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SUN DEVIL TRACK AND FIELD Contact: Elias Williams | [email protected] | (816) 830-5335 2018 SUN DEVIL SCHEDULE Date Meet Location 3/16 Baldy Castillo Invitational Sun Angon el Stadium NCAA West Preliminary 3/22 PVCC Distance in the Dark Paradise Valley, Ariz. 3/23 Pac-12+/Big Ten Challenge Sun Angel Stadium 3/30 Stanford Invitational Palo Alto, Calif. Rounds 4/5 Jim Click Multis Tucson, Ariz. Sacramento, Calif. | Sacramento State 4/6 Sun Angel Classic Sun Angel Stadium May 24-26, 2018 4/13 Triton Invitational San Diego, Calif. 4/19 Mt. SAC Relays Torrance, Calif. Live Results: Record Timing 4/19 Bryan Clay Invitational Azusa, Calif. 4/20 Beach Classic Long Beach, Calif. 4/28 Duel in the Desert Tucson, Ariz. Sun Devils Head to SacTown with Sights on Eugene 5/5 Oxy Invitational Pasadena, Calif. 5/5 Pac-12 Multis Championships Palo Alto, Calif. 5/12 Pac-12 Championships Palo Alto, Calif. SACRAMENTO, Calif. – The goal is the same for all 15 Sun Devil entrants 5/19 Tucson Elite Tucson, Calif. into this weekend’s West Preliminary Rounds: get into the top-12 and finish 5/24 NCAA West Preliminary Rounds Sacramento, Calif. the season as one of the elites in Eugene. 6/6 NCAA Championships Eugene, Ore. It’s a daunting task, but one that’s familiar to a couple of Sun Devil seniors and 2018 ASU QUICK FACTS one that the younger Devils hope becomes commonplace as they ascend in their ASU careers. Location ................................................... Tempe, Ariz. Enrollment ....................................................... 91,322 Nickname / Mascot ..................... Sun Devils / Sparky For Magdalyn Ewen, the reigning NCAA hammer throw champion is seeking Colors ................................................. Maroon & Gold her fourth-consecutive NCAA Outdoor Championship appearance, and Conference ...................................................... Pac-12 another senior in Alethia Marrero is going after her third trip to Eugene as an University President ....................... Dr. Michael Crow Athletics Director ................................. Ray Anderson individual. Team Information The group heading to Sacramento is split in terms of age with eight Dir. of Track & Field ............... Greg Kraft (22nd year) Alma Mater ............................... Cal Poly SLO, 1978 underclassmen and seven upperclassmen making the cut for the regional. Assistant Coach – Sprints ...........................Devin West Alma Mater ................................ Kennesaw St., 2010 Of those underclassmen, Cole Riddle and Samantha Noennig lead the Assistant Coach – Throws ......................Brian Blutreich Alma Mater .............................................UCLA, 1990 way after memorable debut seasons that included a fourth-place finish in Assistant Coach – Distance........... Jeremy Rasmussen the pole vault for Riddle, and a runner-up place for Noennig at the Pac-12 Alma Mater .................................Arizona State, 2003 Championships. Assistant Coach – Pole Vault ...................... Ron Barela Alma Mater .................................Arizona State, 1979 Assistant Sprints Coach ..........................Javonie Small The “last man in” in the pole vault competition was Sun Devil frosh Michael Alma Mater .................................... Morehouse, 2005 Chadwick, who was added to the field of 48 after a scratch. Chadwick may Assistant Distance Coach............................ Cory Leslie Alma Mater ..................................... Ohio State, 2012 be on the fringes of the competition, but the freshman has stepped up in big moments this year as he finished third at the MPSF Championships during the XC/TF Office Phone ........................... (480) 965-0016 indoor season. XC/TF Office Fax ................................ (480) 965-8149 Media Relations Information Shaunie Morrison, Nathan Hiett and Khalil Parris have each been to regionals Contact ................................................. Elias Williams before, with Parris making the East version twice before he came to ASU, Email ............................................... [email protected] Phone .................................................. (816) 830-5335 but an NCAA championship berth has eluded the seniors thus far. This year, Fax ...................................................... (480) 965-5408 the three come into the prelims with top-25 marks and just a fraction of a second – or in Hiett’s case a few inches – off sitting in the top-12 in the tightly 2017 SEASON REVIEW contested West. 2017 Women’s Championship Performances The competition gets going Thursday afternoon as the women’s shot put, Pac-12 Conference ...................... 3rd ............. 75 pts men’s 400-meter hurdles and men’s pole vault all get going at 4:30. MPSF Championships .................. 6th ............ 45 pts NCAA Out. Championships ............10th .............. 21 pts NCAA In. Championships ...........27th ................. 8pts To follow along, fans can watch live on FloTrack, check out live results provided by Record Timing and follow @SunDevilTFXC for updates on ASU. 2017 Men’s Championship Performances Pac-12 Conference ....................... 4th ......... 80.5 pts MPSF Championships ................... 5th ............ 53 pts NCAA Out. Championships ............74th .................. 1 pt NCAA In. Championships ............N/A .................. N/A Sun devil Track and Field/ @Sundeviltfxc Cross Country Thesundevils.com 1 SUN DEVIL TRACK AND FIELD NOTES DIRECTOR OF TRACK AND FIELD Rankings Update GREG KRAFT A fifth-place finish in the loaded Pac-12 was enough to tip the scales for the Sun Devil women’s team and lift them to a season’s best No. 12 in the One of the longest-tenured coaches at latest USTFCCCA poll. Arizona State, director of track and field Greg Kraft is one of the premier names in Although the Devils are sending a relatively small group to the regional the NCAA. Having led teams to 12 top-four finishes at prelims this weekend, ASU has proven it has plenty of quality heading to NCAA Championships, three conference crowns and four NCAA team titles, Kraft is Sacramento. also one of the more decorated coaches in ASU history. Along with Maggie Ewen’s NCAA-leading marks in all three of her Individual athletes under Kraft have also thrived as he has seen 33 Sun Devil NCAA events, Alethia Marrero and Samantha Noennig are both sixth in the region in titles since 1996. their respective events, and Shaunie Morrison and Kaylee Antill are in the top- 20 in theirs. KRAFT TEAM FINISHES AT ASU Among the conference, Southern California is in pole position after NCAA Out Pac-12/10 MPSF/Indoor NCAA In the Trojans won the Pac-12 title, and conference runner-up Oregon slipped to Year M W M W M W M W 1997 DNC DNC DNC DNC DNC DNC DNC DNC fifth. Stanford moved up a place to No. 6, and behind ASU is UCLA in 24th. 1998 38th dns 9th 7th -- -- DNC 55th 1999 18th dns 5th 8th -- -- 11th 32nd The SEC still dominated the poll, claiming all seven of the remaining 2000 17th 38th 3rd 5th -- -- 10th 23rd 2001 15th 14th 4th 5th -- -- dns 25th top-10 places, and putting 10 of its 14 programs in the top-25. 2002 68th 22nd 4th 4th -- -- 51st 16th 2003 dns 29th 5th 3rd -- -- 45th 42nd The Pac-and Big 12 are tied for the second-most ranked programs 2004 10th 20th 3rd 4th -- -- 12th 27th 2005 17th dns 3rd 3rd -- -- 13th 43rd with five. 2006 29th 4th 6th 1st 6th 2nd 60th 3rd 2007 22nd 1st 2nd 1st 5th 1st 25th 1st 2008 6th 2nd 2nd 1st 4th 1st 1st 1st 2009 8th 3rd 6th 3rd 5th 3rd 5th 5th Coach’s Corner – NCAA West Prelims 2010 4th 46th 4th 3rd 4th 4th 7th dns 2011 25th 19th 3rd 3rd 5th 4th dns 40th 2012 16th 24th 2nd 5th 1st 4th 4th 43rd 2013 28th 10th 4th 3rd 1st 2nd 16th 7th “The one thing that everyone comes to the regional for is to advance. That’s 2014 13th 22nd 4th 3rd 2nd 2nd 26th 29th 2015 51st 20th 5th 4th 3rd 3rd 31st 21st the primary objective. Whether you’re first, second or 12th, it’s all about 2016 36th 46th 4th 9th 5th 8th dns dns 2017 74th 10th 8th 6th 5th 6th dns 27th getting to Eugene. It’s pretty routine for people on the track in terms of the 2018 N/A N/A N/A N/A 11th 8th dns 13th schedule, but for the field events, you’ve got to be able to put your best effort out because the format is just three jumps in the horizontal jumps and three NCAA OUTDOOR CHAMPIONS UNDER KRAFT Jacquelyn Johnson ...................................................Heptathlon x4 throws. It’s not like you have the luxury of warming up with your first two Victoria Jackson ...............................................................10,000m Jessica Pressley .......................................................... Shot Put x2 throws, so coach Blutreich and I are always on our student athletes about the April Kubishta ............................................................Pole Vault x2 Sarah Stevens ..................................................................... Discus importance of getting that first throw or jump in. That’s one of the cardinal sins Anna Jelmini ........................................................................ Discus if you don’t get a mark in then you’re in such a deficit in the second or third Chelsea Cassulo ................................................... Hammer Throw Shelby Houlihan .................................................................1,500m round. It’s going to be a little nerve-racking for some of the younger athletes Maggie Ewen ......................................................... Hammer Throw Angela Bizzari ...............................................XC,