2007 Cross Country

Schedule Date Opponent TimeFri. Aug. 31 at Michigan Open 4 p.m. (Dexter, Mich.) Sat. Sept. 22 at Western Ontario International 10 a.m. (London, Ont.)Fri. Sept. 28 at Notre Dame Invitational 4 p.m. (South Bend, Ind.)Sat. Oct. 13 at Pre-NCAA Invitational 10 a.m. (Terre Haute, Ind.)Fri. Oct. 19 EMU FALL CLASSIC 4 p.m. (Dexter, Mich.)Sat. Oct. 27 at MAC Championship 11 a.m. (Mt. Pleasant, Mich.) Sat. Nov. 10 at NCAA Great Lakes 11 a.m. (Bloomington, Ind.) Mon. Nov.19 at NCAA Championship Noon (Terre Haute, Ind.)

Home meet in BOLD CAPS*Times and dates subject to change

CREDITSWriting, layout and design by Amanda Decker. Edited by Jim Streeter, Greg Steiner, Sarah VanMetre and Paul Pancoe. Photography by Amanda Decker, RunMichigan, parents and from Championship host sites.

Quick FactsUNIVERSITYLocation: Ypsilanti, MichiganFounded: 1849Enrollment: 24,000Interim President: Donald LoppnowNickname: EaglesColors: Green (349) and WhiteConference: Mid-American (MAC)

ATHLETIC DEPARTMENTAthletics Director: Derrick GraggAssociate AD: Doug DowdyAssociate AD: Mike MalachAssistant AD-Marketing and SWA: Stephannnie Harvey-VandenbergAsst. Dir. of SASS: Erin BurdisAssoc. A.D. of Compliance: Melody Reifel-WernerHead Athletic Trainer: Steve NordwallEquipment Manager: Darrell Hallberg

CROSS COUNTRY STAFFHead Coach: John Goodridge (Long Island, ‘72)Office Phone Number: 734.487.2245

SPORTS INFORMATIONSports Information Director: Jim StreeterAssistant SID: Greg SteinerSports Information GA: Paul PancoeSports Information GA: Sarah VanMetreSports Information GA/ XC Contact: Amanda DeckerCell Phone: 603.801.9152Email: adecker5@emich.eduOffice Phone: 734.487.0317Office Fax: 734.485.3840Mailing Address:

799 Hewitt RoadConvocation Center

Room 307Ypsilanti, MI 48197

Web site: www.EMUEagles.com

TEAM INFORMATION2006 MAC Championship Finish: FirstLetterwinners Returning/Lost: 15/3Newcomers: 9

EAGLE GREATS

BOAZ CHEBOIYWO (2001-2002) El Doret, Kenya. Cheboiywo won the 2001 NCAA Championship for men’s cross country with a time of 28:47. Cheboiywo finished 19 seconds in front of his nearest competitor, Jorge Torres of Colorado and set his fifth-course record of the year in five races, beating the previous mark for

the 10K course by seven seconds. He also posted the fifth fastest time in NCAA cross country championship

history since extending the race to a 10-kilometer course in 1976. Cheboiywo became Eastern Michigan’s first

National Champion at the Division I level and the first National Champion in cross country. He joins Elmore Ban-

ton, retired head coach at Ohio University, as the only Mid-American Conference National Champions. Qualifiing for the 2001 NCAA Outdoor Track Championships, Cheboiywo came away with his second NCAA individual title of the year winning the 10,000-meter run with a time of 28:32.10. At the 2001 NCAA Great Lakes Regional, he won with a time of 29:52.0, which was almost 45 seconds in front of his nearest

competition, Big Ten Champion Alan Webb of Michigan. At the 2001 Mid-American Conference Championships held at Eagle Crest Golf Course in Ypsilanti, Cheboiywo won the MAC Men’s Cross Country Championship with a time of

24:11.0, which set a new course record, almost 30 seconds better than the previous mark.Cheboiywo won the 2002 NCAA Great Lakes Regional with a time of 30:08.1, suc-cessfully defending his 2001 title. At the 2002 NCAA Championships, Cheboiywo finished seventh overall with a time of 29:46.1.

GORDON MINTY (1971-74) England. Gordon may be one of the best cross country runners in school history. He is the only man to win three consecutive MAC in-dividual titles. In 1973 he was MAC, CCC and District champ,

and third at the NCAA Championships. He was three-time All-State, All-MAC and All-District, two-time All-CCC and a four-time All-American. He made Division II in 1971 and Division I 1972,’73,’74. Had an outstanding track career as well with best times of 4:03, 13:40.94, 28:20.94 and 8:37.84 (2 mile). In 1973 he set the world indoor record in the three mile. Gordon ran in the Commonwealth Games and finished eighth in the marathon at the 1980 U.S. Olympic Trials.

GAVIN THOMPSON (2001-2003) West Sussex, England. Thompson won back-to-back MAC Championships in 2002 (23:50.2) and 2003 (23:39.9). In 2002, he also finished second at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional (30:27.8) and 12th at the NCAA Championships (29:51.40), earn-ing All-MAC, All-Region and All-American honors. Thompson won his first NCAA Great Lakes Regional title (30:12.0) in 2003. Thompson closed out the 2003 season by finishing third at the NCAA championships 10,000 meter individual with a time of 29:17.4.

In the rich EMU Cross Country tradition, three athletes have finished in the top three, including Boaz Cheboiywo, the 2001 NCAA Champion.

Player Cl.-Elig. Hometown- High SchoolTodd Bowmar Fr.-Fr. Wixom, Mich.- Walled Lake WesternDavid Brent Jr.-Jr. Monroe, Mich.-St.Mary Catholic CentralRansom Brown So.-Fr. Coldwater, Mich.- ColdwaterLuke Chrusciel Sr.-Jr. Grandville, Mich.-GrandvilleWilly Dague So.-Fr. Newport, Mich.- Monroe JeffersonJacob Dubois Sr.-Jr. Jackson, Mich.-East JacksonRyan Grau So.-Fr. Kalamazoo, Mich.- Kalamazoo CentralMatt Hammersmith So.-Fr. Wolcottville, Mich.- Prarie HeightsAustin Hendrix Fr.-Fr. Sylvania, Ohio- Sylvania NorthviewJeff Hubbard Sr.-Jr. Ann Arbor, Mich.-PioneerJosh Karanja Sr.-Jr. Ottawa, Canada-NepeanJoel Kirsch Sr.-Sr. Wyoming, Mich.-Grand Valley St. Univ.Peter Martin Fr.-Fr. Traverse City, Mich- Traverse CityKyle Mena Sr.-Jr. Portage, Mich.-Portage NorthernNeal Naughton Sr.-Jr. Walled Lake, Mich.-Walled Lake WesternJosh Perrin Sr.-Jr. Hillsdale, Mich.-HillsdaleAndrew Pfeieffer Fr.-Fr. Clarence, N.Y.- ClarenceEric Reichenbach Sr.-Jr. Pinckney, Mich.- PinckneyBen Rodriguez Jr.-Jr. Perrysburg, Ohio-PerrysburgCole Sanseverino Fr.-Fr. Monroe, Mich.- Monroe WestWes Stoody Fr.-Fr. Fenton, Mich.-Flint Powers CatholicCurtis Vollmar Jr.-So. Grand Blanc, Mich.-Grand BlancKenneth Wassus Jr.-Jr. Monroe, Mich.- Oakland Univ.Jared Werner Fr.-Fr. Monroe, Mich.- MonroeMark Wehrman Sr.-Jr. Pinckney, Mich.-PinckneyR.P. White Jr.-Jr. Hillsdale, Mich.-HillsdaleMatt Willing Jr.-So. Flint, Mich.-Powers CatholicWade Wines 5th-Sr. Pinckney, Mich.-Ida

2007 EaglesEMU 2006: Was named first team All-MAC...Placed second at the MAC Championship (27:20.9)...18th at the NCAA Great Lakes

Regional (31:41.93)...27th at the Notre Dame Invi-tational (24:25)... 89th at the Pre-NCAA Invitational (24:48)...2005: Placed 14th at the MAC Champion-ship (25:31), 37th at the NCAA Regional (32:22) and 94th at the NCAA Championships (31:11)...EMU 2004: Redshirted...High School: Selected Jackson Citizen Patriot “Runner of the Year” as a junior and senior...Division III State Cross Country Champion...Finished as Regional and Conference champion his junior and senior year...Selected All-State, All-Region and All-Conference as a senior...Finished fifth at the State Finals as a junior...Named first team All-Conference and second team All Region as a sophomore...Personal: Joshua John Perrin...Son of John and Laura Perrin...Has a brother, Dustin...Born 1-3-86...Major: Biology.

Head Coach: John Goodridge

John Goodridge begins his seventh season as the head coach of cross country at Eastern Michigan University and the veteran coach has enjoyed an outstanding coaching career. With EMU’s Mid-American Conference championships in 2001, 2005 and 2006, Goodridge has coached conference cross country championship teams in the MAC, Big Ten and Atlantic Coast Conference. 2006 was a banner year for Goodridge and his harriers. They repeated as MAC Championships and had the lowest point total ever

by an Eagle team at the MAC Championships. Six Eagles claimed All-MAC honors while senior Corey Nowitzke was the top finisher at both the MAC Championships and the NCAA Great Lakes Regional. He finished 30th overall at the NCAA National Championships and was named an All-American and Academic All-American.

Head CoaCH JoHn GoodridGeLonG isLand University, 1972

seventH season at eMU

THE TOP VETERANSJosh Perrin

Senior-JuniorHillsdale, Mich.- Hillsdale

E M U 2 0 0 6 : W a s named f irst team All-MAC...Placed

third at the MAC Championship (27:56.0)...16th at the Bowling Green Invitational (26:08.97)...42nd at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional (32:18.46)...50th at the Notre Dame Invitational (24:52)...102nd at the Pre-NCAA

Invitational (24:52)...EMU 2005: Placed seventh at the Michigan Intercollegiate (12:04)...eighth at the EMU Open (25:15), 30th at the MAC Championship (26:14), 121st at the NCAA Regional (34:49) ...High School: MVP in cross country and track his senior year...DIII State Champ in the mile...Monroe County Runner of the Year..All-State in track and cross country...Captain of his high school squad for three consecutive years...Personal: David George Brent...Son of Paul and Sylvia Brent...Has a brother Joshua and sister Sarah... Born 8-17-87...Major: Physics/ Secondary Education.

David BrentJunior-Junior

Monroe, Mich.-St. Mary’s Catholic

EMU 2006: Was named first team All-MAC... Placed seventh at the MAC Championship (28:04.5)...36th at the Notre Dame Invitational (24:40)...

37th at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional (32:12.37)...67th at the Pre-NCAA Invitational (24:36)...EMU 2005: Was named to the first team All-MAC... Placed sixth at the MAC Cham-pionship (24:47)... 13th at the Loyola Lakefront Invitational (25:03)... 30th at the NCAA Regional (32:09) and 126th at the NCAA Championships (31:14)...EMU 2004: Redshirted... High School: Was named MVP of his squad as a junior and senior... Conference champion in the 800, 1500, and 3000 meter... Personal: Josh Karanja... Son of Susan Karanja... Born 6-14-84... Major: Political Science.

Josh KaranjaSenior-Junior

Ottawa, Canada- Nepean

EMU 2006: P l a c e d

e i g h t h a t t h e Bowling

Green In-vitational (25:43.56)... 60th at the Notre Dame In-vitational (25:00) ...EMU 2005: Was named second team All-MAC... Placed 12th at the MAC Champi-onship (25:15)... 33rd at the Loyola Lakefront Invi-tational (25:27)... 61st at the NCAA Regional (33:00) and 180th at the NCAA Championships (32:06)...EMU 2004: Redshirted... High School: 12th place All-State finish as a senior...All-Regional selection

as a junior and senior...Named to the SWMAC All-Conference team all four years... Four-year varsity cross country award winner ...Personal: Kyle Patrick Mena...Son of Pat Mena and Amy Clary...Born 6-9-85...Major: Sports Medicine.

EMU 2006: Was named s e c o n d -team All-M A C . . .

Placed fourth at the Bowling Green Invitational (25:22.14)...Eighth at the Michigan Open (33:12)... 12th at the MAC Championship (28:26.1)...45th at the Notre Dame Invitational (24:46)... 86th at the Pre-NCAA Invitational (24:47)...EMU 2005: Redshirted...High School: Ran Cross Country and Indoor Track… Big 9 Champ, Regional Champ, County Champ, placed 13th in the state as a senior…Personal: Curtis Anthony Vollmar... Son of Richard Vollmar and Kim Turner...

Has five siblings: Joshua, Jack, Ashley, Chloe, and Sammy... Born 2-28-87... Major: Second-ary Education.

EMU 2006 : Was n a m e d s e c o n d team All-MAC...Placed tenth a t t h e M A C Championship ( 2 8 : 2 1 . 0 ) . . .Fifth at the

Bowling Green Invitational (25:33.03)... 39th at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional (32:15.46)...92nd at the Notre Dame Invitational (25:20)... 160th at the Pre-NCAA Invitational (25:18)...EMU 2005: Was named to the first team All-MAC...Placed fifth at the MAC Championship (24:26)... 16th at the Loyola Lakefront Invitational (25:06)... 34th at the NCAA Regional (32:16) and 87th at the NCAA Championships (31:05)...EMU 2004: Redshirted...High School: National Finalist, All-Midwest, All-State, All-County and All-Conference selection as a senior...All-County and All-Conference selection his junior year...Four-year varsity cross country award winner...Personal: Neal Naughton son of Kevin Naugh-ton Sr. and Mary Naughton...Older brother Kevin graduated in 2007 and was a member of the EMU’s cross country team...Born 1-4-86...Major: Business Management.

Curtis VollmarJunior-Sophomore

Grand Blanc, Mich.- Grand Blanc

Kyle M,enaSenior-Junior

Portage, Mich.- Portage Northern

Neal NaughtonSenior-Junior

Walled Lake, Mich.- Walled Lake Western