Glendale Community College hosted the 2007 Arizona Interscholastic Association 5A Division I & II State Track & Field Championships. The two-day meet produced dozens of outstanding performances, including a distance triple win (in the 800, 1600, and 3200 meter runs) by Flowing Wells senior Tara Erdmann in 5A-II competition…
2007 AIA 5A Division I T&F meet results
2007 AIA 5A Division II T&F meet results
Click here to view photos from the 2007 AIA 5A Division I & II Track & Field Championships
Mesa Community College hosted the 2007 edition of the NJCAA Region I Track and Field Championship. Central Arizona College claimed the men’s and women’s team titles.
Meet Results, Day 4 (Thursday)
Click here to view photos from the 2007 NJCAA Region I Track and Field Championship (Day 3, TUESDAY).
The Mount San Antonio College Relays celebrated its 49th edition in 2007. Shalane Flanagan provided the major headline for Day 1 of the University / Open portion of the meet, after she set an American record in the 5,000 meter run.
The Friday distance events featured notable performances from several athletes with Arizona connections. Jeff Helmer, an ASU redshirt freshman, won his heat of the 5,000 meter run, which also featured several teammates. Tyson David from Central Arizona College won the “Olympic Development” heat of the men’s 5,000. Four Sun Devils earned NCAA regional qualifying marks. Kyle Alcorn’s 13:55.17 in the Men’s Invitational 5,000 meter run was the 8th fastest time in ASU history.
Meet record breaking performances continued in the field events during Day 3 of the University / Open competition. Shu Ying Gao (China) initially got the crowd’s attention when she set the meet, stadium, and Asian records in the women’s pole vault. Mt. SAC alum Giovanni Lanaro (Mexico) followed with meet, stadium and Central American records in the men’s pole vault. Also in the infield, Gerardo Martinez (Mexico) set a Mexican National Record in the men’s high jump.
Click here to view photos from the 2007 Mt. SAC Relays, University / Open competition (SUNDAY).
Defending women’s champion Meseret Defar came up a bit short in her attempt to break her world best time for 5K at the 2007 Carlsbad 5000. Nevertheless, Defar became the first woman to successfully defend her Carlsbad 5000 Invitational crown. In a scene reminiscent of Frank Shorter’s 1972 Olympic Marathon finish, an invited runner from Kenya who had fallen behind the pack mistakenly cut the course, and wound up crossing the finish line ahead of Defar. In the men’s masters race, former multiple world record holder Henry Rono, now 55 years-old, continued his comeback from alcoholism, by placing second in his age division.
Click here to view photos from the 2007 Carlsbad 5000.
Click here to view Quest Club photos from the 2007 Carlsbad 5000 and 2007 Junior Carlsbad.
The Sun Devil track and field teams hosted the Arizona State Clif Bar Invitational, on an overcast Saturday afternoon / evening, March 24. Nineteen schools and dozens of unattached athletes participated, from all parts of the country, including Ashland (Ohio), BYU, Dartmouth, Kent State, Manhattan, Michigan (women only), Missouri, Northern Arizona, Notre Dame, Ohio State (men only), Oregon, Purdue, Texas-San Antonio (men only), UC Davis, UNLV (women only), Washington, Wyoming and Xavier (Ohio).
It was a homecoming of sorts for a number of out-of-state athletes that have connections to the Valley, including Purdue distance runner Kristin Phillips (Mountain Pointe) and Trisha Rasmussen of the University of Washington (Mountain Ridge), who both competed in the same heat of the women’s 1500 meter run.
Meet records were shattered in several events, by Tiffany Ofili (Michigan) and Jacquelyn Johnson (ASU) in the 100 meter hurdles; Lopez Lomong (NAU), Aaron Aguayo (ASU), and Kyle Alcorn (ASU) in the 1500 meter run; Katie Erdman (Michigan) and Trisa Nickoley (Missouri) in the 800 meter run, Latosha Wallace (ASU) in the 400 meter hurdles; the Michigan foursome of Nicole Edwards, Anna Willard, Erin Webster, and Rebecca Walter in the 3000 meter run; Tyson David (Central Arizona College), Mark Korir (Wyoming), Roger Cahill (ASU graduate), and John Ealy (Ohio State) in the men’s 3000 meter run; and the women’s 4 x 400 meter relay teams from ASU, an all-star post collegiate team that included Olympic gold medalist Veronica Campbell, and Michigan.
Click here to view photos from the 2007 Arizona State Clif Bar Invitational.
Besides the NCAA basketball tournament, Arizona sports fans during the month of March have a chance to enjoy Cactus League baseball. As luck would have it, Arizona’s normally sunny spring weather took a vacation during my only opportunity to watch a Spring Training game this year, but the game was fun while it lasted…
Spring Training 2007 Photo Gallery
