NU Hosts Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational

Lincoln?The indoor track and field season hits high gear this weekend, as Nebraska hosts the annual Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational on Friday and Saturday at the Bob Devaney Sports Center Indoor Track. At least 35 teams from across the nation will send athletes to compete in the 32nd edition of one of college track and field's top annual meets.

Combined events competitions will be held for the first and only time this season at the Devaney Center, as the women's pentathlon and men's heptathlon begin the weekend's action at Noon on Friday. Other field and track events each run from 6 p.m. to about 9:30 p.m. during the first day. Saturday's final session begins at 10 a.m. with the conclusion of the heptathlon, while field and running events start at Noon and 1:15 p.m., respectively.

Fans can take advantage of this weekend's Nebraska Dollar Days promotion during Saturday's final-day session of the meet, as general admission tickets, hot dogs and soda each cost only $1. Reserved single-session tickets for the meet may be purchased either from the Husker Athletic Ticket Office or at the gate for $6, while general admission prices on Friday are $4 for adults and $2 for children ages seven and older. Admission is free during the entire weekend for NU students with a valid ID and children six and under.

Live results will be offered throughout the meet on Huskers.com. Final results and a recap will also be posted on the web site following the completion of each day's events, along with a photo gallery chronicling Nebraska's efforts during the meet. A complete list of competitors will be available Thursday on Huskers.com.

> Talent Highlights 2007 Husker Invite
Much like any year, the annual Husker Invite will bring several of college track and field's top teams to the Devaney Center Indoor Track.

Five squads ranked in this week's Trackwire 25 women's ratings are set to appear, including: No. 12 Kansas State, No. 13 Tennessee, No. 13 Iowa, and co-No. 18 Oregon and Washington State. On the men's side, No. 6 Oregon, No. 12 UTEP and No. 16 Idaho will join the No. 10 Huskers to represent nearly one-sixth of this week's Trackwire field.

While the 2007 indoor season is only a few weeks old, 37 individuals who have already earned qualifying marks to the NCAA Indoor Championships are expected to compete. Nebraska paces the field with nine individual qualifiers, with Kansas (six), the Tennessee women's squad (five) and Oregon (four) also featuring numerous athletes who have met the NCAA's minimum standards.

The 32nd Husker Invitational field is extremely accomplished, as 39 former NCAA All-Americans will compete, including three national champions. Among those entries are five Husker All-Americans. Oregon and UTEP each bring six honorees to Lincoln, with Tennessee matching NU with five entries.

Additionally, 53 athletes who appeared in either the 2006 NCAA indoor or outdoor meets are expected to be in the field.

> Breaking Down the Events
Several talent-laded events will highlight the 32nd annual Husker Invite, as All-American will battle All-American for national bragging rights. Some of the more intriguing matchups include:

? Men's Pole Vault: Five 2007 NCAA qualifiers. Huskers Gable Baldwin and Seth Burney will square off against four others who own personal-best heights over 17 feet, including Oregon's Tommy Skipper, who is a four-time NCAA champion. Skipper reached 19 feet in 2006 and is a threat to challenge the collegiate record of 19-2 1/4.

? Men's Weight Throw: Five 2007 NCAA qualifiers. Each of the five individuals is ranked among the NCAA's top 17, including Husker senior Issar Yazhbin. Kansas' Egor Agafonov finished runner-up at the 2006 NCAA meet.

? Men's High Jump: Two 2007 NCAA qualifiers. Husker junior Dusty Jonas will face three-time NCAA champion Jesse Williams, formerly of USC. Williams will compete unattached.

? Women's 60-Meter Dash: Three 2007 NCAA qualifiers. Tennessee All-American Courtney Champion and UTEP's Oludamola Osayomi square off in a battle of the NCAA's top two fastest times, while Tennessee's Cleo Tyson owns the nation's No. 6 clocking.

? Women's Pole Vault: Four 2007 NCAA qualifiers. Husker All-Americans Jenny Green and Brysun Stately will face three athletes ranked among the nation's top 13 in Kansas' Kate Sultanova (No. 1) and Britany Parker (No. 6) and Oregon's Eniko Eros (No. 13).

? Women's Triple Jump: Two 2007 NCAA qualifiers. Kansas State's Marianne Schlacter (No. 5) and Kansas' Crystal Manning (No. 10) face off in an NCAA top-10 competition.

? Women's 800-Meter Run: Two 2007 NCAA qualifiers. Kansas State's Morgan Bonds (No. 6) and Tennessee's Sarah Bowman (No. 8) compete in another NCAA top-10 battle.

For a more in-depth breakdown of this weekend's field of athletes, see the bottom of this page or page 5 of this week's Husker track & field notes.

> Ready to Shine
Nebraska's highly talented combined events athletes will finally see their first action in the pentathlon and heptathlon this season during the Husker Invite. While each of the NU multi-eventers have competed in individual events through the first three weeks of the new year, the Husker Invite presents their first opportunity to compete in their specialty disciplines.

Nebraska possesses two women and two men who have earned all-conference honors. Senior Casie Witte, who redshirted in 2006, is one of the Big 12's top returnees on the women's side, having placed twice each in the pentathlon indoors and heptathlon outdoors. Junior Kim Shubert claimed her first All-Big 12 accolades in each event last season.

On the men's side, junior Ben Schutter should compete for a bid to the NCAA indoor meet in the heptathlon after falling just short of making the cut in 2006. Senior Lee Martin, twice named all-conference in the decathlon, and sophomore Skyler Reising also hold significant Big 12 scoring potential for Nebraska.

In addition to the veterans, two high-level women's newcomers joined the mix for 2007. Junior Gy?rgyi Farkas brought an outdoor heptathlon score of 5,550 points with her from Hungary, a total that would have placed sixth at last year's NCAA outdoor meet, while freshman Megan Wheatley, a native of Australia, has previously tallied 5,323 points in the event.

Another high-potential athlete the Huskers added during the off-season was freshman Erin Hannon, who also will compete this weekend in the pentathlon. Former NCAA pentathlon champion Ashley Selig will join NU during the outdoor campaign.

> van der Westhuizen in Mid-Season Form
Fans at last week's adidas Classic saw Peter van der Westhuizen's early-season success continue with a standout performance during his win in the men's mile.

The Husker junior clocked a personal-best time of 4:02.27 to easily claim victory while placing his name among the nation's early leaders in the mile. In the process, van der Westhuizen moved into third place on Nebraska's all-time event list.

If his progress continues, look for the South African to have a shot at becoming only the second Husker ever to break the four-minute barrier in the mile this season. Greg Carlberg became NU's first sub-four-minute miler back in 1971 with a time of 3:59.6 on an oversized track in Houston, Texas.

The 2005 Big 12 runner-up in the indoor mile, van der Westhuizen currently sits at the top of the conference performance list in three different events?the 1,000 meters, mile and 5,000 meters. He is expected to run the 3,000 meters Saturday during the Husker Invite.

> Eades Making Steady Progress
Nebraska faced a stern challenge during the off-season in trying to replace former Husker great Priscilla Lopes, who turned to the professional ranks following a storied career featuring a national title in the women's 60-meter hurdles and five Big 12 championships.

Enter freshman Nikita Eades, previously a standout in the Colorado prep ranks for Littleton High School. While no one can replace Lopes, Eades has quietly pushed herself into consideration for conference honors in her first season. She has claimed three straight victories in the hurdles to open her career while lowering her personal-best time during each meet to her low mark of 8.52.

Eades currently ranks fourth in the Big 12 with the time and trails the conference leader by only 0.11 seconds. The clocking also is only 0.09 seconds shy of the NCAA provisional-qualifying standard.

> Young Men's 4x400 Closing In
One of the youngest and most exciting groups on this year's Husker squad is the men's 4x400-meter relay. At times this season, NU has lined up with as many as three freshmen among the four members of its relay squad.

The relay, composed of senior Nate Probasco and freshmen Daniel Christensen, Lukas Hulett, and Scott Wims, came close to meeting the NCAA provisional standard (3:10.40) while winning the event last weekend at the adidas Classic with a time of 3:10.90.

The squad, which has also featured junior Andrew Pearson and freshmen Tim Grier and Nicholas Makukutu this season, is attempting to become the first Husker 4x400-meter relay to reach the NCAA Championships since the 2004 group of Pearson and former Huskers Mark Harrison, Danny Hill and Dmitrijs Milkevics earned ninth place at the NCAA indoor meet.

> Jonas Leads Huskers at adidas Classic
Nebraska athletes set four new NCAA qualifying marks, while 12 Huskers earned event titles last Saturday at home during the adidas Classic.

Dusty Jonas punched his ticket to Fayetteville, Ark., with a near-flawless effort in the men’s high jump that ended with the All-American becoming NU's first NCAA automatic qualifier this season with a winning height of 7-4 1/4. The La Vernia, Texas, product made five consecutive heights on first attempts before missing all three tries at a school-record tying mark of 7-6.

Another Husker junior, Peter van der Westhuizen, earned his first NCAA provisional qualification while setting a personal-best time of 4:02.27 to win the men’s mile. The mark ranked faster than any other NCAA time entering the day. With the effort, van der Westhuizen moved from fourth place into third on Nebraska’s all-time indoor performance list for the mile.

Senior Issar Yazhbin once again eclipsed his previous lifetime best in the men’s weight throw with a winning spin of 64-8 1/2. It marked the third consecutive week to start the season that he has recorded a personal best.

Adding a personal-best performance was senior Casie Witte, who cleared an indoor lifetime-best 5-10 to win the women’s high jump. Witte recorded her first career NCAA provisional mark with the performance Junior Brysun Stately added her first provisional mark of the season while placing second in the women’s pole vault (12-11 1/2).

Back on the track, freshman Lukas Hulett provided one of the most exciting races of the day, as he employed a late kick down the home stretch in the men’s 600-yard run to snare victory away from Iowa State’s Elijah Braimah. Hulett edged the Cyclone senior by only 0.01 seconds.

Another Husker freshman, Nikita Eades, earned her third straight victory to open her collegiate career in the women’s 60-meter hurdles with a time of 8.53. Eades, who clocked in with a personal-best 8.52 during the prelims, has posted lifetime-best marks in the hurdles during each meet in 2007.

> NU 9th, 19th in First Coaches Poll
Both Nebraska's men's and women's teams were ranked among the NCAA's top-20 squads in the season's first release of the USTFCCCA Coaches poll on Tuesday.

The Husker men's squad, which boasts five returning All-Americans and finished the 2006 indoor season tied for 12th at the NCAA indoor meet, is rated ninth in the poll's initial release. The NU women, also with five All-Americans, open the year at No. 19 following a 13th-place NCAA indoor effort last season. The complete poll can be found on page 3 of this week's Husker track & field notes.

> Yazhbin Continues Strong Comeback
One of the more welcome sights for Nebraska in the early going this season has been the exceptional weight throw performances from Issar Yazhbin, who sat out the 2006 season with a groin injury.

To tell if Yazhbin has completed a successful recovery, one must only look at his early 2007 results. He already has recorded personal-best marks during each meet this season, including a spin of 64-8 1/2 last week while claiming victory during the adidas Classic. Yazhbin earned him his first career NCAA provisional qualification two weeks ago, and continues to improve his national standing by the week.

Additionally, Yazhbin has continued to extend his own Israeli national record in the event, which he first set as a junior in 2005.

> Freshmen Driving NCAA Qualifying Efforts
Nebraska's highly-touted newcomers have already started to show off their talents in 2007. Of the nine Huskers who have earned provisional qualifications to March's NCAA meet, one-third are freshmen.

Lukas Hulett, a former high school All-American from Bellevue, Neb., became the first Husker to add his name to the list when he clocked a blistering time of 47.03 while winning the men's 400-meter dash at the Holiday Inn Invite. The Nebraska prep record-holder's time is the third-fastest indoor mark all-time at NU.

Seth Burney and Epley Bullock joined Hulett with outstanding performances during the Conference Challenge. Burney became NU's 12th men's athlete all-time to break the 17-foot barrier in the pole vault with a clearance of 17-0 3/4, while Bullock tied a host of other female athletes at No. 10 on the Husker indoor high jump chart with a leap of 5-11 1/2.

Nebraska's 2007 NCAA Indoor Qualifiers
Women
Provisional
Name, Event, Mark (NCAA rank)
Epley Bullock, High Jump, 5-11 1/2 (9th)
Brysun Stately, Pole Vault, 12-11 1/2 (t17th)
Casie Witte, High Jump, 5-10 (t12th)

Men
Automatic
Name, Event, Mark (NCAA Rank)
Dusty Jonas, High Jump, 7-4 1/4 (3rd)

Provisional
Name Event Mark (NCAA Rank)
Gable Baldwin, Pole Vault, 17-0 3/4 (t12th)
Seth Burney, Pole Vault, 17-0 3/4 (t12th)
Lukas Hulett, 400m, 47.03 (5th)
Peter van der Westhuizen, Mile, 4:02.27 (9th)
Issar Yazhbin, Weight Throw, 64-8 1/2 (17th)

> Men Ranked 10th in Trackwire 25
The Nebraska men's team continued its stay in the Trackwire 25 this week, making the jump from is previous ranking of 16th into a tie for 10th.

The Trackwire 25 attempts to predict team scores for the NCAA Championships based on individual athlete rankings for each event?nicknamed the "Dandy Dozen"?that are updated weekly by track and field statistician Gary Verigin.

After beginning the season ranked ninth, the Huskers fell seven spots last week before climbing back up to their current position. One of four Big 12 teams included in the list, the Huskers join conference opponents Texas (seventh), Baylor (eighth) and Texas Tech (tie-20th).

The Husker women, who began the year ranked 14th in their respective poll, went unranked for the second straight week. Texas Tech (fifth), Texas A&M (sixth), Texas (tie-10th) and Kansas State (12th) represent the Big 12 in the latest release.

Nebraska athletes among this week's "Dandy Dozen" include:
Women
Gy?rgyi Farkas, Pentathlon?6th
Megan Wheatley, Pentathlon?7th
Casie Witte, High Jump?12th

Men
Arturs Abolins, Long Jump?1st
Dusty Jonas, High Jump?3rd
Nate Probasco, 200 Meters?11th

> Three Men Added to Roster at Semester
The Husker men's squad added three freshmen athletes to its 2007 roster this week following the start of second semester classes?Dax Danns (Lemon Grove, Calif.), Erwin Schmidt (Benoni, South Africa) and Cylend Simmons (Mesa, Ariz).

Danns, a sprints prospect out of Helix High School, arrives at Nebraska boasting solid personal-best times of 10.60 in the 100-meter dash, 21.21 in the 200 and 48.44 in the 400. A native of Guyana, both of Danns' 100 and 200 marks rank as national junior records. He finished fourth place in both events as a junior at the 2005 California state meet.

Simmons will join Nebraska's hurdles crew following an outstanding prep career at Mesa Westwood High School. He set the all-time Arizona state record of 37.01 while winning the 300-meter hurdles at the Arizona Meet of Champions last spring. Simmons was named the Gatorade Boy's Athlete of the Year for Arizona in 2006 and also owns a personal-best time of 14.26 in the 110-meter hurdles.

Schmidt brings outstanding potential from South Africa in the 800-meter run, as he owns a personal-best time of 1:49.75. The mark ranked third among all South African junior athletes for 2006.

> Nine All-Americans Return in 2007
Nebraska returns four women's and five men's athletes for the 2007 season who have combined to earn 19 NCAA All-America honors during their outstanding careers.

Leading the pack is senior Ashley Selig, who has registered five of the awards, including the 2004 NCAA indoor championship in the pentathlon. NU returns a second national champion in senior Dace Ruskule, who won the NCAA outdoor discus title last season, while senior Kayla Wilkinson (javelin) and junior Jenny Green (pole vault) also will compete for further accolades this season. Only Green will compete during the 2007 indoor season.

Nebraska brought in a fifth women's All-American to join the squad during the offseason in sophomore Brysun Stately, who placed sixth in the pole vault at the 2006 NCAA outdoor meet.

Senior Arturs Abolins, a two-time national champion in the long jump, leads the men's squad into the season, while junior Dusty Jonas, a four-time All-American in the high jump, also returns. Two-time All-American Nate Probasco will be the Huskers' leader in the sprints during his senior campaign. Gable Baldwin (pole vault) and Daniel Roper (triple jump), each one-time honorees, also will compete in their finals seasons as Huskers.

> NU Boasts Heralded Freshman Classes
A pair of incoming classes ranked among the nation's top 10 by Track & Field News magazine will aid both Husker men's and women's teams in their championship drives during the 2007 season.

The women's class, ranked No. 4 nationally by Track & Field News, will help fill the holes created by the loss of a 2006 senior class that accounted for three individual NCAA titles and 21 All-America finishes.

The group, which was highlighted with signings by former high school All-Americans Brysun Stately and Epley Bullock, along with international combined events prospects Gy?rgyi Farkas and Megan Wheatley, was NU's first-ever top-five ranked class.

While the Husker men lost 10 All-America finishes with members of its 2006 senior class, this season's group of newcomers earned one of the program's highest rankings ever by the famed track and field publication with a No. 8 rating.

The class featured the signings of former high school All-Americans Seth Burney, Tim Grier, Lukas Hulett, Nicholas Makukutu and Scott Wims.

> Pepin in 27th Season at Husker Helm
Nebraska Head Coach Gary Pepin is in his 27th year guiding the Husker women’s team and 24th year coaching the NU men's squad. Pepin is only one season shy of former Husker coach Frank Sevigne as the longest-tenured track and field coach in school history. Sevigne logged 28 seasons leading the NU men’s program from 1956 through 1983.

Pepin has helped the Husker women combine for 38 of their 40 conference titles, while also notching 20 of the program’s 21 top-five NCAA team finishes, including each of Nebraska’s three indoor national championships.

Pepin has led the men's team to 25 of its 57 indoor and outdoor conference crowns, while also notching two NCAA top-five placings. The Huskers' second-place finish at the 1996 NCAA Indoor Championships ranks as the squad's highest at an NCAA meet.

> Huskers to Host Full Home Schedule
Nebraska will host one of its most extensive series of home meets in recent memory during the 2007 season. In addition to scheduling four home competitions at the Devaney Center Indoor Track, the Huskers have three outdoor meets planned for Ed Weir Stadium.

The indoor schedule stacks up much the same as it has over recent years, with the Huskers hosting four straight home meets to open the season?the Holiday Inn Invitational, the Conference Challenge and the adidas Classic. The always high-profile Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational will conclude the stretch Feb. 2-3.

Outdoors, the Huskers will host three meets for the first time since 2003, all during a three-week period. The Nebraska Open will be held on Sunday, April 29, the same weekend as the Drake and Penn Relays, with the Nebraska Invitational the following week. The Big 12 Outdoor Championships come to Ed Weir Stadium for the first time in the conference’s 11-year existence the weekend of May 11-13.

32nd Annual Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational
Breaking Down the Field...

2007 NCAA Indoor Qualifiers ? Event-by-Event Rankings (37 Qualifiers)
Men's 200m (1)? 4. Daniel Ward, UTEP (21.12)
Men's 400m (2)? 5. Lukas Hulett, Nebraska (47.03); 12. Elias Koech, UTEP (47.23)
Men's Mile (1)? 9. Peter van der Westhuizen (4:02.27)
Men's High Jump (2)? 3. Dusty Jonas, Nebraska (7-4 1/4); 4. Mickael Hanany, UTEP (7-3)
Men's Pole Vault (5)? t6. Tyson Byers, Washington State (17-2 3/4); t14. Bryce Bergman, Kansas State (17-0 3/4); t14. Gable Baldwin, Nebraska; t14. Seth Burney, Nebraska; t14. Jordan Scott, Kansas
Men's Shot Put (1)? 1. Russ Winger, Idaho (64-6 3/4)
Men's Weight Throw (5)? 2. Egor Agafonov, Kansas (71-2 1/2); 4. Matthew Wauters, Idaho (69-9); 6. Brian Richotte, Oregon (67-4 1/4); 10. Russ Winger, Idaho (65-1 1/2); 17. Issar Yazhbin, Nebraska (64-8 1/2)
Men's Heptathlon (1)? 9. Ashton Eaton, Oregon (5,370)
Women's 60m (3)? 1. Courtney Champion, Tennessee (7.26); 2. Oludamola Osayomi, UTEP (7.27); 6. Cleo Tyson, Tennessee (7.33)
Women's 200m (1)? 8. Courtney Champion, Tennessee (23.61
Women's 800m (2)? 6. Morgan Bonds, Kansas State (2:07.87); 8. Sarah Bowman, Tennessee (2:08.18)
Women's Mile (1)? 13. Sara Bowman, Tennessee (4:46.94)
Women's 60m Hurdles (1)? 7. Nia Ali, Tennessee (8.22)
Women's High Jump (2)? 9. Epley Bullock, Nebraska (5-11 1/2); t12. Casie Witte, Nebraska (5-10)
Women's Pole Vault (3)? t1. Kate Sultanova, Kansas (13-8 1/4); 6. Britany Parker, Kansas (13-4 1/4); t13. Eniko Eros, Oregon (12-11 3/4); t17th. Brysun Stately, Nebraska (12-11 1/2)
Women's Long Jump (1)? t13. Lauryn Jordan, Oregon (20-1)
Women's Triple Jump (2)? t5. Marianne Schlacter, Kansas State (43-0 1/2); 10. Crystal Manning, Kansas (42-3 1/2)
Women's Shot Put (1)? 18. Stephanie Horton, Kansas (50-11)
Men's Weight Throw (1)? 19. Shanna Dickenson, Tennessee (62-5)

NCAA All-Americans ? 39 (three NCAA champions)
East Carolina (1)? Eric Frasure (weight, hammer throw)
Idaho (1)? Russ Winger (shot put)
Iowa Women (1)? Peaches Roach (high jump)
Kansas (2)? Egor Agafonov (weight, hammer throw), Paul Hefferon (5,000m)
Nebraska (5)? Gable Baldwin (pole vault), Jenny Green (pole vault), Dusty Jonas (high jump), Nate Probasco (200m, 4x100m), Daniel Roper (triple jump), Brysun Stately (pole vault)
Oregon (4)? Tommy Skipper** (pole vault), Colin Veldman (hammer throw), Lauryn Jordan (outdoor heptathlon), Brian Richotte (weight, hammer throw)
Tennessee (5)? Cleo Tyson (60m, 200m), Cortney Champion (60m, 200m), Latonya Loche (4x400m), Leslie Treherne (800m), Felicia Guliford (distance medley relay)
UTEP (6)? Daniel Ward (200m), Dominic Tanui (800m), Elias Koech (800m), Michael Hanany (high jump, long jump), Patrick Mutai (steeplechase), John Alipio (4x100m)
Washington State (2)? Tyson Byers (pole vault), John Cassleman (400m hurdles)
Nike (3)? Godfrey Herring (200m), Ivory Williams (60m, 200m), April Holiness (long jump)
Unattached (7)? Ashley Selig* (pentathlon, heptathlon), Sara Jane Baker (high jump, heptathlon), Melissa Myerscough (weight, hammer throw), Kyle Lancaster (high jump), Shelldon Battle (shot put), Charisse Bacchus (long jump), Desiraye Osburne (5,000m), Jesse Williams*** (high jump)

2006 NCAA Qualifiers ? 53
East Carolina (1)? Eric Frasure (weight throw)
Idaho (1)? Russ Winger (shot put)
Iowa Women (1)? Peaches Roach (high jump)
Kansas (4)? Egor Agafonov (weight, hammer throw), Paul Hefferon (5,000m), Zlata Tarasova (hammer throw), Cody Roberts (discus)
Kansas State (3)? Morgan Bonds (800m), Marianne Schlachter (triple jump), Donniece Parrish (4x400m)
Nebraska (6)? Gable Baldwin (pole vault), Jenny Green (pole vault), Dusty Jonas (high jump), Nate Probasco (200m), Daniel Roper (triple jump), Brysun Stately (pole vault)
Oregon (7)?Tommy Skipper** (pole vault), Colin Veldman (hammer throw), Lauryn Jordan (outdoor heptathlon), Brian Richotte (weight throw),
Kasey Harwood (400m hurdles), Emily Enders (pole vault), Kalindra McFadden (outdoor heptathlon)
Tennessee (7)?Cleo Tyson (60m, 200m), Cortney Champion (60m, 200m), Latonya Loche (4x400m), Leslie Treherne (800m); Sara Bowman (800m); Felicia Guliford (distance medley relay), Shanna Dickenson (discus)
UTEP (8)? Daniel Ward (200m), Dominic Tanui (800m), Elias Koech (800m), Michael Hanany (high jump, long jump), Patrick Mutai (steeplechase), John Alipio (4x100m), Stephen Samoei (10,000m), Japheth Ng'ojoy (10,000m)
Washington State (6)? Tyson Byers (pole vault), John Cassleman (400m hurdles), Haley Paul (5,000m), McKinnon Hanson (pole vault), Justin Woods (4x100m), Jaycee Robertson (4x100m)
Unattached (8)?Ashley Selig* (pentathlon, heptathlon), Sara Jane Baker (high jump, heptathlon), Kyle Lancaster (high jump), Shelldon Battle (shot put),
Charisse Bacchus (long jump), Desiraye Osburne (5,000m), Josh Kirk (decathlon), Mark Harrison (4x400m, 400m hurdles), Jesse Williams*** (high jump)

*- 2005 NCAA women's pentathlon champion
**- Four-time NCAA men's pole vault champion
***- Three-time NCAA men's high jump champion