This Is Husky Cross Country

This Is Husky Cross Country Table of Contents General Information Quick Facts ....................................................................... 1 Husky Cross Country: From A to Z ................................... 2 Huskies at the World Championships ............................... 3 2004 Men’s Roster ............................................................ 4 2004 Men’s Preview .......................................................... 5 2004 Women’s Roster ....................................................... 6 2004 Women’s Preview .................................................... 7 2004 Husky Profiles Men’s Bios .................................................................... 8-20 Women’s Bios ............................................................ 21-33 Head Coach Greg Metcalf .............................................. 34 Assistant Coach David Bazzi .......................................... 35 Assistant Coach Kelly MacDonald .................................. 35 Coaching History ............................................................. 35 From left: Amy Lia, Lindsey Egerdahl and Ingvill Makestad earned All-Region hon- 2003 Season in Review ors at the 2003 West Regional, leading UW to third place and a seventh-consecu- 2003: A Look Back .......................................................... 36 tive trip to the NCAA Championships. Pac-10 All-Academic Teams ........................................... 37 Meet-by-Meet Results ................................................ 38-39 Husky Quick Facts Husky Cross Country: Four Decades of Success School:......................................................... University of Washington All-Time Postseason Team Results ........................... 40-41 Location: ....................................................................... Seattle, Wash. All-Time Postseason Individual Results ..................... 42-43 Mailing Address: .... 229 Graves Bldg., Box 354070, Seattle, WA 98195 Sundodger Invitational History ................................... 44-45 Founded: ........................................................................ Nov. 4, 1861 Enrollment: ........................................ 34,000 (25,000 undergraduate) Facilities Nickname:............................................................................... Huskies Lincoln Park .................................................................... 46 Colors: ....................................................................... Purple and Gold Dempsey Indoor .............................................................. 47 Conference: ......................................................................... Pacific-10 Home Course: ........................................... Lincoln Park, West Seattle Conference & NCAA Information Interim President: .......................................................... Mark Emmert Pacific-10 Conference ..................................................... 48 Athletic Director: ............................................................... Todd Turner NCAA .............................................................................. 48 Senior Associate Athletic Director: .................................... Marie Tuite Head Coach Track & Field / Cross Country: ....... Greg Metcalf (third year) The Husky Experience — Office Phone: ......................................................... (206) 543-0811 The Best of Everything Assistant Coaches: ..... David Bazzi (4th year), Kelly Strong (3rd year) Husky Athletic Administration .......................................... 49 Office Phone: ........................................................ (206) 221-2625 University of Washington ........................................... 50-51 Certified Athletic Trainer: ...........................Nikki Smith, Susie Wegner UW Alumni and Husky Highlights .............................. 52-53 Equipment Managers: ...... Gary McGuire, Jim Hagland, Grant Gasca UW Total Student-Athlete Program ............................ 54-55 Media Relations Director: ................................................... Jim Daves UW Athletic Facilities....................................................... 56 Asst. Media Relations Director/Cross Country Contact: ..... Brian Beaky Campaign for the Student-Athlete ................................... 57 UW Strength & Conditioning, Athletic Medicine .............. 58 Office Phone: (206) 543-2230 ...... Home Phone: (206) 227-5709 Excellence in Coaching ................................................... 59 Fax: (206) 543-5000 .............. E-mail: [email protected] Seattle ............................................................................. 60 Internet Site: ....................................................... www.gohuskies.com 2003 Men’s Pac-10 Finish: ............................................................. 3rd 2003 Men’s West Regional Finish: ................................................. 4th Credits: The 2004 University of Washington cross 2003 Men’s NCAA Finish:............................................................. 21st country media guide was written and edited by Brian Beaky. 2003 Women’s Pac-10 Finish: ........................................................ 4th Design, layout and paste-up done entirely in-house by Beaky. 2003 Women’s West Regional Finish: ............................................ 3rd Cover design by Jay Torrell, Fieldhouse Publications. Pho- 2003 Women’s NCAA Finish: ....................................................... 19th tography by Joanie Komura, Bruce Terami, Kelly MacDonald, Top-7 Men’s Runners Returning / Lost: .......................................... 4/3 Bill Koss and UW Sports Information staff. Printing by Uni- Top-7 Women’s Runners Returning / Lost: ..................................... 6/1 versity of Washington Department of Publications and Ser- Men’s Best NCAA Finish: ................................................... 4th – 1989 vices (Judy Robertson). Special thanks to the UW coaching Women’s Best NCAA Finish: .............................................. 9th – 1998 staff for editorial assistance and to Paul Merca for historical Men’s NCAA Championship Appearances: research. Also special thanks to all UW Sports Information 7 – 1987 (22nd), ’88 (18th), ’89 (4th), ’90 (12th), ’91 (20th), ’93 (8th), ‘03 (21st) staff who have contributed to this publication. Women’s NCAA Championship Appearances: 12 – 1982 (13th), ’89 (12th), ’92 (12th), ’94 (15th), ’95 (14th), ’97 (14th), ’98 (9th), ’99 (13th), ‘00 (23rd), ‘01 (14th), ‘02 (31st) , ‘03 (19th) 2004 Washington Cross Country 1 Husky Cross Country: From A to Z ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE — While successful in competition, Greg Metcalf’s DEMPSEY INDOOR — Washington’s cross cross country and track and field teams have been equally outstanding in country runners need not fear the rain. the classroom, annually ranking among the University’s top athletic squads When the weather becomes too rough in terms of academic achievement. In 2004, a UW-record 15 Husky cross to run along the shores of Lake Wash- country runners merited Academic All-Pac-10 honors, second-highest ington, the Huskies head inside the among Pac-10 schools only to Stanford’s 16. Distance runners Andy Fader 80,000-square foot Dempsey Indoor, a and Travis Boyd swept first-team All-Academic honors in both cross coun- multi-million dollar practice facility that try and track, while miler Angela Wishaar captured a second-straight first provides training space for Washington’s team Academic All-Pac-10 track accolade. In all, 22 Huskies earned Pac- football, softball, baseball and soccer 10 All-Academic track honors in the spring, while pole vaulter Brad Walker teams, and a practice and competition received his second-straight Academic All-America award. area for the UW track teams. Since open- ing in 2001, Dempsey Indoor has become ALL-AMERICANS — Thirteen Husky cross country athletes have combined the prime indoor competition venue for to earn 15 All-America certificates at the NCAA Cross country Champion- many of the nation’s top collegiate track ships. The NCAA awards All-America honors to the top 25 finishers in both squads, as well as dozens of current and the men’s and women’s races, adding one American for every foreign-born former Olympic competitors. The facility athlete who receives the honor. Only one Husky, Regina Joyce, has ever is named for California businessman earned more than one All-America certificate. Neal Dempsey, a 1964 UW graduate, who gave a gift of $10 million in 2001 to Women Men be split between the Business School's 2001 Lisa Gibbs 35th 1998 Christian Belz 17th Program in Entrepreneurship and Inno- 2000 Cami Matson 21st 1993 Simon Baines 10th vation and intercollegiate athletics. 1998 Anna Aoki 38th 1990 Pat Johnson 25th 1995 Tara Carlson 8th 1989 Alan Hjort 23rd FAB FRESHMEN — Every year, it seems, 1992 Stacie Hoitink 30th 1986 Curt Corvin 27th a different UW freshman is able to 1991 Carrie Moller 14th 1979 Bill Stolp 45th sucessfully make the transition from high 1982 Regina Joyce 2nd school to college and excel in their first Anna Aoki 1981 Regina Joyce 11th season. In the past two years, however, 1980 Regina Joyce 6th freshmen haven’t only been content with success — they’re out for wins. Laura Hodgson in 2002 and Brianna McLeod in 2003 each won their debut BAINES, SIMON— It could be argued that fewer Huskies have ever made a races at Washington, a feat never-before accomplished in UW history. Prior larger impact in a shorter

Load more