PITTSBURG, Kan. (Feb. 13, 2021) - It's been three weeks since UCM Track and Field competed, but once they got back on the track, it was like they never left. At the Pittsburg State Gorilla Classic, UCM picked up 10 event winners, nine NCAA qualifiers and a new school record.
Pole Vault
• We'll start with the school record.
Madi Wulfekotter set it on just her second jump of the day, clearing 13-4.25. That mark broke teammate
Cassie Jennings record of 13-3.5 which she set just last year. But Wulfekotter wasn't finished. After failing at her first two attempts at 13-8.25, Wulfekotter cleared the mark on her third attempt, bettering her mark and setting not only a Jennies indoor record, but an overall school record, indoors and outdoors. The jump is also an NCAA automatic qualifier and ties the best jump in the nation heading into the weekend.
• It wasn't all Wulfekotter though on the vault.
Cassie Jennings finished third and jumped a season-best 13-0.25. Molly Green also set a personal-best clearing 11-0.75 placing eighth.
• For the Mules vaulters,
Reagan Ulrich took second place clearing 15-11.25 and Callaway McQueeny was fifth at 13-7.75.Â
Jumps
• Day one saw Chris Goodwin set a personal-best jumping 24-9 in the long jump. Although Goodwin took six attempts, he needed just one to set the personal-best, hitting the mark on his first jump. That distances moves him to fourth all-time at UCM in the event and is among the leaders in the country heading into the weekend. Goodwin came back on day two to win the triple jump, setting another PR and hitting an NCAA provisional qualifier. Goodwin jumped 49-3 to win the event.Â
• Goodwin wasn't the only Mule in the top-five in the long jump.Â
Trey Miller finished third jumping 23-5.5 andÂ
Trent Davis was fifth matching a personal-best 21-8.25 on his final jump of the day.Â
Calaway McQueeny was right behind Davis in sixth with a mark of 21-2.75 andÂ
Colby Stein finished seventh jumping 20-4.5.Â
• The Mules also sawÂ
Cade Conley take sixth place in the high jump clearing 6-2.
• Jennies long jumperÂ
Camryn Holloman finished in third place. She set a new personal-best jumping 18-6, which puts her by herself in 10th place all-time at UCM.Â
Libby Brown andÂ
Nicole Johnson finished back-to-back in 14th and 15th place jumping 16-3.25 and 16-2.25 respectively.Â
Isabelle Crespo was 17th jumping 15-11.5.
• All four Jennies triple jumpers hit season-best marks with two of them hitting NCAA provisional qualifiers.
Kayla Goodwin finished in second jumping 39-11.5, a provisional mark.
Audrey Fisher also jumped a provisional qualifying mark of 38-7.5 to place fourth.
Camryn Holloman set a personal-best and entered the UCM top-10 at number 10 jumping 38-1.25.
Isabelle Crespo set a personal-best by nearly three feet jumping 37-5.
• On the high jump bar,Â
Kayla Goodwin took sixth place clearing 5-1.75.Â
Throws
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Rachael Molloy won the weight throw on day one with a personal-best 56-9 which is an NCAA provisional qualifier.Â
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Ashlan Burton took second place throwing 52-6 andÂ
Baylie Bellin was eighth with a mark of 44-1.
• Burton came back to win the shot put on day two. She threw 50-4.5 which is an NCAA qualifier, but not her best mark of the season.
Alisha Straws took third throwing 43-8.5
• The Mules also finished 1st and 2nd in the weight throw.Â
Owen Staab was the winner throwing a personal-best 54-1.Â
Addison Snowball finished second with a mark of 53-6.Â
Justin Dannar was also in the top-10 taking seventh at 45-8.
• Snowball continued his strong weekend winning the shot put throwing 53-11.25. The mark came on his sixth and final throw.Â
Distance
• It was a nice one for the UCM Jennies distance crew. Running in their first 5K of the season, UCM took the first and second places and saw four of the seven run personal-best times.Â
Cynthia Togom, though she didn't set a PR, ran away from the field to win the race in 17:16.66. That mark is an NCAA provisional qualifier.Â
Lilian Busienei finished second crossing the line in 17:56.49 in her first 5K on the track for UCM.
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Kenzie Bergman also finished in the top-10 and ran a personal-best by more than a minute. She placed seventh running 18:30.11.Â
Sami Skibell andÂ
Claire Myers finished back-to-back in 12th and 13th place and each hit a PR with Skibell running 19:04.75 and Myers 19:05.00.Â
Makenzie Stucker was 17th running 19:36.23 andÂ
Emma Bassford's PR of 19:42.60 placed her 19th. Â
• The Jennies got another first place finish on day two as
Mariah Elmore ran 2:15.39 for the win. That mark is a season-best for her.Â
• Busienei came back from her 5K and ran a mile on day two. She finished 10th in 5:17.02, a personal-best.
Karynn Carroll (5:38.75) and
Hannah Rodina (5:41.39) also ran personal-best times in the event.Â
• The Mules had two top-10 finishers in the 800m.
Derek Nugent paced the squad with an eighth place finish running 1:56.08.
Tanner Skotnicki was 10th in 1:57.67.
Adam McCauley ran a personal-best 1:58.97 for 12th place.Â
Hurdles
• The Mules sent four to the finals in the 60m hurdles, though only three ran.
Andrew Paster set a big PR to finish second in 8.41.
Brett Shaffer took third place in 8.87 and
Garrett Francis was seventh in 8.85 after running 8.65 in the prelims.
Trey Miller also ran 8.65 in the preliminary round but did not run in the finals.
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Laia Gonzalez matched a personal-best in the finals of the high hurdles. She ran 8.93 which was good for third place. Kayal Goodwin was second in the prelims running 8.88, but did not compete in the finals.
Sprints
• Cam Holloman came back later in the afternoon on day one to compete in the 200m. She was 13th overall running 26.08.Â
Grace Wormek (26.37) andÂ
Libby Brown (26.39) finished 17th and 18th respectively.
• Day two saw Wormek leading the Jennies in the 60m dash running 7.95 for 11th place. Hollman was 13th in 7.98.
• For the MulesÂ
Kyzer Ramey had a top-10 finish in the 200m. Ramey was ninth running 22.88.Â
Colby Stein finished 22nd at 23.54.
• Ramey advanced to the finals in the 60m dash on day running. He tied a personal-best running 7.03 for sixth place.Â
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Hope Thiel was another event winner for UCM. She won the 400m in 58.27 which is a new PR for her. Alex Foote and
Laia Gonzalez finished back-to-back in fourth and fifth running 59.05 and 59.14 respectively.Â
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Isaak Rasche led the Mules 400m runners crossing the line in a personal-best 51.34.
Brett Shaffer wasn't far behind running 51.54, a PR and taking 25th place.
• Both the Mules and Jennies "A" 4x400m relay teams finished in fourth place. The Jens squad of Alex Foote,
Laia Gonzalez, Kayla GOodwin and
Hope Thiel ran 3:52.09. The Mules quartet of
Trey Miller,
Derek Nugent,
Tanner Skotnicki and
Jerald Allen ran 3:18.57.Â
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