SSUNUN DDEVILEVIL TTRACKRACK & FFIELDIELD ASU T&F Hosts Sun Devil Open This Weekend Several individuals also will compete at the Triton Invite in San Diego SEASON WEEK 7 INDOOR WEEK 7 TEMPE - Starting with this weeks home action, the Arizona State University track and eld team will have three regular season meets remaining on the schedule 2011 INDOOR SEASON SCHEDULE and ve of its next six competitions in the Copper State, beginning with the Sun Date Meet Host J 28-29 New Mexico Invite New Mexico Devil Open that will take place Friday and Saturday at Sun Angel Stadium in Tem- F 4-5 New Mexico Classic New Mexico pe. While most of the team will remain in town for the Open, several throwers will 5 NAU Team Challenge Northern Arizona head to the Triton Invitational in La Jolla, Calif., this weekend as well. 12 TAMU Conf. Chall. Texas A&M 19 Lumberjack Invite Northern Arizona STAYING HOME 25-26 MPSF Championships Washington Including the Sun Devil Open, Arizona State will remain in the state of Arizona to M 5 Iowa State Last Chance Iowa State compete in meets over the next six weeks, including two in Tempe and three in 11-12 NCAA Championships Texas A&M Tucson. After this weekend, the Sun Devils will play host to state rivals Arizona and 2011 OUTDOOR SEASON SCHEDULE Northern Arizona in the Double Dual on Saturday, April 30. In May, Tucson will host Date Meet Host several events, including the Pac-10 Multi Championships (heptathlon and decath- M 18-19 Baldy Castillo Invite ASUlon) on May 6-7, the Pac-10 Championships (all other events) on May 13-14 and the 25-26 ASU Invitational ASUTucson Elite Throws on May 21. 25-26 Stanford Invite Stanford 31-1 Jim Click Multis Arizona WEEKLY HONORS A 8 Mesa Classic Mesa CC Two Sun Devil women earned weekly honors after last weekends performances, in- 8-9 Sun Angel Track Classic ASU cluding Jasmine Chaney, who was named the Pac-10 Womens Track Athlete of the 14-16 Mt. SAC Relays Mt. SAC 22-23 Sun Devil Open ASUWeek, and Anna Jelmini, who was ASU Athletics Gold Pitchfork recipient. Chaney 22-23 UCSD Triton Invite UC San Diego led the way for the Sun Devils on the track at the Mt. SAC Relays as she had a 30 Double Dual - UA/NAU ASUhand in two wins and nished in the top three in all four races she participated in. M 6-7 Pac-10 Multis Arizona The national leader in the 400-meter hurdles, Chaney won the event in 57.71. She 13-14 Pac-10 Champs. Arizona also placed third in the 100-meter hurdles (13.51). In the relays, Chaney ran the 21 Tucson Elite Throws Arizona anchor leg of the victorious 4x100 meter relay that nished in 44.53. She also an- 28-29 NCAA Prelims - West Oregon chored the 4x400 meter relay to second place in 3:33.22, which currently ranks sixth J 9-12 NCAA Champs. Drake nationally. Jelmini, in her rst collegiate season, continues to lead the nation in the 23-27 USATF Champs. Oregon discus (60.49m) and won the elite discus at the 53rd Mt. SAC Relays with a toss of All times local to site and subject to change; home meets in maroon 60.32m, which placed her ahead of three-time Olympian Suzy Powell. Jelmini also Check host team web sites for meet schedules for each event took fourth in the elite shot put (second among collegiate competitors) with a toss of 17.24m, which ranks third all-time in ASU history and stands sixth nationally. One day earlier, she improved her personal-best in the hammer with a toss of 54.52m, which moved her up to ninth all-time in ASU history. THATS NOT ALL On Monday, the 2011 Boston Marathon was held and former Sun Devil All-American Desiree Davilla put on a great showing, nishing second overall in the womens race in 2:22.38, just two seconds behind the race winner, Caroline Kilel of Kenya. Davila, along with Kara Goucher ( fth) were the lone Americans in the Top 15 of the race that saw Davila take second by six seconds from the third nisher. IN THE RANKINGS: USTFCCCA TOP 25 The USTFCCCA released its latest outdoor rankings this week where the Sun Devil FOLLOW THE SUN DEVILS ONLINE women have moved into the Top 10 at No. 10 this week, up four spots from the previ- FACEBOOK ous listing. The ASU women are currently one of four Pac-10 teams in the national Sun Devil Track & Field/Cross Country Top 10, which includes No. 3 Oregon, No. 4 USC and No. 8 Arizona while fellow Arizona State XCTF conference members Stanford (17) and Washington State (19) are also in the Top TWITTER 25. On the mens side, ASU is not ranked in the Top 25 that has ve Pac-10 teams, @SunDevilTFXC including No. 6 USC, No. 8 Stanford, No. 13 Oregon, No. 16 UA and No. 24 UCLA. ARIZONA STATE NCAA REGIONAL RANKINGS TheSunDevils.com NCAA.com In the third installment of the regional index rankings, the Sun Devils rank third in the womens standings and fourth in the mens. In the womens rankings, Arizona leads PACIFIC-10 MPSF Pac-10.org MPSports.org the West with Oregon in second and ASU, Stanford and USC rounding out the Top Coach Kraft / Notes 5. On the mens side of things, Oregon leads the way with UCLA, UA, ASU and HEAD COACH GREG KRAFT Washington completing the Top 5. Greg Kraft is in his 15th year (2011 seasons) with the Sun Devil program and has built it into a national power. During the 2008 season, his men and women captured WATCH OUT FOR JELMINI the NCAA Indoor Championships, only the second time in On April 5, the Bowerman Award committee added freshman Anna Jelmini to its the history of the event that the same school swept both watch list, making her one of 10 women the committee is keeping its eye on this titles. The title was the second in a row for the women and their third overall (2007 outdoor) and the first for the men. season for the award given annually to the top male and top female collegiate track Dating back to the 2006 seasons, the Sun Devil women and eld competitors. Jelmini, the national leader in the discus and sixth-ranked in have won the Pac-10 three times, the MPSF twice, the the shot put, is the only freshman on the list with also includes two sophomores, NCAA indoor twice, the NCAA outdoor once and the NCAA West Region outdoor once. The men have added one junior and six seniors. Jelmini also is one of three Pac-10 competitors on the one NCAA indoor and one NCAA West Region outdoor list. Last year, Ryan Whiting was one of three mens nalists for the Bowerman. crown to that collection as well. Individually, athletes have excelled under the 2008 Mens and Womens USTFCCCA National Indoor Coach TAKE ME TO YOUR LEADERS of the Year, including seven-time NCAA multi-event cham- Heading into this weekends action, two Sun Devil women remain atop of the NCAA pion Jacquelyn Johnson, who also advanced to the order lists based upon their marks recorded this season. On the track, Jasmine Olympic Games in the heptathlon after winning her fourth NCAA heptathlon title. In 2009, two men captured three Chaney still leads the nation in the 400m hurdles at 56.61 while Anna Jelmini holds NCAA titles, including Ryan Whiting sweeping in the the top mark in the discus at 60.49m. indoor and outdoor shot put crown and Jason Lewis won the indoor weight throw. In 2010, Whiting swept the shot put once again and added a discus crown before being NATIONAL TOP 10 name a finalist for the Bowerman Award. Along with those two marks, two Sun Devil men and ve other womens marks cur- At the conference level, the Sun Devils have dominated rently rank among the national Top 10 as well. For the men, Jordan Clarke is sixth on the womens side with three titles in a row while (2006- in the shot put at 18.81m while Mason McHenry stands 10th in the 800m run at 08) the men have finished as the meet runner-up the past three years in a row. His athletes have collected 49 1:48.44. On the womens side of things, Chaney is part of the sixth-ranked 4x400m individual titles and added another 14 relay crowns in the relay (3:33.22) with Alycia Herring, Keia Pinnick and Kayla Sanchez while Pinnick Pac-10 before going on to collect 143 All-America honors is seventh in the heptathlon (5,455 points) and Samantha Henderson is ninth in the individually and another 22 in relays. Along with Johnson, other impressive names that have same event (5,424 points). In the eld, Jelmini is sixth in the shot put at 17.24m been coached by Kraft include 2004 Olympic Long Jump while Christabel Nettey stands fth in the long jump at 6.38m. Champion Dwight Phillips and 2008 U.S. Long Jump Champion Trevell Quinley. THREE UNDER BY THE NUMBERS At the Mt. SAC Relays, the Sun Devil womens intermediate hurdle crew swept Athletic Honors M W the Top 3 places in the event with Jasmine Chaney winning in 57.71 while Kayla NCAA Champions (Team) 1 3 NCAA Champions (Individual) 9 14 Sanchez was second (57.76) and Keia Pinnick third (57.97).