April 9, 2009

Gillmore, Griffith competing at Tiger Heptathlon/Decathlon

Competing in beautiful weather, freshmen Mac Griffith and Katie Gillmore represented Cowley College in the Tiger Heptathlon/Decathlon Wednesday at the Tiger Track and Field Complex.

Each athlete in the women’s heptathlon competes in four events on the first day and three events on the second day receiving points for their performance, with the idea being to score the most points overall in the seven events. The men’s decathlon is five events each day.

Gillmore is currently in fourth place out of nine competitors, while Griffith is sixth out of 15 male athletes.
Today’s events for the men start at 9:30 a.m. and are 110-meter high hurdles, discus, pole vault, javelin, and 1500-meter run.

Women’s events start at 10 a.m. and are long jump, javelin, and 800-meter run.

Women’s first day results competing in the 100-meter hurdles, high jump, shot put and 200-meter dash.
(1) Jamie Pruter, Cloud, 2,502; (2) Brandy Simpson, Coffeyville; 2,418; (3) Lisa Faimon, Colby, 2,103; (4) Katie Gillmore, Cowley, 1,999; (5) Leslie Smith, OK. Wesleyan, 1,720; (6) Vynessa Smith, Coffeyville, 1,720; (7) Audrea Olson, Coffeyville, 1,523; (8) Caitlyn Haverkamp, Cloud, 1,454; (9) Jessica Schmidt, Colby, 1,167.

Men’s first day results competing in the 100-meter dash, long jump, shot put, high jump, and 400-meter dash.
(1) Devin Dick, Unnattached, 3,544; (2) Robert Rolfe, Cloud, 3,453; (3) Jarid Nesmith, Hutchinson, 3,305; (4) Austin Rembert, Butler, 3,158; (5) Ben Kruse, Hutchinson, 3,067; (6) Mac Griffith, Cowley, 3,065; (7) Colby Elliot, Colby, 2,972; (8) Danny James, OK. Wesleyan, 2,719; (9) Nick Schmelze, Cloud, 2,698; (10) Cameron Benson, Hutchinson, 2,697; (11) Josh Head, OK. Wesleyan, 2,570;  (12) Derek Begnoche, Cloud, 2,452; (13) Jentry Blain, OK. Wesleyan,    2,444; (14) Ike Sumpter, Coffeyville, 2,146; (15) Mike Darling, Coffeyville, 1,916.