March 14, 2009
Indoor Track and Field Athletes of the Year 
Indoor Track and Field Coaches of the Year
2009 MPSF Female Athlete of the Year
SARAH STEVENS • Senior • Throws • Fort Collins, CO • Fort Collins HS
Stevens captured her fourth-consecutive MSPF shot put title and added her third-consecutive weight throw championship at the same meet, giving her seven career MPSF titles. For her career, the 2007 NCAA Indoor Shot Put Champion and 2008 NCAA Outdoor Discus Champion has earned 10 All-America honors, including four during the 2008 season. A native of Ft. Collins, Colo., Stevens was the only woman to automatically qualify for the NCAA Indoor Championships in both throwing events this year and at one point held the top marks in both events nationally. Stevens, who earned her degree from ASU in May 2008, also has been quite successful in the classroom as she has twice been honored as the USTFCCCA Scholar-Athlete of the Year, earning the women's indoor field honor in 2007 and the women's outdoor field honor.
2009 MPSF Male Athlete of the Year
MICHAEL COE • Sophomore • Distance • California
The sophomore from Lompoc, Calif., has been on fire during the indoor season, culminating with two berths (3000 and distance medley relay) in the NCAA Indoor Championships. The 2007 MPSF champion in the 3000, he posted an NCAA automatic-qualifying and Cal overall record time of 7:48.05 in the 3000 this year to take second place at the Husky Classic on Feb. 14 in Seattle. That time ranks third in the nation going into the NCAAs. Coe also posted the nation's 20th-fastest time in the nation and a provisional qualifier (4:00.29) in winning the MPSF Indoor Championships title in the one-mile run as well as the nation's 33rd fastest time and a provisional qualifier (1:49.65) in the men's 800-meter run this season. In addition, Coe anchored the distance medley relay that clocked an NCAA automatic qualifying and Cal overall record time of 9:29.71 (nation's third fastest) to win the MPSF crown on Feb. 27 in Seattle.
2009 MPSF Women's Coach of the Year
EDRICK FLOREAL • 4th Year • Stanford
Edrick Floreal was named Franklin P. Johnson Director of Track & Field in the fall of 2005. He is currently in his 11th season with Stanford. Floreal led the Stanford women's squad to a total of six NCAA automatic marks and 13 provisional marks during the 2009 indoor season. Six athletes will be traveling to the NCAA Indoor Championships to compete in five different events. Stanford women's indoor squad, currently ranked No. 25 in the nation, captured the 2009 MPSF Indoor Track and Field Championship team title with 115 points behind the efforts of NCAA bound Lauren Centrowitz (mile), Laurynne Chetelat (3,000 meters), Arantxa King (triple jump) and Kate Niehaus (5,000 meters). A 3-time MPSF coach of the year and the 2006 West Regional Outdoor Coach of the Year, Floreal has helped 37 Stanford athletes earned 94 All-America honors. Floreal graduated from Arkansas in 1990, where he captured five NCAA triple jump titles and four NCAA team championships. He also competed for Canada at the 1988 and 1992 Summer Olympic Games. Floreal is married to LaVonna Martin-Floreal, the 1992 Olympic silver medalist in the 100-meter hurdles. The couple has two children, Edrick Jr. and Mikaielle. The Floreals reside in Palo Alto.
2009 MPSF Men's Coach of the Year
ART VENEGAS • 10th Year • UCLA
Art Venegas is in his 10th year as head coach and 28th year on staff at UCLA. During his time as head coach, Venegas had guided the Bruin men to five MPSF indoor crowns, including four consecutive titles from 2002-2005, and most recently in 2009. Venegas, who is regarded as one of the premier collegiate throwing coaches in the nation, had 12 individuals and the DMR qualify for the NCAA Indoor meet. At the 2009 MPSF Championships, the Bruins won the team men's title behind an all-around performance led by the pole vaulters picking up 28.50 points. As the throws coach at UCLA, Venegas' athletes have won 33 NCAA individual crowns with 52 All-American honorees. Venegas was a standout at Cal State Northridge where he was a four-year letterman in the hammer throw and earned Division II All-America honors in 1974. Born in Tepic, Mexico, Venegas, 57, and his wife, the former Marlene Estrada, have two children, Jessica and Yvette and one grandchild, Lisette.
