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Men’s&Women’s<br />

<strong>2005</strong><br />

-20<strong>06</strong><br />

TRACK&FIELD


A Look at <strong>Kutztown</strong> <strong>University</strong> of Pennsylvania<br />

History:<br />

<strong>Kutztown</strong> <strong>University</strong> of Pennsylvania, a member<br />

of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher<br />

Education, was founded in 1866 as Keystone<br />

Normal School. It became <strong>Kutztown</strong> State<br />

Teachers College in 1928, <strong>Kutztown</strong> State College<br />

in 1960, and achieved university status in<br />

1983. Today, <strong>Kutztown</strong> <strong>University</strong> is a modern,<br />

comprehensive institution and is accredited<br />

by the Middle States Association of Colleges<br />

and Secondary Schools.<br />

Location:<br />

<strong>Kutztown</strong> <strong>University</strong>’s picturesque 325-acre<br />

campus is located in a Pennsylvania Dutch community<br />

mid-way between Allentown and Reading.<br />

Several large cities are easily accessible,<br />

including Philadelphia and New York.<br />

Enrollment:<br />

Approximately 9,800 full- and part-time undergraduate<br />

and graduate students. Most are<br />

Pennsylvania residents, but students from 19<br />

states and 39 nations are represented in the<br />

student body: 58% women, 42% men.<br />

Academic Year:<br />

Consists of two 15-week terms. The university<br />

also offers classes during two five-week<br />

summer sessions.<br />

Faculty:<br />

Teaching-focused with scholarly expertise;<br />

many are engaged in research, student/faculty<br />

research, writing and consulting. There is a<br />

19:1 student/faculty ratio.<br />

Majors/Degrees:<br />

KU has nearly 60 undergraduate majors<br />

in the Colleges of Liberal Arts and Sciences,<br />

Visual and Performing Arts, Business, and Education.<br />

There are 19 graduate degree programs<br />

within the College of Graduate Studies and Extended<br />

Learning. Degrees at <strong>Kutztown</strong> include<br />

the B.A., B.F.A, B.S.B.A., B.S.N., B.S.W.,<br />

B.S.Ed.; M.A., M.B.A., M.P.A., M.L.S., M.S.,<br />

and M.Ed.<br />

Special Academic Programs:<br />

There are honors programs throughout the undergraduate<br />

curriculum, Phi Kappa Phi and Alpha<br />

Epsilon Lambda national honor societies,<br />

17 international exchange and study abroad programs,<br />

freshmen seminars, independent study,<br />

internships, four MBA locations, and diversified<br />

and intensive academic support services.<br />

Library:<br />

Modern, spacious facility; 517,000 bound volumes,<br />

as well as thousands of maps, periodicals<br />

and microforms; Endeavor integrated library<br />

system; numerous Web databases; Internet;<br />

electronic full-text periodical databases; 191<br />

computers, including laptops; 527 network<br />

connections; seating for 800 patrons.<br />

Special Facilities:<br />

Wireless campus, gallery, planetarium, observatory,<br />

TV production facilities, 30 studentaccessible<br />

computer labs containing nearly 500<br />

PCs/Macs, cartography lab, early learning center,<br />

smart classrooms, curriculum materials center<br />

and Pennsylvania German Heritage Center.<br />

Student Life:<br />

Approximately 160 student organizations include:<br />

advisory councils, academic, campus<br />

media (including a fully-equipped radio station),<br />

diversified interest, Greek Life, performing arts,<br />

public service, special interest, sports (club and<br />

recreation) and visual arts affiliates. Entertainment<br />

options include concerts, dances, lectures,<br />

comedy, excursions and cultural events. The<br />

Student Union houses the bookstore, movie theater,<br />

game room, snack bar, TV lounge, coffeehouse,<br />

financial center and cyberlounge.<br />

Residence Halls:<br />

Ten residence halls (6 coed, 2 single gender, 2<br />

modified single gender), two apartment-style<br />

coed complexes and one residence house accommodate<br />

4,300 students. All residence halls<br />

are wired for cable TV, telephone, Internet and<br />

campus network access.<br />

In accordance with the Equity in Athletics<br />

Disclosure Act of 1994 (section 360B of Pub. L.<br />

130-382), the <strong>Kutztown</strong> <strong>University</strong> Athletic Department<br />

has made information concerning its<br />

intercollegiate athletics programs available to the<br />

public. This information is on file at Rohrbach<br />

Library and the athletic department main office.<br />

Questions can be directed to the athletics office,<br />

(610) 683-4094. <strong>Kutztown</strong> <strong>University</strong> is committed<br />

to Affirmative Action, equal employment<br />

and educational opportunity in compliance with<br />

Title VI and VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964,<br />

Executive Order 11246, the Educational Amendments<br />

under Title IX of 1972, Sections 503/504<br />

of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and the Americans<br />

with Disabilities Act of 1990.


<strong>Kutztown</strong> <strong>University</strong> <strong>Track</strong> & <strong>Field</strong> <strong>Media</strong> <strong>Guide</strong><br />

Table of Contents<br />

A look at KU ....... Inside Front Cover<br />

Head Coach Brian Mondschein .......2<br />

Assistant Coach Ray Hoffman ........2<br />

<strong>2005</strong>-<strong>06</strong> Outlook ...............................3<br />

Golden Bear Profiles ......................4-7<br />

History ............................................. 8<br />

2004-05 Season Results ....................9<br />

Top Newcomers ...............................9<br />

Records/History ............................. 10<br />

Facilities ......................................... 11<br />

Academics & Athletics ............. 12-13<br />

Schedule ......................... Back Cover<br />

For additional information, contact:<br />

KU Sports Information Office:<br />

(610) 683-4182<br />

KU Athletics Department:<br />

(610) 683-4094<br />

Email: athletics@kutztown.edu<br />

Golden Bear Hotline:<br />

(610) 683-1515<br />

<strong>Kutztown</strong> <strong>University</strong> of Pennsylvania is a<br />

member of the State System of Higher<br />

Education.<br />

<strong>University</strong> Quick Facts<br />

Location .................... <strong>Kutztown</strong>, PA 19530<br />

Enrollment ..................................... 9,900<br />

President ................. Dr. F. Javier Cevallos<br />

Athletics Director ........... Greg Bamberger<br />

Associate AD .................................... TBA<br />

Athletics Phone ............... (610) 683-4094<br />

Nickname ........................... Golden Bears<br />

Colors .............................. Maroon & Gold<br />

Affiliation ................... NCAA Division II<br />

Conference ...... PA State Athletic (PSAC)<br />

Sports Medicine ... Rennie Sacco (Coord.)<br />

& Jack Entriken<br />

Sports Information ............... Josh Leiboff<br />

Phone ........................... (610) 683-4182<br />

Email ................. leiboff@kutztown.edu<br />

Graduate Assistant ............... Jill Weigel<br />

On the<br />

Cover<br />

On the cover of the <strong>2005</strong>-<strong>06</strong> <strong>Track</strong> & <strong>Field</strong><br />

<strong>Media</strong> <strong>Guide</strong> are (from left to right): Laura<br />

Kline, Michael Provenzano<br />

The <strong>2005</strong>-<strong>06</strong><br />

<strong>Kutztown</strong> <strong>University</strong><br />

<strong>Track</strong> & <strong>Field</strong> <strong>Media</strong> <strong>Guide</strong><br />

is a production of the <strong>Kutztown</strong> <strong>University</strong><br />

Sports Information Office. It was written and<br />

produced by Nicholas Carita, volunteer Sports<br />

Information Assistant. Edited by Josh Leiboff,<br />

Coordinator of Sports Information. Photography<br />

by Jeff Unger, Unger Studios (unless otherwise<br />

noted).<br />

<strong>Track</strong> & <strong>Field</strong> Facts<br />

Head Coach ................... Brian Mondschein<br />

Alma Mater ...................... Washington, ’77<br />

Years Coaching at KU ................... 13th<br />

Phone ............................ (610) 683-4666<br />

Email ............ bmondsch@kutztown.edu<br />

Assistant Coaches ............... Ray Hoffman,<br />

Edann Brady, Elizabeth Lord,<br />

Irv Mondschein, Mike Newhard<br />

Home Facilities<br />

Keystone <strong>Field</strong> House (ID) (300),<br />

<strong>University</strong> <strong>Field</strong> (OD) (5,600)<br />

<strong>2005</strong> PSAC Indoor Finish ........ M: 4th/12<br />

W: 1st/13<br />

<strong>2005</strong> PSAC Outdoor Finish ... M:t-2nd/14<br />

W: 1st/14<br />

Letterwinners Returning/Lost .. M: 26/12<br />

W: 23/20<br />

KU Athletics Website: kubears.com<br />

1


Coaching Staff<br />

Head Coach Brian Mondschein<br />

Brian Mondschein enters his 14th year as head coach of the men’s<br />

and women’s track & field program at <strong>Kutztown</strong> <strong>University</strong>.<br />

Mondschein has built the <strong>Kutztown</strong> track & field program into<br />

one of the elite in NCAA Division II. His teams have won 16 conference<br />

championships, while he has trained 77 Pennsylvania State Athletic<br />

Conference (PSAC) and numerous Eastern College Athletic Conference<br />

(ECAC) champions, 37 All-Americans, three Academic All-Americans,<br />

15 All-Academic selections by the NCAA Divsion II <strong>Track</strong> and <strong>Field</strong><br />

Coaches Association, two PSAC Scholar-Athletes of the Year, two PSAC<br />

Rookies of the Year and a national champion.<br />

Mondschein’s men’s teams have won five PSAC Outdoor Championships<br />

(1996, 1998, 2000-2002) and took five-straight ECAC Indoor<br />

titles (1997-2001).<br />

The Golden Bear women’s team has won three PSAC Outdoor<br />

titles (1997, 2000, <strong>2005</strong>) and two PSAC Indoor crowns (2004, <strong>2005</strong>). Additionally, the team won<br />

the 2001 ECAC Indoor Championship.<br />

Mondschein has been named the PSAC Coach of the Year 10 times, after each of his team’s<br />

PSAC titles. Most recently, he was named PSAC Indoor and Outdoor Women’s Coach of the Year<br />

after his teams swept the <strong>2005</strong> conference titles.<br />

Mondschein’s first title was the school’s first title of any kind since 1988. In March of 1995,<br />

his men’s squad won the ECAC indoor championships. <strong>Kutztown</strong>’s first PSAC championship<br />

since 1983 came the next year when the men won the outdoor title. In 1997, the men began their<br />

unprecedented run of five-straight ECAC titles, while the women won their first-ever PSAC<br />

crown. Tara Crozier went on to become KU’s first women’s track and field national champion,<br />

winning the hammer. The next year, Mondschein’s men won the ECAC and PSAC championships,<br />

completing <strong>Kutztown</strong>’s first-ever sweep of the events in the same year.<br />

Mondschein came to <strong>Kutztown</strong> from the <strong>University</strong> of Virginia, where he was an assistant<br />

beginning in 1987. Prior to Virginia, he spent four years as an assistant coach at Rice and was<br />

previously track coach at Orange Coast College. He competed nationally and internationally in<br />

track & field from 1973-83. In 1977, Mondschein was an All-America decathlete for the <strong>University</strong><br />

of Washington. He was an Academic All-American. He earned his bachelor’s degree in English<br />

and broadcast journalism from Washington in 1977.<br />

Assistant Coach Ray Hoffman<br />

Ray Hoffman enters his eighth season as assistant track and field<br />

coach and head cross country coach at <strong>Kutztown</strong>.<br />

In cross country, Hoffman was named the 2000 PSAC Women’s<br />

Coach of the Year. He was also named KU’s Dr. Dorothy Moyer/Nike<br />

Women’s Athletics Coach of the Year in 2000-01 and 2001-02.<br />

On the track, Hoffman’s distance runners have set records in 14<br />

events during the indoor and outdoor track & field seasons. He has<br />

coached 16 PSAC Champions, 57 All-PSAC performers and six ECAC<br />

Champions. Hoffman guided nine athletes to ECAC titles.<br />

Hoffman was named the 2004-05 PSAC Indoor Co-Coach of the Year<br />

after helping the women’s team to the conference championship.<br />

On the national level, Hoffman has had 22 NCAA provisional qualifiers,<br />

highlighted by Eunice Chege’s 11th-place finish in the 3,000-meter run at the 1999 NCAA<br />

Championships.<br />

Hoffman previously coached at Clemson, where he had two junior national qualifiers, while his<br />

4x800 and 4x1500 relays set school records.<br />

Prior to Clemson, Hoffman was assistant women’s cross country and track & field coach at East<br />

Stroudsburg. He was named 1995 ECAC Women’s Cross Country Coach of the Year. During his<br />

tenure, he coached a four-time All-American and an eight-time national qualifier. Hoffman’s runners<br />

captured 18 ECAC and three PSAC titles in track & field. He also coached the top NCAA<br />

Division II American miler in 1997.<br />

A 1994 graduate of East Stroudsburg, Hoffman served as captain of the Warriors’ cross country<br />

team as a senior. He was a three-time All-ECAC performer in the 3000 and DMR. In addition, he<br />

was an All-PSAC performer in the steeplechase. He holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology and<br />

earned his teacher certification in health and physical education from East Stroudsburg in 1997.<br />

2


Season Outlook<br />

Men’s <strong>Track</strong> & <strong>Field</strong> Hopes to Build on Past Success<br />

The <strong>Kutztown</strong> <strong>University</strong> men’s track &<br />

field team will enter the <strong>2005</strong>-<strong>06</strong> season looking<br />

to build upon its past successes.<br />

The team, which has won six Pennsylvania<br />

State Athletic Conference (PSAC) titles, placed<br />

second at last year’s PSAC Outdoor Championship,<br />

its first top-two finish since winning the<br />

2002 title. The Golden Bears also placed fourth<br />

at the indoor championship.<br />

The Golden Bears return a host of PSAC<br />

Champions and All-PSAC performers in hopes<br />

of challenging for top-three spots at the conference<br />

championship meets again in 20<strong>06</strong>.<br />

Leading the way will be returning individual<br />

conference champions Steve Tyson, Mike<br />

Provenzano, Tony Hegedus and Dan Wilson.<br />

Tyson was a double champion last year,<br />

winning both the indoor and outdoor shot put<br />

crowns. Tyson was an NCAA provisional qualifier,<br />

with a season-best throw of 52-8. Tyson’s<br />

performance earned him the KU Male Rookie of<br />

the Year award.<br />

Provenzano won the pole vault title at the<br />

PSAC outdoor championships, with a seasonbest<br />

vault of 15-8.<br />

KU Women Look to Defend PSAC Titles in 20<strong>06</strong><br />

<strong>Kutztown</strong> <strong>University</strong>’s women’s track &<br />

field team will enter the <strong>2005</strong>-<strong>06</strong> season looking<br />

to defend its unprecedented Pennsylvania<br />

State Athletic Conference (PSAC) indoor and<br />

outdoor championships.<br />

KU won its second-straight indoor championship,<br />

while the team won its first outdoor<br />

title since 2000.<br />

In order to remain at the top, KU will<br />

have to replace nine athletes who scored points<br />

at the championship meets last year. KU does,<br />

however, have several PSAC Champions and<br />

All-PSAC performers back in the fold.<br />

Leading the way are returning champions<br />

Alison Maurer, Laura Kline and Renee<br />

Marchand.<br />

Maurer won the 20-lb. weight throw at<br />

the indoor title with a meet record throw of 55-<br />

4. She went on to compete at the NCAA Championships<br />

in the event. Outdoors, Maurer<br />

earned All-America honors in the hammer, placing<br />

seventh at the NCAA Championships.<br />

Kline and Marchand were double winners<br />

at the outdoor conference meet. Kline won the<br />

400-meter hurdles, while Marchand won the<br />

3<br />

Hegedus was second in the 400-meter dash<br />

at the indoor championship. He ran a leg of the<br />

title-winning 4x400 relay. Hegedus also earned<br />

All-PSAC honors outdoors in the 400 hurdles<br />

and 4x400 relay.<br />

Wilson rounds out the returning champions.<br />

He won the javelin in <strong>2005</strong> with an NCAA<br />

provisional qualifying distance of 209-1.<br />

In addition to Hegedus, Billy Boorse and<br />

Steve Hixson also return from the PSAC Champion<br />

indoor 4x400 relay. Hixson was a member<br />

of the 4x400 relay outdoors which earned allconference<br />

honors as well. Matt Carroll will<br />

look to return to the medal stand after running<br />

legs of both PSAC champion 4x400 relay teams<br />

in 2003.<br />

Justin Reichardt finished his rookie season<br />

strong, earning All-PSAC honors in the decathlon.<br />

Steve Winters has also scored in the<br />

decathlon in his career.<br />

Vonkurt Redley was fourth in the 110<br />

hurdles.<br />

Pat Bone, Dave Tidey and Dan Wilde will<br />

lead the distance corps in one of the premier<br />

distance conferences in the country.<br />

heptathlon. The duo ran the final two legs of<br />

the victorious 4x400 relay team.<br />

Jaci Pfeiffer and Talia McKinney return<br />

in the hurdles and relays. Pfeiffer was a<br />

three-time point scorer last year, including an<br />

All-PSAC performance in the indoor 4x400 relay.<br />

She placed in both the 100 and 400 hurdles<br />

outdoors. McKinney scored in the outdoor<br />

400 hurdles, and helped the indoor distance<br />

medley relay to the medal stand.<br />

Molly Lare, Stephanie Williams,<br />

Chelsea Thomas and Desiree Bower are returning<br />

point scorers in the distance events.<br />

Lare placed in the 3,000 and 5,000 outdoors,<br />

while Williams was an All-PSAC performer in<br />

the 10K. Thomas is the lone returner from the<br />

PSAC Champion indoor 4x800 relay, while<br />

Bower finished third in the steeplechase.<br />

Christine Procopio and Amy Schaeffer<br />

head the returning jumpers. Procopio scored<br />

indoors in the triple jump. She also scored in<br />

the 20-lb. weight throw. Michelle Hughes<br />

also returns in the throws.<br />

Laura Deller will look to contribute in<br />

the sprints and jumps.


Golden Bear Profiles - MEN<br />

Pat Bone<br />

SOPHOMORE<br />

Pipersville/<br />

Central Bucks West<br />

Major: Criminal Justice<br />

<strong>2005</strong> Highlights: Outdoor-<br />

PSAC Qualifier in the<br />

steeplechase and 5K.<br />

Coach’s Comments: Pat emerged from cross<br />

country as our top distance runner. One more<br />

year’s maturation as a runner should move him<br />

into the scoring spots at PSACs.<br />

Billy Boorse<br />

JUNIOR<br />

Collegeville/<br />

Perkiomen Valley<br />

Major: Marketing<br />

<strong>2005</strong> Highlights: Indoor-<br />

Part of first place 4x400 relay<br />

team (3:21.12), and<br />

fourth place 4x800 relay<br />

(7:59.57) at PSAC Indoor Championships. Outdoor<br />

- sixth in 800 at PSACs (1:58.32). Career<br />

PSAC Championships - <strong>2005</strong> PSAC Indoor<br />

4x400 relay.<br />

Coach’s Comments: Billy is a team leader, a<br />

returning middle-distance scorer, and should have<br />

a breakout year which will take him to a topthree<br />

finish indoors and outdoors.<br />

Matt Carroll<br />

SENIOR<br />

Schwenksville/<br />

Perkiomen Valley<br />

Major: History<br />

<strong>2005</strong> Highlights: Outdoor -<br />

Season-best time of 50.01<br />

in the 400 at PSAC Championships.<br />

Career PSAC Championships: 2003<br />

Indoor & Outdoor 4x400 relay.<br />

Coach’s Comments: Matt is a senior, seems<br />

to have beaten the injury bug of past years, and<br />

is the heir apparent to the role of great 400-<br />

meter runners of our program.<br />

Tony Hegedus<br />

JUNIOR<br />

Coopersburg/<br />

Southern Lehigh<br />

Major: Computer Science<br />

<strong>2005</strong> Highlights: Indoor -<br />

Part of first place 4x400 relay<br />

team (3:21.12) and<br />

placed second in 400 (49.95) at PSAC Indoor<br />

Championships. Outdoor - second in the 400<br />

hurdles (52.63, NCAA provisional), part of second<br />

place 4x400 relay (3:14.82) at the PSAC<br />

Outdoor Championships.<br />

Coach’s Comments: Simply put, he is our goto<br />

guy. An NCAA provisional qualifier in the<br />

400 hurdles, our 4x400 anchor, an academic<br />

standout, this is the year for Tony. Last year’s<br />

team MVP.<br />

Michael Provenzano<br />

SENIOR<br />

Carlisle/Carlisle<br />

Major: Business<br />

<strong>2005</strong> Highlights: Indoor -<br />

First at PSAC East Challenge<br />

in Pole Vault with<br />

NCAA provisional performance<br />

of 15. Outdoor - Set a stadium record<br />

and took first place in the pole vault at the PSAC<br />

Outdoor Championships (15-8). Career PSAC<br />

Championships: <strong>2005</strong> outdoor pole vault.<br />

Coach’s Comments: Returning conference pole<br />

vault champion from outdoors. Mike has won<br />

the coaches’ award the past two seasons. Hard<br />

work, team orientation, and quiet desire don’t<br />

always make for outstanding athletes, but Mike<br />

is the exception.<br />

Vonkurt Redley<br />

SOPHOMORE<br />

Elkins Park/<br />

Cheltenham<br />

Major: Secondary<br />

Education<br />

<strong>2005</strong> Highlights: Indoor -<br />

Season-best time in 55<br />

hurdles at PSACs (7.95).<br />

Outdoor - ran best time in 110 hurdles at PSAC<br />

championships (14.99), good for fourth place.<br />

Coach’s Comments: Kurt had an excellent<br />

freshman year and developed steadily throughout<br />

both seasons. Most freshmen don’t run<br />

faster over the college hurdles than the high<br />

school ones, but he did.<br />

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Golden Bear Profiles - MEN<br />

Justin Reichardt<br />

SOPHOMORE<br />

Birdsboro/Twin Valley<br />

Major: Psychology<br />

<strong>2005</strong> Highlights: Outdoor<br />

- Finished in third place in<br />

the decathalon with 5,912<br />

points at the PSAC Championships<br />

to earn All-PSAC honors.<br />

Coach’s Comments: His third-place conference<br />

finish as a freshman decathlete was a pleasant<br />

surprise. It foreshadows Justin’s great potential<br />

in the combined events.<br />

Dave Tidey<br />

SENIOR<br />

Bridgewater, NJ/<br />

Bridgewater-Raritan<br />

Major: Secondary<br />

Education/English<br />

<strong>2005</strong> Highlights: Indoor -<br />

Helped 4x800 relay to a<br />

fourth-place finish at PSACs (7:59.57). Outdoor<br />

- seventh in 800 at PSACs (1:57.11).<br />

Coach’s Comments: A senior, Dave has been<br />

a solid middle-distance performer for us, as well<br />

as a team leader. He will finish his career with an<br />

outstanding senior season. He should help make<br />

this year’s 4x800 one for the record books.<br />

Steve Tyson<br />

SOPHOMORE<br />

Bridgeport/Upper Merion<br />

Major: Chemistry<br />

Honors: 2004-05 KU Male<br />

Rookie of the Year<br />

<strong>2005</strong> Highlights: Indoor -<br />

Never finished below third<br />

place all season in shot put.<br />

First place at PSAC Championships in shot put<br />

(52-1 1/4). Outdoor - PSAC Champion in shot<br />

put (50-11 1/2). Placed first in the shot put at<br />

the Lock Haven Qualifier with an NCAA provisional<br />

distance of 52-8.<br />

Coach’s Comments: A true scholar-athlete.<br />

Steve deals with organic chemistry labs, throws,<br />

runs and lifts all in the same afternoon. He should<br />

make it to Nationals this year in the shot, and he<br />

should become a scorer in the weight, hammer<br />

and discus as well.<br />

Dan Wilde<br />

JUNIOR<br />

Lemoyne/Cedar Cliff<br />

Major: Electronic <strong>Media</strong><br />

<strong>2005</strong> Highlights: Indoor -<br />

Season-best time of<br />

15:50.14 in the 5K at<br />

PSACs. Outdoor - Finished<br />

in first place with season-best time in the 3000m<br />

steeplechase at Lehigh (9:46.81).<br />

Coach’s Comments: His great dedication to running<br />

and tremendous work ethic will put Dan on<br />

the scorer’s stand this season. His leadership<br />

abilities are invaluable to the growth of our distance<br />

program.<br />

Dan Wilson<br />

JUNIOR<br />

Hatboro/Hatboro-Horsham<br />

Major: Secondary Education<br />

<strong>2005</strong> Highlights: Outdoor -<br />

Claimed first place with an<br />

NCAA qualifying distance<br />

and a stadium record of<br />

209-1 at the PSAC Outdoor Championships.<br />

Finished 11th at NCAA Championships in javelin<br />

(193-11). Career PSAC Championships<br />

- <strong>2005</strong> outdoor javelin.<br />

Coach’s Comments: Returning conference<br />

champ in the javelin, Dan will be off to a slow<br />

start after resolving some knee problems this fall<br />

and winter. Added strength should pay off with<br />

another trip to nationals.<br />

Steve Winters<br />

SENIOR<br />

New Cumberland/<br />

Cedar Cliff<br />

Major: Biology<br />

Notes: Placed in three events<br />

at PSAC indoor and outdoor<br />

championships in 2004.<br />

Went on to NCAA Championships, placing 10th<br />

in decathlon (6,419 points). Was injured in <strong>2005</strong>.<br />

Coach’s Comments: After three years of decathlon<br />

success and last year’s injury redshirt,<br />

Steve should turn some heads with his vaulting.<br />

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Golden Bear Profiles - WOMEN<br />

Desiree Bower<br />

JUNIOR<br />

Bethel/Tulpehocken<br />

Major: Elementary<br />

Education<br />

<strong>2005</strong> Highlights: Indoor -<br />

Part of first place team at<br />

KU Invitational in Distance<br />

Medley (13:17.29)<br />

Coach’s Comments: Desiree had a breakthrough<br />

year in <strong>2005</strong> and has followed up with<br />

a strong cross country season, which leads us to<br />

believe she’ll factor heavily in the conference<br />

distance scene.<br />

Laura Deller<br />

SOPHOMORE<br />

York/Dallastown<br />

Major: Elementary Education<br />

<strong>2005</strong> Highlights: Indoors:<br />

Season-best 17-1 3/<br />

4 in long jump. Outdoor -<br />

16-5 1/4 in the long jump at the LHU Qualifier.<br />

Coach’s Comments: This should be a transition<br />

year for Laura as she switches to the pole<br />

vault. She’s a hard worker and a great student.<br />

She will do well sooner rather than later.<br />

Michelle Hughes<br />

SOPHOMORE<br />

Warminster/<br />

William Tennent<br />

Major: Business<br />

<strong>2005</strong> Highlights: Outdoor<br />

- Threw a 37-6 shot put at<br />

the LHU Qualifier.<br />

Coach’s Comments: Michelle is still learning<br />

the throws. Look for solid improvement which<br />

will take her to the conference medal stand this<br />

year or next.<br />

Laura Kline<br />

JUNIOR<br />

Reading/Reading<br />

Major: Special Education<br />

Honors: <strong>2005</strong> ESPN the<br />

Magazine/CoSIDA Academic<br />

All-America second<br />

team, PSAC & East Regional<br />

Scholar-Athlete of the Year.<br />

<strong>2005</strong> Highlights: Indoor - 2nd at PSAC Championships<br />

in 400 (58.43) and 4x400 relay (3:59.28).<br />

Outdoor - PSAC Champion in 400 hurdles<br />

(1:03.10) and 4x400 relay (3:53.01). NCAA<br />

provisional time in 400 hurdles (1:03.05). Career<br />

PSAC Championships: 2004 Outdoor-4x400<br />

relay; <strong>2005</strong> Outdoor-400, 4x400 relay.<br />

Coach’s Comments: She may be on the thin<br />

side, but don’t let her looks fool you. Laura Kline<br />

leads our team into battle. She’s fast, tough, dedicated<br />

and has pushed herself to a perfect 4.0<br />

GPA four semesters in-a-row. Look for her at<br />

Nationals in the 400 hurdles this year.<br />

Molly Lare<br />

JUNIOR<br />

Bethlehem/Liberty<br />

Major: Communication<br />

Design<br />

<strong>2005</strong> Highlights: Outdoor -<br />

Placed first at the PSAC East<br />

Challenge in the 3000m with<br />

a time of 10:29.21.<br />

Coach’s Comments: Molly made an impact on<br />

the conference distance scene as a freshman, and<br />

despite a slow start in 05-<strong>06</strong>, should be pivotal<br />

in the conference title hopes of our women.<br />

Renee Marchand<br />

JUNIOR<br />

Hawley/Wallenpaupack<br />

Major: Elementary Education<br />

<strong>2005</strong> Highlights: Indoor - Second<br />

at PSAC Championships<br />

in pentathalon with<br />

3,118 points; Outdoor - First<br />

at PSAC Championships in<br />

heptathlon (4,349 points). Part of the first place<br />

4x400m relay (3:53.01).<br />

Coach’s Comments: The conference champ in<br />

the outdoor heptathlon, Renee should be a combined-events<br />

threat indoors and outdoors again.<br />

She filled in on the 4x400 last year, and may very<br />

well be carving a permanent niche in that event.<br />

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Golden Bear Profiles - Women<br />

Alison Maurer<br />

SENIOR<br />

Lewisberry/N. York<br />

Major: CRF-Fine Metals<br />

<strong>2005</strong> Highlights: Indoor -<br />

Set a new record in the<br />

20lb weight throw with 55-<br />

4. Placed 10th in NCAA<br />

Division II Indoor Championships<br />

in the 20 lb weight throw with a 53-<br />

4 1/2. Outdoor - Placed seventh at the NCAA<br />

Division II Championships in the hammer<br />

throw (175-11). Career Championships: <strong>2005</strong><br />

PSAC Indoor Weight Throw. 2004 PSAC Indoor-Weight<br />

Throw; PSAC Outdoor-Discus.<br />

Coach’s Comments: Last year’s only All-<br />

America performer, Alison is ready to follow<br />

in the footsteps of some of <strong>Kutztown</strong>’s great<br />

hammer/weight throwers. She should go out in<br />

style in her senior season with the adoption of<br />

the hammer as a new PSAC championship event.<br />

Talia McKinney<br />

JUNIOR<br />

Millersville/<br />

Penn Mannor<br />

Major: Speech Communications<br />

<strong>2005</strong> Highlights: Outdoor<br />

- Placed fifth at the<br />

PSAC Championships in<br />

the 400m hurdle (1:<strong>06</strong>.48).<br />

Coach’s Comments: Talia had a solid year in<br />

her new event, the 400 hurdles. Her 65.55 in<br />

the hurdle trials at PSACs was a great start, but<br />

she’s got a lot of improvement left.<br />

Jaci Pfeiffer<br />

SENIOR<br />

Hillsborough, NJ/<br />

Hillsborough<br />

Major: Special Education<br />

<strong>2005</strong> Highlights: Indoor -<br />

Third in PSAC Championships<br />

in 55m hurdles (8:48);<br />

Outdoor - Placed fifth in the 100m hurdles at<br />

the PSAC Championships (15:01). Career<br />

Championships: 2004 PSAC Outdoor-4x400 relay.<br />

Coach’s Comments: Jaci has scored at PSACs<br />

in each of her previous three years, with her<br />

student teaching out of the way in the fall, this<br />

could be her year.<br />

Christine Procopio<br />

SENIOR<br />

Oakland, NJ/Indian Hills<br />

Major: Secondary Education/<br />

Mathematics<br />

2004 Highlights: Indoor - Second<br />

in the 20lb weight throw<br />

at the PSAC Championships<br />

(51-5). Sixth in the triple jump at the PSAC Championships<br />

(36-6). Outdoor - NCAA Provisional<br />

in the hammer throw (163-10).<br />

Coach’s Comments: Chrissy finally gets a<br />

chance to throw the hammer at PSACs this year.<br />

Provisionally qualifying indoors in the weight and<br />

outdoors in the hammer, last year was a great<br />

year. She even scored in the triple jump indoors.<br />

This year, she’ll make it to NCAAs.<br />

Amy Schaeffer<br />

SENIOR<br />

Richland/ELCO<br />

Major: Elementary Education<br />

<strong>2005</strong> Highlights: Outdoor -<br />

Notched a 36-0 1/2 in the<br />

triple jump at LHU Qualifier.<br />

Coach’s Comments: Amy is a solid triple jumper<br />

for us, and although she student teaches this spring,<br />

she could make some improvements in strength<br />

and technique and score points indoors or outdoors.<br />

Stephanie Williams<br />

SOPHOMORE<br />

Harrisburg/Riverside<br />

Major: Business Management<br />

<strong>2005</strong> Highlights: Outdoor<br />

- Placed first in the 5,000m<br />

at the Lehigh Games<br />

(18:34.26). Placed first at the PSAC East Challenge<br />

in the 10,000m (39:31.91). Placed third at<br />

the PSAC Championships in the 10,000m<br />

(38:16.56).<br />

Coach’s Comments: Stephanie worked her way<br />

to all-conference as a freshman last year. She’s<br />

still working hard, and our guess is, she’ll keep<br />

improving.<br />

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History<br />

All-Americans<br />

MEN Year Event<br />

Frank Williams 1976 Outdoor Discus<br />

Barrett McFarland 1980 Outdoor 200 Meters<br />

Dan Hatton 1980 Outdoor Decathlon<br />

Mike Cantrel 1987 Indoor Pole Vault*<br />

Bart Wasiolek 1990 Outdoor 3,000 Steeplechase<br />

Shawn Jones 1991 Outdoor 100 Meters<br />

Bruce Tiller 1991 Outdoor 400 Hurdles<br />

Bart Wasiolek 1991 Outdoor 3,000 Steeplechase<br />

Kahsime Simmons 1992 Indoor 55 Meters<br />

Shawn Jones 1992 Indoor 55 Meters<br />

Bert Lange 1992 Outdoor 400 Hurdles<br />

Todd Wiley 1993 Outdoor 10,000 Meters<br />

Kevin Kelly 1995 Outdoor Decathlon<br />

Mark Fritz 1996 Outdoor Javelin<br />

Kevin Kelly 1996 Outdoor Decathlon<br />

Kevin Kelly 1998 Indoor Decathlon<br />

John Frownfelter 1999 Indoor 35-lb. Weight<br />

John Frownfelter 2000 Indoor 35-lb. Weight<br />

Paul Schmitt 2000 Indoor Pole Vault<br />

Jon Moyer 2000 Outdoor Javelin<br />

Paul Schmitt 2000 Outdoor Pole Vault<br />

Paul Schmitt 2001 Indoor Pole Vault<br />

Paul Schmitt 2001 Outdoor Pole Vault<br />

Jon Moyer 2001 Outdoor Javelin<br />

Justin Collins 2002 Outdoor Long Jump<br />

Shaun Landis 2002 Outdoor Decathlon<br />

Paul Schmitt 2002 Outdoor Pole Vault<br />

Scott Eisenhart 2002 Outdoor 400 meters<br />

Scott Eisenhart 2003 Indoor 400 meters<br />

Justin Collins 2003 Indoor Long Jump<br />

Shaun Landis 2003 Outdoor Decathlon<br />

Dave Bartolomucci 2003 Outdoor 4 x 400 Relay<br />

Dan Patton 2003 Outdoor 4 x 400 Relay<br />

Matt Carroll 2003 Outdoor 4 x 400 Relay<br />

Scott Eisenhart 2003 Outdoor 4 x 400 Relay<br />

Justin Collins 2004 Indoor Long Jump<br />

Justin Collins 2004 Outdoor Long Jump<br />

WOMEN Year Event<br />

Michelle Pingar 1983 Outdoor 10,000 Meters<br />

Michelle Pingar 1984 Outdoor 10,000 Meters<br />

Lori Lawson 1985 Outdoor 10,000 Meters<br />

Lori Lawson 1986 Outdoor 10,000 Meters<br />

Deidre Rhodes 1995 Indoor Shot Put<br />

Deidre Rhodes 1995 Outdoor Discus<br />

Deidre Rhodes 1996 Indoor 20-lb. Weight<br />

Tara Crozier 1996 Outdoor Hammer<br />

Tara Crozier 1997 Indoor 20-lb. Weight<br />

Tara Crozier 1997 Outdoor Hammer*<br />

Tara Crozier 1998 Indoor 20-lb. Weight<br />

Tara Crozier 1998 Outdoor Hammer<br />

Kristi Braine 1999 Outdoor Pole Vault<br />

Louise Sawyer 2002 Indoor Pole Vault<br />

Louise Sawyer 2002 Outdoor Pole Vault<br />

Alison Maurer <strong>2005</strong> Outdoor Hammer<br />

*NCAA Champion<br />

Pennsylvania State<br />

Athletic Conference<br />

Championships<br />

Men<br />

1983- Outdoor Champions<br />

1994- Outdoor Runners-Up<br />

1996- Outdoor Champions<br />

1998- Outdoor Champions<br />

1999- Outdoor Runners-Up<br />

2000- Outdoor Champions<br />

2001- Outdoor Champions<br />

2002- Outdoor Champions<br />

<strong>2005</strong>- Outdoor Runners-Up<br />

Women<br />

1996- Outdoor Runners-Up<br />

1997- Outdoor Champions<br />

1999- Outdoor Runners-Up<br />

2000- Outdoor Champions<br />

2002- Outdoor Runners-Up<br />

2003- Indoor Runners-Up<br />

2004- Indoor Champions<br />

<strong>2005</strong>- Indoor Champions<br />

<strong>2005</strong>- Outdoor Champions<br />

Mike Cantrel<br />

Michelle Pingar<br />

Kevin Kelly<br />

Tara Crozier<br />

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2004-05 Best Performances<br />

Event Men Perf.<br />

55m (i) Kareef Wallace 6.44<br />

55m HH (i) Vonkurt Redley 7.95<br />

100m Jacob Wieder 10.80<br />

110m HH Vonkurt Redley 14.99<br />

200m Dave Bartolomucci 22.<strong>06</strong><br />

400m Dave Bartolomucci 48.44<br />

400m IH Tony Hegedus 52.63*<br />

800m Billy Boorse 1:56.09<br />

1,500m Dave Tidey 4:05:83<br />

Steeplechase Dan Wilde 9:46.81<br />

5,000m Dan Wilde 15:23.33<br />

4x100m Bartolomucci, Weider, 41.92<br />

Pearson, Patterson<br />

4x400m Bartolomucci, Snyder, 3:14.82<br />

Hixson, Hegedus<br />

Long Jump Justin Reichardt 22-1<br />

Triple Jump Matt Reffie 45-0 1/4<br />

High Jump (i) Justin Reichardt 6-2<br />

Pole Vault Mike Provenzano 15-8<br />

Shot Put (i) Steve Tyson 53-6 1/2*<br />

Weight (i) Jim Dart 48-8<br />

Discus Jim Dart 150-3<br />

Javelin Dan Wilson 209-1*<br />

Hammer Jim Dart 141-11<br />

Decathlon Justin Reichardt 5,912<br />

all performances are outdoors, unless indicated (i)<br />

#Denotes School Record<br />

*Denotes NCAA Provisional performance<br />

Top Newcomers<br />

Event Women Perf.<br />

55m (i) Laura Kline 7.63<br />

55m HH (i) Jaci Pfeiffer 8.48<br />

100m Amie Bennett 13.17<br />

100m HH Jaci Pfeiffer 15.01<br />

200m (i) Laura Kline 26.58<br />

400m Laura Kline 58.43<br />

400m IH Laura Kline 1:03.05*<br />

800m (i) Madonna Patterson 2:15.66*<br />

1500m Danielle Mousley 4:45.04<br />

3000m Molly Lare 10:29.21<br />

Steeplechase Desiree Bower 11:31.73<br />

5000m Molly Lare 17:47.03*<br />

10,000m Stephanie Williams 38:16.56<br />

4x100m Marchand, Deller, 49.32<br />

Pfeiffer, Kline<br />

4x400m Kostishion, Otis, 3:53.01<br />

McKinney, Kline<br />

Long Jump (i) Laura Deller 17-1 3/4<br />

Triple Jump (i) Christine Procopio 36-6<br />

High Jump (i) Candice Bullard 5-4<br />

Pole Vault Stephanie Sukal 11-3 3/4<br />

Shot Put Kaleena Lockard 44-1 1/2*<br />

Weight (i) Alison Maurer 55-4*<br />

Discus Elizabeth Lord 151-10*<br />

Javelin Felicia Gonzalez 98-3<br />

Hammer Alison Maurer 175-11*<br />

Heptathlon Renee Marchand 4,349<br />

Men Event YR Hometown/High School<br />

Michael Coe Sprints FR Boyertown/Reading Central Catholic<br />

Kendel Dixon Sprints FR Atglen/Octorara<br />

Brian Dodds Pole Vault SO Wyomissing/Wilson<br />

Joshua Goad Sprints FR Mount Penn/Antietem<br />

Cody Hartzler High Jump FR Belleville/Indian Valley<br />

Ryan Jagielski Mid-Distance FR Howell, NJ/Coltsneck<br />

Mike Turner Sprints FR Phillipsburg, NJ/Phillipsburg<br />

Joshua Williams Throws FR Schuylkill Haven/Blue Mountain<br />

Women Event YR Hometown<br />

Alexandra Butler Long Jump FR Montoursville/Montoursville<br />

Jewel Daye Sprints FR Philadelphia/Central<br />

Hailey Dell Distance FR Saranac Lake, NY/Saranac Lake<br />

Cheryl Dingman Distance FR Lansdale/North Penn<br />

Jessica Donovan Sprints FR Newtown/Pennsbury<br />

Joanna Horstmann Distance FR Downingtown/Downingtown West<br />

Julie Karaszkiewicz Distance FR Boothwyn/Garnet Valley<br />

Bevin Lustman Sprints FR Wynnewood/Lower Merion<br />

Brooke McMurry Jumps FR Tafton/Wallenpaupack<br />

Katie Quinn Sprints FR Glenolden/Interboro<br />

Lindsay Runkle Pole Vault FR Pottsville/Pottsville<br />

Corri Speakman Sprints FR Reading/Exeter<br />

Doofan Tor-Agbidye Sprints FR Stewartsville, NJ/Phillipsburg<br />

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Records<br />

Men’s Indoor Records<br />

Event Name Record Year<br />

55m Keith Crowell 6.32 2000<br />

200m Keith Crowell 21.78 2000<br />

300m Hayden Castro 36.10 1991<br />

400m Scott Eisenhart 47.76 2003<br />

500m Scott Eisenhart 1:04.75 2003<br />

800m Eric Stienes 1:53.19 2000<br />

1000yd Al Butler 2:16.0 1983<br />

1000m Jason Hilt 2:29.47 1999<br />

1500m Bart Wasiolek 4:02.88 1991<br />

mile Jason Hilt 4:17.13 1997<br />

3000m Brian Harris 8:36.10 1998<br />

2 miles Bart Wasiolek 9:17.9 1991<br />

3 miles Bart Wasiolek 14:23.79 1990<br />

5000m Brian Harris 14:40.76 1998<br />

55m H Kevin Kelly 7.62 1997<br />

4x200m Crowell, Ritter, 1:28.38 2000<br />

relay Eisenhart, Rado<br />

4x400m McCray, Culver, 3:17.77 1997<br />

relay Kelly, Simpson<br />

4x800m Dingle, C. Miller, 7:48.54 2000<br />

relay Eisenhart, Stienes<br />

DMR Bowen, Stienes, 10:21.4 1999<br />

Dingle, O’Neill<br />

Shot Put Josh Himmelberger 53-7 1998<br />

H. Jump Shaun Landis 6-9 2002<br />

P. Vault Paul Schmitt 16-8 3/4 2001<br />

L. Jump Justin Collins 24-7 3/4 2004<br />

T. Jump Ewin Jenkins 50-8 2000<br />

Weight John Frownfelter 63-7 3/4 2000<br />

Pentath. Shaun Landis 3,687 2003<br />

Women’s Indoor Records<br />

Event Name Record Year<br />

55m Jen Johnson 7.28 1994<br />

200m Shannon Daggett 25.97 1997<br />

400m Monica Shellenberger 57.87 2001<br />

500m Niya Adams 1:17.94 2001<br />

800m Madonna Patterson 2:14.96 2004<br />

1000m Danielle Mousley 3:03.92 <strong>2005</strong><br />

1500m Diane Galleo 4:41.9 1984<br />

mile Diane Galleo 5:03.7 1984<br />

3000m Molly Lare 10:20.04 2004<br />

2 miles Michele Pingar 10:41.50 1984<br />

3 miles Michele Pingar 16:37.1 1984<br />

5000m Megan Seefeldt 17:38.70 2002<br />

55m H Shannon Daggett 8.29 1997<br />

4x200m Braine, Sawyer, 1:47.08 2000<br />

relay Shellenberger, Klee<br />

4x400m Maxwell, Patterson 3:57.66 2004<br />

relay Otis, Adams<br />

4x800m Maxwell, Thomas, 9:28.55 2004<br />

relay Patterson, Kostishion<br />

DMR Seefeldt, Ju. Urbansky, 12:28.7 1999<br />

Ja. Urbansky, Chege<br />

L. Jump Andrea Sellitti 17-11 1999<br />

T. Jump Amanda Schaeffer 38-0 1/4 2000<br />

H. Jump Amanda Schaeffer 5-6 2000<br />

Shot Put Deidre Rhodes 46-3 1/4 1995<br />

Weight Tara Crozier 57-8 1997<br />

Pentath. Emily Foltz 3,286 2001<br />

P. Vault Kristi Braine 11-10 2000<br />

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Men’s Outdoor Records<br />

Event Name Record Year<br />

100m Ted Robinson 10.42 1982<br />

200m Mark Kinnaird 21.24 1982<br />

400m Scott Eisenhart 46.57 2002<br />

800m Jason Hilt 1:52.18 1998<br />

1500m Jason Hilt 3:51.98 1998<br />

5000m Todd Wiley 14:28.76 1993<br />

10,000m Todd Wiley 30:13.71 1993<br />

110m H Kevin Kelly 14.25 1998<br />

400m H Bruce Tiller 50.44 1986<br />

3000m Bart Wasiolek 8:59.2 1990<br />

steeple<br />

4x100m Rado, Jenkins, 41.64 2001<br />

relay Pearson, Eisenhart<br />

4x200m Crowell, Eisenhart, 1:27.61 2000<br />

relay Rado, Collins<br />

4x400m Bartolomucci, Patton, 3:11.92 2003<br />

relay Carroll, Eisenhart<br />

4x800m Hegge, Hemp, 7:50.9 1986<br />

relay Jarrat, Landis<br />

H. Jump Kevin Gibbons 6-11 1/4 1984<br />

L. Jump Justin Collins 25-4 3/4 2002<br />

T. Jump Shaun Landis 49-2 3/4 2002<br />

P. Vault Paul Schmitt 17-0 3/4 2000<br />

Shot Put Mike Fantanarosa 53-5 1/2 1994<br />

Discus Frank Williams 160-9 1976<br />

Javelin Jon Moyer 222-4 2000<br />

Hammer John Frownfelter 185-2 2000<br />

Decath. Kevin Kelly 7,288 1998<br />

Women’s Outdoor Records<br />

Event Name Record Year<br />

100m Monique Bosley 12.24 1983<br />

200m Shannon Daggett 25.24 1997<br />

Monique Bosley 1983<br />

400m Sally Spaar 56.7 1990<br />

800m Niya Adams 2:11.13 2003<br />

1500m Diane Galleo 4:35.2 1984<br />

3000m Eunice Chege 9:57.7 1999<br />

3000m Megan Seefeldt 11:13.54 2001<br />

steeple<br />

5000m Michele Pingar 17:03.4 1984<br />

10,000m Michele Pingar 35:46.2 1984<br />

100m H Jen Johnson 14.58 1996<br />

400m H Emily Foltz 1:02.50 2001<br />

4x100m Murphy, Baney, 48.56 2001<br />

relay Agent, Sellitti<br />

4x200m Baney, Otis 1:43.28 2003<br />

relay Johnson, Pfeiffer<br />

4x400m Maxwell, Otis, 3:52.25 2003<br />

relay Johnson, Adams<br />

4x800m Patterson, 9:14.16 2004<br />

relay Kostishion, Thomas, Adams<br />

Javelin Alison Herman 146-6 2002<br />

Discus Jennifer Willman 146-3 1999<br />

Hammer Tara Crozier 190-11 1998<br />

Shot Put Deidre Rhodes 45-10 1/2 1995<br />

L. Jump Andrea Sellitti 18-2 2001<br />

T. Jump Amanda Schaeffer 38-9 3/4 1999<br />

H. Jump Amanda Schaeffer 5-7 2000 &1998<br />

P. Vault Kristi Braine 11-10 2000<br />

Louise Sawyer 11-10 2002<br />

Heptath. Emily Foltz 4,584 2001


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Facilities<br />

<strong>Kutztown</strong> <strong>University</strong> is blessed with some of the top athletic facilities among Division<br />

II colleges and universities in the eastern United States. Twenty of KU’s 21 teams have their<br />

home venues on campus.<br />

Keystone Hall<br />

The headquarters of the KU athletic department, Keystone Hall is the hub of indoor athletic<br />

activity on campus. The 3,400-seat Keystone Arena, located in the center of Keystone Hall,<br />

is the home of the volleyball, men’s and women’s basketball and wrestling teams. Keystone<br />

Hall also houses the Golden Bear Sports Medicine department, designated locker rooms for<br />

all intercollegiate athletic teams, and a state-of-the-art fitness room. The arena also served as<br />

the site of a town meeting by President George W. Bush in 2004.<br />

Keystone <strong>Field</strong> House<br />

Keystone <strong>Field</strong> House is home to<br />

the KU men’s and women’s indoor<br />

track teams, and has been the site<br />

of major eastern championships in<br />

recent years. The field house is<br />

used by all teams for indoor practice<br />

and overflow athletic events<br />

and many camps and clinics<br />

throughout the year. It is also used<br />

for non-athletic events, such as<br />

President Clinton’s address during<br />

his visit in 1994.<br />

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Risley Weight Room<br />

Athletes get extensive use out of the freeweight<br />

room, located on the ground floor of<br />

Risley Hall, the original gym. The weight<br />

room was recently renovated and expanded.<br />

<strong>University</strong> <strong>Field</strong><br />

<strong>University</strong> <strong>Field</strong> is a 5,600-seat stadium<br />

that features a newly resurfaced<br />

synthetic track and artificial turf<br />

playing field. <strong>University</strong> <strong>Field</strong> is the<br />

site of all home football games and<br />

has been the site of PSAC Championship<br />

track and field meets.<br />

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Academics & Athletics at KU<br />

The KU Academic Success Initiative, when fully implemented by the coaching staff,<br />

provides the appropriate support, incentive, and opportunity for students to make a similar<br />

effort toward their academic success as made toward their athletic performance. The Initiative<br />

is based on the expectation that both individual and team academic performance will be<br />

at or above the level of the overall student body. This expectation is built into the evaluation<br />

of coaches and is an integral part of the process of awarding athletic scholarships. KU<br />

provides athletic scholarships to support the academic pursuits of its student-athletes.<br />

Student-athletes are expected to participate in sports because they love to do so.<br />

Continuing indications reveal that the Initiative works and is having a profound and<br />

measurable effect on both academic and athletic performance. Over the past 10 years, KU’s<br />

freshman class of student-athletes has had a significantly higher grade-point average than the<br />

overall freshman class, while the 2004-05 school year saw all student-athletes achieve a<br />

highest-ever GPA of 2.91, surpassing the overall GPA of the <strong>Kutztown</strong> student body. Also<br />

last year, 103 student-athletes garnered Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Scholar-<br />

Athlete honors. During the same period, the athletic success of KU’s teams reached all-time<br />

records.<br />

The KU Academic Success Initiative contains the following components:<br />

The Monitoring of Progress: The academic<br />

progress of student-athletes is continually<br />

tracked and monitored. This includes: GPA<br />

reports, persistence rate reports, close monitoring<br />

of first-time students, and NCAA eligibility<br />

compliance reports.<br />

Course Selection and Registration: In<br />

order to avoid unnecessary conflicts between<br />

athletic events and classes, student-athletes<br />

are provided a registration date earlier than<br />

the rest of the campus student population.<br />

Registration is now done online via the<br />

Internet. Students can go online at any time<br />

to view their schedule, grades, transcript, financial<br />

aid, payments, charges and restrictions<br />

on their account.<br />

Academic Coaching: This year-long program<br />

is based on one-on-one personal contacts<br />

between the coach and the student-athlete.<br />

The meetings are held more frequently<br />

in the fall in recognition of the benefits of<br />

establishing good habits early. During these<br />

meetings, the following topics may be addressed:<br />

seminar follow-up, class attendance,<br />

parental intervention and involvement and<br />

information about advising and registration.<br />

These meetings can also serve to address any<br />

other academic and/or personal matters of<br />

concern to the student-athlete.<br />

Faculty Advising: This is an essential part<br />

of the college experience and is often a major<br />

factor in the ultimate academic success of<br />

students. Advisor meetings are required in<br />

order to register for classes.<br />

Pre-Season Academic Seminars: During<br />

pre-season camps and/or the first week of<br />

classes, athletes may participate in seminars<br />

addressing topics such as time management,<br />

study skills, class participation, student/faculty<br />

relationships and graduation planning.<br />

Materials are provided and used as a reference<br />

throughout the semester.<br />

Career Services Visit For Undeclared<br />

Majors: Incoming students who have not<br />

yet declared a major or who may be unsure<br />

of their chosen major are highly encouraged<br />

to visit the Career Services Office. There,<br />

the students will be tested to measure their<br />

interests and help them select a major.<br />

Referrals For Services to the Department<br />

of Developmental Studies: Student-athletes<br />

are strongly encouraged to make use of<br />

the Department of Developmental Studies’<br />

services in regard to tutoring or other needs<br />

for specialized instruction.<br />

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Academics & Athletics at KU<br />

Referrals For Services to the Counseling<br />

and Advisement Center: Trained counselors/faculty<br />

advisors are available to help<br />

with psychological/academic counseling/advisement<br />

issues. Such referrals are available<br />

to all student-athletes.<br />

Mentoring: Student-athletes can be referred<br />

by their coach to either the formal <strong>University</strong><br />

mentoring program or to faculty and<br />

professional staff volunteers for more informal<br />

mentoring.<br />

Financial Aid Liaison: The financial aid<br />

liaison provides information to prospects and<br />

student-athletes concerning policies and<br />

guidelines of the financial aid office. Through<br />

the early version process, the liaison provides<br />

prospects with an estimate of potential<br />

funding sources. The liaison provides<br />

student-athletes with information concerning<br />

deadlines and regulations for continued<br />

financial aid, and is available to help families<br />

learn more about the financial aid process.<br />

Library Tour: A library tour is highly recommended<br />

of all incoming student-athletes.<br />

Personal Computer: Each student-athlete<br />

is strongly encouraged to have access to a<br />

networked personal computer.<br />

Recognition of Academic<br />

Accomplishments<br />

The Department of Athletics has developed<br />

a comprehensive program to provide incentive<br />

for and acknowledgement of the many<br />

academic accomplishments of its studentathletes.<br />

Below are some examples of the<br />

program.<br />

Graduation Reception: The athletic department<br />

hosts a reception for graduating student-athletes<br />

and their families at the winter<br />

and spring commencement ceremonies to recognize<br />

the culmination of student-athletes’<br />

education at <strong>Kutztown</strong> <strong>University</strong>.<br />

Awards and Honors: KU offers specific<br />

academic scholarships available only to student-athletes.<br />

KU student-athletes are nominated<br />

for all available NCAA, PSAC and<br />

CoSIDA awards.<br />

Scholar-Athlete Banquet: Each year, the<br />

PSAC Scholar-Athletes are recognized at a<br />

banquet in their honor.<br />

Dean’s List Ceremony: All <strong>Kutztown</strong> <strong>University</strong><br />

student-athlete dean’s list recipients<br />

are acknowledged at a basketball game every<br />

year.<br />

<strong>Kutztown</strong> <strong>University</strong> Vision Statement<br />

<strong>Kutztown</strong> <strong>University</strong> will serve the Commonwealth as a dynamic, technologicallyadvanced,<br />

collaborative, learning-centered public university. <strong>Kutztown</strong> <strong>University</strong> will be<br />

accessible to Pennsylvanians and others, sensitive to the need for diverse backgrounds in its<br />

faculty, staff, students and community, accountable to its many constituencies, and actively<br />

engaged in the continuous improvement of its programs and services. Above all, <strong>Kutztown</strong><br />

<strong>University</strong> will prepare graduates to succeed in a global economy, to contribute to the economic<br />

and social well-being of the state and nation, to assume active roles in their communities<br />

and to lead productive and meaningful lives.<br />

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<strong>Kutztown</strong> <strong>University</strong><br />

<strong>Track</strong> & <strong>Field</strong><br />

<strong>2005</strong>-<strong>06</strong> Schedule<br />

INDOOR<br />

DECEMBER<br />

SAT 3 at Bucknell Opener 11:00 AM<br />

JANUARY<br />

FRI 13 KU INDOOR INVITATIONAL 5:30 PM<br />

FRI 20 at Ursinus Invitational 6:00 PM<br />

FRI 27 at Bucknell Bison Open 4:00 PM<br />

-SAT 28<br />

10:30 AM<br />

FRI 27 at Penn State National Open 5:00 PM<br />

-SAT 28<br />

9:00 AM<br />

FEBRUARY<br />

SAT 11 PSAC EAST CHALLENGE NOON<br />

SAT 18 at Princeton Indoor Invitational 11:00 AM<br />

SAT 25 at PSAC Indoor Championships 2:00 PM<br />

-SUN 26 (at East Stroudsburg) 10:00 AM<br />

MARCH<br />

FRI 10 +at NCAA Indoor Championships 1:00 PM<br />

-SAT 11 (at Boston, MA) 11:00 AM<br />

OUTDOOR<br />

MARCH<br />

FRI 17 at Coastal Carolina Invitational All Day<br />

-SAT 18<br />

FRI 24 LEHIGH VALLEY INVITATIONAL 3:00 PM<br />

APRIL<br />

SAT 1 at Muhlenberg Invitational TBA<br />

SAT 8 at PSAC East Challenge TBA<br />

(at Lock Haven)<br />

FRI 14 at Bucknell Distance Classic TBA<br />

FRI 14 GOLDEN BEAR MULTIS 2:30 PM<br />

-SAT 15<br />

9:30 AM<br />

SAT 22 at Lafayette Invitational TBA<br />

THU 27 at Penn Relays All Day<br />

-FRI 28<br />

SAT 29 at Lehigh Invitational TBA<br />

MAY<br />

THU 4 at PSAC Championships TBA<br />

-SAT 6 (at California, PA)<br />

THU 25 +at NCAA Championships TBA<br />

-SAT 27 (at Emporia, KS)<br />

Home events in BOLD CAPS +if team qualifies

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