Arizona: Top returnee for the steeplechase and should compete well in the mile… Was the top finisher for Arizona at the Pre-NCAA Invitational (17th, 24:47) during the 2001 cross county season… Dropped his personal best in the steeplechase by almost six seconds during the 2001 track and field seasons… Clocked a time of 8:51.82 at the Mt. SAC Relays… Finished ninth in the steeple at the Pacific-10 Conference Championships, running 9:08.05… Earned All-West Region and All-Pac-10 Second Team honors during the 2000 cross country season... Helped the team finish second at the NCAA West Regional with his fifth-place finish (30:49)... Placed 11th at the Pac-10 Championships... Was 124th (31:55.8) at the NCAA Championships... Finished third earlier in the season at the Purdue Invitational... Ran the team's second-best time in the steeplechase, 8:57.20, at the Mt. SAC Relays during the 2000 track and field season... The time was also No. 2 in the Pac-10 going into the conference meet... Finished sixth in the event at the Pac-10 meet, running 9:04.56... Third in the 3000m indoors at the MPSF Championships... Excelled as the team's No. 3 runner during the 1999 cross country season... Finished eighth at the Pac-10 Championships (24:28.10) and was fourth at the Aztec Invitational (25:20)... Was the team's No. 2 finisher in 71st overall at the NCAA Championships (31:46.90)... During the 1999 track and field season, showed a lot of promise for the future after picking up a new event, the steeplechase... Ran 9:09.70 at the UA-ASU NAU double-dual meet to qualify for the Pac-10 Championships... Finished ninth in the event at the Pac-10 meet... In his first collegiate race as a freshman during the 1998 cross country season, he finished 13th in 25:18 at the Irvine Invitational... Was the team's No. 3 runner in the last three meets of the season... Finished 23rd at the Pac-10 Championships (24:37)... Placed 26th in 31:35 at the NCAA West Regional... Finished 101st at the NCAA Championships in 32:09.40...
High School: Attended Ayala High School in Chino Hills, Calif... Earned four letters in track and field and cross country for the Bulldogs... Team captain as a junior and senior... All-Sierra League from 1995-97... Named to the all-city team by the coaches all four years of high school... All-CIF Southern Section in 1997... Athlete of the Year as a senior…
Personal: Steven Roy Smith... Born Oct. 16, 1980, in Montclair, Calif... Son of Roy and Janet Smith... Has four brothers -- Scott, Mike, Robbie and Greg -- and one sister, Julie... Enjoys falconry, surfing and golfing... Academic area of interest is civil engineering... Would like to earn a master's degree and work in an engineering firm.
