Wildcats Get Three Victories at Emporia State Relays
Apr 05, 2003 | Track & Field
April 5, 2003
EMPORIA, Kan. - Rebekah Green, Tabra Alpers and Nicole Grose of Kansas State won individual events, while Craig Smith and Marquis Clark hit regional-qualifying marks, to lead the Wildcats at the Euler State Farm Emporia State Relays on Saturday.
Green won the women's hammer, hitting a career-best for the second straight week with a throw of 180-1. The Wildcat senior moved into third place on the all-time list in the hammer by going two feet past the mark she hit last weekend at the Arizona State Invitational. Alpers was third with a career-best 158-6, moving into eighth all-time, with Amanda Riffel in fifth at 155-4.
Later in the meet, Alpers and Mandi Peterson finished 1-2 in the women's javelin. Alpers won the event on her final throw, with her mark of 145-2 beating Peterson by 10 inches. Green also placed third in the shot put at 46-11, with former Wildcat Austra Skujyte winning at 49-8.25.
Grose won the womens' 400 at 56.8 seconds, while finishing second in the prelims of the 200 at 25.39.
On the men's side, Clark hit the qualifying mark for the NCAA regionals with his second-place finish in the high jump. Clark cleared 6-9.75, a quarter-inch past than the regional standard, and will join teammates Mike Kizinkewich and Kyle Lancaster as regional qualifiers.
Smith also picked up an NCAA mark in the men's javelin, placing second with a throw of 210-4, going 12 feet past his previous season-best in a return to the site of his school-record throw from last year.
Coby Cost had a second-place finish for the Wildcats in the discus (154-0). Mathew Chesang (1,500 meters), Joe Moore (3,000 steeplechase) and Nick Long (shot put) each had thirds for K-State.
Complete results of the Emporia State Relays are available atwww.emporia.edu/athletics/track/03ESURelaysresults.htm.
Kansas State travels to Miami, Fla., next weekend for the Gatorade Classic.
Euler State Farm ESU Relays
WOMEN'S INDIVIDUAL RESULTS (First-place and K-State results)
200 Meter Prelims - 1. Vanitta Kinard, Nike, 25.16; 2. Nicole Grose, K-State, 25.39.
400 Meters - 1. Nicole Grose, K-State, 56.8; 2. Cheryl Harmon, Nebraska, 57.1.
800 Meters - 1. Jenna Bimbi, Kansas, 2:14.8... 6. Laura Boroughs, K-State, 2:20.6; 11. Pam Shelite, K-State, 2:23.2; 16. Megan McGreevy, K-State, 2:25.6.
1,500 Meters - 1. Molly Wedel, South Dakota, 4:42.0... 4. Pam Shelite, K-State, 4:51.6.
100 Hurdles - 1. Lindsay Eck, Wichita State, 13.87... 21. Breanna Eveland, K-State, 17.70.
400 Hurdles - 1. Kayla Pauly, Emporia State, 1:03.7... 5. Valeria Mendoza, K-State, 1:06.9.
4x400 Relay - 1. Nebraska, 3:51.0... 7. K-State, 4:18.8.
Pole Vault - 1. Marci Miller, South Dakota, 11-11.75... 3. Annika Haedt, K-State, 11-5.75; 5. Breanna Eveland, K-State, 10-11.75; 6. Sarah James, K-State, 10-11.75.
Long Jump - 1. Denise Scott, Cloud County CC, 19-6.75... 10. Ashleigh Halderman, K-State, 17-11.
Triple Jump - 1. Emilee Hamlin, Emporia State, 39-8.75... 6. Ashleigh Halderman, K-State, 37-1.75.
Shot Put - 1. Austra Skujyte, Nike, 49-8.25... 3. Rebekah Green, K-State, 46-11; 8. Lisa Beachler, K-State, 41-9.25; 10. Alicia Wiese, K-State, 39-11.50.
Discus - 1. Kara Brockmeier, Emporia State, 141-10; 2. Alicia Wiese, K-State, 138-11; 12. Rebekah Green, K-State, 116-0.
Hammer - 1. Rebekah Green, K-State, 180-1; 2. Dion McNeal, UMKC, 164-10; 3. Tabra Alpers, K-State, 158-6... 5. Amanda Riffel, K-State, 155-4; 12. Lisa Beachler, K-State, 142-11.
Javelin - 1. Tabra Alpers, K-State, 145-2; 2. Mandi Peterson, K-State, 144-4... 8. Heidi Stinson, K-State, 126-5.
MEN'S INDIVIDUAL RESULTS
400 Meters - 1. Justin Stigge, Emporia State, 48.8... 4. Marcelo Dunning, K-State, 49.8.
800 Meters - 1. Justin Pitchford, Butler County CC, 1:52.9... 24. Josh Mohr, K-State, 2:00.7; 29. Steve Carlson, K-State, 2:02.4.
1,500 Meters - 1. Charlie Gruber, Unatt., 3:49.9... 3. Mathew Chesang, K-State, 3:53.2; 5. Trevor Smith, K-State, 4:00.8.
110 Hurdles - 1. Wayne Reynolds, South Dakota, 14.5... T11. Darius Draudvila, K-State, 15.57; 21. Josef Karas, K-State, 16.16.
3,000 Steeplechase - 1. Sean Daniels, Cloud County CC, 9:23.5... 3. Joe Moore, K-State, 9:38.3; 4. Rogers Kipchumba, K-State, 9:39.2; 6. Matt Swedlund, K-State, 9:48.2.
High Jump - 1. Charles Burney, Unatt., 6-9.75; 2. Marquis Clark, K-State, 6-9.75; T10. Richard Warren, K-State, 6-2.
Shot Put - 1. Bradford Williams, Butler County CC, 54-10... 3. Nick Long, K-State, 47-5.75; 7. Coby Cost, K-State, 44-4.25; 10. Darius Draudvila, K-State, 42-10.25.
Discus - 1. Bradford Williams, Butler County CC, 170-0; 2. Coby Cost, K-State, 154-0; 7. Nick Long, K-State, 138-0.
Hammer - 1. Richard Ulm, Unatt., 203-8; 2. Tarl Vetter, K-State, 176-0... 4. Adam Walker, K-State, 169-3; 6. Coby Cost, K-State, 160-6.
Javelin - 1. Scott Warren, Unatt., 229-3; 2. Craig Smith, K-State, 210-4.
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