Tennessee Volunteers women's cross country

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]

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 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
Conference champions
1983, 1990, 2003, 2004, 2005

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 Rothop	65–30	–	.684	8th
2001	Rodney Rothrop	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

• NCAA Women's Cross Country Championship

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.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

External links

• Official website