Track & Field News & Notes

Mike Knutson (left) has been named a third-team Verizon Academic All-American for his efforts on the track and in the classroom this spring...More Info.

Knutson, and Leif Kennedy (right), were selected to the Verizon Academic All-District VII team for Track & Field and Cross Country.
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CMSU had a total of eight "All-American" finishes at the NCAA-II Championships, May 22-24, at SIU-Edwardsville, in Edwardsville, Illinois...More Info.
Mules finish 10th in the men's competition with 25 points, while the Jennies score 9 points and finish 28th in the women's competition.
Overall Results



Stephen Chambers won three events (110-meter hurdles, 400-meter hurdles, & triple jump, and finished second in the long jump) to earn high point honors for the men and lead the Mules to a third consecutive MIAA Outdoor Track & Field Championship. 

For a complete recap from the event in Kirksville, Mo...Click Here.

Final Men's Results
Mules MIAA Champions
Stephen Chambers - 110 Meter Hurdles, 400 Meter Hurdles, & Triple Jump
Leif Kennedy - 800 Meter Run & 1500 Meter Run
Kirk Tyner - 400 Meter Dash & member of the winning 4x100 Meter Relay Team (Jason Shaw, Eduardo Murillo, Jr., & Kevin O'Sadnick)
Mike Knutson - 5000 Meter Run
Jay Hill - 10000 Meter Run
Andy Gilmore - High Jump

Final Women's Results
Jennies MIAA Champions
Victoria Freeman - 400 Meter Dash

Kirk Pederson and Kip Janvrin were named the MIAA Men's Coaches of the Year after guiding the Mules to a fourth straight outdoor championship...More Info



Kip Janvrin won the Drake Relays Decathlon for the ninth straight year...Results.
Quotes from Janvrin and Travis Geopfert.


Mules proudly display the fourth place team trophy they received on Saturday, March 15th, at the NCAA-II Indoor Meet in Boston, Mass.
(L-R: Asst. Coach Travis Geopfert, Stephen Chambers, Leif Kennedy, Ivan Varbanov, Mike Knutson, Head Coaches Kip Janvrin & Kirk Pedersen.)


 

Jumps coach Travis Geopfert with Ivan Varbanov, who won two national titles at the NCAA-II Indoor Championships. 

CMSU PLACE WINNERS AT THE
NCAA-II INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS
Ivan Varbanov - High Jump & Triple Jump
Stephen Chambers - Triple Jump
Leif Kennedy - 800 Meter Run

 

         2003 CMSU Indoor Performance List
         MIAA Performance List (Men / Women)


Members of the Mules squad display the MIAA Indoor Track & Field championship trophy they earned on Saturday at the conference meet held at the CMSU Multipurpose Building.
Men's Results


Men's high point individuals (L-R: Gabriel Helms - Northwest Missouri State, Ivan Varbanov & Jarod Wall - Central Missouri State) with MIAA Commissioner Ralph McFillen.

Truman State (Mo.) edged Emporia State (Ks.) to win the Women's MIAA championship, with the Jennies finishing third.
Women's Results

CMSU Results at MIAA Meet