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Head Coach Leroy Burrell HEAD COACH LEROY BURRELL TEN YEARS OF EXCELLENCE Ñ C-USA Indoor Coach of the Decade (1996-2005) Ñ C-USA Outdoor Coach of the Decade (1996-2005) Ñ 13-Time C-USA Coach of the Year Ñ Three-Time NCAA Regional Coach of the Year Ñ USA Junior Coach Ñ 1992 Olympic Gold Medalist Ñ Two-Time World Record Holder (100 Meters) Ñ Current World Record Holder (4x100- & 4x200-Meter Relays) Ñ Three-Time NCAA Champion Ñ 10-Time NCAA All-American 2008 TRACK & FIELD MEDIA GUIDE TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 2007 MEN’S INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM Media Information 2 MEN’S RECORDS Season Preview 3-5 Indoor Records/Top 5 90-91 adidas Ad 6 Outdoor Records/Top 5 92-93 Track and Field Facilities 8-9 Indoor All-Americans 94 UH Track and Field 10-11 Outdoor All-Americans 95 The City of Houston 12-13 NCAA Champions 96-97 The University of Houston 14-16 Conference USA Champions 98 Cougar Athletics 17-28 Year-by-Year Finishes 99 Awards and Honors 100 2007 SEASON REVIEW Letterwinners 101-103 2007 Cross Country Results 30 2007 Track and Field Top Five Performances 31-34 NCAA Qualifying Standards 104 COACHING STAFF QUICK FACTS Head Coach Leroy Burrell 36-37 Location Houston, Texas Associate Head Coach Kyle Tellez 38 Founded 1927 Assistant Coach Will Blackburn 39 Began Intercollegiate Athletics 1946 Head Cross Country Coach Ryan Turner 40 Enrollment 35,400 Assistant Coach Floyd Heard/Volunteer Assistant Jenny Adams/Volunteer Assistant President/Chancellor TBA Ebonie Floyd/Volunteer Assistant Alec Henry 41 Athletics Director Dave Maggard Strength and Conditioning Coach Chad Dennis/Strength and Conditioning Coach Dale Affiliation NCAA Division I Jones/ Academic Advisor Lori Selzer/Academic Advisor Helen Gore-Laird 42 Conference Conference USA Administrative Assistant Tiffani Hoot/Dr. R.J. Kelly/Support Staff 43 Nickname Cougars Coach Emeritus Tom Tellez 44 Colors Scarlet & White with Navy Trim Administration Bios 45-46 Indoor Facility Yeoman Field House Outdoor Facility Lewis/Tellez Complex 2007 COUGARS Women’s Roster 48 2007 SEASON FINISHES Women’s Biographies 49-60 Women’s Indoor C-USA Third Men’s Roster 62 Women’s Outdoor C-USA Third Men’s Biographies 63-76 Men’s Indoor C-USA First Men’s Outdoor C-USA Third WOMEN’S RECORDS Indoor Records/Top 5 78-79 Credits... Outdoor Records/Top 5 80-81 The 2007-08 University of Houston track and field media guided is a product of All-Americans 82 the UH Sports Information Officce. NCAA Champions 83 The guide was written and designed by Sports Information Assistant Jamie Conference USA Champions 84 Zarda. Year-by-Year Finishes 85 Editorial assistance provided by Associate AD/Communication Chris Burkhalter, Awards and Honors 86 Assistant SIDs Jeff Conrad, Ryan Koslen and Rick Poulter, Sports Information Assistant All-Time Letterwinners 87-88 Elaina Matsko and Administrative Assistant Syria Boyd. Cover designs by Koslen. Photography by Pete Medrano, Thomas Shea, Richard Carson, Conference USA, Stephen Pinchback, Lance Phegley, and Koby James. Printed by MultiAd in Peoria, Ill. WWW.UHCOUGARS.COM 1 MEDIA INFORMATION SPORTS INFORMATION ASSISTANCE The University of Houston Sports Information Office is at your service to assist you Houston Sports Information with your coverage of Houston Track and Field. UH Sports Information Assistant Jamie Zarda will be happy to serve you during the 2006 season. For information regarding CHRIS BURKHALTER credentials, team and player information, interviews, statistics and pictures please Associate Athletics Director/Communications call the UH SID Office (713-743-9404). Football All interviews must be arranged through the sports information office at least Cell: (713) 775-1542 one day in advance. Photographers and videographers are allowed to shoot during [email protected] practice at Coach Burrell’s discretion. Please contact the Sports Information Office for INTRODUCTION the exact time and place of each day’s practice. SPORTS INFORMATION OFFICE JEFF CONRAD The University of Houston Sports Information Office is in the Ted Nance Suite Assistant Sports Information Director (#2008) on the second floor of the Athletics/Alumni Center. The Athletics/Alumni Football, Baseball, Swimming & Diving Center is located on Cullen Boulevard between Cougar Field and Hofheinz Pavilion. If Cell: (713) 557-3841 available, parking will be provided in the front lot of the Athletics/Alumni Center. [email protected] TRACK DIRECTIONS Yeoman Fieldhouse and the Lewis/Tellez Complex are located on Cullen Boulevard RYAN KOSLEN between Scott and Holman streets behind the Athletics/Alumni Center. To reach it Assistant SID/Publications Coordinator from Bush Intercontinental Airport, take Highway 59 South through downtown until Women’s Basketball, Soccer the Interstate 45 exchange. Take I-45 South (Galveston) and proceed for about one Cell: (713) 598-8666 mile. Take the Cullen Exit and stay on the feeder road to the light. Take a right on [email protected] Cullen and proceed into the University. The AAC is approximately 1/2 of a mile on your right-hand side. To reach it from Hobby Airport, take Airport Drive to Interstate 45. Take I-45 North (toward downtown). Exit Cullen Blvd/Elgin St. and go through the first light until you reach Cullen Blvd. Take a left and follow the same directions above. RICK POULTER Assistant Sports Information Director CREDENTIAL REQUESTS Men’s Basketball, Golf All requests for working press, radio, television, photography or scouting creden- Cell: (713) 557-3836 tials should be mailed, emailed or faxed on letterhead to the Track & Field SID Jamie [email protected] Zarda at least one week prior to the Meet. Season credential requests should be sent at least two weeks prior to the first meet. Seating in the press area is forworking media only. JAMIE ZARDA Sports Information Assistant PRESS CREDENTIALS Volleyball, Track & Field Traditional print, television and radio (media agency) regularly assigned to cover Cell: (913) 406-4914 the University of Houston and the visiting school will receive first priority, as well as [email protected] national news-gathering agencies. Credentials for Internet sites will be granted to University of Houston-operated Web sites, the visiting team’s official Web site and Conference USA’s official Web site. ELAINA MATSKO Spouses, dates, children, equipment carriers and non-workers are restricted from Sports Information Assistant the press box, sidelines and locker rooms. Any abuse of a working credential will result Cross Country, Tennis, Softball in the media agency losing credential privileges. Cell: (727) 215-3857 In some instances due to space limitations, meeting the criteria identified below [email protected] does not guarantee credentials for every game. ACCREDIDATION GUIDLINES • Only full-time, salaried employees intending to provide actual game coverage may SYRIA BOYD receive credentials. Administrative Assistant • A requesting media agency must represent a collective, organizational editorial Office: (713) 743-9404 voice, not simply the offerings of a single individual. [email protected] • Membership in a writer’s association does not automatically qualify an agency for credentials. • A media agency may assign one of its credentials to its on-line entity. • An on-line entity, not associated with a traditional media agency, may qualify for UH Sports Information one credential, subject to the following conditions: Sports Information Main Phone ..............................................(713) 743-9404 Sports Information Fax ............................................................(713) 743-9411 1. An on-line entity may receive a credential only if its own full-time staff writes a Website .........................................................................www.UHCougars.com majority of that site’s material. 2. On-line entities that focus primarily on University of Houston Athletics and University of Houston Sports Information sponsor message. 3100 Cullen Blvd., Suite 2008 Athletics/Alumni Center PHOTOGRAPHER GUIDELINES Houston, TX 77204 Photographers are welcome to shoot meet action. Please stay off the track and be aware of meet action going on around you. Photographers are not permitted in the team bench areas. 2 2008 HOUSTON TRACK AND FIELD 2008 SEASON PREVIEW The University of Houston track and field team will look to win their 10th women’s capable sprinters include freshmen Kayln Floyd and Christi Jones. team title since 2000 and their eighth men’s title when the 2008 season opens on Jan. 12. With a team that includes 30 newcomers this season the early part of the “When it is all said and done the relays will be an area of strength for our team. We INTRODUCTION season will be aimed at building team chemistry. One advantage the Cougars have just have a few unanswered questions with that because of their youth and inexperi- is they host six indoor meets this season, including the 2008 Conference USA Indoor ence,” Burrell said. Track and Field Championships. This is the eighth-straight year Houston will host the annual conference meet. Houston wraps-up hosting duties with two outdoor meets What the newcomers on the team do have is a competitive attitude. Burrell says their and travels to El Paso, Texas for the 2008 Conference USA Outdoor Track and Field enthusiasm and competitiveness serves them well once the season begins. Championships. Also, returning this season is two-time Conference USA hurdles champion, Seun Adi- A look at the Women gun. Adigun looks to lead in the hurdles again this season along with junior LeeA’ndrea One thing that is missing when the Cougars take to the track this season is four-time Robinson. All-American Ebonie Floyd. After setting four school records, Floyd graduated in May but joins the team as a volunteer coach, aiding the sprinters. One area of the team that continues to be a weakness for Houston is in the distance events. Houston does not generally fair well in the long distance running, but with the addition of new assistant coach and head cross country coach Ryan Turner, Burrell hopes to make progress in those events.
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