More Weekend Meet Results

The Minnesota Morris Cougars opened their season at the Cobber Open at Concordia College Moorhead on Saturday  with wins and school records. Ken Broden won the 800m in a time of 1:58.87 and the 4x200m relay team of Zeke Miller, Terrance Chastan-Davis, Nathan Harder and Bailey Denzer tied for first finishing in a time of 1:37.93. 

Kat Nelson set the school record in the shot put and weight throw. She bested teammate Katia Vantries in the weight throw on her last throw after Vantries had set the school record moments before.  Nelson finished fourth in the shot put and sixth in the weight throw.

The women had six top five finishes as did the men. Jennifer LaRoque was the top finisher for the women, taking second place in the high jump with a height of 1.58m.

Top Five Finishes
Women1000m - 5 Halee Morris, So              3:27.43      
3000m - 4 Amanda Peters, So          11:53.01
4x400m - 5  (Anna Peterson, Teja Foy, Justine Wolf, Zoe Bergstrom)   4:34.15
Distance Medley - 3 M (Halee Morris, Kelsi Kolle, Laura Borkenhagen, Maddy Gehrig) 14:14.82
High Jump - 2 Jennifer LaRoque, So          5-2 1/4 (1.58m) 
Shot Put - 4 Kat Nelson, Sr                           39-6 (12.04m)

Men
60m - 5 Zeke Miller, Sr                       7.33
800m - 1 Ken Broden, So                  1:58.87
5 Chalmer Combellick, Fr                  2:03.27
Mile - 4 Chalmer Combellick, Fr       4:29.06
4x200m - 1  (Zeke Miller, Terrance Chastan-Davis, Nathan Harder, Bailey Denzer)   1:37.93
4x400m - 3  (Nathan Ferrey, Chalmer Combellick, Josh Lozancich, Ken Broden)      3:39.46

Concordia Moorhead senior Erik Olson broke a 30-year-old school record in the pole vault. Olson became the first Concordia athlete to clear 15 feet  and helped CC post eight top five finishes at the meet.

"It was amazing," said Concordia head coach Garrick Larson. "I've been through a lot of things this past year but Erik's vault was one of the most incredible."

Olson, whose previous best was a 14-5.25 at last year's MIAC Meet, broke the  vault record of 14' 11" set by Buz Dahl in 1983. Olson finished with the height of 15-0 and placed second in the event. He was one of three Cobbers who finished in the top five of the pole vault. Charlie Alvarez cleared 13' 6.25" and was fourth while Levi Bachmeier fifth with the same height.

Most of the top finishes for the Cobbers at the meet came in field events. Besides the three top 5 marks in the pole vault, Concordia had three top 5 finishes in the high jump. Sophomore Simon Erlandson posted one of his two top 3 finishes as he placed second with a mark of 6-02. That height ties his career collegiate best. Freshman Gabe Wright and sophomore Mark Goss had the same height but placed in a tie for fourth because of the number of misses at lower heights.

Erlandson also came away with the top track finish of the day for the Cobbers.  He ran a 7.29 in the 60-meter dash and came in fourth place. His time would have been the second fastest of any Cobber athlete in all of last season.

The only event win for the Concordia men came from senior Brad Johnson in the two-day heptathlon. Johnson finished with a total score of 4,316 and won by almost 500 points. His total was also 61 points better than his season-best score from the 2012 season at the MIAC Meet.

The Concordia women's middle distance and distance athletes recorded seven different top five finishes in the five races from the 800 meters through the 5K. Junior Hannah Knickerbocker, the team's top finisher at the MIAC cross country meet in the fall, won the 5000 meters in a time of 18:55.46. That mark is better than any CC athlete from all of last season. Knickerbocker was one of three Concordia runners to finish in the top 5 in the 5K. Kathryn Stalnaker was third at 19:30.57 and Nicole Woinarowicz was fourth in 19:31.37.

Suzanne McConn and Liz Hanson claimed fifth-place finishes in the two other distance events. McConn placed fifth in the 3000 meters in 12:21.03 and Hanson was fifth in the mile with a mark of 5:40.99.

The middle distance group was led by Callie Christianson and Morgan Christian. Christianson was third in the 800 meters with a time of 2:31.50 and Christian was third in the 1000 meters at 3:09.33. Christian's time is almost two seconds faster than her season best from 2012.

The Concordia field athletes had a wide range of results and were led by Chelsea Klemetson who placed third in the high jump and ninth in the long jump. Klemetson cleared 5' 02.25" in the high jump and tied for the top height but was placed third because of misses at lower heights. Kelemetson also made the finals in the long jump and had her best jump in the finals when she posted 15' 1.5".

The other top 3 finish for CC in the field events came from sophomore Cherae Reeves who was third in the shot put. Reeves had a heave of 41' 4.25" in the prelims and was one of only three athletes in the meet to surpass the 40-foot mark. Her distance in the opening meet is better than any of her marks during the 2012 season.

Senior All-American Kaari Jensen started her 2013 season by finishing second in the pentathlon on Friday. Jensen completed the five events with a total of 2,693 points. Teammate Samantha Risan was fourth with a total of 1,926 points.

The University of Mary men’s track and field team split itself between the Montana State University Open in Bozeman, MT, and the Cobber Open. In Moorhead the Marauder men captured the top three spots in the triple jump. Aaron Teigen (Jr., Rugby, ND) won the event, followed by Thomas Hartwell (Sr., Fife, WA) and Dustin Rueb (So., Beulah, ND). In the 600 Deland Weyrauch (Sr., Ray, ND) placed first, just ahead of teammate Jordan Davis (Sr., Bismarck, ND). Shaun Henderson (Jr., Huron, ND) posted two strong performances for U-Mary, placing second in both the mile and the 3,000.  

Jordan Washington (Jr., Katy, TX) highlighted the Marauders efforts at Montana State on Friday, winning the 400. In the 55 meter hurdles, Chase Dixon (Sr., Grass Valley, CA) posted his best time of the season at 7.82 to place second. He also placed eighth in the 200. Two other Marauders finished fourth in their events, Kendall Kautz (So., Bismarck, ND) in the high jump and Tim Simonich (Sr., Laurel, MT) in the pole vault.

For the U-Mary women Melissa Agnew set two school records, and Brittney McKinley captured four individual events.  Agnew, a senior and nine-time All-American opened the Montana meet by setting a new school mark in the mile. Her winning time of 4:44.59(altitude adjusted) leads the nation and is an automatic qualifier for the NCAA DIII championships. Agnew then came back to set another school record in the 800 meter run. She finished second in a provisional qualifying time of 2:12:49(altitude adjusted) and is ranked second nationally in the event.
 
Two other individuals and a relay team hit provisional qualifying standards at the Montana State Open. Freshman Danylle Kurywchak(Cameron Park, CA) won the triple jump with an effort of 38' 5". She ranks third in the Northern Sun Conference. Janet Johnson, a junior from Kingston, Jamaica, ran the 55 meter hurdles in 8.24 seconds (converts to 8.89 seconds in the 60) to place second. She owns the top time in the NSIC.
 
Also posting a provisional qualifying time was the 4x400 meter relay team of Crystal Hovland (So., Rugby, ND), Megan Jenkins (Sr., Kuna, ID), Kaitlyn Wurnig (So., Huntley, MT) and Josie Guptill (Fr., Quinn, SD). The four posted a time of 3:53.39 to rank first in the conference. Dakota Wolf (Sr., Dickinson, ND) earned a second place finish in the mile. Stephanie Fey (So., Groton, SD) claimed second in two different events, the weight throw and the shot put.
 
The Concordia Invitational was dominated by McKinley. The junior from Los Angeles, CA, won four events – twice reaching provisional qualifying marks - and placed in another. McKinley, who did not compete in track in high school, won the 60 meter dash in an NSIC-leading 7.85 seconds. She later won the 60 meter hurdles in a provisional time of 8.93 seconds. McKinley capped off her day with a win in the 200 meters (26.46). Earlier in the meet, McKinley won the triple jump in a provisional-qualifying effort of 37-9.25. She also placed fourth in the long jump.

Several other Marauders also had strong meets at Concordia. All-American Jennifer Agnew was a double winner. The senior from Onamia, MN, won both the mile and 3,000 meter runs. Melissa Walker won one event and placed second in two more. The All-American from Kingston, Jamaica, won the long jump and was the runner-up in both the 60 meter hurdles and the long jump. Kayla Schuh (Jr., Bismarck, ND) captured the 600. Freshman Claire Gapinski (Foley, MN) placed second in both the 200 and 400.
 
Full Men's Cobber results are HERE.  Women's HERE. Montana State Open results are HERE.