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Pac-10 student-athletes have fine-tuned their race strategies and now hope to make a statement at the NCAA Championships.
 
Pac-10 student-athletes have fine-tuned their race strategies and now hope to make a statement at the NCAA Championships.
 
 

June 9, 2008

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WALNUT CREEK, CALIF. -- The Pacific-10 Conference will send 145 student-athletes and 11 relay squads to compete at the NCAA Championships hosted by Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, Wednesday, June 11 through Saturday, June 14.

Defending NCAA Women's Champion ARIZONA STATE leads all Pac-10 women's teams with 17 entries (10 student-athletes), followed by STANFORD with 14 entries (12 student-athletes). On the men's side, UCLA leads the way with 15 entries (13 student-athletes), followed by Pac-10 Champion Oregon with 13 entries (13 student-athletes). Arizona State captured both the men's and women's title at the NCAA West Region on May 30-31 in Northridge, Calif.

Here's the list of individual entries and relay squads representing the Pac-10 Conference:

ARIZONA - MEN                         ARIZONA - WOMEN
Bobby McCoy, Sr. 400m                 Christina Rodgers, So. 800m
Luis Rivera-Morales, Jr. LJ           Elizabeth Patterson, So.	HJ
Zack Lloyd, Jr.	SP, DT                Jasmin Day, So. HJ
Shawn Best, Sr.	SP                    Nicole Lloyd, Jr. SP, DT
Jarred Sola, Jr. SP                   Shevell Quinley, Jr. Heptathlon
Arizona	4x100
Arizona	4x400

ARIZONA STATE - MEN ARIZONA STATE - WOMEN Calvin Abram, Jr. 100m, 200m Charonda Williams, Jr. 100m, 200m Darryl Elson, Jr. 200m Dominiqué Maloy, Fr. 200m Joel Phillip, Jr. 400m Jeavon Benjamin, Jr. 400m Nectaly Barbosa, Fr. 800m Ali Kielty, So. 10,0000m Kyle Alcorn, Sr. Steeple April Kubishta, Sr. PV Matt Turner, Sr. LJ Stephanie Garnett, Jr. LJ Ryan Whiting, So. SP, DT Jacquelyn Johnson, Sr. LJ, Heptathlon Brad Roth, Sr. JT Jessica Pressley, Sr. SP, DT, HT Sarah Stevens, Jr. SP, DT, HT Tai Battle, Sr. DT, HT Arizona State 4x100 Arizona State 4x400

CALIFORNIA - MEN CALIFORNIA - WOMEN David Torrence, Sr. 1500m Cherrelle Garrett, Fr. 100m Mark Matusak, So. 1500m Alysia Johnson, Sr. 800m Jake Hanson, Jr. 400mH Evelyn Smith, Jr. 400mH Ed Wright, Jr. HJ Katie Morgan, Jr. PV Martin Maric, So. DT Cassandra Strickland, Sr. TJ Ryan Young, So. JT California 4x100

OREGON - MEN OREGON - WOMEN Phil Alexander, Sr. 200m Keshia Baker, So. 400m Andrew Wheating, So. 800m Zoe Buckman, So. 800m Andrew Acosta, So. 1500m Alexandra Kosinski, Fr. 1500m Carlos Trujillo, Sr. 5000m Nicole Blood, So. 5000m Daniel Mercado, Fr. 10,000m Sarah Pearson, Sr. 5000m Diego Mercado, Fr. 10,000m Kasey Harwood, Sr. 400mH Chris Winter, Jr. Steeple Melissa Gergel, Fr. PV Colin Witter-Tilton, So. PV Rachel Yurkovich, Jr. JT Colin Veldman, Sr. HT Brianne Theisen, Fr. Heptathlon Jordan Stray, Fr. HT Kalindra McFadden, Jr. Heptathlon Mike Simmons, Jr. JT Alex Wolff, So. JT Ashton Eaton, So. Decathlon Oregon 4x400

STANFORD - MEN STANFORD - WOMEN Wopamo Osaisai, Sr. 100m Griffin Matthew, So. 100m, LJ Andrew Dargie, Fr. 400m Lauren Centrowitz, Jr. 1500m Russell Brown, Sr. 1500m Alicia Follmar, Jr. 1500m Garrett Heath, Jr. 1500m Teresa McWalters, Sr. 5000m Myles Bradley, Jr. 110mH Alexandra Gits, Fr. 10,000m Josh Hustedt, Sr. Decathlon Lindsay Allen, Sr. Steeple Erica McLain, Sr. LJ, TJ Melissa Yunghans, Sr. SP Michaela Wallerstedt, Jr. SP Jaynie Goodbody, So. HT Danielle Maier, Sr. JT Lauren Stewart, Jr. Heptathlon

UCLA - MEN UCLA - WOMEN Cory Primm, Fr. 800m Jolanda Diego, Sr. 100m, 200m Laef Barnes, Jr. 1500m Krishna Curry, So. 800m Kevin Craddock, Jr. 110mH Lindsay Rowe, Fr. 100mH Henry Hagenbuch, Sr. Steeple Nicole Leach, Jr. 400mH Taylor Hobson, Fr. HJ Kaneisha Creary, Sr. HJ Dustin DeLeo, Jr. PV Allie Miller, Sr. HJ Johnny Quinn, Fr. PV Tori Anthony, Fr. PV Jonathan Clark, Fr. TJ Tori Pena, So. PV John Caulfield, Sr. SP, DT Katy Viuf, Jr. PV Darius Savage, Sr. SP, DT Rhonda Watkins, Jr. LJ Greg Garza, Sr. DT Renee Williams, Sr. LJ, TJ Bo Taylor, Fr. DT UCLA 4x400 Boldizsar Kocsor, Jr. HT

USC - MEN USC - WOMEN Lionel Larry, Sr. 400m Jessica Onyepunuka, Sr. 100m Jason Price, So. 400m Carol Rodriguez, Sr. 400m Duane Solomon, Sr. 800m Shalina Clarke, So. 100mH Kai Kelley, Sr. 110mH, 400mH Nia Ali, So. 100mH Logan Tayor, Sr. 110mH Zsofia Erdelyi, Fr. Steeple Manjula Wijesekara, So. HJ Michelle Sanford, Sr. LJ, TJ Derek Scott, So. PV Kate Hutchinson, Sr. DT Corey White, Jr. JT Eva Orban, Jr. HT Kristine Busa, Fr. JT Shana Woods, So. Heptathlon USC 4x100 USC 4x400

WASHINGTON - MEN WASHINGTON - WOMEN Jordan Boase, Jr. 400m Michelle Turner, Jr. 1500m Austin Abbott, Sr. 800m Katie Follett, So. 1500m Jake Schmitt, So. 10,000m Amanda Miller, Sr. 1500m James Fredrickson, Sr. 400mH Falesha Ankton, Jr. 100mH Carl Moe, Sr. Steeple Norris Frederick, Sr. HJ, LJ Jared O'Connor, Jr. PV Washington 4x100

WASHINGTON STATE - MEN WASHINGTON STATE - WOMEN Jeshua Anderson, Fr. 400mH Anna Layman, Fr. 800m Barry Leavitt, Jr. 400mH Lorraine King, Jr. 400mH Trent Arrivey, So. HJ Sara Trané, Jr. Steeple Jon Jeffreys, Sr. JT Meghan Leonard, Sr. Steeple Rickey Moody, Sr. Decathlon Eba Jungmark, Fr. HJ Washington State 4x400 McKenzie Garberg, Sr. DT, HT Marissa Tschida, Fr. JT

THE RANKINGS. . . Here's where the Pac-10 ranks in USTFCCCA's Top-25 as of June 4:
	Men	                Women
	 6.  UCLA	         3.  Arizona State
	11.  USC	         6.  USC
	12.  Arizona State	 9.  UCLA
	15.  Oregon	        10.  Stanford
	18.  Arizona	        13.  Oregon
	20.  California	        23.  Arizona
	21.  Washington State
	23.  Washington
PAC-10 ELITE . . . Clearly the nation's most successful track and field Conference ever, the Pacific-10 Conference has produced such track and field greats as Bernard Lagat, Amy Acuff, Ato Boldon, John Godina, Balazs Kiss, Mike Powell, Greg Foster, Kevin Young, Andre Phillips, James Robinson, Herman Frazier, Steve Lewis, Joaquim Cruz, Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Florence Griffith-Joyner, Evelyn Ashford, Henry Rono, Steve Prefontaine, Bob Mathias, Bob Seagren, Gail Devers, Sheila Hudson, Willie Banks, Quincy Watts, Alberto Salazar and Mac Wilkins, to name just a few. Pac-10 schools have won an unprecedented 45 of 83 NCAA men's team titles (USC 26, UCLA 8, OREGON 5, STANFORD 4, ARIZONA STATE 1, CALIFORNIA 1), while six of the 26 women's titles have gone to Pac-10 teams (UCLA 3, ARIZONA STATE 1, OREGON 1, USC 1). Pac-10 men have won 306 individual NCAA titles, while Pac-10 women have claimed 98 individual NCAA titles. Pac-10 men's and women's track and field athletes hold a total of 19 collegiate records.

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