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CALIFORNIA 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 pole vault...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-Long 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 track and field 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).