Track hits road with split squads
Monday, April 25 2011 - Kansas RelaysThe Eastern track and field team was split between two meets this weekend, with half of the team competing at the Kansas Relays and the rest in action at the ISU Pacesetter at Indiana State.
The 84th annual Kansas Relays saw Panthers in a total of five final events on Saturday.
Leading the way was red-shirt freshman Mick Viken, who placed second in the men's pole vault. Viken vaulted a height of 17-feet, 6.50-inches. The mark falls just short of Viken's season best and record setting vault of 17-feet, 7.75-inches. Viken set the current Eastern outdoor record at Western Kentucky's Hilltopper Relays in the team's second meet of the season.
Viken placed second to former national champion, Jordan Scott, of the host Kansas Jayhawks. Though Viken and Scott each cleared the same height, Scott was awarded first place based on the number of attempts.
In the men's 200-meter dash, red-shirt junior Zye Boey came away with the fastest time in the preliminary race with a first place time of 20.01 seconds.
In other track events, red-shirt senior Patrick Tortorici took third place in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 52.40 seconds. On the women's side, junior Bridget Sanchez took seventh place in the 400-meter dash preliminaries with a time of 56.81 seconds. She took sixth in the finals with a time of 58.49 seconds.
After taking eighth in the preliminary race, the men's 4x400-meter relay team finished in fourth place in the event finals. The team of senior Darren Patterson, senior Preston Smith, freshman Cody Boarman and Tortorici finished behind Kansas, Nebraska and Lincoln (Missouri) with a time of 3:15.58.
The women's 4x400-meter relay team took ninth in the preliminary event, missing the finals. However, the women's 4x100-meter relay team took fourth place in the finals after an eighth place finish in the preliminary. The team of junior Emily Quinones, Sanchez and freshmen Jaida Moore and Klaudia Susal recorded a time of 47.13 seconds. The team finished behind Lincoln (Missouri), Kansas State and Missouri State.
Finishing in second place was the women's distance medley relay team. The team consisting of junior Olivia Klaus, red-shirt junior Megan Gingerich, junior Erika Foltys and sophomore Erika Ramos posted a time of 12:11.86. The team from Kansas took first place in the event.
At Indiana State's Pacesetter meet, the Panthers finished with a total of six top five placers.
Sophomore Stephanie Peisker finished third in the women's 1,500-meter run with a time of 4:46.72, while sophomore Sodiq Alliu also took third in the men's long jump. Alliu recorded a jump of 44-feet, 6-inches.
The team will again be split next weekend, as the Panthers will compete at the Drake Relays and the Stan Lyons Invite.
The 84th annual Kansas Relays saw Panthers in a total of five final events on Saturday.
Leading the way was red-shirt freshman Mick Viken, who placed second in the men's pole vault. Viken vaulted a height of 17-feet, 6.50-inches. The mark falls just short of Viken's season best and record setting vault of 17-feet, 7.75-inches. Viken set the current Eastern outdoor record at Western Kentucky's Hilltopper Relays in the team's second meet of the season.
Viken placed second to former national champion, Jordan Scott, of the host Kansas Jayhawks. Though Viken and Scott each cleared the same height, Scott was awarded first place based on the number of attempts.
In the men's 200-meter dash, red-shirt junior Zye Boey came away with the fastest time in the preliminary race with a first place time of 20.01 seconds.
In other track events, red-shirt senior Patrick Tortorici took third place in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 52.40 seconds. On the women's side, junior Bridget Sanchez took seventh place in the 400-meter dash preliminaries with a time of 56.81 seconds. She took sixth in the finals with a time of 58.49 seconds.
After taking eighth in the preliminary race, the men's 4x400-meter relay team finished in fourth place in the event finals. The team of senior Darren Patterson, senior Preston Smith, freshman Cody Boarman and Tortorici finished behind Kansas, Nebraska and Lincoln (Missouri) with a time of 3:15.58.
The women's 4x400-meter relay team took ninth in the preliminary event, missing the finals. However, the women's 4x100-meter relay team took fourth place in the finals after an eighth place finish in the preliminary. The team of junior Emily Quinones, Sanchez and freshmen Jaida Moore and Klaudia Susal recorded a time of 47.13 seconds. The team finished behind Lincoln (Missouri), Kansas State and Missouri State.
Finishing in second place was the women's distance medley relay team. The team consisting of junior Olivia Klaus, red-shirt junior Megan Gingerich, junior Erika Foltys and sophomore Erika Ramos posted a time of 12:11.86. The team from Kansas took first place in the event.
At Indiana State's Pacesetter meet, the Panthers finished with a total of six top five placers.
Sophomore Stephanie Peisker finished third in the women's 1,500-meter run with a time of 4:46.72, while sophomore Sodiq Alliu also took third in the men's long jump. Alliu recorded a jump of 44-feet, 6-inches.
The team will again be split next weekend, as the Panthers will compete at the Drake Relays and the Stan Lyons Invite.