Table of Contents Cross Country/ The Table of Contents/Quick Facts ...... 1 Track & Field University Media List...... 2 Quick Facts Notre Dame Glossary ...... 3-5 Track & Field Legends ...... 6 Notre Dame Quick Facts Recent Track & Field Legends ...... 7 Location...... Notre Dame, IN 46556 Media Information 2003-04 Season Preview Founded...... 1842 Enrollment ...... 8,261 (undergraduate) 11,311 (total) The Notre Dame Sports Cross Country Previews...... 10-11 Nickname ...... Fighting Irish Cross Country Rosters ...... 12-13 Information Office always is inter- Colors ...... Gold and Blue Men’s Track & Field Preview ...... 14 ested in assisting members of the Conference...... BIG EAST Men’s Track & Field Roster ...... 15 media in their coverage of the Irish Facilities ...... Meyo Track (indoors) Women’s Track & Field Preview ...... 16-17 and cross country Monogram Track (outdoors) Women’s Track & Field Roster ...... 18 President ...... Rev. Edward A. Malloy, C.S.C. programs. Publicity and media information for Notre Dame cross Coaches Provost ...... Dr. Nathan Hatch Director of Athletics ...... Kevin White country/ track & field are handled by Head Coach Joe Piane ...... 20-21 Athletic Department Web Page ...... www.und.com associate sports information direc- Assistant Coach Tim Connelly ...... 22 Athletic Department Hotline ...... 574-631-3000 tor Doug Walker. Assistant Coach John Millar ...... 23 Photographs, feature ideas and Assistant Coach Scott Winsor ...... 24 Coaching Staff results are always available from Assistant Coach B.J. Linnenbrink ...... 25 Track and Field Head Coach Support Staff ...... 26 the Notre Dame sports information Men’s Cross Country Head Coach office. All interviews with coaches Players ...... Joe Piane (Loras ’69) and student-athletes should be Piane’s Office Phone...... (574) 631-6135 arranged through the Notre Dame Women’s Biographies ...... 28-50 Women’s Cross Country Head Coach Men’s Biographies ...... 51-74 Track and Field Women’s Distance Coach Sports Information and Walker at ...... Tim Connelly (Notre Dame ’83) (574) 631-7516. 2002-03 Season In Review Connelly’s Office Phone ...... (574) 631-6989 2002 Men’s/Women’s Cross Country Results...... 76-77 Track and Field Sprint/Hurdle Coach BIG EAST Outlets 2003 Men’s/Women’s Track & Field Results ...... 78-86 ...... John Millar (Western Ontario ’78) Millar’s Office Phone ...... (574) 631-4871 The BIG EAST maintains its pres- History & Records Track and Field Jumps Coach ence on the web at NCAA Track & Field All-Americans...... 88 ...... Scott Winsor (Loras ’87) www.bigeast.org which contains NCAA Track & Field Results ...... 89 Winsor’s Office Phone ...... (574) 631-8491 current information on all facets of Cross Country Home Meet History ...... 90-91 Track and Field Throws Coach the BIG EAST Conference...... BJ Linnenbrink (Florida State ’02) Men’s Track & Field All-Americans ...... 92-93 Standings, notes, schedules, results Men’s NCAA Results ...... 94-95 Linnenbrink’s Office Phone ...... (574) 631-9982 Men’s Indoor Results ...... 96-97 Coaches' Fax...... (574) 631-9690 and statistics are updated on a Women’s Indoor Results ...... 98-99 daily basis. Men’s Meet Records...... 100 Sports Information Women’s Meet Records ...... 101 Address ...... Sports Information Credits Men’s BIG EAST Results...... 102-103 112 Joyce Center Women’s BIG EAST Results...... 104-105 Notre Dame, IN 46556-5678 The 2004-05 Notre Dame Cross Men’s Indoor/Outdoor Bests ...... 106-107 Assoc. AD/Sports Country/ Track & Field Guide was Women’s Indoor/Outdoor Bests ...... 108-109 Information Director ...... John Heisler written and edited by Doug Walker, Men’s Cross Country Monogram Winners...... 110 Asst. SID/ Alan Wasielewski and student Women’s Cross Country Monogram Winners...... 111 Track & CC Contact...... Alan Wasielewski assistants Nicole Rapagnani and Men’s Track & Field Monogram Winners ...... 112-117 Sports Information Office ...... (574) 631-7516 Joe Meginnes. Women’s Track & Field Monogram Winners...... 118 Wasielewski’s Home Phone ...... (574) 258-9425 E-mail...... [email protected] Graphic design, typography and University Sports Information Fax ...... (574) 631-7941 page layout by Cindy Lemcke of The University ...... 120-121 BIG EAST Conference Ave Maria Press, Inc. This Indicators of Excellence ...... 122-123 Address...... 222 Richmond Street publication was produced entirely Notre Dame Leaders ...... 124 Providence, RI 02903 by using Quark Xpress desktop Academic Services ...... 125 BIG EAST Phone...... (401) 272-9108 publishing and Microsoft Word Kevin White ...... 126-127 BIG EAST Fax ...... (401) 751-8540 software on an Apple Macintosh Statement of Principles ...... 128-129 BIG EAST Conference web page ....www.bigeast.org computer system. Inside and Student Development ...... 130-131 Commissioner ...... Michael Tranghese outside cover design by Dave Noteworthy Alumni ...... 132 Scholtes of Ave Maria Press, Inc., Alumni Association/Monogram Club ...... 133 Strength and Conditioning...... 134 Notre Dame, Ind. Athletic Training ...... 135 Interior photography by Mike Compliance ...... 136 Bennett of Lighthouse Imaging, Kevin Rockne Heritage Fund ...... 137 Notre Dame Sports Burke, Matt Cashore, Linda Dunn, BIG EAST Conference...... 138 Hotline: Heather Gollatz of HG Photography, NACDA Directors’ Cup...... 139 Pete LaFleur, C.W. Pack, Derrick Athletic Résumé ...... 140-141 (574) 631-3000 Peyando, Sam Roberts, Eric Notre Dame Traditions ...... 142 Ruethling, David Silverman, S.R. 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2004-05 CROSS COUNTRY/TRACK & FIELD 1 Media Information

John Millar (left), Joe Piane (center) and Scott Winson (right) have helped lead the Notre Dame track and field team to five BIG EAST titles in the last four years.

Media Following the Irish Print Media Print Media Television WDND-ESPN Radio 1000 (Sean Stires) South Bend Tribune Notre Dame Scholastic WNDU-TV - NBC 3371 Cleveland Rd. Ext. (Bill Bilinski/Jason Kelly) LaFortune Student Center (Jeff Jeffers/Jack Nolan) Ste. 310 225 West Colfax Avenue Notre Dame, IN 46556 P.O. Box 1616 South Bend, IN 46628 South Bend, IN 46626 (574) 631-7569 South Bend, IN 46634 (574) 273-9300 (574) 235-6316 Fax (574) 631-9648 (574) 631-1616/1239 Fax (574) 273-9090 Fax (574) 235-6091 Fax (574) 631-2916 USA Today/USA Today Online Associated Press 1000 Wilson Boulevard WSBT-TV/Radio - CBS University/Conference (Tom Coyne) 22nd Floor (Charlie Adams/Greg Carroll) Notre Dame Sports Information South Bend Tribune Building Arlington, VA 22229 300 West Jefferson (Alan Wasielewski) 225 West Colfax Avenue 1-800-872-3410 ext. 7103 South Bend, IN 46601 Wasielewski [email protected] South Bend, IN 46626 Online Fax (703) 907-4465 (574) 472-8124 www.und.com (574) 288-1649 Fax (574) 288-6630 112 Joyce Center – 2nd Floor Fax (574) 236-1765 Track and Field News Notre Dame, IN 46556-5678 (Dan Lilot) WSJV-TV - FOX (574) 631-7516 Irish Sports Report 2570 El Camino Real Suite 606 (Dean Huppert) Fax (574) 631-7941 (Eric Hansen) Mountain View, CA 94040 59096 County Road 7 South 225 West Colfax Avenue (650) 948-8188 Elkhart, IN 46514 BIG EAST Conference Office South Bend, IN 46626 (650) 948-9445 (fax) (574) 679-4545 or 293-9227 www.bigeast.org (574) 235-6161 Fax (574) 294-1324 222 Richmond Street Fax (574) 239-2646 Trackwire Providence, RI 02903 (Gary Verigin) Radio (401) 272-9108 Blue & Gold Illustrated P.O. Box 128 Fax (401) 751-8540 (Lou Somogyi) Escalon, California 95320-0128 WHME TV/Radio 1605 North Home (209) 838-3024 or (Bob Nagle) College Sports Online 61300 Ironwood Road Mishawaka, IN 46545 (209) 838-3522 (Kathleen Lopez) South Bend, IN 46625 (574) 255-9800 [email protected] (574) 291-8200 Fax (574) 255-9700 Trackwire Online C-36 Joyce Center Fax (574) 291-9043 (Erik Palmer) Notre Dame, IN 46556 Notre Dame Observer P.O. Box 31053 (574) 631-3207 LaFortune Student Center Portland, Or. 97231 Notre Dame, IN 46556 [email protected] (574) 631-7471 Phone: (503) 283-771 Fax (574) 631-6927

UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME 2 Academic All-Americans – Luke Aragon – Former Irish track and cross Watson became the second Irish track and country standout Dr. Chuck Aragon was Glossary field/cross country student-athlete to earn presented with the Spirit of Notre Dame Academic All-America honors in two con- Award during the Notre Dame-Michigan secutive seasons last year. Watson landed game in the fall of 1992. The award, spon- on the Verizon/CoSIDA Academic All- sored by Maxwell House and General America first-team after earning two ath- Foods, recognized Notre Dame athletes, letic All-America honors in 2003 and past and present, who distinguished them- posting a 3.765 GPA while working toward selves in competition, demonstrated the his master’s degree in accountancy. “Spirit of Notre Dame” and exhibited the Watson graduated from Notre Dame in ideals of the University. Aragon captained May of 2002 with a degree in accounting both the Notre Dame cross country and from the Mendoza College of Business. track teams during his career (1977-81) and was the first Irish sub-four-minute miler. Notre Dame Track and An All-American and bronze medalist in Field/Cross Country Academic the 1,500 meters at the Pan Am Games, he All-Americans placed fourth in the 1984 Olympic Trials. Aragon, who completed his residency in Tom Mick - 1988 anesthesiology, donated many hours to the Mike McWilliams - 1995 Logan Center while at Notre Dame. Jeff Hojnacki - 1997 Jason Rexing - 1997, 1998 Back to the Bend – Although the Irish Errol Williams - 1998 won their only cross country national Michael Brown - 1999 championship in 1957, the bus ride home Alison Klemmer - 2000 from East Lansing, Mich., was anything Irish football flanker Tim Brown (above) Ryan Shay - 2002 but a celebration. In 26-degree weather, held the Notre Dame 55-meter record until Luke Watson - 2002, 2003 the Irish upset heavily-favored Michigan fellow gridiron star Raghib Ismail broke the State, but when coach Alex Wilson added record in 1991. Brown won the Heisman All-America Streak – Irish runners up the team’s score of 121 points, he felt the Trophy for his football exploits in 1987. have a proven record in national champi- score was extremely high to contend for onship meets as evidenced by their current the title. As a result, he and his team Football Players – The Notre Dame line of All-American honorees. packed up and took the bus back to South football and track and field programs are The Irish men’s track and field team is on Bend. About halfway home the stunning two of the oldest varsity sports on the Irish a streak of 14 years with at least one com- news came over the bus radio, Notre Dame campus. There have been a number of foot- petitor earning All-America honors (the had defeated Michigan State by six points. ball stars who have crossed over to the Irish have amassed 148 All-America honors track, or the field, and left an impression on since 1921). The women’s track and field Deeter – JoAnna Deeter ended her career the track and field program. Just a glance team has enjoyed an All-American perform- as one of the best women’s cross country at the Notre Dame track and field record ance each season since 1997 (seven-year and track and field runners in Irish history. book shows the effect that football players streak) and 30 overall since 1994. A native of Glen Ellyn, Ill., Deeter earned have had on it. Raghib “Rocket” Ismail, All-America status twice for cross country who finished second in the Heisman in 1996 and 1998 and three times in track Trophy balloting in 1990 holds the school and field, all in 1999. Included in her record for the indoor 55 meters and fin- accomplishments are two school records - ished as an All-American in 1991. the indoor and outdoor 3,000 and 10,000. Former Irish defensive back Allen Rossum currently holds the school record Fifth – One-fifth of a mile is the length of in the indoor 60 meters (6.68), former run- the Meyo Track and Field, the largest colle- ning back Randy Kinder set the indoor 200- giate indoor surface in the country and the meter record in 21.11 and former receiver home track for the Irish indoor teams. First Bobby Brown owns the indoor 400-meter opened in 1988, the track was named for record (47.39). Ray and Marie Meyo of Brecksville, Ohio, Some football and track and field mono- and is made of the Mondo track surface gram winners include Heisman Trophy featuring six 42-inch lanes. winner Tim Brown, Jack Elder, Edward The Meyo track has established itself as “Moose” Krause, , Dean Lytle, one of the fastest surfaces in the nation and Ryan Mihalko (the school-record holder in welcomes a number of high-class athletes the javelin), Creighton Miller and Knute in a ‘last chance’ meet (the Alex Wilson Rockne. Invitational) who are attempting to qualify Current Irish assistant track and field for the NCAA Indoor Championship. The coach John Millar is the speed coach for the Meyo Invitational, which features the Notre Dame football team and his sprint ‘Meyo Mile’ (a special race that features corps could get a boost this season from many of the top milers in the nation) and Dwight Ellick (who earned a letter in track the Alex Wilson Invitational are fixtures on and field during the 2002, and 2004 season). the Notre Dame track and field indoor (left), founder of the Irish track and field schedule each season. program, poses with John Plant and Edwin Richardson in 1913.

2004-05 CROSS COUNTRY/TRACK & FIELD 3 Glossary

Ghana – The impact of Notre Dame track can be felt around the world as evidenced by William P. Mahoney, an Irish alumnus who served as the U.S. ambassador to Ghana under the Kennedy Administration. A sprinter for coach John Nicholson, Mahoney took over the coaching duties when Nicholson died in 1940. Mahoney guided the team to an unofficial victory in the Drake Relays before he entered the Navy in 1942.

Heisman – Achieving success on both the track and the football field was the trademark of former Irish runners Tim Brown and Raghib Ismail. Brown won the Track coach from 1927-1940, John P. Nicholson became an innovator in coaching technique purely by accident. 1987 Heisman Trophy in addition to run- ning with the track team during the off- season. Brown owned the school record in Hurd and his colleagues increasingly in activity) and the NCAA’s prestigious Silver the 55 meters until 1990 when ‘90 Heisman demand as their reputation grows. Anniversary Award in 1994 (recognizing runner-up Raghib Ismail ran 6.07 in the Hurd’s days of distinction as a collegian career success and community service). He event and eventually went on to earn track included being named Notre Dame’s “ath- holds two U.S./foreign patents for optical All-America honors by finishing second in lete of the year” for 1967-68 and establishing devices, including a slit-lamp, mountable the 1991 NCAA indoor 55 meters. the American indoor record in the 300-yard intraocular biometer. dash (29.8). He set eight Notre Dame records Also an accomplished jazz musician, Hurd – Dr. Bill Hurd was honored this and totaled five All-America finishes at the Hurd currently is completing work on his year at a Monogram Club dinner with the 1968 and ‘69 NCAA meets (only two Notre fourth CD, in which he plays the saxo- Moose Krause Award, the highest honor Dame student-athletes ever have totaled phone and flute. presented by the Monogram Club to a more All-America honors). Hurd and his wife Rhynette, an attorney, member most worthy of distinction. A He also was a finalist (top eight) at the have sent both of their sons to Notre Dame. world-class sprinter and 1969 Notre Dame Olympic Trials in the 100 and 200 meters, graduate with a degree in electrical engi- finishing fifth in the 100 to just miss a spot Jinx – Although Irish great Greg Rice is neering, Hurd now is a noted eye surgeon – on the Olympic squad (his competitors widely regarded as one of the best dis- with an ophthalmology practice in included the likes of Jim Hines, John Carlos, tance runners of all time, his coach only Memphis that specializes in cataract, glau- Tommy Smith and Mel Gray). saw him race once during his Notre Dame coma and diabetic treatment and keratore- Hurd – who added graduate degrees career. Coach John Nicholson felt he super- fractive surgery. from Massachesetts Institute of stitiously jinxed Rice during races and Hurd annually spends 2-3 weeks provid- Technology (master’s in management sci- therefore stayed in South Bend while Rice ing voluntary eye surgery to the poor in ence) and Meaharry Medical School in traveled to meets. The only race Nicholson Africa, Mexico and Brazil. On the most Nashville – was a Rhodes Scholarship saw was perhaps one of Rice’s finest as he recent trip to Madagascar, he and two regional finalist and received Notre outdueled Taisto Maki and Don Lash to win other doctors saw 1,100 patients in 10 days Dame’s Harvey Foster Award in 1992 (rec- a three-mile race in 13:52.2. Unfortunately, and he performed 35 eye surgeries – with ognizing alumni for distinguished civic the race would also be Nicholson’s last as the coach died two days later from compli- cations of a heart attack that he suffered just hours before the competition.

Krause Stadium – The outdoor home of the Irish track team, the 5,000-seat Krause Stadium is located behind the Joyce Center. The Monogram Track fea- tures eight 48-inch lanes on the curves and nine lanes on the front stretch. Consisting of Mondo track material, the Monogram Track features the same surface used in the 1992 Barcelona .

Lieb – Tom Lieb, an Irish shot put thrower in the early 20’s, is credited with introduc- ing the spin-style delivery to the sport, a style which is still used today. Lieb won the NCAA championship in the event during Two-time NCAA shot put champion (’23 and ’24) Tom Lieb introduced the the 1923 and 1924 seasons. spinning throw delivery in the discus, which is still in use today.

UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME 4 Glossary

Scholarships – The University of Notre Dame intends to add additional athletic grants-in-aid over the next two years so that all 26 varsity programs will receive the full NCAA complement of scholarships, by as early as the academic year 2004-05. Sports benefiting from the additional scholarships include the men’s and women’s track and field and cross country teams. “Fully scholarshipping all our programs will help us realize our goals over the next five or six years of pushing Notre Dame’s athletic program toward a top finish in the annual Sears Directors’ Cup standings,” Notre Dame Director of Athletics Kevin White says. “This eventually will put all of our pro- grams in position to compete for national championships.” Notre Dame finished 19th in the 2003-04 Sears Directors Cup standings.

Starting Blocks – John P. Nicholson bestowed upon the track world perhaps his greatest innovation, the starting block. His John P. Nicholson was one of track and field’s greatest innovators in the late 20’s and early 30’s. starting block caught on in the late 1920s and Here he is pictured with Irish distance great Greg Rice, plotting out the All-American’s next race. was well-received by the track community. “You have a device which will materially Loftus – Notre Dame first utilized the Prices – There is no charge to watch the make short distance, hurdle and relay rac- Loftus Sports Center in October of 1987 and Notre Dame track and field and cross coun- ing more popular with both the public and is enjoying its 17th full season of use in try teams in action. The cross country teams athletes,” wrote former Illinois coach Harry 2003-04. The indoor complex features the will be on campus two times this season Gill in a 1929 letter. “It appears to be a real Haggar Fitness Complex, an 8,000-square (see schedule on back cover of this media help to track athletics.” foot weightlifting area and Meyo Field. The guide), while the indoor track and field John Griffith, former chairman of the complex houses a 154-seat auditorium and teams will host the Meyo Invitational and NCAA track and field rules committee and nine conference rooms. The building, dedi- Alex Wilson Invitational, as well as the commissioner of the , cated in April 1988 after construction began Spring Opener during the outdoor season. was equally impressed in a letter written in March 1987, is available for a variety of the same year. other uses – including practice by Irish field Rockne – The name that has become “I have studied the pictures of your new sport teams. synonymous with Notre Dame football was starting device with a great deal of interest, The Loftus Center took on a new look over also involved in the Irish track scene. After and am of the opinion that you have made a the summer of 2003, as a new pristige turf sur- a difficult freshman year as a reserve on distinct contribution to track athletics.” face was installed and a brand-new Mondo the varsity football team, Knute Rockne track. Already one of the elite surfaces in the turned his attention to track where he Varsity – While the men’s track and field country, the Meyo Track will be even faster earned a monogram and, as legend has it, and cross country teams are two of the old- for the 2004 track and field season. once broke the world record in the indoor est teams at Notre Dame, dating back to the pole vault with his best effort of 12-4, but 19th century, the women’s program is only in National Champions – Fifteen Irish held it for such a brief period that he never its infancy. The women’s cross country team athletes have won 16 national track titles received official recognition for it. Rockne is in its 17th year and owns five conference during the program’s history, in addition to became the University’s first track coach in titles in that time, including the 2002 BIG the two individual and one team champi- 1916 and the first cross country mentor in EAST Championship. The women’s cross onships in cross country. The most recent 1920. During his tenure, Rockne guided five country team also finished third at the track champion was Ryan Shay, who ran Olympians and two Olympic medalists. NCAA Championship in 2002. away with the 10,000 meters at the 2001 The coach resigned his track responsibili- The women’s track and field squad NCAA Championships in Eugene, Ore. ties in 1928 to devote his energy to football enters its 13th season of varsity competi- Before Shay’s triumphant victory, Notre until his death in 1931. tion this year and has won four league Dame’s most recent track and field cham- championships in that time and advanced pion was Tom McMannon who won the 55- Roof-Top Running – Injured by a wild at least one runner to the NCAA champi- meter high hurdles in 1972. Greg Rice (1938) , John P. Nicholson (Irish track onships for the 10th straight year in 2003- and Oliver Hunter (1942) were individual coach from 1927-40) sat on the roof of a car and 04. The women’s team also broke through cross country champions, while coach Alex shouted instructions to his runners through a for its first BIG EAST Championship team Wilson’s 1957 squad won the team national megaphone during training. The method title at the 2002 indoor meet. championship. proved so effective that Nicholson made the car a regular part of his training regimen.

2004-05 CROSS COUNTRY/TRACK & FIELD 5 Track & Field Legends

J. Gregory Nicholas Alex Rick Rice Sparks Wilson Wohlhuter All-American Monogram Winner All-American 1930-32 All-American 1969-70 1937-39 1987-88 Irish Track Coach 1950-72 U.S. Olympian Sullivan Award Winner Sullivan Award Winner Best-selling author, Nicholas A middle-distance track star at Gregory Rice, billed as the Sparks graduated in 1988 and Notre Dame, Alex Wilson is a per- Rick Wohlhuter, a two-time greatest distance runner the was a two-time monogram win- fect example of an outstanding Olympian and 1971 Notre Dame has ever pro- ner in track and field. At Notre athlete and legendary coach. graduate, was selected to the duced, was presented with the Dame, Sparks was a member of While at Notre Dame, Wilson Track and Field Hall of Fame in 1940 Sullivan Trophy as the the 4x800-meter relay team, was undefeated in the quarter- 1991. Winner of an Olympic nation’s top amateur athlete which still holds the outdoor and half-mile events and set a bronze medal in the 800 meters after he set a world three-mile school record. national indoor record of 49.3 for in 1976, he holds the distinction record at the national champi- After pursuing a variety of the 440 in 1932. He set records in of being the last man to qualify onships. Named “the Little Man jobs after graduation, he wrote both the 440 and 880 races. Wilson for the Games in both the 800- with a Big Finish,” Rice his first novel entitled “The also won the Amateur Athletic and 1,500-meter events. smashed the world three-mile Notebook,” which was released Union 600 and twice captured the Wohlhuter won the IC4A 880- record with a time of 13:51. He in 1996. That novel became one Milrose 600. yard title in 1971 and qualified earned All-America honors in of only five novels published in In 1928 and 1932, he competed for the Olympics in 1972. the mile in 1937, and also the last 30 years that spent in the Olympics for his native In addition to his appearance received those honors in the more than a year on the New Canada and won a silver in the in the Games, Wohlhuter broke two-mile as he won the event in York Times hardcover best 800-meter race and a bronze in the U.S. 800-meter record twice 1937 and ’39 and placed second seller List. the 400-meter run in 1932. and twice set world records for in 1938. His second novel, “Message In 1950, after 18 years as a suc- the 880-yard race. He also set Rice was undefeated in 65 in a Bottle,” was published in cessful track and swimming coach the world record for the 1,000 major indoor and outdoor races 1998 and remained a bestseller at Loyola (Ill.) he returned to coach meters in 1974 and won the in just over three years with 10 for 43 weeks. The film version, at Notre Dame. During his 23 years event the next three indoor sea- world records in six different starring Kevin Costner, Paul with the Irish, his teams finished sons. Wohlhuter also won events. Rice became the first- Newman and Robin Wright in the national top 10 11 times. national outdoor titles in 1973 ever cross country national Penn, opened at number one at Wilson guided three track and ’74. In 1974 he earned the champion in 1938 when he ran the box office and grossed more national champions, 28 track and Sullivan Award as the nation’s the four-mile course in 20:12.9 than $100 million. eight cross country All-Americans top amateur athlete. to lead the Irish to a second- His third novel, “A Walk to and led the Irish to the cross coun- A 1970 NCAA champion in place team finish. Remember,” was published in try national championship in 1957. the 600-yard event, the two- Born in 1916, Rice died in October 1999 and turned into a His teams appeared in the meet a time All-American was also a May of 1991. movie in 2002 starring Mandy total of 18 times. member of Notre Dame’s two- Moore. Sparks’ fourth novel He was voted into the Canadian mile relay team which placed called “Nights in Rodanthe” is Track Hall of Fame in 1954 and in second in the nation in 1969. available in hard cover now 1967 he was elected to the Helms Wohlhuter joined John Beatty, while he just released a fifth Athletic Foundation Hall of Fame the first man to break the four- book called “The Wedding”. for his contributions as a track minute mile indoors, high Nicholas Sparks has been coach in the United States. jumper Charles Dumas, a 1956 married for 12 years and has Wilson was also honored as gold medalist and first jumper five children. He lives in New national coach of the year by the to clear seven feet, and Doris Bern, N.C., and still runs nine NCAA Cross Country Coaches Brown-Heritage, winner of 14 miles a day. Association in 1972, and an U.S. distance titles and five indoor track and field meet is world cross country champi- held in his honor each year at onships, as the 1991 Track and Notre Dame. Field Hall of Fame inductees. Wilson died on Dec. 10, 1994, at the age of 87.

UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME 6 Recent Track & Field Legends

Ryan Liz Luke Tameisha Shay Grow Watson King Nine-time All-American Four-time All-American Eight-time All-American Four-time All-American 2001 NCAA Champion Five-time BIG EAST Six-time BIG EAST Four-time BIG EAST 2003 USA Marathon Champion Champion Champion Champion Sub-Four Minute Mile

A 2001 graduate, Ryan Shay Liz Grow, a 2002 graduate, Enjoying one of the best careers in Tameisha King graduated became the USA Marathon asserted herself as one of the the history of Notre Dame track and from Notre Dame in 2003, and Champion in 2003, continuing best sprinter's in Notre Dame field, Luke Watson competed in one left the Univeristy as its top the championship ways of his history during her career. Grow of the most exciting moments in the female long jumper. collegiate years. Shay is the was a four-time All-American, history of the track and field pro- King owns both the indoor most decorated athlete in the earning the honor twice in the gram. and outdoor school records for history of Notre Dame track and indoor 400-meter dash, and In January of 2003, Watson broke the long jump, in addition to field. A 2001 NCAA champion in twice with the 4x400-meter one of the great barriers in sports, running in the school record the 10,000 meters, Shay was a relay team, once indoors and the four-minute mile, in front of one 4x100-meter relay. nine-time All-American includ- once outdoors. of the largest crowds to ever see a She was a four-time All- ing two honors for cross coun- Grow was a five-time BIG track meet at Notre Dame. Watson’s American, with three of those try, two for indoor track and six EAST champion, and helped mile of 3:57.83 was the fastest colle- honors coming during the out- for outdoor track. His 10 honors lead the 2002 women’s track giate indoor mile in the country in door season, and one during are the most in school history. and field team to a BIG EAST ’03 and was only the second sub- the indoor season. Each of her In 2002, a fifth year of eligi- championship. four-minute mile in school history. All-American honors came in bility, Shay was named an Grow's top individual finish In the ’03 season, Watson’s last the long jump. Academic All-American, and in the NCAA Championships with the Irish, he was honored as King has five top-10 finishes had a second-place finish in was fourth place in 2002 at the an All-American for the eighth in the NCAA Championships the 10,000 meters at the NCAA indoor championships in the time, including two for cross coun- as well as four BIG EAST Championships. 400-meter dash, and her best try, four for indoor track and two for Championships to her credit. Shay was a nine-time BIG finish in the 4x400 relay was outdoor track. King also has a very impres- EAST champion in his years at fifth the same year at the out- He was also named an sive resume outside of the col- Notre Dame, with one of those door meet. She owns the high- Academic All-American in both the legiate spectrum. In 2001, as a victories coming in cross coun- est-ever finish for a Notre ’02 and ’03 seasons. sophomore, she placed second try. He also had seven top-10 Dame women’s sprinter at the Upon graduating, Watson had in the long jump at National finishes at the NCAA NCAA Championship. five top-10 finishes in the NCAA Junior Track and Field Championships in various dis- Perhaps the most telling sta- Track and Field Championships, Championships, and went on tance events including the tistics about the success she and two top-10 finishes at the to finish in the top 10 at the 3,000, 5,000 and 10,000 meters. enjoyed at Notre Dame are her NCAA Championships for cross World Junior Championships in In 2000, he competed for the school records. At the time she country. Additionally, Watson held Santiago, Chile. right to represent the USA track graduated, Grow was a part of five school records – the indoor and More recently, she won the and field team at the Olympic six different school records, outdoor mile, the 3,000-meter stee- 2004 USA Track and Field Games, finishing 10th in the and had set a seventh in her plechase, the indoor 3,000 meters Indoor long jump title after fin- Olympic Trials. junior year, which was subse- and the distance medley relay. ishing fourth in ’03. King ended Upon graduation, he held quently broken the next sea- Watson was also a force to be up sixth at the U.S. Olympic school records in the indoor son. reckoned with in the BIG EAST. Trials and was the top finisher 5,000 meters, the outdoor 5,000 Grow's school record résumé During his career he was a six-time from the United States at the meters and the 10,000 meters. includes the University's BIG EAST champion. He also led 2003 Pan-Am Games. Shay's 2001 national champi- fastest times in the indoor and the 2003 Irish to BIG EAST onship was the first outdoor outdoor 400 meters, the indoor Championships in both the indoor championship by a Notre 500 meters, the indoor and out- and outdoor seasons, the first time Dame athlete since 1954. door 4x400 relays and the 4x100 a Notre Dame team accomplished relay. that feat.

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