Tuesday,
May 29, 2001
ROSOLINO NAMED PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE
MEN’S & WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY HEAD COACH
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).