Rudy Atang Jack Howard Kelly Langhans 2010-11 Cross Country Track & Field und.com Athletics by the numbers National Championships (11 in football, seven in fencing, two in 25 women’s soccer, two in men’s tennis, one in men’s golf, men’s cross country and women’s basketball) Conference championships won by 8 Irish teams in 2009-10 (BIG EAST, Midwest Fencing Conference) BIG EAST Conference championships 107 won by Notre Dame in 15 seasons of league play All-time Academic All-Americans, 216 second most of any school, including six in 2009-10 Academic All-America honorees since 90 2000; no school has more Irish programs which finished their 9 2009-10 campaign ranked Notre Dame teams (out of 22) with a 19 graduation rate of 100% Irish athletic teams that earned a perfect score of 1,000 in the NCAA’s 8 Academic Progress Rate report in 2009-10, second-most in the Football Bowl Subdivision Programs honored by the NCAA for 14 Academic Progress Rate scores in 2009 Irish athletes who received the BIG 3 EAST Scholar-Athlete Sport Excellence Award in 2009-10 Hours of community service complet- 5,631.25 ed by Notre Dame student-athletes during the 2009-10 school year TABLE OF CONTENTS THIS IS NOTRE DAME STUDENT-ATHLETES Academic Excellence ...................................................2-3 Women’s Biographies .........................................................44-60 MEDIA INFORMATION Sports Medicine ..........................................................4-5 Men’s Biographies ..............................................................62-82 The Notre Dame Media Relations Offi ce is always interested University of Notre Dame ............................................6-7 in assisting members of the media in their coverage of University Leadership ..................................................8-9 Irish cross country and track & fi eld. Publicity and media Athletic Facilities .....................................................10-11 2009-10 SEASON IN REVIEW information for Notre Dame cross country and track & fi eld Excellence On the Field ................................................12 2009 Men’s Cross Country Results ...........................................84 is handled by media relations assistant Robbin Cooley. Excellence Off the Field ................................................13 2009 Women’s Cross Country Results ......................................85 Please feel free to contact Cooley at the Notre Dame Media Student Welfare and Development ..............................14 2009 Top Marks ..................................................................86-87 Relations Offi ce. Monogram Club ...........................................................15 2010 Track & Field Results ..................................................87-96 City of South Bend .......................................................16 Photographs, feature ideas and results are always available from the Media Relations Offi ce. For cross country and track HISTORY & RECORDS & fi eld information and interviews, please contact Cooley at INTRO (574) 631-4780. All interviews with coaches and players NCAA Cross Country History / All-Americans ......................98-99 should be arranged through the Media Relations Offi ce. Media Information ..................................................................18 BIG EAST / NCAA Championship Results ..................................99 Notre Dame Glossary..........................................................19-22 National Catholic Championship ...........................................101 Track & Field Legends .........................................................23-24 Notre Dame Invitational ........................................................100 BIG EAST WEB INFORMATION Track & Field All-Americans ............................................102-103 The BIG EAST Conference maintains its presence on the All-America Analysis .............................................................104 2010-11 SEASON PREVIEW World Wide Web at www.bigeast.org. The site contains NCAA Track & Field Team Results ...........................................105 current information on all facets of the BIG EAST Conference. Men’s Track & Field Preview ...............................................26-27 NCAA Track & Field Please contact Jared Hager in the BIG EAST media relations Men’s Track & Field Roster .......................................................28 Individual Results...........................................................106-107 department for more information. Women’s Track & Field Preview ..........................................29-30 Men’s Indoor Records ............................................................108 Women’s Track & Field Roster ..................................................31 Men’s Outdoor Records ..........................................................109 Men’s Cross Country Preview ...................................................32 Women’s Indoor Records .......................................................105 CREDITS Women’s Cross Country Preview..............................................33 Women’s Outdoor Records ....................................................110 Cross Country Rosters ..............................................................34 Men’s Meet Records ..............................................................112 The 2010-11 Notre Dame Cross Country / Track & Field 2010-11 Cross Country / Track & Field Schedules ....................35 Women’s Meet Records .........................................................113 Media Guide was written and edited by Media Relations Notre Dame’s Outdoor Track ....................................................36 Men’s BIG EAST Indoor Results ..............................................114 Assistants Robbin Cooley and Brent Henningfeld. Men’s BIG EAST Outdoor Results ............................................115 Page layout and design by David Scholtes of Ave Maria Women’s BIG EAST Indoor Results .........................................116 Press, Inc., Notre Dame, Ind. COACHES Women’s BIG EAST Outdoor Results ......................................117 Head Coach Joe Piane ........................................................38-39 Track & Field All-BIG EAST Honors .........................................118 Inside and outside cover design by David Scholtes of Ave Assistant Coach Tim Connelly ..................................................40 Men’s Indoor Bests ................................................................119 Maria Press, Inc., Notre Dame, Ind. Men’s Outdoor Bests..............................................................120 Assistant Coach Adam Beltran ................................................41 Interior photography by Mike Bennett of Lighthouse Women’s Indoor Bests ...........................................................121 Assistant Coach Amy Henry .....................................................41 Imaging, Kevin Burke, Matt Cashore, Mike Clark, Linda Women’s Outdoor Bests ........................................................122 Assistant Coach Jim Garnham .................................................42 Dunn, Joe Garza, Heather Gollatz of HG Photography, Pete Men’s Cross Country Assistant Coach Alan Turner ....................................................42 LaFleur, Chris Masters, C.W. Pack, Derrick Peyando, Sam Monogram Winners ..............................................................123 Support Staff...........................................................................42 Roberts, Eric Ruethling, David Silverman, Stephen Slade, Women’s Cross Country S.R. Smith, Marcus Snowden, Bob Solorio, Bob Stowell, Monogram Winners ..............................................................124 Eric Szajko of Lighthouse Imaging, Martin Vloet, Alison Men’s Track & Field Wade of New York Road Runners, Alan Wasielewski and Monogram Winners .......................................................125-131 Jerry Wolford. Women’s Track & Field Monogram Winners ..............................................................132 Four-Year Monogram Winners .......................................133-136 BIG EAST Conference .............................................................137 UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME • UND.COM 1 ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE Exceptional Education Since its founding, Notre Dame has stressed mixing academics with faith and has done so while becoming one of the top institutions of higher learning in the nation. Featuring fi ve undergraduate colleges (Arts and Letters, Science, Architecture, Engineering and Business), the First Year of Studies, the Graduate School and the Law School, the University fi nds itself attracting some of the top students and faculty in the country. Students also participate in cutting edge research and diverse study abroad opportunities, enabling Notre Dame to off er one of the top academic experiences in the world. Ranking of the Mendoza College of Business by BusinessWeek, in its annual survey of undergrad- 1 uate business programs. Ranking of the Notre Dame Law School by U.S. 22 News and World Report. National Endowment for the Humanities fellow- ships won by faculty in the College of Arts and 42 Letters, more than any other university in the na- tion. Publications in which the University of Notre Dame is ranked among the top 25 institutions of higher learning (U.S. News and World Report, 5 Princeton Review, Time, Kiplinger’s and Kaplan/ Newsweek). 2 UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME • UND.COM First Year