10 ESU tracksters meet provisional qualifying marks at Twilight Qualifier
By The Emporia Gazette (Contact)
Monday, May 14, 2007
The Emporia State track and field team had 10 provisional qualifying marks at the ATG Sports Twilight Qualifier Saturday at Welch Stadium.
Tyson Allen led the Hornets, winning the javelin with a toss of 208 feet, 10 inches. The throw moves him up to seventh in the nation.
Craig Saalfield finished second in the high jump, leaping a school-record 6 feet, 11 inches, which ranks him 11th nationally.
The women’s 4x400 relay team ran a 3:47.88 to rank ninth among Division-II teams, while Kara Euler posted a 55.70 in the 400-meter dash to put herself at 12th in the nation.
Jonel Rossbach moved up one spot to 16th nationally with a time of 2:13.04 in the 800-meter run.
The other four provisional marks came in the throws for ESU. Damon Birk provisionally qualified in shot (53 feet, 3 inches) and discus (164-7), while Connie Philips (136-7) and Emily Morgan (134-6) did so in the javelin. All of their marks are just outside the top 16 nationally, meaning they might still be just shy of reaching the national championships in North Carolina.
The Division-II national championships start on May 24.
ATG Sports Twilight Qualifier
ESU Individual Results
Men Hammer Throw
5 Olivier, Trent 168-04
— Owens, Toni FOUL
Women Hammer Throw
— Grote, Steph FOUL
Men Discus Throw
4 Birk, Damon 164-07
— Owens, Toni FOUL
Women Discus Throw
9 Grote, Steph 131-00
14 Pannbacker, Molly 121-03
Men Javelin Throw
1 Allen, Tyson 208-10
Women Javelin Throw
2 Philips, Connie 136-07
3 Morgan, Emily 134-06
Men Long Jump
— Bertsche, Roger FOUL
Women Long Jump
5 Green, Ryan 17-06.25
— Nichols, Lynssey FOUL
Men High Jump
2 Saalfield, Craig 6-11.00
4 Andrews, Dustin 6-08.00
Women High Jump
— Robinson, Jennifer NH
Men Triple Jump
4 Koeling, Matt 46-03.25
Women Triple Jump
9 Koerner, Chrissy 36-03.50
Men Shot Put
6 Olivier, Trent 53-07.75
7 Birk, Damon 53-03.00
11 Jones, Corey 51-09.25
Women Shot Put
— Pannbacker, Molly FOUL
— Grote, Steph FOUL
Women 100 Meter Dash
Preliminaries
11 Kent, Brooke 12.58
Men 100 Meter Dash
14 Bertsche, Roger 11.55
Women 100 Meter Hurdles
13 Folk, Aubrey 15.98
Women 200 Meter Dash
7 Euler, Kara 24.97
12 Sill, Jaclyn 25.47
Men 200 Meter Dash
19 Mann, Kyle 23.67
Women 400 Meter Dash
5 Euler, Kara 55.70
7 Sill, Jaclyn 56.66
Men 400 Meter Dash
24 Mann, Kyle 51.24
Women 800 Meter Run
8 Rossbach, Jonel 2:13.04
Women 4x400 Meter Relay
3 ESU ‘A’ 3:47.88
Men 10000 Meter Run
1 Delmott, Skyler 32:05.87