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2012-2013 Wtrack webguide.indd
2 2012-2013 2012-201 3 HOLY CROSS TRACK & FIELD AT A GLANCE HOLY CROSS QUICK FACTS Location: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Worcester, MA 01610 Founded: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1843 Enrollment: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,872 Color: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Royal Purple Nickname: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Crusaders Affiliations: . . . . . . . . NCAA Division I, Patriot League President: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rev. Philip L. Boroughs, S.J. Director of Admissions: . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ann McDermott Office Phone: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (508) 793-2443 Director of Financial Aid: . . . . . . . . . . . Lynne M. Myers Office Phone: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (508) 793-2265 Director of Athletics: . . . . . . . . . . . Richard M. Regan, Jr. Associate Director of Athletics: . . . . . . . . . Bill Bellerose Associate Director of Athletics: . . . . . . . . . . Ann Zelesky Associate Director of Athletics: . . . . . . . . . . . . Rose Shea Assistant Director of Athletics: . . . . . Frank Mastrandrea Head Athletic Trainer: . . . . . . . . . . . Anthony Cerundolo Manager of Events & Promotions: . . . . . Jessica Liebner Fundraising Coordinator: . . . . . . . . . . . .Jennifer Whipple Web Site: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .www.GoHolyCross.com COACHING STAFF Director of Cross Country, Track & Field: . .Jim Kavanagh Alma Mater: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Boston College, 1968 Years at Holy Cross . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Office Phone: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(508) 793-2317 E-Mail Address: . . . . . . . . [email protected] Head Women’s Coach : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Egetta Alfonso Alma Mater: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Holy Cross, 1992 Years at Holy Cross . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Office Phone: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(508) 793-2315 E-Mail Address: . . . . . . . . [email protected] Mailing Address: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Track & Field Office College of the Holy Cross One College Street Worcester, MA 01610 ATHLETIC MEDIA RELATIONS STAFF Director: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Charles Bare Assistant Director: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jim Wrobel Assistant Director: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jim Sarkisian Assistant/Video Coordinator:. . . . . . . . . .Jamie Reynolds Secretary: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kristen Kearnan CREDITS The 2012-2013 Holy Cross women’s track and field yearbook is published by the College of the Holy Cross Department of Athletics, all rights reserved. Copyright 2011. Writing, layout, design and editing by Jamie Reynolds. Editorial assistance by Jim Wrobel. Special thanks to Jim Sarkisian, Jim Wrobel, Charles Bare, Jen Whipple, Jessica Liebner, Frank Mastrandrea, Rose Shea and Kristen Kearnan. Photography by Peter Cooke, Holy Cross Athletic Media Relations and Holy Cross Public Affairs. TEAM INFORMATION 2012 Patriot League Indoor Finish: . . . . . . . . . . .4th of 8 2012 Patriot League Outdoor Finish: . . . . . . . . . .6th of 8 Letterwinners Returning / Lost: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 / 9 Newcomers: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 MISSION STATMENT COLLEGE OF THE HOLY CROSS DEPARTMENT OF ATHLETICS The Mission of the Athletic Department of the College of the Holy Cross is to promote the intellectual, physical, and moral development of students. Through Division I athletic participation, our young men and women studentathletes learn a self-discipline that has both present and long-term effects; the interplay of individual and team effort; pride and self esteem in both victory and defeat; a skillful management of time; personal endurance and courage; and the complex relationships between friendship, leadership, and service. Our athletics program, in the words of the College Mission Statement, calls for “a community marked by freedom, mutual respect, and civility.” Besides teaching these virtues, a few sports played at Holy Cross have the added value of focusing alumni and student support and enhancing our reputation locally and nationally. While Holy Cross continues to commit itself to accomplishment in these sports, which are a rich part of our tradition, we choose to do so in a way that complements the pursuit of academic excellence. Holy Cross is committed to the guiding principles of the Patriot League, of which we are a founding member: presidential control of athletics; the cultivation of the ideal scholar-athlete; and participation in a wide variety of sports. Commitment to the last principle assures that the College sponsors, in a very evident way, gender equity. The department of athletics is also committed to compliance with all College policies and regulations involved in Division I membership in the National Collegiate Athletic Association and the Eastern College Athletic Conference. As a member of the NCAA, Holy Cross also advocates student-athlete welfare, diversity, gender equity, sportsmanship, and ethical conduct in its athletic programs. 3 2012-2013 2012-201 3 HOLY CROSS TRACK & FIELD CORRESPONDENCE It is important for prospective student-athletes to get in touch with the coaching staff as soon as possible. An e-mail or letter of inquiry into the program will initiate the recruiting process. Recruiting questionnaires for most sports are also available at www.GoHolyCross.com. The spring of your junior year or early senior year is the most appropriate time to contact the coach. INTERVIEWS Students are strongly encouraged to have admissions interviews. The office offers interviews from the summer until Dec. 30. Alumni interviews in most metropolitan areas are available. Students must first submit an application and indicate they would like an alumni interview before Dec. 1. EARLY DECISION Students who are absolutely, 100 percent confident Holy Cross is their top college choice are encouraged to apply during the early decision process. FINANCIAL AID Financial aid is awarded on the basis of need. Prospective student-athletes should complete the CSS Profile Form in early fall. NCAA ELIGIBILITY CERTIFICATION The NCAA Eligibility Center certifies academic eligibility and amateurism for all prospective student-athletes who wish to compete in intercollegiate athletics at the Division I or II level. Prospective student-athletes must register at https:// web1.ncaa.org/eligibilitycenter and complete the online release form. Prospective student-athletes must arrange for the appropriate national testing agency to send copies of standardized test scores (e.g., SAT or ACT) directly to the NCAA Eligibility Center. Prospects must also complete the amateurism questionnaire. An institution may not provide an official visit to a prospective student-athlete until he or she registers with the NCAA Eligibility Center. TELEPHONE CALLS As per NCAA bylaw 13.1.3.1, institutional staff members may not telephone a prospect (or the prospect’s relatives RECRUITING INFORMATION or legal guardians) prior to July 1 following the prospect’s completion of the junior year in high school. After July 1, institutional staff members may telephone a prospect once per week (measured Sunday through Saturday). The onceper-week limit applies to the entire institution. VIDEO TAPES In an attempt to make an accurate assessment as soon as possible, it is recommended that video tapes be forwarded to the coach’s attention as soon as possible. The video need not be an elaborate production. Some simple game or practice tape is sufficient with you being easily identified. EVALUATIONS As per NCAA bylaw 13.02.6.1, an evaluation is any off-campus activity designed to assess the academic qualifications or athletic ability of a prospect, including any visit to a prospect’s educational institution (during which no contact occurs) or the observation of a prospect participating in any practice or competition at any size. We are limited in our number of evaluations per prospective student-athlete. CONTACTS As per NCAA bylaw 13.02.3, a contact is any face-to-face encounter between a prospect or the prospect’s parent or legal guardian and an institutional staff member or athletics representative during which any dialogue occurs in excess of an exchange of a greeting. Any such face-toface encounter that is prearranged or takes place on the grounds of the prospect’s high school, or at the site of organized competition or practice involving the prospect’s high school, preparatory school, two-year college, or all-star team is considered a contact, regardless of the conversation that occurs. We are limited to three off-campus contacts per prospective student-athlete. OFFICIAL VISITS According to NCAA bylaw 13.7.1.2, a prospect may not make more than five expense-paid visits to NCAA member institutions, regardless of the number of sports in which the prospect is involved. An institution may not provide an expense-paid visit to a prospect who has not presented the institution with a high school (or college) academic transcript and a score from a PSAT, an SAT, a PACTPlus or an ACT test taken on a national testing date under national testing conditions. Prospects must be registered with the NCAA Eligibility Center prior to making an official visit. UNOFFICIAL VISITS According to NCAA bylaw 13.8.1, a prospect may visit an institution’s campus at the prospect’s own expense an unlimited number of times and may make an unofficial visit before the prospect’s senior year in high school. ADMISSIONS AND IMPORTANT DATES ADMISSIONS AND APPLICATIONS: To join our mailing list and receive more information about the College of the Holy Cross, please visit https://applyweb. com/public/inquiry?hcinq. The application form (www. commonapp.org). can be sent electronically or mailed to the Admissions Office together with you application fee. CALENDAR: A typical recruiting calendar for a prospective studentathlete would go something like this: • Spring of Junior Year — Make unofficial visits to schools of interest and contact the head coach if Holy Cross falls within your top-five list of potential colleges. • Summer before Senior Year — The head coach will be in contact regarding student-athlete’s interest and possible visit date. • Dec. 15 of Senior Year — Deadline for admissions early decision. • Jan. 15 of Senior Year — Deadline for admissions regular decision. APPLICATION DEADLINES: December 1 — Last day to request alumni interview (application needs to be postmarked by this date). December 15 — Deadline for admissions early decision. December 30 — Last day for on-campus interviews. January 15 — Deadline for admissions regular decision. 4 2012-2013 2012-201 3 HOLY CROSS TRACK & FIELD 2012-2013 SCHEDULE DATE EVENT SITE TIME Dec. 1 at Jay Carisella Invitational Boston, Mass. 9:30 a.m. Dec. 7 at Rhode Island Pentathlon Kingston, R.I. 11:00 a.m. Dec. 8 at Harvard Open Cambridge, Mass. Dec. 22 at Boston University Mini Meet Boston, Mass. 10:00 a.m. Dec. 29 at Boston University Mini Meet Boston, Mass. 10:00 a.m. Jan. 3 Holy Cross New Year’s Field Day Worcester, Mass. 4:00 p.m. Jan. 5 at Crowell Open West Point, N.Y. 9:00 a.m. Jan. 5 at Tiger Invitational Roxbury, Mass. 5:00 p.m. Jan. 11 at Go Rhody Invitational Kingston, R.I. Jan. 12 at Yale Invitational New Haven, Conn. Jan. 19 at New Hampshire with Stonehill Durham, N.H. 12:00 p.m. Jan. 25 at Joe Donahue Indoor Games Roxbury, Mass. 4:00 p.m. Feb. 2 at Maine Orono, Maine 11:30 a.m. Feb. 8 at Valentine Invitational Boston, Mass. 2:45 p.m. Feb. 15-17 at Patriot League Indoor Championship West Point, N.Y. 10:00 a.m. Feb. 22-23 at New England Indoor Championship Boston, Mass. 10:15 a.m. March 1-3 at ECAC Indoor Championship Roxbury, Mass. 9:00 a.m. March 30 at Dick Shea Open West Point, N.Y. 11:00 a.m. March 30 at Snowflake Classic Somerville, Mass. 11:00 a.m. April 5-6 at Duke Invitational Durham, N.C. 11:00 a.m. April 6 at New Hampshire Invitational Durham, N.H. 11:00 a.m. April 143 at UMass Invitational Amherst, Mass. 11:30 a.m. April 17-18 Holy Cross Heptathlon Worcester, Mass. 11:30 a.m. April 210 Bryant, Central Conn., Hartford, Maine, UMass & Stonehill Worcester, Mass. 11:00 a.m. April 28 at Brown Springtime Invitational Providence, R.I. 10:30 a.m. May 3-4 at Patriot League Outdoor Championship Bethlehem, Pa. 9:15 a.m. May 10-11 at New England Outdoor Championship Easton, Mass. 10:00 a.m. 9:00 a.m. 10:30 a.m. 9:00 a.m. 5 2012-2013 2012-201 3 HOLY CROSS TRACK & FIELD Name Mackenzie Arndt Lauren Bellerose Katie Bobinski Kathleen Brekka MaryGrace Brogioli Hannah Carey Kylene Carey Caroline Carley Sarah Dahlstrom Cailee Dean Sammy DeCoste Lyndsay Delello Liann Devereux Maddie Dodge Kerry Dunne Alex Eckert Victoria Engvold Mariel Flood Melanie Forte Andrea Gendron Kelcey Germain Cassie Gildea Olivia Gjesteby Brittany Gorski Lizzie Harkins Katie Holdrige Emily Hughes Fiorella Johnson Shannon Kay Melissa LaCoste Julia Levesque Allison Longo Events Pole Vault Long Sprints Long Sprints Mid Dist./Steeple Jumps Mid Distance Hurdles/Sprints/Jumps Mid Dist./Jumps Multi-Events Jumps High Jump/Hurdles Long Sprints/Hurdles Jumps Short Sprints Distance Vault/Triple Long Sprints Long Sprints/Hurdles Sprints Mid Distance Throws Steeple/Distance Mid Distance Mid Dist./Hurdles Distance Distance Distance Long Sprints Long Sprints High Jump/Triple Hurdles/Sprints Distance Cl. So. Jr. So. Sr. So. Fr. Jr.. Fr. So. So. Jr. So. Jr.. So. Jr. Fr. Fr. Jr. Sr. So. Sr. Fr. So. Sr. Sr. Fr. Jr. So. Fr. Fr. So. Fr. Hometown/High School Merrimack, Mass./Central Catholic Shrewsbury, Mass./Notre Dame Academy Torrington, Conn./Holy Cross Hubbardston, Mass./Quabbin Regional Wareham, Mass./Wareham Windham, N.H./Central Catholic East Bridgewater, Mass./East Bridgewater Barrington, Ill./Barrington Southborough, Mass./Algonquin Regional Southhampton, Mass./Hampshire Regional Hingham, Mass./Thayer Academy Sidney, N.Y./Sidney Dedham, Mass./Ursuline Academy Rumford, R.I./Bishop Feehan Mendham, N.J./Academy of St. Elizabeth Bergenfield, N.J./Academy of the Holy Angels Niskayuna, N.Y./Niskayuna Kinnelon, N.J./Kinnelon Milford, N.H./Milford Hopkinton, Mass./Hopkinton Auburn, Mass./Auburn Milford, Conn./Academy of Our Lady of Mercy Winchester, Mass./Winchester Tewksbury, Mass./Central Catholic Latrobe, Pa./Greater Latrobe Preston, Conn./Norwich Free Academy Milton, Mass./Milton Redding, Conn./Joel Barlow New City, N.Y./Clarkstown North Amherst, N.H./Bishop Guertin West Simsbury, Conn./Simsbury Havertown, Pa./Haverford 2012-2013 ROSTER Name Nicole Lorinsky Emily Loy Christy Manning Laura McBride Hannah McCormick Michelle McGahan Dana McManus Sarah Meinelt Abigail Mitchell Stephanie Okpoebo Alexandra Parise Cassandra Pierre-Louis Elizabeth Provost Marissa Romano Emilia Sainato Melissa Sheridan Payton Shubrick Bridget Straub Kate Sullivan Rachelle Sylvia Brianna Tabin Lena Tran Sandra van den Heuvel Amanda Waldron Oona Wood Morgan Zurlo Events Pole Vault Short Sprints Throws Distance Mid Distance Pole Vault Jumps/Sprints Mid Distance Distance Sprints/High Jump Multi-Events Sprints Throws Jumps Hurdles Mid Distance Long Sprints Cl. Fr. Fr. Jr. So. Jr. So. Fr. Sr. So. Jr. So. Sr. Fr. So. So. So. So. Long Jump/Long Sprints Sr. Mid Distance So. Long Sprints Sr. Short Sprints So. Long Sprints Fr. Distance Jr. Distance Jr. Long Sprints Fr. Multi-Events Fr. Hometown/High School Norwich, Conn,/Norwich Free Academy Gales Ferry, Conn./Ledyard Scarborough, Maine/Scarborough North Reading, Mass./North Reading Newburyport, Mass./Newburyport Acton, Mass./Acton-Boxborough North Andover, Mass./North Andover Topsfield, Mass./Masconomet Regional Manchester, N.H./Trinity Chelmsford, Mass./Chelmsford Pine Bush, N.Y./Pine Bush Worcester, Mass./Bancroft Adams, Mass./Hoosac Valley Hasbrouck Heights, N.J./Hasbrouck Heights Albany, N.Y./Colonie Central Loudonville, N.Y./Shaker Springfield, Mass./Springfield Central Mattituck, N.Y./Mercy Southborough, Mass./Algonquin Regional Westerly, R.I./Westerly South Hadley, Mass./South Hadley Whitman, Mass./Cardinal Spellman Nashua, N.H./Nashua Walpole, Mass./Walpole Williamstown, Mass./Mt. Greylock Glen Falls, N.Y./Glen Falls Director of Track & Field: Jim Kavanagh (Boston College, 1968 / 42nd Season) Head Coach: Egetta Alfonso (Holy Cross, 1992 / 14th Season) Assistant Coach: Bruce Stearns (Worcester State / 32n Season) Captains: Kathleen Brekka, Melanie Forte, Brittany Gorski, Sarah Meinelt 6 2012-2013 2012-201 3 HOLY CROSS TRACK & FIELD HART TRACK Home to the Holy Cross field hockey and outdoor track teams, the Hart Turf Field and Hart Track are the highest volume playing surfaces on campus. Surrounded by an eight-lane running track, the turf field is currently one of only four lighted playing surfaces at Holy Cross. Both the turf field and the track were replaced in the summer of 2011. The field now consists of Astroturf 12 on Elastic Layer, while the track has a Beynon Sports Surface BSS 1000 Full Pour Embedded Surface. A new scoreboard was installed in 2003, and new spectator stands were built behind the benches on the turf field in 2005. A press box which is shared with the adjacent soccer field was also added in 2005. 7 2012-2013 2012-201 3 HOLY CROSS TRACK & FIELD RICHARD L. AHERN ’51 DIRECTOR COACHING STAFF OF JIM KAVANAGH DIRECTOR 42ND SEASON BOSTON COLLEGE, 1968 Jim Kavanagh enters his 42nd season as a coach at Holy Cross and 14th as the Richard L. Ahern ’51 Director of Cross Country, Track and Field in 2012-2013. Kavanagh joined the Crusader staff in 1971 as Harold “Skip” O’Connor’s assistant, and was appointed head coach in 1977 when his mentor retired. Coach Kavanagh taught math and coached part-time at Holy Cross for 28 years before accepting the position of director of men’s and women’s track and cross country on a full time basis in the summer of 1999. The Holy Cross cross country and track and field programs have had many years of success under Kavanagh’s tutelage. Kavanagh has had five studentathletes named Crusader of the Year and four receive the Honorable John P. Cooney Memorial Award. He has coached seven New England champions, seven Patriot League champions and hundreds of Patriot League Academic honor roll student-athletes. Four times Kavanagh’s student-athletes have been named the Patriot League Scholar Athlete of the year with Dan Conti earning the honor three times (2003 indoor, 2002 & 2003 outdoor). Conti was also selected to the CoSIDA Academic All-America team twice (2002 & 2003), along with Emily Hogan in 2001. In 2011, all of Kavanagh’s hard work and dedication to Holy Cross athletics was honored as he was inducted to the Holy Cross Hall Of Fame. The 2010 cross country season saw the women’s team place fifth at the Patriot League Championship and the men take seventh. Twenty four members of the cross country teams were named to the Patriot League Academic Honor roll, along with 29 members of the men’s CROSS COUNTRY, TRACK & FIELD track and field team. At the 2011 Patriot League Outdoor Championship, Chase Bradford led the Crusaders with a second place finish in the javelin. Kavanagh led the 2009 women’s cross country team to a fifth place finish at the Patriot League Championship, the team’s best finish since the 2001 season. Paige Sutherland became the first women’s runner since 1998 to earn first team All-Patriot League honors for her second place finish at the Patriot League Championship. Twelve members of the cross country teams were named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll and five Crusaders earned Patriot League weekly honors. On the track, Kavanagh saw 19 members of the men’s team named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll. In 2008, Kavanagh led both the men’s and women’s cross country teams to a sixth place finish at the Patriot League Championship. He had 28 student-athletes named to the Patriot League Academic honor roll and four Crusaders earned Patriot League weekly honors, including Sutherland earning Patriot League weekly honors three times. Seven of Kavanagh’s runners competed at the ECAC Championships and four freshmen competed at the IC4A Championships. The 2008-2009 track and field season was filled with excitement as Kavanagh coached Brad Mish to Holy Cross’ first New England championship in the 5,000 meter indoor run and first championship since 1995. Mish also broke the Holy Cross marathon record that was set by Doug Wood in 1972. A Rhode Island native, Kavanagh excelled in track and football at La Salle Academy and later at Boston College from 1965-1968. In track he was a three-time New England champion, twice in the discus and once in the shot put. In each of his last three years he journeyed to the NCAAs as a hammer thrower, finishing second in his senior year. He qualified for the 1968 Olympic trials in the 16-pound hammer throw and finished 10th with a career best toss of 199’11”. He was a four time All-American in the hammer and weight throw, an NCAA qualifier in the discus and the third place finisher in the East Coast AAU decathlon championship. In football he enjoyed a fine two-year career which led to his being drafted by the Kansas City Chiefs. A serious ankle injury forced him to leave Kansas City and later Buffalo. Kavanagh lives in Shrewsbury, Mass., where his wife Elizabeth is the librarian at St. John’s High School. They are the proud parents of three children: Michael, Brian and Jane. 8 2012-2013 2012-201 3 HOLY CROSS TRACK & FIELD EGETTA ALFONSO HEAD COACH 14TH SEASON HOLY CROSS, 1992 Egetta Alfonso enters her 14th year in 2012-2013 as the head coach of the women’s track and field team at Holy Cross. Last season, Alfonso led Holy Cross to a fourth place finish at the Patriot League Indoor Championship and a sixth place finish at the Patriot League Outdoor Championship. Stephanie Okpoebo won the 100 meter (outdoor) and 200 meter (outdoor and indoor) dashes and received All-Patriot League first team honors for the second year in a row. She also made the first team at the indoor championship. Brittany Gorski and Mackenzie Arndt were each named to the All-Patriot League second team for their performances in the 400 meter hurdles and pole vault, respectively. At the indoor champsionship, Katelyn Hartnett was named to the All-Patriot League second team for her performance in the 800 meter run. After the indoor season, Hartnett was named to the Patriot League All-Academic team for the second time while Linnehan received the honor for the first time after the outdoor season. A total of 37 women’s track and field members were selected to the 2011-2012 Patriot League Academic Honor Roll. Four school records were recorded in the 60 meter hurdles (Linehan), 1,000 meter run (Hartnett), 3,000 meter steeplechase (Kathleen Brekka) and 4 x 100 meter relay. Hartnett was also awarded the Patriot League Sportsmanship Award for fairness, equality and excellence in academics and athletics. In 2010-2011, the Crusaders finished fifth at the Patriot League Outdoor Championship. Okpoebo earned All-Patriot League first team honors after winning the 100 and 200 meter dashes at the outdoor championship and 200 at the indoor championship. Linnehan and Hartnett made their mark on the school record books, while Hartnett was also COACHING STAFF named to the inaugural Academic All-Patriot League team. Thirty-three members of the team were named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll and Hartnett was named Patriot League Runner of the Week in December. In 2009-2010, Holy Cross finished in fourth place at both the Patriot League Indoor and Outdoor Championships. Tiffany Reid took first in the 60 and 200 meter dashes and was named Female Athlete of the Meet at the indoor championship. She then picked up four more first place finishes at the outdoor championship. Under Alfonso’s guidance, the Crusaders broke seven individual records, one relay record and placed 27 on the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll. During the 2008-2009 season, Alfonso led the Crusaders to a fifth place finish at the Patriot League Outdoor Championship and a fourth place finish at the Patriot League Indoor Championship. Forty-five members of the team were named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll, five school records were broken and three relays qualified for the Penn Relays. Olivia Pruszko and Reid each took home a Patriot League title and Lesley Bautista received the John A. Meegan Athletic Achievement Award. As a head coach at Holy Cross, Alfonso has had hundreds of student-athletes named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll, coached over a dozen Patriot League champions and one CoSida Academic All-American (Emily Hogan, 2002). An outstanding performer for the Crusaders from 19881992, Alfonso was a four-year letterwinner at Holy Cross. She served as the team’s co-captain during the 1991-1992 season and was a member of the school’s 4 x 100 meter relay team which held Holy Cross’ all-time record in that event. Alfonso was an All-Patriot League performer in the shot put and the 400 meter dash and an ECAC qualifier in the distance medley and competed in numerous Patriot League and New England Championships. Alfonso began her coaching career at South High School in Worcester where she served as the assistant coach for both the boys and girls teams before taking over the head coaching position one year later. She served as South High’s head coach for boy’s and girl’s track and field for three years before moving on to take her current position at Holy Cross. Alfonso, who is originally from Brooklyn, N.Y., earned her bachelor’s degree in English from Holy Cross and completed her Master’s work in English/Education at Clark University. Coach Alfonso, husband, Rigoberto and their two sons, Tony and Marc, currently reside in Barre, Mass. BRUCE STEARNS ASSISTANT COACH 32ND SEASON WORCESTER STATE Bruce Stearns enters his 32nd year in 2012-2013 as an assistant coach with the Holy Cross women’s track program, having joined the staff in 1981. Stearns’ duties include working with the women sprinters, hurdlers, high jumpers and multi event performers. He has coached Patriot League and New England champions in the 55 meter high hurdles, 100 meter hurdles and the heptathlon while also coaching a Patriot League champion in the 400 meter hurdles. Stearns also has helped his athletes break numerous Holy Cross records, including the 55-meter high hurdles, 100-meter high hurdles, 400-m hurdles, 100-m, 200-m, 4x100-m relay, 4x400-m relay, the pentathlon and the heptathlon. Stearns graduated from Worcester State College with a degree in Media Communications. He qualified for the NCAA Division III National championship in the 55 meter high hurdles and captured many Worcester City and MASSCAC hurdles crowns. 9 2012-2013 2012-201 3 HOLY CROSS TRACK & FIELD KATHLEEN BREKKA SR • MID DIST./STEEPLE • CAPTAIN HUBBARDSTON, MASS. QUABBIN REGIONAL H.S. 2012: Ran in the one-mile, 800, 1,000, 1,500, 3,000 steeplechase and 4x400, 4x800 and 4,000 distance medley relays…posted season-best times in the 1,000 (2:55.31) at the New England Indoor Championship (Feb. 24) and in the one-mile (5:08.40) at the Alden Invitational (Dec. 3)…also set career-best marks in the 800 (2:17.68) against Maine (Feb. 4) and in the 3,000 steeplechase (11:26.84) at the Holy Cross Invitational (April 21) where she finished first overall and set a new school record in the process…member of the 4x800 relay team that ran a seasonbest time of 8:57.38 at the Patriot League Outdoor Championship (May 5)…earned second team All-Patriot League honors for three events including the 1,000 (2:56.73) and as a member of the 4x800 relay team (9:00.43) and distance medley relay team (12:02.32) at the Patriot League Indoor Championship…named AT&T Crusader of the week (April 23)named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll. 2011: Ran in the one mile, 800, 1,000, 1,500 and 4x800 meter relay…ran a career-best one mile time of 5:11.69 at the URI Sorlien Memorial (Jan.14)…first place finish at New Hampshire in the one mile (Jan. 22)…finished in third place in the 1,000 at the Patriot League Indoor Championship with a time of 2:54.73…the 4x800 relay team finished second in the Patriot League Indoor Championship (Feb. 20)…part of the first place 4x800 meter relay team at the Patriot League Outdoor Championship (May 7)…earned first team All-Patriot League in the Outdoor Patriot League Championship (4x800 relay) and second team All-Patriot MEET THE CRUSADERS League in the Indoor Patriot League Championship (4x800 relay). 2010: Competed in the 200, 400, 500, 800 and high jump... finished second overall with a season-best height of 1.52 meters in the high jump in the dual meet against Maine.. finished 13th in the 800 with a season-best time of 2:19.41 at the Patriot League Outdoor Championship...finished with a season-best time of 1:00.52 in the 400 at the New England Indoor Championship...named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll. Before Holy Cross: Four-year member of the varsity outdoor track and field team at Quabbin Regional H.S...team captain in 2008 and 2009...named Rookie of the Year in 2006...MVP in 2007, 2008 and 2009...Mid Wach B League All-Star in high jump in 2007, 2008, and 2009...named a Worcester Telegram & Gazette Super Team All-Star in 2007...Gardner News All-Star in 2007 and 2008...2007 Central Mass. high jump champion...three-year member of the varsity indoor track and field team...team captain junior and senior years...team MVP in 2007, 2008 and 2009...league champion in high jump 2007 and 2008... also a three-year member of the soccer team...member of National Honor Society. Personal: Daughter of Kenneth and Clare Brekka...has two brothers (William and Patrick)...William (class of 2011) was a member of the 2007-2008 Holy Cross rowing team... majoring in English. 2012-2013 3 HOLY CROSS TRACK & FIELD 10 2012-201 MELANIE FORTE SR • SPRINTS • CAPTAIN MILFORD, N.H. MILFORD H.S. 2012: Ran in the 55, 60, 100, 200, 300, 400, 4x100 and 4x400…set a season-best time in the 55 (7.44) at the Alden Invitational (Dec. 3)…posted career-best times in the 60 (7.93) at the Patriot League Indoor Championship (Feb. 17), 300 (43.41) at the Alden Invitational, 400 (1:01.85) at the Brown Springtime Open (April 29), 100 (12.37) at the Patriot League Outdoor Championship (May 4) and 200 (25.74) at the New England Outdoor Championship (May 10)… earned second team All-Patriot League honors as a member of the 4x100 relay team that finished second at the Patriot League Outdoor Championship in a new school record time of 47.02…4x100 team also finished first at the UMass Invitational (April 14) at 48.14, the Holy Cross Invitational at 47.40 and Brown Springtime Open (April 29) at 47.95…named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll. 2011: Competed in the 55, 60, 100, 200, 300, 400, 4x100 and 4x400…ran a career-best time of 7.42 seconds in the 55 at New Hampshire (Jan. 22)…posted a career-best distance of 4.96 meters in the long jump at Maine (Feb. 5)…part of the first place 4x100 meter relay team at the AIC Invitational (April 2) and the Brown Springtime Open (May 1)…ran a season-best 12.72 seconds at the Patriot League Outdoor Championship (May 6) in the 100…earned AT&T Crusader of the week (Dec. 13). 2010: Competed in the 55, 60, 100, 200 and long jump... earned first team All-Patriot League honors as a member of MEET THE CRUSADERS the winning 4x100 relay team at the Patriot League Outdoor Championship...placed third overall in the 55 with a seasonbest time of 7.48 seconds in the dual meet against UNH... placed third overall in the 100 with a season-best time of 12.62 seconds at the UMass Spring Meet...placed fifth overall in the long jump at the RPI Outdoor Early Invitational with a season-best distance of 4.83 meters. Before Holy Cross: Four-year member of the varsity track and field team at Milford H.S...team captain junior and senior year...named team MVP in 2009...was class I and state outdoor champion in the 100 and 200 in 2009...state indoor champion in the 55 in 2009...member of the class I 4x200 relay team that was indoor champion in 2009...also a member of the 4x200 relay team that was class I outdoor champion in 2008 and 2009...named Nashua Telegraph first team All-State team 2008, Player of the Year in 2009 and Student-Athlete of the year in 2009...also a four year member of the varsity soccer and basketball teams...member of the executive student council...vice president of the Athletic Association. Personal: Daughter of John and Debbie Forte...has one brother (John) and one sister (Larissa)...cousin Andrea Canuel graduated from Holy Cross in 2006...majoring in Psychology and English. 2012-2013 3 HOLY CROSS TRACK & FIELD 11 2012-201 MEET THE CRUSADERS BRITTANY GORSKI indoor and outdoor team in 2008-2009...team was division II indoor state champions in 2007, outdoor state champions in 2008 and Merrimack Valley Conference outdoor champions 2006-2009...recieved Coaches Award in 2008, Unsung Hero Award in 2009 and named Track Competitor of the Year in 2009...member of National Honor Society. SR • MID DIST./HURDLES • CAPTAIN TEWKSBURY, MASS. CENTRAL CATHOLIC H.S. 2012: Ran in the 400, 500, 800, 1,000, 400 hurdles, 4x400 relay and 4x800 relay…recorded a season-best time in the 400 (1:01.32) at the Tiger Open (Jan. 7)…posted career-best times in the 500 (1:16.43) at the New England Indoor Championship (Feb. 24), 800 (2:14.65) at the UMass Invitational (April 14), 1,000 (3:08.82) at the Alden Invitational (Dec. 3) and 400 hurdles (1:02.93) at the New England Outdoor Championship (May 10)…time in the 400 hurdles was a team-best for the season…earned second team All-Patriot League honors for second place finishes in two events at the Patriot League Outdoor Championship, including the 400 hurdles (1:03.01) and as a member of the 4x800 relay team (9:00.43) …named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll. 2011: Ran in the 400, 400 hurdles, 500, 600, 800 and 4x400…part of the first place 4x400 meter relay team at New Hampshire (Jan. 22)…ran a career-best time of 1:19.65 at Maine (Feb. 5) in the 500…competed in the 400 at the New England Indoor Championship (Feb. 25), finishing with a time of 59.73 seconds…finished sixth overall with a career-best time of 1:04.19 in the 400 hurdles at the Patriot League Outdoor Championship (May 7)…earned the team’s Coach’s Award for Excellence. 2010: Competed in the 400, 500 and 400 hurdles...earned first team All-Patriot League honors as a member of the winning 4x400 relay team at the Patriot League Outdoor Championship...set a new school record in the 4x400 with Personal: Daughter of Ronald and Ronda Gorski...majoring in Psychology and Political Science. a time of 3:48.97...placed seventh overall in the 500 with a season-best time of 1:24.25 at the dual meet against UNH... placed sixth overall in the 400 hurdles with a season-best time of 1:05.05 at the Patriot League Outdoor Championship...competed in the 400 at the New England Indoor Championship, finishing with a time of 1:01.18. Before Holy Cross: Three-year member of the varsity track and field team at Central Catholic H.S...team captain of the 2012-2013 3 HOLY CROSS TRACK & FIELD 12 2012-201 SARAH MEINELT SR • MID DISTANCE • CAPTAIN TOPSFIELD, MASS. MASCONOMET REGIONAL H.S. 2011:2012: Ran in the 400, 500, 800, 1,000, 1,500, one-mile, 4x400 relay, 4x800 relay and 4,000 distance medley relay… set a season-best time in the 400 (1:02.87) at the Brown Springtime Open (April 29)… posted career-best times in the 500 (1:20.72) at the Sorlien Invitational (Jan. 13), 800 (2:16.22) at the Joe Donahue Indoor Games (Jan. 27), 1,000 (3:04.17) versus Maine (Feb. 4), 1,500 (4:49.87) at the Tiger Classic (April 6) and one-mile (5:18.44) at the Alden Invitational (Dec. 3)…earned second team All-Patriot League honors for second place finishes as member of the 4,000 distance medley relay team at the Patriot League Indoor Championship (12:02.32) and as a member of the 4x800 relay team at the Patriot League Outdoor Championship (9:00.43)…named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll. 2011: Competed in the 400, 600, 800, 4x400 and triple jump…part of the fourth place 4x400 meter relay team at Brown Alden Invitational (Dec. 4)…recorded a seasonbest triple jump distance of 11.00 meters at the New England Indoor Championship (Feb. 25)…ran a season-best time of 2:21.01 in the 800 at the Brown Springtime Open (May 1)…named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll. 2010: Placed 15th in the 400 with a time of 1:02.81 at the Patriot League Outdoor Championship. Before Holy Cross: Four-year member of the varsity track MEET THE CRUSADERS and field team at Masconomet Regional H.S...team captain in 2008...named Salem Evening News outdoor track All-Star in 2008 and 2009...also four-year member of the varsity gymnastics team...team captain junior and senior year...recieved Coach’s Award in 2008...2009 Massachusetts Senior National gymnastics team qualifier...individual state meet qualifier all four years...one-year member of the cross country team...member of National Honor Society. Personal: Daughter of Walter and Kathryn Meinelt...has three brothers (Tom, Steve and John)...majoring in Economics and Accounting. 2012-2013 3 HOLY CROSS TRACK & FIELD 13 2012-201 KELCEY GERMAIN SR • THROWS AUBURN, MASS. AUBURN H.S. 2012: Competed in the shot put, discus throw, hammer throw, weight throw and javelin…posted a season best distance of 25.66 meters in the javelin at the UMass Invitational (April 14)…recorded career-high marks in the shot put (9.94m) and discus (26.49m) at the Holy Cross Invitational (April 21), hammer (43.80m) at the Brown Springtime Open (April 29) and weight throw (14.88m) at the Patriot League Indoor Championship (Feb. 17)…finished second in the hammer throw at the Holy Cross Invitational (43.75m) and third in the weight throw at both the Alden Invitational (14.38m) and versus Maine (13.94m). 2011: Competed in the shot put, hammer throw, weight throw, discus throw and javelin…recorded a career-best in the weight throw with a distance of 14.60 meters in the URI Sorlien Memorial (Jan. 14)…posted a career-best distance of 10.65 meters in the shot put at New Hampshire (Jan. 22)…placed second overall in the hammer throw with a distance of 42.54 meters at the AIC Invitational (April 2)…recorded a distance of 28.22 meters in the javelin throw at the Holy Cross Quad Meet (April 23). 2010: Competed in the shot put, hammer throw, weight throw and javelin...placed fourth overall in the weight throw with a distance of 13.22 meters in the dual meet versus Maine...recorded a season-best distance of 10.40 meters in the shot put at the Brown Springtime Invitational...reached a season-best distance of 28.39 meters in the javelin at the UMass Spring Meet. MEET THE CRUSADERS Before Holy Cross: Three-year member of the varsity indoor and outdoor track and field team at Auburn H.S... team captain senior year...received Coach’s Award in 2009... named indoor SWCL All-Star in 2008 and 2009...named outdoor SWCL All-Star in 2009...member of National Honor Society. LIZZIE HARKINS SR • DISTANCE LATROBE, PA. GREATER LATROBE H.S. 2012: Did not compete. Personal: Daughter of Tom and Barbara Germain...father played hockey at Worcester State...has one brother (Patrick) and one sister (Emily)...uncles Bill Bellerose (Class of 1977) and Michael Germain (Class of 1988) played hockey at Holy Cross...majoring in Sociology. 2011: Ran in the 800, 1,000, 1,500 and one mile and posted career-best times in all events…ran in the 800 with a time of 2:23.87 at the UNH Wildcat Invitational (April 9)…recorded a time of 3:07.64 in the 1,000 at the Boston Indoor Games (Jan. 28)…ran in the 1,500 at the Minuteman Invitational (April 16) posting a time of 4:54.13 while placing in seventh overall…posted a time of 5:18.97 in the one mile at Maine (Feb. 5)…named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll. 2010: Ran in the 800, 1,000, 1,500 and one mile...finished 21st overall in the 800 at the UMass Spring Meet with a season-best time of 2:27.31...had a season-best time of 3:16.13 in the 1,000 at the Boston Indoor Games...placed 17th in the 1,500 at the Patriot League Outdoor Championship with a time of 5:04.65...named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll. Before Holy Cross: Four-year member of the track and field team at Greater Latrobe H.S...4x800 relay team was three time WPIAL champions...named Athlete of the Week in 2008...also a four-year member of the soccer team...team captain in 2007 and 2008...named Most Improved in 2007 and Most Dedicated in 2008...member of National Honor Society, Distinguished Honor Roll and German National Honor Society. Personal: Daughter of Jim and Lisa Harkins...has two sisters (Clare and Katherine)...majoring in Psychology. 2012-2013 3 HOLY CROSS TRACK & FIELD 14 2012-201 MEET THE CRUSADERS CASSANDRA PIERRE-LOUIS BRIDGET STRAUB RACHELLE SYLVIA SR • SPRINTS WORCESTER, MASS. BANCROFT H.S. SR • LONG SPRINTS/LONG JUMP MATTIUK, N.Y. MCGANN-MERCY H.S. SR • LONG SPRINTS WESTERLY, R.I. WESTERLY H.S. 2012: Ran in the 55, 60, 100, 200 and 300…posted careerbest times in the 55 (8.03) versus Maine (Feb. 4), 60 (8.64) at the Sorlien Invitational (Jan. 13), 100 (13.48) and 200 (28.09) at the Holy Cross Invitational (April 21) and 300 (48.79) at the Alden Invitational (Dec. 3)…named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll. 2011: Ran in the 55, 60, 100, 200 and 300…sixth place finish in the 60 at the Yale Invitational (Jan. 15) with a time 8.99 seconds…ran a season-best 200 with a time of 29.53 at the UNH Wildcat Invitational (April 9)…posted a season-best time of 13.61 seconds at the Brown Springtime Open (May 1) in the 100. 2010: Did not compete. Before Holy Cross: Member of the varsity track and field team at Bancroft H.S...team captain junior and senior seasons...received the Coach’s Award in 2007...named Most Valuable in 2009...also a member of the varsity basketball team...named Most Improved Player sophomore season... named to the Honor Roll in 2007 and 2008...named to the High Honor Roll in 2009. Personal: Daughter of Joseph Pierre-Louis and Suze Jean-Charles...has one brother (Gregory Pierre-Louis) and one sister (Isabelle Pierre-Louis)...majoring in Math and Philosophy. 2012: Competed in the 55, 60, 100, 200, 400, 4x400 relay and long jump…set seasonbest marks in the 55 (8.13) at New Hampshire with Stonehill and Worcester State (Jan. 21), 60 (8.73) at the Crowell Open (Jan. 6) and 400 (1:03.20) at the Holy Cross Invitational (April 21)…posted career-best marks in the 100 (14.29) at New Hampshire with Maine (April 7), 200 (28.59) at the Joe Donahue Indoor Games (Jan. 27) and long jump (4.79m) at the Holy Cross Invitational…named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll. 2011: Competed in the 55, 200, 300, 400, 4x400 and long jump…posted a season-best height of 4.67 meters in the long jump at Maine (Feb. 5)…ran in the 400 at the Harvard Open (Dec. 10) finishing with a time of 1:03.11…recorded a season-best time of 28.74 in the 200 at the UNH Wildcat Invitational (April 9). 2010: Competed in short sprints and long jump events... placed 17th and recorded a season-best time of 8.50 seconds in the 60 at the Patriot League Indoor Championship...finished 15th in the long jump at the Patriot League Outdoor Championship with a distance of 4.93 meters. Before Holy Cross: Came to Holy Cross from McGannMercy H.S. Personal: Majoring in Psychology. 2012: Ran in the 200, 400, 500, 600, 800 and 4x400 relay…set season-best times in the 400 (1:02.74) at the Holy Cross Invitational (April 21) and 800 (2:33.56) at the Joe Donahue Games (Jan. 27)…posted careerbest times in the 200 (28.08) at the Harvard Open (Dec. 10), 500 (1:21.55) at the Valentine Invitational (Feb. 10) and 600 (1:46.24) at Alden Invitational (Dec. 3). 2011: Ran in the 200, 300, 400, 800 and 4x400…ran a time of 45.27 in the 300, finishing in 21st place at the Alden Invitational (Dec. 4)…posted a season-best time of 28.48 seconds in the 200 at the Harvard Open (Dec. 10)…placed ninth in the 800 with a time of 2:31.38 at the Husky Spring Open (March 19)…recorded a career-best time of 1:00.54 in the 400 at the Holy Cross Quad Meet (April 23). 2010: Raced in the 200, 400, 500 and 800...placed 14th in the 400 at the Patriot League Outdoor Championship with a season-best time of 1:02.65...ran a season-best time of 27.94 seconds in the 200 at the UMass Spring Meet. Before Holy Cross: Member of the track and field team at Westerly H.S...two-year team captain...received the U.S. Marine Corps Distinguished Athlete Award...Academic All-State in 2008-2009...named Providence Journal AllState in 2008...member of National Honor Society. Personal: Daughter of Mark and Christine Sylvia...has one brother (Steven) and two sisters (Jaclyn ’10 and Megan)...majoring in Sociology. 2012-2013 3 HOLY CROSS TRACK & FIELD 15 2012-201 MEET THE CRUSADERS LAUREN BELLEROSE hurdles, 200, long jump, high jump, and 4x100…placed seventh in the 200 dash at the URI Sorlien Memorial with a time of 27.65 (Jan. 14)…ran a season-best 55 meter hurdles at New Hampshire with a time of 8.75 (Jan. 22)…recorded a season-best 100 dash with a time of 13.62 at the Husky Spring Open (March 19)…posted a fourth place finish at the Minuteman Invitational with a long jump score of 5.18 (April 16)…part of two first place 4x100 teams at AIC Invitational (April 2) and Brown Springtime Open (May 1). JR • LONG SPRINTS SHREWSBURY, MASS. NOTRE DAME ACADEMY 2012: Ran in the 500, 800 and 4x440 yard relay…recorded a season-best time in the 500 meters (1:22.42) against Maine (Feb. 4) and in the 800 meters (2:27.53) at the Joe Donahue Indoor Games (Jan. 27)…named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll. 2011: Ran in the 200, 400, 500, 600, 800 and 4x400 meter relay…part of the first place 4x400 meter relay team at New Hampshire (Jan. 22)…placed eighth in the 800 meter run with a time of 2:23.93 at the UNH Wildcat Invitational (April 9)…posted a season-best in the 400 at the New England Outdoor Championship with a time of 1:00.68 (May 13)…named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll. Before Holy Cross: Member of the varsity track and field team at Notre Dame Academy...team captain in 2010... named a Central Mass. All-Star...also a member of the field hockey team...member of National Honor Society. Personal: Daughter of William (Holy Cross class of 1977) and Susan Bellerose...father was a member of the Holy Cross men’s hockey team and member of the Holy Cross Varsity Club Hall of Fame...has one brother (William, Jr.)... majoring in Psychology. KYLENE CAREY JR • HURDLES/SPRINTS/JUMPS EAST BRIDGEWATER, MASS. EAST BRIDGEWATER H.S. 2012: Competed in the 55, 100, 55 hurdles, 60 hurdles, high jump, long jump and triple jump…posted season-best times in the 55 (7.91) and 55 hurdles (9.27) at the Joe Donahue Indoor Games (Jan. 27) and long jump (4.96m) at the Brown Springtime Open (April 29)…set career-high marks in the 100 (13.50) at the Brown Springtime Open, 60 hurdles (10.00) at the Harvard Open (Dec. 10), high jump (1.45m) at New Hampshire with Stonehill and Worcester State (Jan. 21) and triple jump (10.28m) at the Husky Spring Open (March 24). 2011: Competed in 55, 55 hurdles, 60, 60 hurdles, 100, 100 Before Holy Cross: Four-year member of the varsity track and field team at East Bridgewater H.S...team captain senior year...named MVP in 2008, 2009 and 2010...named Rookie of the Year in 2007...named a South Shore League All-Star 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010...named Brockton Enterprise All-Scholastic for indoor in 2009 and 2010, outdoor in 2008, 2009 and 2010...member of National Honor Society. Personal: Daughter of Michael and Cherylann Carey...has two sisters (Karissa and Kaitlin)...Karissa was a member of the track and field team at Bates College and Kaitlin was a member of the cheer team at UConn...majoing in English. 2012-2013 3 HOLY CROSS TRACK & FIELD 16 2012-201 MEET THE CRUSADERS SAMMY DECOSTE LIANN DEVEREUX JR • HIGH JUMP/HURDLES HINGHAM, MASS. THAYER ACADEMY JR • JUMPS DEDHAM, MASS. URSULINE ACADEMY 2012: Competed in the high jump and long jump…posted career-best marks in the high jump (1.55m) at the Holy Cross Invitational (April 21) and long jump (4.40m) at New Hampshire with Maine (April 7)…high jump height was a team-high for the outdoor season…named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll. 2011: Competed in the 55, 55 hurdles, 60 hurdles, 100 hurdles, 200, 300, high jump and long jump…placed 13th in the 55 meter hurdles at the Brown Alden Invitational (Dec. 4) with a time of 9.84…recorded a season-best 200 meter dash of 29.02 at the Boston Indoor Games (Jan. 28)…ran a season-best time of 18.40 at the AIC Invitational (April 2) in the 100 meter hurdles…named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll. Before Holy Cross: Member of the varsity track and field team at Thayer Academy...team captain senior year...received ISL honorable mention senior year...also a member of the varsity soccer team...team was ISL semi-finalists in 2009...member of the student government...volunteer for Habitat for Humanity. Personal: Daughter of Frank and Susan DeCoste...has two sisters (Leah and Carly)...Carly is a member of the track and field team at Colby College...majoring in Economics. 2012: Did not compete. 2011: Competed in the 55, 100, 200, 300 and triple jump…placed 20th in the 55 at New Hampshire (Jan. 22) with a time of 8.18…ran a season-best at the Holy Cross Quad Meet (April 23) with a time of 29.59 in the 200…recorded a season-best 10.44 in the triple jump at the Patriot League Outdoor Championship (May 7). Before Holy Cross: Four-year member of the varsity indoor and outdoor track and field teams at Ursuline Academy... team captain junior and senior seasons...named MVP for indoor track junior year and MVP for outdoor track junior and senior year...also a member of the varsity soccer team... team captain senior year. Personal: Majoring in English. 2012-2013 3 HOLY CROSS TRACK & FIELD 17 2012-201 KERRY DUNNE JR • DISTANCE MENDHAM, N.J. ACADEMY OF ST. ELIZABETH 2012: Ran in the 1,500 and 3,000…posted career-best times in the 1,500 (5:19.38) at the Holy Cross Invitational (April 21) and in the 3,000 (11:39.25) against Maine (Feb. 4)…named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll. 2011: Ran in the one mile, 1,500, 3,000 and 5,000…recorded a time of 5:54.57 in the one mile at the Boston Indoor Games (Jan. 28)…ran the 1,500 at the Minuteman Invitational (April 16) with a time of 5:35.03…ran a season-best in the 5,000 at the Holy Cross Quad Meet (April 23) with a time of 20:34.23. Before Holy Cross: Four-year member of the varsity cross country team at the Academy of St. Elizabeth...team captain junior and senior season...named Most Valuable Runner all four years...named to the All-Northwest Jersey Athletic Conference first team in 2007 and 2009, while being selected to the second team in 2006 and 2008...received Daily Record honorable mention in 2007...named to the Daily Record second team All-County in 2009...also a member of the track and field team ... team captain junior and senior season...named Most Valuable Runner in 2008 and received the Sportsmanship Award in 2009...Academy of St. Elizabeth’s State Level Scholar Athlete of the Year in 2009-2010...member of National Honor Society. Personal: Daughter of Michael and Karen Dunne...father (Class of 1975) and mother (Class of 1976) both graduated from Holy Cross...has one brother (Will) and one MEET THE CRUSADERS sister (Meghan)...Meghan (Class of 2010) was a four-year member of the Holy Cross cross country and track and field teams, serving as captain her senior year...majoring in History...also a member of the Holy Cross cross country team. MARIEL FLOOD JR • LONG SPRINTS/HURDLES KINNELON, N.J. KINNELON H.S. 2012: Competed in the 200, 55 hurdles, 60 hurdles, 400 hurdles and long jump…posted careerhighs in all five events including the 200 (28.13) and 55 hurdles (9.73) against Maine (Feb. 4), 60 hurdles (10.56) at the Crowell Open (Jan. 6), 400 hurdles (1:07.09) at the Patriot League Outdoor Championship (May 4) and long jump (4.99m) at the Holy Cross Invitational (April 21)…named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll. 2011: Competed in the 200, 300, 400, 400 hurdles, 800, 4x400 and long jump…ran a season-best 2:40.67 in the 800 at the Crowell Open (Jan. 7)…was part of the fourth place 4x400 relay team at New Hampshire (Jan. 22)…recorded a season-best long jump of 4.84 meters at the Patriot League Indoor Championship (Feb. 19)…posted a time of 1:10.63 in the 400 hurdles at the Brown Springtime Open (May 1). Before Holy Cross: Member of the varsity track and field team at Kinnelon H.S...team captain junior and senior year... team was conference champions in 2009 and 2010...was a state sectional champion in the long jump in 2009...named second team All-Conference junior and senior year...also a member of the varsity soccer team...team captain senior year...team was group 1 state champions in 2006, Colonial Hills Conference champions in 2006, 2007 and 2008 and Morris County champions in 2008 and 2009...named second team All-Conference junior and senior year...member of National Honor Society, Spanish Honor Society and Latin Honor Society. Personal: Daughter of Kevin and Kathy Flood...has one sister (Meaghan)...Meaghan plays soccer and lacrosse at Middlebury College...majoring in Chemistry. 2012-2013 3 HOLY CROSS TRACK & FIELD 18 2012-201 MEET THE CRUSADERS EMILY HUGHES CHRISTY MANNING JR • DISTANCE MILTON, MASS. MILTON H.S. JR • THROWS SCARBOROUGH, MAINE SCARBOROUGH H.S. 2012: Ran in the one-mile, 3,000 and 5,000…posted career-best times in all three events including the one-mile (5:17.29) at the Joe Donahue Indoor Games (Jan. 27), 3,000 (10:19.71) versus New Hampshire and Maine (April 7) and 5,000 (17.55.05) at the New England Outdoor Championship (May 10)…named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll. 2011: Ran in the 1,500, 3,000, 5,000 and one mile…recorded a season-best in the one mile with a time of 5:31.65 at the Boston Indoor Games (Jan. 28)…finished in first place at the New England Indoor Championship (Feb. 25) in the 3,000 with a time of 10:32.14…ran a season-best 17:58.87 in the 5,000, finishing in ninth place at the New England Outdoor Championship (May 13)…named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll. Before Holy Cross: Member of the varsity cross country team at Milton H.S...team captain in 2009...named Most Valuable Senior...Bay State All-Star in 2008 and 2009... named to the Patriot Ledger All-Scholastic team in 2008 and 2009...team won the Bay State championship in 2008 and 2009...also a member of the indoor and outdoor track and field teams...team captain for both teams senior year... named a Bay State All-Star in 2009 and 2010...named to National Honor Society...member of the Key Club. Personal: Daughter of Paul and Jennifer Hughes...has one brother (Chris) and one sister (Jessica)...majoring in Sociology...also a member of the Holy Cross cross country team. 2012: Competed in the shot put, discus throw, hammer throw, weight throw and javelin…posted career-best marks in all five events including the shot put (10.97m) and discus (38.31m) versus New Hampshire and Maine (April 7), hammer (41.18m) at the Patriot League Outdoor Championship (May 4), weight throw (13.70m) at the Patriot League Indoor Championship (Feb. 17) and javelin (36.35m) at the Husky Spring Open (March 34)…finished second in the javelin versus New Hampshire and Maine with a throw of 35.27 meters. 2011: Competed in the shot put, weight throw, discus throw, hammer throw and javelin…placed fifth at New Hampshire (Jan. 22) in the shot put with a season-best distance of 10.63 meters…finished in fourth place in the weight throw with a distance of 12.01 meters at Maine (Feb. 5)…season-best distance of 39.13 meters in the hammer throw, finishing in seventh place at the UNH Wildcat Invitational (April 9)…competed in the Patriot League Outdoor Championship (May 7) in the discus throw, recording a distance of 36.40 meters, finishing in 14th place. Before Holy Cross: Four-year member of the varsity outdoor track and field team at Scarborough H.S...team captain senior year...team was state champions in 2007, 2008 and 2010...named first team All-State in 2009 and 2010... received All-State honorable mention in 2008...named first team SMAA in 2009 and 2010...also a four-year member of the varsity basketball team...team captain senior year... team was league and state champions in 2010...named first team All-State in 2009 and 2010...first team SMAA in 2009 and 2010...honorable mention SMAA in 2008...named team MVP all four years...member of Key Club and National Honor Society. Personal: Daughter of Edward and Lisa (Blais) Manning... Lisa played basketball at Old Dominion and was a member of the 1985 National Championship team...has two brothers (Eddie and Kevin) and two sisters (Julie and Susan)...Eddie is a member of the track and field team at Southern Maine... majoring in Computer Science. 2012-2013 3 HOLY CROSS TRACK & FIELD 19 2012-201 MEET THE CRUSADERS HANNAH MCCORMICK JR • MID DISTANCE NEWBURYPORT, MASS. NEWBURYPORT H.S. 2012: Ran in the 400, 800, 1,000, 1,500, 4x400 relay and 4x800 relay…set season-best times in the 400 (1:05.52) at the Brown Springtime Open (April 29) and 1,000 (3:20.44) at the Alden Invitational (Dec. 3)…posted career-best times in the 800 (2:19.48) at the Patriot League Outdoor Championship (May 4) and 1,500 (4:56.20) at the Husky Spring Open (March 24)...named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll. 2011: Ran in the 400, 800, 1,000, 1,500, one mile and 4x400…ran a season-best 800 time of 2:23.33 at Patriot League Indoor Championship (Feb. 20)…part of the 4x400 meter relay team at URI Sorlien Memorial (Jan. 14)…recorded a season-best time of 3:15.29 in the 1,000 at the Boston Indoor Games (Jan. 28)…posted a time of 5:21.21 in the 1,500 at the Husky Spring Open (March 19). Before Holy Cross: Four-year member of the indoor and outdoor track and field teams at Newburyport H.S...team captain for both teams senior year...named MVP senior year...also a four-year member of the varsity soccer team... team captain senior year...team was state champions in 2007 and 2008...member of National Honor Society. Personal: Daughter of Michael and Stella McCormick... has one sister (Meghan, ‘11)...Meghan was also a member of the Holy Cross women’s track and field team...majoring in Spanish. 2012-2013 3 HOLY CROSS TRACK & FIELD 20 2012-201 STEPHANIE OKPOEBO JR • SPRINTS/HIGH JUMP CHELMSFORD, MASS. CHELMSFORD H.S. 2012: Competed in the 55, 60, 100, 200, 300, 400, 4x100 relay, 4x400 relay and high jump…set a new school record in the 60 meter dash with a career-best time of 7.60 seconds at the Patriot League Indoor Championship (Feb. 17)…also a member of the 4x100 relay team that set a new school record at 47.02 seconds at the Patriot League Outdoor Championship…named to the All-Patriot League first team at the indoor championship for winning the 55 (7.68) and 200 (25.15)…also named first team All-Patriot League at the outdoor championship for winning the 100 (12.00) and 200 (24.71)…named to the All-Patriot League second team as a member of the school record setting 4x100 relay team…tied a season-best high jump mark of 1.45 meters versus Maine (Feb. 4) and at the Minuteman Invitational (April 14)…posted career-best marks in the 55 (7.23) versus Maine, 100 (11.99) and 200 (24.36) at the New England Outdoor Championship (May 10), 300 (42.33) at the Alden Invitational (Dec. 3) and 400 (59.70) at the Tiger Invitational (Jan 7.)…named AT&T Crusader of the Week (Jan. 30)…earned the team’s Most Valuable Track Athlete Award. 2011: Competed in the 55, 60, 100, 200, 300, 400, 4x100, 4x800 and high jump…finished in first place at the Yale Invitational (Jan. 15) in the 400 with a time of 1:01.13…part of the first place 4x400 relay team at New Hampshire (Jan. 22)…ran for a first place finish in the 200 at the Patriot League Indoor Championship (Feb. 20) with a time of 25.32 seconds, earning first team All-Patriot League honors…first place finish in the 100 at the Patriot League Outdoor Cham- MEET THE CRUSADERS pionship (May 7) finishing with a time of 12.31 seconds, earning first team All-Patriot League honors…recorded a first place finish in the 200 at the Patriot League Outdoor Championship with a time of 24.85 seconds, earning first team All-Patriot League honors…part of the second place finish 4x100 meter relay team at the Patriot League Outdoor Championship (May 7), earning second team All-Patriot League honors…competed in the New England Outdoor Championship (May 14) running a season-best time of 12.16 seconds in the 100…earned AT&T Crusader of the week (May 9)…earned the team’s Most Valuable Rookie Award. Before Holy Cross: Four-year member of the varsity track and field team at Chelmsford H.S...named Most Valuable Player Outdoor in 2008 and Most Improved Player Outdoor in 2009...MVC All-Star Outdoor 2008 and 2009...MVC All-Star Indoor 2009...MVC All-Conference Indoor 2009... Lowell Sun All-Star Indoor 2009, Outdoor 2009...2009 Division 1 state champion in the 200 meter dash...three-year member of the varsity soccer team...named Most Improved Player in 2008...received Sportsmanship Award in 2009... received the Academic Excellence in 2008, Academic Improvement in 2009 and High Honors 2007-2010. Personal: Daughter of Amanyoka and Fidelia Okpoebo... has three brothers (Chidi, Ike and Sean) and two sisters (Amanda and Debbie)...Chidi (class of 2008) was a member of the Holy Cross men’s soccer team from 2004-2007...Ike is a member of the Skidmore men’s soccer team...majoring in Biology. 2012-2013 3 HOLY CROSS TRACK & FIELD 21 2012-201 SANDRA VAN DEN HEUVEL JR • DISTANCE NASHUA, N.H. NASHUA H.S. MEET THE CRUSADERS AMANDA WALDRON JR • DISTANCE WALPOLE, MASS. WALPOLE H.S. 2012: Ran in the one-mile, 3,000 and 5,000…posted season-best times in the one-mile (5:28.57) at the Joe Donahue Indoor Games (Jan. 27), 3,000 (10:45.89) versus Maine (Feb. 4) and 5,000 (18.26.68) at the Patriot League Indoor Championship (Feb. 17)…named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll. 2011: Ran in the 1,500, 3,000, 5,000 and one mile…ran a season-best time of 10:32.49 in the 3,000 at the Patriot League Indoor Championship (Feb. 20)…posted a one mile time of 5:26.14 at the Boston Indoor Games (Jan. 28)…recorded a season-best time of 18:09.45 in the 5,000, finishing in third place at the Holy Cross Quad Meet (April 23). Before Holy Cross: Member of the varsity cross country and indoor and outdoor track and field teams at Nashua H.S...team captain for cross country in 2008 and 2009, and track and field in 2010...received the Coach’s Award in 2006 and 2009...named MVP in 2007 and 2008...named Nashua Telegraph Runner of the Year in 2009...served as vice president of her class. Personal: Daughter of Hein van den Heuvel and Kim lan Chung...has two sisters (Bea and Louise)...majoring in Psychology...also a member of the Holy Cross cross country team. 2012: Ran in the one-mile, 3,000 and 5,000…posted season-best times in the one-mile (5:19.99) at the Joe Donahue Indoor Games (Jan. 27), 3,000 (10:22.08) at the New England Indoor Championship (Feb. 24) and 5,000 (17.49.29) at the Patriot League Outdoor Championship (May 4)…named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll. 2011: Did not compete. Before Holy Cross: Four-year member of the varsity indoor and outdoor track and field teams at Walpole High School…team captain senior year…received the Unsung Hero Award senior year…received Daily News Transcript honorable mention sophomore year…awarded the Coach’s Award in 2007 and 2010…three-year member of the varsity field hockey team…team captain senior year...received the Scholar Athlete Award…team was three-time Bay State League champions, South Sectional champions and Eastern Massachusetts finalists…served as Vice President of National Honor Society and Secretary of Student Council…named AP Scholar with Distinction. Personal: Daughter of Frank and Lisa Waldron…has one sister (Ashley)…majoring in Biology…also a member of the Holy Cross cross country team. 2012-2013 3 HOLY CROSS TRACK & FIELD 22 2012-201 MEET THE CRUSADERS MACKENZIE ARNDT SO • POLE VAILT MERRIMACK, MASS. CENTRAL CATHOLIC H.S. 2012: Competed in the pole vault at seven different meets…recorded a season-best height of 3.70 meters at the Patriot League Outdoor Championship (May 4) where she finished in second place overall…finished first at the Crowell Open (Jan. 6) with a height of 3.40 meters in her only indoor competition, and first at the Holy Cross Invitational (April 21) at a height of 3.50 meters…named team’s Most Valuable Field Rookie…named second team All-Patriot League. Before Holy Cross: Member of the Central Catholic High School varsity track and field team for four years under head coach Katie Sullivan as a pole vaulter…team won Division II state championship in 2007…team won MVC outdoor championship from 2007-2009…set the pole vault school record…MVC champion in 2009 and 2010…Division II state champion in 2009…also a member of the varsity gymnastics team for head coach Dunkan Gould for four years…served as captain senior year…set school record on balance beam…received Coaches Award in 2009 and 2010…team MVP in 2011…member of National Honor Society Personal: Daughter of Michael and Patricia Arndt…has one sister (Madison)…has not yet declared a major. 2012-2013 3 HOLY CROSS TRACK & FIELD 23 2012-201 KATIE BOBINSKI SO • LONG SPRINTS TORRINGTON, CONN. HOLY CROSS H.S. 2012: Ran in the 55, 100, 200, 300, 400 and 4x100, 4x400 and 4x440 relays…posted seasonbest times in the 55 (7.67) at the Joe Donahue Indoor Games (Jan. 27), 100 (12.68) at the New England Outdoor Championship (May 10), 200 (26.43) at the Holy Cross Invitational (April 21), 300 (42.85) at the Alden Invitational (Dec. 3) and 400 (1:00.37) at the Valentine Invitational (Feb. 10)…member of the 4x400 relay team that finished first at the New Hampshire Invitational (Jan. 21) with a time of 4:05.40 and the 4x440 yard relay team that took first against Maine (Feb. 4) with a time of 4:03.44…also a member of the 4x100 relay team that crossed the finish line first at the UMass Invitational (April 14) in 48.14, the Holy Cross Invitational in 47.40 and Brown Springtime Open (April 29) in 47.95…earned second team All-Patriot League honors as a member of the 4x100 relay team that finished second at the Patriot League Outdoor Championship in a new school record time of 47.02...named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll. Before Holy Cross: Member of the varsity track team at Holy Cross High School as a sprinter/long sprints runner… team captain senior year…three-time team MVP…earned the NVL Conference Championship Outstanding Performer Award and“Outstanding Senior Award senior year…earned the NVL Coaches Award for the Most Outstanding Sprinter three times…named All-NVL Conference in the 55m, 300m and 4x200 junior and senior years…NVL Conference record holder in 300m and 4x200 junior and senior years…named MEET THE CRUSADERS the Republican-American Athlete of the Week junior year…had the 77th fastest time in the nation in the 300M (41.17) out of over 19,000 participants in the Milesplit. com’s USA High School National First Team Elite senior year…Nike Indoor National Qualifier junior year…New Balance Indoor National Qualifier senior year…New England Indoor Championship Qualifier senior year…four-year Connecticut State Class and Open Qualifier…2010 Wendy’s High School Heisman Award State Finalist…member of the Litchfield Track Club…five-time Regional Junior Olympic Qualifier…three-time 100m finalist…President of National Honor Society. Personal: Daughter of James and Maura Bobinski…has one sister (Megan)…great uncle John Carmody Jr. (class of 1958) played on the first varsity lacrosse team…cousin Chrissy Carmody (class of 1992) played varsity lacrosse… has not yet declared a major. MARYGRACE BROGIOLO SO • JUMPS WAREHAM, MASS. WAREHAM H.S. 2012: Did not compete. Before Holy Cross: Came to Holy Cross from Wareham (Mass.) High School. Personal: Has not yet declared a major. 2012-2013 3 HOLY CROSS TRACK & FIELD 24 2012-201 SARAH DAHLSTROM SO • MULTI-EVENTS SOUTHBOROUGH, MASS. ALGONQUIN REGIONAL H.S. 2012: Competed in the 200, 400, 500, 800, 55 hurdles, 60 hurdles, 400 meter hurdles, high jump, long jump, shot put, indoor pentathlon and 4x400 relay…posted season-best marks in the 200 (28.19) at the Harvard Open (Dec. 10), 500 (1:25.59) at the Crowell Open (Jan. 6), 400 meter hurdles (1:08.94) at the Tiger Classic (April 6), 400 (1:02.01), 55 meter hurdles (9.03) at the Joe Donahue Indoor Games (Jan. 27), 800 (2:30.33) and high jump (1.51m) at the New England Indoor Championship and 60 meter hurdles (9.82), long jump (5.00m), shot put (11.76m) and indoor pentathlon (3,187 points) at the Patriot League Indoor Championship (Feb. 17)…finished first in the shot put at the New England Indoor Championship (11.76m) and at the Patriot League Indoor Championship (Feb. 17) with a throw of 11.31 meters…marks in the high jump, long jump and pentatlon were team-highs for he indoor season…named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll. Before Holy Cross: Member of the Algonquin Regional High School varsity track and field team for four years competing in multiple events…team won Central Mass. Divison I Championship in 2010…named league All-Star all four years…league champion in 100 hurdles, 300 hurdles, discus and shot put…Central Mass. Division I champion in discus and third place finisher in the heptathlon…named to Telegram & Gazette All-Star Super Team in 2010…set school record in the 400 hurdles and 4x400 relay…also a four-year member of the soccer and basketball teams… named captain senior year for both teams…named Central MEET THE CRUSADERS Mass. Division I All-Star and League All-Star…soccer team won Central Mass. Division I Championships in 2008 and 2009 and the Massachusetts Division I State Championship in 2009…basketball team won Central Mass. Division I Championship in 2011…named to Telegram & Gazette All-Star Super Team in 2011…member of Athletic Council and National Honor Society. Personal: Daughter of Todd and Diane Dahlstrom…has one brother (Stephen) and one sister (Emily)…majoring in Biology. CAILEE DEAN SO • JUMPS SOUTHHAMPTON, MASS. HAMPSHIRE REGIONAL H.S. 2012: Competed in the 55, 60, 200, long jump and triple jump… posted season-best marks in the 55 (7.93) and 200 (30.34) at the Joe Donahue Indoor Games (Jan. 27), 60 (8.53) at the Crowell Open (Jan. 6) and long jump (5.14m) and triple jump (10.00m) at New Hampshire with Maine (April 7)…named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll. Before Holy Cross: Came to Holy Cross from Hampshire Regional High School in Westhampton, Mass. Personal: Majoring in Biology. 2012-2013 3 HOLY CROSS TRACK & FIELD 25 2012-201 MEET THE CRUSADERS LYNDSAY DELELLO ety…Varsity Club Vice President. SO • LONG SPRINTS/HURDLES SIDNEY, N.Y. SIDNEY H.S. Personal: Daughter of Mark and Susan Delello…her father played baseball at Ithaca, then played 16 years of semi-pro baseball with the Otsego Macs…has one brother (Markus) and one sister (Meridith)…her brother is on the baseball team at Rensselaer (Class of 2012)…majoring in Biology. 2012: Ran in the 200, 400, 55 hurdles and 400 hurdles…also a member of the 4x400 relay team…posted season-best times in the 200 (29.66) at the Joe Donahue Indoor Games (Jan. 27), 400 (1:06.86) at New Hampshire with Stonehill and Worcester State (Jan. 21), 55 hurdles (10.76) at the Alden Invitational (Dec. 3) and 400 hurdles (1:14.35) at the Husky Spring Open (March 24). Before Holy Cross: Member of the varsity track and field team for five seasons at Sidney High School for coaches Doug Quinney, Bill Munro and Holly Lape…captain as a junior and senior…named the 2010 Oneonta Daily Star Female Track Athlete of the Year...won the team’s 2011 Track Athlete of the Year Award…her time of 1:03:76 in the 400 meter hurdles in 2010 set the school and the Midstate Athletic Conference record…2009, 2010 and 2011 New York Section 4 Class C Champion in the 400 meter hurdles…2010 New York Section 4 State Qualifier 400 meter hurdles champion...placed second at the New York State Track & Field Championship in the 400 meter hurdles in 2009 and 2010…won the silver medal at the 2010 Empire State Games in the 400 meter hurdles…fouryear member and two-year captain of the varsity field hockey team…earned 2009 and 2010 MAC All-Star honors…three-year member and senior captain of the varsity basketball team…earned the team’s 2010-2011 Defensive Player of the Year…named the school’s 2010-2011 Female Athlete of the Year…won the Francis L. Redmond Scholar-Athlete Award...member of National Honor Soci- MADDIE DODGE SO • SHORT SPRINTS RUMFORD, R.I. BISHOP FEEHAN H.S. 2012: Ran in the 55, 60, 100, 200 and 300…posted season-best times in the 55 (7.80) and 300 (47.44) at the Alden Invitational (Dec. 3), 60 (8.35) at the Sorlien Memorial Invitational (Jan. 13), 100 (13.09) at the Patriot League Outdoor Championship (May 4) and 200 (27.50) at the Holy Cross Invitational (April 21)…named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll. Before Holy Cross: Four-year member of the varsity indoor and outdoor track and field teams at Bishop Feehan High School…senior captain…earned EAC All-Star honors from 2009-2011…received 2010 Sun Chronicle honorable mention accolades…team won the 2010-2011 Division III state championship. Personal: Daughter of Ogden and Jacqueline Dodge…has two brothers (Sam and Henry) and one sister (Phoebe)… her brother Sam is on the baseball team at Harvard (Class of 2014)…majoring in English. 2012-2013 3 HOLY CROSS TRACK & FIELD 26 2012-201 MEET THE CRUSADERS ANDREA GENDRON OLIVIA GJESTEBY SO • MID DISTANCE HOPKINTON, MASS. HOPKINTON H.S. SO • MID DISTANCE WINCHESTER, MASS. WINCHESTER H.S. 2012: Ran in the 800, 1,000, 1,500 and one-mile…posted seasonbest times in the 800 (2:44.86) at the UMass Invitational (April 14), 1,000 (3:36.45) at the Sorlien Memorial Invitational (Jan. 13), 1,500 (5:30.99) at the Holy Cross Invitational (April 21) and one-mile (6:05.45) against Maine (Feb. 4)…named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll. Before Holy Cross: Three-year member of the indoor track and field team at Hopkinton High School for coach Brian Hall...qualified for state championships with 4x800 relay team in 2010...team went undefeated and won Tri-Valley League Conference championships in 2008, 2009 and 2010...also a member of the varsity field hockey team senior year and varsity lacrosse team as a junior and senior...field hockey team won the Tri-Valley League championship in 2010...lacrosse team won the state championship in 2011... member of National Honor Society. Personal: Daughter of Arthur Gendron and Linda Clancy... has one brother (Grant) and one sister (Danielle)...majoring in Psycholoy. 2012: Ran in the 800, 1,500 and 4x400 relay…posted season-best times in the 800 (2:42.53) versus New Hampshire and Maine (April 7) and 1,500 (5:07.43) at the Holy Cross Invitational (April 21). Before Holy Cross: Three-year member of the outdoor track and field team and two-year member of the indoor track and field team at Winchester High School for coach Joseph Cantillon…senior captain of the indoor team…also a four-year member and senior captain of the varsity soccer team…was on the varsity softball team as a freshman, while she was a member of the varsity basketball team as a freshman and sophomore. Personal: Daughter of Nils and Janet Gjesteby…has one brother (Henry) and one sister (Anna)…has not yet declared a major. 2012-2013 3 HOLY CROSS TRACK & FIELD 27 2012-201 FIORELLA JOHNSON JULIA LEVESQUE SO • LONG SPRINTS REDDING, CONN. JOE BARLOW H.S. SO • HURDLES/SPRINTS WEST SIMSBURY, CONN. SIMSBURY H.S. 2012: Ran in the 200, 400, 500, 600, 800 and 4x400 relay…posted season-best times in the 200 (26.78) at the Holy Cross Invitational (April 21), 400 (58.50) at the Patriot League Outdoor Championship (May 4), 500 (1:15.76) at the New England Indoor Championship (Feb. 24), 600 (1:39.26) at the Alden Invitational (Dec. 3) and 800 (2:21.66) at the UMass Invitational (April 14)…finished first in the 500 (1:20.06) and as a member of the 4x400 relay team (4:05.40) at New Hampshire with Stonehill and Worcester State (Jan. 21)… named Patriot League Female Rookie of the Week after qualifying for the New England Championship early in the season at the Harvard Open (Dec. 10) in the 400 with a fourth-place time of 59.26. Before Holy Cross: Member of the varsity track and field team at Joel Barlow High School, competing as a mid distance runner…team captain senior year...team MVP all four years...team Rookie of the Year…two-time All-State selection...first team All-Conference as a senior...two-time second team All-Conference (2009, 2010)… Danbury News Times All-Star Team (2010, 2011)…Connecticut Post All-Star Team (2010, 2011)… set school records in 400-meter, 4x100-meter and 4x400-meter…also played four seasons of varsity soccer…captained team as a junior and senior…three-time first team All-Conference selection…named All-State as a senior…team won conference championship senior season. Personal: Daughter of Mark and Brenda Johnson...has one sister (Maxie) and one brother (Colby)...has not yet declared a major. MEET THE CRUSADERS 2012: Ran in the 55, 60, 200, 55 hurdles, 60 hurdles and 100 hurdles…posted season-best times in 55 (8.05) and 55 hurdles (9.00) at the Joe Donahue Indoor Games (Jan .27), 60 (8.48) and 60 hurdles (9.63) at the Harvard Open (Dec. 10), 200 (26.56) at the Holy Cross Invitational (April 21) and 100 hurdles (15.43) at the Patriot League Outdoor Championship (May 4)…named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll. Before Holy Cross: Member of the varsity track and field team at Simsbury High School, competing as a sprinter and hurdler…team captain senior year...team MVP senior year... helped team win state championship in 2009...All-State senior season...four-time All-Conference selection…set the school record in the 200 meter dash…competed in state meets from 2008-2010…placed third in hurdling at states in 2011…competed in New England Regional Meet (2011)…also played three seasons of varsity soccer…captained team as a senior. Personal: Daughter of Alan and Christine Levesque...has one sister, Elise, who was a member of the track and field team at Bates...has not yet declared a major. 2012-2013 3 HOLY CROSS TRACK & FIELD 28 2012-201 MEET THE CRUSADERS LAURA MCBRIDE MICHELLE MCGAHAN SO • DISTANCE NORTH READING, MASS. NORTH READING H.S. SO • POLE VAULT ACTON, MASS. ACTON-BOXBOROUGH H.S. 2012: Did not compete. Before Holy Cross: Four-year member of the varsity cross country team at North Reading High School...team captain in 2010... named Unsung Heroine in 2007 and MVP in 2009 and 2010... received Lawrence Eagle Tribune All-Star honorable mention in 2009 and 2010...also a four-year member of the varsity indoor and outdoor track and field teams...team captain for both teams senior year...received the Coach’s Award for indoor track her senior year...served as Secretary of National Honor Society...named a Lester Levey Scholar-Athlete in 2011... received the Excellence in US History award. Personal: Daughter of David C. McBride and Lorraine Garrity...father was a member of the cross country and track and field teams at Tufts...has one sister, Caroline, is a member of the Stonehill College cross country and track and field teams...uncle T. Kirk McBride (Class of 1975) was a member of the Holy Cross men’s ice hockey team... has not yet declared a major. 2012: Competed in the pole vault at 14 different meets…posted a season-best height of 3.35 meters against Maine (Feb. 4)…recorded three second place finishes including at New Hampshire with Stonehill and Worcester State (Jan. 21), at Maine and at the Holy Cross Invitational (April 21)…named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll. Before Holy Cross: Member of the Acton-Boxborough Regional High School varsity track and field team for three years under head coach Daniel Goldner as a pole vaulter…elected team captain senior year…won team Rookie of the Year in 2009…was a DCL All-Star from 2009 to 2011…set the school record in the pole vault…also a member of the varsity gymnastics team for head coach Susan DiLorenzo for four years…was team captain junior and senior year…DCL Gymnast of the Year in 2009 and 2010…Boston Globe All-Scholastic in 2010 and 2011… member of National Honor Society. Personal: Daughter of Leo McGahan…has one brother (Michael) and one sister (Kristen)…majoring in Math. 2012-2013 3 HOLY CROSS TRACK & FIELD 29 2012-201 MEET THE CRUSADERS ABIGAIL MITCHELL ALEXANDRA PARISE SO • DISTANCE MANCHESTER, N.H. TRINITY H.S. SO • MILTI EVENTS/POLE VAULT PINE BUSH, N.Y. PINE BUSH H.S. 2012: Ran in the 800, 1,000, 1,500, one-mile and 3,000 steeplechase…posted season-best times in the 800 (2:27.30) and 1,500 (4:52.48) at New Hampshire with Maine (April 7), 1,000 (3:11.22) at the Joe Donahue Indoor Games (Jan. 27), one-mile (5:16.59) at the Valentine Invitational (Feb. 10) and 3,000 steeplechase (12:12.08) at the Holy Cross Invitational (April 21)…recorded a second place finish in the 3,000 steeplechase at the Holy Cross Invitational and third place finish in the one-mile at Maine (Feb. 4) with a time of 5:21.58. Before Holy Cross: Three-year member of the varsity cross country team at Trinity High School...four-year member of the varsity indoor and outdoor track and field teams...team captain senior year...named outdoor Rookie of the Year, Most Improved as a sophomore, MVP as a junior and Most Athletic as a senior...four-year member of the varsity soccer team... team captain junior and senior years...named Rookie of the Year...voted MVP junior and senior seasons...named All-State junior and senior years...also a member of the varsity swim team...was state champion in the 100 breaststroke her junior year...served as vice president of the Student Council...member of National Honor Society...named Outstanding Theology Student as a senior...Scholar Athlete all four years. Personal: Daughter of Joseph and Jean Mitchell...mother was a member of the swimming team at New Hampshire... has two brothers, Hayden and Ryan (a twin), who both attend Holy Cross...great uncle John Hayden was a member of the Holy Cross Class of 1949...majoring in Biology. 2012: Competed in the 55 hurdles, 60 hurdles, high jump, pole vault and long jump…posted season-best marks in the 55 hurdles (9.70) and high jump (1.43m) at the Alden Invitational (Dec. 3), and 60 hurdles (10.98), pole vault (3.05m) and long jump (4.36m) at the Harvard Open (Dec. 10)…named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll. Before Holy Cross: Six-year member of the varsity track and field team at Pine Bush High School for head coach Gerald Risco…served as team captain senior year…Varsity 845 indoor track & field All-Star team member…set school records in the pole vault, pentathlon and triple jump events…finished ninth at the 2011 New Balance Indoor Nationals in the shuttle hurdle relay as the team set a school record…Section 9 pole vault champion…NYS championship competitor in pole vault and high jump in 2011…also a member of the varsity swimming and diving team for head coach Christopher Blackwell…named team’s most valuable diver in 2009…also a member of the club team Hudson Valley Flying Circus for head coaches Hugh Cauthers and Tim St. Lawrence as a pole vaulter…served as Treasurer for National Honor Society. Personal: Daughter of Joe and Christine Parise…has one brother (Joseph) and one sister (Katherine)…majoring in English. 2012-2013 3 HOLY CROSS TRACK & FIELD 30 2012-201 MARISSA ROMANO SO • JUMPS HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, N.J. HASBROUCK HEIGHTS H.S. 2012: Competed in the long jump and triple jump…posted season-best marks in the long jump (5.20m) at the UMass Invitational (April 14) and triple jump (10.62m) at the Holy Cross Invitational (April 21)…recorded a second place finish at the Alden Invitational (Dec. 3) in the triple jump with a distance of 10.32 meters. Before Holy Cross: Three-year member of the varsity track and field team at Hasbrouck Heights High School for coach Robert Brady … team captain senior year … named first team All-League (NJIC) in the triple jump and long jump in 2011, second team All-Bergen County in the triple jump in 2011 and third team All-Bergen County in the long jump in 2010 … earned Bergen County Athlete of the Week honors on April 4, 2011 … team won the Bergen County League Championship in 2009, 2010 and 2011 and relay championships in 2010 and 2011 … set school records in the long jump, triple jump and as part of the 4x400 relay team in 2011 … recorded first place finishes in the 2011 Bergen County Championship in the long jump and triple jump and the 2011 New Jersey Group 1 Sectional Championship in the long jump … also a three-year member of the varsity soccer team … team captain in 2009 and 2010 … named first team All-League in 2009 and 2010 … also played for the WoodRidge Strikers club soccer team and was team captain in 2006 and 2007 … held office as a student council representative and was Editor in Chief of the award winning school newspaper, The Spectator … won an award for Excellence in Yearbook Journalism and scholarships from the Bergen MEET THE CRUSADERS County Women’s Association, Hasbrouck Height’s Men’s Association and Hasbrouck Heights Soccer Association and also received the Mary E. Taminini (Mayor’s) Scholarship … member of National Honor Society. Personal: Daughter of Patrick and Lillian Romano … father played baseball at Fairleigh Dickinson University … has one sister (Juliana) … majoring in Political Science. EMILIA SAINATO SO • HURDLES ALBANY, N.Y. COLONIE CENTRAL H.S. 2012: Ran in the 55, 60, 100, 55 hurdles, 60 hurdles and 100 hurdles…posted season-best times in the 55 (7.60) and 55 hurdles (9.03) at the Alden Invitational (Dec. 3), 100 (13.23) and 100 hurdles (15.96) at the Holy Cross Invitational (April 21), 60 (8.55) at the Harvard Open (Dec. 10) and 60 hurdles (9.56) at the Patriot League Indoor Championship (Feb. 17). Before Holy Cross: Member of the varsity track & field team for six seasons at Colonie Central High School for coach Jennifer Jette…named the team’s Most Valuable Hurdler from 2008-2011…Section 2 Champion in the 100 meter hurdles in 2011…team won the 2011 Section 2 championship…set the school record in the 100 meter hurdles with a 14.8 in 2010 and set her personal best with a 14.56 in 2011…also a three-year member of the varsity soccer team…captain as a junior and senior…earned 2010 second team Suburban Council All-Star honors…two-year member and senior captain of the varsity basketball team…team won the 2011 Suburban Council South Division championship and placed second in the 2011 Suburban Council Class AA Championship…earned the school’s Scholar Athlete Award all four years. Personal: Daughter of Corrado and Ellen Sainato…has one brother (Giancarlo) and two sisters (Nancy and Isabella)…has not yet declared a major. 2012-2013 3 HOLY CROSS TRACK & FIELD 31 2012-201 MEET THE CRUSADERS MELISSA SHERIDAN PEYTON SHUBRICK SO • MID DISTANCE LOUDONVILLE, N.Y. SHAKER H.S. SO • LONG SPRINTS SPRINGFIELD, MASS. SPRINGFIELD CENTRAL H.S. 2012: Ran in the 500, 800, 1,000, 1,500 and 4x400 relay…posted season-best times in the 500 (1:24.09) at the Joe Donahue Indoor Games (Jan. 27), 800 (2:20.87) at the Patriot League Outdoor Championship (May 4), 1,000 (3:12.80) at the Alden Invitational (Dec. 3) and 1,500 (5:16.69) at the Husky Spring Open (March 24)…named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll. Before Holy Cross: Member of the varsity cross country and track & field teams at Shaker High School, competing as a distance runner…named team’s Outstanding Distance Runner (2011)…cross country Team MVP (2007)…member of the school’s indoor distance medley relay team that broke a school record (2011)…Suburban Council All-Star (2011)… member of the outdoor 4x400m relay heat that won the Penn Relays (2011)…member of school record outdoor 4x1500m relay team (2009)…member of school record outdoor 4x800m relay in 2010 and 2011…graduated within the top 10 percent of her class. Personal: Daughter of Joseph and Diane Sheridan...has one brother (Michael)...has not yet declared a major. 2012: Competed in the 200, 400, 500, 4x400 relay, 4x400, distance medley relay and discus throw… posted season-best marks in the 200 (27.65) at the Harvard Open (Dec. 10), 400 (1:00.68) a the Holy Cross Invitational (April 21), 500 (1:24.89) at the Sorlien Memorial Invitational (Jan. 13) and discus (31.49m) at the UMass Invitational (April 14)… earned second team All-Patriot League honors for a second place finish as a member of the 4,000 distance medley team at the Patriot League Indoor Championship with a time of 12:02.32. Before Holy Cross: Four-year member of the indoor and outdoor track & field teams at Springfield Central High School for James Bermudez…captain as a junior and senior…record holder in the 400 at the Mayors Cup which is the city championship in Springfield…named All-Western Mass. by the Republican in 2011…team won the 2009 and 2011 conference championship and went undefeated in 2011…earned Student-Athlete Scholar honors for the city of Springfield…also three-year starter and senior captain of the varsity soccer team…played varsity basketball in 2010…member of National Honor Society…earned first honors in the graduating class…President of Band…a Mass. Mutual Academic Achiever. Personal: Daughter of Fred and Dawn Shubrick…has one brother (Frederick) and two sisters (Taylor and Jordyn)… majoring in Political Science. 2012-2013 3 HOLY CROSS TRACK & FIELD 32 2012-201 MEET THE CRUSADERS KATE SULLIVAN BRIANNA TABIN SO • MID DISTANCE SOUTHBOROUGH, MASS. ALGONQUIN REGIONAL H.S. SO • SHORT SPRINTS SOUTH HADLEY, MASS. SOUTH HADLEY H.S. 2012: Ran in the 800, 1,000, 1,500 and 4x400 relay…posted season-best times in the 800 (2:32.51) at the Harvard Open (Dec. 10), 1,000 (3:22.97) at the Alden Invitational (Dec. 3) and 1,500 (5:33.24) at the Husky Spring Open (March 24)…named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll. Before Holy Cross: Member of the varsity track team at Algonquin Regional High School as a mid-distance runner…team captain senior year…was named a Mid-Wach A League All-Star (2009-2010)…also played three seasons of varsity field hockey…was named a Mid-Wach A League All-Star (2009)…played on the Spiders field hockey club team…Vice President of National Honor Society…Secretary of Student Council. Personal: Daughter of Paul and Martha Sullivan…mother (Class of 1982) played field hockey at Holy Cross…has several other relatives who attended Holy Cross…has one sister (Annie)…has not yet declared a major. 2012: Ran in the 55, 60, 100, 200, 300 and 4x100 relay…posted season-best times in the 55 (7.48) at the Joe Donahue Indoor Games (Jan. 27), 60 (7.99) at the Patriot League Indoor Championship (Feb. 17), 100 (12.37) at the Holy Cross Invitational (April 21), 200 (25.56) at the Patriot League Outdoor Championship (May 4) and 300 (43.94) at the Alden Invitational (Dec. 3)…set a new school record as a member of the 4x100 relay team that earned second team All-Patriot honors for a second place finish at the Patriot League Outdoor Championship with a time of 47.02…finished second in the 100 at the Holy Cross Invitational. Before Holy Cross: Member of the varsity track team at South Hadley High School…team captain senior year… three-year member of the varsity soccer team. Personal: Daughter of Alan and Patricia Tabin…has one sister (Brittany)…majoring in Biology. 2012-2013 3 HOLY CROSS TRACK & FIELD 33 2012-201 MEET THE CRUSADERS HANNAH CAREY CAROLINE CARLEY Personal: Daughter of Volker and Deborah Eckert...has not yet declared a major. FR • MID DISTANCE WINDHAM, N.H. CENTRAL CATHOLIC H.S. FR • MID DISTANCE/JUMPS BARRINGTON, ILL. BARRINGTON H.S. VICTORIA ENGVOLD Before Holy Cross: Four-year member of the varsity indoor and outdoor track and field teams at Central Catholic High School under head coach Kate Sullivan... team captain senior year...all-conference 2008-2011...named team runner of the year in 2012...team won state championship in 2012... member of school-record sprint medley relay, distance medley relay and 4x800m relay...also played three years of varsity soccer. Before Holy Cross: Four-year member of the varsity track and field team at Barrington High School under head coach Jodi Gitelis...named Most Valuable Player in 2012...won Sectional Championship in the 800 meters in 2012...named Athlete of the Year in 2012...also a four-year member of the varsity cross country under head coach Deb Revolta...placed eighth in the state in 2011 and seventh in the state in 2012. Personal: Daughter of William and Karen Carey...has two sisters (Margaret and Emma)...grandfather, Thomas Kelleher (Class of 1950) was captain of the Holy Cross football team and a Hall of Fame NFL referee...cousin, Chris Myers, plays for the Houston Texans...has not yet declared a major. Personal: Has not yet declared a major. ALEX ECKERT FR • VAULT/TRIPLE JUMP BERGENFIELD, N.J. ACADEMY OF THE HOLY ANGELS Before Holy Cross: Four-year member of the varsity track & field team at Academy of the Holy Angels under coach Howard Shuman...named team captain as a senior...holds school records in the pole vault and high hurdles... also a four-year member of the varsity tennis team...member of National Honor Society. FR • LONG SPRINTS NISKAYUNA, N.Y. NISKAYUNA H.S. Before Holy Cross: Four-year member of the varsity indoor and outdoor track and field teams at Niskayuna High School under head coach Jason Derocco… named team captain as a senior…won Rookie of the Year (2009), Best in Track (2011) and named a Scholar Athlete…holds school record in the indoor and outdoor distance medley relay, indoor sprint medley relay, 300 and as part of the 4x400 indoor relay team…member of National Honor Society. Personal: Daughter of Gary and Rhonda Engvold… has one brother (Gabriel) and one sister (Madalyn)...has not yet declared a major. 2012-2013 3 HOLY CROSS TRACK & FIELD 34 2012-201 MEET THE CRUSADERS CASSIE GILDEA SHANNON KAY MELISSA LACOSTE FR • STEEPLE/DISTANCE MILFORD, CONN. ACADEMY OF OUR LADY OF MERCY FR • LONG SPRINTS NEW CITY, N.Y. CLARKSTOWN NORTH H.S. FR • HIGH JUMP/TRIPLE JUMP AMHERST, N.H. BISHOP GUERTIN H.S. Before Holy Cross: Four-year member of the indoor and outdoor track and field teams at Clarkstown North High School under coaches Adam Shavitz, Heidi Bernasconi, Ed Benvenuto and Pete Rodrigues… named team captain in 2011 and 2012…selected co-MVP of the indoor season in 2012…named Clarkstown North Spring Athlete of the Season in 2012…holds school records in the 400 and as part of the 4x400 relay team…also a four-year member of the varsity cross country team, winning the Coaches Award in 2011 and 2012…member of National Honor Society. Before Holy Cross: Four-year member of the varsity indoor and outdoor track and field teams at Bishop Guertin High School under coach Tony Johnson... named team captain senior year... team won both the indoor and outdoor state championships... named Most Improved Player in 2010...placed second at the state championship in the high jump three years in a row... also a oneyear member of the varsity cheerleading squad...member of National Honor Society. Before Holy Cross: Came to Holy Cross from the Academy of Our Lady of Mercy in Milford, Conn. Personal: Has not yet declared a major. KATIE HOLDRIDGE FR • DISTANCE PRESTON, CONN. NORWICH FREE ACADEMY Before Holy Cross: Three-year member of the varsity indoor and outdoor track and field teams at Norwich Free Academy for coach Chad Johnson...named team captain senior year... selected AllConference in 2012...team won the Eastern Connecticut Conference and state championships in 2012...also a three-year member of the varsity soccer team, serving as team captain as a senior. Personal: Daughter of Mark and Michelle Holdridge... father ran track at Mansfield University...has one brother (Dan)...has not yet declared a major. Personal: Daughter of Lawrence and Veronica Kay… Has one brother (Brian)...has not yet declared a major. Personal: Daughter of Paul and Rosemary LaCoste...has one brother,Jeffrey, who is a sophomore on the cross country and track and field teams at High Point University...has not yet declared a major. 2012-2013 3 HOLY CROSS TRACK & FIELD 35 2012-201 ALLISON LONGO EMILY LOY FR • DISTANCE HAVERTOWN, PA. HAVERFORD H.S. FR • SHORT SPRINTS GALES FERRY, CONN. LEDYARD H.S. Before Holy Cross: Three-year member of the varsity cross country team at Haverford High School under head coach Kristie Ritchie...earned the Girl Scout Gold and Silver Awards... member of National Honor Society. Personal: Daughter of Thomas and Suzanne Longo...has one sister (Sloan)...has not yet declared a major. NICOLE LORINSKY FR • POLE VAULT NORWICH, CONN. NORWICH FREE ACADEMY Before Holy Cross: Came to Holy Cross from Norwich Free Academy in Norwich, Conn. Personal: Has not yet declared a major. MEET THE CRUSADERS Before Holy Cross: Three-year member of the varsity track and field teams at Ledyard High School under head coach David Tetlow... won All-Conference and All-Area honors 2009-2011...set indoor school records in the 55, 300 and as part of the 4x180 relay team...set outdoor school records in the 100, 200 and as part of the 4x400 relay team...also lettered in soccer, serving as team captain in 2011...member of National Honor Society. Personal: Daughter of James and Robin Loy...has one brother (Ian) and two sisters (Carly and Ally)...has not yet declared a major. DANA MCMANUS FR • JUMPS/SPRINTS NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. NORTH ANDOVER H.S. Before Holy Cross: Four-year member of the varsity indoor and outdoor track and field teams at North Andover H.S. under head coach Rick Dellechiae…named team captain as a senior…received the indoor track MVP in 2010 and the Coach’s Award in 2012…named a Cape Ann League All-Star all four years…holds in- door school records in the 300-meters, 4x200-meter relay, 4x400-meter relay and distance medley relay...set outdoor school record in the long jump…member of National Honor Society. Personal: Daughter of Jack and Marsha McManus…father played football at Bridgewater State…has one sister (Kerin)...has not yet declared a major. ELIZABETH PROVOST FR • THROWS ADAMS, MASS. HOOSAC VALLEY H.S. Before Holy Cross: Member of the track and field team at Hoosac Valley High School...named Rookie of the Year in 2009 and team most valuable player from 2010-2012...holds the school record in the discus...also a member of the varsity soccer and basketball teams. Personal: Daughter of Jon and Lisa Provost...has three brothers (Jonathan, Joshua and Matthew)...has not yet declared a major. 2012-2013 3 HOLY CROSS TRACK & FIELD 36 2012-201 MEET THE CRUSADERS LENA TRAN OONA WOOD MORGAN ZURLO FR • LONG SPRINTS WINDHAM, MASS. CARDINAL SPELLMAN H.S. FR • LONG SPRINTS WILLIAMSTOWN, MASS. MT. GREYLOCK H.S. FR • MULTI EVENTS/THROWS GLEN FALLS, N.Y. GLEN FALLS H.S. Before Holy Cross: Four-year member of the varsity indoor and outdoor track and field teams at Cardinal Spellman High School under coach Anne Bernazanni... named team captain as a senior... indoor team won four Catholic Central League championships... set a school record as part of the indoor 4x400 relay team...named unsung hero of the outdoor team her sophomore and junior seasons...received the captain’s and team spirit awards as a senior...also a two-year member of the varsity cross country team... member of the student council...won the AP English Award... held office as National Honor Society President. Before Holy Cross: Six-year varsity member of the Mount Greylock Regional High School track and field team under coach Brian Gill...named team captain in 2012...earned Most Improved Award (2009), Track MVP (2010), Field MVP (2011), and Team MVP (2012)...named to the league honor roll from 20082012...team won Western Massachusetts Division II championships in 2008, 2009 and 2012...set school records as part of the 4x100 and 4x400 relay teams...received Scholar Athlete Award for academic excellence from 2009-2012... also a five-year varsity member of the cross country team and four-year varsity member of the cross country skiing team. Personal: Daughter of Son Tran and Ngan Ly...has not yet declared a major. Personal: Daughter of Robert Wood and Suzanne Stinson... has one brother (Derek)...has not yet declared a major. Before Holy Cross: Five-year member of the varsity track and field team at Glens Falls High School under head coach Abigail Adams...three-time Section BB pentathlon champion...named a 2012 Foothills Council first team All-Star in both the pentathlon and the high jump...also a three-year member of the varsity volleyball team and four-year member of the varsity basketball team. Personal: Daughter of Mark and Nancy Zurlo...has two brothers (Devin and Jordan) and one sister (Adrienne)... twin brother, Devin, plays basketball at Sage College...has not yet declared a major. 2012-2013 3 HOLY CROSS TRACK & FIELD 37 2012-201 2011-2012 RESULTS Date Event Result Dec. 3, 2011 at Alden Invitational No Team Scores Dec. 10, 2011 at Harvard Open No Team Scores Dec. 24, 2011 at Boston University Mini Meet No Team Scores Dec. 31, 2011 at Boston University Mini Meet No Team Scores Jan. 3, 2012 Holy Cross New Year’s Field Day No Team Scores Jan. 7, 2012 at Crowell Open No Team Scores Jan. 7, 2012 at Tiger Invitational No Team Scores Jan. 8, 2012 at Dartmouh Relays No Team Scores Jan. 13, 2012 at Sorlein Memorial Invitational No Team Scores Jan. 14, 2012 at Yale Invitational No Team Scores Jan. 21, 2012 at New Hampshire with Stonehill & Worcester State 1st of 4 Jan. 27, 2012 at Joe Donahue Indoor Games 5th of 14 Feb. 4, 2012 at Maine 1st of 2 Feb. 10, 2012 at Valentine Invitational No Team Scores Feb. 17-19, 2012 at Patriot League Indoor Championship 4th of 8 Feb. 24-25, 2012 at New England Indoor Championship 4th of 35 Mar. 3-4, 2012 at ECAC Indoor Championship 32nd of 50 Mar. 24, 2012 at Husky Spring Open No Team Scores Mar. 30, 2012 at Worcester State Invitational No Team Scores Mar. 31, 2012 at Dick Shea Open No Team Scores Apr. 7, 2012 at New Hampshire with Maine No Team Scores Apr. 7, 2012 at Tiger Classic No Team Scores Apr. 7, 2012 at Wagner Invitational No Team Scores Apr. 14, 2012 at UMass Invitational 3rd of 15 Apr. 21, 2012 Bryant, Central Connecticut, Hartford, Maine, 1st of 7 UMass & Stoneill Apr. 29, 2012 at Brown Springtime Invitational No Team Scores May 4-5, 2012 at Patriot League Outdoor Championship 6th of 8 May 11-12, 2012 at New England Outdoor Championship 8th of 35 2012-2013 3 HOLY CROSS TRACK & FIELD 38 2012-201 INDOOR SEASON Athlete Time/Mark Okpoebo, Stephanie 7.23 Okpoebo, Stephanie 7.60 Okpoebo, Stephanie 25.15 Okpoebo, Stephanie 42.33 Johnson, Fiorella 58.98 Johnson, Fiorella 1:15.76 Johnson, Fiorella 1:39.26 Hartnett, Katelyn 2:12.02 Hartnett, Katelyn 2:48.02 Mellea, Sarah 5:05.77 Sutherland, Paige 10:14.60 van den Heuvel, Sandra 18:26.68 Linnehan, Erin 8.44 Linnehan, Erin 8.83 Dahlstrom, Sarah 1.51m Arndt, Mackenzie 3.40m Dahlstrom, Sarah 5.00m Romano, Marissa 10.32m Culkeen, Alexandria 12.38m Culkeen, Alexandria 16.14m Dahlstrom, Sarah 3187 Johnson/Bobinski/Okpoebo/Gorski 3:54.63 4 x 440yd Relay Bobinski/Gorski/Okpoebo/Johnson 4:03.44 4 x 800m Relay Brekka/Meinelt/Gorski/Hartnett 9:00.43 4 x 880yd Relay Meinelt/Mellea/Brekka/McCormick 9:50.23 4,000m Distance Medley Brekka/Shubrick/Meinelt/Hartnett 12:02.32 Event 55 Meters 60 Meters 200 Meters 300 Meters 400 Meters 500 Meters 600 Meters 800 Meters 1,000 Meters 1 Mile 3,000 Meters 5,000 Meters 55 Meter Hurdles 60 Meter Hurdles High Jump Pole Vault Long Jump Triple Jump Shot Put Weight Throw Pentathlon 4 x 400m Relay 2011-2012 TOP PERFORMANCES Date 2/4/2012 2/17/2012 2/17/2012 12/3/2011 1/27/2012 2/24/2012 12/3/2011 1/27/2012 2/24/2012 2/17/2012 2/24/2012 2/17/2012 1/21/2012 2/17/2012 2/24/2012 1/6/2012 2/17/2012 12/3/2011 1/27/2012 2/17/2012 2/17/2012 Event 100 Meters 200 Meters 400 Meters 800 Meters 1,500 Meters 3,000 Meters 5,000 Meters 100 Meter Hurdles 400 Meter Hurdles 3,000 Meter Steeple High Jump Pole Vault Long Jump Triple Jump Shot Put Discus Throw Hammer Throw Javelin 4 x 100m Relay 2/10/2012 4 x 800m Relay 2/4/2012 2/17/2012 2/4/2012 2/17/2012 4 x 400m Relay OUTDOOR SEASON Athlete Time/Mark Okpoebo, Stephanie 11.99 Okpoebo, Stephanie 24.36 Johnson, Fiorella 58.50 Hartnett, Katelyn 2:10.90 Hartnett, Katelyn 4:34.59 Hughes, Emily 10:19.71 Waldron, Amanda 17:49.29 Linnehan, Erin 14.69 Gorski, Brittany 1:02.93 Brekka, Kathleen 11:26.84 DeCoste, Samantha 1.55m Arndt, Mackenzie 3.70m Romano, Marissa 5.20m Romano, Marissa 10.62m Culkeen, Alexandria 12.74m Culkeen, Alexandria 40.85m Culkeen, Alexandria 47.64m Manning, Christy 36.35m Tabin/Forte/Bobinski/Okpoebo 47.02 Okpoebo/Johnson/Hartnett/Gorski 3:52.36 Brekka/Gorski/Meinelt/Hartnett 8:57.38 Date 5/10/2012 5/10/2012 5/4/2012 5/10/2012 4/6/2012 4/7/2012 5/4/2012 4/29/2012 5/10/2012 4/21/2012 4/21/2012 5/4/2012 4/14/2012 4/21/2012 4/14/2012 5/10/2012 5/4/2012 3/24/2012 5/4/2012 5/4/2012 5/4/2012 2012-2013 3 HOLY CROSS TRACK & FIELD 39 2012-201 Event 55m hurdles 60m hurdles 100m hurdles 400m Hurdles 50m Dash 60m Dash 55m Dash 100m Dash 200m Dash 300m Dash 400m Dash 500m Run 600m Run 800m Run 1,000m Run 1,500m Run 3,000m Run 5,000m Run 10,000m Run 1,500m Walk 2,000m Walk 3,000m Walk 5,000m Walk 2,000m Steeplechase 3,000m Steeplechase 600yd Run 1,000yd Run 1 mile Run 2 mile Run High Jump Long Jump Triple Jump Pole Vault Shot Put Discus Javelin 20lb. Wt. Throw 8K Hammer Pentathlon Heptathlon Holder Susan Daley ’92 Erin Linnehan ’12 Erin Linnehan ‘12 Olivia Pruszko ’10 Ruth Flynn ’81 Stephanie Okpoebo ‘14 Tiffany Reid ‘10 Tiffany Reid ’10 Tiffany Reid ’10 Tiffany Reid ‘10 Olivia Pruszko ’10 Olivia Pruszko ’10 Bridget Ireland ’84 Katelyn Hartnett ’12 Katelyn Hartnett ’12 Jackie McNiff ’83 Mary McNaughton ’87 Susan Willis ’85 Eileen O’Rourke ’86 Ann DeAngelo ’87 Anne McGrail Ann Whalen ’08 Ann Whalen ’08 Julie Gillis ’04 Kathleen Brekka ‘13 Terry Livingston ’90 Katie Redden ’87 Jackie McNiff ’83 Julie LeClair ’86 Maureen Ferns ’84 Kathy Mahoney ’85 Elizabeth Liotta ’03 Lesley Bautista ’09 Jean Marie Buckley ’87 Pia Iacovo ’80 Chantal Couture ’10 Amy Sparrow ’94 Andrea Madden ’04 Olivia Pruszko ’10 Joanne Zern ’91 Record 8.17 (FAT) 8.83 14.40 62.49 7.0 7.60 7.27 11.84 24.26 41.03 57.64 1:13.91 1:37.5 2:09.33 2:48.02 4:26.87 9:28.2 16:55.95 35:57.4 9:30.0 9:33.91 15:36.01 27:30.64 8:19.34 11:26.84 1:25.46 2:36.07 4:51.60 10:40.14 5’10” 18”6-3/4 36’2” 123.5” 46’ 2” 165’ 132’6” 56’0.5” 178’2” 3,579 pts. 4,202 pts. Date / Location 2/26/89 at Boston Univ. 2/19/12 at Bucknell 5/7/11 at Lafayette 5/2/08 at Navy 1/13/79 at Dartmouth 2/18/12 at Bucknell 12/5/09 at Brown 5/2/09 at Army 5/9/08 at UNH 12/5/09 at Brown 2/9/08 at Boston College 2/23/07 at Boston Univ. 2/12/84 at Holy Cross 5/7/11 at Lafayette 2/25/12 at Boston Univ. 5/16/83 at Georgetown 4/19/84 at Boston College 2/23/85 at Boston College 2/23/85 at Boston College 2/1/87 at Southern Conn. 4/20/91 at Holy Cross 4/23/05 at Holy Cross 4/30/05 at Penn Relays 4/7/01 at Albany 4/21/12 at Holy Cross 2/25/90 at Boston Univ. 3/1/87 at Boston Univ. 3/4/83 at Harvard 2/6/83 at Harvard 4/23/81 at Penn Relays 5/8/83 at Central Conn. 5/5/02 at Lehigh 5/8/09 at UMass 5/2/87 at Northeastern 5/24/80 at Oregon 4/19/08 at Holy Cross 2/13/94 5/7/04 at Army 2/16/07 at Army 5/17/91 at George Mason ALL-TIME RECORDS Event 4x100m Holder Brianna Tabin ’15 Melanie Forte ‘13 Katie Bobinski ‘15 Stephanie Okpoebo ‘14 Record 47.02 Date / Location 5/4/12 at Holy Cross 4x200m M. Siobhan Straub ’11 Tiffany Reid ’10 Lauren Tallon ’09 Caitlin White ’11 1:42.82 4/24/09 at Penn Relays Sprint Medley 100: Joanne Misiuk ’85 1:52.3 100: Maureen Ferns ’84 200: Adrienne Quinn ’84 400: Kathleen O’Connor ’84 5/9/82 Sprint Medley 400: Caitlin White ’11 200: Tiffany Reid ’10 200: Lauren Courtney ’09 800: Courtney Burgess ’11 4:06.66 4/24/09 at Penn Relays 4x400m Cassandra Anderson ’11 Brittany Gorski ’13 Tiffany Reid ’10 Olivia Pruszko ’10 3:48:97 5/1/10 at Bucknell 4x800m Terry Livingston Kristin Kreager Courtney Finn Nancy Sullivan 8:51.74 5/14/89 at George Mason Distance Medley Laurel Gilhooly Verne Mainville Kathy Sellar Diane Murphy 11:55.7 3/4/84 at Yale 2012-2013 3 HOLY CROSS TRACK & FIELD 40 2012-201 COSIDA ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICANS PATRIOT LEAGUE INDOOR TRACK & FIELD HONORS AND AWARDS 1983 Jacqueline McNiff (Second Team) 2002 Emily Hogan, (Third Team) PATRIOT LEAGUE INDOOR TRACK & FIELD EVENT WINNERS PENTATHLON 2007 Olivia Pruszko, 3,579 2009 Oliva Pruszko, 3,432 TRACK ATHLETE OF 2010 Tiffany Reid 500-METER RUN 1996 Michelle Chiasson, 1:16.55 2007 Olivia Pruszko, 1:15.68 5,000-METER RUN 1995 Lynn Liberatore, 17:58.8 55-METER HURDLES 1992 Susan Daley, 8.45 1993 Tara Cassidy, 8.73 60-METER HURDLES 2012 Erin Linnehan, 8.83 POLE VAULT 1999 Allison LeBeau, 3.05 20-POUND WEIGHT THROW 1993 Amy Sparrow, 14.42 1994 Amy Sparrow, 16.37 MEET ROOKIE OF THE MEET 2007 Olivia Pruszko SCHOLAR-ATHLETE OF 1994 Lynn Liberatore 60-METER DASH 2010 Tiffany Reid, 7.65 2012 Stephanie Okpoebo, 7.68 200-METER DASH 2010 Tiffany Reid, 24.98 2011 Stephanie Okpoebo, 25.32 2012 Stephanie Okpoebo, 25.15 THE THE YEAR PATRIOT LEAGUE INDOOR TRACK & FIELD WEEKLY AWARDS TRACK PERFORMER OF THE WEEK Olivia Pruszko, 12/11/07 Lauren Courtney, 12/16/08 Tiffany Reid, 12/8/09 Tiffany Reid, 1/26/10 Katelyn Hartnett, 12/13/10 FIELD PERFORMER OF THE WEEK Andrea Madden, 2/10/04 Katherine Clifford, 12/16/08 Lesley Bautista, 01/27/09 FEMALE ROOKIE OF THE WEEK Olivia Pruszko, 2/6/07 Alison Nadeau, 12/16/08 INDOOR TRACK & FIELD ACADEMIC ALL-PATRIOT LEAGUE 2011 2012 Katelyn Hartnett Erin Linnehan HONORS & AWARDS PATRIOT LEAGUE OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD EVENT WINNERS 100-METER DASH 2010 Tiffany Reid, 12.05 2011 Stephanie Okpoebo, 12.31 2012 Stephanie Okpoebo, 12.00 200-METER DASH 2009 Tiffany Reid, 24.32 2010 Tiffany Reid, 24:39 2011 Stephanie Okpoebo, 24.85 2012 Stephanie Okpoebo, 24.71 10,000-METER RUN 1993 Lynn Liberatore, 37:50.08 1994 Lynn Liberatore, 37:12.63 1995 Lynn Liberatore, 36:55.20 2001 Emily Hogan, 38:06.28 2002 Emily Hogan, 36:51.20 100-METER HURDLES 1992 Susan Daley, 14.62 PATRIOT LEAGUE OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD HONORS AND AWARDS SCHOLAR-ATHLETE OF 1995 Lynn Liberatore 2001 Emily Hogan 2002 Emily Hogan YEAR THE PATRIOT LEAGUE OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD WEEKLY AWARDS TRACK PERFORMER OF Tiffany Reid, 04/07/09 Caitlin White, 04/28/09 THE WEEK AIAW ALL-AMERICA 1981 Maureen Ferns 1981 Jacqueline McNiff 1982 Jacqueline McNiff (1,500) 1982 Jacqueline McNiff (3,000) EAIAW ALL-REGION 400-METER HURDLES 1992 Susan Daley, 1:03.05 2008 Olivia Pruszko, 1:02.49 4X100-METER RELAY 2010 Melanie Forte, Caitlin White, Tiffany Ried, M. Siobhan Straub, 47:97 4X400-METER RELAY 2010 Olivia Pruszko, Tiffany Reid, Brittany Gorski, Cassandra Anderson, 3:48.97 4X800-METER RELAY 2011 Kathleen Brekka, Courtney Burgess, Cassandra Anderson, Katelyn Hartnett, 8:58.41 1980 Pia Iacova VARSITY CLUB HALL OF FAME 1990 Jacqueline M. McNiff Regan ‘83 1993 Mary F. McNaughton Collins ‘87 2002 Julie M. Leclair ‘86 2006 Susan J. Daley ‘92 2010 Lynn Liberatore ‘95 2011 Jim Kavanagh Honorary OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD ACADEMIC ALL-PATRIOT LEAGUE 2011 2012 Katelyn Hartnett Katelyn Hartnett 2012-2013 3 HOLY CROSS TRACK & FIELD 41 2012-201 HONORS & AWARDS PATRIOT LEAGUE ACADEMIC HONOR ROLL Elizabeth Alizzi (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009) Cassandra Anderson (2009, 2011) Kerilyn Anderson (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007) Katelyn Andree (2010) Danielle Andrews (1994, 1995, 1996, 1997) Kristin Anzuoni (2006, 2009) Andrea Aris (2003) Sarah Arruda (2006) Heather Bain (2001, 2002, 2003) Julie Batarche (1994) Lynn Barowski (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008) Julie Bastarache (1995) Lesley Bautista (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009) Jennifer Bautista (2010, 2011, 2012) Gillian Bearfield (2005, 2007, 2008) Kathryn Belgiorno (1997) Lauren Bellerose (2011, 2012) Caroline Berger (2001, 2002) Julie Bettencourt (1999) Elizabeth Bloomer (2005, 2006) Katie Bobinski (2012) Lindsey Bomar (2004, 2005) Alexandra Booth (2005) Ashley Boyle (2001, 2002, 2004) Kerry Brassil (2005) Kathleen Brekka (2010, 2012) Julie Brennan (2003, 2004, 2005) Kate Brennan (2001) Cheryl Briggs (1996) Erin Brophy (2001, 2002, 2004) Kara Brownell (2010, 2011, 2012) Courtney Burgess (2009, 2010, 2011) Kristin Burke (2005, 2006, 2008) Corinne Butova (2002) Michela Byrne (2003, 2004, 2005) Catherine Cafaro (2012) Susuanne Calabrese (1999) Rose Calvo (2008, 2011) Emily Capurso (2002, 2003, 2005) Christen Caragian (2009) Stephanie Cares (2005) Christine Carifio (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008) Christine Carroll (2003, 2005, 2006) Tara Cassidy (1993, 1994, 1995) Meghan Cepetelli (1998, 1999) Brittany Chapman (2003, 2005, 2006) Catherine Charpentier (2006) Michelle Chiasson (1996) Cassandra Clark (1999, 2002) Katie Clay (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009) Katherine Clifford (2006, 2008) Carolyn Cody (2006) Ariana Coniglio (2010) Katherine Clifford Elizabeth Corridan (2002, 2003, 2004, 2005) Ashley Couch (2005) Beth Coughlin (2001) Lauren Courtney (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009) Chantal Couture (2007, 2008, 2009, 2010) Leslie Crocket (1997) Sarah Croteau (2008, 2010) Carrie Croucher (1997) Caitlin Crowley (2002, 2003) Jillian Crowley (2009, 2010) Liz Crowley (2011) Alexandria Culkeen (2009, 2012) Melissa Cunningham (1999, 2001) Jamie Curley (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008) Vicky Curran (1994, 1995) Theresa D’Aquila (2007, 2008) Sarah Dahlstrom (2012) Maria Dalmanieras (1996) Christine Davenport (1992, 1993, 1994) Meredith Davis (2004) Cailee Dean (2012) Sammy DeCoste (2011, 2012) Amy Desrosiers (1993, 1994, 1995) Nicole DeStefano (1999, 2001, 2002) Sara Devitt (2005) Kathleen Devlin (1995) Brooke Dillon (2004) Kelly DiMascio (2006) Paula Dirubbo (1996, 97) Maddie Dodge (2012) Grace Doherty (2004) Jean Donnelly (1993) Caitlin Dowd (2003) Megan Driscoll (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007) Erin Duggan (2003) Amanda Dupuis (2006, 2007, 2008) Kerry Dunne (2012) Meghan Dunne (2009, 2010) Kimberly Durland (1996, 1997) Jillian Edmunds (2005) Sarah Croteau Patricia Fahy (2004) Jessica Fallon (2003, 2004, 2005, 2006) Kerry Farrelly (2002, 2003) Anne Favaloro (1996) Clarice Ferolito (2006, 2007) Allison Fimongnari (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011) Courtney Finn (1992) Marcia Flaherty (1999, 2001, 2002) Laura Flannery (2006, 2008, 2009) Mariel Flood (2012) Brenna Flynn (2005) Kathryn Fobert (1995, 1997, 1998) Eileen Ford (2011) Melanie Forte (2012) Maggie Fox (2007, 2008, 2010) Lynn Fraterrigo (1996, 1997) Mary Freeman (2003, 2004) Beth Fullerton (2011, 2012) Mary Fullerton (2011) Kelsey Gardner (2010, 2011) Amy Gebhard (1999) 2012-2013 3 HOLY CROSS TRACK & FIELD 42 2012-201 HONORS & AWARDS PATRIOT LEAGUE ACADEMIC HONOR ROLL Andrea Gendron (2012) Eileen Geoghegan (2006, 2007) Julia Gillis (2001, 2002, 2003, 2004) Katie Glynn (2006) Meghan Godfrey (2004) Patricia Gohring (1995) Sarah Mellea Brittany Gorski (2012) Sophia Grammenos (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009) Christina Grass (2006) Jeana Greco (2007) Megan Gribbons (2002) Lizzie Harkins (2010, 2011) Dina Hafez (2003) Katelyn Hartnett (2009, 2010, 2012) Colleen Haviland (1997) Jill Hennigar (2003, 2004) Marie Hickey (2006) Kathianne Hilton (1995) Chelsea Hinchey (2006, 2007) Jenna Hinchey (2009) Hannah Hodsden (2011) Emily Hogan (1999, 2001, 2002) Crystal Howard (1992) Julianne Hug (2008) Emily Hughes (2011, 2012) Elizabeth Humphries (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012) Allie Hunter (2011) Megan Hyland (2004, 2006) Abigail Hynes-Houston (2011) Jaime Ian (1999) Jacqueline Imse (2008, 2009, 2011) Jamie Iosue (1994, 1995, 1997) Jill Johnson (1997) Meredith Johnson (2003) Sarah Johnson (1997, 1998, 1999) Cara Joyce (2008, 2009) Christie Kapothanasis (2005, 2006) Kathleen Kasper (2011) Katherine Kazmer (2004) Christine Kearney (2002) Kristen Kelleher (2008) Kristen Kelly (1998) Jessica Kieliszak (1998, 1999, 2001) Carrie Kinsella (2010) Kimberly Klaus (1993) Colleen Lahar (2002, 2003, 2005) Erin Linnehan Kristine Larochelle (1994) Emily Latta (2002) Julie Lavelle (1995, 1996) Alison LeBeau (2001) Christie LeTarte (2005, 2007, 2008) Julia Levesque (2012) Lynn Liberatore (1993, 1994, 1995) Erin Linnehan (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012) Nicole Lonczak (2008) Claire Luke (2007, 2008, 2009, 2010) Karen Lynch (1997, 1998) Meghan Lytle (2005, 2006, 2008) Andrea Madden (2001, 2002, 2003, 2004) Julia Madden (1999) Sarah Mahowald (2008) Elizabeth Malloy (2011) Jaclyne Manzi (2002, 2003, 2005) Lisa Marcaurelle (1995) Christine Marieni (2004) Nichole Martin (1995, 1996) Courtney Mazzio (2007, 2008, 2009) Laura McBride (2012) Mauren McCarty (2007) Hannah McCormick (2012) Megan McCormick (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011) Michelle McGahan (2012) Margaret McGuire (1997) Amanda McIntyre (2001, 2002, 2003) Shauna McLoughlin (2001) Kathleen Mcknight (1991, 1992, 1993) Maureen Meagher (2009, 2010) Kaitlyn Mearn (2004, 2006, 2007) Danielle Meder (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009) Sarah Meinelt (2011) Sarah Mellea (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012) Jennifer Mellitt (2002) Kara Migliorelli (1994) Yukiko Minami (1992) Margaret Molloy (2008, 2009) Kathleen Moloughney (1992) Casey Monahan (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009) Caitlin Moore (2006, 2007, 2008) Susan Morrissey (1992, 1993) Caitlin Murphy (2003, 2004) Caitlin Murphy (2007, 2008, 2009, 2010) Sarah Murphy (2006, 2007, 2009) Jennifer Murray (1992) Alison Nadeau (2009, 2010) Emily Nassetta (2008, 2009) Christina Newell (2005, 2006) Shelby Nikitin (2001) Mary Kate O’Brien (1995, 1996) Margaret O’Connor (1997) Kathleen O’Gorman (2006) Emma Pace (2006, 2007) Kaitlin Palmer (2003, 2004, 2005) Caitlin Paluilis (2008) Juliana Paolino (2003) Courtney Paquette (2002, 2003) Alexandra Parise (2012) Kelly Pereira (1999, 2002) Cassandra Pierre-Louis (2012) 2012-2013 3 HOLY CROSS TRACK & FIELD 43 2012-201 HONORS & AWARDS PATRIOT LEAGUE ACADEMIC HONOR ROLL Colleen Spilka Caitlin Plunkett (2004, 2005) Ellen Pollis (1995) Olivia Pruszko (2007, 2008, 2009, 2010) Alison Quinn (2004) Caroline Quinn (2012) Martha Quinn (2011) Lauren Regis (1998) Tiffany Reid (2008, 2009) Meredith Renke (2004) Katherine Reynolds (2002, 2003, 2004) Denise Riordan (2004) Katherine Rochford (2011) Tina-Marie Rosenberger (2003,2004, 2006) Katherine Ryan (2002) Jill St. Germain (1996) Rachel Salemme (2009) Jennifer Schneider (1995) Amanda Shapiro (2003) Brittany Shaw (2004) Kelly Shaw (2007, 2008, 2009) Kristin Shaw (2002, 2006) Melissa Sheridan (2012) Sara Simeone (2002, 2003, 2004, 2005) Sarah Sise (2006) Jaime Skrekas (2002) Megan Skwirz (2009, 2012) Laura Snebold (2003, 2005) Amy Sparrow (1993, 1994) Colleen Spilka (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009) Katie Spinelli (2005, 2006, 2008) Kimberly Steimle (1994, 1995, 1996) Marissa Steppacher (2006) Kelly Stoneback (2008) Brigid Straub (2010, 2012) M. Siobhan Straub (2009) Katie Sullivan (2012) Nancy Sullivan (1991) Rebecca Sullivan (1998) Paige Sutherland (2011) Alexandra Swiatocha (2007, 2009) Sara Swillo (2002) Lauren Tallon (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009) Alisha Thompson (2011) Kathryn Thornton (2002, 2003, 2005) Vicky Tiedemann (2011) Erin Tierney (2001) Meghan Tighe (2006) Mary Vachon (1994, 1995) Sandra van den Heuvel (2012) Marisa Varriale (2003) Kari Viola (2006, 2009) Cora Volchock (1994, 1995) Amanda Waldron (2012) Suzanne Wallace (2008, 2009) Courtney Walls (2004, 2005, 2006) Allison Walsh (2002) Gretchen Wernig (1999) Elizabeth Wheeler (2001, 2003) Caitlin White (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011) Megan Williams (2005, 2006, 2007) Emily Winacoo (2003, 2004, 2005, 2006) Katherine Wood (2003) Kaitlyn Wright (2001, 2002) Catherine Yin (2003) Mary Zabinski (2010, 2011) Jessica Zomberg (1998) Lauren Tallon 2012-2013 3 HOLY CROSS TRACK & FIELD 44 2012-201 Holy Cross is renowned for its academic excellence and mentoring-based, liberal arts education in the Jesuit tradition. An exclusively undergraduate institution with just over 2,800 students, Holy Cross is the oldest Catholic college in New England. Founded in 1843 in Worcester, ABOUT HOLY CROSS Mass., the campus occupies 174 beautifully landscaped acres, featuring traditional and contemporary architecture, state-of-the-art facilities, and striking views from atop Mount St. James. Academic life at Holy Cross is serious, challenging and exciting. Student-professor exchanges in the classroom, as well as in countless informal settings, are at the center of academic life at Holy Cross. With a student to faculty ratio of 11 to one, the opportunity for individual attention is readily available. Few classes exceed an enrollment of 40, and most average 19 students. Holy Cross professors are widely respected in their academic specialties. Many have national reputations for their research and publications, creative performances, recordings and exhibitions. Almost all of the nearly 300 full- and part-time faculty members hold doctoral degrees from some of the finest universities here and abroad. Among the major academic facilities on campus are Dinand Library (which, along with three other specialized libraries on campus, has total holdings of more than 650,000 volumes); Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Art Gallery (with a regular schedule of world-class exhibitions); Brooks Concert Hall (acclaimed by performers and acoustical experts as one of the finest medium-sized performance spaces in the region); St. Joseph Memorial Chapel (built in 1924 and containing the recently renovated McCooey Chapel on the lower level); Hogan Campus Center (with bookstore, post office, coffee lounge, cafeteria and pub); Carol and Park B. Smith Hall (housing the Center for Religion, Ethics and Culture and the Rehm Library); the Multimedia Resource Center in Edith Stein Hall; and the new $60-million Integrated Science Complex. 2012-2013 3 HOLY CROSS TRACK & FIELD 45 2012-201 Coeducational since 1972, Holy Cross enrolls a student body of proven accomplishment. Almost all graduated in the top 20 percent of their high school classes. Most live in 10 residence halls on campus, all fully connected to the college’s computer network. Students, elected by their peers, represent their classmates at faculty meetings, on major college committees, and in a consultative capac- ABOUT HOLY CROSS ity on the appointment and promotion of faculty. There are more than 100 co-curricular offerings on campus and diverse opportunities for innovative academic options such as the first-year program, community-based learning, Washington semester, internships and full-year study abroad. Holy Cross integrates faith and knowledge with an emphasis on service, in keeping with the Jesuits’ commitment to educate “men and women for others.” A distinguishing and all-important characteristic of education at Holy Cross is the emphasis placed upon the service of faith and the promotion of justice. The Office of the College Chaplains advises Student Programs for Urban Development (SPUD), which is the largest student organization on campus. More than 450 students are involved in 37 directservice programs in Worcester. The athletics program has a storied tradition that continues today with 27 varsity sports and charter membership in the Patriot League, recognized for its development of scholar-athletes. The college sponsors many clubs and intramural sports programs, and has excellent athletics facilities, including a football stadium, a baseball stadium, a soccer stadium, a hockey rink and the Hart Recreation Center, home to the basketball, swimming and hockey teams. The Smith Wellness Center includes a specialized strength and conditioning facility for varsity student-athletes, as well as aerobic equipment and workout areas for the general student body. The college offers focused preprofessional advising programs for students interested in medicine and health, law, business and engineering. The results for successful postgraduate study are well-documented: HOLY CROSS AT A GLANCE Affiliation: Roman Catholic — Established by the Society of Jesus (the Jesuits) Undergraduate enrollment: 2,872 47% Male / 53% Female / 23% Minority and International Percent out of state: 63% Number of U.S. states and territories: 47 Number of foreign countries: 21 Student to Faculty ratio: 11 to 1 Number of faculty: 258 full time; 67 part time Percentage of faculty who hold doctorates or terminal degrees: 97% Varsity sports: 27 (684 participants) Intramural sports: 12 (1,200 participants) Club sports: 22 • Graduates are admitted to medical school at rates better than twice the national average. • Each year, more than 100 Holy Cross graduates enter law schools accredited by the American Bar Association – one of the highest rates in the nation. • Holy Cross is in the top three percent of four-year colleges in the number of students going on to earn doctorates. • Holy Cross students have won Rhodes, Truman and Marshall scholarships, Watson fellowships, Fulbright grants and many other awards. • More than 10 percent of Holy Cross alumni are currently practicing medicine. Among the many Holy Cross alumni with stellar records of achievement are a Nobel Laureate; three Pulitzer Prize winners; two members of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame; a U.S. Supreme Court justice; a U.S. Poet Laureate; numerous members of the U.S. Congress; hundreds of journalists, authors and media commentators; and countless CEOs, educators and business and community leaders. 2012-2013 3 HOLY CROSS TRACK & FIELD 46 2012-201 MAJORS & MINORS Anthropology Art History Biology Chemistry Chinese Classics Computer Science Economics Economics & Accounting Education English French German History Italian Mathematics Music Philosophy Physics Political Science Psychology Religious Studies Russian Sociology Spanish Studies in World Literature Studio Art Theatre ACADEMIC OFFERINGS MULTIDISCIPLINARY CONCENTRATIONS & OTHER CURRICULAR PROGRAMS Established multidisciplinary programs of study with curricular and cocurricular components: Africana Studies Asian Studies Biochemistry Biological Psychology Education Environmental Studies Latin American & Latino Studies Naval Science Peace & Conflict Studies Women’s & Gender Studies STUDENT-DESIGNED MAJORS & MINORS Students can design original multidisciplinary majors and minors. Here are a few examples of recent self-designed programs: Architectural Studies Catholic Studies Chinese Language & Civilization Deaf Education Film Studies International Studies Medieval & Renaissance Studies Middle Eastern Studies Urban Studies FOCUSED CAREER PROGRAMS Health Professions Law Business Engineering Teacher Education Program 2012-2013 3 HOLY CROSS TRACK & FIELD 47 2012-201 UNIQUE PROGRAMS MONTSERRAT COLLEGE HONORS All first-year students are part of a challenging academic and co-curricular program called Montserrat. Embracing the excitement and discovery of living and learning at Holy Cross, this program — expressly designed for first-year students — integrates academic, co-curricular and residential experiences in unique ways. One of the cornerstones of a Holy Cross education is the commitment to Jesuit values. So it is fitting that the program is named after the mountain in Spain where, in 1522, St. Ignatius of Loyola (the founder of the Jesuit order) decided to begin a new life. Students entering Holy Cross are also beginning a new chapter of their lives — and Montserrat provides experiences in and out of the classroom to enhance their journey, while supplying the tools to climb to new places. In the college honors program, academically accomplished students pursue multidisciplinary studies in the natural sciences, social sciences and humanities. Guided by rotating faculty experts, students regularly meet and work to explore how knowledge from different areas can be tested and integrated across disciplines. The program incorporates an honors colloquium — a series of interdisciplinary discussions — and a thesis. Honors students publicly present their findings at the annual academic conference, a highlight of the academic year. WASHINGTON SEMESTER Each semester, 15 juniors and first-semester seniors are accepted into a highly selective program in the nation’s capital. Students work with members of congress or federal agencies, assist advocacy and public policy groups, and explore up-close the arts, history and culture of Washington, D.C. With support from their Holy Cross advisor, students pursue internships that consist of four full work days, and a public policy seminar one night each week. On the fifth weekday, they conduct independent research for their Washington thesis paper. STUDY ABROAD Students looking to broaden their Holy Cross experience have an excellent opportunity to do so through the Study Abroad program. Year-long programs provide qualified students with exciting and fully credited extensions of the college’s curriculum at participating universities in: Australia, Austria, Cameroon, England, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Peru, Scotland, Spain and Russia. One-semester programs are also available in China and Sri Lanka. Third-year students in good academic standing live with host families, and take courses and exams alongside foreign students in their native language. Deepening the cultural experience, students complete an independent study project in the local community to ensure close interaction with the people of their chosen countries. WHAT THE GUIDEBOOKS SAY • Among the nation’s top 50 “most competitive” colleges and universities, as ranked by Barron’s Profiles of American Colleges. • Graduates 91% of students in four years – ranked fourth among the nation’s undergraduate, liberal arts colleges; named to Kaplan’s list of colleges and universities with “Impressive Graduation Rates.” • Listed in the top 20 colleges for academics in The Princeton Review’s “The Best 351 Colleges.” • Peterson’s Guide to Four-Year Colleges cites a 95% first-year retention rate. • Named one of the country’s “most beautiful urban campuses” in Kaplan’s National Guidance Counselor Survey. • Ranked 15th for “professors who make themselves accessible” in a student survey by The Princeton Review. • Regarding the college’s mission, Kaplan’s Guide to the 328 Most Interesting Colleges says, “The Jesuit tradition of ‘being men and women for others’ shines at Holy Cross.” • According to The Insider’s Guide to the Colleges, compiled by the staff of the Yale Daily News, the three best things about attending Holy Cross are: “the professors, the beautiful campus and the connections with classmates.” • The Fiske Guide to Colleges cites Holy Cross’ small class sizes and beautiful campus as “award winners.” COMMUNITY-BASED LEARNING Through a generous endowment established by its namesake, Joseph P. Donelan II, the Donelan Office of Community-Based Learning provides a directorship to establish connections between courses across the college curriculum with internship sites in the greater Worcester area. In keeping with the college’s social mission to prepare students to be “men and women for others,” Community-Based Learning enables students to be of service to the community while enhancing their understanding of course material. 2012-2013 3 HOLY CROSS TRACK & FIELD 48 2012-201 Holy Cross has three performance theaters, two art galleries, a concert hall, ballroom, dance studio and a movie theater. There are more than 90 student groups and organizations on campus, including: ACADEMIC ORGANIZATIONS • American Medical Student Association • American Sign Language Club • Biology Society • French Club • GESSO (Art Society) • Neuronauts • Poetry Circle • Psychology Club • Science Ambassadors • Sir Thomas More Prelaw Society COMMUNICATION ORGANIZATIONS • The Advocate (alt. student newspaper) • The Crusader (student newspaper) • The Fenwick Review • Purple Patcher (student yearbook) • WCHC 88.1FM (radio station) MULTICULTURAL STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS (MSO) • ABiGaLe-Allies • Asian Students In Action • Bishop Healy Multicultural Society • Black Student Union • Caribbean African Student Assembly • Individuals of all Nations Developing Indian Appreciation • Latin American Student Organization • Multiethnic Identity Xploration • Women’s Forum PEER EDUCATION ORGANIZATIONS • Nutrition, Exercise & Eating Disorders Peer Educators • Sexual Health Awareness Peer Educators RECREATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS • Ballroom Dance • Club Baseball • Club Basketball (men’s and women’s) • Club Hockey • Club Lacrosse (men’s and women’s) • Club Soccer • Club Tennis • Club Volleyball (men’s and women’s) • Equestrian Club • Figure Skating Club • Golf Club • HC Recreational Water Polo Club • Racquetball Club • Running Club • Sailing Club • Ski Team • Ultimate Frisbee • HC Wilderness Outing Club • Women’s Rugby • Yoga Club RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS • Campus Christian Fellowship • COMPASS • Fellowship of Christian Athletes • Orthodox Christian Fellowship • Pax Christi • Religious Education Teacher’s Club SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS • Amnesty International • Appalachia Service Project • Best Buddies • The Beverly Connection • Crusaders for Children • Cures for Kids • Habitat for Humanity • Holy Cross for a Cure • Operation Smile • Religious Education Teacher’s Club • Share our Soles STUDENT LIFE • Student Programs for Urban Development • Spring Break Immersion Program STUDENT GOVERNANCE ORGANIZATIONS • Campus Activities Board • Class Councils • Hall Councils • Student Government Association PERFORMANCE ORGANIZATIONS • Alternate College Theatre • Chamber Orchestra • Dance Ensemble • Delilahs (female a cappella) • Fools on the Hill (co-ed a cappella) • Off the Record (female a cappella) • Rythm Nation Steppaz • Sons of Pitches (male a cappella) • Sound of St. James (male a cappella) • Student Musician Coalition SPECIAL INTEREST ORGANIZATIONS • College Democrats • College Republicans • Eco-Action • HC Political Union • Model United Nations • Peace Around the World • Purple Key Society • Sader Nation • Students for Life DEPARTMENTALLY SPONSORED STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS • Chamber Singers • Chapel Choir • College Choir • HAYES Retreat Team • Holy Cross Orchestra • Jazz Ensemble • Knights of Columbus • Holy Cross Good Time Marching Band • Multicultural Peer Educators • Orientation Leaders • Relationship Peer Educators • Resident Assistants • ROTC • Students for Responsible Choices 2012-2013 3 HOLY CROSS TRACK & FIELD 49 2012-201 Holy Cross aims to make a positive difference in society not only through teaching and service, but through our alumni. In fulfilling its mission, the College educates people who go on to become leaders in their fields. DAVID P. ANDERSON ’51 DISTINGUISHED HOLY CROSS ALUMNI JIM COLLINS ’87 Biomedical engineer, co-director of the Center for Biodynamics at Boston University ROBERT J. COUSY ’50 Basketball legend and NBA Hall of Famer Sports columnist, The New York Times; winner of a Pulitzer Prize in 1981 MICHAEL DANIELS ’76 KAREN BALDWIN ’85 Senior vice president and group executive, IBM Global Technology Services Partner & senior executive vice president of Creative Affairs, Baldwin Entertainment Group ANN DOWD ’78 MARY G. BERNER ’81 Former president and chief executive officer, Reader’s Digest Association HON. TIMOTHY H. BISHOP ’72 Actress on TV, film and stage ANTHONY S. FAUCI, M.D. ’62 Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Member of the U.S. House of Representatives, Democrat from New York JON FAVREAU ’03 LEIGH ANNE BRODSKY ’80 ANNE SCHIFFMAN FINK ’85 President, Nickelodeon and Viacom Consumer Products Senior vice president, PepsiCo Sales HON. ROBERT CASEY ’82 STANLEY E. GRAYSON ’72 Member of the U.S. Senate, Democrat from Pennsylvania Vice chairman and chief operating officer, M.R. Beal and Company, New York JOSEPH A. CALIFANO ’52 Founder and chairman, The National Center on Addiction & Substance Abuse Chief speechwriter for President Barack Obama TOM HEINSOHN JULIE A. HALPIN ’84 Founder & CEO, Geppetto Group, advertising company specializing in products for children MARK G. HOLOWESKO ’82 Director of communications, Boston Bruins THOMAS W. HEINSOHN ’56 Chief executive officer and president, Templeton Capital Advisors, Inc. RABBI NORMAN M. COHEN ’72 Former Boston Celtics player and coach; NBA Hall of Famer PETER JANKOWSKI ’86 MATT CHMURA ’03 Rabbi, Bet Shalom Congregation, Minnetonka, Minn. BILLY COLLINS ’63 Former Poet Laureate, consultant in poetry to the Library of Congress (2001-2003) JOHN H. “JACK” HIGGINS ’76 Editorial cartoonist for the Chicago Sun-Times; winner of a Pulitzer Prize in 1989 Producer for Law & Order, president of Wolf Films EDWARD P. JONES ’72 2004 Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Known World 2012-2013 3 HOLY CROSS TRACK & FIELD 50 2012-201 DISTINGUISHED HOLY CROSS ALUMNI CAPT. THOMAS G. KELLEY, USN (RET) ’60 JAMES DAVID POWER III ’53 Recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor CAROLYN RISOLI ’86 CAPT. JOSEPH P. KERWIN, M.D. USN (RET) ’53 President, Marc by Marc Jacobs First medical doctor in space Former executive vice president of marketing, Sirius Satellite Radio PAUL O. LECLERC ’63 Chairman and CEO, J.D. Power & Associates MARY PAT RYAN ’78 Former president and chief executive officer, New York Public Library BERNADETTE SEMPLE ’82 EDWARD J. LUDWIG ’73 DANIEL E. SHAUGHNESSY ’75 Chairman of the board and chief executive officer, Becton, Dickinson and Company Sports columnist, The Boston Globe; author of The Curse of the Bambino BURKE MAGNUS ’88 BART SHER ’81 Senior vice president for college sports programming, ESPN 2008 Tony Award winner as director of South Pacific CHRISTOPHER J. MATTHEWS ’67 Chief correspondent for WBZ-TV News in Boston U.S. Navy Commander JOE SHORTSLEEVE ’79 Host of NBC’s “The Chris Matthews Show” and MSNBC’s “Hardball” WILLIAM J. “BILL” SIMMONS III ’92 WILLIAM J. MCDONOUGH ’56 Columnist for Espn.com’s “Page 2” and ESPN The Magazine Retired president of the New York Federal Reserve HON. JAMES P. MORAN, JR. ’67 Member of the U.S. House of Representatives, Democrat from Virginia JOSEPH E. MURRAY, M.D. ’40 Nobel laureate 1990 for the first successful kidney transplant KEVIN O’CONNOR ’90 HON. CLARENCE THOMAS ’71 Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court AMB. HARRY K. THOMAS, JR. ’78 U.S. Ambassador to the Phillipines HON. PETER WELCH ’69 Member of U.S. House of Representatives, Democrat from LT. GEN. BERNARD TRAINOR, USMC Vermont (RET.) ’51 MAGGIE WILDEROTTER ’77 Senior fellow for National Security Studies President and CEO, Frontier Communications Host of This Old House and Ask This Old House on PBS THEODORE V. WELLS, JR. ’72 JOYCE A. O’SHAUGHNESSY, M.D. ’78 Partner and co-chair of Litigation, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison Leading breast cancer researcher and practitioner at Texas Oncology CLARENCE THOMAS ROBERT C. WRIGHT ’65 Co-Founder, Autism Speaks and retired vice chairman of the board, General Electric 2012-2013 3 HOLY CROSS TRACK & FIELD 51 2012-201 Opened in 1997, the Carol and Park B. Smith Wellness Center is a two-story facility which was built as an addition to the Hart Recreation Center. The wellness center provides state-of-the-art fitness equipment for varsity athletes and all other members of the Holy Cross community. A $1.5-million gift from Carol and Park B. Smith (Class of 1954) kicked off the campaign to fund the facility. “Everyone today agrees that fitness is very important,” Smith said in 1997. “I’m confident that this new Wellness Center — whose facilities will be second-to-none — will provide a real benefit to current and future Holy Cross students, teachers and staff.” With 15,000 square feet, the wellness center provides over four times more space than the college previously had for varsity and community exercise and training, and centralizes athletic equipment and facilities once found in five locations in three campus buildings. On the first level, the center houses a highly versatile strength and conditioning center for Holy Cross’ varsity student-athletes. There are areas for speed development programs, as well as for strength and endurance conditioning. The space, which is able to accommodate as many as STRENGTH & CONDITIONING 60 people at a time, enables Holy Cross’ larger sports teams to work out together, thereby enhancing team unity. The second floor has been designed for use by all students, faculty and staff. It has two sections: one for aerobic training, and the other for cardiovascular, variable-resistance and strength training. A diverse selection of equipment accommodates users ranging from beginners to advanced athletes. Its south-facing wall is mostly glass, allowing most users a view of the practice fields and the rolling hills of central New England. The center also offers programs that explore the connections between fitness and wellness, to help students learn how good health can complement and enhance other aspects of their educational experience. An advisory board comprising physicians, fitness and strength trainers, faculty members, psychologists, nutritionists, a college chaplain and others are responsible for creating and coordinating programming for the center. Holy Cross head strength and conditioning coach Jeff Oliver believes that the wellness center is of the utmost importance to Crusader athletic teams. “Over the past few decades, college coaches have turned increasingly to strength and conditioning to gain an edge over their opponents,” Oliver said. “And while football may have been the first to grasp the concept, we now train athletes from every varsity sport. The wellness center has been a huge boon to our program.” With 6,500 square feet of the center devoted solely to varsity athletes, Oliver and his staff to are able to accommodate a much larger number of athletes at one time, allowing teams to train together at times more convenient to their busy schedules as student-athletes. The state-of-the-art equipment in the wellness center includes: • Eight multi-purpose power racks, each with over 600 pounds of free weights. • Seven Olympic lifting platforms with over 375 pounds of rubberized free weights. • More than 3,000 pounds of dumbbells. • Eighteen pieces of aerobic equipment. • Three full sets of plyometric boxes. • A number of free weight-loaded pieces of equipment to accommodate injured athletes. “Thanks to the generous donation from the Smiths,” Oliver said, “This facility is state of the art.” 2012-2013 3 HOLY CROSS TRACK & FIELD 52 2012-201 Worcester, the economic and social center of central Massachusetts, is New England’s third-largest city with a population of 175,500. Holy Cross is one of the area’s 13 colleges and universities, which together make an enormous impact on the area’s culture and economy. Boston, Springfield, Hartford and Providence are all about a one-hour drive. New York City is about three hours away; Cape Cod and the Atlantic Ocean are less then two hours from Worcester; and the mountains of Vermont and New Hampshire can be reached in about three hours. Skiing is available at nearby Wachusett Mountain, and water sports enthusiasts can enjoy THE CITY the hundreds of rivers and lakes in the area, including Lake Quinsigamond. First incorporated as a township in 1722, this settlement 40 miles west of Boston soon became an important transportation center on the Boston Turnpike, linking the capital city with New York and the west. One of America’s first internal commercial waterways, the Blackstone Canal, linked the town with Providence to the south and gave direct access to the Atlantic Ocean. Primarily an industrial city through the mid-20th century, Worcester has emerged as an educational, medical, health care, cultural and entertainment center. An expanded business and commercial base, and the recent addition of a variety of high-technology companies and growing biotechnology research parks, have made Worcester attractive to expanding companies. Downtown Worcester stands on the brink of a dramatic renaissance with a new hotel attached to the convention center, a new courthouse and major housing and retail projects all in the works. Worcester is nonetheless predominantly residential in character. More than 1,200 acres of city-owned parkland are found within its 38 square miles. Half of the entire city budget goes for educational purposes, testimony to the values of its inhabitants. Its parklands are among the oldest in the nation, as are its library and music festival. Worcester is a city proud of its past and secure in its future. Worcester is home to the DCU Center, a 13,000-seat arena that features big-name rock bands; Mechanics Hall, a world renowned OF WORCESTER venue for opera, jazz, blues and classical concerts; and the Worcester Art Museum, internationally known as one of the finest small museums in the United States. Other museums include the Higgins Armory Museum, a repository of Medieval arms and armor; the Ecotarium, which combines the features of a science museum, a planetarium and a zoo; the headquarters of the American Antiquarian Society; and the Worcester Historical Museum. After a $40 million restoration project, the historic Union Station now serves visitors and commuters via MBTA regional service and Amtrak national service. Worcester has world-class dining, ethnic restaurants, diners, coffee houses, bookstores, shopping, parks and recreation — all within easy reach of campus. 2012-2013 3 HOLY CROSS TRACK & FIELD 53 2012-201 REV. PHILIP L. BOROUGHS, S.J., PRESIDENT F r. P h i l i p Boroughs, S.J., a faculty member and senior administrator with decades of experience and a deep understanding of Jesuit higher education through his work at Gonzaga, Seattle, and Georgetown universities, assumed office as the 32nd president of Holy Cross in January 2012. Immediately before coming to Holy Cross, he served as Georgetown’s first-ever vice president for mission and ministry from 2003 to 2011. There, he was the only Jesuit serving as a senior university administrator. In addition to overseeing a division of the university as well as directing ministry on campus and at Georgetown University Hospital, Fr. Boroughs was responsible for numerous programs for faculty, staff, students, and alumni which advanced Catholic and Jesuit identity. During his eight-year tenure at Georgetown, he raised funds to develop and endow the Calcagnini Contemplative Center currently under construction, to renovate the historic Dahlgren Chapel, and to endow positions and programs for the Office of Mission and Ministry. Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, in 1949, Fr. Boroughs was raised in Seattle, the third of five children of the late Robert and Catherine Boroughs. He earned his B.A. from Gonzaga University in Spokane, Wash., in 1973, and received a Master of Divinity from the Jesuit School of Theology (Chicago) in 1978. He holds a Licentiate of Sacred Theology from the Jesuit School of Theology in Berkeley (1987) and received a Ph.D. in Christian spirituality from the Graduate Theological Union (Berkley, Calif.) in 1989. His doctoral dissertation was on John Woolman (1720-1772), the itinerant Quaker preacher in Colonial America, who advocated against slavery and whose journal is considered a spiritual classic. He entered the Jesuit order in 1967, was ordained a priest in 1978, and made his final vows as a Jesuit in 1986. Prior to coming to Georgetown, Fr. Boroughs served as the rector of the Jesuit Community at Seattle University where he was also a faculty member in the School of Theology and Ministry. Previously, he taught religious studies at Gonzaga University (1989-1991), served as the assistant novice director for the Oregon Province of Jesuits (1980-1982), and was a parish priest at St. Leo Church in Tacoma, Wash. (19781980). A former member of the Board of Trustees at the University of San Francisco, he also served as a member of the Holy Cross Board of Trustees (2008-2011). Fr. Boroughs travels frequently for both professional responsibilities and personal interests. He has relatives in Canada, Scotland, and England; his four siblings live on the West Coast, and he enjoys hiking and outdoor recreation in the Pacific Northwest. He has traveled regularly to Kenya, leading a faculty/ staff immersion experience, and in connection with his longstanding commitment to support and raise funds for St. Aloysius Gonzaga Secondary School in Nairobi. St. Aloysius serves young people from the slum of Kibera whose parents have died of AIDS. COLLEGE ADMINISTRATION OFFICERS OF THE COLLEGE Frank Vellaccio Senior Vice President Timothy R. Austin Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the College Tracy Barlok Vice President for Development and Alumni Relations Rev. Paul F. Harman, S.J. Vice President for Mission Michael Lochhead Vice President for Administration and Finance Jacqueline Peterson Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of the Students 2012-2013 3 HOLY CROSS TRACK & FIELD 54 2012-201 ATHLETIC ADMINISTRATION RICHARD M. REGAN, JR., DIRECTOR Richard M. Regan, Jr., is now in his 15th year as the director of athletics at Holy Cross in 20122013. Regan, whose tenure began on July 1, 1998, became just the fourth Holy Cross athletic director in the last 50 years. “He is smart, full of energy, skilled in financial management and fully committed to Holy Cross,” said then Holy Cross president Fr. Gerard Reedy, S.J., at the time of Regan’s hiring. Regan’s first 14 years have been productive ones for the Crusaders. During this period of time, 19 Holy Cross teams have advanced to NCAA tournament play — including at least one team in 10 of the last 14 seasons. The women’s basketball team has been to the postseason in eight of the last 14 years (including six trips to the NCAA Tournament), while the football (2009), field hockey (1998 and 2000) and women’s soccer (2000) programs have also made NCAA appearances. Regan’s tenure has also seen the first-ever NCAA appearances for the men’s ice hockey (2004 and 2006), men’s soccer (2002) and women’s lacrosse (2006 and 2007) teams. In addition, the men’s basketball program has seen a great deal of success under Regan’s watch, having advanced to postseason play in five of the last 12 years, and becoming the first Patriot League team ever to advance to the NCAA tournament in three consecutive seasons (2001, 2002 and 2003). Success is not measured only by wins and losses, but by other gains as well. In an effort to further increase the number of Crusader teams coached by full-time staff members, Regan announced the appointment of full-time coaching positions in track, volleyball, women’s lacrosse and softball. Gender equity has been a major focus of Regan’s administration and he introduced the college’s first two new varsity sports in more than 15 years — women’s ice hockey and women’s golf. Improvements to the athletics facilities have also been part of Regan’s focus. The new Linda Johnson Smith Stadium is home to not only the men’s and women’s soccer teams, but its unique two-sided stands and press facilities provide an additional benefit to home events for field hockey and outdoor track and field. In 2009, a new synthetic turf facility was opened for use by the football, men’s lacrosse and women’s lacrosse teams. The baseball team opened a new oncampus stadium beginning in the fall of 2005. And there have been improvements to other facilities as well, such as the softball field, new football and men’s ice hockey locker rooms, and a video room for the men’s and women’s basketball teams. In addition to his duties on campus, Regan has become involved in college athletic policy on a national scale. A current member of the NCAA Division I Men’s Soccer Committee, Regan previously served a term as a Division I-AA representative on the NCAA Division I Management Council from 1999-2004. The Management Council, OF ATHLETICS comprised of 49 athletic administrators and faculty athletic representatives from around the nation, reports directly to the NCAA’s Division I Board of Directors. The council is responsible for adopting operating bylaws and rules to govern Division I, interpreting Division I bylaws, reviewing recommendations from the Division I conferences and universities, and developing and implementing the Division I budget. Prior to returning to Worcester in July of 1998, Regan worked for NFL International and NFL Europe (formerly the World League of American Football). He joined the New York office of the World League in 1991 and was based in London beginning in 1992. Over the next several years he lived in London and Edinburgh, and served as managing director of the Scottish Claymores, vice president of European operations and chief operating officer. When the World League went through a reorganization following the 1992 season, National Football League commissioner Paul Tagliabue appointed Regan as managing director of NFL International, Ltd., to oversee and develop the NFL’s business interests throughout Europe. In that role, he was instrumental in establishing NFL International in Europe and planning and executing the NFL’s American Bowl series of international games in London, Dublin, Barcelona and Berlin. Regan held the post of managing director of Monarch International, Inc., a licensing and financial consulting firm, for three years before joining the World League. After graduating from Holy Cross in 1976, Regan spent nine years working for Arthur Andersen & Company in its Boston, Mass., offices, rising to the level of senior manager. He then moved to the NFL with the New England Patriots, where he served in the role of Vice President of Finance from 1985-1988. His ties to Mount St. James run deep, as he is the third generation of his family to attend Holy Cross. He is the son of Richard M. Regan (Class of 1950), and the grandson of Harold J. Regan (Class of 1917). Regan’s sisters, Mary (Class of 1977) and Ann (Class of 1980), also graduated from Holy Cross. His daughter, Deirdre, graduated from Holy Cross in 2006. Born in Providence, R.I., Regan and his wife, Judi, have three daughters — Jennifer, Deirdre and Colleen. 2012-2013 3 HOLY CROSS TRACK & FIELD 55 2012-201 ATHLETIC ADMINISTRATION BILL BELLEROSE ASSOCIATE A.D. ROSEMARY SHEA ASSOCIATE A.D. ANN ZELESKY ASSOCIATE A.D. FRANK MASTRANDREA ASSISTANT A.D. Bill Bellerose is in his 21st year as associate director of athletics and business manager at Holy Cross in 2012-2013, a position he has held since November of 1992. A 1977 graduate of Holy Cross with a dual degree in Economics and Accounting, Bellerose handles the day to day financial support of individual teams and the athletic department. He is responsible for preparing and administering the budgets for all 27 varsity sports. Bellerose also handles equipment inventories, and much of Holy Cross’ travel and ticket operations. Prior to his current appointment, Bellerose was the college’s purchasing director for four years, coordinating purchases for all departments on campus. From 1988 through 1993, Bellerose also served as the head coach of the Crusader men’s ice hockey team. He previously spent time as an assistant coach of the squad from 1977-1988. During his days as an undergraduate, Bellerose was a member of the ice hockey team. He still ranks eighth all-time in career points (152) and 10th all-time in career goals scored (71). In 2002, Bellerose was inducted into the Holy Cross Varsity Club Hall of Fame. Bellerose and his wife, Susan, reside in Shrewsbury, Mass. Their son, William, Jr., graduate from Holy Cross in 2012, and their daughter, Lauren, is currently a junior. Now in her 26th year at Holy Cross in 20122013, Rosemary Shea joined the athletic staff shortly after earning a bachelor’s degree in English from Holy Cross in 1987. Since 1990 she has served as the athletic department’s compliance officer, with responsibility to assure that the college’s staff, coaches, and student-athletes understand and comply with NCAA rules and regulations. She monitors eligibility and academic progress for all Holy Cross student-athletes and coordinates an ongoing rules education program for coaches and staff members. In 2000, Shea was promoted to associate athletic director and added the duties of scheduling for men’s sports. She also assists the director of athletics with the overall management of the men’s athletic programs. Shea was a member of the NCAA Division I Rowing Committee from 20012005, serving as the committee’s chair from 2004-2005. She has also represented the Patriot League on the NCAA Division I Championship / Sports Management Cabinet since 2008. In her 24th year at Holy Cross in 20122013 is Worcester native Ann Zelesky, who is responsible for the administration and scheduling for all the women’s programs. In 1995, Zelesky was promoted to associate athletic director. Zelesky joined the Crusaders in April of 1989 after a highly-successful 13-year coaching career at St. Peter-Marian High School in Worcester. Zelesky’s girl’s basketball squads posted a 272-54 record, winning eight Central Massachusetts titles, seven district championships and one state crown. Her softball teams were 253-21, capturing 10 Central Massachusetts titles, nine district crowns and five state championships. Zelesky, who also served as St. Peter-Marian’s athletic director for nine years, was twice named Massachusetts Coach of the Year for both basketball and softball, and has been inducted into the New England Basketball Hall of Fame. A 1973 graduate of Worcester State College, Zelesky played volleyball, basketball, field hockey and softball. She began her coaching career at Worcester State following her graduation. Zelesky, who resides in Worcester, has two sons, Brian (a 2011 Holy Cross graduate) and Kevin (a 2012 Holy Cross graduate). Frank Mastrandrea is in his 20th year at Holy Cross in 20122013, and was named assistant athletic director for marketing and media relations for Crusader athletics in August of 2000. A 1988 graduate of Holy Cross with a bachelor’s degree in English, Mastrandrea oversees all marketing and media relations efforts for the athletic department, including all television, radio and internet coverage of all of the athletic programs. Mastrandrea previously served as the college’s director of athletic media relations from 1993-2000. While serving as the director, Mastrandrea was responsible for the publicity and promotion of the school’s 27 varsity sports, with his major focus on the football and men’s basketball programs. Mastrandrea earned his law degree from the University of Connecticut School of Law in 1991, and worked for the firm of Updike, Kelley & Spellacy as a litigator from 1991-1993. He and his wife, Joan, reside in Shrewsbury, Mass., with their son, Jacob. 2012-2013 3 HOLY CROSS TRACK & FIELD 56 2012-201 Brian Atkins Athletic Trainer Linda George Business Office Jeff Oliver Strength/Conditioning Charles Bare Media Relations Brittany Keil Strength/Conditioning Jamie Reynolds Media Relations/Video ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT STAFF Ray Bolger Equipment Tina Borrelli Cheerleading Anthony Cerundolo Athletic Trainer Kevan Donovan Compliance Amanda Kelley Athletic Trainer Adam Krinsky Equipment Jessica Liebner Events/Promotions Bob Neville Facilities Nicolas Ryan Facilities Jim Sarkisian Media Relations Jennifer Whipple Fundraising Jim Wrobel Media Relations 2012-2013 3 HOLY CROSS TRACK & FIELD 57 2012-201 THE PATRIOT LEAGUE Now in its third decade as an all-sport conference combining academic and athletic excellence, the Patriot League sponsors championships in 24 men and women’s sports. Initially started as an NCAA Division I-AA football conference in 1986, the Patriot League became an all-sport conference in 1990 and includes American, Army, Bucknell, Colgate, Holy Cross, Lafayette, Lehigh and Navy as full members, and Fordham, Georgetown and MIT as associate members. Boston University will join the Patriot League as a full member beginning in the 2013-2014 school year. These institutions are among the oldest and most prestigious in the nation and their alumni have and continue to play leadership roles in shaping our country. Since 1998, the Patriot League has ranked first each year among all Division I conferences awarding athletic aid in the NCAA Graduation Rate Report. The League finished at the top spot with nearly all of its teams reporting a graduation rate of 85 percent or higher in the most recent data. In addition, 84 teams from Patriot League full-member institutions earned NCAA Academic Performance Program PATRIOT LEAGUE STAFF Carolyn Schlie Femovich. . . . . . .Executive Director Richard Wanninger . . Associate Executive Director Ginger Fulton . . . . . . . Associate Executive Director Deb Herman . . Executive Assistant / Business Manager Darlene Gordon . .Director of Championships / Business Operations Matt Dougherty . . . . . . . . Media Relations Director James Greene . . .Assistant Media Relations Director Quinton Smith . . Assistant Director for Compliance / Sport Management Jimmy Johnson. .Coordinator of Multimedia Services THE PATRIOT LEAGUE 3773 Corporate Parkway, Suite 190 Center Valley, PA 18034 www.patriotleague.com Phone: (610) 289-1950 Fax: (610) 289-1952 Public Recognition Awards after posting academic progress rate scores in the top 10 percent of all squads in their respective sports. The Patriot League’s mission is simple, to provide successful competitive athletic experiences while maintaining high academic standards, and to prepare its student-athletes to be leaders in society. During the 2011-2012 academic year, Patriot League student-athletes and teams accomplished the following: • In the latest release of NCAA Academic Progress Rate, 94 percent of Patriot League teams scored at or above the national Division I four-year average score of 973. • 79 Patriot League teams, and 84 overall from full-member institutions, earned Public Recognition Awards from the NCAA for finishing in the top 10 percent of all teams in the most recent four-year APR scores. • Navy won the Patriot League Presidents’ Cup for the first time in school history, and also won the women’s title. Lehigh edged the Mids for the men’s crown. • Lehigh, a No. 15 seed, defeated No. 2 seed Duke 75-70 in a second-round NCAA Tournament game on March 16. The victory was nominated for “best upset” at the ESPYs. • Colgate’s Peter Baum became the first player in Patriot League history to win the Tewaaraton Award as the top collegiate lacrosse player, and also claimed the Lt. Enners Award for the same distinction. • Colgate’s Elise DeRoo was named the Patriot League Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year, while Army’s Brendan Buckley won the Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year award. • DeRoo was also one of two nominees from the Patriot League for the NCAA Woman of the Year award, along with Navy’s Jess Palacio. 2012-2013 3 HOLY CROSS TRACK & FIELD 58 2012-201 • 10 student-athletes were named Capital One Academic All-Americans, including first-team selections for Army’s Brendan Buckley (lacrosse), Army’s Zach Price (baseball), Bucknell’s Tim Bolte (football) and Lehigh’s Jennifer Colquhoun (softball). • 48 student-athletes earned Capital One Academic AllDistrict recognition. • It was the first time in Patriot League men’s basketball history that three teams played in the postseason tournament: Lehigh (NCAA), Bucknell (NIT), American (CIT). • For just the second time in men’s basketball history, two teams won a postseason game as Bucknell beat Arizona 65-54 in the first round of the NIT on March 14. • For the first time in League history, three women’s basketball teams earned postseason bids, as Navy went to the NCAA Tournament, American to the WNIT and Holy Cross to the WBI. In addition, the Crusaders defeated New Hampshire in the first round of the WBI, giving the League its first postseason victory since 1991. • American became the first women’s basketball team to post a perfect 14-0 mark in Patriot League play. • Lehigh’s C.J. McCollum was named ECAC Men’s Basketball Player of the Year as well as an honorable mention AP All-American. • Lehigh’s Chris Lum finished in second place for the Walter Payton award and was named ECAC FCS Offensive Player of the Year while earning multiple All-America honors. • Georgetown’s Andrew Schaetzke finished fourth in the voting for the Buck Buchanan Award, was honored as ECAC FCS Defensive Player of the Year and became the ninth player in Patriot League history to earn consensus FCS All-America honors from the four major awarding organizations. • Eight players were named FCS All-Americans overall, with Lehigh’s Ryan Spadola and Bucknell’s Bryce Robertson joining Schaetzke as first-team selections. THE PATRIOT LEAGUE • Lehigh defeated CAA champion Towson 40-38 in the second round of the NCAA Division I Football Championship on Dec. 3 to become the first Patriot League team since 2003 to advance to the quarterfinal round. The Mountain Hawks went on to finish at No. 5 in The Sports Network/Fathead.com top 25 and won the ECAC FCS Lambert Cup. • Colgate upset previously unbeaten UMass, 13-11, in the first round of the NCAA men’s lacrosse tournament on May 12. • Colgate and Lehigh both finished in the top 10 of the final Nike / Inside Lacrosse media rankings, with the Raiders at No. 8 and the Mountain Hawks at No. 9. • Colgate’s Peter Baum was one of eight Patriot Leaguers to earn USILA All-America honors, and the only studentathlete on the first team. • Jess Palacio (Navy) was a second-team All-America selection by the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) and competed at both the NCAA cross country and indoor track and field championships. • Navy’s Laura Gorinski was invited to the NCAA women’s swimming championship, where she competed in the 200 individual medley and 100 and 200 breaststroke events. • Lehigh’s Jennifer Colquhoun was named the ECAC Softball Player of the Year. • Army junior pitcher Chris Rowley earned second-team All-America honors from two organizations while teammate Kevin McKague garnered third-team honors. Both players were also up for national awards throughout the season. • Army finished the season with 41 wins, which was the most by any Patriot League baseball team in history. • Five players were selected in the first 23 rounds of the MLB Draft, the most in that span in Patriot League history. • Colgate’s Chris Johnson became the fourth men’s cross country runner to represent the Patriot League in the NCAA championships. • American’s John Pope won the Male Sportsmanship Award, the first cross country runner and first Eagle to claim the honor, while Holy Cross’ Katelynn Hartnett became the first Crusader to win the Female Sportsmanship Award. • Army’s Zach Price and Lehigh’s Julie Fernandez were named second team Lowe’s Senior CLASS All-Americans in baseball and softball, respectively. • Four Patriot Leaguers signed NFL free agent contracts for the 2012 season. • Army’s William Park became the second Patriot Leaguer ever to earn an appearance in the NCAA golf regionals. • Lehigh brothers Cameron and Roman Lao-Gosney earned USILA Scholar All-America honors. • Colgate’s Jimmy McLaughlin and Steven Miller moved on to play for Major League Soccer clubs, as McLaughlin was signed by the Philadelphia Union and Miller was picked in the supplemental draft by the Montreal Impact. • Bucknell’s Brendan Burgdorf earned NSCAA Scholar All-America first team honors while Army’s Jeff Pickett made the third team. • Navy’s Zack Duncavage placed 16th in the discus and Bucknell’s Leonard Joseph placed 17th in the hammer throw at the NCAA Division I men’s track and field outdoor championship, with Duncavage earning second-team AllAmerica status for his performance. • Navy’s Katherine Ashton became the first rowing AllAmerican from the Patriot League since 2007 when she was named to the second team by CRCA. • Navy, which won the Patriot League women’s lacrosse championship and advanced to the NCAA Tournament, was ranked 19th in the final deBeer media poll of the season. • The American field hockey team was recognized by the National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA) as having the highest team grade-point average in the country at 3.55. Moreover, all six League squads were singled out by the organization for having team GPAs above 3.0.