Guide Contents GENERAL INFO MEN’S PROFILES Quick Facts .......................................................................................1 Gregor Lloyd-Smith, Jonathan Peterson ...........................................12 Head Coach Drew Wartenburg ..........................................................2 Axel Stanovsky, Drew Petersen ........................................................13 Assistant Coach Kim Conley ..............................................................2 Doug Fox, Simon Graves, Grayson Hough, Nathan Strum ..............14 Volunteer Assistant Devin Elizondo ...................................................3 Kyle Woolsey, Corey Coates, Course Information ...........................................................................3 Alexander Summers, Trevor Ehlenbach ........................................15 Alphabetical Rosters ........................................................................17 Diego Escobar, Trevor Halsted, Kelly Hernandez, Joseph Rivera ......16 WOMEN’S PROFILES RECAP & RECORDS Krista Drechsler, Abbey Gallaher .......................................................4 2010 Meet-by-Meet Results ....................................................... 18-19 Samantha Kearney, Kristina Taylor .....................................................5 2010 Big West Conference Championships ............................... 20-21 Kristin Arkin, Katie Nast ...................................................................6 Program History ........................................................................ 22-23 Anna Smidebush, Sarah Sumpter ......................................................7 Sarah Tusting, Lauren Wallace ...........................................................8 CAMPUS SECTION Nicole Aha, Alycia Cridebring, Courtney Crosta ................................9 This is UC Davis ............................................................................. i-ii Shannon Harcus, Hilary Teaford, Melinda Zavala, Kristine Lozoya ..10 About UC Davis Athletics .............................................................iii-iv Alexandra Arellanos, Katie Fry, Raquel Lambdin .............................11 Facilities Overview ........................................................................v-vi Transition to Division I ....................................................................vii Guide Contents School University of California, Davis (UC Davis) Head Coach: Drew Wartenburg (Wesleyan ’92) Address One Shields Avenue / Davis, CA 95616 Email: [email protected] Established/Founded 1905/1908 Enrollment 32,290 Assistant Coach: Kim Conley (UC Davis ’09) Nickname Aggies Email: [email protected] Colors Yale Blue & Gold National Affiliation NCAA Division I Volunteer Assistant: Devin Elizondo (UCLA ’98) Conference Big West Conference Home Course Putah Creek Reserve Office: 1 Hickey Annex One Shields Avenue Chancellor Dr. Linda Katehi (Athens Polytechnic ’77) Davis, CA 95616 Interim Director of Athletics Nona Richardson (Michigan State ’83) Phone: (530) 979-7017 Senior Associate A.D. Cindy Spiro (Pacific ’76) Executive Assistant A.D. Mike Bazemore (Sam Houston State ’82) Media Relations Contact: Amanda Piechowski (San Diego ’06) Assistant A.D.s Media Relations Office: (530) 752-2663 Media Relations: Mike Robles (Cal Poly ’88) E-Mail: [email protected] Sports Performance, Enhancement & Dev.: Josh Flushman (UC Davis ’00) Official Website: http://www.ucdavisaggies.com Marketing & Promotions: Scott Brayton (UC Davis ‘94) Compliance: Jennifer Cardone (Adelphi ‘90) 2010 Men’s Finish: 1st at Big West Conference Championships Development: Mike Angius (UC Davis ‘77) 9th at NCAA West Regional Faculty Athletic Rep. Dr. Catherine VandeVoort (Iowa State ’72) 2010 Women’s Finish: 5th at Big West Conference Championship Head Athletic Trainer Jeff Hogan (UC Davis ’81) 15th at NCAA West Regional Director of Academic Services Michelle Roppeau (Carleton) 2011 UC DAVIS CROSS COUNTRY 1 Coaching Staff 5,000 while Russell Pfaff qualified in the steeplechase after winning the Big West Conference individual title in the event. DREW Wartenburg spent the 2007-08 season as an assistant coach for Oregon State’s women’s track and field and cross country teams. In only their third WARTENBURG year since reinstating the programs for the 2004-05 season, the Beavers Head Coach finished 13th at the NCAA West Regional during the cross country season 4th Year and qualified their lone track and field athlete for the regional meet in Wesleyan University ‘92 the steeplechase - an event Wartenburg helped coach. Additionally, he mentored two Pac-10 Conference finalists in the 1,500 and the sixth-place finisher at the 2008 USATF Junior Nationals in that event. Wartenburg graduated from Wesleyan University, a liberal arts college in Middlestown, Conn. in 1992, where he lettered in soccer. Drew Wartenburg continues to reach new heights within Division I competition, taking strides to turn UC Davis cross country into one of the premiere programs on the West Coast. KIM Wartenburg followed the 2009 season with even more program firsts in 2010, starting with UC Davis’ first-ever Div. I cross country CONLEY All-American in Jonathan Peterson. The 2010 season also saw the Aggie Assistant Coach men win their first team title at the Big West Conference Championship, 2nd Year with Peterson claiming the individual title. For his successes, Wartenburg UC Davis ’09 was honored as the league’s Men’s Coach of the Year while Peterson was voted Male Athlete of the Year. In September 2011, he was appointed Director of Track and Field and Cross Country. The 2009 season, Wartenburg’s second as head coach, saw Sarah Sumpter win UC Davis’ first Big West Conference individual champion- Former UC Davis standout Kim Conley returns for her second season ship in its Division I history as the women’s team finished in a program- on the cross country and track and field coaching staffs as an assistant best second place at the conference meet. Sumpter was named the coach after serving as a volunteer assistant for the 2009 season. conference’s Women’s Athlete of the Year, another first for the program. In 2009, Conley lent her expertise as a distance runner to help the Her individual championship and the postseason honor marked just the women’s side achieve new milestones. Under her shared guidance, second occasion that a freshman has taken both accolades in a season. Sarah Sumpter won UC Davis cross country’s first Big West Conference The program success has translated to the classroom as well. Calvin individual championship and Women’s Athlete of the Year award while Thigpen was named UC Davis’ recipient of the 2010-11 Big West Con- seven Aggies runners participated at the NCAA West Regional. ference Scholar-Athlete of the Year Award. Thigpen was a three-time Big Prior to her selection to the Aggie staff, Conley completed a four-year West Conference Fall All-Academic team honoree, earning the distinction cross country and track and field career at UC Davis that still stands all three years he was eligible. In 2009, Scott Himmelberger and Kaitlin amongst the best in Aggie history. Gregg each earned CoSIDA/ESPN the Magazine Academic All-District In 2008, Conley and teammate Kaitlin Gregg made program history VIII honors while Himmelberger would go on to earn Academic All- by becoming the first Aggies to qualify for the NCAA Division I Cham- America accolades. pionship. She earned All-West Region with her 12th-place showing at During his first season at the helm of the cross country program, the regional, earning her the berth at the national meet. the Aggies finished a program-best second at the Big West Conference During the fall seasons, Conley earned all-conference or equivalent Championships and women’s honors three times. She was the Division I Independent champion as a runners Kim Conley and Kaitlin freshman in 2004, then added her second All-Div. I Independent honor Gregg became the first Aggies by placing seventh the following year. In 2008, Conley captured All-Big to qualify for the NCAA Divi- West Conference accolades with a seventh-place showing. sion I Championships during Conley’s time of 16:17.51 set at the 2008 NCAA Track and Field West the university’s D-I era. Conley Regional in the 5,000 meters stands as a school record and her mark and Gregg earned the first D-I of 4:22.17 in the 1,500 meters currently ranks her No. 2 on UC Davis’ all-region honors for the Aggies. all-time ledger. Additionally she is ninth in the outdoor 800 (2:10.73) In addition, Conley, Gregg and and the outdoor 3,000 (9:45.85) and owns the indoor 3,000 record men’s runner K.C. Cody earned with a time of 9:19.16. all-conference accolades. The Santa Rosa, Calif. native has continued her impressive running His runners have also seen career, most recently finishing eighth overall at the 2011 USA Cross success on the track as well. Country Championships and tenth in the 5,000 at the 2011 USA Outdoor Calvin Thigpen claimed the Track and Field Championships. 10,000-meter run title at the Coached by UC Davis head coach Drew Wartenburg, Conley set per- 2011 Big West Conference meet sonal bests in 2011 in both the 5K (15:38.13) and the 1,500 (4:12.05). and in 2008, Conley and Lorin In 2010, Conley finished 18th overall at the USA Winter Cross Scott each earned a spot into the Country Championships and was runner up at the 2009 USA Club Cross regional meet in the 1,500 and Country Championships. 2 2011 UC DAVIS CROSS COUNTRY Coaching Staff DEVIN A New Home ELIZONDO In