Boston College Women's Track

Thomas 29 year at Boston College.         The team contributed a strong 2014-2015 campaign. Liv Westphal won the ACC Cross Country Championships. The Eagles also earned an at-large bid to the NCAA Cross Country Championships. Westphal was named the ACCs top-performer for the season. Thomas also coached Westphal to a strong performance at the NCAA Indoor Championships, where she earned second team All-America accolades. Westphal rounded out the season with her final All-America honor, finishing eighth at the NCAA Outdoor Championships.         During the 2010-2011 season, Thomas contingent became the first womens squad from BC to win an event at the Penn Relay Carnival the College Womens 4xMile Championship of America.  King captured an indoor (mile) and outdoor (800m) conference championship en route to competing in two national meets.  Standouts Caitlin Bailey and Jillian King won the half mile crowns at the ECAC and New England Championships, respectively, and also advanced to the NCAA East Regional meet.         The former world record holder has guided the women's cross country squad to 16 NCAA Championships in the past 24 seasons.  Additionally, Thomas has trained athletes who qualify individually for the national event.  In 2006, Mallory Champa earned All-America awards for her 38th -place finish at the NCAAs. Other notable athletes, including Laurel Burdick, Maria Cicero, Jennifer Kramer, Caroline King, and Liv Westphal all gained All-America status after placing in the top-ranks at their respective NCAA Championships.         The 2001 women's team defended their NCAA Region I team championship prior to finishing sixth in the national event. His team's success on the cross-country trails led his peers at the United States Track and Field Association to honor him as the 2001 National Women's Cross Country Coach of the Year. In 2000, his women's cross-country team captured the Big East Championship and went on to finish fourth in the NCAA meet. This placing represented the highest finish at a national championship for a Boston College women's team in any sport in school history.         Thomas also helped bring the first national championship for women's athletics to the Heights, coaching Shannon Smith to the 2001 NCAA Championship in the 3,000-meter run.         Overall, Thomas, who served exclusively as the schools cross country coach during the first seven years of his tenure, has produced a total of 52 All-America selections, four national junior champions and one Pan-American Games gold medalist. Before accepting his current position, Thomas was an assistant cross country and track and field coach at Massachusetts, his alma mater. The first-ever Division I All-American in UMass cross country and track and field history, Thomas was inducted into the school's Athletic Hall of Fame in 1982.         Thomas, who received his master's degree in business administration from Boston University, resides in Medway, Mass., with his wife, Marcy, and their son, Ian, a BC track & field alumnus.               Addazio, Steve Alderson, Jeff Allen, Kristen Apps, Gillian Arao, Kenneth Arsenault, Ben Ayer, David Ayers, Mike Babcock, Emily Barkin, Claire Barnard, Beth Bartlett, Eddie Bates, Brad Battista, Lauren Baum, Jason Bennett, Donna Bentley, Nigel Blanchette, Jason Blossom, Marcus Borselli, Alisa Boston, Peter Bouzan, Patrice Boyer Pronovost, Francie Bozek, Megan Brann, Chris Brown, Carson Brown, Greg Brown, Megan Brown, Ricky Brown, Ty-Meer Bruins, Abby Burks-Wiley, Jesyka Bushee, Steve Cahill, Carolyn Campanile, Anthony Campbell, Chris Caparro, JM Cardarelli, Carole Carlson, Mary Carter, Laurel Castaldi, Joseph Cegledy, Rebecca Charnowski, Emily Christian, Jim Clark, Aaron Colivas, Michael Collins, Olivia Conway, Matt Cook, Alexander Cooper, Paula Corsi, Sandy Crest, Eric Crispell, Eli Crowley, Katie Cunningham, Chip Cunningham, Mercedes Da Gama, Edgard Dabbs, Lauren De Vries, Hilary DeFlavio, Ben DeLeon, Tyler DeMar, Travis DeRosa, Russ DiLoreto, Jamie Doris-Pierce, Brendan Doton, Kelly Drury, Caroline Durfee, Sean Edwards, Phil Fadner, Syd Fahey, Matthew Ferrine, Leo Fink, Becca Fioravanti, Alan Fiske, Steve Flaherty, Paul Flores, Dan Foley, Alison Foley, Katie Foley, Noreen Frye, Justin Galinat, Kevin Gallagher, Keagan Gallotto, Nicholas Gallup, Barry Gambino, Mike Garrick, Thomas Gartner, Will Gaynor, Danielle Gil, Johnny Gilman, Terence Goulard, JP Graydon, Kathryn Griffin, Brooke Groden, Tom Gunnell, Rich Harris, Anna Hart, Patrick Hawkins, Yvonne Hayes, Matt Heath, Stan Hegarty, Jill Hegarty, John Heyde, Julie Hill, Matt Hutchinson, Venessa Johnson, Erik Johnson, Kaliya Jones, Ethan Kane, John Kayser, Drew Kelly, Ed Kennedy, Courtney Kenny, Kelly Kent, Jennifer Kentera, Jen Kerr, Matt Knoerr, Maria Kovach, Jonathan Kurtz, Alex LaVigne, Mike Lawton, Janelle Lenz, Bert Leonard, Frank Liacopoulos, Andrew Librizzi, Evan Livingston, Zoe Loeffler, Scot Lumb, Daniel Lutz, Andrew Lynch, Matt Lynch, Sarah MacDonald, Mark Madden, Meredith Majewski, Mark Mance, Caitlin Mangiero, James Manning, Patrick Mask, Jayme McDermott, Dan McDevitt, Mark McGovern, Brendan McLafferty, Scott McLane, Megan Metzger, Lee Miller, Brandon Miller, Dard Mooradian, Jody Morgan, Amy Morin, Shane Morrison, Clare Mueller, Adam Murphy, Kevin Murphy, Stefanie Murrey, Matt Negalha, Jeff Nishikubo, Amanda Novak, Steve O'Connor, Joseph O'Neill, Jim Obrest, Ashley Ollove, Zanna Pacella-Cerasani, Anna Pandolfo, John Pariseau, Carly Pasqualoni, Paul Paterson, Aaron Peffer, Ryan Peters, Tom Piraino, Frank Position, Open Position, Open Position, Open Position, Open Position, Open Position, Open Position, Open Post, Tim Prickett, Jade Reid, Jim Reid, Norm Remick, Stephen Reyes, Yadira Ricci, Michael Romeo, Jeannette Ruys, Jennifer Seguin, Jaime Sherwood, John Shields, Samuel Spiegel, Patrick Spinelli, Scott St. Cyr, Tatum Stanley, Jordan Starrett, Samuel Stephens, Mike Sullivan, Amy Sullivan, Patrick Sullivan, Ryan Summers, Lizz Sun, Bryan Taggart, Bob Taylor, Caitriona Terry, Reggie Thomas, Randy Thompson, Matt Thorpe, James Tierney, Meghan Tomaszek, Kevin Toof, Bill Torres, Leonardo Trautwein, Phil Trezza, Alex Tunnera, Stephanie Turbush, Kenneth Valestin, Ed Vellante, Ashley Vigneau, Michael Viscariello, Dan Von Harten, Kristina Walker, Acacia Walsh, Brian Walsh, Tom Ward, Meredith Washington, Al Weatherby, Amy West, Errick Wetherbee, Judy White, Brian Wilkins, Scott Wilkinson, Greg Winn, Michael Wong, Melissa Wuczynski, Bill York, Jerry Young, Andrea  Full Staff  expand 29 Season th Thomas Accomplishments In addition to winning four Greater Boston Cross Country titles, the womens cross country team has advanced to the NCAA Championship 13 times during his career (1991, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014). The mens cross country squad captured the 1992 New England Cross Country Championship, as well as two Greater Boston titles. The 1996-97 mens indoor track squad placed second out of 48 teams at the New England Championships.

Heyde returned to BC after four years at NC State, first coaching with the swimming and diving program there, then moving to track and field and cross country to serve as their Director of Operations for both the mens and womens teams.   After her stint in Raleigh, the BC alum returned to the Eagles in the fall of 2012. Heyde previously had successful four-year career in track and field at the Heights from 2000 to 2004 where she competed in multi-events, hurdles and high jump. Heyde still ranks on the top 10 all-time performers list for the Eagles in the pentathlon and heptathlon events.   Heyde's coaching and recruiting responsibilities at BC are focused on sprint, middle-distance, hurdle, jump, throw, and multi-event areas, as well as cross country. During the last four seasons, she has helped coach and mentor some of the Eagles most decorated student-athletes several of whom, including current student Liv Westphal earned All-America accolades during their time at BC. Under Heydes coaching, the sprint events have improved tremendously, highlighted last spring in 2015 by 4x400m relay breaking a 30-yr old school record in the event by nearly 2 seconds. The sprint group and high jumpers have earned more than a dozen top-5 all-time performers marks in BC history since Heyde took the position.   Before moving to NC State, Heyde coached many track and field athletes in various events at the high school level. She was the assistant coach for boys and girls indoor and outdoor track and field programs at Natick High School from 2004 to 2008. In addition to track and field, Heyde was also the head coach of the Brookline High School girls swimming and diving team in 2006 and 2007, and was also an assistant coach at Wayland High School.   Heyde graduated from Boston College in 2004 with a degree in English and Philosophy. She earned her masters degree in higher education administration from NC State where she was a member of the Wolfpacks swimming and diving coaching staff from 2008 to 2010. After earning her M. Ed. in 2010, she worked in the compliance office for NC State before moving to track and field and cross country in 2011.   A product of Natick, Mass., Heyde has two younger siblings, Daniel and Jennifer.   Addazio, Steve Alderson, Jeff Allen, Kristen Apps, Gillian Arao, Kenneth Arsenault, Ben Ayer, David Ayers, Mike Babcock, Emily Barkin, Claire Barnard, Beth Bartlett, Eddie Bates, Brad Battista, Lauren Baum, Jason Bennett, Donna Bentley, Nigel Blanchette, Jason Blossom, Marcus Borselli, Alisa Boston, Peter Bouzan, Patrice Boyer Pronovost, Francie Bozek, Megan Brann, Chris Brown, Carson Brown, Greg Brown, Megan Brown, Ricky Brown, Ty-Meer Bruins, Abby Burks-Wiley, Jesyka Bushee, Steve Cahill, Carolyn Campanile, Anthony Campbell, Chris Caparro, JM Cardarelli, Carole Carlson, Mary Carter, Laurel Castaldi, Joseph Cegledy, Rebecca Charnowski, Emily Christian, Jim Clark, Aaron Colivas, Michael Collins, Olivia Conway, Matt Cook, Alexander Cooper, Paula Corsi, Sandy Crest, Eric Crispell, Eli Crowley, Katie Cunningham, Chip Cunningham, Mercedes Da Gama, Edgard Dabbs, Lauren De Vries, Hilary DeFlavio, Ben DeLeon, Tyler DeMar, Travis DeRosa, Russ DiLoreto, Jamie Doris-Pierce, Brendan Doton, Kelly Drury, Caroline Durfee, Sean Edwards, Phil Fadner, Syd Fahey, Matthew Ferrine, Leo Fink, Becca Fioravanti, Alan Fiske, Steve Flaherty, Paul Flores, Dan Foley, Alison Foley, Katie Foley, Noreen Frye, Justin Galinat, Kevin Gallagher, Keagan Gallotto, Nicholas Gallup, Barry Gambino, Mike Garrick, Thomas Gartner, Will Gaynor, Danielle Gil, Johnny Gilman, Terence Goulard, JP Graydon, Kathryn Griffin, Brooke Groden, Tom Gunnell, Rich Harris, Anna Hart, Patrick Hawkins, Yvonne Hayes, Matt Heath, Stan Hegarty, Jill Hegarty, John Heyde, Julie Hill, Matt Hutchinson, Venessa Johnson, Erik Johnson, Kaliya Jones, Ethan Kane, John Kayser, Drew Kelly, Ed Kennedy, Courtney Kenny, Kelly Kent, Jennifer Kentera, Jen Kerr, Matt Knoerr, Maria Kovach, Jonathan Kurtz, Alex LaVigne, Mike Lawton, Janelle Lenz, Bert Leonard, Frank Liacopoulos, Andrew Librizzi, Evan Livingston, Zoe Loeffler, Scot Lumb, Daniel Lutz, Andrew Lynch, Matt Lynch, Sarah MacDonald, Mark Madden, Meredith Majewski, Mark Mance, Caitlin Mangiero, James Manning, Patrick Mask, Jayme McDermott, Dan McDevitt, Mark McGovern, Brendan McLafferty, Scott McLane, Megan Metzger, Lee Miller, Brandon Miller, Dard Mooradian, Jody Morgan, Amy Morin, Shane Morrison, Clare Mueller, Adam Murphy, Kevin Murphy, Stefanie Murrey, Matt Negalha, Jeff Nishikubo, Amanda Novak, Steve O'Connor, Joseph O'Neill, Jim Obrest, Ashley Ollove, Zanna Pacella-Cerasani, Anna Pandolfo, John Pariseau, Carly Pasqualoni, Paul Paterson, Aaron Peffer, Ryan Peters, Tom Piraino, Frank Position, Open Position, Open Position, Open Position, Open Position, Open Position, Open Position, Open Post, Tim Prickett, Jade Reid, Jim Reid, Norm Remick, Stephen Reyes, Yadira Ricci, Michael Romeo, Jeannette Ruys, Jennifer Seguin, Jaime Sherwood, John Shields, Samuel Spiegel, Patrick Spinelli, Scott St. Cyr, Tatum Stanley, Jordan Starrett, Samuel Stephens, Mike Sullivan, Amy Sullivan, Patrick Sullivan, Ryan Summers, Lizz Sun, Bryan Taggart, Bob Taylor, Caitriona Terry, Reggie Thomas, Randy Thompson, Matt Thorpe, James Tierney, Meghan Tomaszek, Kevin Toof, Bill Torres, Leonardo Trautwein, Phil Trezza, Alex Tunnera, Stephanie Turbush, Kenneth Valestin, Ed Vellante, Ashley Vigneau, Michael Viscariello, Dan Von Harten, Kristina Walker, Acacia Walsh, Brian Walsh, Tom Ward, Meredith Washington, Al Weatherby, Amy West, Errick Wetherbee, Judy White, Brian Wilkins, Scott Wilkinson, Greg Winn, Michael Wong, Melissa Wuczynski, Bill York, Jerry Young, Andrea  Full Staff  expand