Duke University Men's Cross Country

Ogilvies direction, the mens and womens track and field teams have been on the rise over the last several seasons. The program has produced three NCAA titles in the past six years with multi-event athlete Curtis Beach capturing the heptathlon crown at both the 2012 and 2014 NCAA Indoor Championships and distance runner Juliet Bottorff crossing the line first in the 10,000 meters at the 2011 NCAA Outdoor Championships. In 2016, seven Blue Devils made it to the NCAA Indoor Championships, with two finishing as first team All-Americans and a distance medley relay claiming second-team honors. Pole vaulter Megan Clark once again led a stellar cast of Blue Devils who stood out on the national stage, taking home the silver medal for the second consecutive year after tying her then-ACC record clearance of 14-9.00 (4.50) from a year ago. Joining Clark in garnering first team All-America honors was 800-meter runner Anima Banks, who placed eighth in the final of the event. Dukes distance medley relay, comprised of Olivia Anderson, Kim Hallowes, Madeline Kopp and Maddy Price rounded out the Blue Devil contingent at the national meet with second team All-America honors. At the 2016 NCAA Outdoor Championships in Eugene, Ore., Clark (pole vault) and Banks (800) each earned first team All-America honors after placing fifth and sixth in their respective events. Madison Heath (pole vault) and Shaun Thompson (10,000) each claimed second-team All-America accolades after placing 15th and tied for 15th, respectively, while MacKenzie Kerr (4x400), Kopp (4x400), Teddi Maslowski (4x400), Price (4x400) and Madison Granger (1,500), also punched their tickets to Eugene, finishing as All-America honorable mentions. At the conference level, Duke claimed three ACC titles, including Clark winning her third ACC pole vault championship. At the indoor competition, in addition to Clark, Karli Johonnot won the pentathlon for the second time in her career, while Robert Rohner was crowned the ACC heptathlon champion just two years after winning the outdoor conference title in the decathlon. Ogilvie took the reins of the mens cross country program for the 25th season of his coaching career during a 2015 campaign that saw Thompson garner both All-Southeast Region honors and All-ACC accolades, as well as secure a spot at the NCAA National Championships. Thompson became the 14th Blue Devil in program history to earn All-Southeast recognition, while also securing all-conference accolades for the second time in his career. Under Ogilvies guidance, Thompson posted one of the most prosperous seasons of his career, placing first at the Princeton Inter-Regional Meet, second at the NCAA Southeast Regional competition, sixth at the ACC Championships and seventh at the Pre-Nationals Invitational. In the fall of 2010, the mens cross country team garnered the programs first automatic bid to the NCAA Championships while finishing the year with a 98-25 record, matching the teams highest win total since 2001. Ranked as high as ninth nationally, Duke concluded the season with a second-place finish at the NCAA Southeast Regional, a team title for the third consecutive season at the IC4A Championships and a 21st-place finish at the NCAA Championships in addition to going undefeated during the regular season. With the teams victory at the IC4A Championships, Ogilvie surpassed the 1,000 career wins milestone at Duke. Over Ogilvies two-plus decades at Duke, he has coached 418 All-East selections, 65 ACC individual champions, 12 IC4A champions, 64 ECAC champions and 95 All-America selections. In cross country, Ogilvie has led Duke to an ACC team title, four IC4A team titles and six NCAA appearances. His career win-loss-tie record in cross country at Duke stands at 1,359-547-3 following the 2015 season. In addition, Ogilvie has overseen one ACC individual champion, one Southeast Region individual champion, 24 All-Southeast Region selections and one All-American in cross country. Named the ACC Cross Country Coach of the Year in 2000 after guiding the Duke men to their first ACC title since 1977, Ogilvie has worked directly with all male middle-distance and distance runners the past two decades in Durham. The field events have developed significantly under his direction and coaching hires. Virtually every Duke field event record for both the mens and womens programs have occurred during Ogilvies tenure. Prior to his time at Duke, Ogilvie spent three semesters at the University of Colorado, assisting with distance runners. As an athlete, Ogilvie owns a personal best of 14:07 for 5,000m and has covered one mile in 4:07. A 1981 graduate of Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, with a degree in journalism, Ogilvie completed his masters degree from Duke in July of 1996. In addition to coaching, Ogilvie has covered track & field meets for network television for the past 20 years, while also serving as the president of the IC4A Coaches Association through May of 2002. Ogilvie was promoted to Director of Track & Field at Duke in June of 2003. His wife, Jan, coaches the Duke jumpers. They have two children, Jade and Starr.