WASHINGTON STATE TRACK & FIELD RELEASE NCAA Track & Field Championships June 8-11, 2011 @ Drake Stadium, Des Moines WSU Women Ranked No. 18, WSU Men Ranked No. 27 Linda Chalich • Asst. Sports Information Dir. (Track & Field Contact) • W-509-335-0268 • C-509-432-3263 • [email protected] WSU TRACK & FIELD NINE COUGARS HEADED TO NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS 2011 OUTDOOR SCHEDULE The No. 18 Washington State women’s team will have three athletes competing in two events, and the No. 27 WSU men’s team will have seven participants competing in three MARCH events at the NCAA Track & Field Championships, June 8-11, at Johnny Bright Field & 18-19 @USC Trojan Invitational, L.A. Jim Duncan Track in Drake Stadium on the Drake University campus in Des Moines, 19 @SCC Dusty Lane Open, Spokane Iowa...competition begins in late afternoon (Central Time) each day except Saturday when a late morning start is scheduled...live streaming video will be available at www. 25-26 @Stanford Invitational NCAA.com - check in the morning of Wed., June 8, for the link...television coverage in- 31-4/1 @Arizona Multi Events, Tucson cludes some live and some delayed broadcasts on CBS College Sports cable network June 10-11-12, and CBS will have live coverage at 10 a.m. PT June 11. APRIL 2 @U. Arizona Jim Click Shootout COUGARS NCAA TRACK CHAMPIONSHIPS SCHEDULE @Whitworth Sam Adams Classic Wednesday, June 8 (all times converted from Central Time to Pacific Time) 3:45 p.m. Men’s 4x100m Relay Semifinals G. Hornsby, N.Washington, 6-9 @Texas Relays, Austin B. Blanshan, M. Murray 9 @SCC WAR IV, Spokane 4:00 p.m. Women’s 800m Semifinals Anna Layman 14-16 @Mt. SAC Relays, Walnut 4:15 p.m. Men’s 800m Semifinals Joe Abbott 15-16 @Beach Invite, Cerritos 6:30 p.m. Men’s 400m Hurdles Semifinals Jeshua Anderson 23 Cougar Invitational, Pullman 29 @WSU-UW Dual, Seattle Thursday, June 9 1:05 p.m. Women’s Javelin Trials/Final Marissa Tschida Courtney Kirkwood MAY Friday, June 10 6-7 @Pac-10 Comb. Events, Tucson 4:45 p.m. Men’s 400m Hurdles Final Jeshua Anderson 13-14 @Pac-10 Championships, Tucson 5:10 p.m. Women’s 800m Final Anna Layman 26-28 @NCAA Championships 5:20 p.m. Men’s 800m Final Joe Abbott Preliminary Rnds, Eugene Saturday, June 11 JUNE 10:11 p.m. Men’s 4x100m Relay Final G. Hornsby, N. Washington, 8-11 @NCAA Championships, B. Blanshan, M. Murray Des Moines, Iowa TELEVISION COVERAGE OF 2011 NCAA TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS The 2011 NCAA Division I Men’s and Women’s Outdoor Track and Field Championships can be viewed live each day online at NCAA TV (go to www.ncaa.com)…CBS Sports Network (cable channel formerly CSTV) will broadcast Friday, June 10 from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. PT…the CBS network will broadcast Saturday, June 11, from 10 a.m. to Noon PT…to access the LIVE RESULTS and Online Video, go to the NCAA Championships website at www.ncaa.com or go through www.GoDrakeBulldogs.com. ABOUT THE COUGAR COACHES Head coach Rick Sloan is in his 38th season with the Cougar track program; 17th year as a head coach, 16th year as mentor to the com- bined men’s and women’s program...Sloan (decathlon/heptathlon) is joined by associate coach Debra Farwell (throws), head coach for cross country Pete Julian (distance), and assistant coaches Mark Macdonald (hurdles/relays), Ellannee Richardson (sprints/relays)...Matt McGee was the jumps coach until his resignation May 31...volunteer coaches include Bob Frey, Brett Josephson, Anthony Luna, Tim Riley, and Rob Williams. LISTEN TO COACH SLOAN’S PODCAST Hear Cougar Head Coach Rick Sloan’s outlook on each weekend’s Track & Field competition by going to www.wsucougars.com, click on the Multimedia pull-down link and click on Podcasts. WASHINGTON STATE TRACK & FIELD RELEASE @ NCAA Track & Field Championships June 8-11, 2011, at Drake Stadium, Des Moines Page 2 ABOUT THE NCAA-BOUND COUGARS Joe Abbott, 800m (junior, Reno, Nev. ) • 2011 NCAA West Prelim, 800m - 19th First rnd (1:50.39), 5th Qtr finals (PR 1:46.84) • 1:46.84 is fourth-best time in WSU all-time records • 2011 Pac-10 Championships, 800m - 4th (1:48.97) • 2011 NCAA Indoor All-American, 7th place finish (1:50.14i/prelim time 1:48.80) • 2010 NCAA West Prelims, 800m - 8th First rnd (1:48.66), 13th Qtr finals (PR 1:47.87) • 2010 Pac-10 Championships, 800m - 3rd (1:48.75), 1600m Relay - 5th (3:10.83) USTFCCCA NATIONAL TEAM RANKINGS • 2009 NCAA West Regional, 800m - 8th prelims (PR 1:48.97), 7th Qtr finals (1:51.67) The United States Track & Field and Cross • 2009 Pac-10, 800m - 13th prleims (1:51.72) Country Coaches Association (USTF- CCCA) national rankings are a prediction • 2009 USA Junior Championships, 800m - 1st (1:51.54), prelims (1:49.78) - Eugene of how teams and individuals will place • 2009 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships: 800m top American, 3rd place at the 2011 NCAA Div. I Outdoor Cham- (1:48.99) - Port of Spain, Trinidad pionships, June 8-11, Des Moines, Iowa. Jeshua Anderson, 400m hurdles (senior, Woodland Hills, Calif.) USTFCCCA OUTDOOR T&F • 2010-11 Men’s team captain TEAM RANKINGS • WSU’s male Pacific-10 Conference Medal Winner for 2010-11 May 31, 2011 • Four-time Pac-10 400m hurdles champion: one of only eight men to ever achieve four MEN’S TEAMS wins in the same event at the Pac-10 Championships Rank School Total Last Ranking • Ran school record, meet record, Roy P. Drachman Stadium record and national-leading 1. Texas A&M 372.60 1 time of 48.13 seconds in Tucson; also ran Pac-10 Championships Meet record time of 2. Florida 350.16 2 48.63 in 2010 (Berkeley) 3. Florida State 269.36 3 • 48.13 is the fifth-best intermediate hurdles time run this year inWorld: other four times 4. LSU 232.42 4 by South African L.J. vanZyl (47.66, 47.73, 47.91, 48.11) 5. Texas Tech 221.14 5 6. USC 192.74 6 • Four-time NCAA West Regional/Preliminary champion 7. Arkansas 174.59 7 • Two-time NCAA champion (2008 at DES MOINES, & 2009), runner-up (2010) 8. Virginia Tech 169.23 13 • Three-time outdoor All-American 9. Texas 161.89 8 • Runs a 13-step stride pattern 10. BYU 149.04 16 • Three-time Texas Relays Champion 11. Stanford 145.19 11 12. Arizona 144.53 9 • 2010 and 2011 Bowerman Award Watch List 13. Oregon 143.59 14 • Honorable mention for Track & Field News Top 10 Collegiate Men of the Decade list 14. Washington 124.51 19 (March 2010 issue) 15. Baylor 120.18 12 • Indoor All-American - 2009 NCAA, men’s 4x400m relay, eighth place 16. Georgia 99.06 20 • 2011 anchored 4x400m Relay with 2nd-best indoor time, 9th-best overall 1600m relay 17. Nebraska 98.49 10 18. New Mexico 90.27 25 time in WSU men’s history (3:07.61i); lead runner injured at NCAA Champs and DQd 19. Mississippi 89.70 18 • 2008 USA Junior Outdoor Champion 20. Kansas 85.59 15 • 2008 IAAF World Junior Champion 21. UCLA 83.06 22 • 2008 Olympic Trials, 9th (48.92 - semifinals) 22. Auburn 81.26 29 • School records: 400m hurdles (48.13 - 2011), 4x400m relay (3:06.74i - 2009) 23. Illinois 74.44 35 24. UT Arlington 73.61 31 • Hernia surgery in August 2008 25. Kansas State 72.45 26 • Two-year letterwinner as wide receiver on WSU football team (2007, 2008) 27. Washington State 69.18 24 ANDERSON ON BOWERMAN LIST WSU senior Jeshua Anderson (Woodland Hills, Calif.) is one of 10 male collegiate track WEST Region Men’s Final Rankings May 17, 2011 - Final and field athletes on the second edition of the 2011 Watch List for The Bowerman as 1. Oregon selected by The Bowerman Men’s Watch Committee, the U.S. Track & Field and Cross 2. USC Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) announced Jan. 12…the Bowerman is an 3. Arizona State award bestowed to the nation’s top collegiate men’s and women’s track and field athlete 4. Stanford each year at the USTFCCCA annual convention in December…the Bowerman is named 5. UCLA 6. Washington in honor of track and field pioneer Bill Bowerman, who served the sport of track and field 7. Washington State in numerous ways, including his leadership in the USTFCCCA’s predecessor organiza- tion, the National Collegiate Track Coaches Association, and his contributions to NCAA track and field and running community as a whole…initial awards given in 2009…com- plete 2011 Watch List for men and women is at www.thebowerman.org. WASHINGTON STATE TRACK & FIELD RELEASE @ NCAA Track & Field Championships June 8-11, 2011, at Drake Stadium, Des Moines Page 3 4x100m Relay Greg Hornsby (sophomore, Moreno Valley, Calif.) Nate Washington (senior, Everett, Wash.) Brett Blanshan (sophomore, Selah, Wash.) Marlon Murray (senior, Des Moines, Wash.) • Won 2011 Pacific-10 Conference title in 39.48 seconds • Second-best 400m relay time in WSU history • Individual PR 100m times: Hornby 10.50w, Washington 10.51, Blanshan 10.45w, Murray 10.44 USTFCCCA OUTDOOR T&F • 2011 Pac-10 Championships 100m: Murray 3rd (10.44), Washingotn 8th (10.62) TEAM RANKINGS May 31, 2011 Courtney Kirkwood, javelin (junior, Othello, Wash.) • 2011 NCAA West Prelims finished 10th (49.52m / 162-6) WOMEN’S TEAMS • 2011 Pac-10 Championships finished third (50.79m / 166-8) Rank School Total Last Ranking 1.