145 All-Americans 15 NCAA Champions DeAnna Price 2013 All-American Zach Dahleen 2013 MVC Indoor MVP 26 Olympians 40 MVC Championships 709 MVC Champions Kenya Culmer 2013 NCAA Regional Qualifier Josh Freeman 2013 MVC Champion Junior Pan-Am Gold Medalist 2014 Saluki Track and Field Media Guide 145 All-Americans | 15 NCAA Champions | 26 Olympians 40 MVC Championships | 709 MVC Champions Lew Hartzog Track and Field Complex Groundbreaking: May 23, 2011 Dedicated: March 29, 2013 • $3.96 million project • Final piece of Saluki Way Initiative • Regulation NCAA competition 400-meter track with a state-of- the art, full-depth polyurethane synthetic track surface system. • Accommodations for regulation NCAA competition field events, including bi-directional pole vault and long and triple jump surfaces. • Accommodations for regulation NCAA competition throwing events, including a dual shot put pad and hammer throw, discus and javelin areas. • A state-of-the-art, multi-event synthetic turf infield, which can be set to accommodate an NCAA regulation soccer pitch or football field. • Spectator seating for 250, including seven ADA positions with future capacity for up to 500 additional spectators. • Pole-mounted track and field sports lighting. • A 4,500 square foot track and locker support building with future expansion capability. • A free-standing track building for event operations and viewing. Home of the 2014 Missouri Valley Conference Outdoor Championships May 16-18, 2014 SIU Student Recreation Center Opened: Jan. 20, 1990 • Includes a lower and higher-level 200 meter track. • Unilateral pit for long and triple jumps and straightaway for pole vault. • Throwing area includes both a cage for weight throw and ring for shot put. • Spectator seating available on both the lower and high levels. 2014 Saluki Track and Field Media Guide 8 Table of Contents/Quick Facts Table of ConTenTs Table of Contents/Quick Facts 8 The UniversiTy This is the MVC 9 Founded.......................1869 CoaChing sTaff Enrollment ...................17,964 (Fall 2013) Head Coach Connie Price-Smith 10-11 Nickname ....................Salukis Distance Coach Matt Sparks 12-13 Colors ..........................Maroon and White Throws Coach John Smith 14-15 Facility ........................Lew Hartzog Track and Field Complex Jumps Coach Andre Scott 16-17 Affiliation ....................Division I Sprints Coach Chidi Enyia 18 Conference ..................Missouri Valley Pole Vault/Javelin Coach Brian Porter 19 Chancellor ...................Dr. Rita Cheng MeeT The salukis AthleticsDirector .........Mario Moccia Women’s Roster 20 Alma Mater ............New Mexico State (‘89) Men’s Roster 21 Website ........................SIUSalukis.com Distance Bios 22-35 Jumps Bios 36-40 CoaChing sTaff Sprints/Hurdles Bios 41-46 head Coach................Connie Price-smith Throws Bios 47-53 Year at SIU .............13th Pole Vault/Javelin Bios 54-57 Alma Mater ............Southern Illinois (1985) ReCoRds and hisToRy Email [email protected] Throws .......................John smith 2013 Indoor Performance Lists 58-59 Year at SIU .............10th 2013 Outdoor Performance Lists 60-61 Alma Mater ............Southern Illinois (1984) Indoor Records 62-63 Email [email protected] Outdoor Records 64-65 distance ......................Matt sparks Records Holders (By Event) 66 Year at SIU .............12th Facility Records 67 Alma Mater ............Indiana (1997) MVC Champions 68-69 Email [email protected] All-MVC 70-71 Jumps .........................andre scott MVC Scholar-Athletes 72 Year at SIU .............10th Other MVC Records 73 Alma Mater ............Auburn (1998) All-Time Letterwinners 74-77 Email [email protected] All-Americans 78 sprints/hurdles .........Chidi enyia NCAA Champions/NCAA Finishes 79 Year at SIU .............4th Points scored at the NCAA Championships 80 Alma Mater ............Illinois State (2002) Olympians/International Competition 81 Email [email protected] Saluki Hall of Fame/Misc. Awards 82 Pole Vault/Javelin ......brian Porter Saluki Media Services 83 Year at SIU .............2nd Alma Mater ............Texas Tech (2010) 2013-14 Indoor Schedule Email [email protected] Saluki Fast Start Carbondale, Ill. Dec. 7 Hoosier Open Bloomington, Ind. Dec. 14 Saluki Open Carbondale, Ill. Jan. 10-11 Kentucky Invitational Lexington, Ky. Jan. 17-18 salUki Media serviCes ND Invitational South Bend, Ind. Jan. 25 Contact ........................Tyler Wooten Indiana Relays Bloomington, Ind. Jan. 31-Feb.1 Email [email protected] SIU Invitational Carbondale, Ill. Feb. 7-8 Phone .....................(618) 453-7236 GVSU Big Meet Allendale, Mich. Feb. 14-15 Friday Night Special Charleston, Ill. Feb. 21 Cell .........................(815) 488-9437 MVC Championships Cedar Falls, Iowa Mar. 1-2 Fax .........................(618) 453-2648 NCAA Championships Albuquerque, N.M. Mar. 14-15 Credits 2014 outdoor Schedule Editor ...........................Tyler Wooten Bill Cornell Spring Classic Carbondale, Ill. Mar. 28-29 Big Blue Classic Charleston, Ill. Apr. 4-5 Photography ................Saluki Media Services Sea Ray Relays Knoxville, Tenn. Apr. 11-12 Contributers .................Amanda Erd, Dustin Carlisle, Kansas Relays Lawrence, Kan. Apr. 18-19 ...............................Scott Gierman, John Lock, Ole Miss Invite Oxford, Miss. Apr. 26 ...............................Amanda Renshaw, Jordan Roberts, Illinois State Invitational Normal, Ill. May 3 ...............................DeMario Phipps-Smith, Panther Qualifier Charleston, Ill. May 10 MVC Championships Carbondale, Ill. May 16-18 ...............................Robin Thuringer, Tom Weber NCAA First Round Fayetteville, Ark. May 29-31 NCAA Finals Eugene, Ore. Jun. 11-14 USATF Senior Nationals Sacramento, Calif. Jun. 19-22 8 Southern Illinois Track and Field @SIU_TrackXC SIUSalukis.com Saluki Track and Field 2014 Saluki Track and Field Media Guide This is the MVC 9 The Missouri Valley Conference has While The Valley no longer sponsors demonstrated throughout history that it football (it did from 1907-85), six league finds the strength, resources, competitive members compete in football at the FCS determination and leadership to rise to (Football Championship Subdivision) even higher levels when confronted with level as Illinois State, Indiana State, change or significant challenges. Missouri State, UNI and Southern Illinois play in the 10-member Missouri Valley In 2012-13, the winds of change that Football Conference (with North Dakota have dramatically affected Division I State, South Dakota, South Dakota State, conference realignment in recent years Western Illinois and Youngstown State). finally touched The Valley. For the That league competed as the Gateway first time since 1996, the MVC will Conference from 1985-2007. Drake plays experience the addition and departure of MVC Championship, the league surpassed non-scholarship football in the Pioneer a member institution. The Valley formally 1 million in total attendance for the event, Football League. welcomed Loyola University Chicago into now in its 24th year. Notably, the 2013 the membership on July 1, 2013. Loyola is championship was the second-most attended This season, the league will conduct its the 33rd institution to enter the Missouri in conference history. 103rd outdoor track and field championship, Valley Conference and the first-ever member its 96th tennis championship, its 60th baseball university from the Chicago metropolitan While the success of men’s basketball has tournament, and its 76th golf championship for area. In March 2013, Creighton University, received the greatest attention, the overall the men. Those programs, plus other current an MVC member for nearly 60 years, had performance of league teams in virtually sponsored sports of cross country (55 years), announced its departure from the MVC for every sport continues to raise the national indoor track (63), men’s soccer (23), women’s the newly configured Big East Conference. profile of the conference. soccer (17), and swimming and diving (20), have helped solidify The Valley as one of the The nation’s second-oldest NCAA Division In track & field, league student-athletes nation’s most respected conferences. I conference continues to be a leader in college continue to be dominant nationally in the athletics and is one of the nation’s most sport. Indiana State’s Felicia Johnson won Men’s basketball, perhaps, has the league’s progressive conferences. League members an individual weight throw title at the NCAA most storied tradition, boasting the likes of have worked together to focus on common Indoor Championships, and the MVC has Hall of Famers Bird and Robertson as former goals and objectives, putting a high value on now produced 14 national champions in the players, but The Valley has also produced league harmony while continuing to invest in sport in the past seven years. Indiana State, national-caliber student-athletes in its other athletic programs to compete at the highest notably, swept both the men’s and women’s sponsored sports. In 2001, Missouri State’s level. MVC outdoor titles, marking the first time a Jackie Stiles became the first Valley woman school had won in both genders at the league to earn the Honda-Broderick Cup, given to Men’s basketball continues to be the engine outdoor meet since 2008. the nation’s top female collegiate student- that drives Valley athletic