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Two school records
fall at season-opening meet
Release Date: January 23, 2007
MONMOUTH, Ill. —
Monmouth track coach Roger Haynes views the Fighting Scots’ first
three indoor meets of 2007 as glorified practices, but that didn’t
stop two of his athletes from breaking school records at the
season-opening Prairie Fire Quad, which was hosted by Knox College
on Saturday.
By the slimmest of margins, Jeff Rebholz bested the weight throw
record set by his teammate, Zach Wilson. Rebholz’s first-place,
provisional-qualifying mark of 57’2-1/4 was just a quarter-inch
longer than Wilson’s record from 2006.
In the pole vault, Jessica White shattered her previous best by
nearly a foot, clearing 11’5-3/4 to win the event over three
teammates. Her provisional-qualifying mark broke Christina Reiner’s
2005 record by nearly eight inches.
“We talked after the meet about how the two records represented two
sides of a coin,” said Roger Haynes. “Jeff really put in a lot of
offseason work and really earned his accomplishment. Jess is pretty
solid technically, which is what allowed her to do so well.”
The records were part of a dominant meet for both teams. The women
placed first in the four-team field with 185 points, while the men
won with 194, more than doubling the score of runner-up Cornell.
Monmouth’s men won every event except the 55-meter hurdles and shot
put.
“Overall, I felt there were a number of solid performances,” said
Haynes. “At this point, we are still concentrating on training
rather than weekend performances.”
Two Fighting Scots had a pair of sprint victories and a relay win.
Ashley Widdop won the 55-meter dash (7.78) and the 55-meter hurdles
(9.31) in addition to running a leg of the first-place 4x200 squad
(1:52.22) with Kila Cox, Katey Vaccarello and Shannon Turczyn. On
the men’s side, Dante Daniels won the 55- and 200-meter dashes (6.62
and 22.68) and joined Tyler Rundle, Brad Gross and Aaron Daverin on
the winning 4x200 squad (1:31.63).
Cox, who won the 200-meter dash (27.85), and Vaccarello also shared
a first-place finish in the 4x400 (4:21.23), where they were joined
by Sara Ingersoll and Jacquie Ouart. Gross teamed with Tim Meredith,
Kel Bond and Jacob Stott to win the 4x400 (3:37.13), while Stott won
the individual 400 in 53.70.
Other multiple winners for Monmouth were Megan McKenna in the long
jump (16’10-3/4) and triple jump (34’3-1/2), Aaron Etienne in the
800-meter run (1:59.84) and the mile (4:32.19) and Alex Stuart in
the long jump (21’8-1/4) and triple jump (45’10-1/2)
Jenny Babos won the weight throw with a personal-best effort of
48’4, and other single-event winners were Megan Clennon in the high
jump (5’1), Gloria Lehr in the shot put (38’11-1/2), Clay Staley in
the 3000-meter run (9:01.14), Tim Frank in the high jump (6’0-3/4)
and Peter Sprecher in the pole vault (14’9).
Haynes said he was impressed by McKenna’s solid performance in all
three of her events, which also included a second-place finish in
the pole vault (10’6). Erin Dagelman (10’0) also did well in that
event. Among the men, Haynes noted Staley’s solid time in the
3000-meter run, and he was impressed by freshman Ryan Hardman, who
ran a solid leg for Monmouth’s “B” team in the 4x200 and placed
second to Daniels in the 200-meter dash (23.48).
Up next for Monmouth is its lone home track meet of the indoor or
outdoor season. This Saturday, the Scots will play host to a “very
competitive field” that includes Wartburg, Loras, Augustana,
Central, Illinois Wesleyan and Knox.
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