Men's Track and Field | 5/8/2022 8:25:00 PM

May 8, 2022-The Hornets had eight All-MIAA performers, six provisional qualifiers, and three marks in the top five all-time at Emporia State while playing host to the 2022 MIAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships on the Golden Oval of Witten Track in Welch Stadium. 
 
The Hornet men had three third place finishes and eight total placers on Sunday led by Juwan Johnson who placed in three events.  He finished third in the 100m with a time of 10.50 after running a PR of 10.44 in the prelims on Saturday. He then ran 21.44 to place seventh in the 200m.  He finished the day by splitting 47.00 on the anchor leg of the 4x400m relay team that ran a season's best time of 3:11.68 to hit the provisional qualifying mark.  The foursome of Guy Ramos, Hayden Goodpaster, Jack Watson and Johnson earned All-MIAA honors with their third place finish and are currently ranked 12^th in the nation.
 
Travis Morrison provided the other third place finish for the Hornet men.  After missing much of the season with an injury he threw 16.49m (54-01.25) to finish third in the men's shot put.
 
Chase Rooney led three Hornets that scored in the 400m hurdles.  He ran 53.60 and edged out Davion Scott by .003 seconds to place fourth with Scott in fifth. Brock Merz completed the scoring the event for Emporia State with a time of 54.56 to place seventh.
 
The 4x100m relay team of Watson, Juwan Johnson, Billy Ross Jr., and Ramos ran 41.73 to place fifth.
 
Josiah Driggers rounded out the Sunday scoring for Emporia State with a seventh place showing at 14.06m (46-01.50) in the men's triple jump.
 
To highlight the depth of the MIAA Aiden Hicks had a provisional qualifying throw of 60.01m (196-10) and finished 12^th in the men's javelin.
 
The Emporia State women had five placers on Sunday. 
 
After finishing fifth in the hammer on Saturday Holly Brockmeir had huge PR in the women's javelin to start the day.  She threw 45.59m (149-07) to place fifth and move up to 16^th in the nation.  It is the second longest javelin throw in Emporia State history.
 
Abigael Reid came back after placing fourth in the heptathlon with a provisional qualifier on Saturday to place fifth with a personal best and provisional qualifier of 1:01.87 in the 400m hurdles. It is the third best time in Emporia State history. She also led off the 4x400m relay team that placed seventh. She was joined by Jasmine Hurla, Hollie Marlow and Makenzie Owings to run a season's best 3:50.26 to wrap up the meet.
 
Chloe Thakker and Grace Jacobs both scored in the women's high jump.  Thakker cleared 1.62m (5-3.75) to place seventh and Jacobs got over 1.57m (5-1.75) to place eighth.
 
As a team the Emporia State men placed ninth and the women tenth overall.
 
Emporia State will be sending selected athletes to Kearney, Neb. next weekend for the Loper Twilight last chance meet.

During the course of the three day championship event there were a total of 250 NCAA Division II Provisional Qualifying marks, of which 125 moved people up on the Division II list for the national meet.  Welch Stadium/Witten Track has hosted three national championship meets and there were four facility records broken to go with five meet records. 

The biggest mark of the meet may have been belonged to Louis Rollins of Pittsburg State. He ran 13.43 on Saturday in the prelims of the men's 110m hurdles in to rank #1 in NCAA Division II this season, #2 all-time in NCAA Division II history, #5 among all collegiate athletes this season and #16 in the world at the present time. He broke the MIAA meet record of 13.81 set by Pittsburg State's James McCarty in 1997 and the Welch Stadium record of 13.66 set by Lincoln's Decosma Wright at the 2006 NCAA Championships.  The only person faster than him in NCAA Division II history is Bryan Amos of Abilene Christian who ran 13.37 on May 12, 1994. He won the event on Sunday with a time of 13.50 which would have also broken the meet and stadium records.

Lincoln's Kelly-Ann Beckford set meet and stadium records in the women's 800m.  Her time of 2:06.41 broke the MIAA Championships record of 2:07.43 set in 2015 by Lincoln's Jhevere Hall and the Welch Stadium record of 2:08.15 set by Western Colorado's Elva Dryer at the 1995 NCAA Championships. She is currently ranked #3 in Division II.

Beckford also had a part in breaking the stadium record in the women's 4x400m relay.  She joined Chrissani May, Maria Diamond and Shantae George to run 3:38.77 to break the Blue Tigers own Welch Stadium record of 3:40.55 set in 2003. 
The oldest record to fall over the weekend came in the men's 3000m steeplechase.  Reece Smith of Northwest Missouri ran 8:42.50 to break the 38 year old meet record of 8:44.34 set by Southeast Missouri's Mike Vanata in 1984.  It was the third oldest MIAA record on the books entering the weekend. He is currently ranked #3 in Division II.

Missouri Western is one of the newest track & field programs in the MIAA but the Griffons Madison Nash broke one of the oldest stadium records for the women.  She won the 10,000m in 35:22.29 to surpass Tumaini Urio of Western Colorado's time of 35:48.14 set at the 1995 NCAA Championships. She is currently ranked #25 in NCAA Division II.

Lincoln's Reuben Nichols moved to #1 in Division II this season with a meet record of 46.15 in the men's 400m. He broke the previous record of 46.27 set by Faedian Royes, also of Lincoln, in 2017.   

Troy White of Lincoln broke the MIAA record in the 400m hurdles with a time of 50.79 that bettered Sean Bergstedt of Truman's record of 50.82 set in 2007. White is currently ranked #3 in Division II.

The MIAA and Lone Star Conference are the only two NCAA Division II conferences with at least one provisional qualifying mark in every event for both the men and women. The MIAA has at least two provisionals in 41 of 42 combined events between the men and women and is the only league to have multiple provisional qualifiers in every men's event.
 
The MIAA has a total of 264 provisional qualifying marks this season, 132 for the men and 132 for the women.  Every school but Rogers State has multiple provisional qualifiers with at least three on each team.
 
Five athletes with the top mark in NCAA Division II are from the MIAA at this time. In addition eight MIAA athletes are ranked second in the nation.  The league has at least one person ranked in the top 16 nationally in every men's event and in 18 of 21 women's events.  As a conference the MIAA has seven of the top 16 marks in the nation in the women's javelin and six of the top 16 in the women's 100m hurdles, the men's 110m hurdles, the men's javelin and the women's heptathlon. Ten of the 12 schools that sponsor track and field have at least one mark in the top 16 nationally.
 
A total of 15 events have at least eight provisional qualifiers from the MIAA led by the men's javelin with 14 provisional marks on the season. Seven events have at least ten provisional qualifiers - the men's and women's 100m, the women's 100m hurdles and pole vault, the men's long jump, discus and javelin.
 

Women's ESU Results
100 Meter Dash
Preliminaries
15 Wildeman, Ashley	12.08
21 Carlson, Lauren	12.27
23 Coleman, Cali	12.53
24 Mpwo, Kadaisha	12.55
25 Nichols, Clarice	12.56
200 Meter Dash
Preliminaries
20 Carlson, Lauren	25.55
21 Wildeman, Ashley	25.57
23 Nichols, Clarice	25.80
400 Meter Dash
Preliminaries
12 Hurla, Jasmine	57.49
16 Marlow, Hollie	59.23
17 Owings, Makenzie	59.44
5000 Meter Run
29 Karjala, Kaitlyn	20:05.10
100 Meter Hurdles
Preliminaries
14 Smith, Kennedy	15.27
400 Meter Hurdles
Preliminaries
6 Reid, Abigael	1:02.81q
10 Smith, Kennedy	1:07.15
11 Lassiter, Mary Grace	1:08.59
Finals
5 Reid, Abigael	1:01.87P
4x400 Meter Relay
7 Emporia St.  'A'	3:50.26
1) Reid, Abigael 2) Hurla, Jasmine 3) Marlow, Hollie 4) Owings, Makenzie
High Jump
7 Thakker, Chloe	J1.62m    5-03.75
8 Jacobs, Grace	1.57m    5-01.75
Pole Vault
7 McManis, Megan	3.78mP  12-04.75
12 Barrett, Allie	J3.63m   11-10.75
Long Jump
12 Nichol, Renee	5.31m   17-05.25
14 Schwerdtfeger, Elizabeth	5.09m   16-08.50
15 Nichols, Clarice	4.91m   16-01.50
Triple Jump
11 Nichol, Renee	10.87m   35-08.00
12 Schwerdtfeger, Elizabeth	10.41m   34-02.00
Shot Put
11 Milleson, Taylor	11.85m   38-10.50
14 Flory, Brooke	11.45m   37-06.75
Discus Throw
5 Crawford, Claire	42.84m     140-07
18 Kirkpatrick, Taylin	37.30m     122-04
Hammer Throw
2 Conway, Alyssa	52.40m     171-11
5 Brockmeier, Holly	50.47m     165-07
16 Reichert, Rachelle	42.35m     138-11
Javelin Throw
5 Brockmeier, Holly	45.59mP    149-07
11 Schurle, Libby	38.35m     125-10
Heptathlon
4 Reid, Abigael	4913P
11 Pettay, Victoria	3982
Men's ESU Results
100 Meter Dash
Preliminaries
3 Johnson, Juwan	P 10.44Q
18 Ross Jr., Billy	11.04
19 Watson, Jack	11.08
Finals
3 Johnson, Juwan	10.50
200 Meter Dash
6 Johnson, Juwan	21.43q
19 Watson, Jack	22.31
20 Cox, Carter	22.33
Finals
7 Johnson, Juwan	21.44
400 Meter Dash
12 Goodpaster, Hayden	48.31
16 Ramos, Guy	48.88
21 Cox, Carter	50.32
800 Meter Run
17 Gleason, Luke	1:55.94
24 Helton, Brice	2:00.65
1500 Meter Run
18 Gleason, Luke	4:03.24
22 France, Justyn	4:08.69
5000 Meter Run
18 Swift, Tyler	15:29.91
20 Maki, Matthew	15:36.40
23 Young, Connor	15:44.23
25 Diaz, Jaime	15:53.93
10000 Meter Run
14 Young, Connor	32:12.02
110 Meter Hurdles
7 Hall, Xavier	14.74q
15 Merz, Brock	15.31
16 Johnson, Jake	15.60
Finals
-- Hall, Xavier	DQ   hand to hurdle
400 Meter Hurdles
Preliminaries
4 Rooney, Chase	P 53.14q
6 Scott, Davion	54.07q
8 Merz, Brock	54.37q
Finals
4 Rooney, Chase	53.60 (53.592)
5 Scott, Davion	53.60 (53.595)
7 Merz, Brock	54.56
3000 Meter Steeplechase
13 Achilles, Cody	9:49.89
15 Swift, Tyler	9:58.34
4x100 Meter Relay
5 Emporia St.  'A'	41.73
1) Watson, Jack 2) Johnson, Juwan 3) Ross Jr., Billy 4) Ramos, Guy
4x400 Meter Relay
3 Emporia St.  'A'	3:11.68P
Ramos, Guy 2) Goodpaster, Hayden 3) Watson, Jack 4) Johnson, Juwan
Pole Vault
9 Hunt, Aaron	4.73m   15-06.25
Long Jump
9 Barber, Kaleb	6.98m   22-11.00
11 Driggers, Josiah	J6.85m   22-05.75
16 Lockridge, Miles	5.40m   17-08.75
Triple Jump
7 Driggers, Josiah	14.06m   46-01.50
9 Lockridge, Miles	13.94m   45-09.00
Shot Put
3 Morrison, Travis	16.49m   54-01.25
13 Parker, Nicholas	14.27m   46-10.00
Discus Throw
14 Herren, Will	45.87m     150-06
Hammer Throw
17 Seats, Kevon	47.07m     154-05
18 Oshel, Colton	46.57m     152-09
19 Tetuan, John	43.88m     143-11
Javelin Throw
12 Hicks, Aidan	60.01mP    196-10
17 Harvey, Jett	50.75m     166-06
Decathlon
3 Wilkes, Brandon	6402
9 Smith, Coby	5881
Women's Team Rankings
1) Pittsburg St.	145
2) Central Missouri	117.50
3) Lincoln	93
4) Fort Hays St.	82
5) Nebraska-Kearney	72
6) Missouri Western	64
7) Washburn	62
8) Missouri Southern	61
9) NW Missouri	57.50
10) Emporia St.	35
11) Central Oklahoma	20
12) Rogers State	9
Men's Team Rankings
1) Pittsburg St.	169
2) Missouri Southern	135
3) Lincoln	96
4) Central Missouri	92
5) Fort Hays St.	73
6) Nebraska-Kearney	62.50
7) NW Missouri	60
8) Washburn	56.50
9) Emporia St.	43
10) Missouri Western	30