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Stuart stars in javelin as Scots open outdoor season
Release Date: April 2, 2007
MONMOUTH, Ill. — After a four-week break from competition for
most of the Monmouth College track team, the Fighting Scots returned
to action Saturday at the Viking Olympics, hosted by Augustana
College. On a day filled with storms that eventually halted the meet
with several events remaining, Alex Stuart was the Scots’ star.
An All-American earlier in the month in the triple jump, Stuart did
not compete in that event Saturday. Rather, he threw the javelin and
posted a first-place throw of 191'2 that qualified him provisionally
for the national outdoor meet.
Monmouth’s other winner on the day was Dante Daniels, who sprinted
to victory in the 100-meter dash in 10.79. Placing fifth and seventh
in the event were Tyler Rundle (11.14) and Luke Reschke (11.38).
Pole vaulters Jonny Henkins and Peter Sprecher were also solid, each
clearing a provisional-qualifying height of 15'11 to tie for second,
and high jumper Tim Frank (6'2) also had a top two finish.
With several other standouts joining Stuart by not competing in
their specialty events, either by design or due to the storm, the
men placed third out of 19 teams with 76 points, while the women
placed sixth out of 18 teams, scoring 54.5 points.
The women’s throwers had three high marks, with Gloria Lehr taking
second in the javelin (104'0) and Tanesha Hughes and Jen Babos
placing third and fourth in the discus (135'6 and 135'0). Hughes’
effort was her personal best. Megan McKenna placed third in the
triple jump (34'4) and cleared 11'0 in the pole vault to take fifth,
while Megan Clennon cleared 5'1 in the high jump to place sixth.
“I think Gloria was going to have a pretty big day,” said Haynes.
“She did very well in the javelin, which should be the weakest of
her three throws. Her 104’0 throw is a good start for a freshman.”
Other individuals who scored for the Scots were Brandon Hurckes in
the 55-meter hurdles (16.10) and April Campen and Andrea Emery in
the high jump (both 4'11).
The women’s distance medley team of Amy Aghababian, Sara Ingersoll,
Joni Nelson and Katey Vaccarello broke the school record with their
fifth-place time of 13:26.68.
“The focus was on relays, not on individual events,” said Haynes.
“If we’d been able to finish the whole meet, most of our distance
runners and our sprinters would have been in two or three races
apiece.”
Among Monmouth’s relay results, Haynes was happy to see sophomore
sprinter Ashly Lowdermilk compete for the first time in more than a
year, and he also pointed out Jacob Stott’s 49.3 split in the
400-meter leg of the sprint medley relay. The men’s distance medley
team of Zach Barr, Kel Bond, Aaron Etienne and Josh Reschke took
second (10:21.95), while the 4x100 squad of Tony Bradford, Daniels,
Aaron Daverin and Rundle placed third (42.17).
“We saw a number of good things, even though we missed out on a fair
amount of events,” said Haynes, who will take his teams to Iowa for
the Wartburg Select Meet on Saturday.
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