Tennessee Volunteers women's cross country

Tennessee Volunteers women's cross country
Founded 1974
University University of Tennessee
Head coach Beth Alford-Sullivan (1st season)
Conference SEC
Eastern Division
Location Knoxville, TN
Course Lambert Acres Course
Nickname Volunteers
Colors Orange and White[1]
         
NCAA appearances
1977 (AIAW), 1978 (AIAW), 1979 (AIAW), 1980 (AIAW), 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1989, 1990, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2014, 2015, 2017
Conference champions
1983, 1990, 2003, 2004, 2005

The Tennessee Volunteers women's cross country program represents the University of Tennessee (UT) located in Knoxville, Tennessee. The women's program competes in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I and the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The women's cross country team officially started in 1974. [2]

Along with all other UT women's sports teams, it used the nickname "Lady Volunteers" (or the short form "Lady Vols") until the 2015–16 school year, when the school dropped the "Lady" prefix from the nicknames of all women's teams except in basketball.[3] The “Lady Vol” name returned in 2017. [4]

Coaching staff

J.J. Clark has been a part of the University of Tennessee women's cross country and track & field team for 9 years and has recently taken over the position of Director of Track & Field/Women's Cross Country Coach as well as leader for the men's track & field team as well. During his time at UT the women's cross country program has benefitted immensely from Clark, claiming SEC hardware from 2003–05 and NCAA South Region plaques from 2002–05, and making NCAA Championships appearances from 2002–06. [5]

Team history

The Tennessee Volunteers program began competing in 1974 and within three years reached their first AIAW Championship Tournament appearance. The Lady Vols won their first SEC title in 1983 and finished fourth in the NCAA Tournament. The most successful coach for the Lady Volunteers has been J. J. Clark who is well on his way to reaching 800 wins at UT and won three straight conference titles from 2003 to 2005. Under his guidance he has sent Tennessee's Lady Vols to six NCAA Tournament appearances in nine years.[6]

Lambert Acres Golf Club

The Lambert Acres Golf Club has been the site of all cross country meets for the Volunteers for 13 seasons. The course serves as a 27-hole golf course,and is nestled in the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains and boasts 9,525 yards. Since 1998 the course has hosted the Tennessee Invitational 10 times, the NCAA South Regional in 2002, 2006 and 2008, and Southeastern Conference for the 1998 SEC Championships.[7]

All-time season records

*Through July 8, 2011.
*Note: the 1978, 1981, 1986, 2000, 2001, 2008 and 2009 seasons featured individual participants in the NCAA Tournament only.
Information Source: 2010 Tennessee Lady Volunteers Cross Country Media Guide – History section
Year-by-year results
Year Head Coach Season Record National Winning Percentage SEC Tournament Finish
1974Terry Crawford3–1–.750–
1975Terry Crawford12–5–.706–
1976Terry Crawford27–3–.900–
1977Terry Crawford47–11–18th.805–
1978Terry Crawford15–3–.833–
1979Terry Crawford24–1814th.571–
1980Terry Crawford42–106th.808–
1981Terry Crawford39–7–.848–
1982Terry Crawford52–1412th.788–
1983Terry Crawford42–44th.913SEC Champions
1984Gary Schwartz30–22–.5773rd
1985Gary Schwartz58–31–1–.6503rd
1986Gary Schwartz20–18–.5266th
1987Gary Schwartz51–31–.6224th
1988Missy Kane49–19–.7214th
1989Missy Kane85–96th.9042nd
1990Missy Kane74–1712th.813SEC Champions
1991Missy Kane61–15–.8037th
1992Ann Bertucci88–16–.8465th
1993Ann Bertucci77–29–.7265th
1994Ann Bertucci28–33–1–.4568th
1995Dorothy Doolittle25–37–.4039th
1996Brenda Webb38–64–.3739th
1997Brenda Webb68–23–.7476th
1998Brenda Webb74–34–131st.6833rd
1999Brenda Webb43–37–1–.5379th
2000Rodney Rothop65–30–.6848th
2001Rodney Rothrop95–35–.7312nd
2002J.J. Clark59–34–1t-28th.6333rd
2003J.J. Clark99–3124th.762SEC Champions
2004J.J. Clark121–2521st.829SEC Champions
2005J.J. Clark125–3228th.796SEC Champions
2006J.J. Clark114–4028th.7403rd
2007J.J. Clark104–19–.8462nd
2008J.J. Clark101–14–.8783rd
2009J.J. Clark70–19–.7872nd
2010J.J. Clark38–79–.32512th

All-Americans

[8] The Volunteers have a total of 11 women's cross country AIAW/NCAA All-Americans

  • Valerie Bertrand – 1989
  • Chelsea Blaase - 2014, 2015
  • Sarah Bowman – 2008
  • Kathy Bryant-Hadler – 1980, 1981, 1982
  • Sharon Dickie – 2000
  • Jasmin Jones – 1989
  • Liz Natale – 1983
  • Linda Portasik – 1980
  • Alison Quelch – 1983
  • Brenda Webb – 1977, 1978
  • Patty Wiegand – 1989

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Color Palettes | Brand Guidelines". Retrieved September 12, 2016.
  2. ↑ http://www.utladyvols.com/sports/m-xc/guides/
  3. ↑ Megargee, Steve (June 26, 2015). "Tennessee set to make move to a lone 'Lady Vols' team". Yahoo! Sports. Associated Press. Retrieved June 26, 2015.
  4. ↑ {{https://www.knoxnews.com/story/sports/2017/09/14/tennessee-vols-ad-john-currie-discuss-lady-vols-name-logo-and-brand/666091001/
  5. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on March 14, 2012. Retrieved March 29, 2011.
  6. ↑ http://www.utladyvols.com/sports/w-xc/tennw-w-xc-body.html
  7. ↑ http://www.utladyvols.com/sports/w-xc/lambert_acres_xc_course.html
  8. ↑ http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/tenn/sports/m-xc/auto_pdf/2010CrossCountryMediaGuide.pdf
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