2005-06 Track & Field Media Guide - Kutztown University
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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 />
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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 />
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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 />
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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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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>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