Cavs Combine for Five School Records at WWU
BELLINGHAM, Wash.—Despite most of the runners on the team competing outside of their specialty events, the Concordia track and field team recorded second-place team finishes at the Ralph Vernacchia Team Meet hosted by Western Washington University on Friday.
The Cavalier women tallied 95 points while the men totaled 85 points with both squads placing second to the host Vikings of WWU.
Concordia added six new NAIA qualifiers while five new school records were established.
On the track a trio of Cavs posted NAIA qualifiers on the women’s side with Samantha Robert leading the way with a school-record 38:22.44 in the 10,000, cutting more than two minutes off the school record while earning the NAIA ‘A’ standard. Trialing Robert, Alice Taylor placed third overall with a 39:04.18 to reach the NAIA provisional standard.
Also reaching the NAIA ‘B’ standard, Lauren Moran set a school record in the steeplechase with a 11:38.42, just missing the automatic barrier of 11:33.00.
The Cavs placed three inside the top six in the men’s hammer with Greg Schultz improving his NAIA-leading mark to a school-record 207-8, adding four inches to his career best. CU added two more qualifiers in the event with Nik Kay and Matt Webster eclipsing the provisional barrier. Kay placed fifth overall with a 165-1 and Webster was measured in 159-7 for sixth place.
Freshman Sharayah Kenady reestablished the school record in the women’s hammer, launching the orb 166-10 to boost her all-time best by more than seven feet.
The final automatic qualifier of the day came from Jesse Staub in the discus with a 19-foot personal record of 159-9 while the fifth school record performance came from Katherine Tripp with a 49-0 3/4 toss in the shot put to enhance the all-time school best by 19 inches.
Seven CU athletes took home individual championships. Leon Carl matched Tripp with a win in the shot put with a season-best 52-4 heave. Nik Kay captured the men’s discus, while Emily Redmayne-Titley won the women’s discus to lead a 1-2-3 CU sweep in the event. Schultz’s school record was good for a meet-best mark in the hammer and Lauren Sexton and Aria Nojima took the top two spots in the women’s javelin. Nojima added more than 14 feet to her season best with a 147-8 toss.
Daniel Scheetz tied for the meet-best in the high jump with a 6-0 3/4 clearance. Teammate Trevor Schwanz also cleared the height for a personal record to finish in third place. On the track, Curtis Parrish took first in the 110 hurdles with a 15.55.
Ralph Vernacchia Team Meet
Western Washington University
Civic Stadium
04/10/09
Concordia Results
Men
Team Rankings: 1. Western Washington, 116; 2. Concordia, 85; 3. Simon Fraser, 46 1/2; 4. British Columbia, 45 1/2; 5. Seattle, 41 1/2; 6. Washington, 36; 7. Pacific Lutheran 10; 8. Central Washington, 9; 9. Whatcom C.C., 5; 10. Seattle Pacific, 4; 11. Northwest, 1 1/2.
100: 17. Trevor Schwanz, 11.73; 20. Patrick Fennimore, 11.91; 24. Chris Wilson, 12.24; 26. DeAndre Burton, 12.31. 200: 5. Curtis Parrish, 22.82; 8. Jordan Hamblen, 23.14; 14. Trevor Schwanz, 23.73. 400: 3. Jordan Hamblen, 50.62; 7. Matt Challender, 51.49; 15. Patrick Fennimore, 54.33. 800: 4. Jessy Brown, 1:55.32; 5. Cordero Cisneros, 1:55.50; 18. Josh Burrus, 2:01.05. 1,500: 11. Josh Burrus, 4:11.86; 22. Dylan Zitzer, 4:23.34. 10,000: 8. Chris Grever, 34:12.66. 110 Hurdles: 1. Curtis Parrish, 15.55; 3. Eric Serres, 17.46. 400 Hurdles: 6. Eric Serres, 56.47. Long Jump: 12. Patrick Fennimore, 17-11 1/2 (5.47m). Triple Jump: 5. DeAndre Burton, 42-3 1/2 (12.89m). High Jump: T1. Daniel Scheetz, 6-0 3/4 (1.85m); 3. Trevor Schwanz, 6-0 3/4 (1.85m). Shot: 1. Leon Carl, 52-4 (15.95m); 6. Nik Kay, 44-11 (13.69m); 7. Jesse Staub, 44-9 1/2 (13.65m); 9. Matt Oliva, 43-1 3/4 (13.15m). Discus: 1. Nik Kay, 182-3 (55.55m); 3. Jesse Staub, 159-9 (48.70m); 6. Leon Carl, 149-4 (45.52m); 8. Derek Furgason, 144-11 (44.18m); 12. Matt Oliva, 136-0 (41.45m). Hammer: 1. Greg Schultz, 207-8 (63.30m); 5. Nik Kay, 165-1 (50.31m); 6. Matthew Webster, 159-7 (48.64m); 8. Michael Wright, 152-3 (46.41m). Javelin: 2. Eric Whalen, 206-3 (62.86m); 3. Jesse Staub, 195-11 (59.73m); 5. Tim Wyland, 172-4 (52.54m). 400 Relay: 5. Concordia, 44.29 (Eric Serres, Chris Wilson, Trevor Schwanz, Matt Challender). 1,600 Relay: 5. Concordia, 3:26.38 (Eric Serres, Jessy Brown, Chris Wilson, Cordero Cisneros).
Women
Team Rankings: 1. Western Washington, 101 1/2; 2. Concordia, 95; 3. Simon Fraser, 47; 4. Pacific Lutheran 39 1/2; 5. Washington, 35; 6. British Columbia, 32; 7. Seattle Pacific, 31; 8. Seattle, 27; 9. Northwest, 8; 10. Whatcom C.C., 7; 11. Kajaks-Can, 4; 11. Central Washington, 4; 13. Everett C.C., 2.
100: 5. Joyce Oniah, 12.79; T9. Eunice Makinde, 13.12; 13. Sabrina Hoffman, 13.23. 200: 2. Stephanie Persaud, 26.22; 13. Eunice Makinde, 27.12; 15. Sabrina Hoffman, 27.19. 400: 10. Dominique Jacoy, 1:02.65; 12. Joyce Oniah, 10:4.10; 13. Kaley Jameson, 1:05.23. 800: 6. Andria Scheese, 2:19.48; 8. Linsie Michels, 2:21.23. 1,500: 2. Andria Scheese, 4:41.97; 6. Linsie Michels, 4:45.09. 10,000: 2. Samantha Robert, 38:22.44; 3. Alice Taylor, 39:04.18; 11. Maggie Pesanti, 43:38.90. 100 Hurdles: 3. Emma Ward, 17.46. 400 Hurdles: 12. Eunice Makinde, 1:12.79. Steeple: 3. Lauren Moran, 11:38.42. Long Jump: 12. Dominique Jacoy, 15-8 3/4 (4.79m). Triple Jump: 2. Danielle Fergason, 36-6 3/4 (11.14m). High Jump: 4. Erika Schmid, 5-3 (1.60m); 7. Danielle Fergason, 4-11 (1.50m). Pole Vault: 13. Kendra Jantzi, 9-8 (2.95m); 13. Kaycee Gillespie, 9-1 3/4 (2.79m). Shot: 1. Katherine Tripp, 49-0 3-4 (14.95m); 3. Kristine Leonard, 39-1 (11.91m); 4. Sharayah Kenady, 37-6 1/2 (11.44m); 7. Emily Redmayne-Titley, 34-2 1/4 (10.42m). Discus: 1. Emily Redmayne-Titley, 144-10 (44.16m); 2. Kristine Leonard, 144-5 (44.02m); 3. Katherine Tripp, 144-3 (43.97m); 6. Sharayah Kenady, 127-1 (38.74m).Hammer: 3. Sharayah Kenady, 166-10 (50.86m); 7. Emily Redmayne-Titley, 131-8 (40.14m); 10. Kristine Leonard, 120-10 (36.82m).Javelin: 1. Lauren Sexton, 148-3 (45.19m); 2. Aria Nojima, 147-8 (45.00m). 400 Relay: 2. Concordia, 49.39 (Sabrina Hoffman, Stephanie Persaud, Joyce Oniah, Kasey Jameson). 1,600 Relay: 3. Concordia, 4:04.12 (Stephanie Persaud, Sabrina Hoffman, Andria Scheese, Linsie Michels).