2012-13 Cal State L.A. Golden Eagles Cross Country and Track & Field 1 CORPORATE PARTNERS THE GOLDEN EAGLES WISH TO THANK THE F OLLOWING : sizzler.com in-n-out.com sierraacura.com mixedchicks.net templecitydental.com/goldeneagles doubletree.com pepsi.com FOR MORE IN F ORMATION ON BECOMING A GOLDEN EAGLE CORPORATE PARTNER , PLEASE CONTACT THE DIVISION O F INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS , AT (323) 343-3080 OR ONLINE AT CSULAATHLETICS .COM 2 www.csulaathletics.com 2012-13 CSULA RO S TE R 2012-13 Cal State L.A. Golden Eagles Cross Country/Track & Field Roster Women’s Roster Men’s Roster Name Events Ht. Yr. Hometown Name Events Ht. Yr. Hometown Alisha Belt Multi 5-8 Sr. Carson Kevin Ally Sprints 5-7 Jr. Inglewood Loreal Carter High Jump 6-0 So. Rancho Cucamonga Patrick Atkins Sprints 5-9 So. Oakland Arianna Celis Distance 5-1 Sr. Perris SeDale Barkley Sprints 5-10 Jr. Los Angeles Ashley Craddock Sprints 5-9 Jr. Fresno Fred Barrientos Sprints 5-8 So. Los Angeles Horalia Gamboa Distance 5-4 So. San Gabriel Steven Barrios Sprints/PV 5-9 Jr. El Monte Samantha Gutierrez Throws 5-10 Sr. Lake Elsinore Dameion Berry-Smith Jumps 5-9 Sr. Los Angeles Chantiel Harden Sprints/Jumps 5-4 Sr. San Francisco Andres De La Cruz Distance 6-1 Jr. Norwalk Martiza Hernandez Distance 5-2 Sr. Pasadena Andre Evans Throws 5-10 Jr. Corona Cara Jones Hurdles/Sprints 5-7 Sr. Woodland Hills Anthony Hall Jumps 5-11 Sr. Ewa Beach, HI Damanjot Kaur Distance 5-7 Jr. Fontana Matthew Harmon Hurdles 6-0 Sr. Castaic Melissa Lopez Distance 5-3 Jr. Hacienda Heights Scott Hubbard Multi 6-3 Sr. Lodi Sabrina Lopez Distance 5-4 Jr. Alhambra Floyd Jackson Sprints 5-10 Sr. Oakland Calista Lyon Throws 6-1 Jr. Tallangatta Valley, Australia Solomon Kirven Jumps 5-8 Jr. Oakland Cassandra Mejia Distance 5-3 Sr. Pico Rivera Leonard Stanley Sprints 5-11 Jr. Santa Ana Carmen Miller Distance 5-4 Fr. Sylmar LaRon Taylor Sprints 5-9 Sr. Los Angeles Elizabeth Miranda Distance 5-4 Jr. Ceres Gregory Veals Sprints 5-7 So. Los Angeles Kiyah Moore Distance 5-3 Fr. Fairfield Erick West Sprints 6-3 So. Los Angeles Lisa Ohberg Distance 5-7 Sr. Uddevalla, Sweden Thomas Watkins Sprints 6-3 Jr. Oakland Scarlett Perez Distance 5-6 So. Los Angeles Bethany Quan Distance 5-10 Fr. Monterey Park April Reyes Sprints 5-7 So. Whittier Raquel Rochon Sprints 5-7 Jr. Los Angeles Megan Thompson Middle Distance 5-7 So. Newbury Park Patrice Wells Sprints 5-5 Fr. Lake View Terrace Kiyana Williams Sprints 5-6 Fr. Lakewood Ayana Younge Sprints 5-2 Sr. Elk Grove Head Coach: LaMonte Vaughn (1st Season) Assistant Coaches: Steve Laguna, Norris Frederick, Erica Cosby, Alycia Wagner 2013 Golden Eagles Quick Facts Location Los Angeles, California Enrollment 21,000 Colors Black and Gold Home Facility Jesse Owens Track Conference California Collegiate Athletic Association National Affiliation NCAA Division II President Dr. James M. Rosser Director of Athletics Dr. Dan Bridges Credits: The 2012-13 Cross Sports Information Director Paul Helms Country and Track & Field SID Phone/Fax 323-343-5308/343-3199 media guide was designed Main Athletics Phone 323-343-3080 and edited by Paul Helms and Head Coach LaMonte Vaughn Dr. James M. Rosser Brendan Dally. Dr. Dan Bridges Assistant Coaches Laguna, Frederick, Cosby, Wagner President Director of Athletics Track & Field Office Phone 323-343-6413 2012-13 Cal State L.A. Golden Eagles Cross Country and Track & Field 3 CO ac HING ST A FF A talented coach with extensive NCAA Division I experience, LaMonte Vaughn begins his first season as the head coach for Cal State L.A.’s men’s and women’s track and field and women’s cross country teams. Vaughn comes to Cal State L.A. from UCLA, where he was a men’s assistant coach for sprints, hurdles and relays for the past three seasons. UCLA’s sprinters enjoyed great success during his time with the Bruins and Vaughn guided Maxwell Dyce (20.72 200m) and the 4x100 relay team to the NCAA Outdoor Championships for a second straight season in 2012. The 4x100 relay team also beat rival USC for a third straight year. In 2011, UCLA’s 4x100 relay team advanced to the NCAA Outdoor Championships and earned USTFCCCA All-America second-team honors after running a season-best time of 39.45. In his first season with the Bruins in 2010, Vaughn led the 4x100 relay team to a Pacific-10 Conference championship with a time of 39.43 and recorded the program’s fastest time in that event since 1998. The 4x100 relay team advanced to the finals at the NCAA Outdoor meet and earned All-America honors. LaMonte Vaughn Before joining UCLA, Vaughn was an assistant coach for four years at the University of Washington. He had several All-American student-athletes at Washington, including Ashlee Lodree (8.01 60H, 12.95 100H) Head Coach and Jordan Boase (44.82 400m, 20.37 200m). Lodree was a six-time All-American focusing on the hurdle events, while Boase (3rd indoors and 4th outdoors in 2006) was a standout quarter-miler and a member of several All-American 4x400m relay teams. Vaughn coached the men’s 4x100 relay team to its first-ever Pac-10 title in 2008 and helped guide the 4x400 relay team to a school record in 2005 (3:03.85 outdoors and 3:07.03 indoors). The 4x400 relay team was third at the 2006 NCAA Indoor meet and eighth at the outdoor meet. Vaughn led another student-athlete at Washington, Shane Charles, to the 2006 Pac-10 400-meter hurdle crown and Charles also set a Grenadian national record (49.51). In all, Vaughn helped coach student-athletes to nine school records, had 19 NCAA Championship Meet participants, 25 West Region qualifiers, two USATF Senior national qualifiers and 65 performances on Washington’s all-time Top-10 list. Vaughn was also a graduate assistant coach at Eastern Kentucky in 2004 and was an assistant coach at Marshall University from 1999-2003, where he coached student-athletes to 13 school records. Vaughn graduated from the University of Kentucky, where he qualified for the NCAA Outdoor Championships in the 800 (1:48.23) in 1994 and 1996 and set a school record in the 600 (1:18.20). He was ranked in the top-50 in the United States in the 800 in 1996. He and his wife, Devonia, have one daughter, Brianna. An All-American in the long jump and high jump at the University of Washington, Norris Frederick joins the Cal State L.A. men’s and women’s track and field program as an assistant coach. Frederick remains one of the top long jumpers in the United States and finished fifth in the event at the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials. Frederick earned a total of eight All-America awards in the long jump at Washington in indoor and outdoor track and field and he picked up three All-America awards in the high jump. He was the NCAA Division I West Region champion in the long jump in 2006, 2007 and 2008 and he was the Mountain Pacific Indoor long jump champion in 2006, 2007 and 2008. He was also the Pacific-10 Conference champion in the long jump in 2005. Frederick is an intercollegiate record holder at the University of Washington, where he was the first student- athlete to clear 7-4 in the high jump and leap 26-8 in the long jump. Frederick earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of Washington. He was a volunteer coach at the Norris Frederick University of Washington and at San Diego State under the Olympic Training Center. He has also been an Assistant Coach assistant coach at Roosevelt and Ballard high schools. 4 www.csulaathletics.com CO ac HING ST A FF After helping the Golden Eagles to a tremendous campaign in 2011-12, Steve Laguna returns for his third season an assistant coach with the Cal State L.A. cross country and track and field programs. Laguna helped the Golden Eagles to a surprising third-place finish in the California Collegiate Athletic Association in cross country in 2011 and guided the middle and long distance runners to exceptional performances during the indoor and outdoor track seasons. Cal State L.A. had three runners finish in the top-10 and earn All-CCAA honors in cross country and the Golden Eagles recorded their best team finish since 2007. Cal State L.A. then dominated the middle distances in the CCAA women’s outdoor track and field championships with Valerie Sanchez winning both the 800-meter and 1,500 championships and Lisa Ohberg earning All-CCAA honors in both events. Sanchez also earned an All- America award in the mile in indoor track, while Ohberg earned All-America honors in the 1,500 in outdoor track. Steve Laguna Assistant Coach In his first year with the program, Laguna helped the Golden Eagles to a fourth-place finish in the CCAA in cross country in 2010. The Golden Eagles also fared well in the middle and long-distance runners during the 2011 indoor and outdoor track seasons. Cal State L.A. had a conference champion in the women’s 10,000 meters (Maritza Hernandez) and earned four other All-CCAA awards in the women’s 800, 1,500 and 5,000. Before coming to Cal State L.A., Laguna was an assistant coach at Cerritos College, where he enjoyed great success.