Volume XXXX Number 39 Aug. (4), 2015 WORLD CHAMPS PREVIEW Eaton, Hardee, Taiwo, ZZ Lace ’em Up

Hello Again…..This brief Newsletter provides some background information about the upcoming (Aug 28-29) IAAF World Championship in . Defending champ will be the favorite. Challenges will come from two time winner , Commonwealth king /CAN, and a pair of Germans, Michael Schrader and . News has made the following predictions: 1. Ashton Eaton USA 2. Trey Hardee USA 3. Damian Warner CAN As well, Thomas Dvorak’s 14 year old meet record score (8902) could be in jeopardy. One can follow the two-day, 10 event contest and results at the following two sites. Defending IAAF champ Ashton will be the Beijing IAAF favorite, http://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-championships ______Time Schedule Host Local Time USA EDT http://www.iaafbeijing2015.com/en/ Aug 28 Aug 27 Friday Thursday TV Schedule (NBC/Universal Sports) 9:00 am 9:00 pm 100 meters All times Eastern 10:05 10:05 Friday-August 28 7:30am-10:00am Universal Live 11:55 11:55 Saturday-August 29 2:30pm-4:00pm NBC Tape Friday Delay 4:15 pm 4:15 am Sunday-August 30 2:00pm-3:30pm NBC Tape Delay 8:20 8:20 400 meters

Live Streaming at www.universalsports.com Aug 29 Aug 28 http://www.ustfccca.org/infozone/broadcast-schedule.php Saturday Friday 9:00 am 9:00 pm 110m Hurdles 10:05/11:20 10:05/11:20 Discus Saturday 1:15 pm 1:15 am 5:00/6:20 5:00/6:20 Javelin 8:10 8:10 1500 meters ______

______Pau TONNESEN ESP 8247 8247 24 Oct 92 Pieter BRAUN NED 8197 8197 21 Jan 93 Yordani GARCÍA CUB 8496 8186 21 Nov 88 Luiz Alberto DE ARAÚJO -BRA 8276 8179 27 Jun 87 Adam S HELCELET-CZE 8252 8148 27 Oct 91 Bastien AUZEIL FRA 8147 8147 22 Oct 89 Pawel WIESIOLEK POL 8140 8140 13 Aug 91 Entries Zach ZIEMEK USA 8107 8107 23 Feb 93 PR SB DOB Oleksiy KASYANOV UKR 8479 8105 26 Aug 85 Ashton EATON USA 9039 21 Jan 88 JPN 8308 8058 24 Jul 86 Trey HARDEE USA 8790 8725 07 Feb 84 Niels PITTOMVILS BEL 8049 8049 18 Jul 92 Damian WARNER CAN 8659 8659 04 Nov 89 JPN 8043 8043 23 Oct 90 Kai KAZMIREK GER 8471 8462 28 Jan 91 Felipe DOS SANTOS BRA 8019 8019 30 Jul 94 Michael SCHRADER GER 8670 8419 01 Jul 87 Jorge UREÑA ESP 7983 7983 08 Oct 93 RSA 8398 8398 30 Dec 82 T. VAN DER PLAETSEN BEL 8255 7952 24 Dec 90 GER 8382 8380 14 Mar 88 Janek ÕIGLANE EST 7945 7945 25 Apr 94 Ilya SHKURENEV RUS 8498 8378 11 Jan 91 ALG 8311 10 May 88 EST 8356 8356 27 Dec 92 Jeremy TAIWO USA 8303 8303 15 Jan 90 Eelco SINTNICOLAAS NED 8506 8298 07 Apr 87 several of these will not start Kurt FELIX GRN 8269 8269 04 Jul 88 ______

Previous Winners

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st 1983 1 8714mr Great Britain [2. Jurgen Hingsen/FRG 8599, 3. Siggi Wentz/FGR 8513] 1987 2nd 8680 GDR [ 2. Siggie Wentz 8461, 3. Pavel Tarnovetski/URS 8375] rd 1991 3 8812mr Dan O’Brien USA [2. /CAN 8549, 3. Christian Schenk/GER 8394] th 1993 4 8817mr Dan O’Brien USA [2. Eduard Hämälainen/BLR 8724, 3. Meier, Paul/GER 8548] 1995 5th 8695 Dan O’Brien USA Goteborg [2. Eduard Hämälainen/BLR 8489, 3. Michael Smith/CAN 8419] th 1997 6 8837mr Tomas Dvorak [2. Eduard Hämälainen/FIN 8730, 3. .GER 8652 ] 1999 7th 8744 Tomas Dvorak Czech Republic [2. /GBR 8556, 3. /USA 8547] th 2001 8 8902mr Tomas Dvorak Czech Republic [2. /EST 8815, 3. Dean Macey/GBR 8603] 2003 9th 8750 USA St. Denis/ [ 2. Roman Sebrle/CZE 8634, 3. Dmitri Karpov/KAZ 8374] 2005 10th 8732 USA Helsinki [2. Roman Sebrle/CZE 8521, 3. Attila Zsivoczky/HUN 8385] 2007 11th 8676 Roman Sebrle Czech Republic [2. Maurice Smith/JAM 8644, 3. Dmitri Karpov/KAZ 8586] 2009 12th 8790 Trey Hardee USA [2. Leonel Suarez/CUB 8640; 3. Aleksandr Pogorelov/RUS 8528] 2011 13th 8607 Trey Hardee USA [2. Ashton Eaton/USA 8505; 3. Leonel Suarez/CUB 8501] 2013 14th 8809 Ashton Eaton USA [2. Michael Schrader/GER 8670; 3. Damain Warner/CAN 8512] mr = meet record

Multiple Champions ****************** 3 wins: Dan O’Brien USA 1991 1993 1995 Tomas Dvorak CZE 1997 1999 2001 2 wins Trey Hardee USA 2009 2011

Most Consecutive Titles ********************* 3 in a row: Dan O’Brien USA 1991 1993 1995 Tomas Dvorak CZE 1997 1999 2001

Most Medals *********** 3 Dan O’Brien USA 1991g 1993g 1995g Tomas Dvorak CZE 1997g 1999g 2001g Roman Sebrle CZE 2003s 2005s 2007g Eduard Hämälainen BLR/FIN 1993s 1995s 1997s

Most Appearances: *********** 8 Roman Sebrle CZE 1997(8th ) 1999 (dnf) 2001(10th ) 2003(2nd ) 2005 (2nd ) 2007(1st) 2009(11th) 2011(13th) 7 Tomas Dvorak CZE 1993(11th ) 1995(5th ) 1997(1st) 1999(1st) 2001(1st) 2003(4th ) 2005(8th)

Most Top 8 places *************** 6 Tomas Dvorak CZE 1995(5th ) 1997(1st) 1999(1st) 2001(1st ) 2003(4th) 2005(8th)

Youngest Winner: **************** 24 yrs, 164 days Torsten Voss GDR 1987 Rome

Oldest Winner: ************* 32 yrs, 279 days Roman Sebrle CZE 2007 Osaka

Number of Competitors/Finishers, by Year: ************************************ 1983 25 - 18 1993 25 - 22 1999 25 - 16 2005 25 – 17 2011 30 - 22 1987 29 - 19 1995 30 - 19 2001 22 - 17 2007 30 - 23 2013 33 - 25 1991 27 - 22 1997 34 - 20 2003 20 - 12 2009 38 - 34 2015

2013 RESULTS 8/10-11 14th IAAF World Championships, Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow, RUS 8809 Eaton, Ashton/USA 10.35-0.5 773+0.3 1439 193 46.02 13.72+0.4 4500 520 6483 4:29.80 8670 Schrader, Michael/GER 10.73-0.5 785+0.2 1456 199 47.66 14.29+0.4 4644 500 6567 4:25.38 PR 8512 Warner, Damian/CAN 10.43-0.5 739+0.3 1423 205 48.41 13.96+0.4 4413 480 6467 4:29.97 PR 8446 Mayer, Kevin/FRA 11.23-0.1 750+0.1 1376 205 49.53 14.21-0.2 4537 520 6609 4:25.04 PR 8391 Sintnicolaas, Eelco/NED 10.85-0.5 768+0.8 1408 202 48.25 14.18+0.4 3921 530 5675 4:24.64 8388 Chinin, Carlos /BRA 10.78-0.1 754+1.0 1449 196 48.80 14.05+0.4 4584 510 5998 4:36.01 PR 8382 Freimuth, Rico/GER 10.60-0.5 722+1.3 1480 196 48.05 13.90+0.4 4874 490 5621 4:37.83 PR 8370 Shkurenev, Ilya/RUS 10.97-0.1 735+0.1 1388 205 48.39 14.34-0.1 4406 540 5946 4:35.95 PR 8343 Coertzen, Willem/RSA 10.95+0.1 744+1.8 1388 205 48.32 14.30-0.1 4325 450 6935 4:24.60 PR/Afr R 8317 Suarez, Leonel/CUB 11.07+0.5 733+0.3 1420 190 48.21 14.62-0.2 4641 490 6861 4:23.87 8316 Behrenbruch, Pascal/GER 10.95+0.1 719+0.6 1586 199 48.40 14.46 -0.1 4526 470 6707 4:37.21 8314 Krauchanka, Andrei/BLR 11.19+0.1 739-0.2 1484 211 49.65 14.44+0.4 4612 510 5998 4:39.63 8312 Nixon, Gunnar/USA 10.84-0.5 780+0.4 1468 214 48.56 14.57-0.1 4238 460 5797 4:35.82 PR 8275 Dudas, Mihail/SRB 10.67-0.5 751+0.7 1345 196 47.73 14.59-0.2 4404 490 5966 4:26.62 8255 Van der Plaetsen, TomBEL 11.09+0.1 764+0.4 1357 205 49.00 14.66 0.0 4117 510 6347 4:37.93 PR 8177 Lukyanenko, Artem/RUS 11.11-0.1 709+0.6 1443 199 49.01 14.21+0.4 4406 500 6183 4:32.97 PR 8170 Pahapill, Mikk/EST 11.33-0.5 712+0.7 1438 199 49.84 14.54-0.l 4757 500 6289 4:33.16 7968 Mikhan, Eduard/BLR 10.97-0.5 742+0.1 1415 196 48.80 14.82 0.0 4800 460 5074 4:33.71 7850 Uibo, Maicel/EST 11.21-0.1 726 0.0 1368 211 50.60 15.29 0.0 4184 490 5963 4:48.29 7843 Sviridov, Sergey/RUS 10.98-0.1 730+1.2 1420 190 51.13 15.23-0.2 4526 450 6938 4:46.43 7840 Reitveld, Pelle/NED 11.15-0.1 668+0.5 1321 190 48.67 14.37-0.1 3806 510 6438 4:35.94 7751 Ushiro, Keisuke/JAP 10.73-0.5 684+0.7 1317 196 51.20 15.32 0.0 4531 490 6765 4:38.91 7744 Newdick, Brent/NZL 11.14-0.5 728+0.2 1384 202 50.25 15.19-0.2 4249 450 5730 4:38.53 7540 Nilsson, Marcus/SWE 1142+0.1 662 0.0 1481 187 50.56 15.04 0.0 4249 450 5486 4:20.11 6846 Querin, Gael /FRA 11.19+0.1 718+0.5 1303 190 48.78 14.87-0.1 3834 nh 5066 4:18.58 dnf[5612] Vos, Ingmar/NED 10.98+0.1 745+0.7 1381 205 51.02 dq’d 4277 nh 6210 dnf[6569] Kame, Ali/MAD 11.48-0.5 672+0.7 1273 190 50.87 15.20 0.0 3686 420 6576 withdrew dnf[4012] Kasyanov, Olexiy/UKR 10.99-0.5 728+0.8 1405 190 49.75 dnf nm dnf [3807] Gastaldi, Román/ARG 11.20-0.5 689+0.9 1396 187 dq withdrew dnf [3272] Felix, Kurt/GRN 11.20-0.5 742 0.0 1295 208 withdrew dnf [2634] Hardee, Trey/USA 10.52-0.5 735+0.7 1461 nh withdrew dnf [2479] Taiwo, Jeremy/USA 10.96-0.1 753+0.6 1299 dnf [2312] Karpov, Dmitri/KAZ 11.37-0.1 659+0.5 1539

IAAF World Championship Meet Records for Individual Events 100m 10.34 (+0.8) Chris Huffins/USA Goteborg 1995 LJ 8.07m/26-5¾(+0.9) Tomas Dvorak/CZE Edmonton 2001 SP 17.54m/57-6½ Michael Smith/CAN Athens 1997 HJ 2.25m/7-4½ Christian Schenk/GDR Rome 1987 400m 46.02 Ashton Eaton/USA Moscow 2013 110mH 13.57 (0.0) Eduard Hämälainen/BLS Stuttgart 1993 DT 53.68m/176-0 Bryan Clay/USA Helsinki 2005 PV 5.50m/18-½ Sebastien Levique/FRA Seville 1999 JT (new) 75.19m/246-8 Leonel Suarez/CUB Berlin 2009 1500m 4:11.82 Beat Gahwiler/SUI Tokyo 1991 1st day 4637 Tomas Dvorak/CZE Edmonton 2001 2nd day 4310 Tomas Dvorak/CZE Athens 1997 Total 8902 Tomas Dvorak/CZE Edmonton 2001

Pace: points after: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 WR Eaton 9039 (’12) 1044 2164 2905 3755 4728 5742 6464 7468 8189 9039 exWR Sebrle 9026 (’01) 942 2031 2841 3756 4680 5665 6492 7341 8233 9026 MR Dvorak 8902 (’01) 947 2026 2912 3715 4637 5637 6414 7324 8191 8902 exWR O’Brien 8891 (’91) 992 2073 2967 3835 4720 5697 6537 7447 8224 8891

Team USA Bios

ASHTON EATON DOB: January 21, 1988 POB: Portland, OR Ht/Wt: 6-1, 185 Hometown: Bend, Oregon High School: Mountain View HS College: Oregon ‘10 Club: Oregon Elite TC / Nike

2015: did not start at Götzis but has auto pass to Beijing. 2014: Took season away from decathlon and ran a series of 400m hurdle races, clocking 48.69 and was world ranked 6th. 2013: Captured IAAF world title in Moscow with world leading 8809 score. Contested Individual events (e.g 45.64 400m, 66.64m/218-8 jav) during early season and won USA nationals in Des Moines under wraps with a 8291 score. 2012: Was named Jesse Owens award winner and T&F News USA T&F athlete of the year. Ashton became 12th American to win the Olympic decathlon with 8869 effort in . Won US Olympic Trials in Eugene with world record 9039 score. Set 3rd consecutive indoor world record (6645) while winning IAAF world title in Istanbul and then competed in individual events during spring season with dramatic results (e.g.: 45.68 400m, 13.34 hurdles). 2011: Won at IAAF world champs with improved throws and dramatic PR effort in 1500m.Tuned up at Thorpe Cup in Chula Vista with legal 100m PR, outdoor HJ PR and discus PR. Won USA nationals with significant and world leading 8729 total. Upped his own WR for indoor heptathlon in , EST with gaudy 6568 effort. Won Millrose games tri. Set individual event PRs in open competition at shot put (14.74), hurdles (13.35), discus (45.51) and javelin (57.23). 2010: Was 2010 Bowerman Award winner, emblematic of top collegiate T&F athlete nationally. Broke meet record and set PR (8457) while winning 3rd straight NCAA crown in front of hometown fans. Won 3rd consecutive Pac-10 crown (8154).Won Texas Relays crown with PR 8310 effort in April. Set world indoor heptathlon record (6499) while winning NCAA title, six weeks after setting collegiate record (6256). 2009: Runner- up at USA champs with 6th consecutive 8k score. Repeated as NCAA champion with PR 8241 effort. 18th at IAAF World Championships in Berlin to end long season. Has scored over 8k in last 9 .Won both Oregon Relays and a 2nd Pac-10 title, both with 8000+ scores. Opened indoor campaign with 2nd highest collegiate score ever, 6174, in winning U of Washington meet in Seattle then won NCAA indoor crown in College Station. 2008: Was 4th at US Olympic Trials with breakthrough 8122 score. Won NCAA title with eye-opening 8055 in Des Moines. Opened season with eye-opening 5859 heptathlon win in Seattle then placed 6th at NCAA indoor. Won Nike Elite in Sacramento with 600+ PR, 7792 and was PAC-10 deca champ with 7604 score. 2007: Was runner-up at Husky Relays in January and 10th at Mountain Pacific champs in February. Outdoors won initial career decathlon at Jim Click meet in Tucson in March, then was PAC-10 runner-up with PR 7123 score. 3rd at USA Junior nationals (7155) and earned trip to Pan Am Jr Champs in Brazil in long jump. 2006 (Prep) Oregon state 4A 400 champ (48.69). Personal: Undeclared major.

Career: Indoor: 1/27/07 5370 2 Husky R, Seattle 6.93 739 1228 189 8.51 385 2:47.35 2/23/07 4061 10 Mountain Pacific, Seattle 6.94 721 1195 198 2/02/08 5859 1 U Washington, Seattle 6.83 722 1203 205 7.97 450 2:44.23 3/15/08 5676 6 NCAA, Fayetteville 6.93 728 1087 184 7.96 475 2:40.90 1/30/09 6174 1 U Washington, Seattle 6.84 759 1206 209 7.91 497 2:39.92 3/14/09 5899 1 NCAA, College Station 6.86 739 1168 202 7.90 510 2:47.68 1/30/10 6256 CR 1 Tex A&M, College Station 6.78 766 1256 207 7.86 496 2:38.02 3/13/10 6499 WR1 NCAA, Fayetteville 6.71 773 1312 211 7.77 510 2:32.67 2/06/11 6568 WR1 International, Talliin, EST 6.66 777 1445 201 7.60 520 2:34.74 3/10/12 6645 WR1 IAAF WC, Istanbul 6.79 816 1456 203 7.68 520 2:32.77 3/08/14 6632 1 IAAF WC, Sopot 6.66 778 1488 206 7.64 520 2:34.72

Outdoor: 3/23/07 6977 1 Arizona Click, Tucson 10.66+1.5 719+0.2 1197 192 48.55 14.92+0.9 3793 375 3365 4:56.62 5/06/07 7123 2 PAC-10, Palo Alto 10.81-0.2 723+0.1 1188 192 49.19 14.66+1.0 3657 395 3692 4:39.72 6//21/07 7155 * 3 USA Jr, Indianapolis 10.58+3.7 667+0.8 1280 187 48.48 14.47+2.0 4063 430 3513 4:58.35 3/28/08 7792 1 Nike Elite, Sacramento 10.82+3.4 764+5.0 1221 196 47.00 14.21+1.4 3516 450 4526 4:24.15 5/10/08 7604 1 Pac-10, Tempe 10.57-0.9 685+1.0 1225 198 47.68 13.9h-0.6 3462 485 4429 4:44.48 6/12/08 8055 1 NCAA, Des Moines 10.64-1.1 768- 2.6 1279 196 47.25 14.27+1.8 3996 460 5393 4:33.05 6/30/08 8122 5 USOT/USA, Eugene 10.61-0.4 749 0.0 1228 196 47.07 14.26+1.9 3969 510 4728 4:20.56 4/24/09 8023 1 Oregon Relays, Eugene 10.66+1.2 758+3.9 1161 205 47.54 14.08+1.4 3828 455 5370 4:28.93 5/10/09 8091 1 Pac-10, Eugene 10.49+2.6 745+2.0 1263 201 47.12 14.01+1.2 3980 485 4969 4:36.87 6/11/09 8241w 1 NCAA, Fayetteville 10.35+4.1 758+3.5 1257 199 46.85 13.85-1.3 4179 440 5362 4:20.75 6/26/09 8075 2 USA, Eugene 10.53+3.6 760+3.7 1263 205 47.99 14.03+0.9 4133 450 5146 4:35.45 8/20/09 8061 18 IAAF WC, Berlin 10.53+0.2 785+0.9 1226 202 47.75 14.28+0.3 3715 500 5087 4:45.03 4/01/10 8310w 1 Texas R, Austin 10.34+3.4 788+3.0 1311 202 47.06 13.85+4.9 4371 460 5219 4:41.43 5/09/10 8154 1 Pac-10,Berkeley 10.59-0.5 743+1.6 1277 194 47.25 13.79-1.0 4229 515 4967 4:39.97 6/11/10 8457 1 NCAA, Eugene 10.37+0.5 790+1.1 1260 202 46.28 13.68+1.6 4171 470 5241 4:21.85 6/24/11 8729 1 USA, Eugene 10.33+0.6 780+3.1 1414 205 46.35 13.52+1.6 4158 505 5619 4:24.10 8/28/11 8505 2 IAAF WC, Daegu 10.46-0.5 746 0.0 1444 202 46.99 13.85-0.8 4617 460 5517 4:18.94 6/23/12 9039 WR1 OT/USA, Eugene 10.21+0.4 823+0.8 1420 205 46.70 13.70-0.8 4281 530 5887 4:14.48 8/09/12 8869 1 Olympic G, London 10.35+0.4 803+0.8 1466 205 46.90 13.56+0.1 4253 520 6196 4:33.59 6/23/13 8291 1 USA, Des Moines 10.48+1.2 759+0.3 1500 190 46.89 14.68 0.0 4399 460 6036 4:34.15 8/11/13 8809 1 IAAF WC, Moscow 10.35-0.5 773+0.3 1439 193 46.02 13.72+0.4 4500 520 6483 4:29.80 ______PRs: 9039 / 6645 10.19+2.7 823+0.8 1540 211 45.55 13.34 4736 540 6664 4:14.48 60m 6.66; 60mH 7.51; 1000m 2:32.67 , [outdoor hj PR 210] *- Junior Implements Summary: 21 meets, 21 finishes, 15 wins, 16x> 8000, PR= 9039, Top Ten Ave: 8540.04; 2nd Ten Ave: 7792.3; 1st day 4728, 2nd day 4311 (both in ‘12 WR effort).

2015 Open Results: 100m: 10.20 (+3.6) Eugene 5/8 Long Jump: 7.93m/26-¼ (+1.0) Santa Barbara, 4/3 Shot Put: 14.71m/48-3¼ Santa Barbara 4/3 High Jump: 2.03m (6- 8) Chula Vista 7/25 400m: 45.55 8/1 110mH: 13.38 (-0.2) Edmonton 7/11 Discus: 44.49/145-11 Portland 7/30 Pole Vault: 5.40m(17-9) Portland 8/8 Javelin: 59.76m Santa Barbara 4/4 1500m: ------########################

TREY HARDEE [James Edward Hardee] DOB: February 7, 1984 POB: Birmingham, AL Ht/Wt: 6-5, 210 Hometown: Birmingham, AL High School: College: Mississippi St Texas ‘07 Club: Nike

2015: At age 31, and with PR 5.35m/17-6¾ vault, he won 3rd national title in Eugene with world leading 8725 score. 2014: World Ranked 1st. Won prestigious Hypo-Bank Meeting in Götzis for 2nd time and followed with a 2nd USA national title in Sacramento with a 8599 score. 2013: Unable to finish World Champs b/c of calf injury. 2012: Olympic silver medalist completing outstanding season. While recovering from elbow surgery, did individual events with dramatic success. Was runner-up to Eaton’s WR at US Olympic Trials in Eugene (8383).2011: Defended his world title by winning again in Daegu with 8607 score. Won Hypo-Bank Meeting in Gotzis with career best season opener, 8689 score (which included PR long jump). Limited season but recorded lifetime bests in shot put and 110m hurdles(windy).2010: After winning silver medal at the IAAF world indoor championships in , Trey was injured during the first day of the opening outdoor meet, Götzis, and truncated his season. 2009: Won USA national title with 8261 score in Eugene. Opened at Götzis with near PR 8516 runner-up effort. 2008: Opened season with eye-opening 8371 win at Texas Relays, then placed second at Olympic Trials with PR 8534 score. Dnf’d at Games in Beijing after vault no-height. 2007: Injured wrist in weightlifting accident in January and missed most of indoor season. Senior (2006): Set collegiate record 6208 heptathlon while winning New Mexico Zia affair in Albuquerque. Suffered freakish ankle injury immediately following 60mH race at NCAA indoor champs, forcing him to withdraw when he has a huge point lead on field. His hurdle time was an AR. Opened outdoor season three weeks later, using blazing speed, with new collegiate decathlon best 8465 at Texas Relays, a score that included a 10.35 100 meters and 13.83 110m hurdles. Ran 10.28 100 meters at NCAA Regional qualifying. NH’d at NCAA outdoor champs, ultimately placing 9th (7263). Junior (2005): Outdoor Posted score of 7,881 points, with the aid of four personal bests, to win the decathlon at the NCAA Championships. Won Texas Relays at 7839. Indoor: Finished second at the Big 12 with 5723 points. Took 3rd at NCAAs with 5859 points. Sophomore at Mississippi State (2004): Outdoor: Scored 8041 points while finishing second at the NCAAs. Won SEC decathlon (7480). Freshman at Mississippi St (2003): Finished fifth at the NCAAs (7468 pts.) High School: Named MVP of the field events at the Alabama state indoor championship. Won indoor state pole vault, setting a new record of 15- 2. Personal bests of 39.26 (300m hurdles) and 10.83 (100m). Coached by Brett Huber. Also played football, soccer and basketball . Personal: Studied kinesiology.

Career: Indoor --at Mississippi State-- 3/1/03 3602 12 SEC, Gainesville (55mH) 7.78 635 1245 189 2:53.09 --at Texas-- 1/29/05 5633 2 Houston Invt 6.90 681 1362 196 8.09 460 2:53.88 2/26/05 5723 2 Big 12, Lincoln 6.89 693 1269 202 8.09 460 2:48.16 3/12/05 5859 3 NCAA, Fayetteville 6.92 717 1314 204 [3281] 8.06 490 2:53.29 1/27/06 6208 1 NewMexZia, Albuquerque 6.73 773 1431 195 7.87 530 2:55.16 CR 3/11/06 dnf NCAA I, Fayetteville 6.71 764 1475 200 7.76 inj 3/13/10 6184 2 IAAF WC, Doha 6.80 728 1444 208 7.79 500 2:47.76 3/04/12 5020 11 USA, Bloomington 6.75 715 1086 200 7.75 nh 2:45.67 3/02/13 dnf - USA, Albuquerque 6.77 734 1477 196 dnf 530 dns 2/08/14 dnf - Reval Cup, Tallinn 6.81 699 1539 198 8.59 514 dns 2/15/14 5959 3 Dutch Champs, Apeldoorn 6.75 734 1563 202 7.90 500 3:15.16

Outdoor: 4/03/03 7156 8 Texas R, Austin 10.63+4.5 667+4.4 1214 192 50.16 14.99+4.4 2946 500 4603 4:57.05 5/16/03 7544 3 SEC, Knoxville 10.68+1.0 669 0.0 1157 192 49.26 14.59+2.4 4038 500 4994 4:46.57 6/12/03 7468 5 NCAA I, Sacramento 10.96-0.4 683+1.5 1208 190 48.94 14.45-0.1 3697 500 4740 :44.07 4/01/04 7746 2 Texas R, Austin 10.58 +1.8 691-1.1 1249 195 49.39 14.42+2.9 4214 500 4795 4:42.61 5/15/04 7480 1 SEC, Oxford 10.68+1.2 688 0.0 1235 196 48.59 14.78 0.0 4195 415 5126 4:46.50 (rain delay, 3 day meet) 6/12/04 8041 2 NCAA I, Austin 10.48+2.2 715+3.5 1368 197 48.54 14.15+2.6 4475 490 5093 4:45.86 7/17/04 [6164] dnf USOT, Sacramento 10.55+0.4 683+0.5 1230 192 48.96 14.32-0.6 4271 nh 4762 dnr 7/31/04 7218 1 u23 NA, Sherbrooke 10.94-1.3 672+0.1 1256 196 49.12 14.41-0.2 4163 430 46395:15.00 4/07/05 7839 1 Texas R, Austin 10.61+1.4 708+2.5 1315 201 49.11 14.41+3.1 4306 475 5326 4:54.50 5/14/05 dnf Big 12, Manhattan 10.62+0.3 700-0.6 1257 192 48.81 28.59+0.2 2382 withdrew 6/09/05 7881 1 NCAA I, Sacramento 10.86-1.6 701+2.2 1314 185 48.33 14.09+0.3 4833 480 5628 4:52.46 4/05/06 8465 1 Texas R, Austin 10.35+2.5 770+3.0 1445 199 49.11 13.83+3.1 4824 520 6000 5:06.73 6/08/06 7263 9 NCAA I, Sacramento 10.70-1.3 748+2.5 1409 198 47.51 14.16-0.8 4060 nh 5444 4:42.23 6/24/06 dnf - USA, Indianapolis 10.62-0.4 735+0.2 1399 187 48.15 14.10-0.9 4187 nh 4/03/08 8371 1 Texas R, Austin 10.40+1.8 723+1.2 1326 193 47.76 13.99+3.3 5268 525 5896 5:02.18 6/30/08 8534 2 USOT/USA, Eugene 10.43-0.4 775-1.1 1407 202 47.99 13.71+1.9 4241 500 6369 4:44.79 8/22/08 dnf - Olympic G, Beijing 10.52+0.3 772-0.2 1349 205 47.75 14.20-0.5 4355 nh withdrew 5/31/09 8516 2 Hypo-Bank, Götzis 10.48+0.8 774+0.8 1393 200 48.42 14.11-0.8 4511 510 6389 4:43.79 6/26/09 8261 1 USA, Eugene 10.43+3.6 741+1.7 1438 199 48.49 13.95+0.9 4476 500 6412 5:16.01 8/20/09 8790 1 IAAF WC, Berlin 10.45+0.2 783+1.9 1533 199 48.14 13.86+0.3 4808 520 6800 4:48.91 5/30/10 dnf - Hypo-Bank, Götzis 10.39+0.2 762-0.9 1346 197 48.88 withdrew 5/29/11 8689 1 Hypo-Bank, Götzis 10.44-0.7 788+0.6 1563 200 48.12 13.73 0.0 4520 506 6333 4:46.88 8/28/11 8607 1 IAAF WC, Daegu 10.55-0.5 745+0.1 1509 202 48.37 13.97-0.8 4989 480 6899 4:45.68 6/23/12 8383 2 OT/USA, Eugene 10.60+0.4 755+1.0 1572 199 49.11 13.71-0.8 4905 500 5700 5:08.67 8/09/12 8671 2 Olympic G, London 10.42+0.4 753+1.1 1528 199 48.11 13.54+0.1 4826 480 6665 4:40.94 6/22/13 dnf - USA, Des Moines 10.52+1.2 709-1.0 1529 nh dq-48.10 dnf nm 500 5975 dns 8/11/13 dnf - IAAF WC, Moscow 10.52-0.5 735+0.7 1461 nh withdrew 6/01/14 8518 1 Hypo-Bank, Götzis 10.50-0.2 749+2.2 1515 197 48.63 13.69 0.0 4909 506 5820 4:44.75 6/27/14 8599 1 USA, Sacramento 10.38+4.2 722+3.6 1538 205 48.02 13.69+1.5 5065 500 5691 4:43.63 6/26/15 8725 1 USA, Eugene 10.48+2.0 761+3.4 1455 197 48.41 13.71+1.3 5205 535 6192 4:45.77 ______PRs: 8790 / 6208 10.28 788+0.6 1594 208 47.75 13.54+0.1 5268 535 6899 4:40.94 Indoor: 60m: 6.71, 60H: 7:75; 1000m: 2:45.67 Summary: 30 meets, 23 finishes, 11wins, 14 x > 8000, PR score: 8790, CR, Top ten Average: 8611.0; 2nd Ten Average: 7901.4; PR 1st day in ’11 Gotzis 4553; 2nd day in Eugene ’15 4356. 1st/2nd day in 8790 PR score: 4511/4279

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2015: 6th at Hypo-Bank meet in Götzis with PR 8303 score and followed with runner-up at USA champs. Was USA indoor champ after winning Washington Invt with PR 6344 score, 9th all time USA performer. 2013: 3rd at USA nationals qualifying for World champs. NCAA runner-up in Eugene with breakthrough 8239 score. Shared spotlight with Oregon’s Dakotah Keys as they raced to 8001 (Keys) and 7998 (Taiwo) scores at Pac-12 meet in Los Angeles. Returned to competition wars with eye-opening 6156 PR win (including WR 2.25m/7-4 ½ high jump) at Boise St. 2012: Did not compete due to 2011 injury. 2011: 15th at NCAAs despite elbow injury hindering javelin performance. Won Pac-10 crown with PR 7742 score. Opened indoor campaign with PR 5746 score in Seattle, then placed 8th at NCAAs. 2010: Injured at NCAAs (hurdles) with concussion and ‘dnf’d.’ Pac-10 runner-up with PR 7521. Did not compete indoors.2009: 3rd at Pac-10 decathlon with PR 7299 score. 12th at NCAA indoor heptathlon. Mountain Pacific SF heptathlon champion in 2nd collegiate career meet (5559). High School: Was Washington state 3A high jump and champ, then missed junior year with injury. Personal: Parents are Irene Botero and Joseph Taiwo who placed 9th in the triple jump for Nigeria at both 1984 (Los Angeles) and 1988 () . Career: Indoor: 60m lj sp hj 60h pv 1000m 1/31/09 5317 5 U Washington, Seattle 7.20 689 1296 200 8.47 367 2:41.76 2/28/09 5559 1 Mtn Pacific SF, Seattle 7.19 710 1252 201 8.36 435 2:42.58 3/14/09 5389 12 NCAA, College Station 7.17 727 1228 199 8.31 370 2:43.90 1/29/11 5746 1 U Washington, Seattle 7.15 700 1303 196 8.39 475 2:35.68 3/12/11 5780 8 NCAA I, College Station 7.06 728 1195 208 8.14 420 2:34.35 2/09/13 6156 1 Boise St Challenge, Nampa 7.02 742 1418 225 8.08 425 2:34.44 2/23/13 dnf - Mtn Pacific SF, Seattle 6.97 740 withdrew 1/31/15 6344 1 U of Washington, Seattle 7.06 756 1477 213 8.03 490 2:30.85 [3502/2842] 2/28 15 6273 1 USA, Roxbury 7.09 739 1450 216 7.87 480 2:34.26

Outdoor: 100m w lj w sp hj 400m 110h w disc pv jav 1500m 6/ /08 hs 1 Washington State HS Dec 4/16/09 dnf - Mt Sac R, Azusa 11.39+3.4 3f 1144 5/10/09 7299 3 Pac-10, Eugene 11.19+2.6 684+1.3 1169 198 51.15 14.88+1.2 3831 425 5371 4:30.25 4/15/10 7289 6 Mt Sac R, Azusa 11.60-0.5 688 0.0 1266 193 50.02 14.51+2.5 3552 460 4852 4:32.23 5/09/10 7521 2 Pac-10, Berkeley 11.10+0.5 668+1.3 1168 203 50.47 14.54+0.2 4145 445 4803 4:17.57 6/11/10 dnf - NCAA, Eugene 11.02+0.7 693+1.3 1197 202 48.98 dnf withdrew 4/14/11 7335 6 Mt Sac R, Azusa 11.05+3.3 691+2.5 1252 194 50.42 14.59+1.1 3640 450 4496 4:29.90 5/07/11 7742 1 Pac-10, Tucson 10.98+0.7 730+1.0 1308 211 48.49 14.41+3.9 3622 482 3285 4:18.69 6/09/11 7517 15 NCAA I, Des Moines 11.27+1.6 716+1.1 1297 208 48.64 14.49+1.8 4180 480 3619 4:34.99 4/18/13 dnf - Mt Sac R, Azusa 10.91-1.2 751+1.7 1113 213 49.15 14.83-1.0 3701 nh 4245 dnr 5/05/13 7998 2 Pac-12, Los Angeles 10.95nwi 718nwi 1357 209 48.56 14.74+2.6 4075 480 4834 4:18.23 6/06/13 8239 2 NCAA I, Eugene 10.84+1.4 742+0.7 1370 217 48.11 14.16+2.8 3490 500 4987 4:16.34 6/22/13 7925 3 USA, Des Moines 10.98+1.2 686-1.0 1347 208 48.30 14.33-0.3 3958 460 5224 4:20.29 8/11/13 dnf - IAAF WC, Moscow 10.96-0.1 753+0.6 1299 withdrew 5/31/15 8303 6 Hypo Bank, Götzis 10.95+0.8 757 0.0 1395 215 48.29 14.47+0.5 4316 490 4922 4:19.64 6/26/15 8264 2 USA, Eugene 10.89+2.0 754+2/2 1493 212 47.83 14.40+1.4 4115 495 4811 4:29.27 ______PRs 8303 / 6344 10.84+1.4 757 0.0 1493 225 47.83 14.16+2.8 4316 500 5371 4:16.34 Indoor: 60m: 6.97; 60h: 8.03; 1000m: 2:30.85 1st day (’13) 4389 Summary: 15 meets, 11 finishes, 2 wins, 3 x > 8000, PR score: 8303, Top ten Average: 7812.6. PR 1st day : ’15 USA 4447

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ZACH ZIEMEK DOB: February 23, 1993 POB: Ht/wt: 6-3, 170 Hometown: Itasca, IL High School: Lake Parks HS, IL College: Wisconsin ‘16

2015: Redshirted entire season. Opened outdoor campaign with near PR 7964 win at Drake Relays and then placed 3rd at USA with another PR, 8071. 2014: Was 4th at Thorpe Cup in Marburg. Placed 5th at NCAAs with PR 7981 score and followed with a 4th place at USAs. After opening outdoor campaign with PR 7860 effort in Athens, GA and then defended Big 10 outdoor crown. Big 10 indoor runner-up and followed with 5th at NCAAs with 5913 effort. 2013: Big Ten outdoor champ with 6 individual event PRs and 7640 career best score. “Double Z” was 5th at NCAAs indoors which included 3 career PRs in vault to 5.40m/17-8½, Big Ten indoor heptathlon runner-up with PR score 5846 after opening season with PR 5598 runner-up spot at Sevigne Husker meet in Lincoln. 2012: 8th indoors (5354) and 12th outdoors (7042) at Big Ten Multis. High School: Competed for DuPage TC and was USATF national Junior Olympics runner-up in 2011 and 4th in 2010. Personal: Major is kinesiology. Career: Indoor: 2/04/12 5072 6 Sevigne-Husker, Lincoln 7.21 652 1158 197 8.77 454 3:02.99 2/25/12 5354 8 Big Ten, Lincoln 7.14 650 1227 206 8.89 500 3:00.25 2/02/13 5598 2 Sevigne-Husker, Lincoln 7.10 692 1244 199 8.62 515 2:52.47 3069/2529 2/23/13 5846 2 Big Ten, Geneva 7.04 699 1311 206 8.36 515 2:48.25 3212/2634 3/09/13 5937 5 NCAA I, Fayetteville 7.01 722 1273 205 8.37 540 2:50.06 3246/2691 3/01/14 5815 2 Big Ten, Geneva 6.91 727 1334 203 8.33 490 2:54.16 3/15/14 5913 5 NCAA I, Albuquerque 6.90 722 1323 203 8.20 525 2:56.74 3296/2617

Outdoor: 7/09/10 6066 1 Region # 7 JO, Indianapolis 7/29/10 6437 4 USA Jr Olym, Sacramento 11.68+1.8 682+2,6 1310 190 54.32 16.04+0.9 3522 465 4140 5 34.72 7/27/11 6918w2 USATF Jr Olympics, Wichita 11.39 0.0 691+3.4 1359 185 53.61 15.39+5.5 4145 485 4587 5:23.63 4/19/12 [6755]dnf California Invt, Azusa 11.09+1.5 713 0.0 1231 197 51.52 15.81+2.3 3709 510 5217 dnr 5/ /12 7042 12 Big Ten, Madison 11.03+0.4 690+3.3 1235 199 52.26 15.48+0.7 2915 496 5583 5:19.93 4/18/13 dnf - Mt Sac R, Azusa 10.77+2.0 660-2.4 1285 195 50.80 15.44-1.1 4027 withdrew 5/11/13 7640 1 Big Ten, Columbus 10.60+2.5 764+4.0 1294 191 50.46 15.10+1.4 4043 500 5384 5:16.40 6/06/13 dnf - NCAA I, Eugene 10.59+2.4 726+2.6 1270 205 50.70 15.21 0.0 4154 500 5024 dns 4/12/14 7860 3 Bulldog, Athens 10.69+2.9 746+0.5 1351 210 51.63 15.24+2.2 4744 505 5223 5:13.81 5/17/14 7659 1 Big Ten, W Lafayette 10.81+2.5 728 0.0 1286 200 51.12 14.85+0.1 4320 490 5130 4:59.48 6/12/14 7981 5 NCAA I, Eugene 10.81+2.3 773+1.7 1263 208 50.21 15.00+0.3 4395 510 5390 4:57.29 6/27/14 7609W4 USA, Sacramento 10.74+4.2 751+1.0 1208 193 50.13 15.27+1.7 4277 470 5469 4:56.92 7/27/14 7667 4 Thorpe Cup, Marburg 11.05-1.3 738-1.0 1271 202 51.39 15.15+1.6 4438 481 5698 5:00.25 4/23/15 7964 1 Drake R, Des Moines 10.68+3.0 731+1.4 1328 199 52.13 14.88+1.4 4832 530 5600 4:59.06 6/26/15 8071 3 USA, Eugene 10.57+2.0 771+2.4 1477 206 51.31 14.78+1.6 3727 545 5538 4:58.93 ______PRs: 8071 / 5937 10.57+2.0 773+1.7 1477 210 50.13 14.78+1.6 4832 545 5698 4:56.29 Indoor: 60m: 6.90; 60mH: 8.20; 1000m: 2:48.25 Summary: 15 meets, 13 finishes, 4 wins, PR: 8071.

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