WAC Women’s Cross Country Champions * 2005, 2007, 2010 * University of Idaho 33 Individual WAC Indoor Titles 33 Individual WAC Outdoor Titles Men’s and Women’s Track & Field 3 Individual WAC Cross Country Titles 85 All-America Honors 4 NCAA Champions Team Notes: Week 4 (Apr. 4-10, 2011) 20 Olympians This Week’s Meet: 2011 Outdoor Schedule March WAR IV (Spokane, Wash.) 18-19 Dusty Lane Open Spokane, WA 25-26 Stanford Invitational Palo Alto, CA Apr. 9, 2011 26 Whitworth Invitational Spokane, WA April Looking Forward: 2 Sam Adams Classic Spokane, WA 9 WAR IV Spokane, WA Idaho expects to put a near-full squad in action this weekend at the unique WAR IV 13-14 Azusa Pacific Multis Azusa, CA regional dual meet, which combines schools into teams based on their home states. In 14-16 Mt. SAC Relays Walnut, CA previous years the meet was Washington vs. World, but this year, it will be Washington vs. 15-16 Beach Invitational Cerritos, CA 23 Cougar Invitational Pullman, WA Oregon vs. World. 30 Duane Hartman Invitational Spokane, WA Last year, Vandals claimed seven individual titles at the meet and led both World teams 30 Payton Jordan Cardinal Invite Palo Alto, CA May with a men’s score of 125.66 and a women’s score of 141. 6 Oregon Twilight Eugene, OR Junior Barry Britt and sophomore Colin Briggs are Idaho’s two returning champions 7 Ken Shannon Invitational Seattle, WA 10-13 WAC Outdoor Championships Honolulu, HI from last year’s meet. Britt claimed the men’s 5000m title, while Briggs won the men’s 26-28 NCAA West Preliminary Eugene, OR triple jump. Britt will be making his outdoor season debut after redshirting indoors so June he could represent the Canadian Senior National Team at the World Cross Country 8-11 NCAA Championships Des Moines, IA Championships in March, where he finished 98th. With weather reports that predict a calm, partly cloudy day in the mid-50s, the Vandals Vandal Coaching Staff Director of Track & Field/Cross Country hope to buck the recent trend of cold, rainy, windy meet conditions. Wayne Phipps, 11th Season As of this week, Idaho has nine athletes, four men and five women, among the potential British Columbia, ‘91; Oregon, ‘94 qualifiers (top-48) for the NCAA Championships West Preliminary Round. The Vandals Office Phone ..................................................................(208) 885-0210 Head Track & Field Coach sent 13 to the meet last season and would like to add a few more to that total this year. Julie Taylor, 18th Season Idaho, ‘86 Office Phone ..................................................................(208) 885-5105 Last Time Out: Assistant Coach (Jumps/Multi-Events) Jason Graham (Idaho, ‘94) Junior Gabby Midles broke her own school record in the hammer throw, and two other Assistant Coach (Distance) Vandals broke facility records on Saturday at Whitworth’s Sam Adams Classic. Allix Potratz-Lee (Idaho, ‘10) Midles connected on the nation’s 12th-best throw and shattered her own University of Volunteer Assistant Coaches Throws..............................................................Tim Taylor (Idaho, ‘85) Idaho school record with a winning toss of 194-6 (59.29m) at the meet. It gives the 2010 Sprints/Hurdles .........................................Angela Whyte (Idaho, ‘03) NCAA qualifier the Western Athletic Conference’s top throw of the year by a six-foot Throws............................................... Chris Campbell (Ohio, ‘06; ‘08) Pole Vault ...................................................K.C. Dahlgren (Idaho, ‘10) margin. Sprints ....................................................Christie Gordon (Idaho, ‘10) “Gabby had a great week of practice,” Idaho head coach Julie Taylor said. “She came into it with a lot more confidence, and I knew watching her warm up that she was going to Idaho Quick Facts have a good throw, and she really let it go.” Location .......................................................... Moscow, Idaho Sophomore Liga Velvere kept her hot streak alive, as she ran a career-best 1:01.32 to win Founded ............................................................................ 1889 the women’s 400m hurdles and break the Boppell Track record in the event. Senior Lucas Enrollment ..................................................................... 12,302 Affiliation .................................................... NCAA Division I Pope showed how he’s knocking off the rust after clearing a WAC-best and facility-record Conference .................................................. Western Athletic 16-6.75 (5.05m) in the men’s pole vault. Pope, the four-time WAC champion in the event, President .......................................................Dr. Duane Nellis did not compete indoors this season. Director of Athletics ........................................ Dr. Rob Spear It wasn’t all about the record-setters, though, because Vandals claimed 14 total event SWA (Interim) ...........................................Debbie Buchanan Compliance/Eligibility ......................................John Wallace titles on the day, eight of which came on the women’s side. Gusty winds caused a bit of Home Facilities ..... Dan O’Brien Track and Field Complex havoc throughout the day, but Idaho still managed to put together many impressive per- .................................................. Kibbie-ASUI Activity Center formances. Nickname ....................................................................Vandals Sophomore Karlene Hurrel and senior Sam Michener each provided an Idaho sweep in Colors ................................................ Silver and Vandal Gold Athletic Department Phone ......................... (208) 885-0200 the short sprints, as Hurrel took both the women’s 100m (12.40) and 200m (25.55) titles Athletic Department Fax .............................. (208) 885-2862 and Michener won both men’s races in 10.78 and 22.16, respectively. Web Site ...............................................www.GoVandals.com Freshman Emily Paradis ran away with the women’s 1500m title (4:51.79), while junior Twitter .......................................................... @Idaho_Vandals Morgan Dunning cleared 11-5.75 (3.50m) in the pole vault, Ali Middleton went 32-9.75 (10.00m) in the triple jump and sophomore Kristine Leonard hit a personal-best 148-3 Athletics Media Relations (45.19m) to claim individual titles on the day. Assistant (T&F Contact) ................................Spencer Farrin Email ....................................................spencerf@uidaho.edu For the men, junior Andrew Blaser ran a 15.17 to win the 110m hurdles, sophomore Office ............................................................... (208) 885-7065 Jason Lorentz took the long jump title for the second year in a row with a 21-11 (6.68m) Cell .................................................................. (208) 310-9610 and senior Eugenio Mannucci won the men’s shot put with a heave of 54-5.25 (16.59m). Fax ................................................................... (208) 885-0255 2011 Idaho Vandals Track & Field - 1 - www.GoVandals.com Making History 2011 Outdoor Track & Field Honor Roll (Idaho’s 2011 All-Time Top-10 Entries) Men March 19 5000m Mike Marshall: Moves to ninth all-time in the javelin with a 202-6 to open his season Markus Geiger 5th 14:21.83 March 25-26 Javelin Throw Markus Geiger: Runs fastest 5k at Idaho since 1997, fastest in the WAC since 2006 (14:21.83) Mike Marshall 9th 202-6 Liga Velvere: Moves to eighth all-time at Idaho in the 400m hurdles (1:01.70) Hannah Kiser: Wins 1500m heat with eighth-best time in school history (4:31.79) Alycia Butterworth: Posts school’s eighth-best 3k steeplechase (11:06.32) in first career race Women 800m March 29 Liga Velvere 8th 2:10.35 Markus Geiger: Verizon WAC Men’s Track Athlete of the Week 1500m Hannah Kiser 8th 4:31.79 April 2 Gabby Midles: Breaks school record in women’s hammer throw (204-6) 400m Hurdles Liga Velvere: Runs career-best 1:01.32 in 400m hurdles, breaks Whitworth facility record Liga Velvere 8th 1:01.32 Lucas Pope: Breaks Whitworth facility record in men’s pole vault (16-6¾) 3000m Steeplechase Alycia Butterworth 8th 11:06.32 Hammer Throw Gabby Midles 1st 194-6 2011 Idaho Vandals Track & Field - 2 - www.GoVandals.com 2011 Idaho Track & Field Rosters Men Name Indoor Outdoor Events Hometown (Previous School) Jeff Aronson Fr* So Sprints Boise, Idaho (Centennial HS) Tyler Bennett Fr Fr Jumps Anchorage, Alaska (Dimond HS) Andrew Blaser Sr* Sr* Multi-Events Boise, Idaho (Louisville) Andrew Bloom Fr Fr Sprints Walla Walla, Wash. (Walla Walla HS) Ryan Bowen Jr Jr Multi-Events Lewiston, Idaho (Lewiston HS) Alex Brekke Jr Jr Distance Bozeman, Mont. (Bozeman HS) Colin Briggs So So Jumps Culver, Ore. (Culver HS) Barry Britt Jr Jr Distance Hampton, British Columbia (Georgia State) Adam Bunch Fr Fr Hurdles Boise, Idaho (Borah HS) Mike Carpenter - Sr Multi-Events Canby, Ore. (Canby HS) James Clark Jr Jr Distance Maple Ridge, British Columbia (Thomas Haney Secondary) Donavon Cunningham Jr Jr Throws Vancouver, Wash. (College of the Siskiyous) Josh Dalton Sr Sr Middle Distance Deary, Idaho (Deary HS) Aaron Davis Fr Fr Middle Distance Moscow, Idaho (Moscow HS) Markus Geiger Jr Jr Distance Bad Neustadt, Germany (Rhoen-Gymnasium Bad Neustadt) Jeff Jacka Fr* So Sprints Federal Way, Wash. (Bellarmine Prep) Rendel Jones Jr Jr Jumps Everett, Wash. (Central Washington University) Jeremy Klas Jr Jr Pole Vault Moscow, Idaho (Moscow HS) Andrey Levkiv Fr* Fr* Throws Hazen, Wash. (Hazen HS) Jason Lorentz So