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2006 Pac-10 Track and Field Honors Announced
June 19, 2006 WALNUT CREEK, Calif. - Complete Release in PDF Format
Robert Cheseret of ARIZONA was named the Pacific-10 Conference Men's Track Athlete of the Year, while OREGON's Tommy Skipper collected Pac-10 Men's Field Athlete of the Year honors. Virginia Powell of USC was tabbed Pac-10 Women's Track Athlete of the Year, while UCLA's Chelsea Johnson was named Pac-10 Women's Field Athlete of the Year, Commissioner Tom Hansen announced today. UCLA swept the Newcomer of the Year honors as Kevin Craddock was tabbed the Pac-10 Men's Track and Field Newcomer of the Year, while the Bruins' Nicole Leach was named the Pac-10 Women's Track and Field Newcomer of the Year. Also announced were the Conference Coach of the Year honors. USC's Ron Allice garnered men's Coach of the Year honors, while Arizona State's Greg Kraft was named the women's Coach of the Year. It was the fifth time Allice has been honored by his peers. He guided USC to the Pac-10 title, the school's first since 2000, by a 6.50 margin (140 to 133.50) over host Oregon. It was the fourth Pac-10 title for USC in 12 seasons under Allice. The Trojans finished in a ninth-place tie at the NCAA Championships. Kraft posted his first women's coaching honor after leading Arizona State to its first Conference championship. The Sun Devils scored 154 points to edge defending champion Stanford (151.50). Kraft led the Sun Devils to a fourth-place finish at the NCAA Championships, equalling the school's best-ever finish at the Championships (also in 1988 and 1990). Cheseret, a senior from Kapsabet, Kenya, becomes the first Pac-10 athlete to earn Track Athlete of the Year honors three times. Cheseret successfully defended his Pac-10 titles at 5000 meters (13:47.50) and 10,000 meters (30:32.92). He also added a Pac-10 title in the 1500 meters (3:41.88) to give him eight Pac-10 titles during his career - the most ever by a Pac-10 track and field athlete. Powell, a senior from Seattle, Wash., successfully defended her Pac-10 titles in both the 100 meters (11.10) and 100-meter hurdles (12.64) at the Pac-10 Championships. She's the second Pac-10 competitor to double in those events in back-to-back years, joining UCLA's Gail Devers (1987 and 1988). Powell went on to capture the NCAA title with a collegiate record clocking of 12.48 in the 100-meter hurdles. In addition, she ran the first leg of the 4x100 at the NCAA Championships as the Women of Troy finished third with a school record time of 42.96. For her efforts during the 2006 season, Powell was named the Honda Award winner as the nation's top women's track and field athlete. Skipper, a junior from Sandy, Ore., won his second Pac-10 pole vault title in three years with a mark of 5.50m/18-0.50. He added his second consecutive NCAA pole vault title with a clearance of 5.70m/18-8.25 at the NCAA Championships. Johnson, a senior from Altascadero, Calif., successfully defended her Pac-10 title in the pole vault with a collegiate record clearing mark of 4.60m/15-1. She placed second at the NCAA Championships with a clearance of 4.25m/13-11.25. Craddock, a freshman from Richmond, Calif., placed second at the Pac-10 Championships in the 110-meter hurdles (13.73). He placed eighth at the NCAA Championships in the 110-meter hurdles (13.76). Leach, a freshman from West Philadelphia, Pa., took top honors in the 400-meter hurdles (57.27) at the Pac-10 Championships, and added a second-place finish in the 400 meters (52.61). Leach was impressive at the NCAA Cha mpionships as well, finishing fourth in the 400-meter hurdles (55.93). The honors were decided by a vote of the Conference's track and field coaches.
Men's Award Winners Track Athlete of the Year Field Athlete of the Year Newcomer of the Year Coach of the Year 2006 Robert Cheseret, ARIZ Tommy Skipper, ORE Kevin Craddock, UCLA Ron Allice, USC 2005 Robert Cheseret, ARIZ Jesse Williams, USC Galen Rupp, ORE Coaching Staff, ORE 2004 Robert Cheseret, ARIZ Tommy Skipper, ORE Art Venegas, UCLA 2003 Ryan Wilson, USC Allen Simms, USC Ron Allice, USC 2002 Anson Henry, WSU Julien Kapek, USC Martin Smith, ORE 2001 Marcus Brunson, ASU Donald Sage, STAN Vin Lananna, STAN 2000 Ja'Warren Hooker, WASH Jason Boness, ORE Ron Allice, USC Vin Lananna, STAN 1999 Jerome Davis, USC/ Ron Allice, USC Bernard Lagat, WSU 1998 Ja'Warren Hooker, WASH Bob Larsen, UCLA 1997 Mebrahtom Keflezighi, UCLA Ron Allice, USC 1996 Ato Boldon, UCLA Bob Larsen, UCLA 1995 John Godina, UCLA Bob Larsen, UCLA 1994 Josephat Kapkory, WSU Bob Larsen, UCLA 1993 Martin Keino, ARIZ Bob Larsen, UCLA 1992 Quincy Watts, USC Bob Larsen, UCLA 1991 Samuel Kibiri, WSU John Chaplin, WSU 1990 Steve Lewis, UCLA Bill Dellinger, ORE 1989 Derek Huff, ARIZ Bob Larsen, UCLA 1988 Danny Everett, UCLA Bob Larsen, UCLA 1987 Jim Banich, UCLA Bob Larsen, UCLA 1986 Gabriel Tiacoh, WSU Bill Dellinger, ORE 1985 Darwin Cook, USC John Chaplin, WSU 1984 Joaquim Cruz, ORE Bill Dellinger, ORE 1983 Dean Crouser, ORE John Chaplin, WSU 1982 Dean Crouser, ORE Jim Bush, UCLA 1981 LaMonte King, ASU Len Miller, ASU 1980 James Sanford, USC Jim Bush, UCLA 1979 Greg Foster, UCLA Bill Dellinger, ORE 1978 Clancy Edwards, USC Bill Dellinger, ORE 1977 Clancy Edwards, USC Vern Wolfe, USC 1976 Tony Sandoval, STAN/ Vern Wolfe, USC Ken Randle, USC Ken Shannon, WASH Women's Award Winners
Track Athlete of the Year Field Athlete of the Year Newcomer of the Year Coach of the Year 2006 Virginia Powell, USC Chelsea Johnson, UCLA Nicole Leach, UCLA Greg Kraft, ASU 2005 Monique Henderson, UCLA Jessica Cosby, UCLA Erica McLain, STAN Edrick Floreal, STAN 2004 Sheena Johnson, UCLA Jacquelyn Johnson, ASU Jeanette Bolden, UCLA 2003 Lena Nilsson, UCLA Virginia Powell, USC Jeanette Bolden, UCLA 2002 Lena Nilsson, UCLA Monique Henderson, UCLA Jeanette Bolden, UCLA 2001 Brianna Glenn, ARIZ Sheena Johnson, UCLA Jeanette Bolden, UCLA 2000 Seilala Sua, UCLA Lauren Fleshman, STAN Jeanette Bolden, UCLA 1999 Seilala Sua, UCLA Jeanette Bolden, UCLA 1998 Amy Skieresz, ARIZ Jeanette Bolden, UCLA 1997 Amy Skieresz, ARIZ Jeanette Bolden, UCLA 1996 Amy Acuff, UCLA Ron Allice, USC 1995 Amy Acuff, UCLA Jeanette Bolden, UCLA 1994 Inger Miller, USC Jeanette Bolden, UCLA/ Leonard Braxton, ASU 1993 Kelly Blair, ORE Bob Kersee, UCLA 1992 Chryste Gaines, STAN Tom Heinonen, ORE 1991 Paula Berry, ORE Tom Heinonen, ORE 1990 Sheila Hudson, CAL Bob Kersee, UCLA 1989 Tonya Sedwick, UCLA Bob Kersee, UCLA 1988 Gail Devers, UCLA Bob Kersee, UCLA 1987 Gail Devers, UCLA Bob Kersee, UCLA
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