2013 georgia bulldogs cross country media guide

Bulldog ScheduleDate Meet Site Time (ET)August 31 Georgia Bishop, Ga. 8 am Invitational

September 14 Furman Greensville, S.C. 8:30 am Cross Country Classic

September 28 Roy Griak Minneapolis, Minn. 1:20 pm Invitational

October 18 Crimson Tuscaloosa, Ala. All Day Classic

October 19 Wisconsin Madison, Wisc. 12 pm adidas Invitational

November 1 SEC Gainesville, Fla. 10 am Championships

November 15 NCAA South Tuscaloosa, Ala. All Day Regional Championships

November 23 NCAA Championships Terre Haute, Ind. 12 pm

2013 GeorgiaCross Country

2013 Quick Facts/2012 Recap.................................................................................................................................. 2Media Information ....................................................................................................................................................... 3Rosters .......................................................................................................................................................................... 4

Meet the Lady Bulldogs ........................................................................................................................ 5-13Morgan Ainslie, Natalie Bordes, Anna Bowles, Elyse Bray .................................................................................. 5Megan Charbeneau, Stella Christoforou, Victoria Coppage, Jenn Cora ......................................................... 6Nicole DiMercurio, Sheila Donovan, Hannah Drosky, Gabby Fulton ............................................................. 7 Greer Gafford, Sarah Gardner, Morgan Green, Carly Hamilton ..................................................................... 8Devonna Hill, Marrion Kalafut, Savannah Kirk, Brooke Koblitz ....................................................................... 9Kathleen LaPorte, Megan Malasarte, Tori Martin, Bret McDaniel ..................................................................... 10Kate Northrop, Sarah Perry, Erika Ramsey .......................................................................................................... 11Shelby Robison, Hannah Saylor, Molly Schneck, Ruthie Townsend ................................................................... 12Anna Vonck, Amelia Watson, Payton Wilson .......................................................................................................... 13

Meet the Bulldogs ....................................................................................................................................... 14-19Abel Abay, Luke Baker, Zane Coburn, Henry Dwyer ......................................................................................... 14Michael Giuliano, Trevor Grant, Charles Grethen, Jimmy Hicks, Brendan Hoban ........................................ 15Brad Hort, John Lindsey, Brandon Lord ................................................................................................................. 16Morgan Malanoski, Scott Selvey, Zack Sims, Kisean Smith ................................................................................. 17Charlie Sparks, Steven Spevacek, Brian Sullivan.................................................................................................... 18Sid Vaughn, Wade Voyles ............................................................................................................................................. 19

A Look Back At The 2012 NCAA XC Championships ........................................... 20-21Bulldog Honor Roll ..................................................................................................................................... 22

CoachesDistance Coach Patrick Cunniff............................................................................................................................... 23Head Coach Wayne Norton ..................................................................................................................................... 24

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Stella Christoforou, Brett McDaniel, Savannah Kirk, Carly Hamilton, Sarah Perry and Nicole DiMercurio all traveled to compete at the 2012 NCAA Cross Country Championships and return for the Lady Bulldogs in 2013.

UniversiTy Of GeOrGia QUiCk faCTsLocation: Athens, Ga.President: Jere W. Morehead (Georgia State University ‘77)director of athLetics: Greg McGarity (UGA ‘76)facuLty athLetic reP: David Shipley (Oberlin College ‘72)enroLLment: 34,816nickname: BulldogscoLors: Red and Blackconference: Southeastern

a Glimpse aT The bUlldOGs lasT seasOn2012 men’s sec finish (Pts.): 2nd (73) 2012 men’s south regionaL finish (Pts.): 2nd (48) 2012 men’s ncaa chamPionshiPs finish (Pts.): *19th (466) *top national finish in program historyaLL-sec first team Performers: Matt Cleaver (5th) aLL-sec second team Performers: Brandon Lord (13th)aLL-sec freshmen team Performer: Sid Vaughn (37th), Steven Spevacek (52nd)^aLL-region Performers: Brandon Lord (3rd), Brett Richardson (8th), Brian Detweiler (10th), Matt Cleaver (12th), Luke Baker (15th), Charlie Sparks (21st)

a Glimpse aT The lady bUlldOGs lasT seasOn2012 Women’s sec finish (Pts.): 6th (132) 2012 Women’s ncaa south regionaL finish (Pts.): 3rd (115)2012 Women’s ncaa chamPionshiPs finish (Pts.): 30th (642)aLL-sec first team Performer: Carly Hamilton (4th)^aLL-region Performer: Carly Hamilton (4th), Morgan VanGorder (19th)^school record eight combined All-Region selections

coaching staffHead Track and Field coacH: Wayne Norton (Howard ‘81)PHone: (706) 542-7915e-mail: [email protected]

cross counTry coacH: Patrick Cunniff (Georgia ‘91)PHone: (706) 542-7915e-mail: [email protected] and Field Fax: (706) 542-5224

Covering UgA Cross CoUntry . . . The University of Georgia Sports Communications Office welcomes your interest in the UGA cross country program. For additional information or to set up an inter-view with Head Coach Wayne Norton, Cross Country Coach Patrick Cunniff or one of the student-athletes, please contact:

Leland Barrow, UGA Associate Sports Communications DirectorOffice: (706) 542-1621Cell: (678) 378-3085Fax: (706) 542-9339E-mail: [email protected] Address:P.O. Box 1472Athens, GA, 30603Overnight Address: Butts-Mehre BuildingOne Selig CircleAthens, GA. 30603

sec informationAnyone with Internet access can obtain SEC statistics, schedules and other in-formation on the Internet. The address for the SEC web site is www.secsports.com. For further information, please contact:

Sean Cartell - [email protected](SEC cross country contact)Southeastern Conference2201 Richard Arrington Blvd. NorthBirmingham, AL 35203-1103Media Relations Direct Line: (205) 458-3031

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Covering Georgia Cross Country

Media covering Georgia Cross Country in need of assistance

beyond this media guide, including photographs, interviews, etc.,

should please contact:

Leland Barrow

UGA Sports Communications

Office Phone: (706) 542-1621; Cell: (678) 378-3085

Email: [email protected]

Coach & Player Interviews

Throughout the fall semester, the Bulldogs will at different

times at a variety of training grounds. All practices are open to

the media unless otherwise specified. Interviews will generally be

conducted following practice. However, other arrangements can

be made by contacting UGA Sports Communications. Media desir-

ing to conduct interviews over the phone should make arrange-

ments through the Sports Communications office as well. These

will be conducted according to team’s availability, usually following

practice.

Photography / Video

Photographers and videographers have permission to shoot on

the UGA cross country course, barring they stay within the set

barriers. All photographers wishing to shoot at practice or at

meets must check in with UGA Sports Communications before

going onto the field. To shoot practice, please call or email Leland

Barrow. On meet days, photographers must either call, email or

check in with UGA Sports Communications at the course finish

line before they will be allowed onto the course.

Raceday Media Services

All media personnel and photographers are invited to cover all

regular season cross country meets without credentials. However,

if a member of the media is planning on covering the cross country

teams, please let Leland Barrow (office-706-542-1621, cell-678-

378-3085) before the event.

Following each meet, a recap and full results will be emailed to

the media and posted on www.georgiadogs.com, the official

website of Georgia Athletics. If you would like to be included on

the direct email list, please contact UGA Sports Communications.

Post-Race Interviews

Media at the UGA cross country course will be surveyed during

the races to determine which runners are requested for inter-

views. All interviews will be conducted at the UGA cross country

course. If necessary, telephone interviews can be arranged by

UGA Sports Communications department.

UGA Sports Communications Staff

Claude FeltonSr. Associate AD for

Sports Communications

Sr. Associate AD/Sports Communications Director ............................Claude FeltonAssociate Sports Communications Director.................................................... Tim HixAssociate Sports Communications Director.................................Christopher LakosAssociate Sports Communications Director............................................Mike MobleyAssociate Sports Communications Director.........................................Steve ColquittAssociate Sports Communications Director........................................ Leland BarrowAssistant Sports Communications Director ..................................................Ben BeatyAssistant Sports Communications Director ....................................................Jen GalasAssistant Sports Communications Director/Social Media..............Kate BurkholderGraduate Assistants ..................Michael Terry, Britney Adams, Matthew Pearce, David PiferSports Communications Office Manager .....................................................Karen HuffPublications Coordinator .....................................................................Karlene LawrenceOffice Phone ............................................................................................... (706) 542-1621Office Fax ..................................................................................................... (706) 542-9339Mailing Address ...........................................................P.O. Box 1472, Athens, Ga. 30603Website ...........................................................................................www.georgiadogs.comStudent Assistants ..................................................................................................................Caitlin Connell, Nick Daly, Melanie Dark, Luke Dixon, Ann Drinkard, Brandon Estroff, Houston Gaines, Michelle Hartigan, Foster Lander, Brooke McCoy, Allison Miller, Anne Noland, Jack Ryan, Preston Smith, Sean Taylor

The Athens Banner Herald

Sports Editor: Chris White,

[email protected]

(706) 208-2239

The Atlanta JournalConstitutionBeat Writer: Chip Towers,

[email protected](800) 454-4743

The Red & BlackSports Editor:

Cy Brown, [email protected]

(706) 433-3000

WSB Radio(404) 897-7500

WUOG - University ofGeorgia Radio(706) 542-8481

Leland BarrowSports CommunicationsAssoc. Director/XC SID

Local Media Covering The Bulldogs

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WOMENName Height Year Hometown High School/Former SchoolMorgan Ainslie 5-7 Fr. Marietta, Ga. LassiterNatalie Bordes 5-7 Fr. Alpharetta, Ga. AlpharettaAnna Bowles 5-4 Jr. Martinez, Ga. LakesideElyse Bray 5-3 Fr. Marietta, Ga. HarrisonMegan Charbeneau 5-4 So. Valdosta, Ga. LowndesStella Christoforou 5-8 Sr. Limassol, Cyprus/Greece Pascal English SchoolVictoria Coppage 5-6 So. Macon, Ga. First Presbyterian Day SchoolJenn Cora 5-7 Fr. Atlanta, Ga. LakesideNicole DiMercurio 5-8 Sr. Suwanee, Ga. North GwinnettSheila Donovan 5-9 Jr. Bogart, Ga. North Oconee Hannah Drosky 5-4 Fr. Douglasville, Ga. Chapel HillGabby Fulton 5-5 Sr. Huntingdon, England Chapel Hill (Ga.)/Berry Coll.Greer Gafford 5-8 Sr. Atlanta, Ga. Holy Innocents’Sarah Gardner 5-5 Fr. Marietta, Ga. KellMorgan Green 5-7 Fr. Roswell, Ga. RoswellCarly Hamilton 5-5 Jr. Springboro, Ohio SpringboroDevonna Hill 5-3 Fr. McDonough, Ga. Eagles LandingMarion Kalafut 5-5 Jr. Acworth, Ga. HarrisonSavannah Kirk 5-8 Sr. Atlanta, Ga. North SpringsBrooke Koblitz 5-4 Jr. Alpharetta, Ga. CentennialKathleen LaPorte 5-9 Jr. Atlanta, Ga. St. PiusMegan Malasarte 5-5 Jr. Fayetteville, Ga. Our Lady of Mercy CatholicTori Martin 5-2 Fr. Mason, Ohio MasonBret McDaniel 5-6 Jr. Atlanta, Ga. Riverwood/Wake ForestKate Northrop 5-6 Fr. Atlanta, Ga. Marist SchoolSarah Perry 5-4 Jr. Lawrenceville, Ga. BrookwoodErika Ramsey 5-7 Jr. Atlanta, Ga. Wesleyan Shelby Robison 5-5 Sr. Lansdale, Pa. Glynn Academy (Brunswick, Ga.)Hannah Saylor 5-5 Fr. Woodstock, Ga. River RidgeMolly Schenck 5-4 So. Marietta, Ga. PopeRuthie Townsend 5-10 Fr. Chattanooga, Tenn. The Baylor SchoolAnna Vonck 5-10 So. Kennesaw, Ga. Kennesaw MountainAmelia Watson 5-7 So. Norcross, Ga. NorcrossPayton Wilson 5-4 Fr. Snellville, Ga. Brookwood

MENName Height Year Hometown High SchoolAbel Abay 5-8 Fr. Stone Mountain, Ga. Stone MountainLuke Baker 5-7 Sr. McDonough, Ga. Eagles LandingZane Coburn 5-8 Fr. Atlanta, Ga. GradyHenry Dwyer 6-2 Fr. Athens, Ga. Athens AcademyMichael Giuliano 5-9 Jr. Alexandria, Va. Brookwood (Ga.)Trevor Grant 6-0 Fr. Suwanee, Ga. LambertCharles Grethen 5-11 Jr. Tuntange, Luxembourg Lycee Robert Schuman/Texas StateJimmy Hicks 6-3 Fr. East Lansing, Mich. Lansing CatholicBrendan Hoban 5-11 Jr. Duluth, Ga. St. Pius XBrad Hort 5-8 Fr. Carlisle, Pa. McIntosh (Ga.)John Lindsey 6-2 Fr. Winter Park, Fla. Winter ParkBrandon Lord 5-9 Sr. Chattanooga, Tenn. The Baylor School Morgan Malanoski 6-0 Fr. Snellville, Ga. Brookwood Scott Selvey 6-1 Jr. Atlanta, Ga. MaristZack Sims 6-0 Jr. McDonough, Ga. Eagle’s LandingKisean Smith 5-7 Fr. Snellville, Ga. BrookwoodCharlie Sparks 5-7 Sr. Columbus, Ga. ColumbusSteven Spevacek 6-0 Jr. Lawrenceville, Ga. ParkviewBrian Sullivan 5-11 Fr. Marietta, Ga. WaltonSid Vaughn 5-7 So. Baton Rouge, La. Lakeside (Ga.)Wade Voyles 5-9 Jr. Douglasville, Ga. Chapel Hill

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2012: Placed 11th at the Georgia Invitational in a time of 17:49.46...Scored at the Commodore Classic with a 54th-place finish (22:48.00)...Rounded out her sophomore campaign by taking 97th at the SEC Championships in a time of 22:49.44. 2011: Made her collegiate debut and finished fourth in the Georgia Invitational with a time of 18:03.16…Finished fifth overall at the 6k Georgia State Invitational after finishing in 22:42…Scored for the third consecutive meet for the Lady Bulldogs after taking 126th

(18:24) at the Notre Dame Invitational…Named to the All-SEC Freshman team after scoring with a 27th-place finish (21:35.65) at the SEC Championships…Scored for the Lady Bulldogs at the NCAA South Regionals after taking 46th (21:58.0).High School: Captured three GHSA AAAA state titles on the track with two in the 3200 meters and one in the 1600…Won a pair of AAAA state cross country titles…Also had five runner-up finishes at the state track meet and one runner-up finish at the state cross country meet…Personal-best times of 18:07 (5k), 4:57 (1600) and 10:42 (3200), with both her 1600 and 3200 times as top-10 times all-time marks in Georgia…Earned the Al Woodham Memorial Award for having the best all-class performance in the 3200 as a junior and in the 1600 as a senior at the state meet…Finalist for Greater Augusta Sports Council’s GAMES award as a junior and a senior…Helped lead Lakeside’s cross country team to a runner-up finish her junior year and a third-place finish her senior year…Part of Viking 4x1600 team that ran the second-fastest time (21:09.18) in state history…Also contributed as a senior during Lakeside’s second-place finish at the state track meet and as a junior during the team’s third-place finish…Graduated in top 5 percent of class with a 4.0 GPA…Member of the National Honor Society and maintained those honors all four years at Lakeside.Personal: Born November 10, 1992…Daughter of Ken and Connie Bowles…Father, Ken, ran cross country and track at Akron University…Majoring in Psychology.

anna bOwles5-4 • Junior

Martinez, Ga.Lakeside

High School: Finished fourth at the 2011 GHSA 6-A state cross country meet and sixth in 2012...State finalist in the 800-meter run, 1600 and 3200...Member of Atlanta Track Club Footlocker Team Georgia...Named Cobb County Runner of the Year and to Milesplit’s US First Team Elite...Captain of cross country and track teams...Personal-best times of 2:19 (800), 5:07 (1600) and 18:38 (cross country 5000)...Recorded four victories in cross country...Also swam (team captain) and played lacrosse at Lassiter...Member of

National Honor Society, Renaissance Student Leadership Team and Fellowship of Christian Athletes...Peer minister at Transfiguration Catholic Church...Academic Letterman.Personal: Born May 11, 1995...Daughter of Linda and Jay Ainslie...Father, Jay, played soccer at North Carolina...Intending to major in Broadcast Journalism.

mOrGan ainslie5-7 • FreshmanMarietta, Ga.

Lassiter

High School: Finished third in the 800-meter run at the 2012 and 2013 GHSA 6-A state track and field meets...Won a region title in the 800 as a junior...Took second at the region level in the 400 as a sophomore and junior...Personal-best times of 2:12.50 (800) and 5:11.02 (1600)...Named Alpharetta’s MVP as a senior and Most Improved in 2012...Earned a High School Athlete of the Week during the 2013 season...Member of Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA).

Personal: Born April 4, 1995...Daughter of Georges Bordes...Majoring in pre-Business/Marketing.

naTalie bOrdes5-7 • FreshmanAlpharetta, Ga.

Alpharetta

High School: Team captain of a squad that advanced to the GHSA 6-A state champi-onships four consecutive seasons...Captured a pair of region titles in the 1600-meter run and 3200 in 2013...Part of school record 4x1600 team two years in a row (2011-12)...Voted MVP of both his cross country and track teams as a senior...Personal-best times of 19:15 (cross country 5000), 11:37 (3200) and 5:17 (1600)...Helped lead Harrison to the 2012 region cross country title and to the 2013 region track and field championship...

Part of team that finished fifth at the state meet in 2009 and 2010 before taking second in 2011...Earned the Coaches Award in 2011...Named the 2009 Harrison Cross Country Rookie of the Year...Also played lacrosse and swam at Harrison...Posted a 4.4 GPA and graduated in the top 20 in her class...Earned a UGA Certificate of Merit...Named the 2010 French Student of the Year and was an AP Scholar with Honor.Personal: Born September 3, 1994...Daughter of Tom and Tracey Bray...Majoring in pre-International Business.

elyse bray5-3 • FreshmanMarietta, Ga.

Harrison

2012: Placed third overall at the Georgia Invitational 5k in 17:18.68...Finished 136th at the Greater Louisville Classic in 18:14.79 on the 5k course...Clocked a 21:33 (6k) at the Wisconsin adidas Invitational to place 224th overall...Finished 54th at the SEC Championships in 21:55.77 (6k)...Finished 76th at the NCAA South Regionals in 21:46.3 on the 6k course...Turned in a time of 22:27.7 (6k) at the NCAA Championships en route to a 248th-place finish.

2011: Did not run cross country for UGA while training for the track season.2010: Made her collegiate debut and took 16th at the 5K Georgia Cross Country Invitational with a time of 18:53.01…Took ninth (18:38.07) at the UGA-GT Dual Meet…Took 95th (18:30.44) at the Greater Louisville Classic…Led the Lady Bulldogs for the first time in her career after taking fourth (18:34) out of 111 competitors at the Furman Invitational…Finished 67th (23:02.56) at the SEC Championships during her first conference meet.High School: National record holder in the 800 and 1500…Part of Cyprus and Greek national teams at the Youth and Junior levels that captured two World Youth Championships, three European Championships and five National Championships…Personal-best times of 2:07.41 (800), 4:26 (1500) and 56.2 (400)…Named Best Athlete of the Year from 2008 to 2010 at Pasal…Won six high school championships.Personal: Born March 2, 1992…Daughter of Christos and Rodoula Christoforo…Majoring in Child & Family Development.

sTella ChrisTOfOrOU5-8 • Senior

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2012: Competed at both the Georgia Invitational and the Commodore Classic, finishing 17th at the Lady Bulldogs’ home meet. High School: Won 2012 GHSA A state titles in the 1600-meter run and the 3200….Earned runner-up honors at the state meet and the region meet in cross country as a junior and senior…Captured the 2008 GISA state cross country championship as a freshman…Personal-best times of 5:02 (1600), 11:08 (3200) and

18:28 (5k)…Set school records in the 1600, 3200, 800 and 2000 steeplechase…Earned the Dooley Award and the Most Athletic Award.Personal: Born February 20, 1994…Daughter of Ronda and Taylor Coppage…Majoring in pre-Dietetics.

viCTOria COppaGe5-6 • Sophomore

Macon, Ga.First Presbyterian Day School

High School: Helped lead Lowndes to a pair of cross country GHSA Region 1-6A titles...Won individual region championships those years and was named the Runner of the Year...Also finished first in the 1600-meter run and 3200 at the track region meet for two straight years...Received the MVP Vikette Award and the Most Desire Award...Personal-best times of 18:12.10 (track 5000), 18:36.59 (cross coun-try 5000), 11:22.63 (3200) and 5:20.41 (1600)...Captain of cross country team...

Competed at the New Balance Indoor Track Nationals in the 4x800 relay...Named Cherokee’s track and field MVP...Earned the Super Chief Student-Athlete Award in back-to-back years...Won the 3200 at the Shore Coaches Freshman Class A...Named to South Jersey Olympic Conference Cross Country First Team twice and the Cherokee cross country Rookie of the Year...Part of All-Courier Post Girls Cross Country Team...Also swam for a year at Cherokee and one at Lowndes...Attended Cherokee HS in New Jersey as a freshman and sophomore...Member of Cherokee Renaissance, Anchor, Key and Spanish clubs and part of the Class Cabinet...Volunteered at Weisman Children’s Rehab Hospital...Worked with Future Business Leaders of America.Personal: Born April 3, 1995...Daughter of Kristin Charbeneau and Greg Charbeneau...Parents both swam for Bowling Green...Sister, Alex, swam for James Madison University...Majoring in pre-Business/Management.

meGan CharbeneaU5-4 • Sophomore

Valdosta, Ga.Lowndes

High School: Finished second at the 2012 GHSA 5-A state cross country cham-pionships after clocking a 20:08.96...Won the region title before the state meet...Was fifth in the 3200-meter run and took sixth in the 1600 at the 2013 state track and field meet...Personal-best times of 18:50 (cross country 5000), 5:15 (1600) and 11:15 (3200)...Earned the Most Improved, VIP and Coach’s awards as well as being named the Viking Award winner for cross country in 2012 and for track and field in

2013...Received the Atlanta Track Club’s 2013 Patty Foell Scholarship...Member of the National Honor Society, Fellow-ship of Christian Athletes, Lakeside Gay Straight Alliance and the Honor Roll.Personal: Born October 20, 1994...Daughter of Lori and Hector Cora...Undecided major, wants to attend medical school.

Jenn COra5-7 • Freshman

Atlanta, Ga.Lakeside


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2012: Did not compete for the Lady Bulldogs.2011: Opened her career by taking 63rd at the Georgia Invitational.High School: Member on the 2008 and 2010 GHSA AA state champion track and field teams…Finished sixth in the 800 meters at the state meet as a senior while also being a member on the seventh-place 4x400 relay team…Personal-best times of 2:25 (800) and 5:35 (1600)…Took second in the 800 at the region championship as a junior and senior as her team won region titles all four years…Finished in the top 20 at the state cross

country meet as a sophomore…Earned the Coach’s Award as a freshman…Also played volleyball and swam at North Oconee, where she was state qualifier as a sophomore and captain and Titan Award winner as a senior...Member of National Honor Society and president as a senior, graduated in the top 10 percent of the class and was a senior class officer.Personal: Born March 10, 1993…Daughter of Raymond and Dawn Donovan…Mother, Dawn, played lacrosse for Maryland’s national champion team and dad, Raymond, played tennis at Loyola…Sister, Rachel, is on Georgia’s track and field team…Majoring in Bio Engineering.

sheila dOnOvan5-9 • JuniorBogart, Ga.

North Oconee

2012: Scored for the Bulldogs at the Georgia Invitational with a fifth-place finish in a time of 17:19.13 (5k)...Turned in a time of 22:35.86 (6k) to place 43rd at the Com-modore Classic...Crossed the finish line in 17:52.54 at the Greater Louisville Classic 5k to place 76th...Finished 239th at the Wisconsin adidas Invitational in 21:40 on the 6k course...Scored for the Bulldogs at the SEC Championships, crossing the finish line in 21:36.96 (6k) to place 38th overall...Also scored for Georgia at the NCAA South

Regionals with a 36th place finish in a time of 21:03.1 on the 6k course...Scored for Georgia at the NCAA Champion-ships, placing 210th with a mark of 21:34.5.2011: Redshirted for the Georgia women.2010: Scored for the Lady Bulldogs by taking 10th at the 5K Georgia Cross Country Invitational with a time of 18:30.01…Took fourth at the UGA-GT Dual Meet after registering a time of 18:19.44…Finished 92nd at the Greater Louisville Classic after clocking a 18:29.77…Took 41st at the SEC Championships after clocking a time of 22:13.38.2009: Made her debut for the Lady Bulldogs, taking eighth at the 5K Georgia-Georgia Tech Dual Meet with a time of 18:56…Fin-ished 74th (24:06.06) at her first 6K SEC Championships.High School: Finished fourth at the 2008 GHSA AAAAA state cross country meet after finishing fifth at the 2007 state meet with a time of 18:34…Named the distance MVP for North Gwinnett’s team from 2006 to 2009…Won the 2008 Westover Invitational, setting a new course record of 18:17, as well as the 2007 meet…Took fourth at the 2008 Reebok Coach Wood Invitational…Broke school records in the 5000, 4x800-meter relay, sprint medley relay and distance medley relay…Named MVP of North Gwinnett’s cross country team from 2006-2008…Clocked top career times of 10:55 in the 3200, 5:08 in the 1600 and 18:17 in the 5000…Served as a Peer Leader and a Freshman Mentor and was a member of the 2007 Gwinnett County Student Leadership Summit…Also played on ALTA/USTA tennis teams.Personal: Born March 21, 1991…Daughter of Sam and Debbie DiMercurio…Majoring in Communication Studies.

niCOle dimerCUriO5-8 • Senior

Suwanee, Ga.North Gwinnett

High School: Helped lead Chapel Hill to GHSA AAA region track titles in 2009 and 2012-13 and region cross country titles in 2009-10 and 2012...Personal-best times of 20:30 (cross country 5000), 5:17 (1500) and 2:29 (800)...Part of record-breaking sprint medley relay team in 2010...Was third at the 2010 region meet in the 800...AP Scholar and Superintendent Scholar who was in her class’ top 15 and who earned the Georgia Certificate of Merit...Member of DECA, the Student Government and National Honor Society.

Personal: Born May 24, 1995...Daughter of Kim and Alan Drosky...Father, Alan, has been Georgia Tech’s head track and field coach for more than 20 years...Alan, Kim and Hayley (Hannah’s sister) all ran track and cross country for the Yellow Jack-ets...Majoring in pre-Business/Management.

hannah drOsky5-4 • Freshman

Douglasville, Ga.Chapel Hill

2012: Finished 22nd at the Georgia Invitational in 18:21.25.2011: Ran in three meets for the Lady Bulldogs, highlighting her season with a 19:27.39 finish at the Crimson Classic.College – Berry College: Competed for one cross country and one track season for the Vikings.High School: Member of Chapel Hill’s 2007 state championship cross country team…Advanced to the GHSA AAAA state meet all three years she competed…Captured re-

gion titles in the 800 meters as a sophomore and in the 1600 as a senior…Personal-best marks of 2:21 (800 meters), 19:48 (5k) and 5:13 (1600), which is a school record…Also played soccer at Chapel Hill and rode in horse shows and is still riding.Personal: Born February 22, 1992…Daughter of Paul and Charlotte Fulton…Majoring in Criminal Justice.

Gabby fUlTOn5-5 • Senior

Huntingdon, EnglandChapel Hill (Ga.)/

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2012: Earned first-team All-SEC honors after finishing fourth at the SEC Championships in 20:39.11 on the 6k course...Followed up with a strong performance at the NCAA South Regionals, finishing fourth in 20:16.1 (6k) en route to earning All-Region honors...Led the Bulldogs with a 19th-place finish at the Commodore Classic 6k in a time of 21:55.96...Placed 20th overall with a time of 17:14.92 at the Greater Louisville Classic 5k to lead all Georgia runners...Finished first among Bulldog runners and 74th overall at the

Wisconsin adidas Invitational in 20:41 (6k)...Finished 92nd at the NCAA Championships out of 251 competitors in a time of 20:44.4 (6k). 2011: Opened her collegiate career by taking 15th (18:41.91) at the Georgia Invitational…Named SEC Co-Women’s Freshman of the Week after leading her team with a runner-up finish at the 6k Georgia State Invitational after clocking a 22:37…Scored for the Lady Bulldogs at the Wisconsin Invitational after taking 256th with a time of 22:24.5.High School: Won the OHSAA state championship in the 1600 meters as a senior…Recorded a second-place finish at the state cross country meet as a senior…Qualified for the Nike Cross Country Nationals where she placed 27th after taking fourth at the Nike Cross Midwest Regional…Personal-best times of 4:48 (1600), 17:29 (5k) and 2:10 (800)…Helped lead Springboro to a second-place finish at the 2010 state cross country meet…Was the runner-up in the 1600 at the state track meet and third at the state cross country meet as a freshman…Took third in the 1600 at the Ohio state meet as a junior…Finished fourth at the state cross country meet as a sophomore…Member of the National Honors Society and S.A.D.D.Personal: Born February 15, 1993...Daughter of Jim and Linda Hamilton…Majoring in pre-Business/Marketing.

Carly hamilTOn5-5 • Junior

Springboro, OhioSpringboro

2012: Took 30th at the Georgia Invitational.2011: Finished 52nd (20:20.35) at the Georgia Invitational.2010: Took 18th (19:32) out of 111 competitors at the Furman Invitational as Georgia won the meet.High School: Captured the 2009 GHSA A state title in the 3200-meter run while fin-ishing second in the 1600…Helped lead her team to 2009 GHSA A state cross country runner-up honors as well as a 2010 track region championship…Personal-best times of

5:24 (1600), 11:34 (3200), 2:21 (800) and 20:08 in the 5k…Part of Holy Innocents’ squad that finished third at the 2008 state AA cross country meet and fourth in 2007…Leg of third-place 4x400 relay team at the 2010 state meet after taking fifth in 2009…Finished third in the 3200 at the 2007 state meet…Crossed the finish line in 11th at the 2008 state cross country meet…Captain of cross country team as a junior and senior and captain of track team as a senior…Named co-Most Outstanding Girls Track Athlete as a junior and Most Dedicated Runner as a sophomore……Member of National Honors Society and Fellowship of Christian Athletes…Part of Japanese Exchange Program, Peer Counselor program and school orchestra at Holy Innocents’…Also a member of her high school’s equestrian team and a Student Ambassador.Personal: Born July 23, 1992…Daughter of Robin Gafford and Tony Gafford…Majoring in Animal Science.

Greer GaffOrd5-8 • SeniorAtlanta, Ga.

Holy Innocents’

High School: Helped lead Kell to GHSA Region 7-AAAAA title and runner-up honors at state (highest finish in high school’s history) as a senior...Took second in both the 400-meter dash and 800 at the region meet...Part of school record in the 4x400 and 4x800...Named Most Valuable Runner as a junior and senior and voted team captain for both track and cross country...Personal-best times of 2:20 (800) and 59.2 (400)...Ran on the Heat Track Club...Named one of Marietta Daily Scholar Athletes of 2013...Posted a

3.93 GPA and on the Principal’s Honor Roll...Part of Kell’s Angels community outreach group, Shop with a Longhorn and basketball manager for the varsity boys team...Former teammate of fellow Lady Bulldog Kendell Williams.Personal: Born May 17, 1995...Daughter of Anissa Gardner...Majoring in pre-Exercise and Sport Science.

sarah Gardner5-5 • FreshmanMarietta, Ga.

Kell

High School: Finished fourth in the 800-meter run at the 2012 GHSA 6-A state meet after earning region runner-up honors in both the 800 and 1600...Was eighth in the 1600 at the same state championships...Helped lead cross country team to three consecutive eighth-place finishes at the state meet...Took 16th individually at the 2011 cross coun-try state meet...Personal-best times of 19:47 in the cross country 5000 and 2:17 in the 800 and 5:07 in the 1600...Named the Best Newcomer in 2009 and the Most Improved

in 2010...Also played on Roswell’s tennis team for a year...Member of National Honor Society and National Charity League...Named a National Achievement Scholar, National Merit Commended Student and Roswell Scholar Athlete.Personal: Born April 27, 1995...Daughter of Regina and Jeffery Green...Brother, Donovan, attended UGA from 2009-13...Majoring in pre-Exercise and Sport Science.

mOrGan Green5-7 • Freshman

Roswell, Ga.Roswell


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2012: Finished 21st at the season-opening Georgia Invitational 5k in a time of 18:14.50...Scored for Georgia at the Commodore Classic after clocking a time of 22:54.18 (6k) for 59th place...Placed 135th at the Greater Louisville Classic 5k in 18:14.77...Scored for the Bulldogs at the Wisconsin adidas Invitational, finishing in 21:31 to place 218th overall...Finished 55th at the SEC Championships in a time of 21:57.06 on the 6k course...Clocked a time of 21:19.7 (6k) at the NCAA South Regionals to place 51st overall...Followed up

with a time of 21:52.9 on the NCAA Championship 6k course to place 235th.2011: Finished 16th (18:46.66) at the season-opening Georgia Invitational…Scored for the Lady Bulldogs at the Notre Dame Invi-tational after clocking an 18:23 for 122nd place…Managed a 252nd-place finish (22:22.7) to be the fourth Georgia runner across the finish line at the Wisconsin Invitational…In her first SEC Championships, finished 48th after clocking a 22:10.28.2010: Finished 12th in the first collegiate meet of her career at the 5K Georgia Cross Country Invitational with a time of 18:31.76…Scored for the Lady Bulldogs for the second straight time after taking sixth (18:22.03) at the UGA-GT Dual Meet.High School: Won the 2010 GHSA AAAA 800-meter state championship and placed third in the 1600 at the state meet…Person-al-best marks of 5:05 in the 1600 and 2:16 in the 800…Named track team captain as a junior and senior…Awarded the Coca-Cola Athletic Award as a senior…Also played basketball and volleyball at North Springs, earning All-Region honors as a junior and senior and MVP as a senior…Member of National Honors Society and Athletes Reaching Out (ARO).Personal: Born November 24, 1991…Daughter of Karen and Bill Kirk…Majoring in Marketing.

savannah kirk5-8 • SeniorAtlanta, Ga.

North Springs

2012: Finished 23rd at the Georgia Invitational in a time of 18:24.45. 2011: Was 25th at the season-opening Georgia Invitational…Scored for the Lady Bull-dogs at the 6k Georgia State Invitational with a time of 23:21 for 10th place…Finished 46th overall (18:51.58) to score for Georgia at the Crimson Classic…Competed at her first SEC Championships and took 66th 922:48.00).High School: Captured the GHSA AAAAA state title in the 1600 meters and was third

in the 800 as a senior before being awarded track’s Excalibur Award…Named to the 2011 MileSplit US First Team Elite for her performance in the 1600…Finished second at the AAAAA state cross country meet as a senior and was a member of the Team Georgia cross country team…Personal-best times of 4:59.72 (1600), 2:15.91 (800) and 18:33 (5k)…Set or was a part of a relay that set nine school records…Also set a new region cross country course record…Earned the honor of being the 2011 Atlanta Track Club Woman of the Year and the club’s 2010 Cross Country Woman of the Year…Four-time track MVP…Team captain for cross country, track and basketball teams as a senior…Named Rookie of the Year award as a freshman…Earned the cross coun-try Captain’s Award as a sophomore and the Excalibur Award as a senior…2010 Wendy’s High School Heisman Award recipient…Named the TAG Intern of the Year as a senior and the Honors Geometry Student of the Year and the Talented and Gifted Student of the Year as a freshman…Member of Beta Club (secretary), National Honor Society, Spanish National Honor Society, Jewish Student Union (communications coordinator) and Mu Alpha Theta.Personal: Born April 13, 1993…Daughter of Sally and Alan Koblitz, who both attending UGA…Uncle, Richard Koblitz, also went to Georgia…Majoring in Mathematics Education.

brOOke kObliTz5-4 • Junior

Alpharetta, Ga.Centennial

High School: Captured the 2013 GHSA AAAA state title in the 800-meter run...Won region titles in the 400 and 800...Named the Eagles Landing 2013 Track Athlete of the Year...Took fourth in the 400 at the 2012 state meet...Personal-best times of 2:15 in the 800 and 57.43 in the 400...Vice President of student class...Member of the Beta Club. Personal: Born November 21, 1994...Daughter of Shalon Bakersville and Sam Hill...Undecided major.

devOnna hill5-3 • Freshman

McDonough, Ga.Eagles Landing

2012: Placed 31st at the Georgia Invitational. 2011: Opened her career by racing at the Georgia Invitational and then at the Georgia State Invitational.High School: Captured the 3200 meters championship at the GHSA AAAAA state meet…Named captain of the cross country team as a senior…Third at the region meet in the 3200 as a junior…Personal-best times of 11:37 (3200), 5:23 (1600) and 19:57

(5k)…Helped lead her cross country team to three consecutive region championships…Part of cross country team that advanced to state as a sophomore…Also swam at Harrison and was part of squad that advanced to state her sophomore year…Graduated with honors and was 25th out of 520 classmates…Member of Key Club and National Honors Society and won the Vince Dooley Award and the Agnes Scott Book Award as well as the DAR Good Citizen Award.Personal: Born December 17, 1992…Daughter of Chris and Mary Kalafut…Mother, Mary, swam at UCLA and father, Chris, played football and rugby and swam at the Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA)…Majoring in Exercise and Sport Science.

marriOn kalafUT5-5 • Junior

Acworth, Ga.Harrison


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2012: Did not compete for the Lady Bulldogs.2011: Ran in two meets for the Lady Bulldogs, including a 33rd-place finish at the Georgia Invitational with a time of 19:25.24.2010: Finished 19th at the 5K Georgia Cross Country Invitational with a time of 18:57.42.High School: Led St. Pius to the 2009 GHSA AAA cross country state champion-

ship…Helped the Golden Lions earn runner-up honors at the 2010 GHSA track meet…Named the St. Pius Runner of the Year all four years of high school…Earned a spot on the 2007 Foot Locker All-South team…Part of Atlanta Track Club All-Metro Cross Country Team throughout her years at St. Pius…Won both the 1600-meter run and the 3200 at the 2008 GHSA state meet as a sophomore…Brought the AAAA individual state cross country title back to St. Pius as a sophomore in 2007…Personal-best marks of 18:58 in the 5k, 5:07 in the 1600 and 11:24 in the 3200…Tied the St. Pius school record in the 5k with her 18:58 at the Great American Cross Country Festival…Earned runner-up honors in the 800 (a personal-best 2:16) and took third in the 1600 (5:12) as a senior at the state meet…Finished second in the 1600 and fifth in the 800 as a junior at the state meet…Took third at the 2006 state cross country meet as an individual…Also played soccer as a freshman…Awarded the 2008 St. Pius Mike Bergmann Scholarship.Personal: Born March 21, 1992…Daughter of Philip LaPorte & Debra LaPorte…Majoring in Journalism-Public Relations.

kaThleen lapOrTe5-9 • JuniorAtlanta, Ga.

St. Pius

2012: Trained in preparation for the 2013 track season.2011: Continued training for the track season.2010: Redshirted for the Lady Bulldogs.High School: Captured GHSA A state titles in both the 400-meter dash and the 800 in 2008, 2009 and 2010…helped lead her high school to state cross country titles in 2008, where she was the individual runner-up, and in 2009…Named the 2008 Cross Country

Woman of the Year and the 2010 Track Woman of the Year by the Atlanta Track Club…Personal-best times of 55.67 (400), 2:17.10 (800) and 19:24.96 (5k)…Also part of Our Lady of Mercy’s 2007 state track championship…Named her school’s Most Valuable Player as a sophomore…Earned runner-up honors in the 400 at the state meet as a freshman as her team won the 2007 title and was given the team’s Future Star Award…Received the 2009-10 “Topcat” Award and the 2010 Archbishop John Donoghue Christian Athlete of the Year award…Also cheered, swam, played volleyball and was on her high school step team…Member of Hon-or Roll, National Honor Society, Dance Honorary Society, Taize Choir (acapella singing group), Pro-Life Club, FLAME Team, Thespian Society and the senior class representative in the Student Government.Personal: Born August 1, 1992…Daughter of Robert and Lutgarda Malasarte…Father, Robert, played soccer at De La Salle Univer-sity in the Philippines…Majoring in Journalism-Digital and Broadcast.

meGan malasarTe 5-5 • Junior

Fayetteville, Ga.Our Lady of Mercy

Catholic

2012: Finished one spot out of All-Region honors after placing 26th at the NCAA South Regionals in 20:49.2...Placed second among Georgia runners and 26th overall with a time of 22:13.62 (6k) at the Commodore Classic...Scored for Georgia at the Greater Louis-ville Classic, crossing the finish line in 17:54.07 (5k) to claim 84th place...Scored in her third straight meet at the Wisconsin adidas Invitational, crossing the finish line in 21:12 (6k) to claim 171st place...Scored for the Bulldogs at the SEC Championships, finishing

39th overall in 21:36.98 on the 6k course...Finished 200th at the NCAA Championships (6k) in a time of 21:31.5.2011: Took 14th at the 6k Georgia State Invitational with a time of 23:40…Took 36th (18:43.59) to be Georgia’s third finisher at the Crimson Classic.College: Wake Forest – Ran during the 2009 cross country season and the 2010 track season.

breT mCdaniel5-6 • JuniorAtlanta, Ga.

Riverwood/Wake Forest

High School: Captain of a Mason team that captured the Ohio state cross country title in 2012 after earning runner-up honors in 2010 and taking third in 2011 at the meet...Named to the All-Ohio team after taking 17th place individually as a senior...The Comets finished the 2012 cross season ranked 24th nationally, according to MileSplit.com, and were fourth at the 2011 and 2012 Nike Cross national Mid-West Regional meets...Personal-best times of 18:30 (cross country 5000-meter run), 11:28 (3200) and

1600 (5:24)...Part of school record 4x1600 relay team...Named to First Team All-City while helping to lead her team to four consecutive region championships...Recognized as Mason Rookie of the Year and won the Iron Man Achievement Award and the Mason MVP Award...Sustained an injury that kept her out of her senior track season...Won the Principal’s Award and Academic Achievement Award for four consecutive years...Named to the Academic All-Ohio Team 2010-12 and as a McDonald’s Greater Cin-cinnati Student Athlete of the Week...Graduated Summa Cum Laude with a 4.25 GPA.Personal: Born May 20, 1995...Daughter of Jean and Bill Martin...Mother, Jean, swam at Cincinnati...Majoring in Biology.

TOri marTin5-2 • FreshmanMason, Ohio

Mason


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2012: Finished 14th (17:56.77) at the Georgia Invitational…Made her debut at the SEC Championships and took 92nd (22:42.13).2011: Redshirted for the Lady Bulldogs.High School: Injured during her senior season…Helped lead Brookwood’s squad as the team finished second at the GHSA AAAAA state meet…Personal-best times of 2:20 (800 – Florida Relays), 5:05 (1600 – Georgia State meet) and 19:29 (5k – Footlocker), all

clocked during her junior season…Won the 800 region championship as a junior and was the 1600 runner-up…Also contributed as Brookwood won a region championship as a sophomore after first running varsity as a freshman…Graduated with honors and was the leader of the Brookwood Leadership Team…Member of Gwinnett Student Leadership Team.Personal: Born September 2, 1992…Daughter of Kevin and Pam Perry…Cousin, Emily Wolf, ran distance at Vermont and another cousin, Becky DeGroote, ran distance at Ithaca College…Majoring in Biology.

sarah perry5-4 • Junior

Lawrenceville, Ga.Brookwood

2012: Finished 16th overall with a time of 18:01.67 at the Georgia Invitational...Placed 64th at the Commodore Classic in 23:00.65...Took 173rd at the Greater Louisville Clas-sic...In her first SEC Championships, placed 93rd in a time of 22:45.39.2011: Opened her collegiate career by taking 28th (19:15.08) at the Georgia Invitation-al...Also competed at the Crimson Classic.High School: Led Wesleyan to the 2010 GHSA A state track title and helped team

capture region titles all four years…Named to the Gwinnett Daily Post’s Super Six as a senior…Won a state cross country title as a sophomore…Captured the 1600 meters state championship…Awarded Atlanta Track Club’s Distance Woman of the Year also as a sophomore and was a member on the All-State cross country team…Won the Great American Race…Member of All-County teams all four years…Personal-best times of 18:59 (5k), 5:11 (Mile) and 2:18 (800)…Also swam at Wesleyan.Personal: Born March 21, 1993…Daughter of Candace and Chuck Ramsey…One of seven siblings…Majoring in Child & Family Development.

erika ramsey5-7 • JuniorAtlanta, Ga.

Wesleyan

High School: Was the bronze medal winner at the FootLocker South Regional meet as a junior…Won the GHSA 3A cross coun-try title as a junior…Captured state track titles in both the 1600 meters and the 3200 during her junior year…Returned to win the 2010 1600 championship as a senior and was second in the 3200…Was the runner-up at the state cross country meet as a sopho-more…Finished second at the state meet in both the 1600 and 3200 as a sophomore…Personal-best times of 17:48 (5k), 5:00 (1600) and 10:55 (3200)…Named Fulton County Runner of the Year (cross country) in 2006, 2008 and 2009…Part of Atlanta Track Club All-Metro Team for four years in a row…Also swam at Riverwood, earning a spot on the state swim team her final three years...Set school record in the 100 backstroke…Member of National Honor Society and recipient of International Baccalaureate Diploma.Personal: Born October 18, 1991…Daughter of Becky and Charlie McDaniel…Cousin, Tyler McDaniel, plays soccer at Duke…Ma-joring in Economics.

High School: Helped lead her team to four consecutive state cross country titles and a state championship in track and field...Team captain as a junior and senior...Part of 4x800-meter relay team that set a school record in 2010 and remains on Georgia’s all-time top-10 list with a 9:29...Earned All-Region honors for four years...Selected as a member of the Atlanta Track Club’s 2010 All-Metro Team...Took sixth in the 1600 and eighth in the 800 at the 2013 GHSA AAAA state meet....Finished fifth at the 2012 state

cross country championships after another pair of top-10 finishes at the state meet in her career...Finished in the top 100 at the Nike Cross Country Nationals - Southeast Regional...Personal-best times of 18:47 (cross country 5000), 2:20 (800) and 5:15 (1600)...Named Most Valuable Newcomer...Received the 2012 Coach’s Award.Personal: Born October 3, 1994...Daughter of Katherine and George Northrop...Majoring in pre-Social Work.

kaTe nOrThrOp5-6 • Freshman

Atlanta, Ga.Marist School


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2012: Took 10th in her first collegiate meet, the Georgia Invitational, in a time of 17:42.65...Placed 64th at the Commodore Classic after clocking a 23:00.33.High School: Finished second at the 2011 AAAA state cross country meet…Earned All-State honors in cross country during her last three years and in the 1600 meters and 3200 on the track during her junior and senior years…Helped lead Pope to the 2010 region cross country title…Won five individual region championships

during her career…Personal-best times of 5:11 (1600), 11:05 (3200) and 18:02 (5k)…Set school records in both the 5k and 3200…Part of the 2011 Atlanta Track Club Foot Locker Team Georgia and to the Atlanta Track Club All-Metro Cross Coun-try Team for three seasons…Named the Cobb County Cross Country Runner of the Year as a sophomore…Member of National Honors Society, Spanish Honors Society, Science Honors Society and received the Ray Kroc Award.Personal: Born June 15, 1994…Daughter of Jan and Mat Schenck…Majoring in pre-Civil Engineering.

mOlly sChenCk5-4 • Sophomore

Marietta, Ga.Pope

2012: Placed 39th at the Georgia Invitational in her first meet of the year.2011: Finished in the top 20 after taking 19th (23:54) at the 6k Georgia State Invita-tional…Scored for the Lady Bulldogs at the Crimson Classic after taking 67th with a time of 19:14.77.2010: Scored for the first time in her career for the Lady Bulldogs after taking 13th (19:12) at the Furman Invitational.

High School: Won GHSA Region 2-AAAA titles in cross country and in the 3200-meter run during her junior and senior seasons…Earned All-State honors in cross country as a junior…Set a new course record (19:04) during her first-place finish at the 2009 region cross country meet…Finished first in the 1600 at the region meet as a senior…Took sixth in the 1600 and seventh in the 3200 at the 2010 GHSA state meet…Finished eighth at the 2008 state cross country meet and 13th in 2009…Helped lead Glynn Academy to region track and field runner-up finishes in both 2009 and 2010…Personal-best times of 2:24 in the 800, 5:22 in the 1600, 11:42 in the 3200 and 18:40 in the 5k…Earned All-Region honors in track and cross country as a senior and was named the Most Valuable Runner in both sports…Received the Frank Hill Jr. Award for Excellence in Athletics and Academics as a junior and senior…Member of Beta Club, National Honor Society and FCA…Also played softball in high school and had the highest batting average and most stolen bases as a sophomore.Personal: Born December 29, 1991…Daughter of Peter and Barbara Robison…Father, Peter, played football at New Mexico…Sister, Ellie, plays volleyball at Glynn Academy...Majoring in Health Promotion.

shelby rObisOn 5-5 • Senior

Lansdale, Pa.Glynn Academy (Ga.)

High School: Named Most Valuable Runner twice and Most Improved Distance Runner...Received Athlete of the Week honors twice from the Cherokee Tribune...After earning runner-up honors in the 800-meter run and the 1600 during her team’s region championship as a junior, she advanced to the 2012 GHSA AAAA state championships in both events...Took eighth in the 1600 at the state meet as a junior and ninth as a senior...Finished 20th at the 2012 GHSA State Cross Country

Championships...Personal-best times of 20:12 in the cross country 5000 and 5:21 for the 1600 and 2:27 for the 800 on the track...Completed on the track team for two years and cross country team as a senior...Also played softball for her first three years at River Ridge...Member of the Honor Roll and received an academic letter all four years and the Torch of Knowledge patch as a senior...Part of principal’s counsel, which required at least at 3.8 GPA, and Beta Club.Personal: Born July 16, 1995...Daughter of Greg and Lisa Saylor...Mother, Lisa, ran track at North Dakota...Majoring in pre-Exercise and Sport Science.

hannah saylOr5-5 • FreshmanWoodstock, Ga.

River Ridge

High School: Helped lead Baylor to state cross country championships in 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2012…An All-State selection after finishing in the top 15 in Baylor’s division in 2010-12…Personal-best times of 11:20 (3200), 5:20 (1600) and 18:50 (cross country 5000)…Achieved the Baylor Cross Country Many Miles Award from 2008-12 and received the Coaches Award in 2010…Named Most Valuable Runner in cross country in 2012 while also receiving the Jon Chew Award…Earned the O.B.

Andrews Award, which is presented annually to the best all-around student as voted on by the upper school student body…Recipient of the Best Teammate Award in cross country as voted on by her teammates for two seasons…Earned the Jumov-ille Award and the Joe Key Leadership Award…Part of National Honor Society, Habitat for Humanity, Peer Tutoring, Red Circle and the Student Council.Personal: Born September 9, 1994…Daughter of Robin Howe and Van Townsend…Brother, Oliver, ran cross country at Dart-mouth…Undecided major.

rUThie TOwnsend5-10 • Freshman

Chattanooga, Tenn.The Baylor School

meeT The lady bUlldOGs/bUlldOGs

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2012: Placed 44th at the Georgia Invitational.High School: Personal-best times of 5:18 (1600 meters), 2:20 (800) and 19:30 (5k)…Founder and organizer of the Blue Devils Run, which raised $14,000 for her high school team…Co-President of International Baccalaureate Club and co-founder and captain of the Future Problem Solving Team…Member of National Honor Society, Senior Beta Club, German Club, National German Honor Society…Part of

Norcross’ Mastery Wind Symphony…Volunteered for Relay For Life and was a member of the Norcross Student Leadership Team…Also swam and was in Norcross’ marching band.Personal: Born October 30, 1993…Daughter of Sonja Rasmussen and Clifford Watson…Majoring in pre-Health Promotion.

amelia waTsOn5-7 • Sophomore

Norcross, Ga.Norcross

High School: Helped lead team to GHSA 6-A state meet as a junior and senior...Part of region championship team as a sophomore...Set a school record in the 800-meter run (2:18.66) at the state prelims...Team captain of both the cross and track teams as a senior...Voted the Marietta Daily Journal Cobb County Scholar Athlete of the Year as a senior...Personal-best time of 5:17.87 in the 1600...Had runner-up finishes in both the 800 and 1600 a the region meet as a senior...Part of

800 and 1600 National Elite Teams...Named Most Outstanding Freshman, Most Valuable Runner as a sophomore and Most Valuable Distance Runner all four years...Also played basketball at Kennesaw Mountain...Member of National Beta Club and on the Honor Roll.Personal: Born October 10, 1993...Daughter of Sarah Vonck and Ted Vonck...Grandfather, Jesse Sloan, attended UGA’s veterinary school (1948-51) and played football for a year for the Bulldogs before also boxing at Georgia...Majoring in pre-Exercise and Sport Science.

anna vOnCk5-10 • Sophomore

Kennesaw, Ga.Kennesaw Mountain

High School: Finished fourth at the 2012 GHSA 6-A state cross country cham-pionships...Helped lead Brookwood to the state title, which was their first since 1991...Named Rookie of the Year, than Most Valuable Sophomore and finally Most Valuable Senior...Personal-best times of 19:23 (cross country 5000-meter run), 2:30 (800), 5:25 (1600), and 11:15 (3200)...Took second in the 1600 at the 2013 Mobile Challenge of Champions...Graduated with honors.

Personal: Born July 15, 1995...Daughter of Tim and Lisa Wilson...Majoring in Psychology.

payTOn wilsOn5-4 • FreshmanSnellville, Ga.Brookwood

meeT THe Bulldogs

Sid Vaughn, Luke Baker, Zack Sims, Brandon Lord and Charlies Sparks return to the Georgia men’s lineup after leading the Bulldogs to the NCAA Cross Country Championships for the second consecutive season in 2012.

meeT The bUlldOGs

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2012: Finished third in a time of 26:29.88 (8k) at the Georgia Invitational...Finished 29th at the Greater Louisville Classic 8k in 24:27.10...Finished second among Georgia run-ners and 74th overall at the Wisconsin adidas Invitational in a time of 24:09 (8k)...Scored for the Bulldogs at the SEC Championships, finishing 19th overall in 24:26.66 on the 8k course...Scored for Georgia and earned All-Region honors at the NCAA South Region-als with a 15th-place finish in 30:51.3 on the 10k course...The third Bulldog to cross the finish line at the NCAA Championships, placing 120th on the 10k course in a time of

30:54.7.2011: Was the Bulldogs top finisher at the Georgia State Invitational with a runner-up finish after clocking a season-best 25:41…Finished 104th (25:30) to score for Georgia at the Notre Dame Invitational…Was the fifth scorer for the Bulldogs at the Wisconsin Invitational after taking 156th (25:10.7)…Made the best out of his first trip to the SEC Championships by scoring with a 17th-place finish (24:51.98)…Scored for the Bulldogs at the NCAA South Regionals with a 27th-place finish (31:55.8)…Was Georgia’s third scorer at the NCAA Championships after managing a 195th-place finish with a time of 31:44.0. 2010: Made his collegiate debut and finished sixth overall at the 8K Georgia Cross Country Invitational with a time of 24:52.69…Broke into the top 100 after taking 97th (25:08.27) at the Greater Louisville Classic…Scored in his first trip to the NCAA Pre-Nationals after taking 144th (25:20.5).High School: Won GHSA A state championships in the 3200-meter run as a junior and senior…Captured a state cross country ti-tle as a senior after claiming region wins as both a junior and senior…First-team All-State for cross country as a junior and senior…Also won region championships in the 1600 and 3200 as a junior and senior…Set state A record in cross country and set new No. 1 marks in the county in the 5k, 3200 and 1600…Part of region champion track team in 2009…Track and cross country captain as a sophomore, junior and senior and received the Kingdom Athlete award those same three years…Named the Henry County Runner of the Year…Nominated as the Man of the Year by the Atlanta Track Club…Personal-best times of 15:12 (5k), 9:26 (3200) and 4:24 (1600)…Member of National Beta Society, Student Leadership Institute and Fellowship of Christian Athletes and on the Presidential Honor Roll…Chaplain for his team.Personal: Born March 15, 1992…Son of Archie and Cindy Baker…Majoring in Marketing.

lUke baker5-7 • Senior

McDonough, Ga.Eagles Landing

High School: Finished ninth at the 2012 GHSA 4-A Cross Country Championships....Finished first at the Asics Invitational...Won the DeKalb County individual cross country title...Personal-best times of 16:20 (5000-meter run) and 16:41 (cross country 5000)...Also played soccer at Stone Mountain and was on the All-Star team for three years...Member of National Honor Society, BETA Club, Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) and Project 12.Personal: Born November 18, 1994...Son of Yenenesh Tesfaye...Majoring in Biology.

abel abay5-8 • Freshman

Stone Mountain, Ga.Stone Mountain

2012: Did not compete for the Bulldogs.High School: Won GHSA AAA state titles in the 800 meters (1:52) and the 1600 (4:15) as a senior while also finishing second at the state cross country championships…Also won the 800 (1:54) state crown as a junior after taking third in the 1600 (4:20) and eighth at the state cross country meet…Personal-best marks of 15:36 (5k), 4:15 (1600) and 1:52 (800)…Finished ninth at the state meet in the 1600 as a sophomore after earn-ing runner-up honors at the region level…Graduated with a 3.4 GPA.

Personal: Born November 12, 1993…Son of Debra Mayer and Dennis Coburn…Majoring in pre-Athletic Training.

zane CObUrn5-8 • Sophomore

Atlanta, Ga.Grady

High School: Helped lead the Spartans to the GHSA A private school cross country title in 2012...Won individual state titles in both the 800-meter run (with a state cham-pionships record time of 4:10.84) and the 1600 as a senior...Earned runner-up honors at the Golden South Classic (his converted time of 4:09.01 ranked sixth in the GHSA all-time record books)...Piled up four region championships in the 1600 and three in the 800...Named the Gatorade/USA Today Track Athlete of the Year for Georgia...Athens Banner-Herald Cross Country Athlete of the Year...Personal-best times of 4:10.46 (mile),

4:10.84 (1600), 1:54.25 (800), 16:03 (cross country 5000) and 9:51 (3200)...Part of Dream Mile watchlist.Personal: Born January 20, 1995...Son of David and Sandy Dwyer...Majoring in pre-Business/Management.

henry dwyer6-2 • Freshman

Athens, Ga.Athens Academy

meeT The bUlldOGs

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2012: Did not compete for the Bulldogs.2011: Redshirted for the Bulldogs.High School: Contributed to Brookwood winning state championships in cross country and track during junior and senior years…Team finished with a state record low score and with the fastest average in state history…Helped team become qualified for the Nike Cross Nationals two years…Personal-best times of 15:55 (5k), 9:26 (3200 meters) and 4:22 (1600)…Also played soccer at Brookwood…Named a Scholar Athlete.

Personal: Born Feb. 27, 1993…Son of Mark & Judy Giuliano…Majoring in Management.

miChael GiUlianO 5-9 • Junior

Alexandria, Va.Brookwood (Ga.)

2012: Did not compete for the Bulldogs.High School: Cross country team captain from 2009-2011 and track team captain from 2010-2012…Honored as the Lambert Most Valuable Runner in 2009 and 2010…Named Atlanta Track Club’s 2009 Man of the Year…Personal-best times of 4:25.10 (1600 meters), 9:21.28 (3200) and 15:46.61 (5000)…Earned the 2008 Rising Star Award and set the school freshman mile record…Lettered all four years.Personal: Born June 30, 1993…Son of Diane and Greg Grant…Majoring in pre-Busi-

ness Management.

TrevOr GranT6-0 • FreshmanSuwanee, Ga.

Lambert

2012: Continued training for the track season.High School: Won Luxembourgish championships in both the indoor and outdoor 800-meter runs…Named the 2010 Luxembourgish Male Athlete of the Year…Has a personal-best outdoor 800 time of 1:49.03 after clocking a career-best 1:50.14 indoors, which broke the Texas State school record…Captured the 2012 Southland Conference (SLC) Outdoor Championships in the 800 with a time of 1:50.49…Finished second in the 800 at the 2012 SLC Indoor Championships to also earn all-conference honors.

Personal: Born June 2, 1992…Son of Romain Grethen and Michele Grethen…Majoring in pre-Business/Finance.

Charles GreThen5-11 • Junior

Tuntange, LuxembourgLycee Robert Schuman/

Texas State

2012: Did not compete for the Bulldogs.High School: Raced on both the 4x400-meter relay team and the 4x800 relay team that captured 2012 D3 state titles…Helped lead Lansing Catholic to 2012 team cham-pionship…Earned All-State honors in cross country as well as track and field as a junior and senior…Part of Academic All-State team from his sophomore to senior years…Named to the Lansing State Journal Cross Country & Track Dream Teams…Also was a finalist for the publication’s Male Athlete of the Year…Personal-best times of 9:21 (3200),

4:22 (1600) and 1:57.4 (800)…Received the St. Sebastian Christian Leadership Award as a junior…Member of National Honor Soci-ety, French Club (president) and the Campus Ministry Team.Personal: Born July 21, 1994…Son of Marybeth and Jim Hicks…Father, Jim, played basketball at Williams College (Mass.)…Majoring in pre-Business/Management.

Jimmy hiCks6-3 • Freshman

East Lansing, Mich.Lansing Catholic

2012: Finished 35th overall (25:39.72) and second on the team at the Commodore Classic...Took 78th out of 255 runners at the Greater Louisville Classic in a time of 25:04.11...Was 274th (25:30) at the Wisconsin Invitational...Placed 79th overall at the SEC Championships after completing the course in 26:00.92.2011: Finished 15th (26:42) at the Georgia State Invitational…Was the Bulldogs’ second finisher at the Crimson Classic with a 35th-place finish (26:01.03)…Named to the All-SEC Freshman Team after finishing 41st (25:37.20) at the SEC Championships.

High School: Helped lead St. Pius X to the GHSA AAA cross country team title as a senior…Finished as the individual state runner-up at the 2010 state cross country meet…Earned Coach’s Award last three years of high school and was named team MVP as a senior…Named Newcomer of the Year as a freshman…Personal-best mark of 9:14 in the 3200 meters and 15:06 in the 5000.Personal: Born July 1, 1992…Son of Mark and Karen Hoban…Brother, Mark, played baseball at Oglethorpe University…Grand-mother, Lucille Hoban, graduated from UGA and his sister, Mary Kate, is on track to graduate from Georgia in 2012…Majoring in Turfgrass Management.

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High School: Won the 2012 GHSA 5-A state cross country title in 16:22.64 to help his team also capture the championship...Took sixth at the 2012 Footlocker South meet before competing at Footlocker Nationals, where he was 35th...Ranked 35th nationally in cross country as a senior...Finished as the runner-up at the state meet in the 1600-meter run during his final season...Helped lead McIntosh to the state team track and field title in 2013...Personal-best times of 14:59 (5000), 9:18 (3200) and 4:18 (1600)...Won another region cross country title and captured his first state championship as a junior with a

16:05.66...Also won a region track title as a junior...Repeated as the cross country regional champion and was sixth at the state meet as a sophomore...Also played baseball and swam in high school.Personal: Born September 7, 1994...Son of John and Raylene Hort...Majoring in pre-Business/Marketing.

brad hOrT5-8 • Freshman

Carlisle, Pa.McIntosh (Ga.)

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High School: Finished 11th in the 2000-meter steeplechase at the 2012 New Balance Outdoor Nationals...Part of school record 4x800 team with a 7:42.47...Took eighth in the 800 at the 2012 FHSAA state track and field meet as a junior...Personal-best marks of 6:16 (steeplechase), 15:51.1 (5000 cross country), 4:23.16 (mile) and 1:56.25 (800)...Named to the All-Central Florida team and was a four-year qualifier for the state cham-pionship...Helped his team take third at the cross country state meet as a freshman...Represented the East Florida team in the Florida Athletic Coaches Association (FACA)

All-Star cross country race...Also played basketball at Winter Park...Member of National Honor Society and National Beta Club...Elected as the junior and senior class representative in Student Government Association (SGA).Personal: Born November 10, 1994...Son of Warren Lindsey and Eileen Forrester...Majoring in pre-Business/Economics.

JOhn lindsey6-2 • Freshman

Winter Park, Fla.Winter Park

2012: Captured his first career victory in the opening meet of the season, the Georgia Invitational, in a time of 26:16.49 (8k)...Named SEC Co-Runner of the Week following his performance at the Georgia Invitational...Was the second Bulldog runner to cross the finish line, completing the 8k course at the Greater Louisville Classic in 24:13.53 to place 21st overall...Scored for the Bulldogs at the Wisconsin adidas Invitational, placing 111th in 24:20...Earned second-team All-SEC honors after placing 13th overall at the SEC Championships in 24:15.45 (8k)...

Named to the NCAA All-Region team by finishing third overall at the NCAA South Regionals in 30:35.8 (10k), marking the best fin-ish for a Bulldog at the meet since 2003...Placed 107th at the NCAA Championships in 30:49.3 (10k).2011: Finished third during the 8k Georgia Invitational after clocking a 25:03.74…Scored for the Bulldogs at the Notre Dame Invita-tional after taking 67th (25:10)…Earned SEC Runner of the Week honors after leading the Bulldogs at the Wisconsin Invitational with a career-best time of 24:23.4 for 37th place to be the top conference finisher…Broke into the top 10 at the SEC Championships by taking 10th with a 24:33.46…Named to All-Region team after taking 16th (31:42.1) at the NCAA South Regionals…Scored at the NCAA Championships after crossing the 10k finish line in 31:51.5 for 206th place.2010: Made his collegiate debut and finished 10th (25:59.77) at the UGA-GT Dual Meet…Was the Bulldogs’ top finisher at the Greater Louisville Classic after finishing 44th with a time of 24:38.65…Finished fifth for UGA and 167th overall at the NCAA Pre-Nationals to score with a time of 25:41.1…Scored for the Bulldogs and was named to the All-SEC Freshmen Team at his first SEC Championships after taking 38th (25:34.46).High School: Named to both the 2009 Foot Locker Cross Country All-American and All-South teams as a senior…Captured three individual state titles as a senior in cross country, the 3200-meter run and the 1600…Member of 2009 US Junior Men Moun-tain Running Team that finished fourth at the World Championships, which was the highest-ever placing for a junior male…Ranked in the top five in the nation in both the 1600 and the 3200…Helped lead Baylor to state team titles in cross country as a sophomore and junior and a runner-up finish in track as a sophomore…Personal-best times of 1:58 in the 800, 4:09.69 in the 1600, 8:55.42 in the 3200 and 14:51 in the cross country 5k…Named Baylor Athlete of the Year (2009-10) and earned Special Recognition by the Baylor faculty during that same span…Also swam in high school, where Baylor won three straight state team titles from his freshman to his junior year and two national championships…Member of National Honor Society.Personal: Born June 13, 1992…Son of Ted and Janet Lord…Majoring in Applied Biotech.

brandOn lOrd5-9 • Senior

Chattanooga, Tenn.The Baylor School

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2012: Did not compete for the Bulldogs.High School: Helped lead Brookwood to the 2009, 2010 and 2011 GHSA AAAAA state cross country titles and to the 2010 and 2012 state track championships…Took second overall at the 2011 state cross country meet…Worked with his team to win the 2010 Nike Southeast Regionals and qualify for the Nike Cross Country Nation-als…Personal-best times of 15:36.30 (5k), 9:23.89 (3200 meters), 4:19.02 (mile) and 4:17.52 (1600)…Named to the 2009 Team Georgia and to the 2010 Milesplit US

Second Team – Cross Country (National Silver Standard as a junior)…Part of 4x1600 team that clocked the nation’s best high school time in 2011…Finished fourth individually at the 2010 state cross country meet…Earned Most Valuable Junior honors before be-ing named the Most Valuable Overall as a senior in cross country…Ranked 55th in 800-person graduating class with a 3.94 GPA…Named his team’s Scholar Athlete from 2008 to 2012…Was a four-year Scholar Athlete and Academic Letterman while also vol-unteering in the Peer Leadership program as a junior and senior…Lettered in cross country all four years and in track for three seasons…Also played on the baseball and swim teams as a freshman.Personal: Born February 10, 1994…Son of Tim and Beth Malanoski…Grandfather, Chester J. Malanoski Jr., played basketball and baseball at Upsula, was then a pitcher in the Philadelphia Phillies organization and scored a hole-in-one on the Jennings Mill Golf Course at age 87…Grandfather, Thomas K. Lamb Jr., played football and run hurdles at the University of the South…Majoring in pre-Business/Marketing.

mOrGan malanOski6-0 • FreshmanSnellville, Ga.Brookwood

2012: Did not compete for the Bulldogs.High School: Helped lead Marist to GHSA AAAA state titles in 2008-10…Named the Most Valuable Distance Runner as a junior and senior…Voted track team captain as a junior and senior and cross country team captain as a senior…Four-year letter win-ner for both sports…Personal-best times of 4:02 (1500 meters) and 26:20 (8k)…Also played basketball at Marist…An AP Scholar with Distinction and member of the Junior Classic League…Won Geophysical Science Award and was a National Merit Commended

Student.Personal: Born April 17, 1993…Son of Bill and Jodi Selvey…Mother, Jodi, attended UGA from 1980-84…Majoring in Finance.

sCOTT selvey6-1 • JuniorAtlanta, Ga.

Parkview

2012: Was the top Georgia finisher at the 8k Commodore Classic, placing 25th overall in 25:25.10...Finished 91st at the Greater Louisville Classic in 25:11.69...Placed 47th at the SEC Championships in 25:18.85 (8k)...Raced in the NCAA South Regionals, finishing 40th overall in 31:54.4 (10k).2011: Recorded a 16th-place finish (26:46) at the Georgia State Invitational…Finished 42nd (26:13.12) to score for Georgia at the Crimson Classic…Made his debut at the

SEC Championships and finished 59th.High School: Finished with runner-up honors in both the 1600 meters and the 3200 at the 2011 GHSA AAA state meet, earning First Team All-State honors…Took third at the state cross country meet as a senior…Personal-best times of 4:15 (1600), 9:18 (3200) and 15:25 (5k)…School record holder in the 1500, 1600, 1-mile run, 3200, 5k, 4x800, 4x1600 and distance medley relay…Named At-lanta Track Club Man of the Year…Helped lead Eagle’s Landing to a runner-up finish and a third-place finish at two state XC meets…Captain of both the track and cross country teams as a senior…Part of All-South Second Team as a sophomore.Personal: Born April 13, 1993…Son of Christopher and Kelly Sims…Majoring in Mathematics.

zaCk sims6-0 • Junior

McDonough, Ga.Eagle’s Landing

2012: Continued training for the track season.High School: Earned the title of Most Valuable Track Athlete as a senior and to the All-County team…Helped lead Brookwood to the 2012 GHSA AAAAA state track title…Won a 2012 region title in the 800…Personal-best 800-meter run time of 1:51.08 set at the 2012 Music City Distance Carnival, which is the eighth-best time all-time in Geor-gia…Gwinnett County record holder in the 800…Named the Most Valuable Sophomore

and received the Scholar Athletic award as a junior and senior…Finished his academic career as an AP Scholar.Personal: Born May 11, 1994…Son of Judith Riley…Majoring in pre-Business/Accounting.

kisean smiTh5-7 • FreshmanSnellville, Ga.Brookwood

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meeT The bUlldOGs2012: Turned in a time of 26:37.50 (8k) to capture fifth place at the season-opening Georgia Invitational...Finished in 25:25.07 (8k) at the Greater Louisville Classic to place 113th...Finished 232nd at the Wisconsin adidas Invite 8k in 25:00...Clocked a time of 25:32.19 at the SEC Championships to place 60th...Earned All-Region honors at the NCAA South Regionals with a 21st-place finish in a time of 31:15.9 on the 10k course...Finished 172nd at the NCAA Championships in a time of 31:20.7 (10k).2011: Finished 11th at the Georgia Invitational after recording a mark of 25:36.10…Was

the fourth Bulldog scorer at the Georgia State Invitational after crossing the finish line in 25:53…Recorded the first top team finish of his career after taking ninth at the Crimson Classic with a time of 25:24.58…Finished 50th at the SEC Championships.2010: Finished ninth overall and scored for the Bulldogs in his first collegiate meet at the 8K Georgia Cross Country Invitational with a mark of 24:56.23…Was a scorer for the Bulldogs at the UGA-GT Dual Meet after finishing fifth (25:41.46)…Took 82nd (24:58.50) to score for the Bulldogs at the Greater Louisville Classic…Continued a strong first season after scoring and earning All-SEC Freshmen honors at the SEC Championships after finishing 39th (25:38.86)…Finished third for the Bulldogs and 37th overall (31:36.26) at the 10k NCAA South Regionals. High School: Won both the 2006 and 2007 GHSA AAA state cross country titles…Captured the 3200-meter run championship at the 2007 state track meet…Competed at the 2010 New Balance Nationals in the 5000…Finished 21st at the 2009 Foot Locker South Regionals with at time of 15:12…Took second in both the 1600 (4:19) and 3200 (9:28) at the 2010 state meet…Four-time cross country and track captain and Most Valuable Runner at Columbus…Four-time Region 2AAA cross country champion and four-time region 1600 and 3200 champion…Was the high-point scorer at the 2010 region meet after winning the 1600 and the 3200 and earning runner-up honors in both the 4x400 relay and the pole vault…Helped lead Columbus to a combined four region cross country and track titles (cross country – 2006-07, 2009; track – 2010, which was the first time in 30 years)…Personal-best times of 4:17 (1600). 9:25 (3200) and 15:08 (5k)…Member of Georgia Mathematics League and graduated with a 3.84 GPA…Also played basketball and was named the Most Outstanding Defensive Player for his JV team as a freshman and as a sophomore.Personal: Born June 7, 1991…Son of Steve and Mary Sparks…Father, Steve, played baseball at the University of New Mexico…Uncle, Jay Sparks, played football at UT-Chattanooga…Majoring in Mathematics Education.

Charlie sparks 5-7 • Senior

Columbus, Ga.Columbus

2012: Finished just two spots away from scoring for the Bulldogs after taking 13th (27:10.52) at the Georgia Invitational...Scored for UGA at the Commodore Classic after placing 43rd in 25:51.15...Placed 103rd at the Great Louisville Classic.2011: Redshirted for the Bulldogs...Earned All-SEC Freshman Team honors with a 52nd-place finish at the SEC Championships in a time of 25:27.88.High School: Finished 11th on the 5k cross country course at the Nike Southeast Regionals, earning All-Second Team honors…Was third in both the 1600 meters and the

3200 at the GHSA AAAAA state meet as a senior…Member of Gwinnett Super 6…Part of Parkview team that finished second at the AAAAA state meet and third at the Southeast Regional meet during his junior season before also taking runner-up honors at the state meet and fifth-place honors at the region meet as a senior…School record holder in cross country with team average time and in track in the 4x800, 4x1600 and 1600 SMR relays…Earned the Coach’s Award and team captain honors as a senior…Personal-best times of 4:19 (1600 meters), 9:27 (3200), 1:56 (800) and 15:34 (5k)…Named the Most Improved Runner in cross country as a sophomore…Was a Scholar Athlete at Parkview.Personal: Born December 11, 1992…Son of Mark and Kathleen Spevacek…Has five siblings…Majoring in pre-Forestry.

sTeven spevaCek6-0 • Junior

Lawrenceville, Ga.Parkview

High School: Won the GHSA 5-A state title in the 800-meter run and was third in the 1600 as a senior after sweeping both events at the region level...Personal-best times of 4:15.96 (1600), 1:54.29 (800) and 15:51 (5000)...Returned from a stress fracture during the fall to earn runner-up honors in the 1600 at the region and state track meets...Took fourth at the state cross country championships as a junior after winning the region...Named team MVP in cross country as a sophomore and a junior...Earned MVP honors in track as a junior and senior...Recognized as All-Metro Man of the Year Award for his per-

formance in the 800 as a senior...Part of All-Metro Team as a junior in cross country...Received the Raider Pride Award for Respect and Leadership.Personal: Born March 7, 1994...Son of Patricia and Brian Sullivan...Father, Brian, played basketball at St. Bonaventure University...Sisters Lauren and Caroline also chose Georgia for their college...Majoring in pre-Business/Management.

brian sUllivan5-11 • Freshman

Marietta, Ga.Walton

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meeT The bUlldOGs2012: Made his collegiate debut at the Commodore Classic, finishing 37th overall in 25:40.56...Turned in a time of 25:16.65 (8k) at the Greater Louisville Classic to place 98th...Earned a spot on the SEC All-Freshman team after finishing 37th at the SEC Championships in 24:59.81 (8k)...Placed 212th at the NCAA Championships in a time of 31:52.7 on the 10k course.High School: Finished 21st at the 2011 Foot Locker South Regional meet…Won the 2012 GHSA AAAA state championship in the 3200 meters…Received Most Valuable

Runner honors as a junior and senior…Earned the Coach’s Award as a sophomore…Named Freshman of the Year…Personal-best times of 4:19 (1600), 9:20 (3200) and 15:23 (5000).Personal: Born July 26, 1994…Son of Laura Vaughn and Sidney Vaughn…Undecided major.

sid vaUGhn5-7 • SophomoreBaton Rouge, La.

Lakeside (Ga.)

2012: Finished 62nd overall at the Commodore Classic.2011: Redshirted for the Bulldogs.High School: Finished third in both the 800 meters and 1600 at the GHSA AAAA state track meet as a junior…Took second in the 800 and fourth in the 1600 at the state meet as a sophomore…Named Douglas County’s 2010 Cross Country Runner of the Year as well as the 2011 Track Athlete of the Year…Helped Chapel Hill claim the 2007 AAAA cross country state title and two Douglas County championships…Personal-best

times of 15:19 (5k), 4:11.21 (1600) and 1:53 (800)…Clocked a 4:16 mile as a sophomore and recording a 4:33 as a freshman…Mem-ber of Beta Club and Key Club.Personal: Born May 2, 1993…Son of Dwight and Jennie Voyles, who both attended UGA…Brother, Travis, ran for Georgia and graduated in 2011…Grandfather played football for the Bulldogs…Majoring in Environmental Econ and Management.

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Douglasville, Ga.Chapel Hill

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meeT The bUlldOGsA Look Back At Georgia Cross Country In 2012Bulldogs Post Historic

Finish At NCAAsLOUISVILLE, Ky. --- The Georgia men’s cross country team finished 19th for its best finish in program history at the NCAA Cross Country Championships run around the E.P. Tom Sawyer State Park in Louisville, Ky., on November 17, 2012. The Bulldogs scored 466 points as Oklahoma State cap-tured the NCAA title with 72 points. Wisconsin (135), Colorado (158), Northern Arizona (191) and Florida State (238) finished second through fifth, respectively. Georgia’s previous top finish at the national meet was 25th at both the 2003 and 2004 NCAA Championships. This marked the fourth time the Bulldogs had raced at the NCAA meet and the second time in as many years. They had the Southeastern Conference’s top finish in 2011 (29th) and were second from the SEC this season. “This was very exciting to see our men come away with the best finish in the history of the University of Georgia,” said Bulldog distance coach Patrick Cunniff. “It’s a testament to how hard this team has worked and how great our seniors have been in their final season. Matt (Cleaver), Brian (Detweiler) and Brett (Richardson) have been the heart and soul of this team all year. They may not have had the individual glory today, but they worked hard for the team and made this finish happen. We beat some of the best distance-dedicated programs in the country and to be in the top 20 in any NCAA sport is a great accom-plishment.” The Lady Bulldogs finished 30th (642) in their first trip to the NCAA meet since 2007. Oregon (114) won the meet as Providence (183), Stanford (198), Florida State (202) and Michi-gan (247) rounded out the top five. The Lady Bulldogs have now run at the NCAA Cham-pionships eight times. The team’s first appearance was in 1990. The Lady Bulldogs finished a program-best ninth place that year. “The women were excited to be (in Louisville) and I think it was a great accomplishment for them to advance to the NCAA Championships,” said Cunniff. “They ran hard and competed well. I think they were a little fatigued from two hard races at SECs and Regionals, probably still emotionally drained. But the whole team, especially seniors Morgan VanGorder and Leslie Boozer, showed great determination. They showed poise throughout the race. Morgan and Leslie competed as well as they have their entire career.” For the men, four of the Bulldog’ first five scorers im-proved on their 2011 finishes. Senior Brett Richardson bettered his 228th-place finish last year to lead the team with a 96th-place finish in 2012. Richardson registered a time of 30:41.1 to break into the top 100. “Brett had an amazing run,” Cunniff said. “He is some-one who got in the race and found his rhythm. I thought he ran the back half of the race as well as anyone. All three of our seniors represented their school in a great fashion and should all be very proud about their final performances.” Second to finish for Georgia was junior Brandon Lord, who topped his teammates with a third-place finish at the

NCAA South Regional Championships. Lord finished 10th after clocking a 30:49.3. Another junior, Luke Baker, was the Bulldogs’ third finisher in 120th place. Baker battled to complete the course in 30:54.7. Senior Brian Detweiler finished one second behind Baker for 121st place (30:55.7).

Georgia’s final scorer was senior Matt Cleaver. After having the best finish for any Bulldog at the 2011 NCAA Cham-pionships, Cleaver recorded a time of 31:09.1 to take 155th place in the last meet of his fall career. As she has the last five meets, sophomore Carly Hamilton led the charge for the Lady Bulldogs at the NCAA Championships. The Springboro, Ohio, native finished 92nd place out of the 251 competitors after completing the course in 20:44.4. In the final cross country meet of her career, VanGorder was the second Lady Bulldog finisher and 147th overall. Van-Gorder clocked a 21:04.5. Her senior co-captain, Leslie Boozer, was 165th (21:13.5) in her first NCAA action of her career. Sophomore Bret McDaniel also scored for Georgia in her second season after transferring from Wake Forest. The Atlanta native finished in 21:31.5 to take 200th. The Lady Bull-dogs’ final scorer of the day was junior Nicole DiMercurio, who was 210th with a mark of 21:34.5.Current Georgia runners in BOLD

Individual Georgia PerformancesMEN WOMEN96th Brett Richardson (30:41.1) 92nd Carly Hamilton (20:44.4)107th Brandon Lord (30:49.3) 147th Morgan VanGorder (21:04.5)120th Luke Baker (30:54.7) 165th Leslie Boozer (21;13.5)121st Brian Detweiler (30:55.7) 200th Bret McDaniel (21:31.5)155th Matt Cleaver (31:09.1) 210th Nicole DiMercurio (21:34.5)172nd Charles Sparks (31:20.7) 235th Savannah Kirk (21:52.9)212th Sid Vaughn (31:52.7) 248th Stella Christoforou (22:27.7)

Team PerformancesMEN WOMEN1. Oklahoma State (72) 1. Oregon (114)2. Wisconsin (135) 2. Providence (183)3. Colorado (158) 3. Stanford (198)4. Northern Arizona (191) 4. Florida State (202)5. Florida State (238) 5. Michigan (247)6. BYU (245) 6. Arizona (263)7. Tulsa (247) 7. Duke (300)8. Oklahoma (262) 8. Connecticut (304)9. Texas (291) 9. Washington (334)10. Arkansas (327) 10. New Mexico (334)

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All-SEC1982 Brad Lewis Mike Plaatjes1983 Lianne Horne Sabina Horne Sean Nicholl1984 Lori Johnson Sean Nicholl1985 Lori Johnson1986 Loreen White1990 Joanne Birkett Keli Butler Frida Thordardottir1992 Mary McClung1993 Monika Ronnholm1996 Erin Jones Tracy Watson1997 Erin Jones1998 Drew Griffin1999 Drew Griffin Laura McKinley Julie Pryor 2000 Erin Jones2002 Phillip Bett Ian Dickinson2003 Phillip Bett Lauren Burks Ian Dickinson Kristin Heffelfinger Simon Ngata Mike Swope2004 Lauren Burks Simon Ngata Natalie Picchetti Jill Steffens Mike Swope Whitni Wonderlin2005 Ian Burrell Lauren Burks Jill Steffens2006 Ian Burrell Jill Steffens Kiah Vernon Natalie Picchetti2007 Sarah Madebach Natalie Picchetti2008 Natalie Picchetti Kiah Vernon2009 Kristie Krueger Bridget Lyons2010 Kristie Krueger2011 Kristie Krueger Matt Cleaver Brandon Lord2012 Matt Cleaver Brandon Lord Carly Hamilton

SEC Champion2007 Sarah Madebach2010 Kristie Krueger

SEC Female Athlete of the Year2007 Sarah Madebach2010 Kristie Krueger

SEC Female Freshman Athlete of the

Year2002 Lauren Burks2003 Kristin Heffelfinger2004 Natalie Picchetti

All-SEC Freshman2008 Jennifer Barbi2009 Bill Matthews Brett Richardson2010 Charlie Sparks Brandon Lord2011 Brendan Hoban Anna Bowles2012 Sid Vaughn Steven Spevacek

NCAA South Region Champion2010 Kristie Krueger

NCAA South Region Women’s Athlete of the Year2010 Kristie Krueger

NCAA All-Region1999 Drew Griffin2000 Erin Jones2002 Lauren Burks Ian Dickinson2003 Phillip Bett Ian Burrell Kelly Cordell Ian Dickinson Simon Ngata Jill Steffens Mike Swope2004 Lauren Burks Ian Burrell

Simon Ngata Jill Steffens Mike Swope Whitni Wonderlin2005 Ian Burrell Lauren Burks Sarah Madebach Jill Steffens Kiah Vernon2006 Ian Burrell Matt Goodale Jill Steffens Kristin Heffelfinger Natalie Picchetti Sarah Madebach Kiah Vernon2007 Ryley Miller Sarah Madebach Natalie Picchetti Kiah Vernon Emily Houston2008 Kiah Vernon2009 Kristie Krueger Bridget Lyons Kylie Foley Bejan Abtahi Dustin Tetley2010 Kristie Krueger Ashley Shiver2011 Leslie Boozer Matt Cleaver Brandon Lord Brian Detweiler Brett Richardson2012 Carly Hamilton Morgan VanGorder Brandon Lord Brett Richardson Brian Detweiler Matt Cleaver Luke Baker Charlie Sparks

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All-American1989 Jolly Earle - 17th1990 Keli Butler – 11th2004 Simon Ngata – 6th2007 Natalie Picchetti - 27th 2010 Kristie Krueger - 28th

Capital One Academic All-American2010 Bridget Lyons

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Patrick Cunniff joined the Bulldog staff in August 2012. He is guiding UGA’s cross country competitors and the rest of Georgia’s mid-dle-distance runners. Cunniff wasted little time making his presence known across the Southeast-ern Conference and then the nation during the 2012 cross country season. The Bulldog

men matched their best finish in history at the SEC Championships (second) before automatically qualifying for their second consecu-tive invite to the NCAA Championships thanks to a runner-up finish at the NCAA South Regionals. Georgia wrapped up its season by taking 19th at Nationals, marking the best finish in school history. The Lady Bulldogs also surged to their first trip to the NCAA meet since 2007 during Cunniff’s first year at the helm. The Georgia women arrived at the NCAA South Regionals ranked fifth, but an-swered the challenge with a third-place finish, the team’s best show-ing in five years, to grab an at-large bid to Nationals. This marked the first time that both the Georgia men and women had advanced to the NCAA Championships during the same season since 2004 and only the second time in history. Cunniff walked away from his first season with a school record eight All-Region performers and five runners who were on one of the All-SEC squads. A native of North Kingstown, R.I., Cunniff came to UGA after serving five years as Long Beach State’s cross country and assistant track coach from 2007-12. His distance runners highlighted Cun-niff’s final season with the 49ers by winning a conference individual championship in cross country, indoor track and outdoor track. Each one of these titles came with a school record performance at the respective conference meets. In addition to helping lead Long Beach to 2008 and 2011 Big West Conference men’s outdoor team championships, Cunniff put together an impressive resume with the 49ers. He watched his dis-tance runners set school records 25 times, coached seven student-athletes to the NCAA Preliminary Round and led five to qualify for the NCAA Regionals. In the classroom, his runners earned CoSIDA All-Academic team honors from 2007-11. Cunniff guided Matt Maldonado to an Olympic Trials “A” Standard time of 3:37.68 in the 1500 meters and 3:59.08 in the mile to qualify for NCAA indoors, which marked the first sub-4:00 mile in school history. Maldonado went on to advance to the semifinals of the Trials. Another individual, Kip Kangogo, recorded two wins and a runner-up finish at the Canadian Nationals after being instructed by Cunniff. Cunniff also was responsible for administrative duties including all aspects of team travel for the 49ers. He also started the Pyramid 5k and assisted in numerous fundraising and community outreach events for Long Beach. Getting his collegiate coaching start in the state of Texas, Cun-niff spend two years coaching at Texas Christian University (2004-

06). Similar to his years at Long Beach, his resume was quickly filled with numerous accolades. Cunniff coached seven NCAA Division I Championship qualifiers (three cross country, one indoor track, three outdoor track), guided his team members to 12 individual conference championships and coached student-athletes who set school records four times. Cunniff directed the Horned Frogs to a runner-up finish at the 2004 Conference USA Championships and a fourth-place finish at the NCAA South Central Regional, highlighted by having the indi-vidual champion on the women’s side. He also assisted in coaching Jackson Langat to the 2006 NCAA indoor 800 crown. His cross country teams maintained a GPA over 3.0 during his tenure in Fort Worth. His first coaching stop came at the University of Texas as a volun-teer assistant. During his time in Austin, Cunniff worked to help the Longhorns win the 2003 and 2004 Big XII Outdoor Championships as well as the 2003 South Central Regionals in cross country. Also in 2003, the Texas track team registered a second-place finish at the NCAA Outdoor Championships. On the Texas distance side, Cunniff, who has a USATF Level I Cer-tification, coached Brian Rue to a personal-best 1:47.21 in the 800 and qualification to the 2004 Olympic Trials. His cross country team also maintained a GPA over 3.0. Transferring to Georgia from UNC-Charlotte, Cunniff competed for the Bulldogs from the 1988 cross country season to the 1991 track and field season. He became a regular contributor for Geor-gia’s cross country team and made his way into the school’s all-time top-10 list in the 10,000. Cunniff graduated in June 1991 with a Bach-elor’s degree in Political Science. Cunniff and his wife, Katie, have a 2-year-old daughter named Ca-sidy.

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Patrick Cunniff, shown above with his wife Katie and daughter Casidy, returned in 2012 to coach the distance corps at his alma mater.

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The 2013-14 seasons will mark Wayne Norton’s 15th year as the head track and field coach at the University of Georgia, a pro-gram he has been involved with for more than 20 years. Norton’s track and field and cross country teams won 27 All-American certifi-cates and eight SEC individual

championships combined during the 2012 cross country and 2013 track seasons. In addition, the Bulldog men and the Georgia women broke 11 school records during the indoor/outdoor track seasons last year. On the track, the Georgia men and women managed three top-20 finishes at the NCAA Championships in 2013. The Lady Bulldogs also had one national champion indoors (Shaunae Miller, 400m) and another outdoors (Freya Jones, javelin) and both of them were true freshmen. Since taking over the reins of the program in 2000, Georgia track and field teams have enjoyed tremendous success, recording 22 Top-20 finishes, including 17 Top-15 finishes and eight Top-10 finishes. Georgia has continued to keep a high standard of producing the nation’s premier collegiate track athletes. In Norton’s 14 years at the helm, Georgia athletes have earned 167 All-America certificates and 99 SEC individual titles. The 2012 Olympics in London saw 10 current or former Georgia student-athletes who competed under Norton, which was the most in an Olympic Games for UGA track and field alumni in school history. Leading the charge for UGA was Reese Hoffa, who earned a Bronze medal in the shot put during his third trip to the Games. In 2007, Norton saw his women’s track and field team grab two top-10 NCAA team finishes, a pair of NCAA titles (Jennifer Dahlgren-Hammer, Patricia Sylvester-High jump) and nine All-American certifi-cates, along with a variety of academic accolades. The 2006 season was another overwhelmingly successful campaign for Georgia during both the indoor and outdoor seasons. The Lady Bulldogs claimed the school’s first indoor Southeastern Conference title and the women’s team also won the SEC outdoor championship. Lead-ing the way for Norton’s squad was Dahlgren, who swept the individual national titles in the weight and hammer throws.

Norton began coaching in 1981 as a graduate assistant at Indi-ana. Before coming to Georgia, Norton served as an assistant coach at Northern Arizona University from 1985-90. A New Jersey native, Norton receiver his bachelor’s degree in broadcast production from Howard University in 1981. He earned a master’s degree in journalism from Indiana in 1987. Norton and his wife, Priscilla, have four children: son Christian, who played football for and graduated from UGA, and daughters LaShawna, Jasmine and Erica. Norton also has a son-in-law after Andre Wilson married his daughter LaShawna. The couple have a son named Isaiah.

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WOMEN’s YEAR-BY-YEAR TRACK & FIELD TEAM FINISHES Indoor Outdoor SEC NCAA SEC NCAAYear Head Coach Pl. (Pts.) Pl. (Pts.) Pl. (Pts.) Pl. (Pts.)2000 Wayne Norton 5 (62) 42 (4) 5 (85) 19 (12)2001 Wayne Norton 5 (61.50) 13 (14.50) 7 (55) 25 (10.60)2002 Wayne Norton 6 (26) NTS 7 (49) T45 (4)2003 Wayne Norton 6 (55.5) T36 (4) 6 (66) 11 (22)2004 Wayne Norton 4 (81) 6 (36) 3 (101.50) 7 (24)2005 Wayne Norton 6 (54) 12 (16.50) 4 (106.20) 6 (28)2006 Wayne Norton 1 (101.50) T-5 (27) 1 (136) 9 (25.75)2007 Wayne Norton 2 (103) 4 (28) 3 (106) 9 (24)2008 Wayne Norton 10 (14.50) NTS 10 (32) T60 (2)2009 Wayne Norton 11 (14) NTS 9 (45.50) NTS2010 Wayne Norton 5 (65.5) T42 (4) 5 (74.5) T26 (10)2011 Wayne Norton 6 (54) NTS 4 (94) T40 (6)2012 Wayne Norton 5 (52) T28 (8) 4 (108) T21 (14)2013 Wayne Norton 5 (52.5) 10 (22) 5 (87) T11 (25)NTS: No Team Score

MEN’s YEAR-BY-YEAR TRACK & FIELD TEAM FINISHES Indoor Outdoor SEC NCAA SEC NCAAYear Head Coach Pl. (Pts.) Pl. (Pts.) Pl. (Pts.) Pl. (Pts.)2000 Wayne Norton 7 (34.5) 41 (4) 7 (38.75) 17 (13)2001 Wayne Norton 6 (62) 18 (12) 5 (78) T12 (22)2002 Wayne Norton 6 (40.5) 41 (5.5) 5 (84.5) T11 (21)2003 Wayne Norton 8 (46) T41 (5) 3 (89) T14 (19)2004 Wayne Norton T4 (71) T34 (5) 3 (115) 26 (11)2005 Wayne Norton 5 (67) NTS 4 (99) 15 (17.50)2006 Wayne Norton 6 (48.50) 51 (2.50) 8 (52.50) T-52 (3)2007 Wayne Norton 5 (66) NTS 4 (78) T26 (11)2008 Wayne Norton 5 (72) T30 (8) 10 (43.40) T25 (10)2009 Wayne Norton 8 (47) T53 (2) T5 (72) 11 (19) 2010 Wayne Norton 5 (61) T20 (10) 5 (83) T40 (6)2011 Wayne Norton 5 (55.3) T26 (8) 3 (99) T54 (3)2012 Wayne Norton 3 (85.5) T23 (9) 3 (109) T64 (2)2013 Wayne Norton 4 (56) T18 (11) 5 (56) T49 (4)

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