A panel of USTFCCCA coaches selected the team on the basis of performances in the NCAA Division I Outdoor Championships.
The Silver Anniversary selections:
100 meters ?- Angela Williams, USC
200 ?- Dawn Sowell, LSU
400 ?- Suziann Reid, Texas
800 ?- Joetta Clark, Tennessee
1,500 ?- Suzy Favor, Wisconsin
Steeplechase ?- Elizabeth Jackson, BYU
5,000 ?- Lauren Fleschman, Stanford
10,000 ?- Amy Skieresz, Arizona
100 hurdles ?- Virginia Powell, USC
400 hurdles ?- Sheena Johnson, UCLA
400 relay ?- LSU
1,600 relay ?- Texas
Long jump ?- Sheila Echols, LSU
Triple jump ?- Sheila Hudson, Cal
High jump ?- Amy Acuff, UCLA
Pole vault ?- Tracy O’Hara, UCLA
Shot put ?- Regina Cavanaugh, Rice
Discus ?- Seilala Sua, UCLA
Hammer ?- Dawn Ellerbe, South Carolina
Javelin ?- Valerie Tulloch, Rice
Heptathlon ?- Jackie Joyner, UCLA
Coach ?- Pat Henry, LSU
School/program ?- LSU
Skieresz dominated collegiate distance running in the late 1990s, winning a pair of NCAA doubles in the 5,000 and 10,000 twice, in 1997 and 1998.
At the 1997 NCAA meet in Indianapolis, Skieresz won the 10,000 in 33:14.22. The following year, in Buffalo, she won the national title in 33:04.12. Both times, she doubled back to win the 5,000. She also won the NCAA cross country title in 1996.
Her prowess as a runner earned her two Honda Awards in one year -- the 1996-97 honor for cross country and the 1997 honor for track and field. A year later, she claimed the Honda Award again for track and field. One other UA star -- softball pitcher Jennie Finch -- was a two-time Honda Award winner, in 2001 and 2002.
Skieresz was four-time Pac-10 champion in cross country and a three-time league titlist, in the 3,000 and 5,000 (twice). Between the two sports she earned 10 All-America honors.
She retired from competition in 2000 and is married to former Arkansas standout distance runner Ryan Wilson. Skieresz-Wilson joined the Arizona coaching staff in 2004 to assist James Li with the distance runners.
She joins a group of other UA standouts named to an NCAA anniversary team heralding the 25 years of Division I competition for women. Earlier this spring, UA softball players Jennie Finch, Leah Braatz, Leah O'Brien-Amico and coach Mike Candrea were named to the NCAA Softball 25th anniversary team for their performances in Championship play.
UA's Honda Award Winners:
Susie Parra, softball, 1994
Jenny Dalton, softball, 1996
Marisa Baena, golf, 1996
Amy Skieresz, cross country, 1996-97
Amy Skieresz, track and field, 1996-97
Amy Skieresz, track and field, 1997-98
Nancy Evans, softball, 1998
Jenna Daniels, golf, 2000
Jennie Finch, softball, 2001
Tara Chaplin, cross country, 2002
Jennie Finch, softball, 2002
