2012 nau cross country media guide

Five-Time Defending Big Sky Men’s Champions

2012 Lumberjack Cross Country Media Guide

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University InformationLocationElevationEnrollmentFoundedNicknameColorsMascotPresidentVP for Intercollegiate AthleticsFaculty Athletic RepUniversity WebsiteAthletics Website

CoachesDirector of Track & Fieldand Cross CountryAssistant Coach

2011 FinishesBig Sky Conference (Men)Big Sky Conference (Women)Mountain Region (Men)Mountain Region (Women)NCAA Championships (Men)

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Flagstaff, Ariz.7,000 feet

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LumberjacksBlue, Gold, Sage

Louie the LumberjackDr. John Haeger

Dr. Lisa CamposDr. Tom DeStefano

www.nau.eduwww.nauathletics.com

Eric Heins (Cincinnati ‘99)

Leah Rosenfeld (Penn State ‘10)

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Matthew Sewell (Carroll ‘11)[email protected]

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Steve Shaff (Arizona ‘92)Andrew Tomsky (UC Davis ‘07)

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Season Outlook Men’s 4 Women’s 5Staff Profiles Eric Heins 6-7 Leah Rosenfeld 8 Daniel Darcy, Strength and Conditioning 9 Dr. John D. Haeger, NAU President 42 Dr. Lisa Campos, VP Int. Athletics 43Men’s Team Profiles Returning Athlete Bios 11-14 Incoming Athlete Bios 15-18Women’s Team Profiles Returning Athlete Bios 20-26 Incoming Athlete Bios 27-292011 Year in Review 30-31 2011 Men’s Results 33 2011 Women’s Results 32Men’s History NCAA Finishes 34 All-Americans 34 Mtn. Region Finishes 35 All-Mtn. Region Individuals 35 Big Sky Finishes 36Women’s History NCAA Finishes 37 All-Americans 37 Mtn. Region Finishes 38 All-Mtn. Region Individuals 38 Big Sky Finishes 39George Kyte Classic 40-41Big Sky Conference 44

About the CoverDesigned by Matthew Sewell of NAU Media Relations. The 2012 media guide covers feature senior Rochelle Kanuho and ju-nior Brian Shrader (front), and sophomores Caroline Hogardh, Alejandro Montano, Lauren Justus, Matt McElroy, and coach Eric Heins (back).

CreditsThe 2012 Northern Arizona cross country media guide was written and designed by Matthew Sewell with editorial assis-tance from Steve Shaff, Andrew Tomsky, Stayson Isobe, and Eric Heins. Photography courtesy of Matt Beaty, Eric DeSalvo, Pres-ton Trauscht, Kirby Lee, Randy Miyazaki, Alejandro Montano, Matthew Sewell, and Erik Pedersen.

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Season Outlooks

Coming off a Big Sky-record fifth straight team title and seventh-consecutive in-dividual crown, the Lumberjack men look primed to take yet another, having been picked first in the conference coaches’ Preseason Poll on Aug. 29. The makeup of that team, however, is almost completely new, thanks to an influx of talented freshmen and transfer athletes.

With the departure of five seniors from last year’s squad, most notably senior All-American Diego Estrada (who will return for the indoor and outdoor track and field seasons), Coach Eric Heins relied on creativity, solid recruiting, and a bit of good fortune in putting together what should be an equally formidable team in 2012.

Coming to NAU most prominently this fall is Flagstaff-native Brian Shrader, who transferred home from the University of Oregon. He will be joined by fellow up-perclassmen transfers Matt McElroy (Oklahoma State) and Roman Acosta (Syr-acuse), as well as with Foot Locker Nationals runner-up and Gatorade National Runner of the Year Futsum Zienasellassie and third-place-finisher Nathan Weitz.

With the additions of freshmen Zienasellassie and Weitz, plus Arkansas Gato-rade Runner of the Year Will Aenchbacher and San Marcos, Calif. product Bran-don Hansen, the Lumberjacks will have valuable depth over the coming seasons.

The battle for NAU’s seven spots won’t be decided without healthy competi-tion from a slew of returners, however. Sophomores Caleb Hoover and Chris Ganem both traveled to Terre Haute, Ind. last season for the NCAA Champi-onships and are primed to provide experience for the Lumberjacks in 2012. Redshirt sophomores Cody Reed and Bahlbi Gebreyohanns also hope to make an impact, as does redshirt freshman Alejandro Montano.

If the 2012 new-look Lumberjacks perform well, they could become only the second team, men or women, in Big Sky Conference history to win six straight team titles (NAU women, 1987-92). The men also have a progression going on the national level that can be continued—dating back to 2006, at least one Lumberjack runner has earned All-America status by placing among the top 40 athletes at the NCAA Championships.

The Lumberjacks enter 2012 ranked No. 4 in the Mountain Region, and sit comfortably in the national Top 30 at No. 18. Expect the NAU men, despite the new faces, to firmly uphold the tradition of the program with yet another outstanding season.

Brian Shrader

Caleb Hoover

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Season Outlooks

The NAU women are looking to return to their old form in 2012 after two re-building years of gradually climbing back up the Big Sky Conference ranks that followed the departure of All-American Veronica Pohl and All-Mountain Region runners Nell Rojas and Astrid Leutert in 2009. The women only lost two seniors to graduation following the 2011-12 season in Haley Lawrence and All-Big Sky and Mountain Region honoree Kortnee Burton.

Returning to the Lumberjacks to lead the team is redshirt senior and Flagstaff native Rochelle Kanuho. Kanuho led the team in 2011 in five of her six races, and garnered both All-Big Sky and All-Mountain Region honors in the Lumberjacks’ two postseason meets. Kanuho hopes to improve on a 10th-place finish at last year’s conference meet and a 16th-place mark at the regional.

Also returning is senior Agnes Laurent and sophomores Caroline Hogardh, Lau-ren Justus, Kylee Kieser and Kerri Lenihan, all of whom saw action in NAU’s top seven last season. Hogardh, a native of Sweden, will complement Kanuho nicely as the next best returner from 2011, and will solidly fill the void left by Burton and Lawrence. Laurent, Justus, Kieser, and Lenihan will all hope to improve on last year’s efforts and move up through the ranks as well.

Though Burton and Lawrence departed with five years of experience each, there are a number of newcomers who, like the men, will add depth and will also contend for the last few spots among the Top Seven.

Heins added a trio of talented freshmen to the team this year, including four-time Arizona state cross country champion Rolonda Jumbo. Also coming in are Australian Melanie Townsend and Cottonwood, Ariz. product Emma Schraner. Jumbo and Townsend should contend with the upperclassmen in so-lidifying the top half of the women’s roster, while Schraner provides a challenge for returning sophomores in filling out the final spots.

NAU’s women haven’t won a Big Sky title since 2009, but they improved from fifth in 2010 to third last season and they were picked second out of 11 Big Sky teams in Aug. 29’s Preseason Poll. They also hope to make their first NCAA Championships appearance since 2008.

With a healthy balance of new and returning talent, 2012 could shape up to be a prosperous one for the Lumberjack women as well.

Rochelle Kanuho

Caroline Hogardh

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Staff Profiles

Coaching HonorsUSTFCCCA Track Coach of the Year

Mountain Region, Indoor 2010

Big Sky Cross CountryCoach of the Year

2007 (M&W), 2008 (M), 2009 (M&W)2010 (M), 2011 (M)

Big Sky Indoor T&FCoach of the Year

2010 (M), 2012 (M)

Team AccoladesFour Team Top 10s

at NCAA XC Championships2007 (M-4th), 2008 (M-6th)2009 (M-4th), 2010 (M-9th)

Eight Big Sky XC Titles2007 (M&W), 2008 (M&W),

2009 (M&W), 2010 (M), 2011 (M)

Two Big Sky Indoor Championships2010 (M), 2012 (M)

Two Big Sky Outdoor Championships2012 (M)

Eric Heins is in his sixth season as the head coach of the cross country teams at Northern Arizona University, and third year as the Director of Track & Field and Cross Country. He has won 11 Big Sky Championships and produced six top-10 national finishes in his first three seasons at NAU.

In his five years since returning to Flagstaff, Heins has been named coach of the year by the Big Sky Conference 10 times, including a trio of honors from the 2011-12 seasons thanks to the Lumber-jack men’s fourth triple crown in school and Big Sky Conference history. Heins was also honored as the Mountain Region Indoor Track and Field Coach of the Year by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association in 2010.

This past fall, the NAU cross country squads under Heins’ tutelage had successful seasons across the board. The Lumberjack women, who saw action from four newcomers in nearly every race, improved on their finishes each week, and established a firm foundation for the next few years. The NAU men’s squad made history with their record fifth-consecutive Big Sky Championship, and seventh-consecutive individual title. Diego Estrada earned All-America honors at the NCAA Na-tional Championships by finishing seventh overall, while the team finished in the top-15 for the 18th time since 1984.

The team’s greatness continued into the indoor and outdoor track and field seasons, where Heins led the men’s team to Big Sky crowns and conference point records in both, cranking out 215 at the indoor championship held in NAU’s own Walkup Skydome, and putting up 221 at the outdoor meet in Bozeman, Mont. Two of Heins’ distance athletes captured the meets’ respective men’s Most Valuable Athlete honors. Junior Diego Estrada earned his by capturing the indoor meet’s mile, 3,000-meter, and 5,000-meter wins, and senior Jordan Chipangama earned a gold and two silvers in the 800, 1,500, and 3,000-meter runs to earn his honor at the outdoor championships.

The women’s track and field teams, under Heins’ tutelage, also improved greatly from 2010 moving from fifth to fourth indoors in 2011, and from eighth to third as a team outdoors. Heins guided freshman Caroline Hogardh to Second Team All-America honors in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the NCAA Championships in Des Moines, Iowa, where she finished 16th overall to close out the outdoor season.

The Lumberjacks thrived in Heins’ first full season as Director of Track and Field. Junior Diego Estrada led the group with a pair of top-10 finishes at the indoor and outdoor national meets in the 5,000-meter run. Heins’ leadership also produced a collective six Big Sky Conference individual titles, including two from Estrada.

In the fall of 2010, NAU’s cross country teams continued their powerful presence as one of the premiere programs in the country. In his fourth season as head coach of cross country, Heins produced a fourth consecutive conference title on the men’s side, and coached an injury-depleted women’s squad to a respectable fifth-place finish in the same meet. At the national meet, the Lum-berjack men placed ninth behind All-America performances from Estrada and Ahmed Osman. For his efforts, Heins earned his seventh coach of the year honor from the Big Sky Conference.

Serving as the Interim Director of Track and Field, the 2010 track and field campaign under Heins’ direction saw the program collect its first national champion in three seasons, as senior David McNeill won both the indoor and outdoor 5,000-meter run titles. Under the tutelage of Heins, McNeill rewrote the record books at NAU in both the indoor and outdoor 5Ks, as well as giving the program its highest finish (T-8) when he scored 18 points at the NCAA Indoor Championships in Fayetteville, Ark.

The 2009 cross country campaign proved to be a historic one for the program as the season culmi-nated with the men’s team finishing fourth overall at the NCAA Cross Country Championships. Heins coached junior David McNeill to his third-straight All-American award as he finished run-ner-up in the race. Junior Jordan Chipangama finished fifth to give the Lumberjacks their first ever duo to finish in the top five at the NCAA Championships. Senior Veronica Pohl, the lone member of the women’s team to run in Terre Haute, Ind., landed her second-consecutive All-American award after finishing 38th.

The combination of top finishes at the cross country and track and field championships by the men’s team during 2009-10, yielded the Lumberjacks a third-place finish in the final standings for the NCAA Division I John McDonnell Program of the Year Award awarded by the USTFCCCA.

In 2008-09, the men’s cross country team finished sixth at the NCAA Championships, while the women finished 23rd overall in posting their second consecutive top 25 finish. The men’s sixth-place finish at the 2008 NCAA Championships marked just the second time in NAU history that the Lumberjacks have posted back-to-back top-six finishes. They were led by McNeill (15th over-all) and Pohl (16th overall), who were both named to their respective All-American teams. McNeill

Director of Track & Field and Cross Country

3rd Year/6th Overall

Eric Heins @NAUHeins

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Staff Profiles

Individual AccoladesTwo Individual NCAA TitlesDavid McNeill - 2010 Indoor & Outdoor 5,000m

11 Cross Country All-America HonorsDiego Estrada - 2010, 2012Ahmed Osman - 2010Jordan Chipangama - 2009Lopez Lomong - 2007David McNeill - 2007-2009Ilsa Paulson - 2007Veronica Pohl - 2008-2009

13 Track & Field All-America HonorsCaroline Hogardh - 2012* (Steeplechase)Diego Estrada - 2012 (Indoor 3K, 5K) 2011 (Indoor 3K*, 5K; Outdoor 5K)David McNeill - 2010 (Indoor 3K, 5K; Outdoor 5K) 2009 (Outdoor 5K) 2008 (Indoor 3K; Outdoor 5K)Ahmed Osman - 2010 (Outdoor 10,000m) 2009 (Outdoor 10,000m)* - Denotes Second-Team All-America

was named Mountain Region Male Athlete of the Year, capturing the region title to keep the title in the program for the second straight year.Both the men and women also captured Big Sky Conference championships for the second consecutive season in 2008, as McNeill and Pohl were crowned individual champions. The men placed six runners in the top-10, scoring just 19 points, while the women had three top-ten finishers.

The 2009 indoor and outdoor track seasons produced three Big Sky team championships led by a strong distance group. McNeill ran to a runner-up finish at the NCAA Championships in the 5000m, while freshman Ahmed Osman earned All-America honors in the 10,000m. Pohl, Diego Estrada and Nell Rojas also advanced to the NCAA Championships.

Heins was hired in September 2007 and in two months time his teams were making history in Terre Haute, Ind. The men’s team finished fourth and the women’s team took seventh at the 2007 NCAA Cross Country Championships, to mark the first time in the storied history of the NAU cross country program that both teams have finished in the top eight nationally.

Heins produced three All-Americans in his rookie year at NAU. Lopez Lomong finished third at the championships, with McNeill taking 10th to garner national honors. On the women’s side, Heins coached freshman Ilsa Paulson to All-American status on the merit of her national finish. Nine of Heins’ runners were named to the All-Conference team, as well as seven to the 2007 All-Region team.

Lomong, who won the Big Sky and Mountain Region titles in 2007, went on to make the United States Olympic team in 2008 in the 1500m and represented his country as the flag bearer in the Opening Ceremonies in Beijing.

For returning the men’s and women’s Big Sky Championships to Flagstaff in 2007, Heins was selected as the Big Sky Cross Country Coach of the Year for both teams, as voted on by the conference’s coaches.

Back on the track, Heins coached McNeill (1,500m, 5,000m), Ben Ashkettle (steeplechase), and Lesley van Miert (1,500m) to conference championships in the 2008 outdoor season.

McNeill and Van Miert would advance to the NCAA Championships, where McNeill would finish fourth (13:42.17) and Van Miert would take ninth (16:20.66) in their respective 5,000m finals.

Academically, the cross country teams have received the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team award five times under his direction while 20 student-athletes have earned a combined 26 Big Sky All-Academic honors. McNeill was named to the ESPN the Magazine Academic All-America team in 2009 and 2010.

His first women’s team was given the honor of being named an Academic All-American team, based on their combined grade point average of 3.42 in the fall semester.

Heins returned to NAU from Texas Christian University, where he served as an assistant during the 2006-07 season. In his only season with the TCU Frogs, he took both the men’s and women’s teams to top 10 finishes at the NCAA South Central Regional. In addition, he saw five of his runners honored as Mountain West Conference Scholar-Athletes.

From 2001-03, Heins served as an assistant for the Lumberjacks under then-Head Coach Ron Mann. During his first tenure, the men’s team finished as high as fourth place at the NCAA Championships, while the women took home a 10th place finish. From there Heins went to Southeast Missouri State, where he spent three years coaching the Redhawks to six different Ohio Valley Conference Championships.

Heins, who began his coaching career as an assistant in 2000 at Indiana, ran for Cincinnati from 1995-99, while earning his bachelor’s degree in health promotion and education. At the 1997 Indoor Conference USA Championships, he achieved his highest individual accom-plishment by placing third in the 3000 meters. He also notched top 10 finishes in both the indoor and outdoor 5,000 meters, as well as the outdoor 10,000 meters.

In 2001, Heins earned a master’s in kinesiology from Indiana. In November 2007 he com-peted in the U.S. Olympic Trials in the marathon in New York, N.Y. Other accolades include winning the St. Louis Marathon in 2004 and placing first in his age group, and fifth overall, in the 2000 Marine Corps Marathon.

A native of Zanesville, Ohio, Heins now resides in Flagstaff with his wife Kaci. They have one son, Chase, who is four years old.

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Leah Rosenfeld enters her first year as a graduate assistant with the Lumberjacks and her second year of collegiate coaching. The former Penn State student-athlete will help train the men and women distance and middle distance runners. She will also assist in recruiting, coordinate team travel, and will manage the team blog and newsletter.

Prior to coming to NAU, Rosenfeld worked with the cross country and track and field teams Syracuse University as a Volunteer Assistant Coach. During the 2011 cross country season both the men’s and women’s teams won the Northeast Region Championship, punching their tickets to NCAAs where they finished 15th and 17th, respectively. Under the guidance of coaches Chris Fox and Brian Bell, Rosenfeld helped with recruiting and facilitated workouts for specific dis-tance and middle distance groups. She also collaborated with Syracuse’s academic coordinators to ensure athletes’ compliance with NCAA academic requirements.

Rosenfeld, a Ridgefield, Conn. native, participated in cross country and indoor and outdoor track for the Nittany Lions from 2006-2010. She graduated from Penn State in 2010 with a bach-elor’s degree in communication with a concentration in media studies and kinesiology.

Upon graduating in 2010, she pursued her coaching career as an assistant coach at Lodi High School in Lodi, California. During her time coaching the Lodi Flames, Leah helped design work-outs and racing schedules, as well as circuit training and drill routines. She was also influential in getting student-athletes recruited to Division I universities. In the 2010 cross country season she coached the women’s team to their eighth straight League Championship and individual champion in Cassidy Daley. In February 2011, Rosenfeld helped Daley to run at the USA Cross Country Championships and Junior Olympics, where she placed 11th and earning All-American honors.

During her time at Penn State, Leah received All-Region honors with a 14th place finish at the Mid-Atlantic Cross Country Regional meet in 2007. Having a breakout sophomore year, Ros-enfeld was a point-scorer at the Big Ten Indoor Track and Field Championships in the mile and then ran an NCAA provisional qualifying 4:45.46 at the Alex Wilson Invitational. Around the outdoor track, she scored points for the Nittany Lions at the Big Ten Championships in the 5,000 meters with a regional-qualifying time of 16:45 and nabbed a regional qualifier in the 1500 meters with a personal best time of 4:24.62 in the prelims, placing her on Penn State’s Top 10 All-Time 1500 meter record board. She was a member of the 4x1500 meter relay at Penn Relays, setting a school record of 17:57.28. On the cross country course during her junior year, Rosen-feld earned medalist honors at the Iona Meet of Champions at Van Cortland Park in New York City, leading her team to a 1st place finish. During her senior year in 2010, Penn State won its first triple crown in school history, winning the Big Ten Championships in Cross Country, Indoor Track and Field, and Outdoor Track and Field.

In addition to running, Leah was heavily involved in the Student-Athlete services at Penn State. She was the Student-Athlete Advisory Board (SAAB) representative for the cross country and track and field teams her junior and senior years. She also demonstrated great leadership as the Fundraising Chair for SAAB, managing 800 varsity student-athletes at Penn State.

Rosenfeld is currently working toward a master’s degree in educational leadership.

Leah RosenfeldStaff Profiles

Assistant CoachGraduate Assistant

1st Year

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Matthew Sewell is in his second year as a media relations graduate assistant with the Lumber-jacks, where he will again serves as the primary media contact for the cross country and track and field programs. In addition to his day-to-day media coverage of his primary sports, he also assists with the coverage of all 15 intercollegiate sports at NAU.

During his first year at NAU, the men’s cross country and track & field teams enjoyed one of their best collective seasons in program history. The cross country team won a Big Sky Con-ference record fifth-straight team title, while the men’s indoor and outdoor teams both set conference records for most points in one championship meet. It was the fourth time in NAU and Big Sky history that a team swept all three team titles in one season. Sewell also facilitated media efforts covering senior Diego Estrada’s All-American honors in cross country and in-door track and field, as well as his qualification for the 10,000 meters at the London Olympics.

Sewell joined the Sports Information staff at Northern Arizona after earning a bachelor’s de-gree in communications and public relations with a minor in marketing from Carroll College (Mont.) in 2011. As an undergraduate, he worked for two years as the marketing and promo-tions intern for the Fighting Saints and was promoted to assistant sports information director his senior year. While at Carroll, his duties included managing all social media outlets, plan-ning in-game activities for basketball and volleyball, and assisting with game management for most Saints sporting events.

In addition to working for Carroll College Athletics, Sewell was also a four-year member of the Fighting Saints men’s golf team, assisting them to a second-place finish in the Frontier Confer-ence Championship his senior year, the highest in school history.

Sewell, a native of Deer Lodge, Mont., hopes to pursue a career in the PR industry in the fu-ture, and he is currently working towards his master’s degree in applied communication.

Matthew Sewell

Daniel Darcy enters his third year as the NAU assistant strength and conditioning coach after joining the athletics department in August 2010. He works with the soccer, volleyball and men’s and women’s cross country/distance programs while also assisting with football.

Darcy previously worked at Central Connecticut State University from 2008-10 as a graduate assistant. He was responsible for the design and/or implementation of speed, strength, power and agility drills for the football, men’s and women’s soccer, cross country and track and field teams, as well as the women’s lacrosse and women’s golf squads. He also worked with the Uni-versity of Texas in a strength and conditioning internship, assisting with the implementation of the summer program in 2010.

Prior to CCSU, Darcy did an internship for two years at Cansius College from 2006-08.

He has worked various camps over the years, including the SoccerPlus CT Speed, Strength and Conditioning Camp in 2010 in New Britain, Conn., and the Speed Development Camp in summer of 2009 in Newington, Conn.

He is a certified strength and conditioning specialist and member of the National Strength and Conditioning Association and the Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Coaches Asso-ciation. In June 2012, he added a United States of America Weightlifting Level 1 Sport Perfor-mance (USAW-L1SP) certification.

He graduated with a bachelors of science in sports medicine from Canisius College and earned a master’s of science in physical education from Central Connecticut State University.

Daniel DarcyStaff Profiles

Media RelationsGraduate Assistant

2nd Year

@NAUSaint

Assistant Strengthand Conditioning Coach

3rd Year

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Men’s Team Profiles

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Men’s Team Profiles - Returners

Academic Notes: 2010 Big Sky All-Academic selection ... Majoring in biology.

Personal Bests: 4:12.42@ (Mile), 8:18.76@ (3,000m), 14:18.20 (5,000m), 29:35.80 (10,000m)

2012 Track & Field: Competed only during indoor season and redshirted outdoors ... Had his best showing in the 3,000 meters at the season’s first meet, the Lumberjack Invitational, running an altitude-adjusted 8:18.76@ in setting a personal best as well ... Ran a 14:29.00 in the 5,000 meters at the Husky Classic for his season best time ... finished ninth at the Big Sky Championships in the 3,000m, and earned All-Big Sky honors in the 5,000m with a third-place finish.

2011 Cross Country: Was one of only three Lumberjack runners to compete in six meets and served as NAU’s postseason #3 runner... Began the season with one of his two top-five finishes, placing second (25:55.9) at the George Kyte Classic ... Best 8K race came at the Oklahoma State Cowboy Jamboree, where he ran 24:35.34 and placed 20th ... Earned his second all-con-ference honor and second top-five of the season at the Big Sky Championships, finishing in fifth place (24:57.77) ... Earned his first bid to the All-Region team, placing 11th (30:52.7) at the NCAA Mountain Region Championships ... Ran in his second NCAA National Champi-onships, placing 94th in a time of 30:45.7.

2011 Track & Field: In his first trip the NCAA West Preliminary Round Championships, finished 37th overall with a time of 30:31.65 ... Doubled up at the Big Sky Outdoor Cham-pionships in the 10K and 5,000-meter run, scoring a third place finish in the 25-lap event (30:23.17) and fifth-place showing in the 5K with a personal-best time of 14:18.20 ... Record-ed a career-best time in the 1,500-meter run at the Double Dual with a mark of 3:58.34 ... At the 53rd Annual Mt. SAC Relays, scored a career-best 10K time of 29:35.80 ... Scored eight points for the Lumberjacks at the Big Sky Indoor Championships after placing third overall in the 5K and seventh in the 3,000-meter run ... Recorded personal-best 3K time at the Husky Classic with a mark of 8:23.43.

2010 Cross Country: Wrapped up sophomore campaign with first-career trip to the NCAA Championships where he finished 144th overall in a time of 31:33.6 … Finished 41st at the NCAA Mountain Region Championships, an improvement of 38 places from 2009, and turned in a career-best 10K time of 31:09.0 … Ran to a sixth-place finish (22:17), and All-Conference honors, at the Big Sky Championships, giving the sophomore two top-10 fin-ishes on the season … Recorded new personal-best 8K time (24:42.7) in first career race at the NCAA Pre-Nationals, finishing 75th overall … Placed fourth on the team, and 45th overall at the Stanford Invitational in a time of 24:47 … Opened season at the George Kyte Invitational, placing fifth overall in a time of 26:42.8.

2010 Track & Field: Represented the Lumberjacks at both Big Sky Championships in first year on the track … Doubled up in the 10,000-meter run and the 5,000-meter run at the out-door championships … Recorded a time of 4:06.22 in first career 1500-meter run at the Dou-ble Dual … Traveled to the Mt. SAC Relays, recording a career-best 10K mark of 30:30.99 in the Olympic development section … At the Big Sky Indoor Championships, recorded two seventh-place finishes in the 5K (14:42.17@) and 3000-meter run (8:25.10@) to give him his first career Big Sky points … Turned in career-best time in the 5K at the Husky Classic (14:27.91) … Ran two 3Ks at the Mountain T’s Invitational (8:23.57@) and Lumberjack Invitational (8:34.38@) to begin the season.

2009 Cross Country: In first season with the Lumberjacks, competed in four races … Fin-ished 79 th overall at the NCAA Mountain Region Championships in a time of 32:46.5 … A member of the Big Sky Cross Country championship team where he took 15th in the race (26:47.5) … Ran to a 38th-place finish (25:07) at the Cowboy Jamboree, collecting his fast-est 8K time of the season … Opened NAU career at the Aztec Invite where he finished 11th overall for the Lumberjacks.

High School: Graduated from Mingus Union High School in 2009... Lettered four years in cross country and track and field ... Was the captain of both teams for 2009 ... Three-time All-State including 2nd place finishes and an 8th ... Best 5k time while in high school was 15:18 ... Holds school record in the 3,200m with a time of 8:58.

Personal: Born on Nov. 23, 1990 ... Son of Jon and Karen Freriks ... Has one sister, Erin ... Considered University of Portland and Arizona State before choosing NAU.

Tim Freriks

JuniorCottonwood, Ariz.Mingus Union HS

Personal Bests:4:12.42 - Mile

8:18.76 - 3,000m14:18.20 - 5,000m

29:35.80 - 10,000m

NCAA Cross Country Championship Finishes

2010 - 31:33.6 (144th)2011 - 30:45.7 (94th)

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Academic Notes: Plans to major in economics.

2012 Track & Field: Notched the team’s fourth-best time in the 3,000 meters (8:19.9@) and fifth-best in the 5,000 meters (14:44.28@) at Big Sky Indoors, where he scored by placing sev-enth in both events ... Was the team’s No. 2 runner in the 5K during the outdoor season after putting up a personal-best 14:20.76 at the San Francisco Distance Carnival ... Placed seventh once again in the 5K at Big Sky Outdoors and took eighth in the 10,000 meters as one of four scoring Lumberjacks in that event.

2011 Cross Country: Competed only once in an injury-shortened season ... Placed fourth at the George Kyte Classic with a time of 26:22.6.

2011 Track & Field: Debuted for the Lumberjacks during the outdoor season ... Doubled up at the Big Sky Outdoor Championships in the 10,000 and 5,000-meter runs ... Clocked a time of 30:52.31 to finish fourth in the 10K and ran a personal-best time of 14:34.36 to place ninth overall in the 5K ... Recorded personal-best mark of 30:10.52 in the 10K at the Mt. SAC Relays in first career attempt at the 25-lap event.

2010 Cross Country: Ran to 135th-place finish in the men’s ‘blue’ race at the NCAA Pre-Na-tionals (25:17.5) … Launched his Lumberjack career at the Stanford Invitational where he finished fifth on the team, and 56th overall (25:01).

High School: Graduated from North Central High School in 2010 … Ran on the cross coun-try and track teams from 2008-09 … Served as the captain in 2008 … A member of the 2008 fourth-place team at the Indiana State Cross Country Championships.

Personal: Born to Zeinasellassie Gebreyohanns and Letebrhan Teklehay Manot on July 27, 1990 … Has two younger brothers and one older sister.

Bahlbi Gebreyohanns

Academic Notes: Big Sky All-Academic selection in 2011 ... Majoring in exercise science.

2012 Track & Field: Competed as a freshman in both the indoor and outdoor seasons ... Had the fourth best marks on the team in the 800-meter and Mile runs in the indoor season ... Best indoor showing in the 800m came at the Mtn. T’s Invite where he ran 1:53.88@ and took medalist honors ... Finished fourth in the Mile at the Big Sky Championships in 4:07.38@, and also scored in the 800m with another fourth-place finish ... Also ran the 800-meter leg of NAU’s Big Sky Champion distance medley squad ... Was third on the team in the 800 and second in the 1,500-meter run during the outdoor season ... Scored in both events at the Big Sky Championships with a seventh-place effort in the 800 and a sixth-place mark in the 1,500.

2011 Cross Country: Opened up his Lumberjack career with a fifth-place finish at the Dave Murray Invitational ... Traveled as NAU’s No. 7 runner to the Oklahoma State Cowboy Jam-boree, finishing in 26:05.34 (118th) ... Competed at the Big Sky Championships and battled through flu symtoms to finish 45th (27:54.56).

High School: Competed all four years as part of the track and field and cross country teams for the Castle View Sabercats ... Earned three MVP awards during his junior and senior years, one in track and field (2011) and two in cross country (2009, 2010) ... Holds his school records in the 800-meter, the mile, and the 2-mile races, as well as the cross country 5K ... Was also a part of the school-record 4x800-meter relay team and the distance medley squad... Garnered four All-State honors, three for track and field (2008, 2009, 2010) and one for cross country (2009) ... Placed in the top ten at the 4A state meet all four years in the mile run, including a runner-up finish his junior year ...

Personal: Born to Michael and Kimberley Ganem on Oct. 11, 1992 ... Has two younger sis-ters, Kaitlynn and Kristina ... Chose NAU for its successful track and field and cross country programs.

Chris Ganem

SophomoreCastle Rock, Colo.

Castle View

Personal Bests1:53.88@ - 800m3:48.10 - 1,500m

4:07.38 - Mile

RS-SophomoreIndianapolis, Ind.

North Central

Personal Bests3:56.82 - 1,500m

8:19.9@ - 3,000m14:20.76 - 5,000m

30:10.52 - 10,000m


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Academic Notes: Big Sky All-Academic selection in 2011 ... Majoring in Exercise Science.

2012 Track & Field: Competed in three events for the Lumberjacks in his first indoor season ... Had the team’s second-best mark at season’s end in the 3,000-meter run after posting a time of 8:17.11@ in a fifth-place effort at Big Sky Indoors ... Also ran his career-best in the 5,000 meters at the same meet, clocking 14:32.09@ and finishing fourth overall as one of five NAU scorers ... Competed in the steeplechase and the 5,000 meters during the outdoor season, and was NAU’s No. 2 steeplechaser and No. 3 5K runner ... Narrowly missed going sub-nine min-utes in his best outing in the steeplechase, running 9:04.40 at the Mt. SAC Relays ... Surprised everyone by taking the Big Sky title in the 5,000-meters, running a personal best 14:26.88@ to close out a remarkable freshman season.

2011 Cross Country: Was the only freshman and one of three Lumberjacks to compete in six races on the season ... Emerged as a constant contributor to the squad with a seventh-place finish (26:32.1) in his inaugural race at the George Kyte Classic ... Saw his first national competition at the Oklahoma State Cowboy Jamboree and the Wisconsin Adidas Invitational, finishing in 25:25.34 (73rd) and 25:17 (168th), respectively ... Was only four spots from all- conference honors at the Big Sky Championships with a 14th-place mark (25:54.24) ... Placed 38th at the NCAA Mountain Region Championships in his first college 10K race (31:38.3) ... Improved upon his regional time and had his finish count towards the team score for just the second time at the NCAA Championships (31:30.1; 177th).

High School: Graduated from College Heights Christian High School in 2011 ... Four-year all-state honoree in cross country and track & field for the 1600 and 3200-meter runs ... holds school records in the 1600m (4:15.07), the 3200m (9:11.98), and 5000m (15:01.97) ... Holds the Class One Missouri State record in cross country ... Holds the record for longest streak of victories in cross country (11) ... Led his cross country team to state championships four years in a row.

Personal: Born to Tim Hoover and Sarah Dougherty on July 22, 1992 ... Has four younger brothers: Derek, Johnny, Hagen, and Thomas ... Also considered Oklahoma, Liberty, and Kan-sas before choosing NAU ... enjoys kayaking, hiking, and backpacking in his free time.

Caleb HooverMen’s Team Profiles - Returners

SophomoreJoplin, Mo.

College Heights Christian

Personal Bests4:11.19@ - Mile

8:17.11@ - 3,000m9:04.40 - Steeplechase

14:26.88@ - 5,000m

NCAA Cross Country Championship Finishes

2011 - 31:30.1 (177th)

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Academic Notes: Contemplating a major in mechanical engineering.

2012 Track & Field: Saw action during the indoor and outdoor seasons ... Best indoor show-ing in the 3,000m came at the NAU Invite, where he ran a PB of 8:36.04@ and placed seventh at the meet ... Best and only showing in the Mile came a week later at the NAU Tune-Up, where he ran 4:19.10@ and took ninth ... Reed’s shining moment to date came during Big Sky Outdoors ... Earned his first medal and All-Big Sky honor by taking third in the 10,000 meters with a team season best of 30:23.47@ ... Also competed in the steeplechase, where he was able to score with an eighth-place finish (9:15.48@).

2011 Cross Country: Notched a pair of top-15 finishes in his only two races with the Lum-berjacks ... Placed 12th (27:10.8) at the George Kyte Classic and followed it with a 13th-place effort (22:10.0) at the Dave Murray Invitational.

2011 Track & Field: Redshirt season.

High School: Graduated from San Ramon Valley High School in 2010 … Competed four years under Tim Hunter on the cross country team and also played lacrosse and ran track … Lettered all four years in cross country and was team’s captain for two … Won the Roy Kissin Award in 2008 and was named all-league in 2009 … A member of the 2009 undefeated San Ramon Valley team that finished as NCS championships and placed 10th overall at the Cali-fornia State Championships.

Personal: Born to Donna and Richard Reed on June 24, 1991 … Has one younger sister, Lauren … Also considered attending Chico State, San Jose State and Sacramento State before choosing NAU.

Cody Reed

Academic Notes: Contemplating a major in mechanical engineering.

2012 Track & Field: Only competed during the outdoor season, where he was the Lumber-jacks’ second-best athlete in the 10,000 meters and fourth-best in the 5,000 meters ... Had his best showing in the 5K at the San Francisco Distance Carnival, running 14:27.36 ... Sea-son-best mark of 30:29.11@ in the 10K came at the Big Sky Championships in Bozeman, Mont. ... Scored in both events at Big Sky Outdoors by placing sixth in the 5K and 10K.

2011 Cross Country: Did not compete.

High School: Graduated from Catalina High School in 2011 ... Set school records in the 1600-meter and 3200-meter runs...Ran a time of 4:13 and shattered a 38-year-old 1600-meter record...competed and led his team to a runner-up finish at the 2008 state cross country meet.

Personal: Born to Hilda Luz Villalba on May 27, 1992...also considered University ofArizona before choosing NAU...enjoys fishing, reading, and hiking in his spare time.

Alejandro Montano

RS-FreshmanTucson, Ariz.

Catalina HS


8:26.26 - 3,000m14:27.36 - 5,000m

RS-SophomoreDanville, Calif.

San Ramon Valley HS

Personal Bests4:19.10 - Mile

8:36.04@ - 3,000m9:21.63@ - Steeplechase


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Academic Notes: Majoring in engineering.

High School: 2012 graduate of Bentonville High School, where he competed in cross country and track & field for the Tigers ... Named Arkansas Gatorade Runner of the Year after the 2011 cross country season ... Won two state titles in his career, including the 2011 7A cross country championship ... Earned All-State honors a total of seven times ... Was a three-time winner at the Arkansas Meet of Champions, including the 3,200 meters at the 2011 meet (9:13.99) ... Placed 13th at the 2011 Nike Cross National South Regional Championships, the highest of any Arkansas athlete.

Personal: Born November 15, 1993 to Bob and Julie Aenchbacher in Dallas, Texas ... Has one sister, Hallie ... Was a member of National Honor Society in high school ... Most memorable athletic moment was winning the team title at the 2011 7A state cross country meet after com-ing in as underdogs ... Also considered Tulsa, Oklahoma State, and Arkansas before choosing NAU for the education, team, coach, and the city of Flagstaff ... Has a three-legged dog, and enjoys ultimate frisbee and geocaching.

Will Aenchbacher

Academic Notes: Received undergraduate degree from Syracuse University in philosophy and political science ... Currently working toward a master’s in public administration (MPA)

Before NAU: Competed for the Orange from 2008-2012 in both cross country and track and field ... Best career finish on the cross country course came at the Big East Preview meet in 2010, where he finished seventh with a time of 18:41.5 ... Set three personal bests on the indoor track in 2011, running 4:20.77 in the mile and the Cornell Upstate meet, 8:22.50 in the 3,000m at Columbia, and 14:25.97 in the 5,000m at the Valentine Invite ... Career mark in the 10K (30:43.74) came at the Cornell Big Red meet.

High School: Held five school records upon graduation, three in track and field and two in cross country … Named All-WAC Conference and Team MVP his junior year … Named All-SAL Conference his sophomore year … Team captain junior and senior year … Earned the Raider Hustle Award for cross country during his senior year … Received the Most Valuable Freshman Award.

Personal: Born in September 1990 … Son of Mario Acosta and Kathleen Cleek … Has one sister.

Roman Acosta

SeniorModesto, Calif.

Syracuse/Central Catholic


8:22.50- 3,000m14:25.97 - 5,000m30:43.74-10,000m

Men’s Team Profiles - Newcomers

FreshmanBentonville, Ark.

Bentonville HS

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Academic Notes: Majoring in communication.

Before NAU: Transferred from Oklahoma State ... In 2010, ran twice for the NCAA and Big 12-champion Cowboys as a true freshman, placing 11th at the 8,000-meter Cowboy Jamboree in 24:55.69 and 32nd at the 10,000-meter Midwest Regional Championships in 30:54.68

High School: 2010 graduate of Edison High School ... Runner-up at the 2009 Foot Locker Na-tional Cross Country Championships with a time of 15:23 ... Ran the 5,000 meters in 14:29.35 for the third-fastest time in the nation in 2010 ... His 8:56.44 in the 3,200 meters ranks 13th all-time in Orange County history ... Runner-up at the California Interscholastic Federation Division II state cross country meet his senior year ... OCVarsity.com boys cross country ath-lete of the year as a senior ... Clocked a 14:51 in winning the Orange County Championships, a mark that ranks among the top-10 all-time at the meet ... Set a course record at the Sunset League Preview Meet with a 14:42 ... Team MVP all four years in cross country ... Edison HS athlete of the year as a senior.

Personal: Born to Jim and Colleen McElroy on March 27, 1992 in Huntington Beach, Calif. ... Has one sister, Melissa ... Hobbies include surfing, snowboarding, and rollerblading ... Also competed on the surf team at Edison High School

Matt McElroy

Academic Notes: Major is undeclared.

High School: Graduated in 2012 from San Marcos High School ... Won the Avocado East League title in cross country (16.42), the 1,600 meters (4:22.54), and 3,200 meters (9:37.45) during his senior year ... Ran personal bests in the 1,600 and 3,200-meter runs at the CIF San Diego Sectional meet, where he placed ninth and seventh, respectively ... Took 13th in Division II at the CIF Cross Country Championships as a senior ... Won the 2011 Dana Hill Invitational.

Personal: Born July 4, 1994 to Amy Hansen ... Has three brothers, Michael, Tyler, and Conner ... Likes to draw in his spare time ... Chose NAU for the talented cross country team and great campus ... Also considered CSU-San Marcos before choosing NAU.

Brandon Hansen

FreshmanSan Marcos, Calif.

San Marcos HS

JuniorHuntington Beach, Calif.

Oklahoma State/Edison HS


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Academic Notes: Majoring in forestry.

High School: Was named an All-American after finishing third at Foot Locker Nationals ... Led his team to the Division Two title at Nike Pre-Nationals in 2010 after winning the 5,000-me-ter run ... Competed in the BUPA Great Ediburgh Cross Country International Challenge in Edinburgh, Scotland as part of Team USA’s junior squad in June 2011 ... Won the Washington State 3A Cross Country title as a junior, and finished second his senior year.

Personal: Born February 19, 1994 in Spokane, Wash. to Lynn and Linda Weitz ... Has two sisters, Heather and Kendra ... Hobbies include backpacking, hiking, and fishing ... Uncle Steve Surface and father Lynn competed collegiately in cross country and track as well ... Attending NAU for the great forestry program and the storied track & field and cross country programs ... Most memorable life moment was a missions trip to Zambia ... Nathan loves bunnies.

Nathan Weitz

Academic Notes: Majoring in exercise science.

Before NAU: Transferred from Oregon after competing for the Ducks from 2010-12 ... Quali-fied for the NCAA Cross Country National Championships as a freshman in 2010 ... Appeared at the NCAA West Region Championships in 2011.

High School: Graduated from Sinagua High School in 2010 after competing under former NAU 10,000-meter record holder Bo Reed ... Was a three-time Arizona Gatorade Athlete of the Year, twice in cross country and once in track & field ... Was a two-time Foot Locker Na-tional Championship finalist (11th-2009, 5th-2010) ... Named to the All-America First Team his senior year in cross country ... Claimed medalist honors at the 2009 Foot Locker West Regionals ... Won three consecutive state titles in cross country, and won 10 state champion-ships on the track, during which he set school, city, and region records in the 800, 1,600, and 3,200-meter runs.

Personal: Born to Thomas and Donna Shrader on July 22, 1991 in Flagstaff ... Has two sisters, Jacqueline and Jamie ... Chose NAU because, to him, there isn’t a better place in the world to run and train ... Says, “Running in the footsteps of the numerous Olympians and national championship-caliber teams that have come through Flagstaff is a great inspiration.”

Brian Shrader

JuniorFlagstaff, Ariz.

Oregon/Sinagua HS

Personal Bests3:49.95 - 1,500m

4:03.14 - Mile7:59.62 - 3,000m

FreshmanSpokane, Wash.Shadle Park HS


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Academic Notes: Majoring in psychology.

High School: Named the Gatorade National Boys’ Cross Country Runner of the Year after a decorated career at North Central High School ... Won the Nike Cross Nationals Final in a course-record time of 15:02.41 ... Placed runner-up at Foot Locker Nationals his junior and senior years, finishing with a time of 14:52.1 in 2011 ... Broke the tape at the NXN Midwest Regional Championship and the Foot Locker Midwest Regional Championship, along with winning three-straight Indiana state titles in cross country.

Personal: Born December 16, 1992 in Dera, Eritrea to Meleakeselam Zienasellassie ... Has three brothers--Henok, Bahlbi, and Jonas--and four sisters--Germawit, Azeb, Teklewayn, and Jerusalem ... Also considered attending Butler, Purdue, Oklahoma, and Indiana before choos-ing NAU ... Enjoys playing soccer in his spare time ... Brother Bahlbi also competes in cross country and track and field for NAU.

Futsum Zienasellassie

FreshmanIndianapolis, Ind.North Central HS


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Academic Notes: Plans to major in chemistry for pre-med.

2012 Track & Field: In her first track season with the Lumberjacks, she qualified for Big Sky Indoors with a 5:08.80@ in the mile at the NAU Tune-Up ... Just missed earning team points with a ninth-place finish at the conference meet, but scored with the fifth-place women’s DMR squad ... During outdoor season competed in the middle-distance 800 and 1,500-meter runs, where she posted the No. 4 times on the team in both ... Ran a 2:16.51 in the 800 at the Double Dual, and posted a career-best 4:39.24 at the Beach Invite ... Ended her first outdoor confer-ence meet with a 14th-place finish in the 1,500m.

2011 Cross Country: Competed in three meets in her inaugural season with the Lumber-jacks ... Finished 33rd at the George Kyte Classic in Flagstaff (20:11.3) ... Ran her best time of the season at the Dave Murray Invitation in Tucson, finishing 27th in a time of 19:09.0 ... Closed out her season at the Grand Canyon Invitational with her first top-15 finish, placing 14th in a time of 19:20.9.

High School: Earned First Team All-State honors three times for cross country (‘08-’10) ... Was named Black Canyon Region Athlete of the Year three times, once in track and twice in cross country, and was the 2009 Black Canyon Region champion in the 800m, 1600m, and 3200m ... Holds a school record in the 4x800-meter relay and the distance medley relay along with her twin sister, Kayla.

Personal: Born to Jimmy and Janet Cole on September 28, 1992 ... Has four brothers: Jimmy, Juwan, Javontae, and Jacob; and four sisters: Shatonja, Kayla (twin sister), Gabbie, and Aaliyah ... Hobbies include hiking and reading ... Chose NAU because of her love for Flagstaff, and for the impression the coaches and players made when being recruited ... Twin sister Kayla also competes on the cross country and track and field teams at NAU.

Shayla Freeman

Academic Notes: Plans to major in Exercise Science and eventually pursue a doctorate in Physical Therapy.

2012 Track & Field: Had the team’s No. 4 time in the 3,000m and No. 5 time in the 5,000m during the indoor season ... Ran 10:20.33@ at the Mtn. T’s Invite for her career-best 3K time ... Came in 12th overall in the 5K at Big Sky Indoors with a PB of 18:20.37@ ... Best showing during the outdoor season in the 5K came at the Beach Invitational (18:35.60) ... Ran a sea-son-best 1,500-meter time of 4:56.43 at the Tailwind Invite.

2011 Cross Country: Competed in three races during her inaugural season with the Lumber-jacks ... Placed 30th (19:49.0) at the George Kyte Classic to begin her NAU career ... Cracked the Top 20 in her final two races, earning a 20th-place mark at the Dave Murray Invitational (18:28.0) and a 17th-place finish at the Grand Canyon Invitational (19:38.9).

High School: Competed in three sports in high school--soccer, cross country, and track & field ... Was team captain all four years in both cross country and track & field ... Named All-Ar-ea Athlete of the Year in cross country ... Named MVP of her cross country team four times ... Was MVP and named to the All-Area First Team her senior year ... Set school records in the 3-mile, 5K, and 1-mile runs ... Her new record in the 1-mile (5:05) replaced a 33-year-old mark of 5:10.

Personal: Born to Rob and Sally Baker on July 15, 1993 ... Has an older brother, Thomas, an older sister, Katy, and a younger sister, Maggie ... Also considered San Jose State, CSU Bakers-field, and Boise State before choosing NAU ... Hobbies include cycling, watching movies, and paddleboarding.

Sarah Baker

SophomoreBakesfield, Calif.

Bakersfield HS


10:20.33@ - 3,000m18:20.37@ - 5,000m

SophomorePhoenix, Ariz.Greenway HS

Personal Bests2:19.59@ - 800m4:39.24 - 1,500m5:08.80@ - Mile

Women’s Team Profiles - Returners

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Academic Notes: Big Sky All-Academic selection in 2011 ... Majoring in Health Science.

2012 Track & Field: Led the Lumberjacks during the indoor season in the 800 meters and the mile with season-bests at the Big Sky Championships in both events ... Time of 2:11.71@ in the 800m was the third-best in the Big Sky all season, and her mile time of 4:52.41@ was fifth in the conference ... Finished fourth in both the 800m and mile at Big Sky Indoors ... Burst onto the national steeplechase scene during outdoors as part of a sensational freshman year ... Ended the season with the 12th-best time in the country for the 3,000-meter steeplechase (10:05.80@), which she set at the Big Sky Outdoor Championships as part of a silver-medal performance ... Earned Second-Team All America honors at the NCAA Outdoor Champi-onships in Des Moines, Iowa with a 16th-place finish and a time of 10:22.82 ... Also led the team in the 1,500 meters (4:23.46@) after a fourth-place finish at Big Sky Outdoors ... Ran a season-best in the 800 meters (2:12.83) at the Beach Invitational in Cerritos, Calif.

2011 Cross Country: Emerged as a solid top-five runner for the Lumberjacks in her first sea-son with NAU ... Competed in five races total on the season, and was the third NAU finisher in four meets ... Best 5K time came at the Dave Murray Invitational, where she finished 13th in a time of 18:04.0 ... Finished in the top 40 at the Oklahoma State Cowboy Jamboree, posting a time of 18:19.20 (33rd) ... Competed in her first 6K race at the Wisconsin Adidas Invitational, finishing in 21:41.7 (161st) ... Ran two solid races in her first postseason experiences, plac-ing 26th (19:21.04) at the Big Sky Championships and 44th at the NCAA Mountain Region Championships (22:29.3)

High School/Club: Won award for best athlete in her club (IFK Halmstead) for five consecu-tive years (2007-2011) ... Holds club records in the 800m, 1500m, and 2000m steeplechase ... Set a district record in the 2000m steeplechase in 2011 ... Graduated from Katedralskolan (Sw: “the cathedral school”) in Vaxjo in 2011, along with NAU pole vaulter Lisa Lantz.

Personal: Born November 16, 1992 to Christer and Anna-Carin Hogardh ... Has one younger sister, Johanna ... Chose NAU for the altitude, great training opportunities, beautiful scenery, and great team unity.

Caroline Hogardh

SophomoreHalmstead, Sweden

Vaxjo Katedralskolan

Personal Bests2:09.6 - 800m

4:33.14 - 1,500m4:52.41@ - Mile

10:05.80@ - Steeple


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Academic Notes: Plans to major in pre-physical therapy.

2012 Track & Field: Competed in two meets for the Lumberjacks during the indoor season ... Season best mark in the Mile (5:25.84@) came at the NAU Tune-Up, while her best 3,000m time (10:40.94@) came at the NAU Invite ... Competed in the steeplechase and the 5,000 meters during the outdoor season ... Was NAU’s No. 3 steeplechaser with a time of 11:34.15@ that came at the Tailwind Invite ... Best 5,000m time (18:33.12) came in the season’s inaugural meet, the Willie Williams Invite.

2011 Cross Country: Started her freshman campaign with a bang, finishing 10th at the George Kyte Classic in a time of 18:11.4 ... Ran in her first national-caliber meets at the Oklahoma State Cowboy Jamboree (18:35.62; 45th) and the Wisconsin Adidas Invitational (22:23.5; 249th) ... Was a solid team contributor in both of the women’s postseason races, placing 25th (19:19.88) at the Big Sky Championships and 65th (22:56.5) at the NCAA Mountain Region Championships.

High School: Named MVP of her cross country and track & field teams ... Was San Gabriel Valley Runner of the Year for four consecutive years ... Placed 5th in the 3-mile at the Wood-bridge Invitational with a time of 17:04 (PR)

Personal: Born to George and Wendy Justus on October 12, 1992 ... Has two older brothers, Matthew and Cory, and one older sister, Sarah ... Also considered University of Nevada-Reno and University of Utah before choosing NAU ... Hobbies include wakeboarding and water-ski-ing ... Chose NAU because of its competitiveness on a national stage and for her love of NAU’s team and coaches.

Lauren Justus

SophomoreGlendora, Calif.

Glendora HS


10:40.94@ - 3,000m

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Academic Notes: Majoring in parks and recreation management.

2012 Track & Field: Was the Lumberjacks’ top runner in the 5,000 meters and their No. 2 in the 3,000m during the indoor season ... Her time of 16:43.33 in the 5K at the Husky Clas-sic was then a 30-second personal best, and ended up as the Big Sky’s fourth-best in 2012 ... Scored in both her events at Big Sky Indoors, taking seventh in the 3,000m and fourth in the 5,000m ... Also ran the mile at the Mtn. T’s Invite, where she turned in a third-best team mark of 5:03.69@ ... Was far and away NAU’s best runner in the 5,000 and 10,000 meters during the outdoor season ... Set another personal best in the 5K after running a 16:29.59 at the Stanford Invite, ultimately marking a 45-second improvement from the previous season ... Earned a berth in the NCAA West Preliminary meet with a 34:42.36 in the 10K at the Mt. SAC Relays ... Captured a pair of bronze medals in her two events at Big Sky Outdoors ... At West Prelims, finished 34th in the 10K with a time of 36:38.90 in her first of two events ... In her second event she gutted out a ninth-place finish in the 5K in her heat, good enough for 19th overall with a time of 17:01.15.

2011 Cross Country: Led the Lumberjack women’s squad in five of her six races ... Compiled four top-10 finishes throughout the season, including an all-conference 10th-place finish at the Big Sky Championships ... Set a personal best for the 5K at the Dave Murray Invitational, finishing in third place and 17:13.0 ... Started the season with a sixth-place mark 917:48.2) at NAU’s home meet, the George Kyte Classic ... Placed seventh at the Oklahoma State Cowboy Jamboree in a time of 17:29.21 ... Paced NAU at the Wisconsin Adidas Invitational with a 41st place overall finish (20:52.7) ... Closed out her junior campaign by being named to the All-Re-gion team after a 16th-place mark (21:30.9) at the NCAA Mountain Regionals.

2011 Track & Field: Continued breakout sophomore campaign with a personal-best mark in each event she competed in ... Finished the season ranked 31st in the 10,000-meter run after collecting a PR at the NCAA Preliminary Round Championships (34:57.17) ... Doubled up at the Big Sky Outdoor Championships, finishing third in the 10K (35:38.00) and seventh in the 5K (17:16.71) ... Ran PB in the 1,500m at the New Mexico Tailwind Invite (4:40.80@) ... At the Big Sky Indoor Championships, scored nine points with a fourth-place finish in the 5K and fifth-place showing in the 3,000-meter run with a career-best time of 9:55.42@.

2010 Cross Country: Closed out sensational sophomore season with a 28th-place finish at the NCAA Mountain Region Championships … Turned in a season-best 6K time from the regional meet (21:31.7) … Garnered Big Sky All-Conference honors after finishing fifth to lead the team (16:03.8) at the conference championship meet … Turned in a fifth-place finish in the ‘open’ race at the NCAA Pre-Nationals in first career 6K event (21:58.2) … After two seasons with the team, made collegiate debut at the Grand Canyon/Southwestern Invite … Blazed past the competition on the 5K course in a time of 18:16.1 to claim the individual title.

2010 Track & Field: In first track season with the Lumberjacks, ran the mile at five indoor meets in Flagstaff … Best mile time came at the NAU Tune Up when she crossed the finish line in 5:52.56@ … In lone outdoor race, ran 20:12.61 in the 5,000m at the Mesa Classic.

2009 Cross Country: Did not compete.

2008-09: Redshirt season.

High School: Graduated from Coconino High School in 2008 ... Four year letterer in both cross country and track and field ... Also lettered two years in basketball ... Was the Grand Can-yon Regional Track and Field MVP in 2005 and 2006.

Personal: Born on July 4, 1990 ... Daughter of Carlos Jimenez ... Has four brothers, Ter-rance Kanuho, Julio Jimeniz, Joshua Ratcliff and Jessie Ratcliff ... Also has three sisters, Kristy Kanuho, Vanessa Jimeniz and Samantha Jimenez.

Rochelle Kanuho

RS-SeniorFlagstaff, Ariz.

Coconino HS


9:55.42 - 3,000m16:29.59 - 5,000m

34:42.36 - 10,000m


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Academic Notes: Pursuing cultural studies on a post-baccalaureate level.

2012 Track & Field: Competed in just two meets during an injury-shortened indoor season, but still managed to post the second-best 800-meter time on the women’s squad ... Her best mark of 2:13.31 came at the Husky Classic and ended the season as the Big Sky Conference’s seventh-best ... Debuted late in the outdoor season, but still managed to post the team’s best 800-meter time and No. 3 mark in the 1,500m ... She ran a 2:11.89@ in the 800m at Big Sky Outdoors that was good enough for fourth place ... Her season best 1,500m time of 4:35.17 came at her inaugural outdoor meet, the Beach Invite, where she placed 35th.

2011 Cross Country: Ran in five races for the Lumberjacks in her first cross country season ... Began her year by nearly cracking the top 10 at the Dave Murray Invitational, finishing 11th in a time of 17:50.0 ... Continued her solid season with times of 18:26.93 (41st) in the 5K OSU Cowboy Jamboree and 21:42.1 (164th) in the 6K Wisconsin Adidas Invitational ... Wrapped up her inaugural campaign with the Big Sky Championships (19:34.30; 31st) and the NCAA Mountain Region Championships (23:12.7; 76th).

Pre-NAU: Competed in numerous national meets in Belgium ... Placed 3rd at the Belgian Indoor Championships twice, once in the 800-meter run (2007) and once in the 1,500-meter run (2011) ... Finished 3rd in the 800m at the Belgian U23 Championships in 2009 ... Took second place in the 800m at the 2006 Belgian Junior Championships.

Personal: Born to Christian and Beatrice Laurent on May 4, 1988 ... Has three older siblings: twins Martin & Astrid, and brother Clement ... Hobbies include cooking and design ... Chose NAU for the great athletic teams, for the great places to run, and from recommendations from friends who have trained in Flagstaff.

Agnes Laurent

Academic Notes: Plans to major in history for secondary education.

2012 Track & Field: Competed during the indoor in the mile and 3,000 meters ... Only show-ing in the mile came at the NAU Tune-Up, where she managed a time of 5:39.33@ ... Best 3K time of 10:25.26@ came at the Mtn. T’s Invite ... Competed in the 5,000 and 10,000-meter runs in her first outdoor season ... Had the team’s No. 5 time in the 5K after running a 17:50.86 at the Beach Invitational ... Scored her first team point at Big Sky Outdoors with an eighth-place finish in the 10K ... Her time of 36:29.87@ was a personal best and was good enough for third on the team.

2011 Cross Country: Solidified the No. 7 spot on the team by season’s end in her first year with the Lumberjacks ... Saw her first action at the Dave Murray Invitational in Tucson, where she finished 23rd in a time of 18:32.0 ... Led a group of four NAU runners at the Grand Can-yon Invitational, placing 13th overall (19:07.3) ... Ran at the Big Sky Championships, where she notched a solid 28th-place finish and a time of 19:26.94 ... Rounded out her inaugural season with a 67th-place mark (22:58.9) at the NCAA Mountain Region Championships.

High School: Won Division II state cross country title her senior year ... Followed that victory up with a track & field state championship in the mile run, and anchored her 4x800-meter relay team to a state title as well ... Earned All-State and All-Region awards her junior year ... Was the Tempe All-City champion in cross country ... Named an Arizona Dairy Council All-American her senior year.

Personal: Born to Kevin and Melanie Kieser on July 2, 1993 ... Has one brother, Kainan ... Chose NAU for the great coaching and her desire to be a part of a team that grows and im-proves on and off the track.

Kylee Kieser

SophomoreCasa Grande, Ariz.Marcos de Niza HS


10:25.26@ - 3,000m

SeniorVerviers, Belgium

Institut Superieur d’Architecture


4:25.24 - 1,500m

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Academic Notes: Big Sky All-Academic selection in 2011 ... Majoring in biomedical science.

2012 Track & Field: Ran in four meets in her first indoor season with NAU ... Her best and only Mile time of 5:26.58@ came at the NAU Tune-Up ... Ran a personal-best in the 3,000 meters at the Mtn T’s Invite with an altitude-adjusted 10:33.15@ ... Made a name for herself as a steeplechaser during the outdoor season after spending the year as its No. 2 racer in the event ... Her best mark of 11:19.02@ came at the Big Sky Championships, where she placed 12th overall.

2011 Cross Country: Showed promise in her first season in a Lumberjacks uniform in the four races in which she competed ... Started her career with a 26th-place finish (19:22.5) at the George Kyte Classic ... Ran a season best 18:26.0 (19th) at the Dave Murray Invitational ... Experienced national caliber meets at the 5K Oklahoma State Jamboree (19:08.48) and the 6K Wisconsin Adidas Invitational (23:21.7), where she closed out her season.

High School: Ran cross country and track and field all four years for Mountain View High School before graduating in 2011 ... Was a part of the school record-setting and state champion 4x800-meter relay squad her sophomore year ... Broke the same record and won the state title again her junior year, while also setting the record for the fastest time on her home cross coun-try course ... Earned state runner-up honors as a freshman at the state cross country meet ... Helped her cross country team achieve top-10 finishes all four years ... Earned top-five finishes in at least one sport (cross country, track & field) all four years.

Personal: Born to Gayle and Michael Lenihan on June 3, 1993 ... Has a younger sister, Brenna ... Also considered Pepperdine and Arizona ... Chose NAU for the climate, school atmosphere, and the great cross country program ... Hobbies include photography and writing.

Kerri Lenihan

SophomoreTucson, Ariz.

Mountain View HS


10:33.15@ - 3,000m11:19.02@ - Steeple


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Academic Notes: Major is undecided.

2012 Track & Field: Once again ran middle distance for the Lumberjacks, clocking the team’s No. 4 time in the 800 meters during the indoor season ... Competed in every home meet, in-cluding Big Sky Indoors, where she marked a season best of 2:17.28@ en route to a 12th-place finish ... Also ran the Mile at the NAU Invite, finishing in a time of 5:15.30@ ... Competed in five events during the outdoor season ... Best 800m time of 2:18.52 came at the Double Dual, while her career-best 1,500-meter time of 4:42.18@ came at the Tailwind Invite.

2011 Cross Country: Competed in three meets for the Lumberjacks, notching her best finish at the Dave Murray Invitational with a time of 19:06.0 (26th) ... Placed 28th at the George Kyte Classic (19:42.2) and 24th at the Grand Canyon Invitational (20:05.2) to close out her season.

2011 Track & Field: Specialized in the middle distance events for the Lumberjacks in her inaugural campaign ... Placed ninth overall in the 800-meter run at the Big Sky Outdoor Cham-pionships with a personal-best time of 2:16.79 ... Took 11th overall in the 1,500-meter run in a season-best 4:43.68, and was also a member of the women’s 4x400-meter relay at the cham-pionships ... At the Big Sky Indoor Championships, placed 11th in the 800m and ran the 400-meter leg of the distance medley relay that finished sixth overall.

2010 Cross Country: Concluded first season finishing 120th overall in a 6K time of 23:41.4 … Completed the Big Sky Championship with a 52nd-place finish (17:49.1) over the 5K course … Improved 6K time by 31 seconds (23:19.3) and finished 71st overall in the ‘open’ race at the NCAA Pre-Nationals … Completed the 6K course at the Stanford Invitational in a time of 23:50 … Raced to a 62nd-place finish at the Aztec Invite (20:27.2) … Opened NAU career with a 38th-place finish at the George Kyte Classic (20:58.7).

High School: Graduated from Mingus Union High School in 2010 … Ran on the track & field team all four years … Collected personal-best marks of 2:21.34 in the 800m and 58.4 in the 400m … Named Grand Canyon Region Most Valuable Female Athlete … Team won the 2010 Grand Canyon Region Championship … Was also a two-time 4AII state champion in the 100-meter breastroke.

Personal: Born to Sally and Mike Raber on Sept. 3, 1991 … Has one older sister, Lindsay, and one older brother, Cody.

Sarah Raber

JuniorCottonwood, Ariz.Mingus Union HS


4:42.18@ - 1,500m

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Women’s Team Profiles - Newcomers

Academic Notes: Plans to major in secondary education and mathematics.

2012 Track & Field: Only competed in one meet during her inaugural indoor season, the Lumberjack Invitational, where she finished seventh in the women’s 3,000 meters in a time of 10:45.78@ ... Posted the team’s third-best time of the outdoor season in the 5,000 meters with a 17:45.11 at the Beach Invite ... Closed out her freshman year with an 11th-place finish in the 5K at Big Sky Outdoors.

2011 Cross Country: Redshirt season.

High School: Was named Greenway Female Athlete of the Year in 2011 ... Named First Team All-State in cross country her junior and senior years ... Placed first and set a personal-best time in the 1600-meter run at the Arizona Meet of Champions in 2011, her second year com-peting in that meet ... Was the outstanding varsity athlete for both cross country and track & field in 2010 ... Named the 2011 Regional Athlete of the Year ... Holds school records in the 4x800-meter relay and distance medley relay alongside her twin sister, Shayla.

Personal: Born to Jimmy and Janet Cole on September 28, 1992 ... Has four brothers: Jim-my, Juwan, Javontae, and Jacob; and four sisters: Shatonja, Shayla (twin sister), Gabbie, and Aaliyah ... Hobbies include hiking and reading ... Chose NAU for the beautiful campus and weather, as well as the great coaches and team ... Twin sister Shayla also competes on the cross country and track and field teams for NAU.

Kayla Freeman

Academic Notes: Plans to major in Marketing.

2012 Track & Field: Competed in four meets during indoor season, including the Big Sky Indoor Championships ... Ran personal bests in the mile, 3,000-meter, and 5,000-meter runs during the season, including a then-best 18:02.14@ in the 5,000m at the conference meet that placed her ninth overall ... Ran in six meets during the regular season outdoors, in addition to the conference championship ... Broke her personal best in the 5,000m again, this time at the Beach Invitational with a time of 17:50.40 ... Placed 11th overall in the 10,000 meters at the Big Sky Outdoor Championships with a time of 38:49.57@.

2011 Cross Country: Redshirt season.

High School: Was a 2-year team captain in cross country and 3-year captain in track & field ... Broke the 3200-meter run record at the 2011 Redondo Nike Invitational with a time of 11:14.35.

Personal: Born to Don and Kelly Estes on February 12, 1993 ... Has one older brother, Chris ... Also considered Sacramento State, Chico State, and Cal Poly SLO before choosing NAU ... Hobbies include Photography and Cooking.

Kenzie Estes

RS-FreshmanRiverside, Calif.

Riverside Poly HS


10:22.92@ - 3,000m17:50.40 - 5,000m

38:49.57@ - 10,000m

RS-FreshmanPhoenix, Ariz.Greenway HS

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Academic Notes: Majoring in exercise science and kinesiology.

High School: Graduated from Vista Ridge High School in 2011 ... Earned a leadership award for cross country her junior and senior years ... Served as team captain for the Vista Ridge Rangers cross country squad ... Qualified for the regional meet all four years ... Most memora-ble moment was traveling to Eugene, Ore. for Nike Pre-Nationals her senior year with the Vista Ridge girls’ and boys’ cross country teams.

Personal: Born to Andrew and Laura Ornelas on August 1, 1993 in Espanola, N.M. ... Has an older brother, Zachary, who competes at the University of Michigan in cross country and track & field ... Enjoys long walks, reading, being awesome, biking, and working out ... Chose NAU for the weather, climate, and opportunity to train at altitude ... The most exciting event she remembers was the 2012 U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials, which she attended with her mom, saying it was thrilling to be able to watch the battle to represent America in the Olympics.

Olivia Ornelas

Academic Notes: Majoring in criminal justice.

High School: Four-time state champion in cross country and six-time individual state cham-pion on the track ... Led her teams to three Arizona 3A and Division 3 state titles (2009-10, 2012) ... Competed on the 2009 Junior USA Team for the North American, Central American, and Caribbean Championships (NACAC) in Florida ... Competed in the USA National Cross Country Championships four times (2009-12) in the Junior Women’s 6K race for Wings of America, an organization that uses sport to encourage American Indian youth to look to the future while embracing a past they can be proud of.

Personal: Born January 27, 1994 to Jerrison Jumbo ... Has three older brothers, Ronaldo, Ronald, and Roland ... Hobbies include barrel racing and playing guitar, and she loves analyz-ing things, reading Jane Austen novels, and running on her toes ... Also considered Lipscomb University and the University of Colorado-Boulder before choosing NAU for the city’s beauty, the campus environment, and the great cross country and track and field teams.

Rolonda Jumbo

FreshmanChinle, Ariz.

Chinle HS

RS-FreshmanAustin, Texas

Vista Ridge HS

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Academic Notes: Majoring in microbiology.

High School: Competed in cross country and track and field at Haileybury College, from which she graduated in 2011 ... Helped her team to a silver medal at the World School Cross Country Championship in 2010 ... She took fifth in the Zatopek Classic’s Under-20 Women’s 3K race in 2010 ... Was the gold medalist in the U18 1,500-meter run at the 2010 All-Victoria Schools Championships in Australia.

Personal: Born February 22, 1993 in Mornington, Victoria, Australia to Nick Townsend ... Has one older sister, Jessica ... Enjoys going to the gym, doing pilates, and going to the beach in her spare time ... Chose NAU for the great training location, the altitude, and the great coach-ing ... Misses her dog while she is away from home ... Favorite animal is a frog.

Melanie Townsend

Academic Notes: Plans to attend law school after studying environmental studes and political science at NAU.

High School: Named 2010 Athlete of the Year for the Grand Canyon Region ... Earned All-State honors in cross country all four years of high school ... Qualified or the Great Southwest meet her senior year, and also competed at the Foot Locker Southwest Regional meet ... Her 4x800-meter relay squad won the Arizona Division II state title in 2012, the first in Mingus Union history.

Personal: Born on May 28, 1994 in Cottonwood, Ariz. ... Parents are Lynne Ordean and Rusty Baldwin ... Enjoys yoga, backpacking, and cooking in her spare time ... Was an active member of National Honor Society, Key Club, Student Council, Invisible Children, and Inter-act at Mingus Union High School ... Most exciting event she remembers was her first win in a cross country race, during which she went the wrong way at one point and still won.

Emma Schraner

FreshmanCottonwood, Ariz.Mingus Union HS

FreshmanMelbourne, Australia

Haileybury College

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2011 Year in Review

NCAA Championships: Senior Diego Estrada led an upperclass-laden men’s squad by finishing in seventh overall, good enough for his second First-Team All America honor. The men finished 14th as a team, upping the number of Top 15 fin-ishes by a Lumberjack men’s squad to 18 times since 1984. 2009 All-American Jordan Chipangama fought through a pulled hamstring for the majority of the race to finish in 48th, while junior Tim Freriks and senior Andrew Belus, both appearing in their third championship meet, finished 94th and 181st, respectively. Senior Matt Coloe was fourth on the team in 155th, and true-freshman Caleb Hoover rounded out the scorers for NAU by finishing 177th.

Mountain Region Championships: With both the men’s and women’s teams competing at the East Bay Golf Course in Provo, Utah, it was a successful day for both Lumberjack teams. Seven Lumberjacks (pictured below) were named to the All-Region team by finishing in the Top 25 in their respective races. All five scorers for the men earned the honor, led by Es-trada (fourth overall) and Chipangama (fifth), en route to a third-place team finish. In leading the women to a seventh-place mark, up eight spots from 2010, Rochelle Kanuho (16th) and Kortnee Burton (17th) were also named to the All-Region crew. The other three members of the men’s team were Tim Freriks (11th), Matt Coloe (24th), and Andrew Belus (25th).

Big Sky Championships: With the men’s team heading into the championship meet riding a four-year win streak and the women looking to vastly improve upon an eighth-place finish from 2010, the Lumberjacks headed into the meet with high hopes. The men won in dominant fashion, placing six of their seven runners in the top fifteen, claiming a men’s-record fifth-straight team title and a Big Sky record seventh-straight individual title thanks to medalist Estrada. Chipangama was the runner-up and Freriks finished fifth, while Coloe, Belus, and Hoover finished seventh, 11th, and 14th, respectively. On the women’s side, Burton led the charge in third place with Kanuho close behind in 10th. The third-place women’s team was completed with scoring efforts by Haley Lawrence (18th), Lauren Justus (25th), and Caroline Hogardh (26th).

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Regular Season: The NAU men’s and women’s teams traveled to two major tune-up meets during the regular season: the Wisconsin Adidas Invitational and the Okla-homa State Cowboy Jamboree.

At the 74th-annual Cowboy Jam-boree, held in Stillwater, Okla., the men had the best showing of NAU’s two teams. Estrada claimed medalist honors over the 30 teams competing, leading the men to a third-place team finish. Chipan-gama, the 2009 champion, was next for the men in 17th. Kanuho and Burton finished seventh and eighth, respectively, in leading the women’s team to a fourth-place finish.

The Wisconsin Adidas Invite proved to be a good measure of talent against the nation’s best for both teams. With 20 of the nation’s top 30 teams competing in the men’s race and a similar number running the women’s race, there was valuable experience to be gained. Estrada led the pack once again, finishing in third place and leading the men to a respectable eighth-place team finish. Chipangama and Freriks were second and third for NAU, coming in 39th and 66th, respectively. Kanuho (41st) and Burton (67th) led a young women’s squad to a 28th-place team mark, gaining valuable experience for the five returners in 2012 that also competed.

2011 Year in Review

George Kyte Classic: In the Lumberjacks’ annual home season opener, the men and women were able to get a taste of what competition in 2011 would be like. Leading the way for the men was Freriks, who in finishing runner-up gave the men a similar finish as a team after capturing four of the top seven places. Bahlbi Gebreyohanns took fourth, Coloe came in sixth, and Hoover, racing in his first collegiate event, took seventh. Rounding out the scoring for the men’s squad was sophomore Cody Reed in 12th. Myles Kloer (20th) and Daniel Filipcik (25th) also competed for the men.

In the women’s race, Kanuho had her first team-leading effort of her remarkable junior season, finishing fifth overall to lead the third-place women. Justus, also racing in her first collegiate event, came in 10th, and was followed by Lawrence (19th), Lisette Michaels (24th), and Kerri Lenihan (26th) in completeing their team score of 68. Also finishing for the women were Lauren Hill (27th), Sarah Raber (28th), Carissa Gwerder (29th), Sarah Baker (30th), and Shayla Freeman (33rd).

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2011 Women’s Race-by-Race Results

George Kyte Classic (3rd of 6)Sept. 3, 2011 - Flagstaff, Ariz.

6. Rochelle Kanuho 17:48.210. Lauren Justus 18:11.419. Haley Lawrence 18:44.024. Lisette Michaels 19:12.626. Kerri Lenihan 19:22.527. Lauren Hill 19:36.828. Sarah Raber 19:42.229. Carissa Gwerder 19:44.130. Sarah Baker 19:49.033. Shayla Freeman 20:11.3

Cowboy Jamboree (4th of 20)Oct. 1, 2011 - Clearwater, Okla.

7. Rochelle Kanuho 17:29.218. Kortnee Burton 17:32.5933. Caroline Hogardh 18:19.2041. Agnes Laurent 18:26.9346. Haley Lawrence 18:32.4848. Lauren Justus 18:35.6276. Kerri Lenihan 19:08.48

Dave Murray Invite (2nd of 8)Sept. 16, 2011 - Tucson, Ariz.

3. Rochelle Kanuho 17:13.011. Agnes Laurent 17:50.013. Caroline Hogardh 18:04.014. Haley Lawrence 18:05.019. Kerri Lenihan 18:26.020. Sarah Baker 18:28.023. Kylee Kieser 18:32.026. Sarah Raber 19:09.033. Lisette Michaels 19:37.027. Shayla Freeman 19:09.0

Adidas Wisconsin Invite (28th of 44)Oct. 14, 2011 - Madison, Wisc.

41. Rochelle Kanuho 20:52.767. Kortnee Burton 21:08.0161. Caroline Hogardh 21:41.7164. Agnes Laurent 21:42.1189. Haley Lawrence 21:52.6249. Lauren Justus 22:23.5290. Kerri Lenihan 23:21.7

Mountain Regionals (7th of 19)Nov. 12, 2011 - Provo, Utah

16. Rochelle Kanuho 21:30.917. Kortnee Burton 21:31.844. Caroline Hogardh 22:29.362. Haley Lawrence 22:53.365. Lauren Justus 22:56.567. Kylee Kieser 22:58.976. Agnes Laurent 23:12.7

Denotes All-Mtn. Region

Big Sky Championships (3rd of 9)Oct. 29, 2011 - Pocatello, Idaho

3. Kortnee Burton 17:46.9510. Rochelle Kanuho 18:23.3518. Haley Lawrence 18:44.2825. Lauren Justus 19:19.8826. Caroline Hogardh 19:21.0428. Kylee Kieser 19:26.9431. Agnes Laurent 19:34.30

Denotes All-Big Sky

GCU Invite (No Team Score)Oct. 8, 2011 - Phoenix, Ariz.

13. Kylee Kieser 19:07.314. Shayla Freeman 19:20.917. Sarah Baker 19:38.924. Sarah Raber 20:05.2

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2011 Men’s Race-by-Race Results

George Kyte Classic (2nd of 5)Sept. 3, 2011 - Flagstaff, Ariz.

2. Tim Freriks 25:55.94. B. Gebreyohanns 26:22.66. Matt Coloe 26:28.67. Caleb Hoover 26:32.112. Cody Reed 27:10.819. Daniel Filipcik 28:29.220. Myles Kloer 28:15.0

Mountain Regionals (3rd of 17)Nov. 12, 2011 - Provo, Utah

4. Diego Estrada 30:30.85. J. Chipangama 30:33.311. Tim Freriks 30:52.724. Matt Coloe 31:15.825. Andrew Belus 31:16.138. Caleb Hoover 31:38.343. John Yatsko 31:48.3

Denotes All-Mtn. Region

Big Sky Championships (1st of 9)Oct. 29, 2011 - Pocatello, Idaho

1. Diego Estrada 24:15.432. J. Chipangama 24:38.525. Tim Freriks 24:57.777. Matt Coloe 25:03.6611. Andrew Belus 25:18.6714. Caleb Hoover 25:54.2445. Chris Ganem 27:54.56

Denotes All-Big Sky

Cowboy Jamboree (3rd of 29)Oct. 1, 2011 - Clearwater, Okla.

1. Diego Estrada 23:34.3417. J. Chipangama 24:24.8220. Tim Freriks 24:35.3441. Matt Coloe 24:59.5250. John Yatsko 25:08.3473. Caleb Hoover 25:25.34118. Chris Ganem 26:05.34

Dave Murray Invite (3rd of 9)Sept. 16, 2011 - Tucson, Ariz.

4. John Yatsko 21:33.05. Chris Ganem 21:37.013. Cody Reed 22:10.030. Daniel Filipcik 23:03.035. Myles Kloer 23:14.039. Caleb Potts 23:21.081. Ian Cable 25:56.0

Adidas Wisc. Invite (8th of 39)Oct. 14, 2011 - Madison, Wisc.

3. Diego Estrada 23:2739. J. Chipangama 24:2566. Tim Freriks 24:3799. John Yatsko 24:49125. Andrew Belus 24:58162. Matt Coloe 25:15168. Caleb Hoover 25:17

NCAA Championships (14th of 31)Nov. 21, 2011 - Terre Haute, Ind.

7. Diego Estrada 29:24.748. J. Chipangama 30:21.094. Tim Freriks 30:45.7155. Matt Coloe 31:14.3177. Caleb Hoover 31:30.1180. John Yatsko 31:30.9181. Andrew Belus 31:31.1

Denotes All-American

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Men’s History - NCAA Championships

Year Team Place Points All-Americans Place Time

20112010

2009

20082007

20062003

20022001

200019991998199719961995

1994

199119901988

19871986198519841972

19711970

7th16th19th2nd5th

15th3rd7th4th

10th21st36th43rd18th10th23rd25th40th31st40th38th36th22nd20th30th32nd33rd20th21st24th

3rd8th

25th25th27th9th

10th21st6th

12th

Diego EstradaDiego EstradaAhmed OsmanDavid McNeillJordan ChipangamaDavid McNeillLopez LomongDavid McNeillLopez LomongHenrik AhnstromTravis LairdSeth WatkinsAndy WeilacherSeth WatkinsTravis LairdHenrik AhnstromBruno MazzottaJuwan NuvayokuaKevin KoeperBilly HermanBilly HermanWeb ShelleyTim MartinJama BileTim MartinTheo MartinJohn HowellTheo MartinJama BileKim WhitenoneBo ReedMilfred TewawinaMilfred TewawinaBo ReedMark SouzaLarry ChumleyDave TocheriRichard SlineyRichard SlineyRichard Sliney

374317

190

349190

N/A190

247193

269370295N/A328142

181

368421160

264269N/A408N/A

N/AN/A

14th9th

4th

6th4th

N/A3rd

7th4th

7th12th7th

N/A12th2nd

4th

19th19th2nd

8th10thN/A17thN/A

N/AN/A

29:24.730:11.030:15.029:06.529:33.129:53.029:45.529:56.830:49.829:41.630:01.330:14.030:19.9

30:1629:3129:5930:0130:11

31:00.130:19

31:14.230:1931:2931:2331:3631:4131:44

30:56.630:57.931:05.6

29:2429:4130:02

31:32.830:32.129:56.129:03*30:18*29:47*28:44*

2006-07 All-American Lopez Lomong

2007-09 All-American David McNeill

2001 NCAA fourth-place men’s team led by All-Americans Travis Laird, Henrik Ahnstrom, Bruno Mazzota, and Juwan Nuvayokua. 2009 NCAA fourth-place men’s team led by Al-Americans

David NcNeill and Jordan Chipangama

2003 BSC Champion and NCAA third-place team led by All-Americans Henrik Ahnstrom, Travis Laird, Seth Watkins,

and Andy Weilacher

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Men’s History - Mtn. Region Championships

Team TeamYear Place Points All-Mtn. Region Place Time2011

2010

2009

2008

2007

2006

2005

2004

2003

2002

2001

2000

1999

1998

1997

4th5th

11th24th25th1st3rd21st1st8th

14th1st

11th12th16th1st9th

10th2nd16th25th15th17th18th22nd6th

13th14th19th5th6th

13th21st5th8th

15th5th

12th13th25th4th6th

16th17th20th9th

15th22nd

Diego EstradaJordan ChipangamaTim FreriksMatt ColoeAndrew BelusDavid McNeillDiego EstradaAhmed OsmanDavid McNeillBen AshkettleJordan ChipangamaDavid McNeillBen AshkettleMorten BostromDiego EstradaLopez LomongJon CardenasMorten BostromLopez LomongJon CardenasMorten BostromMorten BostromSeth WatkinsEddie AlanizDevan LomoyaomaHenrik AhnstromAndy WeilacherTravis LairdSeth WatkinsNurani SheikhTravis LairdSeth WatkinsAndy WeilacherTravis LairdHenrik AhnstromJuwan NuvayokvaKevin KoepperTravis LairdSean ClendanielBilly HermanBilly HermanSteve OzaduikChad WaltonSean ClendanielKevin KoeperAlexander ShellyChad WaltonKevin Koeper

69

88

86

65

84

160

146

182

83

74

93

128

124

60

105

3rd

4th

4th

2nd

3rd

5th

4th

6th

2nd

1st

2nd

3rd

4th

2nd

3rd

30:30.830:33.330:52.731:15.831:16.129:24.129:33.030:25.729:51.630:35.930:49.529:18.329:59.130:00.930:09.129:52.130:34.230:40.829:55.731:13.631:42.731:15.631:20.930:33.430:40.231:10.531:22.231:24.531:43.4

30:2630:3030:4130:50

31:09.031:26.731:38.031:08.031:34.431:15.031:41.831:45.431:47.532:16.532:22.932:29.631:19.031:41.632:00.7

Team TeamYear Place Points All-District Place Time1996

1995

1994

19931992

1991

1990

19891988

1987

1986

1985

1984

1983

198219811980

19781976

3rd11th13th4th8th

10th14th6th9th

16th19th21st21st13th15th17th1st9th

16th2nd17th

1st2nd3rd5th

10th3rd7th

12th17th4th7th

12th13th15th1st8th2nd3rd

23rd17th18th25th

16th17th23rd16th

Tim MartinJohn HowellTheo MartinTim MartinTheo MartinJohn HowellJama BileJama BileTheo MartinJohn HowellTim MartinChad WaltonTim MartinNate HammerBrett BonenbergerMatt SchubertKim WhiteBrett BonenbergerChris BrayKim WhiteEric GrubbsnoneBo ReedMilford TewawinaDaren StonerockCameron MitchellScott PestkaVince FirlotteCameron MitchellMilfred TewawinaTim MooreBo ReedChris CaldwellVince FirlotteCameron MitchellDaren StonerockMark SouzaChris CaldwellLarry ChumleyMark SouzaChris CardwellMark SouzaLarry ChumleyMark SouzanoneFred MullenbachMark LomelandRandy EspinozaArt Menchacaunknown

94

71

71

271130

112

138

26121

66

51

89

106

180

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13851

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2nd

2nd

10th4th

3rd

2nd

10th1st

1st

1st

3rd

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5th

8th6th5th

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32:36.333:10.033:19.030:07.330:33.830:38.730:49.930:33.030:38.730:52.230:54.731:01.730:56.2

31:2131:2131:2430:2631:0231:2230:5031:35

30:0830:2630:3230:5031:1431:1431:3131:4731:55

30:26.230:37.730:53.631:01.731:05.129:42.230:35.829:29.629:30.130:34.631:57.731:59.631:31.0

30:17.230:17.630:30.2

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2007 BSC Champion and NCAA fourth-place men’s team led by All-Americans and future Olympians Lopez Lomong and David McNeill

Last season’s 14th-place NCAA Championship squad led by All-American Diego Estrada

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Year Location Team Champion, Points Individual Champion2011 Pocatello, Idaho Northern Arizona, 26 Diego Estrada, Northern Arizona, 24:15.5 (6)2010 Cheney, Wash. Northern Arizona, 27 David McNeill, Northern Arizona, 21:28 (6)2009 Greeley, Colo. Northern Arizona, 19 David McNeill, Northern Arizona, 24:35.8 (6)2008 Portland, Ore. Northern Arizona, 19 David McNeill, Northern Arizona, 23:20.0 (6)2007 Missoula, Mont. Northern Arizona, 22 Lopez Lomong, Northern Arizona, 23:51.2 (6)2006 Sacramento, Calif. Weber State, 32 Lopez Lomong, Northern Arizona, 23:27.1 (6)2005 Ogden, Utah Northern Arizona, 43 Jon Cardenas, Northern Arizona, 25:07 (6)2004 Bozeman, Mont. Northern Arizona, 40 Nate Long, Weber State, 24;15 (4)2003 Flagstaff, Ariz. Northern Arizona, 25 Travis Laird, Northern Arizona, 25:24 (6)2002 Pocatello, Idaho Montana State, 41 Casey Jermyn, Montana State, 24:53.6 (6)2001 Cheney, Wash. Northern Arizona, 25 Henrik Ahnstrom, Northern Arizona, 24:56 (6)2000 Riverside, Ore. Northern Arizona, 31 Kevin Koeper, Northern Arizona, 24:23.9 (6)1999 Portland, Ore. Northern Arizona, 39 Jesse Barnes, Montana, 24:20.4 (6)1998 Missoula, Mont. Northern Arizona, 38 Billy Herman, Northern Arizona, 24:23.4 (6)1997 Rocklin, Calif. Weber State, 39 Miguel Galeana, Montana State, 25:09 (6)1996 Riverdale, Utah Northern Arizona, 20 John Howell, Northern Arizona, 24:53.4 (6)1995 Salt Lake City, Utah Northern Arizona, 30 Tim Martin, Northern Arizona, 30:07.3 (5)1994 Salt Lake City, Utah Northern Arizona, 32 Chris Jones, Weber State, 30:26.58 (5)1993 Salt Lake City, Utah Montana State, 34 Thomas Roorda, Boise State, 30:49.8 (5)1992 Salt Lake City, Utah Northern Arizona, 44 Chris Jones, Weber State, 30:25 (5)1991 Salt Lake City, Utah Weber State, 34 Kim White, Northern Arizona, 30:26 (5)1990 Salt Lake City, Utah Weber State, 35 Shannon Butler, Montana State, 29:49 (5)1989 Salt Lake City, Utah Weber State, 54 Shannon Butler, Montana State, 30:27 (5)1988 Salt Lake City, Utah Northern Arizona, 15 Bo Reed, Northern Arizona, 30:08 (5)1987 Salt Lake City, Utah Northern Arizona, 39 Kris Cary, Weber State, 31:14 (5)1986 Salt Lake City, Utah Northern Arizona, 27 Frank Horn, Montana (30:17.3 (5)1985 Boise, Idaho Montana, 40 Mark Souza, Northern Arizona, 29:42.2 (5)1984 American Fork, Utah Northern Arizona, 56 Larry Chumley, Northern Arizona, 29:29.6 (5)1983 Eden, Utah Nevada, 32 Derrick May, Nevada, 31:13.7 (5)1982 Salt Lake City, Utah Idaho State, 25 Derrick May, Nevada, 30:15.31981 Pocatello, Idaho Idaho State, 49 Steve Bishop, Montana State, 30:47.0 (5)1980 Eagle, Idaho Nevada, 46 Joaquin Leano, Nevada, 29:24.2 (5)1979 Midway, Utah Nevada, 39 Jairo Correa, Nevada, 31:08.8 (5)1978 Kaysville, Utah Northern Arizona, 28 Art Menchaca, Northern Arizona, 31:24.0 (5)1977 Salt Lake City, Utah Weber State, 29 Jorge Ruiz, Weber State, 30:56.0 (5)1976 Boise, Idaho Boise State, 30 Dean Erhard, Montana, 24:34.0 (4)1975 Moscow, Idaho Montana, 46 Dean Erhard, Montana, 25:43.0 (4)1974 Ogden, Utah Montana, 45 Doug Darko, Montana, 25:28.5 (4)1973 Missoula, Mont. Boise State-Weber State, 47 Bob Walker, Boise State, 24:57.0 (4)1972 Flagstaff, Ariz. Montana, 48 Rich Sliney, Northern Arizona, 25:19.0 (4)1971 Pocatello, Idaho Montana-Northern Arizona, 40 Rich Sliney, Northern Arizona, 25:59.0 (4)1970 Bozeman, Mont. Montana, 38 Rich Sliney, Northern Arizona, 26:09.0 (4)1969 Moscow, Idaho Montana, 28 Wade Jacobson, Montana, 20:46.0 (1)1968 Pocatello, Idaho Idaho State, 36 Wade Jacobson, Montana, 20:02.0 (1)1967 Missoula, Mont. Montana, 29 Fred Friesz, Montana, 20:06.6 (1)1966 Bozeman, Mont. Idaho State, 38 Doug Brown, Montana, 19:44.8 (1)1965 Spokane, Wash. Idaho, 50 Doug Brown, Montana, 20:31.9 (3)1964 Ogden, UTah Idaho State, 30 Art Scott, Idaho State, 19:26.9 (2)1963 Moscow, Idaho Idaho, 49 Doug Brown, Montana, 20:24.5 (1)

(1) Four Miles; (2) 3.95 Miles; (3) 4.3 Miles; (4) Five Miles; (5) 10,000 Meters; (6) 8,000 Meters

Men’s History - Big Sky Championships

2011 Eric Heins, Northern Arizona2010 Eric Heins, Northern Arizona2009 Eric Heins, Northern Arizona2008 Eric Heins, Northern Arizona2007 Eric Heins, Northern Arizona2006 Chick Hislop, Weber State2005 John Hayes, Northern Arizona2004 Brian Janssen, Idaho State2003 Ron Mann, Northern Arizona2002 Dale Kennedy, Montana State2001 Ron Mann, Northern Arizona2000 Ron Mann, Northern Arizona1999 Ron Mann, Northern Arizona1998 Ron Mann, Northern Arizona1997 Chick Hislop, Weber State1996 Ron Mann, Northern Arizona1995 Ron Mann, Northern Arizona

1994 Ron Mann, Northern Arizona1993 Tom Raunig, Montana State1992 Ron Mann, Northern Arizona1991 Chick Hislop, Weber State1990 Chick Hislop, Weber State1989 Chick Hislop, Weber State1988 Ron Mann, Northern Arizona1987 Ron Mann, Northern Arizona1986 Ron Mann, Northern Arizona1985 Bill Leach, Montana1984 Ron Mann, Northern Arizona1983 Jack Cook, Nevada1982 Jerry Quiller, Idaho State1981 Jerry Quiller, Idaho State1980 Jack Cook, Nevada1979 Jack Cook, Nevada1978 Leo Haberlack, Northern Arizona

1977 Chick Hislop, Weber State1976 Ed Jacoby, Boise State1975 Harley Lewis, Montana1974 Harley Lewis, Montana1973 Ed Jacoby, Boise State1972 Harley Lewis, Montana1971 Leo Haberlack, Northern Arizona1970 Harley Lewis, Montana1969 Harley Lewis, Montana1968 Bob Beeten, Idaho State1967 Harley Lewis, Montana1966 Dubby Holt, Idaho State1965 Doug MacFarland, Idaho1964 Dubby Holt, Idaho State1963 Doug MacFarland, Idaho

Big Sky Men’s Coach of the Year

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2002

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Veronica PohlVeronica PohlIlsa PaulsonnoneJohanna NilssonnoneIda NilssonJohanna NilssonIda NilssonJohanna NilssonIda NilssonnoneKendra VersendaalEmily AllisonAmy SwierRikke PedersennonenonenoneTracy JarmanTracy JarmanKristi KlinnertnoneLarah TreadwellMaurie WoodnoneAngela ChalmersAngela Chalmers

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-388

-407

333

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Women’s History - NCAA Championships

1991 NCAA third-place women’s team featuring All-Americans Kristi Klinnert (l) and Tracy Jarman (r)

1985-86 All-American Angela Chalmers

2007-08 All-Mtn. Region Astrid Leutert

2005 NCAA Champion and 2002-03, 05 All-American Johanna Nilsson, and her sister, 2001-03 All-American

Ida Nilsson

The 2003 women won the Big Sky title, placed fourth at Mtn. Regionals, and took 15th at NCAAs behind All-Americans Ida and Johanna Nilsson

The 2008 women’s team won the Big Sky, took second at Mountain Regionals, and placed 23rd at NCAAs behind All-American Veronica Pohl (second from right)

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Team TeamYear Place Points All-Region Place Time2011

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14th2nd12th10th15th13th23rd8th7th

19th

Rochelle KanuhoKortnee BurtonnoneVeronica PohlKortnee BurtonVeronica PohlAstrid LeutertNell RojasIlsa PaulsonLesley Van MiertAmanda GriggsAstrid LeutertNicole GueldemeisterKatja RosenplaenterAmanda GriggsJohanna NilssonNicole GueldemeisterKatja RosenplaenterIda NilssonIda NilssonJohanna NilssonErika EdwardsIda NilssonJohanna NilssonErika EdwardsIda NilssonSusan RutherfordJinny HanifanErika EdwardsSusan RutherfordAmy SwierKendra VersendallEmily AllisonAmy SwierRikke PedersenAmy SwierJanet NelsonRikke PedersenSarah ThornberSarah ThonberKatie DawsonRikke PedersenChristy MichaelsJeni Cushman

204

347176

92

81

137

93

196111

90

81

163116

95

141

118

197

181205

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15th7th

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2nd

6th

3rd

6th4th

3rd

3rd

6th3rd

3rd

5th

4th

7th

4th8th

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20:3220:4521:39

21:26.221:37.222:19.322:41.221:37.617:24.317:29.518:02.018:07.218:25.017:16.517:53.818:53.819:00.217:38.717:58.917:43.917:16.617:46.3

Team TeamYear Place Points All-Region Place Time1992

1991

1990

1989

1988

1987

1986

1985

1984

1983

1982

6th7th8th

10th17th19th2nd6th7th

13th22nd3rd5th

10th18th21st3rd5th6th

16th6th8th

17th18th6th7th9th

12th14th21st25th1st

14th17th22nd2nd6th

17th18th19th5th9th

10th

Tracy JarmanKristi KlinnertCalley NelsonLarah TreadwellChristy MichaelsJeni CushmanKristi KlinnertTracy JarmanLarah TreadwellCalley NelsonChristy MichaelsKristi KlinnertTracy JarmanLarah TreadwellCalley NelsonChristy MichaelsLarah TreadwellMaurie WoodKristi KlinnerNikki TomsMartha WoodBrenda PaytonBeth EllicksonPatrice HagemanNikki TomsMauri WoodBrenda PaytonJamie BisplinghoffBeth EllicksonCaron ReycraftPatrice HagemanAngela ChalmersLaura McCrackenMartha WoodJamie BisplinghoffAngela ChalmersRonda SterkenbergLaura McCrackenLisa AnetsbergerAnn RattoAngela ChalmersRhonda SterkenbergAngela Chalmers

48

50

57

60

77

48

87

98

116

160

189

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1st

2nd

2nd

1st

1st

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3rd

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8th

17:1917:2717:2817:3017:5617:5617:1517:2417:3117:5318:0917:1817:3317:4317:5818:0117:0917:2317:2417:57

17:34.517:46.918:13.218:15.1

17:4117:4417:4418:0218:1518:3318:3916:3317:4317:4617:50

16:53.717:32.417:06.117:08.917:09.218:05.718:31.517:29.9

Women’s History - Mtn. Region Championships

The 2007 BSC Championship team also placed four of their five scoring runners on the All-Mtn. Region team: Ilsa Paulson (3rd), Lesley Van Miert

(11th), Amanda Griggs (14th), and Astrid Leutert (25th)

The 2005 women’s team captured the Big Sky Championship, placed third at Mountain Regionals, and took 12th overall at NCAAs behind Johanna

Nilsson, who gave NAU its second ever cross country national title.

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Year Location Team Champion, Points Individual Champion2011 Pocatello, Idaho Weber State, 40 Amber Henry, Weber State, 17:30.502010 Cheney, Wash. Montana, 49 Erica Wendt-Richardson, Idaho State, 15:46.552009 Greeley, Colo. Northern Arizona, 28 Veronica Pohl, Northern Arizona, 19:04.72008 Portland, Ore. Northern Arizona, 31 Veronica Pohl, Northern Arizona, 17:03.12007 Missoula, Mont. Northern Arizona, 33 Sarah Long, Weber State, 17:13.92006 Sacramento, Calif. Weber State, 39 Nicole Gueldemister, Northern Arizona, 17:14.62005 Ogden, Utah Northern Arizona, 27 Johanna Nilsson, Northern Arizona, 17:28.72004 Bozeman, Mont. Northern Arizona, 30 Ida Nilsson, Northern Arizona, 16:462003 Flagstaff, Ariz. Northern Arizona, 29 Ida Nilsson, Northern Arizona, 18:16.12002 Pocatello, Idaho Northern Arizona, 18 Ida Nilsson, Northern Arizona, 17:29.02001 Cheney, Wash. Northern Arizona, 19 Ida Nilsson, Northern Arizona, 17:29.02000 Riverside, Ore. Weber State, 38 Sabrina Monro, Montana, 17:07.71999 Portland, Ore. Northern Arizona, 36 Sabrina Monro, Montana, 17:07.71998 Missoula, Mont. Northern Arizona, 29 Rikke Pedersen, Northern Arizona, 17:33.311997 Rocklin, Calif. Weber State, 38 Amy Swier, Northern Arizona, 17:281996 Riverdale, Utah Northern Arizona, 30 Summer Schenck, Weber State, 17:26.481995 Salt Lake City, Utah Montana State, 40 Niamh Beirne, Boise State, 17:36.61994 Salt Lake City, Utah Montana State, 52 Rikke Pedersen, Northern Arizona, 17:44.01993 Salt Lake City, Utah Weber State, 47 Angie Mathison, Idaho, 17:11.51992 Salt Lake City, Utah Northern Arizona, 21 Jennifer Cleary, Montana State, 17:12.01991 Salt Lake City, Utah Northern Arizona, 22 Kristi Klinnert, Northern Arizona, 17:15.01990 Salt Lake City, Utah Northern Arizona, 27 Kristi Klinnert, Northern Arizona, 17:15.01989 Salt Lake City, Utah Northern Arizona, 25 Larah Treadwell, Northern Arizona, 17:09.01988 Salt Lake City, Utah Northern Arizona, 32 Patty Young, Nevada, 17:29.41987* Pocatello, Idaho Northern Arizona, 19 Nikki Toms, Northern Arizona, 18:02.01986* Moscow, Idaho Montana State, 55 Loreen McRae, Montana, 18:18.01985* Bozeman, Mont. Montana State, 48 Annette Hand, Montana State, 17:36.61984* Ogden, Utah Montana, 53 Annette Hand, Montana State, 18:05.31983* Missoula, Mont. Montana, 37 Patsy Sharples, Idaho, 17:41.11982* Portland, Ore. Idaho, 26 Patsy Sharples, Idaho, 18:15.7

Race Distance - 5,000 meters *-Mountain West Conference

2011 Jim Blaisdell, Weber State2010 Courtney Babcock, Montana2009 Eric Heins, Northern Arizona2008 Scott Abbott, Sacramento State2007 Eric Heins, Northern Arizona2006 Jim Blaisdell, Weber State2005 John Hayes, Northern Arizona2004 John Hayes, Northern Arizonae2003 Ron Mann, Northern Arizona2002 Ron Mann, Northern Arizona2001 Ron Mann, Northern Arizona

2000 Jim Blaisdell, Weber State1999 Ron Mann, Northern Arizona1998 Ron Mann, Northern Arizona1997 Jim Blaisdell, Weber State1996 Ron Mann, Northern Arizona1995 Dale Kennedy, Montana State1994 Dale Kennedy, Montana State1993 Jim Blaisdell, Weber State1992 Ron Mann, Northern Arizona1991 Ron Mann, Northern Arizona1990 Ron Mann, Northern Arizona

1989 Ron Mann, Northern Arizona1988 Ron Mann, Northern Arizona1987* Ron Mann, Northern Arizona1986* Dale Kennedy, Montana State1985* Dale Kennedy, Montana State1984* Dick Koontz, Montana1983* Dick Koontz, Montana1982* Roger Norris, Idaho*-Mountain West Conference

Big Sky Women’s Coach of the Year

Women’s History - Big Sky Championships

Men’s Big Sky Team Championships

Northern Arizona 22Montana 8Weber State 7Idaho State 5Nevada 3Boise State 2Idaho 2Montana State 2

Men’s Big Sky Individual Champions

Northern Arizona 21Montana 11Montana State 5Weber State 5Nevada 4Boise State 2Idaho 1

Women’s Big Sky Team Championships

Northern Arizona 17Weber State 5Montana State 4Montana 3Idaho 1

Women’s Big Sky Individual Champions

Northern Arizona 15Idaho 3Montana 3Montana State 3Weber State 3Boise State 1Nevada 1Idaho State 1

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George Kyte Classic

2012 marked the 32nd running of the annual george kyte ClassiC at flagstaff’s Buffalo Park. the meet is named for the late dr. george kyte (PiCtured left), Professor emeritus of history at nau. dr. kyte was a longtime suPPorter of nau athletiCs, traCk and field and Cross Country in PartiCular. the event was run with dr. kyte in attendanCe until 2004.

2012201120102009200820072006200520042003200220012000199919981997199619951994199319921991199019891988198719861985

Northern Arizona (20)Arizona State (26)Northern Arizona (31)Northern Arizona (24)Northern Arizona (37Northern Arizona (28)Arizona (40)Arizona State (35)Northern Arizona (15)Northern Arizona (15)Northern Arizona (32)Northern Arizona (18)Northern Arizona (16)Southern Utah (21)Northern Arizona (35)Northern Arizona (44)Northern Arizona (26)Northern Arizona (30)Northern Arizona (15)Not AvailableNot AvailableNorthern Arizona (25)Northern Arizona (18)Not AvailableNorthern Arizona (30)New Mexico (50)New Mexico (50)Arizona (23)

Brian Shrader (25:03.5)Darius Terry (25:38.8)Henry Lalei (26:14.1)Diego Estrada (24:57.6)Craig Curley (25:38.9)Jared Scott (25:23.4)Travis Laird (25:43.2)Jeff Wiess (25:34.7)Travis Laird (25:17.2)Travis Laird (24:17.2)Henrik Ahnstrom (25:15.67)Juwan Nuvayokua (25:57.55)Juwan Nuvayokua (26:10)Jody Benson (25:17.18)Chad Wlaton (25:00.8)Paul Kemei (24:00)Bo Reed (24:18)Driss Dacha (23:38)Theo Martin (24:18)Driss Dacha (24:44)Not AvailableJim Klien (24:53)Jim Klien (24:23)Not AvailableJim Klien (23:53.6)Not AvailableMark Roberts (24:14)Jeff Cannada (24:57)

Year Team Champion (Pts) Individual Champion2012201120102009200820072006200520042003200220012000199919981997199619951994199319921991

199019891988198719861985

Southern Utah (24)Arizona (32)Arizona (29)Northern Arizona (35)Northern Arizona (21)Northern Arizona (23)Arizona (42)Ft. Lewis College (40)Northern Arizona (17)Northern Arizona (15)Northern Arizona (26)Northern Arizona (25)Northern Arizona (15)Northern Arizona (26)Northern Arizona (21)Northern Arizona (17)Northern Arizona (15)Northern Arizona (27)Northern Arizona (24)Not AvailableNot AvailableNorthern Arizona (15)

Northern Arizona (19)Not AvailableNorthern Arizona (20)New Mexico (41)New Mexico (23)New Mexico (24)

Shelby Houlihan (16:52.4)Stephanie Pezzullo (17:05.6)Elvin Kibet (17:24.1)Veronica Pohl (17:16.7)Nell Rojas (18:26.5)Ilsa Paulson (16:51.1)Jennifer Toomey (17:24.4)Jenna Wrieden (17:56.8)Erika Edwards (18:42.1)Erika Edwards (18:31.6)Ida Nilsson (18:37.01)Susie Rutherford (18:42.48)Amy Swier (19:11)Amy Swier (18:34.08)Amy Swier (18:30:64)Amy Swier (17:55)Rikke Pedersen (18:37)Tracy Jarman (18:34)M. Buric-Adam (18:51)Kristi Klinnert (17:51)Not AvailableThree-Way Tie (16:51) Kristi Klinnert Tracy Jarman Calley NelsonLarah Treadwell (17:24)Not AvailableMaurie Wood (16:35.1)Angela Chalmers (16:04)Carole Roybal (17:11.3)Dawn Gale (17:04)

Year Team Champion (Pts) Individual Champion

Sophomore Kylee Kieser was NAU’s top finisher (15th) in 2012Junior Brian Shrader was the 2012 George Kyte champion

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MEN WOMEN


George Kyte Classic - Past NAU Champions

Travis Laird2003, 2004, 2006 Champion

Henrik Ahnstrom2002 Champion

Ilsa Paulson2007 Champion

Nell Rojas2008 Champion

Veronica Pohl2009 Champion

Ida Nilsson2002 Champion

Diego Estrada2009 Champion

Juwan Nuvayokua2000, 2001 Champion

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Dr. John D. Haeger

Staff Profiles - administration

John D. Haeger leads Northern Arizona Uni-versity in its commitment to undergraduate education—a commitment enhanced by the university’s ongoing efforts in research, grad-uate education and distance learning.

Dr. Haeger has been NAU president since November 2001 after joining the university to serve as NAU provost in June 2000.

During his term as president, Dr. Haeger has guided the university to new heights in stu-dent enrollment in Flagstaff and across the state, answering the call from the Governor’s Office and the state Legislature to make high-er education accessible and affordable to all Arizona citizens. He also has ushered the uni-versity into its largest building boom since the 22-year term of former NAU President J. Law-rence Walkup.

As the nation grapples with an increasing need for scientists, health professionals, engineers and technical experts, Dr. Haeger is re-empha-sizing the university’s efforts to attract and re-tain qualified teachers who will draw students into these fields.

Further, he has fully endorsed a national ef-fort to increase institutional accountability, explaining that Northern Arizona University must perform on a level that demonstrates its significance to students and to society.Among other university achievements under his leadership:

• Tuition guarantee. NAU President John Haeger instituted a pilot “block tuition” pro-posal that would guarantee first- time, full-time freshmen and transfer students the same tuition rate for eight semesters, bringing predictability to the cost of higher education.

• ‘Finish in Four’ guarantee. NAU promises to provide students the advisement help and courses necessary to obtain their degree within four years.

• Expansion of nursing and the health pro-fessions. The university has placed special em-phasis on graduating more students in nursing and developing or expanding programs in the health professions, including occupational ther-apy, athletic training and physicians assistant.

• Commitment to research. With a goal to underpin the university’s distinctive research profile, President Haeger has instituted NAU’s first office of Vice President for Research. In Yuma, ground has been broken on a 12,225- square-foot building that will provide collabo-rative research opportunities in environmental disciplines and will accommodate expansion of four-year degree programs in engineering and nursing.

• High Country Conference Center. Dr. Hae-ger initiated a joint partnership among NAU, the city of Flagstaff, the Arizona Board of Re-gents, Sodexo Conferencing and Drury Hotels to build a 42,000-square-foot conference center and an adjoining hotel and parking structure. The complex will be a financial, cultural and educational asset to the university and Flagstaff communities. Consultants have estimated the economic benefit to northern Arizona to be about $7 million annually.

• Largest gift in university history. The Col-lege of Business Administration was able to acquire the largest gift in university history, a $25 million donation from prominent business leader William Franke. The college was renamed The W.A. Franke College of Business.

• Arizona Cardinals partnership. The Nation-al Football League’s Arizona Cardinals agreed to continue to operate their training camp at the Flagstaff campus. About $2 million is added to the northern Arizona economy as a result of the Cardinals training camp.

• ’Going green.’ The university is home to the greenest building in Arizona and one of the three greenest in the world after receiving a “Platinum” rating for its Applied Research and Development building shortly after the uni-versity earned “Gold” ratings for buildings that house Engineering and The W.A. Franke Col-

President, NAU12th Year

lege of Business. Dr. Haeger also is a charter signatory of the American College & University Presidents Climate Commitment, created as an avenue for university leaders to define and ad-dress the challenges of climate change.

• Opening a door to China. Dr. Haeger, who serves on the American Association of State College and Universities’ Committee on Inter-national Education, has signed agreements with several Chinese universities that will enhance the international flavor of NAU’s campus as well as offer Chinese students a degree from NAU and their home university.

Dr. Haeger is a member of the Arizona Board of Education, the Governor’s P-20 Council, the board of governors of the Translational Genomics Research Institute, known as TGen, the Arizona Commerce Authority, the steering committee of the American Presidents’ Climate Commitment, and a member of both the Great-er Phoenix Leadership and the Flagstaff 40. He also is former chair of the United Way of North-ern Arizona board, serves as commissioner for the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education, and is past chair of the Council of Presidents of the Big Sky Conference.

He has worked at all levels of higher educa-tion—professor, chair, dean, vice president, and provost.

Dr. Haeger earned his bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees from Loyola University in Chi-cago. He was a professor and chair of the histo-ry department at Central Michigan University as well as the dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. He later worked as associate dean and then interim dean and finally dean of the Col-lege of Graduate Studies/Office of Research and Sponsored Programs at the same institu-tion.

He also served as provost and vice president for academic affairs at Towson University in Mary-land.

He had substantial years in the classroom before his administrative career and published several books and numerous articles on topics related to the history of economic change in the United States and how it affects individuals and insti-tutions. His 1982 book, The Investment Fron-tier: New York Businessmen and the American West, won a national award from Choice maga-zine, and his 1991 book, John Jacob Astor: Busi-ness and Finance in the Early Republic, argued for Astor’s role as the first modern American venture capitalist.

Dr. Haeger has said he still defines himself by his teaching and research on economic develop-ment. “In a way, I am now living the story that I used to teach and write about,” he said.

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Staff Profiles - Administration

Dr. Lisa Campos

Lisa Campos was named the Vice Presi-dent for Intercollegiate Athletics at North-ern Arizona University on March 30, 2012.

Campos took over the leadership of the Lumberjack Athletics department after serving as the Senior Associate Athletic Di-rector at the University of Texas at El Paso since August of 2006.

With her hiring at NAU, Campos, 35, be-came one of 26 females and the youngest in the country to lead a Division I program, including 13 head athletic administrators at the Football Championship Subdivision level.

Campos served as the sport administrator for the Miner men’s and women’s cross country, women’s soccer, women’s volley-ball, women’s basketball, and men’s and women’s track and field programs at UTEP. Campos also was the primary administra-tor for compliance, CHAMPS/Life Skills, strength and conditioning, sports medi-cine, and cheerleading. She was the advisor for the Student-Athlete Advisory Commit-tee and served as the liaison to the Intercol-legiate Athletic Council, Office of Student Life, Miner Village, and the UTEP Police Department.

In her tenure at UTEP, she also had over-sight of the women’s golf, rifle, and softball programs, served as championship director for numerous conference championships, and co-hosted a weekly television show, Miner Sports Weekly. Dr. Campos also as-sisted with athletic facility enhancements and co-directed the planning and design of the $2.6 million Helen of Troy Softball Com-plex, which opened in September 2005.

In 2006, Campos served as the NCAA li-aison for the Self Study Report for NCAA Certification and continued to oversee all gender, minority equity, and student wel-fare strategic plans. She was responsible for Title IX staff education and staff diversity training. In 2005, she created the Athletics Diversity Graduate Assistantship Program and served on the UTEP Women’s Resource Advisory Board.

She was promoted to the Senior Associate position after serving as the Associate Ath-letic Director and Senior Woman Adminis-trator since August of 2003. She also served two years as the Assistant Dean of Students within the UTEP Division of Student Af-fairs.

Dr. Campos had the opportunity to serve on a number of NCAA Committees, includ-ing the NCAA Division I Championships/Competition Cabinet, the NCAA Rifle Committee, and chaired the NCAA Wom-en’s Soccer Committee.

She was a member of the Conference USA Joint Group and served on the Senior Wom-an Administrator administrative group. In 2005-2006, when UTEP joined Conference USA, she served on the Conference USA Strategic Planning Committee and assisted in the development of the realigned Confer-ence USA’s vision, core values, mission, and strategic objectives.

She also represented UTEP on conference committees, including the budget subcom-mittee, legislative committee, champion-ships selection committee, and various sport committees.

Dr. Campos previously served as the Assis-tant Dean of Students at UTEP from 2001-03. Campos coordinated and administered the university’s student discipline system, interpreted the University of Texas System Regents’ Rules and Regulations governing the student academic honesty and conduct code, and provided information to the uni-versity community on discipline policies, rules, regulations, and procedures.

She served as a mentor to an undergradu-ate student participating in the NASPA Mi-nority Undergraduate Fellows Program and served on a variety of campus committees including the UTEP President’s Advisory Committee on Women, Student Affairs Staff Development Committee, Faculty Senate Student Conduct Committee, and the Uni-versity Health Awareness Committee.

In the community, Campos was a member of the Girl Scouts of the Rio Grande board and the Junior League of El Paso.

Dr. Campos holds a doctorate degree in Ed-ucational Leadership from the University of Texas at El Paso. She graduated from Col-orado State University where she earned a bachelor’s of science degree in Business Ad-ministration and a master’s of science degree in Student Affairs in Higher Education.

A native of Las Animas, Colo., Campos is married to Darren D’Attilio.

VP for Intercollegiate Athletics1st Year

Campos with her husband, Darren D’Attilio, at the Flagstaff Sports Foundation dinner this

past summer

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Big Sky Conference

A new era in the Big Sky Conference begins in 2012-13 as the league enters its 50th year of athletic competition, and its 25th sponsoring women’s collegiate athletics.

The Division I Big Sky Conference welcomes the University of North Dakota and Southern Utah University into the fold as full members. Cal Poly and UC Davis join the league as af-filiate members in football, where the league competes at the Championship Subdivision level (formerly I-AA).

The additions of North Dakota and Southern Utah give the stable Big Sky 11 full institu-tions and 13 football members. The current lineup includes four of the six charter mem-bers: Idaho State University, The University of Montana, Montana State University and Weber State. Northern Arizona enters its 43rd

season in the Big Sky, giving the conference five members with at least 40 years of continuous membership.Eastern Washington University joined the Big Sky Conference in 1987, followed by Portland State University and Sacramento State in 1996. The Big Sky became a nine-team league in 2006 with the addition of the University of Northern Colorado.

The league has become one of the strongest Division I conferences in the West and is a na-tional leader in the Football Championship Subdivision. Six times, Big Sky teams have won the Division I National Championship, includ-ing Eastern Washington in 2010. A Big Sky team has played for the national championship in three of the past four seasons.

The Big Sky Conference was established in 1963 by six charter members – Idaho, Idaho State, Gonzaga, Montana, Montana State and Weber State. Those six schools formed the foundation of the Big Sky before the league expanded in 1970 by adding Boise State and Northern Ari-zona. Gonzaga left the Sky in 1979 and was re-placed by Nevada, which gave the league eight members. The conference grew to nine schools in 1987 with the addition of Eastern Washing-ton.

The 1990s saw change in the makeup of the league, beginning in 1992 when Nevada depart-ed and put the Big Sky back at eight teams. In 1996 Boise State and Idaho left and at the same time the conference added Portland State, Sac-ramento State and Cal State Northridge. The Big Sky maintained nine teams for five years be-fore Cal State Northridge departed in the spring of 2001.

The Big Sky now includes nine states spanning from the Pacific Ocean to the Red River Val-ley of North Dakota. The league is represented along the entire west coast with institutions in Washington, Oregon and California. League schools also range up and down the Rocky Mountains with institutions in Montana, Idaho, Utah, Arizona and Colorado.

On Feb 25, 1963, the name Big Sky was adopted by the six presidents of the charter members as the name of the new conference. The name Big Sky originated in a novel written by the late A.B. (Bud) Guthrie of Great Falls, Mont., in 1947 entitled “The Big Sky.” Jack Hollowell, a former Montana advertising director, promoted the Big Sky theme for the Treasure State. While on a track and field trip from Pocatello, Idaho, to Missoula, Mont., legendary Dubby Holt of Ida-ho State saw a “Welcome to Big Sky Country” sign as his team entered Montana. Holt, and his athletes thought “Big Sky” would be a perfect name for the new conference. Harry Missildine of the Spokane Spokesman-Review called for the newly formed league to be named the Big Sky Conference in his column dated Feb. 20, 1963.

The Big Sky sponsors championships in 15 sports, including men’s and women’s cross country, indoor and outdoor track and field, basketball and tennis. In addition, there are also championships in football, and women’s volley-ball, golf and soccer. This upcoming spring, the Big Sky will sponsor a softball championship for the first time.

In 1988-89, the Big Sky Conference first began sponsoring women’s sports. The former Moun-tain West Conference existed from 1982-88, sponsoring championships for women’s sports at the same institutions the Big Sky had men’s programs. The Big Sky merged with the Moun-tain West in 1988, forming one league for both men and women.

Doug Fullerton, the fifth commissioner of the Big Sky Conference, is in his 18th year at the helm. Fullerton took over the Big Sky on July 1, 1995, replacing longtime commissioner Ron Stephenson, who passed away in 2011. Ste-phenson served the league for 14 years. Steve Belko was the commissioner from 1977-81, while John Roning held the post from 1971-77. The first league commissioner was Jack Friel, who served from 1963-71.

Eastern WashingtonIdaho StateMontanaMontana StateNorthern ArizonaNorthern ColoradoNorth DakotaPortland StateSacramento StateSouthern UtahWeber State

School Mascot Location Big Sky Finish Big Sky Finish Preseason Poll Preseason Poll 2011 Men’s 2011 Women’s 2012 Men’s 2012 Women’s

EaglesBengalsGrizzliesBobcatsLumberjacksBears--VikingsHornetsThunderbirdsWildcats

Cheney, Wash.Pocatello, IdahoMissoula, Mont.Bozeman, Mont.Flagstaff, Ariz.Greeley, Colo.Grand Forks, N.D.Portland, Ore.Sacramento, Calif.Cedar City, UtahOgden, Utah

7th (167)6th (134)4th (122)3rd (86)1st (26)

8th (224)NA

9th (236)5th (131)

NA2nd (42)

7th (192)2nd (50)5th (116)4th (89)3rd (82)

8th (215)NA

9th (273)6th (139)

NA1st (40)

8th7th6th3rd1st

10th9th

11th4th5th2nd

8th4th3rd5th2nd9th

10th11th7th6th1st

Founded: 1963Women’s Sports Added: 1988Member Schools: Eastern Washington, Idaho State, Montana, Montana State, Northern Arizona, Northern Colorado, North Dakota, Portland State, Sacramento, State, Southern UtahSponsored Sports: Football, Soccer (W), Volleyball, Basketball (M/W), Golf (W), Cross Country (M/W), Tennis (M/W), Indoor Track & Field (M/W), Outdoor Track & Field (M/W)

Mailing Address2491 Washington Blvd., Ste. 201

Ogden, Utah 84402

Office Phone: (801) 392-1978Fax: (801) 392-5568Website: www.bigskyconf.comCommissioner: Doug Fullerton

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Date Meet Distances Site CourseSept. 1 George Kyte Classic W5k/M8k Flagstaff, Ariz. Buffalo ParkSept. 21 Pac-12 Preview Elite W5k/M8k Santa Clarita, Calif. Robinson Ranch Golf CourseOct. 6 Grand Canyon Invite W5k/M8k Goodyear, Ariz. Estrella Mountain Regional ParkOct. 13 Wisconsin Adidas Invite W6k/M8k Madison, Wisc. Thomas Zimmer XC CourseOct. 27 Big Sky Championships W5k/M8k Flagstaff, Ariz. Buffalo ParkNov. 10 NCAA Mtn. Regionals W6k/M10k Ft. Collins, Colo. Collindale Golf CourseNov. 17 NCAA Championships W6k/M10k Louisville, Ky. E.P. Tom Sawyer State ParkDec. 8 USATF Junior Nationals - / - Albuquerque, N.M. Balloon Fiesta Park

Home meets in bold; M - men, W - women

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2012 nau cross country media guide

Documents

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coach eric heins

womens team profiles

media relationsassistant

staff profiles eric

womens history ncaa

incoming athlete bios