Men's Track and Field | 5/25/2020 2:00:00 PM

May 25, 2020-On this day in 1995 Emporia State played host to their first of their three NCAA Division II Outdoor National Championships at Welch Stadium/Witten Track.  An organizing committee of 50 along with over 200 volunteers and officials from across the country helped put on the three day meet for nearly 450 athletes representing 72 schools.
 
The Hornet men had five All-American honors and placed ninth in the nation while Laura Rand won Emporia State's first D-II National Championship to lead the women to a 13^th place finish in the team standings.
 
The javelin competition was very good for the Emporia State men as junior John Corwin finished second and senior Johnathan Oshel was seventh. Corwin's mark of 241-1 was second to Kirt Thompson of Ashland's winning throw of 249-06 as they ranked first and second all-time in NCAA Division II at the time. Jason Stuke earned two All-American honors for the Hornet men as a sophomore. He placed third in the discus and fifth in the shot as a sophomore. Senior Jurmaine Mitchell finished second in the 10,000m run behind Charles Mulinga of Lewis who won the event in 28:26.56, which still stands as the Division II Championships meet record.
 
Junior Laura Rand gave Emporia State their first NCAA Division II individual championship with a mark of 47-9.75 in the women's shot put.   Freshmen Joyce Burnett was fifth in the javelin for the women while Deandra Doubrava earned the first of her 14 All-American honors for the Hornets with a fifth place finish in the 400m.
 
In the overall competition the Saint Augustine's men won their seventh straight team title with 140.5 points to easily outdistance second place Abilene Christian who had 95 points. Three men won multiple individual championships – Marlin Cannon of Saint Augustine's in the 200m, 400m and 4x400m relay; Savieri Ngidhi of Abilene Christian in the 800m and 1500m; and Charles Mulinga in the 5000m and 10000m m.
 
For the women Abilene Christian won the middle championship of a three-peat, scoring 106.5 points for a 35.5 victory over Cal. State-LA. Five women won multiple championships – Chandra Sturrup of Norfolk State in the 200m, long jump and 4x400m relay; Mary Tombiri-Shirey from Abilene Christian in the 100m and 4x100m relay; Revoli Campbell from Abilene Christian in the 400m and 4x100m relay; Mirsada Buric-Adams of Adams State won the 1500m and 5000m; and Karlene Haughton of Saint Augustine's won the 100m hurdles and 400m hurdles.
 
1995 Individual Champions
100m – Derrick Sutherland, Saint Augustines's 10.35w
200m – Marlin Cannon, Saint Augustine's 20.57w
400m – Marlin Cannon, Saint Augustine's 45.52
800m – Savieri Ngidhi, Abilene Christian 1:50.36
1500m – Savieri Ngidhi, Abilene Christian 3:43.64
3000m Steeple – Jon Keillor, Minnesota State 8:58.36
5000m – Charles Mulinga, Lewis 14:00.61
10000m – Charles Mulinga, Lewis 28:26.56*
110mH – Rory Norris, Saint Augustine's 13.99
400mH – Ryan Hayden, Saint Augustine's 49.53
4x100m Relay – Abilene Christian (Stacy Brown, Stephen Moore, Kevin Dilworth, Robert Guy) 40.07
4x400m Relay – Saint Augustine's (Ryan Hayden, Chris Scott, Derrick Cunningham, Marlin Cannon) 3:07.14
High Jump – Mike Hankins, Pittsburg State 2.11m (6-11.00)
Pole Vault – Mike Drummey, Southern Conn. State 5.35m (17-6.50)
Long Jump – Sean Robbins, Ashland 7.84m (25-8.75)
Triple Jump – Chris Coleman, Saint Augustine's 16.35m (53-7.75)w
Shot Put – Matt Godbehere, CSU-Bakersfield 18.17m (59-7.50)
Discus – Brian Evans, UIndy 50.20m (164-08)
Hammer – Robert Dilts, UC-Davis 65.64 (215-04)#
Javelin – Kirt Thompson, Ashland 76.06m (249-06)
Decathlon – Mike Bohensky, Angelo State 7,256
Emporia State All-Americans
Jason Stuke – 3^rd in discus; 5^th in shot
John Corwin – 2^nd in javelin
Johnathan Oshel – 7^th in javelin
Jurmaine Mitchell – 2^nd in 10,000m
Other Hornet National Qualifiers
Ryan Kaberline - 800m
Brandon Masters - pole vault, decathlon
Jurmaine Mitchell - 5000m
Tim Vietti - decathlon
 
1995 Men's Team Scores
1. Saint Augustine's, 140.5
2. Abilene Christian, 95
3. CSU Bakersfield, 40
4. Ashland, 35
5. Pittsburg St., 33
6. Angelo St., 32.5
7. (tie) Cal St. L.A. and North Dakota St., 29
9. Emporia St., 28
10. Central Mo., 27.5
11. Alabama A&M, 27
12. Lewis, 22
13. Adams St., 21
14. Western St., 19
15. (tie) UIndy and Tex. A&M-Kingsville, 18
17. Portland St., 17
18. (tie) Minnesota St., NYIT and Southern Conn. St., 14
21. Morehouse, 12
22. UC Davis, 11
23. South Dakota St., 10
24. Cal Poly Pomona, 9
25. (tie) Edinboro, Morningside and Neb.-Kearney, 8
28. (tie) Augustana (SD), Stanislaus St., Indiana (PA), Saginaw Valley, St. Cloud St. and Shippensburg, 6
34. Albany St. (GA), 5.5
35. (tie) Kutztown and Norfolk St., 5
37. (tie) Morris Brown, Slippery Rock and South Dakota, 4
40. North Dakota, 3
41. (tie) UC Riverside, Mo. Southern St. and Tex. A&M-Commerce, 2
44. (tie) Northern Colo., San Fran. St. and Seattle Pacific, 1
 
1995 Women's Individual Champions
100m – Mary Tombiri-Shirey, Abilene Christian 11.26w
200m – Chandra Sturrup, Norfolk State 23.55
400m – Revoli Campbell, Abilene Christan 53.54
800m – Maloorzata Biela, Lewis 2:08.78
1500m – Mirsada Buric-Adams, Adams State 4:22.05
3000m – Elva Dryer, Western Colorado 9:22.03
5000m – Mirsada Buric-Adams, Adams State 16:58.48
10000m – Tumaini Urio, Western Colorado 35:48.14
100mH – Karlene Haughton, Saint Augustine's 13.72w
400mH – Karlene Haughton, Saint Augustine's 57.89
4x100m Relay – Abilene Christian (Hermin Joseph, Mary Tombiri-Shirey, Amara Ezem, Revoli Campbell) 44.17#
4x400m Relay – Norfolk State (Karen Sinclair, Geraldine Morgan, Chandra Sturrup, Rochelle Thomas) 3:41.05
High Jump – Christy Boles, Abilene Christian 1.77m (5-9.75)
Long Jump – Chandra Sturrup, Norfolk State 6.30m (20-8.00)
Triple Jump – Francesca Carver, Cal. State-LA 13.00m (42-8.00)w
Shot Put – Laura Rand, Emporia State 14.57m (47-9.75)
Discus – Nancy Overman, South Dakota 46.86m (153-9)
Javelin – Vijitha Amaresakara, UIndy 55.28m (181-4)
Heptathlon – Robin Unger, Portland State 5,216 pts
Emporia State All-Americans
Laura Rankd – 1^st in shot put
Joyce Burnett – 5^th in javelin
Deandra Boubrava – 5^th in 400m
Other Hornet National Qualifiers
Kelly Hare - javelin
Laura Rand - discus
 
1995 Women's Team Scores
1. Abilene Christian, 106.5
2. *Cal St. L.A., 71
3. Norfolk St., 46
4. CSU Bakersfield, 45
5. Adams St., 42.5
6. Western Colo., 36
7. Saint Augustine's, 35
8. North Dakota St., 26
9. Humboldt St., 21
10. UC Davis, 20.5
11. Lewis, 20
12. Omaha, 19
13. (tie) Angelo St. and Emporia St., 18
15. (tie) Mo. Southern St. and Seattle Pacific, 16
17. (tie) Ashland, Cal Poly Pomona and Pittsburg St., 15
20. Minnesota St., 14
21. (tie) UIndy, Portland St. and South Dakota, 10
24. Saginaw Valley, 9
25. Northwest Mo. St., 8.5
26. (tie) Northern Colo. and St. Cloud St., 8
28. (tie) Kutztown and N.C. Central, 7
30. Fort Hays St., 6
31. San Fran. St., 5
32. (tie) Augustana (SD), East Stroudsburg, Indiana (PA), UMass Lowell, Saint Rose and Southern Ind., 3
38. (tie) Ferris St., Neb.-Kearney, NYIT, South Dakota St. and Virginia St., 2
43. (tie) Air Force, Central Mo., Millersville, Morris Brown, North Dakota, Slippery Rock and Southern Conn. St., 1
*Cal St. L.A.'s participation vacated by the NCAA Committee on Infractions