11 Hornets claim Titles
Tuesday, April 10, 2007
By Jesse Newell
newell@emporiagazette.com
Andy Vogelsberg had a name for his tendency to throw poorly early in the season before turning it on late.
“The last three years,” Vogelsberg said, “I’ve just kind of been like a sleeper.”
The Emporia State senior was able to drop that title Monday while adding another — automatic national qualifier — as he led the Hornets to one of 11 individual championships in the re-scheduled ESU State Farm Relays.
The defending national champion Vogelsberg tossed the javelin 228 feet, 4 inches, winning the event with the second-best throw of his life.
His all-time best was 245 feet, 3 inches at the National Championships last year.
“I know he was feeling good,” ESU coach Dave Harris said, “and it takes a lot to make him feel good in the javelin because he has very high standards.”
Vogelsberg hit the automatic qualifying mark in just his second meet of the season even with a body fatigued from his weight-lifting program.
Most encouraging for him, though, might have been his consistency. After setting a provisionally qualifying mark last week in Arlington, Texas, Vogelsberg had three consecutive strong throws in the finals on Monday.
“That was my goal this year — I wanted to be consistently at the top instead of just coming on late,” Vogelsberg said. “It’s almost exciting right now that I’m missing positions and throwing what I am because I know there’s so much more in there.”
Freshman Derius Garner also had a solid day for ESU, winning a pair of running events.
After posting a time of 48.8 seconds in the 400-meter dash at Arlington last week, Garner followed it up with a 48.9-second mark in the chilly air Monday, taking the win by .31 seconds.
“It’s a lot harder in the cold,” Garner said. “I’m from Omaha, Neb., but we don’t run that much when it’s real cold. It’s usually really hot.”
After picking up his victory T-shirt in the press box, Garner told Harris that he would be back up to take his 200-meter shirt later.
“I like to stand behind my words,” a smiling Garner said.
Sure enough, the freshman came through on his promise, closing in late on unattached Idiatro Jeremiah to win the 200-meter race with a time of 22.78 seconds.
“He’s a confident freshman. I like to see that,” Harris said. “I like it when a freshman makes a name for themselves, and he’s doing that.”
Connie Phillips took a step forward in her comeback from injury, provisionally qualifying with a throw of 137 feet, 8 inches in the javelin.
The mark put her at second place behind only Kansas State’s Ashley Reider.
Phillips was an All-American in the javelin her freshman season before sitting out all of last year with a back injury.
“It’s been a little struggle,” Phillips said. “I had to get over the injury in my back and also get through my head to get through it.”
The sophomore said the biggest obstacle had been getting over the fear that of re-injuring herself.
“You know that your back is healthy, but in your head you’re like, ‘Oh, if I strain it too much, I could injure it,’” Phillips said. “That’s always in the back of your mind.”
Trent Olivier took the other provisionally qualifying mark for ESU, throwing 164 feet, 2 inches in the discus to place second. He also took fourth in both the hammer (160 feet, 4 inches) and shot put (50 feet, 11 inches).
Freshman Jennifer Robinson added a pair of championships, winning the high jump (5 feet, 3 inches) and also the triple jump (35 feet, 1.25 inches).
Kara Euler (200-meter dash), Brooke Kent (long jump), Molly Pannbacker (discus), Cameron Babb (long jump), and Douglas Marshall (triple jump) had the other individual championships for the Hornets.
ESU will play host to its next meet this weekend, participating in the Papa John’s D-II Challenge.
The meet is unique in that team standings are kept.
“It’s a chance to line up and score,” Harris said, “and we don’t so that in track and field very often anymore.”
ESU State Farm Relays
Monday at Emporia
ESU Results
Women 100 Meter Dash
3 Kent, Brooke 12.26
Women 200 Meter Dash
1 Euler, Kara 25.49
2 Sill, Jaclyn 25.79
3 Nichols, Lynnsey 26.22
4 Sedivy, Danielle 26.78
6 Green, Ryan 27.69
Women 100 Meter Hurdles
3 Folk, Aubrey 15.34
Women 400 Meter Hurdles
2 Folk, Aubrey 1:08.11
Women 4x100 Meter Relay
1 Emporia State ‘A’ 49.13
Women High Jump
1 Robinson, Jennifer 5-03.00
Women Long Jump
1 Kent, Brooke 17-07.00
2 Green, Ryan 16-06.00
3 Koerner, Chrissy 16-04.50
4 Nichols, Lynnsey 15-06.75
Women Triple Jump
1 Robinson, Jennifer 35-01.25
Women Shot Put
2 Pannbacker, Molly 40-00.75
3 Weilert, Linzi 39-06.00
5 Grote, Stephanie 38-00.25
7 Green, Ryan 30-03.50
Women Discus Throw
1 Pannbacker, Molly 128-10
2 Grote, Stephanie 126-00
Women Hammer Throw
4 Grote, Stephanie 145-04
5 Weilert, Linzi 142-05
Women Javelin Throw
2 *Phillips, Connie 137-08
4 Morgan, Emily 129-02
Men 100 Meter Dash
3 Loyd, Dustin 11.74
Men 200 Meter Dash
1 Garner, Derius 22.78
4 Mann, Kyle 24.15
Men 400 Meter Dash
1 Garner, Derius 48.90
5 Mann, Kyle 51.09
6 Hemphill, James 52.69
Men 800 Meter Run
2 Wellman, Eric 1:58.68
3 Stephens, Michael 1:59.09
8 Heinicke, Jonathan 2:04.80
Men 1,500 Meter Run
6 Camien, Shea 4:07.69
8 Summers, Marcus 4:15.08
9 Delmott, Skyler 4:16.55
11 Ternes, Brock 4:17.34
19 Gibson, David 4:25.42
Men 110 Meter Hurdles
2 Bertsche, Roger 16.01
Men 400 Meter Hurdles
2 Bertsche, Roger 1:03.92
Men 4x800 Meter Relay
2 Emporia State ‘A’ 8:25.19
3 Emporia State ‘B’ 8:33.60
Men High Jump
2 Andrews, Dustin 6-06.75
3 O’Brien, Marshall 6-02.75
Men Pole Vault
3 Babb, Cameron 11-00.25
Men Long Jump
1 Babb, Cameron 22-08.00
2 Loyd, Dustin 21-02.50
4 Andrews, Dustin 20-09.75
Men Triple Jump
1 Marshall, Douglas 42-11.50
Men Shot Put
4 Olivier, Trent 50-11.00
5 Birk, Damon 50-06.00
6 Jones, Corey 50-01.75
Men Hammer Throw
4 Olivier, Trent 160-04
6 Birk, Damon 144-01
7 Owens, Anthony 135-07
Men Discus Throw
2 *Olivier, Trent 164-02
6 Birk, Damon 151-00
10 Owens, Anthony 120-00
Men Javelin Throw
1 **Vogelsberg, Andy 228-04
*NCAA Provisional Qualifier
** NCAA Automatic Qualifier