Shelby Miller goes airborne en route to a second-place finish in the women’s 400-meter hurdles event at Tabor on Wednesday. Miller snapped a 30-year-old school record in the 400-meter dash. Andrew Ottoson / Free Press. Click photo to enlarge.
Ashley Malcom clears 6-1 in the high jump Wedneday. She won this event and added a second-place finish in in the long jump to go with a third-place finish in the triple jump. Andrew Ottoson / Free Press. Click photo to enlarge.
The Bluejays hosted teams from 12 other colleges at the annual Tabor College Invitational on Wednesday.
“We had a great day for a track meet,” coach Dave Kroeker said. “We had a lot of good competition and a number of fine performances.”
Three athletes on the Tabor women’s team turned in school-record performances.
Sarah Fogle won the 5-kilometer race in 19:51, finishing 19 seconds ahead of her closest competitor. Breanna Wray claimed in the hammer throw with a toss of 145 feet, 11 inches. Shelby Miller broke the record set by Janice Neufeld in 1977 in the 400-meter run.
Miller’s time of 59.51 put her in second place, and helped boost the team to a third-place finish behind Cloud County and Cowley County.
Also scoring for the Tabor women were: Aftan Lambert in the 800 (second in 2:27), Heidi Schmidt in the 1,500 (second in 5:10), Carrie Schroeder in the 3,000 steeplechase (third in 14:01), Miller in the 400 hurdles (fifth in 1:09), and Jennifer Schmidt in the 100 (sixth in 12.91).
In the jumping events, Ashley Malcom finished first in the high jump (5-11⁄2), second in the long jump (16-7), and third in the triple jump (37-1⁄2).
In addition to her record hammer throw, Wray claimed second in the shot put (40-91⁄2 ).
Estey Wichert took fifth in the hammer throw (122-1). Dana Champlin (second, 117-8) and Cindy Wertenberger (sixth in 104-0, 6th) in the javelin.
The Tabor men also placed third in a field of 13 teams, led by first-place individual finishes by Trent Voth and Aaron Jenkins. Voth ran the 110-meter hurdles in 15.06 and Jenkins covered 22-81⁄2 in the long jump.
Nathaniel Porter turned in a second-place time of 57.15 in the 400-meter hurdles. Caleb Schroeder (second in 2:01) and Zac Remboldt (fourth in 2:02) both scored in the 800.
Remboldt’s 3,000 steeplechase (second in 10:57) and Dan Sigley’s 5,000 (third in 17:07) also produced points.
In the 100-meter dash, Hector LaBoy (10.93) finished in a third-place tie. Laboy ran 11.22 at the KU relays on Saturday.
In the field events on Wednesday, Brent Wichert’s fourth-place discus throw covered 142 feet and Jeff Harms (6-3) placed third in the high jump. Jenkins went 43-111⁄2 for fifth in the triple jump.
Coming—The ACCK meet, postponed by weather two weeks ago, was rescheduled to run at 4 p.m. Tuesday at Bethel.
Tabor will travel to Winfield on Saturday for the Southwestern Invitational. Events are set to start at noon.
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