2005 Husky Track and Field Information HUSKY QUI CK FACTS TABLE OF CONTENTS 2005 SEASON INFO University Information 2005 Season Info Location: Seattle, Wash. Quick Facts ............................................. 1 Mailing Address: 229 Graves Bldg. Husky Track and Field: Living the Box 354070, Seattle, WA 98195 Life of a Champion ........................ 2-3 Founded: Nov. 4, 1861 Husky Stadium ........................................ 4 Enrollment: 36,000 (26,000 undergrad) Dempsey Indoor ...................................... 5 Nickname: Huskies 2005 Men’s Outlook ............................. 6-7 Colors: Purple and Gold 2005 Men’s Roster .................................. 7 Conference: Pacific-10 2005 Women’s Outlook ........................ 8-9 Previews, p. 6-9 Indoor Track: Dempsey Indoor 2005 Women’s Roster ............................. 9 Outdoor Track: Husky Stadium Men’s Qualifying Standards .................. 10 President: Mark Emmert Women’s Qualifying Standards .............. 11 Athletic Director: Conference/NCAA Affiliations................ 12 Todd Turner Internet Site: www.gohuskies.com ATHLETE BIOS COACHES 2004 REVIEW RECORDS HISTORY 2005 Athlete Bios Coaching Information Men’s Bios........................................ 14-31 Head Coach Track & Field / Cross Country: ........ Greg Metcalf (3rd year) Women’s Bios .................................. 32-47 Office Phone: (206) 543-0811 Husky Coaches Assistant Coach (Vault/Jumps):.......................... Pat Licari (9th year) Office Phone: (206) 685-7429 Head Coach Greg Metcalf ............... 48-49 Assistant Coach (Throws): ...................... Bud Rasmussen (3rd year) All-Time Husky Coaches ....................... 49 Bios, p. 14-47 Assistant Coach Pat Licari .................... 50 Office Phone: (206) 616-8086 Assistant Coach Bud Rasmussen ......... 50 Assistant Coach (Sprints/Hurdles): ... LaMonte Vaughn, Jr. (1st year) Assistant Coach LaMonte Vaughn, Jr. .. 51 Office Phone: (206) 543-7914 Assistant Coach David Bazzi ................ 51 Assistant Coaches (Distances): ..................... David Bazzi (4th year) Assistant Coach Kelly Strong ................ 51 Kelly Strong (3rd year) Volunteer Assistant Duncan Atwood ..... 52 Volunteer Assistants: .................................. Duncan Atwood (throws) Volunteer Assistant Kate Carlson .......... 52 Kate Carlson (jumps) Husky Track Support Staff .................... 52 Track Office Phone: (206) 221-2625 ................. Fax: (206) 685-1677 2004 Season Review Administrative Staff 2004 Men’s Best Marks.................... 54-55 Certified Athletic Trainers: ....................... Nikki Smith, Susie Wegner 2004 Women’s Best Marks .............. 56-57 Coaches, p. 48-52 Equipment Managers: ..... Gary McGuire, Jim Hagland, Grant Gasca 2004 Postseason Summary .................. 58 Media Relations Director: .................................................. Jim Daves 2004 Pac-10 All-Academic Teams ........ 59 Asst. Media Relations Director/Track & Field Contact: .... Brian Beaky Office: (206) 543-2331................................ Cell: (206) 227-5709 Husky Records Fax: (206) 543-5000 ............. E-mail: [email protected] Pac-10, NCAA, American Records ....... 61 Men’s Freshman Records ..................... 62 TEAM INFO Men’s Outdoor Top-10 Lists ............. 62-63 2004 Men’s Pac-10 Finish: ............................................................ 8th Men’s Indoor Top-10 Lists ................ 64-65 2004 Men’s NCAA Finish (Outdoor/Indoor): ............... DNS/22nd (tie) Women’s Freshman Records ................ 66 2004 Women’s Pac-10 Finish: ....................................................... 6th Women’s Outdoor Top-10 Lists ........ 66-67 2004 Women’s NCAA Finish (Outdoor/Indoor): ............ 18th (tie)/37th Women’s Indoor Top-10 Lists........... 68-69 Review, p. 54-59 NCAA Men’s Competitors Returning / Lost: .................................. 3/3 NCAA Women’s Competitors Returning / Lost: ............................. 4/2 Husky History: A Century of Excellence Men’s Best Conference Finish:......................................... 2nd—1976 Pac-10 Championships History ........ 70-71 Men’s Best NCAA Finish: ....................................... 2nd—1929, 1930 MPSF Championships History .............. 71 Women’s Best Conference Finish: ................ 4th—1995, 1996, 1998 Men’s NCAA Championships History ... 72-75 Women’s Best NCAA Finish: ........................................... 10th—1988 All-Time Team Finishes 72 AAU/TAC National Champions 72 NCAA Champions 73 CREDITS: The 2005 University of Washington track & field media Career Individual Scoring 73 guide was written and edited by Brian Beaky. Design and layout All-Americans 74-75 done entirely in-house by Beaky. Cover design by Jay Torrell. Cover Women’s NCAA Championships History . 76-77 photography by Rod Commons, David Gonzales and Joanie All-Time Team Finishes 76 Records, p. 61-69 Komura. Inside covers designed by Jeff Bechthold. Interior shots NCAA Champions 76 by Beaky, Commons, Komura, Gonzale, Adam Hardtke and Bruce Career Individual Scoring 76 Terami. Printing by University of Washington Department of Pub- All-Americans 77 lications Services (Judy Robertson). Special thanks to Daniel Bell Olympians ............................................. 78 of the Amateur Athletics Federation, and to Paul Merca of USA Track World Record Holders ........................... 78 and Field for historical research. Editorial assistance provided by IAAF World Championships Participants .. 78 the UW coaching staff. Also thanks to Alisa Brandle, Jesse Hulsing Letterwinners ....................................... 79-84 and all previous UW Sports Information staffs who contributed to The Husky Experience—The Best of Everything this guide. Athletic Administration ........................... 85 University of Washington ................. 86-87 Alumni and Husky Highlights ........... 88-89 History, p. 70-84 Total Student-Athlete Program ......... 90-91 Athletic Facilities ................................... 92 Campaign for the Student-Athlete ......... 93 Strength & Conditioning, Athletic Medicine ... 94 Excellence in Coaching ......................... 95 Seattle ................................................... 96 2005 University of Washington Track & Field 1 Husky Stadium 2005 SEASON INFO While Dempsey Indoor hosts the Huskies from January to March, Husky Stadium since 1922, two years after the stadium’s initial when the weather warms up, Washington’s track and field teams construction. This year’s intrastate dual meet – one of four collegiate head outdoors to 72,500-seat Husky Stadium, the largest on-campus meets at Husky Stadium in 2005 – is scheduled for Apr. 30, and will track and field facility in the Pac-10. be the 98th all-time between the two schools. Athletes running on the hallowed Husky Stadium track do so in the Husky Stadium has been a regular site of top collegiate competition, footsteps of some of track and field’s most notable names, including including the 1997 Pac-10 Track and Field Championships, the 1972 former U.S. gold medalists Carl Lewis and Michael Johnson, both AAU Championships, and the 1971 NCAA Championships. of whom own facility records. Looming high above Lake Washington, Husky Stadium provides The eyes of the entire world were upon Husky Stadium in 1990, competitors with a unique combination of world-class competition when the Huskies’ outdoor track and field home played host to the and breathtaking natural scenery. Throwers using the East Field’s Opening and Closing Ceremonies, and all track and field competition, two shot put areas, javelin runway and discus and hammer cages for the 1990 Goodwill Games. can watch as their implements sail high into a Seattle sky framed by Mt. Rainier and the Olympic Mountains, while pole vaulters and jump- In addition to the 33 Stadium records set during the Goodwill Games, ers can take in the boats and seaplanes on Lake Washington in Husky Stadium has served as the site of numerous collegiate between jumps. records, including a record of 8:05.4 in the steeplechase by Washington State’s Henry Rono that has stood for the last 26 years. In 2001, the UW installed FieldTurf on both the stadium infield, used as an athlete warm-up area, and on the East Field between Husky Perhaps it’s not surprising that Rono’s mark should withstand the Stadium and Lake Washington. An all-weather track was first in- test of time, as the Cougars and Huskies have been going at it in stalled in 1968, and was resurfaced at a cost of $1.5 million in 1989. Husky Stadium Records MEN WOMEN 100m Dash ............................ 10.05, Leroy Burrell, USA, 1990 100m Dash ......................... 11.03, Carlette Guidry, USA, 1990 200m Dash ......................20.54, Michael Johnson, USA, 1990 200m Dash ....................... 22.64, Dannette Young, USA, 1990 400m Dash .................. 44.79, Robert Hernandez, Cuba, 1990 400m Dash .............................. 50.34, Ana Quirot, Cuba, 1990 800m ............................. 1:45.10, Joaquim Cruz, Oregon, 1984 800m ..................................... 1:57.52, Ana Quirot, Cuba, 1990 1500m ...............3:38.2, Jerome Howe, Mid-America TC, 1972 1500m ................. 4:09.17, Leah Ells, Abbotsford Royals, 1993 Steeplechase ............. 8:05.4, Henry Rono, Wash. State, 1978 Steeplechase ................. 9:58.27, Carrie Messner, Asics, 2004 5000m ......................... 13:33.52, Paul Williams, Canada, 1990 5000m ...................... 15:02.23, Yelena