Men's Track and Field | 5/4/2024 9:32:00 PM

May 4, 2024-Emporia State scored in four events, advanced six people to Sunday's finals and had seven provisional qualifiers for the NCAA Championships on Saturday at the MIAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Maryville, Mo.
 
Ty Anderson had a big day for the Hornets. The sophomore from Burlington, Kan. qualified for the finals in the men's 100m dash with a time of 10.38 and then had a personal best of 7.43m (24-04.50) to finish second in the long jump. He was just behind teammate Kingsley Bennett in the 100m prelims as Bennett qualified for the finals by winning their heat with a time of 10.38 also. The tie was broken down to the thousandths with Bennett running 10.374 while Anderson was clocked in 10.376 to finish second.
 
Aren Trost started the day for the Hornets with a sixth place finish in the decathlon. He had another strong second day to move up three spots in the standings from day one.  He had the second best time in the 110m hurdles at 15.33 and cleared 4.18m to finish third in the pole vault portion of the competition.  He threw 32.84 in the discus and ran a season's best 4:47.16 in the 1500m to place fourth in both events.  He finished with a provisional qualifying total of 6,401 points. Luke Grace just missed the scoring column, finishing in ninth place with 5.998 points.  Coby Smith placed 12^th overall with 5,503 points that included a best of 4.48m to win the pole vault competition.
 
Connor Deters picked up the other points in the team scoring on Saturday for Emporia State. He threw 48.76m (159-11) to place seventh in the discus.
 
Jake Johnson had the top prelim time in the 400m hurdles. He ran a provisional qualifier of 52.54 to head into Sunday's final.
 
Xavier Hall ran a provisional qualifier of 14.04 to advance to Sunday's finals of the 110m hurdles with the sixth best time.
 
The Emporia State women had one person score and one advance to Sunday's finals.
 
Madison Vermetten threw 49.68m (163-00) to place eighth in the hammer and get the Hornets on the scoreboard.
 
Ashley Wildeman advanced to the finals of the 100m by just .003 in front of teammate Lauren Carlson. They were both clocked in 11.92 along with Pittsburg State's Jamiya Morgan in the first heat of the prelims.  After review to the thousands of a second it was judged that Morgan ran 11.912 to place seventh, Wildeman 11.913 to place eighth and Carlson 11.916 to place ninth and just miss the finals.
 
In addition to Carlson and Grace there were eight other top ten finishes for the Hornets.
 
Carlson ran 24.72 to finish ninth and Wildeman ran 24.93 to place tenth in the 200m prelims.  Vermetten placed tenth with a throw of 40.63m (133-03) in the discus.  Clarice Nichols went 5.36m (17-07.00) to finish tenth in the long jump.
 
 Carter Cox ran 21.45 to finish ninth in the 200m while 21.44 placed eighth and advanced to the finals.
 
Johnson was almost a double finalist as he ran 14.71 to place ninth in the 110m hurdles.
 
Brandon Wilkes missed the 400m hurdles by one spot, running 54.56 to place ninth.
 
Zach Sulzen-Watson was ninth with a throw of 46.70m (153-02) in the discus.

The final day of the MIAA Championships will get underway at 11:15 a.m. with the men's javelin in the field events while the running events will start at 1:30 p.m. on Herschel Neil Track/Bearcat Stadium on the campus of Northwest Missouri.
 
 

ESU Women's Individual Results
100m Prelims
8 Ashley Wildeman	11.92q (11.913)
9 Lauren Carlson	11.92 (11.916)
20 Kadaisha Mpwo	12.58
200m Prelims
9 Lauren Carlson	24.72
10 Ashley Wildeman	24.93
26 Kadaisha Mpwo	27.53
400m Prelims
21 Hollie Marlow	59.92
800m Prelims
16 Makenzie Owings	2:22.81
17 Madeline Martin	2:24.71
400m Hurdles
6 Abigael Reid-P	1:01.45q
11 Kennedy Smith	1:05.46
13 Mary Grace Lassiter	1:11.40
Pole Vault
16 Savannah Stewart	3.32m (10-10.75)
Long Jump
10 Clarice Nichols	5.36m (17-07.00)
17 Renee Nichol	4.81m (15-09.50)
Discus
10 Madison Vermetten	40.63m (133-03)
Hammer
8 Madison Vermetten	49.68m (163-00)
15 Kyra Ohl	45.84m (150-04)
Heptathlon
11 Isabel Vikoler	3903
100H – 15.19
High Jump – 1.38m
Shot Put – 8.32m
200m – 26.72
Long Jump – 5.01m
Javelin – 19.74m
800m – 2:38.16
14 Scarlett Begley	3567
100H – 16.95
High Jump – 1.50m
Shot Put – 8.76m
200m – 27.91
Long Jump – 4.68m
Javelin – 22.90m
800m – 2:52.31
ESU Men's Individual Results
100m Prelims
2 Kingsley Bennett-P	10.38Q (10.374)
3 Ty Anderson-P	10.38q (10.376)
26 Aden Mollerus	11.16
200m Prelims
9 Carter Cox	21.45
14 Isaac Tarango	21.83
400m Prelims
15 Jack Watson	48.95
17 Cade Mann	49.35
22 Brandon Alexander-Gittens	50.11
800m Prelims
17 Cooper Schroer	1:54.13
10000m Finals
19 Treyton Laurance	32:37.89
110m Hurdles
6 Xavier Hall-P	14.04q
9 Jake Johnson	14.71
400m Hurdles Prelims
1 Jake Johnson-P	52.54Q
10 Brandon Wilkes	54.56
3000m Steeplechase Finals
13 Asher Moen	9:34.53
Pole Vault
11 Aaron Hunt	4.73m (15-06.25)
Long Jump
2 Ty Anderson-P	7.43m (24-04.50)
15 Josiah Driggers	6.65m (21-10.00)
16 Fabian Nava	6.51m (21-04.25)
Discus
7 Connor Deters	48.76m (159-11)
9 Zach Sulzen-Watson	46.70m (153-02)
17 Will Herren	38.14m (125-01)
Decathlon
6 Aren Trost-P	6401 points
100m – 11.63
Long Jump – 5.51m
Shot Put – 13.48m
High Jump – 1.78m
400m – 51.27
110mH – 15.33
Discus – 32.84m
Pole Vault – 4.18m
Javelin – 43.57m
1500m – 4:47.16
9 Luke Grace	5998
100m – 11.33
Long Jump – 6.90m
Shot Put – 11.42m
High Jump – 1.93m
400m – 53.22
110mH – 16.18
Discus – 26.67m
Pole Vault – 3.28m
Javelin – 38.40m
1500m – 5:14.43
12 Coby Smith	5503
100m – 11.92
Long Jump – 5.45m
Shot Put – 9.96m
High Jump – 1.78m
400m – 57.85
110mH – 16.28
Discus – 32.03m
Pole Vault – 4.48m
Javelin – 38.00m
1500m – 5:28.15