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Records fall as Scots take third at large meet Release Date:
February 8 , 2010
MONMOUTH, Ill. —
Two school records fell and two provisional qualifying marks
were met as the men’s and women’s track teams each placed third at
last Saturday’s Keck Ecumenical Meet hosted by Illinois Wesleyan
University.
Competing in the 21-team women’s field, Gloria Lehr threw
a personal-best and tied for second in the weight throw with a
provisional qualifying mark of 52’7-1/4. Amanda Streeter and
Allison Devore also had career-best marks in the weight
throw. Streeter was sixth at 50’5-1/4 and Devor placed 11th at
44’11-3/4. Lehr also took second in the shot put where her mark of
40’9 was just 1-1/2” out of first.
The Scots’ other provisional mark came in the men’s 17-team field
where Logan Hohl improved his 55-meter hurdle time. The
junior clocked a 7.63 to finish second, just four-one-hundredths
back of the winner and the sixth-best nationally. Hohl also ran a
23.36 to place seventh in the 200 as Saidu Sesay took fourth
with a 23.22. Hohl also teamed with Kyle Prout, Logan Weir
and Shane Reschke on the fifth-place 4x400 relay. The
foursome clocked a 3:28.31.
Running in the women’s 5,000, Mary Kate Beyer took first
and broke her own school record in the process. She clocked an
18:19.44 to break the old mark by nearly 10 seconds.
Freshman Rachel Bowden hasn’t wasted any time making her
mark in the Fighting Scots’ record book. Bowden placed third in the
800 run and set a school record in the process. Her time of 2:20.59
set the new standard for Fighting Scots runners and was just
15-one-hundredths out of second place. The time was also just four
seconds shy of the provisional qualifying time. Bowden was also part
of the 4x400 relay which took fifth. She teamed with Jae Moore,
Kaci Lierman and Morgan Leffel to run a 4:10.28.
A well-rounded day for Chelsey Widdop included a
personal-best in the high jump where she cleared 5’2-1/4 to place
third ahead of teammates Heather Hull and Sarah Stinson.
Hull and Stinson each cleared 5’0-1/4 to tie for fourth. Widdop also
recorded an eighth-place finish in the 55 hurdles where she ran a
9.10.
Senior Katie Staab ran to a sixth-place
finish in the 3,000 with a career-best. Staab checked in with an
11:01.47.
Moore had a good day in the sprints where she
placed fourth in the 200. The junior clocked a 26.94 and was just
four-one-hundredths out of third. She also took fifth in the 55
dash, running a 7.61.
Leffel turned in personal-best 16’8-3/4 to tie
for sixth in the long jump. Leffel and Lierman finished 7-8 in the
400 dash. Leffel turned in a 1:01.95 and Lierman clocked a 1:02.31.
A vault of 10’2 placed Whitney Didier fifth in the pole
vault.
The Scots placed all five of their men’s high
jumpers in the top eight. Nick Byom cleared 6’6-3/4 to take
second, two inches ahead of Sean Wells in third place.
Tyler Hannam’s 6’2-3/4 placed him in a tie for fifth. Matt
Hassler tied for sixth after clearing 5’10-3/4 and John
Gambrel tied for seventh with the same height.
Brock McAnally had his season-best
performance in the pole vault where he finished second. McAnally
cleared 14’9 and leads the Midwest Conference rankings with that
mark.
The Scots had a pair of sevenths in two jumping
events. Mike Blodgett placed seventh in the long jump with a
distance of 20’5-3/4. Nick Wright triple jumped 42’5-1/4 to
place seventh.
Peyton Lumzy recorded a personal-best to
take fourth in the shot put. His 50’4 throw was more than a foot
farther than his previous best. Lumzy also took eighth in the weight
throw with a mark of 52’1-3/4 and his three teammates recorded
career-bests in the event. Paul Terpening was ninth with a
throw of 52’0, Parker Woodall was 11th at 47’11-3/4 and
Josh Williams’ toss of 46’11-1/2 placed him 13th.
Monmouth’s men raced two distance medley relay
teams comprised of all freshmen. The Scots’ “A” team of Jake Barr,
Dustin Lemly, Brian Daley and Paul Davies
finished fourth in 11:02.95. Daniel Reid, Kevin Blair,
Andy Sheller and Kyle Earman clocked a 12:01.57 to
place seventh.
The Scots host the nine-team Fighting Scot
Invitational Saturday beginning at 1:30 in the Huff Athletic Center.
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