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2004-2005 CROSS COUNTRY & TRACK

The Captainsfront row, left to right: Lucas Meyer, Casey Moriartyback row, left to right: Katrina Svoboda, Anne Martin

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Men’s Cross CountryThis fall is the Bulldogs’ fifth season under the command of Dan Ireland and it has the potential to be the most successful. The Elis are

coming off a very exciting 2003 that saw them finish third at the Ivy League Heptagonal Championships and fourth at the NCAA DistrictQualifier, in addition to having an individual qualifier for the NCAA Championships. This season, there is strong sense of determination toachieve Yale’s most successful cross country season ever. The third-place finish was the Elis’ best showing at the Heps in more than 10 yearsand helped three athletes earn All-Ivy status.

When Ireland arrived at Yale, he established goals of taking Yale to the top of the Ivy League and solidifying the Bulldogs as a perennialcross country favorite and potential NCAA qualifier. This season should finally show that the Bulldog program has reached that level. The 2004squad will have a mix of veteran harriers and excited youth with the talent and dedication to make a strong bid to become Yale’s first-ever IvyLeague Heptagonal Games champions. In addition, the squad has the potential to become the only Yale men’s team ever to compete in theNCAA Championships.

The team is captained by senior Lucas Meyer, who is coming off one of the best junior years ever by a Bulldog. Meyer was a participantat the NCAA Championships in cross country and in outdoor track in the 3000m steeplechase. Indoors, he set the school record in the 5000mand was also an NCAA provisional qualifier in that event. His strong dedication and leadership, in addition to his athletic success, will beessential to the success of thisyear’s team. Look for Meyer tomake a run to become Yale’s firstIvy League cross country cham-pion since 1991.

The rest of the seniorplays an equally important roleon this year’s squad. Casey Mo-

riarty and Josh Yelsey were bothconsistent top-four performers onlast season’s squad. Moriarty wasthe IC4A cross country championand ran sub-25:00 at VanCortlandt Park in addition to hisseventh-place finish at the Heps. Yelsey should again provide veteran leadership in the big races while individually looking to garner All-Ivystatus. Both of these seniors possess the ability to be top five finishers at the Ivy Championships.

The junior class is a huge factor in the success of the Bulldogs’ season. Patrick Dantzer, Andrew Johnson, Wyatt Golding, Mark

Turner, Eric Brown, and Scott Peachman will contribute tremendously to the team’s depth and quality. Dantzer was the fifth man for theBulldogs last season and looks to improve upon that position. He had a great track season, posting times of 4:09 (as the anchor leg on thedistance medley relay), 8:20 (3000m), and 14:36 (5000m) on the track. Johnson was a consistent top-seven runner last season and hasaspirations of breaking into the top five. Golding and Turner had solid sophomore campaigns but are looking to improve this fall. They have thepotential to be consistent top-seven performers for the Blue. Peachman and Brown add the quality depth that is necessary to have a successfulcross country squad.

The sophomore class may turn out to be the heart of the squad, highlighted by David Napper and Andrew Pitts. Napper comes off a yearin which he was the best freshman distance runner in the league in both cross country (only freshman to be All-Ivy) and on the track, in additionto setting four school freshman records. Pitts’ freshman campaign was affected by injury, but he is healthy now and looks to be one of not onlyYale’s top harriers, but one of the Ivy League’s as well. In high school he was a two-time Massachusetts state cross country champion, inaddition to finishing in the top 20 at the Foot Locker Northeast Region Championships in both his junior and senior seasons. Both Napper andPitts are tremendous harriers who will play a very important role in the success of this year’s squad. Brian Hanak, Brian Gertzen, Nathan

Clute, and Taylor Matthews will compete for a spot on the varsity squad and add the determination and devotion that is necessary to makea championship team.

The freshman class is talented but unproven. Tadhg O’Callaghan (Cork, Ireland) has the most cross country experience of the group.He was a member of the Irish junior team that competed at the European Championships, and he has run 3:57 for 1500m. Joe Kingsbery

(Shrewsbury, NJ) has untapped potential. In just one season of high school cross country running he showed that he was one of the top athletesin New Jersey and ran 1:55 (800m) and 4:17 (mile) on the track. Connor Kilpatric (Seattle, WA) brings the same success along withinexperience to the cross country course. In just his second year of cross country running he was runner-up at the Washington State CrossCountry Championships, and in the spring he was a state finalist in the 800m. These three athletes possess the ability and talent to ensure thatthe success of Yale cross country continues for the next several years.

Day Date Opponent LocationSat. 9/11 Georgetown Invite Georgetown U., Washington, DCFri. 9/24 Quinnipiac Invitational Quinnipiac U., Hamden, CTSat. 9/25 Paul Short Run Lehigh U., Bethlehem, PAFri. 10/1 Yale vs. Harvard Franklin Park, Boston, MAFri. 10/8 New England Championships Franklin Park, Boston, MASat. 10/16 NCAA Pre-Nationals ISU, Terre Haute, INFri. 10/29 Heptagonal Championship Van Cortlandt Park, NY, NYSat. 11/13 NCAA Regionals Van Cortlandt Park, NY, NYSat. 11/20 IC4A Championship Van Cortlandt Park, NY, NYMon. 11/22 NCAA Championship ISU, Terre Haute, Ind.

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Women’s Cross CountryThe 2004 Yale women’s cross country team should once again contend for the Heptagonal Ivy League championship and a berth in the

NCAA Championship. Boasting three Foot Locker finalists and two runners-up from last spring’s outdoor Heps, the team is young, talentedand deep.

The Elis will be led by senior captain Anne Martin, Yale record holder and NCAA Regional qualifier in the 3000m steeplechase. She wasrunner-up in that event at the outdoor Heps and third in the ECACs as well. A fierce competitor, she will provide terrific leadership for whatis a young team. Senior Susan Chan

was consistently in Yale’s top five a yearago, and finished fifth overall at the 2003ECAC Championships. She too is a ter-rific competitor and good leader.

Yale’s top returnee from lastyear’s team is sophomore Cara Kier-

nan. Fifth at Heps, she was an NCAAqualifier in cross country and at 5,000meters in outdoor track. With a 16:175K PR, Cara should continue to be at ornear the front of the pack for the Elis.

Sophomores Ashley Campbell,Katie McKinstry and Claire Hamil-

ton also figure to be in Yale’s top group. Campbell was second at outdoor Heps in the 1500m, running 4:29, while McKinstry was 13th at theECAC Cross Country Championships. Hamilton finished off a strong freshman campaign by qualifying for the regionals in the steeplechase.

Adding to Coach Mark Young’s optimism is the addition of freshman Lindsay Donaldson. In her first season of cross country,Donaldson was a 2003 Foot Locker finalist, finishing 16th. She capped off her brilliant high school career with a 4:46 mile at the 2004 outdoornationals. She should make an immediate impact on the Yale team.

Further contributions are expected from senior Vanessa Everding, junior Lauren Davis, junior Katie Matlack, freshman Betsy

Boucher and freshman Liz Calle.

Men’s Track & Field With the graduation of only four seniors, the 2004-2005 Yale men’s track and field team will have a distinctly veteran look this year.

A large influx of talent in a number of different event areas should make an immediate impact. When combined with a solid group of veteran IvyLeague and IC4A scorers, the outlook for the Bulldogs is bright.

The news of an exciting upgrade to the track and infield in Coxe Cage makes the anticipation for the new campaign even higher, as theidea of competing and practicing in one of the top facilities in the nation has renewed the focus of the Eli athletes. Starting in December of 2004,Coxe Cage will be home to a new, state-of-the-art 200m banked Mondo track and a newly surfaced Mondo infield. The new facility, combinedwith a tremendous influx of talent, ushers in a new era of optimism for Yale track and field.

Sprints and Hurdles – Over the last 10 years the sprints and hurdles group has been one of the foundations of Bulldog track and fieldsuccess. 2004-2005 should prove to be no different as the Elis field one of the strongest sprint/hurdles groups in the Ivy League. Junior Rob

Delaski leads a tremendous group of long sprinters and comes off of a terrific sophomore season in which he was a scorer in the 500m at theindoor Ivy League (HEPS?) Championships and anchored Yale’s 4x400m relay to scoring performances both indoors and out. His classmate,Kevin Alexander, improved tremendously as a sophomore, earning a spot in the finals at the indoor Ivy League Championship and running intothe all-time Yale top 10 in both the 200m and 400m outdoors. They’ll be joined by two freshmen: Chris Tingue, an all-state selection fromNew York in the 400m, and Michael Camarda. Sophomore Corey Vaughn is back in New Haven after a one-year leave of absence and shouldreturn to the form that made him a finalist in the 400m as a freshman. In the short sprints, sophomore Russ Kempf looks to improve on whatwas an incredible freshman year. Kempf garnered All-Ivy accolades by placing second in the 60m indoors and the 100m outdoors as a freshmanand is looking for Ivy Championships in those events. He’ll be pushed by classmate Omari Douglas-Hall and two promising freshmen inVictor Cheng (Washington state champ at 100m) and Brandon Giles, a California Southern Section finalist in the 100m and 200m.

Juniors Shomari Taylor and Michael Brown come off a great 2004 outdoor season in which they both scored at the Ivy LeagueChampionship in the 400m hurdles. Taylor just missed All-Ivy honors by placing third, while Brown earned his first points for Yale by placingfifth. Two super freshmen will be called upon for high hurdling duty and should be immediate contributors to the Bulldog cause. Dan O’Brien

was the runner-up in the 110m hurdles in Rhode Island while James Carter was the state champ in Kansas in both the 110m hurdles and the300m hurdles. O’Brien was also the state and New England champion in the 400m.

Both sprint relays should challenge for league titles as the mix of youngsters and experienced vets will give the coaching staff manyoptions for staffing them.

Middle Distance – The mid-distance group has long been the hallmark of the Yale track and field team. That holds true for 2004-2005, as Yale returns some of the top middle distance men in the league. 2003-2004 saw both the indoor and outdoor 4x800m relay teams garnerAll-East recognition. The indoor squad ended the season as the Ivy League runner-up for the second year in a row and posted the fourth-best3200m relay time in the nation. Outdoors, Yale was one of only four colleges that were invited to participate in all three distance relays (4x800m,distance medley relay, and 4xMile) at the prestigious Penn Relays. Individually, senior captain Casey Moriarty heads the impressive groupalong with senior Josh Yelsey, who comes off of a breakthrough campaign that saw him earn All-Ivy honors in the 1500m outdoors by virtueof his second-place finish. Yelsey also anchored Yale’s school-record breaking, and NCAA-qualifying, indoor distance medley relay in addition

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Day Date Opponent LocationSat. 9/11 Fordham Invitational Van Cortlandt Park, NY, NYFri. 9/24 Quinnipiac Invitational (JV) Quinnipiac U., Hamden, CTSat. 9/25 Paul Short Run Lehigh U., Bethlehem, PASat. 10/2 Yale vs. Harvard, Princeton Princeton U., Princeton, NJFri. 10/8 New England Championships Franklin Park, Boston, MASat. 10/16 NCAA Pre-Nationals (Top 10) ISU, Terre Haute, INFri. 10/29 Heptagonal Championships Van Cortlandt Park, NY, NYSat. 11/13 NCAA Northeast Regional Van Cortlandt Park, NY, NYSat. 11/20 ECAC Championships Van Cortlandt Park, NY, NYMon. 11/22 NCAA Championships ISU, Terre Haute, IN


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INDOORDay Date Meet LocationSat. 12/04 Husky Winter Carnival NU (Reggie Lewis), Boston, MAFri.-Sat. 1/14-15 Yale Invitational Yale U., New Haven, CTSat 1/22 Yale vs. Dartmouth, Columbia Dartmouth College, Hanover, NHFri.-Sat. 1/28-29 Terrier Classic Boston Univ., Boston, MASat. 2/5 Yale vs. Cornell, Army Cornell U., Ithaca, NYSat. 2/12 Yale vs. Harvard, Princeton Yale U., New Haven, CTSat.-Sun. 2/26-27 Heptagonal Championships Harvard U., Cambridge, MASat.-Sun. 3/5-6 IC4A Championships Boston U., Boston, MAFri.-Sat. 3/11-12 NCAA Championships U. of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR

OUTDOORDay Date Meet LocationSat. 3/19 Spring Break Meet TBA, CAFri.-Sat. 3/25-26 Raleigh Relays NC State, Chapel Hill, NCFri.-Sat. 4/1-2 Maryland Invitational U. of Maryland, College Park, MDSat. 4/9 Penn Invitational U. of Penn, Philadelphia, PASat. 4/9 Oxford/Cambridge Harvard U., Cambridge, MASat. 4/16 Brown Invitational Brown U., Providence, RISat. 4/23 Harvard Yale U., New Haven, CTThur.-Sat. 4/28-30 Penn Relays U. of Penn, Philadelphia, PASun. 5/1 Yale Spring Invitational Yale U., New Haven, CTSat.-Sun. 5/7-8 Heptagonal Championships Columbia U., New York, NYFri.-Sun. 5/13-15 IC4A/ECAC Championships Princeton U., Princeton, NJFri.-Sat 5/27-28 NCAA Regionals Randalls Island, NYWed.-Sat.6/8–11 NCAA Championships Sac. State, Sacramento, CA

to qualifying for the NCAA Regionals in the 1500m. Moriarty leads a confident and hard-working group of youngsters into the indoor andoutdoor seasons and will look to improve on great performances of his junior year. Juniors Reed Mauser and Mark Falco earned All-Easthonors in 2004 as members of the IC4A scoring 4x800m relay (both indoor and outdoor). Along with sophomores Nate Clute and Brian

Gertzen, they will be looked upon to contribute in individual events as well. The anticipated return to form of junior Courtland Keteyian andthe addition of freshmen Christo-

pher Smitson (fourth place at theindoor nationals) and Matthew Bor-

doni, a finalist in the 800m in Cali-fornia as a junior, make this group asformidable as ever.

Distance – Senior crosscountry captain Lucas Meyer comesoff an MVP year in 2003-2004 inwhich he was the Ivy League cham-pion in the 3000m steeplechase andan NCAA outdoor participant in thesame event. He was Yale’s firstNCAA distance participant since1991. Meyer looks to improve onhis second-place finish in the 5000mindoors at the Ivy League Champi-onships and leads an impressivegroup of distance men. Senior Ca-

sey Moriarty will split time betweenthe mile and the longer distances andhopes to improve on his sixth-placefinish at the 3000m indoors at theIvy League Championships. SeniorJosh Yelsey showed tremendousrange last year, occasionally contrib-uting in the 3000m. Junior Andy

Johnson was a consistent top-sevenperformer in cross country last yearand looks to contribute on the track in 2004-05. Sophomore David Napper comes off a tremendous freshman campaign in which he shatteredthree Yale freshman records: the indoor mile, indoor 5000m and outdoor 10,000m. Sophomore Andrew Pitts should contribute after an injury-riddled freshman year. Look for freshmen Tadhg O’Callaghan (an Irish U19 cross country team member), Joe Kingsbery (an all-Stateselection in New Jersey) and Connor Kilpatric (a Washington state cross country runner-up) to make immediate contributions.

Jumps – Junior Jihad Beauchman established himself among the top jumpers in the Ivy League in 2004 and looks to capitalize onthe talent that brought him All-East honors outdoors. Beauchman placed fourth at the outdoor Ivy League Championships in the high jump andfollowed up that performance with a seventh-place finish at the IC4A championships in the triple jump. His continued hard work andimprovement will surely put him near the top of the league in the year to come. Junior Shomari Taylor has shown flashes of brilliance in thelong jump and will be called upon to handle those duties along with his intermediate hurdling. Taylor looks to break into the all-time Yale top10 in the event this year. Senior Jordan Chapman leads a talented trio of pole vaulters. As a junior Chapman just missed qualifying for the IC4AChampionships in the vault. This year, with sophomore Matt Lachman and junior Adam Presser, the vault group looks to make an impactat the Ivy League Championships. Chapman might also be called upon to use his considerable athletic ability as a high jumper.

Throws – Look for sophomore John Langhauser to improve on his fine freshman campaign. He showed great potential and will becounted upon to contribute in both the shot put and discus on the Ivy League Championship level. Langhauser will also be asked to add thehammer and weight throw to his repertoire. Junior Doug Czerwinski makes a return to competition in the javelin after a year off because ofelbow surgery. After a year of hard work and rehabilitation, Czerwinski hopes to make his mark at the Ivy League Championships.

Women’s Track & FieldThe Bulldogs should be a strong contender for the Heptagonal Ivy crown again this year. Featuring the best sprinting and jumping corps

ever at Yale and bolstered by a strong middle- and long-distance groups, this Yale team could make history.Sprints – Junior Joslyn Woodard has won Heps titles at 60m, 100m and 200m in her first two years at Yale. She owns Yale records at

all three distances, lowering the outdoor 200 mark to a sparkling 24.06 at last year’s ECACs. Sophomore Katrina Castille was the 2004indoor Hep champ at 60m. Senior Aisha Cort has been a Heps finalist and scorer at both 60 and 100 meters and she is second on the all-timeYale 100-meter list. Senior Candace Arthur has likewise been a Heps finalist at 200m, and with a PR of 24.88 she is also on the all-time list.These four teamed to finish second at the 2004 Outdoor Heps in the 4x100m relay. In the longer sprints, sophomores Jessica Pall and Katie

Dlesk expect to improve on their outstanding freshman campaigns. Pall’s PRs (57.55 at 400 and 25.38 at 200) ranked her among the league’stop 10 in 2004. Dlesk’s bests are 58.1 in the 400m indoors and 63.78 in the 400 meter hurdles outdoors. Joining the two sophomores will befreshman standout Ali Dodson. She posted high school PRs of 56.83 in the 400 and 25.06 in the 200.

Hurdles – Captain Katrina Svoboda leads the hurdlers. Her 61.06 PR is fourth on the Yale all-time list for the 400m hurdles and shehas posted an 8.70 for the 55m hurdles as well. Junior Kate Lawson looks to have a breakout year. Her PR of 62.03 could go a long way toward

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Day Date Meet LocationSat. 12/4 Husky Winter Carnival Northeastern U., Boston, MAFri.-Sat 1/14-15 Yale Invitational Yale U., New Haven, CTSat 1/22 Yale vs. Dartmouth & Columbia Dartmouth Coll., Hanover, NHFri. 1/28 Husky Invitational Northeastern U., Boston, MAFri.-Sat 1/28-29 Terrier Classic Boston U., Boston, MASat. 2/5 Yale vs. Cornell & Army Cornell U., Ithaca, NYSat. 2/12 Yale vs. Harvard, Princeton Yale U., New Haven, CTSat.-Sun. 2/26-27 Heptagonal Championships Harvard U., Cambridge, MASat.-Sun 3/5-6 ECAC Championships NU (Reggie Lewis), Boston, MAFri.-Sat. 3/11-12 NCAA Championships U. of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR

OUTDOORDay Date Meet LocationSat. 3/19 Spring Break Meet TBA, CAFri.-Sat. 3/25-26 Raleigh Relays UNC, Chapel Hill, NCFri.-Sat. 4/1-2 Maryland Invitational U. of Maryland, MDSat. 4/9 Penn Invitational U. of Penn, Philadelphia, PASat. 4/9 Oxford/Cambridge Harvard U., Cambridge, MASat. 4/16 Yale/Penn/Princeton U. of Penn, Philadelphia, PASat. 4/23 Harvard Yale U., New Haven, CTThur.-Sat. 4/28-30 Penn Relays U. of Penn, Philadelphia, PASun. 5/1 Yale Spring Invitational Yale U., New Haven, CTSat.-Sun. 5/7-8 Heptagonal Championships Columbia U., New York, NYFri.-Sun. 5/13-15 IC4A/ECAC Championships Princeton U., Princeton, NJFri.-Sat 5/27-28 NCAA Regionals Randalls Island, NYWed.-Sat. 6/8–11 NCAA Championships Sac. State, Sacramento, CA

making the hurdle area a Yale strength. Freshman Christa Hutchinson has run 44 for the 300m hurdles. She hopes to continue a long traditionof excellence for Yale in the 400m hurdles.

Jumps – The jumps will also continue to be a Yale strength this year. Woodard has won the long jump at both the indoor and outdoorHeps in each of her first two years at Yale. Svoboda, Castille and freshman Andrea Jacobs all have jumped over 18 feet in the past. JuniorDionna Thomas will again lead Yale in the triple jump. With a PR of 40’.5”, Thomas has consistently been among the top three triple jumpersat Heps. Freshman Andrea Jacobs has a PR of 38’ and should provide depth for the Elis. The pole vault will also continue to be a Yale strength.Junior Molly Lederman cleared 13 feet last year. and won the indoor Heps and tied for second outdoors. Sophomore Ashley Nolet battlednagging injuries, but posted a best of 12’3.5” and scored in both the indoor and outdoor Heps. The loss of outdoor Heps champion and Yalecaptain Lisa Wygant to graduation leaves the Bulldogs with no proven high jumper. Several candidates will try to fill that void.

Middle Distance and Distance – Long the hallmark of Yale’s track and field teams, this group should prove no different this year.Rebecca Dickens, the Heps 800m run-ner-up, has graduated, but senior Van-

essa Mazandi’s 2:09.49 outdoors and2:10.69 indoors put her in the top threeall-time at Yale. Senior Vanessa Ever-

ding has a lifetime best of 2:15.77,and she has been a consistent per-former on Yale’s terrific 4x800m relayteams over the past three years. JuniorKatie Greene ran 2:12.90 indoors lastyear, and junior Rachel Harrington

has a 2:13.93 PR outdoors. FreshmanMeredith Leenhouts was the 2003Massachusetts 800m champion witha PR of 2:13, and freshman Ingrid

Sproll has a best of 2:16.06. Thisshould be a deep group for the Elis. Atthe mile and 1500, Yale is similarlyblessed. Sophomore Ashley Campbell

ran a thrilling 4:29.54 for second at out-door Heps last year, as she missedwinning by a mere hundredth of a sec-ond. Add to them freshman Lindsay

Donaldson, whose 4:46 mile at out-door nationals makes her the fastest in-coming freshman in school history. Inthe longer distances, Yale will be ledby senior cross country captain Anne

Martin, who finished second at Hepsin the 3000m steeplechase. Martin’s10:29.40 earned her third at theECACs, qualified her for the NCAA Regionals, and established a new Yale record for the event. Sophomore Claire Hamilton was also anNCAA Regional qualifier in the steeplechase. Classmate Cara Kiernan was yet another Heps runner-up in the 5000m run. Kiernan’s 16:17.03was the fastest time ever by a Heps freshman and qualified her for the NCAA Championships. Kiernan also ran 9:36.30 for fifth place in theoutdoor ECAC 3000m. Sophomores Katie McKinstry (10:00.65) and Jackie Myers (10:05.03) also had solid first years and will providedepth in that event. McKinstry’s 36:58.49 will be Yale’s primary threat in the 10k.

Throws – Yale’s throwing corps is excited about the prospect of working with 2004 Olympic hammer thrower Anna Mahon. JuniorMargo Angelopoulos has borne the brunt of the throwing duties in the 20-pound weight, hammer, discus and shot put over the past two years.A Heps finalist in the shot in 2002, Angelopoulos should benefit greatly from Mahon’s expertise. Sophomores Sarah Mendillo (javelin) andErica Davis (discus) each placed fourth at Heps in her specialty. Davis primarily stars for the Eli basketball team, but her throwing ability willbe much relied upon during the outdoor season in the shot put and discus.

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Mark YoungDirector of Men’s and Women’s Cross Country and Track & Field

David ShoehalterAssoc. Head Coach Men’s and Women’s Track & Field

Mark Young, an assistant coach for the United States Olympic track and field team at the 2000 Games inSydney, Australia, has built nationally recognized women’s cross country and track and field programs at Yale sincearriving in New Haven in 1980.

The national Cross Country Coach of the Year in 1987, Young also earned District I honors in 1985, 1986 and1987. Young has led Yale teams to six Heptagonal (Ivy League plus Naval Academy) Championships and four top 10finishes at the NCAA Championships (best finish was third in 1987). Yale has also won four ECAC titles underYoung’s guidance. Many individuals have been recognized for their accomplishments during Young’s tenure. Thirteen

women have earned All-America status in cross country and eight more have been individually honored in track andfield since 1982.

In track and field, Young was named NCAA District I Outdoor Track Coach of the Year in 1987 when Yale won the outdoor Heptagonalchampionship and finished second indoors.

In addition to the Olympic team, Young has had several other impressive international coaching assignments. Most recently, he coachedKate O’Neill ’03 in the 10,000-meter run at the 2004 Olympics. In the summer of 1999, he was an assistant coach at the World UniversityGames in Mallorca, Spain, a post he previously held in 1993 at the World University Games in Buffalo. In March of 1995, he was the headcoach of the U.S. women’s team at the World Indoor Championships in Barcelona, Spain. In 1990, he served as an assistant coach for the U.S.Junior National Team when it traveled to Bulgaria for the World Championships. Young served as both an assistant track coach for the EastTeam at the 1987 U.S. Olympic Festival and the head coach for the same squad in 1989.

Off the track, Young chaired the NCAA Track and Field Committee from 1989-1992, and served as co-commissioner of the 1995 SpecialOlympics World Games Athletics Venue.

A 1968 Yale graduate, Young captained the 1968 outdoor Heptagonal-champion Bulldogs. He won IC4A titles at 440 yards outdoors, 600yards indoors and anchored the mile relay team to the current outdoor record of 3:09.6 and an IC4A championship.

Dan Ireland enters his sixth year ascoach of the men’s middle-distance and dis-tance runners. He joined the Bulldog staff inJanuary of 2000 and made an immediate im-pact on those areas and the cross countrysquad. 2003-04 was his most successful cam-paign yet, as the Bulldogs set seven schoolrecords. Yale had one NCAA cross countryqualifier, three NCAA indoor track provisional

qualifiers, three NCAA outdoor track regional qualifiers and one NCAAoutdoor track championships qualifier. In addition, the Elis had greatsuccess at the Ivy League and IC4A Championships, as Ireland’srunners combined for 10 All-Ivy performances and 19 All-East per-formances. In his short tenure, Ireland has guided his runners to 17All-Ivy performances, 35 All-East performances and nine schoolrecords. In addition, 28 of his athletes have run performances thatplace them among the 15 best all-time at Yale. He has also directednumerous other Bulldog runners to scoring places at championshipmeets from 800 meters to 10,000 meters.

As an athlete at Georgetown, Ireland was a three-time NCAAparticipant for the Hoya cross country squad. He was the Big EastChampion and IC4A bronze medalist at 10,000 meters. He went onto coach at his alma mater for six years under the guidance of formerHoya mentor Frank Gagliano. In addition to his collegiate duties withGeorgetown, Ireland cut his coaching teeth with the preeminent dis-tance running club in the U.S., the Reebok Enclave in Washington,D.C. During his stint with the Enclave, Ireland worked with numer-ous world- and national-class athletes, including four Olympians. Hebrings an extensive background in middle distance and distance train-ing to New Haven.

A 1991 graduate of Georgetown with a degree in internationalrelations, Ireland earned his masters in 1998. He has brought a re-newed enthusiasm to Yale cross country and track and field, with thegoal of establishing a national-class program. He lives in Branford,Conn., with his wife, Christi, an assistant cross country and track &field coach at Yale, and their two children, Jacob and Alaina.

David Shoehalter enters his 11th yearas the mentor of Yale’s sprinters, hurdlers andjumpers. In 2000 he was promoted to Associ-ate Head Coach of Men’s and Women’s Trackand Field. His goal is to create a program thatis competitive in all event areas and on alllevels.

After beginning his career in 1989 as avolunteer assistant at his alma mater, the Uni-

versity of Pennsylvania, he moved on to Lafayette College in 1990.In his four years at Lafayette, “Shoe” established a preeminent hurdleand jumps program for the Leopards. He guided numerous athletes toAll-Patriot League and All-East status, including current Yale assis-tant Marc Davis.

In 1994 Shoehalter embarked on his career at Yale. His pres-ence made an immediate impact on the Bulldogs sprints, hurdles andjumps groups. He has coached numerous athletes to All-Ivy and All-East honors, including Yale’s first IC4A champion in the hurdles since1970. Yale’s sprints, jumps and hurdles record book has been virtu-ally rewritten under Shoehalter’s guidance. Five years ago, he tookover the horizontal jumps group. His athletes have since earned 20All-Ivy honors and 14 All-East honors in those events, and six havebeen NCAA provisional qualifiers. As the track and field recruitingcoordinator, he brings a tireless enthusiasm and knowledge of thesport to the program.

Shoehalter is USATF Level II certified in the jumps and sprints/hurdles. He is the secretary of the Heptagonal Coaches Associationand serves on the IC4A jury of appeals.

A 1989 Penn graduate with a degree in history, Shoehaltercaptained the Quakers as a senior and was a scorer in the hurdles andthe pentathlon at the Heptagonal Championships. He earned medalsin the hurdles and as a member of the 4x400m relay team for the USAin the 1989 World Maccabiah Games. He resides in Stamford, Conn.with his wife Gina.

Dan IrelandHead Coach Men’s Cross Country and Distance

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Marc DavisAssistant Coach, Men’s and Women’s Track & Field

Marc Davis enters his fifth year at Yale and works primarily with the Bulldog men’s and women’s sprinters. Underhis guidance, the Yale sprinters have seen a great deal of success and have begun to establish themselves as a threat in theeast.

In 2004, Davis’ speedsters earned many accolades in the indoor and outdoor seasons. On the women’s side, KatrinaCastille and Joslyn Woodard both captured Ivy League championships, with Castille winning the 60m crown and Woodardtaking the outdoor 200m championship. Woodard also sped to a school record and All-East performance at the ECACchampionships in the 200m, where she finished in second place. Castille and Woodard teamed with Jessica Pall and AishaCort on the 4x100m relay team to earn a third place finish and an All-East performance at the ECAC Championships,

hosted by Yale.On the men’s side, Davis’ sprinters had a new-found enthusiasm, which made for a very successful season. During the indoor season,

Russell Kempf raced to an All-Ivy performance in finishing second in the 60m and Robert deLaski had the fastest time in the Ivy League for the500m. During the outdoor season Kempf once again was an All-Ivy performer in the 100m and qualified for the junior national competition inthe 200m. Davis also coached the 4x100m relay team to its fastest time in the last six years.

Prior to Yale, Davis spent one and a half years at Lafayette College and three and a half years at Millersville University in Pennsylvania.While at Millersville he helped guide numerous athletes to the NCAA Division II national championships and to all-East performances. Hecontinues to bring a wealth of technical knowledge and enthusiasm to the Yale program.

Davis competed as an undergraduate at Lafayette College under the tutelage of current Yale coach David Shoehalter. He was a two-timePatriot League champion in the sprints and was an all-East performer in the 200m indoors. He graduated from Lafayette in 1995 with a degreein sociology.

Christi IrelandAssistant Coach, Men’s and Women’s Track & Field and Cross Country

Christi Ireland enters her fifth year as a full-time assistant coach for cross country and track & field. During thepast four years, she has played an integral role in the revitalization of the Bulldog cross country and distance programs.With her knowledge and enthusiasm the Elis look to remain on the national scene.

A 1993 graduate of Georgetown, Ireland was an eight-time NCAA All-American (four cross country and fourtrack). She placed third in the 10,000m at the NCAAs as a freshman and as a senior. At the indoor NCAAs she placed fifthas a junior and fourth as a senior in the 5000. In the fall of 1992 she was runner-up in the Big East Cross CountryChampionships. In the spring of 1993 she was both the Penn Relays and Big East 10,000m champion, as well as theoutdoor ECAC 3000m and 5000m champion. Her PRs include 4:45 for the mile,16:04 for the 5k and 33:40 for the 10k.

Prior to coming to Yale, Ireland was the Fitness Director at Georgetown’s Yates Fieldhouse. Her husband, Dan, is themen’s cross country coach at Yale. They have two children, Jacob and Alaina.

Bruce HescockAssistant Coach, Men’s and Women’s Track & Field

A part-time assistant coach, Hescock was a full-time assistant for the Bulldog men’s program from 1968 to 1980.Hescock, a field-events specialist, also served as an assistant coach for eight years at Dartmouth and for one season atColumbia. A New England high school high jump champion, he was the 1954 indoor and outdoor IC4A pole vaultchampion at Boston University, from which he graduated in 1955. Hescock, who served four years in the U.S. Air Forceas a pilot and was the academy’s high jump champion, is a four-time National Masters Decathlon champion and Americanrecord holder in the event. Hescock has developed several Heptagonal throwing champions, notably record holders DianePotkay, Melanie Harris, Tom Neville and Kent Womack as well as Michelle Stroube and Trudy Taylor.

Anna Norgren MahonAssistant Coach, Men’s and Women’s Track & Field

Norgren Mahon, who joined the Yale staff last year, brings strong throwing credentials to New Haven. She was the2002 U.S.Indoor and Outdoor Champion with a throw of 23.56 meters in the 20-pound weight and 72.01 meters in thehammer. She broke the American record in the hammer three times in 2002 and held the record until the spring of 2004, whenit was broken by Erin Gilreath with a throw of 72.12 meters. Norgren Mahon has been a member of two World Champion-ships Teams (2001, 2003), placing seventh in the Paris World Championships in 2003. She was also a member of this pastsummer’s U.S. Olympic Team, competing in Athens. She has been ranked in the top 12 in the world for the past three yearsin the women’s hammer, with a high ranking of fifth in 2002. She is a 1996 graduate of the University of Vermont, where shecompeted in the hammer throw. She has worked as a full time high school English teacher since 1997 and currently teachesat Amity High School in Woodbridge, CT.

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Name Class Hometown / High SchoolKevin Alexander Jr. Birmingham, AL / Jefferson County SchoolJihad Beauchman Jr. San Jose, CA / Bellarmine College Prep SchoolJames Beck Sr. Seattle, WA / O’Dea High SchoolMatt Bordoni Fr. San Jose, CA / Bellarmine College Prep SchoolMatthew Boshart Jr. Cary, NC / St. Anthony’s (NY)Erik Brown Jr. Tinton Falls, NJ / Academy of Allied Health & ScienceMichael Brown Jr. Emmaus, PA / Lawrenceville SchoolMichael Camarda Fr. Tallahassee, FL / MacClayStephen Carden So. Hamburg, NY / FrontierJames Carter Fr. Emporia, KS / ConcordiaJordan Chapman Sr. Plymouth, MI / Plymouth CantonVictor Cheng Fr. Seattle, WA / InglemoorNathan Clute So. Englewood, CO / Cherry CreekDoug Czerwinski Jr. Thompson Falls, MT / Thompson FallsPatrick Dantzer Jr. Grosse Pointe Park, MI / Grosse Point SouthRobert deLaski Jr. Pleasantville, NY / Byram HillsOmari Douglas-Hall So. Cherry Hill, NJ / Cherry Hill EastMark Falco Jr. Huntington, NY / Elwood John GlennMatthew Fong Sr. Darlinghurst, Australia / Sydney Grammar SchoolRolando Garcia Fr. Chicago, IL / St. Ignatius College PrepBrian Gertzen So. Linwood, NJ / Mainland RegionalBrandon Giles Fr. Los Angeles, CA / Harvard-Westlake SchoolWyatt Golding Jr. Bantam, CT / Phillips Exeter AcademyMatthew Gummess Fr. Joliet, IL / Joliet Catholic AcademyBrian Hanak So. Alexandria, VA / Thomas JeffersonAndrew Johnson Jr. Des Moines, IA / RooseveltWill Jordan Sr. Westport, CT / StaplesDavid Kemp Fr. Scarsdale, NY / ScarsdaleRussell Kempf So. Clemmons, NC / West ForsythEric Kerchberger Fr. Barrington, IL / BarringtonCourtland Keteyian Jr. Oxford, MI / Lake OrionConnor Kilpatric Fr. Seattle, WA / Seattle Prep SchoolJoseph Kingsbery Fr. Shrewsbury, NJ / Red Bank RegionalMatthew Lachman So. Los Angeles, CA / Harvard-Westlake SchoolJohn Langhauser So. Basking Ridge, NJ / RidgeMichael Marino Jr. Garden City, NY / Garden CityTaylor Matthews So. Richmond, VA / MidlothianReed Mauser Sr. Setauket, NY / Ward MelvilleLucas Meyer Sr. Ridgefield, CT / RidgefieldCasey Moriarty Sr. Seattle, WA / O’DeaDavid Napper So. Cypress, CA / CypressDan O’Brien Fr. Providence, RI / Bishop HendrickenTadhg O’Callaghan Fr. Cork, IRE / Colaiste ChriostScott Peachman Jr. Hudson, OH / Western Reserve AcademyAndrew Pitts So. Southwick, MA / Southwick TollandAdam Presser Jr. Beverly Hills, CA / Harvard-Westlake SchoolDaniel Serna Fr. Andover, MA / AndoverChristopher Smitson Fr. Indianapolis, IN / Brebuef Preparatory SchoolShomari Taylor Jr. Baltimore, MD / McDonogh SchoolChris Tingue Fr. Port Jefferson, NY / Ward MellvilleMark Turner Jr. Mechanicsburg, PA / Cumberland ValleyMichael Walker Jr. Bellevue, WA / Eastside CatholicJoshua Yelsey Sr. Corona del Mar, CA / Corona del Mar

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Name Class Hometown / High SchoolMargo Angelopoulos Jr. North Haven, CT / North HavenCandace Arthur Sr. Brookville, NY / Friends AcademyOlakitan Awolesi Fr. Getzville, NY / Williamsville NorthCatherine Bader Fr. Fargo, ND / SouthErica Bergman Jr. Tenafly, NJ / Dwight-Englewood SchoolStephanie Blake Sr. San Diego, CA / Francis W. Parker SchoolElizabeth Boucher Fr. West Mystic, CT / Robert E. FitchKayla Cagle Fr. Locust Grove, OK / ClaremoreElizabeth Calle Fr. Danbury, CT / DanburyAshley Campbell So. Lutherville, MD / Bryn Mawr SchoolKatrina Castille So. Lake Charles, LA / St. Louis CatholicSusan Chan Sr. Walnut Creek, CA / Monte VistaAisha Cort Sr. Dorchester, MA / Boston LatinErica Davis So. Columbus, NJ / Northern BurlingtonLauren Davis Jr. Humble, TX / HumbleKatie Dewitt So. Los Angeles, CA / Harvard-WestlakeKatherine Dlesk So. Andover, MA / Phillips AcademyAlexandra Dodson Fr. Los Gatos, CA / Los GatosLindsay Donaldson Fr. Lincoln, MA / Lincoln-SudburyJulia Emanuel So. Tenafly, NJ / TenaflyJ. Sterling Evans Fr. Marietta, GA / The Walker SchoolVanessa Everding Sr. Skaneatales, NY / SkaneatalesLydia Finley Sr. New York, NY / Choate Rosemary HallKatie Greene Jr. Cumberland Furnace, TN / Montgomery CentralClaire Hamilton So. Guilford, CT / GuilfordRachel Harrington Jr. West Mystic, CT / Robert E. FitchChrista Hutchinson Fr. East Falmouth, MA / FalmouthAbigail Jackson Fr. Averill Park, NY / Averill ParkAndrea Jacobs Fr. Waltham, MA / WalthamCara Kiernan So. Vienna, VA / The Potomac SchoolKate Lawson Jr. Garden City, NY / Sacred Heart AcademyMolly Lederman Jr. Newton, MA / New JewishMeredith Leenhouts Fr. Franklin, MA / FranklinMaureen Lloyd Fr. San Antonio, TX / Incarnate WordJesse MacLeod Fr. Guilford, CT / Choate Rosemary AcademyAnne Martin Sr. Auburn, ME / Edward LittleKathryn Matlack Jr. Bonsall, CA / Fallbrook UnionVanessa Mazandi Sr. Brookline, MA / BrooklineKatherine McKinstry So. Swarthmore, PA / Westtown SchoolSarah Mendillo So. Branford, CT / BranfordJaclyn Myers So. Lancaster, PA / Manheim TownshipSibile Morency Sr. Kew Gardens, NY / The Dwight SchoolAshley Nolet So. Lowell, MA / LowellHannah Oberman-Breindel Jr. New York, NY / The Fieldston SchoolJessica Pall So. Pennington, NJ / Hopewell Valley CentralTiffany Peterson Jr. Brewton, AL / T.R. MillerJulia Pudlin Jr. Bryn Mawr, PA / The Baldwin SchoolDeanna Rice Sr. Vernon, CT / RockvilleIngrid Sproll Fr. Winnipeg, MB / St. Mary’s AcademyKatrina Svoboda Sr. Bayport, NY / Bayport-Blue PointDionna Thomas Jr. Lenexa, KS / Shawnee Mission WestAlison Turney Sr. Marshfield, WI / Culver AcademiesJoslyn Woodard Jr. Irvine, CA / Choate Rosemary HallCaroline Zier Jr. Fort Collins, CO / Poudre

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2003-2004 – Cross country captain... Qualified for the NCAA Champion-ships in both cross country and out-door track … Ran PRs of 4:12 for themile, 8:23 for the 3k, 14:13.73 for the 5kand 8:47.59 for the steeplechase … Outdoor Heps Champion,IC4A runner-up, fifth-place finisher at the NCAA Regionals,and 19th at the NCAA Championships in the steeplechase…Won the steeplechase for the third year in a row vs. Harvard… Earned Indoor All-Ivy honors for his runner-up finish at theHeps in the 5k … Set the school record in the 5k and earnedAll-East honors with his third-place finish at the indoor IC4As... Ran 24:48 at Van Cortlandt Park to earn first team All-Ivyhonors while finishing fourth at the Heps ... 2002-2003 – RanPR of 8:58.00 in 3000m steeplechase, placing him fifth on Yale’sall-time list … Won the Oxford-Cambridge vs. Yale-Harvardmeet in the steeplechase, setting a Cambridge track record(9:00.23) … NCAA Regional scorer in steeplechase, just miss-ing a trip the nationals by one place … IC4A scorer in thesteeplechase … Third-place finisher at the outdoor Heps inthe steeplechase … Finished fourth at indoor IC4As in the5000m, running a PR of 14:15.08 that put him third on Yale’s all-time list … Finished third at the indoor Heps in the 5000m …IC4A runner-up in cross country … Finished 10th at the NCAACross Country Northeast Regional … Earned second-team All-Ivy honors by finishing eighth at Heps Cross Country Cham-pionships … Won Yale-Harvard meet with a Yale course record25:38 ... 2001-2002 – Top true freshman in the nation in thesteeplechase ... Won Yale-Harvard steeplechase in 9:00 ... SetYale freshman record in the 5000m, running 14:31 at the PennRelays ... Finished fifth in the steeplechase at Heps ... EarnedAll-East honors by scoring in the IC4A steeplechase ... IC4Aqualifier in the indoor 3000m with a time of 8:26 ... High School

– As a senior at Ridgefield High School finished third at theConnecticut State Open Outdoor Track Championships in the3200m in 9:26 ... Fourth-place finisher in the Connecticut StateOpen Cross Country Championships.

Lucas MeyerSenior • Distance

Ridgefield, CT

Casey MoriartySenior • Distance

Seattle, WA2003-2004 – Track captain … Hadbreakout seasons in all three sports… Ran outdoor PRs of 3:50.5 in the1500m and 14:22.88 in the 5k, qualify-ing him for the IC4As in both … In-doors, was a Heps scorer as an individual in the 3k and as amember of the distance medley relay … Earned All-East hon-ors as a member of the IC4A scoring distance medley relay,where he ran a 4:07 anchor leg … Had one of the best crosscountry seasons ever for a Yale harrier … Earned first team All-Ivy honors with his seventh-place finish at Heps … Finished14th at the NCAA Regional Cross Country Championships …Ran 24:57 (ninth-best ever for a Yale athlete) at famed VanCortlandt Park in winning the IC4A Cross Country Champion-ships ... 2002-2003 – Finished fourth against Harvard in the5000m … Ran PRs of 3:53.67 in the 1500m and 14:50.24 in the5000m … IC4A qualifier in the indoor 3000m … Heps scorer asa member of the distance medley relay team … Ran PR of 8:27.02in the 3000m and 4:16.34 in the indoor mile … Scorer at theindoor Harvard meet in the 3000m … Consistent top-three per-former for the Bulldogs in his first collegiate cross countryseason ... 2001-2002 – Ran PR of 3:57.8 in outdoor 1500m …Ran 8:30.6 in indoor 3000m ... High School – Washington staterunner-up in the outdoor 3200m while competing for O’DeaHigh School ... PRs of 4:20 in the 1600m and 9:24 in the 3200m.

Jordan ChapmanSenior • Jumps

Plymouth, MI2004 – Concentrated his efforts in thepole vault and was among the top jump-ers in the Ivy League ... Won both theindoor and outdoor Harvard-Yalemeets in the pole vault ... Raised hispersonal best to 15’5”… With continued improvement, Chap-man should score in the Ivy League Championships and qualifyfor the IC4A championships ... 2003 – Continued to showmultiple talents in both the high jump and pole vault … Wasthe Yale-Harvard champion in the pole vault … Raised hispersonal best in the pole vault to 15’0” ... 2002 – Had a greatfreshman campaign, adjusting to collegiate track & field withease … Recorded the team’s top high jump indoors, 6’6” …Won the Harvard dual meet indoors … Was the top pole vaulterfor the Bulldogs, winning the Harvard meet outdoors … Aconsistent performer in both vertical jumps … High School –

An all-state performer while at Plymouth-Canton High Schoolin Michigan in the pole vault and the high jump.

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Joshua YelseySenior • DistanceCorona del Mar, CA

2003-2004 – Ran 1:55.0 800m and 3:571500m before an abdominal injury cutshort his outdoor season … Earnedindoor All-East honors as a member ofthe IC4A-scoring 4x800m relay … Ran PRs of 2:28.52 (1000m)and 1:53r (4x800m) during the indoor season ... 2002-2003 –

Had break-out seasons in both indoor and outdoor track …Ran PRs of 1:54.4 relay and 1:55.09 open … Competed on out-door IC4A 4x800m relay … Ran PR of 2:29.9 in 1000m … Ran onindoor IC4A-qualifying 4x800m relay … Member of winning4x880yd relay against Harvard ... 2001-2002 – Solid contribu-tor in both indoor and outdoor track despite several minorinjuries ... High School – came to Yale with PRs of 1:25 for600m, 2:35 for 1000m, and 4:21 for 1600m. Competed for WardMelville High School on Long Island.

Reed MauserSenior • Middle Distance

Setauket, NY

Kevin AlexanderJunior • SprintsBirmingham, AL

2003-2004 – Outdoor Heps andIC4A runner-up in the 1500m, runninga personal record of 3:47 … NCAARegional qualifier in the 1500m …Outdoor Harvard-Yale 1500m champion … Set indoor PR of4:08.31 … Ran a 4:06 split on the NCAA provisional-qualifyingand school record-setting distance medley relay … Earned All-Ivy honors as a member of the Heps runner-up 4x800m relay …Earned All-East honors with his seventh place finish at theIC4As … Consistent top-four performer on the cross countrysquad … Earned All-East honors for his 16th-place finish at theIC4As ... 2002-2003 – IC4A qualifier in the 1500m … Ran per-sonal record of 4:12.36 for the indoor mile, qualifying for theindoor IC4As … Ran lead off leg on the IC4A-winning distancemedley relay … Heps scorer as a member of the runner-up4x800m relay team … Consistent top-five performer for the Yalecross country squad ... 2001-2002 – No. 2 freshman 1500mrunner in the Heps, running 3:51.60, and conference scorer as amember of the indoor 3200m relay ... Major contributor in crosscountry, recording the third-best time ever for a Yale freshmanat Van Cortlandt Park (26:00) ... High School – California staterunner-up in the 1600m (4:14) while attending Corona del MarHigh School.

Jihad BeauchmanJunior • JumpsSan Jose, CA

2004 – Had a breakout sophomorecampaign, establishing himself as oneof the top long sprinters in the IvyLeague … A finalist in the 400m at theindoor Ivy League Championships … Ran lifetime bests of 48.65for 400m and 21.76 for 200m for victories against Harvard … Amember of Ivy League-scoring 4x400m relays both indoors andoutdoors … An IC4A qualifier at 200m outdoors … Earned All-East honors as a member of the indoor IC4A scoring distancemedley relay…2003 – Walked on to the Yale team and contrib-uted as a member of relay ... High School – Ran for JeffersonCounty I.B. School in Alabama.

2004 – Continued his outstandingYale career in both the triple jump andhigh jump … Placed fourth outdoorsin the high jump at the Ivy League Championships … EarnedAll-East honors in the triple jump, improving his personal recordto 49’2” – good for the No. 3 spot on the all-time list at Yale …2003 – Had a tremendous freshman campaign, scoring in hisfirst outdoor Ivy Championship meet … Established himself asone of the top freshman high jumpers in the East … Hisseason’s best of 6’10.5” broke the Yale freshman record for theevent … Qualified for the NCAA Eastern Regional Champion-ships in the high jump … Was also the team’s top triple jumper,leaping to a best of 47’2” ... High School – Came to Yale out ofBellarmine College Prep School as one of the most sought-after high jump prospects in the nation … Was a medalist inthe California State Championship in the high jump … Had thethird-best jump in the state (6’10.5”) … Also among the topprep triple jumpers in California.

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Matthew BoshartJunior • Middle Distance

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2004 – Runner-up at the outdoor Har-vard-Yale meet in the 800m … IndoorHarvard-Yale 800m champion and IC4Aqualifier in the 800m … Earned IndoorAll-East honors as a member of the IC4A-scoring distance med-ley relay ... 2003 – Had a great freshman campaign, runningindoor personal record in the 800m of 1:52.73 ... That time placedhim 13th on Yale’s all-time indoor list ... Foot injury at PennRelays cut short his outdoor season … Ran leg on winningIC4A distance medley relay … Qualified for IC4As in the 800m… Heps scorer as a member of the second-place 4x800m relay ...High School – While attending St. Anthony’s High School inNew York, was the state meet runner-up in the outdoor 800mand had personal records of 1:52.8 for 800m and 2:33.29 for1000m.

Michael BrownJunior • HurdlesLawrenceville, NJ

Patrick DantzerJunior • Distance

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2004 – Had a breakout sophomore sea-son, living up to the great potential heshowed as a freshman … Ran to a fifth-place finish at the outdoor Ivy LeagueChampionship in the 400m hurdles …Lowered his personal record in the 400m hurdles to 54.53 …Scored at the Ivy League meet both indoors and outdoors as amember of the Bulldog 4x400 relay … 2003 – Just missed out onthe final of the 400m hurdles at the Ivy League Championships… Was the Harvard-Yale champion in the 400m hurdles ... High

School – Was the New Jersey prep school champion in the110m hurdles and 400m hurdles at the Lawrenceville School.

2003-2004 – Followed up his greatfreshman year with a tremendoussophomore season … Had solid out-door campaign, running 14:36 for 5k and4:11 leg on the Penn Relays 4xMile squad … Indoors, was theHarvard-Yale 3k champion and earned All-East honors as amember of the IC4A scoring distance medley relay ... Was aHeps scorer as a member of the fourth-place distance medleyrelay … Ran personal records of 4:09 mile and 8:20 3k … Con-sistent top five performer on the Yale cross country squad ...2002-2003 – Had a very productive freshman year … Ranoutdoor personal records of 3:53.70 for 1500m and 14:46.47 forthe 5000m … Ran indoor personal records of 4:15.30 for themile and 8:31.70 for the 3000m … Ran a leg on the IC4A-win-ning distance medley relay … Heps scorer as a member of thedistance medley relay … Fourth-best freshman at the IvyLeague Cross Country Championships, running a time thatmade him the eighth-best Yale freshman ever at Van CortlandtPark ... Consistent top-seven performer on the cross countryteam ... High School – Division 1 Michigan state runner-up inthe 1600m, recording a personal record of 4:15.3 ... MichiganRegion 9 cross country champion while running for GrossePointe South High School.

Robert deLaskiJunior • SprintsPleasantville, NY

2004 – Lived up to the promise of hisfreshman campaign with an outstand-ing sophomore season … Ran the IvyLeague’s fastest time at 500m indoors,1:03.32, good for No. 4 on Yale’s all-time list … Ran to a personalrecord of 48.32 in the 400m indoors … Was the 400m leg onYale’s school record-breaking distance medley relay … Scoredindoors at the Ivy League championship at 500m ... 2003 –

Established himself as a force in the long sprints … Just missedmaking the finals in the 400m at the outdoor Ivy League Cham-pionship … Was the Yale-Harvard champion in the 400m out-doors and the 500m indoors … Ran to a personal best of 48.19while overseas with the team in Ireland … Showed promise inthe long sprints ... High School – Among the top long sprintersin the state of New York while at Byram Hills High School …Finished second in the state at 400m indoors … Posted the No.3 time in the state at 200m indoors.

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Mark FalcoJunior • Middle Distance

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2004 – Earned outdoor All-East hon-ors as a member of the IC4A-scoring4x800m relay and ran 1:54.6 in the 800m… Earned indoor All-East honors as amember of the IC4A-scoring 4x800m relay … Ran personalrecords of 2:28.79 (1000m) and 1:52r (4x800m) during the indoorseason in addition to being a Heps scorer as a member of thefourth-place distance medley relay … Heps finalist in the 800m…2003 – Qualified for the IC4As in the 1000m, running a personalrecord of 2:29.70 and just missing making the finals at the HepsChampionships … Member of winning 4x880yd relay againstHarvard ... High School – Ran as a member of the New Yorkstate-qualifying 4x800m relay team while competing for ElwoodJohn Glenn High School on Long Island.

Courtland KeteyianJunior • Middle Distance

Oxford, MI2004 – Sidelined the entire year withlower leg injury … When healthy,should have an immediate impact inthe 800m … 2003 – Competed at out-door IC4As as a member of the4x800m relay ... Ran collegiate personal records of 1:53.9 re-lay and 1:54.4 despite missing all of indoor season due to in-jury ... High School – Attended Lake Orion High School, wherecaptured the Division 1 Michigan state championship in the800m in 1:53.10 and was an all-state soccer player as well.

2004 – Continued to impress with solidperformances … Ran to a third-placefinish in the 400 hurdles at the IvyLeague Championships … Lowered hisPR in the 400m hurdles to 53.79 … Was a stalwart member of theYale 4x400m relay team … A consistent performer in the longjump ... Also plays linebacker for Yale football team ... 2003 –

Capped a tremendous freshman year by scoring at the outdoorHeptagonal Championships in the 400 hurdles … Was the team’smost consistent performer in that event … Showed a tremen-dous amount of potential in the long jump, soaring over 23’ inEngland in June … A member of the freshman record breakingindoor 4x400 relay … High School – was an all-stater in footballand track and field while at the McDonogh School in Baltimore.

Shomari TaylorJunior • Hurdles/Jumps

Baltimore, MD

2004 – Earned outdoor All-East hon-ors as a member of the IC4A-scoring4x800m relay ... Ran 1:54.1, winningthe Harvard Yale meet in the 800m …Earned All-East honors as a member of the IC4A-scoring in-door 4x800m relay … Ran personal records of 2:28.56 and1:52r during the indoor season in addition to being a Heps fi-nalist in the 800m … High School – Anchored state champi-onship 4x800m relay team while competing for Cherry CreekHigh School in Colorado … Multiple-time state finalist in the800m with a personal record of 1:53.70 and has run 49.6 on4x400m relay.

Nathan CluteSoph. • Middle DistanceCherry Hills Village, CO

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2004 – Earned All-East honors as amember of the IC4A-scoring indoor4x800m relay … Ran personal recordsof 2:28.55 (1000m) and 1:52r (4x800m)during the indoor season before a foot injury cut short hisoutdoor season … High School – All-group meet finalist in the1600m in New Jersey while competing for Mainland High School… Had personal records of 1:55.09 (800m) and 4:19.6 for 1600m… Earned High School All-American honors as a member of theMainland 4xmile relay at the AOC Outdoor Nationals.

Brian GertzenSoph. • Middle Distance

Linwood, NJ

2003-2004 – Ran personal record of9:19 in the steeple to finish seventh atthe Heps … Ran 8:46 in the indoor 3k… High School – Two-time AAA StateOutdoor Track Championships scorer in the 3200m in Virginiawhile competing for Thomas Jefferson High School.

Brian HanakSophomore • Distance

Alexandria, PA

2004 – Had an eye-popping freshmanyear, bursting on to the Ivy League andEastern sprinting scene … Earned All-Ivy honors with his runner-up perfor-mance at the indoor Ivy League championship at 60m … Wassecond in the 100m outdoors at the Ivy League meet … Set theschool record in the 60m, running to a personal best of 6.98seconds … Set Yale freshman records in the 100m, and 200moutdoors … An IC4A qualifier in the 100m and 200m outdoors… Qualified for the USATF junior nationals in the 200m out-doors with his personal record of 21.58 seconds against Har-vard ... Won the Lee Calhoun award as the team’s most valuablesprinter ... High School – Was the runner-up in both the 100mand 200m at the North Carolina state championship meet.

Russell KempfSophomore • Sprints

Clemmons, NC

2004 – Was the Bulldogs’ top throwerin the shot put and discus both in-doors and outdoors … Set a personalrecord of 50’1” at the indoor IvyLeague Championships … Should be a major factor in the IvyLeague Championships in the throws ... High School – Wasamong the top throwers in the state of New Jersey … Wassecond at the Eastern States Championships indoors … Heldthe No. 2 shotput in the state indoors.

John LanghauserSophomore • Throws

Basking Ridge, NJ

2003-2004 – Had the best freshmanyear ever for a Yale runner … Set out-door Yale freshman record for the 10kwhen he ran 30:44 at the Raleigh Re-lays … Set two Yale freshman indoor track records, running4:11 in the mile and 14:36 in the 5k, in addition to running 8:21 inthe 3k … Set Yale freshman record of 25:14 at Van CortlandtPark … Earned second-team All-Ivy Honors with his 11th-placefinish at the Heps in addition to being the top freshman fin-isher … High School – Top 5 finisher at the California Division2 state cross country championships and finished 15th at theFoot Locker West Regionals while competing for Cypress HighSchool … Has track personal records of 4:16.02 for 1600m and9:09.48 for the 3200m in which he was a CIF state finalist.

David NapperSophomore • Distance

Cypress, CA

2003-2004 – Recurring ankle injurybothered him the entire year and side-lined him for almost all of the indoorseason and the entire outdoor season... High School – Massachusetts state runner-up in the out-door mile, running a personal record of 4:14.14 … Was a two-time state cross country champion and finished in the top 20 atthe Foot Locker Northeast Regionals in both his junior andsenior years … Ran for Southwick Tolland High School.

Andrew PittsSophomore • Distance

Southwick, MA

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High School – California state finalistas a junior in the 800m … Has run 49seconds on mile relay and 1:54 for theopen 800m … Should add qualitydepth to the middle distance squad.

Matthew BordoniFr. • Middle Distance

Pleasantville, NY

High School – The Kansas statechamp in both the 110m and 300mhurdles … Ran to a personal record of14.06 at the state meet as a senior …Lowered his 300h best to 38.56 seconds … At Yale he shouldcontribute on relays as well.

James CarterFreshman • Hurdles

Emporia, KS

High School – Won the 100m at theWashington State High School Trackand Field Championships … Was a fi-nalist at the Simplot Games in the 60m… Brings bests of 6.86 for 60m and 10.83 for 100m.

Victor ChengFreshman • Sprints

Seattle, WA

High School – A solid performer fromthe sprinter-rich state of California …Ran to personal bests of 10.83 and 21.84as a high schooler at the Harvard West-lake School … Should contribute on all levels of the program.

Brandon GilesFreshman • Sprints

Los Angeles, CA

High School – Washington state 3Across country runner-up in just his sec-ond season of cross country ... Was astate finalist in the 800m on the track… Brings personal records of 1:55 (800m) and 4:20 (1600m) tothe Bulldog squad … Adds quality depth in cross country andon the track in mile and 3k.

Connor KilpatricFreshman • Distance

Seattle, WA

High School – Many-time New Jerseyall-group state track finalist … Top-50all-time cross country performer atfamed Holmdel Cross Country Course… Has personal records of 1:56 for the800m and 4:17 for the mile … Should have an immediate impactin the middle distances and on the cross country course.

Joe KingsberyFreshman • Distance

Shrewsbury, NJ

High School – Member of the Irish Jun-ior National Cross Country Team thatcompeted in the European Champion-ships in 2004 … Has high school per-sonal records of 1:57 in the 800m and3:57 in the 1500m … Should add imme-diate depth to the cross country squad and from the mile up onthe track.

Tadhg O’CallaghanFreshman • Distance

Cork, Ireland

High School – Was the Rhode Islandand New England champ in the 400m… Was the runner-up in the hurdles inRhode Island and in New England …His personal record of 14.06 makes hima good shot for scoring at the Ivy League championship as afreshman.

Dan O’BrienFr. • Hurdles/Sprints

Providence, RI

High School – Finished fourth at theNike Indoor High School Champion-ships in the 800 in 2004 … Several-timeIndiana state 800m finalist … Bringspersonal records of 49 and 1:54 in the 800m … Should have animmediate impact on the middle distance events as a freshman.

Christopher SmitsonFr. • Middle Distance

Indianapolis, IN

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Anne MartinSenior • Distance

Auburn, ME

Katrina SvobodaSenior • Hurdles/Multi

Bayport, NY

2004 – Track and field captain … Sea-son cut short by a novicular stress frac-ture … 2003 – Had a tremendoussophomore campaign … Placed thirdin the 400m hurdles at the Ivy League Championships at Yale… Ran to a lifetime best of 61.06 seconds for the 400h … AnECAC qualifier and NCAA Regional qualifier in the 400h …Led off the school record-breaking 4x400m relay … EarnedAll-East honors as a member of the 4x400m relay both indoorsand outdoors … Charged to a fourth-place finish at the indoorIvy League Championships in the pentathlon, scoring 3399points … Led the Elis to a fourth-place finish in the 4x400mrelay at the indoor Ivy League Championships … 2002 –

Struggled through a difficult freshman year ... Improved herpersonal record in the long jump to 18’2”… A consistent leadoff leg for Yale’s 4x400m relay … An ECAC qualifier as a memberof Yale’s 4x400 team ... High School – Runner-up at the NewYork State Championships in the 400 hurdles and the long jumpwhile competing at Bayport Blue Point High School.

2003-2004 – Cross country captain ...Solid cross country season in whichshe consistently finished in the top five... Proved to be one of the top steeple-chasers in the league by placing second at the outdoor Heps …Went on to run a phenomenal 10:29.40 for third at ECACs,shattering the old school record … Qualified for the NCAARegionals and finished 11th … 2002-2003 – Showed some im-provement in cross country, which led to an indoor mile per-sonal best of 5:05.84 against Harvard … Opened up the out-door season with an 11:05.24 for her first steeplechase of theyear … Ended the track season with a personal best of 10:49.07at the ECAC Championships … 2001-2002 – After a modeststart, developed into a standout steeplechaser, registering winsagainst Harvard and at Penn/Princeton … With a best of11:05.40, scored fifth at outdoor Heps … High School – Anall-state performer in the distance races for Edward Little HighSchool.

Candace ArthurSenior • Sprinter

Brookville, NY

2004 – Had a solid junior year in theshort sprints … A consistent memberof both the 4x100m and 4x400 relayteams … Earned All-Ivy honors as thelead off leg for the Bulldogs’ second-place 4x100 relay at theIvy League Championships … 2003 – Came back after a greatfirst year with an even better sophomore season … A scorer inboth the 60m and 200m at the indoor Heptagonal Champion-ships … A member of the school record-breaking 4x100m and4x400m relay teams … A scorer in the 200m at the outdoor Hep-tagonal Championships … 2002 – Had a strong freshman yearfor the Elis in the sprints with personal bests of 7.99 for 60meters, 12.31 for 100 meters and 25.09 for 200 meters … Was akey member of both the 4x100m and the 4x400m relays, both ofwhich scored at outdoor Heps … High School – Was a stand-out performer for Friends Academy in Locust Valley, N.Y., whereshe was coached by Yale record holder Louisa Gerritz.

2004 – Battled through nagging inju-ries and had a successful junior sea-son … Earned All-East honors as amember of the Bulldogs’ third-place4x100m relay at the ECAC Championships … A stalwart memberof both sprint relays for the Elis … 2003 – Established herselfas one of the top sprinters in the Ivy League with a breakoutsophomore season … Scored in the indoor Heptagonals in the60m dash … Scored outdoors in the 100m … Was a member ofthe school record-breaking 4x100m relay … Also saw action asa valuable leg on the 4x400m relay … 2002 – Saw limited actiondue to injury but showed flashes of good things to come withher performances at the Heptagonal Championships and as amember of the 4x100m relay … High School – A state champ inthe 100m while at Boston Latin High School … All-New En-gland indoors as a senior at 60m.

Aisha CortSenior • SprinterDorchester, MA

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2004 – Continued to contribute to out-standing relays … part of third-placefinish at both the indoor and outdoorECAC Championships in the 4x800 andran under 8:50 on three different occasions … 2003 – Onceagain, was a strong member of ECAC-scoring 4x800 teams bothindoors and outdoors … Was the alternate for the distancemedley relay at NCAAs indoors … 2002 – Made an immediateimpact on Yale’s middle distance corps by becoming a keymember of the 4x800 team that finished third at indoor ECACsand scored at outdoor ECACs … High School – A multi-pur-pose middle distance star at Skaneateles High School in NewYork … Excellent at both the 800 and 1500 meter distances.

Vanessa EverdingSenior • Middle Distance

Skaneatales, NY

2004 – After battling a difficult sur-gery during her sophomore year, re-bounded with a vengeance … Winnerof H-Y-Ps indoors in 2:10.69 and thirdat outdoor Heps in 2:09.49 … NCAARegional qualifier at 800 meters … Ranks third on Yale’s all-time 800 list … 2002 – Was a key component of Yale’s 4x800relay that placed third at indoor ECACs and scored at outdoorECACs … An All-East selection for both seasons in the 4x800… High School – Had a terrific prep career at Brookline HighSchool … Capped career by winning Massachusetts All-StateChampionship for 800 meters in 2001 … Had a personal best of2:12.

Vanessa MazandiSenior • Middle Distance

Brookline, MA

2004 – Highlights included a throw of13.88 meters at the Indoor Heps in theweight throw ... Outdoors, she won thePenn/Princeton shot put event with athrow of 12.94 meters ... 2003 – Had an outstanding freshmanyear … Finalist at both the indoor and outdoor League Cham-pionship in the shot put … A consistent performer in everythrowing discipline … Shows great potential in the 20lb weightand the discus … High School – Came to Yale as the mostheralded throwing recruit since multiple school record holderDiane Potkay ’00 … Was the Connecticut Champion and theNew England Champion in the shot put as a senior at NorthHaven High School in Connecticut.

Margo AngelopoulosJunior • ThrowsNorth Haven, CT

2004 – Won her first Ivy League crownin the pole vault at the indoor IvyLeague Championships … Earned thefourth All-Ivy honor of her career withher runner-up finish at the outdoor IvyLeague Championships … Earned All-East honors both in-doors and outdoors … Saved her best for last with a personalbest vault at the outdoor Regional Championship in Gainesville,FL … 2003 – Lived up to all expectations with a stellar fresh-man campaign … Established herself as one of the top polevaulters in the Ivy League and the East …Was second bothindoors and outdoors at the Heptagonal Championships … Arunner-up at the indoor ECAC Championships … Just missedqualifying for nationals with a sixth place finish at the NCAAoutdoor regional meet … The school record holder in the polevault both indoors and out … High School – Was the runnerup at the 2002 Outdoor High School National Championshipsin the vault while at New Jewish High School in Massachu-setts … A former national high school record holder in the polevault.

Molly LedermanJunior • Jumps

Newton, MA

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2004 – Continued her successful ca-reer, scoring at both the indoor andoutdoor Ivy League Championships inthe triple jump … Battled through adebilitating injury to grab a fourth-place finish at the indoorIvy League meet … An ECAC qualifier in the triple jump bothindoors and outdoors … 2003 – Had a tremendous first yearfor the Bulldogs, scoring at the Heptagonal Championships inthe triple jump both indoors and out … Earned All-Ivy honorswith her silver-medal finish at the outdoor Heptagonal Cham-pionships ... Qualified for the ECACs indoors and outdoors inthe triple jump and was an NCAA regional qualifier outdoors… High School – Was the Kansas state champion in the triplejump as a 17-year-old senior at Shawnee Mission West HighSchool in Kansas … Was among the top triple jumpers in thenation.

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2003-2004 – Decided to give upsquash and focus on running ...Showed tremendous improvement injust one year … Gave good efforts incross country, and in track had a huge breakthrough at theoutdoor Heps where she ran 4:29 to place second … Was anECAC qualifier as well and just missed making the final with a4:31.97 … High School – Competed in squash and track whileat the Bryn Mawr School in Lutherville, Md.

Ashley CampbellSophomore • Distance

Lutherville, MD

2004 – Capped off an incredible fresh-man year with an Ivy League champi-onship at 60m indoors … Finishedthird in the 100m at the outdoor IvyLeague Championships … Earned All-Ivy and All-East honors as the anchor of the Elis 4x100mrelay … An ECAC qualifier in both the 60m and the 100m …High School - Was the state champ in Louisiana in the 100,200 and long jump as a senior at St. Louis Catholic HS in St.Charles, La.

Katrina CastilleSoph. • Sprints/Jumps

Lake Charles, LA

2004 – Ended a highly successful firstyear in New Haven by earning a fourth-place finish in the 400m hurdles at theIvy League Championships, loweringher personal best by two seconds on the weekend … A finalistin the 400m at the indoor Ivy League Championships … Quali-fied for the ECACs indoors and outdoors as a member of the4x400 relay … High School – A multi-time New England prepschool champion while at Phillips Andover Academy …Andover’s school record holder in the 400m dash and 300mhurdles.

Katie DleskSoph. • Sprints/Hurdles

Andover, MA

Joslyn WoodardJunior • Sprints/Jumps

Irvine, CA

2004 – Continued on her way to be-coming the most decorated sprinter andjumper in Eli history … Broke the IvyLeague record in the long jump withher 20’6” leap to win the Indoor Ivy League Championship …A national qualifier in the long jump indoors … The Ivy Leaguechamp in the long jump both indoors and outdoors … Won the200m outdoors at the Ivy League meet … Earned All-East hon-ors in the 200m, breaking the school record by more than half asecond in 24.06 at the ECAC meet … Ran the second leg on theBulldog’s All-Ivy and All-East 4x100m relays … A regional quali-fier in the 200m and the long jump … Earned the Jim StackAward as Yale’s most valuable track and field athlete … 2003 –

Had a dream freshman year, winning five Ivy League titles andearning all-Ivy in seven events…Was voted the outstandingperformer at the indoor league championships after winningthe long jump, 60m and 200m dashes … Outdoors was theleague champ in the long jump and 100m … An ECAC andNCAA regional qualifier … Broke school records in the 60mand 200m indoors and the 100m and 200m outdoors and an-chored the school record holding 4x100m relay … High School

– Among the top performers in the nation in the sprints andlong jump …Was the New England prep school champion inthe 100m and long jump in each of her last three years at Cho-ate Rosemary Hall.

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Erica DavisSophomore • Throws

Columbus, NJ2004 – After shining on the basket-ball court as a two-time Ivy Rookieof the Week and an honorable men-tion All-Ivy center, joined the trackteam in the spring and won the thePenn/Princeton discus event with a throw of 41.16 meters ...Finished an outstanding fourth place at Outdoor Heps ... High

School – A tremendous athlete in both basketball and track ...placed second in the discus and tenth in the shot put at the N.J.Meet of Champions as a senior ... Was also league and N.J.state sectional champ in the discus.


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Cara KiernanSophomore • Distance

Vienna, VA 2004 – Had an impressive first yearand was the top freshman vaulter inthe Ivy League … Scored both in-doors and outdoors at the Ivy LeagueChampionships … An ECAC qualifier in both the indoor andoutdoor seasons … High School – One of the top pole vault-ers in the nation while at Lowell High School in Massachu-setts … Finished third at the indoor nationals in the pole vault.

Ashley NoletSophomore • Jumps

Lowell, MA

Jessica PallSophomore • Sprints

Pennington, NJ

2004 – Had a great first year in NewHaven, highlighted by earning all-East honors as the lead off leg of theECAC bronze medalist 4x100 relay …A consistent performer as a member of the 4x400m relay … Willbe looked upon to contribute in her individual events at theIvy League Championships … High School – Won the NewJersey Group 2 championship in the 200m and 400m … Showedincredible depth as senior, competing in every event from 100mto a 1200m leg on the Hopewell Valley distance medley relay …attended Hopewell Valley Central High School in Pennington,N.J.

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Katherine McKinstrySophomore • Distance

Swarthmore, PA

Sarah MendilloSophomore • Throws

Branford, CT2003-2004 – Showed consistency incross country, and in track decided totry the 3k steeplechase … Ended upninth at Heps ... Ran a personal best10:56.97, which qualified her for both the ECACs and RegionalChampionships … Should be a top-five scorer in the 2005 out-door Heps steeplechase … High School – Was one of the bestrunners in Connecticut ... Specialized in distance events whileat Guilford High School.

Claire HamiltonSophomore • Distance

Guilford, CT

2003-2004 – Showed marked im-provement during the year due to herhard work ... Was Yale’s fifth finisherat ECAC Cross Country Champion-ships, running 18:34 at Van Cortlandt Park ... ran a 10:00.65 3Kindoors against Harvard ... showed great potential in the 10kat outdoor Heps, finishing tenth …High School – Won the Delaware Independent Schools Con-ference Championship and was the PA Independent SchoolState Champ in cross country ... Captained the team startingsophomore year at Westtown School in West Chester, PA.

2004 – Had a great first year ... Placedsixth at Heps with a throw of39.39meters ... High School – Holdsthe Branford H.S. record in the javelinof 134’3” ... Was the division champion for three years, classand state champion in 2003 and placed second in New Englandstwo years in a row.


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High School – Was among the top400m runners in California, runningto a personal best of 56.83 ... Loweredher PR in the 200m to a stellar 25.06 …Should be an immediate contributor in her individual events aswell as the relays.

Ali DodsonFreshman • Sprints

Los Gatos, CAHigh School – A top jumper in Mas-sachusetts … Scored at the Mass statemeet in all three jumps … Could be athreat in the multi-events as a Yalie.

Andrea JacobsFreshman • Jumps

Waltham, MA

Ingrid SprollFreshman • Mid Distance

Winnipeg, MB

Lindsay DonaldsonFreshman • Distance

Lincoln, MA

Abby JacksonFreshman • Sprints

Averill Park, NY

Meredith LeenhoutsFreshman • Mid Distance

Franklin, MA

High School – A top long sprinter fromNew York….Was an All-State per-former at the New York State Trackand Field Championships in the 300mindoors and the 400m outdoors ... Has a PR of 57.83 in the 400mand 41.00 in the 300m.

High School – Was among the toprunners in Canada while at St. Mary’sAcademy ... a two time provincialchampion in the 400m ... also was aprovincial champion in X-C ... Has PRs of 58.44 in the 400m,2:15.13 in the 800m, and 4:51.06 for 1500m ... Has great rangefrom the 400m – 1500m … Should make an impact as a fresh-man.

High School – Was the 2003 StateChampion in cross country and a FootLocker finalist, placing 16th ... In track,was the 2003 State Champion in theindoor mile ... Was fifth at the Outdoor National High SchoolChampionships, running a mile PR of 4:46 ... Also anchoredthe State Championship 4x800m relay.

High School – Was the Massachu-setts 800m champion in 2003 at Fran-klin H.S. ... has a PR of 2:13 and shouldmake an immediate impact in both theopen 800 and relays.

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Indoor55-meter dash 6.32 Eugene Profit 198660-meter dash 6.98 Russell Kempf 200455-meter hurdles 7.21 Peter Coghlan 1998200-meter dash 21.97 Calvin Anderson 1992

Michael Borden 1999400-meter dash 47.84 Charles Clarke 1993500-meter dash 1:02.43 Larry Miller 1986800-meter dash 1:49.24 Robert Lesko 19891000-meter run 2:22.88 Patrick Swift 1987Mile run 4:04.45 Rick Wemple 19913000-meter run 7:56.49 Jim Gibson 19915000-meter run 14:13.73 Lucas Meyer 20041600-meter/mile relay 3:14.74 (y) Rife, Hocker 2000

Boisi, Carson3,200-meter/2-mile relay 7:30.47 (m) Wemple, Garrett 1990

Palladino, LeskoDistance medley relay 9:44.83 (m) Dwyer, deLaski 2004

Lobue, YelseyHigh jump 6-10 1/4 Kevin Gaugush 1990Long jump 25-9 1/2 Eugene Profit 1986Triple jump 48-10 3/4 Damon Hanlon 199735-pound weight throw 65-5 1/2 James Driscoll 1987Pole vault 16-10 3/4 Jesse Stern 1997Shot put 57-7 3/4 James Fuchs 1950Pentathlon 3585 pts. Kevin Gaugush 1990

Outdoor100-meter dash 10.62 Nigel Malcolm 1996200-meter dash/220-yard dash 21.1 (y) Don Martin 1971400-meter dash 45.2 Wendell Mottley 1964800-meter run 1:47.8 James Stack 19601500-meter run 3:42.09 Rick Wemple 19913000-meter steeplechase 8:40.13 Jim Gibson 19885000-meter run 14:10.65 Jim Gibson 199010,000-meter run 28:59.96 Jim Gibson 1991400-meter/440-yard relay 40.5 (y) Kastendieck, Downing 1969

Currie, Martin1,600-meter/mile relay 3:09.6 (y) Hobbs, Kreider 1968

Bittner, Young3,200-meter/2-mile relay 7:22.61 Garrett, Palladino 1989

Lesko, Johnson6,000-meter/4-mile relay 15:22.90 (m) Harter, Swift 1965

Haynes, PerrySprint medley relay 3:18.2 (y) Robinson, Hobbs 1968

Young, BittnerDistance medley relay 9:41.63 (m) Palladino, Anderson 1991

Lesko, Wemple110-meter hurdles 13.87 Peter Coghlan 1998400-meter/440-yard hurdles 51.1 (y) Jay Luck 1962High jump 6-10 Kevin Gaugush 1990Long jump 26-2 Eugene Profit 1985Triple jump 51-5 1/4 Calvin Hill 1968Pole vault 17-4 3/4 Jesse Stern 1997Shot put 58-5 1/2 James Fuchs 1950Javelin 246-1 Chris Athanasia 1988Discus 181-4 Tom Neville 1970Hammer 228-2 James Driscoll 1987Decathlon 6701 pts. Richard Swett 1978

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WOMENIndoor55-meter dash 7.14 Joslyn Woodard 200360-meter dash 7.59 Joslyn Woodard 200355-meter hurdles 8.35 Samantha Lincoln 1991200-meter dash 24.47 Joslyn Woodard 2003400-meter dash 56.38 Pat Melton 1982500-meter dash 1:15.97 Sikira Backus 2000800-meter run 2:08.59 Louisa Gerritz 19871000-meter run 2:29.83 (y) Louisa Gerritz 19871500-meter run 4:21.21 Margaret Wynne 1984Mile Run 4:45.28 Kate O’Neill 20033000-meter run 9:14.71 Kate O’Neill 20035000-meter run 15:40.88 Kate O’Neill 2003800-meter relay 1:44.7 Forbes, Wadsworth 1983

Nicolau, Hollingshead1600-meter relay/mile relay 3:52.00 (y) Devore, Boniello 1999

Anderson, Thomas3200-meter relay/2-mile relay 8:44.2 (m) Waterfield, Ford 1986

Bolyea, GerritzDistance medley relay 11:15.41 (m) Hunter, Kreider 2003

Dickens, K. O’NeillHigh jump 5-11 3/4 Jane Buchan 1986Long jump 20-6 3/4 Joslyn Woodard 2004Triple jump 40-04 Yetsa Tuakli-Wosornu 200120-pound weight throw 59-9 Melanie Harris 2001Shot put 44-0 1/2 Ann Morris 1987Pole vault 13' 0 1/4" Molly Lederman 2004Pentathlon 3568 pts Samantha Lincoln 1991

Outdoor100-meter dash 12.00 Joslyn Woodard 2003200-meter dash 24.06 Joslyn Woodard 2004400-meter dash 56.3 Louisa Gerritz 1987800-meter run 2:05.08 Louisa Gerritz 19871,500-meter run 4:24.96 Sarah E. Smith 19913,000-meter run 9:08.93 Kate O’Neill 20033000-meter steeplechase 10:29.40 Anne Martin 20045,000-meter run 15:51.30 Kate O’Neill 200310,000-meter run 32:47.07 Kate O’Neill 2003400-meter/440-yard relay 46.49 (m) Arthur, Cort 2003

Kreider, Woodard800-meter/880-yard relay 1:40.20 (m) Arthur, Cort 2003

Kreider, Woodard1600-meter/mile relay 3:45.85 (m) Svoboda, Arthur 2003

Rauth, Kreider3200-meter/2-mile relay 8:38.92 (m) Gerritz, Ford 1986

Waterfield, Bolyea6000-meter relay/four-mile relay 18:11.63 Boylea, Beck 1987

Smith, GrotekeDistance medley relay 11:31.44 (m) Gerritz, Ford 1987

Waterfield, Bolyea100-meter hurdles 14.54 Laura Boniello 1998400-meter hurdles 57.86 Pat Melton 1982High jump 6-0 1/2 Jane Buchan 1986Long jump 20-5 Samantha Lincoln 1992Triple jump 41-5 1/4 Yetsa Tuakli-Wosornu 2000Pole vault 12-10 Molly Lederman 2004Shot put 43-6 Diane Potkay 1998Javelin 154-9 Jamie Morris 1988Discus 147-0 Diane Potkay 1999Hammer 175-8 1/4 Diane Potkay 2000Heptathlon 4513 pts. Stephanie Rhoades 1989

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Since 1872, when an informal series of student-or-ganized intramural track meets led to the formation of Yale’sfirst track team, the university has established itself as animportant force in American track and field and cross coun-try. One of the founding institutions of the IntercollegiateAssociation of Amateur Athletes of America (IC4A), Yalehas seen its track program progress along with the 115-year-old organization, which began as the New World’s first En-glish-speaking athletic association. At the first IC4A meet in 1876, Yale claimed its first in-dividual championship when W.J. Wakeman won the 120-yard high hurdles race in 18.25 seconds. The team trophyarrived in New Haven a year later when Charles Sherrill

led Yale to victory as the winner of the shot put and 100-yard dash. Sherrill, who later became active in the Olympicmovement and served as U.S. Ambassador to France, brokenew ground in track by starting his sprints in a crouch ratherthan in the less explosive standing position common at thetime. Yale and Harvard first met in dual meet competition in 1891, in the midst of a 10-year span which saw one of the two schools win everyIC4A team championship, dominating events from the 100- and 200-yard sprints and mile run to the baseball throw and tug of war. Thebiennial Yale-Harvard and Oxford-Cambridge meet originated three years later, when Yale traveled to England to compete against Oxford.Cambridge came to New York the following year to meet Yale and another tradition was born. The turn of the century brought more innovation from Yale, this time in the pole vault. Arthur C. Gilbert, the father of modern polevaulting, began a string of successful Yale vaulters who, while consistently establishing world records in the event, became the first to clear the12-, 13- and 14-foot marks. Another important advance had to wait until the late 1940s, when the Yale athletics staff, dissatisfied with thetraditional sawdust landing pit, augmented the pit’s cushioning with remnants from an automobile cushion factory in Ansonia, Conn. Outdoor quadrangular meets with Harvard, Dartmouth and Cornell in the early 1930s were restructured to include Penn, Princeton andColumbia in 1935, and the Heptagonals were born. Army and Navy were invited to join during the World War II years, and Brown rounded outa 10-team field. The outdoor Heps have determined the Ivy League championships since the league’s formation in 1956, while the indoor Hepswere initiated in 1948 as a late winter meet. Yale’s first Heptagonal champion was LeRoy Schwarzkopf.

When Bob Giegengack was hired as head coach in 1946, Yale’s greatest years in track and field were just ahead. Giegengack, who servedas an assistant Olympic coach in 1956 and as head coach in 1964 (when the U.S. team won 12 of 24 golds in Tokyo), led the Elis to 11 outdoorand four indoor Heptagonals championships and four IC4A titles during his 29-year tenure. Under his tutelage, Yale track enjoyed a five-yeardual meet win streak. Yale continued to field strong teams through the 1950s, winning both the indoor and outdoor Heps in 1954. In 1959, Yale’s two-mile relayteam of Bill Legat, James Stack, Ed Slowik and Tom Carroll was among the best in the country, and helped Yale to the first of fiveconsecutive outdoor Heptagonals titles. The 1960’s brought more success on the track, as Wendell Mottley set the world record in the indoor 600-yard run with a 1:09.2. Mottley,who set or tied five Yale records, won an Olympic silver medal for his home country, Trinidad. In 1968, Yale captured the outdoor Heptagonalswhen Eli athletes came up with meet records in the final three events for a comeback win; one of the record-breakers was present coach Mark

Young.

Among the Yale track and field corps in the late 1960s and 1970s were NFL standouts Calvin Hill and Kenny Hill, distance runner andtwo-time Olympian Frank Shorter (who won the 1972 Olympic marathon in Munich), and Olympic hurdlers Jay Luck, Kwaku Ohene-

Frempong and Richard MacDonald, the latter two representing Ghana and Canada, respectively. In the fall of 1980 the Yale men’s program went through a new era and rejuvenation of the program that had faltered in the late 1970s. Inthe following 18 years the Yale track and field and cross country teams had many creditable achievements. There have been 114 first-team All-Ivy, 50 second-team All-Ivy, and 94 first-team All-East athletes crowned. Historically, Yale stands in first place in indoor track and third inoutdoor track among Ivy League schools that have claimed individual Heptagonal Champi-onships. By the mid-1980s Yale teams were making their marks nationally, as well as internation-ally. Eugene Profit, later a defensive back for the New England Patriots and WashingtonRedskins, became the Heptagonal outdoor record-holder in the long jump, at the same timegaining All-America status. Larry Miller competed in the 1984 Olympics in Los Angelesand the 1988 Olympics in Seoul for his native Antiqua and Antilles. During his time at Yale,Miller won three outdoor and one indoor Hep title, while breaking Wendell Mottley’s recordfor the 600 yards. In the late 1980s Jim Driscoll set all hammer and weight throwing recordsand gained All-America status both indoors and outdoors. Driscoll continued as a nationallyranked hammer thrower for the next 12 years. He finished fourth at three straight Olympictrials, just missing the U.S. team each time. In 1987 Chris Athanasia set records in thejavelin that remain unequaled. He won the Heps and IC4As and finished second at the NCAAs,in the process setting meet records that still stand at the Heps and IC4As.

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From 1988 to 1992 Yale saw some of its finest hours in middle distance and distancerunning. Jim Gibson became the first Yale athlete to win All-America status in three sea-sons. He was Yale’s first Heptagonal cross country champion since Schwarzkopf in 1942,finishing with record breaking times. He ran the 3000 meters in under eight minutes andthe 3000m steeplechase in 8:40.14. Gibson also holds Yale records in the outdoor 5000mand 10,000m. He concluded his racing career as a finalist at the 1992 Olympic trials. In1989 the quartet of Mike Garrett, Mike Palladino, Bob Lesko and captain Tim Johnson

ran what was at that time an Ivy record-breaking time of 7:22.61 to finish second to atalented Villanova team in the “Championship of America” event at the Penn Relays. Thetalented group of runners from the late-1980s also included Rick Wemple, who not onlyran the 800m in less than 1:50, but also broke school records in the 1500m and the mile. Hetopped his career with an amazing ninth-place finish at the 1991 NCAA Cross CountryChampionships. In the early 1990s Matt Levine changed the record books with his performances in thehigh hurdles and the 400 intermediate hurdles. Over four years Levine earned more points—in both individual and team competition—than any other athlete in the team’s history. Heearned All-East honors six times and All-Ivy honors nine times. From 1993 to 1997 Jesse

Stern rewrote the Yale records in the pole vault, finally ending his career with a record17’4.75” at the Maccabiah Games. Of the three athletes from District 1 who qualified forthe NCAA Cross Country Championships in 1996, two were from Yale. Patrick McMur-

ray and Chris Gansen competed at the championships in Arizona. In 1994, Peter Coghlan, a native of Dublin, Ireland, began his career at Yale. His accomplishments include holding the Ivy League recordsin the 55m and 110m hurdles, as well as the Yale records in those events. He won six consecutive (three indoor, three outdoor) Heptagonaltitles and two IC4A championships in the hurdles. At home Coghlan is a six-time Irish national champion. He competed for Ireland at the 2000Olympic Games in Sydney, Austrailia, three World Championships and was a finalist at the European Championships at 60m Hurdles. Thomas Hocker won two consecutive Heptagonal intermediate hurdle titles in 2000 and 2001 and was a member of the four Heptagonal4x400m relay championship teams as well as the indoor school record holding team in that event. In 2002 he was selected as the winner of theWilliam Neely Mallory Award, presented to the top male athlete in any varsity sport at Yale. He was a two-time academic All-American andwon the prestigious Churchill Scholarship for graduate study at Cambridge University in England.

Yale’s first women’s teams appeared in 1977 and enjoyed modest team success while providing several standout individuals. Notable amongthe pioneers were Pat Miller (long jump), Pat Melton (sprints), Debbie Ulian (distance), Sally Strauss (distance) and Lorraine Murphy

(javelin). Current coach Mark Young (’68) became the first head coach of the women’s team in 1980 and individual and team successes were notfar behind. Under Young, the women’s cross country program spent the late 1980s in the national top 20. The Eli women won four straight Heps Champi-onships from 1986-1989 and three straight ECAC Championships from 1986-1988. In addition, Young’s teams qualified for five straight NCAAChampionships (1986-1990). Individual honors came along with team successes, and members of Yale’s women’s cross country teams won nineAll-America certificates. Margaret Wynne, Gillian Morton, Kelly Groteke, Sarah P. Smith and Rebecca Rivkin are all in that group. Groteke(1986) and Smith (1988) were also Heptagonal Cross Country Champions. Ariana Kelly and Kate O’Neill joined that elite group by winningHeps cross country championships in 1998 (Kelly), 2001 and 2002 (O’Neill). There have been several outstanding individuals in women’s track and field as well. Pat Melton propelled the Yale women to nationalprominence by winning a silver in the 400-meter hurdles at the 1982 AIAW (now NCAA) Championships. Wynne matched Melton byfinishing second in the 1982 AIAW meet in the 3000 giving Yale its best ever finish at the National meet. At the indoor Heps that year, Meltonwas honored as the Most Outstanding Performer for setting meet records in the 55m and 200m dashes. In 1987, Groteke became the secondYale runner to earn the honor after winning the 3,000 and 5,000. Louisa Gerritz also had an outstanding career at Yale. She won Heptagonaltitles at 1500m, 800m (indoors and out) and 400m hurdles. She also anchored Yale’s record-break-ing 4x400 and 4x800 relays, both indoors and outdoors. In the field events, high jumper Jane Buchan was an eight-time All-Ivy pick in the mid-80s andstill holds all the school records in that event. Marcie Sidman was the Heps champion in the ham-mer for three straight years (1986 to 1988), while Ann Morris set school records in the discus andshot put. Samantha Lincoln won the pentathlon in the 1991 and 1992 Indoor Heps, while alsocapturing the long jump title with a league meet record of 20’5”. Michelle Stroube was the 1993Heptagonal hammer champion and ECAC runner-up with a toss of 166’2". The late 90s and the turnof the millennium brought a resurgence for both the cross country and track and field programs. Ledby twins Kate and Laura O’Neill, Yale finished seventh at the 2000 NCAA Cross Country Champi-onships after winning the Heps. Another Heps Championship and a 13th-place finish followed in2001. Kate O’Neill earned individual Heps crowns in 2001 and 2002, and Laura placed second andthird respectively those years. Kate placed 11th at Nationals and Laura was 26th when they werejuniors. As seniors, Kate was a phenomenal runner-up at Nationals (the best finish ever by an IvyLeaguer) and Laura was 13th. On the field there was more success. Jennifer Newsom won the first of two Heps long jumptitles as a freshman in 1998 and enjoyed a spectacular career in which she scored over 90 points inthe Heps over her four years. She concluded by breaking the Yale record for 200 meters in her lastevent in a Yale uniform. She established the Yale standard for 55 meters earlier in her illustrious Pat Melton

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IC4A Champions (since 1957)

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2003 Casey Moriarty

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1959 James Stack, 6001960 James Stack, 600

Tom Carroll, 10001961 James Stack, 600

Tom Carroll, 1000Bob Mack, 2-mile

1962 Jay Luck, 600Bob Mack, 2-mile

1963 Wendell Mottley, 6001964 Wendell Mottley, 6001967 Calvin Hill, long jump

Mark Young, 6001970 K.O-Frempong, 60 hurdles1971 Don Martin, 60 dash1990 Distance Medley Relay (Garrett,

Leonard, Palladino, Wemple)1997 Peter Coghlan, 55HH1998 Peter Coghlan, 55HH2003 Distance Medley Relay (Yelsey,

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1984 Margaret Wynne1998 Ariana Kelly

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1983 Margaret Wynne, 10001986 Louisa Gerritz, 10001996 4x800 relay (White, Miller,

EB Sankoorikal, Mead)2001 Laura O’Neill, 50002002 Kate O’Neill, 3000

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1982 Pat Melton, 400 hurdles1982 Margaret Wynne, 30001985 Jane Buchan, high jump1987 Kelly Groteke, 30001987 Louisa Gerritz, 8001988 Sarah P. Smith, 50002001 Kate O’Neill, 50002001 Laura O’Neill, 10,000

career. Diane Potkay had a similarly spectacular career as Yale’s best thrower ever. Winning her first Heps titleas a freshman in the discus and culminating with a school record Hep-winning throw in the hammer as a seniorin 2000. Potkay was consistently the most versatile thrower in the Ivy League, scoring at Heps in the shot,discus, 20-pound weight throw and hammer throughout her career. Yetsa Tuakli-Wosornu excelled in bothhorizontal jumps during her career, winning the Hep title indoors as a senior and establishing Yale records in thetriple jump, indoors and out, as well as the indoor long jump. Also a Hep scorer in the 60 meter dash, Tuakli-Wosornu and Newsom combined to be Yale’s best ever sprint/jump duo. Sikira Backus ’02 became Yale’s bestever short sprinter establishing Yale records at 60 meters, 100 meters, and 200 meters before Newsom estab-lished a new standard. Backus teamed with Newsom and Tuakli-Wosornu to establish the current Yale standardin the 4x100. Her consistently brilliant anchor legs kept Yale in the top three Heps relay teams throughout hercareer. Led by the monumental efforts of Backus, Newsom, Tuakli-Wosornu and team captain and Heps 1500mchampion Emily Estey, the 2001 squad narrowly missed winning the Outdoor Heps with a Yale-best 127 points,losing to Brown by a mere five points. As successful on the track as in crosscountry, Kate and Laura O’Neill rewrotethe record books. They became the only

female runners in Ivy League history to run under 16 minutes in the 5000meters as well as the only ones to go below 33 minutes in the 10,000. Asseniors they were together named the Most Outstanding Performer at theoutdoor Heps. Between them, they finished first and second in the 3000,

5000 and 10,000 – finishing within a second of each other in all three

events. Kate became the first woman to win the 5000 three straight times,and Laura was the first do so in the 10,000. When they were seniors,Kate had a runner-up finish at indoor Nationals and Laura was fifth. Theduo ended their collegiate careers by placing second and fourth in theoutdoor 10,000. Their 5000m times and 10,000m times remain the twofastest in the Ivy League. By the time they graduated, they had racked up13 All American certificates in cross country, indoor and outdoor track.Both were named to the 2003 Verizon Academic All-America women’scross country/track & field first team. Kate O’Neill was also selected asthe Connecticut winner of the NCAA Woman of the Year Award. After graduation, Kate competed in the 10,000-meter run in the 2004Olympics, adding another chapter to the rich history of track and field atYale.

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1960 Tom Carroll, 8001961 Jay Luck, 440 hurdles

Mike Pyle, discus1962 Jay Luck, 440 hurdles1963 Wendell Mottley, 440

Sam Streibert, high jump1964 Wendell Mottley, 4401967 Mark Young, 440

Bob Greenlee, shot putOne Mile Relay (Hobbs, Kreider,Bittner, Young)

1970 Don Martin, 100K. Ohene-Frempong, 120 hurdles440 Relay (Kastendieck,Downing, Currie, Martin)

1988 Chris Athanasia, javelin1990 Jim Gibson, 3000 steeplechase1991 Jim Gibson, 3000 steeplechase

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Coxe CageCoxe Cage is the home of the Yale men’s and women’s indoor track and field teams. The renovations that took place in

the early 1980s, including a state of the art En-tout-cas running surface, the installation of permanent bleachers and a state of theart track and field scoreboard, marked its transition from a multipurpose practice area to a preeminent track and field venue.

In the fall of 2004 a brand new 200m Banked “Mondo” oval and infield will be installed in the “Cage,” making it one of thepremier track and field venues in the nation. The layout and construction of the new track will closely mirror that of the 168th StreetArmory in New York City and will allow the Elis to practice and compete in an exciting, first-rate facility.

When the “Field Gymnasium,” as it was first called after its construction in 1928, was first opened, it was conceived asa practice area for baseball, football, track and field and tennis. It was in 1941 that the first actual track and field meet was heldthere, when as “an experiment,” Yale met Harvard on February 15. One week later the Bulldogs met Princeton. The experimentproved successful, and Yale’s indoor track and field schedule was born.

The Cage was named for Charles Edmund Coxe ’93, a hammer thrower on Yale’s squad. Legend has it that Coxe, who wascharged with raising funds for the new facility, couldn’t be bothered with such efforts and instead offered the necessary $300,000to build the facility on the stipulation that it be named for him. Yale accepted the offer and began construction on what was thenconsidered to be one of the largest structures of its kind in the world. Measuring over 356 feet long and 156 feet across, with aceiling reaching almost 83’, the building encompasses over 3.3 million cubic feet of air space. To this day its 26,000-square-footskylight is among the largest anywhere.

At the time of the Cage’s construction, its track was destined to become one of the fastest in the East. At the openingceremony for the new facility, Yale’s half-mile relay ran an exhibition in a time of 1:32.4 better than any previous indoor mark.

Once indoor track competitions were initiated in the 1940s, the Cage became the domain of the Yale indoor track and fieldteam. The only place the Elis had to travel was to Ithaca for their dual meet with Cornell and the Indoor Heptagonal Champion-ships.

In 1982 Coxe Cage underwent a major renovation. The old cinder track and dirt floor was removed in favor of a state ofthe art, “tuned,” En-tout-cas oval and infield. The track was mounted on a structure designed to absorb the pressure from therunner’s legs. It was designed to allow the runner to train more consistently without suffering the strain and injury incurred onother surfaces. At the time of its installation it was thought to be the most advanced track of its kind.

Coxe Cage and the William Clay Ford Indoor Track have played host to many major championship meets, including eightECAC championships and three national scholastic championships.

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Dewitt Cuyler Field/Dwyer TrackThe home of Yale track and field since its inception as a sport in the 1870s, Dewitt Cuyler Field and the Dwyer Track are

among the premier track and field facilities in the nation. The eight-lane En-tout-cas surface was laid in 1984, replacing alegendary cinder oval, the likes of which had rarely been seen. The old track had two 200m meter straightaways, enablingrunners to race a one-turn 400m dash and a straight 200m dash. The new layout was resurfaced in the fall of 2004.

The creative layout of the facility allows for competition in all events, including the hammer, discus and javelin, withinthe complex. Sprint straightaways are marked to allow for competition in both directions depending on the prevailing winds, andmulti-directional runways in the long and triple jumps and the pole vault allow for optimal performance. A huge high jump apronabuts a 60-yard artificial turf field and makes for a great jumping area. Three shot-put circles, two hammer/discus cages and an all-weather javelin runway make the facility a thrower’s dream.

Bleachers on the sprint straightaway seat 1500, making the complex a tremendous host site for championship meets.Dewitt Cuyler and Yale have served as hosts for three IC4A championships (most recently in the spring of 2004) and fourHeptagonal Championships (most recently in 2003). In the summer of 1995, 5000 athletes from around the world competed in theSpecial Olympics World Games at the facility.

Yale Golf Course/Maltby Lakes Recreational AreaIn 1924, a 700-acre tract of swamp and woodland was given to Yale by Mrs. Ray Tompkins in memory of her husband.

Under the supervision of Charles Blair Macdonald, the renowned golf course architect, champion golfer and co-founder of theUSGA, plans were made for an 18-hole golf course. With a budget of $400,000, Macdonald, in collaboration with Seth Raynor andCharles Banks, designed a masterpiece.

Today, the Yale Golf Course is recognized as one of the finest examples of early American golf course design. Largedeeply bunkered greens and narrow rolling fairways are the core of Yale’s penalizing character.

In addition to being the home of Yale’s nationally ranked golf teams, “The Course at Yale” serves as the home competi-tion course and practice venue for Yale cross country. The course provides a welcome respite from the hustle and bustle ofdowntown New Haven and gives Yale distance and middle distance runners an incredibly scenic, bucolic and challenging placeto train and compete. In addition to being able to run on the course itself, Yale athletes are afforded the opportunity to train onnumerous dirt trails and woodlands that surround the golf course.

Abutting the Yale Golf Course is the Maltby Lakes Recreation Area, supervised by the New Haven Regional WaterAuthority. Maltby offers 8-10 miles of runnable soft surface trails for Yale track and field and cross country athletes. Althoughonly a short run from Yale’s Smilow Center, the Maltby Lakes trails offer a serene alternative to the nearby busy downtown areaof New Haven and are big enough to offer a variety of different runs.

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Angela Bassett Ben Stein George W. Bush Chris Dudley Jodie Foster A. Bartlett Giamatti

POLITICSASHCROFT, John ‘64 - U.S. Attorney GeneralASPIN, Les ‘60 - Former Defense SecretaryBENTON, William ‘21 - Assistant Secretary of State under TrumanBLUMENTHAL, Richard ‘73L - Attorney General of ConnecticutBOREN, David ‘63 - Senator from OklahomaBOWLES, Chester ‘24S - Governor of Connecticut, Ambassador to IndiaBRADY, Nicholas ‘52 - Secretary of Treasury, U.S. Senator from New JerseyBROWN, Jerry ‘64L - Governor of California, Mayor of Oakland, Calif.BUSH, George H.W. ‘48 - 41st U.S. PresidentBUSH, George W. ‘68 - 43rd U.S. PresidentBUSH, Prescott II ‘17 - Governor & Senator from ConnecticutCHAFEE, John ‘44 - U.S. Senator from Rhode IslandCHENEY, Dick ‘63 - U.S. Vice PresidentCLINTON, Hillary Rodham ‘73L - U.S. Senator from New YorkCLINTON, William ‘73L - 42nd U.S. PresidentCOOPER, John Sherman ‘23 - Senator from KentuckyDANFORTH, John ‘63L - Senator from MissouriDILWORTH, Richardson ‘21 - Mayor of Philadelphia (1956-62); Assistant Attorney General of Pennsylvania; Awarded Silver Star

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GRAHAM, Fred ‘53 - Head of Court TVGREENFIELD, Jeffrey ‘67L - TV Journalist, CNN, ABC reporterHAMLIN, Harry ‘74 - Actor (L.A. Law)HILL, George Roy ‘43 - Director, Writer, Producer (Hawaii, Slap Shot, World of Henry Orient, Thoroughly Modern Millie)

KACZMAREK, Jane ‘82 Drama - Actress (Malcolm In The Middle)KAZAN, Elia ‘33 Drama - Director (East of Eden, On The Waterfront, etc.)KEACH, Stacy, Jr. ‘66 Drama - Actor (Titus)LATHAN, Sanaa ‘95 Drama - Actress (Lead in Love & Basketball)LLOYD, Christopher ‘82 - TV Producer & WriterLLOYD, David ‘56 - TV Producer & Writer (Frasier)MacLEISH, Archibald ‘15 - Pulitzer Prize winner, Poet, PlaywrightMALINA, Josh ‘88 - Actor (Sports Night, The West Wing)MARTIN, David C. ‘65 - CBS Correspondent from the Pentagon.MARTIN, Kellie ‘97 - Actress (Little House On The Prairie, ER)McDORMAND, Frances ‘82 Drama - Actress (Fargo)McENROE, Colin ‘76 - Reporter, Columnist for The Hartford CourantMcKEOWN, Bob ‘71 - NBC staff newsmanMICHAELA, Genia ‘99- Appeared on Broadway in The Crucible andJake’s Women with Alan Alda, Brenda Vaccaro and Tracy Pollan

MIFFLIN, Lawrie ‘73 - Editor for The New York TimesNAUGHTON, James ‘70 Drama- Actor (Tony’s for City of Angels and Chicago on Broadway), TV & Movies

NEWMAN, Paul ‘54 Drama - Oscar-winning ActorNORTON, Edward ‘91 - Supporting Actor Oscar for Primal FearNOTH, Christopher ‘85 CDR - Actor (Law & Order, Sex In The City)O’NEILL, Eugene ‘26 - PlaywrightPARDUE, Kip ‘98 - Actor (Remember the Titans, Driven)PHILLIPS, Stone ‘77 - Host of NBC DatelinePIERCE, David Hyde ‘81 - Actor (Frasier)PINCHOT, Bronson ‘81 - ActorPORTER, Cole ‘12 - Song Writer (Night & Day)PRICE, Vincent ‘33 - Actor (The Fly, Laura, etc)ROSENBERG, Alan ‘74 Drama - Actor (L.A. Law, Sybil)SISKEL, Gene ‘67 - Movie Reviewer (Siskel & Ebert)SKROVAN, Stephen ‘79 - TV Producer & Writer (Everybody Loves Raymond)SORVINO, Josh ‘98 - Actor (The Wonder Years)SPOCK, Benjamin ‘24 - Olympian (Gold), Pediatrician, Author of books on babiesSTEIN, Ben ‘70 Law - Actor (Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Win Ben Stein’s Money on TV)

STREEP, Meryl ‘75 Drama - Oscar-winning ActressTARTIKOFF, Brandon ‘69 (Fe,BB) - Former President of NBC TVTRILLIN, Calvin ‘57 - Writer (The New Yorker)TRUDEAU, Garry ‘70 - Cartoonist (Doonesbury)TUCK, Jessica ‘85 - Actress (Judging Amy)TUCKER, Michael - Actor (L.A. Law)WALLACE, William ‘45w - Writer (The New York Times)WASSERSTEIN, Wendy ‘76 Drama - Author (Heidi Chronicles, etc.)WATERSTON, Sam ‘62 - Actor (The Great Gatsby, Law & Order, I’ll Fly Away)WEAVER, Sigourney ‘72 - ActressWEBSTER, Noah 1778 - Wrote the dictionaryWHITMORE, James ‘44 - Actor (Miracle-Gro commercials)WILDER, Thornton ‘20 - Novelist (Our Town)WINKLER, Henry ‘70 Drama - Actor (Happy Days), Director & ProducerWOODWARD, Bob ‘65 - Journalist, Writer (All The President’s Men)YU, Jessica ‘87 - Won Oscar in 1996 for directing, directed episode of The West Wing

ZIMBALIST, Efrem, Jr. ‘40 - Actor (77 Sunset Strip, The FBI)

BUSINESSAKERS, John F. ‘56 - IBMASHTON, Harris ‘54 - President & CEO of General Host Corp.BASS, Perry ‘37 - Bass EnterprisesCOMBS, Harry ‘35S - Former head of LearjetCROZLER, William, Jr. ‘54 - Bay BanksDOTEN, Sue (Wellington) ‘81 - President, U.S. Beverages, VP, Quaker OatsFINCKE, Clarence 1897 - President of Bank of America (1920-32)GELB, Richard ‘45 - Bristol-Meyers Squibb

GONZUETA, Roberto ‘53 - President of Coca-ColaGRANT, Tone ‘66 - President of Refco, Inc. (Commodity Trading Company)GREENBERG, Steve - President of Classic Sports NetworkGRINSTEIN, Gerald ‘54 - Burlington NorthernHALSTED, William S. 1874 - Co-Founder of Johns Hopkins Medical SchoolHULMAN, Anton, Jr. ‘24S- Chairman of Board at Indianapolis Motor SpeedwayJACKSON, Levi ‘50 - Vice President of Ford MotorJOHNSON, Charles ‘54 - Franklin ResourcesKIAM, Victor ‘47 - Owner of Remington Corp. and former ownerof New England Patriots

KNODE, Donald ‘51 - Past President of Merrill Lynch Japan,KUNSTLER, William ‘41 - AttorneyLaROCHE, Chester ‘18 - Vice Chairman & Director of American Broadcasting Co.LUCE, Henry R. ‘20 - Co-Founder, Editor, President and CEO of Time, Inc.LYNCH, David ‘50 - Multibank FinancialMELLON, Paul ‘29 - PhilanthropistMORLEY, John C. ‘54 - Reliance ElectricMORITZ, Charles ‘58 - Dun & BradstreetPILLSBURY, Philip ‘24 - CEO of Pillsbury MillsPOTTS, James ‘43 - Overseas Operations Director for CAREROGERS, Robert D. ‘58 - Texas IndustriesRUBIN, Robert ‘64 - Goldman SachsSMILOW, Joel E. ‘54 - International Playtex, Inc.SMITH, Frederick W. ‘66 - Founder & CEO of Federal ExpressSPRAGUE, Peter J. ‘61 - National SemiconductorSTRATTON, Frederick P., Jr. ‘61 - Briggs & StrattonWEYERHAUSER, John P., Jr. ‘20 - President of Weyerhauser LumberWOLFE, Ken ‘61 - President of Hershey Corp.WRIGLEY, William, Jr. ‘54 - Owner of Chicago Cubs and Wrigley Chewing Gum

SPORTSBADGER, Phil ‘15 - Past president of NCAABOOTH, Albie ‘32 - Member of College Football Hall of Fame; Football &Basketball Official

BULKELEY, Morgan G. 1889 - Baseball Hall of FameCAMP, Walter 1880 - Father of American Football; Member College Football Hall of Fame

CLARK, Stephen ‘65 - Olympian (3 Gold)COLLINS, Eddie, Jr. ‘39 - Pro Baseball Player and General Manager(Philadelphia A’s); Son of Baseball Hall of Famer Eddie Collins

DARLING, Ron - Pro Baseball (New York Mets, Oakland A’s, Montreal Expos)DAVIS, Bob ‘55 - Pro Baseball (Kansas City A’s); Pitched 1st Ivy League no-hitterDALY-D’ONOFRIO, Heather ‘91 - LPGA Tour playerDIANA, Rich ‘81 - Pro Football (Miami Dolphins - on Super Bowl team),10th in Heisman Balloting

DOLE, George ‘06,’07MA - Olympian (Gold), Wrestling Hall of Fame.DOWLING, Brian ‘69 - Pro Football (Patriots, Packers), Finished ninth in Heisman balloting in ‘68, Made famous by Gary Trudeau as B.D. in Doonesbury, Sportscaster.

DUDLEY, Chris ‘87 - Pro Basketball (Portland Trailblazers, ClevelandCavaliers, New York Knicks, Phoenix Suns)

EAGAN, Eddie ‘21S - Olympian (2 Gold) (Only athlete ever to win summer & winter gold), New York State Boxing Commissioner

EBERSOL, Dick ‘69 - President of NBC SportsFENCIK, Gary ‘76 - Pro Football (Chicago Bears); TV SportscasterFRANK, Clint ‘38 - Heisman Trophy winner, Maxwell Award winner, MemberCollege Football Hall of Fame

GIAMATTI, A. Bartlett ‘60 - Former Baseball CommissionerHILL, Calvin ‘69 - Pro Football (Dallas Cowboys, Washington Redskins,Cleveland Browns), V.P. of Baltimore Orioles, Silver Ann. Award WinnerJACOBS, Eli ‘59 - Former Owner of Baltimore OriolesJAURON, Dick ‘73 - Pro Football Player (Detroit Lions, Cleveland Browns,Cincinnati Bengals) & Head Coach (Chicago Bears)

JOHNSON, Eric ‘01 - Pro Football (San Francisco 49ers)KELLEY, Larry ‘37 - Heisman Trophy winner, Member of College Football Hall of FameKILPATRICK, John Reed ‘11 - President of New York Rangers and MadisonSquare Garden; Hockey & Football Hall of Fame

LITNER, Jon ‘85 - Exec. V.P. and chief operating officer of the NHLMacKENZIE, Ken ‘56 - Pro Baseball (Milwaukee Braves, New York Mets,St. Louis Cardinals, San Francisco Giants, Houston Astros)McCASKEY, Mike ‘65 - President of Chicago BearsPYLE, Mike ‘61 - Pro Football (Chicago Bears)SHORTER, Frank ‘69 - Olympic Track StarSPAGNOLA, John ‘79 - Pro Football (Philadelphia Eagles, Seattle Seahawks,Green Bay Packers), TV Football Color AnnouncerSTAGG, Amos Alonzo 1888 - Member College Football Hall of Fame,Author, Inventor, Football Coach

VINCENT, Fay ‘63L - Former Baseball CommissionerWEISS, George M. ‘17 - Baseball Executive (New York Yankees & Mets)YAWKEY, Thomas ‘25 - Owner of Boston Red SoxJoel Smilow Kellie Martin Paul Mellon Meryl Streep George Pataki Vincent Price David Hyde Pierce

2003-04 Faculty Committee on AthleticsFront Row: Joseph Gordon, Jon Butler, Penelope Laurans, Betty Trachtenberg, Dr. James Comer, Lloyd SuttleBack Row: Jonathan Holloway, Frank Keil, Tom Beckett, Judith Krauss (Chairman), Stanton Wheeler, Peter Quimby, Robert Blocker

Athletics Mission

Media Guide Credits

Yale University offers its students a liberal education, onewhich has as its focus on the intellectual and moral develop-ment of the individual, and which gives students a founda-tion for learning throughout their lives. Yale has long recog-nized that such an education is not fostered by its academiccomponent alone. Part of it is constituted by those challeng-ing and pleasurable experiences and extracurricular activi-ties—like varsity and recreational athletics—that augment andenrich academic training. In athletics, as everywhere else in the University, Yale isstrongly committed to equal opportunity, and affirmativelyseeks to attract exceptionally qualified students, coaches andstaff of diverse backgrounds to its ranks. As a part of its great athletic tradition, the University spon-sors 35 varsity teams, with broad opportunities for participa-tion by men and women, in which athletes of proven abilityhave the opportunity to test their skill and valor in intercolle-giate competition. Through its commitment to competitive ath-letics, Yale demonstrates its belief that the lessons such en-gagement teaches are many and enduring. Among these arelearning how to strive to win, to compete with pride and honor,to make sacrifices, to persevere when all seems lost, and todevelop a sense of obligation and responsibility to others.These lessons make athletics a school for accomplishmentand character, and for the athlete they represent an invalu-able part of the non-academic aspects of a liberal education. Because Yale views athletics as a component of liberaleducation, complimentary to its central academic mission butnot superior to it, the University requires that aspiration andachievement in competitive athletic endeavor play a propor-tioned role within any student’s school life. The University

also subscribes to the Ivy agreement, the principles of whichdelimit the role competitive athletic endeavor plays in the lifeof the University or of any individual student within it. Theseprinciples include the belief that student athletes should begenerally representative of their class and admitted on thebasis of academic promise and personal qualities as well asathletic abilities; that financial aid to student athletes beawarded in the same way it is awarded to other students,that is solely on the basis of financial need; that student ath-letes be held accountable to the same academic standardsas other students; and that athletes make normal academicprogress toward their degrees. In addition to its sponsorship of competitive sports, Yalesupports a wide range of extracurricular programs, includingthosethat present significant opportunities for recreational andinstructional participation. The University provides supervi-sion for over thirty club sports, and has developed a largeintramural program, which presents undergraduates, gradu-ate students, and faculty fellows with the opportunity to par-ticipate in competitive sports throughout the calendar year.Yale considers the opportunities it offers in these areas to bean important contribution to the well-being of members of itscommunity and is as dedicated to these extracurricular ac-tivities as to the continued strength of its competitive pro-grams. In all aspects of sport and recreation, the Universityrecognizes that shared experience can help create a strongbond among members of the University community, and be-tween the University community and the wider world, and itis committed to fostering the spirit of pride and fellowshipthat athletic endeavor can inspire.

The 2004-05 cross country/track& field guide was written by the Yale Sports Publicity Department.

The following photographers contributed to the guide: Yale University Audio-Visual Services, Sabby Frinzi, Don Clark, Steve Conn and Sam Rubin.

In accordance with federal law, the University prepares an annual report on participation rates, financial support and other information regarding men's and women's intercollegiate athletic programs. Upon request to

the Director of Athletics, P.O. Box 208216, New Haven, CT 06520, (203) 432-1414, the University will provide its annual report to any student or prospective student.

The Great Location

New Haven’s baseball loy-

alties are split between the

Red Sox and Yankees. Both

Yankee Stadium in New

York and Fenway Park in

Boston are within driving

distance of the Yale campus

along with all the other at-

tractions those great cities

have to offer

The top women’s

tennis players in

the world come to

New Haven each

August for the Pi-

lot Pen Tourna-

ment. Venus Will-

iams is a three-time

Pilot Pen cham-

pion

Lake Compounce, New England’s Family Theme

Park, is located up the road from New Haven. The

park features Boulder Dash, which was voted the

World’s No. 1 wooden coaster in 2001

Long Island Sound is a

stone’s throw from down-

town New Haven

There is much to do in New Haven after dark, including

visiting one of the hundreds of restaurants the city has to

offer. Presidents of the United States and other dignitaries

have visited the Wooster Street area for the famous New

Haven pizza

New Haven, Connecticut

Concert goers have

many venues to en-

joy popular acts, in-

cluding the Oakdale

in Wallingford and

the Meadows Music

Theater in Hartford

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