2014 embry-riddle cross country media guide

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Practice CoverageEmbry-Riddle practices are open to the media. Please contact the Sports Information Office for times.

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General InformationTable of Contents ....................................................... 1Media Info .................................................................. 1Quick Facts ................................................................ 1Sports Information ..................................................... 1

2014 Season2014 Season Preview .............................................2-32014 Meet Info .......................................................... 3

Coaches & StaffHead Coach Mike Rosolino ........................................ 4Assistant Coach Peter Hopfe ..................................... 5Athletic Trainer Matlyn Zimmerman ........................... 5

The Eagles2014 Mens Roster .................................................... 6Mens Bios ............................................................ 7-132014 Womens Roster ............................................. 14Womens Bios .....................................................15-21Media Roster ............................................................ 48

The Sun ConferenceLeague Overview ..................................................... 222013 Conference Review ........................................ 23Sun Conference Cross Country History .................. 23Sun Conference Cross Country Members .............. 25

2013 Year-In-Review2013 Mens Season in Review ................................. 262013 Mens Team & Individual Results .................... 272013 Womens Season in Review ........................... 282013 Womens Team & Individual Results ............... 29

HistoryMen's 20 Fastest Times ........................................... 30Mens 20 Fastest Runners ....................................... 30Mens All-Time Roster .............................................. 30Mens All-Time Honor Roll ....................................... 31Womens 20 Fastest Times ...................................... 32Womens 20 Fastest Runners .................................. 32Womens All-Time Roster ......................................... 32Womens All-Time Honor Roll .................................. 33Mens All-Time Meet Results .................................... 34Womens All-Time Meet Results............................... 35Where Are They Now? ............................................ 37

Embry-RiddleThis is Daytona Beach ............................................. 38Embry-Riddle Sports Complex ................................. 39This is Embry-Riddle ................................................ 40Embry-Riddle President: Dr. John P. Johnson .......... 41Champions of Character .......................................... 42Athletic Administration ............................................ 43Eagle Head Coaches ................................................ 44Athletic Staff ............................................................ 45B.E.S.T. Program ...................................................... 46The NAIA ................................................................. 46The NCAA ............................................................... 46Sports Medicine/ Strength & Conditioning ............. 47

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QUICK FACTSUNIVERSITY INFORMATIONLocation ...................................................................................................................................Daytona Beach, Fla.Founded..........................................................................................................................................................1926Enrollment .....................................................................................................................................................5,245Mascot ...........................................................................................................................................................EaglesSchool Colors .............................................................................................................................Royal Blue & GoldAffiliation ........................................................................................................ NAIA | NCAA (Candidacy Year One)Conference ......................................................................................................................The Sun | Sunshine StateDirector of Athletics ............................................................................................................................. John Phillips Alma Mater ............................................................................................................................Embry-Riddle/1990Associate Director of Athletics ................................................................................................. John Mark Adkison Alma Mater ........................................................................................................................................Taylor/1993Executive Director of Student-Athlete Support Services/Senior Woman Administrator ..................... Sonja Taylor Alma Mater ..................................................................................................................................... Auburn/1984

The 2014 Embry-Riddle Cross Country Media Guide was written and edited by the Embry-Riddle Sports Information Office. Editors: Michael Pierce and Ryan Mosher. Assistant Editors: Alison Smalling, John Phil-lips, Robert Lopez. Contributions: Mike Rosolino, Peter Hopfe. Cover Design: Ryan Mosher. Photogra-phy: Embry-Riddle Sports Information and the Avion Newspaper. Printing: Digital Press, Daytona Beach, Fla.

COACHESHead Coach .........................................Mike Rosolino Alma Mater .................................. Rhodes, 1996Seasons at Embry-Riddle ........................................13Phone .................................................386-323-5008Email ........................................... [email protected]

Assistant Coach ......................................Peter Hopfe Alma Mater .................................. Bentley, 1980Seasons at Embry-Riddle ........................................10Phone .................................................386-266-7099Email [email protected]

First Year of Cross Country ................................ 1999Mens Conference Titles ...........................................9Mens 2013 Sun Conference Finish ...................... 1stMens 2013 NAIA Finish .....................................16thWomens Conference Titles ......................................7Womens 2013 Sun Conference Finish ................2ndWomens 2013 NAIA Finish ...............................DNQ

Cross Country Contact ........................ Robert Lopez Office Phone ...............................386-323-5016 Email ................................... [email protected]

Director of Sports Information ............Alison Smalling Email [email protected] Dir. of Sports Information ....... Ryan Mosher Email [email protected] Dir. of Sports Information .....Michael Pierce Email .................................. [email protected] Information Assistant .................Robert Lopez Email ................................... [email protected]

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EAGLE MENThe 2014 Embry-Riddle mens cross country team

is poised to have one of the most successful seasons in program history, returning the majority of last years Sun Conference championship-winning squad. Head Coach Mike Rosolino is excited to see what this years group can accomplish in ERAUs final season as an NAIA member.

We return nine of our top 10 from last year, Ro-solino said. This is one of the deepest teams weve ever had here, and I really believe we could see a re-turn to being one of the top teams in the country. This team has the potential to be the best in the history of Embry-Riddle cross country.

This years team features 11 returners from last years squad, including six of the seven Embry-Riddle finishers from the NAIA National Championships and nine of the top 10 ERAU finishers from The Sun Con-ference Championships.

Senior Vincent Bett is expected to lead the way for the Blue and Gold this season. Bett, an All-Conference performer in 2012 and 2013, was the top Eagle fin-isher in seven of the eight races he competed in and was the top ERAU finisher at the NAIA National Cham-pionships (Nov. 23). He clocked a 24:29.71 at the Mountain Dew Invitational last season (Sept. 14), mak-ing him the third-fastest Eagle runner in school history.

Vincent did a great job for us last year after we lost Evans Kirwa, Rosolino remarked. I expect him to continue to be our leader both on and off the course this season.

Alec Hernandez will again be looked to as a top-three runner this year after consistently finishing as one of the top three Eagles throughout the 2013 sea-son. Hernandez, a senior, established himself as the seventh-fastest runner in ERAU history at the 2013 Sun Conference Championships (Nov. 9) with a time of 25:08.08.

Also expected to be a top-three runner is Paul McKenna. McKenna earned All-Conference honors in 2013 and consistently finished amongst the top three on the Eagles squad. McKenna became the sixth-fast-est runner in Blue and Gold history with a 25:01.65 at the Sand Shark Invitational last year (Oct. 26).

Rosolino expects to see senior Jacob Dordick, juniors Ryan Larson and Jamin Mays and sophomore Matt Graves to be battling each other to earn the dis-tinction of being top-five runners, which should push all four of them to get better all season long.

Dordick finished with six top-five ERAU finishes last year, including being the third Eagle to cross the line at the Asics Embry-Riddle Classic (Sept. 21). He was also the fifth Eagle to finish at the NAIA National Championships (Nov. 23) with a time of 27:23.86.

Larson recorded seven top-six finishes on the team last season, highlighted by his performance at the Asics Embry-Riddle Classic (Sept. 21) where he was the fifth and final scoring runner for the Blue and Gold.

Mays ran in eight meets for the Eagles in 2013, finishing seventh overall and fourth on the team at the Asics Embry-Riddle Classic (Sept. 21). Mays broke the 26-minute mark for the first time in his career with a 25:58.30 at the Sand Shark Invitational (Oct. 26), moving him into 15th place on the all-time fastest run-ners list in program history. Graves competed in seven meets last year, highlighted by his 24th-place finish, fourth on the team, at the South Florida Invitational (Sept. 6).

Also returning for the Eagles are seniors Dalton LHeureux and Jason Riggs, juniors Palmer Lintz and Paul Meesala, and sophomore Andrew Carosi, while the newcomers include freshmen Andrew Carpenter, James Fell, Adam Lawrence, DeVontae Persha and Keneth J Pineiro-Collazo.

EAGLE WOMENThe Embry-Riddle womens cross country team

comes in to 2014 looking to reclaim The Sun Confer-ence championship, a title that the Eagles lost last year for the first time in eight years.

Weve improved from last year overall, Rosolino said. We return six of our top eight, but losing Ellie Staker is big for us. Our team is composed almost en-tirely of seniors and freshmen, which is an odd situa-tion. Obviously we expect the seniors to be leaders on and off the course, but the success of this years team will depend heavily on what the freshmen class does.

This years squad features seven returners, led by senior Aleiyah Ross, junior Martina Tafoya and sopho-more Marina LeVine.

Ross was a top-three finisher for the Eagles in the teams final four meets and was one of three team members to qualify individually for the NAIA National Championships. Her seventh-place time of 19:16.84 at The Sun Conference Championships (Nov. 9) made her the 14th-fastest runner in program history.

Tafoya competed in seven meets for the Eagles, finishing among the top three on the team in four rac-

es. She also qualified for the NAIA National Champion-ships, finishing just 1.3 seconds ahead of Ross at the national meet. Tafoya become the 13th-fastest runner in school history with a time of 19:14.12 at the Sand Shark Invitational (Oct. 26).

LeVine had an outstanding freshman campaign, earning top-five team finishes in six meets. She was the third Eagle to finish at the South Florida Invitation-al, where her time of 19:17.97 established her as the 15th-fastest Eagle in school history.

Along with Ross, the rest of the senior class will be asked to shoulder a lot of the leadership this season. Lauren Eschbach, Brittany King, Rebecca Love and Jaena Smith will all be asked to contribute as potential top-five runners as well.

Eschbach competed in five races last year, finish-ing as the fourth ERAU runner at the Asics Embry-Rid-dle Classic in 20:57.22 (Sept. 21).

King raced four times for ERAU, clocking a season best of 21:32.29 at The Sun Conference Champion-ships.

Love was twice the second-finishing Eagle, includ-ing a blistering time of 19:06.28 at the season-opening South Florida Invitational (Sept. 6), a time that places her as the 10th-fastest runner in program history.

Smith competed in five meets last year, finishing as the sixth Eagle to cross the line at the conference meet (Nov. 9) in 20:31.06.

Newcomers to the squad this year consist of red-shirt freshman and track All-American Maite Moscoso and six true freshmen, including Eliza Gazda, Alexan-dria Meneses, Annette Morrison, Alex Orr, Brianna Paczynski and Audrey Parios.

2014 SEASON PREVIEW

Vincent Bett

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2014 SEASON PREVIEW

2014 MEET INFO

SOUTH FLORIDA INVITATIONAL

Meet 1 | Sept. 5The Claw

General InfoLocation ..................................................... Tampa, Fla.Host ........................................................South FloridaMens Race Distance ...............................................8KWomens Race Distance ..........................................5KWebsite ............................................ GoUSFBulls.com

2013 Meet InfoMens Team Champ ............................. Florida AtlanticMens Indiv. Champ .............. Kevin Marindich (FAMU)Womens Team Champ ......................................TampaWomens Indiv. Champ ....... Anne-Maria Blaney (UCF)

Media Relations ContactSteven SchoonOffice Phone ........................................ 813-974-4087Email ............................................... [email protected]

MOUNTAIN DEW INVITATIONAL

Meet 2 | Sept. 20Mark Bostic Golf Course

General InfoLocation .............................................. Gainesville, Fla.Host .................................................................. FloridaMens Race Distance ...............................................8KWomens Race Distance ..........................................6KWebsite .............................................. GatorZone.com

2013 Meet InfoMens Team Champ .......................................... FloridaMens Indiv. Champ .......................... Jimmy Clark (UF)Womens Team Champ ............................... TennesseeWomens Indiv. Champ .......Kelly Perzanowski (FGCU)

Media Relations ContactKyle OlandOffice Phone ............................. 352-375-4683 x6175Email ....................................... [email protected]

ASICS CLASSIC

Meet 3 | Sept. 27ERAU XC Course

General InfoLocation ....................................... Daytona Beach, Fla.Host ....................................................... Embry-RiddleMens Race Distance ...............................................8KWomens Race Distance ..........................................5KWebsite ...................................... ERAUAthhletics.com

2013 Meet InfoMens Team Champ ............................... Embry-RiddleMens Indiv. Champ .....................Sam Vazquez (UNA)Womens Team Champ .......................... Embry-RiddleWomens Indiv. Champ .................. Ellie Staker (ERAU)

Media Relations ContactRobert LopezOffice Phone ........................................386-323-5016Email ............................................ [email protected]

FSU INVITATIONAL

Meet 5 | Oct. 10Apalachee Regional Park

General InfoLocation ..............................................Tallahassee, Fla.Host ......................................................... Florida StateMens Race Distance ...............................................8KWomens Race Distance ..........................................5KWebsite ...............................................Seminoles.com

2013 Meet InfoMens Team Champ ................................. Florida A&MMens Indiv. Champ ....................Elias Chesire (FAMU)Womens Team Champ ............................ Florida StateWomens Indiv. Champ .............Colleen Quigley (FSU)

Media Relations ContactBob ThomasOffice Phone ........................................850-644-0615Email [email protected]

SAND SHARK INVITATIONAL

Meet 6 | Oct. 25Sgt. Jasper Park

General InfoLocation .............................................Hardeeville, S.C.Host .................. University of South Carolina BeaufortMens Race Distance ...............................................8KWomens Race Distance ..........................................5KWebsite ........................................ USCBAthletics.com

2013 Meet InfoMens Team Champ ........................................... BryanMens Indiv. Champ ............Anthony Simpson (Bryan)Womens Team Champ ....................................MilliganWomens Indiv. Champ .................. Ellie Staker (ERAU)

Media Relations ContactJustin JarrettOffice Phone ........................................ 843-208-8074Email ................................................jjarrett@uscb.edu

SUN CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS

Meet 7 | Nov. 8Fountains Golf Course

General InfoLocation ....................................West Palm Beach, Fla.Host ...........................................................NorthwoodMens Race Distance ...............................................8KWomens Race Distance ..........................................5KWebsite ................................ TheSunConference.com

2013 Meet InfoMens Team Champ ............................... Embry-RiddleMens Indiv. Champ ..................... Vincent Bett (ERAU)Womens Team Champ ......................SCAD SavannahWomens Indiv. Champ .................. Ellie Staker (ERAU)

Media Relations ContactChris KendrickOffice Phone ........................................561-681-7908Email .................................. [email protected]

NAIA CHAMPIONSHIPS

Meet 8 | Nov. 22Rim Rock Farm

General InfoLocation ........................................ Lawrenceville, Kan.Host ................ Kansas Collegiate Athletic ConferenceMens Race Distance ...............................................8KWomens Race Distance ..........................................5KWebsite .........................................................NAIA.org

2013 Meet InfoMens Team Champ ............................. Oklahoma CityMens Indiv. Champ ....... Eric Avila (Southern Oregon)Womens Team Champ ......................British ColumbiaWomens Indiv. Champ .......Hilary Holt (Coll. of Idaho)

Media Relations ContactMike DeVaderOffice Phone .........................................816.595.8119Email [email protected]

CHARLES BOWLES INVITE

Meet 4 | Oct. 4Bush Park

General InfoLocation .................................................... Salem, Ore.Host ........................................... Willamette UniversityMens Race Distance ...............................................8KWomens Race Distance ..........................................5KWebsite ................................ Willamette.edu/athletics

2013 Meet InfoMens Team Champ .................... University of VictoriaMens Indiv. Champ .................Ryan Cassidy (Victoria)Womens Team Champ ......................British ColumbiaWomens Indiv. Champ ...............Maria Bernard (BCU)

Media Relations ContactRobert McKinneyOffice Phone ........................................ 503-370-6110Email .................................. [email protected]

SCHEDULEBoth the mens and womens teams open the sea-

son with back-to-back NCAA I meets beginning with the South Florida Invitational in Tampa, Fla. on Sept. 5, followed by the Mountain Dew Invitational in Gaines-ville, Fla. on Sept. 20. The Eagles host the annual Asics Embry-Riddle Classic on Sept. 27 to close out the month of September.

The men and women will open October with a trip to the Pacific Northwest to run in the Charles Bowles Invitational in Salem, Ore. on Oct. 4. Embry-Riddle has another NCAA I meet on tap with the Seminole Invita-tional hosted by Florida State on Oct. 11 before finish-ing the regular season with the Sand Shark Invitational hosted by South Carolina Beaufort on Oct. 25.

The Sun Conference Championships will be host-ed by Northwood on Nov. 8, where the men will be seeking their ninth straight conference title and the women will be looking for their eighth crown in the last nine years after finishing as runner-up last year. The mens and womens teams that win the confer-ence meet will each earn automatic bids to the NAIA National Championships, which will take place on Nov. 22 in Lawrence, Kan.

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HEAD COACH MIKE ROSOLINO

Rosolino FileAlma Mater ...............................Rhodes, 1996Wife ....................................................... CarrieChildren ............................ Lynlee and Tanner

EducationBachelors in Mathematics ..... Rhodes (1996)Master of Education ....South Carolina (1998)Master of Pastoral Studies ........ Loyola (2009)

XC Coaching AchievementsEmbry-Riddle (2003-present) 16 Sun Conference Championships Best Finish at NAIA Nationals Men: 5th (2009) Women: 16th (2009) Five NAIA All-Americans 9 Sun Conference Runners of the Year 26 Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athletes 15-time Conference Coach of the Year 69 All-Sun Conference Honorees

Presbyterian (2001-02) Two Conference Runners of the Year One Conference Freshman of the Year

As an AthleteStudent-Athlete: Rhodes (1992-95) Led the Lynx to three conference titles Two-time Academic All-American (94, 95) National Merit finalist Earned distinction as a Natl Science Scholar

Over the last 12 cross country seasons, Mike Rosoli-nos harriers have dominated Sun Conference competition. The mens team has nine league titles to its credit, while the womens team topped the conference standings in for seven consecutive seasons from 2006-12. The Eagles run began in 2005 when the Embry-Riddle men captured the programs first league and NAIA Regional titles and made their first team appearance at the NAIA National Cham-pionship. A year later, Rosolinos harriers repeated that performance and were joined by the ERAU women who claimed their first regional and conference crowns.

Rosolino has been named The Sun Conference Cross Country Coach of the Year 15 times in his Embry-Riddle career - eight times for the men and seven on the womens side and the NAIA Region XIV Coach of the Year four times. He picked up his latest league coaching accolade in 2013 after leading the men to The Sun Conference crown and a 16th-place finish at the NAIA National Champion-ships. Rosolino also saw Ellie Staker become to first wom-ens cross country runner in program history to earn NAIA All-America accolades in 2013.

The men took fifth-place overall at the NAIA National Championship in 2009, with three runners earning All-America honors for the first time in program history, while the women finished 16th that same season. Rosolino coached Evans Kirwa to his second All-America honor in 2011, the first Eagle runner to accomplish the feat.

In 12 years with the Eagle cross country programs, Rosolino has coached 99 All-Conference performers (50 men and 49 women).

In 2005, Rosolino was tasked with launching the track and field program at Embry-Riddle. His penchant for suc-cess is evident in track and field as well as he has led the men to seven conference championships and the women to five league titles in the last nine seasons.

Rosolino has coached numerous conference cham-pions, 146 NAIA All-Americans and six NAIA National Champions who have won 15 individual national champi-onships: Beth McCubbin (1000m: 2008, 2009), Crystal Bardge (100m hurdles: 2011, 2012; 60m hurdles: 2011), Sam Vazquez (1000m: 2011), Nicole Bonk (3000m Race Walk: 2012, 2013; 5000m Race Walk: 2012), Reta Wood-ard (Weight Throw: 2012, 2014; Hammer Throw: 2013, 2014) and Mike Edwards (High Jump: Indoor 2013, Out-door 2013).

Along with training top athletes, Rosolino sets the high-est standards for his athletes in the classroom. In the past 12 seasons, he has coached 70 NAIA Scholar-Athletes and his teams have also consistently earned NAIA Scholar Team recognition, including four in 2012-13.

Rosolino came to Embry-Riddle from Presbyterian College in Clinton, S.C., where he spent two years on the coaching staff for the Blue Hose. He began his stint at Pres-byterian as an assistant coach and was elevated to the head job after just six months. Despite the brevity of his tenure with the program, Rosolino guided the Blue Hose to their

best finishes in school history, producing two South Atlan-tic Conference Runners of the Year and a Freshman of the Year in the process.

Prior to earning his position within the Presbyterian athletic department, Rosolino spent four academic years (1997-01) as the Director of Residence Life in Clinton. He also served as Resident Director for one year (1996-97) while attending graduate school.

A former standout runner for Rhodes College in Mem-phis, Tenn., Rosolino helped the Lynx to three Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC) titles from 1993-95. In his final season, he assumed the role of team cap-tain and finished 11th overall at the SCAC Championship meet. Rosolino also ran two seasons for the Rhodes track team, competing in the middle to long distance races. In 1995, he finished fifth at the SCAC Championships in the steeplechase.

An Academic All-American for Rhodes in 1994 and 1995, Rosolino was a National Merit finalist and earned distinction as a National Science Scholar.

Rosolino earned his bachelors degree in Mathematics from Rhodes in 1996. He went on to receive his Master of Education degree from the University of South Carolina in 1998 with an emphasis on student personnel services. Rosolino also holds a Level II certification from USA Track and Field. He earned a second Masters degree in Pastoral Studies from Loyola College in New Orleans in 2009.

Rosolino and his wife Carrie have been married for 17 years and reside in Port Orange with daughter Lynnlee and son Tanner.

13th Season | 16 Conference Titles (9 Men, 7 Women)

RhodesStudent-Athlete (1992-95)

PresbyterianAssistant Coach (2001)Head Coach (2001-02)

Embry-RiddleHead Coach (2003-Present)



ASSISTANT COACH PETER HOPFE

10th Season

BentleyStudent-Athlete (1976-80)

Flagler-Palm Coast1995-2004

Embry-RiddleAssistant Coach (2005-Present)

Hopfe FileAlma Mater ...............................Bentleu, 1980Wife .....................................................Cynthia

EducationBachelors in Management ......Bentley (1980)

Coaching AchievementsEmbry-Riddle (2005-present) 16 Sun Conference Championships Best Finish at NAIA Nationals Men: 5th (2009) Women: 16th (2009) Five NAIA All-Americans 9 Sun Conference Runners of the Year 24 Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athletes 63 All-Sun Conference Honorees

Flagler-Palm Coast (1995-2004) Two-time FHSAA Coach of the Year Two Boys XC FHSAA titles (2001, 2002) FHSAA Boys Track Runner-up (2001) FHSAA Girls XC Runner-up (2003) Numerous FHSAA Individual Champions

As an AthleteStudent-Athlete: Bentley (1976-80) Earned four letters for the Falcons

Boston Peace Marathon 2:28 (1987) Qualified for 1988 Moscow Marathon

Peter Hopfe came to the Embry-Riddle athletic pro-gram in January 2005 from Flagler-Palm Coast High School where he worked with both the cross country and track programs as either the head or assistant coach for 10 years.

In 2001 and 2002, he led the FPC boys cross country teams to state titles. He led both the boys track and girls cross country teams to runner-up finishes at the Florida State meets in the 2001 and 2003, respectively, and also guided the FPC girls to numerous top-10 finishes.

A two-time Florida State Coach of the Year, Hopfe has coached individual track and cross country state champi-ons, including Sam Vazquez who holds the state of Florida high school record at 1600m, was selected as Track and Field magazines 1600-meter Runner of the Year in 2003 and competed in the 2012 London Olympics for Puerto Rico, running the 1500m. Other notable runners include Justin Harbor who was a state champion in cross country and the two-Mile, and Matt Ciancilli a multi-event state champion.

Hopfe graduated from Bentley College in 1980 with a bachelors degree in Management. While at Bentley, he earned four letters as a cross country and track runner for the Falcons.

Although he competed at the collegiate level, Hopfes career as a runner blossomed after college as he focused on 5K road races and marathons at the elite level. Hopfes best time at 5K was 14:54. In 1987, he ran a personal best 2:28 at the Boston Peace Marathon, which earned him the opportunity to compete for the United States at the 1988 Moscow Marathon.

Hopfe is also active in the local running community as a member of the Daytona Beach Track Club and the Ancient City Road Runners in St. Augustine.

In addition to his coaching resume, Hopfe owned and operated a restaurant and multiple real estate companies. Hopfe and his wife Cynthia have two children and one grandchild.

ATHLETIC TRAINER MATLYN ZIMMERMAN

1st Season

Matlyn Zimmerman joins the Embry-Riddle staff as a Sports Medicine Assistant for the 2014-15 school year.

Zimmerman graduated from the The College of St. Scholastica (Minn.) in 2014 with a Masters degree in Ath-letic Training, and prior to that earned her Bachelors de-gree in Human Biology from the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay in 2012.

Zimmerman has athletic training and clinical experi-ence at both the NCAA II and NCAA III levels as she worked with the football, basketball, softball, soccer, and track and field teams at her previous schools.

Zimmerman FileEducationBachelors in Human Biology ...................................................Wisconsin-Green Bay (2012)Master in Athletic Training ................................................. College of St. Scholastica (2014)

Wisconsin-Green BayHuman Biology (2012)

College of St. ScholasticaAthletic Training (2014)

Embry-RiddleAthletic Trainer (2014-present)



Name Ht. Yr. Hometown / High School (Previous School)Vincent Bett 5-11 Sr. Mois Bridge, Kenya / Kapcheplanget (Middle Tennessee State)Andrew Carosi 5-9 So. Lebanon, N.J. / North Hunterdon Andrew Carpenter 5-11 Fr. Port Orange, Fla. / Spruce Creek Jacob Dordick 6-0 Sr. Charlotte, N.C. / Providence Day James Fell 6-5 Fr. Bay Village, Ohio / Bay (John Carroll)Matt Graves 6-0 So. Milford, Mich. / Milford Alec Hernandez 5-10 Sr. North Canton, Ohio / Hoover Dalton LHeureux 5-7 Sr. Madison, N.H. / Kennett Ryan Larson 5-8 Jr. Pensacola, Fla. / Booker T. Washington Adam Lawrence 5-11 Fr. Orlando, Fla. / Dr. Phillips Palmer Lintz 5-11 Jr. Newtown, Conn. / Newtown Jamin Mays 6-1 Jr. Kingsland, Ga. / Camden County Paul McKenna 5-10 So. Clearwater, Fla. / Countryside Paul Meesala 5-11 Jr. Barrington, Ill. / Barrington Community DeVontae Persha 6-0 Fr. St. Petersburg, Fla. / Lakewood Keneth J Pineiro-Collazo 5-5 Fr. Ponce, Puerto Rico / DeLand Jason Riggs 5-11 Sr. Niceville, Fla. / Niceville

2014 EMBRY-RIDDLE MENS CROSS COUNTRY ROSTER BREAKDOWN

Returners...................................12Vincent BettAndrew Carosi Jacob Dordick Matt Graves Alec Hernandez Dalton LHeureux Ryan Larson Palmer Lintz Jamin Mays Paul McKenna Paul Meesala Jason Riggs

Newcomers ................................. 5Andrew CarpenterJames FellAdam LawrenceDeVontae PershaKeneth J Pineiro-Collazo

Seniors ...................................... 5Vincent BettJacob DordickAlec HernandezDalton LHeureuxJason Riggs

Juniors....................................... 4Ryan LarsonPalmer LintzJamin MaysPaul Meesala

Sophomores................................. 3Andrew CarosiMatt GravesPaul McKenna

Freshmen.................................... 5Andrew CarpenterJames FellAdam LawrenceDeVontae PershaKeneth J Pineiro-Collazo

WHERE THE EAGLES COME FROM

Kenya

Puerto Rico



VINCENT BETT

2013-14: CROSS COUNTRY: Top Eagle finisher in seven of the eight meets during the yearfinished first at The Sun Confer-ence Championships (Nov. 9), earning TSC Runner of the Year honors and first team All-Conference recognitionposted a career-best 24:29.71 at the Mountain Dew Invitational (Sept. 14) to finish 14th overall and post the 10th-best time in school historyplaced first overall at the Seminole Invitational (Oct. 11) in 25:00.18first Eagle to cross the finish line at the NAIA National Championships (Nov. 23) in a time of 25:23.77. IN-DOOR: NAIA Indoor All-American in the 3,000m run, finishing seventh overall in a career-best 8:37.30finished second in the Mile at the Embry-Riddle Last Chance Meet (Feb. 22) with a time of 4:22.07. OUTDOOR: All-Sun Conference performer in the 10,000m when he finished third in 32:53.50competed at the NAIA Outdoor National Championships (May 22) in the 3,000m Steeplechase, finishing in 9:27.61placed first in the 3,000m Steeplechase in a time of 9:23.72 at the USF Open (March 14) and also finished first in the same event at the FSU Relays (March 21) in 9:38.86. 2012-13: CROSS COUNTRY: Became the second Embry-Riddle harrier to earn Sun Conference Newcomer of the Year honorsfinished third overall at The Sun Conference Championships (Nov. 3) in 26:06.05, earning first team All-Conference hon-

orsfirst Eagle finisher at the NAIA National Championships (Nov. 17), placing 65th overall in 26:00ran the 17th-fastest time in program history and became the fourth-fastest Eagle of all-time with a 24:44.82 finish at the Sand Shark Invite (Oct. 20) where he placed second overall. INDOOR: Competed at the NAIA Indoor Track & Field National Championships (Feb. 29) in both the 3000m and the Distance Medley Relay...posted his best 3000m time of the winter with an 8:40.69 at the Embry-Riddle Last Chance Meet (Feb. 16), winning the event...finished third in the 5000m at the Jimmy Carnes Invitational (Jan. 27) with a time of 15:32.76. OUTDOOR: Earned NAIA All-America recognition in the 3000m Steeplechase, finishing third at the NAIA Outdoor Track & Field National Championships (May 25) in a school-record time of 9:10.55...named the 2013 Sun Con-ference Track Athlete of the Year, taking home three titles at The Sun Conference Championships (Apr. 22), including the 3000m Steeplechase (9:31.32), the 5000m (16:26.69) and as a mem-ber of the 4x800m relay squad (7:54.73).

AT MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE: Competed for both the Blue Raiders cross country and track programscompeted in five cross country meets, recoding his best time at the Greater Lou-isville Classic (Oct. 1), clocking a 26:10.54finished 49th at the 10k NCAA South Regional (Nov. 12), crossing the finish line in 32:53.80won two events in track, the 3000m at the Ed Temple Classic (Jan. 7) (8:46.94) and the 5000m at the Coach O Invitational (Apr. 28) (15:19.72).

PREP: 2007 graduate of Kapcheplanget High Schoolthree-sport athlete for Kapcheplanget in handball, volleyball and track.

PERSONAL: Born in Mois Bridge, Kenya on Dec. 31, 1992son of Josphat and Persilisa Korirmajoring in Aeronautical En-gineering.

Senior | 5-11 | Mois Bridge, Kenya | Kapcheplanget HS \ Middle Tennessee State

XC Honors 2013 Sun Conference Runner of the Year 2012 Sun Conference Newcomer of the Year 2012 & 2013 First Team All-Sun Conference 3rd-Fastest Runner in Program History (24:29.71)

Track Honors 2014 NAIA Indoor All-American (3,000m) 2013 NAIA Outdoor All-American (3,000m Steeple) 2013 Sun Conference Track Athlete of the Year ERAU Record-Holder in 3,000m Steeple (9:10.55) Four-time All-Sun Conference performer

Career Best Time24:29.71 (9/14/13)

Mountain Dew Invitational

ANDREW CAROSI

2013-14: CROSS COUNTRY: Ran in six meets for Embry-Riddlefastest time came at the Sand Shark Invite (Oct. 26) when he finished 88th overall in 27:26.11placed 27th at the Asics Classic (Sept. 21) in a time of 31:23.46. INDOOR: Ran the 3,000m in two meets, placing 15th at the Embry-Riddle Indoor-Outdoor Challenge (Jan. 25) with a finish of 9:51.61 and 23rd at the Embry-Riddle Last Chance Meet (Feb. 22) in a time of 9:7.15. OUTDOOR: Specialized in the 5,000m for the Eagles with his best finish of 12th coming at The Sun Conference Championships (April 21) in 18:07.57posted a career-best 16:16.28 at the FSU Relays (March 21). PREP: Graduated from North Hunterdon High School in the spring of 2013...ran for coaches Tom Higgins and Charles Heidecker...ran a 4:42 Mile in the spring of 2012 and posted a 5K-best 16:18 time in a road race...named a second team All-Skyland Conference performer as a senior and junior...helped lead NHHS to the Skyland Conference title and a third-place fin-ish at the New Jersey State meet. PERSONAL: Born in Midland, Mich. on Sept. 27, 1995...parents are Sandra and Joseph Carosi...mother Sandra was a member of the Drexel University swim team and father Joseph ran cross country for the Dragons...majoring in Mechanical Engineering...assists in coaching the Hunterdon Lions track club.

Sophomore| 5-9 | Lebanon, N.J. | North Hunterdon HS

Career Best Time27:26.11 (10/26/13)Sand Shark Invite



ANDREW CARPENTER

2014: INDOOR: Ran the 4x800m relay at the NAIA Indoor Track & Field National Championships (March 6) as the team posted a time of 7:47.77 for 12th placefinished third in the 1,000m at the Embry-Riddle Last Chance Meet (Feb. 22), posting a ca-reer best time of 2:32.96ran a career best 4:30.99 in the Mile at the Samford Multi and Invitational (Feb. 7). OUTDOOR: Part of the 4x800m relay squad that qualified for the NAIA Out-door National Championships (May 22) where they finished in 7:42.14All-Conference performer in the 1,500m and 800m, finishing first (3:57.92) and third (1:56.53), respectively at The Sun Conference Championships (April 21), setting a conference record in the 1,500m. PREP: Graduated from Spruce Creek High School in June 2012ran track and cross country under coaches Stephon Gallon and Craig Jansenpersonal bests include 16:07 in the 5K, 4:38 in the Mile, 1:58 in the 800m and 51.1 in the 400mwas team captain as a seniorteam won the track conference meet his junior and senior yearearned Bright House Network Cross Country Runner of the Year accolades. PERSONAL: Born in Port Orange, Fla. on May 22 1993par-ents are Linda and Erik Lokensgardmajoring in Unmanned Aircraft Systems.

Freshman | 5-11 | Port Orange, Fla. | Spruce Creek HS

JACOB DORDICK

2013-14: CROSS COUNTRY: Academic All-Conference and Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athlete honoreecompeted in all eight meets for the Blue and Goldposted a season-best time of 26:31.67 at the Sand Shark Invite (Oct. 26) before placing 20th overall at The Sun Conference Championships (Nov. 9) with a time of 26:38.20fifth ERAU finisher at the NAIA Na-tional Championships (Nov. 23) in 27:23.86. 2012-13: CROSS COUNTRY: Second team All-Conference hon-oree after placing 12th overall at The Sun Conference Champion-ships (Nov. 3) in a time of 27:09.40became the 20th-fastest Eagle ever at the Sand Shark Invite (Oct. 20), placing 26th overall in 26:20.72was the third Blue and Gold finisher at the NAIA National Championship (Nov. 17) in 27:22best finish of the season came at the Asics Embry-Riddle Classic when he placed ninth overall in 28:09.20. INDOOR: Won the 5000m event at the Embry-Riddle Indoor/Outdoor Challenge (Jan. 20) with a

time of 16:39.23. OUTDOOR: Finished 33rd in the marathon at the NAIA Outdoor Track & Field National Championships (May 25)...All-Conference performer after winning the 10,000m run at The Sun Conference Championships (Apr. 22) in 35:10.74...ran the 5000m in 16:37.12 at the LSU Relays (Mar. 23).

2011-12: CROSS COUNTRY: Ran in the final six races for ERAU after joining the team as a walk-onsecond team All-Confer-ence performer for his 27:26.11 time at The Sun Conference Championships (Nov. 5)put forth his career-best time of 26:48 at the NAIA National Championships (Nov. 19) as the third Eagle finisherplaced 29th overall at the UCF Black & Gold Challenge (Oct. 14) in 27:33.59. INDOOR: Ran the 5000m in three events during the winter seasonbest time came at the Tiger Paw Invitational (Feb. 11) when he finished sixth with a time of 16:07.57ran the 3000m at the Florida Gator Invitational (Jan. 22), finishing in 9:27.15. OUTDOOR: Narrowly missed All-

Conference honors in the 10,000m at The Sun Conference Championships (Apr. 23) when he finished fourth in 34:33.31career-best mark in the 10,000m came at the North Florida Invita-tional (Mar. 31) in 34:23.15ran a 16:08.38 in the 5000m at the ERAU Spikes Classic (Mar. 24).

PREP: 2011 graduate of Providence Day High School...two-time captain of the track team...two-time CISAA All-Conference honoree and two-time NCISAA All-State athlete...named to the Headmasters List all four years.

PERSONAL: Born in Charlotte, N.C. on Nov. 2, 1992...son of Fran and Robert Dordick...major-ing in Aerospace Engineering.

Senior | 6-0 | Charlotte, N.C. | Providence Day HS


XC Honors 2011 & 2012 Second Team All-Sun Conference 2013 Academic All-Sun Conference 2013 Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athlete

Track Honors 2013 All-Sun Conference (10,000m) 2013 Academic All-Sun Conference

JAMES FELL

2013-14: Spent time at John Carroll University, but did not participate in any meets. PREP: 2013 graduate of Bay High Schoolran for coaches Ron Rutt and Scott Sniderran for both the track and cross country teamsthree-time cross country Regional qualifier and led his 2010 team to an eighth-place finish at the Ohio State High School Cross Country Championshipsearned the 2011 Cross Country Sportsmanship Awardearned the

Distance MVP award for track as a junior and se-niorfinished eighth at the OHSAA State Track Championships in the 4x800m relayearned a pair of conference championships as a senior in the 800m and 1,600m. PERSONAL: Born in Bay Village, Ohio on Feb. 10, 1995son of Jim and Sally FellEagle Scout2009 National Champion All-American Soap Box Der-by2012 Cadet Officer of the Year for the Cuyahoga

County Squadron Civil Air Patrolvolunteered his time at a juvenile detention center.

Freshman | 6-5 | Bay Village, Ohio | Bay HS | John Carroll

Track Honors 2013 Two-Time All-Conference Performer



MATT GRAVES

2013-14: CROSS COUNTRY: Seven-meet participant as a freshmanfinished 14th overall at the Asics Classic (Sept. 21) in 28:56.84career-best time of 27:42.01 came at the Sand Shark Invite (Oct. 26). INDOOR: Placed sixth overall in the 3,000m in 9:18.13 at the Embry-Riddle Indoor-Outdoor Chal-lenge (Jan. 25)finished in 9:03.53 in the 3,000m at the Em-bry-Riddle Last Chance Meet (Feb. 22). OUTDOOR: Ran in five meets during the outdoor seasonfifth-place finish at The Sun Conference Championships (April 21) in the 3,000m Steeple-chase in a time of 10:22.52posted his best 5,000m time of 16:01.90 at the FSU Relays (March 21). PREP: Graduated from Milford High School in 2013 with High-est Academic Honors and the Board of Education Distinguished Achievement Award...ran under coach Brian Salyers for three seasons of cross country and track & field...also earned four let-ters in downhill skiing and was team captain as a senior...cross country squad captured the 2011 and 2012 Michigan Divison state championships...first team All-Area, second team All-County, second team All-Region and third team All-Conference as a senior...awarded the Captains Award in 2012, the Coaches Award in 2011 and the Most Improved Award in 2010...earned several Scholar-Athlete and Academic awards during his prep career.

PERSONAL: Born in Milford, Mich. on Feb. 18, 1995...parents are Deborah and Ronald Graves...majoring in Aerospace Engi-neering...Eagle Scout...numerous community service and volun-teering hours with the Boy Scouts, National Honor Society and Spanish Club.

Sophomore| 6-0 | Milford, Mich. | Milford HS


ALEC HERNANDEZ

2013-14: First Team CoSIDA Academic All-American. CROSS COUNTRY: First Team All-Conference performer as a junior, fin-ishing second at The Sun Conference Championships (Nov. 9) in 25:08.08, becoming the seventh-fastest Eagle in program his-torythird Eagle finisher at the NAIA National Championships (Nov. 23) at 26:09.35earned Academic All-Conference and Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athlete honors. INDOOR: Became an NAIA All-American with his Distance Medley relay teammates when they finished sixth at the NAIA Indoor National Champion-ships (March 6) in a school-record time of 10:02.42also ran in the 4x800m relay at the NAIA Indoor National Championships as the team posted a 7:47.77 for 12th placewon three events at the Embry-Riddle Last Chance Meet (Feb. 22), including the 4x800m relay (7:52.45), the 1,000m (2:31.46) and the 800m (1:58.85). OUTDOOR: Part of the 4x800m relay squad that qual-ified for the NAIA Outdoor National Championships (May 22) where they finished in 7:42.14All-Sun Conference performer in the 4x800m relay and the 1,500m, finishing first (7:53.79) and second (3:59.05), respectivelyAcademic All-Sun Confer-ence and Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athlete selection.

2012-13: Third team CoSIDA Academic All-American. CROSS COUNTRY: First team All-Sun Conference runnerfinished third overall at The Sun Conference Championship (Nov. 3) in 26:21.24time of 25:09.41 at the Sand Shark Invite (Oct. 20) made him the sixth-fastest Eagle in school historynever

finished lower than third on the Embry-Riddle squadsecond ERAU finisher at the NAIA National Championship (Nov. 17) in a time of 26:41. INDOOR: Ran the 1000m at the NAIA Indoor Track & Field National Championships (Mar. 2), posting a time of 2:36.72...competed in five meets for the Blue and Gold...won the 1000m run at the Embry-Riddle Last Chance Meet (Feb. 16) with a career-best time of 2:30.30...posted a collegiate-best 4:20.36 in the Mile at the Tiger Paw Invitational (Feb. 9). OUT-DOOR: Finished 11th at the NAIA Outdoor Track & Field Na-tional Championships (May 25) in the 1500m run in 3:54.82...two-time All-Sun Conference performer with first-place finishes in the 1500m (4:15.08) and the 4x800m relay (7:54.73) at The Sun Conference Championships (Apr. 22).

2011-12: CROSS COUNTRY: Competed in five meetsfin-ished 19th overall at the USF Invitational (Sept. 9) in 26:39.20, a personal best timeran a 27:32 mark at the NAIA National Championships (Nov. 19), the fifth Eagle finisher in the race. INDOOR: Ran in both the distance medley relay and 1000m at the NAIA Indoor Track & Field Championships (Mar. 3), with his DMR team posting a season-best time of 10:15.13posted a 2:33.35 in the 1000m at the Tiger Paw Invitational (Feb. 11), placing him fifth amongst mostly NCAA I competitionhis best Mile time of the winter came at the Florida Gator Invitational (Jan. 22) when he ran a 4:30.90 to finish fifth overall. OUTDOOR: Earned All-America honors as part of the Eagles 4x800m re-lay team that finished fourth at the NAIA Outdoor Track & Field Championships (May 26)All-Sun Conference runner in both the 5000m (15:52.85) and the 1500m (4:01.22) at The Sun Conference Championships (May 23).

PREP: Graduated from Hoover High School in 2011ran for four seasons under coach Travis Ackermanfirst team All-Fed-eral League during his junior and senior seasonsfirst team All-Stark County (2009-10)Academic All-Ohio in 2010served as his teams captain during his senior campaign.helped his team win back-to-back Federal League titles in 2009 and 2010, while leading them to a fifth place finish in the region in both years.

PERSONAL: Born on Jan. 12, 1993 in Canton, Ohioson of Linda and Salvador Hernandezmajoring in Aeronauticsmember of the Air Force ROTC program at Embry-Riddle...member of the National Honor Societyvolunteered his time at the Military Aviation Preservation Society and the Stark County Humane Society.

Senior | 5-10 | North Canton, Ohio | Hoover HS


TSC Championships

CoSIDA Honors 2013-14 First Team Academic All-American 2012-13 Third Team Academic All-American

XC Honors 2012 & 2013 First Team All-Sun Conference 2013 Academic All-Sun Conference 2013 Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athlete 7th-Fastest Runner in Program History (25:08.08)

Track Honors 2014 NAIA Indoor All-American (Distance Medley) 2012 NAIA Outdoor All-American (4x800m) Five-Time All-Sun Conference Performer 2013 & 2014 Academic All-Sun Conference 2014 Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athlete ERAU Record-Holder in DMR (10:02.42)

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DALTON LHEUREUX

2013-14: CROSS COUNTRY: Academic All-Sun Conference honoree, as well as a Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athleteran in five meets for the Blue and Goldset his personal-best time of 28:58.41 at the Seminole Invitational (Oct. 11). INDOOR: Par-ticipant in three meetswon the 4x800m relay at the Embry-Riddle Last Chance Meet (Feb. 22) in 7:52.45posted a career-best 1:23.80 in the 600m at the Embry-Riddle Indoor-Outdoor Challenge (Jan. 25). OUTDOOR: Named an Academic All-Con-ference and Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-AthleteAll-Conference performer in the 4x800m relay with a first-place finish at The Sun Conference Championships (April 21) in 7:53.79. 2012-13: CROSS COUNTRY: Five meet participant for the Blue and Goldposted a career-best time of 29:24.54 at the Sand Shark Invite (Oct. 20). INDOOR: Participated in the Distance Medley Relay at the NAIA Indoor Track & Field National Champi-onships (Feb. 13), helping the Eagles post a time of 10:39.05...part of the 4x400m relay team that placed sixth at the Jimmy

Carnes Invitational (Jan. 27) in 3:36.15...4x800m relay team won the event at the Embry-Riddle Last Chance Meet (Feb. 16) in 7:59.75...ran a 1:26.90 in the 600m at the Embry-Riddle Last Chance Meet. OUTDOOR: Ran in seven meets dur-ing the spring season...All-Conference performer in the 4x800m relay with a 7:54.73 time at The Sun Conference Champion-ships (Apr. 22)...best 800m time of his collegiate career came at the Spikes Classic (Apr. 6) 1:59.16.

2011-12: CROSS COUNTRY: Ran in five meets as a freshmanplaced 53rd overall in 29:40.95 at the UCF Black & Gold Chal-lenge (Oct. 14), his best time of the season. INDOOR: Partici-pated in four meets for the Eagles during the winter seasonran a 1:24.10 in the 600m at the ERAU Last Chance Meet (Feb. 18), recording a career-bestfinished fifth in the 1000m in 2:42.44 at the ERAU Indoor/Outdoor Challenge (Jan. 28). OUTDOOR: Posted a pair of personal records in the 400m (52.33) and the 800m (2:01.59) at The Sun Conference Championships (Apr. 23) and North Florida Invitational (Mar. 31) respectively.

PREP: 2011 graduate of Kennett High School in North Conway, New Hampshire ran cross country for three seasons under coaches Bernie Livingston and Tim Livingstonnamed cross country team captain in both 2009 and 2010ran four years of track at Kennett, earning six lettersschool record holder in the 600m run, 4x400m relay and 4x800m relayhelped his 4x800m relay team place third at the New Hampshire Indoor Track and Field State Championshipsfinished third in the 600m run at the state championshipsearned the 2011 Don Trimble Award given to the Most Valuable Athlete on the track and field squadadvanced to the New England Championships where he raced to an 18th place finish in the 800m runran for the White Mountain Milersnamed the North Country Out-standing Career Technical Student of the Yearnominated for membership in the National Society of High School Scholarsearned High Honors in every quarter of high schoolselected as the Math Achievement Award winner, as well as the Golden Compass Award winner for excellence in CAD (computer aided drafting) and the Economic Academic Archie Award.

PERSONAL: Born in Berlin, N.H. on Jan. 1, 1993son of Sonya and Rick LHeureuxpursuing a degree in Aerospace Engineer-ingmember of the National Honor Society, National Technical Honor Society and National French Honor Societyparticipated in numerous volunteer activities throughout high school.

Senior | 5-7 | Madison, N.H. | Kennett HS

Career Best Time28:58.41 (10/11/13)Seminole Invitational

XC Honors 2013 Academic All-Sun Conference 2013 Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athlete

Track Honors Two-Time All-Sun Conference Performer 2013 & 2014 Academic All-Sun Conference 2014 Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athlete

RYAN LARSON

2013-14: CROSS COUNTRY: Earned Academic All-Conference honorscompeted in all eight meets for the Eagles as a sopho-morefifth Eagle finisher (11th overall) at the Asics Classic (Sept. 21), running a 28:42.86posted a season and career-best 26:28.06 at the Sand Shark Invite (Oct. 26) before finishing 22nd overall at The Sun Conference Championships (Nov. 9) in 26:43.69completed the NAIA National Championships (Nov. 23) in 27:38.62. INDOOR: Ran the 3,000m in three meets dur-ing the indoor season with a season-best 9:08.44 coming at the Embry-Riddle Last Chance Meet (Feb. 22) when he finished seventh. OUTDOOR: Academic All-Sun Conference honoreeparticipant in eight meetsset collegiate bests in the 800m (1:57.88) and the 1,500m (4:05.94) at the FSU Seminole Invita-tional (April 11) and The Sun Conference Championships (April 21), respectivelyhelped the 4x800m relay team to a first-place finish at the Embry-Riddle Spikes Classic with a time of 7:35.82. 2012-13: CROSS COUNTRY: Competed in six of the Eagles seven meets on the yearposted a career-best 26:56.44 at the Sand Shark Invite (Oct. 20)placed 14th overall at the Asics Embry-Riddle Classic with a time of 28:43.96. INDOOR: Finished second in the 3000m at the Embry-Riddle Indoor/Outdoor Challenge (Jan. 20) in 9:09...ran a 4:32.55 in the Mile at the Jimmy Carnes Invite (Jan. 27). OUTDOOR: Two-time All-Conference performer at The Sun Conference Championships (Apr. 22) in the 10,000m (35:38.60) and the 1500m (4:17.35).

PREP: Graduated with honors in the spring of 2012 from Booker T. Washington High Schoolnamed a first team All-Pensacola Area performer in 2011 in cross countryqualified for the Florida State Championships in the 4x800m relay as well as cross countryposted a career-best Mile time of 4:30 during his sophomore seasonearned top student honors in science, web design and language arts as a senior.

PERSONAL: Born in Clear Lake, Iowa on July 12, 1993son of Michael and Glenda Larsonbrother Eric ran cross country and track at Florida Southernmajoring in Air Traffic Management.

Junior | 5-8 | Pensacola, Fla. | Booker T. Washington HS


XC Honors 2013 Academic All-Sun Conference 2013 Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athlete

Track Honors Two-Time All-Sun Conference Performer 2014 Academic All-Sun Conference

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PALMER LINTZ

2013-14: CROSS COUNTRY: Named to the Academic All-Sun Conference rosterran in five meets for the Eagles, finishing in a career-best 28:36.10 at the Sand Shark Invite (Oct. 26)ran 29:54.86 at the Embry-Riddle Asics Classic (Sept. 21) to place 19th. INDOOR: Posted a pair of collegiate-best times in the 1,000m (2:37.65) and the Mile (4:36.88) at the Embry-Rid-dle Last Chance (Feb. 22) and the Bob Pollock Invitational (Jan. 31), respectivelypart of the Distance Medley Relay team that placed third at the Bob Pollock Invitational in 10:36.38. OUT-DOOR: Academic All-Sun Conference and Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athlete honoreeearned All-Conference recognition in the 4x800m relay by winning the event at The Sun Confer-ence Championships (April 21) in 7:53.79posted a 2:01.89 in the 800m at the Embry-Riddle Spikes Classic (April 4) for a career-best timealso ran a 4:11.00 in the 1,500m at the same meet, finishing 19th overall. 2012-13: CROSS COUNTRY: Ran in five meets as a freshmanran a career-best 29:15.73 in his final race of the season, the Sand Shark Invite (Oct. 20), finishing 98th overall. INDOOR: Competed in four meets with seven top-10 finishes...helped the 4x800m relay team win at the ERAU Last Chance Meet (Feb. 13) in a time of 7:59.75...placed third in the 1,000m at the ERAU Last Chance Meet with a time of 2:42.95. OUTDOOR: Ran a 2:03.89 in the 800m at the Hurricane Invitational (April 13) be-fore posting a 4:17.75 at the same meet.

PREP: 2012 graduate of Newtown High Schoolran for David Foss and Dan Mcillrath while with the Nighhawksserved as cross country team captain, helping his squad to a second-place finish at the Southwest Colonial Conference championshipsposted his best-ever Mile time of 4:36 during his senior year.

PERSONAL: Born in New Orleans, La. on Jan. 5, 1994parents are James and Linda Lintzmajoring in Aeronautical Scienceorganized several community outreach projects, including an annual dodge ball tournament and the revitalization of a local cemetery.

Junior | 5-11 | Newtown, Conn. | Newtown HS


XC Honors 2013 Academic All-Sun Conference

Track Honors 2014 All-Sun Conference Performer (4x800m) 2014 Academic All-Sun Conference 2014 Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athlete

ADAM LAWRENCE

PREP: Graduated from Dr. Phillips High School in 2014ran track and cross country under coach Jorge Fleitaspersonal bests include 4:36 in the Mile and 16:17 in the 5kwon the Metro Conference Championship in the Mile, two-Mile, and 5k. PERSONAL: Born in Orlando, Fla. on July 11, 1995majoring in Business Administration.

Freshman | 5-11 | Orlando, Fla. | Dr. Phillips HS

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JAMIN MAYS

2013-14: CROSS COUNTRY: Ran in all eight meets for the Blue and Goldfinished fourth on the team and seventh over-all at the Embry-Riddle Asics Classic (Sept. 21) in 28:04.60his 25:58.30 at the Sand Shark Invite (Oct. 26) made him the 15th-fastest runner in program historyseventh ERAU finisher at the NAIA National Championships (Nov. 23) with a time of 27:53.43helped the Eagles to a conference crown at The Sun Conference Championships (Nov. 9), placing 18th overall in 26:33.22. INDOOR: NAIA All-American in the Distance Medley Relay, helping break a program record with a 10:02.42 finish for sixth-place at the NAIA Indoor National Championships (March 6)also competed in the 4x800m relay at the NAIA Indoor National Championships as the squad ran a 7:47.77posted a career-best 2:32.37 in the 1,000m at the Embry-Riddle Last Chance Meet (Feb. 22), finishing secondfinished first in both the 1,000m and 4x800m relay at the Embry-Riddle Indoor-Out-door Challenge (Jan. 25) with times of 2:37.03 and 7:54.62, re-

spectively. OUTDOOR: Two-time All-Sun Conference performer in the 800m and 4x800m re-lay, claiming top honors in both events with times of 1:54.62 and 7:53.79, respectively, at The Sun Conference Championships (April 21)ran in two events at the NAIA Outdoor National Championships (May 22) with a 12th-place finish in the 4x800m relay (7:42.14) and a 27th-place finish in the 800m (1:57.01)

posted a season-best time of 1:53.74 in the 800m at the FSU Relays (March 21)his 1,500m time of 4:08.66 at the UCF Black and Gold Invitational (May 3) marked a career-best. 2012-13: CROSS COUNTRY: Raced in six of the seven meets the Eagles ran on the yeartook 17th overall at The Sun Con-ference Championship (Nov. 3) in a time of 27:36.60best time of the year of 26:56.31 was at the Sand Shark Invite (Oct. 20). INDOOR: Finished fifth in the 1000m at the Embry-Riddle Indoor/Outdoor Challenge (Jan. 20) in 2:47.28. OUTDOOR: Earned All-Conference recognition in three events at The Sun Conference Championships (Apr. 22), including the 4x800m relay (7:54.73), the 800m (1:57.57) and the 1500m (4:16.92)...time of 4:12.57 in the 1500m at the North Florida Invitational (Mar. 30) marked a career-best...ran to a 12th-place showing in the 800m at the FSU Seminole Invitational (Apr. 13) in a time of 1:56.48.

PREP: 2012 graduate of Camden County High School where he ran for coaches Jason Konrad and Bryan Loveholds the Wild-cat record in the 800m at 1:56.16named a team captain for both cross country and trackclaimed the regional champion-ship in both the 800m and 1600m during his junior and senior seasonswas a Junior Olympic qualifier.

PERSONAL: Born in Glendale, Ariz. On Feb. 3, 1994parents are Lawrence Mays and Pamela Ganttmajoring in Air Traffic Controlvolunteered for Habitat for Humanity and as a junior track and field coach.

Junior | 6-1 | Kingsland, Ga. | Camden County HS


XC Honors 15th-Fastest Runner in Program History (25:58.30)

Track Honors 2014 NAIA Indoor All-American (Distance Medley) Five-Time All-Sun Conference Performer ERAU Record-Holder in DMR (10:02.42)

PAUL McKENNA

2013-14: CROSS COUNTRY: Sun Conference Newcomer of the Year and first team All-Sun Conference performer with a third-place finish at The Sun Conference Championships (Nov. 9) in a time of 25:12.58second ERAU finisher at the NAIA National Championships (Nov. 23) with a 25:40.27 timebecame the sixth-fastest Eagle in program history with a 25:01.65 at the Sand Shark Invite (Oct. 26). INDOOR: Qualified for and compet-ed in the NAIA Indoor National Championships (March 6) in the 5,000m where he finished 21st in 15:19.89posted a time of 14:54.22 in the 5,000m at the Embry-Riddle Last Chance Meet (Feb. 22), finishing firstbest 3,000m time came at the Sam-ford Multi and Invitational (Feb. 7) when he finished in 8:47.86. OUTDOOR: Named The Sun Conference Track Athlete of the Year, earning three All-Conference honors at The Sun Confer-ence Championships (April 21) in the 10,000m (31:58.11), 5,000m (15:38.44) and 3,000m Steeplechase (9:35.04)ran the 3,000m Steeplechase at the NAIA Outdoor National Cham-pionships (May 22), finishing in 9:53.27posted career-bests in the 800m (2:01.85) and 1,500m (4:04.66) at the FSU Semi-nole Invitational (April 11). PREP: 2013 graduate of Countryside High School...ran for coaches Eileen Givens and Ray Friedman...named teams Rookie

of the Year as a freshman...captained both the track and cross country teams...earned Most Valuable Runner honors...claimed the regional title in the two-Mile and 5k events and was the con-ference champion in the 4x800m relay, Mile and two-Mile runs. PERSONAL: Born in Albuquerque, N.M. on July 30, 1995...son of Dawn McKenna...majoring in Mechanical Engineering.

Sophomore | 5-10 | Clearwater, Fla. | Countryside HS


XC Honors 2013 Sun Conference Newcomer of the Year 2013 First Team All-Sun Conference 6th-Fastest Runner in Program History (25:01.65)

Track Honors 2014 Sun Conference Track Athlete of the Year Three-time All-Sun Conference Performer

PAUL MEESALA

2013-14: INDOOR: Competed in two meets for the Eagles, run-ning a 2:04.47 in the 800m at the Embry-Riddle Last Chance Meet (Feb. 22) before posting a 2:42.41 in the 1,000m at the same meet. 2012-13: INDOOR/OUTDOOR: Utilized redshirt status for the track season.

2011-12: CROSS COUNTRY: Ran in four meets as an Eagle, came in 12th at the Asics Embry-Riddle Classic (Oct. 8) when he finished in 30:47.13personal-best time of 28:18.02 came at the Southeast Classic (Oct. 22) where he placed seventh on the team. INDOOR: Ran in two meets as a freshmanfinished in 23rd at the Jimmy Carnes Invitational in the 800m with a person-

al-best time of 2:07.77placed sixth in the 800m at the Web-ber Warrior Indoor Track Classic with a time of 2:11.40. OUT-DOOR: Competed in two meets for the Eaglesat the ERAU Spikes Classic placed in 12th in the 1500m (4:23.74) and 15th in the 800m (2:07.40)at the North Florida Invitational ran the 1500m in 4:22.04.

PREP: 2011 graduate of Barrington Community High School...earned All-Academic and All-Conference honors during his ca-reer.

PERSONAL: Born in Hyderabad, India on Oct. 30, 1992...son of Abraham and Sandhya Meesala...majoring in Aerospace En-gineering.

Junior | 5-11 | Barrington, Ill. | Barrington Community HS

Career Best Time28:18.02 (10/22/11)Southeast Classic

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DeVONTAE PERSHA

Freshman | 6-0 | St. Petersburg, Fla. | Lakewood HSPREP: 2014 graduate of Lakewood High School where he ran for Coach Anthony Sneadnamed his cross country teams Most Improved Runner as a freshman and twice earned the Spartans Most Valuable Runner as a sophomore and juniorteam captain for three seasonsRegional finalist in 2012, 2013 and 2014National Honor Society memberearned the Dr. Mac J. Williams Academic Excellence Award all four years of his prep careerHonor Roll student and named to the Principals List as a senior.

PERSONAL: Born in St. Petersburg, Fla. on March 23, 1995son of Tisa Dorns and Dexter Pershamajoring in Aerospace Occupational SafetyNation-al Honor Society tutor.

KENETH J PINEIRO-COLLAZO

Freshman | 5-5 | Ponce, Puerto Rico | DeLand HSPREP: Graduated from DeLand High School in 2014posted a prep-best 15:34 in the 5k and a time of 4:24 in the Mile. PERSONAl: Born in Ponce, Puerto Rico on April 10, 1995parents are Katherine Collazo and Luis Pin-eiromajoring in Interdisciplinary Studiesvolun-teered as a Sunday School teacher and at the Deltona Regional Library.

JASON RIGGS

2013-14: INDOOR: Finished ninth in the 5,000m at the Embry-Riddle Indoor-Outdoor Challenge (Jan. 25) in 16:40.65ran a 9:29.55 in the 3,000m at the Embry-Riddle Last Chance Meet (Feb. 22). OUTDOOR: Participated in five meets during the out-door seasonposted a time of 10:40.36 in the 3,000m Stee-plechase at The Sun Conference Championships (May 21)placed third in the 3,000m Steeplechase at the UNF Spring Break Invitational (March 28), finishing in 10:40.08. 2012-13: CROSS COUNTRY: Competed in all seven meets for the Blue and Goldposted his career-best time of 27:16.97 at the Sand Shark Invite (Oct. 20)placed 16th overall at The Sun Conference Championship (Nov. 3) in 27:30.79fifth Eagle finisher at the NAIA National Championship (Nov. 17) where he ran a time of 28:18. INDOOR: Ran in four meets as a sophomore...ran a 9:19.72 in the 3000m at the Embry-Riddle Last Chance Meet (Feb. 16) and a 16:17.31 in the 5000m at the Tiger Paw Invite (Feb. 9). OUTDOOR: All-Conference performer in the 3000m Steeplechase at The Sun Conference Champion-ships (Apr. 22), finishing second in 10:47.67...posted a career-best 10:24.21 at the Bulls Invitational (Mar. 15) in the 3000m Steeplechase.

2011-12: CROSS COUNTRY: Ran in seven of the Eagles eight meetsplaced 10th overall and seventh on the team at the Asics Embry-Riddle Classic (Oct. 8) in a time of 30:07.47helped ERAU to their seventh straight Sun Conference title at The Sun Conference Championships (Nov. 5) when he ran a time of 29:31.84, finishing 26th overallbest time of the year was at the USF Invitational (Sept. 9) in 27:52.56. INDOOR: Fin-ished second at the Webber Warrior Indoor Track Classic (Feb. 11) in the 3000m, running a 9:36.10his best mark of 9:31.07 in the event came at the Florida Gator Invitational (Jan. 22). OUTDOOR: Competed in five meets for the Blue and Goldfinished sixth at The Sun Conference Championships (Apr. 23) in both the 3000m Steeplechase (10:49.40) and the 10,000m (35:32.07).

PREP: 2011 graduate of Niceville High School...ran for coaches Shereman Eller and Mike Warren...posted personal bests of 4:46.31 (1600m), 9:54.43 (3200m) and 15:52.75 (5000m) during his high school career.

PERSONAL: Born in Landstuhl, Germany on June 15, 1993...son of Carolyn Ripp and David Riggs...majoring in Mechanical Engineering...volunteered for roadside cleanup.

Senior | 5-11 | Niceville, Fla. | Niceville HS


Track Honors 2013 All-Sun Conference Performer (3,000m Steeple)

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Name Ht. Yr. Hometown / High School (Previous School)Lauren Eschbach 5-9 Sr. Annapolis, Md. / Fort Walton Beach

Eliza Gazda 5-2 Fr. New Port Richey, Fla. / Gulf

Brittany King 5-1 Sr. Plantation, Fla. / South Plantation

Marina LeVine 4-11 So. Indian Rocks Beach, Fla. / Largo

Rebecca Love 5-4 Sr. Buffalo, N.Y. / Frontier

Alexandria Meneses 5-3 Fr. Orlando, Fla. / William R. Boone

Annette Morrison 5-2 Fr. Fleming Island, Fla. / Mandarin

Maite Moscoso 5-3 So. Longwood, Fla. / Lake Brantley

Alex Orr 5-3 Fr. Chambersburg, Pa. / Chambersburg Area Senior

Brianna Paczynski 5-1 Fr. Clearwater, Fla. / Palm Harbor University

Audrey Parios 5-11 Fr. Gotha, Fla. / Olympia

Aleiyah Ross 5-4 Sr. Hummelstown, Pa. / Lower Dauphin

Jaena Smith 5-6 Sr. Fulton, Mo. / Fulton

Martina Tafoya 5-5 Jr. Crystal River, Fla. / Crystal River

2014 EMBRY-RIDDLE WOMENS CROSS COUNTRY ROSTER BREAKDOWN

Returners.................................... 7Lauren EschbachBrittany KingMarina LeVineRebecca LovaAleiyah RossJaena SmithMartina Tafoya

Newcomers ................................. 7Eliza GazdaAlexandria MenesesAnnette MorrisonMaite MoscosoAlex OrrBrianna PaczynskiAudrey Parios

Seniors ...................................... 5Lauren EschbachBrittany KingRebecca LoveAleiyah RossJaena Smith

Juniors....................................... 1Martina Tafoya

Sophomores................................. 2Marina LeVineMaite Moscoso

Freshmen.................................... 6Eliza GazdaAlexandria MenesesAnnette MorrisonAlex OrrBrianna PaczynskiAudrey Parios

WHERE THE EAGLES COME FROM

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LAUREN ESCHBACH

2013-14: CROSS COUNTRY: Ran in five meets as a junior for the Eaglestop finish (eighth) came in 20:57.22 at the Asics Classic (Sept. 21)finished in 72nd place with her best time of the season, 20:02.89, at the South Florida Invitational (Sept. 6)finished 24th overall in a time of 20:42.67 at The Sun Con-ference Championships (Nov. 9).

2012-13: CROSS COUNTRY: Ran in three meets for Embry-Rid-dle, including finishing third for the Eagles at the Mountain Dew Invite (Sept. 15) in 20:00.80. INDOOR: Raced in five meets for the Blue and Goldindividually, placed ninth in the 600m race with a time of 1:46.19 at the ERAU Challenge (Jan. 20)mem-ber of the first-place distance medley relay team (12:43.42) at the Jimmy Carnes Invitational (Jan. 27)a member of the first-place 4x800m relay at the ERAU Last Chance Meet (Feb. 16)competed in the 4x800m relay, finished in eighth in 9:35.20 earning All-American honors at the NAIA Indoor National Cham-pionships (March 2). OUTDOOR: Raced in seven meets for the Eaglesplaced second in the 3000m steeplechase with a col-lege-best time of 13:09.05, a member of the first place 4x800m relay team (9:24.75) at The Sun Conference Championships ((April 22), earning All-Conference honors in bothcompeted in the 4x800m relay, placed 11th in the preliminaries in 9:33.65 at the NAIA Outdoor National Championships (May 25). 2011-12: CROSS COUNTRY: Raced in four meets for the Ea-glesfinished fourth on the team and 18th overall at the Early Bird Classic (Sept. 2) with a time of 20:17.00ran a season-best 20:15.72 at the USF Invitational (Sept. 9) to finish 60th. INDOOR: Ran in two meets for the Blue and Goldhelped her 4x400m relay team to a fourth-place finish at the ERAU Last Chance Meet (Feb. 18), posting a time of 4:13.74recorded a personal record of 1:46.19 in the 600m at the same meet. OUTDOOR: All-Sun Conference performer as part of ERAUs 4x100m relay squad that finished third in 51.82 at The Sun Con-ference Championships (Apr. 23)her best 800m mark came at the UNF North Florida Invitational (Mar. 31) when she ran a 2:30.06posted career-best marks in the 200m (28.46) and 3000m Steeplechase (14:23.20) at The Sun Conference Cham-pionships.

PREP: 2011 graduate of Fort Walton Beach High Schoolpartic-ipated in both cross country and track for the Vikingsposted personal best times of 2:23 in the 800m, 5:02 in the 1500m and 19:22 in the 5Kqualified for the Nike Indoor High School National Championshipswon an AAU State Championship in the 1500m.

PERSONAL: Born in Atlanta, Ga. on Nov. 7, 1992daughter of Sherri and William Eschbachmajoring in Meteorologynamed Miss Fort Walton Beach USA in Jan. of 2011 and ad-vanced to the top 16 of the Miss Florida USA pageant in July of 2011.

Senior | 5-9 | Annapolis, Md. | Fort Walton Beach HS


Mountain Dew Invitational

Track Honors Three-Time All-Sun Conference Performer Sun Conference Record-Holder in 4x800m (9:24.75)

BRITTANY KING

2013-14: CROSS COUNTRY: Raced in four meets for the Eagles as a juniortop finish was 27th in 23:17.87 at the Asics Classic (Sept. 21)top mark of the season, 21:32.29, came at The Sun Conference Championships (Nov. 9) as she placed 36th overall. OUTDOOR: Posted a pair of career-best times in the 3,000m Steepleachase (14:08.37) and the 10,000m (46:56.43) at The Sun Conference Championships (April 21), placing sixth and 10th, respectively.

2012-13: CROSS COUNTRY: Raced in five meets as a sopho-

morerecorded her career-best time of 21:25.01 at the Sand Shark Invitational (Oct. 20) to finish 10th on the Embry-Riddle squadfinished 23rd at The Sun Conference Championships (Nov. 3) in 23:04.43, helping the Eagles to the conference title for the seventh straight year. INDOOR: Raced in one event as a sophomore for the Blue and Gold ran in the 3000m in a time of 12:36.20 and finished fifth at the ERAU Challenge (Jan. 20).

2011-12: CROSS COUNTRY: Ran in two meets for the Eaglesfinished 12th on the team in 22:37 at the Early Bird Classic (Sept. 2). INDOOR: Ran in three meets for the Blue and Goldplaced fourth at the Webber Warrior Indoor Track Classic (Feb. 11) in the 3000m (12:39.80)raced to a 21:15.91 in the 5000m at the ERAU Indoor/Outdoor Challenge (Jan. 28).

PREP: 2011 graduate of South Plantation High Schoolran a 20:02.00 mark in the 5K for the Paladinsnamed team captain as a seniorvoted the teams most valuable runner.

PERSONAL: Born in Plantation, Fla. on Dec. 17, 1992parents are Theresa and Kenny Kingmajoring in Homeland Security.

Senior | 5-1 | Plantation, Fla. | South Plantation HS


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MARINA LeVINE

2013-14: CROSS COUNTRY: Ran in all seven meets for the Blue and Gold as a freshmanwas a consistent scorer for the Eagles, scoring points in six meetstop time of the season came at the first meet of the season, the South Florida Invitational (Sept. 6), where she finished in 47th in 19:17.97 and was the third Eagle finishertop finish of the year was 10th in 21:06.25 at the Asics Classic (Sept. 21)earned a second team All-Con-ference selection after finishing 12th overall in 19:45.28 at The Sun Conference Championships (Nov. 9). INDOOR: NAIA All-American...4x400m relay team that set the school record of 3:51.95 at the NAIA Indoor National Championships (March 4)set a personal-best in the 600m at the Embry-Riddle Last Chance Meet (Feb. 22) with a time of 1:38.69, finishing thirdtook home second-place in both the 600m (1:41.48) and 800m (2:32.46) at the Embry-Riddle Indoor-Outdoor Challenge (Jan. 25). OUTDOOR: Collected her second NAIA All-America ac-colade in the 4x400m relay as her squad finished fifth overall in 3:50.48 at the NAIA Outdoor National Championships (May 22)during prelims at the National Championships, LeVine and her team broke the program record in the 4x400m relay with a 3:48.31earned three All-Sun Conference honors at The Sun Conference Championships (April 21), including finishing first in both the 4x800m relay (9:43.92) and 4x400m relay (3:56.29), as well as third in the 400m (59.72)ran a 26.53 in the 200m at the Embry-Riddle Spikes Classic (April 4) for a personal re-cord...set another personal-best in the 800m (2:17.62) at the FSU Twilight (May 9).

PREP: Graduated from Largo High School in 2013...ran for coaches Mary ODonnell, Phil Price and Leviticus McKinnon...named the track teams Most Valuable Performer as a senior...served as team captain for both the track & field and cross coun-try teams...set the school record in the 200m in 2013 with a time of 25.98...Bright House Athlete of the Month in September 2012.

PERSONAL: Born in Indian Rocks Beach, Fla. on Dec. 27, 1994...daughter of Mary and Steve LeVine...majoring in Busi-ness Administration.

Sophomore | 4-11 | Indian Rocks Beach, Fla. | Largo HS


South Florida Invitational

XC Honors 2013 Second Team All-Sun Conference Performer 15th-Fastest Runner in Program History (19:17.97)

Track Honors 2014 NAIA Indoor All-American (4x400m) 2014 NAIA Outdoor All-American (4x400m) Three-Time All-Sun Conference Performer ERAU Record-Holder in Indoor 4x400m (3:51.95) ERAU Record-Holder in Outdoor 4x400m (3:48.31)

ELIZA GAZDA

Freshman | 5-2 | New Port Richey, Fla. | Gulf HSPREP: 2014 graduate of Gulf High School...ran for Head Coach Dean Lofton...four-time All-Conference performer in cross country, earning team MVP hon-ors in 2012 and Most Dedicated, Determined and Disciplined in 2013...named to the academic honor roll all four years of her prep career.

PERSONAL: Born in Rzeszow, Poland on Dec. 10, 1995...daughter of Agnieszka and Mariusz Gazda...majoring in Engineering Physics...volunteered with

Big Brothers Big Sisters, as well as being a tutor in math and Spanish.

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REBECCA LOVE

2013-14: CROSS COUNTRY: Raced in seven meets for the Eagleswas a consistent scorer, scoring points in six meetsposted her top time of the year, 19:06.28, with a 43rd place finish at the South Florida Invitational (Sept. 6)top finish was 15th place in 21:31.99 at the Asics Classic (Sept. 21)raced to a 16th place finish in 19:57.33 at The Sun Conference Champi-onship (Nov. 9). INDOOR: Ran a career-best 5:30.54 in the Mile at the Embry-Riddle Last Chance Meet (Feb. 22) before posting another personal record in the 5,000m in 19:23.53 at the same meet. OUTDOOR: All-Conference performer in the 4x800m relay (9:43.92) at The Sun Conference Championships (April 21)also competed in the 800m (2:37.86), 1,500m (5:20.74) and the 5,000m (21:20.22) at The Sun Conference Champion-

shipsbroke a personal record in the 1,500m at the FSU Relays (March 21), finishing in 5:00.82.

2012-13: CROSS COUNTRY: Competed in six meets for the Ea-glesposted a season-best time of 20:39.03 at the Sand Shark Invite (Oct. 20) where she placed 52nd overallran a 21:37.37 at the Mountain Dew Invitational (Sept. 15) as the ninth Embry-Riddle finisher. INDOOR: Raced in five meets for the Eaglesposted her college-best in the Mile in a time of 5:38.19 at the Jimmy Carnes Invitational (Jan. 27)posted a college-best 11:31.28 in the 3000m at the Tiger Paw Invitational (Feb. 9)competed in the distance medley relay preliminary at the NAIA Indoor National Championships (March 2). OUTDOOR: Raced in five meets as a sophomoreposted a college-best time of 2:31.66 in the 800m at the LSU Relays (March 22)posted a personal-best time of 19:52.18 in the 5000m race at the UNF Invitational (March 30)also posted a personal-best time of 5:09.51 in the 1500m race finishing in seventh place at the ERAU Spikes Classic (April 6)was an All-Conference perform-er in the 10,000m finishing in second (44:19.34) at The Sun Conference Championship (May 25). 2011-12: CROSS COUNTRY: Raced in two meets for the Blue and Goldbecame the programs 11th-fastest runner at the USF Bulls Invitational (Sept. 9) in a time of 19:28.15. INDOOR: Ran the 800m in three meets for Embry-Riddle, including a first-place finish at the Webber Warrior Indoor Track Classic (Feb. 11), and a season-best time of 2:31.81 at the ERAU Indoor/Outdoor Challenge (Jan. 28). OUTDOOR: Finished sixth in the 1500m at the ERAU Spikes Classic (Mar. 24) in 5:37.79.

PREP: 2011 graduate of Frontier High Schoolran for four sea-sons on the cross country team, three of which as the squads No. 1 runnernamed team MVP in her sophomore, junior and senior seasons, twice qualifying for the state meetran her best-ever time of 19:15.90 during her senior campaign.

PERSONAL: Born in Buffalo, N.Y. on Feb. 17, 1993 parents are Anna and Darren Lovepursuing a degree in Aerospace EngineeringNational Honor Society membervolunteered for the Faith Formation.

Senior | 5-4 | Buffalo, N.Y. | Frontier HS


South Florida Invitational

Track Honors Two-Time All-Sun Conference Performer 10th-Fastest Runner in Program History (19:06.28)

ALEXANDRIA MENESES

Freshman | 5-3 | Orlando, Fla. | William R. Boone HSPREP: 2014 graduate of William R. Boone High School and the Law Magnet Programran for coaches Paul Katauskas and Darcy Jeffersearned the John C. Pitts Female Athlete of the Year award as a seniorcross country and track & field team cap-tain as a junior and seniormember of the National Honor Society. PERSONAL: Born in Orlando, Fla. on Sept. 23, 1995daughter of Kasie and David Meneses...ma-joring in Business Administration.

ANNETTE MORRISON

Freshman | 5-2 | Fleming Island, Fla. | Mandarin HSPREP: Graduated from Mandarin High School in 2014ran both cross country and track for coaches Jim Schmidt and Hope TreeceFlorida High School Cross Country State Championship competitor as a junior and seniornamed to the All-District cross country squad in 2012claimed district champion-ships in the 800m, 4x400m relay and 4x800m relay in 2013.

PERSONAL: Born in Miami, Fla. on Feb. 11, 1996daughter of Charlotte Morrison and Frank Bymanmajoring in Aerospace Engineeringmath tutor for four years in high school.

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MAITE MOSCOSO

2013-14: INDOOR: NAIA All-American in the 3,000m Race Walk, finishing fourth overall in 14:55.49 at the NAIA Indoor National Championships (March 6)...best Race Walk time during the indoor season came at the Embry-Riddle Indoor-Outdoor Challenge (Jan. 25) in 14:51.60. OUTDOOR: Qualified for the NAIA Outdoor National Championships in the 5,000m Race Walk with a time of 27:09.87 at the Embry-Riddle Spikes Classic (April 4), finishing firstran the 10,000m at The Sun Confer-ence Championships (April 21), placing sixth in 44:30.38. PREP: Graduated from Lake Brantley High School in May 2013...lettered in track and cross country under Head Coach Tony Moore...posted personal-best times of 2:32 in the 800m,

19:56 in the 5K...2011-13 Lake Brantley Cross Country Team Captain...2011-12 USATF Junior Nationals Champion Girls 10,000m Race Walk...2012 USATF Jr. Olympic Champion...2011 High School Race Walking Athlete of the Year...fourth best all-time high school 3000m Race Walk...2012 World Race Walking Cup Participant (Saransk, Russia)...2009-11 Lake Brantley Cross Country MVP.

PERSONAL: Born in Longwood, Fla. on April 7, 1995...daughter of Maria and Juan Moscoso...majoring in Business Administra-tion...volunteered at the National Training Center...volunteer cross country coach at local elementary school.

Sophomore | 5-3 | Longwood, Fla. | Lake Brantley HS

Track Honors 2014 NAIA Indoor All-American (3,000m Race Walk) Record-Holder in Outdoor 3,000m Race Walk (14:51.60)

ALEX ORR

Freshman | 5-3 | Chambersburg, Pa. | Chambersburg Area Senior HSPREP: 2014 graduate of Chambersburg Area Senior High Schoolran for Coach Chris Monheim2013 inductee into the Chambersburg Cross Country Hall of Famedistrict individual medalist and Pennsylva-nia State Cross Country Championship qualifier three timesclaimed the 2012 Enos Yeager Invitational title, finishing first out of 105 runnersled her team to the 2010 and 2013 Midpenn Championships, as well as the 2013 district crown while finishing as runner-up in 2011named a Mid-Penn Conference

Scholar-Athletehelped her track & field team to the Mi

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