2008 Woodie Awards
Track and field sets season bests
Track & Field
Kylie Bove
Issue date: 2/13/06 Section: Sports
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The ISU Classic kicked off Friday with the Roos posting multiple season bests.
In the 200-meter all the Kangaroos finished with a season best. For the men, sophomores Nathan Buie, Kenny Webb and Peter Kisicki crossed the finish line in 22.58, 22.72 and 23.21 seconds, respectively.
Seniors Russell Dotson, 23.74, and Damian Alexis, 23.21, also posted season bests.
Stephanie Williams, sophomore, and Maggie Bruggeman-Butler, senior, also bettered their times from last year, finishing in 25.99 and 26.08, respectively.
Christine Ensign, senior, was UMKC top finisher for the day. Ensign took 16th in the 5000-meter with a time of 17:16.95.
The meet continued Saturday, and the Roos again improved on their season.
Ensign finished strong in the 3000-meter. Her 10:07.35 finish, good enough for 24th, was the top time for UMKC this season by 14 seconds.
Cynise Hylton, freshman, tied the team's season best mark in the triple-jump with 11.61 meters. Khadian Kelly, junior, was right behind her; she finished with a distance of 11.60 meters.
Dotson achieved a season best in the 60-meter. He finished the race in 7.16 seconds. Anthony Boyer, freshman, crossed the line in 7.26 seconds.
Meanwhile in Warrensburg, the Roos had several top-10 finishes Friday night.
Paula Rice, senior, placed ninth in the 800-meter with 2:27.02. Mikaela Marquez, sophomore, notched a seventh-place showing in the 60-meter hurdles with a 9.28.
Nicole Kofron, sophomore, finished sixth in the pole vault; she cleared a 10-11 3/4 height.
Saturday events started at 10 a.m. with the men's relays, but the Kangaroos' highest finish of the day came from freshman Charlie Larsen, in the triple jump. Larsen finished with a distance of 45-3 1/2 to take third in the event.
Sophomores Kaleb Stoppel and Colin Smith finished sixth and eighth in the high jump, with respective heights of 6-4 3/4 and 6-2 3/4.
Sky Hagy, sophomore, finished ninth in the weight throw with 51-2 3/4, and 11th in the shot put with a 45-8.
Albert Okagbue, junior, placed 11th in the weight throw with a distance of 49-9 1/4.
The Roos return to action next Saturday in Manhattan, Kan., at the Kansas State University Open.
kbove@unews.com
