Wake Forest University Women's Cross Country

Hunt guided sophomore Nicole Irving to All-ACC and All-Southeast Region honors for the first time of her career. Additionally, the men's squad placed seventh overall at the ACC Championship meet, where Hunt led junior Garret Drogosch to a career-best 8k time of 23:59.9 at the event en route to an 18th-place finish overall. Both the men's and women's cross country teams also received NCAA Division I All-Academic Status during the 2011 season, and the following four Demon Deacons were named to the All-Academic Cross Country Team: Irving, Drogosch, Paul Loeser and Tom Finneran. In his first season with the Demon Deacons in 2010, Hunt helped the men's cross country team capture a sixth-place finish at the ACC Championships, which was their highest finish since the 2005 season. While at Virginia, Hunt helped to establish the men's and women's distance crew as strong contenders in the ACC. At the 2010 ACC Indoor Championships, Hunt saw the men's and women's distance medley relays sweep the conference titles. During the 2008-09 campaign, Hunt saw the distance medley relay of Andrew Jesien, Meikle Paschal, Lance Roller and Sintayehu Taye earn All-America honors and smash the school record by over 6.5 seconds, with a time of 9:29.86. The mark stood as the fifth fastest time in the country during the 2009 indoor season. Hunt also helped eight athletes earn 14 All-ACC honors on the track. Hunt helped coach the 2007-08 Distance Medley Relay of Alex Tatu, Jordan Orr, Brian Lee and Jesien to the ACC Championship Meet Record, en route to a conference title. In addition, he guided Huma Husain to the fastest 800m performance for a Cavalier in 20 years and saw Andrew Lobb and Orr earn All-ACC honors in the 800m. In 2006-07, he helped the Distance Medley Relay team of Lee, Orr, Tatu and Kevin McHale to All-America honors and had nine All-ACC performers. Throughout his six year tenure at Virginia, the Cavalier men won three ACC titles in cross country and qualified for the NCAA meet during all six seasons, finishing in the top-15 on four different occasions. In 2008, Hunt saw Ryan Foster become the program's first-ever individual ACC Champion, while Emil Heineking - UVa's first two-time cross country All-American - followed that up with his first individual crown in 2009. In addition, the Cavalier women won the Southeast Regional in 2008. Hunt played a large role in the recruiting process at Virginia, both in cross country and track and field. He helped sign multiple National Footlocker finalists, national and state record holders, high school All-Americans and individual state champions from Virginia, Connecticut, Iowa, New York, New Jersey, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Texas. Prior to Virginia, Hunt spent seven successful years at Kent State, where he served as coach for the middle distance runners and long sprinters. He was also an assistant cross country coach. While with the Golden Flashes, the track and field and cross country teams won six Mid-American Conference Championships in five years and sent 11 athletes to the NCAA Championships in 2005. That same year, Hunt's middle distance athletes set five school records, including a 7:26.61 mark in the 4x800m relay in the Championship of America at Penn Relays. Under Hunt's tutelage, Mike Inge, the 2003 800m US Junior National Champion, earned two NCAA All-American honors at 800m, and finished ninth at the 2004 Olympic Trials in the 800m, posting a lifetime best time of 1:47.23. A 1997 Kent State graduate, Hunt captained both the cross country and track teams his senior year. That year he helped the Golden Flashes to a second-place finish at the indoor championships, scoring in the 800m, the mile and the distance medley relay. At the outdoor meet, Hunt scored in the 800m, 1500m and the 1600m relay. He was named to the Academic All-MAC teams in all three seasons. Hunt continued his running career as a member of the Black Squirrel Track Club, posting a career-best 3:57.15 in the Memorial Day Road Mile in 1998. In July of 2005, Hunt married the former Jill Morrill, a member of the first women's MAC Championship track and field team in Kent State history. Jill was also a member of two Illinois state championship cross country teams at Palatine High School. The couple has one daughter, Chloe, and one son, Sebastian. Sebastian was born one week after Hunt's arrival to Wake Forest in the fall of 2010.

Sion helped coach Alyssa Thompson to a third-place finish and All-ACC honors in the heptathlon. Thompson threw a PR in the shot put at the ACC Outdoor Championships and the second-best throw of her career in the javelin helping her earn enough points to take home the bronze medal. Also scoring for the Deacs at the 2014 ACC Championships were Patrick Donelan (Javelin/4th), Mike Belardia (Javelin/5th), Steve Michaelsen (Indoor Shot/6th), Charlie Ionata (Hammer/6th) and Casidy Callahan (Discus/7th). Charlie Ionata won the 2014 U.S. Junior Championship in the 6k hammer throw and represented the United States at the World Junior Championships, placing 20th with a PR of 69.92m/229-4. Ionata is the first athlete Sion coached in an international competition and was Wake's first competitor in the World Junior Championships since Andy Bloom in 1992. Under Sion's guidance, the 2012-13 track & field season was arguably one of the best in recent history for the Deacon throwers. As a true freshman, Jessie Merckle became the first female, Wake Forest athlete to ever win an ACC title in any throwing event. Merckle's ACC winning throw of 49.59m/162-8 in the javelin was just under her school record mark of 50.32m/165-1 that she set earlier in the season at the Wake Forest Open. Including Merckle's ACC performance, the throws squad accounted for one ACC Champion, two All-ACC performers, two school records and three NCAA First Round Qualifiers in 2013. Ben Lincoln joined Merckle in crushing Wake Forest's school record in the javelin with a 75.36m/247-3 bomb. At the conclusion of the 2013 NCAA Championships, Lincoln's mark was the fifth-best throw in the nation and currently ranks him as the second-best javelin thrower in ACC history. Merckle's school record toss ended the 2013 season as the 17th best throw in the NCAA. For the fourth season in a row, Lincoln earned All-ACC honors in the javelin by placing third at the outdoor championships. In addition to Merckle and Lincoln, Patrick Donelan (Javelin/5th), Erika Martin (Javelin/7th & Heptathlon/6th) and Steve Michaelsen (Shot Put/8th) scored at the ACC Outdoor Championships. Michaelsen and Donelan threw far enough to qualify for the NCAA First Round meet in Greensboro, N.C. in the discus and javelin, respectively. At the end of the 2013 season, Ben Lincoln and Steve Michaelsen represented Wake Forest at the USA Outdoor Championships. Lincoln finished 17th in the senior men's javelin, while Michaelsen placed 12th in the junior men's discus. In his first year in Winston-Salem, Sion helped Ben Lincoln break his own school record in the javelin throw twice during the season, with his top mark of 73.23m/240-3 coming at the ACC Championships and resulting in a third-place finish and All-ACC recognition. The 2012 season ended on an equally impressive performance when Lincoln, the Deacons' only participant, represented Wake Forest on the elite national level and placed 14th at the United States Olympic Trials in Eugene, Oregon. This performance followed the NCAA Championships where Lincoln placed 18th, earning him Honorable Mention All-America recognition for the second straight year. In addition to Lincoln, two other throwers scored in the men's javelin at the 2012 ACC outdoor championships. In his first year ever throwing, Patrick Donelan tossed the spear 61.47m/201-8 placing sixth, and Trey Blanton ended his career with an eighth-place finish. During the indoor season, Alex Hill launched the winning throw in the shot put of the heptathlon (13.29m/43-7.25) at the 2012 indoor ACC meet. Under Sion's guidance, the Wake Forest women's squad made significant improvements in 2012. Senior Sarah Brobeck finished fifth in the javelin at the ACC Championships and sophomore Erika Martin placed eighth. Prior to Wake Forest, Sion coached for four years at the University of Chicago. He served as associate head coach for track & field/cross country in his final two seasons after being promoted from assistant coach. In addition to his track & field duties at Chicago, Sion served as the department's Director of Strength and Conditioning. Sion, the 2010 USTFCCCA Midwest Region Women's Assistant Coach of the Year, developed Chicago's throws group into a force on both the conference and Division III national level, accounting for 11 All-America accolades, 23 conference titles and 52 all-conference performances in four short years. His athletes also broke five school and conference records on multiple occasions during his tenure. Before coaching at Chicago, Sion served a one-year stint as a graduate assistant coach at Idaho State University in 2006-07. While at Idaho State, he coached one Big Sky Conference champion, two NCAA West Regional qualifiers, and one All-NCAA West Regional athlete. The ISU throwers broke three school records including the men's indoor and women's outdoor shot put marks. The men's outdoor shot put record, formally held by Sion himself, was also broken during the season. In addition, 10 athletes -- including his brother Jed -- earned All-Big Sky Conference accolades in the throws or multi-events. A native of Pocatello, Idaho, Sion threw the shot put and discus for Georgia Tech from 2001-05 and served as the team's captain in 2005. Upon his graduation, he attended graduate school at Idaho State where he completed his athletic eligibility. During his athletic career, Sion was a two-time NCAA Division I championships qualifier and two-time All-Region shot putter, once at Georgia Tech and once at Idaho State. He earned All-Atlantic Coast Conference honors four times and All-Big Sky Conference recognition once. In 2004, Sion was the ACC shot put champion and was named Georgia Tech's Field MVP. At one point, Sion held the Georgia Tech indoor (18.00m/59-0.75), Georgia Tech outdoor (18.11m/59-5), and Idaho State outdoor (18.34m/60-2) records in the shot put. Sion held the Idaho high school state record in the shot put that he broke in 2001 with a toss of 19.58m/64-3 for 13 years. In the spring of 2005, Sion was recognized as the recipient of Georgia Tech's prestigious Robert Cup. This award is given annually to Tech's top senior student-athlete. Upon graduation, Sion was one of Georgia Tech's recipients of the ACC Postgraduate Scholarship, a distinction awarded to top student-athletes from each ACC institution. Sion graduated with highest honors from Georgia Tech in 2005 with a Bachelor of Science in Management. He then earned his master's degree in Physical Education and Athletic Administration from Idaho State in 2007. In 2013, Sion earned the highest certification offered by both the International Association of Athletic Federations (IAAF) and USA Track & Field (USATF) in coaching education. He is now an IAAF Level V and USATF Level III Coach in the throwing events. In addition, Sion is recognized as a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) and a USA Weightlifting Sports Performance Coach. Sion is married to the former Marcela Tunon, a civil engineer working for Hazen & Sawyer in Greensboro, N.C. The couple resides in Winston-Salem with their three-year-old son, Ezekiel, and their boxer dog, Magnus.

Sullivan's high jumpers and pole vaulters have accounted for one All-American honor, four NCAA East meet qualifiers, one NCAA National Championship qualifier, one All-ACC performer, and four school records. In 2014, Sullivan's vertical jumpers elevated their success to an even higher level than the already impressive 2013 season. Sophomore pole vaulter Sydney White capped off the year for the Demon Deacons by earning All-American honors at the National Championship in Eugene, OR. White's remarkable NCAA run also ended in her breaking the Deacon record twice and improving her personal best to 4.20 meters (13'9.25"). Adding to the incredible 2014 season were the accomplishments of sophomore pole vaulter Michael Cyphers. Cyphers joined the Demon Deacons as a transfer in January 2014. Rapidly improving his personal best height, he captured both the Indoor and Outdoor school records and topped it off by scoring at the ACC Championships. Also scoring for the Demon Deacons at the ACC Championships were Nyki Caldwell (HJ) and Katie Adair (PV). Both Caldwell (2013, 2014) and Adair (2013) took their success to the next level by qualifying to represent Wake Forest at the NCAA East meet Prior to his time at Wake Forest, Sullivan spent two seasons as an assistant coach at the University of Oklahoma. In his two seasons in Norman, Sullivan coached two All-Americans in Alexandra Acker (2012) and Sarah Pappas (2011). Acker finished fifth at the 2012 NCAA Outdoor Championships, earning her first All-American honor and qualifying her for the 2012 Olympic Trials in Eugene, OR. She was the runner-up at the Big 12 outdoor conference meet and finished third in 2011. Acker also holds the Oklahoma program records in both the indoor and outdoor pole vault. Pappas earned All-America honors in the pole vault after finishing eighth at the NCAA Championships in 2011. She took sixth in the event at the Big 12 outdoor meet and seventh indoors. While at West Virginia University, Sullivan coached several All-Big East pole vaulters and qualified two athletes for the NCAA East Regional. Sullivan also helped the WVU program to a third-place finish at the 2009 ECAC Championships, matching the team's second-best finish in program history which was also accomplished in 2006 with Sullivan on staff. Sullivan and the West Virginia staff were named the 2007 Big East Coaching Staff of the Year. Furthermore, in 2009 Sullivan was selected to serve on the Olympic Pole Vault Development Committee. On top of his responsibilities for the Mountaineers, Sullivan also served as the head coach and director of Explosion Athletics Incorporated pole vault club where he coached athletes of many ages. In only four years with the clubs existence in Morgantown, Sullivan's vaulters accumulated five West Virginia state titles and two from Pennsylvania. Sullivan earned a Bachelor and Master of Science Degree in Health and Physical Education from West Virginia University. To elevate his education, Sullivan earned his USATF Level 1 Certification in 2007 and spent part of the 2014 summer earning a USTFCCCA Academy Jumps Specialist Certification under the tutelage of Boo Schexnayder.

Winston enters his first season as an assistant track and field and coach at Wake Forest in 2015-16. Prior to joining the Demon Deacons, Winston spent the 2009-14 seasons at the University of Louisville, overseeing the Cardinal men's and women's sprints, hurdles and relays teams in addition to academics, alumni and fundraising. Winston, who has 19 years of coaching experience, coaches the Deacons' sprints, hurdles and horizontal jumps units. Winston's time at Louisville was highlighted by coaching Calvin Arsenault to break the 100m hurdles record. Arsenault also went on to win the 110m hurdles title at the 2012 Canadian Junior Track and Field Championships and earn a competition spot at the 2012 IAAF World Junior Championships. Additionally at the U of L, Winston's sprints teams aided the school to four conference titles and conquered nine individual school records. Those teams also combined for 13 all-conference honors and nine regional bids from 2010-14. Saravia Richardson also became the first female sprinter in program history to earn an NCAA Championships bid under his watch. Prior to his time at Louisville, Winston spent five seasons at Arizona State University as a men's assistant coach. In his time with the Sun Devils, he helped develop the men's sprints, hurdles and relays into one of the nation's best. His group of runners was instrumental in the men's team winning the 2008 NCAA Indoor Championship, 2008 NCAA West Region Championship, finishing runner-up in the PAC-10 Outdoor Championships in 2007 and 2008 and earning their second consecutive top 10 finish at the 2009 NCAA Indoor and Outdoor Championships (5th-Indoor/8th-Outdoor). At ASU, Winston coached 11 All-Americans, five Pac-10 Outdoor Conference Champions, five MPSF Indoor Champions, three school record holders, two NCAA Outdoor West Region Champions and two Pac-10 Outdoor Championship High Point Award winners (annually recognizing the efforts of one male and one female student-athletes performances at the conference's outdoor championship meet). Before his time at Arizona State, Winston was an assistant coach at Virginia Tech for three seasons (2002-05) where he oversaw the men's and women's sprinters, hurdlers and jumpers. In that time span, he coached three individual Big East champions and seven school record holders. In 2002, Winston was responsible for a pair of hurdlers who earned top five finishes at the U.S. Championships. One of those in Brandi Smith, finished fourth in the 400-meter hurdles and was considered to have had one of the best turnarounds in the event after not qualifying in it the previous year. Winston arrived in Blacksburg, Va. after a four-year stint (1997-2001) as an assistant coach in charge of men's and women's sprints at Missouri State University. In his time there, Winston helped guide the women to three indoor and one outdoor Missouri Valley Conference Championships and an All-American performance in the 4x400-meter relay. He was also responsible for the women securing three medals at the 1999 Central American and Caribbean Championships. Leading up to his stop in Springfield, Mo., Winston served two seasons (1996-97) as an assistant coach at Marshall University, working with the men's and women's sprinters. In his final year with the Thundering Herd, the men captured the Southern Conference Championship. Also in his time in Huntington, W. Va., he had the privilege of coaching sprinter Randy Moss, an All-American and Fred Biletnikoff award winner for Marshall's football team, as well as six-time Pro Bowler and four-time first-team All-Pro for the NFL's Minnesota Vikings and New England Patriots. A native of Alton, Ill., Winston earned a Bachelor of Science degree in criminal justice from the University of South Carolina in 1995. He was a three-year letterman for the Gamecocks' track and field team, finishing runner-up in the indoor 55-meter hurdles and outdoor 110-meter hurdles at the 1995 SEC Championships.