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Tuesday,
May 29, 2001 ROSOLINO NAMED PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE CLINTON,
SC — Mike Rosolino has been named the new head coach
for men’s and women’s cross country at Presbyterian
College announced today by Director of Athletics Val
Sheley. Rosolino takes over for
former head coach Leigh Irwin who resigned as head coach
to concentrate on her duties as assistant women’s
basketball coach with the Blue Hose. Rosolino is no
stranger to the PC cross country teams, having served as
an assistant coach during the 2000 season. The Blue Hose are coming
off their best season in program history in 2000 as the
women’s team posted four meet wins and eight top five
finishes. In addition, the women’s program finished
ranked #4 in the Southeast region, placed third at the
South Atlantic Conference Cross Country Championships and
advanced to the NCAA Regionals. The men’s squad posted
two meet wins and seven top finishes while being ranked #4
in the Southeast region and placed a program-best second
place finish at hte SAC Championships. The team advanced
to the NCAA Regionals. Rosolino was instrumental in
coaching the 2001 Men’s and Women’s SAC Cross Country
Runners of the Year in senior Zach Braden and freshman
Tanith Forrester. Rosolino, a 1996 graduate
of Rhodes College, brings a wealth of collegiate cross
country experience to the program. He was a three-year
letterwinner in cross country with the Lynx, a NCAA
Division III school in Memphis, TN. Rosolino also ran
track for two years.
His cross country teams won the Southern Collegiate
Athletic Conference (SCAC) championship all three years he
competed (1994,’95, ’96) and a total of ten straight
years (1990 - 1999) while individually, he earned
all-conference honors as a junior. In the classroom, he
was a two-time academic All-American and his cross country
teams earned Academic All-American honors all three years
that he competed (1994, ’95, & ’96). After finishing his
undergraduate degree in math from Rhodes College in 1996,
Rosolino went on to the University of South Carolina where
he earned his master's degree in 1998. Rosolino, 27, a native of
New Orleans, LA., is married to the former Carrie Storm
and the couple have two children - Tanner (1 month) and
Lynnlee (20 months). |