Hall of Fame
Led by seven NAIA All-Americans and 16 All-Northwest Conference performances, the
1996 George Fox women’s track and field team finished third in the conference and went
on to an eighth-place finish in the NAIA National Championships. Two Bruins – Nancy
Rissmiller in the high jump and Becci Harper with a school-record 156-11 in the javelin –
were national champions. Kristin Oelrich, Liz Stephens, Rissmiller and Amy Redenius
finished fourth in the 4x400 while setting a school record of 3:47.50. Stephens took
fourth in the 400 hurdles and set the school record of 1:01.29 in the preliminaries. Leah
Johanson in the javelin and Dawn Hartwig in the 3,000 each earned All-America honors
with sixth-place finishes. Sharla Rhodes set a school record during the season with a 35-
7.25 in the triple jump. All-NWC performers included Stephens in the 400 hurdles;
Rissmiller in the half mile and high jump; Harper in the javelin; Redenius in the 100 and
200; Oelrich in the 400; Angela Linder in the 10,000; Oelrich, Heidi Haley, Rissmiller
and Redenius in the 4x100; and Oelrich, Stephens, Rissmiller and Redenius in the 4x400.
Team members: Head coach Wes Cook, assistant coach John Luccio, assistant coach
Scott Brown, assistant coach Dave Guzman, Karen Baltz, Rachel Barrong, Brooke
Barton, Stephanie Bates, Stacy Baugh, Emily Bergman, Heidi Bergman, Celeste
Beringer, Rima Butler, Cherish Carrol, Stephanie Castillo, Jennifer Christiansen, Heather
Davis, Kara Erickson, Alexis Fernandez, Ellen Friberg, Heidi Haley, Becci Harper, Dawn
Hartwig, Ruth Hinds, Leah Johanson, Jarae Kauffman, Keelie Keown, Rachel Lewis,
Angela Linder, Debresha McDaniel, Alisha Mulkey, Kristin Oelrich, Rachel Powell,
Julie Puckett, Amy Redenius, Sharla Rhoades, Nancy Rissmiller, Robin Ross, Jamie
Schoepke, Dawn Sherman, Liz Stephens, Christa Sumner, Sandy Taylor, Rebekah Ulmer,
Abby Vanlandingham, Val Vanlandingham, Micki Vargas. Inducted 2012.
