2005 BIG TEN OUTDOOR TRACK AND FIELD NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS PREVIEW - June 3, 2005 1500 West Higgins Road • Park Ridge, IL 60068-6300 • Phone: (847) 696-1010 • Fax: (847) 696-1110 • Website: www.bigten.org 2005 NCAA MEN’S AND WOMEN’S TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS Wednesday-Saturday, June 8-11, 2005 • Hornet Stadium at A.G. Spanos Sports Complex • Sacramento, Calif. A total of 91 Big Ten student-athletes are gearing up to compete at the 2005 2005 NCAA MEN’S QUALIFIERS NCAA Men’s & Women’s Outdoor Track Big Ten teams only & Field Championships, which are set to 100 Meter Dash 10000 Meter Run Long Jump take place June 8-11 at the Hornet 17 Kenneth Baxter, SR, PUR 1 Simon Bairu, JR, WIS 2 Aarik Wilson, SR, IND Stadium in the Alex G. Spanos Sports 18 Demi Omole, SO, WIS 10 Tim Nelson, SO, WIS Complex in Sacramento, Calif. 17 Antony Ford, SR, WIS Triple Jump 200 Meter Dash 18 Andrew Carlson, SR, MINN 3 Aarik Wilson, SR, IND Sacramento State and the Sacramento 20 Kenneth Baxter, SR, PUR 11 Michael Whitehead, SO, MICH Sports Commission will serve as co- 110 Meter Hurdles 14 Alonzo Moore, JR, WIS hosts of the event. 400 Meter Dash 28 Rickey Pinkney, SO, PUR 16 Rick Bellford, JR, WIS 26 Stann Waithe, SO, MICH 400 Meter Hurdles Shot Put All 10 Conference men’s teams and a 800 Meter Run 7 Abe Jones, JR, ILL 15 Joe Thomas, SO, WIS total of 49 entries will be represented at 6 Zach Glavash, SO, ILL 10 Jaret Campisi, SR, PSU 16 Kenton Kemeny, SR, IOWA the meet. Wisconsin's Simon Bairu 17 Andrew Ellerton, JR, MICH 14 Adrian Walker, JR, ILL 22 Tramell Smith, JR, ILL Discus Throw enters the four-day event with the best 10,000-meter time in the country, 4x100 Meter Relay 10 Tim Brodersen, JR, IOWA holding nearly a three-second advantage over his closest competitor at 1500 Meter Run 15 Wisconsin 'A' (Brian 28:04.75. Indiana senior and Big Ten Athlete of the Year Aarik Wilson, is 5 Sean Jefferson, JR, IND Calhoun, Jvontai Hanserd, Hammer Throw 16 Josh Spiker, SR, WIS Dan Goesch, Demi Omole) 3 John Paul Smolenski, SR, PUR ranked second in the long jump, a title he won at the 2005 NCAA Indoor 19 Michael Woods, FR, MICH 19 Bryan Duby, SR, OSU Championships, and third in the triple jump. A two-time NCAA runner-up in 25 Rondell Ruff, JR, MICH 4x400 Meter Relay 24 Chris Voller, SR, IOWA the triple jump, Wilson also claimed bronze last year in the long jump. 14 Illinois 'A' (Adrian Walker, 3000 Meter Steeplechase Zach Glavash, Abe Jones, Javelin Throw 10 Tom Burns, SR, IND Nathan Vadeboncouer) 15 Bret Kershner, JR, PSU On the women’s side, each of the 10 Conference squads and a total of 46 19 Aaron Fisher, SR, OSU 19 Jason Swenson, SR, MINN participants will be represented. Illinois' Cassie Hunt earned the highest High Jump seed of any Big Ten female student-athlete, as she will enter the 3,000- 5000 Meter Run 17 Marios Iacovou, FR, OSU Decathlon 4 Matt Tegenkamp, SR, WIS 18 Brent Boettcher, JR, WIS 7 Travis Brandstatter, SR, MINN meter steeplechase with the nation's third-best time of 10:07.29. Penn 5 Chris Solinsky, SO, WIS 24 Derek Watkins, JR, PUR 13 Jake Wiseman, SR, IND State’s Gayle Hunter and Jen Leatherman will each compete in three 13 Stephen Haas, JR, IND 21 Nathan Brown, JR, WIS events -- the most of any Big Ten student-athlete at the NCAA meet. 16 Nick Willis, JR, MICH Pole Vault 24 Ben Roland, JR, WIS Hunter is ranked 23rd in the long jump and 24th in the heptathlon, and will 23 Mike Palmer, SR, MSU 27 Mark Langlois, SO, MSU run a leg with the 4x400 meter relay team, which is ranked 18th. Leatherman enters the NCAA Championships ranked sixth in the hammer throw, 19th in the shot put and 29th in the discus. 2005 NCAA WOMEN’S QUALIFIERS Penn State recorded the second-highest finish among Conference Big Ten teams only women’s squads in NCAA Regional competition. The Nittany Lions finished 100 Meter Dash 10000 Meter Run Shot Put fifth in the East Regional, while Michigan placed third in the Mideast. 16 S. Hauser-Price, SR, MICH 11 Katrina Rundhaug, SO, WIS 18 Liz Podominick, FR, MINN Illinois also garnered a seventh place finish in the Mideast. Recording top 19 Jen Leatherman, JR, PSU 10 finishes on the men’s side was Wisconsin (4th), Indiana (6th), 200 Meter Dash 100 Meter Hurdles 18 S. Hauser-Price, SR, MICH 28 Lorian Price, SO, IND Discus Throw Michigan (7th), and Illinois (10th), all of which were at the Mideast 27 Shuntia Lucas, SO, WIS 14 Liz Podominick, FR, MINN Regional. 400 Meter Hurdles 29 Jen Leatherman, JR, PSU 400 Meter Dash 9 Camile Robinson, SO, ILL 10 Shana Cox, FR, PSU Hammer Throw NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS COVERAGE 14 Kineke Alexander, FR, IOWA 4x100 Meter Relay 6 Jen Leatherman, JR, PSU 23 Stacey Clausing, SO, IND No Entries 9 Shelaine Larson, SR, OSU 16 Courtney Magnuson, SR, PUR Media Contacts 800 Meter Run 4x400 Meter Relay 26 Tiffany Davis, SR, OSU Media contacts for the 2005 NCAA Division I Men’s & Women’s Outdoor 12 Katie Erdman, SO, MICH 18 Penn State 'A' (Dominique Track & Field Championships are Crissy Schluep of the NCAA and Brian 18 Carlene Robinson, SO, ILL Blake, Shana Cox, Gayle Javelin Throw 27 Dominique Blake, FR, PSU Hunter, Kamilah Salaam) 8 Kara Patterson, FR, PUR Berger of Sacramento State. Schluep can be contacted at (317) 917-6121 21 Lindsey Blaine, SO, PUR or [email protected]. Berger may be reached at (916) 278-4313 or 1500 Meter Run High Jump 23 Diana Bruch, JR, PSU [email protected]. 8 Lindsey Gallo, SR, MICH 11 Peaches Roach, SO, IOWA 19 Nicole Edwards, FR, MICH 20 Liz Roehig, FR, MINN Heptathlon 26 Lara Overton, JR, IND 21 Jennifer Williams, SR, MICH 11 Melissa Talbot, JR, WIS At the Big Ten Conference 28 Jessica Stringer, SO, OSU 24 Gayle Hunter, FR, PSU Jeff Smith 3000 Meter Steeplechase 26 Angela Anoliefoh, SR, PUR 3 Cassie Hunt, SO, ILL Pole Vault Big Ten Track and Field Contact 17 Molly Landreth, JR, PSU 24 Michelle Rzepka, JR, MSU Phone: 847-696-1010 ext. 142 21 Emily Brown, SO, MINN 25 Andrea Smith, FR, MINN 22 Andrea Parke, SR, MICH Fax: 847-696-1110 24 Kelly Siefker, JR, IND Long Jump [email protected] 23 Gayle Hunter, FR, PSU 5000 Meter Run 9 Rebecca Walter, SO, MICH Triple Jump For more information on the NCAA Track 14 Jaime Turilli, JR, ILL 7 Rosalind Goodwin, SR, OSU and Field Championships, log onto 18 Nicole Gliem, SO, OSU 8 Shayla Moore, SR, OSU NCAASports.com. Illinois • Indiana • Iowa • Michigan • Michigan State • Minnesota • Northwestern • Ohio State • Penn State • Purdue • Wisconsin 2005 BIG TEN OUTDOOR TRACK AND FIELD 2005 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS NATIONAL POLLS WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8 FRIDAY, JUNE 10 FIELD EVENTS FIELD EVENTS Men’s Trackwire 25 11:00 am Discus Women Qual Round 12:00 pm Discus Women Final (www.trackwire.com) 1:00 pm Hammer Men Qual Round 1:30 pm *High Jump Heptathlon May 18, 2005 2:30 pm *Long Jump Decathlon 2:00 pm Hammer Men Final 3:00 pm Javelin Men Qual Round 4:00 pm *Shot Put Heptathlon 1. Arkansas 62 4:00 pm *Shot Put Decathlon 5:00 pm Javelin Men Final 2. Florida 44 4:30 pm Long Jump Men Qual Round 5:00 pm Triple Jump Men Qual Round 5:20 pm *High Jump Decathlon 6:30 pm Pole Vault Men Final 3. Oregon 43 6:00 pm Pole Vault Men Qual Round 7:30 pm Triple Jump Women Qual Round 4. LSU 41 7:15 pm Long Jump Women Qual Round 8:00 pm Javelin Women Final 5. Florida State 36 8:00 pm Shot Put Men Qual Round 8:15 pm Shot-Put Men Final 6. Arizona State 32 8:30 pm Javelin Women Qual Round Nebraska 32 RUNNING EVENTS 8. Stanford 31 RUNNING EVENTS 12:15 pm 100 Hurdles Heptathlon 9. Indiana 30 1:30 pm 100 Meters Decathlon 5:30 pm *200 Meters Heptathlon 10. Arizona 29 3:45 pm 4 x 100 Relay Men Round 1 6:30 pm 4 x 100 Relay Men Final 4:00 pm 4 x 100 Relay Women Round 1 6:40 pm 4 x 100 Relay Women Final Tennessee 29 4:15 pm 800 Meters Men Round 1 6:50 pm 3000 Steeple Men Final 12. USC 24 4:35 pm 800 Meters Women Round 1 7:05 pm 3000 Steeple Women Final Auburn 24 4:55 pm 110 Hurdles Men Round 1 7:25 pm 400 Meters Men Semifinal 14. Wisconsin 23 5:20 pm 100 Hurdles Women Round 1 7:40 pm 400 Meters Women Semifinal 15. UCLA 22 5:40 pm 100 Meters Men Round 1 7:55 pm 110 Hurdles Men Final Mississippi State 22 5:55 pm 100 Meters Women Round 1 8:05 pm 100 Hurdles Women Final 17. Texas 21 6:10 pm 400 Meters Men Round 1 8:20 pm 100 Meters Men Final 18. Texas Tech 20 6:25 pm 400 Meters Women Round 1 8:30 pm 100 Meters Women Final 6:45 pm 110 Hurdles Men Semifinal 8:45 pm 400 Hurdles Men Semifinal 19. Georgia 19 7:00 pm 100 Hurdles Women Semifinal 9:00 pm 400 Hurdles Women Semifinal 20.