Pac-12 Conference

SECTION HEADER 3 2016 PAC-12 TRACK & FIELD MEDIA GUIDE THE PAC-12 CONFERENCE Pac-12 Track Directory ........................................................ 2 NCAA Qualifying Procedure ................................................. 3 Pac-12 Conference .......................................................... 4-5 2016 Pac-12 Championship Schedule ................................ 6 2015 IN REVIEW 2015 Review Notebook .................................................... 7-9 2015 Best Marks .............................................................. 10 2015 Pac-12 Men's Results ......................................... 11-12 2015 Pac-12 Women's Results .................................... 13-14 2015 NCAA Men's Results ................................................ 15 2015 NCAA Women's Results ........................................... 16 2016 MPSF Indoor & NCAA Review .................................. 17 HISTORY All-Time Pac-12 Men's Top-10 List ............................... 18-20 All-Time Pac-12 Women's Top-10 List........................... 21-23 Annual Pac-12 Men's Champions ................................ 24-30 Annual Pac-12 Women's Champions ............................ 31-34 Pac-12 NCAA Men's Champions .................................. 35-36 Pac-12 NCAA Women's Champions .................................. 37 NCAA Team Champions from the Pac-12 .......................... 38 Pac-12 Championship Men's Scoring ........................... 39-41 Pac-12 Championship Women's Scoring ...................... 42-43 Pac-12 Men's Awards ....................................................... 44 Pac-12 Women's Awards ................................................... 45 FOR THE RECORD Record Charts – Pac-12 to World ................................. 46-49 2016 Composite Schedule ................................................ 50 SELECTION PROCESS FOR NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS Preliminary Championships Competition Qualifying to the Championships site is accomplished through performance in the Preliminary Round competition. Twelve competitors from each individual event and twelve teams from each relay event advance from each Preliminary Round site. For combined events (Heptathlon and Decathlon), the top 24 declared student-athletes in each event based on their position on the national descending-order list will be accepted into the Championships. Announcement of Student-Athletes into Preliminary Championships The combined event (Heptathlon and Decathlon) student-athletes accepted into Championships competition will be announced the week prior to Preliminary Round competition and posted on NCAA.com. The individual event student-athletes and relay teams accepted into Championships competition based on their performance at Preliminary Round competition will be announced and posted on NCAA.com the week prior to Championships competition. Combined Events The heptathlon and decathlon events are not contested at the preliminary championships competition. Qualification to the championships in these two events is accomplished through a competitor's position on the national descending order list. The top 24 declared student-athletes in each of these two events will be accepted into the national championships. Qualifying to the Final Championships Competition Qualifying to the final championships competition is accomplished through performance in the preliminary championships competition at each site for events contested at those competitions. Twelve competitors from each individual event and 12 teams from each relay event advance from each preliminary championships competition site to the final championships competition. Qualification, through competition in an event at a preliminary championships competition, is required to participate in that event at the final championships competition. Announcement of Student-Athletes into Final Championships The list of student-athletes, by event, who have been qualified from the preliminary championships competition will be announced Sunday, May 29. Preliminary Round • May 26-28, 2016 • East: Hodges Stadium, hosted by University of North Florida, Jacksonville, Fla. • West: Rock Chalk Park, hosted by University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kan. PAC-12 CONFERENCE 360 3rd Street, 3rd Floor San Francisco, CA 94107 Phone .................................................................... (415) 580-4200 FAX .................................................................... (415) 549-2829 Website ...................................................................www.pac-12.com Communications Department Danette Leighton, Chief Marketing Officer ...............dleighton@pac-12.org Dave Hirsch, VP, Communications ............................ dhirsch@pac-12.org Erik Hardenberg, VP, Public Affairs ................. ehardenbergh@pac-12.org Natalia Ciccone, Asst. Commissioner, Comm ..........nciccone@pac-12.org Cell: (814) 880-9062 (track & field contact) Sean Collins, Communications Fellow ....................... scollins@pac-12.org Jocelyn Perry, Communications Fellow ...................... joperry@pac-12.org Wendy Heredia, Comm. Administrative Asst. ..........wheredia@pac-12.org PAC-12 OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD

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