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Greene breaks mark, vaulters excel
as MC dominates Fighting Scot Invite
Release Date: February 13, 2006
MONMOUTH, Ill. — Albert Greene will
have to wait until spring to make a run at Monmouth College’s oldest
track record, the 1931 standard set by Hall of Famer John Weatherly,
but he did establish a new indoor mark Saturday. At the Fighting
Scot Invitational, he became the first MC athlete to break the
46-foot mark indoors, topping runner-up teammate Alex Stuart by
nearly a foot with his record-breaking effort of 46’1-1/4.
“Albert’s clearly got the type of ability to set records,” said MC
coach Roger Haynes of Greene, who is now ranked ninth nationally.
“He got challenged this week, and he had to jump that well if he was
going to win what was a very strong competition.”
Indeed, teammates Stuart, Chuck Lief and Sheridan Ray all performed
well, as did a jumper from Carroll. In addition, a former Fighting
Scot, Ted Ross, also had an impact.
“Ted and Albert had a personal thing going that Albert had to beat
him by three feet, which he did,” revealed Haynes. “That provided
Albert an extra bit of motivation.”
Not even Western Illinois University could stop Monmouth from
sweeping the team competitions. The Scots outscored WIU 231-83 to
win the 10-team men’s meet, while the women topped the runner-up
Leathernecks by 46 points to also claim first. To be fair, some of
WIU’s team was at a meet at Iowa State. Also in the Fighting Scot
Invitational field were Midwest Conference teams Beloit and Carroll,
as well as Simpson, Dubuque, Mount Mercy, Clarke, Ashford and Iowa
Wesleyan.
“Both fields had good overall quality,” said Haynes, who noted the
Scots were competing for the first time this year against some of
the teams. “The unknown can be good in track, and I think it helps
us get ready for our conference meet. The wins are satisfying, but
they were second to the individual improvements we saw. We had about
three times as many PRs as we’ve had at a meet this year, and we
felt pretty good about that.”
Once again, the pole vault competition also provided a major
highlight, as Jonny Henkins and Peter Sprecher both cleared 16’0 for
the first time in their careers. They placed 1-2 in the event,
beating the rest of the field by two feet, and they are now tied for
11th in the nation.
“It was a great day for both of them after a very average week of
practices,” said Haynes. “I think their bodies needed to heal up a
little. It was fun to watch them jump that well, and I thought they
both had some good attempts at 16’5.”
If either had hit that height, they would have moved up to third
nationally.
Christina Reiner won the women’s competition by clearing 10’6. Also
winning events for the women were Megan McKenna, who soared a
season-best 17’1-1/4 in the long jump, and 55-meter hurdler Ashley
Widdop (8.61), who beat her runner-up teammate Shannon Turczyn
(9.04). Turczyn did set a PR in the prelims (8.72). McKenna moved up
to seventh on the MC honor roll in the long jump, and she was also
third in the triple jump with a PR of 34’0. Teammate Amy Horneck
took second (34’8-1/2).
“Ashley Widdop had an extremely good day,” praised Haynes. “She
lowered her 55-meter dash time to 7.67, which is fourth in the
conference, and she’s just two hundredths of a second off
provisional in the hurdles.”
Jeff Rebholz won the shot put (48’9-1/2) and the weight throw
(52’10-1/4), and other winners were Tyler Rundle in the 200-meter
dash (22.41), Luke Reschke in the 400-meter dash (51.01), Kel Bond
in the mile (4:24.91), Aaron Etienne in the 5000-meter run (a PR of
15:45.08) and Tim Frank in the high jump (6’4).
The men also captured three of the four relays, winning the 4x200 in
1:29.92 and the 4x400 in 3:29.38. Rundle, Brad Gross, Bradley Franks
and Dante Daniels made up the 4x200 group, while Jake Stott, Adam
Rodriguez, Tim Meredith and Bond ran the 4x400. Etienne, Kyle
Schierer, Darin VanNattan and Scott Heair made up the winning
distance medley team (10:56.91). For the women, Kila Cox, Widdop,
Turczyn and Katey Vaccarello joined forces to win the 4x200 in
1:50.61.
Second-place finishers included Reiner in the high jump (4’10-1/4)
and long jump (16’7), Bond in the 400-meter dash (51.83), Anthony
Welty in the 3000-meter run (8:47.86), Ray in the long jump
(21’5-1/2) and Zach Wilson in the shot put (47’5-3/4).
Placing third were Jacquie Ouart in the 400-meter dash (1:05.10),
Daniels in the 55-meter dash (a personal-best 6.59) and 200-meter
dash (22.64), Heair in the 5000-meter run (16:00.36), Nick Long in
the 55-meter hurdles (8.11), Evan Harrison in the high jump (6’0)
and Zach Wilson in the weight throw (49’11-3/4).
Also finishing in the top six for the women were Jessica Dollins in
the 55-meter dash, Cox in the 200-meter dash, Sara Ingersoll in the
800-meter run, Erin Mann and Valerie Daves in the 5000-meter run,
Megan Clennon and Andrea Emery in the high jump, Jessica White and
McKenna in the pole vault, Horneck in the long jump and Jen Babos in
the shot put and weight throw.
Other men who placed in the top six were Aaron Daverin in the
55-meter dash, Gross in the 200-meter dash, Stott in the 400-meter
dash, Rodriguez in the mile, VanNattan in the 5000-meter run,
Brandon Hurckes in the 55-meter hurdles, Dane Justice in the pole
vault and Lief in the triple jump.
Monmouth will compete at the UNI-Dome Open in Cedar Falls, Iowa, on
Friday.
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