Sep. 04 DePaul Opener Channel Runne Park - Lincolnwood, Ill. Women 4th/ Men 3rd

Sep. 11 Bradley Open Detweiller Golf Course - Peoria, Ill. Women 2nd/ Men 2nd

Sep. 18 National Catholic Champion-ship Notre Dame Golf Course - Notre Dame, Ind. 2:30 p.m.

Oct. 02 Notre Dame Invitational Notre Dame Golf Course - Notre Dame, Ind. 1:00 p.m.

Oct. 10 Lucian Rosa Invitational Dannehl XC Course - Kenosha, Wis. 10:30 a.m.

Oct. 31 BIG EAST Conference Championship * Dannehl XC Course - Kenosha, Wis. TBA

Nov. 14 NCAA Midwest Regional Championship Missouri State XC Facility - Springfield, Mo. 11:00 a.m.

Nov. 23 NCAA Championship Wabash Valley Family Sports Center- Terre Haute, Ind. TBA

Dear XC and Track & Field Alumni,

In 1965, I started my senior year and fourth year as a student- athlete at DePaulUniversity (The Little School Under The Tracks) and now at age 65 I am starting my fourth year as head coach. This is also my 50th year as a runner and/orcoach. It has been a memorable and long run!

Our program has made great strides both athletically and academically over thelast three years, culminating in being ranked accademically as the No. 1 Men’sTrack & Field Team in the USA in 2009. DPU Cross Country was ranked (men13th and women 11th) academically while Track & Field (Women) was ranked19th academically. In the BIG EAST conference, four of our teams were rankedNo.1 academically.

DPU cannot match that record athletically yet, but we are improving each year and our goal is to be among the best in the USA. Last year saw our men’s Cross Country team ranked in the top 15 in our NCAA region for the first time. Our goal this year is to have both the men and women ranked.

We only lost one student- athlete to graduation (Rob Morgan) from our men’s top runners and we have every one of our top women back for Cross Country in 2009. Our incoming freshmen student-athletes will certainly help us achieve our goals. Although most of our incoming student- athletes are from the Chicagoland area, we do have Cross Country student- athletes coming in from California, the Philippines, Indiana, Michigan, and Alaska.

Our top returning female runners should include Mary Cate Quiett (Ind.), Terah Cheatham (Polo), Stephanie Hughes (Chicago), Kelly Pickering (Ohio), Claire O’Brien (St. Charles), Erin Lakie (Lockport), Kim Boisvert (Belvidere), Kelsey Dolan (Chicago), Cari Krikorian (Lincolnwood), Toni Salvatore (Minn.), and Stacy Schmitz (Wisc.).

Our top returning male runners include Luke Rygh (Oswego), Jakub Kolacz (Naperville), Matthew Graham (Scotland), Brian Begalke (Wisc.), Dennis Baliga (Rockford), Greg Udzielak (Park Ridge), and Chris Gallardo (Chicago).

Coach Andy Craycraft (800M runner from the University of North Carolina) started his law practice but will be back again as my part- time coach. Meaghan Hanifin, who is also a lawyer here in Chicago, will be a volunteer coach. I also have two new graduate assistants: Stephanie Williams, a sprinter, who just graduated from DPU and Ryan Rupcich who was a roommate of former graduate assistant and Blue Demon, Ryan Moore at Fresno State.

Our first XC meet was September 4, 2009 at Channel Runne Park in Lincolnwood, IL. Sophomore Matthew Graham broke the course record by over a minute, capturing the men’s individual title. Toni Salvatore led the women’s team with a 12th-place showing. The men and women finished fourth and third, respectively. Special thanks to all the alumni who came out to assist running the meet.

The BIG EAST Conference Championships will be held up at Parkside, Wisconsin on Saturday, October 31, 2009. I do not have the times for that meet but check the website as we get closer to the event.

Let me know if you need anything from me.

All the best,Coach Pat Savage

Men

Name Yr. Hometown (High School) Dennis Baliga So. Rockford, Ill. (Auburn) Brian Begalke So. Sheboygan, Wis. (Sheboygan Area Lutheran) Max Clink Fr. St. Charles, Ill. (St. Charles North) Frank Deaton Fr. Benton Harbor, Mich. (Lake Michigan Catholic) Chris Gallardo So. Chicago, Ill. (Lane Tech) Matthew Graham So. Glasgow, Scotland (Boclair Academy) Jakub Kolacz Sr. Naperville, Ill. (Naperville North) Zak Koronkiewicz Fr. Evergreen Park, Ill. (Evergreen Park Community) Matthew Logan Fr. Dixon, Ill. (Dixon) Cody Phelps Fr. Anchorage, Alaska (Robert Service) Max Rodrigues Fr. Darien, Ill. (Hinsdale South) Luke Rygh Sr. Montgomery, Ill. (Oswego) Tyler Schmitt Fr. Lakewood, Ill. (Crystal Lake Central) Greg Udzielak Sr. Niles, Ill. (Maine South)

Women

Name Yr. Hometown (High School) Courtney Avvampato Fr. La Jolla, Calif. (La Jolla) Kim Boisvert So. Poplar Grove, Ill. (Belvidere) Terah Cheatham Sr. Polo, Ill. (Polo Community) Kelsey Dolan So. Chicago, Ill. (Loyola Academy) Stephanie Hughes Jr. Chicago, Ill. (Lane Tech) Jenny Kranc Fr. St. John, Ind (Lake Central) Cari Krikorian So. Lincolnwood, Ill. (Niles West) Kristen Lafferty Fr. Manila, Philippines (Brent International School of Manila) Erin Lakie So. Homer Glen, Ill. (Lockport Township) Claire O’Brien So. St. Charles, Ill. (St. Charles North) Kelly Pickering So. Medina, Ohio (Medina) Mary Cate Quiett Jr. Mishawaka, Ind. (Marian) Toni Salvatore So. Shoreview, Minn. (Roseville Area) Stacy Schmitz So. Fond du Lac, Wis. (Fond du Lac)

Pat Savage, Head Coach

• Member of the DePaul athletic community for more than five decades...enters his fourth season as head coach

• 2008-2009 season: Men’s & Women’s XC both claimed the BIG EAST Team Academic Excellence Awards

• Eight-time NJCAA Region IV Coach of the Year; elected to the Illinois Track and Cross Country Coaches Hall of Fame in 1989

• Inducted into DePaul’s Athletic Hall of Fame in 1993

Andy Craycraft, Assistant Coach

• Second year with the Blue Demons• Assists both squads with recruiting and developing mid-distance

and distance runners• Accomplished middle-distance runner at St. Joseph’s University

and the University of North Carolina• Prior to DePaul, was a volunteer assistant coach for the Michi-

gan State University women’s cross country and track and field teams

Meaghan Hanifin, Volunteer Coach

• First season on the Blue Demon staff• Was a cross country walk-on at the University of Illinois • Avid triathlete and marathoner; completed several marathons

including the Boston Marathon and the Chicago Marathon• Earned her juris doctor degree from The John Marshall Law

School and currently works as a corporate associate at Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Stephanie Williams, Graduate Assistant

• First- year coaching on the Blue Demon staff• Accomplished sprinter for the Blue Demons- Record holder in

the 200 meter dash, 60 meter dash, and outdoor 100 and 200 meter races

• Winner of the 2009 DePaul Senior Leadership Award and BIG EAST All-Academic team member 2006-2009

• Currently pursuing her master’s in communication

Ryan Rupich, Graduate Assistant• First year on the Blue Demon staff• Graduated from Fresno State University with a degree in kine-

siology• Vaulted and high jumped for the Bulldogs and was voted cap-

tain in 2007• Before college Ryan was an active duty Marine from 2000-2004

Cross Country Alumni SpotlightMarlene Key (‘05) graduated from DePaul after competing in both cross-coun-try and track and field for four years. Since graduating, Marlene earned her Juris Doctor degree from Loyola University Chicago, and is now practicing law with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission in Chicago. Mar-lene still runs competitively and recently took fourth place in the Seattle Rock ‘n’ Roll Half-Marathon. She is currently training for the San Antonio Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon.

In more exciting news, Marlene recently became engaged to Kyle Patterson (‘05), an Alumnus of both DePaul University and DePaul Golf; the wedding will take place in August 2010.

Cross County Alumni Spotlight George Gabauer (‘63) was invited this past June to give presentations on canoe-ing in Quetico by the Quetico Provincial Park (Ontario, Canada) as part of their 100th Anniversary Celebration June 27-28. This was coupled with a book signing of his most recent book Mystic Signs: Pictograph of Quetico-Superior, a photog-raphy book of native-American pictographs found in that region.

Carrie (Moffett) Dumich (‘07) will be starting her first year as a Social Studies teacher at Lake Zurich High School as well as the Assistant Girls’ Cross Country coach at Highland Park High School.

Carrie said that she will use knowledge and experience gained from her time at DePaul to motivate the next generation of distance runners.

Don’t Miss the 2009 BIG EAST CrossCountry Championship!!

October 31- Kenosha, Wisc.