Jonel Rossbach led the Emporia State track teams by finishing with a pair of conference championships and high-point honors as the Hornets competed at the MIAA Championships in Hays on Saturday and Sunday.
The ESU women placed fifth and the men sixth at the eight-team meet.
“We really battled the weather. We had four delays,” ESU track and field coach Dave Harris said. “It was hard to stay focused, and our young kids had a real difficult time with the delays.”
Rossbach’s 36 team points made her the highest point-scorer of the meet. She won the 3,000-meter (10:40.60) and 5,000-meter (17:34.22) and took second in the 800 (2:14.71) and 1,500 (4:37.85).
“She accepts what she has to do in those four events, but she doesn’t like to lose,” Harris said. “She got beat in the 800 and 1,500, and it was emotionally trying for her. I had to keep telling her the goal was not to win every race, but instead win the most points for the team. She was still determined to win every one.”
Jaclyn Sill had the other individual championship for the women, beating teammate Kara Euler in the 400-meter run for the first time ever in competition.
Sill finished with a provisionally qualifying time of 55.78 seconds, which is the third-fastest mark in ESU history.
“That’ll probably get her to North Carolina for the National Championships,” Harris said.
Euler was second with a time of 56.80 seconds.
The pair also provisionally qualified in the 200, finishing third and fifth, respectively, after posting their best times in the preliminary round.
Brooke Kent added the other women’s provisional mark, running a 12.00 in the preliminaries of the 100-meter dash.
Andy Vogelsberg set the MIAA record in the javelin, taking first with a throw of 232 feet, 10 inches.
It was his third MIAA javelin championship.
Vogelsberg also provisionally qualified in the discus, throwing 160 feet, 2 inches to take sixth.
Trent Olivier chipped in two more provisional marks, finishing second in the discus (172 feet, 9 inches) and third in the hammer throw (181 feet, 8 inches).
“Our stars always step up, and that’s how we can compete in the team standings,” Harris said. “Jonel, Kara, Jaclyn, along with Andy and Trent all did that this meet.”
Tyson Allen and Damon Birk were the other provisional qualifiers for the ESU men. Allen took third in the javelin (198 feet, 8 inches), while Birk was third in the discus (167 feet, 8 inches) and fourth in the shot put (53 feet, 2.75 inches).
Central Missouri swept the team titles, as the women finished with 188 points and the men had 159.
ESU next will play host to the ATG Sports Last Chance Meet on May 12. The event will start at Welch Stadium following ESU Commencement that same day.
MIAA Championships
Saturday and Sunday at Hays
Women 100 Meter Dash Preliminaries
3 *Brooke Kent 12.00
7 Lynnsey Nichols 12.36
Finals
6 Brooke Kent 12.54
8 Lynnsey Nichols 12.75
Women 200 Meter Dash
Preliminaries
1 *Kara Euler 24.48
4 *Jaclyn Sill 24.70
9 Lynnsey Nichols 25.39
Finals
3 Kara Euler 25.03
5 Jaclyn Sill 25.34
Women 400 Meter Dash
Preliminaries
1 Kara Euler 56.66
2 Jaclyn Sill 57.25
12 Danielle Sedivy 1:00.62
Finals
1 *Jaclyn Sill 55.78
2 Kara Euler 56.80
Women 800 Meter Run
Preliminaries
4 Jonel Rossbach 2:18.81
Finals
2 Jonel Rossbach 2:14.71
Women 1500 Meter Run
2 *Jonel Rossbach 4:37.85
Women 3000 Meter Run
1 Jonel Rossbach 10:40.60
Women 5000 Meter Run
1 *Jonel Rossbach 17:34.22
Women 100 Meter Hurdles
10 Aubrey Folk 14.99
Women 400 Meter Hurdles
9 Aubrey Folk 1:07.55
Women 4x100 Meter Relay
3 Emporia State 47.68
Kara Euler, Lynnsey Nichols, Jaclyn Sill, Brooke Kent Women 4x400 Meter Relay
4 Emporia State 3:56.20
Lynnsey Nichols, Danielle Sedivy, Jaclyn Sill, Kara Euler
Women High Jump
8 Jennifer Robinson 5-00.25
Women Long Jump
6 Jennifer Robinson 17-07.00
8 Brooke Kent 17-02.75
11 Lynnsey Nichols 16-09.75
15 Ryan Green 15-11.75
16 Chrissy Koerner 15-09.75
Women Triple Jump
9 Brooke Kent 35-05.00
10 Jennifer Robinson 35-01.75
13 Chrissy Koerner 34-06.75
Women Shot Put
12 Molly Pannbacker 38-00.25
17 Stephanie Grote 36-02.00
Women Discus Throw
11 Stephanie Grote 127-10
15 Molly Pannbacker 114-02
Women Hammer Throw
13 Stephanie Grote 144-10
15 Linzi Weilert 136-06
Women Javelin Throw
8 Emily Morgan 119-03
9 Connie Philips 118-08
13 Ryan Green 100-01
18 Stephanie Grote 73-05
Women Heptathlon
Completed in 4/30 at ESU
9 Aubrey Folk 4064
10 Ryan Green 3922
Men 100 Meter Dash
13 Larry Beamon 11.10
16 Roger Bertsche 11.24
18 Travis Lee 12.15
Men 200 Meter Dash
Preliminaries
6 Darius Garner 21.55
14 Larry Beamon 22.51
Finals
6 Darius Garner 22.25
Men 400 Meter Dash
Preliminaries
5 Darius Garner 48.96
11 Craig Saalfeld 49.88
12 Kyle Mann 50.47
19 James Hemphill 51.31
Finals
7 Darius Garner 49.09
Men 800 Meter Run
13 Michael Stephens 1:58.60
15 Jonathan Heinicke 1:59.27
Men 1500 Meter Run
7 Shea Camien 4:03.57
Men 5000 Meter Run
9 Skyler Delmott 15:35.20
18 Brock Ternes 16:06.40
Men 10000 Meter Run
8 Brock Ternes 34:26.79
Men 110 Meter Hurdles
11 Roger Bertsche 15.46
14 Cameron Babb 17.20
Men 3000 Meter Steeplechase
6 Skyler Delmott 9:39.98
12 David Gibson 10:19.67
Men 4x100 Meter Relay
5 Emporia State 43.64
James Hemphill, Darius Garner, Larry Beamon, Roger Bertsche
Men 4x400 Meter Relay
5 Emporia State 3:20.25
Larry Beamon, Darius Garner, Craig Saalfeld, Kyle Mann
Men High Jump
3 Dustin Andrews 6-05.50
6 Craig Saalfeld 6-03.50
11 Marshall O’Brien 6-01.50
Men Long Jump
5 Cameron Babb 22-05.25
15 Matt Koelling 21-00.75
16 Dustin Loyd 20-10.75
17 Dustin Andrews 20-05.25
Men Triple Jump
4 Matt Koelling 46-06.75
6 Dustin Andrews 45-11.25
9 Douglas Marshall 44-03.25
Men Shot Put
4 *Damon Birk 53-02.75
8 Trent Olivier 51-01.50
9 Corey Jones 48-11.00
Men Discus Throw
2 *Trent Olivier 172-09
3 *Damon Birk 167-08
6 *Andy Vogelsberg 160-02
Men Hammer Throw
3 *Trent Olivier 181-08
Men Javelin Throw
1 **Andy Vogelsberg 232-10
3 *Tyson Allen 198-08
6 Cameron Babb 182-08
Men Decathlon
Completed 4/30 at ESU
2 *Cameron Babb 6674
Women’s Team Scores
1) Central Missouri 188
2) Pittsburg State 180
3) Truman 105
4) Missouri Southern 103
5) Emporia State 84.50
6) Fort Hays State 81
7) NW Missouri 80.50
8) SW Baptist 35
Men’s Team Scores
1) Central Missouri 159
2) Missouri Southern 132.50
3) Pittsburg State 122.50
4) Fort Hays State 121.50
5) NW Missouri 107
6) Emporia State 95.50
7) Truman 53
8) SW Baptist 25