Led by the national qualifying effort of Carissa Eichmeyer, a small group of Hannibal-LaGrange track & field athletes put out some tremendous performances over the past weekend.
A trio of Trojans travelled to Ames, IA to compete in the Iowa State Classic, a meet that was filled with elite-level talent. Sophomore Philiph Tonui stood out at the meet, setting three new personal records and just missing on setting several national qualifying standards. On Friday, Philiph, took 8th in the 3,000m race with a time of 8:54.47. The following day, Philiph came out and ran a 4:23.86 in the mile, placing 22nd with a time that is less than a second under the indoor national qualifying standard. Less than an hour later, he took to the track once again in the 800meter race and set his third school record with a gutsy effort of 1:59.10.
Sophomore Jasman Edmond competed in the 60 meter sprint and, despite stumbling out of the blocks, raced to a school record time of 8.22 seconds. Cara Grinde competed in the pole vault, finishing 23rd with a vault of 3.20m (10'6")
Down in Marshall, MO, Carissa Eichmeyer got the Missouri Valley Invite running events started right as she sliced nearly a minute off her 3,000m racewalk time, posting a time of 18:04.22. That mark is an automatic qualifying time for the NAIA Indoor Track & Field National meet and ranks her 13th in the nation in the event.
More personal best efforts came later in the meet as Jocelyn Bright triple jumped to a mark of 9.82m, good for 4th place. Scott Siemsen set a new indoor team record in the high jump with a leap of 1.75m and his mark of 5.58m in the long jump was a new personal best. Gheron Dorsett had a solid day in the throwing event finishing 9th in the shot put with a new school record mark of 11.53m, while taking 8th in the weight throw with a toss of 11.98m.
The team will head to the University of Missouri on Friday to compete in the American Midwest Conference Indoor Track & Field Championship meet.
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