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ARIZONA STATE TRACK & FIELD Women's 2007 & 2008 NCAA Indoor & 2007 Outdoor Champs Men's 2008 NCAA Indoor Champions OUTDOOR SEASON - WEEK 1 Outdoor Meet #1: BALDY CASTILLO INVITATIONAL 2008 SUN DEVIL SCHEDULE Joe Selleh Track at Sun Angel Stadium • Tempe INDOOR SEASON Friday, March 21 - Saturday, March 22 Date Meet Location J 25 Friday Night Challenge Flagstaff, AZ F 1-2 Washington Invitational Seattle, WA 1-2 United Heritage Multi Nampa, ID National Champions Open Outdoor Track & Field Season 1-2 Mountain 'T' Invitational Flagstaff, AZ Sun Devils play host to the Baldy Castillo Invitational this weekend in Tempe 8-9 Bronco Invitational Nampa, ID 15 Tyson Invitational Fayetteville, AR Following a historical end to the indoor season, the Arizona State University track and field 15-16 Iowa State Classic Ames, IA program will open its outdoor season this weekend as the Sun Devils are set to play host to 16 Husky Classic Seattle, WA the 2008 Baldy Castillo Invitational Friday and Saturday on Joe Selleh Track at Sun Angel 23 NAU Tune-Up Flagstaff, AZ Stadium in Tempe. The hammer will be conducted Friday night (5 p.m.) while all other events 29-1 MPSF Championships Seattle, WA M 8 Iowa State Last Chance Ames, IA will be contested Saturday (field events at noon and running events at 5:30 p.m.). 8 Washington Last Chance Seattle, WA 14-15 NCAA Championships Fayetteville, AR TWICE AS NICE Last weekend, the Sun Devils traveled 21 student-athletes to the 2008 NCAA Indoor Track OUTDOOR SEASON 21-22 Baldy Castillo Invitational Tempe & Field Championships and returned with both the men's and women's national team titles, 28-29 ASU Invitational Tempe accomplishing the feat for just the second time in NCAA history (LSU did so in 2004). The A 3-4 Jim Click Multis Tucson, AZ women scored 51 points with LSU finishing second with 43 points in the women's race while 5 Jim Click Invitational Tucson, AZ the men edged out favorite Florida State, 44-41, for their first indoor team crown. 4-5 Stanford Invitational Palo Alto, CA 11-12 29th Sun Angel Classic Tempe BY THE NUMBERS 17-20 Mt. SAC Relays Walnut, CA The titles earned by the Sun Devil men and women are the 134th and 135th national titles 25-26 Oregon Relays Eugene, OR 25-26 Drake Relays Des Moines, IA captured by Arizona State in school history. The wins are the 39th and 66th national titles for M 3 Double Dual (UA/NAU) Tucson, AZ the men and women, respectively, while 30 other titles were won in coed events (20 in mixed 4 Cardinal Classic Palo Alto, CA archery and 10 in mixed badminton). 9-10 Pac-10 Multi-Events Tempe 16-17 Pac-10 Championships Tempe REPEAT 30-31 NCAA West Region Northridge, CA With the team victory, the Sun Devil women successfully defended their first national tittle J 11-14 NCAA Championships Des Moines, IA won last year when the team captured the 2007 NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships 27-6 US Olympic Trials Eugene, OR in Fayetteville, Ark. The Sun Devils, ranked No. 1 last year, edged No. 2 LSU, 38-33, to win Home meets in bold (at Sun Angel Stadium) their first indoor crown. This year, the rankings were reversed, but the Sun Devils still won. 2008 SUN DEVIL DATA Location ................................................. Tempe, Ariz. STREAKING Enrollment ...................................................... 63,278 Arizona State's women have been dominant over the course of the past year as the Sun Devils Nickname ................................................ Sun Devils have won seven championship meets in a row. Those meets include the 2007 MPSF Indoor Colors ............................................... Maroon & Gold Championships, the 2007 NCAA Indoor Championships, the 2007 Pac-10 Championships, Conference (In & Out) .................... MPSF & Pac-10 the 2007 NCAA West Region Championships, the 2007 NCAA Outdoor Championships, the Home Venue .............................. Sun Angel Stadium 2008 MPSF Indoor Championships and the 2008 NCAA Indoor Championships. University President ..................... Dr. Michael Crow VP for University Athletics ........................ Lisa Love FIRST AND SECOND TIMES Director of Track & Field/Cross Country With 44 points, the Sun Devil men won their first indoor championship and became the 14th Greg Kraft .................................................... Jumps different men's program to capture the indoor crown since the NCAA began sponsoring an Assistant Coaches David Dumble ............................................. Throws indoor meet in 1965. The title is the second in program history for the men as the 1977 team Kenny McDaniel .......................... Sprints (women) captured the outdoor championship, the first team title in ASU track & field history. Louie Quintana .................. Distance/Mid-Distance Terry Winston .................................... Sprints (men) NOT SINCE... Graduate Assistants The men's team victory at the NCAA Indoor Championships marked the first men's team title Ryan Cole .......................... Distance/Mid-Distance earned for the Sun Devil athletic department since 1996 when the men's golf team captured Victoria Jackson ................ Distance/Mid-Distance their second championship (also won in 1990). Prior to the women winning last year and this Volunteer Coaches Ron Barela .............................................. Pole Vault year, the previous Sun Devil national champions were the 1998 women's golf team. Dan O'Brien ........................................ Multi-Events Support Staff ELITE COMPANY Frank Perez .................... Assistant Athletic Trainer The women's team, which is one of only seven programs to win an NCAA indoor title since Andrea DiTrani ........................ Grad. Asst. Trainer the association began sponsoring the event in 1983, repeated as national champions, mark- Jennifer Pawson ...................... Grad. Asst. Trainer ing just the fifth time in NCAA history that a team has won back-to-back titles. The last to do Ben Hilgart ............................. Sports Performance so was LSU (2002-2003-2004). The other schools to do so were UCLA (2000-2001), LSU Shay Jewett ................. Academic Coach (women) Sophia Sledge .................. Academic Coach (men) (1993-1994-1995-1996-1997) and Nebraska (1983-1984). THESUNDEVILS.COM SID Track/Field Contact: Alex Ryan ([email protected]) • Phone: (480) 965-4987 • Fax: (480) 965-5408 COACH KRAFT & TEAM NOTES HEAD COACH GREG KRAFT COMPLETE 2008 SUN DEVIL SCHEDULE Greg Kraft is in his 12th year with the Sun Devil pro- Date INDOOR MEETS W Finish M Finish Wins Top 3s Autos Provs Region gram and has built it into a national power. During the J 25 at Friday Night Challenge W 2, L 2 W 2, L 2 7-7 15-12 1-0 1-4 n/a 2007 season, his women were ranked No. 1 through- F 1-2 at Washington Invitational NTS NTS 0-1 0-2 0-0 0-3 n/a out the entire indoor and outdoor slates, culminating 1-2 at Mountain 'T' Invitational NTS NTS 5-2 9-6 1-0 1-3 n/a with their first national titles. For his efforts, he was 1-2 at United Heritage Invite NTS NTS 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 n/a selected as the 2007 USTFCCCA Women's National and 8-9 at Bronco Invitational NTS NTS 7-3 15-10 2-2 5-3 n/a Women's West Region Coach of the Year before earning 15 at Tyson Invitational NTS NTS 1-0 1-0 1-0 0-0 n/a the 2007 MPSF Women's Coach of the Year honor. He 15-16 at Iowa State Classic NTS NTS 2-3 7-4 2-1 4-4 n/a also was selected for the same honors outdoor, including 16 at Husky Classic NTS NTS 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-2 n/a the Pac-10 Coach of the Year. Kraft's women also won 23 at NAU Tune-Up NTS NTS 7-3 12-8 0-0 1-1 n/a their first indoor conference crown, capturing the 2007 MPSF Indoor Championships before repeating at the 29-1 at MPSF Championships 1st 4th 7-3 14-5 3-2 11-5 n/a Pac-10 outdoor meet where the men were three points M 7-8 at Iowa State Last Chance NTS NTS 2-0 3-0 0-0 3-0 n/a shy of capturing their first crown under Kraft. 7-8 at Washington Last Chance NTS NTS 0-1 1-3 0-0 0-1 n/a In 2006, Kraft's women's program moved up into the 14-15 at NCAA Championships 1st 1st 1-2 5-5 6-3 7-5 n/a national spotlight and captured its first Pac-10 title (May Date OUTOOR MEETS W Finish M Finish Wins Top 3s Autos Provs Region 13-14) in Eugene, Ore., after finishing third at the indoor M 21-22 BALDY CASTILLO INV NCAA meet. At the conference meet, the women won 28-29 ASU INVITATIONAL five titles. This past fall, the women's cross country team A 3-4 at Jim Click Multis finished fourth to earn their second trophy finish in three 5 at Jim Click Invitational years while the men, ranked 30th, finished 26th. Individually, Kraft has worked with numerous talented 4-5 at Stanford Invitational athletes, including five-time NCAA champion Jacquelyn 11-12 SUN ANGEL CLASSIC Johson and 2004 Olympic Gold Medalist Dwight Phillips. 17-20 at Mt. SAC Relays During the past three seasons alone, his women have 25-26 at Oregon Relays won nine individual national titles. 25-26 at Drake Relays Since taking over the ASU program, both the cross M 3 at Arizona (Double Dual) country and track and field programs have become 3 vs Northern Arizona (D Dual) staples of the national Top 20 with 14 All-America honors 4 at Cardinal Classic attained in cross country, five indoor relays, 10 outdoor 9-10 PAC-10 MULTI-EVENTS relays, 47 indoor individuals and 40 outdoor individuals.