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CONTENTS 1 Media, Athletic, and University Information CROSS COUNTRY/ TRACK 2 Season Outlook INFORMATION 3-4 Head Coach Kelly Sullivan 5-7 Coaching and Support Staff HEAD COACH Kelly Sullivan (5th year) 7 Roster E-MAIL [email protected] 8-16 Returning Student-Athletes 17-19 New Student-Athlete Profiles OFFICE PHONE (541) 737-9924 19 Proposed Track Facility 20-23 Oregon State Cross Country & Track History 24 2008-2009 Cross Country and Track ASSISTANT COACHES Cynthia Castro (5th year) & Elizabeth Carey (1st year) 25-36 Oregon State University OFFICE PHONE (541) 737-6010 UNIVERSITY INFORMATION VOLUNTEER ASSISTANT Chas Davis LOCATION Corvallis, Ore. OFFICE PHONE (541) 737-6010 ENROLLMENT 19,700 OFFICE ADDRESS 229 Gill Coliseum FOUNDED 1868 Corvallis, OR 97331 PRESIDENT Dr. Edward Ray SECRETARY Holly Bell ATHLETIC DIRECTOR Bob De Carolis OFFICE PHONE (541) 737-6119 MASCOT Beavers ATHLETIC TRAINER Jesseca Holcomb COLORS Orange and Black AFFILIATION NCAA Division I FIRST VARSITY SEASON 1973-74 CONFERENCE Pacific-10 2008 PAC-10 XC FINISH 6 of 10 2008 PAC-10 TRACK FINISH 10 of 10 ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS HOME TRACK Corvallis High School FAX (541) 737-3072 HOME COURSE Trysting Tree ADDRESS 103 Gill Coliseum Corvallis, OR 97331 CREDITS DIRECTOR Steve Fenk The 2008 Oregon State women’s cross country and track guide was written and edited by Caleb Hawley. Designed by Holly Thomson, Caleb Hawley and the Oregon State Athletics Communications Office. ASSISTANTS Jason Amberg Photography by Stoddard Reynolds, Denny Wolverton, Dave Nishitani, Erik Michael Collins Dresser, Beth Buglione and from Oregon State athletic department archives. Front cover image designed by Stoddard Reynolds. Special thanks to Kip Hank Hager Carlson and Lindsay Wallace. Melody Stockwell MEDIA INFORMATION XC/TRACK CONTACT Caleb Hawley No credentials are required for covering Oregon State’s home cross country E-MAIL [email protected] meets, which are held at Trysting Tree Golf Course. The course is located OFFICE PHONE (541) 737-3720 adjacent to the Oregon State campus. Arrangements for interviews, photos CELL PHONE (402) 750-3428 and information can be made through the Oregon State Athletic Communic- tions Office by calling Caleb Hawley at (541) 737-3720 or (402) 750-3428. ATHLETICS WEBSITE www.osubeavers.com 1 SEASON OUTLOOK A “storm is brewing” in Corvallis, Ore. This is a storm of ment, and we are expecting big things from them this year.” the Oregon State women’s cross country and track pro- Each year the programs have improved upon the previ- grams headed by fifth-year head coach Kelly Sullivan. ous, flirting with break out years. Last year 11 new times Oregon State, a program in its fifth year of NCAA were registered into Oregon State’s career top 10 lists that competition, has reached a included Veal’s all-time best level of national legitimacy 1,500-meters mark. exemplified through school “The standard of our expectationsp are now way higher Returnees accompa- records in track and topping nying Veal that broke into some of the nation’s peren- than they have ever bbeen,” Sullivan said. “I don’t sense any insecurity. I ssense a group of young women the top 10 lists last season nial powers in cross country include: sophomore Abby in the 2008 seasons. who truly feel they canan run with just about anybody now. We are a very healthyea program. We’re physically, Chesimet, No. 6, 1,500-me- The 2008 cross country emotionally and sociallya healthy. It’s just a really neat ters; sophomore Hannah team made a lot of thunder. group. A program withit that kind of chemistry can be Soza-Hodgkinson, No. 8, For the first time in program reallyal dangerous.” 5,000-meters and No. 5, history, the Beavers received 10,000-meters; senior Re- national consideration by becca Mishler, No. 8, 10,000- receiving votes in the top 30. The Beavers meters; junior Krista Stangel, team received votes for six consecutive No. 8, 3,000-meters; senior Holly Thomson weeks, and were the top “others receiving No. 6, 1,500-meters; Veal, No. 8, 800-me- votes” for five weeks. ters. Oregon State also received its high- Senior Kaitlin Poggi also returns with the est regional ranking in program history after third best 5,000-meters time and eighth best placing sixth in week two and holding on for 1,500-meters time at Oregon State set in the majority of the year amongst arguably 2006. the nation’s premier region. Junior Jackie Brown, Veal, Thomson, “For the first time, we are definitely a le- Young, Poggi and Soza-Hodgkinson also gitimate Division I middle-distance, distance hold six top 10 spots on the indoor track program,” Sullivan said. “We’ve got a lot of lists. great runners of NCAA qualifying caliber. I’ve Young, Oveson and Masterson would got a great staff. We have got a lot of great have collectively qualified for six top 10 resources, and we’re using them.” spots in four different events had they not Lightning struck as cross country tied been running unattached last season. No. 1 Oregon at the Oregon Open, finished Experience and accomplishment would second amongst 23 teams at the Auburn Ti- be an understatement for the returning cast ger Invitational, defeating ranked opponents of Oregon State runners. like Iowa and Florida State, and finishing third at the University of Washington Sundodger Invitational “The list goes on and on. We have so many runners we against strong West Region opponents. can plug in. It’s awesome. That is a luxury we haven’t had in years past,” Sullivan said. Look for the Beavers to carry over the impressive cross country campaign into a successful middle-distance and The Beavers also welcome graduate transfer Michelle distance track season. Childs to the lineup. Childs ran at Providence College where she competed amidst the best of the Big East Conference in “We don’t have any surprises this year and that is a middle-distance and distance races. good thing,” Sullivan said. “In the past, we have been so shy on experience that we had surprises. Like last year, Sylvia “The standard of our expectations are now way higher than Veal and Lorene Young just came out of nowhere. They just they have ever been,” Sullivan said. “I don’t sense any inse- keep getting better everyday. Now we’re actually expecting curity. I sense a group of young women who truly feel they to see certain things. There are a lot less surprises which is can run with just about anybody now. We are a very healthy good. It’s a lot of fun.” program. We’re physically, emotionally and socially healthy. It’s just a really neat group. A program with that kind of chemistry Joining Veal and Young this season with experience are can be really dangerous.” redshirt sophomore Hayley Oveson and redshirt freshman Casey Masterson. “Casey and Hayley’s emergence last year was tremen- dous,” Sullivan said. “It was wonderful to see their improve- 2 HEAD COACH cross country Coach of the Year after leading his alma mater to the NWC title in 2003 beginning a run that continues today. Sullivan guided the WU men’s track and field team to a sixth-place finish KELLY nationally in 2003, while the men’s cross country squad was fifth in 2002. In SULLIVAN 2003, his women’s cross country team placed eighth nationally - the high- Head Coach • 5th Year est finish in school history - and he guided the Bearcats to their first-ever NWC women’s cross country title in 2000. Sullivan mentored 23 Division Willamette University, 1979 III All-Americans at Willamette, including individuals who won five national championships. Before coaching the Bearcats, Sullivan was head men’s and women’s cross country coach and assistant track and field coach at Auburn from 1984-96. Sullivan jump-started a lagging women’s team at Auburn after the men’s and women’s programs were combined; in 1988 he’d already coached a number When Oregon State decided to again compete in women’s track and cross of successful men’s teams at Auburn. During that time, Sullivan’s 1985 country after a 16-year layoff, it turned to a coach with experience both in men’s team finished 12th at the NCAA Championships; Sullivan’s female the Pacific Northwest and at the NCAA Division I level. athletes broke every Auburn distance record and earned their first and only Kelly Sullivan, 51, is the head coach who was selected to bring back Oregon trips to the NCAA Cross Country Championships in 1994 and 1995. State intercollegiate running in 2004 after the program had been on hold At Auburn, Sullivan coached 36 All-Americans in cross country and track, since the spring of 1988. Sullivan, previously head coach at Willamette Uni- including 1988 steeplechase Olympian and former American indoor 3000 versity in nearby Salem and head cross country and assistant track and field meter record holder Brian Abshire, who started with Sullivan at Clackamas coach at Auburn and Clackamas CC prior to taking the job at Community College, was introduced “We’re extremely excited to have Kelly on board,” De Caro-- Auburn. Sullivan also coached the at Oregon State on Jan. 14, 2004 by lis said. “He has tremendouso experience and is a high- first female distance All-Ameri- Director of Athletics Bob De Carolis. can in school history. His last two caliber coach. Kelly has sshown an ability to build programsm “We’re extremely excited to have women’s teams placed 16th and Kelly on board,” De Carolis said. “He both at Willamette and at Auburn, and being a native Or- 13th at the NCAA Cross Country has tremendous experience and is a egonian, he has ties to thet area and knows it well.

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