WASHINGTON TRACK AND FIELD Mar. 11, 2009 //For Immediate Release// Contact: Michael Bruscas UW Readies For NCAA Indoor Track & Field Husky Track Schedule Championships Indoor Washington athletes rank in the top-eight in five different events. Date Meet Location ON THE TRACK: The indoor track and field season culminates with the 2009 NCAA Indoor Championships Dec. 6, 2008 UW Winter Preview Seattle this weekend, hosted by Texas A&M in College Station, Texas. Washington will be sending four men and Jan. 17 UW Indoor Preview Seattle eight women to the national meet, several with national title aspirations. The two-day meet runs this Friday- Jan. 30-31 UW Invitational Seattle Saturday, March 13-14. Feb. 14 The Husky Classic Seattle The 24th-ranked Husky men’s team will be looking to make history with its third straight Top-10 finish. Wash- Feb. 15 UW Indoor Open Seattle ington was 7th in 2007 and tied for 10th at the 2008 indoor meet. The women’s team, currently ranked 18th, Feb. 27-28 MPSF Championships Seattle will look to improve on last season’s 22nd-place finish. UW’s twelve participants this year outpaces the seven Mar. 7 UW Last Chance Qualifier Seattle they sent to NCAA Indoors one year ago. Mar. 13-14 NCAA Championships College Station, Texas The championships will be held at Texas A&M’s McFerrin Athletic Center. A total of 568 participants will Outdoor compete in the championships. Student-athletes qualified for the championships by reaching the automatic or Date Meet Location provisional standards established for each event. Mar. 20 UW Outdoor Preview Seattle A pair of seniors with national title aspirations headline the quartet of Washington men heading to nationals. Mar. 27-28 Stanford Invitational Palo Alto, Calif. Senior Jordan Boase (Bothell, Wash./Bothell) will be making his third-straight national meet appearance in the Apr. 4 Jim Click Shootout Tucson, Ariz. 400-meters, where he is ranked third with a school-record time of 46.09 seconds. A four-time All-American, Apr. 10-11 Sun Angel Classic Tempe, Ariz. Boase was third at NCAA Indoors last year and fourth at the 2008 Outdoor meet. Apr. 16-18 Mt. SAC Relays Walnut, Calif. Apr. 24-25 Oregon Relays Eugene, Ore. Senior Austin Abbott (Chehalis, Wash./W.F. West) and new school record-holder in the mile will be competing Apr. 24-25 Penn Relays Philadelphia, Penn. at his sixth NCAA meet, and fourth NCAA Indoor meet. Abbott, a five-time All-American, will be going for his May 2 vs. Washington State Seattle first such honor in the mile run, after placing seventh in the 800-meters at the 2008 NCAA Outdoor meet. Last May 8 Ken Shannon Invitational Seattle Saturday, Abbott ran 3:58.23 to break the UW school record in the mile and his time ranks seventh among the May 8-9 Pac-10 Multi-Events Eugene, Ore. entries. He also ranked in the Top-10 in the 800-meters, but chose to take a shot at the mile this season. May 16-17 Pac-10 Championships Eugene, Ore. Junior Jake Schmitt (Kentfield, Calif./Redwood) snagged the 14th and final spot in the 5,000-meter run with May 29-30 NCAA West Regional Eugene, Ore. his time of 13:54.25 set just this past Saturday. Schmitt was 21st in the 10k at the 2008 NCAA Outdoor meet June 11-14 NCAA Championships Fayetteville, Ark. and led the Huskies at the 2008 NCAA Cross Country Championships. Bold font indicates Husky home meet, at either Dempsey Indoor (indoor) or Husky Stadium (outdoor). Local newcomer Jeremy Taiwo (Renton, Wash./Newport) also will test the waters at his first NCAA Champi- onships, as he qualified 12th in the heptathlon. Taiwo won the heptathlon title at the MPSF Championships, setting a school record with 5,559 points. He will look to be Washington’s first All-American in the indoor 2009 USTFCCCA Indoor Rankings multi-events. Men Women 1 Oregon 182.38 1 Texas A&M 123.93 2 Arkansas 150.04 2 Tennessee 120.95 The 19th-ranked Washington women’s team will be sending eight athletes to nationals, including five mem- 3 Florida State 143.82 3 LSU 104.72 bers of the 2008 Women’s Cross Country National Championship Team. The Huskies will look to light up the 4 Florida 104.29 4 Oregon 102.45 track in the distance medley relay, which features cross country All-Americans Christine Babcock (Fr.; Irvine, 5 Nebraska 101.35 5 Florida State 86.47 Calif./Woodbridge) and Katie Follett (So; Fort Collins, Colo./Fort Collins), plus junior Kailey Campbell (Seattle, 6 LSU 85.25 6 Michigan 77.70 Wash./Ballard) and senior Falesha Ankton (Benicia, Calif./Benicia). Babcock and Campbell both would have 7 Texas A&M 81.83 7 Texas Tech 77.35 also qualified for the mile run but will be focusing on a strong finish in the DMR. 8 Arizona State 74.91 8 South Carolina 76.21 9 South Carolina 72.32 9 Penn State 74.32 10 Oklahoma 66.24 10 Texas 70.77 Follett will double up in the 3,000-meter run, where she will be looking to stick with redshirt freshman Mel 11 Baylor 61.36 11 Arizona State 69.25 Lawrence (Reno, Nev./Reno). Lawrence and Follett placed 25th and 26th, respectively at the 2008 Cross Country 12 Texas Tech 60.45 12 Clemson 68.36 Championships. Lawrence is ranked fourth in the 3k field after running a school-record 9:08.50 at the MPSF 13 Texas 59.76 13 Arkansas 64.29 Championships. This will be her first NCAA Track appearance, while it will be the third for Follett who was an 14 California 58.96 14 Florida 58.87 All-American in the mile indoors last year. 15 Kentucky 58.24 15 Nebraska 56.22 16 Missouri 52.69 16 Arizona 53.25 17 Virginia Tech 44.93 17 Virginia Tech 50.67 Another member of the women’s National Championship distance crew set to run this weekend is senior Anita 18 Tennessee 43.25 18 Washington 46.57 Campbell (Vancouver, B.C./Aldergrove). Campbell is seeded 12th in the 5,000-meter run. She set a school record 19 Stanford 41.51 19 BYU 45.72 earlier this year at the distance in a time of 16:09.26. She has run the 5,000-meters at two NCAA Outdoor 20 Minnesota 41.08 20 Connecticut 45.45 Championships but this will be her first outing indoors. 21 Illinois 40.98 21 Auburn 45.02 22 Arizona 39.85 22 Minnesota 44.98 23 New Mexico 37.89 23 Baylor 44.16 The Dawgs will also be represented by a pair of first time qualifiers in the field events. Spokane’s Kelly Mc- 24 Washington 34.97 24 Miami (Fla.) 43.66 Namee (Ferris HS) made the cut in the high jump in her freshman season. McNamee is the only freshman in 25 Providence 34.17 25 Stanford 43.65 HUSKY TRACK AND FIELD • Mar. 11, 2009 • Page 2 the field, and will look to earn UW’s first All-American honor in the women’s high jump since Husky Track Quick Facts Vicki Borsheim in 1988. Another local product, sophomore Elisa Bryant out of Inglemoor High School, will attempt to become the first Husky All-American ever in the weight throw. Bryant University of Washington has held the school record since her freshman season, and improved upon it with a mark of Athletic Department, Box 354070 64-feet, 8-inches this year. Seattle, WA 98195-4070 Friday will be a busy day for the UW contingent. Finals on day one will include the 5,000-meter Enrollment: .............................. 42,000 (31,400 undergraduate) runs, DMR, women’s weight throw and high jump, while Taiwo will complete the majority of Founded: ................................................................Nov. 4, 1861 the heptathlon. Prelims in the 400-meters and the mile are also Friday. The only Husky waiting President: ............................................................Mark Emmert to run until Saturday is Lawrence in the women’s 3,000-meters. Director of Athletics:................................... Scott Woodward HOW TO FOLLOW THE DAWGS: ESPN is the official network of the 2009 NCAA Indoor Nickname: ................................................................... Huskies Championships and will stream the event live on ESPN360.com. Click on the FAQs link for Colors: ............................................................. Purple and Gold software and system requirements, etc. Anyone with an .edu e-mail address is able to obtain Home Facility:.......................Dempsey Indoor/Husky Stadium access to ESPN360 for free. ESPN2 will then air a 90-minute show on Monday, March 23 at Press Row Phone:............................................(206) 714-5556 2:30 p.m. Eastern. Texas A&M will provide live results on their championships page, which Conference:.....................Pacific-10 (Outdoor) / MPSF (Indoor) can be found at http://www.aggieathletics.com/ncaa2009/track/ Head Coach:........................................Greg Metcalf (7th year) Event Schedule: Following is the schedule for the events featuring Washington athletes Asst. Coach (Vault/Jumps): ...................Pat Licari (12th year) at this weekend’s NCAA Indoor Championships. All times are Central. For a complete Asst. Coach (Throws): ............... Reedus Thurmond (3rd year) schedule, visit www.aggieathletics.com. Asst. Coach (Sprints/Hurdles): ........... Raul Sheen (1st year) Asst. Coach (Distances): ....................Jimmy Bean (3rd year) Friday, March 13 Saturday. March 14 Asst. Coach (Distances): ....................Kelly Strong (7th year) 12:00 p.m. Hep: 60m Dash (M) 12:00 p.m. Hep: 60m Hurdles (M) 12:40 p.m. Hep: Long Jump (M) 12:45 p.m. Hep: Pole Vault (M) Website: .................................................www.GoHuskies.com 1:45 p.m. Hep: Shot Put (M) 3:15 p.m.