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University of Virginia Men's Cross Country
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University of Virginia

University of Virginia Men's Cross Country

NCAA Division 1 Charlottesville, VA Public

Academic Snapshot

Acceptance Rate

17%

Avg SAT

1,488

Avg ACT

34

Enrollment

17,315

Team Information

Sport

Cross Country

Gender

Men's

Division

NCAA Division 1

Location

Charlottesville, VA

Now Evaluating

Class of 2026 Class of 2027 Class of 2028 Class of 2029

Coaching Staff (7)

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Bryan Fetzer

Head Coach

Fetzers arrival, either the UVA men or women have won the NCAA Southeast Regional Championship. In indoor track and field, the Cavalier men have finished third at the ACC Championships, tied for the programs best-ever finish, each of the last two years, while in outdoors, UVA has placed in the top three at ACCs in three of Fetzers five seasons. Under the guidance of Fetzer, the Cavaliers have produced two national champions, 63 All-Americans, including 21 first-team honorees, 33 ACC champions, 25 school records and 26 school freshman records.  Before coming to Charlottesville, Fetzer was an assistant coach and rectruiting coordinator at Harvard where he helped the Crimson bring in the No. 5 mens track and field recruiting class in 2011, according to Track and Field News. Fetzer had assistant coach stops at Mississippi State (2007-10), California (2004-07) and Ball State (2003-04) after a five-year stint as the director of track and field/cross country at Gardner-Webb, where he oversaw the Runnin Bulldogs transition from Division II to Division I.  Fetzers coaching career began at Ranger College in Ranger, Texas, as a track and field and football coach. During his tenure, the womens program became a national junior college power, placing second during the 1999 indoor and outdoor seasons and finishing no lower than 11th at the NJCAA Championships in his four years. Ranger student-athletes captured eight NJCAA National Championships and secured 65 All-America citations. In addition to his work with collegiate athletes, Fetzer has consulted and worked on speed/power development and strength training with several professional athletes in the NFL, MLB, Arena Football League, WNBA and WUSA. Fetzer has also served on several national staffs for various countries for the World Junior Championships, the Commonwealth Games, the NACAC Under-23 Championships and the World University Games. He also served as the secretary for the US Womens Coaches Association from 1999-2005. Fetzer earned a bachelors degree in physical education from Canisius College, where he was a four-year letterman and senior captain for the football team. He holds a masters degree in physical education from Tarleton State University in Stephenville, Texas. The Virginia men's cross country team qualified for the NCAA Championships after placing second... The Virginia women's cross country team finished sixth at the NCAA Southeast Regional... The Virginia men's and women's cross country teams host the NCAA Southeast Regional Championships... The Cavaliers schedule includes 10 indoor meets and nine outdoor meets, including three in... The No. 12 Virginia mens cross country team had four top-13 finishers on the way to... The Virginia womens cross country team placed 10th at the ACC Championships Friday (Oct.... The Virginia mens and womens cross country teams will compete at the ACC... The No. 22 Virginia womens cross country team finished 18th at the Pre-National...

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Kat Barnes

Assistant Coach

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Mario Wilson

Assistant Coach

Wilson was the 2010 United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) Southeast Region Assistant Coach of the Year and has been part of two Mid-Atlantic Region Coaching Staffs of the Year and seven conference coaching staffs of the year. In 2016, Wilson guided Christian Lavorgna to a second-place finish in the decathlon at the ACC Outdoor Championships. He mentored Jack Lint to a school record in the heptathlon and Bridget Guy to the indoor and outdoor pole vault school marks. Guy took home second-team All-ACC honors in both seasons, while Caitlin Mautz was a second-team performer in the womens javelin. In addition, Lavorgna and Cam Collins both broke the 7,000-point mark in the decathlon at the Virginia Challenge. In 2015, Wilson led mens triple jumper Ryan Satchell and mens javelin thrower Kyle Smith to qualify for the NCAA Outdoor Championship. In addition, Jack Lint set the school freshman record in the decathlon.  In 2014, Wilson directed two ACC champions and first-team All-Americans. Mens triple-jumper Ryan Satchell and womens triple-jumper Dallas Rose each won the ACC championship at the outdoor meet and finished seventh at the NCAA Outdoor Championships. In his first season at Virginia, Wilson coached four All-ACC honorees, including NCAA Indoor Qualifier Dallas Rose in the womens triple jump and NCAA Outdoor Qualifier Abbey Karin in the womens javelin. Wilson came to Virginia after four years as an assistant at Clemson, where he mentored Miller Moss to the 2011 NCAA indoor national championship in the heptathlon as well as 13 additional All-Americans. Moss went on to earn a bronze medal at the 2011 USATF Championships. Wilson helped guide the Tigers to six Atlantic Coast Championship titles, including 10 individual conference champions, and to a fourth-place finish at the 2012 NCAA Outdoor Championships. Prior to Clemson, Wilson was an assistant at New Mexico from 2007-09, where he tutored four All-Americans and nine NCAA participants, including Katie Coronado, who was the national runner-up in the javelin in 2008. He helped lead Bucknell to 10 Patriot League cross country and track and field team championships from 2002 to 2007. At Bucknell, he coached an NCAA finalist in the womens pole vault, 11 NCAA East Regional qualifiers and 25 individual Patriot League champions. Wilson graduated from Marist in 1998 with a degree in psychology. He earned a masters degree in education in 2004 from St. Francis (PA), where he began his collegiate coaching career. From 1998-2002, St. Francis won seven Northeast Conference team titles and Wilson coached 32 school record holders. Wilson was a standout football player at Marist, where he was a four-year starter and was named the 1998 Marist College Sportsman of the Year. The Virginia men's cross country team qualified for the NCAA Championships after placing second... The Virginia women's cross country team finished sixth at the NCAA Southeast Regional... The Virginia men's and women's cross country teams host the NCAA Southeast Regional Championships... The Cavaliers schedule includes 10 indoor meets and nine outdoor meets, including three in... The No. 12 Virginia mens cross country team had four top-13 finishers on the way to... The Virginia womens cross country team placed 10th at the ACC Championships Friday (Oct.... The Virginia mens and womens cross country teams will compete at the ACC... The No. 22 Virginia womens cross country team finished 18th at the Pre-National...

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Martin Maric

Assistant Coach

Maric works primarily as the Cavaliers throws coach. Marics group had a stellar 2015 season, which earned him USTFCCCA Southeast Region Mens Assistant Coach of the Year honors. He guided the throwers to six NCAA Championship entries during the outdoor season, as Jordan Young was the only male to compete in three individual events in Eugene. Young earned first-team All-America honors in both the discus and hammer throw, while Filip Mihlajevic finished third in the discus. The Cavaliers broke four school records during the outdoor season, with Mihlajevic setting the marks in the shot put and discus, Young in the hammer throw and Christine Bohan in the womens shot put. During the indoor season, Young had a fourth-place finish in the weight throw at the NCAA Championships. Between the indoor and outdoor seasons, Mihaljevic and Young won a combined four ACC Championships.  In 2014, Maric coached Mihaljevic, the ACC Outdoor Track & Field Freshman of the Year. Mihaljevic won the ACC Outdoor Championship in the discus and earned first-team All-American honors in both the shot put and discus. Maric is the Croatian national record holder in the discus and he represented his home country in the discus at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing and the 2012 Games in London. He finished 29th in 2008 before placing 17th in 2012. He was named Croatian Athlete of the Year for this efforts in London. He also represented Croatia at the 2011 World Championships in Dague, South Korea, and at the 2007 and 2009 World University Games. At the University of California, Maric was the NCAA Champion in the discus in 2009, as well as an All-American in the discus in 2008 and the javelin in 2007. Maric spent the springs of 2010 and 2011 as a volunteer assistant coach at the University of Florida and served as an assistant coach at the ASK Split Athletic Club in his native Split, Croatia. Maric did not coach during the 2016 season while working for the University's IM-Rec department. Maric graduated from California with a bachelors degree in political economy of industrial societies in 2009. The Virginia men's cross country team qualified for the NCAA Championships after placing second... The Virginia women's cross country team finished sixth at the NCAA Southeast Regional... The Virginia men's and women's cross country teams host the NCAA Southeast Regional Championships... The Cavaliers schedule includes 10 indoor meets and nine outdoor meets, including three in... The No. 12 Virginia mens cross country team had four top-13 finishers on the way to... The Virginia womens cross country team placed 10th at the ACC Championships Friday (Oct.... The Virginia mens and womens cross country teams will compete at the ACC... The No. 22 Virginia womens cross country team finished 18th at the Pre-National...

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Willie Randolph

Assistant Coach

Randolph, who works primarily with the Cavalier hurdlers, has 17 years of collegiate coaching experience, including seven years as a head coach. In 2016, Randolph mentored Aisha Naibe-Wey and Heather Smith to second and third-place finishes in the 400m hurdles at the ACC Outdoor Championships. Both student-athletes vaulted their way into the top five on UVAs all-time list. He also coached freshman Kiana Leonard to second on UVAs all-time list in the 100m hurdles. In his first season at Virginia in 2014, Randolph worked with the Cavalier hurdlers, sprinters and relay teams. He coached Drequan Hoskey to All-ACC honors in the indoor 60m hurdles, posting the second-best time in school history. In 2015, he coached Heather Smith as she entered the school top-10 list in the 60m hurdles and 100m hurdles.   Randolph spent the four previous seasons as the head coach of his alma mater, Central Michigan. During his time leading the Chippewas, the program had four All-Americans and 22 school records were broken. He coached 19 individual MAC champions and 47 All-MAC performers. From 2006-09, Randolph was an assistant coach at Louisville. During his tenure, the Cardinals won four Big East team championships and he coached 10 All-Big East performers. Randolph was the head coach at New Orleans for three seasons from 2003-06. He coached 10 Sun Belt Conference champions and 30 All-Sun Belt performers. Prior to arriving at New Orleans, he spent five years as an assistant coach, four at Belmont and one at Vanderbilt. Randolph was a member of the Division I Track & Field Committee and the USTFCCCA Coaches Committee from 2011-13. He is a USATF Level I and II Certified coach in Jumps/Sprints and Hurdles and a USATF Certified meet official. Virginia rising senior Filip Mihaljevic placed 21st in the shot put at the Rio Olympics Thursday ... A total of 29 Virginia home events and 14 road contests will air on ACC Network Extra, a... Of the nearly 20 representatives from UVA at the Olympic Games in Brazil, two are undergraduates:... Virginia's men's cross country team will host three meets at Panorama Farms in Earlysville. The reigning ACC champion Virginia womens cross country team announced its 2016 schedule... Nine members of the Virginia men's and women's track and field teams were named to the USTFCCCA... Virginia rising senior Henry Wynne won the 1,500 meters at the NACAC Under-23 Championships... Virginia track and field rising senior Filip Mihaljevic and UVA throws coach Kemal Mesic have...

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Pete Watson

Coach

Watsons guidance. In addition, UVAs mens cross country team has qualified for the NCAA Championships, placed first or second at the NCAA Southeast Regional and finished in the top four at the ACC Championships each of four years under Watson.  In 2015-16, the Cavalier distance runners had strong performances throughout the year. The mens cross country team finished third at the ACC meet, second at the NCAA Southeast Regional and 22nd at the national meet in 2015. Henry Wynne and Chase Weaverling each earned All-ACC honors, while the duo plus Zach Herriott and Thomas Madden took home All-Southeast Region accolades. Wynne followed up his best cross country season to date with a stellar 2016 track season, as he captured the NCAA title in the mile during the indoor season and finished third in the 1,500 meters at the NCAA Outdoor Championships. In addition, Wynne captured ACC individual titles in the mile and 1,500m, anchored the distance medley relay to a conference title, placed second in the 3,000 meters and broke four-minutes in the mile at the John Thomas Terrier Invitational in Boston. For his efforts, Wynne was named the ACC Indoor and Outdoor Mens Track Performer of the Year. Outside of Wynne, the distance medley relay earned second-team All-America honors with a 10th-place finish at the NCAA Championships and Adam Visokay earned All-ACC honors in the 3,000m. In the outdoor season, William Gray earned honorable mention All-America and second-team All-ACC honors in the 3,000m steeplechase. In 2014-15, Watson was named the USTFCCCA Southeast Region Coach of the Year after leading the Cavaliers to the NCAA Southeast Region title. During the indoor season, Watson coached the Cavaliers ACC Champion DMR, which also finished sixth at the NCAA Championships. The year concluded with seven Cavalier distance runners qualifying for the NCAA East Preliminaries, including Kyle King, who advanced in the steeplechase, and Wynne in the 1,500m. In 2013-14, Watson mentored King to an 18th-place finish at the NCAA Cross Country Championships, the highest-ever finish for a UVA runner at the meet. King went on to win the 3,000m steeplechase at the ACC Championships and was one of three Virginia distance runners to qualify for NCAAs. In 2012-13, Watson led the Cavaliers to their first NCAA Southeast Regional Championship, with all five members of the scoring team earning All-Southeast Region honors. Before the season, Watson guided King to a second-place finish in the 5,000 meters at the USATF Junior National Championships and an appearance on the U.S. team for the 2012 IAAF World Junior Championships. Overall at Virginia, Watson has coached an NCAA Champion, five ACC Champions, 22 All-Americans and 25 All-ACC honorees. Before coming to Charlottesville, Watson was the head cross country and assistant track and field coach at North Carolina (2009-12), Auburn (2005-08). At UNC, he coached Jake Hurysz to gold in the 5,000m and Issac Presson to silver in the 1,500m for Team USA at the 2011 Pan American Junior Championships. Watson graduated from West Virginia in 2001 and served as volunteer coach there. The London, Ontario, native was a member of the 2000 and 2001 Canadian National Track and Field Team, winning bronze in the 5,000m at the 2001 Canadian Track and Field Championships. The Virginia men's cross country team qualified for the NCAA Championships after placing second... The Virginia women's cross country team finished sixth at the NCAA Southeast Regional... The Virginia men's and women's cross country teams host the NCAA Southeast Regional Championships... The Cavaliers schedule includes 10 indoor meets and nine outdoor meets, including three in... The No. 12 Virginia mens cross country team had four top-13 finishers on the way to... The Virginia womens cross country team placed 10th at the ACC Championships Friday (Oct.... The Virginia mens and womens cross country teams will compete at the ACC... The No. 22 Virginia womens cross country team finished 18th at the Pre-National...

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Vin Lananna

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