2011-12 Idaho T&F/XC Yearbook

The Vandal Track & Field/Cross Country Tradition...20 Olympians

22 National Records4 NCAA Champions

54 All-Americans90 All-America Honors

202 NCAA Championships Appearances8 Academic All-Americans

17 Cross Country Team Titles4 Indoor Track & Field Team Titles

10 Outdoor Track & Field Team Titles8 Indoor Track & Field Conference Records

25 Outdoor Track & Field Conference Records8 Individual Cross Country Conference Champions

82 Individual Indoor Track & Field Conference Champions221 Individual Outdoor Track & Field Conference Champions

15 Indoor Track & Field Relay Champions25 Outdoor Track & Field Relay Champions17 Vandal Athletic Hall of Fame Inductees

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Table of ContentsIntroduction

2011-12 Vandal Champions ...............................................................................................................2-52012 Idaho All-Americans .................................................................................................................... 62012 WAC Joe Kearney Award Winner .............................................................................................. 7We Are... Runners, Jumpers, Throwers Kids’ Camp .......................................................................8-9The Vandal Tradition ..................................................................................................................... 10-11

Cross CountrySeasons in Review ................................................................................................................................ 122011 Award Winners ........................................................................................................................... 13Meet-by-Meet Results .......................................................................................................................... 14Cross Country Championship History ............................................................................................. 15

20 Olympians4 NCAA Champions

54 All-Americans90 All-America Honors

WAC Women’s Cross Country Champions* 2005, 2007, 2010, 2011 *

WAC Men’s Indoor Track & Field Champions* 2012 *

WAC Men’s Outdoor Track & Field Champions* 2012 *

46 Individual WAC Indoor Titles53 Individual WAC Outdoor Titles

University of IdahoTrack & Field

Director of Track & Field/Cross CountryWayne Phipps, 12th Season

British Columbia, ‘91; Oregon, ‘94Office Phone ...................................................... (208) 885-0210

Head Track & Field CoachJulie Taylor, 22nd Season

Idaho, ‘86Office Phone ...................................................... (208) 885-5105

Assistant Coach (Jumps/Multi-Events)Jason Graham (Idaho, ‘94)

Assistant Coach (Distance)Allix Potratz-Lee (Idaho, ‘10)

Assistant Coach (Sprints)Sam Michener (Idaho, ‘11)

Volunteer Assistant CoachesThrows..................................................Tim Taylor (Idaho, ‘85)Sprints/Hurdles ..............................Angela Whyte (Idaho, ‘03)Throws....................................Chris Campbell (Ohio, ‘06; ‘08)Athletic Trainer ............................. Jaimie Hoskins (Utah, ‘11)

IDAHO STAFF

Location ...................................................... Moscow, IdahoFounded ........................................................................ 1889Enrollment................................................................. 12,302Nickname ................................................................VandalsColors ............................................ Silver and Vandal GoldConference .............................................. Western AthleticPresident ...................................................Dr. Duane NellisDirector of Athletics .................................... Dr. Rob SpearSWA .........................................................Debbie BuchananCompliance/Eligibility ..................................John WallaceHome Facilities .................. Kibbie-ASUI Activity Center............................. Dan O’Brien Track and Field ComplexAthletic Department Phone ..................... (208) 885-0200Athletic Department Fax .......................... (208) 885-2862Web Site ........................................... www.GoVandals.comTwitter ...................................................... @Idaho_Vandals

IDAHO QUICK FACTS

Asst. Director ...................................... Spencer Farrin(MBB/SOC/T&F/XC)Email ..........................................spencerf@uidaho.eduOffice ..................................................... (208) 885-7065Cell ........................................................ (208) 310-9610Asst. AD/Media Relations ........................ Becky Paull(FB/GOLF/S&D)Email ..............................................bpaull@uidaho.eduOffice ..................................................... (208) 885-0245Asst. Director .................................Nick Heidelberger(WBB/VB/TEN)Email ................................ [email protected] ..................................................... (208) 885-0245Media Relations Fax ............................ (208) 885-0255

ATHLETIC MEDIA RELATIONS

The 2011-12 University of Idaho Cross Country/Track and Field Yearbook was written, designed and produced by Spencer Farrin, with research, editing and design input from Becky Paull, Nick Heidelberger and student work staff of the University of Idaho Athletics Media Relations Office. Action photography by Spencer Farrin (Moscow, Idaho), Larry Johnson (Seattle, Wash.), Bruce Mann (Moscow, Idaho) and the Western Athletic Conference. Student-athlete and coach head shots and cover photograph by Jonathan Billings (Archer Photography - Moscow, Idaho).

Indoor Track & FieldSeasons in Review .......................................................................................................................... 16-172012 WAC Indoor Champions ..................................................................................................... 18-192012 WAC Indoor Championships Recap ........................................................................................ 202012 Indoor Season/Career Bests ...................................................................................................... 21Indoor Conference Championship History ...................................................................................... 22NCAA Indoor Championships History ............................................................................................ 23All-Time Indoor All-WAC Honorees .......................................................................................... 24-25

Outdoor Track & FieldSeasons in Review .......................................................................................................................... 26-272012 WAC Outdoor Champions .................................................................................................. 28-292012 WAC Outdoor Championships Recap ..................................................................................... 302012 Outdoor Season/Career Bests ................................................................................................... 31Outdoor Conference Championship History ............................................................................. 32-35NCAA Outdoor Championships History ................................................................................... 36-372012 NCAA West Preliminary Qualifiers ................................................................................... 38-39All-Time Outdoor All-WAC Honorees ....................................................................................... 40-41

2011-12 Vandal BiographiesIdaho Coaching Staff ...................................................................................................................... 42-45Women’s Individual Biographies .................................................................................................. 47-54Men’s Individual Biographies ........................................................................................................ 55-63

Records and HistoryIndoor School Records ........................................................................................................................ 65Men’s Outdoor Top-10 ......................................................................................................................... 66Women’s Outdoor Top-10 ................................................................................................................... 67All-Time WAC Athlete of the Week Honors .................................................................................... 68Vandal Conference Record Holders................................................................................................... 69All-Time WAC All-Academic Honorees ..................................................................................... 70-71National/Regional/Conference Academic Awards .......................................................................... 72

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2011 Western Athletic Conference Women’s Cross Country Champion

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2012 Western Athletic Conference Men’s Indoor Track & Field Champion

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2012 Western Athletic Conference Men’s Outdoor Track & Field Champion

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2012 VANDAL ALL-AMERICANS

JEREMY KLASMEN’S INDOOR POLE VAULT - SECOND TEAM

HANNAH KISERWOMEN’S INDOOR 3000M - SECOND TEAM

MIKE MARSHALLMEN’S OUTDOOR JAVELIN - HONORABLE MENTION

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2012 STAN BATES AWARD WINNER

ANDREW BLASER (IDAHO)

DENVER – Louisiana Tech track and field athlete Chelsea Hayes along with Idaho track and field athlete Andrew Blaser and Utah State football player Robert Turbin are the 2011-12 Western Athletic Conference Joe Kearney Award winners. With the two men’s winners, it is the first time in the 21-year history of the award that co-Joe Kearney Award winners have been named. It is also the first time a student-athlete from Idaho, Louisiana Tech or Utah State has won the award. Named in honor of former WAC commissioner Joe Kearney, the awards are given annually to the top male and female student-athletes in the WAC.

Hayes completed her career at Louisiana Tech by earning first team All-America honors in both the 100-meters and long jump earlier this month. She was the national runner-up at the indoor meet held in March. Hayes was a 14-time WAC champion and 15-time first team all-WAC honoree. She holds the WAC record in nine categories and is the only athlete in WAC history to sweep both the track athlete of the week and field athlete of the week honors in the same week (which she did twice). Hayes is the school’s record holder in six events and recorded the 10 best long jump distances in Tech history.

“Look at her list of honors and I think Chelsea’s athletic accomplishments speak for itself,” said Louisiana Tech head track and field coach Gary Stanley. “What is impressive is she was able to accomplish all of that after being chased out of New Orleans from Hurricane Katrina before her senior year of high school and almost didn’t graduate from high school after bouncing around from several states and four or five high schools. Words cannot do Chelsea justice with her athleticism, drive to succeed and with the overall way she carries herself despite any type of pressure whether it be placed on her by herself, her teammates or any member of our coaching staff.”

Blaser was named the Outstanding Field Performer at both the WAC Indoor and Outdoor Track & Field Championships in 2012. He was also the high point award honoree at both championships. He won five titles during the two seasons including the 60-meter hurdles, high jump and heptathlon at the indoor meet and the 110-meter hurdles and defended his title in the decathlon at the outdoor meet. His performance helped Idaho to a sweep of the two championships and he did all of this despite undergoing surgery for a hernia in December of 2011. Blaser finished his career with a program-best 17 all-WAC honors in the two sports.

“Andrew came to Idaho as a solid multi-event athlete and turned himself into one of the greatest all-around athletes in the history of the University of Idaho,” said Wayne Phipps, Director of Track & Field at Idaho. “His motivation to do so came purely from a team standpoint - he wanted to do whatever he could to help Idaho win its first ever men’s WAC title in any sport.”

Turbin earned Utah State’s first WAC Offensive Player of the Year award and helped the Aggies to its first winning season since 1993 and a trip to the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl. He rushed for 1,517 yards and led the WAC in scoring with 23 touchdowns and 138 points. The junior finished his career as the school’s all-time leader in scoring with 308 points and total touchdowns with 51. He was picked by Seattle in the fourth round of the 2012 NFL Draft.

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WE ARE... Runners, Jumpers, ThrowersMOSCOW, Idaho – On May 2, University of Idaho track and field welcomed more than 50 local elementary school students to the third annual We Are… Runners, Jumpers, Throwers free kids camp at the Dan O’Brien Track & Field Complex.

The event was a rousing success for all involved, and Idaho volunteer assistant Angela Whyte said the event had its most participants since its inception in 2009 and that both the team and the kids enjoyed themselves.

The event was put on a one-year hiatus in 2011 because of construction in the Kibbie Dome and on the outdoor track, and Whyte said parents and children alike were very excited to hear about the team bringing the camp back this year.

“I know a lot of people were upset when we didn’t do the camp last year, so it was great to see so many come out,” Whyte said. “It’s great for our Vandals to be able to enjoy track through the eyes of these kids. A lot of kids know about running, but don’t know what track and field really is. If we’re able to spark the sport in some of these kids, that’s just great.”

Whyte, a two-time Olympian in the 100m hurdles for her home country of Canada, said she had seen similar events across her home country while she was growing up and wanted to try to build that same support locally in Moscow.

Junior Mike Marshall, a 2012 All-American in the javelin throw and an Ele-mentary Education major at Idaho, said he enjoyed getting to introduce the students to his sport and to show them what he does outside the classroom.

“I recognized a lot of kids I’ve taught in school, so it was nice to see them out here and to be able to show them about track,” Marshall said. “I think it’s really important to get them into the sport when they’re young, because I didn’t even really get into track until later in high school. It’s nice to intro-duce them to something other than the more popular sports like baseball or soccer.”

The children were separated into teams according to age, and taken from station to station on the track, where they learned the sprints, hurdles, long jump, high jump and the throws, as instructed by members of the Idaho track and field team.

“A lot of the kids don’t know very much about track and field, so it’s fun to be able to introduce them to all the different events and show them how fun it can be,” said junior multi-athlete Alyssa Covington, who led the long jump station.

Whyte pointed out the individual accomplishments of the Vandal track and field student-athletes at the end of the event and emphasized to the children to stay active and be involved in athletics. She said that hopefully, the camp can continue to grow and build interest in the sport.

“I was excited to bring something here that I saw back in Canada and to get our team involved in the community,” Whyte said. “It has been a really fun experience for everyone, and hopefully we’ve helped some of these kids find something new they can try.”

Whyte also credited Gropp Heating, Air and Electric in Moscow for sponsor-ing the event a third time in a row to cover the cost of the free camp t-shirts for every participant.

“It’s great for our Vandals to be able to enjoy track through the eyes of these kids. A lot of kids know about running, but don’t know what track and field really is. If we’re able to spark the sport in some of these kids, that’s just great.”

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The University of Idaho track and field program has had success in the recent past, but its championship roots go back to the turn of the century. The Idaho team had a breakout year in 1905,

when it finished second in the Lewis and Clark Exposition Games at Portland, Ore. Leading the charge for the Vandals was Clarence “Hec” Edmundson, who won two events for the three-man

team, despite competing against nationally recognized schools from across the Northwest. Edmundson impressed spectators with his graceful form and unfaltering determination. The Lewis and Clark Games helped lay the groundwork for a growing track and field team that would go on to add many more pages to the books of Vandal legend.

In 1908, Edmundson organized the school’s first cross country team and later that same year, he represented the United States in the 800m run at the Olympic Games

at London. I n 1909, Edmundson was the top half-miler in the country, a title which held up for three more years. By the time he graduated in 1910, Edmundson had set such high standards that some of his school records were

untouched for 17 years. In 1912, he headed to Stockholm for his second Olympic Games competition, where he was a finalist in the 800m and a semifinalist in the 400m. Edmundson was the first, but certainly not the last, Olympian to hail

from the state of Idaho. By 1915, yet another Vandal track star

was receiving national acclaim. John L. “Buck” Philips set a collegiate record at the Penn Relays

at Philadelphia by throwing the javelin 177 feet, an eight-foot improvement on the previous record.

Vandal cross country got its first taste of championships in 1923 by winning the Pacific Coast title, then repeating the feat the

following year. These back-to-back championships forged Idaho’s legacy of great distance runners. While back-to-back championships are great, there is nothing quite like five in a row. Vandal harriers established a Pacific Coast cross country dynasty from 1937 to 1941, winning every PCC title during that time. The success of the team attracted Idaho’s next great runner, Vic Dyrgall. In 1939, Dyrgall began his career as one of the top runners in the nation and one of the first great Vandal athletes. In just his freshman year, Dyrgall qualified for the NCAA National Championship, where he finished seventh. He would go on to win trophy after trophy for the university until World War II interrupted his collegiate career. In 1946, Dyrgall returned from his service in the war to lead the Vandals to yet another Pacific Coast Championship. In 1952, Idaho track and field got its first NCAA champion in Dave Martindale, who took home the crown in the pole vault with a height of 13-9. Idaho’s next great athlete was Steve Brown, who made waves in 1967 when he became the first person in the West to clear seven feet in the high jump. Brown took home the NCAA high jump title with a leap of 7 feet, 1½ inches to become the Idaho’s second NCAA champion. Vandal sprinter Chris Stokes, a member of Idaho’s 1985 school-record 4x100m relay team, probably will be remembered for something a little different. Stokes, a native of Jamaica, was one of the original members of the Jamaican bobsled team that competed in the 1988 Olympics and inspired the Disney movie “Cool Runnings.” It became apparent as early as high school that there was something special about Dan O’Brien. In his senior year at Henley High School at Klamath Falls, Ore., he earned four state track titles and earned all-state honors in both football and basketball. O’Brien was a 1989 NCAA qualifier in the 55m hurdles, where he finished seventh. In that same year, he established a school record of 7,988 in the decathlon. That still stands today as the Idaho school record and the all-time Big Sky Conference record.

In 1991, O’Brien began a career of world domination in the decathlon with a gold-medal finish in the event at the World Championships with a score of 8,812. Later that year, he won the event at the USA Outdoors with a score of 8,844 and earned a No. 1 ranking by Track and Field News. After a no-height in the pole vault kept him out of the 1992 Olympic Games, O’Brien came back with a vengeance. At a meet in Talence, France, later that year, he set a world record in the decathlon with a score of 8,891 and beat Olympic champion Robert Zmelik by 547 points. O’Brien won his second World Championship in 1993 with an 8,817-point effort to give him another No. 1 world ranking. That same year, O’Brien set a world record, which still stands today, in the heptathlon at the World Indoor Championship with a score of 6,476. Over the next two years, O’Brien won another World Championship and USA Outdoor championship to give him three titles for each meet. O’Brien won the decathlon at the 1996 Olympic Trials and earned a spot on the 1996 U.S. Olympic Team. He made the most of his opportunity and earned the gold medal in the event to become the first American to win the decathlon in 20 years. After not competing in 1997 because of injury, O’Brien returned in 1998 for the Goodwill Games, where he scored 8,755 points and earned his record sixth No. 1 ranking from Track and Field News. In November of 2006, “The World’s Greatest Athlete,” Dan O’Brien was inducted into the USA Track and Field Hall of Fame. As the Vandals changed athletic conferences, one thing didn’t change – success. Idaho won five Big Sky outdoor team championships from 1981 to 1996, then took the move to the Big West in stride and took home the 1997 Big West Outdoor Championship in its first year in the conference. That title would be the first of six total team titles and 60 individual Big West titles from 1997 to 2005.

Vandal2000 NCAA ChampionJoachim Olsen

Four-time All-AmericanAngela Whyte

National Record HoldersTuelo Setswamorogo .... Botswana ..............3k Steeplechase (Outdoor) ................. 11:13.26Anders Møller ............... Denmark ..............Triple Jump (Indoor) ............................55-9.75 Triple Jump (Outdoor) .............................. 55-0 Joachim Olsen ............... Denmark ..............Shot Put (Indoor) ....................................... 70-5 Discus (Indoor) ........................................192-6 Shot Put (Outdoor) .............................70-11.75Sherwin James ............... Dominica .............55m (Indoor) ...............................................6.35 60m (Indoor) ...............................................6.72 100m (Outdoor) ........................................10.47 4x100m Relay (Outdoor) .........................40.48Stephen Lewis ............... Montserrat ...........60m (Indoor) ...............................................6.91 100m (Outdoor) ........................................10.26 200m (Outdoor) ........................................20.84Hugo Munoz ................. Peru .......................High Jump (Indoor) ................................7-3.75 High Jump (Outdoor) ............................... 7-6.5Jose Riesco ..................... Peru .......................110m Hurdles (Outdoor) .........................14.17Tawanda Chiwira .......... Zimbabwe ............200 Meters (Indoor) ..................................21.15 4x100m Relay (Outdoor) .........................40.01 4x400m Relay (Outdoor) ..................... 3:00.79Felix Kamangirira ......... Zimbabwe ............4x100m Relay (Outdoor) .........................40.01Letiwe Marakurwa........ Zimbabwe ............3k Steeplechase (Outdoor) ................... 9:52.98 Nikela Ndebele .............. Zimbabwe ............60m (Indoor) ...............................................6.70

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In 1996, Tawanda Chiwira came to Idaho from Zimbabwe. In his four years at Idaho, Chiwira was an All-American in both the 400m dash and the

4x400m relay. He left the school as the Vandal men’s all-time top conference outdoor scorer with 81 points. A 1996 Olympian and World Championship finalist, Chiwira used his experience to help create a

foundation of success for his Idaho teams. Chiwira holds Zimbabwe’s 200m indoor national record and was a member of two national-record relays, as well. He was a member of Zimbabwe’s national-record 4x400m and 4x100m relays. Former Vandal teammate Felix Kamangirira was also a member of the 4x100m relay team. In 1998, Idaho welcomed another world-class athlete in high jumper Hugo Munoz of Peru. Like Chiwira, Munoz was a 1996 Olympian. During his Vandal career, Munoz was a two-time NCAA qualifier. In 1999, Munoz broke a 20-year-old outdoor school record in the high jump with a leap of 7-3¾. Munoz’s indoor personal best of 7-3¾ in the event is the national record for Peru. Before helping set both the indoor and outdoor school records in the 4x400m relay in 1998, former Vandal Adekunle Adejuyigbe was a world-class sprinter from Nigeria. In 1995, Adejuyigbe earned a bronze medal at the World Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden. In doing so, Adejuigbe became the youngest medalist in the history of the World Championships. He was only 18 years, 5 months old at the time. Joachim Olsen came to Idaho from Denmark in 1999 and immediately established himself as both a Big West and a national force in the throws. In Olsen’s four years at Idaho, he earned six Big West individual titles and qualified for the NCAA Championship every year. In six NCAA Championship appearances for the shot put, Olsen never finished lower than third and took home the 2000 NCAA title to become the third NCAA champion in Idaho track and field history. Olsen also qualified twice in the discus and finished sixth both times. Olsen left Idaho in 2002 as the most decorated athlete in Idaho track and field history with eight All-America honors to his name. Olsen went on to compete in the 2004 Olympic Games for Denmark, where he won

a bronze medal. He ended the 2004 track and field season as the world’s top-ranked athlete in the shot put. In 2001, thrower Katja Schreiber brought Idaho its first women’s NCAA individual title. After finishing fourth at the 2000 NCAA Outdoor Championship, Schreiber returned in 2001 and launched the discus 197-11 to earn the national title. Her closest competition was more than 13 feet behind. Sprinter Angela Whyte ended her Vandal career in 2003 as a four-time All-American, five-time Big West individual champion and the owner of 13 school records. Whyte was a two-time Big West Athlete of the Year as she helped bring the Idaho women team titles in 2001 and 2003. She also finished third in the heptathlon at the 2003 NCAA Outdoor Championship. In 2003, Whyte competed in her first IAAF World Championship where she finished 12th in the 100m hurdles. In 2007, she finished eighth at the competition. Whyte represented Canada in the Olympics in 2004 and 2008, with a sixth-place finish in 2004.

In 2005, Idaho moved to the Western Athletic Conference and immediately made an impact Idaho took the women’s cross country team and individual titles by placing four runners in the top five, which included WAC champion and Cross Country Athlete of the Year, Dee Olson. In 2006, another Vandal took home the individual title. True freshman Rhea Richter won the women’s individual title and earned WAC Athlete of the Year and WAC Freshman of the Year honors. In 2008, Allix Lee-Painter won the women’s title and earned WAC Athlete of the Year accolades in cross country, then followed it up with a 2009 WAC Indoor Track Performer of the Year and in 2010 with a WAC Outdoor Track Performer of the Year honor and WAC High Point Award. She finished her career in 2010 as the only woman in WAC history to be named Athlete of the Year in three differenlt sports. Ulrike Hartz was named WAC Outdoor Field Performer of the Year in 2010 after winning the heptathlon and javelin and scoring in the long jump, 200m and 4x100m relay. Paul Dittmer was named WAC Freshman of the Year for the 2007 outdoor season, while Markus Geiger grabbed the honor in 2008-09 in both men’s cross country and indoor track and field. In 2010, Idaho’s women claimed their third WAC cross country crown by putting five runners in the top 15. Markus Geiger grabbed 2011 WAC Men’s Indoor Track Co-Performer of the Year honors after winning the 3000m and taking runner-up honors in the 3000m. Junior Barry Britt made Idaho history in the 2011 outdoor season as the first Vandal man to earn double gold in the 5000m and 10,000m at the same conference championship meet. Idaho’s men made history in 2012 with the school’s first WAC men’s title in any sport with a WAC Indoor Track & Field crown, then they followed it up with a 2012 WAC outdoor crown to give the team its first indoor/outdoor sweep since 1997. Vandal women’s cross country successfully defended its WAC title in 2011, which gives the team four crowns in seven years since joining the WAC. Three more Vandals - sophomore Hannah Kiser and senior Jeremy Klas indoors, and junior Mike Marshall outdoors - earned All-America honors for Idaho in 2012.

World Championship FinalistsDan O’Brien .......................... 1991, Decathlon, 1st 1993, Decathlon, 1st 1995, Decathlon, 1stAdekunle Adejuyigbe .... 1995, 4x400m Relay, 3rdTawanda Chiwira ............1997, 4x400m Relay, 7thJoachim Olsen ..........................2002, Shot Put 2nd 2003, Shot Put (Indoor), 8th 2004, Shot Put, 1st 2004, Shot Put (Indoor), 3rd 2005, Shot Put, 7th 2006, Shot Put, 3rd 2006, Shot Put (Indoor), 3rd 2007, Shot Put, 11thAnders Møller .................. 2005, Triple Jump, 12thAngela Whyte .................2007, 100m Hurdles, 8th

Tradition2001 NCAA Champion

Katja Schreiber

Vandal OlympiansChris Stokes ............................... Jamaica ..................... 1988, 1992, 1994, 1998Francis DoDoo.......................... Ghana ..................................1988, 1992, 1996Eversley Linley .......................... Saint Kitts ............................1988, 1992, 1996Greg Sun .................................... Trinidad & Tobago .............1994, 1998, 2002Joachim Olsen ........................... Denmark .......................... 2000, ^2004, 2008Clarence “Hec” Edmundson ... United States .................................1908, 1912Tawanda Chiwira ...................... Zimbabwe .....................................1996, 2000Hugo Munoz ............................. Peru ................................................1996, 2000Angela Whyte ............................ Canada ..........................................2004, 2008Vic Dyrgall ................................ United States ........................................... 1952Orde Ballantyne ........................ Saint Vincent .......................................... 1988Jackie Ross ................................. Saint Vincent .......................................... 1988Lenford O’Garro ....................... Australia .................................................. 1992Patrick Williams ....................... Jamaica .................................................... 1992Adekunle Adejuyigbe ............... Nigeria ..................................................... 1996Jose Riesco ................................. Peru .......................................................... 1996Dan O’Brien .............................. United States ......................................... #1996Eric Haynes ............................... Jamaica .................................................... 1996Sherwin James ........................... Dominica ................................................ 2000Errol Aguilera ........................... Trinidad & Tobago ................................. 2002

# - Gold Medal, Decathlon^ - Bronze Medal, Shot Put

Two-Time All-AmericanTawanda Chiwira

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Another season, another conference title for Vandal women’s cross country.

For the second consecutive year and the fourth time since 2005, the Idaho women’s cross country team took home the Western Athletic Conference championship trophy. Four Vandals finished in the top 10 and earned All-WAC honors, while director of track and field/cross country Wayne Phipps earned his second-consecutive WAC Women’s Coach of the Year award.

The team’s dominant performance at the end of the season was a reflection of its year-long success. The Vandals were ranked as high as 13th in the West Region by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association. They finished in the top five at five meets against nationally-ranked competition. In only their second race of the season, Idaho placed second at the Sundodger Invitational behind only Washington, the country’s 11th-ranked team at the time.

A trio of sophomores left their mark on the 2012 season in a big way. Hannah Kiser was the top collegiate finisher in four consecutive meets before finishing second at the WAC Championships. She also finished 18th overall at the NCAA West Region Championships to claim USTFCCCA All-Region honors and her first career NCAA Championships bid. Her outstanding season also included a First-Team All-WAC honor and three Verizon WAC Women’s Cross Country Athlete of the Week selections.

Fellow sophomores Emily Paradis and Alycia Butterworth also excelled for Idaho. Paradis took third and Butterworth came in fifth – both career-best finishes – at the WAC Championships, and each was a First-Team All-WAC honoree. Paradis was Idaho’s second finisher four times during the year, while Butterworth did so twice.

The team’s senior leaders were key contributors, as well. Anna Kalbrener made Second-Team All-WAC and was an Idaho scorer in four meets, including the WAC Championship, where she took eighth overall. Julia Veseth was a scorer in five Vandal meets during the year, including at the NCAA West Region Championships.

Vandal women’s cross country was just as impressive in the classroom as on the track. The group was honored as a USTFCCCA Division I All-Academic Team with a cumulative 3.60 grade-point average, while Kiser was a Division I All-Academic individual selection and nine women earned WAC All-Academic accolades.

KEEP ‘EM COMINGBY ANTHONY KUIPERS (MEDIA RELATIONS INTERN)

The 2012 men’s cross country team used an ample supply of senior leadership and stand-out performances to earn its spot as one of the top teams in the conference.

Idaho was ranked as high as 12th in the West Region by the U.S Track & Field Cross Country Coaches Association. Three runners were named to the All-Western Athletic Conference First Team after the Vandals finished third overall at the WAC Championships.

The Vandal men placed second in two meets, including the Sundodger Invitational, where they finished just behind Washington, the West Region’s sixth-ranked team. In that race, Idaho put four runners in the top 10. Idaho ended the season in strong fashion when the team finished 12th out of 25 teams at the NCAA West Region Championships.

Idaho will say farewell to eight seniors, three of whom garnered impressive individual accolades in their final season. Senior Markus Geiger took third at the WAC meet to earn his fourth-consecutive First-Team All-WAC honor – most in program history. He never finished worse than fourth in a conference meet in his career. Senior transfer Stephane Colle made an immediate impact in his first year as a Vandal. Colle was named the Verizon WAC Cross Country Athlete of the Week after completing the Dellinger Invitational with an exceptional time of 24:06.45.

Senior Jeremiah Dubie earned First-Team All-WAC honors for the first time in his career after taking seventh overall at the WAC Championships.

Junior Barry Britt did not miss a beat following his outstanding 2011 season, with a second-consecutive First-Team All-WAC honor and top finishes in four Idaho meets during the year, including his individual runner-up honor at the WAC Championships. He also took second overall in the Canadian Cross Country Championships at Vancouver B.C.

In addition to the team’s athletic achievements, nine individual runners were rewarded with WAC All-Academic honors and the team was selected as a USTFCCCA Division I All-Academic Team with a combined 3.50 grade-point average.

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2011 Cross Country Award Winners

First-Team All-WAC

Hannah Kiser(Sophomore)

Emily Paradis(Sophomore)

Alycia Butterworth(Sophomore)

Barry Britt(Junior)

Markus Geiger(Senior)

Jeremiah Dubie(Senior)

Second-Team All-WAC

Anna Kalbrener(Senior)

USTFCCCA All-Region


First-Team All-WACUSTFCCCA

Division I All-Academic


Western Athletic Conference All-Academic

Alex Brekke(Senior)

Alycia Butterworth(Sophomore)

James Clark(Senior)

Laurel Draper(Junior)

Stéphane Colle(Senior)

Anna Kalbrener(Senior)

Jeremiah Dubie(Senior)


Markus Geiger(Senior)

Ailene MacPherson(Sophomore)

Jeff Osborn(Junior)

Diana Rosslerova(Senior)

Matt Robinson(Senior)

Lauren Schaffer(Senior)

Luke Tonnemaker(Senior)

Holly Stanton(Sophomore)

Kyle Tylor(Junior)

Julia Veseth(Senior)

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2011 Meet-by-Meet ResultsMen

Clash of the Inland Northwest (Spokane, Wash.)Sep. 3, 2011 (6200m)

5. Markus Geiger 18:34.8 510. Stephane Colle 18:56.5 911. Barry Britt 18:57.9 1026. Jeremiah Dubie 19:30.7 1834. Alex Brekke 19:47.1 2338. Jeff Osborn 19:54.8 2539. James Clark 19:55.3 2656. Matt Robinson 20:22.7 62. Cayle Turpen 20:32.968. Luke Tonnemaker 21:03.474. Kyle Tylor 21:49.7 Team (Avg.) 19:09.40 65 (2nd)

Sundodger Invitational (Seattle, Wash.)Sep. 17, 2011 (8000m)

3. Barry Britt 24:14.36 24. Stephane Colle 24:18.02 37. Markus Geiger 24:32.39 69. Jeremiah Dubie 24:33.80 825. James Clark 25:14.51 1526. Jeff Osborn 25:16.33 1638. Alex Brekke 25:46.46 2544. Matt Robinson 26:19.2349. Cayle Turpen 26:39.1656. Luke Tonnemaker 27:03.19 Team (Avg.) 24:34.62 34 (2nd)

Dellinger Invitational (Eugene, Ore.)Oct. 1, 2011 (8000m)

14. Stephane Colle 24:06.45 1117. Barry Britt 24:11.81 1418. Markus Geiger 24:14.63 1524. Jeremiah Dubie 24:23.23 2164. Jeff Osborn 25:44.41 4967. Alex Brekke 25:58.67 5173. Matt Robinson 26:40.42 57 Team (Avg.) 24:17.26 110 (4th)

Bronco Invitational (Sunnyvale, Calif.)Oct. 15, 2011 (8000m)

16. Barry Britt 24:21.5 1521. Stephane Colle 24:26.6 2035. Jeremiah Dubie 24:39.3 3046. Markus Geiger 24:54.9 39103. James Clark 25:52.6 87131. Alex Brekke 26:19.8 109144. Jeff Osborn 26:42.9 114 Team (Avg.) 24:51.0 191 (5th)

WAC Championships (Honolulu, Hawai`i)Oct. 29, 2011 (8000m)

2. Barry Britt 25:16.4 23. Markus Geiger 25:26.0 37. Jeremiah Dubie 25:52.9 721. Stephane Colle 26:45.3 2029. Jeff Osborn 27:43.9 2733. Alex Brekke 28:02.4 30-- James Clark DNF Team (Avg.) 26:12.90 59 (3rd)

NCAA West Region Championships (Palo Alto, Calif.)Nov. 11, 2011 (10,000m)

30. Barry Britt 30:12 2875. Stephane Colle 30:59 7276. Jeremiah Dubie 31:00 7392. Markus Geiger 31:20 89137. Jeff Osborn 32:17 134 Team (Avg.) 31:10 396 (12th)

WomenClash of the Inland Northwest (Spokane, Wash.)

Sep. 3, 2011 (4200m)2. Hannah Kiser 14:11.3 18. Anna Kalbrener 14:38.4 79. Alycia Butterworth 14:42.5 813. Julia Veseth 14:50.8 1214. Emily Paradis 14:51.6 1317. Holly Stanton 14:59.7 1530. Laurel Draper 15:55.1 2639. Diana Rosslerova 16:20.357. Ailene MacPherson 17:12.9 Team (Avg.) 14:38.92 41 (2nd)

Sundodger Invitational (Seattle, Wash.)Sep. 17, 2011 (6000m)

2. Hannah Kiser 20:58.43 18. Alycia Butterworth 21:28.69 710. Emily Paradis 21:40.55 914. Julia Veseth 21:47.51 1219. Holly Stanton 21:59.52 1624. Anna Kalbrener 22:21.45 2158. Diana Rosslerova 24:13.68 4343. Alycia Butterworth 23:02.3845. Emily Paradis 23:12.21 Team (Avg.) 21:34.94 45 (2nd)

Dellinger Invitational (Eugene, Ore.)Oct. 1, 2011 (5000m)

1. Hannah Kiser 16:45.71 122. Emily Paradis 17:24.64 2031. Alycia Butterworth 17:30.95 2942. Anna Kalbrener 17:50.15 3946. Julia Veseth 17:56.48 4271. Holly Stanton 18:26.01 6074. Lauren Schaffer 18:41.15 6376. Laurel Draper 18:46.26 Team (Avg.) 17:29.59 131 (5th)

Bronco Invitational (Sunnyvale, Calif.)Oct. 15, 2011 (5000m)

1. Hannah Kiser 16:55.3 121. Alycia Butterworth 17:37.6 1624. Emily Paradis 17:39.5 1850. Julia Veseth 18:09.2 4355. Holly Stanton 18:12.3 4868. Anna Kalbrener 18:18.6 58113. Lauren Schaffer 18:41.3 98 Team (Avg.) 17:42.8 126 (4th)

WAC Championships (Honolulu, Hawai`i)Oct. 29, 2011 (5000m)

2. Hannah Kiser 17:55.8 24. Emily Paradis 18:29.5 45. Alycia Butterworth 18:36.6 58. Anna Kalbrener 18:57.3 819. Holly Stanton 19:23.5 1925. Lauren Schaffer 19:40.3 2538. Julia Veseth 20:09.9 3540. Laurel Draper 20:16.1 Team (Avg.) 18:40.54 38 (1st)

NCAA West Region Championships (Palo Alto, Calif.)Nov. 11, 2011 (6000m)

18. Hannah Kiser 20:48 1858. Emily Paradis 21:39 5884. Alycia Butterworth 22:01 8395. Anna Kalbrener 22:08 94108. Julia Veseth 22:18 107122. Holly Stanton 22:30 121174. Lauren Schaffer 23:17 171 Team (Avg.) 21:47 360 (13th)

NCAA Division I Championships (Terre Haute, Ind.)Nov. 21, 2011 (6000m)

85. Hannah Kiser 20:54.0 -

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Cross Country Championship HistoryWAC

Women’s Titles

Men’s Team TitlesPacific Coast Conference1923, 1924, 1937, 1938, 1939,

1940, 1941, 1946, 1957Big Sky Conference

1963, 1965

20072005

20102011

Women’s Team TitlesMountain West

Athletic Conference1982

Big West Conference2002

Western Athletic Conference2005, 2007, 2010, 2011

Individual ChampionsPacific Coast ConferenceVictor Dyrgall - 1941 (Men)

Mountain WestAthletic Conference

Patsy Sharples - 1982 (Women)Patsy Sharples - 1983 (Women)

Big Sky ConferenceAngie Mathison - 1993 (Women)

Big West ConferenceLetiwe Marakurwa - 2002 (Women)

Western Athletic ConferenceDee Olson - 2005 (Women)

Rhea Richter - 2006 (Women)Allix Potratz-Lee - 2008 (Women)

All-WAC Honorees Women 2005 Men Dee Olson (First Team) Dale Engler (Second Team) Bevin Kennelly (First Team) Kevin Friesen (Second Team) Mary Kamau (First Team) Mandy Macalister (First Team)

Women 2006 Men Rhea Richter (First Team) Kevin Friesen (First Team)

Women 2007 Men Mandy Macalister (First Team) Diego Moreno-Guzman (First Team) Dee Olson (First Team) Kevin Friesen (Second Team) Melissa McFaddan (First Team) Allix Potratz-Lee (Second Team)

Women 2008 Men Allix Potratz-Lee (First Team) Markus Geiger (First Team) Maike Holthuijzen (Second Team) Teegan Schoch (Second Team)

Women 2009 Men Teegan Schoch (First Team) Markus Geiger (First Team)

Women 2010 Men Lauren Schaffer (First Team) Markus Geiger (First Team) Hannah Kiser (First Team) Barry Britt (First Team) Erica Digby (Second Team) Maggie Miller (Second Team)

Women 2011 Men Hannah Kiser (First Team) Barry Britt (First Team) Emily Paradis (First Team) Markus Geiger (First Team) Alycia Butterworth (First Team) Jeremiah Dubie (First Team) Anna Kalbrener (Second Team)

Individual AwardsMountain West

Athletic ConferenceWomen’s Coach of the Year

Roger Norris (1982)

Big Sky ConferenceMen’s Coach of the Year

Doug MacFarland (1963, 1965)

Big West ConferenceWomen’s Coach of the Year

Wayne Phipps (2002)

Women’s Athlete of the YearLetiwe Marakurwa (2002)

Western Athletic ConferenceWomen’s Coach of the Year

Wayne Phipps(2005, 2007, 2010, 2011)

Women’s Athlete of the YearDee Olson (2005)

Rhea Richter (2006)Allix Potratz-Lee (2008)

Women’s Freshman of the YearRhea Richter (2006)

Men’s Freshman of the YearMarkus Geiger (2008)

USTFCCCA All-RegionMen

Jan Eitel - 2002 (West)Barry Britt - 2010 (West)

WomenHannah Kiser - 2011 (West)

NCAA ChampionshipsMen1939

Victor Dyrgall (7th)

Women2004

Letiwe Marakurwa - 96th (21:53.6)Mary Kamau - 127th (22:13.1)

Mandy Macalister - 179th (22:41.0)Dee Olson - 183rd (22:43.7)

Bevin Kennelly - 190th (22:51.9)Tania Vander Muelen - 220th (23:12.5)

Alisha Murdoch - 244th (24:09.9)Team: 25th (607)

2011Hannah Kiser - 85th (20:54)

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For the first time in its history, the University of Idaho men’s indoor track and field team stands atop the Western Athletic Conference. The Vandals clinched the WAC Championship in dominating fashion by winning eight events, the most ever by the men’s team in a conference championship meet. Idaho swept all four jumping events for the first time in program history and won the heptathlon, which earned the team 95.5 of its 217.5 total points. Idaho also won the 4x400m relay, the distance medley relay and the 60m hurdles.

When it was all over, Vandal men’s athletes combined to earn 29 First-Team All-WAC honors and 18 Second-Team accolades, while di-rector of track and field/cross country Wayne Phipps was named WAC Men’s Coach of the Year.

Elite, record-breaking performances were the story of the 2012 season. Everyone from the freshmen to the seniors shined against the top competitors in the conference and the region.

Senior Jeremy Klas made the most of his final season at Idaho by qualifying for the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships, where he tied for 11th in the pole vault. Klas became the fourth man in school history to qualify for the NCAA Championships in three consecu-tive seasons and the first Idaho athlete to qualify for the NCAA Championships three times in a row in the pole vault. To cap it all off, The U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association selected him as All-American for the third year in a row.

Along the way, Klas broke his own school record with one of the top vaults in the NCAA this season by clearing 17-9.75 (5.43m) at the Husky Classic. He was the only vaulter in the conference to clear 17 feet and also earned three Verizon WAC Athlete of the Week awards for the season.

Senior Andrew Blaser put on a show during Idaho’s conference championship by winning three events and taking home the WAC Men’s Outstanding Field Performer and WAC High Point Award trophies. He won the heptathlon, high jump and 60m hurdles and scored a school-record 40 points at the WAC Indoor Championship.

Senior Rendel Jones took care of business in the triple jump by winning gold at the championship, while the long jump title belonged to junior walk-on Jason Lorentz, who showed steady improvement throughout the year.

The distances runners continued to make great strides this season. Senior Stephane Colle and junior Barry Britt turned heads as they jockeyed over the top spot in the Idaho record book. At the UW Open, Britt set the Idaho record in the 3000m, but Colle stole it away one month later at the UW Final Qualifier.

Colle provided the most dramatic moment of the championship with his diving, come-from-behind win in a photo finish in the men’s distance medley relay, while Britt grabbed a pair of First-Team All-WAC honors in the 3000m and 5000m.

In his final WAC meet, senior Josh Dalton won three golds as a member of Idaho’s winning distance medley relay and the second leg of the team’s title-clinching 4x400m relay. He also ran a 1:52.54 to win the men’s 800m title.

Even the youngest Idaho competitors left their mark on the program.

Freshman Ben Ayesu-Attah made an immediate impact in his first year as a Vandal with a meet record in his very first appearance in the 400m dash at the WSU Open. He was the top collegiate finisher in the same event at the Vandal Collegiate and ran the anchor leg in the 4x400 relay that sealed the WAC title.

First-year Vandal Matt Sullivan set an Idaho freshman record in the men’s pole vault with a sea-son-best height of 16-2 and earned First-Team All-WAC honors with a runner-up finish in the event at the WAC Championships.

Sophomore Andrew Bloom ran the opening leg in the 4x400 relay, as well as the gold-winning distance relay team. Freshmen such as Jesse Villines and Colton Hastings were scorers for the Vandals in the 60m hurdles and mile run, respectively. Sophomore Tyler Bennett was an All-WAC First Team honoree after clearing a career-best 6-4.25 and taking third in the high jump.

In all, 24 different Vandal men scored and earned All-WAC honors for the Vandals in a pure group effort for the team that goes down as the first Idaho men’s WAC champion.

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There was plenty of reason for optimism at the start of the 2012 season for the Idaho women’s indoor track and field team. With many of the same pieces from a successful 2011 season intact, the Vandals looked to compete among the top teams in the region. They did not disappoint.

Four Vandals won Western Athletic Conference titles, 12 were All-WAC selections and one earned All-America honors. Idaho also toppled two school records, broke four meet records and finished second at the WAC Indoor Championships. It was a year filled with historical, record-breaking achievements, thanks in large part to a talented group of underclassmen.

Sophomore Hannah Kiser is already making a name for herself on the national level in just her second year at Idaho. Kiser was se-lected as a U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Second-Team All-American after finishing 13th in the women’s 3000m at the NCAA Indoor Championships.

Kiser was also named WAC Women’s Outstanding Track Performer after winning the mile, 3000m and running the anchor leg of the winning distance medley team at the WAC Indoor Championship. She is the first woman in Idaho history to win an indoor confer-ence title in the mile.

Earlier in the season at the Husky Classic, Kiser became the third woman in Idaho history to hit an NCAA automatic qualifying mark when she ran a 9:07.23 in the 3000m to break both the Idaho school record at the WAC all-time record in the event.

Kiser’s 9:45.11 in the 3000m was a meet record, while she combined with juniors Lauren Schaffer and Liga Velvere and senior Erica Digby to post a WAC meet-record 11:41.67 in the distance medley.

Sophomore distance runner Alycia Butterworth earned First-Team All-WAC honors after finishing second in her first ever 5000m race and third in the 3000m at the conference championship. Velvere made history in the sprint events as she became the first Idaho woman to win back-to-back indoor 800m titles. She also broke the school record in that event at the Vandal Indoor with a 2:07.63. Sophomore sprinter Kelly Jacka came back strong after a hip injury forced her to redshirt last season. In her first meet of the year, she broke the WSU Open record in the 200m with a 25.39. She earned Second-Team All-WAC honors after running the first leg of the 3rd place 4x400m Relay at the Indoor Championship.

The throwers left their mark on the season by sweeping the top three spots in the weight throw at the WSU Open and Vandal Indoor.

Junior Kristine Leonard earned Verizon Indoor Women’s Field Athlete of the Week honors when she won the indoor discus and finished second in the 20-lb weight throw and shot put at the WSU Open. She also won the discus at the Vandal Indoor and Vandal Collegiate. She was the top collegiate finisher in the weight throw in the Vandal Collegiate as well.

Senior Gabby Midles started the year off right by winning the women’s 20-lb weight toss at the WSU Open, then winning it again at the Idaho Indoor Open weeks later. She was a Second-Team All-WAC performer af-ter taking sixth in the 20-lb weight throw at the conference championship.

Freshman Johanna Hocketstaller posted the top shot put mark and scored 3,323 points on her way to a fourth-place finish and Second-Team All-WAC honors in the pentathlon.

In all, five different Vandal women combined to earn 12 First-Team All-WAC honors and seven more combined for 10 Second-Team awards. The team also earned four Verizon WAC Track and Field Athlete of the Week honors during the season.

VANDAL WOMEN CONTINUE TO RAISE THE STANDARDSBY ANTHONY KUIPERS (MEDIA RELATIONS INTERN)

IDAHO’S RECORD-SETTING DISTANCE MEDLEY RELAY

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2012 WAC Indoor Track & Field Champions

Erica Digby(Senior)

Women’s Distance Medley Relay (11:41.67)

Liga Velvere(Junior)

Lauren Schaffer(Junior)


James Clark(Senior)

Men’s Distance Medley Relay (9:56.87)

Josh Dalton(Senior)

Andrew Bloom(Sophomore)

Stepháne Colle(Senior)

Andrew Bloom(Sophomore)

Men’s 4x400m Relay (3:14.62)

Josh Dalton(Senior)

Kyle Tylor(Junior)

Ben Ayesu-Attah(Freshman)

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2012 WAC Indoor Track & Field Champions

Liga Velvere(2:09.05)

Women’s800m

Hannah Kiser(4:45.67)

Women’sMile

Hannah Kiser(9:45.11)

Women’s3000m

Josh Dalton(1:52.54)

Men’s800m

Andrew Blaser(8.03)

Men’s60m Hurdles

Andrew Blaser(6-4.25, 1.94m)

Men’sHigh Jump

Jeremy Klas(17-4.5, 5.30m)

Men’sPole Vault

Jason Lorentz(22-9.75, 6.95m)

Men’sLong Jump

Rendel Jones(47-7, 14.50m)

Men’sTriple Jump

Andrew Blaser(5,324)

Men’sHeptathlon

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2012 Western Athletic Conference Indoor ChampionshipsFeb. 23-25, 2012 (Nampa, Idaho)

Idaho Men’s Scoring400m:Ben Ayesu-Attah 4th 48.12 4Andrew Bloom 5th 48.18 2800m:Josh Dalton 1st 1:52.54 10James Clark 3rd 1:53.25 6Kyle Tylor 6th 1:55.38 1Mile:Jeff Osborn 3rd 4:18.75 6Stephane Colle 4th 4:18.91 4Colton Hastings 6th 4:21.75 13000m:Barry Britt 2nd 8:19.66 8Markus Geiger 3rd 8:28.31 6Stephane Colle 6th 8:39.85 15000m:Markus Geiger 2nd 14:35.02 8Barry Britt 3rd 14:41.86 660m Hurdles:Andrew Blaser 1st 8.03 10Jesse Villines 6th 8.64 14x400m Relay:Andrew Bloom 1st 3:14.62 2.5Josh Dalton 1st 3:14.62 2.5Kyle Tylor 1st 3:14.62 2.5Ben Ayesu-Attah 1st 3:14.62 2.5Distance Medley Relay:James Clark 1st 9:56.87 2.5Josh Dalton 1st 9:56.87 2.5Andrew Bloom 1st 9:56.87 2.5Stephane Colle 1st 9:56.87 2.5High Jump:Andrew Blaser 1st 6-4¼ 10Tyler Bennett 3rd 6-4¼ 6Colin Briggs T5th 5-10½ 1.5Pole Vault:Jeremy Klas 1st 17-4½ 10Matt Sullivan 2nd 16-0¾ 8Dylan Watts T3rd 15-7 4Andrew Blaser T3rd 15-7 4Long Jump:Jason Lorentz 1st 22-9¾ 10Andrew Blaser 3rd 22-6¼ 6Michael Bach 4th 21-8¼ 4Colin Briggs 5th 21-6¼ 2Triple Jump:Rendel Jones 1st 47-7 10Jason Lorentz 5th 45-3¾ 2Shot Put:Kyle Rothwell 3rd 48-2½ 6Donavon Cunningham 4th 44-5¼ 4Joseph Charles 5th 42-11¾ 2Zach Trumbauer 6th 40-8¼ 135-lb. Weight Throw:Kyle Rothwell 2nd 57-8¼ 8Donavon Cunningham 4th 55-5 4Joseph Charles 5th 53-2¾ 2Zach Trumbauer 6th 51-9¾ 1Heptathlon:Andrew Blaser 1st 5,324 10Jeremy Klas 3rd 4,951 6Colin Briggs 5th 4,573 2

Team Total: 217.5

Idaho Women’s Scoring800m:Liga Velvere 1st 2:09.05 10Lauren Schaffer 2nd 2:10.12 8Keli Hall 5th 2:12.92 4Mile:Hannah Kiser 1st 4:45.67 10Erica Digby 3rd 4:49.84 6Anna Kalbrener 8th 5:04.60 13000m:Hannah Kiser 1st 9:45.11 10Erica Digby 2nd 9:45.46 8Alycia Butterworth 3rd 9:48.58 65000m:Alycia Butterworth 2nd 17:17.78 860m Hurdles:Cait Rowland 5th 8.99 44x400m Relay:Kelly Jacka 3rd 3:44.76 1.5Keli Hall 3rd 3:44.76 1.5Lauren Schaffer 3rd 3:44.76 1.5Liga Velvere 3rd 3:44.76 1.5Distance Medley Relay:Erica Digby 1st 11:41.67 2.5Liga Velvere 1st 11:41.67 2.5Lauren Schaffer 1st 11:41.67 2.5Hannah Kiser 1st 11:41.67 2.5High Jump:Zoe Timmers 5th 5-6 4Pole Vault:Morgan Dunning 8th 11-3 1Long Jump:Alyssa Covington 5th 18-9 4Shot Put:Kristine Leonard 8th 43-11¾ 120-lb. Weight Throw:Gabby Midles 6th 57-0 3Pentathlon:Johanna Höcketstaller 4th 3,323 5Alyssa Covington 8th 3,219 1

Team Total: 110

Men’s Team Scores1. Idaho 217.52. Utah State 212.53. Louisiana Tech 77

Women’s Team Scores1. Utah State 1442. Idaho 1103. New Mexico State 944. Louisiana Tech 895. Nevada 866. Fresno State 717. Hawai`i 67

WAC Men’sOutstanding Field Performer

ANDREW BLASER

WAC Men’sHigh Point Award

ANDREW BLASER (40)

WAC Women’sOutstanding Track Performer

HANNAH KISER

WAC Men’sCoach of the Year

WAYNE PHIPPS

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2012 Individual Indoor Season/Career Bests

Name Season Career

Ben Ayesu-Attah200m 22.53 22.53400m 48.12 48.12

Michael Bach60m 7.56 7.56Long Jump 21-8¼ 21-8¼

Tyler BennettHigh Jump 6-4¼ 6-4¼

Andrew Blaser60m 7.14 7.141000m 3:05.48 3:01.8660m Hurdles 8.03 8.03Pole Vault 16-0¾ 16-0¾High Jump 6-4¼ 6-6¾Long Jump 22-6¼ 22-6¼Shot Put 40-7¾ 40-7¾Heptathlon 5,324 5,324

Andrew Bloom200m 22.26 22.26400m 48.18 48.18

Alex BrekkeMile 4:33.12 4:25.30

Colin Briggs60m 7.38 7.381000m 3:03.24 3:03.2460m Hurdles 8.92 8.92High Jump 5-10½ 6-0½Pole Vault 13-9¼ 13-9¼Long Jump 21-6¼ 21-11¾Triple Jump 44-2¾ 46-7½Shot Put 33-0¼ 33-0¼Heptathlon 4,573 4,573

Barry BrittMile 4:12.78 4:12.783000m 8:07.02 8:07.025000m 14:41.86 14:41.86

Adam Bunch200m 23.80* 23.80*400m 52.39 52.39

Joseph CharlesShot Put 52-8 52-8Weight Throw 54-4½ 54-4½

James Clark800m 1:51.55 1:50.91

Stepháne ColleMile 4:12.17 4:12.173000m 8:05.39 8:05.39

Donavon Cunningham60m 7.48 7.48Shot Put 44-5¼ 44-5¼Weight Throw 55-5 55-5

Josh Dalton800m 1:50.52 1:50.52

Jeremiah Dubie3000m 8:33.16 8:32.97

Markus GeigerMile 4:20.30 4:20.303000m 8:25.74 8:25.745000m 14:35.02 14:35.02

Colton HastingsMile 4:19.10 4:19.103000m 9:01.36 9:01.36

Rendel JonesTriple Jump 47-7 47-7

Jeremy Klas60m 7.33 7.331000m 3:06.76 3:06.7660m Hurdles 8.93 8.93High Jump 5-8¾ 5-8¾Pole Vault 17-9¾ 17-9¾Long Jump 20-11¾ 20-11¾Shot Put 35-1¾ 35-1¾Heptathlon 4,951 4,951

Andrey LevkivShot Put 51-6¼ 52-4Weight Throw 47-10 47-10

Jason LorentzLong Jump 23-0½ 23-0½Triple Jump 45-3¾ 45-3¾

Spencer Meinburg60m 7.48 7.48400m 52.64 49.57800m 1:59.94 1:58.33

Jeff Osborn800m 1:59.89 1:56.49*Mile 4:17.53 4:17.533000m 9:23.52 9:23.52

Matt Robinson800m 2:01.80 2:01.80Mile 4:41.48 4:37.30*

Kyle RothwellShot Put 48-2½ 49-7¼Weight Throw 58-11½ 58-11½

Matt SullivanPole Vault 16-2 16-2

Zach TrumbauerShot Put 44-6¼ 44-6¼Weight Throw 51-9¾ 51-9¾

Cayle TurpenMile 4:33.15 4:33.15

Kyle Tylor400m 50.45 50.45800m 1:52.84 1:52.84

Jesse Villines400m 52.12 52.1260m Hurdles 8.64 8.64

Dylan WattsPole Vault 16-6¾ 16-6¾

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MENName Season Career

Mercedes Blackwood60m 7.96 7.96

Alycia ButterworthMile 4:57.06 4:57.063000m 9:47.62 9:47.625000m 17:17.78 17:17.78

Allee Cooper60m 7.90 7.90200m 26.29 26.29

Alyssa Covington800m 2:31.11 2:31.1160m Hurdles 9.33 9.33High Jump 4-7½ 4-7½Long Jump 18-9 18-9Shot Put 29-0 29-0Pentathlon 3,219 3,219

Megan Dempsey800m 2:24.52 2:24.52

Erica Digby800m 2:11.22 2:11.22Mile 4:46.44 4:46.443000m 9:45.46 9:45.46

Laurel Draper800m 2:13.74 2:13.74Mile 5:28.60 5:13.18

Morgan DunningPole Vault 11-3 11-7¾

Reba Eggert800m 2:45.55 2:45.5560m Hurdles 10.43 10.43High Jump 4-7½ 4-7½Long Jump 14-8 14-8Shot Put 36-3½ 36-3½Pentathlon 2,675 2,675

Emma Goode200m 25.73 25.73400m 58.31 58.31

Keli Hall400m 56.87 56.87600m 1:37.33 1:37.33800m 2:11.72 2:11.72

Sara HemenwayPole Vault 10-4 10-4

Taylor Hewett800m 2:21.48 2:21.4860m Hurdles 9.57 9.57High Jump 5-2½ 5-2½Long Jump 16-3¾ 16-3¾Shot Put 29-3¾ 29-3¾Pentathlon 3,251 3,251

Johanna Höcketstaller800m 2:38.37 2:38.3760m Hurdles 9.51 9.51High Jump 4-8¾ 4-8¾Long Jump 18-3 18-3

Shot Put 44-9 44-9Discus 144-4 144-4Pentathlon 3,323 3,323

Kelly Jacka200m 24.68 24.59400m 56.69 56.69

Anna Kalbrener800m 2:14.25 2:14.25Mile 4:55.52 4:55.52

Hannah Kiser800m 2:10.65 2:10.65Mile 4:42.41 4:42.413000m 9:07.23 9:07.23

Abby Larson3000m 11:19.08 11:19.08

Kristine LeonardShot Put 44-7½ 45-3½Weight Throw 55-10½ 55-10½Discus 158-3 158-3

Katy LutjensDiscus 125-0 125-0

Ailene MacPherson3000m 11:42.26 11:42.26

Molly MeyersShot Put 39-5 39-5Weight Throw 44-2¾ 44-2¾

Gabby MidlesWeight Throw 57-0 58-6

Sarah NutschWeight Throw 54-3¾ 54-3¾

Diana Rosslerova3000m 11:28.48 11:28.48

Cait Rowland200m 25.79 25.79400m 1:01.74 1:01.2960m Hurdles 8.99 8.99

Lauren Schaffer400m 57.22 57.22800m 2:09.83 2:09.83

Holly StantonMile 5:23.06 5:18.603000m 10:32.50 10:16.485000m 18:09.96 18:09.96

Zoe TimmersHigh Jump 5-6 5-6

Liga Velvere200m 25.85 25.28400m 55.53 55.47800m 2:07.63 2:07.63

Julia VesethMile 5:29.61 5:29.613000m 10:31.15 10:24.205000m 18:30.27 17:41.03

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Indoor Conference Championship History

1984 MenBig Sky Conference

Indoor Team Titles1983 WomenMountain West

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1997 MenMountain PacificSports Federation

Individual Indoor Conference ChampionsMen:

Doug Beckman One Mile 1979Bob Peterson High Jump 1979Steve Saras Shot Put 1979Neil Crichlow Triple Jump 1980John Trott 800m 1981Jim Sokolowski High Jump 1981Neil Crichlow Triple Jump 1981Mitch Crouser Shot Put 1981Neil Crichlow Triple Jump 1982Dave Harewood 400m 1983Leroy Robinson 800m 1983Neil Crichlow Triple Jump 1983Sam Koduah 500m 1984Mike Kinney Long Jump 1984George Ogbeide 200m 1988Stephen Lewis 55m 1989Dan O’Brien 55m Hurdles 1989Dan O’Brien Long Jump 1989Patrick Williams 55m 1990Patrick Williams 200m 1990Eversley Linley 800m 1990Eversley Linley 800m 1992Darrick Davis 55m Hurdles 1992Ty Koellmann 800m 1993Dave Smith 400m 1994Niels Kruller Long Jump 1995Tawanda Chiwira 200m 1996Felix Kamangirira 400m 1996Eric Hisaw 55m Hurdles 1996Chris Kwaramba Triple Jump 1996Tawanda Chiwira 400m 1997Niels Kruller Long Jump 1997Chris Kwaramba Triple Jump 1997Ryan Lang Heptathlon 2005Driss Yousfi 800m 2006Russ Winger Shot Put 2006Bastien Tardy 800m 2007Russ Winger Shot Put 2007Matt Wauters Weight Throw 2007Lucas Pope Pole Vault 2008Russ Winger Shot Put 2008Lucas Pope Pole Vault 2009James Rogan Shot Put 2009Jeremy Klas Pole Vault 2010Markus Geiger 5000m 2011Jeremy Klas Pole Vault 2011Eugenio Mannucci Shot Put 2011Josh Dalton 800m 2012Andrew Blaser 60m Hurdles 2012Andrew Blaser High Jump 2012Jeremy Klas Pole Vault 2012Jason Lorentz Long Jump 2012Rendel Jones Triple Jump 2012Andrew Blaser Heptathlon 2012Total: 54

Women:Allison Falkenberg-Ryan 400m 1983Mary Bradford 500m 1984Patsy Sharples 3000m 1984Jackie Ross Triple Jump 1990Jackie Ross Long Jump 1991Jackie Ross Triple Jump 1991Jackie Ross Long Jump 1992Jackie Ross Triple Jump 1992Tanya Tesar Triple Jump 1993Melinda Owen Pole Vault 2005Manuela Kurrat Pentathlon 2005Dee Olson 3000m 2006Melinda Owen Pole Vault 2006Heather Bergland 60m Hurdles 2007Melinda Owen Pole Vault 2007Heather Bergland 60m Hurdles 2008Allix Lee-Painter 5000m 2009K.C. Dahlgren Pole Vault 2009Mykael Bothum Shot Put 2009Lauren Schaffer 800m 2010K.C. Dahlgren Pole Vault 2010Mykael Bothum Shot Put 2010Ulrike Hartz Pentathlon 2010Liga Velvere 800m 2011Hannah Kiser 3000m 2011Liga Velvere 800m 2012Hannah Kiser Mile 2012Hannah Kiser 3000m 2012Total: 28

Conference Award WinnersMountain West Athletic ConferenceWomen’s Indoor Coach of the Year

Roger Norris (1983)

Big Sky ConferenceMen’s Indoor Coach of the Year

Mike Keller (1984)

Big Sky ConferenceMen’s Outstanding Indoor Track Athlete

Dan O’Brien (1989)

Big Sky ConferenceMen’s Outstanding Indoor Field Athlete

Dan O’Brien (1989)

Big Sky ConferenceWomen’s Outstanding Indoor Field Athlete

Jackie Ross (1990)Jackie Ross (1991)Jackie Ross (1992)

Western Athletic ConferenceMen’s Indoor Coach of the Year

Wayne Phipps (2012)

Western Athletic ConferenceMen’s Indoor Performer of the Year

Russ Winger (2007)

Western Athletic ConferenceMen’s Indoor Outstanding Track Performer

Markus Geiger (2011)

Western Athletic ConferenceWomen’s Indoor Outstanding Track Performer

Allix Lee-Painter (2009)Hannah Kiser (2012)

Western Athletic ConferenceMen’s Indoor Oustanding Field Performer

Russ Winger (2008)Andrew Blaser (2012)

Western Athletic ConferenceMen’s Indoor Freshman of the Year

Matt Wauters (2006)Markus Geiger (2009)

Western Athletic ConferenceMen’s Indoor High Point Award

Andrew Blaser - 40 (2012)

Men’s Relay Champions:Distance Medley Relay 19794x400m Relay 19834x400m Relay 19844x400m Relay 19894x400m Relay 19904x800m Relay 19904x400m Relay 19954x400m Relay 19964x400m Relay 1997Distance Medley Relay 2006(Thompson, Pabst, Yousfi, Friesen)Distance Medley Relay 2012(Clark, Dalton, Bloom, Colle)4x400m Relay 2012(Bloom, Dalton, Tylor, Ayesu-Attah)Total: 12

Women’s Relay Champions:Distance Medley Relay 2006(Kamau, Samuel, Murdoch, Olson)Distance Medley Relay 2011(Hall, Kalbrener, Kiser, Velvere)Distance Medley Relay 2006(Digby, Velvere, Schaffer, Kiser)Total: 3

Russ Winger was a two-time Western Athletic Conference Indoor Performer of the Year for Idaho in 2007 and 2008 after earning four

total First-Team All-WAC honors and two WAC titles during that span.

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1979Bob Peterson High Jump 7-3 2nd

1983Leroy Robinson 800m 1:52.46 5th

1985Tim Taylor Shot Put 57-11 18th

1988George Ogbeide Long Jump 26-2¼ 4th

1989Dan O’Brien 55m Hurdles 7.25 7thOrde Ballantyne Long Jump 25-7¼ 6th

1995Niels Kruller Long Jump 24-4¼ 10th

1996Tawanda Chiwira 200m 21.76 10thThad Hathaway High Jump 7-0¼ 11th

1997Tawanda Chiwira 400m 48.03 15thNiels Kruller Long Jump 24-8½ 8thChris Kwaramba Triple Jump 51-9¾ 8th

1998Felix Kamangirira 4x400m Relay DNF -Curtis Kunkel 4x400m Relay DNF -Jason St. Hill 4x400m Relay DNF -Adekunle Adejuyigbe 4x400m Relay DNF -Chris Kwaramba Triple Jump 53-5¾ 2nd

1999Tawanda Chiwira 400m 46.73 5thCurtis Kunkel 4x400m Relay 3:10.43 6thAdekunle Adejuyigbe 4x400m Relay 3:10.43 6thMartijn Ungerer 4x400m Relay 3:10.43 6thTawanda Chiwira 4x400m Relay 3:10.43 6thHugo Muñoz High Jump 6-10¾ 12thJoachim Olsen Shot Put 63-8¼ 3rd

2000Joachim Olsen Shot Put 64-8½ 2nd

2001Joachim Olsen Shot Put 65-10½ 2nd

2002Joachim Olsen Shot Put 69-6¾ 2ndSimon Stewart Shot Put 61-7½ 12th

2003Simon Stewart Shot Put 61-10½ 8thSimon Stewart Weight Throw 67-10¼ 8th

2006Driss Yousfi 800m 1:55.20 14thRuss Winger Shot Put 63-9½ 2nd

2007Russ Winger Shot Put 67-4 2ndMatt Wauters Weight Throw 69-9½ 6th

2008Russ Winger Shot Put 69-10¼ 2ndMatt Wauters Weight Throw 70-9 6thRuss Winger Weight Throw 65-5 14th

2010Jeremy Klas Pole Vault 17-2¾ 9th

2011Jeremy Klas Pole Vault NH -

2012Jeremy Klas Pole Vault 17-4½ 11th

MEN:2001Angela Whyte 60m Hurdles FS -

2003Angela Whyte 60m Hurdles 8.18 8th

2005Manuela Kurrat Pentathlon 4,140 3rd

2006Dee Olson Mile 4:41.01 3rdDee Olson 3000m 9:44.89 20th

2007Melinda Owen Pole Vault 13-9¼ 5th

2009Mykael Bothum Shot Put 53-1½ 7thK.C. Dahlgren Pole Vault 13-7¼ 6th

2010Mykael Bothum Shot Put 54-4¾ 6th

2012Hannah Kiser 3000m 9:26.88 13th

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All-Time Team ScoresYear (Team) Finish Score1979Men 22nd 81983Men 41st 21988Men 35th 41997Men 58th 21998Men 24th 81999Men 18th 132000Men 19th 82001Men 28th 82002Men 23rd 82003Men 45th 2Women 51st 12005Women 27th 82006Men 25th 8Women 35th 62007Men 19th 11Women 50th 42008Men 19th 112009Women 45th 42010Women 46th 3

Indoor All-AmericansMEN:Joachim Olsen (4) ............................... Shot Put (1999) Shot Put (2000) Shot Put (2001) Shot Put (2002)Jeremy Klas (3) ..................................Pole Vault (2010) Pole Vault (2011)^ Pole Vault (2012)#Simon Stewart (3) ............................... Shot Put (2002) Shot Put (2003) Weight Throw (2003)Russ Winger (3) .................................. Shot Put (2006) Shot Put (2007) Shot Put (2008)Tawanda Chiwira (2) ............................... 400m (1999) 4x400m Relay (1999)Chris Kwaramba (2) ......................Triple Jump (1997) Triple Jump (1998)Matt Wauters (2) ....................... Weight Throw (2007) Weight Throw (2008)Bob Peterson ...................................High Jump (1979)Leroy Robinson ........................................ 800m (1983)George Ogbeide ..............................Long Jump (1988)Dan O’Brien .................................55m Hurdles (1989)Orde Ballantyne ..............................Long Jump (1989)Thad Hathaway ...............................High Jump (1996)Niels Kruller ....................................Long Jump (1997)Adekunle Adejuyigbe ................4x400m Relay (1999)Curtis Kunkel .............................4x400m Relay (1999)Martijn Ungerer .........................4x400m Relay (1999)Total ................................................................... 29

WOMEN:Mykael Bothum (2) ............................ Shot Put (2009) Shot Put (2010)K.C. Dahlgren ...................................Pole Vault (2009)Hannah Kiser ....................................... 3000m (2012)#Manuela Kurrat ............................... Pentathlon (2005)Dee Olson ................................................... Mile (2006)Melinda Owen ..................................Pole Vault (2007)Angela Whyte ...............................60m Hurdles (2003)Total .....................................................................8 # Second Team ^ Honorable Mention

Total NCAA BidsEvent Men Women TotalShot Put 10 2 12Pole Vault 3 2 5Long Jump 4 0 4Weight Throw 4 0 4High Jump 3 0 3400m 2 0 2800m 2 0 23000m 0 2 260m Hurdles 0 2 24x400m Relay 2 0 2Triple Jump 2 0 2200m 1 0 1Mile 0 1 155m Hurdles 1 0 1Pentathlon 0 1 1Totals 34 10 44

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2005:First Team

Ryan Lang ............................ Heptathlon (1st)Second Team

Antwaun Sherman..........................60m (4th)Pat Ray ...........................................200m (4th)Marcus Luckstead .............. Heptathlon (4th)Marcus Luckstead .................Pole Vault (5th)

2006:First Team

Driss Yousfi .................................... 800m (1st)Kevin Friesen .............Distance Medley (1st)Kevin Pabst .................Distance Medley (1st)Mike Thompson .........Distance Medley (1st)Driss Yousfi .................Distance Medley (1st)Russ Winger ............................. Shot Put (1st)Matt Wauters ................ Weight Throw (2nd)Kevin Friesen ............................. 3000m (3rd)Ian Snook ...............................Pole Vault (3rd)

Second TeamKevin Friesen ................4x400m Relay (2nd)Jason Giuffre ..................4x400m Relay (2nd)Kevin Pabst ....................4x400m Relay (2nd)Driss Yousfi ....................4x400m Relay (2nd)Jason Giuffre ..................................400m (4th)Ryan Lang ........................... Heptathlon (4th)David Holmon .................... High Jump (5th)Matt Wauters ........................... Shot Put (5th)Russ Winger .................. Weight Throw (5th)Herb Cash ........................................60m (6th)David Holmon ...................Triple Jump (6th)Marcus Luckstead .............. Heptathlon (6th)

2007:First Team

Bastien Tardy ................................. 800m (1st)Russ Winger ............................. Shot Put (1st)Matt Wauters .................. Weight Throw (1st)Diego Moreno ........................... 3000m (2nd)Kevin Pabst .........................Long Jump (2nd)Benjamin Mimoun ...................... 200m (3rd)Kevin Friesen ............................. 5000m (3rd)Mike Carpenter .....................Pole Vault (3rd)Russ Winger .................. Weight Throw (3rd)

Second TeamKevin Pabst ............... Distance Medley (2nd)Kevin Potter .............. Distance Medley (2nd)Bastien Tardy ............ Distance Medley (2nd)Driss Yousfi ............... Distance Medley (2nd)Mike Carpenter .............................200m (4th)Kevin Potter ...................................800m (4th)Mike Thompson ............................. Mile (4th)Kevin Friesen ............................. 3000m (4th)Diego Moreno ............................ 5000m (4th)Jonathan Marler .................. High Jump (5th)Matt Wauters ........................... Shot Put (5th)Ian Snook ............................ Heptathlon (5th)Kevin Merkling .............................. Mile (6th)Matt Racine ................................ 3000m (6th)Matt Racine ................................ 5000m (6th)David Holmon .................... High Jump (6th)

2008:First Team

Lucas Pope ..............................Pole Vault (1st)Russ Winger ............................. Shot Put (1st)Cesar Barquero ............................800m (2nd)Paul Dittmer ....................60m Hurdles (2nd)Matt Wauters ...........................Shot Put (2nd)Matt Wauters ................ Weight Throw (2nd)Elvie Williams ................. 60m Hurdles (3rd)Mike Carpenter .....................Pole Vault (3rd)Elvie Williams .....................Long Jump (3rd)James Rogan ............................ Shot Put (3rd)Russ Winger .................. Weight Throw (3rd)Mike Carpenter .................. Heptathlon (3rd)

Second TeamMaurice Shaw ...................60m Hurdles (4th)Jonathan Marler .................. High Jump (4th)David Holmon .................... High Jump (5th)Elvie Williams ..................... High Jump (5th)Marcus Mattox .............. Weight Throw (5th)Kevin Merkling .............................. Mile (6th)David Holmon ...................Triple Jump (6th)James Rogan .................. Weight Throw (6th)

2009:First Team

Lucas Pope ..............................Pole Vault (1st)James Rogan ............................. Shot Put (1st)Mike Carpenter ....................Pole Vault (2nd)Matt Wauters ...........................Shot Put (2nd)Ben Wood ..................... Weight Throw (2nd)Mike Carpenter ................. Heptathlon (2nd)Josh Dalton ................................... 800m (3rd)James Clark ..................................... Mile (3rd)Jeremy Klas ............................Pole Vault (3rd)James Rogan .................. Weight Throw (3rd)Matt Grogan ....................... Heptathlon (3rd)

Second TeamJames Clark ............... Distance Medley (2nd)Spencer Meinburg ... Distance Medley (2nd)Kevin Merkling ........ Distance Medley (2nd)Steve Potratz ............. Distance Medley (2nd)Josh Dalton .....................4x400m Relay (3rd)Spencer Meinburg .........4x400m Relay (3rd)Shane O’Connell ............4x400m Relay (3rd)Dominic Schmidt ..........4x400m Relay (3rd)Steve Potratz ................................... Mile (4th)Markus Geiger ........................... 5000m (4th)Maurice Shaw ...................60m Hurdles (4th)Paul Dittmer .....................60m Hurdles (5th)Jonathan Marler .................. High Jump (5th)Matt Wauters ................. Weight Throw (5th)Ryan Bowen ........................ Heptathlon (5th)Sam Michener .................................60m (6th)James Clark ....................................800m (6th)Kevin Merkling .............................. Mile (6th)Ian Snook ...............................Pole Vault (6th)Andrew Blaser ....................Triple Jump (6th)Beau Whitney.......................... Shot Put (6th)Evan Ruud ..................... Weight Throw (6th)

2010:First Team

Jeremy Klas .............................Pole Vault (1st)Josh Dalton ...................................800m (2nd)Paul Dittmer ....................60m Hurdles (2nd)Andrew Blaser .................... High Jump (2nd)Lucas Pope ............................Pole Vault (2nd)Eugenio Mannucci .................Shot Put (2nd)Beau Whitney............... Weight Throw (2nd)Mike Carpenter ................. Heptathlon (2nd)Princeton McCarty ........................ 60m (3rd)Steve Potratz ................................... Mile (3rd)Mike Carpenter .....................Pole Vault (3rd)

Second TeamMike Carpenter ..............4x400m Relay (3rd)Josh Dalton .....................4x400m Relay (3rd)Spencer Meinburg .........4x400m Relay (3rd)Sam Michener ................4x400m Relay (3rd)Maurice Shaw ...................60m Hurdles (4th)Ben Wood ...................... Weight Throw (4th)Andrew Blaser .................... Heptathlon (4th)James Clark ....................................800m (5th)Jonathan Marler .................. High Jump (5th)Colin Briggs ........................Triple Jump (5th)Beau Whitney.......................... Shot Put (5th)Ryan Bowen ........................ Heptathlon (5th)Barry Britt ................................... 3000m (6th)Barry Britt ................................... 5000m (6th)Andrew Blaser ..................60m Hurdles (6th)Colby Lee ............................. High Jump (6th)Andrew Blaser .......................Pole Vault (6th)Jason Lorentz .......................Long Jump (6th)Jason Lorentz ......................Triple Jump (6th)

2011:First Team

Markus Geiger ............................ 5000m (1st)Jeremy Klas .............................Pole Vault (1st)Eugenio Mannucci .................. Shot Put (1st)Markus Geiger .......................... 3000m (2nd)

Second TeamJeff Osborn.................Distance Medley (3rd)Matt Robinson ..........Distance Medley (3rd)Kyle Tylor ...................Distance Medley (3rd)Andrew White...........Distance Medley (3rd)Jeremiah Dubie .......................... 5000m (4th)Dylan Watts ...........................Pole Vault (4th)Andrey Levkiv ......................... Shot Put (4th)Jeremiah Dubie .......................... 3000m (5th)Colin Briggs ........................Triple Jump (5th)Kyle Rothwell ................ Weight Throw (5th)Colin Briggs .........................Long Jump (6th)Kyle Rothwell .......................... Shot Put (6th)Donavon Cunningham .......Wt. Throw (6th)

2012:First Team

Josh Dalton .................................... 800m (1st)Andrew Blaser .................. 60m Hurdles (1st)Ben Ayesu-Attah .............4x400m Relay (1st)Andrew Bloom ................4x400m Relay (1st)Josh Dalton ......................4x400m Relay (1st)Kyle Tylor .........................4x400m Relay (1st)Andrew Bloom ...........Distance Medley (1st)James Clark .................Distance Medley (1st)Stéphane Colle ...........Distance Medley (1st)Josh Dalton .................Distance Medley (1st)Andrew Blaser ......................High Jump (1st)Jeremy Klas .............................Pole Vault (1st)Jason Lorentz ........................Long Jump (1st)Rendel Jones ....................... Triple Jump (1st)Andrew Blaser ..................... Heptathlon (1st)Barry Britt .................................. 3000m (2nd)Markus Geiger .......................... 5000m (2nd)Matt Sullivan ........................Pole Vault (2nd)Kyle Rothwell ............... Weight Throw (2nd)James Clark ................................... 800m (3rd)Jeff Osborn...................................... Mile (3rd)Markus Geiger ........................... 3000m (3rd)Barry Britt ................................... 5000m (3rd)Tyler Bennett .......................High Jump (3rd)Andrew Blaser .......................Pole Vault (3rd)Dylan Watts ...........................Pole Vault (3rd)Andrew Blaser .....................Long Jump (3rd)Kyle Rothwell .......................... Shot Put (3rd)Jeremy Klas ......................... Heptathlon (3rd)

Second TeamBen Ayesu-Attah ...........................400m (4th)Stéphane Colle ............................... Mile (4th)Michael Bach .......................Long Jump (4th)Donavon Cunningham .......... Shot Put (4th)Donavon Cunningham .......Wt. Throw (4th)Andrew Bloom ..............................400m (5th)Colin Briggs ......................... High Jump (5th)Colin Briggs .........................Long Jump (5th)Jason Lorentz ......................Triple Jump (5th)Joseph Charles......................... Shot Put (5th)Joseph Charles............... Weight Throw (5th)Colin Briggs ........................ Heptathlon (5th)Kyle Tylor .......................................800m (6th)Colton Hastings ............................. Mile (6th)Stéphane Colle ........................... 3000m (6th)Jesse Villines .....................60m Hurdles (6th)Zach Trumbauer ..................... Shot Put (6th)Zach Trumbauer ........... Weight Throw (6th)

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2005:First Team

Melinda Owen ..............................Pole Vault (1st)Manuela Kurrat ........................... Pentathlon (1st)Mary Kamau..........................................Mile (2nd)

Second TeamJenn Broncheau .....................Weight Throw (5th)Dee Olson ...............................................Mile (6th)Tassie Souhrada ..........................High Jump (6th)

2006:First Team

Dee Olson ............................................3000m (1st)Mary Kamau...................... Distance Medley (1st)Alisha Murdoch ................ Distance Medley (1st)Dee Olson .......................... Distance Medley (1st)Vernee Samuel .................. Distance Medley (1st)Melinda Owen ..............................Pole Vault (1st)Dee Olson ..............................................Mile (2nd)Bevin Kennelly ..................................5000m (2nd)Mary Kamau.........................................800m (3rd)Bevin Kennelly ...................................3000m (3rd)Mandy Macalister ..............................5000m (3rd)

Second TeamK.C. Dahlgren .............................. Pole Vault (4th)Alisha Murdoch ...................................800m (5th)Mary Kamau...........................................Mile (5th)Tammy Stowe ............................Triple Jump (5th)Mandy Macalister ..............................3000m (6th)Heather Bergland ................... 60m Hurdles (6th)

2007:First Team

Heather Bergland ....................60m Hurdles (1st)Melinda Owen ..............................Pole Vault (1st)Bevin Kennelly .......................................Mile (3rd)Mykael Bothum ..............................Shot Put (3rd)

Second TeamBreanna Chipney ...................................Mile (4th)Christie Gordon ...................... 60m Hurdles (4th)Darcy Collins ..............................Pentathlon (4th)Rhea Richter .......................................5000m (5th)Melinda Ouwerkerk ..............................Mile (6th)Melissa McFaddan .............................5000m (6th)

2008:First Team

Heather Bergland ....................60m Hurdles (1st)Allix Lee-Painter ...................................Mile (2nd)Alice Draser ............................... Long Jump (2nd)Melissa McFaddan .............................5000m (3rd)Darcy Collins ..............................Pentathlon (3rd)

Second TeamBreeana Chadez ..........................High Jump (4th)Mykael Bothum ..............................Shot Put (4th)Lindsey Goodman ......................Pentathlon (4th)Christie Gordon ...................... 60m Hurdles (5th)Darcy Collins ..............................High Jump (5th)Alice Draser .................................Pentathlon (5th)Allix Lee-Painter ................................3000m (6th)Molly Burt ...................................Pentathlon (6th)

2009:First Team

Allix Lee-Painter .................................5000m (1st)K.C. Dahlgren ...............................Pole Vault (1st)Mykael Bothum ...............................Shot Put (1st)Allix Lee-Painter ...................................Mile (2nd)Allix Lee-Painter ...............................3000m (2nd)Heather Bergland .................. 60m Hurdles (2nd)Lindsey Goodman .....................Pentathlon (2nd)Christie Gordon ......................60m Hurdles (3rd)

Second TeamErica Digby ...................... Distance Medley (2nd)Keli Hall ........................... Distance Medley (2nd)Lauren Schaffer ............... Distance Medley (2nd)Teegan Schoch ................ Distance Medley (2nd)Alyssa Covington ....................... Long Jump (4th)Lauren Schaffer ....................................800m (5th)Darcy Collins ..............................High Jump (5th)Darcy Collins ..............................Pentathlon (5th)Teegan Schoch ...................................3000m (6th)Lindsay Beard .............................. Pole Vault (6th)Ellen Rouse ..................................Pentathlon (6th)

2010:First Team

Lauren Schaffer .....................................800m (1st)K.C. Dahlgren ...............................Pole Vault (1st)Mykael Bothum ...............................Shot Put (1st)Ulrike Hartz ................................ Pentathlon (1st)Kelly Jacka ...........................................200m (2nd)Gabby Midles .......................Weight Throw (2nd)Lindsey Goodman .....................Pentathlon (2nd)

Second TeamLindsey Goodman ............... 4x400m Relay (2nd)Kelly Jacka ............................ 4x400m Relay (2nd)AshLee Rey ........................... 4x400m Relay (2nd)Lauren Schaffer .................... 4x400m Relay (2nd)Karlene Hurrel .....................................200m (4th)Alyssa Covington ....................... Long Jump (5th)Darcy Collins ..............................Pentathlon (5th)

2011:First Team

Liga Velvere ...........................................800m (1st)Hannah Kiser ......................................3000m (1st)Keli Hall ............................. Distance Medley (1st)Anna Kalbrener ................ Distance Medley (1st)Hannah Kiser .................... Distance Medley (1st)Liga Velvere ....................... Distance Medley (1st)Gabby Midles ........................Weight Throw (3rd)

Second TeamKristine Leonard .............................Shot Put (6th)

2012:First Team

Liga Velvere ...........................................800m (1st)Hannah Kiser ..........................................Mile (1st)Hannah Kiser ......................................3000m (1st)Erica Digby ........................ Distance Medley (1st)Hannah Kiser .................... Distance Medley (1st)Lauren Schaffer ................. Distance Medley (1st)Liga Velvere ....................... Distance Medley (1st)Lauren Schaffer ...................................800m (2nd)Erica Digby ........................................3000m (2nd)Alycia Butterworth ...........................5000m (2nd)Erica Digby .............................................Mile (3rd)Alycia Butterworth ............................3000m (3rd)

Second TeamKeli Hall .................................4x400m Relay (3rd)Kelly Jacka .............................4x400m Relay (3rd)Lauren Schaffer .....................4x400m Relay (3rd)Liga Velvere ...........................4x400m Relay (3rd)Johanna Höcketstaller ................Pentathlon (4th)Keli Hall ................................................800m (5th)Cait Rowland ........................... 60m Hurdles (5th)Zoe Timmers ...............................High Jump (5th)Alyssa Covington ....................... Long Jump (5th)Gabby Midles ........................Weight Throw (6th)

Junior distance runner Lauren Schaffer leads all Idaho women’s indoor track and field athletes with seven career All-WAC honors.

While only through her sophomore season, Hannah Kiser is undefeated in career WAC indoor track and field competitions. She

has a program-best five WAC indoor titles and five First-Team All-WAC honors.

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Idaho’s 2012 Western Athletic Conference outdoor men’s team title wasn’t nearly as nerve-wracking or stressful as the team’s indoor crown – but that didn’t make the team’s first indoor/outdoor sweep since 1997 any less sweet.

The Vandals led from start to finish, won eight different individual WAC titles between seven athletes and claimed a combined 38 All-WAC honors, 22 of them First-Team accolades, en route to a team score of 219.5 and their first WAC outdoor conference crown.

Senior Andrew Blaser paced Idaho with a school-record 44 points by virtue of his decathlon and 110m hurdles titles and six total First-Team All-WAC awards. His point total is 16 better than Idaho’s previous single-meet high, better than any WAC individual score on record and was the highest by any individual in the NCAA in 2012.

He was honored at the conclusion of the meet as the WAC Men’s Outstanding Field Performer and claimed the WAC High Point Award.

“Really, how can you argue with 44 points?” Idaho director of track and field/cross country Wayne Phipps said. “It’s a fifth of our team’s points and the incredible thing is that he was willing to do whatever event we needed. He was willing to put everything aside personally for us to win a team title.”

While Blaser was the headliner, it was truly a team effort across the board that netted the team its first conference title sweep since taking the 1997 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation crown indoors and the Big West Conference title outdoors.

Sixteen different Vandal men earned All-WAC First Team accolades at the meet and seven more went down as Second-Team All-WAC performers. That kind of balance led to Idaho’s 134.17-point improvement over its 2011 outdoor total, which was the best single-season point improvement by any team at any level of collegiate track and field – NAIA through NCAA Division I – in 2012.

“I think the team was a lot more confident than the staff was,” Phipps said. “They had full expectation going in that they were going to win. It was just a matter of going in and doing what they’d done all year long – there was no doubt in their minds. They just walked into each event and did what they needed to do, and it went that way almost across the board.”

That’s not to say the team went without any hiccups. With two-time WAC champion Barry Britt redshirting and two-time indoor WAC champion Andrew Bloom and indoor long jump champion Jason Lorentz going down in warm-ups there was adversity, but the Vandals were more than up to the challenge.

Blaser bumped up to third in the long jump to make up that difference, while freshman Ben Ayesu-Attah ran a career-best by one full second in the 400m dash to take care of both Bloom’s and his own projected point totals. Senior James Clark provided the fireworks in the race of the meet when he barely out-leaned three other runners in a four-way photo finish for the 800m crown.

Vandal throws took home titles in the shot put, hammer and javelin and scored a combined 68 points at the meet, while sophomore Dylan Watts became the third Vandal in the last three years to claim the men’s outdoor pole vault title – an event in which Idaho went first through third and scored a combined 25.5 points.

For the team’s 10 outgoing seniors, it was the perfect send-off. With a 101-point contribution by the class, that group was a crucial component of the historic win. Phipps said he could think of no better reward to give them on their way out.

“It’s always nice to send out your senior class with a championship,” Phipps said. “It can play on you a little bit going three or four years without winning a championship, and doing it your senior year makes it more exciting.

“It was so important to those guys. They’ve worked so hard for a team title and it was extra special to see that group go out as champions.”

Junior Mike Marshall’s Honorable Mention All-America selection after his NCAA Championships final round appearance in the javelin was the headline highlight of Idaho’s seven NCAA qualifiers in 2012, and the best part is that five of those athletes will return to Idaho again next year.

“We strive as a team and individually to qualify for NCAAs,” Phipps said. “If you look at our numbers compared to the rest of the conference and a lot of other mid-majors, I think we stack up very, very well.

“To have a good mix of senior and underclassmen is great, because you always want seniors to go out on a high note and then it’s a huge learning experience for the younger kids to do better things down the road.”

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University of Idaho women’s track and field could have let adversity define their 2012 outdoor season after a handful of injuries left the team short-handed headed into the Western Athletic Conference Championships.

Instead, the Vandal women will be remembered for how they responded.

Entering the conference championship meet without the services of All-American Hannah Kiser, multiple-time WAC champions Liga Velvere and Lauren Schaffer and multiple-time All-WAC honorees Karlene Hurrel and Julia Veseth, the Vandal women were projected on paper to finish sixth out of seven teams.

On the heels of senior distance runner Erica Digby, the Vandal women won three WAC titles, earned 11 First-Team All-WAC honors and six more Second-Team accolades, and posted a second-place team score of 133.5 – just 15 points away from a team title.

“There was obviously a lot of adversity that affected our team, but they competed very, very well,” Idaho director of track and field/cross country Wayne Phipps said. “For us to finish second in the conference, win as many events as we did, score as many points as we did and qualify as many people as we did to NCAAs was just an incredible accomplishment for the team.

“It’s easy to just lie down and say, ‘Well, we weren’t expected to do much anyway,’ but they took the opposite approach, really got after it and competed the best I’ve seen a team compete in a long time.”

Digby’s effort in particular stood out in the distance events. She ran the qualifying round of the 800m on Thursday, then the finals in the 800m, 1500m and 5000m on Friday – a triple Phipps said a Vandal athlete has not attempted in his time at Idaho. All she did was take fifth in the 800m and then sweep the 1500m and 5000m titles – a first in Idaho history.

“It was a tough decision to redshirt her last year, but obviously it was a good decision giving her the opportunity to get a lot more training under her belt,” Phipps said of Digby. “We’ve not had someone try to do that triple on the same day before, and for her to do it at such a high level and finish it off with the big win in the 5k was just amazing.”

The dominating 1-2 finishes by sophomores Alycia Butterworth and Holly Stanton in the 3000m steeplechase, junior Anna Kalbrener’s back-to-back runner-up finishes in the 800m and 1500m and both Butterworth and Stanton doubling back to score in the 5000m, and the Vandal women cleaned up on the track.

Junior Kristine Leonard scored extra points in the shot put and discus, freshman Johanna Hocketstaller took second in the heptathlon to start the week and went on to score in the shot put, discus and javelin at the meet, while senior Gabby Midles and junior Sarah Nutsch both jumped up in the ham-mer to grab extra points in that event, as well.

“It was shocking,” Phipps said. “We saw in the beginning that we had bumped up in a few events and thought that was great, but then as the meet went on, it kept happening.”

In addition to the team’s WAC efforts, six Vandal women – Butterworth, Digby, Leonard, Midles, Nutsch and junior Ellen Rouse – qualified for the NCAA West Preliminary.

As a team, the Vandal women finished the outdoor season with 15 entries into the Idaho all-time top-10 lists, 17 combined All-WAC honors and several per-sonal bests and regionally-ranked marks across the board – many by freshmen and sophomores.

With so many strong underclassmen performers and returning redshirts, Phipps said he and the team will enter 2013 with the expectations of bigger things – and the confidence to achieve them.

“We met as a team right after the WAC meet and we as a staff let them know how proud we were of their accomplishments and that we have great expectations of them battling for a team title next year,” Phipps said. “I think the women seeing the men’s team win that title also adds a bit of a tangible element to it. They saw the people they train with every day having that success and they know they can do the same.”

IDAHO’S WOMEN WRITE THEIR OWN ENDINGBY SPENCER FARRIN

Erica Digby (R) and Anna Kalbrener (L) celebrate after their 1-2 finish in the 1500m at the WAC

Outdoor Championships.

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2012 WAC Outdoor Track & Field Champions

DYLAN WATTSMEN’S POLE VAULT - 16-0¾

KYLE ROTHWELLMEN’S HAMMER THROW - 187-7

ANDREW BLASERMEN’S 110M HURDLES - 13.98

ANDREY LEVKIVMEN’S SHOT PUT - 56-5¾

BEN AYESU-ATTAHMEN’S 400M - 46.86

ERICA DIGBYWOMEN’S 1500M - 4:29.92

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MIKE MARSHALLMEN’S JAVELIN THROW - 218-10

ANDREW BLASERMEN’S DECATHLON - 6,782

JAMES CLARKMEN’S 800M - 1:52.23

ALYCIA BUTTERWORTHWOMEN’S 3000M STEEPLECHASE - 10:42.59

ERICA DIGBYWOMEN’S 5000M - 17:14.44

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2012 Western Athletic Conference Outdoor ChampionshipsMay 8-11, 2012 (Moscow, Idaho)

Idaho Men’s Scoring400m:Ben Ayesu-Attah 1st 46.86 10800m:James Clark 1st 1:52.23 101500m:Stéphane Colle 2nd 3:53.44 85000m:Stéphane Colle 4th 15:05.21 4Jeremiah Dubie 5th 15:10.34 2Markus Geiger 6th 15:15.95 110,000m:Markus Geiger 2nd 31:04.00 8Jeremiah Dubie 3rd 31:12.56 6110m Hurdles:Andrew Blaser 1st 13.98 10Jesse Villines 5th 15.25 2400m Hurdles:Andrew Blaser 3rd 52.52 63000m Steeplechase:Stéphane Colle 3rd 9:20.50 6Alex Brekke 6th 9:59.72 14x100m Relay:Dominic Schmidt 3rd 42.58 1.5Ben Ayesu-Attah 3rd 42.58 1.5Andrew Bloom 3rd 42.58 1.5Spencer Meinburg 3rd 42.58 1.54x400m Relay:Dominic Schmidt 4th 3:19.30 1Spencer Meinburg 4th 3:19.30 1Kyle Tylor 4th 3:19.30 1Ben Ayesu-Attah 4th 3:19.30 1High Jump:Andrew Blaser 3rd 6-4 6Tyler Bennett 4th 6-4 4Pole Vault:Dylan Watts 1st 16-0¾ 10Matt Sullivan 2nd 16-0¾ 8Andrew Blaser 3rd 16-0¾ 6Jeremy Klas T5th 15-7 1.5Long Jump:Andrew Blaser 3rd 22-9 6Triple Jump:Rendel Jones 3rd 47-5 6Shot Put:Andrey Levkiv 1st 56-5¾ 10Joseph Charles 4th 51-11 4Discus Throw:Donavon Cunningham 2nd 162-9 8Joseph Charles 3rd 158-1 6Andrey Levkiv 4th 152-5 4Kyle Rothwell 5th 149-6 2Hammer Throw:Kyle Rothwell 1st 187-7 10Andrey Levkiv 4th 163-3 4Zach Trumbauer 5th 162-11 2Javelin Throw:Mike Marshall 1st 218-10 10Ugis Svazs 2nd 218-0 8Decathlon:Andrew Blaser 1st 6,782 10Colin Briggs 3rd 5,928 6Jeremy Klas 4th 5,609 4

Team Total: 219.5

Idaho Women’s Scoring800m:Anna Kalbrener 2nd 2:12.25 8Erica Digby 5th 2:13.21 4Keli Hall 7th 2:17.22 21500m:Erica Digby 1st 4:29.92 10Anna Kalbrener 2nd 4:31.10 85000m:Erica Digby 1st 17:14.44 10Alycia Butterworth 3rd 17:27.58 6Holly Stanton 5th 17:51.68 43000m Steeplechase:Alycia Butterworth 1st 10:42.59 10Holly Stanton 2nd 10:50.18 8Laurel Draper 7th 11:23.53 24x100m Relay:Mercedes Blackwood 4th 46.87 1.25Allee Cooper 4th 46.87 1.25Emma Goode 4th 46.87 1.25Kelly Jacka 4th 46.87 1.254x400m Relay:Kelly Jacka 5th 3:50.99 1Maggie Miller 5th 3:50.99 1Keli Hall 5th 3:50.99 1Emma Goode 5th 3:50.99 1Pole Vault:Morgan Dunning T-5th 11-2¼ 3.5Long Jump:Alyssa Covington 7th 18-7¼ 2Shot Put:Kristine Leonard 3rd 48-0½ 6Johanna Höcketstaller 7th 46-0 2Discus Throw:Kristine Leonard 4th 159-2 5Johanna Höcketstaller 7th 145-6 2Hammer Throw:Gabby Midles 2nd 190-10 8Sarah Nutsch 6th 180-9 3Javelin Throw:Ellen Rouse 3rd 147-7 6Johanna Höcketstaller 5th 138-8 4Heptathlon:Johanna Höcketstaller 2nd 5,071 8

Team Total: 133.5

Men’s Team Scores1. Idaho 219.52. Utah State 200.53. Fresno State 1374. Louisiana Tech 84

Women’s Team Scores1. Utah State 148.52. Idaho 133.53. Louisiana Tech 1294. Fresno State 1155. Hawai`i 111.56. New Mexico State 1027. Nevada 76.5

WAC Men’sOutstanding Field Performer

ANDREW BLASER

WAC Men’sHigh Point Award

ANDREW BLASER (44)

WAC Women’sFreshman of the Year

JOHANNA HÖCKETSTALLER

WAC Men’sco-Coach of the Year

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2012 Individual Outdoor Season/Career Bests

Season CareerBen Ayesu-Attah200m 22.13 22.13200m* 22.07w 22.07w400m 46.86 46.86800m 2:03.18 2:03.18

Michael BachLong Jump 21-4¾ 21-4¾

Tyler BennettHigh Jump 6-4 6-4

Andrew Blaser100m 11.05 11.01400m 49.64 49.641500m 5:06.11 5:06.11110m Hurdles 13.98 13.98110m Hurdles* 13.84w 13.84w400m Hurdles 52.52 52.52Pole Vault 16-0¾ 16-0¾High Jump 6-5 6-6Long Jump 22-9¾w 22-10½Shot Put 39-7¼ 39-7¼Discus Throw 117-10 117-10Javelin Throw 150-7 153-6Decathlon 7,069 7,069

Andrew Bloom200m 22.17 22.17400m 48.16 48.16800m 2:03.10 2:03.10

Alex Brekke5000m 16:25.54 15:38.773k Steeplechase 9:46.80 9:19.37

Colin Briggs100m 11.72 11.72400m 54.60 54.601500m 5:29.65 5:29.65110m Hurdles 16.42 16.42High Jump 6-0¾ 6-2Pole Vault 13-1½ 13-1½Long Jump 21-3½ 22-4¼Triple Jump 43-8½ 45-11¼Shot Put 34-8½ 34-8½Discus Throw 116-1 116-1Javelin Throw 152-0 152-0Decathlon 5,928 5,928

Adam Bunch400m Hurdles 57.90 56.24

Joseph CharlesShot Put 53-1¾ 53-1¾Discus Throw 158-1 158-1Hammer Throw 157-4 157-4

James Clark800m 1:52.23 1:52.10

Stéphane Colle1500m 3:47.86 3:47.865000m 14:05.03 14:05.033k Steeplechase 9:20.50 9:20.50

Donavon CunninghamDiscus 167-9 170-3

Jeremiah Dubie5000m 14:59.90 14:59.9010,000m 31:12.56 30:52.39

Markus Geiger1500m 3:59.02 3:59.025000m 14:45.96 14:21.8310,000m 30:40.67 30:40.67

Colton Hastings800m 1:55.19 1:55.191500m 3:58.35 3:58.355000m 16:04.39 16:04.39

Rendel JonesTriple Jump 47-5 47-5

Jeremy Klas100m 11.70 11.70400m 56.20 56.201500m 6:22.79 6:22.79High Jump 5-10 5-10Pole Vault 17-0¾ 17-2¾Long Jump 20-7¼ 20-7¼Shot Put 35-3¼ 35-3¼Discus Throw 82-6 82-6Javelin Throw 146-1 146-1Decathlon 5,609 5,609

Andrey LevkivShot Put 57-7¾ 57-7¾Discus 157-11 157-11Hammer 163-3 163-3

Jason LorentzLong Jump 23-0 23-0

Mike MarshallJavelin 230-6 230-6

Spencer Meinburg200m 23.92 22.87400m 52.18 49.51800m 2:03.53 1:56.40

Jeff Osborn800m 1:54.25 1:54.251500m 3:54.85 3:54.855000m 15:36.73 15:36.73

Matt Robinson800m 2:01.20 2:01.201500m 4:22.26 4:13.13

Kyle RothwellShot Put 49-5½ 50-0Discus 150-8 156-11Hammer 196-9 196-9

Dominic Schmidt100m 10.97 10.93200m 22.62 21.97

Matt SullivanPole Vault 16-1¾ 16-1¾

Ugis SvazsJavelin Throw 227-5 227-5

Zach TrumbauerHammer Throw 162-11 162-11

Cayle Turpen800m 2:01.51 2:01.511500m 4:11.45 4:11.45

Kyle Tylor400m 51.46 51.46800m 1:54.55 1:54.55

Jesse Villines100m 11.61w 11.61w110m Hurdles 15.25 15.25400m Hurdles 58.62 58.62

Dylan WattsPole Vault 16-1¾ 16-1¾

MEN Season Career

Mercedes Blackwood100m 12.35 12.35200m 26.26 26.26

Alycia Butterworth1500m 4:40.295000m 17:27.58 17:27.583k Steeplechase 10:18.78 10:18.78

Allee Cooper100m 12.43 12.43200m 25.67 25.67400m 1:01.62 1:01.62

Alyssa Covington400m 1:01.74 1:01.74Long Jump 18-7¼ 18-7¼

Megan Dempsey800m 2:28.74 2:28.74

Erica Digby800m 2:13.21 2:13.211500m 4:22.18 4:22.185000m 17:14.44 17:14.44

Laurel Draper800m 2:29.33 2:14.403k Steeplechase 11:17.40 11:17.40

Morgan DunningPole Vault 11-2¼ 11-10¾

Reba Eggert200m 28.51 28.51400m 1:08.17 1:08.17800m 2:42.68 2:42.68100m Hurdles 17.13 17.13Long Jump 15-3½ 15-3½Shot Put 37-6¾ 37-6¾Javelin Throw 94-11 94-11Heptathlon 3,113 3,113

Emma Goode100m 12.77w200m 25.54 25.54200m* 25.18w 25.18w400m 57.65 57.65

Keli Hall400m 58.63 56.39800m 2:14.18 2:11.94

Sara HemenwayPole Vault 10-2½ 10-2½

Johanna HÖcketstaller200m 26.71 26.71800m 2:36.04 2:36.04100m Hurdles 15.36 15.36High Jump 4-11½ 4-11½Long Jump 18-5¾ 18-5¾Shot Put 49-6¼ 49-6¼Discus Throw 155-8 155-8Javelin Throw 141-10 141-10Heptathlon 5,071 5,071

Kelly Jacka100m 12.04200m 25.01 24.49400m 57.95 57.77

Anna Kalbrener800m 2:12.25 2:12.251500m 4:30.11 4:30.11

Hannah Kiser1500m 4:27.46 4:26.30

Abby Larson3000m 11:11.58 11:11.585000m 18:52.98 18:52.9810,000m 39:47.69 39:47.69

Kristine LeonardShot Put 48-0½ 48-0½Discus Throw 161-11 161-11Hammer Throw 150-7 150-7

Katy LutjensDiscus Throw 129-8 138-5Hammer Throw 116-7 116-7

Ailene MacPherson5000m 20:10.02 20:10.0210,000m 42:16.84 42:16.84

Molly MeyersShot Put 41-10¾ 41-10¾Hammer Throw 148-0 148-0

Gabby MidlesHammer Throw 190-10 194-6

Maggie Miller800m 2:15.38 2:15.381500m 4:55.17 4:55.17

Sarah NutschHammer Throw 187-9 187-9

Emily Paradis3k Steeplechase 11:31.60 11:31.60

Diana Rosslerova3000m 11:23.53 11:23.535000m 20:05.39 20:04.2710,000m 42:12.04 42:12.04

Ellen RouseHammer Throw 144-0 144-0Javelin Throw 147-7 147-7

Cait Rowland100m Hurdles 14.70 14.70400m Hurdles 1:04.49 1:03.42

Holly Stanton1500m 4:54.225000m 17:51.68 17:51.683k Steeplechase 10:50.18 10:50.18

Liga Velvere400m 57.43 55.47800m 2:09.78 2:08.75400m Hurdles 1:00.35 58.61

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Outdoor Team Titles1981 Men

Big Sky Conference1995 Men

Big Sky Conference

1997 MenBig West Conference



2001 WomenBig West Conference


2003 WomenBig West Conference

Big Sky ConferenceMen’s Outdoor Coach of the Year

Mike Keller (1981)Mike Keller (1983)Mike Keller (1995)Mike Keller (1996)

Big Sky ConferenceOutstanding Outdoor Athlete

Steve Saras (1980)Francis DoDoo (1991)

Big Sky ConferenceOutstanding Outdoor Track Athlete

Frank Bruder (1995)Paul Thompson (1996)

Big West ConferenceMen’s Coach of the Year

Mike Keller (1997)Wayne Phipps (2000)Wayne Phipps (2001)

Big West ConferenceWomen’s Coach of the Year

Yogi Teevens (2001)Yogi Teevens (2003)

Big West ConferenceMen’s Athlete of the YearTawanda Chiwira (1997)

Big West ConferenceWomen’s Athlete of the Year

Angela Whyte (2001)

Big West ConferenceMen’s Track Athlete of the Year

Jan Eitel (2003)

Big West ConferenceWomen’s Track Athlete of the Year

Angela Whyte (2003)Mary Kamau (2004)

Big West ConferenceMen’s Field Athlete of the Year

Russ Winger (2005)

Western Athletic ConferenceMen’s Coach of the Year

Wayne Phipps (co) (2012)

Western Athletic ConferenceWomen’s Outdoor Outstanding Track Performer

Allix Lee-Painter (2010)

Western Athletic ConferenceMen’s Outdoor Outstanding Field Performer

Andrew Blaser (2012)

Western Athletic ConferenceWomen’s Outdoor Outstanding Field Performer

Ulrike Hartz (2010)

Western Athletic ConferenceMen’s Outdoor High Point Award

Andrew Blaser - 44 (2012)

Western Athletic ConferenceWomen’s Outdoor High Point Award

Allix Lee-Painter - 30 (2010)

Western Athletic ConferenceMen’s Outdoor Freshman of the Year

Paul Dittmer (2008)

Western Athletic ConferenceWomen’s Outdoor Freshman of the Year

Johanna HÖcketstaller (2012)

Individual Conference Award Winners

Tawanda Chiwira claimed 1997 Big West Athlete of the Year honors after claiming the 200m and 400m titles, and

leading Idaho’s 4x100m and 4x400m relays to gold.

Allix Lee-Painter earned a historic triple with titles in the 3000m steeplechase, 5000m and 10,000m at the 2010 WAC Championships. It was the first such accomplishment in WAC and Idaho history and just the third in NCAA history.

Ulrike Hartz won the javelin and heptathlon, then scored in the 200m, long jump and 4x100m relay to earn the 2010

WAC Women’s Field Performer of the Year honor

Mary Kamau was the Big West Women’s Track Athlete of the Year in 2004 after she doubled up with titles in the 800m

and 1500m at the Big West Championships.

Outdoor Conference Championship History

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Gerald Gill Two-Mile 1922Williams Two-Mile 1924Donald Cleaver Two-Mile 1927Donald Cleaver Two-Mile 1928Don Johnson Javelin Throw 1936Phil Liebowitz One-Mile 1941Dave Martindale Pole Vault 1952Jim Jackson Pole Vault 1964Max Leetzow Discus Throw 1964Nils Jebson 880 Yards 1965Dwayne Turpin Pole Vault 1965Ray McDonald Shot Put 1965Ray McDonald Discus Throw 1965Joe McCollin 220 Yards 1966Steve Brown High Jump 1966Ray McDonald Shot Put 1966Steve Brown High Jump 1967Rich Smith Discus Throw 1968Rich Smith Discus Throw 1969Jim Ferguson 880 Yards 1971Mike Hamilton Pole Vault 1973Steve Roe Discus Throw 1973Rich Brooks Three-Mile 1975Mark Crull Shot Put 1975Rick Bartlett 880 Yards 1976Doug Fisher Discus Throw 1976Mark Crull Shot Put 1976Osita Nsofor Triple Jump 1977Steve Saras Shot Put 1977Doug Fisher Discus Throw 1977Don Allemeersch Discus Throw 1978Bob Peterson High Jump 1979Steve Saras Shot Put 1979Chuck Schmoeger Discus Throw 1979John Trott 800m 1980Steve Saras Shot Put 1980Neil Crichlow Triple Jump 1980John Trott 800m 1981Ray Prentice 1500m 1981Jim Sokolowski High Jump 1981Francis DoDoo Triple Jump 1981Mitch Crouser Discus Throw 1981Jim Sokolowski Decathlon 1981Leroy Robinson 800m 1982John Trott 1500m 1982Dave Smith 200m 1983Leroy Robinson 800m 1983Mike Kinney 400m Hurdles 1983Eric VanZantan Pole Vault 1983Neil Crichlow Triple Jump 1983Craig Christianson Discus Throw 1983Craig Christianson Javelin Throw 1983Trond Knaplund Decathlon 1983Dave Smith 100m 1984Dave Smith 200m 1984Sam Koduah 400m 1984Dave Smith 100m 1985Dave Smith 200m 1985Sam Koduah 400m 1985Tim Taylor Shot Put 1985Patrick Williams 100m 1986Patrick Williams 200m 1986Kurt Schneiter Discus Throw 1986Patrick Williams 100m 1987Patrick Williams 200m 1987George Ogbeide Long Jump 1987Mike Davis 110m Hurdles 1989Orde Ballantyne Long Jump 1989Patrick Williams 100m 1990Patrick Williams 200m 1990Eric Haynes 100m 1991Stephen Lewis 100m 1992Cristian Zarcu 110m Hurdles 1992Ty Koellmann 1500m 1994Niels Kruller Long Jump 1994Montrell Williams 100m 1995Frank Bruder 5000m 1995

Frank Bruder 3000m Steeplechase 1995Thad Hathaway High Jump 1995Niels Kruller Long Jump 1995Tawanda Chiwira 200m 1996Tawanda Chiwira 400m 1996Paul Thompson 400m Hurdles 1996Frank Bruder 3000m Steeplechase 1996Thad Hathaway High Jump 1996Oscar Duncan Javelin Throw 1996Tawanda Chiwira 200m 1997Tawanda Chiwira 400m 1997Shane O’Brien 800m 1997Frank Bruder 3000m Steeplechase 1997Niels Kruller Long Jump 1997Chris Kwaramba Triple Jump 1997Oscar Duncan Javelin Throw 1997Adekunle Adejuyigbe 400m 1998Derek Klinge 800m 1998Chris Kwaramba Triple Jump 1998Jeff High Hammer Throw 1998Oscar Duncan Javelin Throw 1998Joachim Olsen Shot Put 1999Tawanda Chiwira 400m 2000Josh Muxen 3000m Steeplechase 2000Joachim Olsen Shot Put 2000Nikela Ndebele 100m 2001Jan Eitel 3000m Steeplechase 2001Joachim Olsen Shot Put 2001Joachim Olsen Discus Throw 2001Jereme Richardson Decathlon 2001Nikela Ndebele 100m 2002Nikela Ndebele 200m 2002Ryan Jensen 3000m Steeplechase 2002Joachim Olsen Shot Put 2002Joachim Olsen Discus Throw 2002Jan Eitel 5000m 2003Hugh Henry 110m Hurdles 2003Jan Eitel 3000m Steeplechase 2003Pat Ray 200m 2004Jan Eitel 3000m Steeplechase 2004Jereme Richardson Decathlon 2004Pat Ray 200m 2005Russ Winger Shot Put 2005Russ Winger Discus Throw 2005Jereme Richardson Decathlon 2005Driss Yousfi 800m 2006Russ Winger Shot Put 2006Bastien Tardy 800m 2007Paul Dittmer 110m Hurdles 2008Lucas Pope Pole Vault 2008Russ Winger Shot Put 2008Russ Winger Discus Throw 2008Josh Dalton 800m 2009Paul Dittmer 110m Hurdles 2009Lucas Pope Pole Vault 2009Eugenio Mannucci Shot Put 2009Paul Dittmer 110m Hurdles 2010Markus Geiger 10,000m 2010Jeremy Klas Pole Vault 2010James Rogan Hammer Throw 2010Barry Britt 5000m 2011Barry Britt 10,000m 2011Lucas Pope Pole Vault 2011Eugenio Mannucci Shot Put 2011Andrew Blaser Decathlon 2011Ben Ayesu-Attah 400m 2012James Clark 800m 2012Andrew Blaser 110m Hurdles 2012Dylan Watts Pole Vault 2012Andrey Levkiv Shot Put 2012Kyle Rothwell Hammer Throw 2012Mike Marshall Javelin Throw 2012Andrew Blaser Decathlon 2012

Total: 150

Women:Allison Falkenberg-Ryan 800m 1983Sandy Kristjanson 1500m 1983Sherri Crang 5000m 1983Mary Bradford 400m Hurdles 1983Sherry Schoenborn Javelin Throw 1983Sherri Crang 1500m 1984Patsy Sharples 3000m 1984Patsy Sharples 5000m 1984Patsy Sharples 10,000m 1984Sherry Schoenborn Javelin Throw 1984Kirsten Jones Long Jump 1985Sherry Schoenborn Javelin Throw 1985Sherry Schoenborn Javelin Throw 1986Caryn Choate-Deeds 100m 1988Caryn Choate-Deeds 100m 1989Stacey Asplund High Jump 1989Karen McCloskey 100m Hurdles 1990Karen McCloskey 400m Hurdles 1990Jackie Ross Long Jump 1990Jackie Ross Triple Jump 1990Jackie Ross Triple Jump 1991Jackie Ross Heptathlon 1991Jackie Ross Triple Jump 1993Jessica Puckett Javelin Throw 1993Angie Mathison 10,000m 1995Jill Wimer Discus Throw 1995Jessica Puckett Javelin Throw 1995Jill Wimer Shot Put 1997Katie Tuttle Shot Put 2000Shana Ball Discus Throw 2000Angela Whyte 100m Hurdles 2001Angela Whyte Long Jump 2001Katja Schreiber Discus Throw 2001Angela Whyte 100m 2003Angela Whyte 200m 2003Daniela Pogorzelski 1500m 2003Letiwe Marakurwa 10,000m 2003Angela Whyte 100m Hurdles 2003Letiwe Marakurwa 3000m Steeplechase 2003Tammy Stowe Triple Jump 2003Sarah Willette Javelin Throw 2003Mary Kamau 800m 2004Mary Kamau 1500m 2004Letiwe Marakurwa 3000m Steeplechase 2004Ina Reiber Discus Throw 2004Mary Kamau 1500m 2005Manuela Kurrat Heptathlon 2005Dee Olson 1500m 2006Bevin Kennelly 5000m 2006Dee Olson 10,000m 2006Melinda Owen Pole Vault 2006Jenn Broncheau Hammer Throw 2006Melinda Owen Pole Vault 2007Melissa McFaddan 10,000m 2008Melinda Owen Pole Vault 2008Lauren Schaffer 800m 2010Allix Lee-Painter 5000m 2010Allix Lee-Painter 10,000m 2010Allix Lee-Painter 3000m Steeplechase 2010K.C. Dahlgren Pole Vault 2010Mykael Bothum Shot Put 2010Gabby Midles Hammer Throw 2010Ulrike Hartz Javelin Throw 2010Ulrike Hartz Heptathlon 2010Lauren Schaffer 800m 2011Hannah Kiser 5000m 2011Liga Velvere 400m Hurdles 2011Gabby Midles Hammer Throw 2011Erica Digby 1500m 2012Erica Digby 5000m 2012Alycia Butterworth 3000m Steeplechase 2012

Total: 71

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Men’s 4x100m Relay(Wanliss, Smith, Benton, Harewood) 1983(Knaplund, Koduah, Mitcham, Smith) 1984(Wanliss, Koduah, Smith, Stokes) 1985(Onanubosi, Stokes, Wanliss, Williams) 1986(O’Garro, Williams, Onanubosi, Ogbeide) 1987(Collins, Williams, Haynes, Lewis) 1990(O’Garro, Haynes, Linley, Lewis) 1991(Williams, Kruller, St. Hill, Kamangirira) 1995(Chadband, St. Hill, Kamangirira, Chiwira) 1996(Kruller, St. Hill, Chiwira, Kamangirira) 1997(Ndebele, Aguilera, Chiwira, James) 2000(Aguilera, James, Ndebele, McCrery) 2001(Ndebele, McCrery, James, Aguilera) 2002(Michener, Carpenter, Schmidt, Williams) 2010Total: 14

Conference Champion Relays

Men’s 4x400m Relay(Maier, Willson, Trott, Harewood) 1980(Taylor, Mitcham, Smith, Koduah) 1984(Smith, Wanliss, Koduah, Mitcham) 1985(Chadband, Whalen, St. Hill, Kamangirira) 1995(Chiwira, Whalen, St. Hill, Kamangirira) 1996(Kunkel, Chiwira, St. Hill, Kamangirira) 1997(Erickson, Clark, Guggenheimer, Ray) 2004Total: 7

Women’s 4x100m Relay(Whyte, Dennis, Hoeck, Walsh) 2001(Pater, Whyte, Hoeck, Samuel) 2003Total: 2

Women’s 4x400m Relay 1983(Nipp, Dennis, Greenlee, Whyte) 2003Total: 2

Idaho’s 2003 quartet of (L-R) Angela Whyte, Tanya Pater, Heather Hoeck and Vernee Samuel grabbed the Big West title

in the 4x100m relay with a school-record time of 45.69.

Outdoor Conference Titles By EventMen

Shot Put 18Discus Throw 16200m 11100m 10800m 10Pole Vault 103000m Steeplechase 8400m 7110m Hurdles 7Decathlon 7High Jump 6Triple Jump 6Javelin Throw 6Long Jump 5Two-Mile Run* 4880 Yards* 31500m 35000m 3Hammer Throw 310,000m 2400m Hurdles 2One-Mile Run* 1220 Yards* 1Three-Mile Run* 1Total: 150*Discontinued Event

WomenJavelin Throw 81500m 710,000m 65000m 6800m 43000m Steeplechase 4Pole Vault 4Triple Jump 4Discus Throw 4100m 3100m Hurdles 3400m Hurdles 3Long Jump 3Shot Put 3Hammer Throw 3Heptathlon 3200m 13000m* 1High Jump 1Total: 71*Discontinued Event

Men’s By Event TypeThrows 43(DT, SP, JT, HT)Sprints 29(100m-400m)Jumps 27(PV, HJ, LJ, TJ)Distance 18(3000m-10,000m)Middle Distance 17(800m-Mile)Hurdles 9(110m-400m)Multi-Events 7(Decathlon)Total: 150

Women’s By Event TypeThrows 18(DT, SP, JT, HT)Distance 17(3000m-10,000m)Jumps 12(PV, HJ, LJ, TJ)Middle Distance 11(800m-1500m)Hurdles 6(100m-400m)Sprints 4(100m-400m)Multi-Events 3(Heptathlon)Total: 71

Sherrie Schoenborn was a four-time Big Sky Conference champion in the javelin throw from 1983-86, and also holds

the Big Sky all-time record in the event (178-2).

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Men:Tawanda Chiwira 81Russ Winger 75Felix Kamangirira 73.5Dave Smith 70.25Patrick Williams 67.5Andrew Blaser 66.33Joachim Olsen 66Nikela Ndebele 64.5Jason St. Hill 57.5Stephen Lewis 57Niels Kruller 56.25Jereme Richardson 55.25Jan Eitel 53Neil Crichlow 49Frank Bruder 48Simon Stewart 48Eric Haynes 47Sam Koduah 44.75Ray McDonald 44John Trott 43.5Rich Smith 40Sherwin James 38.5Oscar Duncan 38Steve Saras 38Dave Harewood 36.5James Rogan 34Beau Whitney 34Doug Fisher 34Patrick Ray 33.75Leroy Robinson 32Paul Dittmer 31.5Everton Wanliss 31.25Ryan Jensen 31Dwayne Turpin 31Rick Bartlett 30.75Mark Crull 30Trond Knaplund 30Lucas Pope 30Dayo Onanubosi 29.5Josh Guggenheimer 29.5Matthew Wauters 29Errol Aguilera 29Craig Christianson 29J.R. Ruffin 29Scott Whalen 28.5Don Allemeersch 28Steve Brown 28Amukela Gwebu 28Mike Hamilton 28Thad Hathaway 28Chris Kwaramba 28Eugenio Mannucci 28Elvie Williams 27.5Adekunle Adejuyigbe 27Markus Geiger 27Josh Muxen 27Jeff High 26Eversley Linley 26Mike Martin 26Chris Stokes 25Paul Thompson 24.25Mitch Crouser 24Calvin Harris 24David Holmon 24Charlie Schmoeger 24Tim Taylor 24Curtis Kunkel 23.5Rob Demick 23.25Jim Jackson 23Jason Giuffre 22.75Al Ramach 22.5Montrell Williams 22.5Barry Britt 22Gary Gonser 22Mike Kinney 22Dan Nipp 22Bernd Schroeder 22

Jeremy Klas 21.5Josh Dalton 21.5Rick McCrery 21.25Collie Mack 20.75George Ogbeide 20.5Marcus Luckstead 20Joe McCollum 20Jim Sokolowski 20Gary Tyler 20Andrey Levkiv 19Kyle Rothwell 19Bastien Tardy 19Stephane Colle 18Tim Crater 18Mike Carpenter 17.5Anders Møller 16.5James Clark 16Marcus Mattox 16Scott McCarty 16Dana Perlman 16Sam Michener 15.5Hugh Henry 15.25Matt Elven 15Mike Marshall 14Kevin Friesen 14Diego Moreno-Guzman 14Ryan Lang 14Hugo Munoz 13.5Kevin Davis 13Ben Ayesu-Attah 12.5Benjamin Mimoun 12.5Driss Yousfi 12Dustin Erickson 12Jeremiah Dubie 12Kurt Gregg 11Geoff Judd 11Allen Kapofu 11Cesar Barquero 10.5Joseph Charles 10Dylan Watts 10Brandon Folk 10Derek Klinge 10Shane O’Brien 10Kyle Daley 9Antwuan Sherman 9Ugis Svazs 8Donavon Cunningham 8Matt Sullivan 8Ben Bithell 8Tyrone Dinneen 8Matthew Erickson 7.5Brandon Reiff 7Nick Smith 7Maurice Williams 6.25Colin Briggs 6Rendel Jones 6Jonathan Marler 6Ian Snook 6Jacob Boling 6Martijn Ungerer 6Matthew Erickson 6Ryan Lang 6Dominic Schmidt 5Alex Brekke 5Kyle Hook 5Jacob Anderson 5Blaine Maley 5Garth Chadband 5Jeff Aronson 4.5Ryan Bowen 4.5Kevin Merkling 4.5Maurice Shaw 4.5Ighe Evero 4.5Tyler Bennett 4Spencer Meinburg 4Steve Potratz 4Matt Racine 4Nate Rosenau 4

Leonard Brittner 4Matt Rabe 4Mike Thompson 4Micah Clark 3.5Marwan Mossaad 3Tyrel Stevenson 3Luke Carrothers 3Steve Bluhm 3Jeff Reinhardt 3Ilija Gnjec 3Zach Trumbauer 2Andrew Bloom 2Jesse Villines 2Jason Lorentz 2Evan Ruud 2Daniel Benetka 2Dustin Gregston 2Matt Cram 2Kurt Wolf 2Brent Brown 2Jonathan Post 2Kyle Tylor 1.5Matthew Ricketts 1.5Cedric Thompson 1.25Tim Tate 1Isaac Jimenez 1

Women:Angela Whyte 81.5Tanya Tesar 70Jill Wimer 65Jackie Ross 58Mary Kamau 50Allix Lee-Painter 50Letiwe Marakurwa 49Alohalani Santiago 45Caryn Choate-Deeds 42Cassie Greenlee 40.5Sherri Schoenborn 40Melinda Owen 39.5Karen McCloskey 38Mykael Bothum 37Sherrie Crang 36Mandy Macalister 36Tanya Pater 35Bevin Kennelly 34Dee Olson 33Jessica Puckett 32Katie Tuttle 32Lauren Schaffer 31.5Shana Ball 31K.C. Dahlgren 31Gabriella Midles 30Anna Kalbrener 30Dacia Fernandez 30Katja Schreiber 30Patsy Sharples 30Darcy Collins 29Ulrike Hartz 29Heather Dennis 28.25Erica Digby 28Christie Gordon 28Julie Helbling 28Jeannine Korus 28Tammy Stowe 27.5Vernee Samuel 27.5Angie Mathison 27Alycia Butterworth 25Katharine Hough 25Rebecca DaSilva 23Sarah Willette 23Heather Bergland 22.75Heather Hoeck 22Shauna Ostrem 22Zsanett Teveli 22Lindsey Goodman 21.25Alisha Murdoch 20.75

Molly Burt 20Mylissa Coleman 20Kirsten Jensen 20Tania VanderMeulen 20Bobbi Purdy 19Pam Paudler 18Jamie Stone 18Julia Veseth 18Ellen Rouse 17Kate Buehler 17Mary Ann Graves 17Johanna Hocketstaller 16Kristine Leonard 16Stacey Asplund 16Mary Bradford 16Jennifer Broncheau 16 Manuela Kurrat 16Tammi Lesh 16Debbie Ogden 16Humrei Thompson 16Brooke Vogel 16 Holly Stanton 15Cathy Schmidt 15Sandy Kristjanson 14Melissa McFaddan 14Ina Reiber 14Anne Scott 14Alice Draser 13Tassie Souhrada 13Breeana Chadez 12.5Annette Helling 12Daniela Pogorzelski 12Lisa Tylor 12Liga Velvere 12Cathy Wall 12Keli Hall 11Brenda Nipp 10.75Chelsea Huffman 10.5Jen Walsh 10.25Jackie Blackett 10Sarah DeBoer 10Allison Falkenberg-Ryan 10Hannah Kiser 10Melanie Kreizenbeck 10Teegan Schoch 10Tara Gehrke 9Katherine Kress 9Shannon Russell-Shaw 9Sarah Nutsch 8Anne Barnett 8Althea Belgrave 8Colleen Case 8Monica Langfeldt 8Tia Taruscio 8Kelly Jacka 7.75Lindsay Beard 7Lauri Thompson 7AshLee Rey 6.25Emily Dukes 6Jessica Friend 6Traci Hanegan 6Rhea Richter 6Anna Worland 6Heidi Lambley 5Andrea Lamont 5Kari Alldredge 4Brenda Beckles 4Melanie Conlon 4Jessica Draskau-Peterson 4Karlene Hurrel 4Amy Johnson 4Anne Moore 4Laura Moore 4Paula Parsell 4Sally Read 4Angie Smith 4Morgan Dunning 3.5Meagan Garcia 3.5

Jamie Patten 3.5Janet Beaudry 3Kristi Becker 3Christi Bentley 3Maike Holthuijzen 3Candace Knuths 3Nikki Schiebe 3Dusty Schvaneveldt 3Amber Sielaff 3Emma Goode 2.25Alyssa Covington 2Laurel Draper 2Heidi Bodwell 2Mary Caruso 2Samantha Cooney 2Anna Foreman 2Tiffany Hagood 2Bethany Hopkins 2Lisa Kindelan 2Diane Knudson 2Molly Leonard 2Sam Nielson 2Emily Paradis 2Wendy Patrick 2Evelyn Toth 2Brittany Hodges 1.75Megan Poffenroth 1.5Mercedes Blackwood 1.25Allee Cooper 1.25Maggie Miller 1Misty Buffington 1Denise Bunch 1Martha Hale 1Kim Gillas 1Kris Kasper 1Shanna Lytle 1Debby McMillan 1Michelle Muzechenko 1Cassie Rohrbacher 1Tuelo Setswamorago 1Robyn Slate 1Amy Trott 1Steffani Patten 0.75Cindy Smith 0.5

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Idaho NCAA Outdoor Championships HistoryNCAA Championships Competitors

1928Donald Cleaver Two-Mile - 2nd

1934William Squance 120-yd Hurdles - -William Squance 220-yd Hurdles - -

1936Don Johnson Javelin - 4th

1937Don Johnson Javelin 207-11½ 3rd

1939Douglas Busby 120-yd Hurdles - -Phil Liebowitz 880 Yards - -

1940Alfred Flechner High Jump - 3rdPhil Liebowitz One-Mile - 6th

1942Vic Dyrgall Two-Mile - 4th

1945John Taylor 120-yd Hurdles - 5th

1946Paul Halloran 880 Yards - -Richard Dexter Two-Mile - 5thTheodore Lake 120-yd Hurdles - -Theodore Lake 220-yd Hurdles - -Robert Lattig Pole Vault - -

1948Norman Farnham 800m - -

1949Dick Armstrong 440 Yards - -Warren Johnson One-Mile - -

1952Dave Martindale Pole Vault 13-9 1st

1953Lou Gourley Two-Mile 9:18.6 4th

1954Lou Gourley Two-Mile 9:41.8 7th

1957Buck MacGillivray 440 Yards 49.9 -

1959Frank Wyatt Three-Mile - -

1962Bob Ruby Triple Jump - -

1963Robert Johnson 100 Yards 9.6 18thRobert Johnson 220 Yards - 8th

1965Nils Jebsen 880 Yards 1:50.3 15thRay McDonald Shot Put 55-4½ 16thRay McDonald Discus 177-3½ 3rd

1966Ray McDonald Shot Put 57-3¾ 9thRay McDonald Discus 160-9 -

1967Steve Brown High Jump 7-1½ 1st

1968Steve Brown High Jump 7-0 4thRichard Smith Discus 165-10 -

1975Doug Fisher Discus 171-3 16th

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MEN:Doug Fisher Discus 172-0 24th

1979John Trott 800m 1:49.59 16thGary Gonser 3k Steeplechase 9:12.2 38thBob Peterson High Jump 6-11 27th

1980Steve Saras Shot Put 58-11 14thSteve Saras Hammer 163-5 20th

1981Kole Tonnemaker 10,000m 31:29.8 28thFrancis DoDoo Triple Jump 51-10 10thMitch Crouser Shot Put 60-3¼ 10th

1982John Trott 800m 1:48.54 4thLeroy Robinson 800m 1:49.06 6th

1983Dave Harewood 400m 47.10 16thMike Kinney 400m Hurdles 52.13 32ndNeil Crichlow Triple Jump 52-0¾w 22ndCraig Christianson Javelin 234-3 18th

1984Trond Knaplund Decathlon 7,657 5thDave Smith 200m 21.13 31stSam Koduah 200m 21.56 40th

1985Dave Smith 100m 11.35 29thDave Smith 200m 20.39* -Sam Koduah 400m 45.58 10thChris Stokes 4x100m Relay 39.48* -Sam Koduah 4x100m Relay 39.48* -Everton Wanliss 4x100m Relay 39.48* -Dave Smith 4x100m Relay 39.48* -

1986Everton Wanliss 100m 10.67 24th

1987Patrick Williams 100m 10.69 21stPatrick Williams 200m 21.53 24th

1990Patrick Williams 100m 10.27 8thPatrick Williams 200m 21.24 8th

1991Stephen Lewis 100m 10.39 15thEric Haynes 100m 10.58 21stStephen Lewis 200m 21.05 11thEric Haynes 200m 21.72 23rd

1992Stephen Lewis 100m 10.4h 35th

1995Montrell Williams 200m 21.35 19thFrank Bruder 3k Steeplechase 8:46.03 6th

1996Tawanda Chiwira 400m 45.55 4thFelix Kamangirira 400m 46.04 16thPaul Thompson 400m Hurdles 51.28 12thFrank Bruder 3k Steeplechase 9:06.42 12thOscar Duncan Javelin 208-9 11th

1997Tawanda Chiwira 400m 46.04 10thFrank Bruder 3k Steeplechase 8:31.93 2ndChris Kwaramba Triple Jump 51-5¾ 8thOscar Duncan Javelin 210-9 11th

1998Hugo Muñoz High Jump 7-0½ 10thChris Kwaramba Triple Jump 54-0 3rdOscar Duncan Javelin 219-7 15th

1999Tawanda Chiwira 400m 46.37 10thJoachim Olsen Shot Put 63-10 3rd

2000Nikela Ndebele 100m FS -Tawanda Chiwira 400m 45.90 14thJoachim Olsen Shot Put 66-5¾ 1st

2001Joachim Olsen Shot Put 67-0½ 2ndSimon Stewart Shot Put 59-4¾ 14thJoachim Olsen Discus 193-6 6th

2002Joachim Olsen Shot Put 70-9¼ 2ndSimon Stewart Shot Put 63-11 3rdJoachim Olsen Discus 197-5 6th

2003Hugh Henry 110m Hurdles FS -Jan Eitel 3k Steeplechase 8:47.94 18thJereme Richardson Decathlon DNF -

2004Jereme Richardson Decathlon 7,548 9th

2005Pat Ray 200m 21.28 21stRuss Winger Shot Put 62-5¼ 5thRuss Winger Discus 175-7 20th

2006Russ Winger Shot Put 59-3½ 14thRuss Winger Discus 179-11 14th

2008Elvie Williams Long Jump 25-7½ 4thRuss Winger Shot Put 64-8¾ 3rdRuss Winger Discus 187-7 5thMarcus Mattox Hammer 214-6 9th

2009Paul Dittmer 110m Hurdles 14.07 17thJames Rogan Hammer 199-10 17th

2010Jeremy Klas Pole Vault 16-4¾ 16thEugenio Mannucci Shot Put 56-9½ 21stBeau Whitney Hammer 201-4 19thJames Rogan Hammer 193-11 22nd

2011Eugenio Mannucci Shot Put 57-11 15th

2012Mike Marshall Javelin 224-9 17th

Steve Brown, the 1967 NCAA high jump champion, was one of the first Americans to clear the 7-foot barrier.

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1983Sherrie Crang 5000m 16:55.47 24thSherrie Schoenborn Javelin 155-0 12thMylissa Coleman Javelin 142-3 19th

1984Sherrie Crang 3000m 9:47.5 30thPatsy Sharples 10,000m 33:49.8 12thMylissa Coleman Javelin 157-2 9thSherrie Schoenborn Javelin 152-8 19th

1985Mylissa Coleman Javelin 153-2 16thSherrie Schoenborn Javelin 152-8 18th

WOMEN: Outdoor All-AmericansMEN:Joachim Olsen (6) ............................... Shot Put (1999) Shot Put (2000) Shot Put (2001) Discus (2001) Shot Put (2002) Discus (2002)Oscar Duncan (3) ...................................Javelin (1996) Javelin (1997) Javelin (1998)Russ Winger (3) .................................. Shot Put (2005) Shot Put (2008) Discus (2008)Steve Brown (2) ...............................High Jump (1967) High Jump (1968)Frank Bruder (2) ............. 3000m Steeplechase (1995) 3000m Steeplechase (1997)Lou Gourley (2) ................................ Two-Mile (1953) Two-Mile (1954)Don Johnson (2) .....................................Javelin (1936) Javelin (1937)Chris Kwaramba (2) ......................Triple Jump (1997) Triple Jump (1998)Patrick Williams (2) ................................ 100m (1990) 200m (1990)Donald Cleaver ................................. Two-Mile (1928)Alfred Flechner ...............................High Jump (1940)Phil Liebowitz ................................... One-Mile (1940)Vic Dyrgall ........................................ Two-Mile (1942)John Taylor .............................. 120-yd Hurdles (1945)Richard Dexter .................................. Two-Mile (1946)Dave Martindale ...............................Pole Vault (1952)Robert Johnson ................................. 220 Yards (1963)Ray McDonald ........................................Discus (1965)John Trott.................................................. 800m (1982)Leroy Robinson ........................................ 800m (1982)Trond Knaplund .............................. Decathlon (1984)Tawanda Chiwira ..................................... 400m (1996)Simon Stewart ..................................... Shot Put (2002)Jereme Richardson .......................... Decathlon (2004)Elvie Williams .................................Long Jump (2008)Marcus Mattox ....................................Hammer (2008)Eugenio Mannucci ........................... Shot Put (2011)#Mike Marshall ...................................... Javelin (2012)^Total .....................................................43

WOMEN:Angela Whyte (3) ..................... 100m Hurdles (2001) 100m Hurdles (2003) Heptathlon (2003)Katja Schreiber (2) ..................................Discus (2000) Discus (2001)Mylissa Coleman ....................................Javelin (1984)Letiwe Marakurwa.......... 3000m Steeplechase (2003)Ina Reiber ................................................Discus (2004)Manuela Kurrat .............................. Heptathlon (2005)Dee Olson ............................................... 1500m (2006)Total .....................................................10 # Second Team ^ Honorable Mention

Total NCAA BidsEvent Men Women TotalShot Put 15 3 18Discus 10 5 15Javelin 7 7 14220y/200m 10 0 10440y/400m 9 0 9100y/100m 9 0 93000m Steeplechase 5 3 8880y/800m 7 0 7High Jump 5 2 7120y/110m Hurdles 6 0 6Triple Jump 5 1 6Hammer 5 1 6Two-Mile 5 0 5Pole Vault 3 1 4Heptathlon 0 4 41500m 0 3 3Decathlon 3 0 3One-Mile 2 0 210,000m 1 1 2100m Hurdles 0 2 2220-yd Hurdles 2 0 2400m Hurdles 2 0 23000m 0 1 15000m 0 1 1Three-Mile 1 0 14x100m Relay 1 0 1Long Jump 1 0 1Totals 114 35 149

Idaho NCAA Outdoor Championships HistoryNCAA Championships Competitors

NCAA Team FinishesYear Men (Pts) Women (Pts)1928 17th (8) -1936 25th (4) -1937 24th (8) -1940 21st (7) -1942 26th (4) -1945 23rd (2) -1946 34th (2) -1951 27th (4) -1952 28th (6) -1953 30th (4) -1965 35th (6) -1967 19th (10) -1968 38th (4) -1982 30th (16) -1983 - 58th (1)1984 48th (8) 57th (5)1990 64th (2) -1995 59th (3) -1996 50th (5) -1997 33rd (9) -1998 38th (6) -1999 32nd (6) -2000 21st (10) 45th (5)2001 23rd (11) 16th (16)2002 17th (17) -2003 - 20th (13)2004 - 41st (5)2005 46th (4) 47th (5)2006 - 58th (3)2008 18th (15) -

1986Sherrie Schoenborn Javelin 156-8 15th

1990Jackie Ross Triple Jump 41-5½* -

1997Jill Wimer Shot Put 49-0¾ 14th

2000Shana Ball Shot Put 46-10¾ 19thKatja Schreiber Discus 177-3 4thShana Ball Discus 163-6 12th

2001Angela Whyte 100m Hurdles 12.82 3rdKatja Schreiber Discus 197-10 1st

2003Angela Whyte 100m Hurdles 13.07 7thLetiwe Marakurwa 3k Steeplechase 9:52.98 4thAngela Whyte Heptathlon 5,745 3rdDacia Fernandez Heptathlon 4,779 25th

2004Mary Kamau 1500m DNF -Letiwe Marakurwa 3k Steeplechase DNF -Tassie Souhrada High Jump 5-7 25thIna Reiber Discus 182-0 4thKatie Tuttle Discus 165-2 19th

2005Mary Kamau 1500m 4:22.22 19thTassie Souhrada High Jump 5-9¾ 16thManuela Kurrat Heptathlon 5,714 4th

2006Dee Olson 1500m 4:18.84 6thBevin Kennelly 3k Steeplechase 10:27.78 19th

2007Melinda Owen Pole Vault DNS -

2010Mykael Bothum Shot Put 51-4¼ 19thGabby Midles Hammer 185-1 13thUlrike Hartz Heptathlon DNF -

Mylissa Coleman was a three-time NCAA qualifier and a 1984 All-American in the javelin throw.

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Men’s NCAA West Preliminary Qualifiers

2010Jeremy Klas Pole Vault 17-2¾ 12thEugenio Mannucci Shot Put 58-6½ 9thSam Michener 100m 10.82 42ndJames Rogan Hammer Throw 214-11 4thBeau Whitney Discus Throw 161-5 33rdBeau Whitney Hammer Throw 202-11 11th

2011Barry Britt 5000m 14:17.45 47thAndrew Blaser 110m Hurdles 14.79 41stEugenio Mannucci Shot Put 58-10¾ 9thLucas Pope Pole Vault 16-6¾ T16th

2012Ben Ayesu-Attah 400m 47.61 31stAndrew Blaser 110m Hurdles 13.84 14thStéphane Colle 5000m 14:37.29 23rdAndrey Levkiv Shot Put 55-5¾ 32ndMike Marshall Javelin Throw 222-11 12thKyle Rothwell Hammer Throw Foul -Ugis Svazs Javelin Throw 216-5 14th

BEN AYESU-ATTAH

MIKE MARSHALL

ANDREW BLASER STÉPHANE COLLE ANDREY LEVKIV

KYLE ROTHWELL UGIS SVAZS

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2010Mykael Bothum Shot Put 52-2½ 10thMykael Bothum Discus Throw 144-9 37thK.C. Dahlgren Pole Vault 12-9½ 23rdChristie Gordon 100m Hurdles 13.73 25thUlrike Hartz 200m 25.03 47thUlrike Hartz Javelin Throw 149-11 18thGabby Midles Hammer Throw 188-6 9thAllix Potratz-Lee 5000m DNS -Allix Potratz-Lee 3k Steeplechase 10:26.55 14thLauren Schaffer 800m 2:09.31 29th

2011Alycia Butterworth 3k Steeplechase 10:39.71 37thHannah Kiser 5000m 16:53.10 32ndGabby Midles Hammer Throw 184-0 19thLauren Schaffer 800m 2:07.38 17thLiga Velvere 400m Hurdles 1:00.55 25th

2012Alycia Butterworth 3k Steeplechase 10:57.20 37thErica Digby 1500m 4:30.46 25thKristine Leonard Discus Throw 147-1 40thGabby Midles Hammer Throw 182-11 34thSarah Nutsch Hammer Throw 174-5 44thEllen Rouse Javelin Throw 136-6 35th

ALYCIA BUTTERWORTH ERICA DIGBY KRISTINE LEONARD

GABBY MIDLES SARAH NUTSCH ELLEN ROUSE

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All-Time Outdoor All-WAC HonoreesMen

2006:First Team

Driss Yousfi .................................... 800m (1st)Russ Winger ............................. Shot Put (1st)Kevin Friesen ............................. 5000m (3rd)Josh Guggenheimer ...... 400m Hurdles (3rd)David Holmon ...................Triple Jump (3rd)Matt Wauters ........................... Shot Put (3rd)Matt Wauters .......................... Hammer (3rd)

Second TeamJason Giuffre ..................4x400m Relay (2nd)Josh Guggenheimer ......4x400m Relay (2nd)Kevin Pabst ....................4x400m Relay (2nd)Driss Yousfi ....................4x400m Relay (2nd)Jason Giuffre ..................................400m (4th)David Holmon .................... High Jump (4th)Marcus Mattox ........... Hammer Throw (4th)Kevin Pabst .....................400m Hurdles (5th)Russ Winger ............................Hammer (5th)Antwaun Sherman........................100m (6th)Antwaun Sherman........................200m (6th)Matt Brady ..........................Triple Jump (6th)Jake Boling ...............................Hammer (6th)

2007:First Team

Bastien Tardy ................................. 800m (1st)Diego Moreno ..................Steeplechase (2nd)David Holmon ..................Triple Jump (2nd)Benjamin Mimoun ...................... 100m (3rd)Benjamin Mimoun ...................... 200m (3rd)Diego Moreno ............................ 1500m (3rd)Mike Carpenter .....................Pole Vault (3rd)Beau Whitney............................. Discus (3rd)James Rogan ........................... Hammer (3rd)Ian Snook ..............................Decathlon (3rd)

Second TeamMatt Racine ............................. 10,000m (4th)Mike Thompson ................Steeplechase (4th)Jake Boling ...............................Hammer (4th)Nate Rosenau ..............................Discus (4th)Kyle Hook ....................................Javelin (4th)David Holmon .................... High Jump (5th)James Rogan ................................Discus (5th)Brandon Folk ..............................Javelin (5th)Jonathan Marler .................. High Jump (6th)Beau Whitney.......................... Shot Put (6th)

2008:First Team

Paul Dittmer ................... 110m Hurdles (1st)Lucas Pope ..............................Pole Vault (1st)Russ Winger ............................. Shot Put (1st)Russ Winger ................................ Discus (1st)Bastien Tardy ................................800m (2nd)Mike Carpenter ....................Pole Vault (2nd)Cesar Barquero ............................ 800m (3rd)Beau Whitney............................. Discus (3rd)Marcus Mattox ....................... Hammer (3rd)

Second TeamMaurice Shaw .................110m Hurdles (4th)Elvie Williams .....................Long Jump (4th)Matt Wauters ...........................Hammer (4th)Josh Dalton ....................................800m (5th)Elvie Williams ................110m Hurdles (5th)David Holmon ...................Triple Jump (5th)Beau Whitney.......................... Shot Put (5th)James Rogan ................................Discus (5th)Kevin Merkling .......................... 1500m (6th)Tim Tate ................................... 10,000m (6th)Elvie Williams ..................... High Jump (6th)Matt Wauters ...............................Discus (6th)Russ Winger ............................Hammer (6th)Kyle Hook ....................................Javelin (6th)

2009:First Team

Josh Dalton .................................... 800m (1st)Paul Dittmer ................... 110m Hurdles (1st)Mike Carpenter ...............4x100m Relay (1st)Sam Michener .................4x100m Relay (1st)Dominic Schmidt ...........4x100m Relay (1st)Elvie Williams .................4x100m Relay (1st)Lucas Pope ..............................Pole Vault (1st)Eugenio Mannucci .................. Shot Put (1st)Elvie Williams ....................Long Jump (2nd)Elvie Williams ...................Triple Jump (2nd)James Clark ................................. 1500m (3rd)Markus Geiger ........................ 10,000m (3rd)Jeremy Klas ............................Pole Vault (3rd)Beau Whitney.......................... Shot Put (3rd)Beau Whitney............................. Discus (3rd)James Rogan ........................... Hammer (3rd)

Second TeamSam Michener ...............................100m (4th)Cesar Barquero .............................800m (4th)Steve Potratz ......................Steeplechase (4th)James Rogan ............................ Shot Put (4th)Matt Wauters ...........................Hammer (4th)Markus Geiger ........................... 5000m (5th)Alex Brekke .......................Steeplechase (5th)Jonathan Marler .................. High Jump (5th)Elvie Williams ..................... High Jump (5th)Evan Ruud ...................................Discus (5th)Jake Boling ...............................Hammer (5th)Ryan Bowen .......................... Decathlon (5th)Kevin Merkling .......................... 1500m (6th)

2010:First Team

Markus Geiger ......................... 10,000m (1st)Paul Dittmer ................... 110m Hurdles (1st)Jeremy Klas .............................Pole Vault (1st)James Rogan ............................ Hammer (1st)Josh Dalton ...................................800m (2nd)Eugenio Mannucci .................Shot Put (2nd)Sam Michener .............................. 100m (3rd)

Second TeamJonathan Marler .................. High Jump (4th)James Rogan ............................ Shot Put (4th)Beau Whitney..............................Discus (4th)Kevin Merkling .......................... 1500m (5th)Barry Britt ................................... 5000m (5th)Beau Whitney..........................Hammer (5th)Ryan Bowen .......................... Decathlon (5th)Alex Brekke .......................Steeplechase (6th)Jeff Aronson.........................Long Jump (6th)Jason Lorentz ......................Triple Jump (6th)Beau Whitney.......................... Shot Put (6th)

2012:First Team

Ben Ayesu-Attah ........................... 400m (1st)James Clark .................................... 800m (1st)Andrew Blaser ................ 110m Hurdles (1st)Dylan Watts ............................Pole Vault (1st)Andrey Levkiv .......................... Shot Put (1st)Kyle Rothwell .......................... Hammer (1st)Mike Marshall ..............................Javelin (1st)Andrew Blaser .......................Decathlon (1st)Markus Geiger ....................... 10,000m (2nd)Matt Sullivan ........................Pole Vault (2nd)Donavon Cunningham .............Discus (2nd)Ugis Svazs ...................................Javelin (2nd)Jeremiah Dubie ....................... 10,000m (3rd)Andrew Blaser ............... 400m Hurdles (3rd)Stéphane Colle ................. Steeplechase (3rd)Andrew Blaser .....................High Jump (3rd)Andrew Blaser .......................Pole Vault (3rd)Andrew Blaser .....................Long Jump (3rd)Rendel Jones .......................Triple Jump (3rd)Joseph Charles............................ Discus (3rd)Colin Briggs ..........................Decathlon (3rd)

Second TeamBen Ayesu-Attah ............4x400m Relay (3rd)Andrew Bloom ...............4x400m Relay (3rd)Spencer Meinburg .........4x400m Relay (3rd)Dominic Schmidt ..........4x400m Relay (3rd)Stéphane Colle ........................... 1500m (4th)Stéphane Colle ........................... 5000m (4th)Tyler Bennett ....................... High Jump (4th)Joseph Charles......................... Shot Put (4th)Andrey Levkiv .............................Discus (4th)Andrey Levkiv .........................Hammer (4th)Jeremy Klas ........................... Decathlon (4th)Jeremiah Dubie .......................... 5000m (5th)Jesse Villines ...................110m Hurdles (5th)Jeremy Klas ............................Pole Vault (5th)Kyle Rothwell ..............................Discus (5th)Zach Trumbauer .....................Hammer (5th)Markus Geiger ........................... 5000m (6th)Alex Brekke .......................Steeplechase (6th)2011:

First TeamBarry Britt .................................... 5000m (1st)Barry Britt ................................. 10,000m (1st)Lucas Pope ..............................Pole Vault (1st)Eugenio Mannucci .................. Shot Put (1st)Andrew Blaser .......................Decathlon (1st)Andrew Blaser ............... 110m Hurdles (3rd)Kyle Rothwell ......................... Hammer (3rd)

Second TeamJeremiah Dubie ....................... 10,000m (4th)Andrew Blaser ..................... High Jump (4th)Pole Vault ...............................Pole Vault (4th)Mike Marshall .............................Javelin (4th)Sam Michener ...............................100m (5th)Jeff Aronson.........................Long Jump (5th)Alex Brekke .......................Steeplechase (6th)Andrey Levkiv ......................... Shot Put (6th)Kyle Rothwell ..............................Discus (6th)Beau Whitney was a nine-time All-WAC honoree

for Idaho in the shot put, discus throw and hammer throw from 2007-09.

Paul Dittmer was the first man in WAC history to claim three-consecutive conference crowns in the

110m hurdles from 2008-10 for Idaho.

Markus Geiger finished his career in 2012 as a three-time First-Team All-WAC honoree in the 10,000m,

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2006:First Team

Dee Olson ............................................1500m (1st)Bevin Kennelly ....................................5000m (1st)Melinda Owen ..............................Pole Vault (1st)Mary Kamau........................................800m (2nd)Dee Olson ..........................................5000m (2nd)K.C. Dahlgren ............................. Pole Vault (2nd)Christie Gordon ....................100m Hurdles (3rd)

Second TeamTanya Pater ...........................................100m (5th)Alisha Murdoch ...................................800m (5th)Mary Kamau.......................................1500m (5th)Mandy Macalister ..............................5000m (5th)Tammy Stowe ............................Triple Jump (5th)Kate Buehler ....................................... Javelin (5th)Heather Bergland .................100m Hurdles (6th)

2007:First Team

Melinda Owen ..............................Pole Vault (1st)Mandy Macalister ..........................10,000m (2nd)Christie Gordon ...................100m Hurdles (2nd)Bevin Kennelly ........................Steeplechase (2nd)Mykael Bothum .............................Shot Put (2nd)Rhea Richter ....................................10,000m (3rd)Heather Bergland .................100m Hurdles (3rd)Allix Lee-Painter ......................Steeplechase (3rd)Molly Burt ..................................Heptathlon (3rd)

Second TeamK.C. Dahlgren .............................. Pole Vault (4th)Mykael Bothum .................................Discus (4th)Darcy Collins .............................Heptathlon (4th)Bevin Kennelly ...................................5000m (5th)Molly Burt .............................400m Hurdles (5th)Breeana Chadez ..........................High Jump (5th)Lindsey Goodman .....................Heptathlon (5th)Alisha Murdoch .................................1500m (6th)

2008:First Team

Melissa McFaddan ...........................10,000m (1st)Melinda Owen ..............................Pole Vault (1st)Allix Lee-Painter .....................Steeplechase (2nd)K.C. Dahlgren ............................. Pole Vault (2nd)Alice Draser ............................... Long Jump (2nd)Mykael Bothum .............................Shot Put (2nd)Darcy Collins ............................Heptathlon (2nd)Christie Gordon ....................100m Hurdles (3rd)Molly Burt ..................................Heptathlon (3rd)

Second TeamHeather Bergland .................100m Hurdles (4th)Anne Barnett ...................................... Javelin (4th)Alice Draser ................................Heptathlon (4th)Allix Lee-Painter ................................1500m (5th)Mandy Macalister ...........................10,000m (5th)Molly Burt .............................400m Hurdles (5th)

Lindsey Goodman .....................Heptathlon (5th)Darcy Collins ..............................High Jump (6th)Kate Buehler ....................................... Javelin (6th)

2009:First Team

Lauren Schaffer ...................................800m (2nd)Lindsay Beard ............................. Pole Vault (2nd)Darcy Collins ............................Heptathlon (2nd)Heather Bergland .................100m Hurdles (3rd)

Second TeamTeegan Schoch ...................................1500m (4th)Ellen Rouse .................................Heptathlon (4th)Breeana Chadez ..........................High Jump (5th)Darcy Collins ..............................High Jump (6th)Anne Barnett ...................................... Javelin (6th)

2010:First Team

Lauren Schaffer .....................................800m (1st)Allix Lee-Painter .................................5000m (1st)Allix Lee-Painter ..............................10,000m (1st)Allix Lee-Painter .......................Steeplechase (1st)K.C. Dahlgren ...............................Pole Vault (1st)Mykael Bothum ...............................Shot Put (1st)Gabby Midles ..................................Hammer (1st)Ulrike Hartz ........................................ Javelin (1st)Ulrike Hartz ................................Heptathlon (1st)Christie Gordon ...................100m Hurdles (2nd)Mykael Bothum .................................Discus (3rd)Lindsey Goodman .....................Heptathlon (3rd)

Second TeamLindsey Goodman ............... 4x100m Relay (2nd)Ulrike Hartz ......................... 4x100m Relay (2nd)Karlene Hurrel ..................... 4x100m Relay (2nd)Kelly Jacka ............................ 4x100m Relay (2nd)Lindsey Goodman ................4x400m Relay (3rd)Kelly Jacka .............................4x400m Relay (3rd)AshLee Rey ............................4x400m Relay (3rd)Lauren Schaffer .....................4x400m Relay (3rd)Julia Veseth ......................................10,000m (4th)Breeana Chadez ..........................High Jump (4th)Ulrike Hartz .........................................200m (5th)Anna Kalbrener ...................................800m (5th)Anna Kalbrener .................................1500m (5th)Erica Digby .........................................1500m (6th)Maike Holthuijzen ..........................10,000m (6th)Ulrike Hartz ............................... Long Jump (6th)Sarah Nutsch ..................................Hammer (6th)

2011:First Team

Lauren Schaffer .....................................800m (1st)Hannah Kiser ......................................5000m (1st)Liga Velvere ............................400m Hurdles (1st)Gabby Midles ..................................Hammer (1st)Alycia Butterworth .................Steeplechase (2nd)Keli Hall ................................................800m (3rd)Anna Kalbrener .................................1500m (3rd)

Second TeamKeli Hall ................................ 4x400m Relay (2nd)Karlene Hurrel ..................... 4x400m Relay (2nd)Lauren Schaffer .................... 4x400m Relay (2nd)Liga Velvere .......................... 4x400m Relay (2nd)Julia Veseth .........................................5000m (4th)Julia Veseth ......................................10,000m (4th)Kristine Leonard .............................Shot Put (4th)Holly Stanton ...........................Steeplechase (6th)

2012:First Team

Erica Digby ..........................................1500m (1st)Erica Digby ..........................................5000m (1st)Alycia Butterworth ...................Steeplechase (1st)Anna Kalbrener ..................................800m (2nd)Anna Kalbrener ................................1500m (2nd)Holly Stanton ..........................Steeplechase (2nd)Gabby Midles ................................Hammer (2nd)Johanna Höcketstaller ..............Heptathlon (2nd)Alycia Butterworth ............................5000m (3rd)Kristine Leonard .............................Shot Put (3rd)Ellen Rouse ......................................... Javelin (3rd)

Second TeamKristine Leonard ................................Discus (4th)Erica Digby ...........................................800m (5th)Holly Stanton .....................................5000m (5th)Morgan Dunning ......................... Pole Vault (5th)Sarah Nutsch ..................................Hammer (6th)

Allix Potratz-Lee (Lee-Painter) leads all Vandal women with six career All-WAC honors. She performed the unprecedented triple crown with 5000m, 10,000m and 3000m steeplechase titles at the

2010 WAC Championships - the third such triple in NCAA history.

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The 2012 season marked Wayne Phipps’ second season as Idaho’s Director of Track & Field/Cross Country and his 16th overall year with the program. He served as co-head coach from 2000-09 and was an assistant before that from 1995-99. In his time at Idaho, he has been honored nine times as a conference coach of the year and has led the Vandals to 11 total conference titles. Since 2000, Phipps has overseen an Idaho track and field/cross country program that has produced four individual cross country champions, 46 indoor track and field champions and 103 outdoor champions. Vandals have claimed 18 conference athlete of the year awards, broken 15 conference records and qualified for the NCAA Championships 79 times. Since 2000, Vandal athletes have broken 30 indoor school records and 23 outdoor records, and at least one school record has fallen every year at Idaho during his tenure. Additionally, Idaho has a very strong academic reputation as regular honorees among the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Division I All-Academic Teams in both men’s and women’s cross country and track and field. Since 2005, five Idaho track and field athletes have earned the Western Athletic Conference’s prestigious Stan Bates Award as the top male or female student-athlete in the conference, and the team’s athletes have been recognized with a combined 442 WAC All-Academic honors.

The 2011-12 season for Idaho featured a laundry list of team and individual accomplishments. Phipps’ Vandals claimed the 2011 women’s cross country crown - the team’s second in a row and fourth in seven tries - and sophomore Hannah Kiser became the team’s first individual NCAA Cross Country Championships qualifier since 2004. The Vandal men claimed Idaho’s first men’s WAC title in any sport with a dramatic win at the 2012 WAC Indoor Championships, then made it a sweep three months later on their home track at the WAC Outdoor Championships. In the 2012 track and field seasons alone, Vandals combined for three All-America honors, four school records, three WAC records, 21 individual WAC titles and three WAC relay titles, 88 men’s All-WAC honors, 43 women’s All-WAC accolades, 23 WAC Athlete of the Week awards and 97 WAC All-Academic honors.

Success is a staple under Phipps, and it began with his very first year at the position, when, in 2000, the Vandal men won the Big West title and Phipps was honored as 2000 Big West Men’s Track and Field Coach of the Year. In 2001, both the men and women won Big West titles and Phipps was chosen Big West Men’s Track and Field Coach of the Year once again. In each of his first three years at Idaho, the men’s team finished in the top 30 in the nation both indoors and outdoors to make Idaho one of only nine schools in the nation to do so. Phipps’ success wasn’t limited to track and field, as he also led the Vandal women to a 2002 Big West Cross Country title and earned Big West Cross Country Coach of the Year honors. In 2003, the women’s track and field team took home the Big West title.

Phipps led the Vandals to uncharted territory in 2004 when the women’s cross country team qualified for the NCAA Championships for the first time in the program’s history and finished 25th overall. The 2005 cross country season saw even more success, as the women’s team took home the University of Idaho’s

first Western Athletic Conference title. Four Vandal runners finished in the top five and Dee Olson earned the individual title, as well as WAC Athlete of the Year and Phipps earned his fourth career Coach of the Year honor. In 2006, the second straight Phipps-coached athlete won the WAC as freshman Rhea Richter took home the women’s cross country individual title. In 2007, Phipps led the women to their second cross country title in three years as four runners finished in the top 10. In 2008, he coached yet another WAC Champion, as Allix Lee-Painter won the women’s cross country title and the women finished second as a team. In 2010, Idaho claimed its third WAC title in five years, as the team put five runners in the top 15 to claim the crown. Making that title especially sweet was the fact that it was held in Moscow, and was Idaho’s first time hosting a WAC Championship event.

He currently coaches Olympian and assistant coach Angela Whyte and has coached two-time Olympian and World Championship finalist Tawanda Chiwira, NCAA All-American and world-ranked hurdler Arend Watkins, and Olympian Sherwin James.

Phipps began his coaching career in his hometown of Prince George, British Columbia, with the Prince George Track and Field Club. During that time, he coached several provincial and national medalists and champions. As an athlete, Phipps was a three-year letterwinner in basketball and a four-year letterwinner in track and cross country at D.P. Todd Secondary. He also competed for the Prince George Track and Field Club, where he was coached by his father, Ron, and was a provincial champion and medalist in events ranging from the 100m to the 1500m and cross country. He also competed in both the cross country and track and field national championships in Canada. Phipps competed for the University of Montana and the University of British Columbia, where he graduated with a degree in exercise science in 1991. Phipps earned his master’s of science from the University of Oregon in exercise and movement science, with a sports medicine major and minors in biomechanics and exercise physiology.

Wayne PhippsDirector of Track & Field/Cross Country

British Columbia, ‘91Oregon, ‘94

• 2000 Big West Men’s Track & Field Coach of the Year• 2001 Big West Men’s Track & Field Coach of the Year• 2002 Big West Women’s Cross Country Coach of the Year• 2005 WAC Women’s Cross Country Coach of the Year• 2007 WAC Women’s Cross Country Coach of the Year• 2010 WAC Women’s Cross Country Coach of the Year• 2011 WAC Women’s Cross Country Coach of the Year• 2012 WAC Men’s Indoor Track & Field Coach of the Year• 2012 WAC Men’s Outdoor Track & Field co-Coach of the Year

Distance ■ Sprints ■ Hurdles

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Julie TaylorHead Track & Field Coach

Idaho, ‘86

Julie Taylor was promoted to Head Track & Field Coach at Idaho in 2011 after serving 20 years as an assistant coach with the program. She has led the Idaho throws program to unprecedented levels of success in her two-plus decades of coaching. When she graduated from Idaho in 1986, Taylor held both Idaho outdoor school records in the shot put and discus. Since that time, her athletes have broken and re-broken every Idaho throws record. Taylor saw her name officially bumped out of the Idaho record book in 2011, but she still holds an incredible distinction in Idaho’s history. She coached every single athlete who has made an entry in Idaho’s all-time top-10 in the women’s shot put, discus, hammer throw and javelin throw.

Since Taylor became throws coach at Idaho, Vandal throws have qualified for the NCAA Championships 47 times and won two NCAA titles, 22 Western Athletic Conference titles, eight Big West Conference titles, nine Big Sky Conference titles and have claimed 28 All-America honors. At least one school record in the throws has fallen at Idaho in eight of the last nine seasons.

When the Vandal men claimed the team title at the 2012 WAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships, they did so with a contribution of three individual titles and 68 total points from the men’s throws. Taylor’s group comprised eight of the 13 Idaho NCAA qualifiers who competed at the NCAA West Preliminary meet, and Idaho’s lone finalist, Mike Marshall in the javelin who walked away an Honorable Mention All-American. In the 2012 outdoor season alone, Vandal throwers made 11 entries into the Idaho all-time top-10 lists.

In the 2008 outdoor season, Idaho was the only men’s NCAA program to have four men hit the 200-foot mark in the hammer throw. Not only that, on April 26, 2008, Taylor’s group of Marcus Mattox (208-2), James Rogan (203-2), Matt Wauters (203-1) and Russ Winger (202-3) all achieved the feat in one competition over the span of a couple hours.

Taylor’s top men’s pupil is Winger, who went down as one of the most versatile collegiate throwers ever from 2004-08. He is just the second man in NCAA history to hit 65 feet in both the shot put and weight throw in the same indoor season, and he achieved the feat in both 2007 and 2008. Dan Taylor of Ohio State was the first man to hit that double. Additionally in 2008, Winger was the only man to qualify for the NCAA Outdoor Championships in the shot put, discus throw and hammer throw (he scratched from the hammer to focus on his two primary events).

Taylor also coached the first and only individual NCAA champion in Idaho women’s athletics history in Katja Schreiber, who won the 2001 national title in the women’s discus with a school-record heave of 197-11.

As a standout thrower for the Vandals from 1983-86, Taylor broke both the shot put and discus school records and earned three All-Big Sky Conference honors. She scored points at every Big Sky meet during her career and still ranks 31st in Idaho history in all-time outdoor conference scoring at 28 points.

She is married to another all-time great Vandal thrower, Tim Taylor, who is a volunteer assistant throws coach at Idaho. They have one son, Alex, who is a thrower at Community Colleges of Spokane, and one daughter, Kelsey, who was an all-WAC performer for the Idaho volleyball team from 2007-10.

Throws

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Jason GrahamAssistant Coach

Idaho, ‘94

Jason Graham was hired as assistant track and field coach in 2011 after 14 years as a volunteer assistant at Idaho. As a volunteer coach, Graham worked primarily with the pole vaulters, as well as jumpers and multi-athletes and helped build Idaho’s vaults program into one of the nation’s best. Since 2005, Graham’s vaulters have claimed 19 individual Western Athletic Conference titles, including the last five consecutive indoor and outdoor men’s crowns.

In 2012, Graham led the Vandal jumps to new heights. For the first time in school history, Idaho men’s jumps swept every event at the 2012 WAC Indoor Championships and scored a combined 77.5 points to lead the Vandals to their first men’s WAC title in any sport. Most impressive is that among the four disciplines (high jump, long jump, triple jump and pole vault) were four different winners at the meet. The team also added the individual champion and 20 points in the men’s heptathlon at the meet.

On the women’s side, he coached the first 12-foot, 13-foot and 14-foot vaulter in Vandal history, Melinda Owen. Undefeated head-to-head versus WAC competition for her career, Owen claimed a record six WAC pole vault titles and walked away with the WAC’s all-time outdoor record in the vault at 14-5¼ (4.40m), which was also the best mark in the nation in 2008. After her graduation in 2008, Owen was invited to the USA Track & Field Olympic Training Center. Following Owen was K.C. Dahlgren, a 2009 indoor All-American, two-time NCAA qualifier and three-time WAC champion who left the school ranked second all-time in the vault.

Graham’s men’s vaulters have also taken the program to new heights. Mike Carpenter became the first Vandal to crack the 17-foot barrier outdoors in 2008, then was followed by Jeremy Klas in 2010 and Lucas Pope in 2011. Pope and Klas became the first two Vandals to break 17 feet indoors in 2010, and Klas became Idaho’s first and only NCAA qualifier and All-American in the indoor pole vault the same year. Pope, who graduated in 2011 with five career WAC titles and Idaho’s outdoor school record (17-3) in his possession, was never beaten head-to-head by a non-Idaho WAC pole vaulter. Klas, a three-time All-American who owns four career WAC golds and has qualified for four NCAA Championship meets, is Idaho’s indoor school record holder (17-9¾) and is the only man in Idaho history to qualify for three-consecutive NCAA meets in the vault.

Graham has been a Vandal since 1988 when he came to Idaho as a student-athlete. He competed in the hurdles and the decathlon for Idaho and earned three Big Sky All-Academic honors from 1988-92.

Graham earned his B.S. in Secondary Mathematics and Physics Education from Idaho in 1994 and his M.S. in Secondary Science and Technology Education from Idaho in 1997. His wife’s name is Aimee and the couple has a daughter, Logan (1).

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Tim Taylor has been a part of the Vandal family since 1982 when he came to Idaho as a student-athlete. A standout thrower for the Vandals, he took the 1985 Big Sky title in the shot put and qualified for the NCAA Championships, where he finished 18th. His personal-best shot put of 60-0 ranks sixth all-time at Idaho. He also has a career-best throw of 196-4 in the discus.

Taylor joined the Idaho track and field program in 1989 as a throws coach. Since then, he has coached some of the most successful athletes in Idaho history. He coached 10-time NCAA All-American, 2000 NCAA shot put champion and 2004 Olympic bronze medalist Joachim Olsen, as well as three-time NCAA All-American Simon Stewart. He also coached NCAA provisional qualifiers Jeff High and T.J. Crater. Since he became a throws coach at Idaho, every men’s throwing record has been broken multiple times.

Taylor graduated from Idaho in 1985. He is married to Julie Taylor, Idaho’s head track & field coach and also a standout Vandal thrower. They have one son, Alex, who is a thrower at Community Colleges of Spokane, and one daughter, Kelsey,

who was an all-Western Athletic Conference volleyball player for Idaho from 2007-10.

Tim TaylorIdaho, ‘85Volunteer Assistant Coach(Throws)

Potratz-Lee joined the Idaho staff in 2011 following a standout running career at Idaho.

She was a five-time Western Athletic Conference champion, a 10-time first-team all-WAC honoree and a two-time ESPN Academic All-American. She earned the 2010 Stan Bates Award as the WAC’s top female student-athlete. She helped Idaho cross country take the 2005 and 2007 team titles, and claimed the 2008 individual WAC cross country title.

She put together a legendary performance at the 2010 WAC Outdoor Championships, as she scored 30 points by winning the 3000m steeplechase, 5000m and 10,000m at the meet. It was just the third such triple crown in NCAA history and the first in WAC history.

She is the only woman in WAC history to be named WAC Athlete of the Year in three different sports. She was the 2008 WAC Women’s Cross Country Athlete of the Year, 2009 WAC Women’s Indoor Track Performer of the Year and 2010 WAC Outdoor

Women’s Track Performer of the Year, as well as the 2010 WAC Women’s High Point Award honoree.Potratz-Lee graduated from Idaho in 2010 with a degree in Secondary Education. Formerly Allix Lee-Painter, she married former Idaho track and field

athlete Steve Potratz in 2010.

Allix Potratz-LeeIdaho, ‘10Assistant Coach(Distance)

Michener was a WAC champion, two-time First-Team All-WAC honoree and four-time Second-Team All-WAC honoree from 2006-11.

He ran the leadoff leg of Idaho’s 2009 WAC champion 4x100m relay that posted a time of 40.65 that was an NCAA Regional Qualifying mark, but the team was unable to advance to the meet because of an injury.

Michener finished his Idaho career with bests of 10.59 in the 100m and 21.53 in the 200m outdoors. He had a career best of 6.87 in the indoor 60m dash and a best of 21.81 in the indoor 200m dash.

Michener graduated from Idaho in 2011 with a bachelor’s degree in Exercise Science and Health.

Sam MichenerIdaho, ‘11Assistant Coach(Sprints)

Assistant coach Angela Whyte knows all about college track and field success. Whyte was a four-time NCAA All-American and five-time Big West champion at Idaho, where she helped lead the women’s team to 2001 and 2003 Big West team championships. She also earned Big West Female Athlete of the Year honors in 2001 and Big West Women’s Track Athlete of the Year honors in 2003. Whyte has been a Vandal assistant for six years and helps coach the sprints and hurdles as well as the multi-events.

Whyte’s athletic résumé is very impressive. At Idaho, Whyte’s name is etched in 13 school records and she is Idaho’s all-time top scorer with 81.5 career points at outdoor conference meets. Whyte also spent two seasons at the University of New Mexico and left a lasting impression with five school records and All-Mountain West Conference honors in the 100m hurdles in 2000.

Whyte’s athletic career hasn’t slowed down after college. Since graduating, Whyte has made herself known on the international track and field stage. She has represented Canada in the Olympic Games twice in 2004 and 2008. In her first Olympics appearance in 2004, she finished sixth overall in the 100m hurdles. Whyte has consistently ranked among the world’s top 100m hurdlers. She is one of just two

women in the world to qualify for the IAAF World Championships in the 100m hurdles every year since 2001.Whyte is a 2003 graduate of the University of Idaho with a degree in Crime and Justice Studies. She is a Class of 2010 inductee into the Vandal Athletics Hall of Fame.

Angela WhyteIdaho, ‘03Volunteer Assistant Coach(Sprints/Hurdles)

Chris Campbell is in his third season as a volunteer assistant at Idaho. He assists primarily with the hammer throw.

He was a four-year letterwinner at Ohio University in the throws.

Campbell earned his B.S. from Ohio in 2006 and his M.S. in 2008.

Chris CampbellOhio, ‘06; ‘08Volunteer Assistant Coach(Throws)

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MercedesBLACKWOOD

JuniorSprints ◆ Twin Falls, Idaho ◆ Utah State

WAC Scorer ■ All-Time Top-102012 Indoor: Blackwood competed in the sprints her first season at Idaho … posted a top time of 7.96 in the 60m dash in the preliminary round at the Idaho Indoor Open … finished eighth at the Vandal Indoor in the 60m with a time of 8.06.2012 Outdoor: Blackwood scored as a member of Idaho’s 4x100m relay at the WAC Outdoor Championships … ran the opening leg of the 4x100m relay that took fourth in a time of 46.87, which ranks ninth all-time at Idaho … also finished 13th in the 100m dash at the WAC Championships with a career-best time of 12.35 … top finish of the season was a runner-up race at the Sam Adams Classic on March 31 in the 100m at 12.86 … ran a 26.26 in the 200m at the WAR V dual on April 7.

AlyciaBUTTERWORTH

SophomoreDistance ◆ Parksville, British Columbia ◆ Ballenas Secondary

2x NCAA Qualifier ■ WAC Champion ■ 6x First-Team All-WAC ■ All-Time Top-102011 Cross Country: Butterworth earned First-Team All-WAC honors after finishing as Idaho’s third scorer at fifth overall to help the Vandals win their second consecutive WAC Championship (18:36.6) … took fourth in the junior women’s 5k race with a time of 18:52 at the Canadian Cross Country Championships … Idaho’s second finisher at eighth overall at the Sundodger Invitational (21:28.69) … Idaho’s second finisher and 21st overall at the Santa Clara Bronco Invitational with a time of 17:37.6 … Idaho’s third finisher after placing 31st overall at the Dellinger Invitational with a time of 17:30.95 … took ninth with a 14:42.5 at the Inland Northwest Cross Country Classic … placed 84th overall in 22:01 at the NCAA West Region Cross Country Championships … Fall WAC All-Academic honoree.2012 Indoor: Butterworth earned a pair of First-Team All-WAC honors with a runner-up finish in the 5000m and a third-place 3000m result at the WAC Indoor Championships … ran a 17:17.78 in her first-ever 5000m at the WAC Championships, then followed it up with a 9:48.58 to

complete a 1-2-3 Idaho finish in the 3000m at the meet … ran a career-best 9:47.62 in the 3000m at the Husky Classic on Feb. 11 … won the mile run at the Vandal Indoor with a career-best 4:57.06 … Winter WAC All-Academic honoree.2012 Outdoor: Butterworth was an NCAA quarterfinalist in the 3000m steeplechase for the second year in a row as a sophomore … earned her first career conference title with a time of 10:42.59 in the 3000m steeplechase at the WAC Outdoor Championships and added a third-place finish in the 5000m (17:27.58) for First-Team All-WAC honors in both … ran a career-best 10:17.18 in the steeplechase at the Oregon Twilight on May 5 to move into third all-time at Idaho in the event … finished 37th at the NCAA West Preliminary Round in the steeplechase with a time of 10:57.20 … Spring WAC All-Academic honoree.

AlleeCOOPER

Sophomore / RS FreshmanSprints ◆ Eagle, Idaho ◆ Eagle HS

All-Time Top-10 ■ 3x WAC All-Academic2012 Indoor: Cooper set career bests in the 60m and 200m as a sophomore … finished 14th at the WAC Indoor Championships in the 60m with a time of 7.92 … had highest career finish in best career time at the Vandal Collegiate on Feb. 18 with a 7.90 and fourth-place finish in the 60m … also ran a career-best 26.29 in the 200m and finished seventh at the same meet … Winter WAC All-Academic honoree.2012 Outdoor: Cooper made an Idaho record book entry as a member of Idaho’s 4x100m relay … ran the second leg of Idaho’s fourth-place 4x100m relay that ran a 46.87 and moved into ninth all-time at Idaho in the event … ran a career-best 12.43 in the 100m at the WAR V dual on April 7 … ran a wind-aided time of 12.32 in a third-place finish in the 100m at the Vandal Jamboree … ran a career-best 25.67 and finished sixth in the 200m at the WAR V dual … won the 100m at the Sam Adams Classic on March 31 with a time of 12.74 … Spring WAC All-Academic honoree.

AlyssaCOVINGTON

JuniorMulti-Events ◆ Boise, Idaho ◆ Borah HS

3x Second-Team All-WAC2012 Indoor: Covington scored five points and earned one Second-Team All-WAC honor as a junior … tied her career best and finished fifth in the long jump at the WAC Indoor Championships with a leap of 18-9 (5.71m) for All-WAC honors … also scored one point in an eighth-place finish in the indoor pentathlon with a career-best score of 3,219 … finished sixth in her first career indoor pentathlon at the Cougar Indoor on Jan. 27 with a score of 3,053 … set a career best of 18-9 (5.71m) in the long jump after finishing second in her flight at the Husky Classic on Feb. 11 … ran a career-best 9.33 in the 60m hurdles for 10th place at the Vandal Indoor on Feb. 3.2012 Outdoor: Covington set a career best in the long jump and was a WAC scorer in the event as a junior … finished seventh in the long jump at the WAC Championships with a mark of 18-7.25 (5.67m) to score two team points … won the long jump at the Cougar Indoor on April 21 with a mark of 18-1.75 (5.53m) and won the Duane Hartman Invitational one week later with an identical mark … also won the long

jump in her season opener with a 17-8.25 (5.39m) into a strong negative wind at the Buc Scoring Invitational on March 24.

MeganDEMPSEY

SophomoreDistance ◆ Spokane, Wash. ◆ Eastern Washington

2012 Indoor: Dempsey competed in the middle distance for Idaho in her first season … improved her 800m time in every meet which she competed … ran a career-best 2:24.52 to finish sixth in the event at the Vandal Collegiate on Feb. 18.2012 Outdoor: Dempsey competed in the middle distance for Idaho in her first season with the team … ran a career-best 2:28.74 and finished fifth in the 800m at the Buc Scoring Invitational on March 24 … ran a 2:33.81 and took 22nd in the 800m at the WAR V dual meet on April 7.

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EricaDIGBY

SeniorDistance ◆ Vancouver, British Columbia ◆ Kitsilano Secondary

NCAA Qualifier ■ 3x WAC Champion ■ 9x All-WAC ■ WAC Record Holder ■ All-Time Top-102012 Indoor: Digby earned three First-Team All-WAC honors, won her first career WAC title and helped set a WAC Championship meet record as a senior … ran the lead-off leg of Idaho’s WAC champion distance medley relay, which posted a meet-record 11:41.67 … finished second in the 3000m with a career-best 9:45.46 to help a 1-2-3 Idaho sweep in the event … took third in the mile run with a time of 4:49.84 … earned First-Team All-WAC honors in each event which she competed at the WAC Championships … ran a career-best 4:46.44 in an eighth-place finish in the mile run at the UW Final Qualifier on Mar. 3 … finished third in the 800m at the Vandal Indoor on Feb. 3 with a career-best 2:11.22 … finished the season ranked 95th in the NCAA in the mile run … Winter WAC

All-Academic honoree.2012 Outdoor: Digby had a breakout senior season with a pair of WAC titles and an NCAA bid in the distance events … led Idaho’s women with 24 team points at the WAC Outdoor Championships … won her first career outdoor WAC title with a 4:29.92 in the 1500m, then followed it up with a career-best 17:14.44 in the 5000m for her second career WAC crown … became the first woman in Idaho history to sweep the 1500m and 5000m titles at a single conference championship meet … her 5000m time ranks ninth all-time at Idaho … finished fifth in the 800m with a career-best time of 2:13.21 at the WAC Outdoor Championships … was a First-Team All-WAC honoree in the 1500m and 5000m and a Second-Team honoree in the 800m … earned an NCAA bid in the 1500m and finished 25th at the NCAA West Preliminary with a time of 4:30.46 … earned first career WAC Track Athlete of the Week honor on April 9 … took third in her heat of the 1500m at the Stanford Invitational on April 6 with a career-best time of 4:22.18, which ranks third all-time at Idaho … Spring WAC All-Academic honoree.

LaurelDRAPER

JuniorDistance ◆ Victoria, British Columbia ◆ Oak Bay Secondary

WAC Scorer ■ 9x WAC All-Academic2011 Cross Country: Draper finished 40th at the WAC Championships with a time of 20:16.1 and helped Idaho’s women claim a second-consecutive team title … took 30th at the Inland Northwest Cross Country Classic with a time of 15:55.1 … placed 76th at the Dellinger Invitational with a time of 18:46.26 … Fall WAC All-Academic honoree.2012 Indoor: Draper competed in the middle distance for Idaho as a junior … finished 10th in the 800m at the WAC Indoor Championships with a time of 2:16.56 … ran a career-best 2:13.74 in the 800m to finish second in her heat at the Husky Classic on Feb. 11 … took sixth in the 800m at the Vandal Indoor on Feb. 3 with a time of 2:15.79 … Winter WAC All-Academic honoree.2012 Outdoor: Draper scored two points for Idaho at the WAC Outdoor Championships as a junior … ran an 11:23.53 and took seventh in the 3000m steeplechase at the WAC meet … also competed in the 800m, where she ran a 2:29.33 and finished 19th … ran a career-

best 11:17.40 in the steeplechase at the Duane Hartman Invitational on April 28 and finished third … posted a runner-up finish in the steeplechase at the Buc Scoring Invitational on March 24 with a time of 11:49.78 … Spring WAC All-Academic honoree.

MorganDUNNING

SeniorPole Vault ◆ Spokane, Wash. ◆ East Valley HS

Second-Team All-WAC ■ 8x WAC All-Academic ■ All-Time Top-102012 Indoor: Dunning scored one point for Idaho at the WAC Indoor Championships as a senior … finished eighth in the pole vault at the WAC Championships after clearing a season-best 11-3 (3.43m) … finished ninth in the pole vault at the UW Open on Feb. 12 with a height of 11-0.25 (3.36m) … finished eighth in the pole vault at the Vandal Indoor with a height of 10-11.75 (3.35m) … Winter WAC All-Academic honoree.2012 Outdoor: Dunning earned her first career All-WAC honor as a senior … finished fifth in the pole vault at the WAC Outdoor Championships after clearing a season-best 11-2.25 (3.41m) for a Second-Team All-WAC honor … won the vault at the Sam Adams

Classic in her season opener with a height of 10-6 (3.20m) on March 31 … finished fourth at the Duane Hartman Invitational on April 28 with a height of 11-1.75 (3.40m) … Spring WAC All-Academic honoree.

RebaEGGERT

RS FreshmanMulti-Events ◆ Waldport, Ore. ◆ Waldport HS

2x WAC All-Academic2012 Indoor: Eggert competed in the multi-events for Idaho as a redshirt freshman … finished 15th in the indoor pentathlon at the WAC Championships with a career-best score of 2,675 … hit career-best marks in four of the five disciplines in the pentathlon at the WAC meet with a 36-3.5 (11.06m) in the shot put, 14-8 (4.47m) in the long jump, 4-7.5 (1.41m) in the high jump and 2:45.55 in the 800m … ran a career-best 10.43 in the 60m hurdles on Feb. 4 at the Idaho Indoor Open … finished ninth with a score of 2,438 in her first career indoor pentathlon at the Cougar Indoor on Jan. 27 … Winter WAC All-Academic honoree.2012 Outdoor: Eggert set several career bests in her first season of competition … finished ninth in the heptathlon at the WAC Outdoor Championships despite suffering a no-height in the high jump … scored 3,113 at the meet, which included career-best marks in the 100m hurdles (17.13) and shot put (37-6.75) … finished fifth in the long jump at the Duane Hartman Invitational with a career-best 15-3.5 (4.66m)

on April 28 … Spring WAC All-Academic honoree.

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EmmaGOODE

Junior / SeniorSprints ◆ Klamath Falls, Ore. ◆ Treasure Valley CC

WAC Scorer ■ All-Time Top-10 ■ 4x WAC All-Academic2012 Indoor: Goode competed in the sprints for Idaho as a junior … ran a career-best 58.31 in the 400m to finish 12th at the WAC Indoor Championships … opened her season with a career-best 25.73 (converted for track size) in the 200m at the Cougar Indoor on Jan. 28 … finished third in the 400m (58.48) and fifth in the 200m (25.78) in the 200m at the Vandal Collegiate on Feb. 18 … Winter WAC All-Academic honoree.2012 Outdoor: Goode made an entry in Idaho’s all-time top 10 and set two more personal bests as a senior … ran the third leg of Idaho’s fourth-place 4x100m relay that posted a 46.87 and moved into ninth all-time at Idaho at the WAC Outdoor Championships … ran the anchor leg of Idaho’s fifth-place 4x400m relay that posted a 3:50.99 and also finished 11th in the 400m at the WAC meet with a time of 57.69 … set a pair of career bests at the Cougar Invitational on April 21 when she finished fourth in the 400m (57.65) and ninth in the 200m (25.54) … won

the 400m in her season opener with a 59.03 at the Buc Scoring Invitational on March 24 … Spring WAC All-Academic honoree.

KeliHALL

JuniorMiddle Distance ◆ Lakeview, Ore. ◆ Lakeview HS

WAC Champion ■ All-Time Top-10 ■ 2x First-Team All-WAC ■ 4x Second-Team All-WAC2012 Indoor: Hall earned a pair of Second-Team All-WAC honors at the WAC Indoor Championships as a junior … finished fifth in the 800m with a time of 2:12.92 at the WAC Championships and ran the second leg of Idaho’s third-place 4x400m relay that posted a 3:44.76 … posted the top qualifying time in the 800m at the WAC Championships with a career-best time of 2:11.72 … won the 600m at the WSU Open on Jan. 14 with a time of 1:37.33 … finished third in the 400m at the Idaho Indoor Open on Feb. 4 with a career-best time of 56.87 … took fourth in the 800m at the Vandal Indoor on Feb. 3 with a time of 2:12.77.2012 Outdoor: Hall was a scorer in a pair of events for Idaho as a junior … finished seventh in the 800m at the WAC Outdoor Championships with a time of 2:17.22 and ran the third leg of Idaho’s fifth-place 4x400m relay that ran a 3:50.99 … ran a season-best 2:14.18 in the preliminary round of the 800m at the WAC Championships … posted a season-best 58.63 in the 400m at the Beach Invitational on April 21.

SaraHEMENWAY

SophomorePole Vault ◆ Spokane, Wash. ◆ Central Valley HS

All-Time Top-10 ■ 4x WAC All-Academic2012 Indoor: Hemenway competed in the pole vault for Idaho as a sophomore … finished 10th in the vault at the WAC Indoor Championships with a height of 10-3.25 (3.13m) … cleared a career-best 10-4 (3.15m) to finish sixth in her season opener at the WSU Open on Jan. 14 … took 11th and cleared 10-1.5 (3.09m) at the Vandal Collegiate on Feb. 18 … Winter WAC All-Academic honoree.2012 Outdoor: Hemenway competed in the pole vault for Idaho as a sophomore … set a career best at the WAC Outdoor Championships with a height of 10-2.5 (3.11m), which ranks seventh all-time at Idaho, in a 10th-place finish … took second in the vault in her season opener at the Buc Scoring Invitational on March 24 after clearing 9-6.25 (2.90m) … cleared 10-0 (3.05m) and finished seventh in the vault at the WAR V dual meet on April 7 … Spring WAC All-Academic honoree.

TaylorHEWETT

FreshmanMulti-Events ◆ Culdesac, Idaho ◆ Culdesac HS

2012 Indoor: Hewett performed well in the multi-events as a true freshman before sustaining a season-ending knee injury at the Husky Classic on Feb. 11 … finished fourth in her first career indoor pentathlon at the Cougar Indoor with a score of 3,251 on Jan. 27 … cleared a career-best 5-2.5 (1.59m) and finished seventh in the high jump at the Vandal Indoor on Feb. 3 … also ran a career-best 9.57 and finished 11th in the 60m hurdles at the Vandal Indoor.2012 Outdoor: Hewett redshirted the 2012 outdoor season while rehabilitating a knee injury.

JohannaHÖCKETSTALLER

FreshmanMulti-Events ◆ Eiselfing, Germany ◆ Lutpoid-Gymnasium Wasserburg

WAC Freshman of the Year ■ All-Time Top-10 ■ First-Team All-WAC ■ Second-Team All-WAC2012 Indoor: Hocketstaller earned Second-Team All-WAC honors and scored five points in her first career WAC Indoor Championships meet as a freshman … finished fourth in the indoor pentathlon with a score of 3,323 at the WAC Championships … also finished 10th in the shot put at 42-11.75 (13.10m) and 16th in the long jump at 16-4.25 (4.98m) at the meet … posted a career-best 44-9 (13.64m) in the shot put at the Husky Classic on Feb. 11 … finished second at the Vandal Collegiate on Feb. 18 with a career-best 18-3 (5.56m) in the long jump … took third in her heat and ran a career-best 9.51 in the 60m hurdles at the Husky Classic on Feb. 11.2012 Outdoor: Hocketstaller made history in Idaho as a true freshman … voted WAC Women’s Outdoor Freshman of the Year after scoring 16 points across four different events and earning a pair of All-WAC honors at

the WAC Outdoor Championships … at the WAC meet, finished second in the heptathlon with a career-best score of 5,071, fifth in the javelin (138-8) and seventh in both the shot put (46-0) and discus (145-6) … made four entries into Idaho’s all-time top-10 lists and became the only Vandal woman to hold spots on the shot put, discus and javelin all-time lists … moved into fourth all-time in the shot put (49-6.25), sixth in the heptathlon (5,071), seventh in the discus (155-8) and eighth in the javelin (141-10) … won the discus throw at the Sam Adams Classic on March 31 with a career-best throw of 155-8 (47.46m) … posted a winning shot put mark of 45-5.25 (13.85m) at the WAR V dual meet on April 7 … Spring WAC All-Academic honoree.

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KellyJACKA

SophomoreSprints ◆ Federal Way, Wash. ◆ Bellarmine Prep

First-Team All-WAC ■ 4x Second-Team All-WAC ■ All-Time Top-10 ■ 4x WAC All-Academic2012 Indoor: Jacka returned to action after 2011 hip surgery and opened her year with a meet-record 24.89 in the 200m at the WSU Open on Jan. 14 … earned Second-Team All-WAC honors as the opening leg of Idaho’s third-place 4x400m relay at the WAC Indoor Championships … ran a season-best 24.68 in a ninth-place finish in the 200m at the WAC meet and missed finals by just .05 seconds … ran a career-best 56.69 in a fourth-place finish in the 400m at the UW Open on Feb. 12 … Winter WAC All-Academic honoree.2012 Outdoor: Jacka made her sixth career all-time Idaho top-10 entry as a sophomore … ran the anchor leg of Idaho’s fourth-place 4x100m relay that posted a time of 46.87 and moved into ninth all-time at Idaho at the WAC Outdoor Championships … also scored for Idaho in the 4x400m at the WAC Championships as the anchor leg of a group that finished fifth in 3:50.99 … ran a season-best 25.01 in the 200m at the Beach Invitational on April 21 … finished ninth in the 400m at the Mondo Mid-Major Challenge on April 14 with a season-best time of

57.95 … Spring WAC All-Academic honoree.

AnnaKALBRENER

Senior / Senior / JuniorSprints ◆ Federal Way, Wash. ◆ Bellarmine Prep

WAC Champion ■ 4x First-Team All-WAC ■ 3x Second-Team All-WAC ■ All-Time Top-102011 Cross Country: Kalbrener helped lead Idaho to a second-consecutive women’s WAC team title … earned Second-Team All-WAC honors after finishing eighth overall at the WAC Championships with a time of 18:57.3 … placed 95th in 22:08 at the NCAA West Region Cross Country Championships … Idaho’s second finisher at 8th overall with a time of 14.38.4 at the Inland Northwest Cross Country Classic … finished 24th with a time of 22:21.45 at the Sundodger Invitational … took 42nd at the Dellinger Invitational with a time of 17:50.15 … Fall All-Academic honoree.2012 Indoor: Kalbrener was a WAC finalist in the mile run indoors as a senior … took eighth and scored one point in the mile with a time of 5:04.60 at the WAC Indoor Championships … ran a career-best 4:55.52

in the mile in a third-place finish at the UW Open on Feb. 12 … took second in her heat of the mile at the UW Final Qualifier on March 3 with a time of 4:56.37 … ran a career-best 2:10.65 and finished second in the 800m at the Vandal Indoor on Feb. 3 … Winter WAC All-Academic honoree.2012 Outdoor: Kalbrener scored 16 points and earned a pair of First-Team All-WAC honors for Idaho at the WAC Outdoor Championships … ran a career-best 2:12.95 to take a runner-up finish in the 800m at the WAC Championships, then followed it up with a second runner-up finish in the 1500m in 4:31.10 … moved up to seventh all-time at Idaho in the 1500m on April 20 with a 4:30.11 in a sixth-place finish at the Bryan Clay Invitational … posted a second-place finish in the 1500m at the Mondo Mid-Major Challenge on April 14 with a time of 4:30.19 … earned her second-place finishes at the WAC Championships despite entering the meet seeded outside the top 10 in the conference in the 800m and seeded fourth in the 1500m.

HannahKISER

SophomoreDistance ◆ Wenatchee, Wash. ◆ Wenatchee HS

All-American ■ 3x NCAA Qualifier ■ 6x WAC Champion ■ USTFCCCA Cross Country All-Region WAC Record Holder ■ Idaho School Record Holder ■ Academic All-American

2011 Cross Country: Kiser qualified for her first career NCAA Championships meet, where she placed 85th with a time of 20:54, Idaho’s second-highest individual finish in school history … was the first Vandal woman to qualify for the NCAA Championships in cross country since 2004 … USTFCCCA All-Region honoree after an 18th-place finish at the NCAA West Region Championships … earned First-Team All-WAC honors after finishing second overall at the WAC Championships with a time of 17:55.8 … led Idaho to its second straight WAC team championship … a three-time Verizon WAC Women’s Cross Country Athlete of the Week selection … the top collegiate finisher in the Santa Clara Bronco Invitational (16:55.3), the Dellinger Invitational (16:45.71), the Sundodger Invitational (20:58.43) and the Inland Northwest Cross Country Classic (14:11.3) … USTFCCCA Division I All-Academic Team and Fall WAC All-Academic honoree.

2012 Indoor: Kiser had a breakout sophomore season indoors … earned USTFCCCA Second-Team All-America honors in the 3000m after finishing 13th at the NCAA Indoor Championships with a time of 9:26.88 … broke the Idaho school record and WAC all-time record on Feb. 11 at the Husky Classic with a time of 9:07.23 in the 3000m and in doing so, became just the second Vandal woman to achieve the NCAA indoor automatic qualifying standard … by qualifying for the NCAA Indoor Championships, Kiser became just the second woman in Idaho history to qualify for the NCAA Championships in cross country, indoor track and field and outdoor track and field … won the WAC title in the 3000m with a WAC Championship meet-record time of 9:45.11 … won the women’s mile at the WAC Championships with a time of 4:45.67 … ran the anchor leg of Idaho’s first-place and WAC Championship meet-record-setting distance medley relay that posted an 11:41.67 and won by a 35-second margin … opened her season on Jan. 28 with a meet-record time of 4:42.41 in the mile at the Cougar Indoor … ran a career-best 2:10.65 in a second-place finish in the 800m at the Vandal Jamboree on Feb. 3 … Winter WAC All-Academic honoree.2012 Outdoor: Kiser competed just once for Idaho as a sophomore before illness shortened her season … ran a 4:27.46 at the Stanford Invitational on April 6 … suffered a respiratory infection during the season and will pursue a medical redshirt.

AbbyLARSON

FreshmanDistance ◆ Boise, Idaho ◆ Capital HS

WAC All-Academic2012 Indoor: Larson competed in the distance events for Idaho as a true freshman … ran a career-best 11:19.08 in the 3000m and finished 12th in the event at the Vandal Collegiate on Feb. 18.2012 Outdoor: Larson competed in the distance events for Idaho as a true freshman … finished 10th in the 10,000m at the WAC Outdoor Championships with a career-best time of 39:47.69 and 20th in the 5000m with a time of 19:58.28 … won the 10,000m at the Sam Adams Classic with a time of 40:13.26 on March 31 … took second in the 5000m on March 24 at the Buc Scoring Invitational with a time of 19:17.79 … finished 17th and ran a career-best 18:52.98 in the 5000m at the WAR V dual meet … Spring WAC All-Academic honoree.

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KristineLEONARD

JuniorThrows ◆ Rathdrum, Idaho ◆ Concordia University (Ore.)

NCAA Qualifier ■ 4x All-WAC ■ All-Time Top-10 ■ 4x WAC All-Academic2012 Indoor: Leonard competed in the throws for Idaho as a junior … finished eighth and scored one point for the Vandal women in the shot put at the WAC Indoor Championships with a mark of 43-11.75 (13.40m) … also competed in the weight throw at the WAC meet, but fouled … threw a season-best 44-8 (13.61m) in a second-place finish in the shot put at the Vandal Indoor on Feb. 3 … finished second at the Vandal Collegiate on Feb. 18 with a career-best 55-10.5 (17.03m) in the weight throw … competed twice in the indoor discus throw at home meets and won both times at the Vandal Indoor on Feb. 3 (158-3) and Vandal Collegiate on Feb. 18 (156-10) … Winter WAC All-Academic honoree.2012 Outdoor: Leonard was an NCAA qualifier in the discus throw in her second year as a Vandal … finished 40th in the discus at the NCAA West Preliminary with a mark of 147-1 (44.84m) … earned First-Team All-WAC honors in the shot put with a third-place finish and a career-best mark of 48-0.5 (14.64m) at the WAC Outdoor Championships, then added Second-Team All-WAC honors with a fourth-place discus

mark of 159-2 (48.51m) … won the shot put at the Duane Hartman Invitational on April 28 with a toss of 47-9.75 (14.57m) … posted a winning discus throw mark of 153-4 (46.73m) at the WAR V dual meet on April 7 … set a career best with a second-place heave of 161-11 (47.83m) in the discus at the Duane Hartman Invitational … moved into sixth all-time at Idaho in the discus throw and ninth in the shot put during the season … Spring WAC All-Academic honoree.

KatyLUTJENS

SeniorThrows ◆ Vale, Ore. ◆ Treasure Valley CC

2x WAC All-Academic2012 Indoor: Lutjens did not compete indoors while rehabilitating a hip injury.2012 Outdoor: Lutjens competed in the throws before a hip injury cut her season short … finished third in the discus at the Buc Scoring Invitational on March 24 with a throw of 129-8 (39.53m) … took fifth in the discus at the Sam Adams Classic on March 31 with a mark of 127-0 (38.72m).

AileneMACPHERSON

SophomoreDistance ◆ Deary, Idaho ◆ Deary HS

5x WAC All-Academic2011 Cross Country: MacPherson posted a career-best 57th overall finish at the Inland Northwest Cross Country Classic with a time of 17:12.9 … Fall WAC All-Academic honoree.2012 Indoor: MacPherson competed in the distance events for Idaho as a sophomore … finished eighth in the 3000m at the WSU Open on Jan. 14 with a time of 11:55.74, converted for track size … posted a career-best 11:42.26 in the 3000m with a 16th-place finish at the Vandal Collegiate on Feb. 18 … Winter WAC All-Academic honoree.2012 Outdoor: MacPherson competed in the distance events for Idaho as a sophomore … won the 5000m at the Vandal Jamboree on May 5 with a career-best time of 20:10.02 … finished sixth in the 10,000m at the Buc Scoring Invitational on March 24 with a career-best time of 42:16.84 … ran a 20:11.87 and finished 29th in the 5000m at the WAR V dual meet on April 7 … Spring WAC All-Academic honoree.

MollyMEYERS

RS FreshmanThrows ◆ North Bend, Wash. ◆ Mount Si HS

2x WAC All-Academic2012 Indoor: Meyers competed in the throws for Idaho as a redshirt freshman … finished 15th in the shot put at 37-10 (11.53m) and 16th in the weight throw at 41-11.5 (12.79m) at the WAC Indoor Championships … threw a career-best 39-5 (12.01m) in a seventh-place finish in the shot put at the Idaho Indoor Open on Feb. 4 … finished eighth with a career-best 44-2.75 (13.48m) in the weight throw at the Vandal Collegiate on Feb. 18 … Winter WAC All-Academic honoree.2012 Outdoor: Meyers competed in the throws for Idaho as a redshirt freshman and set personal bests in a pair of events … finished 12th in both the shot put (38-2.25) and hammer throw (139-1) at the WAC Outdoor Championships … hit a career-best 41-10.75 (12.77m) in a fifth-place finish in the shot put at the Vandal Jamboree on May 5 … finished sixth in the hammer throw at the Cougar Invitational on April 21 with a career-best toss of 148-0 (45.11m) … posted a runner-up finish in the shot put at the Buc Scoring Invitational on March 24 with a

toss of 40-9.5 (12.43m) … Spring WAC All-Academic honoree.

GabbyMIDLES

SeniorThrows ◆ Camas, Wash. ◆ Camas HS

3x NCAA Qualifier ■ 2x WAC Champion ■ 6x All-WAC ■ Idaho School Record Holder2012 Indoor: Midles was a Second-Team All-WAC honoree in the weight throw as a senior … finished sixth in the weight throw at the WAC Indoor Championships with a mark of 57-0 (17.37m) … posted three individual victories in the weight throw during the season … won the event at the WSU Open on Jan. 13 with a toss of 54-7.5 (16.65m), then hit 56-10.75 (17.34m) to win the Idaho Indoor Open and 56-3.75 (17.16m) to claim victory at the UW Open on Feb. 12 … Winter WAC All-Academic honoree.2012 Outdoor: Midles was an NCAA qualifier in the hammer throw for a third consecutive year as a senior … finished 34th in the hammer at the NCAA West Preliminary with a mark of 182-11 (55.76m) … battled a back injury much of the season, but still posted a season-best 190-10 (58.18m) and finished second in the hammer at the WAC Outdoor Championships for her third-consecutive First-Team All-

WAC honor in the event … posted five individual victories in the hammer during the season, including back-to-back wins at the Duane Hartman Invitational (183-10) on April 28 and the Vandal Jamboree (177-7) on April 4 … Spring WAC All-Academic honoree.

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MaggieMILLER

SeniorDistance ◆ Anchorage, Alaska ◆ College of Idaho

Second-Team All-WAC ■ 2x WAC All-Academic2012 Outdoor: Miller competed in the middle distance and scored on a relay in her first outdoor season for Idaho … scored for Idaho as the second leg of Idaho’s fifth-place 4x400m relay that ran a 3:50.99 at the WAC Outdoor Championships … also finished 10th at the WAC meet in the 800m with a career-best time of 2:15.38 … posted runner-up finishes in the 800m at the Sam Adams Classic (2:20.11) on March 31 and the Duane Hartman Invitational (2:20.30) on April 28 … Spring WAC All-Academic honoree.

SarahNUTSCH

JuniorThrows ◆ Jerome, Idaho ◆ Jerome HS

NCAA Qualifier ■ 2x Second-Team All-WAC ■ All-Time Top-10 ■ WAC All-Academic2012 Indoor: Nutsch set a new career best in the weight throw for Idaho as a junior … finished ninth at the WAC Indoor Championships with a career-best mark of 54-3.75 (16.55m) in the weight throw … posted top-three finishes three times in the event during the season … took third in the season opener at the WSU Open with a toss of 49-3.75 (15.03m), then took second at the Idaho Indoor Open with a mark of 52-6.5 (16.01m) – her first career throw over 16 meters … finished third at the Vandal Collegiate on Feb. 18 with a toss of 51-9.25 (15.78m).2012 Outdoor: Nutsch climbed Idaho’s all-time lists and earned a first career NCAA bid in the hammer throw as a junior … finished 44th in the hammer at the NCAA West Preliminary with a toss of 174-5 (53.16m) … earned Second-Team All-WAC honors with a sixth-place finish in the hammer at the WAC Outdoor Championships after a toss of 180-9 (55.09m) … moved into third all-time at Idaho with a career-best throw of 187-9 (52.23m) and a second-place finish at the Bryan Clay Invitational on April 19 … earned her first career event victory with a

163-0 (49.69m) in the hammer at the Sam Adams Classic on March 31 … Spring WAC All-Academic honoree.

EmilyPARADIS

SophomoreMiddle Distance ◆ Moscow, Idaho ◆ Moscow HS

First-Team All-WAC2011 Cross Country: Paradis earned First-Team All-WAC honors as a sophomore … was Idaho’s second finisher with a career-best fourth overall placing (18:29.5) at the WAC Cross Country Championships … helped Idaho win the WAC Championship for the second-consecutive year … the second Idaho finisher at 58th overall with a time of 21:39 at the NCAA West Region Cross Country Championships … the third Vandal finisher at 24th overall at the Santa Clara Bronco Invitational with a time of 17:39.5 … Idaho’s second finisher at 22nd overall at the Dellinger Invitational with a 17:24.64 … Idaho’s second finisher after placing 10th overall in 21:40.55 at the Sundodger Invitational … took 14th at the Inland Northwest Cross Country Classic with a time of 14:51.6.2012 Indoor: Paradis redshirted the 2012 indoor season.2012 Outdoor: Paradis competed once for Idaho, but missed the remainder of the season with injury … ran an 11:31.60 to win the 3000m

steeplechase at the Buc Scoring Invitational on March 24.

DianaROSSLEROVA

SeniorDistance ◆ Chocen, Czech Republic ◆ Wuerzburg American HS

6x WAC All-Academic2011 Cross Country: Rosslerova set a career best with a 39th overall finish at the Inland Northwest Cross Country Classic (16:20.3) … Took 58th at the Sundodger Invitational with a time of 24:13.68 … Fall WAC All-Academic honoree.2012 Indoor: Rosslerova competed in the distance events for Idaho as a senior … posted her top finish of the season in her opener at the Cougar Indoor at 12th overall in the 3000m with a converted time of 11:40.91 … posted a career-best 11:28.48 in the 3000m in a 14th-place finish at the Vandal Collegiate … Winter WAC All-Academic honoree.2012 Outdoor: Rosslerova competed in the distance events for Idaho as a senior … finished fifth with a career-best time of 42:12.04 in the 10,000m at the Buc Scoring Invitational on March 24 … ran a season-best 20:05.39 in the 5000m at the Duane Hartman Invitational on April 27 … finished ninth in the 3000m at the Cougar Invitational on April 21 with a career-best 11:31.60 … Spring WAC All-Academic honoree.

EllenROUSE

JuniorThrows ◆ Orofino, Idaho ◆ Orofino HS

NCAA Qualifier ■ 3x All-WAC ■ All-Time Top-10 ■ 5x WAC All-Academic2012 Indoor: Rouse did not compete indoors while rehabilitating a hand injury.2012 Outdoor: Rouse earned her first career NCAA bid and First-Team All-WAC honor as a junior … finished 35th in the javelin throw at the NCAA West Preliminary with a mark of 136-6 (41.62m) … took third at the WAC Outdoor Championships in the javelin with a career-best mark of 147-7 (44.98m), which ranks sixth all-time at Idaho … won the javelin throw at the Duane Hartman Invitational on April 28 with a mark of 147-0 (44.81m) … hit 145-8 (44.40m) in the javelin to finish second at the Mondo Mid-Major Challenge on April 14 … also competed in the hammer during the

season and posted a best of 144-0 (43.89m) in a ninth-place finish at the WAR V dual meet on April 7 … Spring WAC All-Academic honoree.

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CaitROWLAND

SophomoreHurdles ◆ Gig Harbor, Wash. ◆ Gig Harbor HS

Second-Team All-WAC2012 Indoor: Rowland picked up the 60m high hurdles in her second year as a Vandal and was an All-WAC honoree in the event … finished fifth at the WAC Indoor Championships in the 60m hurdles with a career-best-tying 8.99 to earn her first career Second-Team All-WAC honor … ran a career-best 8.99 in the preliminary round of the 60m hurdles at the WAC Indoor Championship for her first career race under 9.00 seconds … ran a career-best 25.79 in the 200m at the UW Open on Feb. 12 … won her heat of the 60m hurdles at the Husky Classic on Feb. 11 with a time of 9.21.2012 Outdoor: Rowland was a WAC scorer in both hurdles events for Idaho as a sophomore … picked up the 100m hurdles this season and finished eighth in the event with a 14.77 at the WAC Outdoor Championships … took seventh in the 400m hurdles at the WAC meet with a time of 1:06.63 … ran a career-best 14.70 in the 100m hurdles preliminary round at the WAC Championships and a season-best 1:04.49 in the

400m hurdles preliminary … posted three individual wins in the 100m hurdles during the season and two more in the 400m hurdles … ran her first career sub-15 race in the 100m hurdles at the Beach Invitational on April 21 when she posted a 14.79.

LaurenSCHAFFER

Senior / Junior / SeniorMiddle Distance ◆ Boise, Idaho ◆ Timberline HS

NCAA Qualifier ■ 4x WAC Champion ■ 7x First-Team All-WAC ■ 6x Second-Team All-WAC ■ WAC Record Holder ■ Idaho School Record Holder ■ 9x WAC All-Academic

2011 Cross Country: Schaffer took 25th at the WAC Championships with a time of 19:40.3 to help the Vandals win their second-consecutive conference title … finished 74th at the Dellinger Invitational with a time of 18:41.15 … Fall WAC All-Academic honoree.2012 Indoor: Schaffer earned a trio of All-WAC honors for Idaho as a junior … earned the third WAC gold medal of her career as the third leg of Idaho’s WAC Championship meet-record-setting distance medley relay that won in 11:41.67 … was the WAC runner-

up in the 800m with a time of 2:10.12 to earn First-Team All-WAC honors and grabbed a Second-Team award as a leg of Idaho’s third-place 4x400m relay … ran a career-best 2:09.83 in a sixth-place finish in the 800m at the UW Final Qualifier on March 3 … won her heat of the 800m at the Husky Classic on Feb. 11 with a time of 2:10.79 … Winter WAC All-Academic honoree.2012 Outdoor: Schaffer redshirted the 2012 outdoor season.

HollySTANTON

SophomoreDistance ◆ Crestview, Fla. ◆ Fort Walton Beach HS

First-Team All-WAC ■ 2x Second-Team All-WAC ■ All-Time Top-10 ■ 6x WAC All-Academic2011 Cross Country: Stanton was the fifth Idaho scorer at the WAC Championships with a 19th overall finish (19:23.5) … helped the Vandals win the WAC team title for the second year in a row … took 17th overall in 14:59.7 at the Inland Northwest Cross Country Classic … came in 19th overall at 21:59.52 at the Sundodger Invitational … took 55th overall with a time of 18:12.3 at the Santa Clara Bronco Invitational … placed 71st overall with a time of 18:26.01 at the Dellinger Invitational … Fall WAC All-Academic honoree.2012 Indoor: Stanton competed in the distance events for Idaho as a sophomore … finished 12th in the 5000m with a time of 18:48.58 and 16th in the 3000m with a time of 10:36.88 at the WAC Indoor

Championships … ran a career-best 18:09.96 in a 12th-place finish in her heat of the 5000m at the Husky Classic on Feb. 11 … posted a season-best 10:32.50 at the Husky Classic to finish 14th in her heat of the 3000m … finished 10th at the Vandal Indoor with a 5:23.06 in the mile run … Winter WAC All-Academic honoree.2012 Outdoor: Stanton earned a pair of All-WAC honors, including her first career First Team accolade, as a sophomore … took second in the 3000m steeplechase at the WAC Outdoor Championships with a career-best time of 10:50.18, which ranks eighth all-time at Idaho … added a fifth-place tally in the 5000m at the WAC meet with a career-best 17:51.68 … in six steeplechase competitions during the season, she finished first twice and second three times … won the steeplechase at the Sam Adams Classic (11:22.99) on March 31 and the Mondo Mid-Major Challenge (10:56.08) on April 14 … posted her first career sub-11 steeple race at the WAR V dual on April 7 with a time of 10:58.40 … Spring WAC All-Academic honoree.

ZoeTIMMERS

SeniorJumps ◆ Perth, Australia ◆ University of Western Australia

Second-Team All-WAC2012 Indoor: Timmers was a Second-Team All-WAC honoree for Idaho in her first season with the team … gutted through an ankle injury to clear a career-best 5-6 (1.68m) and finish fifth in the high jump for Idaho at the WAC Indoor Championships … won her flight of the high jump at the Husky Classic on Feb. 11 with a height of 5-5.75 (1.67m).2012 Outdoor: Timmers redshirted the 2012 outdoor season.

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LigaVELVERE

JuniorSprints/Hurdles ◆ Saldus, Latvia ◆ Latvian Academy of Sport Education

NCAA Qualifier ■ 5x WAC Champion ■ 5x First-Team All-WAC ■ 2x Second-Team All-WAC WAC Record Holder ■ Idaho School Record Holder ■ 4x WAC All-Academic

2012 Indoor: Velvere won a pair of WAC titles for Idaho as a junior … claimed the individual title in the 800m with a time of 2:09.05 at the WAC Indoor Championships … ran the second leg of Idaho’s first-place and WAC Championship meet-record-setting distance medley relay that posted a time of 11:41.67 … ran the anchor leg of Idaho’s third-place 4x400m relay to earn Second-Team All-WAC honors … broke the Idaho school record in the 800m at the Vandal Indoor on Feb. 3 with a winning time of 2:07.63 … won the 800m at the Vandal Collegiate on Feb. 18 with a time of 2:08.46 … won the 400m in her season opener at the WSU Open on Jan. 14 with a converted time of 55.53 … Winter WAC All-Academic honoree.2012 Outdoor: Velvere had a promising start to her season, but suffered a knee injury late in the season … ran a WAC-leading 2:09.78 in

the 800m at the Stanford Invitational on April 7 to finish 24th overall … posted a season-best 1:00.35 in a runner-up finish in the 400m hurdles at the Mondo Mid-Major challenge, which was the WAC’s second-fastest time on the year … clipped a hurdle and injured her knee at the Duane Hartman Invitational on April 28 … Spring WAC All-Academic honoree.

JuliaVESETH

SeniorDistance ◆ Moscow, Idaho ◆ Moscow HS

3x Second-Team All-WAC ■ All-Time Top-10 ■ WAC All-Academic2011 Cross Country: Veseth took 38th overall with a time of 20:09.9 to help Idaho win its second-consecutive WAC Championship … fifth Idaho finisher with a 22:18 and 108th overall finish at NCAA West Region Cross Country Championships … Idaho’s fourth finisher at 13th overall with a 14:50.8 at the Inland Northwest Cross Country Classic … Idaho’s fourth finisher at 14th overall with a time of 21:47.51 at the Sundodger Invitational … the fourth Idaho finisher at 50th overall with a 18:09.2 at the Santa Clara Bronco Invitational … the fifth Idaho finisher at 46th overall with a 17: 56.48 at the Dellinger Invitational … Fall WAC All-Academic honoree.2012 Indoor: Veseth competed in the distance events for Idaho as a senior … finished 11th in the 5000m

at the WAC Indoor Championships with a time of 18:39.62 and took 15th in the 3000m with a season-best time of 10:31.15 … ran a season-best 18:30.27 in the 5000m at the Husky Classic on Feb. 10 … took 12th in the mile run at the Vandal Indoor on Feb. 3 with a career-best time of 5:29.61 … Winter WAC All-Academic honoree.2012 Outdoor: Veseth redshirted the 2012 outdoor season with a leg injury.

2011-12 REDSHIRTSKarleneHURREL

JuniorSprintsEdmonton, AlbertaHoly Trinity

DianaKELLER

SophomoreHurdlesSnoqualmie, Wash.Mt. Si HS

AlaenaWILFONG

FreshmanThrowsNewberg, Ore.Newberg HS

ArielWILLIAMS

FreshmanSprintsMiddleton, IdahoMiddleton HS

BriannaWILLIAMS

SophomoreSprintsMiddleton, IdahoCollege of Idaho

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FreshmanSprints ◆ Coquitlam, British Columbia ◆ Heritage Woods Secondary

NCAA Qualifier ■ 2x WAC Champion ■ 4x All-WAC ■ All-Time Top-102012 Indoor: Ayesu-Attah broke out for the Vandals as a freshman and provided the enduring image of Idaho’s first indoor WAC team title as the anchor leg of the team’s title-clinching 4x400m relay … won gold and earned First-Team All-WAC honors as the fourth leg of Idaho’s 4x400m relay that won the WAC title in a time of 3:14.62 … earned All-WAC Second Team honors with a fourth-place finish in the 400m dash in a career-best time of 48.12 … set the WSU Open meet record with a 49.15 in his first career competition as a Vandal on Jan. 14 … ran a career-best 22.53 in a fourth-place finish in the 200m at the Idaho Indoor Open on Feb. 4 … took second in the 400m at the Vandal Collegiate on Feb. 18 with a time of 48.75.2012 Outdoor: Ayesu-Attah had a standout freshman season for Idaho in 2012 … was an NCAA qualifier in the 400m and finished 31st at the NCAA West Preliminary in the event with a time of 47.61 … won his first career individual conference title at the WAC Outdoor

Championships with a time of 46.86, which was a career-best time by more than one full second and ranks ninth all-time at Idaho … also earned Second-Team All-WAC honors as a member of Idaho’s third-place 4x100m relay that posted a 42.58 and anchored Idaho’s fourth-place 4x400m relay (3:19.30) … won the 200m (22.24) and 400m (48.59) at the Sam Adams Classic on March 31 in his outdoor debut for Idaho … finished 21st in the 400m at the Mt. SAC Relays in 47.89 for his first career sub-48 race.

MichaelBACH

FreshmanJumps ◆ Priest River, Idaho ◆ Priest River Lamanna HS

Second-Team All-WAC2012 Indoor: Bach was a Second-Team All-WAC honoree in his first season as a Vandal … finished fourth in the long jump at the WAC Indoor Championships with a career-best mark of 21-8.25 (6.61m) to score four team points … posted a 7.56 in the 60m dash at the Cougar Indoor on Jan. 28 … finished sixth in the long jump at the Vandal Collegiate with mark of 21-1.5 (6.44m) on Feb. 18.2012 Outdoor: Bach opened his season with a 21-4.75 (6.52m) in the long jump at the Buc Scoring Invitational on March 24 … suffered a knee injury and missed the remainder of the season.

TylerBENNETT

SophomoreJumps ◆ Anchorage, Alaska ◆ Dimond HS

First-Team All-WAC ■ Second-Team All-WAC ■ 4x WAC All-Academic2012 Indoor: Bennett was a First-Team All-WAC performer in the high jump in his second year at Idaho … cleared a career-best 6-4.25 (1.94m) at the WAC Indoor Championships to take third place for his first career All-WAC honor and first career conference points … finished eighth after clearing 6-3.25 (1.91m) at the Cougar Indoor on Jan. 28 … Winter WAC All-Academic honoree.2012 Outdoor: Bennett set a new outdoor career best and earned Second-Team All-WAC honors for Idaho as a sophomore … cleared 6-4 (1.93m) in the high jump and finished fourth at the WAC Outdoor Championships for his first career outdoor points … finished second in

his season opener at the Buc Scoring Invitational with a height of 6-2.75 (1.90m) on March 24 … Spring WAC All-Academic honoree.

AndrewBLASER

SeniorMulti-Events ◆ Meridian, Idaho ◆ University of Louisville

2x NCAA Qualifier ■ 6x WAC Champion ■ 14x First-Team All-WAC ■ 4x Second-Team All-WAC ■ 2x WAC Outstanding Field Performer ■ 2x WAC High Point Award ■ All-Time Top-10

2012 Indoor: Blaser had one of the great performances in Idaho and WAC history as a senior in 2012 … scored a school-record 40 points at the WAC Indoor Championships to lead the Vandal men to their first WAC title … won the heptathlon (5,324), high jump (6-4.25) and 60m hurdles (8.03) at the WAC Indoor Championships and finished third in the long jump (22-6.25, 6.86m) and pole vault (15-7) to earn First-Team All-WAC honors in five different events … became the second Vandal man to win three titles at a single conference championship meet and the first since 1990 (Patrick Williams) … posted career bests in the 100m (7.14), 60m hurdles (8.03), pole vault (16-0.75), long jump (22-6.25), shot put (40-7.75) and heptathlon (5,324) during the season … his score in the heptathlon is also second-best in school history … Winter WAC All-Academic honoree.

2012 Outdoor: Blaser had the best conference championship performance in Idaho history and was an NCAA qualifier for a second year in a row as a senior … finished 14th in the NCAA Quarterfinal Round of the 110m hurdles with an all-conditions career-best time of 13.84 … earned the WAC Men’s Outstanding Field Performer honor and the WAC Men’s High Point Award after scoring a school-record 44 points at the WAC Outdoor Championships … his individual point total was the highest by any NCAA competitor at a conference championship meet in 2012 and was 16 points better than Idaho’s previous individual scoring record … won individual titles in the decathlon (6,782) and 110m hurdles (13.98) at the WAC Outdoor Championships … also finished third in the 400m hurdles (52.52), high jump (6-4), pole vault (16-0.75) and long jump (22-9) for a combined six First-Team All-WAC honors at the meet … during the season, moved into third all-time at Idaho in the 110m hurdles (13.98), fifth in the decathlon (7,069), seventh in the 400m hurdles (52.52) and seventh in the pole vault (16-0.75) … Idaho’s all-time leader with eight First-Team All-WAC honors and 10 total All-WAC awards … WAC Men’s Field Athlete of the Week for the week of March 26-April 1 … Spring WAC All-Academic honoree.

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AndrewBLOOM

SophomoreSprints ◆ Walla Walla, Wash. ◆ Walla Walla HS

2x WAC Champion ■ 2x First-Team All-WAC ■ 2x Second-Team All-WAC2012 Indoor: Bloom earned a pair of WAC relay golds for Idaho as a sophomore … ran the opening leg of Idaho’s team-title-clinching 4x400m relay that won the WAC title with a time of 3:14.62 and also ran the third leg of Idaho’s WAC champion distance medley relay that posted a 9:56.87 … earned First-Team All-WAC honors in both relays – the first of his career … was a Second-Team All-WAC honoree in the 400m dash at the WAC Championships with a career-best time of 48.18 and a fifth-place finish … ran a career-best 22.26 in a fourth-place finish in the 200m at the Vandal Collegiate on Feb. 18 … won his heat of the 400m at the Husky Classic on Feb. 11 with a time of 49.43 … ran the second leg of Idaho’s winning 4x400m relay (3:18.21) at the Vandal Indoor on Feb. 3.2012 Outdoor: Bloom was an All-WAC honoree in the relays for Idaho before his WAC meet was cut short by injury … ran the third leg of Idaho’s third-place 4x100m relay that went 42.58 and claimed Second-Team All-WAC honors at the WAC Outdoor Championships …

aggravated a hamstring strain during the warmup for the 400m dash finals at the WAC meet and was forced to withdraw … ran a career-best 48.16 in a second-place finish in the 400m at the Mondo Mid-Major Challenge on April 14 … won the 400m at the WAR V dual meet with a time of 48.39 and set a career-best in the 200m with a third-place 22.17 at the meet … finished second in the 400m at the Duane Hartman Invitational on April 28 with a time of 49.10.

AlexBREKKE

SeniorDistance ◆ Bozeman, Mont. ◆ Bozeman HS

4x Second-Team All-WAC ■ 9x WAC All-Academic2011 Cross Country: Brekke placed 33rd at the WAC Championships with a time of 28:02.4 … Idaho’s fifth finisher at 34th at the Inland Northwest Cross Country Classic (19:47.1) … finished 38th at the Sundodger Invitational with a time of 25:46.46 … placed 67th at the Bill Dellinger Invitational (25:58.67) …Fall All-WAC Academic honoree.2012 Indoor: Brekke competed in the distance events for Idaho as a senior … battled injury during the year, but posted a season-best 4:33.12 in the mile run at the Vandal Collegiate on Feb. 18 … finished 33rd in the mile run at the Idaho Indoor Open on Feb. 4.2012 Outdoor: Brekke was an All-WAC honoree for the fourth year in a row in the steeplechase as a senior

… bothered with injury throughout the year, but came back and ran a 9:59.72 to finish sixth and earn Second-Team All-WAC honors in the 3000m steeplechase at the WAC Outdoor Championships … also competed in the 5000m at the WAC meet, where he took 17th in 16:25.54 … ran a season-best 9:46.80 in the steeplechase at the Oregon Twilight on May 5 … finished fourth in the steeplechase at the Cougar Invitational on April 21 with a time of 9:55.11 … Spring WAC All-Academic honoree.

ColinBRIGGS

JuniorMulti-Events ◆ Culver, Ore. ◆ Culver HS

First-Team All-WAC ■ 6x Second-Team All-WAC ■ 5x WAC All-Academic2012 Indoor: Briggs picked up the multi-events as a junior and made an immediate impact as a Second-Team All-WAC honoree in the heptathlon … finished fifth with a career-high score of 4,573 in the heptathlon at the WAC Indoor Championships to claim All-WAC Second Team honors … was also a Second-Team honoree in both the high jump (5-10.5) and long jump (21-6.25) after fifth-place finishes in each … also took seventh in the triple jump with a mark of 44-2.75 (13.48m) … finished eighth at the Cougar Indoor with a score of 4,402 in his first career heptathlon … ran a career-best 8.92 in the 60m hurdles at the Vandal Collegiate on Feb. 18 … set a career best by nearly one full foot in the heptathlon pole vault at the WAC meet with

a height of 13-9.25 (4.20m) … Winter WAC All-Academic honoree.2012 Outdoor: Briggs competed in the decathlon for the first time in his career as a junior and earned All-WAC honors in the event … scored 5,928 points and took third in his first career decathlon at the WAC Outdoor Championships for his first career First-Team All-WAC honor … also took seventh in the high jump (5-10.75) and eighth in the long jump (20-6.5) and triple jump (41-11.25) at the WAC Championships … finished ninth in the javelin throw at the Cougar Invitational on April 21 with a career-best mark of 152-0 (46.32m) … took sixth in the long jump at the WAR V dual meet on April 7 with a season-best leap of 21-3.5 … Spring WAC All-Academic honoree.

BarryBRITT

Junior / SeniorDistance ◆ Hampton, New Brunswick ◆ Georgia State University

NCAA Qualifier ■ 2x WAC Champion ■ 6x First-Team All-WAC ■ 3x Second-Team All-WAC2011 Cross Country: Britt earned First-Team All-WAC honors after finishing second overall at the WAC Championships with a time of 25:16.4 … took second overall with a time of 32:49 in the men’s 10k senior national race in the Canadian Cross Country Championships at Vancouver, B.C. … took 30th overall out of 172 runners with a time of 30:12 at the NCAA West Region Championships … Idaho’s top finisher at the Sundodger Invitational after placing third with a time of 24:14.36 … Idaho’s top finisher at the Santa Clara Bronco Invitational after a 16th place finish, 15th among collegians, with a time of 24:21.5 … placed 11th with a time of 18:57.9 at the Inland Northwest Cross Country Classic to help the Vandals take second as a team … placed 17th overall at the Dellinger Invitational with a time of 24:11.8.

2012 Indoor: Britt had a standout junior season in the distance events … broke his own New Brunswick provincial record in the 3000m with a time of 8:07.02 at the Husky Classic on Feb. 11 … that time is the former Idaho school record in the event and ranks second in school history … earned First-Team All-WAC honors in a pair of events and scored 14 points at the WAC Indoor Championships … was the WAC runner-up in the 3000m with a time of 8:19.66 and took third in the 5000m at 14:41.86 to help lead the Vandal men to a WAC team title … set a career best in the mile run at the UW Open on Feb. 12 with a second-place time of 4:12.78.2012 Outdoor: Britt redshirted the 2012 outdoor season.

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AdamBUNCH

SophomoreHurdles ◆ Boise, Idaho ◆ Borah HS

2012 Indoor: Bunch competed in the sprints for Idaho as a sophomore … posted a career-best time of 23.80 in a seventh-place finish in the 200m at the Cougar Indoor on Jan. 28 … ran a season-best 52.39 in the 400m at the Vandal Collegiate on Feb. 18.2012 Outdoor: Bunch competed in the intermediate hurdles for Idaho as a sophomore … posted a season-best time of 57.90 in the 400m hurdles on April 21 at the Cougar Invitational … finished second in the 400m hurdles at the Vandal Jamboree on May 5 in 58.01 and also at the Buc Scoring Invitational on March 24 with a time of 58.02.

JosephCHARLES

JuniorThrows ◆ Bronx, N.Y. ◆ Bronx CC

First-Team All-WAC ■ 3x Second-Team All-WAC2012 Indoor: Charles earned a pair of All-WAC honors in his first season as a Vandal … took fifth in the shot put at the WAC Indoor Championships with a mark of 42-11.75 (13.10m) and added a fifth-place weight throw of 53-2.75 (16.22m) to earn Second-Team All-WAC in both … hit a career-best 52-8 (16.05m) in a fifth-place finish in the shot put at the UW Open on Feb. 12 … hit a career-best 54-4.5 (16.57m) in the weight throw at the Vandal Indoor on Feb. 3.2012 Outdoor: Charles earned a pair of All-WAC honors and set several career bests during his first outdoor season at Idaho … earned his first career First-Team All-WAC honor in the discus throw at the WAC Outdoor Championships with a career-best 158-1 (48.18m) and a third-place finish, then added a Second-Team honor with a fourth-place mark of 51-11 (15.82m) in the shot put … also finished seventh at the WAC meet in the hammer throw at 143-6 (43.73m) … hit a career-best 157-4 (47.95m) in the hammer at the Sam Adams Classic on

March 31 … finished second at the Vandal Jamboree on May 5 with a career-best 53-1.75 (16.20m) in the shot put and added a third-place toss of 154-10 (47.20m) in the discus throw at the meet.

JamesCLARK

SeniorDistance ◆ Maple Ridge, British Columbia ◆ Thomas Haney Secondary

2x WAC Champion ■ 5x First-Team All-WAC ■ 3x Second-Team All-WAC ■ 8x Academic All-WAC2011 Cross Country: Clark was Idaho’s third scorer at the Santa Clara Bronco Invitational after placing 103rd with a time of 25:52.6 … placed 25th overall at the Sundodger Invitational with a time of 25:14.51 … finished 39th overall with a time of 19:55.3 at the Inland Northwest Cross Country Invitational … WAC Fall All-Academic honoree.2012 Indoor: Clark won his first career WAC title and earned a pair of First-Team All-WAC honors for the Vandals indoors … ran the opening leg of Idaho’s winning distance medley relay that posted a time of 9:56.87 at the WAC Indoor Championships and also took third in the 800m with a time of 1:53.25 … ran a career-best 1:51.55 and finished second in his heat

of the 800m at the UW Final Qualifier on March 3 … took second in his heat in the 800m at the Husky Classic on Feb. 11 with a time of 1:51.59 … Winter WAC All-Academic.2012 Outdoor: Clark battled kidney problems during the year, but came up huge in his first and only competition of the season … won one of the closest races in WAC Outdoor Championship history when he out-leaned three other runners for the 800m title – the first of his career – in a time of 1:52.23 … in that race, .003 seconds separated first from second place, and 0.11 seconds separated first from fourth … posted a 1:53.66 in the preliminary round of the event.

StéphaneCOLLE

SeniorDistance ◆ St-Eustache, Quebec ◆ Concordia University

NCAA Qualifier ■ WAC Champion ■ 2x First-Team All-WAC ■ 4x Second-Team All-WAC Idaho School Record Holder ■ 3x WAC Athlete of the Week ■ 3x WAC All-Academic

2011 Cross Country: Colle was Idaho’s second finisher at the NCAA West Region Cross Country Championships after taking 75th overall with a time of 30:59 … Finished 21st overall at the WAC Championships with a time of 26:45.3 … Named the Verizon WAC Cross Country Athlete of the Week after finishing as Idaho’s top scorer and placing 14th overall (24:06.45) at the Dellinger Invitational … finished 13th overall in the men’s senior race in the Canadian Cross Country Championships with a time of 34:02 … took fourth at the Sundodger Invitational with a time of 24:18.02 … was the second Vandal finisher at the Inland Northwest Cross Country Classic after taking 10th overall with a time of 18:56.5 …Took 20th with a time of 24:26.6 at the Santa Clara Bronco Invitational ... Fall WAC All-Academic honoree.

2012 Indoor: Colle won his first career WAC gold and scored in three different events for Idaho in his first season … provided one of the meet’s most dramatic moments as the anchor leg of Idaho’s distance medley relay … after being passed with 100 meters remaining, he came back on the final stretch and out-leaned a Utah State runner at the finish line to win the relay title with a time of 9:56.87 … added a pair of Second-Team All-WAC honors with a fourth-place finish in the mile (4:18.91) and a sixth-place finish in the 3000m (8:39.85) … broke the Idaho school record in the 3000m at the UW Final Qualifier on March 3 with a time of 8:05.39 ... Winter WAC All-Academic honoree.2012 Outdoor: Colle was an NCAA qualifier and key cog in Idaho’s team title with All-WAC honors in three different events and 18 points in his first year with the program … finished 23rd in the 5000m at the NCAA West Preliminary with a time of 14:37.29 … earned a pair of First-Team All-WAC honors at the WAC Outdoor Championships with a second-place finish in the 1500m at 3:53.44 and a third-place tally in the 3000m steeplechase at 9:20.50 … added a Second-Team All-WAC honor in the 5000m in his third distance event in two days with a 15:05.21 … finished 11th in the 5000m at the Mt. SAC Relays on April 20 with a time of 14:05.03, which moved him to second all-time at Idaho in the event … ran a career-best 3:47.86 and finished eighth in his heat of the 1500m at the Payton Jordan Cardinal Invitational on April 29 to move into ninth all-time at Idaho … a two-time WAC Track Athlete of the Week during the season … Spring WAC All-Academic honoree.

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DonavonCUNNINGHAM

SeniorThrows ◆ Vancouver, Wash. ◆ College of the Siskiyous

First-Team All-WAC ■ 3x Second-Team All-WAC2012 Indoor: Cunningham was an All-WAC honoree in a pair of throwing events for Idaho … took fourth in both the indoor shot put and weight throw to score eight points and earn Second-Team All-WAC honors in both … hit a career-best 55-5 (16.89m) in the weight throw and 44-5.25 (13.54m) in the shot put at the WAC Indoor Championships … competed in the indoor discus at the Vandal Collegiate on Feb. 18 and finished third with a throw of 161-11 (49.36m) … took sixth in the weight throw at the Idaho Indoor Open on Feb. 4 with a throw of 52-1.75 (15.89m).2012 Outdoor: Cunningham joined Vandal track after spring football and was an

immediate contributor … earned First-Team All-WAC honors for the first time in his career with a runner-up finish in the discus throw at the WAC Outdoor Championships and a mark of 162-9 (49.62m) … hit a season-best 167-9 (51.14m) to win the discus throw at the Duane Hartman Invitational on April 28 … finished second in the discus at the Vandal Jamboree on May 5 with a toss of 160-10 (49.02m).

JoshDALTON

SeniorMiddle Distance ◆ Deary, Idaho ◆ Deary HS

NCAA Regional Qualifier ■ 4x WAC Champion ■ 7x First-Team All-WAC 3x Second-Team All-WAC ■ 3x WAC All-Academic

2012 Indoor: Dalton won three WAC golds in his senior season at Idaho … took the men’s 800m crown at the WAC Indoor Championships with a time of 1:52.54 … added a pair of WAC titles in the relays as the second leg of the first-place distance medley relay that posted a 9:56.87 and ran the second leg of Idaho’s WAC title-clinching 4x400m relay that won with a time of 3:14.62 … ran a career-best 1:50.52 in the 800m at the UW Final Qualifier on March 3.

JeremiahDUBIE

SeniorDistance ◆ Charlestown, N.H. ◆ Kearsage HS

2x First-Team All-WAC ■ 4x Second-Team All-WAC ■ All-Time Top-10 ■ 6x WAC All-Academic2011 Cross Country: Dubie earned First-Team All-WAC honors as a senior …Idaho’s third finisher at the WAC Championships at seventh overall with a time of 25:52.9 … finished 76th at the NCAA West Region Cross Country Championships with a time of 31:00 … finished ninth at the Sundodger Invitational with a time of 24:33.80 … went 24th overall with a 24:23.23 at the Dellinger Invitational … was Idaho’s third finisher after taking 35th at the Santa Clara Bronco Invitational with a 24:39.3 … finished 26th with a time of 19:30.7 at the Inland Northwest Cross Country Classic … WAC Fall All-Academic honoree.2012 Indoor: Dubie competed in the distance events for Idaho before suffering a leg injury late in the season … finished fifth in the 3000m at the UW Open with a career-best time of 8:33.16 on Feb. 12 … was unable to start

in the 3000m at the WAC Indoor Championships after injuring his leg during warm-ups … Winter WAC All-Academic.2012 Outdoor: Dubie claimed a pair of All-WAC honors and scored eight points for Idaho in his senior season … finished third in the 10,000m at the WAC Outdoor Championships with a time of 31:12.56 to earn his first career First-Team All-WAC honor in track and field … added a Second-Team All-WAC award in the 5000m with a fifth-place finish and a time of 15:10.34 … ran a career-best 14:59.90 in a second-place finish in the 5000m at the CSULA Twilight Open on April 19 … Spring WAC All-Academic honoree.

MarkusGEIGER

SeniorDistance ◆ Bad Neustadt, Germany ◆ Rhoen-Gymnasium Bad Neustadt

2x WAC Freshman of the Year ■ WAC Outstanding Track Perfomer ■ 2x WAC Champion 11x First-Team All-WAC ■ 3x Second-Team All-WAC ■ All-Time Top-10 ■ 12x WAC All-Academic

2011 Cross Country: Geiger was Idaho’s second finisher and a First-Team All-WAC selection after taking third at the WAC Championships with a time of 25:26.0 … in doing so, became the first Vandal to earn First-Team All-WAC in cross country four years in a row … finished 92nd at the NCAA West Region Cross Country Championships … Idaho’s top finisher at the Inland Northwest Cross Country Classic after taking fifth overall with a time of 18:34.8 … Idaho’s third finisher after taking 18th at the Dellinger Invitational with a time of 24:14.63 … the third Vandal finisher at the Sundodger Invitational after placing seventh overall with a time of 24:32.39 … took 46th overall with a time of 24:54.9 at the Santa Clara Bronco Invitational … WAC Fall All-Academic honoree.

2012 Indoor: Geiger earned a pair of First-Team All-WAC honors for Idaho as a senior … took second in the 5000m at the WAC Indoor Championships with a time of 14:35.02 and added a third-place finish in the 3000m in 8:28.31 … ran a career-best 4:20.30 in an eighth-place finish in the mile at the Vandal Indoor on Feb. 3 … finished 12th in his heat with a career-best time of 8:25.24 in the 3000m at the Husky Classic on Feb. 11 … Winter WAC All-Academic.2012 Outdoor: Geiger capped off his career with a pair of All-WAC honors to help lead the Vandal men to the team title … finished second in the 10,000m at the WAC Outdoor Championships with a time of 31:04.00 to earned First-Team All-WAC, then took sixth in the 5000m in 15:15.95 for a Second-Team accolade … ran a career-best 30:40.67 in the 10,000m at the Mt. SAC Relays to finish 12th and move into eighth all-time at Idaho in the event … finished seventh in a career-best time of 3:59.02 in the 1500m at the Sam Adams Classic on March 31 … Spring WAC All-Academic honoree.

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ColtonHASTINGS

FreshmanDistance ◆ Colville, Wash. ◆ Colville HS

Second-Team All-WAC ■ WAC All-Academic2011 Cross Country: Hastings took 63rd at the Inland Northwest Cross Country Classic with a time of 20:33.2.2012 Indoor: Hastings was an All-WAC performer for Idaho in the distance events as a true freshman … took sixth in the mile run at the WAC Indoor Championships with a time of 4:21.75 to score his first career point and take Second-Team All-WAC honors … also finished 13th in the 3000m at the WAC meet with a time of 9:01.36 … ran a career-best mile of 4:19.10 to finish 11th at the UW Open on Feb. 12.2012 Outdoor: Hastings competed in the distance events for Idaho as a true freshman … competed in three distance events at the WAC Outdoor Championships with an eighth-place 1500m (4:00.19), ninth-place 800m

(1:55.19) and a 15th-place 5000m (16:04.39) … ran a career-best 3:58.35 and finished fifth in the 1500m at the Cougar Invitational on April 21 … took 24th in the 1500m at the Oregon Twilight on May 5 with a 3:59.13 … Spring WAC All-Academic honoree.

EricHOLMBERG

SophomoreMiddle Distance ◆ Scio, Ore. ◆ Scio HS

2012 Indoor: Holmberg competed in the middle distance for Idaho as a freshman … posted a career-best 2:04.27 in the 800m at the Vandal Collegiate on Feb. 18 … had a career-best 11th-place finish in the 800m at the Cougar Indoor on Jan. 28 with a time of 2:05.75.2012 Outdoor: Holmberg redshirted the 2012 outdoor season.

RendelJONES

SeniorJumps ◆ Everett, Wash. ◆ Central Washington University

WAC Champion ■ 2x First-Team All-WAC2012 Indoor: Jones won his first career WAC crown as a senior … hit a career-best 47-7 (14.50m) in the triple jump to claim the title at the WAC Indoor Championships and earn his first career First-Team All-WAC honor in the process … won the triple jump at the Vandal Collegiate on Feb. 18 with a leap of 44-7 (13.59m) … opened his season with a second-place finish and a jump of 45-0.5 (14.03m) at the WSU Open on Jan. 14 … finished third at the Vandal Indoor on Feb. 3 with a leap of 45-6.25 (13.87m).2012 Outdoor: Jones set a career best and earned his first career outdoor All-WAC honor as a senior in 2012 … posted a career-best mark of 47-5 (14.45m) and finished third in the triple jump at the WAC Outdoor Championships to take First-Team All-WAC honors … won the triple jump at the Duane Hartman Invitational

on April 28 with a leap of 45-5 (13.84m) … finished second in the triple jump at the Vandal Jamboree with a mark of 49-9.25 (13.85m) … also posted individual wins in the triple jump at the Buc Scoring Invitational (45-1.5) and WAR V dual meet (45-9.25).

JeremyKLAS

Senior / JuniorPole Vault ◆ Moscow, Idaho ◆ Moscow HS

3x All-American ■ 4x WAC Champion ■ 7x First-Team All-WAC ■ 2x Second-Team All-WAC Idaho School Record Holder ■ 3x Division I All-Academic ■ 2x Academic All-District

2012 Indoor: Klas was an All-American in the pole vault for a third year in a row as a senior … finished 11th in the pole vault at the NCAA Indoor Championships with a height of 17-4.5 (5.30m) to earn USTFCCCA Second-Team All-America honors … won an unprecedented third-consecutive WAC pole vault title with a height of 17-4.5 (5.30m) … broke his own previous Idaho school record in the pole vault at the Husky Classic on Feb. 11 after clearing 17-9.75 (5.43m) … .set the meet record at the WSU open on Jan. 14 with a first-place height of 17-4.5 (5.30m) … earned First-Team All-WAC honors after taking third in the heptathlon at the WAC Indoor Championships for the second year in a row with a score of 4,951 … won six of his

10 pole vault competitions and cleared at least 17-1.75 (5.23m) in every meet during the season … Winter WAC All-Academic.2012 Outdoor: Klas earned a pair of All-WAC honors for Idaho in 2012 as a junior … qualified for the NCAA West Preliminary with a season-best pole vault mark of 17-0.75 (5.20m) at the Texas Relays on March 29, but did not compete because of injury … earned Second-Team All-WAC honors in the decathlon with a fourth-place finish and a score of 5,609 at the WAC Outdoor Championships in his first career outdoor multi-event … finished tied for fifth in the pole vault at the WAC Championships with a mark of 15-7 (4.75m) and earned another Second-Team honor … finished sixth in the vault at the Beach Invitational on April 21 after clearing 16-9.5 (5.12m) … Spring WAC All-Academic honoree.

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AndreyLEVKIV

SophomoreThrows ◆ Renton, Wash. ◆ Hazen HS

NCAA Qualifier ■ WAC Champion ■ 5x All-WAC ■ All-Time Top-10 ■ 3x WAC All-Academic2012 Indoor: Levkiv did not compete during the 2012 indoor season.2012 Outdoor: Levkiv claimed his first career WAC title and NCAA bid as a sophomore … qualified for the NCAA West Preliminary round and finished 32nd in the shot put with a mark of 55-5.75 (16.91m) … at the WAC Outdoor Championships, hit 56-5.75 (17.21m) to claim the shot put crown and a First-Team All-WAC honor … at the WAC meet, also took fourth in both the discus throw at 152-5 (46.47m) and hammer throw with a career-best 163-3 (49.77m) to finish with 18 points and two more Second-Team All-WAC honors … finished second in the shot put at the Beach Invitational on April 21 with a career-best mark of 57-7.75 (17.57m) that ranks ninth all-time at Idaho and was the best in the WAC in 2012 … took fourth in the discus

throw at the WAR V dual meet on April 7 with a career-best toss of 157-11 (48.13m) and won the shot put at the same meet with a mark of 55-3.5 (16.85m) … posted a win in the shot put at the Duane Hartman Invitational on April 28 with a mark of 51-2.75 (15.61m) … a two-time WAC Field Athlete of the Week honoree … Spring WAC All-Academic honoree.

JasonLORENTZ

JuniorJumps ◆ Grangeville, Idaho ◆ Grangeville HS

WAC Champion ■ First-Team All-WAC ■ 4x Second-Team All-WAC ■ 6x WAC All-Academic2012 Indoor: Lorentz won his first career conference title and First-Team All-WAC honor as a junior indoors … jumped from third to first place on his sixth and final attempt to win the men’s long jump crown at the WAC Indoor Championships with a mark of 22-9.75 (6.95m) … earned Second-Team All-WAC honors in the triple jump with a fifth-place finish and a career-best mark of 45-3.75 (13.81m) at the WAC meet … won his flight of the long jump with a career-best 23-0.5 (7.02m) at the Husky Classic on Feb. 11 … Winter WAC All-Academic.2012 Outdoor: Lorentz won four of his six long jump competitions in 2012 and set a new career best, but had bad luck at the WAC Outdoor Championships … tweaked his hamstring

during long jump warm-ups at the WAC meet and was unable to compete … won the long jump at the WAR V dual meet on April 7 with a career-best 23-0 (7.01m) mark … also won the long jump at the Buc Scoring Invite on March 24 (21-11.5), the Mondo Mid-Major Challenge on April 13 (22-11) and the Vandal Jamboree on May 5 (22-4.25) … Spring WAC All-Academic honoree.

MikeMARSHALL

JuniorThrows ◆ Yakima, Wash. ◆ Yakima Valley CC

All-American ■ NCAA Qualifier ■ WAC Champion ■ 2x All-WAC ■ All-Time Top-102012 Outdoor: Marshall was an All-America honoree, an NCAA finalist and a WAC champion in his second season at Idaho … finished 17th at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in the javelin throw with a mark of 224-9 (68.52m) to earn USTFCCCA Honorable Mention All-America honors … took 12th at the NCAA West Preliminary in the javelin at 222-11 (67.96m) … won his first career WAC title and earned his first All-WAC First Team honor in the javelin with a throw of 218-10 (66.71m) at the WAC Outdoor Championships … moved into third in Idaho history with a career-best, winning throw of 230-6 (70.26m) at the Vandal Jamboree on May 5 … also won the javelin at the WAR V dual meet at 207-5 (63.22m) on April 7 and the

Mondo Mid-Major Challenge on April 14 at 217-9 (66.38m) … eclipsed the 200-foot barrier in nine of his 10 competitions during the year and threw at least 215 feet six times, including each of his final five meets … Spring WAC All-Academic honoree.

SpencerMEINBURG

SeniorSprints ◆ Meridian, Idaho ◆ Meridian HS

4x Second-Team All-WAC ■ 8x WAC All-Academic2012 Indoor: Meinburg competed in the sprints for Idaho as a senior … finished seventh in the 60m dash at the WAC Indoor Championships with a time of 7.48, took ninth in the 400m at 52.64 and was disqualified for stepping over his lane line in the 200m … finished ninth with a season-best 1:59.94 in the 800m at the Vandal Indoor on Feb. 3 … ran the opening leg of Idaho’s first-place 4x400m relay at the Vandal Indoor … Winter WAC All-Academic honoree.2012 Outdoor: Meinburg was an All-WAC honoree and scored in both relays for Idaho as a senior … ran the anchor leg of Idaho’s third-place 4x100m relay at the WAC Outdoor Championships that posted a time of 42.58 … ran the third leg of Idaho’s fourth-place 4x400m relay that registered a time

of 3:19.30 … posted a season-best time of 52.18 in a third-place finish in the 400m at the Vandal Jamboree on May 5 … finished eighth in the 400m at the Duane Hartman Invitational on April 28 with a time of 52.41 … Spring WAC All-Academic honoree.

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JeffOSBORN

JuniorDistance ◆ Gig Harbor, Wash. ◆ Gig Harbor HS

First-Team All-WAC ■ Second-Team All-WAC ■ 9x WAC All-Academic2011 Cross Country: Osborn placed 137th overall with a time of 32:17 at the NCAA West Region Cross Country Championships … finished 29th overall at the WAC Championships with a time of 25:02.4 … had a career-best 26th overall finish at the Sundodger Invitational with a time 25:16.33 … finished 38th at the Inland Northwest Cross Country Classic with a time of 19:54.8 … took 64th overall at the Dellinger Invitational with a 25:44.41 … WAC Fall All-Academic honoree.2012 Indoor: Osborn took First-Team All-WAC honors for the first time in his career during his junior season indoors … finished third in the mile run at the WAC Indoor Championships

with a time of 4:18.75 … also took 14th in the 3000m at the WAC meet with a time of 9:23.52 … ran a career-best 4:17.53 in the mile run and finished eighth in his heat at the Husky Classic on Feb. 11 … took ninth in the 800m on Jan. 28 at the Cougar Indoor with a time of 1:59.89 … Winter WAC All-Academic honoree.2012 Outdoor: Osborn set three personal bests during his junior season at Idaho … at the WAC Outdoor Championships, finished seventh in the 1500m (3:59.93), eighth in the 800m (2:05.54) and 18th in the 5000m (16:33.23) … ran a career-best 3:54.85 in a 13th-place finish in the 1500m at the Oregon Twilight on May 5 … posted a career-best 800m time of 1:54.25 in the preliminary round at the WAC Championships … finished sixth in the 5000m at the Buc Scoring Invitational on March 24 with a career-best time of 15:36.73 … took fourth in the 800m at the Duane Hartman Invitational on April 28 with a time of 1:54.45 … Spring WAC All-Academic honoree.

MattROBINSON

SeniorDistance ◆ Boise, Idaho ◆ Borah HS

Second-Team All-WAC ■ 5x WAC All-Academic2011 Cross Country: Robinson took 44th overall at the Sundodger invitational with a time of 26:19.23 … placed 56th at the Inland Northwest Cross Country Classic with a 20:22.7 … finished 73rd at the Dellinger Invitational with a time of 26:40.42 … WAC Fall All-Academic honoree.2012 Indoor: Robinson competed in the distance events for Idaho … ran a season-best 2:01.80 in the 800m at the Vandal Collegiate on Feb. 18 … posted a 4:41.48 in the mile run at the Idaho Indoor Open on Feb. 4.2012 Outdoor: Robinson competed in the distance events for Idaho in 2012 … set a career best in the 800m at the Sam Adams Classic on March 31 with a time of 2:01.20 in a 19th-place finish … took fourth in his heat of the 800m at the WAR V dual meet with a time of 2:01.60 on April 7 … finished seventh overall in the 800m at the Vandal

Jamboree … set a season-best time of 4:22.46 in the 1500m at the Buc Scoring Invitational on March 24 … Spring WAC All-Academic honoree.

KyleROTHWELL

SophomoreThrows ◆ Eagle, Idaho ◆ Eagle HS

NCAA Qualifier ■ WAC Champion ■ 4x First-Team All-WAC ■ 4x Second-Team All-WAC2012 Indoor: Rothwell earned his first career indoor All-WAC First Team honors as a sophomore … posted a 57-8.25 (17.58m) to take runner-up honors in the weight throw at the WAC Indoor Championships … added a third-place finish in the shot put at the WAC meet with a season-best toss of 48-2.5 (14.69m) … won the weight throw at the Vandal Collegiate with a career-best 58-11.5 (17.97m) on Feb. 18 … took sixth in the weight at the Husky Classic on Feb. 11 with a toss of 55-9.25 (17.00m).2012 Outdoor: Rothwell was a WAC champion and NCAA qualifier for Idaho as a sophomore … qualified for the NCAA West Preliminary in the hammer throw, but fouled on his three attempts at the meet … took home the hammer throw title at the WAC Outdoor Championships with a mark of 187-7 (57.18m) for his

second career outdoor First-Team All-WAC honor … added a Second-Team All-WAC accolade with a mark of 149-6 (45.56m) and a fifth-place finish in the discus throw … also finished seventh in the shot put with a season-best mark of 49-5.5 (15.07m) at the WAC meet … took fourth in the hammer at the Mt. SAC Relays with a career-best mark of 196-9 (59.98m) … including his WAC title performance, won the hammer throw at six different meets and broke the 190-foot barrier five times during the year … hit a season-best 150-8 (45.93m) in a sixth-place finish in the discus throw at the WAR V dual meet on April 7.

DominicSCHMIDT

SeniorSprints ◆ Lewiston, Idaho ◆ Lewiston HS

WAC Champion ■ First-Team All-WAC ■ 2x Second-Team All-WAC2012 Outdoor: Schmidt returned from two tours with the Army in Iraq to compete in his final season at Idaho … earned Second-Team All-WAC honors as the leadoff leg of Idaho’s third-place 4x100m relay that posted a 42.68 at the WAC Outdoor Championships … also ran the second leg of Idaho’s fourth-place 4x400m relay that went 3:19.30 … finished 10th in the 100m (10.97) and 11th in the 200m (22.62) at the WAC Championships.

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MattSULLIVAN

FreshmanPole Vault ◆ Caldwell, Idaho ◆ Caldwell HS

2x First-Team All-WAC ■ All-Time Top-102012 Indoor: Sullivan went higher than any freshman in Idaho history and earned First-Team All-WAC honors in his first season as a Vandal … cleared 16-0.75 (4.90m) in the pole vault at the WAC Indoor Championships for a runner-up finish and All-WAC First Team accolade … tied for the win in his heat of the vault at the Husky Classic on Feb. 11 with a mark of 16-2 (4.93m), which is the best ever by an Idaho freshman in the event … took second in the pole vault at the UW Open on Feb. 12 with a height of 15-11 (4.85m).2012 Outdoor: Sullivan climbed the Idaho charts and earned First-Team All-WAC honors in his first season as a Vandal … took runner-up honors in the pole vault at the WAC Outdoor

Championships with a mark of 16-0.75 (4.90m) … moved into a tie for fourth all-time at Idaho in the vault on May 5 at the Vandal Jamboree with a career-best height of 16-1.75 (4.92m) and a second-place finish … tied teammate Dylan Watts for his career victory on April 7 at the WAR V dual meet when they both cleared 15-11 (4.85m) … took third at the Bryan Clay Invitational on April 20 with a height of 16-0.75 (4.90m).

UgisSVAZS

SophomoreThrows ◆ Kuldiga, Latvia ◆ Murjanu Sport Gymnasium

NCAA Qualifier ■ First-Team All-WAC ■ All-Time Top-10 ■ WAC All-Academic2012 Outdoor: Svazs posted WAC runner-up honors and was an NCAA qualifier in the javelin throw in his first season as a Vandal … threw 216-5 (65.96m) and finished 14th at the NCAA West Preliminary in the javelin throw … finished second at the WAC Outdoor Championships with a mark of 218-0 (66.45m) to earn his first career First-Team All-WAC honors … set a career best and moved into fourth all-time at Idaho in the javelin with a 227-5 (69.32m) in a second-place finish at the Duane Hartman Invitational on April 28 … earned his first career individual victory on March 24 with a mark of 209-11 (63.98m) at the Buc Scoring Invitational … finished second at the Vandal Jamboree on May 5 with a mark of 217-3 (66.23m) … broke 200 feet in the javelin in all nine of his competitions and hit 215 feet or better in six of those meets … Spring WAC All-Academic honoree.

LukeTONNEMAKER

SeniorDistance ◆ Royal City, Wash. ◆ Royal HS

5x WAC All-Academic2011 Cross Country: Tonnemaker took 56th at the Sundodger Invitational with a time of 27:03.19 … finished 68th with a time of 21:03.4 at the Inland Northwest Cross Country Classic … Fall WAC All-Academic honoree.

ZachTRUMBAUER

RS FreshmanThrows ◆ Seattle, Wash. ◆ Bishop Blanchet HS

3x Second-Team All-WAC2012 Indoor: Trumbauer was an All-WAC performer in a pair of throwing events for Idaho as a redshirt freshman … hit a career-best 51-9.75 (15.79m) to take sixth in the weight throw at the WAC Indoor Championships, then added a sixth-place toss of 40-8.25 (12.40m) in the shot put for his first career points and Second-Team All-WAC honors … hit a career-best 44-6.25 (13.57m) in the shot put at the UW Open on Feb. 12 … cracked the 50-foot barrier in the weight throw for the first time with a toss of 50-0 (15.24m) at the Vandal Collegiate on Feb. 18.2012 Outdoor: Trumbauer was an All-WAC honoree in his first outdoor season as a Vandal … set a career best by nearly 12 feet in the hammer throw at the WAC Outdoor Championships to finish fifth with a mark of 162-11 (49.66m) and earned Second-Team All-WAC honors … took ninth in the hammer at the Vandal Jamboree on

May 5 with a mark of 152-0 (46.32m) … improved his career best in the hammer by nearly 20 feet over his two final meets of the season … took third in his heat of the hammer at the WAR V dual meet on April 7 with a mark of 143-1 (43.62m).

CayleTURPEN

FreshmanDistance ◆ Richland, Wash. ◆ Richland HS

NCAA Qualifier ■ First-Team All-WAC ■ All-Time Top-10 ■ WAC All-Academic2011 Cross Country: Turpen posted his best finish of the season after taking 49th at the Sundodger Invitational with a time of 26:39.16 … finished 62nd at the Inland Northwest Cross Country Classic with a time of 20:32 ... Fall WAC All-Academic.2012 Indoor: Turpen competed in the distance events for Idaho as a freshman … ran a career-best 4:33.15 in the mile run at the Idaho Indoor Open on Feb. 4, where he finished 23rd … took 11th in his first career race with a mile time of 4:38.64 at the Cougar Indoor on Jan. 28 … finished 17th in the mile run at the Vandal Collegiate on Feb. 18 with a time of 4:36.59 … Winter WAC All-Academic.2012 Outdoor: Turpen competed in the distance events for Idaho as a true freshman … finished 10th and posted a career-best time of 4:11.45 in the 1500m at the Buc Scoring Invitational on March 24 … took seventh in the 1500m at the Duane Hartman Invitational on April 28 with a time of 4:12.67 … ran a career-best 2:01.51 in a fifth-place finish in the 800m at the Vandal Jamboree on May 5 … finished 29th in the 1500m

at the Sam Adams Classic on March 31 with a time of 4:13.67 … Spring WAC All-Academic honoree.

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KyleTYLOR

JuniorMiddle Distance ◆ Puyallup, Wash. ◆ Puyallup HS

WAC Champion ■ First-Team All-WAC ■ 2x Second-Team All-WAC ■ WAC All-Academic2012 Indoor: Tylor earned his first career WAC gold and First-Team All-WAC honor as a junior … ran the third leg of Idaho’s WAC champion, team title-clinching 4x400m relay that posted a 3:14.62 at the WAC Indoor Championships … added a Second-Team All-WAC honor with a sixth-place finish in the 800m in a time of 1:55.38 at the WAC meet … took fifth in the 800m at the Vandal Indoor on Feb. 3 at the Vandal indoor with a career-best time of 1:52.84 … ran a career-best 50.45 in the 400m at the Idaho Indoor Open on Feb. 4 … Winter WAC All-Academic.2012 Outdoor: Tylor was a WAC scorer in the relays and competed in the middle distance events for Idaho as a junior … ran the third leg of Idaho’s fourth-place 4x400m relay at the

WAC Outdoor Championships that posted a time of 3:19.30 … finished seventh in the 800m at the WAC meet with a time of 1:57.92 … ran a career-best time of 1:54.55 in the preliminary round of the 800m at the WAC Championships … took eighth in the 800m at the Duane Hartman Invitational on April 28 with a time of 1:55.48 … finished fifth in the 800m at the Mondo Mid-Major Challenge in 1:56.28 on April 14 … finished second in the 400m at the Vandal Jamboree on May 5 with a career-best time of 51.46.

JesseVILLINES

FreshmanHurdles ◆ Soda Springs, Idaho ◆ Home School (Soda Springs HS)

2x Second-Team All-WAC2012 Indoor: Villines was a scorer for Idaho in the hurdles as a true freshman … ran a career-best 8.64 in the 60m hurdles for a sixth-place finish and Second-Team All-WAC honor at the WAC Indoor Championships in his first career meet as a Vandal.2012 Outdoor: Villines was an All-WAC performer for Idaho in the hurdles as a true freshman … ran a career-best 15.25 in the 110m hurdles to finish fifth and earn Second-Team All-WAC honors at the WAC Outdoor Championships … ran a career-best 58.62 and finished fifth in the 400m hurdles at the Cougar Invitational on April 21 … took third at the Duane Hartman Invitational on April 28 with a time of 15.86 in the 110m hurdles … at the Vandal Jamboree on May 5, finished second in the 100m at 11.61, third in the 110m hurdles at 15.43

and fourth in the 400m hurdles at 59.85.

DylanWATTS

SophomorePole Vault ◆ Boise, Idaho ◆ Centennial HS

WAC Champion ■ 3x All-WAC ■ All-Time Top-10 ■ 4x WAC All-Academic2012 Indoor: Watts earned First-Team All-WAC honors for the first time in his career as a sophomore … took third in the pole vault at the WAC Indoor Championships after clearing a height of 15-7 (4.75m) … set a career best in the vault with a height of 16-6.75 (5.05m) in a third-place finish at the Vandal Collegiate on Feb. 17 … tied for the win in his flight of the pole vault at the Husky Classic on Feb. 11 with a height of 16-2 (4.93m) … cleared 16 feet for the first time in his career on Feb. 3, when he took fifth at the Vandal Indoor with a height of 16-1.75 (4.92m) … Winter WAC All-Academic honoree.2012 Outdoor: Watts claimed his first career WAC title for Idaho as a sophomore … won

four of his seven pole vault competitions during the year, including the WAC Outdoor Championships, where he cleared 16-0.75 (4.90m) … won the vault at the Vandal Jamboree on May 5 with a career-best mark of 16-1.75 (4.92m), which moves him into a tie for fourth all-time at Idaho in the event … also won the vault in his season opener at the Sam Adams Classic on March 31 at 15-9 (4.80m) and tied for the win at the WAR V dual with teammate Matt Sullivan on April 7 after clearing 15-11 (4.85m) … finished fifth in his section of the vault at the Mt. SAC Relays with a height of 16-0.75 (4.90m) … Spring WAC All-Academic honoree.

2011-12 REDSHIRTSRyanBOWEN

JuniorMulti-EventsLewiston, IdahoLewiston HS

KaseyHATTRUP

FreshmanDistanceKent, Wash.Kentwood HS

AdamSTOREY

FreshmanDistanceMoscow, IdahoMoscow HS

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Records and History

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Event Mark Name Year

55 Meters 6.19 Patrick Williams 1990

60 Meters 6.70 Nikela Ndebele 2003

200 Meters 21.15% Tawanda Chiwira 1996

400 Meters 45.82 Tawanda Chiwira 1998

800 Meters 1:48.58 Eversley Linley 1992

1 Mile 4:03.48 John Trott 1982

3000 Meters 8:05.39 Stéphane Colle 2012

5000 Meters 14:01.76 Bernardo Barrios 1990

55m Hurdles 7.24 Dan O’Brien 1989

60m Hurdles 7.84 Paul Dittmer 2009

4x400 Relay 3:07.51(a) 1998Kamangirira, Kunkel, Adejuyigbe, Chiwira

3:06.38(b) 1998Kamangirira, St. Hill, Adejuyigbe, Chiwira

Distance Medley 9:54.16(a) 1997Maley, Karrer, O’Brien, Bruder

9:54.16(a) 1997Schroeder, Kamangirira, O’Brien, Bruder

Long Jump 26-2¼ George Ogbeide 1988

Triple Jump 53-5¾ Chris Kwaramba 1998

High Jump 7-3¾ Hugo Munoz 1999

Pole Vault 17-9¾ Jeremy Klas 2012

Shot Put 70-5½ Joachim Olsen 2002

Discus 192-7 Russ Winger 2008

35 lb. Weight 70-9 Matthew Wauters 2008

Heptathlon 5,346 Jereme Richardson 2004

Event Mark Name Year

55 Meters 7.01 Angela Whyte 2001



300 Meters 40.52 Vernee Samuel 2003

400 Meters 55.46 Liga Velvere 2011

500 Meters 1:13.9% Mary Bradford 1984

600 Meters 1:33.9 Allison Falkenberg-Ryan 1982

800 Meters 2:07.63 Liga Velvere 2012

1000 Meters 2:54.37 Daniela Pogorzelski 2003

1500 Meters 4:32.5 Patsy Sharples 1980

1 Mile 4:40.60 Dee Olson 2006

3000 Meters 9:07.23# Hannah Kiser 2012

5000 Meters 16:23.8 Patsy Sharples 1982

55m Hurdles 7.48 Angela Whyte 2003

60m Hurdles 8.07 Angela Whyte 2003

4x400 Relay 3:49.76 (a) 1997

Ogden, Fife, Jennings, Korus

3:43.48 (b) 2001

DaSilva, Dennis, Greenlee, Whyte

Distance Medley 11:35.32# 2006

Kamau, Samuel, Murdoch, Olson

Long Jump 19-11¾ Angela Whyte 2003

Triple Jump 42-0 Jackie Ross 1990

High Jump 5-10 Stacey Asplund 1990

Pole Vault 13-9¼ Melinda Owen 2007

Shot Put 56-5¼ Mykael Bothum 2010

Discus 183-5 Katja Schreiber 2001

20 lb. Weight 61-3 Alohalani Santiago 2003

Pentathlon 4,140 Manuela Kurrat 2005

2012 Record Book Entries

% - Big Sky Conference Championship Record# - Western Athletic Conference All-Time Record(a) - Flat 200m Track(b) - Banked or Oversized Track

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Senior Jeremy Klas cleared 17-9¾ (5.43m) to break his own Idaho school record in the pole vault in 2012. In his indoor career, Klas won an unprecedented three consecutive WAC titles in the pole vault, was the first Idaho man to qualify for the NCAA Championships in the event and earned three USTFCCCA All-America honors.

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Men’s Outdoor Records100 Meters

1 Patrick Williams (1990) %10.062 Nikela Ndebele (2000) 10.243 Stephen Lewis (1992) #10.264 Martijn Ungerer (1999) 10.305 Dave Smith (1985) 10.356 Everton Wanliss (1985) 10.386 Dayo Onanubosi (1987) 10.388 Chris Stokes (1985) 10.409 Eric Haynes (1988) 10.4210 Dan O’Brien (1989) 10.44

200 Meters1 Dave Smith (1985) #20.342 Patrick Williams (1990) 20.613 Tawanda Chiwira (1999) 20.794 Montrell Williams (1995) 20.835 Stephen Lewis (1992) 20.846 Sam Koduah (1985) 20.867 Patrick Ray (2004) 20.948 Chris Stokes (1985) 20.989 Jason St. Hill (1995) 21.0310 Martijn Ungerer (1999) 21.06 Tawanda Chiwira (2000) 20.69w

400 Meters1 Tawanda Chiwira (1997) 45.262 Sam Koduah (1985) %45.583 Dave Harewood (1983) #45.764 Felix Kamangirira (1996) 45.955 Adekunle Adejuyigbe (1998) 46.096 Eversley Linley (1992) 46.557 Dave Smith (1983) 46.818 Ben Omodiale (1977) 46.829 Ben Ayesu-Attah (2012) 46.8610 Calvin Harris (1992) 47.00

800 Meters1 Driss Yousfi (2006) 1:47.112 Leroy Robinson (1982) 1:47.163 John Trott (1982) #1:47.24 Rob Demick (1989) 1:48.085 Eversley Linley (1992) 1:48.586 Rick Bartlett (1977) 1:48.67 Derek Klinge (1998) 1:49.328 Shane O’Brien (1997) 1:49.819 Nils Jebsen (1965) 1:49.610 Mike Rousseau (1984) 1:49.99

1500 Meters1 John Trott (1982) 3:43.42 James Tennant (1988) 3:44.53 Bernd Schroeder (1998) 3:45.084 Ray Prentice (1981) 3:45.295 Andy Harvey (1981) 3:45.66 Doug Beckman (1979) 3:45.97 Frank Bruder (1997) 3:47.248 Gaydon Pihlaja (1978) 3:47.39 Stéphane Colle (2012) 3:47.8610 Mark Olden (1991) 3:48.01

5000 Meters1 Andy Harvey (1982) 14:03.292 Stéphane Colle (2012) 14:05.033 Barry Britt (2011) 14:08.904 Frank Bruder (1997) 14:11.195 Mark Olden (1991) 14:16.646 Rick Brooks (1976) 14:17.07 Markus Geiger (2011) 14:21.838 Steve Ortiz (1977) 14:23.09 Bernardo Barrios (1989) 14:27.210 Kole Tonnemaker (1979) 14:28.0

10,000 Meters1 Kole Tonnemaker (1981) 29:22.62 Mike Smith (1980) 30:16.03 Bernardo Barrios (1990) 30:17.914 Jason Uhlman (1994) 30:21.095 Barry Britt (2011) 30:24.996 Gary Gonser (1978) 30:29.57 Derek Shirley (1978) 30:39.68 Markus Geiger (2012) 30:40.679 Rick Ward (1972) 30:41.110 Jeremiah Dubie (2011) 30:52.39

110-Meter Hurdles1 Hugh Henry (2003) 13.802 Paul Dittmer (2009) 13.853 Andrew Blaser (2012) 13.984 Dan O’Brien (1989) 14.065 Jereme Richardson (2001) 14.096 Trond Knaplund (1983) 14.237 Mike Davis (1989) 14.248 Mike Kinney (1983) 14.279 Christian Zarcu (1992) 14.2910 Jay Wheeler (1972) 14.30

400-Meter Hurdles1 Paul Thompson (1996) %50.162 Mike Kinney (1983) 50.543 Scott Whalen (1996) 51.354 Josh Guggenheimer (2001) 51.985 Dustin Ainsworth (1992) 52.245 Glenn Mitcham (1984) 52.247 Andrew Blaser (2012) 52.528 Jay Collins (1972) 53.008 Mario Peschiera (1983) 53.0010 Owen Vassell (1992) 53.03

3000 Meter Steeplechase1 Frank Bruder (1997) 8:31.932 Jan Eitel (2001) 8:43.913 Gary Gonser (1979) 8:50.404 Josh Muxen (2000) 8:50.905 Diego Moreno (2007) 8:51.126 Mike Smith (1980) 8:56.47 Ryan Jensen (2003) 8:58.488 Kienan Slate (1994) 9:01.079 Kole Tonnemaker (1980) 9:05.9010 Mike Thompson (2007) 9:12.15

4x100 Meter Relay1 Stokes, Wanliss, Smith, 39.48 Koduah (1985)2 Ndebele, Aguilera, Chiwira, 39.90 James (2000)3 Onanubosi, Stokes, Wanliss, 40.01 Williams (1989)4 Ndebele, Aguilera, Chiwira, 40.04 Ungerer (1999)5 Kruller, St. Hill, Chiwira 40.08 Kamangirira (1997)6 Haynes, Collins, 40.11 Lewis, Williams (1990)7 Wanliss, Smith, Benton, 40.12 Harewood (1983)8 Ndebele, McCrery, James, 40.13 Aguilera (2002)9 Onanubosi, Ogbeide, O’Garro, 40.19 Williams (1988)10 O’Garro, Williams, Onanubosi 40.22 Ogbeide (1987)

4x400 Meter Relay1 Kunkel, Adejuyigbe, St. Hill, 3:07.19 Kamangirira (1998)2 Kunkel, Chiwira, St. Hill, 3:07.65 Kamangirira (1997)3 Chiwira, Whalen, St. Hill, 3:08.34 Kamangirira (1996)4 Giuffre, Ray, 3:10.53 Ruffin, Erickson (2004)5 (1983) 3:10.36 Ndebele, Kunkel, Adejuyigbe, 3:10.59 Chiwira (1999)7 Smith, Wanliss, Koduah, 3:10.97 Mitcham (1985)8 Williams, Adejuyigbe, Aguilera, 3:11.26 Chiwira (2000)9 Linley, Harris, Ainsworth, 3:11.34 Whalen (1992)10 Taylor, Mitcham, Smith, 3:12.05 Koduah (1984)

High Jump1 Hugo Munoz (1999) 7-3¾2 Bob Peterson (1979) 7-33 Steve Brown (1967) 7-1½4 Thad Hathaway (1995) 7-15 Geoffrey Judd (1997) 7-0½ Trond Knaplund (1984) 7-0½7 Jim Sokolowski (1981) 7-0 Rob Kelly (1983) 7-0 Dwain Fagerberg (1986) 7-0

Pole Vault1 Lucas Pope (2011) 17-3 2 Jeremy Klas (2010) 17-2¾3 Mike Carpenter (2008) 17-14 Matt Sullivan (2012) 16-1¾4 Dylan Watts (2012) 16-1¾5 Eric Van Zantan (1984) 16-17 Steve Ott (1985) 16-0¾7 Andrew Blaser (2012) 15-99 Mitch Wolfe (1984) 16-010 Jarred Lee (2002) 15-11

Long Jump1 George Ogbeide (1988) %26-8½ 2 Elvie Williams (2008) 26-0¾3 Niels Kruller (1997) 25-114 Dan O’Brien (1989) 25-65 Mike Davis (1989) 25-26 Orde Ballantyne (1989) 24-7¼7 Sherwin James (2000) 24-5½8 Trond Knaplund (1984) 24-2½9 Neil Crichlow (1983) 24-1¾10 Mike Martin (1979) 24-1

Triple Jump1 Chris Kwaramba (1998) 54-02 Neil Crichlow (1983) 52-83 Francis DoDoo (1981) 52-44 George Ogbeide (1987) 51-105 Marvin Wadlow (1981) 51-4½6 David Holmon (2008) 51-1 Osita Nsofor (1977) 51-18 Elvie Williams (2009) 50-3¼9 Allen Kapofu (2003) 49-1110 Amukela Gwebu (1998) 49-6

Shot Put1 Joachim Olsen (2002) 70-9¼2 Russ Winger (2008) 68-5¼3 Mitch Crouser (1981) 64-5¾4 Simon Stewart (2002) 63-115 Steve Saras (1980) 61-6½6 Eugenio Mannucci (2011) 60-5¾7 Tim Taylor (1985) 60-08 Ray McDonald (1966) 57-10¼9 Andrey Levkiv (2012) 57-7¾10 Mark Crull (1975) 56-9

Discus1 Russ Winger (2008) 199-62 Joachim Olsen (2001) 197-63 Mitch Crouser (1981) 195-74 Charlie Schmoeger (1980) 184-85 Daniel Benetka (1999) 183-66 Craig Christianson (1983) 182-07 Ray McDonald (1966) 181-88 Rich Smith (1969) 181-29 Kurt Schneiter (1986) 181-110 Doug Fisher (1975) 180-7

Hammer Throw1 James Rogan (2010) 221-72 Marcus Mattox (2008) 217-23 Matthew Wauters (2008) 210-04 Beau Whitney (2010) 205-15 Simon Stewart (2002) 203-46 Russ Winger (2008) 202-37 Evan Ruud (2009) 200-98 Jeff High (1999) 200-19 Kyle Daley (1997) 197-210 Jacob Boling (2007) 197-0

Javelin1 Oscar Duncan (1996) 238-62 Stefan Wikstrom (1986) 231-03 Mike Marshall (2012) 230-64 Ugis Svazs (2012) 227-55 Tom Erickson (1986) 225-06 Brandon Folk (2004) 217-17 Kevin Davis (1999) 209-38 Kyle Hook (2008) 206-09 Eamonn Torgison (2006) 203-910 Danny Fredrickson (1995) 202-7

Decathlon1 Dan O’Brien (1989) %79882 Trond Knaplund (1984) 76583 Jereme Richardson (2004) 75484 Pat McFadden (1994) 71415 Andrew Blaser (2012) 70696 Robert Thomas (1992) 70227 Ken Hobart (1983) 70188 Rick Wassenaar (1995) 69849 Kurt Gregg (2002) 696610 Jim Sokolowski (1981) 6947


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1 Angela Whyte (2003) 11.572 Tanya Pater (2004) 11.713 Humrei Thompson (1998) 11.784 Vernee Samuel (2004) 11.895 Katharine Hough (1998) 11.906 Caryn Choate-Deeds (1989) 11.937 Heather Dennis (2001) 11.978 Traci Hanegan (1994) 11.999 Jennifer Walsh (2001) 12.0210 Kelly Jacka (2010) 12.04

200 Meters1 Angela Whyte (2003) 23.742 Humrei Thompson (1998) 24.043 Katharine Hough (1998) 24.094 Tanya Pater (2004) 24.285 Ulrike Hartz (2010) 24.295 Vernee Samuel (2002) 24.297 Heather Dennis (2001) 24.378 Kelly Jacka (2010) 24.499 Traci Hanegan (1994) 24.5210 Caryn Choate-Deeds (1989) 24.5710 Jeannine Korus (2000) 24.57 Karlene Hurrel (2011) 24.36w

400 Meters1 Jeannine Korus (2000) 54.772 Liga Velvere (2011) 55.473 Lauren Schaffer (2011) 55.754 Heather Dennis (2003) 55.895 Amy Johnson (1995) 55.946 Heather Hoeck (2004) 55.987 Debbie Ogden (1998) 56.018 Brenda Nipp (2002) 56.039 Angie Smith (1994) 56.2210 AshLee Rey (2010) 56.28

800 Meters1 Lauren Schaffer (2011) ^2:04.53 2 Mary Kamau (2005) 2:05.963 Dee Olson (2006) 2:08.644 Liga Velvere (2011) 2:08.755 Daniella Pogorzelski (2003) 2:09.426 Allison Falkenberg-Ryan (1983) 2:09.447 Althea Belgrave (1997) 2:09.538 Manuela Kurrat (2005) 2:09.899 Helen Waterhouse (1981) 2:10.610 Jeannine Korus (1997) 2:11.38

1500 Meters1 Mary Kamau (2004) 4:17.192 Dee Olson (2006) ^4:18.583 Erica Digby (2012) 4:22.184 Daniella Pogorzelski (2003) 4:25.705 Hannah Kiser (2011) 4:26.306 Sherrie Crang (1985) 4:28.067 Anna Kalbrener (2012) 4:30.118 Sandy Kristjanson (1983) 4:31.059 Letiwe Marakurwa (2003) 4:31.3010 Patsy Sharples (1981) 4:31.6

5000 Meters1 Sherrie Crang (1984) 16:10.532 Allix Lee-Painter (2010) 16:25.093 Patsy Sharples (1981) 16:25.884 Hannah Kiser (2011) 16:36.125 Letiwe Marakurwa (2003) 16:41.936 Pam Paudler (1984) 16:48.07 Caroline Crabtree (1982) 16:52.58 Zsanett Teveli (2001) 16:57.119 Erica Digby (2012) 17:14.4410 Cathy Wall (1986) 17:15.0

10,000 Meters1 Patsy Sharples (1981) 33:34.852 Zsanett Teveli (2001) 34:38.153 Diane Knudson (1991) 35:19.24 Sherrie Crang (1985) 35:28.765 Mandy Macalister (2007) 35:30.406 Karen Voss (1983) 35:42.97 Dee Olson (2007) 35:43.138 Julia Veseth (2011) 36:02.059 Angie Mathison (1995) 36:08.4710 Allix Lee-Painter (2010) 36:16.67

100-Meter Hurdles1 Angela Whyte (2003) 12.782 Christie Gordon (2010) 13.373 Heather Bergland (2007) 13.924 Ulrike Hartz (2010) 13.955 Cassie Greenlee (2000) 14.076 Karen McCloskey (1992) 14.167 Bobbi Purdy (1989) 14.188 Colleen Williams (1982) 14.238 Manuela Kurrat (2005) 14.2310 Rebecca DeSilva (2000) 14.26 Christie Gordon (2010) 13.34w

400-Meter Hurdles1 Colleen Williams (1982) 57.942 Liga Velvere (2011) 58.613 Angela Whyte (2001) 58.744 Cassie Greenlee (2001) 59.805 Mary Bradford (1983) 1:00.426 Rebecca DeSilva (2000) 1:00.737 Karen McCloskey (1990) 1:00.788 Tara Gehrke (1996) 1:01.219 Molly Burt (2008) 1:02.1410 Jamie Patten (2005) 1:02.56

3000-Meter Steeplechase1 Letiwe Marakurwa (2003) @9:52.982 Bevin Kennelly (2006) 10:15.773 Alycia Butterworth (2012) 10:18.784 Allix Lee-Painter (2010) 10:19.155 Tanya VanderMuelen (2004) 10:27.046 Daniella Pogorzelski (2003) 10:32.597 Jaime Stone (2001) 10:38.288 Holly Stanton (2011) 10:50.189 Brooke Vogel (2002) 10:58.7110 Tuelo Setswamorogo (2003) 11:13.26

4x100 Meter Relay1 Pater, Whyte, Hoeck, 45.69 Samuel (2003)2 Whyte, Dennis, Hoeck, 45.81 Walsh (2001)3 Pater, Samuel, Hoeck, 46.21 Walsh (2002)4 Pater, Whyte, Samuel, 46.32 Dennis (2003)5 Goodman, Hurrel, Hartz, 46.35 Jacka (2010)6 Blackett, Thompson, Ogden, 46.55 Hough (1998)7 Gillas, Purdy, Scott, 46.74 Choate-Deeds (1989) 8 Samuel, Pater, Hoeck, 46.77 Patten (2004)9 Blackwood, Cooper, Goode, 46.87 Jacka (2012)10 Ogden, Walsh, Greenlee, 47.19 Dennis (2000)

4x400 Meter Relay1 Nipp, Dennis, Greenlee, 3:43.87 Whyte (2001)2 Rey, Goodman, Schaffer, 3:44.28 Jacka (2010)

3 Hurrel, Hall, Schaffer, 3:44.82 Velvere (2011)4 Nipp, Ogden, Dallas, 3:46.10 Korus (2000)5 DaSilva, Ogden, Dennis, 3:46.24 Korus (1999)6 Rey, Hartz, Schaffer, 3:46.32 Jacka (2010)7 Nipp, Walsh, Hoeck, 3:46.78 Samuel (2002)8 Ogden, Dallas, Deery, 3:47.16 Korus (1998)9 Fife, Ogden, Belgrave, 3:47.38 Korus (1997)10 Hoeck, Samuel, Pater, 3:47.90 Patten (2004)

High Jump1 Tassie Souhrada (2004) 5-10¾2 Stacey Asplund (1989) 5-10½3 Sarah DeBoer (2002) 5-8¾4 Darcy Collins (2009) 5-84 Tanya Tesar (1994) 5-85 Breeana Chadez (2008) 5-75 Rhonda James (1982) 5-75 Kari Alldredge (2000) 5-78 Bobbi Purdy (1986) 5-68 Tiffany Hagood (2000) 5-68 Dacia Fernandez (2003) 5-68 Angela Whyte (2003) 5-6

Pole Vault1 Melinda Owen (2008) #14-5¼2 K.C. Dahlgren (2008) 13-3¾3 Lindsay Beard (2009) 12-3½4 Morgan Dunning (2010) 11-10¾5 Christi Bentley (2002) 11-9¾6 Ashley Godsey (2008) 11-1¾

Long Jump1 Alice Draser (2008) 19-9¾2 Jackie Ross (1990) 19-7½3 Tanya Tesar (1992) 19-64 Chelsea Huffman (2004) 19-5½5 Angela Whyte (2001) 19-5¼6 Cassie Greenlee (2001) 19-3¼7 Ulrike Hartz (2010) 19-1½8 Kirsten Jensen (1985) 18-10½8 Tammy Stowe (2006) 18-10½10 Tammi Lesh (1987) 18-10

Triple Jump1 Jackie Ross (1990) 41-11½2 Tammy Stowe (2003) 41-6½3 Tanya Tesar (1992) 40-74 Katie Kress (2001) 39-105 Mel Kreizenbeck (2001) 39-6½6 Sam Nielson (2010) 38-117 Chelsea Huffman (2002) 38-58 Ali Middleton (2010) 38-49 Melanie Conlon (1998) 37-810 Jennifer Walsh (2001) 37-5 ½ Ali Middleton (2010) 38-7¾w

Shot Put1 Mykael Bothum (2010) 52-8¼2 Shana Ball (2000) 51-2¾3 Jill Wimer (1997) 50-4½4 Johanna HÖcketstaller (2012) 49-6¼5 Alohalani Santiago (2003) 49-56 Katja Schreiber (2000) 49-37 Katie Tuttle (2000) 48-11¾7 Ina Reiber (2004) 48-11¾9 Kristine Leonard (2012) 48-0½10 Shanna Lytle (2006) 45-11¼

Discus1 Katja Schreiber (2001) 197-112 Ina Reiber (2004) 182-93 Katie Tuttle (2004) 174-84 Shana Ball (2000) 173-65 Mykael Bothum (2010) 166-06 Kristine Leonard (2012) 161-117 Johanna HÖcketstaller (2012) 155-88 Alohalani Santiago (2001) 155-79 Cathy Schmidt (2003) 155-410 Jill Wimer (1997) 154-5½

Hammer Throw1 Gabby Midles (2011) 194-62 Jennifer Broncheau (2006) 190-103 Sarah Nutsch (2012) 187-94 Alohalani Santiago (2001) 180-95 Heidi Lambley (2004) 178-06 Lauren Bronson (2002) 162-07 Amber Sielaff (1998) 160-28 Molly Leonard (2000) 158-29 Mary Caruso (2002) 156-1010 Shanna Lytle (2004) 156-7

Javelin (Old Rule)1 Sherrie Schoenborn (1986) %178-22 Mylissa Coleman (1985) 173-103 Jessica Puckett (1995) 158-74 Jill Wimer (1995) 156-115 Lauri Thompson (1997) 147-86 Shauna Ostrem (1989) 147-27 Kellee Knowles (1983) 146-88 Bethany Hopkins (1995) 143-09 Misty Buffington (1995) 139-1110 Kelly Hunt (1998) 138-0

Javelin (New Rule)1 Ulrike Hartz (2010) 168-92 Manuela Kurrat (2005) 159-1¾ 3 Sarah Willette (2003) 151-64 Kate Buehler (2006) 150-105 Cathy Schmidt (2003) 148-46 Ellen Rouse (2012) 147-77 Anne Barnett (2008) 142-108 Johanna HÖcketstaller (2012) 141-109 Colleen Case (2001) 139-010 Melinda Owen (2006) 136-5

Heptathlon1 Angela Whyte (2003) 5,7452 Manuela Kurrat (2005) 5,7143 Ulrike Hartz (2010) 5,6014 Dacia Fernandez (2003) 5,1895 Tanya Tesar (1994) 5,1316 Johanna HÖcketstaller (2012) 5,0717 Rhonda James (1982) 4,9868 Darcy Collins (2008) 4,9519 Lindsey Goodman (2010) 4,92410 Tammi Lesh (1986) 4,864


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WAC Cross Country/Track & Field Athletes of the WeekMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY

2007:Diego Moreno-Guzman ..............................Sept. 24-302009:Markus Geiger .......................................Aug. 30-Sept. 62010:Barry Britt ............................................... Sept. 28-Oct. 32011:Stéphane Colle ....................................... Sept. 26-Oct. 2TOTAL ...........................................................4

WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY2005:Dee Olson ............................................... Sept. 27-Oct. 22007:Mandy Macalister .........................................Sept. 24-302008:Allix Potratz-Lee ...............................................Sept. 1-7Allix Potratz-Lee .................................... Sept. 30-Oct. 5Allix Potratz-Lee ............................................Oct. 13-192009:Teegan Schoch ....................................... Sept. 29-Oct. 42010:Julia Veseth ............................................. Sept. 28-Oct. 32011:Hannah Kiser ................................................Sept. 12-18Hannah Kiser ......................................... Sept. 26-Oct. 2Hannah Kiser .................................................Oct. 10-16TOTAL .........................................................10

MEN’S INDOOR TRACK & FIELD2006:Russ Winger ....................................................Jan. 16-22Russ Winger ...................................................Feb. 13-19

2007:Russ Winger ....................................................Jan. 15-21Matt Wauters ..................................................Feb. 12-18

2008:Russ Winger (Field) .......................................Jan. 14-20Paul Dittmer (Track) ................................Jan. 28-Feb. 3Russ Winger (Field) .................................Jan. 28-Feb. 3Bastien Tardy (Track) ...................................... Feb. 4-10Russ Winger (Field) ......................................Feb. 11-17

2009:Matt Wauters (Field) ......................................Jan. 18-25Paul Dittmer (Track) ......................................... Feb. 2-8Matt Wauters (Field) ......................................... Feb. 2-8James Rogan (Field) ........................................ Feb. 9-15Paul Dittmer (Track) .....................................Feb. 16-22

2010:Lucas Pope (Field) ..........................................Jan. 25-31

2011:Jeremy Klas (Field) .........................................Jan. 17-23

2012:Ben Ayesu-Attah (Track) .................................Jan. 9-15Jeremy Klas (Field) ...........................................Jan. 9-15Andrew Blaser (Field) ....................................Jan. 23-29Barry Britt (Track) ....................................Jan. 30-Feb. 5Jeremy Klas (Field) ...................................Jan. 30-Feb. 5Jeremy Klas (Field) .......................................... Feb. 6-12TOTAL .........................................................22

MEN’S OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD2006:Matt Wauters ..................................................Apr. 24-30

2007:David Holmon ........................................ Apr. 30-May 6

2008:Russ Winger (Field) ...............................Mar. 31-Apr. 6Mike Carpenter (Field) .................................Apr. 14-20Russ Winger (Field) ......................................Apr. 21-27Paul Dittmer (Track) .............................. Apr. 28-May 4Elvie Williams (Field) ............................ Apr. 28-May 4Bastien Tardy (Track) ....................................May 12-18Russ Winger (Field) ......................................May 12-18

2009:James Rogan (Field) ......................................Apr. 13-19

2010:Josh Dalton (Track) ...................................... Mar. 22-28Paul Dittmer (Track) ..............................Mar. 29-Apr. 4Jeremy Klas (Field) ..........................................Apr. 5-11Beau Whitney (Field) ....................................Apr. 19-25James Rogan (Field) ............................... Apr. 26-May 2Sam Michener (Track) ......................................May 3-9Jeremy Klas (Field) ............................................May 3-9

2011:Markus Geiger (Track)................................. Mar. 21-27Barry Britt (Track) .........................................Apr. 11-17

2012:Andrew Blaser (Field) ............................Mar. 26-Apr. 1Andrey Levkiv (Field) .......................................Apr. 2-8Mike Marshall (Field) .....................................Apr. 9-15Stéphane Colle (Track) .................................Apr. 16-22Andrey Levkiv (Field) ...................................Apr. 16-22Stéphane Colle (Track) .................................Apr. 23-29Ugis Svazs (Field) ..........................................Apr. 23-29TOTAL .........................................................26

WOMEN’S OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD2007:Melinda Owen ...............................................Apr. 23-29Heather Bergland ................................... Apr. 30-May 6

2008:Mykael Bothum (Field) ................................Apr. 21-27Melinda Owen (Field) ............................ Apr. 28-May 4Melinda Owen (Field) ...................................May 12-18

2010:Ulrike Hartz (Field) ................................Mar. 29-Apr. 4Gabby Midles (Field) ......................................Apr. 5-11Allix Potratz-Lee (Track) ..............................Apr. 12-18Gabby Midles (Field) ....................................Apr. 12-18K.C. Dahlgren (Field) .......................................May 3-9

2011:Liga Velvere (Track) ........................................Apr. 4-10Lauren Schaffer (Track) ................................Apr. 11-17Alycia Butterworth (Track) ..............................May 2-8

2012:Erica Digby (Track) ...........................................Apr. 2-8Alycia Butterworth (Track) ................... Apr. 30-May 6TOTAL .........................................................15

WOMEN’S INDOOR TRACK & FIELD2006:Dee Olson .......................................................Feb. 13-19

2008:Mykael Bothum (Field) .................................Jan. 14-20

2009:Mykael Bothum (Field) .................................Jan. 18-25Christie Gordon (Track) ...............................Feb. 16-22Martha Hale (Field) .......................................Feb. 16-22

2010:Mykael Bothum (Field) .................................Jan. 18-24Lauren Schaffer (Track) .................................... Feb. 1-7Mykael Bothum (Field) .................................... Feb. 1-7

2012:Kristine Leonard (Field) ..................................Jan. 9-15Hannah Kiser (Track) ....................................Jan. 23-29Liga Velvere (Track) .................................Jan. 30-Feb. 5Hannah Kiser (Track) ..................................... Feb. 6-12TOTAL .........................................................12

BY THE NUMBERSMen:Russ Winger ................................................................................ 9Jeremy Klas .................................................................................. 6Paul Dittmer ................................................................................ 5Matt Wauters ............................................................................... 4Barry Britt .................................................................................... 3Stéphane Colle ............................................................................ 3James Rogan ................................................................................ 3Andrew Blaser ............................................................................. 2Markus Geiger ............................................................................ 2Andrey Levkiv ............................................................................. 2Bastien Tardy ............................................................................... 2Ben Ayesu-Attah ......................................................................... 1Mike Carpenter ........................................................................... 1Josh Dalton .................................................................................. 1David Holmon ............................................................................ 1Mike Marshall ............................................................................. 1Sam Michener ............................................................................. 1Diego Moreno-Guzman ............................................................ 1Lucas Pope ................................................................................... 1Ugis Svazs .................................................................................... 1Beau Whitney.............................................................................. 1Elvie Williams ............................................................................. 1TOTAL ..............................................................................52Women:Mykael Bothum .......................................................................... 5Hannah Kiser .............................................................................. 5Allix Potratz-Lee ......................................................................... 4Melinda Owen ............................................................................ 3Alycia Butterworth ..................................................................... 2Gabby Midles .............................................................................. 2Dee Olson .................................................................................... 2Lauren Schaffer ........................................................................... 2Liga Velvere ................................................................................. 2Heather Bergland ....................................................................... 1K.C. Dahlgren ............................................................................. 1Erica Digby .................................................................................. 1Christie Gordon .......................................................................... 1Martha Hale ................................................................................ 1Ulrike Hartz ................................................................................ 1Kristine Leonard ......................................................................... 1Mandy Macalister ....................................................................... 1Teegan Schoch ............................................................................ 1Julia Veseth .................................................................................. 1TOTAL ..............................................................................37

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Big Sky Outdoor Championship MeetStephen Lewis 100m 10.26 1992Dave Smith 200m 20.34 1984Dave Harewood 400m 45.76 1983John Trott 800m 1:47.2h 1982Paul Thompson 400m Hurdles 50.16 1996Chris Stokes, Sam Koduah 4x100m Relay 39.61 1985Everton Wanliss, Dave SmithSherry Schoenborn Javelin (old rule) 177-10 1986

Big Sky All-Time OutdoorPatrick Williams 100m 10.06 1990Sam Koduah 400m 45.58 1985Paul Thompson 400m Hurdles 50.16 1996Chris Stokes, Sam Koduah 4x100m Relay 39.48 1985Everton Wanliss, Dave SmithGeorge Ogbeide Long Jump 26-8½ 1988Sherry Schoenborn Javelin (old rule) 178-2 1986Dan O’Brien Decathlon 7,988 1989

Big Sky Indoor Championship MeetTawanda Chiwira 200m 21.15 1996Felix Kamangirira 400m 46.72 1996Dave Smith 400m 46.40# 1984Mary Bradford 500m 1:16.45 1984Idaho 4x400m Relay 3:09.61 1996# Oversized Track

Big West Outdoor Championship MeetAngela Whyte 100m Hurdles 13.11 2003Letiwe Marakurwa 3k Steeplechase 10:24.72 2003Joachim Olsen Shot Put 69-8 2002Manuela Kurrat Heptathlon 5,614 2005

Big West All-Time OutdoorAngela Whyte 100m Hurdles 13.06 2003Letiwe Marakurwa 3k Steeplechase 9:52.98 2003Frank Bruder 3k Steeplechase 8:31.93 1997Joachim Olsen Shot Put 70-9¼ 2002

Western Athletic Indoor Championship MeetHannah Kiser 3000m 9:45.11 2012Erica Digby, Liga Velvere, Distance Medley 11:41.67 2012Lauren Schaffer, Hannah Kiser Relay

Western Athletic All-Time Indoor Hannah Kiser 3000m 9:07.23 2012

Western Athletic Outdoor Championship MeetLauren Schaffer 800m 2:04.53 2011Dee Olson 1500m 4:22.03 2006

Western Athletic All-Time OutdoorMelinda Owen Pole Vault 4.40m 2008

At the 1996 Big Sky Indoor Championships, Tawanda Chiwira won the 200m with a meet-record 21.15, then ran a leg of the meet-record-breaking 4x400m relay that posted a 3:09.61.

Vandal Conference Record Holders

Letiwe Marakurwa ran a meet-record 10:24.72 to win the women’s 3000m steeplechase at the 2003 Big West Outdoor Championships. Later that year at the NCAA Outdoor Championships, she broke the Big West all-time record with a 9:52.98 in a fourth-place national finish for All-America honors.

Melinda Owen is the only WAC woman to win three consecutive titles in the pole vault. As a senior in 2008, she led the NCAA and broke the WAC all-time record after clearing 14-5¼ (4.40m) in the event at the Vandal Jamboree in her final home meet at Idaho.

Erica Digby, Liga Velvere, Lauren Schaffer and Hannah Kiser teamed up to post an 11:41.67 and break the WAC Championship meet record in the distance medley relay in 2012.

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Women’s WAC All-Academic Honorees2011-12:

Cross Country: Alycia Butterworth, Laurel Draper, Anna Kalbrener, Hannah Kiser, Ailene MacPherson, Diana Rosslerova, Lauren Schaffer, Holly Stanton, Julia Veseth

Indoor Track & Field: Alycia Butterworth, Allee Cooper, Megan Dempsey, Erica Digby, Laurel Draper, Morgan Dunning, Reba Eggert, Emma Goode, Sara Hemenway, Taylor Hewett, Johanna Höcketstaller, Kelly Jacka, Anna Kalbrener, Hannah Kiser,

Abby Larson, Kristine Leonard, Ailene MacPherson, Molly Meyers, Gabby Midles, Diana Rosslerova, Lauren Schaffer, Holly Stanton, Zoe Timmers, Liga Velvere, Julia Veseth

Outdoor Track & Field: Alycia Butterworth, Allee Cooper, Erica Digby, Laurel Draper, Morgan Dunning, Reba Eggert, Emma Goode, Sara Hemenway, Johanna Höcketstaller, Kelly Jacka, Abby Larson, Kristine Leonard,

Ailene MacPherson, Molly Meyers, Gabby Midles, Maggie Miller, Diana Rosslerova, Ellen Rouse, Holly Stanton, Liga Velvere

2010-11:Cross Country: Alycia Butterworth, Laurel Draper, Anna Kalbrener, Hannah Kiser, Maggie Miller,

Lauren Schaffer, Holly Stanton, Julia VesethIndoor Track & Field: Alycia Butterworth, Laurel Draper, Morgan Dunning, Emma Goode, Sara Hemenway, Karlene Hurrel,

Anna Kalbrener, Hannah Kiser, Kristine Leonard, Katy Lutjens, Ailene MacPherson, Ali Middleton, Gabby Midles, Holly Stanton, Liga Velvere

Outdoor Track & Field: Alycia Butterworth, Laurel Draper, Morgan Dunning, Emma Goode, Sara Hemenway, Karlene Hurrel, Anna Kalbrener, Hannah Kiser, Kristine Leonard, Katy Lutjens, Ailene MacPherson, Ali Middleton, Gabby Midles,

Diana Rosslerova, Lauren Schaffer, Holly Stanton, Liga Velvere, Julia Veseth

2009-10:Cross Country: Laurel Draper, Maike Holthuijzen, Anna Kalbrener, Melissa McFaddan, Lauren Schaffer, Teegan Schoch, Julia Veseth

Indoor Track & Field: Darcy Collins, K.C. Dahlgren, Laurel Draper, Morgan Dunning, Lindsey Goodman, Maike Holthuijzen, Kelly Jacka, Melissa McFadden, Ali Middleton, Gabby Midles, Sam Nielson, Diana Rosslerova,

Ellen Rouse, Lauren Schaffer, Julia VesethOutdoor Track & Field: Darcy Collins, K.C. Dahlgren, Laurel Draper, Morgan Dunning, Lindsey Goodman, Christie Gordon,

Ulrike Hartz, Maike Holthuijzen, Kelly Jacka, Anna Kalbrener, Allix Lee-Painter, Melissa McFaddan, Ali Middleton, Gabby Midles, Sam Nielson, Ellen Rouse, Lauren Schaffer, Julia Veseth

2008-09:Cross Country: Jamie Christensen, Erica Digby, Maike Holthuijzen, Anna Kalbrener, Allix Lee-Painter, Melissa McFaddan,

Diana Rosslerova, Lauren Schaffer, Teegan Schoch, Tessa Scott, Julia VesethIndoor Track & Field: Heather Bergland, Darcy Collins, K.C. Dahlgren, Erica Digby, Morgan Dunning, Lindsey Goodman,

Christie Gordon, Sherica Holmon, Allix Lee-Painter, Gabby Midles, Ellen Rouse, Lauren Schaffer, Teegan Schoch, Julia VesethOutdoor Track & Field: Justine Belliveau, Heather Bergland, Darcy Collins, Morgan Dunning, Lindsey Goodman,

Ellen Rouse, Lauren Schaffer, Teegan Schoch, Julia Veseth

2007-08:Cross Country: Breanna Chipney, Allix Lee-Painter, Mandy Macalister, Melissa McFaddan

Track & Field: Nikita Amy, Heather Bergland, Breanna Chipney, Darcy Collins, K.C. Dahlgren, Meagan Garcia, Lindsey Goodman, Christie Gordon, Allix Lee-Painter, Mandy Macalister, Melissa McFaddan, Gabby Midles, Melinda Owen

2006-07:Cross Country: Shawna Carlson, Breanna Chipney, Melissa McFaddan, Allix Lee-Painter, Melinda Ouwerkerk, Rachel ToldnessTrack & Field: Anne Barnett, Kate Buehler, Shawna Carlson, Breeana Chadez, Breanna Chipney, Darcy Collins, K.C. Dahlgren,

Meagan Garcia, Lindsey Goodman, Christie Gordon, Bevin Kennelly, Emily Kling, Allix Lee-Painter, Mandy Macalister, Melissa McFaddan, Alisha Murdoch, Melinda Ouwerkerk, Melinda Owen, Rhea Richter, Amanda Robinson

2005-06:Cross Country: Bevin Kennelly, Amanda Macalister, Alisha Murdoch, Melinda Ouwerkerk

Track & Field: Brooke Anderson, Kate Buehler, K.C. Dahlgren, Marie Errecart, Jessica Friend, Megan Garcia, Eva Gut, Becky Horace, Bevin Kennelly, Emily Kling, Allix Lee-Painter, Mandy Macalister, Alisha Murdoch, Melinda Ouwerkerk, Melinda Owen,

Tanya Pater, Stefani Patten, Kelcie Robinson, Vernee Samuel, Tammy Stowe, Rachel Toldness

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Men’s WAC All-Academic Honorees2011-12:

Cross Country: Alex Brekke, James Clark, Stéphane Colle, Jeremiah Dubie, Markus Geiger, Jeff Osborn, Matt Robinson, Luke Tonnemaker, Kyle Tylor, Cayle Turpen

Indoor Track & Field: Tyler Bennett, Andrew Blaser, Colin Briggs, James Clark, Stéphane Colle, Jeremiah Dubie, Markus Geiger, Jeremy Klas, Andrey Levkiv, Jason Lorentz, Spencer Meinburg, Jeff Osborn, Kyle Tylor, Cayle Turpen, Dylan Watts

Outdoor Track & Field: Tyler Bennett, Andrew Blaser, Alex Brekke, Colin Briggs, Stéphane Colle, Jeremiah Dubie, Markus Geiger, Colton Hastings, Jeremy Klas, Andrey Levkiv, Jason Lorentz, Mike Marshall, Spencer Meinburg, Jeff Osborn, Matt Robinson,

Ugis Svazs, Cayle Turpen, Dylan Watts

2010-11:Cross Country: Alex Brekke, James Clark, Jeremiah Dubie, Markus Geiger, Jeff Osborn, Matt Robinson, Luke TonnemakerIndoor Track & Field: Tyler Bennett, Alex Brekke, Colin Briggs, James Clark, Jeremiah Dubie, Markus Geiger, Jeremy Klas,

Andrey Levkiv, Jason Lorentz, Eugenio Mannucci, Mike Marshall, Spencer Meinburg, Jeff Osborn, Matt Robinson, Luke Tonnemaker, Dylan Watts, Andrew White

Outdoor Track & Field: Tyler Bennett, Andrew Blaser, Alex Brekke, James Clark, Josh Dalton, Markus Geiger, Andrey Levkiv, Jason Lorentz, Mike Marshall, Eugenio Mannucci, Spencer Meinburg, Jeff Osborn, Matt Robinson,

Luke Tonnemaker, Dylan Watts, Andrew White

2009-10:Cross Country: Alex Brekke, James Clark, Markus Geiger, Lars Lunstrum, Jeff Osborn

Indoor Track & Field: Andrew Blaser, Alex Brekke, Colin Briggs, Josh Dalton, Paul Dittmer, Markus Geiger, Jeremy Klas, Jason Lorentz, Eugenio Mannucci, Jonathan Marler, Spencer Meinburg, Jeff Osborn, Steven Potratz, Dominic Schmidt, Ben Wood

Outdoor Track & Field: Alex Brekke, Colin Briggs, Josh Dalton, Paul Dittmer, Jeremiah Dubie, Markus Geiger, Jeremy Klas, Dustin Kreger, Jason Lorentz, Eugenio Mannucci, Jonathan Marler, Jeff Osborn, Steve Potratz, James Rogan, Ben Wood

2008-09:Cross Country: Alex Brekke, James Clark, Markus Geiger, Steve Potratz, Matt Racine, Luke Tonnemaker

Indoor Track & Field: Alex Brekke, Paul Dittmer, Markus Geiger, Jeremy Klas, Adam Leschber, Jonathan Marler, Spencer Meinburg, Shane O’Connell, Steve Potratz, Matt Racine, James Rogan, Dominic Schmidt, Matthew Wauters

Outdoor Track & Field: Cesar Barquero, Alex Brekke, Bill Brewer, James Clark, Paul Dittmer, Markus Geiger, Jeremy Klas, Dustin Kreger, Adam Leschber, Jonathan Marler, Spencer Meinburg, Shane O’Connell, Steve Potratz, Matthew Racine,

James Rogan, Dominic Schmidt, Matt Wauters, Ben Wood

2007-08: Cross Country: Kevin Friesen, Matt Racine, Tim Tate

Track & Field: Bill Brewer, Paul Ditmer, Adam Leschber, Heath Low, Jonathan Marler, Marcus Mattox, Spencer Meinburg, Matt Racine, James Rogan, Tim Tate, Matt Wauters, Ben Wood

2006-07:Cross Country: Ian Chestnut, Derek Laughlin, Kevin Potter, Matt Racine, Tim Tate

Track & Field: Derek Laughlin, Adam Leschber, Heath Low, Matt Racine, James Rogan, Tim Tate

2005-06:Cross Country: Ian Chesnut, Peter Degner, Dale Engler, Derek Laughlin, Kevin Potter

Track & Field: Tony Bates, Ian Chestnut, Kevin Friesen, Jason Guiffre, Josh Guggenheimer, Wes Hendricks, Derek Laughlin, Jeff Luckstead, Kevin Pabst, Kevin Potter, Matt Racine, James Rogan

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2012 Second Team: Hannah Kiser2010 Second Team: Allix Potratz-Lee, James Rogan

2009 Second Team: Allix Potratz-Lee2009 Third Team: Jonathan Marler2008 Third Team: Melinda Owen1996 Third Team: Frank Bruder

1995 Third Team: Angie Mathison

CoSIDA Academic All-America

2012 First Team: Hannah Kiser2011 Second Team: Jeremiah Dubie, Markus Geiger, Jeremy Klas, Eugenio Mannucci

2010 First Team: K.C. Dahlgren, Paul Dittmer, Maike Holthuijzen, Allix Potratz-Lee, Jonathan Marler, James Rogan 2010 Second Team: Markus Geiger, Jeremy Klas

2009 First Team: Paul Dittmer, Allix Potratz-Lee, Jonathan Marler 2009 Second Team: K.C. Dahlgren, Christie Gordon, Adam Leschber

2008 First Team: Melinda Owen 2008 Second Team: Mandy Macalister, Melissa McFaddan, Jonathan Marler

CoSIDA Academic All-District

2012: Hannah Kiser2011: Jeremy Klas, Eugenio Mannucci

2010: K.C. Dahlgren, Paul Dittmer, Christie Gordon, Ulrike Hartz, Jeremy Klas, Allix Potratz-LeeEugenio Mannucci, Gabby Midles, James Rogan

2009: K.C. Dahlgren, Paul Dittmer, Christie Gordon, Jeremy Klas, James Rogan2008: K.C. Dahlgren, Christie Gordon, Allix Potratz-Lee, Gabby Midles, Melinda Owen, James Rogan

2007: K.C. Dahlgren, Christie Gordon, Bevin Kennelly, Allix Potratz-Lee, Melinda Owen, James Rogan

USTFCCCA Division I All-Academic

2011: Eugenio Mannucci2010: Jonathan Marler, Allix Lee-Painter

2007: Melinda Ouwerkerk2006: Jason Guiffre

Western Athletic Conference Stan Bates Award (Top Student-Athlete)

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