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2014 CROSS COUNTRY SCHEDULE Date Meet Location TABLE OF CONTENTS Friday, Aug. 29 Nevada Twilight Classic Sparks, Nev. 2014 Schedule ...... 1 Coaching Staff ...... 2 Saturday, Sept. 13 BYU Autumn Classic Provo, Utah Team Rosters ...... 4 Saturday, Oct. 4 Washington Invitational Seattle, Wash. Meet Th e Bruins ...... 5 Th ursday, Oct. 9 Dual at the Rose Bowl Pasadena, Calif. 2013 Results ...... 15 Friday, Oct. 17 Wisconsin adidas Invitational Madison, Wisc. NCAA Championship History ...... 17 UCLA All-Americans ...... 18 Friday, Oct. 24 Titan Invitational Fullerton, Calif. Conference History ...... 20 Friday, Oct. 31 Pac-12 Championships Oakland, Calif. West Region History ...... 21 Friday, Nov. 14 NCAA West Regional Stanford, Calif. Th is is UCLA ...... 22 Saturday, Nov. 22 NCAA Championships Terre Haute, Ind. QUICK FACTS Location ...... Los Angeles, CA Athletics Phone ...... 310-825-8669 Director of Athletics ...... Dan Guerrero Associate AD ...... Ken Weiner Faculty Athletic Rep ...... Dr. Michael Teitell Enrollment...... 40 ,500 Founded ...... 1919 Colors ...... Blue & Gold Nickname ...... Bruins Conference ...... Pacifi c-12 Conference Phone ...... 925-932-4411 National Affi liation ...... NCAA Division I Director of Track & Field/Cross Country ...... Mike Maynard ...... (Azusa Pacifi c ‘86) XC Coach ...... Forest Braden (Boise State ‘07) Volunteer Coach ...... Erik Stevens (Arizona, ‘06) Sports Information Contact ...... Skip Powers SID Phone ...... 310-206-4008 SID Email...... [email protected]

Th e UCLA Athletic Department wishes to express its gratitude to Victoria Cook-Chapus for making the fi rst endowed women’s track & fi eld scholarship a reality. For information on how you can endow a scholarship, call the UCLA Athletic Fund Offi ce at 310/206-6533.

Credits Th e 2014 UCLA Cross Country media guide was written, edited and designed by Skip Powers, with assistance from Elena Clarke. Photos are courtesy of ASUCLA Photography and Don Liebig, Kirby Lee, Alex Ryan and Geoff Th urner.

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onships. Th e team claimed back-to-back team Mondo track was used by USA victories at the Nevada Chase and Aztec Invita- and the Georgia Dome for the national indoor tional, culminating their season with a sixth place championships. Th e building is the Idaho Sports fi nish at the NCAA West Region Championships. Center located in the Idaho Center complex in Senior Kent Morikawa earned fi rst team all Pac-12 Nampa, Idaho. Th e track was purchased with a Conference honors aft er placing eighth over and $250,000 cash gift from John Jackson, President he, and fellow Bruin Nohe Lema were named to of Jacksons Food Stores in Meridian, Idaho. Boise the USTFCCCA All-West Region team aft er their State has hosted several major meets, including six performances at the regional meet in Palo Alto, WAC Indoor Championships. Th e facility hosted CA. In track, the men fi nished 17th behind All- its fi rst national meet in 2005 with the USA Indoor American perfrmances by Mike Woepse (2nd in Master’s Championships. His eff orts culminated pole vault), Alec Faldermeyer (3rd in hammer) last season, when the Boise State facility was host and Marcus Nilsson (6th in decathlon). Th is was to the NCAA Championships. a huge improvement on the 34th place fi nish in Outside the collegiate world, Maynard has coached Sixth Year 2010, and equaled the second-best team fi nish in Director of Cross Country a World Champion, fi ve diff erent Olympians, the last ten years. a Pan American gold medalist, fi ve USA Track In his fi rst year with the Bruins, the 2010 men’s and Field Champions and three American Junior Mike cross country team sent one athlete to the NCAA Champions. One of Maynard’s former athletes Championships, Marco Anzures, and fi nished Tony Washington (1990-96), won the World MAYNARD fi ft h at Pac-10s and seventh in the West Region. Championship in the discus in 1999. Washing- In outdoor track, the men fi nished tied for 52nd ton also won the gold medal in the discus at the Azusa Pacifi c, 1986 at the NCAA Outdoor Championships with fi ve 1991 Pan American Games along with fi ve USA athletes earning All-America honors and were National Championships. Mike Maynard enters his sixth season at UCLA fi ft h at the Pac-10 meet. In indoor track, the men Maynard is currently an Executive Committee and his third as the Director of Track and Field/ won the MPSF Championship crown and tied for member of the United State Track Coaches As- Cross Country. In addition to being Director, May- 47th at Nationals. sociation and the NCAA Division I Track and nard also oversees the men’s and women’s throws Field Executive Committee. Maynard was also program and coordinates all aspects of training In his nine years as the head coach at Boise State, the head coach for the USA Track and Field team for the Bruin decathletes. Maynard was the Bruin Maynard led a program which produced several in its dual meet against in 1996. He men’s track and fi eld head coach from 2010-12, historic events - back-to-back (2004 and 2005) has served USA Track and Field as the Regional as well as the throws coach for both squads. Prior national championships by Gabe Wallin in the Decathlon Chairman, the United States Olympic to coming to UCLA, Maynard was head coach/ men’s javelin, over 50 new school record per- Committee as an Elite Th rows Clinician, and has throws coach at Boise State for nine years. formances and 30 All-American accolades. Th e Broncos enjoyed unprecedented success behind been the lead throws clinician for the USA/Visa Th e 2013 season saw Kelsey Smith and Nick Maynard’s direction. Decathlon team. Hartle earn all-Pac-12 accolades. Smith went on Maynard and his family reside in Valencia. His to earn USTFCCCA All-Region honors and was Maynard has also guided Bronco student-athletes wife Dee, an RN, works at Ronald Reagan Medical joined by Nohe Lema. Th e 11th place fi nish for to over 70 individual WAC Championships and Center at UCLA. His daughter Allyson resides Smith at the NCAA regional meet was the best by over 90 marks on Boise State’s all-time top three in Boise, and his son Michael attends College of a female Bruin since 2006. Th e all-region honor performance lists. the Canyons. for Lema was his second in as many seasons. Off Maynard came to Boise State following an out- the course, 23 Bruins were named to the Pac-12 standing assistant coaching career at the University All-Academic team. of Arizona. He was the associate head track and In 2012, the UCLA cross country teams fi eld coach for the Wildcat program for 13 years experienced their best season in recent years, prior to joining the Broncos. While coaching at with the men fi nishing in 13th place at the NCAA Arizona, Maynard guided 32 individual NCAA Championships, their highest fi nish since 1985, Division I All-Americans, including three NCAA and claiming an All-American in Lane Werley. National Champions. The UCLA men also enjoyed a third-place Maynard’s coaching resume also includes a two- fi nish at the NCAA Regional meet and had four year stint as the assistant strength and conditioning runners earn All-West Region honors. Werley coach at Arizona, where he worked with the Wild- also earned fi rst-team All-Pac-12 honors aft er cat football program as well as being responsible placing fi ft h at the Pac-12 Championships. On for the Arizona track and fi eld, swimming and the women’s side, the Bruins placed sixth at the tennis teams. He began his collegiate coaching Pac-12 Championships and seventh at the NCAA career at Mesa Community College (Ariz.) where West Region Championships. Th ey also ranked as he was the assistant track and fi eld coach from high as 24th during the year in the coaches’ poll. 1982-84, and in 1987. Th e 2011 cross country squads competed well in Maynard was also instrumental in bringing a the inaugural season for the new Pac-12 Confer- world-class facility to Bronco Track & Field. ence. In spite of new conference competitors, During his fi rst two years leading the Broncos, Colorado and Utah, the Bruin men upheld their Maynard and Boise State were successful in pur- fourth place position in the conference with a chasing a world championship caliber track and fourth place fi nish at the 2011 Pac-12 Champi- helped construct the building to put it in. Th e

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18th at regionals. During the regular season, the Bruin men claimed back-to-back team victories at the Nevada Chase and Aztec Invitational. In 2010, both the men and women showed im- provement from the 2009 season. Th e men moved up from fi ft h to fourth at the conference meet, while the women moved up to sixth at Pac-10s. At the Regional meet, the men fi nished eighth, and the women improved to 10th. In Braden’s fi rst year with the Bruins in 2009, UCLA sent Marco Anzures and Shannon Mu- rakami to compete at the NCAA Championships. Th e men also fi nished fi ft h at the Pac-10 meet and Sixth Year seventh at the Western Regional. Th e women were Third Year Distance Coach seventh in the Pac-10 and 11th at the regional. Volunteer Coach Before joining the Bruins, Braden served as a Forest volunteer coach at at Gonzaga, where he worked Erik closely with standout distance coach Pat Tyson BRADEN in recruiting and facilitating training sessions. STEVENS Prior to his coaching stint at Gonzaga, Braden was Boise State, 2007 a three-time All-American runner for coach Mike Arizona, 2006 Maynard at Boise State from 2002-2007, earning Forest Braden enters his sixth year with the Bru- accolades in indoor and outdoor track as well as Entering his third season as a UCLA volunteer ins and continues to serve as the primary cross cross country. He also won seven Western Athletic assistant coach is Erik Stevens, who brings 10 country coach. Conference titles as a Bronco. years of coaching experience to the Bruin program. Th e 2013 season was highlighted by USTFCCCA Stevens will assist with the UCLA cross country, Braden also ran for Team Indiana Elite for one year distance and middle distance programs. All-Region selections Kelsey Smith and Nohe and placed in the top-10 in fi ve USATF Champion- Lema. Smith placed 11th at the NCAA regional ship meets. In 2011, he started competing again Stevens worked with the University of Arizona meet to mark the best fi nish for a female Bruin on the track, primarily in the 5000m. cross country and track & fi eld programs for four since 2006. Lema earned all-region honors for the seasons (2002-06). Aft er earning his degree in second straight season. On top of her all-region 2006, Stevens began working with Arapahoe HS selection, Smith was an all-Pac-12 performer with in Centennial, Colo. as an assistant cross country her seventh place fi nish, the best for a Bruin since and track and fi eld coach for both the girls’ and 2005. Nick Hartle earned all-Pac-12 honors on boys’ programs. Aft er two seasons as an assistant the men’s side and 23 Bruins were named to the coach, he took over as the head coach for the Pac-12 All-Academic Team. girls’ cross country team and had an immediate Th e Bruin cross country teams has seen much impact, leading the program to three consecu- improvement under the guidance of Braden. In tive Centennial League Championships and fi ve 2012, the Bruin men experienced their highest consecutive Regional Championships. In 2012, fi nish at the NCAA Championships since 1985, Stevens helped bring a new school record in the placing 13th overall. Lane Werley became the girl’s 5k to Emily Wolff (18:05). Bruins’ fi rst Cross Country All-American in fi ve Stevens also had success coaching the girls’ and years aft er a 25th-place fi nish at the NCAAs. Th e boys’ track and fi eld distance programs at Arapa- UCLA men also enjoyed a third-place fi nish at hoe. Following a successful fall season, Stevens the NCAA Regional meet and had four runners coached Connor Winter to three individual state earn All-West Region honors (Werley - 5th place, titles in the 800m, 1600m and 3200m. Winter, Nohe Lema - 21st, Dustin Fay - 22nd, David now at the University of Colorado, was the fi rst McDonald - 23rd). Werley also earned fi rst-team male athlete to accomplish the triple in over 60 All-Pac-12 honors aft er placing fi ft h at the Pac-12 years. Th e following year, Winter tripled once Championships. again while running personal best times of 1:52.56 On the women’s side in 2012, the Bruins placed (800m), 4:11.5 (1600m) and 9:09.04 (3200m). sixth at the Pac-12 Championships and seventh At the Midwest Distance Gala, Winter posted at the NCAA West Region Championships. Th ey a second-place fi nish in the Mile in a Colorado also ranked as high as 24th during the year in the all-time best time of 4:07.02. coaches’ poll. In 2012, Stevens helped guide Devan Foster to During the 2011 season, Kent Morikawa led the individual state championships and school records men’s squad for most of the year, earning All- in the 800m (2:10.50) and 1600m (4:59.68). Th is Pac-12 honors with his eighth-place fi nish at the past spring season, Stevens coached the girls’ conference meet. Th e men’s team fi nished fourth 4x800m relay team to a state title (9:10.51) and at Pac-12s and tied for sixth at the West Region, another school record set by Wolff in the 3200m while the women were 10th in the conference and (11:01.17). UCLABRUINS.COM 3 2014 ROSTERS

Men’s Roster NAME Ht. Yr. HOMETOWN (HIGH SCHOOL) Pronunciation Guide Sahm Bazargan 5-10 Fr. Simi Valley, Calif. (Oak Park) Ferdinand Edman ...... ED-MAN Jon Bazinet 5-6 Jr. Whittier, Calif. (Cerritos) (California) Nick Hartle ...... HEART-UHL John Davies 6-2 Fr. Torrance, Calif. (Loyola) Sergey Sushchikh ...... SURG-ay Max Davis 5-9 RFr. Santa Barbara, Calif. (Dos Pueblos) ...... SUSH-ICK Sean Davis 5-10 Jr. San Jose, Calif. (Valley Christian) Lane Werley ...... WERE-LEE Daniel De La Torre 6-0 So. Alhambra, Calif. (La Salle) Chase Zukerman ...... ZOOK-er-man Jonah Diaz 5-10 RSo. Palos Verdes, Calif. (Palos Verdes) Nolan Dickson 6-0 RSo. Aurora, Ill. (Marmion) Ferdinand Edman 5-11 So. Drammen, Norway (Drammen VGS) Scott Edwards 5-10 Fr. Scotts Valley, Calif. (Scotts Valley) Nick Hartle 6-1 Jr. Las Vegas, Nev. (Centennial) Daniel Herrera 6-0 RSr. Pico Rivera, Calif. (El Rancho) Richard Ho 5-5 RFr. San Jose, Calif. (Leland ) Jackson Marshall 6-2 Fr. Irvine, Calif. (Woodbridge) Michael McCabe 5-10 So. San Jose, Calif. (Willow Glen) Austin O’Neil 6-4 So. Stevenson Ranch, Calif. (Hart) Jordan Senko 5-11 Sr. Silverado, Calif. (El Toro) Cole Smith 5-9 Fr. Goleta, Calif. (Dos Pueblos) Myles Smith 5-7 RFr. Lakewood, Calif. (St. John Bosco) Sergey Sushchikh 5-11 Jr. Santa Barbara, Calif. (Dos Pueblos) Lane Werley 6-5 RJr. Riverside, Calif. (Martin Luther King) Josh Wilson 6-0 Fr. South Pasadena, Calif. (South Pasadena) Chase Zukerman 6-0 Sr. Palos Verdes, Calif. (Palos Verdes)

Women’s Roster NAME Ht. Yr. HOMETOWN (HIGH SCHOOL) Pronunciation Guide Rachel Brajkovich 5-8 So. Th ousand Oaks, Calif. (La Reina) Rachel Brajkovich .... BRADGE-Kovich Kelly Brooks 5-4 Jr. Santa Rosa, Calif. (Santa Rosa) Emily Fieberling ...... FEE-BUR-LING Jessica Cushing-Murray 5-8 Fr. Santa Monica, Calif. (Foothill) Bronte Golick ...... BRON-tee Emily Fieberling 5-8 Fr. Oakland, Calif. (Bishop O’Dowd) Aliya Sharif ...... uh-LEE-uh Sha-REEF Bronte Golick 5-4 Sr. Mission Viejo, Calif. (Capistrano Valley) Roni Yamane ...... RON-ee Alimatu-Sadia Ibrahim 5-7 RFr. Salaga, Ghana (Santa Rosa) Ava Kent 5-6 Sr. Costa Mesa, Calif. (Orange Lutheran) ...... YUH-MON-EE Meghan Marvin 5-6 Sr. Clovis, Calif. (Clovis) Annie Mooney 5-7 Sr. Templeton, Calif. (Mission College Preparatory) Valerie Morrison 5-4 Fr. Scotts Valley, Calif. (Scotts Valley) Jen Owen 5-3 Jr. Santa Clarita, Calif. (West Ranch) Ashlee Powers 5-8 Jr. Newport Beach, Calif. (SMU) (Corona del Mar) Emily Scharmann 5-6 RFr. Trabuco Canyon, Calif. (Tesoro) Sabrina Seay 5-6 RFr. San Diego, Calif. (Mt. Carmel) Gabby Sered 5-2 Fr. Colorado Springs, Colo. (Pine Creek) Katie Sered 5-1 Fr. Colorado Springs, Colo. (Pine Creek) Aliya Shirif 5-4 So. Mesa, Ariz. (Desert Ridge) Kelsey Smith 5-6 Sr. South Lake Tahoe, Calif. (South Tahoe) Sierra Vega 5-3 Sr. Tustin, Calif. (Chaparral/Foothill) Roni Yamane 5-6 Fr. Arcadia, Calif. (Arcadia )

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HIGH SCHOOL – Attended Oak Park High School where he lettered in track and cross country … Was the Ventura County NO Champion in cross country in 2012 and 2013 and the Ventura County Champion INFORMATION in the 800m in 2013 and 2014 … Has run personal bests of 1:53.23 in the 800m and 4:13.57 in the 1,600m. PROVIDED

PERSONAL – Born March 9, 1996 … Son of Afshin and Maryann Bazargan … Has one brother named Keyan … Enjoys 5-10 • Freshman mountain biking, spear fishing, skiing, 6-2 • Freshman skateboarding and camping … Plans to Sahm major in physiological science. John BAZARGAN DAVIES

Simi Valley, Calif. (Oak Park) Torrance, Calif. (Loyola)

UCLA: Enters his fi rst season with the Bruins 2013 - Raced three times unattached for the after transferring from Cerritos College Bruins … Had a season best time of 25:00.9 where he ran cross country for two seasons. in the 8k at the Titan Invitational … Ran a 25:26.20 at the Dual at the Rose Bowl … CERRITOS COLLEGE (2013): Came in sixth Crossed the line in 25:54.36 at the Mustang place at the state championships with a Challenge. time of 20:26.97 to help the team come in fourth place, and also took sixth place with HIGH SCHOOL – Attended Dos Pueblos a time of 21:07.64 at the Southern California High School in Goleta, Calif. … Earned four Championships, with the team coming in letters in track for coach and three in cross eighth place… Was fi ft h at the South Coast country for coaches Leslie Wiggins-Roth Conference Championships (20:31.0) to and Len Miller … A four-time All-Channel 5-6 • Junior lead the team to a second place… Was 5-9 • RS-Freshman League selection and two-year captain in third at the UCLA Double Dual in a time track … A three-time All-Channel League Jon of 24:53.27, while his time of 21:37.90 was Max selection and two-year captain in cross good enough for ninth place at the San country … All-CIF southern section and BAZINET Diego Invitational… Came in seventh place DAVIS All-State honoree as a senior.

Whittier, Calif. (Cerritos College) at the Lou Vasquez Invitational in a time Santa Barbara, Calif. (Dos Pueblos) of 20:27 and fi nished third at the Palomar PERSONAL – Born April 16, 1995 … Son of Invitational in a time of 21:48. Glen and Cornelia Davis … Enjoys fi shing.

CERRITOS COLLEGE (2012): Helped the team fi nish sixth at the state championships by coming in 23rd place with a time of 20:50.90 and recorded a time of 21:10.52 at 2013 - Competed in two races unattached as the Southern California Championships to fi nish in 38th place overall… Earned 1st a sophomore … Named to the Pac-12 All- Team All-South Coast Conference honors by coming in seventh place with a time of Academic fi rst team … Ran a season best of 21:12.24 to help the team capture the championship… Led the team at the Mt. San 24:41.8 in the 8k at the Titan Invitational … Antonio Invitational with a fourth place fi nish in a time of 21:07 and was 10th overall Posted a 25:43.09 at the Mustang Challenge. at the Grand Canyon Invitational by completing the course in 25:18.2… Finished the Lou Vasquez Invitational in third place overall with a time of 20:15.90, while he 2012 – Was UCLA’s No. 3 runner (31st, opened the season by fi nishing 14th overall at the Mark Covert Classic in 26:17.02. 25:50.2) at the Titan Invite ... Placed 96th (25:25.1) at the Bronco Invite and fi nished HIGH SCHOOL: Attended California High School ... In track and fi eld, he holds the 26th (30:10) at the Pac-12 Preview open di- school record in the three-mile (14:59), two-mile (9:24), and 800 (1:55) meters... vision (8k) ... Athletic Director’s Honor Roll. Won the league championship in the 800 meters and 1,600 meters his senior year... Named Whittier Daily News Athlete of the Year... Earned his name to the Honor 5-10 • Junior HIGH SCHOOL - Earned four varsity letters Roll all four years… Qualifi ed for the CIF Championships as a senior and junior in in track, three letters in football and one let- cross country, while he was voted the team’s Most Valuable Player as a senior…Was Sean ter in cross country at Valley Christian HS a member of the Del Rio League cross country championship team as a sophomore ... Set his school in the 3,200m, 1,600m, and and junior… Named the team’s Rookie of the Year as a freshman. DAVIS 800m distances ... Runner-up in the 800m at San Jose, Calif. (Valley Christian) the CIF California Coastal Section Cham- PERSONAL: His father played basketball, soccer and baseball in high school, and then pionships (1:54.41) in 2012 ... Qualifi er for basketball in college… Enjoys playing Xbox, writing poems and playing basketball CIF State Championships in the 800m and in his spare time… Has two siblings – Christian and Grant… Is the son of Tim and Division III cross country as a senior ... Named to the West Catholic Athletics League's Monica Bazinet… Born on February 11, 1993. First Team in cross country ... Competed for the Los Gatos Track Club.

PERSONAL - Born June 29, 1993 in San Jose, CA ... Son of Greg and Annette Davis... Has one brother and sister, Joshua and Jenna ... Chose to attend UCLA because of the combination of great academics and athletics ... Global Studies major.

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2013 - Ran in three races during his 2013 - Finished 36th at the Pac-12 freshman year … Finished the Dual at the Championships in 26:14 as a freshman … Rose Bowl with a season best 8k time of Finished 70th in the 10k at the NCAA West 24:22.68 … Finished 58th in the Pac-12 Regional with a time of 31:22. Championships for the Bruins in his only race unattached on the season. HIGH SCHOOL - Earned Best Norwegian Junior Distance Runner of the year honors HIGH SCHOOL – Earned three varsity in 2011 and 2012 ... Finished fourth in letters in cross country and two in track at the European Junior Cross Country La Salle HS for coach Fred Riley … Won Championships in 2012 ... Ran the 1500m six CIF individual titles and six league at the 2012 World Junior Championships championships … Claimed the 2012 CIF ... Competed with club team, Sturla IF, 6-0 • Sophomore state cross country championship … Named 5-11 • Sophomore participating in various World Youth the Pasadena Sun’s All-Area Track and Field Championships and U.S. National Team Daniel Athlete of the Year in 2012 … Was a state Ferdinand training camps. fi nalist in the 1,600 and 3,200 … Placed DE LA TORRE fourth at the state championship in the 3,200 EDMAN PERSONAL - Born on February 12, 1993 Alhambra, Calif. (La Salle) … Holds the La Salle HS record in the mile. Drammen, Norway (Drammen VGS) in Drammen, Norway ... Son of Tom and Vigdis Edman ... Has two sisters, Alexandra PERSONAL – Born October 21, 1994 in Los Angeles … Major is undecided. and Constance ... Undeclared major.

2013 - Ran a season best time of 24:47 at the HIGH SCHOOL - Attended Scotts Valley NCAA Inter-Regional … Finished 67th at High School where he earned four letters the Pac-12 Championships. in cross country and track and field … Placed seventh at the CIF Championships HIGH SCHOOL - Earned four varsity in the 1,600m with a personal best time letters in both track and cross country at of 4:12.55 … Finished second at the CCS Palos Verdes HS ... Member of two State Championships in the 1,600m with a time Championship teams for cross country in of 4:14.99 … Won the CCS Top 8 meet in 2009 and 2011 ... Won the Bay League three the 1,600m with a time of 4:18.47 … Has consecutive years from 2009-11 ... Finished run a 9:06.51 3,000m time and a 1:58.10 in sixth at the Nike Cross Country Nationals the 800m … Finished fi ft h at the Division in 2011 ... Earned All-League, All- CIF and IV State Championships in cross country All-State honors in the 2009, 2010 and 2011 5-10 • RS-Sophomore 5-10 • Freshman … Won the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic seasons ... In track, he was the three-time League cross country title … Has run a 5k Jonah Bay League champion in the 3,200m. best time of 15:42 at Crystal Springs and a Scott 15:45 at the CIF State Championships at DIAZ PERSONAL - Born March 14, 1994 in Palos EDWARDS Woodward Park. Palos Verdes, Calif. (Palos Verdes) Verdes, CA ... Son of Richard Diaz and Sari Scotts Valley, Calif. (Scotts Valley) Johnson... Has three brothers and sister, PERSONAL – Born January 13, 1996 in Devon, Zachary, Samuel and Hannah ... San Jose, Calif. .. Son of Tim and Roxane Chose to attend UCLA because he wanted to be a part of the athletics excellence it Edwards … Has two brothers named Tyler and Ryan … Lists his seventh place off ers ... Undeclared major. fi nish in the 1,600m at the CIF Championships as his greatest athletic thrill thus far.

2013 - Ran in three races for the Bruins 2013 - Competed in five races as a as a redshirt freshman … Named Pac-12 sophomore for the Bruins … Came in 14th All-Academic honorable mention … Had at the Pac-12 Championships in 25:33 to a season best time of 25:14.2 at the Titan earn All-Pac-12 second team accolades … Invitational … Finished 11th at the Dual Named Pac-12 All-Academic honorable at the Rose Bowl with a time of 25:34.12 … mention … Finished 11th at the NCAA Opened the season with a 26:25.72 at the Inter-Regional with a season best 8k time Mustang Challenge. of 23:54 … Ran the 10k at the NCAA West Regional Championships in 30:29 for a 26th 2012 – Redshirted ... Athletic Director’s place fi nish … Posted a 47th place fi nish at Honor Roll. the Wisconsin adidas Invitational with a time of 23:59. 6-0 • RS-Sophomore HIGH SCHOOL - Earned three varsity letters 6-1 • Junior in cross country, one letter in track and two 2012 – Th e Bruins’ No. 1 runner (eighth, Nolan letters in basketball at Marmion Academy ... Nick 24:48.2) at the Titan Invite ... Placed No. Named captain of the cross country team in 7 (27:09) at Pac-12 Preview in the open DICKSON 2011 for his junior season ... Also in 2011, HARTLE 8k division. he earned fourth in the 1,600m at indoor Aurora, Ill. (Marmion) Las Vegas, Nev. (Centennial) state prep ... Trained with the MMTT Elite HIGH SCHOOL - Earned four varsity letters Triathlon Team and earned All-American in both track and cross country at Centennial HS .. Earned All-State honors for track honors in 2010-11 with the team. and cross country in all four years ... As a freshman, he placed seventh in cross country, seventh in the two-mile and sixth in the mile in the state ... As a sophomore in 2010, PERSONAL - Born November 19, 1993 in Whittier, CA ... Son of Keith and Kelly he claimed the state title in the 4x800m relay and placed third in the two-mile ... In Dickson ... Has one brother, Carter, and four sisters, Christina, Devon, Lane and his junior season, he claimed state championships in cross country, the 800m and Larkin ... Math Economics major. 1,600m ... As a senior, he won state championships in cross country, 400m, 800m,

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1,600m and 3,200m ... Set state records in 4x800m (7:44.00) and 800m (1:49.48) ... HIGH SCHOOL - Prepped at Woodbridge Competed with the P.S. Vegas Flyers track club. High School in Irvine, Calif. … Lettered four times in track and in cross country PERSONAL - Born January 14, 1994 in Las Vegas, NV ... Son of Kirk and Rosemarie for coaches Varvas and Pacheco … Was a Hartle ... Has one sister, Taylor ... Admires basketball player Lebron James of the two-time Pacifi c Coast League Champion Miami heat and world record holder in the 800m David Rudisha ... Engineering major. in cross country (2012-13) and also the two-time league champion in the 3,200m (2012-13) … Posts personal bests of 9:21 in 2013 - Participated in four races for the the 3,200m and 4:18 in the 1,600m. Bruins … Named Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention … Ran a season best PERSONAL – Born July 12, 1995 … Is the 23:52 at the NCAA Inter-Regional for a son of Gregory and Lois Marshall … Has ninth place fi nish … Finished 23rd at the 6-2 • Freshman a brother named Joe and a sister named Pac-12 Championships with a time of Jenna … Enjoys playing the piano, playing 25:54 … Came in 48th at the NCAA West Jackson basketball, reading and paddle boarding … Regional with a 10k time of 30:51. Plans to major in statistics. MARSHALL

2012 – Consistent runner for the Bruins Irvine, Calif. (Woodbridge) who was No. 4 on the team (128th overall, 30:58.3) at NCAA Championships and No. 6-0 • RS-Senior 7 on the team (85th overall , 31:14) at NCAA 2013 - Named Pac-12 All-Academic Regionals ... UCLA’s No. 6 runner (41st, honorable mention … Ran a season best Daniel 24:44) at the Pac-12 Championships ... Had time in the 8k at the NCAA Inter-Regional UCLA’s third-best fi nish (86th, 24:14) at the with 24:19 to place 20th overall … Finished HERRERA Wisconsin Invite ... Th e Bruins’ No. 6 runner in fifth place to open the season at the Pico Rivera, Calif. (Cerritos College) (19th overall, 25:22) at the Pac-12 Preview Mustang Challenge with a time of 25:10.39 ... Won the Nevada Chase in a time of 15:48 … Ran a 25:28 at the Wisconsin adidas ... Athletic Director’s Honor Roll. Invitational.

CERRITOS COLLEGE - Competed for two years (2010 and 2011) at Cerritos College 2012 – Redshirted ... Athletic Director’s before transferring to UCLA ... Runner-up in state championships in the 5,000m and Honor roll ... Competed at the 2013 USA 10,000m in his freshman season ... Earned the state championship in both the 5,000 Cross Country Championships, placing and 10,000m as a sophomore ... Coached by John Goldman and Christian Cruz ... 5-10 • Sophomore 47th (26:29.6) in the Junior 8k. Set personal best marks in the 800m (1:51), 1,500m (3:46), 5,000m (14:14), and the 10,000m (30:00)m. Michael HIGH SCHOOL - Earned four varsity letters in both track and cross country at Willow HIGH SCHOOL - Earned varsity letters in track and in cross country at El Rancho HS MCCABE Glen HS ... Competed under Coach Victor ... Coached by Ray Elliot and Ty Wynn ... Won the Del Rio League Championship in San Jose, Calif. (Willow Glen) Santamaria ... Named the Mercury News the 3,200m in his junior year and was the league champion in both the 1,600m and Freshman of the Year in 2008 ... In his senior 3,200m in 2010 as a senior. season, he was voted to the CIF Central Coastal Section First Team for cross country and earned All-League honors ... Named PERSONAL - Born November 29, 1992 in Downey, CA ... Son of Jorge Herrera and team captain for track and cross country in 2012 ... Won the Division championship Ana Diaz ... Has two siblings, Edith and Soledad ... Lists winning the state titles at in track in 2012 for the 1,600m and 3,200m. Cerritos College as his biggest athletics thrills .. Statistics major. PERSONAL - Born June 4, 1994 in San Jose, CA ... Son of Mike and Ann McCabe ... Has 2013 - Competed in three races unattached three older brothers and one older sister, Tim (26), Cody (23), Joe (22) and Megan (24) for the Bruins … Ran a season best 24:26.6 ... Enjoys whitewater kayaking, hiking and golfi ng ... Pre-Business Economics major. at the Titan Invitational … Posted a 24:53.44 at the Dual at the Rose Bowl … Opened 2013 - Competed in four races for the Bruins his collegiate career with a 25:13.78 at the … Named Pac-12 All-Academic honorable Mustang Challenge. mention … Finished 10th at the Titan Invitational with a season best of 24:44.6 HIGH SCHOOL - Four-year letterman in … Finished ninth at the Dual at the Rose cross country and track and fi eld at Leland Bowl with a 25:21.97 … Came in 11th at HS ... Earned MVP honors all four years in the Mustang Challenge to open the season cross country, as well as three times in track with a 25:46.24. and fi eld ... Placed seventh at the 2012 State 5-5 • RS-Freshman DII championship aft er placing eighth in 2012 – Redshirted ... Athletic Director’s 2011 ... Earned All-Norcal, All-CCS and Honor Roll. Richard all-league honors his fi nal two seasons ... All-CCS and all-league as a sophomore ... 6-4 • Sophomore HIGH SCHOOL - Earned four varsity HO Named the Norcal Freshman of the Year letters in cross country and track at Hart and all-league in 2009. San Jose, Calif. (Leland) Austin HS ... Competed for the Indians under coaches Darren James and Larry David PERSONAL - Son of James Ho and Christine O’NEIL ... Earned bronze in the 800m at the 2012 Lin ... Has an older brother, Henry ... Career objective is to be a physical therapist ... Stevenson Ranch, Calif. (Hart) California State Indoor Track and Field Born January 18, 1995 in Taichung, Taiwan. Championships ... Set the Hart HS school record for the 800m (1:54.24) ... Earned All-Foothill League honors in both track and cross country ... All-CIF Division III in track his senior season ... Ran for the SCVAA Warriors Track Club as well as the

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SoCal Roadrunners Club in high school. 2013 - Was the top fi nisher for the Bruins in two of the four races as a sophomore … PERSONAL - Born November 7, 1993 in Stevenson Ranch, CA ... Son of Jim and Karen Named Pac-12 All-Academic honorable O’Neil ... Has a twin sister, Taylor ... Grandfather attended UCLA ... Undeclared major. mention … Won the Mustang Challenge with a time of 24:50.11 … Finished in UCLA - Has earned Athletic Director’s third with a season best time of 23:35 at Honor Roll accolades ... Competes on the the NCAA Inter-Regional … Came in 50th track team in the steeple. at the Pac-12 Championships with a time of 26:35 … Ran a 24:30 at the Wisconsin HIGH SCHOOL - Earned four varsity letters adidas Invitational. in cross country, three letters in track and one letter in soccer at El Toro HS ... 2009 2012 – UCLA’s No. 6 runner (171st, 31:19.4) cross country team captain ... Four-time 5-11 • Junior at the NCAA Championships and No. 5 all-county and all-league honoree for cross fi nisher (57th, 30:40) at NCAA Regionals ... country ... Also earned all-CIF and all-state Sergey No. 5 runner (34th overall, 24:25) at Pac-12 (was 14th in 2009) honors ... 2009 Runner of and No. 6 (200th, 24:46) at Wisconsin Invite the Year in cross country ... Was all-league SUSHCHIKH ... Th e Bruins’ No. 3 runner (12th, 25:02) at 5-11 • Senior in the 800m, mile and two-mile in track ... Santa Barbara, Calif. (Dos Pueblos) Pac-12 Preview ... Runner-up (15:58) at the 2010 Distance Athlete of the Year ... Named Nevada Chase. Jordan El Toro HS Athlete of the Year and Sea View League Athlete of the Year ... Helped the 2011 - Did not compete ... Athletic Director’s Honor Roll. SENKO 4xmile to a school record ... Top times of

Silverado, Calif. (El Toro) 1:56 in the 800m, 4:15 in the mile, 9:18 in the two-mile and 14:36 in the three-mile. HIGH SCHOOL - Earned four varsity letters in cross country and three in track for Dos Pueblos HS ... Placed fi ft h in the CA State Div. II cross country meet in 2011 ... Team captain in 2010 ... Two-time cross country league champion. PERSONAL - Born September 26, 1991 in Orange, CA ... Son of Stephen and Lillian Senko ... Has two brothers, Peter and Quinton and one sister, Kendall ...Biology major. PERSONAL - Born April 5, 1993 in St. Petersburg, Russia ... Son of Michael and HIGH SCHOOL - Attended Dos Pueblos Svetlana Sushchikh ... Has one sister, Ilya. High School in Goleta, Calif. … Lettered three times in cross country and track 2013 - Did not compete for the Bruins to and fi eld for coaches Len Miller and Chris redshirt the season. Molkoy … Garnered All-CIF accolades in 2013 and was an All-Channel League 2012 – Earned All-America and USTFCCCA selection in 2012 and 2013 … Named the All-Region honors ... The Bruins’ No. 1 Channel League MVP in 2013 … Was the fi nisher at the NCAA Championship (25th, team captain his senior season … Holds a 29:49.5), NCAA Regional (fi ft h, 29:46) and 5K personal best time of 15:23 … Has run Pac-12 (fi ft h, 23:33). . . Also UCLA’s No. 1 the 3,200m in 9:24 and the 1,600m in 4:24. runner at Wisconsin Invite (30th, 23:53) and Pac-12 Preview (fi ft h, 24:41). 5-9 • Freshman PERSONAL – Is the son of Mark and Cristi Smith … Named the Dos Pueblos Student 2011 - No. 5 runner at the Pac-12 meet Cole of the Year … Chose UCLA because of the 6-5 • RS-Junior (55th, 24:56) ... No. 2 fi nisher at the Aztec engineering department and the athletic SMITH Invite (2nd, 25:25) ... Also competed at tradition … Enjoys playing the guitar. Lane the Notre Dame Invite (77th, 25:13) and Goleta, Calif. (Dos Pueblos) WERLEY Wisconsin adidas Invite (146th, 25:05.8). 2013 - Competed in three races unattached Riverside, Calif. (Martin Luther King) HIGH SCHOOL - Earned four varsity for the Bruins … Ran a season best time letters in track and cross country at Martin of 24:22.4 at the Titan Invitational … Ran Luther King HS ... All-American in cross country ... Placed third at the CA State XC a 24:46.36 at the Dual at the Rose Bowl Meet ... League champion, city MVP and county record-holder for cross country ... … Opened the season with a 25:17 at the All-American in the 5000m ... Placed fourth in the 3200m at the CA State Meet ... Mustang Challenge. Two-time league champion in the 3200m ... All-CIF honoree in 3200m ... Prep bests of 4:13 in the 1600m, 8:53 in the 3200m and 14:31 in the 5000m. HIGH SCHOOL - Four-time cross country and track and fi eld letterman at St. John PERSONAL - Born April 28, 1993 in Riverside, CA ... Son of Ralph and Susan Werley Bosco HS ... Foot Locker National Finalist ... Has one brother and sister, Mark and Raelyn. in 2011 ... Two-time CIF Southern Section Division 3 cross country individual 5-7 • RS-Freshman champion ... In 2012-13, was named Dream Team Runner of the Year by the Long Beach Myles Press-Telegram and the Lakewood Youth Hall of Fame Athlete of the Year ... Two-time SMITH Trinty League champion in the 3200m ... Led

Lakewood, Calif. (St. John Bosco) his cross country team to two state and four league championships.

PERSONAL - Son of Arthur and Yvonne Smith ... Has three younger brothers (Payton, Brennan and Cole) and three sisters (Brianna, Lexxie and Leighton) ... Admires boxer and politician Manny Pacquiao ... Hobbies include soccer ... Lists his biggest athletic thrill as being named Lakewood Youth Hall of Fame Athlete of the Year ... Born July 21, 1995 in La Palma, Calif. ... Undeclared major.

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HIGH SCHOOL - Prepped at South Pasadena High School where he lettered four times in cross country and three times in track … Ran for cross country coach Patrick McGrail and track coach C.B. Richards … A two-time fi rst-team all-conference and all-area selection in cross country … Team MVP and Rio Hondo league champion in 2013 … Won the Rio Hondo league title in the 800, 1,600 and 3,200 meter races in 2014 … Won the 1,600 and 3,200m double at the Rio Hondo league meet in 2013 … 6-0 • Freshman Named the team captain in 2014 and won the team MVP award … Named the Long Distance Runner of the Year in 2013 … Has Josh run personal bests of 1:57 in the 800m, 4:25 WILSON in the 1,600m and 9:18 in the 3,200m … On the cross country course has run a 15:42 5K South Pasadena, Calif. (South Pasadena) and 15:11 three mile.

PERSONAL – Born February 22, 1996 … Son of Daniel Wilson Jr. and Michelle Th eard … Has two brothers named Andrew and Eric … Enjoys playing the guitar, watching movies, hiking and traveling.

2013 - Competed in three races for the Bruins … Named Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention … Had a season best time of 24:53 at the NCAA Inter-Regional … Came in fi ft h place at the Dual at the Rose Bowl with a time of 25:00.73 … Ran a 26:04.50 at the Titan Invitational.

2012 – No. 7 runner (44th, 24:47) at the Pac-12 Championships for UCLA ... UCLA’s No. 7 fi nisher (237th, 25:02) at Wisconsin Invite, No. 5 (16th, 25:10) at Pac-12 Preview 6-0 • Senior and No. 4 (fi ft h, 16:17) at Nevada Chase ... Athletic Director’s Honor Roll. Chase 2011 - Named Most Improved Runner on ZUKERMAN the men’s team ... No. 5 runner at the West Palos Verdes, Calif. (Palos Verdes) Regional (69th, 30:51) and Wisconsin adidas Invite (134th, 25:01.1) ... Was the No. 4 fi nisher at the Pac-12 meet (33rd, 24:18) and Stanford Invite (11th, 24:22) ... No. 2 runner at the Nevada Chase (4th, 19:57) ... Also competed at the Notre Dame Invite (62nd, 25:03) ... Athletic Director’s Honor Roll.

2010 - Redshirt season.

HIGH SCHOOL - Earned three varsity letters in track and cross country at Palos Verdes HS ... Named Athlete of the Year for his school ... Cross country team were CIF and state champions in 2009 ... Team fi nalist at Nike Cross Nationals ... Two-time All-Bay league cross country honoree ... 2009 all-CIF and all-area fi rst-team in cross country ... Prep bests of 2:00 in the 800m, 4:19 in the 1600m and 9:20 in the 3200m.

PERSONAL - Born June 16, 1992 in Beverly Hills, CA ... Son of Jeff rey and Barbra Zukerman ... Has one sister, Austin.

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2013 - Ran in two races for the Bruins … Named Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention … Finished 17th in the 5k at the NO Titan Invitational with a time of 18:21.1 … Came in fi ft h at the Dual at the Rose Bowl INFORMATION with a 6k time of 22:24.11. PROVIDED 2012 – Highest-placing Bruin (29th, 22.58.6) at the 2013 USA Cross Country Championships, Junior 6K ... Redshirted the season ... Athletics Director Honor Roll

5-8 • Sophomore HIGH SCHOOL - Earned four varsity letters 5-8 • Freshman in track and cross country, as well as two Rachel letters in soccer at La Reina HS ... Named Emily team captain in both track and cross country BRAJKOVICH for her junior and senior seasons ... Won the FIEBERLING Thousand Oaks, Calif. (La Reina) 2008 Team State Championship in cross Oakland, Calif. (Bishop O’Dowd) country ... Earned First Team All-League Honors in 2008 and 2009 for cross country and in 2010-12 for track. 2013 - Competed in four races for the Bruins … Named Pac-12 All-Academic honorable PERSONAL - Born March 28, 1994 in Newport Beach, CA ... Daughter of Tom and mention … Had a season best 5k time of Rita Brajkovich ... Has two sisters, Kelsea (21) and Ariana (15) ... Father attended 17:28 at the NCAA Inter-Regional, where UCLA ... Mathematics major. she placed 23rd … Finished in second place at the Mustang Challenge with a time 2013 - Competed in three races for the of 17:37.26 … Ran a season best 6k time Bruins … Named to the Pac-12 All- of 22:01 at the Wisconsin adidas Invite … Academic second team … Finished 13th Finished 87th at the Pac-12 Championships at the Titan Invitational with a season best with a time of 24:59. time in the 5k of 18:13.7 … Finished 12th at the Mustang Challenge with an 18:42.39 … 2012 – UCLA’s top runner at the 2013 Posted an 11th place fi nish at the Dual at the 5-4 • Senior USA Cross Country Championships (8K), Rose Bowl with a time of 22:42.06 in the 6k. placing 49th (29:55.5) ... Th e Bruins’ No. 2 Bronte runner at the NCAA Regional (38th, 20:42) ... Placed 29th at the Pac-12 Championships HIGH SCHOOL - Earned two letters each GOLICK in cross country and track and field at (20:36) as UCLA’s top fi nisher ... Placed 10th at the Pac-12 Preview (17:59) ... Recorded Santa Rosa HS ... 2010 North Bay League Mission Viejo, Calif. (Capistrano Valley) UCLA’s third-best fi nish at the Wisconsin 5-4 • Junior individual and team champion in cross country ... Cross country and track and Invite (86th, 20:45) ... Second-team Pac-12 Kelly fi eld team captain during her senior season. All-Academic ... Athletic Director’s Honor Roll.

BROOKS PERSONAL - Won the NIRCA Southwest 2011 - No. 6 runner at the West Regional (128th, 22:34) and No. 5 runner at Pac-12s (77th, 22:00) ... Was the top fi nisher for the women at the Titan Invite (11th, 18:02.4) Santa Rosa, Calif. (Santa Rosa) Regional cross country championship in 2012 ... Daughter of Rick and Mae Linn ... No. 4 runner at the Wisconsin adidas Invite (258th, 22;25.8), Notre Dame Invite Brooks ... Older sister Kimberly graduated (161st, 18:46) and Nevada Chase (12th, 19:41) ... Also ran at the Stanford Invite from UCLA in 2011 ... Born November 12, 1992 ... Applied Mathematics major. (107th, 22:46) ... Athletic Director’s Honor Roll.

HIGH SCHOOL - Earned four varsity letters in track and cross country for Capistrano HIGH SCHOOL - Prepped at Foothill High Valley HS ... All-league and all-county honoree. School in Santa Ana, Calif. … Lettered all four years in cross country and track for PERSONAL - Born January 14, 1993 in Honolulu, HI ... Daughter of Gregory and coach Matt Bell … An all-league selection Donna Golick ... Has one brother, Dean ... Majoring in Business/Economics. for three seasons in cross country … Team captain her senior season … Was the runner-up in the Century League Championships three years in a row … Helped lead Foothill to an Orange County team title in 2012 … Finished fourth at the CIF State Championships in 2010 … Has run personal bests of 2:19 in the 800m, 5-8 • Freshman 5:03 in the 1,600m and 10:50 in the 3,200m. Jessica PERSONAL – Born September 14, 1996 … Is the daughter of Christian and Kathleen CUSHING-MURRAY Cushing-Murray … Has two brothers

Santa Monica, Calif. (Foothill) named Nathaniel and Zachary and one sister named Rebecca … Enjoys going to the beach, surfi ng and snowboarding.

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2013 - Finished 27th at the Dual at the Rose 2013 - Competed in four races for the Bowl in the 6k with a time of 25:55.14 in her Bruins … Finished 26th at the NCAA only race of the season. Inter-Regional with a 5k time of 17:29 … Ran a season best in the 6k at the NCAA HIGH SCHOOL - Placed sixth in the 800m at West Regional, where she placed 76th with a the 2010 USATF Junior Olympics National time of 21:01 … Finished 53rd at the Pac-12 Championship ... Th ree-year letterwinner Championships with a time of 23:27. in cross country and four-year letterwinner in track and fi eld at Santa Rosa HS ... Broke 2012 – Finished second (19:26) in open a 17-year-old school record in the 800m, competition (5K) at the Pac-12 Preview. running 2:11.91 in 2013 ... 2013 Press Democrat Athlete of the Year ... Named the 2011 - Competed at the Pac-12 meet (106th, 5-7 • RS-Freshman Santa Rosa HS Athlete of the Year in 2012- 5-6 • Senior 23:26) ... No. 3 runner for the women at 13 ... Earned 2011 Redwood All-Empire the Titan Invite (16th, 18:10.0) and Bronco Alimatu-Sadia Track and Field Girl Athlete of the Year Meghan Invite (95th, 18:30.5) ... No. 5 runner at honors ... 2011 North Coast Section CIF the Aztec Invite (17th, 19:24.6) ... Also IBRAHIM 800m champion ... Th ree-time Redwood MARVIN competed at the Stanford Invite (239th, Salaga, Ghana (Santa Rosa) Empire champion and CIF State qualifi er in Clovis, Calif. (Clovis) 24:47). the 800m ... Received Redwood All-Empire fi rst-team honors from 2010-13. 2010 - Redshirt season ... Athletic Director’s Honor Roll.

PERSONAL - Lists her biggest athletic thrill as winning the CIF North Coast Section HIGH SCHOOL - Earned four varsity letters in track and cross country at Clovis HS 800m fi nal and qualifying three times for the CIF Track and Field State meet ...... Earned all-league honors in cross country and track all four years of high school Admires , Dawn Harper, Alysia Montano and ...... Th ree-time all-valley honoree for cross country and two-time honoree for track ... Hobbies include running, reading, listening to music and movies ... Born Sept. 27, Set the school record in the 3200m and 5k ... Two-time team captain for cross country 1994 in Salaga, Ghana ... Daughter of Ibrahim and Colleen Adamu ... Has an older and 2009 track and fi eld captain ... All-state honoree in 2007 ... Cross country team sister, Ummu, and two younger brothers, Rasheed and Razak ... Biology major. placed fourth at the 2006 CA State meet and won the Valley title ... Top times of 5:02 in the 1600m, 10:40 in the 3200m and 17:33 in the 5k.

2013 - Ran a season best 5k of 18:08 at the PERSONAL - Born December 26, 1991 in Clovis, CA ... Daughter of Rod and Judy NCAA Inter-Regional for a 72nd place fi nish Marvin ... Has one brother, Scott and two sisters, Brittany and Maddy ... English major. … Finished 14th at the Titan Invitational with a time of 18:14.5 … Ran the 6k in 23:06.62 at the Dual at the Rose Bowl for a 14th place fi nish. 2013 - Named Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention … Finished in fifth 2012 – UCLA’s No. 5 runner (39th, 19:02.0) place at the NCAA Inter-Regional with a at the Titan Invite ... Placed 15th (20:52) in time of 16:53 in the 5k … Came in 51st at the the open division (5k) at the Pac-12 Preview. Wisconsin adidas Invite with a 6k season- best time of 20:40 … Finished 18th at the Pac-12 Championships with a time of 22:19. 2011 - Redshirt season. 5-6 • Senior 2012 – UCLA’s No. 4 runner at the NCAA HIGH SCHOOL - Earned four varsity Regional (46th, 20:50) ... Recorded Ava letters in track and cross country at Orange the Bruins’ No. 2 finish at the Pac-12 KENT Lutheran HS ... 2011 XC team captain ... Championships (31st, 21:17) and Pac-12 Two-time all-county honoree and four-time 5-7 • Senior Preview (12th, 18:02) ... Finished No. 5 Costa Mesa, Calif. (Orange Lutheran) all-league honoree in track ... 2011 Trinity for UCLA at the Wisconsin Invite (143rd, League cross country champion and CIF 21:03) ... Athletics Director Honor Roll. qualifi er ... 2010 CA State meet qualifi er ... Track MVP ... 2009 3200m league champion Annie ... Cross country won a CA State Div. III championship and were two-tiem runner-ups MOONEY ... Prep bests of 2:19 in 800m, 4:56 in 1600m and 11:14 in 3200m. 2011 - No. 4 runner for the women at Templeton, Calif. (Mission College Prep) the West Regional (96th, 22:08) ... No. 2 runner at the Pac-12 meet (61st, 21:40) and PERSONAL - Born July 27, 1993 in Fountain Valley, CA ... Daughter of Nigel and Wisconsin adidas Invite (230th, 22:08.0) Michelle Kent ... Has one brother and sister, Christian and Nicole ... Biology major. ... No. 5 runner at the Notre Dame Invite (168th, 18:49) ... Was the No. 3 runner at both the Aztec Invite (9th, 19:01.3) and Stanford Invite (57th, 22:04) ... Athletic Director’s Honor Roll.

HIGH SCHOOL - Earned four varsity letters in track and cross country at Mission College Preparatory ... Also played varsity soccer for three years ... High school cross country team won three CIF Central Section crowns ... Th ree-time state runner-up in cross country, and placed third in 2009 ... 1600m county champion in 2011.

PERSONAL - Born February 27, 1993 in Salt Lake City, Utah ... Daughter of Mark and Heidi Mooney ... Mom, cousin and uncle all attended UCLA ... Has one brother, Jack, and two sisters, Katie (who attends Stanford) and Tricia (a student at Cal).

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HIGH SCHOOL - Attended Scotts Valley 2013 - Competed in four races in her fi rst High School in Scotts Valley, Calif. … year for the Bruins … Finished 71st at the Lettered four times in track and cross NCAA Inter-Regional with a time of 18:08 country for coach Douglas Chase … in the 5k … Ran a season best in the 6k at Named MVP her senior year in track and the NCAA West Regional for a 59th place in cross country … Was the team captain fi nish in 20:51 … Finished 60th at the Pac- her senior year … Placed second at the 12 Championships with a time of 23:45. CCS Championships in cross country … Finished fourth in the CCS fi nals in the 2012 (SMU) - Was a fi rst-team all-conference 3,200m … Ran a personal best in cross and all-region competitor at SMU ... country of 17:58 in the 5K … Posted a Earned Freshman of the Meet honors at personal best time of 5:09 in the 1,600m. the Conference USA Championships, 5-4 • Freshman 5-8 • Junior placing fourth in 17:03.9 ... Finished 17th PERSONAL – Born March 18, 1995 … Is at the NCAA South Central Region Cross Valerie the daughter of Fran Jo Morrison … Has Ashlee Country Championships ... Placed 13th in one sister named Alona … Moved to the her fi rst career meet at the Baylor Twilight MORRISON United State from Ukraine at the age of 11 POWERS Classic (4K), fi nishing in 14:17.7... Finished

Scotts Valley, Calif. (Scotts Valley) … Her uncle Keith attended UCLA … Plans Newport Beach, Calif. (SMU) in third place at the University of Texas- to major in political science. Arlington Invitational in 10:54.8 ... Finished second at the Ken Garland Invitational (5k) at the University of North Texas with a time of 17:03.71... Eighth at the Notre Dame 2013 - Competed in fi ve races during her Invitational (5K), crossing the line in 16:48.4 ... Selected SMU’s Most Inspirational sophomore year for the Bruins … Clenched Runner. a third place fi nish at the Titan Invitational with a 5k time of 17:34.3 … Came in ninth HIGH SCHOOL - Team captain and team Most Valuable Runner at Corona del at the Mustang Challenge with a time of Mar HS during her junior and senior seasons ... Helped lead her team to two state 18:33.36 … Ran a season best 6k time of championships and a 10th-place national fi nish at the 2009 Nike Cross Nationals ... 22:31.92 at the Dual at the Rose Bowl for Participated in the FootLocker Regionals her senior year. a sixth place fi nish … Finished 93rd at the Pac-12 Championships with a time of 25:48. PERSONAL - Hobbies include cooking, camping, hiking, reading inspiring/motivating books, going to museums and going to the beach ... Admires runners Sara and Ryan 2012 - Placed 104th (23:58) at the Pac-12 Hall ... Daughter of Derrick and Vanessa Powers ... Has two sisters, Melanie and Championships ... UCLA’s No. 1 runner Raquel ... Is related to former NBA player Brian Scalabrine ... Born December 22, 5-3 • Junior at the Bronco Invite (17:55.5) ... Finished 1993 ... Economics major. seventh (19:47) in the open division (5k) at Jen the Pac-12 Preview. 2013 - Competed in three races … Ran a OWEN 2011 - Did not compete ... Athletic Director’s season best time of 18:00.0 in the 5k at the Santa Clarita, Calif. (West Ranch) Honor Roll. Titan Invitational … Ran the 6k in 22:34.97 at the Dual at the Rose Bowl. HIGH SCHOOL - Earned four varsity letters in cross country and track at West Ranch HS ... Two-time Female Track Athlete of the Year for her school and three-time track HIGH SCHOOL - Lettered four years in cross team MVP ... 2010 team captain for XC team ...Two-time XC team MVP ... Helped country and in track and fi eld at Tesoro HS her cross country team be the fi rst sport from her high school to compete at the state ... Won South Coast League championship meet ... In track, was league champion in the 1600m and placed fourth at the 2010 and led her team to a second-place fi nish at state meet (fi rst athlete from West Ranch HS to place at state) ... Set a league record the CIF Southern Section Championship in in the 800m and holds school records in the 800m, 1600m, 3200m and mile ... Also 2012 ... Sea View League champion in 2011 a member of several school record-breaking relays ... Was a state fi nalist in the 800m and earned Orange County Register All- in 2011 ... Prep bests of 2:10.63 in the 800m, 4:52.45 in the 1600m, 10:57.46 in the 5-6 • RS-Freshman County fi rst-team honors ... Earned Orange 3200m and 4:59.58 in the mile. County Register Female Cross Country Emily Athlete of the Week honors and was ESPN LA’s Female Athlete of the Week for 10-19- PERSONAL - Born April 3, 1993 in Los Angeles, CA ... Daughter of Jeff rie and Lourdes SCHARMANN 10 ... Placed First in the Division 1 Girls Owen ... Dad attended UCLA ... Has one brother, James. Trabuco Canyon, Calif. (Tesoro) Varsity Sweeps Race at OC Championships in 2010 ... Won the South Coast League 3200 Championship in 2012.

PERSONAL - Parents are Kurt and Lisa Scharmann ... Has an older brother, Kelby, and a younger sister, Molly ... Listed leading her team to the title of OC Champs while winning the individual title as her greatest athletic thrill ... Hobbies include reading and listening to music ... Full name is Emily Anne Scharmann ... Psychology major.

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2013 - Finished the Titan Invitational with HIGH SCHOOL - Prepped at Pine Creek a season best in the 5k of 17:59.8 … Ran the High School in Colorado Springs, Colo. 6k at the Dual at the Rose Bowl in a time … Lettered four times in cross country of 22:37.57. and track for coach Max Oliver … Helped lead Pine Creek to a league title in four HIGH SCHOOL - Four-year letterwinner in straight seasons … KOAA TV Athlete of both cross country and track and fi eld at Mt. the week (2011) … Rim Rock Invitational Carmel HS ... Th ree-time State qualifi er, all- Champions (2010-2014) … Kansas Track league honoree and MVP in cross country Invitational Champions (2014) and a state ... Finished 14th at the State meet as a senior qualifi er (2010-2014) … Finished third in in a personal-best time of 18:19 ... Also Nike Cross Regionals … Competed at Nike earned a Top 25 State fi nish as a freshman ... Cross Nationals … Liberty Bell Invitational Champions (2010-2014) … Finished second 5-6 • RS-Freshman Awarded fi rst-team All-CIF as a senior and 5-1 • Freshman second-team as a freshman ... Received High at state for track (2014) … Finished third at Sabrina School Sports Association Scholar-Athlete state for cross country (2013) … Named an scholarship and was named the Mt. Carmel Katie Academic All-State recipient (2010-2014), SEAY Scholar-Athlete of the Year in 2012-13 ... In SERED Rotary Scholar, Coaches Award recipient track and fi eld, she was a State qualifi er in and Eagle Honor Award recipient. San Diego, Calif. (Mt. Carmel) Colorado Springs, Colo. (Pine Creek) the 1600 in 2013 and fi nished third overall in CIF ... Owns the school record in the 3200 PERSONAL – Born June 28, 1996 … with a 10:45.9 ... Qualifi ed for States in the 4x400 as a sophomore. Daughter of David and Tracy Sered … Twin sister Gabby runs on the team as well … Has another sister named Allie and a brother named Jack … Lists her biggest PERSONAL - Hobbies include hiking, reading and listening to music ... Played soccer athletic thrill to date as competing at the Cross Country Nationals in Portland, Ore., for eight years ... Admires Steve Prefontaine ... Born February 25, 1995 in San Diego with her high school team … Enjoys running, shopping, hiking, exploring, traveling ... Daughter of Robert and Alicia Seay ... Has an older sister, Rachel ... Majoring in and watching movies. Integrative Biology & Physiology.

2013 - Finished 11th at the Titan Invitational with a 5k time of 18:06.5 … Came in 10th HIGH SCHOOL – Attended Pine Creek High at the Dual at the Rose Bowl in the 6k with School in Colorado Springs, Colo. … Earned 22:36.50. four letters in cross country and track under coach Max Oliver … League Champions 2010-2014 … KOAA TV Athlete of the HIGH SCHOOL - Lettered as a freshman Week (2011) … Rim Rock Invitational and senior in cross country at Desert Ridge Champions (2010-2014) … Kansas Track HS and was also a three-year letterwinner Invitational Champions (2014) … State in track & fi eld and one-time letterwinner Qualifi er (2010-2014) … Placed third in in volleyball ... Named her school’s female Nike Cross Regionals … Competed at Nike athlete of the year in 2011 and was voted Cross Nationals … Liberty Bell Invitational Most Athletic Girl in her class ... Earned Champions (2010-2014) … Finished second 5-4 • Sophomore first-team All-Tribune honors in cross at state for track (2014) … Finished third at country in 2012 ... Named Female MVP 5-2 • Freshman state for cross country (2013) … Academic Aliya in cross country in 2011 and in track & All State recipient (2010-2014), Rotary fi eld in 2010 and 2011 ... Team Captain her Gabby Scholar, Coaches Award recipient, Eagle SHIRIF senior year of cross country ... Broke school records in 3200 (11:39.98), 1600 (5:13.16), SERED Honor Award recipient. Mesa, Ariz. (Desert Ridge) 800 (2:19.11), 4x800, and 4x400. Colorado Springs, Colo. (Pine Creek) PERSONAL – Born June 28, 1996 … Daughter of David and Tracy Sered … Twin PERSONAL - Daughter of Tarik and Jacqueline Shirif ... Has an older brother, Amir, sister Katie runs on the team as well … Has another sister named Allie and a brother who runs for UC Irvine, and a younger sister, Amani ... Hobbies include hiking, named Jack … Lists her biggest athletic thrill to date as competing at the Cross traveling, and swimming ... Describes her greatest athletic thrill as trying out for Country Nationals in Portland, Ore. … Enjoys hanging out with friends and family. and making the UCLA track and Cross Country teams ... Born May 23, 1994 in Burnsville, Minnesota ... Undeclared major whose career objective is to be an occupational therapist.

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2013 - Was the top fi nisher for the Bruins 2013 - Ran in fi ve races for the Bruins … in every race she competed in … Garnered Ran a season best 5k at the NCAA Inter USTFCCCA All-Region honors after Regional for a 53rd place fi nish with a time placing 11th at the NCAA West Regional of 17:53 … Finished seventh at the Mustang Championship in a time of 19:46 in the Challenge in a time of 18:29.42 … Ran a 6k 6k … Th e 11th place fi nish at the regional season best at the NCAA West Regional in meet was the best fi nish for a Bruin on the a time of 21:33 … Came in third at the Dual women’s team since 2006 … Earned All- at the Rose Bowl in 21:57.03 … Finished Pac-12 fi rst-team accolades aft er fi nishing 45th at the Pac-12 Championships in a seventh at the Pac-12 Championships in time of 23:13. a 6k time of 21:27 … Th e seventh place fi nish was the best for a Bruin since 2005 2012 - Placed 92nd (21:32) at the NCAA 5-6 • Senior … Named Pac-12 All-Academic honorable 5-3 • Senior Regional ... UCLA’s No. 2 runner (37th, mention … Opened the season with a win 17:57.2) at the Bronco Invite ... Placed 43rd Kelsey at the Mustang Challenge with a 5k time Sierra (19:24) at the Pac-12 Preview ... Finished of 17:01.56 … Placed third in the 5k at the 20th (13:39) at the Nevada Chase ... Athletic SMITH NCAA Inter-Regional with a time of 16:40 VEGA Director’s Honor Roll. … Finished 35th in the 6k at the Wisconsin South Lake Tahoe, Calif. (South Tahoe) Tustin, Calif. (Chaparral/Foothill) adidas Invitational with a time of 20:27. 2011 - Redshirted the season.

2012 - UCLA’s No. 3 runner (45th, 20:50) at the NCAA Regional and Pac-12 2010 - Named ‘Most Inspirational Runner’ for the women’s team ... No. 1 runner at Championships (32nd, 21:18) ... Had UCLA’s top fi nish (45th, 20:06) at the Wisconsin the West Regional (41st, 21:06.32) ... No. 2 runner in four of UCLA’s meets - Pac-10s Invite ... Placed 15th overall and was third for UCLA at the Pac-12 Preview (18:10) (20th, 20:37.96), Pre-Nationals (61st, 21:22.5), Notre Dame Invite (38th, 17:23) and ... Finished in fourth place at the Nevada Chase (12:08) ... Honorable Mention Pac- Stanford Invite (9th, 21:02) ... No. 3 runner at the CSUF Season Opener (3rd, 22:07.0) 12 All-Academic. ... Qualifed for the World Junior U.S. cross country team.

2011 - Named Most Improved Runner for the women’s team ... No. 2 runner for the HIGH SCHOOL - Earned four varsity letters in cross country and track at Chaparral women at the West Regional (79th, 21:56) and Nevada Chase (9th, 19:28) ... Was HS (2006-2008) and Foothill HS (2008-2010) ... Broke her mother’s 29-year old the No. 3 fi nisher at the Pac-12 meet (62nd, 21:41), Wisconsin adidas Invite (244th, school record in the 3200m at Foothill HS (10:23/also a Seaview League record) ... 22:18.6) and Notre Dame Invite (140th, 18:35) ... No. 4 runner at the Stanford Invite Placed ninth at the 2009 CA State Cross Country meet and was fi rst at the CIF-SS (83rd, 22:28) ... Athletic Director’s Honor Roll. Prelims ... Was the 2010 Seaview League champion in the 3200m, runner-up at the CIF-SS fi nals, third at the Masters Meet and fi ft h at the state meet (all-state honoree) 2010 - Redshirt season ... Athletic Director’s Honor Roll. ... 2009 Seaview League cross country champion ... Placed 10th in the CA State meet for cross country in 2008 and was 11th in 2007 ... 2008 Seaview League champion HIGH SCHOOL - Four-year varsity letterwinner in track and cross country for South for cross country. Tahoe HS ... Two-time team captain for cross country ... Four-time South Tahoe HS Most Valuable Runner ... Th ree-time Nevada state champion ... Th ree-time Gatorade PERSONAL - Born September 24,1992 in Orange County, CA ... Daughter of Mario Nevada Runner of the Year ... Th ree-time all-state academic honoree in track and and Patience Vega ... Has one brother, Sebastian, and two sisters, Santanna and cross country ... NIAA Top Ten Student-Athlete ... South Tahoe HS Female Athlete Sidonia ... Pre-History major. of the Year in 2010 ... Two-time Tahoe Daily Tribune Female Athlete of the Year ... Four-time Junior Olympic All-American ... Four-time fi rst-team all-state ... In track, was a three-time Track Athlete of the Year for her high school ... Was the 2008 Nevada state champion in the 1600m and 3200m ... Also won a regional 1600m crown in HIGH SCHOOL - Attended Arcadia High 2008 ... Top times of 5:05 in the 1600m, 10:54 in the 3200m, 14:45 in the 4k, 16:55 in School in Arcadia, Calif. … Earned seven the three-mile, 18:11 in the 5k and 22:31 in the 6k. letters at Arcadia between cross country and track … Has run personal bests of 4:54 PERSONAL - Born November 5, 1991 in South Lake Tahoe, CA ... Daughter of in the 1,600m and 10:45 in the 3,200m … Douglas and Valerie Smith ... Has one sister, Kira ... Microbiology, Immunology and Named the Sports Woman of the Year … Molecular Genetics major. Won the Pacifi c League title in cross country … Placed ninth at the CIF Cross Country Championships in division I … Named the Most Valuable Runner.

PERSONAL – Born October 25, 1996 … Is 5-6 • Freshman the daughter of Michael and Kathy Yamane … Has one brother named Daniel and three Roni sisters named Eryca, Becky and Jessica … Admires UCLA great and Marathon YAMANE champion Meb Kefl ezighi and American

Arcadia, Calif. (Arcadia) record holder … Plans to major in psychobiology.

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MUSTANG CHALLENGE (8k) WISCONSIN ADIDAS INVITATIONAL (8k) Time Name Event Date Finish Time Name Event Date Finish 1. 24:50.11 Sergey Sushchikh Mustang Challenge Sept. 21 1 1. 23:59 Nick Hartle Wisconsin adidas Invite Oct. 19 47 2 25:02.30 Nick Hartle Mustang Challenge Sept. 21 UN 2. 24:30 Sergey Sushchikh Wisconsin adidas Invite Oct. 19 122 3. 25:08.61 N. Cushing-Murray Mustang Challenge Sept. 21 3 3. 24:30 Daniel Herrera Wisconsin adidas Invite Oct. 19 123 4. 25:09.76 Daniel De La Torre Mustang Challenge Sept. 21 UN 4. 24:39 Ferdinand Edman Wisconsin adidas Invite Oct. 19 151 5. 25:10.16 Patrick Douglas Mustang Challenge Sept. 21 4 5. 24:43 Patrick Douglas Wisconsin adidas Invite Oct. 19 164 6. 25:10.39 Michael McCabe Mustang Challenge Sept. 21 5 6. 25:06 Zack Torres Wisconsin adidas Invite Oct. 19 203 7. 25:13.78 Richard Ho Mustang Challenge Sept. 21 UN 7. 25:28 Michael McCabe Wisconsin adidas Invite Oct. 19 217 8. 25:17.00 Myles Smith Mustang Challenge Sept. 21 UN 9. 25:19.99 Jacob Wood Mustang Challenge Sept. 21 7 TITAN INVITATIONAL (8k) 10. 25:43.09 Sean Davis Mustang Challenge Sept. 21 UN Time Name Event Date Finish 11. 25:46.24 Austin O’Neil Mustang Challenge Sept. 21 11 1. 24:22.4 Myles Smith Titan Invitational Oct. 25 4 12. 25:50.23 Zack Torres Mustang Challenge Sept. 21 14 2. 24:26.6 Richard Ho Titan Invitational Oct. 25 5 13. 25:54.36 Max Davis Mustang Challenge Sept. 21 UN 3. 24:41.8 Sean Davis Titan Invitational Oct. 25 8 14. 26:25.72 Nolan Dickson Mustang Challenge Sept. 21 27 4. 24:44.6 Austin O’Neil Titan Invitational Oct. 25 10 5. 25:00.9 Max Davis Titan Invitational Oct. 25 14 NCAA INTER-REGIONAL JAMBOREE (8k) 6. 25:14.2 Nolan Dickson Titan Invitational Oct. 25 17 Time Name Event Date Finish 7. 25:25.9 N. Cushing-Murray Titan Invitational Oct. 25 20 1. 23:35 Sergey Sushchikh NCAA Inter-Regional Oct. 4 3 8. 26:04.5 Chase Zukerman Titan Invitational Oct. 25 39 2 23:52 Daniel Herrera NCAA Inter-Regional Oct. 4 9 9. 27:47.0 Blake Myers Titan Invitational Oct. 25 83 3. 23:54 Nick Hartle NCAA Inter-Regional Oct. 4 11 10. 28:16.9 Philip MacQuitty Titan Invitational Oct. 25 89 4. 24:00 Patrick Douglas NCAA Inter-Regional Oct. 4 15 5. 24:07 Dustin Fay NCAA Inter-Regional Oct. 4 16 6. 24:19 Michael McCabe NCAA Inter-Regional Oct. 4 20 PAC-12 CHAMPIONSHIPS (8k) 7. 24:36 Zack Torres NCAA Inter-Regional Oct. 4 26 Time Name Event Date Finish 8. 24:47 Jonah Diaz NCAA Inter-Regional Oct. 4 38 1. 25:33 Nick Hartle Pac-12 Championships Nov. 2 14 9. 24:53 Chase Zukerman NCAA Inter-Regional Oct. 4 43 2. 25:54 Daniel Herrera Pac-12 Championships Nov. 2 23 10. 24:54 Jacob Wood NCAA Inter-Regional Oct. 4 44 3. 26:14 Ferdinand Edman Pac-12 Championships Nov. 2 36 11. 25:03 N. Cushing-Murray NCAA Inter-Regional Oct. 4 52 4. 26:19 Nohe Lema Pac-12 Championships Nov. 2 40 12. 25:19 Austin O’Neil NCAA Inter-Regional Oct. 4 68 5. 26:20 Patrick Douglas Pac-12 Championships Nov. 2 41 6. 26:21 Zack Torres Pac-12 Championships Nov. 2 44 DUAL AT THE ROSE BOWL (8k) 7. 26:35 Sergey Sushchikh Pac-12 Championships Nov. 2 50 8. 27:01 Daniel De La Torre Pac-12 Championships Nov. 2 58 Time Name Event Date Finish 9. 27:11 Jacob Wood Pac-12 Championships Nov. 2 61 1. 24:22.68 Daniel De La Torre Dual at the Rose Bowl Oct. 11 1 10. 27:34 Jonah Diaz Pac-12 Championships Nov. 2 67 2. 24:46.36 Myles Smith Dual at the Rose Bowl Oct. 11 2 3. 24:53.44 Richard Ho Dual at the Rose Bowl Oct. 11 4 4. 25:00.73 Chase Zukerman Dual at the Rose Bowl Oct. 11 5 NCAA WEST REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS (10k) 5. 25:12.15 N. Cushing-Murray Dual at the Rose Bowl Oct. 11 8 Time Name Event Date Finish 6. 25:21.97 Austin O’Neil Dual at the Rose Bowl Oct. 11 9 1. 30:18 Nohe Lema NCAA West Regional Nov. 15 21 7. 25:26.20 Max Davis Dual at the Rose Bowl Oct. 11 10 2. 30:29 Nick Hartle NCAA West Regional Nov. 15 26 8. 25:34.12 Nolan Dickson Dual at the Rose Bowl Oct. 11 11 3. 30:37 Dustin Fay NCAA West Regional Nov. 15 34 4. 30:51 Daniel Herrera NCAA West Regional Nov. 15 48 5. 31:04 Patrick Douglas NCAA West Regional Nov. 15 58 6. 31:22 Ferdinand Edman NCAA West Regional Nov. 15 70 7. 31:55 Zack Torres NCAA West Regional Nov. 15 96

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MUSTANG CHALLENGE (5k) WISCONSIN ADIDAS INVITATIONAL (6k) Time Name Event Date Finish Time Name Event Date Finish 1. 17:01.56 Kelsey Smith Mustang Challenge Sept. 21 1 1. 20:27 Kelsey Smith Wisconsin adidas Invite Oct. 19 35 2 17:37.26 Bronte Golick Mustang Challenge Sept. 21 2 2. 20:40 Annie Mooney Wisconsin adidas Invite Oct. 19 51 3. 18:01.39 Annabel Clarke Mustang Challenge Sept. 21 4 3. 21:36 Meghan Marvin Wisconsin adidas Invite Oct. 19 163 4. 18:25.55 Elle Sanders Mustang Challenge Sept. 21 6 4. 21:56 Annabel Clarke Wisconsin adidas Invite Oct. 19 202 5. 18:26.40 Sabrina Seay Mustang Challenge Sept. 21 UN 5. 22:01 Bronte Golick Wisconsin adidas Invite Oct. 19 208 6. 18:29.42 Sierra Vega Mustang Challenge Sept. 21 7 6. 22:03 Paige Tennison Wisconsin adidas Invite Oct. 19 212 7. 18:31.83 Lyndsey Mull Mustang Challenge Sept. 21 8 7. 22:24 Elle Sanders Wisconsin adidas Invite Oct. 19 231 8. 18:33.36 Jen Owen Mustang Challenge Sept. 21 9 8. 22:41 Ashlee Powers Wisconsin adidas Invite Oct. 19 263 9. 18:34.30 Paige Tennison Mustang Challenge Sept. 21 10 9. 23:08 Paisley Pettway Wisconsin adidas Invite Oct. 19 279 10. 18:38.73 Nicole Evans Mustang Challenge Sept. 21 11 11. 18:42.39 Kelly Brooks Mustang Challenge Sept. 21 12 12. 18:44.35 Amber Murakami Mustang Challenge Sept. 21 14 TITAN INVITATIONAL (5k) 13. 18:54.49 Kristina Rivera Mustang Challenge Sept. 21 19 Time Name Event Date Finish 14 19:02.24 Emily Scharmann Mustang Challenge Sept. 21 UN 1. 17:34.3 Jen Owen Titan Invitational Oct. 25 3 15. 19:05.28 Paisley Pettway Mustang Challenge Sept. 21 22 2. 17:49.8 Paisley Pettway Titan Invitational Oct. 25 6 16. 19:21.25 Caitlin Schmitt Mustang Challenge Sept. 21 27 3. 17:59.8 Sabrina Seay Titan Invitational Oct. 25 9 4. 18:00.0 Emily Scharmann Titan Invitational Oct. 25 10 5. 18:06.5 Aliya Shirif Titan Invitational Oct. 25 11 NCAA INTER-REGIONAL JAMBOREE (5k) 6. 18:13.7 Kelly Brooks Titan Invitational Oct. 25 13 Time Name Event Date Finish 7. 18:14.5 Ava Kent Titan Invitational Oct. 25 14 1. 16:40 Kelsey Smith NCAA Inter-Regional Oct. 4 3 8. 18:21.1 Rachel Brajkovich Titan Invitational Oct. 25 17 2 16:53 Annie Mooney NCAA Inter-Regional Oct. 4 5 9. 18:32.6 Nicole Evans Titan Invitational Oct. 25 24 3. 17:23 Elle Sanders NCAA Inter-Regional Oct. 4 20 10. 18:57.5 Kristina Rivera Titan Invitational Oct. 25 37 4. 17:28 Bronte Golick NCAA Inter-Regional Oct. 4 23 11. 19:04.5 Caitlin Schmitt Titan Invitational Oct. 25 38 5. 17:29 Meghan Marvin NCAA Inter-Regional Oct. 4 26 12. 19:08.1 Merissa Kado Titan Invitational Oct. 25 42 6. 17:40 Annabel Clarke NCAA Inter-Regional Oct. 4 36 13. 19:18.3 Amber Murakami Titan Invitational Oct. 25 49 7. 17:50 Paige Tennison NCAA Inter-Regional Oct. 4 47 8. 17:53 Sierra Vega NCAA Inter-Regional Oct. 4 53 9. 18:08 Ashlee Powers NCAA Inter-Regional Oct. 4 71 PAC-12 CHAMPIONSHIPS (6k) 10. 18:08 Ava Kent NCAA Inter-Regional Oct. 4 72 Time Name Event Date Finish 11. 18:25 Nicole Evans NCAA Inter-Regional Oct. 4 91 1. 21:27 Kelsey Smith Pac-12 Championships Nov. 2 7 12. 18:42 Jen Owen NCAA Inter-Regional Oct. 4 103 2. 22:19 Annie Mooney Pac-12 Championships Nov. 2 18 3. 23:13 Sierra Vega Pac-12 Championships Nov. 2 45 4. 23:27 Meghan Marvin Pac-12 Championships Nov. 2 53 DUAL AT THE ROSE BOWL (6k) 5. 23:45 Ashlee Powers Pac-12 Championships Nov. 2 60 Time Name Event Date Finish 6. 24:16 Annabel Clarke Pac-12 Championships Nov. 2 77 1. 21:57.03 Sierra Vega Dual at the Rose Bowl Oct. 11 3 7. 24:27 Paige Tennison Pac-12 Championships Nov. 2 79 2. 22:19.16 Paisley Pettway Dual at the Rose Bowl Oct. 11 4 8. 24:59 Elle Sanders Pac-12 Championships Nov. 2 86 3. 22:24.11 Rachel Brajkovich Dual at the Rose Bowl Oct. 11 5 9. 24:59 Bronte Golick Pac-12 Championships Nov. 2 87 4. 22:31.92 Jen Owen Dual at the Rose Bowl Oct. 11 6 10. 25:48 Jen Owen Pac-12 Championships Nov. 2 93 5. 22:34.43 Kristina Rivera Dual at the Rose Bowl Oct. 11 7 6. 22:34.97 Emily Scharmann Dual at the Rose Bowl Oct. 11 9 7. 22:36.50 Aliya Shirif Dual at the Rose Bowl Oct. 11 10 NCAA WEST REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS (6k) 8. 22:37.57 Sabrina Seay Dual at the Rose Bowl Oct. 11 11 Time Name Event Date Finish 9. 22:42.06 Kelly Brooks Dual at the Rose Bowl Oct. 11 12 1. 19:46 Kelsey Smith NCAA West Regional Nov. 15 11 10. 22:56.45 Nicole Evans Dual at the Rose Bowl Oct. 11 13 2. 20:51 Ashlee Powers NCAA West Regional Nov. 15 59 11. 23:06.62 Ava Kent Dual at the Rose Bowl Oct. 11 14 3. 21:01 Meghan Marvin NCAA West Regional Nov. 15 76 12. 23:12.10 Amber Murakami Dual at the Rose Bowl Oct. 11 15 4. 21:04 Annie Mooney NCAA West Regional Nov. 15 82 13. 23:33.78 Caitlin Schmitt Dual at the Rose Bowl Oct. 11 16 5. 21:26 Elle Sanders NCAA West Regional Nov. 15 102 14. 24:05.66 Merissa Kado Dual at the Rose Bowl Oct. 11 17 6. 21:33 Sierra Vega NCAA West Regional Nov. 15 112 15. 24:51.48 Lyndsey Mull Dual at the Rose Bowl Oct. 11 21 7. 21:48 Annabel Clarke NCAA West Regional Nov. 15 131 16. 25:55.14 Sadia Ibrahim Dual at the Rose Bowl Oct. 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NCAA TEAM APPEARANCES (13) NCAA ALL-AMERICANS Women (13)* Women (14) Year Finish Coach Year Athlete(s) 2004 27th Eric Peterson 2005 Ashley Caldwell 2003 7th Eric Peterson 2003 Ashley Caldwell, Valerie Flores, Melissa McBain 2002 25th(tie) Eric Peterson 2002 Lena Nilsson 2001 21st Eric Peterson 1994 Karen Hecox 1999 30th Eric Peterson 1993 Beth Bartholomew, Karen Hecox 1998 28th Eric Peterson 1986 Polly Plummer 1988 13th Bob Messina 1985 Polly Plummer 1986 11th Bob Messina 1981 Michelle Bush 1985 6th Bob Messina 1980 Linda Goen 1980 7th Scott Chisam 1973 Julie Brown, Francie Larrieu 1979 11th Scott Chisam 1977 5th Scott Chisam Men (19) 1976 6th Pat Connolly Year Athelete(s) *Women competed in the AIAW Championships until 1981. 2012 Lane Werley 2007 Austin Ramos Men (9) 2005 Austin Ramos Year Finish Coach 2004 Jon Rankin 2012 13th Forest Braden 1998 Mark Hauser 2008 26th Eric Peterson 1997 Meb Kefl ezighi (NCAA Champion) 2006 24th Eric Peterson 1996 Meb Kefl ezighi 1985 12th Bob Larsen 1995 Meb Kefl ezighi 1983 20th Bob Larsen 1994 Meb Kefl ezighi 1982 9th Bob Larsen 1985 Jon Butler 1981 5th Bob Larsen 1982 Jon Butler, Steve McCormack 1980 5th Bob Larsen 1981 Jon Butler, Dave Daniels, Steve McCormack 1979 15th Bob Larsen 1980 Ron Cornell, Dave Daniels, Steve Ortiz 1979 Ron Cornell

Ashley Caldwell was a two-time All-American Austin Ramos was a two-time All-American In 2002, as a junior in cross country, Lena in cross country, earning honors in 2005 as an for the Bruin cross country team, earning Nilsson earned All-American honors at the individual and in 2003 when the Bruin women honors in 2005 and 2007 as an individual NCAA Championships (17th/20:10.0) and led competed as a team. Th at year, the women had competitor. He was also an All-Conference the Bruins at the Pac-10 (3rd/20:01) and NCAA three All-American honorees with Caldwell, and All-West Region honoree during his West Region (2nd/20:45) championships. In Melissa McBain and Valerie Flores earning career. her Bruin career, Nilsson won the 2003 NCAA honors. Indoor 800m, 2002 NCAA Outdoor 1500m, was the two-time (2002-03) Pac-10 Women’s T & F Athlete of the Year and holds the school records in the 800m (2:02.26) and 1500m (4:07.69).

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BRUIN ALL-AMERICANS (Women) Valerie Flores - ‘03 Flores Valerie Ashley Caldwell - ‘03/’06 Caldwell Ashley Melissa McBain - ‘03 McBain Melissa - ‘02 Lena Nilsson Karen Hecox - ‘93/’94 Hecox Karen Beth Bartholemew- ‘93 ‘81 Bush- Michelle Polly Plumber - ‘85/’86 Plumber Polly Linda Goen - ‘80 - ‘73 Brown Julie Larrieu - ‘73 Francie Ramos - ‘05/’07 Austin

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BRUIN ALL-AMERICANS (Men) - ‘94/’95/’96/’97 Lane Werley - ‘12 Lane Werley Rankin - ‘04 Jon Mark Hauser - ‘98 Hauser Mark Keflezighi Meb Jon Butler - ‘81/’82/’83 Butler Jon Steve McCormack - ‘81 McCormack Steve Dave Daniels - ‘81/’82 Daniels Dave Ortiz - ‘80 Steve Ron Cornell - ‘79/’80 Ron

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WOMEN’S PAC-10/12 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS Year Team Champion UCLA Place Individual Champion, School Time 2013 Arizona 7th Aisling Cuff e, Stanford 21:04 2012 Colorado 6th Kathy Kroeger, Stanord 20:06 2011 Colorado 10th Katie Flood, Washington 19:32 2010 Stanford 6th , Oregon 19:44.95 2009 Washington 7th Nicole Blood, Oregon 19:41.71 2008 Washington 10th Kendra Schaaf, Washington 19:24.05 2007 Stanford 10th Arianna Lambie, Stanford 19:40.7 2006 Stanford 5th Arianna Lambie, Stanford 20:15.09 2005 Stanford 6th Arianna Lambie, Stanford 20:20 2004 Stanford 4th Amy Hastings, Arizona State 20:19 2003 Stanford 3rd Sara Bei, Stanford 21:12.1 2002 Stanford 4th Sara Bei, Stanford 19:48 2001 Stanford 4th Lauren Fleshman, Stanford 20:08.1 2000 Stanford 6th Tara Chaplin, Arizona 20:10.67* 1999 Stanford 4th Erin Sullivan, Stanford 17:01.5 1998 Stanford 8th Amy Skieresz, Arizona 16:59 1997 Stanford 4th Amy Skieresz, Arizona 16:40 1996 Stanford 4th Amy Skieresz, Arizona 16:36 1995 Oregon 5th Amy Skieresz, Arizona 16:45 1994 Stanford 5th Karen Hecox, UCLA 17:00 1993 Stanford 3rd Karen Hecox, UCLA 16:43 1992 Oregon 5th Nicole Woodward, Oregon 16:51 1991 Oregon 4th Lisa Karnopp, Oregon 16:48 1990 Oregon 5th Liz Wilson, Oregon 16:52 1989 Washington 4th Jen Robinson, Washington State 16:53 1988 Oregon 2nd Liz Wilson, Oregon 17:06 1987 Oregon 2nd Annette Hand, Oregon 16:44 1986 Oregon 2nd Penny Graves, Oregon 16:51.7 *In 2000, the race became 6,000m; from 1986-99, it was 5,000m. MEN’S PAC-10/12 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS Year Team Champion UCLA Place Individual Champion, School Time 2013 Colorado 7th Edward Cheserek, Oregon 24:36 2012 Oregon 5th Lawi Lalang, Arizona 22:49 2011 Colorado 4th Lawi Lalang, Arizona 22:37 2010 Stanford 3rd (tie) Elliott Heath (Stanford) 23:00.46 2009 Stanford 5th , Stanford 22:35.41 2008 Oregon 5th , Oregon 22:55.14 2007 Oregon 4th Shadrack Kiptoo-Biwott, Oregon 22:54.9 2006 Oregon 5th Galen Rupp, Oregon 23:03.12 2005 Stanford 7th Robert Cheseret, Arizona 23:57 2004 Stanford 5th Robert Cheseret, Arizona 23:48 2003 Stanford 7th Ian Dobson, Stanford 24:33.9 2002 Stanford 8th Grant Robinson, Stanford 23:27 2001 Stanford 6th , Stanford 24:04.0 2000 Stanford 6th , Stanford 23:39.59 1999 Arizona 7th Steve Fein, Oregon 23:37 1998 Stanford 8th Abdi Abdirahman, Arizona 23:23 1997 Stanford 4th , Washington State 23:59 1996 Stanford 3rd Meb Kefl ezighi, UCLA 23:45 1995 Oregon 5th Karl Keska, Oregon 24:14 1994 Arizona 4th Martin Keino, Arizona 24:04 1993 Washington 4th Joe Kapkory, Washington State 23:38 1992 Oregon 3rd Joe Kapkory, Washington State 23:46 1991 Arizona 7th Coltin Dalton, Oregon 23:36 1990 Oregon 5th Marc Davis, Arizona 23:44 1989 Oregon 7th Marc Davis, Arizona 23:31 1988 Oregon 3rd Brad Hudson, Oregon 30:47 1987 Arizona 5th Matt Giusto, Arizona 30:33 1986 Arizona 6th Aaron Ramirez, Arizona 30:23.7 1985 Stanford 3rd Marc Olesen, Stanford 30:33.2 1984 Arizona 3rd Tom Ansberry, Arizona 30:24.8 1983 Arizona 3rd Jim Hill, Oregon 30:09.6 1982 Oregon 2nd Jim Hill, Oregon 28:58 1981 UCLA 1st Richard Tuwei, Washington State 30:55.9 1980 UCLA 1st Ron Cornell, UCLA 30:26.5 1979 Oregon 3rd Henry Rono, Washington State 29:07.2 1978 Oregon 7th Henry Rono, Washington State 29:29.5 1977 Oregon 6th Joel Cheruiyot, Washington State 29:34.8 1976 Oregon 6th Henry Rono, Washington State 29:18 1975 Washington State 6th Joshua Kimeto, Washington State 27:48.6* In her UCLA career under Eric Peterson, Karen 1974 Washington State 7th John Ngeno, Washington State 27:37.6* 1973 Oregon 7th Steve Prefontaine, Oregon 28:05.4* Hecox Candaele was the two-time (1994-93) 1972 Washington State 5th John Ngeno, Washington State 29:12.4* Pac-10 Female Cross Country Athlete of the 1971 Washington State 3rd Steve Prefontaine, Oregon 29:56.6* Year and won the 1994 NCAA Outdoor 3000m. 1970 Oregon 6th Steve Prefontaine, Oregon 30:11.7* 1969 Oregon 5th , Washington State 28:32.4* *indicates a six-mile course In 1976, the race became 10,000m. In 1989, the race became 8,000m 20 2014 UCLA CROSS COUNTRY MEDIA GUIDE BRUINS IN THE POSTSEASON

WOMEN’S WEST REGIONS CHAMPIONS Year Team Champion UCLA Place Individual Champion, School 2013 Arizona 12th Emma Bates, Boise State 2012 Oregon 7th Jordan Hasay, Oregon 2011 Washington 18th Jordan Hasay, Oregon 2010 Washington 10th Jordan Hasay, Oregon 2009 Washington 11th Kendra Schaaf, Washington 2008 Washington 17th Alex Kosinski, Oregon 2007 Stanford 23rd Teresa McWalters, Stanford 2006 Stanford 5th Arianna Lambie, Stanford 2005 Stanford 5th Arianna Lambie, Stanford 2004 Stanford 6th Alicia Craig, Stanford 2003 Stanford 2nd Alicia Craig, Stanford 2002 Stanford 3rd Alicia Craig, Stanford 2001 Stanford 5th Tara Chaplin, Arizona 2000 Stanford 8th Lisa Aguilera, Arizona State 1999 Stanford 4th Julia Stamps, Stanford 1998 Stanford 5th Amy Skieresz, Arizona 1997 Stanford 5th Amy Skieresz, Arizona 1996 Stanford 5th Amy Skieresz, Arizona 1995 Oregon 5th Amy Skieresz, Arizona 1994 Stanford Milena Glusac, Oregon 1993 Arizona 3rd Karen Hecox, UCLA 1992 Washington 5th Louis Watson, Stanford 1991 Oregon 4th Lucy Nusrala, Oregon 1990 Oregon 3rd Buff y Rabbitt, UC Irvine 1989 Washington Buff y Rabbitt, UC Irvine 1988 Oregon Penny Graves, Oregon In 2004, Jon Rankin led the Bruins, earning All-American hon- 1987 Oregon 2nd Annette Hand, Oregon ors at the NCAA Championships (39th, 31:49.8), All-Region 1986 UCLA Penny Graves, Oregon honors at the West Region Championships (6th, 30:30) and 1985 Oregon 3rd Regina Jacobs, Stanford All-Pac-10 honors at the Pac-10 Championships (5th, 24:31). 1984 Stanford 4th Regina Jacobs, Stanford 1983 Oregon Kathy Hayes, Oregon In 2005 outdoor track, Rankin became the third Bruin all-time 1982 Stanford 5th Ceci Hopp, Stanford to run a sub-4 minute mile (3:57.89) and was the West Region 1981 Oregon Monica Joyce, San Diego State and Pac-10 1500m Champion. 1980 Oregon Regina Joyce, Washington 1979 Oregon Molly Morton, Oregon 1978 Oregon Robin Baker, Oregon 1977 Oregon Debbie Quatier, Seattle Pacifi c 1976 Oregon Debbie Quatier, Seattle Pacifi c 1975 Seattle Pacifi c Maureen Crowley, Simon Fraser *In 2000, the race became 6,000m; from 1986-99, it was 5,000m. MEN’S WEST REGIONS CHAMPIONS Year Team Champion UCLA Place Individual Champion, School 2013 Stanford 6th Edward Cheserek, Oregon 2012 Stanford 3rd Lawi Lalang, Arizona 2011 Stanford 6th (tie) Lawi Lalang, Arizona 2010 Oregon 8th Trevor Dunbar, Portland 2009 Stanford 7th Chris Derrick, Stanford 2008 Oregon 6th Galen Rupp, Oregon 2007 Oregon 7th Galen Rupp, Oregon 2006 Oregon 6th Neft alem Araia, Stanford 2005 Arizona 12th Robert Cheseret, Stanford 2004 Stanford 4th , Stanford 2003 Stanford 7th Ian Dobson, Stanford 2002 Stanford 8th Donald Sage, Stanford 2001 Stanford 9th Donald Sage, Stanford 2000 Stanford 7th Jonathan Riley, Stanford 1999 Stanford 10th Steve Fein, Oregon 1998 Stanford 9th Abdi Abdirahman, Arizona 1997 Stanford 7th Meb Kefl ezighi, UCLA 1996 Stanford 4th Karl Kaska, Oregon 1995 Stanford 6th Karl Kaska, Oregon 1994 Arizona Martin Keino, Arizona 1993 Portland 8th Joe Kapkory, Washington State During his UCLA career (1994-98), Mebrahtom 1992 Arizona 5th Joe Kapkory, Washington State Kefl ezighi won four NCAA individual distance 1991 Arizona 8th Joe Kapkory, Washington State 1990 Arizona 8th Marc Davis, Arizona championships, including the 1997 NCAA Cross 1989 Oregon 9th Brad Hudson, Oregon Country title. Most recently, he won the silver medal 1988 Oregon 4th Marc Davis, Arizona at the Olympics in the marathon with a 1987 Arizona 6th Matt Giusto, Arizona time of 2:11.29 and was the fi rst American male to 1986 Arizona Matt Giusto, Arizona medal in the marathon since 1976. Kefl ezighi is the 1985 Arizona Marc Olesen, Stanford American Record Holder in the 10,000m (27:13.98, 1984 Arizona Tom Ansberry, Arizona 2001), a three-time USATF National Champion in 1983 Oregon Jim Hill, Oregon the 10,000m, and two-time World Championships 1982 Oregon Jim Hill, Oregon 1981 UCLA Richard Tuwei, Washington State competitor. He also competed in the Sydney Olympic 1980 UCLA Ron Cornell, UCLA Games in the 10,000m where he finished 12th overall. 1979 Oregon Henry Rono, Washington State Meb most recently won the 2014 Boston Marathon. UCLABRUINS.COM 21 THIS IS UCLA

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