St. Cloud State University
ST. CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY TRACK & FIELD CROSS COUNTRY
Fall 2013
1-‐2013
St. Cloud State University Track & Field Cross Country
LEGENDARY COACH BOB WAXLAX AND SCSU HEAD TRACK & XC COACH ERIC HANENBERGER
IN THIS ISSUE
Welcome to the 2013-2014 Season Greetings! I am excited to update you on what has been happening with Husky Track and Cross Country. I am pleased with where we are headed as a program, and the way this group of athletes have come together. We just wrapped up the cross country season and have been practicing with the track and field team for the better part of three months. Cross country has flown by, and after a warm weathered start, the cooler fall conditions provided an optimal environment for Championship racing. The men’s team dealt with some preseason adversity, but saw a bright spot for the future arise in true freshman Johnathan Hess. Hess improved nearly every meet, adjusting well to the 8k race, and leading the men’s team as our top finisher at the NSIC conference meet with a season best performance. The very young women’s team was led by Senior Kassie Vaness, who finished as the Huskies’ top runner in four of six competitions, earning All-‐Conference honors th with a 15 place finish at the NSIC Championship. True freshman Sam Sunstrom followed Kassie’s lead and put her
best race together when it counted, guiding the team at the NCAA Central Regional Championship, and earning All-‐Region rd honors with a 23 place finish. On the track we have large freshmen classes on both the men’s and women’s side, from whom we expect many points this year. The men will be very strong in the sprints, relays, hurdles and jumps; look for them to place high in everything from the 100m to the 800m, as well as both relays, and the jumps at the conference meet. A number of our athletes have the potential to rewrite a number of school records. On the women’s side, we added much needed depth in the middle distance, long sprints and jumps. That depth will help to improve the relays and open up the opportunity to rewrite some school records there as well. With all that we have at hand, I’m excited to see what these great young men and women will do in the upcoming season. Go Huskies! Eric Hanenberger Head Cross Country/Track & Field Coach
2013 XC Season Highlights
A rundown of the 2013 SCSU Men’s and Women’s Cross Country Season
Page 2
SCSU XC Hosts Home XC Meet
In October the Huskies hosted the SCSU Dual XC Meet at Wapicada Golf Course in Sauk Rapids, MN.
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ST. CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY TRACK & FIELD CROSS COUNTRY | FALL 2013
2013 XC Season Highlights
SCSU Cross Country had a great season under second-‐year Head Coach, Eric Hanenberger. The season was highlighted by many strong performances and personal bests. The 2013 season also marked the return of an all but forgotten home event: Ø
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SCSU hosted their first home cross country meet in almost 30 years. The meet was competed at Wapicada Golf Course in Sauk Rapids, MN. The meet was contested as a dual meet between SCSU and Concordia University-‐St. Paul. th Senior Kassie Vaness placed 15 at the NSIC XC Championships in Sioux Falls, SD earning her All-‐NSIC honors. Freshman Sam Sunstrom placed th 17 at the NSIC XC Championships earning her first All-‐NSIC selection Senior Tom Mountain led the men’s XC team at the NSIC
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Championships by recording a 48 place finish. Freshman Johnathan Hess and Rashad Harris finished as SCSU’s number 2 and 3 runners at the NSIC Championships As a young SCSU XC program the th th women finished 10 and men 11 at the 2013 NSIC Cross Country Championships
Sam Sunstrom earned All-‐Central Region Award at the 2013 Central Region XC Meet in Sioux Falls, SD
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ALL-‐NSIC RUNNERS Above: Senior, Kassie Vaness (Portage, WI) and Freshman, Sam Sunstrom (Sauk Rapids, MN) earned All-‐NSIC Cross Country Honors.
1964, 1967 & 1983 Cross Country Teams Honored
The 1964, 1967 and 1983 Men’s Cross Country Teams were honored in recognition of their contribution to the SCSU Cross Country program after the 2013 SCSU Dual XC Meet held at Wapicada Golf Course, the first home XC meet held in almost 30 years. Van Nelson, Chuck Spoden and Ken Mitchell,
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1964 team members, were honored as inaugural members of St. Cloud State Cross Country along with Coach Bob Tracy. Nelson, Spoden and Mitchell formed the first ever cross country team at SCSU.
honored for placing 2 at the 1967 NAIA Cross Country National Championships. The 1967 team trailed only Eastern Michigan at the Championships in Omaha, Nebraska by only 3 points.
The 1967 team (Coach Bob Tracy, Jack Atkin, Allan Bergstrom, Len Brenny, Jerry Dirkes, Bruce Johnson, Brian Lindguist, Lon Martinson, Al Mullin, Van Nelson, Ron Nord, Rich Pearson, Paul Reinert, Jeff Renneberg and Warren Slocum) was
The 1983 team (Coach Bob Waxlax, Scott Ergen, Brooks Herrboldt, Mark Kane, Pete Kessler, Ed Kleiman, Tony Olson, John Perleberg, Kurt Threinen, Gary Westman and nd Mark Young) was honored for placing 2 at the 1983 NCAA DII Cross Country National Championships in Parkside, WI. Legendary Coach Bob Waxlax was in attendance to accept the honor.
ST. CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY TRACK & FIELD CROSS COUNTRY | FALL 2013
SUPER SUBER
2013-2014 Indoor Track Preview
Raising the Bar
Expectations are higher for the Huskies as th the men look to build upon a 5 place finish th and the women an 8 place finish at last year’s NSIC Indoor Championships.
2013 Indoor 600m Champion
Freshman, JoVonte Suber (St. Louis, MO) won the NSIC Indoor 600m title with a SCSU Record performance of 1:21.09.
Two solid recruiting classes have set the program up for a bright future, but for another year or two it will be underclassmen dominated roster with only a few upperclassmen to lead the way. The men will rely heavily on returning seniors George Kawalawu (Brooklyn Park, MN) and Leon Cheneyon (Brookyln Center, MN). nd th Kawalawu finished 2 in the 60m and 8 in th the 200m while Cheneyon placed 4 in the 400m. Between the two they hit national provisional marks in the 60m, 200m, 400m and 4x400m Relay. The men will also put pressure on their talented underclassmen. Sophomores JoVonte Suber (Mid-‐D), Joe Mooney (HJ), Ryan Johnson (T), Jackson Walters (H) and Darryl Howard (S) along with freshman Dillando Allotey (S), Rashad Harris (Mid-‐D), Keyshawn Davis (J), Richard Carr (S) and Yinka Oyebanjo-‐Odofin (H/S) are expected to score well in their respected events.
Alumni Spotlight
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Heather Koch (Miller) ’10 placed 6 in the Pentathlon at the 2013 USA Track & Field Indoor Championships and th 5 in the Heptathlon at the 2013 USA Track & Field Outdoor Championships.
The women will count on what is arguably the most talented sophomore class in the NSIC to lead the way. SCSU was the only program to score a freshman in every sprint event at last year’s Outdoor Championships. Sophomores Alicia Evans (S), Laure Olson (H/J/Multi) and Kellan Flynn (HJ) will team with freshman Jasmine Grant (S), Jenny Gilbreath (S/J), Cassie Cardinal (T) and Patience Yalartai (J) along with transfers
Heather Clankie (T) and Keidre Wade (S) to make for a young and exciting group. Rounded out by a strong distance group led by Senior Kassie Vaness (Portage, WI) and Freshman Sam Sunstrom (Sauk Rapids, MN) the women look to make a push into the top half of a tough NSIC Conference. Combined the men and women had nine individuals hit 11 national qualifying provisional marks during the 2013 indoor season. George Kawalawu was the sole participant at the 2013 NCAA DII Indoor Championships in Birmingham, Alabama. George qualified for the 60m dash with the th th 16 fastest time in DII. He placed 17 at the meet. This season the Huskies hope the see that number increase dramatically.
2013 Van Nelson Invitational The annual Van Nelson Invitational will be hosted at the Halenbeck Hall Fieldhouse on th January 18 , 2013. The ‘Van Nelson’ will have a different feel to it this year as it will be operated as a ‘triangular’ featuring NSIC opponent Concordia University-‐St. Paul and MIAA member Emporia State University.
12 Meet Records were broken at last year’s meet and we expect another great day of competition from all three programs.
ST. CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY TRACK & FIELD CROSS COUNTRY | FALL 2013
What Should 2012-2013 I Put In This John Kimbrough & GiGi DesLauriers Section?? Award Winners
year's GiGi Deslauriers Award winner is This Becky Schmidt and the John Kimbrough Award recipient is Leon Cheneyon. Schmidt, a junior from Hugo, Minn. was the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC) Outdoor 100m Champion winning the race with a NCAA Division II provisional time of 12.02. She also ran an outstanding second leg and was the non-‐freshman on the N SIC Runner-‐up only 4x100m Relay team. Schmidt rounded out her outdoor championships posting a seventh place finish in the long jump at the Conference meet. During the 2013 indoor season Schmidt hit the NCAA D II provisional mark twice in the long
NCAA D II provisional mark twice in the long jump with a season best jump of 18-‐4.75. She also met the provisional mark in the Indoor 200m with a personal best mark of 25.80 at the Ted Nelson Classic. At the NSIC Indoor Championships she placed fifth in both the 200m and long jump. Schmidt is a Community Health Major at St. Cloud State. Cheneyon, a junior from Brooklyn Center, met the N CAA Division II national qualifying standard in both the Indoor 400m with a personal best time of 49.80 and the Indoor 4x400m Relay. As a member of the national qualifying Indoor 4x400m Relay, Cheneyon was the only non-‐freshman. Cheneyon
was the only non-‐freshman. Cheneyon placed fourth at the N SIC Indoor Championships in the 400m, seventh in the 60m and led the SCSU 4x400m Relay to a sixth place finish. He also earned All-‐NSIC honors by placing third at the NSIC Outdoor C hampionships. Cheneyon again led the 4x400m Relay to a sixth place NSIC finish. Cheneyon is a Business Computer Information Systems Major at St. Cloud State.
Meet the SCSU Coaching Staff
Eric Hanenberger
Travis Hoover
Assistant Cross Country/ Track & Field Coach (Mid-‐ Distance/Distance) B.S. St. Cloud State University
Head Track & Field/Cross Country Coach B.S. University of Northern Iowa M.S. University of Northern Iowa University of Northern Iowa 2003-‐2010 North Dakota State University 2010-‐2012 St. Cloud State University 2012-‐present
Travis Zins
Assistant Track & Field Coach (Throws)/ Head Strength & Conditioning Coach B.S. St. Cloud State University
Mike Coonen
Assistant Track & Field Coach (Sprints, Hurdles & Relays) B.S. St. Cloud State University M.S. St. Cloud State University
Stacie Zins
Assistant Track & Field Coach (Pole Vault) B.S. University of Arkansas
Sam Kettenhofen
Graduate Assistant Track & Field Coach (Horizontal Jumps, Multis & Javelin) B.S. University of Minnesota
Contact Information
Office: 320-‐308-‐2242 Email: [email protected] Mail: Track & Field Office St. Cloud State University th 720 4 Avenue S. St. Cloud, MN 56301
Fall 2013
1-‐2013
St. Cloud State University Track & Field Cross Country
LEGENDARY COACH BOB WAXLAX AND SCSU HEAD TRACK & XC COACH ERIC HANENBERGER
IN THIS ISSUE
Welcome to the 2013-2014 Season Greetings! I am excited to update you on what has been happening with Husky Track and Cross Country. I am pleased with where we are headed as a program, and the way this group of athletes have come together. We just wrapped up the cross country season and have been practicing with the track and field team for the better part of three months. Cross country has flown by, and after a warm weathered start, the cooler fall conditions provided an optimal environment for Championship racing. The men’s team dealt with some preseason adversity, but saw a bright spot for the future arise in true freshman Johnathan Hess. Hess improved nearly every meet, adjusting well to the 8k race, and leading the men’s team as our top finisher at the NSIC conference meet with a season best performance. The very young women’s team was led by Senior Kassie Vaness, who finished as the Huskies’ top runner in four of six competitions, earning All-‐Conference honors th with a 15 place finish at the NSIC Championship. True freshman Sam Sunstrom followed Kassie’s lead and put her
best race together when it counted, guiding the team at the NCAA Central Regional Championship, and earning All-‐Region rd honors with a 23 place finish. On the track we have large freshmen classes on both the men’s and women’s side, from whom we expect many points this year. The men will be very strong in the sprints, relays, hurdles and jumps; look for them to place high in everything from the 100m to the 800m, as well as both relays, and the jumps at the conference meet. A number of our athletes have the potential to rewrite a number of school records. On the women’s side, we added much needed depth in the middle distance, long sprints and jumps. That depth will help to improve the relays and open up the opportunity to rewrite some school records there as well. With all that we have at hand, I’m excited to see what these great young men and women will do in the upcoming season. Go Huskies! Eric Hanenberger Head Cross Country/Track & Field Coach
2013 XC Season Highlights
A rundown of the 2013 SCSU Men’s and Women’s Cross Country Season
Page 2
SCSU XC Hosts Home XC Meet
In October the Huskies hosted the SCSU Dual XC Meet at Wapicada Golf Course in Sauk Rapids, MN.
Page 2
ST. CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY TRACK & FIELD CROSS COUNTRY | FALL 2013
2013 XC Season Highlights
SCSU Cross Country had a great season under second-‐year Head Coach, Eric Hanenberger. The season was highlighted by many strong performances and personal bests. The 2013 season also marked the return of an all but forgotten home event: Ø
Ø
Ø
Ø
SCSU hosted their first home cross country meet in almost 30 years. The meet was competed at Wapicada Golf Course in Sauk Rapids, MN. The meet was contested as a dual meet between SCSU and Concordia University-‐St. Paul. th Senior Kassie Vaness placed 15 at the NSIC XC Championships in Sioux Falls, SD earning her All-‐NSIC honors. Freshman Sam Sunstrom placed th 17 at the NSIC XC Championships earning her first All-‐NSIC selection Senior Tom Mountain led the men’s XC team at the NSIC
th
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Championships by recording a 48 place finish. Freshman Johnathan Hess and Rashad Harris finished as SCSU’s number 2 and 3 runners at the NSIC Championships As a young SCSU XC program the th th women finished 10 and men 11 at the 2013 NSIC Cross Country Championships
Sam Sunstrom earned All-‐Central Region Award at the 2013 Central Region XC Meet in Sioux Falls, SD
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ALL-‐NSIC RUNNERS Above: Senior, Kassie Vaness (Portage, WI) and Freshman, Sam Sunstrom (Sauk Rapids, MN) earned All-‐NSIC Cross Country Honors.
1964, 1967 & 1983 Cross Country Teams Honored
The 1964, 1967 and 1983 Men’s Cross Country Teams were honored in recognition of their contribution to the SCSU Cross Country program after the 2013 SCSU Dual XC Meet held at Wapicada Golf Course, the first home XC meet held in almost 30 years. Van Nelson, Chuck Spoden and Ken Mitchell,
nd
1964 team members, were honored as inaugural members of St. Cloud State Cross Country along with Coach Bob Tracy. Nelson, Spoden and Mitchell formed the first ever cross country team at SCSU.
honored for placing 2 at the 1967 NAIA Cross Country National Championships. The 1967 team trailed only Eastern Michigan at the Championships in Omaha, Nebraska by only 3 points.
The 1967 team (Coach Bob Tracy, Jack Atkin, Allan Bergstrom, Len Brenny, Jerry Dirkes, Bruce Johnson, Brian Lindguist, Lon Martinson, Al Mullin, Van Nelson, Ron Nord, Rich Pearson, Paul Reinert, Jeff Renneberg and Warren Slocum) was
The 1983 team (Coach Bob Waxlax, Scott Ergen, Brooks Herrboldt, Mark Kane, Pete Kessler, Ed Kleiman, Tony Olson, John Perleberg, Kurt Threinen, Gary Westman and nd Mark Young) was honored for placing 2 at the 1983 NCAA DII Cross Country National Championships in Parkside, WI. Legendary Coach Bob Waxlax was in attendance to accept the honor.
ST. CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY TRACK & FIELD CROSS COUNTRY | FALL 2013
SUPER SUBER
2013-2014 Indoor Track Preview
Raising the Bar
Expectations are higher for the Huskies as th the men look to build upon a 5 place finish th and the women an 8 place finish at last year’s NSIC Indoor Championships.
2013 Indoor 600m Champion
Freshman, JoVonte Suber (St. Louis, MO) won the NSIC Indoor 600m title with a SCSU Record performance of 1:21.09.
Two solid recruiting classes have set the program up for a bright future, but for another year or two it will be underclassmen dominated roster with only a few upperclassmen to lead the way. The men will rely heavily on returning seniors George Kawalawu (Brooklyn Park, MN) and Leon Cheneyon (Brookyln Center, MN). nd th Kawalawu finished 2 in the 60m and 8 in th the 200m while Cheneyon placed 4 in the 400m. Between the two they hit national provisional marks in the 60m, 200m, 400m and 4x400m Relay. The men will also put pressure on their talented underclassmen. Sophomores JoVonte Suber (Mid-‐D), Joe Mooney (HJ), Ryan Johnson (T), Jackson Walters (H) and Darryl Howard (S) along with freshman Dillando Allotey (S), Rashad Harris (Mid-‐D), Keyshawn Davis (J), Richard Carr (S) and Yinka Oyebanjo-‐Odofin (H/S) are expected to score well in their respected events.
Alumni Spotlight
th
Heather Koch (Miller) ’10 placed 6 in the Pentathlon at the 2013 USA Track & Field Indoor Championships and th 5 in the Heptathlon at the 2013 USA Track & Field Outdoor Championships.
The women will count on what is arguably the most talented sophomore class in the NSIC to lead the way. SCSU was the only program to score a freshman in every sprint event at last year’s Outdoor Championships. Sophomores Alicia Evans (S), Laure Olson (H/J/Multi) and Kellan Flynn (HJ) will team with freshman Jasmine Grant (S), Jenny Gilbreath (S/J), Cassie Cardinal (T) and Patience Yalartai (J) along with transfers
Heather Clankie (T) and Keidre Wade (S) to make for a young and exciting group. Rounded out by a strong distance group led by Senior Kassie Vaness (Portage, WI) and Freshman Sam Sunstrom (Sauk Rapids, MN) the women look to make a push into the top half of a tough NSIC Conference. Combined the men and women had nine individuals hit 11 national qualifying provisional marks during the 2013 indoor season. George Kawalawu was the sole participant at the 2013 NCAA DII Indoor Championships in Birmingham, Alabama. George qualified for the 60m dash with the th th 16 fastest time in DII. He placed 17 at the meet. This season the Huskies hope the see that number increase dramatically.
2013 Van Nelson Invitational The annual Van Nelson Invitational will be hosted at the Halenbeck Hall Fieldhouse on th January 18 , 2013. The ‘Van Nelson’ will have a different feel to it this year as it will be operated as a ‘triangular’ featuring NSIC opponent Concordia University-‐St. Paul and MIAA member Emporia State University.
12 Meet Records were broken at last year’s meet and we expect another great day of competition from all three programs.
ST. CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY TRACK & FIELD CROSS COUNTRY | FALL 2013
What Should 2012-2013 I Put In This John Kimbrough & GiGi DesLauriers Section?? Award Winners
year's GiGi Deslauriers Award winner is This Becky Schmidt and the John Kimbrough Award recipient is Leon Cheneyon. Schmidt, a junior from Hugo, Minn. was the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC) Outdoor 100m Champion winning the race with a NCAA Division II provisional time of 12.02. She also ran an outstanding second leg and was the non-‐freshman on the N SIC Runner-‐up only 4x100m Relay team. Schmidt rounded out her outdoor championships posting a seventh place finish in the long jump at the Conference meet. During the 2013 indoor season Schmidt hit the NCAA D II provisional mark twice in the long
NCAA D II provisional mark twice in the long jump with a season best jump of 18-‐4.75. She also met the provisional mark in the Indoor 200m with a personal best mark of 25.80 at the Ted Nelson Classic. At the NSIC Indoor Championships she placed fifth in both the 200m and long jump. Schmidt is a Community Health Major at St. Cloud State. Cheneyon, a junior from Brooklyn Center, met the N CAA Division II national qualifying standard in both the Indoor 400m with a personal best time of 49.80 and the Indoor 4x400m Relay. As a member of the national qualifying Indoor 4x400m Relay, Cheneyon was the only non-‐freshman. Cheneyon
was the only non-‐freshman. Cheneyon placed fourth at the N SIC Indoor Championships in the 400m, seventh in the 60m and led the SCSU 4x400m Relay to a sixth place finish. He also earned All-‐NSIC honors by placing third at the NSIC Outdoor C hampionships. Cheneyon again led the 4x400m Relay to a sixth place NSIC finish. Cheneyon is a Business Computer Information Systems Major at St. Cloud State.
Meet the SCSU Coaching Staff
Eric Hanenberger
Travis Hoover
Assistant Cross Country/ Track & Field Coach (Mid-‐ Distance/Distance) B.S. St. Cloud State University
Head Track & Field/Cross Country Coach B.S. University of Northern Iowa M.S. University of Northern Iowa University of Northern Iowa 2003-‐2010 North Dakota State University 2010-‐2012 St. Cloud State University 2012-‐present
Travis Zins
Assistant Track & Field Coach (Throws)/ Head Strength & Conditioning Coach B.S. St. Cloud State University
Mike Coonen
Assistant Track & Field Coach (Sprints, Hurdles & Relays) B.S. St. Cloud State University M.S. St. Cloud State University
Stacie Zins
Assistant Track & Field Coach (Pole Vault) B.S. University of Arkansas
Sam Kettenhofen
Graduate Assistant Track & Field Coach (Horizontal Jumps, Multis & Javelin) B.S. University of Minnesota
Contact Information
Office: 320-‐308-‐2242 Email: [email protected] Mail: Track & Field Office St. Cloud State University th 720 4 Avenue S. St. Cloud, MN 56301
