Washington Director of Track & Field Maurica Powell and Head Coach Andy Powell today announced the new leadership for the Husky sprinters and hurdlers, as former U.S. 400-meter hurdles champion Jeshua Anderson has been named Assistant Coach and Anderson's longtime coach, Mark Macdonald, will stay on as a Volunteer Assistant.

Former Husky pole vaulter Kaitlin Zinsli has been named one of the two Washington recipients of the Pac-12 Postgraduate Scholarship today.

Washington placed an impressive fourteen student-athletes on the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team which was announced today, and both the men's and women's squads as units were named All-Academic Teams as well.

The Thorpe Cup is an annual competition between the United States and Germany in which decathletes and heptathletes from each country compete for gold.

The U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) honored those individuals and teams who stood out both academically and athletically.