"National Champion Award" Athlete List

In the 30+ years I've been coaching collegiate athletics, four of my outstanding teams have earned
the United States highest national award for collegiate sports, the "National Championship" award.

BYU Has Won 4 NCAA National Championships 
[scroll down to see scorers and results]
2001 NCAA National Champions
BYU captured the 2001 title with one of the biggest margins of victory in the history of the NCAA Championships, defeating second-place N.C. State by 86 points. All seven runners were ahead of every fourth place finisher on every other team.
1997 NCAA National Champions--Go BYU!
BYU's All-American NCAA Athletes in Women's Cross Country:
[see further stats below]
  • 4 | Michaela Mannova* 19:49.5
  • 5 | Michaela Mannova* 20:42 | Courtney Pugmire* 16:58
  • 6 | Kassi Anderson* 19:56.1
  • 7 | Jessie Kindschi* 20:49
  • 8 | Elizabeth Jackson
  • 9 | Tara Northcutt* 20:55
  • 11 | Elizabeth Jackson* 16:59
  • 14 | Morgan Haws* 20:53.2
  • 15 | Katie Martin* 20:15.2
  • 13 | Maggie Chan* 17:04 
  • 16 | Kara Ormond* 17:11
  • 17 | Tara Rohatinsky* 17:14
  • 22 | Elizabeth Jackson* 17:19
  • 23 | Sharolyn Shields* 17:16 | Lindsey Thomsen* 21:11
  • 24 | Sarah Taylor* 21:12
  • 26 |  Laura Heiner* 17:17
  • 27 | Tara Haynes 17:22
  • 28 | Breanne Sandberg* 20:36.3
  • 32 | Jamie Cottle 20:45.1
  • 33 | Emily Nay 17:31
Success is found within the team. Each individual athlete understands and is committed to putting in the time and effort it takes to be the best. My ability to structure our teams’ training allows the runners to peak  at the right time. This is also a key to our teams' tradition of success. The previous ten seasons have known 20 BYU All-Americans. In 2001, the Cougars dominated the field by capturing the title with one of the biggest margins of victory in the history of the NCAA Championships, defeating second-place N.C. State by 86 points.

BYU's FOUR NCAA TITLE RESULTS

1997 NCAA FINAL RESULTS

Date: November 24
Location: Greenville, South Carolina
Teams: 22
Distance: 5K
1. Brigham Young: 5, 13, 22, 27, 33 = 100 points
2. Stanford: 2, 14, 15, 27, 78 = 125 points
3. Colorado: 12, 37, 40, 41, 48 = 178 points
BYU Scorers 
5. Courtney Pugmire* 16:58
13. Maggie Chan* 17:04
22. Elizabeth Jackson* 17:19
27. Tara Haynes 17:22
33. Emily Nay 17:31
*Awarded All-American
Coach Patrick Shane named NCAA Cross Country Coach of the Year
In America, the highest level of collegiate competition in any sport is the NCAA, which stands for National Collegiate Athletic Association. If an athlete their event at the NCAA Track and Field Championships, this is the laurel in the crown. They become a National Champion. Any of the distance athletes you see below are athletes I have coached or am currently coaching.

 Track National Champions

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