19 Field Notes
19 Field Notes
FIELD EVENTS
ATHLETES TO WATCH:
Bryan Clay, the 2004 Athens Olympic silver medalist, 2005 world champion, is entered
in the shot put, high jump, and long jump. Clay’s preparing for the IAAF World Indoor
Championships in the heptathlon. In the long and high jumps, he’ll go against
Washington’s Norris Frederick, a fan favorite at the Dempsey, and a guy who thrives on
getting the home crowd going…Frederick is one of the NCAA’s top returning long
jumpers, while Clay is a former NAIA national champion in the LJ…Fellow decathlete
Chris Randolph, the former Seattle Pacific standout, who was fifth in the USA/Germany
decathlon meet last year, is also entered in the long & high jumps, as well as the shot
put…the men’s high jump also included former University of Oregon standout Kyley
Johnson.
In the men’s vault, Stanford’s Graeme Hoste, an 18-1 vaulter, is the class of the field.
Washington’s Ryan Vu & Jared O’Connor will challenge him. Scott Roth, an NCAA
finalist, isn’t scheduled to jump.
The women’s pole vault will be an interesting battle, as a plethora of current and former
University of Washington jumpers take to the air. The alums are led by 2005 NCAA
champ Kate Conwell (formerly Soma), and Canadian Carly Dockendorf, while Lauren
Walker, Andrea Peterson & Kelley DiVesta compete for the present-day
Dawgs…Jessie Gallaher, a former NAIA champ from Concordia (Oregon) will also be
in the mix, as well as former Sam Houston State vaulter Jennie Sewell who was fifth at
the NCAA championships last year.
In the women’s long jump, Simon Fraser’s Ruky Abdulai, the NAIA champ in the event,
goes against the Huskies’ multi-eventers Daria Amiad-Pavlov & Liz Fuller, former
SPU & Cal Poly heptathlete Danielle Ayers-Stamper; and the Stanford duo of Lauren
Stewart and Brittni Dixon-Smith.