Tennessee Volunteers women's cross country

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Tennessee Volunteers women's cross country
Tennessee Lady Volunteers logo.svg
Founded1974
UniversityUniversity of Tennessee
Head coachBeth Alford-Sullivan (1st season)
ConferenceSEC
Eastern Division
LocationKnoxville, TN
CourseLambert Acres Course
NicknameVolunteers
ColorsOrange and white[1]
   
NCAA Championship 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, 2018, 2019, 2020
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
1974 Terry Crawford 3–1 – .750 –
1975 Terry Crawford 12–5 – .706 –
1976 Terry Crawford 27–3 – .900 –
1977 Terry Crawford 47–11–1 8th .805 –
1978 Terry Crawford 15–3 – .833 –
1979 Terry Crawford 24–18 14th .571 –
1980 Terry Crawford 42–10 6th .808 –
1981 Terry Crawford 39–7 – .848 –
1982 Terry Crawford 52–14 12th .788 –
1983 Terry Crawford 42–4 4th .913 SEC Champions
1984 Gary Schwartz 30–22 – .577 3rd
1985 Gary Schwartz 58–31–1 – .650 3rd
1986 Gary Schwartz 20–18 – .526 6th
1987 Gary Schwartz 51–31 – .622 4th
1988 Missy Kane 49–19 – .721 4th
1989 Missy Kane 85–9 6th .904 2nd
1990 Missy Kane 74–17 12th .813 SEC Champions
1991 Missy Kane 61–15 – .803 7th
1992 Ann Bertucci 88–16 – .846 5th
1993 Ann Bertucci 77–29 – .726 5th
1994 Ann Bertucci 28–33–1 – .456 8th
1995 Dorothy Doolittle 25–37 – .403 9th
1996 Brenda Webb 38–64 – .373 9th
1997 Brenda Webb 68–23 – .747 6th
1998 Brenda Webb 74–34–1 31st .683 3rd
1999 Brenda Webb 43–37–1 – .537 9th
2000 Rodney Rothoff 65–30 – .684 8th
2001 Rodney Rothoff 95–35 – .731 2nd
2002 J.J. Clark 59–34–1 t-28th .633 3rd
2003 J.J. Clark 99–31 24th .762 SEC Champions
2004 J.J. Clark 121–25 21st .829 SEC Champions
2005 J.J. Clark 125–32 28th .796 SEC Champions
2006 J.J. Clark 114–40 28th .740 3rd
2007 J.J. Clark 104–19 – .846 2nd
2008 J.J. Clark 101–14 – .878 3rd
2009 J.J. Clark 70–19 – .787 2nd
2010 J.J. Clark 38–79 – .325 12th

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. ^ "General Information". UTSports.com. June 14, 2017. Retrieved June 29, 2021.
  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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  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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