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2013 Cross Country/Track and Field Recruiting Class

Name Pos. Hometown/High School (Previous School)
Men
Trevor Deschepper Sprints Sioux Falls, S.D./Harrisburg
Chance Freese Distance Sioux Falls, S.D./O'Gorman
Brandon Gildemaster Hurdles Sioux Falls, S.D./Roosevelt
Petter Gullickson Mid-Distance Haslum, Norway (University of Olso)
Adam Kost Distance Sioux Falls, S.D./Roosevelt
Zach Tuschen Mid-Distance Sioux Falls, S.D./Roosevelt
Women
Melissa Barella Multi-Events Centennial, Colo./Arapahoe
Lauren Bobst Sprints/Jumps Coralville, Iowa/Iowa City West
Christine Campbell Jumps Irvine, Calif./University
Christina Jellen Multi-Events Klagenfurt, Austria
Janelle Paulson Sprints/Jumps Clark, S.D./Clark
Merixtell Soler Delgado Distance Barcelona, Spain
Cassidy Soli Distance Dayton, Minn./Champlin Park
Kyerra Titus-Baer Sprints Rapid City, S.D./Douglas
Corby White Hurdles Rapid City, S.D./St. Thomas More

Trevor Deschepper
Trevor Deschepper
Sioux Falls, S.D./Harrisburg HS
Sprints

High School: 2013 graduate of Harrisburg High School … state champion in the 200-meter dash in 2013 … placed fifth in the 100-meter dash at the 2013 state meet … all-state and all-conference as a senior.
 
Personal: Son of Ben and Mandy DeSchepper … born June 23, 1994 … planned exercise science major … also plays football for Augustana.

Chance Freese
Chance Freese
Sioux Falls, S.D./O'Gorman HS
Cross Country/Distance

Cross Country: 2013 graduate of O’Gorman High School … four-year letterwinner and captained as a senior … placed 12th at the 2012 South Dakota high school cross country championships … earned all-state honors as a senior and named all-conference three times … clocked a 15:49 as his fastest 5k in 2012.
 
Track: Four-year letterwinner and captained the Knights as a senior … placed third in the 800-meter run and sixth in the 1,600-meter run at the 2013 South Dakota high school track and field championships … led O'Gorman to a sixth-place finish in the 4x800-meter relay at the state meet … voted freshman MVP in 2010.
 
Personal: Son of Rob and Jackie Freese … born July 4, 1995 … planned bio-chemistry major.

Brandon Gildemaster
Brandon Gildemaster
Sioux Falls, S.D./Roosevelt HS
Hurdles

High School: 2013 graduate of Roosevelt High School … won the 110-meter and 300-meter hurdles at the South Dakota high school track and field championships in 2013 … ran a personal-best 14.12-second 110-meter hurdles at the Watertown Quadrangular on April 30, 2013 ... clocked a high school-best 14.36-second 110-meter hurdles time at the Howard Wood Dakota Relays … earned all-state and all-conference honors as a senior and junior.

Personal: Son of Brett and Cheryl Gildemaster.

Petter Gullickson
Petter Gullickson
Haslum, Norway/University of Oslo
Cross Country/Mid-Distance

Before Augustana: Spent one year at the University of Oslo  … ran a personal-best 1:57.25 in the 800-meter run … clocked a personal-best 53.32-second 400-meter dash time.
 
Personal: Son of Bjørn Gulliksen and Ida Rød Fredriksen … born Jan. 17, 1993 … planned communications major.

Adam Kost
Adam Kost
Sioux Falls, S.D./Roosevelt HS
Cross Country/Distance

Cross Country: 2013 graduate of Roosevelt High School … placed 21st at the 2012 South Dakota state high school championships ... placed 33rd at the state cross country meet as a junior.

Track: Earned all-state honors as a senior and all-conference in final two years of high school … named academic all-state and all-conference as a senior … placed 17th in the 3,200-meter at the South Dakota high school championships.
 
Personal: Son of Deanna and Jay Kost … born Dec. 28, 1994 … planned psychology major.

Zach Tuschen
Zach Tuschen
Sioux Falls, S.D./Roosevelt HS
Cross Country/Mid-Distance

High School: 2013 graduate of Roosevelt High School … four-year letterwinner … led the RoughRiders to a second place finish at the South Dakota high school championships in 2012 … set school record in 800-meter run (1:55.6) in his senior season … also hold school record in indoor 400-meter dash and 4x400-meter relay.
 
Personal: Son of David and Cynthia Tuschen … born May 26, 1994.

Melissa Barella
Melissa Barella
Centennial, Colo./Arapahoe HS
Multi-Events

High School: 2013 graduate of Arapahoe High School … two-time Colorado state meet participant in the high jump … placed 11th as a senior with a best mark of 5-feet … won Centennial League high jump championship with a 5-foot 2-inch jump named all-conference … finished second in the conference high jump as a junior while leading the Warriors to a league championship.

Personal: Daughter of Scott and Donna Barella.

Lauren Bobst
Lauren Bobst
Coralville, Iowa/Iowa City West HS
Sprints/Jumps

High School: 2013 graduate of Iowa City West High School … placed 21st at the Iowa state track meet in the 400-meter hurdles … finished second in the high jump and fourth in the 400-meter hurdles at the Mississippi Valley Conference championships.

Personal: Daughter of John Bobst and Kelli Paul.

Christine Campbell
Christine Campbell
Irvine, Calif./University High School
Jumps

High School: 2013 graduate of University High School … four-year letterwinner … named all-conference as a sophomore and junior and named Pacific Coast League MVP for field events as a junior … named to All-Orange County first team as a sophomore.
 
Personal: Daughter of Scott and Marlene Vermeer Campbell … born June 23, 1995 … planned nursing major with a minor in Spanish.

Christina Jellen
Christina Jellen
Klagenfurt,Austria
Multi-Events

Before Augustana: Recorded a personal-best 4,199 points n the heptathlon a on Aug. 26, 2012 ... clocked a personal-best 12.26-second 100-meter dash on June 8, 2012 ... holds a personal-best 25.62-second 200-meter dash time ... owns personal-bests of 5.03 meters in the long jump and 11.23 meters in the triple jump.

Personal: Daughter of Harald and Sabine Jellen … born August 26, 1995.

Janelle Paulson
Janelle Paulson
Clark, S.D./Clark HS
Sprints/Jumps

High School: 2013 graduate of Clark High School … four-year letterwinner … placed fourth in the 100-meter dash at the 2013 South Dakota track and field championships … state champion as a junior in the long jump and finished fourth in the triple jump and sixth in the 100-meter dash … earned most valuable athlete as a junior and most improved as a sophomore.
 
Personal: Daughter of Bruce and Lisa Paulson … born July 29, 1994 … planned communications major and fitness management minor.

Meritxell Soler Delgado
Meritxell Soler Delgado
Barcelona, Spain/University of Barcelona
Cross Country/Distanec

Before Augustana: Set personal records of 4:38.10 in the 1,500-meters, 10:02.60 in the 3,000-meters, 17:44.00 in the 5,000-meters and 36:24.46 in the 10,000-meters.

Personal: Born July 20, 1992

Cassidy Soli
Cassidy Soli
Dayton, Minn./Champlin Park HS
Cross Country/Distance

High School: 2013 graduate of Champlin Park High School … four-time varsity letter winner and team captain as a senior ... six time all-conference and all-section ... four-time state qualifier and earned all-state honors once.

Kyerra Titus-Baer
Kyerra Titus-Baer
Rapid City, S.D./Douglas HS
Sprints

High School: 2013 graduate of Douglas High School … placed second in the 100-meter dash at the 2012 South Dakota high school track and field meet … finished seventh in the 100-meter dash as a senior … two-time winner of the 100-meter dash at the Rapid City Qualifier.

Personal: Daughter of Tasha Baer.

Corby White
Corby White
Rapid City, S.D./ St. Thomas More
Hurdles

High School:  2013 graduate of St. Thomas More High School … four-year letterwinner for the Cavaliers … two-time state champion in the 300-meter hurdles … also won the state championship in the 100-meter hurdles as a senior … helped St. Thomas More to a second place finish in the 4x400-meter relay at the state meet … named all-state as a junior and senior.
 
Personal: Daughter of Kyle and Suzanne White … born March 19, 1995.