ESU Relays Starts the Outdoor Season for Emporia State Track & Field

Men's Track and Field | 3/27/2025 9:10:00 AM

Emporia State Track & Field 
at ESU Relays
Welch Stadium/Witten Track • Emporia, Kan.
Thursday, March 27
Heptathlon at 1:00 p.m. |  Decathlon at 1:30 p.m.
Thursday Heat Sheets
Friday, March 28
Dec at 10:00 a.m. | Hept at 10:30 a.m. | Field at 3:00 p.m. | Track at 5:00 p.m.
Friday Heat Sheets
Saturday, March 29
Field at 11:00 a.m. | Track at 12:00 p.m.
Live Results: Black Squirrel Timing 
Live Video: None 
Ticket Info | Complete Notes in pdf
Up Next: Midwest Classic
Saturday, April 4 • Welch Stadium/Witten Track • Emporia, Kan.

THE TRADITION CONTINUES 
The ESU Relays will welcome nearly 1,000 athletes representing 32 teams to Witten Track and Welch Stadium this weekend. The three day meet begins with 21 women and 16 men competing in the multi-events on Thursday and Friday. This will be the first of three collegiate meets hosted by Emporia State this spring, including the MIAA Championships to be held in early May.

LAST LAP
Jonah Remsberg had three personal bests on Friday, March 14 as he finished 11th in the nation in the men's heptathlon at the NCAA Division II Indoor National Championships in Indianapolis, Ind.
Remsberg started the day with a personal best time of 8.43 in the 60m hurdles for a sixth place finish. He then cleared a personal record of 4.55m (14-11) in the pole vault to place fourth in that discipline. He wrapped up the competition with a personal best of 2:48.79 to finish eighth in the 1000m.  He ended the competition with 5,173 points and 11th place finish overall. 
Remsberg moved up from 13th place after day one. He started the competition finishing ninth with a time of 7.26 in the 60m dash.  He moved into sixth place overall with a mark of 6.97m (22-10.50) in his only legal attempt in the long jump. He went 10.52m (34-6.25) in the shot put.  In the final event of the day, he cleared 1.80m (5-10.75) in the high jump and finished the day 178 points out of the final scoring spot. 
Ty Anderson ran 6.72 and finished fourth in his heat and 11th overall in the 60m prelims. It is his second best time in the 60m behind his school record of 6.68 set at the MIAA Championships. His full time of 6.712 was actually .003 seconds faster than the last second place automatic qualifier.
 
THE COACH
Seth Mischke is in his second year as the head coach for the Emporia State track and field programs. The Hornets have produced five MIAA individual champions and an All-American under his leadership. Before coming to Emporia State he spent one year at Chadron State. Eagle throwers earned five All-America awards and four RMAC Championships. Prior to Chadron State, Mischke spent 11 seasons as the head track and field coach at Black Hills State University. The Yellow Jackets produced two individual national champions, 18 All-America earners, 18 conference champions, and more than 100 All-RMAC honorees under his guidance. Mischke was the head coach at St. Cloud State for 12 years. During his tenure at SCSU, the Huskies had 44 All-Americans and one national champion.

LAST YEAR'S ESU RELAYS
The Emporia State men won the team competition while the women came in second at the ESU Relays.  
Travis Morrison had a toss of 18.57m (60-11.25) to win the men's shot put.  It was one of two wins for the Hornet men on the day as Jack Watson, Isaac Tarango, Andrew Holton and Jake Johnson ran 3:17.65 to win the 4x400m relay.
Xavier Hall ran a provisional qualifying time of 14.11 to finish second in the men's 110m hurdles. Ty Anderson jumped 7.26m (23-10.00) to place second in the long jump.  Max Neeley cleared 4.33m (14-02.50) to finish second in the pole vault.  Watson ran 47.91 to place second in the 400m.
Mele Taula won the women's javelin with a toss of 44.28m (145-03) that ranks fifth all-time at Emporia State.  She followed that with a third place mark of 14.40m (47-03.00) for another provisional qualifier in the shot put.
Jayda Harris recorded the other win for the Hornet women as she went 11.12m (36-05.75) in the triple jump.
Abigael Reid had a second place time of 1:02.59 in the women's 400m hurdles. She also joined with Hollie Marlow, Makenzie Owings and Lauren Carlson to finish second at 3:54.20 in the 4x400m relay. 

HOW TOUGH IS IT?
The MIAA had seven women's teams and five men's teams score, including both national championship teams, at the NCAA Division II Indoor Track and Field Championships. There were a total of the eight women's and seven men's teams represented at the championships. The Association had 66 First-Team All-American honors with five national championships and seven runner-up finishes.

RETURNING HORNET OUTDOOR QUALIFIERS
Emporia State has ten individuals returning that hit the provisional qualifying mark last outdoor season, four of whom participated at the national championships in Emporia.
Trenden Collins was 12th in the nation in the high jump after clearing 2.14m (7-0.25) at the Concordia Twilight Qualifier. He competed at the NCAA Championships, but did not clear a height.
Ty Anderson ran a personal best time of 10.27 to finish 14th in the men's 100m at the national championships. He was also ranked 34th in the nation in the long jump after going 7.43m (24-4.5) at the MIAA Championships. 
Kingsley Bennett ran 10.37 at the Gorilla Classic to rank 30th in the nation in the 100m. 
Three Hornets provisionally qualified in the discus. Antonio Cooper was ranked 25th in the discus with a throw of 52.13m (171-0) at the FHSU Spring Invite. At the Rock Chalk Classic Zach Sulzen Watson threw 51.06m (167-6) to rank 34th while Connor Deters had a mark of 50.62m (166-1) to rank 39th nationally.
Aidan Hicks threw 59.23m (194-4) at the MIAA Championships to rank 48th nationally in the javelin.
For the women Abigael Reid ran a personal best of 1:00.09 to place 14th in the women's 400m hurdles at nationals.
Mele Taula was tenth in the nation with a school record 46.84m (153-8) in the javelin at the Gorilla Classic She was also 16th in the nation in the shot put with a throw of 15.02m (49-3.5) at the KU Relays. At the national meet she was 11th in the javelin with a throw of 45.91m (150-7)  after finishing 12th with a mark of 14.64m (48-00.50) in the shot put.
Madison Vermetten was 25th in the nation in the discus with a mark of 46.77m (153-5) at the Rock Chalk Classic.

HORNET INDOOR QUALIFIERS
Emporia State had 19 provisional qualifying marks for the NCAA Division II Indoor Championships from 15 different student-athletes. 
Ty Anderson was ranked 11th in the nation in the 60m after running a school record 6.68 in the prelims at the MIAA Championships. He placed 11th with a time of 6.72 to  earn second-team All-American honors.
Jonah Remsberg was ranked tenth in the nation after winning the MIAA Championship in the heptathlon with 5,265 points. He finished 11th with 5173 points to earn second-team All-American honors. 
Connor Deters is 20th in the nation with a mark of 17.38m (57-0.25) in the men's shot put at the Bearcat Invite.
Emmanuel Dukpe is 24th in the nation in the men's 400m after running 47.44 at the MIAA Championships.  
Luke Grace scored a 5,135 points at the MIAA Championships heptathlon to rank 25th in the nation.
Israel Domeh ran 21.26 in the men's 200m at the MIAA Championships to rank 26th in the nation. He turned in a 48.09 at the Bearcat Invite to rank 61st in the nation in the men's 400m. 
Max Neeley went 4.93m (16-2.00) at the Ichabod Invitational to rank 27th in the nation. 
Ty Anderson is also ranked 35th in the nation in the long jump wit a mark of 7.29m (23-11) at the MIAA Championships and 40th nationally with a time of 21.42 in the 200m at the Washburn Open. 
Trenden Collins cleared 2.04m (6-8.25) in the high jump at the Bearcat Invite while Will Allen cleared the same height at the MIAA Championships to both rank 38th nationally.
Kingsley Bennett ran 6.77 at the MIAA Championships to rank 42nd in the nation.
Jonah Remsberg is also ranked 46th in the nation in the long jump with a mark of 7.23m (23-8.75) during his heptathlon in Colorado Springs.
The men's 4x400m relay team of Bryson Turner, Israel Domeh, Braden Lipgens and Emmanuel Dupke ran 3:12.36 at the MIAA Championships to rank 17th in the nation.
Isabella Davie scored a total of 3,470 points in the pentathlon at the MIAA Championships. She is ranked 33rd in the nation.
Madison Vermetten threw 17.41m (57-1.50) in the weight throw at the Ichabod Invitational to rank 35th in the nation.
Mele Taula had a pair of provisional qualifiers before undergoing surgery and is redshirting this year. She is ranked 10th in the nation after going 15.15m (49-8.5) in the women's shot put at the WU Alumni Invite.  At the Rust Buster she threw 17.20m (56-5.25) to rank 43rd nationally in the weight throw.
 
TRACK TITLE TOWN
Emporia State's Welch Stadium and Zola Witten Track have been selected as the host site for the 2026 NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field Championships.  It will be the fifth time that Welch Stadium has played host to the national championships.
Welch Stadium previously served as the host site for the National Championships in 1995, 1999, 2006 and most recently in 2024 with the first meet in 1995 bringing 450 student-athletes to Emporia. The 2024 and 2026 meets are scheduled to bring 754 student-athletes, nearly 200 coaches and over 100 officials to the Flint Hills over the Memorial Day weekend.
The 2024 meet saw a total of seven Championship Meet records and 22 facility records set during the three days of competition.
The 2026 Championships are scheduled for May 21-23.
During championship week, the NCAA Committee will come to Emporia on Monday with the first practice time available on Tuesday.  Wednesday of championship week will see a variety of coaches and officials meetings before the actual competition begin on Thursday.  The meet will wrap up on Saturday evening. 
Welch Stadium and Witten Track will play host to the MIAA Outdoor Championships this season.  It will b the seventh time in the last 28 years Emporia State has played host to the outdoor championships, the most of any MIAA location since the league expanded in 1989.