2009-2010 Track and Cross Country Yearbook
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2009-2010 TRACK AND CROSS COUNTRY YEARBOOK 1994 WOMEN’S 1995 MEN’S 1996 WOMEN’S 1999 MEN’S 1999 WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY OUTDOOR TRACK OUTDOOR TRACK OUTDOOR TRACK OUTDOOR TRACK 2001 WOMEN’S 2001 WOMEN’S 2002 WOMEN’S 2002 WOMEN’S 2003 WOMEN’S INDOOR TRACK OUTDOOR TRACK INDOOR TRACK OUTDOOR TRACK OUTDOOR TRACK PAST NCAA NationaL CHAMPIONS Laura Rand Joyce Burnett 1995 Outdoor Shot Put 1997 Outdoor Javelin Laura Rand won Emporia State's first NCAA Joyce Burnett won the 1997 javelin cham- Division II National Championship. The pionship for the Hornets. Her mark of victory came in her home shot ring as ESU 167-00 in the old javelin is an ESU school hosted the 1995 Outdoor Track and Field record by over 16 feet and is the 12th best Championships. in Division II history. Kadri Kelve Jason Stuke 2003 3000m Steeplechase 1998 Outdoor Shot Put Kadri Kelve's record setting champi- Jason Stuke won the outdoor shot champi- onship came the same year she swept onship in 1998 for his tenth All-American honor at ESU. His MIAA record of 62- the cross country championship and 02.02 is the seventh best mark in Division indoor and outdoor distance races. II history. Rachel Goetz Laura Mayo 2004 Outdoor Shot Put 1998 Outdoor Hammer The last throw of Rachel Goetz's ca- Laura May won the 1998 hammer for ESU reer was a personal best and won the with a school record toss of 188-09. That national championship in shot put. mark still stands as the seventh best ham- The win was her ninth All-American mer throw in Division II history. finish. Andy Vogelsberg Deandra Doubrava 2006 Outdoor Javelin 1999 Outdoor 400m Hurdles Andy Vogelsberg's throw of 245- 1999 Heptathlon 03 is the second longest in NCAA Deandra Doubrava is the most decorated Division II history and earned him athlete for ESU. Among her 14 All-American the 2006 Outdoor javelin national honors are championships in the heptathlon championship. and 400m hurdles in 1999. Her school record of 5,394 points is 15th in Division II. Jonel Rossbach Jennifer Robinson 2008 Outdoor 5000m 2010 Outdoor High Jump Rossbach broke her own school Robinson cleared a school record record in the 5000m, running a 5-09.25 (1.76m) to earn ESU’s 13th 16:52.28 to overtake South Dakota’s outdoor national championship and Ramsey Kavan on the final lap. It the first ever in the high jump for the was the seventh time she had earned Hornet women. All-American honors. IFC TABLE OF CONTENTS/QUICK Facts AT A GLANCE TABLE OF CONTENTS ESU Outdoor National Champs . IFC Meet Records . 27 GENERAL INFORMATION At a Glance . 1 The MIAA . 28 Location . Emporia, Kan . Founded . 1863 ESU Indoor National Champs . 1 MIAA Champions . 29-30 Conference . Mid-America Intercollegiate Credits . 1 ESU Records . 31 . Athletics Association (MIAA) Enrollment . 6,523 Head Coach Dave Harris . 2 2010 Performance Lists . 32-33 Stadium . Welch Stadium Track . Zola Witten Track Assistant Coaches . 3 Men's Top Five Performer's . 34 Colors . Black & Old Gold Nickname . Hornets ESU Track/Power Rankings . 4 Women's Top Five Performer's . 35 President . Dr . Michael Lane 2010 Rosters . 5 Hornet Track History . 36 Director of Athletics . Kent Weiser Assoc . A .D ./Internal . Carmen Leeds Hornet Track Profiles . 6-21 2009 Cross Country Review . 37 Assoc . A .D ./External . Shane Shively Asst . A .D ./Media . Don Weast Hornet Recruites . 22 Hornet Track Academics . 38-39 COACHING STAFF 2010 Qualifying Standards . 23 Hornet All-Americans . 40-41 Head Coach . Dave Harris Alma Mater . Northeast Missouri State (‘78) Ken B . Jones Winners . 24 Welcome to ESU . 42-IBC Office Phone . (620) 341-5938 NCAA Post Graduate Scholar . 25 Best Time To Reach . Weekday Mornings Assistant Coach . Steve Blocker, Rick Ginter Witten Track Records . 26 Graduate Assistants . Erin Blocker, Eric Wellman . Michael Coonan, Ross Fellows 2009-2010 REVIEWS Men CREDITS MIAA Cross Country . 7th MIAA Indoor . 2nd CREDITS: Produced by the ESU Athletic Media Relations Office - Don Weast, Director, Josh MIAA Outdoor . 3rd Slaughter, Assistant Director . A Special thanks to ESU Track & Field Staff for their help in historical research . Photos by Patty Delmott, ESU ID Card Center; University Photography, Women MIAA Cross Country . 7th James R . Garvey, Director; Printing by ESU Printing Service; Tony Hall, Director . Cover MIAA Indoor . 6th Design by Kat Dorcas . MIAA Outdoor . 6th ESU Indoor National Champions Heather Leverington Josh Honeycutt 1999/2001 Outdoor Shot Put 2009 Indoor Triple Jump 1999-2001 Indoor Shot Put Won the National Indoor An Olympic Trials participant Championship in the triple in 2000, Heather Leverington jump before later in the year won five championships and setting a new ESU outdoor has a runner-up finish to her record with a jump of 53-09- credit. Her mark of 54-02.75 23. He is a four time MIAA is the second best shot put in Champion. Division II history. 1 ESU HEAD CoacH daVE HARRIS David Harris Dave Harris has just finished his 17th season as the head coach of the track 18th Season and field and cross country programs at Emporia State in 2009-10 . He is an 11-time MIAA Coach of the Year . Under his guidance, the Hornets have estab- 11 Time MIAA lished themselves as a nationally prominent NCAA Division II power in both Coach of the Year track and cross country as his athletes have earned 181 All-American honors, including 17 NCAA II individual championships since 1995 . He was named 2001 Division II the 2001 NCAA Division II Women’s Outdoor Track Coach of the Year by the Women’s Coach of United States Track Coaches Association . the Year Harris won his 11th MIAA Coach of the Year Award in 2003 after leading the ESU women to their third straight outdoor track title and fourth outdoor cham- pionship in five years after finishing second indoors . The Hornets swept both the indoor and outdoor MIAA women’s championships in 2001 and 2002 . Emporia State won the indoor title despite not having an indoor facility . Harris was named the 2000 South Central Regional Men’s Cross Country Coach of the Year . His 2000 women’s track team placed second at both the MIAA Indoor Championships and the MIAA Outdoor Championships . The men’s team placed third at both meets . In 1999 he became only the third coach to lead both the men’s and women’s teams to MIAA outdoor titles in the same season . The Hornets followed that with the school’s first ever top four national finish by the women’s team . He was named MIAA Men’s and Women’s and USTCA Women’s Track Regional Coach of the Year . In 1996 his outdoor teams posted their best combined finishes ever at an NCAA Championship event, placing fifth nationally on the women’s side and seventh on the men’s . His women’s outdoor team also captured its first MIAA team championship . In 1995, ESU captured first place at the MIAA Men’s Outdoor Track and Field Championships and captured the school’s first- ever women’s conference title at the 1994 MIAA Cross Country Championships . The year culminated with ESU hosting the 1995 NCAA II Outdoor Track and Field Championships .In addition, the men’s cross country program finished second in the MIAA and Jurmain Mitchell finished third at the NCAA Championships . The leadership and direction of Harris was essential in bringing the NCAA Outdoor Championships to the Flint Hills in 1995, 1999 and again in 2006 . He was heavily involved in the completion of the Zola Witten Track in 1993 . It was Harris’ enthusiasm and leadership which allowed the E-State community to embrace the enormous task of hosting these prestigious events . Harris came to ESU in 1992 from the University of Nebraska, where he coached middle distance runners and men's sprinters and hurdlers . In his seven-year stint as an assistant coach for the Cornhuskers, Harris coached 31 All-Americans and three Olympians . Harris received his bachelor's degree in physical education/social science and a master's degree in athletic administration from Truman State, formerly Northeast Missouri State University . At TSU, he was a four-year letterman in cross country and track and field and captained the track team for two years . After college, Harris joined the elite section of the St . Louis Track Club sponsored by adidas . From 1979-81 he ran seven marathons with a personal best of 2:19 .54 in New Orleans . At the 1979 Boston Marathon, he qualified for the 1980 US Olympic Trials with a time of 2:20 .46 . Harris retired from competitive road racing in 1981 to concentrate fully on coaching . Harris is married to the former Kathy Bechhold, and the couple have two sons, John-David and Jared . 2 CoacH DAVE HARRIS THE HARRIS FILE OUTDOOR INDOOR CROSS COUNTRY 2010 1999 2010 1999 2009 1995 MIAA Men . 3rd MIAA MEN . 1ST MIAA Men . 4th MIAA MEN . 4TH MIAA Men . 5th MIAA MEN . 4TH Women . 8th WOMEN . 1ST Women . 4th WOMEN . 3RD Women . 8th WOMEN . 2ND NCAA Men . 22nd NCAA MEN . 19TH Women . 14th WOMEN . 4TH NCAA Men . 9th 1998 2008 1994 Women . 17th MIAA MEN . 2ND MIAA Men . 7th MIAA MEN . 2ND 2008 1998 WOMEN . 2ND Women . 7th WOMEN . 1ST MIAA Men . 3rd MIAA MEN . 4TH 2009 Women . 3rd WOMEN . 4TH MIAA Men . 2nd 2007 1993 NCAA Men . 18th NCAA MEN . 10TH Women . 6th 1997 MIAA Men . 4th MIAA MEN . 3RD Women . 10th WOMEN . 10TH NCAA Men . 14th MIAA MEN .