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WASHINGTON TRACK AND FIELD May 5, 2004 //For Immediate Release// Contact: Brian Beaky Husky Stadium Sendoff for UW Seniors 2004 Husky Track Schedule Indoor Marks Final Tuneup for 2004 Pac-10 Meet Date Meet Location Jan. 17 UW Indoor Preview Seattle On the Track: Washington’s 14th-ranked women and 22nd-ranked men remain at home Jan. 31 Husky Invitational Seattle Saturday for the lone outdoor meet of the year at Husky Stadium, the Second-Annual Feb. 7 Bronco Invitational Boise, Idaho Ken Shannon Invitational. In addition to being the final home competition for Feb. 14 Pac-10 Invitational Seattle Washington’s outstanding senior class, the meet marks the final regular-season tuneup Feb. 27-28 MPSF Championships Seattle before the Pac-10 Championships, next weekend in Tucson, Ariz. In fact, junior Grace Mar. 6 UW Last Chance Qualifier Seattle Vela will bypass the Ken Shannon and head straight to Tucson for Friday and Saturday’s Mar. 12-13 NCAA Champs. Fayetteville, Ark. multi-event portion of the Pac-10 meet, conducted a week prior to the main event. Ac- Outdoor tion at Husky Stadium begins at 11:00 a.m. with the women’s pole vault, with the first Date Meet Location track event scheduled for 12:30 p.m. Admission is free to all spectators. Mar. 20 Cal Poly Invite San Luis Obispo, CA Mar. 26-27 Stanford Invitational Palo Alto, CA Walker to Modesto: Four-time All-American Brad Walker will compete Saturday for Apr. 1-Apr. 3 Texas Relays Austin, TX the second time since wrapping up his collegiate career with a second-straight NCAA Apr. 10 Pepsi Invitational Eugene, OR indoor pole vault title in March. Walker will join a world-class field headed by Ameri- Apr. 16-18 Mt. SAC Relays Walnut, CA can record holder Jeff Hartwig and Germany’s Tim Lobinger at the Modesto Relays, Apr. 17 Interstate Challenge Pullman, WA scheduled to begin at 3:15 p.m. The Relays have special significance in Husky track Apr. 22-24 Drake Relays Des Moines, IA history, having been the site of Brian Sternberg’s world-record vault in 1963, as well Apr. 24 Oregon Invitational Eugene, ORE May 1 UW-WSU Dual Pullman, WA as Phil Shinnick’s unratified world-record long jump that same year. Already an Olym- May 7-8 Pac-10 Multi Events Tuscon, AZ pic Trials qualifier, Walker will be seeking to continue his climb up the 2004 IAAF May 8 Ken Shannon Invitational Seattle Outdoor Rankings, which currently rank the former Husky fifth in the world this year. May 14-15 Pac-10 Championships Tucson, AZ May 28-29 NCAA Regional Northridge, CA Event Schedule: Following is a schedule of events for Saturday’s Ken Shannon Invita- June 9-12 NCAA Championships Austin, TX tional. All events are timed finals; all times are Pacific and subject to change. June 24-27 USATF Jr. Nat’ls Buffalo, NY July 9-18 U.S. Olympic Trials Sacramento, CA 9:00 a.m. Hammer (M)* 2:00 p.m. Shot Put (M) Aug. 20-29 Olympic Games Athens, Greece 10:00 a.m. Hammer (W)* 2:00 p.m. 400m Dash (W) 11:00 a.m. Pole Vault (W) 2:10 p.m. 400m Dash (M) Bold font indicates Husky home meet. All home 11:00 a.m. Long Jump (W) 2:20 p.m. 100m Dash (W) indoor meets held at Dempsey Indoor, all home 11:00 a.m. Javelin (W) 2:30 p.m. 100m Dash (M) outdoor meets held at Husky Stadium. 12:00 p.m. Javelin (M) 2:30 p.m. High Jump (M) 12:30 p.m. Shot Put (W) 2:40 p.m. 800m Run (W) 12:30 p.m. Steeplechase (W) 2:50 p.m. 800m Run (M) Hot off the Presses ... 12:45 p.m. Steeplechase (M) 3:00 p.m. 400m Hurdles (W) • Two-time NCAA champion Brad Walker is the 1:00 p.m. High Jump (W) 3:10 p.m. 400m Hurdles (M) world’s fifth-ranked pole vaulter outdoors, and 1:00 p.m. 4x100m (W) 3:15 p.m. Triple Jump (M) will return to action this weekend, p3 1:05 p.m. 4x100m (M) 3:15 p.m. Discus (M) 1:10 p.m. 1,500m Run (W) 3:20 p.m. 200m Dash (W) • Freshman Ashley Lodree, just 18 years old, is 1:25 p.m. 1,500m Run (M) 3:30 p.m. 200m Dash (M) the world’s third-ranked Under-20 hurdler, p4 1:40 p.m. 100m Hurdles (W) 3:40 p.m. 5000m Run (W) • Multi-eventer Grace Vela, competing this week 1:50 p.m. 110m Hurdles (M) 4:00 p.m. 5000m Run (M) 2:00 p.m. Pole Vault (M) 4:20 p.m. 4x400m Relay (W) at the Pac-10 meet, ranks among Canada’s top- 2:00 p.m. Triple Jump (W) 4:25 p.m. 4x400m Relay (M) 10 women in five different events, p6 2:00 p.m. Discus (W) * - At West Seattle Stadium • Senior javelin thrower Megan Spriestersbach is ranked ninth among American women in the Meet Results: Results will be posted periodically during the meet on a wall adjacent to 2004 USA Track and Field Rankings, p7 the entrance to Tunnel 21 on the north side of Husky Stadium, Following the meet, packets of results will be available for coaches and meet officials in the Don James • Just three weeks into her track season, two-sport Center. Results will also be faxed to all participating schools, and will be posted online star Carly Dockendorf soared to seventh in Ca- at www.gohuskies.com. nadian history in the pole vault, p9 UW TRACK AND FIELD • May 5, 2004 • Page 2 Historic Husky Stadium: On the shores of Lake Washington and with Husky Track Quick Facts vistas of Mount Rainier, Husky Stadium’s current capacity of 72,500 seats University of Washington makes it the largest stadium in the Pacific Northwest and the nation’s 15th- Athletic Department, Box 354070 largest on-campus facility. Built in 1920 at a cost of $600,000, the facility Seattle, WA 98195-4070 has hosted some of the world’s most prestigious meets, including the 1990 Goodwill Games, at which 33 Husky Stadium records were set. The sta- Enrollment: .................. 37,000 (26,000 undergraduate) dium has also served as host of the 1971 NCAA Championships, the 1972 Founded: ................................................... Nov. 4, 1861 AAU Championships and the 1990 and 1997 Pacific-10 Conference Cham- President: ..................................... Dr. Lee L. Huntsman pionships, and is scheduled to host the conference meet again in 2006. Director of Athletics: .......................... Barbara Hedges Home Stadium: ........ Dempsey Indoor/Husky Stadium Rankings Report: A banner week at Washington State held the UW women Press Row Phone: ................................ (206) 227-5709 Conference: ................................................... Pacific-10 steady at No. 14 in the USTCA Dual Meet Power Rankings, their 361.83 Head Coach: ........................... Greg Metcalf (2nd year) points an 11-point improvement from last week. Pac-10 rivals UCLA earned Asst. Coach (Vault/Jumps): ......... Pat Licari (8th year) an untouchable 448.52 points to rank first, ahead of Nebraska and BYU. Asst. Coach (Sprints/Hurdles): Dion Miller (2nd year) UCLA also claimed the top spot in the Trackwire 25, the Bruins’ 68 points Asst. Coach (Throws): ....... Bud Rasmussen (2nd year) knocking defending NCAA champion LSU to second with 56. Washing- Asst. Coach (Distances): .......... David Bazzi (3rd year) ton received two points from Trackwire, eight below the 10 necessary for Asst. Coach (Distances): . Kelly MacDonald (2nd year) top-25 mention. The Husky meanwhile, gained four spots from the USTCA Track Office Phone:............................. (206) 221-2625 this week, climbing from 26th to 22nd with 350.40 points, 16 more than Website: ........................................ www.gohuskies.com last week’s total. Nebraska was the USTCA’s top-ranked squad for the 2003 Men’s Pac-10 Finish: ...................................... 9th second-straight week with 408.52 points, just holding off BYU at 404.31 2003 Men’s NCAA Finish: .................................... N/A and Florida at 402.33. It was Arkansas who held strong to No. 1 in the 2003 Women’s Pac-10 Finish: ................................. 6th 2003 Women’s NCAA Finish: ..................... 29th (tied) Trackwire ranking, however, the Hogs’ 67 points comfortably ahead of NCAA Competitors Returning/Lost: ..................... 6/5 LSU, at 49, and Florida, at 47. The UW men were unranked by Trackwire. Best Men’s Conference Finish: .................. 2nd (1976) Best Men’s NCAA Finish: ................ 2nd (1929, 1930) One for the Ages: Having been defeated by their cross-state rivals for Best Women’s Conference Finish: .. 4th (1995, ‘96, ‘98) seven-straight years, Washington’s women entered last week’s dual at Best Women’s NCAA Finish: .................... 10th (1988) Washington State determined to get back on the winning track. By the end Husky Media Relations of the day, Husky women had indeed downed the Cougars on the strength of one school record, one meet record, one of the top-10 marks in Cana- Brian Beaky, Track and Field SID dian women’s history, and seven marks among the top-10 all-time in UW E-mail: [email protected] history. Husky freshman Ashley Lodree accounted for 23 of Washington’s Office Phone: (206) 543-2230 108 points in the historic 108-95 win, winning the 100-meter dash, 100- Mobile Phone: (206) 227-5709 meter hurdles and long jump, and running on UW’s 4x100- and 4x400- Fax: (206) 543-5000 meter relays. Sophomore Lauran Dignam was outstanding, too, setting a 2004 USTCA Dual Meet Power Rankings UW record at 400 meters and running the sixth-fastest 200-meter mark all-time, while sophomore Carly Dockendorf set a meet record in the Men Women 1.