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Huskies Hunt For NCAA Titles In Des Moines Husky Track Schedule Indoor NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS Date Meet Location/Result June 6-9 • Des Moines, Iowa • Drake Stadium Jan. 14 UW Indoor Preview Seattle LIVE RESULTS: godrakebulldogs.com Jan. 27-28 UW Invitational Seattle LIVE WEBCAST: NCAA.com Wednesday; ESPN3.com Thursday-Friday Feb. 4 Bronco Classic Boise, Idaho HUSKY UPDATES: Follow @uwtrack on Twitter Feb. 10-11 The Flotrack Husky Classic Seattle Feb. 12 UW Indoor Open Seattle ON THE TRACK: Once again the NCAA Track & Field season culminates in Des Moines, Iowa, with the Feb. 24-25 MPSF Championships M - 8th; W - 5th NCAA Championships bringing together the 24 remaining athletes and relay teams from the West and East regions at Drake Stadium this Wednesday through Saturday, June 6-9. National champs in every event Mar. 3 UW Final Qualifier Seattle along with the team battles will be settled this week, with eleven Husky athletes still in the hunt after the Mar. 9-10 NCAA Championships W - t23rd preliminary rounds in Austin. Outdoor All track athletes that run less than 5,000-meters still have semifinal rounds in Des Moines between them Date Meet Location/Result and the finals, while the 5k and 10k races plus all field events are now straight finals with 24 athletes in each. This is the second straight year and the third time in the past five years that Des Moines, and Drake Mar. 23-24 Trojan Invitational Los Angeles, Calif. University, has hosted the NCAA finals. Apr. 7 Pepsi Team Invitational M - 3rd; W - 2nd

Coverage of the meet will be primarily online. The first day of competition will be streamed live on NCAA. Apr. 19-21 Mt. SAC Relays Walnut, Calif. com. Thursday and Friday fans will want to tune in to ESPN3.com to watch the live feed. Saturday’s final Apr. 21 Beach Invitational Cerritos, Calif. day will then be televised live on ESPNU. April 28 at Washington State M - 2nd; W - 1st The Husky men’s team has finished in the top-25 of the NCAA Outdoor meet for the past six years in a row, May 5 Oregon Twilight Meet Eugene, Ore. a streak that has not been matched since 1974-79. The men are ranked 41st entering the meet, while the May 5-6 Pac-12 Multi-Events Eugene, Ore. UW women are at a season-high 27th and are looking for a fifth top-25 finish since 2004. May 12-13 Pac-12 Championships M - t5th; W - 6th Also up for grabs this week are All-America honors. Every athlete to reach Des Moines is assured of honor- May 24-26 NCAA Preliminary Rounds Austin, Texas able mention All-America status. But First Team honors will go to those athletes and relays finishing first June 6-9 NCAA Championships Des Mones, Iowa through eighth in their events, and Second Team status is given to athletes placing between ninth and 16th overall. Scoring for the championships works as usual, with 10 team points for a first-place finish, then 8 for second, 6 for third, and 5-4-3-2-1 for fourth through eighth. Bold font indicates Husky home meet, at Dempsey Indoor.

PURPLE & GOLD PERSPECTIVE: Eleven Huskies remain alive after the preliminary rounds in Austin, Texas, covering nine different events. Six of those Dawgs are making a return trip to Des Moines after competing 2012 USTFCCCA Week 9 Outdoor Rankings at the NCAA finals last year, with five more making their NCAA Outdoor debuts. Men Women 1 Texas A&M 284.76 1 LSU 349.89 The first finals to be decided for UW this week is the women’s pole vault on Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. Central 2 LSU 222.51 2 Kansas 276.72 time. Junior Logan Miller and redshirt freshman Georgia Reynolds will both be in action. Miller (Reno, 3 Arizona 220.20 3 Oregon 239.80 4 Texas 219.50 4 Texas A&M 232.32 Nev.) is making her second straight trip to Des Moines, where she finished 11th last year to earn All-American 5 Florida State 209.96 5 Clemson 225.74 Second Team honors. But this year Miller has gone nearly a full foot higher than a year ago, making herself 6 Florida 204.69 6 Texas 205.21 a contender despite a field that includes the NCAA record-holder. Miller has cleared 14-feet twice this year, 7 Indiana 194.06 7 Stanford 181.28 including a school record 14-4 1/2 in a runner-up Pac-12 finish, and another meet over the 14-foot mark 8 Virginia Tech 178.65 8 Florida 175.25 could mean a trip to the podium. Reynolds, a North Bend, Wash. native from Mount Si High School, was 9 USC 165.52 9 Oklahoma 142.20 10 Auburn 163.34 10 Arizona 141.65 one of the big surprises of the West Prelims. The redshirt freshman PR’d by eight inches, clearing 13-8 1/4 11 Texas Tech 161.66 11 Tennessee 137.86 to move up to No. 5 on the UW list and advance to her first NCAA finals. Reynolds had never cleared 13-feet 12 Arkansas 156.37 12 Arkansas 135.96 in collegiate competition prior to this year’s Pac-12 meet, but now is riding a great wave of momentum. 13 Nebraska 152.27 13 UCF 135.89 14 Mississippi 146.39 14 USC 131.28 At the same time on Wednesday, the men’s 4x100-meter relay will look to advance through to the finals 15 Oregon 133.19 15 So. Illinois 117.53 and build on their season-best time from prelims. The men’s 4x1 relay has advanced to the final site of 16 Stanford 126.54 16 Arizona State 114.91 17 Arizona State 121.61 17 Florida State 113.61 nationals four of the past five years now, but is looking for its first trip to the final heat itself. SeniorRyan 18 Penn State 115.81 18 Georgia 99.83 Hamilton (Vancouver, Wash.) anchors and is making his third NCAA appearance on the relay, while senior 19 Ohio State 104.82 19 Ohio State 97.45 Sam Rucker (Seabeck, Wash.) leads off and is making his NCAA debut. Junior James Alaka is on the 20 Kansas 104.30 20 Louisville 97.28 second leg, starting a busy week, and sophomore Maurice McNeal (Federal Way, Wash.) runs the third 21 Georgia 101.45 21 Illinois State 90.79 leg in his second straight trip to Iowa. The group ran a season-bes 39.98 seconds in Austin to grab the 12th 22 Minnesota 100.78 22 Texas Tech 85.59 and final qualifying spot out of the west. 23 Wisconsin 99.17 23 Southern Miss 81.46 24 UCLA 95.73 24 San Diego St. 80.11 25 Oklahoma 93.62 25 TCU 79.81 After running in the relay, Alaka will look to make his first career final in the 100-meter dash with the semis HUSKY TRACK AND FIELD • June 4, 2012 • Page 2

at 7:15 p.m. The London native was runner-up at the Pac-12 meet with a career-best wind- Husky Track Quick Facts legal time of 10.22 seconds. He is ranked about 20th, but with all the variants in wind speeds among season-bests, Alaka will have a great shot if he approaches his PR. University of Washington Athletic Department, Box 354070 Thursday starts at 2:30 p.m. Central with junior Jimmy Brookman making his NCAA debut Seattle, WA 98195-4070 in the javelin throw. A Redmond, Wash. native, Brookman was out of action little more than a month ago, expected to redshirt as he continued to train to return from Tommy John Enrollment:...... 42,000 (31,400 undergraduate) surgery. But come the end of April, Brookman felt ready to go, and the decision was made to forego the redshirt year and dive right back into competition. He opened right up with a Founded:...... Nov. 4, 1861 216-foot throw on his first attempt back at the UW-WSU dual meet. That was followed by President:...... Michael K. Young a fifth-place finish at the Pac-12 Championships, throwing 217. In just his third competition Director of Athletics:...... Scott Woodward back, at West Prelims, Brookman got a hold of a huge toss, sending his third try out 233- Nickname: ...... Huskies feet, 11-inches, a PR by almost 10 feet. That wound up fifth at Prelims, sending Brookman Colors: ...... Purple and Gold on to NCAAs just a few weeks after his season began. Home Facility:...... Dempsey Indoor Another newcomer to the national meet is sophomore A.J. Maricich, the first Husky to Conference:...... Pac-12 (Outdoor) / MPSF (Indoor) reach the finals in the high jump since 2008. Maricich (Spokane, Wash.) is riding two straight Head Coach:...... Greg Metcalf (10th year) personal-bests, the culmination of two years of hard work. All through his freshman season Assoc. Head Coach:...... Jason Drake (3rd year) and the 2012 indoor campaign, Maricich was chasing the seven-foot mark, consistently com- Asst. Coach (Vault/Jumps):...... Pat Licari (15th year) ing close but enduring several near misses. But he finally got up and over that bar to start this outdoor season, and the bar has gone up from there. At Pac-12s, Maricich was a surprise Asst. Coach (Throws):...... T.J. Crater (1st year) second-place finish, clearing a then-personal best of 7-1 1/2. At West Prelims, he was down Asst. Coach (Sprints/Hurdles):...... Raul Sheen (4th year) to a third attempt at that same bar, but got up and over to remain alive. Still, he’d need yet Asst. Coach (Distances):...... Lauren Denfeld (2nd year) another career-best to move on in the deep field. At 7-2 1/2, Maricich delivered, clearing without a wobble to extend his season, and stand as the No. 3 jumper in Husky history. Website:...... www.GoHuskies.com Alaka will be back again on Thursday, running the semifinals at 200-meters, where he’s reached the final site for the third straight year. The two-time Pac-12 Champ in that event, 2011 Men’s Pac-10 / MPSF Finish:...... 8th / 8th Alaka’s goals are undoubtedly to run his best race of the season and make his first national 2011 Men’s NCAA Finish (Outdoor/Indoor):..... t20th / t18th final. His time of 20.45 seconds is already under the Olympic A Standard as Alaka hopes Best Men’s Pac-10 Finish:...... 2nd (1976) that NCAAs can propel him towards a memorable summer. Best Men’s MPSF Finish:...... 1st (2007, 2006) Finally on Thursday, sophomore Katie Flood makes another return to her hometown and Best Men’s NCAA Finish (Outdoor/Indoor):...... the Drake track where she dominated as a prep, winning four state titles as a senior and ...... 2nd (1929, 1930) / t7th (2007) breaking junior records in the Drake Relays. Flood is looking for her second NCAA title of Men’s 2011 All-Americans Returning:...... Seven the year, after anchoring the distance medley relay to the win indoors. She has the second- James Alaka, Jr. - 200m; 4x100m fastest time in the NCAA this year at 1,500-meters, running 4:11.66 at the Mt. SAC Relays. Colton Dunn, Jr. - 4x100m A year ago, Flood made it back to Des Moines in the same race, but was unable to move out of the semifinals. She’s proven to be a different runner this year, and the four-time All- James Cameron, Jr. - Mile (i) American will look to make some new memories on the familiar blue turf. Ryan Hamilton, Sr. - 4x100m Maurice McNeal, So. - 400m; 4x100m Friday has just two events, but they should carry plenty of intrigue, as freshman J.J. Juilfs Jeremy Taiwo, Jr. - Decathlon, Heptathlon (i) competes in the pole vault final won last year by former Husky Scott Roth. Juilfs won the Joe Zimmerman, Jr. - Javelin Pac-12 title last month with a career-best clearance of 17-10 1/4, and then made it through the West Prelims in great shape, clearing every bar on one attempt. The vault lends itself to the unexpected and the event looks to be up for grabs this year. 2011 Women’s Pac-10 / MPSF Finish:...... 9th / 5th 2011 Women’s NCAA Finish (Outdoor/Indoor):...... t54th / DNS Also on Friday, should he reach the final,Alaka would run in the 100-meter dash finals at Best Women’s Pac-10 Finish:...... 4th (1995, ‘96, ‘98) 5:55 p.m. as the fastest man in the NCAA is crowned. Best Women’s MPSF Finish:...... 1st (1996) Saturday is all about finals, with potential finals for the 4x1 relay at 11:03 a.m., the women’s Best Women’s NCAA Finish (Outdoor/Indoor):...... 1,500-meters at 11:28 a.m., and the men’s 200-meters at 11:39 a.m. The last Husky to set ...... 10th (1988) / t8th (1988) foot on the track will be sophomore Megan Goethals, who reached the podium last year Women’s 2011 All-Americans Returning:...... Three in the 5,000-meters with a sixth-place finish. Goethals, already a four-time All-American, Katie Flood - 1,500m; 3,000m (i) is coming off a win at West Prelims in Austin. In the humid conditions, most athletes were Megan Goethals - 5,000m; 3,000m (i) far removed from their personal bests, but Goethals ran a career-best by a second, clocking 15:46.82 for the win. The Rochester, Mich. native will be aiming to improve on last year’s Logan Miller - Pole Vault sixth-place run.

ALL ROADS LEAD TO IOWA: For the second straight year, the outdoor track season heads towards Des Moines, Iowa for the NCAA Championships from June 6-9. Athletes reached Husky Athletic Communications the final site by qualifying through the preliminary rounds, held at two different locations. Michael Bruscas, Track and Field SID The western half of the country was in Austin, Texas for the West Prelims on May 24-26, E-mail: [email protected] and the eastern half met in Jacksonville, Florida. There are no set NCAA qualifying stan- dards anymore; athletes will qualify for the prelims by ranking in the top 48 in their event Office Phone: (206) 543-2230 / Fax: (206) 543-5000 in their respective region. For relay teams it was the top 24. The top-12 finishers from each Mobile Phone: (206) 714-5556 regional meet then advanced to Des Moines. Therefore most events featured initial fields of 96 athletes over the two sites, that were whittled down to 24 that advanced to Iowa. HUSKY TRACK AND FIELD • June 4, 2012 • Page 3

2012 UW NCAA Outdoor Championships Competitors Name Yr. Event Season-Best Event Start Time (Central) Hometown (High School) James Alaka (1) Jr. 100m 10.22 Semifinal - Wed., 7:15 p.m. London, England (Ravens Wood) Final - Fri., 5:55 p.m. 200m 20.45 Semifinal - Thurs., 5:30 p.m. Final - Sat., 11:39 a.m. 4x100m Relay 39.98 Semifinal - Wed., 5:30 p.m. Final - Sat., 11:03 a.m. Jimmy Brookman Jr. Javelin 233-11 Final - Thurs., 2:30 p.m. Redmond, Wash. (Redmond) Katie Flood (4) So. 1,500m 4:11.66 Semifinal - Thurs., 6:30 p.m. Des Moines, Iowa (Dowling Catholic) Final - Sat., 11:28 a.m. Megan Goethals (4) So. 5,000m Run 15:46.82 Final - Sat., 12:19 p.m. Rochester, Mich. (Rochester) Ryan Hamilton (1) Sr. 4x100m Relay 39.98 Semifinal - Wed., 5:30 p.m. Vancouver, Wash. (Evergreen) Final - Sat., 11:03 a.m. J.J. Juilfs Fr. Pole Vault 17-10 1/4 Final - Fri., 4:30 p.m. Eugene, Ore. (Sheldon) A.J. Maricich So. High Jump 7-2 1/2 Final - Thurs., 5:30 p.m. Spokane, Wash. (Mead) Maurice McNeal (2) So. 4x100m Relay 39.98 Semifinal - Wed., 5:30 p.m. Federal Way, Wash. (Federal Way) Final - Sat., 11:03 a.m. Logan Miller (1) Jr. Pole Vault 14-4 1/2 Final - Wed., 5:30 p.m. Reno, Nev. (Bishop Manogue Catholic) Georgia Reynolds RFr. Pole Vault 13-8 1/4 Final - Wed., 5:30 p.m. North Bend, Wash. (Mount Si) Sam Rucker Sr. 4x100m Relay 39.98 Semifinal - Wed., 5:30 p.m. Seabeck, Wash. (Klahowya Secondary) Final - Sat., 11:03 a.m. ( ) - Indicates number of All-America honors won entering this meet, counting first team, second team, and cross country

EVENT SCHEDULE: Following is the schedule in Des Moines for the Husky athletes competing in the NCAA Championships. All times are Central.

Wednesday, June 6 5:30 p.m. - Women’s Pole Vault; Final (Logan Miller and Georgia Reynolds) 5:30 p.m. - Men’s 4x100-Meter Relay; Semifinals (Rucker/Alaka/McNeal/Hamilton) 7:15 p.m. - Men’s 100-Meters; Semifinals (James Alaka)

Thursday, June 7 2:30 p.m. - Men’s Javelin; Final (Jimmy Brookman) 5:30 p.m. - Men’s High Jump; Final (A.J. Maricich) 5:30 p.m. - Men’s 200-Meters; Semifinals (James Alaka) 6:30 p.m. - Women’s 1,500-Meters; Semifinal (Katie Flood)

Friday, June 8 4:30 p.m. - Men’s Pole Vault; Final (J.J. Juilfs) 5:55 p.m. - Men’s 100-Meters; Final (James Alaka)

Saturday, June 9 11:03 a.m. - Men’s 4x100-Meter Relay; Final (Rucker/Alaka/McNeal/Hamilton) 11:28 a.m. - Women’s 1,500-Meters; Final (Katie Flood) 11:39 a.m. - Men’s 200-Meters; Final (James Alaka) 12:19 p.m. - Women’s 5,000-Meters; Final (Megan Goethals)

HUSKIES IN THE RANKINGS: The final rankings from the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association factors in only those competitors advancing to Iowa. The UW women head into the NCAA finals ranked a season-best 27th nationally, receiving a large amount of points from the trio of Katie Flood, Logan Miller, and Megan Goethals. Flood ranks second nationally at 1,500-meters with a time of 4:11.66. Miller is fourth in the pole vault with her school record clearance of 14-4 1/2, and Goethals moved up to 10th nationally after winning prelims with a personal-best time of 15:46.82. Georgia Reynolds also now ranks 19th among the remaining competitors in the pole vault. The men moved up six spots to 41st this week, getting their most points from ninth-ranked James Alaka at 200-meters and eighth-ranked J.J. Juilfs in the pole vault. A.J. Maricich ranks 13th in the high jump heading to his first nationals, and Jimmy Brookman is 16th in the javelin. The men’s 4x1 ranks 22nd and Alaka is 20th in the 100-meters.

ALAKA, JUILFS CAPTURE PAC-12 TITLES: In the inaugural Pac-12 Track & Field Championships, James Alaka and J.J. Juilfs took home individual titles to highlight impressive all-around efforts from the Husky men’s and women’s teams. At Oregon’s Hayward Field, both UW teams placed in the top half of the conference standings. The Husky men’s team tied for fifth with 78 points, its best finish since 2006, and the Washington women were sixth out of 12 teams with 54 points, tying their best conference finish since 1998. Oregon took both team titles on its home track. All told the Dawgs had 11 podium (top-three) finishes and broke three school records on the women’s side. Juilfs provided the biggest jolt on day one, pulling out the upset win in the pole vault in front of some hometown support. He cleared a career-best 17-10 1/4 to become the third different UW pole vault champ in the past four years. The following day, after falling just shy of defending his conference title at 100-meters, HUSKY TRACK AND FIELD • June 4, 2012 • Page 4

2012 Updates to UW’s All-Time Outdoor Track and Field Top-10 Lists Men Women All-Time School All-Time School Name Event Mark UW Rank Record Name Event Mark UW Rank Record James Alaka 100m 10.22 2nd 10.18 Jordan Carlson 400m 53.03 1st 53.15 (old) James Alaka 200m 20.45 3rd 20.23 Logan Miller Pole Vault 14-4 1/2 1st 14-2 (old) A.J. Maricich High Jump 7-2 1/2 3rd 7-6 1/2 Shaniae Lakes Triple Jump 43-3 1/4 1st 41-7 3/4 (old) Angus Taylor Hammer 204-2 7th 238-7 Elisa Bryant Hammer 193-10 1st 190-6 (old) J.J. Juilfs Pole Vault 17-10 1/4 8th 18-9 1/4 Eleanor Fulton 3,000m Steeple 10:31.07 2nd 9:40.98 Kasen Covington Triple Jump 50-3 1/4 8th 52-5 3/4 Katie Flood 1,500m 4:11.66 3rd 4:10.66 Jimmy Brookman Javelin 233-11 8th 253-5 Megan Goethals 5,000m 15:46.82 3rd 15:35.60 Rucker/Alaka/ 4x100m 39.98 10th 39.24 Shelby Williams Heptathlon 4,875 4th 5,266 McNeal/Hamilton Georgia Reynolds Pole Vault 13-8 1/4 5th 14-4 1/2 Kayla Stueckle 400m Hurdles 58.52 6th 57.13 Mackenzie Carter 3,000m Steeple 10:39.85 6th 9:40.98 Jordin Seekins Javelin 146-6 6th 174-2 Alana Alexander Triple Jump 40-7 7th (tie) 43-3 1/4 Sarah Schireman Heptathlon 4,814 7th 5,266 Fero/Woodruff/ 4x400m 3:43.55 8th 3:37.68 Stueckle/Carlson Jacobson/Woodruff/ 4x100m 45.96 9th 44.74 Stueckle/Greene Erica Huse Hammer 154-9 9th 193-10 Katie Flood 800m 2:07.33 10th 2:05.32 Megan Goethals 3,000m 9:31.91 10th 8:55.05

Alaka got back on top with a big PR in the 200-meter final, running 20.45 seconds to win and also hit the Olympic ‘A’ Standard. He becomes the first UW sprinter to win back-to-back conference titles. School records on Sunday came fast and furious. Junior Logan Miller nearly made it a UW pole vault sweep, as she took second with a new record of 14-4 1/2, the No. 7 mark in Pac-12 history. It took the No. 3 mark by Stanford’s Katerina Stefanidi (14-8 1/4) to keep Miller from the title. Junior Shaniae Lakes then turned in a shocking series of triple jumps, smashing the school record by more than a foot and a half with her final mark of 43-3 1/4. That earned Lakes a second-place finish, one inch away from the title. The third record was predictable, as senior Jordan Carlson broke her own 400-meters record for the fourth time this year, running 53.03 to take third in the finals. Sophomore Katie Flood was just edged out in the 1,500-meter final, taking second in 4:13.80, and sophomore Megaon Goethals was third in the 5,000-meter final in 16:19.00. Other podium finishers for the men were Alaka in the 100m (a PR of 10.22), sophomore A.J. Maricich who tied for second in the high jump with a lifetime-best 7-1 1/2, sophomore Maurice McNeal who took third in the 400-meters in 46.59, and junior Joe Zimmerman, second in the javelin (231-10) and leading four Huskies in the top-seven in that event, as Quinn Hale was fourth, Jimmy Brookman was fifth, and Curtis Clauson was seventh.

WOMEN GET FIRST DUAL WIN IN PULLMAN SINCE ‘04: A complete team effort propelled the Husky women’s track team to its first road win in the UW-WSU dual meet since 2004, and just the second since 1996. Late sweeps in the 400-meter hurdles and the 3,000-meter run helped lock up the 89-74 win for the Dawgs. On the men’s side, the Cougars held home field, though it went down to the wire, with WSU earning the 87-76 over the Huskies. The Husky ladies swept the 800-meters, 1,500-meters, and the 3,000-meters, and capped things off with a 4x400-meter relay win. Dual Meet records were set in the 400-meter dash by senior Jordan Carlson and junior Shaniae Lakes in the triple jump. Carlson once again smashed her school record, the third-straight race she has broken it, this time taking off more than half a second with a time of 53.15. Lakes set a new PR with a jump of 41-4 ½ on her sixth and final attempt, tying for the No. 2 mark in school history. A late upset victory on a sixth and final attempt by sophomore Kasen Covington in the triple jump got the men within striking distance. With his final attempt, Covington flew 50-3 ¼, a new career-best outdoors, and won a tiebreaker. UW had a sweep in the men’s javelin, a sweep from junior James Alaka in the 100- and 200-meters plus a win in the 4x1 relay, and big victories from sophomore Maurice McNeal and junior Joey Bywater, both returning from injury in fine form. Senior Elisa Bryant provided the first victory of the day for the Huskies, taking the women’s hammer throw for the third time in her career. Bryant threw 177-4 for the win. In the pole vault, junior Logan Miller cleared 13-1 ¾ for the win. When the track events opened up, freshman Eleanor Fulton posted the second-best time in school history, clocking 10:31.07 to win. One of the biggest wins of the day came from senior Kelly McNamee in the high jump with a season-best clearance of 5-8 ½. The women’s dual really was broken open in the 400-meter hurdles, as Kayla Stueckle, Gianna Woodruff, and Skye Atchley went 1-2-3. Stueckle led the way with a big PR of 59.37 seconds, which sends her up to No. 6 on the Top-10 list. Woodruff also had a big personal-best, clocking 1:00.81. Atchley did not have her fastest time of the year, but her final burst overtook WSU’s Shaquana Logan, earning the third-place point in 1:03.18 to Logan’s 1:03.27. In the men’s 4x1 relay Matt Anthony led off, passed to James Alaka, who passed the stick to Sam Rucker who got the stick to senior Ryan Hamilton just ahead of the Cougar team, and Hamilton raced away down the stretch to get the win in 40.23 seconds. In the men’s hammer throw, senior Angus Taylor stepped up with a new career-best toss of 204-feet, 2-inches. Bywater had not yet competed outdoors this year due to a hip issue, but he showed a great kick to get the win in 3:47.81. Fired up after watching Carlson’s record in the women’s 400-meters, McNeal went out and fought for the victory in the men’s race, clocking 47.15 in his first competition in six weeks. A.J. Maricich got his first dual meet win in the high jump after he was the only competitor up and over 6-11.

BRYANT, CARLSON, AND FLOOD ROLL AT MT. SAC RELAYS: A pair of school records was joined by yet another sensational run from sophomore Katie Flood, highlighting a weekend at the Mt. SAC Relays. Elisa Bryant, the fifth year senior, headed off on her own to the Beach Invite hammer throw at Cerritos College. She set the school record during her sophomore year in 2009, throwing 190-6, but a back injury forced her to redshirt the following season. Friday, Bryant surpassed her three-year-old mark with two throws, one traveling 192-7, but the new record going 193-10. Flood showed she’s ready to roll with an NCAA- and U.S.-leading time at 1,500-meters, as she won the invitational section at Mt. SAC in a new career-best of 4:11.60. The sophomore’s time is the No. 3 mark in school history, and No. 7 in HUSKY TRACK AND FIELD • June 4, 2012 • Page 5

Pac-12 history. Carlson broke her own 400-meter dash school record for the second time this season, running 53.73 seconds to finish fourth out of 43 competitors in the open heats. Megan Goethals broke 16-minutes for the second time outdoors and third time in her career with a time of 15:58.12. Carlson was back later in the day to help post another Top-10 time in the Husky recordbooks, as she ran the anchor leg on the 4x400-meter relay which ran the fastest time since 2006. Michelle Fero, Kayla Stueckle, and Gianna Woodruff led to Carlson as the Huskies ran 3:43.76, which ranks ninth in school history. Leading the way for the jumps crew was Robby Fegles, who won the B-flight pole vault with a new career-best clearance of 17-2 ¾. Logan Miller was back in action after her 14-foot clearance two weeks prior. She went 13-7 ¼ Friday, the second-best mark of her career. In the triple jump, junior Shaniae Lakes ramped her season-best up to 40-11 ½. Ryan Hamilton continued his strong start, as he lowered his PR in the 100-meters, running 10.59 seconds, and he also anchored the 4x100m relay, which won its heat in 40.77 seconds, with Matt Anthony handing to James Alaka, then Sam Rucker to Hamilton. Alaka was sixth in the 200-meter invitational, going 20.92.Stueckle was just off her PR in the 400-meter hurdles, and went under the one minute mark for the second time in her career, running 59.91 seconds to take second in section two. Woodruff also registered a PR as she went 1:01.90. The Husky women’s 4x1 again ran the No. 9 time in school history, at 45.99. In the multi-events, sophomore Shelby Williams had an impressive two days, scoring a career-best 4,679 points, more than 300 points better than her top mark a year ago, and the new No. 7 mark in school history.

WOMEN POST UPSETS AT PEPSI TEAM INVITE: The Husky track teams put together a great all-around team effort at the Pepsi Team Invitational, with the women coming in second ahead of three-time defending NCAA Champion Texas A&M and Pac-12 rival UCLA. The Husky men also outpointed UCLA for third place, with the host Oregon Ducks getting both wins at Hayward Field. Several stand-out efforts were turned in, highlighted by a monster pole vault win from junior Logan Miller, who cleared 14-feet for the first time in her career, becoming just the second Husky ever over that bar. And senior Jordan Carlson lowered her own school record in the 400-meter dash, becoming the first Husky ever under 54-seconds. The Huskies also got victories from senior Amanda Peterson in the women’s javelin, and freshman J.J. Juilfs in the men’s pole vault, returning to his Eugene hometown. All told the Dawgs had seven new Top-10 marks on the day. Miller matched her career-best with a second attempt clearance of 13-5 ¼, the only vaulter over that bar. Miller then had the bar raised to an even 14-feet, and she got up and over on just one attempt, a PR of nearly seven inches. Carlson dropped a few more tenths off her school record, clocking 53.84 seconds. Juilfs won the men’s vault going away with a top clearance of 17-4 ½. The Huskies tripled up in the triple jump as sophomore Alana Alexander was the surprise winner with a personal-best by nearly a full foot, as she went 40-feet, 7-inches. Shaniae Lakes was just a millimeter behind Alexander in second place with a jump of 40-6 ¾, and Taylor Nichols placed third with a season-best of 39-5 ¾. The fourth and final event winner for the Dawgs was Peterson in the javelin who tossed 160-5 and Jordin Seekins had a big PR of 145-1, sixth on the Top-10 list. James Alaka had a solid opener at 100-meters in a time of 10.36 seconds, then followed that up with a 20.90 in the 200-meter dash, taking second in both. Senior Angus Taylor upped his season-bests in the hammer with a mark of 197-5. Leading the distances for the men was Ryan Soberanis, second at 1,500-meters in a new PR of 3:46.94. Michael Miller Jr. also had an impressive season debut in the steeplechase, placing third in 9:04.69. In the women’s steeple, Mackenzie Carter broke into the Top-10 list with a time of 10:39.65, now ranking fifth. Megan Goethals dropped down to 1,500-meters and kicked to second in a huge PR of 4:20.91, nine seconds better than her previous career-best.

FLOOD PICKS UP PAC-12 WEEKLY HONORS: Sophomore All-American Katie Flood was named Pac-12 Women’s Track Athlete of the Week for the week of Apr. 16-22, after she moved into the NCAA and U.S. lead in the 1,500-meters with a win at the Mt. SAC Relays on Apr. 20. The Des Moines, Iowa native won the invitational section at Mt. SAC, cutting seven seconds off her previous career-best with a time of 4:11.66. That ranks as the seventh-fastest time in Pac-12 history, and the fourth-fastest time so far in the world this season outdoors. It is the first Pac-12 Athlete of the Week award this season for Washington, and the first of Flood’s career. It’s just the latest honor in what has been an amazing 2012 on the track. Flood capped off a record-smashing indoor season by anchoring UW’s distance medley relay to the first NCAA indoor title in Husky women’s track history. She also ran school record and NCAA leading times in the mile and 3,000-meters, drawing a national spotlight and earning a spot on the Bowerman Watch List, a 10-athlete list of athletes contending for national athlete of the year honors, basically the Heisman Trophy of college track. This past fall, Flood capped off one of the best cross country seasons in Washington history with a seventh-place finish at the NCAA Cross Country Championships, earning her first cross All-America honor, and leading UW to second overall. She had previously won the inaugural Pac-12 Cross Country Championships, becoming the third Husky ever to win the conference title. But since stepping back onto the track this indoor season, Flood is proving that no record is safe, as she has made a huge leap from an already impressive freshman season. With the year of experience and consistent training, Flood put her name into the NCAA recordbooks. In her debut at the UW Invitational, Flood lowered the UW 3,000-meter record by more than 13 seconds down to 8:55.31, which ranked her as the No. 6 indoor performer in NCAA history, and the No. 5 American collegiate indoors or outdoors at 3,000-meters. Two weeks later at the Flotrack Husky Classic, Flood dropped nearly 20 seconds off her mile PR, running 4:28.48, which is the fourth-fastest time in NCAA history, and dropped six and a half seconds off UW’s school record. Two of the three women ahead of Katie on the list won gold (Jenny Simpson at 1,500m) and silver (Sally Kipyego at 10,000m) medals last summer at the IAAF World Championships. At the MPSF Championships, Flood ran the 1,600m anchor leg on UW’s distance medley relay, which won in a school, MPSF, and Dempsey record time of 10:55.01, another NCAA leader. Both of Flood’s individual times were the fastest in the NCAA since 2009. The DMR of Chelsea Orr, Jordan Carlson, Baylee Mires, and Flood went on to win the NCAA title in Nampa, Idaho on March 9. Flood was named the West Region Women’s Indoor Track Athlete of the Year by the USTFCCCA.

POLE VAULT TRADITION CONTINUES TO EXPAND: Three-time NCAA Champion Scott Roth may have graduated in 2011, taking an armful of national awards with him, but UW’s vaulters seem to grow on trees with Coach Pat Licari nurturing the growth. Roth’s titles make a total of six for Licari’s vaulters in the past nine years. Looking to jump back on the wave of momentum she rode at the end of the 2011 season is junior Logan Miller. The Nevada native took her career to another level at this year’s Pac-12 Championships, where she placed second with a school record clearance of 14-4 1/2, the No. 7 mark in Pac-12 history. Miller placed 11th overall at last year’s NCAA Championships with a then-PR of 13-5 1/4, earning All-America Second Team honors. That was the first All-America honor for a Husky women’s vaulter since 2008, and the ninth overall since 2003. Miller now heads back to her second NCAA finals after clearing 13-8 1/4 at the 2012 West Prelims without a single miss. For the men, freshman J.J. Juilfs has softened the blow of Roth’s departure and already earned one title that avoided Roth last year, as he was the upset winner at the Pac-12 Championships, with a new career-best of 17-10 1/4. Juilfs, a Eugene, Ore. native, was one of the top junior vaulters in the U.S. the past two years, winning the 2011 U.S. Junior Championship with a mark of 17-2 3/4. Nobody expected Juilfs to contend for national titles in his freshman season, but the rookie showed that might not prevent him from doing it anyhow, as he thrilled the Dempsey with a personal-best clearance of 17-7 at the UW Invitational on Jan. 28. He then made his first NCAA cut with a jump-off clearance of 17-8 1/4 at the UW Final Qualifier, earning a trip to NCAA Indoors, where he placed 17th, clearing his opening bar. Juilfs already owns the No. 5 mark indoors and No. 8 mark outdoors in school history. Senior Robby Fegles also vaulted into the UW Top-10 list this season, clearing the 17-foot barrier for the first time at 17-1 3/4, which ties for 10th on the UW indoor lists. Outdoors, Fegles has raised that PR again to 17-2 3/4, which qualified him for West Prelims for the second time. Joining the postseason party a bit late was redshirt freshman Georgia Reynolds, who became the ninth UW woman over 13-feet at Pac-12s, which advanced her to Austin. Reynolds then continued an incredible Husky tradition of breakout meets at the NCAA Prelims, as she PR’d by eight inches to get up and over 13-8 1/4 and advance to the NCAA Championships in the surprise performance of the meet. That gave Reynolds, a North Bend, Wash. product, the Washington freshman record.

SPRINTERS RETURNING FIREPOWER, CHASE NCAA POINTS: Coach Sheen’s sprints crew returned the 2011 Pac-10 Athlete of the Meet, a school record-holder, and four athletes to earn All-America honors last season, giving UW its most depth in the sprints in several seasons. Junior James Alaka has further established HUSKY TRACK AND FIELD • June 4, 2012 • Page 6

Washington’s NCAA West Preliminary Championship Qualifiers Men Women

Name Event Mark West Rank National Rank Name Event Mark West Rank National Rank James Alaka 200m 20.45 2nd 8th (tie) Katie Flood 1,500m 4:11.66 2nd 2nd J.J. Juilfs Pole Vault 17-10 1/4 8th 12th Logan Miller Pole Vault 14-4 1/2 4th 5th James Alaka 100m 10.22 9th 20th Shaniae Lakes Triple Jump 43-3 1/4 4th 9th Joe Zimmerman Javelin 233-1 9th 23rd Megan Goethals 5,000m 15:58.12 9th 19th A.J. Maricich High Jump 7-1 1/2 11th (tie) 30th (tie) Chelsea Orr 1,500m 4:19.21 11th 42nd Angus Taylor Hammer 204-2 12th 29th Jordan Carlson 400m 53.03 14th 29th Quinn Hale Javelin 222-3 16th 41st Amanda Peterson Javelin 160-5 17th 26th Anthony/Alaka/ 4x100m 40.13 17th 63rd Brooke Pighin Javelin 158-5 19th 31st McNeal/Hamilton Kayla Stueckle 400m Hurdles 58.52 21st 42nd Curtis Clauson Javelin 218-6 21st 50th Christine Babcock 1,500m 4:22.58 22nd 92nd Rucker/McNeal/ 4x400m 3:10.36 22nd Elisa Bryant Hammer 193-10 27th 44th Alaka/Timpe Liberty Miller 5,000m 16:33.00 31st 106th Robby Fegles Pole Vault 17-2 3/4 23rd (tie) 44th (tie) Kelly McNamee High Jump 5-8 1/2 40th (tie) 101st (tie) Jimmy Brookman Javelin 217-11 23rd (tie) 52nd Mackenzie Carter 1,500m 4:26.64 41st 177th Maurice McNeal 400m 46.59 24th 56th Georgia Reynolds Pole Vault 13-0 3/4 42nd (tie) 65th (tie) Kasen Covington Triple Jump 50-3 1/4 32nd 67th Jordin Seekins Javelin 146-6 42nd 85th Ryan Soberanis 1,500m 3:46.94 47th 164th

himself as one of the NCAA’s top sprinters this season, as he became the first ever Husky sprinter to win consecutive conference titles when he won his second straight 200-meters in a new lifetime-best of 20.45 seconds. Alaka has also ran a 10.22 PR at 100-meters, and advanced through to the final NCAA site in both short sprints. Making his first NCAA finals is the goal, which would set the London native up for a big 2012 summer, which could include an Olympic shot for his native Great Britain. Alaka is also part of the Husky 4x1 relay, which advanced to the NCAA final site for the fourth time in five years, joined by sophomore Maurice McNeal, and seniors Ryan Hamilton and Sam Rucker. The first three, with Colton Dunn in place of Rucker last year, placed 16th at the NCAA Outdoor Championships to earn the group Second Team All-America honors. Dunn redshirting the outdoor season with an injury, but the group still broke 40 seconds once again and made it through Prelims. McNeal’s sophomore season was interrupted by sports hernia surgery, but he still came back after several weeks off to finish third in the Pac-12 Championships at 400-meters and make the NCAA quarterfinals. The women were led by a remarkable senior season from Jordan Carlson, who cemented herself as far and away the best 400-meter runner in school history. The Spokane native lowered her own school record again and again, ultimately running 53.03 to take third at Pac-12s. Carlson’s season was cut cruelly short in the West Prelim quarterfinals, as she ran 53.34 and the final time qualifier for Iowa ran a 53.33. But she could return for another indoor season, which would be in part to defend her NCAA title as part of UW’s distance medley relay. Another big highlight for the women’s sprinters was sophomore Kayla Stueckle, who made the NCAA quarterfinals for the first time in the 400-meter hurdles, dropping her PR to 58.52 seconds, sixth in school history.

DMR BRINGS HOME THE TITLE AT NCAA INDOORS: The women’s distance medley relay brought home the first indoor track title in the history of the Husky women’s track program, providing the high point of UW’s trip to Nampa, Idaho for the NCAA Indoor Championships on March 9-10. On the first night of the two-day meet, the Husky foursome of Chelsea Orr, Jordan Carlson, Baylee Mires, and Katie Flood got the win in the 4,000-meter race in a time of 11:05.20, holding off Oregon, Dartmouth, and Georgetown. The Huskies were in eighth-place when Flood got the stick for the final 1,600-meters, but the pace slowed up front and Flood got right back in the mix, eventually pulling away on the final lap for the win. It was the first NCAA title for Washington in a relay event since the men’s 1,600m relay win in 1975. The men’s distance medley relay of Ryan Soberanis, Maurice McNeal, Brad Whitley, and Joey Bywater met with some misfortune before the women’s race, as Soberanis was tripped and fell on the opening leg, and the Huskies had to settle for 10th-place. Sophomore Megan Goethals ran in the 5,000-meters on night one, placing ninth, to just miss a podium spot. She then came back on Saturday to finish 11th in the 3,000-meter final, with Flood also coming back to run the 3k, finishing 9th. Freshman J.J. Juilfs made his NCAA debut in the pole vault, clearing his opening height of 17-0 3/4 but then bowing out in 17th-place. The 10 points scored by the women’s team was good for a tie for 23rd-place in the final standings.

NCAA INDOORS IN REVIEW: The indoor track season came to a close in early March, with the University of Washington having made its mark on the national scene and rewritten its own recordbooks once again. The Dempsey Indoor facility welcomed thousands of the NCAA’s top athletes through its doors, producing dozens of NCAA Indoor qualifiers, as the UW was a constant focal point of the indoor season. Stepping into the spotlight in a big way was sophomore Katie Flood, as she smashed a school record each of the first three times she took to the track. Flood’s records in the mile (4:28.48), the 3,000-meters (8:55.31), and as the anchor on the distance medley relay (10:55.01) all rank among the top-10 indoor times in NCAA history, and all led the NCAA. She then led the DMR to the first ever NCAA title for the Husky women indoors, as Chelsea Orr, Jordan Carlson, Baylee Mires, and Flood got the win in Nampa, Idaho. It was the first NCAA title in a running event for UW since 2007. With the win, the UW women finished tied for 23rd at NCAAs with 10 points. Additional school records were set by Carlson in the women’s 400-meters (54.67), sophomore Megan Goethals at 5,000-meters (15:54.89), and the men’s distance medley relay of Ryan Soberanis, Maurice McNeal, Brad Whitley, and Joey Bywater (9:31.68). The men’s DMR joined the women at nationals, Goethals ran in both the 3k and 5k, and freshman J.J. Juilfs advanced in the pole vault. The women’s DMR earned First Team All-America honors for its national title, while the men’s DMR and Goethals earned Second Team All-America honors, and Juilfs was honorable mention. The Huskies once again hosted the MPSF Championships, which this year added full teams from BYU and Colorado, and the Utah women. The Husky women finished fifth overall at MPSFs with 56 points while the men placed eighth with 37.5 points. The women’s DMR that would go on to win at NCAAs also took the MPSF title in a Dempsey and MPSF Record time. An impressive 11 facility records were set in 2012, with four produced by high school athletes at the Brooks PR Invite. As has become tradition, athletes in the long distance races came to the Dempsey to run fast, and were rewarded. A look at the descending order lists prior to NCAAs shows that 15 of the top- 25 men’s times at 3,000-meters, and 14 of the top-25 5,000-meter times were run in the Dempsey. On the women’s side, 10 of 25 in the 3k and 12 of 25 in the 5k came from the Dempsey, plus seven of the 25 fastest miles. HUSKY TRACK AND FIELD • June 4, 2012 • Page 7

RECORDS FALL AT MPSF CHAMPIONSHIPS: The bigger MPSF Championship meet indeed proved to be better, as record after record went by the wayside in the Dempsey Indoor. Seven MPSF meet records and four facility records were set over the two days, with Washington setting new records in both distance medley relays and Jordan Carlson setting the 400-meter mark. The Mountain Pacific Sports Federation was joined for the first time this year by full men’s and women’s teams from Colorado and BYU, as well as the Utah women’s teams, bringing the total to 12 men’s teams and 14 women’s teams. The Husky women finished fifth overall with 56 points while Stanford took home the title. Arizona State dominated the men’s team race, winning with 131.5, while Washington placed eighth with 37.5 points. On Friday night, the Husky women’s DMR set school, MPSF, and Dempsey records with an NCAA-leading time of 10:55.01. Katie Flood brought home the win after Chelsea Orr, Carlson, and Baylee Mires handled the first three legs. The men’s DMR of Ryan Soberanis, Maurice McNeal, Brad Whitley, and Joey Bywater ran a record 9:35.06, good for fourth and seventh in the NCAA. Carlson came back Saturday and set the new 400m record at 54.67, taking fourth. Other big performers for UW included Angus Taylor, second in the men’s weight with a PR of 62-7 3/4. J.J. Juilfs was third in the pole vault at 17-1 3/4, and McNeal was third with a 400m PR of 46.69. The women also had third-place efforts from Megan Goethals, who hit the NCAA Auto mark in the 3k at 9:08.42, and senior Elisa Bryant who threw the weight 63-1 1/4. Senior Mel Lawrence made her season debut with a fourth-place finish in the 5k, and Logan Miller and Taylor Nichols were fourth in the pole vault and triple jump, respectively.

WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY EARNS MORE NCAA HARDWARE: For the third time in the past four years, the Husky women’s cross country team found itself on the podium at the NCAA Championships in November. After the mud settled in Terre Haute, Indiana, the Huskies found out they had just missed the program’s second national title by a miniscule eight points, placing second to Georgetown and ahead of defending champion Villanova and No. 1-ranked Florida State. Washington took just one senior to nationals, as Christine Babcock ended her career with a second-place team trophy, a first-place trophy from 2008, and a third-place trophy from 2009. Leading the Huskies all season was sophomore Katie Flood, who captured the inaugural Pac-12 Cross Country Championship and then placed seventh at nationals for her first cross country All-America honor. Also coming on strong late in the year was sophomore Megan Goethals, who took 18th at nationals for her own All-America honor. Babcock, sophomore Justine Johnson, and junior Lindsay Flanagan rounded out UW’s top-five at nationals. Those five all earned All-West Region honors as well, as the Huskies won the NCAA West Regional title for the fourth year in a row. After a slow start to the season had dropped UW from a preseason No. 11 ranking down to 24th, Washington returned to prominence with a victory at the Wisconsin Invitational, which featured one of the largest fields in NCAA history. That shot UW back up to No. 2 in the polls. Washington placed second at the Pac-12 Championships but led the conference at NCAAs, and Greg Metcalf was named Pac-12 Coach of the Year for the third time in the past four years.

HUSKIES ON HISTORIC RUN OF NCAA SUCCESS: The Husky men’s track team is currently on an historic run of consistent success at the NCAA Championships. Six years running now the men’s team has finished in the Top-25 at the NCAA Outdoor Championships, beginning in 2006. Prior to the current run, Washington had placed in the Top-25 at the NCAA Outdoor meet just once from 1986-2005. The men tied for 15th in 2007 and were 15th again in 2010, the highest finish during the string and the highest since 1985. However, the most points scored at a national meet during the streak was in 2008, when the men scored 19.33 points, their most since 1983, to place 16th. The six-year run matches the best in program history, as UW also finished in the Top-25 every year from 1974-79. Indoors, the men’s team has placed in the Top-25 at five of the last seven NCAA Indoor meets, seven of the past 10, and nine of the past 13. In 2007 and 2008, the Huskies had their best indoor finishes in program history, placing seventh in 2007 and 10th in 2008. Combining the NCAA Indoor and Outdoor meets, the men’s team has finished in the Top-25 at 11 of the past 13 championships. The women’s team has tallied four Top-25 finishes at the NCAA Outdoor meet dating back to 2004, most recently in 2009, when the women finished 19th with 14 points. Prior to their 18th-place finish in 2004, the women had gone 15 years without a Top-25 finish. Indoors the Husky women have scored at seven of the past nine championships, after scoring at only one of the previous 15 NCAA Indoor Championships. This year the women’s team tied for 23rd at the NCAA Indoor meet, their third Top-25 finish since 2005, and their 10 points was the third-most scored in program history at the NCAA Indoor meet. The consistent performances at the national championships have led to impressive finishes in the recently created USTFCCCA Program of the Year standings, which require teams to score at the NCAA Cross Country, Indoor Track, and Outdoor Track Championships to qualify. Washington was one of just six programs to place both its men’s and women’s teams in the 2009-10 Program of the Year standings. The UW men’s squad was rated the No. 5 program in the NCAA and the women were 15th. In 2008-09, the inaugural rankings saw the UW women finish ninth overall and the men 10th, making them one of six programs ranked in the Top-10 in both.

DEMPSEY INDOOR: Now beginning its second decade of competition, Washington’s Dempsey Indoor continues to enhance its reputation as one of the nation’s fastest venues. Over the past three years, more and more elite professionals have come through the Dempsey on a regular basis. The 2011 season saw the likes of track superstars Shalane Flanagan, Kara Goucher, Chris Solinsky, Amy Begley, and a return from Husky legend Brad Walker, while 2010 was highlighted by Olympians Nick Symmonds, Shannon Rowbury, Jesse Williams, and Jen Rhines. The Dempsey produces numerous top-10 world marks every year and has seen 39 UW indoor school records broken, and thousands of NCAA qualifying marks. The Dempsey is also the annual host site of the MPSF Championships. The facility includes a permanent 307-meter MONDO track (six lanes on the straightaway, five on the oval) and a full 100-yard FieldTurf infield equipped to host the shot put, weight throw, long jump, triple jump, high jump and pole vault events. In addition to its competitive use, the building serves as an indoor practice facility for many UW teams. Following is a list of new facility records set during the 2012 season. Nearly half the women’s records were broken this year, with high schoolers getting some amazing records at the Brooks PR Invitational on Feb. 26.

2012 Dempsey Indoor Records Women’s 60m 7.21, Shayla Sanders, Unattached, 2/26/12* Women’s 400m 53.21, Courtney Okolo, Unattached, 2/26/12* Women’s Mile 4:28.41, Sally Kipyego, Oregon Track Club, 2/11/12 Women’s 3,000m 8:47.91, Sally Kipyego, Oregon Track Club, 1/28/12 Women’s 4x400m Relay 3:33.70, Oregon, 2/25/12 Women’s DMR 10:55.01, Washington, 2/24/12 Women’s High Jump 6-4, Brigetta Barrett, 2/25/12 Women’s Shot Put 58-7 1/2, Julie Labonte, 2/25/12 Men’s 400m 46.06, Najee Glass, Unattached, 2/26/12* Men’s 3,000m 7:43.08, Ryan Hill, North Carolina State, 2/11/12 Men’s 5,000m 13:29.94, Chris Thompson, Oregon Track Club, 2/10/12 *High School competitor at Brooks PR Invite

HEAD COACH GREG METCALF: Former Husky All-American Greg Metcalf is in the midst of his 10th season as head of Washington’s track and field program, and his 15th year overall on the staff, and remains the driving force behind UW’s rise to national prominence. Metcalf, also the head cross country coach, led the women’s cross HUSKY TRACK AND FIELD • June 4, 2012 • Page 8

country team to the National Championship in 2008, the first team title for a UW track program. The women went undefeated and Metcalf earned Pac-10 and National Coach of the Year honors. They followed that with a third-place NCAA finish in 2009 and a second-place finish this past fall in 2011, making for three podium finishes in four seasons, with Metcalf earning his second and third Pac-10 Coach of the Year honors. The men’s cross country squad has also reached NCAAs in five of the past nine years with three Top-20 finishes since 2006. The track and field squads have also enjoyed a prolonged period of unprecedented success the past several years. The men have finished in the Top-25 at nine of the last 11 NCAA Championship meets, including consecutive Top-10 indoor finishes in 2007 and 2008. Washington was one of six programs to place both its men’s and women’s teams in the 2009-10 USTFCCCA Program of the Year standings, which measures combined NCAA Championship results across cross country, indoor, and outdoor track. The Husky men’s squad was rated the No. 5 program in the NCAA and the women were 15th. In 2008-09 the UW women were ninth and the men 10th. In 2008, the men’s team scored its most points at the NCAA Outdoor meet since 1983, finishing 16th. Men’s track also won the MPSF Championships in both 2006 and 2007, and Metcalf was named conference coach of the year on both occasions. The women’s track team has also had six Top-25 NCAA finishes since 2005, and sent three team members to the 2008 U.S. Olympic Trials in the 1500-meters. Metcalf’s distance runners have combined for three individual NCAA track titles, one NCAA distance medley relay title, 13 Pac-12 titles, 75 All-America awards, 166 NCAA Championship bids and 34 school records in 14- plus years with the program. In addition to their athletic prowess, Metcalf’s teams have achieved remarkable things in the classroom. His teams are 10-time recipients of the USTFCCCA All-Academic honor, including National Scholar Team of the Year honors for both 2008 men’s outdoor track team and the national champion 2008 women’s cross country team. Washington is the second head coaching position for Metcalf, who served in 1996-97 as the head cross country and assistant track coach at Auburn University. A four-time Academic All-Pac-10 honoree at Washington, Metcalf earned All-American honors at the 1992 and 1993 NCAA Championships. His best collegiate mark of 8:41.17 ranks fourth all-time among Husky steeplers. He also was a steeple finalist in the 1996 U.S. Olympic Trials. HUSKY TRACK AND FIELD • June 4, 2012 • Page 9

2012 UW NCAA Indoor Championships Competitors Name Yr. Event Mark Seeding Result All-America Status Joey Bywater Jr. DMR 9:31.68 10th 10th, 10:02.96 Second Team All-America Jordan Carlson Sr. DMR 10:55.01 1st 1st, 11:05.20 First Team All-America Katie Flood So. DMR 10:55.01 1st 1st, 11:05.20 First Team All-America 3,000m Run 8:55.31 1st 9th, 9:19.69 Second Team All-America Megan Goethals So. 5,000m Run 15:54.89 8th 9th, 16:12.89 Second Team All-America 3,000m Run 9:08.42 13th 11th, 9:24.68 Second Team All-America J.J. Juilfs Fr. Pole Vault 17-8 1/4 13th 17th, 17-0 3/4 Honorable Mention All-America Maurice McNeal So. DMR 9:31.68 10th 10th, 10:02.96 Second Team All-America Baylee Mires Fr. DMR 10:55.01 1st 1st, 11:05.20 First Team All-America Chelsea Orr So. DMR 10:55.01 1st 1st, 11:05.20 First Team All-America Ryan Soberanis Sr. DMR 9:31.68 10th 10th, 10:02.96 Second Team All-America Brad Whitley So. DMR 9:31.68 10th 10th, 10:02.96 Second Team All-America

2012 Updates to UW’s All-Time Indoor Track and Field Top-10 Lists Men Women All-Time School All-Time School Name Event Mark UW Rank Record Name Event Mark UW Rank Record Soberanis/McNeal/ DMR 9:31.68 1st 9:35.35 (old) Jordan Carlson 400m 54.67 1st 55.11 (old) Whitley/Bywater Katie Flood Mile 4:28.48 1st 4:34.98 (old) Maurice McNeal 400m 46.69 4th 46.09 Katie Flood 3,000m 8:55.31 1st 9:08.50 (old) Michael Miller Jr. 800m 1:49.61 4th 1:48.40 Megan Goethals 5,000m 15:54.89 1st 16:09.26 (old) Angus Taylor Weight Throw 62-7 3/4 4th 71-5 1/2 Orr/Carlson/ DMR 10:55.01 1st 11:05.80 (old) Maurice McNeal 200m 21.40 5th 20.56 Mires/Flood Rob Webster Jr. 5,000m 13:55.16 5th 13:48.86 Megan Goethals 3,000m 9:08.42 2nd 8:55.31 J.J. Juilfs Pole Vault 17-8 1/4 5th 18-9 1/4 Erica Huse Weight Throw 52-5 1/2 3rd 65-8 3/4 James Alaka 200m 21.47 7th 20.56 Lindsay Flanagan 5,000m 16:14.92 4th 15:54.89 Ryan Soberanis Mile 4:02.32 7th 3:58.23 Babcock/Carlson/ DMR 11:18.34 4th 10:55.01 Joey Bywater 3,000m 8:03.83 7th 7:53.13 Mires/Johnson A.J. Maricich High Jump 6-11 1/2 7th (tie) 7-5 Chelsea Orr Mile 4:39.78 5th 4:28.48 Rucker/Sanders/ 4x400m 3:10.64 8th 3:07.03 Christine Babcock 3,000m 9:16.96 5th 8:55.31 Alaka/McNeal Fero/Woodruff/ 4x400m 3:45.13 5th 3:44.00 Julian Bardwell Long Jump 23-7 1/2 9th (tie) 26-7 3/4 Stueckle/Carlson Meron Simon Mile 4:04.54 10th 3:58.23 Baylee Mires 800m 2:09.57 6th 2:06.69 Robby Fegles Pole Vault 17-1 3/4 10th (tie) 18-9 1/4 Sarah Schireman Pentathlon 3,607 6th 3,915 Chelsea Orr 3,000m 9:23.67 7th 8:55.31 Stueckle/Schmitt/ 4x400m 3:45.99 7th 3:44.00 Oden/Carlson Logan Miller Pole Vault 13-4 1/2 7th 14-3 1/2 Kayla Stueckle 400m 56.11 9th 54.67 Justine Johnson 800m 2:10.10 9th 2:06.69 Justine Johnson Mile 4:41.13 9th 4:28.48 Shelby Williams Pentathlon 3,487 9th 3,915