Men's Indoor Track & Field

Monmouth Leads Charge After First Day Of Indoor Track Championships

[Day 1 Results]

[Championships Page]

MONMOUTH, Ill. – At the end of one day at the 2013 Midwest Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships the Fighting Scots from Monmouth lead both events as they look for their 12th straight sweep of the championships.

On the women’s side Monmouth racked up 87 points and is 43 points ahead of runner-up St. Norbert. Ripon checks in at third with 36 points while Carroll is in fourth with 31 points. The Monmouth men hold a slim lead with 79 points with current runner-up St. Norbert only 28 points behind. Ripon sits in third with 29 points and Grinnell and Carroll are tied for fourth with 28 points.

There were two records broken on day one as Allison Devor set the new top mark in the shot put while Missy Norville broke her own record in the long jump.

The results from the first day of action are as follows:

Shot Put
Men: DeAndre Smith, Monmouth (51’11.25”)
Women: Allison Devor, Monmouth (46’04”)*

Long Jump
Men: James Wilson, Monmouth (24’03”)*
Women: Missy Norville, Illinois Col. (21’00.50”)*

High Jump
Women: Nicole Vanderlin, St. Norbert (5’05”)

Pole Vault
Men: Steven Andris, Monmouth (15’01”)

Sprint Medley Relay
Men: Carroll (Miskov, Bloor, Witt, Pruitt), 3:32.78*
Women: St. Norbert (Kerner, Nonnemacher, Kaiser, McShea), 4:16.90

5,000-Meter Run
Men: Jacob Barr, Monmouth (14:56.11)*
Women: Megan O’Grady, Carroll (17:31.54)

Mile
Men: Benny Swift, St. Norbert (4:19.61)
Women: Rachel Bowden, Monmouth (5:08.75)

4x200-Meter Relay
Men: Monmouth (Green, Wilson, Sullivan, Hendricks), 1:29.05
Women: Monmouth (Hainline, Campbell, O’Dell, Jackson), 1:46.07

NOTES: Missy Norville (Illinois Col.) set a new MWC Championships record in the 60 hurdles prelims with a time of 8.61 while Kiante Green (Monmouth) set a new mark in the 60 dash with a time of 6.96 in the preliminary race.

Note: * - MWC Championships Record

The MWC Indoor Track and Field Championships will conclude tomorrow at Monmouth College. Events will begin at 10:30 a.m. with the men’s and women’s weight throw. You can follow all the action through live results, a live broadcast, and a post championships recap from the championships page.

Miss Norville talks about her record breaking day:




Jake Barr talks about winning the 5000:




Megan O'Grady talks about her victory on day one: