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Men’s and Women’sCross Country

2010

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quick facts and table of contentsMarian university quick factsLocation ................................................. Indianapolis, IN 46222Founded ................................................................................ 1851Nickname ..........................................................................KnightsColors ........................................................Marian Blue and GoldFacility .....................................................St.Vincent Health Field

Surface...................................................Artificial (ProGrass)Capacity ........................................................................ 3,000Phone ............................................................. 317.822.6853

Affiliation ............................................................................... NAIAConference .......................................Mid-Central College (MCC)President ............................................................Daniel J. ElsenerDirector of Athletics .........................................Joseph R. Haklin

Alma Mater (Year) ........................ Wabash College (1973)Athletics Phone .................................................... 317.955.6123Athletics Fax ..........................................................317.955.6121Athletics Web Site ....................................www.muknights.com

cross country HistoryFirst Year ........................................1985 (Men’s and Women’s)Men’s MCC Championships ......................................... 1 (2009)Women’s MCC Championships ................................... 1 (1994)Men’s NAIA Appearances ............................................. 1 (2009)Women’s NAIA Appearances ....................................... 1 (1994)

coacHing staffHead Coach ...........................................................David RobertsAlma Mater (Year) .........................Wisconsin-LaCrosse (1970)Office Phone ......................................................... 317.955.6585Mobile Phone ....................................................... 317.513.6628Email .........................................................droberts@marian.eduAssistant Coach ....................................................Shawn MurrayAlma Mater (Year) .............................Marian University (2009)

teaM inforMation2009 Men’s MCC Finish ......................................................... 1st2009 Women’s MCC Finish ...................................................7th2009 Men’s NAIA Finish .......................................................20th

sports inforMationDirector ............................................Geoffre N. Sherman, Ph.D.Office Phone ......................................................... 317.955.6125Mobile Phone ....................................................... 317.509.9613Graduate Assistant/Contact ................................Lindsey OlsenOffice Phone ..........................................................317.955.6173Mobile Phone ....................................................... 847.344.0389Office Fax ...............................................................317.955.6121Email ............................................................. [email protected] Address ....................................3200 Cold Spring Road................................................................. Indianapolis, IN 46222

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Quick Facts ..................................................... 1St.Vincent Health Field ................................. 22010 Schedule .............................................. 32010 Roster ................................................... 4Coaching Staff ............................................... 52010 Season Preview ................................6-72010 Meets .................................................8-92009 Highlights ...........................................102009 Statistics and Results ......................11Follow the Knights .......................................12

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st.vincent HealtH field

The home to Knights football, soccer, and track and field is St.Vincent Health Field at Marian University. It is a state-of-the-art facility featuring an eight-lane track and a syn-thetic playing surface for soccer and football. Phase one of construction was completed in 2008 allowing the Knights’ men’s and women’s soccer teams to compete on the Pro-Grass® surface. The women’s soccer team won its first-ever conference regular season title on the field and successfully defended its title in 2009.

The press box is fully functional with booths for home and visiting coaches as well as home radio or television talent. The press box features a split-level work area and has fully functional public address system, hard-wired ethernet con-nections, several analog phone lines, wireless Internet, live

statistics, and scoreboard functions. The wireless internet ac-cess point will also service the spectator stands for an enjoy-able experience featuring Wi-Fi.

The scoreboard is a state-of-the-art Daktronics® board featuring bright red LED digits so everyone in and around the field knows the score. The board also features a Gal-axy® message center for sponsors and advertisements dur-ing the season. A four-foot panel showcases the sponsors of Marian University athletics and a new four-foot panel show-cases St.Vincent Health as the stadium sponsor.

The Knights are 19-2-1 on the pitch at St.Vincent Health Field. They are in search of MCC title number three in 2010.

quick factsCompleted: 2009Field Surface: ProGrass® (artificial)Track Surface: LatexDimensions: 120 yards long by 65 yards wideCapacity: 3,000 Main grandstand: 2,500 Secondary stand: 500Press Box Phone: 317.822.6853

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2010 cross country scHeduledate opponent location time08.�8.10 alumni run indianapolis, indiana 9 a.m.09.04.10 Wabash Hokum Karem Crawfordsville, Indiana 9 a.m.09.10.10 Midwest Classic Bourbonnais, Illinois 9 a.m.09.17.10 National Catholic Championships Notre Dame, Indiana 9 a.m.10.02.10 Huntington Invitational Huntington, Indiana 9 a.m.10.08.10 Eagle Invitational Lisle, Illinois 9 a.m.10.16.10 Evansville Invitational Evansville, Indiana 9 a.m.10.23.10 Southeast Classic Mount Berry, Georgia 9 a.m.11.06.10 MCC Championships Mishawaka, Indiana 9 a.m.11.21.10 NAIA National Championships Vancouver, Washington 9 a.m.

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2010 Men’s and woMen’s rosters

Men’S croSS country roStername year hometown/high SchoolChase Ayres Fr. Columbus, Indiana/NorthEmile Conde So. Indianapolis, Indiana/Ben DavisKevin Crockett Fr. Georgetown, Indiana/Floyd CentralMichael Foerster Sr. Ferdinand, Indiana/Forest ParkChris Hanson Fr. Cumberland, indiana/Mt. VernonDerek Harris Jr. McCordsville, Indiana/Scecina MemorialChris O’Connor Fr. Elizabeth, Indiana/South CentralNick Sefton Jr. Indianapolis, Indiana/Ben DavisJames Simms Fr. Erlanger, Kentucky/Covington CatholicJames Wangari Sr. Nairobi, Kenya/GithigaRyan Wieser Sr. Guilford, Indiana/East Central

WoMen’S croSS country roStername year hometown/high SchoolLauren Borchelt Fr. Fort Wayne, Indiana/Concordia LutheranJacquelyn Dossey So. Indianapolis, Indiana/RoncalliKassandra Gearlds Fr. Indianapolis, Indiana/Franklin CentralBrittany Gillespie So. Lawrenceburg, Indiana/LawrenceburgLaura Hacker Fr. Franklin, Indiana/Franklin CommunityLaura Neuman Jr. Rushville, Indiana/RushvilleStaci Roberts Fr. Fort Wayne, Indiana/Bishop DwengerAdrienne Shepherd Sr. Kokomo, Indiana/KokomoAmy Walker Fr. Frankfort, Indiana/Clinton CentralSamantha Walsh Fr. Indianapolis, Indiana/Franklin Central

head coach: David Roberts (26th season)assistant coach: Shawn Murray (2nd season)

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coacHing staff

David Roberts enters his 26th season as the head coach of the men’s and women’s cross country programs.

The 2009 season was special for Roberts as he guided the men’s team to its first-ever Mid-Central College Conference championship and senior Kyle Murray won the MCC individual championship to become the sixth individual runner to earn the conference title. He was also named the MCC Coach of the Year for the third time in his career and had the fifth student-athlete in his career earn NAIA All-America honors.

During his tenure at Marian University, Roberts has led 26 Knights to indi-vidual national qualification and also led the women’s program to the 1994 MCC championship. He has also coached 24 Daktronics NAIA Scholar-Athletes,

and he has had the women’s team named NAIA Scholar Team four times while the men earned the honor on three occasions.

A member of the 2006 and 2007 USATF outdoor championships organizing committee, Roberts was in-strumental in the production of events in the city of Indianapolis on both the local and national levels. He also served as a coach at the 1996 Indianapolis Peace Games.

He resides in Indianapolis with his wife and they have four children.

david robertsHead coach

Shawn Murray is entering his second season as assistant coach for the Marian University cross country program.

Murray, a three-year letter winner at Marian University, graduated with a bach-elor of science degree in sport management in 2009. He lettered as a com-petitor from 2006 through 2008 and was a 2009 NAIA national qualifier in the marathon where he finished 28th.

Currently, Murray holds the school record in the marathon with a time of 2:53:27.

He resides in Indianapolis.

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Two MCC ChampionshipsThree-time MCC Coach of the Year

Numerous national qualifiers

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2010 Men’s season previewMen’S croSS country PrevieWAfter a phenomenal year in 2009, the men’s cross country team is looking to repeat

the same success. The Knights earned their first Mid-Central College Conference Championship and qualified as a team for the NAIA National Championships.“This is a rebuilding year for us,” said head coach Dave Roberts, the 2009 MCC

Coach of the Year, of the upcoming season. “We lost All-American Kyle Murray to graduation as well as Thomas Jeschke, who was an All-MCC athlete as well. So, it is going to be difficult to fill the shoes of those student-athletes.”Murray earned the individual MCC title and finished 26th at Nationals, and Coach

Roberts believes he will be sorely missed. The loss of Murray and Thomas Jeschke, both All-MCC performers, also hurts the depth of the program. But, Coach Roberts is excited about the prospect of rebuilding in 2010 with a trio of seniors, a junior, two sophomores, and five freshmen coming to run for the Knights.Leading the crop of returners are fifth-year senior Michael Foerster, senior Ryan

Wieser and junior Derek Harris. Foerster and Harris each finished in the top 150 in the nation in 2009 and earned All-Conference honors last season.“Michael and Derek each placed in the top 200 in the country last season, so we do

have some experience,” said Roberts. “ We do have Michael returning, who placed 100th at the NAIA meet, and Derek Harris, who placed 190th at the NAIA meet. Those two guys as well as Ryan Weiser will be the ones we are counting on to rebuild.”Junior Nick Sefton was an All-MCC performer in 2009 and he was a last-minute

returner to the program after having left the program during the summer. Sefton will help to lead and provide stability this season for the Knights.“Nick is a great runner and proved that last season,” said Roberts. “We expect big

things from him this season.”Coach Roberts also has senior James Wangari and sophomore Emile Conde in the

mix to provide a little more depth for the Knights.Three incoming freshmen will make the team very young, but Coach Roberts sees

this as an opportunity for those young athletes to compete well. Freshmen Chris Han-son, Chris O’Connor, and James Simms will be young and inexperienced, but Roberts believes they will adapt quickly.“We have three outstanding runners coming in,” said Roberts. “James Simms, who

placed 24th in the Kentucky State meet, and Chris Hanson, who finished fourth in the Indiana regionals are a pair of great performers. We feel as though those two young men as well as Chris O’Conner will be counted on heavily this year.”The Knights have proven to be a dominant force against other NAIA opponents, but

will have to rebuild in order to repeat some of the same success against higher level opponents in 2010. A tough schedule lies ahead, but Roberts is takes it in stride. “I will be happy if we finish in the top of the conference,” he said of their chances this season. “But, realistically, we lost several really strong athletes. So it will be tough.”

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2010 woMen’s season previewWoMen’S croSS country PrevieW

The women’s cross country team will be looking to improve on a seventh-place finish at the Mid-Central College Conference Championships in 2009. With six members returning for the 2009 campaign and only two graduating, the Knights return as an experienced, but young, team.

“We always like to think we have a shot to finish in the top half of the conference,” said head coach Dave Roberts. “However, we are relatively young so we have a lot of work to do.”

Even though the Knights lost Emily Miller and Marissa Gill in the off-season, senior Adrienne Shepherd, the team’s Most Valuable Runner in 2009, is returning for her final season of competition after a 22nd-place finish at the 2009 MCC Champion-ships. Coach Roberts is expecting a lot out of Shepherd and sees bigs things for her this season.

“The loss of Emily Miller and Marissa Gill hurt pretty badly,” said Roberts. “However, Adrienne (Shepherd) finished 22nd at the conference meet last year, so we know that she will make a significant contribution this season.”

Junior Laura Neuman and sophomore Jacquelyn Dossey are expected to provide a significant contribution this season. But, Roberts is more excited about his recruiting class and the potential that exists within the corps of five runners.

Sophomore Brittany Gillespie was a pleasant surprise last season, and Coach Rob-erts is looking forward to seeing what she can do if she stays healthy this season.

Sophomore transfer Kassandra Gearlds was one of the top runners at Franklin Central High School two years ago. After spending one season at Florida Southern Col-lege, she transferred back to Marian for the 2010 season.

“Kassandra Gearlds was a runner we recruited a couple of years ago,” said Roberts. “She competed well at Florida Southern and I look forward to her making a solid conti-bution this season.”

Freshmen Lauren Borchelt and Staci Roberts were both strong runners at their respective high schools. Borchel finished 14th for Concordia Lutheran at last year’s sectionals, while Roberts finished 39th for Bishop Dwenger at sectionals. Coach Rob-erts is excited about the talent these ladies bring to the program. Samantha Walsh is another newcomer that Coach Roberts expects big things from in 2010.

“We think we have got some young people that can help us out this year on the women’s side,” said Roberts. “We are optimistic that we are going to improve this season, but we do have a lot of work to do.”

The Knights have another season full of tough competition, but Coach Roberts be-lieves they will improve significantly this season and look to get back toward the top of the conference.

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2010 cross country Meets�9th annual WabaSh college hokuM kareMHost: Wabash CollegeLocation: Crawfordsville, IndianaDate: September 3, 2010Web site: www.wabash.edu/sports

MidWeSt claSSicHost: Olivet Nazarene UniversityLocation: Bourbonnais, IllinoisDate: September 10, 2010Web site: www.olivet.edu/athletics

national catholic chaMPionShiPSHost: University of Notre DameLocation: South Bend, Ind.Date: September 17, 2010Web site: www.und.com

indiana WeSleyan invitationalHost: Indiana Wesleyan UniversityLocation: Marion, IndianaDate: October 2, 2010Web site: www.iwuwildcats.com

eagle invitationalHost: Benedictine UniversityLocation: Lisle, IllinoisDate: October 8, 2010Web site: athletics.ben.edu

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2010 cross country MeetsevanSville invitationalHost: University of EvansvilleLocation: Evansville, IndianaDate: October 16, 2010Web site: www.gopurpleaces.com

SoutheaSt claSSicHost: Berry CollegeLocation: Mount Berry, GeorgiaDate: October 23, 2010Web site: www.berry.edu/athletics

Mid-central college conference chaMPionShiPSHost: Bethel CollegeLocation: Mishawaka, IndianaDate: November 6, 2010Web site: www.mid-centralconf.org

naia national croSS country chaMPionShiPSHost: NAIA Location: Vancouver, WashingtonDate: November 21, 2010Web site: naia.cstv.com

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2009 highlightSknightS Snag 10th at national catholic chaMPionShiPSThe Knights placed 10th out of 32 teams at the NCC at the University of Notre Dame. Marian University was the smallest college of the top 10 finishers. The field included NCAA Division I foes Notre Dame, Xavier, Bellarmine, DePaul, Detroit Mercy and Canisius.

Men earn back-to-back runner-uP finiSheSThe men’s team traveled to the Eagle Invitational and Evansville Invitational and earned a pair of runner-up finishes. Senior Kyle Murray won the Eagle Invitational, and he led the Knights to a 1-2-3 finish at the Evansville Invitational as they captured the Small College Division title in the men’s competition.

knightS finiSh �0th in the nation at naia MeetThe 2009 MCC champion Marian University men’s cross country team completed its first-ever trip to the NAIA National Championships with a 20th-place finish out of 32 teams in its in Vancouver, Wash. Senior Kyle Murray finished 26th overall, his best-ever finish, and earned NAIA All-America honors for the first time in his career.

WoMen Win SMall college diviSion at evanSvilleThe women’s cross country team won the Small College Division title at the Evansville Invitational in Evansville, Ind. Three Knights placed in the top 10 of the Small College Division, including juniors Adrienne Shepherd and Emily Miller and senior Brooke Meier.

Men Win firSt-ever Mcc chaMPionShiP; Murray MedalSThe men’s cross country team won its first-ever Mid-Central College Conference championship in 2009. Five Knights finished in the top 12, including another individ-ual victory from senior Kyle Murray. MU finished five points ahead of Taylor University. Coach David Roberts was named the MCC Coach of the Year after the victory.

robertS naMed coach of the year; five naMed all-MccSeniors Kyle Murray, Thomas Jeschke, and Michael Foerster and sophomores Nick Sefton and Derek Harris were all named All-Conference in 2009 after winning the MCC title for the first time. Head coach Dave Roberts was named MCC Coach of the Year on the men’s side and it was the third time in his career he has won the honor.

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three knightS naMed daktronicS naia Scholar-athleteSSeniors Michael Foerster, Jill Kuntz, and Kyle Murray were named Daktronics NAIA Scholar-Athletes after the 2009 season. Foerster earned his fifth Scholar-Athlete award, while Murray and Kuntz each earned the honor for the third time.

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2009 StatiStiCS and ReSultS

2009 Men’S CRoSS CountRy SeaSon StatiStiCSname Midwest ncc loyola eagle evansville Southeast Mcc nationalsEmile Conde 38:55.50 38:52.0 DNR DNR DNR DNR DNRMichael Foerster 27:34.10 27:37.30 27:06.00 26:47.92 26:44.19 26:28.13 26:50 26:33.00Derek Harris 27:43.80 27:35.00 26:56.00 27:18.31 29:07.72 26:25.27 27:28.00 27:21.00Thomas Jeschke 28:22.74 26:35.20 26:33.00 27:15.29 26:38.65 26:24.35 27:02.00 26:37.00Kyle Murray 26:05.92 26:40.00 26:42.00 26:33.59 26:34.24 25:53.19 26:20.00 25:47.00Alan Nordholt 37:38.22 DNR DNR DNR DNR DNR 37:24.00 DNRDean Rothenberger 30:41.25 DNR DNR DNR DNR DNR DNR DNRNick Sefton 28:23.54 27:38.00 27:22.00 27:35.85 27:11.58 27:09.06 27:17.00 27:31.00Ryan Strom 28:45.27 28:54.60 28:24.00 28:58.74 28:40.22 28:27.75 29:01.00 29:17.00James Wangari DNR DNR DNR DNR DNR 32:31.18 DNR DNRMichael Wieser 28:36.88 28:23.70 28L11.00 28:11.85 28:51.29 27:32.85 28:23.00 27:59.00

2009 Men’S CRoSS CountRy ReSultSdate event location results09.05.09 Wabash Hokum Karem Crawfordsville, Indiana 4th09.11.09 Midwest Classic Bourbonnais, Illinois 3rd09.18.09 National Catholic Meet South Bend, Indiana 10th10.03.09 Loyola Lakefront Invitational Chicago, Illinois 14th10.09.09 Eagle Invitational Lisle, Illinois 2nd10.17.09 Evansville Invitational Evansville, Indiana 2nd10.24.09 Southeast Classic Louisville, Kentucky 6th11.07.09 MCC Championship Fort Wayne, Indiana 1st11.21.09 NAIA National Championship Vancover, Washington 20th

2009 woMen’S CRoSS CountRy SeaSon StatiStiCSname Midwest ncc loyola eagle evansville Southeast MccKristen Bogue 25:15.64 DNR 25:08.00 DNR DNR DNR DNRAudra Gehlhausen 24:28.23 23:48.80 22:34.00 27:27.70 22:51.71 21:45.52 23:10.00Marisela Garcia DNR DNR DNR 30:18.48 25:42.67 24:52.16 DNRMarissa Gill 23:49.58 22:27.10 DNR DNR DNR DNR DNRBrittany Gillespie 23:58.00 DNR 24:41.00 29:04.44 24:56.79 23:16.71 24:21.00Lauren Kissel 29:09.56 DNR DNR 30:41.76 27:11.94 25:36.53 27:58.00Jill Kuntz 24:27.55 25:16.00 23:54.00 28.08.72 24:40.14 23:40.53 24:49.00Ashlee Maupin DNR DNR DNR DNR 21:45.13 21:07.66 DNRBrooke Meier 23:07.31 22:46.30 21:49.00 25:32.92 21:45.56 20:48.37 21:58.00Emily Miller 22:04.40 21:46.00 20:57.00 25:23.17 21:27.98 20:26.56 20:48.00Laura Neuman 22:32.99 22:11.20 21:58.00 26:46.39 23:08.43 21:53.90 22:29.00Adrienne Shepherd 20:40.31 20:41.80 20:17.00 24:45.17 21:08.61 20:46.36 20:26.00

2009 woMen’S CRoSS CountRy ReSultSdate event location results09.05.09 Wabash Hokum Karem Crawfordsville, Indiana 5th09.11.09 Midwest Classic Bourbonnais, Illinois 5th09.18.09 National Catholic Meet South Bend, Indiana 30th10.03.09 Loyola Lakefront Invitational Chicago, Illinois 28th10.09.09 Eagle Invitational Lisle, Illinois 6th10.17.09 Evansville Invitational Evansville, Indiana 12th10.24.09 Southeast Classic Louisville, Kentucky 11th11.07.09 MCC Championship Fort Wayne, Indiana 7th

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