2017-18 BAYLOR CROSS COUNTRY/TRACK AND FIELD MEDIA ALMANAC Ninth Edition, Baylor Athletics 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 Cody Soto, Jil Price COMPILATION Cody Soto PHOTOGRAPHY Robbie Rogers, Matthew Minard Baylor Photography © 2018, 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. 2017-18 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 Athletics Communications Staff 2 Chartered 1845 by the Republic of Texas Enrollment 17,059 University Administration 3 Affiliation NCAA Division I Director of Athletics 4 Conference Big 12 2017-18 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 Dr. Linda A. Livingstone 2017-18 Team Roster 7 Faculty Athletic Representative Jeremy Counseller Note: Bios available online at BaylorBears.com Director of Athletics Mack Rhoades, IV Sport Administrator Marcus Sedberry 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 Associate Head Coach Michael Ford (Baylor, 1995) Staff/Volunteer Assistants 15 Assistant Head Coach Stacey Smith (Baylor, 2000) Assistant Coach Jon Capron (Baylor, 2003) REVIEW 16-22 Assistant Coach Jeff Chakouian (Kentucky, 2004) Director of Operations Evan Iluzada 2017 Cross Country Individual/Team Results 16-18 Associate Dir. of Equipment Services Will Glasscock 2017 Indoor Bests 19-20 Volunteer Assistant Coach Trayvon Bromell 2017 Outdoor Bests 21-22 Volunteer Assistant Coach Tiffani McReynolds Volunteer Assistant Coach Annie “Rhodes” Johnigan Volunteer Assistant Coach Brandon Richards HISTORY 23-40 Volunteer Assistant Coach Kenneth Wiethorn All-Time Conference Meet Finishes 23-24 NCAA/Regional Cross Country Results 25-28 ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS All-Time NCAA Championships 29-30 Track and Field/Cross Country Contact: Cody Soto All-Time NCAA All-Americans 31-34 E-mail: [email protected] Office: (254) 710-3638 All-Time Conference Champions 35-38 Cell: (254) 338-4859 All-Time Letterwinners 39-41 Fax: (254) 710-1369 RECORDS 42-64 WOMEN’S TEAM QUICK FACTS All-Time Baylor, Big 12, Collegiate Indoor Records 42-43 2017 XC Big 12/NCAA Finishes 5th/DNQ 2017 TF Big 12 Indoor/Outdoor Finishes 1st/3rd All-Time Baylor, Big 12, Collegiate Outdoor Records 44-46 2017 TF NCAA Indoor/Outdoor Finishes 14th/T-38th All-Time Women’s Indoor Top Marks 47-49 All-Americans Returning 4 All-Time Men’s Indoor Top Marks 50-53 (Kiana Hawn, Kiana Horton, Taylor Bennett, All-Time Women’s Outdoor Top Marks 54-58 Leticia De Souza) All-Americans Lost 3 All-Time Men’s Outdoor Top Marks 59-63 (Annie Rhodes, Briana Richardson, Maggie Montoya) All-Time Hart Track & Field Stadium Records 64 MEN’S TEAM QUICK FACTS 2017 XC Big 12/NCAA Finishes 6th/DNQ 2017 TF Big 12 Indoor/Outdoor Finishes 7th/5th 2017 TF NCAA Indoor/Outdoor Finishes T-42nd/T-74th All-Americans Returning 3 (Maxwell Willis, Wil London, Caleb Dickson) All-Americans Lost 3 (George Caddick, Brandon Moore, Felix Obi) 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 Athletics 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 Athletics Communications Director Cody Soto and must be made at least 24 hours in advance. No student-athlete phone numbers or e-mail addresses will be distributed. 1 2017-18 BAYLOR CROSS COUNTRY/TRACK AND FIELD MEDIA ALMANAC WWW.BAYLORBEARS.COM ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS BAYLOR ATHLETICS 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 DAVID KAYE TAYLOR BRYAN Follow on Twitter: Twitter.com/BaylorAthletics Director Associate Director Follow on Instagram: Instagram.com/BaylorAthletics MBB, Golf, Football Football STAFF DIRECTORY DAVID KAYE Assistant A.D. Sport Responsibilities: Men’s Basketball, Men’s Golf, Women’s Golf, Football Alma Mater: Baylor, 2008 | Joined Baylor: November 2009 Cell: 254-709-5147 | E-mail: [email protected] TAYLOR BRYAN Associate Director Sport Responsibilities: Football ZACH PETERS JIL PRICE Alma Mater: Troy, 2009 | Joined Baylor: May 2017 Associate Director Associate Director Cell: 254-709-4411 | E-mail: [email protected] Baseball, A&T, Football WBB, Women’s Tennis ZACH PETERS Associate Director Sport Responsibilities: Baseball, Football, Acrobatics & Tumbling Alma Mater: Northern Illinois, 2007 | Joined Baylor: February 2013 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 JONATHAN HILL CODY SOTO Cell: 254-652-3092 | E-mail: [email protected] Assistant Director Assistant Director Soccer, Softball, Equestrian Volleyball, Men’s Tennis, JONATHAN HILL Assistant Director Track & Field/XC Sport Responsibilities: Soccer, Softball, Equestrian Alma Mater: Tarleton State, 2014 | Joined Baylor: September 2015 Cell: 254-652-0675 | E-mail: [email protected] CODY SOTO Assistant Director Sport Responsibilities: Volleyball, Men’s Tennis, Track & Field/Cross Country Alma Mater: Baylor, 2016 | Joined Baylor: June 2017 Cell: 254-338-4859 | E-mail: [email protected] SHELLEY ZYCH Administrative Assistant SHELLEY ZYCH Administrative Assistant for Engagement Alma Mater: Baylor, 2012 | Joined Baylor: October 2017 Office: 254-710-1266 | Cell: 254-227-8157 | E-mail: [email protected] 2 2017-18 BAYLOR CROSS COUNTRY/TRACK AND FIELD MEDIA ALMANAC @BAYLORTRACK UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATION INTRODUCTION DR. LINDA LIVINGSTONE JEREMY COUNSELLER UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT FACULTY ATHLETICS REPRESENTATIVE OKLAHOMA STATE, 1982 STEPHEN F. AUSTIN, 1996 Dr. Linda A. Livingstone began her tenure as Baylor University’s 15th Professor Jeremy Counseller is in his fourth year as Baylor’s Faculty president on June 1, 2017. A distinguished scholar and academic leader, Representative to the Big 12 Conference and the NCAA. He has been a she previously served as dean and professor of management at The George member of the Baylor Law faculty since 2003. Washington University School of Business from 2014 to 2017 and as dean Professor Counseller graduated from Baylor Law School with honors of Pepperdine University’s Graziadio School of Business and Management and was a member of the Baylor Law Review, the Order of the Barristers, from 2002 to 2014. and the interscholastic moot court and mock trial teams. He also earned an Dr. Livingstone’s presidency marks her return to Baylor after time on M.B.A. from Baylor’s Hankamer School of Business and a B.A. summa cum the Waco campus from 1991 to 2002. She was an assistant professor and laude from Stephen F. Austin State University. an associate professor in the Department of Management before serving Following his graduation from law school, Professor Counseller served for four years as associate dean of graduate programs for the Hankamer as a law clerk to the Honorable Reynaldo G. Garza of the United States School of Business. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Professor Counseller then entered While at Pepperdine, Dr. Livingstone oversaw a $200 million expansion private practice in Houston, Texas, with Bracewell & Patterson, LLP (now of the school’s graduate campuses, the addition of an executive conference Bracewell & Giuliani LLP), where he was an associate in the trial section. center and a significant increase in scholarship support for students. At Mr. Counseller also served as an Assistant Criminal District Attorney in GWU, she led the development of a strategic plan for the business school McLennan County, Texas, where he prosecuted both misdemeanors and that built