Nationals Day 2: Kate Hall 19-11.5 (2nd) Maine all-time best, Ruginiski D3 TJ National Champ, Geoghegan 5th in Mile @ D1
Hall also set the Maine all-time best for 60m, 7.67 in the trials
New Balance Indoor Nationals
Lake Region's Kate Hall once again stepped it up to another level at the National level, as the junior jumped a Maine all-time best 19-11.5 to finish as the national runner-up. Hall set the new personal best on her final jump in the finals. She qualified for the final with a best effort of 5.93m (19-4 1/2) on her final jump of the qualfying rounds, that effort put her in second place. This was Kate's first indoor All-American performance in her storied career.
It was a busy day for Hall who ran in the 60m trials at 9am Saturday morning. Kate was in section 2 and finished 4th in a time of 7.67 which ended up 15th fastest time overall and advanced her to the semifinals Sunday morning. The 7.67 effort broke the Maine all-time best of 7.76 set in 2004 by Logan Crane (Freeport). Watch the record breaking race
Finals
1 Keturah Orji 14 Budd Lake, NJ 6.23m 20-05.25
FOUL 6.20m 6.17m FOUL FOUL 6.23m
2 Kate Hall 15 ME, ME 6.08m 19-11.50
5.73m 5.79m 5.93m FOUL 5.85m 6.08m
3 Mia Barron 14 St. Louis Park, MN 6.00m 19-08.25
FOUL 5.81m 5.84m 5.72m 5.90m 6.00m
4 Kaylyn Gordon 14 Spring Valley, NY 5.86m 19-02.75
5.75m 5.63m 5.86m 5.65m 5.56m FOUL
5 Emma Spagnola 14 North Aurora, IL 5.85m 19-02.50
5.59m 5.79m 5.82m 5.56m 5.85m FOUL
6 Kayla Richardson 14 South Orange, NJ 5.82m 19-01.25
5.52m 5.82m FOUL FOUL 5.79m 5.75m
In the girls 1 mile racewalk Sydney Sirios was the top walker from Maine as she finished 8th in 7:42.72, Kayla Allen was 9th in 7:44.10 Watch Race
1 Ashleigh Resch 15 Yellow Springs, OH 7:19.22F
2 Katie Michta 14 NY, NY 7:22.67F
3 Maegan Allen 16 Arlington, MA 7:28.16
4 Katharine Newhoff 15 Islip Terrace, NY 7:31.10
5 Alexandra Bennett 15 Kings Park, NY 7:33.13
6 Monika Farmer 15 Bohemia, NY 7:34.63
7 Natalie DeQuarto 14 NY, NY 7:36.46
8 Sydney Sirois 17 Greene, ME 7:42.72
9 Kayla Allen 17 Lewiston, ME 7:44.10
10 Allison McConville 14 Valley Stream, NY 7:49.74
11 Rebecca Wittlin 15 Pittsford, NY 7:53.64
12 Kaitlin Martins 16 NY, NY 7:56.76
13 Maria Garcia 16 Thiells, NY 8:00.40
14 Meaghan Podlaski 15 Albany, NY 8:01.23
15 Sabrina-Rose Mason 14 east quogue, NY 8:08.41
16 Monica La Borde 14 Farmington, NY 8:19.37
17 Alexa Kluepfel 14 Elwood, NY 8:19.52
In the boys 1 mile racewalk, Edward Little's Spencer Dunn finished 5th in 7:17.63, this was the second year in a row Dunn has placed 5th and earned All-American status Watch Race
1 Anthony Peters 14 Chicago, IL 6:38.81
2 Alexander Peters 14 Chicago, IL 6:44.34
3 Cameron Haught 17 Yellow Springs, OH 6:55.42
4 Geraldo Flores 14 Pharr, TX 6:55.51
5 Spencer Dunn 16 Auburn, ME 7:17.63
6 Jonathan Lazor 15 Madison, CT 7:21.03
7 Matias Serna 17 San Juan, TX 7:24.46
8 Timothy Sunnerberg 14 Burlington, MA 8:22.97
9 Alexander Harvey 14 kings park, NY 8:48.83
10 Nolan Allen 18 Arlington, MA 9:07.89
NCAA D1 Nationals
Dartmouth's Will Geoghegan made the most of his first NCAA indoor track national final, as the senior earned All-American status with his 5th place effort of 4:04.17. Geoghegan ran in 7th place in the first half of the race, before moving up one spot to 6th at the 1k. Will hit the last lap in 3:35, and had moved in the 5th spot where he would finish. Given the NCAA 5.5 second altitude conversion his converted time is 3:58.67.
Complete Splits for Will below
5 Will Geoghegan JR Dartmouth 4:04.17 4
31.702 (31.702) 1:01.075 (29.374) 1:31.249 (30.175)
2:02.098 (30.849) 2:33.478 (31.380) 3:05.189 (31.712)
3:35.447 (30.258) 4:04.163 (28.716)
| Place | Name | Affiliation | Time | Heat (Pl) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anthony Rotich | JR | UTEP | 4:02.54 | 1 (1) | ||
| 2 | Lawi Lalang | SR | ARIZ | 4:02.81 | 1 (2) | ||
| 3 | Mac Fleet | SR | UO | 4:02.96 | 1 (3) | ||
| 4 | Rich Peters | JR | BOSU | 4:03.49 | 1 (4) | ||
| 5 | Will Geoghegan | JR | DART | 4:04.17 | 1 (5) | ||
| 6 | John Gregorek | SR | COLU | 4:04.68 | 1 (6) | ||
| 7 | Sam Penzenstadler | JR | LOYI | 4:04.77 | 1 (7) | ||
| 8 | Jordan Williamsz | SO | NOVA | 4:04.79 | 1 (8) | ||
| 9 | Jeremy Rae | SR | ND | 4:05.07 | 1 (9) | ||
| 10 | Matt Hillenbrand | SR | UKY | 4:08.01 | 1 |
NCAA D3 Nationals
Ruginski & Horowitz capture NCAA titles
USM's Jamie Ruginski entered the national meet as the top seed in the triple jump, and the junior lived up to those expectations with a winning effort of 50-1 3/4. On his second jump of the qualifying round Jamie leaped out to 48-7 3/4 a mark that sealed the championship for him. On his final jump of the prelims he increased his lead to 49-1 3/4. With the meet already won Ruginski extended his lead with his best effort of 50-1 3/4 For Ruginski it was his second All-American award of the weekend after placing 3rd in the long jump on Friday. This was the first ever National Champion for the University of Southern Maine. Behind the 16 points from Ruginski, USM finished a program best 11th, they were the top Maine college edging Bowdoin who placed 12th with 14 points, & Bates in 15th with 12 points.
Finals
1 Jamie Ruginski JR Southern Maine 15.28m 50-01.75 10
14.47m 14.87m 14.99m 14.60m 14.67m 15.28m
2 Kris Joint SR Moravian 14.80m 48-06.75 8
14.62m 14.80m FOUL 13.12m 14.69m FOUL
3 Aman Stuppard FR Trinity 14.60m 47-11.00 6
14.11m 14.20m 13.90m 14.04m 14.10m 14.60m
4 Josh Lynch JR Heidelberg 14.50m 47-07.00 5
FOUL FOUL 14.50m FOUL 14.44m 14.37m
5 Richard Pete JR Buffalo State 14.43m 47-04.25 4
13.42m 14.18m 14.03m 14.26m 14.43m 14.34m
6 Joshua Danner-Hicks SR Bridgewater St. 14.39m 47-02.50 3
14.04m FOUL 14.36m 14.22m 14.39m 14.38m
7 Dominique Torres SO Christopher Newport 14.37m 47-01.75 2
14.20m 13.87m 13.96m FOUL 14.08m 14.37m
8 Nick Lubinski SO Wis.-Stout 14.24m 46-08.75 1
Bowdoin College senior Coby Horowitz took the pace out hard in the mile final, and ran away from the field en route to an easy 4:08.40. Keene State's Ryan Widzgowski was the national runner-up, the former Camden Hills HS standout ran 4:10.18. Maine native and current Fitchburg State senior Chris Kibler also earned All-American honors via his 6th place 4:10.64 finish. 2th-9th place was seperated by just .71 seconds in a blanket finish. (Pictured above from left to right Widzgowski, Horowitz, Kibler & Jamie Norton)
Finals 1 Coby Horowitz SR Bowdoin 4:08.40 10 2 Ryan Widzgowski SR Keene State 4:10.18 8 3 Wylie Mangelsdorf JR Principia 4:10.33 6 4 Matt Scott SR Wis.-Eau Claire 4:10.38 5 5 Jacob Peterson SR Wis.-La Crosse 4:10.40 4 6 Chris Kibler SR Fitchburg St. 4:10.64 3 7 Zach Haskins SR Bethel (Minn.) 4:10.69 2 8 Austin O'Brien SR Central College 4:10.88 1 9 Wilder Schaaf JR Middlebury 4:10.99 10 Jamie Norton SR Tufts 4:12.80
Bates College junior Sean Enos had a big day in the shot put as he threw a personal best 57-8 1/4 on his first throw of the finals. That throw moved Enos from third to second.
Check out his throw (Via Bates Coach Al Fereshetian)
1 Colt Feltes JR Wartburg 17.87m 58-07.50 10
17.54m 17.87m 17.82m FOUL 17.42m FOUL
2 Sean Enos JR Bates 17.58m 57-08.25 8
16.80m 17.18m 17.08m 17.58m 16.72m FOUL
3 Roger Steen JR Wis.-Eau Claire 17.49m 57-04.75 6
16.15m 17.30m 17.44m 17.01m 17.49m FOUL
4 Derrik Guyette JR Carthage 16.91m 55-05.75 5
16.75m FOUL 15.61m 16.91m FOUL FOUL
5 Zachary Baehman SO Wis.-Oshkosh 16.87m 55-04.25 4
16.87m 16.15m FOUL FOUL FOUL FOUL
6 Buck Thompson SR Texas-Tyler 16.70m 54-09.50 3
15.84m 16.00m FOUL 16.13m 16.33m 16.70m
7 Jeremy Brandt SR Wis.-Oshkosh 16.37m 53-08.50 2
16.28m FOUL 15.89m 15.64m 15.60m 16.37m
8 Trevor Stutzman JR Messiah 16.15m 53-00.00 1
15.75m 15.49m 14.70m 16.15m FOUL FOUL
The 800m saw Mitchell Black of Tufts sets the pace through 600m. Black would hold on to finish 3rd in 1:52.17 to earn All-American honors. Bowdoin's Jacob Ellis was 5th in 1:52.53, while Keene's State Ryan Widzgowski doubled back from the mile to finish 6th in 1:53.36, earning his second All-American honors of the day. An impressive feat at the national considering Ryan had to run trials of the mile & 800m yesterday, then come back today to finish 2nd in the mile before the 800,.
Finals 1 McKena Ramos FR Wis.-Oshkosh 1:51.30 10 2 Andrew Carey SR Johns Hopkins 1:51.58 8 3 Mitchell Black SO Tufts 1:52.17 6 4 Thomas Vandenberg JR Carnegie Mellon 1:52.47 5 5 Jacob Ellis SO Bowdoin 1:52.53 4 6 Ryan Widzgowski SR Keene State 1:53.36 3 7 Michael Harnish JR Lebanon Valley 1:53.55 2 8 Veer Bhalla SO Tufts 1:53.76 1
Emilia Scheemaker of Ithaca College earned her first All-American honors with a 5th place finish in the triple jump. The junior jumped a best of 38-6 1/4 on her second attempt of the trials.
1 Bria Halama SO Wis.-La Crosse 12.23m 40-01.50 10
11.92m FOUL FOUL FOUL FOUL 12.23m
2 Bailey Alston JR Wis.-La Crosse 12.18m 39-11.50 8
11.73m 11.44m FOUL 11.63m 12.18m 11.45m
3 Divya Biswal JR St. Lawrence 11.99m 39-04.00 6
11.79m 11.83m 11.56m 11.76m 11.99m 11.98m
4 Jaime Ludwigson JR Wis.-La Crosse 11.82m 38-09.50 5
11.30m FOUL 11.40m 11.15m 11.82m FOUL
5 Emilia Scheemaker JR Ithaca 11.74m 38-06.25 4
FOUL 11.74m 11.43m 11.46m FOUL 11.68m
6 Victoria Amadi FR Hendrix 11.59m 38-00.25 3
11.11m 11.45m 11.52m 11.40m 11.59m FOUL
7 Amber Williams FR Wis.-Platteville 11.56m 37-11.25 2
11.28m 11.56m 11.47m 11.25m 10.16m 11.28m
8 Jill Harmon SO Illinois Wesleyan 11.45m 37-06.75 1
FOUL 11.45m FOUL 11.30m FOUL 11.08m
In the women's 4x400m relay Colby ran to a 7th place All-American performance. The Mules ran 3:51.74 to edge out Williams for the win in section 1.
Finals
1 Wis.-La Crosse 3:45.25 3 10
1) Jenna Halvorson SR 2) Bria Halama SO
3) Shannon Klein JR 4) Claire Elliott JR
2 Wartburg 3:46.89 3 8
1) Libbey Schubert SR 2) Kaly Adkins SR
3) Kayla Kregel JR 4) Tashina McAllister SR
3 Wis.-Oshkosh 3:49.21 2 6
1) Stephanie Jahn SR 2) Caitlyn McCormick SO
3) Lizzie Pospyhalla FR 4) Kylee Verhasselt JR
4 Wheaton (Mass.) 3:50.43 2 5
1) Kelly Ludew FR 2) Ashante Little SR
3) Amber Spencer SR 4) Meredith Scannell SR
5 Buffalo State 3:50.48 2 4
1) Niasha Houpe FR 2) Jazlyn Porter SO
3) Sasa Vann SO 4) Tara Murphy SR
6 Wis.-Eau Claire 3:51.46 3 3
1) Brooke Patterson JR 2) Steph Rouse JR
3) Megan Mulligan JR 4) Jess Rupnow FR
7 Colby 3:51.74 1 2
1) Emily Doyle SO 2) Michaela Athanasopoulos FR
3) Emily Tolman SO 4) Frances Onyilagha SR
8 Williams 3:51.97 1 1
1) Annie Lynch SR 2) Dianna Mejia JR
3) Jessica O'Brien SO 4) Amanda Murashige SR