Cross Country

2012 Men’s & WoMen’s

GENERAL FACTS:Name of School: Spring Hill CollegeCity/State/Zip: Mobile, AL 36608Founded: 1830Enrollment: 1,400Nickname: BadgersSchool Colors: Purple, whiteHome Facility: Arthur R. Outlaw Recreation CenterCapacity: 2,000Affiliation: NAIAConference: Southern States AthleticPresident: Rev. Richard P. Salmi, S.J.Athletic Director: Jim HallAlma Mater: Grinnell College, 1995Faculty Athletic Representative: David Dean, Ph.D.Athletic Department Phone: 251-380-3485Athletic Department Fax: 251-460-2196Sports Information Director: Jim StennettAlma Mater: Mississippi State, 1990SID Phone: (251) 380-4468SID Email: jstennett@shc.eduAthletics Web Site: www.shcbadgers.comFacebook: SHCAthleticsTwitter: SHCBADGERS

COACHING STAFF:Head Coach: Joe H. WilliamsAlma Mater (Year): Central State University, 1979Record at school/years: 2-17 (men); 2-17 (women)/4th yearCareer record/years: 2-17 (men); 2-17 (women)/4th yearOffice Phone: (251) 380-4464Email: jowilliams@shc.eduVolunteer Assistant Coach: Angelo Harris/4th yearAthletic Trainer: Brian Gronwold, ATCOffice Phone: 251-380-3493

MEN’S TEAM INFORMATION:2011 SSAC Finish: 7th of 11 teamsNo. of runners returning/lost/new: 8/5/6

WOMEN’S TEAM INFORMATION:2011 SSAC Finish: 5th of 12 teamsNo. of runners returning/lost/new: 5/8/5

SPRING HILL COLLEGEMobile, Alabama

Spring Hill College is ranked once again in the top 20

Southern universities and colleges, according to the 2012

edition of U.S. News & World Report’s “America’s Best

Colleges.”

Spring Hill is ranked 17th among the Southern colleges and

universities offering a full range of undergraduate majors and

master’s programs. The U.S. News rankings are based on several

quality measures including academic reputation, graduation

and retention rates, faculty resources, student selectivity, peer

assessment and graduation rate performance. Colleges and

universities are listed in various categories depending on their

size, location and other factors.

The college is ranked 10th among only 15 schools listed

in the South’s “Great Schools, Great Prices” category, colleges

that offer quality academic programs, affordable tuition and

significant financial aid.

Spring Hill College is also listed in the region’s “A-Plus

Schools for B Students” category, campuses where B students

thrive in an engaged student body.

Forbes Magazine also ranks Spring Hill among its “America’s

Best Colleges” with SHC ranked No. 32 in the nation among

similar institutions.

Forbes also ranks Spring Hill among the “Best Colleges in

the South” and among the top 25 percent of the ‘Best Private

Colleges” nationwide according to Forbes.

Spring Hill College men’s and women’s cross country head coach

Joe H. Williams looks forward to the start of the 2012 season, but for

different reasons with each squad. His women’s team is comprised of

experienced runners mixed with talented newcomers while his men’s

team is made up of young and enthusiastic runners hungry to make an

impact.

“On our women’s team, we are deeper than in past years,” Williams

says. “In the past, we only had two or three upper echelon runners

featured, but this year we are six to seven runners deep.”

Williams points to freshman runner Makena Lidie of Lake Forest,

Calif., as reason for his optimism. “Makena will be a record setter at

Spring Hill,” he says. “When we add her to the experience of seniors

Kiearstan Carter from Mobile’s Murphy High School, Payton Tanner from

Fairhope, Ala., and Melissa Menendez of Miami, Fla., and junior Emily

Dolan from McGill-Catholic High School in Mobile, we will have five top

runners.” Williams sees freshmen Anna Gable and Katie Dolan both from

McGill-Toolen as solid sixth and seventh runners.

Juniors Anna DeWine of Cedarville, Ohio, and Claire Stewart of Mt.

Juliet, Tenn., together with sophomore Esperanza Pace of Murphy High are

also running well in the early workouts.

“We have a real opportunity to finish as one of the top two teams at

the Southern States Athletic Conference (SSAC) Championships this fall,”

says Williams. “The top two teams now earn automatic bids to the NAIA

National Championships and I’ve told our women that our goal this year

is to make it to nationals.”

The men’s team is young with ten of 14 runners being freshmen and

sophomores. “I’m cautiously optimistic about this season for our men,”

Williams says. “The fire is there and they want to do well. It’s encouraging

that when we run on ’hard days’ [practices imitating meet conditions] we

are consistently running as a pack at the finish.”

Sophomore John Russell of Cullman, Ala., and freshman Jordan Travis

of Poplarville, Miss., will battle it out for the top spot among the men this

year, Sophomores Ben Fleming of Metairie, La., Ben Redman of Spanish

Fort, and Conner Kirkikis of Kenner, La., find themselves in what Williams

characterizes as a “dogfight” for the third through seventh spots with

Baton Rouge, La., freshmen Conner Bueche and Brennan McLean.

Senior Ben Pace of Dallas, Texas, juniors Fritz Boudreaux of Pensacola,

Fla., Jesus Fuentes of Opelousas, La., and Eric Mooney of Willoughby

Hills, Ohio, will join sophomore Michael Anderson of Marietta, Ga., and

freshmen Phillip Travis of Poplarville and Patrick Lameka of Chicago, Ill., as

competitors for a scoring position each time the Badgers run.

“Our men should finish in the top five of the conference,” says

Williams. “If they do the right things and keep working hard, I expect us

to be in the top three or four with a shot at second. It should be a bright

season for both our teams.”

PreVIeW 2012JOE WILLIAMS

Joe Williams of Mobile

is in his fourth season as

head coach of the Spring

Hill College men’s and

women’s cross country

teams. He previously

served as the Director

of Physical Education

at St. Luke’s Episcopal

School in Mobile where

he also coached track, volleyball and soccer. While

at St. Luke’s, he played an instrumental role in

establishing cross country as a CMSAA sport and

organized the school’s first track club.

From 2004 to 2008, Williams was an assistant

track coach at McGill-Toolen Catholic High School

where he also served as the junior varsity track

coach. He was an Activities Therapist with Mobile

Mental Health from 1993 to 1999, and prior to

that career, he was an assistant track coach at the

University of South Alabama in 1986-87 where

he worked primarily with sprinters, hurdlers and

jumpers.

Williams holds a BS in Biology from Central

State University in Edmund, Okla., and an MS in

Physical Education from Northwest Missouri State

University in Maryville, Mo. He ran both track and

cross country at CSU. Upon graduation, he began

his coaching career as a graduate assistant in Track

& Field at NMSU in 1981.

ANGELO HARRIS

Angelo Harris is

in his fourth season as

a volunteer assistant

coach with the men’s and

women’s cross country

teams.

ON THE COVER:

Seniors (left to right)

Melissa Menendez, Payton Tanner,

Ben Pace and Kiearstan Carter

PHOTOS BY: Seth Laubinger

Head CoaCH

assIstant CoaCH

Katie DolanFR.

Ben PaceSR.

Fritz Boudreaux IIIJR.

Jesus FuentesJR.

Eric MooneyJR.

Michael AndersonSO.

Kiearstan CarterSR.

Melissa MenendezSR.

Payton TannerSR.

Anna DewineJR.

Emily DolanJR.

Claire StewartJR.

Esperanza PaceSO.

2011results

Men’steaM

Women’s ResultsSept. 10 – Badger Brawl hosted by Spring Hill College at Langan Park, Mobile, Ala. (5,000 meters). Team: Spring Hill College, 1st of 3 teams (34 points). Individuals: (26 runners) 1, Kate Imwalle 19:41.34; 3, Emily Dolan 21:46.73; 5, Payton Tanner 22:38.74; 14, Kiearstan Carter 24:26.89; 15, Meghan Kacic 24:55.88; 16, Claire Stewart 25:14.04; 18, Emily Stewart 25:37.13; 22, Ashley Derenbecker 28:46.68; 25, Alex Davis 31:16.26.

Sept. 17 – Azalea City Classic hosted by the University of South Alabama at Brookley Field in Mobile, Alabama (6,000 meters). Team: Spring Hill College, 3rd of 6 teams (85 points). Individuals: (39 runners) 4, Kate Imwalle 23:44.58; 17, Payton Tanner 27:36.95; 18, Emily Dolan 27:37.56; 22, Meghan Kacic 29:27.34; 24, Kiearstan Carter 29:50.27; 25, Kaitlin Saacks 30:07.47; 30, Claire Stewart 32:46.56; 31, Ashley Derenbecker 33:04.25; 35, Anna DeWine 35:09.24.

Oct. 1 – Gulf Coast Stampede hosted by the University of West Florida at Escambia Co. Equestrian Center, Pensacola, Florida (5,000 meters). Team: Spring Hill College, 10th of 16 teams (257 points). Individuals: (122 runners) 8, Kate Imwalle 18:39.10; 52, Payton Tanner 20:58.60; 55, Emily Dolan 21:06.10; 85, Danielle Phillips 22:54.90; 88, Emily Stewart 22:59.20; 90, Megan Kacic 23:13.20; 92, Kaitlin Saacks 23:19.80; 98, Kiearstan Carter 23:51.80; 101, Claire Stewart 24:13.50; 110, Ashley Derenbecker 25:38.30; 112, Lauren Whitney 26:02.30; 113, Anna DeWine 26:09.80.

Oct. 7 – Watson Ford Invitational hosted by Mississippi College at Choctaw Trails, Clinton, Mississippi (6,000 meters). Team: Spring Hill College, 5th of 13 teams (176 points). Individuals: (102 runners) 1, Kate Imwalle 23:05.77; 28, Emily Dolan 26:42.67; 54, Danielle Phillips, 29:44.81; 57, Meghan Kacic 30:06.57; 62, Kiearstan Carter 30:57.18; 65, Anna DeWine 31:40.21; 66, Claire Stewart 31:40.64; 77, Ashley Derenbecker 33:00.03; 83, Lauren Whitney 34:10.27; 91, Alex Davis 37:32.49.

Oct. 22 – Southeast Cross Country Classic hosted by Berry College at Rome, Georgia (5,000 meters). Team: 20th of 35 teams (578 points). Individuals: (310 runners) 6, Kate Imwalle 18:44.37; 113, Emily Dolan 21:07.68; 122, Payton Tanner 21:11.54; 226, Emily Stewart 23:12.75; 250, Meghan Kacic 23:57.61; 256, Ashley Derenbecker 24:06.88; 267, Anna DeWine 24:39.80; 269, Kiearstan Carter 24:48.05; 281, Danielle Phillips 25:22.77; 286, Lauren Whitney 25:42.43; 289, Claire Stewart 25:49.25.

Nov. 5 – SSAC Championships hosted by Belhaven University at Choctaw Trails, Clinton, Mississippi (5,000 meters). Team: 5th of 12 teams (150 points). Individuals: (83 runners) 4, Kate Imwalle 18:52.14; 16, Emily Dolan 20:14.59; 18, Payton Tanner 20:28.76; 58, Emily Stewart 23:19.48; 61, Meghan Kacic 23:32.82; 66, Anna DeWine 23:53.72; 68, Claire Stewart 24:02.87; 74, Ashley Derenbecker 25:22.06.

Nov. 19 – NAIA National Championships hosted by Cascade Collegiate Conference and Concordia (Ore.) University at Fort Vancouver National Historic Site, Vancouver, Washington (5,000 meters). Individual: (323 runners) 157, Kate Imwalle 19:50.00; 306, Emily Dolan 21:47.00.

Men’s ResultsSept. 10 – Badger Brawl hosted by Spring Hill College at Langan Park, Mobile, Ala. (5,000 meters). Team: Spring Hill College, 1st of 4 teams (20 points). Individuals: (33 runners) 2, Ben Redman 17:31.50; 3, Christopher “Will” Kirkikis 17:55.17; 10, Conner Kirkikis 18:09.46; 6; John Russell 18:10.33; 7, Ben Fleming 18:15.08; 10, Christian Boyer 18:39.07; 14, Fritz Boudreaux 19:13.10; 17, Michael Anderson 19:42.26; 22, Brennan Gaffney 20:29.71; 27, Ben Pace 21:41.22.

Sept. 17 – Azalea City Classic hosted by the University of South Alabama at Brookley Field in Mobile, Alabama (8,000 meters). Team: Spring Hill College, 2nd of 5 teams (56 points). Individuals: (39 runners) 9, Christopher “Will” Kirkikis 28:46.68; 11, Ben Redman 29:09.32; 14, Conner Kirkikis 30:06.09; 15, Christian Boyer 30:20.41; 17, Ben Fleming 30:45.01; 21, Michael Anderson 31:02.28; 22, John Russell 31:23.29; 26, Fritz Boudreaux 32:27.90; 31, Brennan Gaffney 33:09.21; 32, Thomas Kinsey 34:03.47; 37 Jesus Fuentes 38:24.01.

Oct. 1 – Gulf Coast Stampede hosted by the University of West Florida at Escambia Co. Equestrian Center, Pensacola, Florida (8,000 meters). Team: Spring Hill College, 7th of 13 teams (193 points). Individuals: (98 runners) 30, Christopher “Will” Kirkikis 27:34.40; 52, Ben Redman 29:07.60; 55, Michael Anderson 29:26.70; 56, Ben Fleming 29:34.30; 57, John Russell 29:38.10; 59, Christian Boyer 29:50.00; 62, Conner Kirkikis 30:12.30; 76, Fritz Boudreaux 31:49.30.

Oct. 7 – Watson Ford Invitational hosted by Mississippi College at Choctaw Trails, Clinton, Mississippi (8,000 meters). Team: Spring Hill College, 6th of 11 teams (161 points). Individuals: (81 runners) 18, Christopher “Will” Kirkikis 28:29.56; 31, John Russell 30:30.95; 32, Michael Anderson 30:37.64; 43, Ben Fleming 31:53.33; 49, Thomas Kinsey 32:56.15; 53, Fritz Boudreaux 33:38.07; 59, Christian Boyer 34:17.28.

Oct. 22 – Southeast Cross Country Classic hosted by Berry College at Rome, Georgia (8,000 meters). Team: 23rd of 34 teams (707 points). Individuals: (309 runners) 155, Ben Redman 28:30.23; 162, Christopher “Will” Kirkikis 28:37.50; 169, John Russell 28:45.46; 189, Conner Kirkikis 29:05.43; 204, Christian Boyer 29:34.10; 222, Ben Fleming 29:59.69; 242, Brandon Arquette 30:46.14; 256, Fritz Boudreaux 31:23.74; 287, Thomas Kinsey 34:20.71.

Nov. 5 – SSAC Championships hosted by Belhaven University at Choctaw Trails, Clinton, Mississippi (8,000 meters). Team: 7th of 11 teams (167 points). Individuals: (87 runners) 25, Christopher “Will” Kirkikis 28:07.15; 35, John Russell 29:03.36; 36, Christian Boyer 29:05.69; 40, Conner Kirkikis 29:23.43; 46, Michael Anderson 29:43.96; 48, Ben Redman 29:51.07; 55, Brandon Arquette 30:16.01; 57 Ben Fleming 30:42.82.

Katie DolanFR.

Makena LidieFR.

Anna GableFR.

Jordan TravisFR.

Ben FlemingSO.

Conner KirkikisSO

Patrick LamekaFR.

Brennan McleanFR.

Ben RedmanFR.

2012roster

WoMen’steaM

MENNAME CLASS HOMETOWN / PREVIOUS SCHOOL

BEN PACE SR DALLAS, TExAS/JESUIT COLLEGE PREP

FRITZ BOUDREAUx III JR PENSACOLA, FLA./PENSACOLA CATHOLIC HIGH

JESUS FUENTES JR OPELOUSAS, LA./OPELOUSAS SENIOR HIGH

ERIC MOONEY JR WILLOUGHBY HILLS, OHIO/ST. IGNATIUS HIGH

MICHAEL ANDERSON SO MARIETTA, GA./LASSITER HIGH

BEN FLEMING SO METAIRIE, LA./METAIRIE PARK COUNTRY DAY

CONNER KIRKIKIS SO KENNER, LA./BROTHER MARTIN HIGH

BEN REDMAN SO SPANISH FORT, ALA./SPANISH FORT HIGH

JOHN RUSSELL SO CULLMAN, ALA./ST. BERNARD PREP

CONNER BUECHE FR BATON ROUGE, LA./CATHOLIC HIGH

PATRICK LAMEKA FR CHICAGO, ILL./NOTRE DAME HIGH

BRENNAN MCLEAN FR BATON ROUGE, LA./CATHOLIC HIGH

JORDAN TRAVIS FR POPLARVILLE, MISS./POPLARVILLE HIGH

PHILLIP TRAVIS FR POPLARVILLE, MISS./POPLARVILLE HIGH

WOMENKIEARSTAN CARTER SR MOBILE, ALA./MURPHY HIGH

MELISSA MENENDEZ SR MIAMI, FLA./OUR LADY OF LOURDES ACADEMY

PAYTON TANNER SR FAIRHOPE, ALA./FAIRHOPE HIGH

ANNA DEWINE JR CEDARVILLE, OHIO/CEDARVILLE HIGH

EMILY DOLAN JR MOBILE, ALA./MCGILL-TOOLEN CATHOLIC

CLAIRE STEWART JR MT. JULIET, TENN./FATHER RYAN HIGH

ESPERANZA PACE SO MOBILE, ALA./MURPHY HIGH

KATIE DOLAN FR MOBILE, ALA./MCGILL-TOOLEN CATHOLIC HIGH

ANNA GABLE FR MOBILE, ALA./MCGILL-TOOLEN CATHOLIC HIGH

MAKENA LIDIE FR LAKE FOREST, CALIF./EL TORO HIGH

JOE H. WILLIAMS - HEAD COACH - 4TH SEASON

ANGELO HARRIS - ASSISTANT COACH - 4TH SEASON

Phillip TravisFR.

2012 sPrIng HIll College Cross Country

2012sCHedule TIMESDATE EVENT LOCATION MEN’S / WOMEN’SSept. 8 Loyola University Wolfpack Classic New Orleans, La. 8:30 a.m. 8 a.m.Sept. 15 Azalea City Classic Mobile, Ala. 7:30 a.m. 8:20 a.m.Sept. 22 Gulf Coast Stampede Pensacola, Fla. 8 a.m. 7:30 a.m.Oct. 6 Walt Disney World Classic Kissimmee, Fla. 7:45 a.m. 8:30 a.m.Oct. 13 SHC Badger Brawl Municipal (Langan) Park TBA TBAOct. 20 TBA TBA TBA TBANov. 3 SSAC Championships Clinton, Miss. TBA TBANov. 17 NAIA National Championships Vancouver, Wash. 11:45 a.m. 10:30 a.m.