2013 Northern Arizona Track & Field Media Guide by NAU Athletics

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Quick Facts/Table of Contents University Information Location Elevation Enrollment Founded Nickname Colors Mascot President VP for Intercollegiate Athletics Faculty Athletic Rep University Website Athletics Website

Coaches

Dir. of Track & Field and Cross Country Associate Head Coach Throws/Multis Assistant Coach - Hurdles/Jumps Assistant Coach - Sprints Graduate Assistant - Jumps Graduate Assistant - Distance Volunteer Assistant - Distance

2012 Finishes

Big Sky Indoors (Men) Big Sky Indoors (Women) Big Sky Outdoors (Men) Big Sky Outdoors (Women) NCAA Indoors (Men)

Media Relations

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About the Covers

Flagstaff, Ariz. 7,000 feet 25,364 1899 Lumberjacks Blue, Gold, Sage Louie the Lumberjack Dr. John Haeger Dr. Lisa Campos Dr. Tom DeStefano www.nau.edu www.nauathletics.com Eric Heins (Cincinnati ‘99) Oscar Duncan (Idaho ‘97) Ed Jacoby Kenny McDaniel (Pitt. St. ‘99) Troy Kemp Leah Rosenfeld (Penn St. ‘10) John Yatsko 1st 4th 1st 3rd T-35th Matthew Sewell (Carroll ‘11) mjs475@nau.edu (928) 523-1017 (928) 523-6793 (406) 559-0091 Steve Shaff (Arizona ‘92) Andrew Tomsky (UC Davis ‘07) P.O. Box 15400 Flagstaff, AZ 86011-5400

Featured on the cover are (from left to right) sophomore sprinter Darriel Banks, senior distance runner Diego Estrada, and sophomore jumper Deante Kemper. Featured on the back cover are junior sprinter Adel al Nasser, junior jumper Lauren Laszczak, senior distance runner Rochelle Kanuho, junior thrower Lauren Stuart, and junior jumper Edgar Panford. Both covers designed by Matthew Sewell of NAU Media Relations.

Season Outlook

Distance Throws Sprints Jumps/Hurdles/Multis

Staff Profiles

Eric Heins Oscar Duncan Kenny McDaniel Ed Jacoby Troy Kemp Leah Rosenfeld John Yatsko Matthew Sewell John D. Haeger Lisa Campos

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Team Information

Men’s Returning Athletes 22-35 Women’s Returning Athletes 36-51 Men & Women Newcomer Profiles 52-65 NAU Facilities 66-67 Big Sky Standards 68

Archives

David McNeill 69 Lopez Lomong 70 Ida & Johanna Nilsson 71 All-Americans 72

NAU History

Big Sky Indoor Champions 74-75 Big Sky Indoor Records 76-77 Indoor All-Time Top-Three 78-79 Indoor Champions By Event 80-81 Big Sky Outdoor Champions 82-83 Big Sky Outdoor Records 84-85 Outdoor All-Time Top-Three 86-87 Outdoor Champions By Event 88-89 Big Sky Conference 92

Credits

The 2013 Northern Arizona Track & Field Media Guide was written and designed by Matthew Sewell with editorial assistance from Steve Shaff, Andrew Tomsky, Stayson Isobe, and the NAU Track & Field coaching staff. Photography courtesy of Matt Beaty, Eric DeSalvo, Preston Trauscht, Kirby Lee, Randy Miyazaki, Alejandro Montano, Matthew Sewell, Erik Pedersen, and Rick Johnson.

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Season Outlooks

Season Outlooks (By Event Group) Men’s Distance

The 2013 season brings a healthy dose of old and new talent back into the mix for the Northern Arizona men’s distance squad, led by five-time All-American and 2012 Olympian Diego Estrada, who returns for his final year of both indoor and outdoor eligibility with the Lumberjacks. Estrada enters the indoor season looking to garner a pair of All-America honors for the third straight year, after capturing first team honors in the 5,000 meters (2011, 2012) and 3,000 meters (2012) and second team honors in the 3,000 meters (2011) in the past two indoor campaigns. Other notable returners for the Lumberjacks include sophomores Caleb Hoover, Chris Ganem, and Cody Reed, who all bring valuable Big Sky Conference championship experience into 2013. Hoover came out of nowhere in his inaugural outdoor season and snagged the Big Sky Outdoor Championship in the men’s 5,000 meters, while Ganem notched a pair of scoring finishes in the men’s 800 meters indoors and outdoors, and Reed gutted out a bronze-medal performance in the 10,000 meters outdoors. Sophomore Alejandro Montano also should contribute in the longer distances, following a pair of scoring efforts at the Big Sky Outdoor Championships in the 5,000 and 10,000-meter runs. The incoming Lumberjack distance runners, however, quickly became the heart and soul of the team throughout the 2012 cross country season, and look to do the same in contributing to the squad’s success on the track as well. The LumDiego Estrada berjacks add transfers Brian Shrader (Oregon), Matt McElroy (Oklahoma State), and Roman Acosta (Syracuse) into the mix in 2013, and will also feature the top two freshman cross country runners in the country in Futsum Zienasellassie and Nathan Weitz. Shrader and Zienasellassie led the men’s cross country team to a fourth-place team finish at November’s NCAA Championships, so count on them, in addition to Estrada, to lead the NAU distance cause on the track in 2013. The Lumberjacks will use their heavy home indoor schedule as a benefit in preparing both for their trip north to Bozeman, Mont. and the Big Sky Indoor Championships, and for the upcoming outdoor season, which will see the Lumberjacks on the road nearly every weekend. Competing in the middle distances (800m, Mile) for the Lumberjack men in 2013 will be Shrader, Weitz, Ganem, sophomore Caleb Potts, senior Myles Kloer and redshirt freshman Ian Cable. Estrada, Hoover, McElroy, Acosta, Reed, junior Tim Freriks, and Montano headline the group of 3,000 and 5,000-meter runners indoors and 10,000 meters outdoors that should largely dominate the Big Sky Conference once again come championship time.

Women’s Distance

The NAU women’s distance squad enters the 2013 track and field seasons relatively young, yet still experienced following solid seasons both on the track and in cross country throughout the 2012 calendar year. Returning, most notably, for the Lumberjack women are seniors Rochelle Kanuho and Agnes Laurent, and

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Brian Shrader

Season Outlooks sophomore Caroline Hogardh. Kanuho, a former walk-on, is fresh off a top-50 finish at November’s NCAA Cross Country Championships, priming her for increased success on the track in 2013. Kanuho made her first trip to the NCAA West Preliminary Round during the 2012 outdoor season as well, finishing 34th regionally in the 10,000 meters and 19th in the 5,000 meters. Laurent looks to make a splash in her second-and-final season with NAU as the Lumberjacks’ leader in the middle distances. The Belgium-native looks to be fully healthy this season after having her 2012 campaign shortened by injury, and hopes to build on a scoring finish in the 800 meters at Big Sky Outdoors last season. Hogardh, who hopes to debut during the outdoor season, has a lot to look forward to in 2013 after an All-American effort in the steeplechase as a freshman. Other notable returners for the NAU women include sophomores Kylee Kieser, a point-scorer in the women’s 10,000 meters last year at Big Sky Outdoors and key contributor on the 2012 women’s cross country squad, and Kerri Lenihan, another consistent presence during this past cross country season and already a veteran competitor in just her second year. Sisters Kayla and Shayla Freeman, both of whom made waves at different points in the season across the distance events throughout 2012, also will provide valuable contributions. NAU’s women will rely heavily on its newcomers in 2013, however. Fourtime Arizona high school cross country champion Rolonda Jumbo headlines the incoming class of freshmen, especially after accumulating some momentum from an Rochelle Kanuho all-conference performance at the Big Sky Cross Country Championships in October. Australian standout Melanie Townsend, also in her first year, should contribute more and more as the season goes on as well. Focusing on the middle distance events (800m, Mile, 1,500m) for the Lumberjacks will be Laurent, Hogardh, Shayla Freeman, Sarah Raber, and Emily Bartz. Kanuho and Jumbo lead those focusing on the longer distances, which will also feature Townsend, Kieser, Lenihan, Kayla Freeman, and Sarah Baker.

Men’s Throws

Gus Margiotta

After losing two Big Sky champions to graduation in Pascal Tang and Karl Gehrke, the NAU men’s throws crew is currently on the lookout for its next leader. Among returners throughout the entirety of the Lumberjack track and field squad, this particular group is the thinnest, returning only one athlete with competitive experience in 2012 All-Big Sky shot put honoree Gus Margiotta. Brian Thompson enters the mix, however, after redshirting last season, and should begin to fill the void left by Tang in the weight throw indoors and hammer throw outdoors. The focus in 2013, rather, will be on the talented class of incoming freshmen to the program. NAU returned to its roots and rekindled its relationship with Swedish-born athletes by signing Micael Ljungberg, a discus specialist who will also dabble in the shot put, javelin, and hammer throw come outdoor season. Additionally, Chandler High School products Travis Colby and Shawn Collins will tag team in an effort to reestablish Big Sky Conference dominance experienced in years past through their versatility. Collins may well become the best Lumberjack

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Season Outlooks shot putter, while Colby will focus in the javelin and discus outdoors. With only one All-Big Sky winner on the men’s side in the throws, there will be a steep learning curve when the Big Sky Conference Championships arrive, but with an indoor facility in which to train throughout the indoor season, the slew of home meets NAU is gifted with, and the tutelage of Oscar Duncan directing them, there exists no greater opportunity to succeed for the young group of men’s throwers in 2013.

Women’s Throws

The 2013 indoor and outdoor seasons will be a year to build up momentum for the Lumberjack women’s throwers. Returning a slew of veterans and having only lost one key component in 2012 Big Sky weight throw champion Nicole Elliott, the group is primed to only improve on their finishes from 2012. The crew is led by Lauren Stuart, school record holder and 2012 Big Sky runner-up in the hammer throw last season, and Jessica Bush, who notched her first-career All-Big Sky finish outdoors in the shot put last year. With Stuart being the top returner indoors in the weight throw for the Lumberjacks and Bush the top returner in the shot put, the gap left by Elliott should easily be filled if both can adequately improve on their top marks from 2012. The Lumberjack women also bring back a veteran presence in senior Kasandra Vegas, who has been a consistent point-scorer and a stalwart in the middle of the Big Sky standings in each of the last two seasons. Debuting, though Jessica Bush in her second year with the program, is redshirt freshman Jessica Weise in both the shot put and weight throw indoors, as well as the hammer throw and shot put outdoors. A walk-on at the beginning of the 2012 season, Weise has improved substantially in becoming one of the Lumberjacks’ preseason locks to enter competiton and make an immediate impact. Newcomers to the program this season will primarily have an impact during the outdoor season with the additions of javelin throwers Kylene Knutsen of Chandler, Ariz. and Sydney Leliefeld of Boring, Ore. Knutsen and Leliefeld will complement nicely with javelin returner Brittany Price, and should provide some great intrasquad competition as well. Additionally, Julia Viberg of Sweden will occupy the discus circle primarily, but should work in and add depth to the shot put as well.

Men’s Sprints

The sprinters on the men’s side for the Lumberjacks this season are made up of a thin crew of veterans and a relatively untested group of young athletes throughout the 60, 200, and 400-meter dashes indoors and the 100, 200, and 400 meters outdoors. Leading the pack in the short sprints is senior Miles di Sabella, who returns for his final track campaign after accumulating four All-Big Sky awards in 2012 (indoor/outdoor 4x400 relay, 100m, outdoor 200m) to bring his career total to nine. Di Sabella improved in all three events last season between indoor and outdoor in terms of his Big Sky Championship finishes, turning a sixth-place mark in the 60-meter dash, fourth place in the 200 meters, and a runner-up finish

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Lauren Stuart

Season Outlooks in the 4x400-meter relay indoors into a second-place in the 100 meters, a bronze medal in the 200, and a meet title in the mile relay. Also returning to the 1600-meter relay are long-sprint standouts Adel al Nasser and Arnaud Froidmont, both of whom will join Di Sabella in leading the charge in the men’s sprints. Al Nasser stacked up a pair of 400-meter titles at the two conference championships in 2012, while Froidmont battled through injury to contribute in the Big Sky Outdoor Championships in his first year with NAU. Additionally, redshirt sophomore Cody Bell returns this season after missing all of 2012 with a knee injury. 2013 will provide a unique opportunity for the veteran runners to tutor the Lumberjacks’ talented group of young runners. Sophomore Dai McFadden saw success last season as a freshman, as did fellow second-years Trevor Stevens and Treyson Fullmer. NAU adds freshman Cameron Coleman to their 200 and 400-meter dash efforts in 2013, and sprint coach Kenny McDaniel is looking for something special from sophomore hurdler Vernon Jamison in those events as well.

Women’s Sprints

McDaniel, in his first season after coming to Flagstaff from Arizona State, enters 2013 with arguably the most talented class of young female sprinters the program has ever seen. After breaking the school record in the 60-meter dash in her freshman indoor season and elevating to second all-time on NAU’s 200-meter reAdel al Nasser cord list outdoors, sophomore Darriel Banks is geared up for an equally-successful campaign in her second year. However, NAU adds one of the top junior sprinters in the world into the mix this season in Canadian freshman Isatu Fofanah. Despite Banks’ impressive efforts in relation to the annals of the NAU women’s sprints, Fofanah’s best times in the 100 and 200-meter dashes from her senior year at Harry Ainlay High School were good enough to lead the team, had she been a Lumberjack in 2012. Regardless of the intrasquad comparison, the trio of short sprinters NAU will bring to the table in Banks, Fofanah, and sophomore Shamelle Pless is sure to provide a healthy competition to the traditionally-dominant Big Sky Conference sprinters of Portland State and Sacramento State. In the long sprints, the Lumberjack women look to freshman Brianna Wilson for leadership after losing seniors Rashida McKinnon and Simone Holder to graduation in 2012. Wilson, a native of Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., will contribute to both relay efforts for NAU as well.

Men’s Jumps and Hurdles

Darriel Banks

The backbone of the NAU men’s jumps and hurdles squad is second only to the distance events as far as their proficiency on the Big Sky Conference and national stages. With two-time Big Sky high jump champion and 2012 Honorable Mention All-American Deante Kemper and two-time Big Sky triple jump champion Edgar Panford returning in 2013, the event group is poised for another successful year. Kemper and Panford alone won’t be able to replace the prolific scoring at the 2012 Big Sky Indoor Championships, where the Lumberjacks scored an in2013 Lumberjack Track & Field Media Guide

Season Outlooks credible 59 points (more than five of the nine Big Sky teams scored the entire weekend) between the high jump, triple jump, and long jump. However, they should at least get help from freshman Chris Oestmann of Sedona, Ariz. in the high jump, as well as sprinter Adel al Nasser, who may add a second event group to his repertoire in order to add some depth to the lineup in the triple jump. Losing 2012 two-time long jump champion Josh DeKonty and All-Big Sky athlete Thremaine Johnson to graduation would be a disheartening blow, if it weren’t for Panford and Kemper’s own dominance in their respective events. The absence of last year’s seniors will also be made up for in the hurdles, as both Kemper and fellow sophomore Vernon Jamison look to be among the conference’s best in the short hurdles indoors and outdoors. Both athletes scored last season at a Big Sky meet, with Kemper taking fourth in the 60-meter dash indoors, and Jamison capturing the same slot outdoors in the 110-meter hurdles. Lastly, sophomore Dai McFadden looks to pick up where he left off last season in the 400-meter hurdles as the sixth-best in the conference, and should be able to break into the top five in just his second season as a Lumberjack.

Women’s Jumps, Hurdles, and Multis

Junior Lauren Laszczak enters 2013 as the odds-on leader of the NAU women’s jump squad after capturing the first Big Sky high jump title of her career indoors in 2012. The Tucson native is joined by an array of young, untested talent, however, Deante Kemper and should get some much-needed help to replace three-time All-Big Sky athlete Jenne Childs, who earned the conference nod indoors and outdoors in the long jump and outdoors in the 4x100-meter relay, as well as scoring in the short hurdles indoor and outdoors and in the 4x400-meter relay outdoors. Childs’ younger sister, Jade, leads the crew of incoming freshmen, occupying spots in the long jump and short hurdles, as well as the multi-events, the pentathlon (indoors) and heptathlon (outdoors). Also making their first appearances are Gilbert, Ariz. product McKaylee Lemon (high jump) and Meagan Wakefield, of Queen Creek, Ariz., in the 400-meter hurdles. Alexis Clay returns for her second indoor season, but will debut outdoors for the first time after redshirting in 2012, as will Flagstaff-native Amanda Stricker, who is the Lumberjacks’ top-returning long jumper in 2013.

Lauren Laszczak

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Season Outlooks

Miles Di Sabella

Edgar Panford

Jade Childs

Isatu Fofanah

Agnes Laurent

Brian Thompson

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Staff Profiles

Eric Heins

@NAUHeins

Eric Heins is in his sixth season as the head coach of the cross country teams at Northern Arizona University, and third year as the Director of Track & Field and Cross Country. He has won 12 Big Sky Championships and produced seven top-10 national finishes in his years. In his five years since returning to Flagstaff, Heins has been named coach of the year by the Big Sky Conference 11 times, including a four consecutive honors spanning all three 2011-12 seasons (cross country, indoor & outdoor track and field) thanks to the Lumberjack men’s fourth triple crown in school and Big Sky Conference history, as well as the 2012 Big Sky coaching nod on the men’s side. Heins was also honored as the Mountain Region Indoor Track and Field Coach of the Year by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association in 2010, and earned the same honor for cross country last fall after the NAU men won the Mountain Region Cross Country Championship for just the sixth time in school history. The most recent cross country season was one that is sure to go down as one of the greatest in school history. Widely perceived across the nation as a rebuilding year after losing five seniors to graduation and eligibility expiration in 2011, a Heins-led team of six newcomers that included Director of Track & Field and two freshmen, three transfers, and a redshirt freshman renamed it a “reloading” year by showing resilience and outright dominance early and often throughout the season. The team, led by FlagCross Country staff-native and Oregon-transfer Brian Shrader and the nation’s top freshman recruit in Futsum 3rd Year/6th Overall Zienasellassie, won its first two meets of the regular season at the George Kyte Classic and the Pac-12 Preview Elite Invitational. Coaching Honors

USTFCCCA Track Coach of the Year 2010 - Mountain Region, Indoor TF 2012 - Mountain Region, Cross Country

Big Sky Cross Country Coach of the Year 2007 (M&W), 2008 (M), 2009 (M&W) 2010 (M), 2011 (M), 2012 (M) Big Sky Indoor T&F Coach of the Year 2010 (M), 2012 (M) Team Accolades Six Team Top 10s at NCAA XC Championships 2007 (M-4th), 2008 (M-6th) 2009 (M-4th), 2010 (M-9th) 2012 (M-4th) Nine Big Sky XC Titles 2007 (M&W), 2008 (M&W), 2009 (M&W), 2010 (M), 2011 (M) 2012 (M) Two Big Sky Indoor Championships 2010 (M), 2012 (M) Two Big Sky Outdoor Championships 2012 (M) Individual Accolades Two Individual NCAA Titles David McNeill - 2010 Indoor & Outdoor 5,000m

Carrying a No. 18 national ranking into the postseason, the Lumberjacks set Big Sky Conference records with a sixth-consecutive team title and eighth-straight individual title with Shrader’s victory at the conference championships in Flagstaff. Moving on to the Mountain Region Championships, Heins’ Lumberjack men captured the meet title to the surprise of the nation’s cross country community, earning the men an automatic bid to the NCAA Championships. Additionally, Rochelle Kanuho, a former walk-on and Flagstaff native, finished ninth overall at the meet and became the first NAU female runner to compete at the national meet since 2009. Kanuho finished six spots shy of becoming an All-American, but solidified her spot as one of the Top-50 female distance runners in the country. The men followed suit at the national meet, finishing their great season on the podium in fourth place with two All-Americans in Shrader and Zienasellassie. During the fall of 2011, the NAU cross country squads under Heins’ tutelage had successful seasons across the board. The Lumberjack women, who saw action from four newcomers in nearly every race, improved on their finishes each week, and established a firm foundation for the next few years. The NAU men’s squad made history with their record fifth-consecutive Big Sky Championship, and seventh-consecutive individual title. Diego Estrada earned All-America honors at the NCAA National Championships by finishing seventh overall, while the team finished in the top-15 for the 18th time since 1984. The team’s greatness continued into the indoor and outdoor track and field seasons, where Heins led the men’s team to Big Sky crowns and conference point records in both, cranking out 215 at the indoor championship held in NAU’s own Walkup Skydome, and putting up 221 at the outdoor meet in Bozeman, Mont. Two of Heins’ distance athletes captured the meets’ respective men’s Most Valuable Athlete honors. Junior Diego Estrada earned his by capturing the indoor meet’s mile, 3,000-meter, and 5,000-meter wins, and senior Jordan Chipangama earned a gold in the 1,500 meters and silvers in the 800 and 5,000-meter runs to earn his honor at the outdoor championships. The women’s track and field teams, under Heins’ tutelage, also improved greatly from 2010 moving from fifth to fourth indoors in 2011, and from eighth to third as a team outdoors. Heins guided freshman Caroline Hogardh to Second Team All-America honors in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the NCAA Championships in Des Moines, Iowa, where she finished 16th overall to close out the outdoor season.

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Staff Profiles The Lumberjacks thrived in Heins’ first full season as Director of Track and Field. Junior Diego Estrada led the group with a pair of top-10 finishes at the indoor and outdoor national meets in the 5,000-meter run. Heins’ leadership also produced a collective six Big Sky Conference individual titles, including two from Estrada.

13 Cross Country All-America Honors Brian Shrader - 2012 Futsum Zienasellassie - 2012 Diego Estrada - 2010, 2012 Ahmed Osman - 2010 Jordan Chipangama - 2009 Lopez Lomong - 2007 David McNeill - 2007-2009 Ilsa Paulson - 2007 Veronica Pohl - 2008-2009

In the fall of 2010, NAU’s cross country teams continued their powerful presence as one of the premiere programs in the country. In his fourth season as head coach of cross country, Heins produced a fourth consecutive conference title on the men’s side, and coached an injury-depleted women’s squad to a respectable fifth-place finish in the same meet. At the national meet, the Lumberjack men placed ninth behind All-America performances from Estrada and Ahmed Osman. For his efforts, Heins earned his seventh coach of the year 13 Track & Field All-America Honors Caroline Hogardh - 2012* (Steeplechase) honor from the Big Sky Conference. Serving as the Interim Director of Track and Field, the 2010 track and field campaign under Heins’ direction saw the program collect its first national champion in three seasons, as senior David McNeill won both the indoor and outdoor 5,000-meter run titles. Under the tutelage of Heins, McNeill rewrote the record books at NAU in both the indoor and outdoor 5Ks, as well as giving the program its highest finish (T-8) when he scored 18 points at the NCAA Indoor Championships in Fayetteville, Ark.

Diego Estrada - 2012 (Indoor 3K, 5K) 2011(Indoor 3K*, 5K; Outdoor 5K) David McNeill - 2010 (Indoor 3K, 5K; Outdoor 5K) 2009 (Outdoor 5K) 2008 (Indoor 3K; Outdoor 5K) Ahmed Osman - 2010 (Outdoor 10,000m) 2009 (Outdoor 10,000m) * - Denotes Second-Team All-America

The 2009 cross country campaign proved to be a historic one for the program as the season culminated with the men’s team finishing fourth overall at the NCAA Cross Country Championships. Heins coached junior David McNeill to his third-straight All-American award as he finished runner-up in the race. Junior Jordan Chipangama finished fifth to give the Lumberjacks their first ever duo to finish in the top five at the NCAA Championships. Senior Veronica Pohl, the lone member of the women’s team to run in Terre Haute, Ind., landed her second-consecutive All-American award after finishing 38th. The combination of top finishes at the cross country and track and field championships by the men’s team during 2009-10, yielded the Lumberjacks a third-place finish in the final standings for the NCAA Division I John McDonnell Program of the Year Award awarded by the USTFCCCA. In 2008-09, the men’s cross country team finished sixth at the NCAA Championships, while the women finished 23rd overall in posting their second consecutive top 25 finish. The men’s sixth-place finish at the 2008 NCAA Championships marked just the second time in NAU history that the Lumberjacks have posted back-to-back top-six finishes. They were led by McNeill (15th overall) and Pohl (16th overall), who were both named to their respective All-American teams. McNeill was named Mountain Region Male Athlete of the Year, capturing the region title to keep the title in the program for the second straight year. Both the men and women also captured Big Sky Conference championships for the second consecutive season in 2008, as McNeill and Pohl were crowned individual champions. The men placed six runners in the top-10, scoring just 19 points, while the women had three top-ten finishers. The 2009 indoor and outdoor track seasons produced three Big Sky team championships led by a strong distance group. McNeill ran to a runner-up finish at the NCAA Championships in the 5000m, while freshman Ahmed Osman earned All-America honors in the 10,000m. Pohl, Diego Estrada and Nell Rojas also advanced to the NCAA Championships. Heins was hired in September 2007 and in two months time his teams were making history in Terre Haute, Ind. The men’s team finished fourth and the women’s team took seventh at the 2007 NCAA Cross Country Championships, to mark the first time in the storied history of the NAU cross country program that both teams have finished in the top eight nationally. Heins produced three All-Americans in his rookie year at NAU. Lopez Lomong finished third at the championships, with McNeill taking 10th to garner national honors. On the

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2012 Indoors - Diego Estrada - Champion: Mile, 3,000m, 5,000m 2012 Outdoors - Jordan Chipangama - Champion: 1,500m - Runner-Up: 800m, 5,000m

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women’s side, Heins coached freshman Ilsa Paulson to All-American status on the merit of her national finish. Nine of Heins’ runners were named to the All-Conference team, as well as seven to the 2007 All-Region team. Lomong, who won the Big Sky and Mountain Region titles in 2007, went on to make the United States Olympic team in 2008 in the 1500m and represented his country as the flag bearer in the Opening Ceremonies in Beijing. For returning the men’s and women’s Big Sky Championships to Flagstaff in 2007, Heins was selected as the Big Sky Cross Country Coach of the Year for both teams, as voted on by the conference’s coaches. Back on the track, Heins coached McNeill (1,500m, 5,000m), Ben Ashkettle (steeplechase), and Lesley van Miert (1,500m) to conference championships in the 2008 outdoor season. McNeill and Van Miert would advance to the NCAA Championships, where McNeill would finish fourth (13:42.17) and Van Miert would take ninth (16:20.66) in their respective 5,000m finals. Academically, the cross country teams have received the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team award five times under his direction while 20 student-athletes have earned a combined 26 Big Sky All-Academic honors. McNeill was named to the ESPN the Magazine Academic All-America team in 2009 and 2010. His first women’s team was given the honor of being named an Academic All-American team, based on their combined grade point average of 3.42 in the fall semester. Heins returned to NAU from Texas Christian University, where he served as an assistant during the 2006-07 season. In his only season with the TCU Frogs, he took both the men’s and women’s teams to top 10 finishes at the NCAA South Central Regional. In addition, he saw five of his runners honored as Mountain West Conference Scholar-Athletes. From 2001-03, Heins served as an assistant for the Lumberjacks under then-Head Coach Ron Mann. During his first tenure, the men’s team finished as high as fourth place at the NCAA Championships, while the women took home a 10th place finish. From there Heins went to Southeast Missouri State, where he spent three years coaching the Redhawks to six different Ohio Valley Conference Championships. Heins, who began his coaching career as an assistant in 2000 at Indiana, ran for Cincinnati from 1995-99, while earning his bachelor’s degree in health promotion and education. At the 1997 Indoor Conference USA Championships, he achieved his highest individual accomplishment by placing third in the 3000 meters. He also notched top 10 finishes in both the indoor and outdoor 5,000 meters, as well as the outdoor 10,000 meters. In 2001, Heins earned a master’s in kinesiology from Indiana. In November 2007 he competed in the U.S. Olympic Trials in the marathon in New York, N.Y. Other accolades include winning the St. Louis Marathon in 2004 and placing first in his age group, and fifth overall, in the 2000 Marine Corps Marathon. A native of Zanesville, Ohio, Heins resides in Flagstaff with his wife Kaci. They have one son, Chase, who is four years old.

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Staff Profiles

Oscar Duncan

Oscar Duncan begins his third year on the Northern Arizona track and field coaching staff and his first full season serving as associate head coach. Duncan oversees the throws, pole vault and multi-event areas on the team. In 2012, Duncan coached Pascal Tang to a weight throw title at the Big Sky Indoor Championships, as well as a hammer throw title at Big Sky Outdoors. Tang went on to the NCAA West Preliminary round under Duncan’s instruction, placing high enough to earn a spot in his second NCAA Outdoor Championship meet. Tang finished his career by earning second-team All-America honors with a 15th-place finish. Duncan also coached Nicole Elliott (weight throw) and Karl Gehrke (discus) to individual conference titles in 2012. In all, Duncan coached three athletes to top-three marks in the Big Sky Conference in at least one event indoors, and oversaw five athletes that accomplished the same feat outdoors. In Duncan’s first year in charge of field events, he coached Tang to his first-career berth in the Associate Head Coach NCAA National Outdoor Championships in the hammer throw, and led five athletes to the NCAA West Preliminary Round. Andres Rossini won a second-straight Big Sky discus title in Throw, Multis 2011, placed 18th at the NCAA West Prelims, and won four Big Sky Field Athlete of the Week 3rd Year honors under Duncan’s tutelage. Coaching Honors Duncan arrived in Flagstaff in 2011 after spending four years at Division III Bowdoin College One All-American Honoree in Brunswick, Maine, where he served as the throws, jumps, multi-events and sprints coach for 2012: Pascal Tang (Hammer-2nd Team) both the men’s and women’s programs. Big Sky Titles 2012: Nicole Elliott (Weight) Pascal Tang (Weight, Hammer) Karl Gehrke (Discus) 2011: Andres Rossini (Discus)

In 2010, Duncan coached athletes to NCAA Division III qualifying marks in the women’s long jump, triple jump, pentathlon, hurdles and men’s javelin. Duncan’s athletes also broke school numerous records from 2006-10 in the indoor and outdoor shot put, long jump, triple jump, hurdles and weight throw. Before coaching at Bowdoin, Duncan worked at Boise State from 2002-06 where he served as the Athletics Academic Counselor, Tutorial Coordinator and as a university instructor. Duncan also enjoyed success as a professional athlete, competing at the U.S. Track and Field Championships from 1999-2004. In 2002 and 2003, Duncan placed fourth and seventh, respectively, in the javelin at the U.S. Championships. Working towards the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Duncan finished sixth overall at the 2000 USA Olympic Trails. He won the 1999 bronze medal at the 1999 USA Track and Field National Championships, and was a member of the U.S. World Championships and Pan-American Games teams that same year. He ended his professional career with a lifetime-best throw of 252 feet (77.30m). In 1997, Duncan graduated from the University of Idaho with a bachelor’s degree in sports science/corporate wellness. He obtained his master’s of education in physical education in 2000. Duncan put together an impressive student-athlete résumé while competing at Idaho. He was a three-time NCAA All-American, and two-time Big West Champion in the javelin. In 1996, Duncan broke the Big Sky javelin record with a throw of 238 feet, six inches, in route to an 11th-place finish at the outdoor championships. A native of South Orange, N. J., Duncan resides in Flagstaff with his wife, Nicole, five daughters, Tañia, Aaliyah, Keeli, Jasmine and Celeste, and one son, Justus.

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Kenny McDaniel

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Kenny McDaniel begins his first season as an assistant track and field coach at Northern Arizona University. He joins the Northern Arizona program after five seasons as an assistant at Arizona State. He will work with the men’s and women’s sprinters and hurdlers, bringing his energetic and passionate approach to helping the student-athletes in the Lumberjack program. In his five years with the Sun Devil program, McDaniel’s women’s sprint, hurdle and relay student-athletes improved under his direction while challenging for conference and national titles. Overall, he coached 12 women to a combined 43 All-America honors during his time at Arizona State, including two-time NCAA Champion Jacquelyn Johnson. She won the NCAA title in the pentathlon and heptathlon in 2008 before competing in the Olympics in Beijing. In 2012, he guided ShaKeia Pinnick to a lifetime best in the 100 meter hurdles from 13.87 to 13.34 while she earned All-American honors in the heptathlon. Senior Kayla Sanchez lowered her 400m personal best from 54.64 to 53.86 and both Sun Devil replays qualified for the NCAA Championships: 4x100m (44.47) and 4x400m (3:34.62). McDaniel also coached Jasmine Chaney to a personal best of 55.22 in the 400iH and berth in the 2012 Olympic Trials.

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In 2011, the women’s sprints, hurdles and relay athletes combined to earn All-America honors in four individual events and two relays while adding four individual conference titles. Jasmine Chaney led the way as she earned All-America honors in the indoor 200m dash and 4x400m relay before adding honors in the 100m hurdles, 400m hurdles and 4x400m relay outdoors. At the USA Championships, she ran a time of 55.22 to finish third and earn a berth on Team USA for the IAAF World Championships in the 400m hurdles while also breaking a 16 year-old school record. Now a professional athlete, Chaney won the 200m and 400m titles at the MPSF Indoor Championships before taking the 400m dash title at the Pac-10 Championships. Another athlete he worked with, Samantha Henderson, won the Pac-10 heptathlon crown and was an All-American in the same event outdoors.

Coaching Honors (ASU)

NCAA National Champions Indoors 2008 - Jacquelyn Johnson, Pentathlon Outdoors 2008 - Jacquelyn Johnson, Heptathlon

Indoor All-Americans Jeavon Benjamin - 2009 (4x400m) 2008 (4x400m) Jasmine Chaney - 2011 (200m, 4x400m) Jordan Durham - 2008 (4x400m) Shauntel Elcock - 2009 (4x400m) 2008 (4x400m) Sarah Geren - 2011 (4x400m) Jacquelyn Johnson - 2008 (Pentathlon) Dominique Meloy - 2009 (4x400m) 2008 (4x400m) Keia Pinnick - 2011 (4x400m) Kayla Sanchez - 2011 (4x400m) Charonda Williams - 2009 (60m, 200m, 4x400m) 2008 (200m)

In 2010, Chaney scored in five events at the Pac-10s before qualifying nationally in the 100m hurdles and 400m hurdles, earning All-America honors in the longer event. One year before that, Charonda Williams earned a spot on Team USA for the IAAF World Championships in Berlin after breaking numerous school records during the collegiate season before. Prior to that, McDaniel’s hurdlers shone bright as Chaney and Pinnick both reached the NCAA Final meet in the 400m hurdles, making ASU one of four teams to qualify two women in the long hurdle event. Chaney’s qualification in the 100m hurdles also made her one of just four women nationally to reach the national final in both hurdles. Overall, Chaney placed fifth in the 400m hurdles to earn All-America honors and score the lone points for the team at the NCAA event. Chaney, who finished third at the Pac-10s in the 100m dash (11.74), 100m hurdles (13.46) and 200m dash (23.72), ran 57.67 in the 400m hurdles to qualify for the national meet and record the fifth-best time in school history. Also, Dominique’ Maloy showed great improvement, lowering her personal best time in the 400m dash from 54.45 to 52.69. One year prior, perhaps the greatest story of the 2009 season was a product of hard work and instruction from McDaniel as Williams broke numerous school records, held some of the top times in the nation and capped her year with a trip to Berlin in the 200m dash. Williams, a relative newcomer to the track, lowered her time in the 100m from 11.61 to 11.14 and also dropped her 200m time from 23.62 to a windy 22.39 to reset the school records that had stood for over 13 years. She also took down the school records indoors in the 60m (7.31) and the 200m (22.89). Williams, who later signed an endorsement deal with adidas, capped her final season with four All-America honors in the short sprints (6th indoor 60m, 3rd indoor 200m, 6th outdoor 100m, 2nd outdoor 200m) and added three more on the relays. Two other short sprinters also improved their personal best times over the year and moved up on the ASU all-time lists, including Maloy and Chaney. Maloy, who entered the year with a best of 11.9 in the 100m, dropped her time to 11.39, the third-fastest all-time at ASU, while Chaney improved in both hurdle events, running 13.26 and 58.15 after entering the season with times of 13.74 in the 100m hurdles and 60.57 in the 400m hurdles, respectively. Chaney now ranks fifth all-time at ASU in both events.

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Staff Profiles McDaniel’s relay squads continued to shine as well as all three sprint relays earned All-America honors in 2009, including the indoor 4x400m team of Maloy, Shauntel Elcock, Williams and Jeavon Benjamin, who finished second in the nation in 3:34.30, the fourth-best time in school history. Outdoors, the team of Elcock, Benjamin, Chaney and Maloy combined to run 3:31.62 (seventh-best all-time at ASU) to take fifth nationally while the group of Maloy, Kayla Sanchez, Chaney and Williams clocked a time of 43.76 (second-best all-time at ASU) to finish fifth nationally. On the conference level, McDaniel’s group turned in impressive performances, including Williams, who swept the 100m and 200m events at the Pac-10 meet for the second year in a row, making her first woman in Pac-10 history to sweep both short sprint titles in back-to-back seasons. Along with the 4x100m relay title and a second-place finish in the 4x400m relay, McDaniel’s runners added six more Top 8 finishes at the meet, including runner-up honors in the 200m dash for Maloy to give ASU the Top 2 places in the event. In all, six different women combined to qualify regionally in nine individual events on the year with both relays also making the meet. In his first year on staff, McDaniel’s group collected five All-America honors and three Pac-10 titles to help the women defend their NCAA Indoor Championship and win the Pac-10 for third year in a row. Working with the likes of 2008 U.S. Olympian Jacquelyn Johnson, U.S. Olympic Trials semifinalist Williams and true freshman Maloy, the Sun Devil women lowered their times while climbing high on both the national order lists and the ASU all-time record lists. At the championship level, his 4x400m relay of Benjamin, Jordan Durham, Elcock and Maloy combined to win the Pac-10 title while also earning All-America honors at the indoor and outdoor meets. At the NCAA Indoor meet, the quartet clocked a time of 3:33.63 to finish third and secure the team title for ASU. That time stands as the second-fastest in school history while their fifth-place time of 3:31.74 outdoors ranks seventh in ASU annals.

Coaching Honors (ASU)

Outdoor All-Americans Jeavon Benjamin - 2009 (4x400m) 2008 (4x400m) Jasmine Chaney - 2011 (100mH, 400mH 4x400m) 2010 (400mH) 2009 (4x100m,4x400m) Jordan Durham - 2008 (4x400m) Shauntel Elcock - 2009 (4x400m) 2008 (4x400m) Sam Henderson - 2011 (Heptathlon) Alycia Herring - 2011 (4x400m) Jacquelyn Johnson - 2008 (Heptathlon) Dominique Maloy - 2009 (200m, 4x100m 4x400m) 2008 (4x400m) Keia Pinnick - 2012 (Heptathlon) 2011 (4x400m) Kayla Sanchez - 2011 (4x400m) 2009 (4x400m) Charonda Williams - 2009 (100m, 200m 4x100m)

His work with Johnson helped the seven-time NCAA champion lower her 100m hurdle time from 13.31 to 13.19, gaining her valuable points in the heptathlon and a ticket to Beijing. Williams’ lowered times brought about historic mentions as she won the 100m and 200m events at the Pac-10 meet, making her only the ninth woman in conference history to achieve that double. She advanced to the semifinals of the U.S. Trials after lowering her personal best time of 23.53 to 23.09. Her fellow short sprinter experienced the same effects in the 200m dash as Maloy went from 24.93 to 23.28. Prior to his arrival in Tempe, McDaniel spent three seasons (2005-07) coaching the men’s and women’s sprints, hurdles and relays at CS Fullerton and guided six individuals (three men and three women) and one women’s relay to Big West titles. His athletes also reset 14 total school records, including seven women’s individual events, all four women’s relays and three individual men’s events. During his tenure, he guided 25 student-athletes to the NCAA West Region meet, including two relays and seven individuals in 2007. That same year, only 13 men qualified for the 100m dash at the NCAA West Region meet with CSUF’s Marques Barosso and Jon Pratter making the Titans one of three schools (ASU and Washington State were the others) to have multiple entries into the event. McDaniel’s first coaching job came in 2000 as he was hired to coach the men’s and women’s sprints, hurdles and relays at San Francisco State. While with the Gators (2000-04), his student-athletes accounted for three school records while a pair of sprinters qualified in the 100m and 200m dash at the NCAA Division II Championships. His student-athletes also garnered 10 total All-CCAA honors. Before taking his position at SFSU, McDaniel served as a student assistant coach (2000) at his alma mater, Pittsburgh State University in Pittsburgh, Kan. A 1999 graduate with a degree in General Studies with an emphasis in Kinesiology and Nutrition, McDaniel ran for the Gorillas for two years. In 1997, he earned All-MIAA accolades in the indoor 55m hurdles as well as both the 110m high hurdles and the 400m hurdles during the outdoor season. McDaniel opened his collegiate career in 1995 at Blinn College in Brenham, Texas, where he competed for one year. That year, the Buccaneers captured the 1995 NJCAA title before the school discontinued the program. McDaniel transferred to Kansas City Community College in Kansas City, Kan., for his sophomore season and earned All-America honors after placing fifth in the 55m hurdles. A native of Longview, Texas, and graduate of Longview HS, McDaniel attained his USATF Level II Sprints and Hurdles certification in the summer of 2006.

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Ed Jacoby

Ed Jacoby is in the third year of his second stint at NAU after coaching the Lumberjacks from 1999-2000. Jacoby serves as an assistant coach overseeing all jumpers. He brings over 44 years of coaching experience to NAU, and is a member of the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Hall of Fame. In 2012, Jacoby took true freshman Deante Kemper to the NCAA Outdoor Championships, where he placed 21st overall, good enough for Honorable Mention All-America honors. Under Jacoby’s tutelage, Kemper increased his personal best by more than four inches in his inaugural season, topping out at 7 feet, 2.25 inches during the indoor season, the fourth-best mark in NAU history, and 7 feet, 1.75 inches during the outdoor season, the second-best Lumberjack leap alltime. Jacoby returned to coaching after working eight years in the business sector for Tartan-APS as an executive director. In 2000, Jacoby produced four NCAA qualifiers while at NAU, including Big Assistant Coach Sky women’s triple jump record holder, Asa Lonn.

Jumps & Hurdles 3rd Year Before Tartan, Jacoby was widely recognized as one of the top track and field coaches in the

world. Jacoby’s coaching career at Boise State spanned three decades (1973-96). During his 23 Two All-American Honorees years guiding the track and field program at Boise State, Jacoby coached teams won nine Big Sky 2012: Josh DeKonty (Hon. Mention - LJ) Conference Championships – 1973 men’s cross country, 1975 men’s cross country, 1983 men’s Deante Kemper (Second Team - HJ outdoor, 1989 men’s outdoor, 1994 women’s indoor and outdoor, 1994 men’s indoor, and 1995 women’s indoor and outdoor. Ten times Jacoby received the Big Sky Conference Coach of the Big Sky Titles Year award, and three times he was named the NCAA District Coach of the Year. Coaching Honors (NAU)

2012: Josh DeKonty (Indoor/Outdoor LJ Edgar Panfor (Indoor/Outdoor TJ) Deante Kemper (Indoor/Outdoor HJ)

Bronco athletes earned 23 NCAA All-American awards under Jacoby’s guidance. Two individuals won NCAA National Championships, with his son Jake winning the 1984 outdoor high jump crown, and Eugene Greene capturing the 1991 indoor triple jump title. His most successful team effort came during the 1988 indoor season when Boise State placed seventh at the NCAA National Championships. He also produced three Olympians at Boise, including current NAU assistant coach Troy Kemp. Jacoby’s credentials aren’t just limited to the college ranks. He is an active member of the U.S. Track & Field Team, and served as the men’s high jump coordinator for eight years. From 199193, Jacoby was an assistant coach for the World University Games in Sheffield, England, an assistant on the U.S. Olympic Team for the 1992 games in Barcelona, Spain and was the head coach for U.S. World Championship team in Stuttgart, Germany, in 1993. Jacoby has also authored three books on track & field: Applied Techniques of Track and Field, Complete Book of Jumps and Winning Jumps and Pole Vault. Alongside Jacoby for 53 years has been his wife, Jean. Their son, Jake, who still holds the Big Sky Indoor 55-meter hurdles record, was formerly an assistant track and field coach at the University of Louisville, where he worked under NAU Hall of Fame Coach Ron Mann.

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Troy Kemp

Troy Kemp begins his second season as an assistant coach with the Lumberjacks, where his primary coaching duties are the sprints, jumps, and hurdles. In his inaugural season coaching at NAU alongside former coach and mentor Ed Jacoby, Kemp assisted in leading freshman phenom Deante Kemper to become the nation’s best freshman high jumper indoors with a best jump of 7 feet, 2.25 inches. Kemper saw even more success outdoors, although he did not clear his personal best again, as he reached the NCAA Outdoor Championships, earning Honorable Mention All-America with a 21st-place finish. Throughout his freshman campaign, Kemper won both the indoor and outdoor titles at the respective Big Sky Championships. In the horizontal jumps, Kemp helped lead Edgar Panford, Thremaine Johnson, Andre Gaines, and Josh DeKonty to prominence in the Big Sky Conference both indoors and outdoors. At the Big Sky Indoor Championships, DeKonty, Panford, and Gaines went swept the podium in the long jump, and Panford and Johnson captured the top two spots in the triple jump under Kemp’s leadership. Senior Jenne Childs also snagged a bronze in the women’s long jump at that meet. Graduate Assistant Coach Outdoors, Kemp helped DeKonty win his second Big Sky long jump title of the season, and oversaw another podium sweep, this time in the triple jump, for Panford, DeKonty, and Johnson.

Jumps & Hurdles 2nd Year Kemp traveled with DeKonty to the NCAA West Preliminary Round to coach him in the long

jump, and watched the senior achieve a personal best jump of 25-4.5 and place high enough, in ninth place, to move on to the NCAA Outdoor Championships. Kemp closed out his first seaTwo All-American Honorees son of collegiate coaching at the national meet, where DeKonty ended his Lumberjack career an 2012: Josh DeKonty (Hon. Mention - LJ) Honorable Mention All-American after placing 21st overall. Coaching Honors

Big Sky Titles

2012: Josh DeKonty (Indoor/Outdoor LJ Edgar Panford (Indoor/Outdoor TJ)

Kemp, who competed collegiately for Boise State from 1987-88, came to NAU after spending the past 10 years coaching on the club and high school levels in Boise, Idaho, where he also worked as a support engineer for Hewlett-Packard. From 2001-2011, Kemp coached the YMCA Team Idaho Track Club in Boise. In additon to his club duties, he was an assitant coach for the high jump at numerous area high schools, including Bishop Kelly High School (2007, 2010-11), Timberline (Idaho) High School (2009), and Centennial (Idaho) High School (2008). Kemp also served as Interim High Jump Coach for Boise State in 1998. Prior to coaching and working in the business world, Kemp was extremely accomplished as an athlete. Kemp was able to compete and contend for championships on the world stage for the better part of the next decade. Kemp, a native of the Bahamas, represented his home country in two Pan-American Games, three Olympic Games, and six World Championships (2 indoor, 4 outdoor). He received the silver medal in both Pan-American Games performances, the first coming in the 1987 games in Indianapolis, Ind., and the second coming in the 1991 Cuba Games. Kemp was a finalist in both the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, Spain and the 1996 Games in Atlanta, but his best world finishes of the mid-90s came at the IAAF World Championships in 1993 and 1995. Kemp earned fourth-place finishes at both the indoor and outdoor world meets in 1993. At the 1995 World Outdoor Championships in Gottenburg, Sweden, Kemp was crowned world champion in the high jump with a jump of 7-9 ¼. In his short college career at Boise State, Kemp notched a second-place finish in the high jump at the NCAA Indoor National Championship in 1988, setting the national collegiate high jump record (7-6 ½). Kemp earned four All-America honors for Boise State, which included his record performance as well as three third-place national marks (1987 Indoor, 1987 Outdoor, 1988 Outdoor). Kemp is currently working to complete his bachelor’s degree in psychology from Northern Arizona. He has three children: Troy Jr (18) graduated from high school in Boise in 2011, Mariah (19) is a junior outside hitter for the College of Idaho volleyball team, and Katherine (21) is a senior at Boise State.

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Leah Rosenfeld

Leah Rosenfeld continues her first year as a graduate assistant with the Lumberjacks and her second year of collegiate coaching. The former Penn State student-athlete helps train the men and women distance and middle distance runners. She also assists in recruiting, coordinate team travel, and manages the team blog and newsletter. During the first half of Rosenfeld’s inaugural year with NAU, she helped senior Rochelle Kanuho, a former walk-on, earn All-Big Sky and All-Mountain Region honors. Kanuho also reached the NCAA Championships as an individual, the first NAU female to make the trip since Veronica Pohl in 2009, where she placed 46th overall. Rosenfeld also helped oversee true freshman Rolonda Jumbo’s 10th-place finish and first all-conference honor at the Big Sky Championships. Prior to coming to NAU, Rosenfeld worked with the cross country and track and field teams at Syracuse University as a volunteer assistant coach. During the 2011 cross country season, both the men’s and women’s teams won the Northeast Region Championship, punching their tickets to NCAAs where they finished 15th and 17th, respectively. Under the guidance of coachGraduate Assistant Coach es Chris Fox and Brian Bell, Rosenfeld helped with recruiting and facilitated workouts for specific distance and middle distance groups. She also collaborated with Syracuse’s academic Distance coordinators to ensure athletes’ compliance with NCAA academic requirements.

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Rosenfeld, a Ridgefield, Conn. native, participated in cross country and indoor and outdoor track for the Nittany Lions from 2006-2010. She graduated from Penn State in 2010 with a bachelor’s degree in communication with a concentration in media studies and kinesiology.

Two All-Big Sky Honorees Rochelle Kanuho - 2012 (Cross Country) Rolonda Jumbo - 2012 (Cross Country) Upon graduating in 2010, she pursued her coaching career as an assistant coach at Lodi High

School in Lodi, Calif. During her time coaching the Lodi Flames, Leah helped design work-

One All-Mtn Region Honoree outs and racing schedules, as well as circuit training and drill routines. She was also influenRochelle Kanuho - 2012 (Cross Country) tial in getting student-athletes recruited to Division I universities. In the 2010 cross country

season she coached the women’s team to their eighth straight League Championship and individual champion in Cassidy Daley. In February 2011, Rosenfeld helped Daley to run at the USA Cross Country Championships and Junior Olympics, where she placed 11th and earning All-American honors. During her time at Penn State, Leah received All-Region honors with a 14th-place finish at the Mid-Atlantic Cross Country Regional meet in 2007. Having a breakout sophomore year, Rosenfeld was a point-scorer at the Big Ten Indoor Track and Field Championships in the mile and then ran an NCAA provisional qualifying 4:45.46 at the Alex Wilson Invitational. Around the outdoor track, she scored points for the Nittany Lions at the Big Ten Championships in the 5,000 meters with a regional-qualifying time of 16:45 and nabbed a regional qualifier in the 1500 meters with a personal best time of 4:24.62 in the prelims, placing her on Penn State’s Top 10 All-Time 1500 meter record board. She was a member of the 4x1500 meter relay at Penn Relays, setting a school record of 17:57.28. On the cross country course during her junior year, Rosenfeld earned medalist honors at the Iona Meet of Champions at Van Cortland Park in New York City, leading her team to a first-place finish. During her senior year in 2010, Penn State won its first triple crown in school history, winning the Big Ten Championships in Cross Country, Indoor Track and Field, and Outdoor Track and Field.

In addition to running, Leah was heavily involved in the Student-Athlete services at Penn State. She was the Student-Athlete Advisory Board (SAAB) representative for the cross country and track and field teams her junior and senior years. She also demonstrated great leadership as the Fundraising Chair for SAAB, managing 800 varsity student-athletes at Penn State. Rosenfeld is currently working toward a master’s degree in educational leadership at NAU.

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John Yatsko

John Yatsko is in his first year as a volunteer assistant coach with the Northern Arizona University cross country and track and field teams, focusing primarily in the distance events. A 2012 graduate of NAU, earning a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering, Yatsko competed for the Lumberjacks on the track from 2010-2012, while also competing in cross country for one year (2011). Yatsko was a specialist in the middle distance races for the majority of his career, competing in the 800 meters and the Mile indoors, and the 800 and 1,500 meters outdoors. Yatsko also added the steeplechase to his repertoire in his final season with NAU, and found a fair amount of success. He ended the 2012 outdoor season with the third-best mark in the Big Sky Conference, and was among the Top 75 steeplechasers in the country as well. Yatsko earned All-Big Sky honors twice in his career, coming as members of NAU’s Big Sky Champion Distance Medley Relay teams in 2010 and 2012. The joint effort in 2010, which also featured All-American Jordan Chipangama and Olympian David McNeill, still stands as fastest time ever run at a Big Sky Indoor Championship event.

Volunteer Assistant Coach Before coming to NAU, Yatsko graduated from McClintock High School in Phoenix in 2007. At McClintock, Yatsko captured the 2006 4A state championship in cross country, was the 2006 Distance and 2007 medalist in the 3,200 meters, and was the 2007 state champion in the 1,600 meters. 1st Year

Yatsko is also a private tutor in Flagstaff, primarily in math, and is currently working towards becoming a certified massage therapist through the ASIS School of Massage Therapy.

Matthew Sewell Matthew Sewell is in his second year as a media relations graduate assistant with the Lumberjacks,

where he will again serves as the primary media contact for the cross country and track and field programs. In addition to his day-to-day media coverage of his primary sports, he also assists with the coverage of all 15 intercollegiate sports at NAU. Sewell covered the 2012 men’s cross country team’s meteoric rise from a rebuilding team at the end of 2011 to a reloaded squad that captured its record sixth-consecutive Big Sky Championship, the sixth Mountain Region title in school history, and a third podium finish in coach Eric Heins’ six years at the NCAA Championship, where first-timers Brian Shrader (15th) and Futsum Zienasellassie (31st) earned All-America accolades. During his first year at NAU, the men’s cross country and track & field teams enjoyed one of their best collective seasons in program history. The cross country team won a Big Sky Conference record fifthstraight team title, while the men’s indoor and outdoor teams both set conference records for most points in one championship meet. It was the fourth time in NAU and Big Sky history that a team swept all three team titles in one season. Sewell also facilitated media efforts covering senior Diego Estrada’s All-American honors in cross country and indoor track and field, as well as his qualification for the 10,000 meters at the London Olympics.

Media Relations Sewell joined the Sports Information staff at Northern Arizona after earning a bachelor’s degree in Graduate Assistant communications and public relations with a minor in marketing from Carroll College (Mont.) in 2nd Year 2011. As an undergraduate, he worked for two years as the marketing and promotions intern for the Fighting Saints and was promoted to assistant sports information director his senior year. While at Carroll, his duties included managing all social media outlets, planning in-game activities for basketball and volleyball, and assisting with game management for most Saints sporting events.

In addition to working for Carroll College Athletics, Sewell was also a four-year member of the Fighting Saints men’s golf team, assisting them to a second-place finish in the Frontier Conference Championship his senior year, the highest in school history. Sewell, a native of Deer Lodge, Mont., hopes to pursue a career in the PR industry in the future, and he is currently working towards his master’s degree in applied communication. He is currently engaged to Corey Weber of Helena, Mont.

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Lisa Campos

V.P. for Intercollegiate Athletics

George Fox

Assistant AD - Equipment

Tanya Vogel

Senior Associate AD/SWA

Michael Giedlin

Pam Lowie

Assistant AD - Fiscal Operations

Scott Renfro

Assistant AD - Compliance

Beth Vechinski

Associate AD - Internal Ops.

Assistant AD - Academics

Steve Shaff

Assistant AD - Media Relations

Ryan Pinson

Head Athletic Trainer

Rocky Silvestri

Assistant AD - Marketing and Special Events

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Adel al Nasser

Academic Notes: Majoring in civil engineering. 2012: Continued his reign as NAU’s top male long sprinter in his second season ... During the entire indoor season he was the Big Sky Conference’s leader in the 400-meter dash, culminating with his first individual conference title (47.01@) at the Big Sky Indoor Championships and a ranking nationally of 33rd ... Helped the NAU 4x400-meter relay squad notch second-place at the conference meet as well ... Had a late start to the outdoor season due to injury, but peaked at the right time in running a personal-best time of 46.82@ at Big Sky Outdoors, good enough for a second conference title ... Captured his second Big Sky title of the meet by anchoring the 4x400-meter relay once again ... Finished out his season at the NCAA West Preliminary Round with the same relay, where they finished 19th in a time of 3:11.42.

Indoor: Junior Outdoor: Junior Safwa, Saudi Arabia Dar Al Uloom HS Sprints

2011: Had a sensational freshman year in both the indoor and outdoor seasons, leading or co-leading the Lumberjacks in a total of five categories between the two ... Placed in three events at the Big Sky Indoor Championships, including a runner-up finish in the 400-meter dash (47.59), third place in the 200m (21.98), and a title as part of the 4x400m relay team ... Continued his momentum into the outdoor season, where he again notched a trio of top-three places at the Big Sky Outdoor Championships ... Was again part of the conference-champion 4x400-meter relay team, placed second in the 400-meter dash with a personal-best time of 47.10, and took third in the 400-meter hurdles (53.18) ... Advanced to the NCAA West Prelims, where he advanced to the quarterfinal round of the 400-meter dash (47.52) and ended the season ranked No. 23 in the region.

Personal Bests 21.98 - 200 Meters 47.01@ - 400 Meters 52.41 - 400-Meter Hurdles High School: Graduated from Dar Al Uloom High School in Saudi Arabia in 2008 … Qualified All-Big Sky (Top Three) Honors 2012: Indoor/Outdoor 400m Indoor/Outdoor 4x400m 2011: Indoor/Outdoor 400m Indoor 200m, Indoor/Outdoor 4x400m Outdoor 400mH italics - denotes Big Sky Champion

for the IAAF World Youth Championships in 2007 in the 400-meter dash, 800-meter run and 400-meter hurdles … In 2008, participated in The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Senior Championship in Qatif, finishing third in the 400m (48.24) and fourth in the 400mH (53.42) … At the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Youth Championship in Riyadh, claimed first place in the 800m (1:54.55) … Reached the semifinals of the World Juniors in the 400m/h in 2008 … Saudi Youth champion in 2006, 2007 and Junior champion in 2008 in 400m and 400m/h … Personal best times include 47.54 (400m), 52.60 (400mH) and 1:54.55 (800m). Personal: Born to Mohammad and Fahemah al Nasser on Dec. 17, 1990 … Has five brothers, Ahmed, Hussain, Ali, Saleh, Hadi and one sister, Raeda … Brother, Hadi, is also a student at NAU.

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Cody Bell

Academic Notes: Contemplating a major in history. 2012: Did not compete. 2011: Did not compete during indoor season (redshirt) ... Finished outdoor season with a Big Sky Championship as a member of the 4x400-meter relay, a third-place mark as part of the 4x100-meter relay team, and a seventh-place finish in the 400m at the Big Sky Outdoor Championships ... Ran season best time at BSC in the 400m (48.96) ... Competed in four other events during the outdoor season for the Lumberjacks ... Earned a personal best time in the 200m at the Sun Devil Open with a 22.85 ... Also helped lock up the 4x400m win at the New Mexico Tailwind Invite. High School: Graduated from Show Low High School in 2010 … Lettered four years on the football, wrestling and track teams, serving as the captain on each team his senior year … Won the Arizona 3A State Championship in the 400-meter dash with a time of 50 seconds flat in 2010 Indoor: RS-Sophomore … Named the Show Low High athlete of the year … A member of one football state championOutdoor: RS-Sophomore ship team, and two track championship teams … Part of the record-breaking 4x400 and 4x800 Show Low, Ariz. meter relays at Show Low. Show Low HS Sprints Personal: Born to Troy and Kristin Bell on Dec. 15, 1991 … Has four siblings, Brandi, Brianne, Sophie and C.J. … Also considered attending Azusa Pacific, Wittier, Redlands and Eastern New Personal Bests 22.85 - 200 Meters Mexico before choosing NAU. 48.53 - 400 Meters

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Ian Cable

Academic Notes: Majoring in biochemistry. 2012 Cross Country: Did not compete. 2012 Track & Field: Redshirt season. 2011 Cross Country: Finished the Dave Murray Invitational, his only race of the season, in 25:56.0. High School: Competed in track & field and cross country for four years...Holds a school record as a part of distance medley relay and 4x800-meter run...Led team to CIF state championships in cross country and track & field in 2011 ... Graduated from Rancho Bernardo High School in 2011. Personal: Born to Ed and Judy Cable on January 11, 1993...Has one younger sister, Alyssa... Chose NAU for the great team unity, the area, snow, and love of the outdoor. Indoor: RS-Freshman Outdoor: RS-Freshman San Diego, Calif. Rancho Bernardo HS Distance

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Miles di Sabella

Academic Notes: All-Academic Big Sky selection in 2010, 2011, and 2012 … Majoring in biomedical sciences. 2012: Along with teammate Dennis Givens, was part of a solid one-two punch in the sprints throughout the indoor and outdoor seasons ... Had the seventh-fastest 60-meter (6.93@) and 200-meter (21.88@) times in the Big Sky Conference, both of which were run at the conference meet in Flagstaff ... Doubled up in both events by placing sixth and fourth in the 60m and 200m, respectively, and earned All-Big Sky honors as part of the runner-up 4x400-meter relay ... Had NAU’s top 100-meter dash time of 10.62@, one that earned him all-conference and a second-place finish at Big Sky Outdoors ... Earned podium finishes in the 200m (third) and the 4x400m relay (first), and scored as part of the 4x100-meter relay squad ... Ended his junior campaign with first-ever trip to the NCAA West Preliminary Round as part of the 4x400m relay.

Indoor: Senior Outdoor: Senior Chandler, Ariz. Westwood HS Sprints Personal Bests 6.89 - 60 Meters 10.62@ - 100 Meters 21.44 - 200 Meters All-Big Sky Honors 2012: Indoor/Outdoor 4x400m Outdoor 100m, Outdoor 200m 2011: Indoor/Outdoor 4x400m Outdoor 4x100m 2010: Outdoor 100m Outdoor 200m italics - denotes Big Sky Champion

2011: Was the Lumberjacks’ top male short sprinter, competing in the 60, 100, 200 and 400-meter dash events during the season … Racked up 25 points at the Big Sky Outdoor Championships after placing fifth in the 100m, fourth in the 200m, third in the 4x100-meter relay and the lead leg of the 4x400-meter championship team … Recorded a personal-best time of 21.52 in the 200m at the outdoor championships … Season-best time in the 100-meter dash came at the New Mexico Tailwind Invite (10.77) and best 400m mark was recorded at the Sun Devil Open (49.31) … Scored in each event he competed in at the Big Sky Indoor Championships … A member of the 4x400-meter relay team that won its first Big Sky title since 2003 … Scored a sixth-place finish in the 60-meter dash and fourth-place tie in the 200m … Season-best 60m time came at the Lumberjack Invitational (6.87). 2010: Finished freshman campaign with an outstanding 21-point performance at the Big Sky Outdoor Championships … Recorded two third-place finishes in both the 100 (10.72) and 200-meter dashes (21.62) to reach the podium in season-best times … Was an integral piece to both the 4x100(4th) and 4x400-meter (5th) relay teams at the outdoor championships … Finished third overall, and first on the team, in the 100-meter dash (10.82) at the ASU-NAU-UA Double Dual … During the indoor season, turned in best 60-meter dash time at the NAU Team Challenge (7.08) … Recorded 6.61 mark in lone 55-meter dash at the NAU Tune Up. High School: Graduated from Westwood High School in 2009 ... Lettered four years in track and field, two years in football and one year in wrestling ... East Valley region 200m champion in 2007 (22.08) and 2008 (21.77) ... East Valley region 100m champion in 2009 (10.81) ... finished fifth in the 200m at the 5A state championships (22.24) in 2008 and eighth in the 100m state championships (11.01) that same year. Personal: Born on September 5, 1990 to Elaine DiSabella ... Has two sisters, Megan and Kim.

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Diego Estrada

Academic Notes: Majoring in Spanish for secondary education. 2012 Track & Field: Had one of the best all around track and field seasons in NAU history, compiling two All-America honors indoors, breaking two NAU records and one Big Sky Conference mark, and representing Mexico in the 10,000 meters at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London ... Broke the four-minute barrier in the mile at the Mountain T’s Invitational with an altitude-converted 3:55.48@ ... Shattered NAU Alum David McNeill’s conference 3,000-meter record at the Husky Classic, battling out a runner-up finish in 7:44.63 ... Became just the fourth Big Sky Conference athlete to capture three individual event titles in the same championship meet (Mile, 3,000m, 5,000m) ... Took seventh in the 3,000m and fifth in the 5,000 meters at the NCAA Indoor Championships for the sixth and seventh national awards of his career ... Redshirted the outdoor season, but ran a personal-best time in the 10K (27:32.90) at the Payton Jordan Invitational as an unattached athlete to punch his ticket to London ... Competed in front of 80,000 fans at London’s Olympic Stadium on August 4, finishing 21st in a time of 28:36.19. Indoor: RS-Senior Outdoor: RS-Senior Salinas, Calif. Alisal HS Distance Personal Bests 1:52.16 - 800 Meters 3:41.8 - 1,500 Meters 3:55.46@ - Mile 7:44.29 - 3,000 Meters 13:26.94 - 5,000 Meters 27:32.90 - 10,000 Meters

2011 Cross Country: Competed in four meets prior to the NCAA National Cross Country Championships, winning two and placing in the top-five in the remaining two ... Placed fourth at the NCAA Mountain Region Championships (30:30.8) in leading the NAU men to a thirdplace finish and an at-large bid in the national meet ... Shattered the course record by nearly 40 seconds in winning the Big Sky Conference individual title (24:15.43), defeating the nearest competition by 23 seconds, and leading the NAU men to its record fifth-consecutive team title ... Was the seventh consecutive individual conference winner for NAU, joining national champions David McNeill and Lopez Lomong, along with Jon Cardenas, on that list ... Placed third at the Wisconsin Adidas Invitational (23:27), a meet that featured 20 of the top 30 men’s team in the country ... In his first race of the season at the Oklahoma State Cowboy Jamboree, he took the individual title (23:34.34) and led his team to a third-place finish. 2011 Track & Field: Finished fifth overall in the 5,000-meter run (13:38.36) at the NCAA

Olympic Appearances Outdoor Championships for his fourth All-America honor of the year ... Held the third-best 2012 - 10,000 Meters (21st) collegiate mark in the 5K for the outdoor season with the second-fastest time in NAU history of NCAA All-American 2012: Indoor 3K (7th), 5K (5th) 2011: Cross Country (7th) Indoor 3K* (14th), 5K (4th) Outdoor 5K (5th) 2010: Cross Country (16th)

* - denotes Second Team

Big Sky Championships 2012: Indoor Mile, 3K, 5K 2011: XC, Indoor 3K Outdoor 5K 2009: Indoor 3K

13:26.94 ... Earned first birth in 5K outdoor final with the fifth-best time at the NCAA West Prelims (13:35.03) ... Won the 5K and finished third in the 1,500m at the Big Sky Outdoor Championships, scoring 16 points for the Lumberjacks ... Opened outdoor season with the third-fastest 1,500m time in NAU history at the Mt. SAC Relays when he crossed the finish line in 3:41.80 ... At the 2011 NCAA Indoor Championships, finished fourth overall in a NAU indoor-record time of 13:29.01 for first All-America award on the track ... Returned the following night to finish 14th overall in the 3,000-meter run for Second-Team All- America honors ... In mid-February, ran to a 7:52.18 seventh-place finish at the Husky Classic for the nation’s sixth-best time in the event in 2011 ... The following weekend, he claimed an altitude- hindered 14:21.04 clocking over 5,000 meters for his second PR and automatic time of the season (converted to 13:42.64) ... Competing in his second Big Sky Indoor Championships, won the men’s 3K for second time in his career and was a part of Distance Medley Relay that finished second overall.

@estradadiego 2010 Cross Country: Claimed All-American honors for the first time at the NCAA Cross Country Championships after placing 16th overall ... Was the top finisher for the Lumberjacks at the national championship event and finished the 10K LaVern Gibson Championship Course in a time of 30:10.7 ... Pushed his streak of top-five finishes to eight after placing third overall at the NCAA Mountain Region Championships, running to a career-best 10K mark of 29:33.0 ... It was the highest finish at the regional event, earning him his first career All-Region honors ... Took second at the Big Sky Championships behind teammate David McNeill in a time of 21:30.6 for his highest finish in an NAU uniform ... Followed up strong 2009 performance at the NCAA Pre-Nationals with a fifth-place finish (23:33.9) in 2010 to pace the Lumberjacks ... It was his

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second-straight top-five finish in the 8K event ... Opened season with third-place overall finish at the Aztec Invite (25:30.2), matching his 2009 finish from San Diego. 2010 Track & Field: Focused on the 10,000-meter run during sophomore season ... Ended season by reaching the NCAA West Region Prelims and finishing 16th in a time of 30:02.94 ... At the Big Sky Outdoor Championships, doubled up in the 5,000-meter run and the 10K ... Finished fourth overall in the 10K to give the Lumberjacks the top-four finishers in the race ... Returned the following day to finish second in the 5K, repeating his 2009 performance in the same race ... Ran career-best, and NCAA regional qualifying 10K time at the Payton Jordan Stanford Cardinal Invitational (28:40.19) ...Finished sixth overall in the race, and third among collegiate runners ... Opened 2010 campaign in California by finishing 26th (13:49.35) in the 5K at the Mt. SAC Relays ... Competed the following day at the Beach Invite in the 1500-meter run, finishing in a time of 3:59.13. 2009 Cross Country: Ran in three races during injury-shortened season for the Lumberjacks, finishing in the top five in each one ... Finished fourth overall, one spot behind teammate Jordan Chipangama, in the “blue” race at the NCAA Pre-Nationals for best 8K time of the year (23:49) ... At the Cowboy Jamboree, helped men’s team capture title with a fifth-place finish in a time of 23:55.4 ... Took third at the Aztec Invite in season debut, finishing behind teammates Chipangama and Ahmed Osman to give the Lumberjacks a clean sweep of the top-three finishers. 2009 Track & Field: Capped off sensational freshman year with a 19th-place finish in the prelims of the 5,000m at the NCAA Outdoor Championships ... At the West Region Championship, finished 10th in the 5k with a time of 14:16.20 ... Took second place in both the 5k (14:39.35) and 10,000m (30:53.59) races at the Big Sky Outdoor Championships ... During the indoor campaign claimed the title in the 3,000m run at the Big Sky Indoor Championships and took fifth place in the 5k (15:04.05). 2008 Cross Country: Competed in four races as a freshman ... Placed 76th overall (30:40.6) at NCAA Championships, and fourth on the team ... Finished 16th (30:09.1) at NCAA Mountain Regional ... Named to All-Big Sky team for third place finish (23:33.9) at the Big Sky Championships ... In first race of the year, finished 48th (24:26.4) at NCAA Pre-Nationals. High School: Graduated from Alisal High School in 2008 ... Four-time letterwinner in cross country and track ... Was captain for both team for two years ... Three-time CIF qualifier in cross country ... Two-time CCS champion ... Qualified for CIF Championships in the 3200m three times, finishing as high as fourth ... Holds school records in 3200m, 1600m, and mile. Personal: Born on Dec. 19, 1989 to Francisco Estrada and Rosa Constantino ... Has four sisters, Ruby, Alma, Gabby, and Delia Estrella ... Also has one brother, Francisco Estrada.

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Tim Freriks

Academic Notes: 2010, 2011, and 2012 Big Sky All-Academic selection ... Majoring in biology. 2012 Cross Country: Redshirt season. 2012 Track & Field: Competed only during indoor season and redshirted outdoors ... Had his best showing in the 3,000 meters at the season’s first meet, the Lumberjack Invitational, running an altitude-adjusted 8:18.76@ in setting a personal best as well ... Ran a 14:29.00 in the 5,000 meters at the Husky Classic for his season best time ... finished ninth at the Big Sky Championships in the 3,000m, and earned All-Big Sky honors in the 5,000m with a third-place finish. 2011 Cross Country: Was one of only three Lumberjack runners to compete in six meets and served as NAU’s postseason #3 runner... Began the season with one of his two top-five finishes, placing second (25:55.9) at the George Kyte Classic ... Best 8K race came at the Oklahoma State Cowboy Jamboree, where he ran 24:35.34 and placed 20th ... Earned his second all-conference honor and second top-five of the season at the Big Sky Championships, finishing in fifth place (24:57.77) ... Earned his first bid to the All-Region team, placing 11th (30:52.7) at the NCAA Mountain Region Championships ... Ran in his third-consecutive NCAA National Championships, placing 94th in a time of Indoor: Senior 30:45.7. Outdoor: RS-Junior Cottonwood, Ariz. 2011 Track & Field: In his first trip the NCAA West Preliminary Round Championships, finished Mingus Union HS 37th overall with a time of 30:31.65 ... Doubled up at the Big Sky Outdoor Championships in the 10K Distance and 5,000-meter run, scoring a third place finish in the 25-lap event (30:23.17) and fifth-place showing in the 5K with a personal-best time of 14:18.20 ... Recorded a career-best time in the 1,500-meter Personal Bests run at the Double Dual with a mark of 3:58.34 ... At the 53rd Annual Mt. SAC Relays, scored a 4:12.42@ - Mile career-best 10K time of 29:35.80 ... Scored eight points for the Lumberjacks at the Big Sky Indoor Championships after placing third overall in the 5K and seventh in the 3,000-meter run ... Recorded 8:18.76@ - 3,000 Meters personal-best 3K time at the Husky Classic with a mark of 8:23.43. 14:18.20 - 5,000 Meters 29:35.80 - 10,000 Meters 2010 Cross Country: Wrapped up sophomore campaign with first-career trip to the NCAA Championships where he finished 144th overall in a time of 31:33.6 … Finished 41st at the NCAA MounAll-Big Sky Honors tain Region Championships, an improvement of 38 places from 2009, and turned in a career-best 2012: Indoor 5K 10K time of 31:09.0 … Ran to a sixth-place finish (22:17), and All-Conference honors, at the Big 2011: Cross Country Sky Championships, giving the sophomore two top-10 finishes on the season … Recorded new perIndoor 5K, Outdoor 10K sonal-best 8K time (24:42.7) in first career race at the NCAA Pre-Nationals, finishing 75th overall … 2010: Cross Country Placed fourth on the team, and 45th overall at the Stanford Invitational in a time of 24:47 … Opened season at the George Kyte Invitational, placing fifth overall in a time of 26:42.8. 2010 Track & Field: Represented the Lumberjacks at both Big Sky Championships in first year on the track … Doubled up in the 10,000-meter run and the 5,000-meter run at the outdoor championships … Recorded a time of 4:06.22 in first career 1500-meter run at the UA/NAU/ASU Double Dual … Traveled to the Mt. SAC Relays, recording a career-best 10K mark of 30:30.99 in the Olympic development section … At the Big Sky Indoor Championships, recorded two seventh-place finishes in the 5K (14:42.17@) and 3,000-meter run (8:25.10@) to give him his first career Big Sky points … Turned in career-best time in the 5K at the Husky Classic (14:27.91) … Ran two 3Ks at the Mountain T’s Invitational (8:23.57@) and Lumberjack Invitational (8:34.38@) to begin the season. 2009 Cross Country: In first season with the Lumberjacks, competed in four races … Finished 79th overall at the NCAA Mountain Region Championships in a time of 32:46.5 … A member of the Big Sky Cross Country championship team where he took 15th in the race (26:47.5) … Ran to a 38thplace finish (25:07) at the Cowboy Jamboree, collecting his fastest 8K time of the season … Opened NAU career at the Aztec Invite where he finished 11th overall for the Lumberjacks. High School: Graduated from Mingus Union High School in 2009 ... Lettered four years in cross country and track and field ... Was the captain of both teams for 2009 ... Three-time All-State including second place finishes and an eighth ... Best 5K time while in high school was 15:18 ... Holds school record in the 3,200m with a time of 8:58. Personal: Born on November 23, 1990 ... Son of Jon and Karen Freriks ... Has one sister, Erin ... Considered Portland and Arizona State before choosing NAU.

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Arnaud Froidmont

Academic Notes: 2012 Big Sky All-Academic selection ... Seeking a master’s degree in applied physics. 2012: Was part of the Big Sky’s best 400-meter duo with teammate Adel al Nasser during the indoor season, putting up a personal-best time of 47.02@ at the Don Kirby Invitational ... Also was a vital part of the conference’s leading 4x400-meter relay squad that clocked a time of 3:11.58@ at the NAU Open ... Hampered by injury from Big Sky Indoors throughout most of the outdoor season ... Returned for the Big Sky Outdoor Championships, where he doubled up by scoring in the 400-meter dash (4th-48.24), and contributing to the Big Sky Champion 4x400-meter relay squad (3:10.52@). Before NAU: Qualified for the European Junior Championships in Hengelo, Nether- lands in 2007, placing fourth in the 4x400-meter relay ... Qualified for the 2008 World Junior Championships in the 400-meter dash after being crowned Belgian Junior Champion in the 400m and 4x400-meter relay the same year ... Graduated with a bachelor’s degree from the Universite Catholique de Louvain in 2011. Indoor: RS-Senior Outdoor: RS-Senior Personal: Born to Philippe Froidmont and Cristine Mestach on March 21, 1989 ... Has an older Namur, Belgium brother Löic and a younger sister Meghann. Universite Catholique de Louvain Sprints Personal Bests 47.03@ - 400 Meters All-Big Sky Honors 2012: Outdoor 4x400m

Treyson Fullmer

Academic Notes: 2012 Big Sky All-Academic selection ... Majoring in business. 2012: Competed in four of NAU’s five home regular season meets in his inaugural indoor campaign, running the short sprints ... Best showing in the 60-meter dash of 7.29@ came at the Mountain T’s Invite ... Ran a personal-best in the 200-meter dash of 23.03@ at the NAU TuneUp ... Ran only twice outdoors, clocking bests of 11.44 at the Double Dual in the 100 meters and 22.84 in the 200m at the ASU Invitational. High School: Graduated from Cedar High School in 2011 after competing in both football and track for four years ... Achieved All-State in the long jump ... was a member of the 2008 state championship track and field team ... Named an all-region cornerback two years and was honored as a 3rd-team All-State cornerback his senior year. Personal: Born to Jamie Fullmer and Merrillee Chamberlain on Sept. 24, 1992 ... Has two younger brothers, Ian and Taz, and two younger sisters, Tekoah and McKell ... Follows his grandfather, Gary Tom, as the second member of his family to attend NAU ... Considered attending Indoor: Sophomore Southern Utah and University of Puget Sound before choosing NAU ... Hobbies include campOutdoor: Sophomore ing, hiking, and collecting. Cedar City, Utah Cedar City HS Personal Bests 7.29@ - 60 Meters 22.84 - 200 Meters

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Chris Ganem

Academic Notes: Big Sky All-Academic selection in 2011 and 2012 ... Majoring in exercise science. 2012 Cross Country: Competed three times in the regular season in his sophomore campaign ... Best finish on the team was fifth at the George Kyte Classic, taking seventh overall in a time of 25:40.9 ... Ran in his second Big Sky Championships, coming in 29th overall (26:40.5), an improvement of 16 places and over 70 seconds from 2011. 2012 Track & Field: Competed as a freshman in both the indoor and outdoor seasons ... Had the fourth best marks on the team in the 800-meter and mile runs in the indoor season ... Best indoor showing in the 800m came at the Mtn. T’s Invite where he ran 1:53.88@ and took medalist honors ... Finished fourth in the mile at the Big Sky Championships in 4:07.38@, and also scored in the 800m with another fourth-place finish ... Also ran the 800-meter leg of NAU’s Big Sky Champion distance medley squad ... Was third on the team in the 800 and second in the 1,500-meter run during the outdoor season ... Scored in both events at the Big Sky Championships with a seventh-place effort in the 800 and a sixth-place mark in the 1,500. 2011 Cross Country: Opened up his Lumberjack career with a fifth-place finish at the Dave Murray Invitational ... Traveled as NAU’s No. 7 runner to the Oklahoma State Cowboy Jam- boree, finishing Indoor: Sophomore in 26:05.34 (118th) ... Competed at the Big Sky Championships and battled through flu symtoms to Outdoor: Sophomore finish 45th (27:54.56). Castle Rock, Colo. Castle View HS High School: Graduated in 2011 after competing all four years as part of the track and field and cross Distance country teams for the Castle View Sabercats ... Earned three MVP awards during his junior and senior years, one in track and field (2011) and two in cross country (2009, 2010) ... Holds his school records in the 800-meter, the mile, and the 2-mile races, as well as the cross country 5K ... Was also a part of Personal Bests the school-record 4x800-meter relay team and the distance medley squad... Gar- nered four All-State 1:53.88@ - 800 Meters honors, three for track and field (2008, 2009, 2010) and one for cross country (2009) ... Placed in the 3:48.10 - 1,500 Meters top ten at the 4A state meet all four years in the mile run, including a runner-up finish his junior year 4:07.38 - Mile Personal: Born to Michael and Kimberley Ganem on Oct. 11, 1992 ... Has two younger sisters, Kaitlynn and Kristina ... Chose NAU for its successful track and field and cross country programs.

Bahlbi Gebreyohanns

Academic Notes: Big Sky All-Academic selection in 2011 and 2012 ... Majoring in busines. 2012 Cross Country: Did not compete. 2012 Track & Field: Notched the team’s fourth-best time in the 3,000 meters (8:19.9@) and fifthbest in the 5,000 meters (14:44.28@) at Big Sky Indoors, where he scored by placing seventh in both events ... Was the team’s No. 2 runner in the 5K during the outdoor season after putting up a personal-best 14:20.76 at the San Francisco Distance Carnival ... Placed seventh once again in the 5K at Big Sky Outdoors and took eighth in the 10,000 meters as one of four scoring Lumberjacks in that event. 2011 Cross Country: Competed only once in an injury-shortened season ... Placed fourth at the George Kyte Classic with a time of 26:22.6. 2011 Track & Field: Debuted for the Lumberjacks during the outdoor season ... Doubled up at the Big Sky Outdoor Championships in the 10,000 and 5,000-meter runs ... Clocked a time of 30:52.31 to finish fourth in the 10K and ran a personal-best time of 14:34.36 to place ninth overall in the 5K ... Recorded personal-best mark of 30:10.52 in the 10K at the Mt. SAC Relays in first career attempt at the 25-lap event.

Indoor: RS-Sophomore Outdoor: Junior 2010 Cross Country: Ran to 135th-place finish in the men’s ‘blue’ race at the NCAA Pre-Nationals Indianapolis, Ind. (25:17.5) … Launched his Lumberjack career at the Stanford Invitational where he finished fifth on North Central HS the team, and 56th overall (25:01). Personal Bests 3:56.82 - 1,500 Meters 8:19.19@ - 3,000 Meters 14:20.76 - 5,000 Meters 30:10.52 - 10,000 Meters

High School: Graduated from North Central High School in 2010 … Ran on the cross country and track teams from 2008-09 … Served as the captain in 2008 … A member of the 2008 fourth-place team at the Indiana State Cross Country Championships. Personal: Born to Zeinasellassie Gebreyohanns and Letebrhan Teklehay Manot on July 27, 1990 … Has two younger brothers and one older sister ... Brother, Futsum, also competes for NAU.

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Caleb Hoover

Academic Notes: Big Sky All-Academic selection in 2011 and 2012 ... Majoring in Exercise Science. 2012 Cross Country: Had another solid campaign in his second cross country season, leading the way as the only competing male returner from 2011 ... Was the team’s steady fourth man all season, having placed fourth for NAU in each of his six meets ... Compiled four top-10 overall finishes, including an All-Big Sky seventh place mark at the conference championships in Flagstaff ... Competed in all three postseason meets for the second time in his career ... His 75th-place finish at the NCAA Championships was 102 spots and nearly a full minute better than his outing in 2011.

Indoor: Sophomore Outdoor: Sophomore Joplin, Mo. College Heights Christian HS Distance Personal Bests 4:11.19@ - Mile 8:17.11@ - 3,000 Meters 9:04.40 - Steeplechase 14:26.88@ - 5,000 Meters All-Big Sky Honors 2012: Cross Country Outdoor 5K

2012 Track & Field: Competed in three events for the Lumberjacks in his first indoor season ... Had the team’s second-best mark at season’s end in the 3,000-meter run after posting a time of 8:17.11@ in a fifth-place effort at Big Sky Indoors ... Also ran his career-best in the 5,000 meters at the same meet, clocking 14:32.09@ and finishing fourth overall as one of five NAU scorers ... Competed in the steeplechase and the 5,000 meters during the outdoor season, and was NAU’s No. 2 steeplechaser and No. 3 5K runner ... Narrowly missed going sub-nine minutes in his best outing in the steeplechase, running 9:04.40 at the Mt. SAC Relays ... Surprised everyone by taking the Big Sky title in the 5,000-meters, running a personal best 14:26.88@ to close out a remarkable freshman season. 2011 Cross Country: Was the only freshman and one of three Lumberjacks to compete in six races on the season ... Emerged as a constant contributor to the squad with a seventh-place finish (26:32.1) in his inaugural race at the George Kyte Classic ... Saw his first national competition at the Oklahoma State Cowboy Jamboree and the Wisconsin Adidas Invitational, finishing in 25:25.34 (73rd) and 25:17 (168th), respectively ... Was only four spots from all- conference honors at the Big Sky Championships with a 14th-place mark (25:54.24) ... Placed 38th at the NCAA Mountain Region Championships in his first college 10K race (31:38.3) ... Improved upon his regional time and had his finish count towards the team score for just the second time at the NCAA Championships (31:30.1; 177th).

High School: Graduated from College Heights Christian High School in 2011 ... Four-year allitalics - denotes Big Sky Champion state honoree in cross country and track & field for the 1600 and 3200-meter runs ... holds school records in the 1600m (4:15.07), the 3200m (9:11.98), and 5000m (15:01.97) ... Holds the Class One Missouri State record in cross country ... Holds the record for longest streak of victories in cross country (11) ... Led his cross country team to state championships four years in a row. Personal: Born to Tim Hoover and Sarah Dougherty on July 22, 1992 ... Has four younger brothers: Derek, Johnny, Hagen, and Thomas ... Also considered Oklahoma, Liberty University, and Kansas University before choosing NAU ... enjoys kayaking, hiking, and backpacking in his free time.

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Men’s Team Profiles - Returners

Vernon Jamison

Academic Notes: 2012 Big Sky All-Academic selection ... Majoring in psychology. 2012: Witnessed a successful freshman season as a competitor primarily in the 60-meter hurdles indoors and 110-meter hurdles outdoors ... Personal best indoor time of 8:41@ came at the NAU Tune-Up, good enough for second place at the meet ... Also ran his personal best 60-meter dash time of 7.17@ at the same meet ... Was NAU’s top short hurdler in the outdoor season after running 14:53 in the 100mH at the Double Dual, the second best time in the Big Sky Conference during the regular season ... Capped his inaugural season with fourth-place finishes in the hurdles and as part of the 4x100-meter relay at the Big Sky Outdoor Championships. High School: Competed two years in track and field for Queen Creek High School before graduating in 2011 ... Holds school record in the 110-meter hurdles and 4x400-meter relay ... Member of two-consecutive state champion track and field teams ... Placed 3rd at the Arizona Division II state meet in the 110-meter hurdles. Personal: Born to Vernon and Karen Jamison on June 24, 1993 ... Has one sister, Katriece ... Indoor: Sophomore Hobbies include watching TV. Outdoor: Sophomore Queen Creek, Ariz. Queen Creek HS Sprints/Hurdles Personal Bests 7.17@ - 60 Meters 8.22@ - 60-meter Hurdles 14.53 - 110-meter Hurdles 22.21 - 200 Meters

Deante Kemper Academic Notes: Majoring in psychology.

2012: Spent the entire indoor season and a portion of the outdoor season as the No. 1 freshman in the country for the high jump ... Ended the indoor season as the best freshman in the country, and and is ranked fourth in school history with a height of 7-2.25, which he set at the Mountain T’s Invitational ... Holds the second and third-best marks in NAU history outdoors with jumps of 7-1.75 and 7-1.5, respectively ... Won Big Sky titles indoors and outdoors in helping the Lumberjack men set conference point records and win both team titles ... Finished the outdoor season as an Honorable Mention All America selection, after placing 21st in the nation at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in Des Moines, Iowa. High School: Graduated from Serra High School in 2011 ... Holds school record in the high jump (6-10) and 110-meter hurdles (14.51) ... Took second place in the Div. II regional meet in the high jump in 2010 ... Won the Div. II regional title in the high jump and 110-meter hurdles in 2011 ... Placed third in the high jump at the state meet the same year. Indoor: Sophomore Personal: Born to Michelle Hopkins on March 27, 1993 ... Chose NAU for the family-like feelOutdoor: Sophomore ing the team brings, and looked forward to working with Coach Jacoby. San Diego, Calif. Serra HS Jumps

All-Big Sky Honors Personal Bests 2012: Indoor/Outdoor High Jump 7-2.25 - High Jump 8.29@ - 60-meter Hurdles italic - denotes Big Sky Champion 14.79 - 110-meter Hurdles

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Myles Kloer

Academic Notes: Majoring in business economics. 2012 Cross Country: Did not compete. 2012 Track & Field: Ran in five meets indoors in the 800 meters and the mile ... Notched his personal best 800m time of 1:56.18@ at the NAU Open, a week after breaking his personal best mile time with a mark of 4:15.63@ at the Mountain T’s Invite ... Competed just three times outdoors, finding a season-best 1,500-meter time of 4:03.20 at the ASU Invitational. 2011 Cross Country: Competed in just two events for the Lumberjacks, beginning with the George Kyte Classic, where he finished 20th (28:15.0) ... Only other race came in Tucson, Ariz. at the Dave Murray Invitational, where he placed 35th in a time of 23:14.0. 2011 Track & Field: Concentrated on the 1,500-meter run during the outdoor season ... Recorded career-best time in the event at the Brian Clay Invitational with a winning mark of 3:56.96 ... Competed in his first ever Big Sky Indoor Championships in the mile run, placing 11th overall Indoor: RS-Senior ... Ran a personal-best time in the mile at the Lumberjack Invitational (4:16.81@). Outdoor: N/A Albuquerque, N.M. 2010 Cross Country: Collected career best 8K time at the Grand Canyon/ Southwestern Invite Sandia HS where he finished fourth overall (26:37.90) … Opened second season in uniform with the LumDistance berjacks at the Aztec Invite, placing 24th overall (26:49.1). Personal Bests 2010 Track & Field: During sophomore campaign, saw action in five outdoor meets for the 3:56.96 - 1,500 Meters Lumberjacks … Recorded career-best time of 9:46.22 in the steeplechase at the Beach Invita4:15.63@ - Mile tional … Best 1,500m time of career came at the Brian Clay Invitational when he ran 4:00.54. 9:46.22 - Steeplechase

2009 Cross Country: Redshirt season.

2009 Track & Field: Competed in both the indoor and outdoor season his freshman year for the Lumberjacks ... Season-best marks include 4:29.38 in the mile, 4:13.44 in the 1,500m and 9:53.34 in the steeplechase. 2008 Cross Country: Ran in three events in his freshman season ... Placed 41st (28.28.0) at the ASU Invitational in final race ... Collected at time of 27:30 at the Aztec Invitational ... In first race of the year recorded a time of 27:38.2 at the George Kyte Classic. High School: Graduated from Sandia High School in 2008 ... 2008 5A State Champion in the 1,600m ... Cross country team finished runner up in state meet in 2006 ... Earned two academic letters in high school ... National Honor Society member. Personal: Born on May 29, 1990 to Irene Madrigal and Rick Kloer ... Has two sisters, Carmen and Amelia ... Chose NAU because of the academic program, great location, and the strong running program.

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Men’s Team Profiles - Returners

Gus Margiotta

Academic Notes: 2012 Big Sky All-Academic selection ... Majoring in journalism. 2012: Was NAU’s top shot putter during both the indoor and outdoor seasons ... Earned All-Big Sky honors for the first time in his career with a third-place finish in the shot put at the Big Sky Indoor Championships (52-11.5) ... Tossed a season-best of 53-9.25 at the NAU Open ... Also threw the discus during the outdoor season, notching a personal-best mark of 153-9 at the Big Sky Outdoor Championships, good enough for ninth overall. 2011: Redshirt season. High School: Graduated from Gloucester High School in 2010 … Competed four years in football and track and field … Was a four-year letter winner on the track, recording personal-best marks of 56 feet in the shot put and 175 feet in the discus … Competed at the Nike Indoor Nationals two years in a row … Three-year letter winner in football and a member of the two-time Massachusetts State Championship team. Indoor: RS-Sophomore Outdoor: RS-Sophomore Gloucester, Mass. Gloucester HS Throws

Personal: Born to Charlie and Elizabeth Margiotta on Oct. 23, 1991 … Has one older sister, Josie, and a younger brother, Bart … Also considered attending Penn State, Miami (Fla.), Florida, Rhode Island and Massachusetts before choosing NAU ... Represented NAU at NCAA’s Student-Athlete Leadership Forum in Dallas, Texas over the 2012 Winter Break.

Personal Bests All-Big Sky Honors 53-9.25 - Shot Put 2012 - Indoor Shot Put 52-11.5 - Weight Throw 153-9 - Discus

Dai McFadden Academic Notes: Majoring in biology.

2012: Ran the fourth-best 400-meter dash time indoors, clocking a personal-best 49.71 at the NAU Invite ... Saw continued success outdoors as NAU’s top 400-meter hurdler, running a solid 52.91 at the Mt. SAC Relays for the second-best time all season in the Big Sky Conference ... Scored in his first-ever conference meet with a sixth-place effort in the 400m hurdles (53.95) and a fourth-place mark in the 4x100-meter relay (41.42). High School: Only competed in sports during his senior year at John Muir High before graduating in 2011 ... Won the CIF championship in the 300-meter hurdles with a time of 37.7, the third-fastest in his school’s history ... Finished the year with the fifth-fastest time in the state of California ... Competed with the L.A. Falcons national track team ... Also played football his senior year. Personal: Born to Lakeisha Rice on Jan. 30, 1993 ... Has one older brother, Eddie; three younger brothers, William and twins Kevon and Keon; and five younger sisters, Lilly, Jasmine, Daina, Indoor: Sophomore Mauriya, and Moultric ... Chose NAU because of his excitement to work with Coach Jacoby after Outdoor: Sophomore hearing he was coming out of retirement. Pasadena, Calif. John Muir HS Sprints/Hurdles Personal Bests 49.71 - 400 Meters 52.91 - 400-meter Hurdles

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Alejandro Montano

Academic Notes: 2012 Big Sky All-Academic selection ... Majoring in mechanical engineering. 2012 Cross Country: Started off his first cross country campaign in style, notching Top-10s at the George Kyte Classic (third) and the Pac-12 Preview (ninth), scoring to aid in NAU victories at both meets ... Narrowly missed all-conference honors at the Big Sky Championships, finishing 12th overall and sixth on the team in a time of 25:48.8 ... Competed in his first NCAA Championships after fighting through injury the week before to make the trip, finishing 214th overall. 2012 Track & Field: Started his NAU track career indoors, achieving a personal-best in the 3,000 meters at the Mountain T’s Invite in a time of 8:26.26@ ... Continued to improve, eclipsing his old personal-best mile mark by running a 4:11.47@ to place fourth at the NAU Invite ... Was the Lumberjacks’ second-best athlete in the 10,000 meters and fourth-best in the 5,000 meters during the outdoor season ... Had his best showing in the 5K at the San Francisco Distance Carnival, running 14:27.36 ... Season-best mark of 30:29.11@ in the 10K came at the Big Sky Championships in Bozeman, Mont. ... Scored in both events at Big Sky Outdoors by placing sixth in the 5K and 10K. 2011 Cross Country: Did not compete. Indoor: Sophomore Outdoor: Sophomore High School: Graduated from Catalina High School in 2011 ... Set school records in the Tucson, Ariz. 1600-meter and 3200-meter runs...Ran a time of 4:13 and shattered a 38-year-old 1600-meter Catalina HS record...competed and led his team to a runner-up finish at the 2008 state cross country meet. Distance Personal: Born to Hilda Luz Villalba on May 27, 1992...also considered University of Personal Bests Arizona before choosing NAU...Enjoys fishing, reading, and hiking in his spare time.

4:11.47@ - Mile 8:26.26 - 3,000 Meters 14:27.36 - 5,000 Meters 30:29.11@ - 10,000 Meters

Edgar Panford

Academic Notes: Majoring in electronic media and film with a minor in photography. 2012: Was part of a stellar NAU jumps squad during both the indoor and outdoor seasons ... Captured the first Big Sky title of his career, winning the triple jump at the conference indoor championships with a leap of 49-8.25 ... Earned all-conference honors at the same meet as part of a one-two-three finish in the long jump, finishing second with a mark of 24-3 ... Saw continued success outdoors, winning the Big Sky triple jump crown once again, this time with a jump of 492.25 ... Scored in the long jump at Big Sky Outdoors as well, finishing seventh overall. 2011: Ended second season at NAU with a third-place finish in the triple jump with a wind-aided mark of 48 feet, 6.25 inches (14.79m) in his first-ever Big Sky Outdoor Championships … Also competed in the long jump at the championship event … Only competed in one indoor meet due to injury, recording a leap of 47 feet, 11 inches in the triple jump at the New Mexico Cherry and Silver Invitational. 2010: Competed during the indoor season and redshirted the outdoor campaign … Saw action in four meets for the Lumberjacks, excelling in the triple jump … At the Big Sky Indoor Championships, leaped 49 feet, 1.25 inches to secure a third place finish, joining teammate Charles Indoor: RS-Junior White on the podium … Was also a competitor in the long jump at the conference championOutdoor: RS-Junior ships … Turned in best long jump-mark at the NAU Tune Up (6.95m/22-9.5). San Bernardino, Calif. Cajon HS High School: Graduated from Cajon High School in 2009 ... Three-year letterwinner in track Jumps and field and basketball ... SAL long jump champion ... SAL triple jump champion ... Cajon High School triple jump record holder ... Broke the triple jump record at the Chino Relays. Personal Bests 24-3 - Long Jump Personal: Born on February 14, 1991 to Ernest Panford and Felicia Acheampong ... Has one 49-8.25 - Triple Jump older brother, Gad, and one older sister, Eygihmah ... Also considered UCLA, Long Beach State

All-Big Sky Honors

and UC Irvine before attending NAU.

2012: Indoor/Outdoor TJ, Indoor LJ 2011: Outdoor TJ; 2010: Indoor TJ

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Men’s Team Profiles - Returners

Caleb Potts

Academic Notes: Contemplating a major in exercise science. 2012 Track & Field: Specialized in the 800-meter run in his second track and field campaign, but was introduced in the 400-meter dash and the 4x400-meter relay a handful of times ... Personal best time indoors of 1:53.13@ came at the NAU Open ... Earned three All-Big Sky honors at the Big Sky Indoor Championships in Flagstaff, the first of his career, taking third in the 800m, second as part of the 4x400-meter relay squad, and first with the Distance Medley Relay ... Shaved nearly two seconds off his best 800m time outdoors, clocking 1:51.42 at the Beach Invitational ... Scored at the Big Sky Outdoor Championships in the 800m, taking fifth overall in a time of 1:52.66. 2011 Cross Country: Placed 39th at the Dave Murray Invitational with a time of 23:21.0 in his only race of the season. 2011 Track & Field: Qualified for the Big Sky Conference Championships in the 800-meter run with a time of 1:54. High School: Graduated from Eleanor Roosevelt High School in 2010 … Competed on the Indoor: Junior cross country, track and field and football teams … Lettered four years in track and field, three Outdoor: Junior years in cross country and one year in football … Broke the school record in the 800-meter run Eastvale, Calif. with a time of 1:54 … Competitor in the Junior Olympics. Eleanor Roosevelt HS Personal: Born to Keith and Marnae Potts on June 10, 1992 … Has three younger siblings. Personal Bests 1:51.42 - 800 Meters

All-Big Sky Honors 2012: Indoor 800m, 4x400m, DMR italics - denotes Big Sky Champion

Cody Reed

Academic Notes: Contemplating a major in mechanical engineering. 2012 Cross Country: Had his best season to date, earning a Big Sky Conference Athlete of the Week honor for his 11th-place performance at the Grand Canyon Invitational ... Ran all seven events for the Lumberjacks, culminating in his first-ever NCAA Championship appearance ... Cracked the Top200 at nationals, finishing 199th in a time of 31:39.8 ... Narrowly missed All-Big Sky honors at the conference meet, but took 11th overall to solidify NAU’s sixth-consecutive team title ... Only Top-10 finish of the year came at the season opener, the George Kyte Classic, where he placed 10th in a time of 25:51.6. 2012 Track & Field: Saw action during the indoor and outdoor seasons ... Best indoor showing in the 3,000m came at the NAU Invite, where he ran a PB of 8:36.04@ and placed seventh at the meet ... Best and only showing in the Mile came a week later at the NAU Tune-Up, where he ran 4:19.10@ and took ninth ... Reed’s shining moment to date came during Big Sky Outdoors ... Earned his first medal and All-Big Sky honor by taking third in the 10,000 meters with a team season best of 30:23.47@ ... Also competed in the steeplechase, where he was able to score with an eighth-place finish (9:15.48@). 2011 Cross Country: Notched a pair of top-15 finishes in his only two races with the Lumberjacks ... Placed 12th (27:10.8) at the George Kyte Classic and followed it with a 13th-place effort (22:10.0) Indoor: RS-Sophomore at the Dave Murray Invitational. Outdoor: RS-Sophomore Danville, Calif. 2010-11: Redshirt season. San Ramon Valley HS High School: Graduated from San Ramon Valley High School in 2010 … Competed four years unDistance der Tim Hunter on the cross country team and also played lacrosse and ran track … Lettered all four years in cross country and was team’s captain for two … Won the Roy Kissin Award in 2008 and was Personal Bests named all-league in 2009 … A member of the 2009 undefeated San Ramon Valley team that finished 4:19.10 - Mile as NCS championships and placed 10th overall at the California State Championships. 8:36.04@ - 3,000 Meters Born to Donna and Richard Reed on June 24, 1991 … Has one younger sister, Lauren … 9:15.48@ - Steeplechase Personal: Also considered attending Chico State, San Jose State and Sacramento State before choosing NAU. 30:23.47@ - 10,000 Meters All-Big Sky Honors: 2012 Outdoor 10,000 Meters

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Women’s Team Profiles - Returners

Sarah Baker

Academic Notes: Plans to major in exercise science and eventually pursue a doctorate in physical therapy. 2012 Cross Country: Competed in the Big Sky Championships for the first time in her career, placing 48th overall in a 5K time of 19:12.2 ... Ran three other races in the regular season, the best of which came at the home-opening George Kyte Classic ... Took 21st at that meet in a time of 18:39.8. 2012 Track & Field: Had the team’s No. 4 time in the 3,000m and No. 5 time in the 5,000m during the indoor season ... Ran 10:20.33@ at the Mtn. T’s Invite for her career-best 3K time ... Came in 12th overall in the 5K at Big Sky Indoors with a PB of 18:20.37@ ... Best showing during the outdoor season in the 5K came at the Beach Invitational (18:35.60) ... Ran a season-best 1,500-meter time of 4:56.43 at the Tailwind Invite. 2011 Cross Country: Competed in three races during her inaugural season with the Lumberjacks ... Placed 30th (19:49.0) at the George Kyte Classic to begin her NAU career ... Cracked the Top 20 in her final two races, earning a 20th-place mark at the Dave Murray Invitational (18:28.0) and a 17thplace finish at the Grand Canyon Invitational (19:38.9).

Indoor: Sophomore Outdoor: Sophomore Bakersfield, Calif. Bakersfield HS Distance

High School: Graduated from Bakersfield High School in 2011 ... Competed in three sports in high school--soccer, cross country, and track & field ... Was team captain all four years in both cross country and track & field ... Named All-Area Athlete of the Year in cross country ... Named MVP of her cross country team four times ... Was MVP and named to the All-Area First Team her senior year ... Set school records in the 3-mile, 5K, and 1-mile runs ... Her new record in the 1-mile (5:05) replaced a 33-year-old mark of 5:10.

Personal Bests 5:10.82@ - Mile Personal: Born to Rob and Sally Baker on July 15, 1993 ... Has older brother, Thomas, an older sister, 10:20.33@ - 3,000 Meters Katy, and a younger sister, Maggie ... Also considered San Jose State, Cal State-Bakersfield, and Boise 18:20.37@ - 5,000 Meters State before choosing NAU ... Hobbies include cycling, watching movies, and paddleboarding.

Darriel Banks

Academic Notes: Majoring in biomedical sciences. 2012: Enjoyed a stellar freshman campaign that saw her at the top of the women’s sprint squad all spring ... Broke the NAU 60-meter dash record with a time of 7.52 in the prelims at the Big Sky Indoor Championships ... Earned All-Conference honors at the same meet in the 200-meter dash with a third-place finish and a season-best time of 24.67 ... Her team dominance continued into the outdoor season, running the Big Sky Conference’s fastest and NAU’s second-fastest all time 200-meter mark of the season (24.05) at the Double Dual, where she placed second overall ... Also ran a team-leading and personal best 100m time of 11.85 at the same meet ... Helped break an 18-year-old 4x100-meter relay record (45.99) ... Earned a podium finish twice at Big Sky Outdoors with a third-place finish in the 100-meter dash and a runner-up effort in the 4x100m relay. High School: A 2011 graduate of Legacy High School ... Lettered four years in Track and Field and one year in basketball ... In 2009 was the 200m Regional Champion as well as MVP ... Took second at the state meet in 2010 and 2011 in the 100-meter dash, completIndoor: Sophomore ing a four year span of placing either runner-up or 3rd place in the event ... Ran the second leg of Outdoor: Sophomore her school’s 2011 state champion 4x100-meter relay team. North Las Vegas, Nev. Legacy HS Personal: Born on April 6, 1993 in Las Vegas, Nevada ... Daughter of Darrell Banks Sprints and Les and Shurnice Coleman ... Has one older sister, Breyanna. Personal Bests All-Big Sky Honors 7.52@ - 60 Meters 2012: Indoor 200m; Outdoor 100m, 4x100m 11.85 - 100 Meters 24.05 - 200 Meters All-Big Sky Honors 2012: Indoor 200m Outdoor 100m, 4x100m

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Women’s Team Profiles - Returners

Emily Bartz

Academic Notes: Plans to major in visual communication with an emphasis in graphic design. 2012 Cross Country: Finished 43rd overall in a time of 20:44.9 at the Grand Canyon Invitational, her only race of the season. 2012 Track & Field: Did not compete. 2011 Cross Country: Did not compete. 2010 Cross Country: At the Grand Canyon/Southwestern Invite, finished 11th overall in a time of 20:16.5 … Made collegiate debut at the Aztec Invite, running to a 76th-place finish (21:31.3). High School: Graduated from Mountain View High School in 2010 … Lettered all fouryears in cross country and track while serving as the captain her senior year … Named tothe 5A Southern Region second team her sophomore year in cross country, and was amember of the Southern Region championship team the same season … On the track,won state championships her Indoor: RS-Sophomore junior and senior season in the 4x800-meter relay … Schoolrecord holder in the 4x800m relay. Outdoor: RS-Sophomore Tucson, Ariz. Personal: Born to Brent and Hope Bartz on Sept. 30, 1991 … Has three younger sisters, GretchMountain View en, Hannah and Patience … Both parents were student-athletes at Utah State withher father a Distance member of the football team, and mother, cross country.

Jessica Bush

Academic Notes: 2011 Big Sky All-Academic selection ... Contemplating a major in exercise science. 2012: Was the Lumberjacks’ second best shot putter during the indoor season, snagging a then-personal best in her best outing at the Mountain T’s Invitational (45-3.5) ... Scored at her first-career Big Sky Indoor Championships in the shot put with a seventh overall finish (44-7.5) ... Led the team in both the shot put and discus during the outdoor season ... Uncorked new personal best marks of 48-1.25 in the shot put and 151-11 in the discus at the SUU Dual ... Snagged her first all-conference honor with a third-place mark in the shot put at Big Sky Outdoors, while scoring in the discus with a fourth-place finish. 2011: Did not compete during indoor season (redshirt) ... Capped a sensational freshman campaign with a fifth-place finish in the shot put at the Big Sky Outdoor Championships (46-02) ... Competed in five regular season events for the Lumberjacks in the shot put and discus, and she returns this season with the best team marks in both events ... Best discus mark came at the ASU Invite with a throw of 147-02 and a ninth-place finish ... Achieved a personal and team season best in the shot put at the first meet of the outdoor season, throwing 48-10.75 in a fourth-place effort at the Willie Williams Classic.

Indoor: RS-Sophomore Outdoor: Junior Yakima, Wash. Eisenhower HS Throws

High School: Graduated from Eisenhower High School in 2010 … Played four sports in high school, including volleyball, swimming, basketball and track and field … Was the CBBN field event athlete of the year in 2008 and 2010 … In 2008, was first team all-league in the discus, and third-team all-league in the shot put … Was a three-time regional shot put champion (2008-10), and a double district champion in the discus and shot put (2009-10) … A three-time state championship meet participant and 2010 discus champion … Holds the Eisenhower discus record with a 137, six inch throw in 2010 … Also lettered four years on the women’s basketball team, averaging 11.7 points and 9.5 rebounds Personal Bests her senior season … A member of the National Honors Society. 48-1.25 - Shot Put 151-11 - Discus Personal: Born to Anthony and Marie Bush on Sept. 20, 1991 … Has a younger sister, Rachel … Also considered the Air Force Academy, Idaho, Washington, Washington State, Sacramento State, All-Big Sky Honors Brown and Idaho State before choosing NAU. 2012: Outdoor Shot Put

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Women’s Team Profiles - Returners

Alexis Clay

Academic Notes: 2012 Big Sky All-Academic selection ... Majoring in accounting. 2012: Only competed during the indoor season, redshirting outdoors ... Best showing in her short freshman campaign came at the Mountain T’s Invitational, where she won the Open division of the long jump with a personal-best mark of 17-4.75. High School: Graduated from Chandler High School in 2011 ... Was name Athlete of the Year her freshman and sophomore years at Chandler High ... Was named track and field’s Field MVP in 2009 ... Helped her club team (Arizona Cheetahs) win two Nike Track national championships Personal: Born to Anthony Clay and Teresa Wimberly-Clay on Aug. 24, 1993 ... Considered Boise State, New Mexico, and Arizona State before coming to NAU ... Chose NAU for the great team and the respectable accounting program ... Likes to crochet in her spare time. Indoor: Sophomore Outdoor: RS-Freshman Chandler, Ariz. Chandler HS Hurdles/Jumps Personal Bests 9.13@ - 60-meter Hurdles 17-4.75 - Long Jump 35-8 - Triple Jump

Kenzie Estes

Academic Notes: 2012 Big Sky All-Academic selection ... Majoring in Marketing. 2012 Cross Country: Did not compete. 2012 Track & Field: Competed in four meets during indoor season, including the Big Sky Indoor Championships ... Ran personal bests in the mile, 3,000-meter, and 5,000-meter runs during the season, including a then-best 18:02.14@ in the 5,000m at the conference meet that placed her ninth overall ... Ran in six meets during the regular season outdoors, in addition to the conference championship ... Broke her personal best in the 5,000m again, this time at the Beach Invitational with a time of 17:50.40 ... Placed 11th overall in the 10,000 meters at the Big Sky Outdoor Championships with a time of 38:49.57@. 2011 Cross Country: Redshirt season. High School: Graduated from Riverside Poly High School in 2011 ... Was a two-year team captain in cross country and three-year captain in track & field ... Broke the 3200-meter run record Indoor: Sophomore at the 2011 Redondo Nike Invitational with a time of 11:14.35. Outdoor: Sophomore Riverside, Calif. Personal: Born to Don and Kelly Estes on February 12, 1993 ... Has one older brother, Chris Riverside Poly HS ... Also considered Sacramento State, Chico State, and Cal Poly SLO before choosing NAU ... Distance Hobbies include photography and cooking. Personal Bests 5:27.70 - Mile 10:22.92@ - 3,000 Meters 18:02.14@ - 5,000 Meters

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Women’s Team Profiles - Returners

Kayla Freeman

Academic Notes: Plans to major in secondary education and mathematics. 2012 Cross Country: Ran three races for the Lumberjacks in her first cross country campaign ... Finished sixth on the team in 31st overall at NAU’s home opener, the George Kyte Classic, clocking her season-best time of 19:18.0 ... Finished second on the team and 24th overall at the Grand Canyon Invitational in a time of 19:39.2. 2012 Track & Field: Only competed in one meet during her inaugural indoor season, the Lumberjack Invitational, where she finished seventh in the women’s 3,000 meters in a time of 10:45.78@ ... Posted the team’s third-best time of the outdoor season in the 5,000 meters with a 17:45.11 at the Beach Invite ... Closed out her freshman year with an 11th-place finish in the 5K at Big Sky Outdoors. 2011 Cross Country: Did not compete. Indoor: Sophomore Outdoor: Sophomore Phoenix, Ariz. Greenway HS Distance

High School: Was named Greenway Female Athlete of the Year in 2011 ... Named First Team All-State in cross country her junior and senior years ... Placed first and set a personal-best time in the 1600-meter run at the Arizona Meet of Champions in 2011, her second year competing in that meet ... Was the outstanding varsity athlete for both cross country and track & field in 2010 ... Named the 2011 Regional Athlete of the Year ... Holds school records in the 4x800-meter relay and distance medley relay alongside her twin sister, Shayla.

Personal Bests Personal: Born to Jimmy and Janet Cole on September 28, 1992 ... Has four brothers: Jimmy, 10:45.78@ - 3,000 Meters Juwan, Javontae, and Jacob; and four sisters: Shatonja, Shayla (twin sister), Gabbie, and Aaliyah 17:45.11 - 5,000 Meters ... Hobbies include hiking and reading ... Chose NAU for the beautiful campus and weather, as

well as the great coaches and team.

Shayla Freeman

Academic Notes: Plans to major in chemistry for pre-med. 2012 Cross Country: Did not compete. 2012 Track & Field: In her first track season with the Lumberjacks, she qualified for Big Sky Indoors with a 5:08.80@ in the mile at the NAU Tune-Up ... Just missed earning team points with a ninth-place finish at the conference meet, but scored with the fifth-place women’s DMR squad ... During outdoor season competed in the middle-distance 800 and 1,500-meter runs, where she posted the No. 4 times on the team in both ... Ran a 2:16.51 in the 800 at the Double Dual, and posted a career-best 4:39.24 at the Beach Invite ... Ended her first outdoor conference meet with a 14th-place finish in the 1,500m. 2011 Cross Country: Competed in three meets in her inaugural season with the Lumberjacks ... Finished 33rd at the George Kyte Classic in Flagstaff (20:11.3) ... Ran her best time of the season at the Dave Murray Invitation in Tucson, finishing 27th in a time of 19:09.0 ... Closed out her season at the Grand Canyon Invitational with her first top-15 finish, placing 14th in a time Indoor: Sophomore of 19:20.9. Outdoor: Sophomore Phoenix, Ariz. High School: Graduated from Greenway High School in 2011 ... Earned First Team All-State Greenway HS honors three times for cross country (‘08-’10) ... Was named Black Canyon Region Athlete of Distance the Year three times, once in track and twice in cross country, and was the 2009 Black Canyon Region champion in the 800m, 1600m, and 3200m ... Holds a school record in the 4x800-meter Personal Bests relay and the distance medley relay along with her twin sister, Kayla. 2:19.59@ - 800 Meters 5:08.82@ - Mile Personal: Born to Jimmy and Janet Cole on September 28, 1992 ... Has four brothers: Jimmy,

Juwan, Javontae, and Jacob; and four sisters: Shatonja, Kayla (twin sister), Gabbie, and Aaliyah ... Hobbies include hiking and reading ... Chose NAU because of her love for Flagstaff, and for the impression the coaches and players made when being recruited.

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Women’s Team Profiles - Returners

Kelly Fruth

Academic Notes: Majoring in speech language science and technology. 2012 Cross Country: Competed in the Grand Canyon Invitational, placing 61st overall and fifth on the team in a time of 22:01.6. 2012 Track & Field: Best showing during the indoor season came at the NAU Tune-Up, marking a fourth-place finish in the 3,000 meters ... Competed at the Willie Williams Invitational to start the outdoor season, placing 17th in the 5,000 meters in a time of 19:17.76. 2011 Cross Country: Did not compete.

Indoor: Sophomore Outdoor: RS-Freshman Torrance, Calif. Torrance HS Distance

Carissa Gwerder

Academic Notes: All-Academic Big Sky selection in 2010 and 2012 ... Majoring in communication studies. 2011 Track & Field: Had a respectable sophomore year both indoors and outdoors ... Was fifth on the team in the 800 meters after running a then personal-best time of 2:17.58@ at the NAU Open ... Season best mile finish indoors was 5:12.76@ at the Mountain T’s Invite ... Again beat her PR in the 800m outdoors, running 2:16.55 at the Beach Invitational ... Best and only 1,500-meter time of 4:50.89 came at the ASU Invitational ... Finished her year at the Big Sky Outdoor Championships, placing 17th in the prelims of the 800m. 2011 Cross Country: Only saw action in one race in an injury-shortened season ... Placed 29th at the George Kyte Classic, finishing in a time of 19:44.1. 2011 Track & Field: Saw action in six meets during her first year in uniform ... Competed in the 3,000-meter steeplechase and 1,500-meter run during the outdoor season ... Best 1,500m time came at the New Mexico Tailwind Invite (4:56.71@) ... At the Big Sky Indoor Championships, scored first-career Big Sky point with an eighth-place finish in the mile run ... Was a member of the distance medley relay team that placed sixth overall.

Indoor: Junior Outdoor: Junior Enumclaw, Wash. Enumclaw HS Distance

2010 Cross Country: Placed 118 at the NCAA Mountain Region Championships and turned in a 6K time of 23:34.2 in season finale … In a return to her home state, finished third on the women’s team, and 29th overall (16:58.9), at the Big Sky Championship from Cheney, Wash. … Turned in 64th-place finish in the ‘open’ race at the NCAA Pre-Nationals for a career-best 6K time of 23:16.8 … Ran to second-place finish at the Grand Canyon/ Southwestern Invite, crossing the finish line in a time of 19:18.2 … In first 6K of the season, finished 170th at the Stanford Invitational (24:43) … Opened collegiate career at the Aztec Invite, placing 52nd in a time of 19:59.1.

Personal Bests 2:17.58@ - 800 Meters High School: Graduated from Enumclaw High School in 2010 … Ran cross country and track over 4:56.71@ - 1,500 Meters her four years, serving as the captain her senior season … Was the SPSL 3A cross country girls ath-

lete of the year for 2008 … Won the Towel Award for eight letter during high school career … Also claimed the Chuck Smith Outstanding Athlete award … Broke the Enumclaw freshman record in the 3,200m, running 11:47 … Her team was state qualifiers for four years, and SPSL 3A league champions twice. Personal: Born to Paul and Judy Gwerder on April 29, 1992 … Has two brothers, Caleb and Jeremy, and one younger sister, Aleea … Also considered Portland, Pacific and Oregon State before choosing NAU.

5 NCAA National Indoor Champions

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Caroline Hogardh

Academic Notes: 2012 Big Sky All-Academic selection ... Majoring in exercise science. 2012 Cross Country: Redshirt season. 2012 Track & Field: Led the Lumberjacks during the indoor season in the 800 meters and the mile with season-bests at the Big Sky Championships in both events ... Time of 2:11.71@ in the 800m was the third-best in the Big Sky all season, and her mile time of 4:52.41@ was fifth in the conference ... Finished fourth in both the 800m and mile at Big Sky Indoors ... Burst onto the national steeplechase scene during outdoors as part of a sensational freshman year ... Ended the season with the 12th-best time in the country for the 3,000-meter steeplechase (10:05.80@), which she set at the Big Sky Outdoor Championships as part of a silver-medal performance ... Earned Second-Team All America honors at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in Des Moines, Iowa with a 16th-place finish and a time of 10:22.82 ... Also led the team in the 1,500 meters (4:23.46@) after a fourth-place finish at Big Sky Outdoors ... Ran a season-best in the 800 meters (2:12.83) at the Beach Invitational in Cerritos, Calif. 2011 Cross Country: Emerged as a solid top-five runner for the Lumberjacks in her first season with NAU ... Competed in five races total on the season, and was the third NAU finisher in four meets ... Best 5K time came at the Dave Murray Invitational, where she finished 13th in a time of 18:04.0 ... Finished in the top 40 at the Oklahoma State Cowboy Jamboree, posting a time of 18:19.20 (33rd) ... Competed in her first 6K race at the Wisconsin Adidas Invitational, finishing in 21:41.7 (161st) ... Ran two solid races in her first postseason experiences, placing 26th Personal Bests (19:21.04) at the Big Sky Championships and 44th at the NCAA Mountain Region Champion2:09.6 - 800 Meters ships (22:29.3)

Indoor: Sophomore Outdoor: Sophomore Halmstead, Sweden Vaxjo Katedralskolan Distance

4:23.46@ - 1,500 Meters 4:52.41 - Mile High School/Club: Won award for best athlete in her club (IFK Halmstead) for five consecu10:05.80@ - Steeplechase tive years (2007-2011) ... Holds club records in the 800m, 1500m, and 2000m steeplechase ...

Set a district record in the 2000m steeplechase in 2011

All-Big Sky Honors 2012: Steeplechase Personal: Born November 16, 1992 to Christer and Anna-Carin Hogardh ... Has one younger

All-American Honors sister, Johanna ... Chose NAU for the altitude, great training opportunities, beautiful scenery, and 2012: Steeplechase-2nd Team great team unity

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Women’s Team Profiles - Returners

Lauren Justus

Academic Notes: Majoring in pre-physical therapy. 2012 Cross Country: Competed in five races, including the NAU women’s only two postseason meets, in her second season with the Lumberjacks ... Took second on the team and 17th overall at the George Kyte Classic to start the season in a time of 18:23.0 ... Scored in the Big Sky Championships for the second time in her career with a 37th-place finish (18:55.4) ... Wrapped up the year at the Mountain Region Championships, where she placed seventh on the team and 74th overall. 2012 Track & Field: Competed in two meets for the Lumberjacks during the indoor season ... Season best mark in the mile (5:25.84@) came at the NAU Tune-Up, while her best 3,000m time (10:40.94@) came at the NAU Invite ... Competed in the steeplechase and the 5,000 meters during the outdoor season ... Was NAU’s No. 3 steeplechaser with a time of 11:34.15@ that came at the Tailwind Invite ... Best 5,000m time (18:33.12) came in the season’s inaugural meet, the Willie Williams Invite. Indoor: Sophomore Outdoor: Sophomore Glendora, Calif. Glendora HS Distance

2011 Cross Country: Started her freshman campaign with a bang, finishing 10th at the George Kyte Classic in a time of 18:11.4 ... Ran in her first national-caliber meets at the Oklahoma State Cowboy Jamboree (18:35.62; 45th) and the Wisconsin Adidas Invitational (22:23.5; 249th) ... Was a solid team contributor in both of the women’s postseason races, placing 25th (19:19.88) at the Big Sky Championships and 65th (22:56.5) at the NCAA Mountain Region Championships.

Personal Bests 5:25.84@ - Mile High School: Graduated from Glendora High School in 2011 ... Named MVP of her cross coun10:40.94@ - 3,000 Meters try and track & field teams ... Was San Gabriel Valley Runner of the Year for four consecutive 11:34.15@ - Steeplechase years ... Placed 5th in the 3-mile at the Woodbridge Invitational with a time of 17:04 (PR) 18:33.12 - 5,000 Meters

Personal: Born to George and Wendy Justus on October 12, 1992 ... Has two older brothers, Matthew and Cory, and one older sister, Sarah ... Also considered University of Nevada-Reno and University of Utah before choosing NAU ... Hobbies include wakeboarding and water-skiing ... Chose NAU because of its competitiveness on a national stage, and for her love of NAU’s team and coaches.

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Women’s Team Profiles - Returners

Rochelle Kanuho

Academic Notes: Majoring in parks and recreation management. 2012 Cross Country: Capped one of the most successful seasons by a former walk-on athlete in NAU history in her final cross country campaign by placing among the top 50 at the NCAA National Championships ... Led NAU in all four events in which the team competed, snagging top-10 finishes in three ... Earned her third cross country All-Big Sky award with a fifth-place finish at the conference meet ... Followed that performance with another top 10 at the Mountain Region Championships, one that clinched her an at-large berth into her first national meet ... Finished 46th overall at the NCAA Championships in a time of 20:20.4 and was the first NAU woman to compete at the championship event since Veronica Pohl in 2009.

Indoor: RS-Senior Outdoor: RS-Senior Flagstaff, Ariz. Coconino HS Distance

2012 Track & Field: Was the Lumberjacks’ top runner in the 5,000 meters and their No. 2 in the 3,000m during the indoor season ... Her time of 16:43.33 in the 5K at the Husky Classic was then a 30-second personal best, and ended up as the Big Sky’s fourth-best in 2012 ... Scored in both her events at Big Sky Indoors, taking seventh in the 3,000m and fourth in the 5,000m ... Also ran the mile at the Mtn. T’s Invite, where she turned in a third-best team mark of 5:03.69@ ... Was far and away NAU’s best runner in the 5,000 and 10,000 meters during the outdoor season ... Set another personal best in the 5K after running a 16:29.59 at the Stanford Invite, ultimately marking a 45-second improvement from the previous season ... Earned a berth in the NCAA West Preliminary meet with a 34:42.36 in the 10K at the Mt. SAC Relays ... Captured a pair of bronze medals in her two events at Big Sky Outdoors ... At West Prelims, finished 34th in the 10K with a time of 36:38.90 in her first of two events ... In her second event she gutted out a ninth-place finish in the 5K in her heat, good enough for 19th overall with a time of 17:01.15.

2011 Cross Country: Led the Lumberjack women’s squad in five of her six races ... Compiled four top-10 finishes throughout the season, including an all-conference 10th-place finish at the Big Sky Championships ... Set a personal best for the 5K at the Dave Murray Invitational, finishing in third place and 17:13.0 ... Started the season with a sixth-place mark 917:48.2) at NAU’s home meet, the George Kyte Classic ... Placed seventh at the Oklahoma State Cowboy Jamboree in a time of 17:29.21 ... Paced NAU at the Wisconsin Adidas Invitational with a 41st place overall finish (20:52.7) ... Closed out her junior campaign by being named to the All-Region team after a 16th-place mark (21:30.9) at All-Big Sky Honors the NCAA Mountain Regionals. 2012: Cross Country Outdoor 5K/10K 2011 Track & Field: Continued breakout sophomore campaign with a personal-best mark in each 2011: Cross Country event she competed in ... Finished the season ranked 31st in the 10,000-meter run after collecting Outdoor 10K a PR at the NCAA Preliminary Round Championships (34:57.17) ... Doubled up at the Big Sky 2010: Cross Country Outdoor Championships, finishing third in the 10K (35:38.00) and seventh in the 5K (17:16.71) ... Ran PB in the 1,500m at the New Mexico Tailwind Invite (4:40.80@) ... At the Big Sky Indoor All-Mountain Region Championships, scored nine points with a fourth-place finish in the 5K and fifth-place showing in the Cross Country - 2011, 2012 3,000-meter run with a career-best time of 9:55.42@. Personal Bests 5:03.69@ - Mile 9:55.42 - 3,000 Meters 16:43.33 - 5,000 Meters 34:57.17 - 10,000 Meters

2010 Cross Country: Closed out sensational sophomore season with a 28th-place finish at the NCAA Mountain Region Championships … Turned in a season-best 6K time from the regional meet (21:31.7) … Garnered Big Sky All-Conference honors after finishing fifth to lead the team (16:03.8) at the conference championship meet … Turned in a fifth-place finish in the ‘open’ race at the NCAA Pre-Nationals in first career 6K event (21:58.2) … After two seasons with the team, made collegiate debut at the Grand Canyon/Southwestern Invite … Blazed past the competition on the 5K course in a time of 18:16.1 to claim the individual title. 2010 Track & Field: In first track season with the Lumberjacks, ran the mile at five indoor meets in Flagstaff … Best mile time came at the NAU Tune Up when she crossed the finish line in 5:52.56@ … In lone outdoor race, ran 20:12.61 in the 5,000m at the Mesa Classic . 2008-09: Redshirt seasons. High School: Graduated from Coconino High School in 2008 ... Four-year letterwinner in both cross country and track and field ... Also lettered two years in basketball ... Was the Grand Canyon Regional Track and Field Most Valuable Athlete in 2005 and 2006. Personal: Born on July 4, 1990 ... Daughter of Carlos Jimenez ... Has four brothers, Terrance Kanuho, Julio Jimeniz, Joshua Ratcliff and Jessie Ratcliff ... Also has three sisters, Kristy Kanuho, Vanessa Jimenez and Samantha Jimenez.

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Women’s Team Profiles - Returners

Kylee Kieser

Academic Notes: Big Sky All-Academic selection in 2011 and 2012 ... Majoring in history for secondary education. 2012 Cross Country: Started the year off strong by leading her team at the George Kyte Classic in 15th overall ... After the Adidas Wisconsin Invitational, where she finished sixth on the team, her only other competition came at the Mountain Region Championships ... Came in fourth on the team and 59th overall at the meet in a time of 22:03.9. 2012 Track & Field: Competed during the indoor in the mile and 3,000 meters ... Only showing in the mile came at the NAU Tune-Up, where she managed a time of 5:39.33@ ... Best 3K time of 10:25.26@ came at the Mtn. T’s Invite ... Competed in the 5,000 and 10,000-meter runs in her first outdoor season ... Had the team’s No. 5 time in the 5K after running a 17:50.86 at the Beach Invitational ... Scored her first team point at Big Sky Outdoors with an eighth-place finish in the 10K ... Her time of 36:29.87@ was a personal best and was good enough for third on the team. 2011 Cross Country: Solidified the No. 7 spot on the team by season’s end in her first year with the Lumberjacks ... Saw her first action at the Dave Murray Invitational in Tucson, where she finished 23rd in a time of 18:32.0 ... Led a group of four NAU runners at the Grand Canyon InvitationIndoor: Sophomore al, placing 13th overall (19:07.3) ... Ran at the Big Sky Championships, where she notched a solid Outdoor: Sophomore 28th-place finish and a time of 19:26.94 ... Rounded out her inaugural season with a 67th-place mark Casa Grande, Ariz. (22:58.9) at the NCAA Mountain Region Championships. Marcos de Niza HS Distance High School: Graduated from Marcos de Niza High School in 2011 ... Won Division II state cross country title her senior year ... Followed that victory up with a track & field state championship in Personal Bests the mile run, and anchored her 4x800-meter relay team to a state title as well ... Earned All-State and awards her junior year ... Was the Tempe All-City champion in cross country ... Named an 5:39.33@ - Mile All-Region Arizona Dairy Council All-American her senior year. 10:25.26@ - 3,000 Meters 17:50.86 - 5,000 Meters Born to Kevin and Melanie Kieser on July 2, 1993 ... Has one brother, Kainan ... Chose 36:29.87@ - 10,000 Meters Personal: NAU for great coaching and the desire to be a part of a team that grows and improves on and off the track.

Lauren Laszczak

Academic Notes: 2011 Big Sky All-Academic selection ... Majoring in speech therapy. 2012: Highlight of her sophomore season was winning the Big Sky Indoor title in the high jump with a leap of 5-7.75 ... Improved her season best in each of the five meets in which she competed during the indoor season, culminating with her first conference title performance ... Season best during the outdoor season came at the ASU Invitational, where she cleared 5-6 to place third ... Scored at Big Sky Outdoors with a fifth-place finish (5-5) to close out the year. 2011: In her first season with the Lumberjacks she achieved an indoor season-best jump of 5-4.25 at the New Mexico Invitational ... Competed in two other meets before outdoor season ... Jumped in seven meets for the Lumberjacks, including the Big Sky Championships during the outdoor campaign ... Qualified for the conference meet at the Willie Williams Classic with a leap of 5-3 ... Jumped a personal-best 5-7 at the Sun Devil Open en route to her only victory of the season in the high jump ... Notched a top-10 finish at the conference meet with a jump of 5-3. High School: Graduated from Ironwood Ridge High School in 2010 … Lettered on both the track and field and golf teams, as well as starting one season on the soccer team … Arizona 5A state champion in the high jump from 2007-10 … Also competed on the Tucson Elite Athletic Indoor: Junior Club for three years … Personal-best marks include five feet, six inches in the high jump, 17 feet, Outdoor: Junior one inch in the long jump and 45 feet, three inches in the triple jump … A member of the 5A Tucson, Ariz. state championship team in 2009 and 2010. Ironwood Ridge HS Jumps Personal: Born to Ken Laszczak and Pam Jackson on Nov. 23, 1991 … Has an older brother, Justin and younger sister, Camille. Personal Bests 5-7.75 - High Jump

All - Big Sky Honors 2012: Indoor High Jump

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Women’s Team Profiles - Returners

Agnes Laurent

Academic Notes: Big Sky All-Academic selection in 2011 and 2012 ... Pursuing cultural studies on a post-baccalaureate level. 2012 Cross Country: Competed four times in her second and final cross country season ... Found herself second on the team twice, at the Wisconsin Adidas Invitational (100th overall) and the Mountain Region Championships (39th overall) ... Best overall finish came at the Pac-12 Preview, where she finished 13th in a time of 18:02 to help the NAU women to a third-place finish, its highest of the season. 2012 Track & Field: Competed in just two meets during an injury-shortened indoor season, but still managed to post the second-best 800-meter time on the women’s squad ... Her best mark of 2:13.31 came at the Husky Classic and ended the season as the Big Sky Conference’s seventh-best ... Debuted late in the outdoor season, but still managed to post the team’s best 800-meter time and No. 3 mark in the 1,500m ... She ran a 2:11.89@ in the 800m at Big Sky Outdoors that was good enough for fourth place ... Her season best 1,500m time of 4:35.17 came at her inaugural outdoor meet, the Beach Invite, where she placed 35th. 2011 Cross Country: Ran in five races for the Lumberjacks in her first cross country season ... Began her year by nearly cracking the top 10 at the Dave Murray Invitational, finishing 11th in a time of 17:50.0 ... Continued her solid season with times of 18:26.93 (41st) in the 5K OSU Cowboy Jamboree and 21:42.1 Indoor: RS-Senior (164th) in the 6K Wisconsin Adidas Invitational ... Wrapped up her inaugural campaign with the Big Sky Outdoor: RS-Senior Championships (19:34.30; 31st) and the NCAA Mountain Region Championships (23:12.7; 76th).

Verviers, Belgium Institut Superieur d’Architecture Pre-NAU: Competed in numerous national meets in Belgium ... Placed 3rd at the Belgian Indoor ChamDistance pionships twice, once in the 800-meter run (2007) and once in the 1,500-meter run (2011) ... Finished

3rd in the 800m at the Belgian U23 Championships in 2009 ... Took second place in the 800m at the 2006 Personal Bests Belgian Junior Championships ... Earned a bachelor’s degree in architecture from the Institut Superieur 2:11.84@ - 800 Meters d’Architecture in Belgium. 4:25.24 - 1,500 Meters Personal: Born to Christian and Beatrice Laurent on May 4, 1988 ... Has three older siblings: twins Martin and Astrid, and brother Clement ... Hobbies include cooking and design ... Chose NAU for the great athletic teams, for the great places to run, and from recommendations from friends who have trained in Flagstaff.

Kerri Lenihan

Academic Notes: Big Sky All-Academic selection in 2011 and 2012 ... Majoring in biomedical science. 2012 Cross Country: Competed in five meets for the Lumberjacks during her sophomore season ... Led the NAU women at the Grand Canyon Invitational in 21st overall for her best overall finish of the season ... Competed at both postseason meets and scored at the Big Sky Championships with a 36th-place overall finish, good enough for fourth on the team ... Also scored at the George Kyte Classic, coming in fifth on the team and 26th overall. 2012 Track & Field: Ran in four meets in her first indoor season with NAU ... Her best and only Mile time of 5:26.58@ came at the NAU Tune-Up ... Ran a personal-best in the 3,000 meters at the Mtn T’s Invite with an altitude-adjusted 10:33.15@ ... Made a name for herself as a steeplechaser during the outdoor season after spending the year as its No. 2 racer in the event ... Her best mark of 11:19.02@ came at the Big Sky Championships, where she placed 12th overall. 2011 Cross Country: Showed promise in her first season in a Lumberjacks uniform in the four races in which she competed ... Started her career with a 26th-place finish (19:22.5) at the George Kyte Classic ... Ran a season best 18:26.0 (19th) at the Dave Murray Invitational ... Experienced national caliber meets at the 5K Oklahoma State Jamboree (19:08.48) and the 6K Wisconsin Adidas Invitational (23:21.7), where Indoor: Sophomore she closed out her season.

Outdoor: Sophomore Tucson, Ariz. High School: Ran cross country and track and field all four years for Mountain View High School before Mountain View HS graduating in 2011 ... Was a part of the school record-setting and state champion 4x800-meter relay squad Distance her sophomore year ... Broke the same record and won the state title again her junior year, while also set-

ting the record for the fastest time on her home cross country course ... Earned state runner-up honors as a freshman at the state cross country meet ... Helped her cross country team achieve top-10 finishes all four Personal Bests years ... Earned top-five finishes in at least one sport (cross country, track & field) all four years. 5:26.58 - Mile 10:33.15@ - 3,000 Meters Personal: Born to Gayle and Michael Lenihan on June 3, 1993 ... Has a younger sister, Brenna ... Also considered Pepperdine and Arizona ... Chose NAU for the climate, school atmosphere, and the great cross country program ... Hobbies include photography and writing.

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Women’s Team Profiles - Returners

Lisette Michaels

Academic Notes: 2010, 2011, and 2012 Big Sky All-Academic selection ... 2012 recipient of the prestigious Gold Axe award ... Majoring in speech-language pathology with a minor in community health. 2012 Cross Country: Did not compete. 2012 Track & Field: Achieved personal bests in the mile and 3,000 meters during her final indoor season ... Ran an altitude-adjusted 10:18.24@ at the NAU Invite in the 3,000m, and notched her PR in the mile one week later, clocking 5:04:91@ ... During outdoor season, best meet came at the Double Dual, where she shattered her previous 1,500-meter personal best with a seventh-place time of 4:45.07. 2011 Cross Country: Competed in just two meets for the Lumberjacks in her third season ... Ran a solid race at the George Kyte Classic, where she placed fourth on the team and 24th overall (19:12.6) ... Also competed at the Dave Murray Invitational, where she placed 33rd in a time of 19:37.0. Indoor: N/A Outdoor: Senior Peoria, Ariz. Cactus HS Distance Personal Bests 4:45.07 - 1,500 Meters 5:04.91@ - Mile 10:18.24@ - 3,000 Meters 17:46.28 - 5,000 Meters

2011 Track & Field: Recorded personal-best times in the outdoor 1500-meter run when she placed 10th at Sun Devil Open with a time of 4:47.61 ... Ran a 5:34.34 in the 1 mile at the Big Sky Conference Indoor Championships and earned a 12th place finish ... Closed out the regular season with a 7th place in the 5K at the Steve Scott Invitational by running a 17:46.28. 2010 Cross Country: Capped off junior campaign with a 44th-place finish at the NCAA Mountain Region Championships, turning in a season-best 6K time of 21:55.0 … Finished 21st overall in first trip to the Big Sky Championship, completing the 5K course in a time of 16:46.3 … Matched her 6K performance from Stanford (22:25.3) and took 19th place in the ‘open’ race at the NCAA-Pre Nationals … Top finisher for the team at the Stanford Invitational, covering the 6K course in a time of 22:55 to place 60th … Finished 33rd overall, and second on the team at the Aztec Invite (19:23.6) … Opened season at the George Kyte Classic, crossing the finish line in a time of 19:46.0 to claim 17th place. 2010 Track & Field: Saw action in both the indoor and outdoor seasons for the Lumberjacks ... Scored first career point at the Big Sky Outdoor Championships in the 5,000-meter run with an eighth-place finish (18:03.45) ... Recorded 5K personal record at the Beach Invitational when she crossed the finish line in a time of 17:42.11 ... Collected personal best in the 1,500m at the Mesa Classic with a time of 4:47.62 ... Opened outdoor season with a mark of 18:34.97 in the 5K at the ASU Invitational ... Made her first trip to the Big Sky Indoor Championships for the 5K, finishing in a time of 18:24.10@ ... Ran best 3,000m of the season at the NAU Invitational (10:40.75@) ...At the Friday Night Challenge in Flagstaff, recorded new personal record in the mile with a time of 5:33.29@. 2009 Cross Country: Appeared in one meet during sophomore season, finishing 20th overall at the Arizona State Invitational 5K in a time of 18:33.6. 2009 Track & Field: Competed in five meets during the indoor season ... Best mile time came at the NAU Big Sky Tune Up (5:39.60). 2008 Cross Country: Ran in three meets in her freshman season ... Finished a season-best 32nd at George Kyte Invitational in collegiate debut. High School: Graduated with honors from Cactus High School in 2008 ... Earned three cross country letters and was team captain ... Four-year captain and letterwinner in track ...Received Scholar-Athlete Award all four years ... Set school records in the 1,600m and 3,200m ... Named Athlete of the Year in 2008. Personal: Born to John and Norma Michaels on Aug. 26, 1989 ... Has a brother, Daniel, and one sister, Elyse.

5 NCAA National Indoor Champions

Women’s Team Profiles - Returners

Shamelle Pless

Academic Notes: 2012 Big Sky All-Academic selection ... Majoring in business. 2012: Was NAU’s No. 2 short sprinter during both the indoor and outdoor seasons ... Ran a personal-best 60-meter dash time of 7.78@ at the indoor season-opening Lumberjack Invite ... Sidelined by injury for much of the rest of season, but returned to help the 4x400-meter relay squad place sixth at the Big Sky Indoor Championships ... Bread and butter event outdoors was the 4x100-meter relay ... Contributed to breaking an 18-year-old school record in the 4x100m relay, running the anchor leg at the Double Dual to finish in 45.99 ... Rode the success all the way to Big Sky Outdoors, where she helped the foursome atop the podium with an All-Big Sky second-place finish in 46.30. High School: Ran for the Jasper Place High Rebels for three seasons before graduating in 2011 ... Holds a school record in the 100-meter and 200-meter dashes, and was part of the Canadian record-breaking distance medley relay team at the World Youth Championships ... Was the 2011 indoor Alberta provincial champion in the 60-meter dash and the 200-meter dash ... Was named track and field MVP for her high school in 2011 ... Competed on the Alberta team for the CanaIndoor: Sophomore dian national meet, and was selected to represent Team Canada at the World Youth ChampionOutdoor: Sophomore ships in Lille, France. Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Jasper Place HS Personal: Born to Willie and Rhonda Pless on Jan. 5, 1994 ... Has two younger sisters, Mariette Sprints and Siarra ... Chose NAU for the beautiful campus and the excitement of being a part of NAU track and field ... Enjoys spending time with friends and family and listening to music in her spare Personal Bests time. 7.73@ - 60 Meters 12.28@ - 100 Meters 25.10@ - 200 Meters

All-Big Sky Honors 2012: Outdoor 4x100m

Jamie Pomaski Academic Notes: Majoring in education.

2012: Threw in all five regular season meets indoors, and tossed a personal-best in the weight throw (48-7.5) at the last meet of the season, the NAU Tune-Up ... Best meet of the outdoor season came at the SUU Dual, where she achieved personal bests in the discus (116-0) and the hammer throw (138-11). 2011: Redshirt season. High School: Graduated from Central High School in 2010 … Lettered in volleyball and track and field … Finished fifth in the discus and eighth in the shot put her senior season at the state championship meet … Three-year track and field MVP, and served as the captain for both the volleyball and track and field teams. Personal: Born to John and Roberta Pomaski on Feb. 2, 1992 … Has one brother, John, who competed in track and field for Mesa State and Northern Colorado … Also considered attending Indoor: RS-Sophomore the Air Force Academy, Lehigh and Mesa State. Outdoor: RS-Sophomore Grand Junction, Colo. Central HS Throws Personal Bests 48-7.5 - Weight Throw

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Brittany Price

Academic Notes: Majoring in athletic training. 2012: Was NAUâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lone javelin athlete outdoors, but saw a good amount of success for a freshman ... Tossed a huge personal-best of 144-3 at the ASU Invite ... Placed 11th at the Big Sky Outdoor Championships ... Earned the final at-large bid into the NCAA West Preliminary Round, taking 46th with a meet-best throw of 121-01. High School: Competed for Lyle High School during freshman and sophomore years, then Sandy High School for her final two years before graduating from there in 2011 ... Broke the Sandy High javelin record her senior year ... competed at the USATF national meet with Team Oregon USA ... Placed 3rd in the javelin at the OSAA 5A Championships Personal: Born to James and Diana Price on Sept. 18, 1993 ... Has one older brother, James, Jr. ... Chose NAU for academic diversity and the great feeling the campus, the team, and coaches gave her after a recruiting visit ... Considered Concordia (Ore.) before choosing NAU ... hobbies include enjoying the outdoors, reading, and taking pictures ... Collects caps, rocks, Dean Koontz Indoor: Sophomore books, belt buckles, and Alan Jackson CDs. Outdoor: Sophomore Sandy, Ore. Sandy HS Throws Personal Bests 144-3 - Javelin

Amanda Stricker

Academic Notes: 2012 Big Sky All-Academic selection ... Majoring in Chemistry. 2012: Competed indoor and outdoors in the 400-meter dash, long jump, and triple jump ... Started off the indoor campaign with a personal-best in the triple jump (35-1) at the Lumberjack Invitational ... Eclipsed 17 feet for the first time at the NAU Invite with a personal best of 17-2 ... Jumped just once outdoors, notching 16-4.5 in the long jump at the Don Kirby Tailwind Invite. High School: Competed for the Flagstaff Eagles for four years in track and three years in basketball before graduating in 2011 ... Was crowned the 4A-Div. II State Champion in the long jump her senior year ... Was named the Daily Sun Track Athlete of the Year for 2011 ... Currently holds the Flagstaff HS record in the triple jump. Personal: Born to Dana and Brad Stricker on Sept. 17, 1993 ... Also considered Pepperdine and Colorado ... Chose NAU because she loves Flagstaff. Indoor: Sophomore Outdoor: Sophomore Flagstaff, Ariz. Flagstaff HS Jumps Personal Bests 17-3 - Long Jump 35-1 - Triple Jump

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Women’s Team Profiles - Returners

Sarah Raber

Academic Notes: All-Academic Big Sky selection in 2010, 2011, and 2012 ... Major is psychology. 2012 Cross Country: Saw the most action of her career in her second season with the Lumberjacks, racing five of the six meets in which NAU fielded a team ... Best overall finish came at the first meet of the season, the George Kyte Classic, where she took 23rd in a time of 18:45.8 to score 21 points for NAU ... Competed at the Big Sky Championships for the first time in her career, taking 40th overall and sixth on the team in a time of 19:01.8. 2012 Track & Field: Once again ran middle distance for the Lumberjacks, clocking the team’s No. 4 time in the 800 meters during the indoor season ... Competed in every home meet, including Big Sky Indoors, where she marked a season best of 2:17.28@ en route to a 12th-place finish ... Also ran the Mile at the NAU Invite, finishing in a time of 5:15.30@ ... Competed in five events during the outdoor season ... Best 800m time of 2:18.52 came at the Double Dual, while her career-best 1,500-meter time of 4:42.18@ came at the Tailwind Invite. Indoor: Junior Outdoor: Junior Cottonwood, Ariz. Mingus Union HS Distance

2011 Cross Country: Competed in three meets for the Lumberjacks, notching her best finish at the Dave Murray Invitational with a time of 19:06.0 (26th) ... Placed 28th at the George Kyte Classic (19:42.2) and 24th at the Grand Canyon Invitational (20:05.2) to close out her season.

2011 Track & Field: Specialized in the middle distance events for the Lumberjacks in her inaugural campaign ... Placed ninth overall in the 800-meter run at the Big Sky Outdoor ChamPersonal Bests pionships with a personal-best time of 2:16.79 ... Took 11th overall in the 1,500-meter run in a 2:16.79 - 800 Meters season-best 4:43.68, and was also a member of the women’s 4x400-metere relay at the champion4:42.18@ - 1,500 Meters ships ... At the Big Sky Indoor Championships, placed 11th in the 800m and ran the 400-meter leg of the distance medley relay that finished sixth overall. 2010 Cross Country: Concluded first season finishing 120th overall in a 6K time of 23:41.4 … Completed the Big Sky Championship with a 52nd-place finish (17:49.1) over the 5K course … Improved 6K time by 31 seconds (23:19.3) and finished 71st overall in the ‘open’ race at the NCAA Pre-Nationals … Completed the 6K course at the Stanford Invitational in a time of 23:50 … Raced to a 62nd-place finish at the Aztec Invite (20:27.2) … Opened NAU career with a 38th-place finish at the George Kyte Classic (20:58.7). High School: Graduated from Mingus Union High School in 2010 … Ran on the track & field team all four years … Collected personal-best marks of 2:21.34 in the 800m and 58.4 in the 400m … Named Grand Canyon Region Most Valuable Female Athlete … Team won the 2010 Grand Canyon Region Championship … Was also a two-time 4AII state champion in the 100-meter breastroke. Personal: Born to Sally and Mike Raber on Sept. 3, 1991 … Has one older sister, Lindsay, and one older brother, Cody.

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Lauren Stuart

Academic Notes: 2010 and 2012 All-Academic Big Sky selection … Majoring in animal biology. 2012: Came off redshirt season strong, beginning indoors as the No. 2 NAU athlete in the weight throw ... Best performance of the indoor season came at the Big Sky Championships, where she tossed 59-6.25 (18.14m) to finish fourth ... Saw immense success in the outdoor campaign as the top hammer thrower for the Lumberjacks ... Tied for first place in the hammer throw at the Big Sky Outdoor Championships to garner her second-career All-Big Sky honor with a throw of 196-02 (59.79m), breaking her previous personal record by nearly eight feet and breaking NAU’s school record by eight inches. 2011: Redshirt season.

Indoor: RS-Junior Outdoor: RS-Junior Smithers, B.C., Canada Smithers Secondary School

2010: Finished stellar freshman campaign with 40th-place finish at the NCAA West Region Prelims (52.42m/171-11.75) … Held the No. 26 ranking in the hammer throw going into the West Prelims … Took second place in the hammer throw at the Big Sky Outdoor Championships when she recorded a mark of 181 feet (55.17m) … Season-best throw of 188 feet, 3.25 inches in the hammer throw came at the Mesa Classic … Scored first Big Sky points with a sixth-place finish (17.76m/58-3) in the weight throw at the indoor championships from Bozeman, Mont. … The 58 foot throw at the conference championships was a season-best … Best indoor mark in the shot put came at the NAU Team Challenge (12.03m/39-5.5).

Personal Bests 45-5 - Shot Put High School: Graduated from Smithers Secondary School in 2009 ... A member of the track 59-6.25 - Weight Throw and field, alpine skiing, basketball and volleyball teams in high school ... In 2008 won silver med196-2 - Hammer Throw al in the hammer throw (43.76m) at the Canadian Youth National Athletic Championships ...

Collected seven total medals from various championship events, including three gold medals in All-Big Sky Honors the hammer throw ... In 2009 was a triple gold medalist in the hammer, discus and shot put at the 2012: Hammer Throw B.C. High School Track & Field Championships ... Gold medal winner in the hammer (50.36m) at the Lethbridge Throws Gala ... Won the B.C. high school alpine skiing championships in 2008. School Records Held Hammer Throw - 196-2 (59.79m) Personal: Born on Nov. 16, 1991 to Jim and Maureen Stuart ... Father, Jim, played hockey at the

University of British Columbia.

5 NCAA National Indoor Champions

Women’s Team Profiles - Returners

Kasandra Vegas

Academic Notes: Majoring in sports medicine and exercise science. 2012: Helped bolster an already-strong NAU throws crew in her junior season as its No. 3 thrower indoors and outdoors ... Scored in the weight throw at the Big Sky Indoor Championships, tossing a personal-best mark of 55-1 to take sixth ... Improved in the shot put at every meet, culminating in a mark of 41-11.75 at the NAU Tune-Up ... During the outdoor season, showed incredible progression once again by improving steadily, this time in the hammer throw and discus ... Earned PRs in both by doubling up at the Big Sky Outdoor Championships with a fifth-place finish in the discus (145-11) and eighth-place in the hammer (164-2).

Indoor: Senior Outdoor: Senior Honolulu, Hawaii Kamehameha Throws Personal Bests 41-11.5 - Shot Put 57-0 - Weight Throw 164-2 - Hammer Throw 145-11 - Discus

2011: Upped her personal-best marks in every event in her sophomore campaign ... Scored her first-career Big Sky points at the outdoor championships with a seventh-place finish in the discus with a personal-best mark of 138 feet, 10 inches (42.33m) ... Also competed in the shot put and hammer throw at the outdoor championships ... Recorded season-best throws in the shot put (12.71m/41-8.5) and hammer (48.06m/157-8) at the NAU/ASU/UA Double Dual ... Participated in the Big Sky Indoor Championships in the weight throw ... Season-best weight throw mark came at the NAU Open when she hurdled 50 feet, eight inches in the event. 2010: Competed for the Lumberjacks in both seasons in first year on campus … Saw action in four throwing events during the year … Best shot put mark came at the NAU Invitational (12.13m/39-9.5) … Hurled season-best weight throw mark at the NAU Invitational (14.40m/47-2.75) … During the outdoor season, recorded best discus and hammer throws at the Sun Devil Open (38.15m/125-1.75) and Mesa Classic (145-10). High School: Graduated from Kamehameha High School in 2009 … Lettered in three sports, including soccer, cross country and track and field … Was the state runner-up in the discus her junior year … Double medalist in 2009 in the discus (5th place) and shot put (6th place) … A member of the 2008 state championship girls track team, the first in school history … 2008 and 2009 1st team in state for discus. Personal: Born on March 1, 1991 to Kerena and Jeffery Vegas … Has two brothers, Esera and Kahele ... Named a semifinalist for the Coach Wooden Citizenship Cup, a national honor.

Jessica Weise

Academic Notes: Majoring in sociology. 2012: Redshirted during the indoor season ... Had a respectable outdoor season for a walkon freshman, eclipsing the 40-foot mark in the shot put in all but one meet ... Best showing of the year came at the ASU Invitational, marking 43-6 and placing eighth overall ... Competed in first-career Big Sky Championship meet, taking 11th in the shot put with a throw of 42-4.75. High School: Graduated from Martin Luther King High School in 2011 ... Competed in track and field at Martin Luther King High School for four years, earning letters three years and serving as captain for two seasons ... Holds school records in the discus (129-9.5) and shot put (376) ... In 2010 was named her school’s Most Outstanding Field Event Athlete, won the Big VIII League title in the shot put and discus, and won her first of two Inland Empire championships in the discus ... In 2011, took third place at the prestigious Arcadia Invitational in the discus, was named team MVP, and won her second-straight Inland Empire title in the discus. Personal: Born to Val and David Weise on May 13, 1993 ... Has an older brother, Ben, and a Indoor: RS-Freshman younger sister, Sarah ... Considered Humboldt State and Oregon before choosing NAU ... Chose Outdoor: Sophomore NAU for the seasons in Flagstaff, as well as the campus atmosphere ... Hobbies include music and Riverside, Calif. playing the French horn. Martin Luther King HS Throws Personal Bests: 45-4.25/13.82m - Shot Put 49-4.25/15.04m - Weight Throw

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Roman Acosta

Academic Notes: Received undergraduate degree from Syracuse University in philosophy and political science ... Currently working toward a master’s in public administration (MPA). 2012 Cross Country: Ended the season as the squad’s alternate to the NCAA Championships in his lone campaign as a Lumberjack ... Garnered a Top-25 finish at the Big Sky Championships with an 8K time of 26:19.8 ... Crossed the line at the Mountain Region Championships in 64th (32:07.9) ... Best finish of the year was 12th overall at NAU’s home opener, the George Kyte Classic. Before NAU: Competed for the Orange from 2008-2012 in both cross country and track and field ... Best career finish on the cross country course came at the Big East Preview meet in 2010, where he finished seventh with a time of 18:41.5 ... Set three personal bests on the indoor track in 2011, running 4:20.77 in the mile and the Cornell Upstate meet, 8:22.50 in the 3,000m at Columbia, and 14:25.97 in the 5,000m at the Valentine Invite ... Career mark in the 10K (30:43.74) came at the Cornell Big Red meet. Indoor: RS-Senior Outdoor: RS-Senior Modesto, Calif. Syracuse/Central Catholic HS Distance

High School: Held five school records upon graduation, three in track and field and two in cross country … Named All-WAC Conference and Team MVP his junior year … Named All-SAL Conference his sophomore year … Team captain junior and senior year … Earned the Raider Hustle Award for cross country during his senior year … Received the Most Valuable Freshman Award. Personal: Son of Mario Acosta and Kathleen Cleek … Has one sister.

Will Aenchbacher Academic Notes: Majoring in engineering.

2012 Cross Country: Competed only once in an injury-shortened freshman season, finishing the George Kyte Classic 32nd overall in a time of 27:40.9. High School: 2012 graduate of Bentonville High School, where he competed in cross country and track & field for the Tigers ... Named Arkansas Gatorade Runner of the Year after the 2011 cross country season ... Won two state titles in his career, including the 2011 7A cross country championship ... Earned All-State honors a total of seven times ... Was a three-time winner at the Arkansas Meet of Champions, including the 3,200 meters at the 2011 meet (9:13.99) ... Placed 13th at the 2011 Nike Cross National South Regional Championships, the highest of any Arkansas athlete. Personal: Born Nov. 15, 1993 to Bob and Julie Aenchbacher in Dallas, Texas ... Has one sister, Hallie ... Was a member of National Honor Society in high school ... Most memorable athletic moment was winning the team title at the 2011 7A state cross country meet after coming in as Indoor: Freshman underdogs ... Also considered Tulsa, Oklahoma State, and Arkansas before choosing NAU for Outdoor: Freshman the education, team, coach, and the city of Flagstaff ... Will has a three-legged dog, and he enjoys Bentonville, Ark. ultimate frisbee and geocaching. Bentonville HS Distance

5 NCAA National Outdoor Champions

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Jade Childs

Academic Notes: Majoring in marketing and management. High School: Competed three years at Mountain View High School and one year at Capital High School, where she graduated in 2012 ... Broke the 100-meter hurdle record formerly held for 20 years by her mother at the 2012 Idaho State Track & Field Championships, snagging the individual title in the process ... Holds Capital High records in the 100m hurdles, long jump, and 4x100-meter relay ... Competed at the 2011 USATF Junior Olympics as part of the YMCA Team Idaho club squad, placing eighth overall in the Young Women’s heptathlon with 4243 points and earning All-America honors. Personal: Born on Dec. 14, 1993 in Davenport, Iowa ... Daughter of Karla Childs and Chris Childs ... Has an older brother, Jesse, and an older sister, Jenne ... Enjoys sewing and fashion design in her spare time ... Chose NAU for Flagstaff ’s similarity to Boise and from getting to know the team through her sister, who competed for NAU Track and Field from 2009-12 ... Other athletes in her family include brother Jesse, who played college basketball for Mesa Community College, Wisconsin-Green Bay, and Fresno Pacific, mother Karla, a hurdler in the 1980s at Boise Indoor: Freshman State, and father Chris, who played professional basketball for the New York Knicks, New JerOutdoor: Freshman sey Nets, and Toronto Raptors ... Grandfather is Ed Jacoby, NAU assistant coach for jumps and Boise, Idaho hurdles. Capital HS Sprints/Jumps/Hurdles

Travis Colby

Academic Notes: Majoring in business management. High School: A 2012 graduate of Chandler High, where he competed in football and track & field for four years and lacrosse for one year ... Was one of the most dominant throwers in the state of Arizona throughout high school under coach Stephan Carson ... Compiled two individual state titles, one each in the javelin and the discus ... Competed in the 2011 USA World Youth Track and Field Trials, winning the boys’ javelin, as well as the 2012 USA Junior Outdoor Championships and the 2012 Junior Olympic National Championships, all for the Arizona Puma Track Club ... Also earned an array of honors, including Most Valuable Freshman, Comeback Athlete (after returning from a 2011 ACL injury), Chandler’s Wolf Inspirational Award, and Most Valuable Athlete for his Arizona Division I state discus title in 2012. Personal: Born March 21, 1994 to Tim and Susie Colby in Mesa, Ariz. ... Has two older brothers, Tim and Joey, and an older sister, Allyson ... Enjoys hiking, fishing, and camping in his spare time ... Also considered Arizona, Arizona State, Colorado State, and High Point University before choosing NAU ... Most exciting moment in his career was breaking the Arizona state record in Indoor: Freshman the javelin ... Admires his dad most because he pushes Travis to give his all in everything he does. Outdoor Freshman Chandler, Ariz. Chandler HS Throws

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Cameron Coleman Academic Notes: Majoring in exercise science.

High School: A 2011 graduate of Sunrise Mountain High School in Peoria, competing in football, soccer, and track & field all four years ... Ran a personal best 50.04 in the 400 meters for coaches Jim Kenyon and Mark Faust as part of his effort to his school’s Most Athletic award in his senior year ... Is a part of his school’s 4x400 and 4x800-meter relay squad ... In football, he represented the Arizona Cardinals in the NFL’s National 7-on-7 Tournament in Florida for high school gridders that have completed their High School Player Development program. Personal: Born June 6, 1993 to Todd and Deborah Coleman in Peoria ... Has one older sister, Brianna ... Chose NAU because he wanted to be in a cooler climate yet still be close to home ... Likes to play drums and lift weights in his spare time ... Best athlete he competed against, in a playoff football game, was current Arizona running back and 2013 Heisman hopeful Ka’Deem Carey. Indoor: Freshman Outdoor: Freshman Peoria, Ariz. Sunrise Mountain HS Sprints

Shawn Collins

Academic Notes: Majoring in biomedical science. High School: A 2012 graduate of Chandler High School, where he competed in shot put and discus all four years for coach Stephan Carson ... Helped his team to the 5A state championship in 2012 with an individual state title in the shot put his senior year ... Also contributed to a team crown in 2010, and was on the state runner-up squad in 2011 ... Competed in the 2012 Arizona Meet of Champions, placing second in the shot put (58-8.5) and third in the discus (164-11). Personal: Born May 25, 1994 to Matt and Carrie Collins in Phoenix ... Has a younger brother, Cortland, and an older sister, Sabrina ... Considered TCU, Arizona State, and Arizona before choosing NAU ... Chose the Lumberjack throws program for the direction the team is heading under Coach Oscar Duncan ... His father wrestled at Columbia University.

Indoor: Freshman Outdoor: Freshman Chandler, Ariz. Chandler HS Throws

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Brendan Devine

Academic Notes: Pursuing a master’s degree in history ... Graduated with honors from Southern Indiana in 2012 ... Four-time Academic All-American and 2012 Capital One First Team Academic All-American. Before NAU: Competed all four years at Southern Indiana in cross country and track & field under coach Mike Hillyard for the Division II Screaming Eagles ... Four-time All-Great Lakes Valley Conference honoree, including the 2011 individual GLVC title, and was All-Region four times in cross country ... Earned two All-America awards in cross country as well ... Garnered an all-conference nod after finishing runner-up in the 10,000 meters at the 2012 GLVC Outdoor Championships High School: Holds Monticello High School records in the 1,500, 3,000, 3,200, and 5,000-meter runs, as well as the 4x1600-meter relay and cross country (5K). Personal: Born Sept. 26, 1990 to Frank and Debbie Devine in Albany, N.Y. ... Has three older brothers, Terry, Ian, and Kevin, and a younger sister, Sarah ... Enjoys reading, board games, and Indoor: RS-Senior archery in his spare time ... Came to NAU for graduate school and to finish out his athletic eliOutdoor: RS-Senior gibility ... Favorite sports moment was the World Series title by the Arizona Diamondbacks in Elmira, N.Y. 2001. Southern Indiana/Monticello HS Distance

Isatu Fofanah

Academic Notes: Majoring in exercise science. High School: A 2012 graduate of Harry Ainlay High School in Edmonton ... Competed at the 2010 Youth Olympic Games in Singapore, running a 24.42 in the 200-meter dash to place sixth in round three, and at the 14th IAAF World Junior Championships in Spain, clocking 24.78 in the same race to take fifth in heat three, both as part of Team Canada ... Won the 100 and 200-meter dashes at the 2012 Alberta SAA Track & Field Championships, setting her personal best 200 time of 24.01 in the process. Personal: Born April 13, 1993 in Makeni, Sierra Leone ... Has one older sister, Amara ... Hobbies include reading and exploring nature ... Considered attending Kent State, Jacksonville University, and San Diego State before choosing NAU ... Came to Northern Arizona for the great balance between academics and athletics and for the campus’ beautiful location.

Indoor: Freshman Outdoor: Freshman Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Harry Ainlay HS Sprints

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Brandon Hansen Academic Notes: Major is undeclared.

2012 Cross Country: Ran in NAU’s first three races in his inaugural season ... Best finish on the team came at the Grand Canyon Invitational, where he finished third on the team and 27th overall (26:06.9) ... Season best overall finish of 22nd came at the George Kyte Classic (26:57.1). High School: Graduated in 2012 from San Marcos High School ... Won the Avocado East League title in cross country (16.42), the 1,600 meters (4:22.54), and 3,200 meters (9:37.45) during his senior year ... Ran personal bests in the 1,600 and 3,200-meter runs at the CIF San Diego Sectional meet, where he placed ninth and seventh, respectively ... Took 13th in Division II at the CIF Cross Country Championships as a senior ... Won the 2011 Dana Hill Invitational. Personal: Born July 4, 1994 to Amy Hansen ... Has three brothers, Michael, Tyler, and Conner ... Likes to draw in his spare time ... Chose NAU for the talented cross country team and great campus ... Also considered CSU-San Marcos before choosing NAU. Indoor: Freshman Outdoor: Freshman San Marcos, Calif. San Marcos HS Distance

Rolonda Jumbo Academic Notes: Majoring in criminal justice.

2012 Cross Country: Despite a late start to her first cross country season in NAU gold, was able to notch All-Conference honors at the Big Sky Cross Country Championships with a 10th-place overall finish in a time of 17:46.4 ... Wrapped her short season with a 62nd-place mark at the Mountain Region Championships (22:10.6). High School: Four-time state champion in cross country and six-time individual state champion on the track ... Led her teams to three Arizona 3A and Division 3 state titles (2009-10, 2012) ... Competed on the 2009 Junior USA Team for the North American, Central American, and Caribbean Championships (NACAC) in Florida ... Competed in the USA National Cross Country Championships four times (2009-12) in the Junior Women’s 6K race for Wings of America, an organization that uses sport to encourage American Indian youth to look to the future while embracing a past they can be proud of. Indoor: Freshman Outdoor: Freshman Chinle, Ariz. Chinle HS Distance

Personal: Born January 27, 1994 to Jerrison Jumbo ... Has three older brothers, Ronaldo, Ronald, and Roland ... Hobbies include barrel racing and playing guitar, and she loves analyzing things, reading Jane Austen novels, and running on her toes ... Also considered Lipscomb University and the University of Colorado-Boulder before choosing NAU for the city’s beauty, the campus environment, and the great cross country and track and field teams.

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Kylene Knutsen

Academic Notes: Majoring in elementary and special education. High School: A 2012 graduate of Chandler High School, where she competed in basketball and track all four years ... Helped her team to four consecutive state titles in track and field ... Threw her personal best in the javelin (142-5.5) at the USATF Junior Outdoor Track and Field Championships, placing seventh, as part of the Arizona Cheetahs Track Club ... Also competed in the 2012 USATF National Junior Olympic Track & Field Championships, where she placed fourth in the javelin ... As part of coach Eric Richardson’s Chandler High squad, placed second in the discus and ninth in the shot put at the 2012 AIA Division I State Championships ... Won the discus and the shot put at the Chandler City Meet her senior year. Personal: Born March 11, 1994 to Chris and Angie Knutsen in Chandler, Ariz. ... Has one brother, Jayce, and one sister, Haley ... Also considered Arizona State, Nebraska, and St. Mary’s before choosing NAU ... Best athlete she has competed against, at the 2012 ASU Classic, is Brittany Borman, three-time NCAA javelin champion at Oklahoma and 2012 Olympic Trials javelin champion ... Mother Angie also attended and graduated from NAU ... Father Chris wrestled at Indoor: Freshman Iowa State in 1985, and uncle Eddie Urbano wrestled for ASU in 1981 ... Chose NAU for its Outdoor: Freshman closeness to home and to family, and for her love of the program, the coach, and the team. Gilbert, Ariz. Chandler HS Throws

Matt League

Academic Notes: Majoring in biology with an intent to pursue medical school. High School: Competed in cross country and track & field all four years at Weatherford High School, graduating in 2012 ... Holds his school’s record in the mile (4:24.30) ... Earned the U.S. Army Top Student-Athlete award his senior year ... Won the 800-meter run in a time of 1:58.61 and finished runner-up in the 1600 meters (4:24.91) at the 2012 District 4-5A Championship ... Finished sixth in the 1600 meters at the Region 1-5A Championships the same year ... Won his class’ award for Athlete of the Year all four years. Personal: Born February 17, 1994 to Scott and Amanda League ... Has two brothers, Garrett and Aaron, and two sisters, Nicole and Hannah ... Graduated with honors and was a member of the National Honor Society at Weatherford ... Chose NAU for the “awesome running program” and the “sweet mountains” ... Most memorable feeling was coming around the last turn when he broke the school mile record, saying, “I’ve been chasing that feeling ever since.” Indoor: Freshman Outdoor: Freshman Weatherford, Texas Weatherford HS Distance

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Sydney Leliefeld

Academic Notes: Majoring in biomedical engineering. High School: A 2012 graduate of Sam Barlow High School, where she competed in soccer, basketball, and track & field all four years ... Was selected First Team All-Mt. Hood Conference for the javelin all four years ... Helped her team to a team title in the Mt. Hood Conference in 2012 ... Won the discus and finished runner-up in the shot put and javelin at the 2012 Mt. Hood Conference Championships, giving her berths in all three events to the Oregon 6A Championships ... Cracked the Top 10 at the Oregon 6A Championships in 2012 with a 10th-place finish ... Helped her team to co-conference titles in 2011 and 2012 and conference titles in 2009-10 in soccer, and was named honorable mention all-conference in both soccer and basketball her senior year. Personal: Born December 30, 1993 to Don and Vicky Leliefeld in Portland, Ore. ... Has a younger brother, Kyle, and a younger sister, Bethany ... Enjoys her crafting and spending time with family and friends ... Graduated as a Scholar of Distinction and was in the National Honor Society at Sam Barlow ... Also considered Eastern Washington and Washington State before choosing NAU ... Father Don competed in track and field for Idaho State ... Interesting fact about her is Indoor: Freshman that she has Swiss citizenship ... Chose NAU for the track program and the engineering program, Outdoor: Freshman and for the sunny weather that’s “WAY better than rainy Portland!” Boring, Ore. Sam Barlow HS Throws

McKaylee Lemon Academic Notes: Majoring in art education.

High School: A 2012 graduate of Gilbert High School, where she competed in track & field and swimming & diving all four years ... Took first in the Gilbert City Meet in 2012 after achieving a personal-best jump of 5-2 ... Placed fourth with a jump of 5-0 at the Southeast Valley Championship in 2012 ... Made it to the 2012 Arizona High School Swimming Championships, where she achieved a personal-best time in the 50 Yd. Freestyle of 25.29. Personal: Born Aug. 8, 1994 to Cindy and Michael Lemon in Salt Lake City, Utah ... Has two younger brothers, Jacob and Joshua ... Enjoys swimming and art in her free time ... Chose NAU for its strong education program ... Person she admires most is her aunt Ann Marie, because she was “always very humble, compassionate, and always served others” ... Unusual fact about McKaylee is that she really can lick her elbow.

Indoor: Freshman Outdoor: Freshman Gilbert, Ariz. Gilbert HS Jumps

5 NCAA National Outdoor Champions

Men’s & Women’s Newcomers

Micael Ljungberg

Academic Notes: Majoring in mechanical engineering. Before NAU: Competed at the 2011 European Athletics Junior Championships in the discus, placing 23rd in the prelims with a throw of 48.41 meters ... Personal best in the discus is 179 feet, 10 inches ... Competed in the World Youth Championships in 2009 in Bressanone, Italy, throwing 53.49 meters to place ninth in the second qualifying group. Personal: Born June 8, 1992 to Bengt and Maria Ljungberg in Nykoping, Sweden ... Has a younger sister, Emma ... Most memorable moment was competing in the 2009 World Youth Championships in Bressanone, Italy ... Chose NAU after learning about the program and coach Oscar Duncan from fellow Swede and NAU alum Kristian Petersson, who still holds NAU’s outdoor shot put record (64-9).

Indoor: Freshman Outdoor: Freshman Nykoping, Sweden Gripenskolan Throws

Matt McElroy

Academic Notes: Majoring in communication. 2012 Cross Country: Was NAU’s consistent No. 3 runner in all but two of his six meets in his inaugural season with the Lumberjacks ... Best overall mark came at the Big Sky Championships, where he finished second, despite crossing the finish line simultaneously with teammates Brian Shrader and Futsum Zienasellassie ... Garnered All-Mountain Region honors for the first time with a 10th-place finish at the Mountain Region Championships in a time of 30:20.0 ... Came 66th in his first-ever NCAA Cross Country Championships with a finishing time of 30:29.3, helping NAU to take fourth as a team for the fourth time in six years. Before NAU: Transferred from Oklahoma State ... In 2010, he ran twice for the NCAA and Big 12-champion Cowboys as a true freshman, placing 11th at the 8,000-meter Cowboy Jamboree in 24:55.69 and 32nd at the 10,000-meter Midwest Regional Championships in 30:54.68

Indoor: Junior Outdoor: RS-Sophomore Huntington Beach, Calif. Oklahoma State/Edison HS Distance

High School: A 2010 graduate of Edison High School ... Runner-up at the 2009 Foot Locker National Cross Country Championships with a time of 15:23 ... Ran the 5,000 meters in 14:29.35 for the third-fastest time in the nation in 2010 ... His 8:56.44 in the 3,200 meters ranks 13th all-time in Orange County history ... Runner-up at the California Interscholastic Federation Division II state cross country meet his senior year ... OCVarsity.com boys cross country athlete of the year as a senior ... Clocked a 14:51 in winning the Orange County Championships, a mark that ranks among the top-10 all-time at the meet ... Set a course record at the Sunset League Preview Meet with a 14:42 ... Team MVP all four years in cross country ... Edison HS athlete of the year as a senior. Personal: Born to Jim and Colleen McElroy on March 27, 1992 in Huntington Beach, Calif. ... Has one sister, Melissa ... Hobbies include surfing, snowboarding, and rollerblading ... Also competed on the surf team at Edison High School.

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Chris Oestmann

Academic Notes: Majoring in fitness and wellness through the health sciences department. High School: 2012 graduate of Sedona Red Rock High School, where he competed in football for two years and basketball and track & field for four years ... Holds school records in the high jump (6-8), the 300-meter hurdles (39.21), and the 110-meter hurdles (14.9) ... Helped his team to a Arizona Division 3 state title his sophomore year ... Won individual state titles in the 300m hurdles his senior year and was the state runner-up in the high jump and the 110-meter hurdles his senior year. Personal: Born Nov. 5, 1993 to Joel and Jana Oestmann in Cottonwood, Ariz. ... Has one sister, Whitney ... Enjoys waterskiing and hiking in his spare time ... Chose NAU for the great program and phenomenal coaching ... Most memorable sports moment was his state title in the 300-meter hurdes; he got off to a bad start, but battled back to pass the leader on the last hurdle ... Person he admires most is Lew Hoyt, his high jump coach at Sedona Red Rock; Hoyt is a Vietnam veteran, a survivor of tongue cancer, the 1963 national high jump champ, and was the fifth man ever to clear seven feet in the high jump ... Father Joel also attended NAU in the 1970s. Indoor: Freshman Outdoor: Freshman Sedona, Ariz. Sedona Red Rock HS Jumps/Hurdles

Emma Schraner

Academic Notes: Plans to attend law school after studying environmental studes and political science at NAU. 2012 Cross Country: Raced just once in her first season at NAU, taking 34th overall at the season-opening George Kyte Classic in a time of 19:19.8. High School: Named 2010 Athlete of the Year for the Grand Canyon Region ... Earned All-State honors in cross country all four years of high school ... Qualified or the Great Southwest meet her senior year, and also competed at the Foot Locker Southwest Regional meet ... Her 4x800-meter relay squad won the Arizona Division II state title in 2012, the first in Mingus Union history. Personal: Born on May 28, 1994 in Cottonwood, Ariz. ... Parents are Lynne Ordean and Rusty Baldwin ... Enjoys yoga, backpacking, and cooking in her spare time ... Was an active member of National Honor Society, Key Club, Student Council, Invisible Children, and Interact at Mingus Union High School ... Most exciting event she remembers was her first win in a cross country race, during which she went the wrong way at one point and still won. Indoor: Freshman Outdoor: Freshman Cornville, Ariz. Mingus Union HS Distance

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Brian Shrader

Academic Notes: Majoring in exercise science. 2012 Cross Country: Made his presence known early and often throughout a breakout sophomore season, winning his first two races, the George Kyte Classic and the Pac-12 Preview, and adding a Big Sky title to boot ... Led the Lumberjacks to just its sixth Mountain Region Championship in school history with an All-Region fifth-place finish in 30:09.5 ... Earned his first All-America honor at the NCAA Championships, an event he had never previously finished, by taking 15th overall in a time of 29:37.7 ... Led the NAU men to a fourth-place finish at the meet, its third podium appearance in six years. Before NAU: Transferred from Oregon after competing for the Ducks from 2010-12 ... Qualified for the NCAA Cross Country National Championships as a freshman in 2010 ... Appeared at the NCAA West Region Championships in 2011. Indoor: RS-Sophomore Outdoor: RS-Sophomore Flagstaff, Ariz. Sinagua HS Distance

High School: Graduated from Sinagua High School in 2010 after competing under former NAU 10,000-meter record holder Bo Reed ... Was a three-time Arizona Gatorade Athlete of the Year, twice in cross country and once in track & field ... Was a two-time Foot Locker National Championship finalist (11th-2009, 5th-2010) ... Named to the All-America First Team his senior year in cross country ... Claimed medalist honors at the 2009 Foot Locker West Regionals ... Won three consecutive state titles in cross country, and won 10 state championships on the track, during which he set school, city, and region records in the 800, 1,600, and 3,200-meter runs. Personal: Born to Thomas and Donna Shrader on July 22, 1991 in Flagstaff ... Has two sisters, Jacqueline and Jamie ... Chose NAU because, to him, there isn’t a better place in the world to run and train ... He says running in the footsteps of the numerous Olympians and national championship-caliber teams that have come through Flagstaff is a great inspiration.

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Melanie Townsend Academic Notes: Majoring in microbiology.

2012 Cross Country: Competed twice in the regular season and twice in the postseason in her first season at NAU, finding a best overall finish of 19th at the Pac-12 Preview meet, fourth on the team, in a time of 18:23 ... Was the team’s No. 3 runner at both the Big Sky Championships and the Mountain Region Championships, helping the team to third and eighth place finishes by taking 27th and 56th overall, respectively. High School: Competed in cross country and track and field at Haileybury College, from which she graduated in 2011 ... Helped her team to a silver medal at the World School Cross Country Championship in 2010 ... She took fifth in the Zatopek Classic’s Under-20 Women’s 3K race in 2010 ... Was the gold medalist in the U18 1,500-meter run at the 2010 All-Victoria Schools Championships in Australia. Personal: Born February 22, 1993 in Mornington, Victoria, Australia to Nick and Kim Townsend ... Has one older sister, Jessica ... Enjoys going to the gym, doing pilates, and going to the beach in Indoor: Freshman her spare time ... Chose NAU for the great training location, the altitude, and the great coaching Outdoor: Freshman ... She misses her dog while she is away from home ... Favorite animal is a frog. Melbourne, Australia Haileybury College Distance

Julia Viberg

Academic Notes: Majoring in business. Before NAU: A 2011 graduate of Vaxjo Katedralskolan, where she competed for four years under coach Jan Bengtsson ... Competed in the 2010 and 2011 Nordic Championships in the discus, coming second in 2011 ... Won the discus title in the Nordic-Baltic Championship in 2012 ... Was the Swedish Youth Champion in the discus in 2010 & 2012, was second in 2011, and third in 2009. Personal: Born Jan. 8, 1992 to Per Viberg and Katarina Sigfalk ... Has one younger sister, Kajsa ... Enjoys hanging out with friends and baking in her spare time ... Chose NAU after a recommendation from former coach Kristian Pettersson, an NAU alum that still holds the outdoor school record in the shot put ... Most memorable sports moment was competing in the European Junior Championships in 2011.

Indoor: Freshman Outdoor: Freshman Olofstrom, Sweden Katedralskolan Throws

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Meagan Wakefield

Academic Notes: Majoring in biomedical science with an intent to become a pharmacist. High School: A 2012 graduate of Highland High School, where she competed in track and field for four years under coach Keith James ... Helped her team to a runner-up finish at the Arizona Division I State Championships in 2012 ... Came seventh in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 16.90 and notched fourth place in the 300m hurdles (48.09) at the Southeast Valley Championships ... Contributed to school records in the 4x400 and 4x100-meter relays. Personal: Born Sept. 9, 1994 in Gilbert, Ariz. ... Daughter of Jennifer Webster and Chris Wakefield ... Has a younger brother, Peyson Webster, and a younger sister, Adisen Webster ... Enjoys photography and soccer in her spare time ... Graduated as the Golden Scholar from Highland ... Also considered attending BYU and Pacific before choosing NAU ... She loves to pull pranks and other shenanigans, and says smiling is her favorite ... Chose NAU for the team and coaches, the climate, and the education ... Biggest inspirations are her parents and her Aunt Julie, the latter for her independence, her always-positive attitude, and her continued support for her to follow her dreams. Indoor: Freshman Outdoor: Freshman Queen Creek, Ariz. Highland HS Sprints/Hurdles

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Nathan Weitz Academic Notes: Majoring in forestry.

2012 Cross Country: Earned the honor of No. 2 true freshman in the nation when the year was all said and done ... Competed in three regular season meets and two postseason events in his first year with NAU ... Best overall finish came at the Pac-12 Preview, where he clocked an 11thplace time of 24:58 ... Garnered All-Region honors with a 24th-place finish at his first Mountain Region Championships, coming fifth on the team in a time of 30:50.9 to help the Lumberjacks to its sixth regional title in school history ... Had a stellar outing at the NCAA Championships, finishing 80th overall, fifth on the team, in a time of 30:35.0 to solidify NAU’s third podium appearance in six years. High School: Was named an All-American after finishing third at Foot Locker Nationals ... Led his team to the Division Two title at Nike Pre-Nationals in 2010 after winning the 5,000-meter run ... Competed in the BUPA Great Ediburgh Cross Country International Challenge in Edinburgh, Scotland as part of Team USA’s junior squad in June 2011 ... Won the Washington State 3A Cross Country title as a junior, and finished second his senior year. Indoor: Freshman Outdoor: Freshman Spokane, Wash. Shadle Park HS Distance

Personal: Born February 19, 1994 in Spokane, Wash. to Lynn and Linda Weitz ... Has two sisters, Heather and Kendra ... Hobbies include backpacking, hiking, and fishing ... Uncle Steve Surface and father Lynn competed collegiately in cross country and track as well ... Attending NAU for the great forestry program and the storied track & field and cross country programs ... Most memorable life moment was a missions trip to Zambia ... Nathan loves bunnies.

Brianna Wilson

Academic Notes: Majoring in political science and journalism. High School: 2012 graduate of Los Osos High School, where she competed in track and field for coach Jackie Robinson all four years ... Won the Baseline League title in the 400 meters her senior year with a finishing time of 57.43 ... Moved on to the CIF Southern Section Division I Finals meet, where she finished runner-up in the same event with a personal-best time of 55.76 ... Holds a school record as part of the 4x100-meter relay that placed fifth in the state in 2012. Personal: Born March 27, 1994 to Michelle and Edmond Wilson in Upland, Calif. ... Has an older brother, Brian, and an older sister, Tiffany ... Is the second member of her family to attend NAU; aunt Stephanie Walton previously played basketball for the Lumberjacks ... Wrote for her high school newspaper at Los Osos ... Enjoys shopping in her spare time.

Indoor: Freshman Outdoor: Freshman Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. Los Osos HS Sprints

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Futsum Zienasellassie Academic Notes: Majoring in psychology.

2012 Cross Country: The most sought-after recruit didn’t disappoint in his first season with NAU, going wire-to-wire as the nation’s top freshman male cross country runner ... Finished runner-up in his first collegiate event, the Pac-12 Preview, in a time of 24:30 to aid in an NAU team win ... Notched a solid 31st overall finish at the Wisconsin Adidas Invitational, once again second on the team ... At the Big Sky Championships was one of three Lumberjacks to cross the finish line together, officially coming third in a time of 24:56.7 to earn his first All-Big Sky honor ... Continued postseason greatness with a fourth-place finish (30:06.8) at the Mountain Region Championships, a team-leading performance that earned NAU its sixth team title in school history ... Rounded out stellar freshman year with an All-American performance at the NCAA Championships, taking 31st in a time of 29:54.1 to help NAU to a fourth-place podium finish and also solidifying for himself the FloFrosh award, presented by Flotrack.org to the country’s best freshman runner. Indoor: Freshman Outdoor: Freshman Indianapolis, Ind. North Central HS Distance

High School: Named the Gatorade National Boys’ Cross Country Runner of the Year after a decorated career at North Central High School ... Won the Nike Cross Nationals Final in a course-record time of 15:02.41 ... Placed runner-up at Foot Locker Nationals his junior and senior years, finishing with a time of 14:52.1 in 2011 ... Broke the tape at the NXN Midwest Regional Championship and the Foot Locker Midwest Regional Championship, along with winning three-straight Indiana state titles in cross country. Personal: Born December 16, 1992 in Dera, Eritrea to Meleakeselam Zienasellassie ... Has three brothers--Henok, Bahlbi, and Jonas--and four sisters--Germawit, Azeb, Teklewayn, and Jerusalem ... Also considered attending Butler, Purdue, Oklahoma, and Indiana before choosing NAU ... Enjoys playing soccer in his spare time ... Brother Bahlbi also competes in cross country and track and field for NAU.

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Facilities

J. Lawrence Walkup Skydome The 2013 indoor track and field season inside the J. Lawrence Walkup Skydome will feature five home meets, one year after the dome underwent the first major renovation since it opened in 1977. Barton Malow provided CM at Risk services for the $26 million renovation of the J.L. Walkup Skydome at Northern Arizona University. The 268,000 square foot multi-purpose stadium underwent renovations to address code and accessibility issues, including ADA handrails, wheelchair spaces and access to various areas of the Skydome, egress issues, life-safety storage, and electrical, mechanical and water issues. The Skydome has been the home of NAU football, basketball and indoor track and field since 1977. Construction began in the fall of 1975, and the facility was completed in September 1977. Seating capacity for football is 15,300 and 7,000 for basketball. Once the largest wood-span structure of its kind in the world, the Skydome was built at a cost of more than $8 million. It covers an area of 6.2 acres, with the roof spanning more than 500 feet and rising 142 feet above the playing surface. In 2001, the last renovation to the Skydome redid the floor as the 96,000-square foot surface was covered with Mondo. The track contains a six-lane, 300-meter non-banked loop (eight sprinting lanes) with the infield containing enough area for six NCAA-standard basketball and volleyball courts, as well as two regulation tennis courts. Track and field specific, the facility now has 12-month training capabilities. When covered for football with artificial turf, the Skydome supports a practice pole vault pit and a long/triple jump runway, as well as a lane for sprinting and hurdles. When the turf is up, the facility can be used for intramural and camp sports, and has enough room for a varsity soccer practice. The first NAU sporting event held in the Skydome was a Lumberjack win over Montana in football on a last-second field goal, 25-24. The first NAU basketball game was a 101-76 triumph over Alaska Anchorage. Special athletics events held in the Skydome include a Division II football playoff game in 1977, a Division I-AA football playoff games in 1996 and 2003, a first-round National Invitation Tournament basketball game in 1986 and 2006, the 1987, 1997, 1998 and 2006 Big Sky Conference menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s basketball tournaments, and the 1984, 1990, 1993, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2009, 2012 Big Sky Conference indoor track and field championship meets. In 2003, comedian Jay Leno appeared at the Skydome in a special Family Weekend event. Many special events, including concerts, trade shows and high-school state tournaments are held in the Skydome each year. It also serves as training camp home of the Arizona Cardinals and Phoenix Suns. In May of 2000, the facility hosted a WNBA exhibition game between the Phoenix Mercury and the Detroit Shock. NAU is one of 10 universities to own its own domed facility. The others are Idaho, Idaho State, North Dakota, Northern Iowa, Northern Michigan, North Dakota State, South Dakota, East Tennessee State and Syracuse.

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Lumberjack Stadium & Throws Field For the past 14 years, Lumberjack Stadium has been home to Northern Arizona women’s soccer and track and field teams after serving as the main football facility at NAU for over 40 years. Located on the north side of campus, Lumberjack Stadium, recently renamed Max Spilsbury Field at Lumberjack Stadium, continues as the home of the track and field team in 2013 after undergoing massive renovations throughout several months in 2011 and 2012. The stadium began as the home of Lumberjack football in the fall of 1957, with the Lumberjacks opening the facility with a 47-0 win over Ft. Huachuca Army Base. The stadium remained the football home until 1977, when the program moved into its current home, the J. Lawrence Walkup Skydome. In its 20 years in Lumberjack Stadium, the football team carded a 61-33-3 (.644) record. The new Lumberjack Stadium has more room for concessions and includes a new press box, space for athletic teams and public facilities. The rebuilt stadium houses facilities for track and field, women’s soccer, golf and men’s and women’s tennis, including brand new locker rooms, training facilities, meeting rooms and offices. The stadium upgrade included replacing the track surface, as well as the lighting around the Max Spilsbury Field in order to make it Dark Skies compliant. The Health and Learning Center replaces the 40-year-old Fronske Health Center, which involved renovation and expansion of the 20-year-old Recreation Center and replacement of the 49-year-old stadium. It includes two floors of much-needed classrooms and an integrated service center providing physical health, mental health, recreation, intercollegiate athletic facilities, a café and social gathering space. The 270,000- square-foot facility opened in August 2011. The NAU throws program has a new home with a state-of-the-art practice and competition facility that ranks among the best in the West coast. It is located on the southwest corner of the NAU campus behind the recreational fields. The facility has two 300-foot hammer and discus landing areas and two 80-foot shot put landing areas with two circles each for the hammer, discus and shot put with two UCS hammer-discus cages. The facility was designed by Phoenix-based CMX Engineering to meet requirements and built by Valley Rain out of Phoenix as part of the new NAU Recreational Fields Project. The ground and cage equipment was supplied by UCS (which also provided the ground equipment for the Skydome indoor track). The safety side net was built by West Coast Netting based in Kingman, Ariz. The raw material for the facilities is from the Flagstaff area including the wood chips and cinder for the landing area, as well as the cement for the slabs and curbing. The facility was designed to be used not only for training but also to be able to host high level throws competitions and championships.

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Big Sky Standards

Indoor Standards Standard(W) 7.23 8.18 7.75 8.75 25.10 57.10 2:15.00 5:01.00 10:04.00

Event 55m 55mH 60m 60mH 200 400 800 Mile 3000m

Standard(M) 6.51 7.82 7.00 8.35 22.10 49.10 1:54.00 4:11.00 8:22.0

* Athletes may cross-qualify in the 3,000 or 5,000 meters by hitting the qualifying time in that race. 18:00.00 1.65m 5.60m 11.50m 3.60m 13.40m 16.40m 3,300 No Standard No Standard

5000m High Jump Long Jump Triple Jump Pole Vault Shot Put Weight Throw Pent./Hep. DMR 1600m Relay

15.20.00 2.00m 6.90m 13.70m 4.70m 15.80m 17.00m 4,700 No Standard No Standard

Outdoor Standards Standard(W) 12.15 14.70 24.85 56.80 1:04.30 2:14.50 4:36.00 11:35.00 17:40.00^

Event 100m 100/110mH 200m 400m 400mH 800m 1500m 3000mSC 5000m^

Standard(M) 10.90 15.00 22.00 48.80 55.00 1:53.50 3:52.50 9:20.00 14:40.00^

^ To qualify in the 5,000-meters, athletes must either meet the 5,000 meter standard or a standard time in the 10,000-meter run. (Men: 30:40.00; Women: 37:00.00) * To qualify in the 10,000-meters, athletes must either meet the 10,000 meter standard or a standard time in the 5,000-meter run. (Men: 15:00.00; Women: 18:30.00)

38:00.00* 1.65m 5.60m 11.50m 3.60m 13.50m 43.00m 40.85m 49.00m 4,200 No Standard No Standard

10,000m* High Jump Long Jump Triple Jump Pole Vault Shot Put Discus Throw Javelin Throw Hammer Throw Hep./Dec. 400m Relay 1600m Relay

31:00.00* 2.00m 6.90m 13.70m 4.70m 15.70m 47.54m 57.00m 53.05m 6,200 No Standard No Standard

Karl Gehrke won his first-career discus title at the 2012 Big Sky Conference Outdoor Championships.

Track Conversions Big Sky Track Sizes B - 200 Meters (EWU, WSU, SUU, UNC) C - Banked or Over 200 Meters (ISU, NAU, MSU) Converting From B Track To C Track Men’s 200 - .25 Women’s 200 - .20 Men’s 400 - .40 Women’s 400 - .30 Men’s 800 - .60 Women’s 800 - .40 Men’s Mile - .80 Women’s Mile - .60 Men’s 3000 - 1.3 Women’s 3000 - .80 Men’s 5000 - 1.9 Women’s 5000 - 1.6 Converting From 60 Meters to 55 Meters Dashes: Men - Subtract .49 Women - Subtract .52 Hurdles: Men - Subtract .53 Women - Subtract .57 Converting Hand Times Hand times are .1-.2 faster than automatic times *Add .24 to hand timed races less than one full lap. *Add .14 to all races over one full lap

2012 Indoor/Outdoor Men’s Big Sky Champions

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Nilssons

2012 Indoor/Outdoor Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Big Sky Champions

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NAU All-Americans

Men’s Indoor Paul Wagner-Distance Richard Sliney-Two-Mile Rodney Belk-4x400m Relay J.W. Hardy-4x400m Relay Will Glover-4x400m Relay Anthony Wilson-4x400m Relay Leon Thomas-4x400m Relay Brian Martinez-4x400m Relay Tim Martin-5,000m Jama Bile-Mile Theo Martin-5,000m John Howell-3,000m Karim Chester-Weight Throw Lopez Lomong-3,000m* David McNeill-3,000m/5,000m* Diego Estrada-5,000m/3,000m^

*National Champion ^Second-Team All-America ~ Honorable Mention All-America

Women’s Indoor Angela Chalmers-Mile/1,500m* Nikki Toms-Mile Rikke Pedersen-3,000m Anna Soderberg-WT/SP Emily Allison-500m Ida Nilsson-5,000m/3,000m* Johanna Nilsson-Mile/3,000m* Britney Rogers-High Jump Monique Young-Triple Jump

Men’s Outdoor Richard Sliney-Six-Mile Rodney Belk-4x400m Relay Will Glover-4x400m Relay J.W. Hardy-4x400m Relay Anthony Wilson-4x400m Relay Kristian Pettersson-Shot Put John Howell-Steeplechase Theo Martin-10,000m Tim Martin, 10,000m Tommy Sarenbrandt-Decathlon Billy Herman-Steeplechase Nick Petrucci-Discus Travis Laird-10,000m Lopez Lomong-800/1,500m* David McNeill-5,000m* Diego Estrada-5,000m Pascal Tang-Hammer Throw^ Deante Kemper-High Jump~ Josh DeKonty-Long Jump~

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Women’s Outdoor Monique Donithan-High Jump Mindy Meyer-4x400 Relay Charlotte Reeves-4x400m Relay Nancy Skiba-4x400m Relay Tiffany Wells-4x400m Relay Maya Benzoor-Long Jump Angela Chalmers-1,500/3,000m Nikki Toms-Distance Lori Parker -Discus Debbie Orr-High Jump Kristi Klinnert-10,000m Anna Wiklund-Heptathlon Anna Soderberg-Discus* Sabine Kreiger-Heptathlon Linda Nestorsson-Shot Put Ida Nilsson-Steeplechase* Jinny Hanifan-Steeplechase Johanna Nilsson-1,500m* Britney Rogers-High Jump Monique Young-Triple Jump Caroline Hogardh-Steeple^

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Big Sky Men’s Indoor Champions Year 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1984 1983 1982 1981 1980 1979

Site

Flagstaff, Ariz. Pocatello, Idaho Bozeman, Mont. Flagstaff, Ariz. Pocatello, Idaho Bozeman, Mont. Flagstaff, Ariz. Pocatello, Idaho Bozeman, Mont. Flagstaff, Ariz. Pocatello, Idaho Bozeman, Mont. Flagstaff, Ariz. Pocatello, Idaho Bozeman, Mont. Flagstaff, Ariz. Bozeman, Mont. Moscow, Idaho Pocatello, Idaho Flagstaff, Ariz. Moscow, Idaho Pocatello, Idaho Flagstaff, Ariz. Moscow, Idaho Pocatello, Idaho Pocatello, Idaho Flagstaff, Ariz. Moscow, Idaho Pocatello, Idaho Pocatello, Idaho Pocatello, Idaho Pocatello, Idaho

Champion

Points

Northern Arizona 215** Sacramento State 133 Northern Arizona 132 Northern Arizona 184 Sacramento State 141 Sacramento State 107.5 Idaho State 126.5 Idaho State 141 Weber State 165.5 Northern Arizona 165.5 Weber State 170.5 Weber State 121 Northern Arizona 145 Weber State 112.5 Idaho State 114 Idaho State 131 Northern Arizona 132 Northern Arizona 120 Boise State 140 Northern Arizona 136 Northern Arizona 108.5 Northern Arizona 123.6 Northern Arizona 129 Northern Arizona 106 Northern Arizona 117 Northern Arizona 110 Idaho 105 Boise State 97.5 Idaho State 122 Nevada 95 Northern Arizona 90 Weber State 121

Coach of the Year

Eric Heins, Northern Arizona Kathleen Raske, Sacramento State Eric Heins, Northern Arizona J.W. Hardy, Northern Arizona Kathleen Raske, Sacramento State Kathleen Raske, Sacramento State Dave Nielsen, Idaho State Dave Nielsen, Idaho State Chick Hislop, Weber State Ron Mann, Northern Arizona Chick Hislop, Weber State Chick Hislop, Weber State Ron Mann, Northern Arizona Chick Hislop, Weber State Dave Nielsen, Idaho State Dave Nielsen, Idaho State Ron Mann, Northern Arizona Ron Mann, Northern Arizona Ed Jacoby, Boise State Ron Mann, Northern Arizona Ron Mann, Northern Arizona Ron Mann, Northern Arizona Ron Mann, Northern Arizona Ron Mann, Northern Arizona Ron Mann, Northern Arizona Ron Mann, Northern Arizona Mike Keller, Idaho Ed Jacoby, Boise State Jerry Quiller, Idaho State Jack Cook, Nevada Leo Haberlack, Northern Arizona Chick Hislop, Weber State

** - Big Sky Championship record

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Big Sky Women’s Indoor Champions

Year Site Champion Points Coach of the Year 2012 Flagstaff, Ariz. Weber State 132 Jim Blaisdell, Weber State 2011 Pocatello, Idaho Sacramento State 144 Kathleen Raske, Sacramento State 2010 Bozeman, Mont. Sacramento State 167 Kathleen Raske, Sacramento State 2009 Flagstaff, Ariz. Northern Arizona 116.5 J.W. Hardy, Northern Arizona 2008 Pocatello, Idaho Sacramento State 112 Kathleen Raske, Sacramento State 2007 Bozeman, Mont. Weber State 108.5 Jim Blaisdell, Weber State 2006 Flagstaff, Ariz. Northern Arizona 189 J.W. Hardy, Northern Arizona 2005 Pocatello, Idaho Weber State 136. 66 Jim Blaisdell, Weber State 2004 Bozeman, Mont. Weber State 146 Jim Blaisdell, Weber State 2003 Flagstaff, Ariz. Weber State 164.5 Jim Blaisdell, Weber State 2002 Pocatello, Idaho Weber State 159 Jim Blaisdell, Weber State 2001 Bozeman, Mont. Montana State 124 Dale Kennedy, Montana State 2000 Flagstaff, Ariz. Northern Arizona 137.5 Ron Mann, Northern Arizona 1999 Pocatello, Idaho Cal State Northridge 165 Don Strametz, Cal State Northridge 1998 Bozeman, Mont. Northern Arizona 145 Ron Mann, Northern Arizona 1997 Flagstaff, Arizona Northern Arizona 134.5 Ron Mann, Northern Arizona 1996 Bozeman, Mont. Northern Arizona 127.5 Ron Mann, Northern Arizona 1995 Moscow, Idaho Boise State 116 Ed Jacoby, Boise State 1994 Pocatello, Idaho Boise State 98 Ed Jacoby, Boise State 1993 Flagstaff, Ariz. Northern Arizona 132.5 Ron Mann, Northern Arizona 1992 Moscow, Idaho Weber State 105.75 Jim Blaisdell, Weber State 1991 Pocatello, Idaho Weber State 112 Jim Blaisdell, Weber State 1990 Flagstaff, Ariz. Northern Arizona 161 Ron Mann, Northern Arizona 1989 Moscow, Idaho Northern Arizona 116 Ron Mann, Northern Arizona 1988 Pocatello, Idaho Northern Arizona 109 Ron Mann, Northern Arizona

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Event Record Holder/School Time/Distance Year 55 Meters Alphonse Curry, Northern Arizona 6.09 1978 60 Meters Marcus Bivines, Cal State Northridge 6.68 1999 55 Meter Hurdles Jake Jacoby, Boise State 7.14 1983 60 Meter Hurdles Wiley King, Weber State 7.30 2006 200 Meters *Anthony Wilson, Northern Arizona #20.88 1992 Joe Criner, Cal State Northridge 20.89 1998 400 Meters Anthony Wilson, Northern Arizona 46.26 1992 800 Meters Patrick Casey, Montana State 1:47.08 2011 Mile Run Patrick Casey, Montana State 3:54.59 2011 3000 Meters Diego Estrada, Northern Arizona 7:44.63 2012 5000 Meters Diego Estrada, Northern Arizona 13:29.01 2011 High Jump Charles Clinger, Weber State 7-7* 2001 Long Jump Glenn Carroll, Northern Arizona 26-7.50 1990 Triple Jump Wendell Lawrence, Boise State 54-9.50 1988 Shot Put Dave Nichols, Sacramento State 62-2.5 2007 Weight Throw Josh Henigman, Montana State 70-6.50 2006 Pole Vault Paul Litchfield, Idaho State 18-0.5 2003 Heptathlon Asa Staven, Montana State 5,731* 2012 1,600 Meter Relay Northern Arizona 3:06.05 1991 (Hardy, Glover, Belk, Wilson) Distance Medley Relay Weber State 9:38.36 2002 (Atwater, Grunander, Hooper, Tolman) * - Set at Big Sky Conference Championship

2009 & 2012 Weight Throw Champion Nicole Elliott

Two-time Big Sky Champion Jordan Chipangama

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Event Record Holder/School Time/Distance Year 55 Meters Tracy Bradshaw, Northern Arizona 6.94 1994 55 Meter Hurdles Nsa Henshaw, Weber State 7.81* 1998 60 Meters Geronne Black, Portland State 7.41 2012 60 Meter Hurdles Sakya Bolton, Sacramento State 8.40* 2012 200 Meters Karene King, Portland State 23.77* 2012 400 Meters Christy Otte, Montana State 53.12* 1998 500 Meters Stephanie Clements, Weber State 1:12.07 1986 800 Meters Lea Wallace, Sacramento State 2:03.07 2011 1000 Meters Gina Drumm, Montana 2:50.74 1986 1500 Meters Annette Hand, Montana State 4:31.34 1985 Mile Run Johanna Nilsson, Northern Arizona 4:32.49 2003 3000 Meters Johanna Nilsson, Northern Arizona 9:06.61 2003 5000 Meters Ida Nilsson, Northern Arizona 15:59.33 2005 High Jump Amber Welty, Idaho State 6-2 1988 Long Jump Petra Eklund, Northern Arizona 20-6.5* 1999 Monique Young, Northern Arizona 20-6.5* 2006 Triple Jump Monique Young, Northern Arizona 43-5.25* 2006 Pole Vault Keisa Monterola, Eastern Washington 14-4 2012 Shot Put Linda Nestorsson, Northern Arizona 53-9.25 2001 Weight Throw Maureen Griffin, Idaho State 68-0.25 2001 Pentathlon Erin Jones-Graf, Montana State 3,929 2006 1600 Meter Relay Northern Arizona (Balfour, Mitchell, Smith, Stevens) 3:41.82 1989 3200 Meter Relay Weber State 8:48.10 1993 DMR Northern Arizona (J. Nilsson, Wiik, Rosenplaenter, Young) 11:13.18 2006 * - Set at Big Sky Conference Championship

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Big Sky Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Indoor All-Time Top-Three Name 60-Meter Dash Kino Carson Andre Nunis Francis St. Paul Cardell Glover

Mark

Date

6.75 6.79 6.80 6.80

2/23/1999 1/26/2007 2/18/2000 2/2/2008

55-Meter Dash Alphonse Curry Alphonse Curry Michael Haynes

6.09 6.14 6.20

60-Meter Hurdles Daryl Wonsey Vytautas Kancleris Vytautas Kancleris

7.81 7.87 7.91

55-Meter Hurdles Daryl Wonsey Micah Williams Lysias Edmonds

7.20 7.26 7.33

200-Meter Dash Anthony Wilson Anthony Wilson Michael Haynes

20.88 20.90 21.09

400-Meter Dash Anthony Wilson Anthony Wilson Anthony Wilson

46.26 46.67 46.85

800-Meter Run Lopez Lomong Jordan Chipangama Brian Shrader

1:47.60 1:49.34 1:49.93

Name Mark 4x400-Meter Relay Hardy, Glover, 3:06.05 Belk, Wilson Glover, Wilson, 3:06.64 Hardy, Thomas Daniel, Foster, 3:08.14 Koon, Hall

3,000-Meter Run Diego Estrada David McNeill Lopez Lomong

7:44.63 7:47.52 7:49.74

2/11/1978 2/17/1979 4x800-Meter Relay 7:26.27 2/20/1988 Walmsley,Sproul, Rice, Smith Smith, Graff, 7:27.46 2/18/2000 Sproul, Walmsley 7:32.21 2/14/2002 (names unavailable) 2/22/2002 Long Jump Glenn Carroll 26-7.25 26-0.75 5/25/2000 Glenn Carroll 25-10.25 3/2/1985 Greg Foster 2/28/2004 Triple Jump Greg Foster 51-3.75 50-9 3/7/1992 Greg Foster 50-4.75 2/8/1992 Curtis Charles 2/20/1988 High Jump Shawn Wright 7-3.25 7-3 2/16/1991 Shawn Wright 7-2.5 3/3/1990 Shawn Wright 2/1/1992 Shot Put Javier Villarreal 60-10.5 60-6.5 2/3/2007 Kent Larsson 60-4 2/27/2010 Hakan Andersson 1/12/2013 Weight Throw Karim Chester 69-11.75 1/28/2012 Pascal Tang 66-7 65-8.50 2/16/2012 Curtis Durocher 1/26/2013 Pole Vault Layne White 17-4.5 17-4.5 2/11/2012 Joe Mauko 17-3.5 2/13/2010 Layne White 3/9/2007

5,000-Meter Run Diego Estrada David McNeill David McNeill

13:29.01 13:36.41 13:39.32

3/11/2011 3/12/2010 2/19/2010

Mile Run Diego Estrada 3:55.46 Jordan Chipangama 3:59.47 Brian Shrader 3:59.76

Date 2/23/1991 2/29/1992 3/8/1986

2/12/1983 2/26/1982 2/26/1983 3/2/1990 2/24/1990 2/1/1986 3/1/1986 2/9/1985 1/30/1982 2/23/1991 2/2/1991 1/26/1991 1/16/2010 2/11/1989 5/25/2000 2/7/2004 2/16/2012 2/26/2010 3/5/1993 3/5/1993 2/27/1993

- Italicized marks set under current coach (Heins: 2010-present); - Bold italicized marks indicate record set in current season (2013)

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Big Sky Women’s Indoor All-Time Top-Three Name 60-Meter Dash Isatu Fofanah Darriel Banks Summer McCollum

Mark

Date

Name Mark 4x400-Meter Relay Balfour, Mitchell, 3:41.82 Smith, Stevens Balfour, Mitchell, 3:42.54 Smith, Stevens Eller, George, 3:43.47 Eklund, Ze

7.40 7.47 7.53

1/19/2013 2/2/2013 2/18/1999

55-Meter Dash Tracy Bradshaw Tracy Bradshaw Tracy Bradshaw

6.94 6.95 6.99

60-Meter Hurdles Trisha Blair Petra Eklund Trisha Blair

8.65 8.68 8.69

55-Meter Hurdles Petra Eklund Heather Korol Trisha Blair

2/12/1994 3/5/1993 2/12/1994 4x800-Meter Relay Payton, Reycraft, Wood, Toms 2/9/2002 Payton, Reycraft, 2/13/1999 Toms, Feuerbach 2/14/2002 Wells, Wissman, Stevens, Chalmers

7.95 8.03 8.04

200-Meter Dash Brenda Johnson Monique Young Melanie O’Daniel

Date

2/25/1989 2/18/1989 2/27/1998

9:05.80

3/3/1989

9:07.15

3/4/1988

9:12.90

1/29/1983

2/25/2000 Long Jump 2/23/1991 Petra Eklund 2/22/2002 Monique Young Maya Benzoor

20-6.5 20-6.5 20-1.5

2/22/1999 2/25/2006 2/11/1984

24.25 24.30 24.33

400-meter Dash Samantha George Melanie O’Daniel Samantha George

1/30/1988 Triple Jump 2/25/2006 Monique Young 2/21/1997 Monique Young ` Asa Lonn

43-5.25 42-7 42-5.5

2006 1/22/2006 2/25/2000

53.84 54.03 54.10

800-Meter Run Johanna Nilsson Angela Chalmers Nikki Toms

2/7/1998 High Jump 2/22/1997 Britney Rogers 2/28/1998 Paula Feuerbach Britney Rogers

6-1.25 6-0 5-11.75

2/23/2006 2/21/1987 2/17/2007

2:08.16 2:08.35 2:08.60

Mile Run Johanna Nilsson Johanna Nilsson Johanna Nilsson

1/27/2006 Shot Put 2/5/1983 Linda Nestorsson 3/5/1988 Linda Nestorsson Anna Soderberg

53-9.25 53-8.25 53-3

2/16/2001 2/25/2000 2/21/1997

4:32.49 4:32.72 4:38.25

3,000-Meter Run Johanna Nilsson Ida Nilsson Ida Nilsson

3/15/2003 Weight Throw 3/12/2004 Anna Soderberg 65-6 3/13/2004 Nicole Elliott 65-4.25 Anna Soderberg 64-11.25

2/21/1997 2/16/2012 2/15/1997

9:06.61 9:07.60 9:07.92

5,000-Meter Run Ida Nilsson Ida Nilsson Emily Allison

3/11/2006 Pole Vault 2/27/2004 Jami Michaud 3/12/2004 Jami Michaud Tera Larsen

2/19/2010 2/7/2009 2/7/2004

15:50.20 15:59.23 16:36.36

3/12/2005 2/12/2005 2/6/1999

12-7.5 11-11.75 11-5.75

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Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Big Sky Indoor Individual Champions 55-Meter Dash 2003 1995 1994 1993 1991 1988 1987

Landon Benson Ray Nelson Len Raney Len Raney Len Raney Mike Haynes Tony Monroe

60-Yard Dash

1980 Alphonse Curry 1979 Alphonse Curry

60-Meter Dash

1999 Kino Carson

200-Meter Dash 2009 2006 2003 2002 2001 1999 1995 1992 1991

Rodney Overton Cardell Glover Landon Benson Landon Benson Vytautas Kancleris Terrance Johnson Ray Nelson Anthony Wilson Anthony Wllson

300-Meter Dash

1987 John Koon

400-Meter Dash 2012 2009 2000 1999 1995 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988

Adel al Nasser Rodney Overton Terrance Johnson Terrance Johnson Daniel England J.W. Hardy Will Glover Will Glover Anthony Wilson John Koon John Koon

440-Yard Dash

1980 Greg Carson 1979 Alphonse Curry

800-Meter Run 2010 2007 2006 1996

J. Chipangama Lopez Lomong Lopez Lomong Jama Bile

1,000-Meter Run

1984 Fred Sproul 1981 Mark Lomeland

6.36 6.40 6.24 6.23 6.28 6.22 6.37

Mile 2012 2007 2006 1997 1996 1991 1990

Diego Estrada Lopez Lomong Lopez Lomong John Howell Jama Bile Kim White Kim White

4:12.54 4:05.73 4:22.84 4:18.61 4:09.45 4:04.67 4:13.22

3,000-Meter Run

6.33 2012 Diego Estrada 6.35 2011 Diego Estrada 2010 David McNeill 2009 Diego Estrada 6.75 2006 Jon Cardenas 2003 Nurani Sheikh 2000 Sean Clendaniel 21.42 1997 Theo Martin 21.48 1996 John Howell 21.16 1989 Bo Reed 21.63 21.71 5,000-Meter Run 21.77 2012 Diego Estrada 21.58 2009 Morten Bostrom 20.88 2006 Morten Bostrom 21.32 2005 Henrik Ahnstrom 1997 Theo Martin 1996 Tim Martin 33.67 1989 Bo Reed

Pole Vault 1996 1993 1992 1980 1979

Brian Nimphius Lane White Joe Mauko Greg Morgan Jim Wilkerson

Shot Put 2010 2008 2003 1999 1998 1996 1991 1990 1987

Javier Villarreal Javier Villarreal Jeremy Hoff Hakan Andersson Hakan Andersson Kristian Pettersson Anders Axlid Anders Axlid Kent Larsson

16-6.75 17-4.50 16-8.75 15-6 16-0 57-8 58-9.25 59-4 59-2.25 59-2.75 58-0.25 57-8 59-10.5 60-1.75

8:27.04 8:16.58 8:11.93 8:31.28 8:43.06 8:30.79 8:32.33 8:24.91 8:22.08 Weight Throw 65-7 8:13.24 2012 Pascal Tang 2010 Curtis Durocher 65-8.5 2009 Curtis Durocher 64-10.25 14:52.80 2008 Pascal Tang 60-11.5 14:55.82 2005 Karim Chester 68-1 15:11.29 2004 Karim Chester 64-5.00 14:57.94 2000 Sean McNabb 59-7.00 15:09.70 1998 Johnny Theiken 62-8 14:15.20 1997 Johnny Theiken 63-9.50 14:11.24 1996 Kristian Pettersson 62-1 1994 Gunnar Axlid 62-1 55-Meter Hurdles 1993 Kristian Pettersson 54-10.75 47.91 2002 Vytautas Kancleris 7.55 1990 Henrik Wennberg 58-10.75 47.05 2001 Daryl Wonsey 7.28 47.10 2000 Daryl Wonsey 7.20 4x400-Meter Relay 47.44 1998 Rudolph Johnson 7.63 2011 3:17.44 47.92 1988 Peter Daniel 7.56 2003 3:12.66 47.59 1984 Micah Williams 7.34 2001 3:12.84 1993 3:12.05 47.82 1992 3:08.97 47.18 60-Meter Hurdles 8.01 1991 3:11.83 46.67 1999 Daryl Wonsey 1988 3:13.58 47.32 1987 3:13.97 47.27 High Jump 2012 Deante Kemper 7-0.5 1981 3:14.90 48.75 Long Jump 24-5.75 49.99 2012 Josh DeKonty 1997 Tommy Sarenbrant 25-0 1990 Glenn Carroll 26-7.25 1:49.94 1981 Derek Shelton 23-6.5 1:50.40 1:50.95 Triple Jump 49-8.25 1:50.74 2012 Edgar Panford 2002 Clearance Moore 48-11.75 1993 Jashuwa Gindiri 49-11 2:29.04 1979 Derek Shelton 48-9.25 2:22.25

Distance Medley Relay 2012 2010 2009 2004

10:19.94 9:52.85 10:15.54 9:54.35

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Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Big Sky Indoor Individual Champions 55-Meter Dash 2000 1993 1989 1988

Summer McCollum Tracy Bradshaw Brenda Johnson Susan Philips

7.05 6.95 7.16 7.09

55-Meter Hurdles

2002 Trisha Blair 1993 Aimee Anthony 1990 Heather Korol

8.04 8.17 8.10

60-Meter Dash

2006 Monique Young

200-Meter Dash

2010 Annie Skordas 2006 Monique Young 1993 Tracy Bradshaw

400-Meter Dash

1992 Kelly Ramsdell

800-Meter Run 2004 2003 1998 1990 1989 1988

Mile

2009 2007 2006 2005 2003 2002 1989

2:10.67 2:11.46 2:11.65 2:13.25 2:10.45 2:08.60

Veronica Pohl K. Roesenplaenter Johanna Nilsson Ida Nilsson Johanna Nilsson Ida Nilsson Brenda Payton

4:56.48 4:55.89 4:44.00 5:02.45 5:04.00 4:53.58 4:57.81

Veronica Pohl Johanna Nilsson Ida Nilsson Ida Nilsson Ida Nilsson Rikke Pedersen Rikke Pedersen Kristi Klinnert Kristi Klinnert

2009 2006 2005 2002 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1993 1991 1990 1989 1988

Nell Rojas N. Gueldemeister Ida Nilsson Susie Rutherford Emily Allison Rikke Pedersen Rikke Pedersen Sarah Thornber Rikke Pedersen Tracy Jarman Kristi Klinnert Kristi Klinnert Tracy Jarman Beth Ellickson

24.55 24.3 High Jump 24.51 2012 Lauren Laszczak 2007 Britney Rogers 2006 Britney Rogers 56.25 1991 Debbie Orr 1990 Debbie Orr

Johanna Nilsson Johanna Nilsson Martina Ze Nikki Toms Nikki Toms Nikki Toms

3,000-Meter Run 2009 2006 2005 2004 2002 1997 1995 1991 1990

7.56

5,000-Meter Run

9:54.79 9:59.83 10:05.41 9:20.61 9:56.08 10:23.56 9:48.81 9:52.50 10:07.74

Long Jump 2011 2006 2003 2000 1999 1998 1997

Amber Anderson Monique Young Liza Conteh Petra Eklund Petra Eklund Petra Eklund Angie Migray

Triple Jump

2011 Amber Anderson 2006 Monique Young 2003 Monique Young

Shot Put 2008 2006 2003 2001 2000 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994

Candice Bryant Dana Posey Jen Kowacz Linda Nestorsson Linda Nestorsson Linda Nestorsson Anna Soderberg Anna Soderberg Anna Wiklund Anna Soderberg

17:39.37 17:45.56 17:45.05 17:02.27 17:06.91 17.24.33 17:55.78 17:53.61 17:01.13 17:35.33 17:19.16 17:36.69 17:39.61 17:39.5 5-7.75 5-10 6-1.25 5-10.75 5-10.5 19-11.5 20-6.5 19-2.50 19-9.5 20-6.5 19-9 20-0.25

Weight Throw 2012 2009 2006 2005 1999 1996

Nicole Elliott 64-8.75 Nicole Elliott 59-02 Dana Posey 60-4 Dana Posey 58-07 Jessica Daniels 57-.75 Anna Soderberg 62-6

4x800 Meter Relay 1990

4x400-Meter Relay 2006 1998 1989

Distance Medley Relay 2006 2005 2004 1997

9:05.80 3:46.55 3:43.47 3:47.84 12:13.35 12:00.45 12:01.40 12:17.21

Bold Indicates Current Athlete(s) Italic indicates titles won under current coach (Heins: 2008-present)

41-0.25 43-5.25 39-4.00 49-04.5 49-7.25 50-5.00 50-9.25 53-8.25 50-3.25 53-3 49-5 46-5.5 49-8.25

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Big Sky Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Outdoor Champions Year

2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 1985 1984 1983 1982 1981 1980 1979 1978 1977 1976 1975 1974 1973 1972 1971 1970 1969 1968 1967 1966 1965 1964

Site

Bozeman, Mont. Sacramento, Calif. Ogden, Utah Missoula Mont. Sacramento, Calif. Pocatello, Idaho Cheney, Wash. Flagstaff, Ariz. Ogden, Utah Bozeman, Mont. Missoula, Mont. Pocatello, Idaho Sacramento, Calif. Northridge, Calif. Ogden, Utah Cheney, Wash. Tempe, Ariz. Boise, Idaho Missoula, Mont. Spokane, Wash. Boise, Idaho Bozeman, Mont. Missoula, Mont. Boise, Idaho Moscow, Idaho Boise, Idaho Moscow, Idaho Boise, Idaho Bozeman, Mont. Tempe, Ariz. Missoula, Mont. Moscow, Idaho Ogden, Utah Boise, Idaho Pocatello, Idaho Bozeman, Mont. Flagstaff, Ariz. Missoula, Mont. Ogden, Utah Moscow, Idaho Boise, Idaho Missoula, Mont. Ogden, Utah Missoula, Mont. Ogden, Utah Ogden, Utah Moscow, Idaho Pocatello, Idaho Missoula, Mont.

Champion

Northern Arizona Sacramento State Weber State Northern Arizona Northern Arizona Northern Arizona Weber State Montana State Weber State Northern Arizona Weber State Weber State Weber State Weber State Weber State Northern Arizona Idaho Idaho Weber State Weber State Northern Arizona Northern Arizona Northern Arizona Boise State Northern Arizona Northern Arizona Northern Arizona Northern Arizona Nevada Idaho Nevada Idaho Northern Arizona Northern Arizona Idaho State Idaho State Idaho State Northern Arizona Idaho State Idaho State Montana Northern Arizona Idaho State Idaho State Idaho State Idaho State Idaho State Idaho State Idaho State

Points

221** 204.5 173.5 169 166 155.5 172 169 182 160.5 215.5 181 202 152 170 126 124 148 149 141 155 143 114 138 162 126 147 129.3 153 155 118 138.5 119 139 121 158 139 104.5 168 141 147 71 93 89 96 160.5 151 131 164.5

Coach of the Year

Eric Heins, Northern Arizona Kathleen Raske,â&#x20AC;&#x2C6;Sacramento St. Dan Walker, Weber State J. W. Hardy, Northern Arizona J. W. Hardy, Northern Arizona J. W. Hardy, Northern Arizona Chick Hislop, Weber State Dale Kennedy, Montana State Chick Hislop, Weber State Ron Mann, Northern Arizona Chick Hislop, Weber State Chick Hislop, Weber State Chick Hislop, Weber State Chick Hislop, Weber State Chick Hislop, Weber State Ron Mann, Northern Arizona Mike Keller, Idaho Mike Keller, Idaho Chick Hislop, Weber State Chick Hislop, Weber State Ron Mann, Northern Arizona Ron Mann, Northern Arizona Ron Mann, Northern Arizona Ed Jacoby, Boise State Ron Mann, Northern Arizona Ron Mann, Northern Arizona Ron Mann, Northern Arizona Ron Mann, Northern Arizona Jack Cook, Nevada Mike Keller, Idaho Jack Cook, Nevada Mike Keller, Idaho Leo Haberlack, Northern Arizona Leo Haberlack, Northern Arizona Jim Klein, Idaho State Bob Beeten, Idaho Bob Beeten, Idaho Leo Haberlack, Northern Arizona Bob Beeten, Idaho Bob Beeten, Idaho Harley Lewis, Montana Leo Haberlack, Northern Arizona Bob Beeten, Idaho Bob Beeten, Idaho Bob Beeten, Idaho Dubby Holt, Idaho State Dubby Holt, Idaho State Dubby Holt, Idaho State Dubby Holt, Idaho State

** - Big Sky Championship record

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Big Sky Women’s Outdoor Champions

Year Site Champion Points Coach of the Year 2012 Bozeman, Mont. Sacramento State 173 Kathleen Raske, Sacramento State 2011 Sacramento, Calif. Sacramento State 236 Kathleen Raske, Sacramento State 2010 Ogden, Utah Sacramento State 145 Kathleen Raske, Sacramento State 2009 Missoula, Mont. Sacramento State 161 Kathleen Raske, Sacramento State 2008 Sacramento, Calif. Sacramento State 112 Kathleen Raske, Sacramento State 2007 Pocatello, Idaho Idaho State 140.5 Davie Nielsen, Idaho State 2006 Cheney, Wash. Northern Arizona 180 J.W. Hardy, Northern Arizona 2005 Flagstaff, Ariz. Northern Arizona 150.75 J.W. Hardy, Northern Arizona 2004 Ogden, Utah Northern Arizona 189 Ron Mann, Northern Arizona 2003 Bozeman, Mont. Montana State 176 Dale Kennedy, Montana State 2002 Missoula, Mont. Weber State 242 Jim Blaisdell, Weber State 2001 Pocatello, Idaho Weber State 153.5 Jim Blaisdell, Weber State 2000 Sacramento, Calif. CSU Northridge 160 Don Strametz, Cal State Northridge 1999 Northridge, Calif. CSU Northridge 163 Don Strametz, Cal State Northridge 1998 Ogden, Utah Weber State 188.5 Jim Blaisdell, Weber State 1997 Cheney, Wash. CSU Northridge 133 Don Strametz, Cal State Northridge 1996 Tempe, Ariz. Northern Arizona 134 Ron Mann, Northern Arizona 1995 Boise, Idaho Boise State 124 Ed Jacoby, Boise State 1994 Missoula, Mont. Boise State 119 Ed Jacoby, Boise State 1993 Spokane, Wash. Northern Arizona 157.5 Ron Mann, Northern Arizona 1992 Boise, Idaho Weber State 163 Jim Blaisdell, Weber State 1991 Bozeman, Mont. Weber State 119 Jim Blaisdell, Weber State 1990 Missoula, Mont. Northern Arizona 153 Ron Mann, Northern Arizona 1989 Boise, Idaho Northern Arizona 147 Ron Mann, Northern Arizona 1988 Moscow, Idaho Boise State 150.5 Jim Klein, Boise State

Two-Time Big Sky Champion, Aisha Goynes

Three-time Big Sky Champion, Nell Rojas

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Big Sky Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Outdoor Records Event Record Holder/School Time/Distance Year

100 Meters Patrick Williams, Idaho 10.06 1990 200 Meters Joe Criner, Cal State Northridge 20.14 1998 Carl Lawson, Idaho State 20.14w 1973 400 Meters Sam Koduah, Idaho 45.58 1985 800 Meters Lopez Lomong, Northern Arizona 1:45.79 2006 1500 Meters Lopez Lomong, Northern Arizona 3:37.07 2007 5000 Meters David McNeill, Northern Arizona 13:25.63 2010 10,000 Meters Shannon Butler, Montana State 28:08.40 1991 110 Meter Hurdles Ronald Brookins, Sacramento State 13.42 2011 400 Meter Hurdles Mike Kinney, Idaho 50.54 1983 3000M Steeplechase Farley Gerber, Weber State 8:19.27 1984 High Jump Charles Clinger, Weber State 7-8.5* 2001 Long Jump George Ogbeide, Idaho 26-8.50 1988 Triple Jump Wendell Lawrence, Boise State 55-6.00 1988 Pole Vault John Wurtz, Montana State 18-0.50 1998 Shot Put David Nichols, Sacramento State 64-7 2006 Hammer *David Paul, Eastern Washington 226-02 2007 Discus Kamy Keshmiri, Nevada 220-10 1992 Javelin Craig Stiles, Montana (old) 255-10 1972 Ryan Cole, Eastern Washington 244-7 2001 Decathlon Dan Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Brien, Idaho 7,988 1989 400 Meter Relay *Idaho 39.61 1985 (Stokes, Koduah, Wanliss, Smith) 1600 Meter Relay Northern Arizona 3:04.77 1991 (Belk, Wilson, Hardy, Glover) * - Set at Big Sky Conference Championship

David McNeill, Diego Estrada, and Ahmed Osman swept the podium in the 5,000 meters in consecutive years in 2009-2010 at Big Sky Outdoors

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Big Sky Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Outdoor Records Event Record Holder/School Time/Distance Year

100 Meters Geronne Black, Portland State 11.51 2012 200 Meters Karene King, Portland State 23.46*w 2011 400 Meters Samantha George - Northern Arizona 53.01 1998 800 Meters Lea Wallace, Sacramento State 2:02.95 2011 1500 Meters Johanna Nilsson - Northern Arizona 4:10.72 2003 3000 Meters Annette Hand - Montana State 9:19.23 1985 3000 Steeplechase Lindsey Anderson -â&#x20AC;&#x2C6;Weber State 9:39.95 2007 5000 Meters Ida Nilsson - Northern Arizona 15:33.18 2004 10,000 Meters Sarah Callister, Weber State 32:51.17 2012 100-Meter Hurdles Nancy Searcy - Sacramento State 13.35 2007 400 Meter Hurdles Frances Santin - Cal State Northridge 56.64 2001 High Jump Amber Welty - Idaho State 6-3.5 1990 Long Jump Lacy Hinzpeter - Montana State 20-9 2003 Triple Jump Asa Lonn - Northern Arizona 44-4.25* 2000 Shot Put Beth Burton - Cal State Northridge 54-8.75* 1998 Discus Anna Soderberg - Northern Arizona 197-8* 1997 Javelin (Old) Sherry Schoenborn - Idaho 178-2 1986 Javelin (New) Carolee Gutierrez - Eastern Washington 175-7 2007 Hammer Maureen Griffin - Idaho State 209-7 2002 Pole Vault Elouise Rudy - Montana State 13-7.75 2006 Heptathlon Sabine Krieger - Northern Arizona 5,766 1999 400 Relay CS Northridge -(Fowler, Rimm, Harris, Wells) 44.82 1999 1600 Relay CS Northridge 3:39.05 2001 (Woods, Matthews, Santin, Malone) * - Set at Big Sky Conference Championship; w - wind-aided

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Big Sky Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Outdoor All-Time Top-Three Name 100-Meter Dash

Sid Bailey Tony Monroe Anthony Wilson

110-Meter Hurdles

Ted Zakoscienly Vytautas Kancleris Vytautas Kancleris

200-Meter Dash

Tony Monroe Tony Monroe Anthony Wilson

400-Meter Dash

Anthony Wilson Anthony Wilson Will Glover

400-Meter Hurdles

Peter Daniel Rodney Belk Peter Daniel

800-Meter Run

Lopez Lomong Lopez Lomong Lopez Lomong

1,500-Meter Run

Lopez Lomong Jama Bile Diego Estrada

Steeplechase

Billy Herman Billy Herman Billy Herman

Mark

Date

10.23 10.24 10.27

5/19/1973 5/3/1986 5/9/1992

13.78 13.79 13.89

4/17/1981 4/05/2002 5/18/2002

20.24 20.44 20.49

5/24/1986 5/3/1986 5/9/1992

45.88 46.05 46.09

6/4/1992 4/11/1992 5/23/1992

50.78 51.03 51.08

5/20/1987 5/11/1991 5/20/1988

1:45.79 1:47.00 1:47.65

6/24/2007 6/8/2007 3/30/2007

3:37.07 3:39.56 3:41.80

6/9/2007 4/20/1996 4/16/2011

8:26.12 8:38.22 8:39.05

8/26/2000 4/13/2000 5/17/2000

5,000-Meter Run

David McNeill 13:25.63 Diego Estrada 13:26.94 David McNeill 13:30.63

10,000-Meter Run

*David McNeill Bo Reed Diego Estrada

4x100-Meter Relay

Daniel, Haynes, Hunter, Koon Glover, Hardy, Nelson, Brown Daniel, Monroe, Brass, Foster

28:03 28:20.00 28:40.19 39.79 40.00 40.16

3/26/2010 5/1/2011 4/17/2009 12/11/2008 4/23/1988 5/1/2010 4/2/1988 3/27/1993 4/5/1986

Name Mark 4x400 Meter Relay Hardy, Glover, Belk, Wilson Hardy, Glover, Belk, Wilson Hardy, England, Brown, Glover

Long Jump

Victor Castillo Charles Green Glenn Carroll

Triple Jump

Charles Green Victor Castillo Mark Joseph

3:04.77

5/4/1991

3:06.48

NCAA 1991

3:08.21

4/17/1993

26-2.75 26-2.50 25-8.75

5/20/2003 4/28/1990 4/28/1990

52-9 51-4.5 51-3.75

5/19/1990 5/3/2003 5/16/1987

High Jump

Steve McFadden 7-2 Deante Kemper 7-1.75 Deante Kemper 7-1.5

Shot Put

Kristian Pettersson Kristian Pettersson Kristian Pettersson

Discus

Nick Petrucci Nick Petrucci Kristian Pettersson

Javelin

Heath Fisher Heath Fisher Heath Fisher

Hammer

Karim Chester Karim Chester Pascal Tang

Pole Vault

Layne White Layne White Layne White

Decathlon

Tommy Sarenbrant Tommy Sarenbrant

Date

5/23/1980 4/21/2012 5/26/2012

64-9 63-3.50 62-6.75

6/22/1994 3/26/1994 4/23/1994

212-5 207-1 205-4

2000 4/8/2000 4/13/1994

221-1 220-9 219-3

5/1/1999 5/6/2000 5/17/2000

219-8 212-0 209-10

4/23/2005 5/13/2004 5/12/2012

17-5 17-0.75 17-0.75

4/10/1993 3/27/1993 4/3/1993

7,659 points 7,404 points

3/15/1997 3/14/1996

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Big Sky Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Outdoor All-Time Top-Three Name 100-Meter Dash

Taneisha Wright Gisele Essaka Summer McCollum

100-Meter Hurdles

Petra Eklund Summer Welch Trisha Blair

Mark

400 Meter Hurdles

Kristina Robinson Susan Phillips Aimee Anthony

800-Meter Run

Angela Chalmers Johanna Nilsson Martina Ze

1,500-Meter Run

Johanna Nilsson Angela Chalmers Johanna Nilsson

3,000-Meter Run

Angela Chalmers Angela Chalmers Rikki Pederson

Steeplechase

Ida Nilsson Ida Nilsson Ida Nilsson

5,000-Meter Run

Ida Nilsson Ida Nilsson Lesley van Miert

10,000-Meter Run

Kris Klinnert Amy Swier Kris Klinnert

Date

5/9/2007 Holder, Banks, Childs, Pless 45.99 5/14/1994 Korol, Maulseed,Bradshaw, Essaka 46.06 2/21/1999 Skordas, Wilkinson, Anderson, Holder 46.12

13.75 13.99 14.00

4/22/2000 4x400-Meter Relay 5/11/1996 Balfour, Stevens, Mitchell, Johnson 3:43.85 4/19/2002 Nystrom, George, Eklund, Ze 3:43.86 Jenkins, Balfour, Johnson, Mitchell 3:43.92

4/22/1989 5/2/1998 4/14/1990

5/23/1998 Long Jump 4/28/2012 Maya Benzoor 5/9/2007 Rachel Game Amber Anderson

20-6 20-4.25 20-3.75

1984 5/11/1991 4/1/2011

53.01 53.03 53.24

5/30/1998 Triple Jump 5/2/1998 Asa Lonn 5/16/1998 Monique Young Asa Lonn

44-4.25 43-7.00 42-5.00

5/17/2000 4/14/2006 6/2/2000

1:01.81 1:02.02 1:02.09

5/14/2005 High Jump 3/28/1987 Debbie Orr 4/11/1992 Britney Rogers Paula Feuerbach

6-0.75 6-0.50 6-0.25

1991 5/13/2007 1986

2:03.52 2:05.43 2:05.76

5/9/1987 Shot Put 4/12/2003 Linda Nestorsson 5/1/1999 Linda Nestorsson Linda Nestorsson

53-1.5 52-2.5 51-11.75

6/2/1992 5/6/2000 5/1/1999

4:10.72 4:12.13 4:12.89

4/11/2003 Discus 1985 Anna Soderberg 4/17/2004 Anna Soderberg Anna Soderberg

197-8 196-1 195-3

5/17/1997 5/10/1997 5/30/1996

9:00.02 9:05.43 9:22.34

4/20/1985 Javelin 4/25/1987 Chris Johnson 3/21/1987 Chris Johnson Chris Johnson

161-8 158-1 147-8

4/25/1987 4/18/1985 4/4/1987

9:43.25 9:46.74 9:48.62

4/17/2004 Heptathlon 6/15/2003 Sabine Krieger 6/13/2003 Sabine Krieger Sabine Krieger

5,766 points 5,643 points 5,465 points

6/5/1999 4/18/1997 4/16/1998

15:33.18 15:51.71 16:11.69

5/24/2004 Hammer 4/21/2002 Lauren Stuart 196-2 5/29/08 Dana Posey 195-06 Dana Posey 191-11

5/11/2012 4/23/2005 3/31/2006

33:23.30 34:17.93 34.35.24

4/20/1991 Pole Vault 4/17/1999 Jami Michaud 4/21/1990 Jami Michaud Jami Michaud

5/2/2009 5/15/2010 5/1/2010

Samantha George 23.66 Darriel Banks 24.05 Taneisha Wright 24.10 Samantha George Samantha George Samantha George

Name Mark 4x100-Meter Relay

11.58 11.73 11.74

200-Meter Dash

400-Meter Dash

Date

12-7.5 12-2.75 12-2

4/28/2012 4/23/1994 3/27/2010

- Italicized marks set under current coach (Heins: 2010-present)

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Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Big Sky Indoor Individual Champions 100-Meter Dash

2005 2000 1993 1988 1981 1980

Adewale Awosanya Francis St. Paul Len Raney Michael Haynes Ron Gray Alphonse Curry

200-Meter Dash

2012 2003 2002 1992 1991 1988 1981 1979

Dennis Givens Landon Benson Landon Benson Anthony Wilson Anthony Wilson Michael Haynes Ron Gray Alphonse Curry

400-Meter Dash

2012 1993 1992 1991 1987 1986 1980

Adel al Nasser Will Glover Will Glover Will Glover John Koon Dwane Hall Greg Carson

800-Meter Run

2007 2006

Lopez Lomong Lopez Lomong

880-Yard Run 1972

Steve Cross

1,500-Meter Run

2012 2010 2009 2008 2007 20o6 1996 1990 1980

Mile

1977 1973 1972 1971

46.71 46.31 46.09 48.02 46.40 46.95 46.77 1:51.82 1:48.86 1:51.64 3:52.58 3:49.51 3:48.77 3:47.11 3:47.89 3:48.64 3:53.39 3:50.89 3:50.94

Jim Trapp Richard Selby Richard Selby Richard Selby

4:10.36 4:11.88 4:21.24 4:10.94

Larry Gerich Dave Tocheri Richard Selby Richard Selby

5,000-Meter Run

2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2005 2004 2000 1998 1997 1996 1992 1988 1985 1979

21.26 21.57 21.08 20.88 20.25 21.11 21.34 21.24

Jordan Chipangama David McNeill David McNeill David McNeill Lopez Lomong Lopez Lomong Jama Bile Kim White Larry Martinez

Three Mile

1976 1973 1972 1971

10.77 10.48 10.71 10.56 10.58 10.66

Caleb Hoover Diego Estrada David McNeill David McNeill David McNeill Lopez Lomong Henrik Ahnstrom Travis Laird J.P. Miramontes Tim Martin Chad Walton John Howell B. Bonenberger Bo Reed Mark Souza Art Menchaca

14:28.96 14:21.02 13:51.24 13:55.24 14:50.18 13:26.94 14:36.76 14:32.29 15:17.77 15:07.06 15:16.99 14:42.52 14:47.06 14:48.81 14:35.99 14:29.12 14:52.05 14:33.15 14:45.10 14:25.14

10,000-Meter Run

2011 2010 2009 2007 2002 2001 1998 1997 1996 1988 1987 1986

Ahmed Osman Ahmed Osman Ahmed Osman Jon Cardenas J.P. Miramontes Juwan Nuvayokva Tim Martin Web Shelley Tim Martin Bo Reed Bo Reed Mark Souza

Steeplechase

2008 2005 2000 1999 1997 1989 1986 1979 1971

Ben Ashkettle Henrik Ahnstrom Billy Herman Billy Herman John Howell Milfred Tewawina Mark Souza Art Menchaca Richard Sliney

110-Meter Hurdles

2002 2001 1998 1985 1984 1982 1981

Vytautas Kancleris Daryl Wonsey Rudolph Drummond Micah Williams Albert Kelly Ted Zakoscienly Ted Zakoscienly

400-Meter Hurdles

1991 1988 1987 1985 1984

Rodney Belk Peter Daniel Peter Daniel Micah Williams Micah Williams

4x100-Meter Relay 2008 2003 2000 1993 1992 1981

4x110-Yard Relay 1980 1975

4x400-Meter Relay 2012 2011 2007 2003 1993 1992 1991 1989 1986 1982

Triple Jump

2012 2010 1992 1990 1986

Edgar Panford Charles White Jashuwa Gindiri Charles Green Greg Foster

28:57.67 30:58.56 30:53.19 31:13.10 31:05.90 31:22.30 30:54.32 30:35.26 30:34.42 30:12.84 30:31.84 30:22.03 9:05.70 9:20.72 8:39.05 8:50.95 9:09.77 8:59.07 8:49.95 8:58.57 9:08.42 14.18 14.25 13.95 13.90 14.06 13.92 14.23 52.13 51.08 50.78 51.09 51.85 40.45 40.67 40.53 40.72 40.50 41.45 41.51 41.14 3:10.08 3:12.60 3:13.88 3:13.77 3:12.46 3:10.93 3:16.64 3:12.41 3:13.79 3:08.53 49-2.25 49-5.75 50-6.25 52-9 51-0.75

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High Jump

2012 1992 1980 1976 1971

Deante Kemper Brian McCurdy Steve McFadden Dave Shattuck Eric Moore

6-10.25 6-10.75 7-2 6-10 6-4

2012 1997 1990 1988 1986 1985 1981 1975 1971

Josh DeKonty Tommy Sarenbrant Glenn Carroll Glenn Carroll Greg Foster Greg Foster Derek Shelton Fred Buys John Green

23-9.5 24-4.25 25-2 25-2.5 25-4 25-2.5 23-6 24-7 23-9.5

Long Jump

Pole Vault

1992 1986 1985 1981 1979 1978 1976 1975 1974

Joe Mauko Matt Kendall Matt Kendall Dave Tucker Jim Wilkerson Mike Morgan Brad Armstrong Brad Armstrong Mike Sampson

Discus

2012 2010 2000 1999 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1971

Karl Gehrke Andres Rossini Nick Petrucci Nick Petrucci Nick Petrucci Kristian Pettersson Nick Petrucci Kristian Pettersson Kristian Pettersson Mike McNabb

Shot Put

2010 2009 2008 2000 1999 1996 1994 1991 1988

Javier Villarreal Javier Villarreal Javier Villarreal Hakan Andersson Hakan Andersson Kristian Pettersson Kristian Pettersson Anders Axlid Kent Larsson

Javelin

1976 1975

Dan McDowell Dan McDowell

Hammer Throw

2012 2010 2009 2008 2004 2004 2000

Pascal Tang Curtis Durocher Pascal Tang Curtis Durocher Karim Chester Karim Chester Sean McNabb

Decathlon

2000 1996 1995

Nils Wiklund Tommy Sarenbrant Tommy Sarenbrant

16-5.5 16-6 16-0 15-10.5 16-0 16-0 16-6 16-8 15-9 173-2 182-.25 196-2 195-4 174-6 190-10 172-11 166-1 172-11 159-9 60-2.75 59-3.75 58-11.5 59-4 59-2 59-10.25 60-3.75 58-4.75 55-4.5 226-5 241-10 209-10 201-2.5 197-10 203-09 215-07 212-0 202-5P 7,104 7,402 7,363

Bold Indicates Current Athlete(s) Italic indicates titles won under current coach (Heins: 2008-present)

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Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Big Sky Indoor Individual Champions 100-Meter Dash 2007 1999 1992 1990

Taneisha Wright Summer McCollum Angela Kimmey Brenda Johnson

200-Meter Dash 2007 2006 2004 1990

Taneisha Wright Monique Young Liza Conteh Brenda Johnson

400-Meter Dash 2010 1998 1994 1990 1989

Shekila Wilkinson Samantha George Charlene Maulseed Christine Balfour Sonya Mitchell

800-Meter Run 2006 2005 2004 2003 1999 1989 1988

Elin Wiik Johanna Nilsson Johanna Nilsson Johanna Nilsson Martina Ze Nikki Toms Nikki Toms

1,500-Meter Run 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 1992 1990 1989 1988

Veronica Phol Lesley van Miert K. Rosenplaenter K. Rosenplaenter Johanna Nilsson Johanna Nilsson Johanna Nilsson Ida Nilsson Christy Michaels Nikki Toms Nikki Toms Nikki Toms

Steeplechase 2010 2009 2004 2003 2002

Nell Rojas Nell Rojas Ida Nilsson Ida Nilsson Ida Nilsson

3,000-Meter Run 1997 1996 1995 1989 1988

Rikke Pedersen Rikke Pedersen Rikke Pedersen Larah Treadwell Maurie Wood

11.58 11.88 11.96 12.14 24.10 24.21 24.11 24.29 55.24 53.24 53.92 55.86 55.09 2:09.16 2:09.65 2:09.76 2:07.82 2:07.21 2:08.84 2:07.85 4:28.21 4:22.73 4:33.06 4:30.69 4:32.23 4:31.62 4:27.80 4:34.76 4:32.00 4:28.79 4:25.89 4:24.97 10:50.32 10:28.70 10:29.30 10:32.32 10:17.36 9:52.50 9:49.60 9:55.74c 9:54.01 9:50.82

5,000-Meter Run 2009 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 1995 1993 1992 1991 1990

Veronica Pohl N. Gueldemeister Natalie Rogers Erika Edwards Ida Nilsson Ida Nilsson Rikke Pedersen Tracy Jarman Tracy Jarman Kristi Klinnert Kristi Klinnert

10,000-Meter Run 2006 2005 2004 1999 1997 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988

N. Gueldemeister Natalie Rogers Erika Edwards Amy Swier Rikke Pedersen Kristi Klinnert Kristi Klinnert Kristi Klinnert Kristi Klinnert Beth Ellickson Beth Ellickson

100-Meter Hurdles 1996

Summer Welch

Long Jump 1998 1996 1991

Petra Eklund Angie Migray Rachel Game

High Jump 2007 2006 1997 1994

Britney Rogers Britney Rogers Sabine Krieger Angel Leath

Triple Jump 2009 2008 2007 2006 2004 2000

Aisha Goynes Aisha Goynes Monique Young Monique Young Monique Young Asa Lonn

Shot Put 2008 2007 2006 2005 2002 2000 1999 1997 1996 1994

Candice Bryant Candice Bryant Dana Posey Dana Posey Andrea Hancock Linda Nestorsson Linda Nestorsson Anna Soderberg Anna Soderberg Anna Soderberg

17:34.73 17:28.11 18:22.31 17:44.06 17:06.58 17:18.26 17:33.67 17:04.30 16:35.86 18:17.53 17:22.40 35:36.26 38:44.16 36:43.31 35:19.89 36:04.38 36:12.23 37:04.42 40:42.18 36:31.44 36:51.92 36:25.82 14.04 19-4.75 18-9.75 w20-0.25 5-08.75 6-00.5 5-8.75 5-6

Discus 2010 2006 2002 2000 1999 1997 1996 1994 1993 1989

Shelby McCray Candice Bryant Andrea Hancock Linda Nestorsson Linda Nestorsson Anna Soderberg Anna Soderberg Anna Soderberg Anna Soderberg Lori Parker

Hammer Throw 1997

Anna Soderberg

Heptathlon 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992

Petra Eklund Sabine Krieger Anna Wiklund Anna Wiklund Anna Wiklund Aimee Anthony Aimee Anthony

4x100-Meter Relay 2005

4x400-Meter Relay 2007 2004

151-5.75 159-2 173-11 160-2 163-2 197-8 184-2 179-4 150-4 170-9 179-0 5,337 5,141 5,266 5,253 5,311 5,160 5,111 46.20 3:45.37 3:44.19

Bold Indicates Current Athlete(s) Italic indicates titles won under current coach (Heins: 2008-present)

40-7 41-6.5 41-1 42-0 40-0.50 44-4.25 50-06.25 48-04.75 49-1 49-07.75 47-10 52-2.5P 51-3 51-3 50-3.5 49-5

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Staff Profiles - Administration

Dr. John D. Haeger

President, NAU 12th Year John D. Haeger leads Northern Arizona University in its commitment to undergraduate education—a commitment enhanced by the university’s ongoing efforts in research, graduate education and distance learning. Dr. Haeger has been NAU president since November 2001 after joining the university to serve as NAU provost in June 2000. During his term as president, Dr. Haeger has guided the university to new heights in student enrollment in Flagstaff and across the state, answering the call from the Governor’s Office and the state Legislature to make higher education accessible and affordable to all Arizona citizens. He also has ushered the university into its largest building boom since the 22-year term of former NAU President J. Lawrence Walkup. As the nation grapples with an increasing need for scientists, health professionals, engineers and technical experts, Dr. Haeger is re-emphasizing the university’s efforts to attract and retain qualified teachers who will draw students into these fields. Further, he has fully endorsed a national effort to increase institutional accountability, explaining that Northern Arizona University must perform on a level that demonstrates its significance to students and to society. Among other university achievements under his leadership:

lege of Business. Dr. Haeger also is a charter signatory of the American College & University • Tuition guarantee. NAU President John Presidents Climate Commitment, created as an Haeger instituted a pilot “block tuition” pro- avenue for university leaders to define and adposal that would guarantee first- time, full-time dress the challenges of climate change. freshmen and transfer students the same tuition rate for eight semesters, bringing predictability • Opening a door to China. Dr. Haeger, who serves on the American Association of State to the cost of higher education. College and Universities’ Committee on Inter• ‘Finish in Four’ guarantee. NAU promises national Education, has signed agreements with to provide students the advisement help and several Chinese universities that will enhance courses necessary to obtain their degree within the international flavor of NAU’s campus as well as offer Chinese students a degree from NAU four years. and their home university. • Expansion of nursing and the health professions. The university has placed special em- Dr. Haeger is a member of the Arizona Board phasis on graduating more students in nursing of Education, the Governor’s P-20 Council, and developing or expanding programs in the the board of governors of the Translational health professions, including occupational ther- Genomics Research Institute, known as TGen, the Arizona Commerce Authority, the steering apy, athletic training and physicians assistant. committee of the American Presidents’ Climate • Commitment to research. With a goal to Commitment, and a member of both the Greatunderpin the university’s distinctive research er Phoenix Leadership and the Flagstaff 40. He profile, President Haeger has instituted NAU’s also is former chair of the United Way of Northfirst office of Vice President for Research. In ern Arizona board, serves as commissioner for Yuma, ground has been broken on a 12,225- the Western Interstate Commission for Higher square-foot building that will provide collabo- Education, and is past chair of the Council of rative research opportunities in environmental Presidents of the Big Sky Conference. disciplines and will accommodate expansion of four-year degree programs in engineering and He has worked at all levels of higher education—professor, chair, dean, vice president, and nursing. provost. • High Country Conference Center. Dr. Haeger initiated a joint partnership among NAU, Dr. Haeger earned his bachelor’s, master’s and the city of Flagstaff, the Arizona Board of Re- doctoral degrees from Loyola University in Chigents, Sodexo Conferencing and Drury Hotels cago. He was a professor and chair of the histoto build a 42,000-square-foot conference center ry department at Central Michigan University and an adjoining hotel and parking structure. as well as the dean of the College of Arts and The complex will be a financial, cultural and Sciences. He later worked as associate dean and educational asset to the university and Flagstaff then interim dean and finally dean of the Colcommunities. Consultants have estimated the lege of Graduate Studies/Office of Research economic benefit to northern Arizona to be and Sponsored Programs at the same institution. about $7 million annually. • Largest gift in university history. The College of Business Administration was able to acquire the largest gift in university history, a $25 million donation from prominent business leader William Franke. The college was renamed The W.A. Franke College of Business. • Arizona Cardinals partnership. The National Football League’s Arizona Cardinals agreed to continue to operate their training camp at the Flagstaff campus. About $2 million is added to the northern Arizona economy as a result of the Cardinals training camp. • ’Going green.’ The university is home to the greenest building in Arizona and one of the three greenest in the world after receiving a “Platinum” rating for its Applied Research and Development building shortly after the university earned “Gold” ratings for buildings that house Engineering and The W.A. Franke Col-

He also served as provost and vice president for academic affairs at Towson University in Maryland. He had substantial years in the classroom before his administrative career and published several books and numerous articles on topics related to the history of economic change in the United States and how it affects individuals and institutions. His 1982 book, The Investment Frontier: New York Businessmen and the American West, won a national award from Choice magazine, and his 1991 book, John Jacob Astor: Business and Finance in the Early Republic, argued for Astor’s role as the first modern American venture capitalist. Dr. Haeger has said he still defines himself by his teaching and research on economic development. “In a way, I am now living the story that I used to teach and write about,” he said.

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Staff Profiles - Administration

Dr. Lisa Campos

VP for Intercollegiate Athletics 1st Year Lisa Campos was named the Vice President for Intercollegiate Athletics at Northern Arizona University on March 30, 2012. Campos took over the leadership of the Lumberjack Athletics department after serving as the Senior Associate Athletic Director at the University of Texas at El Paso since August of 2006. With her hiring at NAU, Campos, 35, became one of 26 females and the youngest in the country to lead a Division I program, including 13 head athletic administrators at the Football Championship Subdivision level. Campos served as the sport administrator for the Miner men’s and women’s cross country, women’s soccer, women’s volleyball, women’s basketball, and men’s and women’s track and field programs at UTEP. Campos also was the primary administrator for compliance, CHAMPS/Life Skills, strength and conditioning, sports medicine, and cheerleading. She was the advisor for the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee and served as the liaison to the Intercollegiate Athletic Council, Office of Student Life, Miner Village, and the UTEP Police Department.

Dr. Campos previously served as the Assistant Dean of Students at UTEP from 200103. Campos coordinated and administered the university’s student discipline system, interpreted the University of Texas System Regents’ Rules and Regulations governing the student academic honesty and conduct code, and provided information to the university community on discipline policies, rules, regulations, and procedures.

In her tenure at UTEP, she also had oversight of the women’s golf, rifle, and softball programs, served as championship director for numerous conference championships, and co-hosted a weekly television show, Miner Sports Weekly. Dr. Campos also assisted with athletic facility enhancements and co-directed the planning and design of the $2.6 million Helen of Troy Softball ComShe served as a mentor to an undergraduplex, which opened in September 2005. ate student participating in the NASPA MiIn 2006, Campos served as the NCAA li- nority Undergraduate Fellows Program and aison for the Self Study Report for NCAA served on a variety of campus committees Certification and continued to oversee all including the UTEP President’s Advisory gender, minority equity, and student wel- Committee on Women, Student Affairs Staff fare strategic plans. She was responsible for Development Committee, Faculty Senate Title IX staff education and staff diversity Student Conduct Committee, and the Unitraining. In 2005, she created the Athletics versity Health Awareness Committee. Diversity Graduate Assistantship Program and served on the UTEP Women’s Resource In the community, Campos was a member of the Girl Scouts of the Rio Grande board Advisory Board. and the Junior League of El Paso. She was promoted to the Senior Associate position after serving as the Associate Ath- Dr. Campos holds a doctorate degree in Edletic Director and Senior Woman Adminis- ucational Leadership from the University of trator since August of 2003. She also served Texas at El Paso. She graduated from Coltwo years as the Assistant Dean of Students orado State University where she earned a within the UTEP Division of Student Af- bachelor’s of science degree in Business Administration and a master’s of science degree fairs. in Student Affairs in Higher Education. Dr. Campos had the opportunity to serve on a number of NCAA Committees, includ- A native of Las Animas, Colo., Campos is ing the NCAA Division I Championships/ married to Darren D’Attilio. Competition Cabinet, the NCAA Rifle Committee, and chaired the NCAA Women’s Soccer Committee. She was a member of the Conference USA Joint Group and served on the Senior Woman Administrator administrative group. In 2005-2006, when UTEP joined Conference USA, she served on the Conference USA Strategic Planning Committee and assisted in the development of the realigned Conference USA’s vision, core values, mission, and strategic objectives. She also represented UTEP on conference committees, including the budget subcommittee, legislative committee, championships selection committee, and various sport committees. Campos with her husband, Darren D’Attilio, at the Flagstaff Sports Foundation dinner this past summer

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Big Sky Conference members with at least 40 years of continuous membership. Eastern Washington University joined the Big Sky Conference in 1987, followed by Portland State University and Sacramento State in 1996. The Big Sky became a nine-team league in 2006 with the addition of the University of Northern Colorado.

Sky originated in a novel written by the late A.B. (Bud) Guthrie of Great Falls, Mont., in 1947 entitled “The Big Sky.” Jack Hollowell, a former Montana advertising director, promoted the Big Sky theme for the Treasure State. While on a track and field trip from Pocatello, Idaho, to Missoula, Mont., legendary Dubby Holt of Idaho State saw a “Welcome to Big Sky Country” sign as his team entered Montana. Holt, and his athletes thought “Big Sky” would be a perfect name for the new conference. Harry Missildine of the Spokane Spokesman-Review called for the newly formed league to be named the Big Sky Conference in his column dated Feb. 20, 1963.

The league has become one of the strongest Division I conferences in the West and is a national leader in the Football Championship Founded: 1963 Subdivision. Six times, Big Sky teams have won Women’s Sports Added: 1988 the Division I National Championship, includMember Schools: Eastern Washington, Idaho ing Eastern Washington in 2010. A Big Sky team State, Montana, Montana State, Northern Arizona, Northern Colorado, North Dakota, Portland has played for the national championship in State, Sacramento, State, Southern Utah The Big Sky sponsors championships in 15 three of the past four seasons. Sponsored Sports: Football, Soccer (W), sports, including men’s and women’s cross Volleyball, Basketball (M/W), Golf (W), Cross The Big Sky Conference was established in 1963 country, indoor and outdoor track and field, Country (M/W), Tennis (M/W), Indoor Track by six charter members – Idaho, Idaho State, basketball and tennis. In addition, there are also & Field (M/W), Outdoor Track & Field (M/W), Gonzaga, Montana, Montana State and Weber championships in football, and women’s volleySoftball (W)` State. Those six schools formed the foundation ball, golf and soccer. This upcoming spring, the of the Big Sky before the league expanded in Big Sky will sponsor a softball championship for Mailing Address 1970 by adding Boise State and Northern Ari- the first time. 2491 Washington Blvd., Ste. 201 Ogden, Utah 84402 zona. Gonzaga left the Sky in 1979 and was replaced by Nevada, which gave the league eight In 1988-89, the Big Sky Conference first began Office Phone: (801) 392-1978 members. The conference grew to nine schools sponsoring women’s sports. The former MounFax: (801) 392-5568 in 1987 with the addition of Eastern Washing- tain West Conference existed from 1982-88, Website: www.bigskyconf.com sponsoring championships for women’s sports ton. Commissioner: Doug Fullerton at the same institutions the Big Sky had men’s A new era in the Big Sky Conference begins in The 1990s saw change in the makeup of the programs. The Big Sky merged with the Moun2012-13 as the league enters its 50th year of league, beginning in 1992 when Nevada depart- tain West in 1988, forming one league for both athletic competition, and its 25th sponsoring ed and put the Big Sky back at eight teams. In men and women. women’s collegiate athletics. 1996 Boise State and Idaho left and at the same time the conference added Portland State, Sac- Doug Fullerton, the fifth commissioner of the The Division I Big Sky Conference welcomes ramento State and Cal State Northridge. The Big Sky Conference, is in his 18th year at the the University of North Dakota and Southern Big Sky maintained nine teams for five years be- helm. Fullerton took over the Big Sky on July Utah University into the fold as full members. fore Cal State Northridge departed in the spring 1, 1995, replacing longtime commissioner Ron Cal Poly and UC Davis join the league as af- of 2001. Stephenson, who passed away in 2011. Stefiliate members in football, where the league phenson served the league for 14 years. Steve competes at the Championship Subdivision The Big Sky now includes nine states spanning Belko was the commissioner from 1977-81, level (formerly I-AA). from the Pacific Ocean to the Red River Val- while John Roning held the post from 1971-77. ley of North Dakota. The league is represented The first league commissioner was Jack Friel, The additions of North Dakota and Southern along the entire west coast with institutions in who served from 1963-71. Utah give the stable Big Sky 11 full institutions Washington, Oregon and California. League and 13 football members. The current lineup schools also range up and down the Rocky includes four of the six charter members: Ida- Mountains with institutions in Montana, Idaho, ho State University, The University of Mon- Utah, Arizona and Colorado. tana, Montana State University and Weber On Feb 25, 1963, the name Big Sky was adopted State. Northern Arizona enters its 43rd sea- by the six presidents of the charter members as son in the Big Sky, giving the conference five the name of the new conference. The name Big 2012 Men’s 2012 Women’s 2012 Men’s 2012 Women’s School Mascot Location Indoor Finish Indoor Finish Outdoor Finish Outdoor Finish 6th (70) 8th (62) Eastern Washington Eagles Cheney, Wash. 3rd (88) 8th (45) 5th (93.5) 5th (85.5) Idaho State Bengals Pocatello, Idaho 6th (44) 6th (57) 7th (56) 6th (80) Montana Grizzlies Missoula, Mont. 7th (42) 5th (60) 2nd (164) 2nd (121.5) Montana State Bobcats Bozeman, Mont. 2nd (122) 7th (56) 3rd (107) Northern Arizona Lumberjacks Flagstaff, Ariz. 1st (215) 4th (85) 1st (221) 9th (18) Northern Colorado Bears Greeley, Colo. 8th (30) 9th (6) 9th (4.5) NA North Dakota -Grand Forks, N.D. NA NA NA 8th (15) 7th (71) Portland State Vikings Portland, Ore. 9th (8) 3rd (90) 4th (94) 1st (173) Sacramento State Hornets Sacramento, Calif. 4th (65) 2nd (131) NA NA Southern Utah Thunderbirds Cedar City, Utah NA NA 1st (132) 3rd (100) 4th (97) Weber State Wildcats Ogden, Utah 5th (45)

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