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‘10 UTAH STATE TRACK & FIELD 2010 UTAH STATE TRACK & FIELD UTAH STATE QUICK FACTS UTAH STATE ATHLETIC MEDIA RELATIONS Location .............................................................. Logan, Utah Director ............................................................ Doug Hoffman Founded ..........................................................................1888 Office Phone ...................................................(435) 797-3714 Enrollment ................................................................... 23,925 E-mail ............................................... [email protected] Nickname ..................................................................... Aggies Assistant ...............................................................Zach Fisher Colors ................................................... Navy Blue and White Office Phone ...................................................(435) 797-2066 Indoor Conference ............................ Western Athletic (WAC) E-mail ....................................................zach.fisher@usu.edu Outdoor Conference ......................... Western Athletic (WAC) Assistant ...............................................................Kara Fisher Affiliation ....................................................... NCAA Division I Office Phone ...................................................(435) 797-1361 Indoor Track .............................................. Nelson Fieldhouse E-mail .....................................................kara.irving@usu.edu Outdoor Track ........................ Ralph Maughan Track Stadium Graduate Assistant (Track Contact) ..................Jackie Banda President ................................................. Dr. Stan L. Albrecht Office Phone ...................................................(435) 797-1361 Athletics Director ............................................... Scott Barnes E-mail ............................... [email protected] Senior Associate AD/SWA ................................. Jana Doggett Media Relations Fax .......................................(435) 797-2615 Web Site ...................................... www.UtahStateAggies.com Mailing Address ......................................... 7400 Old Main Hill UTAH STATE TRACK & FIELD QUICK FACTS ......................................................................Logan, UT 84322 Head Coach ...................................................... Gregg Gensel Assistant Coaches .............................................Steve Reeder TABLE OF CONTENTS ............................................ Corey Murdock, Matt Ingebritsen, Quick Facts/Media Outlets ....................................................1 ........... John Strang, Michael Spence and G.A. Caroline Berry Returning NCAA Qualifiers ................................................. 2-3 E-mail ................................................ [email protected] 2009 WAC Men’s Cross Country Champions ............................4 E-mail ..............................................corey.murdock@usu.edu Head Coach Gregg Gensel ...................................................5 Phone ............................................................ (435) 797-2058 Assistant Coaches ............................................................. 6-7 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Track Titles ...... W-1/M-1 Aggie Rosters .................................................................... 8-9 Big West Conference Track Titles ............................ W-7/M-7 Aggie Women Bios ........................................................ 10-19 WAC Track Titles ............................................................. M-2 Aggie Men Bios ............................................................. 20-28 Big West Conference Cross Country Titles .............. W-1/M-4 WAC Play-Up .......................................................................29 WAC Cross Country Titles ........................................ W-2/M-5 Women’s Indoor Top Ten .....................................................30 2009 WAC Indoor Finishes ................................ W-4th/M-2nd Women’s Outdoor Top Ten ..................................................31 2009 WAC Outdoor Finishes .............................. W-4th/M-1st Men’s Indoor Top Ten ..........................................................32 2009 WAC Cross Country Finishes ................... W-2nd/M-1st Men’s Outdoor Top Ten ........................................................33 Honors ........................................................................... 34-35 Year-By-Year Results/Honors ..............................................36 UTAH STATE MEDIA OUTLETS 2009 Season Review ...........................................................37 Logan Herald Journal .......... (435) 752-2121, FAX: 753-6642 Women’s 2009 Best Marks ............................................ 38-39 Utah Statesman ................... (435) 797-1761, FAX: 797-1760 Men’s 2009 Best Marks .................................................. 40-41 Salt Lake Tribune ................. (801) 257-8900, FAX: 257-8950 Facility Records ...................................................................42 Deseret News ...................... (801) 237-2161, FAX: 237-2543 Qualifying Standards ...........................................................43 Ogden Standard .................. (801) 625-4260, FAX: 625-4299 USU Administration ..............................................................44 Associated Press ................. (801) 322-3405, FAX: 322-0051 KVNU Radio ........................ (435) 752-5141, FAX: 753-5555 KUSU Radio ........................ (435) 797-1352, FAX: 797-3150 CREDITS The 2010 Utah State Track and Field Media Guide was produced by the USU Athletic Media Relations Office by graduate assistant Jackie Banda and student assistants Tyler Jack Hutchison, Lacey Saxton and Natalie Curtis with editorial assistance from Media Relations Director Doug Hoffman. Photography by Ryan Talbot and the USU Athletic Media Relations archives. Cover design by Ryan Talbot. Printing by USU Publication, Design and Production. Additional copies of the 2010 Utah State Track and Field Media Guide may be purchased for $10 each. www.utahstateaggies.com 1 ‘10 UTAH STATE TRACK & FIELD RETURNING WOMEN NCAA QUALIFIERS Ashlee Cannon Sonia Grabowska Ruth Hilton NCAA West Regional NCAA Indoor Championship NCAA All-West Regional Qualifier in 100h (14.06) 15th in Pole Vault 26th in 3,000sc (11:22.36) 12-11.50 (3.95m) USTFCCCA All-Academic USTFCCCA All-Academic Track Track and Field Team NCAA West Regional and Field Team Qualifier in Pole Vault (4.21m) Spela Hus Erin Stratton NCAA West Regional NCAA West Regional Ninth in Shot Put Qualifier in 1500m (4:27.03) 47-06.25 (14.48m) USTFCCCA All-Academic Track and Field Team 2 Track & Field ‘10 UTAH STATE TRACK & FIELD RETURNING MEN NCAA QUALIFIERS James Allred Nick Karren Chio Lopez NCAA West Regional NCAA West Regional NCAA West Regional Qualifier in 800m Third in 400h (50.84) Qualifier in 1500m (1:50.20) (3:52.19) NCAA Outdoor Championships 19th in 400h (50.85) Casey Parker Clint Silcock Steve Strickland Dylan Nielson NCAA West Regional NCAA West Regional 12th in NCAA West Regional Sec- NCAA West Regional Third in High Jump High Jump 6-08.75 (2.05m) ond in 3000sc (8:53.05) Qualifier in 110h 6-11.75 (2.16m) (14.24) NCAA Outdoor Championships NCAA Outdoor Champi- NCAA Outdoor High Jump 6-10.25 (2.09m) onship 24th in 3,000sc Championships Participant (9:04.51) in High Jump (2.16m) Earned All-American Honors for High Jump at NCAA In- USTFCCCA All-Academic door Championships Track and Field Team USTFCCCA All-Academic Named Academic Second- Track and Field Team Team by the CoSIDA www.utahstateaggies.com 3 ‘10 UTAH STATE TRACK & FIELD CONGRATULATIONS 2009 WAC MEN’S CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONS Men’s 2009 WAC Cross Country Championship Quick Facts • Since joining the Western Athletic Conference in 2005, the Aggie men have won five straight WAC titles, while the Aggie women won the 2006 and 2008 championships. • The Aggie men had six runners earn all-WAC honors. • Brian McKenna won the 8k race clocking in at 26:00.01. • McKenna was named WAC Cross Country Male Athlete of the Year. • McKenna, Daniel Howell, Steve Strickland and Nick Bolinder all earned first-team all-WAC honors. • Gregg Gensel was named Men’s Cross Country WAC Coach of the Year for the fifth-straight year GREGG GENSEL BRIAN MCKENNA WAC Men’s WAC Men’s Coach of the Year Athlete of the Year 4 Track & Field ‘10 UTAH STATE TRACK & FIELDAGGIE COACHES GREGG GENSEL HIGHLIGHTS • 24-Time Conference Coach of the Year • 28 Conference Championships • 172 Individual Conference Champions • 505 Academic All-Conference Selections GENSEL • 31 All-Americans AS MEN’S HEAD COACH: • WAC Cross Country Coach of the Year (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009) • WAC Cross Country Champions (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009) • WAC Track & Field Indoor Champions (2008) • WAC Track & Field Outdoor Champions (2007, 2009) • WAC Coach of the Year (2007, 2008, 2009) Entering his 22nd season as head coach of the men’s track • Mountain Region Coach of the Year (2007) and field program and 17th year at the helm of the women’s track • Big West Conference Cross Country Coach of the Year and field program is Gregg Gensel. Overall, Gensel has spent (1992, 1993, 1994, 2002) the past 28 years coaching at Utah State. • Big West Conference Cross Country Champions Prior to being named head coach in 1988, the