MLC men win Moore Classic

BLAIR n The Midland Lutheran College track and field team opened its outdoor season strong Saturday in the Neil Moore Classic at Dana College.

Despite only one week of practice over the last three weeks due to spring break, the MLC men won the four-team meet with 173.5 points. The Warriors placed first in five different events. Dana College finished in second with 162 points.

In the women’s competition, Grand View College finished first with 124 points. MLC was second with 114 and Creighton finished third with 64.

“This was a situation where we were competing against teams that had nearly the same numbers that we did and it allowed us to compete at a high level,” Midland coach Jim McMahon said.

Fremont native Andrew Jacob placed first for MLC with a time of 1:58.8 in the 800. He then teamed up with Ryan Rogers, Trino Nuno and David Ernesti to finish first in the 3,200-meter relay with a meet record time of 8:13.8.

MLC finished 1-2 in the 110-meter hurdles and 400-meter hurdles. Eric Risinger won the 110 hurdles in 15.73 and Rogers won the 400 hurdles in 57.89. Alan Losbog was second in the 400 hurdles in 58.15.

“The 400 hurdles was an exceptional race for us,” McMahon said. “Both of our competitors are first year hurdles. This was Rogers’ first hurdles race that he has ran in his life... Losbog (a freshman from Hawaii) had never competed in the 400 before n he ran the 300 in high school. For those kids to do that was outstanding.”

Levi Wettlaufer led the Warriors in their 1-2-3 finish in the pole vault. He cleared 14-0 to win the event. Brad Hall placed first for MLC in the high jump, clearing 6-5.

Kami Wettlaufer led the Lady Warriors with first place finishes in the pole vault and javelin. She cleared 10-0 in the pole vault and threw 131-6 in the javelin. Wettlaufer’s mark in the javelin qualified her for the national meet.

“Our best single performance was Kami Wettlaufer in the javelin,” McMahon said. “She earned an automatic national qualifying mark in her first meet of the season, last year she didn’t qualify until nearly two-thirds of the way into the season.”

Jana Brewer was first for MLC in the high jump at 5-2. Her teammate Sydney Cooksley finished second at 5-0.

Due to poor weather conditions, the women’s discus and hammer throw were canceled along with the men’s shot put and discus. According to McMahon, MLC was poised to score high in the women’s events that were canceled.

Men’s Team scores n Midland Lutheran 173.5, Dana 162, Grand View 127, Creighton 18.

Event winners and MLC placers

200 n 1, Andrew Hawley, DC, 23.2; 2, Josh Jackson, MLC, 22.39.

400 n 1, Jackson, MLC, 50.91.

100 n 1, Robert Fowler, DC, 11.21; 2, Eric Risinger, MLC, 11.22; 5, Alan Losbog, MLC, 11.44; 6, Brad Hall, MLC, 11.5.

800 n 1, Andrew Jacob, MLC, 1:58.8; 3, Trino Nuno, MLC, 2:05.77; 6, David Ernesti, MLC, 2:11.14.

1,500 n 1, Kevin Bane, DC, 4:13.95.

5,000 n 1, John Krumsee, CU, 15:40.53.

10,000 n 1, Eric Bane, DC, 34:50; 2, Ryan Sweeney, MLC, 41:29.

110 hurdles n 1, Risinger, MLC, 15.73; 2, Duane Whitaker, MLC, 16.34.

400 hurdles n 1, Ryan Rogers, MLC, 57.89; 2, Losbog, MLC, 58.15.

300 steeplechase n 1, Jon Aldrich, GVC, 10:54.59.

4x100 relay n 1, Dana College (Fowler, Nathan Wilson, Keil Montgomer, Hawley), 43.63.

4x400 relay n 1, Grand View College (Mirnes Buljubasic, Steven Hughes, Chris Madden, Tyler Irving), 3:32.64; 2, Midland Lutheran (Jackson, Rogers, Risinger, Jacob), 3:32.08.

4x800 relay n 1, Midland Lutheran (Rogers, Nuno, Ernesti, Jacob), 8:13.08.

High jump n 1, Brad Hall, MLC, 6-5.

Pole vault n 1, Levi Wettlaufer, MLC, 14-0; 2, Mike Callahan, MLC, 13-6; 3, Brad Hall, MLC, 10-0.

Long jump n 1, Nathan Wilson, DC, 20-3 3/4; 3, Hall, MLC, 19-1.

Triple jump n 1, Terrence Almond, UA, 43-10; 3, Devananda Knighten, MLC, 42.1 3/4.

Hammer throw n 1, Will Moman, UA, 194-1.

Javelin throw n 1, Roger Goff, DC, 169-2; 2, Chase Manstedt, MLC, 158-1; 4, Knighten, 138-5; 8, Wettlaufer, MLC, 129-9.

Women’s Team scores n Grand View 124, Midland Lutheran 114, Creighton 64, Dana 61, Nebraska-Omaha 22.

Event winners and MLC placers

200 n 1, Miriam Chisala, GV, 25.45; 2, Jessica Brown, MLC, 27.9.

100 n 1, Chisala, GV, 12.16; 4, Emily Hinze, MLC, 13.97.

800 n 1, Lyndsey Cozad, GV, 2:35.16.

1,500 n 1, Kari Tanimoto, CU, 5:12.67.

5,000 n 1, Megan Foste, CU, 18:31.13.

10,000 n 1, Hilliary Jones, GV, 46:46.

100 hurdles n 1, Aubrey Anderson, GV, 17.43; 3, Jessica Nott, MLC, 20.07.

400 hurdles n 1, Nichelle Kimbrough, DC, 72.75; 6, Jessica Nott, MLC, 1:21.4.

High jump n 1, Jana Brewer, MLC, 5-2; 2, Sydney Cooksley, MLC, 5-0; 5, Sally Peterson, MLC, 4-8.

Pole vault n 1, Kami Wettlaufer, MLC, 10-0; 2, Brewer, MLC, 7-6.

Long jump n 1, Chisala, GVC, 16-3 3/4; 2, Brown, MLC, 16-1 1/4.

Triple jump n 1, Brown, MLC, 35-8.

Shot put n 1, Heather Minssen, UNO, 39-11; 3, Ashley Bruegman, MLC, 37-8; 4, Kylee Polen, MLC, 37-0; 6, Tori Coulter, MLC, 31-10.

Javelin throw n 1, Wettlaufer, MLC, 131-6; 3, Hinze, MLC, 108-2; Brewer, MLC, 88-0 1/2.