ARIZONA STATE TRACK & FIELD Women's 2007 & 2008 NCAA Indoor & 2007 Outdoor Champs Men's 2008 NCAA Indoor Champions Outdoor Meet #3: at Jim Click Multis (Tucson, Ariz.) OUTDOOR SEASON - WEEK 3 Thursday, April 3-Friday, April 4 2008 SUN DEVIL SCHEDULE Outdoor Meet #4: at Jim Click Invitational (Tucson, Ariz.) Saturday, April 5 INDOOR SEASON Outdoor Meet #5: at Stanford Invitational (Palo Alto, Calif.) Date Meet Location Friday, April 4-Saturday, April 5 J 25 Friday Night Challenge Flagstaff, AZ F 1-2 Washington Invitational Seattle, WA 1-2 United Heritage Multi Nampa, ID Sun Devil Track & Field Hits the Road for Three Meets 1-2 Mountain 'T' Invitational Flagstaff, AZ Arizona State will compete at Arizona, Stanford this weekend 8-9 Bronco Invitational Nampa, ID 15 Tyson Invitational Fayetteville, AR With two home meets completed and nearly 30 regional qualifiers attained, the Arizona State 15-16 Iowa State Classic Ames, IA University track and field team will head out on the road this week to two destinations as the 16 Husky Classic Seattle, WA outdoor season continues. Many of the team's members will travel south to Tucson for the 23 NAU Tune-Up Flagstaff, AZ Jim Click Multis (Thursday-Friday) and the Jim Click Invitational (Saturday) while a few Sun 29-1 MPSF Championships Seattle, WA M 8 Iowa State Last Chance Ames, IA Devils will travel to the Stanford Invitational (Friday-Saturday) in Palo Alto, Calif. 8 Washington Last Chance Seattle, WA 14-15 NCAA Championships Fayetteville, AR NATIONALLY KNOWN The preseason team rankings were released by the USTFCCCA on March 26 with the rank- OUTDOOR SEASON 21-22 Baldy Castillo Invitational Tempe ings based upon points earned for an athlete's position on the NCAA descending order list 28-29 ASU Invitational Tempe (the final list of 2007 was used for the first ranking of the year). The men open the season A 3-4 Jim Click Multis Tucson, AZ ranked No. 8 with 172.36 points with Florida State leading the way with 259.63 points. LSU 5 Jim Click Invitational Tucson, AZ (247.33), Tennessee (209.00), Florida (195.32) and USC (188.89) round out the Top 5 men's 4-5 Stanford Invitational Palo Alto, CA teams. The women, winners of the last three NCAA championships, enters the year ranked 11-12 29th Sun Angel Classic Tempe No. 2 with 312.98 points while LSU leads with 324.05 points. Virginia Tech (238.37), Texas 17-20 Mt. SAC Relays Walnut, CA A&M (237.34) and USC (210.94) round out the Top 5 in the women's rankings. 25-26 Oregon Relays Eugene, OR 25-26 Drake Relays Des Moines, IA M 3 Double Dual (UA/NAU) Tucson, AZ JOHNSON OPENS STRONG 4 Cardinal Classic Palo Alto, CA Two weeks removed from claiming her sixth NCAA title, Jacquelyn Johnson was back in 9-10 Pac-10 Multi-Events Tempe action at the ASU Invitational where she competed in several events. Johnson ran 13.19 in 16-17 Pac-10 Championships Tempe the 100m hurdles, the third fastest time in school history as well as the sixth-best in the nation 30-31 NCAA West Region Northridge, CA right now and ninth in the world. She then hit a mark of 46.22m in the javelin to set the school J 11-14 NCAA Championships Des Moines, IA record. This week, Johnson will begin her quest for her seventh national crown in the multi- 27-6 US Olympic Trials Eugene, OR events as she participates in the heptathlon at the Jim Click Multis in Tucson. Home meets in bold (at Sun Angel Stadium) 2008 SUN DEVIL DATA STRONG COMBINATION Location ................................................. Tempe, Ariz. The ASU Invitational also was the first meet of the outdoor season for Ryan Whiting, the Enrollment ...................................................... 63,278 collegiate record holder in the indoor shot put (71-3.50). Whiting competed in the discus Nickname ................................................ Sun Devils and launched the implement 61.11m or 200-06, the second-best mark in school history and Colors ............................................... Maroon & Gold the current national leader. With his discus mark and his outdoor shot put best of 20.35m Conference (In & Out) .................... MPSF & Pac-10 (66-09.25), Whiting joins Gary Williky (20.78m shot & 62.02m discus) as the only two Sun Home Venue .............................. Sun Angel Stadium Devils to record throws of 20-meters or better in the shot put and have a discus mark of over University President ..................... Dr. Michael Crow 200 feet. Williky holds the outdoor record in both events at ASU. VP for University Athletics ........................ Lisa Love Director of Track & Field/Cross Country TWO BILLS Greg Kraft .................................................... Jumps Assistant Coaches Whiting was not the only Sun Devil to break past the milestone marker of 200-feet as two David Dumble ............................................. Throws more ASU throwers added that distinction to their resume with their marks in the hammer. Kenny McDaniel .......................... Sprints (women) For the women, Tai Battle went 61.33m or 201-02 to move into third on the ASU list and 10th Louie Quintana .................. Distance/Mid-Distance in the nation currently. The men saw Tomas Navarro connect on a toss of 61.01m or 200-02, Terry Winston .................................... Sprints (men) making him the fourth Sun Devil man to break 200 feet in the event. Teammate Jason Lewis Graduate Assistants was very close to joining him as he went 60.34m or 197-11. Ryan Cole .......................... Distance/Mid-Distance Victoria Jackson ................ Distance/Mid-Distance Volunteer Coaches TOSS ANOTHER Ron Barela .............................................. Pole Vault And speaking of the success of the throwers early on this year, Jessica Pressley made her Dan O'Brien ........................................ Multi-Events outdoor debut over the weekend and quickly placed her name toward the top of the national Support Staff lists. Pressley currently stands second nationally in the discus with her mark of 54.24m while Frank Perez .................... Assistant Athletic Trainer her hammer throw mark of 64.92m is the third best in the NCAA. Andrea DiTrani ........................ Grad. Asst. Trainer Jennifer Pawson ...................... Grad. Asst. Trainer Ben Hilgart ............................. Sports Performance UP AND OVER Shay Jewett ................. Academic Coach (women) The field events at the ASU Invitational produced another fantastic finish as Sun Devil Matt Sophia Sledge .................. Academic Coach (men) Turner captured the audience's attention in the high jump. The senior went out and won the event as he cleared 2.20m (7-02.50) on his first attempt before nearly clearing 2.25m THESUNDEVILS.COM SID Track/Field Contact: Alex Ryan ([email protected]) • Phone: (480) 965-4987 • Fax: (480) 965-5408 COACH KRAFT & TEAM NOTES HEAD COACH GREG KRAFT COMPLETE 2008 SUN DEVIL SCHEDULE Greg Kraft is in his 12th year with the Sun Devil pro- Date INDOOR MEETS W Finish M Finish Wins Top 3s Autos Provs Region gram and has built it into a national power. During the J 25 at Friday Night Challenge W 2, L 2 W 2, L 2 7-7 15-12 1-0 1-4 n/a 2007 season, his women were ranked No. 1 through- F 1-2 at Washington Invitational NTS NTS 0-1 0-2 0-0 0-3 n/a out the entire indoor and outdoor slates, culminating 1-2 at Mountain 'T' Invitational NTS NTS 5-2 9-6 1-0 1-3 n/a with their first national titles. For his efforts, he was 1-2 at United Heritage Invite NTS NTS 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 n/a selected as the 2007 USTFCCCA Women's National and 8-9 at Bronco Invitational NTS NTS 7-3 15-10 2-2 5-3 n/a Women's West Region Coach of the Year before earning 15 at Tyson Invitational NTS NTS 1-0 1-0 1-0 0-0 n/a the 2007 MPSF Women's Coach of the Year honor. He 15-16 at Iowa State Classic NTS NTS 2-3 7-4 2-1 4-4 n/a also was selected for the same honors outdoor, including 16 at Husky Classic NTS NTS 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-2 n/a the Pac-10 Coach of the Year. Kraft's women also won 23 at NAU Tune-Up NTS NTS 7-3 12-8 0-0 1-1 n/a their first indoor conference crown, capturing the 2007 MPSF Indoor Championships before repeating at the 29-1 at MPSF Championships 1st 4th 7-3 14-5 3-2 11-5 n/a Pac-10 outdoor meet where the men were three points M 7-8 at Iowa State Last Chance NTS NTS 2-0 3-0 0-0 3-0 n/a shy of capturing their first crown under Kraft. 7-8 at Washington Last Chance NTS NTS 0-1 1-3 0-0 0-1 n/a In 2006, Kraft's women's program moved up into the 14-15 at NCAA Championships 1st 1st 1-2 5-5 6-3 7-5 n/a national spotlight and captured its first Pac-10 title (May Date OUTOOR MEETS W Finish M Finish Wins Top 3s Autos Provs Region 13-14) in Eugene, Ore., after finishing third at the indoor M 21-22 BALDY CASTILLO INV NTS NTS 2-3 5-5 0-0 0-0 2-5 NCAA meet. At the conference meet, the women won 28-29 ASU INVITATIONAL NTS NTS 4-3 12-12 0-0 0-0 11-9 five titles. This past fall, the women's cross country team A 3-4 at Jim Click Multis finished fourth to earn their second trophy finish in three 5 at Jim Click Invitational years while the men, ranked 30th, finished 26th.