Cal Poly Track & Field and Cross Country History and Record Book by Cal Poly Athletics

Olympians

conference championship teams

709

All-Americans

Table of Contents ALL-TIME TOP 10 ...........................................

3-4

Mustangs in the Olympics ......................

6-18

Mustang Coaches .....................................

19-21

ALL-TIME National Champions and

All-AMERICANS .............................

22-72

CONFERENCE Champions ........................ 73-123 Cross country

73-79

5,000 Meters

102-103

100-Meter dash

81-82

10,000 Meters

104-105

200 Meters

83-84

High jump

106-107

110M and 100m hurdles 85-86

Long jump

108-109

400M hurdles

87-88

Triple jump

110-111

400 Meters

89-90

Pole Vault

112-113

4X100m relay

91-92

Javelin

114-115

800 Meters

93-94

Discus

116-117

1,500 Meters

95-96

Shot Put

118-119

4X400m relay

97-98

Hammer Throw

120

Decathlon

121

Mile, 2-mile and 3-mile 99 3,000M steeplechase

100-101 Heptathlon 122

Steve Miller and John Capriotti Athletics Complex ..............................

125-128

Cal Poly Men’s Track & Field School Records 100-METER DASH 1. Kaaron Conwright, 2000 2. Clancy Edwards, 1975 3. Mark Kent, 1981 4. Travis Morse, 2005 6T. Joe Siai Siai, 1981 6T. Ron Waynes, 1983 7. Jamison Jordan, 2014 8. Bobby Turner, 1971 9. Tre’dale Tolver, 2008 10. Taylor Herrera, 2010

1. Ben Bruce, 2005 2. Justin Robison, 2021 3. Jim Schankel, 1979 4. Joe Gatel, 2010 5. Carmelo Rios, 1983 6. Jake Ritter, 2021 7. Chris Frias, 2014 8. Swarnjit Boyal, 2017 9. Phillip Reid, 2007 10. Ryan Moorcroft, 2004

20.61 20.69 20.65 20.74 20.80 21.04 21.04 21.10 21.18 21.21

1. Chris Frias, 2014 2. Carmelo Rios, 1983 3. Jim Schankel, 1979 4. Daniel Gonia, 2009 5. Jake Ritter, 2021 6. Swarnjit Boyal, 2018 7. Sean Davidson, 2014 8. Manny Bautista, 1981 9. Avery Blackwell, 2001 10. Mario Macias, 2004

46.03 46.20 46.34 46.34 46.57 46.59 46.84 46.94 47.16 47.26

1. Joe Siai Siai, 1978 2. David Williams, 2014 3. Dave Johnson, 1987 4. Jerry Edwards, 1992 5. Ben Hartinger, 2017 6. Adam Sprein, 2004 7. Bikram Thiara, 2021 8. Bobby Salimi, 2001 9. Jamaal Mutrie, 1998 10. Eric Surprenant, 2012

1:47.44 1:48.43 1:49.14 1:49.24 1:49.77 1:49.79 1:50.34 1:50.65 1:50.70 1:50.77

1. Bart Williams, 1978 2. Dave Johnson, 1986 3. Doug Lalicker, 1983 4. Mike Bartlett, 1977 5. Mike King, 1988 6. Eric Surprenant, 2012 7. David Namnath, 2013 8. Chris Frazeur, 2008 9. Brad Underwood, 1982 10. Bikram Thiara, 2018

200 METERS 1. Clancy Edwards, 1974 2. Kaaron Conwright, 1999 3. Joe Siai Siai, 1978 4. Bart Williams, 1978 5. Mark Kent, 1981 6T. Cecil Turner, 1968 6T. Pat Croft, 1981 8. Taylor Herrera, 2010 9. Erik Josephson, 1987 10. Jamison Jordan, 2011

1. Mohinder Gill, 1971 2. Andrew Badger, 2002 3. Ed Tate, 1978 4. Terry Armitage, 1983 5. Victor Torres, 1984 6. Ben Holback, 1990 7. Andrew Hill, 1996 8. Ron Waynes, 1981 9. Rich Quigley, 1980 10. Anthony Frazier, 1979

13.91 14.17 14.23 14.33 14.39 14.41 14.42 14.47 14.48 14.53

1. Andy Sverchek, 1999 2. Brian Faul, 1981 3. Jon Mayhew, 2000 4. Jim Halter, 1986 5. Arnie Sambel, 2017 6. Chris White, 2004 7. Selmer Olson, 1970 8. Daniel Erdman, 2012 9. Paul Toma, 1979 10. Tom Pagani, 1961

49.32 50.99 51.33 51.44 51.55 51.62 51.65 51.68 51.74 52.14

1. Jon Mayhew, 1999 2. Andy Sverchek, 1999 3. Will Smith, 2021 4. Arnie Sambel, 2017 5. Bill Patterson, 1966 6. Korben Boaz, 2011 7. Lloyd Petroelje, 1964 8. Chris Sorenson, 1981 9. Gil Rocha, 2003 10. Jesse McDonald, 1999

3:40.67 3:41.64 3:42.54 3:43.44 3:43.92 3:44.43 3:44.63 3:44.68 3:45.00 3:45.32

8:28.89 8:33.70 8:40.88 8:43.84 8:46.24 8:48.03 8:48.53 8:48.71 8:49.29 8:51.44

1. Reynaldo Brown, 1973 2. Mitch Naber, 1998 3. Mark Langan, 1986 4. Anthony Mudy, 1986 5. Nick Carter, 2001 6. Erik Johannessen, 1981 7T. Matt Hurd, 2000 7T. Aaron Maddiex, 1993 9. Bob Gordon, 1975 10. Two tied

3/4 1/2

55-1 53-1 52-3 51-8 51-4 51-1 50-7 50-5 50-5 50-4

1/4 3/4 1/4 1/4

1/4 1/4 3/4

3/4

1/4

SHOT PUT 61-5 1/2 60-3 3/4 60-2 58-6 3/4 57-10 1/4 57-2 57-1 57 1/4 56-11 56-6 1/2

DISCUS 184-2 184-1 179-4 177-3 175-5 175-0 174-1 173-10 172-7 171-0

JAVELIN (1986-PRESENT) 7-4 7-1 3/4 7-1 7-1 7-0 1/4 7-0 6-11 1/2 6-11 1/2 6-11 6-10 3/4

1. Ryan James, 2000 2. Aris Borjas, 2007 3. Chip Lilenthal, 1998 4. Brant Warran, 1989 5. Dane Clemensen, 2021 6. Ian Rice, 2011 7. Ryan Kugel, 2002 8. Nick Ahrold, 2013 9. Devin Bennett, 2016 10. Alex Ziebart, 2016

18-7 18-6 18-0 18-0 17-9 17-9 17-9 17-8 17-8 17-8

1. Ben Laville, 1965 2. Bob Riley, 1981 3. Tom Silva, 1981 4. Mark Feaster, 1980 5. Jim Oliver, 1974 6. Halil Zariman, 1954 7. Greg Rawker, 1977 8. Matt Vukicevich, 1980 9. Doug Hart, 1979 10. Bob Elliot, 1981

POLE VAULT 1. John Prader, 2013 2. Sean Brown, 1997 3. Brad Pickett, 1998 & 1999 4. Steve Horvath, 1989 5. Logan Nichols, 1998 6. Tony Castiglioni, 1991 7. Brian Adamick, 1993 8T. Kevin Rankin, 1990 8T. Jon Takahashi, 2003 8T. Kyle Inks, 2012

HAMMER 26-7 26-4 25-8 25-1 24-9 24-6 24-6 24-5 24-4 24-4

TRIPLE JUMP

HIGH JUMP

3,000 STEEPLECHASE 1. Carmelo Rios, 1983 2. Ben Bruce, 2005 3. Luke Llamas, 2006 4. Ivan Huff, 1981 5. Steve Neubaum, 1990 6. Nick Woolf, 2016 7. Blake Ahrold, 2013 8. David Beals, 2000 9. Carl Dargitz, 2010 10. Jim Schankel, 1980

28:45.60 28:52.04 28:55.74 28:57.28 29:01.61 29:05.54 29:08.24 29:18.34 29:22.64 29:22.76

400 HURDLES

1,500 METERS 1. Dan Aldridge, 1978 2. Jim Schankel, 1979 3. Phillip Reid, 2007 4. Derek Thomas, 2012 5. Hector Perez, 1984 6. Matt Johnsrud, 2004 7. Evan Anderson, 2007 8. Justin Robison, 2021 9. Vernon Sallaz, 1982 10. Ryan Moorcroft, 2004

1. Tyrone Ward, 2002 2. Ron Waynes, 1983 3. Andrew Badger, 2002 4. Cecil Turner, 1968 5. Terry Armitage, 1982 6. David Tucker, 1981 7. Steve Amundson, 1994 8. Art Wilson, 1960 9. Scott Heymann, 1969 10. Mohinder Gill, 1970

110 HURDLES

800 METERS 1. Mathyas Michael, 1970 2. Vernon Sallaz, 1981 3. Luis Rodriguez, 1960 4. Dan Aldridge, 1979 5. Brian Strieff, 1991 6. John Guerrero, 2013 7. Dave Marlow, 1978 8. Derek Thomas, 2011 9. Mike Perez, 2007 10. David Ulibarri, 2000

LONG JUMP 13:40.90 13:46.80 13:48.34 13.57.14 13:57.64 13:58.91 13:59.80 14:01.48 14:01.58 14:01.88

10,000 METERS

400 METERS 1. Pat Croft, 1981 2. Curtis Byrd, 1974 3T. Bart Williams, 1978 3T. Vic Hall, 1960 5. Tyrone Ward, 2003 6. Reggie Johnson, 1988 7. Xonie Lloyd, 1977 8. Fred Harvey, 1978 9. Chris Frazeur, 2007 10. Dave Johnson, 1986

5,000 METERS

10.07 10.24 10.28 10.32 10.34 10.34 10.41 10.44 10.48 10.49

240-7 236-5 223-1 218-1 216-4 211-8 207-6 206-7 3/4 206-3 204-9

JAVELIN (1985 AND EARLIER) 1/4 3/4 1/2 1/2 3/4

1/2 1/2 1/2

AS OF 5/18/21

243-6 241-6 221-6 214-9 212-10 210-10 208-9 205-0 198-11 198-10

1. Tom Pagani, 1961 2. Jim Halter, 1985 3. Devon Cetti, 2021 4. Nick Bultman, 2016 5. Jon Mayhew, 1999 6. Eric Halterman, 1993 7. Rick Bruner, 1979 8. James Deckert, 2000 9. Evan Roze, 2002 10. Wyatt Conner, 2021

200-5 195-11 191-8 189-9 187-0 186-4 183-9 181-11 178-11 1/2 174-1

DECATHLON (1985 TABLES) 1. Corbin Duer, 2011 2. Jon Takahashi, 2003 3. James Nunno, 2009 4. Dominic Byrne, 2011 5. Devin Bennett, 2016 6. Ted Scranton, 2017 7. Jacob Rickman, 2018 8. Jerry Edwards, 1993 9. Dylan Bouzigues, 2021 10. Ivy Adair, 2016

7,350 7,307 7,208 7,182 7,153 7,143 7,070 7,005 6,973 6,882

DECATHLON (1962 TABLES) 1. Pete Godinez, 1981 2. Loren Diaz, 1984 3. Jerry Hougen, 1975 4. Brian Sanders , 1978 5. Mark Kibort, 1982 6. Matt Vukicevich, 1980 7. Dave Hamer, 1973 8. Warren Wike, 1970 9. Don Aguiar, 1983 10. Gary Stathas, 1980

7,066 6,946 6,909 6,895 6,621 6,568 6,510 6,343 6,284 5,780

4x100m RELAY 1979 / 1981 (tied)

39.97 1979 Fred Harvey, Mark Kent, Bart Williams, Mike Bush 1981 Kevin Bush, Joe Siai Siai Pat Croft, Mark Kent

4x400m RELAY 1979 3:07.10 Mark Kent, Mike Bush Fred Harvey, Bart Williams

NOTE: Fully Automatic Timing became required for world records in January 1977. Prior to 1977, manual timers often used a conversion of +0.24 seconds added on to any hand-timed 100m or 200m marks, and +0.14 seconds (or +0.24 — varying depending on the timer) added on to any hand-timed mark in the 400 meters, 4x100 and 4x400m relay events.

Cal Poly Women’s Track & Field School Records 100-METER DASH 1. Tamatha Jackson, 1999 2. Patrice Carpenter, 1985 3. Tamela Holland, 1982 4. Daijah Joe-Smith, 2018 5. Felicia Saville, 1985 6. Ajah Love, 2015 7. Janet Yarbrough, 1998 8. Shelby Daniele, 2021 9. Cha’ron Stewart, 1998 10T. Kim Shepard, 1993 10T. Marie Nickson, 1976

11.36 11.58 11.63 11.72 11.74 11.85 11.86 11.87 11.88 11.94 11.94

200 METERS 1. Patrice Carpenter, 1986 2. Tamatha Jackson, 1999 3. Arleen Van Warmerdam, 1983 4. Ajah Love, 2014 5. Veronica Storvick, 1985 6T. Eloise Mallory, 1981 6T. Ogonna Agu, 2009 8. LeBren Martin, 2003 9. Tamela Holland, 1983 10. Cha’ron Stewart, 2000

23.30 23.31 23.84 24.03 24.19 24.22 24.22 24.23 24.25 24.26

52.96 53.66 53.86 54.27 54.51 55.16 55.53 55.54 55.59 55.68

2:02.48 2:03.10 2:06.91 2:07.03 2:07.26 2:07.34 2:07.41 2:07.44 2:07.44 2:08.55

1. Willimena Cisco, 2006 2. CeCe Chandler, 1985 3. Molly Ross, 2021 4. Janet Yarbrough, 1982 5. Sharon Hanson, 1987 6T. Janet Benford, 1976 6T. LeBren Martin, 2004 8. Ciara Levy, 2018 9. Tenise Brewer, 2009 10. Turquoise Williams, 2011

4:09.69 4:14.9 4:15.90 4:16.49 4:17.74 4:18.38 4:18.73 4:19.85 4:19.96 4:21.00

1. LeBren Martin, 2003 2. Sharon Hanson, 1987 3. Gina Albanese, 1991 4. Cha’ron Stewart, 1997 5. Laurie Hagan, 1987 6. Sara Bonilla, 2000 7. Jhana Samuels, 2009 8. Molly Ross, 2021 9. Shanin Stevens, 1990 10. Kristin Hall, 2002

9:05.80 9:09.81 9:16.12 9:18.64 9:18.94 9:19.56 9:23.00 9:29.86 9:31.22 9:32.34

1. Janet Yarbrough, 1983 2. Angela Lee, 1988 3. Cortney Stafford, 2004 4. CeCe Chandler, 1985 5. Sharon Day, 2008 6. Jasmine Pickett, 2008 7. Whitney Sisler, 2012 8. Sparkle Anderson, 2005 9. Jessica Eggleston, 2007 10. Vicky Allegri, 1990

6-4 3/4 6-3 1/2 6-2 6-0 5-10 3/4 5-10 5-10 5-10 5-9 1/4 5-9 1/4

33:12.86 33:31.80 34:05.74 34:20.47 34.28.94 34:31.54 34:42.24 34:43.34 34:49.64 34:49.84

1. Stephanie Brown, 2003 2. Erica Ahmann, 1995 3. Jennifer Peters, 1994 4. Amanda Garcia, 2004 5. Soozie Shanley, 1999 6. Allison Scranton, 2017 7. Celeste Paquette, 1987 8. Carrie Axton, 1999 9. Kristin Bryden, 2000 10. Julie Dufresne, 2008

13.39 13.47 13.55 13.57 13.75 13.89 13.89 13.94 13.95 14.05

1. Stephanie Brown, 2003 2. Julie Dufresne, 2009 3. Kristin Bryden, 2002 4. Amanda Garcia, 2002 5. Kiely Osby, 2015 6. Soozie Shanley, 1998 7. Whitney DeWeese, 2008 8. Rica Brown, 1990 9. Dana Henderson, 1983 10. Celeste Paquette, 1987

57.69 58.27 58.85 59.29 59.66 59.89 1:00.18 1:00.31 1:00.56 1:00.67

1. Karin Smith, 1982 2. Danella Barnes, 1982 3. Deena Bernstein, 1985 4. Melissa White, 1990 5. Jennie Warfield, 1999 6. Megan Mooney, 2016 7. Liz Carroll, 1982 8. Denise Woodward, 1986 9. Colleen Kevany, 1986 10. Tricia Lundberg, 1987

20-7 1/4 20-2 1/2 19-10 3/4 19-10 1/2 19-9 19-8 3/4 19-6 3/4 19-6 1/4 19-5 1/4 19-4 3/4

1. Emily Hallett, 2021 2. Kristin Bryden, 2002 3. Soozie Shanley, 1999 4. Amanda Garcia, 2004 5. Allison Scranton, 2019 6. Vosa Hingano, 2013 7. Amy Feulner, 2010 8. Michelle Daggs, 2001 9. Amanda Andrews, 2003 10. Natalie Rogers, 2021

TRIPLE JUMP

DISCUS 189-7 189-0 168-11 168-6 168-0 167-6 166-4 162-4 162-3 162-2 1/2

SHOT PUT 57-0 52-8 50-6 49-8 47-8 47-7 46-4 46-3 46-2 46-1

3/4 1/2 1/2 1/4 1/4 1/2 1/4 1/2

JAVELIN

LONG JUMP

3,000 METERS 1. Teena Colebrook, 1990 2. Amy Harper, 1983 3. Gladees Prieur, 1985 4. Kristina Hand, 1992 5. Maggie Keyes, 1980 6. Lesley White, 1987 7. Lori Lopez, 1985 8. Katie Izzo, 2019 9. Vickie Bray, 1984 10. Eileen Kraemer, 1982

1. Cortney Stafford, 2005 44-1 1/4 2. Jasmine Pickett, 2011 43-6 3/4 3. Kendal Nielsen, 2016 42-6 1/4 4. Abibat Rahman-Davies, 2019 41-11 1/2 5. Jessica Eggleston, 2008 41-6 6. Caitlin Schields, 2009 40-9 3/4 7. Kalesi Budei, 2017 40-9 8. Cindy Pettibon, 1997 40-5 1/2 9. CeCe Chandler, 1984 40-4 3/4 10. Sparkle Anderson, 2005 40-3 1/2

400 HURDLES

1,500 METERS 1. Teena Colebrook, 1989 2. Maggie Keyes, 1979 3. Ashley Windsor, 2015 4. Gladees Prieur, 1986 5. Deirdre Byrne, 2006 6. Amy Harper, 1983 7. Peyton Bilo, 2017 8. Eileen Kraemer, 1982 9. Noreen Searls, 1989 10. Kristina Hand, 1992

15:50.64 15:52.01 15:53.73 15:59.72 16:04.74 16:08.32 16:14.37 16:14.87 16:19.02 16:29.45

5,000 METERS 1. Amy Harper, 1983 2. Peyton Bilo, 2017 3. Laura Hollander, 2013 4. Teena Colebrook, 1990 5. Robyn Root, 1985 6. Katie Izzo, 2019 7. Leslie White, 1987 8. Carol Gleason, 1984 9. Jamie Park, 1990 10. Miranda Daschian, 2019

1. Robyn Root, 1985 2. Jamie Park, 1990 3. Pauline Stehly, 1987 4. Carol Gleason, 1984 5. Patty Almendariz, 1989 6. Marilyn Nichols, 1983 7. Sierra Brill, 2021 8. Lesley White, 1988 9. Amanda Marks, 1989 10. Irene Crowley, 1982

POLE VAULT

1. Sharon Day, 2008 2. Kaylene Wagner, 2004 3. Sue McNeal, 1982 4. Whitney Sisler, 2011 5. Julie Weigmann, 1987 6T. Esther Scherzinger, 1982 6T. Hana Novak, 1987 6T. Danielle Bryan, 2015 9T. Karen Kraemer, 1984 9T. Danielle Taylor, 2016

100 HURDLES

800 METERS 1. Teena Colebrook, 1990 2. Maggie Vessey, 2005 3. Stephanie Chavez, 1990 4. Melissa Flynn, 2000 5. Jill Ellingson, 1984 6. Esther Scherzinger, 1982 7. Hanna Edwards, 2015 8T. Maggie Keyes, 1980 8T. Gladees Prieur, 1986 10. Misty Diaz, 2021

HIGH JUMP

10:15.93 10:17.24 10:40.53 10:43.76 10:46.95 10:47.49 10:47.65 10:52.00 10:54.23 10:57.08

10,000 METERS

400 METERS 1. Patrice Carpenter, 1986 2. Veronica Storvick, 1985 3. Maggie Vessey, 2001 4. Arleen Van Warmerdam, 1983 5. LeBren Martin, 2003 6. Eloise Mallory, 1982 7. Emily Kressin, 2011 8. Cha’ron Stewart, 2000 9. Felicia Saville, 1986 10. Liz Douglas, 1982

3,000 STEEPLECHASE 1. Diana George, 2014 2. Leanne Fogg, 2011 3. Maddie McDonald, 2018 4. Katie Murphy, 2004 5. Abbey Fisk, 2019 6. Delaney Fitzsimmons, 2018 7. Mary Hillis, 2014 8. Bryanna Fuller, 2018 9. Brienna Morris, 2009 10. Noelle Garcia, 2011

211-5 174-7 171-6 159-4 153-6 153-2 152-10 152-5 151-7 151-0

HAMMER

AS OF 5/18/21

193-0 183-9 1/2 176-4 166-1 157-8 157-4 151-8 1/2 144-7 3/4 141-11 138-8

1. Brooke Tjerrild, 2021 2. Paula Serrano, 2000 3. Kayla Myers, 2021 4. Jenna Homes, 2009 5. Kelly Dahl, 2005 6. Sydney Jaques, 2021 7T. Siera Hearne, 2011 7T. Shannon Pierson, 1999 9. Shannon Flett, 2000 10T. Christine Silva, 2008 10T. Annie Hatzenbeler, 2021

14-0 13-8 13-7 13-5 1/4 13-2 1/4 13-1 1/2 12-11 1/2 12-11 1/2 12-10 12-9 1/2 12-9 1/2

HEPTATHLON 1. Sharon Day, 2008 2. Sharon Hanson, 1987 3. Denise Woodward, 1986 4. Julie Tingle, 1993 5. Caice Lanovaz, 2019 6. Liz Carroll, 1992 7. Chris Dubois, 1983 8. CeCe Chandler, 1984 9. Karen Kraemer, 1984 10. Whitney Sisler, 2012

5,642 5,412 5,194 5,150 5,123 4,988 4,963 4,959 4,901 4,839

4x100m RELAY 1982 45.14 Tamela Holland, Eloise Mallory, Janet Yarbrough, Arlene Van Warmerdam

4x400m RELAY 1985 3:36.37 Felicia Saville, Patrice Carpenter, Loretta Jordan, Veronica Storvick

Credits

Photos on pages 9, 12-14, 20-25, 29, 34-35, 47-55, 89, 99, 106, 108, 116 and 123-130 are courtesy of University Archives at Cal Poly. Photos on pages 7-8, 10 and 18 are courtesy of the International Olympic Committee. Photos on pages 11 and 17 are courtesy of the U.S. Olympic Committee. Additional file photos throughout are by Marlin Agoub, Ray Ambler, Andrew Baird, Alexander Bohlen, Julie Brandt, Matt Brown, Eric Burdick, Ethan Cardoza, Steve Chen, James Colon, Wade Denniston, Luis Descanzo, Tom Ewart, Joe Fabris, John Fajardo, Jeff Golden, Aaron Lambert, Kirby Lee, Owen Main, Rick Morgan, Tim O’Dowd, Alyssa Razo, Lloyd Sicard, Bob Solorio, Frank Stranzl, Jim Sullivan, Keith A. Tracy, Cheryl Treworgy and Dave Wegiel. Researched, edited and designed by Donovan Aird (daird@calpoly.edu). Cover design by Michael Glasgow. Special thanks to Frank Candida of Cal State L.A., the USTFCCCA, Track & Field News, Cindy Arbelbide, USATF, the IAAF, Kennedy Library Special Collections, Mustang News, Track & Field Results Reporting System, Doug Lynch/PhotoTiming.com, the NCAA, the CCAA and the Big West Conference.

A History of Mustangs in the Olympics

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Reynaldo Brown Mexico City, 1968

Cal Poly Mustangs in the Olympics rown 1968 During a run of winning three consecutive state high jump championships at Compton High School, Reynaldo Brown competed as a 17-year-old at the 1968 Olympics. He cleared 7 feet and a quarter-inch in Mexico City, finishing just two spots back of earning a bronze medal. Renowned as one of the last world-class high jumpers to use the straddle technique rather than the Fosbury Flop (as Dick Fosbury won the gold in 1968), Brown won a pair of national titles for Cal Poly at the Division I level, in 1971 and 1973. His height of 7’ 4” on the second occasion — which culminated a senior season in which he earned top honors at 15 meets — broke the NCAA record at the time, ranked No. 2 in the world that year (behind only Dwight Stones), and still stands as the Mustangs’ program record. By the close of his collegiate career, whether via indoor or outdoor competition, Brown had set or tied 27 records in various contexts. The 1971 all-sports CCAA Male Athlete of the Year also played basketball at Cal Poly. Brown overcame cancer, and cardiac and kidney failure later in life to still clear 5’ 6” in 2009.

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Cal Poly Mustangs in the Olympics athyas ichael 1968

Mathyas Michael (then Matias Habtemichael) represented Ethiopia in two events at the 1968 Olympics as a 17-year-old, taking third place in his first-round heat for the 800 meters (with a time of 1:49.6) and sixth in the 1,500m prelims (at 3:53.2). He held the Ethiopian 800m record from 1968 through 1972. As a Mustang freshman, he won the 880-yard 1969 national title with a time of 1:49.6, before repeating as a sophomore, at 1:49.9. He won conference championships in the event both seasons, as well as back-toback mile crowns at 4:11.6 and 4:13.3. In the fall of 1969, he also led the Mustangs to the program’s first-ever cross country conference championship, with a team score of 20 points in Pomona, as he won the individual title with an 8k performance of 25:11.9. Michael finished fifth at the 1970 Division I NCAA Championships for the 880y, with a school-record time of 1:47.9 — converted to 1:47.3 for meters (at right).

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University Archives, Cal Poly Track & Field News

Cal Poly Mustangs in the Olympics ill 1972 Gill’s career-best mark of 55 feet, 1.25 inches at the West Coast Relays in Fresno in 1971 ranked as the second-longest triple jump ever recorded on American soil at the time (and was just a half-inch back of the U.S. record). A year later at the Munich Games (shown at left), he represented his native India in both the triple and long jump. Gill had previously won a gold medal at the 1970 Asian Games in Bangkok, as well as a bronze at the Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh the same year. Below, Gill poses for a photo on campus with coach Steve Simmons, who would also later be inducted into the Cal Poly Hall of Fame. Gill won back-to-back NCAA outdoor championships for the Mustangs in 1970 and 1971, at 51’ 9.25” and 54’ 8.5”.

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Cal Poly Mustangs in the Olympics onnelly 1976 As a Cal Poly freshman in May 1973, Patrice Donnelly advanced to the AIAW National Championships for the 100-meter hurdles. She became the first Mustang woman in any sport to earn All-America honors, taking second place in 14.3 seconds at Cal State East Bay in Hayward. Donnelly later went on to qualify for the 1976 Olympics in Montreal, where she finished fifth in her first-round heat with a time of 13.71 seconds — just one-hundredth back of advancing to the semifinals. Her lifetime-best performance, 13.52, came earlier that spring. After coming to San Luis Obispo as a member of the U.S.’ 1971 Pan American team, Donnelly also competed for the Mustangs’ 440 and 880-yard relay squads in her season at Cal Poly.

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Cal Poly Mustangs in the Olympics 1976

arin mith 1980 1984 1988 Karin Smith’s javelin throw of 206 feet, 9 inches on June 4, 1982 in Provo, Utah not only won the national title at the Division I level for Cal Poly; it still stands as the all-time NCAA Championships record. Her all-time best, 212’ 6”, came on Aug. 10, 1980 in Cologne, West Germany. Consistently ranked among the top five in the world throughout the 1980s, the UCLA transfer from La Jolla also won the Olympic Trials in 1980, but the U.S. boycotted the Moscow Games during the Cold War era. A seven-time USATF champion, Smith finished eighth at the Montreal Games in 1976 and again in Los Angeles in 1984 after finishing her collegiate career as a Mustang.

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Cal Poly Mustangs in the Olympics illiams 1980 Williams won the national title in the 400-meter intermediate hurdles as a Cal Poly senior in 1979, at 49.82 seconds, on his way to also being honored with a California State Assembly Resolution Outstanding Athlete Award. The next year, he earned a spot on the Olympic team in the event (depicted below with President Carter, becoming the first athlete from Vallejo to ever belong to an Olympic roster), but the U.S. boycotted the Moscow Games during the Cold War. Williams’ top world ranking came in 1981, at No. 6. In addition to his school-record 49.32 in his premier race, he also owns a part of both program relay records. An eight-time conference champion for the Mustangs, he also competed at the Pan-Am Games in Puerto Rico and the World University Games in Mexico in 1979.

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Cal Poly Mustangs in the Olympics ios 1984 Carmelo Ríos still owns the all-time Cal Poly steeplechase record, 8:28.89, set in 1983. Also that year, he qualified for the inaugural IAAF World Championships in Helsinki and won a silver medal at the Pan-Am Games in Venezuela. He went on to represent his native Puerto Rico at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles, where he opened with a sixth-ranked first-round time of 8:31.88 before coming in 12th in the semifinals. In addition to winning the 1981 national championship in the steeplechase while a Mustang, Ríos also claimed the 5,000-meter title in 1983 after running a collegiatebest 13:57.64. He finished his pro career running for the Asics Aggies Club from 1985-93.

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Cal Poly Mustangs in the Olympics ue

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As a sophomore for Cal Poly in 1982, Sue McNeal set the school record for the high jump at 6 feet, 2 inches. It was a pinnacle that stood for more than two decades and ranked sixth in the nation for that entire season, whether among collegians or professionals, while garnering Division I AllAmerican status. In the first season the NCAA sponsored women’s sports, McNeal helped Cal Poly earn a No. 7 dual-meet team ranking from Track & Field News. She won a national title in 1983 for the Mustangs, and her clearance of 6 feet the following year remains an all-time record for the CCAA finals. The Carlsbad native’s all-time best came in 1991, at 6’ 5”, rising to a U.S. ranking of No. 2. The next year at the Barcelona Games, she finished 19th, with a height of 6’ 2.75”.

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Cal Poly Mustangs in the Olympics haron

owery 1996 Sharon Hanson-Lowery finished ninth in the heptathlon in 1996 at the Atlanta Games (shown at lower-left), compiling a score of 6,292. Her trials performance of 6,352 that year was a career high, just 51 back of Jackie Joyner-Kersee. Hanson was also the second-place finisher at the 1991 Pan-Am Games in Havana (totaling 5,770 points). As a Mustang senior in 1987, Hanson set the school record in the 400 hurdles, at 58.27 seconds (one that would stand until 2003), before shifting her pro career to the multi-event focus years later.

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Cal Poly Mustangs in the Olympics tephanie rown rafton 2004 2008 2012 One of the more recent icons to come out of the Cal Poly track and field program is Stephanie Brown Trafton, who earned a combined seven All-America certificates during her Mustang career. She still owns two school records — 189 feet, 7 inches in the discus, and 57 feet in the shot put — and graduated as a seven-time Big West Conference champion. As a senior in the 2003 outdoor season — a year before competing at her first Olympics in Athens — she took second place in the discus at the NCAA Championships. Brown Trafton is most famous for her first-place discus performance at the Beijing Games in 2008 (shown above and below), when she had a mark of 212’ 5” to become the first American woman to win the gold medal in the event since 1932. Afterward that season, she was honored with the Jesse Owens Award as USATF’s female track and field athlete of the year. In 2012, she rewrote the American record to 222’ 3” at the Altius TC Throwdown in Maui.

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Cal Poly Mustangs in the Olympics haron onroe 2008 2012 Sharon Day won the 2005 NCAA outdoor high jump national title as a Mustang sophomore, clearing 6 feet, 4 inches in Sacramento. In all between the indoor and outdoor seasons, she was a seventime All-American. Culminating her last spring at Cal Poly in 2008, she won her fourth straight Big West Conference title at 6’ 4.75”, meeting the Olympic qualifying standard while ranking No. 2 in the U.S. and No. 19 worldwide at the time. Indeed that summer after graduating, she went on to qualify for the Beijing Games, where she placed 12th. Day-Monroe also set the school record in the heptathlon (with 5,642 points), for which she returned to the Olympics in 2012 (shown below), placing as the U.S.’ highest finisher in London (16th overall, at 6,232). Now competing for ASICS as the country’s winningest multi-event woman ever, she set the American indoor pentathlon record in 2014 at 4,805. In 2015, Day-Monroe became the first woman in USATF history to win four consecutive national indoor pentathlon titles (adding to her trio of outdoor crowns).

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Mustang Head Coaches Ed Jorgensen 1947-48

Jim Jensen 1948-49 — ’58-59 • Track & Field 1959-60 • Cross Country

Walt Williamson 1959-60 — ’65-66 • Track & Field 1962-63 — ’63-64 • Cross Country

Dick McElveny 1964-65 • Cross Country

Dick Purcell 1965-66 — ’69-70 • Cross Country 1966-67 — ’69-70 • Track & Field Steve Simmons 1970-71 — ’75-76 • Men

Evelyn Pellaton 1973-74 — ’78-79 • Women Steve Miller 1976-77 — ’80-81 • Men

Lance Harter 1979-80 — ’89-90 • Women Tom Henderson 1981-82 — ’91-92 • Men

Deanne Johnson 1990-91 — ’91-92 • Women Brooks Johnson 1992-93 — ’95-96 • Track & Field

Terry Crawford 1992-93 — ’95-96 • Cross Country 1996-97 — 2008-09 • Director of Track & Field and Cross Country Mark Conover 2009-10 — Present • Director of Track & Field and Cross Country

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Prior to becoming a four-year university in 1940, Cal Poly competed as a two-year college, winning California Central Coast Conference championships in 1933 and 1935 under Al Agosti and J.C. Deuel. After World War II, the Mustangs fully returned in the 1947-48 year, the program’s first in the California Collegiate Athletic Association. Cal Poly’s first complete season for women’s track & field came in 1973-74 as a charter member of the Southern California Women’s Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. The SCWIAC became the Southern California Athletic Association two years later, before the Mustang women’s squads aligned with the men’s teams’ conference affiliations in 1981-82 — also the first year the NCAA sponsored women’s national championship meets, following the previous decade in the AIAW (Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women). The Mustangs competed in the CCAA through 1993-94, before fully moving to Division I and the American West Conference in 1994-95, and then the Big West Conference in 1996-97. (Through the spring of 1982, the NCAA also allowed student-athletes from all divisions to qualify for Division I championships.)

Mustang Head Coaches

Top left: Dick Purcell led the Mustangs to three straight national championships from 1968 to 1970. Top right: Steve Simmons coached 45 All-Americans and 16 school recordbreakers from 1971 through 1976. He was inducted into the Cal Poly Hall of Fame in 2003. Left: From 1976 to 1981, Steve Miller guided the Mustangs to a combined five national titles. He was inducted into the Cal Poly Hall of Fame in 1998. GoPoly.com • 20

Mustang Head Coaches

Top left: Lance Harter, who coached Cal Poly’s women’s teams from 1979 to 1990 before being hired at Arkansas, was inducted into the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 2014. Top right: Terry Crawford, who coached the Mustangs from 1992 to 2009, is now the director of coaching for USATF. With the Mustangs, she coached 28 Division I All-Americans. Right: Mark Conover, a 1988 Olympian, was named Cal Poly’s director of track & field and cross country in December 2009 after serving as an assistant coach the previous 13 years. A 21-time Big West Coach of the Year award winner and three-time USTFCCCA West Region Coach of the Year recipient, he has coached the Mustangs to a combined 14 All-American honors at the highest level since 2003, in addition to 70 Big West Conference champions. 21 • GoPoly.com

Division I National Champions & All-Americans

11 Division I Champions since 1961 81 D I A mericans S 1960

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As a Cal Poly senior in 1971, Mohinder Gill ranked No. 6 in the world for the triple jump, with a school-record mark of 55 feet, 1.25 inches at the West Coast Relays in Fresno. A month-and-a-half later, Gill finished his college career by defending his 1970 NCAA Division I outdoor national title, going back-to-back at 54’ 8.5” in Seattle. At right, Gill is pictured with his Mustang head coach, Steve Simmons. Gill also won the 1971 NCAA indoor triple jump crown in Detroit, at 52’ 9.75”, giving him three of Cal Poly’s 11 Division I national championships.

University Archives, Cal Poly

Division I National Champions & All-Americans

Cross Country

Jim Schankel

Phillip Reid

NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS 1978 (at Wisconsin) Jim Schankel, Jr. (8th: 29:48.0) 1979 (at Lehigh) Jim Schankel, Sr. (15th: 29:34.2)

MEN

2006 (at Indiana State) Phillip Reid, Jr. (21st: 31:24.2) 2007 (at Indiana State) Phillip Reid, Sr. (33rd: 30:31.2) GoPoly.com • 24

Division I National Champions & All-Americans

WOMEN 1978† (at Colorado) Maggie Keyes, So. (12th: 17:43.3) 1979† (at Florida State) Maggie Keyes, Jr. (6th: 16:56.5) 1980† (at Washington) Maggie Keyes, Sr. (12th: 17:27.8) University Archives, Cal Poly

† AIAW

Maggie Keyes 25 • GoPoly.com

Division I National Champions & All-Americans

Peyton Bilo 2012 (at Louisville) Laura Hollander, Fr. (9th: 19:45.2) 2016 (at Indiana State) Peyton Bilo, So. (23rd: 20:14.4)

Laura Hollander GoPoly.com • 26

Division I National Champions & All-Americans

Outdoor Track & Field

Tom Pagani NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS

MEN 1960 (at Cal) Vic Hall, Jr. - 440y (2nd: 46.1)

Vic Hall 27 • GoPoly.com

1961 (at Penn) Tom Pagani, Sr. - hammer (National Champion: 194’ 10”)

Division I National Champions & All-Americans

Reynaldo Brown

1970 (at Drake) Mohinder Gill, Jr. - triple jump (National Champion: 51’ 9.25”)

Mohinder Gill

1971 (at Washington) Reynaldo Brown, So. - high jump (National Champion: 7’ 3”) Mohinder Gill, Sr. - triple jump (National Champion: 54’ 8.5”) GoPoly.com • 28

Division I National Champions & All-Americans

Clancy Edwards (Above)

After his freshman season of 1974 at Cal Poly, Clancy Edwards was ranked No. 9 in the world and No. 3 in the U.S. for the 200 meters, with a 220-yard time of 20.4 converting to 20.28. In the summer before his sophomore year of 1975, he won both the 100 and 200 meter championships for the Team USA Juniors vs. Russia at the World Amateur Games. 1972 (at Oregon) Dave Hamer, So. - pole vault (4th: 16’ 9”) 1973 (at LSU) Reynaldo Brown, Sr. - high jump (National Champion: 7’ 4”) 1975 (at BYU) Clancy Edwards, So. - 220y (3rd: 20.61) 1978 (at Oregon) Danny Aldridge, Jr. - 1,500m (7th: 3:40.67)

Dave Hamer (Left) 29 • GoPoly.com

1979 (at Illinois) Bart Williams, Sr. - 400m hurdles (3rd: 49.78) Danny Aldridge, Sr. - 1,500m (5th: 3:40.72) Tim McDonald, Jr. - pole vault (6th: 16’ 6”)

1998 (at Buffalo) Kaaron Conwright, So. 100m (5th: 10.40) Kaaron Conwright, So. 200m (5th: 20.91) 1999 (at Boise State) Kaaron Conwright, Jr. 100m (7th: 10.25) Kaaron Conwright, Jr. 200m (7th: 20.82) Andy Sverchek, Sr. shot put (9th: 61’ 5”) 2000 (at Duke) Kaaron Conwright, Sr. 100m (3rd: 10.19)

Kaaron Conwright

Division I National Champions & All-Americans Andrew Badger (Right) 2001 (at Oregon) Andrew Badger, Jr. triple jump (7th: 51’ 9.75”) 2002 (at LSU) Andrew Badger, Sr. long jump (8th: 25’ 3.5”)

Kaaron Conwright

Andy Sverchek

Division I National Champions & All-Americans

Ben Bruce

2003 (at Sacramento State) Ben Bruce, Jr. - steeplechase (9th: 8:39.28) 2004 (at Texas) Jon Takahashi, Sr. - pole vault (7th: 17’ 8.5”)

Jon Takahashi

2005 (at Sacramento State) Ben Bruce, Sr. - steeplechase (6th: 8:33.81) GoPoly.com • 32

Division I National Champions & All-Americans 2007 (at Sacramento State) Aris Borjas, Sr. - javelin (3rd: 234’ 4”) 2012 (at Drake) Second Team: John Prader, Jr. pole vault (14th: 17’ 4.5”)

Aris Borjas

John Prader 33 • GoPoly.com

John Prader celebrates breaking the school pole vault record at the Blue-Green Rivalry dual meet vs. UC Santa Barbara at home on April 27, 2013. Prader’s clearance of 18 feet, 7.25 inches broke a mark that had stood for 16 seasons while ranking No. 3 in the nation. He went on to take 16th place at the 2016 U.S. Olympic Trials.

Division I National Champions & All-Americans

Janet Benford University Archives, Cal Poly

NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS

woMEN 1973† (at Cal State East Bay) Patrice Donnelly, Fr. - 100m hurdles (2nd: 14.3) 1974† (at North Texas) Janet Benford, So. - 100m hurdles (3rd: 14.7) 1976† (at Kansas State) Janet Benford, Sr. - 100m hurdles (2nd: 14.0) 1980† (at Oregon) Maggie Keyes, Jr. - 1,500m (National Champion: 4:18.8)

Maggie Keyes

† AIAW GoPoly.com • 34

1982 (at BYU) Karin Smith, Sr. - javelin (National Champion: 206’ 9”) Janet Yarbrough, Jr. - 100m hurdles (6th: 13.95) Sue McNeal, So. - high jump (7th: 6’ 0”) Eileen Kraemer, Sr. - 1,500m (8th: 4:23.59)

Karin Smith

Eileen Kraemer University Archives, Cal Poly

Division I National Champions & All-Americans

Bianca Maran

1995 (at Tennessee) Erica Ahmann, Jr. discus (3rd: 182’ 5”) 1996 (at Oregon) Erica Ahmann, Sr. discus (4th: 186’ 6”) 1998 (at Buffalo) Bianca Maran, Fr. pole vault (National Champion: 12’ 5.5”) Paula Serrano, Jr. pole vault (6th: 12’ 1.5”)

Stephanie Brown

Erica Ahmann GoPoly.com • 36

Division I National Champions & All-Americans

1999 (at Boise State) Paula Serrano, Sr. - pole vault (National Champion: 13’ 5.25”) 2001 (at Oregon) Stephanie Brown, So. - shot put (7th: 53’ 6.25”) 2002 (at LSU) Stephanie Brown, Jr. - discus (4th: 177’ 6”)

Paula Serrano 37 • GoPoly.com

Maggie Vessey (Right) 2003 (at Sacramento State) Stephanie Brown, Sr. discus (2nd: 181’ 5”) Stephanie Brown, Sr. shot put (4th: 57’ 0”) Kaylene Wagner, Fr. high jump (5th: 5’ 10.5”) 2004 (at Texas) Sharon Day, Fr. high jump (2nd: 6’ 2.75”) Kaylene Wagner, So. high jump (3rd: 6’ 2.75”) 2005 (at Sacramento State) Sharon Day, So. high jump (National Champion: 6’ 4”) Maggie Vessey, Sr. 800m (2nd: 2:03.10)

Kaylene Wagner (Below)

Division I National Champions & All-Americans 2007 (at Sacramento State) Sharon Day, Jr. - high jump (4th: 6’ 0”) 2008 (at Drake) Sharon Day, Sr. - high jump (2nd: 6’ 1.25”) 2009 (at Arkansas) Julie Dufresne, Sr. - shot put (6th: 53’ 5”) Jasmine Pickett, So. - triple jump (9th: 42’ 9.75”)

Sharon Day

Julie Dufresne 39 • GoPoly.com

Division I National Champions & All-Americans

Whitney Sisler (Above)

2011 (at Drake) First Team: Jasmine Pickett, Sr. triple jump (7th: 43’ 6.5”) 2012 (at Drake) Honorable Mention: Whitney Sisler, Sr. high jump (NH)

Jasmine Pickett (Right) GoPoly.com • 40

Division I National Champions & All-Americans

Ashley Windsor (Above) 2015 (at Oregon) Second Team: Ashley Windsor, Jr. 1,500m (16th: 4:19.77) Honorable Mention: Danielle Bryan, Jr. high jump (21st: 5’ 7.75”)

Danielle Bryan (Left) 41 • GoPoly.com

Division I National Champions & All-Americans

Peyton Bilo 2017 (at Oregon) Second Team: Peyton Bilo, So. 5,000m (10th: 15:52.82)

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Division I National Champions & All-Americans

Indoor Track & Field

Amy Harper (512) NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS

MEN

WOMEN

1971 (at Michigan) Mohinder Gill, Sr. - triple jump (National Champion: 52’ 9.75”)

1983 (at Michigan) Amy Harper, Jr. - 2 miles (4th: 9:59.91) Janet Yarbrough, Sr. - 55m hurdles (4th: 7.84)

1973 (at Michigan) Reynaldo Brown, Sr. - high jump (T-5th: 6’ 10”)

Mustang Women’s Indoor Track & Field Records 55-METER DASH 1. Tamatha Jackson, 1999 2. Mishe’ Scott, 2013 3. Erinne Benny, 2008 4. Jessica Williams, 2010 5. Kristen Hirashima, 2003

600 METERS 1. Mikaela Romanini, 2020 2. Jenna Davis, 2012 3. Natalie Grohmann, 2019 4. Michelle Chandler, 2020 5. Kristen Sanzari, 2011

7.84 8.12 8.23 8.30 8.33

1. Teena Colebrook, 1987 2. Maggie Vessey, 2003 3. Mikaela Romanini, 2020 4. Stephanie Chavez, 1999 5. Cassie Atkinson, 2005

7.68 7.74 7.74 7.80 7.81

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

8.61 8.67 8.70 8.90 8.93

1. Teena Colebrook, 1987 2. Maggie Keyes, 1980 3. Deirdre Byrne, 2006 4. Katie Izzo, 2019 5. Ashley Windsor, 2015

24.74 24.82 25.01 25.06 25.32

1. Amy Harper, 1983 2. Gladees Prieur, 1985 3. Peyton Bilo, 2017 4. Molly Haar, 2017 5. Bridie McCarey, 2009

55.95 57.91 57.93 57.97 57.99

1. Stephanie Brown, 2003 2. Julie Dufresne, 2008 3. Amanda Garcia, 2004 4. Kristin Bryden, 2002 5. Whitney DeWeese, 2007

55M HURDLES 1. Janet Yarbrough, 1983 2. Turquoise Williams, 2012 3. Danielle Ayers-Stamper, 2006 4. Tenise Brewer, 2009 5. Willimena Cisco, 2003

1. Kaylene Wagner, 2004 2. Sharon Day, 2005 3. Sue McNeal, 1983 4. Whitney Sisler, 2011 5. Danielle Bryan, 2015

51’ 5½” 50’ 0½” 48’ 2½” 48’ 0½” 42’ 11½”

3:38.07 3:49.72 3:51.15 3:52.91 3:52.93

1. Brooke Tjerrild, 2020 2. Paula Serrano, 2000 3. Siera Hearne, 2012 4. Shannon Flett, 2000 5. Christine Silva, 2008

4:33.40 4:39.30 4:45.28 4:45.84 4:47.17

1. Janet Yarbrough, 1982 2. Caice Lanovaz, 2020 3. Jasmine Pickett, 2010 4. Danielle Ayers-Stamper, 2006 5. Mishe’ Scott, 2013

9:15.24 9:16.34 9:20.46 9:42.80 9:48.50

1. Cortney Stafford, 2005 42’ 7” 2. Jasmine Pickett, 2010 41’ 6½” 3. Abibat Rahman-Davies, 2019 41’ 1½” 4. Kendal Nielsen, 2016 40’ 2¼” 5. Jessica Eggleston, 2008 39’ 11½”

56’ 8¾” 49’ 10” 48’ 5½” 47’ 8¼” 44’ 9.5”

1. Danielle Ayers-Stamper, 2006 2. Caice Lanovaz, 2019 3. Sara Klein, 2010 4. Jessica Rasmussen, 2016 5. Jessica Davis, 2015

HIGH JUMP

13’ 9¼” 13’ 7¼” 13’ 0¼” 12’ 10” 12’ 8¼”

LONG JUMP 19’ 1” 18’ 10½” 18’ 9¾” 18’ 8” 18’ 7”

TRIPLE JUMP

SHOT PUT

PENTATHLON

AS OF 3/1/21

Jenna Davis, 2013

1:26.30

1,000 METERS Teena Colebrook, 1989 2:41.56 # # No. 5 in NCAA history as of 2021

1,500 METERS 6’ 2¼” 6’ 1¼” 5’ 10” 5’ 10” 5’ 8”

POLE VAULT

2000 1999 2019 2020 2007

3,000 METERS

400 METERS 1. LeBren Martin, 2004 2. Emily Kressin, 2010 3. Maggie Vessey, 2001 4. Ann Caroline Kaseberg, 2019 5. Denise Gallion, 2009

2:06.80 2:06.82 2:09.30 2:10.98 2:11.98

1 MILE

200 METERS 1. Tamatha Jackson, 1999 2. Akuavi Hine, 2000 3. Ann Caroline Kaseberg, 2020 4. Belle Aduaka, 2020 5. Shelby Daniele, 2020

1. Emily Hallett, 2020 2. Michelle Daggs, 2001 3. Talaivosa Hingano, 2013 4. Allison Scranton, 2017 5. Amanda Garcia, 2002

4X400M RELAY

60M HURDLES 1. Molly Ross, 2020 2. Turquoise Williams, 2012 3. Willimena Cisco, 2004 4. Caice Lanovaz, 2020 5. Danielle Ayers-Stamper, 2006

600 YARDS

1:31.90 1:33.98 1:36.27 1:36.60 1:36.72

800 METERS

60-METER DASH 1. Daijah Joe-Smith, 2015 2T. Ajah Love, 2016 Mishe’ Scott, 2015 4. Erinne Benny, 2007 5. Ann Caroline Kaseberg, 2020

WEIGHT THROW

6.90 7.24 7.37 7.40 7.42

3,956 3,585 3,388 3,307 3,123

Maggie Keyes, 1980 4:13.4 # # No. 15 in NCAA history as of 2021

2 MILES Amy Harper, 1983

9:53.50

4,400-YARD DISTANCE MEDLEY RELAY (880Y-440Y-1,320Y-MILE) 1983 Alison Ehlen / Kristin Allyne / Jill Ellingson / Amy Harper

11:23.71

4,000M DISTANCE MEDLEY RELAY (1,200-400-800-1,600M) 2019 Mikaela Romanini / Erin Moss / Kaila Bishop / Katie Izzo

11:44.27

Division I National Champions & All-Americans

Sharon Day

Maggie Vessey

1999 (at Indianapolis) Paula Serrano, Jr. pole vault (2nd: 13’ 3.5”) 2000 (at Arkansas) Paula Serrano, Sr. pole vault (3rd: 13’ 5.25”) Shannon Flett, Jr. pole vault (8th: 12’ 9.5”) 2002 (at Arkansas) Stephanie Brown, Jr. shot put (10th: 52’ 5.5”)

Cortney Stafford 45 • GoPoly.com

2003 (at Arkansas) Stephanie Brown, Sr. shot put (3rd: 56’ 8.5”) Maggie Vessey, So. 800m (6th: 2:08.16)

2004 (at Arkansas) Sharon Day, Fr. high jump (2nd: 6’ 1.25”) Kaylene Wagner, So. high jump (4th: 6’ 0.5”) 2005 (at Arkansas) Sharon Day, So. high jump (3rd: 6’ 1.25”) Kaylene Wagner, Jr. high jump (8th: 5’ 10.75”) Cortney Stafford, Sr. triple jump (9th: 42’ 7”) 2008 (at Arkansas) Sharon Day, Sr. high jump (2nd: 6’ 1.25”)

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Championships from 1968 to 1991 91 D II Individual National Champions from 1964 to 1992 GoPoly.com • 46

In 1967, Cal Poly’s Dave Scott, Lanny Stenhouse, Ruben Smith and Cecil Turner not only won the Division II national title for the 440-yard relay in 40.8 seconds; the foursome went on to also finish seventh at the Division I national championships, with a time of 41.7 at BYU (below).

Track & Field News

University Archives, Cal Poly

Division II National Champions • 1964-1994

Cross Country MEN

WomEN

TEAM NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

1978 (42 points • Indiana, PA) 1979 (45 points • Riverside, CA)

1982 (32 points • St. Cloud, MN) 1983 (48 points • Kenosha, WI) 1984 (32 points • Clinton, MS) 1985 (30 points • Marshalls Creek, PA) 1986 (39 points • Riverside, CA) 1987 (53 points • Evansville, IN) 1988 (49 points • Clinton, MS) 1989 (34 points • East Stroudsburg, PA) 1990 (61 points • McKinleyville, CA) 1991 (60 points • Edwardsville, IL)

INDIVIDUAL NATIONAL CHAMPIONS 1978 (Indiana, PA) Jim Schankel, Jr. (10K — 30:34) 1979 (Riverside, CA) Jim Schankel, Sr. (10K — 29:43)

INDIVIDUAL NATIONAL CHAMPIONS 1981 (Cape Girardeau, MO) Eileen Kraemer, Sr. (5K — 17:41) 1982 (St. Cloud, MN) Amy Harper, Jr. (5K — 21:13.6) 1983 (Kenosha, WI) Amy Harper, Sr. (5K — 17:10) 1986 (Riverside, CA) Gladees Prieur, Sr. (5K — 16:43!) ! all-time meet record (1981-97)

Danny Aldridge 49 • GoPoly.com

Division II National Champions • 1964-1994

Track & Field

Ron Martinelli, Leo DeWinter, Bobby Turner, John Haley — 1970

Division II National Champions • 1964-1994

Clancy Edwards MEN

1981 — Mark Kent, Sr. — 10.30

TEAM NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

* yards ! all-time meet record

1968 (62 points, at Cal State East Bay) 1969 (76 points, at Ashland) 1970 (49 points, at Macalester) 1979 (95 points, at Western Illinois) 1980 (53 points, at Cal Poly Pomona) 1981 (92 points, at Western Illinois) INDIVIDUAL NATIONAL CHAMPIONS 100-METER DASH 1968 — Cecil Turner, Sr. — 10.3 1969 — Ruben Smith, Sr. — 9.9* 1975 — Clancy Edwards, So. — 9.3*! 51 • GoPoly.com

220 YARDS 1974 — Clancy Edwards, Fr. — 20.4! 1975 — Clancy Edwards, So. — 21.09 ! all-time meet record 800 METERS 1969 — Mathyas Michael, Fr. — 1:49.6* 1970 — Mathyas Michael, So. — 1:49.9* 1981 — Vernon Sallaz, Jr. — 1:49.12 1982 — Vernon Sallaz, Sr. — 1:49.97

Division II National Champions • 1964-1994 * 880 yards 1,500 METERS 1978 — Danny Aldridge, Jr. — 3:45.40 1979 — Danny Aldridge, Sr. — 3:43.82 1990 — Scott Hempel, So. — 3:47.61 1991 — Jim Sorensen, Sr. — 3:46.4 3,000-METER STEEPLECHASE 1981 — Carmelo Rios, So. — 8:49.79 1990 — Steve Neubaum, Sr. — 8:54.94 1992 — Dan Berkeland, Fr. — 9:21.20 5,000 METERS 1978 — Jim Schankel, So. — 14:12.60 1979 — Jim Schankel, Jr. — 14:11.97 1980 — Jim Schankel, Sr. — 14:07.50 1983 — Carmelo Rios, Sr. — 14:20.57

Dick Jones

10,000 METERS 1978 — Jim Schankel, So. — 30:01.50 1979 — Jim Schankel, Jr. — 29:07.90 1980 — Jim Schankel, Sr. — 28:58.37 400-METER INTERMEDIATE HURDLES 1979 — Bart Williams, Sr. — 49.82 440-YARD RELAY 1967 — Dave Scott, Lan Stenhouse, Ruben Smith, Cecil Turner — 40.8 1968 — Cecil Turner, Leo DeWinter, Ruben Smith, Jim Edmondson — 40.4 1969 — Manuel Murrell, Leo DeWinter, Ruben Smith, Jim Edmondson — 41.0 1979 — Harvey Frederick, Mark Kent, Bart Williams, Michael Bush — 40.21 HIGH JUMP

440y Relay Team, 1968 — Ruben Smith, Leo DeWinter, Cecil Turner, Jim Edmondson GoPoly.com • 52

Division II National Champions • 1964-1994 1965 — Dick Jones, Jr. — 6’ 8” 1971 — Reynaldo Brown, So. — 7’ 1.5” 1973 — Reynaldo Brown, Sr. — 7’ 2” POLE VAULT 1972 — Dave Hamer, So. — 16’ 8” 1974 — Dave Hamer, Sr. — 16’ 9.25” 1980 — Tim McDonald, Sr. — 16’ 11” 1988 — Steve Horvath, Jr. — 17’ 9” 1990 — Kevin Rankin, Jr. — 17’ 8.5” 1991* — Tony Castiglioni, Sr. — 16’ 0.75” 1991 — Tony Castiglioni, Sr. — 17’ 9” 1992 — Brian Adamick, Jr. — 17’ 3.5” * Indoor LONG JUMP 1967 — Cecil Turner, Jr. — 24’ 5” 1968 — Cecil Turner, Sr. — 24’ 3.5” 1983 — Ron Waynes, Sr. — 26’ 4.25” TRIPLE JUMP 1970 — Mohinder Gill, Jr. — 51’ 4.5” 1971 — Mohinder Gill, Sr. — 51’ 10” SHOT PUT 1980 — Brian Faul, So. — 58’ 11.5” JAVELIN THROW 1964 — Ben Laville, So. — 223’ 3.25” 1965 — Ben Laville, Jr. — 235’ 9”

WomEN TEAM NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS 1981† (61 points, at Indiana University of Pennsylvania) 1982 (259 points, at Sacramento State) 1983 (206 points, at Southeast Missouri State) 1984 (169.5 points, at Southeast Missouri State) 53 • GoPoly.com

Dave Hamer Joe Siai Siai (1978-81) set the school record for the 110m hurdles as a freshman (13.91), had a 10.34 PR in the 100-meter dash as a senior, and won three straight team national titles to close his NCAA career.

Division II National Champions • 1964-1994

Eileen Kraemer (1022) 1989 (103 points, at Hampton) 1990 (116 points, at Hampton) 1991 (72 points, at Angelo State) † AIAW INDIVIDUAL NATIONAL CHAMPIONS 400 METERS 1986 — Patrice Carpenter, Jr. — 52.96 800 METERS 1982 — Esther Scherzinger, Sr. — 2:09.26 1987 — Teena Colebrook, Fr. — 2:03.71 1988 — Teena Colebrook, So. — 2:07.85 1989 — Teena Colebrook, Jr. — 2:05.34 1990 — Teena Colebrook, Sr. — 2:02.48!

Robyn Root

Division II National Champions • 1964-1994 ! all-time meet record 1,500 METERS 1981† — Eileen Kraemer, Jr. — 4:27.99 1982 — Eileen Kraemer, Sr. — 4:19.85 1983 — Amy Harper, Jr. — 4:24.26 1984 — Jennifer Dunn, Jr. — 4:25.23 1985 — Gladees Prieur, So. — 4:16.78 1986 — Gladees Prieur, Jr. — 4:18.98 1987 — Teena Colebrook, Fr. — 4:14.77 1989 — Teena Colebrook, Jr. — 4:13.00! 1990 — Teena Colebrook, Sr. — 4:19.78 1991 — Kristina Hand, Jr. — 4:24.58 1992 — Kristina Hand, Sr. — 4:23.49 † AIAW ! all-time meet record 3,000 METERS 1992 — Kristina Hand, Sr. — 9:29.06 5,000 METERS 1983 — Amy Harper, Jr. — 16:25.00 1987 — Lesley White, Jr. — 16:15.37 10,000 METERS 1984 — Carol Gleason, Jr. — 34:20.47 1985 — Robyn Root, Sr. — 33:24.24 1990 — Jamie Park, Fr. — 34:43.94

Gladees Prieur

100-METER HIGH HURDLES 1984 — CeCe Chandler, So. — 13.55 1985 — CeCe Chandler, Jr. — 13.53 1987 — CeCe Chandler, Sr. — 13.61 400-METER INTERMEDIATE HURDLES 1989 — Gina Albanese, So. — 59.84 1991 — Gina Albanese, Sr. — 58.85 400-METER RELAY 55 • GoPoly.com

Teena Colebrook

Division II National Champions • 1964-1994 1982 — Tamela Holland, Eloise Mallory, Janet Yarbrough, Arlene Van Warmerdam — 45.14 1,600-METER RELAY 1985 — Felicia Saville, Patrice Carpenter, Loretta Jordan, Veronica Storvick — 3:36.37

1981† — Karin Smith, Jr. — 204’ 1.5” 1982 — Karin Smith, Sr. — 191’ 1”! 1983 — Danella Barnes, Sr. — 152’ 7” 1986 — Deena Bernstein, Sr. — 158’ 3” 1991 — Melissa White, Sr. — 157’ 1”

HIGH JUMP

† AIAW ! all-time meet record

1983 — Sue McNeal, Jr. — 5’ 10.5”

HEPTATHLON

JAVELIN THROW

1982 — Liz Carroll, Sr. — 5,101

Cal Poly President Warren Baker presents the 1992 Honda Division II Women’s Student-Athlete of the Year Award (given for all sports across the nation) to Mustang distance runner Kristina Hand. GoPoly.com • 56

A ll-A mericans • 1964-1994

Cross Country MEN

1978 (at Indiana, PA) Mitch Kingery (2nd: 30:52)

1975 (at Newport Beach, CA)

John Capriotti (7th: 31:36)

Anthony Reynoso (25th: 24:39)

Danny Aldridge (8th: 31:42)

1977 (at Oak Brook, IL)

1979 (at Riverside, CA)

Jim Schankel (4th: 30:30.4) Mitch Kingery (22nd: 30:56.7)

Danny Aldridge (4th: 30:23) Eric Huff (6th: 30:32) Terry Gibson (17th: 30:43)

1978 NCAA championship cross country team (front from left to right) John Capriotti, Danny Aldridge, Jim Schankel, Mitch Kingery, Manny Bautista 57 • GoPoly.com

A ll-A mericans • 1964-1994 Manny Bautista (22nd: 30:49) Ivan Huff (25th: 30:52) 1980 (at Kenosha, WI) Terry Gibson (10th: 30:53) 1981 (at Methuen, MA) Andy DiConti (8th: 32:43.6) Doug Avrit (15th: 32:51.8) 1982 (at St. Cloud, MN) Mike Lansdon (15th: 38:40.6) 1983 (at Kenosha, WI)

Manny Bautista

Hector Perez (20th: 31:21)

Nov. 10, 1979 • back-to-back NCAA champions GoPoly.com • 58

A ll-A mericans • 1964-1994 1984 (at Clinton, MS) Kevin Jones (19th: 30:54.7) 1985 (at Marshalls Creek, PA) Brent Griffiths (21st: 32:45.3) 1986 (at Lake Perris, CA) Chris Craig (21st: 32:13) Michael Miner (24th: 32:20) Mike Livingston (30th: 32:26) 1987 (at Evansville, IN) Mike Livingston (14th: 31:22) 1988 (at Clinton, MS) Chris Craig (22nd: 30:56) Jim Sorensen (28th: 31:18) Mike Parrott (30th: 31:19) 1989 (at East Stroudsburg, PA) Tim Campbell (10th: 32:22.9) Jim Sorensen (17th: 32:43.8)

WomEN 1981 (at Cape Girardeau, MO) Jennifer Dunn (4th: 18:04) Amy Harper (10th: 18:23) Irene Crowley (16th: 18:40) Carol Gleason (22nd: 18:57) Jennifer Jamesson (25th: 19:06) 1982 (at St. Cloud, MN) Jennifer Dunn (2nd: 21:15)

Coach Lance Harter Carol Gleason (21st: 22:06) 1983 (at Kenosha, WI) Lesley White (5th: 17:28) Robyn Root (12th: 17:47) Marilyn Nichols (21st: 18:02) 1984 (at Clinton, MS)

Inga Thompson (4th: 21:22)

Gladees Prieur (3rd: 17:00.3)

Marilyn Nichols (12th: 21:46)

Robyn Root (6th: 17:07.8)

Robyn Dubach (20th: 22:04)

Jennifer Dunn (9th: 17:15.8)

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A ll-A mericans • 1964-1994 Lori Lopez (10th: 17:16.7) Jill Ellingson (14th: 17:26.6) Vicky Bray (19th: 17:31.2) Katy Manning (24th: 17:34.1) 1985 (at Marshalls Creek, PA) Jennifer Dunn (3rd: 18:05.0) Lori Lopez (7th: 18:22.6) Lesley White (8th: 18:23.3) Katy Manning (11th: 18:33.6) Noreen deBettencourt (12th: 18:34.0) Jill Ellingson (15th: 18:37.6) 1986 (at Riverside, CA) Lesley White (5th: 17:15) Kris Katterhagen (6th: 17:26) Carol Gleason (18th: 17:57) 1987 (at Evansville, IL) Gladees Prieur (4th: 17:35) Noreen deBettencourt (12th: 17:52) Pauline Stehly (18th: 18:11) Sherri Minkler (21st: 18:15)

Sydney Thatcher (13th: 18:07.6) Jill Hoffman (14th: 18:09.4) 1990 (at McKinleyville, CA) Kristina Hand (4th: 17:21.4) Sydney Thatcher (7th: 17:28.0) Melanie Hiatt (8th: 17:29.1) 1991 (at Edwardsville, IL) Kristina Hand (2nd: 18:24) Melanie Hiatt (3rd: 18:24) Jennifer Lacovara (9th: 18:55) 1992 (at Slippery Rock, PA) Angela Orefice (11th: 19:13) Jennifer Lacovara (17th: 19:27) 1993 (at Riverside, CA) Angela Orefice (4th: 18:12.5) Kelly Flathers (12th: 18:28.4) Melanie Hand (22nd: 18:54.2)

1988 (at Jackson, MS) Melanie Hiatt (6th: 17:30.6) Noreen deBettencourt (9th: 17:51.4) Pauline Stehly (10th: 17:54.1) Sherri Minkler (13th: 17:57.6) Patti Almendariz (16th: 18:04.6) Jill Hoffman (25th: 18:13.8) 1989 (at East Stroudsburg, PA) Jamie Park (3rd: 17:35.8) Melanie Hiatt (4th: 17:36.6) Teena Colebrook (9th: 18:00.3) Stephanie Barrett (11th: 18:05.8) GoPoly.com • 60

A ll-A mericans • 1964-1994

Track & Field MEN 1966 (at Chicago, IL) Ben Laville - javelin (2nd: 221’ 9”)

1964 (at Fresno, CA) Roland Lint - steeplechase (2nd: 9:48.7)

Richard Jones - high jump (3rd: 6’ 3.75”)

Gary Walker - 120y hurdles (3rd: 14.3)

Jerry Pyle - pole vault (4th: 14’ 0”)

Gary Walker - pole vault (4th: 14’ 6.75”)

Bill Patterson - discus (4th: 174’ 6”)

Jon Dana - 440y hurdles (5th: 53.5)

Terry Record - 3-mile (5th: 14:29)

Gary Curtis - 100y (5th: 9.5)

Wes Rizor - mile (6th: 4:18.6)

Lloyd Petroelje - discus (6th: 169’ 11.75”) 1967 (at Ogden, UT) 1965 (at Long Beach, CA)

Cecil Turner - 100y (3rd: 9.4)

Gary Walker - 120y hurdles (2nd: 14.7)

Cecil Turner - 220y (4th: 21.3)

Mike McGinnis - hammer throw (3rd: 156’ 7.5”)

Brian Spencer - discus (5th: 151’ 8”)

Jon Dana - 440y hurdles (4th: 53.3)

Brian Spencer - shot put (5th: 51’ 8”)

Roland Lint - steeplechase (4th: 10:20.8)

Ruben Smith - 100y (6th: 9.6)

Bill Patterson - discus (5th: 159’ 2.5”)

Tom Dullam - pole vault (6th: 15’ 0”)

Jerry Pyle - pole vault (T-5th: 14’ 0”)

Lloyd Petroelje, 1964 61 • GoPoly.com

A ll-A mericans • 1964-1994 1968 (at Hayward, CA) Ruben Smith - 100m (2nd: 10.4) Cecil Turner - 200m (2nd: 20.8) Gary Kerr - 400m hurdles (3rd: 52.3) Ruben Smith - 200m (4th: 21.4) Mile Relay - Howard Erickson, Jim Edmondson, Jim Lee, Marty Growdon (4th: 3:13.6) Leo DeWinter - 100m (6th: 10.6) Leo DeWinter - 200m (6th: 21.5) 1969 (at Ashland, OH) Bob Newton - 440y (2nd: 48.1) Mile Relay - Gary Williams, Mathyas Michael, Marty Growdon, Bob Newton (2nd: 3:13.2) James Lowe - 120y hurdles (3rd: 14.6) Junior Olson - shot put (3rd: 55’ 2”) Jeff Dunker - shot put (4th: 54’ 9.25”) Ruben Smith - 220y (4th: 22.1) Leo DeWinter - 100y (5th: 10.0) Marty Growdon - 440y (5th: 48.5) Ernie Holmes - 120y hurdles (5th: 14.6)

Mike Stone, 1969

Mike Stone - high jump (5th: 6’ 8”) Jim Edmondson - 100y (6th: 10.0) Leo DeWinter - long jump (6th: 23’ 2.25”) 1970 (at St. Paul, MN) Bobby Turner - 100y (3rd: 9.7) Aaron Webber - pole vault (3rd: 15’ 6”) James Lowe - 120y hurdles (4th: 14.2) Wayne Barbee - hammer throw (4th: 165’ 9.5”) 440y Relay - Ron Martinelli, Leo DeWinter, Bobby Turner, John Haley (4th: 41.3) Wayne Barbee - discus (5th: 155’ 7”) Bobby Turner - 220y (6th: 21.7) Ike Fontaine - high jump (6th: 6’ 8”)

Mohinder Gill, 1970

Leo DeWinter - long jump (6th: 24’ 3.5”) GoPoly.com • 62

A ll-A mericans • 1964-1994 Niels Kahlke - 880y (6th: 1:52.5) 440y Relay - Jim Davis, Walter Mead, Russ Grimes, John Haley (6th: 41.3) 1974 (at Charleston, IL) Clancy Edwards - 100y (2nd: 9.2w) Mile Relay - Dave Johnson, Walter Mead, Kerry Gold, Curtis Byrd (2nd: 3:10.6) Jerry Hougen - decathlon (3rd: 6,879) 440y Relay - Joe Prince, Jim Davis, Russ Grimes, Clancy Edwards (3rd: 40.3) Jim Roberts - high jump (T-6th: 6’ 8”) 1975 (at Sacramento, CA) Mile Relay - Mike Bartlett, Kerry Gold, Kevin McNamara, Curtis Byrd (2nd: 3:10.55) Jerry Hougen - decathlon (4th: 6,711) Ken Haagen - pole vault (4th: 15’ 6”) Curtis Byrd - 440y (4th: 47.54) 440y Relay - Fraisure Sumpter, Russ Grimes, Kerry Gold, Clancy Edwards (5th: 41.28)

Joe Prince, 1974

Jim Roberts - high jump (T-5th: 6’ 7”) Kerry Gold - 440y (5th: 47.60)

1971 (at Sacramento, CA) Bobby Turner - 100y (3rd: 9.7)

1976 (at Slippery Rock, PA)

440y Relay - Dave Hamer, John Haley, Lowell

Bart Williams - 400m hurdles (2nd: 51.04)

Henry, Bobby Turner (3rd: 40.7) Bobby Turner - 220y (6th: 21.5)

1977 (at Fargo, ND) Bart Williams - 400m hurdles (3rd: 51.94)

1972 (at Ashland, OH)

400m Relay - Huey Long, Jeff Weigel, Bart

Tom Murphy - high jump (5th: 6’ 7.75”)

Williams, Fraisure Sumpter (5th: 41.30)

Don Pierce - pole vault (T-5th: 15’ 0”)

1,600m Relay - Mike Bartlett, Jeff Weigel, Huey

Dave Hamer - 110m hurdles (6th: 16.7)

Long, Bart Williams (5th: 3:14.91)

1973 (at Crawfordsville, IN)

1978 (at Macomb, IL)

Ken Haagen - pole vault (3rd: 15’ 6”)

Mitch Kingery - 10,000m (3rd: 30:45.9)

John Haley - 220y (6th: 21.3)

Ed Tate - triple jump (3rd: 52’ 3.25”)

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A ll-A mericans • 1964-1994 Stan Reyes - pole vault (3rd: 15’ 7.25”)

Anthony Frazier - triple jump (5th: 49’ 3.25”)

Joe Siai Siai - 110m hurdles (4th: 14.12)

Paul Toma - shot put (6th: 55’ 6.5”)

Joe Siai Siai - 200m (4th: 21.08) Bart Williams - 400m hurdles (5th: 52.17)

1980 (at Pomona, CA)

Vince Gallagher - pole vault (T-5th: 15’ 7.25”)

Eric Huff - 5,000m (4th: 14:10.14) Rick Brunner - hammer throw (4th: 181’ 11”)

1979 (at Macomb, IL)

Joe Fabris - 1,500m (5th: 3:46.12)

Mile Relay - Kevin Bush, Mike Bush, Fred

Pete Godinez - decathlon (5th: 6,986)

Harvey, Bart Williams (2nd: 3:08.90)

Ivan Huff - 5,000m (6th: 14:12.45)

Eric Huff - 5,000m (3rd: 14:16.39) Jeff Small - steeplechase (3rd: 8:57.08)

1981 (at Macomb, IL)

Tim McDonald - pole vault (3rd: 16’ 0.25”)

Pat Croft - 400m (2nd: 46.25)

Stan Reyes - pole vault (4th: 16’ 0.25”)

4x100m Relay - Kevin Bush, Joe Siai Siai, Pat

Mark Kent - 100m (4th: 10.46)

Croft, Mark Kent (2nd: 40.25)

Fred Harvey - 400m (4th: 46.70)

Ivan Huff - steeplechase (2nd: 8:50.58)

Dave Albritton - discus (4th: 166’ 2”)

Joe Siai Siai - 200m (3rd: 21.11)

Anthony Reynoso, Bart Williams, Coach Steve Miller, Xonie Lloyd • 1977 GoPoly.com • 64

A ll-A mericans • 1964-1994 Ron Waynes - long jump (3rd: 25’ 1.5”) Mark Kibort - pole vault (3rd: 15’ 9”)

1983 (at Cape Girardeau, MO)

Chris Sorensen - discus (4th: 166’ 3”)

Carmelo Rios - steeplechase (2nd: 8:38.6)

Pete Godinez - decathlon (4th: 7,066)

Doug Lalicker - 400m hurdles (3rd: 51.33)

Mark Kent - 200m (5th: 21.35)

Hector Perez - 1,500m (5th: 3:48.93)

Manny Bautista - 10,000m (5th: 30:25.00)

4x400m Relay - Brad Underwood, Rick Richard,

Terry Gibson - 5,000m (6th: 14:12.15)

Dave Johnson, Doug Lalicker (5th: 3:09.17)

Mike Thornton - pole vault (6th: 15’ 5”)

Gordon Reed - 400m hurdles (5th: 52.41) Ron Waynes - 100m (6th: 10.90)

1982 (at Sacramento, CA)

Fred Machin - pole vault (T-6th: 15’ 10.25”)

Ron Waynes - long jump (3rd: 25’ 0.75”)

Brad Underwood - 400m hurdles (6th: 52.6)

4x100m Relay - Ron Waynes, Kevin Bush, Pat Croft, Mark Kibort (3rd: 40.45)

1984 (at Cape Girardeau, MO)

Steve Strangio - 10,000m (4th: 29:57.55)

Hector Perez - 1,500m (5th: 3:43.92)

Vernon Sallaz - 1,500m (4th: 3:45.0) Pat Croft - 400m (4th: 46.55)

1985 (at Los Angeles)

Terry Bauer (Left) and Jeff Small (Right) • 1980 65 • GoPoly.com

A ll-A mericans • 1964-1994 4x100m Relay - Damon Shows, Steve Fisher,

Arnold Maler, Dave Johnson (7th: 3:12.11)

Kevin Pratt, Erik Josephson (4th: 40.76)

Anthony Mudy - high jump (8th: 6’ 10.75”)

Jim Halter - hammer throw (6th: 192’ 4”) 4x400m Relay - Arnold Maler, Richard Batiste,

1987 (at Cape Girardeau, MO)

Kevin Pratt, Dave Johnson (6th: 3:12.47)

Dave Johnson - 400m hurdles (2nd: 51.37) Steve Horvath - pole vault (4th: 16’ 8”)

1986 (at Los Angeles)

Brant Warren - javelin (5th: 203’ 10”)

Jim Halter - shot put (4th: 58’ 6.5”)

Dave Johnson - 110m hurdles (6th: 14.39)

Dave Johnson - 400m hurdles (4th: 52.06)

Brent Griffiths - 5,000m (7th: 14:55.8)

Jim Halter - hammer throw (4th: 190’ 0”)

Hans Florine - pole vault (8th: 15’ 6.25”)

Joe Rubio - 5,000m (6th: 14:32.64)

Mike Livingston - 10,000m (8th: 30:25.16)

4x400m Relay - Kevin Pratt, Kurt Loeprich,

May 31, 1980 • NCAA championship team GoPoly.com • 66

A ll-A mericans • 1964-1994 Todd Arnett - pole vault (T-8th: 16’ 0.75”) Michael Miner - steeplechase (8th: 9:27.44) 1989 (at Hampton, VA) Steve Williams - pole vault (2nd: 16’ 7.25”) Steve Horvath - pole vault (4th: 16’ 3.25”) Jim Sorensen - 1,500m (4th: 3:52.70) Brant Warren - javelin (5th: 207’ 8”) Mike King - 400m hurdles (7th: 52.07) Chris Craig - 10,000m (7th: 31:23.41) Steve Neubaum - 1,500m (7th: 3:53.17) Jim Sorensen - 800m (8th: 1:58.70) 1990 (at Hampton, VA) Todd Arnett - pole vault (3rd: 17’ 0”) Tony Castiglioni - pole vault (4th: 17’ 0”) Ben Holback - triple jump (4th: 49’ 10.5”) Steve Williams - pole vault (5th: 16’ 8”) Tom McGuirk - 400m hurdles (7th: 52.79) Scott Hempel - 5,000m (8th: 15:24.01) (Indoor) 1991 (at Vermillion, SD) Steve Toney - pole vault (4th: 15’ 9”)

CeCe Chandler 1988 (at San Angelo, TX) Mike Livingston - 10,000m (2nd: 30:02.30) Steve Williams - pole vault (2nd: 16’ 8.75”) Chris Craig - 1,500m (3rd: 3:51.42) Brant Warren - javelin (3rd: 216’ 2”) 4x400m Relay - Mike King, Rudy Huber, Brian Strieff, Reggie Johnson (4th: 3:10.68)

1991 (at San Angelo, TX) Steve Toney - pole vault (2nd: 16’ 4”) Brian Strieff - 800m (4th: 1:51.31) Ed Lasquette - pole vault (6th: 16’ 0”) Scott Peterson - 10,000m (6th: 31:37.90) Scott Hempel - 1,500m (7th: 3:55.3) Tom McGuirk - 400m hurdles (7th: 52.95) Kevin Rankin - pole vault (T-7th: 15’ 6”) Matt Hempel - 10,000m (8th: 31:59.30)

Mike King - 400m hurdles (5th: 51.55) Reggie Johnson - 400m (6th: 47.65)

(Indoor) 1992 (at Bay City, MI)

Mike Livingston - 5,000m (7th: 14:39.55)

Tony Castiglioni - pole vault (2nd: 16’ 8.75”)

Chris Craig - 10,000m (7th: 30:40.94)

Socit Curtiss - pole vault (4th: 16’ 0.75”)

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A ll-A mericans • 1964-1994 1993 (at Abilene, TX)

Brian Adamick - pole vault (5th: 15’ 9”)

Jerry Edwards - decathlon (2nd: 7,005) 1992 (at San Angelo, TX)

Eric Halterman - hammer throw (2nd: 186’ 4”)

Jerry Edwards - decathlon (2nd: 6,935)

Dan Held - 1,500m (3rd: 3:49.85)

Tony Castiglioni - pole vault (4th: 16’ 7.5”)

Brian Adamick - pole vault (4th: 17’ 2.75”)

Lance Rankin - steeplechase (6th: 9:32.47)

Dan Berkeland - steeplechase (4th: 9:10.90)

Erik Rameson - pole vault (7th: 15’ 11.75”)

Scott Hempel - 1,500m (5th: 3:50.21)

Scott Hempel - 1,500m (8th: 3:54.43)

Aaron Maddiex - high jump (6th: 6’ 11”)

Chris Carter - shot put (8th: 53’ 11”)

Coley Candaele - 1,500m (8th: 3:51.45) Andrew Hill - triple jump (8th: 49’ 2.5”)

(Indoor) 1993 (at Vermillion, SD) Brian Adamick - pole vault (4th: 16’ 4.75”)

1994 (at Raleigh, NC) Ryan Winn - 10,000m (4th: 30:51.39)

Lori Lopez GoPoly.com • 68

A ll-A mericans • 1964-1994 Coley Candaele - 1,500m (5th: 3:46.44)

Janice Kelley - 3,000m (6th: 10:01.44)

Ryan Winn - 5,000m (7th: 14:43.52)

Irene Crowley - 5,000m (6th: 17:17.56)

Bret Whitford - pole vault (8th: 16’ 0.5”)

Karen Kraemer - high jump (7th: 5’ 6.25”)

Eric Halterman - hammer throw (8th: 168’ 9”) 1983 (at Cape Girardeau, MO)

WomEN

Jill Ellingson - 800m (2nd: 2:09.59) Lori Lopez - 3,000m (2nd: 9:32.98)

1981† (at Indiana, PA)

Lesley White - 5,000m (2nd: 16:28.46)

Sue McNeal - high jump (2nd: 5’ 9.5”)

Janet Yarbrough - 100m hurdles (2nd: 14.22)

Chris Dubois - heptathlon (2nd: 4,843)

Janet Yarbrough - long jump (2nd: 20’ 7.5”)

Elizabeth Douglas - 400m (3rd: 55.87)

CeCe Chandler - 100m hurdles (3rd: 14.29)

Teri Stout-Esquivel - 3,000m (4th: 10:01.63)

Vicky Bray - 3,000m (3rd: 9:35.35)

Irene Crowley - 5,000m (4th: 16:51.6)

4x400m Relay - Kris Allyne, Tamela Holland,

800m medley - Elizabeth Carroll, Elizabeth

Chris Dubois, Arleen Van Warmerdam (3rd:

Douglas, Eloise Mallory, Cathy Jones (4th:

3:43.53)

1:43.3)

Chris Dubois - heptathlon (4th: 5,177)

3,200m Relay - Emily Whitney, Janice Kelley,

Arleen Van Warmerdam - 200m (5th: 24.09)

Kristin Allyne, Esther Scherzinger (4th: 9:09.2)

4x100m Relay - Tamela Holland, Janet

Eloise Mallory - 200m (5th: 24.22)

Yarbrough, CeCe Chandler, Arleen Van

Dana Henderson - shot put (6th: 42’ 7.5”)

Warmerdam (5th: 45.50) Kathy Kahn - discus (5th: 146’ 8”)

† AIAW 1984 (at Cape Girardeau, MO) 1982 (at Sacramento, CA)

Vicky Bray - 3,000m (2nd: 9:31.23)

Amy Harper - 1,500m (2nd: 4:19.86)

Gladees Prieur - 1,500m (3rd: 4:28.01)

Irene Crowley - 10,000m (2nd: 35:07.28)

Amy Harper-Avrit - 3,000m (3rd: 9:37.79)

Janet Yarbrough - 100m hurdles (2nd: 14.58)

Karen Kraemer - high jump (3rd: 5’ 9”)

4x400m Relay - Tamela Holland, Elizabeth

CeCe Chandler - triple jump (3rd: 40’ 4.5”)

Douglas, Arleen Van Warmerdam, Eloise Mallory

Jill Ellingson - 800m (4th: 2:08.48)

(2nd: 3:40.89)

Lori Lopez - 3,000m (4th: 9:46.83)

Janet Yarbrough - long jump (2nd: 20’ 8”)

Deena Bernstein - javelin (4th: 156’ 5”)

Sue McNeal - high jump (2nd: 6’ 0”)

Robyn Root - 10,000m (5th: 35:37.22)

Chris Dubois - heptathlon (2nd: 5,037)

Carol Gleason - 5,000m (6th: 16:33.24)

Tamela Holland - 100m (3rd: 12.01) Shari Ewing - 800m (3rd: 2:11.23)

1985 (at Los Angeles)

Danella Barnes - javelin (3rd: 157’ 4”)

Veronica Storvick - 400m (2nd: 53.66)

Chris Dubois - 400m hurdles (5th: 1:02.32)

Lori Lopez - 3,000m (2nd: 9:26.59)

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A ll-A mericans • 1964-1994 4x100m Relay - Felicia Saville, Laurie Hagan, Lynette Farnum, Patrice Carpenter (5th: 46.11) Celeste Paquette - discus (5th: 156’ 11”) Denise Woodard - heptathlon (6th: 5,194) Chris Katterhagen - 5,000m (7th: 17:38.37) 1987 (at Cape Girardeau, MO) Sharon Hanson - 400m hurdles (2nd: 58.27) Gladees Prieur - 3,000m (2nd: 9:16.81) Pauline Stehly - 10,000m (2nd: 35:35.06) Noreen deBettencourt - 800m (3rd: 2:09.03) Lesley White - 3,000m (3rd: 9:19.56) Sharon Hanson - 100m hurdles (3rd: 13.96) Gladees Prieur - 1,500m (4th: 4:20.14) 4x100m Relay - Sharon Hanson, CeCe ChandlerTorres, Charzet Polk, Jessica Johnson (4th: 46.30)

Teena Colebrook

Julie Wiegmann - high jump (4th: 5’ 10.75”)

Robyn Root - 5,000m (2nd: 16:04.74)

Pauline Stehly - 5,000m (5th: 16:53.53)

4x100m Relay - Felicia Saville, Veronica Storvick, Patrice Carpenter, CeCe Chandler (2nd: 45.48) Deena Bernstein - javelin (2nd: 171’ 6”) Patrice Carpenter - 100m (3rd: 11.61) Patrice Carpenter - 200m (3rd: 23.81) Julie Wiegmann - high jump (5th: 5’ 8.25”) CeCe Chandler - long jump (6th: 19’ 3.5”)

Celeste Paquette - discus (4th: 153’ 7”) Laurie Hagan - 400m hurdles (6th: 59.66) 4x400m Relay - Jessica Johnson, Sharon Hanson, Laurie Hagan, Teena Colebrook (6th: 3:41.57) Celeste Paquette - shot put (7th: 44’ 10.25”) 1988 (at San Angelo, TX) Lesley White - 5,000m (2nd: 17:01.33)

1986 (at Los Angeles)

Aeron Arlin - 800m (3rd: 2:10.96)

Jill Ellingson - 800m (2nd: 2:08.70)

Teena Colebrook - 1,500m (3rd: 4:25.78)

Jill Ellingson - 1,500m (2nd: 4:26.06)

Amanda Marks - 10,000m (3rd: 35:28.22)

Lori Lopez - 3,000m (2nd: 9:31.49)

Lesley White - 10,000m (4th: 35:42.55)

Patrice Carpenter - 200m (3rd: 23.30)

Celeste Paquette - discus (4th: 150’ 9”)

4x400m Relay - Felicia Saville, Laurie Hagan,

Melissa White - discus (6th: 138’ 10”)

Sharon Hanson, Patrice Carpenter (3rd: 3:38.62)

Sydney Thatcher - 1,500m (7th: 4:41.06)

Sharon Hanson - 400m hurdles (4th: 1:00.32)

Amanda Marks - 5,000m (7th: 17:29.11)

Laurie Hagan - 400m hurdles (5th: 1:00.79)

Gina Albanese - 400m hurdles (7th: 1:02.58) GoPoly.com • 70

A ll-A mericans • 1964-1994 Brooks Johnson, Cal Poly’s head coach from 1993-96, was honored as the USATF Legend Coach Award recipient on June 23, 2018. Johnson — a four-time Team USA coach including head women’s coach at the 1984 Los Angeles Games and relays coach at the 2008 Beijing Olympics — was inducted into the USTFCCCA Hall of Fame in 1997 and selected as 2010 USATF Nike Coach of the Year. University Archives, Cal Poly

Sherri Minkler - 5,000m (8th: 17:41.44)

Noreen deBettencourt - 1,500m (4th: 4:19.96)

4x400m Relay - Gina Albanese, Angela Lee,

Patti Almendariz - 5,000m (4th: 17:07.99)

Aeron Arlin, Teena Colebrook (8th: 3:58.0)

Patti Almendariz - 10,000m (4th: 36:26.71)

Melissa White - javelin (8th: 131’ 0”)

Stephanie Barrett - 1,500m (5th: 4:26.35) Stephanie Barrett - 3,000m (5th: 9:48.63)

1989 (at Hampton, VA)

Amanda Marks - 5,000m (5th: 17:17.56)

Melanie Hiatt - 3,000m (3rd: 9:37.50)

Gina Albanese - 100m hurdles (5th: 14.68)

Sherri Minkler - 5,000m (3rd: 17:03.12)

Aeron Arlin - 800m (6th: 2:11.90)

Amanda Marks - 10,000m (3rd: 36:09.43)

Sherri Minkler - 3,000m (6th: 9:53.46)

Buffy Sexton - javelin (3rd: 149’ 1”)

Kristina Hand - 800m (7th: 2:12.69)

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A ll-A mericans • 1964-1994 Melanie Hiatt - 1,500m (7th: 4:27.75)

Sydney Thatcher - 1,500m (4th: 4:30.45)

Tricia Lundberg - javelin (7th: 139’ 4”)

Sydney Thatcher - 3,000m (6th: 9:42.85)

Tracy Leichter - 10,000m (8th: 37:33.61)

Robin Campana - high jump (6th: 5’ 5”)

Melissa White - discus (8th: 137’ 6”)

Kim Shepard - 100m (7th: 12.27)

1990 (at Hampton, VA) Melanie Hiatt - 1,500m (2nd: 4:28.66) Melissa White - javelin (2nd: 158’ 3”) Nancy Long - 1,500m (3rd: 4:28.69) Stephanie Barrett - 3,000m (3rd: 9:42.80) Jamie Park - 5,000m (3rd: 16:57.28) Tracy Leichter - 10,000m (4th: 36:02.4) 4x400m Relay - Kristin Burnett, Shanin Stevens, Gabby MacKenzie, Teena Colebrook (4th: 3:46.11) Rica Brown - discus (4th: 142’ 7”) Aeron Arlin - 800m (5th: 2:08.91) Aeron Arlin - 1,500m (5th: 4:29.60) Melanie Hiatt - 3,000m (5th: 9:51.92) Rica Brown - shot put (5th: 46’ 3.5”) Jill Hoffman - 5,000m (6th: 17:04.75) Shanin Stevens - 400m hurdles (6th: 1:01.96) Vickey Allegri - long jump (6th: 18’ 9.5”) Gabby MacKenzie - 400m (7th: 57.30) Jill Hoffman - 3,000m (7th: 9:53.03) Sharon Polley - 100m hurdles (7th: 14.36) Melissa White - discus (7th: 137’ 9”) Shannon Sweeney - 800m (8th: 2:13.50) Kristina Hand - 1,500m (8th: 4:34.28) Amanda Marks - 5,000m (8th: 17:40.69) Amanda Marks - 10,000m (8th: 36:59.75) 1991 (at San Angelo, TX)

Kim Shepard - 200m (7th: 24.64) 4x400m Relay - Gina Albanese, Shanin Miller, Dina Moore, Kim Shepard (7th: 3:47.28) 1992 (at San Angelo, TX) Jennifer Lacovara - 5,000m (2nd: 17:04.99) Robin Campana - high jump (3rd: 5’ 6.5”) Jennifer Lacovara - 3,000m (4th: 10:04.04) Loni Larson - shot put (5th: 44’ 11.75”) Gina Albanese - 400m hurdles (5th: 59.21) Tracy Leichter - 10,000m (5th: 36:23.35) Julie Tingle - heptathlon (5th: 5,015) Dina Moore - 800m (6th: 2:12.29) Jennifer Peters - discus (6th: 144’ 9”) 4x400m Relay - Gina Albanese, Dina Moore, Shanin Miller, Kim Shepard (7th: 3:48.42) 1993 (at Abilene, TX) Jennifer Lacovara - 3,000m (3rd: 9:59.64) Julie Tingle - heptathlon (3rd: 5,151) Jennifer Peters - discus (3rd: 152’ 2”) Allison Eilerts - javelin (4th: 141’ 11”) Erica Ahmann - discus (4th: 150’ 1”) Jennifer Lacovara - 5,000m (6th: 17:22.45) Kelly Flathers - 3,000m (6th: 10:17.45) 1994 (at Raleigh, NC) Erica Ahmann - discus (2nd: 164’ 11”)

Kristina Hand - 3,000m (2nd: 9:34.83)

Jennifer Peters - discus (3rd: 162’ 2”)

Melanie Hiatt - 1,500m (3rd: 4:29.43)

Angela Orefice - 10,000m (5th: 36:49.17)

Melanie Hiatt - 3,000m (3rd: 9:37.38)

Allison Eilerts - javelin (5th: 148’ 10”)

Julie Tingle - heptathlon (3rd: 5,008)

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C ross C ountry C onference C hampionships MEN TEAM CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS California Collegiate Athletic Association 1969 (20 points • Pomona, CA) 1977 (31 points • Bakersfield, CA) 1978 (19 points • Belmont, CA) 1979 (20 points • Riverside, CA) 1980 (23 points • Morro Bay, CA) 1986 (37 points • San Luis Obispo, CA) 1988 (38 points • San Dimas, CA) 1989 (39 points • Bakersfield, CA) 1990 (31 points • San Dimas, CA) 1992 (22 points • Pomona, CA) 1993 (20 points • San Dimas, CA) American West Conference 1994 (27 points • San Luis Obispo, CA) Big West Conference 1998 (30 points • Denton, TX) 1999 (21 points • Rocklin, CA) 2000 (33 points • Goleta, CA) 2003 (23 points • San Luis Obispo, CA) 2004 (37 points • Riverside, CA) 2005 (24 points • Riverside, CA) 2006 (29 points • San Luis Obispo, CA) 2007 (15 points • San Luis Obispo, CA) 2008 (19 points • Riverside, CA) 2009 (28 points • Riverside, CA) 2011 (36 points • Riverside, CA) 2012 (25 points • Riverside, CA) 2013 (32 points • San Luis Obispo, CA) 2016 (18 points • Kahuku, HI) 2017 (29 points • Riverside, CA) 2018 (32 points • Brea, CA) 2019 (44 points • Riverside, CA)

Phillip Reid

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C ross C ountry C onference C hampionships INDIVIDUAL CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS California Collegiate Athletic Association (8K / 10K) 1969 — Mathyas Michael, So. — 25:11.9 1977 — Jim Schankel, So. — 30:10.6 1978 — Jim Schankel, Jr. — 30:46.4 1979 — Jim Schankel, Sr. — 30:12.0 1982 — Carmelo Rios, Sr. — 30:02.0 1989 — Jim Sorensen, Jr. — 24:09.32 1990 — Scott Hempel, So. — 24:01.8 1992 — Dan Berkeland, Jr. — 25:16.6 1993 — Dan Berkeland, Sr. — 24:35.0 American West Conference (8K) 1994 — Coley Candaele, Sr. — 25:43.0

Jim Schankel

Big West Conference (8K) 1999 — Adam Boothe, Jr. — 24:49.0 2000 — Adam Boothe, Sr. — 25:23.1 2003 — Sean Ricketts, Sr. — 25:38.2 2006 — Phillip Reid, Jr. — 25:45.6 2007 — Phillip Reid, Sr. — 25:12.4 2008 — Daniel Gonia, Jr. — 24:02.4 2009 — Joe Gatel, Sr. — 23:36.8 2012 — Chris Frias, Jr. — 24:10.0 2013 — Chris Frias, Sr. — 25:19.5 2016 — Clayton Hutchins, Jr. — 24:36.1 2018 — Jake Ritter, So. — 24:27.5 2019 — Jake Ritter, Jr. — 23:43.7

Coach Steve Miller

Clayton Hutchins

Mitchell Moriarty and Chris Frias

C ross C ountry C onference C hampionships Women TEAM CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS Southern California Athletic Association 1980 (15 points • Morro Bay, CA) California Collegiate Athletic Association 1981 (27 points • Pomona, CA) 1982 (16 points • Riverside, CA) 1983 (15 points • Rocklin, CA) 1984 (19 points • Riverside, CA) 1985 (22 points • Rocklin, CA) 1986 (30 points • San Luis Obispo, CA) 1987 (21 points • Northridge, CA) 1988 (20 points • San Dimas, CA) 1989 (22 points • Bakersfield, CA) 1990 (16 points • San Dimas, CA) 1991 (29 points • Riverside, CA) 1992 (25 points • Pomona, CA) 1993 (28 points • San Dimas, CA)

2012

American West Conference 1994 (21 points • San Luis Obispo, CA) 1995 (19 points • Cedar City, UT) Big West Conference 2000 (42 points • Goleta, CA) 2001 (37 points • San Luis Obispo, CA) 2012 (43 points • Riverside, CA) 2013 * (37 points • San Luis Obispo, CA) * 2015 (39 points • Riverside, CA) 2016 (27 points • Kahuku, HI) 2018 (33 points • Brea, CA)

2018

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Leanne Fogg and Meghan Breadmore

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Laura Hollander INDIVIDUAL CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS Southern California Athletic Association (5K) 1980 — Maggie Keyes, Sr. — 17:46.7 California Collegiate Athletic Association (5K / 6K) 1981 — Eileen Kraemer, Sr. — 18:03 1982 — Amy Harper, Jr. — 16:29 1983 — Amy Harper, Sr. — 17:19 1984 — Robyn Root, Jr. — 16:51 1985 — Lori Lopez, Sr. — 17:02 1988 — Pauline Stehly, Sr. — 18:30 77 • GoPoly.com

1990 — Sydney Thatcher, Sr. — 17:26.4 1991 — Kristina Hand, Sr. — 17:11 1992 — Jennifer Lacovara, Fr. — 18:19.5 1993 — Angela Orefice, So. — 17:36 American West Conference (5K) 1994 — Kellie Flathers, Sr. — 18:17.0 1995 — Angela Orefice, Sr. — 18:22.0 Big West Conference (6K) 2012 — Laura Hollander, Fr. — 19:12.6 2013 — Laura Hollander, So. — 20:43.9 2016 — Peyton Bilo, So. — 21:04.1 2018 — Miranda Daschian, Jr. — 21:23.1 2019 — Miranda Daschian, Sr. — 20:20.7

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Swarnjit Boyal • 2017 USTFCCCA All-West Region • 2017-18 Cal Poly Athlete of the Year 79 • GoPoly.com

Ted Scranton, 2017 Decathlon Champion

Abibat RahmanDavies, 2018 Triple Jump Champion

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Travis Morse California Collegiate Athletic Association 1959 — Vic Hall, So. — 9.9* 1967 — Cecil Turner, Jr. — 9.6* 1968 — Cecil Turner, Sr. — 9.6* 1970 — Bobby Turner, Jr. — 9.7* 1971 — Bobby Turner, Sr. — 9.4* 1974 — Clancy Edwards, Fr. — 9.5* 1975 — Clancy Edwards, So. — 9.4* 1981 — Mark Kent, Sr. — 10.37 1986 — Craig Griffin, Fr. — 10.67w

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Big West Conference 1997 — Kaaron Conwright, Fr. — 10.41 1998 — Kaaron Conwright, So. — 10.32 1999 — Kaaron Conwright, Jr. — 10.20 2000 — Kaaron Conwright, Sr. — 10.12 2005 — Travis Morse, Sr. — 10.53 * yards

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Tamatha Jackson California Collegiate Athletic Association 1982 — Tamela Holland, Fr. — 11.63w 1986 — Patrice Carpenter, Jr. — 11.63w 1987 — Charrett Polk, Fr. — 12.01w

Big West Conference 1998 — Tamatha Jackson, Jr. — 11.66 1999 — Tamatha Jackson, Sr. — 11.36

American West Conference 1995 — Tamatha Cox, So. — 12.05 1996 — Tamatha Cox, Jr. — 12.24

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Jamison Jordan California Collegiate Athletic Association 1959 — Vic Hall, So. — 21.4* 1960 — Vic Hall, Jr. — 20.9* 1967 — Cecil Turner, Jr. — 21.3* 1968 — Cecil Turner, Sr. — 21.2* 1970 — Bobby Turner, Jr. — 21.8* 1971 — Bobby Turner, Sr. — 21.3* 1973 — John Haley, Sr. — 21.5* 1974 — Joe Prince, Fr. — 21.6* 1975 — Clancy Edwards, So. — 21.2* 1978 — Bart Williams, Jr. — 20.5w 83 • GoPoly.com

1979 — Bart Williams, Sr. — 21.05 1981 — Mark Kent, Sr. — 20.90w 1987 — Erik Josephson, Jr. — 21.66w Big West Conference 1998 — Kaaron Conwright, So. — 20.83 2000 — Kaaron Conwright, Sr. — 20.56 2014 — Jamison Jordan, Sr. — 21.49 * 220 yards

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200 Meters California Collegiate Athletic Association 1982 — Eloise Mallory, Jr. — 24.88 1983 — Arlene Van Warmerdam, Sr. — 23.60 1985 — Patrice Carpenter, So. — 23.55 1986 — Patrice Carpenter, Jr. — 24.06 American West Conference 1995 — Tamatha Cox, So. — 24.74 Big West Conference 1998 — Tamatha Jackson, Jr. — 23.81 1999 — Tamatha Jackson, Sr. — 23.31 2000 — Cha’ron Stewart, Sr. — 24.45

Patrice Carpenter

Cha’ron Stewart GoPoly.com • 84

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Gary Kerr went on to play for the Calgary Stampeders in the CFL, and in 1972 was a Rookie of the Year nominee after catching 38 passes for 721 yards and three touchdowns. California Collegiate Athletic Association 1950 — Paul Johnson, Fr. — 15.0* 1965 — Gary Walker, Sr. — 14.3* 1968 — Gary Kerr, So. — 14.4* 1970 — James Lowe, Sr. — 14.4*

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1983 — Gordon Reed, Sr. — 14.6 1987 — Dave Johnson, Sr. — 14.23w 1993 — Jerry Edwards, Sr. — 14.90w * 120 yards

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100m Hurdles California Collegiate Athletic Association 1982 — Liz Carroll, Sr. — 14.90w 1983 — CeCe Chandler, Fr. — 14.17w 1984 — CeCe Chandler, So. — 13.81w 1985 — CeCe Chandler, Jr. — 14.00 1987 — Sharon Hanson, Sr. — 13.61w Big West Conference 2004 — Willimena Cisco, So. — 13.68 2005 — Willimena Cisco, Jr. — 13.92 2006 — Willimena Cisco, Sr. — 13.39

Willimena Cisco and Coach Danny Williams

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400m Hurdles California Collegiate Athletic Association 1970 — Gary Kerr, Sr. — 53.4* 1975 — Kevin McNamara, Jr. — 53.1* 1983 — Doug Lalicker, Sr. — 51.60 1986 — Dave Johnson, Jr. — 50.99 1987 — Dave Johnson, Sr. — 51.32 1990 — Tom McGuirk, Fr. — 52.46 1991 — Tom McGuirk, So. — 53.36 American West Conference 1995 — David Baeza, So. — 52.80 1996 — David Baeza, Jr. — 52.79 Big West Conference 2004 — Tracy Session, So. — 52.30 * 440 yards

Tracy Session

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400m Hurdles California Collegiate Athletic Association 1982 — Chris Dubois, Jr. — 1:02.46 1983 — Chris Dubois, Sr. — 1:02.10 1986 — Sharon Hanson, Jr. — 59.80 1987 — Laurie Hagen, Sr. — 1:00.29 1989 — Gina Albanese, So. — 59.98 1990 — Shannon Stevens, So. — 1:01.74 1991 — Gina Albanese, Jr. — 59.60 1992 — Gina Albanese, Sr. — 59.41 American West Conference 1995 — Kerri Gabrielson, Jr. — 1:03.19 Big West Conference 2000 — Sarah Bonilla, So. — 59.89 2002 — Kristin Hall, Jr. — 1:00.85 2003 — LeBren Martin, Jr. — 57.69 2004 — LeBren Martin, Sr. — 58.12 2009 — Jhana Samuels, Sr. — 1:00.18

LeBren Martin

Jhana Samuels GoPoly.com • 88

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400 Meters California Collegiate Athletic Association 1960 — Vic Hall, Jr. — 47.5* 1969 — Bob Newton, So. — 47.3* 1975 — Curtis Byrd, So. — 47.7* 1976 — Xonie Lloyd, Jr. — 47.7 1977 — Xonie Lloyd, Sr. — 46.6 1978 — Bart Williams, Jr. — 46.1 1979 — Bart Williams, Sr. — 46.99 American West Conference 1996 — David Baeza, Jr. — 48.14 Big West Conference 2002 — Tyrone Ward, Jr. — 47.18 2003 — Tyrone Ward, Sr. — 46.57 * 440 yards

In the summer before his sophomore year at Cal Poly (June 1974), Curtis Byrd won the 400 meters at the AAU National Junior Championships in Florida with a time of 46.2 seconds, a school record. He also anchored mile relay squads that broke school records in back-to-back seasons in 1974 and ’75 (at 3:10.6 and then 3:09.85). 89 • GoPoly.com

Bart Williams

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400 Meters California Collegiate Athletic Association 1982 — Eloise Mallory, Jr. — 55.16 1983 — Arlene Van Warmerdam, Sr. — 54.44 1985 — Veronica Storvick, Jr. — 54.07 1986 — Patrice Carpenter, Jr. — 53.90 1988 — Teena Colebrook, So. — 55.80 American West Conference 1995 — Barbara Jones, So. — 57.00 Big West Conference 2001 — Maggie Vessey, Fr. — 53.96

Maggie Vessey

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elay Cecil Turner, a five-time conference champion in his own events, also ran for the Mustangs’ 1967 winning relay squad (in all his sixth title). Selected in the fifth round of the 1968 NFL Draft by the Chicago Bears, he made the 1970 Pro Bowl as a kick returner (after running back a league-record four kickoffs for touchdowns).

California Collegiate Athletic Association 1967 — 41.4* 1969 — 41.4* 1970 — 41.2* 1971 — 41.7* 1972 — 41.5* 1978 — 40.4 91 • GoPoly.com

1979 — 40.5 Big West Conference 1998 — 40.86 2004 — 40.06 * 440 yards

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elay California Collegiate Athletic Association 1982 — 46.01 1985 — 46.18 1986 — 46.13 1987 — 46.83 Big West Conference 1998 — 45.68

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800 Meters

Vernon Sallaz

Bobby Poynter

California Collegiate Athletic Association 1960 — Luis Rodriguez, Jr. — 1:53.3* 1961 — Luis Rodriguez, Sr. — 1:56.6* 1969 — Mathyas Michael, Fr. — 1:50.6* 1970 — Mathyas Michael, So. — 1:53.1* 1978 — Dave Marlow, Sr. — 1:50.2 1981 — Vernon Sallaz, Jr. — 1:53.19 1982 — Vernon Sallaz, Sr. — 1:51.60 1989 — Roger Chagnon, Jr. — 1:51.35 1991 — Brian Strieff, Sr. — 1:50.52 1994 — Coley Candaele, Jr. — 1:51.15

Big West Conference 2000 — David Ulibarri, Fr. — 1:50.77 2019 — Bobby Poynter, Fr. — 1:51.70

American West Conference 1995 — Scott Kolenic, Fr. — 1:51.86

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800 Meters

Maggie Vessey went on to run a career-best 800m time of 1:57.84 in 2009, ranking No. 6 in the world and No. 2 in the U.S. for that season. California Collegiate Athletic Association 1982 — Esther Scherzinger, Sr. — 2:07.83 1983 — Jill Ellingson, Fr. — 2:09.72 1984 — Tressie Gibbs, Jr. — 2:12.75 1985 — Gladees Prieur, So. — 2:08.60 1986 — Gladees Prieur, Jr. — 2:07.65 1990 — Teena Colebrook, Sr. — 2:04.66 1991 — Kristina Hand, Jr. — 2:12.15 1992 — Kristina Hand, Sr. — 2:10.70

Big West Conference 2002 — Maggie Vessey, So. — 2:06.53 2003 — Maggie Vessey, Jr. — 2:08.01 2005 — Maggie Vessey, Sr. — 2:04.78 2007 — Lea Wallace, Fr. — 2:09.56

American West Conference 1995 — Nikki Shaw, So. — 2:14.50 1996 — Carie Malnekoff, So. — 2:14.46 GoPoly.com • 94

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1,500 Meters California Collegiate Athletic Association 1978 — Danny Aldridge, Jr. — 3:47.4 1979 — Danny Aldridge, Sr. — 3:43.8 1980 — Jim Schankel, Sr. — 3:52.27 1990 — Scott Hempel, Fr. — 3:51.17 1991 — Jim Sorensen, Sr. — 3:53.80 1993 — Scott Hempel, Sr. — 3:47.58 1994 — Coley Candaele, Jr. — 3:48.11 Big West Conference 1999 — Sean Phillips, So. — 3:46.46 2004 — Ryan Moorcroft, Jr. — 3:45.32 2005 — Ryan Moorcroft, Sr. — 3:45.48 2006 — Phillip Reid, Jr. — 3:50.81 2007 — Phillip Reid, Sr. — 3:42.54 2008 — Joe Gatel, So. — 3:47.93 2009 — Derek Thomas, Fr. — 3:46.19 2017 — Garrett Migliozzi, Jr. — 3:54.34 2019 — Alex Merder, Sr. — 3:52.08

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Phillip Reid

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1,500 Meters California Collegiate Athletic Association 1982 — Amy Harper, So. — 4:22.82 1984 — Kathy Manning, Fr. — 4:32.72 1985 — Lori Lopez, Jr. — 4:23.74 1986 — Jill Ellingson, Sr. — 4:25.06 1990 — Melanie Hiatt, Jr. — 4:31.05 1991 — Melanie Hiatt, Sr. — 4:29.46 American West Conference 1995 — Nikki Shaw, So. — 4:35.01 1996 — Nikki Shaw, Jr. — 4:35.48 Big West Conference 2011 — Vanessa Hancock, Jr. — 4:27.73

Vanessa Hancock GoPoly.com • 96

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elay California Collegiate Athletic Association 1960 — 3:19.1* 1969 — 3:15.6* 1974 — 3:12.6* 1975 — 3:14.2* 1977 — 3:13.5 1978 — 3:11.5 1979 — 3:10.89 1986 — 3:12.32 1988 — 3:12.50 1989 — 3:14.17 * Mile

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elay California Collegiate Athletic Association 1982 — 3:46.30 1983 — 3:47.95 1984 — 3:47.64 1985 — 3:49.25 1986 — 3:47.47 1987 — 3:47.99 1990 — 3:46.49 1992 — 3:45.22

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California Collegiate Athletic Association 1969 — Mathyas Michael, Fr. — 4:11.6 1970 — Mathyas Michael, So. — 4:13.3

2-MILE California Collegiate Athletic Association 1966 — Terry Record, So. — 9:13.1

3-MILE California Collegiate Athletic Association 1975 — Jim Schankel, Fr. — 14:07.5

Terry Record

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Mathyas Michael

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3,000m Steeplechase California Collegiate Athletic Association 1972 — Mike Brisbin, Jr. — 9:25.0 1980 — Jeff Small, Sr. — 9:06.28 1981 — Carmelo Rios, Jr. — 8:57.0 1983 — Carmelo Rios, Sr. — 9:13.7 1985 — Kevin Jones, Sr. — 9:08.17 1987 — Jeff Ahlquist, Jr. — 9:26.2 1988 — Mike Miner, Sr. — 9:12.91 1990 — Alfredo Perez, Sr. — 9:18.79 1991 — Lance Rankin, Jr. — 9:18.02 1992 — Lance Rankin, Sr. — 9:13.6 1993 — Dan Berkeland, So. — 9:04.38 1994 — Ryan Winn, Fr. — 9:32.2 American West Conference 1995 — Dan Berkeland, Sr. — 9:29.10 Big West Conference 2005 — Ben Bruce, Sr. — 8:42.11 2006 — Luke Llamas, Sr. — 9:03.07 2013 — Nick Woolf, Fr. — 9:01.33 2014 — Nick Woolf, So. — 8:55.97 2016 — Nick Woolf, Sr. — 8:57.69 2018 — Sean McDermott, Jr. — 9:02.96

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3,000 METERS California Collegiate Athletic Association 1982 — Eileen Kraemer, Sr. — 9:37.43 1983 — Lesley White, Fr. — 9:38.38 1984 — Amy Harper-Avrit, Sr. — 9:39.81 1985 — Gladees Prieur, So. — 9:25.20 1987 — Gladees Prieur, Sr. — 9:33.13 1990 — Melanie Hiatt, Jr. — 9:46.66 1991 — Kristina Hand, Jr. — 9:38.09 1992 — Kristina Hand, Sr. — 9:37.60 American West Conference 1995 — Lori Fancon, Fr. — 10:10.13 1996 — Angela Orefice, Sr. — 9:57.82 (Note: The 3,000m was replaced by the steeplechase beginning with the 2001 championships.)

STEEPLECHASE Big West Conference 2011 — Leanne Fogg, Sr. — 10:23.85 2014 — Diana George, Sr. — 10:40.18

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5,000 Meters California Collegiate Athletic Association 1978 — Jim Schankel, So. — 14:34.6 1979 — Jim Schankel, Jr. — 14:13.63 1980 — Jim Schankel, Sr. — 14:22.6 1983 — Carmelo Rios, Sr. — 14:27.91 1985 — Brent Griffiths, Jr. — 14:30.6 1986 — Joe Rubio, Sr. — 14:23.48 1987 — Mike Livingston, Jr. — 14:31.83 1988 — Mike Livingston, Sr. — 14:28.10 1990 — Scott Hempel, Fr. — 14:42.51 1992 — Scott Hempel, Jr. — 14:51.61 1993 — Dan Berkeland, So. — 14:43.17 1994 — Ryan Winn, Fr. — 15:02.8 American West Conference 1995 — Dan Berkeland, Sr. — 14:53.39 Big West Conference 1998 — Darren Holman, Jr. — 14:53.27 2000 — David Beals, Sr. — 14:56.05 2001 — Paulo Carvalho, Jr. — 14:26.67 2005 — Ben Bruce, Sr. — 14:32.79 2006 — Luke Llamas, Sr. — 14:45.39 2011 — Brandon Shirck, Jr. — 14:42.05 2013 — Chris Frias, Jr. — 14:48.71 2014 — Chris Frias, Sr. — 14:36.25 2015 — Nick Woolf, Jr. —14:42.45 2016 — Nick Woolf, Sr. — 14:52.81 2017 — Mikey Giguere, Jr. — 14:46.09 2018 — Swarnjit Boyal, Sr. — 14:44.24

Chris Frias GoPoly.com • 102

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Katie Izzo California Collegiate Athletic Association 1982 — Irene Crowley, Jr. — 17:22.90 1983 — Vicky Bray, Jr. — 17:25.07 1984 — Carol Gleason, So. — 17:03.30 1985 — Robyn Root, Jr. — 16:31.98 1987 — Lesley White, Jr. — 16:38.61 1988 — Lesley White, Sr. — 17:08.61 1989 — Sherri Minkler, Sr. — 17:09.88 1990 — Jill Hoffman, Jr. — 16:56.35 1992 — Jennifer Lacovara, Fr. — 17:23.30

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American West Conference 1995 — Angela Orefice, Jr. — 17:46.28 1996 — Claire Becker, Fr. — 17:41.55 Big West Conference 2013 — Laura Hollander, Fr. — 16:25.62 2015 — Molly Haar, So. — 17:31.75 2016 — Katie Izzo, Fr. — 17:24.91 2017 — Peyton Bilo, So. — 16:43.83 2019 — Miranda Daschian, Sr. — 17:10.63

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10,000 Meters California Collegiate Athletic Association 1978 — Jim Schankel, So. — 30:13.6 1986 — Chris Craig, Fr. — 30:30.67 1987 — Mike Livingston, Jr. — 31:00.99 1988 — Mike Livingston, Sr. — 29:40.30 1991 — Matt Hempel, So. — 31:19.9 1992 — Kevin Brodie, Sr. — 31:32.5 Big West Conference 1999 — Avery Blackwell, So. — 31:22.52 2001 — Paulo Carvalho, Jr. — 30:01.80 2004 — Jeff Porto, Jr. — 30:36.48 2007 — Troy Swier, Jr. — 30:15.66 2010 — Joe Gatel, Sr. — 30:59.30 2013 — Chris Frias, Jr. — 30:46.27 2014 — Sean Davidson, Sr. — 29:08.24 2017 — Swarnjit Boyal, Jr. — 31:35.59 2018 — Swarnjit Boyal, Sr. — 33:57.69

Swarnjit Boyal

Sean Davidson GoPoly.com • 104

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Angela Orefice

Peyton Bilo

California Collegiate Athletic Association 1983 — Heidi Ertl, Fr. — 35:00.60 1987 — Lisa Rizzo, Fr. — 37:31.90 1988 — Amanda Marks, So. — 36:09.18 1989 — Stephanie Haynes, Sr. — 37:16.00 1990 — Tracy Leichter, So. — 37:03.94 1991 — Ameret Reed, Jr. — 38:51.30 1992 — Kristin Niederhaus, Fr. — 38:22.00 1994 — Angela Orefice, So. — 37:57.01

American West Conference 1995 — Angela Orefice, Jr. — 38:17.19 1996 — Angela Orefice, Sr. — 38:30.06

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Big West Conference 2001 — Jennifer DeRego, Jr. — 34:59.76 2016 — Peyton Bilo, Fr. — 36:46.78 2019 — Miranda Daschian, Sr. — 35:14.42

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High Jump University Archives, Cal Poly

Dennis Jones tied for third at the 1961 NCAA Division I National Championships, clearing 6’ 8” to trail only John Thomas of Boston (7’ 2”) and Bob Avant of USC (7’ 0”). California Collegiate Athletic Association 1952 — Vern Wilson, Sr. — 6’ 2.625” 1961 (co) — Dennis Jones, So. — 6’ 7” 1962 — Dennis Jones, Jr. — 6’ 3” 1963 — Dennis Jones, Sr. — 6’ 4” 1966 — Dick Jones, Sr. — 6’ 9.5” 1971 — Mike Stone, Sr. — 6’ 10” 1972 — Tom Murphy, Fr. — 6’ 8”

1973 — Reynaldo Brown, Sr. — 6’ 10” 1983 — Mark Langan, So. — 7’ 0” 1990 — Gabe Manville, Fr. — 6’ 9” 1993 — Aaron Maddiex, Jr. — 6’ 11.5” Big West Conference 1997 — Matt Hurd, Fr. — 6’ 10.75” 1998 — Mitch Naber, So. — 7’ 0.5” GoPoly.com • 106

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High Jump At left, Sharon Day won the Big West Conference championship with a clearance of 6’ 4.75” at Cal State Northridge on May 17, 2008. The jump, which met the Olympic A standard, tied for the third-best in the world at the time, while breaking school, conference, meet and stadium records.

California Collegiate Athletic Association 1982 — Sue McNeal, So. — 6’ 0” 1983 — Sue McNeal, Jr. — 5’ 9” 1984 — Sue McNeal, Sr. — 6’ 0” 1987 — Julie Wiegmann, Jr. — 5’ 10” American West Conference 1995 — Diane Korbel, Sr. — 5’ 6”

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Big West Conference 2003 — Kaylene Wagner, Fr. — 6’ 0.5” 2004 — Kaylene Wagner, So. — 6’ 3.25” 2005 — Sharon Day, So. — 6’ 2.75” 2007 — Sharon Day, Jr. — 6’ 0.5” 2008 — Sharon Day, Sr. — 6’ 4.75” Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (Indoors) 2004 — Sharon Day, Fr. — 5’ 11.5”

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L ong Jump

Tyrone Ward, Cal Poly’s school record-holder • 26’ 7.75”, 2002 Eddie Mack won Cal Poly’s first-ever individual conference championship in any event, taking the long jump title in 1949 with a mark of 23’ 8.75”. Mack then went back-toback as a senior in 1950, at 23’ 2.5”. He held the school record (23’ 9”) for 11 years until 1960. California Collegiate Athletic Association 1949 — Eddie Mack, Jr. — 23’ 8.75” 1950 — Eddie Mack, Sr. — 23’ 2.5” 1968 — Cecil Turner, Sr. — 25’ 1.5” 1969 — Scott Heyman, Sr. — 24’ 4.75” 1980 — David Tucker, So. — 25’ 3.75”w 1982 — Ron Waynes, Jr. — 24’ 11.25” 1983 — Ron Waynes, Sr. — 25’ 4.25” 1984 — Victor Torres, Jr. — 23’ 6.5”

American West Conference 1995 — Steve Amundson, Jr. — 24’ 1.75” Big West Conference 2000 — Dan Littlefield, Fr. — 24’ 2.5” 2002 — Tyrone Ward, Jr. — 25’ 6.25” 2003 — Tyrone Ward, Sr. — 25’ 0”

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L ong Jump California Collegiate Athletic Association 1982 — Janet Yarbrough, Jr. — 20’ 2.5”w 1983 — Janet Yarbrough, Sr. — 20’ 3” 1985 — CeCe Chandler, Jr. — 19’ 2.5” 1987 — Danielle Sharkey, Jr. — 18’ 6.75” 1988 — Angela Lee, Sr. — 19’ 5” Big West Conference 2008 — Sharon Day, Sr. — 19’ 7.5” 2012 — Whitney Sisler, Sr. — 19’ 6.75”

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Whitney Sisler

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Triple

ump California Collegiate Athletic Association 1969 — Mohinder Gill, So., 50’ 9” 1970 — Mohinder Gill, Jr. — 49’ 11.5” 1971 — Mohinder Gill, Sr. — 48’ 6.25” 1978 — Eddie Tate, So. — 49’ 7” 1979 — Anthony Frazier, Jr. — 49’ 5.75” 1981 — Ron Waynes, So. — 50’ 5”w 1983 — Terry Armitage, Jr. — 51’ 8.25” 1990 — Ben Holback, Sr. — 49’ 5” 1993 — Andrew Hill, So. — 49’ 5.75” American West Conference 1996 — Andrew Hill, Sr. — 47’ 9.75” Big West Conference 2000 — Andrew Badger, So. — 50’ 2001 — Andrew Badger, Jr. — 51’ 1” 2002 — Andrew Badger, Sr. — 51’ 7.25”

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California Collegiate Athletic Association 1984 — Lynette Farnum, Fr. — 38’ 9” Big West Conference 2004 — Cortney Stafford, Jr. — 40’ 11” 2005 — Cortney Stafford, Sr. — 42’ 9.75” 2006 — Caitlin Schields, Fr. — 40’ 0.5” 2007 — Jessica Eggleston, Sr. — 40’ 8.75” 2016 — Kendal Nielsen, Sr. — 42’ 6.25” 2018 — Abibat Rahman-Davies, So. — 41’ 7.75” 2019 — Abibat Rahman-Davies, Jr. — 41’ 8.75”

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Kendal Nielsen

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Pole

ault California Collegiate Athletic Association 1959 (co) — Grant Calkins, So. — 13’ 0” 1970 — Aaron Weber, Sr. — 15’ 7.25” 1971 — Mark Deitchman, Sr. — 15’ 0” 1972 — Dave Hamer, So. — 15’ 6” 1974 — Dave Hamer, Sr. — 16’ 5” 1979 — Tim McDonald, Jr. — 17’ 0” 1980 — Tim McDonald, Sr. — 17’ 2.75” 1981 — Mark Kibort, Jr. — 16’ 1” 1982 — Mark Kibort, Sr. — 16’ 6” 1983 — Fred Machin, So. — 15’ 10.25” 1986 — Hans Florine, Jr. — 15’ 6” 1987 — Steve Horvath, So. — 16’ 0.75” 1988 — Steve Horvath, Jr. — 17’ 4.25” 1989 — Steve Horvath, Sr. — 17’ 2.5” 1990 — Kevin Rankin, Jr. — 16’ 6” 1991 — Tony Castiglioni, Sr. — 15’ 6.25” 1992 — Brian Adamick, Jr. — 16’ 6.75” 1993 — Dwayne Dawson, Jr. — 16’ 1.75” 1994 — Bret Whitford, Jr. — 17’ 4.5” American West Conference 1996 — Sean Brown, Jr. — 17’ 9”

John Prader

Big West Conference 2001 — Travis Vandrovec, Sr. — 17’ 1.5” 2002 — Jon Takahashi, So. — 17’ 1.5” 2006 — Adrian Ruark, Sr. — 16’ 6.75” 2007 — Mike King, Sr. — 16’ 6.75” 2008 — Connor Landry, Fr. — 16’ 6.75” 2009 — Connor Landry, So. — 16’ 6.75” 2012 — John Prader, Jr. — 17’ 6.5” 2013 — John Prader, Sr. — 17’ 7.25”

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Pole

ault (Event started in 1997.) Big West Conference 1998 — Bianca Maran, Fr. — 12’ 7.5” 1999 — Paula Serrano, Sr. — 13’ 7” 2007 — Jenna Homes, Fr. — 12’ 5.5” 2009 — Jenna Homes, Jr. — 12’ 7.5” 2018 — Brooke Tjerrild, Fr. — 13’ 1.5” 2019 — Brooke Tjerrild, So. — 13’ 3”

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Ben Laville of Dominica went on to set the Caribbean record in 1972, at 261’ 5”. California Collegiate Athletic Association 1953 — Kelly Hylton, Sr. — 190’ 0.5” 1954 — Halil Zariman, Sr. — 207’ 0” 1964 — Ben Laville, So. — 213’ 3.5” 1965 — Ben Laville, Jr. — 231’ 2.5” 1966 — Ben Laville, Sr. — 204’ 9.5” 1981 — Bob Riley, Sr. — 230’ 11” 1988 — Brant Warren, Jr. — 206’ 11” 1989 — Brant Warren, Sr. — 218’ 1” 1993 — Jerry Edwards, Sr. — 190’ 9”

Big West Conference 2002 — Ryan James, Jr. — 224’ 3” 2006 — Aris Borjas, Jr. — 221’ 7” 2007 — Aris Borjas, Sr. — 223’ 7” (Note: The IAAF javelin redesign was implemented in April 1986.)

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Megan Mooney California Collegiate Athletic Association 1982 — Danella Barnes, Jr. — 156’ 9” 1983 — Danella Barnes, Sr. — 163’ 9” 1985 — Deena Bernstein, Jr. — 165’ 3” 1986 — Deena Bernstein, Sr. — 157’ 2” 1987 — Tricia Lundberg, Jr. — 147’ 8” 1990 — Melissa White, Jr. — 158’ 3” 1991 — Melissa White, Sr. — 158’ 10” 1993 — Allison Eilerts, So. — 141’ 2” 115 • GoPoly.com

American West Conference 1996 — Erica Ahmann, Sr. — 127’ 11” Big West Conference 2001 — Lacy Tanneberg, Fr. — 148’ 6” 2009 — Katie Robbins, Sr. — 146’ 2” 2016 — Megan Mooney, Fr. — 153’ 2”

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Discus California Collegiate Athletic Association 1955 — John Martin, Sr. — 146’ 0.5” 1964 — Lloyd Petroelje, Jr. — 160’ 8.5” 1981 — Chris Sorensen, Jr. — 165’ 3” 1993 — Chris Carter, Sr. — 151’ 7” American West Conference 1996 — Andy Sverchek, So. — 157’ 4”

Chris Carter, 1993

Marshall Samuels, 1947 GoPoly.com • 116

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Discus California Collegiate Athletic Association 1982 — Kathy Kahn, Fr. — 133’ 5” 1983 — Kathy Kahn, So. — 145’ 6” 1986 — Kathy Kahn, Sr. — 132’ 7” 1987 — Celeste Paquette, So. — 162’ 6” 1988 — Celeste Paquette, Jr. — 158’ 2” 1989 — Melissa White, So. — 147’ 11” 1992 — Jennifer Peters, So. — 151’ 4” American West Conference 1995 — Erica Ahmann, Jr. — 171’ 4” 1996 — Erica Ahmann, Sr. — 179’ 5” Big West Conference 1999 — Stephanie Brown, Fr. — 156’ 11” 2002 — Stephanie Brown, Jr. — 164’ 3” 2003 — Stephanie Brown, Sr. — 183’ 1” 2009 — Julie Dufresne, Sr. — 161’ 3”

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Shot Put California Collegiate Athletic Association 1961 — Tom Pagani, Sr. — 56’ 6.5” 1969 — Junior Olsen, Jr. — 54’ 6.5” 1970 — Junior Olsen, Sr. — 55’ 2” 1978 — Paul Toma, Jr. — 54’ 1.5” 1980 — Brian Faul, So. — 57’ 3.5” 1981 — Brian Faul, Jr. — 58’ 4.5” 1990 — Chris Carter, So. — 53’ 0.75” 1993 — Chris Carter, Sr. — 54’ 11.5” American West Conference 1995 — Andy Sverchek, Fr. — 51’ 7” Big West Conference 1997 — Andy Sverchek, Jr. — 59’ 1.25”

Tom Pagani, 2010 Cal Poly Hall of Fame inductee

Andy Sverchek (Left)

Lamar Anderson (Lower Left), with a career-best mark of 55’ 1”, earned AllAmerican honors in 1973 with a sixthplace finish at the NCAA Championships. GoPoly.com • 118

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Shot Put Big West Conference 1999 — Stephanie Brown, Fr. — 49’ 9.25” 2001 — Stephanie Brown, So. — 52’ 9.25” 2002 — Stephanie Brown, Jr. — 52’ 1.25” 2003 — Stephanie Brown, Sr. — 54’ 7.25” 2009 — Julie Dufresne, Sr. — 52’ 8.75”

Julie Dufresne

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Hammer Throw

California Collegiate Athletic Association 1978 — Rick Brunner, So. — 165’ 6” 1986 — Jim Halter, Sr. — 192’ 7”

Jim Halter

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Decathlon

James Nunno California Collegiate Athletic Association 1975 — Jerry Hougen, Sr. — 6,909 1980 — Pete Godinez, Jr. — 7,041 1983 — Loren Diaz, Jr. — 6,629 1986 — Kurt Loeprich, Jr. — 6,016 1993 — Jerry Edwards, Sr. — 6,767

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Big West Conference 2003 — Jon Takahashi, Jr. — 7,307 2007 — James Nunno, Jr. — 6,772 2009 — James Nunno, Sr. — 7,208 2017 — Ted Scranton, Sr. — 7,143 (Note: The IAAF revised scoring tables in April 1985.)

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Heptathlon

Sharon Day California Collegiate Athletic Association 1988 — Hana Novak, Sr. — 4,632 1991 — Julie Tingle, So. — 4,840 1993 — Julie Tingle, Sr. — 4,844

American West Conference 1995 — Diane Korbel, Sr. — 4,721 Big West Conference 2008 — Sharon Day, Sr. — 5,642

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Team MEN

WoMEN

California Collegiate Athletic Association 1968 (67 points, at Cal State L.A.) 1969 (97 points, at Cal State L.A.) 1970 (116 points, at Mt. SAC) 1978 (115 points, at Bakersfield College) 1979 (97 points, at Mt. SAC) 1980 (163 points, at Cal Poly) 1981 (220 points, at CSU Bakersfield) 1983 (244 points, at Cal State L.A.) 1985 (158 points, at Cal State L.A.) 1990 (198 points, at UC Riverside) 1991 (200 points, at CSU Bakersfield) 1992 (191.5 points, at Cal State L.A.) 1993 (208 points, at UC San Diego)

Southern California Athletic Association 1981 (235 points, at CSUN)

Ivan Huff was a three-time AllAmerican for the Mustangs from 197981 before qualifying for the U.S. Olympic Trials in the 3,000m steeplechase in 1984, 1988 and 1992. He ranked No. 10 in the world for the steeplechase in 1986 (including No. 2 in the U.S.), with a time of 8:16.59 in Brussels. 123 • GoPoly.com

California Collegiate Athletic Association 1982 (279 points, at Cal Poly Pomona) 1983 (255 points, at Cal State L.A.) 1984 (202 points, at CSU Bakersfield) 1985 (242 points, at Cal State L.A.) 1986 (216 points, at Cal Poly Pomona) 1987 (256 points, at CSUN) 1988 (188 points, at Cal State L.A.) 1989 (229 points, at Cal Poly) 1990 (254 points, at UC Riverside) 1991 (215 points, at CSU Bakersfield)

In the summer before her senior year with the Mustangs, Robyn Root competed in the 1984 U.S. Olympic Trials marathon in Washington, running a 3:05:37. Her career best, 2:37:57, came in New York in 1987.

Last revision: 01/10/12

Standardized Track Event Conversion Factors Actual Distance 60 Yards 55 Meters (men) 55 Meters (women) 55 Hurdles (men) 55 Hurdles (women) 120 Hurdles (Yards) 200 Meters 200 Meters 220 Yards 300 Yards 300 Yards 300 Yards 300 Meters 400 Meters 400 Meters 400 Meters 400 Meters 400 Meters 440 Yards 440 Yards 440 Yards 440 Yards 440 Yards 500 Yards 500 Yards 500 Yards 500 Meters 500 Meters 500 Meters 500 Meters 600 Yards 600 Yards 600 Meters 800 Meters 800 Meters

Converted Distance 60 Meters 60 Meters (men) 60 Meters (women) 60 Hurdles (men) 60 Hurdles (women) 110 Hurdles 300 Yards 300 Meters 200 Meters 300 Meters 400 Meters 440 Yards 400 Meters 440 Yards 500 Yards 500 Meters 600 Yards 600 Meters 400 Meters 500 Yards 500 Meters 600 Yards 600 Meters 500 Meters 600 Yards 600 Meters 600 Yards 600 Meters 800 Meters 880 Yards 600 Meters 800 Meters 800 Meters 880 Yards 1000 Yards

Factor 1.07 1.0749 1.0771 1.0766 1.0755 1.0025 1.44 1.60 0.9942 1.11 1.55 1.59 1.3964 1.0059 1.19 1.32 1.49 1.66 0.9942 1.17 1.29 1.48 1.65 1.11 1.25 1.40 1.13 1.26 1.75 1.79 1.12 1.55 1.38 1.0059 1.19

Actual Distance 800 Meters 880 Yards 1000 Yards 1000 Meters 1500 Meters 1500 Meters 1500 Meters 1500 Meters 1500 Meters 1500 Meters 1600 Meters Mile Mile Mile Mile Mile Mile 2000 Meters 2000 Meters 2000 Meters 3000 Meters 3000 Meters 3200 Meters Two Mile Two Mile Three Mile 4x110 Relay (Yards) 4x220 Relay (Yards) 4x440 Relay (Yards) 4x880 Relay (Yards) 4xMile Relay 4xMile Relay Sprint Medley Relay (Yards) Distance Medley Relay (Yards) Shuttle Hurdle Relay (Yards)

Converted Distance 1000 Meters 800 Meters 1000 Meters 1500 Meters 1600 Meters Mile 2000 Meters 3000 Meters Two Mile Three Mile Mile 1500 Meters 1600 Meters 2000 Meters 3000 Meters Two Mile Three Mile 3000 Meters Two Mile Three Mile 3200 Meters Two Mile Two Mile 3000 Meters Three Mile 5000 Meters 4x100 Relay 4x200 Relay 4x400 Relay 4x800 Relay 4x1500 Relay 4x1600 Relay Sprint Medley Relay Distance Medley Relay Shuttle Hurdle Relay

Factor 1.32 0.9942 1.11 1.56 1.0737 1.08 1.36 2.13 2.29 3.59 1.0058 0.9259 0.9942 1.28 2.00 2.15 3.37 1.56 1.68 2.63 1.0737 1.08 1.0058 0.9259 1.57 1.036 0.9942 0.9942 0.9942 0.9942 0.9259 0.9942 0.9942 0.9942 1.0025

Each of the above factors is a multiplication factor. To use the factor, take the competitor’s total time in seconds and multiply by the factor shown. Always round up the last digit of the final time. Example: 300 Meters to 400 Meters 300 Meters time: 35.12 seconds 35.12 seconds x 1.3964 = 49.05 seconds 35.12 300 Meters is equivalent to a 49.05 400 Meters Example: 1500 Meters to Mile 1500 Meters time: 3:49.71 (3 minutes x 60 seconds) + 49.71 seconds = 229.71 seconds 229.71 seconds x 1.08 = 248.0868 seconds 248.0868 seconds = 4:08.09 3:49.71 1500 Meters is equivalent to a 4:08.09 mile

Steve Miller and John Capriotti Athletics Complex

ome to Cal Poly Track & Field, Steve Miller and John Capriotti Athletics Complex was inaugurated with the 36th annual Cal Poly ShareSLO Invitational on Saturday, March 24, 2018. Beynon Sports installed a new track surface (opening up the potential for Cal Poly to host Big West Conference Championship meets in the decade ahead), and a newly renovated Bermuda field was put into place inside the oval. The facility was dedicated midway through Cal Poly’s home invitational (founded on a yearly basis in 1983 as the Poly Royal Invitational), with a ceremony honoring Miller (Mustang head coach from 1976-81; Chairman of the Board of Directors for USATF since 2015) and Capriotti (an All-American for the Mustangs in 1978; Nike Vice President and Global Director of Athletics/ Running Track and Field since 2010) — each of whom were leading donors toward the renovation. In addition to Oregon — site of the 2021 IAAF World Games — Harvard, Yale, Stanford, USC, Ohio State, Auburn and Florida State are among the collegiate track & field programs also featuring Beynon surfaces. Meanwhile, the re-balanced infield’s drought-tolerant Bandera Bermuda grass is also used at Levi’s Stadium, Dodger Stadium, PETCO Park, StubHub Center and Home Depot Center. In association with Cal Poly Corporation, Associated Students, Inc. and Cal Poly Housing, the $1.6 million project was part of the comprehensive reshaping of the southeast corner of campus from Longview Lane to Grand Avenue, alongside neighboring Doerr Family Field adjacent to a new 435,000-square-foot student housing site.

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1978 NCAA champion Cal Poly cross country team Front row: Danny Aldridge, Jim Schankel, Mitch Kingery, John Capriotti. Back row: Coach Steve Miller, Manny Bautista, Eric Huff, Robby Bray.

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Since its inauguration in 1983 as the Poly Royal Invitational, Cal Poly’s annual invite has welcomed numerous gold medalists, Olympians and pros. Above and lower-left, Ashton Eaton makes his second career appearance in San Luis Obispo (following 2011) on March 16, 2013. At lower-right, Jackie Joyner-Kersee interviews Butch Reynolds at the 1993 meet. 129 • GoPoly.com

University Archives, Cal Poly

Jesse Owens is interviewed after speaking at Cal Poly on Aug. 9, 1972. Owens addressed a capacity Chumash Auditorium crowd of more than 1,000 in the University Union as part of the 25th annual California Workshop for Physical Education and Coaching. His keynote speech was originally scheduled for Spanos Theatre but was moved in order to accommodate the amount of people in the community who expressed interest in attending. GoPoly.com • 130