2006 husky track & field information HUSKY QUICK FACTS TABLE OF CONTENTS University Information 2006 Season Info Location: Seattle, Wash. Quick Facts ..............................................1 Mailing Address: 229 Graves Bldg. Husky Track and Field: History in Box 354070, Seattle, WA 98195 the Making .................................... 2-3 Founded: Nov. 4, 1861 Husky Stadium .........................................4 Enrollment: 42,000 (31,474 undergrad) Dempsey Indoor .......................................5 Nickname: Huskies 2006 Men’s Outlook ............................. 6-7 Colors: Purple and Gold 2006 Men’s Roster ...................................7 Conference: Pacific-10 2006 Women’s Outlook ........................ 8-9 Previews, p. 6-9 Indoor Track: Dempsey Indoor 2006 Women’s Roster ..............................9 Outdoor Track: Husky Stadium Men’s Qualifying Standards ...................10 Women’s Qualifying Standards .............. 11 President: Mark Emmert Athletic Director: Todd Turner 2006 Athlete Bios Internet Site: www.gohuskies.com Men’s Bios ........................................ 12-30 Women’s Bios .................................. 31-47 Coaching Information Husky Coaches Head Coach Track & Field / Cross Country: ......... Greg Metcalf (4th yr.) Head Coach Greg Metcalf ............... 48-49 Office Phone: (206) 543-0811 All-Time Husky Coaches ........................49 Assistant Coach (Vault/Jumps):.......................Pat Licari (9th yr.) Assistant Coach Pat Licari .....................50 Office Phone: (206) 685-7429 Assistant Coach Reedus Thurmond ......50 Bios, p. 12-47 Assistant Coach (Throws): ............... Reedus Thurmond (1st yr.) Assistant Coach LaMonte Vaughn, Jr. ...51 Office Phone: (206) 616-8086 Assistant Coach David Bazzi .................51 Asst. Coach (Sprints/Hurdles): ..... LaMonte Vaughn, Jr. (2nd yr.) Assistant Coach Kelly Strong .................52 Office Phone: (206) 543-7914 Volunteer Assistant Duncan Atwood ......52 Assistant Coach (Men’s Distances): ........... David Bazzi (5th yr.) Volunteer Assistant Kate Carlson ...........52 Office Phone: (206) 221-2625 Volunteer Assistant Jacob Predmore .....53 Assistant Coach (Women’s Distances): ..... Kelly Strong (4th yr.) Volunteer Assistant Aretha Thurmond ....53 Office Phone: (206) 221-4047 Husky Track Support Staff .....................53 Volunteer Assistants: ............................ Duncan Atwood (javelin) Kate Carlson (vault) 2005 Season Review 2005 Men’s Best Marks.................... 54-55 Aretha Thurmond (throws) Coaches, p. 48-53 Track Office Phone: (206) 221-2625 .......... Fax: (206) 685-1677 2005 Women’s Best Marks .............. 56-57 2005 Postseason Summary ...................58 Administrative Staff 2005 Pac-10 All-Academic Teams .........59 UW-WSU Dual Meet Summary ..............60 Certified Athletic Trainers: ................ Nikki Smith, Susie Wegner 1 Equipment Mgrs.: ..... Gary McGuire, Jim Hagland, Grant Gasca Husky Records Athletic Communications Director: ....................................... TBA Pac-10, NCAA, American Records ........61 Asst. Athletic Comm. Director/Track Contact: .......... Brian Beaky Men’s Freshman Records ......................62 Office: (206) 543-2331......................... Cell: (206) 227-5709 Men’s Outdoor Top-10 Lists ............. 62-63 Fax: (206) 543-5000 ...... E-mail: [email protected] Men’s Indoor Top-10 Lists ................ 64-65 Women’s Freshman Records .................66 TEAM INFO Women’s Outdoor Top-10 Lists ........ 66-67 2005 Men’s Pac-10 Finish: ..................................................... 5th Women’s Indoor Top-10 Lists ........... 68-69 Review, p. 54-60 2005 Men’s NCAA Finish (Outdoor/Indoor): ......... DNS/28th (tie) NCAA Men’s Competitors Returning / Lost: ........................... 9/2 Husky History: A Century of Excellence Men’s Best Conference Finish:.................................. 2nd—1976 Pac-10 Championships History ........ 70-71 Men’s Best NCAA Finish: ................................ 2nd—1929, 1930 MPSF Championships History ...............71 Men’s NCAA Championships History ...72-75 2005 Women’s Pac-10 Finish: ................................................ 8th All-Time Team Finishes 72 2005 Women’s NCAA Finish (Outdoor/Indoor): ........ 15th (tie)/16th (tie) AAU/TAC National Champions 72 NCAA Women’s Competitors Returning / Lost: ...................... 7/2 NCAA Champions 73 Women’s Best Conference Finish: ......... 4th—1995, 1996, 1998 Career Individual Scoring 73 Women’s Best NCAA Finish: .................................... 10th—1988 All-Americans 74-75 Women’s NCAA Championships History ..... 76-77 All-Time Team Finishes 76 Records, p. 61-69 CREDITS: The 2006 University of Washington track & field me- NCAA Champions 76 dia guide was written and edited by Brian Beaky. Design and Career Individual Scoring 76 layout done entirely in-house by Beaky. Cover design by All-Americans 77 Jonathan Soriano. Cover photography by Beaky, Rod Com- Olympians ..............................................78 mons, David Gonzales and Joanie Komura. Inside covers de- World Record Holders ............................78 signed by Beaky. Interior shots by Beaky, Commons, Komura, IAAF World Championships Participants ...... 78 Gonzales, Adam Hardtke, Bruce Terami and Geoff Thurner. Letterwinners ........................................ 79-84 Printing by University of Washington Department of Publica- tions Services (Judy Robertson). Special thanks to Daniel Bell The Husky Experience—The Best of Everything of the Amateur Athletics Foundation, and to Paul Merca of USA Athletic Administration ............................85 University of Washington ................. 86-87 Track and Field, for historical research. Editorial assistance pro- History, p. 70-84 vided by the UW coaching staff. Also thanks to Andre Bayard, Alumni and Husky Highlights ........... 88-89 Total Student-Athlete Program ......... 90-91 Brandon Blaska and all previous UW Sports Information staffs Athletic Facilities ....................................92 who contributed to this guide. Campaign for the Student-Athlete ..........93 Strength & Conditioning, Athletic Medicine ... 94 Excellence in Coaching ..........................95 Seattle ....................................................96 2006 University of W ashington Track & Field husky stadium While Dempsey Indoor hosts the Huskies from January to March, Husky Stadium Records when the weather warms up, Washington’s track and field teams head outdoors to 72,500-seat Husky Stadium, the largest on- MEN campus track and field facility in the Pac-10. 100m Dash .................................... 10.05, Leroy Burrell, USA, 1990 200m Dash ............................. 20.54, Michael Johnson, USA, 1990 Athletes running on the hallowed Husky Stadium track do so in the 400m Dash ......................... 44.79, Robert Hernandez, Cuba, 1990 footsteps of some of track and field’s most notable names, including 800m .................................... 1:45.10, Joaquim Cruz, Oregon, 1984 former U.S. gold medalists Carl Lewis and Michael Johnson, both 1500m ...................... 3:38.2, Jerome Howe, Mid-America TC, 1972 of whom own facility records. Steeplechase .....................8:05.4, Henry Rono, Wash. State, 1978 5000m ................................ 13:33.52, Paul Williams, Canada, 1990 The eyes of the entire world were upon Husky Stadium in 1990, 10000m ............................... 27:26.33, H. Boutayeb, Morocco, 1990 110m Hurdles ............................... 13.43, Greg Foster, UCLA, 1980 when the Huskies’ outdoor track and field home played host to the 400m Hurdles ................. 48.78, Winthrop Graham, Jamaica, 1990 Opening and Closing Ceremonies, and all track and field 4x100m Relay ...................................................... 38.45, USA, 1990 competition, for the 1990 Goodwill Games. 4x400m Relay ................................................... 2:59.54, USA, 1990 High Jump ................................ 7-7 3/4, Hollis Conway, USA, 1990 In addition to the 33 Stadium records set during the Goodwill Pole Vault ............................... 19-5, Rodion Gataullin, USSR, 1990 Games, the facility has served as the site of numerous collegiate Long Jump .......................................... 27-6, Carl Lewis, USA, 1990 records, including a record of 8:05.4 in the steeplechase by Triple Jump ........................... 58-1 1/2, Kenny Harrison, USA, 1990 Shot Put ........................................ 70-4, Randy Barnes, USA, 1990 Washington State’s Henry Rono that has stood for the last 26 years. Discus .................................... 220-3, Romas Ubartas, USSR, 1990 Perhaps it’s not surprising that Rono’s mark should withstand the Hammer ................................ 276-0, Igor Astapovitch, USSR, 1990 Javelin ...................................... 276-1, Viktor Zaitsev, USSR, 1990 test of time, as the Cougars and Huskies have been going at it in Decathlon ................................... 8,403, Dave Johnson, USA, 1990 Husky Stadium since 1922, two years after the stadium’s initial construction. Last year’s dual in Seattle went down to the wire, WOMEN with Washington’s men pulling off a 110.5-92.5 win, and the UW 100m Dash ................................ 11.03, Carlette Guidry, USA, 1990 women suffering a rare home defeat, 111-92. 200m Dash .............................. 22.64, Dannette Young, USA, 1990 400m Dash ...................................... 50.34, Ana Quirot, Cuba,