Bluejay track team opens outdoor season in Winfield
Pierce breaks 32-year-old
men's triple jump record
By RYAN RICHTER
Sports writer
Bluejay freshman Doug Pierce had yet to be born when former Tabor men's track standout Allen Regehr set the school record in triple jump, leaping 46 feet seven inches.
For 32 years the record would stand until Pierce broke it Thursday in Tabor's first outdoor meet of the season at Winfield in the Southwestern College Invitational.
Shattering the record by nearly a foot, Pierce's jump of 47-2 earned an automatic ticket to the NAIA outdoor National meet in Fresno, Calif., at the end of May.
Pierce's record-setting jump was just one of the many highlights the Bluejays would roll up.
In women's action, Ashley Malcolm cleared 5-2 to win the women's high jump.
Heidi Schmidt turned in a third-place time of 5:10 in the 1500-meter run while Shelby Miller leaped 16-5 for third in the long jump.
Caleb Stanton took third in the men's 400-meter with a time of 50:29.
Cody Dick and Brent Wichert fought a heated battle for third and fourth in the men's hammer throw with Dick edging out teammate Wichert by a foot with a heave of 141-3.
"It was a good first meet," Bluejay coach Dave Kroeker said. "We got a starting point to work from for the rest of the season."
Up next for the Bluejays is the April 1 meet at McPherson College.
Women's Results
100 meters — 8. Jennifer Palmgren, 13.45.
400 meters — 5. Rebekah Lockhart, 1:03. 99. 6. Miller, 1:04.87.
800 meters — 7. H. Schmidt, 2:34.80. 11. Ashley Schmidt, 2:37.73. 13. Amber Wiens, 2:40.22.
1500 meters — 3. H. Schmidt, 5:10.65.
100-meter hurdles — 9. Tori Truesdale, 18.64.
300-meter steeplechase — 4. Wiens, 13:12.90.
4x100-meter relay — 4. Tabor, 53.39.
4x400-meter relay — 2. Tabor, 4:19.72.
High jump — 1. Malcolm, 5-2.
Pole vault — 3. Miller, 7-0.
Long jump — 3. Miller, 16-5 1/2. 4. Malcolm, 16-4 3/4.
Shot put — 7. Breanna Wray, 36-1. 11. Esther Richert, 30.
Discus — 5. Wray, 113-6. 10. Richert, 94-9.
Hammer throw — 8. Richert, 88-6.
Javelin — 5. Cindy Wertenberger, 89-6.
Men's
100 meters — 9. Chris Baarts, 11:24.
200 meters — 4. Stanton, 22.36. 5. Baarts, 22.52.
400 meters — 3. Stanton, 50.29.
800 meters — 11. Jeff Anenson 2:06.03.
5000 meters — 14. Brandon Voth, 19:18.19. 15. Daniel Jackson, 21:09.52.
10000 meters — 4. Matt Lynam, 38:18.23.
110-meter hurdles — 6. Pierce, 15.68. 7. Brian Lightner, 15.69. 9. Trent Voth, 16.10. 11. Tony Loewen, 16.80.
400-meter hurdles — 5. Lightner, 57.67. 10. Loewen, 1:01.88.
3000-meter steeplechase — 6. Will Higerd, 12:36.99.
4x100-meter relay — 7. Tabor, 45.32.
4x400-meter relay — 5. Tabor A, 3:27.76. 12. Tabor B, 3:41.08.
High jump — 4. Matt Rorabaugh, 6-2.
Pole vault — 7. Higerd, 12.
Long jump — 5. Caleb Marsh, 21-3 1/4. 13. Garrett Bryant 19-11. 17. Aaron Gallaway, 18-5 1/4.
Triple jump — 1. Pierce, 47-2.
Shot put — 8. Jared Richardson, 41-3 1/4. 11. Wichert, 38-8 1/4. 17. Matt Vaughn, 35-5. 20. Brandon Caldwell, 28-7.
Discus — 5. Wichert, 129-1. 10. Richardson, 114-10.
Hammer throw — 3. Dick, 141-3. 4. Wichert, 140-3. 17. Vaughn, 77-1. 18. Caldwell, 67-5.
Javelin — 4. Dick, 168-4. 9. Craig Fast, 115-3.
