April 19, 2014
Freshman Tyler Schneider | Photo by Clayton Hotze
WALNUT, Calif. - Day two in California saw the mid-distance and distance groups split between two of the weekend's premier meets, the Mt. SAC Relays and Bryan Clay Invitational. As the teams prepare to enter their final day of competition on the west coast on Saturday, they have already accrued 15 personal record (PR) performances, a pair of All-Time Top Ten marks from freshman Tyler Schneider and junior Courtney Wood, and a new Bryan Clay Invitational Meet Record for the 5000-meter run from freshman Evan Chiplock.
"I was really pleased with the efforts we saw across the board these first two days," Joe Lynn, assistant coach in charge of the mid-distance and distance group, said. "Lots of people are stepping up to the competition and doing what we set out to do on this trip."
The Mt. SAC Relays started the day off for the black and gold with freshman Kayla Wolf's 1500-meter run debut. She placed 25th in the field with a final time fo 4:27.04, the fastest for the Tigers this season. Following her performance was another career debut in the 1500-meters from fellow-freshman T.J. Carey, who ran the second-fastest time this season for the Tigers, 3:49.58.
Notching in just above Carey in the 1500-meter run was Sam Dickerson, who crossed with a 3:46.16 PR at the Bryan Clay Invitational, the fastest time for a Tiger thus far this season.
"Sam ran an amazing 1500-meters tonight," Lynn said. "He's shown a great deal of maturity and focus these last few months and is really putting together a nice string of races as we move towards the championship portion of the season."
The teams then switched over to the Bryan Clay Invitational in Azusa, Calif., where Chiplock had the first of several impressive PR's in the 5000-meter run Friday evening. He won the event with his 14:26.56 career best, breaking the previous meet record from 2008 by six seconds.
Back at Mt. SAC, Wood made her first appearance since her No. 2 All-Time 3000-meter Steeplechase performance at Alabama, where she raced to a 10:28.20 PR finish. She took to the line for her first 5000-meter run on the track for the Tigers on Friday night, making yet another All-Time Top Ten list after crossing in 16:36.55 for sixth in the section, No. 9 All-Time. Close behind was freshman Kaitlyn Fischer who placed 12th in 16:45.80.
Also breaking the 17-minute barrier in the women's 5000-meter run was sophomore Maria Effinger, who ran to a 12-second PR to place fifth in her section with a final time of 16:55.21.
"The whole group of 5k ladies ran with poise and focus this evening," Lynn said. "Seeing Courtney, Kaitlyn, and Maria run with the confidence they did throughout their heats was a lot of fun. And for our young group who is developing at a great rate, they are going to be doing some great things for us in the very near future."
In the men's 5000-meter, Schneider made the day's second All-Time Top Ten performance with his third-place finish in the section. This was Schneider's debut in the event while donning the black and gold, and he crossed in 14:08.11 to claim the No. 4 spot in the Mizzou Record Books.
"Tyler ran a fearless race," Lynn said. "I've never seen him run out of his comfort zone like we saw tonight. For a freshman to be sub-14:10, he has a lot to look forward to in the future and we have a lot to be excited about."
The excitement will continue into Saturday for the Tigers as the team closes out their time in California at the Beach Invitational while another group travels to Edwardsville, Ill., for the Gateway Invitational.
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MT. SAC RELAYS RESULTS - FRIDAY
Women's 1500m Run - 25. Kayla Wolf, 4:27.04
Men's 1500m Run - 24. T.J. Carey, 3:49.58 | 37. Kenny Cushing, 3:50.88 | 65. Chandler Dye, 3:53.22
Women's 800m Run - 36. Landon Wachter, 2:10.59
Men's 800m Run - 88. Will Crocker, 1:57.56
Women's 5000m Run (Section B) - 6. Courtney Wood, 16:36.55 #9 | 12. Kaitlyn Fischer, 16:45.80
Men's 5000m Run (Section B) - 3. Tyler Schneider, 14:08.11 #4 | 18. Drew White, 14:29.26
Women's 5000m Run (Section C) - 5. Maria Effinger, 16:55.21 | 24. Megan Cunningham, 17:26.90
Men's 5000m Run (Section C) - 28. Joe McKenna, 15:03.55
BRYAN CLAY INVITATIONAL RESULTS - FRIDAY
Men's 800m Run - 36. Cody Johnson, 1:55.99
Men's 1500m Run - 20. Sam Dickerson, 3:46.16
Women's 1500m Run - 19. Libby Luciani, 4:32.20 | 31. Alison Ross, 4:38.80 | 74. Teylar Adelsberger, 4:57.26
Men's 5000m Run - 1. Evan Chiplock, 14:26.56 MR
Women's 5000m Run - 9. Brooke Wolfe, 17:27.74 | 12. Sam Garrett, 17:33.32
MT. SAC RELAYS RESULTS - THURSDAY
Men's 3000m Steeplechase (Section C) - 15. Shannon Hall, 9:45.51
Women's 3000m Steeplechase (Section C) - 8. Teylar Adelsberger, 11:06.47
Men's 10,000m Run (Olympic Development Elite) - 27. Hayden Legg, 30:53.83
CALIFORNIA INVITATIONAL / MT. SAC COMBINED EVENTS RESULTS - FULL
Morgan Whitson, Heptathlon - 5th | 5,273 points
100m Hurdles - 26th | 15.57
High Jump - 2nd | 1.75m (5-8.75)
Shot Put - 4th | 12.15m (39-10.25)
200m Dash - 37th | 27.19
Long Jump - 3rd | 5.91m(w) (19-4.5)
Javelin - 6th | 36.94m (121-2.25)
800m Run - 18th | 2:22.42
Ser Whitaker, Decathlon - DNF
100m Dash - 5th | 11.04
Long Jump - 9th | 6.92m (22-8.25)
Shot Put - 11th | 12.71m (41-8.25)
High Jump - 9th | 1.87m (6-1.5)
400m Dash - 4th | 50.31
110m Hurdles - 17th | 17.13
Discus - 14th | 32.49m (106-7)
Pole Vault - 12th | 4.00m (13-1.5)
Javelin - Foul
1500m Run - DNS
SIUE GATEWAY INVITATIONAL SCHEDULE - FIELD EVENTS
| 1:30 p.m. | Men's Hammer Throw (Ahren Bohanan | Nick Sublett) |
| 1:30 p.m. | Women's Hammer Throw (Camille Hackamack) |
| 1:30 p.m. | Men's Pole Vault (Parker Brush) |
| 3:00 p.m. | Women's Long Jump (Lynnsey Brim | Kerri Furbert) |
| 3:00 p.m. | Men's Long Jump (Tim Gilman) |
| 4:00 p.m. | Women's High Jump (Emilee Dailey | Camille Hayes) |
| Following M HT | Men's Discus (Tanner Buschmann) |
| Following M PV | Women's Pole Vault (Alyssa Applebee | Maggie Givens | Heather Green) |
| Following M DT | Men's Javelin (Macauley Garton) |
| Following M JT | Women's Javelin (Jennifer Berilla | Sandra Hampton | Hailey Twietmeyer) |
| Following M LJ | Men's Triple Jump (Jamion Nash) |
SIUE GATEWAY INVITATIONAL SCHEDULE - TRACK EVENTS
| 2:40 p.m. | Men's 110m Hurdles, prelim (Tim Gilman | Kyle Smith) |
| 2:50 p.m. | Women's 100m Dash, prelim (Lynnsey Brim | Jacqueline Obi | Chelsie Stevens) |
| 3:15 p.m. | Men's 3000m Steeplechase (Tim Johnson | Tom Rotondi | Chris Spudic) |
| 4:25 p.m. | Women's 1500m Run (Becca Batliner) |
| 4:55 p.m. | Men's 400m Dash (Tim Gilman | Jerrad Mason | Nadum Member-Meneh) |
| 5:15 p.m. | Women's 400m Dash (Sydney Wells) |
| 5:45 p.m. |
Men's 800m Run (Adam Desplinter | Ben Goodman | Jon Hughes | Grant Inskeep | Cain |
| 6:00 p.m. | Women's 800m Run (Kayla Hall) |
| 6:25 p.m. | Men's 400m Hurdles (Drake Stuedemann) |
| 7:00 p.m. | Women's 200m Dash (Kerri Furbert | Jacqueline Obi | Chelsie Stevens | Sydney Wells) |
| 7:10 p.m. | Men's 5000m Run (Jordan Cook) |
| 7:30 p.m. | Women's 5000m Run (Kaelyn Balch | Marie O'Leary) |