Three more provisionals and a school record for Emporia State at the WU Open

Megan McManis wins women's pole vault in school record fashion

Josiah Driggers, ESU Athletics

Women's Track and Field | 2/4/2023 10:52:00 PM

February 4, 2023-Emporia State had four top five finishes, three provisional qualifiers, an event champion and a school record on the second day of the WU Open in Topeka, Kan. on Saturday.

Megan McManis broke her own school record in the women's pole vault to highlight the day. She cleared 3.92m (12-10.25) to win the event and move into the top ten in the nation this season.

Travis Morrison continues to move up the Emporia State Top Five list in the men's shot put. He threw a personal best of 17.42m (57-2) to become just the third Hornet to go over 57 feet in the shot. He finished third on Saturday and moved into the top 12 nationally.

Abigael Reid had a provisional qualifier of 3423 points to place fourth in the pentathlon. She is ranked 26th in the nation after today's competition.

Emporia State also got top five finishes from Grace Jacobs and the men's 4x400m relay team. Jacobs cleared 1.57m (5-1.75) to place fourth in the women's high jump. Jake Johnson, Brock Merz, Parker Sutterfield and Brandon Wilkes combined to run 3:20.36 and place fifth in the men's 4x400.

The Hornets are scheduled to send athletes back to Topeka on Thursday, February 9 for the Ichabod Midweek before going to Pittsburg, Kan. on Friday and Saturday for the Gorilla Classic.

Men's ESU Results
400 Meter Dash
14 Watson, Jack	49.11
18 Goodpaster, Hayden	49.45
27 Ramos, Guy	49.88
29 Cox, Carter	50.02
800 Meter Run
25 Gleason, Luke	1:59.96
37 Helton, Brice	2:00.97
47 Liermann, Caleb	2:05.54
1 Mile Run
7 Swift, Tyler	4:17.17
28 Diaz, Jaime	4:30.87
37 Moen, Asher	4:35.42
48 Ferbrache, Colby	4:46.61
3000 Meter Run
18 Diaz, Jaime	8:48.24
29 Achilles, Cody	8:54.18
39 Moen, Asher	9:01.92
57 Laurance, Treyton	9:32.91
60 Meter Hurdles
Preliminaries
6 Hall, Xavier	8.28q
17 Johnson, Jake	8.51
18 Merz, Brock	8.53
21 Grace, Luke	8.73
22 Sutterfield, Parker	8.87
23 Cox, Carter	8.89
28 Howard, Tristan	9.13
Finals
7 Hall, Xavier	8.24
4x400 Meter Relay
5 Emporia St. 'B'	3:20.36
1) Johnson, Jake 2) Merz, Brock 3) Sutterfield, Parker 4) Wilkes, Brandon
6 Emporia St. 'A'	3:20.43
1) Ramos, Guy 2) Watson, Jack 3) Cox, Carter 4) Goodpaster, Hayden
High Jump Sat Invite
11 Grace, Luke	J1.91m 6-03.25
Pole Vault Sat Invite
9 Hunt, Aaron	4.34m 14-02.75
Long Jump
20 Nava, Fabian	J6.50m 21-04.00
22 Driggers, Josiah	6.48m 21-03.25
30 Reuting, Joshua	6.19m 20-03.75
31 Lockridge, Miles	6.11m 20-00.50
33 Meyer, Garrett	5.96m 19-06.75
35 Elghzali, Yusef	5.62m 18-05.25
Shot Put
3 Morrison, Travis	17.42m-P 57-02.00
12 Sulzen-Watson, Zach	15.20m 49-10.50
33 Herren, Will	10.80m 35-05.25
Heptathlon
6 Wilkes, Brandon	4568
8 Trost, Aren	4520



Women's ESU Results
60 Meter Dash Saturday
28 Mpwo, Kadaisha	7.98
400 Meter Dash
15 Hurla, Jasmine	59.13
20 Carlson, Lauren	59.46
45 Owings, Makenzie	1:02.13
3000 Meter Run
32 Honc, Irina	11:26.97
800 Meter Run
29 Bina, Mason	2:27.52
1 Mile Run
20 Williams, Tayler	5:27.00
60 Meter Hurdles
20 Smith, Kennedy	9.82
22 Hair, Madisynn	9.90
30 Underwood, Kynzie	10.60
32 Lassiter, Mary Grace	10.96
4x400 Meter Relay
6 Emporia St. 'B'	4:09.22
1) Smith, Kennedy 2) Wildeman, Ashley 3) Bina, Mason 4) Martin, Madeline
High Jump Sat Invite
4 Jacobs, Grace	1.57m 5-01.75
9 Thakker, Chloe	1.52m 4-11.75
Pole Vault Sat Invite
1 McManis, Megan	3.92mP 12-10.25
Long Jump
29 Nichol, Renee	4.46m 14-07.75
Shot Put
10 Seidl, Emma	J12.60m 41-04.25
28 Milleson, Taylor	11.28m 37-00.25
Pentathlon
4 Reid, Abigael	3423
8 Pettay, Victoria	3015