Mustang
women win fifth straight MCC outdoor title
Posted
5/4/08 10:22 AM
Katie Larsen |
Matt Hilby |
Ryan Scheckel |
DUBUQUE, Iowa
-- The Mount Mercy College women's track & field team won
its fifth straight conference title on Friday, tying Grand View
College for the league crown for the second year in a row at the
2008 Midwest Collegiate Conference Outdoor Championships at Loras
College.
Mount Mercy
senior Katie Larsen took home three championships, including the
5,000 meter run (19:18.06), 10,000 meter run (40:17.55), and 3,000
meter steeplechase (12:15.26). She also finished third in the
1,500 meter run with a time of 5:16.88. Head Coach Ryan Scheckel
picked up his fifth MCC Women's Coach of the Year award.
Several Mustangs
produced top-five finishes. Sophomore Alyssa Maher was runner-up
in the 100 meter hurdles (:15.40) and 400 meter hurdles (1:07.94),
fourth in the 100 meter dash (:13.28) and triple jump (32'-5.5"),
and fifth in the 200 meter dash (:27.92).
Freshman Erin
Behan and senior Katie Schlutz each placed in the top five in
three events. Behan ran second in the 10,000 meters (40:47.48),
third in the 3,000 meter steeplechase (12:32.34), and fifth in
the 1,500 meters (5:27.19). Schlutz was fourth in the 10,000 meters
(42:54.85), steeplechase (13:04.99), and javelin (110'-2").
Sophomore
Chelsea Kvidera and freshman Kori Yotter were each top-five finishers
in a pair of events. Kvidera was runner-up in the 1,500 meters
(5:08.46) and third in the 800 meter run (2:29.52), while Yotter
placed fourth in the 800 (2:29.81) and 1,500 meters (5:20.81).
Senior Heather Collum took fifth in the steeplechase (13:25.15)
and freshman Emilie Warren fifth in the 400 meter dash (1:02.57).
Three women's
relay teams also finished third or better. The 4x800 meter relay
squad of Kvidera, Warren, Yotter, and Larsen placed second in
10:10.85. Freshman Alexa Francois, Maher, Warren, and freshman
Beca Orvella were third in the 4x100 meter relay (:52.38), as
were Warren, Yotter, Kvidera, and Maher in the 4x400 meter relay
(4:15.09).
Senior Matt
Hilby claimed Mount Mercy's only title on the men's side, but
it was a big one. His winning toss of 181'-3" in the javelin
was a new conference meet record and the second-best toss in school
history. Freshmen Justin Waring and Aaron Stephens, senior Nate
Lahner, and sophomore Scott Becker were also top-five finishers.
Waring was runner-up in the 800 (1:57.06) and 1,500 meters (4:12.53).
Stephens placed third in the high jump (6'-0") and fifth
in the 1,500 meters (4:18.43), while Lahner took second in the
discus (128'-4") and fifth in the shot put (41'-3").
Becker finished fifth in the 3,000 meter steeplechase (10:53.43).
A pair of
men's relay squads also placed in the top three. The 4x800 meter
relay team of Stephens, Waring, freshman Matthew Clarke, and Becker
came in second in 7:58.37. Junior Dustin Henderson, Waring, Clarke,
and Stephens teamed up to finish third in the 4x400 meter relay
in 3:30.47. The Mount Mercy men finished fifth in the team standings
with 92 points, while St. Ambrose University claimed the title
with 295 points.
