FRESNOFRESNO STATESTATE ATHLETIC MEDIA RELATIONS www.gobulldogs.com 5305 N. Campus Dr., Rm 153 Fresno, CA 93740-8020 ■ 559-278-2509 ■ Fax: 559-278-4689 Contact: Chennelle Miller April 29, 2002 FRESNO STATE QUICK FACTS Location ...... Fresno, Calif. Enrollment ...... 20,013 WOMEN’S Founded ...... 1911 Nickname ...... Bulldogs Colors ...... Bulldog Red and Blue Next Action: Conference ...... Western Athletic Sat., May 4 Cal Poly/CS Northridge San Luis Obispo, Calif. AllDay President ...... Dr. John D. Welty Athletics Director ...... Scott Johnson

TRACK & FIELD INFORMATION Up Next Head Coach ...... Bob Fraley Fresno State heads to the coast for a tri-meet versus Cal Poly and Cal State Assistant Coaches ...... Chris Campbell, Northridge on Saturday, May 4. Cal Poly will host the all day meet...... Tanya Ehlert, Joe Gonzales, Shannon Lieder 2001 WAC Indoor Finish ...... 3rd, 94 pts. 2001 WAC Outdoor Finish ...... t-3rd, 110 pts. Looking at the Opponents 2001 Overall Record ...... 8-0 The Mustangs of Cal Poly have several top-notch athletes. One in particular is Indoor NCAA Competitors ...... 0 Stephanie Brown, who is currently chasing the Cal Poly record in the discus. The Outdoor NCAA Competitors ...... N/A junior has already provisionally qualified for the NCAA championships with a mark of 177-1. Cal State Northridge is busy sending several of its top athletes to the MEDIA RELATIONS . Francis Santin, LaShunda Fowler, Heather Herron and Dee Scott will Track & Field Contact ...... Chennelle Miller Direct Phone ...... (559) 278-6577 compete in the hurdles and jumps. Scott has provisionally qualified in both the long Office Phone ...... (559) 278-2509 and triple jump events. Office Fax ...... (559) 278-4689 Web Site ...... www.gobulldogs.com Recap, Fresno State 4+1 Meet Leading the women to 31 top three finishes and 14 first place ranks was junior For Interviews With Coaches and Athletes The coaches can be reached on weekday mornings. captain Crystal Simmons. She again made the most of her outing by capturing The office phone numbers are (559) 278.4097 and (559) three individual and one relay first place finishes. She began her day with a second 278.4098. Interviews must be requested by contacting leg in the 4x100-meter relay that finished in a time of 45.5(h). She took first in both Chennelle Miller via the above numbers at the Fresno the long and triple jump with leaps of 18-8 3/4 and 41-5. Her final victory was in the State Athletic Media Relations’ Office 24 hours in advance. 100 hurdles with a time of 14.12. Simmons was joined by several other Bulldogs who performed in championship-style. Senior April Wiechmann finished her last 2002 SCHEDULE home meet with a first place finish in the hammer at 179-2. Sophomore Kristin Schelir won the shot put with a mark of 46-9 1/2, which was nine inches more than November 14 Turkey Trials Ind. Res. the next finisher. Senior Kayla Russum continued her reign in the javelin with a spear of 145-4. In the vaulting pit, senior Bergann Hernandez was tops with her January vault of 12-0. The trio of sophomores Katie Christianson and Jenny Moore and 11-12 National Summit Ind. Res. Wiechmann took the top three places in the high jump. Christianson hovered at a 12 Weight Pentathlon Ind. Res. 25-26 Air Force Elite Invitational 1st, 126 personal-best 5-3 3/4, while Moore and Wiechmann tied for second at 5-1 3/4. Fresh- man Nicolin Neal won her first race of the season with a time of 11:49.5(h) in the February steeplechase. Her counterpart, sophomore Kara June, won both the 1,500 (4:39.4(h) 2 Northern Arizona W, 90-59 and the 5,000 meters (17:53.0(h). Freshman Ocie Parks crossed in 11.91 in the UC Irvine W, 96-49 2 Roadrunner Invitational Ind. Res. 100 dash, while freshman Crystal Phillips was second at 12.01. The two women 9 Bill Cosby Invitational 2nd, 140 also ran in the winning 4x400-meter relay that finished with in a time of 3:49.5(h). 16 Holiday Inn Classic DNP Senior Stacy Esquivel rounded out the Bulldogs top finishes with a close finish in 22-23 WAC Indoor Championships 3rd, 94 pts. the 800 meters. She ran a 2:14.2(h), as her teammate, freshman Jennifer Tyler, March crossed behind her at 2:15.2(h). 8-9 NCAA Indoor Championships DNP 16 Cal Poly Invitational Ind. Res. Danger, Simmons 23 Sacramento State/CS Fullerton/ DNP Five events. Normally five events defines a pentathlete. However, the difference is Wichita State 29-30 CAL-NEVADA Championships 2nd, 123 pts. junior Crystal Simmons does it her way. This season she is competing in the triple, long and high jumps, the 100-meter hurdles and the 4x100-meter relay. And she April does it with style. Her rainbow colored socks and wing-tipped spikes are giving life 2-6 Fresno Relays Ind. Res. to her busy feet. She recently set a Fresno State record in the with a leap 20-21 Mt. SAC Relays Ind. Res. 21 Woody Wilson Relays Ind. Res, of 20-5 1/2. She is ranked 15th in the nation and first in the WAC in the long jump(20- 27 Sacramento State/ 1st, 304 pts. 5.50). She is also 22nd in the nation and first in the WAC in the triple jump(42-2.75). CS Bakersfield/UC Riverside Additionally, she is seventh in the long jump and ninth in the triple jump on the USATF list. May 4 Cal Poly/CS Northridge All Day 11 Modesto Relays All Day Seven Days a Wiech(mann) 15-18 Outdoor WAC Championships All Day Senior April Wiechmann is also no stranger to competing in five events. However, 29-30 NCAA Championships All Day she does it in the ring, on the runway and in the air. The thrower competes in the June hammer, discus, javelin, shot put and high jump. Her personal-best hammer throw 1 NCAA Championships All Day of 186-8 is a NCAA provisional mark, leads the team and is third in the WAC. Home meets are indicated in bold. Wiechmann also leads the team in the discus at 162-5. 2002 WAC Indoor Results It’s Crystal Clear There are two student-athletes on the squad this season with a first name of Crystal. Team Points The first is Simmons, a woman who owns the Fresno State outdoor record in the 1. Rice 141 triple jump with a leap of 42-10 1/4 and the long jump record of 20-5 1/.2. She leads 2. Nevada 121 the team in all three jumps. The second Crystal is freshman Crystal Phillips. She 3. Fresno State 94 ranks second in the WAC in the 100 meters at 11.90. 3. SMU 94 5. Tulsa 89 It’s Not June Yet, Or is it? 6. UTEP 56 She returned on Friday, March 29, to continue her reign in the steeplechase. Sopho- 7. Boise State 35 more Kara June added another record to her collection as she became the first Cal- 8. Louisiana Tech 27 Nevada Champion in the event. She also broke her own Fresno State record with a TRACKWIRE POLL time of 10:52.60 at Mt. SAC. As of April 23, 2002 Team Points WAC Athletes of the Week 1. USC 87 Fresno State’s most recent Western Athletic Conference Athlete of the Week is jun- 2. LSU 72 ior Crystal Simmons. Simmons earned the honor after she was named Outstand- 3. South Carolina 59 ing Female Performer of the 2002 Cal-Nevada Championships. Earlier, freshman 4. UCLA 54 Crystal Phillips took the honor for the week of March 18. 5. Kansas State 26 6. Arizona 25 Head Coach Bob Fraley 7. Texas 23 Head coach Bob Fraley returns for his second season at the helm of the Bulldogs. 8. Illinois 22 He also holds the position of Director of Track and Field. When he isn't busy serving 9. Indiana 20 as an administrator, Fraley is in charge of the pole vaulting, jumps, hurdles and BYU 20 men's sprint crews. Prior to his current engagement, Fraley was an assistant coach Florida 20 for the women's team, including the 1994 WAC Champions. Along with 20 years of Oregon 20 coaching Fresno State’s program, Fraley is also heading a new project called the 13. Colorado 19 “Center of Excellence” program which will assist Fresno State student-athletes, after 14. Washington State 17 they exceed their eligibility, to obtain professional careers in coaching or the like. In 15. Nebraska 16 addition, he has been a Pole Vault Summit Director, including the 2002 summit. Iowa State 16 Auburn 16 2002 WAC Outdoor Championships North Carolina State 16 Rice is the host for the WAC Outdoor Championships in Dallas, Texas. Events begin Miami/Florida 16 Wednesday, May 15, through Sat., May 18. 20. California 15 21. North Carolina 14 2002 Outdoor Leaders (As of April 29, 2002) Florida State 14 Event Athlete 23. Rice 13 100 Meters Ocie Parks (11.79), Crystal Phillips (11.90), Taanasha Ricks 24. Virginia 12 (12.63) 25. Stanford 11 200 Meters Crystal Phillips (24.31), Crystal Simmons (24.58), Ocie Parks Missouri 11 (24.27), Tiffany Simon (25.00), Raynisha Bragg (24.6), Katie Liberty 11 Christianson (24.7) Bold denotes WAC Schools 400 Meters Raynisha Bragg (56.5), Tiffany Simon (57.11), Jennifer Tyler (58.78) 2002 WAC Outdoor 800 Meters Stacy Esquivel (2:14.2), Jennifer Tyler (2:15.2), Nicolin Neal Top Performances (2:38.23), Megan Netzel (2:51.31) as of April 22, 2002 1,500 Meters Kara June (4:38.27), Stacy Esquivel (4:42.07), Stacy Aurit (5:02.30), Andrea Osteen (5:44.44) No. Event Athlete Mark 3,000 Meters Kara June (10:15.04), Nicolin Neal (10:54.83), Stacy Aurit 1 100m Parks 11.79 (11:02.59) 5 200m Parks 24.26 Steeplechase Kara June (10:52.6), Nicolin Neal (11:49.50), Megan Netze; 9 400m Bragg 57.02 (14:17.11) 10 800m Esquivel 2:14.67 5,000 Meters Kara June (17:53.0), Olga Gutierrez (18:16.00), Andrea 9 1500m June 4:38.27 Osteen (21:01.99), Asusena Garcia (21:17.61) 1 Steeple June 10:52.60 Hurdles Crystal Simmons (100-14.09), Domonique Harper (100-14.92, 3 3000m June 10:15.14 400-1:13.12), Joni Landua (100-15.22, 400-1:04.4) 3 110h Simmons 14.09 High Jump Crystal Simmons (5-6), Jenny Moore (5-5.75), April 6 400h Hollister 1:03.65 Wiechmann (5-5), Katie Christianson (5-3 3/4) 2 4x100 Team 45.41 Long Jump Crystal Simmons (20-5 1/2), KatieChristianson (17-9.5) 4 4x400 Team 3:42.97 Jenny Moore (17-7) 4 HJ Simmons 5-6 Triple Jump Crystal Simmons(42-2 3/4), Jenny Moore (39-5) 1 LJ Simmons 20-5.25 Pole Vault Bergann Hernandez(12-2), Leah Horowitz (11-0 1/4), Lexine 1 TJ Simmons 42-2.75 Lesser (10-6 1/4) 6 SP Schelir 45-11.25 Shot Put Kristin Schelir (47-0 1/4), Andrea Stelter (45-00), April 4 DT Wiechmann 162-5 Wiechmann (44-2 1/4), Lisa Krauter (37-11) 1 JT Russum 155-2 Discus April Wiechmann (162-5), Kristin Schelir (155-4), Christina 3 HT Wiechmann 186-8 Weaver (149-8), Lisa Krauter (141-2) 4 PV Hernandez 12-2 Javelin Kayla Russum (155-2), April Wiechmann (144-0) Hammer April Wiechmann (186-8), Andrea Stelter (176-0), Kristin Schelir (161-8), Christina Weaver (167-9) www.gobulldogs.com