2013 Utah Track & Field Guide by Mike Lageschulte

CONTENTS

LUCY YATES

ROSALIE WALLER

DESTANAE HOWERTON-DAVIS

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Quick Facts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 The 2013 Utes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Utah Track & Field Quick Links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 2013 Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 2013 Roster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 2013 Outlook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-11 Head Coach Kyle Kepler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-15 What Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re Saying About Kyle Kepler . . . . . . . 16-17 Associate Head Coach Burke Bockman . . . . . . . . . . 18 Assistant Coach Tapio Kuusela . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Track & Field Staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20-21 NCAA and USA Championships Success . . . . . . . 22-23 McCarthey Family Track & Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24-25 Facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26-27 Alex Smith Strength & Conditioning Center . . . 28-29 The Pac-12 Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30-31 Salt Lake City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32-33 The University of Utah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34-35 Campus Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36-37 Academic Success . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38-39 Athlete Bios . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40-61 2011-12 Season Recap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62-63 2012 Cross Country Recap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64-65 Indoor Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Outdoor Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 All-Americans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 All-Time Honors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Indoor All-Time Performance List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Outdoor All-Time Performance List . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

QUICK FACTS

CREDITS Editorial: Kyle Harris and Connor Malmberg

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Kyle Kepler Northern Iowa, 1998/2004 801.585.6858 kyle.kepler@huntsman.utah.edu Burke Bockman Northern Iowa, 2003 / UW-La Crosse, 2005 801.585.6858 bbockman@huntsman.utah.edu Tapio Kuusela BYU, 1982 801.581.3525 tkuusela@huntsman.utah.edu

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2012 MPSF Indoor Trach and Field Finish . . . . . . . . 9th 2012 Pac-12 Outdoor Track and Field Finish . . . . . . 10th 2012 Pac-12 Cross Country Finish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7th 2012 NCAA Cross Country Regional Finish . . . . . . . 6th of 20 Track and Field SID . . . . . . . . Office Phone . . . . . . . . E-mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Office Fax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mailing Address . . . . . . . . . .

Connor Malmberg 801.581.3510 cmalberg@huntsman.utah.edu 801.581.4358 1825 E. South Campus Dr., Front Salt Lake City, UT 84112 W W W . U T A H U T E S . C O M

THE 2013 SEASON

Front Row: Hannah Kropf (Trainer), Theresa Waybright, Klaudia Rokossa, Aiofe Hickey, AuraLea Fain, Lauren Mills, Alex Shaw-Villagrana, Katelyn Stringfellow, Hilary Troutner, Rebekah Winterton, Giselle Slotbloom, Heather Elliott (GA Trainer). Second Row: Destanae Howerton-Davis, Lisa Palomaki, Kendahl Melvin, Rosalie Waller, Kia Wilson, Susannah Hurst, Andrea Chavez, Lucy Yates, Nikki Dotter, Sarah Thayne, Allison Aafedt, Kyle Kepler (Head Coach). Third Row: Tapio Kuusela (Assistant Coach), Stephanie Jolley, Kailey Hansen, Alyssa Johnson, Kayla McMurray, Alexandria Eisenbeiss, Nicole Reitz, Amanda Mergaert, Megan Combe, Charlotte Kuzminsky, Angela Kaplar, Jameela Hayes. Back Row: Sarah Grimm (Volunteer Assistant), Nikkie Rudder, Kayla Goodwin, Kaitlin Urmston, Alanna Nulph, Anneli Stahl, Langley Iverson, Amanda Pais, Sizie Vozarova, Cynthia Sanchez, Sosina Salima, Burke Bockman (Associate Head Coach). Not Pictured: Candus Aiello Ford, Lauryn McKay, Alyssa Stetler. 4

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2013 SCHEDULE INDOOR January 11 19 25-26 February 1-2 8-9 14/16 22-23 March 1-2 7-9

BYU Invitational Bronco Invitational New Mexico Collegiate Invitational

Provo, Utah Nampa, Idaho Albuquerque, N.M.

New Balance Invitational Bronco Invitational Husky Invitational Wildcat Tune-Up MPSF Championships

New York, N.Y. Boise, Idaho Seattle, Wash. Ogden, Utah Seattle, Wash.

NCAA Last Chance Qualifier NCAA Championships

TBA Fayetteville, Ark.

OUTDOOR March 15-16 22-23 29-30

Aztec Invite Trojan Invitational Stanford Invitational

San Diego, Calif. Los Angeles, Calif. Palo Alto, Calif.

April 6 12 13 18-20 20 20 24-27

Utah Open Utah Spring Classic Wildcat Invitational Mt. Sac Relays Long Beach State Invite Mark Faldmo Invitational Drake Relays Robison Invitational

Salt Lake City, Utah Salt Lake City, Utah Ogden, Utah Walnut, Calif. Long Beach, Calif. Logan, Utah Des Moines, Iowa Provo, Utah

May 1 4-5 11-12 23-25

Weber State Open Pac-12 Championships (Multi) Pac-12 Championships NCAA First/Second Round

Ogden, Utah Los Angeles, Calif. Los Angeles, Calif. Austin, Texas

June 5-8 19-23

NCAA Championships U.S. Championships

Eugene, Ore. Des Moines, Iowa

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2013 ROSTER Name Allison Aafedt Andrea Chavez Megan Combe Nikki Dotter Alexandria Eisenbeiss AuraLea Fain Candus Aiello Ford Kayla Goodwin Kailey Hansen Jameela Hayes Aoife Hickey Destanae Howerton-Davis Susannah Hurst Langley Iverson Alyssa Johnson Stephanie Jolley Angela Kaplar Charlotte Kuzminsky Lauryn McKay Kayla McMurray Kendahl Melvin Amanda Mergaert Lauren Mills Alanna Nulph Amanda Pais Lisa Palomaki Nicole Rietz Klaudia Rokossa Nikkie Rudder Sosina Salima Cynthia Sanchez Alex Shaw-Villagrana Giselle Slotboom Anneli Stahl Alyssa Stetler Katelyn Stringfellow Sarah Thayne Hilary Troutner Kaitlin Urmston Suzie Vozarova Rosalie Waller Theresa Waybright Kia Wilson Rebekah Winterton Lucy Yates

Events Sprints Distance Distance Distance Sprints Distance Throws Javelin Jumps Sprints Throws Throws Distance Jumps Sprints Hurdles Hurdles Distance Sprints Hurdles Sprints/Multiple Distance Distance Throws Throws Sprints Distance Pole Vault Throws Throws Throws Distance Distance Throws Distance Distance Sprints Distance Javelin Multiple Hurdles Pole Vault Sprints Distance Distance

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Hometown Evergreen, Colo. Ogden, Utah Salt Lake City, Utah East Wenatchee, Wash. Boise, Idaho Billings, Mont. Riverton, Utah West Jordan, Utah Bluffdale, Utah West Jordan, Utah Kilkenny, Ireland Las Vegas, Nev. Salt Lake City, Utah Reno, Nev. Winnipeg, M.B., Canada Centerville, Utah Alpine, Utah San Diego, Calif. Billings, Mont. Soda Springs, Idaho Boise, Idaho Shelby Township, Mich. Aurora, Colo. Hoopa, Calif. Taylorsville, Utah Park City, Utah Billings, Mont. Munster, Germany Nampa, Idaho Bountiful, Utah Oxnard, Calif. Ogden, Utah Sassenheim, Netherlands Stockholm, Sweden Elko, Nev. Salt Lake City, Utah Provo, Utah Provo, Utah Spanish Fork, Utah Lindon, Utah Bountiful, Utah Boise, Idaho Ogden, Utah Salt Lake City, Utah St. Albans, Hertsfordshire, UK

Previous School Evergreen HS St. Joseph’s HS Skyline HS Eastmont HS Bishop Kelly HS Billings Senior High Riverton HS Copper Hills HS Herriman HS West Jordan HS University of Alabama Canyon Springs HS East HS Galena HS Sisler HS Viewmont HS Lone Peak HS Canyon Crest Academy West HS Soda Springs HS Bishop Kelly HS Utica HS Smoky Hill HS Shasta College Taylorsville HS Park City HS West HS Annette-Von-Droste-Hulshoff Gym. Skyview HS Woods Cross HS Ventura College St. Joseph’s HS Jacksonville State Upplands-Bro Bymnasiet Elko HS Highland HS Timpview HS Timpview HS Spanish Fork HS Timpanogos HS Bountiful HS Borah HS Ogden HS Skyline HS St. Albans Academy

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2013 SEASON OUTLOO

KLAUDIA ROKOSSA Pole Vault

In his eighth season, head coach Kyle Kepler is tasked with preparing his squad to compete with some of the nation’s top teams. “The big picture and story is we are in the Pac-12. We now have a full understanding of what that is and what it means,” Kepler said. “We have to continue to raise our level of energy and passion to that level each time we step on the track. Our athletes need to compete with confidence and expect to place well in the conference. The pundits picked us to score nine points at the Pac-12 championships meet last year and we put up 21 because we had kids fighting and scraping for any points they could get. This year we have to enter that meet expecting to score more points and expecting to finish higher as a team. With a veteran team I like our chances to improve upon our finish a year ago.”

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With the loss of only two seniors from the 2012 team, the Utes have the experience and talent necessary to make some noise in 2013. With the return of NCAA Qualifier Langley Iverson from injury, this year’s Utah team will be one to watch out for. After taking a whole season off with a leg injury, Iverson returns to high jump more determined than ever to achieve All-American status. In 2011, Iverson qualified for the NCAA Indoor Championships by clearing the barrier of 6-0.75 feet, just shy of breaking the school record. Iverson went on to finish 17th at the national meet, but injury forced her to sit out in 2012. Under the careful watch of assistant coach Andrew Levin, Iverson has improved her skills and strength to finally get over the bar and become a top jumper in the country. “The anticipated return of Iverson will be welcomed this season,” Kepler stated. “Iverson (a four time NCAA qualifier) redshirted a year ago. She will be joined by a talented newcomer Kailey Hansen who has looked good this fall.” Senior Klaudia Rokossa will also be a valuable asset to Utah’s jumps group. During the indoor season, Rokossa improved steadily and capped off the season with a career-best pole vault mark of 12-10.75 feet finishing 11th at the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Championships. Unfortunately, injury prevented Rokossa from competing

With a successful inaugural season into the Pac-12 Conference behind it, the University of Utah women’s track and field team is ready to build upon its success as it competes in the toughest conference in the country.

during the outdoor season. With time to prepare, Rokossa Ohio Valley Freshman of the Year honors and boosts an is set to improve her on her personal-best mark and score already talented distance squad. Slotboom enters the team points during the Pac-12 Championships. 2013 track season fresh off representing the Netherlands “Our pole vault athletes are healthy and looking to at the European Cross Country Championships. Her contribute this year as well,” Kepler continued. “Rokossa experience and speed will play a pivotal role in the success and junior Theresa Waybright were plagued by injury a of the distance runners. year ago, but look to have fully recovered and are jumping Sophomores Susannah Hurst, and Andrea Chavez well thus far.” will also be vital to the distance runners. Both athletes Coming off a historic cross country season where qualified for the NCAA First/Second Rounds in 2012 and the Utes finished eighth in the Pac-12 and beat in-state look to build upon that success this year. rival BYU for the first time in program history at the NCAA Mountain Regional Championships, the Utah distance group features several elite athletes including All-American Amanda Mergaert. Mergaert is a four-time NCAA qualifier who will not only boost the team in the distance events, but also on relay teams. Mergaert was a member of the schoolrecord setting distance-medley team the previous two seasons and will again be a solid anchor for the group. During the indoor season in 2012, Mergaert was the MPSF Champion in the mile breaking her own school record with a time of 4:39.29. The outdoor season featured Mergaert earning 14th in the 1500m race at the NCAA Championships. Entering the 2013 track season, Mergaert is fresh off an All-American performance at the NCAA Cross Country Championships where she finished 14th overall. AMANDA MEGAERT The distance group will also be Distance ANDREA CHAVEZ strengthened by the addition of junior Distance transfer Giselle Slotboom. Transferring from Jacksonville State, Slotboom earned

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2013 SEASON OUTLOO “We have some other young women on the verge of having a breakthrough season. Kate Stringfellow had a solid cross-country season and was more consistent than she has ever been which is always a good sign. Nikki Rietz could also step up in the mid-distances. Newcomer Charlotte Kuzminsky brings a lot of talent to that group as well. Hopefully, we will be able to add Rebekah Winterton and AuraLea Fain back into the long distance group. They sat out cross-country due to injury, but rehab has been going well.” Under the watch of associate head coach Burke Bockman, the Utah sprinters and hurdlers have developed into an important piece for the team. The 2012 ANGELA KAPLAR season featured the breakout year of Hurdles & Sprints senior Stephanie Jolley and junior Rosalie (Griffin) Waller. In her second season ALEXANDRIA EISENBEISS under Bockman, the former walk-on Sprints Waller led the Utes in the 800m, finishing seventh at the Pac-12 meet and qualifying for nationals. Jolley rose as one of the top hurdlers in the conference and finished With a plethora of talent to choose from, the Utes are the season as a qualifier for the First/Second Rounds bound to continue their success in the distance medley of the NCAA Championships. Jolley not only shined in relay. The relay team has broken the school record in each the hurdles, but also anchored the 4x400m relay with of the previous two seasons and was just shy of qualifying teammates Lauryn McKay, Alyssa Johnson and Ali for the NCAA Championships in both seasons. Under Eisenbeiss that finished with a top time of 3:41.12, which Kepler’s watchful eye, the relay is determined to continue was just shy of qualifying for the national meet. With all its success and make it over the peak to qualify for the four runners returning in 2013, the Utes 4x400m relay 2013 NCAA Championships. has sights set on making noise not only at the Pac-12 “After one of the best cross country seasons in school Championships, but also the NCAA Championships. history, I expect our distance runners to continue to “The sprints and hurdles groups have looked as good improve on the track,” Kepler said. “Amanda is obviously as they ever have,” Kepler commented. “Jolley had a the leader of that group, but Susannah, Giselle, and breakout year as a junior and has carried that over into fall Andrea have all produced at this level early in their careers practice. Senior hurdler and school-record holder Angela and will look to continue their development.” Kaplar is rounding into form nicely.”

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OK “We also have a nice quartet of 400m and 800m runners that are very fit right now,” Kepler continued. “Senior Lucy Yates, a three-time NCAA qualifier, returns to headline that group. Waller, Eisenbeiss and true-freshman Allison Aafedt have practiced together all fall and look poised to make some noise at the conference and national level in the 800 meters.” The throws group, under the direction of assistant coach Tapio Kuusela, will be one to watch this year. Senior Anneli Stahl has a chance to crown her college career by qualifying for the NCAA Championships in the hammer and weight throws. Along with Stahl, senior Cynthia Sanchez has the potential to surprise many in the weight throw. Junior Destanae Howerton-Davis has emerged as the top discus thrower for the team and will be contending for a spot at the outdoor national meet. In her freshman season, Kaitlin Urmston broke the school record in the javelin throw. Now with a year of experience, Urmston will look to improve on that mark and establish herself as a top javelin thrower in the conference. Sophomore transfer Aoife Hickey will be a strong addition to the already talented group of throwers. Hickey’s marks during practice give her a strong chance of going all the way to the NCAA Championships in the hammer throw. “This is probably the best throws team I have had at Utah,” Kuusela said. “There is a chance that all the school records will fall with the exception of the hammer throw. I expect Hickey, Stahl, Howerton-Davis, and Urmston to place higher than last year in the Pac-12 Championships.” The 2013 schedule will also favor the Utes to record top performances. Utah will host two meets in April and give the athletes a chance to compete at their home facilities, McCarthey Family Track & Field. “We have a terrific schedule this year,” Kepler said. “Both the indoor and outdoor schedules should provide a balance of great competition and excellent venues. We wanted to host two meets this year to give our large

group of seniors a couple of opportunities to compete in front of their family and friends.” “The initial meet on April 6 will come after our West Coast swing and a bye weekend for most of our team,” Kepler continued. “The April 12 meet should be outstanding as we have the local Utah schools along with Boise State, Wyoming and Idaho State committed to attend. Like our meet a year ago, it will be two hours of excitement due to the shortened schedule and excellent teams. We wanted to create a track meet that both the athletes and fans could get excited about, and that happened a year ago when you look at the marks. The early Friday evening time frame and knowing the meet only lasts two hours is a big plus for everyone.”

CANDUS AIELLO FORD Throws

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KYLE KEPLER HEAD COACH - 8TH YEAR

Kyle Kepler is heading into his eighth year as the head coach of the University of Utah women’s cross country and track & field programs. Kepler’s organization and attention to detail have allowed him to develop a solid foundation and create a competitive program that has steadily improved each year. In 14 years of coaching at the NCAA Division I level, Kepler has seen 33 conference champions, 146 all-conference athletes, 50 NCAA qualifiers, 28 NCAA finals qualifiers, and 10 NCAA All-Americans. Kepler’s influence on his athletes is not just visible on the track, but also in the classroom. The women’s cross country squad has been honored by USTFCCCA as an AllAcademic Team six out of the previous seven seasons, including the 2011 team which had a GPA of 3.308. The track and field team has been a USTFCCCA All-Academic team during five of the previous seven seasons with the 2012 team posting a GPA of 3.236.

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2012-13

Under Kepler’s direction, the 2012 women’s cross country team posted a monumental season. Senior Amanda Mergaert qualified for her third consecutive NCAA Championships and became the first All-American from Utah in 25 years. Kepler also coached the Utes to a sixth-place finish at the NCAA Mountain Regionals, which marked the second highest finish for the Utes in school history, as well as the first time in program history that Utah has beaten in-state rival BYU at the regional meet.

2011-12

In the inaugural Pac-12 Conference season, Kepler led Utah into the most elite cross country conference in the country. During the year, the Utes outperformed expectations and finished eighth at the NCAA Mountain Regionals. Kepler also coached Mergaert to a second consecutive NCAA Qualifying performance and to becoming the first Utah cross country athlete to earn All-Pac-12 accolades. Not only did Kepler’s attention focus on the athletic sphere, but his persistence for achievement in the classroom helped the Utes earn the second highest GPA in the conference with a 3.308. During the 2012 indoor track and field season, Kepler coached Mergaert to the school’s first Mountain Pacific Sports Federation individual title in the mile, shattering her own school record performance with a time of 4:39.29. Kepler also oversaw the development of the distance medley relay which finished the season ranked 15th and setting a new school record time of 11:05.78 for the second consecutive year. The Utes found a great deal of success in its inaugural Pac-12 outdoor track and field season. Kepler coached the Utes to a 10thplace finish with 21points. Earning the 21 team points were seven different individuals and one relay

team. Senior Brianna LeRoy became the first Utah track athlete to earn All-Pac-12 honors with her performance in the high jump. LeRoy went on to qualify for the NCAA Championships, finishing 22nd overall to earn third-team All-American accolades. Kepler also helped Mergaert to a 14th-place finish at the NCAA Championships, earning second-team All-American honors in the 1500m, breaking the school record and missing the finals by .15 of a second. Kepler coached nine athletes to the NCAA qualifiers (six were first-time qualifiers). The six first-time qualifiers featured one junior, two sophomores and three true freshmen, all of whom finished in the top-50 at the NCAA Championships in their respective events. Mergaert also finished the year meeting the U.S. Olympic Trials ‘B’ qualifying standard.

2010-11

In the 2010 cross country season, Kepler led a very young Ute squad to a fifth-place finish at the Mountain West Conference Championships. Kepler served as meet director last season when the Utes hosted the 2010 NCAA West Regional, which received great reviews from critics and coaches from around the region. Under Kepler’s guidance, Mergaert took advantage of her home course and ran to a ninth-place finish and qualified for the NCAA Championships, where she finished 45th overall. The 2011 indoor track and field season, saw the Utes finish fifth at the MWC Indoor Championships. Junior Langley Iverson finished second in the high jump at the conference championships and qualified for the NCAA Championships with a mark just shy of a school-record. Iverson cleared the six-foot barrier twice throughout the season en-route to a 17th-place finish at the NCAA Championships. The distance medley relay team comprised of Alyssa Abbott, Alyssa Johnson, Lucy Yates, and Mergaert ran a new school-record time of 11:11.71 and earned a second-place finish at the Alex Wilson Invitational. That quartet was 13th in the country and just missed qualifying for the NCAA Championships. Throughout the indoor season, Kepler oversaw the Utes break three school records, including the mile three different times by Mergaert. The success the Utes experienced during the indoor season carried over to the outdoor season where Kepler saw his athletes break three more school records: including the five-

kilometer (Abbott), which had not been touched in over 23 years, as well as Angela Kaplar (100m hurdles), and Abbott and Mergaert (1500m). Mergaert qualified for the NCAA Championships and finished 14th in the 1500m race. At the Drake Relays, the Utah distance medley relay earned the school’s first ever Drake Relay championship with a schoolrecord time of 11:17.09. Abbott and Mergaert finished second and third in the 1500 meter run with Abbott’s time (4:19.73) breaking the 30-year-old school record. Mergaert would go on to break that record with her winning performance of 4:16.57 at the NCAA Regional Championships. LeRoy scored in five events (Heptathlon, 100m hurdles, Long Jump, Javelin, and High Jump) at the conference meet to lead the Utah effort in its final appearance at the MWC Outdoor Championships.

2009-10

During the 2009 cross country season, Kepler guided one of the youngest teams in the country to a sixth-place finish at the MWC Championships, with two freshmen finishing in the top 30. At the NCAA Mountain Regional meet, four of Utah’s five scoring runners were freshmen. Kepler not only coached the young athletes with a high level of performance, but emphasized the importance of academics with five of his cross country athletes achieving academic all-conference status. At the MWC Indoor Championships, the Utes finished fourth overall for the second consecutive year. In outdoor track and field, Utah finished sixth overall at the conference meet, but scored 70 or more points for the second straight year.

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HEAD COACH KYLE KEPLER At the MWC Indoor Championships, Utah’s distance medley team comprised of Mergaert, Chelsey Kaplar, Lucy Yates, and Alyssa Abbott set a new school record and won their first conference title with a time of 11:38.59. The distance medley team finished nearly 11.5 seconds faster than second-place BYU, who had won the event nine of the 10 previous years prior to Utah’s victory. Abbott went on to win her first individual conference title in the 3,000 meter run (9:55.54) the next day. As a freshman, Mergaert claimed the runner up spot in the mile run in a new school record time (4:51.21). Sophomore Iverson claimed all conference honors in the high jump with clearance of (5-8.75) that gave her a runner up finish as well. Sarah Grimm (weight throw) and the 4x400m relay team were thirdplace finishers and earned all-MWC honors. Utah’s DMR ended the season ranked 14th in the country after running a school record 11:13.77 at the Notre Dame Last Chance qualifying meet. The outdoor season saw Abbott run to Utah’s first ever Drake Relays championship in the 1500m with a time of 4:23.48. She was also the conference champion in that event with a time of 4:29.98. Grimm broke the school record in the hammer throw with her toss of 207-1.75 at the Mark Faldmo Invitational. Grimm (hammer throw), Kaplar (400m hurdles), Iverson (high jump), and the 4x400 meter relay earned all MWC honors. Yates qualified for the NCAA Championships for the first time in her career, where she finished 23rd overall in the 800m event. Her time (2:06.21) in the preliminary round at the NCAA West Regional Championships set a new Utah school record. Between indoor and outdoor track and field, Kepler guided his athletes to 16 All-MWC honors. Grimm qualified for the NCAA West Region Championships and was ranked in the top 10 in the nation for the hammer throw during the last half of the season. Kepler saw eight athletes qualify for regionals under the new qualifying system. Twenty athletes from the track and field team also earned academic all-conference honors.

2008-09

The 2008 season was a banner year for Coach Kepler and the Utes. He coached the cross country team to a third-place finish at the MWC Championships, which is the highest finish in school history. En route to that third-place finish, the Utes defeated defending conference champion Colorado State. The team also had a top-10 finish in the NCAA Regional Meet, placing sixth overall. Abbott (9th) and Chelsea DiGrazia (21st) were named to the NCAA All-Mountain Region team. Abbott advanced to the 2008 NCAA Cross Country Championships

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where she placed 76th with a time of 21:00.5, missing allAmerican status by 19 seconds. The successful momentum transferred into the track and field season as Kepler coached his athletes to 135 new personal bests between the indoor and outdoor seasons. The team finished fifth at the MWC Outdoor Championships. Senior Chelsea Shapard won the 400m hurdles for the third consecutive year, while Grimm and Iverson won the hammer throw and high jump titles, respectively. Seven Utes were named to the all-conference team in four events. Kepler and his staff coached two athletes (Shapard and Grimm) to the NCAA Track and Field National Championships. Shapard went on to qualify and compete at the 2009 USA Track and Field Outdoor Championships, finishing 21st overall. Iverson also qualified and competed at the 2009 USA Track and Field Junior National Championships.

2007-08

In 2007, Kepler coached the cross country team to an improved fifth-place finish in the MWC Championships, including three top-25 finishers. At the NCAA Mountain Region Championships, Abbott finished 24th overall and was named to the NCAA All-Mountain Region team as a sophomore. Kellie Anderson and Lauren Endersen also garnered top-50 finishes at the NCAA Regional Championships. On the track, Shapard broke her own school record in the 400m hurdles with a time of 58.07 at the Arkansas Twilight. She also went on to win her second consecutive MWC 400m hurdle title. Shapard was named to the All-West Region Team after a third-place finish at the NCAA West Region Championships. At the NCAA Championships, she advanced to the semifinals and finished 15th overall. Josefin Berg had a podium finish at the MWC Championships where she was an All-MWC performer after placing third with a hammer throw of 182-3. She qualified for the NCAA West Regional Championships and earned an at-large bid to the NCAA Track and Field Championships, where she placed 22nd overall with a throw of 185-10. The Utes finished sixth in the outdoor MWC Championships and seventh at the indoor MWC Championships.

2006-07

During the 2006 cross country season, Kepler guided freshman Abbott to a top-25 finish at the MWC Championships (23rd) and a top-50 finish at the NCAA Mountain Region Championships (46th). After only a year under Kepler’s

coaching, the Utes improved to sixth-place in the team standings. During the track season, Kepler saw seven all-MWC performers between the indoor and outdoor seasons, and coached two MWC outdoor champions: Shapard and Amanda Feigt. Both qualified for regionals along with Abbott, Mandie Rowell and Susan Atwater. Shapard and Feigt were also NCAA qualifiers during the 2007 outdoor season. Feigt was a USA Track and Field national qualifier in the 400m hurdles where she was a semi-finalist. Abbott was junior national qualifier in the 800m run.

2005-06

The 2005 cross country runners also thrived under Kepler’s direction. While the Utes finished seventh at the MWC championships, he saw three personal-best performances from his team at the 6km conference championship meet. Kepler also guided two athletes to the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in 2006. Vanessa Mortensen qualified in the hammer throw and just missed All-America accolades with a 10th-place finish (190-7), while Feigt was a first-time qualifier in the 400m hurdles (1:00.7). In addition to the four new school marks in 2006, Kepler, a Webster City, Iowa native, also helped his athletes set 144 new personal bests. When 2006 was all said and done, he saw four of his athletes (Feigt twice, AJ Roby and Mortensen) garner allconference accolades, upping his career total of all-conference athletes to 80. In addition to the all-conference honors, Kepler mentored another 19 conference champions. In his first season, Kepler saw three athletes and his 4x100m relay team all set new school marks. Among the top performances in school history were Feigt’s 3,880-point performance in the pentathlon, Mortensen’s 205-foot throw in the hammer and Roby’s 47-3.5 effort in the shot put.

Kepler has coached 10 NCAA Division I All-America athletes and has had 22 of his athletes qualify for the NCAA Cross Country or Track and Field Championships. He served as the meet manager for the 2003 NCAA Cross Country Championships and Pre-Nationals meet. Kepler was also named the meet director of the annual A. D. Dickinson Relays, one of the largest high school indoor meets in the nation. Kepler was a varsity athlete at University of Northern Iowa. He took part in both cross country and track and field for the Panthers, serving as a team captain during the 1997-98 school year. As an athlete, Kepler was a member of five MVC championship teams. He earned all-conference honors nine times during his collegiate career, was a two-time all-region cross country selection and a six-time Academic All-MVC honoree. Kepler holds both Master’s and Bachelor’s degrees from the Northern Iowa. He earned his Master’s degree in physical education in 2004 and graduated with a Bachelor’s in secondary education-geography in 1998.

PERSONAL

Prior to coming to Utah, Kepler served as Northern Iowa’s head men’s and women’s cross country coach and assistant track and field coach for two seasons. He was on staff at UNI for a total of seven years, serving as an assistant cross country coach for five years prior to being named head coach in 2003. Kepler was named the Missouri Valley Conference Men’s Cross Country Coach of the Year in 2003 after leading the Panthers to an MVC title. The Panthers won 12 MVC titles among cross country and indoor and outdoor track during his tenure with the Panthers.

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WHAT THEY’RE SAYING ABOU TREVOR JAMESON

BETH WOLFGRAM CSCS, MS, RD, CD

“Coach Kepler is a great coach. He truly cares about all of his athletes and keeps himself well informed on their injuries and limitations. More than any coach I have worked with, he has been able to help his athletes continue to train and improve despite what injuries they may have. He is able to help motivate his athletes to find their best and be self-motivated to work at achieving their best. I consider him a friend and love to work with him and the athletes in his program because they demand so much of themselves.”

“[Kepler] is very dedicated to the overall health and wellbeing of his team and he has made performance related nutrition a priority for his athletes. [Kepler] continues to involve me with the team and individual athletes he is concerned about. He emphasizes an approach that focuses on both the performance of an athlete today, but also the long term health of the athlete. He is a great team player and cares so much about his athletes.”

Director of Sports Medicine • University of Utah

TONY BUSSAN

Head Cross Country and Track Coach • Webster City Schools, Webster City, Iowa President of the Iowa Association of Track Coaches “From the moment he showed up on my front porch as a high school freshman, through an outstanding high school and collegiate running career, to assistant and head coaching duties at the University of Northern Iowa (which included serving as the director of the NCAA Division I Championships) to now leading the up-and-coming Utah program, Kyle Kepler has been a proven winner, team leader, and program developer. His intense commitment to excellence for each individual and the team as a whole allows him to foster the relationships and development among his squads that create excitement and success.”

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MIKE JAY

USATF and NCAA Track & Field and Cross Country Meet Announcer “Kyle Kepler is a fine young coach who does things the right way. He is not afraid of hard work. He will continue to raise the bar for Utah Track & Field and Cross Country. He develops athletes in such a way that they are physically and mentally prepared to do their best. His athletes lay it on the line for him, because they know he is with them every step of the way.”

BRAD RASMUSSEN

Glenwood Girls Track and Field/Cross Country Coach • Glenwood Community Schools (Iowa) “I met “Kep” while he was an assistant coach at the University of Northern Iowa. My two sons and I attended the track and field/cross country camp at Northern Iowa while he was there. “Kep” and I developed a lasting friendship. His coaching techniques and guidance go far beyond athletics. His personality allows him to get the best from all of the people he meets. He is very loyal to his athletes and coaches and works hard to be the best. It is an honor for me to call him friend and colleague.”

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UT KYLE KEPLER CHELSEA DIGRAZIA

Former University of Utah Track/Cross Country Athlete “I was a walk-on my freshman year when we were under the supervision of a different coach and was introduced to Coach Kep my sophomore year. Under the excellent coaching and supervision of Kep I dropped my mile time by 25 seconds, broke the school record in the mile and ran my way to an all region spot in cross country. Kep had the ability to assess each runner’s individual talents and devloped appropriate workouts accordingly. I trusted my training from Coach K and knew that if I did what he was asking, I was going to run fast. He was always attentive to each individual runner’s needs and spent time coaching each girl on the team. I feel that Kyle has a great ability to take any runner, assess their strengths and weaknesses and then train them into the best shape of their lives. He is attentive to injury and does not force training through ailments, which is key in sports like cross country and track where overuse and abuse is so common. I know that I am not alone in these opions about his coaching and have had many successful teammates who would agree. Kep took a cross country team (my sophomore year) who could barely finish a workout and turned them into a 3rd place finisher at the conference meet (my senior year) with two runners making all region and one runner making nationals. Even after my running career finished, I have watched Kep’s cross country and track programs continue to improve each year with more athletes making it to big caliper meets like Nationals every season.”

CODY KRENKA

Head Cross Country Coach/Head Track & Field Coach • Elko High School (Nev.) “Coach Kepler is a great coach who has an amazing ability to take a young athlete fresh out of high school and turn her in to a competitive NCAA Division 1 athlete. He realizes that each athlete has different potential and works hard to get each girl to that potential. As a distance coach for 11 years, I have had more than my fair share of athletes compete at the next level and I can honestly say that the distance program under Coach Kepler at the University of Utah is usually my highest recommendation for my female athletes.”

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BURKE BOCKMAN ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH - 8TH YEAR Burke Bockman enters his eighth season with the University of Utah women’s track and field program, and his fourth season as associate head coach. He will oversee the sprinters and hurdlers in addition to assisting the jumpers. Since beginning his coaching tenure at Utah in 2005, the hurdlers, sprinters and jumpers have broken the indoor school record in eight different events. In addition, his athletes have broken seven outdoor event school records. During the 2012 outdoor season, Bockman guided senior Brianna LeRoy to the third best heptathlon performance in school history tallying 5,221 points at the Pac-12 Championships and an NCAA qualifying performance in the long jump. Bockman also mentored junior Stephanie Jolley to a seventh-place finish in the Pac12 Championships and an NCAA qualifying bid in the 400m hurdles. Under Bockman’s guidance, former walk-on Rosalie Griffin earned seventh at the Pac-12 Championships and qualified for the NCAA Championships. Bockman also was responsible for the development that led the 4x400m relay team to the second best time in school history with a time of 3:41.12. Bockman had a total of four athletes qualify for the NCAA Championships in 2012. The indoor season featured two relays which were under Bockman’s watch break school records. At the MPSF Championships, the 4x400m relay team of Lauryn McKay, Ali Eisenbeiss, Griffin, and Lucy Yates set a school record time of 3:45.27 finishing seventh overall. The distance medley relay posted a school record at the Alex Wilson Invitational finishing third with a time of 11:05.78. Bockman also oversaw the individual development that led LeRoy to a fourth-place performance in the pentathlon at the MPSF Championships, which also ranks fourth on the school’s all-time best performances.

In 2011, Bockman coached Angela Kaplar to school-record hurdles performances in both indoor and outdoor track. Kaplar posted an indoor record time of 8.56 in the 60m hurdles. During the 2011 outdoor season, Kaplar broke her previous 100m hurdles school-record time of 13.90 with a new record time of 13.61 at the Mountain West Conference Championships. Bockman also oversaw the development of LeRoy, then a junior, in the multi-events. In 2011, LeRoy posted a personal-best heptathlon performance of 5,090 points and had second-place finishes at both the Drake Relays and the MWC Championships. LeRoy also recorded the fifth best long jump in school history with a 19-8.25. Bockman’s first five seasons at Utah saw a total of six all-conference relays teams, highlighted by Utah’s 2009 NCAA Qualifying (3:38.96) 4x400m team. From 2006-2010, The 400m hurdle group flourished with eight NCAA Qualifiers (Fresqueze ‘06, Feigt ‘06 & ‘07, Shapard ‘07-09, Kaplar ‘09 & ‘10). Utah’s Chelsea Shapard was consistently in the spotlight, winning three consecutive MWC Titles while qualifying for NCAA Championships each of those years. Shapard’s career was highlighted by her 13th-place finish at the 2009 NCAA Championships with a time of 48.36 and her appearance at the 2009 U.S.A. Outdoor Championships. In 2007 Amanda Feigt placed herself as one of the best all-around track and field athletes in Utah history. After winning the MWC title in the heptathlon, she qualified for the NCAA Regionals in the long jump and the 400 hurdles. Feigt went on to the NCAA finals in the heptathlon and the 400m hurdles. During his tenure at Utah, Bockman has coached five conference champions, 48 allconference performers, 25 NCAA qualifiers, and eight NCAA finalists. Prior to Utah, Bockman spent two years as a graduate assistant coach at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, where he helped the Eagles win back-to-back national indoor titles in 2004-05 and the outdoor

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championship in 2004. The Eagle sprinters and hurdlers flourished, including Derek Toshner (Division III 400m hurdle national champion, Division III Athlete of the Meet in 2004, and 2004 Olympic trials qualifier.) Bockman also had the privilege of assisting with the training of Andrew Rock as he became the school’s first Olympian and won the gold medal in Athens, Greece, as a member of the 4x400-meter relay team. After working with Bockman during the 2005 season, the Olympian went on to receive a silver medal at the World Outdoor Championships in the open 400-meter. Rock also went on to claim gold as a member of USA’s 4x400-meter relay team. In addition to working with Rock in 2005, Bockman saw all five of his UW-La Crosse hurdlers tally national-qualifying marks during the outdoor season. He ended up with four national qualifiers and two AllAmericans. Bockman was a three-time conference champion and a 13-time all-conference honoree at the University of Northern Iowa. He was an NCAA Division I qualifier in the 400-meter hurdles and 4x400-meter relay his senior year. Bockman also qualified at the USA Championships from 2003-2006. He graduated from Northern Iowa with a degree in business management in 2003 and received his masters from Wisconsin-La Crosse in sports administration in 2005. A native of Decorah, Iowa, Bockman resides in Salt Lake City.

TAPIO KUUSELA ASSISTANT COACH - 12TH YEAR Tapio Kuusela enters his 12th season as the throws coach for the Utah track and field program. Under Kuusela’s direction, the 2012 throw’s group broke two school records. Junior Anneli Stahl broke a 10 year school record in the weight throw, posting a mark of 61-2.75 feet at the Wildcat Open. At the MPSF Championships, Stahl and junior Nikkie Rudder both scored team points and qualified for the final rounds in the their events. The outdoor season featured three Utah throwers scoring points at the Pac-12 Championships. Rudder and Candus Aiello finished seventh and eighth, respectively, in the shot put, while Destanae HowertonDavis earned eighth in the discus. Kuusela also oversaw the development of freshman Kaitlin Urmston in the javelin. Urmston broke the school record in her first year at the UVU Open with a throw of 150-1.50 feet. Both Urmston and Davis were NCAA Regional qualifiers. During the 2011 season, Kuusela coached Stahl to the NCAA Western Regional Championships and an outdoor All-Mountain West Conference performance in the hammer throw. He also saw great success during the indoor season with three of his athletes competing in the final round of the shot put, finishing fourth, seventh, and eighth places at the MWC Indoor Championships. In 2010, he guided Sarah Grimm in the hammer throw to a second place finish at the MWC Outdoor Championships and third in the conference at the weight throw. Under Kuusela’s direction, Grimm set a new school record in the hammer throw with 207-1.75 at the Robison Invitational. With that mark she was ranked second in the West Region and fourth in the nation at the time. He also coached Rudder to a fifth-place finish in the shot put at the MWC Outdoors Championships. Rudder’s mark of 47-7 is third best in school history. Under his guidance Grimm, Rudder, and Stahl qualified for the West Region Championship meet. In 2009, Kuusela coached Grimm to

a title in the hammer throw at the MWC Outdoor Championships. Grimm had a 197-7 effort to take the event, winning by a distance of more than three feet teammate over Josefin Berg. Both throwers qualified for the NCAA West Regional Championships. Grimm went on to qualify for the NCAA Outdoor Nationals after hitting a mark of 183-0. At nationals, Grimm finished 13th overall after a 187-8 distance and missing All-American accolades by four inches. At the 2009 MWC Indoor Championships, Berg and Grimm placed second and fourth, respectively, in the weight throw. In 2008, he oversaw Berg at the MWC Championship where she had a third-place finish in the hammer with a toss of 182-3. Berg also went on to qualify for the regional and national meets in the hammer. Kuusela also coached Chasity Toilolo to a sixth-place finish in both the shot put (45-6.5) and the discus (145-7) at the MWC Outdoor Championships. In 2006, he mentored AJ Roby and Vanessa Mortensen as they both set school records in the discus and hammer, respectively. Mortensen set the school and Danish national record with a 205-0 toss, the winning throw in the MWC Championships. Both Roby (shot, discus) and Mortensen (hammer) qualified for the NCAA West Region Championships. Mortensen eventually qualified for the NCAA Championships, just missing All-American accolades by placing 10th overall. Mortensen also represented her native country of Denmark in the European Championships in August 2006. During the 2005 season, he served as the interim head coach when the team finished a school-best fourth place at the MWC Indoor Championships, and eighth at the MWC Outdoor Championship meet. He coached three regional qualifiers (Mortensen, Roby and Candice Workman-Ekberg) to the 2005 NCAA Western Regional Championships and one (Mortensen) to the NCAA Outdoor Championships. In his first nine seasons, Kuusela produced six national and 11 regional qualifiers, along with three MWC Champions.

His throwers have set 16 school records under his direction. While coaching at his alma mater, Brigham Young, Kuusela guided several athletes to All-America honors. One of his throwers, Amy Palmer, notched an eighthplace finish in the hammer throw at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia. Palmer was inducted into the Utah Sports Hall of Fame as its first-ever female track athlete in 2005. The Oripaa, Finland, native is involved with the Utah Olympic Weightlifting Development Program. In 1999, he served as the team leader and coach of the women’s national throwing team that competed in several meets in Australia. In 1980, he won the Collegiate Powerlifting Championships and in 1982, he became the first man in Utah to total over 2,000 pounds. Kuusela won four Finnish and Nordic Championships titles in weightlifting and was ranked 10th in the world in 1986. His best single performance was a snatch of 385 pounds. While attending BYU, Kuusela was a fourtime NCAA qualifier and a 1978 All-American in the hammer throw. During Kuusela’s four years of competing for BYU, he never had a throw that was not above the NCAA qualifying mark. Kuusela’s best marks were a throw of 61-2.25 feet in the shot put and 2189 feet in the hammer throw. Kuusela graduated from BYU in 1982 with a degree in economics. He is married to the former Heather Wood and has two children: Timo and Toni.

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ANDREW LEVIN VOLUNTEER ASSISTANT COACH - 7TH YEAR Andrew Levin enters his seventh season as a volunteer assistant coach, working primarily with the pole vault and high jump events. In 2012, Levin oversaw the development of Brianna LeRoy in the high jump. LeRoy recorded a lifetime-best mark of 5-9.25 feet at the NCAA First /Second Round meet, qualifying her for the finals at the NCAA Championships. LeRoy also was the first track and field All-Pac 12 Conference performer in school history. During the 2011 season, Levin coached Langley Iverson to a qualifying high-jump mark and 17th-place finish at the NCAA Indoor National Championships. In the course of the year, Iverson posted the

second best all-time jump in school history with a mark of 6-0.75 and earned Mountain West Conference Athlete of the Week honors. In 2010, Levin guided Iverson to third place at the MWC Outdoor Championships with a lifetime-best mark of 5-9.25 at the MWC Outdoor Championships. Under Levinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s watch, freshman Theresa Waybright finished eighth at the MWC Outdoor Championships in the pole vault event. In 2009, Levin coached Iverson to the MWC Outdoor high jump title (5-8.75) while Klaudia Rokossa had a fourth-place finish in the pole vault with a clearance of 12-7.75. He was an All-American in the decathlon as a member of the University of Montana track team.

Levin graduated from Montana with a B.A. in Communication Studies. He is married to Jamie Levin and has a daughter named Ava.

AMY OTIS VOLUNTEER ASSISTANT COACH - 3RD YEAR Amy Otis enters her third year as a volunteer assistant coach, helping with the 100m hurdles and horizontal jump groups for the Utah track and field team. Otis, a native of Sandy, Utah, competed at Brigham Young University (2004-05, 200910) in the hurdles, long jump and pentathlon events. While at BYU, Otis claimed the Mountain West Conference championship in the 2004 and 2005 long jump; the 2005,

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2009 and 2010 pentathlon; as well as the 2009 heptathlon. Otis was the 2009 NCAA Champion in the pentathlon and earned AllAmerican honors for her accomplishments in the 2005 Long Jump as well as the 2009 and 2010 pentathlon. Otis graduated from BYU in 2010 with a degree in health education.

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Kyle Harris

Communications

Jordan Hicks

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Taryn Horner

Academic Advisor

AMANDA THEOBALD GRADUATE ASSISTANT COACH - 2ND YEAR Amanda Theobald enters her second season as a graduate assistant coach for the University of Utah track and field team. Theobald will be in charge of assisting with the development of the cross country and distance athletes. Theobald is a Mapleton, Utah, native and graduated from Westminster College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English literature and Language. While attending Westminster, Theobald was the track and

field team captain from 2007-09. Some of her accomplishments include: school’s first and only cross country athlete to qualify for the NAIA National Championships (2008, 2009), awarded the team’s “Most Outstanding Female Athlete” (2006, 2009), earned all-conference accolades from 200709, Scholar-Athlete 2006-09, and earned the 2009 NAIA Champions of Character honor.

SARAH GRIMM VOLUNTEER ASSISTANT COACH - 3RD YEAR Sarah Grimm enters her third year as a volunteer assistant coach at the University of Utah. She will be working with the throwers for the track and field team. Grimm is a Sandy, Utah, native and competed for the Utes from 2008 to 2010. While at Utah, Grimm set the school record in the hammer throw with a mark of 2071.75. Her performance earned her an MWC Athlete of the Week honors, which was the

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first in Utah’s history. In 2009, Grimm was the conference champion in the hammer throw and qualified for the NCAA National Championships, where she finished 13th. In 2010, she was the runner-up in the hammer throw at the MWC Championships and was a regional qualifier.

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NCAA AND USA CHAMPIONSHIPS SUCC Utah track and field athletes have recorded 316 new all-time top-10 performances. Among those performances are 32 new school records. In 2012 alone, Utah track and field athletes combined to record 187 new personal bests, six school records, and had nine NCAA First/Second

Round qualifiers. The program also saw Amanda Mergaert and Brianna LeRoy go the NCAA Championships. Five athletes have reached the U.S. Senior or Junior National Championship meets in recent years. Success at Utah goes beyond the personal and

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2010 U.S. Junior Track & Field Championships - 1500m

2012 NCAA First/Second Round Qualifier - 5K 2012 U.S. Junior Track & Field Championships - 5th in 5K

LANGLEY IVERSON

KLAUDIA ROKOSSA

NIKKIE RUDDER

2011 NCAA Indoors - High Jump 2009 U.S. Junior Track & Field Championships - High Jump

AMANDA MERGAERT

2012 All-American - XC Two-Time Second Team All-American - 1500m 2010 U.S. Junior Track & Field Championships - 5th in 1500m

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2009 NCAA West Regional Qualifier - Pole Vault

2010 NCAA First/Second Round Qualifier - Shot Put

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The University of Utah track and field program is committed to helping its student-athletes realize their fullest potential on the conference, regional and national levels. In the last six years, Kyle Kepler’s teams have effectively rewritten Utah’s record book.

institutional levels. In the last five years, Utah has sent 32 different athletes to the NCAA First/Second Rounds meet with nine of those athletes advancing to the NCAA Championships. There have also been eight conference champions to go along with 54 all-conference performances.

ANGELA KAPLAR 2008 IAAF World Youth Championships - 400m semifinalist

2011 NCAA West Regional Qualifier - 100m Hurdles 2010 U.S. Junior Track & Field Championships - 100m Hurdles

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2010 NCAA Championships Qualifier - Hammer Throw

2011 U.S. Junior Track & Field Championships - 5th in 5K

2010 U.S. Junior Track & Field Championships - 400m

2010 NCAA Outdoor Championships Qualifier - 800m

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McCARTHEY FAMILY TRACK & FIELD

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00-meter track has nine 42-inch wide lanes with a Beynon Sports ce--a surface also found on tracks at several other NCAA schools, g them Oregon, Texas, South Carolina, North Carolina and Iowa. The or of the track has a 75 x 125-yard AstroTurf field, along with areas e throwing and jumping events. The McCarthey Family Track & Field can be illuminated for night use by four banks of permanent lights. There is a lawn-style spectator seating on the berm along the east side. The facility was designed by Losee Architects’ Sports Division and the general contractor was Big D Construction. During designated times when it is not reserved for use by Utah athletics, campus recreation and club sports, the track will be open to the public. The University of Utah officially dedicated the McCarthey Family Track & Field on Oct. 23, 2010. Honored at the proceedings were philanthropists Tom, Phil, Sarah and Maureen McCarthey. Representing their late brother Shaun was his widow Ning. The McCartheys, longtime Utah athletics supporters, provided a generous lead gift of $2 million. The University of Utah’s Campus Recreation Services and Administrative Services departments funded the remaining $600,000 of the $2.6 million project. “The McCarthey family has always been very generous throughout our community and the country, for that matter,” said Utah Director of Athletics Dr. Chris Hill. “We are very excited that they were so charitable to our program and made this long-awaited track a reality. The addition of the McCarthey Family Track & Field comes at a great time for the University of Utah. It will not only serve our studentathletes, it will also benefit many other groups and individuals throughout the campus.” “We believe that students and people of all ages need to have a place to run and jump and play games,” said Phil McCarthey. Until the McCartheys stepped forward with their gift, the University of Utah had gone 28 years without an on-campus track and field. A track in old Rice Stadium was removed during an expansion of the stadium back in 1982 and the Utah track team has been training at off-campus sites ever since. “The McCarthey Family Track & Field is monumental in so many ways,” said Kepler. “As the new home for our track and field program, this facility will give our student-athletes a world-class training and competition venue. In addition to the competitive advantage it offers us, we will now have a more flexible practice schedule, which will enhance the academic opportunities for our studentathletes. The McCarthey Family Track & Field will also send a very clear message to prospective recruits about the vision of our program’s future, which includes developing some of the best track and field student-athletes in the country. We will be forever thankful to the McCarthey family for its generous support of this facility and our program.”

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FACILITIES At the Olympic Oval located in Kearns, the Utes train on the 442-meter indoor track that surrounds the Oval speed skating ice dubbed as “The Fastest Ice On Earth.” Eight world and 10 Olympic records were set here during the Winter Olympics in February 2002. A Mondo Super X track has been installed with four

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In addition to the McCarthey Family Track excellent facilities. The Utes train at one o in Kearns. Rose Park is the home course numerous training courses, lanes around the ice plus an eight-lane, 110-meter sprint zone. The track has been marked according to NCAA and IAAF standards. The facility serves as the indoor training ground for Utah’s track and field athletes. They can run in a climatecontrolled temperature of 63-65 degrees. The Oval is one

k & Field, Utah’s athletes also train and compete at other of the finest indoor facilities in the nation, the Olympic Oval of Utah cross country, and the Salt Lake Valley provides

of the rare indoor track facilities in the state, providing year-round training capabilities. Rose Park is the home course of Utah cross country. The University of Utah has hosted the NCAA Mountain Regional Championships 15 times at the venue over the last three decades, including the 2010 meet, as well as the 2006 Mountain West Conference Championships. For non-competition training, the Salt Lake Valley as well as the surrounding area offers the Utes a lot of options and is considered to be one of the top 20 running cities in the United States by several of the best running publications and experts. The University of Utah distance running corp has access to some of America’s greatest running trails. These trails consist primarily of dirt, grass, crushed rock, or other runner friendly surfaces. All of these trails are located at elevations ranging from 4,500-8,000 feet. The breathtaking scenery of the Wasatch and Oquirrh Mountains serve as a backdrop to one of America’s most beautiful and cleanest cities — Salt Lake City. The Bonneville Trail runs through the university campus, university research park, above Utah’s famous Red Butte Gardens, and by Hogle Zoo. It is a dirt trail with rolling terrain and the best view of the entire valley. City Creek Canyon Trail is a popular running and biking avenue among Salt Lake locals. A portion of this trail includes running through downtown Salt Lake City, a view of the state capitol building and the World Business Center for the Church of Jesus Christ Later-Day Saints. The canyon trail includes a path that is primarily dirt and another that is more suitable for biking. Liberty Park is another training favorite among the U’s distance runners. It includes a 1.45 mile woodchip running trail where various workouts are performed. Pipeline Trail is located in Millcreek Canyon which is only 15 minutes from the University of Utah campus. This out-and-back, 11mile roundtrip trail is located at 6,000 feet elevation. The greenery of the canyon is surrounded by 10,000-foot peaks and combines an incredible view of the Salt Lake Valley at trail’s end.

ROSE PARK

CITY CREEK CANYON TRAIL

BONNEVILLE TRAIL

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The $1.5 million facility opened in the summer of 2009 with the lead gift of $500,000 pledged by Ute Heisman Trophy Finalist and 2005 NFL No. 1 Draft pick Alex Smith. At 17,000 square feet, it is one of the largest college strength & conditioning facilities in the nation.

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THE PAC-12

Arizona

UCLA

With more than 120 Nobel Laureate Championships, the Pac-12 Confere success, having earned the nicknam in its long and storied history on Ju University of Colorado.

Arizona State

California

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es across all of its campuses and the first to reach 450 NCAA ence is synonymous with both academic excellence and athletic me “Conference of Champions.” The Pac-12 opened a new chapter uly 1, 2011 with the addition of the University of Utah and the

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The Pac-12 championship tradition includes 451 all-time team titles won by league institutions, with 306 men’s titles and 145 women’s championships. Utah brought 20 national championships to the league. The Pac-12, by far, leads all conferences with nearly 200 more championships than the next closest conference (Big Ten). The moniker “Conference of Champions” has been earned by the number of titles, but also the depth of success. Pac-12 teams have won championships in 27 of the 37 Division I sports the NCAA sponsors and has reached double digit titles in 19 of those sports. Pac-12 institutions have won 10 NCAA titles in women’s cross country, seven in women’s indoor track & field, and six in women’s outdoor track & field. The Learfield Director’s Cup, presented annually to the country’s top intercollegiate athletic program, was awarded to Stanford for a record 18th consecutive year in 2011-12. The Pac-12 placed four institutions in the top 10, with UCLA (4th), USC (6th) and California (7th) joining the Cardinal. The Pac-12 Conference won nine NCAA titles during the 2011-12 academic year, the most by any conference. It marks the 11th time in the last 12 years—and the 46th time in 52 years—the Pac-12 has led or tied all conferences in NCAA championships won. California swept the men’s and women’s swimming titles, Stanford won the women’s soccer and women’s water polo crowns, and USC captured NCAA championships in men’s water polo and men’s tennis. Other NCAA crowns came from Oregon in women’s indoor track & field, UCLA in women’s volleyball and Arizona in baseball.

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SALT LAKE CITY

Employment opportunities, culture, quality of life and recreation are some of the reasons why Salt Lake City is consistently named one of the nation’s best cities. In the June 2010 issue of Kiplinger’s Personal Finance Magazine, Salt Lake City was No. 5 on its list of the “10 Best Cities for the Next Decade.” Forbes Magazine selected Salt Lake City as “The Best City for Jobs” in both 2007 and 2008, and it was termed the “Fittest City in the Nation” in 2009 by Men’s Fitness magazine. 32

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Salt Lake City, hom offers an unrivaled With 186,440 resid its metro populatio Yet, Salt Lake City

Nestled between the Wasatch and Oquirrh Mountain ranges and the Great Salt Lake, the city is located in one of the most picturesque places on earth. The lowest point within city boundaries is 4,210 feet near the Great Salt Lake, and the highest is Grandview Peak at 9,410 feet. The Great Salt Lake (48 miles wide and 90 miles long) is the world’s second largest saltwater lake and the largest lake in the western United States.

me to the University of Utah and the state’s capital city, d blend of metropolitan life and recreational opportunities. dents, Salt Lake City is the largest city in the state and on of 1,029,655 ranks in the top 50 in the United States. maintains the charm of a small western city.

THE BEST CITY

• Fifth-best City for the Next Decade, Kiplinger’s Personal Finance Magazine • “Best City for Jobs,” Forbes Magazine • 237 days of sunshine per year • 15 percent average humidity • Host city for the 2002 Winter Olympics

ENTERTAINMENT

• Nine ski resorts within an hour’s drive • Home to the Sundance Film Festival • Five professional sports franchises • Symphony, opera, theater and dance

SALT LAKE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT • Five minutes from downtown • 23rd-busiest airport in the U.S. • Delta Airlines hub

The city is the cultural, financial, educational, technological, commercial and communications hub of the Intermountain West. Utah was named the most technologically advanced state in the 2008 Digital States Survey and rated as one of the top 10 most socially networked cities in America. Salt Lake is also home to world-renowned medical and technology industries. Cultural and ethnic activities flourish in Salt Lake City and its vibrant downtown features dining,

shopping, music and ethnic festivals, art galleries, professional symphony, opera, theater and dance. The annual Sundance Film Festival, which is the largest independent film festival in the U.S., attracts movie stars, celebrities and thousands of film buffs to the area every year. Professional sports franchises include the Utah Jazz (NBA), Real Salt Lake (Major League Soccer) and the Utah Blaze (Arena Football).

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UNIVERSITY OF UTA

Founded in 1850, the University of Utah encompasses 1,500 acres in the foothills of the towering Wasatch Mountains. The campus is located just minutes from downtown Salt Lake City and world-class ski resorts. The campus combines an eclectic mix of teaching and research facilities in a park-like setting of trees, fountains, flowering malls and pedestrian walkways with incomparable views of the Salt Lake valley. Home to a student population of over 30,000, the U. offers some 100 undergraduate and 90 graduate majors. Many of the U.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s programs are nationally ranked, including law, pharmacy, architecture, business, engineering and dance.

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Students come from all 50 states and many foreign countries. Utah ranks among the top public research universities in the nation, with particular distinction in medicine, genetics and engineering. In 2009-10, the University received a recordsetting $451 million in external funding for research. University of Utah geneticist Mario R. Capecchi, one of many acclaimed faculty members, received the 2007 Nobel Prize in Physiology/Medicine for his work on gene targeting. Since 2006, the U. has ranked in the top two in the nation in the number of spin-off companies

Ranked among the top 100 universities in the world, the University of Utah is renowned for its research expertise, academic performance and athletic prowess. The U. has earned a top-tier ranking from the Academic Ranking of World Universities for eight consecutive years.

started with University-developed research or technology. The University has launched 143 new startups over the past seven years. In 2010, University of Utah Heath Care was ranked No. 1 in quality in the nation among academic medical centers. The Eccles Institute of Human Genetics is one of several innovative medical programs at the U. Others include the Huntsman Cancer Institute, the Moran Eye Center and the Brain Institute. The David Eccles School of Business has joined the U.S. News & World Report list of the top 10 most-popular business schools in the nation.

The U.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s location in the largest city in the Intermountain West allows for an urban experience in a spectacular natural setting. The U. is home to the stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s natural history and fine arts museums, as well as the Pioneer Theatre Company. Utah students enjoy unparalleled recreational activities, from skiing and snowboarding at any of nine world-class resorts in nearby canyons, to backpacking, mountain biking, fly fishing and river running. The U. provides an urban experience in a spectacular natural setting.

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CAMPUS LIFE

Situated in historic Fort Douglas on 70 acres of land, the 912,000-square foot residential complex boasts picturesque views of Salt Lake City and the surrounding mountain ranges. Heritage Commons consists of 21 buildingsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;20 residential and one for dining and support services. Eight of the buildings are apartment style, with 235 one-, twoand three-bedroom apartments.

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The University of Utah reside mountain setting. Heritage C 2,500 students, opened in 20 the 2002 Olympic Winter Gam campus activity and has a vib

Each residence hall has an advanced telecommunications system (voice, video and data), Internet and cable TV connections, HBO in every room, a large community lounge, study rooms, indoor bike storage and a kitchenette on every floor. Other amenities include game and exercise rooms and computer labs. The Chase N. Peterson Heritage Center houses a dining facility that seats 600, a convenience store, computer and technology labs, fitness and

ence halls are located in a magnificent Commons, a living-learning community of 000. It served as the Athletes’ Village during mes. The residential complex is the heart of brant, energetic atmosphere.

HERITAGE COMMONS

• 912,000-square foot complex • 21 buildings • Dining hall, post office, bookstore, copy center • Game and fitness rooms • Served as the Athletes’ Village at the 2002 Olympic Winter Games

STAYING CONNECTED

• Internet, cable TV and HBO in all rooms • Computer and technology labs

EASY ACCESS

• Free campus shuttles • Free TRAX light rail and city bus pass • Ample, nearby parking.

game rooms, multipurpose rooms, a mail center and more. The student village also contains a University Bookstore branch, University Copy Center and the University Guest House—an on-campus hotel.

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ACADEMIC SUPPORT

Academic advisor Taryn Horner works with Utah student-athletes on a daily basis.

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The Kenneth P. Burbidge Jr. Family Athletics Academic Center, which opened in May of 2001, is a national-class academic facility. Reserved for Utah’s varsity studentathletes, the Burbidge Center is known for its aesthetics, technological offerings and academic service.

The 11,000-square-foot facility is a campus landmark by virtue of its two-story, floor-toceiling curved glass wall. Its location is ideal for the population it serves: situated between the HPER complex and the Huntsman Center, the Burbidge Center is central to classrooms and athletic venues. The full-service academic facility is utilized by all 18 varsity Utah athletic teams and was underwritten by a generous $2 million gift from the Kenneth P. Burbidge Jr. family. The center consolidates Utah’s athletic-academic efforts via computer labs, study space and academic counseling, while also providing a social gathering place for the student-athletes. Housed in the building are the academic services, compliance and nutrition departments, and the award-winning NCAA CHAMPS/Life Skills program. The mission of the Burbidge Family Athletics Academic Center is to provide an integrated learning environment that will enhance the academic and personal development of all student-athletes. The objective is to accommodate the diverse needs and schedules of Utah’s student-athletes through a wide range of individual and group support services, computer technologies and independent study opportunities.

SUPPORT FOR STUDENT-ATHLETES Study Table Available to all student-athletes. Tutors

Individual tutors and exam reviews. Life Skills Center

Student-athletes receive training in personal development, community service and career planning. Internships

“Partnering with U.” offers career mentoring, shadowing and internships with area businesses. Fifth-Year Senior Program

Financial aid for student-athletes to finish coursework in their fifth year. Summer School

An option for student-athletes who meet the criteria. Priority Registration

Enables student-athletes to schedule classes around practices and training.

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ALLISON AAFEDT Freshman Sprints Evergreen, Colo. Evergreen HS

High School: Earned all-conference first team honors two consecutive years … all-state track and field during her senior season … finished fifth at the state meet in the 400m and third place in the 4x800m … named Evergreen High School Female Athlete of the Year … competed on volleyball and cross country teams … received all-conference honors in volleyball three years. Personal: Daughter of Eric and Jill Aafedt … major is undecided … oldest of three children … born February 24, 1994.

ANDREA CHAVEZ Sophomore Distance Ogden, Utah St. Joseph’s HS

High School: Member of the four-time 1A Utah state champion cross country team … won the state cross country meet during her sophomore year … finished fifth at the state cross country meet … individual state champion in the 800m … ran anchor leg of the state champion 1600m relay team … earned second place at the state cross country meet during her junior season … earned Southwest conference honors in track and field … named 1A Female runner of the Year by Coaches Association in Utah track and field. Personal: Daughter of Javier and Amada Chavez … undecided on major … hobbies include reading and spending time with family … born August 23, 1992.

MEGAN COMBE RS-Sophomore Distance Salt Lake City, Utah Skyline HS

2012 Cross Country: Placed 103rd at the Pac-12 Championships … finished 29th at the Nevada Twilight with a four-kilometer time of 16:17 … earned 43rd at the Utah State Open with a time of 20:01.61 (five kilometers) … honorable mention all-academic Pac-12. 2012 Outdoor Track: Did not compete.

2012 Cross Country: Finished 66th at the Pac-12 Championships … earned fifth for the Utes and 84th overall at the NCAA Regional Championships … crossed the line eighth at the Montana State Bobcat Invitational.

2012 Indoor Track: Did not compete.

2012 Outdoor Track: Qualified for the NCAA First Round where she finished 48th in the 800m with a time of 2:13.69 … captured 15th place at the Pac-12 Conference Championships in the 800m, clocking a time of 2:11.58 … finished first with a personal-best time of 2:06.96 in the 800m at the Utah Spring Classic.

2011 Indoor Track: Medical redshirt.

2012 Indoor Track: Earned 14th place at the MPSF Championships in the mile with a time of 4:47 … finished second in the mile in her first collegiate race with a time of 4:52.55 at the Boise State Open … clocked a third-place time of 2:14.76 in the 800m for third at the Mountain States Games. 2011 Cross Country: Redshirt.

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2011 Cross Country: Medical redshirt. 2011 Outdoor Track: Medical redshirt.

2010 Cross Country: Set a season-best 5K time of 21:42 (12th place) at the Nevada-Reno meet … finished with a six-kilometer time of 23:01.7 at the NCAA Pre-National meet … completed the 6K NCAA Region Championships course in 23:05.2 … earned Academic All-Mountain West Conference honors … received Academic All-MWC accolades. 2010 Outdoor Track: Finished first overall and set a new 800m personal-best time of 2:13.37 at the Mark Faldmo Invitational … clocked a personal-best 4:39.82 (fourth overall) in the 1500m at the Robison Invitational … earned 12th place at BYU Invitational in the 800m (2:19.02).

2010 Indoor Track: At Iowa State Classic, set a then-personal-best time in the 800m event with a time of 2:21.42 … finished sixth overall in the 800m at the Montana State Games (2:24.10) … in the preliminary round at the MWC Indoor Championships, she clocked a season-best time of 2:20.70. 2009 Cross Country: Finished 23rd at the Utah State Open (3 mi.) after completing course with a time of 18:31.7 … competed at the Bob Firman Invitational (5k) for a time of 19:21.75 and 27th place … placed 20th with a time of 21:34 at the WAC Preview Invitational (5k) … participated at MWC Championships (6k) for a time of 23.49.4 and a 43rd-place finish … earned academic MWC honors. High School: Personal bests include the 1600m in 5:13, 800m in 2:16, 400m in 58 seconds … set a career high in the 5000m as a senior with a time of 19:25 … lettered four years in cross country and three years in track and field … team captain for cross country and track and field during the 2008-09 season … member of the cross country varsity team (9th-12th grade) and varsity track team (10th-12th grade). Personal: Daughter of John and Laura Combe … majoring in mass communications … hobbies include hiking and traveling … born January 10, 1991.

2011 Outdoor Track: Did not compete 2011 Indoor Track: Set personal-best 3000m altitude-adjusted time of 10:41.12 at Mountain States Games … clocked a lifetime-best mile time of 5:06.17 at the Flotrack Husky Classic … finished second overall in the 800m at the Wildcat Tune-Up (2:21.02) … capped season off with a 28th-place finish in the 3000m race at the MWC Indoor Championships … received MWC All-Conference honors. 2010 Cross Country: Set a new personal-record time of 22:55.8 (6K) at the NCAA Region Championships … finished 19th (17:49.7) in first-ever collegiate cross country race … crossed the finish line with at time of 24:31.4 (50th) at the MWC Championships. 2010 Outdoor Track: Finished sixth overall in the 800m (2:18.64) at the Weber Twilight … set an outdoor personal-record time of 2:17.94 (800m) at the Mark Faldo Invitational … posted a time of 2:19.79 at Robison Invitational … clocked a personal-best 400m time of 59.66 at the BYU Invitational. 2010 Indoor Track: In the 800m event, posted a season-best time of 2:17.82 at the MWC Indoor Championships … at Iowa State Classic, clocked a 2:18.75 that earned her 33rd overall … recorded a seasonbest 400-meter time of 1:00.14 (fourth place) at Mountain State Games. High School: Won individual 2008 state championship in 800m event … member of the 2007 women’s state championship team … member of all-city team for soccer … personal bests include 2:13 (800m), 5:07 (1600m), and 56.7 (400m) … played on soccer team for four years.

NIKKI DOTTER Junior Distance East Wenatchee, Wash. Eastmont HS

2012 Cross Country: Finished 57th at the five-kilometer Utah State Open with a time of 21:31 … earned 76th at the three mile Montana State Bobcat Invitational with a time of 20:08. 2012 Outdoor Track: Redshirt. 2012 Indoor Track: Finished seventh with a season-best 800m time of 2:25.08 at the Mountain States Games … earned 20th in the mile with a time of 5:26.91 at Boise State Open. 2011 Cross Country: Clocked a season-best five-kilometer time of 20:04.6 for 37th place at BYU Autumn Classic … finished 29th at UNLV Invitational with a time of 20:11 … season-best 17th-place finish at Nevada Twilight with a time of 16:04.

Personal: Daughter of Ed and Carolyn Dotter … born September 7, 1990 … majoring in pre-elementary education … second of four children.

ALEXANDRA EISENBEISS Sophomore Sprints/Middle Distance Boise, Idaho Bishop Kelly High School

2012 Outdoor Track: Finished 16th at the Pac-12 Conference Championships with an 800m time of 2:11.93 … crossed the line second at the Arizona State Invitational, posting a time of 2:10.58 … clocked a season-best 400m time of 55.99 seconds for fourth at the UVU Open.

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2012 Indoor Track: Finished second in her first collegiate race at the Boise State Open clocking a 2:12.04 800m … member of 4x400m relay that broke school record time with a time of 3:45.27 at the MPSF Championships, finishing seventh … earned 11th at the MPSF Championships with a season-best 800m time of 2:10.59.

2010 Cross Country: Finished ninth place (21:13) at the NevadaReno meet … season-best (6K) performance at NCAA Pre-National meet with a time of 23:21.4 … posted a 33rd-place finish in her first collegiate race at Utah State Open … clocked a time of 23:40.6 at NCAA Region Championships.

High School: Five-time state champion (4x400 twice, 400m twice, and sprint medley relay) … holds three state record times: 400m (56.59), 4x400m relay (3:59.76), and sprint medley (1:47.81) … owns four school records and four invitational records … competed on threetime state championship soccer team … member of the National Honor Society.

High School: Three-time all-state cross country selection … six-time all-state track and field honoree … high school team won state championship freshman and senior years … member of 2006 team that competed at Nike Team Nationals … lettered all four years in track and cross country … personal bests include: 18:01 (3 mi.), 2:18 (800m), 5:17 ( 1 mi.), 11:33 (3200m), and 36:23 (10k) … member of National Honors Society and Environmental Club … graduated with academic honors.

Personal: Daughter of Michael Eisenbeiss and Laurie Nolan … majoring in pre-mechanical engineering … born November 16, 1992.

AURALEA FAIN Junior Distance Billings, Mont. Billings Senior HS

2012 Cross Country: Redshirt. 2012 Outdoor Track: Placed 10th in the 5000m, earning a time of 17:45.52, at the Arizona State Invitational … finished seventh with a time of 36:20.51 in the 10000m race at Mt. Sac Relays. 2012 Indoor Track: Earned sixth place in her season debut at the Boise State Open, clocking a 3000m time of 10:34.23 … crossed the line 12th in the 3000m with a time of 10:32.80 at the Mountain States Games. 2011 Cross Country: Finished 34th at Utah State Open … returned from a foot injury to finish 17th at UNLV Invitational … earned 96th at Pac-12 Conference Championships. 2011 Outdoor Track: At the Arizona State Invitational, she finished 15th in the 5000m with a time of 18:21.14 … clocked a 10K time of 37:30.09 at Mt. Sac Relays … earned 16th at MWC Outdoor Championships in the 10K race with a time of 41:16.25. 2011 Indoor Track: Finished seventh overall in the 3000m with a time of 10:48.81 at the Mountain States Games … clocked a 5000m time of 17:49.91 at the Flotrack Husky Classic, which is the 11th best time in school history … earned 17th place at the MWC Indoor Championships in the 5000m.

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Personal: Daughter of Bruce and Patty Fain ... has four siblings … majoring in exercise sport science … intends to become a Physician’s Assistant … hobbies include rock climbing, hiking, singing and slack lining … born September 12, 1991.

CANDUS AIELLO FORD Senior Throws Riverton, Utah Riverton HS

2012 Outdoor Track: Finished eighth in the shot put at the Pac-12 Conference Championships with a mark of 45-8.50 feet … won event title in the shot put at the UVU Open with a throw of 46-11.00 feet … set a new personal record in the discus with a mark of 147-02 feet, finishing third at the Weber State Twilight … named to First Team Pac12 All-Academic. 2012 Indoor Track: Posted a season high mark of 47-1.75 feet in the shot put earning second at the Wildcat Open … finished seventh at the MPSF Championships with a throw of 46-10.25 … named to MPSF AllAcademic team. 2011 Outdoor Track: Finished ninth in the discus at Mountain West Conference Championships with a throw of 140-07 … threw discus season-best mark of 143-08 (10th place) at Steve Scott Invitational … earned 13th in the shot put at Mt. Sac Relays with a personal-record throw of 46-2.75.

2011 Indoor Track: Earned fourth at the MWC Championships in shot put with a personal-best throw of 47-1.75 feet … finished second in the shot put with mark of 44-3.0 at BYU Invitational … posted a season-best weight throw mark of 46-3.25, which earned 11th place at Wildcat Tune-Up.

KAYLA GOODWIN RS-Freshman Javelin West Jordan, Utah Copper Hills HS

2010 Outdoor Track: Redshirt. 2010 Indoor Track: Redshirt. 2009 Outdoor Track: At the MWC Championships, had a 123-11 effort in the discus for 22nd place overall … had a toss of 38-3.5 in the shot put at the Robison Invitational to finish 12th overall … competed in the shot put at the Mark Faldmo Invite for a mark of 39-9.25 (sixth place) … had a 143-0.5 mark in the discus (fifth place) at the Mesa Community College Classic for a new PR … also set a new PR in the shot put at Mesa Classic with a toss of 41-0.25 (7th overall) … earned MWC Scholar-Athlete Award. 2009 Indoor Track: Had a 36-2.75 effort in the shot put at the Wildcat Tune-Up … set a new PR in the weight throw at the Mountain State Games with a toss of 38-3.5 … at the Bronco Invitational, had a 10thplace finish with a mark of 43-9.25 in the weight throw … earned ninth place overall in the shot put with at the Wilson Motor Open at Utah State with a 36-9.75 toss in the shot put. High School: 2008 State and Regional Champion in shot put and discus … earned all-state in discus twice … all-state in shot put … high school team earned three region titles … lettered all three years … placed fifth in discuss and hammer at the Great Southwest Classic … participated in throwing, lifting, swimming, and shooting ... graduated in the top 10 percent of class with an enhanced diploma for citizenship … was on Riverton HS Honor Roll every quarter … earned Physical Education Student of the Month. Personal: Daughter of Patricia Reef and Mark Wagner …married to Troy Ford … majoring in exercise and sport science with an emphasis in exercise physiology … would like to work as an orthopedic surgeon … born June 6, 1990.

2012 Outdoor Track: Redshirt. 2012 Indoor Track: Redshirt. High School: 2011 runner-up in the javelin at the Utah State Championships … earned three letters in track and field … personal bests include:123-0 feet in the javelin and shot put 34-0 feet in the shot put … competed on basketball team as a forward and was voted most improved player after her senior year … earned honor roll. Personal: Daughter of Les and Anna Goodwin … has one younger sister … majoring in civil engineering … enjoys camping, boating, and drawing … born November 18, 1992.

KAILEY HANSEN Freshman Jumps Bluffdale, Utah Herriman HS

High School: Won back-to-back region championship in the high jump … finished third (junior season) and second (senior season) at the state championship meet … earned all-state accolades two consecutive years … recorded a personal-best high jump mark of 5 feet 7 inches at the UVU Invitational … member of school’s cheerleading team. Personal: Daughter of Mark and Gina Hansen … born January 28, 1994 … third of five children … undecided on major.

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JAMEELA HAYES

DESTANAE HOWERTON-DAVIS

Freshman Sprints West Jordan, Utah West Jordan HS

Junior Throws Las Vegas, Nev. Canyon Springs HS

High School: State champion in the 4x100m relay … finished 10th in the 100m with a time of 12.4 seconds at the state championships … lettered three consecutive years … graduated with an advanced diploma in health and recreation and sports academy pathway. Personal: Daughter of Kathy Hayes … majoring in communications … would like to pursue a career as a small animal veterinarian … enjoys running, yoga and pilates … born September 27, 1994.

AOIFE HICKEY RS-Sophomore Throws Kilkenny, Ireland Loreto HS

2012 Outdoor Track: Redshirt. 2012 Indoor Track: Redshirt. High School: Represented Ireland at the European Junior Championships … two-time junior national champion in the hammer throw … three-time high school national champion … represented Ireland at every level in both hammer and shot put up to and including senior international competition … earned athlete of the year honors … voted sports captain by teachers and fellow students … best marks include: hammer throw (185-2) and shot put (42-0). Personal: Daughter of Liam and Carmel Hickey … has one younger brother, Andrew, who plays soccer for Montverde Academy … majoring in psychology … enjoys spending time with friends at home in Ireland … born April 7, 1991.

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2012 Outdoor Track: Qualified for the NCAA First/Second Rounds, finishing 32nd with discus throw of 155-07 feet … earned eighth at the Pac-12 Conference Championships in the discus, breaking her personal-best throw by over seven feet with a mark of 161-2 feet … first place at BYU Invitational in shot put (48-2.50 feet) and discus (156-2.50 feet) setting personal records in both … Pac-12 Honorable Mention All-Academic … named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team. 2012 Indoor Track: Finished first with a personal-record throw of 471.25 feet in the shot put at the BYU Invitational … earned 14th in the shot put at the MPSF Championships with a mark of 42-4.75 … set a personal-record in the weight throw with a toss of 52-10.75 for third at the BYU Invitational … named to MPSF All-Academic team. 2011 Outdoor Track: Finished seventh in the discus throw with a mark of 146-02 at the Mountain West Conference Outdoor Championships … earned 16th (42-4.75) in the shot put and 23rd (141-02) in the hammer throw at the MWC Outdoor Championships … posted third place finishes in the shot put (45-2.50) and discus throw (138-10.25) at the BYU Twilight. 2011 Indoor Track: Earned fifth place in both the shot put (43-9.25) and weight throw (52-1.25) at the Mountain States Games … finished 17th in the shot put with a throw of 43-0.50 and 19th in the weight throw with a mark of 50-1.25 at the MWC Indoor Championships … posted a season-best in the weight throw with a mark of 52-4.50 (11th place) at the Cherry and Silver Invitational. High School: Participated on track and field, volleyball, and basketball teams … four-year thrower MVP… career-best shot put mark of 4111, and discuss mark of 141-11 … member of Vegas Valley club team … received Coach’s award in volleyball … earned advanced diploma, principle’s award and athlete of the year awards. Personal: Daughter of Chancellor and Karren Davis … born December 19, 1992 … hobbies include singing in the church choir, reading, throwing, and acting … three younger siblings … majoring in exercise and sports science.

SUSANNAH HURST

LANGLEY IVERSON

Sophomore Distance Salt Lake City, Utah East HS

RS Senior Jumps Reno, Nev. Galena HS

2012 Cross Country: Finished 29th at the NCAA Regional Championships with a six-kilometer time of 21:23.8 … earned 28th at the Pac-12 Championships, finishing the course in a time of 21:06 … placed 10th at the Stanford Invitational with a time of 21:14 … posted a fourth-place finish at the Utah State Open clocking a five-kilometer time of 17:51.72 … honorable mention all-academic Pac-12. 2012 Outdoor Track: Fifth place in the 5000m at the U.S Track and Field Junior Outdoor Championships, clocking a time of 17:28.56 … 36th at the NCAA First and Second Round meet with a 5000m time of 16:45.63 … finished second in the 1500m with a time of 4:48.17 at the Wildcat Invitational … earned USTFCCCA All-Academic status. 2012 Indoor Track: Finished sixth in the 5000m at the MPSF Championships with a season-best time of 16:45.43 … earned 22nd in the 3000m at the MPSF Championships finishing in a personal-record time of 9:44.01 … collected a first-place finish in the 5000m at the Husky Invitational with a time of 16:52.87. 2011 Cross Country: In first collegiate race, finished second overall at Utah State Open … third-place time of 15:07 at Nevada Twilight … second overall and first collegiate athlete at UNLV Invitational with a time of 18:23 … 45th at Pac-12 Championships … finished fifth for the Utes and 80th overall at NCAA Mountain Region Championships. High School: Four-time state qualifier in track and cross country … placed fourth in the 1600m and fifth in the 3200m her junior season at the 4A State Championships … won region cross country championship and placed third at state championships … made the Footlocker All-West Second Team and finished 22nd overall at the national meet … broke the indoor state record in the 3200m with a time of 11:01 … won state championships in the 1600m in 4:54, and 3200m during her senior season … earned the performance of the year award in track … won the 3200m at the Great Southwest track meet after her high school season ended. Personal: Daughter of JoAnn and Wendell Hurst … born July 27, 1993 … has two older brothers and one younger sister … majoring in exercise science.

2012 Outdoor Track: Redshirt. 2012 Indoor Track: Redshirt. 2011 Outdoor Track: Earned third place at Mountain West Conference Outdoor Championships with a high jump mark of 5-9.75 … finished third at Drake Relays with jump of 5-10.0 … posted a ninth-place finish with jump of 5-7.0 in the Olympic Development flight at Mt. Sac Relays … finished among the top-three of the high jump in five of seven meets … earned All-MWC honors. 2011 Indoor Track: Earned Honorable Mention All-American Honors … received MWC All-Conference team honors … recorded the second best high jump mark in school history with 6-0.75 at the Cherry and Silver Invitational … earned track and field MWC Athlete of the Week honors for performance at Cherry and Silver Invitational … earned second place at MWC Indoor Championships in the high jump, tying her career best jump of 6-0.75 … qualified for the NCAA Indoor Championships and finished 17th place with a jump of 5-7 … finished in the top two spots of the high jump in six out of seven meets throughout the season. 2010 Outdoor Track: Posted a personal-best and finished third at the MWC Outdoor Championships in the high jump with a mark of 5-9.25 … finished first overall with a jump of 5-9.25 at the BYU Invitational … earned first place at the Utah Spring Classic with a jump of 5-7 … earned All-MWC Team honors. 2010 Indoor Track: Finished second overall at the MWC Indoor Championships in the high jump with a mark of 5-8.75 … set a personal-best mark of 5-9.75 at the Wildcat Tune-Up … earned first place at the Mountain States Games with a jump of 5-8.0. 2009 Outdoor Track: Competed in the high jump at USATF Junior Championships … tied for 14th place at the NCAA West Regional Meet in the high jump after clearing a 5-7 height … won outright at MWC Championships in the high jump after clearing 5-8.75 for a regional qualifying mark … won the high jump at the Utah Twilight … cleared a 5-7 height at the Sun Angel Classic for eighth place overall ... earned All-MWC honors.

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2009 Indoor Track: At the MWC Championships, earned fourth place overall in the high jump after clearing a height of 5-7 … high jump champion at the Wild-Cat Tune Up (5-7) … won the high jump event at the Mountain State Games with a clearance of 5-6 … cleared a height of 5-7.75 at the Bronco Invitational for first place in the high jump … at the Utah State Invitational, earned second place overall after a 5-6 effort.

on the school-record setting distance medley relay at Alex Wilson Invitational … earned ninth place in the 400m with a season-best time of 56.29 at the MWC Indoor Championships … finished second in the 400m at the Bronco Open clocking a time of 56.56.

High School: Four-time regional and state champion … four-time first team all-region … aided team to two region and state championship titles … personal-best high jump is 5-8 … also a member of high school basketball team … McDonald’s All-American nominee … basketball team named regional champions … captain of both track and basketball teams … three-time first team all-league, three-time first team all-region, and two-time all-state in basketball.

2010 Indoor Track: Established a personal record time of 25.27 in the 200m at the Mountain States Games … earned a time of 41.11 (300m) and first place in her first collegiate race at the BYU Invitation … finished 10th out of 40 athletes at the Bengal Shoot Out in the 200m event … member of 4x400m relay team that place third at MWC Indoor Championships with a time of 3:45.35 (best time in school history) … ran the 400m leg of distance medley relay team that set a school record time of 11:13.77 at NCAA Last Chance Qualifier.

Personal: Daughter of MaryAnn and Tim Iverson … earned a degree in exercise and sport science with a minor in business … pursuing a second degree in sociology … born on April 18, 1990.

ALYSSA JOHNSON

2010 Outdoor Track: Medical redshirt.

High School: Current personal-bests include 55.14 in the 400m run and a time of 39.94 in the 300m, which broke the Manitoba Provincial record … was a gold medalist at the 2009 Canadian Juniors in P.E.1 … was a semifinalist in the 400m run in 2008 at the IAAF World Youth Championships in Poland and a fourth-place finisher at the Commonwealth Youth Games … won the gold medal in 2007 in the women’s 400m run at the Western Canada Summer Games and also represented Canada at the IAAF World Youth Championships in Ostrava, Czech Republic. Personal: Daughter of Audrey and Michael Johnson … majoring in communications … born May 26, 1991.

RS-Junior Sprints Winnipeg, M.B., Canada Sisler HS

2012 Outdoor Track: Earned 15th in the 400m hurdles at the Pac12 Conference Championships with a time of 1:01.25 … won 400m hurdles title with a time of 1:01.21 at the UVU Open … finished eighth in the 400m at the Arizona State Invitational with a time of 57.40 seconds. 2012 Indoor Track: Finished sixth in the 400m at the Boise State Open, clocking a time of 57.46 seconds. 2011 Outdoor Track: Clocked a 56.57 in the 400m to earn 11th place at the Mountain West Conference Outdoor Championships … finished second in the 400m hurdles with a time of 1:03.02 at the UVU Invitational … earned 25th in the 200m clocking a time of 25.76 at Arizona State Invitational. 2011 Indoor Track: Finished in the top 10 of every race competed in during the season … posted a fourth-place finish in the 200m with a season-best time of 25.39 at the Mountain States Games … ran the 400m segment a clocked a personal-best split time of 54.2 seconds

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STEPHANIE JOLLEY RS-Junior Hurdles Centerville, Utah Viewmont HS

2012 Outdoor Track: Clocked a career-best 58.73 seconds in the 400m hurdles during the preliminary round of the Pac-12 Conference Championships, and went on to finish seventh in the final round … qualified for the NCAA Championships, finishing 35th overall in the 400m hurdles … finished first in the 400m at the Wildcat Invitational, posting a personal-best time of 55.52 seconds … named to Second Team Pac-12 All-Academic … named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team.

2012 Indoor Track: Finished seventh in the 400m with a time of 58.10 seconds at the Boise State Open … posted a personal-record time of 57.58 seconds, finishing 26th at the MPSF Championships. 2011 Outdoor Track: Earned 12th place in the 400m hurdles at the Mountain West Conference Outdoor Championships with a time of 1:03.32 … finished 11th in the 400m with a time of 58.70 at the Mark Faldmo Invitational … captured the sixth spot in the 400m hurdles with a time of 1:03.73 at BYU Twilight. 2011 Indoor Track: Finished eighth in the 300m with a time of 42.75 at the BYU Invitational … clocked a personal-record 400m time of 59.79 at the Bronco Open … earned fifth place in the open 400m with a time of 1:00.55 at the Mountain States Games. 2010 Outdoor Track: Season-best 400m time of 1:00.78 at the Willie Williams Invitational … finished third at the Utah Spring Classic with a personal-best time of 1:03.70 in the 400m hurdles … claimed second place in the 400m hurdles (1:04.09) at the Mark Faldmo Invitational ... placed fifth at the Robison Invitational with a time of 1:03.75 in the 400m hurdles … earned MWC Scholar Athlete Award and Academic All-MWC honors. 2010 Indoor Track: Redshirt. High School: A member of Viewmont High School’s track and field team, where she currently holds two school records ... in 2007, named Class 5A Utah State Champion in the 300m hurdles and was runner-up in the 100m hurdles … in 2008, placed second in the state championship in the 100m hurdles and placed fourth overall in the 300m hurdles ... personal-bests include 14.67 in the 100m hurdles and 44.08 in the 300m hurdles … graduated high school with a 4.0 GPA. Personal: Daughter of Robert and Annina Muelleck … has four siblings … married to Jordan Jolley … enjoys playing the piano, dance, and cooking … majoring in occupational therapy, M.S. … born November 1, 1990.

ANGELA KAPLAR Senior Hurdles Alpine, Utah Lone Peak HS

13.81 seconds … won event title at Utah Spring Classic with time of 13.81 seconds … finished 13th at Pac-12 Conference Championships, clocking a time of 14.06 seconds … Pac-12 Honorable Mention AllAcademic … named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team. 2012 Indoor Track: Finished 12th in the 60m hurdles at the MPSF Championships, clocking a season-best 8.68 seconds … earned second place at the Mountain States Games with a time of 8.82 seconds … won the 55m hurdle title at the Wildcat Open with a time of 8.01 seconds … named to MPSF All-Academic team. 2011 Outdoor Track: Broke the 100m hurdles school record twice and set new record time of 13.61 at BYU Twilight … finished 42nd in 100m hurdles at NCAA Regional Championships with time of 14.24 … earned second place at the Mountain West Conference Outdoor Championships with time of 13.71 … finished in the top two spots at six of nine races throughout the season … named to the USTFCCCA’s All-Academic Team … earned All-MWC honors. 2011 Indoor Track: Placed sixth in the 60m hurdles at the MWC Indoor Championships … clocked a season-best 60m hurdles time of 8.56 for fifth place at the Flo Track Husky Classic … set a 55m hurdles personalrecord time of 7.99 in the preliminary round at the Wildcat Tune-Up … finished in the top two spots in five meets throughout the season … set the indoor school record for both the 55m and 60m hurdles. 2010 Outdoor Track: Established a personal-record 25.79 (eighth overall) in the 200m at the Mark Faldmo Invitational … finished fifth at the MWC Outdoor Championships in the 100m hurdles with a time of 14.17 … clocked a personal-best time of 13.90 in the 100m hurdles at the Utah Spring Classic … competed in the 200m and 100m hurdle events throughout the season. 2010 Indoor Track: Finished fifth overall in 60m hurdles at BYU Invitational with a time of 9.05 … tied her person best (8.75) in the 60m hurdles to earn second place at the Mountain States Games … set a season-best time in the 200m with 26.18 at the Mountain States Games. High School: A three-time Class 5A Utah State Champion in the 100m hurdles … currently holds the 5A record in Utah for the 100m hurdles with a time of 14.35 … member of Lone Peak High School’s 4x400m relay team that placed third at the state championships in 2008 … a member of the Honor Roll all three years of high school. Personal: Daughter of Brian and Janet Kaplar ... sisters Chelsey Cutler, Jennifer Cutrer and brother-in-law Dustin Cutrer were all members of the Utah track team … majoring in health promotion and education consumer emphasis ... enjoys spending time in the mountains … born May 25, 1991.

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CHARLOTTE KUZMINSKY Freshman Distance San Diego, Calif. Crest Canyon Academy

2012 Cross Country: Finished 102nd at the Pac-12 Championships, clocking a six-kilometer time of 23:55 … earned 12th at the Nevada Twilight … crossed the line 16th at the Montana State Bobcat Invitational with a three-mile time of 18:10. High School: Competed on the track and field and cross country teams … president of the classic film club… lettered all four seasons … finished third at the CIF state meet as a junior with a personal-best time of 2:09.11 and 11th her senior season. Personal: Daughter of Larry and Anne Kuzminsky … undeclared major … has one older and one younger brother.

(fifth place) at Robison Invitational … season-best 200m time of 25.66 at UVU Invitational. 2011 Indoor Track: Finished 11th in the 400m with a time of 56.84 at the MWC Indoor Championships … clocked a season-best 400m time of 58.16 at the Flo Track Husky Classic … completed personal-record 200m time of 25.84 at Mountain States Games. 2010 Outdoor Track: Posted a personal-best 400m time of 55.79 (seventh place) at the MWC Outdoor Championships … set a seasonbest 200m time of 25.15 at the Mark Faldmo Invitational … earned All-MWC Team honors as member of 4x400m relay team … competed at the USA Jr. Championships in the 400m event. 2010 Indoor Track: In first collegiate race at the BYU Invitational, she finished the 300m ninth overall with a time of 42.22 … clocked a 58.60 (eighth overall) in the 400m dash at the Bronco Invite … ran 57.84 in the 400m (fourth place) at the Mountain States Games … member of 4x400 relay that finished third at MWC Indoor Championships with a time of 3:45.35. High School: Was a member of West High’s volleyball, basketball, and track teams (100m, 200m, 400m, relays) … personal-bests include: 12.5 in the 100m dash, 25.01 in the 200m dash, and 57.1 in the 400m dash. Personal: Daughter of Brian and Kari McKay … majoring in social work … born March 16, 1991.

LAURYN MCKAY Senior Sprints Billings, Mont. West HS

2012 Outdoor Track: Finished 20th at the Pac-12 Conference Championships with a 400m time of 56.17 seconds … clocked a personal-record time of 56.00 seconds in a second-place performance at the Weber State Twilight. 2012 Indoor Track: Member of 4x400m relay that broke school record with a time of 3:45.27 at the MPSF Championships, finishing seventh … ran the 400m leg of the distance medley relay that set a school record time of 11:05.78, earning third at the Alex Wilson Invitational … set a personal-record and finished 16th at the MPSF Championships, clocking a 400m time of 56.37 seconds … finished 11th at the NCAA Last Chance Qualifier with a time of 56.55 seconds. 2011 Outdoor Track: Twelfth-place finisher in the 400m at Mountain West Conference Outdoor Championships … ran a 56.91 400m time

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KAYLA MCMURRAY Junior Hurdles Soda Springs, Idaho Soda Springs HS

2012 Outdoor Track: Finished third at the Mark Faldmo Invitational in the 400m, clocking a time of 1:02.90 … recorded a fifth-place performance at the Robison Invitational with a time of 1:02.75 … Pac12 Honorable Mention All-Academic. 2012 Indoor Track: Posted a personal-record 200m time of 26.00 seconds for fifth at the Mountain States Games … finished 18th in the 400m at the Boise State Open, with a personal-best time of 1:00.90 … named to MPSF All-Academic team.

2011 Outdoor Track: Earned 13th place in 400m hurdles with a personal-record time of 1:04.00 at the Mountain West Conference Outdoor Championships … in season debut, finished third with a 400m hurdle time of 1:04.17 at the UVU Invitational. 2011 Indoor Track: Clocked personal-record 400m time of 1:00.65 in the open race at Mountain States Games … finished 11th in the 300m with a time of 44.39 at BYU Invitational. High School: Won state titles in the medley and 300m hurdles … finished third at state meet in the 100m hurdle event … member of second-place 4x400m relay team at state meet … earned 16 state medals and five school records … played on basketball and volleyball teams … valedictorian and member of National Honor Society … lettered four years in track and field. Personal: Daughter of Jess and Robin McMurray … born November 23, 1991 … hobbies include horseback riding, backpacking, and dirt biking … has two siblings Jordan and James … majoring in exercise science.

KENDAHL MELVIN RS Sophomore Sprints/Multiple Boise, Idaho Bishop Kelly HS

2012 Outdoor Track: Redshirt. 2012 Indoor Track: Redshirt. 2011 Outdoor Track: Finished ninth in the 800m with a time of 2:27.54 at UVU Invitational … ran season-best time of 2:22.60 for seventh place at Robison Invitational … clocked a time of 2:23.68 to finish 11th at BYU Twilight. 2011 Indoor Track: Clocked a career-best altitude adjusted 800m time of 2:27.42 at BYU Invitational … finished fourth in the 800m at Wildcat Tune-Up with a time of 2:25.06 … received MWC All-Conference team honors. High School: Member of 4x400 meter state championship relay … competed in the 4x100m, 4x200m, medley, 400m, and 800m events … team captain as a senior … posted a 400m personal-best time of 58.9 … four year letterwinner in track and field, also competed on swim and soccer teams … earned academic awards for excellence in Theology and English … four year honor roll student.

Personal: Daughter of Daniel and Joan Melvin … born March 13, 1992 … hobbies include soccer, reading, hiking, and outdoors activities … younger brother Ryan … majoring in political science and international studies.

AMANDA MERGAERT Senior Distance Shelby Township, Mich. Utica HS

2012 Cross Country: Qualified for her third consecutive NCAA Championships and finished 14th, becoming the first Utah cross country athlete to earn All-American honors in 25 years … earned allregion accolades by finishing fourth at the NCAA Mountain Regional Championships … first Utah cross country athlete to be named first team All-Pac-12 for sixth-place performance at Pac-12 Championships … finished third at the Stanford Invitational … honorable mention allacademic Pac-12. 2012 Outdoor Track: Placed 14th in the 1500m, clocking a personalrecord time of 4:13.63 at the NCAA Championships … earned seventh place at the Pac-12 Conference Championships, clocking a 1500m time of 4:22.88 … captured first place in the 800m at the Arizona State Invitational with a time of 2:10.11 … finished seventh in the 1500m at the NCAA first and second round meet with a time of 4:19.23 … Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention. 2012 Indoor Track: Won the title in the mile race at the MPSF Championships, setting a school record with a time of 4:39.29 … ran the 1600m leg of the distance medley relay that set a school record time of 11:05.78, earning third at the Alex Wilson Invitational … earned 12th in the mile at the NCAA Last Chance Qualifier recording a time of 4:44.27 … named to MPSF All-Academic Team. 2011 Cross Country: Earned 84th at the NCAA Cross Country Championships, clocking a six-kilometer time of 20:53.6 … finished ninth at NCAA Mountain Region Championships, which qualified for the NCAA Championships as an automatic individual qualifier … received All-Region accolades from the USTFCCCA … named to Pac-12 Second Team … started off the season at Stanford Invitational, where she finished fourth overall with a time of 20:27 … finished fourth at six-kilometer Chile Pepper Invitational with a personal-record time of 20:19.5 … was the first Utah athlete to finish and 10th overall finisher at Pac-12 Championships … received Pac-12 Honorable Mention AllAcademic Honors.

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2011 Outdoor Track: Named to the All-American Second Team by the USTFCCCA … named the USTFCCCA Mountain Region Women’s Track Athlete of the Year … finished fifth in the 800m with a time of 2:08.06 at the Stanford Invitational … earned seventh overall in the 1500m with a lifetime-best performance of 4:23.51 at the Mt. Sac Relays … clocked a personal-record 800m time of 2:07.38 for first place at the Brutus Hamilton Invitational … ran 1200m leg of distance medley relay that set a then-school-record time of 11:17.09 to earn school’s first ever relay champion at Drake Relays … finished third in the 1500m at the MWC Outdoor Championships … clocked a school-record 1500m time of 4:16.57 to finish first place at the NCAA Regional Championships … concluded season with 14th-place finish at the NCAA Championships in the 1500m race … named to the USTFCCCA’s All-Academic Team … earned All-MWC honors. 2011 Indoor Track: Broke the school-record mile time in season debut with a time of 4:46.40 at the New Mexico Invitational … at Bronco Open, set a personal-best 800m time of 2:08.78, which earned first place … finished second in the mile at the MWC Indoor Championships with a time of 4:52.00 … broke her own school record for the third time in the mile with a clocking of 4:44.00 at the Alex Wilson Invitational … posted a lifetime-best 1600m split of 4:40.7 on the then-school-record setting distance medley relay team. … received MWC All-Conference team honors. 2010 Cross Country: Finished 45th with a time of 20:56 at the NCAA Championships, which was five places shy of All-American honors … posted personal-record and a ninth-place finish (20:45.2) at the NCAA Mountain Region Championships … earned All-Region recognition from the USTFCCCA … finished first for Utah in every meet she competed in during the season … in season debut, finished 18th overall (21:19) at the 6K Stanford Invitational … earned first career MWC Athlete of the Week honors for performance at Stanford Invitational … finished first overall at Nevada-Reno meet with a time of 19:36 … received Academic All-MWC accolades. 2010 Outdoor Track: Earned sixth (2:09.82) in her 800m heat at the NCAA West Regional … at the Payton Jordan Carnival Invitational, set a season-record 800m time of 2:07.99 … posted a 4:30.19 (third place) at the Stanford invitational, her first time running the 1500m event … finished first place in the 800m (2:10.28) at the Willie Williams Classic … finished fifth in the final round of the 1,500m run with a time of 4:35.37 in the 2010 USA Outdoor Track and Field Junior Championships … earned Academic All-MWC honors. 2010 Indoor Track: Ran the 1200m leg (3:27) of distance medley relay that set a school record time (11:13.77) … finished second place and set a school record time of 4:51.21 in the mile run at the MWC Indoor Championships ... won conference title as a member of the distance medley relay that clocked a 11:38.59 (ranks second in MWC Championships history) … placed first overall in the mile at the Iowa State Classic with a time of 4:56.02 … set a personal-best time of 2:14.51 in the 800m for first place at the Mountain State Games … finished fifth at Bronco Invite in the mile run … ran the 1200m leg of distance medley relay team that set a then-school-record time of 11:13.77 at NCAA Last Chance Qualifier.

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2009 Cross Country: First Utah runner to finish in final four meets of 2009 season … earned academic all-conference honors … finished 13th with a time of 17:59.8 at the Utah State Open (3 mi.) … completed WAC Preview Invite (5K) third overall with a time of 20:17 … season-best 6K time at the Chile Pepper Invite with a time of 22:07.47 for 32nd place … finished NCAA Mountain Regional 57th with a time of 22:29.5. High School: Personal bests include 400m dash in 58 seconds and 800m run in 2:15 … earned third place in the 800m run at 2008 state track meet and fifth-place in 2009 … member of the National Honor Society, Key Club, and National Youth Leadership program … McDonald’s Scholar Athlete and Utica Academic Scholar. Personal: Daughter of Dan and Sharon Mergaert … majoring in physiology with a minor in chemistry … hobbies include biking, reading and traveling … born September 4, 1991.

LAUREN MILLS Sophomore Distance Aurora, Colo. Smoky Hill HS

2012 Cross Country: Crossed the line 106th at the NCAA Regional Championships … finished 93rd at the Pac-12 Championships … earned 21st at the Nevada Twilight … honorable mention all-academic Pac-12. 2012 Outdoor Track: Posted a season-best 5000m time of 19:01.10 for seventh at the Utah Spring Classic … earned seventh in the 1500m, clocking a time of 5:03.09 at the Mark Faldmo Invitational. 2012 Indoor Track: Competed in one race during the season at the Boise State Open where she finished 11th in the 3000m, posting a time of 10:56.47. 2011 Cross Country: Finished 25th at Utah State Open with a time of 18:20 … was the 14th finisher at UNLV Invitational … posted a 10thplace finish at Nevada Twilight … earned the 108th spot at Pac-12 Conference Championships.

High School: Earned first team all-city three straight years … qualified for state cross country meet four years … personal-best times include: 800m (2:22), 1600m (5:16), 3200m (11:34), and 5000m (18:44) … age-group winner at Mt. Evans Ascent in 2010 … earned AP Scholar, Faculty Scholarship Award, and honor roll accolades … academic allstate in track. Personal: Daughter of Bill and Lisa Mills … majoring in meteorology … hobbies include: playing the guitar, running, and singing … inspired by Bernard Lagat and Nick Symonds.

ALANNA NULPH Senior Throws Hoopa, Calif. Shasta College

2012 Outdoor Track: Earned 12th in the shot put at the Pac-12 Conference Championships with a throw of 42-7.50 feet … finished second at the UVU Open with a mark of 46-1.50 feet … captured sixth in the discus at the Robison Invitational, posting a season-best mark of 135-0.50 feet … Pac-12 Honorable Mention All-Academic. 2012 Indoor Track: Finished third at the Wildcat Open with a personalbest shot put mark of 47-5.00 feet … earned 12th at the MPSF Championships with a throw of 43-5.75 feet … finished second at the Boise State Open with a distance of 46-7.50 feet … named to MPSF AllAcademic team. 2011 Outdoor Track: Redshirt. 2011 Indoor Track: Set a personal-record shot put mark of 4610 to earn seventh place at Mountain West Conference Indoor Championships … posted a season-best weight throw mark of 45-0.25 in season debut at BYU Invitational … finished in the top-10 at seven of eight competitions either in the shot put or weight throw. Shasta College: Ranked fourth in the nation in junior college shot put with a mark of 45-0.25 in 2010 … was 10th in nation in junior college discus with distance of 147-7. High School: Attended Hoopa Valley High School … competed in throwing events on school track & field team and on the volleyball team … member of the Anime club and Native American club. Personal: Daughter of Robert Nulph and Jennifer George … born September 22, 1990 … hobbies include: fishing, listening to music, reading and watching Anime … majoring in political science.

AMANDA PAIS Senior Throws Taylorsville, Utah Taylorsville HS

2012 Outdoor Track: Finished eighth in the discus at the Weber State Twilight with a mark of 126-06 feet … earned 11th in the shot put with a season-best throw of 37-3.00 feet at the Mark Faldmo Invitational … Pac-12 Honorable Mention All-Academic. 2012 Indoor Track: Set a career-best weight throw mark of 45-7.75 feet for 15th at the Mountain States Games … finished seventh at the BYU Invitational with a throw of 42-4.75 feet … posted a 14th-place finish in the shot put with a mark of 38-2.25 feet at the Wildcat Open … named to MPSF All-Academic team. 2011 Outdoor Track: Finished 11th in the javelin with a season-best mark of 95-2.25 at BYU Twilight … top discus throw of 116-5.00 at Mark Faldmo Invitational … season-best hammer throw of 113-3 for 15th place at Robison Invitational. 2011 Indoor Track: Set a personal record in the shot put with a mark of 37-3.25 at BYU Invitational … earned 26th in the weight throw with a career-best toss of 41-7.25 at Mountain States Games … finished 22nd in the weight throw with a mark of 40-4.00 at Bronco Open. 2010 Outdoor Track: Set a personal-best mark of 37-1.75 in the shot put at the Mark Faldmo Invite … finished 11th at the BYU Invitational in the discus, with a personal-record mark of 124-7.25 … posted a career-best hammer throw mark of 113-5.5 at Robison Invitational … earned Academic All-MWC honors. 2010 Indoor Track: At the BYU Invitational earned 14th place in the weight throw with a mark of 38-8.5 and 15th in the shot put with a mark of 37-6 … posted a season-best weight throw mark of 40-11.0 at the Mountain States Games. High School: Was a regional champion in the discus, shot put, and javelin … earned third place in the discus at the Utah State Class 5A from 2008-2009 … was a member of Taylorsville High School’s track and field team and volleyball team … earned a diploma of merit, Sterling Scholar award and AP Scholar Award … volleyball team received academic all-region recognition … lettered all three years in both track and field and volleyball. Personal: Daughter of Selma Bastos and Mario Pais … majoring in linguistics with plans to attend medical school … born March 6, 1991.

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LISA PALOMAKI Sophomore Hurdles/Sprints Park City, Utah Park City HS

KLAUDIA ROKOSSA RS Senior Pole Vault Munster, Germany Annette-Von-Droste-Hulshoff Gymnasium

High School: Member of 2010 state champion track and field team … personal best times include: 200m (26.00), 300m hurdles (45.71), and 400m (56.86) … earned Coach’s award in 2009 and 2010 … team Most Valuable Player award in 2011 … competed on cross country, track, soccer, and basketball teams … member of National Honor Society.

Sophomore Distance Billings, Mont. West HS

2012 Cross Country: Finished 69th at the NCAA Mountain Regional Championships with a personal-record six-kilometer time of 22:20.8 … earned 79th at the Pac-12 Championships … finished 16th at the Utah State Open … named to Second-Team Pac-12 All-Academic. 2012 Outdoor Track: Redshirt. 2012 Indoor Track: Redshirt. 2011 Cross Country: Finished 105th at NCAA Mountain Region Championships with a time of 23:45.6 … finished 87th at Pac-12 Conference Championships … earned eighth at Utah State Open with a time of 17:56 … was the 11th overall finisher at BYU Autumn Classic with a time of 18:53 … claimed the 11th spot at UNLV Invitational.

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Personal: Daughter of David and Suzanne Rietz … born September 13, 1992 … exercise sports science major and pre-physical therapy … enjoys horseback riding, camping, crossfit, yoga, and skiing.

2012 Indoor Track: Finished 15th in the 400m at the Mountain States Games, clocking a time of 1:01.84.

NICOLE RIETZ

High School: Four-time state qualifier in cross country … finished fourth at the state cross country championships in junior and senior seasons … earned team’s MVP award three consecutive years … received all-state accolades 12 times (eight in track and four in cross country) … earned eight academic all-state awards … personal bests include: 400m (58.6 seconds), 800m (2:14), 1600m (5:03), 3200m (11:28), and three mile (18:01) … member of National Honor Society.

2012 Outdoor Track: Clocked a season-best 400m hurdles time of 1:05.61 for eighth at the UVU Open … finished 18th in the 400m at the Wildcat Invitational with a time of 59.65 seconds.

Personal: Daughter of Ted and Mickey Palomaki … has two siblings: Ross and Kya … majoring in exercise physiology … born April 6, 1993.

2012 Outdoor Track: Finished fourth in her only competition of the season, clearing the bar at 11-9.75 feet at the UVU Open. 2012 Indoor Track: Finished 11th in the pole vault at the MPSF Championships, clearing a career-high mark of 12-10.75 feet … earned second in section one of the Husky Invitational with a mark of 1210.25 feet. 2011 Outdoor Track: At Mt. Sac Relays, cleared mark of 12-3.50 in the pole vault to finish 13th overall … tied for sixth place with a mark of 12-0.75 at the Mountain West Conference Outdoor Championships. 2011 Indoor Track: At the MWC Indoor Championships, finished third place with a season-record pole vault mark of 12-10.25 … finished second place clearing the mark of 12-5.50 at Bronco Open … earned 10th place at Cherry and Silver Invitational. 2010 Outdoor Track: Redshirt. 2010 Indoor Track: Redshirt. 2009 Outdoor Track: At the MWC Championships, placed fourth in the pole vault after clearing 12-7.75 for a new PR, which is second on Utah’s all-time top 10 list … competed at the ASU Invitational for 13th place overall with an 11-7.75 effort … hit the 12-0 mark at the Mark Faldmo Invitational to earn second place overall. 2009 Indoor Track: Had a platform finish with a vault of 12-5.50 to land her in ninth overall … finished third overall at the Mountain State Games with a clearance of 12-6, which was a new PR … competed at the Bronco Invitational for third place overall after a 12-4 effort.

High School: In 2008, placed sixth in the pole vault at the German Championships … in 2006 and 2007 placed seventh at the German Championships … was a member of the LG Ratio Muenster track and field club team. Personal: Daughter of Eugen and Margarete Rokossa … majoring in communications with an emphasis on marketing, advertising and public relations … hobbies include drawing, swimming and dancing … born June 28, 1987.

2011 Indoor Track: Earned eighth place in the shot put at the MWC Indoor Championships with a throw of 46-0.50 … second-place performance in shot put at Wildcat Tune-Up … posted a seasonbest in weight throw at BYU Invitational with a mark of 52-11.75, which earned fourth place … finished in the top 10 in 12 of 14 events throughout the season. 2010 Outdoor Track: Set personal-best shot put when she won at Weber State Twilight with distance of 47-7 ... posted a mark of 46-7.75 (fifth) in the shot put at the MWC Outdoor Championships ... opened the season at the Willie Williams Classic with a season-best hammer throw of 133-6 ... finished third overall in the discus at the Utah Spring Classic with a personal-record mark of 139-11.25 at the Utah Spring Classic ... competed in the Western Regional meet.

NIKKIE RUDDER

2010 Indoor Track: Earned eighth place at the MWC Indoor Championships in the shot put (43-3.25) … season-best shot put mark of 45-10.5 (second place) came at the Bronco Invitational … finished ninth overall with a season-best weight throw mark of 48-8.75 at the Bronco Invitational … posted a weight throw mark of 44-1.25, which finished fourth overall at the Mountain States Games … won the shot put event at the Bengal Shootout with a mark of 45-5.25.

RS Junior Throws Nampa, Idaho Skyview HS

High School: Placed third at the Class 4A Idaho State Championships in the shot put with a toss of 41-9.5 ... personal-bests were 43-1 in the shot put and 141-0 in the discus … was a member of the track team, basketball, volleyball, and leadership team at Skyview High School … honor roll and athletic academic award recipient. Personal: Daughter of Ted and Beckie Rudder … majoring in elementary education … born December 12, 1990.

2012 Outdoor Track: Finished 14th in the hammer throw (165-0 feet) and seventh in the shot put (46-2.50 feet) at the Pac-12 Conference Championships … set a personal-record hammer throw mark of 1712.75 feet for fourth at the Utah Spring Classic … posted a season-best shot put mark of 47-8.00 for fifth at the Arizona State Invitational … Pac-12 Honorable Mention All-Academic. 2012 Indoor Track: Earned eighth in the shot put (46-2.50 feet) and 10th in the weight throw (55-11.00 feet) at the MPSF Championships … set a personal-best weight throw mark of 56-9.50 feet at the Mountain States Games for third … finished first in the shot put at the Wildcat Open with a personal-record 48-1.25 feet … named to MPSF All-Academic team. 2011 Outdoor Track: At the Mountain West Conference Outdoor Championships, placed eighth in the shot put, ninth in the discus, and 17th in the hammer throw … posted a season-best shot put mark of 47-2.50 for eighth place at Arizona State Invitational … earned ninth place in the discus at Steve Scott Invitational with a throw of 45-10.00 … set a season-best hammer throw mark of 160-5.25 in a ninth place performance at BYU Twilight.

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SOSINA SALIMA Freshman Throws Bountiful, Utah Woods Cross HS

High School: Won the 4A State title in the shot put in 2011 and 2012 … earned all-state honors in track and field … competed on the volleyball and basketball teams … member of the student government … four year honor roll student.

Championships … recorded a career-best weight throw performance at Wildcat Tune-Up with a first-place mark of 58-7.50. At Ventura College: In 2009, earned Tuck Mason Award … conference honorable mention for shot put … season-best shot put mark was 392.5 … in the hammer throw, she posted a mark of 119-11 ... in 2010, threw 41-8.5 in the shot put … earned a new school record mark in the hammer throw with 155-10 … conference honorable mention in the hammer throw … second-team all-conference (shot put) … placed second overall at SoCal Championship in the hammer throw. High School: Channel Islands High Female Athlete of the Year … also won the Outstanding Female Senior Athlete award … MVP of track and field team … athletic academic award … posted a personal record in the shot put of 36-9 … 2008 Pacific View League champion in shot put … lettered two years in track and field … played center on basketball team. Personal: Daughter of Francois and Salote Sanchez … born June 8, 1990 … three older siblings … majoring in exercise and sports science.

Personal: Daughter of Alexander and Kesaia Salima … second of three children … hobbies include reading, cooking, listening to music and watching TV … plans to major in psychology.

ALEX SHAW-VILLAGRANA

CYNTHIA SANCHEZ

Sophomore Distance Ogden, Utah St. Joseph’s HS

RS Senior Throws Oxnard, Calif. Channel Islands HS 2012 Cross Country: Redshirt. 2012 Outdoor Track: Redshirt. 2012 Outdoor Track: Redshirt.

2012 Indoor Track: Redshirt.

2012 Indoor Track: Earned ninth in the weight throw with a personalrecord 57-10.50 feet at the MPSF Championships … captured second at the Wildcat Open with a throw of 57-5.00 feet … posted a seasonbest shot put mark of 40-3.25 feet in a 10th-place performance at the Wildcat Open … named to MPSF All-Academic team.

2011 Cross Country: Was the 23rd finisher at BYU Autumn Classic with a time of 19:25.4 … finished 36th at UNLV Invitational with a fivekilometer time of 20:49 … earned 32nd in first collegiate race at Utah State Open.

2011 Outdoor Track: Season-best hammer throw mark at UVU Invitational with a sixth-place throw of 167-07 … placed 14th in the hammer throw at Mountain West Conference Outdoor Championships … recorded a season-best shot put mark of 37-2.75 at Robison Invitational … placed 18th in discus throw at BYU Twilight with mark of 101-2.25. 2011 Indoor Track: Season record in the shot put with a mark of 39-7.0 at Snake River Open … earned first place in season debut with a weight throw mark of 53-10.75 at BYU Invitational … finished seventh in the weight throw with a toss of 58-6.75 at the MWC Indoor

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High School: Finished first at cross country state championships and was the state champion in the 1600m during her junior season … team won four straight cross country and three consecutive track & field state championships … earned all-state recognition 16 times (four cross country and 12 track & field) … personal bests include: 3200m (11:24), 800m (2:22), and the 1600m (5:13). Personal: Daughter of Ernest Villagrana and Christina Shaw … majoring in exercise science … hobbies include: snowboarding and soccer.

GISELLE SLOTBOOM

ALYSSA STETLER

Junior Distance Sassenheim, Netherlands Jacksonville State

Freshman Distance Elko, Nev. Elko HS

2012 Cross Country: Earned All-Region accolades for 12th-place finish at the NCAA Mountain Region Championships … finished 39th at the Pac-12 Championships, running the final 5,000m with only one shoe … placed fifth at the Montana State Bobcat Invitational … finished 45th at the NCAA Pre-Nationals. At Jacksonville State: Named Ohio Valley Conference Freshman of the Year … finished 21st at the NCAA South Region meet … named to all-conference first team … set nine school records (five indoor, four outdoor) … finished third in the mile and was on the distance medley relay team at the conference championships. High School: Three-time Dutch Junior champion in the 3000m steeple chase … member of the 4x400m and 4x800m relay teams that finished second at the National Relay Junior Championships. Personal: Daughter of William Slotboom and Eveline Botter … majoring in exercise and sports science … hobbies include: speed skating, reading, hiking, mountain biking, skiing and snowboarding.

High School: State champion in the 4x800m relay … earned a letter four years … member of two-time state championship team … was involved in choir and honors society. Personal: Daughter of David and Paula Stetler … second of three children … undecided on major … enjoys hiking and biking … overcame serious asthma to run track … born June 22, 1994.

KATELYN STRINGFELLOW RS Junior Distance Salt Lake City, Utah Highland HS

2012 Cross Country: Finished 86th at the NCAA Regional Championships … earned 82nd at the Pac-12 Championships … posted a 22nd-place performance at the Nevada Twilight … finished 196th at the NCAA Pre-Nationals in a time of 22:31 … 107th at the Stanford Invitational with a time of 22:44 … named to Second-Team Pac-12 AllAcademic. 2012 Outdoor Track: Posted a seventh-place finish in the 5000m clocking a time of 19:13.15 at the UVU Open … earned eighth in the 1500m with a time of 5:04.65 at the Wildcat Invitational … recorded a season-best 5000m performance at the Robison Invitational earning a time of 18:36.49 for sixth place … clocked a 18:37 in the five-kilometer, finishing fourth at the Utah Spring Classic … Pac-12 Conference All-Academic Honorable Mention. 2012 Indoor Track: Clocked a 10:50 in the three-kilometer at the Bronco Open, finishing ninth … earned third at the Mountain States Games with a time of 10:57.29.

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2011 Cross Country: Finished 15th at Nevada Twilight with a time of 15:59 … earned 12th at UNLV Invitational with time of 19:23 … at the Pac-12 Conference Championships, finished 103rd with a time of 23:06 … received Pac-12 Honorable Mention All-Academic honors. 2011 Outdoor Track: Earned 18th in the 1500m at the UVU Invite with a time of 5:09.04 … clocked a fourth-place finish time of 19:02.61 in the 5000m at the Robison Invitational … finished fourth in the 5000m with a time of 19:42.29 at the BYU Twilight. 2011 Indoor Track: Finished 23rd in the mile at the Snake River Open with a time of 5:48.93 … clocked a second-place finish in the Open 3000m with a time of 11:10.67 at the Mountain States Games … finished first overall in the mile race with a time of 5:30.64 at the Wildcat Tune-Up … finished 12th at the Bronco Open with a time of 10:49.95 in the three kilometer race. 2010 XC: Redshirt. High School: All-state cross country selection three years in a row … academic all-state … team captain for two years … region champion in cross country … fourth place overall at state cross country meet … personal records include 18:08 (3 mile) and 19:35 (5K) … Highland High School Female Athlete of the Year 2009 … Senior Highland Ram award 2010 … three time region champion in 1600m … region champion in track and field for the 3200m, 4x400m, and medley relay … was class valedictorian with a 4.0 cumulative GPA … also played volleyball … member of National Honor Society. Personal: Daughter of Brent and Laurie Stringfellow … born February 17, 1992 … youngest of five siblings … hobbies include playing piano, reading and playing the guitar … mathematics major.

ANNELI STAHL Senior Throws Stockholm, Sweden Upplands-Bro Gymnasiet

2012 Outdoor Track: Earned 11th in the hammer throw with a toss of 173-6 feet at the inaugural Pac-12 Conference Championships … posted a season-best performance in the hammer throw with a mark of 186-2.25 feet for second place at the Utah Valley University Open … captured second place at the Utah Spring Classic with a mark of 1784.50 feet … Pac-12 Honorable Mention All-Academic.

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2012 Indoor Track: Finished eighth in the weight throw at the MPSF Championships with a throw 58-2.50 feet … broke the 10-year school record in the weight throw with a mark of 61-2.75 feet for first place at the Weber State Wildcat Open … named to MPSF All-Academic team. 2011 Outdoor Track: Placed third in the hammer throw at the Mountain West Conference Outdoor Championships with a mark of 189-09, ranking fifth all-time in school history … finished 34th in the hammer throw at NCAA Regional Championships … recorded a second-place finish at the UVU Invitational with throw of 183-00 … finished 17th in the discus throw with a mark of 99-11.25 at UVU Invitational … earned All-MWC honors. 2011 Indoor Track: At the MWC Indoor Championships, placed fourth in the weight throw with a mark of 60-2.50 … set a personal-record weight throw toss of 60-9.25 in a fourth-place finish at FloTrack Husky Invitational … placed first at Snake River Open with throw of 54-10.75 … placed in the top seven at every weight throw event during the year. 2010 Outdoor Track: Set a season-best mark in the discus with a 9910 and a season-record of 182-1 in the hammer throw at the Mark Faldmo Invitational … threw a mark of 175-7 in the hammer throw at the Willie Williams Invitational … earned Academic All-MWC honors … competed in the Western Regional meet. 2010 Indoor Track: In first collegiate meet, finished fifth in the weight throw with a then-personal-best mark of 52-11 at the Bengal Shoot Out … finished third at the Wildcat Tune-Up with a weight throw mark of 57-3.0 … posted a mark shot put of 31-3.0 at the Mountain State Games. High School: Ranked third in Sweden in the weight throw ... in 2008, ranked third in the hammer throw for juniors under 19-years old in the 75 kg weight class ... at the 2008 Swedish Junior Championships, placed third in the hammer throw … also ranked second in the Junior Swedish Championships in the weightlifting event. Personal: Daughter of Taina and Jan Stahl … majoring in human development and family studies … born January 1, 1990.

SARAH THAYNE

Freshman Sprints Provo, Utah Timpview HS

High School: Posted a career-best 400m time of 1:02 … earned letter four years straight … also competed on school’s volleyball team … graduated with academic honors and honor roll. Personal: Daughter of Tracy Thayne and Jeane Hunter … undecided on major … enjoys running, volleyball, and soccer … born August 30, 1994.

HILARY TROUTNER RS Junior Distance Provo, Utah Timpview HS

2012 Cross Country: Finished 98th at the Pac-12 Championships … placed 26th at the Nevada Twilight … earned 66th at the Montana State Bobcat Invitational … Honorable Mention All-Academic Pac-12. 2012 Outdoor Track: Redshirt. 2012 Indoor Track: Redshirt. 2011 Cross Country: Had a great start to the season, finishing fifth at the Utah State Open … posted a fourth-place time of 15:10 at Nevada Twilight … finished fifth at UNLV Invitational … was the 81st runner to finish at Pac-12 Conference Championships … concluded season with 75th-place finish at NCAA Mountain Region Championships … received Pac-12 Honorable Mention All-Academic Honors. 2011 Outdoor Track: Clocked a time of 18:49.23 in the 5000m to earn third place at the Robison Invitational … finished third overall in the 5000m race with a time of 19:13.01 at the BYU Twilight.

2011 Indoor Track: Finished 25th in the mile with a time of 5:50.82 at the Snake River Open … earned fourth place in the Open 3000m with a time of 11:10.67 at the Mountain States Games … clocked a 5:39.20 in the mile for fourth place at the Wildcat Tune-Up. 2010 XC: Redshirt. 2010 Outdoor Track: Finished third at the Robison Invitational with a time of 19:25.02 in the 5000m event … posted a personal-best 1500m time of 4:59.00 at the Mark Faldmo Invitational … in her season debut, ran a 5:12.50 (1500m) at the BYU Invitational. 2010 Indoor Track: Ran a season-best mile time of 5:47.27 at the Bengal Shoot Out … at the Bronco Invitational, finished with a seasonbest time of 11:19.51 in the 3000m … clocked a 3000m time of 11:27.07 (10th place) at the Mountain States Games. 2009 Cross Country: Finished 36th at Utah State Open (3 mi.) with a time of 19:35.8 … season-best three-mile time was at Fleet Feet Invitational with a time of 19:26 for 54th place … competed at MWC Championships (6K) with a time of 24:46.8 for 61st. High School: Personal bests include the three-mile in 18:07, 1600m in 5:23.01 and 3200m in 11:35.74 … placed second in the 2008 Foot Locker West Regional Senior Race … state qualifier in the 1600m and 3200m and 1600m medley relay … region champion in the medley relay, running the 800m … team captain for two years on track team and senior captain on the cross country team … MVP in track and cross country … Rookie of the Year in cross country during junior year. Personal: Daughter of Stacy Devine … majoring in elementary education … hobbies include cooking, drawing, biking, camping and hiking … born January 24, 1991.

KAITLIN URMSTON Sophomore Javelin Spanish Fork, Utah Spanish Fork HS

2012 Outdoor Track: Set a school record in the javelin with a throw of 150-1.50 feet, finishing second at the UVU Open … earned 11th at the Pac-12 Championships with a mark of 135-2 feet … finished 36th at NCAA First/Second Rounds, recording a throw of 136-02 feet … named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team.

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2012 Indoor Track: Finished 13th in the shot put at the BYU Invitational with a mark of 35-4.50 feet … posted a season-best mark of 37-4.50 feet for 15th at the Wildcat Open.

High School: Ran the 200-meter leg on state champion medley team … competed four years in track and field … member of National Honor Society … graduated in top 10 percent of class … named to honor roll.

High School: Utah State 4A State Champion in the javelin with a mark of 135-4 … finished second place in the javelin throw at the BYU High School Invitational … three-year captain of basketball team … senior class president …earned academic all-region for track.

Personal: Daughter of Eduard and Luba Vozarova … born June 9, 1992 … hobbies include running, hiking, and scuba diving … pre-dental and social behavioral science major.

Personal: Daughter of Matthew and Leslie Urmston … has four siblings … undecided on major … hobbies include: basketball and drawing … born November 22, 1993.

ROSALIE WALLER Junior Hurdles/Middle Distance Bountiful, Utah Bountiful HS

SUZIE VOZAROVA RS Sophomore Multiple Lindon, Utah Timpanogos HS

2012 Outdoor Track: Finished second in the heptathlon at the Robison Invitational with 4,092 points … earned fourth in the high jump at the Utah Spring Classic, clearing the mark of 5-1.00 feet … Pac-12 Honorable Mention All-Academic.

2012 Outdoor Track: Finished seventh in the 800m at the Pac-12 Conference Championships, posting a personal-record time of 2:08.80 … qualified for NCAA First/Second rounds, finishing 44th with a time of 2:11.99 … clocked a season-best 400m hurdles time of 1:02.30, finishing 14th at the Long Beach State Invitational … named to First Team Pac-12 All-Academic … named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team. 2012 Indoor Track: Finished 12th at the MPSF Championships in the 800m, clocking a time of 2:11.65 … member of 4x400m relay that broke school record with a time of 3:45.27 at the MPSF Championships, finishing seventh … won 400m title at Mountain States Games with a time of 57.12 seconds … posted a season-best 800m time of 2:10.95 for 11th at the Husky Invitational … named to MPSF All-Academic team.

2011 Outdoor Track: Redshirt.

2011 Outdoor Track: Earned third place in the 400m hurdles at the Cal-State LA Twilight with a time of 1:03.42 … finished 11th in the 400m hurdles at the Mountain West Conference Outdoor Championships with a personal-record time of 1:02.64 … clocked a 1:03.91 at Robison Invitational to finish third place in the 400m hurdles.

2011 Indoor Track: Finished 13th in the pentathlon with 2,910 points at the Mountain West Conference Indoor Championships … in first collegiate meet at Snake River Invitational, finished eighth in high jump, clearing the mark of 5-1.75 … tallied 2,893 points in the pentathlon to earn 17th place at Mountain States Games.

2011 Indoor Track: Finished 13th in the 400m race at the MWC Indoor Championships with a season-best time of 57.35 … earned ninth place at the BYU Invitational with a time of 42.84 in the 300m … posted a 10th-place finish at Bronco Open in the 400m with a time of 58.23 … received MWC All-Conference honors.

2012 Indoor Track: Posted a personal-best in the pentathlon, earning 3,116 points for fourth at the Boise State Open … finished 11th in the long jump recording a mark of 16-0.25 feet at the Mountain States Games … named to MPSF All-Academic team.

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High School: 2010 state champion in the 100m hurdles … finished sixth overall in 400m dash at the state championships … 2010 region champion in the 100m hurdles and 400m dash … named MVP of the Bountiful High School track team … set a personal-best mark of 15.49 in the 100m hurdles … posted a best time of 58.46 in the 400m dash. Personal: Daughter of Dan and Janis Griffin … born Dec. 18, 1991 … married to Thomas Cameron Waller… youngest of eight children … majoring in biomedical engineering.

THERESA WAYBRIGHT RS Junior Pole Vault Boise, Idaho Borah HS

High School: Member and four-time letterwinner for the Borah High School track and field team ... earned Class 5A Idaho state champion in 2008 and 2009 with a height of 12-0 feet … also earned outdoor AllAmerican status in 2008 ... placed seventh overall at the 2008 Junior Olympics … high school track team won the state title from 2006-2008 … also belonged to the YMCA Team Idaho … honor roll recipient … earned the Most Dedicated award from high school track team from 2008-2009 … SIC All-Academic recognition. Personal: Daughter of Doug and Wanda Waybright … majoring in health promotion and education and anthropology … born December 16, 1990.

KIA WILSON Sophomore Sprints Ogden, Utah Ogden HS

2012 Outdoor Track: Redshirt. 2012 Indoor Track: Redshirt. 2011 Outdoor Track: Placed second in the pole vault at Robison Invitational, clearing the barrier of 11-3.75 … earned 10th place at Mountain West Conference Championships clearing 12-0.75 … set a season-best mark of 12-1.75 at the BYU Twilight.

2012 Outdoor Track: Finished 10th in the 100m with a time of 12.63 seconds at the Utah Spring Classic … earned 21st in both the 100m (12.65 seconds) and 200m (26.24 seconds) at the Robison Invitational. 2012 Indoor Track: Did not compete.

2011 Indoor Track: At MWC Indoor Championships, placed 13th in the pole vault, clearing the mark of 11-11.75 … recorded a seasonbest performance at FloTrack Husky Classic finishing 14th with a mark of 12-4.00 … cleared the mark of 11-7.75 to finish first overall in the unseeded group at the Cherry and Silver Invitational.

High School: Earned 2007 Utah state 3A champion in 100m … finished third in the 200m at state championships … Standard Star City County champion in the 100m and 200m races … member of 2008 3A State Championship team … competed on volleyball and basketball teams … member of National Honor Society.

2010 Outdoor Track: Set a season-best mark with a height of 12-3.5 (eighth overall) at the MWC Outdoor Championships … cleared a mark of 12-00 at the Mark Faldmo Invitational … finished in third place at the Robison Invitational with a height of 11-11.75… cleared the height of 11-11.75 (fourth overall) at the Utah Spring Classic … earned Academic All-MWC honors.

Personal: Daughter of Keith and Celia Wilson … has two siblings … undecided on major … enjoys shopping, movies and swimming … born August 27, 1993.

2010 Indoor Track: Finished 11th in the pole vault (11-11.75) at the MWC Indoor Championships … at the Husky Invitational, set a new personal record clearing a height of 12-4.0 that earned 14th overall … finished ninth in her first collegiate meet at Bengal Shoot Out with a clearance of 11-0.25.

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REBEKAH WINTERTON RS Sophomore Distance Salt Lake City, Utah Skyline HS

High School: All-state two years in a row for cross country … lettered four years in cross country and track and field ... personal-best times include: 19:09 (3 mi.), 2:23 (800m), 5:28 (1 mi.), and 11:41 (2 mi.) … member of National Honor Society … was flyer on cheerleading squad that placed first at regionals and fifth at nationals. Personal: Daughter of Reed and Sherri Winterton … studying business … hobbies include dental assisting, organizing and playing the piano … born April 19, 1992.

2012 Cross Country: Redshirt. 2012 Outdoor Track: Redshirt.

LUCY YATES

2012 Indoor Track: Redshirt. 2011 Cross Country: Was the third Utah athlete and 43rd overall finisher at the NCAA Mountain Region Championships … finished second place at Nevada Twilight … earned 37th overall at Stanford Invitational … recorded a time of 21:48.7 for 47th place at Chile Pepper Invitational … posted a 59th-place finish at Pac-12 Conference Championships … received Pac-12 Honorable Mention All-Academic Honors. 2011 Outdoor Track: Set a personal record in the 1500m at the UVU Invitational with a time of 4:49.20 … finished with a personal-best 10K time of 36:05 at the Mt. Sac Invitational, which ranks seventh all-time in school history … earned 15th in the 10km with a time of 39:40.72 at the MWC Outdoor Championships … clocked a 5K personal-best time of 17:19.00 and finished fifth overall at the U.S Outdoor Track & Field Junior Championships. 2011 Indoor Track: Finished third overall in the three-kilometer race at the Mountain States Games with a time of 10:34.26 … posted the eighth best five-kilometer time in school history with a 17:33 at the Husky Classic … ran a personal-best 3K time of 10:07.90 at the Husky Classic … earned 21st in the 3K and 12th in the 5K races at the MWC Indoor Championships. 2010 Cross Country: Earned a third-place finish at Nevada-Reno meet with a time of 20:14 (5K) … finished 18th overall at the three-mile Montana State Bobcat Invitational with a time of 18:04 … in season debut at the Utah State Open, completed the course in 18:13.6 (3 mi.) … achieved a time of 22:33.0 (80th) at the NCAA Mountain Region Championships … received Academic All-MWC accolades.

RS Senior Distance St. Albans, Hertsfordshire, UK St. Albans Academy

2012 Cross Country: Finished 27th at the four-kilometer Nevada Twilight, clocking a time of 16:11. 2012 Outdoor Track: Redshirt. 2012 Indoor Track: Anchor leg of 4x400m relay that broke school record time with a time of 3:45.27 at the MPSF Championships, finishing seventh … ran the 800m leg of the distance medley relay that set a school record time of 11:05.78 earning third at the Alex Wilson Invitational … crossed the line first in the 800m with a time of 2:10.82 at the Boise State Open … finished 15th in the 800m invite by clocking a time of 2:09.34 at the Husky Invitational … earned 10th in the 800m at the MPSF Championships, crossing in a time of 2:10.45 … named to the MPSF All-Academic Team. 2011 Cross Country: Finished 13th at Nevada Twilight … recorded a time of 19:38.4 for 27th place at BYU Autumn Classic … earned the 20th with a time of 19:53 at UNLV Invitational … received Pac-12 Conference Honorable Mention All-Academic Honors. 2011 Outdoor Track: Finished third in the 800m with a seasonbest time of 2:06.71 at the Stanford Invitational … set a personalbest in the 1500m with a time of 4:26.47 for 15th place at Mt. Sac Relays … earned eighth overall in the 800m at the MWC Outdoor Championships … ran the 800m split of the distance medley relay that

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set a school-record time of 11:17.09 and earned the school’s first-ever Drake Relay championship. 2011 Indoor Track: Finished first in the 800m at the New Mexico Invitational with a time of 2:09.26 … ran personal-best 400m time of 57.20 at Bronco Open … earned second place overall in the 800m at the MWC Indoor Championships … ran the 800m portion of the school-record-setting distance medley relay that finished with a time of 11:11.71 to finish second overall at the Alex Wilson Invitational … received MWC All-Conference Team honors. 2010 XC: Did not compete. 2010 Outdoor Track: Finished 23rd overall (2:15.43) in the 800m event at the NCAA Championships … was runner-up in the first round at the NCAA Preliminary meet with a school-record 800m time of 2:06.21 that beat her previous personal-best by one second … clocked an 800m time of 2:08.12 that earned her fourth place at the MWC Outdoor Championships … in season debut, set a personal-best time of 4:31.07 (1500m) for second overall at the Willie Williams Classic … took first place in the 800-meter (2:07.82) race at the Aviva England Under 23 Championships and World Trials. 2010 Indoor Track: Set 800m personal best at the NCAA Last Chance Qualifier … her performance earned third place in the meet and was the second-fastest in school history … ran the 800m leg of distance medley relay team that set a school record time of 11:13.77 at NCAA Last Chance Qualifier … finished seventh overall at the MWC Indoor Championships with an 800m time of 2:12.21 … clocked a

time of 2:07.6 at the Husky Invitational for 11th place overall ... won conference title as a member of the distance medley relay that clocked a 11:38.59 time that ranks second in MWC Championship history. 2009 Cross Country: Because of long summer track season, did not start season until WAC Preview (Oct. 10), where she finished 19th overall with a time of 21:32 … completed MWC Championships with a time of 24:07.3 for 48th place. 2009 Outdoor Track: Finished 23rd at the 2010 NCAA Championships in the 800m event. 2008 Cross Country: Redshirt season. High School: South England 1,500 meter champion in 2006 … came in second in the South England Indoors in 2007 … English Schools finalist from 2004 through 2008 … earned a second-place finish in South England 800m race in 2008 … personal records include 2:09 for 800m and 4:36 for 1,500m run. Personal: Daughter of Peter and Rosemary Yates … majoring in mass communication … born April 23, 1990.

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2011-12 SEASON RECA INDOOR - TOP PERFORMANCES Event Name 55m . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Angela Kaplar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55m Hurdles . . . . . . . Angela Kaplar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60m . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kia Wilson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60m Hurdles . . . . . . . Angela Kaplar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200m . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lauryn McKay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400m . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lauryn McKay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 800m . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lucy Yates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amanda Mergaert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3000m . . . . . . . . . . . . Susannah Hurst . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5000m . . . . . . . . . . . . Susannah Hurst . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DMR . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Abbott, McKay, Yates, Mergaert) . . . . . . 4x400m . . . . . . . . . . . (McKay, Eisenbeiss, Griffin, Yates) . . . . . . Pole Vault . . . . . . . . . Klaudia Rokossa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Long Jump . . . . . . . . Brianna LeRoy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . High Jump . . . . . . . . . Brianna LeRoy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shot Put . . . . . . . . . . Nikkie Rudder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Weight Throw . . . . . . Anneli Stahl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pentathlon . . . . . . . . Brianna LeRoy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Mark 7.51 8.01 8.28 8.68 25.64 56.37 2:09.34 4:39.29 9:44.46 16:45.43 11:05.78 3:45.27 12-10.75 18-7.00 5-7.75 48-1.25 61-2.75 3,723 points

LAURYN MCKAY

Top times in 200m and 400m

59 Personal Records 32 Top 10 Performances 4 School Records

SUSANNAH HURST

Top times in 3000m, 5000m

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AP OUTDOOR - TOP PERFORMANCES Event Name 100m . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kia Wilson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100m Hurdles . . . . . . Angela Kaplar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200m . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stephanie Jolley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400m . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stephanie Jolley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400m Hurdles . . . . . . Stephanie Jolley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 800m . . . . . . . . . . . . . Andrea Chavez . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1500m . . . . . . . . . . . . Amanda Mergaert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5000m . . . . . . . . . . . . Susannah Hurst . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10000m . . . . . . . . . . . AuraLea Fain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4x100m . . . . . . . . . . . (Kaplar, Eisenbeiss, McKay, Jolley) . . . . . . 4x400m . . . . . . . . . . . (McKay, Johnson, Eisenbeiss, Jolley) . . . . Long Jump . . . . . . . . Brianna LeRoy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . High Jump . . . . . . . . . Brianna LeRoy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Destanae Howerton-Davis . . . . . . . . . . . . Discus . . . . . . . . . . . . Destanae Howerton-Davis . . . . . . . . . . . . Hammer . . . . . . . . . . Anneli Stahl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pole Vault . . . . . . . . . Klaudia Rokossa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Javelin . . . . . . . . . . . . Kaitlin Urmston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Heptathlong . . . . . . . Brianna LeRoy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Mark 12.63 13.81 24.79 55.52 58.73 2:07.64 4:13.63 16:45.63 36:20.51 48.02 3:41.12 19-7.50 5-9.75 48-7.5 161-2 181-08 11-9.75 150-2.5 5,221 points

STEPHANIE JOLLEY

Top times in five events

98 Personal Records 42 Top 10 Performances 2 School Records 2 NCAA Automatic Qualifier

KAITLIN URMSTON Top mark in javelin

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2012 CROSS COUNTRY UTAH STATE OPEN

The University of Utah women’s cross country team got its season off to a solid start at the Utah State Aggie Invitational. Led by the performance of sophomore Susannah Hurst, the Utes captured fourth place overall. Leading the charge for the Utes was Hurst who finished the fivekilometer course in a time of 17:51.72 claiming fourth-place overall. Making her collegiate cross-country debut, redshirt freshman Andrea Chavez finished second for the Utes and 15th overall In a time of 18:29.35. The third Ute to cross the line was Nicole Rietz finishing 16th recording a time of 18:35.23. Sophomore Katelyn Stringfellow continues to improve and was the fourth Utah athlete to cross the line, recording a time of 19:18.64 for 35th place. Rounding out the top five finishers for the team and competing in her first race in over two years, Megan Combe finished in a time of 20:01.61 for 43rd place. Overall the Utes finished fourth with a combined team score of 89 points. Finishing first was Weber State with 24 points followed by Utah Valley University (76 points) and Utah State University (81points).

NEVADA TWILIGHT

In her first collegiate race, freshman Charlotte Kuzminsky led the Utah cross country team to a third overall finish at the four-kilometer Nevada Twilight. Kuzminsky, a San Diego native, led the charge in her collegiate debut. Posting a time of 15:11,Kuzminsky earned 12th overall and first for the Utes. Sophomore Lauren Mills finished second for the Utes and 21st overall clocking a time of 15:46. Both athletes passed multiple runners down the final stretch, helping boost the team to a third-place finish. Finishing third for Utah and 22nd overall was Stringfelow who crossed the finish line in 15:47. Rounding out the top five finishers for the team were Hilary Troutner with a time of 15:55 (26th place), and Lucy Yates who posted a time of 16:11 (27th place). Combe competed in her second race of the year, finishing 29th with a 16:17, respectively for the Utes. Winning the event in overall team score was BYU with 24points. Finishing second was Nevada with a score of 38 points. The Utes captured third with 83 points, edging UNLV who had a combined total of 102 points.

MONTANA STATE BOBCAT INVITATIONAL

Capping off a dominating performance, the University of Utah women’s cross country team goes 5-0 in the dual team scoring at the Montana State Invitational. The Utes were led by freshman Giselle Slotboom’s fifth-place performance. Utah’s top-five finishers, all finished within forty three seconds of each other, which included three runners crossing the line in the top-10 overall. Leading the surge was Slotboom with a fifth-place

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performance clocking a time of 17:36. Crossing second for the team and eighth overall was Andrea Chavez with a time of 17:44. The third Utah runner to finish was Susannah Hurst posting a time of 17:50 for ninth. Rounding out the top five finishers for the team was Kuzminsky (16th) clocking an 18:10 and Rietz (24th) crossing the line in a time of 18:19. Utah finished the day with a 5-0 record in the dual scoring system, which takes the top-five runners from each team and scores them against the top-five finishers from another school and the lower score wins. The Utes beat Utah State(27-28), Montana State(26-29), Wyoming(25-30), Northern Colorado(20-41), and Montana(16-45). Unofficially the Utes won the overall team scoring, edging out Montana State 54-56.

STANFORD INVITATIONAL

Making her season debut, senior Amanda Mergaert captured third place leading the University of Utah women’s cross country team to its second consecutive fourth-place finish at the six-kilometer Stanford Invitational. In her first race of the season, Mergaert led the charge for the Utes. Staying with the leaders throughout the entire race, Mergaert finished third overall setting a four-second personal best performance for the course with a time of 20:23. Coming down the final stretch, Mergaert was unable to hold the second spot over Stanford’s Cayla Hatton, but she was able to edge Stanford’s Aisling Cuffe for third. Finishing second for the Utes and tenth overall was Hurst. Entering the final portion of the race, Hurst was in the middle of the pack. However, she suddenly found a burst of speed and was able to catch up with the lead pack setting a lifetime-best performance and recording a time of 21:14. Slotboom crossed the line third for the Utes in a time of 21:33. Slotboom also had a burst of speed on the final stretch as she passed six runners to secure 18th place. Chavez was not far behind, finishing fourth for the team and 50th overall in a time of 22:04. Stringfellow rounded out the top-five finishers, for the Utes. Stringfellow finished 107th overall clocking a time of 22:44. Overall the Utes finished fourth place out of 29 teams with a combined score of 168 points. The University of Stanford won the meet title with a team score of 25 points.

NCAA PRE-NATIONALS

Led by Mergaert’s 15th-place performance, the University of Utah women’s cross country team earned 15th overall at the NCAA Pre-National meet. The team finished with 489 points, missing the 13th spot by 14 points. Mergaert led the charge for the Utes with a 15th-place performance. Battling illness throughout the week, Mergaert fought hard to finish near a personal-best time of 20:19.2. On the final stretch of the race, Mergaert was able to hold off University of Texas

Y RECAP junior Marielle Hall, who finished in a time of 20:19.8. Finishing second for the Utes and 45th overall was Slotboom. Passing five runners in the final 400m of the race, Slotboom clocked a lifetime-best time of 21:00.1. Hurst was the third Utah runner to cross the line. Hurst also posted a personal-record time clocking a 21:10.7 for 64th place. Rounding out the top-five finishers for the Utes was Chavez clocking a 22:09.7 for 169th, and Stringfellow with a time of 22:31.8 for 196th. Florida State was the overall winner of the meet earning 72 points. Oregon finished second with 87 points, followed by Michigan with 141 points. Defending NCAA Champion Georgetown earned fourth with 163 points, and Texas rounded out the top-five with a team score of 184 points.

PAC-12 CHAMPIONSHIPS

Competing in its second-ever Pac-12 Conference Championships, the University of Utah women’s cross country team posted a seventhplace finish. Led by the sixth-place performance of Mergaert, the Utes finished the day with 200 points edging California and Arizona State. Overall the Utes finished the day in seventh place with 200 points, which was just 28 points shy of beating 24th ranked UCLA (172). All six teams that finished ahead of the Utes are nationally ranked in the top-24. The overall winner of the race was No. 3 Oregon with 47 points followed by No. 5 Arizona (69 points) and No. 4 Stanford with 82 points. The Utes earned the seventh spot edging California (209 points) and Arizona State (210 points). Mergaert, a native from Shelby Township, Mich., led the team with a sixth-place performance. Finishing the six-kilometer race in a time of 20:22, Mergaert garnered All-Pac-12 Conference honors for the second consecutive year and becomes the first Utah cross country athlete to ever earn All-Pac-12 First Team accolades. Hurst finished second for the Utes and 28th overall completing the course in a lifetime-best 21:06. Crossing the line third for the Utes and 39th overall was Slotboom. After losing her shoe with 5,000m remaining in the race, Slotboom didn’t stop, but completed the race in heroic fashion with only one shoe running over rough and rocky terrain. Slotboom finished the course, posting a time of 21:31. Chavez recorded another solid performance for the Utes capturing 66th place with a time of 22:14. Reitz and Stringfellow ran close to each other for the majority of the race with Rietz pulling ahead to finish fifth for the Utes and 79th overall clocking a 22:32. Stringfellow rounded out the top-six runners posting a time of 22:36 for 82nd.

NCAA MOUNTAIN REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

Leading the way for the team was Mergaert who finished fourth overall in a time of 20:18.7. On the final stretch of the race, Mergaert was even with Colorado’s Shalaya Kipp (20:18.1) and Weber State’s Amber Henry (20:18.4), who were able to just outstretch Mergaert for the second and third spots. However, Mergaert’s performance qualifies the senior for her third consecutive NCAA Championships. Entering the day, the Utes were ranked seventh in the Mountain Region, however top-performances from the team rallied the Utes to a sixth-place finish. The finish is the second best in school history and the highest finish for the team since 2008 when it finished sixth. The performance also marks the first time ever that the Utes have beat in-state rival BYU at the regional meet. Trying to make a final run at qualifying for the NCAA Championships, Slotboom finished second for the Utes and 12th overall with a time of 20:57.5. Slotboom’s performance earned allregion accolades, but is just shy of qualifying for the national meet. Hurst crossed the line third for the Utes and 29th overall with a time of 21:23.8. Finishing fourth and fifth for the Utes were Rietz (22:20.8) and Chavez (22:43.2) earning 69th and 84th, respectively. Stringfellow finished in the 86th spot with a time of 22:50.5, followed by Mills who finished 106th clocking a time of 23:23.6. The overall winner of the meet was Weber State followed by New Mexico and Colorado rounding out the top three.

NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS

Running in her final collegiate cross country race, Mergaert wrapped up her career in perfect fashion, earning All-American honors with a 14th-place performance at the NCAA Championships. Mergaert has qualified for the NCAA Championships three consecutive seasons. In her first two attempts, Mergaert fell just shy of earning All-American accolades. However, for Mergaert third time was the charm. Mergaert wrapped up her cross-country career posting a 14th-place finish with a six-kilometer personal-record time of 19:57.7, which earned All-American honors. Mergaert’s performance is the highest finish ever recorded by a Utah runner at the NCAA Championships. She also becomes the first cross-country All-American from Utah in 25 years (Celsa Bowman, 1987). Getting the six-kilometer race underway at Tom Sawyer State Park, the lead pack fired off to a quick start. Two kilometers into the race, Mergaert was in the 150th spot just waiting to make her move. During the next 2.5 kilometers, Mergaert gained 128 spots to move into the 22nd position with 1.5 kilometers remaining. On the final stretch of the race, Mergaert did not hold anything back as she passed eight more competitors crossing the finish in 14th and permanently stamping her name in the Utah record books.

The University of Utah women’s cross country team captured sixth at the NCAA Mountain Regional meet Friday. The Utes were led by the fourth-place performance of Mergaert.

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INDOOR RECORDS Event Name Record Year 55m . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Whitney Wellington . . . . . . . . . . . 7.20 . . . . . . . 2008 60m . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Whitney Wellington . . . . . . . . . . . 7.72 . . . . . . . 2007 200m . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ashley Patterson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.16 . . . . . . 2008 400m . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chelsea Shapard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54.83 . . . . . . 2007 800m . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nellie Hammons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:06.29 . . . . . 2004 Mile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amanda Mergaert . . . . . . . . . . . 4:44.00 . . . . . 2011 3000m . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jill Molen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9:15.81 . . . . . 1983 5000m . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jill Molen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16:18.52 . . . . 1982 55m Hurdles . . . . . . . . . . Angela Kaplar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.96 . . . . . . . . 2011 60m Hurdles . . . . . . . . . . Angela Kaplar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.56 . . . . . . . . 2012 High Jump . . . . . . . . . . . . . Traci Olsen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6’ 0 7/8” . . . . 1992 Pole Vault . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brooke LoBue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13’ 5” . . . . . . 2002 Long Jump . . . . . . . . . . . . Amanda Feigt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20’ 1” . . . . . . 2007 Triple Jump . . . . . . . . . . . . Stacey Rhineer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42’ 5” . . . . . . 1998 Shot Put . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Candice Ekberg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49’ 5” . . . . . . 2005 Weight Throw . . . . . . . . . Anneli Stahl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61’ 2.75” . . . . 2012 Pentathlon . . . . . . . . . . . . Amanda Feigt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3891 . . . . . . . 2007 4x400m Relay . . . . . . . . . Lauryn McKay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3:45.27 . . . . . 2012 Ali Eisenbeiss Rosalie Griffin Lucy Yates DMR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alyssa Abbott . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11:05.78 . . . . 2012 Lauryn McKay Lucy Yates Amanda Mergaert

CHELSEA SHAPARD School record holder in 400m hurdles

Bold indicates active athlete

WHITNEY WELLINGTON School record holder in 55 meters and 60 meters

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ANGELA KAPLAR School record holder in three hurdling events (55m, 60m and 100m)

OUTDOOR RECORDS Event Name Record Year 100m . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lynn Wimmer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.10 . . . . . . 1980 200m . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ashley Patterson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.47 . . . . . . 2008 400m . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amy Tidwell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52:55 . . . . . . 1999 800m . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lucy Yates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:06.21 . . . . . 2010 1500m . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amanda Mergaert . . . . . . . . . . . 4:16.57 . . . . . 2012 5000m . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alyssa Abbott . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16:17.86 . . . . 2011 10,000m . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jill Molen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33:35.19 . . . . 1980 100m Hurdles . . . . . . . . . Angela Kaplar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.61 . . . . . . . 2011 400m Hurdles . . . . . . . . . . Chelsea Shapard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57.88 . . . . . . 2009 Steeplechase . . . . . . . . . . Shayla Houlihan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:43.60 . . . . 2008 High Jump . . . . . . . . . . . . . Traci Olsen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6’ 1.75” . . . . 1992 Pole Vault . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brooke LoBue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13’ 0.25” . . . 2003 Long Jump . . . . . . . . . . . . Amy Tidwell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20’ 7.75” . . . 1999 Triple Jump . . . . . . . . . . . . Stacey Rhineer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40’ 7.5” . . . . 1999 Shot Put . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Audrey Kiser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48’ 8.25” . . . 2000 Discus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AJ Roby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162’ 4” . . . . . 2006 Hammer Throw . . . . . . . . Sarah Grimm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207’ 1.75” . . 2010 Javelin (prior to ‘99) . . . . . Shauna Jeppsen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157’ 10” . . . . 1985 Javelin (new) . . . . . . . . . .Kaitlin Urmstron . . . . . . . . . . . . .150’ 1.5” . . . . 2012 Heptathlon . . . . . . . . . . . . Amanda Feigt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,328 pts. . . . 2007 4x100m relay . . . . . . . . . . Jennifer Cutrer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46.35 . . . . . . 2007 Whitney Wellington Haley McAllister-Birkeland Jazmin Dickey 4x400m relay . . . . . . . . . . Chelsea Shapard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3:38.96 . . . . . 2009 Chelsey Kaplar Whitney Wellington Ashley Patterson

AMANDA FEIGHT School record holder in heptathlon

SARAH GRIMM School record holder in hammer throw

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ALL-AMERICANS TRACK & FIELD Jill Molen Jill Molen Jill Molen Carla Pittelkow Carla Pittelkow Brenda Alcorn Brenda Alcorn Traci Olsen-Stevens Amy Tidwell Chantel Goldsberry Katie Decker

1982 1982 1982 1982 1982 1989 1991 1992 1999 2000 2004

3 mile 10,000 5,000 1,500 5,000 HJ HJ HJ 400 Hammer HJ (Indoor)

CROSS COUNTRY Mary Lou Jill Molen Carla Pittelkow Mary Lou Sedgewick Jill Molen Celsa Bowman Amanda Mergaert

1981 1981 1981 1981 1982 1987 2012

Bold indicates national champion.

TRACY OLSEN-STEVENS 1992 All-American, School record holder in high jump

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ALL-TIME HONORS CROSS COUNTRY ALL CONFERENCE HONORS • • • •

2 Women All-Pac 12 10 Women All-Mountain West Conference 1999-2010 2 Men All-Mountain West Conference 1999-2005 (program discontinued in 2005) 5 Women All-Western Athletic Conference in 1997 and 1998.

GENERAL QUICK FACTS FOR TRACK & FIELD • All-Americans: Six different women earned 10 different outdoor All-American awards • 1 female National Champion Outdoor • 1 male athlete Olympian track (1964, 110 hurdles silver medalist)

TRACK & FIELD ALL CONFERENCE HONORS (WOMEN) • HCAC (High Country Athletic Conference) 6 • WAC 1989-1999, 11 • MWC 1999-2011, 119 • MWC Champions, 18 • MPSF Champions, 1 • Pac-12 All-Conference, 1

JILL MOLEN 1982 NCAA Champion in the 10,000m

TRACK & FIELD ALL CONFERENCE HONORS (MEN) • WAC 1979-1999, 28 • MWC 2000-2005, 14 • Conference Champions, 6 • Program discontinued in 2005

CONFERENCE RELAY CHAMPIONS WAC Men’s – 2 relays MWC Women’s – 8 relays (6-4x400, 2-DMR) 1 champion

CESLA BOWMAN 1987 Cross Country All-American

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INDOOR ALL-TIME PERFORMANCE LIST 55M

5000M

SHOT PUT

60M

55M HURDLES

WEIGHT THROW

200M

60M HURDLES

PENTATHLON

400M

HIGH JUMP

DISTANCE MEDLEY RELAY

800M

POLE VAULT

2 Alyssa Abbott . . . . . . . . . 3:28 Alyssa Johnson . . . . . . . 54.2 Lucy Yates . . . . . . . . . . . 2:07.6 Amanda Mergaert . . . . 4:40.7 11:11.71 . . . . 3/4/11

1 2 3 4 5

Whitney Wellington . . . 7.20 . . . . . . . 2/23/08 Anna Lodge . . . . . . . . . . 7.25 . . . . . . . 2/17/84 Liza Whitehead . . . . . . . 7.29 . . . . . . . 2/23/08 Jazmin Dickey . . . . . . . . . 7.33 . . . . . . . 2/17/07 Carol Prause . . . . . . . . . . 7.36 . . . . . . . 2/17/84

Whitney Wellington . . . 7.72 . . . . . . . 2/23/07 Liza Whitehead . . . . . . . 7.83 . . . . . . . 1/12/08 Jazmin Dickey . . . . . . . . . 7.89 . . . . . . . 2/23/07 Autumn Smith . . . . . . . . 7.90 . . . . . . . 1/25/03 Haley McAllister . . . . . . . 7.92 . . . . . . . 2/7/09

Ashley Patterson . . . . . . 25.16 . . . . . . 2/7/09 Chelsea Shapard . . . . . . 25.23 . . . . . . 2/23/07 Alyssa Johnson . . . . . . . 25.27 . . . . . . 2/5/10 Autumn Smith . . . . . . . . 25.42 . . . . . . 2/9/02 Whitney Wellington . . . 25.45 . . . . . . 2/23/07

Chelsea Shapard . . . . . . 54.83 . . . . . . 2/23/07 Alyssa Johnson . . . . . . . 55.60 . . . . . . 2/25/10 Ashley Patterson . . . . . . 56.13 . . . . . . 2/15/08 Lauryn McKay . . . . . . . . 56.37 . . . . . . 2/25/12 Amanda Feigt . . . . . . . . . 56.41 . . . . . . 2/25/05

Nellie Hammons . . . . . . 2:06.29 . . . . . 3/6/04 Lucy Yates . . . . . . . . . . . 2:07.55 . . . . 3/6/10 Chelsea Shapard . . . . . . 2:07.80 . . . . . 3/7/09 Amanda Mergaert . . . . 2:08.78 . . . . 2/5/11 Ali Eisenbeiss . . . . . . . . 2:10.59 . . . . 2/25/12

MILE 1 2 3 4 5

Amanda Mergaert . . . . 4:44.00 . . . . 3/5/11 Andrea Chavez . . . . . . . 4:47.75 . . . . 2/11/12 Alyssa Abbott . . . . . . . . . 4:49.69 . . . . . 3/3/12 Chelsea DiGrazia . . . . . . 4:53.85 . . . . . 2/16/08 Susan Taylor . . . . . . . . . . 4:54.62 . . . . . 2/14/98

3000M 1 2 3 4 5

Jill Molen . . . . . . . . . . . . 9:15.81 aa . . 1/29/83 Alyssa Abbott . . . . . . . . . 9:30.12 . . . . . 2/12/11 Susannah Hurst . . . . . . 9:44.46 . . . . 2/25/12 Celsa Bowman . . . . . . . . 9:45.90 aa . . 5/6/88 Kristie Rosser . . . . . . . . . 9:50.64 aa . . 2/8/92

1 2 3 4 5

Jill Molen . . . . . . . . . . . . 16:18.52 aa . 2/13/82 Susannah Hurst . . . . . . 16:45.43 . . . 2/24/12 Elise Greenwood-Bahr . . 16:55.43 aa . 2/25/05 Lauren Endersen . . . . . . 17:15.27 . . . . 2/15/08 Kellie Anderson . . . . . . . 17:26.18 . . . . 2/14/09

Anglea Kaplar . . . . . . . . 7.96 . . . . . . . 2/19/11 Elisha Kekacs . . . . . . . . . 7.99 . . . . . . . 2/12/00 April Jackson . . . . . . . . . 8.18 . . . . . . . 1/12/02 Jennifer Cutrer . . . . . . . . 8.20 . . . . . . . 2/17/07 Chelsey Kaplar . . . . . . . . 8.30 . . . . . . . 2/21/09

Angela Kaplar . . . . . . . . 8.56 . . . . . . . 2/12/11 Jennifer Cutrer . . . . . . . . 8.60 . . . . . . . 2/24/07 April Jackson . . . . . . . . . 8.60 . . . . . . . 2/22/02 Amanda Feigt . . . . . . . . . 8.76 . . . . . . . 2/10/07 Jennifer Jackman . . . . . . 8.84 . . . . . . . 2/27/04

Traci Olsen . . . . . . . . . . . 6’ 8.875” . . . 2/2/92 Langley Iverson . . . . . . 6’ 0.75” . . . . 1/21/11 Katie Decker . . . . . . . . . . 5’ 11.25” . . . 2/14/04 Stacey Rhineer . . . . . . . . 5’ 11.25” . . . 1/17/98 April Jackson . . . . . . . . . 5’ 9” . . . . . . . 2/9/02

Brooke LoBue . . . . . . . . . 13’ 5” . . . . . . 1/19/02 Susan Atwater . . . . . . . . 13’ 0” . . . . . . 1/20/07 Klaudia Rokossa . . . . . . 12’ 10.75” . . 2/25/12 Tracy Hamblin . . . . . . . . 12’ 8” . . . . . . 2/14/04 Mandie Rowell . . . . . . . . 12’ 5.5” . . . . 2/29/08

LONG JUMP 1 2 3 4 5

Amanda Feigt . . . . . . . . . 20’ 1” . . . . . . 2/23/07 Stacey Rhineer . . . . . . . . 19’ 7” . . . . . . 2/20/99 Karen Alcorn . . . . . . . . . 19’ 7” . . . . . . 2/20/93 Lynn Wimmer . . . . . . . . 19’ 5” . . . . . . 2/23/80 Amy Tidwell . . . . . . . . . . 19’ 2.20” . . . 2/19/99

TRIPLE JUMP 1 2 3 4 5

Stacey Rhineer . . . . . . . . 42’ 5” . . . . . . 2/20/98 Amanda Feigt . . . . . . . . . 38’ 11.75” . . 2/26/05 Karen Alcorn . . . . . . . . . 38’ 11” . . . . . 2/26/93 Ashley Patterson . . . . . . 38’ 9.25” . . . 2/9/08 Katie Barton . . . . . . . . . . 38’ 8.25” . . . 2/26/05

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1 2 3 4 4

Candice Ekberg . . . . . . . 49’ 5” . . . . . . 2/17/05 Audrey Kiser . . . . . . . . . . 48’ 4” . . . . . . 2/21/02 Nikkie Rudder . . . . . . . . 48’ 1.25” . . . 2/16/12 Alanna Nulph . . . . . . . . 47’ 5” . . . . . . 2/16/12 Candus Aiello . . . . . . . . 47’ 1.75” . . . 2/26/11

Anneli Stahl . . . . . . . . . 61’ 2.75” . . . 2/16/12 Audrey Kiser . . . . . . . . . . 61’ 0” . . . . . . 2/2/02 Becky Riddle . . . . . . . . . . 60’ 1.75” . . . 2/9/07 Sarah Grimm . . . . . . . . . 60’ 0.25” . . . 1/15/10 AJ Roby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59’ 3.75” . . . 2/4/06

Amanda Feigt . . . . . . . . . 3891 . . . . . . . 2/22/07 Kristy Slade . . . . . . . . . . . 3775 . . . . . . . 2/1/02 Erianne Allen . . . . . . . . . 3727 . . . . . . . 2/1/02 Brianna LeRoy . . . . . . . . 3723 . . . . . . . 2/24/12 Traci Olsen . . . . . . . . . . . 3579 . . . . . . . 3/2/90

1 Alyssa Abbott . . . . . . . . . 3:24.5 Lauryn McKay . . . . . . . . 54.5 Lucy Yates . . . . . . . . . . . 2:07.0 Amanda Mergaert . . . . 4:39.2 11:05.78 . . . . 3/2/12

4X400M RELAY 1

Lauryn McKay Ali Eisenbeiss Rosalie Griffin Lucy Yates . . . . . . . . . . . 3:45.27 . . . . . 2/25/12

Alyssa Johnson Ashley Mosley Lauryn McKay Chelsey Kaplar . . . . . . . . 3:45.35 . . . . . 2/27/10

Alyssa Johnson Lucy Yates Lauryn McKay Ashley Mosley . . . . . . . . 3:45.41 . . . . . 2/26/11

Bold indicates active athlete aa = altitude adjusted

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OUTDOOR ALL-TIME PERFORMANCE LIST 100M

100M HURDLES

DISCUS

200M

400M HURDLES

JAVELIN

400M

HIGH JUMP

HEPTATHLON

800M

POLE VAULT

4X100M RELAY 1

Jennifer Cutrer Whitney Wellington Haley McAllister Jazmin Dickey . . . . . . . . . 46.35 . . . . . . 4/7/07

1500M

LONG JUMP

Haley McAllister-Birkeland Whitney Wellington Chelsea Shapard Ashley Patterson . . . . . . 46.39 . . . . . . 5/16/09

Natalie Young Whitney Wellington Lauryn McKay Dalaney Fox . . . . . . . . . . 46.64 . . . . . . 5/15/10

1 2 3 4 5

1 2 3 4 4

Lynn Wimmer . . . . . . . . 12.10 . . . . . . 4/26/80 Whitney Wellington . . . 12.15 . . . . . . 4/14/07 Liza Whitehead . . . . . . . 12.22 . . . . . . 4/19/08 Jazmin Dickey . . . . . . . . . 12.24 . . . . . . 5/2/07 Haley McAllister . . . . . . . 12.34 . . . . . . 5/2/07

Ashley Patterson . . . . . . 24.47 . . . . . . 4/19/08 Amy Tidwell . . . . . . . . . . 24.53 . . . . . . 5/12/99 Stephanie Jolley . . . . . . 24.79 . . . . . . 3/16/12 Natalie Young . . . . . . . . . 24.97 . . . . . . 4/24/10 Whitney Wellington. . . . 24.98 . . . . . . 4/13/07

Amy Tidwell . . . . . . . . . . 52.55 . . . . . . 5/21/99 Chelsea Shapard . . . . . . 54.50 . . . . . . 4/18/09 Ashley Patterson . . . . . . 55.31 . . . . . . 5/12/07 Stephanie Jolley . . . . . . 55.52 . . . . . . 4/14/12 Lauryn McKay . . . . . . . . 55.79 . . . . . . 5/15/10

Lucy Yates . . . . . . . . . . . 2:06.21 . . . . 5/27/10 Nellie Hammons . . . . . . 2:06.67 . . . . . 5/29/04 Andrea Chavez . . . . . . . 2:06.96 aa . . 4/13/12 Amanda Mergaert . . . . 2:07.38 . . . . 4/23/11 Rosalie Griffin . . . . . . . . 2:08.80 . . . . 5/13/12

Amanda Mergaert . . . . 4:16.57 . . . . 5/28/11 Alyssa Abbott . . . . . . . . 4:19.73 . . . . 4/30/11 Carla Pittelkow . . . . . . . . 4:22.03 aa . . 5/6/82 Nellie Hammons . . . . . . 4:26.07 aa . . 5/3/03 Chelsea DiGrazia . . . . . . 4:26.39 . . . . . 4/24/08

3000M STEEPLECHASE 1 2 3 4 5

Shayla Houlihan . . . . . . . 10:43.60 . . . . 5/16/08 Elise Greenwood . . . . . . 10:50.39 aa . 5/13/05 Trina Bateman . . . . . . . . 10:59.12 . . . . 5/18/01 Jennifer Brusch . . . . . . . 11:04.30 . . . . 3/30/02 Nicki Hugie . . . . . . . . . . . 11:35.01 aa . 4/23/05

5000M 1 2 3 4 5

Alyssa Abbott . . . . . . . . . 16:17.86 . . . . 4/15/11 Celsa Bowman . . . . . . . . 16:18.08 . . . . 6/3/88 Jill Molen . . . . . . . . . . . . 16:19.85 . . . . 3/12/82 Susannah Hurst . . . . . . 16:45.63 . . . 4/6/12 Elise Greenwood . . . . . . 17:03.43 . . . . 4/24/04

10000M 1 2 3 4 5

Jill Molen . . . . . . . . . . . . 33:35.19 . . . . 1980 Johanna Nielsen . . . . . . 35:02.48 . . . . 5/12/00 Zuzana Sarikova . . . . . . . 35:18.97 . . . . 4/19/02 Lauren Adams . . . . . . . . 35:27.25 . . . . 4/18/97 Aimee Jensen . . . . . . . . . 35:34.62 . . . . 4/18/95

1 2 3 4 5

1 2 3 5

1 2 3 4

1 2 3 4 5

Angela Kaplar . . . . . . . . 13.61 . . . . . . 5/4/11 Elisha Kekacs . . . . . . . . . 13.91 . . . . . . 5/10/00 Amanda Feigt . . . . . . . . . 13.98 . . . . . . 5/11/07 Jennifer Cutrer . . . . . . . . 14.03 . . . . . . 5/12/06 April Jackson . . . . . . . . . 14.24 . . . . . . 5/2/01

Chelsea Shapard . . . . . . 57.88 . . . . . . 5/16/09 Amanda Feigt . . . . . . . . . 58.67 . . . . . . 5/26/07 Stephanie Jolley . . . . . . 58.73 . . . . . . 5/12/12 Jennifer Jackman . . . . . . 59.51 . . . . . . 5/28/04 Chelsey Kaplar . . . . . . . . 59.89 . . . . . . 5/15/10

Traci Olsen . . . . . . . . . . . 6’ 1.75” . . . . 5/9/92 Brenda Alcorn . . . . . . . . 6’ 1.5” . . . . . 3/30/91 Langley Iverson . . . . . . 5’ 10” . . . . . . 3/26/11 Katie Decker . . . . . . . . . . 5’ 10” . . . . . . 5/6/04 Brianna LeRoy . . . . . . . . 5’ 9.75” . . . . 5/5/12

Brooke LoBue . . . . . . . . . 13’ 0.25” . . . 5/3/03 Klaudia Rokossa . . . . . . 12’ 7.5” . . . . 5/15/09 Trisha Wagner . . . . . . . . 12’ 6.25” . . . 5/30/03 Mandie Rowell . . . . . . . . 12’ 5.5” . . . . 5/11/07 Susan Atwater . . . . . . . . 12’ 5.5” . . . . 5/3/06

Amy Tidwell . . . . . . . . . . 20’ 7.75” . . . 4/23/99 Amanda Feigt . . . . . . . . . 19’ 9.75” . . . 6/8/07 Karen Alcorn . . . . . . . . . 19’ 8.75” . . . 5/9/92 Kristy Slade . . . . . . . . . . . 19’ 8.75” . . . 5/8/02 Brianna LeRoy . . . . . . . . 19’ 8.25” . . . 5/4/11

TRIPLE JUMP 1 2 3 4 5

Stacey Rhineer . . . . . . . . 40’ 7.5” . . . . 5/10/99 Amanda Feigt . . . . . . . . . 40’ 0.75 . . . . 5/6/04 Karen Alcorn . . . . . . . . . 39’ 8.75” . . . 5/26/93 Ashley Patterson . . . . . . 38’ 9.5” . . . . 5/2/07 Alexandria Nash . . . . . . . 38’ 7” . . . . . . 5/17/03

SHOT PUT 1 2 3 4 5

Audrey Kiser . . . . . . . . . . 48’ 8.25” . . . 3/24/00 Destane Howerton-Davis . . 48’ 7.5” . . . . 4/28/12 Candice Ekberg . . . . . . . 48’ 6.25” . . . 5/29/05 Nikkie Rudder . . . . . . . . 47’ 8” . . . . . . 3/24/12 AJ Roby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47’ 3.5” . . . . 5/13/06

HAMMER THROW 1 2 3 4 5

Sarah Grimm . . . . . . . . . 207’ 1.75” . . 4/24/10 Vanessa Mortensen . . . . 205’ 0” . . . . . 5/12/06 Josefin Berg . . . . . . . . . . 199’ 4” . . . . . 4/19/08 Chantel Goldsberry . . . . 190’ 5” . . . . . 5/19/00 Anneli Stahl . . . . . . . . . 189’ 9” . . . . . 5/13/11

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1 2 3 4 5

AJ Roby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162’ 4” . . . . . 5/12/06 Candice Ekberg . . . . . . . 162’ 0” . . . . . 6/2/05 Destane Howerton-Davis . . 161’ 2” . . . . . 5/13/12 Sidni Taylor . . . . . . . . . . . 150’ 8” . . . . . 5/13/05 Becky Riddle . . . . . . . . . . 150’ 3” . . . . . 4/24/04

Kaitlin Urmston . . . . . . 150’ 1.5” . . . 3/30/12 Mindy Wilder . . . . . . . . . 146’ 5” . . . . . 5/9/01 Amber DeVries . . . . . . . . 137’ 3.5” . . . 5/4/05 Brianna LeRoy . . . . . . . . 137’ 0” . . . . . 3/16/12 Breanna Freestone . . . . 135’ 10” . . . . 5/16/09

Amanda Feigt . . . . . . . . . . . 5328 . . . . . . . 5/10/07 Erianne Allen . . . . . . . . . . . . 5264 . . . . . . . 5/3/02 Maren Hatch . . . . . . . . . . . . 5150 . . . . . . . 5/9/87 Brianna LeRoy . . . . . . . . . . 5090 . . . . . . . 4/28/11 Shanae Nixon . . . . . . . . . . . . 5073 . . . . . . . 5/17/01

4X400M RELAY 1

Chelsea Shapard Chelsey Kaplar Whitney Wellington Ashley Patterson . . . . . 3:38.96 . . . . . 5/16/09

Lauryn McKay Alyssa Johnson Ali Eisenbeiss Stephanie Jolley . . . . . . 3:41.12 . . . . . 5/13/12

Chelsea Shapard Haley McAllister-Birkeland Whitney Wellington Ashley Patterson . . . . . . 3:41.16 . . . . . 5/5/09

Bold indicates active athlete aa = altidude adjusted

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