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GUIDE CONTENTS GENERAL INFO Eaton/Eckels/Eke/Escamilla ..............................................................23 2008 Quick Facts ...............................................................................1 Farkash/Fitzgerald/Fraser/Gailey ......................................................24 Head Men’s Coach Jon Vochatzer ........................................................2 Godoy/Gregg/Haussler .....................................................................25 Head Women’s Coach Deanne Vochatzer ............................................3 Hearn/Howell/Hudson/Ivanhoe ........................................................26 Assistant Coaches ............................................................................4-5 Joyner/Knox/Larson/Laux .................................................................27 2008 Men’s Roster ............................................................................19 Lorson/Louie/Maltester/Mannon .......................................................28 2007 Women’s Roster .......................................................................35 Martindill/Maya/McCarthy/Mohamadi ..............................................29 Myles/Okwudiafor/Onyewuenyi .......................................................30 MEN’S PROFILES Phillips/Porter/Ratliff/Reed ................................................................31 Ali/Baze/Bennett/Buscho .....................................................................6 Robinson/Rundle/Russell/Santos .......................................................32 Cody/Corres/Council ..........................................................................7 Scott/Stein/Stoakley/Strack ...............................................................33 Crummett/DeLand/Dileo/Farkash .......................................................8 Theus/Williams/Yagi .........................................................................34 Feaster/Frazier/Fuchs/C. Fuller ...........................................................9 J. Fuller/Gaston/Gnepa .....................................................................10 RECAP & RECORDS Grant/Green/Harland-Dunaway/Huff ................................................11 2007 Season Bests .......................................................................36-37 Johnson/Olson/Orgon/Park ..............................................................12 2007 Div. I Independent Championships ....................................38-39 Parker/Parsel/Peabody ......................................................................13 2007 Big West Conference Championships .................................40-41 Peterson/Pfaff/Phillips/Rattray ...........................................................14 All-Time Outdoor Performance Lists ..........................................42-45 Roberts/Rogerson/Sandler/Sees .........................................................15 All-Time Indoor Performance Lists .............................................46-47 Seriba/Suarez/Swarbrick/Tarantino ...................................................16 Aggie Div. II All-Americans (1981-2003) .....................................48-51 Tate/Thigpen/Trice/Walkington .........................................................17 NCAA Woman Of The Year Honorees ..............................................51 Wilright/Wusu/Yuen .........................................................................18 CAMPUS SECTION WOMEN’S PROFILES This is UC Davis ...............................................................................i-ii Azevedo/Babers/Baker/Belardi ...........................................................20 UC Davis Athletics Staff .................................................................iii-iv Bickel/Brinkenhoff/Burton/Casabonne ..............................................21 Facilities Overview ..................................................................... vii-viii Celentano/Conley .............................................................................22 Serving The Student-Athlete .............................................................. ix 2008 TRACK & FIELD QUICK FACTS School............................................... University.of.California,.Davis.(UC.Davis) Media Relations Contact................ Mike.Robles Address............................................ One.Shields.Avenue./.Davis,.CA..95616 Email................................................ [email protected] Established/Founded..................... 1905/1908 Media Relations Phone.................. (530).752-3680. Enrollment....................................... 30,685 Media Relations FAX...................... (530).754-5674 Nickname......................................... Aggies Aggies on the Web......................... http://www.ucdavisaggies.com Colors............................................... Yale.Blue.&.Gold Head Women’s Coach..................... Deanne.Vochatzer,.17th.Year.(Chico.State.’71) National Affiliation......................... NCAA.Division.I Email................................................ [email protected] Conference....................................... Big.West.Conference.(first.year) Office Phone.................................... (530).752-5057 Home Facility.................................. Woody.Wilson.Track.at.Toomey.Field Head Men’s Coach.......................... Jon.Vochatzer,.27th.Year.(Cal.State.Hayward.’70) Chancellor........................................ Dr..Larry.Vanderhoef.(Wisc..Milwaukee.’64) Email................................................ [email protected] Director of Athletics....................... Greg.Warzecka.(California.’73) Office Phone.................................... (530).752-8608 Senior Associate A.D...................... Nona.Richardson.(Michigan.State.’83) Associate A.D.s Assistant Head Coach.................... Byron.Talley,.4th.Year.(UC.Davis.’02) ....External.Affairs:................................ Larry.Swanson.(Oregon.State.’65) Email................................................ [email protected] ....Business.&.Game.Mgmt.:.................. Bob.Bullis.(Northern.Iowa.’71) Office Phone.................................... (530).979-1708 Assistant A.D.s ....Media.Relations:............................... Mike.Robles.(Cal.Poly.’88) Distances Coach.............................. Chris.Puppione,.4th.Year.(Sonoma.State.’97) ....Football.Ops.&.Event.Mgmt:.............. Josh.Flushman.(UC.Davis.’00) Email................................................ [email protected] ....Marketing.&.Promotions:................... Scott.Brayton.(UC.Davis.‘94) Office Phone.................................... (530).754-4898 ....Compliance:..................................... Jennifer.Cardone.(Adelphi.‘90) ....Development:................................... Mike.Angius.(UC.Davis.‘77) Throws Coach.................................. Tim.Fua,.3rd.Year.(Chico.State.’97) Faculty Athletic Rep....................... Dr..Kimberly.Elsbach.(Iowa.’85) Email................................................ [email protected] Head Athletic Trainer..................... Jeff.Hogan.(UC.Davis.’81) Office Phone.................................... (530).752-8029 High Jumps Coach........................... Hideshi.Okamoto,.6th.Year.(Osaka.Gakuin.’80) Sprints Coach.................................. Erv.Hunt,.2nd.Year.(Fresno.State.’70) 2008 UC DAVIS TRACK & FIELD 1 COACHING STAFF of physical education programs for mentally and physically challenged athletes. Since 1990, he has served as track and field consultant for the JON California Special Olympics. VOCHATZER Administratively, Vochatzer has served UC Davis since 1991 as a Director of Men’s Track & Field member of the Executive Council, Academic Federation and the Com- 27th Year mittee on Committees. He was also on the Public Affairs subcommittee Cal State Hayward ’70 from 1994-96. Jon and his wife, Deanne, the women’s track coach at UC Davis, reside in Davis. Vochatzer served as Competition Manager for the 2000 Olympic Track & Field Trials in Sacramento. As is often the case in athletics, the UC Davis men’s track and field program carries the stamp of its head coach – ener- JON VOCHATZER AT A GLANCE getic, enthusiastic and competitive. After a quarter-century at the helm of the Aggies, Jon Vochatzer continues to AT UC DAVIS translate those qualities into an outstanding rate of success. •.California.Collegiate.Athletic.Association.Coach.of.the.Year.-. In 1998, Vochatzer’s talent and attributes brought him the respect 1999-2001,.2003 of his peers nationally when he was named to the United States coaching •.Northern.California.Athletic.Conference.Coach.of.the.Year.-. staff for the 1999 IAAF World Outdoor Championships in Seville, Spain. 1984,.1989,.1991,.1993,.1994,.1996,.1997 The assignment is one of the highlights of a 36-year career in coaching •.West.Region.D-II.Outdoor.Coach.of.the.Year.-. track and field at various levels, a span which includes directing the Aggies 1984,.1993,.1996,.1997,.2000,.2001 to 14 conference championships during his time at UC Davis. •.West.Region.D-II.Indoor.Coach.of.the.Year.-.. In 2003, with UC Davis participating in the California Collegiate 1998,.1999,.2000,.2001,.2002,.2003 Athletic Association for its final season, Vochatzer earned CCAA Coach of the Year honors for the fourth time in five years. Before the program OTHER joined the CCAA, he also won Coach of the Year honors seven times in •.Assistant.Coach,.International.Association.of.Athletics.Federations.(IAAF).