May 11, 2009
SAN DIEGO -
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Aztecs In Search of Second MWC Outdoor Track and Field Title
San Diego State travels to Laramie, Wyo., in search of its second Mountain West Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championship at the league meet this week. The Aztecs, who last won the title in 2003, will compete on Friday and Saturday.
Friday's festivities will commence at 11 a.m. MT with the trials and finals of the hammer throw. Other championships slated to be settled on Friday are the long jump, pole vault and discus throw, steeplechase and 10,000 meters with the qualifying rounds of the other track events taking place beginning at 1:55 p.m. MT.
On Championship Saturday, athletes will be crowned in the shot put, high jump, triple jump, javelin and all other track events, including the 400- and 1,600-meter relays. The final day of the meet is scheduled for a noon MT start.
Live results of the meet will be available at www.recordtiming.com/mwc/2009outdoor, which can also be found on GoAztecs.com and TheMWC.com.
Up next for San Diego State is a trip to Eugene, Ore., and Track Town USA for the NCAA West Regionals, May 29-30.
SDSU at the MWC Championships
San Diego State is one of three schools, joining Brigham Young and Colorado State, in Mountain West Conference history to win an outdoor championship in the nine previous years of the league.
The Aztecs won their lone title in 2003 when they earned 217 points, 11 more than the Cougars. Prior to that magical season, BYU won three straight titles from 2000-02 and had won four consecutive Mountain West crowns before the Rams emerged with the 2008 championship.
This year is the first time the conference meet will be held in Laramie and now eight of the league's nine institutions can say they have played host to the Championships. The lone school to have not played host to the meet is Utah.
Below is a look at SDSU's showing at the MWC Championships:
Year Place (Pts.) Location
2000 5th (80) Provo, Utah
2001 3rd (148) San Diego, Calif.
2002 3rd (119.33) Colorado Springs, Colo.
2003 1st (217) Albuquerque, N.M.
2004 2nd (160) Las Vegas, Nev.
2005 4th (88) Fort Collins, Colo.
2006 4th (121) Provo, Utah
2007 3rd (128) San Diego, Calif.
2008 3rd (126) Fort Worth, Texas
Koehler Looks to Continue Stellar Season at Conference
Karoline Koehler has enjoyed a fantastic 2009 campaign thus far and will look to continue it at more than 7,000 feet. The senior has already qualified for regionals in the 100 meters, long jump and triple jump and boasts the Mountain West's top mark in both jumping events. Additionally, her long jump performance is tops in San Diego State history and her triple jump is the second best on the program's all-time outdoor performance list. Nationally, the two-time indoor All-American ranks fourth in the long jump and fifth in the triple jump, according to NCAA as of May 11.
At the MWC indoor meet in March, Koehler earned all-conference accolades after winning the long jump, coming in second in the triple jump and in third place in the 60-meter dash.
Johnson on a Roll the Last Five Outings
Briana Johnson has been a roll in her last five outings leading up to the Mountain West Conference Championships. Dating back to the Cal-Nevada meet on March 29, the sophomore has posted NCAA regional qualifying times in the 100-meter hurdles at five consecutive meets. During her five-meet run, Johnson has turned in times of 13.87 or faster (NCAA regional qualifying time is 13.92), including a personal-record 13.63 accomplished at the Brutus Hamilton Invitational. Last season as a freshman, Johnson earned a berth at the NCAA Outdoor Championships.
NCAA Regional Qualifiers
San Diego State currently boasts nine NCAA West Regional qualifiers to date. Those nine athletes are slated to compete in 16 events in Eugene, Ore., May 29-30. The regional qualifiers are - Karoline Koehler (100, triple jump, long jump, 4x100), Nicole Stone (400, 400 hurdles, 4x100), Briana Johnson (100 hurdles, 4x100), Leanne Taylor (shot put, discus throw), Rachel Williams (5,000), Annimari Korte (100 hurdles), Jessika Hornsby (4x100), Michele Dannhausen (javelin throw), and Jeanette McConnell (discus throw).
Aztecs in the Rankings
In the latest United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) NCAA Division I Team Rankings released May 6, San Diego State finds itself ranked No. 43. The Aztecs are one of four Mountain West Conference teams ranked inside the top 50 in the nation. BYU is ranked No. 11, TCU is 24th and New Mexico is ranked No. 50.
