May 30, 2000
This Week
Ten Sun Devils will be among 750 track and field athletes in Durham, N.C., this weekend to compete in the NCAA Div. I Track & Field Outdoor Championships. After 10 years, the national meet returns to the campus of Duke University beginning May 31 and continuing through June 3. Events will take place at Wallace Wade Stadium. The Sun Devil men are looking to improve on last year's 18th-place finish while the women are looking to place for the first time since 1996.
Information/Results
Tickets can be purchased through Duke's ticket office at 877/375-3853. They are $30 for adults for the four-day session, and $15 for youths. Individual session tickets are also available.
www.TheSunDevils.com will follow Arizona State through the NCAA Championships. Information can also be found at www.NCAAchampionships.com and www.goduke.com. and will also available on InfoConnection.
The fax-on-demand telephone number is 336/854-5859. Day One Results will be located in cell 22050, Day Two Results will be in 22054, Day Three Results will be in 22450 and Day Four Results will be in cell 22454.
Not Making the Cut
The following individuals posted NCAA qualifying marks but were not selected to participate in the NCAA Championships:
| Name | Event | Mark | NR |
| Kelly MacDonald | 3,000m | 9:20.12 | 10th |
| ASU Men's Relay | 4x400 | 3:05.67 | 14th |
| Michael Campbell | 400m | 45.90 | 21st |
| ASU Women's Relay | 4x400 | 3:37.80 | 22nd |
| Tony Berrian | 400m | 45.98 | 23rd |
| ASU Women's Relay | 4x100 | 45.01 | 24th |
| Valerie Williams | LJ | 20-7 | 25th |
| Jeremy Rasmussen | 3,000 StCh | 8:49.23 | 26th |
| Brandon Strong | 1,500m | 3:44.01 | 29th |
| Candida Coulson | 400mH | 58.81 | t30th |
| Valerie Williams | TJ | 42-1.5 | t33rd |
| Marcus Brunson | 100m | 10.31 | t33rd |
| Fasil Bizuneh | 5,000m | 14:04.20 | 36th |
| Lisa Aguilera | 3,000m | 9:29.63 | 39th |
| Mary Duerbeck | 10,000m | 35:12.48 | 44th |
2000 Pac-10 Championships
The men's squad placed third at the conference Championships, posting the team's best finish in 17 years, while the women placed fifth, the team's best finish in five years, during the May 20-21 meet at the University of Oregon's Hayward Field.
Behind senior Dwight Phillips' 26.5 points, ASU men's squad recorded 101 points, surpassing the100-point mark for the first time since the 1981 Pac-10 Championship team scored 133. The Lady Devils were led by Oregon native Kelly MacDonald's18 points, as the squad posted its first top-five-finish since a fifth-place in 1995.
"I'm extremely proud," head coach Greg Kraft said. "We did all we could as a team. Everybody produced. We've been getting better each year and our depth has improved, but we've still got more ahead. This is only part of the progression."
Pac-10 Champions include Dwight Phillips in the men's long jump, Jeremy Rasmussen in the men's 3,000m Steeplechase, Tiffany Greer in the women's long jump, Kelly MacDonald in the women's 5,000m and the men's 4x100m Relay (Phillips, LaVell Robinson-Blanchard, Jim McGee and Marcus Brunson).
"Dwight did it all for us tonight," teammate Michael Campbell, a runner-up in the 400m, said. "He's just a performer. The team really pulled together when we realized we could do it. A top-three team finish is great."
2000 Pac-10 Championship Notes
ASU's men's team placed third, the highest finish for the Devils since a tie for second place in 1983, a span of 17 years... ASU's men's team also scored 101 points, surpassing the 100-point mark for only the second time in conference history... The first was the team's 1981 Championship squad, which posted 133 points... Dwight Phillips scored 26.5 of those points, scoring more than any other individual in the entire conference at the Championships... ASU's women's team placed fifth, the first top-five finish for the Lady Devils since a fifth-place showing in 1995... The 75 points the team scored was the most since 1995, when the team posted 78... The men posted 10 season bests while the women notched six (preliminaries included)... Career bests were achieved by Jeremy Rasmussen, Kris Alexander, Colleen Burke, Valerie Williams, Adrienne Judie and Brianna Torres... Tualatin native and junior Kelly MacDonald became ASU's first conference champion in the 5,000m when she won in her home state in a time of 16:28.45... She scored 18 of the team's points, sixth best of an individual at the Pac-10s... Walk-on redshirt freshman Jeremy Rasmussen recorded a career-best 8:49.23 in winning the men's 3,000m Steeplechase, becoming the first Pac-10 Champion in Sun Devil history in that event... He bettered his previous best time by nine seconds... The men's 4x100 Relay became the fourth quartet in ASU history to win the league crown and the first since 1986... That win was also the first time a school other than UCLA or USC took the title since Washington State in 1991... Greer became the school's first long jump champion since Gea Johnson's victory in 1990... ASU took home titles in five events this year (men's long jump, women's long jump, men's 4x100, men's 3,000m steeplechase and women's 5,000m)... The last time the team won more was 1994, when the men's and women's squad earned six conference championships... In 40 years of conference history, Dwight Phillips became only the seventh man to repeat as the long jump champion... Valerie William's fourth-place triple jump of 42-1.5 set a new school record, set earlier this season by teammate Erika Johnson.
National Rankings
The Sun Devils' men's squad finished the season ranked 19th by TrackWire.com. They were ranked as high as 12th earlier in the season. The women were not ranked during the year. In the men's rankings, six Pac-10 teams made the top 25, leading with second-ranked Stanford and 11th-ranked USC, and followed by California at 16th, Washington at 19th, and Oregon at 24th. On the women's side, league member UCLA is ranked first, followed by USC in second, Arizona in ninth and Stanford at 16th.
Pac-10 Athlete of the Week
Senior Dwight Phillips earned this season's first Pac-10 athlete of the week honors on April 11 as he placed third in the 100m at the Texas Relays with a wind-aided 10.12. In the previous day's qualifier, he clocked a wind-aided 10.11 to win his heat. As the wind was above the NCAA-allowable 4.0 mps in both events, he could use those times to qualify for the NCAA Championships. His time was the second fastest in ASU history. The senior from Tucker, Ga., is a six-time All American, holds four school records, is a two-time NCAA runner-up in the indoor long jump and owns two Pac-10 titles in the long jump. He will compete in the long jump, 100m and 4x100m relay at this week's outdoor national championships.
Track & Field News
Track & Field News' John Auka and Jack Pheifer are posting updated predictions on the magazine's website for the Outdoor NCAA Championships. Although neither ASU men's or women's teams crack the top 10, a handful of individuals are listed as predictions for top-10 finishes. As of May 4, they include Dwight Phillips (LJ - 3rd, TJ - 7th), Tony Berrian (400m - 8th) and both relays (4x400 - 4th, 4x100 - 5th) for the men and Lisa Aguilera (1,500m - 7th), Kelly MacDonald (5,000m - 6th) and Tiffany Greer (LJ - 8th) for the women.
Into the Outdoor Recordbooks
Senior Erika Johnson broke a school record May 6 at the Double Dual in Tucson, Ariz. Her second-place finish in the triple jump broke a 16-year-old school record. Johnson recorded a leap of 12.57 meters, or 41 feet, 3 inches, to top Anna Van's 1984 mark of 12.37 (40-7.25). But Johnson's mark did not last long. At the Pac-10 Championships in Eugene, Ore., May 21, junior Valerie Williams topped that mark with a 42-1.5 to take fourth place. Two other records were broken on April 14 at the Mt. SAC Relays in Walnut, Calif. Redshirt freshman Fasil Bizuneh broke a 31-year-old school record in the men's 10,000m run, posting a 29:13.61 to place 18th. His time was five seconds better than the mark Jerry Jobski posted for Arizona State in 1969. Bizuneh's mark also earned him an invitation to the NCAA Championships and his time was just seven seconds away from qualifying for the Olympic Trials. Junior Kelly MacDonald qualified for the NCAA Championships and the Olympic Trials with her 15:55.90 performance in the women's 5,000m. That time placed her 10th in the meet and broke Lynn Nelson's 1984 school standard by three seconds. MacDonald's record-setting performance was her third this season, as she also holds ASU record in the indoor 3,000 and 5,000 meter events.
Adrienne Judie (HT) Olivia Mazzaglia (PV), Marcus Brunson (100m) and Dwight Phillips (LJ) are current Sun Devils that also hold school records.
A Look Ahead to the Olympic Trials
To get to the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia, athletes will first pass through Sacramento, Calif., home of the USA Track and Field Olympic Trials. The Trials will take place at Hornet Stadium on the California State University, Sacramento, campus July 14-23. The Sun Devils will be represented by several athletes and a coach. Assistant Throws Coach Dawn Dumble, a two-time national champion for UCLA, is wrapping up her first year as assistant coach for ASU while training for the shot put and discus events. She's listed on Track & Field News' Top 10 U.S. list in both events (5th-shot, 7th-discus). Freshmen Tiffany Greer has the 11th highest qualifying mark and will compete in the long jump. On the men's side, senior Dwight Phillips has the third best qualifying mark in the long jump and the 14th in the triple jump. He's listed 10th in Track & Field News' Top 10 list. Junior Marcus Brunson has qualified for the 100m, his time of 10.10 from last season is the 14th best qualifying time.
Junior Sprinter Michael Campbell is also looking to make the Olympic Team in the 400m, for his home country of Jamaica. Former Sun Devils competing are Nick Hysong in the pole vault and Maicel Malone Wallace in the 400m.
Kraft-ing ASU's Program
Greg Kraft, ASU's eighth director of track & field and cross country, has tirelessly rebuilt the Sun Devils' program from probation to prosperity as he's in his fourth year as a Sun Devil. After spending his first two years at ASU rebuilding the program one event at a time, 1999 saw Kraft get some results. During the indoor season, ASU's men finished 11th and the women tied for 32nd at the NCAA Championships. Marcus Brunson (60 meters) and Dwight Phillips (Long Jump) were NCAA runners-up. Six indoor school records were broken. The outdoor season saw three school records fall while the men finished fifth in the Pac-10, just 0.5 points out of fourth place, and 18th at the NCAA Championships. Three conference crowns were won at the Pac-10 Championships. Kraft, 44, was introduced as ASU's head coach July 28, 1996, after spending seven years heading the track & field and cross country programs at the University of South Carolina where he was the 1996 SEC Coach of the Year. During Kraft's tenure at South Carolina, he rebuilt the men's program into a league power and built the women's program from scratch. Kraft also headed the men's program transition from the Metro Conference to the SEC. Kraft, a Cal Poly SLO graduate, is now entering his 20th year of Division I coaching and 11th as a head coach, has long been associated with successful track & field and cross country programs. As an assistant, Kraft tutored 34 All-Americans and individual conference champions while helping guide his schools to four conference championships and three NCAA Top 10 finishes.
NCAA Outdoor Championship Participants
MEN
Automatic Qualifiers
| Name | Event | Mark | NR | |
| ASU Relay | 4x100 | 39.01 | 2nd | |
| Dwight Phillips | LJ | 26-6.25 | 4th |
Provisional Qualifiers
| Name | Event | Mark | NR |
| Isaiah Festa | 5,000m | 13:54.20 | 19th |
| Fasil Bizuneh | 10,000m | 29:13.61 | 23rd |
| Dwight Phillips | 100m | 10.28 | t27th |
Women
Automatic Qualifiers
| Name | Event | Mark | NR |
| Kelly MacDonald | 5,000m | 15:55.90 | 5th |
| Tiffany Greer | LJ | 21-2.75 | t11th |
Provisional Qualifiers
| Name | Event | Mark | NR |
| Adrienne Judie | SP | 52-1.75 | 10th |
| Lisa Aguilera | 1,500m | 4:20.67 | 15th |
Trackwire.com Rankings(final)
Men
| 1. | Arkansas | 72 |
| 2. | Stanford | 63 |
| 3. | Louisiana State | 45 |
| 4. | Auburn | 37 |
| 5. | Florida | 32 |
| 6. | Alabama | 29 |
| 7. | Baylor | 27 |
| 8. | Southern Methodist | 22 |
| UTEP | 22 | |
| 10. | South Carolina | 20 |
| 11. | Wisconsin | 18 |
| USC | 18 | |
| 13. | Texas Christian | 17 |
| Texas | 17 | |
| BYU | 17 | |
| 16. | California | 16 |
| 17. | Texas A&M | 15 |
| 18. | Missouri | 14 |
| 19. | ARIZONA STATE | 12 |
| Oklahoma | 12 | |
| Tennessee | 12 | |
| Colorado State | 12 | |
| Washington | 12 | |
| 24. | Clemson | 11 |
| Oregon | 11 | |
| Illinois | 11 | |
Women
| 1. | UCLA | 76 |
| 2. | USC | 74 |
| 3. | Arkansas | 54 |
| 4. | Texas | 53 |
| 5. | Louisiana State | 50 |
| 6. | South Carolina | 49 |
| 7. | Nebraska | 29 |
| 8. | BYU | 24 |
| 9 | Arizona | 23 |
| Southern Methodist | 23 | |
| 11. | Houston | 22 |
| 12. | Colorado | 20 |
| 13. | Kansas State | 19 |
| 14. | UTEP | 17 |
| Villanova | 17 | |
| 16. | Stanford | 16 |
| Ohio State | 16 | |
| 18. | Auburn | 14 |
| Syracuse | 14 | |
| 20. | Harvard | 13 |
| 21. | Florida | 12 |
| Alabama | 12 | |
| 23. | Mississippi | 10 |
| Akron | 10 | |
| Georgia | 10 | |
| Wyoming | 10 |
Lisa Aguilera ? Women's 1,500 Meters ? RS Freshman ? Phoenix, Ariz.
2000 Outdoor Season
A provisional qualifier... Won the Sun Angel Classic 1,500m event with a career-best 4:20.67. good for second-best all-time in ASU recordbooks... Is also fifth in the 3,000m in Sun Devil history.
2000 Indoor Season
Placed seventh at the NCAA Indoor meet after provisionally qualifying... Broke the school record in the mile at the Feb. 11 Cyclone Classic in Ames, Iowa, posting a 4:44.44... Previous record was set last season by Priscilla Hein with a 4:45.27.
2000 Outdoor Meet-by-Meet
| Date | Meet | Location | Mark | Place |
| 4/15 | Sun Angel Classic | Tempe, Ariz. | 4:20.67 | 1st |
| 5/6 | Double Dual | Tucson, Ariz. | 4:36.09 | 3rd |
| 5/21 | Pac-10 Championships | Eugene, Ore. | 4:22.78 | 4th |
Arizona State
1999 XC: Earned first-team All-Pac-10 honors with a school-record fourth-place finish (17:20) at the conference championships, leading ASU to a school-best second-place finish... ran a personal-best 17:15 at the NCAA West Regional to finish fifth and earn all-region honors... placed 50th at the NCAA Championships in 17:37... earned four top-five finishes, placing second at the Cal Irvine Invitational and Roy Griak Invite in addition to Pac-10s and Regional... was team's top finisher in each of those meets except for Regional... was named team's most improved runner, as evidenced by her jumps at the championship meets: up 25 spots at Pac-10s, up 37 places at Regional and up 81 at NCAAs... 1999 Outdoor: Redshirted... 1999 Indoor: Ran ASU's second-best all-time indoor mile mark with an altitude adjusted 4:51.25 at the MPSF Championships to finish third... won the mile in the double dual with UofA and NAU in 5:01.79... 1998 XC: Consistently one of ASU's top three runners... finished 29th at Pac-10 Championships (18:30) and 42nd at NCAA West Regional (18:13), both third-best on the team... was Sun Devils' second-best finisher at NCAA Championships, finishing 131st (18:31) as team finished in a tie for 23rd... had top-20 finishes at ASU Invitational (17th) and Canyon West Invitational (4th)... ran a season-best 18:06 at Canyon West.
NCAA Championships
Making her first appearance at the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championship and fourth overall... At the 2000 Indoor Championships, placed seventh in the mile with a 4:48.77... Competed at the 1999 Cross Country NCAAs, placing 50th with a time of 17: 37... Placed 131st at the 1998 NCAA Cross Country Championship, clocking an 18:31.51.
Fasil Bizuneh ? Men's 10,000 Meters ? RS Freshman ? Indianapolis, Ind.
2000 Outdoor Season
A provisional qualifier... His time at the Mt. SAC Relays broke a school record by five seconds and missed qualifying for the Olympic Trials by seven seconds... His 29:13.61 in that meet broke Jerry Jobski's 29:18, set 31 years ago in 1969... Is also listed seventh all-time in the 3,000m.
2000 Indoor Season
Posted a season-best 14:06.07 in the 5,000m at a Last Chance Meet in Ames, Iowa, March 3, a qualifying time, but did not receive an invitation to nationals... Ranked 39th in the country in that event by the end of the season.
2000 Outdoor Meet-by-Meet
| Date | Meet | Location | Mark | Place |
| 4/14 | Mt. SAC Relays | Philadelphia, Pa. | 29:13.61 | 18th |
| 5/20 | Pac-10 Championships | Eugene, Ore. | 29:43.50 | 2nd |
NCAA Championships
Making his first appearance at the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championship and second overall... Placed 19th with a 31:01 at the 1999 NCAA Cross Country Championships... Led ASU to its first ever team appearance at the national cross country meet.
Isaiah Festa ? Men's 5,000 Meters ? RS Freshman ? Morro Bay, Calif.
2000 Outdoor Season
A provisional qualifier... Highest finish this season is a fifth place at the Mt. SAC Relays in April... That time is the second-best 5,000m in school history.
2000 Indoor Season
Competed in the 3,000m during the indoor season, posting a season-best 8:04.31 at the Last Chance Meet in Ames, Iowa on March 3.
2000 Outdoor Meet-by-Meet
| Date | Meet | Location | Mark | Place |
| 4/14 | Mt. SAC Relays | Walnut, Calif. | 13:54.20 | 5th |
| 4/27 | Penn Relays | Philadelphia, Pa. | 14:02.90 | 8th |
| 5/21 | Pac-10 Championships | Eugene, Ore. | 14:40.46 | 13th |
NCAA Championships
Making his first appearance at the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championship... Placed 115th with a 32:16 at the 1999 NCAA Cross Country Championships.
Tiffany Greer ? Women's Long Jump ? Freshman ? Powder Springs, Ga.
2000 Outdoor Season
Automatically qualified... Won the Pac-10 Championships with a 21-0 mark on May 20... Also won the Double Dual on May 6, with a season best, 21-2.75, second best all-time mark in ASU history.
2000 Indoor Season
Automatically qualified... MPSF Champion... Posted the best mark in the nation heading into nationals with a 21-4 long jump at the NAU/UofA/ASU Double Dual in Flagstaff, Ariz., on Feb. 18... Her leap broke a school reacord, topping the previous mark by almost five inches, LaShawn Simmons' 1991 jump of 20-11.25.
2000 Outdoor Meet-by-Meet
| Date | Meet | Location | Mark | Place |
| 3/18 | ASU/USTCA Invite | Tempe, Ariz. | 19-6 | 3rd |
| 4/8 | Texas Relays | Austin, Texas | 21-2.5 | 4th |
| 4/27 | Penn Relays | Philadelphia, Pa. | 19-4.25 | 6th |
| 5/6 | Double Dual | Tucson, Ariz. | 21-2.75 | 1st |
| 5/20 | Pac-10 Championships | Eugene, Ore. | 21-0 | 1st |
NCAA Championships
Making first outdoor appearance and second overall... Placed eighth in the long jump at the 2000 Indoor Championships with a mark of 20-6.5.
2000 Outdoor Season
Automatically qualified... Won the Pac-10 Championship in 16:28.45, the first ASU winner in that event in women's conference history... Also placed second in the women's 3,000m at the Pac-10s... Scored 18 of the team's points, sixth best of an individual at the Pac-10s... Holds the school record in the 5,000m, is third in the 3,000m event and 10th in the 1,500m.
2000 Indoor Season
Placed seventh in the 5,000 meters at the NCAA Championships, topping her own school record with a 16:13.41... Earlier in the season, topped Kelly Cordell's 1992 mark of 17:04.15 when she recorded a 16:25.35 at a Last Chance Meet in Ames, Iowa, the only time she ran the event prior to nationals... In the 3,000m, broke her own school record, a 9:34.97 set last year, with a 9:34.56 mark at the Cyclone Classic, also held in Ames.
2000 Outdoor Meet-by-Meet
| Date | Meet | Location | Mark | Place |
| 4/14 | Mt. SAC Relays | Walnut, Calif. | 15:55.90* | 10th |
| 5/21 | Pac-10 Championships | Eugene, Ore. | 16:28.45 | 1st |
* Outdoor School Record
Arizona State
1999 XC: Named ASU's Most Valuable Runner... became just the second female All-American in ASU history, finishing 36th (17:30) at the NCAA Championships to pace the Devils to their school-record 12th-place finish... posted a personal-best time of 17:04 to finish fourth at the West Regional, earning all-region honors... both those finishes broke school records as her 36th-place national finish topped Priscilla Hein's 39th-place showing in 1998 and her fourth-place regional finish broke a pair of sixth-place finishes in 1982 and 1988... finished 10th at the Pac-10 Championships (17:42) to earn second-team all-conference honors... finished third at Cal Irvine Invitational, fifth at Roy Griak Invite and 12th at Pre-NCAA Meet... a second-team Pac-10 All-Academic selection... 1999 Outdoor: Posted NCAA provisional marks in the 3000m and 5000m... ran at the NCAA Championships in the 3000m, finishing ninth in her heat at 9:58.09... finished seventh in the 3000m at the Pac-10 Championships (10:03.87)... shaved 32 seconds off her personal-best in the 3000m at the Penn Relays, finishing fourth in 9:25.61 - the fourth-fastest time in ASU history... clocked an NCAA provisional in the 5000m, 16:42.19, at the Baldy Castillo... that ranks as the sixth-fastest time in ASU history... garnered a PR in the 1500m at the Sun Angel Classic, finishing eighth in 4:30.16... place second in the 1500m at both the UofA-NAU Double Dual and Wildcat Qualifier... a Pac-10 All-Academic honorable mention choice... 1999 Indoor: Tabbed an NCAA provisional mark in the 3000m, running a 9:46.74 (9:35.77, altitude and track converted) at the MPSF Championships, finishing second... ran an altitude-adjusted 4:57.87 in the mile at the Double Dual... finished third in the mile at the Flagstaff Invitational (5:09.7)... 1998 XC: Major contributor to ASU's first NCAA Championship team appearance... was ASU's second-best finisher in five of seven meets... notched top-20 finishes at both the Pac-10 Championships (15th, 17:53) and NCAA Regional (20th, 17:44)... placed 134th at NCAA Championships (18:32), third-best on squad... notched seventh-place finish at ASU Invitational (18:12)... shaved 1:10 off previous personal best... an Academic All-American... Pac-10 All-Academic honorable mention selection...1998 Outdoor: Competed in 800m (season-best 2:20.61), 1500m (4:38.96) and 3000m (10:24.33)... placed eighth (4:41.23) in preliminary heat of 1500m at Pac-10 Championships... 1998 Indoor: Ran a season-best 5:06.46 (aa) in the mile... 1997 XC: Ran a season-best 18:54 at Pac-10 Championships to finish 39th, second among Sun Devils... finished 53rd at regionals.
NCAA Championships
Making second NCAA Outoor Track & Field Championship appearance and fifth overall... Placed seventh in the 5,000m at the 2000 Indoor Nationals while breaking her own school record... Recorded a 9:58.09 in the preliminaries of the 3,000m at last year's Outdoor NCAAs... Was the first ASU finisher at the 1999 NCAA Cross Country Championship, placing 36th in 17:30... Placed 134th at the 1998 Cross Country NCAAs in 18:32.
2000 Outdoor Season
Automatically qualified in the long jump, provisionally qualified in the 100m... On May 20, won the long jump for the second straight year at the Pac-10 Championships with a season-best 26-6.25 leap... Also placed second in the 100m, third in the triple jump and was part of the league winning 4x100m relay at the conference meet... The 26.5 points he scored at the Pac-10s was the most by any individual at the meet... Will also race as the first leg in the 4x100m relay at nationals... Holds the school's outdoor long jump record and is second all time in the 100m.
2000 Indoor Season
Broke his own records in the long and triple jumps at the NCAA Championships in Fayetteville, Ark., March 10-11... Earned runner-up honors in the long jump for the second straight year and placed eighth in the triple jump... Automatically qualified in the long jump, provisionally qualified in the triple jump... Broke indoor school records in both jumping events this season... MPSF Long Jump Champion... At the Feb. 25 MPSF Championship in Reno, Nev., leaped 25-9.5 and broke a 16-year Sun Devil record... Topped Kenny Frazier's 25-9 leap, set in 1984... Triple jump mark was set at the March 3 NCAA Last Chance Meet in Baton Rouge, La., where his 52-7.5 bettered Brian Ellis' 52-6.75, set in 1993.
2000 Outdoor Meet-by-Meet
| Date | Meet | Location | Event | Mark | Place |
| 3/18 | ASU/USTCA Invite | Tempe, Ariz. | 100m | 10.45 | 2nd |
| 3/25 | Baldy Castillo Invite | Tempe, Ariz. | 100m | 10.36 | 2nd |
| 4/8 | Texas Relays | Austin, Texas | 100m | 10.12w | 3rd |
| 4/15 | Sun Angel Classic | Tempe, Ariz. | LJ | 25-7.5 | 1st |
| 4/15 | Sun Angel Classic | Tempe, Ariz. | 100m | 10.28 | 3rd |
| 4/28 | Penn Relays | Philadelphia, Pa. | LJ | 26-1 | 2nd |
| 5/6 | Double Dual | Tucson, Ariz. | LJ | 25-6.25 | 1st |
| 5/20 | Pac-10 Championships | Eugene, Ore. | LJ | 26-6.25 | 1st |
| 5/21 | Pac-10 Championships | Eugene, Ore. | 100m | 10.30 | 2nd |
Arizona State
1999 Outdoor: Placed fourth in both the long jump and triple jump at the NCAA Championships... cleared 26-0 in the long jump and 53-10.25 in the triple jump in Boise to earn All-American acclaim in both... the triple jump mark of 53-10.25 ranks as the second-best in ASU history and was surpassed by only eight other Americans in 1999... captured conference crowns in both the long and triple jump... the first person to win both those titles in the same year since Oregon's Latin Berry in 1988... broke Kenny Frazier's 15-year-old school record in the long jump with a leap of 26-10, eighth best in Pac-10 history and a Pac-10 Championships record... it was the best jump in the Pac-10 since 1991... tied for the longest collegiate jump in 1999... only one American, Erick Walder, had a longer long jump in 1999... scored 26 of ASU's 77.5 team points at the Pac-10 meet, running a leg on ASU's second-place 4x100 squad and finishing fifth in the 200 meters (21.21)... became the third Sun Devil ever (LaMonte King, Dannie Jackson) and the first since 1981 to win two individual Pac-10 Championships in the same year... named Trackwire.com's National Male Athlete of the Week following the Pac-10 performance... placed sixth in the long jump at the USA Championships in Eugene (25-7.5)... as a result, represented the United States in Winnipeg at the Pan Am Games... he was the top American finisher at the '99 Pan Am Games, finishing seventh at 25-2.5... was 4-1 in outdoor long jump competitions during outdoor season and 7-2 including the indoor year... in addition to the Pac-10 title, he won the long jump at the ASU Invitational, Sun Angel Classic and UofA-NAU Double Dual... his only outdoor triple jumps competitions were at Pac-10s and NCAAs... the 4x100 relay that he ran the lead leg on registered the fifth-best time in ASU history with a 39.06 at the Sun Angel Classic... ran a season-best time of 21.09 in the prelims of the Pac-10 200 meters... clocked a personal-best time of 10.51 to finish second in the 100m at the Double Dual... 1999 Indoor: Finished second in the long jump at the NCAA Championships, leaping 25-3.5 to earn All-American status... that was his only loss in the long jump of the indoor season after winning the Flagstaff Invitational (24-9.75), the Double Dual (25-7.5) and MPSF Championships (24-10.5)... also MPSF Champion in the triple jump with the third-best indoor TJ in ASU history (51-1.75)... was 2-0 in triple jump, also winning at the Double Dual... the Double Dual was his breakout meet as a Sun Devil as he won the long jump with a leap of 25-7.5, second-best in ASU indoor history, won the triple jump with a mark of 50-10.25, what was then the fourth-best TJ in ASU history, and won the 200 meters with a school indoor record time of 21.31... he also earned All-American honors in the 4x400 Relay as ASU finished fifth at NCAAs (3:10.42)... that relay team broke the school record with a time of 3:08.35 at the Cyclone Classic... Phillips ran a 47.2 leg.
Kentucky
A Wildcat from Fall 1996 to Spring 1998... set freshman 400m record (46.80)... set school indoor triple jump record (51-3)... member of 1997 NCAA second-place indoor 4x4 relay team.
NCAA Championships
Making third NCAA Outdoor appearance and sxithoverall... Was the runner-up at 1999 and 2000 Indoor Championships in the long jump... Placed fifth as part of the 4x400m relay squad that finished in 3:10.42... Was a member of Kentucky's 1997 NCAA second-place indoor 4x400m relay team... Marked a 26-0 at the 1999 Outdoor Championship in the long jump, placing fourth... Also placed fourth in the triple jump with a 53-10.25 at the Championship.
Adrienne Judie ? Women's Shot Put ? Junior ? Mesa, Ariz.
2000 Outdoor Season
Provisional qualifier... Won three events during the outdoor season, including a victory at the Double Dual, with a career-best 52-1.75 in the shot put... Holds the school record in the hammer throw, is fourth all-time in the shot put and ranks fifth in ASU history in the discus.
2000 Indoor Season
Posted five top-three finishes during the indoor season, three of those victories in the weight throw.
2000 Outdoor Meet-by-Meet
| Date | Meet | Location | Mark | Place |
| 3/4 | Bill Sawyer Invite | Tempe, Ariz. | 44-7.5 | 2nd |
| 3/18 | ASU/USTCA Invite | Tempe, Ariz. | 47-5.25 | 5th |
| 3/25 | Baldy Castillo Invite | Tempe, Ariz. | 47-5.75 | 5th |
| 4/14 | Mesa Classic | Mesa, Ariz. | 48-8 | 1st |
| 4/15 | Sun Angel Classic | Tempe, Ariz. | 49-2.5 | 2nd |
| 4/22 | Arizona Elite Classic | Tucson, Ariz. | 47-1.75 | 2nd |
| 4/29 | Oregon Invitational | Eugene, Ore. | 50-7.5 | 1st |
| 5/6 | Double Dual | Tucson, Ariz. | 52-1.75 | 1st |
| 5/20 | Pac-10 Championships | Eugene, Ore. | 48-11.5 | 6th |
NCAA Championships
Making first appearance in the NCAA Championships.
Kelly MacDonald ? Women's 5,000 Meters ? Junior ? Tualatin, Ore.
2000 Outdoor Season
Automatically qualified... Won the Pac-10 Championships with a 21-0 mark on May 20... Also won the Double Dual on May 6, with a season best, 21-2.75, second best all-time mark in ASU history.
2000 Indoor Season
Automatically qualified... MPSF Champion... Posted the best mark in the nation heading into nationals with a 21-4 long jump at the NAU/UofA/ASU Double Dual in Flagstaff, Ariz., on Feb. 18... Her leap broke a school reacord, topping the previous mark by almost five inches, LaShawn Simmons' 1991 jump of 20-11.25.
2000 Outdoor Meet-by-Meet
| Date | Meet | Location | Mark | Place |
| 3/18 | ASU/USTCA Invite | Tempe, Ariz. | 19-6 | 3rd |
| 4/8 | Texas Relays | Austin, Texas | 21-2.5 | 4th |
| 4/27 | Penn Relays | Philadelphia, Pa. | 19-4.25 | 6th |
| 5/6 | Double Dual | Tucson, Ariz. | 21-2.75 | 1st |
| 5/20 | Pac-10 Championships | Eugene, Ore. | 21-0 | 1st |
NCAA Championships
Making first outdoor appearance and second overall... Placed eighth in the long jump at the 2000 Indoor Championships with a mark of 20-6.5.
Arizona State
1999 XC: Named ASU's Most Valuable Runner... became just the second female All-American in ASU history, finishing 36th (17:30) at the NCAA Championships to pace the Devils to their school-record 12th-place finish... posted a personal-best time of 17:04 to finish fourth at the West Regional, earning all-region honors... both those finishes broke school records as her 36th-place national finish topped Priscilla Hein's 39th-place showing in 1998 and her fourth-place regional finish broke a pair of sixth-place finishes in 1982 and 1988... finished 10th at the Pac-10 Championships (17:42) to earn second-team all-conference honors... finished third at Cal Irvine Invitational, fifth at Roy Griak Invite and 12th at Pre-NCAA Meet... a second-team Pac-10 All-Academic selection... 1999 Outdoor: Posted NCAA provisional marks in the 3000m and 5000m... ran at the NCAA Championships in the 3000m, finishing ninth in her heat at 9:58.09... finished seventh in the 3000m at the Pac-10 Championships (10:03.87)... shaved 32 seconds off her personal-best in the 3000m at the Penn Relays, finishing fourth in 9:25.61 - the fourth-fastest time in ASU history... clocked an NCAA provisional in the 5000m, 16:42.19, at the Baldy Castillo... that ranks as the sixth-fastest time in ASU history... garnered a PR in the 1500m at the Sun Angel Classic, finishing eighth in 4:30.16... place second in the 1500m at both the UofA-NAU Double Dual and Wildcat Qualifier... a Pac-10 All-Academic honorable mention choice... 1999 Indoor: Tabbed an NCAA provisional mark in the 3000m, running a 9:46.74 (9:35.77, altitude and track converted) at the MPSF Championships, finishing second... ran an altitude-adjusted 4:57.87 in the mile at the Double Dual... finished third in the mile at the Flagstaff Invitational (5:09.7)... 1998 XC: Major contributor to ASU's first NCAA Championship team appearance... was ASU's second-best finisher in five of seven meets... notched top-20 finishes at both the Pac-10 Championships (15th, 17:53) and NCAA Regional (20th, 17:44)... placed 134th at NCAA Championships (18:32), third-best on squad... notched seventh-place finish at ASU Invitational (18:12)... shaved 1:10 off previous personal best... an Academic All-American... Pac-10 All-Academic honorable mention selection...1998 Outdoor: Competed in 800m (season-best 2:20.61), 1500m (4:38.96) and 3000m (10:24.33)... placed eighth (4:41.23) in preliminary heat of 1500m at Pac-10 Championships... 1998 Indoor: Ran a season-best 5:06.46 (aa) in the mile... 1997 XC: Ran a season-best 18:54 at Pac-10 Championships to finish 39th, second among Sun Devils... finished 53rd at regionals.
NCAA Championships
Making second NCAA Outoor Track & Field Championship appearance and fifth overall... Placed seventh in the 5,000m at the 2000 Indoor Nationals while breaking her own school record... Recorded a 9:58.09 in the preliminaries of the 3,000m at last year's Outdoor NCAAs... Was the first ASU finisher at the 1999 NCAA Cross Country Championship, placing 36th in 17:30... Placed 134th at the 1998 Cross Country NCAAs in 18:32.
Dwight Phillips ? Men's 100m, Long Jump ? Senior ? Tucker, Ga.
2000 Outdoor Season
Automatically qualified in the long jump, provisionally qualified in the 100m... On May 20, won the long jump for the second straight year at the Pac-10 Championships with a season-best 26-6.25 leap... Also placed second in the 100m, third in the triple jump and was part of the league winning 4x100m relay at the conference meet... The 26.5 points he scored at the Pac-10s was the most by any individual at the meet... Will also race as the first leg in the 4x100m relay at nationals... Holds the school's outdoor long jump record and is second all time in the 100m.
2000 Indoor Season
Broke his own records in the long and triple jumps at the NCAA Championships in Fayetteville, Ark., March 10-11... Earned runner-up honors in the long jump for the second straight year and placed eighth in the triple jump... Automatically qualified in the long jump, provisionally qualified in the triple jump... Broke indoor school records in both jumping events this season... MPSF Long Jump Champion... At the Feb. 25 MPSF Championship in Reno, Nev., leaped 25-9.5 and broke a 16-year Sun Devil record... Topped Kenny Frazier's 25-9 leap, set in 1984... Triple jump mark was set at the March 3 NCAA Last Chance Meet in Baton Rouge, La., where his 52-7.5 bettered Brian Ellis' 52-6.75, set in 1993.
2000 Outdoor Meet-by-Meet
| Date | Meet | Location | Event | Mark | Place |
| 3/18 | ASU/USTCA Invite | Tempe, Ariz. | 100m | 10.45 | 2nd |
| 3/25 | Baldy Castillo Invite | Tempe, Ariz. | 100m | 10.36 | 2nd |
| 4/8 | Texas Relays | Austin, Texas | 100m | 10.12w | 3rd |
| 4/15 | Sun Angel Classic | Tempe, Ariz. | LJ | 25-7.5 | 1st |
| 4/15 | Sun Angel Classic | Tempe, Ariz. | 100m | 10.28 | 3rd |
| 4/28 | Penn Relays | Philadelphia, Pa. | LJ | 26-1 | 2nd |
| 5/6 | Double Dual | Tucson, Ariz. | LJ | 25-6.25 | 1st |
| 5/20 | Pac-10 Championships | Eugene, Ore. | LJ | 26-6.25 | 1st |
| 5/21 | Pac-10 Championships | Eugene, Ore. | 100m | 10.30 | 2nd |
Arizona State
1999 Outdoor: Placed fourth in both the long jump and triple jump at the NCAA Championships... cleared 26-0 in the long jump and 53-10.25 in the triple jump in Boise to earn All-American acclaim in both... the triple jump mark of 53-10.25 ranks as the second-best in ASU history and was surpassed by only eight other Americans in 1999... captured conference crowns in both the long and triple jump... the first person to win both those titles in the same year since Oregon's Latin Berry in 1988... broke Kenny Frazier's 15-year-old school record in the long jump with a leap of 26-10, eighth best in Pac-10 history and a Pac-10 Championships record... it was the best jump in the Pac-10 since 1991... tied for the longest collegiate jump in 1999... only one American, Erick Walder, had a longer long jump in 1999... scored 26 of ASU's 77.5 team points at the Pac-10 meet, running a leg on ASU's second-place 4x100 squad and finishing fifth in the 200 meters (21.21)... became the third Sun Devil ever (LaMonte King, Dannie Jackson) and the first since 1981 to win two individual Pac-10 Championships in the same year... named Trackwire.com's National Male Athlete of the Week following the Pac-10 performance... placed sixth in the long jump at the USA Championships in Eugene (25-7.5)... as a result, represented the United States in Winnipeg at the Pan Am Games... he was the top American finisher at the '99 Pan Am Games, finishing seventh at 25-2.5... was 4-1 in outdoor long jump competitions during outdoor season and 7-2 including the indoor year... in addition to the Pac-10 title, he won the long jump at the ASU Invitational, Sun Angel Classic and UofA-NAU Double Dual... his only outdoor triple jumps competitions were at Pac-10s and NCAAs... the 4x100 relay that he ran the lead leg on registered the fifth-best time in ASU history with a 39.06 at the Sun Angel Classic... ran a season-best time of 21.09 in the prelims of the Pac-10 200 meters... clocked a personal-best time of 10.51 to finish second in the 100m at the Double Dual... 1999 Indoor: Finished second in the long jump at the NCAA Championships, leaping 25-3.5 to earn All-American status... that was his only loss in the long jump of the indoor season after winning the Flagstaff Invitational (24-9.75), the Double Dual (25-7.5) and MPSF Championships (24-10.5)... also MPSF Champion in the triple jump with the third-best indoor TJ in ASU history (51-1.75)... was 2-0 in triple jump, also winning at the Double Dual... the Double Dual was his breakout meet as a Sun Devil as he won the long jump with a leap of 25-7.5, second-best in ASU indoor history, won the triple jump with a mark of 50-10.25, what was then the fourth-best TJ in ASU history, and won the 200 meters with a school indoor record time of 21.31... he also earned All-American honors in the 4x400 Relay as ASU finished fifth at NCAAs (3:10.42)... that relay team broke the school record with a time of 3:08.35 at the Cyclone Classic... Phillips ran a 47.2 leg.
Kentucky
A Wildcat from Fall 1996 to Spring 1998... set freshman 400m record (46.80)... set school indoor triple jump record (51-3)... member of 1997 NCAA second-place indoor 4x4 relay team.
NCAA Championships
Making third NCAA Outdoor appearance and sxithoverall... Was the runner-up at 1999 and 2000 Indoor Championships in the long jump... Placed fifth as part of the 4x400m relay squad that finished in 3:10.42... Was a member of Kentucky's 1997 NCAA second-place indoor 4x400m relay team... Marked a 26-0 at the 1999 Outdoor Championship in the long jump, placing fourth... Also placed fourth in the triple jump with a 53-10.25 at the Championship.
Men's 4x100 Meter Relay
| Name | Ht. | Yr. | Hometown (Last School) |
| Dwight Phillips | 6-0 | Sr. | Tucker, Ga. (Tucker) |
| LaVell Robinson-Blanchard | 6-2 | Sr. | Sacramento, Calif. (Christian Brothers) |
| Jim McGee | 5-10 | Sr. | Sacramento, Calif. (Sacramento) |
| Marcus Brunson | 6-1 | Jr. | Tempe, Ariz. (Marcos de Niza) |
2000 Outdoor Meet-by-Meet
| Date | Meet | Location | Mark | Place |
| 3/18 | ASU/USTCA Invite | Tempe, Ariz. | 39.33 | 1st |
| 3/25 | Baldy Castillo Invite | Tempe, Ariz. | 39.58 | 2nd |
| 4/15 | Sun Angel Classic | Tempe, Ariz. | 39.01 | 1st |
| 5/6 | Double Dual | Tucson, Ariz. | DNF | - |
| 5/21 | Pac-10 Championships | Eugene, Ore. | 39.35 | 1st |
NCAA Championships
This upperclassmen quartet of Pac-10 Champions has previous NCAA experience... Phillips is making his sixth NCAA appearance overall and will also compete in this year's long jump and 100m competition... The six-time All-American's fastest time in the 100m is a wind-aided 10.11, clocked at the Texas Relays... Placed second in the 100m at the Pac-10 Championships with a 10.30... Robinson-Blanchard earned All-American status as part of the distance medley relay that placed eighth at the 2000 Indoor Championships... Was also the lead leg on the 4x400 relay that finished sixth at lats year's Outdoor NCAAs... Was an alternate for the 4x400 that placed fifth at the 1999 Indoor National Championship... McGee is making his first appearance on the national scene... Season best time in the 100m is a 10.49, good for seventh place at the Pac-10 Championships... Bruson was the 1999 NCAA runner-up in the 60m in 1999 after breaking the collegiate record in his first race as a Sun Devil.... Three-time All-American owns school records in the outdoor 100m and the indoor 60m... Placed 11th in the preliminaries of of the 60m at the 2000 Indoor Championships, but did not advance to the event finals.