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Thursday, March 29
Sacramento, CA
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Saluki Track and Field travels to Sacramento for inaugural Mondo Team Challenge
03/30/2018 | 1:48:00 | Track and Field
The Southern Illinois track and field team will head to Sacramento, Calif. for the Mondo Team Challenge, hosted by Sacramento State. SIU is one of eight women's teams and one of seven men's teams set to compete at the one-day meet on Saturday, March 31.Â
Off to Better Weather
The Salukis, who won 12 event titles at the Bill Cornell Spring Classic despite cold and rainy conditions, will soak up plenty of rays in Sacramento, Calif. where the high is 80 degrees for Saturday with a slight breeze around six miles per hour to be expected.
Mondo Team Challenge: Surveying the field
The first inaugural Mondo Team Challenge pits seven men's teams and eight women's teams against one another in a team scored event with the top-8 finishers scoring. UC Irvine, UC Davis, Portland State, Long Beach State, Sacramento State, North Dakota and SIU will compete for both the men's and women's team titles, while the University of Nevada-Las Vegas will compete on just the women's side. Southern is sending 44 student-athletes (22 women/22 men) to the meet, which gets underway  Saturday beginning with the women's hammer throw at 9:30 a.m. The men's long jump will kick off at 10 a.m. and running events begin at 11:45 a.m. starting with the women's 4x100 relay. The final event of the meet, the men's 4x400 relay, is scheduled for 3:20 p.m.Â
Nice to see you again
Saturday's meet will serve as a homecoming of sorts for SIU Director of Track and Field/Cross Country Kathleen Raske and Associate head coach/jumps coach Terry VanLaningham. Raske, a 1990 graduate of SIU, served as the Director of Track & Field/Cross Country at Sacramento State for 12 seasons and was named Big Sky Conference Coach of the Year 16 times. The Hornets' men's and women's teams combined to win 17 Big Sky team championships during Raske and VanLaningham's tenure and finished in second place eight times. During VanLaningham's tenure with the Hornets, he coached three NCAA All-Americans, two USATF Junior All-Americans and his athletes' claimed 47 individual Big Sky championships.
Plenty of PRs at Bill Cornell SC
Southern notched 13 personal-bests at the Bill Cornell Spring Classic on Mar. 24, led by Matthew Bigelow, who tallied PRs in both the 110 meter hurdles and the high jump. Charlene Helton, competing at her first meet this season, recorded a more than 12-foot PR in the javelin to win her first collegiate event title while Nate Dyer recorded personal-bests in both the hammer throw and the discus at his first outdoor meet in nearly two years after he redshirted the 2016-17 outdoor season.
Fast off the blocks
The Saluki women's sprinters won five of SIU's 12 event titles at the Bill Cornell Spring Classic, including a sweep of both the sprint and relay events. Tyjuana Eason (100m), Shafiqua Maloney (200m) and Alicia Reed (400m) each posted individual wins while Southern went 1-2 in the women's 4x100 and closed the evening with a victory in the 4x400 relay.Â
Throwing Trifecta
Ricky Hurley won the discus, took second in the hammer and finished third in the shot put at the Bill Cornell Spring Classic. Hurley opened the meet with a win in the discus at 161'-6" (49.24m) and followed with a runner-up finish in the hammer throw in which the Fox River Grove, Ill. native established a new personal-best. Hurley's PR of 196'-6" (59.89m) is the 10th-best throw in school history. The four-time all-conference honoree concluded his outdoor season debut with a third place showing in the shot put.Â
Picking up where they left off
The Saluki men's throwers recorded the top-4 shot put marks in the MVC at the Bill Cornell Spring Classic, including Jared Kern's mark of 64'-2.5" (19.57m) that currently ranks him fourth nationally. Southern's men also hold the top-3 marks within the MVC in the hammer throw while Ricky Hurley and Kyle Kling are currently ranked first and third, respectively, in the discus.
Leading the Valley
The Salukis currently lead the Missouri Valley Conference in six (four men's/two women's) events including both the men's and women's shot put.
Athlete | Event | Time
Men's 4x400 Relay | Johnny McGluen, Canoy Tyree, Luke Horton, Warren Hazel | 3:17.24
Jared Kern | Shot Put | 64'-2.5" (19.57m)
Ricky Hurley | Discus | 161'-6" (49.24m)
Ricky Hurley | Hammer Throw | 196'-6" (59.89m)
A'veun Moore-Jones | Shot Put | 49'-5" (15.06m)
Charlene Helton | Javelin | 128'-6" (39.18m)
Ranked Regionally
After the first week of the outdoor season, the Salukis have 13 student-athletes ranked in the top-48 of the NCAA West Regional. Ricky Hurley is the only Saluki to rank in the top-48 of two events (shot put/hammer throw) while Jared Kern is currently ranked third regionally in the shot put.
Rank | Athlete | Event | Mark/Time
3 | Jared Kern | Shot Put | 64'-2.5" (19.57m)
23 | Ricky Hurley | Shot Put | 57'-3.75" (17.47m)
27 | A'veun Moore-Jones | Shot Put | 49'-5" (15.06m)
28 | Ricky Hurley | Hammer Throw | 196'-6" (59.89m)
31 | Nate Dyer | Hammer Throw | 195'-3" (59.51m)
33 | Alexis Roberson | Hammer Throw | 180'-10" (55.12m)
39 | Marcellus Fletcher | Triple Jump | 47'-6.5" (14.49m)
39 | Men's 4x400 Relay | 3:17.24
40 | Men's 4x100 Relay | 41.03
42 | Kezia Martin | Triple Jump | 38'-10.5" (11.85m)
42 | Shauniece O'Neal | Hammer Throw | 176'-10" (53.89m)
46 | Tyjuana Eason | 100m dash | 11.86
48 | Kyle Kling | Shot Put | 54'-8.25" (16.67m)
Athlete of the Week
Following the Bill Cornell Spring Classic, Jared Kern earned the ninth MVC Men's Field Athlete of the Week honors of his career. Kern's winning toss of 64'-2.5" currently ranks him third in the west region and fourth in the NCAA.
Off to Better Weather
The Salukis, who won 12 event titles at the Bill Cornell Spring Classic despite cold and rainy conditions, will soak up plenty of rays in Sacramento, Calif. where the high is 80 degrees for Saturday with a slight breeze around six miles per hour to be expected.
Mondo Team Challenge: Surveying the field
The first inaugural Mondo Team Challenge pits seven men's teams and eight women's teams against one another in a team scored event with the top-8 finishers scoring. UC Irvine, UC Davis, Portland State, Long Beach State, Sacramento State, North Dakota and SIU will compete for both the men's and women's team titles, while the University of Nevada-Las Vegas will compete on just the women's side. Southern is sending 44 student-athletes (22 women/22 men) to the meet, which gets underway  Saturday beginning with the women's hammer throw at 9:30 a.m. The men's long jump will kick off at 10 a.m. and running events begin at 11:45 a.m. starting with the women's 4x100 relay. The final event of the meet, the men's 4x400 relay, is scheduled for 3:20 p.m.Â
Nice to see you again
Saturday's meet will serve as a homecoming of sorts for SIU Director of Track and Field/Cross Country Kathleen Raske and Associate head coach/jumps coach Terry VanLaningham. Raske, a 1990 graduate of SIU, served as the Director of Track & Field/Cross Country at Sacramento State for 12 seasons and was named Big Sky Conference Coach of the Year 16 times. The Hornets' men's and women's teams combined to win 17 Big Sky team championships during Raske and VanLaningham's tenure and finished in second place eight times. During VanLaningham's tenure with the Hornets, he coached three NCAA All-Americans, two USATF Junior All-Americans and his athletes' claimed 47 individual Big Sky championships.
Plenty of PRs at Bill Cornell SC
Southern notched 13 personal-bests at the Bill Cornell Spring Classic on Mar. 24, led by Matthew Bigelow, who tallied PRs in both the 110 meter hurdles and the high jump. Charlene Helton, competing at her first meet this season, recorded a more than 12-foot PR in the javelin to win her first collegiate event title while Nate Dyer recorded personal-bests in both the hammer throw and the discus at his first outdoor meet in nearly two years after he redshirted the 2016-17 outdoor season.
Fast off the blocks
The Saluki women's sprinters won five of SIU's 12 event titles at the Bill Cornell Spring Classic, including a sweep of both the sprint and relay events. Tyjuana Eason (100m), Shafiqua Maloney (200m) and Alicia Reed (400m) each posted individual wins while Southern went 1-2 in the women's 4x100 and closed the evening with a victory in the 4x400 relay.Â
Throwing Trifecta
Ricky Hurley won the discus, took second in the hammer and finished third in the shot put at the Bill Cornell Spring Classic. Hurley opened the meet with a win in the discus at 161'-6" (49.24m) and followed with a runner-up finish in the hammer throw in which the Fox River Grove, Ill. native established a new personal-best. Hurley's PR of 196'-6" (59.89m) is the 10th-best throw in school history. The four-time all-conference honoree concluded his outdoor season debut with a third place showing in the shot put.Â
Picking up where they left off
The Saluki men's throwers recorded the top-4 shot put marks in the MVC at the Bill Cornell Spring Classic, including Jared Kern's mark of 64'-2.5" (19.57m) that currently ranks him fourth nationally. Southern's men also hold the top-3 marks within the MVC in the hammer throw while Ricky Hurley and Kyle Kling are currently ranked first and third, respectively, in the discus.
Leading the Valley
The Salukis currently lead the Missouri Valley Conference in six (four men's/two women's) events including both the men's and women's shot put.
Athlete | Event | Time
Men's 4x400 Relay | Johnny McGluen, Canoy Tyree, Luke Horton, Warren Hazel | 3:17.24
Jared Kern | Shot Put | 64'-2.5" (19.57m)
Ricky Hurley | Discus | 161'-6" (49.24m)
Ricky Hurley | Hammer Throw | 196'-6" (59.89m)
A'veun Moore-Jones | Shot Put | 49'-5" (15.06m)
Charlene Helton | Javelin | 128'-6" (39.18m)
Ranked Regionally
After the first week of the outdoor season, the Salukis have 13 student-athletes ranked in the top-48 of the NCAA West Regional. Ricky Hurley is the only Saluki to rank in the top-48 of two events (shot put/hammer throw) while Jared Kern is currently ranked third regionally in the shot put.
Rank | Athlete | Event | Mark/Time
3 | Jared Kern | Shot Put | 64'-2.5" (19.57m)
23 | Ricky Hurley | Shot Put | 57'-3.75" (17.47m)
27 | A'veun Moore-Jones | Shot Put | 49'-5" (15.06m)
28 | Ricky Hurley | Hammer Throw | 196'-6" (59.89m)
31 | Nate Dyer | Hammer Throw | 195'-3" (59.51m)
33 | Alexis Roberson | Hammer Throw | 180'-10" (55.12m)
39 | Marcellus Fletcher | Triple Jump | 47'-6.5" (14.49m)
39 | Men's 4x400 Relay | 3:17.24
40 | Men's 4x100 Relay | 41.03
42 | Kezia Martin | Triple Jump | 38'-10.5" (11.85m)
42 | Shauniece O'Neal | Hammer Throw | 176'-10" (53.89m)
46 | Tyjuana Eason | 100m dash | 11.86
48 | Kyle Kling | Shot Put | 54'-8.25" (16.67m)
Athlete of the Week
Following the Bill Cornell Spring Classic, Jared Kern earned the ninth MVC Men's Field Athlete of the Week honors of his career. Kern's winning toss of 64'-2.5" currently ranks him third in the west region and fourth in the NCAA.
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