May 6, 1999
TEMPE, Ariz. - Arizona State begins a two-week stretch of trips to Tucson, Ariz., as the Sun Devils attempt to garner or improve NCAA and Pac-10 qualifying marks in the final two weekends of the regular season. This Saturday, May 8, ASU will participate in the Wildcat Qualifier at Roy P. Druchman Stadium and will return next Sunday, May 16, for the Pre-Pac-10 Meet. Field events for this Saturday's meet begin at 3:30 p.m. and running events at 6:00 p.m. The Sun Devil men are ranked eighth in the latest Trackwire.com power rankings (May 5) while the women are out of the top 25 after breaking into the polls at No. 21 in the April 14th rankings.
NCAA Qualifiers
Eight individual Sun Devils and three ASU relay squads have posted NCAA qualifying marks this year (listed below). The NCAA Championships is June 2-5 in Boise, Idaho.
Men Event Mark (Nat. Rnk) Note Tony Berrian 400m 45.88 (17) 2nd-best mark in Pac-10 Marcus Brunson 100m 10.20 (t10) 2nd-fastest time in ASU history Marcus Brunson 200m *20.42 (5) 5th-fastest time in ASU history, best since 1981 Dwight Phillips Long Jump 25-11 (4) Best jump at ASU since 1984, 5th-best ever ASU 4x100 Relay *39.06 (4) 5th-best mark in ASU history ASU 4x400 Relay *3:03.94 (4) 7th-fastest mark in ASU historyWomen Event Mark (Nat. Rnk) Note Fiona Daly High Jump 5-11.25 (t13) Defending Pac-10 Champion in HJ Arlaina Davis 400m 53.68 (22) 1 of 2 freshmen in Pac-10 400m final last year Priscilla Hein 1500m *4:17.98 (4) School Record; 4th-best time in nation Priscilla Hein 3000m 9:31.80 (35) 6th-best mark in ASU history Kelly MacDonald 3000m 9:25.61 (21) 4th-best mark in ASU history Kelly MacDonald 5000m 16:42.19 (40) 6th-fastest time in ASU history Joronda White 400m 52.76 (7) Ranks third in Pac-10 ASU 4x400 Relay 3:34.55 (9) 2nd-best in the Pac-10 *NCAA Automatic Qualifying Mark
Pac-10 Championships
Arizona State hosts the 1999 Pac-10 Track and Field Championships Friday and Saturday, May 21-22, at Sun Angel Stadium. It is the third time ASU has hosted the Pac-10 Championships (1979 and 1991) as it is rotated among the nine conference members who field track programs. This year's championships will be the seventh conference championship meet held at Sun Angel Stadium since it opened in 1976 (1976 WAC, 1978 Intermountain, 1983 Big Sky, 1986 Pacific West). Tickets are currently available through the Sun Devil ticket office (480-965-2381). Single session tickets are $9 for adults, $5 for students/seniors/juniors. Two-day passes are $15 for adults, $9 for students/seniors/juniors and $7 for groups of 20 or more. The multi-event championships (heptathlon/decathlon) are held at Sun Angel Stadium May 14-15.
Last Week
The eighth-ranked Arizona State men's track and field team swept No. 13 Arizona and Northern Arizona in a double dual meet at Sun Angel Stadium. ASU defeated Arizona in an outdoor dual for the first time since 1992, 100-96. The Sun Devils beat NAU 104-88. On the women's side, No. 11 Arizona defeated ASU 102-82 while the Sun Devils beat NAU 98-83. Individually, senior Priscilla Hein provisionally qualified for the NCAAs in the 3000 meters with a personal-best time of 9:31.80, sixth-best in ASU history. Senior Joronda White and sophomore Arlaina Davis each posted NCAA provisional marks in the women's 400 meters. White clocked a 52.76 while Davis came in at 53.68 to finish second and third, respectively, to Arizona's Carolyn Jackson (52.10). Sophomore Marcus Brunson swept the men's 100 and 200 meters with times of 10.25 (NCAA Provisional) and 20.42, respectively. His time in the the deuce is fifth-best in ASU history and is an NCAA automatic qualifier. It was Brunson's first 200-meter and second 100-meter race as a collegian. Junior Dwight Phillips continued his strong contribution as he was involved on 13 of ASU's points. He won the long jump competition with an NCAA provisional mark of 25-2, finished second in the 100 meters with a Pac-10 qualifying time of 10.51 and ran the lead leg on ASU's winning 4x100 relay team (NCAA provisional time of 39.86). In the men's 1500 meters, ASU finished 1-2 with sophomore David Burke and redshirt freshman Brandon Strong running 3:45.89 and 3:46.31, respectively. Burke's time is the ninth-fastest in ASU history. Other Sun Devil winners included Christie Winkle (Women's 200, 23.91), Fiona Daly (Women's HJ, 5-9.25), Tony Berrian (Men's 400, 46.16), Delrik Lindsey (Men's 400mH, 52.53) and Troy Lindner (Men's TJ, 45-4.25).
Dynamic Distance Duo
Senior Priscilla Hein and sophomore Kelly MacDonald have given ASU's distance corps some teeth in 1999, as both have qualified for the NCAA Outdoor Championships in two events. Hein automatically qualified for the NCAAs in the 1500 meters and provisionally in the 3000m while MacDonald has provisional marks in both the 3000 and 5000 meters. Furthermore, sophomore Mary Duerbeck joined the duo this season to crack ASU's top 10 lists, joining Kim Toney, Lorrieann Adams, Sharette Garcia, Trish Huffmaster and Kristin Wellman as the only Sun Devils to appear in ASU's outdoor record book from the 1990s for a race of 1500 meters or more. In fact, Hein's 4:17.98 in the 1500m, eclipsing Toney's previous record of 4:20.69 (1993), is the first record set by an ASU female since 1995. After setting the mark at the Sun Angel Classic (4/10), Hein was named Pac-10 Female Track Athlete of the Week. Hein ran the sixth-fastest mark in ASU history in the 3000 meters (9:31.80, 5/1) to provisionally qualify in that event. MacDonald ranks fourth in Sun Devil history in the 3000 meters at 9:25.61 and sixth with a time of 16:42.19 in the 5000m. Her 3K time is the best mark at ASU since Lynn Nelson's 1984 record of 9:09.76 and the 5K time is the best mark at ASU since Cordell's 16:28.32 in 1992. Hein, who broke a seven-year old ASU indoor record in the mile (4:45.27), became the first female All-American in cross country at ASU in 1998, leading the Sun Devils to their first-ever appearance at the NCAA Championships, where they finished 23rd. MacDonald, ASU indoor record holder in the 3000 meters (9:34.97aa), was an Academic All-American in cross country as she sports a 3.26 GPA.
Marcus Brunson
After an indoor season that witnessed him break the collegiate record in the 60 meters with a time of 6.46 (later surpassed by Leonard Myles-Mills of BYU, 6.45) and place second in the NCAA Indoor Championships in that event, sophomore Marcus Brunson is participating in his first outdoor season as a collegian. To this point, he has focused on relay events and has run only three individual races to stay healthy (muscle soreness). However, his three individual races have been very impressive. He breezed to a 10.20 in the 100 meters at the Baldy Castillo Invitational (3/27), second in ASU history to Ron Brown's 1981 record of 10.15. Last week in the Double Dual, he swept the 100 (10.25) and 200 meters and earned Pac-10 Male Track Athlete of the Week honors. His time of 20.42 in the 200 meters, his first outdoor 200 meter race in three years, automatically qualified him for the NCAAs, is the fifth-fastest in the nation this year, the fifth-fastest in ASU history and the best at ASU since 1981. Meanwhile, he has anchored ASU's 4x100 squad that clinched an NCAA berth with an automatic mark of 39.06, fastest at ASU since 1982 and fifth-fastest ever, at the Sun Angel Classic. He also runs a leg on ASU's 4x400 squad, which has also automatically qualified for the NCAAs. Brunson, son of former ASU football player Michael Brunson and a graduate of Tempe's Marcos de Niza HS, transferred to ASU this year after focusing on football for two seasons at Wyoming. Brunson never competed outdoors for the Cowboys, due to spring football, but did set Wyoming records in indoor competition in the 55m (6.10) and 200m (21.21).
Fiona Daly
The defending Pac-10 champion in the women's high jump, Fiona Daly is in the final year of a consistently successful Sun Devil career. Daly, the only Pac-10 champion in the high jump in ASU history, owns the conference's top mark of 1999 , clearing 6 feet even at the NCAA Indoor Championships. Her winning height of 5-11.25 at the Drake Relays (4/23) ties her with WSU's Whitney Evans for the league's top outdoor mark of the season. In the last two years, Daly has won 11 of 16 outdoor high jump competitions she has entered, including five of seven and four in a row this year. Daly gathered her third top-six finish in the last four NCAA Indoor Championships, placing fifth in 1999. She made her first NCAA Outdoor Championships appearance last year, finishing in a tie for ninth.
Tony Berrian
Sophomore Tony Berrian provisionally qualified for the NCAA Championships in the 400 meters, posting the Pac-10's second-fastest time this year with a 45.88 at the Sun Angel Classic (4/10). Berrian is the 1998 U.S. Junior national champion in the 400m and was the only freshman to make the Pac-10 400m final in 1998. Berrian went on to finish eighth at the 1998 Junior World Championships and was a member of the United States' second-place 4x400 relay squad. Berrian anchors ASU's 4x400 relay squad, which ranks fourth in the nation with an NCAA automatic time of 3:03.94. Berrian has also established a personal-record in the 200 meters in 1999, posting a 20.92 at the Double Dual (5/1). That time ranks fourth in the Pac-10 this year. Berrian participated in his first NCAA Championships during the indoor season, having eclipsed Herman Frazier's 21-year old ASU record in the indoor 400m with a time of 46.29, an NCAA automatic qualifier. He did not advance to the finals, getting tangled in his preliminary heat and running a 47.65.
Joronda White
Arizona State senior Joronda White broke the 53-second barrier and posted a personal-best time of 52.76 in the women's 400 meters last week at the Double Dual. It is an NCAA provisional mark, seventh-fastest in the nation this year, third-best in the Pac-10 and tied for seventh on ASU's all-time top 10 list. White is seeking to make her first NCAA Outdoor Championship appearance, having participated in the 1998 NCAA Indoor meet.
Dwight Phillips
A transfer from Kentucky in his first year as a Sun Devil, junior Dwight Phillips has made a dramatic impact on the ASU squad. After finishing second in the long jump at the NCAA Indoor Championships, Phillips ranks fourth in the nation and first in the Pac-10 after winning the long jump at the Sun Angel Classic (4/10) with a leap of 25-11. The mark ranks as the fifth-best in ASU history and the longest since Kenny Frazier's 1984 ASU record of 26-8.5. Phillips has also posted a Pac-10 qualifying marks in the 200 meters (21.20) and 100 meters (10.51) while also running legs on the ASU 4x100 and 4x400 relay squads, both of whom have clinched NCAA berths.
Relay Rally
The 1999 season has provided something that ASU hasn't seen in 17 years: changes to the men's relay record book. While the records haven't fallen, the Sun Devils have cracked the school's top 10 list in both the 4x100 and 4x400, the first time either list has changed since 1982. The men's 4x100 squad (D. Phillips, T. Berrian, J. McGee, M. Brunson) clinched a berth with an automatic qualifying time of 39.06 (Sun Angel Classic, 4/10), the fastest run at ASU since 1982, the fourth-fastest in the nation this year and the fifth-fastest in ASU history. The 4x400 relay (L. Robinson-Blanchard, D. Phillips, M. Brunson, T. Berrian) also automatically qualified for the NCAAs with a time of 3:03.94 (Penn Relays, 4/24). That mark ranks seventh in ASU history, fourth in the nation this year and tops for ASU since 1982. In addition, the women's 4x400 relay (A. Davis, J. White, C. Coulson, D. Linder) provisionally qualified for the NCAAs with a time of 3:34.55 (Texas Relays, 4/3), the eighth-best mark in the nation and second-best in the conference.
Indoor Success
ASU had one of its most successful indoor seasons in recent history, as the Sun Devil men placed 11th at the NCAA Championships, best in school indoor history, and the women finished in a tie for 29th, their best showing since 1995. Scoring points for the ASU men were Marcus Brunson (2nd, 60m), Dwight Phillips (2nd, Long Jump) and the 4x400 relay squad (5th). Fiona Daly scored all of the women's points, finishing fifth in the high jump.
Sun Devil Data
Trackwire.com released its midseason "Dandy Dozen" lists, the top 12 individuals and relays in the nation in each event, and five Sun Devils made appearances: Marcus Brunson (100m), Tony Berrian (400m), Dwight Phillips (LJ), Priscilla Hein (1500m) and Fiona Daly (HJ) ... in addition, the ASU men's 4x100 and 4x400 plus the women's 4x400 were listed ... Sophomore David Burke and redshirt freshman Brandon Strong currently rank 1-2 in the Pac-10 in the 1500 meters after both posted personal bests at the Double Dual last week ... senior Dawnyell Linder, ASU's top female sprinter, is expected to return to action this week after resting a stress reaction for the last two weeks.
1999 Top 10 Performances -- ASU RECORD BOOKS
MEN
100 Meters
1. Ron Brown 10.15 1981
2. Marcus Brunson 10.20 1999
Dwayne Evans 10.20 1981
200 Meters
1. Jerry Bright 20.29 1968
2. Henry Carr 20.33 1964
3. Dwayne Evans 20.34 1981
4. LaMonte King 20.36 1981
5. Marcus Brunson 20.42 1999
6. Tony Darden 20.48 1978
1500 Meters
1. Chuck LaBenz 3:40.7 1970
2. Larry Lawson 3:43.0 1974
3. Mike Stahr 3:43.06 1985
4. Ray Wicksell 3:43.2 1979
5. Dan Raby 3:44.07 1982
6. Todd Lewis 3:44.09 1992
7. Treg Scott 3:44.16 1985
8. Jeff Smith 3:44.87 1988
9. David Burke 3:45.89 1999
10. Eddie Davis 3:45.90 1982
Long Jump
1. Kenny Frazier 8.14 26-8 1/2 1984
2. LaMonte King 7.99 26-2 1/2 1981
3. Dannie Jackson 7.94 26-0 1/2 1977
Sidney Mitchell 7.94 26-0 1/2 1979
5. Dwight Phillips 7.90 25-11 1999
4x100 Meter Relay
1. R.Brown, L. King, G. Moore, D. Evans 38.78 1979
2. H. Henley, L King, W. Jones, R.Brown 38.93 1982
3. Wells, Williams, McCullough, Frazier 38.96 1975
4. G. Moore, L. King, W. Jones, D. Evans 39.05 1981
5. Phillips, Berrian, McGee, Brunson 39.06 1999
Williams, Darden, Burl, Frazier 39.06 1977
Tubbs, Jones, Haywood, Henley 39.06 1982
4x400 Meter Relay
1. McKenzie, Burl, Darden, Frazier 3:01.74 1977
2. McKenzie, Moore, Burl, Darden 3:03.23 1978
3. Barrick, Carr, Freeman, Williams 3:03.43 1963
4. McKenzie, Walker, McCullough, Frazier 3:03.49 1976
5. Tubbs, Sullivan, Henley, Jones 3:03.81 1982
6. Manning, McCullough, Lewis, Peoples 3:03.93 1973
7. R-Blanchard, Phillips, Brunson, Berrian 3:03.94 1999
WOMEN
400 Meters
1. Maicel Malone 50.33 1991
2. Shanequa Campbell 51.77 1993
3. Omolade Akinremi 52.24 1993
4. Toinette Holmes 52.30 1990
5. Omotayo Akinremi 52.43 1993
6. Avia Morgan 52.58 1995
7. Joronda White 52.76 1999
Jacqueline Gayle 52.76 1994
9. Tamika Foster 52.95 1988
1,500 Meters
1. Priscilla Hein 4:17.98 1999
2. Kim Toney 4:20.69 1993
3. Michelle Harper 4:22.74 1987
4. Julie Seleine 4:23.6 1984
5. Sabrina Peters-Stern 4:26.02 1983
6. Teresa Barrios 4:26.55 1989
7. Lorrieann Adams 4:27.77 1995
8. Sharette Garcia 4:29.29 1992
9. Laura LaMena 4:30.02 1989
10. Kelly MacDonald 4:30.16 1999
3,000 Meters
1. Lynn Nelson 9:09.76 1984
2. Sabrina Peters-Stern 9:19.2 1983
3. Kathy Mintie 9:23.9 1979
4. Kelly MacDonald 9:25.61 1999
5. Teresa Barrios 9:31.76 1986
6. Priscilla Hein 9:31.80 1999
7. Laura LaMena 9:33.73 1987
8. Julie Seliene 9:37.17 1985
9. Dawn Arrigoni 9:38.24 1988
10. Mary Duerbeck 9:41.38 1999
5,000 Meters
1. Lynn Nelson 15:58.57 1984
2. Kathy Mintie 16:16.8 1979
3. Kelly Cordell 16:28.32 1992
4. Laura LaMena 16:33.09 1988
5. Sabrina Peters-Stern 16:37.23 1983
6. Kelly MacDonald 16:42.19 1999
400m Hurdles
1. Omolade Akinremi 55.44 1995
2. Tracey Mattes 56.54 1992
3. Omotayo Akinremi 56.86 1993
4. Denise Waddy 58.62 1978
5. Christy Akinremi 59.37 1993
6. Karen Vigilant 59.52 1997
7. Candida Coulson 59.93 1999
8. Cathy Miller 1:00.54 1984
Triple Jump
1. Anna Van 12.37 40-7 1/4 1984
2. Giannina Re 12.34 40-6 1995
3. Adra Hysong 12.09 39-8 1995
4. Erika Johnson 12.00 39-4 1/2 1999
5. Tesra Bester 11.91 39-1 1991
6. Fiona Daly 11.82 38-9 1/2 1998
Sun Devil Pac-10 Qualifiers
The following have posted qualifying marks for the Pac-10 Championships, held May 21-22 at Sun Angel Stadium. The Pac-10 rank for non-wind aided marks is listed in parenthesees next to each name. The minimum qualifying mark for each event is listed next to each event.
Men
100m, 10.74 Marcus Brunson (2) 10.20 Dwight Phillips (9) 10.51 Maurice Lee (10) 10.52 Brian Raspberry w10.39 Jim McGee w10.52 Vince Jones w10.61200m, 21.44 Marcus Brunson (1) 20.42 Tony Berrian (4) 20.92 Dwight Phillips (8) 21.20 Maurice Lee (9) 21.25 Brian Raspberry w20.97 LaVell R.-Blanchard w21.07
400m, 47.84 Tony Berrian (2) 45.88 LaVell R.-Blanchard (9) 46.93 Undrekus Easter (12) 47.49
800m, 1:51.44 Vondre Armour (9) 1:50.64 Brandon Strong (11) 1:51.20
1,500m, 3:50.14 David Burke (1) 3:45.89 Brandon Strong (2) 3:46.31
110mH, 14.74 Delrik Lindsey (9) w14.14
400mH, 53.64 Delrik Lindsey (7) 52.53
4x100 Relay ASU (2) 39.06
4x400 Relay ASU (2) 3:03.94
Long Jump, 7.30 Dwight Phillips (1) 7.90 (25-11) Jim McGee (4) 7.48 (24-6.5) Anthony Hazard (6) 7.38 (24-2.5)
Triple Jump, 14.50 Dwight Phillips (4) i15.59 (51-1.75)
Women
100m, 12.04 Dawnyell Linder w11.59 Christie Winkle w11.78200m, 24.64 Dawnyell Linder (4) 23.65 Christie Winkle (10) 23.91 Arlaina Davis (21) 24.46
400m, 55.44 Joronda White (4) 52.76 Arlaina Davis (6) 53.68 Dawnyell LInder (9) 54.06 Candida Coulson (17) 54.42
800m, 2:11.14 Jennifer Bridgeman (7) 2:08.52 Priscilla Hein (10) i2:09.32
1,500m, 4:40.14 Priscilla Hein (2) 4:17.98 Kelly MacDonald (11) 4:30.16 Mary Duerbeck (25) 4:35.94 Nicole Simmons (30) 4:37.48
3,000m, 9:54.14 Kelly MacDonald (5) 9:25.61 Priscilla Hein (10) 9:31.80 Mary Duerbeck (17) 9:41.38 Amy Maciasek (24) 9:51.00
5,000m, 17:30.14 Kelly MacDonald (9) 16:42.19 Mary Duerbeck (18) 16:53.26 Amy Maciasek (23) 17:13.90
400mH, 62.04 Candida Coulson (7) 59.93
4x100 Relay ASU (4) 45.49
4x400 Relay ASU (2) 3:34.55
High Jump, 1.70 Fiona Daly (1) i 1.83 (6-0)
Pole Vault, 3.35 Olivia Mazzaglia (17) 3.40 (11-1.75)
Shot Put, 13.25 Adrienne Judie (21) 13.59 (44-7)
Triple Jump, 11.60 Erika Johnson (12) 12.00 (39-4.5) Tamara Espinoza (16) 11.79 (38-8.25)