Men's Track and Field | 3/28/2013 11:07:00 PM
March 28, 2013-Ten teams plus unattached athletes will be represented at the Emporia State Spring Open on Saturday at Witten Track in Welch Stadium.
Emporia State will be joined by athletes from Kansas, Kansas State, Park, Tabor, Sterling, Monmouth, Wentworth CC, Neosho CC and Highland CC. Among the featured competitors for the Hornets are All-Americans Andrew Etheridge in the men's 110m hurdles, Derwin Hall in the men's 100m and Marcus Calleja in the men's high jump. For the women multiple school record holder Nikki Wetstein will be competing in five events while school record holder Sarah Dunkin will compete in her specialty, the javelin.
This is the second of six home meets for the Hornets this season and will be scored using an international scoring system of 11-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 with a maximum of two athletes per school scoring per event.
Field events are set to begin at 12 noon while the running events will start at 1:30 p.m.