McPherson didn’t come home
from the 2004 KCAC with any gold medals, but the Bulldog men placed in 14 of 21
events and the Lady Bulldogs placed in nine, the best all around showing by a
McPherson squad in several years.
Preston Taylor led the
McPherson men by placing second in three events (100, 200, triple jump),
including an automatic national qualifier in the 200 meters and a provision
qualifier in the 100 meters, plus picking up a seventh in the long jump.
The conference meet was the first time this season he had competed in either
jumping event.
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“The 200 meters was a great
race. There were people lining the track from start to finish, cheering
the guys on. Both
Tim Cox placed in three
events. He broke two minutes for the first time this season to place
fourth, then was sixth in the high jump and eighth in the triple jump.
The conference meet was the first time Cox had participated in the triple jump
this spring.
“The (men’s) 800 (meters) was
one of the highlight races of the meet. There were four quality young men
really fighting it out, and Tim was right in the mix. We still hope to
get him an opportunity in the next couple of weeks to run an 800 with fresh
legs.”
Eddie Chavez duplicated Cox’s
fourth and sixth place finishes. Chavez’s came in the shot put and
discus, where his toss was a new season best.
America Patton ran a season
best in the 200 meters preliminaries, before finishing fifth in the
finals. Brandt Busse was able to sore arm the javelin to a fifth place
finish.
Both the men’s 4 x 100 and 4
x 400 relays placed sixth, running with altered lineups due to the absence of
short sprinter Seth Cavenee, out with a strained hamstring.
Klayton Keesling was seventh
in the pole vault, while Stacy Cavenee, Bryan Grosbach, and Scotty Phillips
wrapped up the men’s points with eighth place finishes in the long jump, 10,000
meters, and hammer throw, repectively. Grosbach’s time in the
10-kilometer race knocked almost a minute off his previous best in Friday
evening’s rain and dropping temperatures. Scotty Phillips notched a
five-foot improvement in his season best in the hammer throw.
Geralyn Hale placed in three
events (100, 200, triple jump), topped by her fourth place finish in the shortest
sprint. She set a season best in placing fifth in the 200 meters, and
rounded out her conference meet with an eighth place finish in the triple jump.
Beth Krehbiel duplicated
Hale’s three top eight placing, topped by her fourth in the long hurdles, i.e.,
400 meters. She was also sixth in the short hurdles and eighth in the
high jump.
Deidre Frager was fifth in
the javelin while Rebecca Stover contributed a sixth place in the triple jump
when she bounded to a season best. Sheila Bevan’s eighth in place in the
shot put with a season best rounded out the individual point production for the
Lady Bulldogs. The Bulldogs ran a 4 x 100 meter relay for the first time
this season and came home in seventh place.
McPherson set a total of 18
season bests in the events Bulldogs had previously competed.
“We had several step up and
compete in events for the first time this spring this weekend. The
conference meet is the one meet all year we ask the kids to go beyond
themselves and go after team points. With Seth (Cavenee, who was out with
an injury), the men probably would have scored another 15 to 18 points.
But, injuries occur and everyone else has to step up in order to fill the gap.”
McPherson’s men finished in sixth
place with 40 points while the Lady Bulldogs were eighth with 14.
Southwestern College easily swept the team titles. The Moundbuilder men
scored more than the next three teams combined (260 to 259) and their women
scored just six points less than the next four teams combined (256 to 262).
The next two weeks will have
the Bulldogs taking a limited squad to the Bethany Open and the Emporia Last
Chance meet in an attempt to meet national qualifying standards.
Complete McPherson results:
MEN –
100m Dash – 2.
200m Dash – 2.
800m Run – 4. Tim Cox
1:57.92SB
1500m Run – Tim Cox
4:39.78; Bryan Grosbach 4:49.02
10,000m Run – 8. Bryan
Grosbach 36:35.50SB
400m Hurdles – Stacy Cavenee
1:05.05p
4 x 100m Relay – 6. McPherson
44.81 (Klayton Keesling, America Patton, Preston Taylor, Brandt Busse)
4 x 400m Relay – 6.
McPherson 3:36.17 (America Patton, Bryan Grosbach, Preston Taylor, Tim
Cox)
High Jump – 6. Tim Cox 6-3
Pole Vault – 7. Klayton
Keesling 11-6
Long Jump – 7. Preston Taylor
20-2.75; 8. Stacy Cavenee 19-7SB
Triple Jump – 2. Preston
Taylor 43-10.75; 8. Tim Cox 41-6.5
Shot Put – 4. Eddie Chavez
42-1
Discus – 6. Eddie Chavez
129-2SB; Dan Hudachek 116-9; Justin Ratliff 116-1SB
Hammer – 8. Scotty Phillips
110-4SB; Val Thompson 104-11; Brandt Busse 98-3; Dan Hudachek
98-2; Hayden Owen 89-5
Javelin – 5. Brandt Busse
154-2
WOMEN –
100m Dash – 4. Geralyn Hale
12.96 (12.93p); Laura Engquist 14.50pSB
200m Dash – 5. Geralyn Hale
27.51SB (28.19p); Laura Engquist 30.63SB
1500m Run – Mandi Shobe
6:13.16SB; Bethany Lobmeyer 6:21.27SB
5,000m Run – Mandi
Shobe 23:13.98; Bethany Lobmeyer 24:35.03
100m Hurdles – 6. Beth
Krehbiel 17.63
400m Hurdles – 4. Beth
Krehbiel 1:11.84SB
4 x 100m Relay – 7. McPherson
55.82 (Kelsey Hendricks, Laura Engquist, Beth Krehbiel, Rebecca Stover)
High Jump – 8. Beth Krehbiel
4-6
Long Jump – Rebecca
Stover 15-0.75
Triple Jump – 6. Rebecca
Stover 33-8SB; 8. Geralyn Hale 31-10.5
Shot Put – 8. Sheila Bevan
34-3.75SB; Kelsey Hendricks 32-11.5
Discus – Katie Atwater
89-1; Sheila Bevan 80-3
Hammer – Katie Atwater
99-7
Javelin – 5. Deidre Frager
109-7; Kelsey Hendricks 78-8; Rachel Butler 71-10