ARIZONA STATE TRACK & FIELD 2007 Women's NCAA Indoor & Outdoor Champions 1977 Men's NCAA Outdoor Champions INDOOR SEASON - WEEK 8 Indoor Meet #13: at NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships 2008 SUN DEVIL SCHEDULE Randal Tyson Track Center • Fayetteville, Ark. INDOOR SEASON Friday, March 14 - Saturday, March 15 Date Meet Location J 25 Friday Night Challenge Flagstaff, AZ F 1-2 Washington Invitational Seattle, WA 1-2 United Heritage Multi Nampa, ID NCAA Titles on the Line for ASU Track & Field This Week 1-2 Mountain 'T' Invitational Flagstaff, AZ Sun Devils head to Arkansas looking for more gold at indoor nationals 8-9 Bronco Invitational Nampa, ID 15 Tyson Invitational Fayetteville, AR Twenty-one members of the Arizona State University 15-16 Iowa State Classic Ames, IA track and field program will head to Fayetteville, NCAA SCHEDULE ASU Athletes Events ONLY 16 Husky Classic Seattle, WA Ark., and the Randal Tyson Track Center this week 23 NAU Tune-Up Flagstaff, AZ Friday, March 14 as the Sun Devils look to capture national titles at 12:00 p W Weight Throw P/F 29-1 MPSF Championships Seattle, WA 2:30 p W High Jump F M 8 Iowa State Last Chance Ames, IA the 2008 NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships this Friday and Saturday. 2:30 p M Shot Put P/F 8 Washington Last Chance Seattle, WA 5:00 p M Long Jump P/F 14-15 NCAA Championships Fayetteville, AR 5:40 p M 400m Dash P THE STAKES OUTDOOR SEASON 7:00 p W Long Jump P/F 21-22 Baldy Castillo Invitational Tempe At stake this weekend will be individual and team 7:35 p W 200m Dash P 9:05 p W 200m Dash F 28-29 ASU Invitational Tempe national titles, along with All-America honors for the 9:15 p M Distance Medley F A 3-4 Jim Click Multis Tucson, AZ Top 8 placers in each event. The Sun Devil women 5 Jim Click Invitational Tucson, AZ will look to defend the title they won last year in Saturday, March 15 4-5 Stanford Invitational Palo Alto, CA Arkansas while the men are one of the teams bat- 11:30 a W Pentathlon F 11-12 29th Sun Angel Classic Tempe 60m Hurdles tling for their first indoor crown after placing in a tie High Jump 17-20 Mt. SAC Relays Walnut, CA for 25th one year ago. 25-26 Oregon Relays Eugene, OR Shot Put 25-26 Drake Relays Des Moines, IA Long Jump 800m Run M 3 Double Dual (UA/NAU) Tucson, AZ NEAR THE TOP The USTFCCCA released its final indoor rankings 2:00 p M Weight Throw P/F 4 Cardinal Classic Palo Alto, CA 4:30 p W Shot Put P/F 9-10 Pac-10 Multi-Events Tempe on March 11 with the Sun Devils highly ranked for 5:00 p W Pole Vault F 16-17 Pac-10 Championships Tempe the fourth week in a row. Based upon points earned 6:55 p M 400m Dash F 30-31 NCAA West Region Northridge, CA in relation to an athlete/relay's position on the NCAA 7:35 p M 3,000m Run F J 11-14 NCAA Championships Des Moines, IA declared list, the women remained No. 2 behind LSU 8:05 p M 4x400m Relay F 27-6 US Olympic Trials Eugene, OR 8:20 p W 4x400m Relay F (166.33-152.14) while the men are No. 4 (87.54) Home meets in bold (at Sun Angel Stadium) with Florida State leading the way (126.17) and are P - prelims; F - final 2008 SUN DEVIL DATA followed by Tennessee (105.84) and LSU (92.65). Location ................................................. Tempe, Ariz. Enrollment ...................................................... 63,278 MULTIMEDIA Nickname ................................................ Sun Devils The 2008 NCAA Championships will be broadcast next Thursday (March 20) from 1 p.m. - Colors ............................................... Maroon & Gold 2:30 p.m. PST on ESPN2 (check local listings). To follow the live results on the web, visit Conference (In & Out) .................... MPSF & Pac-10 LadyBacks.com and click on the blue NCAA Championships logo on the right side of the page Home Venue .............................. Sun Angel Stadium for start lists, schedule and results. University President ..................... Dr. Michael Crow VP for University Athletics ........................ Lisa Love INVITED Director of Track & Field/Cross Country The ASU contingent will be comprised of 11 women and 10 men. The women will be repre- Greg Kraft .................................................... Jumps sented by Tai Battle (weight throw), Jeavon Benjamin (4x400m), Jordan Durham (4x400m), Assistant Coaches David Dumble ............................................. Throws Shauntel Elcock (4x400m), Stephanie Garnett (long jump), Jacquelyn Johnson (pentathlon, Kenny McDaniel .......................... Sprints (women) long jump, high jump), April Kubishta (pole vault), Dominique' Maloy (4x400m), Jessica Louie Quintana .................. Distance/Mid-Distance Pressley (shot put, weight throw), Sarah Stevens (shot put, weight throw) and Charonda Terry Winston .................................... Sprints (men) Williams (200m). The men will be represented by Kyle Alcorn (3,000m, distance medley Graduate Assistants relay), Nectaly Barbosa (DMR), Darryl Elston (4x400m), Jimmie Gordon (400m, 4x400m, Ryan Cole .......................... Distance/Mid-Distance DMR), Joey Heller (DMR), Justin Kremer (4x400m), Jason Lewis (weight throw), Joel Phillip Victoria Jackson ................ Distance/Mid-Distance (400m, 4x400m), Matt Turner (long jump) and Ryan Whiting (shot put). Volunteer Coaches Ron Barela .............................................. Pole Vault Dan O'Brien ........................................ Multi-Events HOW THEY GOT THERE Support Staff Of all the entries into the national meet, seven women and three men earned automatic Frank Perez .................... Assistant Athletic Trainer berths with their marks this season. For the women, Stephanie Garnett (long jump), Andrea DiTrani ........................ Grad. Asst. Trainer Jacquelyn Johnson (pentathlon and long jump), April Kubishta (pole vault), Jessica Pressley Jennifer Pawson ...................... Grad. Asst. Trainer (shot put and weight throw) and Sarah Stevens (shot put) each earned automatic berths while Ben Hilgart ............................. Sports Performance the men's automatics were earned by Matt Turner (long jump), Ryan Whiting (shot put) and Shay Jewett ................. Academic Coach (women) the distance medley relay of Joey Heller, Jimmie Gordon, Nectaly Barbosa and Kyle Alcorn. Sophia Sledge .................. Academic Coach (men) The remaining Sun Devils provisionally qualified during the season and were accepted to the meet as they ranked among the Top 16 nationally. THESUNDEVILS.COM SID Track/Field Contact: Alex Ryan ([email protected]) • Phone: (480) 965-4987 • Fax: (480) 965-5408 COACH KRAFT & TEAM NOTES HEAD COACH GREG KRAFT COMPLETE 2008 SUN DEVIL SCHEDULE Greg Kraft is in his 12th year with the Sun Devil pro- Date INDOOR MEETS W Finish M Finish Wins Top 3s Autos Provs Region gram and has built it into a national power. During the J 25 at Friday Night Challenge W 2, L 2 W 2, L 2 7-7 15-12 1-0 1-4 n/a 2007 season, his women were ranked No. 1 through- F 1-2 at Washington Invitational NTS NTS 0-1 0-2 0-0 0-3 n/a out the entire indoor and outdoor slates, culminating 1-2 at Mountain 'T' Invitational NTS NTS 5-2 9-6 1-0 1-3 n/a with their first national titles. For his efforts, he was 1-2 at United Heritage Invite NTS NTS 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 n/a selected as the 2007 USTFCCCA Women's National and 8-9 at Bronco Invitational NTS NTS 7-3 15-10 2-2 5-3 n/a Women's West Region Coach of the Year before earning 15 at Tyson Invitational NTS NTS 1-0 1-0 1-0 0-0 n/a the 2007 MPSF Women's Coach of the Year honor. He 15-16 at Iowa State Classic NTS NTS 2-3 7-4 2-1 4-4 n/a also was selected for the same honors outdoor, including 16 at Husky Classic NTS NTS 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-2 n/a the Pac-10 Coach of the Year. Kraft's women also won 23 at NAU Tune-Up NTS NTS 7-3 12-8 0-0 1-1 n/a their first indoor conference crown, capturing the 2007 MPSF Indoor Championships before repeating at the 29-1 at MPSF Championships 1st 4th 7-3 14-5 3-2 11-5 n/a Pac-10 outdoor meet where the men were three points M 7-8 at Iowa State Last Chance NTS NTS 2-0 3-0 0-0 3-0 n/a shy of capturing their first crown under Kraft. 7-8 at Washington Last Chance NTS NTS 0-1 1-3 0-0 0-1 n/a In 2006, Kraft's women's program moved up into the 14-15 at NCAA Championships national spotlight and captured its first Pac-10 title (May Date OUTOOR MEETS W Finish M Finish Wins Top 3s Autos Provs Region 13-14) in Eugene, Ore., after finishing third at the indoor M 21-22 BALDY CASTILLO INV NCAA meet. At the conference meet, the women won 28-29 ASU INVITATIONAL five titles. This past fall, the women's cross country team A 3-4 at Jim Click Multis finished fourth to earn their second trophy finish in three 5 at Jim Click Invitational years while the men, ranked 30th, finished 26th. Individually, Kraft has worked with numerous talented 4-5 at Stanford Invitational athletes, including five-time NCAA champion Jacquelyn 11-12 SUN ANGEL CLASSIC Johson and 2004 Olympic Gold Medalist Dwight Phillips. 17-20 at Mt. SAC Relays During the past three seasons alone, his women have 25-26 at Oregon Relays won nine individual national titles. 25-26 at Drake Relays Since taking over the ASU program, both the cross M 3 at Arizona (Double Dual) country and track and field programs have become 3 vs Northern Arizona (D Dual) staples of the national Top 20 with 14 All-America honors 4 at Cardinal Classic attained in cross country, five indoor relays, 10 outdoor 9-10 PAC-10 MULTI-EVENTS relays, 47 indoor individuals and 40 outdoor individuals.