2009 Auburn Track & Field

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1 2009 Auburn Track & Field NCAA Mideast Regional Championships May Cardinal Park Louisville, Ky Indoor Schedule Jan Kentucky Invitational Lexington, KY Jan Terrier Invitational Boston, MA Jan. 24 Tom Jones Memorial Invitational Gainesville, FL Feb. 6-7 Sykes-Sabock Challenge Cup University Park, PA Feb Tyson Invitational Fayetteville, AR Iowa State Classic Ames, IA Feb 27-Mar. 1 SEC Indoor Championships Lexington, KY Mar. 6-7 Last Chance Meets TBA Mar NCAA Indoor Championships College Station, TX 2009 Outdoor Schedule Mar Yellow Jacket Invitational Atlanta, GA Apr. 3-4 Tiger Track Classic Auburn, AL Apr Sun Angel Classic Tempe, AZ Apr War Eagle Invitational Auburn, AL Apr Penn Relays Philadelphia, PA May SEC Outdoor Championships Gainesville, FL May NCAA Mideast Regionals Louisville, KY June NCAA Outdoor Championships Fayetteville, AR Quick Facts Location...Auburn, AL Nickname...Tigers Enrollment...24,530 Colors...Burnt Orange and Navy Blue Conference...Southeastern President...Dr. Jay Gogue Athletic Director...Jay Jacobs Facility...Hutsell-Rosen Track Head Coach...Ralph Spry Years at Auburn...12 Assistant Head Coaches...Jerry Clayton, Henry Rolle, Assistant Coaches...Scott Richardson, Peter Watson,...Candace Perry Media Relations Media Relations Contact...Brad Gust Gust Office...(334) Gust Cell...(334) Gust ...gustbra@auburn.edu Media Relations Fax...(334) Tigers Send 26 To Mideast Regional Championships The Auburn No. 10 men s and No. 14 women s track and field teams will send 25 athletes (16 men, 10 women) to Louisville, Ky.., for the Mideast Regional Championships, May At the NCAA regionals, the top five finishers from each event and the top three relays receive automatic berths to the NCAA Outdoor Championships. After the automatic qualifiers are identified, an at-large pool is listed in order of the athlete's best performance of the year. From there a committee will fill the nationals field in each event by starting at the top of the at-large pool until the maximum number of 544 competitors is reached. History at the NCAA Mideast Regional This marks just the seventh year that the regional format has been in place. Over the past six years, the Tigers have won 22 Mideast titles. Last season, Cory Martin won two events for Auburn, breaking his own school record and NCAA leading mark in the hammer throw with a mark of 73.11m (239-10), and also winning the shot put with a throw of 20.05m (65-9.5). Auburn also won both men s hurdles events, as Ty Akins took the 110m hurdles crown in seconds, while Reuben McCoy was the 400m hurdles champion in seconds. Auburn s men finished in second place with 73 points and the women tied for 12th with 21. Auburn student-athletes currently hold five Mideast Regional records. Martin s hammer throw mark from last year broke the regional record, while in 2007 Donald Thomas set the record in the high jump with a mark of 2.30m (7-6.5) and Kerron Stewart won the 200m in Previously, Gabor Mate set the record in the men s discus of 65.05m (213-5) and Markita James is the record-holder in the women s 400m hurdles (54.54). Tigers Rank High In Mideast Region Auburn s teams have 13 marks that rank in the top five (or top three for relays) of the Mideast Region among declared athletes, which would automatically qualify them for the NCAA Championships should they match those ranks. Marcus Rowland is first in the men s 100 meters and second in the 200 meters, Joanna Atkins ranks first in the women s 400 meters and Raevan Harris is tied for first in the women s high jump. Other men in the top five include: Michael DeHaven (200m - ); Eric Werskey (shot put - ) and Ryan Fleck (high jump - T4th). The men s 4x100- and 4x400-meter relays both rank third. Other women in the top five include: Danielle Gilchrist (400m hurdles - 2nd) and Cache Armbrister (200m - 2nd). The women s 4x100- and 4x400-meter relays also both rank second.

2 USTFCCCA Men s Top 25 May 20, Florida Oregon Texas A&M Arkansas Florida State South Carolina Nebraska LSU Arizona State Auburn Texas USC Stanford Baylor Texas Tech Cal Kansas State Washington Kentucky Minnesota Georgia Liberty Mississippi State BYU Virginia Tech USTFCCCA Women s Top 25 May 20, Oregon Texas A&M Florida State LSU USC Arizona State Texas Baylor Tennessee Michigan Virginia Tech UCLA Penn State Auburn UTEP Florida Washington Stanford Nebraska Arkansas BYU Miami (Fla.) Oklahoma Minnesota Texas Tech Auburn Track & Field Notes Tough Competition Awaits The Mideast Region includes all Division I schools from the states of Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan Missouri, Mississippi, Ohio, Tennessee and Wisconsin. There are five men s and five women s teams in the region that are nationally ranked by the USTFCCCA. The men s field includes No. 4 Arkansas, No. 8 LSU, No. 10 Auburn, No. 19 Kentucky and No. 23 Mississippi State. On the women s side, No. 4 LSU is the highest-ranked team in the region, followed by No. 9 Tennessee, No. 11 Michigan, No. 14 Auburn and No. 20 Arkansas. Rowland SEC s Top Freshman Runner Marcus Rowland was honored on May 25, when he was named the SEC Male Freshman Runner of the Year for the outdoor season. Rowland is the top-ranked freshman in the nation in both the 100 meters and 200 meters. Rowland ranks fourth in the country in the 200 meters with a season-best time of 20.48, and his 100-meter time of seconds ranks tied for fourth in the country. He also anchored Auburn s 4x100-meter relay team to a time of that put the Tigers ninth in the country, and anchored the 4x400-meter relay team to the Penn Relays college division title with a time of 3: Top 15 Tigers Auburn has seven athletes on its squad that own marks that ranked them in the top 15 in the NCAA on the final descending order list, plus four relays. Joanna Atkins is ranked third nationally in the women s 200 meters (22.89), fifth in the 400 meters (51.77) and tied for 15th in the 100 meters (11.43). Marcus Rowland is fourth in the men s 200 meters (20.48) and tied for fourth in the 100 meters (10.13). Girma Mecheso is ranked sixth in the 10,000 meters (28:26.09) and Raevan Harris is tied for eighth in the high jump (1.83m). Michael DeHaven is tied for ninth in the 200 meters (20.64), Eric Werskey is 11th in the shot put (18.58m) and Danielle Gilchrist is tied for 11th in the women s 400-meter hurdles (57.83). Auburn s women have the fourth-best time in the 4x100-meter relay (43.74) and the seventh-best mark in the 4x400-meter relay (3:34.40). The men s 4x100- meter relay team ranks ninth among all schools (39.50) and thr 4x400-meter relay team ranks 13th (3:06.34). Young Tigers Excelling Although Auburn has two strong teams this year, the Tigers best days may still lie in the upcoming years. Of the 27 individuals who have qualified for the NCAA Mideast Regional and the NCAA Outdoor Championships, only two - Raevan Harris and Jhak Keegan - are seniors. Eight of the 27 regional and national competitors are freshmen, seven are sophomores and nine are juniors. Auburn in the Polls The Auburn men are ranked 10th nationally in the rankings released May 20 by the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association, up three spots from the previous week s ranking of No. 13. The Auburn women held steady at No. 14. The rankings are based on regional qualifying marks from the 2009 season. SEC Athletes of the Week Joanna Atkins and Felix Kiboiywo were honored April 21 as the Female and Male Runner of the Week, respectively, following their performances at the War Eagle Invitational. Atkins won the 400 meters in seconds, which ranks No. 3 in the nation and in school history, while also running on winning 4x100-meter and 4x400-meter relay teams, both of which posted top-10 national times. Kiboiywo won the 800 meters and 1500 meters, posting the SEC s top time this year in the 1500 and the third-best mark in the 800. On March 31, Girma Mecheso became the first Tiger to earn an SEC weekly award during the outdoor season when he was named SEC Male Freshman of the Week. Mecheso was honored after breaking the school record in the 10,000 meters at the Stanford Invitational while automatically qualifying for the NCAA Outdoor Championships. Mecheso had a time of 28:26.09, breaking the old record of 28:55.48 set by Andrew Heath in 2006 by nearly half a minute. Auburn athletes won four SEC weekly awards during the indoor season. Marcus Rowland was twice named SEC Male Freshman of the Week, Raevan Harris won an SEC Female Field Athlete of the Week award and Joanna Atkins earned the SEC Female Runner of the Week award.

3 Freshman School Records Set Counting the school record set by Girma Mecheso in the 10,000 meters, Auburn freshmen have set or tied eight new school freshman records during the indoor and outdoor seasons. On the men s side, Mecheso set the outdoor school record in the 5,000 meters with a time of 13:50.80 at the Oregon Relays. Indoors, he also shattered both the 3,000-meter record of 8:10.66 set by Tom Graves in 1979 with his time of 8:04.04, and the 5,000-meter record of 14:37.9 set by Kevin O Keefe in 1979 with his time of 14: Marcus Rowland smashed the 200-meter indoor record of seconds set by Bryan Howard in 1996 with his mark of 20.92, and Ryan Fleck tied the freshmen indoor high jump record of set by Bruce King in For the women, Nivea Smith topped the record in the indoor 200 meters set last year by Cache Armbrister (24.10) with her time of seconds, and CeCe Williams time of 7.04 in the 55 meters beat Jackie Smith s time of 7.09 from Record Holders on the Roster Four Tigers on the 2009 roster currently own five Auburn records (one indoor, four outdoor), plus the Tigers set one relay record during the outdoor season and another during the indoor season. Current Auburn record-holders include: Women Raevan Harris High Jump (i) High Jump (o) Amber Riley 3000m Steeple 10: Valentina Srsa Hammer (o) Atkins, Armbrister, C. Williams, Smith 4x200m Relay 1: Men Girma Mecheso 10,000m 28: Weerts, DeHaven, Kiboiywo, Kibet Distance Medley (i) 9: Recapping the 2009 NCAA Indoor Championships Auburn track and field athletes took home five All-American honors and both the men and women tied for 41st at the 2009 NCAA Indoor Championships March in College Station, Texas. Four of the All-American honors came from the men s team, as Elkanah Kibet was seventh in the 5,000 meters, Eric Werskey placed eighth in the shot put, and in the 200 meters, Michael DeHaven was eighth and Marcus Rowland was ninth. Auburn also competed in the men s distance medley relay, placing 13th. Joanna Atkins was the lone women s All-American, finishing fourth in the 400 meters. Also competing for the women were Raevan Harris, who placed ninth in the high jump, Cache Armbrister (12th) and Nivea Smith (13th) in the 200 meters, and the 4x400-meter relay team which placed 13th. Auburn Track & Field Notes All-SEC and All-Freshman Indoor Team Honors After winning individual titles at the SEC Indoor Championships, Joanna Atkins and Raevan Harris were named to the All-SEC first team following the meet. Atkins won the 400 meters and Harris took the high jump title. Ryan Fleck, the runner-up in the men s high jump, was named to the All-SEC second team. In addition, the highest-placing freshman in each event is placed on the SEC All-Freshman team, and Auburn had five athletes make that list. Girma Mecheso made the squad in both the 3,000 meters and the 5,000 meters, while others to make the team included Marcus Rowland (men s 60 meters), Chelsey Thomas (women s high jump) and Wesley Wright (men s weight throw). Auburn All-Americans Auburn has nine track and field All-Americans currently on the 2009 roster - five women and four men - plus two other men who have earned cross country All-American honors. Joanna Atkins earned her first All-American honor by placing fourth in the 400 meters at the 2009 NCAA Indoor Champions, while the other four women earned their first All-American honors at last year s NCAA Outdoor Championships: Amelia Anderson (400m hurdles), Danielle Gilchrist (400m hurdles), Raevan Harris (high jump) and Holly Knight (5000m). All four men s All-Americans earned their first honors at the 2009 NCAA indoor meet. Michael DeHaven and Marcus Rowland were All-Americans in the 200 meters, Elkanah Kibet earned the honor in the 5,000 meters and Eric Werskey was an All-American in the shot put. At the 2008 NCAA Cross Country Championships, Knight earned her second career All-American honor and first in cross country, while Kibet also was an All-American and was joined from the men s team by Felix Kiboiywo and Girma Mecheso. Follow the Tigers on the Web More information on the Auburn track and field program, including rosters, schedules, meet recaps and news releases can be found on the Auburn athletic department's website:

4 Auburn NCAA Regional Qualifiers Cache Armbrister Sophomore Nassau, Bahamas/St. Augustine s Events: 200m, 400m, 4x100m Relay, 4x400m Relay Best Times: 23.35, 54.53, 43.74, 3: Outdoor: Finished fourth in the 200 meters at the SEC Outdoor Championships, ran on the winning 4x100-meter relay team and helped the 4x400-meter relay team finish second with a time of 3:34.40 that ranks seventh best nationally... Won the 200 meters at the War Eagle Invitational with a time of seconds that ranks tied for 19th nationally... Also ran on the winning 4x100-meter relay team that clocked a time of seconds that ranks No. 4 in the NCAA, and the winning 4x400-meter relay team... Qualified in the 400 meters at the Tiger Track Classic with a time of 54.53, placing fourth... Also helped the 4x100- meter relay qualify with a time of while placing second overall and first among collegiate teams... Helped Auburn finish second at the Penn Relays in both the 4x100-meter and 4x200-meter relays, setting a school record in the 4x200 relay with a time of 1: First qualified in the 200 meters at the Sun Angel Classic, finishing seventh with a time of seconds. Joanna Atkins Sophomore Lithonia, Ga./Stephenson Events: 100m, 200m, 400m, 4x100m Relay, 4x400m Relay Best Times: 11.34, 22.89, 51.77, 43.74, 3: Outdoor: Finished third in the 200 meters, fourth in the 100 meters, ran on the winning 4x100-meter relay and on the runner-up 4x400-meter relay at the SEC Outdoor Championships... Named SEC Female Runner of the Week after winning one individual event and running on two winning relays at the War Eagle Invitatonal... Clocked a winning time in the 400 meters at the War Eagle Invite of 51.77, which ranks No. 5 in the NCAA and No. 2 in Auburn history... Helped the 4x100-meter relay team win in seconds, which ranks No. 4 in the NCAA, and the 4x400-meter relay team win in 3: Helped the 4x400-meter relay team improve to 3:34.40 at the SEC outdoor meet, which ranks No. 7 in the NCAA... Won the 100 meters at the Tiger Track Classic with a time of seconds... Improved to at the SEC meet, which ranks tied for 15th in the NCAA and eighth in Auburn history... Helped the 4x100-meter relay qualify with a time of while placing second overall and first among collegiate teams... Placed third overall and second among collegians in the 200 meters at the Sun Angel Classic with a regional qualifying time of seconds that ranks third in the nation this year and third in Auburn history... Helped Auburn finish second at the Penn Relays in both the 4x100-meter and 4x200-meter relays, setting a school record in the 4x200 relay with a time of 1: Zach Clayton Sophomore Opelika, Ala./Opelika Event: Discus Best Mark: 56.02m (183-9) 2009 Outdoor: Runner-up in the discus at the SEC Outdoor Championships with a mark of meters (182-10)... In his first competition of the season, qualified for the NCAA Mideast Regional at the Tiger Track Classic, finishing third in an Invitational event with a mark of 54.46m (178-8)... Second competition was at the Georgia Invitational, where he improved to meters (183-9)... His mark currently ranks 3 in the NCAA. Michael DeHaven Sophomore Tyrone, Ga./Sandy Creek Events: 200m, 4x100m Relay, 4x400m Relay Best Times: 20.64, 39.50, 3: Outdoor: Regionally qualified in the 200 meters at the Sun Angel Classic, finishing fourth with a time of seconds... Improved to 20.64, which ranks tied for eighth in the nation, while finishing second at the War Eagle Invitational to teammate Marcus Rowland... Also at the War Eagle Invite, helped the 4x100-meter relay team finish third in seconds... Helped team improve to at the SEC Outdoor Championships, which ranks ninth-best in the nation... At the Tiger Track Classic, helped both relays regionally qualify, running on the 4x100-meter relay team that finished second in seconds, and on the 4x400-meter relay team that was third in 3: Helped the 4x400- meter relay team improve to 3:06.34 while winning the college division title at the Penn Relays. Ryan Fleck Freshman Napoleon, Ohio/Napoleon Event: High Jump Best Mark: 2.16m (7-1) 2009 Outdoor: Runner-up in the high jump at the SEC Outdoor Championships with a mark of 2.14 meters (7-0.25)... First qualified for the NCAA Mideast Regional in the high jump with a leap of 2.16m (7-1) while finishing fourth at the Tiger Track Classic... Matched that mark while pacing fourth at the Penn Relays... His mark ranks tied for sixth in Auburn history and tied for 16th in the NCAA this year... Placed second at the Sun Angel Classic with a mark of 2.10m ( )... Duplicated that performance during a runner-up finish at the War Eagle Invitational. Stephen Fly Sophomore Memphis, Tenn./Evangelical Christian School Events: 100m, 4x100m Relay Best Times: 10.54, Outdoor: At the SEC Outdoor Championships, regionally qualified in the 100 meters with a time of during the prelims, and helped the 4x100-meter relay team finish fifth with a time of that ranks No. 9 in the NCAA this year... Tied for eighth in the 100 meters at the Tiger Track Classic with a time of Had a season-best time of in the 200 meters at the SEC meet... Helped the 4x100-meter relay team finish second at the Tiger Track Classic with a regional qualifying time of Helped team improve to while finishing third at the War Eagle Invitational. Everette Foxx Junior Auburn, Ala./Auburn/Wallace State Event: 4x100m Relay Best Time: Outdoor: Alternate on Auburn s 4x100-meter relay team... Helped the 4x100-meter relay team finish second at the Tiger Track Classic with a regional qualifying time of Helped team improve to while finishing third at the War Eagle Invitational.

5 Auburn NCAA Regional Qualifiers Danielle Gilchrist Junior Tulsa, Okla./Union Events: 100m Hurdles, 400m Hurdles, 4x400m Relay Best Times: 13.49, 57.83, 3: Outdoor: Won her first SEC title at the SEC Outdoor Championships, winning the 400-meter hurdles with a time of that ranks tied for 11th in the NCAA this year... Also finished fourth in the 100-meter hurdles at the SEC meet with a season-best time of seconds, and helped the 4x400-meter relay team finish second with a season-best time of 3:34.40 that ranks No. 7 in the NCAA this year... First qualified in the 400-meter hurdles at the Sun Angel Classic, racing to a seventh-place time of 1: Finished fourth in the 100-meter hurdles at the War Eagle Invitational, clocking regional qualifying times of seconds in both the prelims and the finals... Also helped the 4x400- meter relay team record a winning time of 3: Improved her 100- meter hurdles mark to while finishing 12th at the Penn Relays. Nick Green Redshirt Freshman Atlanta, Ga./Lovett Event: 4x400m Relay Best Time: 3: Outdoor: Member of Auburn s 4x400-meter relay team... Helped the 4x400-meter relay team win the college division title at the Penn Relays with a season-best time of 3: Also ran on the team that regionally qualified at the Tiger Track Classic, finishing third with a time of 3: Ran in the 400 meters at the SEC Outdoor Championships. Raevan Harris Senior Tuscaloosa, Ala./Northridge Event: High Jump Best Mark: 1.83m (6-0) 2009 Outdoor: Won her third career SEC high jump title at the SEC Outdoor Championships, notching a winning mark of 1.82 meters (5-11.5) in wet conditions... Originally qualified for the NCAA Mideast Regional in the high jump with a leap of 1.81m ( ) while finishing second at the Tiger Track Classic... Improved to a mark of 1.83 meters (6-0) while finishing second at the Penn Relays... Her mark ranks tied for eighth in the NCAA this year... Tied for second at the Sun Angel Classic with a mark of 1.75m (5-8.75). Jhak Keegan Sophomore Weston, Fla./St. Thomas Aquinas Event: 400m Hurdles Best Time: Outdoor: Regionally qualified in the 400-meter hurdles at the SEC Outdoor Championships, just missing a spot in the finals by finishing 10th in the prelims with a time of seconds... Previous best was a time of while finishing second at the War Eagle Invitational... Was first at the Coach O Invitational in seconds. Felix Kiboiywo Junior Eldoret, Kenya/Kabernat Events: 800m, 1500m, 5000m Best Times: 1:49.19, 3:42.30, 13: Outdoor: Named the SEC Male Runner of the Week after winning the 800 meters and the 1500 meters at the War Eagle Invitational... Clocked a time of 3:42.30 in the 1500 meters that ranks 17th nationally in third in school history... Won the 800 meters with a time of 1:49.19 that is 39th in the NCAA this year... Finished third in the 1500 meters at the SEC Outdoor Championships with a time of 3: Also placed 12th in the 5000 meters at the SEC meet... Regionally qualified in the 5000 meters at the Stanford Invitational, placing 14th while racing to a time of 13:50.87 that ranks fifth in school history and 26th in the NCAA this year... Finished third in the 1500 meters at the Oregon Relays with a time of 3: Julian Matthews Freshman Nelson, New Zealand/Nelson College Events: 800m, 1500m Best Times: 1:50.22, 3: Outdoor: Qualified in the 1500 meters at the War Eagle Invitational, finishing fourth in the Invitational 1500 with a time of 3: Reached the finals of that event at the SEC Outdoor Championships by clocking a time of 3:47.36 in the prelims before finishing ninth in the finals... Also regionally qualified in the 800 meters at the SEC meet with a time of 1:50.22 in the prelims that placed him 10th... Was 14th in the 1500 meters at the Sun Angel Classic with a time of 3: Finished eighth in the 1500 meters at the Oregon Relays with a time of 3: Had a time of 1:50.85 in the 800 meters while placing fourth at the Seminole Twilight. Girma Mecheso Freshman Addis Ababa, Ethiopia/Berkmar Events: 5,000m, 10,000m Best Times: 13:50.80, 28: Outdoor: Finished second in the 10,000 meters and third in the 5,000 meters at the SEC Outdoor Championships... Clocked a time of 14:00.32 in the 5k at the SEC meet, after recording a time of 30:13.53 in a slow-paced final earlier in the meet... Posted an NCAA automatic qualifying mark in the 10,000 meters at the Stanford Invitational, finishing fifth in the race with a school-record time of 28: His time ranks sixth in the NCAA this year... Qualified in the 5,000 meters at the Oregon Relays, finishing fourth with a time of 13:50.80 that ranks fourth in school history and 25th in the NCAA this year... He now owns Auburn freshman records in the 5,000m and 10,000m outdoors and the 3,000m and 5,000m indoors.

6 Auburn NCAA Regional Qualifiers Scott Novack Junior Hoover, Ala./Hoover Event: 3000m Steeplechase Best Time: 8: Outdoor: Regionally qualified in the 3000-meter steeplechase with a third-place finish at the SEC Outdoor Championships in a personalbest time of 8: His time ranks ninth in school history and 35th in the NCAA this year... Also finished 14th in the 5000 meters at the SEC meet... Finished seventh in the 1500 meters at the War Eagle Invitational with a season-best time of 3: Was sixth in the 5000 meters at the Sun Angel Classic and in the 1500 meters at the Seminole Twilight meet. Latoya Parkinson Sophomore Weston, Fla./St. Thomas Aquinas Event: 400m Hurdles Best Time: Outdoor: Regionally qualified in the 400-meter hurdles at the Seminole Twilight meet, finishing second with a time of 1: Improved to seconds, which ranks seventh in school history, while finishing sixth at the SEC Outdoor Championships... Was 27th at the Penn Relays with a time of 1:02.62, and seventh at the War Eagle Invitational in 1: Laurel Pritchard Junior Vestavia Hills, Ala./Vestavia Hills Event: 5000m Best Time: 16: Outdoor: Qualified in the 5000 meters at the Sun Angel Classic, finishing third with a personal-best time of 16: Her time ranks sixth in Auburn history... Opened the season by finishing eighth in the 10,000 meters at the Stanford Invitational with a time of 35: Improved to 35:00.56 while placing fourth at the Penn Relays, missing a provisional qualifying mark by just 0.56 seconds... Finished eighth in the 10,000 meters at the SEC Outdoor Championships with a time of 36:12.77, and finished 11th in the 5000 meters (17:15.48). Amber Riley Sophomore Morgantown, W.V./University Events: 1500m, 3000m Steeplechase Best Times: 4:25.73, 10: Outdoor: Qualified in the 3000-meter steeplechase at the Sun Angel Classic, finishing fourth with a school-record time of 10: Finished fifth in that event at the SEC Outdoor Championships in 10: Also reached the finals of the 1500 meters at the SEC meet by clocking a time of 4:28.84 in the prelims before placing 11th in the finals... Was 11th in the steeplechase at the Penn Relays in 10: Opened the season by finishing third in the 1500 meters at the Tiger Track Classic with a time of 4: Improved to a regional qualifying time of 4:25.73 that ranks sixth in school history while placing fourth in the Invitational 1500 at the War Eagle Invitational. Marcus Rowland Freshman Spartanburg, S.C./Dorman Events: 100m, 200m, 4x100m Relay, 4x400m Relay Best Times: 10.13, 20.48, 39.50, 3: Outdoor: Finished third in both the 100 meters and 200 meters at the SEC Outdoor Championships, and ran on both relays... In the 100 meters, his time in the finals of seconds ranks tied for fourth in the NCAA this year and fourth best in Auburn history... Regionally qualified in the 200 meters with the nation s fourth-best time at the War Eagle Invitational, winning in seconds... Also helped the 4x100-meter relay team improve its regional time to seconds at the War Eagle Invite while finishing third... The 4x100-meter relay team improved to 39.50, which ranks ninth in the NCAA this year, at the SEC outdoor meet... Won the 100 meters at the Tiger Track Classic with a time of seconds... Also at the Tiger Track Classic, helped both relays regionally qualify, running the anchor leg on the 4x100-meter relay team that finished second in seconds, and the third leg on the 4x400-meter relay team that was third in 3: Finished second overall and first among collegians in the 100 meters at the Sun Angel Classic with a time of Helped the 4x400-meter relay team improve to 3:06.34 while winning the college division title at the Penn Relays. Jeff Sanders Freshman Mandeville, La./Fontainebleau Event: 1500m Best Time: 3: Outdoor: Qualified in the 1500 meters at the Seminole Twilight meet, finishing third with a time of 3: Also finished third in his section at the Oregon Relays in 3:49.08, and was fifth at the War Eagle Invitational with a time of 3: Just missed a spot in the finals of the 1500 meters at the SEC Outdoor Championships, finishing fifth in this heat and 13th overall in the prelims in 3: Placed eighth at the Sun Angel Invitational in 3: Also finished 18th in the 5000 meters at the SEC meet. Jean-Pierre Weerts Junior Bastogne, Belgium/Universite de liege Events: 1500m, 5000m Best Times: 3:47.09, 14: Outdoor: Finished fourth in the 10,000 meters and fifth in the 5,000 meters at the SEC Outdoor Championships... Had a time of 14:07.30 in the 5,000 and ran the 10,000 meters in 30: Qualified in the 1500 meters at the War Eagle Invitational, finishing fifth in the Invitational 1500 with a time of 3: Regional qualified in the 5000 meters at the Oregon Relays, finishing seventh with a time of 14: Placed 18th in the 5000 meters at the Stanford Invitational.

7 Auburn NCAA Regional Qualifiers Eric Werskey Junior Seymour, Ind./Seymour Events: Shot Put, Discus Best Marks: 18.10m ( ), 55.64m (182-6) 2009 Outdoor: Regionally qualified in the shot put at the Tiger Track Classic, finishing fourth with a throw of 17.38m ( )... Improved to 18.10m ( ) at the Spec Towns National Team Invitational... Also qualified in the discus at the Spec Towns meet with a personal-best mark of 55.64m (182-6) that ranks sixth in school history... Improved again in the shot put to 18.58m ( ) while placing third at the War Eagle Invitational... Fifth in the shot put and 13th in the discus at the Triton Invitational... Placed third in both the shot put and discus at the Georgia Invitational... Currently ranks tied for 11th nationally in the shot put and 37th in the discus. CeCe Williams Freshman Birmingham, Ala./Ramsay Events: 100m, 200m, 400m, 4x100m Relay, 4x400m Relay Best Times: 11.64, 23.78, 53.93, 44.10, 3: Outdoor: Finished fourth in the 400 meters at the SEC Outdoor Championships, and anchored both Auburn s winning 4x100-meter relay and runner-up 4x400-meter relay teams... Clocked a personal-best time of seconds in the prelims of the 400-meter hurdles and helped the 4x400-meter relay team improve its season-best time to 3:34.40, which ranks No. 7 in the NCAA... Qualified in the 200 meters at the Sun Angel Classic, finishing eighth with a time of seconds... Helped the 4x100-meter relay qualify at the Tiger Track Classic with a time of while placing second overall and first among collegiate teams... Finished fourth in the 100 meters with a regional qualifying time of seconds at the War Eagle Invitatonal... Also helped the 4x400-meter relay team win in 3:35.82 at the War Eagle Invite... Helped Auburn finish second at the Penn Relays in the 4x200-meter relay, setting a school record with a time of 1: Jerod Wims Junior Auburn, Ala./Auburn/Wallace State Events: 4x100m Relay, 4x400m Relay Best Times: 39.50, 3: Outdoor: Helped Auburn s 4x100-meter relay team finish fifth at the SEC Outdoor Championships with a time of that ranks No. 9 in the NCAA this year, and also ran on the 4x400-meter relay and in the 200 meters... Helped the 4x400-meter relay team post a regional qualifying mark of 3:09.75 in the prelims at the Penn Relay... Had a time of seconds in the 400 meters at the War Eagle Invitational. Wesley Wright Freshman Villa Rica, Ga./Villa Rica Event: Hammer Throw Best Mark: 58.75m (192-9) 2009 Outdoor: Regionally qualified in the hammer throw at the Georgia Invitational, finishing third overall and first among collegians with a mark of meters (192-9)... Previous season best was a mark of meters (184-0) while placing eighth at the Spec Towns Invitational... Finished 12th in the hammer throw and 13th in the shot put at the SEC Outdoor Championships... Was 10th in the season-opening Tiger Track Classic with a throw of meters (176-7)... Owns a season best in the shot put of meters ( ) while finishing seventh at the War Eagle Invitational. Shaquela Williams Junior Ft. Lauderdale, Fla./Boyd Anderson Events: 100m, 4x100m Relay Best Times: 11.63, Outdoor: Ran on Auburn s winning 4x100-meter relay team and placed 12th in the prelims of the 100 meters at the SEC Outdoor Championships... Placed third in the 100 meters at the Tiger Track Classic with a regional qualifying time of seconds... Also finished eighth in the 200 meters in seconds... Helped the 4x100-meter relay team post the natoin s fourth-best time, winning in seconds at the War Eagle Invitational... Helped Auburn finish second at the Penn Relays in the 4x100-meter relay and was 17th in the prelims of the 100 meters.

8 2009 Men s Outdoor Top Marks 100-meters (Q: 10.55) 1. Marcus Rowland (SEC) Q 2. Stephen Fly (SEC) Q 3. Everette Foxx (SEC) meters (Q: 21.35) 1a. Marcus Rowland (War Eagle) 20.48w-Q 2a. Michael DeHaven (War Eagle) 20.64w-Q 1b. Marcus Rowland (SEC) Q 2b. Michael DeHaven (Sun Angel) Q 3. Stephen Fly (SEC) meters (Q: 47.20) 1. Bernard Spivey (SEC) Michael DeHaven (Tiger) Jerod Wims (War Eagle) meters (Q: 1:50.40) 1. Felix Kiboiywo (War Eagle) 1:49.19-Q 2. Julian Matthews (SEC) 1:50.22-Q 3. Spencer Ferguson (SEC) 1: meters (Q: 3:47.80) 1. Felix Kiboiywo (War Eagle) 3:42.30-Q 2. Julian Matthews (War Eagle) 3:46.79-Q 3. Jean-Pierre Weerts (War Eagle) 3:47.09-Q 4. Jeff Sanders (Seminole) 3:47.57-Q 3000-meters 1. Ben Cheruiyot (Coach O) 8: Isaac Kipruto (Coach O) 8: meters (Q: 14:12.00) 1. Girma Mecheso (Oregon) 13:50.80-Q 2. Felix Kiboiywo (Stanford) 13:50.87-Q 3. Elkanah Kibet (Oregon) 13:52.70-Q 4. Jean-Pierre Weerts (Oregon) 14:05.23-Q 10,000-meters (A: 28:45.00, P: 29:30.00) 1. Girma Mecheso (Stanford) 28:26.09-A 2. Elkanah Kibet (Stanford) 28:26.96-A 3. Jean-Pierre Weerts (SEC) 30: meter hurdles (Q: 14.30) 1. Jager Livingston (Tiger) meter hurdles (Q: 52.51) 1. Jhak Keegan (SEC) Q 2. Johnathon Haynes (Coach O) meter steeplechase (Q: 9:07.00) 1. Scott Novack (SEC) 8:53.45-Q 2. Isaac Kipruto (Tiger) 9: x100m relay (Q: 40.66) 1. Fly, Wims, DeHaven, Rowland (SEC) Q 2. Foxx, Fly, DeHaven, Rowland (War Eagle) Q 4x400m relay (Q: 3:10.00) 1. DeHaven, Spivey, Green, Rowland (Penn) 3:06.34-Q 2. Wims, Spivey, Rowland, Keegan (War Eagle) 3: DeHaven, Wims, Spivey, Rowland (SEC) 3:12.28 High Jump (Q: 2.10m) 1. Ryan Fleck (Tiger/Penn) 2.16m (7-1)-Q Pole Vault (Q: 5.05m) 1. Livingston (War Eagle) 4.30m ( ) Long Jump (Q: 7.34m) 1. Gerard Brown (SEC) 6.95m ( ) Triple Jump (Q: 15.00m) 1. Gerard Brown (SEC) 14.45m (47-5) Shot Put (Q: 16.80m) 1. Eric Werskey (War Eagle) 18.58m ( )-Q 2. Wesley Wright (War Eagle) 15.88m ( ) Discus (Q: 51.70m) 1. Zach Clayton (Georgia) 56.02m (183-9)-Q 2. Eric Werskey (Spec Towns) 55.64m (182-6)-Q 3. Jager Livingston (Coach O) 34.46m (113-0) Hammer Throw (Q: 56.80m) 1. Wesley Wright (Georgia) 58.75m (192-9)-Q Javelin (Q: 61.60m) 1. Luke Gaines (Tiger) 60.43m (198-3) 2. Michael Dekich (War Eagle) 53.73m (176-3) 3. Jager Livingston (Coach O) 50.62m (166-1) Decathlon (A: 7,500, P: 6,900) 1. Jager Livingston (SEC) 6628 Key: w - wind-aided Q - Regional qualifying mark A - Automatic qualifying mark Alabama = Alabama Relays (Tuscaloosa, Ala.), March Stanford = Stanford Invitational (Palo Alto, Calif.), March 27 Tiger = Tiger Track Classic (Auburn, Ala.), April 3-4 Sun Angel = Sun Angel Classic (Tempe, Ariz.), April 11 Spec Towns = Spec Towns Nat l Team Invite (Athens, Ga.), April War Eagle = War Eagle Invitational (Auburn, Ala.), April Penn = Penn Relays (Philadelphia, Pa.), April Oregon = Oregon Relays (Eugene, Ore.), April 24 Coach O = Coach O Invitational (Troy, Ala.), April 25 Seminole = Seminole Twilight (Tallahassee, Fla.), May 8-9 Georgia = Georgia Invitational (Athens, Ga.), May 9 SEC = SEC Championships (Gainesville, Fla.), May 14-17

9 2009 Women s Outdoor Top Marks 100-meters (Q: 11.75) 1. Joanna Atkins (SEC) Q 2. Shaquela Williams (Tiger) Q 3a. CeCe Williams (War Eagle) 11.64w-Q 3b. CeCe Williams (War Eagle) meters (Q: 23.96) 1. Joanna Atkins (Sun Angel) Q 2. Cache Armbrister (War Eagle) Q 3. Nivea Smith (War Eagle) Q 4. CeCe Williams (Sun Angel) Q 400-meters (Q: 54.61) 1. Joanna Atkins (War Eagle) Q 2. CeCe Williams (SEC) Q 3. Cache Armbrister (Tiger) Q 800-meters (Q: 2:09.80) 1. Sabrina Fischer (Tiger) 2: Madeleine Collins (Tiger) 2: meters (Q: 4:27.80) 1. Amber Riley (War Eagle) 4:25.73-Q 2. Sabrina Fischer (SEC) 4: Allison Smith (War Eagle) 4: meters 1. Allison Smith (Tiger) 10: Cathryn Albright (Tiger) 10: Becca Bell (Coach O) 10: meters (Q: 16:52.00) 1. Laurel Pritchard (Sun Angel) 16:42.22-Q 2. Allison Smith (Sun Angel) 17: Cathryn Albright (Sun Angel) 17: ,000-meters (A: 33:30.00, P: 35:00.00) 1. Laurel Pritchard (Penn) 35: Allison Smith (SEC) 37: Cathryn Albright (SEC) 39: meter hurdles (Q: 13.92) 1. Danielle Gilchrist (SEC) Q 2. Chelsey Thomas (Tiger) meter hurdles (Q: 1:00.82) 1. Danielle Gilchrist (SEC) Q 2. Latoya Parkinson (SEC) Q 4x400m relay (Q: 3:42.00) 1. Gilchrist, Atkins, Armbrister, C. Williams (SEC) 3:34.40-Q 2. C. Williams, Smith, Parkinson, Armbrister (Tiger) 3:42.04 High Jump (Q: 1.75m) 1. Raevan Harris (Penn) 1.83m (6-0)-Q 2. Chelsey Thomas (SEC) 1.65m (5-5) Pole Vault (Q: 3.85m) 1. Brittany Mattrella (War Eagle) 3.40m ( ) 2. Megan Hill (Tiger) 3.10m (10-2) Long Jump (Q: 6.00m) 1. Erika Akins (Coach O) 5.65m (18-6.5) Triple Jump (Q: 12.32m) 1. Erika Akins (War Eagle) 11.40m (37-5) Shot Put (Q: 14.30m) 1. N/A Javelin (Q: 43.45m) 1. Lakin Spear (War Eagle) 37.66m (123-7) 2. Chelsey Thomas (Spec Towns) 20.42m (67-0) Discus (Q: 47.30m) 1. N/A Hammer Throw (Q: 54.15m) 1. Valentina Srsa (SEC) 54.35m (178-4)-Q Heptathlon (A: 5,500, P: 5,050) 1. Chelsey Thomas (SEC) 4578 Key: w - wind-aided Q - Regional qualifying mark P - Provisional qualifying mark Stanford = Stanford Invitational (Palo Alto, Calif.), March 27 Tiger = Tiger Track Classic (Auburn, Ala.), April 3-4 Sun Angel = Sun Angel Classic (Tempe, Ariz.), April 11 Spec Towns = Spec Towns Nat l Team Invite (Athens, Ga.), April War Eagle = War Eagle Invitational (Auburn, Ala.), April Penn = Penn Relays (Philadelphia, Pa.), April Triton = Triton Invitational (San Diego, Calif.), April 24 Coach O = Coach O Invitational (Troy, Ala.), April 25 Seminole = Seminole Twilight (Tallahassee, Fla.), May 8-9 SEC = SEC Championships (Gainesville, Fla.), May meter steeplechase (Q: 10:50.25) 1. Amber Riley (Sun Angel) 10:39.83-Q 4x100m relay (Q: 45.70) 1. S. Williams, Atkins, Armbrister, Smith (War Eagle) Q 2. C. Williams, Smith, Armbrister, Atkins (Tiger) Q 3. S. Williams, Atkins, Armbrister, C. Williams (SEC) Q

10 Alabama Relays Tuscaloosa, Ala. - March 26-27, 2009 Jager Livingston Decathlon nd Stanford Invitational Palo Alto, Calif. - March 27, 2009 Elkanah Kibet 10,000m 28:26.96-A 6th Felix Kiboiywo 5000m 13:50.87-Q 14th Girma Mecheso 10,000m 28:26.09-A 5th Jean-Pierre Weerts 5000m 14: th Tiger Track Classic Auburn, Ala. - April 3-4, 2009 Zach Clayton Discus 54.46m (178-8)-Q Jeff Cowden 100m th 200m Long Jump FOUL -- Neil Danville 400m th 4x400m Relay 3: th Michael DeHaven 400m th 4x100m Relay Q 2nd 4x400m Relay 3:09.05-Q Michael Dekich Javelin 52.02m (170-8) 9th Spencer Ferguson 800m 2: th 4x400m Relay 3: th Ryan Fleck High Jump 2.16m (7-1)-Q 4th Stephen Fly 100m T8th 200m th 4x100m Relay Q 2nd Everette Foxx 200m T6th 400m st 4x100m Relay Q 2nd 4x400m Relay 3: th Luke Gaines Javelin 60.43m (198-3) Nick Green 400m th 4x400m Relay 3:09.05-Q Johnathon Haynes 400m Hurdles th Jhak Keegan 400m Hurdles th 4x400m Relay 3: th Isaac Kipruto 3000m Steeple 9: th Reuben Lacy 100m th 200m th Jager Livingston 400m th 110m Hurdles th Javelin 47.41m (155-6) 13th Julian Matthews 800m 1: th Marcus Rowland 100m Q 1st 4x100m Relay Q 2nd 4x400m Relay 3:09.05-Q Jeff Sanders 800m 1: th 1500m 3: th Bernard Spivey 400m th 4x400m Relay 3:09.05-Q Eric Werskey Shot Put 17.38m ( )-Q 4th Discus FOUL -- Wesley Wright Shot Put 15.46m ( ) 14th Hammer 53.82m (176-7) 10th Men s Meet-By-Meet Results Spec Towns National Team Invitational Athens, Ga. - April 10-11, 2009 Michael Dekich Javelin 52.75m (173-1) 5th Luke Gaines Javelin 58.43m (191-8) Eric Werskey Shot Put 18.10m ( )-Q 4th Discus 55.64m (182-6)-Q 2nd Wesley Wright Shot Put 15.82m (51-11) 10th Hammer 56.09m (184-0) 8th Sun Angel Classic Tempe, Ariz. - April 11, 2009 Michael DeHaven 200m Q 4th Ryan Fleck High Jump 2.10m ( )-Q 2nd Stephen Fly 100m th 200m th Everette Foxx 100m th 200m th Nick Green 400m st Jhak Keegan 400m Hurdles th Isaac Kipruto 3000m Steeple 9: th Jager Livingston 110m Hurdles nd Long Jump ND -- Julian Matthews 1500m 3: th Scott Novack 1500m 3: th 5000m 14: th Marcus Rowland 100m Q 2nd Jeff Sanders 1500m 3: th Jerod Wims 400m th

11 War Eagle Invitational Auburn, Ala. - April 17-18, 2009 Gerard Brown Long Jump 6.94m ( ) 7th Jeff Cowden 100m (prelims) 24th 200m th Neil Danville 400m nd 4x400m Relay 3: th Michael DeHaven 200m Q 2nd 4x100m Relay Q Michael Dekich Javelin 53.73m (176-3) 11th Spencer Ferguson 800m 1: x400m Relay 3: th Ryan Fleck High Jump 2.10m ( )-Q 2nd Stephen Fly 100m (prelims) 11th 200m th 4x100m Relay Q Everette Foxx 100m (prelims) 19th 200m x100m Relay Q Luke Gaines Javelin 59.93m (196-7) 4th Nick Green 400m th 4x400m Relay 3: th Johnathon Haynes 400m Hurdles th 4x400m Relay 3: th Jhak Keegan 400m Hurdles nd 4x400m Relay 3:11.49 Elkanah Kibet 1500m Inv. 3: th Felix Kiboiywo 800m 1:49.19-Q 1st 1500m Inv. 3:42.30-Q 1st Isaac Kipruto 5000m 15: th Reuben Lacy 100m (prelims) 30th 200m nd Jager Livingston 400m th Pole Vault 4.30m ( ) T13th Julian Matthews 1500m Inv. 3:46.79-Q 4th Scott Novack 1500m Inv. 3: th Marcus Rowland 200m Q 1st 4x100m Relay Q 4x400m Relay 3:11.49 Jeff Sanders 1500m 3: th Bernard Spivey 400m th 4x400m Relay 3:11.49 Jean-Pierre Weerts 1500m Inv. 3:47.09-Q 5th Eric Werskey Shot Put 18.58m ( )-Q Jerod Wims 400m th 4x400m Relay 3:11.49 Wesley Wright Shot Put 15.88m ( ) 7th Hammer FOUL -- Penn Relays Philadelphia, Pa. - April 23-25, 2009 Gerard Brown Triple Jump 14.12m ( ) 13th Michael DeHaven 4x100m Relay (prelims) 18th 4x400m Relay 3:09.75-Q (prelims) -- 3:06.34-Q (finals) 1st Ryan Fleck High Jump 2.16m (7-1)-Q 4th Stephen Fly 4x100m Relay (prelims) 18th Everette Foxx 4x100m Relay (prelims) 18th Nick Green 4x400m Relay 3:06.34-Q (finals) 1st Jhak Keegan 400m Hurdles Marcus Rowland 4x100m Relay (prelims) 18th Men s Meet-By-Meet Results 4x400m Relay 3:09.75-Q (prelims) -- 3:06.34-Q (finals) 1st Bernard Spivey 4x400m Relay 3:09.75-Q (prelims) -- 3:06.34-Q (finals) 1st Jerod Wims 4x400m Relay 3:09.75-Q (prelims) -- Oregon Relays Eugene, Ore. - April 24, 2009 Elkanah Kibet 5000m 13:52.70-Q 5th Felix Kiboiywo 1500m 3:43.20-Q Julian Matthews 1500m 3:47.54-Q 8th Girma Mecheso 5000m 13:50.80-Q 4th Scott Novack 3000m Steeple 9: th Jeff Sanders 1500m 3:49.08 (section 2) Jean-Pierre Weerts 5000m 14:05.23-Q 7th Triton Invitational San Diego, Calif. - April 25, 2009 Eric Werskey Shot Put 17.97m ( )-Q 5th Discus 55.20m (181-1)-Q 13th Wesley Wright Shot Put 15.22m ( ) 15th Hammer 55.90m (183-5) 16th Coach O Invitational Troy, Ala. - April 25, 2009 Ben Cheruiyot 3000m 8: st Jeff Cowden 100m th 200m th 4x400m Relay 3:18.26 Neil Danville 400m th 4x400m Relay 3:18.26 Michael Dekich Javelin FOUL -- Spencer Ferguson 800m 1: th 4x400m Relay 3:18.26 Luke Gaines Javelin 60.01m (196-10) 2nd Johnathon Haynes 400m Hurdles nd 4x400m Relay 3:18.26 Jhak Keegan 400m Hurdles st Isaac Kipruto 3000m 8: th Reuben Lacy 100m th 200m th Jager Livingston 200m th Javelin 50.62m (166-1) 7th High Jump NH -- Discus 34.46m (113-0) 8th Seminole Twilight Tallahassee, Fla. - May 8-9, 2009 Gerard Brown Triple Jump 14.03m (46-0.5) 4th Ben Cheruiyot 5000m 14: nd Julian Matthews 800m 1: th Scott Novack 1500m 3: th Jeff Sanders 1500m 3:47.57-Q Georgia Invitational Athens, Ga. - May 9, 2009 Zach Clayton Discus 56.02m (183-9)-Q 2nd Eric Werskey Shot Put 17.74m (58-2.5)-Q Discus 53.29m (174-10)-Q Wesley Wright Hammer 58.75m (192-9)-Q

12 SEC Outdoor Championships Gainesville, Fla. - May 14-17, 2009 Gerard Brown Long Jump 6.95m ( ) 15th Triple Jump 14.45m (47-5) 12th Ben Cheruiyot 5000m 14: th Zach Clayton Discus 55.73m (182-10)-Q 2nd Michael DeHaven 200m Q (prelims) 12th 4x100m Relay Q 5th 4x400m Relay 3: th Spencer Ferguson 800m 1:55.39 (prelims) 25th Ryan Fleck High Jump 2.14m (7-0.25)-Q 2nd Stephen Fly 100m Q (prelims) 17th 200m (prelims) 20th 4x100m Relay Q 5th Everette Foxx 100m (prelims) 26th 200m (prelims) 27th Luke Gaines Javelin 59.05m (193-9) 14th Nick Green 400m (prelims) 27th Jhak Keegan 400m Hurdles Q (prelims) 10th Felix Kiboiywo 1500m 3:51.46 (prelims) -- 3:44.13-Q (finals) 5000m 14: th Jager Livingston Decathlon 6,628 4th Julian Matthews 800m 1:50.22-Q (prelims) 10th 1500m 3:47.36-Q (prelims) -- 3:49.23 (finals) 9th Girma Mecheso 5000m 14:00.32-Q 10,000m 30: nd Scott Novack 5000m 14: th 3000m Steeple 8:53.45-Q Marcus Rowland 100m Q (prelims) Q (finals) 200m Q (prelims) Q (finals) 4x100m Relay Q 5th 4x400m Relay 3: th Jeff Sanders 1500m 3:52.76 (prelims) 13th 5000m 14: th Bernard Spivey 400m (prelims) 14th 4x400m Relay 3: th Jean-Pierre Weerts 5000m 14:07.30-Q 5th 10,000m 30: th Eric Werskey Shot Put 16.68m ( ) 10th Discus 44.25m (145-2) 15th Jerod Wims 200m (prelims) 25th 4x100m Relay Q 5th 4x400m Relay 3: th Wesley Wright Shot Put 15.71m (51-6.5) 13th Hammer 55.22m (181-2) 12th Men s Meet-By-Meet Results

13 Women s Meet-By-Meet Results Stanford Invitational Palo Alto, Calif. - March 27, 2009 Laurel Pritchard 10,000m 35: th Tiger Track Classic Auburn, Ala. - April 3-4, 2009 Erika Akins 100m th Triple Jump 11.12m ( ) 9th Cathryn Albright 3000m 10: th Cache Armbrister 400m Q 4th 4x100m Relay Q 2nd 4x400m Relay 3: nd Joanna Atkins 100m Q 1st 4x100m Relay Q 2nd Becca Bell 3000m 10: th Madeleine Collins 800m 2: th 1500m 4: th Sabrina Fischer 800m 2: th Raevan Harris High Jump 1.81m ( )-Q 2nd Megan Hill Pole Vault 3.10m (10-2) 7th Brittany Mattrella Pole Vault 3.25m (10-8) 6th Latoya Parkinson 4x400m Relay 3: nd Amber Riley 1500m 4:29.09 Allison Smith 1500m 4: th 3000m 10: th Nivea Smith 100m th 4x100m Relay Q 2nd 4x400m Relay 3: nd Lakin Spear Javelin 37.16m (121-11) 8th Chelsey Thomas 100m Hurdles T13th CeCe Williams 100m th 4x100m Relay Q 2nd 4x400m Relay 3: nd Shaquela Williams 100m Q 200m th Sun Angel Classic Tempe, Ariz. - April 11, 2009 Erika Akins Long Jump ND -- Triple Jump 10.94m ( ) 11th Cathryn Albright 5000m 17: th Cache Armbrister 200m Q 7th 4x100m Relay Q Joanna Atkins 200m Q 4x100m Relay Q Sabrina Fischer 800m 2: th Danielle Gilchrist 400m Hurdles 1:00.24-Q 7th Raevan Harris High Jump 1.75m (5-8.75)-Q T2nd Laurel Pritchard 5000m 16:42.22-Q Amber Riley 3000m Steeple 10:39.83-Q 4th Allison Smith 5000m 17: th CeCe Williams 200m Q 8th 4x100m Relay Q Shaquela Williams 100m th 200m th 4x100m Relay Q Spec Towns National Team Invitational Athens, Ga. - April 11, 2009 Lakin Spear Javelin 35.44m (116-3) 5th Chelsey Thomas High Jump 1.60m (5-3) 4th Javelin 20.42m (67-0) 7th War Eagle Invitational Auburn, Ala. - April 16-18, 2009 Erika Akins Long Jump FOUL -- Triple Jump 11.33m ( ) 14th Cathryn Albright 5000m 17: st Cache Armbrister 200m Q 1st 4x100m Relay Q 1st 4x400m Relay 3:35.82-Q 1st Joanna Atkins 400m Q 1st 4x100m Relay Q 1st 4x400m Relay 3:35.82-Q 1st Becca Bell 5000m 18: th Madeleine Collins 800m 2: th 1500m 4: Sabrina Fischer 800m 2: th 1500m 4: th Danielle Gilchrist 100m Hurdles (prelim) (final) 4th 4x400m Relay 3:35.82-Q 1st Megan Hill Pole Vault 3.10m (10-2) 15th Brittany Mattrella Pole Vault 3.40m ( ) 12th Latoya Parkinson 400m Hurdles 1: th Amber Riley 1500m 4:25.73-Q 4th Allison Smith 1500m 4: th Nivea Smith 200m Q 2nd 4x100m Relay Q 1st Lakin Spear Javelin 37.66m (123-7) 7th Valentina Srsa Hammer 50.24m (164-10) 2nd Chelsey Thomas Heptathlon nd CeCe Williams 100m Q (prelim) w-Q (final) 4th 4x400m Relay 3:35.82-Q 1st Shaquela Williams 200m th 4x100m Relay Q 1st