WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRYWEST TEXAS A&M

THE RANGEHOME OF WT WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY

Completed in the fall of 2013, The Range is the home of the West Texas A&M men’s and women’s cross country teams. It is a viewer friendly course with 2 X 3K loops for women (6K) and 2.8 X 3.5K loops for men (10K). The Range runs fast and is laid out generally flat with a few slight inclines and declines throughout and features a natural grass surface that is steam rolled with natural bound-aries (trees, tall grass) on both sides of the running path. Wood chips are laid throughout the course for even footing. It features a 600m straightaway start and a 200m straightaway finish while the entire path remains approximately 10m wide. The Range and the city of Canyon lie geographically at 3,525 ft. elevation.

“The addition of The Range is priceless,” explained wom-en’s head coach Kimberly Dudley. “It helps with training, exposure to our program, recruiting and hosting NCAA meets. We know that it opens another door to take our program to a higher level. We have great support from the Athletic Director and administration, so it will be fun to watch our course transform.” After just being completed in the early stages of the 2013 cross coun-try season, the Buffs and Lady Buffs hosted two very successful meets at The Range. The first event was the WTAMU Buffalo Stampede on Sept. 21, 2013. WT then hosted the NCAA South Central Regional Champion-ships on Nov. 9, 2013 when the Lady Buffs finished third to earn a spot in the NCAA National Championships. The Range also hosted the 2015 NCAA South Central Regional Championships and will host the championships for a third time in the fall of 2017.

3NUMBER OF LONE STAR CONFERENCE INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONS (BRENDA SINDET, 2012 / EMMA LOVE, 2014 / NIKOLINA HRELEC, 2016).

28NUMBER OF ALL-LONE STAR CONFERENCE PERFORMERS SINCE 1993. 11 OF THOSE CAME DURING THE 2012 and 2013 CHAMPIONSHIPS.

13NUMBER OF USTFCCCA ALL-SOUTH CENTRAL REGION PERFORMERS.

4NUMBER OF NCAA DIVISION II NATIONAL CHAMPOINSHIPS APPEARANCES (2008, 2012, 2013 & 2014).

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THIS IS WT WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRYHEAD COACH KIMBERLY DUDLEY

The Lady Buffs continue to build on their success under Dudley. The three-time Lone Star Conference Coach of the Year has led WT to two team titles (2012 and 2014) and four LSC runner-up finishes over the last several years (2014, 2011, 2008 and 2005). She has also coached three individual LSC champions and two All-Americans. WT has four national appearances since 2008 and is one of LSC programs to have individuals finish 1-2-3 twice at the conference meet.

The 2016 season was highlighted by a third place finish at the Lone Star Conference Championships with a young Lady Buff squad that had only one upperclassman. WT had

two freshman earn All-Conference honors at the LSC Championships where Nikolina Hrelec won the individual title and was named Freshman of the Year while Kelly McCaskill finished 14th. The Lady Buffs earned U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) All-Academic honors with a cumulative GPA of 3.46 while Hrelec and Caitlyn Cecchini earned individual honors. In total, five student-athletes earned a perfect 4.0 GPA in the fall semester.

In 2014, The Lady Buffs swept the top three spots for the second time in program history to earn runner-up team honors. WT repeated as LSC Champions in 2013 before finishing third at the south central regional meet where three runners earned All-Region recognition. The Lady Buffs went on to finish 14th at the NCAA Championships. Emma Love earned

the prestigious NCAA Elite 89 Award which is awarded to the student-athlete with the highest GPA competing at the championships.

The Lady Buffs had arguably the best season in school history in 2012 when they won their first Lone Star Conference in program history. The team had five athletes earn All-Conference accolades. Brenda Sindet, Mireia Guarner and Amber Moore finished 1-2-3 as the trio later earned All-Region status at the south central regional Championships. At the NCAA Championships, the Lady Buffs finished 11th, a program-best, where Sindet and Guarner earned All-American honors by finishing in the top 40 individually.

Dudley graduated from WTAMU with her Bachelor’s Degree in 1994 while finishing her Master’s in Exercise and Sports Science in 1996. After graduation, she took over the head coaching position for the team and has guided numerous runners to All-Conference and All-Region accolades over the past 20 years.

ELITE 89 WINNER

BRENDA SINDETSindet’s 23rd place finish at the 2012 NCAA Division II Cross Country Championsihps is still the highest finish by any Lady Buff in program history. The Iten, Kenya native led the team to an 11th place finish at the championships. Earlier in the season,she led the Lady Buffs to their first Lone Star Conference team title while finishing first individually followed by a seventh place finish at the regional meet.Sindet also earned All-Americans honors on the track finishing seventh in the 3,000-meters in 2013.

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ALL-AMERICANS

MIRIEA GUARNERGuarner became the first freshman in program history to earn All-American honors as she capped off her freshman campaign with a 34th place finish at the 2012 NCAA Division II Cross Country championships. The Catalonia, Spain native also earned Lone Star Conference Freshman of the Year honors in 2012 finishing second after helping the Lady Buffs to their first team title in program history. Guarner also starred on the track where she owns school records in distance medley relay, 1,500-meters and 5,000-meters.

EMMA LOVE

Love was named the recipient of the prestigious elite 89 award at the 2014 NCAA Divsion II Cross Country Championships in spokane, wash. The San Antonio, Texas native was the lone runner out of 274 participants to be honored as she had the high-est grade point average of all competitors.She was also a three-time lone star conference all-conference including winning an individual title in 2015. Love competed at the NCAA XC Champion-ships three times with her best finish coming in 2015 when she finished 41st in louisville, ken.

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New construction, renovations and campus beautification projects over the past 10-15 years have transformed West Texas A&M University. The University is ranked one of the Best Colleges in the West by The Princeton Review and in the first tier of U.S. News and World Report Master Level Universities and Colleges in the West. U.S. News and World Report also has recognized the University’s online programs in business, nursing and education. The University’s primary responsibility is to provide a student-centered, learning community dedicated to educating tomorrow’s leaders through innovative academic and co-curricular undergraduate and graduate programs, with primary emphasis placed on undergraduate education.

West Texas A&M University offers 58 undergraduate programs, 39 master’s programs and 1 doctoral program through its 5 colleges and graduate school. WTAMU has awarded more than 71,000 undergraduate, graduate and professional degrees since 1910. The Buffalo Sports Park is home to the largest grouping of synthetic athletic fields in the United States.

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THE LSC (CROSS COUNTRY)Angelo State

San Angelo, Texas

Eastern New MexicoPortales, New Mexico

Midwestern StateWichita falls, Texas

Tarleton StateStephenville, Texas

Texas A&M-KingsvilleKingsville, Texas

TEXAS A&M-COMMERCECOMMERCE, TEXAS

UT Permian BasinOdessa, Texas

West Texas A&MCanyon, Texas

Western New MexicoSilver City, New Mexico

LSC OfficesRichardson, Texas

WT recently completed its third straight season of a top 15 finish in the Learfield Sports Directors’ Cup finishing 11th this season with 549.75 points as the highest ranking team in the Lone Star Confer-ence and the highest in Texas among NCAA Division II schools both since 2011-12.

Over the last three years, WT is one of seven schools to rank in the top-15 each of the past three seasons in all of NCAA Division II. Grand Valley State, Ashland (Ohio), Central Missouri, Indianap-olis, Minnesota State and Augustana (S.D.) are the other six schools.

WT also is the highest ranked team in the South Central Re-gion for the third-straight year. For schools with football, WT ranked fifth in the standings in 2015-16, behind overall winner Grand Valley State, Minnesota State (5th), Indianapolis (7th) and Central Missouri (10th).

The campus of West Texas A&M University lies in the northeast corner of the town of Canyon, Texas, approximately fifteen miles south of Amarillo. Here, you’ll discover small-town America complete with hospitable people, historic homes and a shop-lined town square.

Despite the vast, open plains that cover the region, trees and foliage are in abundance here at West Texas A&M. Many students and community members find the 176-acre campus the perfect place to take a stroll, have a lei-surely picnic or walk the family dog. Our newly complet-ed pedestrian mall with marble sculpture and fountain makes the view even more scenic.

The WTAMU campus offers a variety of activities for students and visitors amid a warm and welcoming atmo-sphere. New construction, renovation and beautification projects not only enhance the campus landscape, but the new and improved facilities also strengthen the Univer-sity’s efforts in providing the best in educational oppor-tunities for WTAMU students. State-of-the-art facilities, enhanced technology, student-centered learning envi-ronments and community-friendly outdoor spaces set the stage for a growing student population for years to come.

Many men and women have come before you, each leaving their lasting legacy within the walls of this grand institution. Passed down, from generation to generation, are the values and beliefs the founders of West Texas A&M University established. Buffs are people of diversity, yet through our diversity is a uni-fying sense of great pride and admiration for West Texas A&M. We show this pride through our actions and our words; a lasting reminder of those who came before.

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