Ohio State University Women's Track

E-Mail: [email protected] Phone: (614) 247-2372 Rosalind Joseph returned to her alma mater as the Ohio State University Director of Track & Field and Cross ...

Allen led a young Ohio State cross country team to a 10th-place finish at both the Big Ten and Great Lakes championships after losing No. 1 and No. 2 runners Nick Pupino and Jordan Redd to injury in the preseason. Freshman Nick Elswick emerged early in the season for the Buckeyes, securing the top finish for the Scarlet and Gray at four of seven meets. Senior Jackson Neff stepped up late in the season for OSU, taking 28th at the Big Ten championships and 37th at the Great Lakes regional. The track and field season was highlighted by Neff earning Second Team All-America honors in the 3000-meter steeplechase at the NCAA outdoor championships. Neff also had success at the Big Ten championships, earning bronze in the steeple outdoors and fourth place in the mile at the indoor championships. Middle distance runners Jared Fleming and Anthony Johnson also stepped up for the Buckeyes, with Fleming finishing third in the 800-meter run at the B1G indoor championships and Johnson claiming sixth in the 800 at the outdoor meet. In his second season, Allen guided the cross country team to an eighth-place finish at the Big Ten championships and a seventh-place finish at the NCAA Great Lakes regional championships. Pupino was named to the All-Great Lakes regional team after a 20th-place finish at the regional meet, while Redd was the top finisher for the Buckeyes at four of six meets. During the track and field season, Allen coached Neff to a Big Ten title in the 3000-meter steeplechase and Blake Taneff to the fourth-fastest time in school history in the 10000-meter run (29:12.59). In his first season at Ohio State, Allen helped guide Donny Roys to an NCAA-championship appearance during the cross country season and Chris Fallon to the NCAA indoor and outdoor championships in the mile and 1500-meter events, respectively. Under Allen's training and coaching Fallon became just the 390th American to run a sub-four minute mile. He finished with First Team All-America honors in the mile at the indoor championships. Prior to coming to Ohio State, Allen served as distance coach at the University of Louisville for a total of seven years. He held the position of head men's and women's cross country coach from 2008-10 after working as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator for both programs for four years. The distance and cross country programs made considerable jumps under Allen. Under his tutelage, the Cardinal men garnered three Top 25 finishes from 2007-10 at the NCAA cross country championships after never having previously reached the event. To top it off, Wesley Korir and Cory Thorne earned U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association All-America honors under Allen's direction, an accomplishment that had not been attained in program history. The Cardinal women also took leaps forward in cross country under Allen. Most notably, Tarah McKay became the first female in program history to earn an individual bid to the NCAA cross country championships. On the track, numbers alone back up the success of the Cardinal distance program. Allen was instrumental in mentoring eight All-America distance runners, 21 All-Region distance honorees, nine conference champions and 24 national championship qualifiers. Most impressive, though, was Matt Hughes becoming the first male in program history to win a title in an outdoor event, capturing the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the 2010 NCAA Outdoor Championships. Prior to Louisville, Allen assisted at Northern Arizona, where he had a hand in guiding the Lumberjacks' men's cross country team to third at the 2003 NCAA Championships and fourth at the 2001 NCAA Championships. He also helped lead the women's cross country team to a ninth-place finish in 2001 and 15th in 2003. On the track side, Allen worked with 2004 NCAA women's steeplechase champion Ida Nilsson. In addition to his on-the-field duties at NAU, Allen managed the program's budget, travel arrangements and worked extensively with recruiting. A native of Sugar Grove, Pa., Allen competed in cross country and track at Allegheny (Pa.) College, where he was an individual qualifier for the 1999 NCAA Cross Country Championships. Allen earned his bachelor's degree from Allegheny in 2001 and his master's degree from Northern Arizona in 2003. Allen is married to the former Angie Reed, a native of Cincinnati, Ohio. They have two daughters, Sydney and Ren. 2012-Present: Associate Head Coach, Distance and Cross Country, Ohio State 2008-11: Head Cross Country Coach/Assistant Track Coach & Recruiting Coordinator, Louisville 2004-08: Assistant Coach/Recruiting Coordinator, Louisville 2001-03: Assistant Coach, Northern Arizona 11/2/2016 10/26/2016 10/19/2016 10/13/2016 10/10/2016 The one stop for all official buckeye gear

Duncans leadership in 2015, setting numerous personal bests throughout the season. J.C. Murasky was the leader of the Buckeye throws team, earning First Team All-America honors in the shot put at the NCAA outdoor championships while capturing a silver medal at the Big Ten outdoor meet. Teammate Aaron Zedella finished in the Top 10 in three events at the Big Ten championships and cracked the Ohio State all-time performers list in the hammer throw. On the womens side, Carly Pendleton collected Honorable Mention All-America honors in the discus at the NCAA outdoor championships, while Allie Missler earned a fifth-place finish in the javelin at the Big Ten finals. Alyssa Gary made huge strides in the shot put as well, improving her career best in the event by nearly four feet. Highly respected in the track and field community, Muffet Duncan spent two seasons as throws coach at Western Kentucky from 2012-14, working with both the WKU men's and women's teams. She was the 2014 U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) Southeast Region Women's Assistant Coach of the Year after guiding the WKU women's throwers to 10 of the Top 25 throwing marks in WKU history, including school records in the indoor and outdoor shot put, weight throw and discus. The Lady Topper throwers combined for 45 of Western Kentucky's 169 points at the 2014 Sun Belt Indoor Championships and scored 53 of 173 points at the SBC outdoor championships as WKU captured both the indoor and outdoor conference crowns. In her first season at Western Kentucky in 2013, every Hilltopper and Lady Topper thrower recorded personal records in his or her respective events. Muffet Duncan was instrumental in the development of student-athletes Jessica Ramsey and Travis Gerding. Ramsey was an All-American and seven-time Sun Belt Conference champion who became the first Lady Topper in school history to qualify for the NCAA outdoor championships in three individual events. Gerding earned All-Sun Belt Conference honors in the shot put and weight throw. Prior to her stint at Western Kentucky, Muffet Duncan spent a year coaching throws at Murray State while working on her master's degree. In her lone season with the Racers, Muffet Duncan coached freshman Tonia Pratt to Ohio Valley Conference titles in the weight and hammer throws, aswell asOVC indoor and outdoor Freshman of the Year honors. A four-time All-American at Kentucky from 2006-2010, Muffet Duncan was an 11-time All-Southeastern Conference selection, an SEC Most Valuable Player and Commissioner's Cup winner, and a runner-up in the shot put at the 2010 NCAA Indoor Championships. Muffet Duncan participated in the U.S Olympic trials in 2008 and 2012 and holds Kentucky's school records in the shot put and discus. She competed unattached in three meets during the 2012-13 season, winning the shot put on two occasions and placing fourth at the 2013 USA Indoor Championships. A native Ohioan, Muffet Duncan is a graduate of North Canton Hoover High School (2001-2005), where she was a three-time state champion and former Ohio state-record holder in the shot put. Muffet- Duncan earned her bachelor's degree in telecommunications from the University of Kentucky in 2010 and added a master's in human development and leadership from Murray State University in 2012. 2014-Present: Assistant Coach & Recruiting Coordinator, Ohio State 2012-14: Assistant Coach, Western Kentucky 2011-12: Assistant Coach, Murray State 8/9/2016 7/4/2016 7/28/2016 7/7/2016 6/29/2016 The one stop for all official buckeye gear

E-Mail: [email protected] Phone: (614) 292-8004 Former Buckeye great Joel Brown is in his fourth season as an assistant coach at Ohio State, where he works ...

Dennis. Womens cross country highlighted the fall season, qualifying for the national championships for the second time in school history while placing fourth at the Big Ten championships, the best finish in school history. The team was also featured in the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) Top 25 for the first time, ranking as high as No. 19. That momentum would extend to the indoor season when the Buckeye women claimed their second Big Ten indoor title in school history and first since 2011. Dennis earned Big Ten and Great Lakes coach of the year honors in the process. Ohio State was a standout during the outdoor season as well, as both the men and women finished fourth at the Big Ten championships. The mens team cracked the USTFCCCA Top 25 for the first time since 2013, peaking at No. 16, their best ranking since at least 2008. Meanwhile, the women earned a high placement of 27th, their highest ranking since 2012. After several record-setting performances at the NCAA East Prelims, the Buckeyes sent an impressive 17 student-athletes to compete at the NCAA championships.  Individually, Buckeye student-athletes enjoyed unparalleled success during the 2014-15 school year both academically and athletically, collecting 55 Ohio State Scholar-Athlete awards, 30 All-America honors, 25 Big Ten medals and nine conference titles. First Team All-Americans included J.C. Murasky (shot put, outdoor) and the mens 4x400-meter relay team (outdoor), along with Big Ten Medal of Honor winner Katie Borchers in cross country. In her eight seasons at the helm of the Ohio State women's program, Dennis worked tirelessly on and off the track, building one of the Midwest's top all-around programs and winning the first Big Ten indoor and outdoor championships in program history. During those eight seasons, Dennis led Ohio State to 31 Big Ten individual event titles, 19 First Team All-America honors, three Big Ten team championships and two NCAA individual titles, all while garnering six coach of the year honors. In 2014, the Buckeye women continued the tradition of success instilled by Dennis. The 4x100-meter relay team earned First Team All-America honors, while two individual Big Ten champions were crowned: Ashlee Abraham in the 60-meter and 100-meter dashes and Borchers in the outdoor 800-meter run. Borchers also became the first Buckeye to earn All-America honors in cross country and collected First Team All-America and All-Great Lakes honors along with Michelle Thomas. The cross country squad placed fifth at the Big Ten championships, its highest finish in 29 years. The 2013 Buckeyes featured only six seniors but the squad remained one of the Big Ten's best, placing third at the Big Ten outdoor championships and fifth at the indoor meet. The Buckeyes won three event titles at the outdoor finals, with Alexis Thomas capturing her second conference title in the hammer throw and the 4x100-meter relay team claiming gold for the third year in a row. In addition, freshman Alexis Franklin won the 400-meter hurdles title on her way to Big Ten Freshman of the Year honors. Six Buckeyes would compete in NCAA championship competition, with Thomas earning First Team All-America in the weight throw during the indoor season. The cross country team turned in a sixth-place conference finish, with Meredith Wagner taking home All-Big Ten honors. Wagner and Thomas also earned All-Regional recognition. In 2012, Dennis led the Scarlet and Gray to its second-consecutive Big Ten outdoor title to go along with a runner-up finish at the conference indoor meet, a feat that earned her USTFCCCA Great Lakes and Big Ten Coach of the Year honors. Buckeye athletes claimed seven Big Ten titles under her watch and a total of nine athletes qualified for NCAA championship competition, where the team finished 18th at the indoor meet and 21st at the outdoor finals, the highest team finishes in several years. On the cross country course, a Buckeye squad featuring 10 freshmen overcame the injury of No. 1-runner Wagner to finish sixth at the Great Lakes regional final. Two athletes -- Tori Brink and Nicole Hilton -- represented OSU at the NCAA championship. While Ohio State enjoyed unprecedented success in 2012, one athlete in particular took the nation by storm. Under the tutelage of Dennis, Christina Manning won national titles in both the 60-meter and 100-meter hurdles on her way to Big Ten and Ohio State Female Athlete of the Year honors. Manning won a total of five conference titles on the year and was an eight-time Big Ten Track Athlete of Week. A semifinalist for the Bowerman Award, track and field's Heisman Trophy, Manning fell only two spots shy of qualifying for the U.S. Olympic team in the 100-meter hurdles at her first-ever U.S. Olympic Trials. In 2011, Dennis led Ohio State to a sweep of the Big Ten indoor and outdoor titles -- firsts in program history -- on her way to winning a total of four coach of the year awards (USTFCCCA Great Lakes Indoor/Outdoor and Big Ten Indoor/Outdoor). Seven Buckeyes qualified for NCAA championship competition, with three earning First Team All-America honors. Manning was the highest finisher in 2011, earning national runner-up honors in the 100-meter hurdles at the outdoor championships. Teammate Letecia Wright placed fifth following a fifth-place finish in the 60-meter hurdles at the indoor championships. The duo's Top 5 finishes helped the Buckeyes to total of 12 points, the highest point total from an OSU squad at the championships in 11 years. In Big Ten championship competition, OSU won a total of eight individual titles (two indoor and six outdoor). The success on the track followed a cross country season that witnessed the Buckeyes post their highest finish at the Big Ten championships (sixth) in more than 20 years and place in the Top 4 at the NCAA regional meet for the second-consecutive year. In addition, two members of the team -- Wagner and Ellen Birmingham -- secured individual invitations to the NCAA championship meet. The Buckeyes' current run of success was built on a four-year period that witnessed the team steadily improve each season. In 2010, the Buckeyes surprised many throughout the Big Ten and the Midwest with a second-place finish at the Big Ten indoor championships, their highest finish at a conference meet in nine years. Manning finished the indoor season with a bang, becoming a first-time All-American after a seventh-place finish in the finals of the 60-meter hurdles at the NCAA indoor championships. The outdoor season was highlighted by a sixth-place team finish at the conference championships and Maggie Mullen's All-America finish in the javelin. In addition, the women's cross country team made its first NCAA appearance in school history in the fall of 2009, placing 29th overall following a runner-up finish at the Great Lakes regional championships. Faced with breaking in a young roster in 2009, Ohio State hit its stride late in the outdoor season, qualifying five individuals for the NCAA outdoor championships. Under the direction of Dennis, Wright finished 16th in the 100-meter finals, while Latoya Sanderson, Ashley Caldwell, Ayrizanna Favours and Shaniqua McGinnis claimed 11th in the 4x400-meter relay. The year prior, Dennis led the Buckeyes through a record-breaking outdoor campaign and a fifth-place finish at the 2008 Big Ten Outdoor Championships, a five-place improvement from 2007. That improvement was due in large part to the return of All-American Jenna (Harris) Griffin, who claimed All-America honors in the 400 and 4x400 at the NCAA championships and qualified for the 2008 U.S. Olympic Trials in Eugene, Ore. The indoor season was dominated by Veronica Jatsek, an All-American in the weight throw. In her first season as head coach, Dennis helped the 2007 Buckeyes to several national honors. Griffin (400 meter) and Jatsek (hammer and weight throw) earned the first All-America awards of their careers, while Favours earned a bid to the NCAA regional finals and anchored the 4x400-meter relay team to a program record during the indoor season. Before taking over the OSU women's helm, Dennis spent four seasons as a sprints and hurdles assistant for both the Buckeye men's and women's programs, where she helped train Buckeye legends in Harris, Molly Logan, Anthony Cole and current Buckeye assistant coach Joel Brown, a three-time All-American and the 2003 Midwest regional champion in the 110-meter hurdles. 40 Big Ten event titles 21 First Team All-America awards 7 Coach of the Year awards 4 BIG TEN TEAM TITLES (2011 womens indoor/outdoor, 2012 womens outdoor, 2015 womens indoor) 2 NCAA INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONSHIPS (Christina Manning, 60-meter and 100-meter hurdles, 2012) 2 Big Ten Freshmen of the Year (Alexis Franklin, 2013; Zack Bazile, 2015) Dennis has been involved on the national and international track and field scene for quite some time, highlighted by an appointment as the head coach of the U.S. women's national team at the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games. Prior to her Olympic coaching duties with Team USA, Dennis was an assistant coach of U.S. national teams at the 1995 World Championships in Gotteberg, Sweden; the 1991 Pan American Games in Havana, Cuba; and the 1989 World University Championships in Duisburg, Germany. In addition, Dennis is also a member of the USA Track & Field International Competition Committee and a past president of the Athletic Congress Women's Track Coaches Association. She has also served as a member of the NCAA Women's Track and Field Committee and the NCAA Track Coaches Association. Dennis spent 10 years has the head coach of the UNLV women's track and field squad from 1992-2002. Only the second women's track and field coach in school history, Dennis guided 12 different student-athletes to All-American status while at UNLV, including 2002 NCAA Woman of the Year and national champion Katie Barto. That same season, Dennis helped Michelle Davis, a six-time All-American, to the 2002 UNLV Sportswoman of the Year award. Her 1993 squad, led by All-American Crystal Irving, was the MPSF Indoor Conference Championship, an accomplishment that produced conference coach of the year honors in just her first season. Dennis was a member of the Michigan State coaching staff for 15 seasons, spending four years with the program as an assistant coach (1977-1981) and 11 as head coach (1981-1992). The Spartans thrived under her direction, producing a number of outstanding athletes including Judi Brown-King, silver medalist in the 400-meter hurdles at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles; Cheryl Gilliam, a 12-time Big Ten champion; Odessa Smalls, a three-time All-American and 13-time Big Ten champion; and two-time All-American and Big Ten 10,000-meter champion Mary Shea. Her 1982 Spartans captured the Big Ten outdoor championship, earning Dennis District IV Coach of the Year honors. Dennis enjoyed a successful collegiate career as a standout sprinter at Michigan State where she helped the 1975 Spartans to a fourth-place finish at the AIAW national championships with a victory in the 220-yard dash. She was part of a world record-setting 4x160-yard relay team for Michigan State and a fifth-place finisher in the 220-yard dash at the 1968 U.S. Olympic Trials. A graduate of Michigan State University, Dennis earned a bachelor's degree in public affairs in 1977 and a master's degree in physical education in 1979. A native of Detroit, Mich., she has one daughter, Dr. Ebony Dennis Mundy, who is a practicing clinical psychologist working for the Department of Mental Health in Washington, D.C. 2014-Present: Director of Track & Field and Cross Country, Ohio State 2006-13: Women's Track & Field/Cross Country Head Coach, Ohio State 2003-06: Assistant Coach, Ohio State 2000: Head Coach, U.S. Women's National Team, 2000 Sydney Olympic Games 1992-2002: Head Coach, UNLV 1981-1991: Head Coach, Michigan State 1977-1981: Assistant Coach, Michigan State 11/2/2016 10/26/2016 10/19/2016 10/13/2016 10/10/2016 The one stop for all official buckeye gear