WASHINGTON
TRACK AND FIELD
//For Immediate Release//
Contact: Michael Bruscas
Feb. 25, 2010
Huskies Set To Host Conference Championships
Action begins at 12:30 p.m. Friday afternoon and again at 11 a.m. on Saturday morning.
ON THE TRACK: Conference meet action returns to the Dempsey Indoor facility this weekend as Husky track
& field hosts the 2010 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Championships. The two-day event serves as the
indoor conference championships for the West Coast’s top track squads and will be the final preparation for
many athletes prior to the NCAA Indoor Championships. The MPSF Championships also provide one of the best
final chances to qualify for nationals and that is one of the meet’s stated goals.
The meet begins Friday, Feb. 27, at 12:30 p.m. and runs until approximately 7 p.m. Events on day one
include finals in the men’s and women’s weight throws, 5,000-meter runs, 200-meter dashes, distance
medley relays, long jumps, and the men’s pole vault. The majority of the multi-events also will be held
Friday. Action resumes Saturday morning at 11 a.m., with conference champs crowned in the majority
of the sprints and distance events, plus high and triple jumps, the shot put, and women’s pole vault.
The women’s pentathlon will be contested on Friday while the men’s heptathlon is spread over the two
days. The men’s and women’s 4x400m relays bring the meet to a close at around 3:30 p.m.
The field is made up of Washington, Washington State, Arizona, Arizona State, Stanford, California,
Oregon and UCLA out of the Pac-10, which does not sponsor indoor track & field, plus Long Beach State
and Cal State Northridge from the Big West. Oregon will be favored on both the men’s and women’s
side, as the Oregon women are ranked No. 1 in the nation and the men are ranked No. 2. The Arizona
State men come in at No. 5 while Stanford is 14th, Arizona ranks 18th, and California is 24th. Arizona
at No. 16 is the only other Top-25 women’s team at MPSFs. The Washington men’s team is ranked 33rd
nationally while the Husky women are ranked 38th.
Husky athletes to watch on the men’s side include junior Scott Roth, the reigning Pac-10 pole vault
champion who will look to pick up his first career MPSF title. He is the top-ranked vaulter in the MPSF
and second in the NCAA. Junior Colton Tully-Doyle will look to continue his breakout track season
as he is entered in both the 3,000 and 5,000-meters. Tully-Doyle is seeded third in the 3k and owns an
NCAA Provisional qualifier. Senior All-American Jake Schmitt is the defending MPSF Champion in the
5k and will be shooting for his first qualifying mark in that event this year.
The men will field a strong sprints unit led with senior Kenjamine Jackson, sophomore Ryan Hamilton, and freshmen James Alaka and Colton Dunn. Another freshman, Shayne Moore, has a great
shot to score in the 60m hurdles after his PR of 8.15 seconds at the UW Open Meet. Sophomore Ryan
Soberanis scored in the 800m run last year with a career-best time and will look for a similar effort
Saturday. In the throws, senior Zack Midles has been a routine scorer in the weight throw, and sophomore Richard Anderson will lead the effort in the shot put after a big recent PR where he passed the
55-foot mark for the first time.
Senior Katie Follett will lead the way for the women’s squad. The three-time indoor All-American is the
top seed in the mile run, and ranks second nationally with her school-record time of 4:34.98 from the
Husky Classic. Follett is also entered in the 3k, where Washington could rack up big points though the
field is very large. Sophomore Mel Lawrence, who ran her first race of the year two weeks ago and
earned a provisional qualifier in the 3k, will be one of the favorites in the 3k and she is also preliminarily entered in the 5k. Kenna Patrick scored at MPSFs in the 5k a year ago and could give UW a lift as
could freshman Lindsay Flanagan.
One of the biggest boosts for a women’s team that has been missing a few key pieces all season could
come from redshirt freshman Kendra Schaaf. The two-time Pac-10 Cross Country Athlete of the Year
is entered in the 3,000-meters and could make her anxiously-awaited official track debut on Saturday.
Bianca Greene in the 200-meters and Amber Finley in the 400-meters are the top Dawgs to watch in
the women’s sprints. Finley will be busy, also running the 400-meter leg on the distance medley relay and
competing on the 4x4 relay along with Greene, freshman Johanna Carr, and Lindsey Kirschman.
Husky Track Schedule
Indoor
Date
Meet
Jan. 16
Jan. 29-30
Feb. 12-13
Feb. 14
Feb. 19
Feb. 26-27
Mar. 6
Mar. 12-13
UW Indoor Preview
UW Invitational
The Husky Classic
UW Indoor Open
Vandal Collegiate
MPSF Championships
UW Final Qualifier
NCAA Championships
Date
Meet
Mar. 12-13
Apr. 1-4
Apr. 10
Apr. 15-17
Apr. 22-24
Apr. 22-24
May 1
May 8
May 8-9
May 14-15
May 28-29
June 9-12
Stanford Invitational
Palo Alto, Calif.
Texas Relays
Austin, Texas
Pepsi Team Invitational
Eugene, Ore.
Mt. SAC Relays
Walnut, Calif.
Brutus Hamilton Invite
Berkeley, Calif.
Penn Relays
Philadelphia, Penn.
at Washington State
Pullman, Wash.
Ken Shannon Invitational
Seattle
Pac-10 Multi-Events
Berkeley, Calif.
Pac-10 Championships
Berkeley, Calif.
NCAA Preliminary Rounds
Austin, Texas
NCAA Championships
Eugene, Ore.
Outdoor
Location
Seattle
Seattle
Seattle
Seattle
Moscow, Idaho
Seattle
Seattle
Fayetteville, Ark.
Location
Bold font indicates Husky home meet, at either Dempsey Indoor (indoor) or
Husky Stadium (outdoor).
2010 USTFCCCA Week 5 Indoor Rankings
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Men
Texas A&M
182.08
Oregon
135.07
LSU
107.40
Florida
93.03
Arizona State 83.61
Arkansas
80.38
Indiana
79.80
Nebraska
77.84
Texas Tech
73.95
Baylor
70.94
Penn State
69.66
Oklahoma
61.36
Florida State
55.45
Stanford
55.13
Virginia Tech
54.34
Auburn
52.12
Minnesota
51.48
Arizona
50.95
Northern Arizona 49.69
Ohio State
46.10
Alabama
45.45
New Mexico
44.90
Kentucky
44.03
California
42.96
Georgia
41.32
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Women
Oregon
198.11
Texas A&M 158.38
Florida
117.39
Tennessee
106.73
LSU
99.82
Arkansas
98.64
Clemson
89.55
Villanova
89.04
Auburn
83.40
Penn State
81.59
BYU
73.78
Southern Illinois72.79
Louisville
66.39
Nebraska
65.55
Oklahoma
62.25
Arizona
61.10
UTEP
54.79
Indiana State 53.73
Indiana
50.39
Florida State 44.87
Virginia Tech 43.95
West Virginia 43.10
Mid. Tennessee39.25
Georgetown 38.55
San Diego State34.40
Bold teams competing at MPSF Championships
HUSKY TRACK AND FIELD • Feb. 25, 2010 • Page 2
Husky Track Quick Facts
University of Washington
Athletic Department, Box 354070
Seattle, WA 98195-4070
Enrollment:............................... 42,000 (31,400 undergraduate)
Founded:.................................................................Nov. 4, 1861
President:.............................................................Mark Emmert
Director of Athletics:................................... Scott Woodward
Nickname: . .................................................................. Huskies
Colors: . ............................................................ Purple and Gold
Home Facility:.......................Dempsey Indoor/Husky Stadium
Press Row Phone:............................................(206) 714-5556
Conference:.....................Pacific-10 (Outdoor) / MPSF (Indoor)
Head Coach:........................................ Greg Metcalf (8th year)
Asst. Coach (Vault/Jumps):....................Pat Licari (13th year)
Asst. Coach (Throws):................ Reedus Thurmond (5th year)
Asst. Coach (Sprints/Hurdles):........... Raul Sheen (2nd year)
Asst. Coach (Distances):.....................Jason Drake (1st year)
Asst. Coach (Multis):............................Audra Smith (1st year)
Website:.................................................. www.GoHuskies.com
2009 Men’s Pac-10 / MPSF Finish:...........................9th / 6th
2009 Men’s NCAA Finish (Outdoor/Indoor):..... t20th / t33rd
Best Men’s Pac-10 Finish:......................................2nd (1976)
Best Men’s MPSF Finish:...............................1st (2007, 2006)
Best Men’s NCAA Finish:.............................2nd (1929, 1930)
Men’s 2009 NCAA Competitors Returning:.................Seven
Jeff Gudaitis - 400m, 4x100m
Kenjamine Jackson - 4x100m
Zack Midles - Hammer
Kyle Nielsen - Javelin
Scott Roth - Pole Vault
Jake Schmitt - 5000m (i), 10000m
Jeremy Taiwo - Heptathlon (i)
2009 Women’s Pac-10 / MPSF Finish:.....................6th / 5th
2009 Women’s NCAA Finish (Outdoor/Indoor):...... 19th / t35th
Best Women’s Pac-10 Finish:...................4th (1995, ‘96, ‘98)
Best Women’s MPSF Finish:...................................1st (1996)
Best Women’s NCAA Finish:.................................10th (1988)
Women’s 2009 NCAA Competitors Returning:............. Nine
Falesha Ankton - DMR (i)
Christine Babcock - DMR (i), 1500m
Elisa Bryant - Weight (i), Hammer
Anita Campbell - 5000m (i), 10000m
Kailey Campbell - DMR (i), 1500m
Katie Follett - 3000m (i), DMR (i), 5000m
Mel Lawrence - 3000m (i), Steeplechase
Kelly McNamee - High Jump (i)
Brooke Pighin - Javelin
Husky Athletic Communications
Michael Bruscas, Track and Field SID
E-mail: [email protected]
Office Phone: (206) 543-2230 / Fax: (206) 543-5000
Mobile Phone: (206) 714-5556
Sophomore Kelly McNamee will be one of the top contenders in the women’s high
jump. Shaniae Lakes also should vie for points in the triple jump. She is the top-ranking
freshman in the conference at this point in the year. Also looking to score will be senior
Korede Oyetuga in the women’s weight throw, as she placed ninth a year ago.
FOLLOW ALONG AT HOME: Live results of the MPSF Championships will be available
on UW’s athletics website, www.GoHuskies.com, with links on the main track home page
and the schedule page. Cumulative results will be posted at the end of each day.
• Live Results: http://www.gohuskies.com/livestats/c-track/022610/index.htm
About the MPSF: Established in 1992 to serve the competitive needs of member
institutions from the Big West, Pacific-10, Mountain West, Western Athletic and West
Coast Conferences and other selected universities in the western United States, the
Mountain Pacific Sports Federation provides Division-I competition to schools whose
primary conferences do not sponsor championships in selected sports. In 2009-2010,
the MPSF will again sponsor competition in nine intercollegiate Olympic sports while
serving over 1,500 student-athletes and approximately 71 teams from 34 universities
in 12 western states. All MPSF teams compete at the NCAA Division I level in men’s
soccer, men’s and women’s water polo, men’s and women’s indoor track and field, men’s
and women’s gymnastics, women’s lacrosse and men’s volleyball. MPSF champions
are eligible to compete in NCAA Championships with MPSF men’s soccer, men’s and
women’s water polo, and men’s volleyball champions earning automatic qualification
into NCAA championship events. 2008-2009 was a season of “first-evers” as four titles
were garnered by teams that had never previously experienced MPSF or NCAA titles.
For the second-consecutive year, five MPSF teams won NCAA championships to bring
the NCAA team championship total to 58 titles since the Federation’s first season of
competition in 1992-93. 24 Federation teams and scores of MPSF student-athletes
competed in NCAA post-season competition last year.
HUSKIES IN THE RANKINGS: In the third week of the U.S. Track and Field and Cross
Country Coaches Associastion (USTFCCCA) rankings, the Washington men rank 33rd
while the women come in at 38th. The rankings assign points in each event based on
the current national leaders to try and approximate NCAA scores. Several Huskies sit
near the top of the current descending order lists, which rank all the top marks in the
nation this year. On the men’s side, junior Scott Roth was just barely passed for the top
mark in the NCAA by half an inch, and is currently second nationally with his mark of
18-6 3/4. Senior Katie Follett’s school-record mile time of 4:34.98 is the second-best
time in Division-I. Junior Colton Tully-Doyle’s big PR in the 3,000-meters of 7:56.67
ranks him 13th in the NCAA. Sophomore Mel Lawrence also ranks 19th nationally with
her 3k time of 9:22.98.
NEW DAWGS MOVE INTO THE DEMPSEY: Washington’s freshman class has provided a big lift in a number of key areas early on this indoor season. Shaniae Lakes of
Richland, Wash. has immediately given the Huskies a boost in the triple jump, where
she is less than two inches short of the freshman record with a mark of 39-9 3/4. That
jump already ranks sixth on the indoor Top-10 list. Illinoisan Lindsay Flanagan, the only
freshman to run in UW’s top-seven during the fall, ran a very strong first 5k at the UW
Invite, stopping the clock at 17:06.73. Justine Johnson of British Columbia also went
under five minutes in her first mile at 4:59.77. Newcomer Sarah Schireman of Everett
has shown a ton of talent in the multis, and her first pentathlon score of 3,284 already
ranks 10th indoors, while she also leads the team in the 60m hurdles and long jump.
Logan Miller of Reno, Nev. vaulted her way into the UW top-10 list with a clearance
of 12-9 1/2 at the UW Indoor Open that leads the team. Contributing for the men is
London’s James Alaka, a junior national champion at 100-meters, who had a very impressive debut at the UW Invitational, where he ran the 60m in 6.87 seconds. A former
2A state champion from Brush Prairie, Wash., Colton Dunn leads the team early on at
200-meters, running 22.18 in his opener, while Shayne Moore of Blaine, Wash. shows
great promise in the 60m hurdles as he set a huge PR at the Indoor Open with a time
of 8.15 that ranks 9th on the top-10 list. Renton High star Armin Basic is also looking
strong early in the shot put and should contribute even more in the discus outdoors.
James Cameron, UW’s top freshman during the cross country season, opened with a
very strong 4:13 mile and his times have nowhere to go but down. Last but not least,
Bryce Borer of Mercer Island already ranks fifth on the school’s heptathlon list after
posting 4,702 in his first multi, and has also cleared 16-feet in the vault.
HUSKY TRACK AND FIELD • Feb. 25, 2010 • Page 3
LAST YEAR AT THE MPSF CHAMPIONSHIPS: Washington once again played host to
the MPSF Championships from Feb. 27-28, 2009 and the meet was as close and competitive as ever. The Husky men placed sixth, but were only four points out of second. UCLA
scored 28 points in the final field event, the pole vault, to leapfrog several teams for the
men’s title. The Husky women finished fifth for the second straight season, and were
just six points out of third. Washington won a total of four MPSF titles. On the first day,
junior Jake Schmitt captured the men’s 5,000-meter run, the first title at the distance for
a Husky athlete since 2001. Shortly thereafter, the women’s distance medley relay ran
away from the field to win by six seconds. On Saturday, senior Jordan Boase defended
his 400-meter title in a Dempsey facility record time of 46.09 seconds. Lastly, freshman
Jeremy Taiwo wrapped up the two-day heptathlon event with a commanding victory,
breaking his own school record with 5,559 points. Other noteworthy performances
came from the men’s DMR (Joey Bywater, Jeff Gudaitis, Ryan Soberanis, Austin Abbott)
which ran the fifth-fastest time in the NCAA this season to place second and likely earn
an NCAA bid. Redshirt freshman Mel Lawrence broke the school 3k record by eight
seconds in running an NCAA Auto time of 9:08.50, good for second-place. Christine
Babcock and Katie Follett went 2-3 in the mile, Abbott was second in the men’s 800m,
and Falesha Ankton placed second as well in the 60m hurdles. Daria Amiad-Pavlov and
Elisa Bryant both placed third in the triple jump and weight throw, respectively. Kailey
Campbell ran the second-fastest 800m time in school history, taking third in the race.
All told, the two day meet produced 11 NCAA Automatic qualifying mark and another
106 Provisional marks. Four MPSF records were also broken this year.
LAST TIME OUT - HUSKY CLASSIC: Senior All-American Katie Follett smashed her
own school record in the mile to lead the Washington effort on the final day of another
landmark Husky Classic at the Dempsey Indoor facility. It seemed every new final went
hand-in-hand with the phrase “a new Dempsey record” over the loudspeakers as seven
new facility marks were set at the meet by some of track and field’s elite. In addition to
all the new Dempsey marks, there were 29 NCAA Automatic qualifying marks posted by
eligible Division-I athletes, plus 115 more NCAA Provisional qualifying marks and times.
Follett earned one of the automatic marks, lowering her old school record (4:37.22) by
more than two seconds. She finished in 4:34.98 to go well under the NCAA Auto mark
of 4:37.00. Follett’s run would have given her the NCAA Division-I lead if not for Florida’s
Charlotte Browning, who won the same race while also breaking the Dempsey record
with a time of 4:31.24 that was a full four seconds faster than the previous NCAA best
coming into the weekend. A few minutes later in the men’s mile, a stunning 13 men
broke the four-minute mile. The men’s 3,000-meter run was another barnburner as 20 of
the 21 men entered in the top heat hit the NCAA Provisional mark or better. Husky junior
Colton Tully-Doyle got in on the action, as he raced to a new PR of 7:56.67, becoming
just the second Husky to crack 8-minutes indoors. Meanwhile, Northern Arizona AllAmerican David McNeill got the win in a new Dempsey record time of 7:47.52, which
blows past the previous NCAA leading mark by eight seconds. The men’s 800-meters
produced another facility record but this one wouldn’t change hands, as Oregon’s
Andrew Wheating lowered his own Dempsey record to 1:46.36. All told, 21 runners hit
NCAA qualifying marks in the invitational 800. The men’s 60-meter dash saw the second
facility record of the weekend, as Ryan Bailey went under Ja’Warren Hooker’s mark
of 6.63 it in the final as he won in 6.61 seconds. Husky sophomore Ryan Hamilton cut
into his own PR, running 6.93 in the prelims that was the ninth-best mark of the day.
Bailey was back in record-setting form later in the day for the 200-meter invitational.
He turned in his second Dempsey record of the day and the fifth overall for the meet
by registering a 20.84, the third-fastest by an American man this year. That surpassed
Brent Gray’s two-year-old mark of 20.93 seconds. One major bright spot today for the
Dawgs was seeing sophomore All-American Mel Lawrence get back on a starting line
for the first time since the fall. Lawrence took fifth overall in the 3,000m with a time
of 9:22.98 that was good for a Provisional qualifier. Leading UW’s efforts in the field
events was All-American junior Scott Roth once again. Roth handily won the pole vault,
entering the competition at 17-11 ¼ and clearing it on his second attempt. Another
Husky vaulter of some repute had a record-setting day. 2006 grad Carly Dockendorf, an
All-American in 2005, broke the Canadian national indoor record in the women’s vault
with a clearance of 14-feet, 6-inches. Further captivating the Dempsey crowd was the
incredible leaping ability of Jesse Williams, the 2008 U.S. High Jump Champion and
a Beijing Olympian. Williams handily defeated an extremely talented high jump field
and claimed yet another Dempsey record when he cleared 7-feet, 7-inches on his first
try. That leap ranks him seventh in the world in 2010.
2010 Husky Indoor
Statistical Leaders
60m Dash
60m Hurdles
200m Dash
400m Dash
800m Run
Mile Run
3000m Run 5000m Run
4x400m Relay
DMR
High Jump
Pole Vault
Long Jump
Triple Jump
Shot Put
Weight Throw
Pentathlon
Women’s
Dominique Lauderdale
Sarah Schireman
Bianca Greene
Amber Finley
Katie Follett
Katie Follett &
Mel Lawrence
Lindsay Flanagan
Atchley/Carr
Greene/Finley
Follett/Atchley
Johnson/Lightfoot
Kelly McNamee
Logan Miller
Sarah Schireman
Shaniae Lakes
Shaniae Lakes
Korede Oyetuga
Kelly McNamee
60m Dash
60m Hurdles
200m Dash
400m Dash
800m Run
Mile Run
3000m Run
5000m Run
4x400m Relay
DMR
High Jump
Pole Vault
Long Jump
Triple Jump
Shot Put
Weight Throw
Heptathlon
Men’s
James Alaka
Shayne Moore
Kenjamine Jackson
Sam Rucker
Ryan Styrk
Ryan Soberanis
Colton Tully-Doyle
Jake Schmitt
Rucker/Timpe
Dunn/Soberanis
Styrk/Timpe
Soberanis/Cameron
Jake Vetter
Andrew Ferleman
Scott Roth
Warren Woods
Thomas Kmett
Richard Anderson
Zack Midles
Andrew Ferleman
7.74
9.08
24.99
56.83
2:07.80
4:34.98
9:22.98
17:06.73
3:54.96
11:51.05
5-8
12-9 1/2
17-9 1/2
39-9 3/4
35-6 3/4
51-9
3,524
6.87
8.15
21.98
49.80
1:52.48
4:09.61
7:56.67
14:15.51
3:17.96
9:55.38
6-6
18-6 3/4
22-9 3/4
46-5 1/2
55-1 1/2
58-4 1/2
5,220
$ - School Record
2010 UW NCAA Qualifiers
Women
Katie Follett
Mel Lawrence
Katie Follett
Event
Mile
3,000m
800m
Mark
4:34.98 - A
9:22.98 - P
2:07.80 - P
NCAA Rank
2nd
19th
28th
Men
Scott Roth
Colton Tully-Doyle
Event
Pole Vault
3,000m
Mark
NCAA Rank
18-6 3/4 - A
2nd
7:56.67- P
13th
HUSKY TRACK AND FIELD • Feb. 25, 2010 • Page 4
DEMPSEY INDOOR: Now in the midst of its ninth season, Washington’s
Dempsey Indoor has solidified its reputation as one of the nation’s top indoor
competition venues. The facility includes a permanent 307-meter MONDO track
(six lanes on the straightaway, five on the oval) and a full 100-yard FieldTurf
infield equipped to host the shot put, weight throw, long jump, triple jump, high
jump and pole vault events. Dempsey Indoor has hosted dozens of Olympians;
already this year fans have witnessed 2008 U.S. Olympians Nick Symmonds,
Shannon Rowbury, Jesse Williams, Jen Rhines, Billy Nelson, Galen Rupp, and
2009 U.S. World Championship team members Chris Solinsky and Evan Jager.
The Dempsey produces numerous top-10 world marks every year and has seen
29 UW indoor school records broken, and thousands of NCAA qualifying marks.
The Dempsey got its first American and World Record this year when the Oregon Track Club distance medley relay clocked 9:21.77. Two-time U.S. 800m
Champion Nick Symmonds led off, handing to Matt Scherer, then Tuler Mulder,
and Will Leer to set the record. The facility is also the annual host site of the
MPSF Championships. In addition to its competitive use, the building serves as
an indoor practice facility for many UW teams. Following is a list of new facility
records set during the 2009 season:
2010 Dempsey Indoor Records
Men’s 60m
6.61, Ryan Bailey, Nike, 2/13/10
Men’s 200m
20.84, Ryan Bailey, Nike, 2/13/10
Men’s 800m
1:46.36, Andrew Wheating, Oregon, 2/13/10
Men’s Mile
3:55.75, Chris Solinsky, Nike, 1/30/10
Men’s 3,000m
7:47.52, David McNeill, Northern Arizona, 2/13/10
DMR*
9:21.77, Oregon Track Club, 2/12/10
Men’s High Jump
7-7, Jesse Williams, Nike, 2/13/10
Women’s Mile
4:31.24, Charlotte Browning, Florida, 2/13/10
* World Record
2009 INDOOR IN REVIEW: The NCAA Indoor Championships on March 14
put the capper on another outstanding indoor track and field campaign for the
Huskies. With six collegiate meets at UW’s Dempsey Indoor facility, Washington
was once again one of the focal points of the national indoor track scene. Many
of the fastest times in America were turned in at the Dempsey, with Husky
athletes contributing a good number themselves. A whopping 36 new times
or marks were written into the UW indoor Top-10 lists this season, with seven
new school records. Washington sent 12 athletes to the NCAA Indoor meet
in College Station, Texas, and they returned to Seattle with nine All-America
honors between them. UW’s indoor All-Americans included: senior Jordan
Boase, who took third in the 400m for the second straight year; Katie Follett
who took fifth in the 3K; Elisa Bryant, eighth in the weight throw in her first
NCAA meet; the eighth-place women’s DMR comprised of Christine Babcock,
Falesha Ankton, Kailey Campbell, and Follett; Jake Schmitt, ninth in the 5K to
earn his first All-America award; and freshman Jeremy Taiwo, who was 12th
in the heptathlon just three months into his college career. Both teams scored
six points at Nationals, which put the men in a tie for 33rd and the women in
a tie for 35th. Once again Washington played host to the Mountain Pacific
Sports Federation (MPSF) Championships with the men placing sixth, though
just four points out of second, and the women taking fifth, but only six points
from third. UW earned four titles at the MPSFs, including Boase with a win
in the 400m, Schmitt in the 5K, Taiwo in the heptathlon, and the women’s
distance medley relay. Highlighting the school record showings was senior
Austin Abbott in the mile run. Abbott went 3:58.23 at the Last Chance Meet
to break Eric Garner’s school record, with Garner running in the same heat.
Other records were set by Boase in the 400m (46.09), Taiwo in the heptathlon
(5,559), Mel Lawrence in the 3K (9:08.50), Anita Campbell in the 5K (16:09.26),
the women’s DMR (11:05.80), and Bryant in the weight throw (65-8 3/4). The
women’s 3,000-meter list was the most drastically altered, as Lawrence, Follett, Anita Campbell, and Lauren Saylor ran the four fastest times in school
history, respectively.
HEAD COACH GREG METCALF: Former Husky All-American Greg Metcalf
is in the midst of his eighth season as head of Washington’s track and field
program, and his 13th year overall on the staff, and remains the driving force
behind UW’s rise to national prominence. Metcalf, also the head cross country
coach, led the women’s cross country team to the National Championship in
2008, the first team title for a UW track program. The women went undefeated
and Metcalf earned Pac-10 and National Coach of the Year honors. This past
fall the women were third at NCAAs and Metcalf repeated as the Pac-10’s top
coach. The men’s cross country squad has also reached NCAAs in five of the
past seven years with three Top-20 finishes since 2006. The track and field
squads have also enjoyed a prolonged period of unprecedented success the
past several years. The men have finished in the Top-25 at seven of the last
eight NCAA Championship meets, including consecutive Top-10 indoor finishes
in 2007 and 2008. At the 2009 NCAA Outdoor Championships, the men placed
20th while the women were 19th. At the end of the year, Washington was one
of six programs to place both its men’s and women’s teams in the 2008-09
USTFCCCA Program of the Year Top-10 standings, which measures combined
NCAA Championship results across cross country, indoor, and outdoor track.
Men’s track also won the MPSF Championships in both 2006 and 2007, and
Metcalf was named conference coach of the year on both occasions. The
women have also had five Top-25 NCAA finishes since 2005, and sent three
team members to the 2008 U.S. Olympic Trials in the 1500-meters. Husky track
and field individuals in Metcalf’s tenure have combined for six NCAA titles,
16 Pac-10 crowns and 160 NCAA Championships appearances, while breaking
school records on 70 separate occasions. In addition to their athletic prowess,
Metcalf’s teams have been among the brightest at a school renowned for its
high academic standards. His teams are eight-time recipients of the USTFCCCA
All-Academic honor, including the men’s team being named the 2008 Outdoor
Scholar Team of the Year, and six UW individuals have earned Academic AllAmerica. Washington is the second head coaching position for Metcalf, who
served in 1996-97 as the head cross country and assistant track coach at Auburn
University. A four-time Academic All-Pac-10 honoree at Washington, Metcalf
earned All-American honors at the 1992 and 1993 NCAA Championships. His
best collegiate mark of 8:41.17 ranks fourth all-time among Husky steeplers.
He also was a steeple finalist in the 1996 U.S. Olympic Trials.
2010 Updates to UW’s All-Time Indoor Track and Field Top-10 Lists
Name
Colton Tully-Doyle
Scott Roth
Andrew Ferleman
Bryce Borer
Jake Vetter
Jeremy Lashinske
Shayne Moore
Men
Event
3,000m
Pole Vault
Heptathlon
Heptathlon
Heptathlon
Heptathlon
60m Hurdles
Mark
7:56.67
18-6 3/4
5,220
4,702
4,649
4,634
8.15
All-Time
UW Rank
2nd
2nd
2nd
5th
6th
8th
9th
School
Record
7:54.13
19-0 1/4
5,559
5,559
5,559
5,559
7.82
Name
Katie Follett
Katie Follett
Korede Oyetuga
Bianca Greene
Shaniae Lakes
Logan Miller
Lindsay Kirschman
Sarah Schireman
Women
Event
Mile
800m
Weight Throw
200m
Triple Jump
Pole Vault
Pentathlon
Pentathlon
Mark
4:34.98
2:07.80
51-9
24.99
39-9 3/4
12-9 1/2
3,381
3,284
All-Time
UW Rank
1st
2nd
4th
6th
6th
8th (tie)
9th
10th
School
Record
Same
2:06.69
65-8 3/4
24.22
41-4 1/4
14-3 1/2
3,915
3,915
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Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Indoor Conference Championships
Since the Pacific-10 Conference does not sponsor indoor track and field, most Pac-10 schools compete
indoors in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation, along with selected members of the Big West
Conference. With the exception of the 2002 and 2003 seasons, the Huskies have been a member of
the MPSF for indoor track and field since 1993. Husky athletes have combined for three MPSF team
titles and 32 individual crowns, including seven individual titles and the men’s team championship at
the 2007 meet, the most recent of four-straight held at UW’s Dempsey Indoor.
Men’s MPSF Indoor Conference Champions
Year
2009
2008
2007
2006
2004
2001
2000
1998
1996
1995
1994
1993
Champion
Jordan Boase
Jake Schmitt
Jeremy Taiwo
Jordan Boase
Norris Frederick
Ryan Brown
Austin Abbott
Gudaitis/Still/Brown/Fredrickson
Norris Frederick
Martin Bingisser
Ryan Brown
Norris Frederick
Eric Garner
David Bazzi
Jason Fayant
Ja’Warren Hooker
Ja’Warren Hooker
Brad Walker
Ja’Warren Hooker
Ja’Warren Hooker
Ja’Warren Hooker
Hooker/Dawson/Anabel/Prior
Washington
Ed Turner
Tim Martin
Mitch Leffler
Women’s MPSF Indoor Conference Champions
Year
2009
2007
2006
2005
2004
2000
1996
1995
1994
1993
Champion
Babcock/Ankton/Follett/Campbell
Ashley Lodree
Ashley Lodree
Amanda Miller
Ashley Lodree
Kate Soma
Ingvill Makestad
Seselia Thomas
Aretha Hill
Tara Davis
Claudine Robinson
Claudine Robinson
Event
400m Dash
5,000m Run
Heptathlon
400m Dash
Long Jump
800m Run
Mile Run
4x400m Relay
Long Jump
Weight Throw
800m Run
Long Jump
Mile Run
Mile Run
5,000m Run
60m Dash
200m Dash
Pole Vault
55m Dash
200m Dash
55m Dash
4x400m Relay
4x400m Relay
200m Dash
55m Dash
800m Run
Mark
46.09
13:57.49
5,559
46.37
26-7 3/4
1:48.59
4:02.82
3:09.28
25-2 1/2
64-8 3/4
1:50.35
25-2 1/2
4:00.53
4:19.09
15:25.59
6.51
20.75
17-9
6.19
21.34
6.13
3:12.05
3:14.81
21.41
6.33
1:50.65
Event
DMR
60m Dash
60m Hurdles
Mile Run
60m Hurdles
Pole Vault
Mile Run
Shot Put
Shot Put
Long Jump
55m Hurdles
55m Hurdles
Mark
11:16.57
7.34
8.17
4:48.98
8.17
13-8 1/4
4:42.17
48-6
47-11 1/4
19-9 3/4
7.68
7.86
Men’s Team Results
Year
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003*
2002*
2001
2000
1999
1998
1997
1996
1995
1994
1993
Champion
UCLA
Oregon
Washington
Washington
UCLA
UCLA
UCLA
UCLA
Washington St.
Stanford
Stanford
Washington St.
Idaho
Arizona
Arizona
Arizona
Utah St.
Women’s Team Results
Year
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003*
2002*
2001
2000
1999
1998
1997
1996
1995
1994
1993
Champion
Stanford
Arizona State
Arizona State
Stanford
Stanford
Stanford
Stanford
Arizona
Arizona
Washington St.
Washington St.
Stanford
Stanford
Washington
Arizona
Utah St.
UNLV
UW UW
Pts. Place Pts.
83.5
6
75
90
5
66.5
109
1
109
107
1
107
117.5
6
62
127
8
47.5
127.5 —
—
132
—
—
108.5
3
104
142
6
65
128
5
61
116.5
3
83
106.5
4
74
104
3
72
101
4
69.5
99.5
5
69
98
7
36
UW UW
Pts. Place Pts.
115
5
72.5
154.5
5
61.5
135
4t
73.5
161
5
60.5
180.5
3
69
148
3
83
171
—
—
137
—
—
142
6
46
136.5
4
66
117
5
59
113
3
75
103
4
56.5
95
1
95
107
3
70
87
3
83
91
4
55