Women's Track and Field | 4/10/2026 9:49:00 PM

April 10, 2026-Emporia State track and field competed in two locations on Friday and came away with a combined nine top five finishes, five provisional qualifiers and another school record for Stella Agbokpah.
 
Joe Meaker Classic and Multis
The Hornets had five provisional qualifiers in eight events on Friday in Canyon, Texas.
 
Stella Agbokpah continued her record setting ways. A day after resetting her 200m record, she ran 11.57 to place fifth in the women's 100m with another provisional qualifier.
 
Isabella Davie turned in the second best heptathlon total in school history to place second. She had a provisional qualifier of 5,057 points to finish second in Canyon and become just the third Hornet to pass the 5,000 point mark in the heptathlon.  She had a career best mark of 34.14m (112-0) in the javelin and then won the 800m portion of the competition to move into second place overall.
 
Barbara Bentum ran the sixth fastest time in Emporia State history in the women's 400m. Her time of 55.89 was good for ninth place at the Meaker.
 
The 4x400m relay team turned in a provisional qualifier to lead the men's efforts at the West Texas A&M Track Complex.  The four some of Braden Lipgens, Israel Domeh, Andrew Holton, and Emmanuel Dukpe ran 3:11.22 to finish second.
 
 Dukpe had an individual provisional qualifier and season's best of 46.87 to finish fourth in the men's 400m.
 
Luke Grace turned in a career best 6540 points to place sixth in the decathlon.  He had a career best  15.33 in the first event of the day the 110m hurdles.  He fouled his first two attempts in the discus but was able to get a mark on his final try to stay in contention.  He came back with a fourth place mark of 4.10m (13-5.25) in the pole vault before getting solid efforts in the final two events to for his career best points total.
 

ESU Men's Results at Jo Meaker Classic
100m
9 Ezekiel Seamster	10.46
26 Alden Mollerus	10.67
400m
4 Emmanuel Dukpe-P	46.87
9 Andrew Holton	48.19
17 Israel Domeh	48.71
4x100m Relay
8 Emporia State	41.61
Israel Domeh, Braden Lipgens, Ezekiel Seamster, Alden Mollerus
4x400m Relay
2 Emporia State-P	3:11.22
Braden Lipgens, Israel Domeh, Andrew Holton, Emmanuel Dukpe
Decathlon
6 Luke Grace-P	6540 points
	100m 10.90
	Long Jump 7.17m
	Shot Put 11.91m
	High Jump 2.00m
	400m 51.40
	110m Hurdles 15.33
	Discus 23.78m
	Pole Vault 4.10m
	Javelin 37.13m
	1500m 5:20.35
ESU Women's Individual Results at Jo Meaker Classic
100m
6 Stella Agbokpah-P	11.57
400m
9 Barbara Bentum	55.89
Heptathlon
2 Isabella Davie	5057 points
	100m Hurdles 15.06
	High Jump 1.63m
	Shot Put 11.05m
	200m 25.91
	Long Jump 5.34m
	Javelin 34.14m
	800m 2:18.76

 
Grizzly Gold Invitational
The Hornets produced six top five finishes on Friday night in El Dorado, Kan.
 
Aaron Quillen cleared 4.61m (15-01.00) to win the men's pole vault while Jonathan Wille got over 3.91m (12-10.00) to finish third.
 
Dylan Hunter ran and outdoor career best of 14:56.19 to finish fourth in the men's 5000m.
 
Connor Deters had a season's best 48.47m (159-00) to finish fourth in the men's discus.
 
Mia Manley cleared 3.56m (11-8.25) to finish second in the women's pole vault.
 
Mason Bina ran 2:15.58 to place third in the women's 1500m.
 
 

ESU Women's Results at Grizzly Gold
800m
3 Mason Bina	2:15.58
1500m
10 Brooklyn Nolte	4:58.47
34 Koe Schultz	5:47.83
39 Alexis Brotherton	6:22.28
5000m
30 Heidi Grimmett	20:38.89
Pole Vault
2 Mia Manley	3.56m (11-08.25)
Discus
9 Avery Redmon	38.24m (125-06)
10 Greta Crawford	38.04m (124-10)
ESU Men's Results at Grizzly Gold
800m
11 Cooper Schroer	1:55.11
1500m
35 Treyton Laurance	4:18.26
5000m
4 Dylan Hunter	14:56.19
15 Lucas Kreutzer	15:26.69
22 Evan Benoit	15:41.72
24 Darren Klukas	15:53.84
30 Elijah Edwards	16:01.75
31 Gage Chapman	16:07.45
33 Jack Harty	16:09.23
37 Carson Fouard	16:14.62
39 Gideon Lowery	16:21.44
Pole Vault
1 Aaron Quillen	4.61m (15-01.00)
3 Jonathan Wille	3.91m (12-10.00)
Discus
4 Connor Deters	48.47m (159-00)
6 Zach Sulzen-Watson	46.96m (154-01)

 
 
The Hornets will wrap up their weekend on Saturday with the final day of the Grizzly Gold Invitational at Butler CC's BG Products Veterans Sports Complex in El Dorado, Kan.