2005 Arizona State University Track & Field Combined, Arizona State has produced: 27 NCAA Champions 99 Indoor All-Americans • 275 Outdoor All-Americans • 89 Pac-10 Champs DEVIL DATA Sun Devil Track & Field Opens 2005 Saturday UNIVERSITY INFORMATION Annual intrastate battles with Arizona, Northern Arizona await Arizona State Location ...... Tempe, Ariz. Founded ...... 1885 TEMPE, Ariz. - The Arizona State Univer- ON THE TRACK Enrollment ...... 45,693 sity track and field teams open the 2005 Conference ...... Pacific-10 indoor season this weekend as the Sun 2005 INDOOR DOUBLE DUAL Nickname/Colors ...... Sun Devils/Maroon & Gold Devils travel north to Flagstaff for the an- Date ...... Jan. 22, 8 a.m. President ...... Dr. Michael Crow nual Double Dual with Arizona and North- Site ...... JL Walkup Skydome Director of Athletics ...... Gene Smith Faculty Representative ...... Prof. Myles Link ern Arizona. The meet is set for Saturday ...... Flagstaff, Ariz. inside of NAU’s JL Walkup Skydome. Host ...... Northern Arizona TEAM INFORMATION On the Web ...... nauathletics.com Dir. of Track & Field ...... Greg Kraft (9th year) THE COMPETITORS Events ...... Jumps The scored team meet will feature three Assistant Coach ...... David Dumble (4th) DUAL HISTORY Events ...... Throws teams, all hailing from the Grand Canyon Assistant Coach ...... Dion Miller (1st) State. Arizona State, Arizona and North- ARIZONA STATE VS. ARIZONA Events ...... Women’s Sprints/Hurdles ern Arizona will each field men’s and Year Men Women Assistant Coach ...... Louis Quintana (2nd) women’s teams for the annual intrastate 1998 L 77-78 L 60.5-86.5 Events ...... Mid-Distance/Distance battle for bragging rites. 1999 W 78-75 L 72-84 Assistant Coach ...... Terry Winston (1st) 2000 L 79-80 W 79-69 Events ...... Men’s Sprints/Hurdles 2001 W 79-76 L 78-79 Assistant Coach ...... Ron Barela (2nd) REVIEW: 2004 INDOOR DOUBLE DUAL 2002 W 80.5-76.5 L 77-78 Events ...... Pole Vault For the second year in a row, both the 2003 W 78-77 W 86-57 Grad Assistant ...... Sandy Orsund (1st) Sun Devil men and women swept their in- 2004 W 121-103 W 133.5-108 Events ...... Throws state rivals in the meet held Jan. 31, 2004. Grad Assistant ...... Jeremy Rasmussen (1st) ARIZONA STATE VS. NORTHERN ARIZONA Events ...... Mid-Distance/Distance The women handed Arizona a 133.5-108 Year Men Women Athletic Trainer ...... Jon Willey (1st) defeat while also downing Northern Ari- 1998 L 73-78 L 57-80 Athletic Trainer (Grad.) .... Summer Bloom (1st) zona, 133.5-62.5. On the men’s side, ASU 1999 W 85-63 W 83-73 Athletic Trainer (Grad.) ..... Sam Cervantes (1st) defeated UA, 121-103, and NAU, 121-84. 2000 unknown unknown 2001 L 76-77 W 91-78 2004 IN REVIEW - MEN 2002 W 86.5-68.5 W 94-54 NCAA Indoor Finish ...... T-12th (17 pnts) INDOOR DOUBLE DUAL HISTORY 2003 W 97-59 W 82-58 NCAA Indoor Champs/All-Americans ...... 0/3 Each year since 1990 (1991 for the 2004 W 121-84 W 133.5-62.5 Pac-10 Finish ...... 3rd (120 pnts) women), the Sun Devils, Wildcats and * Results prior to 1998 are not available Pac-10 Champions ...... 4 (2 relays/2 inds.) Lumberjacks have met in Flagstaff for the West Region Finish ...... T-4th (63 pnts) indoor version of the Double Dual. On the SERIES RECORDS - INDOOR DOUBLE DUAL West Region Champs ...... 3 (2 relays/1 inds.) men’s side, Arizona State leads the series Sun Devil Men vs. NCAA Outdoor Finish ...... T-10th (22 pnts) Arizona ...... ASU leads ...... 8-7-0 with Arizona, 8-7-0, but trail Northern Ari- NCAA Outdoor Champs/All-Americans ...... 0/4 Northern Arizona ...... NAU leads ...... 6-8-1 zona, 6-8-1. The women lead the all-time 2004 IN REVIEW - WOMEN standings with NAU, 11-4-0, but trail UA in Sun Devil Women vs. NCAA Indoor Finish ...... T-27th (8 pnts) a series of streaks, 5-9-0. The Sun Devil Arizona ...... UA leads ...... 5-9-0 NCAA Indoor Champs/All-Americans ...... 0/2 women won the first three duals before the Northern Arizona ...... ASU leads ...... 11-4-0 Pac-10 Finish ...... 4th (97 pnts) Wildcats won eight in a row. After an ASU MAROON AND GOLD (MEDAL) Pac-10 Champs ...... 3 (0 relays/2 inds.) win in 2000, the Wildcats took two in a row West Region Finish ...... 5th (47 pnts) Arizona State was represented by one West Region Champs ...... 2 (2 relays/0 inds.) before the Sun Devils captured the last two. current and two former student-athletes at NCAA Outdoor Finish ...... 20th (12 pnts) the Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. NCAA Outdoor Champs/All-Americans ...... 1/2 AMONG THE TOP IN THE NATION Lewis Banda, who is the lone current run- Trackwire.com released its first rankings BY THE NUMBERS - INDOOR M W ner, competed for Zimbabwe in the 400m All-Americans ...... 29 ...... 32 of the 2005 indoor season Jan. 11 with both dash and finished in ninth place, one spot All-America Certificates ...... 41 ...... 58 the Sun Devil men and women garnering shy of making the finals on the largest Team NCAA Champs ...... 0 ...... 0 a place among the Top 25 in the nation. stage of athletics. Individual NCAA Champs ...... 0 ...... 5 On the men’s side, Arizona State is ranked Although Banda fared well, one former BY THE NUMBERS - OUTDOOR M W 11th while its opponents this weekend, Ari- athlete stole the spotlight. Dwight Phillips, All-Americans ...... 95 ...... 53 zona and Northern Arizona, sit 15th and the world leader in the long jump for the All-America Certificates ...... 160 .... 115 unranked, respectively. The Sun Devil entire year, did not disappoint as he won Team NCAA Champions ...... 1 ...... 0 women also enter the season ranked 11th the gold medal on his first jump of the com- Individual NCAA Champions ...... 14 ...... 13 with UA sitting 17th and NAU tied for 24th. Team Pac-10 Champions ...... 0 ...... 0 petition. His win was the 10th gold medal Individ & Relay Pac-10 Champs ...... 43 ...... 45 SUN DEVIL ATHLETIC MEDIA RELATIONS WWW.THESUNDEVILS.COM Contact ...... Alex Ryan ([email protected]) Phone/Fax ...... (480) 965-4987/(480) 965-5408 CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 2005 INDOOR & OUTDOOR SCHEDULE won by a Sun Devil track and field athlete INDOOR SEASON and also marked the third Summer Olym- Date Event Location Hosts/Team Score piad in a row that a former ASU standout Jan. 22 NAU/UA Double Dual Flagstaff, Ariz. Northern Arizona returned home with gold after Nick Jan. 27-28 Athletes.com Invitational Boise, Idaho Boise State Jan. 28-29 NAU Multi-Events Meet Flagstaff, Ariz. Northern Arizona Hysong won the pole vault in 2000 and Feb. 5 Mt. T Invitational Flagstaff, Ariz. Northern Arizona Maicel Malone helped the 4x400m relay Feb. 11-12 Lumberjack Multi-Events Flagstaff, Ariz. Northern Arizona win in Atlanta in 1996. Feb. 11-12 Holiday Inn Team Competition Boise, Idaho Boise State The final 2004 Olympian with ASU ties Feb. 11-12 Husky Invitational Seattle, Wash. Washington was Michael Campbell. Representing Ja- Feb. 19 Springco Invitational Flagstaff, Ariz. Northern Arizona maica, Campbell ran in the 4x400m relay, Mar. 4-5 Last Chance Meet Seattle, Wash. Washington but his team was disqualified in the first or Last Chance Meet Ames, Iowa Iowa State round of competition. Mar. 10-12 NCAA Indoor Championships Fayetteville, Ark. Arkansas OUTDOOR SEASON JOHNSON TAKES INDIVIDUAL TITLE Date Event Location Host School No Sun Devil had brought home a na- Mar. 5 Bill Sawyer Invitational Tempe, Ariz. Arizona State tion title since 1996. No woman had done Mar. 18-19 Baldy Castillo Invitational Tempe, Ariz. Arizona State so since 1992. That all changed when true Mar. 24-25 Wildcat Multi-Event Tucson, Ariz. Arizona freshman Jacquelyn Johnson went to Mar. 25 Stanford Invitational Palo Alto, Calif. Stanford Austin, Texas, and won the NCAA Mar. 26 Arizona State Invitational Tempe, Ariz. Arizona State heptathlon crown. Johnson showed why Apr. 7-9 Texas Relays Austin, Texas Texas she was touted as one of the premier ath- Apr. 14-15 Azusa Pacific Multi-Event Azusa, Calif. Azusa Pacific Apr. 15 Mt. SAC Relays Walnut, Calif. Mt. San Antonio letes in the nation as she finished first at Apr. 15 Mesa Classic Mesa, Ariz. Mesa CC the outdoor national meet in the heptathlon, Apr. 16 Sun Angel Classic Tempe, Ariz. Arizona State second in the national indoor pentathlon Apr. 22 UC San Diego Triton Invite La Jolla, Calif. UC San Diego and added conference championships in Apr. 29 Cardinal Inviational Palo Alto, Calif. Stanford both the heptathlon and the high jump. Apr. 30 NAU/UA Double Dual Tempe, Ariz. Arizona State Johnson will not compete during the indoor May 7-8 Pac-10 Multi-Event Champs Los Angeles, Calif. UCLA season this year as she also plays for May 14-15 Pac-10 Championships Los Angeles, Calif. UCLA Charlie Turner Thorne and the Sun Devil May 21 Tucson Elite Tucson, Ariz. Arizona May 27-28 NCAA West Regional Eugene, Ore. Oregon women’s basketball team. June 8-10 NCAA Championships Sacramento, Calif. Sacramento St. RETURNING ALL-AMERICANS All meets listed in maroon will be held at Sun Angel Stadium on the ASU campus Including the 2004 cross country sea- son, the Sun Devil track and field program TRACKWIRE TOP 25 RANKINGS will see 11 of its student-athletes return to WOMEN MEN the track this season following a 2004 sea- Poll 1 • January 11 Poll 1 • January 11 son in which they collectively earned 13 School Points School Points All-America honors. 1. Tennessee ...... 59 1. Arkansas ...... 67 On the indoor track, the entire men’s 2. LSU ...... 50 2. Florida ...... 34 4x400m relay of Seth Amoo, Lewis 3. Florida ...... 47 Michigan ...... 34 Banda, Jason Barton and Domenik 4. South Carolina ...... 38 4. Indiana ...... 33 5. UCLA ...... 37 5. Texas ...... 29 Peterson, as well individual awards from 6. Texas ...... 32 6. Oregon ...... 28 Barton (400m) and Peterson (200m), re- 7. Stanford ...... 31 7. Tennessee ...... 26 turn to the lineup while the women bring 8. Nebraska ...... 30 LSU ...... 26 back Amy Hastings (5,000m) and 9. Michigan ...... 24 Wisconsin ...... 26 Jacquelyn Johnson (pentathlon), al- 10. Notre Dame ...... 20 10. BYU ...... 23 though Johnson will redshirt the indoor 11. Arizona State ...... 19 11. Arizona State ...... 20 12. BYU ...... 17 12. Stanford ...... 17 season. Kansas State ...... 17 13. Auburn ...... 16 Outdoors, Amoo, Banda, Barton, 14. Villanova ...... 16 14. Nebraska ...... 15 Peterson and Steven Koehnemann each 15. North Carolina ...... 15 15. Arizona ...... 14 return following a stellar spring that saw 16. Cal Poly ...... 14 East Carolina ...... 14 awards earned in both relays, as well as 17. Arizona ...... 12 Wyoming ...... 14 18. Georgia Tech ...... 10 18. UCLA ...... 13 individual awards from Banda and Barton, NC State ...... 10 USC ...... 13 both in the 400m. The women’s 4x400m 20. Duke ...... 9 20. Texas Tech...... 12 relay returns, minus one runner. Christina Colorado ...... 9 TCU ...... 12 Hardeman, Cassandra Reed and Miami ...... 9 22. Mississippi ...... 11 Kandace Tucker were members of the re- Florida State ...... 9 23. Missouri ...... 10 24. California ...... 8 Virginia Tech ...... 10 lay while the third leg, Marcia Smith, Northern Arizona ...... 8 Purdue ...... 10 graduated. Johnson also returns after gar- Mississippi ...... 8 Georgia ...... 10 nering the national honor in the heptathlon. Clemson ...... 8 A trio of cross country runners with All- Points are projected NCAA meet totals Points are projected NCAA meet totals America honors return to the track this year, including two-time award honoree Hardeman combined to finish seventh in HEAD COACH Hastings. She is joined by Desiree Davila the finals of the 4x400m relay to earn All- and Aaron Aguayo. American accolades. Rounding out the GREG KRAFT women’s participants were the 4x100m Greg Kraft is entering HELLO, MY NAME IS ... relay of Porchea Carroll, Reed, Smith and his ninth season as the The Sun Devil coaching staff saw sev- Tucker, Desiree Davila (5,000m), Amy Director of Track and eral changes during the offseason with two Hastings (3K steeple), Sandra Orsund Field at Arizona State Uni- brand new and one not-so-new coach be- (discus), Julia Pedersen (shot put and dis- versity. In his tenure, he ing added to the roster. The “not-so-new” cus), Reed (400m) and Tucker (200m). has guided numerous stu- coach is Louie Quintana. Hired to replace Lewis Banda led the men’s charge as dent-athletes to All-Ameri- Walt Drenth, who left for Michigan State, he earned All-America status in the 400m can accolades, confer- Quintana will oversee the mid-distance and dash (fourth place), 4x100m relay (second ence championships and school records. distance runners while also serving as the place) and the 4x400m relay (fourth place). The 2004 track and field season marked head coach of the cross country program. The 4x100m relay team of Banda, Seth the first time an ASU athlete under Kraft Quintana has been with the program for Amoo, Steven Koehnemann and won a national title as freshman Jacquelyn three years already, one as an assistant, Domenik Peterson turned a lot of heads Johnson brought home gold in the one as a graduate student and one as a as the quartet nearly chased down Florida heptathlon. Johnson also finished second volunteer assistant coach. State, finishing a close second to the Semi- indoors (pentathlon) and won the Pac-10 The two new additions to the roster are noles to earn All-America honors. Aaron title in the heptathlon and high jump. Dion Miller and Terry Winston. Miller, Aguayo (3K steeple), Joshua Kinnaman He also has overseen the development coming to Tempe from Washington, will (decathlon) and Trevell Quinley (long of several Olympic athletes, including oversee the women’s sprinters, relays and jump) also represented the men. Dwight Phillips, the winner of the long jump hurdlers while Winston will over the same at the 2004 Athens games. Phillips, the on the men’s side after moving on from Vir- HOME OF THE SUN DEVILS world leader throughout the season, won ginia Tech. Both men will take over for Joe Selleh Track at Sun Angel Stadium the gold on his first jump. The 2004 Games Darryl Anderson, who left to assume the became the home of the Sun Devils at the also saw a pair of Kraft-coached athletes duties of head coach at TCU. open of the 1976 season. In the 28 years advance to Athens. Lewis Banda finished the track has been open, it has played host ninth in the 400m dash as he represented HISTORICAL HARRIER to seven conference championship meets Zimbabwe while Michael Campbell repre- Amy Hastings accomplished a feat that and, on April 16, will welcome athletes to sented Jamaica in the 4x400m relay. no other Sun Devil cross country student- the 26th annual Sun Angel Classic pre- athlete, male or female, had in school his- sented by Coca-Cola. KRAFT BY THE NUMBERS tory: win a conference title. Hastings led Under the guidance of Coach Kraft, the the women to a runner-up team finish as NEXT TIME OUT Sun Devils have produced (all totals re- she won the Pac-10 championship crown, A pair of two-day indoor meets await the flect combined men and women): and earning the first conference gold of any Sun Devils next weekend. Many of the • 1 Individual NCAA Champion kind for the program as neither the men team’s members will head to Boise, Idaho, • 45 Individual All-Americans nor women have won a team title either. for the Athletics.com Invitational for the two- • 13 Relay All-Americans day event running Jan. 27-28. Several in- • 10 Cross Country All-Americans CROSS COUNTRY RECAP dividuals will make a return trip to Flag- • 28 Individual Pac-10 Champions The cross country team put together its staff Jan. 28-29 for the NAU Multi-Events • 6 Relay Pac-10 Champions finest season in school history this past fall, meet (pentathlon and heptathlon). • 4 NCAA West Region Champions culminating with the men finishing eighth • 5 NCAA West Relay Champions and the women ninth at the NCAA Cham- • 38 School Records pionships. Amy Hastings and Aaron Aguayo led the charge at nationals as both earned All-America honors.

LAST TIME: NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS The final meet of the 2004 season was the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Cham- pionships, held June 9-11, in Austin, Texas. A total of 18 student-athletes (eight men and 10 women) represented the Sun Dev- ils with the men totaling 22 points to finish tied for 10th place while the women accu- mulated 12 points to end the season 22nd. On the women’s side, Jacquelyn Johnson led the way by winning the heptathlon national title, becoming the first Sun Devil since 1996 to claim an individual NCAA crown. Marcia Smith, Kandace 2005 Sun Devil Coaching Staff (L to R): Louie Quintana, Jeremy Rasmussen, David Dumble, Tucker, Cassandra Reed and Christina Sandy Orsund, Dion Miller, Terry Winston, Greg Kraft and Ron Barela.