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HORNETS WIN 12 EVENTS AT UCM INVITATIONAL

January 23, 2009-Emporia State picked up 11 individual championships one relay title and seven provisional qualifiers at the UCM Invitational on Friday night in Warrensburg, Mo. The ESU men placed second and the women third in the team standings.

Kenton Lonberger was a double winner and double provisional qualifier for the Hornet men. He won the 60m in 6.81 and came back to run a 22.02 in winning the 200m. He has provisionalled in at least one event in every meet this season and is currently ranked fourth in the nation in the 60m and fifth in the 200m.

For the second straight meet, ESU had three provisional qualifiers in the men’s triple jump. Matt Koelling handed Josh Honeycutt his first loss of the season by going 49-00.75 (14.95m) to win the triple. Honeycutt went 48-09.50 (14.87m) to place second. Doug Marshall provisionalled at 47-03.75 (14.42m) and placed fourth for ESU in the event. Honeycutt is ranked third in the nation, Koelling is now fifth and Marshall is 14th in Division II.

Craig Saalfeld picked up a championship with a leap of 6-10.25 (2.09m) in the high jump. He is now ranked second in the nation in the high jump. Adam McGovern gave ESU it’s other individual champion, winning the mile run.

Katie Mona and Jackie Jacobs were double winners for the ESU women as the Hornets won six of eight races on the track. Mona won the mile and the 3000m while Jacobs picked up wins in the 200m and 400m.

Brooke Kent won the 60m and had a provisional qualifier of 18-07.25 (5.67m) to finish second in the long jump. That mark ranks eighth in the nation this season. Christy Weller picked up the other individual championship for ESU, winning the 800m.

The women’s 1600m relay also won defeating Central Missouri by nearly a full second.

ESU is scheduled to take next weekend off before heading to the hydraulic banked track of the Devaney Center at the University of Nebraska on February 6-7.

Women’s Team Scores

 

1) Central Missouri

145

2) Emporia State

101.50

3) Pittsburg State

101

4) Simpson College

63.50

5) Missouri S&T

53

 

Men’s Team Scores

 

1) Central Missouri

191.50

2) Pittsburg State

113.50

3) Emporia State

113

4) Missouri S&T

44

5) Simpson College

20

Individual Results

 

Women 60 Meter Dash

 

Preliminaries

 

1 Kent, Brooke

7.83

10 Weaver, Renae

8.25

Finals

 

1 Kent, Brooke

7.84

Women 200 Meter Dash

 

1 Jacobs, Jackie

25.91

3 Kent, Brooke

26.50

Women 400 Meter Dash

 

1 Jacobs, Jackie

59.13

7 Spencer, Ashley

1:03.78

9 Hughes-Stanton, Chastity

1:05.24

Women 800 Meter Run

 

1 Weller, Christy

2:21.72

4 Davison, Kathryn

2:23.62

Women 1 Mile Run

 

1 Mona, Katie

5:06.66

4 Davison, Kathryn

5:32.27

Women 3000 Meter Run

 

1 Mona, Katie

10:24.70

8 Frehe, Morgan

11:18.96

Women 60 Meter Hurdles

 

9 Davenport, Justine

9.69

Women 4x400 Meter Relay

 

1 Emporia State

4:10.97

Women High Jump

 

5 Goff, Kaylea

1.51m 4-11.50

Women Long Jump

 

2 *Kent, Brooke

5.67m 18-07.25

5 Weaver, Renae

5.18m 17-00.00

9 Davenport, Justine

4.95m 16-03.00

11 Lippert, Lindsey

4.78m 15-08.25

Women Shot Put

 

8 Jackson, Deja

11.12m 36-05.75

9 Watkins, Ashley

10.60m 34-09.50

Women Weight Throw

 

3 Jackson, Deja

15.30m 50-02.50

8 Pannbacker, Molly

12.71m 41-08.50

9 Watkins, Ashley

11.29m 37-00.50

 

Men 60 Meter Dash

 

Preliminaries

 

1 *Lonberger, Kenton

6.88

7 Hall, Derwin

6.98

12 Beamon, Larry

7.13

13 Schuler, Josh

7.15

Finals

 

1 *Lonberger, Kenton

6.81

Men 200 Meter Dash

 

1 *Lonberger, Kenton

22.02

7 Beamon, Larry

23.14

10 Schuler, Josh

23.56

11 Hall, Derwin

23.57

Men 400 Meter Dash

 

3 Howze, Vincent

51.39

5 Gilstrap, Moe

51.66

Men 600 Yard Run

 

3 Quillen, Dan

1:15.82

6 Cowing, Dillon

1:17.34

Men 800 Meter Run

 

4 Kern, Sloane

2:00.02

5 Kotzman, Kyle

2:00.56

Men 1 Mile Run

 

1 McGovern, Adam

4:25.87

6 Hohmeier, William

4:30.58

11 Delmott, Skyler

4:37.59

Men 3000 Meter Run

 

5 McGovern, Adam

9:04.60

7 Delmott, Skyler

9:08.54

13 Delmott, Asher

9:20.04

17 Wayman, Andrew

9:29.41

20 Dvorak, Chris

9:36.47

Men 60 Meter Hurdles

 

Preliminaries

 

2 Howze, Vincent

8.39

3 Eichenberg, Brad

8.48

6 Saalfeld, Craig

8.59

7 Knight, Derek

8.65

Finals

 

2 Howze, Vincent

8.36

4 Eichenberg, Brad

8.48

6 Saalfeld, Craig

8.61

Men 4x400 Meter Relay

 

3 Emporia State 'A'

3:27.42

9 Emporia State 'B'

3:37.98

Men High Jump

 

1 *Saalfeld, Craig

2.09m 6-10.25

11 Davis, Cole

1.86m 6-01.25

Men Long Jump

 

3 Marshall, Doug

6.83m 22-05.00

7 Koelling, Matt

6.52m 21-04.75

9 Davis, Cole

6.06m 19-10.75

Men Triple Jump

 

1 *Koelling, Matt

14.95m 49-00.75

2 *Honeycutt, Josh

14.87m 48-09.50

4 *Marshall, Doug

14.42m 47-03.75

Men Weight Throw

 

5 Roulhac, Kevin

17.19m 56-04.75

8 Loyd, Dustin

15.31m 50-02.75

10 SanMartin, Lucas

13.05m 42-09.75

 

*NCAA Division II Provisional Qualifier

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