Golden Bears 2007 ATHLETE PROFILES - MEN

with 15-06.25 at the MPSF Championship (2/ High School: A 2004 graduate of Albany High YAHYA ABDUL-MATEEN 27)... redshirted indoor season. 2004: Redshirted School in Albany, Calif....won the 800 meters at Hurdles-Sprints outdoor season. High School: Appanaitis at- the NCS Meet of Champions...participated in the tended Loyola High school in Los Angeles ...state Junior Olympics...800 meters school record holder Sophomore, Oakland, Calif. leader and Southern Section champion in the pole with PR of 1:52.15...played one year varsity vault...also Loyola record holder (16-0, 1993) in soccer. Personal: Born Aug. 20, 1986, in San 2006: Redshirted out- the ...helped Loyola win the 2003 CIF- Francisco, Calif....parents are Van and Judith door season. Freshman SS Division II Championship. Personal: Born Carey...Van Carey is a professor of mechanical (2005): Outdoors, posted April 23, 1985, in Torrance, Calif.…father is engineering at Cal...interdisciplinary studies major. a 14.73 for his top time in Donald Appanaitis …integrative biology major. the 110-meter hurdles at the Brutus Hamilton Invita- CHRIS CHAVEZ tional (4/9)…notched a Distance 55.02 for his top 400-meter ALEX BEITASHOUR Junior, Culver City, Calif. hurdles time at the Big Meet Sprints (4/23)…redshirted indoor Senior, San Francisco, Calif. Sophomore (2006): season. High School: Attended McClymonds During the indoor season, High School in Oakland, Calif....brings depth to Junior (2006): His ran Cal’s third-fastest the hurdles…PRs include 14:26 in the 110-meter “greatest moment in 5000 meters of the year high hurdles and 38.20 in the 300-meter interme- sports” was anchoring (14:38.96) the MPSF Cham- diate hurdles…an honor roll student…also played Cal’s 4x100 meters win in pionships …won Cal’s basketball and participated in debate team and the 2006 Big Meet at Brutus Hamilton Award chess club. Personal: Born on July 15, 1986, in Stanford, for which he (outstanding male aca- New Orleans, La. …parents are Yahya and Mary won the team’s Walter demic achievement). Abdul-Mateen… architecture major. Christie Award (outstand- Freshman (2005): ing male performance)… Chavez posted Cal’s fifth-best mark of the sea- ran on Cal’s fastest 4x100 son in the 1500 meters (3:57.36/Big Meet), and CHARLES AMADI meters team (41.17) of the year at the Pac-10 5000 meters (14:44.34/U.S. Jr. Nationals) and Triple Jump- Championships…notched Cal’s best 100 meters the team’s third-best mark of the season in the time of the season (10.94) at the Modesto mile (4:15.02/Brutus Hamilton) and 3,000 (8:39.88/ Freshman, Fresno, Calif. Relays…selected to the 2006 Pac-10 All-Aca- Bay area Blast Off)...after the 2005 season, demic team. Sophomore (2005): Picked to the Chavez ranked ninth among Cal’s all-time top 10 Football (2006): Cal 2005 Pac-10 All-Academic team…in the 400 performers for his 8:39.88 in the 3000 meters... defensive back meters recorded a 49.63 at the Hornet Invita- qualified for the USATF Junior Nationals in the redshirted. High School: tional. High School: a 2003 graduate of The 5000 meters. Cross Country: In 2005, Chavez A track standout at Edison Branson school in Ross, Calif., Beitashour adds had a season-best time of 25:15 at the Stanford who finished third in the depth to a young and talented sprint group...won Invitational, he finished 57th...finished 47th state meet in the triple jump NCS Division 5 track championship in the 200 (25:45) at the Pac-10 Championships...finished as a junior and fourth as a meters his senior year in high school...team 81st (32:18.6) at the NCAA West Regional. High sophomore... entering Cal, captain...school record-holder in 100 meters and School: Graduated in 2004 from Santa Monica was the top-ranked high 200 meters...also played basketball, soccer and High School in Santa Monica, Calif. ...MVP of track school triple jumper in lacrosse. Personal: Born on Nov. 1, 1984, in team and four-year varsity letterman on league America…has a personal best of 49-2...in foot- San Francisco, Calif....parents are Ninous and champion team... named “Most Athletic” at his high ball, he played cornerback as a junior and running Magda Beitashour...business administration school. Personal: Born May 9, 1986, in Santa back as a senior...a former high school teammate major. Monica, Calif....parents are Anthony and Margaret of current Bears Bernard Hicks and Robert Peele. Chavez...economics major. Personal: Born on Nov. 11, 1987... son of Edna and Hyacin Amadi…father was born in Nigeria... SEAN CAREY mom competed in at Fresno State... Middle Distance MICHAEL COE ESPN Radio Student Athlete of the Month ... Sophomore, Albany, Calif. Distance maintained a 4.0 grade-point average and is Freshman, Lompoc, Calif. considering a career in the medicine/health fields. Freshman (out- doors) (2006): Posted Cross Country DONNY APPANAITIS Cal’s second-best 200 (2006): Ran a season-best Pole Vault meters time of the season 24:34 (28th place) against (1:51.77), when he took Stanford...ran a 25:31.49 Junior, Palos Verdes, Calif. third at the Big Meet. (62nd) at the Pac-10 Cham- Freshman (indoors) pionships. High School: Sophomore (2006): (2005): Redshirted the A 2006 graduate of Cabrillo Notched Cal’s second- outdoor season due to a High School…individual best indoor pole vault mark hamstring injury...Carey is 2005 Mt. SAC Division 3 (16-00.75) at the Arizona- also a member of Cal’s cross country team. cross country title…holds California Challenge (1/ Cross Country: In 2006, he ran his season- the top indoor times in the boys’ one-mile and two- 27). Freshman (2005): best time (27:07.30, 24th place) at the Aggie mile runs…2006 Nike Indoor National Champion in Appanaitis posted Cal’s Open…in 2005, Carey had a season-best time of the boys’ two-mile run…2006 Nike Outdoor Na- second-best mark of the 28:05 (26th place) at the S.F. State Invitational. tional Champion in the boys’ mile…runner-up in season in the pole vault

14 2007 California Golden Bears Track & Field Media Guide CALIFORNIA Golden Bears the 2005 Foot Locker National Cross Country ships (2/24). Junior (2005): Davis posted Cal’s Deptula…his father played football for the Uni- Championships…named Cabrillo’s Track MVP best mark of the season in the 3000-meter SC versity of Hawai’i (1985-87)…undeclared major. and Cross Country MVP…won three-time Pa- (8:56.57/Pac-10 Championship), which kept him dres League MVP…his Cabrillo team was the seventh all-time at Cal...he also posted Cal’s 2004 CIF-Southern Section Cross Country second-best of the season in the 3000 meters PATRICK champion…student body vice president at (8:14.53/MPSF Championship), placing him third DESMOND Cabrillo. Personal: Born on Dec. 4, 1987, in on Cal’s all-time top performers...redshirted the Triple Jump-Long Jump Lompoc, Calif.…parents are Scott and Margie indoor season. Sophomore (2004): Posted Sophomore, Sydney, Australia Coe…sister, Danielle, attends UC Berkeley… Cal’s best 3000 metersSC time (8:55.56) to finish cousin, Kirk McConnell, played water polo at ninth at the NCAA West Regional...that mark also Freshman (2006): Stanford (2003-05)…undeclared major. placed him seventh all-time at Cal...placed sev- Transfer from Oregon enth in the 3000 metersSC at the Pac-10 redshirted the indoor sea- STEVEN Championships...also posted Cal’s second-best son. High School: At- CONRAD time of the season in the 5000 meters (14:48.47). tended Menlo-Atherton Decathlon Freshman (2003): Won the 3000 metersSC High School…PR for the Junior, Grass Valley, Calif. with a PR (9:01.34) at the USATF Junior triple jump is 47-2 and for Championships...posted his and Cal’s best time the long jump is 22-6…also Sophomore (2006): of 3:51.13 in the 1500 meters at the Mt. SAC competed in basketball, Scored Cal’s third-best Relays...ran an NCAA Regional and Pac-10 Cham- baseball and cross coun- decathlon score (5211) at pionships qualifying time of 9:06.16 in the 3000 try. Personal: Born April 27, 1987…parents are the Cal Multi-Events out- metersSC at the Cal Open...had his best 5000 Andrew Desmond and Allison Desmond Gray… door meet (3/30), second- meters time (14:59.19) at the Big Meet...had Cal’s was born and raised in Australia…grandfather best long jump (indoor, best finish (10th, 9:09.32) in the 3000 meters SC was an Olympic skier…uncle is a world-class 7.01 meters, 23-00.00, UW at the Pac-10 Championships...ran a 4:14.07 in squash player…undeclared major. Indoor Invitational, 1/28)… the indoor mile at the MPSF Championships. also posted a 11.88-meter Cross Country: Davis posted his season best AMEER throw in the shot put (UW ELLABOUDY time at the 2005 Pac-10 Championships where he Sprints Indoor Invitational, 1/28). Freshman (2005): was Cal’s third-best finisher (18th) with a time of Sophomore, Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. Redshirted the outdoor season...He posted Cal’s 24:58…was the Bear’s third-best finisher at the season-best mark (6.91/air Force Quad) in the NCAA West Regional, in which he placed 48th High School: Attended men’s indoor 60 meters...third in the 60 meters with a time of 31:24.0…was the team’s second- Rancho Cucamonga High hurdles (8.42/air Force Quad)...Indoor’s 200 best finisher at the Pac-10 Championships as a School…reached CIF pre- meters (22.04/MPSF Championship)...also in the junior (33rd, 25:33) and Bears’ third-fastest run- lims as member of 4x400- indoor competitions Conrad finished the season ner at the NCAA West Regional (53rd, 31:52)...as meter relay team…his per- second on the team in the long jump (7.15m/23- a freshman, earned Cal’s Most Improved sonal best time in the 200 05.50/MPSF Championship) and heptathlon (5,039 award...made first of three conference appear- meters is 22.71 and his pts./Cougar Classic)...Conrad ran the third leg of ances at the 2002 Pac-10 Championships (35th, personal best in the 400 the 4x400 meters relay and helped the team post 25:11) and ran at the NCAA West Regional (93rd, meters is 52.00…played Cal’s best time (3:12.98) of the season at the 33:17). High School: a 2002 graduate of Clovis soccer his freshman year. MPSF Championships. High School: A top West High School...was the league and section Personal: Born on Jan. 18, 1988, in Lansing, decathlete prospect, Conrad is a 2004 graduate champion and finished fifth at the state meet as Mich....parents are Ahmed Ellaboudy and Fadia of Nevada Union High school in Grass Valley, a member of the cross country team...recorded Moemen…electrical engineering and computer Calif....boasts PRs of 24-2 in the long jump, PRs of 1:57 (800 meters), 4:17.1 (1600 meters), science major. 10.69w in the 100 meters, 48.57 in the 400 8:32.47 (3000 meters) and 9:05.92 (3200 meters). meters, 14.57 in the 110-meter hurdles, 6-4 in the Personal: Born Feb. 4, 1984, in Fresno, Calif.… high jump...a California state finalist in the long parents are Robert and Delores Davis...older JUSTIN FORSETT jump...set six school records...named best over- sister, Barbara, played soccer at Fresno State... Sprints all athlete on team, among other team awards... psychology major. Sophomore, Arlington, Texas also played football. Personal: Born Dec. 12, 1985, in Sacramento, Calif....parents are Chet Football: Ran for 670 Conrad and Barbara Hren...sociology major. PETER DEPTULA Middle Distance yards on 119 carries and Freshman, Mililani, Hawai’i scored four touchdowns KEVIN DAVIS in 2006…tallied 124 yards on eight carries and an Distance-Steeplechase Cross Country eight-yard TD in Cal’s Holi- Senior, Fresno, Calif. (2006): Posted his best day Bowl win over Texas time (27:56.20) of the sea- A&M…recorded six Senior (indoors) son at the USF Invitational touchdowns and tallied (2006): Redshirted out- (9/2)…also ran a 27:59.10 999 yards during the 2005 door season…indoors, at the Aggie Open (9/9). season. Freshman (track and field, 2006): clocked Cal’s fastest time High School: Attended Joined football teammates Marshawn Lynch and in the mile (4:03.55) at the the Punahou School… Brandon Hampton and track teammate Alex Alex Wilson Invitational (3/ was the Hawai’i state Beitashour on Cal’s fastest outdoor 4x100-meter 4)...notched Cal’s third- champion in the 800 meters relay (41.16) at the Pac-10 Championships (5/ fastest 3000 meters in- (2005-06) and league champion in the 800 and 14)…ran a 7.22 indoors in the 60 meters (MPSF doors (8:07.89, MPSF 1500 meters (2006)…Interscholastic League of Championships, 2/24). High School: An explo- Championships, 2.25)… Honolulu first team pick in the 800 and 1500 sive running back in high school he scored 63 ran the first leg of Cal’s third-place distance- meters. Personal: Born on Jan. 11, 1988, in touchdowns and rushed for nearly 5,000 yards medley relay (9:42.67) at the MPSF Champion- Honolulu, Hawai’i…parents are Peter and Teri during his junior and senior season...also partici-

2007 California Golden Bears Track & Field Media Guide 15 CALIFORNIA Golden Bears pated in basketball and ran track for Grace Prep in Arlington, Texas. Personal: Born on Oct. 14, GILIAT GHEBRAY YOSEF GHEBRAY 1985, in Lakeland, Fla....parents are Rodney and Mid Distance-Distance Distance Albertina Forsett...father is a clergyman and Senior, Union City, Calif. Freshman, Union City, Calif. coach...undeclared major. Junior (2006): Earned Cross Country: Last FRANCIS GADAYAN All-America honors with fall, Ghebray ran a 24:38 Middle Distance his 13th-place finish in the at the Aggie Open (9/9) Sophomore, San Francisco, Calif. 5000 meters at the NCAA and a 30:25.70 at the Chile Outdoor Championships… Pepper Festival (10/14)… 2006: Redshirted both ran Cal’s best times in the in 2005, Ghebray had a indoors and outdoors... outdoor 10000 meters season-best time of 24:34 transfer from City College (29.44.11, Stanford Invi- at the Stanford Invitational, of San Francisco. Cross tational, 3/31), outdoor in which he finished 23rd... Country (2006): Posted 5000 meters (13:50.84, finished 20th (25:01) at the his best time of 27:32.90 in Cardinal Invitational, 4/30) and 2005 Pac-10 Championships...finished 55th at the Aggie Open (9/9)... indoor 3000 meters (7:58.46, Husky Classic, 2/ the 2005 NCAA West Regional with a time of also ran a 28:25.30 at the 11)…those times moved him up the Cal all-time 31:33. High School: A high school All- USF Invitational (9/2). High rankings; now he’s third in the 3000 meters, fifth American...placed 27th at 2004 Footlocker Cross School: Attended in the 5000 meters and fifth in the 10000meters… Country Nationals and second at the Footlocker Archbishiop Riordan...Gadayan was a two-time held Cal’s second-fastest time in the 1500 meters regional meet...finished sixth in the 3200 meters MVP on his high school track team and on its (3:49.13, Big Meet, 4/22). Sophomore (2005): at the 2005 California state meet...in 2005 at cross country team…he won CCS titles in the Ghebray had a successful season, posting three Logan HS, posted PRs of 4:12.39 in the 1600 800 meters and with his school’s 4x400 relay… of Cal’s best marks in the mile (4:07.72/Brutus meters and 8:21.75 in the 3000 meters (nationally also played soccer and baseball at Archbiship Hamilton), 3000 meters (8:02.11/MPSF Champi- ranked)...as a junior, won the state cross coun- Riordan. Personal: Born on May 19, 1986, in San onship), and 5000 meters (14:04.00/Stanford try and 3200 meters titles...clocked a career- Francisco, Calif.…parents are Francis and Diane Invitational)... his sophomore times in the 3000 best time of 8:52.41 in the 3200 meters as a Gadayan…undeclared major. and the 5000 meters moved him up to second and junior...helped his high school track and field seventh all-time, respectively, in the Cal record team to the 2004 state championship. Personal: books. Freshman (2004): Posted Cal’s fastest Born on May 18, 1987, in Fresno, Calif....father CRAIG GALLIMORE mile time (4:07.77/MPSF Indoor Championships) is Berhane Mehari and mother is Genet Sprints-Hurdles and Cal’s best 3000-meter time (8:07.27 Waldemariam…his brother, Giliat, is a senior on Junior, Burke, Va. indoors)...redshirted 2002-03. Cross Country: the Cal team...undeclared major. In 2005, his final season, Ghebray had a season- Sophomore (2006): best time of 24:27 at the Stanford Invitational, in JONAS Outdoors, recorded Cal’s which he finished 19th…Cal’s top performer at HALLGRIMSSON best time in the 110-meter both the Aggie Open and Chile Pepper Festival… Decathlon-Triple Jump hurdles (14.17, fifth place, the Bears’ top finisher at the 2005 Pac-10 Cham- Senior, Harfnarfjordur, Iceland Pac-10 Championships, 5/ pionships, in which he placed eigth with a time of 14) and second-best time 24:30…Cal’s top performer at the 2005 NCAA Senior (2006): Held in the 400-meter hurdles West Regional, in which he finished 15th (30:38.2) Cal’s top marks in the (54.09, Big Meet, 4/ …the Bears’ only athlete at the 2005 NCAA heptathlon (5,429 points, 22)…indoors, ran Cal’s Championships, Ghebray finished 63rd with a indoors) long jump (23- third-best 60-meter time of 30:39.5…clocked the second-fastest 04.00, 7.11 meters) and hurdles time (8.23, MPSF Championships, 2/ time on the team at the 2004 NCAA West Regional triple jump (47-01.00, 24)…joined teammates Thomas Mack, Nestor (52nd, 31:50)...posted four top 15 showings in 14.35, indoors), third-best Solis and Jake Hanson in running the 4x400- 2003...improved 15 places at the 2003 Pac-10 mark in the high jump (6- meter relay (3:18.89) at the Modrall Sperling Championships (39th, 26:14.80) from his fresh- 06.75, 2 meters, indoors), Invitational (1/21). Freshman (2005): Gallimore man year and was the Bears’ second fastest at third-best mark in the jav- posted Cal’s season-best time of the season in the event...Cal’s third-fastest performer at the elin (216-05, 65.96) and second-best score in the 110 meters hurdles (14.32/Golden Bear Invi- 2003 NCAA West Regional (55th, 31:04)...earned the decathlon (6,900)...his top heptathlon mark tational) and 400 meters hurdles (53.13/Illinois) the team’s Most Inspirational award as a gave him third place at the MPSF Indoor Champi- and the season best time in the indoor 60 meters freshman...one of Cal’s top five finishers at the onships and qualified him for the NCAA Indoor hurdles (8.27/air Force Quad)...Gallimore ran the 2002 Pac-10 meet (54th, 25:44). High School: A Championships, at which he took 15th place. fourth leg of the outdoor 4x400 meters relay 2002 graduate of ...NCS Junior (2005): Outdoors, Hallgrimsson was an (3:11.64/Brutus Hamilton) and helped the team champion in cross country as a junior and was NCAA qualifier in the javelin...he posted Cal’s post Cal’s second-best time of the year. Redshirted the NCS runner-up in track and field his sopho- best mark of the season and a NCAA qualifying (2003-04). High School: Attended Lake Braddock more through senior seasons...at the state meet, mark in the decathalon (7,002/Pac-10 Multis), High School in Burke, Va....state champion in finished fourth in the 3200 meters as a sopho- recorded a mark of 52.62 in the 400 meters at the 300H...indoor state champion in 60 meters and an more and fourth in the 1600 meters as a senior...ran Pac-10 Multis, and a best in the 1500 meters indoor All-American...PRs are 14.02 in the 110- PRs of 4:12.69 (1600 meters) and 9:02.20 (3200 (4:39.61/Pac-10 Multis), seventh best in the 110 meter hurdles and 37.60 in the 300-meter hurdles. meters)...school-record holder in the 1600 meters, meters hurdles (15.59/Pac-10 Multis), third best Personal: Born May 31, 1985, in Fairfax, Va.... 3200 meters and ...named in the pole vault (14-09/MPSF Championship – parents are George and Lucy Gallimore... unde- to the honor roll. Personal: Born Feb. 5, 1984, Heptathlon)...recorded the team’s third-best mark clared major with an interest in engineering. in Oakland, Calif....father is Berhane Mehari and in the javelin (213-06/Pac-10 Championships)... mother is Genet Walemariam...has five siblings… his javelin marks from the Pac-10 Championship brother Bisirat was a 2000 Cal grad and brother ranked him sixth all-time at Cal…redshirted the Yosef is a redshirt freshman on the Cal team... indoor season. Sophomore (2004): Redshirted family comes from Eritrea...history major. the outdoor season, after posting Cal’s third-best

16 2007 California Golden Bears Track & Field Media Guide CALIFORNIA Golden Bears javelin mark of the season (170-07), fourth-best Sperling Invitational. High School: Awarded All- long jump (22-08) and fifth-best discus mark American status by Track & Field News, USA GRIGORE KEY (115-10)...indoors, posted Cal’s best marks in Today...selected as a Junior All-American by Pole Vault the heptathlon (5,437, MPSF Championships, 2/ USA Track & Field...Gatorade Washington Ath- Sophomore, San Jose, Calif. 27) and the long jump (23-00.5, as part of the lete of the Year...Washington State Track & Field heptathlon, MPSF Championships, 2/27)... had annual athlete of the Year honoree...placed third Santa Clara: Attended Cal’s third-best mark in the pole vault (14-09, as at the Junior National Championship (52.08)... Santa Clara University in part of the heptathlon, MPSF Championships, 2/ placed second at the 2004-06. High School: A 27) and third-best time in the 60-meter high (36.64)...a six-time state champion...finished first 2004 graduate of hurdles (8.52, as part of the heptathlon, MPSF in the 110 meters hurdles, 300 meters hurdles Bellarmine College Prep. Championships, 2/27). USC (2003): Scored 6,855 and 200 meters his senior year ...was the 110 Personal: Born on Oct. 2, points at the Occidental meet...Pac-10 qualifier in meters hurdles, 300 meters hurdles and long 1986, in Atlanta, Ga.… decathlon and triple jump. High School: At- jump state champion his junior year...placed third parents are Charles Key tended Reykjavir Junior College in Reykjavir, at the Golden West in the 300 meters hurdles his and Rodica Schileru… Iceland...member of Iceland’s national team for junior year...during his sophomore high school undeclared major. three years...then-PRs included 6,650 points in season he finished second in the 200 meters, decathlon, 22-8 long jump, and 48-0 triple jump... third in the 100 meters, second in the 4 x 100 1998 Iceland Junior Track & Field athlete of the meters...the same year he placed second in the PATRICK KOWALSKY Year. Personal: Born May 27, 1982, in Reykjavik, 400 meters hurdles at the Junior Olympics...holds Shot Put-Discus-Hammer Iceland...parents are Jonasson Hallgrimsson and his high school records in the 100 meters, 200 Freshman, Denver, Colo. Ingibjorg Asgeirsdottir...brother, Asgeir, is a pro- meters, 400 meters, 4x100 meters relay, 110 fessional athlete in Spain...has another sibling, meters hurdles, 300 meters hurdles and long High School: A 2006 Berglind...career goal is to build his own com- jump...helped his high school team win the state graduate of J.K. Mullen… pany... environmental economics and policy major. championship his freshman year, earned sec- placed in top five in shot ond place his sophomore and junior years, and put in 2004 and 2005 Colo- BRANDON placed fifth his senior year...his high school rado state meet…two-time HAMPTON coach was former Cal track and field multi-event Sprints regional shot-put cham- coach Mike Strong. Personal: Born August 8, pion…2006 regional dis- Junior, Los Angeles, Calif. 1987, in Tacoma, Wash.…undeclared major...son cus champ…a football of Debra and Lanny Hanson. letterman and team cap- Sophomore (2006): tain as a senior. Personal: Ran a lifetime-best 7.08 in Born Nov. 11, 1987, in Denver, Colo….mother is the 60-meter dash at the CRAIG KENT Barb Kowalsky…undeclared major. MPSF Indoor Champion- Shot Put-Discus-Hammer ships. Football: In 2006, Junior, Spokane, Wash. the Cal defensive back ERIC LEE collected 63 total tackles Sophomore (2006): Middle Distance-Distance (30 solo and 33 assisted), Finished 17th in the shot Junior, San Rafael, Calif. ranking him fourth on the put (16.14 meters, 52- team; also had 2 INTs and 11.50) at the NCAA West Sophomore (2006): 1 sack...recorded 11 tackles (8 solo) and was a Regional…notched Cal’s Outdoors, ran Cal’s third- special team regular during the 2005 season. top throw in the shot put best 800 (1:52.76, USF In- High School: Ran the 100, 200 and 400 on his (17.01, 55-09.75) at the vitational), fourth-best mile high school track team...earned first-team all-city Big Meet…had Cal’s (4:15.26, Bay Area Blast and all-league honors at Westchester HS after fourth-best discus mark Off), sixth-best 1500 rushing for more than 1,600 yards as a senior. (51.03, 167-05), at the (3:56.39, Hornet Invita- Personal: Born Jan. 12, 1986, in Los Angeles... Johnny Mathis Invitational, and fifth-best javelin tional) and sixth-best 3000 parents are Thomas Hampton and Demetria mark (53.56, 175-09), at the Bay Area Blast Off… (8:45.73, Hornet Waddell...brother, Chris Waddell, played inside redshirted the indoor season. Freshman (2005): Invitational)…redshirted linebacker at Washington in 1999 and 2000...in- Kent posted Cal’s second-best mark of the sea- the indoor season. Freshman (2005): Lee posted terdisciplinary studies major. son in the shot put (58-02.00/Holiday Inn Invite - season-best mark (1:54.99) of the season in the indoor), in the discus (169-06/), 800 meters at the Golden Bear Invitational. Cross JAKE season-best in the javelin (171-06/Illinois). Country: In the fall of 2006, Lee had Cal’s best HANSON Redshirt (2004): A 2004 Verizon Junior All- Sprints-Hurdles performance in the USF Invitational (26:33.60, American in shot put and discus. High School: 5th place)…ran a 26:37.40 (16th place) at the Sophomore, Yelm, Wash. Kent is a 2003 graduate of Central Valley High Aggie Open…finished 73rd (26:17.78) at the school in Spokane, Wash....Central Valley team Pac-10 Championships…in the 2005 cross coun- Freshman (2006): captain in 2003...Greater Spokane League ath- try season, Lee had a season-best time of 26:40 Clocked Cal’s second-fast- lete of the Year in 2003...2003 Washington state at the S.F. State Invitational, in which he finished est 200-meter dash champion in shot put and discus...set school sixth. High School: Lee graduated from Sir (22.07), overall, at the records in shot put, discus and javelin in Francis Drake High school in San Anselmo, MPSF Indoor Champion- 2003...played three years varsity football...2003 Calif....a two-time team MVP...PRs include 49.3 in ships and ran on Cal’s MVP of Greater Spokane League - Defense. the 400 meters, school record 1:53.23 in the 800 second-fastest 4x400- Personal: Born July 19, 1985...parents are Steve meters, 4:27.09 in the mile, and 42-2 in the triple meter relay (3:11.77), at and Sue Kent...Steve Kent played football at jump. Personal: Born Aug. 26, 1986, in the Pac-10 Champion- Eastern Washington...American studies major. Greenbrae, Calif....mother is Cynthia Farina...has ships...his 200 time was one sister, Lisa, who played basketball at Cal the Bears’ top indoor time; also paced Cal with its State Hayward...undeclared major. top 60-meter dash (6.95) indoors, at the Modrall

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was 68th (26:52) at the 2005 Pac-10 Champion- JOHN LUDDEN MARK MATUSAK ships. High School: Graduated from Loyola Shot Put-Discus-Hammer Distance High School in Los Angeles, where he led his team to the 2002 CIF and State Division I Cross- Junior, Canoga Park, Calif. Sophomore, Torrance, Calif. Country Championship, 2004 CIF and State Divi- sion II Cross-Country Championship, and 2003 Sophomore (2006): Freshman (2006): and 2004 CIF Division II Track Championship... Threw Cal’s second-best Outdoors, clocked a life- earned all CIF honors in cross country in 2002...fin- hammer (60.02 meters, time- and Cal season-best ished third in the 3200 meters at the CIF Champi- 196-11, NCAA West Re- 3:45.04 when he was sixth onships in 2005...also lettered in cross country gional), third-best shot put in the 1500 meters at the and soccer. Personal: Born Jan. 31, 1987, in (16.11, 52-10.25, Big Meet) Pac-10 Championships… Redondo Beach, Calif., to Maureen and Chris and third-best discus also 12th (14:35.81) in Miller...undeclared major. (51.13, 167-09, Bay Area 5000 meters at Pac-10s… Blast Off)...took eighth ran his lifetime-best place in the hammer in the 14:31.31 in the 5000 in the KYLE MILLS-BUNJE NCAA Regional. Freshman (2005): Ludden Big Meet…tallied a lifetime-best 8:06.18 in fifth Decathlon-Pole Vault posted season-best mark of the season in the place in the 3000 at the MPSF Indoor Champion- Freshman, Menlo Park, Calif. shot put (52-04.5/Brutus Hamilton), season-best ships. Cross Country: In 2006, was a second- in the discus (169-07/Big Meet), and posted the team Pac-10 All-Academic pick…took 23rd High School: Gradu- second-best mark in the hammer (191-08) at the (24:18.57) at Pac-10s…2005 Pac-10 Newcomer ated from Saint Francis Big Meet. 2004: Redshirted...a 2004 Verizon of the Year...Matusak was Cal’s top performer at High School in Mountain Junior All-American in the hammer. High School: the Stanford Invitational, finishing 17th with a View, Calif….as a senior, Ludden is a 2003 graduate of Harvard-Westlake season-best time of 24:24...Cal’s second-best was third in the long jump School in North Hollywood, Calif....set school finisher at the 2005 Pac-10 Championships (17th, in the CIF Championships… records in shot put and discus... school MVP in 24:56) and the 2005 NCAA West Regional (21st, as a junior, was second in 2003...CIF champion in shot put and discus in 30:53.6). High School: Track & Field News All- long jump, second in pole 2003...played JV basketball in 2001. Personal: American...Captured a bronze medal in the 1500 vault, third in triple jump Born June 29, 1985...parents are Paul and Mary meters (3:49.81) at the 2005 Pan am Junior and fifth with 4x100-meter Ludden...history major. Championships after winning the event (PR: relay at CCS Championships. Personal: Born on 3:47.07) at U.S. Junior Nationals...won the state Dec. 11, 1987, in Stanford, Calif….parents are THOMAS 1600 meters title as a junior and senior at Loyola Leslie Mills and Eric Bunje…undeclared major. MACK HS...in 2005, was the runner-up in the 3200 Sprints-Hurdles meters at the state meet...took first at the 2003 Junior, Bakersfield, Calif. and 2004 Division II State Cross Country Cham- MICAH PARKER pionships after placing third in 2002...finished Steeplechase-Distance Redshirted (out- third at the 2004 Footlocker Nationals after plac- Junior, Reno, Nev. doors) (2006): During the ing 22nd in 2003 ...won the 2005 Nike Outdoor 2- indoor season, Mack re- mile (8:51.13)...helped his high school to the 2002 Sophomore (2006): corded a lifetime- and Cal and 2004 state cross country titles and a No. 6 Recorded Cal’s second- season-best 8.03 in a national ranking in 2002...school was the 2005 best 3000-meter steeple- qualifying heat of the 60- state track and field runner-up...holds school chase (lifetime-best meter hurdles and later records in the 1600 meters (4:07.94), 3000 meters 9:24.03) in the Big took eighth in the final at (8:25.28), 3200 meters (8:47.93) and 2-mile Meet…had lifetime-best the MPSF Championships (8:51.13). Personal: Born on June 27, 1986, in 3000 meters (8:56.81) at …ran a lifetime-best 7.02 Torrance, Calif....parents are Jan and Elizabeth the Hornet Invitational. in the 60 meters in the Arizona-California Chal- Matusak...undeclared major. Lassen Community lenge. Sophomore (2005): Mack ran Cal’s best College: Won the 2004 time of the season in the 110 meters hurdles MATTHEW CAL JUCO Title in the 3000 steeplechase. Cross (14.12/Illinois) and the season’s best time in the MILLER Country: In 2006, was 14th at the Aggie Open 400 meters hurdles (52.49/Brutus Hamilton)... Distance (26:31.30)…in 2005, Parker had a season-best Mack ran the last leg of the 4x100 meters relay Sophomore, Manhattan Beach, Calif. time of 26:37.6 (24th) at the USF Invitational. High and helped his team earn the best mark of the School: Parker graduated from Galena High season in the NCAA West Regional (40.53). Freshman (2006): school in Reno, Nev., where he earned spots on Freshman (2004): Mack was a Pac-10 qualifier Outdoors, recorded his the all-State Cross Country teams twice, as well in the 110-meter hurdles with a season best of lifetime- and Cal’s season- as being named to the all-Region Wrestling team 14.42, posted at the Big Meet...also posted his best 9:14.61 in the 3000- three times. Personal: Born March 2, 1985, in season best in the 400-meter hurdles (53.92) at meter steeplechase in the Reno, Nev., to Steve and Catie Parker...Parker’s the Big Meet. High School: Mack is a 2003 Big Meet...ran Cal’s fifth- sister, Abby, formerly competed on the Cal track graduate of Bakersfield High School in Bakers- best times in the 1500 and field and cross country teams...relatives field, Calif....2002 California state champion in meters (lifetime-best who attended Cal include Parker’s father, pater- 110HH and 300IH.PRs are 13.92w and 14.04 3:55.66, Hornet Invita- nal grandparents, and an uncle who won an (110HH), 37.28 (300IH) and 53.18 (400IH)... tional) and 3000 meters Olympic gold medal while rowing for the crew Bakersfield High School was 2002 California (lifetime-best 8:43.34, Hornet Invitational)… team...undeclared major. state team champion. Personal: Born Aug. 28, notched Cal’s sixth-best 800 meters (lifetime- 1985, in Bakersfield, Calif....mother is Cynthia best 1:56.97, Brutus Hamilton Invitational)… Sosa...French major. redshirted indoor season. Cross Country: In 2006, took eighth (26:48.50) at the USF Invitational…in 2005, Miller had a season-best time of 25:20 (63rd) at the Stanford Invitational…

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the Pac-10 Championships... Had Cal’s best dis- JORDAN PAUL cus and an NCAA regional and Pac-10 Champi- NESTOR SOLIS Hurdles-Sprints onship qualifying mark (178-10) at the UCSD Sprints Invite...posted Cal’s best finish with a second- Sophomore, Los Angeles, Calif. Senior, Fairfield, Calif. place showing (176-9) at the Big Meet. High School: A 2002 graduate of Marin Catholic High Freshman (2006): Senior (outdoors) School...set North Coast Section and high school’s Outdoors, ran lifetime (2006): Ran Cal’s fastest record in the discus (194-7)...named Most Valuable bests in the 110-meter 200 meters (lifetime-best athlete in 2002 and earned Most Outstanding ath- hurdles (14.58) and 400 21.78, Big Meet) and 400 lete honors in 1999-2001...member of school’s hurdles (57.20) at the Big meters (lifetime-best National Honor Society and was on the Dean’s List Meet...indoors, ran a life- 47.09, NCAA West throughout high school...earned the Bank of America time-best 22.07 in the 200 Regional)…led off Cal’s Plaque for Fine Arts. Personal: Born Oct. 3, 1983, meters in the Arizona-Cali- fastest 4x400-meter relay in Novato, Calif....parents are Philip and Susan fornia Challenge…had (3:11.74, ) Seefeld... psychology major. 8.18 lifetime best in 60- …indoors, ran season- meter hurdles at the MPSF Championships. High best 200 meters (22.30) at the Husky Classic…at School: On his Loyola Prep team he was awarded RYAN SHULER the MPSF Championships, ran Cal’s best 400 Rookie of the Year in 2003, Most Improved in Pole Vault meters (47.78, qualifying heat) and led off Cal’s 2004, and Most Inspirational in 2005...two-time Freshman, Granite Bay, Calif. fastest 4x400-meter relay (3:14.27 3rd place). CIF Southern Section Division 2 Champion...CIF Junior (2005): Solis posted Cal’s best mark of state runner-up in 2005. Personal: Born on April High School: Was first the season in the 400 meters (47.57/Jim Bush 2, 1987, in Los Angeles...undeclared major...son freshman to win California Invitational), season best in the 200 meters (22.16/ of Sandra and Brent Paul. state championship, in Illinois)...indoors, posted his season-best mark in 2003…outdoors, ranked the 400 meters (48.87/Hoilday Inn Invite)...ran the ANDRES PEREZCHICA No. 2 in nation as senior at first leg of the indoor 4x400 meters relay (3:12.98) Granite Bay High School, team that collected the season’s best time at the Middle Distance MPSF Championships, anchored the outdoor Junior, Cathedral City, Calif. where he was team cap- tain his final year…set 4x440-yard relay team, helping his team earn freshman state record (16 Cal’s best time (3:11.64) of the season at the Pac- Cross Country: Ran a feet) and sophomore state 10 Championships, and ran the second leg of the 13:25 in the Stanford record (16-6)…his 17-4 mark is No. 5 in all-time distance medley relay that earned the best time Invitational…redshirted in state rankings…2004 Verizon All-American… of 9:50.11 at the MPSF Championships. San 2003. High School: A played three years varsity soccer…won the Francisco State: Solis transferred from San 2003 graduate of Cathe- Granite Bay Scholar-Athlete Award. Personal: Francisco State when it dropped its men’s track dral City High School in Born on April 2, 1987, in Los Gatos, Calif…parents program...was the 2002 San Francisco State Cathedral City, Calif.… are Sharon and Thomas Shuler…grandfather, Track & Field MVP...held the four fastest 400 fourth in his graduating Harold Shuler, attended Cal…undeclared major. meters times in SFSU history. High School: A class with a 4.23 GPA…set 2002 graduate of San Lorenzo High School in a school record 1:56.05 in San Lorenzo, Calif....CIF all-team academic the 800m and ran a 4:35 in the 1600m in 2003… STEVE SODARO award...lettered four years in football and three 800m champion in Desert Valley League in Steeplechase years in track...broke school record four times... 2002…posted a 15:57 over three miles in 2002… Freshman, Tiburon, Calif. 2002 state competitor...2001 Male Athlete of the ran a 10:02 in the 3200 in 2001…named all- Year at his high school. Personal: Born Feb. 6, league (2000-2002)…Cathedral City took the Cross Country: In 1984, in San Francisco, Calif.... parents are DVL championship in 1999 and placed second 2006, led Cal with 11th- Nestor and Maria Solis...social welfare major. three times (2000-2002). Personal: Born on Oct. place finish (26:12.30) at 27, 1985, in Palm Springs, Calif.…parents are Juan the Aggie Open…was ANDREW and Elsa Perezchica… Chicano studies major. 52nd (24:59.20) at Pac-10 STEVENS Championships. High Pole Vault KURT SEEFELD School: Captained both Sophomore, Palos Verdes, Calif. Discus the cross country and Freshman (2006): In- Senior, San Rafael, Calif. track teams at Redwood doors, recorded Cal’s High School...was the 800, third-best pole vault (life- mile and two-mile champion in the Marin County Junior (2006): Re- time-best 4.60 meters, 15- Athletic League in 2006 and the 2005 MCAL corded a lifetime-best 01) at the Arizona-Califor- cross country champ…was the NCS Division 2 53.69-meter throw (176- nia Challenge. High cross-country winner in 2005. Personal: Born 01) and ninth-place finish School: A track member at on Dec. 26, 1987, in San Francisco, Calif….parents in the discus at the Pac-10 Palos Verdes Peninsula are Vicki and Robin Sodaro…mother, Vicki, at- Championships. High School. Personal: tended Cal…undeclared major. Redshirted (2005). Born on Dec. 11, 1985, in Sophomore (2004): Fin- San Pedro, Calif....parents are Kathy and Mike ished fifth (169-03) at the Stevens …undeclared major. Pac-10 Championships... finished ninth at the NCAA West Regional in the discus (169-01)...threw a season-best and team- best of 176-00 at the Triton Invitational... earned Pac-10 Field athlete of the Week honors. Fresh- man (2003): Took 11th (164-06) in the discus at

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team All-Pac-10 after fin- J.P. SUDDABY DAWIT TESFASILASSIE ishing 11th (23:44.83) at Sprints Distance the 2006 Pac-10 Champi- onships… as a freshman, Junior, Aurora, Ontario, Canada Sophomore, Santa Rosa, Calif. took 44th at the 2003 Pac- 10 Championships at Sophomore (2006): Freshman (2006): 26:28.60...at the 2003 Outdoors, ran on second Outdoors, ran lifetime NCAA West Regional, fin- leg of Cal’s fastest 4x400- bests in the 1500 meters ished in 73rd at 31:36. High meter relay (3:11.74, (3:56.92, Hornet Invita- School: As a senior at Texas Relays) and sec- tional), 3000 (8:51.70, Hor- Loyola High School, was a member of his school’s ond leg on Cal’s third-fast- net Invitational) and 5000 cross country state and CIF championship est 4x100-relay (41.98) at (15:33.34, Stanford Invi- team...as a senior, was third at the California the Big meet… indoors, ran tational). Cross Country: state meet in the 1600m (4:11.5). Personal: Born a season-best time in the Redshirted the 2005 sea- Nov. 26, 1985, in Okinawa, Japan... parents are outdoor 400 meters son. High School: Gradu- Bill Handley and Bianca Torrence... ethnic stud- (49.18)…recorded a season-best time in the 200 ated from Piner High School in Santa Rosa, Calif., ies major. (22.55) at the MPSF Indoor Championships. where he earned MVP in 2001, 2002, and 2003... Freshman (2005): Suddaby ran the third leg of also lettered in soccer. Personal:Born Oct. 27, the sprint medley relay (3:23.09) whose time 1985, in Eritrea to Genet Debresion and Tsegaye ED WRIGHT ranks second all-time at Cal…posted Cal’s sec- Amaha...undeclared major. High Jump ond-best mark of the season in the 400 meters Junior, Oakland, Calif. (47.79/Jim Bush Invitational), season-best time ZAK THOMAS of the season in the 200 meters (22.22/Big Meet), Sophomore (2006): and ran the second leg of the 4x400 meters relay Hammer Throw Junior, Wakefield, R.I. Indoors, jumped a season- to help his team to the best time (3:09.15) of the best 2.13 meters (6-11 ¾) season at the Pac-10 Champion-ships...indoors, at the Tyson Sophomore (2006): Suddaby recorded the fourth-best mark of the Invitational…outdoors, Outdoors, posted a life- season in the 200 meters (22.03/air Force Quad), won the high jump (1.98 time-best hammer throw second-best in the 400 meters (48.00/MPSF meters, 6-06) at the Big of 56.43 meters (185-02, Championship), and ran the second leg of the Meet and at the Brutus 8th place) at the Pac-10 4x400 meters indoor relay that set Cal’s best time Hamilton Invitational (2.05 Championships... third at of 3:12.98 at the MPSF Champion-ships...qualified meters, 6-08). Freshman the Big Meet (52.04 for the Canadian Senior Nationals in the 400 (2005): Recorded Cal’s second-best score of 6- meters, 170-09). meters. Redshirted (2004): Redshirted 11.75 (2.13m) in the high jump at the Pac-10 Redshirted (2005): outdoors...posted a season-best of 49.22 in the Championships. High School: Wright completed Redshirted the outdoor 400 meters at MPSF Indoor Championships. High a successful high school career at St. Mary’s of season due to back surgery...indoors, Thomas School: Attended St. Andrews College in Au- Berkeley before graduating in 2004...honors in- posted Cal’s fourth-best mark of the season in rora, Ontario, Canada...three-time track clude the California state high jump title, winning the weight throw (56-10, Cougar Classic). Fresh- MVP...played four years of varsity soccer and at the prestigious Golden West Invitational, fin- man (2004): Thomas was a Pac-10 and NCAA three years of hockey. Personal: Born Nov. 15, ishing second at the USATF Junior Nationals and Regional qualifier in the hammer...finished 10th at 1985, in Newmarket, Ontario, Canada... parents being named Verizon USATF Jr. All-American in the Pac-10 Championships with a mark of 176- are Keith and Colleen Suddaby...political science 2004...played two years of basketball. Personal: 06...posted a season best of 180-05 at the Mt. major. Born March 3, 1986, in Nairobi, Kenya, to Mal SAC Relays, second on the team. High School: Whitefield and Harriet Wright...Mal ran track for Thomas attended South Kingstown High School Ohio State and competed in 1948 and 1952 Olympic JUSTIN TA in Wakefield, R.I., where he accumulated 10 Games, winning three gold medals, two silvers and Hurdles varsity letters...a two-time All-American in ham- a bronze...undeclared major. Freshman, San Jose, Calif. mer throw...received all-state honors five times including achievements in shot put, discus and High School: Attended hammer...captain of undefeated high school vol- RYAN YOUNG Silver Creek High School leyball team. Personal: Born Jan. 10, 1985, in Javelin-Long Jump in San Jose, Lewisburg, Pa....parents are Tudor and Carolyn Sophomore, Silverdale, Wash. Calif….overcame a ham- Thomas...has two brothers: Tudor, who graduated string injury in 2006 and from Boston University, and Will, who competes in Freshman (2006): won Central Coast Sec- track and field at UConn...undeclared major. Outdoors, set a Cal fresh- tion 110meter high hurdles. man record in the javelin Personal: Born on Aprii DAVID TORRENCE (70.98 meters, 232-10) at 3, 1988, in Louisiana… the Hornet Invitational. High parents are Gia Ta and Middle Distance-Distance Junior, Tarzana, Calif. School: A two-time state Shu Xie…undeclared major. champion, he holds the North Kitsap High School Freshman (2004): In 2004, ran a mile time of record in the javelin...state 4:07.55 at the Brutus Hamilton Invitational...in the meet record holder in 1500m at the IAAF World Juniors, set a Cal 2005...earned team MVP in 2005...meet champion freshman record time of 3:43.62 ...set a personal in the Washington vs. Oregon meet...also let- best of 1:52.03 in the 800m at the Golden Bear tered in basketball and was awarded Narrows Qualifier. Cross Country: In 2006, earned all- League MVP. Personal: Born on Jan. 3, 1987, in region honors after taking 13th place (30:34.99) Brewerton, Wash....undeclared major...son of in the NCAA West Regional…selected second- Kathy Felix and Brad Young.

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ference selection. Junior (2005): Had the team’s KELECHI ANYANWU KERRY BOYLE fifth-best 800m mark of 2:16.21 at the Golden Shot Put-Discus Pole Vault Bear Invitational...had the team’s best 1500m mark of 4:23.58 at the Pac-10 Championships as Senior, San Jose, Calif. Freshman, Livermore, Calif. well as the team’s best 3,000 mark of 9:43.52 at the Husky Invite...also had the team’s second- Junior (2006): Re- High School: Attended best 5,000 mark of 17:13.57 at the Stanford corded Cal’s best shot put Granada High School in Invitational. Sophomore (2004): Finished 10th with a lifetime-best 14.97 Livermore, Calif.…won the at the Pac-10 Championships in the 1500m meters (49-1.5) at the girls’ pole vault (3.20 (4:35.55)... eighth in the 1500m at NCAA West Modrall Sperling Invita- meters, 10-6) at the Regional (4:24.39)...held team’s best time in the tional …had a lifetime-best Stanford Invitational in 1500m (4:22.55). Freshman (2003): Placed 49.72 (163-01) to take fifth early 2006. Personal: eighth at the Pac-10 Championships in the 1500m place in the discus at the Born on Dec. 16, 1987… with a then-PR of 4:26.49. Cross Country: In Pac-10 Championships… microbial biology major… 2006, took second at the USF Invitational (17:43.00) an MPSF Academic All-Conference selection… parents are James and Patricia Boyle. and third at the Aggie Open (18:20.00)...honor- honorable mention Pac-10 All-Academic. Sopho- able mention All-Pac-10 Academic…in 2005, more (2005): Anyanwu recorded the team’s KIMYON Duffy was Cal’s top performer at the Aggie Open, second-best shot put mark of 48-06.25 (14.79m) BROOM Stanford Invitational, and Chile Pepper Festival... at the Pac-10 Championships…had the team’s Sprints-Hurdles finished 34th at the 2005 Pac-10 Championships second-best discus mark of 147-04 (44.90m) Freshman, Inglewood, Calif. …the Bears’ highest finisher at the NCAA re- against UNR. Freshman (2004): Anyanwu gional, placing 34th with a time of 21:28.2…earned placed 10th at the Pac-10 Championships in the High School: Attended All-America honors in 2003 and is a two-time shot (44-01.25)...set a PR in the shot at the Big Junipero Serra High School team Most Valuable Performer...became Cal’s Meet (46-07.25)...also held Cal’s third-best dis- in Gardena, Calif....CIF Di- eighth women’s cross country All-American and cus mark (145-05). High School: Anyanwu vision 4 champion in the first since Elissa Riedy in 1998...placed 42nd attended Silver Creek High School in San Jose, 100 hurdles (2004-06) and (20:49) at the 2003 NCAA Championships...took Calif....set her high school record in the shot put in the 300 hurdles (2004- eighth (20:46) at the 2003 NCAA West Regional (43-2) and in the discus (133-6). Personal: Born 05)...2005 state runner-up and 13th (22:15.70) at the Pac-10 meet to earn on Dec. 27, 1985, in San Jose, Calif....parents are in 100 hurdles...Serra High second-team All-Pac-10...honorable mention Abel and Chinazam...has three siblings, School was CIF Division 4 Pac-10 All-Academic...as a freshman, paced Cal Nwanneka, who attended UC Riverside, Emezie, champion in 2003 and runner-up in 2004. Per- at Pac-10s (35th, 22:08) and the NCAA West who went to San Jose State, and Ihunna, who sonal: Born on May 17, 1988, in Los Angeles, Regional (48th, 22:56). High School: On the attends UC Santa Cruz...mother attended Cal... Calif....undeclared major...parents are Pamela cross country team at St. Mary’s High School in economics major. and Keith Broom, Sr. Berkeley, Calif., won two Division IV state titles, three NCS championships and three league KANDI BONTY KATIE CARTWRIGHT titles...in track, was an All-American in the sprint 100m-200m-400m Hurdles medley...set school records in the 800m (2:11), Sophomore, Los Angeles, Calif. Freshman, Tempe, Ariz. 1600m (4:51), 3200m (10:48) and 5000m (18:15)... competed in the state meet in track and field three Freshman (2006): Ran High School: A 2006 times, placing fourth in the 1600m in 2001...went Cal’s third-best time in the graduate of Corona del Sol undefeated in the league in the 1600m and 3200m 100 meters (12.09, Texas High School in Tempe, Ariz.... four straight years...captain of the cross country Relays), third-best time in high school state runner- and track and field teams as a senior. Personal: the 200 (24.67, Hornet In- up in the 300 hurdles (2004 Born on May 17, 1984, in Oakland, Calif....parents vitational) and fourth-best and 2006)... high school 300 are William and Mara Duffy... political economies time in the 400 (lifetime- hurdles region champion of industrialized societies major. best 57.30, Big Meet). High (2006). Personal: Born on School: Two-time CIF Nov. 21, 1987, in Mesa, MISSY Ariz....undeclared major... FAUBUS state qualifier in the 100m...had an 11.85 per- Shot Put-Discus-Hammer sonal record in the 100m entering Cal...ranked parents are Dan and Kris Cartwright. Sophomore, Bakersfield, Calif. among top 25 as a senior in the 100m...a four-time MVP in 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005...Captains BRIDGET DUFFY 2006: Redshirted indoor Award winner in 2004 and 2005...also lettered in 800m-1500m-5000m and outdoor seasons. basketball for two years and was a two-time Senior, Oakland, Calif. Freshman (2005): MVP in 2002 and 2004...Basketball Defensive USATF Junior All- Player of the Year. Personal: Born on May 19, Senior (2006): American...won the 1987, in Los Angeles, Calif.... undeclared major... Redshirted outdoor bronze medal at the Pan- hopes to attend medical school and become a season...set Cal indoor Am Junior Games... sports physician...daughter of Golden Garrett records in the mile Faubus set the team-high and Kana Bonty. (4:49.04, 5th place) and shot put mark of 53-00.75 the 3000 meters (9:39.26, (16.17m) at the Big Meet...her of 9th) at the MPSF 171-06 (51.58m) at the U.S. Junior Nationals was Championships…an a team-best mark and ranked her seventh on MPSF Academic All-Con- Cal’s all-time list...ranked fifth on her team with

2007 California Golden Bears Track & Field Media Guide 21 CALIFORNIA Golden Bears her hammer mark of 159-02 (48.51m) at the Big the outdoor season... Meet. High School: Faubus was a high school placed third in the ALEXANDRA All-American in the shot and hammer at Centen- heptathlon at the USATF nial High School in Bakersfield, Calif....Junior Junior Nationals…USATF HUNNINGS National champion and California state champion Junior All-American. High Hammer-Javelin in the discus...eighth in the discus at World Junior School: A 2004 graduate Senior, North Vancouver, B.C., Canada Championships in 2004...a personal best of 170- of St. Francis High School 1 in the discus and 49-7.25 in the shot entering in Sacramento, Calif....a Junior (2006): Notched Cal. Personal: Born on March 17, 1986, in Junior Olympian...2004 in- a hammer throw of 50.63 Delano, Calif....parents are Ron and JoAnne door pentathlon All-Ameri- meters (166-20) at the Bay Faubus...brother, Charlie, was a thrower at Cal can...2004 San Joaquin Section Athlete of the Area Blast Off...named State Bakersfield, Calif....undeclared major with Year. Personal: Born on May 28, 1986 in Los honorable mention Pac-10 an interest in opening a restaurant/bakery. Angeles, Calif....won the Adidas Forever Sports All-Academic. Sopho- Championship in Sydney, Australia, in 2000 at more (2005): Hunnings TAYLOR age 14 after being selected through an essay had the team’s third-best FRANKLIN contest to compete in a youth pentathlon at the mark and placed fifth on Pole Vault 2000 U.S. Olympic Trials...parents are Peter and the Cal all-time top 10 list with her hammer mark Freshman, Portola Valley, Calif. Agnes Grimes...father was one of Cal’s all-time of 178-08 (54.45m) at the Florida Relays. Fresh- greats in the hurdles...undeclared major. man (2004): Hunnings finished 30th at the NCAA High School: 2006 West Regional in the hammer (163-02)...also a graduate of Saint Francis ASHLEIGH Pac-10 qualifier in the event...held Cal’s second- in Mountain View, best hammer mark of the year (176-11). High Calif....personal-record GUNDERMAN School: A 2003 graduate and valedictorian of 12-6...took fourth in pole Heptathlon-Hurdles Argyle Secondary...also participated in volley- vault in 2004 California Freshman, Aliso Viejo, Calif. ball. Personal: Born on Dec. 29, 1985…repre- state meet, ninth in 2005 sented Team British Columbia at the Western and seventh in 2006... 2006: Transferred from Canada Games…parents are David and Eve played one year varsity Hunnings...father competed in track and field soccer, one year varsity tennis, four years Vermont. High School: A 2005 graduate of Mater (javelin, shot put and discus) at Washington varsity track and field. Personal: Born on Feb. State…history major. 19, 1988, in Palo Alto, Calif....undeclared major... Dei High School in Santa dual citizen of United States and Australia... Ana, Calif….was the CIF parents are Greg Franklin and Sue Ann Lowe... Division II champion in the ALYSIA JOHNSON cousin, Matthew, played golf at Northern Iowa. 100-meter hurdles… PRs 400m-800m include 14.5 in the 100- Junior, Canyon Country, Calif. ALISON meter hurdles. Personal: GREGGOR Born on March 12, 1987, in Santa Ana, Calif.… Sophomore (2006): Distance parents are Fred and Jeanette Gunderman… Johnson had a spectacu- Freshman, Novato, Calif. undeclared major. lar second season, culmi- nating in a third-place fin- Cross Country: Last KRISTIN HOLMES ish and All-America hon- fall, Greggor was 10th 100m-200m-Long Jump ors in the 800 meters at the (18:41.10) in the USF Invi- Sophomore, Claremont, Calif. NCAA Championships in a tational and eighth then lifetime-best time of (18:55.40) in the Aggie Freshman (2006): Ran 2:03.04...she actually set Open…was 78th three PRs in the 800 during NCAAs, running a (23:14.44) at the Pac-10 third leg of Cal’s 4x100- meter relay (45.01) at the 2:05.10 when she won the preliminary race and Championships. High then a 2:04.76 in the semifinal...Johnson set School: A 2006 graduate Hornet Invitational... mem- ber of Cal’s second fast- another new PR, and Cal’s second-fastest time of San Marin High School in Novato, Calif.…ran ever, when she took fourth place in the 800 with four years of varsity cross country…four-time est all-time 4x400-meter relay at the Texas Relays. a time of 2:01.80 at the 2006 USA Outdoor MCAL (cross country) champion...boasts life- Championships...also last summer, she ran a time bests of 5:00.5 (1600 meters), 11:17 (3200) High School: A 2005 graduate of Claremont High 2:03.87 to win the 800 at the North American, and 2:20 (800). Personal: Born on Dec. 17, Central American and Caribbean (NACAC) Un- 1987, in Ridgewood, N.J.…parents are Keith and School in Claremont, Calif.... CIF state finalist in the 100m and 200m...entering Cal, had personal der-23 Championships in the Dominican Jenny Greggor…undeclared major…career goal Republic...she ran a 2:06.85 to take second place is to become an environmental consultant. records of 11.88 in the 100m, 24.01 in the 200m, and 19-7 in the long jump...awarded most valu- in the 800 at Pac-10 Championships...ran on Cal’s able sprinter three years in a row, rookie of the 4x400-meter relay that took fourth (3:38.56) at TIFANI GRIMES year her freshman year, and most valuable Pac-10s...during the indoor season, she earned Heptathlon athlete...led her team to California Southern Divi- All-America honors when she took third in the 800 at NCAAs with a time of 2:06.42...in a prelim Sophomore, Sacramento, Calif. sion II Championships... was a participant in the Junior Olympics and Junior Nationals...lettered in heat at NCAAs, she ran a lifetime-best 2:05.49 to set a new indoor record for Cal...Johnson had Freshman (2006): Scored a lifetime-best basketball...named MVP, best defensive and best previously set Cal’s indoor record in the 800 by 5034 points in the heptathlon to take seventh at offensive player... honor roll all four years. Per- taking second in 2:05.53 at the MPSF Champion- the Pac-10 Multi-Events Championships…tallied sonal: Born Sept. 30, 1987, in Fontana, Calif., to ships. Freshman (2005): NCAA All-American 3679 points to take eighth in the pentathlon at the Rhonda Langford and Arthur Holmes...intended in the 800m...Johnson had a team-high 400m time MPSF Indoor Championships...named MPSF Aca- legal studies major...hopes to become a commer- of 54.08 set at the Big Meet, which placed her demic All-Conference…an honorable mention cial real estate agent. eighth on Cal’s all-time top 10 list...had the team’s Pac-10 All-Academic selection. 2005: Redshirted

22 2007 California Golden Bears Track & Field Media Guide CALIFORNIA Golden Bears second-best 800m time of 2:05.49 at the NCAA Country: In 2006, placed finished 15th…finished 48th (22:52) at the 2005 Championships. Cross Country: In the 2005 18th (18:57.40) at the USF Pac-10 Championships…finished 116th (22:57) season Johnson had a season-best time of Invitational…was 80th at the 2005 NCAA Regional...placed 90th (25:05) 18:38.30 at the Aggie Open...finished 76th (24:25) (23:22.22) at the Pac-10 at the 2004 Pac-10 Championships...ran a at the 2005 Pac-10 Championships…redshirted Championships…redshirted 24:40.00 to take 57th at the 2003 Pac-10 Cham- 2004. High School: Johnson is a 2004 graduate the 2005 season...as a pionships. High School: Attended Aptos High of Canyon High School in Canyon Country, sophomore in 2004, ran School in Aptos, Calif....cross country team cap- Calif....Johnson was the California state cham- cross country ... partici- tain in 2000 and 2001...track captain in 2002...PRs pion in the 800m run...had a PR of 2:08.97 in the pated in Pac-10 Champi- entering Cal were 1600m (5:14) and 3200m 800m entering Cal...Santa Clarita Valley Athlete onships, finishing 69th (11:31)...Aptos High was CCS Division II cross of the Year in 2004...lettered in cross country (23:11)...finished 67th (25:11.7) at the 2003 Pac- country runner-up in 1998 and CCS Division I and soccer. Personal: Born on April 23, 1986, 10 Championships...finished 130th (23:21) at the cross country runner-up in 2000. Personal: in Queens, N.Y....parents are Eric and Yvonne 2003 NCAA West Regional. High School: At- Born on Nov. 26, 1984, in Oakland, Calif....parents Johnson... theater and performances studies tended Punahou High School in Honolulu, Hawaii. are Robert and Dorothy Mayeda...both parents major. Personal: Born on Aug. 20, 1985, in Honolulu, earned master's degrees at Cal and father, Rob- Hawaii...parents are Duncan MacDonald and ert, was an undergrad at Cal…sister, Mary, CARRIE Deborah Meye...father ran track for Stanford... attends Cal…double major in integrative biology JOHNSON has one sister Eri, who ran track for Oregon... and public health (emphasis: biostatistics)… Hammer-Discus psychology major. works as a research intern at the California Senior, Fallbrook, Calif. Department of Health Services Childhood Lead MERCEDES Poisoning Prevention Branch…undergrad lab Junior (2006): Re- assistant in Dr. George Brooks’ exercise physi- corded a lifetime-best and MARCHBANKS ology lab at Cal. Cal season-best mark Triple Jump-Long Jump 63.47 meters (208-3) in the hammer throw at the Redshirt freshman, Redwood City, Calif. INIKA McPHERSON Pac-10 Championships… High Jump-Triple Jump her shot put of 12.82 (42- 2006: Redshirted indoor Sophomore, Port Arthur, Texas 00.75) at the Big Meet was and outdoor seasons. a lifetime-best mark…had High School: Graduated Freshman (2006): a lifetime-best discus throw of 44.52 (146-1) in from Sequoia High School Won the high jump title with the Brutus Hamilton Invitational…notched a life- in Redwood City, Calif, a mark of 1.76 meters (5- time-best and Cal indoor-record weight throw of where she was the 2005 9.25) at the MPSF Indoor 18.40 (60-4.5) at the MPSF Indoor Champion- league champion in the Championships...set the ships… named MPSF Academic All-Conference… long jump and triple jump... Cal indoor record of 1.80 honorable mention Pac-10 All-Academic. Sopho- team MVP...set the school (5-10.75) in the high jump more (2005): Set Cal's second-best hammer record in the long jump...owned personal records at the ... mark of 188-07 (57.49m) at the Big Meet. Fresh- of 38-7 in the triple jump and 18-7 in the long jump her lifetime-best javelin man (2004): Johnson finished 13th at the Pac- entering Cal...also lettered in basketball and throw of 36.27 (119-00) at the Bay Area Blast Off 10 Championships in the hammer throw (154- volleyball...in basketball she was awarded MVP ranked her 10th on Cal’s all-time list entering 10)...held team’s third-best mark in hammer (173- in 2003 and 2005 and was first-team all-league 2007. High School: A 2005 graduate of Memo- 00) and second-best mark in the discus (148- in 2004-05...in volleyball she led her team to rial High School in Port Arthur, Texas, McPherson 01), both set at the Big Meet...redshirted (2003). league championships in 2005...San Mateo was the freshman high school record holder in High School: A 2002 graduate of Fallbrook County Athlete of the Year in 2004-05...Interna- the high jump and freshman state winner... enter- Union High School...CIF champion in the discus... tional Baccalaureate Certificate student. Per- ing Cal, owned a personal record of 6-2...ranked set school records in the shot put (44-9) and sonal: Born on Aug. 24, 1987, in Santa Rosa, in the top 10 high school athletes...awarded discus (143-8)...four-time scholar athlete...four- Calif., to Morgan and Ray Texas All-State award...Athlete of the year in time team MVP…named Most Inspirational Ath- Marchbanks...undeclared major. 2005...All-American Verizon in 2004-05...led her lete throughout high school years...played var- high school team to the District Championships... sity basketball throughout high school...played ELIZABETH MAYEDA earned 5.0 GPA honors...National Honor Roll...also one year of varsity tennis. Personal: Born on Distance lettered in basketball, volleyball and cross coun- Oct. 19, 1984, in Oceanside, Calif.... brother Senior, Aptos, Calif. try. Personal: Born on Sept. 29, 1986, in played basketball at Long Beach State... classi- Galveston, Texas, to Symanthia McPherson... cal civilizations major speaks Spanish, Italian, Junior (2006): Clocked undeclared major...hopes to pursue a career in German and Modern Greek...studying Arabic a lifetime-best 4:49.46 in mass communications. and French...has toured with Athletes in Action. the 1500 meters at the USATF Pacific Champion- KATIE MORGAN PIPPA MacDONALD ships...ran a lifetime-best Pole Vault 800m-1500m 17:57.35 in the 5000 Sophomore, Tempe, Ariz. Junior, Kailua, Hawaii meters at the Stanford In- vitational. Sophomore 2006: Redshirted the outdoor Sophomore (2006): Ran a lifetime-best (2005): Mayeda posted season…indoors, notched a mark of 3.60 meters 5:01.33 in the 1500 meters at the Hornet her season-best in the 3000m (11:19.94) at the in the pole vault at the Modrall Sperling Invitational. Invitational…clocked a lifetime-best 2:11.87 in Bay Area Blast Off. 2003: Redshirted indoor and Freshman (2005): Her pole vault of 13-00.25 the 800 meters indoors at the Husky Classic. outdoor season. Cross Country: In 2006, was against UNR ranks her second on the Cal all-time 2005: Redshirted indoor and outdoor season. eighth (18:35.30) at the USF Invitational…was top 10 list...set the Cal freshman school record Freshman (2004): Ran a season best of 2:14.21 73rd (22:53.86) at the Pac-10 Championships…in in the pole vault. High School: Morgan, a 2004 in the 800m at the Stanford Invitational. Cross the 2005 season, Mayeda had a season-best graduate of Corona del Sol High School in Tempe, time of 19:00.60 at the Aggie Open, in which she

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Ariz., and high school All- American, was a three- REBECCA PALM ANGIE PRESSEY time Arizona state cham- Distance LJ-100m pion in the pole vault...she Freshman, Campbell, Calif. Sophomore, Heathrow, Fla. also set Arizona state high school records in the Cross Country: Last Sophomore (in- event...placed second in fall for the Bears, the San doors, 2006): Redshirted the high jump at the state Jose State transfer ran a the outdoor season ... in- championships...her PRs 18:44.40 to take 11th at doors, ran a lifetime-best entering Cal included 12- the USF Invitational…57th 7.56 seconds in the 60- 10.50 in the pole vault and 5-6 in the high jump... (22:29.13) at the Pac-10 meter dash at the Arizona- member of the National Honor Society. Per- Championships. San California Challenge … sonal: Born on Nov. 18, 1985, in Mesa, Ariz.... Jose State (2005): Com- recorded a long jump of parents are Peter and Kathy Morgan ... psychol- peted for the cross coun- 5.81 meters (19-0.75) at ogy major. try team…named Academic All-WAC and a San the Arizona California Challenge…named MPSF Jose State Scholar-Athlete. High School: 2004 Academic All-Conference. Freshman (2005): CAMEO MOTLEY graduate of Prospect High School in Saratoga, Redshirted the indoor season...outdoors, ran Sprints Calif…. lettered in cross country and track and season-best 12.01 at the Nevada meet. Volley- Freshman, Hayward, Calif. field (Coach Tom Smith) at Prospect High School ball: In 2006, Pressey, who was a junior for Cal in Saratoga, Calif...five-time all-league selection volleyball last fall, earned second-team All- High School: A 2006 (three times in cross country and twice in track America honors from the AVCA…named AVCA graduate of Mt. Eden High and field.) Personal: Born on Dec. 31, 1986, in All-Region… she was named 2006 CoSIDA Dis- School in Hayward, Glendale, Calif…mother is Kim Long…sociology, trict 8 third-team all-academic…was named to Calif….ran varsity track for social welfare and psychology major. the All-Pac-10 team three times (2004-06)…she four years…part of her earned a spot on the Pac-10 All-Freshman team school’s record-setting MACKENZIE PIERCE in 2004...collected Pac-10 Player of the Week 4x100 and sprint-medley honors in each of the last three season. High 400m-800m-1500m School: A graduate of Lake Mary High School in relays…played one year Sophomore, Winston-Salem, N.C. of varsity volleyball. Per- Lake Mary, Fla.…entering Cal, her records in- sonal: Born on April 6, 1988, in San Mateo, cluded 19-7 in the long jump...state champion in Freshman (2006): Calif….parents are Nick Motley and Rosemary the 100m in 2003...also lettered in volleyball... Ran a lifetime-best 4:32.52 Newkirk…undeclared major…her best sports academic All-American. Personal: Born on June 1500 meters at the Hornet moment was running in an exhibition race of the 6, 1986 in Tulsa, Okla....parents are Paul and Invitational…her 2:07.37 200-meter dash at the 2004 U.S. Olympic Trials. Elizabeth Pressey...father, Paul, played college made her Cal’s second- basketball at Tulsa, and is a former NBA player fastest Bear in the 800 to (Milwaukee, San Antonio, Golden State) and LOLLIE ONIPEDE Alysia Johnson…ran the assistant coach for the Golden State Warriors 100m-200m second leg of Cal’s sea- from 1992-94...mother, Elizabeth, also played Sophomore, Berkeley, Calif. son-best 4x400-meter re- basketball at Tulsa...has not declared a major, but lay (3:37.04), at the Texas Relays...indoors, led is interested in pre-law. Freshman (2006): off Cal’s second-fastest distance medley relay Outdoors, ran a season- (11:30.10). Cross Country: Last fall, took 34th THERESA best 12.20 in the 100-meter (19:32.50) at the USF Invitational…was 81st RAUB dash…clocked in a sea- 23:25.39) at the Pac-10 Championships…in 2005 Pole Vault son-best 25.53 in the Hor- Pierce had a season-best time of 24:38 at the S.F. Freshman, Arlington Heights, Ill. net Invitational…formerly State Invitational, in which she finished 19th…was a full-time sprinter, began 86th (28:43) at the 2005 Pac-10 Championships. High School: A 2006 making the transition to the High School: Graduated from Forsyth Country graduate of Prospect High triple jump, recording a Day High School in Lewisville, N.C., where she School...two-time state career-best 11.57 meters (37-11.50) at the USATF set school records in the 100m, 200m, 400m, medalist in the pole vault Pacific Championships…indoors, ran a season- 500m, 800m, 1000m, mile, 4x200m, 4x100m, (2005 – 6th, 2006 – 5th)… best 7.85 in the 60-meter dash at the Arizona- 4x400m, and 4x800m...high school All-American personal best 12-0 in pole California Challenge...clocked a season-best ...posted sixth-fastest time in the nation among vault…set school indoor 25.79 in the 200 meters at the Husky Classic…on U.S. high schoolers...state champion in the 200m, and outdoor record of 11- 4x400-meter relay that ran a 3:49.25 at the 400m, 800m, 1600m...led her team to North Caro- 6…ran four years (3 var- Arizona-California Challenge. High School: A lina State Championship in 2001...owned per- sity) of cross country…four-year varsity, all- 2005 graduate of Holy Names High School in sonal records of 26.4 in the 200m, 55.01 in the conference, all-region gymnast…Chicago Tri- Oakland, Calif….had a PR of 11.91 in the 100m 400m, 2:06.67 in the 800m, and 4:58 in the mile bune All-State Scholar Athlete. Personal: Born when she entered Cal...ranked among the nation’s entering Cal...high school student body on April 4, 1988, in Arlington Heights, Ill….parents top short sprinters in the 100m and the 60m...set president...National Honor Society...Wendy’s High Judy and Dave Raub competed in cross country 100m, 4x400m relay, and 4x100m relay school School Heisman finalist. Personal: Born on June and track at Grinnell College…brother, Tim, ran records. Personal: Born on March 4, 1987, in 18, 1986, in Winston-Salem, N.C., to Lezlie and cross country and track at CalTech…brother, Berkeley, Calif....undeclared major...daughter of Doug Pierce...undeclared major...aspires to be Chris, ran cross country and track at Claremont- Iyabo Bello and Kamni Onipede, both of whom tri-lingual in English, French and German. Mudd-Scripps…undeclared major. attended Cal.

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Regional, advancing her to the NCAA GABRIELA KIELY SMITH Championship...at the Hornet Invitational, she recorded a season-best 19-04.75 (5.91m) in the RIOS-SOTELO Shot Put-Discus-Hammer Freshman, San Jose, Calif. long jump...posted her season-best high jump (5- Distance 05.00) at the Big Meet. High School: A 2004 graduate of Foothill High School in Las Vegas, Freshman, Berkeley, Calif. High School: A 2006 Nev….a two-time Nevada state champion in the graduate of Valley Chris- triple jump ...boasts PRs of 41-8 in the triple jump, 2006: Redshirted in- tian High School in San 19-5 in the long jump, and 5-6 in the high jump...also doors and outdoors. Jose, Calif….was the participated in varsity volleyball and on the var- Cross Country: In 2006, 2005 WCAL discus sity dance team...a member of National Honor took 75th (22:57.14) at the champion…school was Society. Personal: Born on March 22, 1986, in Pac-10 Championships… the WCAL champ in Las Vegas, Nev....parents are Gerald and Mildred redshirted the 2005 sea- 2006…brings lifetime Strickland...sibling Gernae attended San Fran- son. High School: A 2005 bests of 38-9 in the shot cisco State University...legal studies major who graduate of St. Mary’s High put and 114-8 in the discus to Cal. Personal: wants to become a sports attorney. School in Berkeley, Calif., Born on March 16, 1988, in San Jose, Calif.… she owns personal records of 4:53 in the 1600m parents are Tanya and Denon Smith…undeclared and 10:42 in the 3200m...won the 1600m and the major. EMILEE 3200m at the 2005 North Coast Section meet... STROT 2004 state runner-up in cross country...three- Shot-Discus-Javelin time school MVP in cross country and track and TRACEY STEWART Sophomore, Gresham, Ore. field...named her high school’s 2004-05 Athlete Long Jump-Triple Jump of the Year...led her team to three league track Freshman, Richmond, Calif. Freshman (2006): and field championships...played two years of Had a remarkable first year, setting a Cal school- varsity soccer. Personal: Born on April 8, 1987, High School: A gradu- record 46.59 meters (152- in Oakland, Calif., to Priscilla Sotelo and Jose ate of James Logan High 10) in the javelin at the Rios...both parents attended Cal...undeclared School in Union City, Hornet Invitational and major. Calif….her track and field leading the Bears in the team tied for the 2006 Cali- discus with a lifetime-best fornia state champion- EVELYN SMITH 54.24 (174-11)...tossed a ship…Stewart took sec- Hurdles-Sprints 14.69 (48-2.5) in the shot put at the MPSF Indoor ond in the long jump with a Championships...took 23rd (155-7) in the discus Sophomore, Hayward, Calif. lifetime-best 6.03 meters at the NCAA Outdoor Championships...at the (19-9.75) and second in the triple jump with a Pac-10 Championships, placed third (51.87 Freshman (2006): mark of 12.69 (41-7.75) at the state meet…brings meters) in the discus, sixth (44.71) in the javelin Outdoors, recorded a life- lifetime-best mark of 41-9 (triple jump) to Cal. and sixth (14.68) in the shot. 2005: Redshirted time-best 1:01.06 in the Personal: Born on March 15, 1988, in Oakland, indoors and outdoors. High School: Strot was 400-meter hurdles at the Calif.…parents are Paul and Karen Stewart… the Oregon state champion in the shot and dis- Payton Jordan Cardinal aunt, Pam Crittenden, attended Cal…undeclared cus, out of Gresham High School in Gresham, Invitational and a lifetime- major. best 57.78 in the 400-meter Ore....track team MVP and Mt. Hood Conference dash at the Brutus Hamilton Athlete of the Year...entering Cal, her PRs in- Invitational…indoors, ran CASSANDRA cluded 48-4.5 in shot (school record), 158-9 in a 26.38 in the 200 meters and a lifetime-best discus (school record), and 134-6 in javelin...also 1:00.08 in the 400 meters at the Arizona-Califor- STRICKLAND played basketball...was a photographer for nia Challenge...qualified for USATF Junior Na- Triple Jump-Long Jump-High Jump school newspaper and yearbook. Personal: tionals in the 400mH. High School: A three-time Junior, Las Vegas, Nev. Born on May 12, 1986, in Portland, Ore....parents track and field MVP at Hayward High School in are Guy and Denise Strot...film major. 2003, 2004, and 2005...earned Female Athlete of Sophomore (2006): the Year in 2004 and 2005 at HHS...2002 Top Posted a lifetime-best and ROWENA Freshman Award…set the school records in the Cal’s season-best triple TAM 300m and 100m hurdles...member of the second- jump of 13.05 meters (42- Mid Distance-Distance team all-state team for the 300m hurdles at the 9.75), which was also an Freshman, San Diego, Calif. State Meet in 2004. Personal: Born on Oct. 11, NCAA provisional qualify- 1987, in Castro Valley, Calif....political science ing mark, at the Arizona- High School: A 2006 major... hopes to become a lawyer...daughter of California Challenge… graduate of University City Gessani and Manon Smith. notched Cal’s second-best High School in San Diego, high jump of the season with a 1.60 (5-3) at the Calif….participated in var- Arizona-California Challenge…had her season- sity track for four years best best long jump of 5.79 (19-00) at the Husky and varsity cross country Classic…selected MPSF Academic All- for three years…brings Conference…honorable mention Pac-10 All-Aca- lifetime-best times of 5:02 demic. Freshman (2005): She represented the in the 1600 meters and USA and finished seventh in the triple jump (40- 2:16 in the 800 meters to Cal. Personal: Born on 1.50) in the Pan Am Games...USATF Junior Na- Sept. 8, 1988, in San Diego, Calif….parents are tional champion in the triple jump... set the team Daniel and Tinna Tam…undeclared major. season-high mark of 42-01.50 at the NCAA Championship, in which she placed 17th...placed third in the triple-jump (41-7) at the NCAA West

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BROOK TURNER FRANCESCA WEEMS ARTENSIA YOUNG 200m-400m-400mH 200m-400m Long Jump - Triple Jump -Hurdles Junior, Beachwood, Ohio Sophomore, Kailua-Kona, Hawaii Sophomore, Los Angeles, Calif.

Sophomore (2006): Sophomore (2006): Freshman (out- Ran a lifetime-best 54.06 Clocked Cal’s third-fastest doors, 2006): Outdoors, in the 400-meter dash to 400-meter dash with a life- ran lifetime bests in the take sixth place at the Pac- time-best 56.74 at the Big 100-meter hurdles (14.04 10 Outdoor Champion- Meet….ran a lifetime-best in the Cal Multi-Events ships…ran a 55.69 in the 25.28 in the 200 meters at Meet) and 400 hurdles 400 to take seventh at the the MPSF Indoor Champi- (1:05.74, Big Meet) and MPSF Indoor Champion- onships. High School: A notched a personal- ships…led off the 4x400- 2005 graduate of record high jump of 1.60 relay that set a Cal indoor-record and NCAA Kealakehe HS…state champion in the 100m, meters (5-3, Cal Multi-Events)…recorded a life- provisional-qualifier 3:39.84 to take third place at 200m, and 400m in 2005...state champion in the time-best 4915 in the heptathlon at the Cal Multi- MPSFs…later led off 4x400-relay that clocked a 200m in 2003...also lettered in cross-country and Events Meet…honorable mention Pac-10 All- 3:37.04 at the Texas Relays outdoors…indoors, soccer for three years. Personal: Born April 6, Academic…as a sophomore indoors in 2006, set ran a lifetime-best 7.93 in the 60 meters and 1986, in Los Angeles, Calif....mass communica- her 60-meter hurdles lifetime-best 8.96 at the collected a 24.58 in the 200 meters at the Ari- tions major...hopes to become a news anchor or Modrall Sperling Invitational…set a lifetime-best zona-California Challenge…an MPSF Academic news reporter...daughter of Jacqueline Weems… triple jump (12.53 meters, 41-1.5) and collected All-Conference pick. Freshman (2005): Sea- brother, Marcus, played football for UH-Manoa. a PR of 3614 in the pentathlon at the MPSF Indoor son cut short by injury...ran a best time in the 200 Championships...an MPSF Academic All-Confer- (24.70) and ran a best time in the 400 (55.64) REBECCA ence selection. Freshman (indoors, 2005): against UNR...ran the second leg of the team’s YAU Young posted Cal’s second best mark of the second-best time in the 4x100 relay (45.45) in the Distance season at the MPSF Championships (40- Brutus Hamilton Meet...ran a season-best 200 Junior, Orinda, Calif. 11.50)…in the long jump Young set Cal’s sixth- and 400 during the indoor season. High School: best mark of the season with a 17-06 at the A 2004 graduate of The Hawken School in Gates Sophomore (2006): Cougar Classic…redshirted outdoor season. Mills, Ohio, Turner was a two-time 400m Ohio Outdoors, ran Cal’s best High School: Young competed at Junipero Serra state champion (2002, 2004)...as a sophomore, time and a lifetime-best High School and she was a state finalist in the won four state championships (200, 4000, 4x2, 35:11.07 in the 10,000 triple jump...set personal records of 40-5 in the 4x4)...set school records in six events...entering meters at the Stanford triple jump, 19-0 in the long jump, and 14.2 in the Cal, boasted PRs of 24.51 in the 200m and 54.32 Invitational…set a lifetime- 100mH...played varsity volleyball for one year. in the 400m...ran cross country. Personal: Born best and Cal indoor-record Personal: Born on Jan. 7, 1986, in Los Angeles, on June 23, 1986, in Cleveland, Ohio...mother is 16:52.66 (5th place) in the Calif., to Anthony and Sabrina Young...Anthony Judith Turner...brother, Aki Braxton, attended 5,000 and a lifetime-best Young ran hurdles for UCLA and Idaho...intending F.A.M.U. and played football at West Virginia...film 9:39.35 (11th) in the 3,000 meters at the MPSF to major in social welfare. major. indoor Championships…selected MPSF Aca- demic All-Conference. Freshman (2005): Ran season-best time of the season in the 5000m DAISY (18:07.52) at the Brutus Hamilton Invitational… VAN RAVENSWAAY clocked her season-best 3000 meters with a time of 10:27.90 at the Bay Area Blast Off. Cross Discus-Javelin-Shot Put Country: In 2006, recorded a 22:24.69 (33rd Senior, Ontario, Canada place) at the NCAA West Regional…took 26th place (21:35.57) at the Pac-10 Championships… Junior (2006): ran the Cal women’s top times in the Aggie Open Redshirted the indoor (18:13.70, 2nd place), Stanford Invitational (21:12, season…outdoors, at the 13th) and Chile Pepper Invitational (21:28.2, NCAA West Regional, 38th)…named MPSF Academic All-Conference… notched a career-best in 2005, Yau had a season-best time of 18:35 at 14.93 meters (48-11.75) the Aggie Open, in which she finished fifth… in the shot put…recorded Bears’ top finisher at the Pac-10 Championships, a lifetime-best 42.74 (140- in which she placed 27th with a time of 22:04…fin- 3) in the javelin to take ished 41st (21:33.0) at the NCAA West Regional. ninth place at the Pac-10 Championships… High School: Yau competed at Miramonte High notched a PR 43.56 in the hammer and a PR 44.54 School in Orinda, Calif., where she was the team (146-1) in the discus at the Big Meet. Connecti- captain in 2004... awarded Most Inspirational in cut: Set UConn’s season-best marks in the shot 2004...set personal records of 5:18 in the 1600m put (14.24m/46.8), discuss (51.46m/168-10) and and 11:24 in the 3200m...lettered in tennis and the javelin (43.74m/143-6) during the 2005 sea- cross-country...was the tennis team MVP her son. High School: Graduated from Cayuga Sec- sophomore, junior and senior years…led her ondary School in Cayuga, Ontario, Canada, where tennis team to CIF Team Championship in she was awarded MVP all four years of high 2003...was the cross country team captain in school...NACAC 2004 Member...also lettered in 2004...led her team to Division III State Champion- volleyball. Personal: Born May 21, 1984, in ships in 2004. Personal: Born on Sept. 30, 1986, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, to Dorothea and George in San Francisco, Calif., to Roxana and John Van Ravenswaay...American studies major. Yau...public health major.

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