2009 cross country yearbook

Luis Orta, Lindsay Petri, KatherinePeterson and Adam Henken

September

4 (Fri) Eastern Kentucky Invitational Richmond, Ky.

19 (Sat) Old Timers Classic Bowling Green, Ky.

October

3 (Sat) Greater Louisville Classic Louisville, Ky.

16 (Fri) Penn State National Invitational University Park, Pa.

31 (Sat) SEC Championships Oxford, Miss.

November

14 (Sat) NCAA Southeast Regional Louisville, Ky.

23 (Mon) NCAA Championships Terre Haute, Ind.

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2009 Kentucky Cross Country

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2009 Kentucky Men’s Cross Country Team — Front Row (from left): Zac Noel, Luis Orta, WillRover, Justin Haire. Middle Row (from left): Todd Dickinson, J.D. Horton, Colin Heenan, Matt Sonnenfeldt,Tyler Dickinson. Back Row (from left): Walter Luttrell, Adam Henken, Matt Wagner, Joe Jackson, Patrick Mc-Gregor, John Luttrell. Not Pictured: Trent Halasek, Josh Nadzam.

2009 Kentucky Women’s Cross Country Team — Front Row (from left): Audrey Holbrook,Samantha Norman, Hiruni Wijayaratne, Adrianne Shearer. Middle Row (from left): Suzanne Holt, ClaireLaverty, Cally Macumber, Megan Wright, Katy Achtien. Back Row (from left): Lindsay Petri, Emme McAtee,Chelsea Oswald, Amanda Whowell, Katherine Peterson, Jessica Zangmeister.

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2009 KENTUCKY CROSS COUNTRY

TO THE MEDIAThe 2009 Kentucky CrossCountry Media Guide isintended to answer any ques-tions you might have aboutthe upcoming season andassist you in your coverage ofthe team throughout the year.Questions about the 2009 UKcross country team should be

directed to Jeremy Strachan in the KentuckyMedia Relations office at (859) 257-8431. We lookforward to assisting you in your coverage of ourprogram.

INTERVIEWSAll media interviews with student-athletes andcoaches at the University of Kentucky MUST BEcoordinated through the media relations office.Please make all requests for intervews at least24 hours before the desired interview time toStrachan. Please allow two days notice for anytelephone interview.

CONTACT INFORMATIONCross Country Contact: . . Jeremy StrachanOffice Phone: . . . . . . . . . . . . . (859) 257-8431Cell Phone:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (859) 619-7268FAX: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (859) 323-4310E-Mail: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [email protected] site: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . UKathletics.com

UK ATHLETICS ASSOCIATIONJoe Craft Center338 Lexington AvenueLexington, KY 40506-0604(859) 257-8000

2009 CHAMPIONSHIP INFORMATION

Jeremy StrachanXC Contact

TABLE OF CONTENTSMedia Information ..................................................1

THIS IS UKFantastic Facilities ..................................................2Strength & Conditioning/Athletic Training ..............3Winning in the Classroom/William T. Young Library...4-5University of Kentucky and Lexington .................6-7

COACHES & 2009 OUTLOOKMen’s/Women’s Team Outlook and Rosters........8-9Head Coach Don Weber ......................................10Assistant Coach John Mortimer ...........................11

MEET THE WILDCATS2009 Wildcat Men ...........................................12-172009 Wildcat Women ......................................18-23

2008 REVIEW & HISTORY2008 Women’s Cross Country Review .................242008 Men’s Cross Country Review ......................25Men’s/Women’s Cross Country Honors...........26-27

ADMINISTRATIONUniversity President Dr. Lee T. Todd.....................28UK Athletics Director Mitch Barnhart....................29

CREDITSThe 2009 KentuckyCross Country MediaGuide was published byKentucky Athletics, MitchBarnhart, Director. Itwas written, compiledand edited by JeremyStrachan with editorialassistance by EvanCrane, Jamie Holloway

and Sara Reichbaum.Layout and Design: Craig HornbergerPhotography:David Coyle/TeamCoyle, Cheryl TreworgyPrinting: Welch Printing

KENTUCKY QUICK FACTSEnrollment: 27,000President: Dr. Lee T. Todd, Jr.Athletics Director: Mitch BarnhartNickname: WildcatsColors: Blue & WhiteFounded: 1865Conference: SoutheasternHome Cross Country Courses: Woodford CountyPark (Versailles, Ky.) and Kentucky Horse Park(Lexington, Ky.)

COACHING STAFFHead Coach: Don Weber (Kentucky ‘72)

31st Season; Office Phone: (859) 257-3002Assistant Coach: John Mortimer (Michigan ‘99)

3rd Season; Office Phone: (859) 257-5148

2009 TEAM INFORMATIONLETTERWINNERS (RETURNING/LOST)Women – 5/4

Returners – (5) Audrey Holbrook, Suzanne Holt,Claire Laverty, Katherine Peterson, Lindsay Petri

Newcomers – (9) Katy Achtien, Cally Macumber,Samantha Norman, Chelsea Oswald, AdrianneShearer, Amanda Whowell, Hiruni Wijayaratne,Megan Wright, Jessica ZangmeisterMen – 10/4

Returners – (10) Colin Heenan, AdamHenken, J.D. Horton, Joe Jackson, John Luttrell,Walter Luttrell, Josh Nadzam, Zac Noel, WillRover, Matt Wagner

Newcomers – (7) Todd Dickinson, Tyler Dickin-son, Justin Haire, Trent Halasek, Patrick McGregor,Luis Orta, Matt Sonnefeldt

2008 SEC / NCAA FINISHES:Women – 6th/31stMen – 7th/13th (Southeast Regional)

SEC CHAMPIONSHIPOCTOBER 31 • OXFORD, MISS.

Host: University of MississippiCourse: University Golf CourseDistance: 6K (women), 8K (men)Date: Saturday, Oct. 31, 2009Time: 11 a.m. ET (men), Noon ET (women)Media Contact: Jay D’AbramoAddress: Athletics Media RelationsAthletics Administration Building908 All-American DriveUniversity, MS 38677E-mail: [email protected]: 662-915-7896Fax: 662-915-7006Web site: OleMissSports.com

NCAA SOUTHEAST REGIONALNOVEMBER 14 • LOUISVILLE, KY.

Host: University of LouisvilleCourse: E.P. “Tom” Sawyer ParkDistance: 6K (women), 10K (men)Date: Saturday, Nov. 14, 2009Time: 10:00 a.m. ET (men), 11:00 a.m. ET (women)Media Contact: Christopher DelgadoAddress: UofL Sports InformationE203 Swain Student Activities Center2100 South Floyd StreetLouisville, KY 40208E-mail: [email protected]: 502-852-4857Fax: 502-852-7401Web site: UofLSports.com

NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPSNOVEMBER 23 • TERRE HAUTE, IND.

Host: Indiana State UniversityCourse: Gibson Championship Cross Country CourseDistance: 6K (women), 10K (men)Date: Monday, Nov. 23, 2009Time: 12:08 p.m. ET (men), 12:48 p.m. ET (women)Media Contact: Kevin JenisonAddress: Indiana State University Media Relations401 North 4th StreetArena Suite 401Terre Haute, IN 47809E-Mail: [email protected]: 812-237-4073Fax: 812-237-4913Website: GoSycamores.com

MEDIA INFORMATION

The Kentucky track and field and cross country squadsbenefit from some of the finest facilities in intercolle-

giate track, including the impressive indoor facility NutterField House—the host site of the 2009 SEC Championships.

The field house is an $8.5 million climate-controlledstructure that is used for winter conditioning and indoortrack and field meets.

The facility features an artificial turf football playing fieldof 108,000 square feet, surrounded by a six-lane, 290-metertrack. One of the most unique features of this 132,000-squarefoot, multi-million dollar showplace is the electronic nettingsystem. The system allows for different combinations of sportsto practice safely and simultaneously by dividing the playingfield into multiple practice areas.

In addition to the indoor facilities, the University of Ken-tucky’s Shively Track has been a fixture on the UK campussince 1959, when the site was developed and later named inhonor of former Director of Athletics Bernie Shively.

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Shively Track has been host to three SEC outdoor track andfield championships as well as numerous high school andBluegrass Games events.

The track and field team room in the Shively Sports Complexprovides UK athletes with a comfortable space in which torelax and unwind after practice.



The Kentuckytrack and field

and cross countryteams call ShivelyTraining Centerhome for strengthand conditioning.The 2,000-squarefoot complex isunder the directionof Coach StephanieTracey-Simmons

and features a variety of free weight equipment, which comple-ments the training philosophy of the Shively staff.

The primary focus of the facility is the development ofcore strength using ground-based, multi-joint lifting throughuse of the Olympic lifts. By incorporating this explosive styleof lifting, athletes become more powerful, resulting in anincrease in speed. The core of the athlete’s body also istrained and complemented with a variety of lifts, includingsquats, lunges, plyometrics, presses, pulls, trunk rotation andabdominal exercise. Through the combination of these exer-cises, the athletes are better able to reach their goals.

Another major focus of the strength staff is the develop-ment of sport-specific speed, agility and conditioning. Thisfacet of training is organized through different types of foot-work patterns, drills and linear fitness. While nearly all ofUK’s Olympic sports teams train at Shively, they also take partin “Speed School,” a twice-weekly seven-week training sessionin Nutter Field House.

The Shively Sports Complex and Nutter TrainingCenter are multi-million dollar training facilities for

the UK track and field and cross country programs.

I n collegiateathletics, there

is no substitute forproper health careand medical treat-ment.

Kentucky isblessed to haveone of the finesttraining staffs inthe nation, whichincludes six full-time athletic train-ers as well as grad-uate assistants andstudent assistants.

The trainers also work closely with team physicians and avariety of consultants that cover every medical specialty.

Altogether, the medical staff handles the needs of athletes inall 22 sports at Kentucky.

The UK athletic trainers work in an outstanding facility.The Nutter Center training room covers more than 5,000square feet and includes ample space for taping and treat-ment. Inside the training room is a modern rehabilitationarea and whirlpool therapy area, as well as physicians’ andtrainers’ offices.

The latest addition to the Nutter training room is the“Swim-Ex,” a state-of-the-art aquatic therapy system that isused for the rehabilitation of injuries.

The spacious training room in theShively Training Room provides themedical staff with plenty of space totreat UK athletes.


� Kentucky was the first school in the nationto open an academic center dedicated exclu-sively to student-athletes

� Kentucky has won the Academic AchievementAward for having the nation’s highestgraduation rate

� The current CATS was built at a cost of $2.4million and includes:

Spacious study areas and tutoring rooms

20,000 square feet of spaceA career development and life skills resourcecenter

Community outreach office

� CATS is led by Bob Bradley, two-time winnerof the National Academic Advisor of theYear and also the CHAMPS Life SkillsCoordinator of the Year

� CATS has a full-time staff of 11, plusnumerous graduate assistants and tutors

� UK spends approximately $1,500,000 eachyear for the operation of CATS

� UK has been chosen as an NCAACHAMPS/Life Skills “Program of Excellence”based on commitment to academics, athletics,community service, career development, andpersonal development

THE FACTS ABOUT CATS

UK’s commitment to its student-athletes is evident inthe support personnel and resources provided through theOhio Casualty Center for Academic & TutorialServices (CATS).

In 1981, Kentucky was the first school to open anacademic center dedicated exclusively to student-athletes.A new academic center, shown above, was opened in 1998.



WILLIAM T. YOUNG LIBRARY

One of the the most recent additions to the educationallandscape at UK is the $58 million William T. Young

Library.

• Size: The library covers 365,350 square feet, more thansix football fields. The building is five stories high, plus abasement.

• Shelf capacity: If laid end-to-end, the bookshelf spacewould stretch 198,828 linear feet - that’s more than 37 milesof shelf space. The shelves will house 1.2 million books.

• Seating capacity: The library can seat more than 4,000patrons at one time, a 355 percent increase over the old library.The seating on the fifth floor of the new library equals thecapacity of the former library.

• Computer connections: Every study table and studycarrel in the library has an electrical outlet and a computerjack connected to the University’s computer system. Virtuallythe entire library has wireless coverage.

• Flexibility: The library has a state-of-the-art electronicinfrastructure that will enable UK to take full advantage ofcurrent and emerging technology. In addition, the five floorsand basement of the structure are designed as open, flexible

spaces, enabling the library to adapt its services and facilitiesto the future changes in needs of UK students.

• Endowment: The UK Library has the nation’s largestbook endowment among public universities and ranks sec-ond only to Harvard.

ESPN’s College Gameday football show made its first-evervisit to Lexington in fall 2007. Over 10,000 Kentucky fanswere on hand as ESPN aired its popular pre-game show livefrom the northwest side of the William T. Young Library.



DID YOU KNOW ...� UK students enjoy a great range of

academic choices, with approximately200 majors available

� UK has earned more than 80 nationalrankings for academic excellence

� UK is ranked in the nation’s top 20 in“Best Value for Public Collegesand Universities”

� UK is ranked as the fourth-bestcampus in the nation for safety out of135 schools surveyed by Reader’s Digestmagazine

� UK students are from all 50 states, everycounty in Kentucky and 115 countries

� UK’s William T. Young Library has thelargest book endowment of any publicuniversity in the nation

� UK Athletics provides more than$1.6 million each year to non-athletic,academic scholarship programs

� Numerous UK alumni have gone onto become presidents of universities andto lead Fortune 500 companies



A friendly, vibrant city, Lexington is the perfect collegetown – not too big, not too small, and the University ofKentucky is the center of attention!

In addition to being the home ofKentucky basketball, Rupp Arena(above) hosts numerous concerts andcultural events throughout the year. Atright, Keeneland Race Track is openevery April and October.

Lexington has an exciting andgrowing downtown area, located nearthe UK campus.


LOOKING AHEAD

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2009 CROSS COUNTRY OUTLOOK

I n 2008 Kentucky cross country ended theyear the where they wanted – competing at

the NCAA National Championships – and leftthe meet with a goal to repeat that feat andimprove in 2009.

The UK women wrapped up last season atthe NCAA Team Championships for the firsttime since a National Runner-Up finish in 1989.The 2008 Wildcats placed 31st overall in theirtrip to the Championships and finished the yearreceiving votes in the final USTFCCCA Nation-al Poll. A gutsy, second-place performance at theNCAA Southeast Regional in Clemmons, N.C.,propelled the Wildcats to their fifth NCAAappearance in school history.

Kentucky will miss the services of departedseniors Jenna and Jessica Ortman, both 2009All-Southeast Regional selections, and the veter-an leadership of Andrea Halasek a 2008 All-Southeast Regional runner. However, the Wild-cat women return four harriers from theirNCAA appearance last season.

On the men’s side, Adam Henken returnsafter becoming the first Wildcat man to run atthe NCAA Cross Country Championships since2003 when UK competed as a team. A fewweeks earlier, Henken placed fifth overall at theNCAA Southeast Regional to automaticallyqualify for the Championship Meet as an indi-vidual, while earning his first All-SoutheastRegional honor. The Wildcat men are an experi-enced team after losing just one of their top six

runners at the Regional a year ago.UK head coach Don Weber is confident that

the recent progression of both teams will contin-ue this season.

“We anticipate both teams will be better thanwe have been in the past, so we are eager to seewhere we are at the beginning of the season andhopefully everyone will be eager and encouragedabout where we go from there,” Weber said.

WOMEN’S TEAM PREVIEWThe story on the women’s team may not be

just the four returning NCAA veterans from lastseason but the influx of nine talented newcom-ers, some of which could contribute to the teamimmediately.

Junior Katherine Peterson and senior LindsayPetri were two of the five women who scored ineach meet they ran in 2008, including theNCAA Championship meet. Peterson consis-tently ran towards the front of the UK field,never finishing below fourth on the team lastyear. Petri could not have picked a better time torun her personal-best 6K run than at the 2008NCAA Southeast Regional. There Petri’s 36th-place finish as the fifth Wildcat across the finishline sealed UK’s trip to the NCAA Champi-onships by securing a second-place team finishand an automatic bid.

Senior Claire Laverty and junior SuzanneHolt also return with NCAA experience. Holtran in every meet in 2008 while Laverty com-

peted in the final four races of the year after bat-tling early-season injuries. Both ladies are healthyand confident going into the 2009 season.

Sophomore Audrey Holbrook will add depthto the squad after competing in three early-seasonraces a year ago.

Incoming freshman Chelsea Oswald comesto Lexington fresh off of a Nike Indoor NationalChampionship in the 5,000m run and an All-American cross country performance in theFootlocker National Qualifier in her final year ofhigh school.

Classmate Jessica Zangmeister is anotherincoming freshman that ran at the national levelin the Footlocker National Championships. Zang-meister shattered her high school record books inmiddle distance and distance events. As a highschool junior the new Wildcat claimed the3,200m run indoor state championship in hernative Ohio.

Three additional newcomers also hold statehigh school individual event championships.Altogether, five of the nine new Wildcats haveregional and national meet experience.

“We have had steady improvement inmy tenure at UK in the last two years goingfrom ninth in the region to fourth to second

and qualifying for the national championships,”said UK assistant coach for cross country JohnMortimer. “I feel really good about this squadcoming in because we have a youthful squadthat is heavy with talent including nine fresh-man women and a couple of key returners.Assuming that our upperclassmen can lead andour talented freshmen live up to their billing, Ithink it’s going to be a pretty successful year.”

Kentucky native Suzanne Holt returns in 2009 as one offour Wildcat women with NCAA experience.

UK freshmen (from left) Cally Macumber, JessicaZangmeister and Chelsea Oswald are expected to makea major contribution to the 2009 women’s team.

MEN’S TEAMName Cl Hometown (High School/Prev. College)Todd Dickinson Fr. Owensboro, Ky. (Apollo)

Tyler Dickinson Fr. Owensboro, Ky. (Apollo)

Justin Haire Fr. Dayton, Ky. (Bishop Brossart)

Trent Halasek Fr. Georgetown, Ky. (Scott County)

Colin Heenan So. Liverpool, N.Y. (Liverpool)

Adam Henken Jr. Catharpin, Va. (Brentsville District)

J.D. Horton Jr. Navarre, Ohio (Massillon Perry)

Joe Jackson So. Hilliard, Ohio (Hilliard Darby)

John Luttrell So. Dayton, Ohio (Dayton Christian)

Walter Luttrell So. Dayton, Ohio (Dayton Christian)

Patrick McGregor Fr. Hoover, Ala. (Hoover)

Josh Nadzam So. Monaca, Pa. (Monaca)

Zac Noel So. Winfield, W.Va. (Winfield)

Luis Orta Fr. Caracas, Venezuela (Madison L.C.)

Will Rover Sr. Maineville, Ohio (Kings Mills/Ohio)

Matt Sonnenfeldt Fr. Knoxville, Tenn. (Knoxville West)

Matt Wagner So. Beavercreek, Ohio (Beavercreek)

WOMEN’S TEAMName Cl Hometown (High School/Prev. College)Katy Achtien Fr. Fishers, Ind. (Cathedral)

Audrey Holbrook So. Beavercreek, Ohio (Beavercreek)

Suzanne Holt Jr. Greenville, Ky. (Muhlenberg South)

Claire Laverty Sr. Yorktown, Ind. (Yorktown)

Cally Macumber Fr. Rochester Hills, Mich. (Rochester Adams)

Samantha Norman Fr. Louisville, Ohio (Louisville)

Chelsea Oswald Fr. Medina, Ohio (Walsh Jesuit)

Katherine Peterson Jr. Louisville, Ky. (Sacred Heart Academy)

Lindsay Petri Sr. Girard, Pa. (General McLane)

Adrianne Shearer Fr. Nicholasville, Ky. (West Jessamine)

Amanda Whowell Fr. Arlington Heights, Ill. (Rolling Meadows)

Hiruni Wijayaratne Fr. Herndon, Va. (Herndon)

Megan Wright Fr. Mt. Orab, Ohio (Western Brown)

Jessica Zangmeister Fr. Fairview Park, Ohio (Fairview)

MEN’S TEAM PREVIEW

The UK men’s team returns five of its top sixrunners from a team that finished 13th at the2008 NCAA Southeast Regional.

Junior Adam Henken finished first for theWildcats in six of the seven meets he ran lastseason. After qualifying as an individual at theNCAA Championships, the All-SoutheastRegional honoree should provide a strong build-ing block for this year’s team.

Newcomer Luis Orta might be new to thecross country team but not to Wildcat trackfans. Orta set three freshman records during the2009 track season, just weeks after joining UKin January. A native of Venezuela, Orta ran forhis national cross country team in international

competition. In 2007 he finished 80th overall atthe World Cross Country Championships.

Mortimer cites Henken and Orta as keys tothe Wildcats’ success this season.

“We had a youthful team last year and theyear before and now that youthful team is start-ing to mature and become a more experiencedteam,” said Mortimer. “We’re led by AdamHenken who qualified for the national champi-onships as an individual and Luis Orta. Theirability to contribute on the cross country courseis going to be really important to us.”

Sophomores John Luttrell, Colin Heenan alongwith senior Will Rover also return from theSoutheast Regional team in addition toHenken. Luttrell and Heenan ran in everymeet for the Wildcats last season whileRover missed one race. Luttrell scored infour meets while never placing belowsixth on the team. Heenan placed firston the team at the opening meet lastseason and placed three more timesfor the Cats. Rover ran his best raceas a Wildcat at the SEC Champi-onships, finishing second onthe team with a personal-best10K time.

A pair of state high schoolcross country champions will add depth to theexperienced UK squad as freshmen. Matt Son-nenfeldt, the 2008 Tennessee state cross countrychampion, and Patrick McGregor, the 2007Alabama state cross country champion, shouldcontribute to the team immediately.

LOOKING AHEAD

Sophomore John Luttrell scored in four meets for theWildcats in 2008.

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Incoming UK freshman Patrick McGregor was a five-time high school All-American.

COACHING STAFF


HEAD COACH DON WEBER

E ntering his 26th sea-son as head coach at

the University of Ken-tucky, Don Weber hasseen NCAA Champions,All-America honors, Con-ference Champions andacademic honors. Overall,he has dedicated his time

and passion over the past 32 years includingthe six seasons Weber served as head crosscountry coach and as an assistant coach fortrack and field. Weber has built Kentucky intothe prestigious program that it is today.

A veteran to the Southeastern Conference,Weber’s coaching tenure at UK is the longestamong his peers in the league. Weber hasspearheaded track and field and cross countryat UK since 1984, and under his direction,the program has become a staple at thenational championships.

National success quickly followed afterWeber was elevated to direct the program. His1985 women’s cross country team finishedfourth at the NCAA Championships. TheWildcats improved the following year with athird-place national finish, leading up to hiscrowning achievement.

In 1988, Weber guided the UK women’scross country team to the NCAA NationalChampionship title. At the same nationalchampionship event, the men’s team finishedeighth. In 1989, the women’s squad returnedto the Championship as the National Runner-Up. In 2008 Weber helped guide a new gener-ation to the national stage as the women’steam made its fifth post-season appearance atthe NCAA Championships.

In recognition of the Wildcats’ success onthe cross country course, Weber was namedNCAA Coach of the Year in 1988. Prior to that,he was honored as NCAA District III Coach ofthe Year in 1985. In both of those years, he alsoreceived the SEC Men’s Cross Country Coachof the Year. Weber has been named SECWomen’s Coach of the Year three times (1985,1988 and 1989) and was Men’s Indoor Trackand Field Coach of the Year in 1995.

After more than two decades at the helm ofthe Kentucky program, Weber’s athletes haveearned 187 NCAA All-America honors and sixWildcats have won 10 NCAA individualnational championships. He has also coacheda total of 106 SEC individual champions.During Weber’s tenure at Kentucky, Wildcatcross country and track and field athletes haveconsistently been named to the SEC AcademicHonor Roll.

Weber’s prolific coaching career stems fromhis vast experience as a Kentucky athlete andformer SEC Champion. As a student-athleteWeber participated in track and cross country atUK from 1968-72. In 1970, he helped his teamto the SEC Cross Country Championship,which led to an ALL-SEC honor in cross coun-try. Weber also received All-SEC honors inindoor track from 1968-72. He was the SEC1000-yard champion in 1972, establishing athen-conference record with a time of 2:10.20.Weber received the UK Athletic LeadershipAward the same year. In addition to all of hishonors and records, he was named captain ofboth the cross country and track squads.

After receiving his bachelor’s degree fromUK in education in 1973, he began his coach-ing career at Jesse Stuart High School in

Louisville. Following two successful years at thehigh school level, he entered the collegiate ranksas an assistant cross country and track and fieldcoach at Murray State University in Murray, Ky.While coaching the Racers, Weber earned amaster’s degree in secondary education.

In 1975, the Concentracion Deportiva dePinchincha (the Sports Committee of theEcuadorian State of Pichincha) selected Weberas the National and Olympic Track and FieldCoach and to guide the team at the MontrealSummer Games. Following the 1976Olympics, Weber returned to the UnitedStates to serve as the assistant coach at Pitts-burg State University in Pittsburg, Kan.,before joining the coaching staff at his almamater in 1978.

Weber has also authored several articles ondistance running. He and his wife Camille havethree adult children: Jennifer, Katie and Robbie.

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• UK track & field athletes have won 187 NCAA All-America honors, including 31 the last three years.

• Six UK athletes have won 10 individual NCAA National Championships, including Rashaud Scott’s 2008 title in men’s discus.

• UK has had three athletes earn United States Olympic Team berths on four occasions: 1988, 1992, 1996 and 2000. In addition five athletes have earned international Olympic Team berths on two occasions: 2004 and 2008.

• UK has won seven Southeastern Conference cross country team titles, an NCAA Cross Country Championship, a runner-up, third-, fourth-, eighth-, 11th- and 12th-place NCAA national finishes.

• UK has five top-10 finishes at the NCAA Track & Field Championships and 11 top-20 finishes, including the Wildcat men’s ninth-place finish at the 2008 Outdoor Championships.

• UK has produced “Championship of America” relay teams in both the prestigious Penn Relays and the Drake Relays.

• UK has been consistently ranked nationally in the middle-distance relays.

• The track and field teams have had three females and three males recognized as UK Athletes of the Year, two of which were repeat honors.

• Seven middle distance athletes qualified for the 2004 U.S. Olympic Trials, more than any other team in the nation in the 800 and 1,500 meters.

• Ten representatives of UK track and field took part in 2008 Olympic trials across North and South America.


COACHING STAFF

K entucky assistant coachfor distance and cross

country, John Mortimer,enters his third year in Lex-ington. He has made animmediate impact on theWildcat cross country pro-gram and distance trackevents during his relatively

short tenure at UK.Last year, Mortimer helped guide the women’s

cross country team to its first NCAA Cross Coun-try Championship appearance in 19 years. TheWildcats’ second-place finish at the NCAA South-east Regional secured an automatic bid to theChampionships. Under Mortimer’s direction, theUK women have improved each season at theregional from a ninth-place finish in 2006 to afourth-place rank in 2007 prior to last season’srunner-up showing.

On the men’s side, sophomore Adam Henkenrepresented UK at the NCAA meet after placingfifth overall at the regional to automatically qualifyas an individual.

After two cross country seasons in the Bluegrass,Mortimer has guided three Cats to All-SEC honorswhile five athletes have earned six All-Regionalawards. Moreover, middle distance and distanceathletes have accounted for 17 new entries in theUK record books since 2007.

A pair of those athletes earned All-SEC honorsin the steeplechase the past two seasons. Luis Ortaand Andrea Halasek clinched all-conference recog-nition honors in the event by virtue of second-and third-place finishes at the 2009 and 2008SEC Championships, respectively. Halasek holdsthe UK women’s varsity mark in the event whileOrta set the UK men’s freshman mark last year.

Additionally in the 2008 indoor season, Mor-timer guided the women’s distance medley relay toa second-place finish at the SEC Championships.

In 2007, Mortimer joined the University ofKentucky from Boston College where he servedfive years as the Eagles’ distance coach. Duringthat time, he coached 13 men and six women whorank among BC’s all-time top five in middle dis-tance and distance events.

Under Mortimer’s guidance in 2006, PatrickMellea broke a 27-year-old school record in theindoor mile. Mortimer also spent time as thecoach of professional runner Amy Mortimer (norelation) from 2004-06 while she was in gradu-ate school at Boston College. Under his direc-tion, she qualified for two consecutive IAAFWorld Cross Country Championships, had fivetop-five finishes at U.S. Championship eventsand ran a personal-best 1,500-meter time of4:07 to capture the bronze medal at the 2005U.S. Outdoor Championships.

Despite coaching for the only non-scholarship

men’s track and field program in the BIG EAST,he directed a men’s 4x800 relay team that broke a30-year-old school record and the New EnglandCollegiate record. He also led the men’s crosscountry squad to a top-five finish at the 2003 BIGEAST Championship.

In addition to his coaching duties, Mortimerserved as the track and field chairman of theUSATF’s New England Executive Board of Gover-nors from 2003-06. His responsibilities includedthe promotion and development of track and fieldand running throughout New England.

In 1999, he co-founded and currently serves asthe race director of the country’s largest 1-mileroad race – the Millennium Mile Road Race. Inthat capacity, he is responsible for event opera-tions, sponsorships and publicity.

Prior to his career at BC, Mortimer got hisstart in coaching at Harvard where he spent oneseason as a volunteer assistant coach.

In 1999, Mortimer signed a contract as aprofessional runner and also has represented theUnited States at the 1997 World UniversityGames and the 1998 Goodwill Games. As a pro-fessional runner, Mortimer finished seventh at the2004 U.S. Olympic Trials in the 3,000m steeple-chase with a career best time of 8:24.64.

He also claimed after third- and fifth-placesteeplechase finishes in 1997 and 1998 at the USATrack and Field Championships, respectively.

As a student-athlete at the University of Michi-gan, Mortimer was a seven-time All-America selec-tion in track and cross country and a six-time BigTen Conference Champion. He twice was selectedas the Big Ten Conference Athlete of the Champi-onships and once as the league’s Athlete of the Year.

His success extended to the classroom as hewas a four-time Academic All-America and BigTen All-Academic selection.

Mortimer earned a B.S. in architecture fromthe University of Michigan in 1999. In May 2008,

the former Wolverine star was inducted into theUM Track and Field Hall of Fame.

Mortimer is married to the former JenniferKramer, a competitor in the 5,000m at the 2004Olympic Trials and a two-time All-America hon-oree. The couple resides in Lexington with theirinfant son Jack.

Born: March 18, 1976Family: He, his wife Jennifer and infant son Jackreside in Lexington.Education: B.S. Architecture University of Michigan (1999)

Coaching Experience: 2007-Present — University of KentuckyAsst. Coach for Distance, Cross Country • Helped guide the 2008 women’s cross country team to the NCAA Championships for first time in 19 years.

• Coached Adam Henken to his first NCAA Cross Country Championship meet.

• Guided distance medley relay squad to second- place finish and All-SEC second team honors.

• Coached Andrea Halasek and Luis Orta in breaking recent UK steeplechase records.

2002-07 – Boston College, Asst. Coach for Distance• Coached 13 men and six women who now rank among BC’s all-time top five in middle distance and distance events.

2001 – Harvard University Volunteer Asst. Coach

Competitive Experience: Cross Country andTrack and Field – Michigan (1995-99)• Big Ten Athlete of the Year (1996) • Two-Time Big Ten Athlete of the Championships• Seven-time All-America selection • Six-time Big Ten Champion• Four-time Academic All-America and Big TenAll-Academic selection

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ADAM HENKEN2008 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFIERJunior • Catharpin, Va. (Brentsville District)

• 2009 All-SEC Academic Honor Roll• 2008 NCAA Cross Country Championship Participant• 2008 All-Southeast Regional Team - Cross Country• 2008 All-SEC Second Team - Cross Country • 2008 All-SEC Indoor Freshman Team - 3000m Run• 2007 All-SEC Freshman Team - Cross Country

2008-09 (Sophomore): Cross Country – Individually qualified for theNCAA Championships by virtue of a fifth-place overall finish at the NCAARegional to earn his first All-Southeast Regional honor with a 10K time of30:26 - a 73-second improvement over his 2007 Regional mark ... Finishedthe 10K NCAA Championship course in 31:25 in cold conditions ...Claimed All-SEC Second Team honors at the league championships ... Slow-ly worked his way up through the field passing several runners on the finaltwo loops of the 8K course while posting a personal-best time of 24:12 toplace 14th overall ... Finished first on the squad in five consecutive meets ...Placed sixth overall at Penn State National Invitational completing the 5.2-mile course in 25:26 ... Scored in 11 of 12 career team races for UK. Indoor -Entered the UK record books by posting a personal-best 3,000m time of8:16.27 at the Penn State National Invitational, the mark ranks tenth all-time in school history ... Ran a personal-best 4:08.08 mile at the Iowa StateClassic ... Qualified for SEC Indoor Championship finals in the mile, finish-ing seventh ... Member of distance medley team that finished seventh overallat SEC Indoors. Outdoor - Turned in the second-fastest 1,500m run of theseason for the Wildcats at the SEC Outdoor Championships, crossing theline in 3:54.23 in Gainesville. 2007-08 (Freshman): Cross Country – Fin-ished 41st overall at the 8K SEC Championships to place second on theteam at 25:32, earning recognition as part of the All-Freshman SEC Team inthe conference ... Only freshman harrier to score in each meet for the Cats ...Finished 55th overall and second on the team at the Southeast regional in a10K time of 31:39, helping the team improve four spots over its finish theprevious year. Indoor - Ran a personal-best 4:12.28 mile at the McCravyMemorial Meet ... Posted personal-best 5,000m time at the Husky Classic,clocking in a 14:50.09 ... At SEC/Big Ten Challenge, notched personal-besttime of 8:31.87 in 3,000m. Outdoor - Did not compete. High School: Class2A State Runner-up in cross country in 2006 ... Class 2A State Runner-upin 3200m as junior and senior ... A four-year letterwinner in cross countryand track and field ... An all-state cross country selection his junior andsenior seasons ... Cross country team won the district, regional and Class 2Astate titles in each of his last three seasons ... Coached by Rob Dulin. Person-al: Full name is Adam Henry Henken ... Born June 8, 1989 in Fairfax, Va. ...Mother is Allison Howard ... Has three brothers: Ben, Brian and Cameron... Major is social work.


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LUIS ORTA2009 SEC RUNNER-UP - 3,000M STEEPLECHASE

• 2009 All-SEC Outdoor Second Team – 3,000m Steeplechase

• 2009 All-SEC Outdoor Freshman Team – 3,000m Steeplechase

• 2009 NCAA Mideast Regional Finalist – 3,000m Steeplechase

• Freshman Record Holder - Indoor 3,000m Run• Freshman Record Holder - Indoor 5,000m Run• Freshman Record Holder - 3,000m Steeplechase

2008-09 (Freshman): Cross Country – Did not compete. Indoor - Toppedhis own 3,000m freshman record set earlier in the year by over three secondswith a fifth-place time of 8:19.25 at the Iowa State Classic ... Broke the 13-year-old UK freshman 5,000 meter run record at the Penn State NationalInvitational with a time of 14:33.82 ... Opened the season at home in theKentucky Invitational by toppling a 19-year-old men’s freshman record inthe 3,000m run by more than a second, crossing the line at 8:22.83 ...Member of seventh-place distance medley team at the SEC Championships... Ran the second-fastest mile run on the team, with a mark of 4:10.62 atthe McCravy Memorial Meet. Outdoor - Smashed his men’s 3,000msteeplechase freshman record at UK for the third time of the season at theSEC Championships, besting his old standard by over six seconds in8:52.39 to place second overall and earn All-SEC Second Team honors... His steeplechase mark stands third all-time in the UK record books... Finished 16th in the steeplechase at the NCAA Southeast Regional ...Set the Kentucky freshman steeplechase record for the second time atthe Jesse Owens Classic with a regional-qualifying finish of 8:58.83 ...Broke another 19-year-old freshman standard by posting a time of9:00.27 to win the steeplechase competition at the Florida Relays.High School: Ranked first in America and 14th in the world inthe steeplechase at world junior competition in 2008 … Two yearsprior, ranked sixth in the world in steeplechase in world youthcompetition … Member of Venezuelan National Team ... Placed12th in the steeplechase at the 2008 World Junior Champi-onships held in Poland … Finished 80th overall at 2007 WorldCross Country Championships held in Kenya ... Placed second insteeplechase at 2007 South American Junior Championships held inBrazil ... Runner-up in steeplechase at 2007 Pan American Games held inBrazil ... Notched two titles at the 2006 South America Youth Champi-onships in Caracas in the steeplechase and 3,000 meter run ... Won 2007South American Cross Country Championship held in Brazil ... Coachedby Armando Moreno. Personal: Full name is Luis Alberto Orta Millan …Born Jan. 15, 1989 in Caracas … Parents are Jorge Orta and Ruth Millande Orta … Has three brothers, Otto, Jorge and Jorge.

Freshman • Caracas, Venezuela (Madison L.C.)

2009 RETURNING MEN’S VETERANSTRENT HALASEKFr, • Georgetown, Ky. (Scott County)

2008-09 (Freshman): Cross Country – Did not compete.Indoor – At Iowa State Classic, ran personal-best 800mmark of 1:53.48 ... Ran top mile time of 4:21.54 at theKentucky Invitational ... Member of seventh-place dis-tance medley relay at SEC Championships. Outdoor –

Competed in the 800m run with best result of 1:55.73 at the Florida Relays.High School: Crowned Kentucky 3A state champion in 800m run as asenior ... Won Class 3A Region 5 Championships in 800m run as a seniorand junior as well as a 4x400m relay championship in his third year ... Holdsregion and school record in 800m run ... Also claims school record in the1600m run and 1600m relay ... Coached by Dwayne Ellison ... Team was sec-ond runner-up at Kentucky state championships and Class 3A Region 5Champions during junior year ... Played football freshman and sophomoreyears ... Graduated with 3.7 GPA. Personal: Full name is Robert TrentHalasek ... Born Aug. 10, 1989 in Georgetown, Ky. ... Parents are Robert andJudy Halasek ... Has one sister, Andrea a senior on the UK track team ...Mother Judy also attended UK.

COLIN HEENANSo. • Liverpool, N.Y. (Liverpool)

• 2009 and 2008 SEC Academic Honor Roll

2008-09 (Sophomore): Cross Country - Named SECMale Athlete of the Week and Freshman of the Weekafter placing first on the team and seventh overall

with an 8K time of 25:25 at the Wildcats’ opener in Memphis ... AtNotre Dame Invitational, came across the line in second on the teamand 62nd overall with a five-mile time of 24:42 ... Placed in the team’stop five in four of six meets, including a first-place finish on the team inthe season opener ... Placed 94th overall at Southeast Regional with10K time of 33:09 ... At SEC Championships, finished 8K course in26:12. Indoor - Competed in the mile, 3,000m and 5,000m runs ... Ranpersonal-best 5K mark at Penn State, clocking in at 15:10.05. Outdoor -Competed in the 3,000m, 5,000m and 10,000m runs. 2007-08 (Fresh-man): Cross Country - Did not compete. Indoor - Did not compete. Out-door - Ran personal-best time in 10,000m of 32:39.23 at Sea Ray Relays... At Jesse Owens Track Classic, ran personal-best 5,000m as a Wildcatin a time of 15:28.54. High School: A four-year letterwinner in crosscountry and track and field at Liverpool High School ... A three-timestate qualifier in cross country and a two-time state qualifier in indoortrack ... Finished third at the New York State Federation meet in 2005as junior ... Was 14th at the Footlocker Northeast Meet in 2005 duringjunior year ... Coached by Tracy Vannatta ... A member of the NationalHonor Society ... Earned academic varsity letter. Personal: Full name isColin Jack Heenan ... Born Dec. 30, 1988 ... Parents are Michael andKathryn Heenan ... Father competed in crew at Jacksonville Universityas an undergraduate ... Has two siblings, Jeff and Brigid ... Brigid is alsoa cross country and track athlete at SUNY-Geneseo ... Major is history.

J.D. HORTONSo. • Navarre, Ohio (Massillon Perry)

2008-09 (Sophomore): Cross Country - Did not com-pete. Indoor - Did not compete. Outdoor - Did notcompete. 2007-08 (Freshman): Cross Country - Com-peted in all six meets for the Wildcats ... Top perfor-mance of the year was at SEC Championships, placing

fifth on the team and 61st overall with an 8K time of 26:07. Indoor -Competed in the mile and 3,000m ... Posted season-best 3,000m time atMcCravy Memorial with a finish of 8:47.16 ... At SEC/Big Ten Challenge,ran season-best mile time of 4:27.51. Outdoor - At SEC Championships,ran personal-best time in steeplechase finishing 14th overall in a time of9:34.28 ... Crossed the line in second with personal-best 5,000m time of15:44.61 at Sea Ray Relays ... At EKU Open, finished fifth in steeplechasecrossing the finish in 9:37.90. High School: A three-time first-team all-county and four-time first-team all-federal league standout in cross countryat Massillon Perry High School ... An All-Ohio selection in track and fieldhis final two seasons ... An All-Ohio selection in cross country in 2005 ...A member of the two-time district champion 4x800-meter relay squad ...Relay squad was the regional runners-up in 2007 ... Cross country squadwas the district champion and regional runner-up his junior campaign ... Afour-year letterwinner in track and field and cross country ... Coached byRob Mizicko ... A four-time academic All-Ohio selection and a four-timehonor roll selection ... Graduated in the top 25 of his high school class.Personal: Full name is Jacob Daniel Horton ... Born Oct. 18, 1988 inCanton, Ohio ... Parents are Rick and Brenda Horton ... Has one sister,


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Katie who is also a cross country and track athlete at Ohio Northern ...Father was a two-time national runner-up in the steeplechase for Malone Col-lege ... Major is decision science and information systems.

JOE JACKSONSo. • Hilliard, Ohio (Hilliard Darby)

2008-09 (Freshman): Cross Country - Ran in four meets forthe Wildcats ... Best finish was at the SEC Championshipswith an 8K time of 26:06 to finish 67th overall. Indoor -Did not compete. Outdoor - Did not compete.HighSchool: Central District Cross Country Runner of the Year

as a senior ... Qualifier for Ohio State Cross Country Championships juniorand sophomore years, District champion and cross country MVP final two sea-sons ... Track and field state qualifier in the 3,200m final two seasons finishing12th as a junior and sixth as a senior (9:23) ... Ninth-place finish at Nike Out-door Nationals with a 15:18 mark in the 5,000m ... School record holder in the5,000m, 3,200m and 1,600m runs ... Coached by Jonathan Agriesti ... Alsoplayed soccer freshman and sophomore years... Member of 8th-place teams atOhio Cross Country State Championships sophomore and junior years anddistrict champion team as a senior ... Ran on track and field regional championteam as a freshman and district champion teams as a sophomore and junior ...Scholar athlete and member of senior class cabinet ... Also member of studentathletic counsel, symphonic band, interact club, diversity club, freshman men-torship program and was a Camp Joy counselor. Personal: Full name is JosephHenry Jackson II ... Born Dec. 14, 1989 in Roanoke, Va. ... Parents are Josephand Leonetta Jackson ... Has one brother Jalen and one sister Princess-Jyla ...Major is biotechnology.

JOHN LUTTRELLSo. • Dayton, Ohio (Dayton Christian)

2008-09 (Freshman): Cross Country – At SoutheastRegional, notched season-best finish on team, placing sec-ond for the Wildcats at a 10K pace of 32:07 ... Scored infour of six meets for UK ... Finished fourth on the teamand 14th overall at Memphis Twilight running 8K in

25:56. Indoor - Did not compete. Outdoor - Did not compete. High School:Nike Indoor National 5,000m runner-up senior year ... Ohio Division 31600m State Champion as a senior, state runner-up as a junior ... Ohio Divi-sion 3 individual state cross country runner-up as a senior, twin brother Wal-ter was first ... Huntington Bank Runner of the Year for senior season of crosscountry ... Member of Ohio Division 3 State Championship Track and FieldTeam as a junior ... Coached by Larry Myers ... Played soccer all four yearsand basketball as a freshman and sophomore. Personal: Full name is JohnMark Luttrell ... Born June 19, 1989 in Nashville ... Parents are Gary andAmy Luttrell ... Twin brother Walter is a Wildcat teammate ... Has olderbrother James and sister Esther ... Father, grandfather and sister all attendedUK ... Father Gary ran track and field and cross country at Kentucky ...Major is accounting.

WALTER LUTTRELLSo. • Dayton, Ohio (Dayton Christian)

2008-09 (Freshman): Cross Country – Ran in five meetsfor the Wildcats this season ... Best result was at NotreDame Invitational running the five-mile course in 26:10to place seventh on the team. Indoor - Did not compete.Outdoor - Did not compete. High School: Midwest Meet

of Champions 3,200 champion as senior ... Ohio Division 3 3200m StateChampion as a senior and junior ... Ohio Division 3 individual state crosscountry champion senior year, twin brother John was second ... Sixth placefinish in 5,000m at USA Track and Field Junior Nationals ... HuntingtonBank Runner of the Year for senior season of cross country ... Member ofOhio Division 3 State Championship Track and Field Team as a junior ...Coached by Larry Myers ... Played soccer all four years and basketball as afreshman and sophomore. Personal: Full name is Walter Luttrell ... Born June19, 1989 in Nashville ... Parents are Gary and Amy Luttrell ... Twin brotherJohn is a Wildcat teammate ... Has older brother James and sister Esther ...Father, grandfather and sister all attended UK ... Father Gary ran track andfield and cross country at Kentucky ... Major is undecided.

JOSH NADZAMSo. • Monaca, Pa. (Monaca)


2008-09 (Sophomore): Cross Country - Competed inthree meets for the Wildcats ... Ran best mark atMemphis Twilight posting an 8K time of 26:39. Indoor

- Ran personal-best mile time at the McCravy Memorial Meet with a fin-ish of 4:14.80 to claim fifth place ... Finished with top 3,000m time of8:40.08 at the Penn State National Invitational. Outdoor - Specialized inthe 1,500m run ... Advanced to his first event final at the SEC Champi-onships in the 1,500m run, placing 12th overall in the prelims with a per-sonal-best time of 3:52.61 before placing 11th overall in the final. 2007-08 (Freshman): Cross Country - Did not compete. Indoor - Competed inthe mile and 3,000m run ... Turned in best time in the mile at the HuskyClassic clocking in at 4:15.54 ... Ran best 3,000m mark of 8:43.09 atSEC/Big Ten Challenge. Outdoor - Specialized in the 1,500m run postingbest time of 3:56.91 at Stanford Invitational. High School: Placed third inPIAA Championships in the 1,600 meters as senior ... Finished seventh in3,200 meters at PIAA Championships as junior ... Holds school records in800, 1,600 and 3,200 meters ... Coached by Jody Nowry ... Played fouryears of basketball and football ... Member of basketball state quarterfinal-ist team as junior ... Second-team All-Section guard in basketball final twoyears ... Second team All-Conference Wide Receiver senior year of football... Recipient of U.S. Marines and Beaver County YMCA Scholar-AthleteAwards ... Member of Just Say No Club, Teen Leadership and SpanishClub. Personal: Full name is Joshua Mark Nadzam ... Born Oct. 15, 1988in Monaca Pa. ... Mother is Wendy Nadzam ... Major is social work.

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ZAC NOELSo. • Winfield, W. Va. (Winfield)

• 2009 and 2008 SEC Academic Honor Roll• 2008 All-SEC Outdoor Freshman Team –Steeplechase

2008-09 (Sophomore): Cross Country - Did not com-pete. Indoor - Did not compete. Outdoor - Did not compete. 2007-08(Freshman): Cross Country - Finished sixth on the team and 17th overall atOld Timers Classic with a 5-mile time of 26:20. Indoor - Did not compete.Outdoor - Named to All-SEC Freshman Team in the steeplechase ... At SECChampionships, ran personal-best time in steeplechase finishing 13th overallin a time of 9:28.40 ... Won the steeplechase at Yellow Jacket Invitational,crossing the line in 9:30.45 ... Ran season-best mark in 1,500m at EKUOpen, clocking in at 4:00.27. High School: The 2007 West Virginia ClassAA state champion in the 1,600 meters ... West Virginia state runner-up incross country in 2005 ... A four-time West Virginia all-state selection in the3,200 meters, setting his school’s all-time record with a personal-best time of9:31 in the 3,200 ... A three-time all-state selection (2005-07) in the 1,600meters ... A three-time all-state selection (2004-06) in cross country ... Helpedhis high school track and field squad to four consecutive state championshipsduring his high school career ... Coached by John Mike Nichols (cross coun-try) and David Bailey and Sean Anderson (track) ... Was a state finalist for theWendy’s High School Heisman ... Graduated Summa Cum Laude with a4.061 GPA ... Personal-best times include 4:30 (1,600 meter) ... Also compet-ed in soccer his first two years and basketball his freshman season. Personal:Full name is Zachary Ryne Noel ... Born June 16, 1989 in Oklahoma City,Okla. ... Parents are Jackson Noel and Lynn Baker ... Has two brothers: Tylerand A.J. and four sisters: Krystal, Kamber, Courtney and Olivia ... Pre-phar-macy major.

WILL ROVERSr. • Maineville, Ohio (Kings Mill/Ohio University)

• 2008 SEC Academic Honor Roll

2008-09 (Junior): Cross Country – Completed career-best race at SEC Championships to place second on theteam and 32nd overall running an 8K time of 25:08 ...

The place was his highest on the team in his career and the mark was almosttwo minutes faster than previous 8K races earlier in the season ... At South-east Regional, finished with a 10K time of 33:29. Indoor - Concentrated onthe mile run, turning in best time of 4:17.85 at the Iowa State Classic. Outdoor- Recorded personal-best 800m time of 1:53.52 at EKU Open ... Notched per-sonal-best 1,500m run mark of 3:57.27 at the Sea Ray Relays. 2007-08(Sophomore): Cross Country – Competed in all races for Kentucky beforesuffering injury just before Southeast Regional ... Best finish came at OldTimers Classic where he finished fourth on the team in the five mile race at26:12. Indoor - Did not compete. Outdoor - Finished fourth in the steeplechaseat Yellow Jacket Invitational, crossing the line with a personal-best mark of9:48.02 ... Placed fourth at EKU Open in 1,500m run with a personal-besttime of 3:59.36 ... Also ran season-best 800m time at EKU crossing the line in1:59.79. 2006-07 (Previous College): Participated in track and field and crosscountry at Ohio University ... Posted the team’s second-best 800-meter time atthe MAC Indoor Championships, finishing in 1:59.18 ... Ran a cross countryseasonal best at the NCAA Pre-Nationals, finishing the 8K race in 26:09.00 ...Ran in seven of the team’s eight cross country meets during the season ...Coached by Mitch Bentley. High School: A four-year letterwinner in track andfield and cross country at Kings Mills High School ... A three-time first-teamall-conference selection in track and cross country ... A Nike Outdoor Nationalsqualifier in the 800-meters ... Placed eighth at the 2006 Ohio state meet in the

800-meters ... Finished 26th at the state cross country meet in 2005 ... A two-time all-district selection in cross country ... A two-time district champion inthe 800 meters. Personal: Full name is William Martin Rover ... Born June 9,1987 in Pomona, N.J. ... Parents are Larry and Peggy Rover ... Has one brother,Larry ... Major is finance.

MATT WAGNERSo. • Beavercreek, Ohio (Beavercreek)


2008-09 (Sophomore): Cross Country – Did notcompete. Indoor - Competed in the 800m, mile and3,000m runs ... Turned in season-best mile time of

4:21.72 at the McCravy Memorial Meet. Outdoor - Ran personal-best1,500m time of 3:58.24 at SEC Championships ... Posted personal-best800m time at EKU Open crossing the line in 1:55.51. 2007-08 (Fresh-man): Cross Country – Competed in all six races for UK ... Best finishwas at 4-mile Eastern Kentucky Invitational, finishing at a time of 19:50good for sixth on the team and 12th overall. Indoor - At SEC Champi-onships, ran personal-best mile time of 4:21.22 ... Ran personal-best800m time of 1:57.81 at McCravy Memorial Meet. Outdoor - Postedseason-best 800m time at EKU crossing the line in 1:58.80 ... At YellowJacket Invitational, ran season-best time in 1,500m of 4:05.77. HighSchool: A four-year letterwinner in track and one-year letterwinner incross country ... A first-team all-conference track selection in the 1,600meters his senior campaign ... A second-team all-conference honoree incross country last season ... Earned a special-mention 1,600-meter all-conference distinction his junior year ... Cross country squad captured itsdistrict championship in 2006 ... Coached by Jack Holliday ... Compet-ed in soccer his first three years of high school and swimming his fresh-man campaign ... Soccer team was its conference champion in the 2003and 2004 seasons with Wagner as a member. Personal: Full name isMatthew Lawrence Wagner ... Born Aug. 15, 1988 in Denver, Colo. ...Parents are Gerald and Susan Wagner ... Has two brothers - Andrew andPhilip - and one sister, Sarah ... Brother Andrew ran cross country atSavannah College of Art and Design ... Placed sixth overall in the 2009New Jersey State Sprint Triathlon that included a 500m swim, 11.5 milebike race and 5K run ... Major is mechanical engineering.

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TODD DICKINSONFr. • Owensboro, Ky. (Apollo)

High School: A four-year letterwinner in track and crosscountry ... Three-time state qualifier for cross country inlast three years ... Earned cross country All-State honor-able mention in 2005, 2006 and 2007 ... All-Area crosscountry selection in 2007 ... Member of 2006 All-South

team at Footlocker Regional in junior race ... Member of state champi-onship 3,200m relay team as a senior ... Previous record holder in the1,500m run ... Cross country squad finished as runner-up at 2007 Ken-tucky state championships ... The team also captured regional, district andcity-county team championships that same season ... 2007 member of TeamKentucky at Mideast Meet of Champions ... Coached by Bo Phelan andCharlie Shoulta ... Competed in swimming as a sophomore ... Three-timeacademic All-State selection for cross country, and earned another selectionfor swimming. Personal: Full name is Michael Todd Dickinson ... BornNov. 24, 1988 in Owensboro, Ky. ... Parents are James and Lisa Dickinson... Has one twin brother - Tyler who is a Wildcat teammate - and one sister,Taryn ... Major is undecided.

TYLER DICKINSONFr. • Owensboro, Ky. (Apollo)

High School: A four-year letterwinner in track andcross country ... All- State first team member for crosscountry as a senior ... Two-time Kentucky state quali-fier in the 3,200m run ... Member of state champi-onship 3,200m relay team as a senior ... Member of

3,200m relay team that holds school record ... Cross country squad fin-ished as runner-up at 2007 Kentucky state championships ... The teamalso captured regional, district and city-county team championships thatsame season ... Qualified for Nike Outdoor Nationals for 3,200m relay... Coached by Bo Phelan and Charlie Shoulta ... Competed in swim-ming as a sophomore ... Academic All-State selection for cross country ...Member of BETA Club. Personal: Full name is James Tyler Dickinson ...Born Nov. 24, 1988 in Owensboro, Ky. ... Parents are James and LisaDickinson ... Has one twin brother - Todd who is a Wildcat teammate -and one sister, Taryn ... Major is business and marketing.

JUSTIN HAIREFr. • Dayton, Ky. (Bishop Brossart)

High School: Earned three bronze medals at Kentuckystate track championships as a senior in the 800mdash, 1,600m relay and 3,200m relay ... Holds multi-ple school records including the indoor 800m and1,500m runs as well as indoor records for the 1,600m

and 3,200m relays and outdoor records for the 3,200m and distancemedley relays ... Competed at the AAU Nationals from 2001-07 ...Indoor track squads were state champion in each of his four years 2005-09 ... Cross Country teams were state runners-up in 2005 and 2006 ...Outdoor track teams were state runners-up in 2006 and 2008 ...Coached by Andy Shonebarger ... Earned academic first team honorseach year ... Participated in the senior service project. Personal: Fullname is Justin Thomas Haire ... Born May 29, 1991 in Fort Wright, Ky.... Parents are Robert and Crystal Haire ... Has one brother - Robert II -and one sister, Kelsey ... Major is pre-nursing.

PAT MCGREGORFr. • Hoover, Ala. (Hoover)

• Five-Time High School All-American• Six-Time Alabama High School State Champion

High School: Runner-Up at Nike indoor Nationals inthe mile with a time of 4:08 - that ranked second nationally ... Three-timeindoor track All-America selection in 2006, 2008 and 2009 ... Two-timeoutdoor track All-America selection as a junior and senior ... Alabama statecross country champion as a junior ... Five-time outdoor track state cham-pion over last two seasons ... Pivotal member of 2009 state championshiptrack and field squad ... Coached by Devon Hind ... Member of swim teamas a junior. Personal: Full name is Patrick Cunningham McGregor ... BornNov. 15, 1990 in Birmingham, Ala. ... Parents are Bob and Molly McGre-gor ... Has one brother - John ... Major is undecided.

MATT SONNENFELDTFr. • Knoxville, Tenn. (Knoxville West)

• Tennessee High School State Champion -Cross Country

High School: As a senior claimed Footlocker Southrunner-up with 10th-fastest time on the course as well

as Great American runner-up ... Tennessee state champion in cross countryas a senior after runner-up finishes as a junior and sophomore ... Tennesseestate runner-up as well as regional champ in 3,200m and 1,600m runs infinal season ... Cross country regional champ final three years ... All-Statetrack selection as a junior and sophomore ... Holds AAA state, regional andleague cross country course records ... Claims 3,200m and 1,600m runregional records ... Holds school record in 5,000m and 3,200m runs ...Coached by father Marty Sonnenfeldt ... Recipient of both the John MauerAward and the James M. “Doc” Simpson award ... Member of Key Club ...Volunteered with Knoxville Track Club and Empty Stocking Fund locally.Personal: Full name is Matthew Logan Sonnenfeldt ... Born Nov. 6, 1990in Knoxville, Tenn. ... Parents are Marty and Betty Sonnenfeldt ... Has onebrother - Daniel ... Parents were both distance runners at Tennessee, withMarty securing an All-SEC selection in the 10,000m run ... Major is busi-ness and marketing.

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KATHERINE PETERSON2009 NCAA MIDEAST REGIONAL FINALISTJunior • Louisville, Ky. (Sacred Heart Academy)

• 2009 NCAA Mideast Regional Finalist – 5,000m Run• 2009 and 2008 All-SEC Academic Honor Roll• 2009 All-District CoSIDA Academic Honor Roll• 2009 Society of Character Recipient • 2009 Sanner Award Recipient 2009 • 2008 NCAA Cross Country Championship Participant

2008-09 (Junior): Cross Country – During second year of cross country,competed in first NCAA Championship Meet finishing the 6K course in21:52 ... Finished 31st overall at NCAA Southeast Regional with a 6K timeof 21:51 ... Placed 24th overall at SEC Championships running 21:39 on the6K course ... Finished in top three on the team in six of seven meets this sea-son ... Season best times were recorded at Notre Dame Invitational (5K -17:33) and Penn State National Invitational (6K - 21:25). Indoor - Ran top

3,000m time of the year at the Kentucky Invitational, clocking in at 9:46.46... Posted an eighth-place finish in the 3,000m run at the SEC Champi-onships, racing a clip of 9:47.84 ... Ran season-best mile mark at the IowaState Classic with a finish of 4:52.99. Outdoor - Moved up to eighth on theschool’s all-time list in the 5,000m run, crossing the finish line in a personal-best time of 16:49.62 to place eighth in the Penn Relays’ Olympic Develop-ment race ... Finished ninth overall in the 10,000m run at the SEC Champi-onships ... Placed 12th in the 5,000m run at SECs, turning in a time of17:16.05 ... In the NCAA Mideast Regional 5,000m run final, placed 19thoverall. 2007-08 (Sophomore): Cross Country - In first year of cross countrycame up big at season-ending Southeast Regional, running a personal best 6Ktime of 21:41 to finish fifth on the team and 49th overall ... Improved 6Ktime by 43 seconds from SEC Championships to Southeast Regional twoweeks later helping the Cats finish fourth overall as a team. Indoor - Placedeighth in the 3000m at the SEC Championships with a personal-best time of9:47.71 ... Also at the conference championships, ran a personal-best run of17:12.49 in the 5000m to place tenth overall; the mark places her tenth all-time in the UK record books ... Finished seventh in 3000 meters at the NewBalance Collegiate Invitational clocking in at 9:49.78. Outdoor - At SECChampionships, ran a personal-best 10,000m time of 36:32.23 that ranksfourth all-time at UK to finish ninth ... Entered record books with 10th-bestfinish all-time at UK of 16:52.45 in the 5000m at Stanford Invitational.2006-07 (Freshman): Cross Country - Did not compete. Indoor - Participatedin the mile run, finishing in a season-best time of 5:00.30 at the Husky Clas-sic in Seattle. Outdoor - Ran in the 1,500 and 3,000 meter events. HighSchool: A four-time first-team all-state selection in track and field and a two-time all-state selection in cross country ... A member of Sacred Heart’s three-time KHSAA Class AAA State Champion cross country team ... Member ofthe 2004 KHSAA Class AAA State Champion track and field squad ...Named Kentucky’s High School Senior Runner of the Year by the KentuckyHigh School Coaches Association in 2005 ... A member of the three-time(2003-05) state championship 4x800 relay squad ... Named to the KentuckySuper Cross Country Team in 2004, a list that honors the top 12 runners inthe state of Kentucky ... A 2004 regional cross country champion ... Wonthree individual cross country races as a senior ... Crossed the finish line fifthat the 2005 KHSAA state cross country championships after an 11th-placefinish at the event the previous year ... Finished third in the state in the mileher final season ... Posted fourth and fifth-place finishes her sophomore andjunior seasons, respectively, in the 800-meter run at the state meet ... Captainof her high school track and cross country squads ... Voted her school’s Ath-lete of the Year her final campaign ... An Academic All-State selection each ofher four years at Sacred Heart ... A member of the school’s honor roll eachyear ... President of her school’s Spanish Club and Vice president of the SocialClub and the Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD) ... Also partici-pated in varsity soccer her first two years at Sacred Heart. Personal: BornDec. 28, 1987 ... Parents are Mike and Pat Peterson ... Has one brother Chris... Majoring in integrated strategic communications and Spanish.


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LINDSAY PETRI2009 NCAA CROSS COUNTRY MEET PARTICIPANTSenior • Girard, Penn (General McLane)

• 2009, 2008 and 2007 SEC Academic Honor Roll• 2008 NCAA Cross Country Championship Participant• Freshman Record Holder - 3,000m Steeplechase

2008-09 (Junior): Cross Country – Competed in first NCAA Champi-onship Meet finishing the 6K course in 22:34 ... Finished 36th overall atNCAA Southeast Regional with a personal-best 6K time of 21:57 ... As thefifth team scorer across the finish, her personal record could not have comeat a better time as she secured UK a second-place team finish at theRegional and an automatic bid to the NCAA National Championships ...Placed 43rd overall at SEC Championships running 22:20 on the 6Kcourse ... Scored in all six meets that she ran this season. Indoor - Did notcompete. Outdoor - Did not compete. 2007-08 (Sophomore): Cross Coun-try - Competed in all six meets for the Wildcats on the season ... Finished10th overall at Eastern Kentucky 2-mile course at 11:35. Indoor - At theHusky Invitational ran season-best 5,000m mark of 17:37.35 ... At NewBalance Collegiate Invitational ran season-best 3,000m time of 10:09.21... At Rod McCravy Memorial posted personal-best time in the mile of05:04.91. Outdoor - Placed seventh in the steeplechase at the SECChampionships with a personal-best time of 10:56.77 ... Ran personal-best 5,000m time of 17:09.59 at Stanford Invitational ... Finished thirdin the steeplechase at the Sea Ray Relays crossing the line in 11:07.85.2006-07 (Freshman): Cross Country - Competed in five of six meets herfreshman year ... Finished 31st overall at the Old Timers Classic (20:28,5K) ... Was sixth on the team and 10th overall at the EKU Invitational(11:53, 2-mile) ... Posted a personal-best 5K time of 19:35 at the CalPoly Invitational (50th overall). Indoor - Competed in the mile run andthe 3,000 and 5,000 meters. Outdoor - Set the freshman school recordin the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the Auburn Tiger Track Classicwith a time of 11:30.10. ... Also competed in the 3,000 and 5,000meters. High School: A four-year member of her high school’s trackand cross country teams ... Her cross country squad was the district andregional champion her junior and senior years ... Her track team also wonthe district title her final campaign ... Finished 24th at the state champi-onships in cross country her senior year ... An all-state and all-region selec-tion, and district cross country champion her senior year ... A first-teamall-Erie County League selection her freshman and sophomore campaigns... Finished seventh at the state cross country championships her sopho-more year ... Also a district champion and state qualifier in the 1,600 and3,200 meter her junior season ... Posted the school record in the 3,200meter with a time of 11:15 her junior year ... Also a district champion andstate qualifier in the 3,200 meter and the 4x800 meter relay her senior year... Part of a school-record setting 4x800 relay team her final campaign witha time of 9:28 ... Also competed in swimming her junior year ... Was herhigh school’s Salutatorian ... A member of her high school’s Principal’sHonor Roll every semester of her high school career ... An advisor for Stu-dents for Academic Excellence ... A member of the National Honor Soci-ety. Personal: Full name is Lindsay Michele Petri … Born Oct. 10, 1987… Parents are Rick and Doreen Petri … Has one sister, Sarah, attendingthe University of Michigan ... Major is kinesiology.

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2009 RETURNING WOMEN’S VETERANSAUDREY HOLBROOKSo. • Beavercreek, Ohio (Beavercreek)

• 2009 SEC Academic Honor Roll

2008-09 (Freshman): Cross Country – Ran three meetsfor the Wildcats this season ... Best finish was at Mem-phis Twilight completing the 5K course in 20:59. Indoor

- Competed in the 3,000m run. Outdoor - Competed in the 1,500m run. HighSchool: A seven-time letterwinner in cross country and track and field atBeavercreek High School ... Cross Country First Team All-League as seniorand junior ... Individual league champion, All-Region and state qualifier incross country as a junior ... Cross country teams qualified for state tourna-ment, won the district title twice and clinched the league championship threetimes during her career ... Coached by Jack Holliday ... Played soccer duringfreshman year ... Member of Ohio All-Academic team ... Member of theNational Honor Society and Student Council. Personal: Full name is AudreyLynn Holbrook ... Born Apr. 2, 1990 ... Parents are Keith and Teresa Hol-brook ... Has three siblings: Amy Mowbray, Betsy Holbrook, Cady Holbrook... Family includes several Kentucky grads including father Keith, sister Amya former member of the UK dance team, brother-in-law Adam played golffor the Blue and White and sister Betsy is a former member of the Wildcatsoccer team; twin sister Cady also attends UK and is a current member of thesoccer squad ... Major is accounting.

SUZANNE HOLTJr. • Greenville, Ky. (Muhlenburg South)

• 2009 SEC Academic Honor Roll• 2008 NCAA Cross Country ChampionshipParticipant

2008-09 (Sophomore): Cross Country – Competed infirst NCAA Championship Meet finishing the 6K course in 24:12 ... Scoredin two meets for the Cats this season ... Ran fifth on the team at MemphisTwilight clocking in at a pace of 19:49 for the 5K race ... Also placed fifth onthe team at Iona Meet of Champions with a 6K mark of 24:10 ... Season besttimes were recorded at Notre Dame Invitational (5K - 19:06) and Penn StateNational Invitational (6K - 23:11). Indoor - Competed in the mile and3,000m runs. Outdoor - Competed in the 3,000m and 5,000m runs. 2007-08 (Freshman): Cross Country – Competed in first three meets for the Wild-cats ... Finished 40th overall at Old Timers Classic 5K (19:47). Indoor - Ran apersonal-best time of 5:22.00 in mile run at McCravy Memorial. Outdoor -Posted personal best 3,000m run time at Eastern Kentucky Invitational with atime of 10:43.48 ... At Jesse Owens Track Classic turned in personal best5,000m time of 18:55.49. High School: KHSAA Class AA State Championin cross country her senior year ... Regional cross country champion her lasttwo seasons in high school ... Captain of her cross country team her juniorand senior years as the squad won the regional title twice and the state title in2006 ... Indoor state champion in the 3,000-meter run her senior year afterfinishing as state runner-up in the event in 2005 ... Captured the outdoorregional title in the 1,600-meter run her junior season, earning all-state honorsin the event her last two years ... Coached by Mark Fortney ... Lettered fouryears in cross country and three years in track ... Graduated in the top 20 ofher class ... Was her class vice president and also vice president of the NationalHonor Society ... Senior BETA Club President ... Academic All-State selectionher junior and senior years. Personal: Full name is Katherine Suzanne Holt ...Born Feb. 5, 1989 ... Parents are Robert and Laura Holt ... Has two brothersHeath and Ben ... Major is business marketing.

CLAIRE LAVERTYSr. • Yorktown, Ind. (Yorktown)

• 2009 All-District CoSIDA AcademicHonor Roll

• 2009, 2008 and 2007 SEC Academic Honor Roll

• 2008 NCAA Cross Country ChampionshipParticipant

2008-09 (Junior): Cross Country - Competed in first NCAA ChampionshipMeet finishing the 6K course in 23:50 ... Ran in last four meets for Wildcatsafter coming off of preseason injury ... Season best time was recorded at theSEC Championships with a 6K time of 23:13. Indoor - Anchored seventh-place distance medley relay team at SEC Championships ... Ran a personal best3,000m time of 10:21.72 at the Iowa State Classic. Outdoor - Ran a personal-besttime of 4:49.82 in the 1,500m run at the Eastern Kentucky Open ... Also ran the3,000m run and the steeplechase. 2007-08 (Sophomore): Cross Country - Ran infive of UK’s six meets including the SEC Championships ... Thirty-fifth at theOld Timers Classic with a personal-best 5K time of 19:20. Indoor - Competed inthe mile run SEC/Big Ten Challenge turning in a time of 5:07.49. Outdoor - Fin-ished seventh overall at the Yellow Jacket Invitational with personal-best steeple-chase time of 11:12.39 ... Placed fourth in steeplechase at Sea Ray Relays clockingin at 11:14.82. 2006-07 (Freshman): Cross Country - Competed in five of UK’ssix meets her rookie campaign, including the NCAA Southeast Regional ... Sev-enth overall at the EKU Invitational with a 2-mile time of 11:43 ... Fifty-seventhat the Cal Poly Invitational with a then-personal-best 5K time of 19:39. Indoor -Did not compete. Outdoor - Earned a personal-best 4:54.30 in the 1,500 metersat the Seminole Invitational. High School: A four-year member of her highschool track and cross country squads ... A regional champion and state qualifierin cross country her junior year ... A county, sectional and regional champion inthe 1,600 and 3,200 meters her sophomore, junior and senior years ... An all-stateselection in the 1,600 her junior year ... Also competed in swimming for fouryears in high school ... An academic all-state selection her senior year. Personal:Full name is Claire Elizabeth Laverty ... Born Nov. 11, 1987 ... Parents are Johnand Susan Laverty ... Has one sister, Anne ... Major is psychology.


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KATY ACHTIENFr. • Fishers, Ind. (Cathedral)

High School: First-Team All-State cross country selec-tion as a senior, sophomore and freshman ... Named2009 cross country/track Athlete of the Year at Cathe-dral in final year ... Four-time Indianapolis City CrossCountry Champion from 2005-08 ... Holds school

records in both the 4,000m and 5,000m runs ... Four-year MVP and let-terwinner in both cross country and track ... Member of cross countryteam that finished 11th in the Indiana state championships as a junior ...Her cross country team placed sixth overall in the state and won sectionaland regional championships as a freshman ... Coached by Mark Worrelland Matt Wire ... Graduated with honors ... Member of National HonorSociety ... Volunteered with Big Brothers/Big Sisters, Paws for a Cause andHabitat for Humanity. Personal: Full name is Merrie Katelyn Achtien ...Born June 7, 1991 in Mission Viejo, Calif. ... Parents are Chris and Melis-sa Achtien ... Has three siblings: two brothers Chris and Evan; one sisterLauren who played soccer at the University of Akron ... Major is nursing.

CALLY MACUMBERFr. • Rochester Hills, Mich. (Rochester Adams)

• 2008 MidEast Meet of Champions Runner-up

High School: Finished as runner-up at the MidEastMeet of Champions in 2008 ... Three-time All-State

selection during her final three seasons highlighted by a third-place finishas a junior ... Regional champion as a junior and runner-up as a senior ...Earned All-Region, All-County, All-Area and All-League cross countryhonors each of her four years ... Named cross country MVP as a seniorand junior ... Four-time state qualifier in the 3,200m relay ... Three-timestate competitor for the 1,600m run ... Qualified for state competitiontwice in the 3,200m run ... Named track team MVP as a senior ... Four-year letterwinner in cross country and track ... Member of Michigan statecross country championship team as a sophomore ... Ran on regionalchampion cross country teams as a senior, sophomore and freshman ...Coached by Budd Cicciarelli ... Member of All-State Academic Team forcross country in her final year ... Volunteered with Habitat for Humanity.Personal: Full name is Cally Marr Macumber ... Born Aug. 19, 1990 inRochester Hills, Mich. ... Parents are John and Denise Macumber ... Hasone brother - Brent ... Major is undecided.

SAMANTHA NORMANFr. • Louisville, Ohio (Louisville)

High School: Placed 15th at the MidEast Cross Coun-try Championships as a senior ... Three-time All-Statecross country selection as a freshman, sophomore andjunior highlighted by two top-10 finishes ... Two-timedistrict champion as a senior and freshman ... Three-

time league champion as the league runner of the year during senior,junior and freshman campaigns ... Named cross country MVP in each ofher four seasons ... Named Stark County Cross Country Runner of theYear as a senior and member of All-County first team each of her fouryears ... Placed fifth overall in 1,600m run at Ohio state championships as

a senior ... As a freshman finished eighth in the 3,200m run at state cham-pionships ... Earned district and league championships in both the 1,600mand 3,200m runs as a senior ... Regional runner-up in the 1,600m run inher final campaign ... Stark County 3,200m champion as a junior ... Ownsschool records in the 1,600m, 3,200m, and 5,000m runs ... Four-year let-terwinner in cross country and track ... Member of regional cross countryteams as a senior, sophomore and freshman ... Ran on league championtrack teams as a senior and junior ... Coached by Christine Muniak ...Member of swimming team as a senior and played basketball as a freshman... Member of Academic All-State team and recognized on school honorroll ... Member of National Honor Society, Key Club, Jo’s Girls andFrench Club ... Volunteered with Making Strides for Breast Cancer. Per-sonal: Full name is Samantha Lee Norman ... Born Oct. 17, 1990 inCanton, Ohio ... Parents are David and Kathie Norman ... Has one broth-er - Seth ... Major is undecided.

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CHELSEA OSWALDFr. • Medina, Ohio (Walsh Jesuit)

• 5K High School National Champion

High School: 2009 Nike Indoor National 5K Champi-on with a winning time of 17:03 ... Two-time crosscountry Footlocker National Qualifier finishing 14th

overall and All-American as a senior after placing 31st as a junior ... Fin-ished in the top-10 of the Ohio state cross country championships onthree occasions: placing fifth as a senior, runner-up as a junior and seventhas a sophomore ... Placed fifth at the track state championships as a juniorin the 3,200m run after placing seventh overall as a freshman ... Ownsschool records in the 1,600m, 3,200m and 5,000m runs as well as a mem-ber of the 3,200m relay squad ... Four-year letterwinner in cross countryand track ... Member of state qualifying cross country teams as a sopho-more and freshman ... Ran on district champion cross country teams as a

sophomore and freshman ... Member of 3,200m relay team that placed sev-enth at the Ohio state championships and runners-up at regional meet as afreshman ... Cross country MVP all four years and track MVP three years ...Athlete of the Year at Walsh Jesuit ... Chosen as a 2007 Cross Country All-Star by Akron Beacon Journal ... Coached by Bill Barger ... Played basketball asa freshman, sophomore and junior ... Member of All-State Academic team allfour years ... Cross country scholar athlete all four years ... Member ofNational Honor Society and served as a student ambassador and student gov-ernment representative ... Volunteered with Saint Benedict Joseph Labre Pro-gram, Saint Francis Xavier Communion for the Homebound and ElmCroftNursing home ... Also served as a tutor for fellow students and participated inSpecial Olympics fundraising events. Personal: Full name is Chelsea MarieOswald ... Born Nov. 20, 1990 in Parma, Ohio ... Parents are John andSharon Oswald ... Has one brother - Matthew and two sisters - Jessica andShannon ... Major is biology.

ADRIANNE SHEARERFr. • Nicholasville, Ky. (West Jessamine)

• Kentucky High School State Champion - 1,600m Run

High School: Kentucky state track champion in the1,600m run as a senior ... Named to All-State first

team for the 1,600m run in final campaign ... Earned All-State secondteam honors in cross country as a senior ... Holds school records in the800m, 1,600m and 5,000m runs ... Four-year letterwinner in cross coun-try and track ... Ran on track regional runner-up teams as a senior, sopho-more and freshman ... Member of cross country regional runner-up teamsenior year ... Coached by David St. Louis ... Member of swimming teamall four years ... Named to All-State academic teams in both cross countryand track all four seasons ... Graduated as valedictorian of her class ...Named Kentucky Governor’s Scholar ... President of National Honor Soci-ety, Key Club secretary, Beta Club member and worked on the schoolnewspaper staff ... Volunteered with Cardinal Hill Teen Board ... Alsoserved as a tutor for fellow students and participated in school blood dri-ves. Personal: Full name is Adrianne Lynn Shearer ... Born Oct. 19, 1990in Lexington, Ky. ... Parents are Scott and Judy Shearer ... Has one brother- Aaron ... Major is mechanical engineering.

AMANDA WHOWELLFr. • Arlington Heights, Ill. (Rolling Meadows)

• Illinois High School State Champion - Mile Run

High School: Illinois indoor state track champion inthe mile run as a senior ... Named to All-Area and All-

Conference cross country teams as a junior ... Holds school record in800m run ... Four-year letterwinner in track and three-year letterwinner incross country ... Coached by Jim Voyles ... Member of swimming team asa sophomore and played basketball as a freshman and sophomore ...Named to academic honors in both cross country and track all four sea-sons ... Member of National Honor Society ... Volunteered with SpecialOlympics, Shop with a Cop, Lutheran Home, Concordia College for littlekids track camp and local church youth group ... Also served as a SundaySchool teacher for fellow parishioners. Personal: Full name is AmandaBeth Whowell ... Born Sept. 26, 1990 in Arlington Heights, Ill. ... Parentsare Andy and Ingrid Whowell ... Has one brother - Matthew and one sis-ter - Melissa ... Major is undecided.


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HIRUNI WIJAYARATNEFr. • Herndon, Va. (Herndon)

• Virginia High School State Champion -3,200m Run

High School: Finished fifth at the USATF NationalCross Country Meet after being crowned a regional

and area champion as a senior ... Virginia state, regional and district cham-pion in the 3,200m outdoor run as a junior ... Finished eighth overall inthe 3,000m run at the Penn Relays Carnival ... Placed third at the outdoorstate meet in the 3,200m run after claiming regional championship as asophomore ... Outdoor track regional and district champion in the1,600m run as a junior ... Member of district champion 3,200m relayteam as a junior ... Indoor track regional and district champion in the1,600m and 3,200m runs as a senior before placing second at the statemeet in the latter ... Placed third at the indoor state meet in the 3,200mrun and as a member of the 3,200m relay team in junior year ... Finishedsecond in 1,600m run at indoor regional championships as a junior ...Indoor track district champion in the 1,600m and 3,200m runs as well asthe 3,200m relay as a junior ... Clinched three individual cross countrymeet titles over final two seasons ... Four-year letterwinner in cross countryand track ... Three-time cross country team MVP and served as team cap-tain ... As a junior ran on a cross country team that finished fifth at thestate championships after clinching regional and district titles ... Hersenior indoor and outdoor track teams were runners-up at the regional ...Holds school records in 1,600m, 3,200m and 5,000m runs ... Coached byPete Sherry ... Academic accolades include AP Scholar with Honors, honorsociety memberships and multiple time honor roll student ... Member of

chemistry and math honor societies ... Volunteered with church in blanketdrive, soup kitchen and community holiday dinners. Personal: Full nameis Hiruni Kesara Wijayaratne ... Born Dec. 5, 1990 in Colombo, Sri Lanka... Parents are Punu and Savithri Wijayaratne ... Has one brother - Akhila... Major is biology.

MEGAN WRIGHTFr. • Mt. Orab, Ohio (Western Brown)

High School: Seven-time Ohio state championshipqualifier with three nods in outdoor track, and twobids each in both indoor track and cross country ...Five-time regional qualifier with three bids in outdoortrack and two in cross country ... Four-year letterwin-

ner in both track and cross country ... Member of cross country regionalchampionship teams as a freshman and sophomore ... Claims schoolrecords in 800m and 1,600m runs as well as the 1,600m and 3,200mrelays ... Coached by Jeff Jones, Jim Nue and Tina Cooper ... Member ofhigh school dance team as a freshman ... Received scholar athlete recogni-tion ... Member of DECCA and Spanish Club ... Volunteered with Hi-Y.Personal: Full name is Megan Elizabeth Wright ... Born Oct. 2, 1990 inCincinnati, Ohio ... Parents are Dennis and Jessica Wright ... Has one sis-ter - Morgan ... Father Dennis played baseball collegiately at CumberlandCollege ... Major is undecided.

JESSICA ZANGMEISTERFr. • Fairview Park, Ohio (Fairview)

• Ohio High School State Champion -3,200m Run

High School: At Footlocker Midwest Cross CountryMeet set course and school records with time of 17:55

... Ran in both Footlocker National Championships as well as MideastMeet of Champions ... Ohio state indoor champion in the 3,200m run asa junior ... Four-year letterwinner in both track and cross country ...Three-time state qualifier in cross country ... Two-time regional and dis-trict cross country champion as well as conference MVP ... Crowned crosscountry league champion three times and qualified for regionals each sea-son ... Set eight cross country records as a junior ... Outdoor track qualifierfor Midwest Meet of Champions ... Three-time state outdoor track qualifi-er after finishing as regional runner-up on three occasions ... Outdoortrack regional qualifier three times and four-time district qualifier ... Ownsfive district championships including three in the two-mile run and a pairof mile run titles ... Three-time league champion in the two-mile run ...Two-time high school Athlete of the Year in addition to MVP of crosscountry team all four seasons and track MVP on three occasions ... Holdsschool records in both the mile and two-mile runs ... Three-time ClevelandPlain Dealer Athlete of the Week ... Two-time conference track MVP ...Set the two-mile school record an amazing 16 times ... Coached byRichard Friel ... Two-time All-Ohio cross country selection honoring thosewho finished in the top-25 with a GPA of 3.0 or higher ... Three-time All-Ohio outdoor track selection honoring those who finished in the top-8with a GPA of 3.0 or higher ... Three-time Academic All-Ohio selection inboth cross country and outdoor track ... Member of principal’s list eachsemester of high school career, honoring those with 4.0 GPA or higher ...Member of student council, Key Club and served as National Honor Soci-ety Vice President as a senior ...Volunteered over 750 hours of service atFairview Hospital. Personal: Full name is Jessica Monique Zangmeister ...Born Feb. 9, 1991 in Fairview Park, Ohio ... Parents are John and JudyZangmeister ... Has one brother - Jason ... Major is nursing.

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LOOKING BACK


2008 WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY REVIEW

After a 19-year absence, theUniversity of Kentucky

women's cross country teamwrapped up the 2008 season atthe NCAA Championships host-ed by Indiana State University atthe Wabash Valley Family SportsCenter in Terre Haute, Ind. TheWildcats placed 31st overall intheir first trip back to the Cham-pionships since a National Run-ner-Up finish in 1989.

On the 6K championshipcourse, UK senior Jessica Ort-man finished first for the Wild-cats for the seventh time in asmany meets with a mark of21:50, good for 181st overall.Finishing seconds behind Jessicawas fellow classmate - and twinsister - Jenna Ortman clockingin at 21:51 to place 185th.Sophomore Katherine Peterson crossed the line next in the 186th spotwith a time of 21:52.

Senior Andrea Halasek finished her final race as a Wildcat placing216th overall with a time of 22:10. The fifth scorer for the Wildcats wasjunior Lindsay Petri with a time of 22:34 in 232nd place. All five UK scor-ers at the NCAA meet have been consistent all year, having scored in eachmeet that they have run this season for the Cats.

Junior Claire Laverty (23:50) and sophomore Suzanne Holt (24:12)rounded out the UK championship meet line-up.

The 2008 Wildcats finished the year receiving votes in the final UST-FCCCA National Poll after their fifth NCAA appearance in school history.The Kentucky women’s squad previously won a National Championship in1988 in addition to the National Runner-Up finish in 1989. The Wildcatsalso took home third overall in 1986 and placed fourth in 1985.

The UK women finished second overall at the NCAA SoutheastRegional hosted by Wake Forest University to automatically qualify for theNational Championship Meet. The Wildcats were the only women’s squadto finish five runners in the top 36 with two UK seniors earning All-Southeast Regional honors. Jessica Ortman placed 10th overall with a 6Ktime of 21:22 to earn her second All-Regional honor in two seasons while

Jenna Ortman placed 15th overall with a mark of 21:29 to garner her firstcareer All-Regional medal.

Sophomore Katherine Peterson raced across the finish in 31st, clocking in at21:51. Senior Andrea Halasek finished steps behind in 34th overall in a time of21:53. But it was junior Lindsay Petri’s personal-best 6K run of 21:57 in 36thplace that sealed Kentucky’s trip to the NCAA National Championships. Thespread from UK runners one through five was a mere 31 seconds.

Earlier in the year at the SEC Championships in Starkville, Miss., theWildcat women placed sixth overall as a team with three individuals plac-ing in the top 25. Jessica Ortman led the Wildcats with a 15th-place finishby posting a season-best 6K time of 21:07. Jenna Ortman clocked in at21:30 to place 18th overall. Sophomore Katherine Peterson finished stepsbehind for third place on the squad, crossing the finish line in 21:39 -good for 24th overall.

9-13 • Memphis Twilight Classic • 5K • Memphis, Tenn.2nd out of 36 teams, 75 pointsOverall winner: Catherine White, Arkansas, 17:39

9-20 • Iona Meet of Champions • 6K • Bronx, N.Y.5th out of 21 teams, 175 pointsOverall winner: Leah Rosenfeld, Penn State, 21:54

10-3 • Notre Dame Invitational • 5K • South Bend, Ind.16th out of 23 teams, 357 pointsOverall winner: Brie Felnagle, North Carolina, 16:21

10-17 • Penn State National Invitational • 6K • State College, Pa.6th out of 28 teams, 167 pointsOverall winner: Lindsay Carson, Guelph, 20:07

11-3 • SEC Championships • 6K • Starkville, Miss.6th out of 12 teams, 134 pointsOverall winner: Catherine White, Arkansas, 20:07

11-15 • NCAA Southeast Regional • 6K • Clemmons, N.C.2nd out of 33 teams, 126 pointsOverall winner: Tasmin Fanning, Virginia Tech, 20:07

11-24 • NCAA Championships • 6K • Terre Haute, Ind.31st out of 31 teams, 824 pointsOverall winner: Sally Kipyego, Texas Tech, 19:29

WOMEN’S 2008 TEAM FINISHES

Memphis Iona Meet Notre Dame Penn State SEC NCAA NCAARace Twilight of Champions Invitational Invitational Championships SE Regional Championships

Memphis, Tenn. Bronx, N.Y. South Bend, Ind. State College, Pa. Starkville, Miss. Clemmons, N.C. Terre Haute, Ind.5K 6K 5K 6K 6K 6K 6K

Andrea Halasek 18:49-4-13 23:14-4-39 17:59-4-93 21:19-3-30 21:59-4-34 21:53-4-34 22:10-4-216Audrey Holbrook 20:59-6-85 25:59-7-163 21:01-8-186 -- -- -- --Suzanne Holt 19:49-5-40 24:10-5-84 19:06-6-171 23:11-6-143 23:22-7-72 24:06-7-169 24:12-7-251Meredith Jaworek 21:15-7-94 25:23-6-103 20:33-7-185 -- -- -- --Claire Laverty -- -- -- 23:15-7-147 23:13-6-66 23:17-6-119 23:50-6-250Jenna Ortman 18:31-2-8 -- 17:41-3-67 21:13-2-24 21:30-2-18 21:29-2-15 21:51-2-185Jessica Ortman 18:30-1-7 22:37-1-15 17:22-1-42 21:09-1-20 21:07-1-15 21:22-1-10 21:50-1-181Katherine Peterson 18:32-3-9 23:07-3-31 17:33-2-53 21:25-4-35 21:39-3-24 21:51-3-31 21:52-3-186Lindsay Petri -- 22:56-2-26 18:11-5-106 22:02-5-65 22:20-5-43 21:57-5-36 22:34-5-232

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2008 WOMEN’S RESULTS

JESSICA ORTMAN


LOOKING BACK

2008 MEN’S CROSS COUNTRY REVIEW

Last season, Kentucky sophomore Adam Henken became the firstWildcat man to run at the NCAA Cross Country Championships

since 2003 when the Wildcats competed as a team. Henken finished 166thoverall with a 10K time of 31:25 in Terre Haute, Ind.

Henken’s end of the season was the best for any Wildcat this millenium. Afew weeks earlier, Henken placed fifth overall at the NCAA SoutheastRegional to automatically qualify for the Championship Meet as an individ-ual, while earning his first All-Southeast Regional honor. At the SEC Cham-pionships a month prior, the Catharpin, Va., native was tabbed a member ofthe All-SEC Second Team and ran a personal best 10K time of 30:26.

At the NCAA Southeast Regional hosted by Wake Forest University,the UK men finished 13th overall. Freshman John Luttrell finished secondbehind Henken in the 50th position for his best finish on the squad thisseason. Senior Bruce Hordusky ran across the line in 75th place while first-year harrier Colin Heenan placed 94th overall. The final scorer for theCats was junior Jeremy Zagorski, scored in each UK meet this season, fin-ished in the 107th slot. The men’s squad finished 2008 ranked 12th in the

final USTFCCCA Southeast Regional poll.At the 2008 SEC Championships in Starkville, Miss., the Wildcat men

improved two spots upon their finish last season by placing seventh in theleague. Henken slowly worked his way up through the field passing severalrunners on the final two loops of the 8K course. He ran a personal-besttime of 24:12 to place 14th overall and earn All-SEC Second Team honors.

Junior Will Rover completed his best race as a Wildcat to finish secondon the team with a personal-best time of 25:08 to finish 32nd overall.Seniors Chris Long (47th) and Hordusky (48th) crossed the finish linetogether while junior Zagorski placed fifth on the team (61st).

Three Wildcats scored in each meet this season. Henken, along withseniors Zagorski and Hordusky, led the young squad in 2008. Two fresh-men also stepped up for the Blue and White. Colin Heenan won theopening meet of the year at Memphis and placed in three other meets forthe Cats. Meanwhile, John Luttrell placed in four meets for the Cats whilenever finishing below sixth on the team.

With four of their top scoreres returning to the team, the Cats have asolid foundation to build upon during the 2009 cross country season.

MEN’S 2008 TEAM FINISHES

Memphis Iona Meet Notre Dame Penn State SEC NCAA NCAARace Twilight of Champions Invitational Invitational Championships SE Regional Championships

Memphis, Tenn. Bronx, N.Y. South Bend, Ind. State College, Pa. Starkville, Miss. Clemmons, N.C. Terre Haute, Ind.8K 8K 5-Mile 5.2-Mile 8K 10K 10K

Colin Heenan 25:25-1-7 26:35-7-94 24:42-2-62 26:12-3-50 26:12-8-70 33:09-4-94 --Adam Henken 25:28-3-9 25:06-1-13 24:18-1-28 25:26-1-6 24:12-1-14 30:26-1-5 31:25-1-166Bruce Hordusky 26:05-5-15 25:51-3-57 25:19-3-121 26:29-4-69 25:34-4-48 32:50-3-75 --Joe Jackson 27:19-11-49 26:58-9-127 -- 27:10-9-141 26:06-7-67 -- --Chris Long 26:07-6-17 26:13-4-72 25:44-5-152 26:39-6-87 25:33-3-47 33:51-7-128 --John Luttrell 25.56-4-14 26:16-5-73 26:03-6-167 26:31-5-73 25:57-6-62 32:07-2-50 --Walter Luttrell 27:17-10-48 26:41-8-106 26:10-7-175 27:11-10-144 26:45-10-83 -- --Josh Nadzam 26:39-8-28 -- 27:01-9-198 27:23-11-161 -- -- --Will Rover 26:50-9-32 27:15-10-151 -- 26:44-7-97 25:08-2-32 33:29-6-111 --Zach Wilder 26:20-7-20 26:31-6-88 26:49-8-196 26:58-8-116 26:23-9-74 -- --Jeremy Zagorski 25:27-2-8 25:18-2-21 25:32-4-139 26:04-2-37 25:55-5-61 33:21-5-107 --

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2008 MEN’S RESULTS

ADAM HENKEN

9-13 • Memphis Twilight Classic • 8K • Memphis, Tenn.3rd out of 29 teams, 53 pointsOverall winner: Daniel Kirwa, Harding University, 24:08

9-20 • Iona Meet of Champions • 8K • Bronx, N.Y.7th out of 24 teams, 211 pointsOverall winner: Cameron Levin, Southern Utah University, 24:24

10-3 • Notre Dame Invitational • 5-Mile • South Bend, Ind.22nd out of 25 teams, 490 pointsOverall winner: Samuel Kosgei, Lamar University, 23:32

10-17 • Penn State National Invitational • 5.2-Mile • State College, Pa.7th out of 28 teams, 217 pointsOverall winner: Andrew Bumbalough, Georgetown, 25:10

11-3 • SEC Championships • 8K • Starkville, Miss.7th out of 11 teams, 192 pointsOverall winner: Girma Mesecho, Auburn, 23:11

11-15 • NCAA Southeast Regional • 10K • Clemmons, N.C.13th out of 29 teams, 323 pointsOverall winner: Samuel Chelanga, Liberty, 29:53

HISTORY


MEN’S CROSS COUNTRY HONORS

JJEAN BALAN2003 (Outdoor) ................800 Meters

PAUL BALDWIN1972 (Indoor) .......................Two Mile

DAVE BENSEMA1982 (Indoor) .......................Two Mile1980 ...........................Cross Country

JIM BUELL1974 ...........................Cross Country

PAUL CIURLYS2003 (Indoor)...........Distance Medley2003 (Indoor) ...................800 Meters

MARTIN CLARK1985 (Outdoor) .............1,500 Meters

JAMES DOATY2003 (Indoor) ...................800 Meters2001 (Indoor)...........Distance Medley

RICHARD EDE1988 ...........................Cross Country1986 ..........................Cross Country

DAVID FREEMAN2004 (Indoor) ..............................Mile2003 (Indoor) ..............................Mile2002 (Indoor) ...................800 Meters

CHAD JOHNSON2003 (Indoor)...........Distance Medley2002 (Indoor)............. 800 Meters2001 (Indoor)...........Distance Medley

JIM B. KAISER1991 ..........................Cross Country1991 (Outdoor) ...........10,000 Meters

KRIS LANDERS2003 (Indoor)...........Distance Medley

JEFF LIMPERT1999 (Indoor) ...................800 Meters

BENNY MCINTOSH1989 (Indoor) ................3,000 Meters1988 ..........................Cross Country

THOMAS MORGAN2003 (Indoor)...........Distance Medley2001 (Indoor)...........Distance Medley

VADIM NEMAD1996 ...........................Cross Country1996 (Outdoor) ...........10,000 Meters 1996 (Indoor) ................5,000 Meters1995 (Indoor) ................5,000 Meters1993 (Indoor) ................5,000 Meters

MARK NENOW1980 (Outdoor) ...........10,000 Meters1979 ..........................Cross Country

HUNTER SPENCER2003 (Indoor) ..............................Mile2002 (Indoor) ..............................Mile2001 (Indoor)...........Distance Medley

BOB WHELAN1991 (Indoor) ................1,500 Meters1990 (Indoor) ..............................Mile1989 (Indoor) ..............................Mile

GEORGE YIANNELIS1993 (Outdoor).............Steeplechase

MARK NENOW BOB WHELAN

NCAA CROSS COUNTRYCHAMPIONSHIP PARTICIPANTSAdam Henken

ALL-SOUTHEAST REGIONALTEAM MEMBERSAdam Henken

ALL-SEC CROSS COUNTRYTEAM MEMBERSAdam Henken

SEC SPRING ACADEMICHONOR ROLL

Colin Heenan Adam Henken Josh Nadzam Zach Noel Matt Wagner Jeremy Zagorski

ALL-SEC OUTDOORTEAM MEMBERSLuis Orta

NCAA MIDEAST REGIONALTRACK PARTICIPANTSLuis Orta

SEC TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS (4)1988..........................................37 pts.1970..........................................41 pts.1959..........................................59 pts.1958..........................................40 pts.

SEC INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONS (9)2003 ..............................Thomas Morgan1987.....................................Richard Ede1986.....................................Richard Ede1980 ................................Dave Bensema1977..........................................Jim Buell1971....................................Paul Baldwin1970....................................Paul Baldwin1967 .......................................Vic Nelson1957 ..................................Press Whelan

NCAA TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPAPPEARANCES (11)2003..............................638 pts. (28th)1992...............................419 pts.(21st)1990...............................279 pts.(11th)1988.................................242 pts.(8th)1979...............................431 pts.(20th)1977...............................382 pts.(17th)1976...............................409 pts.(12th)1974...............................399 pts.(16th)1972..............................451 pts.(22nd)1971..............................486 pts.(22nd)1970...............................690 pts.(31st)

NCAA INDIVIDUAL TOP-25FINISHES1995 .......................Vadim Nemad (13th)1988 ..........................Richard Ede (16th)

Benny McIntosh (18th)1986 ..........................Richard Ede (14th)1980..........................Mark Nenow (17th)

2008-09 CROSSCOUNTRY/DISTANCEHONORS AND AWARDS

KENTUCKY MEN AT THESEC CHAMPIONSHIPS

KENTUCKY MEN AT THENCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS

AALLLL--AAMMEERRIICCAANNSS

DAVE BENSEMA JIM KAISER


HISTORY

WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY HONORS

LISA BREIDING1989 (Indoor) ................3,000 Meters1988 ..........................Cross Country1987 (Indoor) ...............3,200M Relay1986 ..........................Cross Country1986 (Outdoor) .............3,000 Meters 1986 (Indoor) ................3,000 Meters

DONNA COMBS1989 ..........................Cross Country

ELISA FROSINI1987 (Outdoor) .............1,500 Meters1987 (Indoor) ..............................Mile1986 (Indoor) ................1,000 Meters

KIM HAWKINS1989 (Indoor) ...............3,200M Relay1987 (Indoor) ...............3,200M Relay

BETH HEIMANN2005 (Indoor) ...................800 Meters2004 (Indoor) ...................800 Meters2003 (Outdoor) ................800 Meters2003 (Indoor) ...................800 Meters

SHERRY HOOVER1989 (Indoor) ...............3,200M Relay1988 ..........................Cross Country1988 (Outdoor) .............1,500 Meters1988 (Indoor) ..............................Mile1987 (Indoor) ...............3,200M Relay1986 (Outdoor) .............1,500 Meters1986 (Indoor) ..............................Mile

BERNADETTE MADIGAN1985 (Outdoor) ...........10,000 Meters1983 (Indoor) ...............3,200M Relay1982 (Outdoor) .............3,000 Meters1982 (Indoor) .......................Two Mile1981 ..........................Cross Country

VALERIE MCGOVERN1991 (Indoor) ................5,000 Meters1990 (Outdoor) .............5,000 Meters1989 ..........................Cross Country1989 (Outdoor) .............5,000 Meters1989 (Outdoor) .............3,000 Meters1989 (Indoor) ................5,000 Meters1989 (Indoor) ................3,000 Meters1988 ..........................Cross Country

LAURA MCSPADDEN1989 (Indoor) ...............3,200M Relay1987 (Indoor) ...............3,200M Relay

LAVERA MORRIS2008 (Indoor) ...................800 Meters2006 (Outdoor) ................800 Meters

KRISTY ORRE1988 ..........................Cross Country

PATRICIA PADORNO1987 (Indoor) ..............................Mile

BROOKE PATTERSON2004 (Outdoor) ................800 Meters2004 (Indoor) ..............................Mile

AUDREY PIERCE1986 (Indoor) ................3,000 Meters

KERRY RINK1989 (Indoor) ...............3,200M Relay

JULIE STIBBE1983 (Indoor) ...............3,200M Relay

HOLLY STRAIGHT1983 (Indoor) ..................1,000 Yards

JUDY THOMAS1983 (Indoor) ...............3,200M Relay

LISA BREIDING BERNADETTE MADIGAN

KRISTY ORRE VALERIE MCGOVERN

NCAA CROSS COUNTRYCHAMPIONSHIP PARTICIPANTSAndrea HalasekSuzanne Holt Claire Laverty Jenna Ortman Jessica Ortman Katherine Peterson Lindsay Petri

ALL-SOUTHEAST REGIONALTEAM MEMBERSJenna Ortman Jessica Ortman

SEC SPRING ACADEMICHONOR ROLL

Audrey Holbrook Suzanne Holt Claire Laverty Jenna Ortman Jessica Ortman Katherine Peterson Lindsay Petri Leah Ryan

USTFCCCA NATIONALALL-ACADEMIC TEAMJenna Ortman Jessica Ortman

COSIDA ACADEMICALL-DISTRICTAndrea HalasekClaire Laverty Jenna Ortman Jessica Ortman Katherine Peterson

NCAA MIDEAST REGIONALTRACK PARTICIPANTSKatherine Peterson

SEC TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS (3)1989..........................................39 pts.1988..........................................22 pts.1985..........................................34 pts.

SEC INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONS (1)1989 ............................Valerie McGovern

NCAA TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS (1)1988..........................................75 pts.

NCAA TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPAPPEARANCES (5)2008...............................824 pts.(31st)1989................................168 pts.(2nd)1988...................................75 pts.(1st)1986 ................................159 pts.(3rd)1985.................................118 pts.(4th)

NCAA INDIVIDUAL TOP-25 FIN-ISHES (6)1989...................Valerie McGovern (2nd)1988 .........................Lisa Breiding (11th)

Valerie McGovern (12th)Kristy Orre (24th)

1986 .........................Lisa Breiding (18th)1981................Bernadette Madigan (7th)

2008-09 CROSSCOUNTRY/DISTANCEHONORS AND AWARDS

KENTUCKY WOMEN AT THESEC CHAMPIONSHIPS

KENTUCKY WOMEN AT THENCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS

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THIS IS KENTUCKY


Lee T. Todd, Jr.became the 11th

president of the Uni-versity of Kentucky onJuly 1, 2001, afterserving as senior vicepresident of IBM’sLotus DevelopmentCorp. President Toddis the sixth UK alum-

nus to hold the presidency. President Todd has concentrated his efforts

and energies on helping his alma mater achieve agreater level of national prominence. Helaunched the University of Kentucky’s Top 20Business Plan in December 2005. The plan is aquantitative analysis highlighting what it willtake for UK to achieve its state-mandated goal ofbuilding a Top 20 public research university.Widely hailed as the first business plan by a pub-lic university in the nation, UK’s plan garneredwidespread national attention. It has been fea-tured by national media outlets and recognizedby peer institutions, as several higher educationleaders have visited UK’s campus to learn moreabout the Business Plan approach.

He continues to champion UK’s outreachefforts. President Todd launched a university-funded research program called the Common-wealth Collaboratives. The initiative features 36of UK’s top research teams, who are focused onsolving the intrinsic problems that have held thestate back from reaching its full potential. It ispart of UK’s effort to ensure that its research hitsthe ground in Kentucky and changes livesthroughout the Commonwealth.

President Todd has spearheaded an effort torevitalize health care in Kentucky. In June 2006,UK unveiled the Commonwealth’s Medical Cam-pus of the Future, a multi-phased project aimed atproviding Kentuckians with cutting-edge, 21st cen-tury health care. As part of the revamped academicmedical campus, UK will construct a new, one mil-

lion square foot University of Kentucky Albert B.Chandler Hospital and a new College of Pharmacy.

President Todd is Chair of the Board ofDirectors and Executive Committee for the Asso-ciation of Public and Land-grant Universities(APLU). He also is President of the SoutheasternConference (SEC) Executive Committee. Presi-dent Todd serves on the Equitable ResourcesBoard of Directors and is chair of the KentuckyCouncil on Postsecondary Education’s STEM(Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathe-matics) Task Force. He is chair of the NationalConsortium for Continuous Improvement inHigher Education’s (NCCI) Leveraging Excel-lence Award selection panel. President Todd alsois a member of the Business Higher EducationForum and the Council on Competitiveness.

He is married to the former Patricia Brantley, aUK graduate who earned her master’s degree fromSimmons College in Boston. They have two adultchildren, UK graduates Troy and Kathryn.

PRESIDENT DR. LEE T. TODD, JR. UK Board ofTrustees(as of July 6, 2009)

Mira S. Ball, Chair Stephen P. Branscum,Vice Chair Edward Britt Brockman Penelope A. Brown Jo Hern Curris Dermontti F. Dawson Carol Martin (Bill) GattonAnn Brand Haney Pamela T. May, Secre-tary Everett McCorvey Billy Joe Miles Sandy Bugie Patterson Erwin Roberts Charles R. Sachatello C. Frank ShoopRyan SmithJames W. Stuckert Ernest J. YanarellaBarbara Young

UK AthleticBoard(as of July 6, 2009)

Charles Arnold Frank Butler Charles S. Cassis Dermontti F. Dawson Luther Deaton Joseph L. Fink IIICarol Martin (Bill) Gatton Victor HazardScott Kelley Kathi Kern C. Frank Shoop Kumble Subbaswamy Lee T. Todd, Jr.Bruce Walcott Lionel Williamson

Emeritus MemberS. T. Roach

President Todd has

focused his efforts

and energies on

helping his alma mater

achieve a greater level

of national prominence.

Dr. Lee Todd, Jr., and Patsy Todd


MEET THE WILDCATS

Mitch Barnhart isin his eighth

year at the University ofKentucky, with unpar-alleled accomplishmentsin his past and unprece-dented goals for thefuture.

When he arrived in2002, Barnhart’s firstmove was to totally

support all 22 varsity sports with the maximumnumber of scholarships and coaches, along withthe facilities, equipment and support staff neededto make those teams successful.

The commitment to fully fund every sportproduced never-before-seen successes in UK ath-letics, with first-ever Southeastern Conferencechampionships in baseball, men’s golf andwomen’s tennis.

Perhaps the biggest on-field turnaround hasbeen in football, where Barnhart’s hire of RichBrooks has led the Wildcats to bowl wins in three

consecutive years, the first time that has beenaccomplished in UK’s 117 seasons in the sport.

In order to make the dreams a reality, Barn-hart spearheaded record-breaking growth in phil-anthropic giving, ticket sales and a comprehen-sive multi-media rights agreement.

Barnhart’s connection to UK student-athletes isevident by his individual interaction and dedica-tion to provide the support services necessary tomeet their needs. UK Athletics spends more than$1.5 million annually on its nationally renownedCenter for Academic and Tutorial Services. Healso began the CATSPYs, an annual awards pro-gram that honors the best of UK Athletics.

Additional initiatives begun under Barnhart’sleadership include the UK Athletics Hall of Fameand the Joe Craft Center, a $30 million facilitythat includes new practice and administrativespace for a variety of sports.

Barnhart’s influence reaches far beyond thefields of competition. Despite athletics’ urgentfinancial needs, Barnhart initiated a $1.2 millionannual contribution to the University’s scholar-ship program, a contribution that is beingincreased to $1.7 million this year.

Social responsibility in the Commonwealth ofKentucky is a priority for Barnhart, who has beenextremely active in community service andencourages the UK athletics staff to do the same.

Not content with past successes, Barnhart’sambitious course for the future was revealed withhis recent announcement of the “15x15x15”plan. The goals are to win at least 15 conferenceor national championships and rank among theNCAA’s top 15 athletic programs by 2015 – allof which would represent unprecedented achieve-ments for UK Athletics – while continuing toexpand UK Athletics’ service to the local commu-nity and commonwealth of Kentucky. Anothergoal of the initiative is a cumulative 3.0 grade-point average for UK’s 500 student-athletes.

Barnhart arrived at Kentucky from OregonState, where he served four successful years(1998-2002) as athletics director. Before his termat OSU, he worked in athletics administrationposts at Tennessee (1986-98), SouthernMethodist University (1983-86), Oregon(1983) and San Diego State (1982-1983).

Barnhart, 50, is a native of Kansas City, Kan.He received his bachelor degree from Ottawa Uni-

versity (Kansas) in 1981 and a masters in sportsadministration from Ohio University in 1982.

He and his wife, the former Connie Brown,have three children, Kirby, Blaire and Scott.

DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS MITCH BARNHART

PersonalBirth date: Aug. 27, 1959Birthplace: Kansas City, Kan.Family: Wife, Connie, daughters Kirby and Blaire,and son Scott

EducationOttawa (Kan.) University (B.A. 1981)Ohio Universiy (M.S. 1982)

CareerKentucky — Athletics Director (2002-present)Oregon State — Athletics Director (1998-2002)Tennessee — Senior Assoc. AD (1986-98)Southern Methodist — Asst. Executive Director,Mustang Club (1983-86)Oregon — Regional Director, Duck Athletic Fund(1983)San Diego State — Intern, Aztec Foundation(1982-83)

THE BARNHART FILE

Mitch Barnhart has

made the desire for

overall excellence

the cornerstone of

Wildcat Athletics.

Mitch Barnhart speaks at the CATSPYS, hosted annually by the UK Athletics Department to honor its student-athletes. The popular awards show, which began in 2003, is modeled after the ESPY Awards on ESPN andprovides a unique way to recognize Kentucky varsity athletes for their many outstanding accomplishments.

2009 Kentucky Men’s Cross Country Team — Front Row (from left): Zac Noel, Luis Orta, WillRover, Justin Haire. Middle Row (from left): Todd Dickinson, J.D. Horton, Colin Heenan, Matt Sonnenfeldt,Tyler Dickinson. Back Row (from left): Walter Luttrell, Adam Henken, Matt Wagner, Joe Jackson, Patrick Mc-Gregor, John Luttrell. Not Pictured: Trent Halasek, Josh Nadzam.

2009 Kentucky Women’s Cross Country Team — Front Row (from left): Audrey Holbrook,Samantha Norman, Hiruni Wijayaratne, Adrianne Shearer. Middle Row (from left): Suzanne Holt, ClaireLaverty, Cally Macumber, Megan Wright, Katy Achtien. Back Row (from left): Lindsay Petri, Emme McAtee,Chelsea Oswald, Amanda Whowell, Katherine Peterson, Jessica Zangmeister.

Luis Orta, Lindsay Petri, KatherinePeterson and Adam Henken

September

4 (Fri) Eastern Kentucky Invitational Richmond, Ky.

19 (Sat) Old Timers Classic Bowling Green, Ky.

October

3 (Sat) Greater Louisville Classic Louisville, Ky.

16 (Fri) Penn State National Invitational University Park, Pa.

31 (Sat) SEC Championships Oxford, Miss.

November

14 (Sat) NCAA Southeast Regional Louisville, Ky.

23 (Mon) NCAA Championships Terre Haute, Ind.

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