quick facts MEDIA RELATIONS CROSS COUNTRY HISTORY TABLE OF CONTENTS TFXC Contact Louie Spina NCAA All-Americans 2 Schedules 3 Director of Media Relations NCAA Regional Indiv. Champions 1 Email [email protected] 2018 ACC Finish Women 13th, Men 13th Coaching Staff Office Phone (412) 648-7774 2018 NCAA Regional Finish Women 9th, Men 9th Head Coach Alonzo Webb 4-5 Media Relations Phone (412) 648-8240 Assistant Coach Keith Roberts 6 Media Relations Fax (412) 648-8248 MEN’S TRACK AND FIELD HISTORY Assistant Coach Alonzo Webb III 7 Website PittsburghPanthers.com NCAA Champions 6 (4 indoor, 2 outdoor) Assistant Coach Brent Shelby 8 Twitter/Instagram @Pitt_TF_XC Indoor First Team All-Americans 36 Assistant Coach Brad Herbster 9 Facebook Pitt Panthers Outdoor First Team All-Americans 20 Director of Operations Darryl Weston 10 Mailing Address Athletic Media Relations Olympians 9 P.O. Box 7436 ACC Individual Titles 6 (3 indoor, 3 outdoor) Cross Country Pittsburgh, PA 15213-0436 ACC Relay Titles 1 (indoor) 2018 Rosters 12 Overnight Address Athletic Media Relations 2017-18 ACC Finish Indoor 14th, Outdoor 11th 2018 Season Review 13-14 3719 Terrace Street Program History 15 Pittsburgh, PA 15361 WOMEN’S TRACK AND FIELD HISTORY NCAA Champions 10 (7 indoor, 3 outdoor) Track & Field ATLANTIC COAST CONFERENCE Indoor First Team All-Americans 26 2018-19 Men’s Roster 16 XC Contact Brian Morrison Outdoor First Team All-Americans 38 2018-19 Women’s Roster 17 Email [email protected] Olympians 5 2017-18 Indoor Season Review 18 TF Contact Steve Phillips 2017-18 ACC Finish Indoor 12th, Outdoor 11th 2018 Outdoor Season Review 19 Email [email protected] Indoor School Records 20 Website TheACC.com COACH & STUDENT-ATHLETE INTERVIEWS Outdoor School Records 21 Media wishing to conduct interviews with any ACC History 22-23 UNIVERSITY FACTS member of the Pitt track and field or cross NCAA History 24-25 Location Pittsburgh, Pa. country teams should contact Carly Weisenbach Olympic History 26 Founded 1787 to arrange the appointment. Please call or email Enrollment (Pittsburgh campus) 28,664 at least one day in advance to allow setup time. (25,604 full-time, 3,060 part-time) Nickname Panthers PITTSBURGHPANTHERS.COM Colors Navy (PMS 289) & Vegas Gold (PMS 4515) This is the official Web site of the University Affiliation NCAA Division I of Pittsburgh Athletics Department. Pitt cross Conference Atlantic Coast (ACC) country and track and field releases, as well as Mascot Roc a wide variety of athletics department Chancellor Patrick J. Gallagher information can be found on the web, including Director of Athletics Heather Lyke links to all 19 varsity sports. TFXC Sport Administrator Marcus Bowman Senior Woman Administrator Jen Tuscano PANTHERS SOCIAL MEDIA Athletic Department Phone (412) 648-8230 For all the latest news and notes on Pitt cross country and track and field, including live TEAM INFORMATION scores, recaps, photo galleries and event Head Coach Alonzo Webb (17th season) information, become a fan of the Panthers on Alma Mater Western Michigan, 1979 Twitter (@Pitt_TF_XC), Instagram (@Pitt_TF_XC) Assistant Coaches and Facebook (Pitt Panthers). Keith Roberts - Short Sprints & Hurdles Alonzo Webb III - Jumps/Multis Brent Shelby - Throws Brad Herbster - Men & Women Distance & XC Director of Operations Darryl Weston Office Phone (412) 648-8212 Office Fax (412) 648-8940 Administrative Assistant Kim Robertson Phone (412) 648-8334 Facilities Fitzgerald Field House Charles L. Cost Center 2 2018-19 @pitt_tf_xc MEDIA GUIDE schedules (all times eastern) 2018 Cross Country 2018-19 Indoor Track & Field 2019 Outdoor Track & Field Saturday, Sept. 2 - 9 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 1 - TBA Friday-Saturday, Mar. 15-16 - TBA Duquesne Duals Blue-Gold Meet Yellow Jacket Invitational Pittsburgh, Pa. Pittsburgh, Pa. Atlanta, Ga. Friday, Sept. 8 - 10 a.m. Friday, Dec. 7 - TBA Friday, Mar. 22 - TBA Harry Groves Spiked Shoe Invitational Youngstown State Icebreaker Hurricane Invitational (Women only) Youngstown, Ohio Coral Gables, Fla. University Park, Pa. Saturday, Jan. 12 - TBA Saturday, Mar. 23 - TBA Friday, Sept. 15 - 11 a.m. Nittany Lion Challenge Carnegie Mellon Invitational UB Stampede Invitational University Park, Pa. Pittsburgh, Pa. (Men only) Amherst, N.Y. Friday-Saturday, Jan. 18-19 - TBA Friday-Saturday, Mar. 29-30 - TBA Clemson Invite Raleigh Relays Friday, Sept. 29 Clemson, S.C. Raleigh, N.C. Notre Dame-Joe Piane Invitational Notre Dame, Ind. Friday-Saturday, Jan. 18-19 - TBA Saturday, Apr. 6 - TBA Hokie Invitational Virginia Four-Team Challenge Saturday, Oct. 7 - 11 a.m. Blacksburg, Va. Charlottesville, Va. CMU Invitational (Women only) Friday-Saturday, Jan. 25-26 - TBA Thursday-Saturday, Apr. 11-13 - TBA Pittsburgh, Pa. Penn State National Open Tennessee Relays University Park, Pa. Knoxville, Tenn. Saturday, Oct. 14 Pre-National Invitational Friday-Saturday, Feb. 1-2 - TBA Saturday-Sunday, Apr. 13-14 - TBA Louisville, Ky. Meyo Invitational Bison Outdoor Classic Notre Dame, Ind. Lewisburg, Pa. Friday, Oct. 27 ACC Cross Country Championships Friday, Feb. 8 - TBA Friday-Saturday, Apr. 19-20 - TBA Louisville, Ky. Doug Raymond Invitational Virginia Challenge Kent, Ohio Charlottesville, Va. Friday, Nov. 10 - 10:45 a.m. NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regionals Saturday, Feb. 9 - TBA Friday-Saturday, Apr. 19-20 - TBA Bethlehem, Pa. Doug Raymond Invitational Jesse Owens Invitational Kent, Ohio Columbus, Ohio Saturday, Nov. 18 - Noon NCAA Cross Country Championships Thursday-Saturday, Feb. 21-23 - TBA Thursday-Saturday, Apr. 25-27 - TBA Louisville, Ky. ACC Indoor Championships Penn Relays Blacksburg, Va. Philadelphia, Pa. Friday-Saturday, Mar. 8-9 - TBA Thursday-Saturday, May 9-11 - TBA NCAA Indoor Championships ACC Outdoor Championships Birmingham, Ala. Charlottesville, Va. Thursday-Saturday, May 23-25 - TBA NCAA East Preliminary Jacksonville, Fla. Wednesday-Saturday, Jun. 5-8 - TBA NCAA Outdoor Championships Austin, Texas 3 2018-19 @pitt_tf_xc MEDIA GUIDE alonzo webb HEAD COACH LONG SPRINTS/HURDLES WESTERN MICHIGAN ‘79 17th SEASON Head coach Alonzo Webb has proven that the Pitt track and field team is a brand that will compete year in and year out on the national stage. Since Pitt joined the ACC in 2013-14, Webb has produced 14 different All- Americans who have combined to receive 30 All-America accolades and has had 29 of his athletes qualify for NCAA Championships. First Team All-America Accolades while in the ACC (10): • Desmond Palmer – 110m H (2017 Outdoor), 400m H (2015 Outdoor, 2017 Outdoor); 4x400m Relay (2014 Indoor) • Brycen Spratling – 400m (2014 Indoor, 2014 Outdoor); 4x400m Relay In the 2014 outdoor season, the men’s 4x400m relay team solidified (2014 Indoor) themselves as one of the best teams in program history when they won • Carvin Nkanata – 200m (2014 Indoor); 4x400m Relay (2014 Indoor) the event at the 2014 Penn Relays, something Pitt had not done in exactly • Micah Murray – 4x400m Relay (2014 Indoor) 75 years. Second Team All-America Accolades while in the ACC (Nine): Coach Webb guided Brycen Spratling to 10 All-America honors while at • Gillian Schriever – 10,000m (2017 Outdoor) Pitt, and now Spratling holds two world record (500 meter dash, DMR) • Micah Murray – 400m (2014 Indoor); 4x400m Relay (2015 Outdoor) running for Team USA. • Carvin Nkanata – 200m Dash (2014 Outdoor); 4x400m Relay (2014 Outdoor) For Nkanata, Webb helped him achieve eight All-America accolades in just • Desmond Palmer – 400m H (2014 Outdoor, 2016 Outdoor); 4x400m two years as a Panther, and is now enjoying a productive professional Relay (2014 Outdoor) career. Nkanata competed for Kenya in the 200m at the 2016 Rio Olympics. • Brycen Spratling – 4x400m Relay (2014 Outdoor) Career Accolades and Achievements: Honorable Mention All-America Accolades while in the ACC (11): • Named the United States Track Coaches Association Mid-Atlantic • Andin Fosam – Hammer Throw (2017 Outdoor) District Coach of the Year in 2003, and repeated that honor in 2004 • Morgan Harvey – 4x400m Relay (2017 Outdoor) and 2005 to become one of only two coaches in the country to • Quadaisha Newkirk – 4x400m Relay (2017 Outdoor) achieve that distinction. • Danielle Leaks – 4x400m Relay (2017 Outdoor) • In a vote by the Big East coaches, was elected to serve as President • Desiree Garland – 4x400m Relay (2017 Outdoor) to the Big East Track and Field Championship and Competition • Desmond Palmer – 4x400m Relay (2016 Outdoor) Committee for 2006 after serving as Vice President from 2004-06. • Donnell Taylor – 4x400m Relay (2016 Outdoor) • Coached the North American Central American and Caribbean • Chris Tate – 4x400m Relay (2016 Outdoor) (NACAC) Under-23 Championships. Webb was able to coach Pitt • Brylan Slay – 4x400m Relay (2016 Outdoor) student-athlete Julianna Reed to a fourth-place finish in the • Evann Thompson – 400mH (2014 Outdoor; 2015 Outdoor) 400-meter hurdles. • Served as Youth Chair of the Three Rivers Association USATF and Coach Webb has also guided his student-athletes to eight ACC titles in meet director of numerous associations, regional and Junior Olympic Pitt’s first five years in the league. meets. Pitt’s ACC Track and Field Champions (seven individual, one relay): Coaching at Kent State: • Desiree Garland - 800m (2018 Indoor) • Joined Kent State University in 1999 as an assistant coach and was • Desmond Palmer – 400m H (2015 Outdoor, 2016 Outdoor) promoted to associate head coach in 2000. • Andrew Wells – Weight Throw (2016 Indoor) • Served three years as Kent State University’s associate head coach, • Carvin