Men's Track and Field | 1/31/2025 6:46:00 PM

January 31, 2025-Emporia State opened up action at the WU Open with three provisional qualifying marks and one athlete in second place headed into Saturday's final day of the heptathlon.
 
Ty Anderson turned in two provisional marks on Friday. He started the day by qualifying for the next round of the men's 60m with a provisional qualifier of 6.81 in the 60m.  Kingsley Bennett ran a 6.88 to join him in the next round. 
 
Anderson and Israel Domeh both ran provisional qualifiers in the men's 200m.  Anderson finished fifth with a personal best of 21.42 that ranks third all-time at Emporia State.  Domeh ran 21.58 to place ninth.
 
Luke Grace is in second place in the heptathlon after four events. After running a 7.22 in the 60m in the first event of the day, he began moving up the charts.  His long jump of 6.74m moved him up six spots to seventh overall after two events.  He gained another spot with a mark of 11.54m in the shot up.  He tied for the best bar in the high jump, clearing 1.97m  to move into second place overall with 2914 points.
 
Lillian Zeigler had the top finish for the Emporia State women on Friday. She cleared 1.58m (5-2.25) to finish third in the open high jump.
 
Day two of the WU Open will begin on Saturday with the final day of the heptathlon getting underway at 10:00 a.m. followed by the women's pentathlon at 10:15 a.m. The rest of the running and field events are set to begin at 2:20 p.m. at the WU Indoor Athletic Facility in Topeka.
 

ESU Men's Individual Results
60m
Prelims
9 Ty Anderson-PQ	6.81
23 Kingsley Bennett	6.88
67 Isaac Tarango	7.08
94 Mason Madrigal	7.18
104 Cade Mann	7.25
200m
5 Ty Anderson-PQ	21.42
9 Israel Domeh-PQ	21.58
28 Emmanuel Dukpe	21.94
34 Braden Lipgens	22.09
37 Alden Mollerus	22.11
61 Isaac Tarango	22.38
77 Cade Mann	22.75
81 Brandon Alexander-Gittens	23.31
5000m
49 Treyton Laurance	16:20.46
Distance Medley Relay
11 Emporia State	10:34.16
L. Gleason, D. Smith, C. Schroer, D. Klukas
Pole Vault
3 Aaron Quillen	4.55m (14-11.00)
4 Austin Hoyt	4.30m (14-1.25)
Weight Throw
12 Connor Deters	15.51m (50-10.75)
27 John Tetuan	14.09m (46-2.75)
32 Zach Sulzen-Watson	13.38m (43-10.75)
Heptathlon Day One
2 Luke Grace	2914 pts
	60m 7.22
	LJ 6.74m
	SP 11.54m
	HJ 1.97m (6-5.50)
26 Jonah Remsberg	2015 pts
	60m 7.21
	LJ 6.51m
	SP 10.36m
	HJ NH
31 Coby Smith	1797 pts
	60m 7.60
	LJ 6.10m
	SP 10.37m
	HJ NH
Women's ESU Individual Results
60m
Prelims
46 Barbara Bentum	7.94
81 Jayda Harris	8.23
90 Josie Orear	8.32
200m
67 Barbara Bentum	26.05
600y
18 Mason Bina	1:28.05
19 Abigael Reid	1:28.32
High Jump
3 Lily Zeigler	1.58m (5-2.25)
Triple Jump
19 Jayda Harris	10.65m (34-11.25)
20 Renee Nichol	10.64m (34-11.00)
33 Addy Scheve	9.96m (32-8.25)
Shot Put
9 Emma Seidl	12.97m (42-6.75)
32 Tailynn Buettgenbach	11.20m (36-9.00)