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University of Connecticut Women's Track
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University of Connecticut

University of Connecticut Women's Track

NCAA Division 1 Storrs, CT Public

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54%

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1,338

Avg ACT

30

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19,147

Team Information

Sport

Track

Gender

Women's

Division

NCAA Division 1

Location

Storrs, CT

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Bob Goldberg

Head Coach

Goldberg is looking forward to his 29th season at Connecticut, which kicks off its 2016-17 campaign in October. In 2014-15, Goldberg and the Huskies turned in another succesful season, as both the men's and women's teams finished with a winning dual meet record. The UConn men's program boasted a mark of 4-2, while the women's team won five of its six dual meets during the season. Connecticut's successful regular season carried over to the 2015 American Athletic Championships, where several school records were set. Greg Baliko broke the program record in the 200-yard IM with a time of 1:48.14, and he finished as one of nine Huskies to earn 2015 All-Conference honors. As a team, the Huskies earned third place at the Conference Meet. The UConn women's team took down multiple school records on its way to a second-place finish out of six schools. Senior standout Katy Munzenmaier set the program record (1:46.37) in her lead-off of the freestyle relay, while sophomore Tara O'Prey broke the school record in the 100-yard butterfly after swimming it in 55.12 seconds. Munzenmaier and O'Prey were two of nine Huskies to be named to the All-Conference Team. Coach Goldberg has developed a philosophy over the years that has proven to be successful in recruiting a certain type of kid to his program, maintaining a consistent level of performance and helping college swimmers improve throughout the course of their career. "My years of coaching college kids have taught me so many lessons about determining what is important and what is not," says Goldberg. "We all face daily issues that may seem overwhelming at the time, but in the long run they aren't. Learning to differentiate what issues need immediate attention, and what issues can resolve themselves with time and patience is often the differences between a smooth and successful team, and a team that is filled with turmoil. You can make it look easy if you just keep it simple." Coach Goldberg believes there are three areas that swimmers need to focus on, and their consistency in each area will determine their ultimate success. First, academic success should be the first priority, as school is the reason why people come to UConn. Success in the classroom will come from putting in the necessary time every day to get the work done in preparation for the next day. Putting off work that should be done today will only lead to academic failure the next day. The next area of concentration is effort in the pool. "Every day I stress that consistent effort in the pool is the main road to success. One workout won't make you a great swimmer, and one bad practice doesn't make you a failure," says the coach. "It is a string of good or bad practices that will set the tone for your performance when you need to call on your specific skills. If you come to the pool every day with the determination to put in your best effort, you will be successful." The final area of focus is social development, which is often overlooked on many college teams. The social obligation we have to be the best person we can be will certainly affect both your academic performance and athletic success."I want our swimmers to become the best people they can be, from their behavior in the athletic facilities, to their daily interactions in the dorms and classroom setting," says coach. "I love it when a professor stops me on campus and tells me they enjoyed having one of my swimmers in their class." Sometimes it is a bumpy road when learning certain behavioral skills that will dictate our progress and eventual success in the real world. Coach Goldberg's approach has a proven track record of success. In the pool, his teams consistently perform at a very high level in a very competitive environment. Connecticut has always contended at the conference level under Goldberg, finishing each of his 27 seasons with a winning record. He has had swimmers compete at the highest levels in both the United States and abroad. UConn swimmers have participated at the U.S. Olympic Trials, Olympic Games, Senior National Championships, U.S. Opens and Regional Championships. International swimmers at UConn have competed nationally in Canada, Israel, Bulgaria, Ireland, England, Suriname, Jamaica, Germany, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Poland as well as at the European and World Championships. UConn's colors have been well represented across the world, though Coach Goldberg does not take credit for this. "I have been fortunate to have some very talented swimmers in our program, who have gone on to do some great things," says coach. "Their effort and work ethic has been impressive and has resulted in some great performances." Coach Goldberg has spent his entire professional life in aquatics and has worked in just about every level. "Growing up in a YMCA setting and working in a pool or on a waterfront my whole life has gotten me involved in everything with aquatics," says coach. "My knowledge base has been expanded from teaching at every level and in every area, coaching, swimming and diving for so many years in the college setting and running and building pools. Being in the college setting and working with so many people from different backgrounds has opened up my view of the world. It has been a wonderful journey and I am happy to continue." Coach Goldberg spent his early swimming days learning at the YMCA under mentor Bob Rowe. He swam in prep schools under Coach Al Houston before experiencing a college career under legendary coaches Charles Silvia and Charlie Smith at Springfield College. After one year as a public school teacher, Goldberg became an assistant professor and coach at Penn State, where he worked with Lou McNeill. He then spent three years as an administrator and faculty member at N.C. State before coming to UConn to coaching swimming. Goldberg is originally from Watertown, Mass. and has a bachelor's degree in Physical Education from Springfield College and a Master's degree in Biomechanics from Penn State. He is married to Alyce (Parrish) and they have three children, David, Scott and Sarah, and six grandchildren. "Throughout my career I have remembered one quote from a college coaching class that for me has withstood the test of time," says Goldberg. "`You coach people who participate in your sport; you don't simply coach a sport.' Win or lose in the pool, being fortunate to deal with quality people during my time has proven to be the most rewarding experience. I really think my perspective allows me to view the value of how we are doing at a specific time beyond a stop watch or place in a race, and in the context of how the experience relates to student athletes personal growth and development."

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J.J. Clark

Head Coach

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John Bransfield

Head Coach

Bransfield, who was named the 2016 American Athletic Conference Co-Women's Diving Coach of the Year, led six divers on the men's and women's team to the NCAA Zone A Meet last season. Alli Butera reached the NCAA Diving Championships, finishing 34th in the one-meter and 46th in the three-meter. She was named to the 2016 All-Conference team, the sole diver to achieve that distinction last season. Monica Marcello set a new school and pool record by racking up 307.64 points on the one-meter platform against Dartmouth, on her way to being named AAC Female Diver of the Week on February 2 under Bransfield's tutelage. Daniel Kinney was named AAC Male Diver of the Week on December 8. Overall, the UConn men's team finished 3-1 in dual meets, while the women's team finished 1-3. Taryn Urbanus, a three-time All-Conference selection, became the first Husky since Danielle Cecco in 2013 to qualify for the NCAA Diving Championships when she accomplished the feat in 2014. The Quincy, Mass. native competed in both the 1 and 3-meter events at the NCAA's after finishing it the top-three in both at the Zone A Meet. Urbanus was one of six Huskies to reach the NCAA Zone A Meet in 2016. At the 2015 American Athletic Championships, both Urbanus and John Brice earned a spot on the All-Conference Team. Brice finished second in the 1 and 3-meter events at the Conference Meet, while Urbanus placed second in the 1-meter and third in the 3-meter. She was tabbed UConn's Outstanding Diver of the Year at the team banquet following the 2014-15 season. Developing champions is not something new to Bransfield, the 2012 Big East Women's Diving Coach of the Year. In his 38 years of college coaching, he has had many conference champions and at least one conference champion at each and every school that he has worked at, including Army, Maine, Springfield and Northern Michigan. Bransfield has coached several national qualifiers, including a four-time NCAA Division II Champion. In 2003, Melissa Kull became the first Connecticut diver to compete at the NCAA National Championships. Stephen Ferreira (`10) competed at the NCAAs, followed by All-American Danielle Cecco ('13), who competed at the National Championships three straight years, in `11, `12 and `13. With a background which extends beyond the collegiate realm of diving, Bransfield enjoyed many years of success with U.S. Diving as a Junior Olympic coach. He was been recognized by the National Governing body twice in that phase of his career with stipends to work with two U.S Olympic Coaches. Bransfield has considerable experience in the sport away from the pool deck as well. Four times he served on the NCAA Diving Rules Subcommittee, and in the early 90's he was appointed as a Regional Technical Director of United States Diving. While coaching at Army, he hosted numerous clinics for U.S Diving Coaches involving several U.S Olympic Team Coaches. In 1998, he served as the Competition Manager of the Goodwill Games in New York. Bransfield has taught numerous coaching clinics for Grass Roots fundamentals, Spotting Training and Safety Certification. In the summer of 2003, Bransfield spent close to three weeks in the People's Republic of China. The opportunity allowed him to closely observe the training programs at two Provincial sites and attend the Asian Junior Championships. Bransfield is a native of Brooklyn, N.Y., where he received his bachelor's degree from St. Francis College. He earned a master's at Northern Michigan and continued to study biomechanics while coaching at Springfield College. Bransfield and his wife, Ginny, have four sons, and presently reside in Storrs.

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Clive Terrelonge

Associate Head Coach

Terrelonge enters his 13th year with the University of Connecticut Women's Track and Field Team. Terrelonge was an integral part of the Huskies' coaching staff that guided the squad to its third-ever indoor conference championship in 2014.  Since his hire in 2004, the Connecticut program has become an increasing force on the National stage. His sprint/hurdle group has garnered multiple Big East and ECAC titles, as well as NCAA All-America Honors. For his efforts, Terrelonge has been a five time recipient of the USTFCCA North Eastern Region Coach of the Year. In addition to the conference indoor title in 2014, Terrelonge and the Huskies finished second at The American outdoor meet, which was highlighted by a school-record  The 2013 season was a very rewarding year for Coach Terrelonge and his athletes. The Associate Head Coach helped lead the team to second place finishes in both the indoor and outdoor Big East Championships. Indoor saw two of his athletes earn All-American Honors on the DMR. Celina Emerson collected her third All-American honor by running the 400m leg and Ana Groff netted her first All-American honor by running the 800m leg at the NCAA Championships. The sprinters also set new program records in both indoor and outdoor in the 4x400m relay. Emerson helped lead the 4x400m team to the NCAA East Regional along with Tiffany Daley, Paris Taft and Deysha Smith-Jenkins. The quartet ran 3:37.61 at the ECAC Championships, which was a new school record. The 2011-2012 season was no exception to Terrelonge's successful tenure at Connecticut. The Indoor season was highlighted by the Distance Medley Relay, which earned NCAA All American Honors, running 11:10.24to earn eighth place at Nationals. Two-time All American and DMR 400 meter leg, Celina Emerson, followed her successful indoor season by reaching the NCAA East semifinal during the outdoor campaign. Joining Emerson from the sprint/hurdle group, were teammates Ana Groff and Madeline Smith in the 800 and 100H respectively. The outdoor season also included a record breaking 4x400 relay team, to help the Huskies reach an overall 2 place finish at the ECAC championships. 2012 was an exciting year for the Connecticut track and field team as well as for the alumni. Former Husky hurdler, Phylicia George, represented Canada in the Games of the XXX Olympiad. She reached the final of the 100 hurdles running a personal best of 12.65. Coached by Terrelonge during her collegiate career, George made history by becoming the first UConn alumni to reach the Olympic games in the sport. Competing in the 2012 Olympic trials were 2011 graduate Trisha Ann Hawthorne and 2005 graduate April Garner. Both athletes reached the semifinal in their respective events; Hawthorne in 100 m dash for Jamaica and Garner in the 100 Hurdles for the US. The UConn sprinters have been extraordinary since Terrelonge's addition to the program. Between 2005 and 2011 the title of BIG EAST Champion in the 60m and 100m has been in the sole possession of UConn sprinters. The 2010-2011 campaign saw then senior Trisha Ann Hawthorne and freshman teammate Celina Emerson named second team NCAA Indoor All Americans in the 60m dash and 4000m DMR respectively. Emerson became the youngest UConn sprinter to receive All America honors, while Hawthorne added to her already extensive list of accolades. Now graduate Trisha-Ann Hawthorne remains the most decorated sprinter in the history of UConn track and field. She has dominated the sprint events in the BIG EAST, winning an unprecedented 4 straight outdoor titles in the 100m and 200m. She also owns the BIG EAST record for 3 straight indoor victories in the 60m and 200m, tallying an impressive 17 individual titles. Hawthorne's name is cemented on the record board as she holds school records in the short sprint events from the 55m to 200m. She was the first athlete in UConn history to qualify for the NCAA Championships in two sprint events and the first track athlete to earn NCAA All-American honors by placing seventh in the 100m at the 2010 Outdoor NCAA Championships. Hawthorne has represented her native country Jamaica on several occasions beginning in 2008 at the 12th IAAF World Junior Championship in Bydgoszcz, Poland. She went on to earn a silver medal for Jamaica as part of the 4x100 relay at the 2010 NACAC U-23 National Championships. During the indoor 2011 season she competed at the storied Milrose Games as part of the Jamaica vs USA 60m sprint event. Terrelonge also helped guide 2010 graduate Phylicia George to success both regionally and nationally during her career as a Huskie. George was a two time qualifier for the NCAA National Championships, in the 2010 indoor season for the 60H, and in 2009 as part of the Outdoor 4x100 relay team. She currently holds the sprint hurdle records for the 55H, 60H, and 100H. Off the track she received NCAA Academic All-America, and ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District First Team honors. More recently, George represented Canada at the 2011 IAAF World Athletic Championships, placing seventh in the final of the 100H. She competed at the 2009 Canadian World Championship Trials, and the 2008 Canadian Olympic Trials in the 100 hurdles and 200m dash. The 2010 season saw another excellent year for the Huskies and Terrelonge. Once again, Terrelonge was honored as the indoor and outdoor Northeast Region Coach of the Year. The Huskies claimed both the indoor and outdoor ECAC Championships as well as the New England Championships. UConn also placed third in the BIG EAST Indoors while finishing second at the BIG EAST Outdoor Championships. Hawthorne claimed seven titles overall, including four BIG EAST Championships. She was crowned Athlete of the Meet at both ECAC Championships as well as the BIG EAST Outdoor Championships. She then went on to become an NCAA Outdoor All-American in the 100m. The Huskies saw three sprinters qualify for the NCAA Championships. Hawthorne joined Mandela Graves-Fulgham, George and freshman Kristen Brown to compile the NCAA Qualifying 4x100m relay team. In total, UConn saw nine sprinting records broken on the season. During the 2009 season, Terrelonge led four of his athletes to qualify for the NCAA Outdoor National Championship in their individual events. At the Regional meet with Terrelonge coaching five of the ten total athletes representing UConn, the program recorded its best finish in school history. Earlier that season, the Huskies won their second consecutive ECAC Championship title. Hawthorne was named ECAC Most Outstanding Performer of the Meet, while just two weeks earlier she had been dubbed BIG EAST Outdoor Championship Track Performer of the Meet. At Sea Ray Relays, Coach Terrelonge's 4x200 led the UConn team with a win and then season best time. A short two weeks later, at the historic Penn Relays, the 4x200 team bettered their time, which eventually earned them a ninth place National ranking as released by Track & Field News. The 4x100 team also met success as they became the first in program history to make the "Championship of America" final. During the indoor campaign, UConn defended its title as BIG EAST Champions as Hawthorne won both the 60m and 200m, while Graves-Fulgham broke her own school record to claim the 400m title. In the process, both gained a berth to the NCAA National Championship. With two champions in three events, and four athletes in the finals of the 60m dash, Terrelonge's sprinters amassed over 50-percent of the team's total BIG EAST points. Terrelonge and the Huskies had an outstanding year in 2008. En route to the Huskies' first ECAC Outdoor Championship title, his sprint group led the way accounting for nearly half the Huskies' points. At the conclusion of the season, four new school records were set. The 2008 indoor season proved to be historic as UConn pulled off the "triple crown" in the championship season, winning the New England, BIG EAST and ECAC Championship titles. It was the team's first ever BIG EAST Indoor title, their second consecutive ECAC crown and their third straight New England Championship victory. At the conclusion of that historic season, the program was recognized by the USTFCCA with Northeast Head Coach, Assistant Coach and Field Athlete of the Year honors in Bill Morgan, Clive Terrelonge, and Tamara Highsmith, respectively. Terrelonge and the Huskies performed well during the outdoor campaign in 2007, where five of the Husky sprinters competed in the NCAA Regionals. The 2006-07 squad captured two titles during the indoor season; the ECAC and the New England Championship titles. The Huskies were third at the BIG EAST Championship, which was the highest finish in school history before the UConn victory in 2008. In recognition of his achievements, Terrelonge was named one of the United States Emerging Elite Coaches and was selected to participate in the United States Track and Field (USATF) Elite Men's and Women's event camps, which were held at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, Calif. July 14-19, 2007. In 2006, Terrelonge coached fourteen athletes to New England Championship titles, and ten athletes to All-BIG EAST status. He finished the season with four athletes competing at the USA Jr. Championship most notably Graves-Fulgham who finished as a finalist in the 400m. During Terrelonge's first year with the University of Connecticut program, he wasted no time in making an impact. In 2005, he led current volunteer coach, April Garner, to new and presently unbroken school records in the high hurdle events. That year she was the BIG EAST runner up in the 60 hurdles and 100 hurdles, following her ECAC indoor hurdle title from the previous year. As a post collegiate, she competed on an international level under the leadership of Terrelonge. During that time she reached the 2008 and 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials, 2006 and 2007 US Indoor National Championship 60 hurdle finals. Prior to coming to UConn, Terrelonge worked at Brown University and his alma mater, Lincoln University in Pennsylvania. While at Brown, he helped guide the team to a second place finish in the Ivy League in 2004. Over the two years he served at Brown, his sprinters broke two school records that stood for over ten years in the 100 and the 110 hurdles. In 2004, Brown had its first women's Ivy League 100m champion over six years. At Lincoln, Terrelonge helped lead the women's squad to a NCAA Division III Championship and produced eight All-American sprinters/hurdlers that year. During his time as an assistant coach, the men captured six NCAA indoor and outdoor titles and two runner-up trophies. The men's sprinters also set five NCAA records and earned over sixty All-America honors. As a collegiate competing for Lincoln University, Terrelonge earned 19 Division III All-America honors in the 400m, 800m and 4x400 relay. He is a former NCAA two-time 400m champion, three-time 800m champion, and still holds the 800m NCAA Division III outdoor record. He was an accomplished professional athlete as a World Champion and two-time Olympian for Jamaica. Terrelonge was inducted into the NCAA Division III Track and Field Hall of Fame at the NCAA Division III Outdoor National Track and Field Championship Banquet in Waverly, Iowa on Wednesday, May 25, 2005. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in health and physical education from Lincoln in 1994. Terrelonge currently resides in Storrs, Conn. Clive Terrelonge Position: Associate Head Coach Associate Head Coach Clive Terrelonge enters his 13th year with the University of Connecticut Women's Track and Field Team. Terrelonge was an integral part of the Huskies' coaching staff that guided the squad to its third-ever indoor conference championship in 2014.  Since his hire in 2004, the Connecticut program has become an increasing force on the National stage. His sprint/hurdle group has garnered multiple Big East and ECAC titles, as well as NCAA All-America Honors. For his efforts, Terrelonge has been a five time recipient of the USTFCCA North Eastern Region Coach of the Year. In addition to the conference indoor title in 2014, Terrelonge and the Huskies finished second at The American outdoor meet, which was highlighted by a school-record  The 2013 season was a very rewarding year for Coach Terrelonge and his athletes. The Associate Head Coach helped lead the team to second place finishes in both the indoor and outdoor Big East Championships. Indoor saw two of his athletes earn All-American Honors on the DMR. Celina Emerson collected her third All-American honor by running the 400m leg and Ana Groff netted her first All-American honor by running the 800m leg at the NCAA Championships. The sprinters also set new program records in both indoor and outdoor in the 4x400m relay. Emerson helped lead the 4x400m team to the NCAA East Regional along with Tiffany Daley, Paris Taft and Deysha Smith-Jenkins. The quartet ran 3:37.61 at the ECAC Championships, which was a new school record. The 2011-2012 season was no exception to Terrelonge's successful tenure at Connecticut. The Indoor season was highlighted by the Distance Medley Relay, which earned NCAA All American Honors, running 11:10.24to earn eighth place at Nationals. Two-time All American and DMR 400 meter leg, Celina Emerson, followed her successful indoor season by reaching the NCAA East semifinal during the outdoor campaign. Joining Emerson from the sprint/hurdle group, were teammates Ana Groff and Madeline Smith in the 800 and 100H respectively. The outdoor season also included a record breaking 4x400 relay team, to help the Huskies reach an overall 2 place finish at the ECAC championships. 2012 was an exciting year for the Connecticut track and field team as well as for the alumni. Former Husky hurdler, Phylicia George, represented Canada in the Games of the XXX Olympiad. She reached the final of the 100 hurdles running a personal best of 12.65. Coached by Terrelonge during her collegiate career, George made history by becoming the first UConn alumni to reach the Olympic games in the sport. Competing in the 2012 Olympic trials were 2011 graduate Trisha Ann Hawthorne and 2005 graduate April Garner. Both athletes reached the semifinal in their respective events; Hawthorne in 100 m dash for Jamaica and Garner in the 100 Hurdles for the US. The UConn sprinters have been extraordinary since Terrelonge's addition to the program. Between 2005 and 2011 the title of BIG EAST Champion in the 60m and 100m has been in the sole possession of UConn sprinters. The 2010-2011 campaign saw then senior Trisha Ann Hawthorne and freshman teammate Celina Emerson named second team NCAA Indoor All Americans in the 60m dash and 4000m DMR respectively. Emerson became the youngest UConn sprinter to receive All America honors, while Hawthorne added to her already extensive list of accolades. Now graduate Trisha-Ann Hawthorne remains the most decorated sprinter in the history of UConn track and field. She has dominated the sprint events in the BIG EAST, winning an unprecedented 4 straight outdoor titles in the 100m and 200m. She also owns the BIG EAST record for 3 straight indoor victories in the 60m and 200m, tallying an impressive 17 individual titles. Hawthorne's name is cemented on the record board as she holds school records in the short sprint events from the 55m to 200m. She was the first athlete in UConn history to qualify for the NCAA Championships in two sprint events and the first track athlete to earn NCAA All-American honors by placing seventh in the 100m at the 2010 Outdoor NCAA Championships. Hawthorne has represented her native country Jamaica on several occasions beginning in 2008 at the 12th IAAF World Junior Championship in Bydgoszcz, Poland. She went on to earn a silver medal for Jamaica as part of the 4x100 relay at the 2010 NACAC U-23 National Championships. During the indoor 2011 season she competed at the storied Milrose Games as part of the Jamaica vs USA 60m sprint event. Terrelonge also helped guide 2010 graduate Phylicia George to success both regionally and nationally during her career as a Huskie. George was a two time qualifier for the NCAA National Championships, in the 2010 indoor season for the 60H, and in 2009 as part of the Outdoor 4x100 relay team. She currently holds the sprint hurdle records for the 55H, 60H, and 100H. Off the track she received NCAA Academic All-America, and ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District First Team honors. More recently, George represented Canada at the 2011 IAAF World Athletic Championships, placing seventh in the final of the 100H. She competed at the 2009 Canadian World Championship Trials, and the 2008 Canadian Olympic Trials in the 100 hurdles and 200m dash. The 2010 season saw another excellent year for the Huskies and Terrelonge. Once again, Terrelonge was honored as the indoor and outdoor Northeast Region Coach of the Year. The Huskies claimed both the indoor and outdoor ECAC Championships as well as the New England Championships. UConn also placed third in the BIG EAST Indoors while finishing second at the BIG EAST Outdoor Championships. Hawthorne claimed seven titles overall, including four BIG EAST Championships. She was crowned Athlete of the Meet at both ECAC Championships as well as the BIG EAST Outdoor Championships. She then went on to become an NCAA Outdoor All-American in the 100m. The Huskies saw three sprinters qualify for the NCAA Championships. Hawthorne joined Mandela Graves-Fulgham, George and freshman Kristen Brown to compile the NCAA Qualifying 4x100m relay team. In total, UConn saw nine sprinting records broken on the season. During the 2009 season, Terrelonge led four of his athletes to qualify for the NCAA Outdoor National Championship in their individual events. At the Regional meet with Terrelonge coaching five of the ten total athletes representing UConn, the program recorded its best finish in school history. Earlier that season, the Huskies won their second consecutive ECAC Championship title. Hawthorne was named ECAC Most Outstanding Performer of the Meet, while just two weeks earlier she had been dubbed BIG EAST Outdoor Championship Track Performer of the Meet. At Sea Ray Relays, Coach Terrelonge's 4x200 led the UConn team with a win and then season best time. A short two weeks later, at the historic Penn Relays, the 4x200 team bettered their time, which eventually earned them a ninth place National ranking as released by Track & Field News. The 4x100 team also met success as they became the first in program history to make the "Championship of America" final. During the indoor campaign, UConn defended its title as BIG EAST Champions as Hawthorne won both the 60m and 200m, while Graves-Fulgham broke her own school record to claim the 400m title. In the process, both gained a berth to the NCAA National Championship. With two champions in three events, and four athletes in the finals of the 60m dash, Terrelonge's sprinters amassed over 50-percent of the team's total BIG EAST points. Terrelonge and the Huskies had an outstanding year in 2008. En route to the Huskies' first ECAC Outdoor Championship title, his sprint group led the way accounting for nearly half the Huskies' points. At the conclusion of the season, four new school records were set. The 2008 indoor season proved to be historic as UConn pulled off the "triple crown" in the championship season, winning the New England, BIG EAST and ECAC Championship titles. It was the team's first ever BIG EAST Indoor title, their second consecutive ECAC crown and their third straight New England Championship victory. At the conclusion of that historic season, the program was recognized by the USTFCCA with Northeast Head Coach, Assistant Coach and Field Athlete of the Year honors in Bill Morgan, Clive Terrelonge, and Tamara Highsmith, respectively. Terrelonge and the Huskies performed well during the outdoor campaign in 2007, where five of the Husky sprinters competed in the NCAA Regionals. The 2006-07 squad captured two titles during the indoor season; the ECAC and the New England Championship titles. The Huskies were third at the BIG EAST Championship, which was the highest finish in school history before the UConn victory in 2008. In recognition of his achievements, Terrelonge was named one of the United States Emerging Elite Coaches and was selected to participate in the United States Track and Field (USATF) Elite Men's and Women's event camps, which were held at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, Calif. July 14-19, 2007. In 2006, Terrelonge coached fourteen athletes to New England Championship titles, and ten athletes to All-BIG EAST status. He finished the season with four athletes competing at the USA Jr. Championship most notably Graves-Fulgham who finished as a finalist in the 400m. During Terrelonge's first year with the University of Connecticut program, he wasted no time in making an impact. In 2005, he led current volunteer coach, April Garner, to new and presently unbroken school records in the high hurdle events. That year she was the BIG EAST runner up in the 60 hurdles and 100 hurdles, following her ECAC indoor hurdle title from the previous year. As a post collegiate, she competed on an international level under the leadership of Terrelonge. During that time she reached the 2008 and 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials, 2006 and 2007 US Indoor National Championship 60 hurdle finals. Prior to coming to UConn, Terrelonge worked at Brown University and his alma mater, Lincoln University in Pennsylvania. While at Brown, he helped guide the team to a second place finish in the Ivy League in 2004. Over the two years he served at Brown, his sprinters broke two school records that stood for over ten years in the 100 and the 110 hurdles. In 2004, Brown had its first women's Ivy League 100m champion over six years. At Lincoln, Terrelonge helped lead the women's squad to a NCAA Division III Championship and produced eight All-American sprinters/hurdlers that year. During his time as an assistant coach, the men captured six NCAA indoor and outdoor titles and two runner-up trophies. The men's sprinters also set five NCAA records and earned over sixty All-America honors. As a collegiate competing for Lincoln University, Terrelonge earned 19 Division III All-America honors in the 400m, 800m and 4x400 relay. He is a former NCAA two-time 400m champion, three-time 800m champion, and still holds the 800m NCAA Division III outdoor record. He was an accomplished professional athlete as a World Champion and two-time Olympian for Jamaica. Terrelonge was inducted into the NCAA Division III Track and Field Hall of Fame at the NCAA Division III Outdoor National Track and Field Championship Banquet in Waverly, Iowa on Wednesday, May 25, 2005. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in health and physical education from Lincoln in 1994. Terrelonge currently resides in Storrs, Conn.

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Lisa Misipeka

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Vanessa Phillips Bosshart

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Lindsay Darcy

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Rachel Mathews

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Mike Enright

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