Tulane University Women's Cross Country

Roseby. Six of the ten 60 meter hurdle slots are owned by her runners, including the second overall performance set by Adiyah Crute in February 2013. In the 60 meter dash, Kasey Rodgers, Tiffany George and Olivia Kizzee hold the second, third and fourth slots, respectively, while Rodgers, Jamie Riles, Lilla McMillan, George and Kizzee are second, third, fourth, fifth and eighth in the 200 meters, respectively. The outdoor season has proved even more successful, for 25 spots in the women's record book are held by her athletes - including Tamika Brazzel's 100 meter hurdle school record time set in 2014 - while an additional 21 spots on the men's side are because of her doing. Roseby's relay teams have been especially outstanding, as 14 of the men's slots belong to her student-athletes while nine of the women's spots are connected to her coaching. In 2010, Kizzee qualified for the NCAA Outdoor Regionals in the 100 meter dash and the 200 meter dash during, joining Jamie Riles in the 400 meter dash and the 4 x 100 meter relay squad consisting of Kizzee, Riles, Kasey Rodgers and Tiffanie Smith. The following year, DeBowles returned to the NCAA Regionals after her redshirt season, qualifying for the 400 meter hurdles, along with Tiffany George - who competed in the 100 meter dash and the 200 meter dash - and the 4 x 100 meter relay team of George, Smith, Jerica Banks and Hilary Woods. Rodgers competed once again in the 100 meter dash at the 2012 NCAA Outdoor Regionals while DeBowles closed out her career at the same meet in the 400 meter hurdles. Additionally, McMillan qualified for the 2014 NCAA Outdoor Regionals in the 400 meter dash under Roseby's tutelage. At the conference level, Roseby coached Riles to the 2010 Conference USA Outdoor Championships 400 meter gold medal with a time of 53.62, marking the first individual Conference USA Champion for Tulane since 2007. DeBowles earned the silver medal in the 400 meter hurdles at the 2011 C-USA Championships with a time of 58.82 seconds. In addition to these two stellar performances, a slew of her athletes have scored points for the team over the course of her tenure. During the 2010 C-USA Indoor Championships, her student-athletes were the only ones who notched points for the squad. Prior to joining Tulane, Roseby competed on the national and international levels. The Monterey, Calif., native was a two-time qualifier for the US Olympic Trials, competing in the 100-meter hurdles in 2004 and the 100-meter event during the summer of 2008. She arrived on the international stage in 2004 when she competed as a member of the USA roster at the U-23 NACAC Track and Field Championships. Roseby nabbed the silver medal as a member of the US 4x100 relay team and also took home the bronze medal in the 100-meter hurdles. Three years later, she won the USATF Indoor national crown, running 7.16 over 60-meters to rank second in the United States and among the top 10 in the world. In March of 2009, Roseby was a finalist in the 60-meter dash at the USA Track & Field Indoor National Championship, placing seventh, as she represented the United States at several international meets. The sprinter claimed individual titles in the 100 and 200-meter dash events for Team USA in St. Polten, Austria that season. Roseby prepped at UCLA, where she was a three-time All-American and a member of UCLA's NCAA Division I National Championship Team in 2004. That year, she finished the campaign with a broken right hand, but still helped the Bruins to a national runner up finish in the 4x100 relay. Roseby also competed in the 100-meter hurdles and was a part of the 4x400 relay team that set a school record of 3:27.57 in qualifying. Roseby was ranked no. 14 in the US and in the top 50 in the world in the 100-meter hurdles at seasons end. For her efforts, head coach Bob Kersee honored Roseby by making her the recipient of the Gail Devers Most Inspirational Athlete Award after the 2004 campaign. Before becoming a Bruin, the sprinter was a two-time California State Champion while at Monterey High School. During her time with the Toreadores, she earned Prep All-American honors on the track. Roseby earned her Bachelors of Arts in Sociology with a specialization in Diversified Liberal Arts from UCLA in 2005. Roseby resides in Metairie, Louisiana.

Eggerth spent nine years in a highly-successful stint as an assistant coach at Kennesaw State University. Eggerth specialized in coaching sprinters, mid-dist...

Nussa was heavily involved with the IU Run Club, wearing multiple hats during his tenure with the organization. He was an athlete for three years, competing in multiple National Championships. He also served as the president of the club for two years, while also coaching the team for one year. As an athlete, Nussa placed third at the 2012 NIRCA Cross Country National Championship in 2012 while helping his team finish second in the event. During the 2012 season, he also served as the coach of the team. He posted a time of 25:12 during the 2011 NIRCA Cross Country National Championship for Cross Country in Charlotte, N.C., in 2011, leading his team to a sixth place finish. In 2011 and 2012, he was a member of the IU Run Club squad that earned NIRCA Cross Country Regional Championships. In addition to his accolades as athlete/coach for the men during the 2012 season, Nussa also coached the women to a second place finish at the NIRCA Cross Country Regional Championship and a fifth place finish at the national championship in 2012. One year later, his squad notched five second place finishes at the 2013 NIRCA Road and Track National Championship. At Tulane, Nussa will assist Peterson and his staff during practice, while also working on practice preparation, travel accommodations, home meet management and recruiting in addition to collaborating with the preparation of the Tulane Athletics 5K. Nussa has been accepted into the Freeman School of Business at Tulane.

Fraley's watch, she qualified for the 2013 and 2014 NCAA Indoor National Championship. Van Meter also won the Gold Medal during the 2014 Conference USA Indoor Championships. In Fraley's first year with the program, Estefany Cruz qualified for the 2012 NCAA Indoor National Championship in the triple jump. A guru in the pole vault, Fraley's athletes have rewritten the indoor record books in the event in which Fraley won three NCAA National Championships. Van Meter, Mary Carson Pitts (3.84 meters or 12' 7.25"), Joanna Lapucha and Jessica Knierim (tied at 3.80 meters or 12' 5.5") hold down the top three spots in the event during the indoor campaign. During the outdoor season, Fraley has left his mark on both the men's and the women's program, as 16 women and six men owe their top ten marks in the Tulane record books to the tutelage of Fraley. Van Meter broke the school record in the pole vault in 2013, clearing 4.11 meters (13' 5.75"), while also earning the gold medal at the Conference USA Outdoor Championships, and placing 19th at the NCAA Outdoor National Championships, marking the first Tulane athlete to compete in the same event at the NCAA Indoor and Outdoor Championships in the same season since 2001. Lapucha also jumped a 3.92 meter jump (12' 10.5"), good for the silver medal at the C-USA Championships, qualifying her for the NCAA East Regionals while also qualifying for the postseason in 2014 with a leap of 3.98 meters (13' 0.75") for the Silver Medal at the C-USA Championships. Cruz posted three-consecutive trips NCAA Outdoor Regional appearances under Fraley's watch from 2012-14. Fraley was also directly responsible for Devon Breaux's history-making success when he earned a Silver Medal in the long jump and a bronze medal in the high jump at the 2013 Conference USA Outdoor Championships on his way to being named the Male Freshman of the Meet before becoming the first male Tulane athlete - along with discus thrower Thomas Lynch - to qualify for an NCAA Regional, as he competed in Greensboro, N.C., in the long jump. Breaux made a second appearance to the NCAA East Regionals in 2014 in the long jump, becoming the first male Tulane track and field athlete to compete in back-to-back regionals. In addition to Cruz, three other Tulane jumpers on the women's side qualified for the 2014 NCAA East Regionals in Lapucha, Pitts and Tamika Brazzel, meaning four of the record-setting seven who qualified for the postseason were under Fraley's watch. In 2012, three of his athletes - Lapucha, Cruz and Zandria Debowles - scored points for the women's squad during the Conference USA Indoor Championships, while Katelyn Price in the high jump joined Cruz and Lapucha in scoring points during the C-USA Outdoor Championships. Fraley's athletes built on a strong 2012 to post serious results at the Conference USA Indoor Championships in 2013, where Van Meter, Lapucha and Knierim all scored in the pole vault, Cruz, Briana Santiago and Tamika Brazzel scored points in the triple jump and Tiffany Kenney scored in the pentathlon. Brazzel scored in the triple jump and the long jump during the 2013 C-USA Outdoor Championships, while Van Meter, Lapucha and Cruz all scored points in their specialties. Following the 2013 season, Fraley's work with Brazzel over the course of the season allowed her to medal in both the long jump and the triple jump at the 2013 Junior Nationals in Des Moines, Iowa. Even with the recent success Fraley has had with Tulane, he is certainly no stranger to the program. Fraley spent one season with the Green Wave as a volunteer pole vault coach under former head coach Ron Bazil in 1996-97. During that season, he coached Robbie Manard, the 1997 Conference USA Championship pole vault champion, and helped him set the school record in the event with a height of 16'8 ¾" that still stands to this date. Fraley has been a staple on the New Orleans track and field scene, coaching with various high school and club organizations, along with officiating in the area, for the last 18 plus years. His pupils have gone on to win 18 LHSAA State Championships in the pole vault, and claim multiple long jump, triple jump and high jump titles. Fraley has seen four of his understudies win USATF or AAU National titles and many others have enjoyed success on a national level. Prior to joining Tulane, Fraley coached at the high school level, working with student-athletes from many of the area's top programs. Before she competed during her freshman year at North Carolina - and ultimately transferring to Tulane - Fraley coached Van Meter at Country Day High School to a nation's best clearance of 4.17 meters (13' 8.25") in the pole vault in 2010, a mark which won her the LHSAA 1A State Championship and set the state record. Dalton Duvio of John Curtis High School - and currently of Stanford University - was a two-time state champion in the pole vault and ranked sixth nationally in the event in 2011 with a vault of 5.20 meters (17'1"). Dalton's brother, Dylan - who will also join Stanford University - finished as the LHSAA Division II State Champion at the State Outdoor Meet with a jump of 5.08 meters (16' 8") that he achieved with the help of Fraley. Kyle Rose - a graduate of Jesuit and former LSU Tiger pole vaulter - and Caitlyn Rodrigue - formerly of Dominican and LSU - were also mentored by Fraley over the course of the last few years. During his tenure as a high school coach, the Fresno, Calif., native was instrumental in the success of over 15 student-athletes, allowing them the opportunity to compete at the collegiate level. His pupils have earned scholarships to schools on both the east and west coasts, including schools like Tulane, Chicago, LSU, Georgia, Yale, Stanford, Southeastern Louisiana, North Carolina and Harvard. Before moving to New Orleans to open the Spine Care Center of Metairie in 1995, Fraley spent a one-year stint as an assistant coach at his alma mater of Fresno State under his father and legendary track and field coach, Bob Fraley. As a student-athlete at Fresno State, Fraley won three NCAA National Championships in the pole vault, claiming the 1986 indoor title while winning both the indoor and outdoor titles the following year. He was the Fresno State Athlete of the Year in 1985 and 1986 before sharing the honor with Kevin Sweeney in 1987. In 1993, he was selected to Fresno State University athletic Hall of Fame before entering the Fresno County Hall of Fame in 2004. After college, Fraley continued to compete on a regular basis as a part of the International Association of Athletics Federations Grand Prix circuit and qualified for six USA National Teams. He qualified for multiple World Grand Prix Finals and finished fourth overall at the event in 1987. His personal record was collected in 1992 when he cleared 5.80 meters (19' 0.25") at a competition in Sestriere, Italy. Fraley has remained incredibly active in the development of the sport that he has dedicated his life to performing and teaching. He has been a keynote speaker and is an annual lecturer at the National Pole Vault Summit in Reno, Nev. and has acted as the Master of Ceremonies at the National Pole Vault Summit and the North American Pole Vault Championships, both events which he helped organize. He also continues to contribute to the growth of track and field by serving as a member of the United States Track and Field Pole Vault Development coaching staff, a post he has held since 1995. In addition to his coaching and developmental aspects of the sport, Fraley has remained interested and involved in the physical and mechanical aspects of the sport. He has been fortunate enough to work with some of the world's top coaches and biomechanics from Australia, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Scotland, Sweden, Russia and the United States. He has studied the areas of technique, speed, strength and kinesthetic development and even contributed as the co-author of the pole vault chapter in the "Complete Book of Jumps", which was written by Ed Jacoby and, his father, Bob Fraley. Fraley is married to the former Erica Bartolina, a 2008 Olympic pole vaulter. The couple resides in Hammond, La.

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Peterson has given the Tulane track and field program a shot in the arm, making them a player on the national scene. Under his watch, Tulane has qualified athletes for NCAA National Championship meets during four of his five outdoor campaigns as well as the last three indoor seasons. In 2013, pole vaulter Merritt Van Meter earned All-American status in Eugene, Ore., during the outdoor season, just one year after Ana Ruzevic became only the third Greenie to earn All-American status in back-to-back seasons when she did so in 2011 and 2012 in the javelin. On the regional level, at least three of Peterson's athletes have qualified for a regional meet during every outdoor season on the women's side, including a record seven during the 2014 season. Peterson made history in 2013, when Devon Breaux (long jump) and Thomas Lynch (discus) became the first Tulane male track and field athletes to qualify for a regional in the history of the program. Breaux qualified again in 2014, marking the first time a male track and field athlete made back-to-back appearances at the regional level. Four of Peterson's athletes - Daliadiz Ortiz in the javelin during the 2014 outdoor season, Van Meter during the 2013 outdoor season and the 2014 indoor season, Ruzevic in the 2012 and 2011 outdoor seasons and Jamie Riles in the 400 meter during the 2011 outdoor season - have claimed six Conference USA Championships. During the 2014 C-USA Indoor Championships, Estefany Cruz and Tamika Brazzel earned the Silver and Bronze Medals, respectively, in the women's triple jump, while Taylor Potts picked up a Bronze Medal as a true freshman in the shot put. Senior Joanna Lapucha medaled for the third time during the C-USA Outdoor Championships in 2014, picking up the Bronze Medal in the pole vault. During the 2013 C-USA Outdoor Championships, Lapucha (pole vault) earned a Silver Medal behind Van Meter's performance, while Lynch earned a Bronze Medal on the men's side. Breaux - who missed the early part of the 2013 outdoor season while working with the Tulane football team during spring camp - took the 2013 C-USA Outdoor Championships by storm, earning a Silver Medal in the long jump and a Bronze Medal in the high jump, along with scoring points for the team in the 4 x 100 meter relay. For his efforts, Breaux was named the Male Freshman of the Meet, becoming the first Tulane athlete to win a C-USA specialty award since Gloria Asumnu did so in 2008, while also becoming the first Tulane male athlete to win a C-USA award since Solomon Kandie and Erik Emilsson did so in 2001. Oddly enough, Emilsson transferred to UCLA after Hurricane Katrina and finished his career under Peterson's watch, earning All-American honors in the steeplechase. Prior to Peterson's arrival, Tulane's teams were often one-dimensional, usually only scoring points at the Conference USA Championships in a specialized area. However, Peterson has directed squads that have notched points in a number of different events. When he first arrived, only the sprinters and relay teams scored points during 2010 C-USA Outdoor Championship. By the 2011 indoor season, Peterson's teams were scoring points in sprints, relays, distance and jumps, while adding points in the throws portion of the meet the following outdoor season. With the hard work and dedication of the Tulane student-athletes, each of Peterson's teams have improved from the previous season. During the 2014 C-USA Indoor Championships, the women's team scored 53 points for a sixth-place tie, the highest place the Green Wave had finished in ten years. With the success at the conference, regional and national levels, it comes as no surprise that the Tulane track and field record book has virtually been rewritten over the course of Peterson's tenure. Fifty-two slots are occupied by Peterson's student-athletes in the top 10 of the 19 events during the women's indoor season, 23 of which are in the top five, all time. On top of this astonishing number, Van Meter (4.27 meters or 14') and Paige Callahan (16:59.70) have broken the school record in the pole vault and 5,000 meters, respectively. The women's outdoor record book has an even greater number of Peterson's student-athletes occupying the top 10 slots, with 65 total placements that can be directly attributed to him. In 2010, Rebecca Coady notched a school-record 3,000 meter steeplechase time of 10:49.45, while Ruzevic's 51.37 meter (168' 6") javelin toss in 2011, Van Meter's 4.11 meter (13' 5.75") pole vault in 2013 and Tamika Brazzel's 14.31 time in the 100 meter hurdles in 2014 now stand as the top marks in school history in their respective events. On the men's side, Peterson has worked at rebuilding an outdoor program that was reinstated in 2008 after participating in 2005 before temporarily disbanding due to Hurricane Katrina. Since taking over as the director of track and field, 39 spots in the record book are held by male student-athletes, including the top marks in the discus - a 51.81 meter (169' 11") throw by Lynch in 2013 - and the decathlon - a 5,615 point score from Garrett Myer in 2012. Lynch's record bested the previous mark that was originally set in 1939 by Millard White and tied in 2000 by Tulane legend Nathan Junius. The entire program has grown and prospered in the classroom, as well. The men's and women's track and field programs each earned All-Academic accolades from the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association in 2011, 2012 and 2014. Additionally, the women's cross country program earned All-Academic honors from the USTFCCCA in 2013 and 2014 while the men's cross country program picked up their second All-Academic status from the organization in 2014, as they also earned the distinction in 2011. Individually, sprinter Kasey Rodgers was named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team in 2012 after boasting a solid season on the track and in the classroom. In 2014, a program-high three individuals earned USTFCCCA All-Academic honors, as Van Meter, Ortiz and Lapucha all picked up the accolades. Before joining the Green Wave, Peterson was a highly successful coach at UCLA for 16 seasons. While in Westwood, Calif., Peterson was an integral part of the Bruins 2004 NCAA Outdoor National Championship team, while also aiding in winning Pac-10 Outdoor Championships in 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004. During that ten year stretch, the team posted ten top 3 finishes in the NCAA. During the indoor season, the 2000 and 2001 UCLA women's squads won NCAA Indoor National Championships with the help of Peterson. Individually, Peterson mentored Karen Hecox-Candaele - a five-time All-American - to an NCAA National Championship in the 3,000 meters (9:22.63) during the 1994 outdoor season, while Lena Nilsson won an NCAA National Championship in the 1,500 meter (4:12.60) during the 2002 outdoor season and added another in the 800 meters (2:05.13) during the 2003 indoor season under Peterson's watch. The 2002 distance medley team that starred Nilsson - a seven-time All-American and a two-time Pac-10 Female Athlete of the Year - won an NCAA National Championship during the 2002 season with a time of 10:58.19, as well. Peterson also coached Hecox-Candaele to an eighth-place finish in the 1500 meter final at the U.S. Olympic Trials in 2000. Ysanne Williams (six-time All-American), Tiffany Burgess (three-time All-American), Ashley Caldwell (five-time All-American) and Beth Bartholomew (two-time All-American) were also Bruins who earned multiple All-American honors due to Peterson's tutelage. In addition to his assisting with the women's success, Peterson was an immeasurable asset to the men's squad. The UCLA men's teams sent three individuals from the distance program to the 2008 NCAA Outdoor Championships and four in the NCAA Indoor Championship with 10 student-athletes participating in the NCAA Regional meet. Peterson had six steeplechasers qualify for regionals, which was tied for No. 1 in the country for single event qualifiers. He also coached freshman Dylan Knight to a UCLA freshman class record in the steeplechase and a 10th-place finish at the World Junior Championships. In 2008, he coached athletes to four UCLA all-time top-10 marks and a UCLA record in the indoor 3000m for Austin Ramos. Ben Aragon, Martell Munguia and Jon Rankin earned All-American honors on the 2005 NCAA Indoor runner-up distance medley relay team with Peterson as coach. Munguia also added individual honors in the 800 meter along with Erik Emilsson in the steeplechase. Marlon Patterson, Laef Barnes and Cory Primm earned indoor All-American honors in 2008, while Henry Hagenbuch earned outdoor honors in the steeplechase. All in all, Peterson's student-athletes racked up 40 All-American honors during the track and field and cross countries seasons at UCLA. While working closely with the track and field squads, Peterson was the head coach of the Bruin cross country program, turning them into a Pac-10 Conference and national p ower. His men's team advanced to the NCAA championship as an at large in 2006 after the program's highest Pac 10 finish in a decade. The Bruins were back in the NCAA championship team competition in 2008 placing 26th in the nation, while three of student-athletes from the men's team qualified for the NCAA as individuals in 2007. Peterson has trained and coached with some of the top distance coaches in the world, including Mike Manley (1972 U.S. Olympian in the steeplechase), former Oregon head coach Bill Dellinger (three-time Olympian in the 5000m), Luiz de' Olivera, who tutored Joaquim Cruz to the 1984 Olympic 800m gold medal and Larsen, who coached the U.S. men's distance corps at the 2004 Olympic Games. Before his arrival at UCLA, Peterson was the graduate assistant strength and conditioning coach at Oregon for the 1992-93 season. He also spent two seasons as an assistant track and field and cross country coach at Rancho Bernardo High School in San Diego. A star student-athlete himself, Peterson was a four-time letterman in track and field and a two-time letterman in cross country at Oregon from 1987-90. Peterson was a member of the 1989 Pac-10 Championship cross country team that was the NCAA Runner Up. He earned All-American honors in 1988, he was a two-time Olympic Trials qualifier in the 1500m (1988, 1992), running a personal best 1:49.78 in the 800m and 3:41.03 in the 1500m. For his stellar campaign in 1988, he was honored by the Ducks' track and field program as the most improved athlete of the year. During his prep years, Peterson was the 1985 Oregon State high school 800m champion and earned All-America honors in the 1500m and mile at North Eugene High School in his native Eugene, Oregon. Peterson resides in New Orleans.