Successful weekend sees Hornet men place third, women fifth at ESU Relays

Emporia State records four provisional qualifiers on Saturday

2023 ESU WOTF Reid to Hurla in women's 4x400m at ESU Relays
Josiah Driggers, ESU Athletics

Women's Track and Field | 3/25/2023 8:41:00 PM

March 25, 2023-The Emporia State men placed third and the women were fifth out of over 20 scoring teams at the ESU Relays over the weekend at the Welch Stadium and Witten Track.  The Hornets beat out six other MIAA teams in the men's competition and four conference foes in the women's standings.  Emporia State also picked up four provisional qualifiers on Saturday.
 
Fresh off of competing at the NCAA Indoor National Championships Megan McManis was second with a provisional qualifier of 3.80m (12-5.50) in the women's pole vault. She is ranked fifth in the nation as of Saturday night.
 
Holly Brockmeier also earned a provisional qualifier with a throw of 42.13m (138-3) to place eighth in the women's javelin. She is ranked 14th nationally with five of the marks in front of her occurring at the ESU Relays.

After earning All-American honors indoors, Travis Morrison continued his success outdoors with a provisional qualifier in the men's shot put. His mark of 17.65m (57-11) is third in the nation as of Saturday night.
 
Brock Merz turned in the other provisional qualifier for the Hornets. He ran 53.24 to place third in the men's 400m hurdles.  He is ranked 12th in the nation on Saturday night.
 
Emporia State picked up two engraved batons for wins in the relays on Saturday.  The women's 4x400m relay of Lauren Carlson, Abigael Reid, Jasmine Hurla and Hollie Marlow ran 3:50.68 to finish in front of Pittsburg State by nearly three seconds.
 
Caleb Liermann, Corbin Liermann, Treyton Laurance and Jace Reves ran 8:42.40  to win the men's 4x800m relay.
 
Emporia State will take next weekend off from competition as they play host to the ESU High School Relays on Friday, March 31 at Witten Track and Welch Stadium.
 
NOTES
There were six meet records and one stadium record broken this weekend.
Kayla Goodwin of Central Missouri scored 5,476 points in the heptathlon to break Anastasia Kyvelidou of Neb.-Omaha's stadium mark of 5,437 set at the 2005 D-II Challenge.
Kiara Smith of Missouri Southern ran 13.51 in the women's 100m hurdles to break the previous meet record of 13.60 that was shared by C. Luck of Central Missouri and T. Larch-Miller of Wichita State.
Chris Giles of Indian Hills CC ran 46.24 in the men's 400m to break Melvin Listern of Butler CC previous meet record of 46.50 set in 1997.
Washburn ran 4:09.29 in the women's 1600m sprint medley relay to break Northwest Missouri's meet record of 4:10.50 set in 2021.
Luke Stuckey of Neb.-Kearney ran 14:26.13 in the men's 5000m to break Kidus Misgina of Cloud County CC previous meet record of 14:28.29 set in 2022.
Butler CC ran 40.05 in the men's 4x100m relay to tie Oklahoma Baptist meet record set in 2009.
 
Women's ESU Saturday Results  
100 Meter Dash  
  9 Carlson, Lauren              12.13    
 18 Wildeman, Ashley             12.39  
 29 Mpwo, Kadaisha               12.70    
 38 Hammond, Brooke              12.90  
 44 Brierly, Courtney            12.95    
 46 Sefcik, Tatum                13.00    
 48 Coleman, Cali                13.05  
 49 Anderson, Hailey             13.05  
 53 Phillips, Anna               13.27    
 55 Orear, Josie                 13.37  
 56 Martin, Madeline             13.45  
 57 Hair, Madisynn               13.64    
 61 Lassiter, Mary Grace         13.92    
400 Meter Dash  
 14 Marlow, Hollie               59.05    
 43 Burch, D'Aja                 1:07.32    
1500 Meter Run Saturday  
 20 Showalter, Hannah            5:07.86   
 22 Williams, Tayler             5:10.76 
100 Meter Hurdles  
 13 Smith, Kennedy               15.74    
 25 Hair, Madisynn               21.96    
400 Meter Hurdles  
  8 Smith, Kennedy               1:05.69    
 17 Lassiter, Mary Grace         1:11.60    
 18 Underwood, Kynzie            1:12.46    
4x100 Meter Relay  
  7 Emporia State 'B' 49.77  
     1) Hammond, Brooke  2) Brierly, Courtney 3) Sefcik, Tatum 4) Coleman, Cali                   
  8 Emporia State 'C' x50.43  
     1) Martin, Madeline 2) Orear, Josie 3) Hair, Madisynn 4) Phillips, Anna                  
4x400 Meter Relay  
  1 Emporia State 'A' 3:50.68 
     1) Carlson, Lauren 2) Reid, Abigael 3) Hurla, Jasmine 4) Marlow, Hollie                  
1600 Sprint Medley  
  3 Emporia State 'A' 4:24.92 
     1) Brierly, Courtney 2) Sefcik, Tatum 3) Lassiter, Mary Grace 4) McCue, Miah                    High Jump Saturday Inv  
  5 Thakker, Chloe               1.60m    5-03.00
  8 Jacobs, Grace                 1.57m    5-01.75
Pole Vault  
  2 McManis, Megan               3.80mP  12-05.50
Triple Jump  
  6 Cookson, Ashley               10.64m  34-11.00
Shot Put Sat Invite  
 11 Seidl, Emma                   12.41m   40-08.75 
Discus Throw  
  4 Vermetten, Madison            40.08m     131-06   
 26 Kirkpatrick, Taylin           34.16m     112-01   
 42 Ohl, Kyra                     31.09m     102-00   
Javelin Throw  
  8 Brockmeier, Holly              42.13mP    138-03   
 17 Romig, Bonnie                 39.09m     128-03   
   
   
Men's ESU Saturday Results  
100 Meter Dash  
 20 Tarango, Isaac               10.75     
 21 Bennett, Kingsley            10.76    
 22 Cox, Carter                  10.76    
 42 Ross Jr., Billy              11.07     
 46 Hall, Xavier                 11.12
 50 Willis, Brett                11.14
 52 Madden, Tristan              11.28     
 57 Elghzali, Yusef              11.35    
 58 Winn, Kade                   11.37     
 72 Howard, Tristan              12.10     
400 Meter Dash  
  7 Watson, Jack                 48.31    
 11 Johnson, Julian              48.78    
 12 Ramos, Guy                   48.84    
 43 Winn, Kade                   52.02    
800 Meter Run Saturday  
 20 Gleason, Luke                2:01.15    
1500 Meter Run Saturday  
  7 Swift, Tyler                 3:57.83    
 19 Diaz, Jaime                  4:07.86    
 29 Moen, Asher                  4:14.65    
 31 Achilles, Cody               4:16.22    
110 Meter Hurdles  
  7 Johnson, Jake                 14.91     
 12 Merz, Brock                  15.26     
 17 Hall, Xavier                 15.69     
 19 Grace, Luke                  16.05     
 21 Howard, Tristan              16.35
400 Meter Hurdles  
  3 Merz, Brock                  53.24P   
  4 Rooney, Chase                53.37    
  5 Johnson, Jake                53.88    
  8 Scott, Davion                55.67  
 12 Wilkes, Brandon              56.74    
 23 Grace, Luke                  1:00.22    
 27 Reuting, Joshua              1:01.31    
 28 DeBey, Tyler                  1:01.83    
4x100 Meter Relay  
  8 Emporia Stagte 'A' 41.36 
     1) Bennett, Kingsley 2) Tarango, Isaac 3) Ross Jr., Billy 4) Watson, Jack                    
4x400 Meter Relay  
  5 Emporia State 'A' 3:18.55  
     1) Ramos, Guy 2) Watson, Jack 3) Merz, Brock 4) Johnson, Jake                   
  7 Emporia State 'B' x3:19.34  
     1) Johnson, Julian 2) Cox, Carter 3) Wilkes, Brandon 4) Rooney, Chase                   
1600 Sprint Medley  
  2 Emporia State 'A' 3:38.29 
     1) Scott, Davion 2) Willis, Brett 3) Wilkes, Brandon 4) Helton, Brice                   
4x800 Meter Relay  
  1 Emporia State 'A' 8:42.40 
     1) Liermann, Caleb 2) Liermann, Corbin 3) Laurance, Treyton 4) Reves, Jace                     
Long Jump  
 12 Driggers, Josiah             6.65m   21-10.00 
 13 Nava, Fabian                 6.64m   21-09.50 
 16 Knapp, Daniel                6.60m   21-08.00   
 24 Reuting, Joshua              5.87m   19-03.25   
 26 Elghzali, Yusef              5.68m   18-07.75   
 31 Meyer, Garrett               5.33m   17-06.00   
Triple Jump  
 11 Knapp, Daniel                 12.62m   41-05.00  
 12 Driggers, Josiah               12.52m   41-01.00   
Shot Put  
  3 Morrison, Travis              17.65mP  57-11.00 
 10 Sulzen-Watson, Zach           15.47m   50-09.25   
Hammer Throw  
 12 Tetuan, John                  48.52m     159-02   
 20 Herren, Will                  42.01m     137-10   
 35 Sulzen-Watson, Zach           30.28m      99-04   
Javelin Throw  
  7 Hicks, Aidan                  57.78m     189-07   
 19 Harvey, Jett                  47.12m     154-07   
 
 
Women - Team Rankings - 25 Events Scored  
1) Kansas State 91       
2) Pittsburg St. 84.50
3) Fort Hays St. 80       
4) NW Missouri 66  
5) Emporia State 65       
6) Missouri Southern 61  
7) Washburn 48       
8) South Dakota St. 44  
9) Central Missouri 39      
10) Nebraska-Kearney 33.50
11) Indian Hills CC 28      
11) Northwestern Oklahoma 28  
13) Ottawa 17      
13) Benedictine 17  
13) Iowa Western CC 17      
16) Concordia-St. Paul 14  
17) St. Mary 11       
17) Butler CC 11  
19) Fort Scott CC 9      
20) Tabor 8  
21) William Jewell 4                                          
   
Men - Team Rankings - 24 Events Scored  
1) Missouri Southern 84       
2) Indian Hills CC 82  
3) Emporia State 81.50    
4) Pittsburg St. 75.50
5) Nebraska-Kearney 62.50    
6) Fort Hays St  61  
7) South Dakota St. 43      
8) Butler CC 39  
9) Kansas State 38      
10) Central Missouri 36  
11) Washburn 31      
12) NW Missouri 27  
13) Fort Scott CC 22      
14) Midland 18  
15) Iowa Western CC 17      
15) Concordia-St. Paul 17  
17) St. Mary 13      
17) Kansas Wesleyan 13  
19) Ottawa 10.50   
20) Benedictine 9  
21) Tabor 1      
21) William Jewell 1  
 
 
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