2004-05 Media Guide

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2004-05 Media Guide

This is UConn Women’s Cross Country/Track and Field
TABLE OF CONTENTS
2004-05 Schedules ................................................................................ 1
UConn Quick Facts ................................................................................. 1
Head Coach Bill Morgan ......................................................................... 2
Assistant Coach Kim McGreevy ............................................................ 3
Assistant Coach Clive Terrelonge ......................................................... 4
2004-05 Rosters ..................................................................................... 5
2004-05 Preview ................................................................................ 6-7
Athlete Profiles ................................................................................. 8-17
Deirdre Mullen .......................................................................................... 8
April Garner ............................................................................................. 9
Kristen Meyer ........................................................................................ 10
Julie LaFrano/Daisy VanRavenswaay ................................................ 11
Allison Booth/Jennifer Rogers/Niamh Cunningham ............................. 12
Jillian Sullivan/Cassie Buckwalter/Edwina Clark/Erin Donnelly
/Tamara Highsmith ................................................................................. 13
Maxine Davilia/Daphne Desrosiers/Sarah Fisher/Kaitlyn Whitlock/
Orlaith Cunningham/Allison Croft ......................................................... 14
Melanie Murphy/Meghan O’Conor/Marlene Priest/Lauren Kopecki/Cara
Reardon/Erin Sales/Leah Williams ....................................................... 15
Kathryn Bieganousky/Morgan Blanchard/Julianne McLane/Erin Fuller/
Lashanda Jackson/Lisa Kachmarsky/Emily Lewek/Rachel Rome ..... 16
Juliene Anderson/Katherine Capella/Kelly Lang/Danielle Lattimore/
Bethany Lepine/Christine Matteis/
Geraldine Napoleone/Rachel Smith ...................................................... 17
2003-04 Review ............................................................................. 18-19
Team/Individual Honors ................................................................... 20-21
Relay Honors ......................................................................................... 22
Team Records ....................................................................................... 23
Top Performers ..................................................................................... 24
Facility Records .................................................................................... 25
Support Staff ......................................................................................... 26
Athletic Development ............................................................................ 27
This is UConn Athletics ................................................................... 28-29
A Husky Tradition of Excellence .......................................................... 30
Track and Field Facilities ...................................................................... 31
UConn Track and Field Olympians ....................................................... 32
UNIVERSITY QUICK FACTS
Location .......................................................... Storrs, Conn. 06269-3078
Enrollment ....................................................................................... 26,629
Founded ............................................................................................ 1881
Campus Information ......................................................... (860) 486-2000
Nickname ......................................................................... Huskies, UConn
Colors ............................................................. National Flag Blue & White
Mascot ..................................................................... Jonathan Husky Dog
Conference ............................................................................... BIG EAST
Affiliation .......................................................................... NCAA Division I
President ...................................................................... Dr. Philip E. Austin
Director of Athletics .................................................... Jeffrey Hathaway
Associate AD/Senior Women’s Administrator ..................... Pat Babcock
Executive Director of Athletics ................................................. Neal Eskin
Division of Athletics Phone ................................................ 860-486-2725
Associate Director of Athletics/Communications ........... Michael Enright
Assistant Director of Athletics/Communications .................. Kyle Muncy
Assistant Director/Athletic Communications ...................... Randy Press
Assistant Director/Athletic Communications ........................ Leigh Torbin
Athletic Communications Assists. ...... Jillian Jakuba, Courtney Walerius
Athletic Communications Secretary ............................. Luanne Dunstan
Athletic Communications Phone ...................................... (860) 486-3531
Athletic Communications Fax .......................................... (860) 486-5085
Husky Sports Hotline ........................................................ (860) 486-5050
Women’s Cross Country/Track & Field Contact ................. Jillian Jakuba
Email .................................................................. [email protected]
Web Page Address ................................................... UConnHuskies.com
T R A C K & F I E L D / C R O S S C O U N T R Y QUICK FACTS
Head Coach ............................................................................... Bill Morgan
Office Phone ....................................................................... 860-486-4840
Coach Morgan’s E-mail ................................ [email protected]
Assistant Coaches ......................... Kim McGreevy and Clive Terrelonge
Assistants’ Phone ............................................................... 860-486-7516
Coach McGreevy’s E-mail ............................. [email protected]
Coach Terrelonge’s E-mail .......................... [email protected]
Credits: The 2004-2005 University of Connecticut Women’s Track and Field/Cross
Country Yearbook/Media Guide was written, designed and edited by Jillian Jakuba,
University of Connecticut Athletic Communications Assistant. Editing coordinated by
Luanne Dunstan, Athletic Communications Secretary. Special thanks to Bill Morgan
for his assistance. This publication was produced using Adobe Pagemaker 6.5.
Photography by Steve Slade, Bob Stowell, C.W. Pack Sports and Prettysporty.com.
Printed by Pyne-Davidson, Hartford, Conn. for the University of Connecticut
Division of Athletics, Jeff Hathaway, Director.
2004-05 Schedule
Cross Country
SEPTEMBER
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at Blue Devil XC Invitational (New Britain, Conn.)
11
at Wildcat Invitational (Durham, N.H.)
25
at Iona Meet of Champions (Bronx, N.Y.)
OCTOBER
8
at New England Championship (Boston, Mass.)
23
at Blue Devil XC Mini-Meet (New Britain, Conn.)
29
at BIG EAST Championship (Boston, Mass.)
NOVEMBER
13
at NCAA Regional Qualifier (New York, N.Y.)
22
at NCAA Championship (Terre Haute, Ind.)
Indoor Track & Field
DECEMBER
4
at Brown Invitational (Providence, R.I.)
10
at URI Pentathlon (Kingston, R.I.)
JANUARY
7
at URI Invitational (Kingston, R.I.)
15
at Army Invitational (West Point, N.Y.)
21
at URI Invitational (Kingston, R.I.)
28-29 at Terrier Invitational (Boston, Mass.)
28-29 at Penn State Open (State College, Pa.)
FEBRUARY
11-12 at Valentine’s Meet (Boston, Mass.)
19-20 at BIG EAST Championships (Syracuse, N.Y.)
25-26 at New England Championships (Boston, Mass.)
MARCH
5-6
at ECAC Championships (Boston, Mass.)
11-12 at NCAA Championships (Fayetteville, Ark.)
Outdoor Track & Field
MARCH
19
26
APRIL
1-2
9
15-17
16
23
28-30
30
MAY
6-8
13-14
13-14
27-28
JUNE
8-11
at Miami Invitational (Miami, Fla.)
at Army Invitational (West Point, N.Y.)
at University of South Florida Invitational (Tampa, Fla.)
UCONN INVITATIONAL (STORRS, CONN.)
at Mt. Sac Relays (Walnut, Calif.)
at Brown Invitational (Providence, R.I.)
UCONNN ‘SELECT’ INVITATIONAL (STORRS, CONN.)
at Penn Relays (Philadelphia, Pa.)
UCONN PRE-CONFERENCE MEET (STORRS, CONN.)
at
at
at
at
BIG EAST Championships (Piscataway, N.J.)
New England Championships (Durham, N.H.)
ECAC Championships (Princeton, N.J.)
NCAA Regional Championships (New York, N.Y.)
at NCAA Championship (Sacramento, Calif.)
ON THE COVERS
Outside Front: April Garner, Kristen Meyer and Daisy VanRavenswaay
(Background: National Team Members Deirdre Mullen and Daisy VanRavenswaay)
Inside Front: 2004-05 Women’s Track and Field Team Picture
Inside Back: Connecticut Cross Country/Track & Field All-Americans
Outside Back: Deirdre Mullen
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Head Coach Bill Morgan
BILL MORGAN
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HEAD COACH
FIRST SEASON - 24TH OVERALL
WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY/TRACK AND FIELD
FIELD/MULTI-EVENTS
Bill Morgan is in his first season as head coach of the Connecticut women’s track and field program, after serving as an assistant
coach for 22 years and as interim head coach this past season. He specializes with coaching in the field events and multi-events, for
which he has gained a national reputation for excellence after guiding numerous UConn athletes to national, collegiate and Olympic
Trials successes. Morgan was an assistant coach during the BIG EAST Conference Championships of 1986 and 1995 along with 23
New England Championships. His total of 131 conference champions includes 23 ECAC, 63 New England and 45 BIG EAST titles.
There were many highlights during his interim head coaching position in 2003-2004. Morgan’s cross country team placed 4th of 41
teams at the New England Championship for its best finish in nine years. The squad placed eighth out of 14 at the BIG EAST and took
11th out of 36 teams at the NCAA Regional Championship, both five-year bests for the Huskies.
His indoor track and field squad captured the New England Championship while placing sixth out of 44 teams at the ECAC Championships. Nicola Hines became Morgan’s first “track” conference champion as she won the 500-meter at the New England Indoor
Championships and also coached April Garner to the New England and ECAC Championships in the hurdles. The season concluded
with six individual conference champions, two school records and an All-American. The outdoor season proved to be just as exciting.
Morgan produced two conference champions in the discus and the high jump, three NCAA regional qualifiers and an Olympic Trials
qualifier while adding three school records.
During his tenure at Connecticut, Morgan has coached nine All-America performers to 18 All-America titles, the most recent being
Deirdre Mullen during the indoor and outdoor campaign in 2003-04. Morgan also coached Nicole Toney in the triple jump in 2001 and
NCAA Runner-Up Tamika Toppin in the high jump. Prior to that, he coached Toppin in the high jump (1998 and 1999), Bethany Hart
(1999 and 2000) and Wendy Berutto (1997) in the hammer throw, long jumpers Carol Galloway (1985) and Cheryl Brantle (1992), Terry
Roy in 1992, 1993 and 1995, and high jumper Ronna Deffer, an NCAA National Outdoor Championship finalist in 1992.
Morgan’s athletes have taken part in four Olympic trials. In July of 2000, he accompanied Hart and Toppin to the U.S. Olympic Trials
in Sacramento where Hart was the top collegian in the competition. The duo was his fourth and fifth student-athletes to qualify for the
trials. He also coached Roy, Brantle and Berutto to the U.S. Olympic Trials in Atlanta in June of 1996, Roy to the 1992 trials in New
Orleans and most recently in 2004, Mullen to the trials in Sacramento, Calif.
In 2004, Mullen became his second national team member as she participated in the NECAC Under-23 Championships in Sherbrooke,
Canada. One of Morgan’s former athletes, three time All-American Terry Roy, also became the Junior National Champion in the
heptathlon while participating in the World Junior Championships in Korea. Morgan’s work with Amy Parkosewich moved her from a
freshman walk-on to an NCAA outdoor qualifier and nationally ranked discus thrower during her career at UConn.
Morgan has taken part in the USA Track and Field Women’s Junior Elite Throws Camp in San Diego as well as the USA Track and
Field Women’s Elite Heptathlon Summit in Tucson,
Arizona, along with All-American Roy. He has also written published articles on topics related to imagery in
sport. In 2002, Morgan was acknowledged as an
AFLAC National Assistant Coach of the Year for distinguished service at the University of Connecticut.
Morgan presently resides in Storrs. He recently retired after 30 years of public school teaching; 29 of
those in the Columbia School District as a physical
education instructor. Horace W. Porter School was
recognized as the only school in the state to have received the Outstanding Achievement Award on the Connecticut State Physical Fitness Assessment Mastery
Test for an unprecedented six straight years. Morgan
was an undefeated coach at Porter School for five
years, going 51-0 in dual meet competition. Among
the many age-group athletes he has coached, Morgan
developed three national champions in the shot put,
discus and pentathlon. Morgan received his Bachelor
of Science degree in health and physical education
from Southern Connecticut State University in 1972
and received his master’s degree from SCSU in the
same field of study in 1973. In 1986, he received an
Head Coach Bill Morgan (Right) with Assistants Clive Terrelonge and Kim McGreevy
advanced degree in sport biomechanics from UConn.
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Assistant Coach Kim McGreevy
- 2000 OLYMPIC TRIALS COMPETITOR -
KIM MCGREEVY
- ASSISTANT COACH - FIRST SEASON
- WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY/TRACK AND FIELD
- CROSS COUNTRY/MID & LONG DISTANCE
As a Coach...
Kim McGreevy is in her first year as the Assistant
Women’s Track and Field/Cross Country Coach.
After nine years at Penn State, where she was a
student-athlete and a coach, McGreevy brings a
wealth of experience and enthusiasm to the Husky
staff. McGreevy is responsible for cross country and
the middle distance/distance events and looks to build
a distance corps that is competitive in the BIG EAST,
contributing to the program’s dominance in the conference.
While coaching at Penn State, McGreevy worked
within the staff that rebuilt the program into a Big
Ten Conference powerhouse. In addition, she earned
her master’s degree and ran as a professional athlete during her tenure on the staff.
As a Post-Collegiate Athlete...
As a post-collegiate athlete, McGreevy was sponsored by the New York Athletic Club. Most notably, she competed in the 2000 U.S. Olympic Trials in the 1500-meter run and represented the United States in the 2001
Ekiden Relay in Chiba, Japan. In cross country, she earned eleventh place at the 2001 World 8k Trials. On the
track, McGreevy finished 10th in the 1500-meter at the 2001 USATF
Outdoor Championship and was 12th in the same event in 2002. Her
personal bests stand at 4:17.10 for the 1500-meter and 15:55.24 for
the 5000-meter.
As a Student Athlete...
McGreevy was a standout performer in her collegiate career at Penn
State, highlighted by being named Penn State Female Athlete of the
Year in 1997. After winning the Big Ten Cross Country Championship in
1996, she was named the Big Ten Athlete of the Year in that sport. She
earned All-America honors five times, including: the 3000-meter (indoor – 1995 while at the U.S. Naval Academy), cross country (1996),
the distance medley relay (indoor – 1996), the mile (indoor – 1997),
and the 1500-meter (outdoor – 1997). Succeeding also in the classroom, McGreevy was an Academic All-America selection.
After attending the U.S. Naval Academy from 1993-1995, McGreevy
earned a Bachelor of Science in accounting with a minor in kinesiology
(1998) and a Master of Education in student affairs (2003), both from
Penn State. Originally from Clarks Summit, Pa., she now resides in
Manchester, Conn.
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Assistant Coach Clive Terrelonge
- TWO-TIME OLYMPIAN/WORLD CHAMPION -
CLIVE TERRELONGE
- ASSISTANT COACH - FIRST SEASON
- WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY/TRACK AND FIELD
- SPRINTS/HURDLES
As a Coach...
Clive Terrelonge is in his first season as an Assistant
Women’s Track and Field Coach. Terrelonge served as
a volunteer assistant sprints/hurdles coach for Brown
University’s track and field program from 2002-2004. He
helped guide the team from the middle of the pack in the
Ivy League in 2002 to a second place finish in 2004.
Over those two years, his sprinters broke two school
records that stood for over ten years in the 100-meter
dash and the 110-meter hurdles. In 2004, the team had
its first women’s Ivy League 100-meter champion in over
six years. All sprinters and hurdlers achieved personal
bests in their events during Terrelonge’s tenure.
Prior to his position at Brown, Terrelonge was an assistant women’s and men’s sprints coach at his alma
mater, Lincoln University in Pennsylvania from 1996 to
2000. In 1998, he helped lead the women’s squad to an
NCAA Division III Championship and produced eight AllAmerican sprinters/hurdlers that year. During his time
as an assistant at Lincoln, the men captured six NCAA
indoor and outdoor titles and two runner-up trophies. The
men’s sprinters also set five NCAA records and earned
over sixty All-America honors.
As a Post-Collegiate Athlete...
From 1993-1998, Terrelonge traveled around the world
on the Grand Prix Track and Field tour. He achieved success in the 400 and 800-meter and was a four-time Jamaica National Champion from 1992-1996. Terrelonge was a two-time Olympian for Jamaica in Barcelona in
1992 and in Atlanta in 1996. In 1995, he also became the first Jamaican ever to win a World Championship
gold medal in the 800-meter.
As a Student Athlete...
While competing for Lincoln University, Terrelonge earned 19 Division III All-America honors in the 400, 800
and the 4x400-meter relay. He is a former NCAA double 400 and triple 800-meter indoor/outdoor champion and still
holds the 800-meter NCAA Division III outdoor record. Terrelonge served as captain for Lincoln from 1991 through
1993 and received his Bachelor of Science degree in health and physical education from Lincoln in 1994.
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2004-05 Roster
2004 -2005
WOMEN’S TRACK AND FIELD ROSTER
Name
Hometown
Juliene Anderson
Kathryn Bieganousky
Morgan Blanchard
Allison Booth
Cassie Buckwalter
Katherine Capella
Edwina Clark
Allison Croft
Niamh Cunningham
Orlaith Cunningham
Maxine Davila
Daphne Desrosiers
Erin Donnelly
Sarah Fisher
Erin Fuller
April Garner
Tamara Highsmith
Lashanda Jackson
Lisa Kachmarsky
Lauren Kopecki
Julie LaFrano
Bloomfield, Conn.
Sparta, N.J.
Sterling, Conn.
Shelby, Ohio
New Wilmington, Pa.
Pennsville, N.J.
Sydney, Australia
Ellington, Conn.
Branford, Conn.
Branford, Conn.
Staten Island, N.Y.
Danielson, Conn.
Barrington, R.I.
Houston, Texas
Hillsborough, NJ
Temple Hills, Md.
East Haven, Conn.
Bridgeport, Conn.
Monroe, N.Y.
Millington, N.J.
Loudonville, N.Y.
Year
So.
Fr.
Fr.
So.
So.
So.
Fr.
Fr.
Jr.
Fr.
Fr.
Fr.
Fr.
Fr.
Sr.
Sr.
Fr.
Sr.
So.
Fr.
Sr.
Event
Sprints
Sprints
Sprints
Throws
Throws
Jumps
Jumps
Distance
Distance
Distance
Distance
Sprints
Throws
Mid-Distance
Sprints
Sprints
Multi-Events
Sprints
Pole Vault
Distance
Distance
Name
Hometown
Kelly Lang
Danielle Lattimore
Bethany Lepine
Emily Lewek
Christine Matteis
Julianne McLane
Kristen Meyer
Deirdre Mullen
Melanie Murphy
Geraldine Napoleone
Meghan O’Conor
Marlene Priest
Cara Reardon
Jennifer Rogers
Rachel Rome
Erin Sales
Rachel Smith
Jillian Sullivan
Daisy VanRavenswaay
Kaitlyn Whitlock
Leah Williams
Placo, Texas
Easton, Pa.
Colchester, Conn.
Scotia, N.Y.
Wallingford, Conn.
New Canaan, Conn.
Hillsborough, N.J.
Princeton, N.J.
Newtown, Conn.
Norwalk, Conn.
Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
South Dennis, Mass.
Northborough, Mass.
Parksville, B.C.
Morristown, N.J.
Windsor Locks, Conn.
Reading, Mass.
Bristol, Conn.
Canfield, Ont.
Bethel, Conn.
Brookfield, Conn.
Year
Fr.
So.
So.
Fr.
Fr.
Fr.
Sr.
Gr.
Jr.
Jr.
Fr.
So.
Jr.
So.
Fr.
Jr.
So.
So.
So.
Fr.
Jr.
Event
Sprints
Sprints
Distance
Mid-Distance
Throws
Hurdles
Distance
High Jump
Distance
Distance
Distance
Multi-Events
Distance
Sprints
Mid-Distance
Sprints
Multi-Events
Distance
Throws
Sprints
Pole Vault
2004
CROSS COUNTRY ROSTER
Name
Morgan Blanchard
Allison Croft
Niamh Cunningham
Orlaith Cunningham
Maxine Davila
Sarah Fisher
Lauren Kopecki
Julie LaFrano
Bethany Lepine
Emily Lewek
Kristen Meyer
Melanie Murphy
Geraldine Napoleone
Meghan O’Conor
Marlene Priest
Cara Reardon
Rachel Rome
Erin Sales
Jillian Sullivan
Kaitlyn Whitlock
First Row: Coach Bill Morgan, Jillian Sullivan, Bethany Lepine, Cara Reardon, Sarah Fisher, Marlene Priest,
Niamh Cunningham, Kaitlyn Whitlock, Rachel Rome, Geraldine Napoleone. Second Row: Coach Clive Terrelonge,
Orlaith Cunningham, Lauren Kopecki, Allison Croft, Morgan Blanchard, Emily Lewek, Meghan O’Conor, Maxine
Davila. Top Row: Kristen Meyer, Julie LaFrano, Melanie Murphy, Erin Sales, Coach Kim McGreevy.
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How highly touted members transition into the collegiate ranks could determine their position in meets.
Led by talented senior co-captain Kristen Meyer
April Garner returns for her final year after complet(Hillsborough, N.J.), the UConn Huskies are poised ing a stellar junior campaign. As ECAC Champion
for yet another successful cross country season. As and NCAA Regional qualifier, Garner sets her sights
the Huskies’ top returner, Meyer will look to earn New on competing at the National championship. During
England, BIG EAST and NCAA Northeast Regional the outdoor season, she eclipsed the 15-year prohonors while leading her teammates through the in- gram record of April Davis (’89) in the 100-meter
tense championship schedule. Undoubtedly one of hurdles and also the indoor record in the 55-meter
the premiere cross country conferences in the coun- hurdles previously held by Tamika Toppin (’01). She
try, the BIG EAST will pose a great opportunity to es- should get strong support from newcomers and state
tablish UConn cross country on the national scene. champion Tamara Highsmith (East Haven, Conn.),
Leading the “pack attack” will be junior Niamh Julie McClane (New Canaan, Conn.) and Kaitlyn
Cunningham (Branford, Conn.), sophomore Jillian Whitlock (Bethel, Conn.). Highsmith comes to UConn
Sullivan (Bristol, Conn.) and senior co-captain Julie from East Haven High School, where she set
LaFrano (Loudonville, N.Y.). Their collective talents Hammonasett, SCC and Class L records in the 100and experience will pay great dividends out on the meter high hurdles and the 300-meter hurdles.
course. Joined by an outstanding crop of freshman McClane was a two-time Connecticut Champion in
talent, which include high school All-American Maxine the outdoor 100-meter high hurdles and Whitlock was
Davila (Staten Island, N.Y.), top Connecticut athletes named All-State in the 100-meter hurdles twice and
Allison Croft (Ellington, Conn.) and Orlaith was a three-time All-State selection in the 300-meter
Cunningham (Branford, Conn.) and Meghan O’Conor hurdles.
With Garner’s availability in the sprints, a strong
of cross country powerhouse Saratoga Springs, N.Y.,
the Husky team will prove to be formidable this sea- core will develop with the addition of short sprinter
Daphne Desrosiers (Danielson, Conn.). Kelly Lang
son.
(Placo, Texas) should transition well into the group.
In the longer sprints, look for returning sophomore
Track and Field
Jennifer Rogers (Parksville, B.C.) to lead. Two of the
This season, first year head coach Bill Morgan looks remaining freshmen who will run the 400-meter also
for the Huskies to continue their progress from 2003- excel in the long hurdles. Highsmith and Whitlock
04 and build on the many successes they have along with Marlene Priest (Chatham, Mass.) make
achieved. With the addition of two highly regarded this group highly competitive. Also look for junior Erin
assistant coaches, the staff is in place to approach Sales to provide a boost in this area along with sophonational recognition. With the return of four-time All- more Danielle Lattimore (Easton, Pa.).
An outstanding addition to the sprint corps could
American Deirdre Mullen (Princeton, N.J.), ECAC
hurdles champion April Garner (Temple Hills, Md.) come from long jump specialist Edwina Clark
and distance veteran Kristen Meyer, the squad will (Sydney, Austalia) as she makes her mark on the
rely on this veteran leadership and the expected collegiate scene. Connecticut native Morgan
strength from the freshman and sophomore classes. Blanchard (Sterling, Conn.) could be a surprise comCross Country
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ing off a fine high school career. She was a Class M
state champion in the 400-meter and a Class S state
champion in the 600-meter.
On the track, the middle distance/distance corps
welcomes several new faces to an already talented
group. Most notably in the middle distances, freshman Sara Fisher (Houston, Texas), who was a threetime state finalist and nationally ranked in the 800meter, and nationally-ranked relay (Burnt Hills H.S.)
anchor Emily Lewek (Scotia, N.Y.) will make an immediate impact.
Rolling out of the cross country season, Kristen
Meyer will look to crush her personal records on the
track at 3000-meter and 5000-meters, putting her in
a position to vie for BIG EAST honors. High school
All-American steeplechaser Maxine Davila will
branch out to the mile/1500-meters, and Niamh
Cunningham will represent the Huskies at 10,000meters. The event group will be rounded out by a
wealth of cross country talent that is fresh from a strong
fall campaign.
Horizontal Jumps
Clark’s immediate contribution should be felt in the
long jump as a two-time member of the Australian
Youth Olympic Squad and participant in the National
Underage Championships. The triple jump will be a
viable event and along with Highsmith, the two provide a great one-two punch.Rogers should improve
in this area after her initial year of training as well.
High Jumps
ing for the National Under-23 team and participating
in her first Olympic Trials. Having jumped 6’2” outdoors, her rise on the national scene has been remarkable and her leadership invaluable. She will also
serve as mentor as the multi-talented Highsmith
learns the intricacies of the event.
Throws
With the graduation of NCAA participant Amy
Parkosewich, the team looks to the sophomore class
to fill the void. Leading the group will be Canadian
National Under-23 team member Daisy
VanRavenswaay (Canfield, Ont.). VanRavenswaay
set new freshman records in all throwing events, both
indoor and outdoor, while entering the top five alltime in shot put and discus. After redshirting the outdoor season, she looks to begin her ascent toward
national recognition. Classmates Allison Booth
(Shelby, Ohio) and Cassandra Buckwalter (New
Wilmington, Pa.) will provide outstanding depth with
expected break-out years. Booth had a team-best
mark of 13.92 meters (45-8.00) in the shot put during the outdoor season last year. Also look for newcomer Christine Matteis (Wallingford, Conn.) to develop for the shot put and discus.
With a program history of national caliber hammer
throwers, the Huskies only had to go across the border to attract the nation’s leading no. 20 weight and
hammer thrower. Erin Donnelly (Barrington, R.I.) will
contribute immediately and attempt to surpass 2004
Olympic Trials participant and graduate Bethany
Hart’s record performances.
If there is an area of “high” expectations for the Huskies, it will be in the high jump. Deirdre Mullen returns for an outdoor season after a stellar four-year
run of winning every conference championship, setting both school records, ranking nationally, compet-
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Student Athlete Profiles
DEIRDRE MULLEN - ALL-AMERICAN
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GRADUATE STUDENT
HIGH JUMP
PRINCETON, N.J.
FOUR-TIME ALL-AMERICAN
OLYMPIC TRIALS PARTICIPANT
U.S. UNDER-23 NATIONAL TEAM MEMBER
2003-04: Established herself as one of the top
high jumpers in the country with two NCAA appearances and All-America accolades last season, and was a 2004 Olympic Trials qualifier.
Indoor: Garnered third All-America honor in the
high jump with a third-place mark of 1.86 meters
(6-1.25) at the NCAA Championship to match her
career-best ... earned third consecutive titles at
both the ECAC and New England Championship
in the high jump ... claimed a second straight high
jump title at the BIG EAST Championship ... was
undefeated for the entire season prior to the NCAA
Championship, taking first place at a total of nine
meets ... qualified to compete at the NCAA Championship with her first jump of the season (1.83
meters) at the Alden Invitational where she took
home the MVP Award ... was twice named the
ECAC Women’s Field Athlete of the Week ... set a
new career-best mark at the Adidas Boston Indoor Games (1.86 meters) and later matched it at
the NCAA Championships .... the mark ranked in
a tie for fifth-best jump in the country at the end
of the season. Outdoor: Earned a record-tying
fourth All-America title in the high jump at the
NCAA Championship with a sixthplace mark of 1.84 meters (6-0.5)
... the honor marks only the second time an athlete in the women’s
program has garnered four AllAmerica honors ... broke
her own school record at
the NCAA East Regionals
with a jump of 1.88
meters (6-2) to place second
... earned her first outdoor title at
the ECAC Championship and was runner-up at the BIG EAST Championship ...
earned titles at both UConn Invitationals as
well as at the SeaRay Relays, the Dick Shea
Open and the Miami Invitational ... named the
ECAC Women’s Field Athlete of the Week after
beating out top competition at the SeaRay Relays
with a jump of 1.83 meters (6-0).
2002-03: Indoor: Earned her second All-America
title in the high jump, clearing a height of 1.80
meters (5-10.75) at the NCAA Championship …
won every other meet of the season with the
exception of the USA Track & Field Championship meet … claimed her second ECAC title and
first BIG EAST title … won the BIG EAST honor
with a career-best jump of 1.84 meters (6-0.50)
... named the Mondo Northeast Region Women’s
Athlete of the Year. Outdoor: Did not compete.
2001-02: Indoor: Garnered her first All-America
honors with a fifth-place finish at the NCAA Championship ... her jump of 1.80 meters (5-10.75) at
the championship matched a season-best set en
route to a first-place finish at the ECAC Championship a week earlier ... also claimed victories at
the New England Championship (1.73, 5-8.00),
the New England Challenge Cup (1.73, 5-8.00)
and the New York Roadrunners Armory Invitational (1.75, 5-8.75) ... finished second at the BIG
EAST Championship
(1.76, 59.25) ... over-
all, had 10 topfive finishes on the
season. Outdoor: Qualified for the
NCAA Championship, where she finished
12th with a leap of 1.75 meters (5-8.75) ...
garnered seven victories during the season,
including the first five meets of the season ...
BIG EAST (1.80, 5-10.75) and New England
(1.81, 5-11.25) Champion ... Runner-up at the
ECAC Championship (1.78, 5-10.00).
2000-01: Indoor: Finished no worse
than eighth in the high jump at any of
her eight meets ... finished fourth,
fifth and tied for seventh at the BIG
EAST, New England and ECAC Cham-
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......Indoor Bests......
High Jump - 1.86 (6-1.25)
......Outdoor Bests......
High Jump - 1.88 (6-2)
pionships, respectively ... cleared a season-best
1.68 meters (5-6.00) at each of these events ...
placed second at the Yale Invitational with a jump
of 1.67 meters (5-5.75). Outdoor: Finished second at the BIG EAST Championship in the high
jump with a season-best leap of 1.74 meters (58.50) ... cleared 1.73 meters (5-8.00) in the
following weeks at the New England and ECAC Championships ...
finished third at the New England
meet and second at the ECAC meet ...
completed the season with five second place
and two third place finishes ... named Junior National All-America in the high jump.
High School: Lettered seven times in track &
field while at Notre Dame HS ... selected All-American and All-State in the high jump ... team MVP
and Captain in 1999 and 2000 ... state and county
champ in high jump ... school’s Athlete of the Year
in 2000 ... team won the state Parochial-A crown
all four years ... Student Government Class Representative.
Personal: Deirdre Ann Mullen ... earning her
master’s degree in counseling psychology after
earning an undergraduate degree in human development/family relations ... born May 21, 1982.
APRIL GARNER - ECAC CHAMPION
-
SENIOR
SPRINTS/HURDLES
TEMPLE HILLS, MD.
ECAC INDOOR 55-METER HURDLES CHAMPION
2003-04: Indoor: Recorded the sixth-best
time in UConn’s program history in the first
meet of the season in the 55-meter hurdles
(8.19) to win the event at the Alden Invitational ... followed up with a school-record
performance in the same event at the Yale
Invitational with a time of 7.93 to take first
place ... had a remarkable showing at the
Army Invitational, taking first place in the 60meter hurdles, the 60-meter dash and the
200-meter dash, as well as being the anchor leg of the winning 4x400-meter relay
team ... was a double-winner at the URI Invite #1 in both the 55-meter dash and the
55-meter hurdles ... placed seventh in the
60-meter hurdles at the BIG EAST Championships with a time of 8.73, and won the
55-meter hurdles at the New England
Championships ... capped off her indoor
season with an ECAC Championships title
in the 60-meter hurdles. Outdoor: Took
first place in the 100-meter hurdles at the
first meet of the outdoor season, the Miami
Invitational, with the fourth-best mark alltime at UConn (14.19) ... was a double-winner at the Dick Shea Open, winning both
the 100-meter hurdles and the 200-meter
dash ... also took two wins at the UConn
Invite #1 in the 100-meter hurdles and
the 100-meter dash ... set a schoolrecord time of 13.60 in the semis of the
100-meter hurdles of the ECAC Championships where she placed third ...
qualified to compete at the NCAA East Regional where she placed 11th in the prelims of the 100-meter hurdles with a time of
13.65.
2002-03: Indoor: Consistently placed
in the top four in the 55-meter hurdles,
running a career-best 8.06 at the
New England Championship to
earn second place … ran the 60meter hurdles on three occasions … her season-best time
of 8.73 seconds was in the BIG
EAST preliminaries where she
finished 11th … also qualified for
the ECAC Championships in the
event … finished seventh in the
New England finals in the 200meter with a time of 25.95 seconds
… ran her career-best time (25.60)
in the preliminary round. Outdoor:
Qualified for the NCAA Regional Competition in the 100-meter hurdles and placed
22nd with a time of 14.19 seconds … ran a
career-best 13.92 at the ECAC Championships for fifth place … finished first in the
event at home … ran the 200-meter on two
occasions with a career-best time of 25.61
coming at the Miami Gatorade Invitational.
2001-02: Indoor: New England Champion
in the 55-meter hurdles (8.13 seconds) ...
posted seven top-five finishes in the sprint
hurdles during the season ... finished sixth
at the BIG EAST Championship in the 60meter hurdles (8.82) and notched a victory
in the 55-meter hurdles at the New England
Challenge Cup (8.25) ... season-best time
of 8.11 in the 55-meter hurdles came en
route to a second-place finish at the Husky
Invitational, top mark on the team... also
competed in the 200-meter, in which she
was runner-up at the New
England Challenge Cup
(26.07) ... member of the
New England Champion
4x200-meter relay
team that broke
the
school
record with a
time
of
1:39.84.
Outdoor:
New England runner-up in
the 100m e t e r
hurdles
with a
s e a s o n best time of 14.34 ...
posted four top-two fin-
ishes in the event, including a victory at the Blue
Devil
Invitational (15.40) ... also
competed in the 100-meter in which she
scored points with a seventh place finish at
the New England Championship (12.67) ...
member of the New England Champion
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Garner at UConn
55 Meter Dash - 7.16
55 Meter High Hurdles - 7.93
200 Meter - 24.97
Garner at
UConn
4x100-meter relay team ... the 4x100-meter
relay team also finished second at the ECAC
Championship with a school-record time
of 45.38.
High School: Four-year letterwinner at Elizabeth Seton High School, where she helped
the team to four Washington Catholic Athletic Conference championships ... threetime All-County selection ... also earned AllMetro and All-Gazette honors ... clocked an
11.9 second 100-meter time and a 24.4 200meter time at the East Coast Invitational ...
finished the 100-meter hurdles in 14.4 at
the T.C. Williams Invitational ... captain her
junior and senior seasons ...
also lettered one season in
basketball ... member of the
Elizabeth Seton Scholars Program.
Personal: April V. Garner ... prephysical therapy major ... born December 25, 1983.
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KRISTEN MEYER
-
SENIOR
CROSS COUNTRY CO-CAPTAIN
DISTANCE
HILLSBOROUGH, N.J.
2003-04: Cross Country: Began the season with a first-place finish at the CCSU
Invitational to lead the team to victory ...
placed seventh at the Boston College
Select Meet ... earned second place at
the CCSU Ted Owens Invitational ...
placed eighth in the Iona Meet of Champions ... took third place at the New England Championships ... finished 18th at
the BIG EAST Championships to lead the
team to an eighth-place finish among 14
teams ... capped off the season placing
63rd at the NCAA Northeast Regional
and was also honored by the New Jersey Track Association by being named
to the All-Region team for collegiate
runners from New Jersey. Indoor: Took first in the 3000meter run at the Yale Invitational with a time of
10:14.24 ... placed second in the same event at
the URI Invitational and
third at the Adidas Boston
Indoor Games ... recordeda n other win in the 3000 at the second URI Invite with a season-best
time of 10:13.39 ... named a
New England Scholar for achieving a grade-point average of 3.5
or better for consecutive semesters. Outdoor: Did not
compete.
Invitational … placed 11th at the BIG EAST
Championships and second at the New
England Championships. Outdoor:
Competed twice in the 3000-meter …
placed second at Miami’s Hurricane Invitational … ran a career-best 9:46.08 at
the Penn Relays for 11th place … had two
second-place finishes in the 5000-meter,
one at Miami’s Gatorade Invitational and
the other at home … finished seventh at
the BIG EAST with a time of 17:14.56 in
the 5000-meter… ran her personalbest (17:08.38) at the ECAC
Championships for 10th place.
2002-03: Cross Country: Consistently led the Huskies, running
a season-best 18:23.0 at the New
England Championship race for 30th
place … qualified for the BIG EAST
and NCAA Regional Championship
races. Indoor: Ran the mile once,
finishing first at Rhode Island in a
career-best time of 5:06.40 …
earned three first-place finishes in
the 3000-meter, including a career-best 9:49.37 at the Armory
2001-02: Cross Country: One
of UConn’s top-five finishers ...
finished second among the
Huskies at the New
Englands (40th place)
and the BIG EAST
(49th) Championships ... best time of
the season came at
the New Englands
with a time of 19:06.
Indoor: Competed in
the mile and the 3000meter ... posted three
top-four finishes in the 3000meter, including third-place
honors at the New England
Championship with a career
and team-best mark of 10:06.96.
Outdoor: Ran to a first-place finish in the 3000-meter at the Blue
Devil Invitational with a career
and team-best time of 10:37.47
... finished second at the first
home meet in the 3000-meter
steeplechase (11:28.84) and
placed 14th in the event at the
Penn Relays with a careerbest time of 11:24.51.
High School: Four-time
letterwinner in cross-country and
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indoor and outdoor track at Hillsborough
High School under head coaches Mary
Sok and Rich Refi ... in her 12 varsity
seasons, she was named team MVP 10
Meyer at UConn
Mile - 5:06.40
3000 Meter - 9:48.37
1500 Meter - 4:50.14
3000 Meter - 9:46.08
5000 Meter - 17:08.38
times ... four-time All-Conference selection in cross-country and indoor and outdoor track ... earned All-State honors three
times in outdoor track and twice in both
indoor track and cross-country ... owns
indoor school records in the 600-meter,
800-meter, 1000-meter, 1600-meter and
3200-meter and outdoor school records
in the 800-meter, 1600-meter and 3200meter ... National Honor Society, Latin
Honor Society and Spanish Honor Society member ... named the school’s Most
Outstanding Female Athlete her senior
year ... also named Skyland Conference
and Somerset County Scholar-Athlete.
Personal: Kristen Elizabeth Meyer ... elementary education major ... born October 17, 1982.
JULIE LAFRANO
DAISY VANRAVENSWAAY
- SENIOR
- SOPHOMORE
- CROSS COUNTRY CO-CAPTAIN
- DISTANCE
- THROWS
- CANFIELD, ONT.
- LOUDONVILLE, N.Y.
2003-04: Cross Country: Competed in eight meets, twice placing
in the top 10 ... Took sixth place in the CCSU Mini Meet and eighth
at the Blue Devil Invitational ... scored points for UConn at both the
BIG EAST Championship and the NCAA Northeast Region Championship. Indoor: Placed in the top 10 at three meets in the 3000meter run, including a sixth-place finish at Yale in a time of 10:51.55,
a seventh-place performance in a time of 10:31.58 at the Army
Invitational and an
eighth-place finish in
a time of 10:26.33 at
the Adidas Boston Indoor Games ... quali......Indoor Bests......
fied to compete in the
3000-meter at the BIG
3000 Meter - 10:11.30
EAST Championships, and placed
5000 Meter - 18:24.24
14th in a time of
10:20.05. Outdoor:
Took fifth place in the
5000-meter run at the
5000 Meter - 17:57.21
Dick Shea Open in a
time of 18:13.50 ...
10000 Meter - 47:57.35
earned first place in
the 5000-meter at the
UConn Invite #1 with
a time of 18:11.89,
and took second at
the UConn Invite #2 in the same event.
LaFrano at UConn
2002-03: Cross Country: Raced in seven meets for the Huskies
with three top-30 finishes including a 10th-place finish at CCSU.
Indoor: In the 3000-meter, ran a season-best time of 10:11.30 at
the NY Armory Invitational to place 10th. Outdoor: Ran a seasonbest time of 17:57.21 to place fourth in the 5000-meter at UConn’s
home meet.
2003-04: Indoor: Had a strong start to her rookie season with a
first-place finish in the shot put at the Alden Invitational ... won the
event for a second-straight week at the Yale Invitational and placed
third in the weight throw at the same meet ... won the shot put
again at the Army Invitational and also placed second in the weight
throw at that meet ... remained undefeated in the shot put at the
URI Invitational ... fell from the top rank in the final indoor meets,
but qualified to compete in both events at
the BIG EAST Championships, placing
11th in the shot put
and 14th in the
weight throw ...
capped off the sea......Indoor Bests......
son with a third-place
shot put finish at the
Shot Put - 14.64 (48-5)
ECAC Championships. Outdoors:
Weight Throw - 15.67 (51-5)
Earned top-five finishes in the shot put,
javelin and discus at
the Miami Invitational
Shot Put - 13.78 (45-2)
before red-shirting
the remainder of the
Javelin - 41.61 (136-6)
season with an injury.
VanRavenswaay
at UConn
High School: Varsity
track and field athlete
at Cayuga Secondary
School in Ontario under coach Dana
Discus - 47.59 (156-1)
Djukic … five-time team MVP … OFSAA Senior Girls champion in the discus and
shot put in 2002 … 2001 National
Royal Canadian Legion gold medalist in javelin, silver
medalist in discus
and bronze medalist in shot
put … 2000 Ontario Royal Canadian Legion Heptathlon champion
… 2002 Canadian Junior Nationals gold medalist in discus and
bronze medalist in shot put …
1998 Bantam OTFA record-holder
in javelin … 1998 Ontario Indoor
Bantam girls sprint medley
record … honor student in 199899 and 2002-03 … also played
volleyball and was the team MVP
in 2002-03.
2001-02: Cross Country: Competed in seven meets, including a
19th-place finish at CCSU. Indoor: Ran a season-best time of
10:34.25 in the 3000-meter at the Husky Invitational, and a season-best time of 18:24.24 in the 5000-meter at the Princeton Meet.
Outdoor: Set a season-best mark of 18:01.94 in the 5000-meter at
the New England Championships, and ran a season-best time of
42:57.35 in the 10,000-meter at UConn’s second home meet.
High School: Earned five varsity letters in cross country and track
at Colonie High School under coach Frank Myers ... member of the
state champion cross country team in 1999 ... a fifth-team all-state
and all-section selection as a junior ... team captain and recepient
of the 100% and Cleary Awards ... also heavily involved in swimming ... member of the National Honor Society and graduated in
the top 10 percent of the class.
Personal: Daisy Danielle
VanRavenswaay ... strength
and conditioning major ...
born May 21, 1984.
Personal: Julie Anne LaFrano ...sport marketing major ... born
November 4, 1982.
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ALLISON BOOTH
NIAMH CUNNINGHAM
- SOPHOMORE
- JUNIOR
- THROWS
- SHELBY, OHIO
- DISTANCE
- BRANFORD, CONN.
2003-04: Indoor: Earned a second-place finish in the shot put in the first meet of her
career, the Alden Invitational ... placed third in the same event at the Yale Invitational and
fourth at the URI Invitational ... qualified to compete in both the shot put and the weight throw
at the BIG EAST Championships, finishing 15th
and 18th, respectively. Outdoor:
Placed second in the shot put and fourth in
the discus at the Dick Shea Open ...
Earned a title in the
shot put and a third-place finish in the
discus at the UConn Invite #1 ... Took
another shot put title at the Yale Spring
Invitational ... had a successful end to
the season, finishing sixth in the shot put
and eighth in the discus at the BIG EAST
Championships.
High School: Four-year letterwinner in track at Shelby
High School under head coach Bob DeLauder … threetime first team All-Northern Ohio League … two-time
second team All-League … four-time All-State … finished high school career ranked ninth in shot and
discus … won team captain award … holds school,
league and district record in discus … holds the
school, league and regional record in shot put …
was the 2002 league, district, regional and state
champion in discus and the 2003 league, district,
regional and state champion in discus and shot
put … team won state championship her senior
year and the district championship her junior
year … named Shelby High School Athlete of
the Year and Female Weight Lifter of the Year
as a senior … invited to the USA Olympic
Elite Camp … USATF Junior National Qualifier in discus and shot put … was twice named
Academic All-Ohio.
Personal: Allison Nicole Booth ... individualized major in sport communications ... born
July 4, 1984.
2003-04: Cross Country: Competed in eight meets and finished in the top 20 three
times ... took seventh at the first meet of the season, the CCSU Invitational ... finished
12th at the CCSU Ted Owens Invitational and 13th at the CCSU Mini Meet. Indoor:
Finished seventh in the 3000-meter run at the Yale Invitational ... took a third place
finish in the 5000-meter run in 18:32.88 at the Army Invitational ... earned seventh in
the 3000 at the second URI Invite. Outdoor: Placed sixth in the 5000-meter run at
the Dick Shea Open in a time of 18:13.50 ... Took first place in the 10000-meter run at
the UConn Invite #2 in a time of 39:13.83.
2002-03: Cross Country: Competed in six meets with three top-20 finishes including
a seventh-place finish at CCSU. Indoor: Ran a season-best time of 10:34.24 in the
3000-meter at Boston University. Outdoor: Ran a career-best time of 38:38.03 in
the 10000-meter at UConn’s home meet to place third.
High School: Varsity letterwinner in track and field and cross country at Branford
High School under coach Kevin Connell ... named the New Haven Register MVP in
cross country as a junior and senior ... named team MVP twice in cross country and
outdoor track and three times for indoor track ... two-time all-conference in cross
country ... two-time All-State and All-New England in indoor track ... two-time All-State
in outdoor track ... Class M state champion in indoor track in 2001 for the 1600-meter
... named an All-Conference Scholar Leader as a senior ... member of the National
Honor Society ... also earned two varsity letters in soccer.
Personal: Niamh Catherine Cunningham ... English and journalism major ... born
May 10, 1984.
JENNIFER ROGERS
- SOPHOMORE
- SPRINTS
- PARKSVILLE, B.C.
2003-04: Indoor: Earned a third-place finish in the 400-meter dash in her first collegiate
meet, the Alden Invitational ... Placed first in the same event at the URI Invitational in a
time of 59.66 ... took fourth in the event at the Adidas Boston Indoor Games, the URI
Invite #2 and the New England Championships. Outdoor: Placed seventh in the 400meter dash at the Dick Shea Open ... took second in the same event at the UConn Invite
#1.
High School: Track and field athlete at Bellanas Secondary in British Columbia …
Provincial 400-meter champion in 2001 … placed second in the long jump and triple
jump at the Canadian Juvenile Championships … ran third leg of 4x100 relay and set
Canadian Juvenile Record … holds the school record in the 400-meter, long jump and
triple jump … named High School Exceptional Athlete all four years … played on
Provincial soccer team for three years and was in the U-17 National Soccer Team pool
… named to the honor roll in grades 9 and 10 … named to the principal’s list in grades
11 and 12.
Personal: Jennifer Lynn Rogers ... nutrition sciences major ... born May 17, 1985.
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JILLIAN SULLIVAN
EDWINA CLARK
- SOPHOMORE
- FRESHMAN
- DISTANCE
- BRISTOL, CONN.
- JUMPS/SPRINTS
- SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA
2003-04: Cross Country: Competed in seven
meets over the course of the season, twice
placing in the top 10 ... earned a sixth-place
finish at her first career meet, the CCSU
Invitational ... took 10th place at the CCSU
Mini Meet later in the season ... was a
point-scorer for UConn at the BIG
EAST Championships with a
59th-place finish. Indoor:
Placed third in the mile at
the
Yale Invitational ... finished
fourth in the
1000-meter run at the URI Invitational and seventh in the mile run ... took another third-place
mile run finish at the Adidas Boston Indoor
Games ... part of the seventh-place distance
medley relay team at the ECAC Championships. Outdoor: Took the 3000-meter
steeplechase title at the UConn Invite #1 in a
time of 11:32.83 ... bettered that time by more
than 17 seconds the following weekend, taking third at the Wildcat Classic and qualifying
for the BIG EAST Championships where she
finished 13th.
High School: Varsity letterwinner in cross
country at Bristol Central High School … was the 2002
Class “L” Champion in Connecticut … placed second in the Connecticut
State Open as a senior and earned all-state honors … also named All-New
England the same year.
Personal: Jillian A. Sullivan ... nursing major ... born July 19, 1985.
CASSIE BUCKWALTER
Prep School: Track and field athlete at Presbyterian Ladies’ College…
Selected to the Australian Youth Olympic squad in 2001 and 2003… competed in the All Schools National Championships 2001-03… placed first in
the 100 meter, 200 meter and long jump in 2001 and 2003 at the New South
Wales Independent Girls Schools State Championships and holds records
for those events in the 17 years and over age group.. sub-junior captain for
the Sutherland District Athletics Club in 2002 and 2003… selected in the
Athletics Australia Junior Oz Squad in 2002 and 2003…participant in the
National Underage Championships in 2002 and 2003.
Personal: Edwina Louise Clark ... nutritional sciences major ... born June
20, 1985.
ERIN DONNELLY
- FRESHMAN
- THROWS
- BARRINGTON, R.I.
High School: Earned four track and field letters at Barrington High School
… high school first team All-American in the hammer throw and weight
throw … ranked no. 1 women’s 4k hammer thrower in the United States as
a senior … was a Nike indoor champion and an Adidas outdoor champion
in 2004 … earned All-State honors in the hammer throw, weight throw and
discus throw … team captain … honor roll student.
Personal: Erin Marie Donnelly ... undecided on major… born April 17, 1986.
- SOPHOMORE
- THROWS
TAMARA HIGHSMITH
- NEW WILMINGTON, PA.
- FRESHMAN
2003-04: Indoor: Recorded top-10 finishes in both the shot put and the weight throw
in her first collegiate meet, the Alden Invitational ... took fifth in the weight throw and sixth
in the shot put at the Yale Invitational ... finished in the top 10 in both events again at the
URI Invitational ... took fourth in the weight throw at the second URI Invite ... qualified to
compete at the BIG EAST Championships in the weight throw and finished 12th with a
mark of 14.86 meters (48-9). Outdoor: Finished second in the discus, fifth in the shot
put and fourth in the hammer throw at the Dick Shea Open ... finished in the top three in
both the shot put and the discus at the UConn Invite #1 and had another top-three finish
in the discus at the UConn Invite #2 ... qualified for the BIG EAST Championships in both
the discus and the hammer throw, finishing 10th and 14th, respectively.
- MULTI EVENTS
- EAST HAVEN, CONN.
High School: Varsity athlete in track at Wilmington Area High School under J.R.
McFarland … three-time all-state and all-conference … three-time PIAA state champion
in discus … two-time team MVP and captain … PIAA state champion in shot put as a
junior … named Lawrence County Female Athlete of the Year as a senior … also played
soccer … named to Who’s Who In American High School Students and to the National
Honor Roll of high school students … All-American Scholar … President’s Award for
Educational Excellence … earned a state certificate of distinction … U.S. Army Reserve
National Scholar/Athlete Award.
High School: Four-time track and field and cross country letterwinner at
East Haven High School in East Haven, Conn. … earned All-Hammonasett,
All-SCC and All-State Honors … served as team captain … named team
MVP four times … set school records in the 100, 300 and 400-meter
hurdles and in the 100-meter, 200-meter, triple jump, long jump, high jump
and heptathlon … Hammonasett, SCC and Class L record holder in the 100meter high hurdles, 300-meter hurdles and the triple jump ... earned SCC
MVP honors twice ... 2003 Hartford Invitational MVP ... named East Haven
Courier’s Athlete of the Year ... Hartford Public Invitational champion ...
Middletown Invitational triple jump record holder ... two-time Connecticut
heptathlon champion … named to the New Haven Register All-Area squad
twice … also lettered in basketball.
Personal: Cassandra R. Buckwalter ... English education major ... born September
12, 1985.
Personal: Tamara Lynn Highsmith … pre-business major … born December 17, 1986.
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MAXINE DAVILA
KAITLYN WHITLOCK
- FRESHMAN
- DISTANCE
- FRESHMAN
- SPRINTS
- STATEN ISLAND, N.Y.
- BETHEL, CONN.
High School: Cross country and track and field letterwinner at Notre Dame Academy
... served as team captain her junior and senior years ... named Staten Island Advance
All-Star three times for cross country and two times for indoor and outdoor track and field
High School: Track and field letterwinner at Bethel High School … served as team
captain her senior year … state open champion in 300-meter hurdles as a senior … state
class MM champion and record holder in 300-meter hurdles … class MM runner up in
... earned All-America honors in the 2000-meter steeplechase ... set a Catholic high
school national record for the steeplechase (7:13) ... cross country city champion with
a Notre Dame Academy record time of 15:21 ... four-time cross country MVP and track
and field MVP as a senior ... three-time coaches’ first team All-Star for cross country.
100-meter hurdles … SWC Champion in 100 and 300-meter hurdles … named All-State
in 100-meter hurdles twice and was a three time All-State selection in the 300-meter
hurdles … placed ninth at nationals in 400-meter hurdles … earned All-New England
honors in 300-meter hurdles … named team MVP as a senior … also lettered in soccer
… National Honor Society member.
Personal: Maxine Davila … human development and family studies major … born
March 20, 1986.
Personal: Kaitlyn M. Whitlock … exercise physiology major … born May 4, 1986.
DAPHNE DESROSIERS
ORLAITH CUNNINGHAM
- FRESHMAN
- SPRINTS
- FRESHMAN
- DISTANCE
- DANIELSON, CONN.
- BRANFORD, CONN.
High School: Track and field letterwinner at Killingly High School… served
as captain junior and senior years … made All-State and All-Area teams
freshman and senior years … named outdoor season MVP as a freshman
and senior … was ECC champion in the 100-meter dash as a freshman and
again as a senior and in the 200-meter junior and senior year … two-time
Class MM champion in the 100-meter and earned the honor once in the 55meter … finished second in the 55-meter at New Englands as a senior … set
records in the 55-meter and the 100-meter dashes … also lettered in soccer.
Personal: Daphne Elza Desrosiers … human development and family studies major … born December 1, 1986.
High School: two-time cross country letterwinner and four-time track and field letterwinner
at Branford High School … earned All-Division, All-Conference and All-State honors for
cross country twice … named All-New England in cross country as a senior …
received New Haven Register MVP honors for cross country in 2002 and 2003 … twotime team MVP for cross country and outdoor track … SCC Champion in cross
country for 2002 and 2003 … earned All-SCC Team cross country honors in 2002 and
2003 … served as captain for cross country and outdoor track teams … named to
Hartford Courant All-State Team for cross country in 2002 and 2003 … named All-State
for outdoor track in the 1600-meter in 2002 … also lettered in basketball … student
council member … national honor society member.
Personal: Orlaith M. A. Cunningham … nursing major ... born March 12, 1986.
SARAH FISHER
ALLISON CROFT
- FRESHMAN
- FRESHMAN
- MIDDLE DISTANCE
- HOUSTON, TEXAS
- DISTANCE
- ELLINGTON, CONN.
High School: Three-time cross country and four-time track and field
letterwinner at Mayde Creek High School ... was three-year captain of the
cross country team ... was a cross country regional qualifier ... earned track
and field All-City honors four times ... qualified for regionals three times ... twotime state qualifier ... served as track and field captain ... named Track MVP
and earned the High Point award twice ... captured the district championship
in the 800-meter ... was a regional silver medalist and a bronze state medalist
in the 800-meter.
Personal: Sarah Bethany Fisher ... individualized major in spot communications ... born April 8, 1986.
High School: Cross country and track and field athlete at Ellington High
School… eight-time All Conference selection… named All State in cross country as a junior and in track and field as a senior… served as captain for six
seasons… selected MVP for indoor track junior year and outdoor senior
year... holds school record in 1600 meter (5:07)… team won Class M state
championship in 2004…earned high honors all four years of high school.
Personal: Allison Margaret Croft… nursing major ... born April 19, 1986.
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MELANIE MURPHY
CARA REARDON
- JUNIOR
- DISTANCE
- JUNIOR
- DISTANCE
- NEWTOWN, CONN.
- NORTHBOROUGH, MASS.
2003-04: Indoor: Came in 13 th in the mile at the Alden Invitational with a season-best
time of 5:47.55 … took 10th in the 500-meter at the URI Invitational with a time of 1:21.60
… placed ninth with a season-best time of 1:19.43 in the 500-meter at the St. Valentine’s
Invitational. Outdoor: Finished 17 th in the 400-meter with a season-best time of 1:05.43
at the Dick Shea Open … ran a season-best time of 28.25 in the 200-meter at the same
meet … finished 13th in the 800-meter at the first UConn Invitational with a season-best
time of 2:28.52.
2003-04: Cross Country: Ran in five meets for the Huskies ... placed 20th at the
CCSU Mini Meet and 27th at the Quinnipiac Invitational. Indoor: Top finish was 15th
place in the 3000-meter run at the URI Invitational. Outdoor: Finished 12th in the 1500meter run at the Wildcat Classic ... placed sixth in the 5000-meter run at the UConn Invite
#2.
Personal: Melanie Murphy ... agricultural economics major.
High School: Varsity letterwinner in cross country and track and field at the Notre Dame
Academy in Worcester, Mass. ... was the team’s top cross country runner as a senior
... named a conference all-star as a senior ... named co-captain of the indoor track team
as a senior ... was given the Coaches Award in cross country as a senior.
MEGHAN O’CONOR
- FRESHMAN
- DISTANCE
Personal: Cara Mackenzie Reardon ... political science and philosophy major ...
born November 20, 1983.
- SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y.
ERIN SALES
High School: Four-year letterwinner in cross country and track and field at Saratoga
Springs High School… team ranked no. 1 in the country all four years… member of four
state championship teams… selected All State four times… served as team captain
senior year… four-time Academic All Star… Suburban Council and Sectional All Star…
named to the honor roll all four years… also lettered one year in gymnastics.
- JUNIOR
- SPRINTS
Personal: Meghan E. O’Conor… human development and family studies major ... born
December 10, 1985.
MARLENE PRIEST
- SOPHOMORE
- MULTI EVENTS
- CHATHAM, MASS.
2003-04: Indoor: Placed fourth in the 55-meter hurdles at the Yale Invitational ...
qualified for the BIG EAST Championships in the 500-meter dash and finished 15th in the
prelims. Outdoor: Took sixth in the 400-meter hurdles in 1:03.68 in the first meet of the
outdoor season, the Miami Invitational ... took first in the 400-meter hurdles and second
in the 100-meter hurdles at the UConn Invite #1 ... capped off the season with a strong
seventh-place finish in the 400-meter hurdles at the BIG EAST Championships and also
competed at the ECAC Championships.
- WINDSOR LOCKS, CONN.
2003-04: Indoor: Took 13 th in the 500-meter with a time of 1:23.42 at the Alden
Invitational … finished 9th in the 500-meter at the URI Invitational with a time of 1:21.42 …
came in 10th at the St. Valentine’s Invitational with a time of 1:19.51 … ran a season-best
1:19.10 in the 500-meter at the New England Championships. Outdoor: Placed 11th in
the 200-meter dash with a time of 27.84 at the first UConn Invitational … ran 1:01.79,
good for fifth place in the 400-meter at the Wildcat Invitational … also took fifth in the 400meter with a time of 1:01.46 at the first UConn Invitational … recorded a season-best time
of 27.34 in the 200-meter at the second UConn Invitational … came in 10th in the 400meter with a season-best time of 1:00.63 at the Yale Spring Invitational.
High School: Earned five track and field letters at Windsor Locks High School … fourtime All-Conference athlete.
Personal: Erin Michelle Sales … management major … born November 9, 1984.
High School: Four-year varsity track and field letterwinner at Dennis-Yarmouth Regional High School under coach Jim Hoar … New England champion in the 300-meter
hurdles as a junior … team captain as a senior … indoor 4x400 relay team placed first
at Class B, State Coaches, State and New England meets in 2001 … named to the honor
roll all four years.
LEAH WILLIAMS
- JUNIOR
Personal: Marlene Cecilia Priest ... human development and family studies major ...
born May 28, 1985.
LAUREN KOPECKI
- FRESHMAN
- DISTANCE
- MILLINGTON, N.J.
High School: High school cross country and track and field letterwinner at Watchung
Hills Regional High School ... earned All-County and All-Conference honors three years
in a row ... team captain and MVP for indoor and outdoor track and field.
Personal: Lauren Marie Kopecki ... physical therapy major ... born August 28,
1986.
- POLE VAULT
- BROOKFIELD, CONN.
2003-04: Indoor: Took ninth in the pole vault at the first meet of the season, the Alden
Invitational ... placed fourth in the same event at the URI Invitational. Outdoor: Took
first place in the pole vault at the UConn Invite #1 and fourth in the event at the UConn
Invite #2 ... placed fifth in the pole vault at the Yale Spring Invitational.
2002-03: Indoor: Finished third in the pole vault at Rhode Island and fourth at Brown
with season-high heights of 3.20 meters (10-6.00). Also placed fourth at Army.
Outdoor: Placed second at UConn’s outdoor meet and tied for 12th at the UConn
Invitational.
High School: Four-year letterwinner in track ... two-year member of cross-country
team ... captain of indoor and outdoor squads as a senior ... indoor pole vault state
champion in 2000-2001 ... outdoor pole vault state and open champion in 2002 ... was
a three-time Most Valuable Athlete ... holds the state record for pole vault with a height
of 10 feet 6 inches.
Personal: Leah Marie Williams ... coaching and administration major ... born December 16, 1984.
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KATHRYN BIEGANOUSKY
LASHANDA JACKSON
- FRESHMAN
- SPRINTS
- SENIOR
- SPRINTS
- SPARTA, N.J.
- BRIDGEPORT, CONN.
High School: Eight-time letterwinner in track and field and two-time letterwinner in
cross country at Pope John XXIII High School … named an All-League, All-Area, AllWest Jersey and All-State athlete … earned MVP honors three times … served as
captain senior year … three-time county champion … took second at the state championship as a senior … competed at the Adidas National outdoor championships in 2002
and 2004 … set seven indoor/outdoor records … also lettered in soccer … National
Honor Society member.
2003-04: Indoor: Ran a season-best 28.71 in the 200-meter at the Adidas Boston
Indoor Games … also ran a season best in the 400-meter in the same meet with a
time of 1:06.11. Outdoor: Came in 25th with a season-best time of 13.54 in the 100meter at the second UConn invitational.
Personal: Kathryn Rae Bieganousky … biology major … born June 7, 1986.
Personal: Lashanda Terese Jackson … nursing major … born July 1, 1983.
High School: Four-time track and field letterwinner at St. Joseph’s High School ...
served as captain in 2000-01.
MORGAN BLANCHARD
LISA KACHMARSKY
- FRESHMAN
- SOPHOMORE
- SPRINTS
- STERLING, CONN.
- POLE VAULT
- MONROE, N.Y.
High School: Four-time track and field letterwinner at Plainfield High School … earned
All-Area and All-State honors … named ECC All-Star in the 400-meter dash … Class M
state champion in the 400-meter and Class S state champion in the 600-meter … twoyear captain … set seven school records … named Best Female Athlete in Plainfield
High School … four-year honor roll member.
2003-04: Indoor: Took fourth at the Yale Invitational with a mark of 3.15 meters (1004.00) … posted a season-best mark of 3.00 meters (9-10.0), good for eighth in the pole
vault at the URI Invitational. Outdoor: Placed fourth in the pole vault with a season best
mark of 3.15 meters (10-04.0) at the Dick Shea Open.
Personal: Morgan Elizabeth Blanchard … sport management major ... born March 10,
1986.
Personal: Lisa Kachmarsky ... elementary education major ... born November 7,
1985.
High School: Four-year varsity letterwinner in track and field at Monroe-Woodbury
High School ... was a national meet qualifier ... placed second in class “A” at the 2002
NYS Championships ... member of the National Honor Society.
JULIANNE MCLANE
EMILY LEWEK
- FRESHMAN
- HURDLES
- FRESHMAN
- MIDDLE DISTANCE
- NEW CANAAN, CONN.
- SCOTIA, N.Y.
High School: Eight-time track and field letterwinner at New Canaan High School …
three-time Fairfield County Champion in the indoor 50-meter high hurdles … earned AllFCIAC honors four times for indoor… served as captain for the 2003-04 season … 2003
Class M Champion in the 55-meter high hurdles for indoor… three-time indoor CocaCola/CHSCA All-State selection … named to the All-FCIAC Team three times for outdoor… two-time Connecticut State Champion in the 100-meter high hurdles for outdoor…
three-time Fairfield County Champion in the 100-meter high hurdles.
High School: Five-time letterwinner in track and field and cross country at Burnt HillsBallston Lake High School...team MVP for outdoor as a senior… placed in top five in
New York State for 1600-meter relay all four years for indoor and outdoor… outdoor
Section II Champion in 400-meter hurdles all four years and as a part of the 1600-meter
relay team as a freshman, sophomore and junior …named All-American as a member
of the 3200-meter relay team as a junior… placed sixth in New York State for the 600
meter indoor her junior and senior seasons… Suburban Council champion for indoor 600
meter and outdoor 400 hurdles as a senior… served as outdoor captain senior year.
Personal: Julianne E. McLane … communications major … born February 24, 1985.
Personal: Emily S. Lewek … individualized major in social science of sport ... born
October 22, 1986.
ERIN FULLER
RACHEL ROME
- SENIOR
- SPRINTS
- FRESHMAN
- MIDDLE DISTANCE
- HILLSBOROUGH, N.J.
- MORRISTOWN, N.J.
2003-04: Indoor: Ran a season-best 28.19 in the 200-meter dash and a season-best
1:03.45 in the 400-meter dash at the Adidas Boston Indoor Games. Outdoor: Placed
12th in the 400-meter at the Dick Shea Open with a season-best time of 1:03.68 … came
in 12th in the 200-meter at the Wildcat Invitational with a season-best time of 27.19 … took
ninth in the 400-meter at the same meet with a time of 1:03.88.
High School: four-time track and field letterwinner at Hillsborough High School …
earned All-America honors in sprint medley as a sophomore.
Personal: Erin Pollard Fuller … individualized major in sport mangement … born July
26, 1983.
High School: Cross country and Track and Field athlete at Morristown High School…
earned All County honors three times for indoor and once for outdoor… served as team
captain for both track and field and cross country…two-time MVP for outdoor and once
for indoor… cross country team earned county championship her freshman year and
state sectional championship her junior year… National Honor Society member.
Personal: Rachel Marie Rome… elementary education major ... born May 20, 1986.
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JULIENE ANDERSON
BETHANY LEPINE
- SOPHOMORE
- SPRINTS
- SOPHOMORE
- DISTANCE
- BLOOMFIELD, CONN.
- COLCHESTER, CONN.
2003-04: Indoor: Ran season-best times in the 55-meter dash (7.64) and in the 200-meter (28.27)
at the URI Invitational. Outdoor: Took fifth in the 100-meter at the first UConn Invitational with a time
of 13.44 and 10th in the 200-meter with a time of 27.48 … came in 10th at the Wildcat Invitational with
a season-best time of 12.86 … also recorded a season-best time of 27.42 in the 200-meter at the
same meet.
2003-04: Indoor: Ran a season-best time of 5:43.72 in the mile at the URI Invitational. Outdoor: Finished 11th in the 5000-meter with a season-best time of 19:13.61
at the Wildcat Invitational … placed third in the 10000-meter run at the second UConn
Invitational with a season-best time of 43:11.79.
High School: Two-time track and field letterwinner at Bloomfield High School …
served as track and field captain … also lettered in soccer.
High School: Varsity track and field and cross country athlete at Bacon Academy …
1600-meter indoor ECC Champion as a senior … two-time All-State in cross country
… named All-State for outdoor track as a senior.
Personal: Juliene Decarla Anderson … strength and conditioning major … born August 22, 1985.
Personal: Bethany Lauren Lepine ... biomedical engineering major ... born January 8, 1985.
KATHERINE CAPELLA
CHRISTINE MATTEIS
- SOPHOMORE
- FRESHMAN
- JUMPS
- PENNSVILLE, N.J.
- THROWS
- WALLINGFORD, CONN.
2003-04: Indoor: Had a season-best mark of 5.11 meters (16-09.25) in the long jump at
the Adidas Boston Indoor Games … also ran a season best 28.64 in the 200-meter at the
same meet … came in seventh in the long jump at the Alden invitational with a mark of
4.70 meters (15-05.00. Outdoor: Ran season bests in the 200-meter and the 400-meter
at the second UConn Invitational with times of 28.87 and 1:04.47, respectively …
finished fifth in the long jump with a season best mark of 5.04 (16-06.50) at the first
UConn invitational.
Personal: Katherine Capella ... history major.
High School: Earned seven track and field letters at Lyman High School … named team
captain for outdoor track junior and senior years … qualified for State Open in discus as a
sophomore … qualified for State Open in shot put and discus as a junior … finished second
in discus and third in shot put at the 2003 Class Championships … came in 11th in the shot
put at the 2003 Regional Indoor Championships … finished ninth in the 2001 State Open in
the discus … took 11th in the shot put at the 2002 State Open … named track MVP as a junior
… also lettered in soccer … varsity scholar … National Honor Society.
Personal: Christine Megan Matteis … elementary education major … born December 1,
1986.
KELLY LANG
GERALDINE NAPOLEONE
- FRESHMAN
- SPRINTS
- JUNIOR
- DISTANCE
- PLACO, TEXAS
- NORWALK, CONN.
High School: Earned three track and field letters at Plano West Senior High
School … second place in the district … also played soccer.
Personal: Kelly Ann Lang ... undecided on major ... born October 31, 1986.
2003-04: Indoor: Finished 26th in the 3000-meter at the URI Invitational
with a season-best time of 12:39.85 ... also had a season-best time of
6:08.28 in the mile at the same meet. Outdoor: Took 24th in 5:44.23 in the
1500-meter at the first UConn Invitational ... placed 24th in the 1500-meter
with a season-best time of 5:33.33 at the Dick Shea Open.
Personal: Geraldine Napoleone ... dietetics major.
DANIELLE LATTIMORE
RACHEL SMITH
- SOPHOMORE
- SPRINTS
- SOPHOMORE
- MIDDLE DISTANCE
- EASTON, PA.
- READING, MASS.
2003-04: Indoor: Ran a season-best time of 58.63 in the 400-meter at the New England
Championships … finished second in the same event at the Alden Invitational with a time
of 1:00:38 … ran a season best 26.17 in the 200-meter at the Adidas Boston Indoor
Games. Outdoor: Placed fourth in the 400-meter with a time of 1:00.78 and sixth in the
200-meter in 26.80 at the first UConn Invitational.
2003-04: Indoor: Captured fourth in the 800-meter at the Alden Invitational with a season-best
time of 2:28.66 … took eighth in the high jump at the same meet with a season-best mark of
1.53 meters (5-0.25). Outdoor: Ran a season-best 28.60 in the 200-meter at the Dick Shea
Open … Recorded a season-best time of 1:03.00 in the 400-meter at the second UConn
Invitational.
High School: Varsity track and field athlete at Easton Area High School under coach
Frank Messa … earned six varsity letters … named All-Area first team as a senior …
holds the 4x400 relay school record.
High School: Four-year letterwinner in track and field at Reading Memorial High School
under coach Ken Feit … seven-time league all-star … indoor League MVP as a senior … was
the Class B state champ in the outdoor high jump as a junior.
Personal: Danielle Brooke Lattimore ... biology major ... born March 14, 1985.
Personal: Rachel Lauryn Smith ... strength and conditioning major ... born August 17, 1985.
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CROSS COUNTRY
The University of Connecticut women’s cross country team
enjoyed many individual and team successes over the course
of the 2003 season, capped by an 11th-place team finish out
of 36 teams at the NCAA Northeast Region Championship.
The Huskies began their season with an outstanding performance, as they swept all three top spots and placed six runners in the top eight on their way to the team title at the Central Connecticut State Cross Country Invitational. UConn
earned just 19 points to take first among the nine-team field,
while the next-closest competitor Syracuse followed well behind with 76 points. UConn junior Kristen Meyer (Hillsborough,
N.J.) led the way for all runners, finishing with the top individual time of 18:02. She was followed by two Huskies in
second and third place. Senior Allison McCabe (Reading,
Mass.) was the runner-up with a time of 18:28.2, followed by
freshman Kyle MacQueen (Woodstock, Conn.) who made an
impressive debut for UConn with a time of 18:32.6 to finish
third.
In their second meet of the season, the team took fourth
place of 10 teams at the Boston College Select Meet. Meyer
led the way once again, placing seventh in a time of 18:06.
Also finishing in the top 10 for UConn was McCabe who placed
ninth with a time of 18:20.
With another strong showing, the team placed second of
nine teams at the CCSU Ted Owens Invitational, led by Meyer
who placed second with a time of 17:56. MacQueen also
finished in the top five, placing fifth with a time of 18:32. At the
Quinnipiac Invitational the following weekend, the Huskies finished sixth out of nine teams, and were led by Eileen O’Connor
(Suffield, Conn.) who finished 18th in a time of 20:09. In the
same weekend, UConn sent another group of runners to the
Iona Meet of Champions, where the team placed 10th out of 20
teams. Meyer finished eighth in the 6,000-meter race with a
time of 22:11.
Meyer led the team to a fourth-place finish among 41 teams
at the New England Championships. The finish was the best
for the Huskies in the past nine years at the championships.
Placing in the top 10 for UConn was MacQueen with a seventh-place finish in a time of 18:07, which is the fastest time
for a freshman in the history of the program at UConn.
Meyer’s 18th-place finish at the BIG EAST Championship
helped lead the team to an eighth-place finish among 14 teams
at Van Cortlandt Park. With a notable performance for the
Huskies, MacQueen was the highest-placing freshman at the
meet with a time of 22:00 to finish 23rd. Also scoring points
for UConn were Julie LaFrano (Loudonville, N.Y.), McCabe and
Jillian Sullivan (Bristol, Conn.).
In the final meet of the season, the NCAA Northeast Region
Championship, MacQueen was the top runner for UConn, leading the squad to an 11th place finish of out 36 teams at the
NCAA Northeast Region Championship. She finished the
course in 22:32 to place 45th out of the 241 runners, and
placed fifth among all freshmen running the race. Meyer placed
63rd with a time of 22:53, and rounding out the scoring for
UConn was Sullivan, McCabe, LaFrano and Niamh
Cunningham (Branford, Conn.).
INDOOR
The 2003-04 University of Connecticut women’s track and
field indoor season began with a bang on December 6 as
Deirdre Mullen (Princeton, N.J.) qualified for the NCAA Indoor
Nationals in the very first meet of the season at Brown. Mullen
won the high jump at the meet with a mark of 1.83 meters (60) in what was the beginning of an extremely successful season for her and the team. At the Alden Invitational, the Huskies won six of the 18 events that day including an impressive
win in the shot put by freshman Daisy VanRavenswaay
(Canfield, Ontario) in her debut meet, and a win in the 55meter hurdles by April Garner (Temple Hills, Md.) in a time of
8.19 to mark the sixth-best all-time performance at UConn.
Garner followed that up with a school-record performance in
the same event at the team’s next meet, the Yale Invitational
on January 11. Garner’s time of 7.93 broke the record set by
former Husky and All-American Tamika Toppin in 2001. UConn
took four individual wins that day, including repeat wins by
Mullen in the high jump, VanRavenswaay in the shot put and
Amy Parkosewich (Bethlehem, Conn.) in the weight throw.
Kristen Meyer (Hillsborough, N.J.) rounded out the group of
winners with a first-place finish in the 3000-meter run in a time
of 10:14.24.
The following weekend saw the Huskies compete at the Army
Invitational in their first team-scoring meet, which they won by
earning 75 more points than the next-closest competitor. Garner had a huge meet, winning all four events she competed in:
the 60-meter dash, the 60-meter hurdles, the 200-meter dash
and the 4x400-meter relay. UConn dominated their foes for a
second-straight week when they won the URI Invitational on
January 23 with 203 points- 50 more than second-place Yale.
The Huskies took first in six events, including a first-time win
for freshman Jennifer Rogers (Parksville, B.C.) in the 400-meter
dash.
Mullen won her fifth individual title of the season in the high
jump with a school-record mark of 1.86 meters (6-1.25) at the
Adidas Boston Indoor Games, helping lead UConn to a thirdplace finish among the 13 teams at the meet. The mark for
Mullen was also an automatic qualifier for the NCAA Indoor
Championship and at the time, ranked as the second-best
jump in the country. Allison McCabe (Reading, Mass.) was
another winner for the Huskies in Boston, taking first in the
1,000-meter run with a time of 2:55.26. The meet proved extremely close among the top three teams with UConn finishing just 1.33 points behind first-place Northeastern and just
one point behind second-place South Florida. In the week
following the meet, Mullen received her second ECAC Women’s
Field Athlete of the Week honor.
The Huskies returned to their winning ways at the second
URI Invitational, taking first among the 12 teams represented.
Seven first-place finishes sealed the deal for UConn, including
two wins by Garner and a win by Kiley Margolis (Trumbull,
Conn.) in the 1,000-meter run with a career-best time of 2:54.65,
which qualified her for the ECAC, New England and BIG EAST
Championships. The team’s next meet, the St. Valentine’s
Invitational hosted by Boston University, saw UConn earn 17
top-10 finishes. Parkosewich was the lone individual winner,
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continuing with her success in the weight throw.
From Boston, it was off to the BIG EAST Indoor Championships hosted by Syracuse University on February 21-22.
Parkosewich had a successful showing on the first day of
competition with a fifth-place finish in the weight throw, and
also earned fifth place on day two in the shot put. Mullen
capped off the meet for UConn on day two by successfully
defending her title in the high jump. As a team, the Huskies
recorded a total of nine top-10 finishes and finished in 10th
place among the 14 teams.
The Huskies followed up the BIG EAST meet with their third
title in four years at the New England Indoor Championships.
Mullen remained undefeated in the high jump, and UConn also
earned wins from Garner and Nicola Hines (Bridgeport, Conn.),
and a personal-best performance from Parkosewich in the
weight throw with a mark of 18.49 meters (60-8) which ranked
as the second-best mark all-time at UConn.
UConn’s final meet as a team during the indoor season saw
them record their second-best finish in 12 years at the ECAC
Championships. The Huskies tied for sixth out of 44 teams at
the meet, with Mullen and Garner both taking individual titles
in their usual events. Mullen’s win earned her a third consecutive ECAC title, and Garner set a school record in the 60meter hurdles with a time of 8.43. The time for Garner was a
provisional NCAA qualifier, but did not ultimately earn her a
chance to compete.
Mullen was UConn’s representative at the NCAA Indoor
Championships in Fayetteville, Ark. on March 12-13, and she
did not disappoint, as she earned her third All-America honor
with a third-place jump of 1.86 meters (6-1.25).
OUTDOOR
Many team and individual successes marked the 2004 University of Connecticut women’s track and field outdoor season, culminating in the record-tying fourth All-American honor
for Deirdre Mullen (Princeton, N.J.). Mullen broke her personal record in the high jump several times over the course of
the season, doing it for the first time in the first outdoor meet
at the Miami Invitational. She won the event and was joined in
the winner’s circle by April Garner (Temple Hills, Md.) who
took first in the 100-meter hurdles.
UConn’s second meet took them to the Dick Shea Open
hosted by Army, which was a non-scoring meet. The Huskies
earned six first-place finishes, and both Garner and Amy
Parkosewich (Bethlehem, Conn.) were double winners for
UConn. Garner took wins in both the 100-meter hurdles and
the 200-meter dash, while Parkosewich recorded wins in both
the hammer throw and the discus. Mullen not only won the
high jump at the meet, but set a school record with a mark of
1.86 meters (6-1.25). Nicola Hines (Bridgeport, Conn.) took
first place in the 400-meter dash to round out the winners for
UConn.
The undefeated season in invitational meets began on April
3 when the Huskies hosted the UConn Invite #1, and took first
place by earning 164 more points than second-place
Dartmouth. The team recorded 15 first-place finishes in the
19 total events, and Garner, Hines and Parkosewich all earned
multiple victories. UConn defeated four more opponents the
following weekend at the Wildcat Invitational, winning four
events and recording a total of 16 top-three finishes. One
highlight for UConn was freshman Jillian Sullivan, who took
third in the 3000-meter steeplechase with a time good enough
to qualify for the BIG EAST Championships. Some team members competed at the SeaRay Relays in the same weekend,
including Mullen who took first in the high jump by beating out
some strong competition such as UConn’s former four-time
All-American Tamika Toppin. For her efforts, Mullen was
named the ECAC Women’s Field Athlete of the Week for the
third time in the indoor and outdoor seasons. Also at the
SeaRay Relays, seniors Allison McCabe (Reading, Mass.)
and Kiley Margolis (Trumbull, Conn.) recorded personal-bests
and BIG EAST qualifying times in the 1500-meter run.
The Huskies improved their overall record to 17-0 on April 17
at the UConn Invite #2. Parkosewich took the top spot in
three events, while Mullen won the high jump. Michelle Beamon
(Peabody, Mass.) took first in the pole vault and Niamh
Cunningham (Branford, Conn.) won the 10,000-meter run.
UConn earned 171 points to win the meet, while Brown finished in second place with 145 points. Parkosewich was
impressive in the hammer throw with a personal-best and NCAA
qualifying mark of 56.20 meters, and was named the ECAC
Women’s Co-Field Athlete of the Week for her performances
at the Invite. She went on to win the discus throw at the Yale
Invitational the following weekend with a school-record mark.
The Huskies recorded five wins in the non-scoring meet.
The BIG EAST Championships were next on the schedule
for UConn, which had some strong individual success from
Parkosewich who set another school record en route to winning the discus. UConn placed 11th out of 47 teams at the
ECAC Championships on May 16, and school records were
set by both Garner and Parkosewich. The records would stand
for the remainder of the season for both athletes, with
Parkosewich recording a mark of 52.86 meters (173-5) in the
discus, and Garner running a record time of 13.60 in the 100meter hurdle preliminaries. Mullen earned an ECAC title in
the high jump with a mark of 1.83 meters (6-0).
The trio of Garner, Parkosewich and Mullen then traveled to
the NCAA East Regional Championships, where the latter two
earned a spot at the NCAA Championships. Parkosewich
placed fifth in the discus at the regional to qualify, and Mullen
broke her own school record by clearing 1.88 meters (6-2) to
place second at the meet and advance to the championships.
Once there, Mullen earned her record-tying fourth All-American honor by finishing sixth in the high jump despite an injury
on an earlier jump. Parkosewich fell short of her personalbest in the discus and placed 26th, but her appearance at the
meet capped off a hugely successful career for the senior.
Mullen, although a senior in 2003-04, will have one more outdoor season to compete after sitting out the 2003 outdoor
season.
Amy Parkosewich
- 2004 BIG EAST Champion
- NCAA Participant
- Discus: 52.86 (173-5)
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Individual Honors
ALL-AMERICANS
Athlete
Wendy Berutto
Cheryl Brantle
Carol Galloway
Bethany Hart
Deirdre Mullen
Wadudah Nurul-Islam
Terry Roy
Nicole Toney
Tamika Toppin
Event
Hammer Throw
Long Jump (Indoor)
Long Jump (Outdoor)
Hammer Throw
Hammer Throw
High Jump (Indoor)
High Jump (Indoor)
High Jump (Indoor)
High Jump (Outdoor)
Weight Throw
Heptathlon
Heptathlon
Heptathlon
Triple Jump (Outdoor)
High Jump (Outdoor)
High Jump (Indoor)
High Jump (Indoor)
High Jump (Outdoor)
ECAC CHAMPIONS
Year
1997
1992
1985
2000
1999
2002
2003
2004
2004
2002
1995
1993
1992
2001
2001
2001
1999
1998
Coach Morgan
with
1996 Olympic
Trials Athletes
Terry Roy
Wendy Berutto
and
Cheryl Brantle
Athlete
Tara Achane
Cheryl Brantle
Event
High Jump (Indoor)
Long Jump (Outdoor)
200 Meter (Outdoor)
Pentathlon
High Jump (Outdoor)
Long Jump (Indoor)
Long Jump (Outdoor)
Long Jump (Outdoor)
60 Meter Hurdles
High Jump (Indoor)
Weight Throw
Hammer Throw
High Jump (Indoor)
High Jump (Indoor)
High Jump (Indoor)
High Jump (Outdoor)
Weight Throw
Discus Throw
Pentathlon
Heptathlon
Pentathlon
Heptathlon
Shot Put (Indoor)
High Jump (Indoor)
High Jump (Indoor)
1000 Meter (Indoor)
10,000 Meter (Outdoor)
Angela Corson
Ronna Deffer
Carol Galloway
April Garner
Erin Halpin
Bethany Hart
Deirdre Mullen
Wadudah Nurul-Islam
Amy Parkosewich
Terry Roy
Tamika Toppin
Nichole Tremblay
Lisa Wakem
Year
1990
1991
1991
1990
1989
1985
1985
1986
2004
1989
2000
2000
2002
2003
2004
2004
2002
2003
1992
1992
1993
1995
1995
1999
2001
2001
1998
U.S. OLYMPIC SPORTS FESTIVAL
Athlete
Terry Roy
Terry Roy
Event
Heptathlon Bronze Medalist
Heptathlon Gold Medalist
Year
1994
1993
BIG EAST CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS
Athlete
Wendy Berutto
Cheryle Brantle
Angela Corson
Ronna Deffer
Ann Gaffney
Carol Galloway
Tina Goettel
Bethany Hart
Barbara Jackson
Frederica Jones
Mary Kennen
Karen Moreau
Deirdre Mullen
Wadudah Nurul-Islam
Event
Weight Throw
Hammer Throw
55 Meter (Indoor)
100 Meter (Outdoor)
55 Meter (Indoor)
55 Meter (Indoor)
100 Meter (Outdoor)
Long Jump (Outdoor)
Long Jump (Indoor)
100 Meter (Outdoor)
High Jump (Outdoor)
High Jump (Outdoor)
High Jump (Indoor)
High Jump (Outdoor)
Triple Jump (Indoor)
100 Meter (Outdoor)
5000 Meter (Outdoor)
Shot Put (Indoor)
Hammer Throw
Hammer Throw
Shot Put (Outdoor)
Long Jump (Indoor)
Long Jump (Outdoor)
Javelin
Javelin
High Jump (Outdoor)
High Jump (Indoor)
Javelin
High Jump (Outdoor)
High Jump (Indoor)
High Jump (Indoor)
Weight Throw
Weight Throw
Weight Throw
Year
1997
1997
1989
1989
1990
1991
1991
1992
1992
1992
1988
1988
1989
1989
1984
1984
1985
1985
1986
1998
1999
2000
1986
1983
1985
1984
1985
1985
1986
1983
2002
2003
2004
2000
2001
2002
Athlete
Amy Parkosewich
Terry Roy
Barb Sykes
Tamika Toppin
Lisa Wakem
Shari Zembek
Event
Discus
Pentathlon
Pentathlon
Javelin
Shot Put (Indoor)
Shot Put (Outdoor)
Javelin
Hammer Throw
High Jump (Indoor)
High Jump (Indoor)
High Jump (Indoor)
High Jump (Outdoor)
10,000 Meter (Ourdoor)
Discus
Discus
Tamika Toppin
- Top Collegiate High
Jumper 2001 USATF
Nationals
- Top American
Runner-up 2001 NCAA
Outdoor Championships
Bethany Hart
- Top Collegiate
Hammer Thrower
2000 Olympic Trials
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Year
2004
1991
1992
1992
1993
1993
1993
1994
1998
1999
2000
2001
1988
1989
1993
1995
Individual Honors
NEW ENGLAND CHAMPIONS
Athlete
Sharmaine Abrams
Tara Achane
Kristin Adams
Louise Agoston
Julie Arnold
Trisha Bailey
LeAndrea Banks
Wendy Berutto
Caitlyn Brady
Cheryl Brantle
Antonia Cadore
Angela Corson
Amanda Crichlow
Ronna Deffer
Lisa Deskis
Joanne Durant
Gillian Flemmings
Heather Francis
Karen Francis
Ann Gaffney
Carol Galloway
April Garner
April Garner
Kim Grabarz
Talisha Graves
Sandy Green
Erin Halpin
Bethany Hart
Nicola Hines
Melissa Houston
Lana Howard
Frederica Jones
Event
200 Meter (Indoor)
High Jump (Indoor)
High Jump (Indoor)
400 Meter Hurdles
500 Meter (Indoor)
400 Meter Hurdles
High Jump (Indoor)
500 Meter (Indoor)
600 Yard (Indoor)
Hammer Throw
55 Meter (Indoor)
55 Meter (Indoor)
55 Meter (Indoor)
Long Jump (Indoor)
Long Jump (Outdoor)
100 Meter (Outdoor)
200 Meter (Indoor)
100 Meter (Outdoor)
100 Meter (Outdoor)
Long Jump (Outdoor)
55 Meter Dash (Indoor)
Pentathlon
400 Meter Hurdles
High Jump (Indoor)
Javelin
55 Meter (Indoor)
55 Meter (Indoor)
55 Meter (Indoor)
200 Meter (Indoor)
100 Meter (Outdoor)
200 Meter (Outdoor)
55 Meter (Indoor)
200 Meter (Indoor)
100 Meter Hurdles (Outdoor)
High Jump (Indoor)
High Jump (Outdoor)
400 Meter (Indoor)
Long Jump (Indoor)
55 Meter (Indoor)
55 Meter Hurdles (Indoor)
1000 Meter (Indoor)
Mile (Indoor)
100 Meter (Outdoor)
200 Meter (Outdoor)
100 Meter (Outdoor)
200 Meter (Outdoor)
Pentathlon
High Jump (Indoor)
Hammer Throw
Shot Put (Indoor)
Hammer Throw
500 Meter (Indoor)
Weight
200 Meter (Indoor)
400 Meter (Indoor)
400 Meter (Outdoor)
Long Jump (Indoor)
Long Jump (Indoor)
Year
2002
1990
1992
1995
2000
2001
2001
1995
1998
1991
1997
2004
1989
1990
1991
1991
1991
1991
1992
1992
1993
1993
2003
1990
2002
1989
2001
1994
1995
1996
1996
1997
1997
1998
1998
2002
1997
1997
1995
1984
1985
1985
1985
2002
2004
2000
2001
1996
1996
1998
1998
1983
1988
1999
2000
2000
2004
2000
1989
1990
1991
1991
1992
1992
1983
1986
Athlete
Mary Kennen
Event
High Jump (Indoor)
Pentathlon
High Jump (Indoor)
Tracy Langley
400 Meter Hurdles
Tammy Lanier
200 Meter (Indoor)
Stephanie Littlejohn 400 Meter (Outdoor)
Chantal Lorent
Pentathlon
Sheila McCabe
55 Meter (Indoor)
100 Meter (Outdoor)
200 Meter (Outdoor)
Caroline Mitchell
800 Meter (Indoor)
Sharon Morris
Long Jump (Indoor)
Deirdre Mullen
High Jump (Indoor)
High Jump (Outdoor)
High Jump (Indoor)
Lavinia Muncy
Cross Country
Wadudah Nurul-Islam Weight Throw
Discus
Hammer Throw
Weight Throw
Katie O’Toole
5000 Meter (Indoor)
3000 Meter (Indoor)
5000 Meter (Indoor)
3000 Meter (Outdoor)
Amy Parkosewich
Discus
Tammy Peeples
Audra Price
800 Meter (Outdoor)
Andrea Robinson
High Jump (Indoor)
Jen Rosman
Terry Roy
Heptathlon
Shot Put (Indoor)
Shot Put (Indoor)
Pentathlon
Shot Put (Outdoor)
Heptathlon
Pentathlon
Heptathlon
Javelin
High Jump (Outdoor)
Shot Put (Outdoor)
Heptathlon
Keli Savage
1000 Yard (Indoor)
1000 Yard (Indoor)
Amy Spafford
500 Meter (Indoor)
Tara Thornton
100 Meter (Outdoor)
Torrea Thornton
100 Meter (Outdoor)
200 Meter (Outdoor)
Nicole Toney
Pentathlon
Tamika Toppin
High Jump (Indoor)
High Jump (Indoor)
High Jump (Outdoor)
High Jump (Outdoor)
High Jump (Indoor)
100 Meter Hurdles (Outdoor)
Nichole Tremblay
1000 Meter (Indoor)
1000 Meter (Indoor)
Lisa Wakem
5000 Meter (Indoor)
5000 Meter (Indoor)
Leniecia Ward
400 Meter (Outdoor)
400M (Indoor)
Danyelle Wood
5000M (Indoor)
5000M (Outdoor)
Shari Zembeck
Discus
Discus
Discus
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Year
1984
1985
1986
1992
1982
1997
1979
1982
1982
1982
1983
1979
2002
2002
2004
1979
2001
2001
2001
2002
1993
1994
1994
1994
2002
1994
1996
1997
2000
1994
1994
1991
1991
1992
1992
1992
1992
1993
1993
1993
1995
1995
1995
1991
1992
1996
1994
1995
1995
2001
2001
1998
1999
1999
2000
2001
2001
2001
2002
1988
1989
1994
1995
1998
1998
1992
1993
1995
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Relay Honors
NEW ENGLAND RELAY CHAMPIONS
Event
4X100 Meter Relay
(Outdoor)
4X200 Meter Relay
(Indoor)
4X200 Yard Relay
(Indoor)
4X400 Yard Relay
(Indoor)
4X880 Yard Relay
(Indoor)
4X800 Meter Relay
(Indoor)
4X800 Meter Relay
(Indoor)
4X200 Meter Relay
(Indoor)
4X200 Meter Relay
(Indoor)
4X400 Meter Relay
(Indoor)
4X200 Meter Relay
(Indoor)
4X400 Meter Relay
(Indoor)
4X100 Meter Relay
(Outdoor)
4X400 Meter Relay
(Outdoor)
4X200 Meter Relay
(Indoor)
4X400 Meter Relay
(Indoor)
4X100 Meter Relay
(Outdoor)
4X400 Meter Relay
(Outdoor)
4X200 Meter Relay
(Indoor)
4X800 Meter Relay
(Indoor)
4X100 Meter Relay
(Outdoor)
4X400 Meter Relay
(Outdoor)
4X400 Meter Relay
(Indoor)
4X200 Meter Relay
(Indoor)
4X200 Meter Relay
(Indoor)
4X100 Meter Relay
(Outdoor)
4X400 Meter Relay
(Outdoor)
4X200 Meter Relay
(Indoor)
4X400 Meter Relay
(Indoor)
4X800 Meter Relay
(Indoor)
4X400 Meter Relay
(Outdoor)
4X400 Meter Relay
(Outdoor)
4X200 Meter Relay
(Indoor)
Distance Medley Relay
4X100 Meter Relay
(Outdoor)
Athletes
Ellen Kelly, Linda Foreman,
Sheila McCabe, Tammy Lanier
Sheila McCabe, Tammy Lanier,
Deanna Michaels, Vicki Little
Sheila McCabe, Deanna Michaels,
Vicki Little, Frederica Jones
Sheila McCabe, Vicki Little,
Wendy Crink, Frederica Jones
Peggy Holdash, Julie Maloney,
Maria Fahy, Caroline Mitchell
Allison Mondi, Kim Hawkes,
Caroline Mitchell, Denise Barrett
Kim Hawkes, Denise Barrett,
Tina Goettel, Caroline Mitchell
Darlene Andrews, Lana Howard,
Keli Savage, Cheryl Brantle
Tracy Langley, Keli Savage,
Darlene Andrews, Cheryl Brantle
Darlene Andrews, Lana Howard
Tracy Langley, Leniecia Ward,
Torrea Thornton, Cheryl Brantle
Leniecia Ward, Lana Howard
Leniecia Ward, Torrea Thornton,
Lana Howard, Cheryl Brantle
Leniecia Ward, Lana Howard
Tara Thornton, Terry Roy,
Lori Waldorf, Torrea Thornton
Tara Thornton, Leniecia Ward,
Torrea Thornton, Terry Roy
Tara Thornton, Lori Waldorf,
Torrea Thornton, Cheryl Brantle
Amy Henderson, Leniecia Ward,
LeAndrea Banks, Keli Savage
Tara Thornton, Laura Quigg,
Joanne Durant, Torrea Thornton
LeAndrea Banks, Rhea Moore,
Shelby McKnight, Kristin Leahy
Leniecia Ward, Tara Thornton,
Torrea Thornton, Joanne Durant
Torrea Thornton, Karen Francis,
Joanne Durant, Leniecia Ward
Karen Francis, Torrea Thornton,
Joanne Durant, Leniecia Ward
Tara Thornton, Kathy Holloman,
Joanne Durant, Torrea Thornton
Tina Baldwin, Audra Price,
Davina Mitchell, Talisha Graves
Tina Baldwin, Talisha Graves,
Stephanie Littlejohn, Joanne Durant
Stephanie Littlejohn, Talisha Graves,
Rhea Moore, Joanne Durant
Talisha Graves, Kathy Holloman,
Stephanie Littlejohn, Joanne Durant
Trisha Bailey, Talisha Graves,
June Moore, Joanne Durant
Kimberly Grabarz, Kristen Fosdick,
Nichole Tremblay, Audra Price
Kafi Davis, Louise Agoston,
Amanda Crichlow, Heidi Hough
Louise Agoston, Kafi Davis,
Andrea Gourdine, Nicola Hines
Gillian Flemmings, April Garner,
Antonia Cadore, Sharmaine Abrams
Nichole Tremblay, Michelle Carter,
Kiley Margolis, Sarah Casilli
Gillian Flemmings, Antonia Cadore,
April Garner, Sharmaine Abrams
Joanne
Durrant
Year
1981
1982
Tara
Thornton
1983
1983
Torrea
Thornton
1983
1985
1986
Leniecia
Ward
1990
1991
1994 4X100 NEW ENGLAND CHAMPIONS
1991
1992
1992
1992
1992
1993
1993
1993
1993
1994
1994
1994
1995
April
Garner
1995
1995
Gillian
Flemmings
1997
1997
Antonia
Cadore
1997
1998
Sharmaine
Abrams
1998
2000
2000
2002 4X100 NEW ENGLAND CHAMPIONS
BIG EAST RELAY CHAMPIONS
2001
2002
2002
2002
Event
4X800 Meter Relay
(Indoor)
4X100 Meter Relay
(Outdoor)
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Athletes
Karen Motyka, Allison Mondi,
Maria Fahy, Caroline Mitchell
Leniecia Ward, Tara Thornton,
Torrea Thornton, Joanne Durant
Year
1984
1995
Team Records
UCONN INDOOR TRACK AND FIELD RECORDS
Event
Performance
55 Meter Dash
6.92
55 Meter Hurdles
7.93
60 Meter Dash
7.59
60 Meter Hurdles
8.43
200 Meter Dash
24.14
300 Meter Dash
40.46
400 Meter Dash
55.59
500 Meter
1:13.70
600 Yard Run
1:23.31
600 Meter
1:36.8
800 Meter
2:10.71
1000 Yard
2:34.91
1000 Meter
2:51.24
1500 Meter
4:33.78
3000 Meter
9:48.31
5000 Meter
16:36.93
Mile
4:55.37
High Jump
1.86 (6-1.25)
Long Jump
6.25 (20-6.25)
Triple Jump
12.84 (42-1.50)
Shot Put
14.8 (48-6.75)
20 lb. Weight
19.79 (64-11.25)
Pole Vault
3.60 11-9.75)
Pentathlon
4090 points
4x200 Yard Relay
1:32.89
4x200 Meter Relay
1:39.84
Mile Relay
3:58.89
3:44.64
4x400 Meter Relay
4x800 Meter Relay
9:04.16
Two Mile Relay
9:20.36
Distance Medley
11:41.73
FAT- (Fully Automatic Times in hundreths)
Name
Cheryl Brantle
April Garner
Antonia Cadore
April Garner
Joanne Durant
Tammy Lanier
Lana Howard
LeAndrea Banks
LeAndrea Banks
Ann Marie Kostelak
Audra Price
Keli Savage
Kim Grabarz
Maria Fahy
Kristen Meyer
Danyelle Wood
Sarah Casilli
Deirdre Mullen
Cheryl Brantle
Nicole Toney
Terry Roy
Wadudah Nurul-Islam
Tali Griner
Terry Roy
McCabe/Jones/Michaels/Little
Flemmings/Garner/Cadore/Abrams
McCabe/Little/Crink/Jones
Bailey/Graves/Littlejohn/Durant
Colesante/Savage/Allex/Corson
Holdash/Maloney/Fahy/Mitchell
Mitchell/Jones/Mondi/Barrett
Year
1992
2004
2003
2004
1996
1982
1992
1994
1991
1982
2000
1992
2001
1983
2003
1997
2002
2003
1992
2001
1995
2002
2001
1995
1983
2002
1983
1998
1990
1983
1985
UCONN OUTDOOR TRACK AND FIELD RECORDS
Event
Performance
100 Meter Dash
11.53
100 Meter Hurdles
13.60
200 Meter Dash
23.84
400 Meter Dash
54.42
400 Meter Hurdles
1:00.66
800 Meter
2:08.56
1500 Meter
4:29.63
3000 Meter
9:44.7
3000 Meter Steeple
11:08.49
5000 Meter
16:55.3
10,000 Meter
34:09.49
High Jump
1.88 (6-2.00)
Long Jump
6.46 (21-2.25)
Triple Jump
13.03 (42-9.00)
Discus
52.86 (173-5.00)
Hammer
63.09 (207-0.00)
Javelin
46.73 (153-4.00)
Shot Put
14.65 (48-0.25)
Pole Vault
3.50 (11-6.00)
Heptathlon
5790 points
4x100 Meter Relay
45.38
4x200 Meter Relay
1:37.66
Mile Relay
3:58.89
800 Meter Sprint Medley
31:48.96
4x400 Meter Relay
3:42.59
4x800 Meter Relay
8:54.82
FAT-(Fully Automatic Times in hundreths)
BOLDFACE INDICATES 2003-04 RETURNEES
Name
Cheryl Brantle
April Garner
Antonia Cadore
Joanne Durant
Louise Agoston
Audra Price
Kim Grabarz
Kim Hawkes
Kelly Joy
Lisa Wakem
Danyelle Wood
Deirdre Mullen
Carol Galloway
Nicole Toney
Amy Parkosewich
Bethany Hart
Lisa Deskis
Terry Roy
Tali Griner
Terry Roy
Flemmings/Cadore/Garner/Abrams
Ward/Thornton/Thornton/Durant
McCabe/Little/Crink/Jones
Lanier/Foreman/Kostelak/Little
Langley/Ward/Savage/Howard
Banks/Langley/Andrews/Savage
Year
1993
2004
2003
1998
2001
2000
2001
1986
2001
1989
1997
2004
1985
2001
2004
2000
2002
1993
2001
1995
2002
1994
1983
1982
1992
1991
Wendy Berutto - sixth place - NCAA Hammer Throw
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Top Performers
TOP PERFORMERS-OUTDOOR
100 Meter Dash
11.53
1993
Cheryl Brantle
11.7
1982
Sheila McCabe
11.70
1997
Joanne Durant
11.82
1994
Tara Thornton
11.83
2003
Antonia Cadore
100 Meter Hurdles
13.60
2004
April Garner
13.65
2004
April Garner
13.73
2004
April Garner
13.84
1989
April Davis
13.92
2003
April Garner
200 Meter Dash
23.84
2003
Antonia Cadore
23.93
1997
Joanne Durant
23.94
1992
Cheryl Brantle
24.10
1998
Talisha Graves
24.13
1994
Torrea Thornton
400 Meter Dash
54.42
1998
Joanne Durant
55.05
1991
Darlene Andrews
55.74
1993
Leniecia Ward
55.89
1989
Charmaine Balfour
55.86
2004
Nicola Hines
400 Meter Hurdles
1:00.66
2001
Louise Agoston
1:01.90
1992
Tracy Langley
1:02.23
2004
Marlene Priest
1:02.32
2004
Marlene Priest
1:02.61
1992
Lana Howard
800 Meter Run
2:08.56
2000
Audra Price
2:10.39
1983
Caroline Mitchell
2:10.69
1992
Keli Savage
2:12.04
2001
Kim Grabarz
2:13.0
1980
Annemarie Kostelak
1500 Meter
4:29.63
2001
Kim Grabarz
4:30.2
1982
Maria Fahy
Denise Barrett
4:32.59
1985
4:34.36
2002
Sarah Casilli
4:35.72
2004
Allison McCabe
3000 Meter
9:44.7
1986
Kim Hawkes
9:46.79
2003
Kristin Meyer
9:49.2
1996
Leslie Almeida
9:49.23
1997
Allison Ciosek
9:56.4
1992
Katie O’Toole
3000 Meter Steeplechase
11:08.49 2001
Kelly Joy
11:15.64 2004
Jillian Sullivan
11:20.24 2004
Jillian Sullivan
11:24.51 2002
Kristen Meyer
2 Mile Run
11:00.0
1981
Sue Connolly
12.13
1977
Andrea Fortin
5000 Meter
16:55.3
1989
Lisa Wakem
17:00.61 1998
Danyelle Wood
17:05.62 1998
Allison Ciosek
17:14.56 2003
Kristin Meyer
17:16.06 1983
Maria Fahy
10,000 Meter
34:09.49 1997
Danyelle Wood
34:48.20 1998
Allison Ciosek
34:56.1
1988
Lisa Wakem
35:19.10 1994
Katie O’Toole
36:27.80 1985
Kathy Hawkes
4x100 Meter
45.38
2002
45.44
1995
45.63
1993
45.92
1995
45.94
1997
Boldface Indicates
2004-05 Returnees
4x200 Meter
1:37.66
1994
1:38.26
1995
1:38.52
1993
1:38.68
2003
1:38.87
1992
4x400 Meter
3:42.59
1992
3:44.36
2002
3:44.60
1997
3:48.27
2000
3:48.68
2001
4x800 Meter
8:54.82
1991
9:05.57
1989
9:08.43
1995
9:08.64
1997
9:12.45
2002
Sprint Medley
1:48.96
1982
Mile Relay
3:58.00
1990
3:58.89
1983
4:20.9
1979
4:21.7
1977
High Jump
6-2.00
2004
6-1.25
2004
6-1.25
2000
6-0.5
2004
6-0.25
1989
Long Jump
21-2.25
1985
20-10.75 1991
19-7.50
1985
19-7.00
2003
19-6.25
2001
Triple Jump
42-9.00
2001
40-6.25
2003
40-2.00
1996
39-10.25 1984
39-1.75
2003
Shot Put
48-0.75
1995
47-1.50
1998
46-8.75
1999
46-3.75
2000
46-2.50
1993
Hammer Throw
207-0.00 2000
192-7.00 2000
189-5.00 1997
185-10.00 2001
185.4.00 2004
Javelin
153-4.00 2002
147-9.00 1996
143-11.00 1995
143-0.00 1981
142-7.00 1987
Discus
173-5.00 2004
173-0.00 2004
168-4.00 2004
166-10.00 2004
162-3.00 2002
Pole Vault
11-6.00
2001
11-1.75
2004
11-0.00
2004
10-10.00 2004
10-10.00 2000
Heptathlon
5790
1995
4675
1989
4593
1985
Deirdre Mullen
Deirdre Mullen
Tamika Toppin
Deirdre Mullen
Ronna Deffer
Carol Galloway
Cheryl Brantle
Frederica Jones
Kafi Davis
Nicole Toney
Nicole Toney
Andrea Gourdine
Tammy Peeples
Ann Gaffney
Caitlyn Brady
Terry Roy
Typhanie Bates
Bethany Hart
Lissa Bloom
Shari Zembek
Bethany Hart
Melissa Houston
Wendy Berutto
Wadudah Nurul-Islam
Amy Parkosewich
Lisa Deskis
Cyndi DeRoehn
Terry Roy
Maria Perillo
Mary Kennen
Amy
Amy
Amy
Amy
Amy
Parkosewich
Parkosewich
Parkosewich
Parkosewich
Parkosewich
Tali Griner
Michelle Beamon
Michelle Beamon
Michelle Beamon
Joanelle Bailey-Chandler
Terry Roy
Angela Corson
Dionne Laffond
TOP PERFORMERS-INDOOR
55 Meter Dash
6.92
1992
7.00
1997
7.0
1982
7.01
2003
7.10
2002
55 Meter Hurdles
7.93
2004
7.98
2001
7.99
2004
8.05
1990
8.06
2003
8.06
2004
60 Meter Dash
7.59
2003
7.60
1980
7.66
1980
7.66
2002
7.70
2002
60 Meter Hurdles
8.43
2004
8.49
2004
8.50
2004
8.67
2002
8.70
2002
200 Meter Dash
24.10
1998
24.14
1996
24.34
1992
24.42
2002
24.53
2003
400 Meter Dash
55.59
1992
56.21
1992
56.74
1991
56.82
2003
56.99
1986
500 Meter
1:13.70 1994
1:14.71 1998
1:14.91 2004
1:15.05 1996
1:15.26 2002
800 Meter Run
2:10.71 2000
2:11.33 1994
2:12.64 1983
2:13.8
1992
2:14.0
1994
1000 Yard
2:34.91 1992
2:37.69 1990
2:38.61 1986
2:39.13 1985
1000 Meter
2:51.24 2001
2:51.33 1993
2:52.45 2001
2:53.07 1986
2:53.52 2002
1500 Meter Run
4:33.78 1983
4:37.48 1986
4:40.96 1986
4:43.33 1986
4:46.20 1990
3000 Meter Run
9:48.31 2003
9:49.73 1997
9:52.60 1994
9:53.08 1988
9:53.18 1983
9:55.28 1998
5000 Meter Run
16:36.93 1997
16:46.43 1988
16:49.06 1995
16:53.59 1998
17:19.00 1990
Cheryl Brantle
Joanne Durant
Sheila McCabe
Antonia Cadore
Sharmaine Abrams
April Garner
Tamika Toppin
April Garner
Lana Howard
April Garner
April Garner
Antonia Cadore
Sheila McCabe
Rebecca Howard
Sharmaine Abrams
Gillian Flemmings
April Garner
April Garner
April Garner
Gillian Flemmings
April Garner
Talisha Graves
Joanne Durant
Cheryl Brantle
Sharmaine Abrams
Antonia Cadore
Lana Howard
Leniecia Ward
Tracy Langley
Michelle Carter
Frederica Jones
LeAndrea Banks
Trisha Bailey
Nicola Hines
Amy Spafford
Nicola Hines
Audra Price
LeAndrea Banks
Caroline Mitchell
Keli Savage
Kristin Leahy
Keli Savage
Debbie Allex
Caroline Mitchell
Denise Barrett
Kim Grabarz
Keli Savage
Nichole Tremblay
Caroline Mitchell
Sarah Casilli
Maria Fahy
Denise Barrett
Kim Hawkes
Tina Goettel
Carolyn Verdon
Kristen Meyer
Danyelle Wood
Katie O’Toole
Lisa Wakem
Maria Fahy
Allison Ciosek
Danyelle Wood
Lisa Wakem
Katie O’Toole
Allison Ciosek
Shannon Lennon
Bethany Hart
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Mile Run
4:55.37 2002
Sarah Casilli
4:55.84 2004
Allison McCabe
4:55.90 2001
Kim Grabarz
4:55.96 2004
Allison McCabe
4:56.00 1995
Leslie Almeida
4x200 Meter Relay
1:39.84 2002
1:39.95 2003
1:39.99 1998
1:40.31 1994
1:40.40 1992
4x400 Meter Relay
3:44.64 1998
3:45.36 1992
3:46.41 1998
3:46.87 1995
3:48.02 1991
4x800 Meter Relay
8:54.82 1991
9:04.16 1990
9:11.70 2004
9:12.68 1985
9:13.20 2004
Mile Relay
3:58.89 1983
3:59.66 1990
3:59.84 1984
4:05.0
1982
4:14.3
1982
Distance Medley
11:41.73 1985
11:48.41 1990
11:53.30 1985
11:54.11 1991
11:54.39 2004
High Jump
6-1.25
2004
Deirdre Mullen
6-1.25
2004
Deirdre Mullen
6-0.75
2004
Deirdre Mullen
6-0.50
2004
Deirdre Mullen
6-0.50
2003
Deirdre Mullen
Long Jump
20-6.25 1992
Cheryl Brantle
20-0.50 1986
Carol Galloway
19-2.50 1986
Frederica Jones
19-0.00 2003
Kafi Davis
18-9.25 2001
Nicole Toney
18-9.25 1981
Sharon Morris
Triple Jump
42-1.50 2001
Nicole Toney
41-5.00 1997
Tammy Peeples
41-2.25 2003
Andrea Gourdine
40-1.50 2004
Caitlyn Brady
39-11.25 1985
Ann Gaffney
Shot Put
48-6.75 1995
Terry Roy
48-0.50 2004
Daisy VanRavenswaay
47-7.75 2004
Daisy VanRavenswaay
47-4.25 2000
Bethany Hart
46-9.50 2004
Daisy VanRavenswaay
20Lb. Weight
64-11.25 2002
Wadudah Nurul-Islam
60-8.00 2004
Amy Parkosewich
60-2.00 2000
Bethany Hart
59-9.75 2004
Amy Parkosewich
59-8.50 2000
Melissa Houston
Pole Vault
11-9.75 2001
Tali Griner
11-3.75 2004
Michelle Beamon
11-1.75 2003
Michelle Beamon
11- 0.25 2000
Joanelle Bailey-Chandler
10-11.75 2004
Michelle Beamon
Pentathlon
4090
1995
Terry Roy
3888
1990
Angela Corson
3710
1984
Deanna Michaels
3647
2001
Nicole Toney
3625
1995
Dionne Laffond
- Two-time All-American
- USA National Bobsled Team
Facility Records
GEORGE J. SHERMAN FAMILY-SPORTS COMPLEX RECORDS
Event
100 Meter Dash
200 Meter Dash
400 Meter Dash
800 Meter Run
1500 Meter Run
3000 Meter Run
5000 Meter Run
10,000 Meter Run
100 Meter Hurdles
400 Meter Hurdles
3000 Meter Steeplechase
4x100 Meter Relay
4x400 Meter Relay
4x800 Meter Relay
High Jump
Pole Vault
Long Jump
Triple Jump
Shot Put
Discus
Hammer Throw
Javelin
Performance
11.40
23.18
52.05
2:05.86
4:18.57
9:46.91
15:58.51
35:04.84
13.36
57.57
9:58.26
44.58
3:33.38
8:42.06
1.85 (6-0.75)
3.95 (12-11.50)
6.61 (21-8.25)
13.35 (43-9.75)
18.16 (59-7.25)
49.70 (163-1.00)
60.46 (198-4.00)
53.08 (174-2.00)
Athlete (School), Date
Lauryn Williams (Miami), 5/5/02
Charlette Greggs (Miami), 5/4/03
Liz Grow (Notre Dame), 5/5/02
Tyrona Heath (Georgetown), 5/5/02
Treniere Clement (Georgetown), 5/4/03
Claire Shearman (Providence), 4/7/00
Molly Huddle (Notre Dame), 5/4/03
Marni Kruppa (Georgetown), 5/4/02
Sharianne Lawson (Miami), 5/3/03
Elizabeth Bayne (Pittsburgh), 5/4/03
Roisin McGettigan (Providence), 5/3/03
Miami, 5/4/03
Miami, 5/4/03
Georgetown, 5/5/02
Tamika Toppin (Connecticut), 4/21/00
Erin Nett (West Virginia), 5/4/02
Tamiesha King (Notre Dams), 5/3/03
Kareen Clarke (Miami), 5/4/02
Amber Knighten (Boston), 4/21/00
Sheba George(St. John’s), 5/4/02
Bethany Hart (Connecticut), 4/21/00
Denise O’Connell (Virginia Tech), 5/4/02
- Audra Price New England
800m Champion
- Angela Corson New England/ECAC
Pentathlon Champion
- Tammy Peeples New England
Triple Jump Champion
- Bethany Hart Sherman Complex
Hammer Record
HUGH S. GREER FIELD HOUSE RECORDS
Event
55 Meter Dash
200 Meter Dash
400 Meter Dash
500 Meter Dash
800 Meter Run
Mile Run
3000 Meter Run
55 Meter Hurdles
4x400 Meter Relay
4x800 Meter Relay
High Jump
Pole Vault
Long Jump
Triple Jump
Shot Put
Weight Throw
Performance
7.28
24.92
57.5
1:13.43
2:20.06
5:18.16
10:57.94
8.22
4:09.54
9:51.53
1.79 (5-10.50)
3.05 (10-0.00)
5.77 (18-11.25)
11.54 (37-10.50)
14.58 (47-10.00)
17.82 (58-5.75)
Athlete (School), Date
Melene Thomas (Fairleigh Dickinson), 1/6/99
Stephani Allen (Manhattan), 1/8/00
Tiffanie Poole (Manhattan), 1/8/00
Alainn Pompey (Manhattan), 1/8/00
Lisa Edwards (Manhattan), 1/6/99
Geraldine McQueen (Fairleigh Dickinson), 1/6/99
Dana Bodnarchuk (Manhattan), 1/8/00
Connecticut, 1/6/99
Manhattan, 1/8/00
Joanelle Bailey-Chandler (Connecticut), 1/8/00
Kafi Davis (Connecticut), 1/8/00
Rashida Abdul-Amalik (Connecticut), 1/8/00
Lacole Fields (Manhattan), 1/8/00
Wadudah Nurul-Islam (Connecticut), 1/8/00
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Support Staff
ACADEMIC SUPPORT
John Miceli
The University of Connecticut’s Counseling Program for Intercollegiate Athletes (CPIA) was established in 1986
to provide comprehensive academic support to all UConn student-athletes. CPIA’s staff includes a director, seven
full time counselors, four graduate assistants, and a large complement of tutors. The program boasts its own
computerized writing lab with access to the internet as well as the reference tools of the Homer Babbidge Library.
The program also provides laptop computers for team use during travel to away games. Individual tutors in all
subjects are readily available to student-athletes upon their request.
A CPIA counselor is assigned to each intercollegiate team. He or she monitors student-athlete academic
performance, counsels individuals regarding major/career options, facilitates registration in courses that
accommodate practice times while optimizing progress toward a degree, coordinates tutor requests and
assignments, and assists in development of study and time management skills. CPIA counselors also provide
individual referrals to other University support programs including Career Services, Counseling Services, and the
University Program for the Learning Disabled (UPLD). Finally, CPIA counselors work in connection with the
student-athletes’ major advisors to ensure that each student-athlete makes optimal progress toward his or her
degree.
SPORTS MEDICINE
ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT
The Department of Sports Medicine in the University of Connecticut Division of Athletics
works as an integrated multidisciplinary team whose purpose is to provide the optimal, safe
environment for the cross country/track and field student-athletes to train and participate in their
sport. The staff takes great pride in the individual attention paid to each student-athlete. They
are devoted to preventing injury, rapidly diagnosing and treating injury, and maximizing athletic
performance. The disciplines of athletic training, strength and conditioning, sports medicine,
orthopaedic sports medicine, optometry, nutrition, exercise physiology, and psychology work
in concert to provide comprehensive care for the student-athlete.
Physician coverage is provided by Jeffrey Anderson, MD, the Director of Sports Medicine and
Team Physician Thomas Trojian, MD. The Orthopaedic Sports Medicine Specialists for the
team include Edward Collins, MD, and Michael Joyce, MD, of the Connecticut Sports Medicine
and Orthopaedic Center in Willimantic, Barry Messinger, MD, of Sports Medicine and Orthopaedic
Surgery in Manchester, and Robert Arciero, MD, and Kevin Shea, MD, of the University of
Connecticut Health Center Department of Orthopaedics in Farmington.
The Department of Sports Medicine works intimately with the Departments of Kinesiology
and Nutritional Sciences on the University of Connecticut campus. This affords the studentathletes with the input of several nationally recognized exercise scientists. This cooperation
also keeps the sports medicine staff at the cutting edge of developments in the fields of
human performance and sports nutrition. Members of the sports medicine staff are actively
engaged in research that directly benefits the care of the cross country/track and field studentathletes.
The UConn Sports Medicine team is housed in state-of-the-art facilities in the Hugh S.
Greer Field House and the Harry A. Gampel Pavilion, as well as a new and expanded sports
medicine treatment center located in the UConn Football Facilities Building.
Mary Ryan is in her 21st year
working in the UConn Division of
Athletics.
In her tenure at Connecticut, Ryan
has worked for a variety of UConn’s
successful athletic programs,
including baseball, volleyball,
football, field hockey, ice hockey,
men’s and women’s track, women’s
soccer and men’s and women’s
swimming.
Before joining the athletic
department, Ryan worked for three
years in the college of agriculture at
Connecticut.
STRENGTH & CONDITIONING
The strength and conditioning program for the University of Connecticut Division of Athletics is under the supervision of UConn
Strength and Conditioning Coordinator Jerry Martin. The Strength and Conditioning staff services all 24 of Connecticut’s
intercollegiate teams.
UConn athletes have the use of two different weight rooms in the Harry A. Gampel Pavilion and the newly remodeled Hugh S.
Greer Field House.
In all, there are over 8000 square feet of weight training facilities available for all UConn track and field athletes.
The weight room in the Harry A. Gampel Pavilion is a free weight facility and supplies the Husky athletes areas in which to perform
their power and Olympic lifts. The facility in the Greer Field House is fitted with more free weights in which the UConn athletes
can incorporate circuit training, speed training and heavy negative workouts into their total strength training program.
Coach Bill Morgan organizes and implements specific event related programs for each track and field student-athlete. Each
program is manipulated in order to fulfill the specific needs of the individual. Specific programs are developed to monitor progress
in strength, power, anaerobic conditioning and flexibility. This format provides the coaches and medical staff with an accurate
athletic profile on each track and field athlete.
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Athletic Development
We’re scoring big at UConn with the help of some extraordinary players. Although they have never set foot on our playing
fields, these team members give us something special, their support.
As members of The UConn Club and contributors to the UConn Athletic Development Fund, they are keeping the Husky
spirit alive.
The goals of The UConn Club and the UConn Athletic Development Fund are simply to provide financial support for
Connecticut’s 24 intercollegiate teams and some 600 student-athletes. When donors sign on with the Huskies, they’re making
an investment that will pay off in great seasons and outstanding student-athletes.
One of the many ways UConn Club members are helping is through the UConn Athletic Development Fund’s Endowed
Scholarship Program. In the 2004-2005 academic year, the University of Connecticut Division of Athletics will award many
endowed scholarships to benefit numerous Husky student-athletes.
The Mark R. Shenkman Training Center
Thanks to alumnus Mark R. Shenkman, the University of Connecticut will soon join the ranks of major
universities nationwide with an indoor training facility that will be utilized by all Husky teams and also by recreational services.
Shenkman’s $2.5 million gift, one of the largest ever to the UConn Division of Athletics, will help build an
intercollegiate, intramural and recreational facility that will serve the entire UConn community.
The 85,000 square foot Mark R. Shenkman Training Center will rival similar facilities at other large universities. Featuring a 120-yard long synthetic playing surface, an 18,000 square foot strength and conditioning area
and state-of-the-art video capabilities, the indoor training center will provide UConn’s teams with the most technologically advanced training equipment.
The University has contracted with the Hartford-based firm of Jeter, Cook and Jepson and with HOK Sport +
Venue + Event, an internationally-renowned architectural firm based in Kansas City, to provide architectural and
engineering services for The Mark R. Shenkman Training Center.
A resident of Greenwich, Conn, Shenkman graduated from the Wilbraham & Monson Academy in Wilbraham,
Mass. He received a bachelor’s degree in political science from UConn in 1965 followed by a master’s degree in
business administration from The George Washington University.
Shenkman is the founder and president of Shenkman Capital Management, Inc., a registered investment
advisor with offices in New York City and Stamford, Conn. He has served on the UConn Foundation’s Board of
Directors for eight years and has been a member of its investment committee. Shenkman was elected to the
UConn School of Business Hall of Fame in 2002 and has endowed a classroom and the e-Commerce Chair for
the business school.
Construction for The Mark R. Shenkman Training Center will take place in the winter of 2004, with the
opening slated for the summer of 2006.
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This is UConn Athletics
The University of Connecticut was the “Home of Champions” during
the 2003-2004 academic year.
The most tangible evidence of this came on consecutive days in
early April when UConn won NCAA Championships in both men’s and
women’s basketball – becoming the first Division I school to win both
titles in the same year.
The moniker “Home of Champions” goes far beyond basketball —
and athletics for that matter. UConn student-athletes are champions on
the playing fields and courts, as well as in the classrooms and in the
community.
UConn teams advanced to NCAA Championship play in five different
sports this past year as the men’s and women’s basketball teams won
national championships, the women’s soccer team played in the national
final, the field hockey team advanced to the NCAA quarterfinals and
the men’s soccer team went to the second round of the NCAA
tournament.
Individuals from UConn participated in the NCAA men’s and women’s
indoor and outdoor track championships and the women’s swimming
championship.
UConn has now won an NCAA Championship in each of the past six
academic years dating back to 1998-99: 1999 men’s basketball, 2000
women’s basketball, 2000 men’s soccer, 2002 women’s basketball,
2003 women’s basketball and 2004 men’s and women’s basketball.
The 2003-2004 year was also highlighted with the opening of
Rentschler Field, the country’s newest and most modern college football
stadium. UConn posted a record of 5-1 in its new home and had an
overall record of 9-3.
Husky teams were successful on the BIG EAST level as the women’s
basketball, field hockey and women’s soccer teams all won BIG EAST
regular season titles. The men’s basketball team won the BIG EAST
tournament and the men’s indoor track and field team won the BIG
EAST Championship.
The men’s track and field team won the indoor New England
Championship for the 11th-straight year while the women’s indoor
team won it for the third time in the past four years.
A total of 10 Husky student-athletes won All-America honors this
past year: Maureen Butler in field hockey, Kristen Graczyk in women’s
soccer, Lauren Henderson in field hockey, Logan Jones in men’s indoor
track and field, Joel Legare in men’s outdoor track and field, Mary Jo
Malone in field hockey, Deirdre Mullen in both indoor and outdoor
women’s track and field, Emeka Okafor in men’s basketball, Diana Taurasi
in women’s basketball and Will Thomas in men’s indoor track and field.
UConn produced a pair of Academic All-Americans in Okafor, who
was also selected as the Academic All-American of the Year for men’s
basketball, and football’s Shaun Feldeisen, who earned second team
honors.
Both Okafor and Taurasi were honored as the national player of the
year in their respective sports.
W i l l i a m s at
W i l l i a m s at
UConn
UConn
Boiteux at UConn
Field hockey head coach Nancy Stevens was honored as the BIG
EAST Conference and regional coach of the year while men’s track and
field coach Greg Roy and his assistants were honored as the BIG EAST
indoor staff of the year.
Here is an alphabetical sport-by-sport recap of the 2003-2004 academic
year for UConn athletics.
Baseball
• First-year head coach Jim Penders took over the head coaching duties
from longtime Husky mentor Andy Baylock.
• Senior pitcher Mike James was selected in the 28th round of the Major
League Draft by the Boston Red Sox.
• Junior pitcher and designed hitter Jeff Hourigan was an All-New England
selection and played in the annual New England All-Star game at Fenway
Park.
Men’s Basketball
• Head coach Jim Calhoun and his Huskies won the 2004 NCAA
Championship – the second in school history and Calhoun’s tenure to go
along with the 1999 title.
• UConn’s Emeka Okafor was recognized as one of the game’s finest
student-athletes ever as he earned Academic All-America of the Year
honors and was a unanimous All-America selection.
• Husky players were picked second and third overall in the 2004 NBA
Draft as Okafor was selected by the Charlotte Bobcats and Ben Gordon
by the Chicago Bulls.
• Okafor was named the MVP of the NCAA Final Four while Gordon was
the MVP of the Phoenix regional.
• Okafor ended his Husky career as the school record holder for blocked
shots with 441 and is seventh in NCAA history.
• Guard Taliek Brown left UConn as the school career record holder for
assists with 722.
Women’s Basketball
• Head coach Geno Auriemma and his team won the 2004 NCAA
Championship – the third in a row for the team and the fifth in school
history.
• UConn played in the Final Four for the eighth time in school history and
a national-record fifth consecutive.
• Senior Diana Taurasi won the Honda Award as the top player in the
country for the second year in a row and was also named BIG EAST
Player of the Year for the second time in as many years.
• Sophomore Barbara Turner was a second team All-BIG EAST pick
while sophomore Ann Strother made third team.
• Taurasi was the first overall pick in the 2004 WNBA Draft by the Phoenix
Mercury.
• Taurasi was also named to the United States Olympic Team and was
joined by UConn grads Sue Bird and Swin Cash.
Field Hockey
• UConn had a 17-6 record and advanced to the quarterfinals of the
NCAA Championship. In addition, the Huskies also played in the
championship game of the BIG EAST tournament.
• Head coach Nancy Stevens was both the BIG EAST and regional coach
of the year.
• Junior forward Lauren Henderson was named first team All-American,
senior forward Mary Jo Malone was named second team while goalkeeper
Maureen Butler was third team.
• Henderson was honored as the BIG EAST Offensive Player of the
Year, Butler was the BIG EAST Goalkeeper of the Year and the duo joined
Malone as first team All-BIG EAST honorees.
Football
• UConn posted a 9-3 record in its second season as a fully-scholarshiped
Division I-A program. That record included wins over teams from the Big
Ten and the Atlantic Coast Conferences.
• The Huskies had a 5-1 record in their new home, Rentschler Field, the
country’s newest and most modern college football stadium.
• Senior wide receiver Shaun Feldeisen was named second team
Academic All-American and led the team in receptions with 65 for 860
yards and seven touchdowns.
• Junior quarterback Dan Orlovsky was named the Walter Camp Football
Foundation Connecticut Player of the Year and ESPN.com’s Independent
Offensive Player of the Year.
• After an injury to leading rusher Terry Caulley, the younger running
backs in the program came through. Freshman Cornell Brockington rushed
for 182 yards and four touchdowns in a season-ending win over Wake
Forest.
Emeka Okafor, the Academic All-American of the
Year, cuts down the nets as the UConn men’s
basketball team won the 2004 NCAA
Championship.
Golf
• UConn finished third at the New England Fall Championship and then
came back to finish in second place at the New England Championship –
held in the spring.
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This is UConn Athletics
• Senior Jordan Burke was the individual medalist at the New England
fall event and was third in the spring championship.
Men’s Ice Hockey
• UConn went 7-1-2 to end the regular season before losing in the
quarterfinals of the Atlantic Hockey Association tournament.
• Junior Tim Olsen was named the Atlantic Hockey Association Player of
the Year.
• The Huskies won the UConn Hockey Classic with a tie against Bentley
and a win over Air Force.
Women’s Ice Hockey
• Junior Tiffany Owens was a second team All-Hockey East selection
while Natalie Vincent was named to the league’s all-rookie team.
• UConn placed 15 student-athletes on the league’s All-Academic squad
– the most of any school.
Lacrosse
• The Huskies finished the season with wins in four of their final five
matches.
• Senior midfielder Melissa MacDougall and junior midfielder Tracy Mullaney
earned first team All-BIG EAST honors while senior attacker Kariane
Lauri was second team.
• Mullaney earned first team all-region honors while MacDougall was
second team all-region.
Rowing
• UConn’s junior varsity eight team won its competition at the Dad Vail
Championship – the largest collegiate regatta in the country.
• The Huskies had three top three finishes at the Riverfront Recapture
meet during the fall in Hartford.
Men’s Soccer
• UConn advanced to the second round of the NCAA Championship.
• Senior midfielder/forward Lindon Pecorelli and freshman Steve Sealy
earned second team All-BIG EAST honors while sophomore midfielder/
back Mpho Moloi was third team.
• Sealy and Pecorelli both earned second team All-New England honors
while Sealy earned Freshman All-America honors third team.
Women’s Soccer
• UConn advanced to the championship game of the NCAA tournament
and finished the year with a 15-6-3 record.
• Junior forward Kristen Graczyk was named the BIG EAST Offensive
Player of the Year and was a third team All-America pick.
• Graczyk scored 20 goals in 2003, including eight game-winners, and
12 assists. She is UConn’s all-time leading goal scorer in NCAA Tournament
play with 10 and is tied for fourth place on UConn’s all-time goals scored
list.
• Freshman midfielder Meghan Schnur was named the BIG EAST CoRookie of the Year.
Softball
• UConn had a streak in mid-March where it won 11 of 12 games.
• Junior shortstop Mandy Schettini and junior centerfielder Stephanie
DiBiase were named second team All-BIG EAST while senior first baseman
Maggie Arbogast was named third team.
• DiBiase was named honorable mention All-New England along with
juniors Jen D’Angelo and Jess Gurney.
Men’s Swimming and Diving
• UConn had a 7-3 record during the dual match season and finished in
fourth place at the prestigious U.S. Open in Seattle.
• Senior Dustin Rogers won the 100-meter butterfly event at the BIG
EAST Championship for the second year in a row.
• Rogers’ top 100-meter butterfly time ranked him among the top 30 in the
nation and he swam at the U.S. Olympic Trials.
Women’s Swimming and Diving
• UConn had a 7-2-1 record during the dual match season and finished in
sixth place at the BIG EAST Championship.
• Freshman Jacquelyn Craft finished in 12th place at the NCAA
Championship in the 200-meter breaststroke. It marked the first time UConn
has ever scored points at the event and Craft was an honorable mention
All-American.
• Craft also won the 100 and 200-meter breaststroke at the BIG EAST
Championship – becoming the first Husky since 1995 to win a pair of
conference titles the same year.
Men’s Tennis
• Junior Brian Ravesloot led the way for the Huskies with 13 singles
wins during the year while senior George Rzepecki had 12.
Kristen Graczyk was named 2003 BIG EAST
Offensive
Player of the Year as the Huskies advanced to
the NCAA championship game.
Women’s Tennis
• UConn had a 2-1-1 record in fall competition, and had including sevenstraight victories in the spring.
• Junior Jen LoRusso led the way for the Huskies with 23 singles wins
on the year.
• Junior Whitney Simcik and freshman Alison Adamski advanced to the
round of 16 in doubles at the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Regional
Championship – the first UConn duo to ever accomplish that.
Men’s Track and Field/Cross Country
• During the indoor season, UConn won the BIG EAST Championship for
the second time in the past three years. Senior Will Thomas won the first
BIG EAST heptathlon and was named the Most Outstanding Field Performer
while sophomore Logan Jones was the Most Outstanding Track Performer
after winning the 800-meter run.
• Thomas earned All-American honors in the indoor season for a fourthplace finish in the heptathlon at the NCAAs as did Jones for his performance
in the 800.
• Head coach Greg Roy was named the regional indoor coach of the
year and he and his staff were named the BIG EAST Coaching Staff of
the Year.
• During the outdoor season, senior Paul Pisano became the first threetime BIG EAST Champion in the javelin and won the IC4A Championship.
Junior Joel Legare earned All-America honors in the 800-meter run at the
NCAAs and won the IC4A title in that event.
• The cross country team finished in fifth place at the BIG EAST
Championship and in 10th place at the New Englands.
Women’s Track and Field/Cross Country
• Senior Deirdre Mullen earned All-America honors in the high jump during
both the indoor and outdoor season. She has now earned All-America
honors four times in her career.
• Mullen also won the high jump at the BIG EAST indoor championship
while senior Amy Parkosewich won the discus at the BIG EAST outdoors.
• UConn won the New England Indoor Championship for the third time in
the past four years.
• Kyle McQueen was the highest-finishing freshman at the BIG EAST
Championship in cross country.
Volleyball
• UConn ended the season with a 20-12 record – marking the fifth time in
the past six seasons that the team reached the 20-win mark.
• The Huskies won the championship of the UConn Autumn Classic played
in Gampel Pavilion.
• Junior Jamie Hadenfeldt was named a second team All-BIG EAST
selection.
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A Husky Tradition of Excellence
In the UConn Division of Athletics,
there is a saying: “If we’re not going to
do it the right way, we are not going to
do it at all.”
That’s the attitude when in comes to
anything that happens in the Division
from its administrators, coaches and
student-athletes. There’s a tradition of
excellence at UConn that is fostered on
a continual basis.
The Huskies have won eight NCAA
national championships since 1990 –
five in women’s basketball, two in men’s
basketball and one in men’s soccer.
UConn has made NCAA semifinal
appearances 10 other times during that
period – including four in women’s
soccer, three in women’s basketball, two
in field hockey and one in men’s soccer.
In total, UConn teams have advanced
to NCAA Championship play 65 times
since 1990-91 while Husky studentathletes have garnered All-America
honors 142 times.
UConn teams have also won 40 BIG
EAST Conference regular season
championships during that time and 35
BIG EAST Tournament titles.
None of this success is possible
without great leaders and UConn has
had five different head coaches
recognized as national coaches of the
year in the past 13 years – Geno
Auriemma of women’s basketball, Jim
Calhoun of men’s basketball, Ray Reid
of men’s soccer, Len Tsantiris of
women’s soccer and Bruce Marshall of
men’s ice hockey.
The Division of Athletics – which now
boasts of over 150 full-time employees
– strives to help the University of
Connecticut grow, develop and improve
each and every day.
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