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HORNETS WIN THREE CHAMPIONSHIPS AT PITT STATE INVITE
February 1, 2008—Emporia State athletes combined to pick up three championships and three provisional qualifiers on Friday at the Pitt State Invitational in Pittsburg, Kan. and the Frank Sevigne Invitational in Lincoln, Neb.
In Pittsburg, Alex Pyle won the men’s high jump with a provisional qualifying mark of 6-10.75 (2.10m) that ranks second in the nation. His mark is just one centimeter in front of teammate Craig Saalfeld’s mark of 6-10.50 (2.09m) set last weekend.
Damon Birk had a provisional qualifying mark of 52-10.75 (16.12m) to finish second behind 2003 NCAA Division II national shot put champion Tony Thompson.
Jennifer Robinson won the long jump and finished second in the high jump and triple jump to lead the ESU women.
Kathryn Davison picked up the other event championship for ESU by winning the 600 yard run.
Kenton Lonberger clocked his second straight provisional qualifier at 6.88 in the 60m dash at the Sevigne Invitational to advance to Saturday. He also advanced to Saturday in the 200m and is one of only two NCAA Division II athletes to make it to Saturday in both events.
The Hornets will wrap-up the weekend in Lincoln on Saturday.
Pitt State Invitational
Women 55 Meter Dash
Preliminaries
5 Renea Weaver 7.72
6 Lynnsey Nichols 7.73
Finals
4 Renea Weaver 7.63
5 Lynnsey Nichols 7.71
Women 200 Meter Dash
5 Lynnsey Nichols 28.35
Women 400 Meter Dash
3 Brandi Lundgren 1:01.98
5 Chastity Houghes-Stanton 1:02.67
6 Shonta Spencer 1:04.16
Women 600 Yard Run
1 Kathryn Davison 1:36.39
Women 55 Meter Hurdles
Preliminaries
6 Ryan Green 9.50
Finals
5 Ryan Green 9.40
Women 4x400 Meter Relay
2 Emporia State University 4:13.68
Women High Jump
2 Jennifer Robinson 1.62m 5-03.75
Women Long Jump
1 Jennifer Robinson 5.23m 17-02.00
3 Lindsay Lippert 5.12m 16-09.75
5 Renea Weaver 5.07m 16-07.75
7 Ryan Green 4.94m 16-02.50
Women Triple Jump
2 Jennifer Robinson 10.74m 35-03.00
10 Lindsay Lippert 9.51m 31-02.50
Women Shot Put
2 Linzi Weilert 12.53m 41-01.50
12 Molly Pannbacker 10.92m 35-10.00
Women Weight Throw
3 Linzi Weilert 14.30m 46-11.00
Men 55 Meter Dash
Preliminaries
7 Josh Schuler 6.64
15 Larry Beamon 6.73
18 Travis Lee 6.77
19 Sean Higginbotham 6.80
Finals
6 Josh Schuler 6.59
Men 200 Meter Dash
3 Larry Beamon 23.33
4 Josh Schuler 23.39
11 Sean Higginbotham 24.45
Men 400 Meter Dash
7 Kyle Kotzman 53.45
12 James Hemphill 54.13
Men 600 Yard Run
2 Kyle Mann 1:17.32
4 Sloan Kern 1:19.48
8 Michael Stephens 1:21.25
9 Daniel Quillen 1:21.43
Men 3000 Meter Run
3 William Hohmeier 9:30.14
7 Chris Dvorak 10:00.79
Men 4x400 Meter Relay
4 Emporia State University 3:36.15
Men High Jump
1 *Alex Pyle 2.10m 6-10.75
Men Pole Vault
9 Tyler Fleming 3.96m 12-11.75
Men Shot Put
2 *Damon Birk 16.12m 52-10.75
Men Weight Throw
4 Kevin Roulhac 15.44m 50-08.00
5 Damon Birk 14.98m 49-01.75
9 Dusty Loyd 13.99m 45-10.75
Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational
Women’s 60m
Prelims
19 Kent, Brooke 7.92
Women’s 400m
Prelims
24 Sill, Jaclyn 58.94
Women’s 60m Hurdles
Prelims
16 Kent, Brooke 9.55
Men’s 60m
Prelims
14 *Lonberger, Kenton 6.88
Men’s 2000m
Prelims
12 Lonberger, Kenton 22.16
*NCAA Division II Provisional Qualifier
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