Men Tied For Third, Women In Seventh

May 16, 2003

Carbondale, Ill. - Southern Illinois University's men's team is tied for third place after the day two of the Missouri Valley Conference Track and Field Championships through six scored events while the women are in seventh after seven scored events.

Wichita State leads the men's side with 77 points followed by Indiana State (36). The Salukis are tied at 26 points with Illinois State. Drake is in fifth (10), SMS sixth (7), and UNI seventh (3).

SMS leads the women's side with 55 points. Indiana State has 49, UNI 44, Wichita State 34, and Illinois State 19. Bradley is in sixth with 9, followed by SIU (4), and Drake (3).

Dayton Johnson placed third in the triple jump with a career best and regional qualifying mark of 49-9. Eli Baker also earned third place points in the 3000m steeplechase improving upon his regional qualifying mark (9:09.87).

Freshman Freddy Rule picked up two points finishing fifth in the decathlon with 5,245 points.

SIU qualified eight for tomorrow's finals in prelims today. Felix Anderson ran a career best in the 400m improving upon his regional qualifying time (46.42) as did B.J. Davis (47.23). Kevin Mills finished third in the 100m (10.73). Marvin Primo (10.78) and Emmanuele Parris (10.88) were seventh and ninth in the 100m. Anderson, Primo, and Mills all qualified for the 200m. Anderson was clocked in a career best 21.38. Primo and Mills finished in 21.39 and 21.72, respectively.

SIU's women scored two points today. Venisha Williams notched a sixth place finish in the discus with a toss of 138-1. Laura Grafton was sixth in the heptathlon with a score of 2,621 points.

The Saluki women have five qualified for finals tomorrow. Noa Beitler and Ty Davis were third (2:14.42) and sixth (2:15.38) in the 800m Kelsey Toussaint finished sixth in the 400m today in 57.53 and will move to the finals tomorrow. Junior Korto Dunbar ran the second fastest time in the 100m (11.89) to secure a spot in the finals.

Finals action will begin tomorrow with field events beginning at 1 p.m.

Men's Team Scores After Six Events         Women's Team Scores After Seven Events1. Wichita State        77              1. SMS          552. Indiana State        36              2. Indiana State        493. Illinois State       26              3. UNI          443. SIU          26              4. Wichita State        345. Drake        10              5. Illinois State       196. SMS          7               6. Bradley      97. UNI          3               7. SIU          4                            8. Drake        3
NCAA Regional Qualifiers Friday, May 16 - All SchoolsKrystal Bowes, Wichita  Discus      151-11 (46.30m)Donavette Martin, SMS   Triple Jump 40-9 (12.42m)Kristina Beinarovica, Wichita   Triple Jump 40-1.5 (12.23m)Kayleen Popp, UNI       Pole Vault  12-6 (3.81m)$-tiesMelissa Ullenbruch, Ind. St.    Pole Vault  12-6 (3.81m)$-tiesErin Wessely, UNI       Pole Vault  12-0 (3.66m)Casey Smith, Wichita        Discus      184-7 (56.26m)Josh Mastison, Ind. St. Discus      181-6 (55.32m)Brad Johnson, Wichita   Discus      171-9 (52.34m)Drew Traub, Ind. St.        Discus      167-10 (51.15m)Mike Miller, UNI        Discus      166-2 (50.66m)Shannon Armstrong, Wichita  110mH       14.10Rolandis Nash, SMS      110mH       14.14Steve Blocker, UNI      110mH       14.30Randy Lewis, Wichita        Triple Jump 51-0 (15.54m)Jarod Tobler, Illinois State    Triple Jump 49-11.25 (15.22m)Dayton Johnson, SIU     Triple Jump 49-9 (15.16m)Chivas Hemphill, Ill. St.   Triple Jump 49-6.25 (15.09m)Cheasa Gibson, SMS      400m        54.59Felix Anderson, SIU     400m        46.42Dirk Homewood, UNI  400m        46.75B.J. Davis, SIU       400m        47.23Nikki Nelson, UNI       400mH   1:00.37Andrea Mosher, Illinois State   400mH   1:00.41Daneisha Williams, SMS  400mH   1:00.46Tracy Partain, SMS      400mH   1:00.82Erin Sutton, SMS        3000mSC 10:46.15Laura Shafluetzel, SMS  3000mSC 10:58.89Mickael Colin, Wichita  3000mSC 9:01.87Aaron Harding, Indiana St.  3000mSC 9:09.36Eli Baker, SIU           3000mSC 9:09.87$All-Time MVC

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