2011-12 Women's Track & Field MEDIA GUIDE
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UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA 2011-12 woMen’s track & Field MEDIA GUIDE 2011-12 UND TRACK & CROSS COUNTRY TABLE OF CONTENTS Fighting SiouxQUICK FACTS Table of Contents . 1 General School . .North Dakota THE UNIVERSITY Location . Grand Forks, ND (58202) The University . 2-3 Founded . 1883 About Grand Forks . 4. Enrollment . 13,950. (Spring 2012) Athletics Facilities . 5-7. Nickname . Fighting. Sioux Academic Success . 8-9 School Colors . Kelly Green & White Athletics Achievements . .10 National Affiliation . NCAA. Division I Gameday Experience . 11. Conference . Great West Conference Strength Training . .12 President . Dr. Robert Kelley Sports Medicine . .13 Director of Athletics . Brian Faison Community Involvement . 14. Senior Woman Administrator . .Daniella Irle Athletics Development . 15. Faculty Athletics Representative . Sue Jeno Multimedia . .16 Athletic Dept. Phone . 701. .777 .2234 Media Coverage . .17 Ticket Office Phone . .701 .777 .0855 University Administration . .18 Athletics Administration . .19-20 COACHING Staff Athletics Staff Directory . .21 Head Coach . Kevin. Galbraith Associate Head Coach/Cross Country Coach . Dick. Clay coachinG staff Galbraith’s Office Phone . .701 .777 .2361 Head Coach Kevin Galbraith . 22. Clay’s Office Phone . 701 . 777 .2979 Associate Head Coach Dick Clay . .23-24 Assistant Coaches . Peter. Miller, Joe Silvers Assistant Coaches . 27. Strength & Conditioning Coach . Michelle Kirchgassner CROSS COUNTRY TEAM INFORMation 2011 Season in Review . 28. 2011 Great West Conference Cross Country Finish . 2nd 2011 Roster, Results . 29. 2011 Great West Conference Indoor Track Finish . .3rd 2011 Individual Results . 30. 2011 Great West Conference Outdoor Track Finish . .3rd TRACK AND FIELD MEDIA RELATIONS 2012 Season Preview . 31. Media Relations Director/Track & XC Contact . Jayson. Hajdu 2012 Roster . 32. Office Phone . .701 .777 .2985 Cell Phone . .701 .740 .7659 THE FIGHTING SIOUX Fax . 701 . 777 .4352 Student-Athlete Profiles . 33-42. E-mail . jayson .hajdu@athletics .und .edu Great West Conference . 44. Athletics Website . www .fightingsioux .com Athletics on Facebook . www .facebook .com/undsports history Athletics on Twitter . www. .twitter .com/undathletics UND Record Book . 45-53. www .twitter .com/undwtrackfield UND All-Americans . 54-60. www .twitter .com/undwcc Awards & Honors . .61-61 . www .twitter .com/undsid UND Ron Pynn Invitational . .62 credits The 2011-12 University of North Dakota women’s track and field/cross country media guide is a production of the UND athletics media relations office . The guide was designed, written and edited by director of media relations Jayson Hajdu, with assistance from assistant media relations director Christy Kramer . Additional assis- tance provided by student-assistants Gretchen Henningsen and Stephanie Ney . Cover design by Amy Chandler Design . Photos by Kory Wallen, Adam Stainiger and Mandy Gefroh . Inside back cover campus photos by UND photographer Chuck Kimmerle . Special thanks to the hard work of previous UND athletics media relations staffs . TABLE OF CONTENTS / QUICK FACTS 1 2011-12Fighting UND TRACK & CROSSSioux COUNTRY People: • 14,697 total enrollment (Fall 2011) • 11,139 undergraduate students • 3,055 graduate and professional (law and medicine) students • 52% men, 48% women • 2 .5% American Indian, 1 .6% African- American, 1 .6% Latino-American, and 1 .4% Asian-American students • 50 states and more than 50 countries are represented in the student body • 2,979 live in UND’s 14 residence halls • 664 faculty and 2,149 staff • 116,251 degrees granted since 1889 • 98,235 living alumni • UND had more than 25,000 enrollments in its online academic courses and programs, non-credit courses, Located in Grand Forks in the heart of workshops, and other professional the Red River Valley, the University of development activities North Dakota is the largest and most diversified institution of higher learning Quick Facts: in a three-state region . One of only 47 public institutions with both a law school • Founded in 1883, six years before North and a medical school, UND consistently Dakota became a state ranks by most measures as one of the top more futuristic facilities in the Aerospace 150 universities in the United States . Its more complex . UND’s newest additions are the • There are 14 residence halls, 850 than 14,000 students – including over 2,500 remodeled and expanded energy-efficient student apartment units, and19 graduate students, 250 law students, and 240 and environmentally conscious Education fraternities and sororities medical students – come from every state in Building, the $20 million Wellness Center, and the union and more than 50 countries . University Place, an innovative apartment- • UND has over 200 student style residence hall . organizations Stretching out from the banks of the scenic English Coulee, the 548-acre University of With 218 fields of study and nearly 3,000 • The Dakota Student, the official North Dakota campus has been nationally courses, including internationally recognized publication of UND, was first published recognized for its landscaping and beauty . programs in aviation, aerospace, and in 1888 The 242 buildings demonstrate both Unmanned Aerial Systems, UND has a vast classic university architecture blended with array of educational choices . The most UND offers 52 master’s and 26 doctoral popular programs include engineering, programs, as well as professional programs health professions, business, aerospace, and in law (J .D .) and medicine (M .D .), and education, The University is characterized by a undergraduate degrees in 89 fields of study in solid foundation of the liberal arts surrounded nine degree-granting colleges: by a constellation of professional programs, a manageable size, high-quality students and • College of Arts & Sciences faculty, a varied curriculum, nine colleges • College of Business & Public Administration and schools, a widely recognized program of • College of Education & Human graduate education and research, rich cultural Development resources, and an outstanding record of • Graduate School alumni support . • The John D . Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences UND is consistently ranked highly in college • College of Nursing guides, including U .S . News & World Report, • School Engineering and Mines Forbes, Princeton Review, and more . Its • School of Law economic impact on the state of North Dakota • School of Medicine and Health Sciences and region is nearly $1 billion . 2 ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY 2011-12 UND TRACK & CROSS COUNTRY FightingNOTABLE AluSiouxMNI Tom Amberry, ‘46 Phil Jackson, ‘67 World record holder with 2,750 Legendary NBA player and coach consecutive free throws Chuck Johnson, ‘48 Maxie Anderson, ‘56 Sports writer and author, member of the First to cross Atlantic Ocean, North America Wisconsin Sports Hall of Fame in balloon Rick Kelleher, ‘69 James Maxwell Anderson, ‘11 Known as Don Bleu, host of The Gong Show Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Cora Smith King, 1889 Sam Anderson, ‘69, ‘71 One of first graduates; first woman to Actor, notably in Lost, Forrest Gump, pass N .D . state medical examination and Friends, ER perform surgery Chuck Klosterman (‘94), best-selling author of such books as Fargo Rock City and Downtown Owl, is one Ed Belfour, ‘87 Chuck Klosterman, ‘94 of America’s foremost authorities on pop culture. Third-winningest goalie in NHL history Best-selling author Carla Christofferson, ‘89 Karen Nyberg, ‘94 Co-owner of WNBA’s Los Angeles Sparks NASA astronaut Ronald Davies, ‘27, ‘61 Fritz Pollard, Jr., ‘39 U .S . District Judge, ordered 1957 Olympic medalist, 110 hurdles integration of Little Rock (Ark .) high schools Sally (Wold) Smith, ‘80 President and CEO of Buffalo Wild Wings Byron Dorgan, ‘64 Grill and Bar Current U .S . Senator for North Dakota Dave St. Peter, ‘89 Carl Ben Eielson, ‘21 President of MLB’s Minnesota Twins Aviator, explorer, first to cross Arctic Ocean and Antarctica by plane Edward K. Thompson, ‘27, ‘58 Writer, editor of Life Magazine, publisher of Ralph Engelstad, ‘54 SMITHSONIAN Magazine Las Vegas entrepreneur, casino owner Era Bell Thompson, ‘29, ‘69 Dick Fontaine, ‘65 Author, editor and journalist for Ebony Executive Chairman, GameStop Magazine Retired NBA coach and player Phil Jackson (‘67), pictured during his August 2008 return to UND to receive an honorary Doctor of Letters degree, won 11 Terry Ingstad, ‘67 Jonathan Toews, ‘07 NBA titles, more championships than any coach in Known as Shadoe Stevens, replaced Casey Captain of NHL’s Chicago Blackhawks, professional sports history. Kasem as host of “American’s Top 40”, 2010 Stanley Cup Champion and Olympic announcer for Hollywood Squares, Late gold medalist Night with Craig Ferguson Carla Christofferson (‘89) is the co-owner of the Karen Nyberg (‘94), a NASA astronaut, proudly displays the University of North Dakota flag while training in WNBA’s Los Angeles Sparks. outer space. ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY 3 2011-12Fighting UND TRACK & CROSSSioux COUNTRY Grand Forks, N .D ., is a classic university town . Located in the heart of the Red River Valley on Interstate 29, the largely residential town offers a community environment with all the amenities of a large urban area and the safety and convenience of a small community, and is within driving distance of great amenities in the region . Grand Forks has outdoor activities for every season: • 900 acres of park land with trails, sports fields and courts, lakes, playground equipment . • The Greenway - 2,200 acres along the Red