2010 Men's and Women's Cross Country/Track and Field Media Guide

HEAD COACH FRED HARVEY
‘In addition to his work with the
Arizona teams, Harvey also works with
former Wildcats, preparing them for
post-collegiate competition.’
two Division I All-Americans. During his seven-year stint, the
Mustangs won four Division II national titles.
Harvey also has earned international respect and was
selected to coach the U.S. men at the 2003 Pan American
Games. During the five-day event in Santo Domingo,
Dominican Republic, he led the team to 21 total medals - seven
gold, seven silver and seven bronzes.
Harvey’s most noted Olympian is local Tucsonan Michael
Bates. Bates was the 1992 bronze medalist in the 200-meter
dash at the Barcelona Games before going on to an illustrious
career in the NFL as a kick returner in which he was named to
the NFL 1990s All-Decade Team.
In the 2000 Olympic Games, Patrick Nduwimana, a Harvey
pupil, advanced to the semifinals after battling injuries. Other
athletes under Harvey to advance to Olympian status include
long jumpers Yuliana Perez and Mareike Veltman and sprinters
Lade and Tayo Akinremi. Harvey’s male Olympians also include
sprinters Troy Douglass, Bart Williams, and Joe SaiSai.
Several of Harvey’s former Arizona sprinters have gone on
to earn acclaim at the national and world levels. Nduwimana
not only ran well at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney,
Australia, but he set a school record in the 800m, clocking a
time of 1:44.06 during the European season.
Another of Harvey’s pupils, hurdler Michelle Johnson,
nearly made the U.S. Olympic team in the 400m hurdles. In
her competing tenure, however, Johnson was a four-time All-
American and 2001 World Championship team member.
At the 1999 World Championships in Spain, the two ran with
considerable success. Nduwimana advanced to the semifinals
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2009-10 Arizona TRACK & FIELD Media Guide