2015 Lamar University Cross Country Information Guide

1#PECKEM2015 LAMAR UNIVERSITY CROSS COUNTRY

TEAM CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS2015 INFORMATION GUIDEMEN: 1979 • 1981 • 1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1988 • 1989 • 2006 • 2007 • 2009 • 2010 • 2011 • 2013 • 2014WOMEN: 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2008 • 2013 • 2014

Table of CONTENTSThe ROSTERS

4The COACHES

17The ATHLETES

20The HISTORY

48University ADMIN.

539.4 Aggie Opener (College Station, Texas)9.11 Rice Invitational (Houston, Texas)9.26 Texas A&M Invitational (College Station, Texas)

10.16 adidas Invitational (Madison, Wis.)10.30 SLC Championships (Huntsville, Texas)11.13 South Central Regionals (College Station, Texas)

11.21 NCAA National Championships2015 MEET SCHEDULE

1 Table of Contents2 Quick Facts3 Decade of Dominance4 2015 Lamar Cross Country Roster

THIS IS LAMAR UNIVERSITY6 Texas Roots8 Campus Life10 Student-Athlete Experience14 Southeast Texas

MEET THE COACHES17 Head Coach Trey Clark18 Cross Country Tony Houchin

MEET THE CARDINALS20 Iliass Aouani21 Sean Chalmers22 Alex Cleveland23 Ryan Creech25 Alex Dunbar26 Andres Espinosa27 Stu Ferguson28 Shea Foster29 Kyle Garcia30 Freddie Gasbarri31 Nathan Gillis32 TaMar Hicks33 Connor Maclean34 Tye Norman35 Tobias Riker36 Gabriel Steffenson37 Molly Betmead38 Evelyn Chavez39 Erika DeWitt40 Meghan DuPree41 Jannika John42 Verity Ockenden43 Cara Ortiz44 Evie Reavis45 Alexandra Sokolova

46 Georgia Tuckfield

PROGRAM TRADITION 48 Conference Titles50 Individual Conference Champions51 Individual Postseason Honors

UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATION53 Dr. Kenneth R. Evan, University President54 Jason Henderson, Director of Athletics55 Media Relations

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2 #PECKEM2015 LAMAR UNIVERSITY CROSS COUNTRY

TEAM CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS2015 INFORMATION GUIDE MEN: 1979 • 1981 • 1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1988 • 1989 • 2006 • 2007 • 2009 • 2010 • 2011 • 2013 • 2014WOMEN: 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2008 • 2013 • 2014

UNIVERSITY INFORMATION Location Beaumont, TexasSchool Founded 1923Enrollment 14,966Affiliation NCAA Division IConference Southland ConferenceNickname CardinalsMascot Big Red/LuColors Red (Pantone 199) and WhitePresident Dr. Kenneth R. EvansDirector of Athletics Jason HendersonSenior Woman Administrator Helene Thill

COACHING STAFFTrack and Field Head Coach Trey Clark Alma Mater, Year Lamar, 1993/1995 Seasons at Lamar 17th Season Seasons as Head Coach 17th SeasonCross Country Coach Tony Houchin Alma Mater Oklahoma State, 1995 Years at Lamar First Season

TEAM INFORMATION PROGRAM HISTORYMen’s League Finish SLC ChampionsWomen’s League Finish SLC ChampionsMen Letterman Returning/Lost 9/6Women Letterman Returning/Lost 5/10Newcomers 12

Conference Titles 20Conference Individual Titles 15All-Americans 5SLC Athletes of the Year 7SLC Newcomers of the Year 5SLC Freshman of the Year 7SLC Coaches of the Year 13

QUICK FACTS

VERITY OCKENDEN

ALEX DUNBAR

2015 SCHEDULE9.4 Aggie Opener College Station, Texas9.11 Rice Invitational Houston, Texas9.26 Texas A&M Invitational College Station, Texas10.16 Adidas Invitational Madison, Wisconsin10.30 Southland Conference Championships Huntsville, Texas11.13 NCAA South Central Regionals College Station, Texas11.21 NCAA National Championships Terre Haute, Indiana



decade of DOMINANCE

Since 2004, the Lamar distance program has been the class of the Southland Conference, and this is most evident in the success of the cross country team over the past decade. The program has taken 13 Southland Conference Championships (five women, eight men). In that span, Lamar has produced seven individual conference champions and four All-Americans.

Cards do the Double-DoubleIn both 2013 and 2014, the Lamar University men’s and women’s teams each took home Southland Conference championships. Over the last decade, the Cardinals have accomplished the feat three times, which is three times more than any other conference school over that time.

SAM STABLER

MINTTU HUKKA



2015 ROSTERName Cl.-Exp. Hometown/Previous SchoolIliass Aouani Fr.-HS Sicily, Italy Sean Chalmers So.-1L Dingwall, Scotland / Dingwall AcademyAlex Cleveland Fr.-HS Euless, Texas / Grapevine HSRyan Creech Sr.-3L Cork, Ireland / Glanmire Community CollegeAlex Dunbar Sr.-1L Barningham, England / St. Mary’s University CollegeAndres Espinosa So.-1L Humble, Texas / Atascocita HSStu Ferguson Sr.-1L Oxford, England / University of BirminghamShea Foster Fr.-HS Cypress, Texas / Cypress Woods HSKyle Garcia Fr.-HS Forney, Texas / North Forney HSFreddie Gasbarri So.-1L Chieti, Italy / Università Politecnica delle MarcheNathan Gillis Fr.-HS Oxford, Oxfordshire, England / The Downs SchoolTaMar Hicks Jr.-2L Arlington, Texas / Timberview HSConnor Maclean Fr.-HS Stornoway Isle of Lewis, Scotland / The Nicolson InstituteTye Norman So.-1L Beaumont, Texas / West Brook HSTobias Riker Sr.-3L Mainz, Germany / Eberhard-Karls University TübingenGabriel Steffensen Fr.-HS Gothenburg, Sweden/ Göteborgs Högre Samskola

MEN

Name Cl.-Exp. Hometown/Previous SchoolMolly Betmead Fr.-HS Lythham St Annes, U.K. / AKS SchoolEvelyn Chavez So.-1L Porter, Texas / Porter HSErika DeWitt Fr.-HS Amarillo, Texas/Canyon Randall HS Meghan DuPree Fr.-HS Bruceville, Texas / Bruceville-Eddy HSJannika John Sr.-1L Fürstenfeldbruck, Germany / Technische Universität MünchenVerity Ockenden Sr.-1L Shaftesbury, England / Swansea University Cara Ortiz So.-1L Corpus Christi, Texas / Tuloso Midway HSEvie Reavis Fr.-HS Mesquite, Texas / Poteet HSAlexandra Sokolova So.-1L Moscow, RussiaGeorgia Tuckfield Fr.-HS London, England / Heathcote Sixthform

Head Coach: Trey Clark, 17th season (Lamar, 1993)Cross Country Coach: Tony Houchin, 1st season at Lamar (Oklahoma State, 1995)

WOMEN

SENIORS Ryan Creech, Alex Dunbar, Stu Ferguson, Jannika John, Verity Ockeden, Tobias Riker

JUNIORSTaMar Hicks

SOPHOMORESSean Chalmers, Evelyn Chavez, Andres Espinosa, Feddie Gasbarri, Tye Norman, Cara Ortiz, Alexandra Sokolova

FRESHMENIliass Aouani, Molly Betmead, Alex Cleveland, Erika DeWitt, Meghan DuPree, Shea Foster, Kyle Garcia, Nathan Gillis, Connor Maclean, Evie Reavis, Gabriel Steffensen, Georgia Tuckfield

EUROPE Iliass Aouani, Molly Betmead, Sean Chalmers, Ryan Creech, Alex Dunbar, Stu Ferguson, Freddie Gasbarri, Nathan Gillis, Jannika John, Connor Maclean, Verity Ockenden, Tobias Riker, Gabriel Steffenson, Alexandra Sokolova, Georgia Tuckfield,

NORTH AMERICAAlex Cleveland, Evelyn Chavez, Erika DeWitt, Meghan DuPree, Andres Espinosa, Shea Foster, Kyle Garcia, TaMar Hicks, Tye Norman, Cara Ortiz, Evie Reavis

JANNIKA JOHN

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When fans think of Lamar track and field and cross country programs, the first person that has to come to mind is 16-year head coach Trey Clark, who restored one of the region’s most-storied pro-grams back to a proud tradition since he took the helm on August 11, 1999. The numbers tell the story. He has 11 team titles as the head coach, 90 individual Southland Conference champions, 14 league Athletes of the Year and seven All-Americans. The Lamar graduate claims eight Southland Conference Newcomers of the Year, 12 Freshmen of the Year, six Outstanding Track Performers and seven high point scorers. He has coached 34 current Lamar record hold-ers and 113 athletes who currently rank in the top five in the school’s record books. Clark, a former sprinter and hurdler for LU, first stepped on campus in 1988 and was named as an assistant coach under head coach Barry Collins. He is the Cardinals’ sixth head coach in program that started in 1953. Quite possibly one of his best accomplish-ments could be the restoration of Lamar’s distance program, which swept the Southland Conference Championships in both 2013 and 2014. The 2014 championship was the men’s eighth overall and the women’s fifth. Three of the last four athletes of the year have come from Lamar, Matt Johnsen (2013, men’s), Sam Stabler (2014, men’s) and Minttu Hukka (2014, women’s). LU gained its first distance all-American since

1969 when Francis Kasagule achieved in back-to-back seasons in 2006-07. Since Samuel Kosgei (2008) and Johnsen (2012) have both done it. As a team, the men were one spot away from earning an automatic bid to the NCAA Championships in 2014 and the women two spots away. He was named as the Southland Conference

Cross Country Coach of the Year in 2011. On Clark’s watch, Lamar earned its first ever in-door all-American when Kosgei finished eight at the NCAA Championships in 2009 in the 5,000-meter run. He has also coached two outdoor all-Americans in Joonas Harjamaki and Tom Wade. Both won it in the 3,000-meter steeplechase. During his tenure, Lamar has 36 individual in-door champions, including a run of four years (2006-09) when LU had the men’s mile run champion. It also had the men’s 3,000-meter champion for four-straight years (2009-12). On the women’s side, he boasts a four-year run of the distance medley relay (2005-08) and the 4x400 meter relay champions in 2000. The Lady Cardinals also have five one mile run and 3,000 me-ter champions. Big Red has 26 individual league champions, including the men’s 4x400 meter relay champions in 2003. From 2010-13, Lamar won three titles on the men’s 1,500 meter run and the women did it from 2006-07. Even before his time as a head coach, he was an important piece of the puzzle as the assistant coach. In his five years as an assistant, he worked with 33 league champions and 14 all-conference performers and worked with the two strongest parts of the pro-gram, relays and hurdles. He led the 4x100 meter relay team to the 1999 Southland Conference championships, and guided Mark LeDoux to two straight conference titles in

the 400-meter hurdles and ninth place finish at the NCAA Championships. LeDoux had two appearanc-es at the USA Track and Field Nationals as well. Clark also helped Yamelis Ortiz, who joined the Lamar Hall of Honor in 2014, to the Olympics on Puerto Rico’s 4x400-meter relay team in 2000. Ortiz was a four-time conference champion in the 400-meter hurdles. The four-year letterman was an all-conference performer and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in kinesiology in 1993 and a master’s in the same in 1995. He served as a part-time assistant in 1994. The Anahuac, Texas (Anahuac HS) native, is married to the former Laura Hughes and has two sons, Quade and Hayden.

TREY CLARKHead Coach

17th season at Lamar • 17th season overallLamar, 1993

COACHING EXPERIENCEYear School Position2014 Lamar Head Coach2013 Lamar Head Coach2012 Lamar Head Coach2011 Lamar Head Coach2010 Lamar Head Coach2009 Lamar Head Coach2008 Lamar Head Coach2007 Lamar Head Coach2006 Lamar Head Coach2005 Lamar Head Coach2004 Lamar Head Coach2003 Lamar Head Coach2002 Lamar Head Coach2001 Lamar Head Coach2000 Lamar Head Coach1999 Lamar Assistant Coach1998 Lamar Assistant Coach1997 Lamar Assistant Coach1996 Lamar Assistant Coach1995 Lamar Assistant Coach1994 Lamar Part-Time Assistant15 SEASONS AS HEAD COACH



Head coach Trey Clark added 16-year coaching veteran Tony Houchin as Lamar University track and field assistant coach in charge of distance and cross country, announced the program Sept. 7, 2015, just before its 2015 cross country season opened. Houchin will serve as the distance coach during the track season and cross country coach during the fall. He takes over a program that is in search of its third straight sweep of the Southland Conference championships. Houchin, who was most recently head cross country coach and track and field assistant at UAB, comes to Lamar with 11 All-Americans and 58 league champions coached between track and cross country during his career, and claims more than 150 all-league members. He arrived at UAB in 2011, and worked with UAB’s first All-American since 2007, and seven of eight distance All-Americans the Blazers ever had. He was over a program that broke 26 school records by nine different athletes, and had over 100 marks in the UAB all-time top-10 performance lists. He worked with NCAA South Region Track and Field athlete of the Year Elinor Kirk, who also took the top spot in the 5000-meter run in the Welsh Indoor record book and eighth in the NCAA for the 10,000-meter run. While at UAB, he coached 12 Conference-USA cross country and track and field champions and 46 All-C-USA athletes. Thirteen times he had a runner advance to the East Preliminary Championships. Proving that academics is also a staple in his work,

his cross country team earned the department’s highest grade point average at a 3.578 in 2012, and four athletes were named to the Capital One Academic All-District team. Prior to UAB, he was the cross coach at Neva-

da-Las Vegas from 2006 to 2010, where he raised the team GPA from a 2.87 to 3.36 and was named as a USTFCCCA All-Academic Team in 2008, 2009 and 2010. He led his team to the best Mountain West Conference finish the program had seen since 2000 as well as the first All-MWC cross country athletes since then. He coached UNLV’s first mid-distance MWC champion in Charlotte Browning (1500m) as well as the 2007 league track and field freshman of the year. Under his tutelage, 41 marks were added to the UNLV top-10 all-time performers list. Houchin also served as the cross country coach at Southland Conference rival McNeese State from 2005-2006, where he improved the men’s league standing from seventh to third in just one season. With the Cowboys, he coached two track and field league champions and a handful of All-Southland Conference champions. Before his stop at McNeese, he coached the Butler men to a fourth place finish at the 2004 Na-tional Cross Country Championships, the women finished 31st that season. There, he worked with NCAA cross country All-American Olly Laws in 2004 and national champion Victoria Mitchell in 2005 (steeplechase). He instructed 26 All-Horizon cross country athletes and 68 all-league track and field athletes. Houchin also coached four league cross country champions and 30 track and field teams in his two seasons with the Bulldogs.

He was a volunteer assistant at Texas A&M where he assisted in coaching distance and mid-dis-tance athletes, including three regional and national track and field qualifiers as well as one Big-12 track and field champion during his one season. His coaching career started as a graduate assis-tant at his alma mater, Oklahoma State. He worked there for three seasons and saw three NCAA team national championship qualifiers, three regional team qualifiers, and three NCAA All-Americans. The 2001 team was a first place regional team and the 2002 team finished second. He ran cross country at the collegiate level at OSU, and had top 15 team finishes every season he ran, including a third place finish in 1995.

TONY HOUCHINAssistant Track and Field • Cross Country

Oklahoma State, 1999

XC COACHING EXPERIENCEYear School Position2015 Lamar XC/Asst. T&F2014 UAB XC/Asst. T&F2013 UAB XC/Asst. T&F2012 UAB XC/Asst. T&F2011 UAB XC/Asst. T&F2010 UNLV XC/Asst. T&F2009 UNLV XC/Asst. T&F2008 UNLV XC/Asst. T&F2007 UNLV XC/Asst. T&F2006 UNLV XC/Asst. T&F2005 McNeese St. XC/Asst. T&F2004 Butler XC/Asst. T&F2003 Butler Volunteer Asst.2002 Oklahoma St. Graduate Asst.2001 Oklahoma St. Graduate Asst.2000 Oklahoma St. Graduate Asst.1999 Oklahoma St. Graduate Asst.





High School • Personal best of 8:05.94 in the outdoor 3000-meters at the Walk Middle Distance Night.• Competed in the European U-23 in the 10,000-meters and finished with a time of 30:20.86 (14th).• Ran the 5000-meters and put up marks 14:25.31 and 14:25.58. Fourth at the Italian U23 Championships and seventh at the Campionato Nazionale Indivduale.

ILIASS AOUANIFr.-HS Sicily, Italy



2015 Outdoor Season• Did Not Compete.

2015 Indoor Season• Did Not Compete.

2014 Cross Country • Raced in one meet, marked in at 18:53.1 at the Texas A&M Invitational in a 6K.

2014 Outdoor Track Season• Raced four times across four meets • Began season with a 10th place showing in the 1,500 at the Victor Lopez Classic, clocking in with a time of 3:56.49, which would ultimately rank 12th in the Southland Conference for the season • Placed third in the 800 at the McNeese Spring Time Classic, ending in 1:56.25• Came in 14th in the 1500 at the Southland Championships, finishing in 4:02.70.

2014 Indoor Track Season• Competed in six races over the course of four meets • Made collegiate track debut at the Texas A&M 12-Team Invitational, finishing fourth in the mile at 4:23.59 • Came in 13th in the race at the Howie Ryan Invitational, crossing the finish line in 4:20.04 • Posted eighth-best Southland time in the 800 with an eighth-place finish at Howie Ryan, ending in 1:55.20

• Placed fifth in the mile at the Southland Championships with a time of 4:16.58, which ranked him ninth in the league for the season.

2013 Cross Country Season• Placed 49th at Southland Championships with a time of 27:35.8 for the 8,000-meter course • Ended 15th at Houston Baptist Invitational, completing the 5,000-meter course in 16:06 • Came in 60th at 5,500-meter Rice Invitational with a time of 18:07.

High School • Named Sportsperson of the Year • Set records for 800 meter and 1,500 meter runs with times of 1:54.79 and 4:00.55, respectively • Posted personal-best times of 51.9 in the 400 and 8:47.8 in the 3,000 • Also ran for Inverness Harriers.

Personal• Born Sean Michael Chalmers on October 7, 1995, in Mayburgh, Scotland • Son of Ross and Lorraine Chalmers.

SEAN CHALMERSJr.-2LDingwall, Scotland • Dingwall Academy

DI. MARK MEET PLACE YEARXC 5K 16:06.0 HBU Invitational 15th 20135.5K 18:07.0 Rice Invitational 60th 20136K 18:53.1 Texas A&M Invitational 12th 2014 21:30.4 McNeese XC Relays 10th 20138K 27:35.8 SLC Championships 49th 2013Indoor 800 1:56.84 Howie Ryan Invite 8th 2014Mile 4:16.58 SLC Indoor Championships 5th 2014 4:19.00 SLC Indoor Championships Prelims 2014 4:19.32 Southern Miss Cupid Classic 9th 2014 4:20.04 Howie Ryan Invite 13th 2014 4:23.59 Texas A&M 12-Team Invite 4th 2014Outdoor 800 1:56.25 McNeese Springtime Invite 14th 20141500 3:56.49 Victor Lopez Classic 10th 2014 4:00.95 Carl Knight Invitational 6th 2014 4:02.70 SLC Outdoor Championships Prelims 2014

CAREER TIMES



High School • Four-year letterman in cross country and thee-year letterman in track. • Named All-State his senior year after a PRs of 9:29 (3200), 15:34 (5K), 4:23 (1600). • Voted all-region and all-area in both track and cross country his senior season. • Two-time winner of Grapevine’s Cross Country and Track “G” Award. • Picked all-area and all-region in both his sophomore and junior seasons. • Bettered his 3200 PR from 10:01 his sophomore season to 9:30 his junior year. • Coached by Rick Miller and Jeff Nisbet. • Graduated with a 3.94 grade point average.

Personal• Born Alexander Kenneth Cleveland on July 25, 1996. • Son of Lori and Kevin Cleveland. • One brother, Eric.• Majoring in finance. • Wants a career in physical therapy.

ALEX CLEVELANDFr.-HSEuless, Texas • Grapevine HS



2015 Outdoor Season• Ran the 10,000-meters at the Southland Conference Championships and placed 10th on a mark of 32:16.90.

2015 Indoor Season• Did Not Compete.

2014 Cross Country• Claimed All-Southland Conference honors with a 10th place finish at the Southland Conference Championships on a 24:25.4 mark. • Finished 37th at the South Central Regional with a 30:49.8 mark in the 10K. • Also ran 8,000 meters at the Wisconsin Adidas Invitational and the Chile Pepper Festival and finished with times of 24:04.0 and 24:42.4, respectively.

2014 Outdoor Track Season• Competed in three races over two meets• Opened campaign with a third place showing in the 5,000 at the J. Fred Duckett Rice Invitational, crossing the finish line in 15:06.13• Placed second in the 10,000 at the Southland Championships, ending in 31:19.94• Came in 16th in the 5,000 at the conference championships, posting a time of 15:59.37.

2014 Indoor Track Season• Ran in four races over three events• Began season with a third place finish in the 3,000 at the Howie Ryan Invitational, putting up a time of 8:41.28• Also came in third at the Southern Miss Cupid Classic, ending in 8:33.08, which ranked ninth in the Southland Conference• Placed sixth in the event at the Southland Championships with a time of 8:37.02• Took home conference crown in the 5,000 with a time of 14:55.70, which was the third-best mark on the season in the league.

2013 Cross Country Season• Competed in five races• Earned All-Southland Second Team honors for finishing ninth at 8,000-meter Southland Championships with a time of 25:30.9• Came in 97th at NCAA South Central Regional with a time of 33:22.6 for the 10,000-meter course• Finished five-mile Notre Dame Invitational in 25:44.9 to place 94th

RYAN CREECHSr.-3LCork Ireland •Glanmire Community College

DI. MARK MEET PLACE YEARXC 5.5K 17:31.0 Rice Invitational 25th 20136K 23:24.5 McNeese XC Relays 12th 20138K 24:25.4 SLC Championships 10th 2014 24:42.4 Chile Pepper Festival 15th 2014 25:04.0 Wisconsin adidas Invitational 161st 2014 25:22.3 Pre-National Invitational 236th 2013 25:26.4 SLC Championships 27th 2012 25:29.5 Louisville Pre-Nationals 218th 2012 25:30.9 SLC Championships 9th 2013 26:30.0 LSU Tiger XC Festival 3rd 20125M 25:44.9 Notre Dame Invitational 94th 201310K 30:49.8 NCAA South Central Regional 37th 2014 33:22.6 NCAA South Central Regional 97th 2013Indoor 3000 8:33.08 Southern Miss Cupid Classic 3rd 2014 8:34.10 Birmingham Invitational 4th 2012 8:34.88 SLC Indoor Championships 7th 2013 8:35.13 SLC Indoor Championships 8th 2012 8:37.02 SLC Indoor Championships 6th 2014 8:38.51 McNeese State Invite #2 2nd 2013 8:41.28 Howie Ryan Invite 3rd 2014 8:56.11 McNeese State Invite #1 15th 20135000 14:55.70 SLC Indoor Championships 1st 2014 14:57.72 SLC Indoor Championships 3rd 2012 15:00.17 SLC Indoor Championships 5th 2013 15:04.48 Howie Ryan Invite 1st 2013 15:11.40 Iowa State Classic 13th 2012Outdoor 5000 14:41.73 SHSU Quadrangular Event 1st 2013 14:53.47 Victor Lopez Bayou Classic 4th 2013 15:06.13 J Fred Ducket- Rice Twilight 3rd 2014 15:09.34 SLC Outdoor Championships 10th 2013 15:59.37 SLC Outdoor Championships 16th 201410K 30:21.24 Mt. SAC Relays 12th 2013 30:44.15 SLC Outdoor Championships 4th 2013 31:19.94 SLC Outdoor Championships 2nd 2014 32:16.90 SLC Outdoor Championships 10th 2015

CAREER TIMES2014 XC ALL-SLC SECOND TEAM2014 OUTDOOR ALL-SLC SECOND TEAM (10,000)2014 INDOOR ALL-SLC FIRST TEAM(5,000)2014 INDOOR SOUTHLAND CHAMPION (5,000)2013 XC ALL-SLC SECOND TEAM2012 INDOOR SLC FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR2012 INDOOR ALL-SLC THIRD TEAM (5,000)

CAREER HONORS



• Ended 25th at 5,500-meter Rice Invitational with a time of 17:31.

2013 Outdoor Track Season• Completed five races across four meets• Won 5,000 meter crown at Sam Houston State Quad Meet, posting a time of 14:41.73, which ranked seventh in the Southland• Put up a time of 30:21.24 in the 10,000 meter run at Mt. SAC Relays, finishing 12th and ranking fourth in the conference• Placed fourth in the 10K at the Southland Outdoor Championships with a time of 30:44.15• Clocked in at 15:09.34 in the 5K at conference to come in 10th.

2013 Indoor Track Season• Ran in five races across four meets• Placed fifth in the 5,000 meter run at the Southland Championships with a time of 15:00.17• Also ended seventh in the 3,000 meter run at the SLC meet at 8:34.88• Took home first collegiate win at the Howie Ryan Invitational and Multi’s, completing the 5,000 in 15:04.48• Ended second in the 3K at the Jeff Davis Invitational with a time of 8:38.51.

2012 Cross Country Season• Participated in three events• Finished third at the LSU Cross Country Festival, completing the 8,000 meter course in 26:30.0• Ended 27th at 8,000-meter Southland Championships with a time of 25:26.4.

2012 Outdoor Track Season• Did not compete.

2012 Indoor Track Season• Ran in four events across three meets• Earned Southland Freshman of the Year award• Placed third in the 5,000 meter run at the Southland Championships, finishing in 14:57.72• Ended eighth in the 3,000 at the SLC meet with a time of 8:35.13• Picked up fourth place finish at the Birmingham Invitational and Multi’s, putting up a time of 8:34.10.

2011 Cross Country Season• Competed in six events• Placed seventh in the three-mile Johnny Morriss Invitational at 16:04.18• Ended 16th at the Southland Championships, completing the 8,000-meter course in 25:48.2• Finished the 8,000-meter Grass Routes Grand Prix in a time of 26:31.8 to place 24th• Posted 44th place finish at the South Central Regional, putting up a time of 34:11.9 for the 10,000-meter course.

High School• Earned High School Sportsperson of the Year in 2010• Captured Irish Schools 5,000 meter title with a time of 15:18.

Personal• Born David Ryan Creech on December 19, 1991, in Cork, Ireland• Son of Eamon and Norma Creech.



2015 Outdoor Season• Second-team All-Southland Conference in the 5000-meter after a second-place finish at the Southland Conference Outdoor meet (14:52.42). • Finished fourth in the 10,000-meter at the SLC Outdoor event on a 31:27.30 mark. • Raced in the 1500-, 3000-, 5000-, 10,000-meter runs during the season. • Season-best time of 30:31.58 at the Mt. SAC Relays in the 10K, finished 22nd. • Timed at 14:43.18 and finished 61st in the 5K at the San Francisco State Distance Carnival. • Ran the 1500 at the Louisiana Classic and finished fifth after a 3:54.51 run. • Competed at the Longhorn Invitational in the 3000-meter and finished third on an 8:33.06 time.

2015 Indoor Season• Competed in the 3000- and 5000-meter runs, claimed second-team All-Southland Conference honors in both after second place finishes at the league meet. • Ran the 3000 in 8:22.45 and the 5000 in14:34.83 at the Southland Conference Indoor Championships.• Season-best of 14:16.58 in the 5K at the UW Indoor Invitational. • Best time of 8:20.47 at the event in the 3K. • Timed in at 8:25.82 at the UAB Vulcan Invite in the 3000-meter.

2014 Cross Country • Season-high 23:56.9 mark at the Southland Conference Championships in an 8K and earned first-team All-Southland Conference honors.

• Finished 22nd at the Chile Pepper Cross Country Festival with a time of 24:54.8 (8K). • Ran the 8K Wisconsin Adidas Invitational in 25:11 and placed 175th. • Placed ninth at the 6K Texas A&M Invitational with a time of 18:47.3.

High School • Won 10,000 meter title at 2013 British Universities and Colleges Sport championships with a personal-best time of 30:51.53• Also finished third at the cross country championships• Placed sixth at U23 UK championships• Carries personal best times of 8:19 and 14:21 in the 3,000 and 5,000 meter runs• Also ran for City of Norwich Athletics Club.

Personal• Born Alexander Scott Logan Dunbar on April 24, 1992, in Plymouth, England• Son of John and Jacqui Dunbar.

ALEX DUNBARSo.-1LBarningham, England • St. Mary’s Univesity College

DI. MARK MEET PLACE YEARXC 6K 18:47.3 Texas A&M Invitational 9th 20148K 23:56.9 SLC Championships 4th 2014 24:54.8 Chile Pepper XC Festival 22nd 2014 25:11 Wisconsin adidas Invitational 175th 2014Indoor 3000 8:20.47 UW Indoor Invitational 24th 2015 8:22.45 SLC Indoor Championships 2nd 2015 8:25.82 UAB Vulcan Invite 2nd 20155000 4:16.58 UW Indoor Invitational 5th 2015 14:34.83 SLC Indoor Championships 2nd 2015Outdoor 1500 3:54.51 Louisiana Classic 5th 20153000 8:33.06 Longhorn Invitational 3rd 20155000 14:43.18 San Francisco St. Distance 61st 2015 14:52.52 SLC Outdoor Championships 2nd 201510K 30:31.58 Mt. SAC Relays 22nd 2015 31:27.30 SLC Outdoor Championships 4th 2015

CAREER TIMES

2015 OUTDOOR ALL-SLC SECOND TEAM (5,000)2015 INDOOR ALL-SLC SECOND TEAM (3,000)2015 INDOOR ALL-SLC SECOND TEAM (5,000)2014 XC ALL-SLC FIRST TEAM

CAREER HONORS



2015 Outdoor Season• Claimed second place at the McNeese Springtime Classic with a 1:58.75 time in the 800-meter. • Season-best time of 4:02.71 in the J. Fred Duckett- Rice Twilight and placed 35th in the 1500-meter. • Finished 11th at the Louisiana Classic in the 1500 on a time of 4:07.44 and seventh at the McNeese Springtime Classic with a time of 4:23.62.

2015 Indoor Season• Ran in the mile, 3000-meter and distance medley relay.• Finished 14th with a season-best time of 4:40.11 at the UAB Vulcan Invite in the mile. • Opened the season in the mile at the Houston Indoor Opener with a 38th place finish and 4:59.34 time. • Ran the 3000 at the UAB Green and Gold and finished fourth with a 9:16.76 time. • Competed as a part of the distance medley relay and placed seventh on a 10:39.75 time at the Howie Ryan Invite.

2014 Cross Country • Took part in two meets, the 6K and 8K during the cross country season. • Ran the Texas A&M Invitational and finished 103rd with a 20:56.4.• Finished the Chile Pepper Cross Country Festival in 23:59.9 and claimed 158th place.

High School• Ran for coach Todd Symons• Earned 2013 district individual and team championship in cross country• Set school record with a cross country time of 16:07 over 5,000 meters• Holds career-best times of 4:04 and 9:04 in the 1,500 and 3,000 meter runs, respectively.

Personal• Born Andres Espinosa on May 17, 1996, in San Luis Potosi, Mexico• Son of Efrain and Laura Espinosa.

ANDRES ESPINOSASo.-1LHumble, Texas • Atascocita HS

DI. MARK MEET PLACE YEARXC 6K 20:56.4 Texas A&M Invitational 103rd 20148K 23:56.9 Chile Pepper XC Festival 158th 2014Indoor Mile 4:40.11 UAB Vulcan Invite 14th 2015 4:59.34 Houston Indoor Opener 38th 20153000 9:16.76 UAB Green and Gold Invite 4th 2015DMR 10:39.75 Howie Ryan Invite 7th 2015Outdoor 800 1:58.75 McNeese Springtime Classic 2nd 20151500 4:02.71 J Fred Ducket- Rice Twilight 35th 2015 4:07.44 Louisiana Classic 11th 2015 4:23.62 McNeese Springtime Classic 7th 2015

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2015 Outdoor Season• Finished 10th in the 1500-meter run at the Texas Relays with a time of 4:07.32.

2015 Indoor Season• Member of the Southland Conference distance medley relay team on a Southland Conference championship 10:05.88 mark. • Third-team all-league member and took bronze in the mile run with a time of 4:11.15. • Had a season best time of 4:10.00 in the mile at the UW Indoor Invitational. • Other mile times of: 4:15.17 at the Texas A&M 13-Team Invitational (2nd) and 4:18.27 at the Houston Indoor Opener (2nd). • Also finished second at the UAB Green and Gold Invite in the 800-meter run with a 1:55.03 time. • Ran the 3000-meter at the SLC Championships and took 22nd with a time of 8:47.46.• Competed in the 3000m at the UAB Vulcan Invite and took eighth after a 8:48.62 run.

2014 Cross Country • Finished 19th at the Southland Conference championships on a 24:57.8 time. • Claimed 64th in both the Chile Pepper Cross Country Festival (25:55.3) and Wisconsin adidas Invitational (26:19.0). • Ran at the NCAA Division I South Central Regional and placed 102nd with a 32:18.0 mark.

Prior to Lamar: • Took home first place finish in the 1,500 meter run at Scottish Senior Championships in 2012• Placed fourth at in the event at British Universities and Colleges Sport indoor championships, crossing the finish line in

3:56.54• Came in fifth in the event a year prior• Holds a career-best time of 3:47 in the race to go along with a time of 1:52 in the 800.Chipping Norton School: Won U17 UK title in the 1,500.

Personal: • Born Stuart J. Ferguson on October 10, 1992, in Oxford, England• Son of Alan and Linda Ferguson.

STU FERGUSONSr.-1LOxford, England • University of Birmingham

DI. MARK MEET PLACE YEARXC 8K 24:57.8 SLC Championships 19th 2014 25:55.3 Chile Pepper XC Festvial 64th 2014 26:19.0 Wisconsin adidas Invitational 64th 201410K 32:18.0 NCAA South Central Regionals 102nd 2014Indoor 800 1:55.03 UAB Green and Gold Invite 2nd 2015Mile 4:10.00 UW Indoor Invitational 18th 2015 4:11.15 SLC Indoor Championships 3rd 2015 4:15.17 Texas A&M 13-Team Invite 2nd 2015 4:18.27 Houston Indoor Opener 2nd 2015 4:21.20 SLC Indoor Championships Prelims 20153000 8:47.46 SLC Indoor Championships 22nd 2015 8:48.62 UAB Vulcan Invite 8th 2015DMR 10:05.88 SLC Indoor Championships 1st 2015 10:30.97 Texas A&M 13-Team Invite 3rd 2015 10:53.83 Houston Indoor Opener 2nd 2015Outdoor 1500 4:07.32 Texas Relays 10th 2015

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2015 INDOOR ALL-SLC FIRST TEAM (DMR)2015 INDOOR SOUTHLAND CHAMPION (DMR)2015 INDOOR ALL-SLC THIRD TEAM (MILE)

CAREER HONORS



High School • Two-time district champion.• Fourth at regional his junior season and second during his senior season. • Leader of a four-time district champion program at Cypress Woods, and was first at regional and third at state during his freshman season.• Member of a two-time district champion basketball team. • Four-year letterwinner cross country and three letters in track and basketball. • Was the student council president and student body secretary. • Graduated a 3.3 grade point average.

Personal• Born Shea Foster on July 1, 1997. • Son of Deanna Clark. • Four sisters, Alexis, Madison, Heather and Ashley. • Majoring in business.

SHEA FOSTERFr.-HSCypress, Texas • Cypress Woods HS



High School • Four-year letterman in cross country and track. • Cross country and track district runner ups, and was third in the district both his junior and senior seasons. • District champion in the 3200, 1600 and cross country his senior seasons. • District champion in the 3200 and cross country in his junior seasons, and district champion in the 3200 his sophomore season. • PR in the 5K (15:31) and 800m (1:59) senior season and 3200 (9:26) and 1600 (4:23) junior year. • Third place state finish in the 3200. • Coached by Scott Delozier in cross country and Jeremy Armstreet in track. • Member of the National Honor Society. • Graduated with a 4.72 grade point average.

Personal• Born Kyle Martin Garcia on Oct. 10, 1996. • Son of Huette and Martin Garcia. • One brothis, Seth. • Two sisters, Sarah and Whitney. • Majoring in civil engineering. • Wants to open an engineering firm after Lamar.

KYLE GARCIAFr.-HSForney, Texas • North Forney HS



2015 Outdoor Season• Claimed silver and second-team All-Southland Conference honors in the 1500-meter run at the SLC Outdoor championships with a time of 3:54.78. Advanced to the finals after timing in at 3:57.66. • Season-best mark of 3:49.41 in the 1500 at the San Francisco State Distance Carnival and was fourth place. • Took second place at the Louisiana Classics in the 800m. on a season-opening time of 3:51.39. Took 14th place at the Long-horn Invitational. • Ran the 800-meter at the Louisiana Classics and finished eighth with a 1:55.87 run.

2015 Indoor Season• Seventh place finish at the SLC Indoor Championships in the mile run with a 4:16.01 time, and advanced to the finals with a prelim time of 4:17.94.• Ran the 800-meter in 1:59.30 at the UAB Vulcan Invitational and finished 15th. • Competed as a member of the distance medley relay team twice, Texas A&M 13-Team Invitational (10:30.97) and Howie Ryan Invitational (10:39.75), both were top 10 finishes.

2014 Cross Country • Ran two 8Ks and one 6K during the season. • Finished 23rd at the Southland Conference championships on a run of 25:05.0. • Competed in the Wisconsin Adidas Invitational and marked in a 26:18.0. • Timed in at 19:19.4 at the Texas A&M Invitational and placed 31st.

High School • Placed 10th in the 1,500 meter run at European Junior Championships • Finished fourth in the event at U20 Italian championships • Holds personal best times of 1:53.07 and 3:48.00 in the 800 and 1,500, respectively.

Personal • Born Federico Gasbarri on August 25, 1994, in Chieti, Italy • Son of Bruno Gasbarri and Giuseppina Regnicoli.

FREDDIE GASBARRI So.-1LChieti, Italy • Universita Politecnica della Marche

DI. MARK MEET PLACE YEARXC 6K 19:19.4 Texas A&M Invitational 31st 20148K 25:05.0 SLC Championships 23rd 2014 26:18.0 Wisconsin adidas Invitational 234rd 2014Indoor 800 1:59.30 UAB Vulcan Invite 15th 2015Mile 4:16.01 SLC Indoor Championships 7th 2015 4:17.94 SLC Indoor Championships Prelims 2015DMR 10:30.97 Texas A&M 13-Team Invite 3rd 2015 10:39.75 Howie Ryan Invitational 7th 2015Outdoor 800 1:55.87 Louisiana Classic 8th 20151500 3:49.41 San Francisco St. Distance 4th 2015 3:51.39 Louisiana Classic 2nd 2015 3:52.10 Longhorn Invitational 14th 2015 3:54.78 SLC Outdoor Championships 2nd 2015 3:57.66 SLC Outdoor Championships Prelims 2015 4:00.44 J Fred Duckett-Rice Twilight 24th 2015

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2015 OUTDOOR ALL-SLC SECOND TEAM (1500)CAREER HONORS



High School • Seventh at the inter conties U17 and 10th at the National XC meet his junior year. • 1:52 in the 800m, which helped him to a 20th place ranking in the UK his senior year. Personal• Born Nathan Boyd Gillis on February 25, 1997. • Son of Scott and Stuart Gillis, and has three sisters. • Career plans of becoming a psychologist.

NATHAN GILLISFr.-HSOxford, Oxfordshire • The Downs School



2015 Outdoor• Set a personal best in the 800m with 1:54.11 mark and 12th place finish at the Southland Conference Championships. • First place finishes in the 800m (1:58.11) and 4x400m (3:20.31) relay at the McNeese Springtime Classic.

2015 Indoor• A part of the SLC Champion Distance Medley Relay team (10:39.75). • Season-best run of 1:58.25 at the Howie Ryan Invitational. • Best mark of 51.28 at the UAB Green and Gold Invite. • Best 4x400 mark of 3:19.09 at the SLC Championships, took 10th.

2014 Outdoor• Season-best mark of 3:13.79 at the Southland Conference Championships in the 4x400m relay and netted a fifth place finish. • Timed at 1:55.33 during the preliminary rounds of the championships in the 800m race, also a season best. • Put up a 1:56.57 mark in the 800m at the J. Fred Duck-ett-Rice Twilight to finish 20th and 3:17.35 in the 4x4 for seventh place. • At the McNeese Springtime Invite, placed sixth in the 800m (1:56.79) and fifth in the 4x4 (3:22.76). • Set an early season-high in the 800m at the SFA Skecher’s Carl Knight Invitational on a 1:55.61 mark, seventh place. • Ran the 400m dash in 50.14 at the Victor Lopez Classic, also ran the 4x4 in 3.21.75 for third place.

2014 Indoor• Season-best time in the 800m of 1:58.14 at the Texas A&M 12 Team Invitational in an eighth place finish. • Also finished in fifth place at A&M in the 4x400m relay on a 3:18.96 time, season best mark. • Competed at the Southland Conference Championships in the 800m and 4x4; finished 15th in the prelims with a 1:59.83 mark in the 800m and 10th in the 4x4 with a 3:19.49 time. • Finished 39th in the 800m (1:59.68) and fourth in the 4x4 (3:19.39) at the Southern Miss Cupid Classic. • Placed seventh in the 4x4 at the Howie Ryan Invite on a

3:21.51 mark and 20th in the 800m on a 1:59.07 run.• Opened the season with a 51.43 run in the 400m dash and 3:23.71 mark in the 4x4 at the Houston Indoor Opener.

2013 Outdoor • Competed in 10 races over the course of seven meets • Ran primarily in the 800, putting up a season-best time 1:54.53 at the J. Fred Duckett Rice Twilight Meet to finish sixth ... Placed fourth in the event at the McNeese Spring Time Classic with a time of 1:55.27 • Finished in 1:56.28 at the Southland Championships to come in 10th • Participated in the 400 once, placing ninth at the SHSU Quad Meet with a time of 51.28 • Also a member of the 4x400 relay team that came in second at SHSU with a time of 3:17.46 • The quartet posted times of 3:17.46 and 3:18.03 at the Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays and Southland Championships, respectively, to place 22nd and eighth • The 4x400 team posted its best time of the season at Mc-Neese, finishing in 3:17.00 and ending fifth.

2013 Indoor • Ran in eight races over four meets • Took home 600 meter crown at the Jeff Davis Invitational with a time of 1:26.76 • Also a member of the 4x400 relay team at the meet that finished second at 3:24.17 • Finished fifth in the 800 at the McNeese Invitational with a time of 2:07.77.

High School• Competed for Coach Rayford Ross • Team captain as a senior Part of nation’s No. 1 4x400 relay team with a time of 3:12.71 • Two time regional qualifier in the 800 • Also ran for Dallas Gold Track Club.

Personal• Born TaMar C. Hicks on November 30, 1994 in Irving, Texas • Son of Donald and Shirley Hicks.

TAMAR HICKSJr.-2LArlington, Texas • Timberview HS

DI. MARK MEET PLACE YEARIndoor 400 51.28 UAB Green and Gold Invite 12th 2015 51.43 Houston Indoor Opener 12th 2014600 1:26.76 McNeese State Invite #2 1st 2013800 1:58.14 Texas A&M 12 Team Invite 8th 2014 1:58.26 Texas A&M 13-Team Invite 11th 2015 1:58.25 Howie Ryan Invitational 9th 2015 1:58.54 SLC Indoor Championships Prelims 2013 1:59.07 Howie Ryan Invitational 20th 2014 1:59.44 UAB Vulcan Invite 16th 2015 1:59.68 Southern Miss Cupid Classic 39th 2014 1:59.83 SLC Indoor Championships Prelims 2014 2:00.87 Houston Indoor Opener 12th 2015 2:01.34 Howie Ryan Invitational 26th 2013 2:07.77 McNeese State Invite #1 5th 2013DMR 10:05.88 SLC Indoor Championships 1st 2015 10:39.75 Howie Ryan Invitational 7th 20154x4 3:18.96 Texas A&M 12 Team Invite 5th 2014 3:19.09 SLC Indoor Championships 10th 2015 3:19.39 Southern Miss Cupid Classic 3:19.49 SLC Indoor Championships 10th 2014 3:21.51 Howie Ryan Invitational 7th 2014 3:23.71 Houston Indoor Opener 4th 2014 3:24.17 McNeese State Invite #2 2nd 2013 3:25.20 UAB Green and Gold Invite 3rd 2015 3:31.59 Howie Ryan Invitational 18th 2013 3:32.13 Houston Indoor Opener 12th 2015Outdoor 400 50.14 Victor Lopez Classic 8th 2014 51.28 SHSU Quadrangular Events 9th 2013800 1:54.11 SLC Outdoor Championships Prelims 2015 1:54.34 Longhorn Invitational 19th 2015 1:54.53 J Fred Duckett Twilight 6th 2013 1:54.79 Bobcat Classic 14th 2013 1:55.27 McNeese Springtime Classic 4th 2013 1:55.33 SLC Outdoor Championships Prelims 2014 1:55.61 Carl Knight Invitational 7th 2014 1:55.98 Victor Lopez Classic 24th 2013 1:56.12 Louisiana Classic 9th 2015 1:56.28 SLC Outdoor Championships Prelims 2014 1:56.57 J Fred Duckett Twilight 20th 2014 1:56.76 J Fred Duckett Twilight 25th 2015 1:56.79 McNeese Springtime Invite 6th 2014 1:58.11 McNeese Springtime Classic 1st 2015 1:58.11 Victor Lopez Classic 25th 20154x400 3:13.79 SLC Outdoor Championships 5th 2014 3:17.00 McNeese Springtime Classic 5th 2013 3:17.10 Texas Relays Prelims 2013 3:17.35 J Fred Duckett Rice Twilight 7th 2014 3:17.46 SHSU Quadrangular Events 2nd 2013 3:18.03 SLC Outdoor Championships 8th 2013 3:20.31 McNeese Springtime Classic 1st 2015 3:21.57 Lion Invitational 3rd 2014 3:21.75 Victor Lopez Classic 3rd 2014 3:22.76 McNeese Springtime Invite 5th 2014

CAREER TIMES



High School • Competed Scottish Cross Country championships and was the Scottish National Champion. • Was the Celtic Cross Country silver medalist his senior year. • Took bronze his junior season at the Scottish Inderdistrict and was eighth at the British National U17 Championships. • Coached by Ross Munro. Personal• Born Connor Maclean on Sept.20, 1997. • Son of Elizabeth and Garry Maclean. • One sister, Ellie. • Majoring in electrical engineering. • Wants to work in electrical product design.

CONNOR MACLEANFr.-HSStoronoway Isle of Lewis, Scotland • Nicholson Ins.



2014 Outdoor Season• Finished 11th at the Southland Conference Championships in the 3000-meter steeplechase with a career-high mark of 9:46.84.• Also ran the steeple in 9:48.33 at the Longhorn Invitational and took eighth place. • Participated in the 800m once, at the McNeese Springtime Classic. He took third with a time of 1:59.89. • At the Victor Lopez Classic, marked in at 4:05.94 in the 1500-meters.

2015 Indoor Season• Competed twice with the Distance Medley Relay team, and had a season best of 10:39.75 at the Howie Ryan Invite. • Marked in at 4:37.62 in the mile run at the UAB Green and Gold Invite and took ninth place. • Ran a 9:29.52 3000-meters at the Texas A&M 13-Team Invitational.

2014 Cross Country• Ran at one event, the Rice Invitational and finished 63rd with an 18:52 mark. 2014 Outdoor Season • Raced three times across three meets • Made collegiate debut at SFA Carl Kight Invitational, finishing 21st in the 1,500 with a time of 4:07.40 • Placed fourth in the 3,000 steeplechase with a time of 10:32.60 at the McNeese Spring Time Classic • Came in ninth in the 1,500 at the Southeastern Lion Invitational, finishing in 4:14.13.

2014 Indoor Season • Did not compete.

2013 Cross Country • Did not compete.

High School • District champion in the 3,200 meter run in 2012 • Earned silver medal in the 2,000 meter steeplechase at the 2013 Texas Relays • Holds personal records of 4:26, 9:48 and 16:10 in the 1,200, 3,200 and 5,000 meter runs, respectively, as well as a time of 6:12 in the 2,000 meter steeplechase.

Personal• Born Zachary Tye Norman on November 8, 1994 in Beaumont, Texas • Son of Charlie and Debbie Norman.

TYE NORMANSo.-1LBeaumont, Texas • West Brook HS

DI. MARK MEET PLACE YEARIndoor Mile 4:37.62 UAB Green and Gold Invite 9th 20153000 9:29.52 Texas A&M 13 Team Invite 21st 2015DMR 10:39.75 Howie Ryan Invitational 7th 2015 10:53.83 Houston Indoor Opener 2nd 2015Outdoor 800 1:59.89 McNeese Springtime Classic 3rd 20151500 4:05.94 Victor Lopez Classic 18th 2015 4:07.40 Carl Knight Invitational 21st 2014 4:08.67 Louisiana Classic 12th 2015 4:14.13 Lion Invitational 9th 20143KS 9:46.84 SLC Outdoor Championships 11th 2015 9:48.33 Longhorn Invitational 8th 2015 10:32.60 McNeese Springtime Invite 4th 2014

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2015 Outdoor Season• Competed in the 800- and 1500-meter runs, three times in each event. • Ran both at the Louisiana Classic, marked 2:00.53 in the in the 800 (21st) and 3:58.32 in the 1500 (6th). • Eighth at the Texas Relays on a season-best time of 3:56.20 in the 1500. • Season-best time 1:52.33 at the Victor Lopez Classic in the 800, and took seventh. • Ran the 1500 at the J. Fred Duckett-Rice Twilight and crossed at 3:59.20. • Placed 22nd at the Longhorn Invitational on a 1:55.06 time.

2015 Indoor Season• Fourth place in the mile run at the Southland Conference Indoor Championships with a 4:12.68 mark. Qualified for the finals with a 4:17.94 prelim time. • Finished sixth in the mile at the Texas A&M 13-Team Invitational on a 4:19.72 run. • Ran the 3000-meter at the UAB Vulcan Invite (8:27.85, 3rd) and SLC Indoor Championships (8:43.01, 16th). • A part of the distance medley relay team that finished third at the Texas A&M 13-Team Invitational (10:30.97) and second at the Houston Indoor Opener (10:53.83).

2014 Cross Country • Locked up 21st at the Southland Conference Championships on a mark of 25:01.3. • Ran the Chile Pepper Cross Country Festival (25:38.5) and Wisconsin Adidas Festival (26:19.0), both 8Ks. • Finished the Texas A&M Invitational in 19:14.1 and took 24th.

High School• Placed fifth in the 1,500 meter run at U23 German national championships in 2013 •Also came in second in the southern Germany event in both the 800 and 1,500 •Holds career best times of 1:51.17, 3:49.33 and 8:24.50 in the 800, 1,500 and 3,000 meter runs, respectively.

Personal:• Born Nicolai Tobias Riker on February 19, 1991, in Wiesbaden, Germany •Son of Martin and Gabriele Riker.

TOBIAS RIKER Sr.-1LMainz, Germany • Eberhard-Karis University

DI. MARK MEET PLACE YEARXC 6K 19:14.1 Texas A&M Invitational 24th 20148K 25:01.3 SLC Championships 21st 2014 25:38.5 Chile Pepper XC Festival 51th 2014 26:19.0 Wiscosin adidas Invitational 235th 2014Indoor Mile 4:12.68 SLC Indoor Championships 4th 2015 4:17.94 SLC Indoor Championships Prelims 2015 4:19.72 Texas A&M 13-Team Invite 6th 20153000 8:27.85 UAB Vulcan Invite 3rd 2015 8:43.01 SLC Indoor Championships 16th 2015DMR 10:30.97 Texas A&M 13-Team Invite 3rd 2015 10:53.83 Houston Indoor Opener 2nd 2015Outdoor 800 1:52.33 Victor Lopez Classic 7th 2015 1:55.06 Longhorn Invitational 22nd 2015 2:00.53 Louisiana Classic 21st 20151500 3:56.20 Texas Relays 8th 2015 3:58.32 Louisiana Classic 6th 2015 3:59.20 J Fred Duckett- Rice Twilight 19th 2015

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High School • Won the Swedish School Track and Field Championships twice in the 1500m and 3000m. •Received the Adlerbertska Scholarship in 2014 for his academic abilities. Personal• Born April 29, 1996 as Gabriel Steffensen. • Son of Marie and Steffen Steffensen. • Two brothers, Simon and Christopher. • Dad did track and field (800m) at an elite level in Sweden. • Majoring in business, and wants to study national economy in Sweden after graduation.

GABRIEL STEFFENSENFr.-HS**



High School • Finished third at the Northern Cross Country Championships in her sophomore season.• Sixth at the English Schools Cross Country meet. • Took 14th at the English National Championships in her freshman year and 13th at the Intercounties Cross Country meet in the same season. • Graduated from AKS School with a perfect 4.0 grade point average.

Personal • Born Molly Jane Betmead on Dec. 27, 1996.• Daughter of Caroline and Steven Betmead. • Mother Caroline is an English Maters International Champion XC V35 in 2011. • Has two siblings, both sisters: Amelia and Maddison.• Majoring in mechanical engineering.

MOLLY BETMEADFr.-HSLythham St Annes, U.K. • AKS School



2015 Outdoor Season• Southland Conference Freshman of the year.• Southland Conference champion in the 10,000-meter run and runner-up in the 5000-meter run, netting her first- and second-team honors, respectively. • Championship time in the 10K was 37:11.04 and runner-up time in the 5K was 17:37.78.• Season-best time in the 5K of 16:58.47 at the Bryan Clay Invitational (9th) and placed 14th at the San Francisco State Distance Carnival. • Best time of the year in the 1500-meter run was 4:31.76 at the J. Fred Duckett-Rice Twilight, finished sixth. • Also ran the 1500 at the Texas Relays with a 4:41.61 time and ninth place finish.

2015 Indoor Season • Third-team All-Southland Conference honoree in the 5000-meter run with a 17:10.04 third place finish at the SLC Champi-onships, the only time she ran the 5K. • Took fifth at the league championships in the 3000-meter run with a time of 9:54.22, also her season-best in the event. • Finished fourth at the UAB Vulcan Invite on a 9:57.39 in the 3K and second at the Texas A&M 13-Team Invitational (10:00.95). • Took the crown at the UAB Green and Gold Invite in the mile run after a 5:01.11 time, season best, took second to open the Houston Indoor Opener with a run of 5:06.31. • Ran the 800m, once, at the Howie Ryan Invitational and finished 14th on a 2:20.76 time.

2014 Cross Country • Grabbed All-Southland Conference honors after a 10th place finish at the Southland Conference Championships with a 21:18.9 time, also a season high in the 6K. • Finished 53rd at the NCAA Division I South Central Regional, also 6K, on a 21:48.7 run. • At the ISU Pre-National Invitational, she put up a time of 22:10.0. • Ran the 5K at the Chile Pepper Cross Country Festival in 17:22.8 and took 25th. • Opened the season with a 14:48.5 run at the Texas A&M Invitational, a 4.1K.

High School • Ran personal-best time of 10:39.79 over two miles to place second at 2014 New Balance Indoor National Championships • Finish second in both the 1,600 and 3,200 meter runs at 4A state championships • Also came in second at the state championships in cross country • Holds personal best times of 2:18:58 and 4:55.15 in the 800 and 1,600 meter runs ... Earned spot on THSCA Academic All-State team • Also named a U.S. Achievement National Honor Student.

Personal • Born Evelyn J. Chavez on March 8, 1996, in Midland, Texas • Daughter of Boris and Norma Chavez.

EVELYN CHAVEZSo.-1LPorter, Texas • Porter HS

DI. MARK MEET PLACE YEARXC 4.1K 14:48.5 Texas A&M Invitational 15th 20145K 17:22.8 Chile Pepper XC Festival 25th 20146K 21:18.9 SLC Championships 10th 2014 21:48.7 NCAA South Central Regional 53rd 2014 22:10.0 ISU Pre-National Invitational 110th 2014Indoor 800 2:20.76 Howie Ryan Invitational 14th 2015Mile 5:01.11 UAB Green and Gold Invite 1st 2015 5:06.31 Houston Indoor Opener 2nd 20153000 9:54.22 SLC Indoor Championships 5th 2015 9:57.39 UAB Vulcan Invite 4th 2015 10:00.95 Texas A&M 13-Team Invite 2nd 20155000 17:10.04 SLC Indoor Championships 3rd 2015DMR 12:31.67 Houston Indoor Opener 2nd 2015Outdoor 1500 4:31.76 J Fred Duckett-Rice Twilight 6th 2015 4:41.61 Texas Relays 9th 20155K 16:58.47 Bryan Clay Invitational 9th 2015 17:02.69 San Francisco St. Distance 14th 2015 17:37.78 SLC Outdoor Championships 2nd 201510K 37:11.04 SLC Outdoor Championships 1st 2015

CAREER TIMES

2015 OUTDOOR SLC FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR2015 OUTDOOR CHAMPION (10,000)2015 OUTDOOR ALL-SLC FIRST TEAM (10,000)2015 OUTDOOR ALL-SLC SECOND TEAM (5,000)2015 INDOOR ALL-SLC THIRD TEAM (5,000)2014 XC ALL-SLC SECOND TEAM

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High School: • Set a career-best time of 5:07.40 in the 1600 at the Jesuite Sheaner Relays he senior season. • Her personal best in the 3200-meters is 10:52.85 in the 87th Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays her junior season.• Ran the 800m once, her freshman season and marked in at 2:34.12. • Won the 3200m District 3-5A championship.

ERIKA DEWITTFr.-HSAmarillo, Texas • Canyon Randall HS



High School • Was a four-sport athlete at Bruceville-Eddy HS in cross country (four letters), track (4), golf (3) and softball (3).• Part of a three-time regional cross country championship program and was the third place team her senior season. • Finished with a best time of 12:06 at the state cross country meet, which gave her sixth, her junior season. • Took seventh her sophomore season at the state cross country meet. • Never finished worse than 26th at the state meet. • A regional qualifier in the 3200 and 1600. Senior season best marks of 12:34.55 and 5:49.44 marks, respectively. • Advanced to the state playoffs every year lettered in softball, including three rounds deep in each her sophomore and junior seasons. • Second round of the golf playoffs during her sophomore and junior seasons. • Coached by Eli Saucedo in cross country and track. • Member of the beta club and student council. • Graduated with a 3.98 grade point average.

Personal • Born Meghan DuPree on Dec. 16, 1996.• Daughter of Barbara and Chris Dupree, with one sister, Gabrielle. • Majoring in biology.

MEGHAN DUPREEFr.-HSBruceville, Texas • Burceville-Eddy HS



2015 Outdoor Season• Did Not Compete.

2015 Indoor Season • Southland Conference Female Athlete of the Year. • Three-event SLC Champion, 3000- and 5000- meter runs along with the distance medley relay. • Set league records in the 3000m and 5000m.• Three championships netted her three-first team All-South-land Conference honors. • Championships 3000-meter time of 9:30.98, only bested by the season best 9:23.20 at the UW Indoor Invitational. • Lone 5K run was at the league championships, marked in at 16:36.01. • The lead leg of the championship DMR team’s time of 11:47.06. • Ran the mile once, at the Texas A&M 13-Team Invitational and crossed with a time of 4:46.75.

2014 Cross Country • Southland Conference Female Newcomer of the Year. • First-team All-Southland Conference and finished third at the Southland Conference championships on a 20:49.6 run, and was the third of three Cardinals to go 1-2-3. • Competed at the NCAA Division I South Central Regionals and took 35th place after a time of 21:32.3. • Also ran a 6K at the ISU Pre-National Invitational, ran a mark of 21:44.8.• Took 22nd at the Chile Pepper Festival (5K) with a mark of 17:16.4 and placed 9th on a season-opening run at the Texas A&M Invitational.

2014 Cross Country • Named as the Southland Conference Newcomer of the Year. • Garnered first-time All-Southland Conference honors after a third place finish on a 20:49.6 mark. • Placed 35th at the South Central Regionals with a 21:32.3 time. • Finished 63rd at the ISU Pre-Nationals with a 21:44.8 mark. • Put up a 17:16.4 5,000-meter mark and placed in 22nd at the Chile Pepper Festival.• Ninth place finish at the Texas A&M Invitational (4.1K) on a

time of 14:31.4.

Prior to Lamar • Won U23 German titles in the 3,000 meter steeplechase in both 2012 and 2014 • Came in third with the U23 German national team at 2013 European cross country championships • Helped U20 squad to a third place finish as well at 2012 event • Holds best times of 2:09.91, 4:25.04, 9:24.76 and 16:19.80 in the 800, 1,500, 3,000 and 5,000 meter runs • Also holds a best time of 10:05.48 in the 3,000 meter stee-plechase.

High School • Helped German U20 team to second place finish at 2011 European cross country championships • Finished 11th in 3,000 meter steeplechase at 2011 Europe-an U20 championships.

Personal • Born Jannika Maria John on December 26, 1992, in Munich, Germany • Daughter of Dietrich and Regina John.

JANNIKA JOHNSr.-1LFurstenfeldbruck, Germany • Technische Universitat

DI. MARK MEET PLACE YEARXC 4.1K 14:31.4 Texas A&M Invitational 9th 20145K 17:16.4 Chile Pepper XC Festival 22nd 20146K 20:49.6 SLC Championships 3rd 2014 21:32.3 NCAA South Central Regional 35th 2014 21:44.8 ISU Pre-National Invitational 63rd 2014Indoor Mile 4:46.75 Texas A&M 13-Team Invite 1st 20153000 9:23.20 UW Indoor Invitational 9th 2015 9:30.98 SLC Indoor Championships 1st 20155000 16:36.01 SLC Indoor Championships 1st 2015DMR 11:46.70 Texas A&M 13-Team Invite 1st 2015 11:47.06 SLC Indoor Championships 1st 2015

CAREER TIMES

2015 INDOOR SLC ATHLETE OF THE YEAR2015 INDOOR SOUTHLAND CHAMPION (3,000)2015 INDOOR ALL-SLC FIRST TEAM (3,000)2015 INDOOR SOUTHLAND CHAMPION (5,000)2015 INDOOR ALL-SLC FIRST TEAM (5,000)2015 INDOOR SOUTHLAND CHAMPION (DMR)2015 INDOOR ALL-SLC FIRST TEAM (DMR)2014 XC SLC NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR2014 XC ALL-SLC FIRST TEAMT&F SLC ATHLETE OF THE WEEK (1.21.15)

CAREER HONORS



2015 Outdoor Season• First-team All-Southland Conference runner in the 1500-meters on first place finish of 4:29.00 at the SLC Outoor Champi-onships. • Set a school record in the 1500 at the NCAA Division I West Preliminaries and fell just a three spots shy of the National Championships with a quarterfinal time of 4:19.95. • Third place finish at the Bryan Clay Invitational (4:20.50) and champion at the Stanford Invitational (4:22.84). • Fourth place finish in the 800-meters at the Texas Relays with a 2:10.04 time, third place finish at the J. Fred Duckett- Rice Twilight (2:10.50) and sixth at the SLC Outdoor Championships (2:13.91). • Finished sixth at the SLC Outdoor Championships in the 5000-meter run on an 18:12.45 time.

2015 Indoor Season • Southland Conference high point scorer, outstanding runner and newcomer of the year. • Garnered first-team All-SLC honors in the 800-meter run, second-team in the mile and third team honors in the 3000-meter. • Finished first in every 800-meter run, including a season-best at the Texas A&M 13-Team Invite mark of 2:12.19. • League championships time of 2:13.09 and 2:12.41 mark at the UAB Green and Gold Invite.• Took ninth place at the UW Indoor Invitational in the mile on a time of 4:46.74, her season best in the event. • Second place time at the league championships was 4:52.20. • Season-best and third place mark in the 3000 of 9:49.42. • Ran the 3K at the UAB Vulcan Invite and took first place on a 9:52.29 mark. • Two first place finishes with the distance medley relay team at the Texas A&M Invitational (11:46.70) and Houston Indoor Opener (12:31.67).

2014 Cross Country • First-team All-Southland Conference after a fourth place finish at the SLC Championships (20:54.5).• Mark at the league championships was a season best. • Finished 23rd at the NCAA Division I South Central Regional with a time of 21:02.5.• Ran eighth at the Texas A&M Invitational in the season opener, time of 14:27.1. • Chile Pepper Cross Country Festival mark of 16:55.7 and 14th place finish. • Took 84th at the ISU Pre-National Invitational with a run of 21:55.6.

Prior to Lamar• Came in third at British Universities and Colleges Sport outdoor championships with a 1,500 meter time of 4:29.56 • Posted personal best times of 2:08.28, 4:29.56 and 10:34.78 in the 800, 1,500 and 3,000 meter runs, respectively.

Personal • Born Verity C. Ockenden on August 31, 1991, in Maidstone • Daughter of Neal Ockenden and Fiona MacKenzie.

VERITY OCKENDENSr.-1LShaftesbury, England • Swansea University

DI. MARK MEET PLACE YEARXC 4.1K 14:27.1 Texas A&M Invitational 8th 20145K 16:55.7 Chile Pepper XC Festival 14th 20146K 20:54.5 SLC Championships 4th 2014 21:02.5 NCAA South Central Regional 23rd 2014 21:55.6 ISU Pre-National Invitational 84th 2014Indoor 800 2:12.19 Texas A&M 13-Team Invite 1st 2015 2:12.41 UAB Green and Gold Invite 1st 2015 2:13.09 SLC Indoor Championships 1st 2015 2:14.77 SLC Indoor Championships Prelims 2015Mile 4:46.74 UW Indoor Invitational 9th 2015 4:52.20 SLC Indoor Championships 2nd 2015 5:01.76 SLC Indoor Championships Prelims 20153000 9:49.42 SLC Indoor Championships 3rd 2015 9:52.29 UAB Vulcan Invite 1st 2015DMR 11:46.70 Texas A&M Invitational 1st 2015 12:31.67 Houston Indoor Opener 1st 2015Outdoor 800 2:10.04 Texas Relays 4th 2015 2:10.50 J Fred Duckett- Rice Invite 3rd 2015 2:13.78 SLC Outdoor Championships Prelims 2015 2:13.91 SLC Outdoor Championships 6th 20151500 4:19.95 NCAA Divison I West Prelims Quart. 2015 4:20.50 Bryan Clay Invitational 3rd 2015 4:22.84 Stanford Invitational 1st 2015 4:26.79 NCAA Divison I West Prelims First rd. 2015 4:29.00 SLC Outdoor Championships 1st 2015 4:44.49 SLC Outdoor Championships Prelims 20155K 18:12.45 SLC Outdoor Championships 6th 2015

CAREER TIMES

2015 OUTDOOR SOUTHLAND CHAMPION (1500)2015 OUTDOOR ALL-SLC FIRST TEAM (1500)2015 INDOOR SLC OUTSTANDING PERFORMER 2015 INDOOR SOUTHLAND HIGH POINT SCORER2015 INDOOR SLC NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR2015 INDOOR SOUTHLAND CHAMPION (800)2015 INDOOR ALL-SLC FIRST TEAM (800)2015 INDOOR ALL-SLC SECOND TEAM (MILE)2015 INDOOR ALL-SLC THIRD TEAM (3000)2014 XC ALL-SLC FIRST TEAMXC SLC ATHLETE OF THE WEEK (9.16.14)T&F SLC ATHLETE OF THE WEEK (1.28.15)T&F SLC ATHLETE OF THE WEEK (4.8.15)

CAREER HONORS



2015 Outdoor Season• Season-best time of 2:21.21 in the 800-meters at the J. Fred Duckett- Rice Twilight, placed 16th. • Ran the 800 at the Louisiana Classic (2:25.32, 11th), Victor Lopez Classic (2:27.14, 30th) and the Longhorn Invitational (2:29.82, 18th).

2015 Indoor Season • Ran the 800-meters in three meets. • Finished 11th at the Texas A&M 13-Team Invitational (2:23.64) and the Houston Indoor Opener (2:26.08). • Was 24th at the UAB Vulcan Invite with a 2:28.36 run.

2014 Cross Country • Did Not Compete.

High School• Ran for coach Zeke Hernandez • Earned team MVP for both track and cross country in 2013 and 2014 • Four-time regional qualifer in the 800 • Placed third at the regional meet in 2013 and 2014 • Earned district titles in the 400, 800 and 4x400 relay as a senior • Helped team to four district championships in cross country • Holds school records in both the 400 (59.2) and 4x400 relay (4:01.02) • Carries personal best time of 2:16 in the 800.

Personal: • Born Cara Anna Ortiz on March 29, 1996, in Corpus Christi, Texas • Daughter of Rebecca Ortiz.

CARA ORTIZSo.-1LCorpus Christi, Texas • Tuloso Midway HS

DI. MARK MEET PLACE YEARIndoor 800 2:23.64 Texas A&M 13-Team Invite 11th 2015 2:26.08 Houston Indoor Opener 11th 2015 2:28.36 UAB Vulcan Invite 24th 2015Outdoor 800 2:21.21 J Fred Duckett- Rice Twilight 16th 2015 2:25.32 Louisiana Classic 11th 2015 2:27.14 Victor Lopez Classic 30th 2015 2:29.82 Longhorn Invitational 18th 2015

CAREER TIMES



High School • Lettered four years in both cross country and track. • Coached by Bradley Pierpont in cross country. • Graduated with a 3.7 grade point average.

Personal • Born Evelyn Reavis on Oct. 6, 1996. • Daughter of Jennifer and Clay Reavis. • Has one brother, Jay, and one sister, Raelyn.• Majoring in kinesiology. • Career plans of being a physical therapist.

EVIE REAVISFr.-HSMesquite, Texas • Poteet HS



2015 Outdoor Season• Competed in the 400-, 800- and 1500-meter runs. • Ran the 800 at the at the Southland Conference Championships, finished seventh with a finals time of 2:14.77 and prelim mark of 2:13.84. • Her best time in the event on the season was at the J. Fred Duckett-Rice Twilight, took sixth place. • Also took sixth in the 800 at the Victor Lopez Classic (2:13.38). • Claimed seventh in the 400 at the McNeese Springtime Classic with a 58.87 dash, also a part of the second-place 4x400-me-ter team (3:55.47). • 1500-meter mark of 4:54.29 at the Louisiana Classic.

2015 Indoor Season • First-team All-Southland Conference after a first place finish in the distance medley relay at the league championships, third leg. • Also claimed first place in the DMR at the Texas A&M Invitational (11:46.70) and Houston Indoor Opener (12:31.67). • Claimed sixth place in the Southland Conference championships in the 800-meter run on a 2:17.12 mark, advanced past the prelims with a time of 2:18.55. • Season-best time of 2:11.86 in the 800 at the UAB Vulcan Invite, 3rd place finish. • Had a second place finish in the 800 at the Texas A&M 13-Team Invite (2:12.93) and third place at the UAB Green and Gold (2:14.20). • Timed in at 2:13.09 at the UW Invitational, finished 11th. • Ran one race in the 4x400-meter dash, took third place at the UAB Green and Gold (3:57.93).

2014 Cross Country • Ran at the Chile Pepper Cross Country Festival and marked 19:32.5.

High School • Russian Junior Championship finalist in 2013 and 2014 in the 800m.• Career-best time of 2:08.97 in the 800m and 57.53 in the 400m.

Personal• Daughter of Audrey and Olga Sokolova.• Born March 36, 1995. • Majoring in electrical engineering.

ALEXANDRA SOKOLOVASo.-1LMoscow, Russia

DI. MARK MEET PLACE YEARXC 5K 19:32.5 Chile Pepper XC Festival 142nd 2014Indoor 800 2:11.86 UAB Vulcan Invite 3rd 2015 2:12.93 Texas A&M 13-Team Invite 2nd 2015 2:13.09 UW Indoor Invitational 11th 2015 2:14.20 UAB Green and Gold Invite 3rd 2015 2:17.12 SLC Indoor Championships 6th 2015 2:18.55 SLC Indoor Championships Prelims 20154x4 3:57.93 UAB Green and Gold Invite 3rd 2105DMR 11:46.70 Texas A&M Invitational 1st 2015 11:47.06 SLC Indoor Championships 1st 2015 12:31.67 Houston Indoor Opener 1st 2015Outdoor 400 58.87 McNeese Springtime Classic 7th 2015800 2:12.77 J Fred Duckett- Rice Twilight 6th 2015 2:13.38 Victor Lopez Classic 6th 2015 2:13.84 SLC Outdoor Championship Prelims 2015 2:14.77 SLC Outdoor Championship 7th 2015 2:16.74 Texas Relays 5th 20151500 4:54.29 Louisiana Classic 9th 20154x400 3:55.47 McNeese Springtime Classic 2nd 2015

CAREER TIMES

2015 INDOOR SOUTHLAND CHAMPION (DMR)2015 INDOOR ALL-SLC FIRST TEAM (DMR)

CAREER HONORS



High School • Finished first at the Welsh International and 10th at the Nationals during his senior season. • Claimed first place at the South of England Championships and 12th at the English Schools Track and Field during his junior season. • Ninth at the English Schools Cross Country sophomore seasons, and 20th at the English National Cross Country Champion-ships freshman season.

Personal • Born Georgia Tuckfield on Dec. 24, 1996. • Daughter of Emma Gallagher and Stephen Tuckfield. • One sister, Tia Walker.

GEORGIA TUCKFIELDFr.-HSLondon, England • Heathocte Sixthform





CONFERENCE TITLES

1979 SOUTHLAND (MEN) 1981 SOUTHLAND (MEN)


1984 SOUTHLAND (MEN) 1988 AMERICAN SOUTH (MEN)

1989 AMERICAN SOUTH (MEN) 2004 SOUTHLAND (WOMEN)

2005 SOUTHLAND (WOMEN) 2006 SOUTHLAND (MEN)



2006 SOUTHLAND (WOMEN) 2007 SOUTHLAND (MEN)



2013 SOUTHLAND (MEN) 2013 SOUTHLAND (WOMEN)

2014 SOUTHLAND (MEN) 2014 SOUTHLAND (WOMEN)



INDIVIDUAL CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS

GERRY GARCIA - 1970 MIKE PLUMB - 1982 PEDRO CACERES - 1983

RAFAEL COLMENARES - 1984 ROSITA ASTROM - 1985 BECKY BROOKE - 1970

IAN MULLEN - 1988 JONAS LUNDSTROM - 1989 CLERC KOENCK - 2006

CLERC KOENCK - 2007 SAMUEL KOSGEI- 2008 FRANCIS KASAGULE - 2009

MATT JOHNSEN - 2013 SAM STABLER - 2014 MINTTU HUKKA - 2014



INDIVIDUAL HONORSUSTFCCCA ALL-AMERICANSYear Name National Finish 1969 Gerry Garcia 23rd2006 Francis Kasagule 29th 10K 31:34.92007 Francis Kasagule 24th 10K 30:20.62008 Samuel Kosgei 37th 10K 30:09.42012 Matt Johnsen 33rd 10K 29:56.2

SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE ATHLETES OF THE YEARYear Name National Finish 2006 Clerc Koenck 1st 6K 21:352007 Clerc Koenck 1st 6K 20:48.12008 Samuel Kosgei 1st 8K 24:132009 Francis Kasagule 1st 8K 23:542013 Matt Johnsen 1st 8K 24:38.82014 Minttu Hukka 1st 6K 20:06.62014 Sam Stabler 1st 8K 23:29.1

SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE NEWCOMERS OF THE YEARYear Name Conference Finish 2006 Samuel Kosgei 2nd 8K 24:242010 Tallam Kipruto 7th 8K 25:13.32013 Ash Harrell 2nd 8K 24:53.02013 Leigh Lattimore 2nd 6K 20:54.92014 Jannika John 3rd 6K 20:49.6

SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE FRESHMAN OF THE YEARYear Name Conference Finish 2006 Francis Kasagule 3rd 8K 24:302009 Bob Ahimbisibwe 8th 8K 24:242009 Samantha Walkow 4th 6K 21:202010 Matt Johnsen 3rd 8K 24:50.12011 Sam Stabler 12th 8K 25:34.52014 Jan Lukas Becker 6th 8K 24:12.92014 Minttu Hukka 1st 6K 20:06.6

SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE COACH OF THE YEARYear Name 2004 Sita Waru Women2005 Sita Waru Women2006 Sita Waru Men & Women2007 Sita Waru Men2008 Sita Waru Men2009 Jake Stewart Men2010 Jake Stewart Men2011 Trey Clark Men2013 Darren Gauson Men & Women2014 Darren Gauson Men & Women

SAM STABLER

LEIGH LATTIMORE

JAN LUKAS BECKER

MINTTU HUKKA

TREY CLARK



COVER PAGE



Veteran educator Kenneth Evans took office July 1, 2013 as Lamar University’s 15th president bringing extensive experience in higher education administration to the posi-tion. Evans holds a bachelor’s degrees in En-glish and political science from the University of California, Davis, a master’s in business ad-ministration from California State University,

Sacramento, and a Ph.D. in marketing from the University of Colorado. He has conducted extensive research and authored more than 70 journal articles on interpersonal influence, sales management, services marketing, and marketing management and theory. Evans’ teaching and research is extensive, but it is his leadership experience that pro-vides a special fit with his role as president. Evans served since 2007 as dean of the Michael F. Price College of Business at the University of Oklahoma and held the Fred E. Brown chair. He previously served as associate dean of graduate studies, assistant dean of undergraduate studies and chair of the marketing department at the University of Missouri-Columbia. He has worked in a variety of research, teaching and administration positions at Arizona State University, the University of Colorado and California State University, Sacramento. Prior to his academic career, Evans worked as a consultant and marketing representative at several northern California companies. Born in Pittsburgh, Pa., Evans grew up in Chicago, where he attended public schools through the fifth grade, when the family moved to California. He was the first in his immediate family to earn a college degree. Evans played basketball, golf and football at different points in high school and college, and ran daily as part of an active lifestyle. Ken and Nancy met while freshmen at University of California, Davis, and married after graduation. A career elementary school teacher, Nancy retired when the couple moved to Norman, Okla. The couple has two adult sons.

Dr. Kenneth R. EvansUniversity President

Current President Dr. Kenneth Evans (left) with former President Dr. Jimmy Simmons (right)

PRESIDENT’S STAFFDR. KENNETH EVANS

University PresidentDR. JAMES MARQUART

Provost and Vice President for Academic AffairsDR. KEVIN SMITH

Senior Associate ProvostDR. VICKI MCNEIL

Vice President for Student EngagementDR. CRUSE MELVIN

Vice President for Finance and OperationsMS. PRISCILLA PARSONS

Vice President for Information TechnologyMR. JUAN ZABALA

Vice President for University AdvancementDR. SHERRY BENOIT

Associate Vice President for Strategic EnrollmentJASON HENDERSON

Director of AthleticsDR. PETER KELLEHER

Associate Provost for ResearchDR. JACK HOPPER

Assistant to the President for Economic Development and Industrial RelationsDR. JAMES SIMMONS

President Emeritus and Professor of Music



Jason Henderson, who spent a year as interim athletic direc-tor, was named Lamar University’s director of athletics on June 18, 2012. Henderson has served as LU’s associate athletic director for compliance since July of 2007 before being elevated to interim athletic director on May 11, 2011. As the director of athletics, Henderson is responsible for the day-to-day operations of Lamar’s 17 men’s and women’s athletics programs.

Henderson is in his 10th year as a member of the LU athletic department overall, joining the staff in April 2006 as the compliance coordinator. In this role, Henderson oversaw NCAA compliance and scholarships. Henderson currently serves as the Southland Conference representative to the NCAA Division I Amateurism Cabinet. The cabinet reviews issues relating to NCAA rules involving student-athlete amateurism and ways to ensure that student-athletes remain true to the NCAA philosophy of amateur athletic competitions. As athletic director, he oversaw the successful return of softball to LU after a 26-year absence, as LU posted school records for wins and Southland Conference victories. While serving as associate AD, Henderson played a major role in the return of LU football and the addition of the LU women’s soccer program. He was a key figure in the planning of the Dauphin Athletic Complex, the updating of what is now known as Provost Umphrey Stadium. Henderson has also led coaching search committees that landed Lamar a successful football coach in Ray Woodard and proven basketball coaches Tic Price and Robin Harmony. In addition, the athletic department has added several staff positions under his watch. Prior to coming to LU, Henderson served as the academic coordinator and CHAMPS Life Skills Coordinator at Texas A&M-Kingsville, where he collected and maintained data on student-athletes, assisted with updating and maintaining compliance documents and assisted with rules education for department staff and student-athletes. Henderson was also an intern at Lindsey Wilson College in Columbia, Ky., and Texas A&M. During this time Henderson was involved primarily in assisting in the marketing of the NAIA and NCAA programs, respectively. Henderson earned a Bachelor of Science degree in kinesiology with a specialization in sports management from Texas A&M in May of 2003 and a Master of Business Administration from Texas A&M-Kingsville in December of 2005. Henderson also spends time in the community with various charitable organizations including the YMBL and the Beaumont A&M Club. Both of these organi-zations help raise funds to improve the community at large.

Jason HendersonDirector of Athletics

ATHLETICS ADMINISTRATIONJASON HENDERSON

Director of AthleticsHELENE THILL

Associate AD- AcademicsSenior Woman Administrator

DAUCY CRIZERAssistant AD - Business

JAMES DIXONAssistant AD - Media Relations

Baseball player Will Hibbs visiting with children during Cardinal Connection, a “stay in school” initiative that promotes improtance of reading.



After spending seven years in the Northwestern State sports information office, Matthew Fowler was named as the assistant director of media relations for Lamar University in October 2014. Fowler, a 2011 graduate of Northwestern State, worked as the primary contact for women’s basketball, baseball and soccer as a full-time staff member. He served as oversight for the volleyball team and secondary contacts for football and men’s basketball. He was the statistics coordinator for NSU and was in charge of all publications that were produced in the sports information office. During his time at NSU, Fowler earned second place for his

2014 baseball media guide, third place for his 2012-13 women’s basketball media guide and was a part of back-to-back first place finishes for men’s basketball in the Louisiana Sports Writers Asso-ciation’s publications contest. In 2010, Fowler was won the prestigious Ace Higgins Award,

presented annually by the LSWA to the most outstanding student worker assistant SID in the state. The Homer, La., native graduated with a bachelor’s degree in general studies with a concentra-tion in arts in communication as well as a minor in sports management. Fowler is married to the former Whitney Brandon, of Florien, La., who is also a 2011 graduate of Northwestern State. She is currently an English teacher at Nederland High School.

James Dixon was hired in August 2013 as the assistant athlet-ics director for media relations, and will serve as the primary con-tact for Lamar University football, men’s basketball and men’s and women’s tennis Dixon comes to Lamar from Nacogdoches, Texas where he spent the previous 12 seasons working in the Stephen F. Austin media relations office. Dixon was hired as the SFA assistant director of media rela-tions in July 2001, and was promoted to director of the office four years later. During his time in Nacogdoches, he served as the pri-mary contact for the football, women’s basketball, volleyball, golf, tennis and track and field teams, while also serving as the radio

play-by-play voice for the Ladyjack basketball team. During the 2010 football season, Dixon organized the cam-paign to help quarterback Jeremy Moses receive the Walter Pay-ton Award - recognized as the FCS’ version of the Heisman Trophy. It marked the first time in conference history that a player from

the Southland had received the honor. In addition to Moses, Dixon has also coordinated the All-Amer-ica campaigns for NFL draftees Dominique Edison (Tennessee Titans, 2009) and Jabara Williams (St. Louis Rams, 2011). During the 2006 and 2007 seasons, Dixon took on the role of radio play-by-play for the Lumber-jack baseball team, and has also served as a host for the Lumberjack Sports Weekly television show. Dixon came to SFA after spending five years with the sports information office at Northern Arizo-na. During his time in Flagstaff, he served as the secondary contact for football, and was the primary media contact for the NAU men’s basketball team during their run to the 2000 NCAA Championship tournament. While in Flagstaff, Dixon assisted in the campaign for the 1996 Walter Payton Award winner Archie Amerson. The 1996 NAU graduate is a member of CoSIDA.

JAMES DIXONAssistant ADDirector of Media Relations

MATT FOWLERAssistant Director of Media RelationsVolleyball Contact

MEDIA RELATIONS DIRECTORYJames Dixon - O: 409.880.8329 | C: 936.552.1171 | [email protected] Murray - O: 409.880.2323 | C: 409.651.0521 | [email protected] Fowler - O: 409.880.7845 | C: 409.937.2060 | [email protected]

primary media outlets

NEWSPAPERSBeaumont Enterprise: P.O. Box 3071, Beaumont, TX 77704; 409.838.2806;Eric Narcisse, Danny Shapiro, David Thompsonwww.beaumontenterprise.com

Port Authur News:P.O. Box 789, Port Authur, TX 77640; 409.984.1218;IC Morrell, Gabe Pruettwww.panews.com

The Examiner:795 Willow, Beaumont, TX 77701; 409.832.1400Chad Cooperwww.theexaminer.com

Houston Chronicle:801 Texas Avenue, Houston TX 77002; 713.220.7891www.chron.com

Associated Press:4851 LBJ Freeway, Suite 300, Dallas, TX 75244; 800.442.7189Jamie Aron

University Press (campus):P.O. Box 10055, Beaumont, TX 77710; 409.880.8101www.lamaruniversitypress.com

TELEVISIONSKBTV-TV 4 (FOX): 300 Parkdale Mall, Beaumont TX 77706; 409.840.4444www.fox4beaumont.com

KFDM-TV 6 (CBS):2955 IH-10 East, Beaumont, TX 77702; 409.895.4673Mike Friedman, Andrew Chernoffwww.kfdm.com

KMBT-TV 12 (ABC):525 IH-10 South, Beaumont, TX 77701; 409.838.1212Dave Hofferth, Ashly Elamswww.12newsnow.com

RADIOKLVI (506AM): P.O. Box 5488, Beaumont, TX 77702; 409.896.5555Jim Love, Harold Mannwww.klvi.com



Documents

2015 Lamar University Cross Country Information Guide