Men's Track and Field | 02.21.2021
RESULTS
CALDWELL, Idaho – After a strong start for the Warriors on day one, Lewis-Clark State Track and Field continued to shine on the second day of the Polar Vortex Classic. Clayton VanDyke and Cole Olsen both had victories and dominated in distance events, while both women's relays made strong arguments for spots at the national championships next month.
"Pretty pleased with our second day of competition," Head Coach Mike Collins said. "Some nice performances and hopefully, by the time all these national-qualifying standards have been set, we will have a good group of kids that will get to represent the school at nationals this year. I am pleased with our two relays that looks to have qualified today, both our women's 4x800m and our women's 4x400m, so we will hopefully return to nationals with those teams with both some seasoned runners, as well as some new people. Cole had a nice day today in the 3,000m and winning that run. I think we had some PRs with our throwers todays as well in their events.
"Right now we are just feeling very grateful to have the opportunity to compete and hopefully we get more opportunities as we head into the spring season," Collins continued. "Looks like right now we are potentially having 11 kids travel to nationals if everything works out, maybe another one or two depending on how things fall, which is actually more than I thought we might have before the day started. But we'll take it and hopefully be able to go back there and get some hardware for some young kids representing Lewis-Clark State."
THE WOMEN
The 4x400m relay team of Karlie Smith, Rebekka Kalmbach, Anika Grogan and Ashley Britt picked up a win in their event with a time of 3:59, which gives them a strong case for advancement to indoor nationals.
The women's 4x800m relay was the first event of the day, with the Warriors' squad running the order of Emily Adams, Rylee Brown, Maja Plaznik and Geraldin Correa. They placed second with a 9:36 for a strong potential for a national-qualifying spot.
In the 60m hurdles, Britt earned a second-place finish with a time of 9.71, followed by Madi Carson in third with a time of 9.76. Freshman Keelyn Pilcher was seventh (10.82).
Kalmbach looked strong in the 60m dash with a second-place finish and a time of 8.23. Nikki Halbert finished in fourth with a time of 8.28, and Grogan placed sixth (8.36). Halbert also ran the 200m and earned a third-place finish with a time of 26.97.
In distance events, Callie Johnson finished second in the 3,000m with a 10:50 after a photo-finish. Brooklyn Shell finished sixth (11:25), followed by Abigail Peightal in seventh (11:40), Kelsey Henry in eighth (11:54), and Carli Jones in ninth with a 12:01.
The 4x800m team of Adams, Brown, Plaznik and Correa, all ran the open 800m as well. Correa finished in second with a time of 2:24, followed by Brown in fifth (2:29). Plaznik finished in seventh with a 2:32 and Adams was shortly behind in eighth (2:34). Abigail Gorton and Ciera Bailey also joined them in the event, with Gorton finishing in 10th (2:36.79) and Bailey in 11th (2:36.96).
Carson also competed in field events on day two, after winning the pole vault on Saturday. The senior finished third in the long jump with a mark of 5.20m (17'.75") in her second attempt. Chelsie Testa claimed a fifth-place finish at 4.94m (16'2.5") and Alexa Horsely was sixth at 4.83m (15'10.25"). Horsely and Testa also competed in the triple jump, with Horsely finishing second (10.22m/33"6.5") and Testa taking third (10.15m/33"3.75").
Delaney Warren earned a top-five finish in the weight throw after she hit a mark of 13.48m (44'2.75").
THE MEN
Clayton VanDyke had another impressive day, winning the 800m with a 1:54 for another strong national qualifier potential. VanDyke was the National Runner-Up in the event last season. Carter Gordon, Josh Lay and David Phillis joined him in the 800m, with Gordon placing seventh (2:05), Lay in ninth (2:06) and Phillis in 10th with a 2:07.
Cole Olsen dominantly won the 3,000m with a time of 8:33, besting the second-place runner by 13 second. Chase Barrow finished eighth (9:00) and Andrew Larson ran a 9:15 to place 11th.
Christian Bothwell finished second overall in the heptathlon with a time of 7.50 in the 60m dash and hit marks of 6.00m in the long jump, 10.20m in the shot put, 1.69m in the high jump, 3.80m in pole vault, a time of 9.19 in the 60m hurdles, and 2:53 in the 1,000m.
In the 60m hurdles, Sean Spencer finished second with a 9.23, and freshman Ike Hopper placed third (9.75). Spencer also finished third in the 200m dash, with a time of 23.79. Louis Pennow placed fourth (23.90) and Matthew Hroma ran a 24.93, following in fifth.
Dillon Novich finished in fourth in the 60m dash with a 7.41, followed by Louis Pennow in fifth (7.44). Matthew Hroma placed sixth (7.73) and freshman Leon Menten followed in seventh (7.86). Menten also competed in the long jump and finished tied for fourth in his field event debut (5.69m/18'8").
Caleb Moore finished seventh in the shot put (11.04m/36'2.75"), and Jack Hardee was fifth in the weight throw (11.76m/38'7").
Full results can be found at the top of the article on the track and field schedule.
The Warriors anxiously await the final declarations of the national qualifiers and anticipate results on Monday regarding who made the cut. With changes to qualifying parameters, only the top 16 in each event will qualify. This was the first and only indoor meet the Warriors were able to participate in. The NAIA Indoor Track and Field National Championships will be a four-day meet, taking place March 3-6 in Yankton, S.D.
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