(June 22, 2004) - Three Emory University athletes have been named to the CoSIDA Academic All-America team for men's cross country and track & field. Chris Nehls and Phil Hagedorn made the first team while Adam Brunfeldt made the third team.
Emory is one of two schools in the nation to have three honorees. All three student-athletes previously were chosen for the Academic All-District first team.
This is the second time Nehls has made the Academic All-America team. He was a third-team selection last year. Nehls graduated as a six-time track All-American. He had a 3.58 cumulative grade point average (on a 4.0 scale) as an economics major.
Hagedorn was a cross country All-American last fall. He had a 3.61 grade point average as an English major.
Nehls and Hagedorn become the 10th and 11th Emory male student-athletes to achieve recognition as an athletic All-American, Academic All-American and NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship recipient.
Brunfeldt also won an NCAA postgraduate scholarship. He was an all-region and all-state cross country runner. He had a 3.81 GPA as a chemistry major.
The only other time Emory has had three Academic All-Americans from the same sport in a school year was 1997-98 when Vista Beasley (cross country, track), Jamie Hagerbaumer (cross country), and Kim Lupo (track) were honored.
(June 3, 2004) - Three Emory University athletes have been named to the Academic All-District team for men's cross country and track and field. Chris Nehls, Phil Hagedorn and Adam Brunfeldt each made the Academic All-District first team. Their names will be placed on the national ballot for the Academic All-America team to be announced later this summer.
This is the second consecutive year Nehls has been chosen for the Academic All-District first team. He was later selected a third-team Academic All-American.
Nehls, a senior, had a 3.58 cumulative grade point average (on a 4.0 scale) as an economics major. He graduated as a four-time outdoor track All-American and a two-time indoor track All-American. This season, Nehls was third in the 55-meter hurdles at the NCAA indoor track national championships and fourth in the 110-meter hurdles at the NCAA outdoor track national championships.
This is the third consecutive year Hagedorn has been chosen for the Academic All-District first team. The senior had a 3.61 GPA as an English major. Hagedorn made the All-America team in cross country last fall with a 13th-place finish at the NCAA national championships. He was a six-time all-conference honoree in track as a distance runner.
Brunfeldt had a 3.81 GPA as a chemistry major. In cross country last fall, he earned all-region and all-state honors. Brunfeldt finished in the top 10 overall at the NCAA regional championships and the Georgia Collegiate Championships.
Voting for the all-district team is done by members of CoSIDA (College Sports Information Directors of America) in the states of Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia.
(March 17, 2004) - Emory University seniors Adam Brunfeldt and
Phil Hagedorn have each been awarded a $7,500 postgraduate
scholarship from the National Collegiate Athletic Association
(NCAA). They are among 29 male athletes nationally and 11 in
Division III to receive the award for fall sports. They are also
two of the four Division III male cross country runners nationally
to receive this honor.
Brunfeldt earned all-region honors twice and all-state honors once
in his four years on the cross country team. Last season, he
finished among the top five for the Eagles in every race and was
awarded the team's Coach's Award. His career best time of 26
minutes and 2 seconds for 8,000 meters is among the 20 best
individual times in school history. He is a chemistry major and has
a cumulative GPA of 3.81.
Hagedorn earned All-American honors once, and all-region,
all-state, and all-conference honors all four years he was on the
cross country team. He became the first Eagle winner to win the
individual regional title two consecutive years. His career best
time of 24 minutes and 59 seconds for 8,000-meters is the fifth
best in school history. He has the most career wins (4,348) and the
second highest career winning percentage (.866) in school history.
He is an English major with a cumulative GPA of 3.61.
Brunfeldt and Hagedorn are the second and third male Emory cross
country winners to win the postgraduate scholarship. The previous
winner was Adam Carlson in 2001.
(Dec. 8) - Emory University received three honors in the 2003 Golden Shoestring Awards presented by Southregionrunning.com.
Phil Hagedorn was named Runner of the Year, Owen Farcy was awarded Fifth Runner of the Year, and John Curtin and Kevin Graham received the Coaching Staff of the Year award.
This is the second consecutive year Hagedorn and the Eagles' coaching staff have received Golden Shoestring Awards.
(Nov. 22) - Emory University recorded the second-best finish in school history, 16th, at the NCAA Division III national championships.
Senior Phil Hagedorn became the third All-American in school history after finishing 13th out of 215 runners. His time of 25 minutes and 34 seconds for the 8,000-meter course is the seventh fastest by an Eagle at an NCAA national meet.
The only higher finish by an Emory team is 12th place at the 1986 national championships. The finish also earns the South region two automatic team berths for next year's NCAA nationals.
Six of the Eagles also competed in the NCAA nationals last year and five of them bettered their place and time this year.
Hagedorn missed All-America honors, awarded to top 35 finishers, a year ago when he ended up 41st. This is the second highest finish by an Emory runner at the NCAA national championships. Tony Lewis was sixth in 1985.
Andrew Podgurski improved from 163rd place last year to 65th this year with a time of 26:20. Adam Brunfeldt improved from 189th place last year to 103rd place this year at 26:46.
Hagedorn finishes the season with a won-loss record of 1,090-51 (.955). That is the sixth-highest win total ever by an Eagle. Hagedorn set the record last year with 1,194 wins.
His season win percentage is the third best in the school record book. The record belongs to Adam Carlson (1997-2000) with .984 in 1999.
Hagedorn, a senior, closes his career with the school record for career wins (4,348) and the second-best career win percentage (.866). The latter record belongs to Jeff Calabrese (1996-99) at .872.
Hagedorn turned the tables on those who bettered him at the conference championship Oct. 27. Of the seven runners who beat Hagedorn then, four qualified for the national meet where they finished 55th, 70th, 78th and 89th, respectively.
Emory had the highest finish among the four University Athletic Association teams in the race.
(Nov. 15) - Emory University finished first out of 20 teams at the NCAA Division III Regional Championship. The Eagles won the regional meet for the fifth consecutive year.
The Eagles had six runners on the all-region team and four runners among the top eight finishers. The team was led by Phil Hagedorn who won the individual regional championship out of 139 runners with a time of 26 minutes even. The meet's second place finisher was 20 seconds behind Hagedorn.
Hagedorn earned all-region honors for the fourth time and Hagedorn won the individual championship for the second time. Hagedorn is the fifth Eagle runner to win the individual title and the first Emory runner ever to win two consecutive individual championships at the regional meet. He is the fourth Eagle runner ever to earn all-region honors all four years.
Other all-region performances for the Eagles included Paul Tufaro in third place, Andrew Podgurski in fourth place, Adam Brunfeldt in eighth place, Owen Farcy in 19th place, and Jake Marren in 29th place. The first four runners all ran under 27 minutes.
This is the third consecutive all-region appearance for Podgurski and Tufaro and the second straight all-region honor for Brunfeldt. This is the first time Emory has ever had six runners on the all-region team.
With the win at the regional meet, the Eagles advance to the NCAA National Championships Saturday in Hanover, Indiana.
(Nov. 1) - Emory University finished fifth at the University Athletic Association championships. This snaps a streak of four consecutive top-three finishes at the conference meet for the Eagles.
Senior Phil Hagedorn became the third person in school history to make the all-conference team all four years. He did so by finishing eighth overall out of 77 runners to earn a spot on the all-conference second team.
Hagedorn joins Jeff Calabrese (1996-99) and Adam Carlson (1997-00) as four-time honorees.
Hagedorn's time of 25 minutes and 43 seconds for the 8,000-meter course was 11 seconds faster than his time at the conference meet last year when he placed third overall.
The time also is the eighth fastest ever by an Eagle at the UAA championships. The seventh fastest belongs to Hagedorn who ran 25:42 at the 2001 UAA meet.
Andrew Podgurski was Emory's No. 2 finisher in 16th place with a time of 26:11, which is 22 seconds faster than his time at the same meet last year. Adam Brunfeldt was next for Emory in 23rd place at 26:30, a 41-second improvement from last year's UAA meet.
Emory began the week ranked 20th in the nation. The Eagles will try to extend their streak of four consecutive NCAA regional titles.
(Oct. 29) - Phil Hagedorn was named Athlete of the Week for the third time this season by Southregionrunning.com. Hagedorn led the Eagles with an 11th place finish out of 203 runners at the Southeastern Classsic. His time of 25 minutes and 33 seconds was the second fastest in the South region this year.
(Oct. 25) - In a tuneup for the conference championships, Emory University finished third out of 25 teams at the Southeastern Classic.
Five of the team's top six runners recorded season-best times. Four of those six runners also achieved career-best times.
The fastest belonged to Phil Hagedorn who completed the 8,000-meter course in a season-best 25 minutes and 33 seconds. He placed 11th overall out of 203 runners.
Behind Hagedorn were Andrew Podgurski (25:49, career best), Adam Brunfeldt (26:02, career best), Paul Tufaro (26:12), Jake Marren (26:25, career best), and Hugo Aparicio (26:42, career best).
This is the second time this season that six runners ran faster than 27 minutes.
Next weekend, Emory aims for its first conference championship. The Eagles have been runner-up three times in the last four years.
The Eagles are ranked 20th in the nation by the cross country coaches. At the conference meet, Emory faces the No. 23 ranked team and two others that received votes in the national top-25 poll.
(Oct. 20) - Phil Hagedorn was named Athlete of the Week by Southregionrunning.com for the second time this season. Hagedorn was the top finisher for the Eagles at the NCAA pre-national meet with a time of 26 minutes and 3 seconds. He finished 10th out of 152 runners.
(Oct. 10) - Emory University finished third out of 16 teams at the NCAA pre-national meet in Indiana.
The meet was held at the same location to be used for the NCAA national meet in November. Emory, ranked No. 20 in the nation, placed behind teams ranked No. 2 and No. 16.
Six of Emory's competitors also ran in the NCAA national championships last year. Five of those runners improved their times from last November. Collectively, those six runners lowered their times by an average of 47 seconds.
The biggest improvement belonged to Adam Brunfeldt and Jake Marren who each improved their times by one minute and 53 seconds. Brunfeldt ran 26:42 for the 8,000-meter course while Marren ran 27:07.
(Oct. 4) - Emory University placed four runners on the all-state tam for the first time in school history.The Eagles did so while finishing second out of 14 teams at the Georgia Collegiate Championships.
Phil Hagedorn led the way for Emory with a time of 25 minutes and 46 seconds for the 8,000 meter course. His time is the fourth fastest ever by an Eagle at the state championships.
Hagedorn placed fifth overall among 116 non-NCAA Division I runners. By finishing among the top 14, he earned a spot on the all-state team for the fourth time in his career.
Only one other Emory runner, David Laub (1984-87), has made the all-state team four times. Laub did so back in the days when all-state was awarded to the top 14 regardless of their school's NCAA affiliation.
Joining Hagedorn on the all-state team are Paul Tufaro (his second time), Andrew Podgurski (first) and Adam Brunfeldt (first). Owen Farcy missed the all-state team by two spots. Emory had three all-state honorees in 1984, 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2002.
Tufaro ran 25:56, sixth-fastest ever by an Eagle at the state meet. Podgurski's time of 26:01 is the eighth best by an Emory competitor at the state meet.
Farcy's time was 26:34 giving the team an average time of 26:10 for its top five runners. To put that in context, only 20 Emory individuals have ever bettered 26:10 in any race. That average time of 26:10 is better than the time of Emory's No. 1 runner in nine of the last 11 state championships.
(Sept. 25) - Phil Hagedorn was named Athlete of the Week by Southregionrunning.com. At the Georgia State University Invitational, Hagedorn ran a time of 26 minutes and 9 seconds, the fastest time in the South region thus far this season. He finished ninth out of 131 runners at the meet.
(Sept. 20) - Emory University finished second out of 10 teams at the Georgia State University Invitational. The meet is a preview of the same course that will be used for the state championships in two weeks.
Phil Hagedorn was the top runner for Emory, finishing ninth out of 131 runners. He placed ahead of 22 runners from NCAA Division I schools. Hagedorn completed the 8,000-meter course with a time of 26 minutes and nine seconds. That was 53 seconds faster than his time in the same race last year.
Of the eight Eagles who ran in the race this year and last year, all eight ran faster this year. The average improvement among the team's top five finishers this year was one minute and 20 seconds.
Behind Hagedorn were Paul Tufaro (12th place), Andrew Podgurski (15th), Adam Brunfeldt (21st), and Jake Marren (37th). The first four ran under 27 minutes while Marren was timed in 27:33. That is the third-fastest time ever record by Emory's No. 5 runner in this meet. [The record is 26:58 by Philip Oskoui in 2001.]
Emory is ranked No. 23 in the national coaches poll.
(September 6) - Emory University opened its season by winning the University of the South (Tenn.) Invitational. This is the eighth time the Eagles have won this meet dating back to 1987.
The first six finishers for Emory were all veterans, all of whom bettered their times from the same meet a year ago. First for Emory was Paul Tufaro with a time of 26 minutes and 50 seconds, 26 seconds faster than his time last year at the same meet.
Behind Tufaro were Phil Hagedorn, Andrew Podgurski, Jake Marren, Adam Brunfeldt and Owen Farcy. Marren's time of 27:23 for the 8,000-meter course was 1:49 faster than last year while Farcy came in at 27:57 which was a 3:30 improvement from 2002.
This is the fourth time in his career that Tufaro, a senior, has been Emory's top finisher. He was the team's No. 1 runner in its first three races of 2001, including the U. of South meet where he was timed in 27:17.
Emory was ranked No. 23 in the national pre-season coaches' poll. The Eagles returned six of their top seven runners from last year's team which won the NCAA regional title.