2012 Track & Field Media Guide

Men’s Profiles

Northern Arizona University

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University Information

Season Outlook

Location

Flagstaff, Ariz.

Elevation 7,000 feet Enrollment 23,600 Founded 1899 Nickname Lumberjacks Colors Blue, Gold and Sage Affiliation NCAA Division I Conference Big Sky President Dr. John D. Haeger Athletic Director Jim Fallis Faculty Athletic Representative Tom DeStefano University Web Site www.nau.edu

Track & Field Information

Director of Track & Field and Cross Country Assistant Coaches:

2011 Men’s NCAA Indoor Finish 2011 Men’s NCAA Outdoor Finish 2011 Men’s Indoor Big Sky Finish 2011 Women’s Indoor Big Sky Finish 2011 Men’s Outdoor Big Sky Finish 2011 Women’s Big Sky Outdoor Finish

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Track and Field Contact E-Mail Office Phone Office Fax Cell Phone Media Relations Director Assistant Director Mailing Address

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Eric Heins Ed Jacoby Oscar Duncan Troy Kemp Mo Huber Jason Pedersen T-39th T-46th 2nd 5th 2nd 8th

Men’s Women’s

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Staff Profiles

Eric Heins Ed Jacoby Oscar Duncan Troy Kemp Mo Huber Jason Pedersen Martin Nevarez Crystal Fix Daniel Darcy Matthew Sewell John D. Haeger Jim Fallis

Men’s Team Information

Team Roster Returning Athlete Profiles Newcomer Athlete Profiles

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Women’s Team Information

Team Roster 46 Returning Athlete Profiles 47-59 Newcomer Athlete Profiles 60-71 NAU Facilities 72-73 National Champions 74-76 All-Americans 77 Big Sky & NCAA Standards 78-79

NAU History Matthew Sewell mjs475@nau.edu (928) 523-1017 (928) 523-6793 (406) 559-0091 Steve Shaff Andrew Tomsky P.O. Box 15400 (Overnight: 1 Skydome Drive) Flagstaff, AZ 86011-5400 www.nauathletics.com NAU Athletics @NAUAthletics

Big Sky Indoor Champions 80-81 Big Sky Indoor Records 82-83 Indoor All-Time Top-Three 84-85 Indoor Champions By Event 86-87 Big Sky Outdoor Champions 88-89

Big Sky Outdoor Records 90-91

Outdoor All-Time Top-Three 92-93

Outdoor Champions By Event 94-95 Big Sky Conference 98

On The Cover

In order from top to bottom: Junior distance runner Diego Estrada, sophomore thrower Lauren Stuart, senior thrower Pascal Tang, sophomore sprinter and hurdler Adel al Nasser, and senior distance runner Kortnee Burton.

Credits

The 2012 Northern Arizona track and field media guide was written and designed by Matthew Sewell with editorial assistance from Steve Shaff, Andrew Tomsky, Stayson Isobe, and Eric Heins. Photography courtesy of Matt Beaty, Eric DeSalvo, Rick Johnson, Kirby Lee, Erik Pedersen and Cheryl Treworgy.

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Season Outlooks

Diego Estrada

Tim Freriks

Jordan Chipangama

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Men’s Distance

The 2011 track and field season was a great one for the Northern Arizona distance crew. Diego Estrada was the lone Lumberjack to compete at the NCAA National Championships in both the indoor and outdoor campaigns, and he came away with All-American honors from both meets.

Estrada closed out 2011 with two first-team All-America awards after finishing fourth in the indoor 5,000-meter run and fifth in the same race outdoors. He also earned second-team honors in the 3,000-meter run indoors after finishing 14th.

Estrada’s efforts helped the Lumberjacks make up for the loss of two-time national champion David McNeill the previous season, and he, along with a few others, look to continue that progress into 2012.

“Diego has the capability to run virtually any of the distance races, from the 800-meters to the 10,000-meter run,” said Director of Track and Field and Cross Country Eric Heins. “To have him running three or four events, and to have guys like Jordan Chipangama and others back should help us try to win the conference title this year.”

Chipangama, a senior who missed all of last season with an injury, was the 2010 Big Sky Indoor Champion in the 800-meter run, and also contributed to the conference-champion distance medley team the same season.

Estrada and Chipangama headline the largest group of seniors out of any event group for the Lumberjacks in 2012. Returning to the distance events from 2011 are seven upperclassmen, five of whom scored points for NAU in one or both Big Sky Championships last season.

“[Seniors] John Yatsko and Matt Coloe both scored for us last year in the conference meets, and both of them showed improvement in the cross country season,” said Heins.

Andrew Belus, a fellow senior, also hopes to improve upon his impressive finish at last year’s Big Sky indoors, where he finished fourth in the 3,000-meter run and fifth in the 5,000-meters.

Junior Tim Freriks also saw success in 2011, having earned all-conference bids three times and making his first trip to the NCAA West Preliminary Round Championships.

The experience from the Lumberjack seniors will greatly benefit NAU’s underclassmen, many of whom have promising careers ahead of them in a Lumberjack uniform.

“Our goal is always to win the Big Sky title and hopefully have enough guys returning to show our younger guys the way.”

The Lumberjack men, who open the season ranked 25th in the nation, look to win their third Big Sky indoor title in four years, and hope to return to the podium a year after finishing second to Sacramento State by a half point.

The Big Sky Indoor Championships return to Flagstaff for the first time since 2009. The Lumberjacks have won three of the last four conference meets that have been held in the Walkup Skydome, dating back to 2000.

Heins’ philosophy is similar to last year, especially with new talent coming in to compete and hopefully make an impact in 2012. The Lumberjacks will seek to qualify as many athletes as possible for the preliminary rounds during the outdoor season.

“Making the first round of the NCAA Championships is a great experience for our athletes to take away and learn from,” said Heins.

The men’s distance crew sent four runners to the NCAA West Preliminary Round in 2011. Estrada and Freriks are the lone returners from that meet, but hopefully the Lumberjacks can place some new faces in the 2012 edition of the race.

With solid senior leadership paired with promising freshmen and transfers, the 2012 campaign should shape up to be successful and exciting for NAU.

Northern Arizona University

Women’s Distance

The 2012 track campaigns for the Northern Arizona women’s distance team look very promising. The Lumberjack women hope to build upon their successes from 2011 behind the leadership of returning upperclassmen Kortnee Burton and Rochelle Kanuho.

The long-distance tandem combined for eight all-conference honors at the indoor and outdoor Big Sky meets in 2011 and contributed a large percentage of the Lumberjack women’s team points at each meet.

The return of Kanuho and Burton in the 5,000-meter and 10,000-meter runs for the Lumberjacks will provide a solid foundation and great leadership for a distance squad made up of mostly newcomers and underclassmen.

“The goal for our women is to get to the conference meet and try to help the team have a shot to win the conference meet,” said Director of Track and Field and Cross Country Eric Heins.

Kanuho continued her success on the track after a breakout 2010 sophomore campaign, so a three-season stretch as one of the primary leaders of the Lumberjack distance crew seems extremely likely.

“Rochelle has continued to improve since the 2010 cross country season,” said Heins. “She wants to improve her 5,000-meter race time, and the 10,000-meter run is her best event.

Kanuho’s potential to venture into the shorter distance races relies heavily on increased foot speed, but working more on that can jeopardize times in her primary races. Thankfully, the NAU women’s distance crew has a fair amount of depth heading into this season, so additional assistance in the shorter distance races may not even be needed.

NAU’s women enter the 2012 season trying to win the indoor conference title for the first time since 2009, and end a six-year outdoor conference title drought.

The last outdoor win for the women came in Cheney, Wash. in 2006.

The Lumberjack women’s distance crew added some international talent in the offseason, as Sweden’s Caroline Hogardh and Belgium’s Agnes Laurent ventured to Flagstaff to compete in their first collegiate season. The outlook on the two athletes is bright, and after solid cross country seasons for both, the track season looks to be no different.

Hogardh, a freshman, and Laurent, a junior, are both primarily middle-distance runners. With the 800-meter run as their main events, both should be able to branch out to other races and hopefully score points in those events.

“Caroline has the ability to compete in the 1,500-meters and potentially even the 3,000-meter run,” said Heins. “Agnes should have the most success in the 800-meter run, but she is definitely capable of moving down into the long sprints and long relay for us.”

NAU has had a long-standing relationship with international athletes, particularly ones from Sweden, so with the addition of Hogardh and Laurent, the Lumberjacks hope to continue the tradition of great international competitors.

The Lumberjack women’s distance squad returns a total of six competitors from last year’s conference meets. The experience of upperclassmen who have competed in the postseason will lend valuable leadership to the nine NAU newcomers in the distance events.

Although the Lumberjacks were selected to finish fourth in the Big Sky Conference Indoor Preseason Coaches’ Poll, the NAU women’s squad has a great opportunity to improve their team score from last year. With the help of the women’s distance runners, NAU can achieve new heights in 2012.

Season Outlooks

Kortnee Burton

Rochelle Kanuho

Agnes Laurent

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Season Outlooks

Pascal Tang

Pat Colonnelli

Men’s Throws

The Northern Arizona throwers have traditionally been solid pointscorers in conference, regional, and national meets. 2012 looks to be no different for the men’s throws, as senior Pascal Tang returns after a successful junior season, and assistant coach Oscar Duncan returns for his second season at the helm of the throws program.

“Our main goal for Pascal this season is to get back to the podium at both the indoor and outdoor conference meets,” said Duncan, who coached Tang to a second-place conference finish in the indoor weight throw and a bid in the NCAA Outdoor National Championships in 2011. “He won conference as a freshman, but even though the throws are hotly contested I have a feeling that he can become conference champion again.”

Tang was the only NAU thrower to compete at the NCAA National Championships, having reached the meet in the hammer throw during the outdoor season. NAU returns three throwers who have Big Sky Championship experience. Pat Colonnelli earned all-conference honors in the discus in 2010, and will work hard to make up for the departure of two-time Big Sky discus champion Andres Rossini.

Aside from Tang, Colonnelli, and fellow returner Karl Gehrke, the Lumberjack throwers introduce three new competitors to the stage, all of whom can make an impact early and often this season.

“All of our young competitors can come in this season and contribute to our ultimate goal of winning a conference championship,” said Duncan.

Freshman Brian Thompson, an Arizona native, had the second-best discus toss in the state and improved his personal best by 30 feet in his senior season.

“Brian is a very talented young athlete,” said Duncan. “When we were recruiting him, we saw a lot of ability and potential in him, and were very fortunate to have him sign with us early on in the year.”

The Lumberjacks will also add redshirt freshman Gus Margiotta into the mix this season. The Massachusetts native is familiar to big competition, however, after competing twice in the Nike Indoor national meet during high school.

With the new blood coming in and the positive influence and hard work of their returners, the Lumberjack men’s throwers hope to put a few athletes into the postseason meets and continue their tradition of dominance in the Big Sky Conference.

Karl Gehrke

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Northern Arizona University

Women’s Throws

The 2012 campaign for the Northern Arizona women’s throwers looks to be one for the ages. Both the returning class and the incoming athletes for the Lumberjacks have the potential to score points in the postseason, which gives second-year assistant coach Oscar Duncan a great opportunity to build depth in the program.

“This season will come down to how well we compete at meets, as well as how well we do at bigger competitions,” said Duncan. “Kasandra Vegas and Lauren Stuart are a couple of our younger athletes that need to establish themselves so our team can become a strong presence in the conference once again.”

Vegas and Stuart can build on positive freshman efforts, and expect to join senior Nicole Elliot as the headliners for the Lumberjack’s throws squad. Elliott is coming off a junior season that earned her 16 total points between the two conference championships. She earned all-conference three times after finishing second in the weight throw and fourth in the shot put at the conference indoor meet, as well as third in the hammer throw at the Big Sky Outdoor Championships.

“Nicole leads by example, is very strong, and has improved a tremendous amount in the weight throw,” said Duncan. “I’m confident in her chances at the conference level, and has great potential to be a factor nationally as well.”

The conference meets have also been a point of success for Vegas and Stuart, as well as sophomore Jessica Bush. In their short careers with the Lumberjacks, the three have already combined for four all-conference marks, and only stand to improve in this season and beyond.

“Lauren did well her freshman year in the hammer and weight throws, and looks ready to go coming off her redshirt year,” said Duncan. “Also, Jessica [Bush] is one of the top returners in the conference in the shot put and looks to be able to contribute. She came out and threw well last year, so she’s in position to continue to make improvements.”

Duncan is also excited about some newcomers to the squad, including Brittany Price in the javelin and Jessica Weise in the shot put and weight throw.

Price ended her high school career ranked 24th in the nation in the javelin, and Weise has enormous potential coming out of high school.

“Brittany should be a substantial factor in the javelin,” said Duncan.

“She’s as good as I thought she was during the recruiting process and is making progress quickly. Jessica [Weise] was a surprise, because she hardly threw in high school, and I realized that she was really under-coached for her skill level.

Her strength levels are amazing, and I’m excited to see her progress.”

The Lumberjack throwers appear to have enough depth to be great contributors to a strong team finish at the conference level. NAU’s women hope to return to the indoor podium for the first time since 2009 and end an outdoor podium drought of six years. With hard work and great coaching, the Lumberjack women’s throwers should have a productive 2012.

Season Outlooks

Nicole Elliott

Jessica Bush

Lauren Stuart

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Adel al Nasser

Miles DiSabella

Men’s Sprints, Jumps, Hurdles

Northern Arizona’s 2012 sprints and jumps squad returns with the majority of their scoring runners from 2011, as well as some newcomers looking to make an immediate impact on NAU’s team scores at the conference meets. Assistant coach Ed Jacoby returns for a second season to coach sprinters, jumpers, and hurdlers, but will employ the services of first-year assistant coach and former high jump world champion Troy Kemp.

“I’ve known Troy for over 20 years, and I know he can have an immediate impact on this program,” said Jacoby, who coached Kemp at Boise State.

“I think he has a strong coaching career ahead of him.”

Returning to compete this season are NAU’s top athletes from this event group in 2011—sophomore Adel al Nasser and junior Miles DiSabella.

Al Nasser, a native of Saudi Arabia, had a phenomenal freshman season that included a trio of top-three finishes in both the indoor and outdoor conference championships. DiSabella, the top Lumberjack short sprinter last season, scored 25 points at the Big Sky Conference Outdoor Championships and earned points in every event in which he competed.

Al Nasser and DiSabella, along with senior Mark Hughes, will attempt to defend their indoor and outdoor conference titles in the 4x400-meter relay this season.

“We have a lot of strengths on the men’s side this season, mostly in the long sprints and the jumps,” said Jacoby. “Miles is our only short sprinter who has proven himself, but there is a lot of depth in those events. Adel can be more productive than he was last year as well in his individual races, and hopefully he can help the relay get under the 3:10 mark.”

The added depth on the NAU squad comes from a great recruiting class that Jacoby expects to make an immediate impact. Freshman Deante Kemper and Vernon Jamison will be dually effective in the jumps and hurdles down the road if not immediately, and junior transfer Arnaud Froidmont of Belgium should challenge al Nasser as the team’s top long sprinter.

“Deante has already almost cleared seven feet in the high jump so far in practice, so with some training and coaching he could be a national competitor,” said Jacoby. “Arnaud is also another national-caliber athlete, and if things go well he should be able to break 46 seconds in the 400-meter dash.”

Jacoby also noted that some of his jumpers for this season ought to at least make the regional meet in the outdoor season, and he has high hopes for many athletes to make the conference meets in both seasons.

Edgar Panford returns after finishing third in the triple jump at last year’s Big Sky Outdoor Championships and 2009 all-conference athlete Dennis Givens will compete after a two-year hiatus. The only unexpected blow to the squad this season was a season-ending injury to sophomore sprinter Cody Bell, who tore his ACL during the fall semester.

Many other new athletes look to make a name for themselves during the 2012 campaign, and Jacoby will welcome any surprises. Strong performances by NAU’s returners should help the team win the conference championship once again, and the benefit of having few departing seniors in 2012 provides additional potential for the team’s continued success in the future.

Edgar Panford

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Northern Arizona University

Women’s Sprints, Jumps, Hurdles

The Northern Arizona women’s sprints, jumps, and hurdles crew for 2012 is a new-look squad that should drastically improve its efforts from the 2011 season. With the graduation of the Lumberjacks’ two-time indoor Big Sky champion Amber Anderson, there is a void on the women’s team that many newcomers and returners to the Lumberjack women’s squad are looking to fill.

Leading the returners are senior hurdler Jenne Childs and senior sprinters Rashida McKinnon and Simone Holder. Assistant coach Ed Jacoby is optimistic about his athletes’ potential this year.

“Jenne has come along and is running much better than she was last year,” said Jacoby. “We should be much better than we were last year.”

McKinnon tied for third place in the 400-meter run at last year’s Big Sky Indoor Championships. Holder ran to a 10th-place mark in the 200-meter dash at the same meet.

The addition of some freshmen sprinters, Jacoby says, should help more than anything else. Las Vegas native Darriel Banks and Canada’s Shamelle Pless come in with an incredible amount of talent for first years.

“Darriel and Shamelle both should be able to run under 12 seconds in the 100-meters, and are just as good in the 200-meters,” said Jacoby. “Those two, as well as a couple other freshmen girls need to step up and be able to compete well for us.”

Prior to NAU, Pless competed for the Canadian junior national team at the World Youth Championships, where she helped break the Canadian record in the distance medley relay. She also was the 2011 Alberta provincial champion in the 60-meter and 200-meter dashes.

In the jumps, freshmen Alexis Clay, Jen Fetaz, and Flagstaff native Amanda Stricker, in addition to sophomore Lauren Laszczak, should provide valuable depth for NAU. Laszczak returns after a solid freshman campaign in which she captured a meet title in the high jump at the Sun Devil Open (5-7) and placed in the top 10 at the Big Sky Outdoor Championships with a jump of 5-3.

Clay, a native of Chandler, Ariz., helped her Arizona Cheetahs club team to two consecutive Nike track national championships in 2010 and 2011. Fetaz, an Alberta, Canada native, helped her 4x100-meter relay team break the Canadian youth record and broke a 26-year-old high jump record during her senior year. Stricker was named the Arizona Daily Sun Track Athlete of the Year for 2011, and also won the 4A-II title in the long jump.

Another freshman who could make waves this season is Swedish pole vaulter Lisa Lantz. Lantz, who was recruited along with fellow Swede and close friend Caroline Hogardh, can qualify for the Big Sky Championships in both the indoor and outdoor seasons, and can hopefully take down recent graduate Jami Michaud’s record of 12-7 ½ before it’s all said and done.

Overall, with a good amount of upperclassmen leadership aiding the immense potential of NAU’s newcomers, 2012 may end up being dubbed the “Year of the Freshman” for the Lumberjack women’s sprints, jumps, and hurdles crew.

Season Outlooks

Lauren Laszczak

Simone Holder

Jenne Childs

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Staff Profiles

Eric Heins

@NAUHeins

Eric Heins is in his fifth season as the head coach of the cross country teams at Northern Arizona University, and second year as the Director of Track & Field and Cross Country. He has won eight Big Sky Championships and produced six top-10 national finishes in his first three seasons at NAU. In his four years since returning to Flagstaff, Heins has been named coach of the year by the Big Sky Conference eight times, with one coming from the 2010-11 seasons, and one coming in the recently concluded cross country season. 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.

This past fall, the NAU cross country squads, under Heins’ tutelage, again 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 Director of Track & Field NCAA National Championships, while the team finished in the top-15 for the 18th time since 1984.

and Cross Country 2nd Year The Lumberjacks thrived in Heins’ first full season as Director of Track and Field. Junior Diego Es@NAUHeins trada 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 Coaching Honors titles, including two from Estrada.

USTFCCCA Track Coach of the Year

Mountain Region, Indoor 2010 In the fall of 2010, NAU’s cross country teams continued their powerful presence as one of the pre-

Big Sky Cross Country miere programs in the country. In his fourth season as head coach of cross country, Heins produced Coach of the Year a fourth consecutive conference title on the men’s side, and coached an injury-depleted women’s

2007 (M&W), 2008 (M), 2009 (M&W), squad to a respectable fifth-place finish in the same meet. At the national meet, the Lumberjack 2010 (M), 2011 (M) men placed ninth behind All-America performances from Estrada and Ahmed Osman. For his ef-

Big Sky Indoor T&F forts, Heins earned his seventh coach of the year honor from the Big Sky Conference.

Coach of the Year

2010 (M) Serving as the Interim Director of Track and Field, the 2010 track and field campaign under Heins’

Team Honors direction saw the program collect its first national champion in three seasons, as senior David Mc-

Four Top Finishes at NCAA Neill 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 Championships its highest finish (T-8) when he scored 18 points at the NCAA Indoor Championships in Fayetteville,

XC Fourth Place: 2007(M), 2009 (M), XC Ninth Place: 2010 (M) Ark. Indoor T&F Eighth Place: 2010 (M)

Eight Big Sky Cross Country Titles The 2009 cross country campaign proved to be a historic one for the program as the season cul-

2007 (M&W), 2008 (M&W), minated with the men’s team finishing fourth overall at the NCAA Cross Country Championships.

2009 (M&W), 2010 (M), 2011 (M) Heins coached junior David McNeill to his third-straight All-American award as he finished runner-

One Big Sky Indoor Championship up in the race. Junior Jordan Chipangama finished fifth to give the Lumberjacks their first ever duo 2010 (M) to finish in the top five at the NCAA Championships. Senior Veronica Pohl, the lone member of the

Individual Athlete Honors women’s team to run in Terre Haute, Ind., landed her second-consecutive All-American award after Two Individual NCAA Titles

finishing 38th.

David McNeill, 2010 Indoor & Outdoor 5,000m The combination of top finishes at the cross country and track and field championships by the

Ten Cross Country 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. All-American Honors

Jordan Chipangama (2009), Lopez Lomong (2007), David McNeill (2007, 2008, 2009), Ilsa Paulson (2007), Veronica Pohl (2008, 2009), Diego Estrada (2010, 2011), Ahmed Osman (2010)

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 sixthplace 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) Eleven Track & Field and Pohl (16th overall), who were both named to their respective All-American teams. McNeill was All-American Honors named Mountain Region Male Athlete of the Year, capturing the region title to keep the title in the David McNeill (2008, indoor 3,000m; program for the second straight year.

2008, outdoor 5000m; 2009, outdoor 5000m; 2010, indoor 3,000m; 2010 indoor 5,000m; 2010, outdoor 5,000m), Ahmed Osman (2009, 10,000m; 2010, 10,000m); Diego Estrada (2011: indoor 5K, outdoor 5k, indoor 3K).

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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

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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.

Staff Profiles

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 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 AllAcademic 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 now resides in Flagstaff with his wife Kaci. They have one son, Chase, who is three years old.

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Staff Profiles

Ed Jacoby Ed Jacoby is in the second year of his second stint at NAU after coaching the Lumberjacks from 1999-2000. Jacoby serves as an assistant coach overseeing all sprinters, jumpers and hurdlers.

He brings over 43 years of coaching experience to NAU, and is a member of the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Hall of Fame.

Jacoby returned to coaching after working eight years in the business sector for Tartan-APS as an executive director.

Before Tartan, Jacoby served as the Head Track & Field and Cross Country Coach at Boise State from 1973-97; 2000-01. He won 11 Big Sky Coach of the Year honors, as well as being named NCAA District Coach of the Year four times. He produced three Olympians at Boise, Assistant Coach including current NAU assistant coach Troy Kemp, along with numerous NCAA champions and Sprints, Jumps, Hurdles 2nd Year All-Americans.

Coaching Honors In 2000, Jacoby produced four NCAA qualifiers while at NAU, including Big Sky women’s triple USTFCCCA Hall of Fame Inductee jump record holder, Asa Lonn.

11-Time Big Sky Coach of the Year 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, including 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, is currently an assistant track and field coach at the University of Louisville.

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Northern Arizona University

Oscar Duncan

Staff Profiles

Oscar Duncan begins his second year on the Northern Arizona track and field coaching staff, serving as the assistant track and field coach. Duncan oversees the throws, pole vault and multi-event areas on the team.

In Duncan’s first year in charge of field events, he coached Pascal Tang to a berth in the NCAA National Outdoor Championships in the hammer throw, and led five athletes to the NCAA West Preliminary Round. Recent graduate Andres Rossini won a second-straight Big Sky discus title in 2011, placed 18th at the NCAA West Prelims, and won four Big Sky Field Athlete of the Week honors under Duncan’s tutelage.

Duncan arrived in Flagstaff in 2011 after spending four years at Division III Bowdoin College in Assistant Coach Brunswick, Maine, where he served as the throws, jumps, multi-events and sprints coach for Throws, Pole Vault, Multis both the men’s and women’s programs.

2nd Year Coaching Honors In 2010, Duncan coached athletes to NCAA Division III qualifying marks in the women’s long 2011 - Pascal Tang jump, triple jump, pentathlon, hurdles and men’s javelin. Duncan’s athletes also broke school (Honorable Mention numerous records from 2006-10 in the indoor and outdoor shot put, long jump, triple jump, All-American: Hammer Throw) 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 11thplace finish at the outdoor championships.

A native of South Orange, N. J., Duncan is joined in Flagstaff by his wife, Nicole, and five daughters, Tañia, Aaliyah, Keeli, Jasmine and Celeste.

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Staff Profiles

Troy Kemp Troy Kemp begins his first season as an assistant coach with the Lumberjacks. His primary coaching duties will be the sprints, jumps, and hurdles.

Kemp, who competed collegiately for Boise State from 1987-88, comes 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.

Assistant Coach Prior to coaching and working in the business world, Kemp was extremely accomplished as an 1st Year athlete. Kemp was able to compete and contend for championships on the world stage for Sprints, Jumps, Hurdles the better part of the next decade. @tkemp66 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. He set the national collegiate high jump record in that meet (7-6 ½), a record that still stands today. 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) recently graduated from high school in Boise, Mariah (19) is a sophomore outside hitter for the College of Idaho volleyball team, and Katherine (21) is a junior at Boise State.

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Northern Arizona University

Mo Huber

Staff Profiles

Mo Huber rejoins the Northern Arizona cross country coaching staff in her second year as a graduate assistant. She will assist with the men’s and women’s cross country teams, as well as with the distance events during the track season.

Huber’s guidance as an assistant coach helped lead the men’s team to their fourth consecutive Big Sky conference title, followed by a ninth-place finish at the NCAA Championships.

During the track and field seasons, Huber helped coach the women’s distance crew to a total of 12 top-10 finishes at the two Big Sky Conference meets.

Originally from Oakland, Calif., Huber joined the coaching staff after graduating in June 2010 from the University of Washington with a bachelor of arts in drama and communication.

Graduate Assistant Coach Huber was a member of the Husky cross country team that won two PAC-10 titles and the 2nd Year women’s national championship in 2008. On the track, Huber was an accomplished steepleDistance chaser, competing in three PAC-10 championships in the event, as well as advancing to the 2008 West Regional. @maureenhuber While in college, Huber began her coaching career as a counselor at the Stanford Running Camp in 2009 as well as working the Runners workshop camp from 2006-10. Huber also coached the University of Washington U19 freshmen women at the 2010 USA Championships in Spokane, Wash.

Huber is currently taking classes in preparation to earn a master’s in business administration.

Jason Pedersen Jason Pedersen enters his first year as a graduate assistant coach for NAU cross country and track & field. He will assist with the men’s and women’s cross country teams, as well as the distance runners during the track and field seasons.

Pedersen joins the coaching staff after finishing a successful career with the Lumberjacks, ending in Spring 2011. Pedersen was a constant presence on the men’s cross country team from 2006-2011, running in three NCAA Cross Country Championships and improving on his finish every year (194th in 2008, 95th in 2009, and 87th in 2010). His finishing time at the 2009 national meet, 30:52.3, was nearly 50 seconds better than his time the previous year.

A native of Simi Valley, Calif., Pedersen led his Royal High School cross country team to consecutive state championships his junior and senior years. He also set a freshman record in the 3200-meter run, and qualified for the 2004 CIF Southern Section finals in the same race.

Graduate Assistant Coach 1st Year Pedersen is currently working towards his master’s in mechanical engineering.

Distance @jasonpedersen

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Staff Profiles

Martin Nevarez Martin Nevarez joins the Northern Arizona University track and field program for his first season as a volunteer assistant coach for the pole vault. He comes to Flagstaff after graduting with a BA in Sociology from the University of Maryland-Baltimore County (UMBC).

Nevarez competed for the UMBC Retrievers in the pole vault from 2008-2011, earning all-conference honors in 2011 for the indoor and outdoor seasons. Prior to UMBC, he attended Central Arizona College from 2007-08, where he won the NJCAA national championship in the pole vault and took third in the decathlon.

A native of Casa Grande, Ariz., Nevarez won the 2006 5A-I state championship in the pole vault. In addition to coaching for NAU, Nevarez currently works as a Client Advocate for Flagstaff Shelter Services.

Volunteer Assistant Coach 1st Year Pole Vault

Crystal Fix Crystal Fix begins her second year at Northern Arizona University as a graduate assistant athletic trainer, working with the women’s soccer and track and field programs. She joined the NAU athletic department last year after graduating from Boise State Univeristy in May 2010.

Fix earned her bachelor of science degree in athletics training from Boise State. While serving as a student assistant, Fix worked with the football, outdoor track and field and gymnastic programs at the University.

Outside of the school, Fix also completed two high school rotations of fall and spring sports in Boise while also completing a rotation at the Idaho Sports Medicine Institute.

Fix will be finishing her pre-med requirements while working at NAU in hopes of attending medical school after her assistantship.

Athletic Trainer 2nd Year

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Northern Arizona University

Daniel Darcy

Staff Profiles

Daniel Darcy enters his second year as the NAU assistant strength and conditioning coach after joining the athletics department in August 2010. He works with the soccer and volleyball programs while also assisting with football.

Darcy previously worked at Central Connecticut State University from 2008-10 as a graduate assistant. He was responsible for the design and/or implementation of speed, strength, power and agility drills for the football, men’s and women’s soccer, cross country and track and field teams, as well as the women’s lacrosse and women’s golf squads. He also worked with the University of Texas in a strength and conditioning internship, assisting with the implementation of the summer program in 2010.

Prior to CCSU, Darcy did an internship for two years at Cansius College from 2006-08.

Asst. Strength & Conditioning He has worked various camps over the years, including the SoccerPlus CT Speed, Strength and Track & Field Conditioning Camp in 2010 in New Britain, Conn., and the Speed Development Camp in sum2nd Year mer of 2009 in Newington, Conn.

He is a certified strength and conditioning specialist and member of the National Strength and Conditioning Association and the Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Coaches Association.

He graduated with a bachelors of science in sports medicine from Canisius College and earned a master’s of science in physical education from Central Connecticut State University.

Matthew Sewell Matthew Sewell continues his first year as a media relations graduate assistant with the Lumberjacks, where he 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 joins the Sports Information staff at Northern Arizona after earning a bachelor’s degree in communications and public relations with a minor in marketing from Carroll College (Mont.) in 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.

Graduate Assistant In addition to working for Carroll College Athletics, Sewell was also a four-year member of the Media Relations Fighting Saints Men’s Golf team, assisting them to a second-place finish in the Frontier Confer1st Year ence Championship his senior year, the highest in school history.

Cross Country/Track & Field Sewell, a native of Deer Lodge, Mont., hopes to pursue a career in the sports industry in the @MatthewJSewell future, and he is currently working towards his master’s degree in applied communication.

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Season Outlooks

Northern Arizona University

Men’s Roster

Name Events Indoor/Outdoor Hometown (High School/College) Adel al Nasser

Andrew Belus

Cody Bell

Ian Cable

Matthew Coloe

Pat Colonnelli

Josh DeKonty

Miles Di Sabella

Diego Estrada

Daniel Filipcik

Tim Freriks

Arnaud Froidmont

Treyson Fullmer

Andre Gaines

Chris Ganem

Bahlbi Gebreyohanns

Karl Gehrke

Dennis Givens

Eric Hernandez

Caleb Hoover

Mark Hughes

Jesse Iglinski

Vernon Jamison

Thremaine Johnson

Deante Kemper

Myles Kloer

Gus Margiotta

Dai McFadden

Simon Mitchell

Alejandro Montano

Edgar Panford

Jordan Parker

Caleb Potts

Cody Reed

Frederick Scarber

Pascal Tang

Brian Thompson

Adam Vess

Kyle Wiedeman

John Yatsko

Sprints Distance Sprints Distance Distance Throws Jumps Sprints Distance Distance Distance Sprints Sprints Jumps Distance Distance Throws Sprints Sprints Distance Sprints Jumps Sprints Jumps Jumps Distance Throws Sprints Pole Vault Distance Jumps Sprints Mid-Distance Distance Jumps Throws Throws Distance Throws Distance

So./So. Sr.*/Sr.* Fr.*/So. Fr./Fr. Sr.*/Sr.* Sr.*/Sr.* Sr.*/Sr.* Jr./Jr. Jr*/RS So.*/So.* Jr./Jr. Jr.*/Jr.* Fr./Fr. So.*/So.* Fr./Fr. Fr.*/So. Sr.*/Sr.* Sr.*/Sr.* Fr./Fr. Fr./Fr. Sr.*/-- Fr./Fr. Fr./Fr. Sr./Sr. Fr./Fr. Sr./Sr. Fr.*/Fr.* Fr./Fr. Fr./Fr. Fr./Fr. So.*/So.* Fr./Fr. So./So. Fr.*/Fr.* Jr./Jr. Sr.*/Sr.* Fr./Fr. Sr.*/Sr.* So.*/So.* Sr.*/Sr.*

* - Denotes athlete has utilized redshirt season

Safwa, Saudi Arabia/Dar Al Uloom Phoenix, Ariz./Seton Cath olic Show Low, Ariz./Show Low San Diego, Calif./Rancho Bernardo Melbourne, Australia/Marcellin College Carlsbad, Calif./La Costa Canyon Gilbert, Ariz./Mesa CC Chandler, Ariz./Westwood Salinas, Calif./Alisal Redwood City, Calif./Woodside Cottonwood, Ariz./Mingus Union Namur, Belgium/Cath. University of Leuven Cedar City, Utah/Cedar Glendale, Ariz./Independence Castle Rock, Colo./Castle View Indianapolis, Ind./North Central Phelan, Calif./Serrano Peoria, Ariz./Millenium Phoenix, Ariz./Desert Vista Joplin, Mo./College Heights Christian Phoenix, Ariz./Thunderbird Alpine, Calif./Granite Hills Queen Creek, Ariz./Queen Creek Phoenix, Ariz./Central San Diego, Calif./Serra Albuquerque, N.M./Sandia Gloucester, Mass./Gloucester Pasadena, Calif./John Muir Henderson, Nev./Green Valley Tucson, Ariz./Catalina San Bernardino, Calif./Cajon Temecula, Calif./Great Oak Eastvale, Calif./Eleanor Roosevelt Danville, Calif./San Ramon Valley Tucson, Ariz./Pima CC Leverkusen, Germany/IGP BGL School Glendale, Ariz./Mountain Ridge Middleton, Conn./Marist College Lake Elsinore, Calif.

Tempe, Ariz./McClintock

Sprints

Distance

Jumps

Throws

al Nasser, Adel Bell, Cody Di Sabella, Miles Froidmont, Arnaud Fullmer, Treyson Givens, Dennis Hernandez, Eric Hughes, Mark Jamison, Vernon McFadden, Dai Parker, Jordan

Belus, Andrew Cable, Ian Coloe, Matt Estrada, Diego Filipcik, Daniel Freriks, Tim Ganem, Chris Gebreyohanns, Bahlbi Hoover, Caleb Kloer, Myles Montano, Alejandro Potts, Caleb Reed, Cody Vess, Adam Yatsko, John

DeKonty, Josh Gaines, Andre Iglinski, Jesse Johnson, Thremaine Kemper, Deante Mitchell, Simon (PV) Panford, Edgar Scarber, Frederick

Colonnelli, Pat Gehrke, Karl Margiotta, Gus Tang, Pascal Thompson, Brian Wiedeman, Kyle

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Men’s Profiles

Adel al Nasser Academic Notes: Majoring in civil engineering.

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.

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

High School: Graduated from Dar Al Uloom High School in Saudi Arabia in 2008 ... Qualified 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 Champi- onship 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) ...

Personal best times include 47.54 (400m), 52.60 (400mH) and 1:54.55 (800m).

Personal Bests Personal: Born to Mohammad and Fahemah al Nesser on Dec. 17, 1990 ... Has five brothers, 21.98 - 200m Ahmed, Hussain, Ali, Saleh, Hadi and one sister, Raeda ... Brother, Hadi, is also a student at 47.10 - 400m NAU. 52.41 - 400mH

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Northern Arizona University

Andrew Belus

Men’s Profiles

Academic Notes: 2009, 2010, and 2011 Big Sky All-Academic Selection for cross country and both track and field seasons ... Majoring in microbiology.

2011 Cross Country: Competed in four events for the Lumberjacks in his final season ... Ran a season-best 8K time of 24:58 at the Wisconsin Adidas Invitational ... Finished 11th at the Big Sky Championships as NAU’s fifth runner (25:18.67) ... Earned his first All-Region award with a 25thplace finish (31:16.1) at the NCAA Mountain Regionals in Provo, Utah ... Ended his cross country career in his third NCAA Championships, finishing the 10K race in 31:31.1 (181st).

2011 Track & Field: Appeared in four meets due to injury his third season ... Made the most of his time on the track during the indoor season, recording three personal-best times ... Doubled up at the Big Sky Indoor Championships in the 3,000-meter run and the 5K, scoring a fourthplace finish in the 3K (8:14.56@) and fifth overall in the 5K ... Ran a career-best 5,000- meter mark at the Husky Classic with a time of 14:35.69 ... Collected an altitude-adjusted time of Indoor: RS-Junior 4:16.68 in the mile at the Lumberjack Invitational.

Outdoor: RS-Junior Phoenix, Ariz. 2010 Cross Country: Closed out cross country season at the NCAA Championships, finishing Seton Catholic HS 141st overall, and eight-place improvement from 2009, in a time of 31:30.9 ... Finished 32nd Distance overall, and fifth on the team, at the NCAA Mountain Region Championships ... Recorded career-best 10K time of 30:48.7 at the Mountain Regional from Salt Lake City, Utah, and improved six spots from a year ago ... Placed 11th overall on the team at the Big Sky ChampionPersonal Bests ships, completing the 8K course in 22:27.3 ... Ran to a 61st-place finish (24:33.1) in the ‘blue’ 4:07.30 - 1,500 Meters race at the NCAA Pre-Nationals, 31 spots better than his 2009 performance ... Aided men’s 4:16.68 - Mile team to third-place finish at the Stanford Invitational after finishing 23rd in personal- best 8K 8:14.56 - 3,000 Meters time of 24:23 ... Finished fourth overall (26:36.4) at the George Kyte Classic to open season.

14:35.69 - 5,000 Meters 29:58.31 - 10,000 Meters 2010 Track & Field: In his second track season, collected three personal best times in the 1500m 9:45.18 - Steeplechase (4:07.30), 5,000m (14:42.24) and the 10,000m (29:58.31) ... Ended the 2010 outdoor season

with the 65th-best time in the 10K in the West Region ... Finished third overall at the Big Sky Outdoor Championships in the 10K (30:04.20@) to earn first career Big Sky medal ... Followed up 10K performance with a sixth-place finish in the 5K to score nine points during the championships ... 10K personal record came at the Mt. SAC Relays when he finished 19th overall in the Olympic development heat ... Recorded best 3,000-meter time of the indoor season at the Big Sky Indoor Championships (8:38.63@).

2009 Cross Country: Enjoyed breakout sophomore campaign, participating in six races for the Lumberjacks, including a trip to the NCAA Cross Country Championships ... Finished 149th overall in the race, recording a 10,000-meter best time of 31:21.7 on the course ... Placed 38th, sixth on the team, at the NCAA Mountain Region Championships in a time of 31:25.2 ... Recorded third top-10 finish of the season at the Big Sky Championships, finishing eighth overall (25:58.5) to earn All-Big Sky honors ... In his first career trip to Terre Haute, Ind., finished 92nd overall in the “blue” race at the NCAA Pre-Nationals ... Finished ninth overall at the Aztec Invite (26:21) ... Opened season with a second-place finish at the George Kyte Classic as he was the first Lumberjack to cross thefinish line in a time of 25:39.1.

2009 Track and Field: Recorded times of 4:47.31 in the mile, and 9:04.66 in the 3,000 during the indoor season. In the 3,000 steeplechase, had season-best time of 9:45.18 in outdoor campaign.

2008 Cross Country: In first full season with the Lumberjacks he ran in three races ... Placed 86th overall (26:25) at Cowboy Jamboree ... In the Aztec Invitational placed 75th (26:37) ...

Recorded a time of 26:45.5 in George Kyte Classic.

2007-08: Redshirt seasons High School: Graduated from Seton Catholic High School in 2007 ... Earned four cross country letters and served as team captain for three years ... Three-year letterwinner and two-time team captain of the track team ... Broke school’s 5K and two mile records.

Personal: Born on March 19, 1989 to Michael and Gail Belus ... Has one brother, Matthew who also attends NAU ... Enjoys hunting, camping, and climbing.­

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Men’s Profiles

Cody Bell Academic Notes: Contemplating a major in history.

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-Freshman Named the Show Low High athlete of the year ... A member of one football state championOutdoor: 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 Mexico before choosing NAU. 22.85 - 200 Meters 48.53 - 400 Meters

Pat Colonnelli Academic Notes: Majoring in finance.

2011: Competed at the Big Sky Outdoor Championships in the discus for the third-straight season ... Finished 12th overall in the event ... Finished second in the discus at the New Mexico Tailwind Invite with a hurl of 152 feet, three inches (46.40m) ... Season-best mark in the discus came at the NAU/ASU/UA Double Dual after throwing 160 feet, one inch to finish fifth overall.

2010: Saw action in eight meets during sophomore campaign ... Scored for the second- straight year at the Big Sky Outdoor Championships, collecting two points in the discus after finishing seventh overall (48.86m/160-3.5) ... Also competed in the javelin throw at the outdoor championships ... Recorded new personal-best marks in both the discus and javelin ... At the ASU-NAU-UA Double Dual, launched a 165 foot, 6 inch throw in the javelin ... Recorded careerbest discus throw (50.13m/164-5.5) at the Sun Devil Open to secure first- place finish in the Indoor: Senior competition.

Outdoor: Senior 2009: Competed during the outdoor season in his freshman year with the Lumberjacks ... ReCarlsbad, Calif. corded best discus mark of the season at the Sun Devil Invitational (48.51m/159-1.75) ... Best La Costa Canyon HS javelin throw came at the New Mexico Tailwind Invitational (48.61m/159-5.75) ... At the Big Sky Throws Outdoor Championships finished fifth in the javelin (47.63m/156-3) and also competed in the Personal Bests

discus.

164-5.5 - Discus High School: Graduated from La Costa Canyon High School in 2007 ... Lettered in track and 165-6 - Javelin football ... 2006 Palomar League Discus Champion ... Broke his high school’s discus record

while attending.

Personal: Born to Phil and Kim Colonnelli on June 7, 1988.

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Northern Arizona University

Men’s Profiles

Jordan Chipangama Academic Notes: Majoring in community health.

2011 Cross Country: Was the Lumberjacks’ consistent number-two runner once again in 2011, after sitting out 2010 with an injury ... Competed in the final five meets of the season, beginning with the Oklahoma State Cowboy Jamboree, where he finished 17th (24:24.82) ... Notched dual top-five finishes at the first two postseason meets, placing second at the Big Sky Championships (24:38.52) and fifth at the Mountain Region Championships (30:33.3) ... Kicked out a 48th-place finish (30:21.0) at the NCAA National Championships after pulling his hamstring only a third of the way into the 10K race.

2011 Track & Field: After over a year off from running due to injury, made his return to the track at the 53rd Annual Mt. SAC Relays in the 1,500 (3:48.41) ... Recorded a personal-best time in the 5,000-meter run at the Payton Jordan Stanford Invite with a mark of 14:13.44 ... Finished the Indoor: RS-Senior season at the Big Sky Outdoor Championships where he scored a fourth-place finish in the 5K Outdoor: RS-Senior (14:17.33) and placed fifth in the 1,500m with a time of 3:50.95.

Lusaka, Zambia Central Arizona College 2010 Cross Country: Redshirt season.

Mid-Distance 2010 Track & Field: Competed only during the indoor season for the Lumberjacks … Capped Personal Bests: off his 2010 campaign at the Notre Dame Alex Wilson Invitational when he ran 4:00.69 in the 1:49.34 (800m) mile run, giving him the second fastest indoor mile time in school history … His career-best 3:46.43 (1,500m) 4:00.69 (mile) time in the mile was the 26th-fastest time in the nation … Captured first Big Sky track title with 14:55.28 (5,000m) a victory in the 800-meter run (1:49.34@) which earned him an NCAA provisional mark, and the 28th fastest time in that event during the indoor season … Took third in the mile run at the indoor championships in a time of 4:05.47@ … Ran the 800-meter leg of the record-setting DMR that took first place at the conference championships (9:44.14) … Ran 4:01.75 in the mile at the Husky Classic to record a then personal-best time in the event … Opened track season with a NCAA provisional mark in the 800m at the Mountain T’s Invitational (1:50.16@).

2009 Cross Country: Was the Lumberjacks’ most consistent runner on the year recording five top-five finishes on the season, including a fifth-place finish (29:33.1) at the NCAA Cross Country Championships to earn his first career All-American award … Along with David McNeill, became the first NAU duo to record a top-five finish in a championship race … Took 14th at the NCAA Mountain Region Championships in a time of 30:49.5 to earn All-Region honors …

Finished second (25:31.7) at the Big Sky Cross Country Championships to help the men’s team earn its third-straight conference title … Earned first All-Big Sky award with the top-10 finish … In the “blue” race at the NCAA Pre-Nationals, finished third overall in a time of 23:47.3, and was the first Lumberjack to cross the stripe … Led the men’s team with his second win of the season at the Cowboy Jamboree in a time of 23:44.7, his best 8K time of the year … With the victory, NAU finished first out of 25 teams in Stillwater, Okla. … In his first race in uniform, captured the Aztec Invite title (25:17) by finishing 17 seconds ahead of teammate Ahmed Osman … Won two Big Sky Cross Country Athlete of the Week awards during the 2009 campaign.

Before NAU: Attended Central Arizona College from 2007-2008... Junior College National Champion in the 1,500m in 2009 ... Junior College Regional Runner of The Year in 2008 ... In both track seasons, finished second overall in the 5,000m event ... Helped Central Arizona to the 2008 cross country Regional Championship.

Personal: Born on November 12, 1988 to Piet and Kirk Chipangama ... Has one younger brother, PJ and one younger sister, Lisa ... Also considered Alabama and Oregon before choosing to attend NAU.

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Men’s Profiles

Matt Coloe Academic Notes: 2011 Big Sky All-Academic selection ... Majoring in medical imaging.

2011 Cross Country: Was one of only three Lumberjack runners to compete in six meets during the season ... Started off the year with a sixth-place finish at the George Kyte Classic, completing the 8K course in 26:28.6 ... Best 8K finish of the year came at the Oklahoma State Cowboy Jamboree, where he finished 41st in 24:59.52 ... Earned all-conference and all-region honors for the first time in his cross country career, placing seventh (25:03.66) at the conference meet and 24th (31:15.8) at the the NCAA Mountain Region Championships ... Wrapped up his cross country career at the NCAA Championships in Terre Haute, Ind., finishing the 10K course in 31:14.3 (155th).

Indoor: Senior Outdoor: Senior Melbourne, Australia Marcellin College Prep Mid-Distance

2011 Track & Field: Competed during the indoor and outdoor campaigns for the Lumberjacks in his first year on campus ... Closed out the 2011 season with a seventh-place finish in the 5,000-meter run (14:20.89) at the Big Sky Outdoor Championships and an eighth-place showing in the 1,500-meter run (3:52.82) ... Season-best 1,500m time came at the 53rd Annual Mt. SAC Relays when he crossed the finish line in 3:48.20 ... Scored 10 points at the Big Sky Indoor Championships after finishing fourth in the mile (4:11.28@) and in the 800-meter run (1:53.07@).

Personal Bests 1:51 - 800 Meters 3:45 - 1,500 Meters 4:11.28 - Mile 8:17 - 3,000 Meters

2010 Cross Country: Placed 45th overall at the NCAA Mountain Region Championships from Rose Park Golf Course in Salt Lake City, Utah ... Finished first 10K at the regional in a time of 31:18.2 ...Took 90th, finishing in a time of 24:51.7, in the ‘blue’ race at the NCAA Pre-Nationals in first career trip to Terre Haute, Ind. ... Made collegiate debut at the Stanford Invitational ...

Finished 80th overall in a time of 25:17.

@RidingColoe Before NAU: Attended Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in Melbourne, Australia ...

Recorded time of 3:49.29 in the 1,500m at the Australian Athletics Championships ... Turned in time of 8:30.75 in the 3,000-meter Under 20 A Race at the 2006 Zatopek Classic, finishing one spot behind former teammate Ben Ashkettle ... Finished second overall behind Ashkettle for the second straight year in a time of 8:17.48 in the U-20 3,000m at the 2007 Zatopek.

High School: Graduated from Marcellin College in 2006 ... Was a member of the cross country and track teams all four years, and served as captain of the two squads his senior season ... Finished 13th at the World Youth Track & Field Championship in Morocco in the 1,500m ...

Competed in the World School Cross Country Championships ... Recorded personal bests of 1:51 in the 800m, 3:45 in the 1,500, and 8:17 in the 3,000m ... Also played cricket and bas- ketball in high school.

Personal: Born to Peter and Sue Coloe on April 2, 1988 ... Has one older brother, Daniel.

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Northern Arizona University

Miles Di Sabella

Men’s Profiles

Academic Notes: All-Academic Big Sky selection in 2010 and 2011 ... Majoring in biomedical sciences.

2011: Was the Lumberjacks’ top male short sprinter, competing in the 60, 100, 200 and 400meter 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).

Indoor: Junior Outdoor: Junior Chandler, Ariz.

Westwood HS Sprints Personal Bests

6.61 - 55 Meters 6.87 - 60 Meters 10.72 - 100 Meters 21.52 - 200 Meters

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.

Josh DeKonty Academic Notes: Majoring in accounting.

2010-2011: Did not compete.

Before NAU: Attended Mesa Community College from 2008-2009.

High School: Graduated from Highland High School in 2007 ... Member of the track team for two years ... Recorded marks of 6-6 1/2 in the high jump and 22-10 in the long jump.

Personal: Born on May 19, 1989 to Paul and Jennifer DeKonty ... Has three brothers, Luke, Michael, and David, and one sister, Rachel.

Indoor: Senior Outdoor: Senior Gilbert, Ariz.

Mesa CC Jumps Personal Bests

6-8.5 - High Jump 23-6.5 - Long Jump 46-3.5 - Triple Jump

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Men’s Profiles

Diego Estrada Academic Notes: Majoring in Spanish for secondary education.

Indoor: RS-Junior Outdoor: Senior Salinas, Calif.

Alisal HS Distance Personal Bests

1:52.16@ - 800m 3:41.8 - 1,500m 7:52.18 - 3,000 Meters 13:26.94 - 5,000 Meters 28:40.19 - 10,000 Meters @-altitude converted time

FIVE-TIME ALL-AMERICAN

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 third- place 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 Outdoor Championships for his fourth All-America honor of the year ... Held the third-best collegiate mark in the 5K for the outdoor season with the second-fastest time in NAU history of 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.

Cross Country 2010: 16th 2010 Cross Country: Claimed All-American honors for the first time at the NCAA Cross Country 2011: 7th 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 Track & Field time of 30:10.7 ... Pushed his streak of top-five finishes to eight after placing third overall at 2011 Indoor 5K - 4th the NCAA Mountain Region Championships, running to a career-best 10K mark of 29:33.0 ... It 2011 Outdoor 5K - 5th was the highest finish at the regional event, earning him his first career All- Region honors ...

2011 Indoor 3K - 14th (2nd Team) 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 @estradadiego Pre-Nationals with a fifth-place finish (23:33.9) in 2010 to pace the Lumberjacks ... It was his 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.

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Northern Arizona University

Men’s Profiles

Diego Estrada (Cont’d)

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 Champi- onship, 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 Moun- tain Regional ... Named to All-Big Sky team for third place finish (23:33.9) at the Big Sky Cham- pionships ... 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 ... Became an American citizen on Nov. 18 in Phoenix, Ariz.

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Daniel Filipcik Academic Notes: Majoring in exercise science.

2011 Cross Country: Competed in just two races for the Lumberjacks ... Placed 19th (28:29.2) at the George Kyte Classic ... Placed 30th at the Dave Murray Invitational in a time of 23:03.0.

2011 Track & Field: Did not compete.

2010 Cross Country: Recorded 13th-place finish at the Grand Canyon/Southwestern Invite (27:52.3) ... Ran to season-best time 8K time of 25:44 at the Stanford Invitational ... Finished sixth overall, and second on the team at Aztec Invite (26:08.3) ... Made collegiate debut at the George Kyte Invitational, finishing ninth overall in a time of 27:18.8.

2009-10: Redshirt season.

Indoor: RS-Sophomore Outdoor: RS-Sophomore Redwood City, Calif.

Woodside Distance

High School: Graduated from Woodside High School in 2009 ... Was a member of the cross country and track teams for four years, serving as the captain his senior season ... Became the first runner in 20 years from Woodside to reach the state championship meet for cross country ... PAL cross country champion in 2008, and PAL 3200m champion, running 9:21 in the event ...

Broke school 5K cross country record with a time of 15:37.

Personal: Born to Jana and Stefan Filipcik on June 16, 1991 ... Has two older siblings, Thomas and Gaby ... His brother Thomas was a member of the St. Mary’s tennis team while in college ... Also considered Colorado and Portland before coming to NAU.

Andre Gaines Academic Notes: Big Sky All-Academic selection in 2011 ... Majoring in computer information systems.

2011: Burst onto the Big Sky scene after redshirting his freshman year, scoring at each Big Sky championship event ... At the outdoor competition from Sacramento, Calif., he placed fourth overall in the long jump with a leap of 23 feet, 10.75 inches (7.28m) ... Recorded a career-best jump in the event at the Willie Williams Invite, cracking 24 feet for the first time ever (7.32m) ...

In his first Big Sky event, placed second overall in the long jump at the indoor championships after leaping 23 feet, 11.75 inches ... Also competed in the high jump at the indoor championships, and best high jump of the year came at the NAU Team Challenge (1.95m/6-4.75).

2010: Redshirt season.

Indoor: RS-Sophomore Outdoor: RS-Sophomore Glendale, Ariz.

Independence HS Jumps

High School: Graduated from Independence High School in 2009 ... Lettered four years in track and field and three in basketball ... State champion in the 4A-1 long jump senior year ... Holds three records at his high school, including points scored in a season for basketball (612), long jump (22-11) and high jump (6-6) ... In 2009, made 1st team all-region for basketball, and was a part of the 4A all-state basketball team ... Slam Dunk Champion at the Arizona Prep Fall Showcase in 2008.

Personal Bests 24-0.25 - Long Jump Personal: Born on October 24, 1991 to Clifford and Tonia Gaines ... Has three younger brothers, 6-4.75 - High Jump Austin, Ahmire and Adrian, and one younger sister, Amiyah ... Cousin, Marcel Jones, is a member of the Nebraska football team.

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Northern Arizona University

Tim Freriks

Men’s Profiles

Academic Notes: 2010 and 2011 Big Sky All-Academic selection ... Majoring in biology.

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, fin- ishing 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 30:45.7.

Indoor: Junior Outdoor: Junior Cottonwood, Ariz.

Mingus Union HS Distance

2011 Track & Field: In his first trip the NCAA West Preliminary Round Championships, finished 37th overall with a time of 30:31.65 ... Doubled up at the Big Sky Outdoor Championships in the 10K and 5,000-meter run, scoring a third place finish in the 25-lap event (30:23.17) and fifthplace showing in the 5K with a personal-best time of 14:18.20 ... Recorded a career-best time in the 1,500-meter run at the Double Dual with a mark of 3:58.34 ... At the 53rd Annual Mt. SAC Relays, scored a career-best 10K time of 29:35.80 ... Scored eight points for the Lum- berjacks at the Big Sky Indoor Championships after placing third overall in the 5K and sev- enth in the 3,000-meter run ... Recorded personal-best 3K time at the Husky Classic with a mark of 8:23.43.

2010 Cross Country: Wrapped up sophomore campaign with first-career trip to the NCAA Personal Bests Championships where he finished 144th overall in a time of 31:33.6 ... Finished 41st at the NCAA 8:23.43 - 3,000 Meters Mountain Region Championships, an improvement of 38 places from 2009, and turned in a 14:18.20 - 5,000 Meters career-best 10K time of 31:09.0 ... Ran to a sixth-place finish (22:17), and All-Con- ference hon29:35.80 - 10,000 Meters ors, at the Big Sky Championships, giving the sophomore two top-10 finishes on the season ...

Recorded new personal-best 8K time (24:42.7) in first career race at the NCAA Pre-Nationals, finishing 75th overall ... 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 Champi- onships, 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 38th-place 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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Men’s Profiles

Bahlbi Gebreyohanns

Academic Notes: 2011 Big Sky All-Academic selection ... Plans to major in economics.

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.

2010 Cross Country: Ran to 135th-place finish in the men’s ‘blue’ race at the NCAA Pre- Nationals (25:17.5) ... Launched his Lumberjack career at the Stanford Invitational where he finished fifth on the team, and 56th overall (25:01).

Indoor: RS-Freshman Outdoor: Sophomore High School: Graduated from North Central High School in 2010 ... Ran on the cross country Indianapolis, Ind. and track teams from 2008-09 ... Served as the captain in 2008 ... A member of the 2008 North Central HS fourth-place team at the Indiana State Cross Country Championships.

Distance Personal: Born to Zeinasellassie Gebreyohanns and Letebrhan Teklehay Manot on July 27, Personal Bests 1990 ... Has two younger brothers and one older sister.

3:56.82 - 1,500 Meters 14:34.36 - 5,000 Meters 30:10.52 - 10,000 Meters

Karl Gehrke Academic Notes: All-Academic Big Sky selection in 2010 ... Majoring in forestry.

2011: Redshirt season.

2010: Competed in eight indoor meets for the Lumberjacks in first year on campus ... Reached the Big Sky Indoor Championships in both the shot put (14th) and weight throw (10th) ...

Launched career-best toss in the weight throw at the Lumberjack Invitational with a mark of 56 feet, 6.5 inches (17.24m) ... In first meet of the season, tossed personal-best mark in the shot put (50-8.25/15.45m).

Before NAU: Attended Moorpark Community College for two years ... Won a state championship in the discus.

Indoor: RS-Senior Outdoor: RS-Senior Phelan, Calif.

Serrano HS Throws

High School: Graduated from Serrano High School in 2007 ... Lettered two years in track and field ... Won four league titles over two years in the shot put and discus ... Broke the high school discus record.

Personal: Born on May 9, 1989 to Chuck and Jeanette Gehrke.

Personal Bests

50-8.25 - Shot put 56-6.5 - Weight throw 173-5 - Discus 167-3.25 - Hammer throw 160-10.25 - Javelin

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Northern Arizona University

Dennis Givens

Men’s Profiles

Academic Notes: Majoring in electronic media and film.

2011: Did not compete.

2010: Did not compete.

2009: In his first season with the Lumberjacks, competed in both the indoor and outdoor seasons ... Finished sixth overall in the 200m dash (21.92) and second in the 400m dash (47.83) at the Big Sky Indoor Championships ... Placed fourth overall in the 200m dash (21.75) and claimed second place overall in the 400m dash in a time of 47.93 at Big Sky Outdoors.

Before NAU: Ran for two years under Coach Ralph Neighbors at Glendale Community Col- lege ... Named Most Outstanding Runner in the 200 and 400 meters.

Indoor: RS-Senior Outdoor: RS-Senior Peoria, Ariz.

Millennium HS Sprints Personal Bests

High School: A 2006 graduate of Millennium High School ... Set school record in the 40 meter dash (4.44 second) ... Also a football standout, setting school records with 14 career inter- ceptions, and nine in one season.

Personal: Born on January 6, 1988 to David Givens and Kim Hyung Sun in Suwon, South Korea ... Has two sisters, Kara and Kimberly.

7.00 - 60 Meters 21.75 - 200 Meters 47.22 - 400 Meters

Mark Hughes

Academic Notes: Majoring in elementary and special education.

2011: Closed his Big Sky outdoor career with a fourth-place finish in the 400-meter hurdles in a personal-best time of 53.62 ... Was a member of the third-place 4x100-meter relay squad, and also competed in the 200-meter dash ... Ran to a personal- best mark of 22.12 in the 200m at the Beach Invitational ... At the Big Sky Indoor Champi- onships, he ran on the championships 4x400-meter relay team that won the first title for NAU in the event since 2003 ... Was also a competitor in the 200m event as well ... Season- best 60-meter hurdles time came at the New Mexico Collegiate Invitational (8.52).

Indoor: Senior Outdoor: N/A Phoeniz, Ariz.

Thunderbird HS Sprints/Hurdles

2010: In injury shortened season, competed in four indoor meets for the Lumberjacks ... Turned in times of 51.17 in the 400-meter dash, 22.53 in the 200m, 51.17 in the 400m and 8.55 in the 60-meter hurdles ... Was a member of the 4x400 relay team that turned in a time of 3:18.71at the NAU Invitational.

Before NAU: Attended Glendale Community College where he was a member of the track and field team for two seasons ... Recorded marks of 52.93 in the 400m hurdles, 15.23 in the 110m hurdles and 22.11 in the 200m dash while at Glendale CC ... Broke the 400m hurdle record at Glendale CC with a time of 52.93 ... Finished in 6th in the 400m hurdles at the 2009 NJCAA National Championships ... Awarded best all around track athlete in 2009 ... Gradu- ated from Thunderbird High School in 2007 ... Lettered three seasons in both basketball and track and Personal Bests field ... Recorded top high school marks in the 300m hurdles (40.3), 110m hurdles (15.5) and the 22.11 - 200 Meters 200m dash (22.9) ...Named to all-region team senior year in basketball ... Voted most outstand51.17 - 400 Meters ing track athlete in 2007.

8.52 - 60m Hurdles 15.23 - 110m Hurdles Personal: Born on July 11, 1988 to Mark and Beth Hughes ... Has one older brother, Matthew.

52.93 - 400m Hurdles

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Men’s Profiles

Thremaine Johnson Academic Notes: Majoring in electrical engineering.

2010-11: Did not compete.

2009: Sophomore campaign only included the indoor season ... Competed in the heptathlon at the NAU Open, finishing second ... Finished 11th in the long jump (22-0.5) and sixth in the triple jump (46-7) at the Big Sky Indoor Championships.

2008: Competed in six events for the Lumberjacks ... 2008 best marks include: 6.77 (55m), 7.25 (60m), 11.74 (100m), 23.17 (200m), 6.69m (long jump) and a personal best 14.52m in the triple jump.

High School: Lettered four years in track and field and two years in football for Central High ...

2007 all-region defensive back in football ... 2007 all-state 5A-II in the triple jump (44-4) ... Was Indoor: Senior region champion in the triple jump, pole vault, and 300-meter hurdles (41.3) that same year ...

Outdoor: Senior Broke the high school record in the triple jump (44-4) in 2007.

Phoenix, Ariz.

Central HS Personal: Born to Selah Espejo and Van Johnson on Nov. 11, 1988 ... Has one younger brother, Sprints/Jumps Cole.

Personal Bests 46-7 - Triple Jump 22-0.5 - Long Jump @ThremaineJ

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Northern Arizona University

Myles Kloer

Men’s Profiles

Academic Notes: Majoring in business economics.

2011 Cross Country: Competed in 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 ...

Ran a personal-best time in the mile at the Lumberjack Invitational (4:16.81@).

2010 Cross Country: Collected career best 8K time at the Grand Canyon/ Southwestern Invite where he finished fourth overall (26:37.90) ... Opened second season in uniform with the LumIndoor: Senior berjacks at the Aztec Invite, placing 24th overall (26:49.1).

Outdoor: Senior Albuquerque, N.M. 2010 Track & Field: During sophomore campaign, saw action in five outdoor meets for the Sandia HS Lumberjacks ... Recorded career-best time of 9:46.22 in the steeplechase at the Beach InviMid-Distance tational ... Best 1,500m time of career came at the Brian Clay Invitational when he ran 4:00.54.

Personal Bests 2009 Cross Country: Redshirt season.

3:56.96 - 1,500 Meters 4:16.81 - Mile 2009 Track & Field: Competed in both the indoor and outdoor season his freshman year for 9:46.22 - Steeplechase 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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Gus Margiotta Academic Notes: Majoring in journalism.

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 twotime Massachusetts State Championship team.

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.

Indoor: RS-Freshman Outdoor: RS-Freshman Gloucester, Mass.

Gloucester HS Throws @GusM978

Edgar Panford Academic Notes: Major is undecided.

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 White on the podium ... Was also a competitor in the long jump at the conference championships ... Turned in best long jump-mark at the NAU Tune Up (6.95m/22-9.5).

Indoor: RS-Sophomore Outdoor: RS-Sophomore High School: Graduated from Cajon High School in 2009 ... Three-year letterwinner in track San Bernardino, Calif. and field and basketball ... SAL long jump champion ... SAL triple jump champion ... Cajon High Cajon HS School triple jump record holder ... Broke the triple jump record at the Chino Relays.

Jumps Personal: Born on February 14, 1991 to Ernest Panford and Felicia Acheampong ... Has one Personal Bests older brother, Gad, and one older sister, Eygihmah ... Also considered UCLA, Cal State Long 22-9.5 - Long jump Beach and UC Irvine before attending NAU. 49-1.25 - Triple jump

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Northern Arizona University

Caleb Potts

Men’s Profiles

Academic Notes: Contemplating a major in exercise science.

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 cross country, track and field and football teams ... Lettered four years in track and field, three years in cross country and one year in football ... Broke the school record in the 800- meter run with a time of 1:54 ... Competitor in the Junior Olympics.

Indoor: Sophomore Outdoor: Sophomore Eastvale, Calif.

Eleanor Roosevelt HS Mid-Distance

Personal: Born to Keith and Marnae Potts on June 10, 1992 ... Has three younger siblings.

Personal Bests 1:54 - 800m

Cody Reed Academic Notes: Contemplating a major in mechanical engineering.

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) at the Dave Murray Invitational.

2010-11: Redshirt season.

High School: Graduated from San Ramon Valley High School in 2010 ... Competed four years under Tim Hunter on the cross country team and also played lacrosse and ran track ... Let- tered all four years in cross country and was team’s captain for two ... Won the Roy Kissin Award in 2008 and was named all-league in 2009 ... A member of the 2009 undefeated San Ramon Valley team that finished as NCS championships and placed 10th overall at the Cali- fornia State Indoor: RS-Freshman Championships.

Outdoor: RS-Freshman Danville, Calif. Personal: Born to Donna and Richard Reed on June 24, 1991 ... Has one younger sister, Lau- ren San Ramon Valley HS ... Also considered attending Chico State, San Jose State and Sacramento State before choosDistance ing NAU.

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Men’s Profiles

Pascal Tang Academic Notes: 2008, 2009, 2011 Big Sky All-Academic selection ... Triple majoring in marketing, finance and management with a minor in Chinese.

2011: Earned honorable mention All-America status after competing in his first-ever NCAA Outdoor Championships (F) ... Advanced to his first NCAA championship event when he placed 11th at the NCAA West Preliminary Round in the hammer (62.95m/206-6) ... Recorded three personal- best throws during the outdoor campaign with his farthest career mark coming at the West Prelims ... Competed in seven regular-season meets, including victories in the hammer at the NAU/ASU/UA Double Dual and New Mexico Tailwind Invite ... Placed third in the hammer at the Big Sky Outdoor Championships (193-2) ... Finished runner-up in the weight throw at the Big Sky Indoor Championships with a personal-best mark of 64 feet, 10.75 inches ... Com- peted in five regular season indoor meets for the Lumberjacks, finishing with the nation’s 43rd-best mark in the weight throw.

Indoor: RS-Senior Outdoor: RS-Senior 2010: Redshirt season.

Leverkusen, Germany IGP BGL School 2009: Finished second in the weight throw at the Big Sky Indoor Championships (18.74m) ...

Throws Big Sky hammer throw champion during the outdoor season, winning the flight by nearly two and a half meters (60.30m) ... Finished 17th in the hammer throw at the West Region ChampiPersonal Bests onships (58.46m/191-09).

206-6 - Hammer throw 64-10.75 - Weight throw 2008: Recorded best weight throw of college career at the NAU Tune Up (19.09m), and threw

18.58m in the weight throw at the Big Sky Indoor Championships to win the event ... During the outdoor campaign, collected a PR in the hammer throw (61.13m) at the Mt. Sac Relays ...

Finished second in the hammer at the conference outdoor championships (60.34m).

High School: Attended IGP BGL School in Germany ... Threw 200-7 in the hammer throw.

Personal: Born May 27, 1987 in Leverkusen, Germany.

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Northern Arizona University

John Yatsko

Men’s Profiles

Academic Notes: 2011 Big Sky All-Academic selection ... Majoring in civil engineering.

2011 Cross Country: Competed in his first ever cross country season, and found surprising success in five races ... Best finish came at the Dave Murray Invitational, where he led the Lumberjacks with a fourth-place overall (21:33.0) finish ... Notched a top-50 finish at the OSU Cowboy Jamboree (25:08.34) and a top-100 finish at the Wisconsin Adidas Invitational (24:49) ... Closed out his only cross country campaign at the NCAA Mountain Regionals in 43rd (31:48.3) and the NCAA Championships in 180th (31:30.9).

Indoor: RS-Senior Outdoor: RS-Senior Tempe, Ariz.

McClintock HS Mid-Distance

2011 Track & Field: In only his second indoor season, came out with a bang by setting personal-best indoor times in the 1500m (5th place) and 3000m (18th place) at the New Mexico Collegiate Invitational by running 4:20.55 and 8:56.02, respectively ... Collected a pair of 5th place finishes at the Big Sky Conference Indoor Championships in the 800m and 1500m ... Continued his success into the outdoor season by setting another PR, this time in the 400- meter run at the Willie Williams Classic ... Finished up his junior campaign with two more PRs in the 800-meter run and 1500-meter run at the Big Sky Outdoor Championships, includ- ing a 3:50.05 time in the 1500m, good enough for 5th place.

2010 Track & Field: Running in uniform for the first time with the Lumberjacks, saw action in Personal Bests four indoor meets ... Competed in three events at the Big Sky Indoor Championships,includ- ing 1:52.63 - 800 Meters the record-setting men’s distance medley relay in which he ran the first leg of1200m ... Made 3:50.05 - 1,500 Meters it through to the finals of the mile, finishing 12th overall (4:21.17@) ... Was a competitor in the 4:11.89 - Mile 800-meter run (1:55.27@) ... Ran best mile of career at the MountainT’s Invitational (4:11.89@) ... Turned in a personal record of 1:54.40@ in the 800m at theLumberjack Invi- tational.

2009 Cross Country: Did not compete.

2008-09: Redshirt season.

High School: Graduated from McClintock High School in 2007 ... Four-year letterwinner incross country and track and field ... Was the 2006 4A Arizona state champion in crosscountry ... Claimed the 2006 and 2007 state championships in the 3,200m, and 1,600m champion in 2007 for track.

Personal: Born on November 11, 1988 ... Parents are Christine and Andy Rollins.

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Men’s Newcomers

Ian Cable

Academic Notes: Contemplating a major in biochemistry.

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: Freshman Outdoor: Freshman San Diego, Calif.

Rancho Bernardo HS Distance

Arnaud Froidmont Academic Notes: Seeking a master’s degree in applied physics.

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.

Personal: Born to Philippe Froidmont and Cristine Mestach on March 21, 1989 ... has an older brother Löic and a younger sister Meghann.

Indoor: Junior Outdoor: Junior Namur, Belgium Universite catholique de Louvain Sprints

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Northern Arizona University

Men’s Newcomers

Treyson Fullmer Academic Notes: Majoring in business.

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 Southern Utah and University of Puget Sound before choosing NAU ... Hobbies include camping, hiking, and collecting.

Indoor: Freshman Outdoor: Freshman Cedar City, Utah Cedar High School Sprints

Chris Ganem Academic Notes: Majoring in exercise science.

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 in 26:05.34 (118th) ... Competed at the Big Sky Championships and battled through flu symtoms to finish 45th (27:54.56).

High School: Graduated in 2011 after competing all four years as part of the track and field and cross 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 the school-record 4x800-meter relay team and the distance medley squad... Gar- nered four All-State honors, three for track and field (2008, 2009, 2010) Indoor: Freshman and one for cross country (2009) ... Placed in the top ten at the 4A state meet all four years in Outdoor: Freshman the mile run, in- cluding a runner-up finish his junior year Castle Rock, Colo.

Castle View Personal: Born to Michael and Kimberley Ganem on Oct. 11, 1992 ... Has two younger sisters, Distance Kaitlynn and Kristina ... Chose NAU for its successful track and field and cross country programs.

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Men’s Newcomers

Eric Hernandez

Academic Notes: Majoring in business and marketing.

High School: Graduated from Desert Vista HS in 2011 ... Was a member of the 4x400-meter relay squad that won the 2011 state championship ... Placed fifth in the 300-meter hurdles in the same state meet ... High school track and field team was a three-time state champion and two-time national competitor ... Was named Desert Vista’s Most Outstanding Hurdler his senior year.

Personal: Born to Tanya and Jonathan Hernandez on Jan. 13, 1993 ... Has one older brother, Anthony ... Chose NAU for the great campus and weather ... Contemplated Boise State before coming to NAU ... Second member of his family to attend NAU (father) ... Hobbies include hunting and fishing.

Indoor: Freshman Outdoor: Freshman Phoenix, Ariz.

Desert Vista HS Sprints/Jumps

Caleb Hoover Academic Notes: Majoring in Exercise Science.

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 com- petition 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).

Indoor: Freshman Outdoor: Freshman Joplin, Mo. College Heights Christian Distance

High School: Graduated from College Heights Christian High School in 2011 ... Four-year allstate 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 Christian, Liberty University, and Kansas University before choosing NAU ... enjoys kayaking, hiking, and backpacking in his free time.

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Northern Arizona University

Men’s Newcomers

Arnaud Froidmont

Vernon Jamison Academic Notes: Majoring in psychology.

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 ...

Hobbies include watching TV.

Indoor: Freshman Outdoor: Freshman Queen Creek, Ariz.

Queen Creek HS Sprints/Jumps

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Men’s Newcomers

Deante Kemper Academic Notes: Majoring in psychology.

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.

Personal: Born to Michelle Hopkins on March 27, 1993 ... Chose NAU for the family-like feeling the team brings, and looked forward to working with Coach Jacoby.

Indoor: Freshman Outdoor: Freshman San Diego, Calif.

Serra HS Jumps @DKempMan

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Arnaud Froidmont Matt Coloe

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Northern Arizona University

Dai McFadden

Men’s Newcomers

Academic Notes: Majoring in biology.

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, Mauriya, and Moultric ... Chose NAU because of his excitement to work with Coach Jacoby after hearing he was coming out of retirement.

Indoor: Freshman Outdoor: Freshman Pasadena, Calif.

John Muir HS Sprints

Simon Mitchell Academic Notes: Majoring in international hospitality management.

High School: Competed for Green Valley High in cross country and track and field for four years before graduating in 2011 ... Personal best jump in the pole vault is 14-00.

Personal: Born to Martin and Kimberley Mitchell on Aug. 24, 1993 ... Has two older brothers, Kristopher and Taylor ... Also considered attending Colorado State, Western Oregon, and the University of Portland ... Chose NAU for the climate and the hotel and restaurant man- agement program ... Hobbies include music, long walks on the beach, and traveling.

Indoor: Freshman Outdoor: Freshman Henderson, Nev. Green Valley HS Pole Vault

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Men’s Newcomers

Alejandro Montano

Academic Notes: Contemplating a major in mechanical engineering.

2011 Cross Country: Did not compete.

High School: Graduated from Catalina High School in 2011 ... Set school records in the 1600-meter and 3200-meter runs ... Ran a time of 4:13 and shattered a 38-year-old 1600-meter record ... Competed and led his team to a runner-up finish at the 2008 state cross country meet.

Personal: Born to Arnoldo Montano on May 27, 1992 ... Also considered University of Arizona before choosing NAU ... Enjoys fishing, reading, and hiking in his spare time.

Indoor: Freshman Outdoor: Freshman Tucson, Ariz.

Catalina HS Distance

Jordan Parker Academic Notes: Majoring in criminology and criminal justice.

High School: Graduated from Great Oak High School in 2011 ... Competed in soccer, volleyball, and track and field ... Was on the 4x400-meter relay team that broke the school and regional records his senior year ... Made state finals in the 4x400m his senior year.

Personal: Born to Shaun and Heather Parker on Dec. 29, 1992 ... Has one older brother, Gavin, and one younger brother, Jonah ... Enjoys playing soccer, longboarding, and collecting comics ... Chose NAU for the environment on campus and the coaching staff ... His father played basketball for Southern Utah, and his grandfather was on the track and field team at BYU.

Indoor: Freshman Outdoor: Freshman Temecula, Calif.

Great Oak HS Sprints

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Northern Arizona University

Men’s Newcomers

Frederick Scarber Academic Notes: Majoring in civil engineering.

Before NAU: Competed for Pima Community College for two years, graduating in 2011 ...

Placed 10th in the high jump at the 2011 NJCAA Outdoor National Championships with a personal best jump of 6-9 ... Swept the Glendale Last Chance Invite during the indoor season in the high jump and triple jump ... Graduated from Cienega High School in 2009.

Personal: Born December 14, 1990 to Freddy and Lillie Scarber.

Indoor: Junior Outdoor: Junior Vail, Ariz.

Cienega HS Jumps Personal Bests 6-9 - High Jump 22-11 - Long Jump 45-9 - Triple Jump @freddyfred9

Brian Thompson Academic Notes: Majoring in biology with a minor in physics.

High School: Graduated from Mountain Ridge High School in 2011 ... Was a three-sport athlete, playing football and bas- ketball aside from track and field ... Was runner up at 2011 Arizona State Championships in the discus, but won five individual titles during the season, including the Arizona High School Meet of Champions ... Has a personal best throw in the discus of 181-11, and a shot put best of 50-7.

Personal: Born to Brian and Rosetta Thompson on April 30, 1993 ... Has an older sister, Domonique, and two younger sisters, Bria and Brooke ... Hobbies include playing guitar and video games ... Hopes to have a career in law enforcement or forensic science after NAU. Indoor: Freshman Outdoor: Freshman Glendale, Ariz.

Mountain Ridge HS Throws

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Men’s Newcomers

Adam Vess

Academic Notes: Seeking a graduate degree in educational leadership.

Before NAU: Competed for Marist College from 2007-2011 ... Won the MAAC championship in the Mile ... Competed for Xavier High School in cross country and track and field ... Won the Nike Outdoor National Championship in the 5K, in which he set the meet record ... Won the Connecticut state champion four times collectively in the mile and two-mile races.

Personal: Born to Robert Vess and Joanne Swift on June 27, 1989 ... Has one older sister, Anna, one younger brother, Ben, and five younger sisters, Brianne, Lian, Amelia, Allison, and Celia.

Indoor: RS-Senior Outdoor: RS-Senior Middleton, Conn.

Marist College Distance

Andre Gaines

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Northern Arizona University

Men’s Newcomers

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Women’s Roster

Name Events Indoor/Outdoor Hometown (High School/College) Sarah Baker

Distance Darriel Banks Sprints Emily Bartz

Distance Kortnee Burton Distance Jessica Bush

Throws Jenne Childs

Sprints Alexis Clay

Jumps Brigitte DeMarco Sprints Nicole Elliot

Throws Kenzie Estes

Distance Jen Fetaz

Sprints/Jumps Kayla Freeman Distance Shayla Freeman Distance Kelly Fruth

Distance Carissa Gwerder Distance Caroline Hogardh Mid-Distance Simone Holder Sprints Lauren Justus Distance Rochelle Kanuho Distance Kylee Kieser

Distance Lisa Lantz

Pole Vault Lauren Laszczak Jumps Agnes Laurent Distance Haley Lawrence Distance Kerri Lenihan Distance Maddie Lummis Sprints Heidi Machel

Pole Vault Rashida McKinnon Sprints Lisette Michaels Distance Shamelle Pless Sprints Jamie Pomaski Throws Brittany Price Throws Sarah Raber

Distance Jackie Shea

Sprints Amanda Stricker Jumps Lauren Stuart Throws Kasandra Vegas Throws Jessica Weise Throws

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Clay, Alexis Fetaz, Jen Laszczak, Lauren Lantz, Lisa (PV) Stricker, Amanda

Bush, Jessica Elliott, Nicole Pomaski, Jamie Price, Brittany Stuart, Lauren Vegas, Kasandra Weise, Jessica

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Northern Arizona University

Kortnee Burton

Women’s Profiles

Academic Notes: 2008, 2009, and 2011 Big Sky All-Academic selection ... Majoring in marketing.

2011 Cross Country: Competed in four events for the Lumberjacks after missing 2010 with a groin injury ... Notched a top-10 finish in her first appearance of the season at the Oklahoma State Cowboy Jamboree, placing 8th in 17:32.59 ... Ran a solid race at the Wisconsin Adidas Invitational, finishing 67th (21:08.0) against a stacked field ... Earned her second cross country all-conference honor at the Big Sky Championship with a third-place finish (17:46.95) ... Was named to the All-Region team for the second time in her career after finishing 17th at Mountain Regionals (21:31.8).

2011 Track & Field: Closed out junior year with second-straight appearance at the NCAA West Preliminary Round Championships where she placed 34th overall in the 10,000-meter run (35:11.93) ... Recorded a personal-best time at the Big Sky Outdoor Championships in the 10K for the second-straight year (34:55.16) with a second-place finish ... Also took fourth in the 5,000-meter run in a time of 17:09.71 ... Collected a personal-best time of 16:59.56 in the 5K at Indoor: RS-Junior the Stanford Invitational ... Double up at the Big Sky Indoor Championships, recording a fifthOutdoor: Senior place finish in the 5K and sixth-place showing in the 3,000-meter run ... Season-best indoor 3K time came at the Husky Classic (10:10.81).

Brea, Calif.

Brea Olindo HS 2010 Cross Country: Redshirt season.

Distance 2010 Track & Field: Continued breakout sophomore campaign on the track by reaching the Personal Bests NCAA West Preliminary Round in the 10,000-meter run … Came into the race ranked 41st in 4:55.37 - 1,500 Meters the region and finished 27th overall to end the year … Recorded new personal-best mark of 35:02.45@ on her way to a second-place finish in the 10K at the Big Sky Outdoor Champion5:22.66 - Mile ships … Followed up 10K performance with another outdoor personal record on the weekend, 9:57.77­­ - 3,000 Meters this time in the 5,000-meter run where she finished third in a time of17:21.78@ … Cruised to 16:59.56 - 5,000 Meters victory (35:18.67) in the women’s open division of the 10K at the Mt. SAC Relays, besting the 34:55.16 - 10,000 Meters second-place finisher by more than 20 seconds … Scored a fifth-place finish, and new personal best (17:08.91@), in the 5K at the Big Sky Indoor Championships … Doubled up in the 3K as @-altitude converted time well, taking eighth in the event … Ran 17:30.27 at the Husky Classic in first 5K of the season … Ran two 3Ks at the Mountain T’s Invitational and Lumberjack Invitational to open indoor campaign.

2009 Cross Country: In the five races she appeared in on the season, finished second on the team in four … Closed out season with a 23rd-place finish (21:39.1) at the NCAA Mountain Region Championships to earn first All-Region medal … Took second place (19:27.6) at the Big Sky Championships behind teammate Veronica Pohl to make first career All-Big Sky team …

Finished 76th in the “white” race at the NCAA Pre-Nationals in a time of 21:50.9 … Turned in a 28th-place performance (18:10.6) at the Cowboy Jamboree to help the women’s team finish fourth overall … At the George Kyte Classic, opened season with a fourth-place finish with a season-best 5K time of 17:54.4.

2009 Track & Field: In freshman campaign with the Lumberjacks, recorded season-best indoor mark in the 3,000-meter run at the NAU Open (10:15.34@) ... At the Big Sky Indoor Championships, finished seventh overall in the 3,000m (10:17.06@) and fifth in the 5,000m (17:52.67@) ... At the Big Sky Outdoor Championships, finished second in the 10,000-meter run, scoring eight points for the Lumberjacks (37:21.91@) ... Also competed in the 5,000-meter run.

2008 Cross Country: Ran in seven races during first season with the Lumberjacks … Finished fifth on the team at the NCAA Cross Country Championships in a time of 22:12 … Took 34th at the NCAA Mountain Region Championships to help the team finish third overall (21:28.4) …

Ran to a season-best 13th-place finish (17:43.3) at the Big Sky Championships … Placed fifth on the team at the NCAA Pre-Nationals (22:10.8) … At the Cowboy Jamboree, finished 59th overall in the 6K event (22:53) … Finished 41st at the Aztec Invitational in San Diego (18:54) …

Opened NAU career at the George Kyte Classic, finishing fifth in a time of 18:53.

High School: Graduated with honors from Brea Olinda High School in 2008 ... Four-year letterwinner in cross country, serving as team captain for one year ... Earned three letters in track ... Three-time state qualifier in cross country (2004-06) ... Ran the 1,200m leg on the school record distance medley relay team ... Also played basketball for two years ... Graduated high school with a 4.0 grade point average.

Personal: Born to Kim Burton on April 2, 1990 ... Enjoys painting and going to the beach in her spare time.

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Women’s Profiles

Jessica Bush

Academic Notes: 2011 Big Sky All-Academic selection ... Contemplating a major in exercise science.

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-Freshman Outdoor: Sophomore Yakima, Wash.

Eisenhower HS Throws Personal Bests

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 threetime 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 her senior season … A member of the National Honors Society.

48-10.75 - Shot Put Personal: Born to Anthony and Marie Bush on Sept. 20, 1991 … Has a younger sister, Rachel …

147-2 - Discus Also considered the Air Force Academy, Idaho, Washington, Washington State, Sacramento

State, Brown and Idaho State before choosing NAU.

Jenne Childs Academic Notes: Majoring in communication.

2011: Was a participant for the Lumberjacks at both the indoor and outdoor conference championships ... Placed 13th overall in the prelims at the outdoor championships ... Ran outdoorbest time in the 100-meter hurdles at the Willie Williams Classic (15.36) ... Finished 12th in the prelims of the 60-meter hurdles at the indoor championships ... Career-best time in the 60mH came at the NAU Open (8.35).

2010: Saw action in six meets during the outdoor season, competing in the 100-meter hurdles in each … Best outdoor time came at the ASU-NAU-UA Double Dual when she collected a mark of 15.19 in the event … Secured a Big Sky qualifying time in the 60-meter hurdles during the indoor season at the NAU Invitational when she ran to a career-best time of 9.14 seconds … Competed in the 55-meter hurdles at the Big Sky Invitational, finishing the preliminary Indoor: Senior round in a time of 8.57 seconds.

Outdoor: Senior Meridian, Idaho 2009: Competed in both the indoor and outdoor seasons for the Lumberjacks ... Season-best Timberline HS marks for the year included 8.37 (60-meter dash), 12.89 (100-meter dash), 26.83 (200-meter Hurdles dash), 9.16 (60-meter hurdles) and 14.66 (100-meter hurdles) ... Competed at both the indoor and outdoor conference championships.

Personal Bests 8.37 - 60 Meters High School: A 2008 graduate of Timberline High School … Earned four letters in track and 8.95 - 60m Hurdles field, served at team captain for one season … Three-time state champion in the 4x100 relay 14.66 - 100m Hurdles … Three-time state runner-up in the 100m hurdles … Also earned two letters in basketball. @Jenne_Shanice

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Personal: Born on March 19, 1990 to Chris and Karla Childs … Has an older brother, Jesse, and a younger sister, Jade.

Northern Arizona University

Nicole Elliott

Women’s Profiles

Academic Notes: Majoring in business.

2011: Scored six points at the Big Sky Outdoor Championships after placing third in the hammer throw (50.99m/167-3) ... Was also a participant in the shot put ... Career-best mark in the hammer came at the Sun Angel Classic (51.15m/167-10) ... Recorded outdoor-best shot put mark at the NAU/ASU/UA Double Dual (13.79m/45-3) ... Placed second in the hammer throw at the New Mexico Tailwind Invite (50.15m/164-6) and fourth in the shot put (13.05m/42-9.75) ... Totaled 13 points at the Big Sky Indoor Championships after taking second in the weight throw (17.11m/56-1.75) and fourth in the shot put with an indoor-best mark of 45 feet, 10 inches (13.97m).

2010: Competed during the indoor season while redshirting the outdoor campaign … Placed seventh in the weight throw at the Big Sky Indoor Championships (17.53m/57-6) … Was also a competitor in the shot put at the indoor championships (10th) … Recorded personal-best marks in both the shot put and weight throw … At the NAU Team Challenge, launched perIndoor: RS-Senior sonal-best mark of 60 feet, 4.75 inches (18.41m) in the weight throw … Scored a new personal Outdoor: RS-Senior record in the shot put at the Friday Night Challenge after recording a mark of 45 feet, 10.75 inches.

Scottsdale, Ariz.

Sandra Day O’Connor HS 2009: During her sophomore campaign, collected a season-best mark in the shot put at the Throws 2009 Sun Devil Invitational (13.91m/45-7.5) ... Also recorded personal-bests in the hammer throw at the Double Dual (50.12/164-5) and the weight throw at the Mountain T’s InvitationPersonal Bests al (18.20m/59-8.5) ... 2009 indoor Big Sky champion in the weight throw (17.99/59-0.25), and 45-10.75 - Shot put competitor in the shot put ... At the Big Sky Outdoor Championships, finished sixth in the hammer throw (48.85m/163-3) and eighth in the shot put (13.49m/44-3).

60-4.75 - Weight throw 167-10 - Hammer throw 2008: Recorded season-best marks for the Lumberjacks in the shot put (13.63m/44-8.5) and

weight throw (16.02m/52-6.5) at the Friday Night Challenge ... Best hammer throw mark came at the Mesa Track and Field Classic (48.12m/157-10.25) ... Competed at the Big Sky Outdoor Championships in the hammer throw and shot put.

High School: Holds record in shot put and discus … Broke North Canyon Invitational shot put record … Team was state runner-up in 2007 … Placed third in shot put and javelin, and fifth in discus at Down Under Sports in Australia.

Personal: Daughter of Jeff and Kim Elliott … Born on June 25, 1989.

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Women’s Profiles

Carissa Gwerder

Academic Notes: All-Academic Big Sky selection in 2010 and 2011 ... Majoring in Spanish and international affairs.

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: Sophomore Outdoor: Sophomore Enumclaw, Wash.

Enumclaw HS Mid-Distance

2010 Cross Country: Placed 118th 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.

High School: Graduated from Enumclaw High School in 2010 … Ran cross country and track Personal Bests over her four years, serving as the captain her senior season … Was the SPSL 3A cross country 4:56.71@ - 1,500m girls athlete 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, @-altitude converted time 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. ­­

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Northern Arizona University

Simone Holder

Women’s Profiles

Academic Notes: Majoring in business administration.

2011: Closed out junior campaign by competing in the 200-meter dash and 4x400-meter relay at the Big Sky Outdoor Championships ... Ran a wind-aided time of 25.08 in the prelims of the 200m ... Career-best wind-legal time in the 200-meter dash came at the Beach Invitational (25.20) ... Fastest open 400m of the season came at the NAU/ASU/UA Double Dual (58.01) ... Was a competitor at the Big Sky Indoor Championships in the 200-meter dash and 4x400meter relay ... Season-best indoor times were 7.88 (60m) and 25.40 (200m).

2010: Capped off outdoor season at the Big Sky Outdoor Championships, competing in the 100 and 200-meter dashes and was a member of the fifth place 4x100-meter relay team (46.65) … Recorded two personal records, including a 12.34 second mark at the Arizona State Invitational and a 25.28 mark at the Beach Invitational … Was a competitor for the Lumberjacks in the 55 and 200-meter dashes at the Big Sky Indoor Championships … Top indoor mark in the 60-meter dash came at the NAU Invitational when she ran 7.9 seconds … Best 200-meter dash Indoor: RS-Senior time of 25.32 seconds came at the NAU Tune Up. Outdoor: RS-Senior 2009: Ran in the 60, 100 and 200-meter dashes for the Lumberjacks in her first season ... ReToronto, Canada corded her season-best times in the 100 and 200-meter dashes at the ASU Invitational ... At Clarkston Secondary the Big Sky Indoor Championships, finished sixth in the 60-meter dash, and also competed in Sprints the 200-meter dash ... Finished seventh in the 100-meter dash at the Big Sky Outdoor Championships, and also competed in the 200-meter dash.

Personal Bests 7.80 - 60 Meters High School: Graduated from Clarkson Secondary School in 2006 … Member of the track and field team and served as the captain in 2006 … Named Clarkson Secondary School Athlete of 12.34 - 100 Meters the Year in 2006.

25.28 - 200 Meters

Personal: Born on May 29, 1988 … Parents are Sandra and Elvin Thompson … Has two brothers, Jerimaine and Andre and one sister, Jada.

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Women’s Profiles

Rochelle Kanuho Academic Notes: Majoring in parks and recreation management.

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 the NCAA Mountain Regionals.

Indoor: RS-Junior Outdoor: RS-Junior Flagstaff, Ariz.

Coconino HS Distance

2011 Track & Field: Continued breakout sophomore campaign with a personal-best mark in each event she competed in ... Finished the season ranked 31st in the 10,000-meter run after collecting a PR at the NCAA Preliminary Round Championships (34:57.17) ... Doubled up at the Big Sky 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 Championships, scored nine points with a fourth-place finish in the 5K and fifthplace showing in the 3,000-meter run with a career-best time of 9:55.42@.

Personal Bests 2010 Cross Country: Closed out sensational sophomore season with a 28th-place finish at the 5:16.29 - Mile NCAA Mountain Region Championships … Turned in a season-best 6K time from the regional 9:55.42 - 3,000 Meters meet (21:31.7) … Garnered Big Sky All-Conference honors after finishing fifth to lead the team 17:13.0 - 5,000 Meters (16:03.8) at the conference championship meet … Turned in a fifth-place finish in the ‘open’ 34:57.17 - 10,000 Meters 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 .

2009 Cross Country: Did not compete.

2008-09: Redshirt season.

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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Northern Arizona University

Lauren Laszczak

Women’s Profiles

Academic Notes: 2011 Big Sky All-Academic selection ... Contemplating a major in speech therapy.

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 Iron 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 Club Indoor: Sophomore for three years … Personal-best marks include five feet, six inches in the high jump, 17 feet, Outdoor: Sophomore 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, Personal Bests

Justin and younger sister, Camille.

5-7 - High Jump @lauren_lazzz

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Kortnee Burton

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Carissa Gwerder Agnes Laurent

Jessica Weise

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Women’s Profiles

Haley Lawrence

Academic Notes: 2009, 2010, and 2011 Big Sky All-Academic selection... Majoring in health sciences.

2011 Cross Country: Took the course for the first time in two years, after missing all of 2010 due to injury ... Was the only female Lumberjack runner to compete in six races ... Was a solid contributor to the team score in all six meets, beginning with her 19th-place effort at the George Kyte Classic ... Best 5K mark came at the Dave Murray Invitational, where she finished in 18:05.0 (14th) ... Closed out her NAU cross country career with two postseason meets, the Big Sky Championships and the NCAA Mountain Regionals, where she finished 18th (18:44.28) and 62nd (22:53.3), respectively.

Indoor: Senior Outdoor: Senior Laguna Beach, Calif.

Aliso Niguel HS Mid-Distance Personal Bests

2011 Track & Field: Competed during the outdoor season in her fourth season with the Lumberjacks ... Closed out the year with an eighth-place finish in the 1,500-meter run with a personal-best time of 4:33.00 ... Also competed in the 5,000-meter run, and was a member of the 4x400-meter relay that finished seventh overall ... Ran a personal-best 5K time at the Beach Invitational (17:41.58) and top 800-meter run came at the Sun Devil Open (2:16.31).

2010 Cross Country: Redshirt season.

2010 Track & Field: Competed only during the indoor season for the Lumberjacks … At the Big Sky Indoor Championships, scored 15 points over the course of three events … Ran the anchor leg (mile) of the second-place distance medley relay team … Took seventhplace in the 3,000-meter run, the first of her career (9:58.56@) … Closed out weekend witha fourth-place finish in the mile (4:57.55@) … Nearly matched personal best in the mile at the Husky Classic, finishing in a time of 4:47.13 … Turned in a time of 5:01.60@ at theMountain T’s Invitational in Flagstaff … Opened season at the Friday Night Challenge in the Walkup Skydome, collecting times of 2:24.88@ in the 800m and 5:12.81@ in the mile.

2:11.36 - 800 Meters 4:26.84 - 1,500 Meters 4:47.12 - Mile 9:58.56 - 3,000 Meters 2009 Cross Country: Concluded sophomore season having run in six races for the Lumberjacks

… Finished fifth on the team at the NCAA Mountain Region Championships in a time of 22:28.1 … Claimed All-Big Sky honors for the first time in career with a sixth-place finish (19:54.9) at the Big Sky Championships … Was fourth on the team (85th overall) in the “white” race at the NCAA Pre-Nationals meet, finishing with a time of 21:58.2… Took 26th-place at the Cowboy Jamboree in best 5K time of the season (18:08.9) …Turned in a time of 18:39 to finish fifth overall at the Aztec Invite … Began season with ninth-place finish at the George Kyte Classic (18:25.1).

2009 Track & Field: Capped off successful sophomore campaign with a trip to the West Region Outdoor Championships where she finished 15th in the 1,500-meter prelims (4:28.76) ... Ran the 800m and mile events during the indoor season, and competed in both at the Big Sky Indoor Championships ... Scored in both events for the Lumberjacks, finishing seventh in the 800m (2:20.17@) and fifth in the mile (4:58.20@) ... At the Big Sky Outdoor Championships, took third place in the 1,500m (4:28.22@) and seventh in the 800m (2:18.13@).

2008 Cross Country: Ran in six meets in initial season at NAU … Recorded four top-20 finishes on the season … Placed 33rd at Mountain Region with season-best 6K time (21:26.3) and 213th at NCAA Championships (22:06.9) … Finished 11th overall at the Big Sky Conference Championships in best 5K time of the season (17:41) … Placed 18th overall at the Cowboy Jamboree (21:57) … Ran to a 13th-place finish, and third on the team, at the Aztec Invitational (18:31) …

Finished a season-best third at the George Kyte Invitational to open up cross country career as a Lumberjack (18:43.7).

2008 Track & Field: During the her first year with the Lumberjacks, competed in the indoor and outdoor seasons ... Competed in the 800 and 1,500-meter events, collecting season-best marks in both events at the Big Sky Outdoor Championships ... Finished fifth in the 1,500m in 4:27.54, and placed seventh in the 800-meter run (2:14.80).

2007 Cross Country: Redshirt season.

High School: Named Team Best Distance Runner in 2005 ... South Coast League Athlete of the Year 2007 … Earned Coaches Award and All-League honors in Soccer in 2006-07 ...Holds school record in 800m and 4x400 … Soccer team won league all four years … Track team won league three-of-four years and cross county once … 2006 state champion in 800m, as well as top-five finish in 2005 and top 10 in 2007 ... Maintained honor roll and scholar-athlete status for all of high school.

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Personal: Born on August 16, 1989 to Jerry and Sherri Lawrence … Has a brother, Blake …

Grandfather Gary Kimbrell played football at Pepperdine … Likes traveling and spending time at the beach in her spare time.

Northern Arizona University

Women’s Profiles

Rashida McKinnon

Academic Notes: Majoring in psychology with a minor in sociology.

2011: Ended junior campaign with an eighth-place finish in the 400-meter dash (57.46) and a member of the 4x400-meter relay squad at the Big Sky Outdoor Championships ... Seasonbest 400m time came at the 52nd Annual Mt. SAC Relays (56.31) ... Also ran on the 4x100meter relay team throughout the season ... At the Big Sky Indoor Championships, made her first podium visit after tying for third with an indoor-best time in the 400-meter dash (56.28) ... Anchored the Lumberjacks’ 4x400-meter relay that finished seventh overall at the indoor championships (3:52.55).

Indoor: Senior Outdoor: Senior Palmdale, Calif.

Hamilton HS Sprints

2010: Concluded successful sophomore campaign scoring 10 points at the Big Sky Outdoor Championships … Ran to a sixth-place finish in the 400-meter dash (56.89) and was a member of the 4x400-meter relay team that finished third (3:46.46) … Collected two personal records during the outdoor season with both coming in the state of California … At the Mt. SAC Relays, ran to a 13 th-place finish in the 400m (56.21) … Followed up Mt. SAC performance with second personal best of the weekend, this time at the Beach Invitational where she ran 25.13 in the 200m … Scored 21 points at the Big Sky Indoor Championships in the 400m (4th), 4x400-meter relay (2nd) and Distance Medley Relay (2nd) … Season-best times in the 200 and 400 meter dashes came at the Friday Night Challenge (26.04) and the Big Sky Indoor Championships (56.21).

2009: Ran in the 200 and 400-meter dashes her freshman year ... Collected personal bests in Personal Bests each event ... Ran 25.73 at the Sun Devil Invitational ... Best 200-meter dash time came at the 8.08 - 60 Meters NAU Big Sky Tune Up (57.18) ... Competed at both Big Sky Championships.

25.13 - 200 Meters High School: A 2008 graduate of Hamilton High School … Three-year letterwinner and three 56.21 - 400 Meters time captain … Three-time MVP winner … Was city and league champion in the 200m (25.5)

and 400m (57.1).

@RunFastShida

Personal: Born on April 9, 1990 in Flossmoor, Ill. … Daughter of Frank and June McKinnon …

Has one sister, Adia Armstrong, who ran track for UCLA. ­­

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Women’s Profiles

Lisette Michaels

Academic Notes: 2010 and 2011 Big Sky All-Academic selection ... Majoring in speech-language pathology with a minor in community health.

2011 Cross Country: Competed in 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.

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.

Indoor: Junior Outdoor: Junior Peoria, Ariz.

Cactus HS Distance Personal Bests

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.

4:47.62 - 1,500 Meters 5:25.68 - Mile 2010 Track & Field: Saw action in both the indoor and outdoor seasons for the Lumberjacks ...

10:40.75 - 3,000 Meters Scored first career point at the Big Sky Outdoor Championships in the 5,000-meter run with an 17:42.11 - 5,000 Meters 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 @-altitude converted time 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.

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Northern Arizona University

Jamie Pomaski

Women’s Profiles

Academic Notes: Contemplating a major in education.

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 the Air Force Academy, Lehigh and Mesa State. ­­ Indoor: RS-Freshman Outdoor: RS-Freshman Grand Junction, Colo.

Central HS Throws

Sarah Raber

Academic Notes: All-Academic Big Sky selection in 2010 and 2011 ... Major is undecided.

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 Championships with a personal-best time of 2:16.79 ... Took 11th overall in the 1,500-meter run in a season-best 4:43.68, and was also a member of the women’s 4x400-metere relay at the championships ... 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 Indoor: Sophomore NCAA Pre-Nationals … Completed the 6K course at the Stanford Invitational in a time of 23:50 Outdoor: Sophomore … Raced to a 62nd-place finish at the Aztec Invite (20:27.2) … Opened NAU career with a 38thCottonwood, Ariz. place finish at the George Kyte Classic (20:58.7).

Mingus Union HS High School: Graduated from Mingus Union High School in 2010 … Ran on the track & field Middle Distance 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 Personal Bests Grand Canyon Region Championship … Was also a two-time 4AII state champion in the 1:01.69 - 400m 100-meter breastroke.

2:16.79 - 800m 4:43.68 - 1,500m 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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Jackie Shea

Academic Notes: 2009, 2010, and 2011 All-Academic Big Sky selection ... Majoring in exercise science.

2011: Named a National Strength and Conditioning Association All-American ... Ran a seasonbest 400-meter hurdle time in the prelims at the Big Sky Outdoor Championships (1:04.78) ... Participated on the 4x400-meter relay team at the outdoor championships ... Was a member of the Distance Medley Relay squad at the Big Sky Indoor Championships that finished sixth overall ... Season-best 400-meter dash time came at the New Mexico Collegiate Invite (1:00.70).

2010: Focused on the 400-meter distance events during junior campaign … Finished the outdoor season with an eighth-place finish in the 400-meter hurdles at the Big Sky Outdoor Championships … Recorded personal-best time in the event during the prelims of the conference championships (1:03.27) … Was a remember of the third-place 4x400-meter relay at the outdoor championships … At the Big Sky Indoor Championships, competed on both relay Indoor: RS-Senior squads … Ran the 800-meter leg of the second-place Distance Medley Relay, and was a memOutdoor: N/A ber of the second-place 4x400-meter relay … Season-best 400-meter dash time came at the NAU Invitational (59.21).

Peoria, Ariz.

Cactus HS 2009: In first season with the Lumberjacks, competed in the 400-meter dash, 800-meter run Sprints/Hurdles and the 400-meter hurdles ... Collected best 400-meter dash time at NAU Team Challenge (58.86) ... Ran her best 800m race at the Willie Williams Classic (2:21.21), and best hurdles race Personal Bests came at the Double Dual (1:04.18) ... Was a competitor at the Big Sky Outdoor Championships 7.83 - 60 Meters in the 400-meter hurdles.

58.86 - 400 Meters 1:03.27 - 400m Hurdles 2008: Competed only during the outdoor campaign her first year at NAU … Saw action in 2:21.11 - 800 Meters the 100, 200 and 400-meter dashes as well as the 400-meter hurdles … Season-best times

included 13.29 (100), 26.98 (200), 1:00.14 (100) and 1:04.09 (400mH) … Was a competitor in the 400-meter hurdles at the Big Sky Outdoor Championships.

High School: Graduated from Mountain Vista High School in 2007 ... All-state and academic All-state four consecutive years … All-league in 2007 ... Set new record in 300MH, 4x100M, 4x200M, 4x400M and Sprint Medley … Won the 300MH at the state finals by a margin of 2 seconds.

Personal: Born July 31, 1988 to Chris Shea and Sarah Shea … Father and brother played basketball at Pueblo State and San Diego State.

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Northern Arizona University

Lauren Stuart

Women’s Profiles

Academic Notes: 2010 All-Academic Big Sky selection … Majoring in animal biology.

2011: Redshirt season.

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 hammer 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 (39-5.5).

High School: Graduated from Smithers Secondary School in 2009 ... A member of the track and field, alpine skiing, basketball and volleyball teams in high school ... In 2008 won silver medal 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 the hammer throw ... In 2009 was a triple gold medalist in the hammer, discus and shot put at the 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 championPersonal Bests ships in 2008.

Indoor: RS-Sophomore Outdoor: RS-Sophomore Smithers, B.C., Canada Smithers Secondary Throws

39-5.5 - Shot put 58-3 - Weight throw Personal: Born on November 16, 1991 to Jim and Maureen Stuart ... Father, Jim, played hockey 188-3.25 - Hammer throw at the University of British Columbia. @lstuart24

Kasandra Vegas Academic Notes: Majoring in sports medicine and exercise science.

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/47Indoor: Junior 2.75) … During the outdoor season, recorded best discus and hammer throws at the Sun Devil Outdoor: Junior Open (38.15m/125-1.75) and Mesa Classic (145-10).

Honolulu, Hawaii Kamehameha HS High School: Graduated from Kamehameha High School in 2009 … Lettered in three sports, Throws 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 Personal Bests member of the 2008 state championship girls track team, the first in school history … 2008 41-8.5 - Shot put and 2009 1st team in state for discus.

50-8 - Weight throw 157-8 - Hammer throw Personal: Born on March 1, 1991 to Kerenad and Jeffery Vegas … Has two brothers, Esera and 138-10 - Discus Kahele.

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Women’s Newcomers

Sarah Baker

Academic Notes: Plans to major in exercise science and eventually pursue a doctorate in physical therapy.

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 17th-place finish at the Grand Canyon Invitational (19:38.9).

Indoor: Freshman Outdoor: Freshman 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: Born to Rob and Sally Baker on July 15, 1993 ... Has older brother, Thomas, an older sister, Katy, and a younger sister, Maggie ... Also considered San Jose State, CSU-Bakersfield, and Boise State before choosing NAU ... Hobbies include cycling, watching movies, and paddleboarding.

Darriel Banks Academic Notes: Majoring in Biomedical Sciences.

High School: 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, completing a four year span of placing either runner-up or 3rd place in the event ... Ran the second leg of her school’s 2011 state champion 4x100-meter relay team.

Personal: Born on April 6, 1993 in Las Vegas, Nevada ... Daughter of Darrell Banks and Les and Shurnice Coleman ... Has one older sister, Breyanna.

Indoor: Freshman Outdoor: Freshman North Las Vegas, Nev. Legacy HS Sprints

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Northern Arizona University

Women’s Newcomers

Emily Bartz Academic Notes: Plans to major in visual communication with an emphasis in graphic design.

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 junior and senior season in the 4x800-meter relay … School record holder in the 4x800m relay.

Indoor: RS-Freshman Outdoor: RS-Freshman Personal: Born to Brent and Hope Bartz on Sept. 30, 1991 … Has three younger sisters, GretchTucson, Ariz. en, Hannah and Patience … Both parents were student-athletes at Utah State with her father Mountain View a member of the football team, and mother, cross country.

Distance

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Women’s Newcomers

Alexis Clay

Academic Notes: Majoring in accounting.

High School: Graduated from Chandler High School in 2011 ... Was named 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 accounting program ... Likes to crochet in her spare time. ­­

Indoor: Freshman Outdoor: Freshman Chandler, Ariz.

Chandler HS Jumps

Brigitte DeMarco Academic Notes: Majoring in English for secondary education.

High School: Graduated from Verrado High School in 2011 ... Competed for the Verrado Vipers in the 400-meter dash and 800-meter run for four years ... Holds school records in both events ... Held the 400-meter dash record all four years, ending with a PR of 58.72 ... Broke the 800-meter run record her senior year with ... Helped the Vipers to an undefeated track regular season and a third-place finish at the Division-2 state meet in 2011 ... Finished fourth overall at the Division-2 state meet in the 400-meter dash her senior year ... Earned the Verrado High track and field MVP award for 2011.

Personal: Born on April 2, 1993 ... Parents are Ileah and David Cook and Joe DeMarco ... Has a younger sister, Nicolette and a twin sister, Bianca, who also attends NAU ... Also considered attending Grand Canyon University and Azusa Pacific before coming to NAU ... Enjoys drawing Indoor: Freshman in her spare time.

Outdoor: Freshman Avondale, Ariz.

Verrado HS Sprints

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Northern Arizona University

Kenzie Estes

Women’s Newcomers

Academic Notes: Plans to major in marketing.

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 at the 2011 Redondo Nike Invitational with a time of 11:14.35.

Personal: Born to Don and Kelly Estes on February 12, 1993 ... Has one older brother, Chris ... Also considered Sacramento State, Chico State, and Cal Poly SLO before choosing NAU ...

Hobbies include photography and cooking. ­­ Indoor: Freshman Outdoor: Freshman Riverside, Calif.

Riverside Poly HS Distance

Jennifer Fetaz Academic Notes: Majoring in physical education.

High School: Graduated from West Central High School in 2011 ... Was named Female Athlete of the Year for West Central her senior year and was a nominee for the same honor for Alberta ... Was a part of the 4x100-meter relay squad that broke the Canadian Youth record ... Broke a 26-year-old Zone 8 meet record in the high jump in 2010 ... Also was part of the provincial champion Queens club volleyball team in 2011.

Personal: Born to Paul and Rosemary Fetaz on March 14, 1993 ... Has one older brother, Daryl ... Considered Tulsa, Montana, Kansas, USC, and UCLA before choosing NAU ... Hobbies include piano and art ... Came to NAU after hitting it off on her recruiting visit with Coach Jacoby, liking the new track facilities, and feeling welcome with the team.

Indoor: Freshman Outdoor: Freshman Leslieville, Alberta, Canada West Central HS Sprints/Jumps

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Women’s Newcomers

Kayla Freeman

Academic Notes: Plans to major in secondary education and mathematics.

2011 Cross Country: Did not compete.

High School: Was named Greenway Female Athlete of the Year in 2011, her senior year ...

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: Born to Jimmy and Janet Cole on September 28, 1992 ... Has four brothers: Jimmy, Juwan, Javontae, and Jacob; and four sisters: Shatonja, Shayla (twin sister), Gabbie, and Aaliyah ... Hobbies include hiking and reading ... Chose NAU for the beautiful campus and weathIndoor: Freshman er, as well as the great coaches and team.

Outdoor: Freshman ­­ Phoenix, Ariz.

Greenway HS Distance

Shayla Freeman Academic Notes: Plans to major in chemistry for pre-med.

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 of 19:20.9.

Indoor: Freshman Outdoor: Freshman Phoenix, Ariz.

Greenway HS Distance

High School: Graduated from Greenway High School in 2011 ... Earned First Team All-State honors three times for cross country (‘08-’10) ... Was named Black Canyon Region Athlete of 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 relay and the distance medley relay along with her twin sister, Kayla.

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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Northern Arizona University

Kelly Fruth

Women’s Newcomers

Academic Notes: Majoring in nursing.

2011 Cross Country: Did not compete.

High School: Graduated from Torrance High in 2011. ­­

Indoor: Freshman Outdoor: Freshman Torrance, Calif.

Torrance HS Distance

Caroline Hogardh Academic Notes: Majoring in Exercise Science.

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 (19:21.04) at the Big Sky Championships and 44th at the NCAA Mountain Region Championships (22:29.3).

High School/Club: Won award for best athlete in her club (IFK Halmstead) for five consecutive years (2007-2011) ... Holds club records in the 800m, 1500m, and 2000m steeplechase ... Set a Indoor: Freshman district record in the 2000m steeplechase in 2011 ... Graduated from Katedralskolan (Sw: “the Outdoor: Freshman cathedral school”) in Vaxjo in 2011, along with NAU pole vaulter Lisa Lantz.

Halmstead, Sweden Vaxjo Katedralskolan Personal: Born November 16, 1992 to Christer and Anna-Carin Hogardh ... Has one younger Mid-Distance sister, Johanna ... Chose NAU for the altitude, great training opportunities, beautiful scenery, and great team unity.

Personal Bests ­­ 2:09.6 - 800 Meters 4:33.14 - 1,500 Meters

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Women’s Newcomers

Lauren Justus

Academic Notes: Plans to major in pre-physical therapy.

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.

High School: Graduated from Glendora High School in 2011 ... Named MVP of her cross country and track & field teams ... Was San Gabriel Valley Runner of the Year for four consecutive years ... Placed 5th in the 3-mile at the Woodbridge Invitational with a time of 17:04 (PR) Indoor: Freshman Outdoor: Freshman Glendora, Calif.

Glendora HS Distance

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 waterskiing ... Chose NAU because of its competitiveness on a national stage, and for her love of NAU’s team and coaches.

Kylee Kieser Academic Notes: Plans to major in history for secondary education.

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 Invitational, placing 13th overall (19:07.3) ... Ran at the Big Sky Championships, where she notched a solid 28th-place finish and a time of 19:26.94 ... Rounded out her inaugural season with a 67th-place mark (22:58.9) at the NCAA Mountain Region Championships.

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 the mile run, and anchored her 4x800-meter relay team to a state title as well ... Earned All-State and All-Region awards her junior year ... Was the Tempe All-City champion in cross Indoor: Freshman country ... Named an Arizona Dairy Council All-American her senior year.

Outdoor: Freshman Casa Grande, Ariz. Personal: Born to Kevin and Melanie Kieser on July 2, 1993 ... Has one brother, Kainan ... Chose Marcos de Niza HS NAU for great coaching and the desire to be a part of a team that grows and improves on and Distance off the track. ­­

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Northern Arizona University

Lisa Lantz

Women’s Newcomers

Academic Notes: Contemplating a major in business.

Before NAU: Attended Vaxjo Cathedral School, one of the top athletics schools in Sweden ...

Was the 2007 Swedish youth champion in the pole vault ... Earned silver medals in both the outdoor and indoor Swedish youth championships for the pole vault ... Has a personal best vault of 3.70 meters (12-4) ... Graduated from Katedralskolan (Sw: “the cathedral school”) in Vaxjo in 2011, along with NAU middle distance runner Caroline Hogardh.

Personal: Born to Anders and Carita Lantz on Feb. 17, 1992 ... Has two younger sisters, Erica and Beatrice ... Enjoys photography in her spare time ... Chose NAU for the environment and weather, the great coaching staff, and the team unity. ­­ Indoor: Freshman Outdoor: Freshman Vaxjo, Sweden Vaxjo Katedralskolan Pole Vault @LantzLisa

Agnes Laurent Academic Notes: Pursuing cultural studies on a post-baccalaureate level.

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 (164th) in the 6K Wisconsin Adidas Invitational ... Wrapped up her inaugural campaign with the Big Sky Championships (19:34.30; 31st) and the NCAA Mountain Region Championships (23:12.7; 76th).

Before NAU: Competed in numerous national meets in Belgium ... Placed 3rd at the Belgian Indoor Championships 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 Belgian Junior Championships ... Earned a bachelor’s degree in Indoor: RS-Junior architecture from the Institut Superieur d’Architecture in Belgium.

Outdoor: RS-Junior Verviers, Belgium Personal: Born to Christian and Beatrice Laurent on May 4, 1988 ... Has three older siblings: Institut Superieur d’Architecture twins Martin & Astrid, and brother Clement ... Hobbies include cooking and design ... Chose Mid-Distance NAU for the great athletic teams, for the great places to run, and from recommendations from friends who have trained in Flagstaff. ­­

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Women’s Newcomers

Kerri Lenihan

Academic Notes: Majoring in biomedical science.

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 she closed out her season.

High School: Ran cross country and track and field all four years for Mountain View High School before graduating in 2011 ... Was a part of the school record-setting and state champion 4x800-meter relay squad her sophomore year ... Broke the same record and won the state title again her junior year, while also setting 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 years ... Earned top-five Indoor: Freshman finishes in at least one sport (cross country, track & field) all four years.

Outdoor: Freshman Tucson, Ariz.

Personal: Born to Gayle and Michael Lenihan on June 3, 1993 ... Has a younger sister, Brenna Mountain View HS ... Also considered Pepperdine and Arizona ... Chose NAU for the climate, school atmosphere, Distance and the great cross country program ... Hobbies include photography and writing. ­­

Maddie Lummis Academic Notes: Majoring in exercise science with a minor in psychology.

High School: Competed for the Granite Bay Grizzlies for four years in track and field before graduating in 2011 ... Was part of the 2008 U.S. Youth Soccer National Champion San Juan Spirits Blue team.

Personal: Born to Eric and Elizabeth Lummis on Aug. 28, 1993 ... has an older brother, Tyler, and a younger sister, Brigid ... Chose NAU for the excellent physical therapy program, the outdoors, and the campus ... Hobbies include reading and hiking. ­­

Indoor: Freshman Outdoor: Freshman Granite Bay, Calif.

Granite Bay HS Sprints

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Northern Arizona University

Heidi Machel

Women’s Newcomers

Academic Notes: Majoring in international hospitality management.

Personal: Born to Lutz and Gitte Machel on April 18, 1988 ... Hobbies include traveling and diving.

Indoor: Senior Outdoor: Senior Gruehain-Beierfeld, Germany Jumps

Shamelle Pless Academic Notes: Majoring in business.

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 Canadian national meet, and was selected to represent Team Canada at the World Youth Championships in Lille, France.

Personal: Born to Willie and Rhonda Pless on Jan. 5, 1994 ... Has two younger sisters, Mariette 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 Indoor: Freshman spare time.

Outdoor: Freshman ­­ Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Jasper Place HS Sprints

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Women’s Newcomers

Brittany Price Academic Notes: Majoring in athletic training.

High School: Graduated from Sandy High School in 2011 ... Competed for Lyle High School during freshman and sophomore years, then Sandy for her final two years ... 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 books, belt buckles, and Alan Jackon CDs. ­­ Indoor: Freshman Outdoor: Freshman Sandy, Ore. Sandy HS Throws

Amanda Stricker Academic Notes: Majoring in Anthropology.

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 Arizona 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: Freshman Outdoor: Freshman Flagstaff, Ariz.

Flagstaff HS Jumps Personal Bests

17-3 - Long Jump 35-0 - Triple Jump

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Northern Arizona University

Jessica Weise

Women’s Newcomers

Academic Notes: Major is undecided.

High School: Graduated from Martin Luther King High School in 2011 ... Competed in track and field at MLK 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 (37-6) ... 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 younger sister, Sarah ... Considered Humboldt State and Oregon before choosing NAU ...

Chose NAU for the seasons in Flagstaff, as well as the campus atmosphere ... hobbies include Indoor: Freshman music and playing the French horn.

Outdoor: Freshman ­­ Riverside, Calif.

MLK HS Throws

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Facilities

J. Lawrence Walkup Skydome The 2012 indoor track and field season inside the J. Lawrence Walkup Skydome will feature six home meets after the dome underwent the first major renovation since it opened in 1977. Barton Malow provided CM at Risk services for the 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 men’s basketball tournaments, and the 1984, 1990, 1993, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2006 and 2009 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 and Throws Field

Facilities

For the past 13 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 2012 after undergoing massive renovations over the past several months.

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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Lopez and McNeill

Nilssons

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^

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

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 *National Champion ^Second-Team All-America

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Big Sky Standards

Indoor Standards Standard(W) Event 7.25 55m 8.37 55mH 7.80 60m 9.00 60mH (C) 25.50/25.70 (B) 200 (C) 57.50/57.80(B) 400 2.16.00 800 5.03.00 Mile 10.10.00 3000m

Standard(M) 6.51 7.81 7.00 8.40 (C) 22.20/22.45 (B) (C) 49.20/49.50(B) 1.54.50 4.12.00 8.30.0

* Time of 10:25.00 (women) or 8:35.00 (men) or better in the 3,000-meters qualifies athletes for 5,000m 18.30.00 1.62m 5.60m 11.30m 3.50m 13.50m 16.00m 3,100 All teams Top 8 teams

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

15.20.00 1.95m 6.90m 14.00m 4.70m 15.60m 17.00m 4,600 All teams Top 8 teams Andres Rossini won his second-consecutive discus title at the 2011 Big Sky Conference Outdoor Championships.

Outdoor Standards

Standard(W) Event Standard(M) 12.30 100m 10.90 14.70 100/110mH 15.10 25.20 200m 22.00 57.50 400m 48.90 1.05.00 400mH 55.50 2.17.00 800 1.54.50 4.41.00 1500 3.55.00 11.41.00 3000mSC 9.35.00 18.30.00 5000 14.50.00 * Time of 17:30.00 (women) or 15:00.00 (men) or better in the 5,000-meters qualifies athletes for 10,000m 38.30.00 1.60m 5.60m 11.30 3.40m 13.00m 41.50m 40.00m 48.00m 4000 Top 8 teams Top 8 teams

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10,000* 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 1.95m 6.90m 14.00m 4.70m 15.30m 46.00m 57.00m 50.00m 6000 Top 8 teams Top 8 teams

Track Conversions Big Sky Track Sizes B - 200 Meters (EWU, WSU, USU) 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

Northern Arizona University

NCAA Standards

NCAA Indoor Standards Men’s Auto.

Event FAT 55 Meters 6.14@ 60 Meters 6.60@ 55-Meter Hurdles 7.17@ 60-Meter Hurdles 7.70@ 200 Meters

(Under 200m/220 yds)* 21.38

(200m/220 yds)* 21.13

(Banked or Over 200m/220 yds)* 20.73 400 Meters

(Under 200m/220 yds)* 47.00

(200m/220 yds)* 46.60

(Banked or Over 200m/220 yds)* 46.00 800 Meters#

(200m/220 yds or less)* 1:48.20

(Banked or Over 200m/220 yds)* 1:47.30 Mile#

(200m/220 yds or less)* 3:59.70

(Banked or Over 200m/220 yds)* 3:57.90 3,000 Meters#

(200m/220 yds or less)* 7:55.00

(Banked or Over 200m/220 yds)* 7:52.30 5,000 Meters#

(200m/220 yds or less)* 13:48.40

(Banked or Over 200m/220 yds)* 13:44.60 4x400-Meter Relay

(Under 200m/220 yds)* 3:10.50

(200m/220 yds)* 3:08.90

(Banked or Over 200m/220 yds)* 3:06.50 4x440-Meter Relay

(Under 200m/220 yds)* 3:11.70

(200m/220 yds)* 3:10.10

(Banked or Over 200m/220 yds)* 3:06.50 Distance Medley Relay—Meters#

(200m/220 yds or less)* 9:34.00

(Banked or Over 200m/220 yds)* 9:31.00 Distance Medley Relay—Yards#

(200 m/220 yds or less)* 9:35.50

(Banked or Over 200 m/220 yds)* 9:32.50

MT — — — —

Women’s Auto.

FAT 6.71@ 7.23@ 7.53@ 8.10@

MT — — — —

— — —

23.82 23.62 23.12

— — —

46.75 53.60 46.35 53.30 45.75 52.60

53.3 53.0 52.3

1:47.90 2:05.50 1:47.0 2:04.50

2:05.2 2:04.2

3:59.4 4:38.90 3:57.6 4:37.00

4:38.6 4:36.7

7:54.7 9:13.00 7:52.0 9:10.00

9:12.7 9:09.7

13:48.1 16:02.00 16:01.7 13:44.3 15:57.00 15:56.7 Lopez Lomong takes the crown in the indoor 3,000-meter National Championship in 2007.

3:10.2 3:38.00 3:08.6 3:36.80 3:06.2 3:34.00

3:37.7 3:36.5 3:33.7

3:10.2 3:39.20 3:08.6 3:38.00 3:06.2 3:35.20

9:33.7 11:07.40 9:30.7 11:03.50

3:38.9 3:37.7 3:34.9

9:35.2 11:10.90 9:32.2 11:07.00

11:10.6 11:06.7

11:07.1 11:03.2

@ Qualifying times attained at altitude of 6,000 feet and above, add .04 seconds.

Times attained at altitude of 3,000-5,999 feet, add .02 seconds. *—Size of track. #—Altitude adjustment available.

Field Events High Jump Pole Vault Long Jump Triple Jump Shot Put 20-Pound Weight Heptathlon/Pentathlon

Men’s Auto.

2.24m (7-4) 5.50m (18-0.5) 8.00m (26-2.75) 16.30m (53-5.5) 19.35m (63-5.75) 21.50m (70-6.25) 5,750 points

Women’s Auto.

1.85m(6-0.75) 4.35m (14-3.25) 6.45m (21-1.75) 13.30m (43-7.5) 17.20m (56-5) 21.00m (68-10.75) 4,150 points David McNeill claims his second 5,000-meter national title at the 2011 NCAA Indoor Championships

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Big Sky Men’s Indoor Champions Year 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

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Site 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 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 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

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Big Sky Women’s Indoor Champions Year 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988

Site 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, Arizona Bozeman, Mont.

Moscow, Idaho Pocatello, Idaho Flagstaff, Ariz.

Moscow, Idaho Pocatello, Idaho Flagstaff, Ariz.

Moscow, Idaho Pocatello, Idaho

Champion Points Sacramento State 144 Sacramento State 167 Northern Arizona 116.5 Sacramento State 112

Weber State 108.5 Northern Arizona 189 Weber State 136. 66 Weber State 146 Weber State 164.5 Weber State 159 Montana State 124 Northern Arizona 137.5 Cal State Northridge 165 Northern Arizona 145 Northern Arizona 134.5 Northern Arizona 127.5 Boise State 116

Boise State 98

Northern Arizona 132.5 Weber State 105.75 Weber State 112

Northern Arizona 161

Northern Arizona 116

Northern Arizona 109

2010 Big Sky 200-meter champion, Annie Skordas

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Coach of the Year Kathleen Raske, Sacramento State Kathleen Raske, Sacramento State J.W. Hardy, Northern Arizona Kathleen Raske, Sacramento State Jim Blaisdell, Weber State J.W. Hardy, Northern Arizona Jim Blaisdell, Weber State Jim Blaisdell, Weber State Jim Blaisdell, Weber State Jim Blaisdell, Weber State Dale Kennedy, Montana State Ron Mann, Northern Arizona Don Strametz, Cal State Northridge Ron Mann, Northern Arizona Ron Mann, Northern Arizona Ron Mann, Northern Arizona Ed Jacoby, Boise State Ed Jacoby, Boise State Ron Mann, Northern Arizona Jim Blaisdell, Weber State Jim Blaisdell, Weber State Ron Mann, Northern Arizona Ron Mann, Northern Arizona Ron Mann, Northern Arizona

Five-time Big Sky Champion, Dana Posey

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Big Sky Men’s Indoor Records Event Record Holder/School Time/Distance Year 55 Meters

60 Meters

55 Meter Hurdles 60 Meter Hurdles 200 Meters

400 Meters

800 Meters

One Mile

3000 Meters

5000 Meters

High Jump

Long Jump

Triple Jump

Shot Put

35-Pound Weight Pole Vault

Heptathlon

1,600 Meter Relay

Distance Medley Relay

Alphonse Curry, Northern Arizona 6.09 Marcus Bivines, Cal State Northridge 6.68 Jake Jacoby, Boise State

7.14 Wiley King, Weber State

7.30 *Anthony Wilson, Northern Arizona #20.88 Joe Criner, Cal State Northridge 20.89 Anthony Wilson, Northern Arizona 46.26 Patrick Casey, Montana State

1:47.08 Patrick Casey, Montana State

3:54.59 David McNeill, Northern Arizona 7:47.52 Diego Estrada, Northern Arizona 13:29.01 Charles Clinger, Weber State

7-7* Glenn Carroll, Northern Arizona 26-7.50 Wendell Lawrence, Boise State

54-9.50 Dave Nichols, Sacramento State 62-2.5 Josh Henigman, Montana State 70-6.50 Paul Litchfield, Idaho State

18-0.5 Wiley King, Weber State

5,619 Northern Arizona

3:06.05 (Hardy, Glover, Belk, Wilson) Weber State

9:38.36 (Atwater, Grunander, Hooper, Tolman)

1978 1999 1983 2006 1992 1998 1992 2011 2011 2010 2011 2001 1990 1988 2007 2006 2003 2006 1991

2002

* - Set at Big Sky Conference Championship

John Killian captures the 2009 Big Sky Indoor DMR title

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Northern Arizona University

Big Sky Women’s Indoor Records

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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 Kim Sonognimi, Weber State

7.43

2003

Geronne Black, Portland State

7.43

2011 60 Meter Hurdles Alicia Truesdale, Sacramento State

8.44

2011 200 Meters Joyce Rainwater, Eastern Washington

23.82

1995 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 Elouise Rudy, Montana State

14-1.25

2007,08 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

2011 indoor long and triple jump champion Amber Anderson

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NAU Men’s Indoor All-Time Top-Three 60-Meter Dash Kino Carson Andre Nunis Francis St. Paul Cardell Glover

6.75 6.79 6.80 6.80

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

Alphonse Curry Alphonse Curry Michael Haynes

6.09 6.14 6.20

2/11/1978 2/17/1979 2/20/1988

7.81 7.87 7.91

2/18/2000 2/14/2002 2/22/2002

55-Meter Dash

60-Meter Hurdles Daryl Wonsey Vytautas Kancleris Vytautas Kancleris

4x400-Meter Relay Hardy, Glover, Belk, Wilson

3:06.05

2/23/1991

Glover, Wilson, Hardy, Thomas

3:06.64

2/29/1992

Daniel, Foster, Koon, Hall

3:08.14

3/8/1986

7:26.27

2/12/1983

7:27.46

2/26/1982

7:32.21

2/26/1983

26-7.25 26-0.75 25-10.25

3/2/1990 2/24/1990 2/1/1986

51-3.75 50-9 50-4.75

3/1/1986 2/9/1985 1/30/1982

7-3.25 7-3

7-2.5

2/23/1991 2/2/1991 1/26/1991

60-10.5 60-6.5 60-4

1/16/2010 2/11/1989 5/25/2000

69-11.75­­­­­­­ 65-08.50 65-03.50

3/12/2005 2/26/2010 2/7/2009

17-4.5 17-4.5 17-3.5

3/5/1993 3/5/1993 2/27/1993

4x800-Meter Relay Walmsley,Sproul, Rice, Smith

Smith, Graff, Sproul, Walmsley

55-Meter Hurdles

Daryl Wonsey

7.20 5/25/2000 (names unavailable) Micah Williams

7.26 3/2/1985 Lysias Edmonds

7.33 2/28/2004 Long Jump Glenn Carroll

200-Meter Dash Glenn Carroll

Anthony Wilson

20.88 3/7/1992 Greg Foster

Anthony Wilson

20.90 2/8/1992 Michael Haynes

21.09 2/20/1988 Triple Jump Greg Foster

400-Meter Dash Greg Foster

Anthony Wilson

46.26 2/16/1991 Curtis Charles

Anthony Wilson

46.67 3/3/1990 Anthony Wilson

46.85 2/1/1992 High Jump Shawn Wright

800-Meter Run Shawn Wright

Lopez Lomong

1:47.60 2/3/2007 Shawn Wright

Jordan Chipangama 1:49.34 2/27/2010 Kameron Holbrook 1:50.34 2/16/2008 Shot Put

Javier Villarreal

Mile Run Kent Larsson

Diego Estrada 3:55.46 1/28/2012 Hakan Andersson Lopez Lomong

4:00.46 2/24/2007 Jordan Chipangama 4:00.69 3/6/2010 Weight Throw Karim Chester

3,000-Meter Run Curtis Durocher David McNeill 7:47.52 2/13/2010 Curtis Durocher Lopez Lomong

7:49.74 3/9/2007 David McNeill 7:50.37 2/16/2008 Pole Vault Layne White

5,000-Meter Run Joe Mauko

Diego Estrada 13:29.01 3/11/2011 Layne White

David McNeill 13:36.41 3/12/2011 David McNeill 13:39.32 2/19/2010

Note: Italicized marks set under current coach (Heins 2008-present)

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NAU Women’s Indoor All-Time Top-Three 60-Meter Dash

Summer McCollum Monique Young

Summer McCollum

6.94 6.95 6.99

8.65 8.68 8.69

2/9/2002 2/13/1999 2/14/2002

7.95 8.03 8.04

2/25/2000 2/23/1991 Wells, Wissman, 2/22/2002 Stevens, Chalmers

24.25 24.30 24.33

1/30/1988 Petra Eklund 2/25/2006 Monique Young 2/21/1997 Maya Benzoor

53.84 54.03 54.10

2/7/1998 2/22/1997 2/28/1998

Johanna Nilsson Angela Chalmers Nikki Toms

2:08.16 2:08.35 2:08.60

1/27/2006 2/5/1983 3/5/1988

Johanna Nilsson Johanna Nilsson Johanna Nilsson

4:32.49 4:32.72 4:38.25

3/15/2003 3/12/2004 3/13/2004

9:06.61 9:07.60 9:07.92

3/11/2006 2/27/2004 3/12/2004

15:50.20 15:59.23 16:36.36

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

Tracy Bradshaw Tracy Bradshaw Tracy Bradshaw

60-Meter Hurdles Trisha Blair Petra Eklund Trisha Blair

55-Meter Hurdles Petra Eklund Heather Korol Trisha Blair

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

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

800-Meter Run

Mile Run

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

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

4x200-Meter Relay

4x400-Meter Relay

2/18/1999 Balfour, Mitchell, 2/25/2006 Smith, Stevens 2/22/1999 Balfour, Mitchell, Smith, Stevens 2/12/1994 3/5/1993 Eller, George, 2/12/1994 Eklund, Ze

55-Meter Dash

7.53 7.56 7.58

1:42.27

2/12/1983

Patterson, Skiba Lee, Reeves

1:43.08

2/27/1982

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3:41.82

2/25/1989

3:42.54

2/18/1989

3:43.47

2/27/1998

4x800-Meter Relay Payton, Reycraft, Wood, Toms

9:05.80

3/3/1989

Payton, Reycraft, Toms, Feuerbach

9:07.15

3/4/1988

9:12.90

1/29/1983

20-6.5 20-6.5 20-1.5

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

43-5.25 42-7 42-5.5

2/25/2006 1/22/2006 2/25/2000

6-1.25 6-0 5-11.75

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

53-9.25 53-8.25 53-3

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

65-6 64-11.25 64-2

2/21/1997 2/15/1997 1/25/1997

Long Jump

Avent, Patterson, Meyers, Ford

Triple Jump

Monique Young Monique Young Asa Lonn

High Jump

Britney Rogers Paula Feuerbach Britney Rogers

Shot Put

Linda Nestorsson Linda Nestorsson Anna Soderberg

Weight Throw Anna Soderberg Anna Soderberg Anna Soderberg

Pole Vault

Jami Michaud 12-7.5 2/19/2010 Tera Larsen

11-5.75 2/7/2004 Laura Cagle

10-11.75 2/18/2000 Note: Italicized marks set under current coach (Heins 2008-present)

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NAU Men’s Indoor Big Sky Champions by Event 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 2009 2000 1999 1995 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988

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

440-Yard Dash

6.36 6.40 6.24 6.23 6.28 6.22 6.37 6.33 6.35 6.75 21.42 21.48 21.16 21.63 21.71 21.77 21.58 20.88 21.32 33.67 47.05 47.10 47.44 47.92 47.59 47.82 47.18 46.67 47.32 47.27

1,000-Meter Run

Pole Vault

1984 Fred Sproul 1981 Mark Lomeland

2:29.04 1996 Brian Nimphius 16-6.75 2:22.25 1993 Lane White 17-4.50 1992 Joe Mauko 16-8.75 Mile 1980 Greg Morgan 15-6 2007 Lopez Lomong 4:05.73 1979 Jim Wilkerson 16-0 2006 Lopez Lomong 4:22.84 1997 John Howell 4:18.61 Shot Put 1996 Jama Bile 4:09.45 2010 Javier Villarreal 57-8 1991 Kim White 4:04.67 2008 Javier Villarreal 58-9.25 1990 Kim White 4:13.22 2003 Jeremy Hoff 59-4 1999 Hakan Andersson 59-2.25 3,000-Meter Run 1998 Hakan Andersson 59-2.75 2011 Diego Estrada 8:16.58 1996 Kristian Pettersson 58-0.25 2010 David McNeill 8:11.93 1991 Anders Axlid 57-8 2009 Diego Estrada 8:31.28 1990 Anders Axlid 59-10.5 2006 Jon Cardenas 8:43.06 1987 Kent Larsson 60-1.75 2003 Nurani Sheikh 8:30.79 2000 Sean Clendaniel 8:32.33 35 lb. Weight Throw 1997 Theo Martin 8:24.91 2010 Curtis Durocher 65-8.5 1996 John Howell 8:22.08 2009 Curtis Durocher 64-10.25 1989 Bo Reed

8:13.24 2008 Pascal Tang 60-11.5 2005 Karim Chester 68-1 5,000-Meter Run 2004 Karim Chester 64-5.00 2009 Morten Bostrom 14:55.82 2000 Sean McNabb 59-7.00 2006 Morten Bostrom 15:11.29 1998 Johnny Theiken 62-8 2005 Henrik Ahnstrom 14:57.94 1997 Johnny Theiken 63-9.50 1997 Theo Martin 15:09.70 1996 Kristian Pettersson 62-1 1996 Tim Martin 14:15.20 1994 Gunnar Axlid 62-1 1989 Bo Reed 14:11.24 1993 Kristian Pettersson 54-10.75 1990 Henrik Wennberg 58-10.75

55-Meter Hurdles 2002 2001 2000 1998 1988 1984

Vytautas Kancleris Daryl Wonsey Daryl Wonsey Rudolph Johnson Peter Daniel Micah Williams

60-Meter Hurdles

1999 Daryl Wonsey

Long Jump

7.55 7.28 7.20 7.63 7.56 7.34

4x400-Meter Relay

2011 2003 2001 1993 1992 1991 1988 8.01 1987 1981

3:17.44 3:12.66 3:12.84 3:12.05 3:08.97 3:11.83 3:13.58 3:13.97 3:14.90

48.75 1997 Tommy Sarenbrant 25-0 Distance Medley Relay 49.99 1990 Glenn Carroll 26-7.25 2010

9:52.85 1981 Derek Shelton 23-6.5 2009

10:15.54 800-Meter Run 2004

9:54.35 2010 J. Chipangama 1:49.94 Triple Jump 2007 Lopez Lomong 1:50.40 2002 Clearance Moore 48-11.75 Bold Indicates Current Athlete(s) 2006 Lopez Lomong 1:50.95 1993 Jashuwa Gindiri 49-11 Italic indicates titles won under current 1996 Jama Bile 1:50.74 1979 Derek Shelton 48- coach (Heins: 2008-present) 9.25 1980 Greg Carson 1979 Alphonse Curry

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NAU Women’s Indoor Big Sky Champions by Event 55-Meter Dash 2000 1993 1989 1988

Summer McCollum Tracy Bradshaw Brenda Johnson Susan Philips

55-Meter Hurdles

2002 Trisha Blair 1993 Aimee Anthony 1990 Heather Korol

60-Meter Dash

2006 Monique Young

7.05 6.95 7.16 7.09 8.04 8.17 8.10 7.56

200-Meter Dash

5,000-Meter Run 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

2010 Annie Skordas 24.55 2006 Monique Young 24.3 High Jump 1993 Tracy Bradshaw 24.51 2007 Britney Rogers 2006 Britney Rogers 400-Meter Dash 1991 Debbie Orr 1992 Kelly Ramsdell 56.25 1990 Debbie Orr

800-Meter Run 2004 2003 1998 1990 1989 1988

Mile

2009 2007 2006 2005 2003 2002 1989

Johanna Nilsson 2:10.67 Johanna Nilsson 2:11.46 Martina Ze 2:11.65 Nikki Toms 2:13.25 Nikki Toms 2:10.45 Nikki Toms 2:08.60

Veronica Pohl 4:56.48 K. Roesenplaenter 4:55.89 Johanna Nilsson 4:44.00 Ida Nilsson 5:02.45 Johanna Nilsson 5:04.00 Ida Nilsson 4:53.58 Brenda Payton 4:57.81

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

Veronica Pohl 9:54.79 Johanna Nilsson 9:59.83 Ida Nilsson 10:05.41 Ida Nilsson 9:20.61 Ida Nilsson 9:56.08 Rikke Pedersen 10:23.56 Rikke Pedersen 9:48.81 Kristi Klinnert 9:52.50 Kristi Klinnert 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

2012 Track and Field Media Guide

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

Weight Throw 2009 2006 2005 1999 1996

Nicole Elliott Dana Posey Dana Posey Jessica Daniels Anna Soderberg

4x800 Meter Relay 1990

9:05.80

4x400-Meter Relay 2006 1998 1989

3:46.55 3:43.47 3:47.84

Distance Medley Relay

2006 5-10 2005 6-1.25 2004 5-10.75 1997 5-10.5 19-11.5 20-6.5 19-2.50 19-9.5 20-6.5 19-9 20-0.25

59-02 60-4 58-07 57-.75 62-6

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 Men’s Outdoor Champions

Year 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

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Site 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 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 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

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89 96 160.5 151 131 164.5

Coach of the Year Kathleen Raske, 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

Northern Arizona University

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Big Sky Women’s Outdoor Champions Year 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988

Site 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

Champion Sacramento State Sacramento State Sacramento State Sacramento State Idaho State Northern Arizona Northern Arizona Northern Arizona Montana State Weber State Weber State CSU Northridge CSU Northridge Weber State CSU Northridge Northern Arizona Boise State Boise State Northern Arizona Weber State Weber State Northern Arizona Northern Arizona Boise State

Two-Time Big Sky Champion, Aisha Goynes 2012 Track and Field Media Guide

Points 236 145 161

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140.5 180 150.75 189 176 242 153.5 160 163 188.5 133 134 124 119 157.5 163 119 153 147 150.5

Coach of the Year Kathleen Raske, Sacramento State Kathleen Raske, Sacramento State Kathleen Raske, Sacramento State Kathleen Raske, Sacramento State Davie Nielsen, Idaho State J.W. Hardy, Northern Arizona J.W. Hardy, Northern Arizona Ron Mann, Northern Arizona Dale Kennedy, Montana State Jim Blaisdell, Weber State Jim Blaisdell, Weber State Don Strametz, Cal State Northridge Don Strametz, Cal State Northridge Jim Blaisdell, Weber State Don Strametz, Cal State Northridge Ron Mann, Northern Arizona Ed Jacoby, Boise State Ed Jacoby, Boise State Ron Mann, Northern Arizona Jim Blaisdell, Weber State Jim Blaisdell, Weber State Ron Mann, Northern Arizona Ron Mann, Northern Arizona Jim Klein, Boise State

Three-time Big Sky Champion, Nell Rojas

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Big Sky Men’s Outdoor Records Event Record Holder/School Time/Distance Year 100 Meters

200 Meters

400 Meters

800 Meters

1500 Meters

5000 Meters

10,000 Meters

110 Meter Hurdles 400 Meter Hurdles 3000M Steeplechase High Jump

Long Jump

Triple Jump

Pole Vault

Shot Put

Hammer

Discus

Javelin

Decathlon

400 Meter Relay

1600 Meter Relay

Patrick Williams, Idaho

Joe Criner, Cal State Northridge Carl Lawson, Idaho State

Sam Koduah, Idaho

Lopez Lomong, Northern Arizona Lopez Lomong, Northern Arizona David McNeill, Northern Arizona Shannon Butler, Montana State Ronald Brookins, Sacramento State Mike Kinney, Idaho

Farley Gerber, Weber State

Charles Clinger, Weber State

George Ogbeide, Idaho

Wendell Lawrence, Boise State

John Wurtz, Montana State

David Nichols, Sacramento State *David Paul, Eastern Washington Kamy Keshmiri, Nevada

Craig Stiles, Montana (old)

Ryan Cole, Eastern Washington

Dan O’Brien, Idaho

*Idaho

(Stokes, Koduah, Wanliss, Smith) Northern Arizona

(Belk, Wilson, Hardy, Glover)

10.06 20.14 20.14w 45.58 1:45.79 3:37.07 13:25.63 28:08.40 13.42 50.54 8:19.27 7-8.5* 26-8.50 55-6.00 18-0.50 64-7 226-02 220-10 255-10 244-7 7,988 39.61

1990 1998 1973 1985 2007 2007 2010 1991 2011 1983 1984 2001 1988 1988 1998 2006 2007 1992 1972 2001 1989 1985

3:04.77

1991

* - Set at Big Sky Conference Championship

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

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Record Book

Event Record Holder/School Time/Distance Year 100 Meters Joyce Rainwater - Eastern Washington 11.55

1995 200 Meters Karene King, Portland State

23.46

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 - Weber State

9:39.95

2007 5000 Meters Ida Nilsson - Northern Arizona

15:33.18

2004 10,000 Meters Shelley Smathers - Montana

33:07.33

1994 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

Javier Villareal captures his fifth and final shot put title at the 2010 Big Sky Outdoor Championships in Ogden, Utah

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NAU Men’s Outdoor All-Time Top-Three 100-Meter Dash Sid Bailey

Tony Monroe Anthony Wilson

10.23 10.24 10.27

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

Ted Zakoscienly Vytautas Kancleris Vytautas Kancleris

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

110-Meter Hurdles

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

3:37.07 6/9/2007 Jama Bile

3:39.56 4/20/1996 Diego Estrada 3:41.80 4/15/2011

Steeplechase Billy Herman Billy Herman Billy Herman

8:26.12 8:38.22 8:39.05

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

4x400-Meter Relay Hardy, Glover, Belk, Wilson

3:04.77

Hardy, Glover, Belk, Wilson

3:06.48 NCAA 1991

Hardy, England, Brown, Glover

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

7-2

7-0.5 7-0.5

5/23/1980 4/16/1988 4/13/1991

Long Jump

Victor Castillo Charles Green Glenn Carroll

Triple Jump

Charles Green Victor Castillo Mark Joseph

High Jump

Steve McFadden Phil Adams Shawn Wright

Shot Put

Kristian Pettersson 64-9 6/22/1994 Kristian Pettersson 63-3.50 3/26/1994 Kristian Pettersson 62-6.75 4/23/1994

Discus

Nick Petrucci

Nick Petrucci

Kristian Pettersson

Javelin

Heath Fisher Heath Fisher Heath Fisher

5,000-Meter Run

Hammer

10,000-Meter Run

Pole Vault

4x100-Meter Relay

Decathlon

David McNeill 13:25.63 3/26/2010 Diego Estrada 13:26.94 5/2/2011 David McNeill 13:30.63 4/17/2009 *David McNeill 28:03 12/11/2008 Bo Reed

28:20.00 4/23/1988 Diego Estrada 28:40.19 5/1/2010 Daniel, Haynes, Hunter, Koon

39.79

4/2/1988

Glover, Hardy, Nelson, Brown

40.00

3/27/1993

Daniel, Monroe, Brass, Foster

40.16

4/5/1986

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5/4/1991

Karim Chester Karim Chester Curtis Durocher Layne White Layne White Layne White

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

219-8 212-0 208-7

4/23/2005 5/13/2004 4/9/2010

17-5 17-0.75 17-0.75

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

Tommy Sarenbrant Tommy Sarenbrant Tommy Sarenbrant

7,659 points 3/15/1997 7,404 points 3/14/1996 7,402 points 5/17/1996

Note: Italicized marks set under current coach (Heins 2008-present)

Northern Arizona University

Record Book

NAU Women’s Outdoor All-Time Top-Three 100-Meter Dash

Taneisha Wright

Gisele Essaka

Summer McCollum

100-Meter Hurdles

11.58 11.73 11.74

5/9/2007 5/14/1994 2/21/1999

4x400-Meter Relay Balfour, Stevens, Mitchell, Johnson

3:43.85

4/22/1989

Nystrom, George, Eklund, Ze

3:43.86

5/2/1998

3:43.92

4/14/1990

20-6 20-4.25 20-3.75

1984 5/11/1991 4/2/2011

44-4.25 43-7.00 42-5.00

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

6-0.75 6-0.50 6-0.25

1991 5/13/2007 1986

53-1.5 52-2.5 51-11.75

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

197-8 196-1 195-3

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

195-06 191-11 189-01

4/23/2005 3/31/2006 3/31/2006

Petra Eklund Summer Welch Trisha Blair

13.75 13.99 14.00

4/22/2000 5/11/1996 Jenkins, Balfour, 4/19/2002 Johnson, Mitchell

Samantha George Taneisha Wright Liza Conteh

23.66 24.10 24.11

5/23/1998 5/9/2007 5/7/2004

Samantha George Samantha George Samantha George

53.01 53.03 53.24

5/30/1998 Asa Lonn Monique Young 5/2/1998

5/16/1998 Asa Lonn

1:01.81 1:02.02 1:02.09

5/14/2005 3/28/1987 4/11/1992

Angela Chalmers Johanna Nilsson Martina Ze

2:03.52 2:05.43 2:05.76

5/9/1987 4/12/2003 5/1/1999

Johanna Nilsson Angela Chalmers Johanna Nilsson

4:10.72 4:12.13 4:12.89

4/11/2003 1985 4/17/2004

Angela Chalmers Angela Chalmers Rikki Pederson

9:00.02 9:05.43 9:22.34

4/20/1985 4/25/1987 3/21/1987

9:43.25 9:46.74 9:48.62

4/17/2004 6/15/2003 6/13/2003

15:33.18 15:51.71 16:06.67

5/24/2004 Sabine Krieger 4/21/2002 Sabine Krieger 3/27/2009 Sabine Krieger

33:23.30 34:17.93 34.35.24

4/20/1991 4/17/1999 4/21/1990

46.06

4/23/1994

200-Meter Dash

400-Meter Dash

400-Meter Hurdles Kristina Robinson Susan Phillips Aimee Anthony

800-Meter Run

1,500-Meter Run

3,000-Meter Run

Steeplechase Ida Nilsson Ida Nilsson Ida Nilsson

5,000-Meter Run Ida Nilsson Ida Nilsson Veronica Pohl

10,000-Meter Run Kris Klinnert Amy Swier Kris Klinnert

Long Jump

Maya Benzoor Rachel Game Amber Anderson

Triple Jump

High Jump

Debbie Orr Britney Rogers Paula Feuerbach

Shot Put

Linda Nestorsson Linda Nestorsson Linda Nestorsson

Discus

Anna Soderberg Anna Soderberg Anna Soderberg

Hammer

Dana Posey Dana Posey Georgina Toth

Pole Vault

Jami Michaud 12-7.5 5/2/2009 Rosada Martin

11-9.75 4/22/2000 Jami Michaud 11-7 4/30/2011

Heptathlon

5,766 points 6/5/1999 5,643 points 4/18/1997 5,465 points 4/16/1998

Note: Italicized marks set under current coach (Heins 2008-present)

4x100-Meter Relay Korol, Maulseed, Bradshaw, Essaka

Skordas, Wilkinson, Anderson, Holder 46.12 3/27/2010 Ramsdell, Game, Bradshaw, Kimmey

46.17

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Record Book

NAU Men’s Outdoor Big Sky Champions by Event 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 2003 2002 1992 1991 1988 1981 1979

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

400-Meter Dash 1993 1992 1991 1987 1986 1980

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 2010 2009 2008 2007 20o6 1996 1990 1980

Mile 1977 1973 1972 1971

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46.31 46.09 48.02 46.40 46.95 46.77 1:51.82 1:48.86 1:51.64 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 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2005 2004 2000 1998 1997 1996 1992 1988 1985 1979

21.57 21.08 20.88 20.25 21.11 21.34 21.24

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

14:28.96 14:21.02 13:51.24 13:55.24

Diego Estrada 13:26.94 David McNeill 14:36.76 David McNeill 14:32.29 David McNeill 15:17.77 Lopez Lomong 15:07.06 Henrik Ahnstrom 15:16.99 Travis Laird 14:42.52 J.P. Miramontes 14:47.06 Tim Martin 14:48.81 Chad Walton 14:35.99 John Howell 14:29.12 B. Bonenberger 14:52.05 Bo Reed 14:33.15 Mark Souza 14:45.10 Art Menchaca 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 2011 2007 2003 1993 1992 1991 1989 1986 1982

Long Jump 1997 1990 1988 1986 1985 1981 1975 1971

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

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

Triple Jump 2010 1992 1990 1986

Charles White Jashuwa Gindiri Charles Green Greg Foster

High Jump 1992 1980 1976 1971

Brian McCurdy Steve McFadden Dave Shattuck Eric Moore

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 2010 2000 1999 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1971

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

Shot Put

2010 Javier Villarreal 2009 Javier Villarreal 2008 Javier Villarreal 2000 Hakan Andersson 1999 Hakan Andersson 1996 Kristian Pettersson 1994 Kristian Pettersson 40.45 1991 Anders Axlid 40.67 1988 Kent Larsson 40.53 40.72 Javelin 40.50 1976 Dan McDowell 41.45 1975 Dan McDowell

49-5.75 50-6.25 52-9 51-0.75 6-10.75 7-2 6-10 6-4 16-5.5 16-6 16-0 15-10.5 16-0 16-0 16-6 16-8 15-9 182-.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

Hammer Throw

41.51 2010 Curtis Durocher 201-2.5 41.14 2009 Pascal Tang 197-10 2008 Curtis Durocher 203-09 2004 Karim Chester 215-07 3:12.60 2004 Karim Chester 212-0 3:13.88 2000 Sean McNabb 202-5P 3:13.77 3:12.46 Decathlon 3:10.93 2000 Nils Wiklund 7,104 3:16.64 1996 Tommy Sarenbrant 7,402 3:12.41 1995 Tommy Sarenbrant 7,363 3:13.79 3:08.53 Bold Indicates Current Athlete(s) Italic indicates titles won under current 24-4.25 coach (Heins: 2008-present) 25-2 25-2.5 25-4 25-2.5 23-6 24-7 23-9.5

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Record Book

NAU Women’s Outdoor Big Sky Champions by Event 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

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

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

Veronica Phol 4:28.21 Lesley van Miert 4:22.73 K. Rosenplaenter 4:33.06 K. Rosenplaenter 4:30.69 Johanna Nilsson 4:32.23 Johanna Nilsson 4:31.62 Johanna Nilsson 4:27.80 Ida Nilsson 4:34.76 Christy Michaels 4:32.00 Nikki Toms 4:28.79 Nikki Toms 4:25.89 Nikki Toms 4:24.97

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

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

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

Veronica Pohl 17:34.73 N. Gueldemeister 17:28.11 Natalie Rogers 18:22.31 Erika Edwards 17:44.06 Ida Nilsson 17:06.58 Ida Nilsson 17:18.26 Rikke Pedersen 17:33.67 Tracy Jarman 17:04.30 Tracy Jarman 16:35.86 Kristi Klinnert 18:17.53 Kristi Klinnert 17:22.40

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

Discus 2010 2006 2002 2000 1999 1997 1996 1994 1993 1989

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

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

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

179-0 5,337 5,141 5,266 5,253 5,311 5,160 5,111 46.20

4x400-Meter Relay

2007 3:45.37 19-4.75 2004 3:44.19 18-9.75 w20-0.25 Bold Indicates Current Athlete(s) 5-08.75 Italic indicates titles won under current 6-00.5 coach (Heins: 2008-present) 5-8.75 5-6 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 49-5 151-5.75 159-2 173-11 160-2 163-2 197-8 184-2 179-4 150-4 170-9

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John D. Haeger and courses necessary to obtain their degree leaders to define and address the challengwithin four years. es of climate change.

• Expansion of nursing and the health professions. The university has placed special emphasis on graduating more students in nursing and developing or expanding programs in the health professions, including occupational therapy, athletic training and physicians assistant.

Northern Arizona University President 11th 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: • Tuition guarantee. NAU President John Haeger instituted a pilot “block tuition” proposal that would guarantee first-time, full-time freshmen and transfer students the same tuition rate for eight semesters, bringing predictability to the cost of higher education.

• ‘Finish in Four’ guarantee. NAU promises to provide students the advisement help

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Dr. Haeger is a member of the Arizona Board of Education, the Governor’s P-20 Council, the board of governors of the Translational Genomics Research Institute, known as TGen, the Arizona Commerce Authority, the steering committee of the American Presidents’ Climate Commitment, and a member of both the Greater Phoenix Leadership and the Flagstaff 40. He also is former chair of the United Way of Northern Arizona board, serves as commissioner for the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education, and is past chair of the Council of Presidents of the Big Sky Conference.

• Commitment to research. With a goal to underpin the university’s distinctive research profile, President Haeger has instituted NAU’s first office of Vice President for Research. In Yuma, ground has been broken on a 12,225-square-foot building that will provide collaborative research opportunities in environmental disciplines and will accom- He has worked at all levels of higher educamodate expansion of four-year degree pro- tion—professor, chair, dean, vice president, grams in engineering and nursing. and provost.

• High Country Conference Center. Dr. Haeger initiated a joint partnership among NAU, the city of Flagstaff, the Arizona Board of Regents, Sodexo Conferencing and Drury Hotels to build a 42,000-square-foot conference center and an adjoining hotel and parking structure. The complex will be a financial, cultural and educational asset to the university and Flagstaff communities. Consultants have estimated the economic benefit to northern Arizona to be about $7 million annually.

Dr. Haeger earned his bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees from Loyola University in Chicago. He was a professor and chair of the history department at Central Michigan University as well as the dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. He later worked as associate dean and then interim dean and finally dean of the College of Graduate Studies/Office of Research and Sponsored Programs at the same institution.

He also served as provost and vice president for academic affairs at Towson University in • Largest gift in university history. The Col- Maryland. lege of Business Administration was able to acquire the largest gift in university history, He had substantial years in the classroom a $25 million donation from prominent busi- before his administrative career and pubness leader William Franke. The college was lished several books and numerous articles renamed The W.A. Franke College of Busi- on topics related to the history of economic ness. change in the United States and how it affects individuals and institutions. His 1982 • Arizona Cardinals partnership. The Na- book, The Investment Frontier: New York tional Football League’s Arizona Cardinals Businessmen and the American West, won a agreed to continue to operate their training national award from Choice magazine, and camp at the Flagstaff campus. About $2 mil- his 1991 book, John Jacob Astor: Business lion is added to the northern Arizona econo- and Finance in the Early Republic, argued my as a result of the Cardinals training camp. for Astor’s role as the first modern American venture capitalist.

• Distance Learning. In addition to extending programs in rural Arizona, Northern Ari- Dr. Haeger has said he still defines himself zona University has expanded programs and by his teaching and research on economic buildings and solidified the university’s pres- development. “In a way, I am now living the ence throughout Maricopa and Pima coun- story that I used to teach and write about,” ties. Fully one-third of NAU students take he said. courses through distance programs at 37 sites throughout the state.

• ‘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 College of Business. Dr. Haeger also is a charter signatory of the American College & University Presidents Climate Commitment, created as an avenue for university

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Jim Fallis Flagstaff and around the state of Arizona each of the last five years and totaled more than 28,000 hours during his tenure. The yearly contribution is believed to be the highest among the three state universities.

Northern Arizona University Director of Athletics 8th Year Jim Fallis was named the Director of Athletics at Northern Arizona University in May, 2004, and the department has had success across the board under his leadership.

Under his direction, the 300-plus Lumberjack student-athletes have maintained 3.00 or better cumulative mark in 13 of the 14 semesters under his direction.

Eight squads posted a 3.0 or higher cumulative GPA last year led by the soccer team which posted a department-best 3.39 in 2010-11. The positive grade report comes after a semester that produced a school-record fifty-five student-athletes participating in spring commencement ceremonies. NAU also recently had all 15 sponsored sports exceed NCAA academic standards in the Academic Progress Report.

One hundred sixth-three student-athletes were recognized in 2011 at the Golden Eagle Awards for significant contributions to the Lumberjack athletics program while maintaining a minimum of a 3.0 GPA. Fallis established the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll to recognize student-athletes with a 3.5 or better GPA and men’s basketball player Kelly Golob, women’s golfer Ali Carter and soccer player Kristi Andreassen have earned NCAA Postgraduate Scholarships under his leadership.

Outside the classroom, the department staff and student-athletes contributed 4,000-plus community service hours in

Record Book Fallis, 58, has been actively involved in the administration of intercollegiate athletics at the national level. Presently, he serves on the Learfield Directors’ Cup Committee and represents the Big Sky on the Division I Championship cabinet and serves on the Administrative Committee. He was also selected by Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano to serve on the Governor’s Council on Health, Physical Fitness and Sport for the state of Arizona and is a member of the Rotary Club in Flagstaff.

NAU has ranked among the top 100 athletic departments in the Learfield Directors’ Cup standings four times under Fallis, while winning 26 Big Sky Conference tiles, recording 20 Top-40 national finishes and winning eight individual national titles.

NAU has won the Big Sky Conference Men’s All-Sports title three times and finished among the top three for the presti- A member of five Hall of Fames (NAIA, gious President’s Cup award every year of NCAA Division II Wrestling, Lake Superior State, NCC Hall of Honor), he was recently its existence. named to the University of Northern ColoFallis has also overseen the installation of rado Hall of Fame in the Winter of 2010. state-of-the-art scoreboard and message- A native of Durand, Mich., Fallis earned center in the Walkup Skydome since his his masters degree from Northern Michiarrival. The Skydome also welcomed the gan in 1977. He and his wife, Anna, are the installation of a removable REALGRASS™ parents of two grown children and two Matrix system during the Spring of 2008, grandchildren. the first removable REALGRASS™ system to be installed in the United States. It marked the first accomplishment by the President’s Task Force on Athletics Facilities.

NAU signed a five-year apparel agreement with Adidas in 2008 to outfit all 15 intercollegiate teams with practice and game gear. The deal replaced NIKE as the official team outfitter, a three-year contract originally developed by Fallis.

Prior to NAU, Fallis served as athletics director at the University of Northern Colorado since 1993. Academic and athletic successes as well as fiscal responsibility were hallmarks of Fallis’ tenure at Northern Colorado. Northern Colorado teams won 31 conference championships in his 10 years.

Academically, UNC produced 13 NCAA postgraduate scholarship recipients in his 11-year tenure.

UNC won two Division II National Championships in football (1996, 1997) under his direction. At the time he left, athletics had over $8 million in endowments and $600,000 in reserves. Prior to UNC, Fallis spent seven years as athletic director at Lake Superior State University. Under his leadership, LSSU won NCAA Division I Hockey Championships in 1988 and 1992.

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Jim Fallis presents the 2010 Big Sky Indoor Track and Field Coach of the Year award to Eric Heins.

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Big Sky Conference The league has become one of the strongest Division I conferences in the West and is a national leader in the Football Championship Subdivision. Six times, Big Sky teams have won the Division I National Championship, including Eastern Washington in 2010. A Big Sky team has played for the national championship each of the past three seasons.

Founded: 1963 Women’s Sports Added: 1988 Member Schools: Eastern Washington, Idaho State, Montana, Montana State, Northern Arizona, Northern Colorado, Portland State, Sacramento State, Weber State Sponsored Sports: Football, Soccer (W), Volleyball, Basketball (M/W), Golf (W), Cross Country (M/W), Tennis (M/W), Indoor Track and Field (M/W), Outdoor Track and Field (M/W) MAILING ADDRESS 2491 Washington Blvd., Suite 201 Ogden, UT 84402 OFFICE PHONE: (801) 392-1978 FAX: (801) 392-5568 WEB SITE: www.bigskyconf.com COMMISSIONER: Doug Fullerton

The Big Sky Conference enters its 49th year of athletic competition in 2011-12. The Big Sky is an NCAA Division I member in all sports, with member institutions classified in the Football Championship Subdivision (formally I-AA). For the sixth and final year, the Big Sky is a nine-team league.

The current lineup includes Eastern Washington, Idaho State, Montana, Montana State, Northern Arizona, Northern Colorado, Portland State, Sacramento State and Weber State. Northern Colorado is the newest member of the league, having joined the conference in 2006.

The Big Sky will expand to an 11-team league with 13 football-playing members on July 1, 2012. Southern Utah University and the University of North Dakota will join as full members. Cal Poly and UC Davis will join as football-affiliate members.

The Big Sky Conference was established in 1963 by six charter members – Idaho, Idaho State, Gonzaga, Montana, Montana State and Weber State. Those six schools formed the foundation of the Big Sky before the league expanded in 1970 by adding Boise State and Northern Arizona.

Gonzaga left the Sky in 1979 and was replaced by Nevada, which gave the league eight members. The conference grew to nine schools in 1987 with the addition of Eastern Washington.

The 1990s saw change in the makeup of the league, beginning in 1992 when Nevada departed and put the Big Sky back at eight teams. In 1996 Boise State and Idaho left and at the same time the conference added Portland State, Sacramento State and Cal State Northridge. The Big Sky maintained nine teams for five years before Cal State Northridge departed in the spring of 2001.

The Big Sky spreads across eight states spanning from the Pacific Ocean to the Rocky Mountain Front. The Big Sky is represented along the entire west coast with schools in Washington, Oregon and California. League schools also range up and down the Rocky Mountains with institutions in Montana, Idaho, Utah, Arizona and Colorado. Of the eight western-most states in the contiguous United States only one, Nevada, is not represented in the Big Sky.

The Big Sky sponsors championships in 14 sports, including men’s and women’s cross country, indoor and outdoor track and field, basketball and tennis. In addition, there are also championships in football, and women’s volleyball, golf and soccer. The Big Sky will add a softball championship in the spring of 2013.

The 2011-12 season will mark the 24th year that the Big Sky Conference will sponsor championships in women’s sports. The former Mountain West Conference existed from 1982-88, sponsoring championships for women’s sports at the same institutions the Big Sky had men’s programs. The Big Sky merged with the Mountain West in 1988, forming one league for both men and women.

Doug Fullerton, the fifth commissioner of the Big Sky Conference, is in his 17th year at the helm. Fullerton took over the Big Sky on July 1, 1995, replacing longtime commissioner Ron Stephenson, who passed away in 2011. Stephenson served the league for 14 years. Steve Belko was the commissioner from 197781, while John Roning held the post from 1971-77. The first league commissioner was Jack Friel, who served from 1963-71.

On Feb 25, 1963, the name Big Sky was adopted by the six presidents of the charter members as the name of the new conference. The name Big 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

2011 Men’s School Mascot Location Indoor Finish Eastern Washington Eagles Cheney, Wash.

5th (67) Idaho State

Bengals Pocatello, Idaho 6th (62) Montana

Grizzlies Missoula, Mont. 7th (53) Montana State Bobcats Bozeman, Mont. 3rd (95.5) Northern Arizona Lumberjacks Flagstaff, Ariz.

2nd (132.5) Northern Colorado Bears Greeley, Colo.

8th (22) Portland State

Vikings Portland, Ore. 9th (19) Sacramento State Hornets Sacramento, Calif. 1st (133) Weber State

Wildcats Ogden, Utah 4th (76)

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advertising director, promoted the Big Sky theme for the Treasure State. While on a track and field trip from Pocatello, Idaho, to Missoula, Mont., the 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.

2011 Women’s Indoor Finish 8th (45.5) 2nd (94) 3rd (89.5) 6th (67) 5th (68.5) 9th (19) 7th (54.5) 1st (144) 4th (81)

2011 Men’s Outdoor Finish 4th (96) 7th (44) 6th (49.5) 3rd (116.5) 2nd (167) 8th (38) 9th (28.5) 1st (204.5) 5th (74)

2011 Women’s Outdoor Finish 3rd (79) 6th (65.5) 2nd (133) 4th (73) 8th (63) 9th (33.5) 7th (65) 1st (236) 5th (66)

Northern Arizona University