2007 UTEP TRACK & FIELD Mickael Hanany UTEP AthLETICS 2007 UTEP TRACK & FIELD QUICK FACTS MISSION STATEMENT 2007 Track & Field Roster 2 Location El Paso, Texas The University of Texas at El Kidd Field 3 Founded 94 Paso is committed to providing a nationally competitive ath- Head Coach Bob Kitchens 4-5 Enrollment 20,000 letics program as an integral Assistant Coach Mika Laaksonen 6 President Dr. Diana Natalicio component of the educational Assistant Coach Paul Ereng 7 Director of Athletics Bob Stull mission of the university. Athletic Assistant Coach Calvin Robinson 8 Conference Conference USA (C-USA) programs sponsored shall be Assistant Coach Amy Henry 9 Nickname Miners in compliance with the highest Graduate Assistant Maricarmen Vizcaino 9 Colors Dark Blue, Orange, Silver Accent recognized standards of the insti- tution and its athletics governing 2007 Men’s Biographies 0-9 Associate AD/Media Relations Jeff Darby ([email protected]) bodies. Intercollegiate Athletics 2007 Women’s Biographies 20-27 Work 95-747-6652 will operate in harmony with the Cell 95-204-0642 university’s stated mission and 2006 SEASON REVIEW Asst. Director (Track Contact) Charles Staniszewski ([email protected]) be committed to the intellectual, 2006 Men’s Indoor Results 28 Work 95-747-6653 cultural, physical and social de- 2006 Women’s Indoor Results 29 Cell 95-204-689 velopment of student-athletes. In particular, the Intercollegiate 2006 Men’s Outdoor Results 30 Assistant Director Angela Olivas ([email protected]) Athletics program shall serve as 2006 Women’s Outdoor Results 3 Work 95-747-645 an educational opportunity for 2006 Men’s Cross Country Results 32 Cell 95-256-977 student-athletes and as a focal 2006 Women’s Cross Country Results 33 Assistant Director Mark Brunner ([email protected]) point to bring the student body, Work 95-747-5722 faculty and community together. UTEP TRACK & FIELD HISTORY Cell 95-472-6038 Intercollegiate Athletics will ac- tively support diversity in partici- National Finishes 34 Media Relations Fax 95-747-5444 pation in all athletic programs and National Champions 35-36 Website www.utepathletics.com operations. All-Americans 37-40 NCAA Midwest Regional Finishes 4 COACHING STAFF MEDIA GUIDE CREDITS Conference Finishes 42 Head Coach Bob Kitchens ([email protected]) Managing Editor Conference Champions 43-46 Assistant Coach Mika Laaksonen ([email protected]) Charles Staniszewski Men’s Indoor Records 47 Assistant Coach/Head Cross Country Paul Ereng ([email protected]) Editorial Assistance Men’s Outdoor Records 48-49 Assistant Coach Calvin Robinson ([email protected]) Jeff Darby, Angela Olivas Women’s Indoor Records 50 Assistant Coach Amy Henry ([email protected]) Women’s Outdoor Records 5-52 Graduate Assistant Maricarmen Vizcaino ([email protected]) Cover Design Olympians 53 Track Secretary Katie Jensen ([email protected]) Charles Staniszewski UTEP Track & Field Hall of Fame 54-55 Phone 95-747-582 Photography Fax 95-747-6849 Christ Chavez, El Paso Conven- THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS At EL PASO tion & Visitors Bureau, El Paso This Is El Paso, Texas 56-57 2006 SEASON Herald-Post archives, El Paso This Is The University Of Texas At El Paso 58-6 Men’s Cross Country C-USA Finish st (2 pts) Times (Ruben Ramirez), Brian UTEP Academic Excellence 62-65 Men’s Cross Country Mountain Regional Finish 3rd (86 pts) Kanof, NCAA Photos, Javier Miner Village 66-67 Men’s Cross Country NCAA Finish – Vicencio, University Communi- cations (J.R. Hernandez, Laura Larry K. Durham Sports Center 68-69 Men’s Indoor C-USA Finish st (67 pts) Trejo), Lewis Woodyard, and Miner Athletic Excellence 70-7 Men’s Indoor NCAA Finish 5th (4 pts) UTEP Library (Special Collec- Conference USA 72 Men’s Outdoor C-USA Finish st (222 pts) tions, Claudia Rivers). Men’s Outdoor Midwest Regional Finish 2nd (72.5 pts) Men’s Outdoor NCAA Finish 7th (3 pts) Women’s Cross Country C-USA Finish 7th (209 pts) Women’s Cross Country Mountain Regional Finish 17th (486 pts) Women’s Cross Country NCAA Finish – Women’s Indoor C-USA Finish 3rd (72 pts) Women’s Indoor NCAA Finish t45th (four pts) Women’s Outdoor C-USA Finish 2nd (09 pts) Women’s Outdoor Midwest Regional Finish th (27 pts) Women’s Outdoor NCAA Finish t34th (seven pts) UTEP TRACK & FIELD 2007 2007 UTEP MINERS 2007 UTEP MEN’S ROSTER Name Event HT WT YR-EXP Hometown (High School/Previous School) John Alipio Sprints 5-8 148 SR-3L El Paso, Texas (Franklin) Ronalds Arajs Sprints 5-11 169 FR-HS Riga, Latvia (Cathedral [Texas]) Donald Buckram Sprints 5-0 180 FR-HS Copperas Cove, Texas (Copperas Cove) William Dodd Hurdles 6-3 190 JR-L Hurst, Texas (Trinity) Steve Douglas Decathlon 6- 220 JR-2L Anaheim, Calif. (Loara) Hans Eriksson Throws 6- 28 FR-HS Torsby, Sweden (Stjerneskolan) Bobby Gamboa Jumps 5-8 140 SO-0L El Paso, Texas (Burges) Mickael Hanany Jumps 6-7 184 SR-2L Cergy, France (M. de Flandres/SMU) Raymond King Sprints 5-8 14 SO-0L El Paso, Texas (Americas) Elias Koech Middle Distance 5-8 152 JR-2L Iten, Kenya (St. Patrick’s) Daniel Lujan Decathlon 6-1 165 SO-L El Paso, Texas (Montwood) Carlos Montijo Sprints 5-11 160 FR-HS El Paso, Texas (Franklin) Patrick Mutai Distance 6-1 145 JR-2L Eldoret, Kenya (Saos) Nicodemus Ng’etich Distance 6-2 135 FR-HS Kapsabet, Kenya (Kaptel) Japheth Ng’ojoy Distance 5-6 125 JR-2L Kapsabet, Kenya (Kaptumo Boys) Stephen Samoei Distance 5-8 125 SR-3L Eldoret, Kenya (Nakruru) Tufick Shadrawy Jumps 6-2 190 FR-HS Arlington, Texas (Sam Houston) Dominic Kiprono Tanui Middle Distance 5-0 150 SO-L Kapsabet, Kenya (Mother of Apostles Seminary) Alex van der Merwe Throws 6-2 20 JR-L Exeter, United Kingdom (Saint James/Bath Spa Univ.) Daniel Ward Sprints 6-1 172 SR-3L Hulst Zeeland, The Netherlands (Aonlara) Joe West Jumps 6-2 20 JR-0L Garland, Texas (Lakeview Centennial) 2007 UTEP WOMEN’S ROSTER Name Event HT YR-EXP Hometown (High School/Previous School) Delia Cesar Distance 5-5 SO-0L El Paso, Texas (Eastwood) Megan Chojnacki Distance 5-3 FR-RS Waukesha, Wis. (Waukesha South) Terry Contreras Jumps 5-7 FR-HS Laredo, Texas (R&T Martin) Siobhain Crain Sprints 5-8 SO-L El Paso, Texas (Silva Magnet) Erma Gene Evans Throws 5-7 SR-2L Castries, Saint Lucia (Leon Hess/Sir Arthur Lewis C.C.) Halimat Ismaila Sprints 5-5 JR-L Ilorin, Nigeria (Cherubim & Seraphon College/McKendree College) Alina Joaca-Bine Throws 5-9 SR-2L Roman, Romania (Roman-Voda/Univ. of Bacau) Jepchirchir Kigen Distance 5-8 FR-HS Eldoret, Kenya (Archbishop Njenga Girls) Myndi Luevano Distance 5-7 FR-RS El Paso, Texas (Franklin) Fatimoh Muhammed Middle Distance 5-7 SR-3L Ayetoro, Nigeria (Ebenezer Grammar/Gardner-Webb) Olatunde Okusanya Sprints 5-4 SR-3L Ikenne, Nigeria (Christ Apostolic Grammar) Oludamola Osayomi Sprints 5-6 SO-L Ekiti, Nigeria (Christ’s Girls School Ado-Ekiti) Amanda Osikilo Sprints 5-7 SO-TR Iisoko, Nigeria (International School/Univ. of Lagos) Chasity Ross Hurdles 5-9 FR-HS Columbus, Miss. (Columbus) Nina Schvedoff Throws 5-6 JR-2L Järvenpää, Finland (Mäkelänrinteen urheilulukio) Nelly Tchayem Jumps 5-9 JR-TR Joinville-le-Pont, France (Saint Pierre) Keisha Walkes Throws 5-8 JR-TR St. Michael, Barbados (Harrison College/Missouri State Univ.) Quashanda Welch Sprints 5-3 JR-TR Houston, Texas (Booker T. Washington/Texas Southern) Kelly Young Middle Distance 5-5 JR-TR Lisarow, Australia (Lisarow/University of Hawaii) Head Coach: Bob Kitchens (Texas Tech ‘68) Assistant Coach: Mika Laaksonen (UTEP ‘95) Assistant Coach: Paul Ereng (Virginia ‘93) Assistant Coach: Calvin Robinson (Sam Houston State ‘00) Assistant Coach: Amy Henry (Hampton ‘02) Graduate Assistant: Maricarmen Vizcaino (UTEP ‘05) Moises Hurtado Katie Jensen Amit Lopes Asim Inamdar Manager Secretary Manager Manager UTEP TRACK & FIELD 2007 KIDD FIELD KIDD FIELD: HOME OF THE MINERS Kidd Field Men’s Records Built in the early 930s, Kidd Field has been 00m 9.95 Olapade Adeniken Nike 994 110m Hurdles 3.52 Cletus Clark Santa Monica Track Club 1986 home to several All-Americans, national champi- Dudley Dorival Haiti 999 ons, national record-holders and Olympians. 200m 9.94 James Sanford USC 980 400m 45.03 Billy Mullins USC 980 Named after UTEP (then Texas College of 400m Hurdles 48.64 Trannel Hawkins Accusplit 986 Mines and Metallurgy) professor and athletic 800m :46.4 Fanie Van Zijl South Africa 972 ,500m 3:4.8 Wilson Waigwa Unattached/Kenya 978 booster John W. Kidd, the facility was shared with Mile 4:00.6 Wilson Waigwa Kenya 980 the UTEP football team until 962, when the facility 3,000m Steeplechase 8:34.85 James Munyala Kenya 980 5,000m 3:4.30 Suleiman Nyambui UTEP 98 became sole home to the track and field team. 0,000m 29:02.11 Michael Musyoki UTEP 98 The track features an eight-lane Mondo Track, 4x00m Relay 38.80 Babb, Brown USC 972 Quarrie, Decker the same surface used for the 2004 Athens 4x200m Relay :24.3 H. Williams, S. Williams, UTEP 972 Olympic Games. The track was made possible Stewart, Jackson 4x400m Relay 3:05.77 Carter, Johnson, Odessa J.C. 986 by generous donations from Wayne and Russ Maddox, Alexander Vandenburg of EPT Management and Mark Fry. High Jump 7-7 (2.3) Hollis Conway Unattached 989 In 2003, UTEP renovated its offices and locker Tom McCants Unattached 989 Kyle Lancaster Kansas State 2005 room and also added a student-athlete lounge. Long Jump 28-8 /4 (8.74) Erick Walder Arkansas 994 The lit facility also houses throws and jumps Triple Jump 58-3 /4 (7.76) Kenta Bell Nike 2004 Pole Vault 9-4 /4 (5.90) Joe Dial Unattached 989 arenas, making Kidd Field one of the top track-only Shot Put 70-3 1/4 (21.41) Brian Oldfield Unattached 1981 complexes in the country.