Women's Track and Field | 2/7/2026 8:41:00 PM

February 7, 2026-Emporia State had seven provisional qualifiers including a school record on Saturday at the Bearcat Invite in Maryville, Mo. The Hornets had a total of five top three finishes and three new ESU top five marks.
 
Stella Agbokpah had the highlight of the day for the Emporia State women.  She broke her own school record with a time of 24.06 to place second in the Invitational 200m.  It is the top time in the MIAA and ranked sixth in the nation as of Saturday evening. She added another provisional time in the prelims of the 60m. She ran 7.63 to tie her own second best mark in ESU history before finishing sixth with a time of 7.66 in the finals.
 
The open 200m was good for the Emporia State women as well.  Barbara Bentum ran 24.96 to win the open 200m and move into a tie with Magali Schneider, who ran her time at the 1997 Jayhawk Invitational, for fourth all-time at ESU.
 
Connor Deters and Zach Sulzen-Watson provided two provisional qualifiers for the Emporia State men.  Deters moved into fourth all-time at ESU with a mark of 17.61m (57-09.50) to finish second in the shot put. Sulzen-Watson went 16.51m (54-02.00) to finish sixth in the shot.
 
Ezekiel Seamster had provisional times in both the prelims and finals of the men's 60m. He ran 6.78 for the second fastest time in the prelims and then turned in a 6.82 in the finals to finish in fifth place.
 
Emmanuel Dukpe had a provisional qualifier of 48.21 to place fourth in the invitational 400m.
 
The Hornets ended the day with another provisional qualifier as the foursome of Braden Lipgens, Israel Domeh, Andrew Holton, Emmanuel Dukpe ran 3:14.03 to finish second in the men's 4x400m relay.
 
Emporia State will be back in action next weekend as they travel to Pittsburg, Kan. to take part in the Gorilla Classic. Competition runs on Friday and Saturday, February 13 and 14 at the Plaster Center on the campus of Pittsburg State.
 
 

ESU Men's Results
60m
Prelims
2 Ezekiel Seamster-P	6.78
30 Tyus Wills	6.99
56 Israel Domeh	7.13
59 Alden Mollerus	7.15
Finals
5 Ezekiel Seamster-P	6.82
200m Invite
4 Israel Domeh	21.66
5 Ezekiel Seamster	21.84
200m Open
14 Emmanuel Dukpe	22.08
20 Alden Mollerus	22.21
37 Tyus Wills	22.45
400m Invite
4 Emmanuel Dukpe-P	48.21
400m Open
6 Braden Lipgens	48.89
31 Andrew Holton	50.26
57 Trey Wichman	51.54
600y
14 Cooper Schroer	1:14.12
27 RJ Allen	1:17.21
3000m
9 Dylan Hunter	8:33.72
4x400m Relay
2 Emporia State-P	3:14.03
B. Lipgens, I. Domeh, A. Holton, E. Dukpe
High Jump
5 William Allen	1.98m (6-06.00)
15 Jaxon Russell	1.88m (6-02.00)
Long Jump
33 Brett Willis	6.12m (20-01.00)
Pole Vault
13 Shane Karajanis	4.38m (14-04.50)
Shot Put
2 Connor Deters-P	17.61m (57-09.50)
6 Zach Sulzen-Watson-P	16.51m (54-02.00)
Weight Throw
12 Zach Sulzen-Watson	16.54m (54-03.25)
18 Connor Deters	14.95m (49-00.75)
Heptathlon
3 Luke Grace	4328 pts
	60m – 7.23
	LJ – 6.83m
`	SP – 11.49m
	HJ – 1.86m
	60mH – 8.78
	PV – NH
	1000m – 2:56.09
5 Luke Hampl	4188
	60m – 7.63
	LJ – 6.24m
`	SP – 12.39m
	HJ – 1.71m
	60mH – 9.36
	PV – 3.55m
	1000m – 3:14.15
7 John Henry	3564
	60m – 7.76
	LJ – 5.62m
`	SP – 10.11m
	HJ – 1.62m
	60mH – 10.09
	PV – 3.05m
	1000m – 3:10.84
ESU Women's Results
60m
Prelims
6 Stella Agbokpah-P	7.63
21 Alexia Lewis	7.90
24 Mackenzie Sauerwein	7.93
42 Marley Mullen	8.11
52 Josie Orear	8.21
56 Kylie Chester	8.25
Finals
6 Stella Agbokpah	7.66
200m Invite
2 Stella Agbokpah-P	24.06
200m Open
1 Barbara Bentum	24.96
27 Alexia Lewis	26.05
28 Mackenzie Sauerwein	26.06
53 Kylie Chester	27.39
67 Amelia Bailey	28.04
400m
7 Barbara Bentum	58.13
800m
18 Mason Bina	2:20.11
3000m
8 Emma Bartholome	10:48.77
10 Brooklyn Nolte	10:51.76
High Jump
12 Alyana Wallace	1.53m (5-00.25
Long Jump
10 Alexia Lewis	5.24m (17-02.25)
23 Marley Mullen	4.90m (16-01.00)
27 Josie Orear	4.84m (15-10.50)
Triple Jump
14 Jayda Harris	10.75m (35-03.25)
22 Addy Scheve	10.04m (32-11.25)
Shot Put
26 Mackenzie Batten	11.22m (36-09.75)
40 Avery Redmon	9.78m (32-01.00)
Weight Throw
10 Madison Vermetten	15.51m (50-10.75)
12 Avery Redmon	15.42m (50-07.25)
27 Mackenzie Batten	13.47m (44-02.50)