Marquette Track and Field Adds 15 For 2010-11; 5 Illinois athletes

The Marquette University men’s and women’s track and field programs have announced the addition of 15 student-athletes for 2010-11.

MILWAUKEE - The Marquette University men’s and women’s track and field programs have announced the addition of 15 student-athletes for 2010-11. All 15 will have four years of eligibility remaining when they arrive on campus to begin the 2010-11 school year.

GRACE MAGLIOLA | DISTANCE | DOWNERS GROVE, ILL. | DOWNERS GROVE SOUTH H.S.
Magliola was a four-year letter winner in both cross country and track and field at Downer’s Grove South H.S. and was named the most valuable athlete twice on her cross country team and once in track and field. During her senior season she served as co-capatin of both squads and helped the teams to conference championships in each of her four seasons with cross country and track and field. As a senior, she helped her 4×400-meter relay squad to a third-place finish at the Illinois State Track meet with a time of 3:52.29. Magliola holds personal-best times of 1:43.5 in the indoor 600-meter run and 11:25 in the indoor 3,200-meter run, both of which are also school records. She was also honored as South’s Wendy’s High School Heisman award winner.

Assistant coach Mike Nelson on Magliola: “Grace is a talented athlete who will be able to help us in several events in the heavily middle distance oriented Big East Conference.”

HOLLY ROBERTSON | DISTANCE | ST. CHARLES, ILL. | ST. CHARLES EAST H.S.
Robertson was a four-year letter winner in cross country and track and field at St. Charles East High School. As a co-captain in both sports during her senior year, Robertson helped the Fighting Saints to conference championships in cross country in addition to indoor and outdoor track. She also helped the cross country squad to a third-place finish at the state meet in 2008. As a junior and senior, Robertson was named all-conference in both cross country and track, while being named academic all-conference each year in high school. 

Nelson on Robertson: “Holly comes from an outstanding high school program.  With her experience and training background, she is poised to have a great career at Marquette.”

BOB GUTHRIE | DISTANCE | NAPERVILLE, ILL. | NAPERVILLE NORTH H.S.
Guthrie earned three letters each in cross country and track and field at Naperville North High School where he was selected team co-captain in both during his senior year. He helped the cross country team to its first ever IHSA AAA Cross Country  Championship in 2008, in addition to a fifth-place finish in 2007 and a seventh-place finish in 2009. The Huskies also captured regional and sectional crowns in cross country during his sophomore and junior seasons. With the Naperville Cross Country Club, placed third at the Nike Cross Country Nationals in 2008 after placing second at the Midwest Regional. Individually in 2009, Guthrie placed 20th overall at the Nike Midwest Regional and 19th at the Foot Locker Midwest Regional meet. Guthrie holds a cross country personal best of 15:43 in a 5K meet. During the spring of his senior year, he ran a personal-best tim of 9:16.81 in the 3,200-meter run. For his work in the classroom, he was named to the cross country academic all-conference team the past three years.

Nelson on Guthrie: “Bob has worked his way into being one of the top high school distance runners in the state of Illinois.  He was on a state champion cross-country squad and looks to bring his winning ways to Marquette.” 

MARCELL KIRKMANBEY | HURDLES | LINDENHURST, ILL. | LAKES COMMUNITY H.S.
KirkmanBey was a four-year letter winner in track and field at Lakes Community High School. He was a two-time conference champion in the 110-meter high hurdles in addition to earning a sectional championship in the event. KirkmanBey was a USATF national qualifier four times in the 110 hurdles and a three-time national qualifier in the high jump. During his time at Lakes Community, he helped the track squad to four division titles and is the school record holder in both the 110 hurdles and the high jump. In addition to track, KirkmanBey earned three letters in basketball and one each in cross country and football.

Rogers on KirkmanBey: “Marcell is a tremendous talent who will make an immediate impact in the hurdles.  He is someone who will really benefit from our fall training.  In high school he would come right from basketball to track and I think the more event specific work he can do in the fall will really pay off during the season.”

Media Links:
Lake Villa Review
KirkmanBey Finds Winning Touch (Basketball) 

ZACK YOUNG | DISTANCE | BATAVIA, ILL. | MARMION ACADEMY
Young earned four letters in cross country and one in track and field at Marmion Academy and served as team captain for both during the 2009-10 school year. With the Cadets’ cross country program, Young was a four-time all-conference member, helping the squad to four-straight conference titles, and was named as the league’s most valuable runner in 2009. In addition to being selected as the conference’s top runner in 2009, he was named to the all-state team and honored as the Beacon News’ Runner of the Year. In his only year on the track, Young  was named the conference’s top performer and helped his squad to a league title, in addition to qualifying for the state meet in the 4×800-meter relay and the mile.

Nelson on Young: “Zack is a talented runner with very limited experience.  He only ran track one year in high school and in that one year, he earned all-state honors in Illinois.  We are really looking forward to watching his progress and development.