Wildcat Track & Field Teams Retain `The Jug'
Jan 24, 2003 | Track & Field
Jan. 24, 2003
LAWRENCE, Kan. - Senior Amy Mortimer won both the mile run and 3,000 meters for women, leading Kansas State to victory in a triangular indoor track and field meet with Kansas and Missouri held Friday at the Anschutz Pavilion.
The winner of the annual meet retains a milk jug used as a traveling trophy for the event, which combines men's and women's team scores in a unique format. Kansas State outscored the Jayhawks and Tigers in team scoring on both the men's and women's side, finishing with 272 combined points. Kansas was second with 227.5 points and Missouri finished third at 220.5.
Kansas State has won the meet each of the last five years and in eight of the last nine years. K-State has won 12 of the 14 triangulars in the series.
"I'm very happy we won the meet," said Wildcat head coach Cliff Rovelto. "I think the score will be reflective to some degree of the caliber of the team. We had a lot of kids who had good performances and who had personal-bests.
"Amy had two good solid races. We know she's not ready yet to go fast, but she competed very well.
"We had some mistakes early in the meet and some people who didn't have good performances. I think we're capable of being really good this year, and I just want to see us live up to what we're capable of."
Mortimer won the women's mile in an NCAA provisional-qualifying time of 4:48.11. It was her first appearance in the mile during this indoor season. She came back to double in winning the 3,000, running 9:47.62. She won the event by more than 10 seconds over Valerie Lauver of Missouri.
Joseph Lee had an outstanding meet for the Kansas State men. He won the 600-yard run in 1:09.71, setting meet and Anschutz records in the process. He came back later to anchor the Wildcats' winning 4x800 relay, which also set meet and facility marks at 7:40.79.
Rebekah Green, Coby Cost and Dustin Schmidt each continued strong early-season streaks for the Wildcats.
Green set the school record in the women's shot put for the second straight week. She won the shot at 56-8.50, improving her previous-best from last week by a half-inch. Her mark broke her own meet record by more than two feet and the stadium record.
Cost set the school record in the men's weight throw for the second straight week. Cost won in 67-11.50, adding 18.5 inches to his previous school-best of 66-5. Prior to Cost's two-week string, the record stood at 64-4.50. Cost's throw also improved his provisional-qualifying mark in the weight throw.
For the second straight week, Schmidt set a career-best in the pole vault. He cleared 17-2.75 to win the event. At last weekend's Wildcat Invitational, he cleared 17 feet for the first time indoors.
Chaytan Hill won the women's triple jump with a career-best 42-1.50. Her effort improved her provisional-qualifying mark, as she became only the third Wildcat ever past 42 feet indoors in the triple jump. Her mark was a stadium record, surpassing the 41-5.75 set by Texas' Robyne Johnson in 1985.
Transfers Lysaria Roman Del-Valle and Michael Kizinkewich each made the most of their K-State debuts, winning their events.
Roman-Del Valle won the women's 800 meters in 2:12.46 to outkick Amanda Bales of Missouri. Roman-Del Valle is a transfer student from Puerto Rico. Kizinkewich, a transfer from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, won the men's high jump in his Wildcat debut, clearing 6-11.50. Kyle Lancaster went 6-9.50 to finish second for the Wildcats.
Other Wildcats who won individual events were Shunte Thomas (women's 400), Shauna Burrell (women's 1,000), Morgan High (women's high jump), Amanda Riffel (women's weight throw), Will Rogers (men's 400), Erik Sproll (men's 1,000) and Josef Karas (men's long jump).
Robbie Harriford of Kansas also won two events, capturing the women's 60 and 200 races.
Kansas State competes next Saturday at the J.D. Martin Invitational at the University of Oklahoma.
MEET NOTES
* Sophomore Janelle Wright finished second in the 60-meter hurdles in 8.81 seconds. It was a career-best by 0.10 seconds and mjoved her into third place on the Wildcats' all-time list in that event.
* Freshman Shunte Thomas cut more than a second off her previous season-best to win the women's 400 meters in 57.60.
* Queeneth Evurunobi had a career-best 7.67 in the 60-meter dash to finish second. Evurunbi moved into fourth on the Wildcats' career list with that mark.
* Morgan High won the women's high jump in a season-best mark of 5-10.50. High improved her provisional-qualifying mark with the victory.
* Ashley Stevens had the best mark of the season by a Wildcat to finish second in the women's 200. She finished in 25.09, just ahead of Thomas, who ran 25.55.
* Junior Shauna Burrell had her best mark of the season in winning the women's 1,000 in 2:56.03.
* Amanda Riffel also posted a season-best for the Wildcats to win the women's weight throw at 57-1. K-State finished 1-2-3 in the weight throw, with Rebekah Green placing second (56-6.50) and Alicia Wiese in third (54-6).
* Will Rogers and Joseph Bennett finished 1-3 for the 'Cats in the 400 meters. Rogers won in 49.39, with Bennett in 50.46.
* Joseph Lee won the men's 600 meters in 1:09.71, the fastest time by a Wildcat in that event this season. Lee's mark moved him into fifth on the all-time list in that event. Lee's marks were new meet and Anschutz Pavilion records. The previous meet record of 1:10.98 was set by Kansas' Gene Coleman in 1997.
* Pat Agwu ran a season-best 6.98 in the men's 60-meter dash, finishing fourth. His mark moved him into a four-way tie for eighth on the Wildcats' all-time list.
* Two Kansas State football players made their first outings with the Wildcat track and field team. Cornerback Jerry McCloud finished sixth in the men's 60 at 7.22 seconds, while receiver Brandon Solt was sixth in the 200 meters at 23.05.
* Pat Agwu moved into third on the men's 200-meter career list at 21.41. Agwu is a junior transfer from Neosho County CC. Dusty McDonald was third at 22.11.
* Christian Smith posted the best mark of the indoor season by a Wildcat with his third-place finish in the 800, finishing in 1:54.06.
* Erik Sproll of K-State won the 1,000 in 2:26.32. The mark, converted due to Kansas' oversized track, was a career-best for the Wildcat sophomore.
* Josef Karas won the men's long jump for Kansas State at 23-3.50. Draudvila was sixth at 21-1.50.
* Mathew Chesang went 8:35.56 to finish second in the men's 3,000, posting the best time of the season for K-State.
* Kansas State's 4x800 relay team set meet and Anschutz records with its win. Kelly Chance, Christian Smith, Erik Sproll and Joseph Lee won in 7:40.79, snapping the meet mark of 7:42.3 set by Kansas in 1990 and the track record of 7:48.05 set at the 2000 triangular.
* The Wildcats' 4x400 relay team of Pat Agwu, Will Rogers, Joseph Bennett and Dusty McDonald set a meet record with its victory at 3:15.49. The old mark was 3:16.16 set by the Wildcats in 1998.
* Freshman Breanna Eveland moved into second on the K-State all-time list in the women's pole vault. She finished second in the meet at 12-1.50. It was the best mark of the season by a Wildcat.
TEAM SCORES - MEN'S AND WOMEN'S COMBINED
1. Kansas State 272; 2. Kansas 227.5; 3. Missouri 220.5.
WOMEN'S RESULTS
Mile Run - 1. Amy Mortimer, K-State, 4:48.11; 2. Amanda Bales, Missouri, 4:49.36... 5. Trisha Culbertson, K-State, 5:14.39.
60-Meter Hurdles - 1. Brooklyn Hann, Kansas, 8.77; 2. Janelle Wright, K-State, 8.81... 8. Annika Haedt, K-State, 9.57; 9. Breanna Eveland, K-State, 9.68.
Long Jump - 1. Charisse Bacchus, Kansas, 18-11.25... 3. Janelle Wright, K-State, 18-4.50; 4. Chaytan Hill, K-State, 18-2.25.
400 Meters - 1. Shunte Thomas, K-State, 57.60; 2. Stacy Keller, Kansas, 57.84... 4. Krista Harmon, K-State, 59.65.
600 Yards - 1. Kim Clark, Kansas, 1:23.21; 2. Nicole Grose, K-State, 1:24.32; 3. Samantha Murillo, K-State, 1:25.47.
60 Meters - 1. Robbie Harriford, Kansas, 7.60; 2. Queeneth Evurunobi, K-State, 7.67... 5. Ashley Stevens, K-State, 7.90.
High Jump - 1. Morgan High, K-State, 5-10.50; 2. Jenny Bybee, Missouri, 5-6.50... T4. Janelle Wright, K-State, 5-4.50.
800 Meters - 1. Lysaria Roman-Del Valle, K-State, 2:12.46; 2. Amanda Bales, Missouri, 2:12.70... 7. Laura Boroughs, K-State, 2:28.14; 10. Megan McGreevy, K-State, 2:34.76.
200 Meters - 1. Robbie Harriford, Kansas, 24.87; 2. Ashley Stevens, K-State, 25.09; 3. Shunte Thomas, K-State, 25.55.
1,000 Meters - 1. Shauna Burrell, K-State, 2:56.03; 2. Kristen Hansen, Missouri, 2:57.19... 6. Pam Shelite, K-State, 3:08.22.
Weight Throw - 1. Amanda Riffel, K-State, 57-1; 2. Rebekah Green, K-State, 56-6.50; 3. Alicia Wiese, K-State, 54-6... 9. Lisa Beachler, K-State, 45-10.50.
3,000 Meters - 1. Amy Mortimer, K-State, 9:47.62; 2. Valerie Lauver, Missouri, 9:58.24... 6. Trish Culbertson, K-State, 10:16.51.
Triple Jump - 1. Chaytan Hill, K-State, 42-1.50; 2. Brooklyn Hann, Kansas, 40-8.75; 3. Queeneth Evurunobi, K-State, 39-10.50.
4x800 Relay - 1. Kansas State (Samantha Murillo, Erin Mortimer, Nicole Grose, Lysaria Roman-Del Valle), 9:29.16; 2. Missouri, 9:29.94.
4x400 Relay - 1. Kansas, 3:49.82; 2. Kansas State (Ashley Stevens, Shunte Thomas, Krista Harmon, Chaytan Hill), 3:57.73.
Pole Vault - 1. Jennifer Bennett, Missouri, 13-0.25; 2. Breanna Eveland, K-State, 12-1.50; 4. Annika Haedt, K-State, 11-7.75; 6. Sarah James, K-State, 10-8.
Shot Put - 1. Rebekah Green, K-State, 56-8.50; 2. Janae Strickland, Missouri, 50-3.25... 6. Lisa Beachler, K-State, 42-11.
MEN'S RESULTS
Mile Run - 1. Ryan Hampton, Missouri, 4:18.45; 2. Mathew Chesang, K-State, 4:19.17... 6. Drew Tonniges, K-State, 4:24.94.
Weight Throw - 1. Coby Cost, K-State, 67-11.50; 2. Russ Bell, Missouri, 63-0.75... 4. Adam Walker, K-State, 61-0.25; 5. Tarl Vetter, K-State, 59-10.25; 6. Ty Kane, K-State, 57-8.25.
60-Meter Hurdles - 1. Anson Jackson, Kansas, 7.97... 4. Darius Draudvila, K-State, 8.71.
400 Meters - 1. Will Rogers, K-State, 49.39; 2. Jason Jones, Missouri, 50.37; 3. Joseph Bennett, K-State, 50.46.
600 Yards - 1. Joseph Lee, K-State, 1:09.71; 2. Luke Steinbrink, Kansas, 1:12.42... 4. Eric Garrett, K-State, 1:14.08.
60 Meters - 1. Marquis Davis, Missouri, 6.89... 4. Pat Agwu, K-State, 6.98; 5. Dusty McDonald, K-State, 7.05; 6. Jerry McCloud, K-State, 7.22.
Pole Vault - 1. Dustin Schmidt, K-State, 17-2.75; 2. Jeremy Hull, Kansas, 16-8.75... 5. Dylan Schmidt, K-State, 15-3.
200 Meters - 1. Leo Bookman, Kansas, 21.38; 2. Pat Agwu, K-State, 21.41; 3. Dusty McDonald, K-State, 22.11... 6. Brandon Solt, K-State, 23.05.
1,000 Meters - 1. Erik Sproll, K-State, 2:26.32; 2. Rem Moll, Missouri, 2:27.13... 5. Trevor Smith, K-State, 2:31.68.
800 Meters - 1. Timothy Dunne, Missouri, 1:53.63... 3. Christian Smith, K-State, 1:54.06; 6. Josh Mohr, K-State, 1:57.49.
Long Jump - 1. Josef Karas, K-State, 23-3.50; 2. Benaud Shirley, Kansas, 22-11... 6. Darius Draudvila, K-State, 21-1.50.
3,000 Meters - 1. Tim Ross, Missouri, 8:33.00; 2. Mathew Chesang, K-State, 8:35.56... 6. Joe Moore, K-State, 8:56.77; 13. Martin Boos, K-State, 10:06.10.
4x800 Relay - 1. Kansas State (Kelly Chance, Christian Smith, Erik Sproll, Joseph Lee), 7:40.79; 2. Kansas, 7:44.36.
High Jump - 1. Michael Kizinkewich, K-State, 6-11.50; 2. Kyle Lancaster, K-State, 6-9.50... 5. Charlie Robben, K-State, 6-7.50; 8. Marquis Clark, K-State, 6-7.50; 9. Richard Warren, K-State, 6-3.50.
4x400 Relay - 1. Kansas State (Pat Agwu, Will Rogers, Joseph Bennett, Dusty McDonald), 3:15.49; 2. Kansas, 3:18.15.
Shot Put - 1. Christian Cantwell, Missouri, 65-7.75... 4. Coby Cost, K-State, 51-0.75; 5. Nick Long, K-State, 48-1.75; 6. Tarl Vetter, K-State, 46-8.75; 7. Josef Karas, K-State, 43-5.75.
Triple Jump - 1. Benaud Shirley, Kansas, 49-6.50; 2. Stelios Kapsalis, K-State, 48-11.50.
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