Track and Field Freshmen Gear up For Start of Season
9/27/2018 3:29:00 PM | Track and Field
The team added 46 freshmen (26 men, 20 women) to its roster for the upcoming season.
USAF ACADEMY, Colo. – The Air Force track and field team added 46 freshmen to its roster for the upcoming season, head coach Ralph Lindeman announced today, as the program's Class of 2022 moved closer to the start of the 2018-19 campaign. The 26 men and 20 women that make up the Falcons' youngest class of athletes boast an impressive overall resume that includes multiple state titles.
Ryan Brown | Aledo, Texas | Aledo HS | Pole Vault
Finished third in the pole vault at the UIL Championships in Texas as a senior...posted a personal-best clearance of 16'0" that year.
Calvin Ciganik | Arden Hills, Minn. | Mounds View HS | Pole Vault
Two-time Minnesota state champion in the pole vault (2016, 2018)...recorded a career-best clearance of 16'1¾".
Sarah Deresky | Owings, Md. | Northern HS | Middle Distance, Distance
Recorded a career-best 1600-meter time of 5:07.96 as a junior.
Corey Friedenbach | Santa Cruz, Calif. | Pacific Collegiate HS | Pole Vault
Recorded a personal-best pole vault clearance of 12'2" as a junior.
Mikayla Gallagher | Indianapolis, Ind. | Brebeuf Jesuit Prep School
Posted a personal-best 1600-meter time of 5:08.30 as a junior.
Ethan Gardner | Butler, Mo. | Butler HS | Pole Vault
Two-time Missouri state champion in the pole vault (2017, 2018)...recorded a career-best clearance of 16'3".
Sean Geither | Parma, Ohio | Normandy HS | Ohio State | Sprints
Finished fourth at the OHSAA State Track and Field Championships in 2017...recorded a personal-best time of 48.62 in the 400-meter dash that year...attended Ohio State during the 2017-18 academic year.
Jacob Hall | Snowflake, Ariz. | Snowflake HS | High Jump
Won the high jump at the AIA D3 State Championships in 2017...recorded a personal-best clearance of 6'9" in that event as a senior.
AJ Kedge | Albuquerque, N.M. | Albuquerque Academy | Middle Distance, Distance
Collected a pair of top-six finishes in the 1600-meter run at the New Mexico 4A-6A State Championships (fifth in 2017, sixth in 2018)...recorded a personal-best time of 4:26.56 in that event.
Jenna Kill | Sylvania, Ohio | Northview HS | Middle Distance, Distance
Finished fourth in the 800-meter dash at the Midwest Meet of Champions...recorded personal-best times of 2:12.61 at 800 meters and 5:09.76 at 1600 meters.
Zach Legg | Bixby, Okla. | Bixby HS | Pole Vault
Posted a career-best pole vault clearance of 15'6" as a junior.
Heidi Liles | Louisville, Colo. | Monarch HS | Pole Vault
Finished fourth in the pole vault at the Colorado state championships as a junior and senior...posted a personal-best clearance of 11'9".
Arianna Martinez | Albuquerque, N.M. | St. Pius X High School | High Jump
Four-time high jump champion at the New Mexico 4A-6A State Championships...posted a career-best clearance of 5'8".
Wyatt Murphy | Poplar Bluffs, Mo. | Poplar Bluffs HS | Decathlon
Finished eighth in the decathlon at the Great Southwest Classis in 2018...scored a personal-best total of 5853 at that meet.
Luke Nolley | Lincoln, Neb. | Lincoln Southwest HS | Middle Distance, Distance
Finished second in the 3200-meter run and third in the 1600-meter run at the 2018 Nebraska Class A State Championships...posted a personal-best time of 4:22 at 1600 meters.
Nick Oesterling | Bellingham, Wash. | Bellingham HS | Javelin
Won the javelin throw at the Washington State 2A Championships in 2018...recorded a career-best throw of 190'8".
Frankie Porambo | Bernardsville, N.J. | Bernards HS | Pole Vault
Recorded a personal-best pole vault clearance of 12'6" as a junior.
Grace Proesch | Stanwood, Iowa | North Cedar Community HS | Sprints
Recorded a career-best time of 12.87 in the 100-meter dash as a senior.
Michelle Roca | Spanish Fork, Ala. | McGill-Toolen Catholic HS | Sprints, Hurdles
Finished fifth in the 100-meter hurdles at the AHSAA State Track and Field 4A-7A Championships as a senior...recorded personal-best times of 57.13 in the 400-meter dash and 44.57 in the 300-meter hurdles.
Marshall Shults | Boerne, Texas | Geneva School of Boerne | Javelin Throw
Earned a pair of top-four finishes at the Texas Relays (third in 2017, fourth in 2018)...posted a career-best throw of 170'7" as a senior.
Vincent Taylor | San Antonio, Texas | International School of America | Triple Jump
Registered a personal-best distance of 45'9" in the triple jump as a junior.
Franny Verville | Dunlap, Ill. | Dunlap HS | Middle Distance, Distance
Four-time all-state runner in cross country...member of the Dunlap team that won the 2017 state championship...recorded a personal-best 1600-meter time of 5:01.50 as a senior.
Matt Walters | Brentwood, Tenn. | Brentwood HS | Decathlon
Registered a personal-best 5917 in the decathlon as a junior.
Adrianna Wilder | Minot, N.D. | Minot HS | Middle Distance, Distance
Finished fourth in the 1600-meter run at the 2017 LHSAA Class 3A-4A-5A Championships while attending Parkway High School in Louisiana...recorded personal-best times of 5:12.77 at 1600 meters and 11:10.23 at 3200 meters.
Erika Willis | Colorado Springs, Colo. | The Classical Academy | Pole Vault
Won the pole vault at the Colorado State Track and Field Championships as a senior...posted a personal-best clearance of 12'9"...captured the Colorado USATF National Junior Olympic title in 2015.
Matt Zacharias | Normal, Ill. | University HS | Middle Distance, Distance
Finished fourth in the 1600-meter run at the Illinois ISHA Boys State Championships...recorded a personal-best 4:20.24 as a senior.
In addition, hurdlers Qui Aiu (Kane'oha, Hawaii/Kamehameha Schools) and Parker Garrison (Highlands Ranch, Colo./Rock Canyon HS), sprinters Cameron Sturdivant (Gainesville, Ga./Gainesville HS) and Solomon White (Agna Height, Guam/Guam HS), thrower Jake Fuller (Gilbert, Ariz./American Leadership Academy) and middle distance/distance runners Garrett Blenkush (O'Fallon, Ill./O'Fallon Township HS), Chris Floyd (Roselle, Ill./James B. Conant HS), Ryan Ioanidis (Sacramento, Calif./Mira Loma HS), Will Kitzhaber (Watertown, Wis./Watertown HS), Sean Lewis (Seattle, Wash./O'Dea HS), Frank Rossi (South Bend, Ind./Trinity School at Greenlawn) and Joseph Wittig (Fort Smith, Ark./Greenwood HS) will also join the men's team, while sprinter Queen Dias (Atlanta, Ga./Arabia Mountain HS), thrower Taylor Cotton (Jensen Beach, Fla./Jensen Beach HS), high jumper Kendra Middleton (Orem, Utah/Timpanogos HS) and middle distance/distance runners Andi Almodovar (Rio Rancho, N.M./Rio Rancho HS), Ally Burba (Okemos, Mich./Okemos HS), Sydney Hansen (Rosemount, Minn./Rosemount HS), Tayler Miranda (Palmdale, Calif./Pete Knight HS) and Brid O'Connell (Eastchester, N.Y./Eastchester HS) will join the women's team.
Ryan Brown | Aledo, Texas | Aledo HS | Pole Vault
Finished third in the pole vault at the UIL Championships in Texas as a senior...posted a personal-best clearance of 16'0" that year.
Calvin Ciganik | Arden Hills, Minn. | Mounds View HS | Pole Vault
Two-time Minnesota state champion in the pole vault (2016, 2018)...recorded a career-best clearance of 16'1¾".
Sarah Deresky | Owings, Md. | Northern HS | Middle Distance, Distance
Recorded a career-best 1600-meter time of 5:07.96 as a junior.
Corey Friedenbach | Santa Cruz, Calif. | Pacific Collegiate HS | Pole Vault
Recorded a personal-best pole vault clearance of 12'2" as a junior.
Mikayla Gallagher | Indianapolis, Ind. | Brebeuf Jesuit Prep School
Posted a personal-best 1600-meter time of 5:08.30 as a junior.
Ethan Gardner | Butler, Mo. | Butler HS | Pole Vault
Two-time Missouri state champion in the pole vault (2017, 2018)...recorded a career-best clearance of 16'3".
Sean Geither | Parma, Ohio | Normandy HS | Ohio State | Sprints
Finished fourth at the OHSAA State Track and Field Championships in 2017...recorded a personal-best time of 48.62 in the 400-meter dash that year...attended Ohio State during the 2017-18 academic year.
Jacob Hall | Snowflake, Ariz. | Snowflake HS | High Jump
Won the high jump at the AIA D3 State Championships in 2017...recorded a personal-best clearance of 6'9" in that event as a senior.
AJ Kedge | Albuquerque, N.M. | Albuquerque Academy | Middle Distance, Distance
Collected a pair of top-six finishes in the 1600-meter run at the New Mexico 4A-6A State Championships (fifth in 2017, sixth in 2018)...recorded a personal-best time of 4:26.56 in that event.
Jenna Kill | Sylvania, Ohio | Northview HS | Middle Distance, Distance
Finished fourth in the 800-meter dash at the Midwest Meet of Champions...recorded personal-best times of 2:12.61 at 800 meters and 5:09.76 at 1600 meters.
Zach Legg | Bixby, Okla. | Bixby HS | Pole Vault
Posted a career-best pole vault clearance of 15'6" as a junior.
Heidi Liles | Louisville, Colo. | Monarch HS | Pole Vault
Finished fourth in the pole vault at the Colorado state championships as a junior and senior...posted a personal-best clearance of 11'9".
Arianna Martinez | Albuquerque, N.M. | St. Pius X High School | High Jump
Four-time high jump champion at the New Mexico 4A-6A State Championships...posted a career-best clearance of 5'8".
Wyatt Murphy | Poplar Bluffs, Mo. | Poplar Bluffs HS | Decathlon
Finished eighth in the decathlon at the Great Southwest Classis in 2018...scored a personal-best total of 5853 at that meet.
Luke Nolley | Lincoln, Neb. | Lincoln Southwest HS | Middle Distance, Distance
Finished second in the 3200-meter run and third in the 1600-meter run at the 2018 Nebraska Class A State Championships...posted a personal-best time of 4:22 at 1600 meters.
Nick Oesterling | Bellingham, Wash. | Bellingham HS | Javelin
Won the javelin throw at the Washington State 2A Championships in 2018...recorded a career-best throw of 190'8".
Frankie Porambo | Bernardsville, N.J. | Bernards HS | Pole Vault
Recorded a personal-best pole vault clearance of 12'6" as a junior.
Grace Proesch | Stanwood, Iowa | North Cedar Community HS | Sprints
Recorded a career-best time of 12.87 in the 100-meter dash as a senior.
Michelle Roca | Spanish Fork, Ala. | McGill-Toolen Catholic HS | Sprints, Hurdles
Finished fifth in the 100-meter hurdles at the AHSAA State Track and Field 4A-7A Championships as a senior...recorded personal-best times of 57.13 in the 400-meter dash and 44.57 in the 300-meter hurdles.
Marshall Shults | Boerne, Texas | Geneva School of Boerne | Javelin Throw
Earned a pair of top-four finishes at the Texas Relays (third in 2017, fourth in 2018)...posted a career-best throw of 170'7" as a senior.
Vincent Taylor | San Antonio, Texas | International School of America | Triple Jump
Registered a personal-best distance of 45'9" in the triple jump as a junior.
Franny Verville | Dunlap, Ill. | Dunlap HS | Middle Distance, Distance
Four-time all-state runner in cross country...member of the Dunlap team that won the 2017 state championship...recorded a personal-best 1600-meter time of 5:01.50 as a senior.
Matt Walters | Brentwood, Tenn. | Brentwood HS | Decathlon
Registered a personal-best 5917 in the decathlon as a junior.
Adrianna Wilder | Minot, N.D. | Minot HS | Middle Distance, Distance
Finished fourth in the 1600-meter run at the 2017 LHSAA Class 3A-4A-5A Championships while attending Parkway High School in Louisiana...recorded personal-best times of 5:12.77 at 1600 meters and 11:10.23 at 3200 meters.
Erika Willis | Colorado Springs, Colo. | The Classical Academy | Pole Vault
Won the pole vault at the Colorado State Track and Field Championships as a senior...posted a personal-best clearance of 12'9"...captured the Colorado USATF National Junior Olympic title in 2015.
Matt Zacharias | Normal, Ill. | University HS | Middle Distance, Distance
Finished fourth in the 1600-meter run at the Illinois ISHA Boys State Championships...recorded a personal-best 4:20.24 as a senior.
In addition, hurdlers Qui Aiu (Kane'oha, Hawaii/Kamehameha Schools) and Parker Garrison (Highlands Ranch, Colo./Rock Canyon HS), sprinters Cameron Sturdivant (Gainesville, Ga./Gainesville HS) and Solomon White (Agna Height, Guam/Guam HS), thrower Jake Fuller (Gilbert, Ariz./American Leadership Academy) and middle distance/distance runners Garrett Blenkush (O'Fallon, Ill./O'Fallon Township HS), Chris Floyd (Roselle, Ill./James B. Conant HS), Ryan Ioanidis (Sacramento, Calif./Mira Loma HS), Will Kitzhaber (Watertown, Wis./Watertown HS), Sean Lewis (Seattle, Wash./O'Dea HS), Frank Rossi (South Bend, Ind./Trinity School at Greenlawn) and Joseph Wittig (Fort Smith, Ark./Greenwood HS) will also join the men's team, while sprinter Queen Dias (Atlanta, Ga./Arabia Mountain HS), thrower Taylor Cotton (Jensen Beach, Fla./Jensen Beach HS), high jumper Kendra Middleton (Orem, Utah/Timpanogos HS) and middle distance/distance runners Andi Almodovar (Rio Rancho, N.M./Rio Rancho HS), Ally Burba (Okemos, Mich./Okemos HS), Sydney Hansen (Rosemount, Minn./Rosemount HS), Tayler Miranda (Palmdale, Calif./Pete Knight HS) and Brid O'Connell (Eastchester, N.Y./Eastchester HS) will join the women's team.
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