2003 Purdue Track & Field Team

Women's RosterDaVida Anderson Fr./Fr. Sprints Lafayette, Ind. (West Lafayette)Angela Anoliefoh So./So. Heptathlon Burnaby, B.C. (Burnaby Secondary)Christan Bahler So./So. XC/Distance Kokomo, Ind. (Western)Caitlin Baird So./So. XC/Distance Muncie, Ind. (Yorktown)Laura Brandner Fr./Fr. XC/Distance Granger, Ind. (Penn)Tiffany Britten Jr./Jr. Throws Indianapolis, Ind. (Arsenal Tech)Mia Burki Sr./Sr. XC/Distance Indianapolis, Ind. (North Central)Kaleena Cappel Fr./Fr. XC/Distance Indianapolis, Ind. (Bishop Chatard)Shanna Carter Jr./Jr. Heptathlon/Sprints Patriot, Ohio (Gallia Academy)Courtney Cleveland Fr./Fr. Middle Distance Granger, Ind. (Garrett)Megan Darraugh Fr./Fr. Pole Vault Lake Forest, Ill. (Lake Forest)Jan Eichenauer Jr./Jr. Heptathlon/Long Jump Wabash, Ind. (Wabash)Dawn Essenmacher Fr./Fr. XC/Distance Osseo, Mich. (Pittsford)Laura Farley Fr./Fr. XC/Distance Indianapolis, Ind. (Cathedral)Amber Ferner So./So. XC/Distance West Lafayette, Ind. (West Lafayette)Jennifer Hamann Fr./Fr. Sprints Jericho, N.Y. (Jericho)LaShauna Harris Fr./Fr. Sprints Millbrook, Ala. (Jefferson Davis)Gina Harvey So./So. Sprints Gary, Ind. (Westside)Desiree Jones So./So. Heptathlon/High Jump Wilmington, Ohio (Wilmington)Kim Jordan Jr./Jr. Sprints/Middle Distance Cleveland, Ohio (Collinwood)Shannon Kelley Jr./Jr. Hurdles Fort Wayne, Ind. (Northrop)Ashley Kemp Fr./Fr. Sprints Monrovia, Ind. (Monrovia)Simona Kovacic Sr./Sr. Pole Vault Etobicoke, Ontario (Martingrove)Kara Lahey Jr./Jr. XC/Distance Lockport, Ill. (Lockport)Amy Lang So./So. Middle Distance Chagrin Falls, Ohio (Chagrin Falls)Jocelyn Lindsay Fr./Fr. Pole Vault Waynesburg, Pa. (Waynesburg Central)Krissy Liphardt Sr./Sr. Sprints/Hurdles Ajax, Ontario (Dunbarton)Carrie Long Sr./Sr. High Jump West Lafayette, Ind. (Harrison)Stephanie Lynn Sr./Sr. XC/Distance Hillsdale, Ind. (South Vermillion)Courtney Magnuson Jr./Jr. Throws Palatine, Ill. (Loyola Academy)Meghan McKenzie Sr./Sr. Pole Vault Pickerington, Ohio (Pickerington)Meghan McNeilly Sr./Sr. Middle Distance Clare, Mich. (Clare)Bridgette O'Rourke So./So. Middle Distance Orland Park, Ill. (Carl Sandburg)Ericka Palmer Fr./Fr. Sprints/Jumps Dallas, Texas (Justin Ford Kimball)Valerie Pattengale Jr./Jr. XC/Distance Walkerton, Ind. (La Porte)Katie Rorem Sr./Sr. Pole Vault Huntington Beach, Calif. (Marina)Jaclyn Schifino So./So. Pole Vault Pittsford, N.Y. (Sutherland)Amy Spellmeyer Sr./Sr. Pole Vault Owatonna, Minn. (Powell, Wyo.)Shanette Stewart Fr./Fr. Sprints Indianapolis, Ind. (Warren Central)Laura Stier Fr./Fr. High Jump Greensburg, Ind. (Greensburg)Kelly Van Abeele Jr./Jr. Middle Distance Greenwood, Ind. (Center Grove)Dominique Ward Fr./Fr. Jumps Mt. Laurel, N.J. (Lenapee)T'Nita Waters Jr./Jr. Sprints Worthington, Ohio (Thomas Worthington)Corrie Whisner Fr./Fr. XC/Middle Distance West Chester, Ohio (Lakota East)Jessie Wilder Sr./Sr. XC/Distance Versailles, Ky. (Western Hills)Larissa Williams Fr./Fr. XC/Distance River Falls, Wis. (Visitation)Lindsay Zinn So./So. XC/Distance West Chester, Ohio (Lakota East)Men's RosterRichard Adams Sr./Sr. Sprints/Hurdles San Bernardino, Calif. (San Gorgonio)Kenneth Baxter Jr./Jr. Sprints New York, N.Y. (Academy of Science/Jacksonville)Jason Beisel So./So. XC/Distance Granger, Ind. (Penn)Bradley Bolyard Jr./Jr. Sprints Spencerville, Ind. (Leo)Nick Bruckbauer Jr./Jr. XC/Distance Waukesha, Wis. (Kettle Moraine)Tobias Buechner Jr./Jr. XC/Distance Valparaiso, Ind. (Wheeler)Jason Carlson Jr./Jr. XC/Distance Pewaukee, Wis. (Pewaukee)Michael Ciccarelli Sr./Sr. XC/Distance Lake Forest, Ill. (Loyola Academy)Ryan Ermel So./So. Throws Westfield, Ind. (Carmel)Matthew Furlet Fr./Fr. XC/Distance Arlington Heights, Ill. (John Hersey)Jamar Green So./So. Jumps/Sprints Refugio, Texas (Refugio)Shaun Guice Sr./Sr. High Jump Lima, Ohio (Lima Senior)Scott Hecht Jr./Jr. Throws Naperville, Ill. (Central)Robert Heise Sr./Sr. XC/Middle Distance West Lafayette, Ind. (West Lafayette)Brian Hickman So./So. Hurdles Houston, Texas (Westbury)Jonathan Hoggatt So./So. Middle Distance West Lafayette, Ind. (West Lafayette)

Women's RosterDaVida Anderson Fr./Fr. Sprints Lafayette, Ind. (West Lafayette)Angela Anoliefoh So./So. Heptathlon Burnaby, B.C. (Burnaby Secondary)Christan Bahler So./So. XC/Distance Kokomo, Ind. (Western)Caitlin Baird So./So. XC/Distance Muncie, Ind. (Yorktown)Laura Brandner Fr./Fr. XC/Distance Granger, Ind. (Penn)Tiffany Britten Jr./Jr. Throws Indianapolis, Ind. (Arsenal Tech)Mia Burki Sr./Sr. XC/Distance Indianapolis, Ind. (North Central)Kaleena Cappel Fr./Fr. XC/Distance Indianapolis, Ind. (Bishop Chatard)Shanna Carter Jr./Jr. Heptathlon/Sprints Patriot, Ohio (Gallia Academy)Courtney Cleveland Fr./Fr. Middle Distance Granger, Ind. (Garrett)Megan Darraugh Fr./Fr. Pole Vault Lake Forest, Ill. (Lake Forest)Jan Eichenauer Jr./Jr. Heptathlon/Long Jump Wabash, Ind. (Wabash)Dawn Essenmacher Fr./Fr. XC/Distance Osseo, Mich. (Pittsford)Laura Farley Fr./Fr. XC/Distance Indianapolis, Ind. (Cathedral)Amber Ferner So./So. XC/Distance West Lafayette, Ind. (West Lafayette)Jennifer Hamann Fr./Fr. Sprints Jericho, N.Y. (Jericho)LaShauna Harris Fr./Fr. Sprints Millbrook, Ala. (Jefferson Davis)Gina Harvey So./So. Sprints Gary, Ind. (Westside)Desiree Jones So./So. Heptathlon/High Jump Wilmington, Ohio (Wilmington)Kim Jordan Jr./Jr. Sprints/Middle Distance Cleveland, Ohio (Collinwood)Shannon Kelley Jr./Jr. Hurdles Fort Wayne, Ind. (Northrop)Ashley Kemp Fr./Fr. Sprints Monrovia, Ind. (Monrovia)Simona Kovacic Sr./Sr. Pole Vault Etobicoke, Ontario (Martingrove)Kara Lahey Jr./Jr. XC/Distance Lockport, Ill. (Lockport)Amy Lang So./So. Middle Distance Chagrin Falls, Ohio (Chagrin Falls)Jocelyn Lindsay Fr./Fr. Pole Vault Waynesburg, Pa. (Waynesburg Central)Krissy Liphardt Sr./Sr. Sprints/Hurdles Ajax, Ontario (Dunbarton)Carrie Long Sr./Sr. High Jump West Lafayette, Ind. (Harrison)Stephanie Lynn Sr./Sr. XC/Distance Hillsdale, Ind. (South Vermillion)Courtney Magnuson Jr./Jr. Throws Palatine, Ill. (Loyola Academy)Meghan McKenzie Sr./Sr. Pole Vault Pickerington, Ohio (Pickerington)Meghan McNeilly Sr./Sr. Middle Distance Clare, Mich. (Clare)Bridgette O'Rourke So./So. Middle Distance Orland Park, Ill. (Carl Sandburg)Ericka Palmer Fr./Fr. Sprints/Jumps Dallas, Texas (Justin Ford Kimball)Valerie Pattengale Jr./Jr. XC/Distance Walkerton, Ind. (La Porte)Katie Rorem Sr./Sr. Pole Vault Huntington Beach, Calif. (Marina)Jaclyn Schifino So./So. Pole Vault Pittsford, N.Y. (Sutherland)Amy Spellmeyer Sr./Sr. Pole Vault Owatonna, Minn. (Powell, Wyo.)Shanette Stewart Fr./Fr. Sprints Indianapolis, Ind. (Warren Central)Laura Stier Fr./Fr. High Jump Greensburg, Ind. (Greensburg)Kelly Van Abeele Jr./Jr. Middle Distance Greenwood, Ind. (Center Grove)Dominique Ward Fr./Fr. Jumps Mt. Laurel, N.J. (Lenapee)T'Nita Waters Jr./Jr. Sprints Worthington, Ohio (Thomas Worthington)Corrie Whisner Fr./Fr. XC/Middle Distance West Chester, Ohio (Lakota East)Jessie Wilder Sr./Sr. XC/Distance Versailles, Ky. (Western Hills)Larissa Williams Fr./Fr. XC/Distance River Falls, Wis. (Visitation)Lindsay Zinn So./So. XC/Distance West Chester, Ohio (Lakota East)
Men's RosterRichard Adams Sr./Sr. Sprints/Hurdles San Bernardino, Calif. (San Gorgonio)Kenneth Baxter Jr./Jr. Sprints New York, N.Y. (Academy of Science/Jacksonville)Jason Beisel So./So. XC/Distance Granger, Ind. (Penn)Bradley Bolyard Jr./Jr. Sprints Spencerville, Ind. (Leo)Nick Bruckbauer Jr./Jr. XC/Distance Waukesha, Wis. (Kettle Moraine)Tobias Buechner Jr./Jr. XC/Distance Valparaiso, Ind. (Wheeler)Jason Carlson Jr./Jr. XC/Distance Pewaukee, Wis. (Pewaukee)Michael Ciccarelli Sr./Sr. XC/Distance Lake Forest, Ill. (Loyola Academy)Ryan Ermel So./So. Throws Westfield, Ind. (Carmel)Matthew Furlet Fr./Fr. XC/Distance Arlington Heights, Ill. (John Hersey)Jamar Green So./So. Jumps/Sprints Refugio, Texas (Refugio)Shaun Guice Sr./Sr. High Jump Lima, Ohio (Lima Senior)Scott Hecht Jr./Jr. Throws Naperville, Ill. (Central)Robert Heise Sr./Sr. XC/Middle Distance West Lafayette, Ind. (West Lafayette)Brian Hickman So./So. Hurdles Houston, Texas (Westbury)Jonathan Hoggatt So./So. Middle Distance West Lafayette, Ind. (West Lafayette)Michial Jacob Fr./Fr. XC/Distance Jasonville, Ind. (North Central)Igor Kirin So./So. Throws Zagreb, Croatia (Civil Engineering School)Brian LaGuire Fr./Fr. Pole Vault Lafayette, Ind. (Jefferson)Dan Mathers Fr./Fr. XC/Distance Mooresville, Ind. (Moorseville)Keith McBride Jr./Jr. Throws Valparaiso, Ind. (Wheeler)Billy Morgan Fr./Fr. XC/Distance Brookfield, Wis. (Central)Nedzad Mulabegovic So./So. Throws Zagreb, Croatia (Civil Engineering School)Kyle Orender So./So. XC/Middle Distance Plainfield, Ind. (Plainfield)Zerian Peterson Sr./Sr. Sprints Lima, Ohio (Lima Senior/Bowling Green)David Rae So./So. XC/Distance Naperville, Ill. (North)Jacques Reeves Jr./Jr. Sprints Lancaster, Texas (Lancaster)Darius Robinson Fr./Fr. Jumps East Chicago, Ind. (Ben Davis)Matthew Simmons Jr./Jr. Hurdles Carmel, Ind. (Carmel/Louisville)Brian Smith Jr./Jr. Javelin Tigard, Ore. (Jesuit)John Paul Smolenski So./So. Throws New Hyde Park, N.Y. (New Hyde Park)Prentice Stovall Sr./Sr. Sprints/Hurdles Lafayette, Ind. (Jefferson)Joe Thomas Jr./Jr. High Jump West St. Paul, Minn. (St. Thomas Academy)Dedrick Tillerson Fr./Fr. Sprints/Hurdles Henderson, Ky. (Henderson County)Derek Watkins So./So. Jumps Ottawa, Ontario (Sir Robert Borden/Boise State)Chris White Sr./Sr. Throws New Castle, Del. (William Perry)Kevin White Jr./Jr. Decathlon Grand Island, N.Y. (Grand Island)Pooh Williams Sr./Sr. Pole Vault/Decathlon Portland, Ore. (Centennial)Ray Williams Fr./Fr. Sprints Scotch Plains, N.J. (Scotch Plains)Kern Woods So./So. Hurdles/Long Jump Indianapolis, Ind. (Franklin Central)
Head Coach: Lissa Olson (Washington State `91), 2nd year as head coach/5th year overall -- sprints/hurdles/jumpsCross Country Coach: Mike Poehlein (Oakland City `61), 2nd year as cross country coach/30th year overall -- distanceAssistant Coach: Monica Gary (Bowling Green `70), 4th year -- sprints/hurdlesAssistant Coach: John Zera (Miami, Ohio `93), 2nd year -- throwsAssistant Coach: Rodney Zuyderwyk (Washington State `93), 2nd year -- pole vault/multi-events/javelinAssistant Coach: Carri Long (Purdue `00), 2nd year -- jumps/multi-events/recruitingVolunteer Assistant Coach: Donnie Fellows (Purdue `02), 1st year -- distanceVolunteer Assistant Coach: Toyinda Wilson (Purdue `99), 2nd year -- throwsVolunteer Assistant Coach: Serene Ross (Purdue `02), 1st year -- throws