letterwinner in track at Muskogee 2006-07: (Indoor) Competed in five meets . . . was a member of the High School . . . qualified for the state meet three years . . . was a 4x400 relay team that posted a time of 3:16.95 at the ISU Classic two-year letterwinner in football and earned all-conference honors . . . ran the second-best time of the season in the 200m with a time . . . was on the MHS honor roll . . . served as president of his senior of 22.38 at the ISU Classic . . . recorded a personal-best time of class. 49.37 in the 400m at the ISU Classic . . . posted a time of 7.17 in the 60m dash at the Missouri Southern Invitational, the second-fastest Personal: A speech pathology major . . . son of O’Dell and Angela time of the season… (Outdoor) Participated in four meets Smith . . . born April 1, 1986.

44 The University of Tulsa 2008 Track & Field Media Guide INTRO

Joel Stansloski Distance • Sr-6L (T) 4L (CC) Wooster, Ohio Wooster STAFF

Personal Bests Cross Country: Four-Miles: 21:03 8K: 24:36 10K: 31:14

Indoor: 3,000m: 8:41.93 5,000m: 14:48.43 o u t l oo k Outdoor: 3,000m Steeplechase: 9:26.83 10,000m: 30:20.92

Tulsa: A 10-time letterwinner and five-time all-conference selection . . . earned second-team all-C-USA accolades in cross country his junior and senior seasons, third-team all-C-USA honors in cross country and outdoor track as a sophomore, and second-team all- pl a WAC honors in cross country as a freshman . . . received C-USA

All-Academic honors as a sophomore. ye rs

2007: (Cross Country) Competed in six meets …was Tulsa’s second-finisher at the NCAA Championships with a time of 31:22 . . . placed 36th with a personal-record time of 31:14 in the 10K at the NCAA Midwest Regional . . . earned second-team all-C-USA acco-

lades after finishing 10th at the C-USA Championships with a time r ev i ew of 26:07 . . . set a personal-best of 24:36 in the 8K at Pre-Nationals 10,000m run at the Drake Relays . . . tallied a time of 9:45.53 in the . . . finished 33rd with a time of 25:50 at the Cowboy Jamboree. 3,000m steeplechase at the C-USA Championships . . . received Tulsa Student-Athlete of the Week accolades on May 1st . . . earned 2006-07: (Cross Country) Participated in five meets . . . placed all-C-USA third-team honors . . . named a C-USA All-Academic 26th at the NCAA Midwest Regional in a personal-record time Honoree. of 31:38.04 . . . earned second-team all-C-USA accolades after

finishing ninth at the C-USA Championships with a time of 25:44 r ec or d s 2004-05: (Cross Country) Participated in all seven TU events ...... finished 20th at the Cowboy Jamboree with a time of 25:25 was one of Tulsa’s top-three finishers in five meets . . . recorded . . . (Indoor) Competed in five meets . . . finished sixth in the season-best times at the Hurricane Festival (4 mile: 21.24), the 5,000m at the C-USA Championships with a time of 14:48.43 . . . Cowboy Jamboree (8,000-meters: 26:13) and the Chile Pepper also ran a time of 8:43.53 in the 3,000m at the C-USAs . . . at the Festival (10,000-meters: 32:36.4) . . . was Tulsa’s top-finisher and Razorback Invitational, ran a time of 4:25.03 in the one mile . . . placed second overall at the Subway ORU Classic with a time of (Outdoor) Participated in four meets . . . placed fourth in the 3,000m 26:25.07 on the 8,000-meter course . . . finished 14th at the WAC steeplechase with a personal-best time of 9:26.83 at the C-USA Championships on an 8,000-meter course in 26:30.22, earning

Championships . . . at the Oklahoma Invitational, ran a time of c-u sa second-team all-conference honors . . . (Indoor) Competed in four 15:56.34 in the 5,000m . . . posted the second-best time in school meets . . . recorded a season-best time in the one-mile run at the history in the 10,000m at the Stanford Invitational with a time of JD Martin Invitational with a time of 4:40.58 . . . finished 12th in the 30:20.92. 5,000-meter run at the WAC Championships with a time of 15:54.26, and 21st in the 3,000-meter run with a time of 9:32.30 . . . (Outdoor) 2005-06: (Cross Country) Competed in all six TU meets . . . reg- Participated in five meets . . . finished 12th at the Tulsa Duels with istered the top finish for TU at both the Cowboy Jamboree and a personal-best time of 9:00.40 in the 3,000-meter run . . . finished the Chile Pepper Invitational . . . posted a personal-best and fourth in the 10,000-meter run at the WAC Championships with a a 10th-place finish in a time of 21:03 in the four-mile run at the time of 32:59.90. Hurricane Festival . . . captured an 11th-place mark and a personal record in a time of 25:05.95 in the 8K run at the Conference USA High School: Was a four-year letterwinner in both track and cross Championships . . . at the Chile Pepper Invite, tallied a 61st-place country at Wooster High School . . . was a first-team all-conference finish in a time of 31:16.9 for a personal-best in the 10K run . . . and all-Northeast Ohio selection in the 3,200-meter run as a senior received third-team all-C-USA honors . . . (Indoor) Participated in . . . was a member of the school record-breaking 4x1,600-meter four meets . . . turned in a personal-best in the 3,000m run with a relay team . . . earned spots on the all-Ohio, all-league and all- time of 8:41.93 at the Iowa State Classic . . . registered an eighth- county cross country teams as a senior . . . helped lead his team to place finish and a personal record in the 5,000m run with a time of a regional championship in 2002 and 2003 . . . his high school team 15:08.09 at the C-USA Championships . . . (Outdoor) Competed in finished sixth at the state meet in 2002 and third in 2003. six meets . . . posted a personal-best in the 3,000m run with a time of 8:48.33 at the Tulsa Duels . . . at the Michael Johnson Classic, Personal: A history major . . . son of Jim and Nancy Stansloski . . . turned in a personal-record time of 14:57.45 in the 5,000m run . born September 10, 1985. . . had a team-leading and personal-best time of 31:05.01 in the

www.tulsahurricane.com 45 Me n ’s Tr a c k & Fi e l d INTRO named the WAC Athlete of the Week for March 28 . . . earned all- WAC honors. Thomas Stoltz High School: Received one letter in track at Phoenixville Area High Javelin/Multi-Events • Sr-5L (T) School . . . was a first-team all-conference selection . . . went unde- Phoenixville, Pa. feated in the regular season in dual meets and invitationals . . . also played soccer, football, tennis and wrestled in high school . . . was

STAFF Phoenixville on his high school honor roll..

Personal Bests Personal: A chemistry major . . . son of Carl Stoltz . . . born October Indoor: Heptathlon: 4,640 pts. 28, 1985. Long Jump: 6.54m (21-5.50) Outdoor: Decathlon: 6,138 pts. o u t l oo k Javelin: 67.10m (220-2.0) Lewis Timmins Tulsa: A five-time letterwinner . . . earned all-WAC honors in out- Distance • Jr-2L (T) 1 (CC) door track as a freshman and third-team all-C-USA honors in indoor Newcastle, England track as a sophomore. Northumbria 2006-07: (Indoor) Competed in six meets . . . broke the school

pl a record in the heptathlon with 4,640 points at the C-USA Championships… posted personal-bests in the 60m (7.61), the

ye rs Personal Bests 60m hurdles (8.73) and 1,000m (3:01.34) as part of the heptath- Cross Country: 8K: 24:11 10K: 30:46 lon . . . set a personal-record in the long jump with a length of Indoor: 1,000m: 2:30.01 One-mile: 4:14.48 6.54m (21-5.50) at the Missouri Southern Invitational . . . (Outdoor) 3,000m: 8:16.49 Participated in four meets . . . posted a personal-best in the discus Outdoor: 1,500m: 3:54.06 at the C-USA Championships, throwing it 35.32m (115-10.0), the second-best throw in school history . . . set the school record in r ev i ew Tulsa: A three-time letterwinner . . . named second-team all-C-USA the decathlon at the Kansas Relays with 6,138 points . . . posted in cross country as a junior. the fifth-best jump in school history in the pole vault as part of the decathlon . . . also registered the fifth-best shot put throw in TU his- 2007: (Cross Country) Participated in six meets . . . at the NCAA tory, setting a new personal-record of 12.42m (40-9.0) at the Tulsa Championships was TU’s third-finisher with a time of 31.37 . . . fin- Duels. ished 22nd with a personal-record time of 30:46 in the 10K at the NCAA Midwest Regional . . . earned second-team all-C-USA honors 2005-06: (Indoor) Participated in five meets . . . registered eight per-

r ec or d s after placing eighth with a time of 25:43 . . . ran a personal-best in sonal-bests throughout the season . . . at the JD Martin Invitational, the 8K at Pre-Nationals with a time of 24:11 . . . finished 17th at the tallied personal-bests in both the 60m with a time of 7.64 and in Cowboy Jamboree with a time of 24:43. the 60m hurdles with a time of 8.86 . . . turned in a personal-best in the long jump at the Razorback Invitational with a distance of 2006-07: (Indoor) Competed in five meets . . . placed eighth in the 21 feet, 0.50 inches . . . at the Conference USA Championships, one-mile with a time of 4:14.48 at the C-USA Championships . . . recorded personal-bests in the 1,000-meter run (3:05.67), high jump had TU’s second-best performance of the season in the 3,000m (6 feet, 3.25 inches), pole vault (11 feet, 9.75 inches) and shot put with a time of 8:16.49 at the ISU Classic . . . posted TU’s top-time (40 feet, 2.25 inches) as part of the heptathlon, setting a personal-

c-u sa in the 1,000m at the Missouri Invitational with a time of 2:30.01, the best and school record with 4,507 points . . . earned third-team fifth-fastest time in school history . . . (Outdoor) Participated in three all-C-USA honors . . . (Outdoor) Competed in seven meets . . . meets . . . had the second-best performance in the 1,500m with a posted a personal-best time of 23.91 in the 200-meter dash and a time of 3:54.06 at the C-USA Championships . . . was a member season-best 212 feet, nine inches in the javelin at the Wichita State of the 4x1,600m relay team that set a school record with a time of Invitational . . . in the high jump, registered a personal-best height 16:57.93 at the Drake Relays . . . ran a time of 8:50.28 in the 3,000m of 6 feet, 4.75 inches at the Tulsa Duels . . . at the Conference USA at the Arkansas Invitational. Championships, turned in career-bests in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 15.62 and in the triple jump with a distance of 45 Prior to Tulsa: Was named Great Britain Junior International and feet, 2.5 inches . . . finished 12th with a javelin throw of 195 feet, 10 England Junior International while at Northumbria University . . . was inches at the NCAA Midwest Regional. an English Schools bronze medalist in the 3,000m in high school . . . was the North of England U17 1,500m and cross country champion. 2004-05: (Indoor) Did not compete . . . (Outdoor) Participated in eight meets . . . won his first five javelin competitions . . . recorded Personal: Majoring in exercise sports science and education . . . six top-three finishes and seven top-five marks in the javelin . . . the son of Stan and Anne Timmins . . . born June 17, 1987. recorded TU’s best throw in 44 years at the Tulsa Duels with a throw of 211 feet . . . bettered that record with a second-place mark at the WAC Championships with a throw of 220 feet, 2 inches . . . aver- aged over 195 feet per winning toss during the season . . . finished 16th overall at the NCAA Midwest Regional with a toss of 181 feet . . . was named Tulsa’s Male Outdoor Track and Field Athlete of the Year and TU’s Student-Athlete of the Week for March 28 . . . was

46 The University of Tulsa 2008 Track & Field Media Guide 2004-05: (Cross Country) Participated in all seven of TU’s meets INTRO . . . was Tulsa’s top finisher at the Southern Stampede, finish- Brett ing 35th with a time of 26:20.85 on the 8,000-meter course . . . Turowski recorded a 13th-place mark at the WAC Championships with a Distance • Sr-6L (T) 4L (CC) time of 26:22.26, earning second-team all-conference honors . . . Bartlesville, Okla. (Indoor) Competed in five meets . . . tallied a 13th-place mark at the Bartlesville WAC Championships in the 3,000-meter run with a time of 8:49.63 . . . (Outdoor) Participated in four meets . . . recorded a personal- STAFF best time in the 1,500-meter run at the Ole Miss Invitational with a time of 3:59.47 and a career-best in the 5,000-meter run at the Personal Bests Drake Relays with a time of 14:49.71 . . . finished ninth at the WAC Cross Country: Four-Miles: 20:19 8K: 24:31 10K: 31:10 Championships in the 5,000-meter run with a time of 14:52.90. Indoor: 3,000m: 8:26.97 Outdoor: 3,000m Steeplechase: 9:35.43

High School: Was a three-year letterwinner at Bartlesville High o u t l oo k 5,000m: 14:39.76 10,000m: 31:09.32 School . . . won the state championship in the 3,200-meters as a senior. Tulsa: A 10-time letterwinner and five-time all-conference selection . . . earned first-team all-C-USA cross country accolades as a junior, Personal: A history major . . . son of Steve and Charlotte Turowski second-team all-C-USA cross country honors as a senior, second- . . . born January 23, 1986. team all-WAC cross country honors as a freshman, and second- team all-C-USA honors in cross country and outdoor track as a

sophomore . . . a C-USA All-Academic honoree as a sophomore. pl a R. J. 2007: (Cross Country) Competed in six meets . . . at the NCAA ye rs Championships finished the 10K course in 33:00 . . . placed 41st Young at the NCAA Midwest Regional with a time of 31:25 . . . earned Sprints • So-2L (T) third-team all-C-USA honors after finishing 12th at the C-USA Tulsa, Okla. Championships with a time of 26:28 . . . finished 31st at the Cowboy Memorial Jamboree with a time of 25:41. r ev i ew

2006-07: (Cross Country) Participated in all six meets . . . placed 15th at the NCAA Midwest Regional with a time of 31:20 in the 10K, Personal Bests setting a new personal-record . . . earned first-team all-C-USA hon- Indoor: 60m: 7.48 ors after finishing fifth at the C-USA Championships with a time of Outdoor: 100m: 11.49 200m: 23.98 25:00 . . . set personal-best in the 8K at Pre-Nationals with a time of 24:31 . . . finished 29th at the Cowboy Jamboree with a time of Tulsa: A two-time letterwinner. 25:51 . . . placed second with a time of 20:26 in four-mile at the r ec or d s Hurricane Festival . . . (Indoor) Competed in five meets . . . placed 2006-07: (Indoor) Competed in four meets . . . posted a time of 7.48 eighth in the 5,000m at the C-USA Championships with a time of in the 60m at the Missouri Southern Invitational, while also running 14:53.65 . . . ran a time of 8:26.97 at the ISU Classic in the 3,000m the 200m in a time of 24.32 . . . (Outdoor) Participated in four meets . . . at the Missouri Invitational posted a time of 4:23.03 in the one- . . . recorded the third-fastest time of the outdoor season in the mile . . . (Outdoor) Participated in four meets . . . finished fourth in 100m for TU, posting a time of 11.49 at the Tulsa Duels . . . finished the 10,000m at the C-USA Championships with a time of 31:09.32 the 200m in a time of 23.98 also at the Tulsa Duels. . . . placed sixth with a time of 9:35.43 in the 3,000m steeplechase at the C-USAs . . . ran the 5,000m in a time of 14:53.16 at the High School: Earned letters in five sports at Memorial High School c-u sa Oklahoma Invitational . . . posted the fourth-best TU performance of . . . lettered in football, baseball, power-lifting, bowling and wrestling the season in the 3,000m with a time of 8:44.71 at the Tulsa Duels. . . . was all-area in power-lifting . . . served as captain of the wrestling team . . . was selected all-conference in bowling his sopho- 2005-06: (Cross Country) Competed in all six meets, registering more year . . . participated in summer track and posted personal- TU’s top mark in four of those meets . . . tallied a fourth-place finish bests of 10.89 in the 100m, 22.53 in the 200m and 50.2 in the 400m. and a personal-best in the four-mile run at the Hurricane Festival with a time of 20:19 . . . finished eighth with a time of 25:50.40 at Personal: Majoring in exercise sports science . . . son of Roy and the Conference USA Championships for a personal-best in the Felecia Young . . . born on July 31, 1987. 8,000-meter run . . . earned second-team all-C-USA honors . . . named TU Student-Athlete of the Week on October 30th . . . (Indoor) Participated in four meets . . . set a personal-best in the 3,000-meter run with a time of 8:29.84 at the Iowa State Classic . . . in the 5,000-meter run, tallied a personal-best at the Conference USA Championships with a time of 15:15.47 . . . (Outdoor) Competed in six meets . . . in the 3,000-meter run, tallied a personal-best time of 8:34.03 at the Tulsa Duels . . . at the Stanford Invitational, registered a career-best time of 14:39.76 in the 5,000-meter run . . . with a time of 31:32.68 in the 10,000-meter run, set a personal-best at the C-USA Championships . . . earned second-team all-conference honors . . . a C-USA All-Academic Honoree.

www.tulsahurricane.com 47 CInr eRwe v i e w INTRO NCAA Regional Participants NCAA Championship Participants (by year) (by year)

Year Athlete Event Year Athlete Event

Women’s Outdoor Women’s Indoor 2004 Ashley Ast Javelin 1998 Caroline Avboubede 400-meters STAFF Melanie Hardy 800-meters 1999 Caroline Avboubede 400-meters Chatney Noble 400-meters 2002 Paula Richardson 4x400 Meter Relay Shana Robinson 100-meters Alisha Burnett Shameka Holloway 4x100 Meter Relay Monica Joannes Krystol Lartey Jamese James Shana Robinson 2005 Melanie Hardy 800-meters

pl a o u t l oo k Chantelle Willard 2007 Alex Becker 3,000-meters Shameka Holloway 4x400 Meter Relay Chatney Noble Men’s Indoor Shana Robinson 1999 David Bohlen Distance Medley Relay Chantelle Willard Clint Small 2005 Melanie Hardy 800-meters Shawn McCullough DeVonne Harrison 110-meter hurdles Dwight Davis Katy McGillen Javelin 2006 Alex Becker 1,500-meters Women’s Outdoor ye rs Shameka Holloway 400-meters 1998 Fride Vullum 3,000-meters Stephanie Jeffers Discus, Shot Put 2000 Fride Vullum 5,000-meters Katy McGillen Javelin Shana Robinson 100-meters April Montgomery 400-meter hurdles Charlotte Sanderson 10,000-meters Sophia Rodriguez Triple Jump 2002 Jamese James 400-meter hurdles 2007 Alex Becker 1,500-meters Monica Joannes 800-meters r ev i ew Ashlea Gilfillan 3,000-meter steeplechase 2003 Shana Robinson 200-meters Shameka Holloway 400-meters Monica Joannes 800-meters Stephanie Jeffers Discus, Shot Put 2004 Shana Robinson 100-meters Katy McGillen Javelin Melanie Hardy 800-meters April Montgomery 400-meter hurdles 2007 Alex Becker 5,000-meters Dawn Nagazina 800-meters Stephanie Jeffers Shot Put Chantelle Willard 200-meters r ec or d s Men’s Outdoor Men’s Outdoor 1998 Adam Ellison 800-meters 2004 Owain Matthews 3,000-meters 1999 Dwight Davis 1,500-meters Charles Ramsdell High Jump 2007 Edwin Hensahw 5,000-meters Justin Rempel 1,500-meters 2005 Mathew Musengezi 800-meters Thomas Stoltz Javelin NCAA All-Americans Rickey Wilson, Jr. 110-meter hurdles (by year) c-u sa 2006 Mathew Musengezi 800-meters Thomas Stoltz Javelin Year Athlete Event Rickey Wilson, Jr. 110-meter hurdles, 400-meter hurdles 2007 Edwin Henshaw 5,000-meters Indoor Rickey Wilson, Jr. 110-meter hurdles, 2005 Melanie Hardy 800-meters 400-meter hurdles 2007 Alex Becker 3,000-meters

Note: NCAA Regionals began in 2004 for Outdoor Track. Outdoor 2000 Fride Vullum 5,000-meters Charlotte Sanderson 10,000-meters 2003 Shana Robinson 200-meters 2007 Alex Becker 5,000-meters

Cross Country 2007 Alex Becker

48 The University of Tulsa 2008 Track & Field Media Guide INTRO 2007 Women’s Cross Country Results

Hurricane Festival - 2 Miles Pre-Nationals (Blue Race) - 6K September 1, 2007 October 13, 2007

1. Lana Kelley (5th) 11:28 1. Alex Becker (7th) 20:27 STAFF 2. Maryke Rossouw (6th) 11:30 2. Laura Englehutt (86th) 21:33 3. Ashley Aitken (7th) 11:31 3. Marissa Saunders (88th) 21:34 4. Dawn Nagazina (8th) 11:39 4. Lana Kelley (107th) 21:48 5. Petrina Lamb (9th) 11:48 5. Ashlea Gilfillan (121st) 21:59 6. Tayler Rigsby (10th) 11:48 6. Dawn Nagazina (160th) 22:23 7. April Montgomery (12th) 11:54 7. Tayler Rigsby (223rd) 23:21 8. Sarah Graesser (13th) 12:20 pl a o u t l oo k 9. Julie Monda (18th) 12:45 Team: 16th out of 38 teams, 259 runners Overall: Stanford, Florida State, Michigan State, Minnesota, Team: Second out of three teams, 34 runners Georgetown, Colorado State, Rice, Northern Arizona, Overall: Oklahoma, Tulsa, and Oklahoma State. Wisconsin, North Carolina St., UC Santa Barbara, Boston College, Nebraska, Columbia, Notre Dame, Tulsa, Southern Stampede - 5K Washington St., Virginia, Marquette, Akron, New Mexico, September 15, 2007 Penn, Kansas State, Coastal Carolina, Montana, Butler, Utah State, Eastern Kentucky, Cincinnati, California, Montana State,

1. Alex Becker (1st) 16:33 Mississippi St., Central Michigan, Indiana, Dartmouth, Loyola ye rs 2. Marissa Saunders (5th) 17:37 (Ill.), IUPUI and Mississippi. 3. Lana Kelley (10th) 17:51 4. Tayler Rigsby (11th) 18:05 Conference USA Championships - 5K 5. Dawn Nagazina (19th) 18:15 October 27, 2007 6. Ashley Aitken (31st) 18:31 1. Alex Becker (1st) 17:34 7. Petrina Lamb (36th) 18:35 r ev i ew 8. Sarah Graesser (76th) 19:17 2. Lana Kelley (9th) 18:41 9. Julie Monda (116th) 19:38 3. Ashlea Gifillan (12th) 18:55 4. Laura Englehutt (13th) 18:56 Team: First out of 37 teams, 301 runners 5. Marissa Saunders (19th) 19:06 Overall: Tulsa, Missouri Southern, UC San Diego, Pittsburg 6. Tayler Rigsby (29th) 19:36 State, Southwest Baptist, ORU, Dallas Baptist , MidAmerica 7. Dannielle McKenzie (34th) 19:48 Nazarene, Park , Central Oklahoma, Truman State, Fort 8. Ashley Aitken (36th) 19:51 Hays State, Northern Kentucky, Harding, SW Oklahoma, 9. Dawn Nagazina (39th) 19:58 r ec or d s Drury, Tarleton State, East Central, Arkansas-Pine Bluff, Oklahoma Baptist, Missouri-Kansas City, Oklahoma Team: Second out of 12 teams, 89 runners Christian, Southwestern, William Woods, Central Methodist, Overall: Rice, Tulsa, SMU, UAB, UTEP, Tulane, UCF, East Emporia State, Arkansas Tech, Lindenwood, Tiffin, Carolina, Memphis, Marshall, Houston and Southern Miss. Midwestern State, Allen, Newman, Longview CC, William Jewell, Graceland, Evangel, and Oklahoma Wesleyan. NCAA Midwest Regionals - 6K November 10, 2007 Cowboy Jamboree - 5K c-u sa September 29, 2007 1. Alex Becker (3rd) 20:06 2. Marissa Saunders (35th) 21:25 1. Lana Kelley (10th) 18:28 3. Lana Kelley (36th) 21:27 2. Ashlea Gifillan (13th) 18:31 4. Ashlea Gilfillan (50th) 21:38 3. Marissa Saunders (16th) 18:37 5. Laura Englehutt (60th) 21:46 4. Laura Englehutt (17th) 18:45 6. Tayler Rigsby (85th) 22:11 5. Dawn Nagazina (19th) 18:52 7. Ashley Aitken (94th) 22:20 6. Ashley Aitken (26th) 19:13 7. Tayler Rigsby (29th) 19:18 Team: Sixth out of 25 teams, 178 runners Overall: Minnesota, Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, Oklahoma State, Team: Second out of 18 teams, 154 runners Tulsa, Iowa State, Missouri, Oklahoma, Wichita State, Kansas Overall: Missouri State, Tulsa, South Plains, Oklahoma State, Kansas, Missouri State, Illinois State, Northwestern, State, Mid America Nazarene, Southwest Baptist, Wayland Northern Iowa, St. Louis, DePaul, Drake, Loyola (Ill.), Bradley, Baptist, Abilene Christian, Harding, Texas State, Texas- Northern Illinois, Southern Illinois, Creighton, Illinois-Chicago. Arlington, Fort Hays State, TCU, ORU, East Central, Wichita State, Drury and Northwood. NCAA Championships - 6K November 19, 2007

1. Alex Becker (15th)* 20:35 Team: N/A, 253 runners * All-American

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Team: Sixth out of 38 teams, 261 runners Hurricane Festival - 4 Miles Overall: Northern Arizona, Iona, California, Virginia, Alabama, September 1, 2007 Tulsa, Portland, UCLA, Louisville, Iowa State, BYU, Oklahoma State, Wisconsin, Florida State, Ohio State, Washington, STAFF 1. Eric Harris (5th) 19:51 Villanova, Indiana, Air Force, New Mexico, Miami (OH), 2. Josh Butts (12th) 20:27 Clemson, Michigan State, Columbia, Iowa, Tennessee, 3. Jay Matlack (15th) 20:38 Dartmouth, Duquesne, Wyoming, Georgia, Cincinnati, 4. Jordan Hughes (16th) 21:03 Montana State, Nebraska, Arizona, Morehead State, IUPUI, 5. Patrick McConnell (17th) 21:22 Dayton and Mississippi. 6. Nolan Jenkins (19th) 22:20

pl a o u t l oo k Conference USA Championships - 8K Team: Third out of three teams, 20 runners October 27, 2007 Overall: Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, and Tulsa 1. John Beattie (6th) 25:20 Southern Stampede - 8K 2. Edwin Henshaw (7th) 25:38 September 15, 2007 3. Lewis Timmins (8th) 25:43 4. Joel Stansloski (10th) 26:07 1. Kyle Dekker (6th) 24:26 5. Eric Harris (11th) 26:10 2. Brett Turowski (8th) 24:40 6. Brett Turowski (12th) 26:28 3. Jordan Hughes (23rd) 25:13 7. Jay Matlack (14th) 26:41 ye rs 4. Patrick McConnell (83rd) 26:16 8. Kyle Dekker (15th) 26:46 5. Nolan Jenkins (128th) 27:00 9. Jordan Hughes (20th) 27:11

Team: Sixth out of 36 teams, 337 runners Team: Second out of 8 teams, 56 runners Overall: Arkansas, Missouri Southern, Missouri-Rolla, Overall: UTEP, Tulsa, Rice, Marshall, Houston, UCF, East Northern Kentucky, Lindenwood, Tulsa, Pittsburg State, Carolina and Memphis. r ev i ew Southwest Baptist, Drury, MidAmerica Nazarene, UC San Diego, ORU, East Central, Harding, Tiffin, Tarleton State, NCAA Midwest Regionals - 10K Oklahoma Christian, Fort Hays State, Southwestern, William November 10, 2007 Woods, Dallas Baptist, Oklahoma Baptist, Emporia State, Truman State, Graceland, Missouri Valley College, Missouri- 1. John Beattie (6th) 30:11 Kansas City, Park, Newman, Central Methodist, Allen, 2. Lewis Timmins (22nd) 30:46 Coffeyville, Oklahoma Wesleyan, William Jewell, Neosho 3. Kyle Dekker (26th) 30:56

r ec or d s County, and Evangel 4. Eric Harris (35th) 31:14 5. Joel Stansloski (36th) 31:14 Cowboy Jamboree - 8K 6. Brett Turowski (41st) 31:25 September 29, 2007 Team: Fourth out of 23 teams, 155 runners 1. Edwin Henshaw (4th) 24:10 Overall: Oklahoma State, Minnesota, Iowa State, Tulsa, 2. John Beattie (16th) 24:42 Oklahoma, Illinois, Southern Illinois, Missouri, Iowa, Kansas, 3. Lewis Timmins (17th) 24:43 Illinois State, Nebraska, Creighton, Bradley, SE Missouri, 4. Kyle Dekker (19th) 24:49 c-u sa Drake, Kansas State, Wichita State, Loyola (Ill.), St. Louis, 5. Brett Turowski (31st) 25:41 Illinois-Chicago, DePaul, UMKC. 6. Eric Harris (32nd) 25:48 7. Joel Stansloski (33rd) 25:50 NCAA Championships - 10K November 19, 2007 Team: Fourth out of 17 teams, 181 runners Overall: Oklahoma State, Abilene Christian, Arkansas, Tulsa, 1. John Beattie (127th) 31:22 South Plains, New Mexico Highlands, Southwest Baptist, Mid 2. Joel Stansloski (129th) 31:22 America Nazarene, Drury, Missouri Southern, Texas-Arlington, 3. Lewis Timmins (145th) 31:37 ORU, East Central, Fort Hays State, TCU, Northwood and 4. Kyle Dekker (188th) 31:51 Cameron. 5. Eric Harris (189th) 31:54 6. Jay Matlack (229th) 32:48 Pre-Nationals (Blue Race) - 8K 7. Brett Turowski (235th) 33:00 October 13, 2007 Team: 29th out of 31 teams, 250 runners 1. Edwin Henshaw (10th) 23:34 Overall: Oregon, Iona, Oklahoma State, Northern Arizona, 2. John Beattie (32nd) 23:54 Wisconsin, Alabama, Colorado, Minnesota, Louisville, UTEP, 3. Kyle Dekker (48th) 24:08 Cal Poly, Virginia, Georgetown, Portland, William & Mary, 4. Lewis Timmins (56th) 24:11 California, Texas, North Carolina State, Stanford, Florida State, 5. Joel Stansloski (94th) 24:36 Notre Dame, BYU, Arkansas, Michigan, Villanova, Arizona 6. Eric Harris (131st) 24:51 State, Providence, Indiana, Tulsa, Ohio State, Iowa State. 7. Brett Turowski (135th) 24:52

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60-Meter Dash Distance Medley Relay 1. Chantelle Willard 7.71 Razorback Inv. (1/20) 1. Tulsa 11:40.37 C-USA (2/24) 2. Shameka Holloway 7.84 MSSU Inv. (1/27) (Becker, Montgomery, Nagazina, Ford) 3. Krystol Lartey 7.97 MSSU Inv. (1/27) STAFF 4. Margaret Glover 8.05 Missouri Inv. (1/12) High Jump 5. Jessica Ford 8.09 ISU Classic (2/10) 1. Katy McGillen 1.60m MSSU Inv. (1/27) (5-3.00) 60-Meter Hurdles 1. Dreu Harris 9.32 C-USA (2/24) Pole Vault 2. Caitlin Lynch 9.88 ISU Classic (2/9) 1. Caitlin Clancy 3.55m ISU Classic (2/10)

(11-7.75) pl a o u t l oo k 200-Meter Dash 1. Chantelle Willard 24.74 ISU Classic (2/10) Long Jump 2. Shameka Holloway 25.05 ISU Classic (2/10) 1. Margaret Glover 5.89m Last Chance (3/2) 3. Jessica Ford 25.89 Razorback Inv. (1/20) (19-4.00) 4. Krystol Lartey 26.21 C-USA (2/24) 2. Caitlin Lynch 5.06m MSSU Inv. (1/27) 5. Caitlin Lynch 27.38 Missouri Inv. (1/12) (16-7.25)

400-Meter Dash Shot Put

1. Shameka Holloway 55.58 C-USA (2/24) 1. Stephanie Jeffers 15.09m MSSU Inv. (1/27) ye rs 2. Chantelle Willard 56.47 ISU Classic (2/10) (49-6.25) 3. April Montgomery 59.08 Razorback Inv. (1/20) 2. Morgan Bolom 10.05m MSSU Inv. (1/27) 4. Caitlin Lynch 1:00.42 Razorback Inv. (1/20) (32-11.75)

600-Yard Run Weight Throw 1. Dawn Nagazina 1:24.91 MSSU Inv. (1/27) 1. Stephanie Jeffers 18.09m C-USA (2/24) r ev i ew 2. Tayler Rigsby 1:27.41 MSSU Inv. (1/27) (59-4.25) 3. April Montgomery 1:27.49 MSSU Inv. (1/27) 4. Caitlin Lynch 1:27.92 ISU Classic (2/10) Pentathlon 1. Caitlin Lynch 2811pts C-USA (2/23) 800-Meter Run 1. Dawn Nagazina 2:11.89 ISU Classic (2/10)

2. Tayler Rigsby 2:13.18 ISU Classic (2/10) r ec or d s 3. Alex Becker 2:13.92 MSSU Inv. (1/27) 4. Marissa Saunders 2:20.27 MSSU Inv. (1/27) 5. Caitlin Lynch 2:26.53 C-USA (2/23)

Mile Run 1. Alex Becker 4:41.35 Razorback Inv. (1/20) 2. Marissa Saunders 5:02.04 C-USA (2/24)

3. Maryke Rossouw 5:12.43 Razorback Inv. (1/20) c-u sa 4. Ashlea Gilfillan 5:13.42 Missouri Inv. (1/12)

1,000-Meter Run 1. Alex Becker 2:52.17 Missouri Inv. (1/12) 2. Marissa Saunders 3:03.41 Missouri Inv. (1/12)

3,000-Meter Run 1. Alex Becker 9:19.10 Tyson Inv. (2/10) 2. Ashlea Gilfillan 10:01.90 Razorback Inv. (1/20) 3. Maryke Rossouw 10:24.07 ISU Classic (2/10) 4. Lana Kelley 10:24.16 ISU Classic (2/10) 5. Marissa Saunders 10:36.17 C-USA (2/24)

4x400-Meter Relay 1. Tulsa 3:49.89 ISU Classic (2/10) (Ford, Lynch, Willard, Holloway)

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60-Meter Dash 3,000-Meter Run 1. Attila Korosi 7.17 JD Martin Inv. (2/3) 1. Edwin Henshaw 7:58.82 Razorback Inv. (1/20) 2. O’Dell Smith 7.18 MSSU Inv. (1/27) 2. Lewis Timmins 8:16.49 ISU Classic (2/10)

STAFF 3. Robert Nickels 7.26 MSSU Inv. (1/27) 3. Kyle Dekker 8:23.11 Razorback Inv. (1/20) 4. Kyle McGillen 7.34 Razorback Inv. (1/20) 4. Eric Harris 8:23.78 ISU Classic (2/10) 5. Kris Bolom 7.45 MSSU Inv. (1/27) 5. Brett Turowski 8:26.97 ISU Classic (2/10) 6. R.J. Young 7.48 MSSU Inv. (1/27) 6. Jay Matlack 8:39.61 C-USA (2/24) 7. Cory Pixley 7.59 MSSU Inv. (1/27) 7. Joel Stansloski 8:43.53 C-USA (2/24) 8. Thomas Stoltz 7.61 C-USA (2/23) 8. Josh Butts 8:55.44 C-USA (2/24)

pl a o u t l oo k 60-Meter Hurdles 5,000-Meter Run 1. Rickey Wilson, Jr. 8:63 ISU Classic (2/10) 1. Kyle Dekker 14:46.62 C-USA (2/24) 2. Thomas Stoltz 8.73 C-USA (2/24) 2. Eric Harris 14:47.52 C-USA (2/24) 3. Cory Pixley 9.26 ISU Classic (2/10) 3. Joel Stansloski 14:48.43 C-USA (2/24) 4. Brett Turowski 14:53.65 C-USA (2/24) 200-Meter Dash 5. Jay Matlack 15:10.90 C-USA (2/24) 1. Attila Korosi 22.16 Razorback Inv. (1/19) 2. O’Dell Smith 22.38 ISU Classic (2/10) 4x400 Meter Relay 3. Jerrod Landress 22.58 ISU Classic (2/10) 1. Tulsa 3:16.95 ISU Classic (2/10)

ye rs 4. Kris Bolom 23.85 MSSU Inv. (1/27) (Landress, Smith, Karnes, Korosi) 5. R.J. Young 24.32 MSSU Inv. (1/27) Distance Medley Relay 400-Meter Dash 1. Tulsa 10:02.64 Razorback Inv. (1/19) 1. Attila Korosi 48.21 Razorback Inv. (1/20) (Henshaw, Hughes, Dekker, Jenkins) 2. Jerrod Landress 48.53 ISU Classic (2/10)

r ev i ew 3. O’Dell Smith 49.37 ISU Classic (2/10) Heptathlon 4. Kris Karnes 51.95 ISU Classic (2/10) 1. Thomas Stoltz 4,640 C-USA (2/24) 5. Rickey Wilson, Jr. 52.06 Razorback Inv. (1/20) 2. Cory Pixley 3,658 C-USA (2/24)

600-Yard Run High Jump 1. Attila Korosi 1:12.90 MSSU Inv. (1/27) 1. Kyle McGillen 2.01m C-USA(2/24) 2. Jerrod Landress 1:13.21 Missouri Inv. (1/12) (6-7.00) 3. Nolan Jenkins 1:15.03 Missouri Inv. (1/12) Cory Pixley 2.01m C-USA(2/24) r ec or d s 4. Kris Karnes 1:17.45 MSSU Inv. (1/27) (6-7.00) 3. Thomas Stoltz 1.91m C-USA (2/23) 800-Meter Run (6-3.25) 1. Jordan Hughes 1:54.66 C-USA (2/24) 2. Nolan Jenkins 1:57.18 Razorback Inv. (1/20) Long Jump 3. Lewis Timmins 1:57.47 MSSU Inv. (1/27) 1. Kyle McGillen 6.97m MSSU Inv. (1/27) 4. Michael Hayes 2:00.76 Razorback Inv. (1/20) (22-10.50) 5. Andrew Beard 2:02.10 MSSU Inv. (1/27) 2. Robert Nickels 6.92m MSSU Inv. (1/27) c-u sa (22-8.50) Mile Run 3. Thomas Stoltz 6.54m MSSU Inv. (1/27) 1. Edwin Henshaw 4:09.13 C-USA (2/24) (21-5.50) 2. Lewis Timmins 4:14.48 C-USA (2/24) 4. Cory Pixley 6.35m MSSU Inv. (1/27) 3. Josh Butts 4:15.24 C-USA (2/24) (20-10.00) 4. Kyle Dekker 4:17.13 Missouri Inv. (1/12) Pole Vault 5. Jordan Hughes 4:19.64 Razorback Inv. (1/20) 1. Thomas Stoltz 3.65m C-USA (2/24) 6. Eric Harris 4:22.82 MSSU Inv. (1/27) (11-11.75) 7. Brett Turowski 4:23.03 Missouri Inv. (1/12) 8. Joel Stansloski 4:25.03 Razorback Inv. (1/20) Shot Put 9. Jay Matlack 4:26.04 MSSU Inv. (1/27) 1. Thomas Stoltz 11.61m C-USA (2/23) 10. Andrew Beard 4:28.16 Razorback Inv. (1/20) (38-1.00) 2. Cory Pixley 10.11m Missouri Inv. (1/19) 1,000-Meter Run (33-2.00) 1. Lewis Timmins 2:30.01 Missouri Inv. (1/12) 2. Jordan Hughes 2:30.54 Missouri Inv. (1/12) Triple Jump 3. Josh Butts 2:31.44 JD Martin Inv. (2/3) 1. Kyle McGillen 13.81m C-USA (2/24) 4. Thomas Stoltz 3:01.34 C-USA (2/24) (45-3.75) 5. Cory Pixley 3:05.50 C-USA (2/24) 2. Robert Nickels 13.73m Razorback Inv. (1/20) (45-0.75)

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100-Meter Dash 4x400-Meter Relay 1. Chantelle Willard 11.65 Tulsa Duels (3/24) 1. Tulsa 3:42.62 C-USA (5/12) 2. Krystol Lartey 12.25 Tulsa Duels (3/24) (Willard, Nagazina, Montgomery, Holloway) 3. Jessica Ford 12.30 Tulsa Duels (3/24) Distance Medley Relay STAFF 200-Meter Dash 1. Tulsa 11:30.46 Drake Relays (4/27) 1. Chantelle Willard 23.89 Arlington Inv. (3/31) (Nagazina, Holloway, Rigsby, Becker) 2. Shameka Holloway 2463 WSU Inv. (4/15) 3. Krystol Lartey 24.97 Tulsa Duels (3/24) Sprint Medley Relay 4. Jessica Ford 25.30 Arkansas Inv. (4/21) 1. Tulsa 3:57.70 Drake Relays (4/27)

(Ford, Lartey, Willard, Rigsby) pl a o u t l oo k 400-Meter Dash 1. Shameka Holloway 54.35 C-USA (5/12) Discus Throw 1. Stephanie Jeffers 49.05m C-USA (5/12) 800-Meter Run (160-11.0) 1. Dawn Nagazina 2:09.69 WSU Inv. (4/15) 2. Morgan Bolom 33.97m WSU Inv. (4/15) 2. Tayler Rigsby 2:11.96 C-USA (5/12) (111-5.0) 3. Alex Becker 2:13.50 WSU Inv. (4/15) 4. Marissa Saunders 2:15.54 WSU Inv. (4/15) Hammer Throw

5. Ashlea Gilfillan 2:20.78 Arlington Inv. (3/31) 1. Stephanie Jeffers 48.59m C-USA (5/12) ye rs 6. Maryke Rossouw 2:21.51 WSU Inv. (4/15) (159-5.0) 2. Morgan Bolom 30.20m WSU Inv. (4/15) 1,500-Meter Run (99-1.0) 1. Alex Becker 4:22.39 Drake Relays (4/28) 2. Dawn Nagazina 4:35.43 Arkansas Inv. (4/21) High Jump

3. Marissa Saunders 4:37.33 Arkansas Inv. (4/21) 1. Katy McGillen 1.60m WSU Inv. (4/15) r ev i ew 4. Tayler Rigsby 4:41.20 Arkansas Inv. (4/21) (5-3.0) 5. Ashlea Gilfillan 4:43.29 Arlington Inv. (3/31) 6. Maryke Rossouw 4:50.93 Arlington Inv. (3/31) Pole Vault 7. Petrina Lamb 4:52.02 WSU Inv. (4/15) 1. Caitlin Clancy 3.65m C-USA (5/12) 8. Heather Stroeder 5:00.79 Arlington Inv. (3/31) (11-11.75) 9. Kelli Denny 5:07.90 WSU Inv. (4/15)

Javelin Throw r ec or d s 3,000-Meter Run 1. Katy McGillen 47.76m C-USA (5/12) 1. Ashlea Gilfillan 10:36.86 Tulsa Duels (3/24) (156-8.0) 2. Lana Kelley 10:51.00 Tulsa Duels (3/24) 2. Stephanie Jeffers 33.19m C-USA (5/12) 3. Petrina Lamb 10:59.02 Tulsa Duels (3/24) (108-11.0) 4. Maryke Rossouw 11:01.75 Arkansas Inv. (4/21) Shot Put 5,000-Meter Run 1. Stephanie Jeffers 16.02m Arlington Inv. (3/31)

1. Alex Becker 16:00.34 NCAAs (6/9) (52-6.75) c-u sa 2. Ashlea Gilfillan 17:36.34 C-USA (5/12) 2. Morgan Bolom 9.56m Arlington Inv. (3/31) 3. Lana Kelley 18:06.08 Arlington Inv. (3/31) (31-4.50) 4. Heather Stroeder 18:38.41 C-USA (5/12) 5. Maryke Rossouw 18:56.97 C-USA (5/12) 6. Sarah Graesser 19:29.03 Arlington Inv. (3/31)

10,000-Meter Run 1. Maryke Rossouw 40:20.06 C-USA (5/11) 2. Heather Stroeder 41:47.94 C-USA (5/11)

100-Meter Hurdles 1. Dreu Harris 14.57 Tulsa Duels (3/24)

400-Meter Hurdles 1. April Montgomery 59.60 C-USA (5/12) 2. Caitlin Lynch 1:04.72 Arlington Inv. (3/31) 3. Dreu Harris 1:10.98 C-USA (5/12) stephanie jeffers 3,000-Meter Steeplechase 2005-07 1. Ashlea Gilfillan 10:45.92 C-USA (5/11)

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100-Meter Dash 110-Meter Hurdles 1. O’Dell Smith 10.91 Tulsa Duels (3/24) 1. Rickey Wilson, Jr. 14.19 Arkansas Inv. (4/21) 2. Kris Bolom 11.30 Tulsa Duels (3/24) 2. Thomas Stoltz 15.57 Tulsa Duels (3/24) 3. R.J. Young 11.49 Tulsa Duels (3/24) 3. Cory Pixley 16.81 C-USA (5/11)

STAFF 4. Thomas Stoltz 11.50 Tulsa Duels (3/24) 5. Kyle McGillen 11.60 MSSU Inv. (4/28) 400-Meter Hurdles 6. Cory Pixley 11.97 C-USA (5/11) 1. Rickey Wilson, Jr. 52.18 C-USA (5/12)

200-Meter Dash 3,000-Meter Steeplechase 1. O’Dell Smith 22.10 Tulsa Duels (3/24) 1. Joel Stansloski 9:26.83 C-USA (5/11) 2. Attila Korosi 22.21 WSU Inv. (4/15) 2. Brett Turowski 9:35.43 C-USA (5/11) 3. Jarred Landress 22.42 WSU Inv. (4/15) 3. Patrick MConnell 10:14.61 C-USA (5/11) pl a o u t l oo k 4. Kris Bolom 23.10 Tulsa Duels (3/24) 5. R.J. Young 23.98 Tulsa Duels (3/24) 4x400-Meter Relay 6. Cory Pixley 24.08 WSU Inv. (4/15) 1. Tulsa 3:12.55 C-USA (5/12) (Smith, Landress, Karnes, Korosi) 400-Meter Dash 1. Attila Korosi 47.82 C-USA (5/11) 4x1,600-Meter Run 2. Jarred Landress 48.35 WSU Inv. (4/15) 1. Tulsa 16:57.93 Drake Relays (4/27) 3. O’Dell Smith 49.15 WSU Inv. (4/15) (Butts, Dekker, Timmins, Hughes) 4. Cory Pixley 52.52 C-USA (5/11) 5. Thomas Stoltz 54.58 Kansas Relays (4/21) Distance Medley 1. Tulsa 9:55.31 Drake Relays (4/27) ye rs 800-Meter Run (Hughes, Korosi, Landress, Henshaw) 1. Jordan Hughes 1:53.04 C-USA (5/12) 2. Kyle Dekker 1:57.61 WSU Inv. (4/15) High Jump 3. Josh Butts 1:58.90 Tulsa Duels (3/24) 1. Cory Pixley 2.05m C-USA (5/12) 4. Michael Hayes 1:57.99 WSU Inv. (4/15) (6-8.75) 5. Attila Korosi 1:59.66 Tulsa Duels (3/25) 2. Kyle McGillen 2.03m Tulsa Duels (3/24) 6. Nolan Jenkins 2:01.56 C-USA (5/12) r ev i ew (6-8.00) 3. Thomas Stoltz 2.00m C-USA (5/12) 1,500-Meter Run (6-6.75) 1. Edwin Henshaw 3:45.09 C-USA (5/12) Triple Jump 2. Lewis Timmins 3:54.06 C-USA (5/12) 1. Kyle McGillen 13.85m C-USA (5/12) 3. Jordan Hughes 3:55.16 Arlington Inv. (3/31) (45-5.25) 4. Josh Butts 3:55.71 C-USA (5/12) 2. Thomas Stoltz 10.98m C-USA (5/12) 5. Kyle Dekker 3:57.41 Oklahoma Inv. (4/13) (42-8.75) 6. Andrew Beard 4:06.13 MSSU Inv. (4/28) r ec or d s 7. Nolan Jenkins 4:16.32 Arlington Inv. (3/31) Javelin Throw 8. Patrick McConnell 4:20.87 Arlington Inv. (3/31) 1. Thomas Stoltz 56.55m Kansas Relays (4/21) 9. Michael Hayes 4:22.65 Arlington Inv. (3/31) (185-6.50) 10. Cory Pixley 5:16.41 Kansas Relays (4/21) 2. Cory Pixley 47.18m C-USA (5/11) 11. Thomas Stoltz 5:40.71 Kansas Relays (4/21) (154-9.0) Shot Put Throw 3,000-Meter Run 1. Thomas Stoltz 12.42m Tulsa Duels (3/24) 1. Edwin Henshaw 8:36.09 Tulsa Duels (3/24) (40-9.00) 2. Eric Harris 8:37.82 Tulsa Duels (3/24) 2. Cory Pixley 10.98m Tulsa Duels (3/24) c-u sa 3. Joel Stansloski 8:39.18 Tulsa Duels (3/24) (36-0.25) 4. Brett Turowski 8:44.71 Tulsa Duels (3/24) Discus Throw 5. Lewis Timmins 8:50.28 Arkansas Inv. (4/21) 1. Thomas Stoltz 35.32m Arlington Inv. (3/31) 6. Patrick McConnell 8:51.71 Tulsa Duels (3/24) (115-10.0) 2. Cory Pixley 31.19m C-USA (5/11) 5,000-Meter Run (102-4.00) 1. Edwin Henshaw 14:04.53 NCAA Regional (5/25) 2. Kyle Dekker 14:32.80 Stanford Inv. (3/30) Long Jump 3. Eric Harris 14:33.59 Stanford Inv. (3/30) 1. Kyle McGillen 6.98m WSU Inv. (4/15) 4. Brett Turowski 14:53.16 Oklahoma Inv. (4/13) (22-3.00) 5. Joel Stansloski 15:56.34 Oklahoma Inv. (4/13) 2. Thomas Stoltz 6.51m WSU Inv. (4/15) 6. Jay Matlack 15:07.18 C-USA (5/12) (21-4.25) 7. Patrick McConnell 15:19.85 C-USA (5/12) 3. Cory Pixley 6.44m C-USA (5/11) 8. Josh Butts 17:15.56 C-USA (5/12) (21-2.75) Pole Vault 10,000-Meter Run 1. Thomas Stoltz 3.75m Kansas Relays (4/21) 1. Joel Stansloski 30:20.92 Stanford Inv. (3/30) (12-3.75) 2. Eric Harris 30:55.21 Drake Relays (4/26) 2. Cory Pixley 3.10m C-USA (5/11) 3. Jay Matlack 30:58.25 Drake Relays (4/26) (10-2.00) 4. Brett Turowski 31:09.32 C-USA (5/11) 5. Patrick McConnell 31:22.08 Drake Relays (4/26) Decathlon 1. Thomas Stoltz 6,138 pts Kansas Relays (4/21) 2. Cory Pixley 5,935 pts C-USA (5/12)

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55-METER DASH MILE RUN MILE RELAY (4x440 Yards) 1. Shana Robinson 6.93 2002 1. Alex Becker 4:41.35 2007 1. Tulsa 3:47.13 1999 2. Carla Hanson 7.10 2001 2. Mikaela Montell 4:59.06 2004 Kendra Lollis, Tiffaney Williams,

3. Karlisha Atkins 7.31 2002 3. Lise Olivier 5:00.09 2006 Caroline Avbovbede, Dana Jackson STAFF 4. Kendra Lollis 7.40 1999 4. Fride Vullum 5:01.02 1999 2. Tulsa 3:47.34 2003 5. Jenny Simms 7.50 1994 5. Marissa Saunders 5:02.04 2007 Paula Richardson, Chatney Noble, Monica Joannes, Jamese James 55-METER HURDLES 3,000-METER RUN 3. Tulsa 3:49.07 1998 1. Kendra Lollis 8.18 2000 1. Alex Becker 9:19.10 2007 Inemesit Usoroh, Tiffaney Williams, 2. Jamese James 8.21 2002 2. Fride Vullum 9:38.82 1998 Caroline Avbovbede, Erin Simpson

3. Danielle German 8.32 1997 3. Lise Olivier 9:49.57 2006 4. Tulsa 3:51.58 2001 pl a o u t l oo k 4. Carrie Swayze 8.47 1997 4. Charlotte Sanderson 9:57.31 2001 Wendy McFarlane, Jamese James, 5. Suzanne Smith-Hogg 8.57 2002 5. Sarah Haskins 10:00.35 2003 Monica Joannes, Tiffaney Williams 5. Tulsa 3:54.04 1998 60-METER DASH 5,000-METER RUN Inemesit Usorosh, Danielle Hill, 1. Shana Robinson 7.38 2003 1. Fride Vullum 16:42.24 2000 Caroline Avbovbede, Erin Simpson 2. Carla Hanson 7.58 2001 2. Lise Olivier 17:04.72 2006 3. Chantelle Willard 7.60 2006 3. Debbie Cardenas 17:30.32 2002 HIGH JUMP 4. Krystol Lartey 7.74 2004 4. Natalie Rasmussen 17:32.08 2002 1. Jessica Lingor 5-7 2000

5. Caroline Avbovbede 7.76 1999 5. Sarah Haskins 17:34.15 2002 2. Katy McGillen 5-3 2007 ye rs 3. Megan Oberste 5-1 2006 60-METER HURDLES 4x400-METER RELAY (1,600 Meters) 4. Katie Haney 5-0.5 2001 1. Jamese James 8.73 2003 1. Tulsa 3:36.34 2002 5. Sally Cross 5-0 1981 2. Kendra Lollis 8.80 2001 Paula Richardson, Alisha Burnett, 3. Dreu Harris 8.92 2004 Monica Joannes, Jamese James LONG JUMP 4. Suzanne Smith 8.99 2003 2. Tulsa 3:38.18 2003 1. Margaret Glover 19-4.00 2007 r ev i ew 5. Erin Fogarty 9.10 2005 Paula Richardson, Chatney Noble, 2. Sophia Rodriguez 18-10.0 2006 Monica Joannes, Jamese James 3. Brie Penaluna 18-4.25 2004 200-METER DASH 3. Tulsa 3:39.56 2003 4. Mary John-Williams 18-3.00 2000 1. Shana Robinson 23.96 2004 Chatney Noble, Alisha Burnett, 5. Katie Haney 17-6.75 2001 2. Paula Richardson 24.27 2003 Monica Joannes, Jamese James 3. Caroline Avbovbede 24.50 1998 4. Tulsa 3:40.14 2000 PENTATHLON 4. Chantelle Willard 24.62 2006 Inemesit Usoroh, Monica Joannes, 1. Katie Haney 2,814 2001 5. Wendy McFarlane 24.80 2001 Wendy McFarlane, Tiffaney Williams 2. Caitlin Lynch 2,811 2007 r ec or d s 5. Tulsa 3:42.11 2001 3. Ashley Ast 2,352 2004 400-METER DASH Wendy McFarlane, Jamese James, 1. Caroline Avbovbede 54.11 1999 Monica Joannes, Tiffaney Williams POLE VAULT 2. Tiffaney Williams 54.33 2000 1. Caitlyn Clancy 11-7.75 2007 3. Jamese James 54.85 2003 DISTANCE MEDLEY RELAY 2. Andrea McGillen 10-8.25 2003 4. Paula Richardson 55.10 2004 (1,200, 400, 800, 1,600) 3. Suzanne Smith-Hogg 10-.50 2004 5. Chatney Noble 55.27 2002 1. Tulsa 11:40.37 2007

Alex Becker, April Montgomery, SHOT PUT c-u sa 600-YARD DASH Dawn Nagazina, Jessica Ford 1. Stephanie Jeffers 50-4.5 2006 1. Melanie Hardy 1:21.96 2005 2. Tulsa 11:42.25 2006 2. Jennifer Swanson 43-1.75 1994 2. Monica Joannes 1:22.32 2003 Dawn Nagazina, Shameka Holloway, 3. Ashley Ast 34-6.00 2004 3. Tiffaney Williams 1:22.34 2001 April Montgomery, Alex Becker 4. Morgan Bolom 32-5.50 2007 4. Jamese James 1:22.44 2003 3. Tulsa 11:55.07 2006 5. Katie Haney 25-10 2001 5. Caroline Avbovbede 1:24.00 1999 Marissa Saunders, Margaret Glover, Shantel Girtley, Alex Becker TRIPLE JUMP 800-METER RUN 4. Tulsa 12:04.06 2003 1. Sophia Rodriguez 39-7.25 2005 1. Melanie Hardy 2:05.79 2005 Megan Langwell, Melanie Hardy, 2. Katie Haney 35-10.5 2001 2. Monica Joannes 2:09.15 2002 Shameka Holloway, Erin Deasy 3. Andrea McGillen 35-5 2003 3. Dawn Nagazina 2:11.59 2006 5. Tulsa 12:05.38 2001 4. Sheryl Briggs 32-5 1993 4. Tayler Rigsby 2:13.18 2007 April Johnson, Jamese James, 5. April Montgomery 2:13.20 2006 Monica Joannes, Margaret Danagher WEIGHT THROW 1. Stephanie Jeffers 59-4.25 2007 1,000-METER RUN 1. Melanie Hardy 2:51.21 2005 2. Alex Becker 2:52.17 2007 3. April Johnson 2:57.90 2002 4. Dawn Nagazina 3:00.63 2006 5. Marissa Saunders 3:00.85 2006

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55-METER DASH MILE RUN MILE RELAY (4x440 Yards) 1. John Mosley 6.28 1998 1. Dwight Davis 4:01.00 2000 1. Tulsa 3:15.47 1998 2. Sedrick Lusk 6.32 1997 2. Ryan Siler 4:06.15 1997 Frankie Johnson, Clint Small,

STAFF Trey Runnels 6.32 2000 3. Jarmo Malmberg 4:08.00 1986 Adam Ellison, Rodney Peterson 4. Hassan Faggett 6.37 1998 4. Edwin Hensahw 4:09.13 2007 2. Tulsa 3:17.32 1998 5. Tim Gordon 6.44 1987 5. David Bohlen 4:09.70 1999 Hassan Faggett, Clint Small, Adam Ellison, Rodney Peterson 55-METER HURDLES 3,000-METER RUN 3. Tulsa 3:18.60 1985 1. Joal Stockton 7.82 1999 1. Edwin Henshaw 7:58.82 2007 Tim Gordon, Ronnie Kelly, 2. Branon Vaughan 7.97 2001 2. Ryan Siler 8:09.93 1997 Greg Petty, Steve Hill

pl a o u t l oo k 3. Jamal Bogle 8.00 2002 3. Lewis Timmins 8:16.49 2007 4. Tulsa 3:18.66 1999 4. Dwight Davis 8:19.83 1998 5. Tulsa 3:21.38 1997 60-METER DASH 5. Owain Matthews 8:20.20 2003 Loren Kool, Rodney Peterson, 1. Cory Ray 6.80 2004 Cornelius Mason, Adam Ellison 2. Trey Runnels 6.84 2000 5,000-METER RUN 3. John Mosley 6.85 1999 1. Andy Norman 14:14.94 2003 HEPTATHLON Sedrick Lusk 6.85 2000 2. Ryan Siler 14:44.89 1997 1. Thomas Stoltz 4,640 2007 Cory Ray 6.85 2005 3. Owain Matthews 14:45.82 2004 2. Louis Dailey 4,136 2004 4. Kyle Dekker 14:46.62 2007 3. Cory Pixley 3,658 2007

ye rs 60-METER HURDLES 5. Jim Neiderberger 14:47.00 1988 1. DeVonne Harrison 8.07 2005 HIGH JUMP 2. Jamal Bogle 8.27 2004 4x400-METER RELAY (1,600 Meters) 1. Jason Krueger 6-10.75 2001 3. Rickey Wilson 8.35 2004 1. Tulsa 3:13.76 1998 2. Heston King 6-9 2002 4. Branon Vaughan 8.59 2001 Frankie Johnson, Clint Small, 3. Morgan 6-8 1972 5. Joal Stockton 8.62 1999 Adam Ellison, Rodney Peterson 4. Kyle McGillen 6-7 2007 Louis Dailey 8.62 2004 2. Tulsa 3:15.15 2000 Cory Pixley 6-7 2007 r ev i ew Branon Vaughan, Derron Davis, 200-METER DASH Shawn McCullough, Greg Johnson LONG JUMP 1. Trey Runnels 21.50 2000 3. Tulsa 3:16.15 2004 1. Sedrick Lusk 24-11.25 2000 2. Sedrick Lusk 21.72 1998 Tony Kay, Cory Ray, 2. Drane Scrivener 23-6 1971 3. Josh Childs 21.82 2004 Clif Mitchell, Josh Childs 3. Kyle McGillen 22-10.50 2007 4. Adrian Young 21.86 2001 4. Tulsa 3:16.35 2001 4. Robert Nickels 22-8.50 2007 Derron Davis 21.86 2002 Jason Roland, Derron Davis, 5. Kirk Phillips 22-4.5 1982 r ec or d s Brian Erwin, Greg Johnson 400-METER DASH 5. Tulsa 3:16.44 2003 POLE VAULT 1. Derron Davis 47.18 2000 Tony Kay, Josh Childs, 1. Louis Dailey 14-1.25 2004 2. Clint Small 47.35 1999 Clif Mitchell, Branon Vaughan Derrick O’Keefe 14-1.25 2005 3. Attila Korosi 48.21 2007 3. Seth Conaway 13-0 1998 4. Josh Childs 48.46 2004 DISTANCE MEDLEY RELAY 4. Thomas Stoltz 11-11.75 2007 5. Jarrod Landress 48.53 2007 (1,200, 400, 800, 1,600) 1. Tulsa 9:37.95 1999 SHOT PUT

c-u sa 600-YARD DASH Clint Small, Shawn McCullough, 1. Ron Weigleb 48-6 1972 1. Clif Mitchell 1:12.29 2005 David Bohlen, Dwight Davis 2. R. McGraw 48-4 1987 2. Greg Johnson 1:12.52 2001 2. Tulsa 9:38.00 1966 3. Jake Lyon 47-9 2000 3. Branon Vaughan 1:12.60 2003 Ron Vick, Skip Greenig, Boyd 4. Thomas Stoltz 40-2.25 2006 4. Rodney Peterson 1:12.76 1996 George, Lloyd George 5. Louis Dailey 38-4.25 2004 5. Brian Erwin 1:12.88 2001 3. Tulsa 9:42.24 1998 Adam Ellison, Clint Small, TRIPLE JUMP 800-METER RUN Rodney Peterson, Dwight Davis 1. Keven Guynn 49-10.5 1999 1. Adam Ellison 1:50.36 1998 4. Tulsa 9:50.24 1997 2. Drane Scrivener 46-10 1971 2. Rodney Peterson 1:50.82 1997 Cornelius Mason, Rodney Peterson, 3. Kyle McGillen 45-3.75 2007 3. Shawn McCullough 1:50.99 2001 Adam Ellison, Ryan Siler 4. Robert Nickels 45-0.50 2007 4. Clif Mitchell 1:51.84 2005 5. Tulsa 9:56.84 1996 5. Josh Childs 42-7 2002 5. Brian Erwin 1:52.14 2001 Adam Ellison, Rodney Peterson, Kristian Braekkan, Ryan Siler 1,000-METER RUN 1. Mark Hornbrook 2:28.0 1981 2. Kristian Braekkan 2:28.47 1998 3. Cornelius Mason 2:28.62 1996 4. Justin Rempel 2:28.86 2003 5. Lewis Timmins 2:30.01 2007

56 The University of Tulsa 2008 Track & Field Media Guide INTRO Women’s Outdoor Track Records

100-METER DASH 3,000-METER STEEPLECHASE 4. Tulsa 9:00.69 1998 1. Shana Robinson 11.23 2004 1. Ashlea Gilfillan 10:45.92 2007 Caroline Avbovbede, Erin Simpson, 2. Chantelle Willard 11.65 2007 2. Lise Olivier 10:51.38 2006 Monique Poindexter, Jany Van Gerwen 3. Carla Hanson 11.88 2000 3. Renine Le Heron 11:34.61 2006

4. Mary Carr 12.00 2004 4. Breanna Chipney 11:38.38 2006 4x1,600-METER RELAY STAFF Krystol Lartey 12.00 2004 1. Tulsa 20:25.54 2006 4x100-METER RELAY (400 Meters) Dawn Nagazina, Lise Olivier, 200-METER DASH 1. Tulsa 45.35 2004 Marissa Saunders, Alex Becker 1. Shana Robinson 22.84 2003 Shameka Holloway, Chantelle Willard, 2. Chantelle Willard 23.78 2006 Paula Richardson, Shana Robinson SPRINT MEDLEY RELAY 3. Caroline Avbovbede 23.82 1999 2. Tulsa 45.48 2003 (200, 200, 400, 800) Karlisha Atkins 23.82 2000 Alisha Burnett, Shameka Holloway, 1. Tulsa 3:47.62 2003 pl a o u t l oo k 5. Paula Richardson 23.91 2003 Paula Richardson, Shana Robinson Shana Robinson, Paula Richardson, 3. Tulsa 45.72 2002 Jamese James, Monica Joannes 400-METER DASH Paula Richardson, Alisha Burnett, 2. Tulsa 3:57.00 2002 1. Tiffaney Williams 53.12 1999 Karlisha Atkins, Shana Robinson Shana Robinson, Paula Richardson, 2. Wendy McFarlane 53.47 2000 4. Tulsa 45.76 2002 Alisha Burnett, Monica Joannes 3. Shameka Holloway 53.99 2006 Shana Robinson, Paula Richardson, 3. Tulsa 3:57.70 2007 4. Caroline Avbovbede 54.02 1999 Alisha Burnett, Jamese James Jessica Ford, Krystol Lartey, 5. Chatney Noble 54.11 2002 5. Tulsa 45.93 2001 Chantelle Willard, Tayler Rigsby Wendy McFarlane, Tiffaney Williams, 4. Tulsa 3:58.63 2006 800-METER RUN Kendra Lollis, Shana Robinson Chantelle Willard, Krystol Lartey, ye rs 1. Monica Joannes 2:05.65 2003 Shameka Holloway, April Montgomery Melanie Hardy 2:05.65 2004 4x200-METER RELAY (800 Meters) 5. Tulsa 3:59.99 2000 3. Dawn Nagazina 2:09.69 2007 1. Tulsa 1:35.31 2003 Wendy McFarlane, Tiffaney Williams, 4. Kelly Taylor 2:10.0 1985 Shana Robinson, Chatney Noble, Monica Joannes, April Johnson 5. Monique Poindexter 2:10.47 1997 Paula Richardson, Jamese James 2. Tulsa 1:50.6 1992 DISTANCE MEDLEY

1,500-METER RUN Joy Parker, Julie Parker, Carey Robien, (1,200, 400, 800, 1,600) r ev i ew 1. Alex Becker 4:22.39 2007 Chau Vo 1. Tulsa 11:30.46 2007 2. Fride Vullum 4:26.31 2001 Dawn Nagazina, Shameka Holloway, 3. Margaret Danagher 4:26.84 2001 4x400-METER RELAY (1,600 Meters) Tayler Rigsby, Alex Becker 4. Monica Joannes 4:31.14 2003 1. Tulsa 3:35.55 2002 2. Tulsa 11:38.54 2006 5. Dawn Nagazina 4:35.43 2007 Paula Richardson, Alisha Burnett, Dawn Nagazina, Shameka Holloway, Monica Joannes, Jamese James April Montgomery, Alex Becker 3,000-METER RUN 2. Tulsa 3:36.74 2003 3. Tulsa 11:38.71 2001 1. Fride Vullum 9:34.45 1998 Paula Richardson, Chatney Noble, Margaret Danagher, Tiffaney Williams, r ec or d s 2. Charlotte Sanderson 10:00.74 2001 Monica Joannes, Jamese James Monica Joannes, Fride Vullum 3. Debbie Cardenas 10:02.77 2000 3. Tulsa 3:36.93 2000 4. Tulsa 11:42.33 1998 4. Natalie Rasmussen 10:04.09 2005 Wendy McFarlane, Tiffaney Williams, Margaret Danagher, Caroline Avbovbede, 5. Sarah Haskins 10:07.96 2003 Jamese James, Inemesit Usoroh Erin Simpson, Fride Vullum 4. Tulsa 3:37.86 2002 5. Tulsa 11:56.61 1997 5,000-METER RUN Chatney Noble, Alisha Burnett, Erin Simpson, Inemesit Usoroh, 1. Alex Becker 16:00.34 2007 Monica Joannes, Jamese James Monique Poindexter, Chris Haldeman 2. Fride Vullum 16:01.41 2001 5. Tulsa 3:38.28 2001 3. Natalie Rasmussen 16:58.55 2005 Wendy McFarlane, Jamese James, DISCUS c-u sa 4. Sarah Haskins 17:01.15 2002 Monica Joannes, Tiffaney Williams 1. Stephanie Jeffers 160-11 2007 5. Charlotte Sanderson 17:04.26 2001 2. Jennifer Swanson 123-5 1994 MILE RELAY (4x440 Yards) 3. Morgan Bolom 111-5 2007 10,000-METER RUN 1. Tulsa 3:41.30 2001 4. Corhanda Dawson 107-6 1991 1. Charlotte Sanderson 34:25.78 2001 Wendy McFarlane, Monica Joannes, 5. Ashley Ast 81-9 2004 2. Lise Olivier 35:15.60 2006 Jamese James, Tiffaney Williams 3. Sarah Haskins 35:18.57 2003 2. Tulsa 3:53.32 2006 HAMMER 4. Natalie Rasmussen 36:08.93 2005 Shameka Holloway, Dawn Nagazina, 1. Stephanie Jeffers 159-5 2007 5. Debbie Cardenas 37:46.73 2001 Krystol Lartey, April Montgomery 2. Morgan Bolom 99-1 2007 3. Tulsa 3:55.19 1996 100-METER HURDLES Jameka Roberts, Monique Poindexter, HEPTATHLON 1. Kendra Lollis 13.99 2001 Erin Simpson, Carrie Swayze 1. Renata Carson 4,385 2003 2. Jamese James 14.00 2003 3. Danielle German 14.01 2000 4x800-METER RELAY (3,200 Meters) HIGH JUMP 4. Suzanne Smith 14.25 2003 1. Tulsa 8:48.27 2003 1. Jennifer Howell 5-4 1994 5. Dreu Harris 14.57 2007 Chatney Noble, Melanie Hardy, 2. Katy McGillen 5-3 2007 Megan Langwell, Monica Joannes 3. Megan Oberste 5-2.25 2006 400-METER HURDLES 2. Tulsa 8:53.27 2002 4. Sally Cross 5-2 1981 1. Jamese James 57.86 2002 Chatney Noble, April Johnson, 5. Emily Stagner 5-0.2 2000 2. April Montgomery 59.60 2007 Melanie Hardy, Monica Joannes 3. Danielle German 59.85 2000 3. Tulsa 8:59.16 1997 4. Erin Fogarty 1:01.46 2005 Monique Poindexter, Erin Simpson, 5. Carrie Swayze 1:02.28 1997 Summer Lamons, Chris Haldeman

www.tulsahurricane.com 57 Re c o r d s INTRO JAVELIN 1. Katy McGillen 159-1 2006 katy mcgillen 2. Ashley Ast 143-2 2004 3. Stephanie Jeffers 108-11 2007

LONG JUMP 1. Margaret Glover 19-4.25 2004 2. Mary John-Williams 19-2.67 2000 STAFF 3. Sophia Rodriguez 19-0.50 2006 4. Brie Penaluna 18-8 2003 5. Katie Haney 18-7.75 2001

POLE VAULT 1. Caitlin Clancy 11-11.75 2007 2. Suzanne Smith-Hogg 10-8.5 2003 pl a o u t l oo k 3. Andrea McGillen 10-6.25 2003

SHOT PUT 1. Stephanie Jeffers 52-6.75 2007 2. Jennifer Swanson 43-3 1993 3. Corhanda Dawson 42-0 1991 4. Morgan Bolom 31-4.50 2007

TRIPLE JUMP 1. Sophia Rodriguez 41-10.75 2006 ye rs 2. Mary John-Williams 39-6 2002 3. Andrea McGillen 34-2.75 2003

r ev i ew Men’s Outdoor Track Records

100-METER DASH 3,000-METER RUN 5,000-METER RUN 1. Levi Gillen 10.32 1994 1. Dwight Davis 8:19.42 2000 1. Edwin Henshaw 14:04.53 2007 2. Marcus Anderson 10.40 1981 2. Ryan Siler 8:24.42 1995 2. Andy Norman 14:15.63 2003 Trey Runnels 10.40 2000 3. Andy Norman 8:31.92 2003 3. Kyle Dekker 14:32.80 2007 4. Sedrick Lusk 10.44 1998 4. Brett Turowski 8:34.03 2006 4. Eric Harris 14:33.59 2007 5. Cory Ray 10.52 2004 5. Edwin Henshaw 8:36.09 2007 5. Brett Turowski 14:39.76 2006 r ec or d s

200-METER DASH 10,000-METER RUN 1. Larry Hearne 21.0 1966 1. Janne Hamalainen 30:20 1985 2. Trey Runnels 21.11 2001 2. Joel Stansloski 30:20.92 2007 3. Derron Davis 21.32 2000 3. Tim Surface 30:35.60 2001 4. Cory Ray 21.51 2004 4. Eric Harris 30:55.21 2007 5. Hassan Faggett 21.61 1998 5. Jay Matlack 20:58.25 2007

400-METER DASH 110-METER HURDLES c-u sa 1. Derron Davis 46.75 2000 1. Rickey Wilson, Jr. 13.99 2006 2. Greg Johnson 47.36 2001 2. DeVonne Harrison 14.09 2005 3. Attila Korosi 47.82 2007 3. James Shaw 14.10 1971 4. Levi Gillen 47.93 1994 4. Jamal Bogle 14.49 2003 Josh Childs 47.93 2003 5. Branon Vaughan 15.09 2000

800-METER RUN 400-METER HURDLES 1. Adam Ellison 1:47.69 1998 1. Clint Small 52.00 1999 2. Rodney Peterson 1:48.11 1998 2. Rickey Wilson, Jr. 52.18 2007 3. Mathew Musengezi 1:49.39 2006 3. Branon Vaughan 52.86 2003 4. Shawn McCullough 1:50.70 2001 4. Jamal Bogle 53.14 2005 5. Cornelius Mason 1:51.03 1998 5. Loren Kool 53.38 1995

1,500-METER RUN 3,000-METER STEEPLECHASE 1. Dwight Davis 3:43.18 1999 1. Owain Matthews 8:51.58 2003 2. David Bohlen 3:44.93 2000 2. Cary Stidham 9:10.80 2000 3. Justin Rempel 3:45.86 2004 3. Ryan Siler 9:25.83 1996 4. Edwin Henshaw 3:45.09 2007 4. Joel Stansloski 9:26.83 2007 5. Owain Matthews 3:50.58 2003 5. Tim Barnes 9:32.2 1992

MILE RUN 1. Dwight Davis 3:59.29 2000 brett turowski 2. Ryan Siler 4:16.78 1995 3. Joe Gibbons 4:20.3 1960

58 The University of Tulsa 2008 Track & Field Media Guide INTRO 4x100-METER RELAY (400 Meters) 3. Tulsa 17:32.42 2006 HIGH JUMP 1. Tulsa 40.76 2000 Edwin Henshaw, Andrew Beard, 1. Charles Ramsdell 6-11.75 2004 Merrick Woodard, Trey Runnels, Jordan Hughes, Jay Matlack 2. Jason Krueger 6-11 2001 Sedrick Lusk, Derron Davis 3. Jim Morgan 6-10 1971 2. Tulsa 40.88 1999 4xMILE RELAY (4 Miles) 4. Cory Pixley 6-8.75 2007 John Mosley, Hassan Faggett, 1. Tulsa 17:00.44 1997 5. Heston King 6-8 2002 Sedrick Lusk, Clint Small Adam Ellison, Cornelius Mason, Kyle McGillen 6-8 2007 3. Tulsa 41.58 2001 David Bohlen, Dwight Davis

Trey Runnels, Derron Davis, 2. Tulsa 17:18.88 1996 JAVELIN STAFF Jason Roland, Merrick Woodard Adam Ellison, Jeremy Hollis, 1. Thomas Stoltz 220-2 2005 4. Tulsa 41.69 2001 Cornelius Mason, Ryan Siler 2. George Wallace 213-0 1961 Merrick Woodard, Greg Johnson, 3. Tulsa 18:08.0 1993 3. Cal Purdin 188-1.75 1942 Jason Roland, Derron Davis Richard Brown, Ryan Siler, 4. Jacob Chavez 180-2.0 2004 5. Tulsa 41.70 2005 John Watkins, Steve Lamb 5. Jay Powell 158-9 1991 Jed Falkowski, Cory Ray, DeVonne Harrison, O’Dell Smith SPRINT MEDLEY RELAY LONG JUMP (200, 200, 400, 800) 1. Sedrick Lusk 24-11.75 1997 pl a o u t l oo k 4x400-METER RELAY (1,600 Meters) 1. Tulsa 3:21.55 2001 2. Gordon Lee 23-11.5 1965 1. Tulsa 3:12.48 1998 Trey Runnels, Derron Davis, 3. Cheeck 23-7.5 1952 Hassan Faggett, Clint Small, Greg Johnson, Shawn McCullough 4. Bain 22-8 1938 Rodney Peterson, Adam Ellison 2. Tulsa 3:23.09 1997 5. Robert Nickels 22-5.75 2006 2. Tulsa 3:12.55 2007 Sedrick Lusk, Hassan Faggett, O’Dell Smith, Jarrod Landress, Loren Kool, Rodney Peterson POLE VAULT Kris Karnes, Attila Korosi 3. Tulsa 3:27.68 2000 1. Derrick O’Keefe 14-11 2005 3. Tulsa 3:12.59 2003 Derron Davis, Trey Runnels, 2. Richard Ruane 14-6.25 1965 Tony Kay, Clif Mitchell, Branon Vaughan, Brian Erwin 3. Dave Smoot 14-5 1963 Josh Childs, Branon Vaughan 4. Tulsa 3:27.83 2003 4. Clark 14-1.75 1960 4. Tulsa 3:13.74 1997 Tony Kay, Josh Childs, 5. Thomas Stoltz 12-3.75 2007 ye rs Hassan Faggett, Loren Kool, Branon Vaughan, Derek Sparks Rodney Peterson, Adam Ellison 5. Tulsa 3:30.1 1965 SHOT PUT 5. Tulsa 3:14.08 2001 Larry Hearne, Dewey Gallaher, 1. Dan Houtman 53-0 1963 Branon Vaughan, Brian Erwin, J. Turner, Skip Greenig 2. K. Henike 48-11.75 1966 Shawn McCullough, Greg Johnson 3. Doug Olienyk 45-9 1981 DISTANCE MEDLEY (1,200, 400, 800, 1,600) 4. Antwan Floyd 43-5.25 2004

MILE RELAY (4x440 Yards) 1. Tulsa 9:38.0 1966 5. Thomas Stoltz 40-9 2007 r ev i ew 1. Tulsa 3:16.11 2001 Ron Vick, Skip Greenig, Derron Davis, Shawn McCullough, Boyd George, Lloyd George TRIPLE JUMP Branon Vaughan, Greg Johnson 2. Tulsa 9:40.17 2000 1. Dab Daugherty 49-3 1964 2. Tulsa 3:17.53 2002 David Bohlen, Derron Davis, 2. Keven Guynn 49-0.75 1998 Branon Vaughan, Derek Sparks, Shawn McCullough, Dwight Davis 3. Kyle McGillen 45-5.25 2007 Josh Childs, Michael Ledowsky 3. Tulsa 9:42.97 1999 4. Thomas Stoltz 45-2.5 2006 3. Tulsa 3:30.0 1961 Clint Small, Shawn McCullough, 5. Sedrick Lusk 43-9.75 1997 Bill Brown, Keith Yarger, David Bohlen, Dwight Davis r ec or d s Bob Newell, Jerry Anderson 4. Tulsa 9:55.31 2007 DECATHLON Jordan Hughes, Attila Korosi, 1. Thomas Stoltz 6,138 2007 4x800-METER RELAY (3,200 Meters) Jerrod Landress, Edwin Henshaw 2. Cory Pixley 5,935 2007 1. Tulsa 7:20.74 2000 Shawn McCullough, David Bohlen, DISCUS Dwight Davis, Brian Erwin 1. Robbie Nichols 175-7 1967 2. Tulsa 7:23.77 1998 2. Thomas Stoltz 115-10 2007 Dwight Davis, Shawn McCullough, 3. Cory Pixley 102-4 2007 Rodney Peterson, Adam Ellison

3. Tulsa 7:24.91 1998 c-u sa Dwight Davis, Cornelius Mason, Rodney Peterson, Adam Ellison rickey wilson, jr. 4. Tulsa 7:26.59 1997 2003-07 Rodney Peterson, David Bohlen, Adam Ellison, Cornelius Mason 5. Tulsa 7:29.22 1996 Rodney Peterson, Darren McVean, Adam Ellison, Cornelius Mason

4x1,500-METER RELAY (6,000 Meters) 1. Tulsa 15:43.24 1999 Dwight Davis, Monte Hawkins, Cornelius Mason, Cary Stidham 2. Tulsa 15:48.81 1998 Monte Hawkins, Adam Ellison, Cornelius Mason, Dwight Davis

4x1,600-METER RELAY (6,400 Meters) 1. Tulsa 16:57.93 2007 Josh Butts, Kyle Dekker, Lewis Timmins, Jordan Hughes 2. Tulsa 17:15.62 1999 Monte Hawkins, Jeremy Hollis, Cary Stidham, Tim Surface

www.tulsahurricane.com 59 C-USA INTRO

Team C-USA . . . C-USA Quick Facts Dedicated to Excellence Commissioner: Britton Banowsky PR/Track: Debbie Davis E-mail: [email protected] Excellence every day. For Conference USA, dedi- Phone: 214-774-1353 Fax: 214-496-0046 STAFF cation to excellence is a common thread in ath- Website: www.conferenceusa.com Mailing Address: 5201 North O’Connor Blvd. letics, academics and in the community, and the Suite 300, Irving, Texas 75039 guiding initiative for the league’s promising future. A Proud History — A Promising Future Conference USA features 12 nationally prominent, tra- Conference USA was formed in 1995 and quickly emerged as one pl a o u t l oo k dition-rich members in East Carolina, Houston, Marshall, of the nation’s top conferences. The conference unveiled its name, logo Memphis, Rice, SMU, Southern Miss, Tulane, Tulsa, UAB, UCF and commissioner on April 24, 1995 in Chicago. The league’s charter and UTEP. This combination enhances men’s and women’s members included Charlotte, Cincinnati, DePaul, Houston, Louisville, programs that are steeped in athletic success and academic Marquette, Memphis, Saint Louis, Southern Miss, Tulane, UAB and USF. prowess. Together, we are dedicated to excellence, integrity Eleven of the institutions began athletic participation in 1995, while and leadership in athletics, academics and in our communi- Houston joined competition in the fall of 1996. ties. The league’s headquarters were established in Chicago and after All C-USA institutions sponsor Division I-A football, along nine years, relocated to the current office in Irving, Texas. Britton ye rs with several other men’s and women’s athletic programs, Banowsky was named Commissioner in October 2002, succeeding Mike many of which compete regularly for NCAA Championships. Slive, the league’s first commissioner. C-USA sponsors competition in 19 sports — nine for men C-USA added East Carolina (September, 1996) and the United (baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, soccer, ten- States Military Academy (March, 1997) as football members. ECU began nis and indoor and outdoor track and field) and 10 for women league competition in 1997; Army in 1998 and UAB began football play r ev i ew (basketball, cross country, golf, softball, soccer, swimming in 1999. The league added TCU and ECU (1999) for all sports and they and diving, tennis, indoor and outdoor track and field and began competition in 2001. USF started C-USA football in 2003. volleyball). After celebrating its 10th Anniversary during the 2004-05 season, The league sponsors numerous academic awards, includ- C-USA began a new chapter in 2005-06 when its current membership ing the Commissioner’s Honor Roll and the Commissioner’s came together to form the new look of the league. Academic Medal, indicative of outstanding achievement in the Since its formation, C-USA has established a strong foundation, an classroom. C-USA annually awards six postgraduate scholar- identity and a history that reflects the league’s national presence. Eleven r ec or d s ships, along with the Sport Academic Award, Scholar Athletes years of remarkable history has reinforced the league’s position in col- of the Year and the Institutional Academic Excellence Award. legiate athletics, setting the course for the next decade and beyond. c-u sa

60 The University of Tulsa 2008 Track & Field Media Guide THE UNIVERSITY OF TULSA TRACK & FIELD 2008 2008 GOLDEN HURRICANE TRACK & FIELD MEDIA GUIDE Indoor Track & Field January 19 Kansas Invitational Lawrence, Kan. January 25-26 Razorback Invitational Fayetteville, Ark. February 2 J.D. Martin Invitational Norman, Okla. February 15-16 Tyson Invitational Fayetteville, Ark. Feb 29 – March 1 Conference USA Championships Houston, Texas TULSA March 7 Last Chance Qualifier Fayetteville, Ark. March 14-15 NCAA Championships Fayetteville, Ark.

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