Smith Sets Javelin Record, Green Wins Twice at Emporia
May 11, 2002 | Track & Field
May 11, 2002
EMPORIA, Kan. - Sophomore Craig Smith set a Kansas State school record and automatically qualified for the upcoming NCAA Outdoor National Championships with his winning throw in the men's javelin Saturday at the ATG Sports / Emporia Twilight Qualifier track and field meet at Emporia State University.
K-State junior Rebekah Green won the women's discus at 166-11 and later captured the shot put at 53-11.75. Her discus mark was a career-best by more than four feet and hit the provisional-qualifying standard of 164-0. Green won the shot put by more than eight feet over Kara Brockmeier of Emporia State, posting a season-best and improving her NCAA automatic mark.
Smith, a native of Hutchinson Kan., had a mark of 237 feet, 8 inches to win the javelin. His winning throw came in the fifth round and earned him the victory over John Hetzendorf, an unattached athlete who had taken the lead on the second round with a throw of 231-9.
Smith became the first K-State male athlete to hit an automatic-qualifying mark this season. His throw was 23 feet past his previous season-best, and broke the previous school record of 232-7 set in 1995 by T.J. Turner. Smith's mark was the ninth-best this season in the NCAA based on marks coming into this weekend.
Also Saturday, Teena Clincy of Kansas State earned a first in the women's triple jump and a second in the 100-meter hurdles. Clincy had a wind-aided mark of 40-11.50 in the triple jump to win by more than a foot over Emporia State's Emilee Hamlin. The Wildcat senior later went 13.65 in the 100 hurdles to earn a personal record and remain in second place on the K-State all-time list in the event.
Kansas State will compete next Friday, Saturday and Sunday in the Big 12 Conference Outdoor Championships at the University of Missouri.
WOMEN'S EVENTS (First-place and K-State results)
100m Hurdles - 1. Kasia Williams, Barton County CC, 13.63; 2. Teena Clincy, K-State, 13.65.
Triple Jump - 1. Teena Clincy, K-State, 40-11.50; 2. Emilee Hamlin, Emporia State, 39-4.
Hammer - 1. Shari Fritzemeier, Pittsburg State, 163-5... 6. Leslie Mikos, K-State, 160-10; 8. Amanda Riffel, K-State, 154-8; 10. Tabra Alpers, K-State, 150-0; Mary McDonald, K-State, 147-8; 14. Tara Hacker, K-State, 147-2; 15. Rebekah Green, K-State, 147-2.
Javelin - 1. Andrea Bulat, Kansas, 156-6... 5. Mandi Peterson, K-State, 144-1; 14. Tabra Alpers, K-State, 131-3.
Discus - 1. Rebekah Green, K-State, 166-11; 2. Shari Fritzemeier, Pittsburg State, 154-1... 5. Leslie Mikos, K-State, 146-1.
Shot Put - 1. Rebekah Green, K-State, 53-11.75; 2. Kara Brockmeier, Emporia State, 45-8.50... 12. Lisa Beachler, K-State, 40-9.75.
MEN'S EVENTS
800 - 1. Timothy Dunne, Missouri, 1:50.71... 13. Kelly Chance, K-State, 1:52.85; 27. Josh Mohr, K-State, 1:56.04.
1,500 - 1. Paul Kezes, Western State, 3:48.65... 13. Trevor Smith, K-State 4:08.19.Javelin - 1. Craig Smith, K-State, 237-8; 2. John Hetzendorf, Unatt., 231-9.
Hammer - 1. Russ Bell, Missouri, 206-6... 4. Tarl Vetter, K-State, 177-1; 6. Adam Walker, K-State, 171-5; 13. Ty Kane, K-State, 162-6; 15. Sky Hoffman, K-State, 156-7.
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Newman Gets Track Record in Nebraska
LINCOLN, Neb. - Kansas State junior Terence Newman set a stadium record of 10.25 seconds by winning the men's 100-meter dash Saturday at a track and field meet hosted by the University of Nebraska.
Newman, who set the Wildcats' school record earlier this year at 10.20 seconds, snapped the Ed Weir Stadium mark of 10.32 set in 1994 by Riley Washington of Nebraska. Newman won Saturday's 100-meter final by a half-second over Jamie Sperle, running unattached.
Jared MacLeod also won on the men's side for K-State, rolling to a comfortable victory in the 110-meter hurdles. He won the event in 14.00 seconds, nearly a full-second over Joel Terry of Northwest Missouri. Charlie Robben had a season-best mark of 6-8.75 to finish third in the high jump, while Koli Hurst had season-bests in both the 200 and 400.
For the Wildcat women, Chaytan Hill, Kendra Wecker and Carmen Wright all won events on Saturday.
Hill, a K-State freshman, won the women's triple jump in 41-10.50, adding nearly 15 inches to her previous season-best for the Wildcats. She moved into fourth place on K-State's all-time list in that event. Wecker won the javelin at 169-9 for the Wildcats, while Wright had a season-best of 1:01.10 to win the women's 400 hurdles.
Senior Austra Skujyte competed in four events, placing second in the shot put (51-5), sixth in the high jump (5-5.25), fourth in the 100 hurdles (14.25) and sixth in the 100-meter dash (12.56). K-State assistant coach Shelia Burrell won the 100 hurdles in 13.35 seconds.
WOMEN'S EVENTS (First-place and K-State results)
Shot Put - 1. Becky Breisch, Nebraska, 53-9.75; 2. Austra Skujyte, K-State, 51-5.
Javelin - 1. Kendra Wecker, K-State, 169-9; 2. Cassi Morelock, Unatt., 167-3.
Triple Jump - 1. Chaytan Hill, K-State, 41-10.50; 2. Ashleigh Halderman, K-State, 38-4.75.
Pole Vault - T1. Kelly Bowen, Nebraska Wesleyan, and Christi Lehman, Nebraska, 12-5.50... T6. Aubree Moore, K-State, and Sarah James, K-State, 10-6.
High Jump - 1. Jessica Thompson, Unatt., 5-9.25; 2. Morgan High, K-State, 5-9.25... 6. Austra Skujyte, K-State, 5-5.25; 7. Brie Madden, K-State, 5-3.25.
100m Hurdles - 1. Shelia Burrell, Nike, 13.35... 4. Austra Skujyte, K-State, 14.25.
100m - 1. Tiffany Kennedy, Drake, 12.09... 6. Austra Skujyte, K-State, 12.56.
400 Hurdles - 1. Carmen Wright, K-State, 1:01.10; 2. Kari Retzlaff, Concordia, 1:06.36.
200 - 1. Shelley-Ann Brown, Nebraska, 24.0; 2. Queeneth Evurunobi, K-State, 24.3... 4. Gaven Jones, K-State, 25.1.
MEN'S EVENTS
Pole Vault - 1. T.J. Kloster, Concordia, 17-0.75... 4. Jim Gruenbacher, K-State, 16-0.75.
High Jump - 1. Kyle Odvody, Nebraska, 6-10.75... 3. Charlie Robben, K-State, 6-8.75.
4x100 Relay - 1. Nebraska, 40.48; 2. K-State (Pat Pyle, Dusty McDonald, C.J. Jamison, Terence Newman) 40.67.
110 Hurdles - 1. Jared MacLeod, K-State, 14.00; 2. Joel Terry, Northwest Missouri, 14.82... 6. Josef Karas, K-State, 15.67.
400 - 1. John Kelley, Nebraska, 47.14... 4. Koli Hurst, K-State, 49.59.
100m - 1. Terence Newman, K-State, 10.25; 2. Jamie Sperle, Unatt., 10.78; 3. C.J. Jamison, K-State, 10.78; 7. Josef Karas, K-State, 11.30.
400 Hurdles - 1. Nick Stewart, Oakley, 50.17... 4. Haldor Harms, K-State, 55.17.
200 - 1. Jimmy Pino, Nebraska, 20.74... 7. Dusty McDonald, K-State, 21.71; 8. Koli Hurst, K-State, 21.95; 9. Jared MacLeod, K-State, 22.13; 11. Josef Karas, K-State, 22.83.
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