Bearcats on the Rise
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BEARCATS ON THE RISE Loretta Blaut 2018 NCAA Indoor & Outdoor Runner-Up Aaron Bienenfeld Austin Edwards AAC 10,000m Champion 2018 American Athletic Conference Indoor Champions AAC All-Conference (60m) What They Are Saying about UC WHY CINCINNATI? “I chose UC for the culture. It is a different feel than I could have ever imagined. We are together as one here at Cincinnati and I feel that makes us exceptional compared to other teams. I always felt at home and that helped me excel to a very high level in both academics and athletics. The coaching and support staff around us made sure we would achieve at the highest level in the country and I feel that makes the University of Cincinnati one of a kind.” Alex Bloom ~ Combined Events & High Jump ~ 2018 UC Graduate / USTFCCCA All-America Second Team (indoor heptathlon) “I chose UC because we are FAMILY! The love and ‘One Team’ spirit we have is unmatched. Everyone you encounter is genuinely for you and the advancement of not only your athletic, but academic career. UC has molded me into the compassionate, driven, hard- working person I am today. This is because of the limitless resources, encouragement, and support I received during my four years. The most amazing part about my experience at UC is the relationships I made here are ones that will last forever.” Kellsa Mbah ~ Sprints, Relays & Jumps ~ 2018 UC Graduate / School Long Jump Record Holder / AAC Long Jump Champion Cincinnati Track & Field/Cross Country COMPETITIVE SUCCESS SINCE 2006 UC Track and Field/Cross Country has…. • EARNED 41 USTFCCCA ALL-AMERICA CERTIFICATES • WON 77 INDIVIDUAL CONFERENCE TITLES • WON 7 RELAY TITLES • WON 15 MOST OUSTANDING PERFORMER AWARDS • WON 3 CONFERENCE TEAM TITLE • TEAM PLACED IN THE AAC’S TOP 2 SEVEN TIMES Brooke Catherine (pole vault) joined Loretta Blaut (high jump) as Bearcats that swept their primary event at the 2018 AAC Indoor and 2018 AAC Outdoor Championships. 2018 American Athletic Conference Champions 2018-19 Cincinnati Track & Field/Cross Country Susan Seaton ∙ Director of Track & Field/Cross Country ∙ Works with: Throws COACHING STAFF ∙ [email protected] ∙ (513) 518-8125 Chris Wineberg ∙ Associate Head T&F Coach ∙ Works with: High Jump / 400m / 4x400m / Multi-Events ∙ [email protected] ∙ (513) 349-6355 Sam Burroughs ∙ Associate Head XC Coach/Assistant T&F Coach ∙ Works with: Men’s Cross Country & Men’s Distances ∙ [email protected] ∙ (513) 802-7076 Lara Crofford ∙ Assistant Coach ∙ Works with: Women’s Cross Country & Women’s Distances ∙ [email protected] ∙ (717) 713-0113 Nadine Faustin-Parker ∙ Assistant Coach ∙ Works with: Sprints / Hurdles / 4x100m Relay ∙ [email protected] ∙ (919) 673-0826 The University of Cincinnati coaching staff was voted by its fellow conference coaches as the 2018 American Athletic Sam Kranz ∙ Assistant Coach Conference Women’s Indoor Coaching Staff of the Year following the women’s team capturing its first indoor conference ∙ Works with: Pole Vault / Horizontal Jumps crown in program history. ∙ [email protected] Pictured (L-R): Logan Steiner (ATC), Jordan Bellomy (ATC), Lara Crofford (AC), Chris Wineberg (AC), Susan Seaton (HC), Nadine Faustin- Parker (AC), Sam Kranz (AC), Sam Burroughs (AC), Sarah Wiseman (VC) and Laruen Kelly (SP). ∙ (630) 696-1965 Burroughs Crofford Faustin-Parker Kranz Seaton Wineberg 2017-18 Cincinnati Track & Field/Cross Country Throughout Bearcats Athletics, there are numerous departments and individuals that work closely with coaches and student-athletes throughout the year. From academics to strength and conditioning and all points between, every member on staff is part of One SUPPORT STAFF Team that helps every single student-athlete work toward being the best he/she can be in all aspects of collegiate life. Student-Athlete Support Services / Academics Torry Cornett Associate Director [email protected] (513) 556-5612 Strength & Conditioning Lauren Kelly Assistant Coach [email protected] (513) 556-2889 Equipment Room Andy Kolb Assistant Manager [email protected] (513) 556-2223 Sports Medicine / Athletic Training Jordan Bellomy Athletic Trainer [email protected] (513) 556-4352 Lydia Wright Physical Therapist [email protected] (513) 556-4352 Sport Oversight Trever Wright Sr. Dir./Compliance [email protected] (513) 556-0557 Compliance Grace Kroner Assistant Director [email protected] (513) 556-0574 Athletics Communications (Sports Information) Alex Ryan Director [email protected] (513) 623-9992 Bearcats Athletics on Social ∙ FB/GoBearcats ∙ Twitter/@GoBearcats Bearcats TF/XC on Social ∙ FB/GoBearcatsTFXC ∙ Twitter/@GoBearcatsTFXC J. Bellomy T. Cornett L. Kelly A. Kolb G. Kroner A. Ryan L. Wright T. Wright The Places You Will See… CHAMPIONSHIP SITES x Birmingham, Ala. 2019 AAC Indoor Championships & 2019 NCAA Indoor Championships Jacksonville, Fla. 2019 NCAA East Preliminary Round Wichita, Kan. 2019 AAC Outdoor Championships Austin, Texas 2019 NCAA Outdoor Championships Student-Athlete Support Services (S.A.S.S.) BEARCATS ACADEMICS Throughout the year, S.A.S.S. assists student-athletes in preparing to be a successful total person. Along with leadership and community service, S.A.S.S. continues to work with Bearcats academically, an area that continues to see great improvements as 47-percent of all student-athletes (a UC Athletics record) made the Dean’s List in Spring 2018 (3.4+ GPA) and the department averaged an overall GPA of 3.253, also a UC Athletics record. Juliana Madzia not only graduated in 2017, but also was selected for the UC President’s Leadership Medal of Excellence, a first for a UC female student-athlete. SPRING ‘18 GPAs Cross Country (W) 3.547 Cross Country (M) 3.247 Track & Field (W) 3.458 Track & Field (M) Adrian Valles 3.231 2018 Spring/Summer Graduates 2x NCAA Elite 90 Award winner & 3x Academic All-American Chronicle of Higher Education calls Cincinnati “A RESEARCH HEAVYWEIGHT” RESEARCH FACTS • In 2015, UC and it’s affiliates were awarded $396,812,015 in funding toward research • UC graduate George Rieveschl invented the first antihistamine Benadryl • UC graduate Albert Sabin created the first oral polio vaccine UNIVERSITY FACTS • UC boasts a 15:1 student/faculty ratio • UC offers 309 programs of study with several ranked among the Top 20 nationally, according to the September 2015 U.S. News & World Report “Best National Universities” edition: – #3 Pediatrics – #6 Industrial Design – #10 Accounting – #20 Environmental Engineering • Co-ops, which were invented at UC in 1906, have been continually ranked among the nation’s best according to The Princeton Review • UC students also have many THE UNIVERSITY opportunities to participate in Cincinnati offers students a balance of educational excellence and real-world internships to gain more experience experience. UC is a public research university with an enrollment of more than 44,000 students and has been named "Among the top tier of the Best National Universities," according to U.S. News & World Report. A Dynamic Conference Covering Eleven States: AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE The American began competition in the 2013-14 academic year and consists of 12 institutions covering 11 different states (13 and 11 when including football affiliate Navy). The teams that make up the American Athletic Conference for the 2018-19 academic year are: Cincinnati Bearcats East Carolina Pirates Houston Cougars Memphis Tigers SMU Mustangs Temple Owls Tulane Green Wave Tulsa Golden Hurricane UCF Golden Knights UConn Huskies USF Bulls Wichita State Shockers Looking Back at 2018, Another GOLDEN YEAR Adrian Valles continued to dominate the AAC, winning his seventh title at the indoor meet Annette Echikunwoke swept the throws (weight, shot put) at the AAC indoor meet CONFERENCE GOLD Combining the indoor and outdoor competitions, UC won 12 individual and one women’s team title at the 2018 American Athletic Conference championship meets: MEN (4) • Bienenfeld, Aaron – 10,000m (out) • Bloom, Alex – high jump (in), decathlon (out) • Valles, Adrian – pole vault (in) WOMEN (8) • Blaut, Loretta – high jump (in & out) • Catherine, Brooke – pole vault (in & out) • Echikunwoke, Annette – weight throw (in), shot put (in) • Mitxelena, Irati (pictured) – triple jump (in) Alex Bloom won the outdoor decathlon and • Robinson, Bryana – 400m (in) indoor high jump in his senior year The Program’s First NCAA CHAMPION Heading into the final toss of the weight throw at the 2017 NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships in College Station, Texas, on March 11, 2017, the announcement rang out: “Now entering the ring, your 2017 national champion, Annette Echikunwoke of Cincinnati!” With her previous five throws, along with all the massive marks she had recorded throughout the season, the final throw of the day for Echikunwoke was just a formality as Echikunwoke had already secured her gold medal and the first national title in program history. In the early 1970’s, Al Lanier had come the closest as he was the national runner-up in the long jump four times in his career. But now, UC had its first champion in track and field and just the fifth individual title in UC history. Echikunwoke’s first-round toss of 21.87m (71’ 9”) was all she needed on the day, but she improved that to 21.81m (71’ 6.75”) before closing out the meet with her best mark of the day: a toss of 22.42m (73’ 6.75”), her seventh 22m throw of the year (the rest of the nation combined for five). A FIRST “It is amazing for me to get the victory,” Echikunwoke said. “But it also Echikunwoke won the program’s first national title at the means a lot to me to put UC on the map more and more. I just wanted to 2017 NCAA Indoor Championships compete and do the best I could do and the best I could do was win. It is a great feeling!” Bearcats Women: 12th IN THE NATION At the 2018 NCAA Indoor Championships in College Station, Texas, Echikunwoke placed second in the weight throw to score 8 team points one day before Blaut was the runner-up in the high jump after she tied for the title and settled for second after a seven-round jump-off to break the national title tie.