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INDIANA HOOSIERS Athletics Media Relations • Shana Daniels, Track and Field Contact phone - (812) 855-9402 • fax - (812) 855-9401 • www.iuhoosiers.com 2007 MEN’S TRACK AND FIELD NOTES BILLY HAYES INVITATIONAL • MAY 4, 2007 QUICK FACTS 2007 SCHEDULE School . Indiana University Location . Bloomington, Ind. INDOOR Enrollment . 38,903 Date Event Location Result Founded . 1820 Jan. 6 Indiana Open Bloomington, Ind. NTS Nickname . Hoosiers Jan. 13 Indiana Open II Bloomington, Ind. NTS Colors . Cream and Crimson Jan. 20 Indiana Team Classic Bloomington, Ind. NTS Conference . Big Ten Jan. 26-27 Gladstein Invitational Bloomington, Ind. NTS Facilities . Harry C. Glastein Fieldhouse (indoor) Feb. 2-3 Indiana Relays Bloomington, Ind. NTS . Billy Hayes Track at the Robert C. Haugh Track Feb. 9-10 Tyson Invitational Fayetteville, Ark. NTS . and Field Complex (outdoor) Feb. 16 Hoosier Hills Bloomington, Ind. NTS University President . Dr. Adam W. Herbert Feb. 24-25 Big Ten Championships (Men) Bloomington, Ind. 5th/72 PTS. Athletics Director . Rick Greenspan Mar. 3 Alex Wilson Invitational South Bend, Ind. NTS Mar. 9-10 NCAA Indoor Championships Fayetteville, Ark. NTS COACHING STAFF Interim Men’s Head Coach . Wayne Pate OUTDOOR . (Horizontal/High Jumps) Date Event Location Alma Mater, Year . Indiana University, 1981 Mar. 30-31 Stanford Invitational Palo Alto, Calif. NTS Interim Women’s Head Coach . Judy Wilson April 6-7 Indiana Relays Bloomington, Ind. Cancelled . (Women’s Distance) April 13-14 Tom Botts Invitational Columbia, Mo. NTS Alma Mater, Year . Indiana University, 1988 April 20-21 Cardinal Invitational Louisville, Ky. NTS Assistant Coach . Robert Chapman April 25-28 Drake Relays Des Moines, Iowa NTS . (Men’s Distance) May 4 Billy Hayes Invitational Bloomington, Ind. Alma Mater, Year . UNLV, 1991 May 11-13 Big Ten Championships University Park, Pa. Assistant Coach . George Freeman (Sprints) May 25-26 NCAA Regional Championships Columbia, Mo. Alma Mater, Year . Indiana University, 1976 June 7-9 NCAA Outdoor Championships Sacramento, Calif. Assistant Coach . Jake Wiseman June 21-23 USATF Championships Indianapolis, Ind. (Multi Events, Pole Vault) Alma Mater, Year . Indiana University, 2005 HOOSIER NEWS AND NOTES Assistant Coach . Wil Fleming (Throws) HOOSIERS HOST BILLY HAYES Aguilar clocked his first steeple time of Alma Mater, Year . Indiana University, 2006 INVITATIONAL 9:11.72, which he ran at the Mt. SAC Relays Track and Field/XC Office Phone . (812) 855-8583 The Indiana track and field team will on April 13. host the Billy Hayes Invitational on Friday, May 4, on the Billy Hayes Track at the COOVER LEADS HOOSIERS AT DRAKE MEDIA RELATIONS Robert C. Haugh Track and Field Complex. RELAYS Interim Media Relations Director . Jeff Keag Friday’s field events begin at 4 p.m. ET Sophomore Jeff Coover led the Hoosiers with the javelin and long jump, while run - in the pole vault with a clearance of 4.90 Track and Field SID . Shana Daniels ning events open at 4:20 p.m. with the meters for eighth place as Indiana compet - SID Phone . 812-855-9402 4x100-meter relay. ed in day two of the historic Drake Relays SID E-mail . [email protected] For complete results and recap of the at Drake Stadium in Des Moines, Iowa, on Billy Hayes Invitational, visit April 27. Indoor Contact . Brooke Frederickson IUHOOSIERS.com . He recorded his best mark of the sea - Phone . 812-856-0146 son, 4.96m, at the Stanford Invitational on E-mail . [email protected] AGUILAR IMPROVES STEEPLECHASE March 31. TIME IN CALIFORNIA SID Fax . 812-855-9401 Senior Marcus Aguilar improved his SID Mailing Address . Assembly Hall season-best time in the 3,000-meter stee - . 1001 East 17th St. plechase when he crossed the finish line in 9:09.04 to finish 19th in the event at the . Bloomington, IN 47408 Payton Jordan Cardinal Invitational at Athletics Website . iuhoosiers.com Stanford University on April 29. ...continued on page 2 www.iuhoosiers.com INDIANA TRACK AND FIELD BILLY HAYES INVITATIONAL • MAY 4, 2007 WERSKEY IMPROVES, FEARNOW QUALIFIES Kyle clocked Indiana’s second-fastest 10,000- Missouri in Columbia. FOR REGIONAL meter run time when he crossed the finish line Freshman Eric Werskey improved on his in 29:14.01. Fruin’s time of 29:55.28 was IU’s PATE NAMED INTERIM HEAD COACH regional qualifying mark in the shot put with a seventh-fastest time in the 10K, while McLeod’s Associate head track and field coach toss of 17.48 meters at the Cardinal Invitational time of 30:02.62 ranks eight all-time in Hoosier Wayne Pate was promoted to interim head in Louisville, Ky., on April 21. history. men’s coach in December. He takes over for Sophomore Paul Fearnow recorded a mark of All three times were personal best's for the former director of track and field Randy 55.74 meters to qualify for the NCAA Mideast trio. Heisler, who resigned to take a position at Ball Regional in the hammer throw. State. The Hoosiers now have five athletes in six TWO RECORD REGIONAL QUALIFYING MARKS Pate is in his ninth season with the Hoosier events that have qualified for the May 25-26 Sophomore Jordan Kyle led the way with a coaching staff. He coached former IU All- regional in Columbia, Mo. second-place finish in the 5,000-meter run. His Americans Rose Richmond and Aarik Wilson. time of 14:03.83 was a personal-best and good He has coached 46 All-American jumpers and KYLE AND WERSKEY DO IT AGAIN enough to secure him a spot at the NCAA seven NCAA champions. A pair of Hoosier underclassmen are making Mideast Regional meet on May 25-26. a name for themselves on a national level. Freshman Eric Werskey also reached a MULTISPORT ATHLETES For a second straight meet, sophomore regional qualifying mark in the shot put with a Three members of the Hoosiers track and Jordan Kyle and freshman Eric Werskey have toss of 16.85 meters on March 31. field team also play football for Indiana. reached regional and national qualifying Marcus Thigpen, Dan Kinsey and Tracy Porter standards. LAWSON AND JENKINS MAKE EARLY STRIDES participated with coach Terry Hoeppner’s At the Mt. SAC Relays on April 13, Kyle’s Senior Kiwan Lawson and junior Kyle Jenkins squad during the fall. 29:14.01 provisionally qualified him for the NCAA extended their indoor success over to the Outdoor Championships on June 7-9, in outdoor season. Lawson placed second in the BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIP INFO Sacramento, Calif. He has already qualified for long jump with a leap of 7.40 meters, a mark that The Penn State Nittany Lions host the 2007 the NCAA Mideast Regional meet in the 5,000- ranks 32nd nationally. Lawson’s jump is also Big Ten Outdoor Track and Field meter run, which will be held in Columbia, Mo., currently third in the league. Jenkins finished Championships on May 11-13. on May 25-26. second in the triple jump with a mark of 15.70 For more information on the Big Ten Werskey reached his second regional meters, which ranks third in the Big Ten and is Outdoor Track and Field Championships, qualifying standard with a toss of 51.78 meters in the 20th-best jump in the nation. please contact the Penn State Sports the discus throw for a first place finish at the Information Office at (814) 865-1757 or check Tom Botts Invitational in Columbia, Mo., on April WHAT’S COMING UP www.gopsusports.com . 14. Werskey has already qualified for regional The Hoosiers open the championship portion competition in the shot put. of the schedule next, which will begin with the Big Ten Championships on May 11-13, in HOOSIERS MAKE HISTORY IN CALIFORNIA University Park, Pa. Sophomores Jordan Kyle and Mark Fruin, Following the Big Ten Championships, IU will along with freshman Tim McLeod, did their part have five Hoosiers competing in six events at to rewrite Indiana’s record book at the Mt. SAC the NCAA Mideast Regional championship on Relays on April 13. May 25-26, on the campus of the University of INTERIM HEAD MEN’S COACH WAYNE PATE The 2005 National Also during the 2006 season, Pate guided jun - THE PATE FILE Assistant Coach of the ior Kyle Jenkins to a fourth-place finish in the Year, Wayne Pate triple jump at the NCAA Outdoor Championships begins his ninth year in June, as he became the third straight outdoor PERSONAL with the Indiana track All-American in the triple jump for IU and the fifth Birthplace New Orleans, La. and field program. He in five years for the Hoosiers. Wife Laura was promoted to interim In 2001, Indiana grabbed both the indoor and Children Charlize and Justin head men’s coach prior outdoor long jump conference titles for the first High School La Porte High School, to the 2007 season. time since 1994 and had their first outdoor All- La Porte, Ind., 1976 Serving as associate American in the event since 1993. College Indiana, head coach since the On the men's side, Pate has led the Hoosiers 1981; B.S., Physical Education 2004 season, Pate is a to a position of conference dominance and COACHING EXPERIENCE veteran track and field coach and former IU ath - national prominence. In 2003, Wilson swept the University of Tennessee lete. He trains IU's horizontal jumpers and high Big Ten indoor and outdoor triple jump and long 1981-85 Assistant Coach jumpers, including former IU standout Aarik jump championships. Wilson was the runner-up University of Texas Wilson, who claimed two NCAA Indoor titles and in the triple jump and an All-American in the long 1985-92 Assistant Coach four Big Ten crowns under Pate’s instruction.