Erin Asay. Shayla Balentine. Pole Vault Senior 5-6 San Diego, Calif. (Cuyamaca Junior College)

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1 Erin Asay Pole Vault Senior 5-6 San Diego, Calif. (Cuyamaca Junior College) 2004 MWC Pole Vault Indoor Champion 2004 MWC Most Outstanding Performance Will challenge for another conference title... from the same junior college that produced former Aztec pole vaulter and team captain Jesika Englebretson Competed in the NCAA outdoor regional, taking 14th with a jump of third in SDSU history with her first-place clearing of at the Tennessee State Invite... mark also ranks fourth in conference history... recorded NCAA regional-qualifying marks seven different times during the outdoor season... logged victories at the San Diego City Championships and the Aztec Classic,... placed second at the MWC outdoor championships and tied for second at the Cal- Nevada meet ( )... won the MWC indoor championships with an NCAA provisional qualifying vault of named the MWC indoor field performer of the meet... also tied for first at the Boise State Invite on Feb. 14. At Cuyamaca Junior College - Competed for two seasons with the Lady Coyotes, helping the team to a pair of conference titles... runner-up at the junior college state meet in school record-holder, clearing also owns the school s fourth-best mark of High School - Four-year letterwinner at Sweetwater High School in National City 2001 CIF pole vault champion and owns the school record of th at the 2001 high school state meet... Metro League pole vault champion an all-round athlete, who also lettered four times in soccer and three times in tennis. Personal - Erin Marie Asay was born March 17, 1983, in San Diego daughter of Mary Beth and Allan Asay sister, Dana, was an SDSU cheerleader hopes to pursue a career in physical therapy. Shayla Balentine Pole Vault Senior 5-6 Los Osos, Calif. (Morro Bay High School) 2004 NCAA Outdoor Participant 2002 NCAA Outdoor Participant 2002 MWC Pole Vault Outdoor Champion 2002 MWC Pole Vault Indoor Champion Team captain... will look to qualify for her third NCAA outdoor championship meet... competed at the 2002 and 2004 NCAA outdoor meet... won both the 2002 Mountain West Conference indoor and outdoor pole vault titles Had another solid season for the Aztecs, making NCAAs for the second time... set the school outdoor and indoor records... tied for seventh at the NCAA regional meet (12-10)... fourth at the MWC outdoor championships... had NCAA regional-qualifying jumps in seven of nine meets... finished first in three of five outdoor meets, including a school-record leap of at the Cal- Nevada Championships... finished the outdoor season as the 34th-ranked American and 150th in the world... placed fourth at the MWC indoor championships... set an indoor school record, clearing , at the Pole Vault Summit Continued to produce solid results for the Aztecs in her second season... set the school indoor record and tied the outdoor record... tied the outdoor record at the NCAA regional, where she placed eighth... third at the MWC outdoor championships, clearing logged NCAA regional-qualifying jumps at all but one meet... runner-up at both the Steve Scott and UCSD Invite... cleared 13-0 in winning the pole vault at Cal State Northridge... also took first at the San Diego City Championships and competed in the javelin for the first time in her career... logged back-to-back indoor school records of at the Mountain T s Invitational and the Washington Indoor Invite... mark ranks third in conference history... earned Mountain West Conference Athlete of the Week honors on Feb Capped a phenomenal freshman campaign by placing 17th at the NCAA outdoor championships held at Louisiana State University set a meet record of en route to the Mountain West Conference outdoor pole vault title her vault of was second-best in school history recorded NCAA provisional qualifying marks 10 different times during the outdoor season won seven individual meets competed at the USA Track and Field national championships at Stanford set the freshman record for SDSU pole vaulters during both the indoor and outdoor seasons MWC indoor champion with a meet record of NCAA provisional qualifier, who tied the school record at the Reno Pole Vault Summit at with teammate Tricia Gutierrez... MWC all-academic team honoree. High School - Four-year varsity letterwinner at Morro Bay High School served as a team captain earned team MVP honors and was named her school's female athlete of the year California state high school meet champion set the current national high school record for the pole vault with a personal record jump of 13-8 two-time former junior national record holder... featured in the January 2002 issue of Track and Field News as a prize recruit also appeared in Sports Illustrated for Women in the "Name That Sport" section. Personal - Shayla Rose Balentine was born Aug. 8, 1982, in Victorville... daughter of Michele West enjoys surfing, traveling and shopping major is sociology has aspirations of competing in the Olympics. 10 1

2 Heather Heron Sprints/Hurdles Senior 5-7 Yakima, Wash. (Cal State Northridge) 2004 NCAA Outdoor Participant The Aztecs top returning hurdler... will look to qualify for her second consecutive NCAA outdoor meet after competing in versatile athlete who competed in everything from the long jump to the 400-meter hurdles in Qualified for the NCAA outdoor meet in the 100-meter hurdles in her first season on the Montezuma Mesa... anchor leg of the 1,600-meter relay team that was 12th at the NCAA outdoor meet (3:33.84) and the second-fastest all-time by an Aztec team... placed third at the MWC outdoor championship in both the 100- and 400-hurdle events... ran the third leg of the first-place 400-meter relay team at the MWC outdoor championship (44.45)... relay is second on the Aztec all-time top-10 list... had NCAA regional qualifying times in the 100 hurdles in all 11 races leading up to the regional meet... posted seven NCAA regional-qualifying times in eight races in the 400 hurdles... fastest times of the year both came at the prestigious Mt. Sac Relays, where she ran in the 100 hurdles (third place) and in the 400 hurdles (12th)... those times rank her eighth and seventh, respectively, on the all-time SDSU list... won the 100-hurdles at the San Diego City Championships, Aztec Classic and the Cal- Nevada Championships... took first in the 400 hurdles at the San Diego Championships... won the 60-meter hurdles in consecutive indoor meets at the Mountain T s and Boise State Invites. At Cal State Northridge - Spent three seasons at Cal State Northridge... used her redshirt year in competed in the 100 hurdles at the 2002 NCAA championships at LSU... posted a season best time of in the prelims to advance to the NCAA semifinals, where she completed the race in helped the Matadors to the team title at the Big West championships as a sophomore, winning the 100 hurdles (13.42)... also competed in 100-meter dash, 60-meter hurdles, and 4x100 and 4x400-meter relays for the Matadors. High School - Three-year captain at Eisenhower High School in Yakima, Wash. finished second in the 100-meter hurdles at Washington state meet in Personal - Heather Rebecca Heron was born June 20, 1982, in Yakima, Wash. majoring in communications. Marie Nilsson Distance Senior 5-9 Kil, Sweden (Oklahoma State) 2003 All-MWC Cross Country First Team SDSU s top distance runner from 2004 hopes to return from an injury that sidelined her for many months... can run anything from the 800 to the 3,000 steeplechase, as well as the longer distance events Continued her success from cross country into the track seasons... had outdoor team top-times in 1,500, steeplechase, 3,000 and the 5, finished third at the 2004 MWC outdoor championships in the steeplechase... placed 27th at the NCAA regional meet... posted NCAA regional-qualifying times in all four meets she ran the steeplechase... set a school record in the steeplechase in her first time running the event at SDSU (10:32.2)... bettered the record by eightplus seconds in her next meet at the Aztec Classic (10:23.34)... was first in the 1,500 at the San Diego City Championships... took second in the 5K with an NCAA regional-qualifying time of 16:43.56 at the Florida Relays... had all-time Aztec top-10 times in the 1,500 (4:32.03, seventh), 3K (9:39.01, fourth) and the 5K (16:43.56, fifth)... set an indoor school record in the mile in her first meet of the season at the Mountain T s Invite (5:10.91)... followed that up with a school record and first place 3K-time of 9:44.80 at the Boise State Invite... made her case as one of the best in SDSU cross country history... logged three of the top-four 6K times in Aztec history, including a school-record of 21:04 at the NCAA regional meet... team's top runner at every meet she participated in and tallied five top-seven individual finishes overall... posted the bestever finish and time by an Aztec at the MWC championships, coming in fourth overall in 21:53... earned a spot on the seven-member Mountain West Conference first team, becoming the first SDSU runner so honored in the meet's five-year history... first Aztec to be named Mountain West Conference Runner of the Week twice in a season... recorded the best finish by an SDSU women's runner at the Aztec Invitational in 22 years, coming in fourth with the team s season best 5K effort of 18:23... MWC all-academic honoree. At Oklahoma State - Spent three seasons running for Oklahoma State... competed twice at the NCAA Cross Country Championships in both 2001 and ran individually at the 2002 NCAA meet, placing 66th after a third-place finish at the regionals... helped Oklahoma State to the NCAA Midwest Region title in 2001, coming in 12th... Cowgirls top runner at the 2001 NCAAs coming in 61st... Oklahoma State was 18th at the national meet in pair of top-12 finishes at the Big 12 championships her final two seasons... third at the Swedish championships in the 5K. High School - Attended Rvdbecksskolan in Sollentuna, Sweden... placed fourth in the 800 and fifth in the 1,500 at the 1999 Swedish School Championships. Personal - Karin Marie Irene Nilsson was born May 25, 1981, in Kil, Sweden... daughter of Henry and Ulla Nilsson... father, Henry, won the Swedish championship in the 3,000 meters in 1966 and major is international security and conflict resolution. 2 11

3 Larnie Boyd Sprints/Hurdles Junior 5-6 Vallejo, Calif. (Idaho State) 2004 NCAA Outdoor Participant Is coming off a successful first season on The Mesa after transferring from Idaho State in should compete for a MWC title in the Competed in the 200, 400, 400-hurdles and the 800 in opening leg on the 1,600-meter relay team which finished 12th at the NCAA outdoor championship meet (3:33.84)... the mark is the second fastest time in SDSU history... ran first leg in the victorious 400-meter relay team at the MWC outdoor meet(44.45)... time was second-best on the all-time Aztec list... 1,600 and 400 relay teams finished third (3:35.89) and fifth (44.69), respectively, at NCAA regional meet... placed eighth in the 400 at the NCAA regional (54.14)... took third in the 400 at the MWC outdoor championships (54.11)... also placed ninth in the qualified for the NCAA regional meet in her first 400 of the outdoor season at the San Diego City Championships with a first-place time of runner-up in the 400-hurdles (1:00.75) at the same meet, also a regional mark... placed third and fourth in the 400 (55.24) and 200 (24.48) at the MWC indoor meet... part of the 1,600 relay team which set a school record of 3:43.66 at the Boise State Invite. At Idaho State - Competed at Idaho State in all-big Sky Conference indoor and outdoor selection Big Sky Track and Field Athlete of the Week (April 20-26)... member of 4x100 and 4x400 relay teams that finished first at Big Sky Conference outdoor meet... also placed second in the 400-meter dash at conference... competed in the 4x100, 4x400 and 400 meters at the NCAA regional, helping the Bengals to a sixth place in the 4x during the indoor season, ran a leg on the winning 4x400 relay, was the runner-up in the 400 and fifth in the 200 at the Big Sky championships. High School - Two-time captain and letterwinner at Vallejo High School... placed seventh at the California state high school meet in the 400 as a senior... CIF outstanding athlete and league champion as a junior and senior... served as team captain both seasons... also competed in cross-country... finished sixth at the 2002 junior nationals in the 4x400 relay. Personal - Larnie Shayla Boyd was born July 25, 1984, in Oakland daughter of Yvonne Cooley and Allen Boyd... an all-academic honoree, posted 3.8 GPA in high school... She enjoys reading... majoring in speech language and hearing science.. Nicole Carmier Sprints/Jumps Junior 5-10 Elk Grove, Calif. (Laguna Creek High School) Contributes in a variety of events for the Aztecs, including the 400, 800, 400 hurdles, the high jump and the pentathlon/heptathlon Placed 14th in the heptathlon at the MWC outdoor meet... also tied for seventh in the high jump (5-5)... was eighth at the Cal- Nevada Championships in the ran opening leg in the 1,600-meter relay team which finished first at the San Diego City Championships... season-best 5-6 leap and 11th-place finish in the high jump at Mt. SAC... had a season-best 800 time of 2:11.81 at the Florida Relays... runner-up in the 800 and the high jump at the City Championships... tied for second in the high jump (5-4.25) and placed fifth in the 800 (2:13.6) at the Aztec Classic... ran 800 leg of distance medley relay team that placed fourth at the Florida Relays (11:37.77)... took sixth in the heptathlon with 3,209 points and tied for sixth in the high jump (5-3) at the MWC indoor meet Eighth in her first-ever heptathlon at the MWC outdoor meet, scoring 4,229 points... best time in the 400 of came at the UCSD Invite... runner-up in the 400 at the Steve Scott Invite... cleared a seasonbest in the high jump at the conference outdoor meet... competed in the 200, 400 and high jump at the MWC indoor championships... third leg of the school record 4x400 relay (3:47.88), which took second at conference... MWC all-academic selection. High School - Named the Cardinals Athlete of the Year and track MVP all four years at Laguna Creek High School personal-best in the 400 sixth in the 4x400 relay at the Junior Olympics competed in the California state finals in the 4x100 and 4x400 relays from also played basketball, receiving a spot on the all-city team in 2002 an honor roll student. Personal - Nicole Renee Carmier was born Nov. 15, 1983, in Los Angeles daughter of Walter and Carolyn Carmier majoring in business. 12 1

4 Christal Cuadra Distance Junior 5-7 Honolulu, Hawaii (Maryknoll High School) 2004 All-MWC Cross Country Second Team A key performer in the distance races for SDSU... had a successful campaign as a member of the Aztec cross country team, earning all- MWC second-team honors The Aztecs top finisher in all six races she ran during the cross country season... earned second-team all-mwc honors after placing 14th with a 6,000-time of 23:03... recorded the fifth-fastest 6K time in Aztec history with a 55th-place performance at the NCAA regional meet... three top-15 finishes in three consecutive races... logged the three fastest 6K times on the team and four out of the top-five... took fourth overall at the UNLV Invitational with a season-best time in the 5K of 19: Finished sixth in the 5K at the Florida Relays in a season-best time of 17: set a personal-best time in the 3K at the Sea-Ray Relays (10:20.55)... placed third at the Aztec Classic in the 5K... took fifth (4:55.71) in the 1,500 at the first outdoor meet at the San Diego City Championships... competed in both the 5K and 10K at the MWC outdoor meet... kicked off the indoor season with a second-place finish in the mile (5:42.83) at Mountain T s... the Aztecs No. 2 finisher during most of the cross country season... posted the eighth (22:25) and 10th (22:32) fastest 6K times in school history... team s second best 5K time (18:39.80) and third best 6K time (22:25) of the season... five, top-20 finishes overall... began year with her best-ever finish and 5K time of 18:39.80 at the Fullerton Opener, coming in fourth overall in the field of second Aztec to cross the finish line a week later at the Aztec Invitational, placing 16th in 19:07... team s No. 2 runner at her next four meets, including a 13th at the UCSD Invite and a fifth place at the LBSU Invitational, helping the team to the meet title... 42nd overall at the MWC meet in Albuquerque... rounded out season with her best-ever 6K time of 22:25 at the NCAA regional in Oregon Competed in the five different events during the outdoor track season... second at the season-opening San Diego City Championships in the 1,500 with a time of 4: raced in the 3K on three occasions with her best time coming at the UCSD Invite (10:38.72)... sixth in the 5K at the Steve Scott Invitational in Irvine, Calif.... competed in the 5K and 10K at the MWC outdoor meet... set the school record in the indoor 3K with a time of 10:32.40 at the UW Indoor Invite... ran in seven of the team s eight cross country meets... finished in the No. 2 spot for the Aztecs in four of her seven races... scored a pair of 17th-place finishes in back-to-back meets at the Aztec Invite and in her home state of Hawai'i at the Hawai i Invitational... posted her best 5K time of 19:08,00 at the Aztec Invitational on Sept competed in the Mountain West Conference (56th) and the NCAA west regional meet (85th). High School - A four-year varsity letterwinner at Maryknoll High School named the Spartans' athlete of the year an all-state team member in cross country and track 2001 Hawai i state cross country champion... won her league s cross country, 1,500 and 3K titles as well team took first place at the cross country league championships personal records include 10:21 in the 3K, 4:44 in the 1,500 and 2:21 in the 800 ran the 5K in a personal-best 17:28. Personal - Christal Park Cuadra was born on Feb. 9, 1984, in Honolulu, Hawaii... parents are Greg and Kisun Cuadra... dad was her high school track coach... lists Lance Armstrong as her favorite athlete... majoring in economics. Bianca McNair Sprints Junior 5-10 Portland, Ore. (Lincoln High School) 2003 NCAA All-American Gives the Aztecs depth in the sprints... also a key member of the team s relays Started the outdoor season with a second-place finish in the 400, fourth in the 200, and was the anchor leg of the victorious 400 relay team (45.37) at the San Diego City Championships... part of the 800 relay which took first in the Sea Ray Relays (1:33.31)... took second in the 400 and fifth in the 200 at the Cal-Nevada Championships... competed in the 200 and 400 (57.41) in the MWC outdoor championships... ran 400 leg of the sixthplace (12:53.13) distance medley relay team at the MWC indoor meet Earned All-America honors at the NCAA outdoor championships, running the anchor leg during the preliminaries of the 4x400 relay... ninth at the USA Junior National Championships in the 400 meters with a time of one of 12 Aztecs to compete at the first ever NCAA west regional, running in the pair of top-six finishes at the MWC outdoor meet, taking fifth in the 400 and sixth in the third leg on the school s fastest ever 4x200 relay, which posted a time of 1:32.99 at the Penn Relays... runner-up in the 400 at the Cal-Nevada championships, logging a season best and NCAA regional qualifying time of (10th in SDSU history)... won the 800 at the San Diego City Championships, the only time she competed in the event... participated in the 60, 200 and 400 at the conference indoor meet. High School - A four-time varsity letterwinner at Lincoln High School... runner-up in the 400 meters (55.07) and third in the 200 meters (25.02) at the 2002 Oregon state high school meet... owns her high school's records in the 200 (24.90) and 400 (55.07) meters team's MVP in 2001 and 2002 first-team all-league selection relay team qualified for state finals all four years also a two-year letterwinner in volleyball. Personal - Bianca Marie McNair was born Jan. 8, 1984, in Portland, Ore. daughter of Edward and Marjorie McNair Jackie Joyner Kersey and Serena and Venus Williams are her favorite athletes majoring in African studies. 13

5 Jamillah Titus Mid-Dist./Jumps Junior 5-8 American Canyon, Calif. (Vintage High School) A versatile athlete who has competed in numerous events for the Aztecs in her two seasons on the Mesa... also competes with the Aztec cross country team Ran in six cross country meets... finished fourth on the team at the CS Fullerton meet and the Fresno State Invite... posted a season-best 5K-time (19:52) and 67th-place finish at the Fresno Invite... that time was also the seventh-fastest by an Aztec for the season... had a 16th-place finish and 6K best of 27:34 at the pre-mwc championship meet on Oct. 9.. was 63rd at the MWC championships Had best marks on the team in the 800 (2:10.96) and the high jump (5-8)... took fifth at the MWC outdoor championships in the 800 (2:13.14) and the high jump (5-8)... also finished ninth in the heptathlon... ranks fourth in school history in the 800, seventh in the high jump and 10th in the 1, qualified for the NCAA regional meet in the high jump... lead-off leg of the school s thirdfastest outdoor distance medley relay (11:45.80)... recorded first-place finishes at the San Diego City Championships (800) and the Aztec Classic (high jump)... took third in the 800 (2:12.41) at the Cal-Nevada Championships... had a season-best 800 time of 2:10.96 at the Sea-Ray Relays... ran 800 leg in sixth-place team finish at the MWC indoor championships... also took ninth in the 800, and particpated in the mile and the high jump... competed in six races in her second season with the Aztec cross country squad... posted the team s fifth-fastest time of the year in the 5K of 19:45 at the UC Riverside Invitational, where she was the Aztecs top finisher... highest finish came at the Long Beach State Invitational, where she was 57th overall... fastest 6K race at Stanford in 25: Led the team in the 800 (2:08.90), 1,500 (4:34.16) and the high jump (5-7)... NCAA regional qualifying efforts in the 800 and high jump... finished 10th at the USA junior championships in the 800 with a time of 2: also competed in the 800 at the NCAA regional meet... seventh in the 800 at the MWC championship, while also partici - pating in the 1,500 (12th) and high jump (8th)... three first-place finishes during the outdoor season... runner-up at the Cal-Nevada meet in the also competed in the 400 and twice in the javelin... third in the 800 and tied for ninth in the high jump at the indoor conference meet... set the school indoor record in the 800 (2:11.26) at Washington... ran in eight cross country meets in her first year at San Diego State... had one top-20 finish, placing 18th at the Aztec Invitational with a time of 19:11... season-best 5K time at the Long Beach Invitational, placing 20th in 18:46... stepped up to lead the Aztecs at the NCAA west regional and was the No. 3 finisher for the squad in five other races. High School - Ranked second nationally in the 800 meters in 2002, with a time of 2: California state 800-meter champion named athlete of the year by the Vintage High School Crushers, as well as by her hometown newspaper personal bests included 2:08.62 in the 800 meters and 5-6 in the high jump... also competed on the Crushers' basketball and swim teams. Personal - Jamillah Danyae Titus was born Nov. 30, 1984, in Oakland parents are Victor and Cassandra Titus enjoys swimming and running lists Wilma Rudolph as her favorite athlete a psychology major who plans to become a child psychologist. Vonnie Fulford Sprints Sophomore 5-1 San Fernando, Calif. (Birmingham High School) Looking to step up after a successful freshman season... will add depth in the sprints and relays Ran opening leg of 400-meter relay team which won the San Diego City Championships (45.37)... also part of relays that took second (45.46) and fourth (45.56), respectively, at the Aztec Classic and Florida Relays... had a season-best time in the 100 of at Mt. SAC... placed third in the 100 at the San Diego City Championships and fifth in the 200 (25.15)... ran a season-best time in the 200 (24.94) at the MWC outdoor meet... also competed in the MWC finished eighth in the 60 at the MWC indoor championships and also ran the had a season-best time in the 60 of 7.63 in the preliminaries at the MWC indoor meet. High School - Attended Birmingham High School in Lake Balboa, Calif.... claimed the 100 (11.99) and 200 (24.81) titles in career-best times her senior season at the Los Angeles city finals, as the Patriots won the team championship with a record 125 points... also ran the anchor leg on the winning 400 relay... finished her career at the state meet, posting a prelim time of in the runner-up in the 100 and 200 as a junior at the Los Angeles City Section Championships... posted a time of in the 100 and in the 200, helping her team to a second-place finish... ran in the 100 and 200 at the 2002 state meet... won the 100 at the 2002 L.A. Watts Summer Games... competed in the 100 meters at the 2001 state meet in Sacramento. Personal - Estreanda Vonshea Fulford was born Dec. 20, 1985, in New Orleans, La.... nick - name is Vonnie mother is Vonceal Fulford cousin Ramal Porter is a wide receiver for the Aztecs football team... majoring in communications. 14 1

6 Janine Polischuk Multi-Events Sophomore 5-5 Regina, Saskatchewan (Sheldon Williams HS) 2004 MWC Outdoor Freshman of the Year 2004 MWC Outdoor Heptathlon Champion Made an immediate impact in her first season on The Mesa, winning the heptathlon event at the 2004 MWC outdoor championships... brings wealth of international experience to the SDSU line-up... expected to compete for NCAA qualifying spot Earned MWC Freshman of the Year honors after winning the heptathlon at the MWC outdoor championships... won the event with the sixth-highest point total all-time by an Aztec with 5,210 points... also competed at the MWC outdoor meet in the 100-high hurdles (fifth, 14.40), 400-hurdles (1:00.72), long jump (sixth, 18-7), triple jump (10th, 38-2,75) and the javelin throw (seventh, )... ranks ninth in school history in the long jump (19-0.5)... qualified for the NCAA regional meet in the 400-hurdles... finished third at the prestigious Mt. Sac heptathlon... took third in the long jump (19-0.5) in her first outdoor meet as an Aztec and sixth in the 100-hurdles (15.23)... finished fifth in the MWC indoor pentathlon with 3,237 points... also compted in the long jump (12th), triple jump (12th) and the 60-hurdles. National/International - The top junior athlete in the heptathlon in Canada, Polischuk earned a bronze medal at the 2003 Pan Am junior championships, beating current teammate Shanon Meyer... 12th at the world youth championships in 2001 in Hungary, with a Canadian outdoor youth record of 4, two-time Canadian junior champion in the heptathlon in competed at the Western Canada Summer Games this past year, winning a gold in the 100 hurdles, a silver in the triple jump and a bronze in the long jump... the Bob Adams Foundation Award winner for Combined Events in 2002 for Juvenile in Canada... holds several of Canada s juvenile and midget records both indoors and outdoors... won the Myrtle Cook Trophy for Canada's most outstanding female athlete 16 years or under in competed for Regina Athletics Track Club for 11 years with coaches Bob Polischuk and Alger Seon. High School - Four-year letterwinner in track at Sheldon Williams High School... served as team captain all four seasons... combined to earn 15 gold medals and one silver during her high school career... also played volleyball at Sheldon Williams. Personal - Janine Sandra Polischuk was born Jan. 14, 1985, in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada... daughter of Joan Whitton and Bob Polischuk... father was one of her club coaches... honor roll student throughout high school... enjoys going to movies... majoring in criminal justice. Celeste Tyson Mid-Distance Sophomore 5-1 Austin, Texas (McNeil High School) A consistent runner who will look to make a greater impact in her second track season on the Mesa Posted an Aztec fastest 5K time of 19:31 at the Fresno Invitational... finished in the top-5 on the team five times... second on the team and seventh overall at the UNLV Invitational with a 5K effort of 20:29... also placed in the top-10 at the Pre-MWC championship meet (6K) on Oct. 9 (10th, 25:21)... competed in the MWC championship meet in San Diego Ran both the 800 and 1,500 at the MWC outdoor championships... had a season-best 1,500 time of 4:45.78 at the Steve Scott Invitational... her 2:18.81 in the 800 at the Mt. Sac Relays was her season-best in the event... took third and fifth, respectively, in the 1,500 (4:53.84) and 800 (2:23.83) at the San Diego City Championships... ran in both the 800 and 1,500 in seven of the eight meets she competed in... finished third in the mile (5:46.91) and seventh in the 800 (2:26.74) at the Mountain T s in her only indoor competition of the season... ran in six races in her first cross country season on The Mesa... logged the team s sixthfastest 5K time of the year of 19:46 at the Aztec Invitational, finishing 37th overall... 39th at Hawai i s Big Wave Invitational with a 4K effort of 15:38... competed in four 6K races with a season best time of 24:13 at the S t a n f o r d Invitational... competed at the MWC meet in Albuquerque, N.M. High School - Earned 10 letters in three sports at McNeil High School in Austin, Texas... four-time letterwinner in cross country and track... Finished in the top 10 at the Texas state cross country meet as a senior... top-20 finisher at the regional level as a sophomore and junior... captained her team to a league title as a junior and a runner-up finish as a sophomore... trained for three years in both the 800 and 1600 under Traci Neely, competing unattached. Personal - Celeste Nicole Tyson was born Feb. 27, 1985, in Corpus Christi, Texas... daughter of Coral and Karl Tyson... is an only child... majoring in nutrition. 2 15

7 Julie Hudlow Pole Vault Senior 5-7 San Diego, Calif. (Rancho Bernardo) Tori Respass-Parsons Sprints Senior 5-10 Hayward, Calif. (Chabot CC) NaOnka Mixon Multi-Events Junior 5-9 Los Angeles, Calif. (LA SW College) Another strong pole vaulter who could score points at the conference meet... provides leadership and experience in the pole vault Had another solid year in her third season on the Mesa... currently is eighth on both the indoor and outdoor SDSU all-time lists... had a career-best jump and third-place finish of at the Claremont Invitational... tied for 10th at the UCSD Invitational, clearing took fourth at the UCSD Spring Break Invitational and tied for fifth at the Aztec Classic... finished first in her division at the Pole Vault Summit in Reno, Nev., on Jan. 9, clearing Had a personal best first-place finish of 11-7 at the UCSD Spring Break Invitational... cleared 11-0 in four of the other seven outdoor meets she competed in... tied for ninth at the MWC outdoor championship meet ( )... placed fourth at the CS Northridge meet (11-0)... placed sixth (11-2) at the Mountain T s Invite on Feb Competed in four outdoor meets with a season-best vault of coming at the Aztec Classic... also cleared 11-0 at the Long Beach State Invitational ( )... in the indoor season, had a vault of 10-6 at the Pole Vault Summit. High School - Four- year varsity letterwinner for the Broncos, who were two-time CIF team champions, and coach Don Jones... Firstteam all-palomar in set the school record in the pole vault at Oviedo High School (Fla.)... qualified for the Hawai i state meet in both the pole vault and high jump for Radford High School... also competed for the gymnastics team, advancing to level eight. Personal - Juliette Nicole Hudlow was born July 20, 1982, in Olony, Md.... Julie is the daughter of Matt and Linda Beckman... a psychology major with aspirations to be a sports psychologist or track coach. Will add depth in the sprinting events. Chabot College - Attended Chabot College, but was unable to compete due to an injury. High School - Competed at Menlo High School for coach Scott Evans... three-year letterwinner... was a 2001 high school All- America selection in the 100 and earned athlete of the week at Palo Alto Weekly... set personal bests of in the 100 and in the 200. Personal - Tori Respass-Parsons was born January 22, 1982, in Hayward, Calif. Tori is the daughter of Elaine Respass and Stephen Parsons... is an active participant of victory campus fellowship... intended major at SDSU is psychology... favorite athlete is A.C. Green. Should provide points in her first season on the Mesa... will compete in both the jumping and multi-events. Junior College - Competed one year at Central Arizona Community College and one year at Los Angeles Southwest College... named most valuable person, most impressive jumper and best heptathlete at L.A. Southwest... broke three school records at L.A. Southwest, including the long jump (18-4), triple jump (40-0) and high jump (5-6)... named to the dean s list at L.A. Southwest. High School - Competed for Long Beach Poly under coach Donald Norford... earned four letters for the Jackrabbits... all-moore League selection four times... CIF citzenship award in also named team MVP twice as well as most outstanding field event person, most inspirational and most promising... led Long Beach Poly to two state titles and three CIF Division I titles... also played basketball... had personal best jumps of 20-0 in the long jump, 42-2 in the triple jump and in the high jump... all three marks would put her on the all-time Aztec top-10 list. Personal - NaOnka Patrica Mixon was born Feb. 17, 1983, in Harbor City, Calif., and is the daughter of Jon and Zena Campbell has two sisters, Dymond and Myra, who also run track... intended major at SDSU is sociology and aspires to run track professionally following college... enjoys writing songs, playing basketball and movie hopping with her sisters... favorite athlete is Florence Griffith Joyner. 16 1

8 Lital Azulay Lisa Naucler Brittani Dudley Distance Sophomore 5-6 Holon, Israel (Coastal Carolina) Mid-Distance Sophomore 5-7 Ljusdal, Sweden (Manhattan College) Sprints Freshman 5-1 Oakland, Calif. (James Logan HS) Has successfully run everything from the 800 to the marathon... should make an immediate for the Aztecs. At Coastal Carolina - Competed for one year ( ) with the Chanticleers, helping the team win the triple crown - cross country, indoor and outdoor championship - in the Big South Conference... earned all-big South accolades once in cross country, and in two events apiece in indoor and outdoor track... placed second in the 5,000 (17:46.09) and third in the 10,000 (37:55.77) at the 2004 Big South outdoor championship meet... ran 1,200 leg of the winning distance medley relay team (12:18.91) and took third in the 5K (18:16.03) at the 2004 Big South indoor championships... finished 12th at the 2003 Big South cross country championship meet, completing the 5K course in 19: National - Holds the Israeli National Junior records in the 5K (17:57.11) and the halfmarathon (1:25:22), and the Israeli National indoor record in the 5K (18:15.45)... ranks among the Israeli all-time top 10 in many events, including fourth in the 5K (17:05.12) and 10K (35:39.3), ninth in the marathon (2:52:51) and 10th in the 3K (9:56.97)... was the Israeli U-17 and U-19 national champion in the 800, 3K and cross country events as well as the 2003 national champion in the 5K... participated in the International Eurpoean Cup for Nations, Maccabiah Games, 1999 Germany World Schools championship and the Junior National Team Invitational in Syprus, Greece. High School - Competed for Kiriat-Sharet High School under coach Rafi Grodetski... received the school s 2001 Athlete of the Class. Personal - Lital Coral Azulay is the daughter of Ofra and Meir Azulay hopes to pursue a degree in graphic design... aspires to continue her running career after college... enjoys computers and singing... favorite athlete is Paula Radcliffe. A transfer from Manhattan College who will strengthen the mid-distance corps... one of two student athletes on the team from Sweden. At Manhattan - Competed one year ( ) with the Jaspers... earned all-maac honors in both indoor and outdoor track... took second at the MAAC outdoor championships in the 1,500 (4:42.99) and the MAAC indoor meet in the mile (5:07.02)... placed 11th at the ECAC cross country championships... took 20th at the Metropolitan Cross Country Championships and 32nd at the MAAC meet... concluded the cross country season with a 142nd clocking at the NCAA Northeast Regional meet... ran for coach Dan Mecca. National - Took second in the 1,500 and the 800 at the 2001 Swedish Outdoor Championships... finished third in the 1500 at the 2000 Indoor Junior Swedish Championships... placed first in the 800 and third in the 2,000 at the 1999 Youth Swedish Championships... at the 1999 Swedish Outdoor Championships, she took third in the 1,500. High School - Placed second in the 1500m at the 2002 Outdoor Youth Finnkampen... personal bests are 2:10.53 in the 800 and 4:35 in the 1, competed for coach Richard Edman. Personal - Lisa Margaretha Naucler was born on Jan. 2, is the daughter of Harriet Naucler... intended major is international security and conflict resolution... has three siblings, Bjorn, Kerstin, and Ulf Naucler. A talented newcomer who will add to the team s strength in the 200 and 400 meters. High School - Attended James Logan High School in Oakland, where she was a four-year letterwinner for coach Lee Webb... best event was the 400, where she was a four-time champ of the MVAL, Bay Shore, and NCS... was only athlete in history of James Logan to win NCS four consecutive years... was part of the national champion 800 relay team in 2003 and 2004, as well as the ,600 national champion relay team... helped the Mighty Colts to a No. 2 national ranking and runnerup finish at the state championships in , 1,600 and sprint relay team each set school records in All-American four years in a row... competed at Junior Nationals twice... placed fourth in the 400 at the 2004 state meet... personal bests include 11.8 (100), 24.2 (200) and 54.6 (400)... inducted into the James Logan Hall of Fame... also a member of the dance team. Personal - Brittani Janelle Dudley is the daughter of Renae Dudley undecided on a major, but would like to work in sports... enjoys dancing, singing and hanging out with friends in her spare time... favorite athlete is Florence Griffith Joyner. 2 17

9 Monica Pacas Pole Vault Freshman 5-3 Atascadero, Calif. (Atascadero HS) Adds depth to an already strong pole vault squad... could challenge for a MWC title. High School - Three-year letterwinner at Atascadero High School, under head coach Paul Cappelano and pole vault coach Jan Johnson... was the only high school junior in 2003 to clear would put her fourth on the Aztec all-time list... ranked fifth nationally in both the 2003 indoor and outdoor seasons... ranked ninth nationally her senior year... was the masters champion in threetime state finalist, finishing second in the state her senior year after taking third the previous year... named to the all-pac 5 League three consecutive years... was a track scholar athlete in 2003 and also a member of the gymnastics team, level nine... advanced to level 10 her junior year. Personal - Monica Jean Pacas is the daughter of Becky Pacas and Mauricio O Campo intended major is psychology... was a coach for On Track Gymnastics during the summer of Sherraine Pencil Sprints Freshman 5-6 Toronto, Ontario (Vaughan Road Acad.) Another talented sprinter who will help the sprints and relays. High School - Attended Vaughan Road Academy, where she was a four-year letterwinner for coach Wellesley Johnson... was the 2003 provincial champion in the 100-meter dash... named the track and field MVP for four consecutive years ( )... named school s athlete of the year three times (2000, 02-03)... also was selected as the Verve Magazine track and field MVP... has personal-best times of (100), (200) and (400)... vice president of class in Personal - Sherraine Antoinnette Pencil is the daughter of Carolyn Ashley and Steve Pencil major is criminal justice. Mandy Upuu Sprints Freshman 5-4 Courtney, British Columbia (G.P. Vanier Sec.) Could make a huge impact in her first season on The Mesa... one of three Canadians on the roster. Post-High School - After taking four years off following high school graduation, ran a in only six months of training... the would put her 10th on the Aztec all-time list... won the gold medal in the 400 at the 2004 British Columbia Championships... took fifth at the 2004 NACAC Under-25 Championships and sixth at the 2004 Canadian Senior Nationals. High School - Competed for coach John May at G.P. Vanier Secondary... was named the school s senior female athlete of the year. Personal - Mandy Rae Upuu is the daughter of Cindi and Mike O Leary... was born on July 30, 1982, in Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada... intended major at SDSU is kinesiol - ogy. 18 1

10 F ive members of the Aztec track and field program have their names enshrined in San Diego State s Wise Foundation Hall of Fame. The hall is located in the lobby of the new Aztec Athletics Center. The honorees are listed here in chronological order of their induction class. Ali Baker Distance So. 5-5 Pine Valley, Calif. Mountain Empire HS Joanna Burley Pole Vault Fr. 5-7 Fullerton, Calif. Rosary HS Raquel Butler Sprints Fr. 5-7 Gilroy, Calif. Gilroy HS Deby LaPlante Sweezy (Hall of Fame Class of 1992) Was an All-American selection in 1979 and 1980 in the 100-meter hurdles... She was a Sara member Cates of the 1976 and Brookie 1980 Detterman U.S. Olympic Distance teams... So. A 5-5 former USA Distance record holder Fr. 5-6 in the Carlsbad, 100-meter Calif. hurdles with Santa a time Cruz, of Calif. Was Carlsbad second HS in the 100 meters Soquel at the HS collegiate national championships. LaTanya Sheffield (Hall of Fame Class of 1993) The 1985 NCAA champion in the 400-meter hurdles... A two-time All-American... Former American record holder in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of A bronze medalist in the 1987 Pan American Games... A member of the 1988 Olympic team and qualified for the 400-meter hurdles finals in Jackie Duncan Mid-Dist. Jr. 5-6 Syracuse, N.Y. Liverpool HS Christian Fairing Distance Jr. 5-6 Irvine, Calif. Woodbridge HS 2003 MEET-BY-MEET RESULTS Indoor Date Event Location Result Jan. 18 at National Pole Vault Summit Reno, Nev. NTS Feb. 8 Ashtyn at Gibson Mountain T s Invitational Jennifer Greene Flagstaff, Ariz. Emily NTS Joller Feb. 15Jumps at Fr. Washington 5-8 Indoor Jumps Invite Sr. Seattle, 5-7 Wash. Distance NTS Sr. 5-5 Feb. 27-Mar. Sacramento, 1 at MWC Calif. Indoor Championships San Diego, Calif. Colo. Springs, Colo. San Diego, 2nd of Calif. 8/119 pts. Mar Laguna Creek at NCAA HS Indoor Championships Rancho Bernardo Fayetteville, HS Ark. Rancho Bernardo DNP HS Jenna Loftus Mid-Dist. So. 5-5 Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif. Rancho Santa Margarita HS Briana Powell Mid-Dist. Fr. 5-4 Long Beach, Calif. Long Beach Poly Outdoor Date Event Location Result Mar. 8 at SD City Championships La Jolla, Calif. 1st of 6/ pts. Mar. 22 Aztec Classic San Diego, Calif. NTS Mar at Florida Relays Gainesville, Fla. NTS Mar. 29 at UCSD Spring Break La Jolla, Calif. NTS Apr. 5 at CS Northridge Meet Northridge, Calif. NTS Apr Cal-Nevada Championships San Diego, Calif. 1st of 22/159 pts. Apr at Mt. SAC Relays Walnut, Calif. NTS Apr at UCSD Invitational La Jolla, Calif. NTS Apr at Penn Relays Philadelphia, Pa. NTS May 4 at Steve Scott Invitational Irvine, Calif. NTS May 10 at Oxy Invitational Los Angeles, Calif. NTS May at MWC Championships Albuquerque, N.M. 1st of 8/217 pts. May at NCAA Outdoor Regionals Stanford, Calif. 8th of 24/39 pts. June at NCAA Championships Sacramento, Calif. t29th/9 pts. Nicole Rothert Christin Shibley Anne Vieira Sprints So. 5-6 Pole Vault Seoul... Fr. Sister 5-8 of long-time Distance SDSU Fr. track 5-4and Fallbrook, Calif. Palmdale, field coach Calif. Rahn Sheffield. San Diego, Calif. Fallbrook HS Quartz Hill HS Point Loma HS Ramona Pagel (Hall of Fame Class of 1996) A four-time Olympian in the shot put... Best finish was ninth at the Atlanta games in A three-time All-American... Set an American record with a throw of Was San Diego State s first female track and 2 19