May 10, 2008-Emporia State picked up seven provisional qualifying marks at the ATG Sports Last Chance Qualifier on Saturday at Witten Track in Welch Stadium. Five of those marks were improvements over previous marks set this season.
One of the biggest jumps may have come by the smallest of margins. Alex Pyle cleared 6-09.75 (2.08m) to move out of a five way tie for 12th in the nation into a three way tie for tenth. Matt Koelling came back from knee surgery to hit a provisional mark of 49-01.75 (14.98m) to jump from 25th up to 12th in the nation. This was just Koelling?s second outdoor meet of the season. The 400m relay team of Larry Beamon, Josh Schuler, Travis Lee and Kenton Lonberger ran 40.98, the second fastest time in ESU history, to move to 13th in the nation. Skyler Delmott improved his mark in the 300m steeplechase, moving up two spots to 25th in the nation. Doug Marshall hit his first provisional mark of the season in the triple jump and currently is ranked 26th in the nation.
ESU?s other provisional qualifiers were Connie Philips in the javelin and Craig Saalfeld in the high jump.
ESU will find out who has qualified for the NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field Championships sometime on Tuesday. The national meet will be held in Walnut, Calif. at Hilmer Lodge Stadium on the Mt. San Antonio College campus.

ESU Individual Results

Women 200 Meter Dash

2 Kent, Brooke
25.53

Women 400 Meter Dash

1 Sill, Jaclyn
57.61

Women 1500 Meter Run

8 Davison, Kathryn
5:19.28

Women 400 Meter Hurdles

6 Spencer, Shonta
1:09.01

Women 4x100 Meter Relay

1 Emporia State
48.24

Women Long Jump

5 Weaver, Renea
5.51m 18-01.00

Women Shot Put

8 Pannbacker, Molly
11.63m 38-02.00

Women Javelin Throw

5 *Philips, Connie
41.86m 137-04

8 DeMint, Rachel
39.97m 131-02

10 Zabel, Becky
38.39m 125-11

Men 100 Meter Dash

Prelims

2 Lonberger, Kenton
10.73

Men 200 Meter Dash

Prelims

3 Schuler, Josh
22.02

Men 800 Meter Run

12 Stephens, Micheal
2:01.68

Men 1500 Meter Run

2 Wellman, Eric
4:07.60

6 Ternes, Brock
4:16.50

Men 10000 Meter Run

1 Summers, Marcus
33:40.62

Men 3000 Meter Steeplechase

1 *Delmott, Skyler
9:23.78

Men 4x100 Meter Relay

2 *Emporia State
40.98

Larry Beamon, Josh Schuler,
Travis Lee, Kenton Lonberger

Men High Jump

2 *Pyle, Alex
2.08m 6-09.75

4 *Saalfeld, Craig
2.05m 6-08.75

Men Long Jump

3 Honeycutt, Josh
7.04m 23-01.25

Men Triple Jump

2 *Koelling, Matt
14.98m 49-01.75

3 *Marshall, Doug
14.50m 47-07.00

Men Shot Put

7 Birk, Damon
15.33m 50-03.50

Men Discus Throw

10 Birk, Damon
45.92m 150-08

Men Hammer Throw

9 Roulhac, Kevin
49.92m 163-09

*NCAA Division II Provisional Qualifying Mark