WASHINGTON TRACK AND FIELD Jan. 14, 2003 //For Immediate Release// Contact: Brian Beaky Husky Track and Field Opens 2004 Season 2004 Husky Track Schedule Indoor With First of Five Meets at Dempsey Indoor Date Meet Location Jan. 17 Husky Indoor Preview Seattle On the Track: Washington’s track and field teams seek to recapture the magic of an Jan. 31 UW Invitational Seattle exciting 2003 season on Saturday with the season-opening UW Indoor Preview at Feb. 7 Bronco Invitational Boise, Idaho Dempsey Indoor. With six of the team’s 11 NCAA Championships qualifiers returning, Feb. 14 Pac-10 Invitational Seattle and a recruiting class that boasts numerous prep and junior-college All-Americans, the Feb. 27-28 MPSF Championships Seattle Huskies will attempt to put together a fitting follow-up to the team’s 2003 campaign, Mar. 6 UW Last Chance Qualifier Seattle which featured one national champion, four All-Americans and a dozen school records. Mar. 12-13 NCAA Champs. Fayetteville, Ark. No fewer than 42 Division-I, small-college and club squads will be helping Washington Outdoor ring in 2004 on Saturday, including full teams from Oregon, Stanford, Sacramento State, Date Meet Location and Portland. Spectator seating is available for all events, and admission is free. Mar. 20 Cal Poly Invite San Luis Obispo, CA Mar. 26-27 Stanford Invitational Palo Alto, CA Vaulters Tune Up: Washington’s vaulters earned a jump-start on 2004 at last wekend’s Mar. 31-Apr.4 Texas Relays Austin, TX U.S. Pole Vault Summit in Reno, Nev. Senior All-American Brad Walker, who saw bid Apr. 10 Pepsi Invitational Eugene, OR for a second NCAA title cut short in May by a broken hand, made a triumphant return, Apr. 16-18 Mt. SAC Relays Walnut, CA defeating U.S. record holder Jeff Hartwig and reigning Olympic gold medalist Nick Apr. 17 Interstate Challenge Pullman, WA Hysong with a vault of 18-4 that trailed only 2003 U.S. indoor champ Derek Miles. Apr. 22-24 Drake Relays Des Moines, IA Freshman Stevie Marshalek also made her mark, becoming just the second UW woman Apr. 24 Oregon Invitational Eugene, ORE May 1 UW-WSU Dual Pullman, WA to clear 13 feet with a vault of 13-1, good for the win. Junior All-American Kate Soma May 7-8 Pac-10 Multi Events Tuscon, AZ cleared 12-9, as did sophomore Carly Dockendorf, while Sam Roberts, Fumi Nagahisa May 8 Ken Shannon Invitational Seattle and McKane Lee each made their 2004 debuts for Washington. May 14-15 Pac-10 Championships Tuscon, AZ May 28-29 NCAA Regional Northridge, CA Event Schedule: Following is a complete schedule of events for Saturday’s UW Indoor June 9-12 NCAA Championships Austin, TX Preview at Dempsey Indoor. 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. 20-lb Weight Throw (W) 1:00 p.m. High Jump (W) Aug. 20-29 Olympic Games Athens, Greece 9:30 a.m. Long Jump (W) Pole Vault (M) 10:00 a.m. Pole Vault (W) 400m Dash (W) Bold font indicates Husky home meet. All home 10:30 a.m. 35-lb Weight Throw (M) 1:15 p.m. 400m Dash (M) indoor meets held at Dempsey Indoor, all home 1:30 p.m. 60m Dash Final (W) High Jump (M) outdoor meets held at Husky Stadium. 10:45 a.m. 60m Hurdles Prelim (W) 1:35 p.m. 60m Dash Final (M) 11:00 a.m. Long Jump (M) 1:45 p.m. 800m Run (W) 11:10 a.m. 60m Hurdles Prelim (M) 1:55 p.m. 800m Run (M) For the latest information on Husky track and 11:30 a.m. 60m Dash Prelim (W) 2:00 p.m. Shot Put (M) field, including results, statistics and releases, Triple Jump (M) visit the official site of UW athletics at: 11:50 a.m. 60m Dash Prelim (M) www.gohuskies.com 12:10 p.m. Mile Run (W) 2:05 p.m. 200m Dash (W) 12:20 p.m. Mile Run (M) 2:25 p.m. 200m Dash (M) 2004 UW Track and Field Media Guide 12:30 p.m. Shot Put (W) 2:45 p.m. 3000m Run (W) The 2004 UW Track and Field Media Guide is Triple Jump (W) 3:00 p.m. 3000m Run (M) your source for bios and photos of the 2004 Hus- 12:35 p.m. 60m Hurdles Final (W) 3:10 p.m. DMR (W) kies, as well as records and a history of the first 12:45 p.m. 60m Hurdles Final (M) 3:25 p.m. DMR (M) century of Husky track. Media guides are on sale 12:50 p.m. 600m Run (W) 3:40 p.m. 4x400m Relay (W) for just $5 at all UW home track meets, and can 12:55 p.m. 600m Run (M) 3:50 p.m. 4x400m Relay (M) be purchased by phone at (206) 543-2230. Meet Results: Results will be posted periodically throughout the meet on a board at the south end of Dempsey Indoor. Following the conclusion of the meet, packets of results will be available at the finish line for coaches and meet officials only. Please allow 5-10 minutes following the conclusion of the final event for results to be processed and approved. Final results will be faxed to all local media and participating schools roughly 30 minutes following the conclusion of the meet, and will be posted to the official site of Husky athletics, www.gohuskies.com, within an hour. Any coach or SID wishing to have results e-mailed should send a special request to the UW Sports Information office at the e-mail address listed on the following page. UW TRACK AND FIELD • Jan. 14, 2004 • Page 2 Rankings Report: Washington’s men debuted in a tie for 23rd in the first Husky Track Quick Facts 2004 release of the Trackwire 25, a national ranking which attempts to University of Washington predict team scoring at the 2004 NCAA Indoor Championships. The Hus- Athletic Department, Box 354070 kies earned 10 points in the ranking, equaling the total given to Kansas, Seattle, WA 98195-4070 Connecticut and Purdue. Defending NCAA outdoor champion Arkansas claimed the top spot with 62 points, while reigning champs Louisiana State Enrollment: .................. 37,000 (26,000 undergraduate) ranked No. 1 among women’s teams with 71. The Husky women went Founded: ................................................... Nov. 4, 1861 unranked by Trackwire. The first release of the 2004 U.S. Track Coaches President: ..................................... Dr. Lee L. Huntsman Association Dual Meet Power Rankings is due out later this month. Director of Athletics: .......................... Barbara Hedges Home Stadium: ........ Dempsey Indoor/Husky Stadium 2003 Indoor Season Recap: The 2003 indoor season will long be remem- Press Row Phone: ................................ (206) 227-5709 bered as one of the most exciting in UW history, with school records, Conference: ................................................... Pacific-10 Head Coach: ........................... Greg Metcalf (2nd year) American records, and top-10 world marks falling left and right. Eight Asst. Coach (Vault/Jumps): ......... Pat Licari (8th year) UW records were set during the team’s five weeks of competition at Asst. Coach (Sprints/Hurdles): Dion Miller (2nd year) Dempsey Indoor, including a pair of records by Courtney Inman in the Asst. Coach (Throws): ....... Bud Rasmussen (2nd year) 800m and mile runs. At the 2003 NCAA Indoor Championships, Inman Asst. Coach (Distances): .......... David Bazzi (3rd year) was a top-10 finisher in the mile, Jeremy Park earned All-American hon- Asst. Coach (Distances): . Kelly MacDonald (2nd year) ors at 3,000m, and pole vaulter Brad Walker won his first NCAA title, Track Office Phone:............................. (206) 221-2625 crushing the competition by nine inches. Walker’s mark of 19 feet, 0 1/4 Website: ........................................ www.gohuskies.com inch was three inches beyond the Pac-10 record, and tied for third in the 2003 Men’s Pac-10 Finish: ...................................... 9th world indoors in 2003. In fact, a glance at the 2003 IAAF World Rankings 2003 Men’s NCAA Finish: .................................... N/A reveals dozens of marks set on the Dempsey Indoor track. As many as 2003 Women’s Pac-10 Finish: ................................. 6th 2,500 spectators packed the facility each week, creating a highly-charged 2003 Women’s NCAA Finish: ..................... 29th (tied) NCAA Competitors Returning/Lost: ..................... 6/5 atmosphere that attracted such luminaries as two-time Olympic medalist Best Men’s Conference Finish: .................. 2nd (1976) John Godina, and fellow Olympians Seilala Sua, Bolota Asmeron, Michael Best Men’s NCAA Finish: ................ 2nd (1929, 1930) Stember and Ja’Warren Hooker. Also, a pair of Masters’ athletes, Tony Best Women’s Conference Finish: .. 4th (1995, ‘96, ‘98) Young and Harold Morioka, combined for three all-time U.S.-best marks, Best Women’s NCAA Finish: .................... 10th (1988) while the Northwest’s top preps filled the facility on three weekends. Husky Media Relations Dempsey Indoor: The 80,000-square foot home of Husky indoor track Brian Beaky, Track and Field SID opened in September of 2001 to rave reviews. The facility includes a per- E-mail: [email protected] manent 307-meter MONDO track (six lanes on the straightaway, five on Office Phone: (206) 543-2230 the oval) and a full 100-yard FieldTurf infield equipped to host the shot Mobile Phone: (206) 227-5709 put, weight throw, long jump, triple jump, high jump and pole vault events. Fax: (206) 543-5000 Already in 2003, Dempsey Indoor has played host to five former Olympi- ans and witnessed five top-10 world marks, three top all-time U.S.