ST. JOHN’S ATHLETICS 2018-19 TRACK & FIELD RECORD BOOK 1 ST. JOHN’S ATHLETICS 2018-19 TRACK & FIELD RECORD BOOK QUICK FACTS GENERAL INFORMATION 2018-19 BY THE NUMBERS School: ......................................... St. John’s University Metropolitan Champions ............................................ 17 Location: ................................................... Queens, N.Y. All-BIG EAST ..............................................................7 Founded: .............................................................1870 BIG EAST Champions ..................................................2 Enrollment: ......................................................20,881 All-East .................................................................. 9th President: .......................... Conrado “Bobby” Gempesaw NCAA Regional Qualifiers .............................................1 Athletic Director: ......................................... Mike Cragg NCAA National Qualifiers .............................................0 Nickname: ................................................... Red Storm NCAA All-Americans ....................................................0 Colors: .................................................. Red and White Consecutive T&F NCAA appearances ............................ 28 Conference: .................................................. BIG EAST Home Field(Capacity): ................. DaSilva Memorial Track 2018-19 RESULTS ........................................................ & Cunnigham Park Cross Country First Year of Program .............................................1976 2019 Brother John Doyle Meet of Champions 11th Athletics Department Phone: ................1-888-GO-STORM 2019 MET Championships 4th 2019 BIG EAST Championships 9th 2019 NCAA Northeast Regional 28th COACHING STAFF 2019 ECAC Championships 11th Head Coach: ....................................................Jim Hurt Alma Mater: .........................................Notre Dame ‘76 Indoor Track and Field Years at St. John’s: ........................38 (30 as head coach) TCNJ Lions Indoor Invitational (1/12/19) 1st Assistant Coach ................Aliann Pompey (Manhattan ‘99) Penn 8-Team Indoor Select (1/19/19) 3rd Assistant Coach .................... John McCree (St. John’s ‘75) Dr. Sander Indoor Invitational (1/26/19) 15th Volunteer Assistant ................. Tom Farrell (St. John’s ‘66) Metropolitan Indoor Championships (2/1/19) 2nd Volunteer Assistant ..............Matthew Cola (St. John’s ‘78) BIG EAST Indoor Championships (2/22/19) 4th Volunteer Assistant ......... Rodney Wiltshire (St. John’s ‘72) ECAC/IC4A Indoor Championships (3/1/19-3/3/19) 9th Sports Information Director......................Jared Anderson 2 ST. JOHN’S ATHLETICS 2018-19 TRACK & FIELD RECORD BOOK 2019-20 SCHEDULE CROSS COUNTRY (2019) SEPTEMBER Fri Sept. 20 John Doyle Meet of Champions Bronx, N.Y. (Van Cortlandt Park) OCTOBER Fri. Oct. 11 Metropolitan Championships Bronx, N.Y. (Van Cortlandt Park) NOVEMBER Sat. Nov. 2 BIG EAST Championships Kenosha, Wis. (Dannehl National Course) Fri. Nov. 15 NCAA Regional Championships Buffalo, N.Y. (Audubon Golf Course) Sat. Nov. 23 ECAC Championships Bronx, N.Y. (Van Cortlandt Park) INDOOR TRACK AND FIELD (2019-20) DECEMBER Fri. Dec. 6 Fordham Season Opener Bronx, N.Y. Sun. Dec. 8 Bill Ward Invitational Staten Island, N.Y. (Ocean Breeze) JANUARY Sat. Jan. 18 Penn 8-Team Select Staten Island, N.Y. (Ocean Breeze) Fri. - Sat. Jan. 24-25 Dr. Sanders Columbia Challenge New York, N.Y. (The Armory) Thur. - Fri. Jan. 30-31 Metropolitan Championships Staten Island, N.Y. (Ocean Breeze) FEBRUARY Sun. Feb. 9 NYRR Millrose Games New York, N.Y. (The Armory) Fri. Feb. 14 Fastrack National Inivte Staten Island, N.Y. (Ocean Breeze Park) Fri. Feb. 14 NYRR Millrose Games New York, N.Y. (New Balance TF Armory) Fri. Feb. 14 David Hemery Valentine Invit. Boston, Mass. (Track & Tennis Center) MARCH Sun. - Mon. March 1-2 BIG EAST Championships Geneva, Ohio (SPIRE Institute) Fri. - Sun. March 6-8 ECAC Championships Boston, Mass. (Track & Tennis Center) Fri. - Sat. March 13-14 NCAA Championships Albuquerque, N.M. OUTDOOR TRACK AND FIELD (2020) MARCH Sat. March 21 Penn Invite Philadelphia, Pa. Fri. March 27-28 Raleigh Relays Raleigh, N.C. (Paul Derr Track & Field Facility) APRIL Fri. April 10-11 Metropolitan Championships Piscataway, N.J. Sat. April 18 Stony Brook Invitational Stony Brook, N.Y. Sat. April 18 Mt. SAC Relays Walnut, Calif. Sat. April 25 Penn Relays Philadelphia, Pa. Sun. April 26 Yale Invitational New Haven, Conn. MAY Sat. May 2 Tom Farrell Classic Queens, N.Y. (DaSilva Field) Fri. May 8-9 BIG EAST Championships Villanova, Pa. Thu. May 28-30 NCAA Regional Championships Lexington, Ky. (UK Track & Field Complex) Wed. June 10-13 NCAA Championships Austin, Texas (Mike A. Myers Stadium) 3 ST. JOHN’S ATHLETICS 2018-19 TRACK & FIELD RECORD BOOK JIM HURT Head Coach • Notre Dame ‘76 • 32nd Season At St. John’s Jim Hurt is in his 32nd year as the 2015, three members of the St. John’s who was bestowed the honor in 2012. head coach of the St. John’s cross country track & field program were named Lovely was also one of four Red Storm and track & field teams, and in his 39th as individuals to the U.S. Track & Field student-athletes to earn USTFCCCA season overall with the Red Storm. and Cross Country Coaches Association All-Academic honors for the 2013-14 Since becoming head coach in (USTFCCCA) All-Academic Team for the academic year, joining Danette Hinton, 1988, Hurt’s teams have made an 2014-15 academic year (Pariis Garcia, Claire Mooney and Shayna Presley in impact at the national, regional and Stephanie Van Pelt, Izzi Batt-Doyle). receiving the recognition, while 17 conference levels. His squads have Additionally, the entire Red Storm total team members were selected to appeared in NCAA Championships for squad was recognized as an USTFCCCA the 2013-14 BIG EAST All-Academic 27 consecutive years and in 17 USA All-Academic Team after posting a 3.21 Team. Additionally, the Red Storm cross National Championships while winning team grade-point average meeting country team in 2014 was among 1,049 24 Metropolitan Conference titles. the USTFCCCA’s requirement of a 3.00 Division I sports teams to be recognized Under Hurt’s leadership, Red Storm cumulative GPA for All-Academic by the NCAA for their exceptional work teams finished second at the 1996 IC4A Team status. Following the 2014-15 in the classroom as part of the NCAA’s Championships, second at the 1989 academic year, 23 St. John’s track & field/ Academic Performance Program, as and 1996 ECAC Indoor Championships cross country student athletes were Hurt’s group posted a perfect APR score and second at the 1993 Cross Country announced as members of the BIG EAST of 1,000. In 2013, cross-country stand out ECAC Championship. The Red Storm has All-Academic Team. Lori Dougherty, Class of ’11, received the finished as the runner-up at four BIG Former sprinter Rikka Lovely was prestigious Fulbright Scholarship Honor EAST Championships. named a 2013-14 BIG EAST Scholar- Award. Previously, distance runner Hurt’s student-athletes have excelled Athlete Sport Excellence Award winner, and 3,000-meter NCAA All-American in the classroom as well as in the athletic only one year after becoming the second Christian Fogarazzo won NCAA and BIG arena. This past season 32 St. John’s of Hurt’s athletes to receive the American EAST postgraduate scholarships, while track & field/cross country student- Eagle Outfitters BIG EAST Institutional Georgina Bendana and Te-Mika Warner, athletes were announced as members Scholar-Athlete Award along with cross- the latter who went on to attend of the BIG EAST All-Academic Team. In country team member Nicole Cocozza, Harvard Law School, also won BIG EAST 4 ST. JOHN’S ATHLETICS 2018-19 TRACK & FIELD RECORD BOOK postgraduate scholarships in recent (Claire Mooney), the 4x400-meter relay Pelt (1,500-meter race), Pariis Garcia years. In 2010-11, the Red Storm track & (Shenika King, Garcia, Raquel Ricketts (400-meter), Claire Mooney (500-meter), field team recorded the fourth highest and Mooney), the long jump (Anointing Nyla Woods (hammer throw), and GPA in the nation among Division I Onuoha) and the weight throw (Nyla the 4x400-meter relay (Shenika King, programs to qualify them for USTFCCA Woods). Over the course of the two-day Garcia, Raquel Ricketts, Mooney, Academic All-American honors. The BIG EAST competition, 11 Red Storm Christine Oguledo and Jasmine Burkett). cross country team also earned USTFCCA student-athletes earned All-BIG EAST Mooney and Van Pelt ran themselves All-American recognition for the 7th Indoor honors. into the NCAA National Championships straight year in 2012. With the team rolling out of its indoor held at Tracktown USA in Eugene, Ore. Under Hurt’s leadership, St. John’s schedule, Coach Hurt kept his squad Ultimately both made the finals of their athletes & coaches have competed in making strides during the outdoor respective events and earned USTFCCCA every major track & field competition in campaign. In early April the Johnnies All-American status. Mooney garnered the world including the Olympic Games captured the team title in the 2016 Second-Team All-America honors with in 2016 (Rio de Janeiro), 2012 (London), Metropolitan Outdoor Championships her 15th-place finish in the 800-meter 2004 (Athens), 2000 (Sydney) and thanks to seven individual and relay titles while Van Pelt was given Honorable All- 1996 (Atlanta), World Championships throughout