WASHINGTON TRACK AND FIELD Feb. 25, 2010 //For Immediate Release// Contact: Michael Bruscas Huskies Set To Host Conference Championships Action begins at 12:30 p.m. Friday afternoon and again at 11 a.m. on Saturday morning. Husky Track Schedule ON THE TRACK: Conference meet action returns to the Dempsey Indoor facility this weekend as Husky track Indoor & field hosts the 2010 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Championships. The two-day event serves as the Date Meet Location indoor conference championships for the West Coast’s top track squads and will be the final preparation for Jan. 16 UW Indoor Preview Seattle many athletes prior to the NCAA Indoor Championships. The MPSF Championships also provide one of the best Jan. 29-30 UW Invitational Seattle final chances to qualify for nationals and that is one of the meet’s stated goals. Feb. 12-13 The Husky Classic Seattle Feb. 14 UW Indoor Open Seattle The meet begins Friday, Feb. 27, at 12:30 p.m. and runs until approximately 7 p.m. Events on day one Feb. 19 Vandal Collegiate Moscow, Idaho include finals in the men’s and women’s weight throws, 5,000-meter runs, 200-meter dashes, distance medley relays, long jumps, and the men’s pole vault. The majority of the multi-events also will be held Feb. 26-27 MPSF Championships Seattle Friday. Action resumes Saturday morning at 11 a.m., with conference champs crowned in the majority Mar. 6 UW Final Qualifier Seattle of the sprints and distance events, plus high and triple jumps, the shot put, and women’s pole vault. Mar. 12-13 NCAA Championships Fayetteville, Ark. The women’s pentathlon will be contested on Friday while the men’s heptathlon is spread over the two days. The men’s and women’s 4x400m relays bring the meet to a close at around 3:30 p.m. Outdoor Date Meet Location The field is made up of Washington, Washington State, Arizona, Arizona State, Stanford, California, Mar. 12-13 Stanford Invitational Palo Alto, Calif. Oregon and UCLA out of the Pac-10, which does not sponsor indoor track & field, plus Long Beach State Apr. 1-4 Texas Relays Austin, Texas and Cal State Northridge from the Big West. Oregon will be favored on both the men’s and women’s Apr. 10 Pepsi Team Invitational Eugene, Ore. side, as the Oregon women are ranked No. 1 in the nation and the men are ranked No. 2. The Arizona Apr. 15-17 Mt. SAC Relays Walnut, Calif. State men come in at No. 5 while Stanford is 14th, Arizona ranks 18th, and California is 24th. Arizona Apr. 22-24 Brutus Hamilton Invite Berkeley, Calif. at No. 16 is the only other Top-25 women’s team at MPSFs. The Washington men’s team is ranked 33rd Apr. 22-24 Penn Relays Philadelphia, Penn. nationally while the Husky women are ranked 38th. May 1 at Washington State Pullman, Wash. May 8 Ken Shannon Invitational Seattle Husky athletes to watch on the men’s side include junior Scott Roth, the reigning Pac-10 pole vault May 8-9 Pac-10 Multi-Events Berkeley, Calif. champion who will look to pick up his first career MPSF title. He is the top-ranked vaulter in the MPSF May 14-15 Pac-10 Championships Berkeley, Calif. and second in the NCAA. Junior Colton Tully-Doyle will look to continue his breakout track season May 28-29 NCAA Preliminary Rounds Austin, Texas as he is entered in both the 3,000 and 5,000-meters. Tully-Doyle is seeded third in the 3k and owns an June 9-12 NCAA Championships Eugene, Ore. NCAA Provisional qualifier. Senior All-American Jake Schmitt is the defending MPSF Champion in the

5k and will be shooting for his first qualifying mark in that event this year. Bold font indicates Husky home meet, at either Dempsey Indoor (indoor) or Husky Stadium (outdoor). The men will field a strong sprints unit led with senior Kenjamine Jackson, sophomore Ryan Ham- ilton, and freshmen James Alaka and Colton Dunn. Another freshman, Shayne Moore, has a great shot to score in the 60m hurdles after his PR of 8.15 seconds at the UW Open Meet. Sophomore Ryan 2010 USTFCCCA Week 5 Indoor Rankings Soberanis scored in the 800m run last year with a career-best time and will look for a similar effort Men Women Saturday. In the throws, senior Zack Midles has been a routine scorer in the weight throw, and sopho- 1 Texas A&M 182.08 1 Oregon 198.11 more Richard Anderson will lead the effort in the shot put after a big recent PR where he passed the 2 Oregon 135.07 2 Texas A&M 158.38 55-foot mark for the first time. 3 LSU 107.40 3 Florida 117.39 4 Florida 93.03 4 Tennessee 106.73 5 Arizona State 83.61 5 LSU 99.82 Senior Katie Follett will lead the way for the women’s squad. The three-time indoor All-American is the 6 Arkansas 80.38 6 Arkansas 98.64 top seed in the mile run, and ranks second nationally with her school-record time of 4:34.98 from the 7 Indiana 79.80 7 Clemson 89.55 Husky Classic. Follett is also entered in the 3k, where Washington could rack up big points though the 8 Nebraska 77.84 8 Villanova 89.04 field is very large. Sophomore Mel Lawrence, who ran her first race of the year two weeks ago and 9 Texas Tech 73.95 9 Auburn 83.40 10 Baylor 70.94 10 Penn State 81.59 earned a provisional qualifier in the 3k, will be one of the favorites in the 3k and she is also preliminar- 11 Penn State 69.66 11 BYU 73.78 ily entered in the 5k. Kenna Patrick scored at MPSFs in the 5k a year ago and could give UW a lift as 12 Oklahoma 61.36 12 Southern Illinois 72.79 could freshman Lindsay Flanagan. 13 Florida State 55.45 13 Louisville 66.39 14 Stanford 55.13 14 Nebraska 65.55 15 Virginia Tech 54.34 15 Oklahoma 62.25 One of the biggest boosts for a women’s team that has been missing a few key pieces all season could 16 Auburn 52.12 16 Arizona 61.10 come from redshirt freshman Kendra Schaaf. The two-time Pac-10 Cross Country Athlete of the Year 17 Minnesota 51.48 17 UTEP 54.79 is entered in the 3,000-meters and could make her anxiously-awaited official track debut on Saturday. 18 Arizona 50.95 18 Indiana State 53.73 19 Northern Arizona 49.69 19 Indiana 50.39 20 Ohio State 46.10 20 Florida State 44.87 Bianca Greene in the 200-meters and Amber Finley in the 400-meters are the top Dawgs to watch in 21 Alabama 45.45 21 Virginia Tech 43.95 the women’s sprints. Finley will be busy, also running the 400-meter leg on the distance medley relay and 22 New Mexico 44.90 22 West Virginia 43.10 competing on the 4x4 relay along with Greene, freshman Johanna Carr, and Lindsey Kirschman. 23 Kentucky 44.03 23 Mid. Tennessee 39.25 24 California 42.96 24 Georgetown 38.55 25 Georgia 41.32 25 San Diego State 34.40 Bold teams competing at MPSF Championships HUSKY TRACK AND FIELD • Feb. 25, 2010 • Page 2

Sophomore Kelly McNamee will be one of the top contenders in the women’s high Husky Track Quick Facts jump. Shaniae Lakes also should vie for points in the triple jump. She is the top-ranking freshman in the conference at this point in the year. Also looking to score will be senior University of Washington Korede Oyetuga in the women’s weight throw, as she placed ninth a year ago. Athletic Department, Box 354070 Seattle, WA 98195-4070 FOLLOW ALONG AT HOME: Live results of the MPSF Championships will be available on UW’s athletics website, www.GoHuskies.com, with links on the main track home page Enrollment:...... 42,000 (31,400 undergraduate) and the schedule page. Cumulative results will be posted at the end of each day. Founded:...... Nov. 4, 1861 President:...... Mark Emmert • Live Results: http://www.gohuskies.com/livestats/c-track/022610/index.htm Director of Athletics:...... Scott Woodward Nickname: ...... Huskies About the MPSF: Established in 1992 to serve the competitive needs of member Colors: ...... Purple and Gold institutions from the Big West, Pacific-10, Mountain West, Western Athletic and West Home Facility:...... Dempsey Indoor/Husky Stadium Coast Conferences and other selected universities in the western United States, the Press Row Phone:...... (206) 714-5556 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation provides Division-I competition to schools whose Conference:...... Pacific-10 (Outdoor) / MPSF (Indoor) primary conferences do not sponsor championships in selected sports. In 2009-2010, Head Coach:...... Greg Metcalf (8th year) the MPSF will again sponsor competition in nine intercollegiate Olympic sports while Asst. Coach (Vault/Jumps):...... Pat Licari (13th year) serving over 1,500 student-athletes and approximately 71 teams from 34 universities Asst. Coach (Throws):...... Reedus Thurmond (5th year) in 12 western states. All MPSF teams compete at the NCAA Division I level in men’s Asst. Coach (Sprints/Hurdles):...... Raul Sheen (2nd year) soccer, men’s and women’s water polo, men’s and women’s indoor track and field, men’s Asst. Coach (Distances):...... Jason Drake (1st year) and women’s gymnastics, women’s lacrosse and men’s volleyball. MPSF champions Asst. Coach (Multis):...... Audra Smith (1st year) are eligible to compete in NCAA Championships with MPSF men’s soccer, men’s and women’s water polo, and men’s volleyball champions earning automatic qualification Website:...... www.GoHuskies.com into NCAA championship events. 2008-2009 was a season of “first-evers” as four titles were garnered by teams that had never previously experienced MPSF or NCAA titles. For the second-consecutive year, five MPSF teams won NCAA championships to bring 2009 Men’s Pac-10 / MPSF Finish:...... 9th / 6th the NCAA team championship total to 58 titles since the Federation’s first season of 2009 Men’s NCAA Finish (Outdoor/Indoor):..... t20th / t33rd competition in 1992-93. 24 Federation teams and scores of MPSF student-athletes Best Men’s Pac-10 Finish:...... 2nd (1976) competed in NCAA post-season competition last year. Best Men’s MPSF Finish:...... 1st (2007, 2006) Best Men’s NCAA Finish:...... 2nd (1929, 1930) HUSKIES IN THE RANKINGS: In the third week of the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Men’s 2009 NCAA Competitors Returning:...... Seven Country Coaches Associastion (USTFCCCA) rankings, the Washington men rank 33rd Jeff Gudaitis - 400m, 4x100m while the women come in at 38th. The rankings assign points in each event based on Kenjamine Jackson - 4x100m the current national leaders to try and approximate NCAA scores. Several Huskies sit Zack Midles - Hammer near the top of the current descending order lists, which rank all the top marks in the Kyle Nielsen - Javelin nation this year. On the men’s side, junior Scott Roth was just barely passed for the top Scott Roth - Pole Vault mark in the NCAA by half an inch, and is currently second nationally with his mark of Jake Schmitt - 5000m (i), 10000m 18-6 3/4. Senior Katie Follett’s school-record mile time of 4:34.98 is the second-best Jeremy Taiwo - Heptathlon (i) time in Division-I. Junior Colton Tully-Doyle’s big PR in the 3,000-meters of 7:56.67 ranks him 13th in the NCAA. Sophomore Mel Lawrence also ranks 19th nationally with 2009 Women’s Pac-10 / MPSF Finish:...... 6th / 5th her 3k time of 9:22.98. 2009 Women’s NCAA Finish (Outdoor/Indoor):...... 19th / t35th Best Women’s Pac-10 Finish:...... 4th (1995, ‘96, ‘98) NEW DAWGS MOVE INTO THE DEMPSEY: Washington’s freshman class has pro- Best Women’s MPSF Finish:...... 1st (1996) vided a big lift in a number of key areas early on this indoor season. Shaniae Lakes of Best Women’s NCAA Finish:...... 10th (1988) Richland, Wash. has immediately given the Huskies a boost in the triple jump, where Women’s 2009 NCAA Competitors Returning:...... Nine she is less than two inches short of the freshman record with a mark of 39-9 3/4. That jump already ranks sixth on the indoor Top-10 list. Illinoisan Lindsay Flanagan, the only Falesha Ankton - DMR (i) freshman to run in UW’s top-seven during the fall, ran a very strong first 5k at the UW Christine Babcock - DMR (i), 1500m Invite, stopping the clock at 17:06.73. Justine Johnson of British Columbia also went Elisa Bryant - Weight (i), Hammer under five minutes in her first mile at 4:59.77. Newcomer Sarah Schireman of Everett Anita Campbell - 5000m (i), 10000m has shown a ton of talent in the multis, and her first pentathlon score of 3,284 already Kailey Campbell - DMR (i), 1500m ranks 10th indoors, while she also leads the team in the 60m hurdles and long jump. Katie Follett - 3000m (i), DMR (i), 5000m Logan Miller of Reno, Nev. vaulted her way into the UW top-10 list with a clearance Mel Lawrence - 3000m (i), Steeplechase of 12-9 1/2 at the UW Indoor Open that leads the team. Contributing for the men is Kelly McNamee - High Jump (i) London’s James Alaka, a junior national champion at 100-meters, who had a very im- Brooke Pighin - Javelin pressive debut at the UW Invitational, where he ran the 60m in 6.87 seconds. A former 2A state champion from Brush Prairie, Wash., Colton Dunn leads the team early on at 200-meters, running 22.18 in his opener, while Shayne Moore of Blaine, Wash. shows Husky Athletic Communications great promise in the 60m hurdles as he set a huge PR at the Indoor Open with a time Michael Bruscas, Track and Field SID of 8.15 that ranks 9th on the top-10 list. Renton High star Armin Basic is also looking E-mail: [email protected] strong early in the shot put and should contribute even more in the discus outdoors. Office Phone: (206) 543-2230 / Fax: (206) 543-5000 James Cameron, UW’s top freshman during the cross country season, opened with a Mobile Phone: (206) 714-5556 very strong 4:13 mile and his times have nowhere to go but down. Last but not least, Bryce Borer of Mercer Island already ranks fifth on the school’s heptathlon list after posting 4,702 in his first multi, and has also cleared 16-feet in the vault. HUSKY TRACK AND FIELD • Feb. 25, 2010 • Page 3

LAST YEAR AT THE MPSF CHAMPIONSHIPS: Washington once again played host to the MPSF Championships from Feb. 27-28, 2009 and the meet was as close and competi- 2010 Husky Indoor tive as ever. The Husky men placed sixth, but were only four points out of second. UCLA scored 28 points in the final field event, the pole vault, to leapfrog several teams for the Statistical Leaders men’s title. The Husky women finished fifth for the second straight season, and were Women’s just six points out of third. Washington won a total of four MPSF titles. On the first day, 60m Dash Dominique Lauderdale 7.74 junior Jake Schmitt captured the men’s 5,000-meter run, the first title at the distance for 60m Hurdles Sarah Schireman 9.08 a Husky athlete since 2001. Shortly thereafter, the women’s distance medley relay ran 200m Dash Bianca Greene 24.99 away from the field to win by six seconds. On Saturday, senior Jordan Boase defended 400m Dash Amber Finley 56.83 his 400-meter title in a Dempsey facility record time of 46.09 seconds. Lastly, freshman 800m Run Katie Follett 2:07.80 Jeremy Taiwo wrapped up the two-day heptathlon event with a commanding victory, Mile Run Katie Follett & 4:34.98 breaking his own school record with 5,559 points. Other noteworthy performances 3000m Run Mel Lawrence 9:22.98 came from the men’s DMR (Joey Bywater, Jeff Gudaitis, Ryan Soberanis, Austin Abbott) 5000m Run Lindsay Flanagan 17:06.73 which ran the fifth-fastest time in the NCAA this season to place second and likely earn 4x400m Relay Atchley/Carr 3:54.96 an NCAA bid. Redshirt freshman Mel Lawrence broke the school 3k record by eight Greene/Finley seconds in running an NCAA Auto time of 9:08.50, good for second-place. Christine DMR Follett/Atchley 11:51.05 Babcock and Katie Follett went 2-3 in the mile, Abbott was second in the men’s 800m, Johnson/Lightfoot and Falesha Ankton placed second as well in the 60m hurdles. Daria Amiad-Pavlov and High Jump Kelly McNamee 5-8 Elisa Bryant both placed third in the triple jump and weight throw, respectively. Kailey Pole Vault Logan Miller 12-9 1/2 Campbell ran the second-fastest 800m time in school history, taking third in the race. Long Jump Sarah Schireman 17-9 1/2 All told, the two day meet produced 11 NCAA Automatic qualifying mark and another Triple Jump Shaniae Lakes 39-9 3/4 106 Provisional marks. Four MPSF records were also broken this year. Shot Put Shaniae Lakes 35-6 3/4 Weight Throw Korede Oyetuga 51-9 Pentathlon Kelly McNamee 3,524 LAST TIME OUT - HUSKY CLASSIC: Senior All-American Katie Follett smashed her own school record in the mile to lead the Washington effort on the final day of another Men’s landmark Husky Classic at the Dempsey Indoor facility. It seemed every new final went 60m Dash James Alaka 6.87 hand-in-hand with the phrase “a new Dempsey record” over the loudspeakers as seven 60m Hurdles Shayne Moore 8.15 new facility marks were set at the meet by some of track and field’s elite. In addition to 200m Dash Kenjamine Jackson 21.98 all the new Dempsey marks, there were 29 NCAA Automatic qualifying marks posted by 400m Dash Sam Rucker 49.80 eligible Division-I athletes, plus 115 more NCAA Provisional qualifying marks and times. 800m Run Ryan Styrk 1:52.48 Follett earned one of the automatic marks, lowering her old school record (4:37.22) by Mile Run Ryan Soberanis 4:09.61 more than two seconds. She finished in 4:34.98 to go well under the NCAA Auto mark 3000m Run Colton Tully-Doyle 7:56.67 of 4:37.00. Follett’s run would have given her the NCAA Division-I lead if not for Florida’s 5000m Run Jake Schmitt 14:15.51 Charlotte Browning, who won the same race while also breaking the Dempsey record 4x400m Relay Rucker/Timpe 3:17.96 with a time of 4:31.24 that was a full four seconds faster than the previous NCAA best Dunn/Soberanis coming into the weekend. A few minutes later in the men’s mile, a stunning 13 men DMR Styrk/Timpe 9:55.38 broke the four-minute mile. The men’s 3,000-meter run was another barnburner as 20 of Soberanis/Cameron the 21 men entered in the top heat hit the NCAA Provisional mark or better. Husky junior High Jump Jake Vetter 6-6 Colton Tully-Doyle got in on the action, as he raced to a new PR of 7:56.67, becoming Andrew Ferleman just the second Husky to crack 8-minutes indoors. Meanwhile, Northern Arizona All- Pole Vault Scott Roth 18-6 3/4 American David McNeill got the win in a new Dempsey record time of 7:47.52, which Long Jump Warren Woods 22-9 3/4 blows past the previous NCAA leading mark by eight seconds. The men’s 800-meters Triple Jump Thomas Kmett 46-5 1/2 produced another facility record but this one wouldn’t change hands, as Oregon’s Shot Put Richard Anderson 55-1 1/2 Weight Throw Zack Midles 58-4 1/2 Andrew Wheating lowered his own Dempsey record to 1:46.36. All told, 21 runners hit Heptathlon Andrew Ferleman 5,220 NCAA qualifying marks in the invitational 800. The men’s 60-meter dash saw the second facility record of the weekend, as Ryan Bailey went under Ja’Warren Hooker’s mark $ - School Record of 6.63 it in the final as he won in 6.61 seconds. Husky sophomore Ryan Hamilton cut into his own PR, running 6.93 in the prelims that was the ninth-best mark of the day. Bailey was back in record-setting form later in the day for the 200-meter invitational. 2010 UW NCAA Qualifiers He turned in his second Dempsey record of the day and the fifth overall for the meet by registering a 20.84, the third-fastest by an American man this year. That surpassed Women Event Mark NCAA Rank Brent Gray’s two-year-old mark of 20.93 seconds. One major bright spot today for the Katie Follett Mile 4:34.98 - A 2nd Dawgs was seeing sophomore All-American Mel Lawrence get back on a starting line Mel Lawrence 3,000m 9:22.98 - P 19th for the first time since the fall. Lawrence took fifth overall in the 3,000m with a time Katie Follett 800m 2:07.80 - P 28th of 9:22.98 that was good for a Provisional qualifier. Leading UW’s efforts in the field events was All-American junior Scott Roth once again. Roth handily won the pole vault, entering the competition at 17-11 ¼ and clearing it on his second attempt. Another Husky vaulter of some repute had a record-setting day. 2006 grad Carly Dockendorf, an All-American in 2005, broke the Canadian national indoor record in the women’s vault Men Event Mark NCAA Rank with a clearance of 14-feet, 6-inches. Further captivating the Dempsey crowd was the Scott Roth Pole Vault 18-6 3/4 - A 2nd incredible leaping ability of Jesse Williams, the 2008 U.S. High Jump Champion and Colton Tully-Doyle 3,000m 7:56.67- P 13th a Beijing Olympian. Williams handily defeated an extremely talented high jump field and claimed yet another Dempsey record when he cleared 7-feet, 7-inches on his first try. That leap ranks him seventh in the world in 2010. HUSKY TRACK AND FIELD • Feb. 25, 2010 • Page 4

DEMPSEY INDOOR: Now in the midst of its ninth season, Washington’s just four points out of second, and the women taking fifth, but only six points Dempsey Indoor has solidified its reputation as one of the nation’s top indoor from third. UW earned four titles at the MPSFs, including Boase with a win competition venues. The facility includes a permanent 307-meter MONDO track in the 400m, Schmitt in the 5K, Taiwo in the heptathlon, and the women’s (six lanes on the straightaway, five on the oval) and a full 100-yard FieldTurf distance medley relay. Highlighting the school record showings was senior infield equipped to host the shot put, weight throw, long jump, triple jump, high Austin Abbott in the mile run. Abbott went 3:58.23 at the Last Chance Meet jump and pole vault events. Dempsey Indoor has hosted dozens of Olympians; to break Eric Garner’s school record, with Garner running in the same heat. already this year fans have witnessed 2008 U.S. Olympians Nick Symmonds, Other records were set by Boase in the 400m (46.09), Taiwo in the heptathlon Shannon Rowbury, Jesse Williams, Jen Rhines, Billy Nelson, Galen Rupp, and (5,559), Mel Lawrence in the 3K (9:08.50), Anita Campbell in the 5K (16:09.26), 2009 U.S. World Championship team members Chris Solinsky and Evan Jager. the women’s DMR (11:05.80), and Bryant in the weight throw (65-8 3/4). The The Dempsey produces numerous top-10 world marks every year and has seen women’s 3,000-meter list was the most drastically altered, as Lawrence, Fol- 29 UW indoor school records broken, and thousands of NCAA qualifying marks. lett, Anita Campbell, and Lauren Saylor ran the four fastest times in school The Dempsey got its first American and World Record this year when the Or- history, respectively. egon Track Club distance medley relay clocked 9:21.77. Two-time U.S. 800m Champion Nick Symmonds led off, handing to Matt Scherer, then Tuler Mulder, HEAD COACH GREG METCALF: Former Husky All-American Greg Metcalf and Will Leer to set the record. The facility is also the annual host site of the is in the midst of his eighth season as head of Washington’s track and field MPSF Championships. In addition to its competitive use, the building serves as program, and his 13th year overall on the staff, and remains the driving force an indoor practice facility for many UW teams. Following is a list of new facility behind UW’s rise to national prominence. Metcalf, also the head cross country records set during the 2009 season: coach, led the women’s cross country team to the National Championship in 2008, the first team title for a UW track program. The women went undefeated 2010 Dempsey Indoor Records and Metcalf earned Pac-10 and National Coach of the Year honors. This past Men’s 60m 6.61, Ryan Bailey, Nike, 2/13/10 fall the women were third at NCAAs and Metcalf repeated as the Pac-10’s top Men’s 200m 20.84, Ryan Bailey, Nike, 2/13/10 coach. The men’s cross country squad has also reached NCAAs in five of the Men’s 800m 1:46.36, Andrew Wheating, Oregon, 2/13/10 past seven years with three Top-20 finishes since 2006. The track and field Men’s Mile 3:55.75, Chris Solinsky, Nike, 1/30/10 squads have also enjoyed a prolonged period of unprecedented success the Men’s 3,000m 7:47.52, David McNeill, Northern Arizona, 2/13/10 past several years. The men have finished in the Top-25 at seven of the last DMR* 9:21.77, Oregon Track Club, 2/12/10 eight NCAA Championship meets, including consecutive Top-10 indoor finishes Men’s High Jump 7-7, Jesse Williams, Nike, 2/13/10 in 2007 and 2008. At the 2009 NCAA Outdoor Championships, the men placed Women’s Mile 4:31.24, Charlotte Browning, Florida, 2/13/10 20th while the women were 19th. At the end of the year, Washington was one * World Record of six programs to place both its men’s and women’s teams in the 2008-09 USTFCCCA Program of the Year Top-10 standings, which measures combined 2009 INDOOR IN REVIEW: The NCAA Indoor Championships on March 14 NCAA Championship results across cross country, indoor, and outdoor track. put the capper on another outstanding indoor track and field campaign for the Men’s track also won the MPSF Championships in both 2006 and 2007, and Huskies. With six collegiate meets at UW’s Dempsey Indoor facility, Washington Metcalf was named conference coach of the year on both occasions. The was once again one of the focal points of the national indoor track scene. Many women have also had five Top-25 NCAA finishes since 2005, and sent three of the fastest times in America were turned in at the Dempsey, with Husky team members to the 2008 U.S. Olympic Trials in the 1500-meters. Husky track athletes contributing a good number themselves. A whopping 36 new times and field individuals in Metcalf’s tenure have combined for six NCAA titles, or marks were written into the UW indoor Top-10 lists this season, with seven 16 Pac-10 crowns and 160 NCAA Championships appearances, while breaking new school records. Washington sent 12 athletes to the NCAA Indoor meet school records on 70 separate occasions. In addition to their athletic prowess, in College Station, Texas, and they returned to Seattle with nine All-America Metcalf’s teams have been among the brightest at a school renowned for its honors between them. UW’s indoor All-Americans included: senior Jordan high academic standards. His teams are eight-time recipients of the USTFCCCA Boase, who took third in the 400m for the second straight year; Katie Follett All-Academic honor, including the men’s team being named the 2008 Outdoor who took fifth in the 3K; Elisa Bryant, eighth in the weight throw in her first Scholar Team of the Year, and six UW individuals have earned Academic All- NCAA meet; the eighth-place women’s DMR comprised of Christine Babcock, America. Washington is the second head coaching position for Metcalf, who Falesha Ankton, Kailey Campbell, and Follett; Jake Schmitt, ninth in the 5K to served in 1996-97 as the head cross country and assistant track coach at Auburn earn his first All-America award; and freshman Jeremy Taiwo, who was 12th University. A four-time Academic All-Pac-10 honoree at Washington, Metcalf in the heptathlon just three months into his college career. Both teams scored earned All-American honors at the 1992 and 1993 NCAA Championships. His six points at Nationals, which put the men in a tie for 33rd and the women in best collegiate mark of 8:41.17 ranks fourth all-time among Husky steeplers. a tie for 35th. Once again Washington played host to the Mountain Pacific He also was a steeple finalist in the 1996 U.S. Olympic Trials. Sports Federation (MPSF) Championships with the men placing sixth, though

2010 Updates to UW’s All-Time Indoor Track and Field Top-10 Lists Men Women All-Time School All-Time School Name Event Mark UW Rank Record Name Event Mark UW Rank Record Colton Tully-Doyle 3,000m 7:56.67 2nd 7:54.13 Katie Follett Mile 4:34.98 1st Same Scott Roth Pole Vault 18-6 3/4 2nd 19-0 1/4 Katie Follett 800m 2:07.80 2nd 2:06.69 Andrew Ferleman Heptathlon 5,220 2nd 5,559 Korede Oyetuga Weight Throw 51-9 4th 65-8 3/4 Bryce Borer Heptathlon 4,702 5th 5,559 Bianca Greene 200m 24.99 6th 24.22 Jake Vetter Heptathlon 4,649 6th 5,559 Shaniae Lakes Triple Jump 39-9 3/4 6th 41-4 1/4 Jeremy Lashinske Heptathlon 4,634 8th 5,559 Logan Miller Pole Vault 12-9 1/2 8th (tie) 14-3 1/2 Shayne Moore 60m Hurdles 8.15 9th 7.82 Lindsay Kirschman Pentathlon 3,381 9th 3,915 Sarah Schireman Pentathlon 3,284 10th 3,915 HUSKY TRACK AND FIELD • Feb. 25, 2010 • Page 5

Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Indoor Conference Championships Since the Pacific-10 Conference does not sponsor indoor track and field, most Pac-10 schools compete Men’s Team Results indoors in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation, along with selected members of the Big West UW UW Conference. With the exception of the 2002 and 2003 seasons, the Huskies have been a member of Year Champion Pts. Place Pts. the MPSF for indoor track and field since 1993. Husky athletes have combined for three MPSF team 2009 UCLA 83.5 6 75 titles and 32 individual crowns, including seven individual titles and the men’s team championship at 2008 Oregon 90 5 66.5 the 2007 meet, the most recent of four-straight held at UW’s Dempsey Indoor. 2007 Washington 109 1 109 2006 Washington 107 1 107 2005 UCLA 117.5 6 62 Men’s MPSF Indoor Conference Champions 2004 UCLA 127 8 47.5 Year Champion Event Mark 2003* UCLA 127.5 — — 2009 Jordan Boase 400m Dash 46.09 2002* UCLA 132 — — Jake Schmitt 5,000m Run 13:57.49 2001 Washington St. 108.5 3 104 Jeremy Taiwo Heptathlon 5,559 2000 Stanford 142 6 65 2008 Jordan Boase 400m Dash 46.37 1999 Stanford 128 5 61 Norris Frederick Long Jump 26-7 3/4 1998 Washington St. 116.5 3 83 2007 Ryan Brown 800m Run 1:48.59 1997 Idaho 106.5 4 74 Austin Abbott Mile Run 4:02.82 1996 Arizona 104 3 72 Gudaitis/Still/Brown/Fredrickson 4x400m Relay 3:09.28 1995 Arizona 101 4 69.5 Norris Frederick Long Jump 25-2 1/2 1994 Arizona 99.5 5 69 2006 Martin Bingisser Weight Throw 64-8 3/4 1993 Utah St. 98 7 36 Ryan Brown 800m Run 1:50.35 Norris Frederick Long Jump 25-2 1/2 2004 Eric Garner Mile Run 4:00.53 Women’s Team Results 2001 David Bazzi Mile Run 4:19.09 UW UW Jason Fayant 5,000m Run 15:25.59 Year Champion Pts. Place Pts. Ja’Warren Hooker 60m Dash 6.51 2009 Stanford 115 5 72.5 Ja’Warren Hooker 200m Dash 20.75 2008 Arizona State 154.5 5 61.5 Brad Walker Pole Vault 17-9 2007 Arizona State 135 4t 73.5 2000 Ja’Warren Hooker 55m Dash 6.19 2006 Stanford 161 5 60.5 Ja’Warren Hooker 200m Dash 21.34 2005 Stanford 180.5 3 69 1998 Ja’Warren Hooker 55m Dash 6.13 2004 Stanford 148 3 83 Hooker/Dawson/Anabel/Prior 4x400m Relay 3:12.05 2003* Stanford 171 — — 1996 Washington 4x400m Relay 3:14.81 2002* Arizona 137 — — 1995 Ed Turner 200m Dash 21.41 2001 Arizona 142 6 46 1994 Tim Martin 55m Dash 6.33 2000 Washington St. 136.5 4 66 1993 Mitch Leffler 800m Run 1:50.65 1999 Washington St. 117 5 59 1998 Stanford 113 3 75 Women’s MPSF Indoor Conference Champions 1997 Stanford 103 4 56.5 Year Champion Event Mark 1996 Washington 95 1 95 2009 Babcock/Ankton/Follett/Campbell DMR 11:16.57 1995 Arizona 107 3 70 2007 Ashley Lodree 60m Dash 7.34 Ashley Lodree 60m Hurdles 8.17 1994 Utah St. 87 3 83 Amanda Miller Mile Run 4:48.98 1993 UNLV 91 4 55 2006 Ashley Lodree 60m Hurdles 8.17 2005 Kate Soma Pole Vault 13-8 1/4 2004 Ingvill Makestad Mile Run 4:42.17 2000 Seselia Thomas Shot Put 48-6 1996 Aretha Hill Shot Put 47-11 1/4 1995 Tara Davis Long Jump 19-9 3/4 1994 Claudine Robinson 55m Hurdles 7.68 1993 Claudine Robinson 55m Hurdles 7.86