Davidson College Men's Cross Country

Carpenter works with sprinters, hurdlers and horizontal jumpers.   Under Carpenters guidance, eight program records have fallen, 36 student-athletes have registered all-time performances.   During the 2015-16 indoor season, program records fell. At the JDL Fast Track College Kick-off, Xzavier Killings cleared 227.25 to register a new program mark in the long jump. Jacob Hostetler clocked a 22.60 to break his previous mark of 22.69 in the 200-meter at the ETSU Invitational, while Xzavier Killings ran a 22.86, the sixth fastest time in school history. In the 300-meter, Killings (36.98) and Cole Reynolds (37.15) entered the all-time performances list, ranking fourth and sixth, respectively.   On the womens side, Tori Long set new records in the 300, 400 and 500 meter events. In her first collegiate meet, the rookie broke the 300-meter record (43.67) and the 500-meter record (1:20.00). At the UNCG Spartan Challenge, Long set the 400-meter record with a time of 59.58.   At the 2016 Atlantic 10 Indoor Conference championships, Hostetler stopped the clock at 49.98 in the 400-meter event, .01 seconds shy of breaking the program record. Sean Caveney cracked the all-time performance list in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 8.44 to take fourth-place.   Carpenter helped the Davidson track and field program to a successful inaugural season in the Atlantic 10 conference during 2014-15.   During the 2014-15 indoor season, Jacob Hostetler set the program record in the 200-meter with a time of 22.69 at the High Point Team Challenge. Charles Rappe and Jerry Chang entering the schools top-10 list in the 300-meter event. Ben Corson clocked a 1:08.3 to rank fourth on the all-time performances list in the 500-meter.    The Wildcats impressed at the 2015 Indoor Atlantic 10 Championship with a fifth-place finish. The 4x400 team of Hostetler, Ben Corson, Rappe and Patrick Rollo set a new program record (3:24.86). Xzavier Killings tied the indoor long jump record to take fourth overall (222.25), ranking tied for first on the Davidsons top-10 performance lists. Charles Rappe earned a sixth place finish in the 60-meter hurdles final, crossing the line in 8.63.   At the 2015 Outdoor Atlantic 10 Championships, Davidson earned an eighth-place finish. Killings set the program mark in the long jump with a career-best jump of 2211. Rappe clocked the fifth fastest time (54.29) in the 400-meter hurdles.Hostetler posted a time of 48.29 in the 400-meter preliminaries, ranking second on the all-time Davidson performance list. Hostetler earned all-conference and all-freshman honors.   Davidson saw great success in Carpenters first year during the 2013-14 season. Records fell indoors as Stewart Dalton broke Davidsons 15-year old long jump record and Michael Lorentsen bested the previous school pole vault record three times. Additionally, the 4x400-meter relay team posted a Davidson all-time top-10 time, and Xzavier Killings became Davidsons second-best performer all-time in the high jump as the first Wildcat to leap over 6 feet in 30 years. Dalton clocked a 7.10 in the 60 meter dash at the SoCon Indoor Championship, ranking tied for second on the Davidsons top-10 performance lists.   Outdoors, Lorentsen neared the school pole vault record with three performances that ranked amongst the top-10 best in school history. The Cats under his guidance also impressed at the SoCon Championships with Lorentsen, Dalton, hurdler Rappe and both relay teams earning top-eight finishes. Killings registered a mark of 444 (13.51m) in the triple jump, which ranks 10 on the Davidson all-time performers list. Rappe and Killings earning all-freshman honors. Prior to arriving at Davidson, Carpenter served as a graduate assistant coach for the Texas State track and field program for two years, where he focused primarily on the jumps and multis and specialized in the high jump. Carpenter also helped with the recruitment of incoming student-athletes, as well as overseeing all weightlifting for the jump and multi-event athletes as a certified strength coach.   During his stint at Texas State, he guided five indoor Southland Conference medalists, including one champion and NCAA indoor provisional qualifier, and also coached eight outdoor conference medalists, including five Southland champions and five NCAA regional qualifiers. He also served as an assistant coach to a three-time All-American and Olympic Trials qualifier in the pole vault, Logan Cunningham.   Carpenter is USATF Level II certified in the jumps and USTFCCCA certified in the sprints, hurdles, relays and throws. He is also a NSCA Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist. Carpenter graduated from Texas State in 2010 with a degree in exercise and sports science and received his masters degree in exercise science in August 2012, also from Texas State.   

Doyle, a 2015 graduate of Providence College, comes to Davidson after an impressive collegiate running career at both Providence and Northeastern.    "I'm extremely proud and excited to join the coaching staff here at Davidson," said Doyle. "Coach Straub's enthusiasm and love for the sport is contagious, and I am looking forward to working under her tutelage. Having been an athlete under the direction of Coach Waldron, I know that he is a loyal and supportive coach. I am thankful to both of them for welcoming me to the program as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator."   Most recently, Doyle served as a volunteer coach at Bishop Hendricken High School where he helped to organize practices and mentor high school athletes.   The Swansea, Massachusetts, native started out at Northeastern in 2010. An All-Colonial Athletic Conference selection in 2011, Doyle led his team to the highest conference finish in program history and the highest regional finish in 17 years. Doyle served as captain of the cross country team and track & field team.   At Providence, Doyle continued to experience success. In his two seasons of cross country, he helped the Friars to two top-20 finishes at the NCAA championships. In his final season, he raced to a fifth-place finish at the NCAA Northeast Regionals with a time of 30:33.2 to earn All-Regional honors. He went on to place 149 th  at the NCAA Championship. On the track, Doyle placed sixth in the 5,000-meter and eighth in the 3,000-meter at the 2014-15 BIG EAST Championships.    A two-time All-Big East honoree, Doyle served as captain of the cross country team and track & field team. He graduated with a bachelor of arts in biology in 2015.

Straub came to Davidson in 2000 after spending eight years as the assistant women's track & field coach at Wake Forest University, where she was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2004. Her tenure at Davidson has yielded much success both on and off the trails.   Straub has coached the Wildcats to two Southern Conference cross country championships (2003 and 2005) and has been named SoCon Coach of the Year three times (2002, 2003 and 2005).  In 13 seasons, Straub has coached 12 runners to All-SoCon cross country honors, including three-time honorees Brenna Burns (2005-07), Megal Atias (2005-07) and Caroline Sanker (2006-08). Kelly Fillnow and Heather Conarroe (2009, 2010) were named All-SoCon twice (2003-04), and Sally Stanhope (2001), Anna Brew (2002), Allie Martin (2005), Natalie Atabek (2009), and Danielle Ruggieri (2009) also earned the honor under Straub's guidance.   While competing on a team level is often challenging in the competitive Southern Conference, Straub has coached several individual athletes to great success in both indoor and outdoor track.   In 13 seasons of Indoor track competition, Straub has coached a pair of individual champions, a SoCon record holder, a Freshman of the Year, a Most Outstanding Performer, and four All-SoCon performers.   In 2007, she coached a pair of SoCon indoor individual champions in Burns (3,000 meters, 9:53.83) and Kristen Meister (high jump, 1.81 meters). Meister, who still holds the Southern Conference record in the event, was also named Indoor Track Freshman of the Year that season, while Burns earned Indoor Track Most Outstanding Performer honors. Burns, who was a two-time Indoor SoCon Runner of the Week, was also a SoCon Indoor individual champion the following season when she won the 5,000 meters (17:18.56). In 2010, Straub coached Natalie Atabek to All-SoCon and All-Freshman honors in the 5,000 meters. Sanker and Burns also earned All-SoCon honors in the 5,000 meters, in 2008 and 2007, respectively.   In Outdoor track, Straub's athletes have been equally successful, as she has coached nine All-SoCon performers, seven individual event winners, one freshman of the year and the program's first NCAA qualifier before adding another in 2014.   The Wildcats final season in the Southern Conference was one of their most impressive, highlighted by Sarah Paddons participation in the 2014 NCAA East Regional Meet in June. Paddon was the 2014 Southern Conference Champion in the 1,500-meter run and became the first womens track & field athlete since 2007 to qualify for the regional meet. Teammate Erin Osment was the SoCon runner-up in the 10,000m at the outdoor meet and the duo led a group that set new program marks in every single indoor & outdoor meet. The 2013-14 Wildcats ended the year with  11 updates to the Davidson record books.   Melissa Millar was Straub's first performer to earn All-SoCon honors, in the 400-meter hurdles in 2001, and under her guidance Davidson athletes have continued to excel. In 2006, Emily King won the 10,000 meters to earn Freshman of the Year and All-SoCon honors. The following season, Burns was All-SoCon in both the 10,000 meters and the 5,000 meters, and Meister won the high jump in a school and SoCon record to become in the program's first ever NCAA qualifier. In 2008, Burns won both the 10,000 and 5,000 meter events and went on to win the NCAA's prestigious Walter Byers Scholarship, the school's first ever winner. Megal Atias won the 3,000-meter steeplechase in 2008, and Danielle Ruggieri won the 10,000 meters in 2009. Natalie Atabek earned All-SoCon honors in the event the following season, and was also named to the All-Freshman team along with teammate Rosie Lewis.   Straub's first three seasons at Davidson were marked by steady improvement. Her teams finished seventh at the Southern Conference cross country championship in 2000, fifth in 2001 and third in 2002. The 2003 cross country season yielded strong performances throughout the year and culminated with the Wildcats' first-ever SoCon team crown. Straub also received SoCon Coach of the Year honors.   After a third-place finish in 2004, Straub again led the Wildcats to the SoCon cross country championship in 2005, the teams' second in three seasons, and was named SoCon Coach of the Year for her efforts. The Wildcat women earned a one-point edge over defending SoCon champion Chattanooga behind three All-SoCon performances.   The Wildcats continued to excel under Straub's guidance, finishing ninth in the NCAA Cross Country Regionals in 2006, the program's first-ever top 10 finish, behind three top-50 performances. Straub's squad finished third at the Southern Conference Championships, with three runners earning All-SoCon honors, and ended the season ranked ninth in the USTFCCCA Southeast regional poll.   In 2007, Straub led the Wildcat women's cross country team to a runner-up finish at the SoCon cross country championships, behind All-SoCon performances from Caroline Sanker, who finished second overall, along with Brenna Burns and Megal Atias, who both finished in the top 10. Sanker finished 24th at the 2007 NCAA cross country regionals, becoming the program's first all-region athlete, while Burns was awarded the NCAA's prestigious Walter Byers postgraduate scholarship, the school's first ever winner.   At the 2007 SoCon outdoor track championships, Straub's team scored a program-high 45 points behind standout performances from Burns and Atias. Burns won a pair of titles, the 10,000 meters and the 5,000 meters, while Atias won the 3,000-meter steeplechase in school-record time and earned All-SoCon honors in the 5,000 meters.   In 2008, the cross country team was designated an All-Academic Team, while Caroline Sanker was named All-Academic American after earning All-Regional Honors for her performance at the NCAA Southeastern Regionals and All-SoCon honors for her eighth-place finish at the Southern Conference Championships. In outdoor track, Straub coached Danielle Ruggieri to an individual championship in the 10,000 meters at the 2009 Southern Conference Championships, and Kim Colley and Kennesia Martin to record-breaking performances in the sprints and the jumps.   In 2009-10, Straub coached three runners to All-SoCon honors in cross country in Natalie Atabek, Danielle Ruggieri and Heather Conarroe, as the team finished fifth overall. Atabek was also named to the All-Freshman team and went on to earn All-SoCon honors in both indoor and outdoor track, becoming the first Davidson Wildcat to earn all-league honors three times in one season. Atabek finished second in the 10K at the 2010 outdoor SoCons, where along with teammate Rosie Lewis, she was again named All-Freshman, and third in the 5K at the 2010 indoor SoCons. In addition, two cross country runners and three tracksters earned All-SoCon Academic honors.   Straub coached a pair of top-20 finishers at the 2010 SoCon Cross Country Championships, as Heather Conarroe finished 13th to earn All-SoCon Second Team honors, and Lauren Childs finished 16th overall. Conarroe also scored for Straub's squad at the 2011 SoCon Outdoor Championships, finishing eighth in the 10,000 meters, along with teammate Sarah Cline, who was eighth in the 5,000 meters.   Straub graduated from Wake Forest in 1988 with a degree in English. At her alma mater, she coached four cross country All-Americans, eight track & field All-Americans, as well as several all-conference performers and individual champions in the Atlantic Coast Conference.   Both a tactical and motivational leader, Straub helped take the Demon Deacon women to two NCAA District III Championships and six NCAA appearances in cross country, including a 15th-place team finish at the 1998 championships.   "Jen brings to Davidson a tremendous amount of experience as a competitor and coach in one of the nation's outstanding programs," Davidson Athletic Director Jim Murphy.   As an athlete at Wake Forest, Straub earned All-America honors in cross country and led her team to a 10th-place finish at the 1987 NCAA Cross Country Championships. She won two individual ACC titles at Wake Forest, first in the 10,000 meters in 1988 and then in the 3,000 meters in 1989. Straub currently holds the indoor record in the 3,000-meter run and outdoor records in the 3,000 and 10,000 meters at Wake Forest. She was also named one of the top 50 cross country athletes in ACC history.   Straub continues to train and compete in road races throughout the Carolinas. She is married to Davidson golf coach Tim Straub. The couple has one son, William and a daughter, Sydnee. Straub is a United States Track & Field Coaches Association certified coach at Level I and Level II.

Waldron served as the Associate Mens Head Coach of Cross Country and Track and Field.  The 2015-2016 school year is Waldrons 13 year of coaching and 10 at the Division 1 level.   In 2015-16, Waldron guided the men's cross country team to a third-place finish at the Atlantic-10 Cross Country Championship, and three runners (Will Brewster, Daniel Samet and Ryan Phillips) were named to the All- Atlantic-10 team. At the NCAA Southeast Regional, Davidson finished 13th as a team, its highest finish since 2009, when the Wildcats placed 12th.  In the indoor season, the Wildcats finished fifth at the Atlantic-10 Championships, with two individuals winning a championship (Will Brewster in the 5000-meter and Patrick Rollo in the 800-meter).  Brewster would come back to get third in the 3000-meter the next day.  In addition to champions Brewster and Rollo, other top-five finishers at the A-10 meet were Brady Logan in the shot put, Jacob Hostetler in the 400-meter, Sean Caveny in the 400H, and the mens distance medley team, which claimed third place.  During the 2015-2016 indoor season, school records fell in the 3000, 4x800, 200, 500 and 1000. Under Waldrons helm, the mens team has broken a total of eight school records, as the indoor Distance Medley, 4x400 and 800 school records were broken during the 2014-15 indoor season.   In his first season with the Wildcats, Waldron led the 'Cats to a fifth-place finish at the A-10 Championship after being picked eighth in the pre-season poll. Junior Daniel Samet was named to the All-Atlantic 10 Team. During the fall semester, the cross country team earned a grade point average of 3.62, which was sixth highest in the country, and the team was named an All-Academic team by the US Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA). During the 2014-2015 indoor season, the Wildcats finished fifth as a team, led by junior Patrick Rollo, who broke the school record in the 800 and took home individual honors at the Atlantic-10 championship. In the 3k, sophomore Walker Mogen placed third and senior Whitner Chase placed fourth, while in the 5k, Chase placed fourth and junior Daniel Samet placed seventh. The mens distance medley team broke the school record in the distance medley, anchored by Walker Mogens 4:09 anchor leg. Mogen became Davidsons second-fastest runner in Davidson school history in the 3000, while senior Sal del Giudice became the second-fastest in the mile. In the mile, five Davidson runners entered the schools top 10 list during the 2014-2015 season (Del Giudice, Ryan Phillips, Samet, Mogen and Henry Falotico).   The  2015 outdoor season saw Davidson College runners improve further on a stellar indoor season. At the Atlantic-10 Championships, Whitner Chase won the 10k while teammate Daniel Samet placed third. In the 5k, Walker Mogen won the individual championship and Whitner Chase took fourth. Freshman Ian Roberston placed eighth in the 1500, running a time of 3:52.74, which shattered the Davidson College freshman record and placed him as the third fastest Davidson runner in school history in the 1500.  In the 5000, Walker Mogen became the third fastest runner in school history (14:20), while Whitner Chase and Daniel Samet became the third and fifth fastest runners in the 10k. In the 1500, four runners entered the Davidson top-10 list: Robertson, del Giudice,  Phillips, and freshman Ramsay Ritchie. Prior to Davidson, Waldron served as the recruiting coordinator and assistant men's cross country and track and field coach at UConn during the 2013-2014 school year, where he guided the cross country team to its highest conference championship finish in over 20 years. He coached several All-AAC team members during the indoor season, including mile champion Michael ODonnell. Waldrons milers placed first, third and fourth at the AAC championships during the indoor season. From 2006-12, Waldron served as an assistant coordinator for Northeastern cross country and track and field. Waldron saw 18 school records fall in the distance events, and coached six individuals to CAA titles. He helped Northeastern to its highest-ever finish in the conference, and mentored Eric Jenkins, who posted a pair of sub-four minute mile times and was the only freshman to qualify for the NCAA final in the 1,500m in 2011. In addition to guiding men's and women's cross country teams to their highest-ever conference finishes, the cross country and track teams were also named USTFCCCA All-Academic every year. Waldron got his coaching start as the Boys Cross country and Track and field coach at his alma mater, Cambridge Rindge and Latin School, from 2003-06.  He led the boys team to seven Greater Boston League championships during his three years at the helm.   As a senior in high school, Waldron was a captain on the Cambridge Rindge and Latin State Championship winning indoor and outdoor track and field teams, and won the indoor Division 1 state title in the mile and outdoor Emass Division 1 title in the 2 mile in 1999. Waldron attended Iona College before transferring to fellow Atlantic-10 member University of Massachusetts-Amherst, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts in History.