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1 2008 NEW MEXICO indoor track & Field hosting the New Mexico multis & invitational ABQ Convention Center á Fri.-Sat., Jan á 2 p.m./9 a.m. Track & Field Contacts: Daniel Archuleta/Alfredo Moreno (505) / archie84@unm.edu/ avmoreno@unm.edu Lobos Indoor Homestand Continues With Two-Day Meet UP NEXT: Final meet of 2009 at the Convention Center - the New Mexico Classic (Feb. 7) UPCOMING The 2009 indoor track and field season at the Albuquerque Convention Center rolls on as the University of New Mexico hosts the New Mexico Multis and Invitational today and Saturday. The Multis competition - women s pentathlon and day one of the men s heptathlon - runs from 2-8 p.m. today and will be free to public. Saturday s Invitational opens with the field events at 9 a.m., followed by the first event on the track at 10 a.m. Admission is $5 at the door. UNM students with a valid Lobo Card get in for free. The indoor track and field facility at the Albuquerque Convention Center earned a well-deserved reputation as one of the premier venues in the America during the 2006 and 2007 seasons before a scheduling conflict at the Convention Center eliminated the home schedule in In its first two full seasons of competion, the Convention Center welcomed 31 top-25 men s and women s teams and several world class professional athletes. A remarkable 25 automatic qualifying marks and 249 provisional qualifying marks to the NCAA Indoor Championships were recorded from , including a collegiate record in the men s heptathlon in New Mexico hosted one of the top early-season meets in the country last week as some of the finests collegiate athletes in the West combined to record 25 provisional and two automatic qualifying marks for the NCAA Indoor Championships. Two facility records also fell in the Duke City s first major collegiate track and field meet since NEW MEXICO INVITATIONAL MEET INFORMATION/RESULTS Full Teams (11): Adams State (D-II), Arizona, New Mexico, New Mexico Highlands (D-II, women), New Mexico JC (women), San Francisco State (D-II, women), South Plains JC, Texas Tech, Wayland Baptist (NAIA), West Texas A&M (D-II, men), Western State (D-II, men). Scouting The Opponents: Representatives from nationally ranked Texas Tech (No. 7 men/no. 11 women) and Arizona (No. 13 women/no. 22 men) lead a diverse collegiate field this weekend. The Red Raiders, Wildcats and the host Lobos are the lone Division I teams 2009 TRACK & FIELD SCHEDULE in the meet. Division II power Adams State enjoyed an outstanding The Grizzly women won the NCAA D-II Indoor title and finished second outdoors, while the Adams State men were third indoors and fourth outdoors. Western State s men notched top-25 finishes indoors and outdoors at the 2008 NCAA D-II Championships, including a 10th place for the Mountaineer men indoors. South Plains College has boasted the top men s junior college team in the country over the past two seasons, winning the 2007 and 2008 NJCAA outdoor titles. The Wayland Baptist women, meanwhile, swept the NAIA indoor and outdoor crowns in Adams State, Arizona, San Fransico State and Western State are all making their second trip to the Convention Center this winter. Results: Event-by-event results will be posted on the bulletin board near the finish line corner of the facility, near the timing table. Live results will be available courtesy of Record Timing at Final HTML results will available on immediately following the meet. Scoring: All meets at the Convention Center this season will be non-scoring competitions. INDOOR Date Meet (host) Location Time/Results Jan. 17 Lobo Opener ABQ Convention Center non-scoring Jan. 24 Cherry and Silver Invitational ABQ Convention Center non-scoring Jan New Mexico Multis and Invitational ABQ Convention Center 2 p.m./9 a.m. Feb. 7 New Mexico Classic ABQ Convention Center 9 a.m. Feb. 14 Husky Classic (Washington) Seattle, Wash. TBA Feb MWC Championships (Air Force) Colorado Springs, Colo TBA March 6-7 NCAA last chance meet TBA TBA March NCAA Championships (Texas A&M) College Station, Texas TBA OUTDOOR Date Meet (host) Location Time/Results March 21 New Mexico Spring Break Open G.F.O. UNM Track Stadium TBA March 28 UTEP Springtime Invitational El Paso, Texas TBA April 2-5 Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays Austin, Texas TBA April 3 Stanford Invitational Stanford, Calif. TBA April 11 New Mexico Tailwind Invitational G.F.O. UNM Track Stadium TBA April 11 Sun Angel Classic (Arizona State) Tempe, Ariz. TBA Apr Mt. SAC Relays Walnut, Calif. TBA Apr. 18 TCU Invitational Fort Worth, Texas TBA April Brutus Hamilton Invitational (California) Berkely, Calif. TBA May th Don Kirby Memorial Invitational G.F.O. UNM Track Stadium TBA May MWC Championships (Wyoming) Laramie, Wyo. TBA May NCAA Midwest Regional (Oklahoma) Norman, Okla. TBA Jun NCAA Championships (Arkansas) Fayetteville, Ark. TBA BOLD indicates home meet all times Mountain all times/dates subject to change

2 MEET THREE NEW MEXICO HOSTS THE NEW MEXICO MULTIS & INVITATIONAL TEAM NOTES UNIVERSITY INFORMATION Location... Albuquerque, N.M. Founded by Territorial Legislature Enrollment... 25,767 Nickname...Lobos Colors... Cherry (PMS 200) and Silver (PMS 428) National Affiliation... NCAA Division I NCAA Region... Midwest Conference... Mountain West President... Dr. David J. Schmidly Vice President for Athletics...Paul Krebs Senior Associate Athletics Director... Tim Cass Associate Athletics Director/Senior Woman Administrator... Janice Ruggiero Faculty Representative...Breda Bova TEAM INFORMATION Head Coach (mid-distace/distance)...joe Franklin - 2nd Year (Purdue, 91) Office Phone...(505) jbfrankl@unm.edu Asssitant Coach (mid-distace/distance)...erin Howarth - 2nd Year (Butler, 01) Office Phone...(505) howarthe@unm.edu Assistant Coach (sprints/relays/horiz. jumps)...leo Settle - 2nd Year (Arkansas-Little Rock, 99) Office Phone...(505) Assistant Coach (throws/vert. jumps/multis)...mario Wilson - 2nd Year (Marist, 98) Office Phone...(505) Track & Field Fax...(505) Head Athletics Trainer...Dave Binder Head Strength Coach... Mark Paulsen Academic Advisor...Deidre Gordon 2008 Indoor Conference Finish Men: 6th/6 (44.5 pts.) Women: 6th/9 (51.5 pts.) 2008 Indoor National Finish...N/A Sandy Fortner (pentathlon): 12th (3,905) 2008 Outdoor Conference Finish... Men: 5th/6 (87 pts.) Women: 5th/9 (78 pts.) 2008 Outdoor Regional Finish... Men: T-28th (2 pts.) Women: 15th (16 pts.) 2008 Outdoor National Finish... Men: T-42nd (5 pts.) Women: T-31st (8 pts.) MWC Indoor PointsReturning/Lost Men (87%)/6 (13%) Women: 34.5 (67%)/17 (33%) MWC Outdoor Points Returning/Lost... Men: (66%)/29.25 (34%) Women: 45.5 (58%)/32.5 (42%) Newcomers... Men: 13 Women: 13 Indoor Facility (Capacity)...Albuquerque Convention Center (2,000) Surface...Mondo (200m/60-degree banked) Outdoor Stadium (Capacity)...Great Friends of UNM Track Stadium (5,000) Surface... polyurethane acrylic Elevation... 5,085 feet MEDIA RELATIONS INFORMATION Track & Field Contacts...Daniel Archuleta / Alfredo Moreno Office Phone...(505) / Office Fax...(505) archie84@unm.edu/ avmoreno@unm.edu Cell Phone... (505) /(505) UNM Athletics Website... Mailing Addresss: Colleen J. Maloof Building Department of Athletics MSC University of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM MOUNTAIN WEST CONFERENCE INFORMATION Track & Field Contact...Chelsea Guetz Office Phone...(719) cguetz@themwc.com Office Fax ) Conference Website... ATHLETES TO WATCH This weekend s meet will feature 20 Division I and Division II nationally ranked athletes along with several standout postcollegiate athletes. The ranked competitors are as follows: Notable Postcollegiate Athletes Ebonie Floyd-Broadnax (60m/200m) - Qualified for 2008 USA Olympic Team (400m)... two-time All-American at Houston NCAA runner-up in the 100m/3rd in the 200m... swept the 60 & 200 in her last appearance in Albuquerque as a senior in Jake Arnold (heptathlon) - 3rd in the decathlon at the 2006 and 2007 USA Championships... two-time NCAA decathlon champion and two-time heptathlon All-American at Arizona...2nd in the heptathlon in his last visit to Albuquerque in Bruce Davis (400m/800m) - Earned All-America honors with Mississippi State s 4x400 relay team in semifinalist in the junior college All-American in the 400 Tyree Gailes (60m/200m) - Two-time All-American at Texas Tech in the 60m and 100m Shawon Harris (60m Hurdles) - All-American at Texas Tech in the 60 hurdles and 400 hurdles Division I Men Lee Emanuel (New Mexico) - No. 8 in the 800m (running the 3,000m on Saturday) Nick Mossberg (Arizona) - No. 10 in the pole vault Luis Rivera-Morales (Arizona) - No. 9 in the long jump, No. 13 in the triple jump Zack Lloyd (Arizona) - No. 1 in the shot put Division II Men Jerrell Miller (Adams State) - No. 19 in the 60m Josh Streeter (Adams State) - No. 1 in the 800m/No m (running the 60m hurdles on Sat.) Corey De La Cruz (Adams State) - No. 5 in the 800m James Douglas (Adams State) - No. 6 in the long jump Matt Gersick (Adams State) - No. 5 in the shot put, No. 3 in the weight throw Wayne Durham (Adams State) - No. 1 in the heptathlon (60m hurdles, triple jump on Sat.) Jason Mannerberg (Adams State) - No. 6 in the heptathlon Division I Women Liz Patterson (Arizona) - No. 3 in the high jump Gabriella Duclos (Arizona) - No. 4 in the pole vault Megan Howard (Arizona) - No. 10 in the shot put Division II Women Michele Williams (Adams State) - No. 6 in the 400m Sofia Monroe (Adams State) - No. 1 in the 800m (running the mile on Saturday) Vanessa Roy (Adams State) - No m Amanda Gylling (Adams State) - No. 9 in the 60m hurdles Adrienne Lewis (Adams State) - No. 12 in the long jump Angella Graham (New Mexico Highlands) - No. 18 in the long jump (triple jump on Sat.) Rennee Harris (Adams State) - No. 22 in the long jump LAST TIME OUT: Cherry & Silver Invitational Seniors Lee Emanuel, Jarrin Solomon and junior Deanna Young led a sensational day of indoor track and field at the Albuquerque Convention Center on Jan. 24. The Lobo trio recorded three of the 25 NCAA provisional qualifying marks in the first major collegiate meet of the 2009 season in the Duke City - the Cherry & Silver Invitational. The meet also saw two NCAA automatic marks surpassed and two facility records fall. After two remarkable seasons of action in downtown Albuquerque, the world-class facility at the Convention Center was put on the shelf in Host New Mexico, however, along with nationally ranked teams from BYU, Arizona, Stanford, Adams State, talented squads from California, Houston and UT-San Antonio, and a group of world class post-collegiate athletes served notice today that indoor track is back in Albuquerque. Solomon jump-started the Lobos with a stunning performance in the men s 400 meters. After redshirting all of the 2008 season, the Albuquerque La Cueva product picked up where he left off in 2007, smashing his own school record in a wire-to-wire victory in the collegiate 400 field. Solomon outlasted Arizona All-American Bobby McCoy and Adams State All-American Josh Streeter for the win, crossing the line in an NCAA provisional

3 MEET THREE NEW MEXICO HOSTS THE NEW MEXICO MULTIS & INVITATIONAL TEAM NOTES qualifying time of McCoy - who was fourth in the event at the 2008 NCAA Indoor Championships - was unable to counter Solomon s sizzling burst out of the starting blocks. Solomon s last 400 at the Convention Center came at the 2007 Mountain West Conference Championships, where he finished second to break his father Michael s UNM record with a time of Former USA Indoor 400 champion James Davis - who set a Convention Center record of in the invitational race - was the only athlete to clock a faster time than the UNM senior today. An hour and a half later, Emanuel secured his place as the fastest indoor middle distance man in New Mexico history. The Hastings, England product ran third for much of his 800-meter race before turning on the jets and surging past BYU s Kyle Perry - the 2008 MWC mile champion - and the Cougars all-mwc honoree Jacob Gustafsson over the final 100 meters. Emanuel crossed the line in an altitude adjusted and NCAA provisional qualifying time of 1:50.30 to break Roger Moore s 1983 school record by 0.30 seconds. Emanuel broke a 24-year-old UNM record in the mile in his debut season last year. Young, meanwhile, put an exclamation point on the Lobos effort today, dominating the women s triple jump field with a provisional qualifying leap of 42 4 ½ (12.91m). The Albuquerque Highland product, who entered the day at 11th in the national preseason rankings, came within three inches of her own school record. She recorded the three longest marks of the day before sitting out the finals. Elsewhere for New Mexico, junior transfer Rory Fraser picked up a win in his first mile race as a Lobo. Fraser clocked a solid altitude adjusted time of 4:05.70, less than three seconds shy of the NCAA provisional qualifying standard. Senior teammate Mat Ashton was seventh in a career best altitude adjusted time of 4: Senior Ariel Burr made a triumphant return to indoor action after redshirting the 2008 season. Burr finished second in the 400 with a time of It was her first indoor 400 race since winning the MWC title in the event at the Convention Center in Fellow senior Domnick Meadows used a raucous crowd lining the triple jump runway to post a career-best mark of 49 3 ½ (15.02m) en route to a fifth place finish. An all-mwc honoree indoors last winter, Meadows redshirted the 2008 outdoor season. He was part of an elite triple jump field that saw three men surpass the NCAA provisional qualifying standard in the final event of the day. SOLOMON CLOCKS MWC S THIRD-FASTEST 400 Senior Jarrin Solomon was named Mountain West Conference Men s Indoor Track & Field Athlete of the Week the conference office announced on Jan.27. It s Solomon s first career indoor Athlete of the Week award and he became just the fourth member of the UNM men s team to be honored by the MWC during the winter season. Solomon jump-started the Lobos in Cherry & Silver Invitational with a stunning performance in the men s 400 meters. After redshirting all of 2008, the Albuquerque La Cueva product picked up where he left off in 2007, smashing his own school record in a wire-to-wire victory in the collegiate field. Solomon crossed the line in an NCAA provisional qualifying time of the fastest time in Mountain West Conference history run in the month of January and third-fastest overall on the conference record book. The previous five fastest 400-meter times in MWC history had all been run on or after Feb. 24. His time is currently third in the country on the early season descending order list. Solomon outlasted Arizona All-American Bobby McCoy in the first and fastest collegiate heat and also defeated Adams State All-American Josh Streeter, who was running in heat two. McCoy was fourth in the 400 at the 2008 NCAA Indoor Championships, while Streeter was third at the 2008 Division II Indoor Championships. Solomon s last 400 at the Convention Center came at the 2007 MWC Championships, where he finished second to break his father Michael s UNM record with a time of Former USA Indoor 400 champion James Davis - who set a Convention Center Albuquerque Convention Center- Driving Instructions 401 2nd St. NW Albuquerque, NM From South (Airport, Belen) 1. Take I-25 NORTH toward I-40/DOWNTOWN & SANTA FE 2. Take the exit number 224B- toward DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. AVE./ CENTRAL AVE. 3. Turn LEFT onto DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. AVE. 4. Albuquerque Convention Center Parking Structures are on the LEFT side of DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. AVE. (Above Ground Parking Lot is West of BROADWAY, Underground Parking Lot is West of 3rd STREET) From North (Balloon Fiesta Park, Rio Rancho, Bernalillo) 1. Take I-25 SOUTH toward BELEN. 2. Take the exit number 224B- toward DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. AVE./CENTRAL AVE. 3. Turn RIGHT onto DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. AVE. 4. Albuquerque Convention Center Parking Structures are on the LEFT side of DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. AVE. (Above Ground Parking Lot is West of BROADWAY, Underground Parking Lot is West of 3rd STREET) From East (Eastside, Fairgrounds, Midtown, University, Uptown) 1. Take I-40 WEST towards GRANTS/GALLUP. 2. Merge onto I-25 SOUTH via exit number 159BC toward LAS CRUCES. 3. Take the exit number 224B- toward DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. AVE./CENTRAL AVE. 4. Turn RIGHT onto DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. AVE. 5. Albuquerque Convention Center Parking Structures are on the LEFT side of DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. AVE. (Above Ground Parking Lot is West of BROADWAY, Underground Parking Lot is West of 3rd STREET) From West (Old Town, West Side) 1. Take I-40 East toward SANTA ROSA. 2. Merge onto I-25 SOUTH via exit number 159BC toward LAS CRUCES. 3. Take the exit number 224B- toward DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. AVE./CENTRAL AVE. PARKING The Albuquerque Convention Center is connected to 1,500 convenient parking spaces. Primary parking is available at the Convention Center Garage (Martin Luther King Blvd & Broadway), with overflow parking available at the Civic Plaza garage (Marquette & 3rd St.). Event parking in these garages is $6.00 per vehicle, without in/out privileges. Additionally, there are numerous other public parking garages and parking lots available throughout downtown close to the Center. Parking fees vary. Please refer to the posted parking fees at each garage or lot.

4 MEET THREE NEW MEXICO HOSTS THE NEW MEXICO MULTIS & INVITATIONAL TEAM NOTES record of in the invitational race - was the only athlete to clock a faster time than Solomon on Saturday. LOBO ALL-AMERICAN PITCHES IN ON TRACK SET-UP Second-year UNM head coach Joe Franklin and his staff worked around the clock in late December and early January to put the track together in the 106,000-square foot Fran Hill Exhibit Hall at the Albuquerque Convention Center. Franklin received a big assist from former Lobo pole vaulter Robert Caldwell a two-time All-American who graduated last spring. Caldwell enlisted the help of workers at his company, Pro Fab, and TLC Plumbing to help with the assembly of the track. New Mexico opens the 2009 indoor season on Saturday, Jan. 17 with the Lobo Opener. It will be the first of four straight home meets: the Cherry and Silver Invitational (Jan. 24), New Mexico Multis and Invitational (Jan ), and the New Mexico Classic (Feb. 7). The Mountain West Conference Championships will return to Albuquerque in Setting it all up has been a labor of love, but our kids are so excited to have this facility back in Albuquerque, Franklin said. (Former UNM coaches) Matt and Mark Henry, and Scott Steffan did a great job of putting on some amazing meets in prior seasons and we re eager to pick up where they left off in You re going to see some very fast times on the track and big marks in the field events here this winter and our athletes are thrilled to be able to compete each week at home in front of their friends and family INDOOR SEASON REVIEW With a national bowling convention occupying the Albuquerque Convention Center, New Mexico was on the road all winter long after full home schedules the previous two years at the city s new indoor facility in downtown Albuquerque. The Lobos, however, continued to reach new marks in 2008, including several school records falling and a landmark trip to the NCAA Indoor Championship meet. The following are some of the highlights from the winter of 2008: Junior Sandy Fortner capped a tremendous indoor season with a 12th place finish in the pentathlon at the NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships. Fortner was the first Lobo multi-event athlete and first UNM woman from the state of New Mexico to compete at the NCAA Indoor meet. Fortner punched her ticket to the NCAA Championships with an NCAA provisional qualifying and school record score of 4,005 en route to the Mountain West Conference pentathlon title on Feb. 28. She was the first UNM woman since 2003 (pole vaulter Bridgid Isworth) and just the second since 1984 to qualify for the NCAA Indoor meet. As expected, a lack of depth hampered the New Mexico men (6th points) and women (6th points) in the overall team standings at the Mountain West Conference Indoor Championships. The individuals who did compete, however, were outstanding, combining for two conference titles, eight all-mwc medals (4 - men, 4 - women) and three school records over the three days of competition. Junior Tiyana Peters cleared 5 7 (1.70m) to become the Lobos first threetime conference champion in the high jump. The Flanders, N.J. product joined Monique Harris (triple jump, ) and Keren Sari-Bentzur (pentathlon/long jump, 2003) as the only UNM women to win multiple conference titles indoors. She also earned all-mwc honors in the event for the third straight year indoors and fourth time in her career. Fortner, meanwhile, cleared 5 5 (1.65m) to tie for third place. Fortner, who cleared a conference-best 5 8 1/2 two days earlier in the pentathlon high jump, medaled in the event for the first time in career. It was her ninth event competition of the weekend. The Fort Sumner, N.M. product opened her day on the track with a fourth place finish in the women s 60-meter hurdles finals, clocking a career-best altitude adjusted time of Her finish was the best by a Lobo since Angela Whyte in 2000 as she became the first UNM woman to score in the event since Fortner piled up a team-high 21.5 points - nine behind High Point Award winner Karoline Koehler of San Diego State - in the pentathlon (first), high jump (tied for third), hurdles (fourth) and long jump (eighth). Sophomore Deanna Young turned in a remarkable conference triple jump performance. She broke former All-American Lavern Clarke s 18-year-old school record by four inches and was over 2 1/2 feet beyond her previous best in a third place finish with a mark of 42 7 (12.98m). In the men s triple jump, junior Domnick Meadows placed third to become the first Lobo ever to medal in the event indoors or outdoors. Meadows, who was fourth in the long jump, recorded a lifetime best mark of /4 (14.90m) - almost a foot beyond his previous best. The Albuquerque Del Norte product led the UNM men with 11 points during the meet. Junior transfer Lee Emanuel paced the Lobos on the track, using a late surge to take third in the mile with an altitude adjusted time of 4: seconds behind the winner, BYU junior Kyle Perry. Emanuel joined former All-American Matt Gonzales (second in 2004) as the Lobos lone all-mwc honorees in the event. After finishing sixth in 2007, Junior Josh Cosio turned in the best high jump performance by a Lobo man at the MWC Indoor Championships, clearing 6 8 3/4 (2.05m) to capture the silver medal. The Albuquerque Manzano product finished just one inch behind BYU senior Bryce Bergen, earning all-mwc honors for the first time indoors and second time in his career. Sophomore Alesha Walker broke a school record en route to a fourth place finish in the women s long jump. Walker became the first UNM woman to jump 20-feet indoors with a leap of 20 1/4 (6.10m), breaking Keren Sari-Bentzur s 2001 record by 1 1/4 inches. Walker turned in the best finish by a UNM woman in the event since Sari-Bentzur s victory in New Mexico grabbed another silver medal on the track as the men s distance medley relay team of junior Lee Emanuel, sophomore Philip Reid, redshirt freshman Ryan Steadman and junior Mat Ashton edged Air Force for second place. Sandy Fortner won the pentathlon with a school record score of 4,005. Fortner became the second woman in Lobo history to win a conference title in the pentathlon, joining Sari-Bentzur, who captured the MWC title in 2003 with a then school record 3,845 points. Fortner recorded the fourth-best score in MWC history. UNM had seven athletes record NCAA provisional qualifying times/marks during the season and saw school records fall in five events, including an 18-year-old record in the women s triple jump and 24-year-old standard in the men s mile.

5 MEET THREE NEW MEXICO HOSTS THE NEW MEXICO MULTIS & INVITATIONAL TEAM NOTES NEW MEXICO MULTIS & INVITATIONAL MEET SCHEDULE Jan , 2009 Friday Events (Women s Penthathlon/Men s Heptathlon) 2:00 PM...Heptathlon 60 Meter Dash 2:20...Pentathlon 55 Meter Hurdles 2:40... Heptathlon Long Jump 3:00... Women Pole Vault 3:00...Men 5,000 Meter Run 3:05... Pentathlon High Jump 3:30...Women 5,000 Meter Run 4:05... Heptathlon Shot Put 5:15...Pentathlon Shot Put 5:15... Heptathlon High Jump 6:25...Pentathlon Long Jump 7:55...Pentathlon 800 Meter Run Saturday Field Events 9:00... Women Long Jump 9:00... Women Shot Put 10:00... Heptathlon Pole Vault 11:00...Men Long Jump 11:00...Men Shot Put 1:00... Men Pole Vault 1:00...Women Triple Jump 1:00... Women Weight 2:10... Women High Jump 2:10... Men High Jump 2:30... Men Triple Jump 2:30...Men Weight Throw Saturday Running Events 9:25...Heptathlon 60 Meter Hurdles 10:00... Men 60 Hurdles Prelim 10:15...Women 60 Hurdles Prelim 10:30... Men 60 Meter Prelim 10:45...Women 60 Meter Prelim 11:15... Men Mile 11:30...Women Mile 11:45... Men 400 Meter Dash 12:05...Women 400 Meter Dash 12:30... Men 60 Hurdles Final 12:40... Women 60 Hurdles Final 12:50...Men 60 Meter Final 1:00... Women 60 Meter Final 1:10... Heptathlon 1,000 Meter Run 1:15...Men 800 Meter Run 1:25...Women 800 Meter Run 1:35...Men 3,000 Meter Run 1:55... Men 200 Meter Dash 2:15...Women 200 Meter Dash 2:45...Women 3,000 Meter Run 3:00... Men 4x400 Meter Relay 3:15... Women 4x400 Meter Relay

6 MEET THREE NEW MEXICO HOSTS THE NEW MEXICO MULTIS & INVITATIONAL FACILITY RECORDS/MAP ALBUQUERQUE CONVENTION CENTER FACILITY RECORDS WOMEN MEN 60 Meters Ashley Owens (UNLV) Meters Richard Thompson (LSU) Meters Virgil Hodge (TCU) Meters Xavier Carter (LSU) Meters Tonette Dyer (USA) Meters James Davis (unattached) Meters Carlee Clark (BYU) 2: Meters Shaun Smith (Oral Roberts) 1: Mile Mardrea Hyman (unattached) 4: Mile Mircea Bogdan (UTEP) 4: ,000 Meters Hind Hind (unattached) 9: ,000 Meters Aaron Braun (Adams State) 8: ,000 Meters Whitney McDonald (BYU) 16: ,000 Meters Josh Rohatinsky (BYU) 14: m Hurdles David Payne (USA) m Hurdles Nichole Denby (USA) x400m Relay Scheurman, Mutai, Witherspoon, Summers (Baylor) 3: x400m Relay Morris, Rooks, Wilson, Lawrence (LSU) 3: DMR Gustafsson, Rencher, Dorais, McAdams (BYU) 10: DMR Magill, Mazan, Clark, Fowler (BYU) 11: High Jump Scott Sellers (Kansas State) High Jump Kaylene Wagner (Kansas State) Long Jump Trevell Quinley (USA) Long Jump Tori Polk (Texas Tech) Triple Jump Rafeeq Curry (Florida State) Triple Jump Cassandra Strickland (California) Pole Vault Toby Stevenson (Nike)/Robison Pratt (BYU) /2006 Pole Vault Lacy Jansen (USA) Shot Put Noah Bryant (USC) Shot Put Jill Camarena (unattached) Weight Throw Egor Agafonov (Kansas State) Weight Throw Loren Groves (Kansas State) Heptathlon Trey Hardee (Texas) 6,208** 2006 Pentathlon Katie Lloyd (Colorado State) 4, ** Collegiate record

7 MEET THREE NEW MEXICO HOSTS THE NEW MEXICO MULTIS & INVITATIONAL HEAD COACH JOE FRANKLIN JOE FRANKLIN Head Track & Field/Cross Country Coach Second Year - Purdue University, 1991 Joe Franklin enters his second year as the head track and field/cross country coach at the University of New Mexico. Franklin took over the program on June 18, 2007 after 13 years in the same role at Butler University. He replaced Matt Henry who retired after seven years at New Mexico. Franklin is the seventh men s and fifth women s head track and field coach at UNM. I m excited and thrilled, Franklin said. This is a very unique opportunity, especially when you look at the great tradition and history that New Mexico has had in cross country and track and field. I think the University of New Mexico and city of Albuquerque are tremendous settings for competition and training and places that provide unique opportunities for student-athletes. Franklin said he has lofty expectations for the future of the UNM track and cross country programs. The goals for the program are always to see where we can max out in every event, he said. Let s see how high we can go. Let s see if we can get to be a top- 10 team in cross country. Let s see if we can get to be a top-25 team in track and field. We want to have athletes in the sprints, throws, jumps, vaults and distance events qualifying for the NCAAs consistently and then see if we can build on that and start moving up in the team standings. Franklin wasted little time making his mark at New Mexico in his debut cross country season in the fall of Under his tutelage, senior Jeremy Johnson won the Mountain West Conference men s title and earned All-America honors by placing 20 th in his NCAA Cross Country Championship debut. The Lobo men turned in their best ever MWC performance, finishing second with a score of 51 the team s best at a conference meet since UNM also had a program-best four runners earn all-mwc honors on the men s side. The women s team, turned in one of the best cross country seasons in program history, in New Mexico won its first conference title, edging BYU in the closest Women s Championship meet in MWC history. The Lobos set program records with three first team all-conference runners and five total allconference honorees. Franklin was named MWC Women s Coach of the Year. Three weeks later, junior Nicky Archer (56th) led the Lobos to an 18th place finish at NCAA Championships in their first trip to the national meet since Franklin s debut season on the track in 2008 was filled with highlights. Junior Sandy Fortner became the first UNM woman to compete in the pentathlon at the NCAA Indoor Championships (12th) after winning MWC gold in the competition, along with junior high jumper Tiyana Peters. Five school records also fell during the indoor season, including the women s 5,000, long jump, triple jump and pentathon and the men s mile. The 2008 outdoor track season saw seven athletes - four men and three women - advance to NCAA Championship meet, giving New Mexico its best representation in the modern era of the championships since the men s and women s competition was combined into one meet in UNM had three athletes - seniors Robert Caldwell (pole vault) and Jeremy Johnson (10,000m), and junior Katie Coronado (javelin) - earn All-America honors - the most for UNM since Coronado s silver medal in the javelin was the best ever recorded by a New Mexico woman at the NCAA Championships. A program record-tying 13 individuals (in 16 events) advanced to the NCAA Midwest Regional Championships, helping the men s (32nd) and women s (34th) teams each finish among the top-40 in the national rankings. The UNM women were the second-highest MWC team in the rankings, behind No. 23 TCU. New Mexico earned 11 all-conference medals, including five golds, at the MWC Championships. The women s score of 78 was their highest at the conference meet since Caldwell and Coronado gave UNM a sweep of the men s and women s MWC Outstanding Performer awards. Four women s outdoor records were also set in 2008 with new marks established in the 3,000 steeplechase, long jump, javelin and heptathlon. During his time in Indianapolis, Franklin built the Butler program into a national force in men s and women s cross country. He led eight teams (six men s, two women s) to the NCAA Cross Country Championships between with seven squads earning top-25 finishes. In 2004, Franklin was named NCAA Cross Country Coach of the Year after leading the Butler men to a program-best fourth place finish at the national meet. The Bulldogs sent a team to the NCAA Championships five of the last six years Franklin was at the helm and dominated the Horizon Conference in cross country. In 2006, the men s team won its ninth straight conference title, while the women won their fifth in a row. Franklin earned conference Coach of the Year honors 17 times in cross country and was named Men s Great Lakes Region Coach of the Year in He also earned conference Indoor Track Coach of the Year honors twice at Butler. Under Franklin, Butler athletes earned track or cross country All-America honors nine times, won 128 conference titles and earned 276 all-conference awards. The Bulldogs had three runners place among the top-5 at the NCAA Cross Country Championships with Julius Mwangi taking third in 1998, Mark Tucker placing fourth in 2002 and Victoria Mitchell finishing fourth in On the track, Butler had three outdoor All-Americans with Mitchell winning the 3,000-meter steeplechase national title in 2005, Becky Lyne finishing third in the 800 in 2003 and Fraser Thompson placing seventh in the 5,000 in Scott Overall became Butler s first indoor track All-American in 2007 when he finished sixth in the mile run. Butler athletes also fared well in the classroom under Franklin s watch. The men and women both posted team grade point averages over 3.2 in the fall of 2006 and Thompson earned a Rhodes Scholarship in the highest academic award ever by a Butler University student. A native of Greencastle, Ind., Franklin was a four-year letterman in track at Purdue University and a two-time all-big 10 Conference honoree in the 800 (2nd , 3rd ). He received his bachelor s in Professional Writing in 1991 and his master s degree in Education Administration in 1994, both from Purdue. Franklin, 40, and his wife, Melinda, have a 16-year-old son, Elijah. THE JOE FRANKLIN FILE Age: 40 (born March 1, 1968) Birthplace: Greencastle, Ind. Alma Mater: Purdue 91 Collegiate Athletic Experience: Purdue (middle distance ) All-Americans Coached (9): Jeremy Johnson (New Mexico) ,000m (7th) 2007 cross country (20th) Scott Overall (Butler) 2007 mile (6th) Victoria Mitchell (Butler) 2005 cross country (4th) ,000m steeplechase (1st) Olly Laws (Butler) 2004 cross country (19th) Becky Lyne (Butler) m (3rd) Mark Tucker (Butler) 2002 cross country (4th) Fraser Thompson (Butler) 1999 outdoor 5,000m (7th) Julius Mwangi (Butler) 1998 cross country (3rd) Justin Young (Butler) 1998 cross country (22nd) Coaching Experience: : Head Cross Country Coach, DePauw -Conference coach of the year : Asst. Men s Cross Country/Track & Field Coach, Purdue : Head M&W Cross Country/Track & Field Coach, Butler -National cross country coach of the year; NCAA regional XC coach of the year; conference XC coach of the year 17 times; 2-time conference indoor T&F coach of the year current: Named the 7th men s and 5th women s head track and field coach at New Mexico on June MWC Women s XC Coach of the Year

8 MEET THREE NEW MEXICO HOSTS THE NEW MEXICO MULTIS & INVITATIONAL WOMEN S ROSTER Name Event(s) Ht. YR.-EXP (in)/yr-exp (out) Hometown (Last School) Nicole Archer Distance 5-9 Jr-Tr/Jr-Tr Cheshire, England (University of Birmingham) Carolyn Boosey Distance 5-1 Sr-1L/Sr-1L London, England (St. Mary s (England)) Laura Bowerman Distance 5-6 Sr-Tr/Sr-Tr Tampa, Fla. (Florida State) Lynn Brasher Mid-Distance 5-4 Jr-2L/Jr-2L Albuquerque, N.M. (Eldorado HS) Ariel Burr Sprints 5-4 Sr-3L/ Eligibility Completed Carrizozo, N.M. (Carrizozo HS) Katie Coronado Javelin /Sr-3L Ruidoso, N.M. (Ruidoso HS) Michelle Corrigan Distance 5-0 Sr-1L/Jr-RS Green Bay, Wisc. (Mississippi State) Alex Darling Distance 5-5 Fr-RS/Fr-RS Albuquerque, N.M. (Colorado State) Polina Ermoshina Distance /Jr-1L Moscow, Russia Kelly Fortner Pole Vault 5-9 Jr-2L/Jr-2L Fort Sumner, N.M. (Fort Sumner HS) Sandy Fortner Multi-Events/Jumps 5-9 Sr-3L/Sr-3L Fort Sumner, N.M. (Fort Sumner HS) Ashley Gibson Distance 5-6 Jr-Tr/Jr-Tr Newcastle England, (Loughborough University) Becky Green Mid-Distance 5-5 Sr-3L/Sr-3L Arlington, Texas (James Bowie HS) Whitney Johnson Pole Vault 5-8 Sr-3L/Sr-3L Mission Viejo, Calif. (Mission Viejo HS) Rachel Kelchner Sprints 5-4 Fr-HS/Fr-HS Albuquerque, N.M. (St. Pius X HS) Laura Lavezo Distance 5-6 Fr-HS/Fr-HS Albuquerque, N.M. (La Cueva HS) Sara Lee Pole Vault 5-3 Fr-HS/Fr-HS House, N.M. (House HS) Leslie Luna Distance 5-6 Sr-1L/Sr-3L Albuquerque, N.M. (Albuquerque Academy) Aditi Majumdar Pole Vault 5-1 Jr-2L/Jr-2L Socorro, N.M. (Socorro HS) Bianca Martin Distance 5-4 Fr-HS/Fr-HS Beaverton, Ore. (Westview HS) Kelly McCabe Distance 5-7 Jr-2L/So-1L Albuquerque, N.M. (Highland HS) Amber Menke Jumps 5-7 Fr-HS/Fr-HS Albuquerque, N.M. (Cibola HS) Lacey Oeding Distance 5-1 Fr-HS/Fr-HS Jasper, Ind. (Jasper HS) Briana Paxton Throws 6-0 Sr-3L/Sr-3L Albuquerque, N.M. (La Cueva HS) Kim Perkins Hurdles 5-8 Jr-2L/Jr-2L Clovis, N.M. (Clovis HS) Stasia Ploskonka Distance 5-6 Sr-3L/Sr-3L Albuquerque, N.M. (Manzano HS) Emma Reed Distance 5-3 So-Tr/So-Tr Clevedon, England (Boston Univeristy) Hagit Salamon Jumps 5-8 Sr-3L/Sr-3L Shefayim, Israel (Hof-Hasharon HS) Asal Salehpoor Jumps 5-7 Fr-RS/So-1L Albuquerque, N.M. (La Cueva HS) Brittany Smith Jumps 5-5 Sr-2L/Sr-2L Kent, Wash. (Highline CC) Vanessa Strobbe Javelin 6-0 /Sr-3L Albuquerque, N.M. (La Cueva HS) Sarah Swartwood Throws 5-7 Jr-2L/Jr-2L Rye, Colo. (Rye HS) Alesha Walker Jumps/Sprints 5-7 Jr-2L/Jr-2L Killeen, Texas (Ellison HS) Erin Weeda Distance 5-9 Fr-HS/Fr-HS Albuquerque, N.M. (Albuquerque HS) Tami Williams Throws 5-8 Jr-2L/So-1L Artesia, N.M. (Artesia HS) Andrea Wright Mid-Distance 5-10 Sr-Tr/Sr-Tr Greenbelt, Md. (Bucknell) Deanna Young Jumps 5-4 Jr-2L/Jr-2L Albuquerque, N.M. (Highland HS) Katelynn Zibbon Distance 5-4 Fr-HS/Fr-HS Albuquerque, N.M. (Eldorado HS) Seniors /13 Juniors /11 Sophomores /4 Freshmen /9 California (1) Whitney Johnson (Mission Viejo) Colorado (1) Sarah Swartwood (Rye) Florida (1) Laura Bowerman (Tampa) Indiana (1) Lacey Oeding (Jasper) Maryland (1) Andrea Wright (Greenbelt) Personnel Picture (indoors/outdoors) MWC Indoor Points Returning/Lost (67%)/17 (33%) MWC Outdoor Points Returning/Lost (58%)/32.5 (42%) Redshirted Last Year /4 Newcomers Roster breakdown by state/country New Mexico (22) Lynn Brasher (Albuquerque), Alex Darling (Albuquerque), Rachel Kelchner (Albuquerque), Laura Lavezo (Albuquerque), Leslie Luna (Albuquerque), Kelly McCabe (Albuquerque), Amber Menke (Albuquerque), Briana Paxton (Albuquerque), Stasia Ploskonka (Albuquerque), Asal Salehpoor (Albuquerque), Vanessa Strobbe (Albuquerque), Erin Weeda, (Albuquerque), Deanna Young (Albuquerque) Katelynn Zibbon (Albuquerque) - (14) Tami Williams (Artesia), Ariel Burr (Carrizozo), Kim Perkins (Clovis), Kelly Fortner (Fort Sumner), Sandy Fortner (Fort Sumner), Sara Lee (House), Katie Coronado (Ruidoso), Aditi Majumdar (Socorro) Oregon (1) Bianca Martin (Beaverton) Texas (2) Becky Green (Arlington) Alesha Walker (Killeen) Washington (1) Brittney Smith (Kent) Wisconsin (1) Michelle Corrigan (Green Bay) England (4) Nicole Archer (Cheshire), Emma Reed (Clevedon), Carolyn Boosey (London), Ashley Gibson (Newcastle) Israel (1) Hagit Salamon (Shefayim) Russia (1) Polina Ermoshina (Moscow)

9 MEET THREE NEW MEXICO HOSTS THE NEW MEXICO MULTIS & INVITATIONAL MEN S ROSTER Name Event(s) Ht. YR.-EXP (in)/yr-exp (out) Hometown (Last School) Mat Ashton Distance 6-0 Sr-1L/Sr-1L Oxford, England (St. Mary s (England)) Chris Barnicle Distance 6-1 Sr-Tr/Jr-Tr Newton, Mass. (Arkansas) David Bishop Distance 6-1 Jr-Tr/Jr-Tr Chippenham, England (University of Wales Institue, Cardiff) Chad Clark Sprints/Hurdles 6-2 Fr-HS/Fr-HS Albuquerque, N.M. (La Cueva HS) Josh Cosio High Jump 6-4 Sr-3L/Sr-3L Albuquerque, N.M. (Manzano HS) Ethan Durban Mid-Distance 5-11 Fr-HS/Fr-HS Belen, N.M. (Belen HS) Lee Emanuel Mid-Distance 5-10 Sr-1L/Sr-1L Hastings, England (Sheffield Hallam) Ezra Esquibel Distance 5-9 Sr-3L/Sr-2L Albuquerque, N.M. (La Cueva HS) Matt Everett Mid-Distance 5-10 Fr-RS/So-1L Albuquerque, N.M. (La Cueva HS) Anthony Fairbanks Javelin 6-0 /Sr-3L Albuquerque, N.M. (Highland HS) Rory Fraser Distance 5-11 Jr-Tr/Jr-Tr Leicester, England (Leeds Metropolitan Univeristy) Zach Graham Pole Vault 5-9 Sr-3L/Sr-2L Carlsbad, N.M. (Carlsbad HS) Brock Hagerman Distance 5-10 So-1L/So-1L Markleville, Ind. (Norte Dame) Derek Halladay Hurdles 5-10 Fr-HS/Fr-HS Strongsville, Ohio (Strongsville HS) Kyle Henry Hurdles 5-7 So-1L/Jr-2L Albuquerque, N.M. (Cibola HS) Matthew Henry-Marshall Throws 5-9 Jr-2L/Jr-2L Albuquerque, N.M. (Albuquerque HS) Cory Kalm Distance 5-10 Fr-RS/So-1L Albuquerque, N.M. (Sandia HS) Chris Keeling Sprints 5-7 So-1L/So-1L Palmdale, Calif. (Palmdale HS) Jacob Kirwa Distance 5-10 Jr-Tr/Jr-Tr Eldoret, Kenya (Diné College) Chris Lutz Jumps 6-2 So-1L/So-1L Albuquerque, N.M. (Eldorado HS) Jermane McQueen Sprints 6-1 Sr-HS/Sr-1L Raleigh, N.C. (Palomar College) Domnick Meadows Jumps 5-10 Sr-3L/Sr-3L Albuquerque, N.M. (Del Norte HS) Patrick Ortiz Distance 5-11 Fr-RS/So-1L Pecos, N.M. (Pecos HS) Jason Petty Distance 5-7 So-1L/So-1L Albuquerque, N.M. (St. Pius X HS) Allen Pittman Distance 5-7 Fr-HS/Fr-HS Los Alamos, N.M. (Los Alamos HS) Sam Potter Jumps 6-1 Fr-HS/Fr-HS Albuquerque, N.M. (Cibola HS) Tyson Quiller Pole Vault 5-9 Jr-2L/So-1L Boulder, Colo. (Boulder HS) Philip Reid Sprints 5-11 Jr-2L/Jr-2L Westampton, N.J. (Rancocas Valley Regional HS) Dominick Roberts Sprints 5-7 Fr-HS/Fr-HS Denver, Colo. (CCI/East HS) Weston Ross Jumps 5-10 Fr-HS/Fr-HS Albuquerque, N.M. (La Cueva HS) Connor Schneider Distance 6-0 Fr-RS/So-1L Albuquerque, N.M. (Cibola HS) Brandon Simpson Sprints 6-3 Fr-HS/Fr-HS Albuquerque, N.M. (Cibola HS) Jarrin Solomon Sprints 5-9 Sr-3L/Sr-3L Albuquerque, N.M. (La Cueva HS) Ryan Steadman Mid-Distance 6-1 So-1L/So-1L Albuquerque, N.M. (St. Pius X HS) Thomas Trujillo Sprints 5-7 Fr-HS/Fr-HS Rio Rancho, N.M. (Rio Rancho HS) Brian Valllie Mid-Distance 5-10 Jr-2L/Jr-2L Hardin, Mont. (Hardin HS) Kyle Walker Pole Vault 5-11 So-1L/So-1L Rio Rancho, N.M. (Rio Rancho HS) Josh Wiklund Jumps 6-2 Fr-HS/Fr-HS Cloudcroft, N.M. (Cloudcroft HS) Alex Willis Distance 5-9 Jr-2L/So-1L Leadville, Colo. (Lake County HS) Brian Wilson Hurdles 6-3 So-1L/So-1L Estancia, N.M. (Estancia HS) Seniors /9 Juniors /8 Sophomores /13 Freshmen /10 California (1) Chris Keeling (Palmdale) Colorado (3) Tyson Quiller (Boulder), Dominick Roberts (Denver) Alex Willis (Leadville) Indiana (1) Brock Hagerman (Markleville) Massachusetts (1) Chris Barnicle (Newton) Montana (1) Brian Vallie (Hardin) Personnel Picture (indoors/outdoors) MWC Indoor Points Returning/Lost (87%)/6 (13%) MWC Outdoor Points Returning/Lost (66%)/29.25 (34%) Redshirted Last Year /3 Newcomers Roster breakdown by state/country New Jersey (1) Philp Reid (Westampton) New Mexico (23) Josh Cosio (Albuquerque), Ezra Esquibel (Albuquerque), Matt Everett (Albuquerque), Anthony Fairbanks (Albuquerque), Kyle Henry (Albuquerque), Matthew Henry-Marshall (Albuquerque), Cory Kalm (Albuquerque), Chris Lutz (Albuquerque), Domnick Meadows (Albuquerque), Jason Petty (Albuquerque), Sam Potter (Albuquerque), Weston Ross (Albuquerque), Connor Schneider (Albuquerque), Brandon Simpson (Albuquerque), Jarrin Solomon (Albuquerque), Ryan Steadman (Albuquerque) - (16) Ethan Durban (Belen) Zach Graham (Carlsbad), Josh Wiklund (Cloudcroft), Brian Wilson (Estancia), Patrick Ortiz (Pecos), Thomas Trujillo (Rio Rancho), Kyle Walker (Rio Rancho) North Carolina (1) Jermane McQueen (Raleigh) Ohio (1) Derek Halladay (Strongsville) England (4) Mat Ashton (Oxford) David Bishop (Chippenham) Lee Emanual (Hastings) Rory Frazier (Leicester) Kenya (1) Jacob Kirwa (Eldoret)