Mules and Jennies sweep

MIAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships

The Central Missouri State Mules and Jennies swept the MIAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships this Saturday and Sunday in Emporia, Kansas. The Mules rolled to a 67-point victory over second place Pittsburg State, helping them to their fifth title in the last six years. The Jens coasted to a 27.5-point win over the Gorilla women and claimed their second consecutive "triple crown" by successfully defending the cross country, indoor and outdoor MIAA titles.

Senior Lori Pitz was the MIAA High-Point Individual, scoring 36.5 points. She did it by winning the heptathlon (4,874 points) and 400-meter hurdles (1:02.11), placing second in the high jump (5-07.00), third in the long jump (18-09.75), and running a leg on the winning 4x400 meter relay (3:52.20). It is the third consecutive year a Jenny has claimed the award (Kristin Anderson did it in 2004 and 2005).

On the men's side, senior Steven Edwards scored 24 points to lead the Mules. He won the shot put (52-11.00), took second in the hammer (186-10), and third in the discus (152-02).

In all, the Jennies had 41 All-MIAA performances while the Mules garnered 31 top six finishes.

Women:

100 meter dash: 2^nd, Elise Johnson, 12.00 5^th, Amber Walker, 12.33

200 meter dash: 1^st, Amber Walker, 24.52 5^th, Elise Johnson, 24.98

                                 6^th, Beth Eiken, 25.41

400 meter dash: 4^th, Shantel Newbold, 57.38

3,000 meter run: 4^th, Erin Hasemeier, 10:31.86 5^th, Gina Kennison, 10:32.60

5,000 meter run: 3^rd, Gina Kennison, 18:36.39 5^th, Erin Hasemeier, 18:47.91

10,000 meter run: 6^th, Dani Wagaman, 40:09.79

100 meter hurdles: 2^nd, Chelsea Luck, 14.64 5^th, Anne Carlson, 15.18

400 meter hurdles: 1^st, Lori Pitz, 1:02.11 2^nd, Cody Varner, 1:04.45

                                    6^th, Alison Burns, 1:06.25

3,000 meter steeple: 3^rd, Sandy Davidson, 11:46.33

4x100 relay: 2^nd, Central Missouri, 46.01

4x400 relay: 1^st, Central Missouri, 3:52.20

High Jump: 1^st, Jennifer Drum Greer, 5-08.00 2^nd, Lori Pitz, 5-07.00

                        4^th, Haley Morrissey, 5-07.00 5^th, Jodi Donovan, 5-03.25

Pole Vault: 4^th, Meagan O'Donnell, 10-10.00 6^th, Heather Wohlleber, 10-00.00

Long Jump: 3^rd, Lori Pitz, 18-09.75 5^th, Anne Carlson, 18-00.25

                         6^th, Cody Varner, 17-09.50

Triple Jump: 5^th, Anne Carlson, 37-07.75 6^th, Cody Varner, 37-05.75

Shot Put: 2^nd, Becky Haug, 43-06.50 5^th, Chelsi Rohr, 40-05.50

Discus: 1^st, Becky Haug, 146-08 4^th, Leah Lord, 125-03

Hammer: 3^rd, Erin Brechue, 156-03

Javelin: 1^st, Anne Carlson, 130-08 6^th, Haley Morrissey, 113-04

Heptathlon: 1^st, Lori Pitz, 4,874 pts. 2^nd, Cody Varner, 4,539 pts.

                        3^rd, Anne Carlson, 4,433 pts. 4^th, Haley Morrissey, 4,147 pts.

Men:

100 meter dash: 2^nd, Bruce Williams, 10.55

200 meter dash: 1^st, Bruce Williams, 20.93

400 meter dash: 2^nd, Ryan Irvin, 48.95 6^th, Dannon Abney, 49.49

800 meter run: 2^nd, Kyle Brown, 1:53.41

1,500 meter run: 2^nd, Joe Mundt, 3:57.00

5,000 meter run: 1^st, Jarod Wall, 14:27.52 2^nd, Adam Akers, 15:02.24

10,000 meter run: 1^st, Jarod Wall, 31:42.95 2^nd, Tommy Neal, 31:51.86

110 meter hurdles: 1^st, Matt Prescott, 14.54 4^th, Jacob Palmer, 14.95

                                   6^th, Casey Canada, 15.21

400 meter hurdles: 2^nd, Jacob Palmer, 53.39 3^rd, Casey Canada, 53.73

                                   4^th, Matt Prescott, 54.07  6^th, Thomas McCulloch, 55.64

3,000 meter steeple: 1^st, Adam Akers, 9:18.24  2^nd, Tommy Neal, 9:23.08

4x100 meter relay: 1^st, Central Missouri, 40.96

4x400 meter relay: 1^st, Central Missouri, 3:14.14

High Jump: T-3^rd, Keith House, 6-04.00

Pole Vault: 5^th, Travis Pleus, 15-05.50

Long Jump: 3^rd, Phil Soetaert, 22-04.50

Triple Jump: 5^th, Adam Rutz, 46-08.25

Shot Put: 1^st, Steven Edwards, 52-11.00

Discus: 3^rd, Steven Edwards, 152-02  5^th, Dan Raithel, 150-03

Hammer: 1^st, Dan Raithel, 201-04  2^nd, Steven Edwards, 186-10

Decathlon: 6^th, Casey Canada, 5,634 pts.