TRACK & FIELD Five-Time Sun Belt Champions: Men 2000, 2002 Women 2003, 2005, 2012 UTEP Invitational MMeanean GGreenreen hheadseads wwestest ttoo EEll PPasoaso 2013 MEAN GREEN SCHEDULE fforor UUTEPTEP IInvitationalnvitational INDOOR SEASON Date Meet Location J 12 Texas A&M Invite College Station, TX J 19 J.D. Martin Invitational Norman, OK J 25-56 Houston Indoor Invite Houston, TX F 1-2 Red Raider Open Lubbock, TX F 7-9 Iowa State Classic Ames, IA F 16 Oklahoma Invitational Norman, OK F 23-25 SBC Champ. Jonesboro, AR M 8-9 NCAA Champ. Fayetteville, AR OUTDOOR SEASON M 15 TCU Invitational Ft. Worth, TX M 22 Baylor Quad Arlington, TX M 27-28 Bobcat Inv. San Marcos, TX M 28-30 Texas Relays Austin, TX A 6 North Texas Classic Denton, TX A 13 UTEP Invitational El Paso, TX A 18-20 Mt. SAC Relays Walnut, CA A 20 Michael Johnson Inv. Waco, TX Freshmen Silvester harrison and Bryce McAndrew A 24-28 Drake Relays Des Moines, IA A 26 Red Raider Inv. Lubbock, TX M 4 Texas Tech Inv. Lubbock, TX Up Next – Mean Green track & fi eld travels west to El Paso for the UTEP Invita- M 10-12 SBC Champ. Miami, FL tional on Saturday, April 13, at Kidd Field. This is the fi rst of three trips to west M 23-25 NCAA West Prelims Austin, TX Texas in the outdoor season. North Texas will make two trips to Texas Tech later in J 5-8 NCAA Champ. Eugene, OR the season. Events kick-off with the women’s hammer throw as the fi rst fi eld event J 15-17 US Junior Champ. Bloomington, IN at 10 a.m. followed by running events at 3 p.m. J 19-23 US National Champs Des Moines, IA Home meets in bold (at Fouts Field) Bareni and Beyond 2013 NORTH TEXAS QUICK FACTS Junior Shahaf Bareni broke her school record high jump Saturday with a leap of Location.........................................................Denton, TX 1.82 meters or 5-11.50 feet on her way to capturing her second win of the outdoor Enrollent.................................................................35,754 season. Bareni, who stands in fi rst in the Sun Belt, moved into second in the South Nickname......................................................Mean Green Central region behind Shanay Briscoe from the University of Texas. Colors.....................................................Green and White Conference..........................................................Sun Belt Home Venue....................................................Fouts Field Qualifying Left and Right University President...............................V. Lane Rawlins Distance newcomers Silvester Harrison and Bryce McAndrew qualifi ed for the Athletics Director.......................................Rick Villarreal 2013 USATF National Junior Olympic Track & Field Championships with their Athletic Department Phone.........................940.565.2662 performances in the 1,500 meter run this past weekend at the North Texas Classic. Director of Track & Field McAndrew placed fourth in 3:56.85 followed by Harrison at fi fth in 3:57.07. This Carl Sheffi eld (Head Coach).......................940.565.4753 marks the fi rst time in program history that North Texas has sent two athletes in Assistant Coaches the same year to the junior championships. The National Junior Championships Sam Burroughs. ......................................... 936.565.2641 Derek Mackel ...........................................940.369.7405 kick-off July 22, 2013 at North Carolina A&T University in Greensboro, North Carolina. North Texas Athletic Communications (Area Code 940) Sr. Associate Athletic Dir./Communications: Eric Capper; 565-2476 Track & Field Contact: Aimee Clark; [email protected] Offi ce: 565-3671 Cell: 918-351-3399 Fax: 565-3671 www.MeanGreenSports.com Coach Sheffield & Team Results HEAD COACH CARL SHEFFIELD 2013 MEAN GREEN RESULTS Date Indoor Meet W Finish M Finish Wins Top 3s Carl Sheffi eld is entering J 12 Texas A&M Invitational 9th 11th 2 2 his second years as the J 19 JD Martin Invitational N/A N/A 5 16 Director of Track & Field. Since arriving on August J 25-26 Houston Indoor Invitational N/A N/A 2 12 19, 2011, Sheffi eld has led the women’s track & fi eld F 2 Red Raider Open N/A N/A 2 23 team to a SBC Outdoor F 7-9 Iowa State Classic N/A N/A 1 6 Championship and a runner-up SBC Indoor F 16 Oklahoma Invitational N/A N/A 3 12 Championship. F 23-24 Sun Belt Conf. Champ. 2nd 2nd 7 29 Sheffi eld spent 12 years coaching as a Mean Green M 8-9 NCAA Champ. Did Not Participate track & fi eld assistant Date Outdoor Meet W Finish M Finish Wins Top 3s coach from 1996 to 2007 before departing for an M 15 TCU Invitational N/A N/A 1 6 opportunity to be a performance coach at the Michael M 22 Baylor Quad Invitational N/A N/A 4 18 Johnson Training Center in McKinney, Texas. M 27-30 Texas Relays N/A N/A 1 3 Under Sheffi eld’s guidance as the sprints and hurdles coach at North Texas, his athletes established or tied M 28-29 Bobcat Invitational N/A N/A 2 6 over 20 school records and earned more than 70 all- A 6 North Texas Classic N/A N/A 11 31 conference awards. Th e Mean Green won four team A 13 UTEP Invitational New Title, Same Goal A 18-20 Mt. SAC Relays • Sheffi eld Earned Four SBC Titles as an A 20 Michael Johnson Classic assistant at North Texas • Women’s cross country recorded its best A 24-28 Drake Relays fi nish since 1989 in 2011 A 25 Red Raider Invitational • Sheffi eld received both the 2012 Sun Belt M 4 Texas Tech Invitational Conference Indoor and Outdoor Coach of the Year Awards for fi nishing second and M 11-12 Sun Belt Conf. Champ. fi rst respectively. M 23-25 NCAA West Preliminary Rounds J 5-8 NCAA Championships championships while Sheffi eld was on staff , two on each of the men’s and women’s side. J 19-23 US National Championships Sheffi eld’s leadership of the sprints group also led North Texas back to the NCAA Championships in 1999 APRIL 9, 2013 REGIONAL TOP 15 RANKINGS with the men’s 4x100 meter relay team aft er an 11 year absence. Th ree more sprinters appeard at the NCAA MEN’S WOMEN’S Outdoor Championships under Sheffi eld as Detrion Woodson went in the 100 meter dash in 2001, Ananka Clark in the same event two years later and lastly Kory Williams in the 400-meter hurdles in 2005. He brings enhanced credentials through his work at the Michael Johnson Training Center where he focused on improving the ability of his athletes to integrate linear speed concepts through biomechanics, motor control and performance analysis. A native of Dallas, Sheffi eld was one of the top-fi ve hurdlers in the state while attending Skyline High School and attended UTA on scholarship as a high hurdler. Aft er earning his B.S. from UTA in 1993, Sheffi eld earned his Master of Science from North Texas in exercise physiology in 1996. In addition to his coaching duties, he served as an adjunct instructor for North Texas from 2005-07 for the Department of Kinesiology. Sun Belt Performance List (4.10.13) Men 4. Simone Johnson 24.55 100-Meter Dash 5. James Fowler 10.60 400-Meter Dash 3. Ashley Harrison 54.90 200-Meter Dash 1. Clint Collins 21.18 800-Meter Run 4. James Fowler 21.37 1. Jo Adams 2:09.37 400-Meter Dash 1500-Meter Run 2. Clint Collins 46.85 1. Jo Adams 4:19.09 2. Christina Taylor 4:37.04 800-Meter Run 5.Matt Russ 1:53.57 3000-Meter Steeplechase 2. Charlott e Wilson 11:06.47 1500-Meter Run 5. Matt Russ 3:51.47 100-Meter Hurdles 2. Chastity Stewart 13.66 3000-Meter Steeplechase 4. Kayla Savoie 14.20 4. James Coleman 9:40.53 400-Meter Hurdles 400-Meter Hurdles 2. Chastity Stewart 1:01.84 1. Steven White 51.56 High Jump Shot Put 1. Shahaf Bareni 1.82m 2. Aaron Sirles 16.84m Long Jump Discus Throw 4. Mona Landry 5.86m 3. Aaron Sirles 52.58m Pole Vault Hammer Throw 3. Madison Northcutt 3.66m 3. John Garrish 58.34m Shot Put 4x100 Meter Relay 4. Deja McKnight 14.02m 2. Fowler, Collins, Hickman, Newson 40.70 Discus Throw 4x400 Meter Relay 4. Tori Clark 45.54m 4. Collins, White, Pryor, Wooten 3:15.55 4x100 Meter Relay Women 1. Savoie, Landry, Henry, Harrison 45.30 100-Meter Dash 2. Simone Johnson 11.79 4x400 Meter Relay 2. Mona Landry 11.79 1. Harrison, El-Amin, Henry, Cartwright 3:43.87 200-Meter Dash 1. Ashley Harrison 24.31 2. Kayla Savoie 24.46 Destroying Order 2013 SUN BELT Just a week after senior Aaron Sirles broke the school hammer throw record, CONFERENCE PERFORMERS senior John Garrish crushed it by more than 20 feet. Garrish threw 58.34 meters OF THE WEEK (191-05 feet) on his way to capturing a second place fi nish in the event. Sirles 1/23/13 - Clint Collins threw a personal-best 52.72 meters (172-11 feet) fi nishing third while senior Cody Men’s Indoor Track January threw 51.75 meters (169-09 feet) to fi nish fourth. The new order for the 2/13/13 - Chelsea Hermes record book is Garrish at fi rst, followed by Sirles at second and January at fourth. Women’s Indoor Field Women Take Charge 2/13/13 - Clint Collins The Mean Green women captured three fi rst place fi nishes in Waco this past week- Men’s Indoor Track end.