Track and Field Potpourri
This is the first and last name of the older gentleman that runs on the track every Tuesday.
Kirk Larsen
The Emory women have qualified for the NCAA XC Championships this many years in a row.
17
The two home states of the most XC team members (men and women combined).
Florida
Massachusetts
This athlete broke the Championship Record in the 400 meters
Who is Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone?
This is the home state of Coach Nelly
California
This is the maximum legal wind in order to qualify for the NCAA championships in a sprint or jump event
What is +2.0m/s?
This is the total number of indoor and outdoor track school records broken during the 2022-2023 season (men and women combined).
21
What two athletes at this camp have the most top-10 performances in school history between indoor and outdoor track.
Who are Watry and Cheema?
This many current or former D3 athletes competed at the 2023 US Championships
This is the college alma mater of Coach Nyhomie
Colby-Sawyer
What are the only two events not competed at the outdoor UAA Championships that are competed at the NCAA Championships (must get both correct)
Heptathlon and Decathlon
This many All America honors were earned between cross country, indoor, and outdoor in the 2022-23 season.
16
This current Emory XC runner has the highest lifetime finish at the NCAA Cross Country Championships
Liesl Scherrer
These three women went 1-2-3 in both the 5000 meters and the 10000 meters
1st: Elise Cranny
2nd: Alicia Monson
3rd: Natosha Rogers
This coach holds a 12 year old state meet record.
Bonus point for naming the event.
Coach Marco
1600
This is the first foot that you jump off of in a triple jump competition
This is the highest finish for the women and highest finish for the men at the NCAA XC Championships.
Partial points available if you get only one correct.
W - 7th (1997)
M - 14th (2009)
These two Eagles have earned consecutive UAA Newcomer of the Year awards for indoor track.
Jackson Price
Henry Brandstadter
This eight-time DI All-American steeplechaser defeated 10-time national champion Emma Coburn
Who is Krissy Gear
These two coaches have won multiple individual conference titles in college.
Coach Nyhomie
Coach Nguyen
The USA Track and Field award for the year's best athlete is named after this man, who is mostly famous for winning four gold medals at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin.
Who is Jesse Owens
Emory has had this many individual National Titles in track and field (indoor and outdoor, men and women combined).
8
These high school teammates both set an Emory school record during the 2022-2023 season.
Kenya Sei
Dawit Dean
This former Kansas Jayhawk, turned Division 2 standout, competed in the 110 hurdles and long jump in Eugene, qualifying for Budapest in the hurdles
Who is Cordell Tinch?
These two coaches competed in a decathlon in college.
Coach Nelly
Coach Nguyen