Miner Sports News

• Hollenbeck hits provisional mark, Etzold one of top freshman in GLVC meet
  published on Sat, 03 May 2008 23:36:45 -0600

  GLVC Freshmen of the Year Leah Morehead & Brandon Etzold

  EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. -- The Missouri S&T men's track and field team posted four first place finishes, gained one provisonal qualifier for the NCAA Division II Championships and had one of its freshmen named as the league's "Freshman of the Year" as it placed fourth at the GLVC Outdoor Championships over the weekend at Southern Illinois Edwardsville.

  The winners among the Miner competitors included Brandon Etzold, who earned a share of the GLVC's "Freshman of the Year" award on the strength of his winning effort in the 800-meters in 1:57.22. He was joined on the winner's stand by Kal-El Waters-Jones in the triple jump with a mark of 46-0 1/2, Joffroi Holcombe in the 10,000-meters with a time of 31:38.79, Jordan Henry in the pole vault with a clearance of 16-7 1/2.

  Henry's win in the pole vault completed an indoor-outdoor sweep for the Miner junior in the 2008 season.

  Sophomore Peter Hollenbeck became the latest Miner to reach a provisional qualifying mark when he cleared a personal best 16-3 1/2 to finish behind Henry in the pole vault. He was one of three Miners to finish among the top four in the event as Jared Anders tied for third at 14-10.

  S&T also got a runner-up finish came from Jesse Scott in the high jump with a clearance of 6-1 1/4, while Josh Hesse finished third in the shot put competition with a top mark of 48-6.

  The Miners got fourth place finishes from Heath Groom in the javelin throw with a mark of 168-11, Brendan Smith in 1,500-meters in 4:06.94 and Brad Guidry in the discus with a mark of 158-8, while also getting a fifth from Henry in the long jump with a leap of 20-11 1/4.

  Andrew Moore placed sixth in the triple jump with a mark of 43-1 1/2 along with Grant Brown in the 10,000-meters in 32:37.70, Mike Wilson in the 100-meter dash with a time of 11.16 seconds, Paul Roland in the 800-meters in 1:59.37 and Holcombe in the 5,000-meters with a mark of 15:25.18.

  Jeff Pike was seventh in the triple jump at 43-0 1/4 as was Wes Everhart in the javelin at 155-4 and Ian Packard in the 400-meters with a time of 49.71 seconds. Wilson was eighth in the 200-meters in 22.67 seconds.

  The Miners' 4x100-meter relay team took fourth in its race with a time of 42.89 seconds and the 4x400 team was fifth in 3:23.30.

  The Miners are expected to send some competitors to last chance meets over the course of the next week in a final effort to reach or improve on qualifying marks for the NCAA Championships.

  Complete men's results