2016-17 BAYLOR CROSS COUNTRY/TRACK AND FIELD MEDIA ALMANAC Eighth Edition, Baylor Athletic Communications BAYLOR UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF ATHLETICS 1500 South University Parks Drive Waco, TX 76706 254-710-1234 www.BaylorBears.com Facebook: BaylorAthletics Twitter: @BaylorAthletics Instagram: @BaylorAthletics CREDITS EDITORS David Kaye, Sean Doerre COMPILATION Sean Doerre PHOTOGRAPHY Robbie Rogers, Matthew Minard Baylor Photography © 2017, Baylor University Department of Athletics BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MISSION STATEMENT The mission of Baylor University is to educate men and women for worldwide leadership and service by integrating academic excellence and Christian commitment within a caring community. BAYLOR ATHLETICS MISSION STATEMENT To support the overall mission of the University by providing a nationally competitive intercol- legiate athletics program that attracts, nurtures and graduates student-athletes who, under the guidance of a high-quality staff, pursue excellence in their respective sports, while representing Baylor with character and integrity. Consistent with the Christian values of the University, the department will carry out this mission in a way that reflects fair and equitable opportunities for all student-athletes and staff. Baylor University is an equal opportunity institution whose programs, services, activities and operations are without discrimi- nation as to sex, color, or national origin, and are not opposed to qualified handicapped persons. 2016-17 BAYLOR CROSS COUNTRY/TRACK AND FIELD MEDIA ALMANAC @BAYLORTRACK TABLE OF CONTENTS/MEDIA INFORMATION INTRODUCTION INFORMATION 1-5 GENERAL INFORMATION Table of Contents 1 Location Waco, Texas Athletic Communications Staff 2 Chartered 1845 by the Republic of Texas Enrollment 16,787 University Administration 3 Affiliation NCAA Division I Director of Athletics 4 Conference Big 12 2016-17 Schedule 5 Nickname Bears Facilities 6 Colors Green (PMS 560) & Gold (PMS 1235) Home Facility Clyde Hart Track and Field Stadium (5,000) ROSTERS 7 President David Garland (interim) 2016-17 Team Roster 7 Faculty Athletic Representative Jeremy Counseller Note: Bios available online at BaylorBears.com Director of Athletics Mack Rhoades Deputy A.D/Sport Supervisor Todd Patulski Associate AD/Business, SWA Nancy Post COACHES & STAFF 8-15 Head Coach Todd Harbour 8-9 TRACK AND FIELD COACHING STAFF Director of Track and Field Clyde Hart 10-11 Head Coach Todd Harbour (Baylor, 1981) Dir. of Track and Field Clyde Hart (Baylor, 1956) Assistant Coaches 11-15 Asst. Head Coach Danny Brabham (Baylor, 1973) Staff/Volunteer Assistants 15 Associate Coach Michael Ford (Baylor, 1995) Assistant Coach Stacey Smith (Baylor, 2000) REVIEW 16-22 Assistant Coach Jon Capron (Baylor, 2003) Director of Operations Evan Iluzada 2016 Cross Country Individual/Team Results 16-18 Assistant Dir. of Equipment Services Will Glasscock 2016 Indoor Bests 19-20 Volunteer Assistant Coach Trayvon Bromell 2016 Outdoor Bests 21-22 Volunteer Assistant Coach Tiffani McReynolds Volunteer Assistant Coach Charlotte Myers Volunteer Assistant Coach Brandon Richards HISTORY 23-40 Volunteer Assistant Coach Henry Vildasola All-Time Conference Meet Finishes 23-24 Volunteer Assistant Coach Kenneth Wiethorn NCAA/Regional Cross Country Results 25-28 All-Time NCAA Championships 29-30 ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS All-Time NCAA All-Americans 31-34 Track and Field/Cross Country Contact: Sean Doerre E-mail: [email protected] All-Time Conference Champions 35-38 Office: (254) 710-3638 All-Time Letterwinners 39-41 Cell: (254) 640-4613 Fax: (254) 710-1369 RECORDS 42-64 All-Time Baylor, Big 12, Collegiate Indoor Records 42-43 WOMEN’S TEAM QUICK FACTS 2016 XC Big 12/NCAA Finishes 5th/27th All-Time Baylor, Big 12, Collegiate Outdoor Records 44-46 2016 TF Big 12 Indoor/Outdoor Finishes 6th/8th All-Time Women’s Indoor Top Marks 47-49 2016 TF NCAA Indoor/Outdoor Finishes DNS/DNS All-Time Men’s Indoor Top Marks 50-53 All-Americans Returning 4 All-Time Women’s Outdoor Top Marks 54-58 (Ashley Fields, Maggie Montoya, Annie Rhodes, Brianna Richardson) All-Time Men’s Outdoor Top Marks 59-63 All-Americans Lost 1 All-Time Hart Track & Field Stadium Records 64 (Olicia Williams) MEN’S TEAM QUICK FACTS 2016 XC Big 12/NCAA Finishes 7th/DNQ 2016 TF Big 12 Indoor/Outdoor Finishes 8th/7th 2016 TF NCAA Indoor/Outdoor Finishes t-34th/DNS All-Americans Returning 5 (George Caddick, Caleb Dickson, Wil London, Brandon Moore, Felix Obi) All-Americans Lost 3 (Isaiah Duke, Richard Gary, Desmine Hilliard) MEDIA SERVICES The media will receive full meet previews and recaps with updated performance lists. Bios will also be updated online at www. BaylorBears.com. In hosting the Baylor Invitational and the Michael Johnson Invitational, the Athletic Communications Office will provide live results online at ww.BaylorBears.com. INTERVIEWS All interviews with head coach Todd Harbour and student-athletes must be coordinated through BU Assistant Athletic Communica- tions Director Sean Doerre and must be made at least 24 hours in advance. No student-athlete phone numbers or e-mail addresses will be distributed. Student-athletes WILL NOT be asked to miss class, study hall or mandatory team functions to conduct an interview. 3 2016-17 BAYLOR CROSS COUNTRY/TRACK AND FIELD MEDIA ALMANAC WWW.BAYLORBEARS.COM ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS BAYLOR ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS Second Floor, Simpson Center 1500 South University Parks Drive, Waco, TX 76706 Phone: 254-710-2743 | Fax: 254-710-1369 Official Web Sites of Baylor Athletics www.BaylorBears.com INTRODUCTION Social Media “Like” on Facebook: Facebook.com/BaylorAthletics Follow on Twitter: Twitter.com/BaylorAthletics DAVID KAYE SEAN DOERRE Follow on Instagram: Instagram.com/BaylorAthletics Director Associate Director STAFF DIRECTORY DAVID KAYE Director Sport Responsibilities: Men’s Basketball, Golf, Football Alma Mater: Baylor, 2008 | Joined Baylor: November 2009 Office: 254-710-4389 | Cell: 254-709-5147 | E-mail: [email protected] SEAN DOERRE Associate Director Sport Responsibilities: Cross Country, Track & Field, Men’s Tennis, Football Alma Mater: Baylor, 2011 | Joined Baylor: August 2012 Office: 254-710-3638 | Cell: 254-640-4613 | E-mail: [email protected] KELLEN COLEMAN ZACH PETERS JIL PRICE KELLEN COLEMAN Associate Director (Coordinator of Strategic Messaging) Associate Director Associate Director Associate Director Alma Mater: Oklahoma, 2008 | Joined Baylor: October 2012 (Strategic Messaging) Office: 254-710-4049 | Cell: 254-749-6507 | E-mail: [email protected] ZACH PETERS Associate Director Sport Responsibilities: Baseball, Soccer, Acrobatics & Tumbling Alma Mater: Northern Illinois, 2007 | Joined Baylor: February 2013 Office: 254-710-3784 | Cell: 254-749-0712 | E-mail: [email protected] JIL PRICE Associate Director Sport Responsibilities: Women’s Basketball, Women’s Tennis Alma Mater: IPFW, 2011 | Joined Baylor: August 2016 Office: 254-710-3042 | Cell: 254-652-3092 | E-mail: [email protected] JONATHAN HILL STEPHEN WAUGH LAUREN SMITH JONATHAN HILL Assistant Director Assistant Director Assistant Director Administrative Assistant Sport Responsibilities: Volleyball, Softball, Equestrian (Graphic Design) Alma Mater: Tarleton State, 2014 | Joined Baylor: September 2015 Office: 254-710-3065 | Cell: 254-652-0675 | E-mail: [email protected] STEPHEN WAUGH Assistant Director (Graphic Designer) Alma Mater: Arkansas, 2009 | Joined Baylor: November 2016 Office: 254-710-3892 | Cell: 254-640-1399 | E-mail: [email protected] LAUREN SMITH Administrative Assistant Office: 254-710-1266 | E-mail: [email protected] 4 2016-17 BAYLOR CROSS COUNTRY/TRACK AND FIELD MEDIA ALMANAC @BAYLORTRACK UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT INTRODUCTION DR. DAVID GARLAND JEREMY COUNSELLER UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT (INTERIM) FACULTY ATHLETICS REPRESENTATIVE OKLAHOMA BAPTIST, 1970 STEPHEN F. AUSTIN, 1996 Dr. David E. Garland accepted the appointment as Baylor University Professor Jeremy Counseller is in his third year as Baylor’s Faculty interim president on May 26, 2016, and began his service on June 1, 2016. Representative to the Big 12 Conference and the NCAA. He has been a Garland is professor of Christian Scriptures at Baylor’s George W. member of the Baylor Law faculty since 2003. Truett Theological Seminary, where he also served as the seminary’s Professor Counseller graduated from Baylor Law School with honors fourth dean from June 2007 to June 2015. During this time, he also served and was a member of the Baylor Law Review, the Order of the Barristers, as interim president of Baylor from August 2008 through May 2010 and as and the interscholastic moot court and mock trial teams. He also earned interim provost from July 2014 to June 2015. an M.B.A. from Baylor’s Hankamer School of Business and a B.A. summa Garland joined the seminary faculty in 1997 as professor of Christian cum laude from Stephen F. Austin State University. scriptures, was appointed associate dean for academic affairs in 2001, and Following his graduation from law school, Professor Counseller served was named The William M. Hinson Professor of Christian Scriptures in as a law clerk to the Honorable Reynaldo G. Garza of the United States 2005. In addition to his research, teaching and administrative duties, he di- Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Professor Counseller then entered rected Truett’s self-studies for accreditation by the Association of Theolog- private practice in Houston, Texas, with Bracewell & Patterson, LLP (now ical Schools from 2000-02 and 2005-07. He was honored