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ASU Track & Field 1977 Men's Outdoor NCAA Champions 2006 Women's Pacifi c-10 Conference Champions JUNE 7 - JUNE 10 THIS WEEK IN ASU TRACK & FIELD Meet #28: at NCAA West Region Championships Clarence F. Robinson Track 2006 INDOOR SCHEDULE Brigham Young Univeristy (Provo, Utah) JANUARY Friday-Saturday, May 26-27 21 at Lumberjack Invite .........................Flagstaff 27 at Arizona-California Challenge .......Flagstaff FEBRUARY Track & Field Heads to Sacramento for NCAA Champs 3-4 at Air Force Invite ...........US Air Force Acad. Individual, team titles will be on the line this week for Sun Devil athletes 10-11 at New Mexico Invite ................Albuquerque 11 at Tyson Invite .............................Fayetteville The collegiate season comes to a close this week NCAA CHAMPS. SCHEDULE 11 at Husky Invite ....................................Seattle as members of the Arizona State University track WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7 18 at Southwest Invitational ................ Flagstaff and field team head to the Alex G. Spanos Athletic 10:00 am M Decathlon ............................. Final 24-25 at MPSF Championships ................ Seattle Complex in Sacramento, Calif., for the 2006 NCAA 4:30 pm W Discus ......................... Qualifying MARCH Outdoor Championships set for June 7-10. 5:30 pm M 200m Dash ............... First Round 3 at Air Force Last Chance ........ USAF Acad. 5:50 pm W 400m Dash ............... First Round 4 at Notre Dame Last Chance ... South Bend 7:00 pm W 3,000m Steeple ............ Semifinal 4 at Iowa State Last Chance ................ Ames THE STAKES 7:25 pm M 3,000m Steeple ............ Semifinal 10-11 at NCAA Championships .......... Fayetteville The NCAA Championships will crown a team 7:50 pm W 5,000m Run .................. Semifinal champion on both the men's and women's side THURSDAY, JUNE 8 2006 OUTDOOR SCHEDULE while also honoring the champions in each event. 10:00 am M Decathlon ............................. Final MARCH Those athletes, both individually and on relays, 11:00 am W Hammer ...................... Qualifying 17-18 BALDY CASTILLO INVITE ......... Tempe that finish among the Top 8 in their respective 4:10 pm W 400m Hurdles ........... First Round 23-24 at Jim Click Combined Events ........ Tucson events also will earn All-America honors. 4:30 pm W Pole Vault .................... Qualifying 24-25 ASU INVITATIONAL ................... Tempe 6:00 pm W 1,500m Run .................. Semifinal 31-1 at Stanford Invitational .................. Palo Alto 6:30 pm W 4x400m Relay .............. Semifinal TUNE IN APRIL 7:15 pm W Shot Put ...................... Qualifying The final two days of competition in Sacramento 7:20 pm W 10,000m Run ....................... Final 1 at Arizona International .................... Tucson will be carried on television. CSTV will carry 6-8 at Texas Relays .................................. Austin action from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Arizona time (8 p.m. FRIDAY, JUNE 9 13-14 at Mt. SAC Relays ............................ Walnut 10:00 am W Heptathlon ........................... Final 14 at Mesa Classic ................................... Mesa to 10 p.m. EST) on Friday, June 9, before CBS 3:00 pm M Triple Jump ................. Qualifying 14-15 at SUN ANGEL CLASSIC .............. Tempe airs live coverage on Saturday, June 10, between 3:45 pm W Discus ................................... Final 22 at UCSD Triton Invite ...................... La Jolla 3:30 p.m. and 6 p.m. Arizona (12:30 p.m. to 3:00 5:25 pm W 400m Dash ................... Semifinal 29 at Double Dual .................................. Tucson p.m. EST). 5:55 pm M 200m Dash ................... Semifinal 30 at Cardinal Classic ........................ Palo Alto 6:10 pm W 400m Hurdles ............... Semifinal 6:35 pm W 3,000m Steeple ................... Final MAY REPRESENTED BY ... 7:00 pm W 5,000m Run ......................... Final 6-7 at Pac-10 Multis ............................... Eugene ASU will send 13 women and five men to 13-14 at Pac-10 Championships .............. Eugene Sacramento this week to compete in the NCAA SATURDAY, JUNE 10 20 at Tucson Elite Classic ..................... Tucson Championships with five of the women participat- 10:00 am W Hammer ............................... Final 26-27 at NCAA West Region ....................... Provo 10:30 am W Heptathlon ........................... Final ing in multiple events. The women are represent- 11:45 am W Pole Vault ............................. Final JUNE ed by Brooke Bennett (3,000m steeplechase), 7-10 at NCAA Championships ........ Sacramento 12:30 pm W Shot Put ............................... Final Shauntel Elcock (4x400m), Rachel Ellison 12:30 pm M Triple Jump .......................... Final Home Meets in Bold (held at Sun Angel Stadium) (1,500m), Christina Hardeman (400m dash/ 12:52 pm W 400m Hurdles ...................... Final 4x400m), Amy Hastings (10,000m), Victoria 1:10 pm W 400m Dash .......................... Final 2006 ASU QUICK FACTS 1:40 pm M 200m Dash .......................... Final Location ................................................... Tempe, Ariz. Jackson (10,000m), Jacquelyn Johnson (hep- 1:52 pm W 1,500m Run ......................... Final Enrollment ........................................................ 51,612 tathlon), Jenna Kingma (5,000m), April Kubishta 2:20 pm M 3,000m Steeple ................... Final Colors ................................................. Maroon & Gold (pole vault), Jessica Pressley (shot put/dis- 2:32 pm W 4x400m Relay ..................... Final Conference ..................................................Pacific-10 cus), Sarah Stevens (shot put/discus/hammer), • includes only events ASU has entrants University President ............................Michael Crow Latosha Wallace (400m hurdles/4x400m) and In-depth ASU schedule on page 7 VP for University Athletics ........................Lisa Love Home Venue ................................Sun Angel Stadium Bridgette Williams (400m dash/4x400m) while Head Coach ..................................Greg Kraft (jumps) the men will send Aaron Aguayo (3,000m steeple), Joshua Kinnaman (decathlon), Kelvin Assistant Coach ................... David Dumble (throws) Love Jr. (200m), Ryan Warrenburg (3,000m steeple) and Ryan Zimmerman (triple jump). Assistant Coach .....................Dion Miller (W sprints) Assistant Coach ...............Louie Quintana (distance) HOW THEY GOT THERE Assistant Coach ................Terry Winston (M sprints) The Sun Devils took various paths to Sacramento as the individual competitors either earned Volunteer Coach ................... Ron Barela (pole vault) an automatic berth into the championships based on their Top 5 finish at the regional meet, an Volunteer Coach ............ Dan O'Brien (multi-events) Graduate Assistant ................... Jeremy Rasmussen at-large selection following the regional meet, or by recording an NCAA automatic or provisional Graduate Assistant ............................. Rhonda Riley qualifying mark during the season. Amy Hastings (10,000m), Victoria Jackson (10,000m) Media Relations Conact .......................... Alex Ryan and Jacquelyn Johnson (heptathlon) each earned NCAA automatic berths during the season • Email ........................................ [email protected] while Joshua Kinnaman was selected from the provisional list in the decathlon. The remaining • Direct Phone ................................... (480) 965-4987 four men and nine of the women's entries came via Top 5 finishes at the West Region while four • SID Fax ........................................... (480) 965-5408 women's entries were at-large selections by the NCAA. ICA Media Relations Office P.O. Box 872505 Tempe, AZ 85287-2505 www.TheSunDevils.com COACH KRAFT & TEAM NOTES (CONT.) BY THE NUMBERS HEAD COACH GREG KRAFT They Sun Devils rank highly in several statistical breakdowns heading into the national meet Greg Kraft is in his 10th year at the helm of the Arizona with the women's team scoring well. Arizona State has the most women's entries in the State University track and field program and has brought championships (16) and the most in the throw events (five) while holding the second-most the Sun Devils back into the national spotlight with his squads' recent success. In recognition of this, he was distance entries (four) and the third-most entry marks ranked in the Top 10 (eight). Add the named the 2006 USTFCCA Women's West District men's entries into the mix and the Sun Devil program is tied for the ninth-most entries in the Coach of the Year. meet (21) while it's 11 Top 10 marks rank tied for fifth. Combined, the distance entries (six) Recently, Kraft's women's program has moved up into are the second-most, as are the multi-event entries (two), while the entries in the throws (five) the national spotlight and captured its first Pac-10 title are seventh. A young squad, the Sun Devils have the fourth-most freshmen and sophomore (May 13-14) in Eugene, Ore., after finishing third at the entries with 11 while sitting tied for third with six of those entries ranked in the Top 10. indoor NCAA meet. At the conference meet, the women won five titles. This past fall, the women's cross country team finished fourth to earn the first trophy finish in ELITE COMPANY program history while the men rebounded to advance to Redshirt freshman Sarah Stevens will be a busy competitor this weekend as she will be their second NCAA meet in a row. one of three women that have qualified and will take part in three events over the course