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EMPORIA STATE WOMEN'S TRACK & FIELD WIN UCM INVITE

ESU Women 1st, men 3rd at USTFCCCA Meet of the Week

2013-14 ESUWTF Carmen King at KSU Winter Inv.
Stephen Coleman

Women's Track and Field | 1/25/2014 12:24:00 AM

January 24, 2014-In the United States Track & Field/Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) Meet of the Week, the Emporia State women posted an emphatic 28 point win in the team standings while the men placed third on Friday at the UCM Invite in Warrensburg, Mo. 
 
The Emporia State women had five event champions, three provisional qualifiers and school record on the day. Nikki Wetstein and Carmen King again led the Hornets, combining for four first place and a second place finish. 
 
Wetstein, the reigning MIAA Track Athlete of the Week, broke her own school record with a time of 8.56 to win the 60m hurdles. The time is a provisional qualifier that ranks sixth in the nation.  She was also a member of the first place 4x440 relay team.  She joined Peyton Weiss, Lindsay Kunkel, and Dominique Staats to run a 4:03.12 to win the event.
 
King picked up a pair of championships and a runner-up finish for the Hornets.  She won the 200m in a time of 26.24 and finished second with a 7.92 in the 60m on the track. Her other championship was a jump of 18-01.00 (5.51m) in the long jump.
 
The distance medley relay team of Taylor Stueve, Morgan Flowers, Monica Howard, and Emily Schoenfeld had the other first place finish for the Emporia State women.
 
Morgan Brandt finished second in a jump off at a provisional qualifying height of 5-05.75 (1.67m) in the high jump.  Dominique Staats and Carrie Kelly got the toher two runner-up places for the Hornets.  Staats finished second in the 600y and Kelly was the runner-up in the triple jump.
 
Maggie Wilson also had a provisional qualifier for Emporia State, clearing 11-07.75 (3.55m) in the pole vault to place sixth.
 
The three some of Ryan Dickson, Payson Maydew and Duke Tibbs were the leaders for the Hornet men. 
 
Dickson ran a provisional qualifying time of 22.29 to place second in the 200m and was third with a time of 6.96 in the 60m.
 
Maydew, an All-American in the decathlon outdoors, won the 60m hurdles with a personal best time of 8.45 and had a personal best of 14-09.00 (4.50m) to place third in the pole vault.
 
Tibbs just missed a provisional qualifier by .01 seconds as he ran a 49.80 to win the 400m.
 
Dickson, Maydew and Tibbs combined with Ashton Proctor to run 3:24.43 and win the 4x440 relay.
 
The Hornets also got second place finishes from Daniel Claassen in the 800m and Jonathan Wernli in the triple jump.
 
The Emporia State women were ranked #54 in the USTFCCCA preseason rankings and defeated #6 Central Missouri in the team standings. The Hornet men, who were ranked #40 in the USTFCCCA preseason rankings, were third in the team standings behind #15 Central Missouri and #17 Pittsburg State. 
 
Emporia State will train through next weekend before returning to Warrensburg on Feb. 7 and 8 for the UCM Mule Relays.
 
Women 60 M Dash
Preliminaries
  2 King, Carmen 7.98
  3 Flowers, Morgan 8.02   
  7 Kunkel, Lindsay 8.27  
  9 Rottinghaus, Nicole 8.39   
Finals
  2 King, Carmen 7.92  
  4 Flowers, Morgan 8.07  
Women 200 M Dash
  1 King, Carmen 26.24     
  5 Flowers, Morgan 27.06    
  7 Rottinghaus, Nicole 27.48  
 10 Fairbanks, Alaina 27.74    
 13 Kellie, Carrie 28.79    
Women 400 M Dash
  3 Kunkel, Lindsay 1:00.43    
Women 600 Yard Run
  2 Staats, Dominique 1:31.09      
Women 800 M Run
  4 Strickland, Kati 2:52.82  
Women 1 Mile Run
  3 Stueve, Taylor 5:40.18    
  6 Wallace, Carolyn 6:22.40    
  7 Strickland, Kati 6:26.96 
Women 3000 M Run
  4 Schoenfeld, Emily 11:12.35     
  8 Welte, Susan 11:34.23 
 11 Cuadra, Lindsay 12:02.82 
 14 Dispensa, Kaitlyn 13:27.04 
Women 60 M Hurdles
Preliminaries
  1 Wetstein, Nikki-P 8.75
Finals
  1 Wetstein, Nikki-PS 8.56  
Women 4x440 Yard Relay
  1 Emporia State 4:03.12      
Wetstein, Nikki; Weiss, Peyton; Kunkel, Lindsay; Staats, Dominique
Women Distance Medley
  1 Emporia State 13:43.22      
Stueve, Taylor; Flowers, Morgan; Howard, Monica; Schoenfeld, Emily          
Women High Jump
  2 Brant, Morgan-P 1.67m   5-05.75      
Women Pole Vault
  6 Wilson, Maggie-P 3.55m   11-07.75    
  7 Fairbanks, Alaina 3.40m   11-01.75
 13 Bissell, Catalina 3.05m   10-00.00
Women Long Jump
Finals
  1 King, Carmen 5.51m   18-01.00     
  3 Weiss, Peyton 5.23m   17-02.00     
  4 Kellie, Carrie 5.06m   16-07.25     
  6 Oberle, Chelsea 4.82m   15-09.75     
  7 Rottinghaus, Nicole 4.78m   15-08.25
  9 Clark, Callie 4.67m   15-04.00
Women Triple Jump
  2 Kellie, Carrie 10.92m   35-10.00    
  7 Oberle, Chelsea 10.29m   33-09.25
  8 Clark, Callie 9.50m   31-02.00
Women Shot Put
  4 Lowe, Misty 12.18m   39-11.50 
Event 7  Women Weight Throw
  6 Gilliland, Morgan 14.74m   48-04.50    
  8 Buster, Shelby 14.58m   47-10.00
 10 Lowe, Misty 13.58m   44-06.75
Men 60 M Dash
Preliminaries
  4 Dickson, Ryan 7.02   
  9 Huckabay, Brady 7.16  
 16 Rogers, Peter 7.37    
Finals
  3 Dickson, Ryan 6.96     
Men 200 M Dash
  2 Dickson, Ryan-P 22.29     
  5 Huckabay, Brady 22.90      
  6 Rogers, Peter 23.05      
 21 Wernli, Jonathan 24.91   
Men 400 M Dash
  1 Tibbs, Duke 49.80 
  4 Proctor, Ashton 51.71      
  7 Thurston, John 53.01  
Men 600 Yard Run
  4 Child, Michael 1:16.61      
  7 Goff, Grady 1:16.85  
Men 800 M Run
  2 Claassen, Daniel 1:58.40  
  5 Smith, Jordan 2:00.79  
 12 Hedges, Cale 2:05.78
Men 1 Mile Run
  5 Riggs, Morgan 4:43.59     
Men 3000 M Run
  7 Mosier, Brian 9:20.55 
 13 Riggs, Morgan 9:44.08 
 14 Portofee, Marcus 9:45.33 
Men 60 M Hurdles
Preliminaries
  4 Maydew, Payson 8.55
 16 White, Lane 11.11 
Finals
  1 Maydew, Payson 8.45  
Men 4x440 Yard Relay
  1 Emporia State "A" 3:24.43      
Maydew, Payson; Tibbs, Duke; Dickson, Ryan; Proctor, Ashton
 10 Emporia State "B" 3:38.62    
Thurston, John; Derryberry, Grady; Orajiato, Noble; Downing, Kyle
Men Distance Medley
  3 Emporia State 11:10.44       
Claassen, Daniel; Hedges, Cale; Smith, Jordan; Mosier, Brian SO              
Men High Jump
  6 Derryberry, Grady 1.83m    6-00.00     
  9 Maydew, Payson 1.78m    5-10.00
Men Pole Vault
  3 Maydew, Payson 4.50m   14-09.00     
  9 Lawrence, Davian 4.20m   13-09.25
 14 White, Lane 3.90m   12-09.50
Men Long Jump
  7 Dickerson, Tre 6.39m   20-11.75
 10 Saidi, Sam 6.14m   20-01.75
Men Triple Jump
  2 Wernli, Jonathan 13.52m   44-04.25    
  3 Dickerson, Tre 13.45m   44-01.50    
  5 Saidi, Sam 13.08m   42-11.00     
Men Shot Put
  5 Roedel, Mikhail 13.91m   45-07.75    
  6 Klenda, Nick 13.61m   44-08.00    
Men Weight Throw
 12 Klenda, Nick 14.12m   46-04.00
 15 Roedel, Mikhail 13.04m   42-09.50
Women - Team Rankings
1) Emporia State 126       
2) Lindenwood 98  
3) Central Missouri 94       
4) Pittsburg State 83  
5) Mo. Univ. of S&T 57                                          
Men - Team Rankings
1) Central Missouri 131.50    
2) Pittsburg State 114  
3) Emporia State 99       
4) Mo. Univ. of S&T 76.50
5) Lindenwood 41
 
P=NCAA Division II Provisional Qualifying Mark
S=ESU School Record
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