Mules take first, Jennies second at MIAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships

(MARYVILLE, Mo.) – The Central Missouri State University Mules won their fourth consecutive Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association Outdoor Track & Field Championship, Saturday and Sunday in Maryville, Mo. The Jennies, behind a 30-point effort from junior Kristin Anderson, were second.

Central Missouri’s Mules tallied 170 points to place ahead of Missouri Southern (141) in second and Pittsburg State (93) in third. It was some sweet revenge for CMSU, as Missouri Southern had ended the Mules’ eight-year reign by winning the MIAA Indoor Championship in February.

On the women’s side, Pittsburg State won by 12 points, with 149.5 points to the Jennies 137.5. Truman was third with 109. Anderson was the high-point individual for the women. She won the 3,000-meter run in 10 minutes, 12.04 seconds; the 5,000-meter run in 18:42.58; and the 3,000-meter steeplechase in a new MIAA-record time of 10:53.70. The old mark was 11:15.95, set by Jeannette Mott of Pittsburg State in 2002. Anderson provisionally qualified for the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships in both the 3,000 and the steeplechase.

Other event winners for the Jennies were Lori Pitz in the heptathlon with 4,670 points (a new school record), Jennifer Drum in the high jump at 5-07, and Denise Sandbothe with a new MIAA record of 11-07 in the pole vault. Pitz broke the CMSU record of 4661 points that she set earlier this season, while Sandbothe broke the mark of 11-6.25 set in 2003 by Jenny Simmons of Northwest.

Ivan Varbanov got a pair of wins for the Mules. He took the title in the high jump (7-01) and the triple jump (50-02.5). Stephen Chambers was first in the 110-meter hurdles in 14.29, Jacob Palmer won the 400-meter hurdles in 53.35, and both the 4x100- and 4x400-meter relay teams were first. The 4x100 team of Jason Shaw, Petko Yankov, Kevin O’Sadnick, and Kirk Tyner won in a new MIAA and Rickenbrode Stadium record time of 40.80 (the old MIAA mark was 40.86 set in 1997 by Lincoln, and the old stadium record was 40.85 set by Pittsburg State in 1999). The 4x400 team of O’Sadnick, Presley Cherubin, Tyner, and Yankov also set a stadium mark in winning in 3:11.88, beating the old time of 3:12.99 set by Northwest Missouri State in 1984.

The Mules and Jennies compete this Thursday, May 13 at the Missouri Southern Qualifier and Saturday, May 15 at the Emporia State Twilight Meet.

Jennies Results

400-Meter Dash - 4^th - Catherine Rucker, 56.80; 6^th - Beth Eiken, 57.51

800-Meter Run - 2^nd - Melinda Branch, 2:17.88

3,000-Meter Run - 1^st - Kristin Anderson, 10:12.04 (NCAA provisional qualifying mark)

5,000-Meter Run - 1^st - Kristin Anderson, 18:42.58

10,000-Meter Run - 3^rd - Danielle Moul, 41:27.13

100-Meter Hurdles - 3^rd - Denise Sandbothe, 14.38; 4^th - Melissa Bolinger, 14.62 (both NCAA provisional qualifying marks)

400-Meter Hurdles - 4^th - Melissa Boinger, 1:02.51 (NCAA provisional qualifying mark); 6^th - Denise Sandbothe, 1:04.50

3,000-Meter Steeplechase - 1^st - Kristin Anderson, 10:53.70 (MIAA record, NCAA provisional qualifying mark)

4x400-Meter Relay - 4^th (Catherine Rucker, Beth Eiken, Melissa Bolinger, Melinda Branch), 3:54.55

High Jump - 1^st - Jennifer Drum, 5-07 (NCAA provisional qualifying mark); 3^rd - Robin Miller, 5-04.5

Pole Vault - 1^st - Denise Sandbothe, 11-07 (MIAA record and NCAA provisional qualifying mark); T-6^th - Iva Vasileva, 10-03.25

Long Jump - 5^th - Lori Pitz, 18-02.5

Triple Jump - 6^th - Iva Vasileva, 36-10.5

Shot Put - 6^th - Becky Haug, 39-09.75

Discus - 3^rd - Becky Haug, 145-00

Hammer Throw - 4^th - Kita McCain, 162-06

Javelin - 6^th - Denise Sandbothe, 117-07

Heptathlon - 1^st - Lori Pitz, 4670 points (CMSU record and NCAA provisional qualifying mark);

                    2^nd - Denise Sandbothe, 4493 points (NCAA provisional qualifying mark); 3^rd - Jessi Kirkman, 4391 points

Mules Results

100-Meter Dash - 3^rd - Kevin O’Sadnick, 10.81; 4^th - Jason Shaw, 10.83

200-Meter Dash - 2^nd - Petko Yankov, 21.24; 4^th - Kevin O’Sadnick, 21.45; 5^th - Jason Shaw, 21.47

400-Meter Dash - 2^nd - Kirk Tyner, 47.80 (NCAA provisional qualifying mark)

800-Meter Run - 3^rd - Presley Cherubin, 1:53.92

5,000-Meter Run - 3^rd - Jarod Wall, 15:14.40

10,000-Meter Run - 2^nd - Jarod Wall, 31:15.34 (NCAA provisional qualifying mark)

110-Meter Hurdles - 1^st - Stephen Chambers, 14.29; 3^rd - Matt Prescott, 14.69 (both NCAA provisional qualifying marks)

400-Meter Hurdles - 1^st - Jacob Palmer, 53.35 (NCAA provisional qualifying mark); 4^th - Stephen Chambers, 54.85;

                                  6^th - Michael Klaus, 55.38

4x100-Meter Relay - 1^st (Jason Shaw, Petko Yankov, Kevin O’Sadnick, Kirk Tyner), 40.80 (NCAA provisional qualifying mark)

4x400-Meter Relay - 1^st (Kevin O’Sadnick, Presley Cherubin, Kirk Tyner, Petko Yankov), 3:11.88 (NCAA provisional mark)

High Jump - 1^st - Ivan Varbanov, 7-01 (NCAA automatic qualifying mark)

Long Jump - 2^nd - Marques Wooten, 24-07 (NCAA provisional qualifying mark)

Triple Jump - 1^st - Ivan Varbanov, 50-02.5; 2^nd - Stephen Chambers, 48-02 (both NCAA provisional qualifying marks)

Shot Put - 5^th - Steven Edwards, 51-03; 6^th - Josh Barker, 50-11

Discus - 3^rd - Ryan Maid, 159-09; 4^th - Steven Edwards, 158-08; 5^th - Cory Waggoner, 156-06

Hammer Throw - 5^th - Steven Edwards, 178-09 (NCAA provisional qualifying mark)

Decathlon - 2^nd - Ryan Thompson, 6275 points; 6^th - Michael Klaus, 6043 points

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