TOPEKA, Kan. (Feb. 28, 2021) - Central Missouri Track and Field enjoyed two great days on the track, especially on the women's side as they came home MIAA Champions for the ninth time in team history.
Team Champions
• The Jennies scored 137 team points winning by 15 over Missouri Southern. Pittsburg State also scored 100 with 103.
• The team championship is the ninth indoors for the Jennies. They last won in 2014-15 before going on to win the National Championship.
Event Winners
• Central Missouri had five event winners. The Jennies had three starting on the track with
Cynthia Togom. She won the 5K in 17:40.58 before coming back to score in two more events.
• Togom's was the only win on the track for UCM. They picked up two field event wins on day two.
Kayla Goodwin took over first place on her final jump, 41-1, to win the event.
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Ashlan Burton led the shot put from the start. Her first throw would have been good enough to win the competition, but she improved upon it in the finals throwing 50-6.75.
• Both of the Mules winners came on day one.
Vincent Hobbie became a four-time MIAA Champion in the pole vault clearing 16-9.25.
• Chris Goodwin won his first career MIAA Championship in the long jump with a mark of 24-7.
National Qualifiers
• Central Missouri had 24 National qualifiers from the meet.
Madi Wulfekotter in the pole vault was the only Mule or Jennie to hit an NCAA automatic qualifier.
School Records
• Wulfekotter's automatic qualifier also broke her own school record in the pole vault as she cleared 13-10.
Jumps
• In addition to Hobbie's top finish in the pole vault, the Mules got an additional point in the event from
Jack Hodge who jumped a personal-best 15-9.25 to place eighth.
Reagan Ulrich's no-height may have kept the Mules from scoring even more.
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Madi Wulfekotter's new school record matched the top mark in the pole vault, but she finished second due to number of attempts.
Cassie Jennings also gave the Jennies some points placing sixth and clearing 13-2.25.
• Goodwin wasn't the only top-three finisher for UCM in the long jump.
Trey Miller took third place jumping 23-9.5.
Jesse Miller also scored placing sixth with a mark of 23-3.5. Goodwin and
Jesse Miller came back to score in the triple jump as well on Sunday. Goodwin finished second jumping 49-9.25 and moving to ninth all-time at UCM. Miller placed fifth with a mark of 47-11.
• It was a dramatic conclusion to the end of the women's long jump. Heading into her final attempt,
Kayla Goodwin was in second place, 1.25 feet behind the leader. She got off a big one, a new personal-best jumping 19-3.25 to give her the lead. However it was short lived as Pittsburg State's Asia Anderson outdid Goodwin on the last jump of the competition.
• Goodwin still finished second giving the Jennies eight points and
Camryn Holloman's 18-4.25 jump was good for fifth place and four more points in the event.
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Kayla Goodwin was in another dramatic finish Sunday in the triple jump. This time, Goodwin came out on top. On her final jump, she overtook the lead with a mark of 41-1 to win the event. It puts her second all-time at UCM.
Audrey Fisher also got off a big final jump. She moved into fourth place to earn an All-MIAA medal with her indoor personal-best 39-3, which is now fifth all-time at UCM.
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Hannah VanBuskirk made it to the final two in the high jump. She nearly jumped a personal-best 5-8 and finished in second place.
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Jesse Miller also scored for the Mules in the high jump clearing 6-6.75.
Throws
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Rachael Molloy continues to set personal-bests in the weight throw. She hit another one today, throwing 60-4.75 to place second in the competition. She's the second Jennie to ever throw 60m in the event.
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Ashlan Burton took fourth in the weight competition throwing 56-2.5.
• Burton came back on Sunday to win the shot put. She and
Alisha Straws went 1-2 in the event. Burton threw 50-6.75 and Straws 47-3.75, both NCAA provisional qualifiers. It's Burton's second MIAA Championship in the event. She also won in 2019.
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Addison Snowball is the only Mules thrower in Topeka. He too set a new PR in the weight throw with a mark of 60-10.5 which is an NCAA provisional qualifier and 10th all-time at UCM. He finished fourth overall.
• Snowball then came back Sunday to place fourth in the shot put throwing 55-3.5.
Distance
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Cynthia Togom's win in the 5K got the Jennies 10 points.
Lilian Busienei tacked on four more with a fifth place finish. She ran a personal-best 17:53.74.
• Togom had a busy weekend. After winning the 5K she also ran the mile and 3K, earning All-MIAA in both Sunday. First up, she took third in the mile running 5:02.70 which is a new personal-best and eighth all-time at UCM. Togom then ran a gutsy 3K finishing third in 10:14.02.
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Mariah Elmore scored in two events for the Jennies. Running in the 800m, she advanced to the finals where she placed sixth in 2:18.91. Elmore had fallen to eighth, but passed two on the final lap. She also ran the mile for the first time at a conference meet, taking eighth place in 5:10.72.
• Though neither scored, both
Nick Victor and
Zach Adams ran personal-bests in the 5K. Victor broke 15 minutes for the first time running 14:58.86 and Adams ran 15:26.07 which is a PR by nearly 45 seconds.
• Victor set another personal-best in the 3K on Sunday. He ran 8:37.76 to place 13th and missed out on the UCM top-10 by less than three seconds.
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Denzel Kiptoo was the Mules top finisher in the mile. He ran 4:21.57 which is a new PR.
Sprints/Hurdles
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Antonio Lay was the only Mule to qualify for finals in two events. He finished in sixth place in both the 60m and 200m dashes running 6.91 and 21.86. In the preliminary rounds, Lay ran 6.80 and 21.58 which were top two in both events in those rounds.
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Andrew Paster set personal-bests in the 60m hurdles in back to back days. He made the finals running 8.34, then took second place running 8.24 in the finals. Paster entered the meet with a PR of 8.41.
• At the same time as the triple jump was going on,
Kayla Goodwin had to run the 60m hurdle finals. She gave the Jennies a fourth place finish running 8.81.
Laia Gonzalez ran 8.90 to finish seventh. She made it to the finals running 8.72 in the prelims.
• Gonzalez wasn't finished though. She ran the 600 yards and made the podium placing third in 1:25.99.
• The Mules got two through to finals in the 600 yard run.
Tanner Skotnicki finished fifth running 1:11.94 and
Jerald Allen was seventh in 1:12.85. Allen ran the same time in the preliminary and final rounds.
• Although they didn't qualify for the finals,
Camryn Holloman and
Grace Wormek ran personal-bests in the 60m dash. Holloman ran 7.80 which was first out in ninth place and Wormek ran 7.84 which was 12th. Wormek (24.66) and
Destiney Nash (25.49) also PR'd in the 200m but did not advance to the finals.
Relays
• The meet finished up with the 4x400m relay. Although the team trophy was already in hand, the Jennies put it away emphatically with a second place finish in the 4x400m relay. The team of Alex Foote,
Laia Gonzalez,
Hope Thiel and
Kayla Goodwin ran a season-best and NCAA provisional qualifying time 3:50.95. Gonzalez and Theil each split 56 while Foote and Goodwin split 58.
• The Mules were banged up at the end of the meet. They sent out Chris Goodwin,
Tanner Skotnicki,
Derek Nugent and
Jerald Allen to run the relay. They finished in fourth place running 3:19.93.
• Saturday closed out with the distance medley relay. The Mules finished in sixth place behind the team of
Alex Kirk,
Adam McCauley,
Derek Nugent and
Denzel Kiptoo which ran 10:23.58.
• The Jennies were seventh running 12:51.43. That team was made up of
Karynn Carroll,
Destiney Nash,
Hannah Rodina and
Kimberlee Sewester.
Combined Events
• Central Missouri started the meet scoring in the pentathlon.
Hannah VanBuskirk finished third totaling 3630 points. She tied for first in the high jump clearing 5-7.25. She'll be entered in the open high jump tomorrow afternoon.
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Libby Brown set a personal-best scoring 3037 points which put her in 12th place.
• The Mules also had a good day getting personal-bests from
Garrett Francis and
Calaway McQueeny. Francis needed a personal-best in the 1,000 to jump into second place. He total 5,233 points which bumped him up to seventh all-time at UCM and is an NCAA provisional qualifier.
• McQueeny scored 4875 points, also a provo mark. He scored personal-bests in three of the seven events.
Up Next
• The Mules and Jennies will find out this week who will qualify for the NCAA National Championships Friday-Sunday, March 11-12.
Mules
Jennies
| Penthathlon |
| 3 |
Hannah VanBuskirk |
3630 Points (NCAAP) |
|
60m Hurdles |
8.97 (4th) |
|
Long Jump |
17-8.25 (4th) |
|
Shot Put |
31-8 (9th) |
|
High Jump |
5-7.25 (T1st) |
|
800m |
2:31.70 (6th) |
| 12 |
Libby Brown |
3037 |
|
60m Hurdles |
9.14 (5th) |
|
Long Jump |
16-7.25 (11th) |
|
Shot Put |
30-7 (12th) |
|
High Jump |
4-5 (20th) |
|
800m |
2:34.74 (17th) |
| 17 |
Lauren Nelson |
2758 |
|
60m Hurdles |
9.77 (13th) |
|
Long Jump |
15-5 (16th) |
|
Shot Put |
32-8.5 (6th) |
|
High Jump |
4-8.75 (18th) |
|
800m |
2:52.34 (16th) |
