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WASHINGTON TRACK AND FIELD //For Immediate Release// Mar. 9, 2005 Contact: Brian Beaky Record 12 Huskies Head to Arkansas for 2005 NCAA Indoor Track Championships 2005 Husky Track Schedule Indoor <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Date </li><li style="flex:1">Meet </li><li style="flex:1">Location </li></ul><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Jan. 15 </li><li style="flex:1">UW Indoor Preview </li><li style="flex:1">Seattle </li></ul>On the Track: One of the most prolific seasons in Washington indoor track and field history comes to a conclusion this week at the 2005 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships at the University of Arkansas’ Randall Tyson Center in Fayetteville. A record twelve Huskies will be competing at this weekend’s indoor championships, including three freshmen and four women’s pole vaulters, believed to be a record for any collegiate team in the event. For complete bios of all of UW’s 2005 NCAA Indoor Championships competitors, see pages 8-9 of this release. Jan. 21-22 Nat’l Pole Vault Summit Reno, Nev. Jan. 28-29 UW Indoor Invitational Feb. 12 The Husky Classic Feb. 25-26 MPSF Championships Seattle Seattle Seattle <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Seattle </li><li style="flex:1">Mar. 5 </li><li style="flex:1">Last Chance Qualifier </li></ul><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Mar. 11-12 NCAA Champ’s </li><li style="flex:1">Fayetteville, Ark. </li></ul>Outdoor Date Mar. 19 <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Meet </li><li style="flex:1">Location </li></ul>Washington’s 2005 NCAAIndoor Championships Competitors <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">UW Outdoor Preview </li><li style="flex:1">Seattle </li></ul>Palo Alto, CA Austin, TX Eugene, OR Walnut, CA Pullman, WA Eugene, OR Seattle <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Name </li><li style="flex:1">Year Event </li></ul>Fr. DMR Hometown (High School) Chehalis, Wash. (W.F. West) Renton, Wash. (Renton) AustinAbbott Ryan Brown Carly Dockendorf Lindsey Egerdahl Andy Fader Norris Frederick Ashley Lodree Stevie Marshalek Amanda Miller Kate Soma Ashley Wildhaber Sean Williams Mar. 25-26 Stanford Invitational Apr. 6-9 Apr. 9 So. DMR Texas Relays Pepsi Invitational <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Jr. </li><li style="flex:1">Pole Vault </li><li style="flex:1">Port Moody, B.C. (Best Secondary) </li></ul><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Auburn, Wash. (Auburn) </li><li style="flex:1">Sr. </li></ul>Sr. Fr. Mile Apr. 15-17 Mt. SAC Relays DMR Long Jump Everett, Wash. (Cascade) Seattle, Wash. (Roosevelt) Richmond, Calif. (El Cerrito) Kent, Wash. (Kentlake) Wenatchee, Wash. (Eastmont) Portland, Ore. (Grant) Apr. 16 Apr. 23 Apr. 30 May 6-7 May 7 State Challenge Cup Oregon Invitational UW-WSU Dual Pac-10 Multi Events Los Angeles, CA Ken Shannon Invitational So. 60m Hurdles So. Pole Vault Fr. Sr. Jr. 800m Pole Vault Pole Vault DMR Seattle Los Angeles, CA Eugene, OR Sacramento, CA Carson, CA Chehalis, Wash. (W.F. West/UNC Wilmington) Kirkland, Wash. (Lake Washington) May 13-14 Pac-10 Champ’s May 27-28 NCAA West Regional June 8-11 NCAA Champ’s June 23-26 USATF Jr./Sr. Nat’ls Sr. Event Schedule: Following is a schedule of events featuring UW athletes at this weekend’s NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships in Fayetteville, Ark. All <a href="/goto?url=http://www.ncaasports.com" target="_blank">times are Pacific. For a complete event schedule, visit www.ncaasports.com. </a>Bold font indicates Husky home meet. All home indoor meets held at Dempsey Indoor, all home outdoor meets held at Husky Stadium. <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Friday, March 11 </li><li style="flex:1">Saturday, March 12 </li></ul>2:30 p.m. 3:05 p.m. 4:00 p.m. 4:45 p.m. 6:10 p.m. 7:30 p.m. Women’s 800-Meter Run (P) 3:30 p.m. Women’s 60-Meter Hurdles (P) 4:15 p.m. Men’s Long Jump (P/F) 4:35 p.m. Women’s Mile Run (P) Women’s Pole Vault (F) Women’s Mile Run (F) Women’s 800-Meter Run (F) Hot off the Presses ... • The UW women climbed to ninth in this week’s USTCARankings, and are ranked 17th by Trackwire; the Husky men are 22nd in the USTCA poll, p2 Women’s 60-Meter Hurdles (F) Men’s Dist. Medley Relay (F) NCAA Championships on TV: The 2005 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships will be broadcast on a tape-delay basis by ESPN, the Worldwide Leader in Sports. The broadcast will air on ESPN2 from 9:00 a.m.-10:30 a.m. PT on Wed., March 16. •2004 Pac-10 champion Kate Soma, who stands just five feet tall, enters this week’s NCAA meet as the national leader in the pole vault, p3 How They Got Here: Two Huskies, pole vaulter Kate Soma and hurdler Ashley Lodree qualified for this week’s NCAA Indoor Championships by meeting pre-determined automatic qualifying standards in their events. The remaining 10 UW competitors were among the provisional qualifiers added to the NCAA field Monday, in order to provide full fields for this weekend’s competition. Provisional qualifiers are added in order from the NCAA’s descending order list, in an attempt to provide fields of roughly 16-17 athletes per individual event, and 10-12 teams per relay. For a complete list of <a href="/goto?url=http://www.trackshark.com" target="_blank">NCAA qualifiers, visit www.trackshark.com. </a>• Two-sport star Carly Dockendorf will stretch her talents to the limit this weekend, competing Friday against No. 1 gymnastics squad Utah in Salt Lake City, before traveling to Arkansas Saturday morning for the 5:30 p.m. pole vault, p3 • Freshman Norris Frederick, one of three UW freshmen in the NCAA field, is the nation’s No. 5 seed in the long jump, p4 Meet Results: <a href="/goto?url=http://www.ncaasports.com" target="_blank">Results will be posted live throughout the competition to both www.ncaasports.com and www.hogwired.com, the official </a>site of the host University of Arkansas. A full recap of UW action at the meet, including quotes from competitors and UW results, will <a href="/goto?url=http://www.GoHuskies.com" target="_blank">be posted to www.GoHuskies.com roughly one hour following the conclusion of each day’s competition. </a>UW TRACK AND FIELD • Mar. 9, 2005 • Page 2 2004 NCAAIndoor Championships Recap: The five Huskies who trav- Husky Track Quick Facts University of Washington Athletic Department, Box 354070 Seattle, WA 98195-4070 eled to Fayetteville, Ark., last year represented not only the team’s largest indoor championships contingent since 1998 -- until this year’s record crop of 12 -- but also one of its most talented. Three of the five earned All-America honors — the most individual UW All-Americans indoors since 1988 — while the Husky men earned their fifth top-25 finish in the last five years. Senior Brad Walker, in his final collegiate performance, earned his second-straight NCAA indoor pole vault title, and junior Kate Soma became the first UW women’s indoor All-American since 1994 with a tie for fifth in the pole vault. Senior Eric Garner earned his second-career All-America honor with an eighth-place finish in the mile, freshman hurdler Ashley Lodree placed 14th in the 60-meter hurdles, and sophomore Ingvill Makestad took 15th in the mile. Enrollment: ..................42,000 (31,474 undergraduate) Founded: ................................................... Nov. 4, 1861 President:.................................................Mark Emmert Director of Athletics: ................................ Todd Turner Home Stadium: ........ Dempsey Indoor/Husky Stadium Press Row Phone: ................................ (206) 227-5709 Conference: ................................................... Pacific-10 Head Coach: ............................ Greg Metcalf (3rd year) Asst. Coach (Vault/Jumps): ......... Pat Licari (9th year) Asst. Coach (Throws): ........Bud Rasmussen (3rd year) Asst. Coach (Sprints/Hurdles): .. LaMonte Vaughn, Jr. (1st year) Asst. Coach (Distances):...........David Bazzi (4th year) Asst. Coach (Distances):.......... Kelly Strong (3rd year) Volunteer Assistants: ............. Duncan Atwood (javelin) Kate Carlson (jumps) Track Office Phone:............................. (206) 221-2625 Website: ........................................ <a href="/goto?url=http://www.gohuskies.com" target="_blank">www.gohuskies.com </a>2004 Men’s Pac-10 Finish: ...................................... 8th 2004 Men’s NCAA Finish (Outdoor/Indoor): .......... DNS/22nd (tie) Men’s NCAA Competitors Returning/Lost: ......... 3/3 2004 Women’s Pac-10 Finish:................................. 6th 2004 Women’s NCAA Finish ( woOutdoor/Indoor):18th (tie)/37th NCAA Women’s Competitors Returning/Lost: .... 5/2 Best Men’s Conference Finish: ................. 2nd (1976) Best Men’s NCAA Finish:................ 2nd (1929, 1930) Best Women’s Conference Finish: . 4th (1995, ‘96, ‘98) Best Women’s NCAA Finish: ................... 10th (1988) NCAA Championships By the Numbers: When Brad Walker won his second-straight NCAA pole vault title last season, the senior became just the fourth Husky ever to win more than one NCAA title, including just two — Walker and seven-time champion Scott Neilson — since 1930. Neilson, one of only four athletes in NCAA history to win four-straight NCAA titles in the same event, was certainly UW’s most prolific titlist, with three indoor weight crowns, and four-straight NCAA hammer titles from 1976-79. The other Huskies to earn multiple NCAA titles did so in the NCAA’s infancy, including hurdler Steve Anderson, in 1929 and 1930, and Gus Pope, the shot and discus champ in 1921. Twenty-two Huskies have combined for 28 NCAA titles overall, a total which ranks 22nd among NCAA institutions all-time. Should any of the 12 Huskies traveling to this week’s meet win a national title, it would mark the first time since Neilson’s string of crowns in the 1970s that Washington athletes brought home NCAA titles in at least three consecutive seasons. Husky Media Relations Brian Beaky, Track and Field SID E-mail: <a href="mailto:[email protected]" target="_blank">[email protected] </a>Office Phone: (206) 543-2230 Mobile Phone: (206) 227-5709 Fax: (206) 543-5000 Rankings Report: Washington’s women will send seven competitors to the NCAA Championships this week, so it was no surprise to see the Huskies shoot to ninth in the USTCA Dual Meet Power Rankings, and to No. 17 in the Trackwire poll. Trackwire awarded 13 points to the Huskies in its poll, which predicts order of finish at the NCAA Championships, matching UW’s to its highest Trackwire total this year and the secondhighest among any Pac-10 teams. The USTCA, meanwhile, awarded 313.29 points to the Husky women in its ranking, which simulates headto-head competition between the nation’s elite college teams, a total good for ninth in the nation. Tennessee eclipsed Stanford by one point atop the Trackwire rankings, holding a 45-44 edge, while Nebraska held steady at No. 1 in the USTCA poll with a 349.51-point total. The Husky men, meanwhile, fell four spots to No. 22 in the USTCA rankings, and were unranked by Trackwire. UW scored a season-high 295.34 points in the USTCA ranking, which put Indiana at 340.41, but merited just two points from Trackwire, which made Arkansas its NCAA favorite with 55 points. 2005 USTCA Dual Meet Power Rankings Women 1. Nebraska Men 1. Indiana 2. Wisconsin 3. Florida 349.51 333.69 332.91 332.22 329.48 328.09 326.33 319.62 356.97 355.05 346.73 345.66 338.58 334.48 326.70 326.18 323.69 322.18 318.76 316.11 2. Penn State 3. Pittsburgh 4. Arkansas 5. Georgia 6. S. Carolina 7. LSU 4. BYU 5. Tennessee 6. Nebraska 7. Michigan 8. Illinois 8. BYU 9. Washington 313.29 10. Kansas State 312.40 11. Colo. State 309.38 12. Florida 13. Kent State 14. Wichita State 299.27 15. California 16. Ariz. State 17. Ga. Tech 18. Cornell 19. Missouri 20. Iowa 9. Missouri 10. LSU 11. Oregon 12. Clemson 13. Colo. State 312.28 14. Kansas State 309.20 15. Cornell Just Dandy, Thank You: In addition to its lofty ranking of UW’s women’s team, Trackwire also saw fit to include several Huskies in its weekly Dandy Dozen, which predicts the order of finish in each event at the 2005 NCAA Championships. Senior vaulter Kate Soma, the NCAArunner-up in 2004 and current NCAA leader, is picked by Trackwire to win her first national title, while fellow vaulter Stevie Marshalek is listed 12th. Freshman sensation Norris Frederick, who currently boasts the fifth-best long jump by a collegian in 2005, is predicted to finish seventh by Trackwire, while the magazine expects Husky sophomore Ashley Lodree and the Huskies’ men’s distance medley relay to match their respective national rankings of sixth, and ninth. 306.04 304.96 298.12 297.63 297.55 294.96 291.04 288.71 306.01 303.90 303.82 300.78 300.67 16. Arizona 17. Penn State 18. Ariz. State 19. Kent State 22. Washington 295.34 * - Final rankings for the 2005 collegiate indoor season. ,UW TRACK AND FIELD • Mar. 9, 2005 • Page 3 History in the Making?: Washington’s athletes enter this week’s 16th outdoors in 2002, 12th indoors in 2003, seventh outdoors in NCAA Championships with several historical milestones on the 2003, fifth (tied) indoors in 2004 and second outdoors in 2004. line. The nation’s top-ranked pole vault competitor, senior Kate Should that trend continue, Soma would become just the third Soma has the chance to become just the third NCAA champion in NCAA champion in UW women’s history, and the first since 1988. UW women’s history, and the first since Jennifer Ponath in 1988. Soma could also become just the third UW woman to earn four- Double-Duty Dockendorf: There is no doubt that Husky pole career All-America honors, equaling Aretha Hill and Meg Jones vaulter/gymnast Carly Dockendorf is one of the finest two-sport for all-time UW honors.Also, with four competitors in the women’s athletes in UW history. Already one of the top vaulters in Canadian pole vault, the Huskies have the chance to post two All-Americans history, the Port Moody, B.C., native will add to her legend this in the same event for the first time since 1994, when Laura Kruse week by competing Friday night in Salt Lake City for the UW gymand Monika Parker did so in the javelin. Only twice in UW his- nastics team against top-ranked Utah, before catching a Saturday tory have two women earnedAll-America honors at the same NCAA morning flight to Tulsa, Okla., then driving two hours to Fayetteville indoor meet, doing so in 1985 and 1988. The Huskies’overall record for Saturday evening’s NCAA pole vault competition. Balancing <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">for NCAA indoor All-Americans is seven -- all male -- in 1998. </li><li style="flex:1">two sports is nothing new to Dockendorf -- the junior earned a </li></ul>second-straight NCAA gymnastics berth last April, before embarking on a terrific 2004 track season including a sixth-place finish at the Pac-10 meet in May, a third-place finish at the NCAA Regional, and an 11th-place effort at June’s NCAA Championships. After missing the first two months of the 2005 indoor track season with an injury, the junior made her season debut at last weekend’s UW Last Chance Qualifier, clearing a career-best 13-5 1/4 to cinch an NCAA berth, and move into sole possession of eighth-place in Canadian women’s history. Amazingly, Dockendorf has been pole vaulting for less than three years, having begun the sport only after seeing Husky vaulters working out at Dempsey Indoor during her freshman gymnastics season in 2002. Dockendorf began her twosport double on a full-time basis in 2003, winning All-America honors on the gymnastics floor while placing eighth in the pole vault at the Pac-10 Championships. Dockendorf’s seven perfect 10’s are the most by any gymnast in UW history, while her sixcareer vaults over 13 feet rank second among UW women all-time. It’s Not the Size of the Dog in the Fight: Three-time All-Ameri- can pole vaulter Kate Soma may stand only an inch above 5’-0”, but the Husky senior, who enters this week’s NCAA Indoor Championships with a collegiate-leading mark of 14 feet, 3 1/2 inches, cuts a towering figure in collegiate pole vaulting history. At the Feb. 12 Husky Classic, Soma broke her own UW indoor record with a clearance of 14-3 1/2, equaling the seventh-best by a collegiate vaulter all-time. The Portland, Ore., native currently ranks second amongAmerican women in the 2005 IAAF World Rankings only to U.S.-record holder Stacy Dragila, and is the 20th-ranked woman in the world. Soma has been just as prolific throughout her UW career, breaking UW’s pole vault record in each of her seven collegiate “seasons,” including four indoors and three outdoors. In clearing 14-3 1/2, Soma backed up her UW outdoor record clearance of 14-2 at last year’s Pac-10 Championships, a vault which won Soma her first Pac-10 title and qualified her for the 2004 U.S. Olympic Trials. Soma followed up her conference crown with a second-place finish at the NCAA Championships to earn her thirdconsecutive All-America award. Only five other women in UW history have earned as many All-America honors as Soma’s three, while just four others have captured at least two in the same season, something Soma did in 2004 with a second-place NCAA finish outdoors, and a tie for fifth indoors. Perhaps it’s her support system — Soma’s mother, Donna, boasts an U.S. vault age-group record, while Soma’s high school coach designs shoes worn by elite vaulters Dragila and Dmitri Markov. Athletics Canada All-Time Women’s Pole Vault Rankings <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Name </li><li style="flex:1">Year </li></ul>2004 2004 2005 2002 1998 2001 2004 2005 2005 2003 Mark <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">14-8 </li><li style="flex:1">1. Dana Ellis </li></ul>2. Stephanie McCann 3. Kelsie Hendry 4. Ardin Tucker-Harrison 5. Trista Bernier 6. Jackie Honey 7. Adrienne Vangool 8. Carly Dockendorf 9. Sue Kupper 14-5 1/4 14-4 1/2i 13-9 3/4 13-7 1/4 13-6 1/4 13-5 3/4 13-5 1/4i 13-3 1/2i <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">13-2 1/4 </li><li style="flex:1">10. Simona Kovacic </li></ul>All-Time NCAA Division-I Pole Vault Top-10 Rare Double: From the first time she entered a pole vault competition — going 12-1 1/2 at Husky Stadium in 2002 — it was obvious that junior Carly Dockendorf, already a decorated UW gymnast, was in an elite class of athletes. Just two years later, Dockendorf moved into a class all her own, adding an NCAA Track Championships berth to the NCAAGymnastics invite she earned lastApril. While it is not uncommon for a college athlete to compete in multiple NCAA Championships in one year — track/cross country and volleyball/basketball doubles being among the most common — to do so in two unrelated sports in which qualification is based on individual, not team, performance is extremely rare. Dockendorf finished 11th in her NCAA pole vault debut, after placing 24th on the floor exercise at April’s NCAA gymnastics meet. The junior is already halfway to repeating the feat this season, as the 16th seed in the pole vault at this week’s NCAA Indoor Championships. <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Name </li><li style="flex:1">School </li></ul>UCLA <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Year </li><li style="flex:1">Mark </li></ul><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">15-0 </li><li style="flex:1">1. Chelsea Johnson </li></ul>2. Amy Linnen 3. Thorey Elisdottir 4. Becky Holliday 5. Lacy Janson Tracy O’Hara 7. Kate Soma

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