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For Immediate Release // Wednesday, May 22, 2013 Pac-12 Contact // Natalia Ciccone ([email protected])

PAC-12 ATHLETES HEAD TO NCAA TRACK & FIELD WEST REGIONAL COMPETITION

WALNUT CREEK, Calif. - Pac-12 men’s and women’s track and !eld student-athletes will compete at the NCAA West Region Champions being hosted by the University of Texas in Austin, Texas, Thursday-Saturday, May 23-25. Qualifying teams advance to the 2013 NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships which will be hosted by the University of Ore- gon in Eugene, Oregon, on June 5-8.

The top 24 student-athletes per event per region (East and West) will compete for a spot at the NCAA Championships. Only the top 12 student-athletes per event per region advance to Eugene. In the relay events, only the top 24 relays per region advance to the preliminaries with 12 eventually advancing to the !nals. The NCAA East Region Championships is being hosted by the North Carolina A&T in Greensboro, N.C.

Nearly 150 women and nearly 175 men representing Pac-12 schools will be competing for a spot at the NCAA Championships. For more information on the NCAA West Regional, visit http://www.texassports.com/sports/m-track/spec-rel/052013aab.html.

ENTRIES... A complete list of men’s and women’s competitors representing Pac-12 institutions at the NCAA West Regional is on pages 4-5. For the complete list of participants at the NCAA West Regional in Austin, Texas, visit the NCAA’s official website at www.ncaa.com or click on the direct link here: http://www.ncaa.com/content/di-track-field-participants-and-results.

MEET RESULTS AND LIVE STREAMING... Links for both live results, as well as live video streaming can be accessed through www.texassports.com or by clicking on the following link: http://www.texassports.com/sports/m-track/spec-rel/052013aab.html.

HEPTATHLON/DECATHLON ENTRIES... The top 24 athletes in both the heptathlon and decathlon that have already quali!ed for the NCAA Championships in Eugene, Ore., have been announced. Below is the list of student-athletes that will be representing Pac-12 teams in both events. For the complete list of competitors, visit the NCAA’s of!cial website or click on the direct link above.

Decathlon Heptathlon Dakotah Keys, SO, ORE Keia Pinnick, SR, ASU Dominic Giovannoni, SR, UCLA Tatum Souza, JR, UCLA Marcus Nilsson, JR, UCLA Jeremy Taiwo, SR, WASH

SOCIAL MEDIA... Fans can also follow the NCAA Regional Championships via social media by following Pac-12 teams’ official twitter pages: @ArizonaTrack; @SunDevilTFXC; @Cal_Track; @cubuffstrack; @oregontf; @Beavers_Track; @suath- letics; @UCLATrack_Field; @USC_Athletics; @Utah_trackfield; @UW_Track; @wsucougars_com. The University of Texas, which is playing host to the meet, will also be tweeting at @TexasMTF and @TexasWTandF. The United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association will also have full live coverage on its official twitter handle at @USTFCCCA.

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THE RANKINGS... Here’s where the Pac-12 ranks in the USTFCCCA Top 25 as of May 20:

MEN WOMEN 3. Oregon 3. Oregon 6. USC 6. Arizona 15. UCLA 9. Arizona State 18. California 13. UCLA 22. Arizona 12. Stanford 24. Colorado 19. Washington 21. USC

Here is where the Pac-12 ranks as a league in the national index. MEN Points Top 25 WOMEN Points Top 25 1. SEC 1644.18 7 1. SEC 1535.17 6 2. Pac-12 1073.75 6 2. Pac-12 1314.08 7 3. Big Ten 817.99 4 3. Big 12 978.92 6 4. Big 12 740.37 5 4. ACC 467.92 2 5. ACC 579.18 2 5. Big Ten 444.18 1

PAC-12 ATHLETES OF THE WEEK... Below are this year’s men’s and women’s Pac-12 Athletes of the Week: Men’s Track: April 10 - Stephen Sambu, ARIZ; April 17 - Tyler Stutzman, STAN; April 24 - Stephen Sambu, ARIZ; May 1 - , STAN; May 8 - De’Anthony Thomas, ORE..

Women’s Track: April 10 - Alex Kosinski, ORE; Turquoise Thompson, UCLA; April 24 - Katie Flood, WASH; May 1 - Deborah Maier, CAL; May 8 - Becca Friday, ORE.

Men’s Field: April 10 - Chris Benard, ASU; Alec Faldermeyer, UCLA; April 24 - Chris Benard, ASU; May 1 - Jake Baertlein, WSU; May 8 - Dakotah Keys, ORE.

Women’s Field: April 10 - Brigetta Barrett, ARIZ; Brianna Bain, STAN; Alyssa Hasslen, ARIZ; May 1 - Marissa Minderler, USC; MAy 8 - Brianne Theisen, ORE.

OREGON SWEEPS PAC-12 TITLES... For the !fth-consecutive year, OREGON swept the Pac-12 Men’s and Women’s Track & Field Championships which was held at Cromwell Field at Katherine B. Loker Stadium on the campus of USC. The men’s squad claimed its seventh-consecutive team title, while the women took home their !fth straight. Accounting for 29 of her team’s points, ARIZONA STATE’s Keia Pinnick was named the Women’s Athlete of the Meet, while USC’s Bryshon Nellum was the Men’s Athlete of the Meet, after scoring 23 points.

Oregon’s six-straight men’s titles is the !rst time since USC won 15-consecutive Paci!c Coast Conference titles from 1936-55. The women’s four-straight crowns is the !rst time since UCLA won eight-straight from 1997-2004.

Pinnick was the winner of the heptathlon title last weekend, then went on to place third in the 100-meter hurdles and fourth in the 400-meter hurdles, and helped the Sun Devils place second in the 4x400-meter relay. Nellum, who has battled injuries that nearly ended his career, won the 200 meter and 400 meter, then helped the Trojans pick up a pair of points in the 4x400 meter relay. Nellum won a silver medal as a member of the USA’s 4x400-meter team at the Olympics.

On the men’s side, OREGON was far ahead of the !eld with 149.5 points, while USC !nished in second place with 108 points. In third place was UCLA who scored 98.5 points and ARIZONA STATE was fourth with 94 points. WASHING- TON came in !fth place with 76 points, followed by COLORADO in sixth place with 70 points and ARIZONA in seventh place with 67 points. CALIFORNIA (66) was eighth, WASHINGTON STATE (45) was ninth and STANFORD (43) was 10th.

On the women’s side, the Ducks scored 139 points to stay ahead of ARIZONA, who scored 123 points. ARIZONA STATE was third with 110.33 points, followed by UCLA with 87.33 points and STANFORD was !fth with 86.5 points. 2013 NCAA West Regional Page 3

USC placed sixth with 81 points, WASHINGTON was seventh with 55.33 points, WASHINGTON STATE was eighth with 42 points and CALIFORNIA had 41.5 point for ninth place. COLORADO (32), UTAH (14) and OREGON STATE (6) rounded out the team standings in 10th, 11th and 12th place.

2013 PAC-12 CHAMPIONSHIPS TEAM SCORES (hosted by the USC, Los Angeles, Calif.)

Team Standings WOMEN MEN 1. Oregon 139 1. Oregon 149.50 2. Arizona 123 2. USC 108 3. Arizona State 110.33 3. UCLA 98.50 4. UCLA 87.33 4. Arizona State 94 5. Stanford 86.50 5. Washington 76 6. USC 81 6. Colorado 70 7. Washington 55.33 7. Arizona 67 8. Washington State 42 8. California 66 9. California 41.50 9. Washington State 45 10. Colorado 32 10. Stanford 43 11. Utah 14 12. Oregon State 6

2013 PAC-12 CHAMPIONS... MEN WOMEN 100m Beejay Lee, USC 10.07 100m Jenna Prandini, ORE 11.46 200m Bryshon Nellum, USC 20.23 200m English Gardner, ORE 22.62 400m Bryshon Nellum, USC 44.76 400m Phyllis Francis, ORE 51.57 800m Elijah Greer, ORE 1:49.48 800m Laura Roesler, ORE 2:06.51 1,500m Lawi Lalng, ARIZ 3:38.53 1,500m Shelby Houlihan, ASU 4:14.84 5,000m Nick Happe, ASU 14:05.20 5,000m Megan Goethals, WASH 16:08.86 10,000m Lawi Lalang, ARIZ 28:14.63 10,000m Jennifer Bergman, ARIZ 34:17.09 110mh Ray Stewart, CAL 13.43 100mh Kori Carter, STAN 12.76 400mh Reggie Wyatt, USC 49.17 400mh Kori Carter, STAN 54.21 3000sc Aric Van Halen, COLO 8:41.73 3000sc Emma Coburn, COLO 9:55.67 4x100 Arizona State 39.41 4x100 Oregon 43.81 4x400 Oregon 3:05.63 4x400 USC 3:32.39 HJ Edgar Rivera-Morales, ARIZ 2.23/7-3 3/4 HJ Brigetta Barrett, ARIZ 1.99m/6-6 1/4 PV PV Kristine Felix, WSU 4.07m/13-4 1/4 LJ Hammed Suleman, CAL 7.91/25-11 1/2 LJ Christabel Nettey, ASU 6.68m/21-11 TJ Kasen Covington, WASH 15.48/50-9 1/2 TJ Alitta Boyd, USC 13.27m/43-6 1/5 SP Jordan Clarke, ASU 19.35/63-6 SP Julie Labonte, ARIZ 17.38m/57-0 1/4 DT Julian Wruck, UCLA 65.41/214-7 DT Anna Jelmini, ASU 58.50m/191-11 HT Remy Conaster, USC 67.93/222-10 HT Chelsea Cassulo, WSU 68.00m/223-01 JT Sam Crouser, ORE 76.01/249-4 JT Brianna Bain, STAN 53.84m/176-8 Dec Dakotah Keys, ORE 8,001 Hep Keia Pinnick, ASU 5,801

2013 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS... The will host this year’s NCAA Championships, June 5-8 at in Eugene, Oregon. The University of Texas will host the NCAA West Preliminary Rounds, May 23-25 in Austin, Texas.

2014 PAC-12 CHAMPIONSHIPS... Washington State will host the 2014 Pac-12 Championships, to be held May 10- 11 and 17-18 at Mooberry Track & Field Complex. - www.pac-12.com - 2013 NCAA West Regional Page 4

NCAA WEST REGIONAL PAC-12 ENTRIES - MEN

ARIZONA (7) OREGON (24) USC (12) Arizona 4x4100, 4x400 Oregon 4x100, 4x400 Michael Andrews 800m Kevin Bierig 3000 SC Colby Alexander 1500m Aaron Brown 100m, 200m Bernard Dickerson-Quinn 400m Kevin Anding 400m Remy Conaster HT Tyler Johnson HT Mike Berry 400m Viktor Fajoyomi HJ, LJ Lawi Lalang 5000m, 10000m Chris Brewer 1500m Aleec Harris 110mh Clifton Leake 400m Johnathan Cabral 110mh Beejay Lee 100m Sam Macaluso 5000m Sam Crouser JV Marqise Lee LJ Edgar Rivera-Morales HJ Arthur Delaney 100m Bryshon Nellum 200m, 400m Jeramy Elkaim 5000m Tyler Ruiz HJ ARIZONA STATE (16) Trevor Ferguson 110mh, LJ, TJ Devonte Stewart 200m Arizona State 4x100, 4x400 Mac Fleet 1500m William Thompson JV Dylan Austin PV Elijah Greer 800m Reggie Wyatt 400mh Edmund Baker HJ Boru Guyota 800m Garrett Baker-Slama 3000 SC Bradley Laubacher HJ WASHINGTON (20) Chris Burrows 400m Matthew Melancon 5000m, 10000m Washington 4x100, 4x400 Jordan Clarke SP Matt Miner 1500m James Alaka 100m, 200m Eddie McClain JV Chad Noelle 1500m James Brookman JV Josh Dixon TJ Austin Ouderkirk PV Joey Bywater 1500m Nick Happe 1500m, 5000m Ryan Pickering 10000m Kasen Covington TJ William Henry 400m Tyler Pinkney TJ Derrick Daigre 800m Ryan Herson 5000m Ethan Powell JV Herbert Dew HJ Derick Hinch PV Greg Skipper HT Carson Fuller JV Eddie McClain JV Parker Stinson 5000m, 10000m Quinn Hale JV Ryan Milus 100m Patrick Todd 1500m Robert Henderson DT Joe Riccio SP, HT Allen Williams TJ JJ Juilfs PV William Taylor 110mh Tyler King 5000m Darius Terry 1500m, 5000m STANFORD (13) AJ Maricich HJ Michael Atchoo 1500m Michael Miller 800m CALIFORNIA (17) Marco Bertolotti 1500m Shayne Moore 110mh California 4x100 Justin Brinkley 1500m Aaron Nelson 3000 SC Randy Bermea 400mh Dalton Duvio PV Dan Sanders 400mh Tom Blocker 100m, 200m Aaron Konigsberg JV Quadelle Satterwhite 100m Ethan Cochran SP, DT Erik Olson 5000m Jax Thoirs PV Isaac Dan HT Jim Rosa 10000m Chris Williams 110mh, PV Scott Esparza HT Lucas Rowley HT Joe Zimmerman JV Noel Frazier HJ Jules Sharpe HJ Ryan Holmes 400mh Steven Solomon 400m WASHINGTON STATE (14) Collin Jarvis 3000 SC Tyler Stutzman 1500m Washington State 4x100 Jordan Locklear 1500m Geoffrey Tabor SP, DT Brett Blanshan 200m Chijoke Nwuzi DT Dartis Willis HJ Taylor Eubanks TJ Dash Oliver 100m Oliver Henry DT Sullivan Parker SP UCLA (17) Sam Ferenchak JV Nick Ridge HJ UCLA 4x100 Andrew Gonzales 3000 SC Harrison Steed HJ Derek Eager JV Jesse Jorgensen 800m Ray Stewart 110mh Dustin Fay 10000m Andrew Kimpel 5000m Hammed Suleman LJ, TJ Alec Faldermeyer HT Jono La"er 10000m Mike Tracy HJ Dominic Giovannoni 110mh, PV Trevor Rogers LJ Nick Hartle 800m Kyle Stevens JV COLORADO (13) Daniel Herrera 1500m Todd Wake!eld 1500m Colorado 4x400 Matthew Kosecki DT Dana Wells 400mh Hugh Dowdy 3000 SC David McDonald 3000 SC Ross Van Zanten HJ Jake Hurysz 1500m Yusef Merriweather 100m, 200m Jovan Vukicevic HJ Chad Jones TJ Alex Monsivaiz 800m Mark Jones HJ Michael Perry LJ Taylor Kientzel TJ Nick Scarvelis SP Richard Medina 5000m Dillon Stucky TJ Joe Morris 100m, 200m Carlos Valdes JV Ammar Moussa 5000m Lane Werley 5000m Pierce Murphy 10000m Michael Woepse PV Brian Owens JV Julian Wruck DT Blake Theroux 3000 SC Aric Van Halen 3000 SC Connor Winter 1500m 2013 NCAA West Regional Page 5

NCAA WEST REGIONAL PAC-12 ENTRIES - WOMEN

ARIZONA (18) OREGON (17) Natasha Kolbo PV Arizona 4x100, 4x400 Oregon 4x100, 4x400 Allison Koressel PV Brigetta Barrett HJ Laura Bobek DT Kylie Price 100m, LJ Jennifer Bergman 5000m, 10000m Liz Brenner JV Courtney Reginato PV Stephanie Bulder 10000m Sammie Clark PV Turquoise Thompson 400mh Nicci Corbin 5000m Lauren Crockett HJ Sarah Toberty 1500m Asia Easley JV Phyliis Francis 400m Trinity Wilson 100mh Clea Formaz 3000 SC Becca Friday 1500m Rebekah Winterton 10000m Taylor Freeman DT English Gardner 100m, 200m Bailie Gibson SP, DT 5000m, 10000m USC (12) Alyssa Hasslen SP, DT Anne Kesselring 1500m USC 4x100, 4x400 Traci Hicks 100mh Annie Leblanc 800m Lauren Blackburn 100mh Julie Labonte SP, DT Alyssa Monteverde 100mh Alitta Boyd LJ, TJ Shakayla McEaddy HJ Chizoba Okodogbe 400m Alexandra Collatz DT Georganne Moline 400mh Megan Patrignelli 3000 SC Melia Cox 100mh, TJ Katie Penney 1500m Jenna Prandini 100m, LJ Destane Howerton-Davis DT Keia Pinnick LJ Laura Roesler 800m Vanessa Jones 400m Germe Poston 100m, 200m Chancey Summers HJ Loudia Laarman 100m Shapri Romero 400m Annie Whit!eld JV Ashley Liverpoll 400m Omotayo Talabi SP Akawkaw Ndipagbor 100m, 200m OREGON STATE (2) Tera Novy DT ARIZONA STATE (13) Sara Almen HJ Oluwakemi Olonade TJ Arizona State 4x100, 4x400 Kinsey Gomez 5000m Jenna Putterbaugh 200m Chioma Amaechi SP Heather Arseneau PV STANFORD (22) UTAH (6) Constance Ezugha LJ Stanford 4x400 Ali Eisenbeiss 800m Ke’Nya Hardge 100mh, 400mh Emilie Amaro 5000m Susannah Hurst 10000m Alex Hartig DT, JV Mary Kate Anselmini 3000 SC Stephanie Jolley 400mh Shelby Houlihan 1550m Brianna Bain JV Amanda Mergaert 1500m Sarah Geren 400m Kori Carter 100mh, 400mh Klaudia Rokossa PV Asia Gooden 200m Aisling Cuffe 5000m Rosalie Waller 800m Alycia Herring LJ Karynn Dunn LJ Anna Jelmini SP, DT Justine Fedronic 800m WASHINGTON (12) Christabel Nettey 100mh, LJ Julia Foster 3000 SC Washington 4x400 Shayla Simpson PV Rebecca Hammer DT Christine Babcock 5000m Brianna Tate 400m Carissa Levingston 200m Lindsay Flanagan 10000m Ellie McCardwell PV Megan Goethals 5000m, 10000m CALIFORNIA (8) Molly McNamara 1500m Justine Johnson 3000 SC California 4x100 Jordan Merback TJ Marie Lawrence 3000 SC Gianna Fernandez HJ Tate Murray 1500m Liberty Miller 3000 SC Amanda Hunter TJ Katie Nelms 100mh Logan Miller PV Alima Kamara 400m Elaine Patten HJ Baylee Mires 800m Carisma Lyday 100m Claudia Saunders 800m Kristina Owsinski PV Malaina Payton LJ Kala Stepter 400mh Jordin Seekins JV Tiarra Pittman 400mh Jessica Tonn 5000m Kayla Stueckle 400mh Charnell Price 100m, 200m Amy Weissenbach 800m Gianne Woodruff 400mh Kelsey Santisteban 5000m Kristyn Williams 400m Alyssa Wisdom SP WASHINGTON STATE (12) COLORADO (8) Washington State 4x100, 4x400 Colorado 4x400 UCLA (18) Anna Adamko JV Brianne Beemer 400mh UCLA 4x100, 4x400 Caroline Austin 3000 SC Emma Coburn 3000 SC Faith Anumba LJ, TJ Kelsey Bueno PV Kelsey English HJ Zibby Boyer HJ Kristine Felix PV Eileen Gehring 200m, 400m Brea Buchanan 100mh Shawna Fermin 400m Diana George 3000 SC Ally Courtnall 400m Ashley Kenney DT Lindsy Mattson 400m Eleanor Fulton 1500m Charlotte Muschamp TJ Abrianna Torres LJ Mariah Gibson HJ Jaclyn Onosko JV Carrie Verndon 5000m Liz Goodrich PV Holly Parent HJ Katja Goldring 10000m Ruby Roberst 1500m Bronte Golick 10000m Celena Ward JV Caroline Gyllenbern HJ Courtney Zalud 800m