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SUN DEVIL TRACK AND FIELD Contact: Elias Williams | [email protected] | (816) 830-5335 2019 SUN DEVIL SCHEDULE NCAA West Preliminary Rounds Date Meet Location Sacramento, Calif. || May 23-35, 2019 3/15 Baldy Castillo Invitational Sun Angel Stadium 3/22 ASU Invitational Sun Angel Stadium Flash Results || FloTrack 3/29 Texas Relays Austin, Texas 3/29 Stanford Invitational Palo Alto, Calif. 4/4 Jim Click Multis Tucson, Ariz. NCAA Berths Up for Grabs in Sacramento 4/5 Sun Angel Classic Sun Angel Stadium TEMPE – The Sun Devil track and field program sends 22 athletes and one 4/12 Triton Invitational San Diego, Calif. relay quartet to the Californian capital this weekend each with the goal of 4/12 Texas A&M Invitational College Station, Texas advancing out of the region and into the national championship meet next 4/18 Beach Classic Long Beach, Calif. month. 4/17 Bryan Clay Invitational Azusa, Calif. 4/25 Penn Relays Philadelphia 4/27 Desert Heat Classic Tucson, Ariz. “Here at the regional meet, your main focus is to just advance,” head coach 5/4 Pac-12 Multis Championships Tucson, Ariz. Greg Kraft said. “Twelfth place is as good as first place here because they’re 5/11 Pac-12 Championships Tucson, Ariz. both moving on to the national meet.” 5/23 NCAA West Prelims. Sacramento, Calif. 6/5 NCAA Championships Austin, Texas Out of the 48 entrants in all 36 open events, only the top-12 move on to Austin, Texas, to compete for a national title. 2019 ASU QUICK FACTS For ASU, senior All-American Jessica Barreira will line up in three of those 36 Location ................................................... Tempe, Ariz. events, competing in the javelin and long jump Thursday, and the triple jump Enrollment ..................................................... 103,410 Nickname / Mascot ..................... Sun Devils / Sparky Saturday. The decorated Devil is looking for her second All-America honor of Colors ................................................. Maroon & Gold the season as she finished ninth in the indoor long jump back in March. Conference ...................................................... Pac-12 University President ....................... Dr. Michael Crow Athletics Director ................................. Ray Anderson “When you’re a senior, we give you flexibility to decide what you want to do,” Kraft said. “She’ll start with the javelin, and a coach you’re always a little Team Information worried because the javelin and the long jump kind of bump up a little bit, but Dir. of Track & Field ................ Greg Kraft (23rd year) Alma Mater ............................... Cal Poly SLO, 1978 she’s as big a track nut as anyone on our team, so for her to try and pick one Women’s XC Head Coach ........... Jeremy Rasmussen event would be difficult. She’s been most consistent in the long jump, so that’s Alma Mater .................................Arizona State, 2003 what we’re expecting the most from.” Men’s XC Head Coach ............................... Cory Leslie Alma Mater ..................................... Ohio State, 2012 Associate Head Coach – Sprints .................. Dion Miller Barreira is one of five Sun Devil javelin throwers in Sacramento this weekend, Alma Mater ..................................... Texas Tech,1999 and coach Brian Blutreich’s throwers once again have a solid contingent Assistant Coach – Throws ......................Brian Blutreich Alma Mater .............................................UCLA, 1990 heading into the regional, led by national champion Samantha Noennig, and Assistant Coach – Pole Vault ...................... Ron Barela All-Americans Kaylee Antill and Beatrice Llano. Alma Mater .................................Arizona State, 1979 Assistant Sprints Coach ..........................Javonie Small Alma Mater .................................... Morehouse, 2005 After an uncharacteristic display on the track in 2018, the Sun Devils have athletes entered in the sprints, mid-distance and distance events in 2019. Director of Operations .......................... Priscilla Schultz Alma Mater .................................Arizona State, 1999 Josephine Anokye and Marcus Reaves both have top 200-meter marks, All- XC/TF Office Phone ........................... (480) 965-0016 American William Paulson and Bianca Tinoco will try for spots in the men’s XC/TF Office Fax ................................ (480) 965-8149 and women’s 1,500, and senior John Reniewicki makes his regional debut Media Relations Information in the 5,000 alongside Fearghal Curtin who ran in the East’s 5,000-meter Contact ................................................. Elias Williams semifinal a season ago. Email ............................................... [email protected] Phone .................................................. (816) 830-5335 “One of the things you’re always looking at in a program is how it’s trending,” 2018 SEASON REVIEW Kraft said. “At nationals you’re rewarded for your quality more than quantity. While our depth has improved from last year to this year, we still have kids 2018 Women’s Championship Performances ranked near the top of the region and in the country and that’s what you want Pac-12 Conference ....................... 5th ............. 68 pts MPSF Championships .................. 8th ............ 35 pts to see heading into this part of the year.” NCAA Out. Championships ..............9th .............. 22 pts NCAA In. Championships ...........13th .............. 15 pts The 2019 NCAA West Prelims will get going Thursday at 12 p.m. PT and will run until Saturday evening. Live results will be provided by Flash Results and 2018 Men’s Championship Performances Pac-12 Conference ......................10th ......... 31.5 pts both the East and West Regionals will be available to watch live on FloTrack MPSF Championships ................. 11th ............ 22 pts with a valid subscription. NCAA Out. Championships .............N/A ................. N/A NCAA In. Championships ............N/A .................. N/A Sun devil Track and Field/ @Sundeviltfxc Cross Country Thesundevils.com 1 SUN DEVIL TRACK AND FIELD NOTES DIRECTOR OF TRACK AND FIELD What to Watch For GREG KRAFT This weekend marks the official start of championship season as the Sun Devils head to Sacramento, California, for a shot at advancing to the One of the longest-tenured coaches at NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Austin, Texas, next month. Arizona State, director of track and field The weekend gets started when the No. 1 women’s javelin group in Greg Kraft is one of the premier names in the NCAA. the NCAA vies for their championship berth led by school record-holder Seri Having led teams to 12 top-four finishes at NCAA Championships, three conference Geisler. Along with the Pac-12 runner-up Geisler, Jessica Barreira and Cerah crowns and four NCAA team titles, Kraft is also one of the more decorated coaches in Moren will look to claim their first championship place in the event. ASU history. Individual athletes under Kraft have also The field events continue with Derrick Monroe in the long jump, and thrived as he has seen 36 Sun Devil NCAA titles since 1996. two women in the hammer throw later in the afternoon, including All-Americans Beatrice Llano and Kaylee Antill. Former Pac-12 Champion Matthew Eckles and Michael Chadwick make their second regional appearances Thursday just KRAFT TEAM FINISHES AT ASU before the track opens with Beatrice Llano and two-time conference champion NCAA Out Pac-12/10 MPSF/Indoor NCAA In William Paulson lining up for the women’s and men’s 1,500-meter runs. Year M W M W M W M W 1997 DNC DNC DNC DNC DNC DNC DNC DNC Nia Brown in the 100 will be the last event on the track and All- 1998 38th dns 9th 7th -- -- DNC 55th 1999 18th dns 5th 8th -- -- 11th 32nd American Barreira will head to the runway for her second event of the day, the 2000 17th 38th 3rd 5th -- -- 10th 23rd 2001 15th 14th 4th 5th -- -- dns 25th women’s long jump. 2002 68th 22nd 4th 4th -- -- 51st 16th NCAA Champion Samantha Noennig starts her regionals run in the 2003 dns 29th 5th 3rd -- -- 45th 42nd 2004 10th 20th 3rd 4th -- -- 12th 27th women’s discus, then true freshmen Carlan Naisant and Connery McLaughlin 2005 17th dns 3rd 3rd -- -- 13th 43rd 2006 29th 4th 6th 1st 6th 2nd 60th 3rd throw in the men’s javelin. 2007 22nd 1st 2nd 1st 5th 1st 25th 1st 2008 6th 2nd 2nd 1st 4th 1st 1st 1st Ian Schulz throws in the first of his two events, and Jeminise Parris and 2009 8th 3rd 6th 3rd 5th 3rd 5th 5th 2010 4th 46th 4th 3rd 4th 4th 7th dns Kentre Patterson hit the track for the short hurdles. 2011 25th 19th 3rd 3rd 5th 4th dns 40th 2012 16th 24th 2nd 5th 1st 4th 4th 43rd The sprints group keeps the spotlight later in the evening as Josephine 2013 28th 10th 4th 3rd 1st 2nd 16th 7th Anokye and Marcus Reaves both run for places in the 200-meter quarterfinal 2014 13th 22nd 4th 3rd 2nd 2nd 26th 29th 2015 51st 20th 5th 4th 3rd 3rd 31st 21st set for Saturday. 2016 36th 46th 4th 9th 5th 8th dns dns 2017 74th 10th 8th 6th 5th 6th dns 27th Along with other quarterfinals, Noennig, Schulz and Barreira all get 2018 dns 9th 10th 5th 11th 8th dns 13th 2019 -- -- -- -- 12th 7th 45th 21st back in action on Saturday in their respective events and Elijah Hughes NCAA OUTDOOR CHAMPIONS UNDER KRAFT competes in the high jump at the Prelims for the third-straight season. Jacquelyn Johnson ...................................................Heptathlon x4 The evening and the event for the Sun Devils will be wrapped up with Victoria Jackson ...............................................................10,000m