Sports Briefs
Saturday, February 21, 2009
Krause, Schaefer reach state semis
Emporia High divers Derek Krause and Brett Schaefer both made the first cut in the state preliminaries on Friday night at Capitol Federal Natatorium in Topeka.
Krause finished eighth in the prelims and Schaefer finished ninth, sending both to the state semifinals. The field of divers was trimmed Friday night from 37 participants to 20. Sam Nolan, the Spartans’ third representative in the state diving competition, missed the cut.
The state diving semifinals begin at 10 a.m. today. Each diver will make three dives, after which the field will be narrowed to 16 for the afternoon finals. The diving finals will be held after the 50-yard freestyle championship.
7 Hornets finish in top 10 at Nebraska meet
The Emporia State track team sent a limited number of athletes to the Nebraska Tune-up on Friday and came away with seven top 10 finishes.
Katie Mona had the top performance for the Hornets, placing fifth in the women’s mile run. Her time of 4:57.38 is the third best in ESU history and missed the automatic mark by less than a second. After the conversion for the banked track at the Devaney Center, her time is the eighth best in the nation this year.
The rest of the Hornets, including the majority of the field event competitors, will be in action on Saturday at the KSU Open in Manhattan.
ESU men’s basketball players and high jump All-Americans Dustin Andrews and Alex Pyle are scheduled to make their 2009 track and field debuts on Saturday.