Eastern Michigan Athletics
Eastern Michigan University
NCAA Regionals
Track and Field Athletes Turn In Four Top-Five Finishes at NCAA Regionals
5/27/2007 11:45:47 AM | Men's Track & Field, Women's Track & Field
Adamek leads the way with runner-up performance in the shot put
Complete Results
COLUMBIA, Mo.- The Eastern Michigan University men's and women's outdoor track and field teams sent a combined 13 athletes to the NCAA Mideast Regional Championship, Friday and Saturday, here at the Audrey J. Walton Track Stadium in Columbia, Mo. Four Eagles posted top-five marks including senior Dave Adamek (Ridgeway, Ont.-Ridgeway Crystal Beach) who took second place with a shot put of 62-feet-2.5 inches.
The men's team tallied 26 points en route to a 13th place finish while the women's team received four points from its lone competitor sophomore Janice Keppler (Medina, N.Y.-Medina) to tie for 31st. The Tigers of Lousiana State University won both the men's and women's team compeitions, totaling 70 and 112 points, respectively.
Senior Corey Nowitzke (Monroe, Mich.-Monroe) missed his record-setting mark of 8:35.10 (set on 4-20-07) in the 3000-meter steeplechase but managed a third place finish nonetheless with a time of 8:38.24. Junior Eric Alejandro (Pembrooke Pines, Fla.-Flanagan) used his seventh place finish (:51.90) in the 400-meter hurdles preliminary round to qualify himself for the finals, where he scored a fifth place finish with a time of :51.63.
On the women's side, Keppler came in a three-way tie for fourth place in the pole vault with a vault of 12-feet-11.75 inches. The tie resulted in a jump-off which Keppler would go on to win with a vault of 12-feet-10 inches.
The Mid-American Conference office also announced this week that Nowitzke was named to the Academic All-MAC team for the 2007 outdoor track and field season.
MEN'S TEAM SCORES (Top 10 plus EMU)
1. LSU 70
2. Auburn 55
3. Louisville 50
4. Tennessee 49
5. Wisconsin 45
6. Mississippi 34
7. Michigan 33
T8. Arkansas 31
T8. Kentucky 31
10. Mississippi State 29
13. Eastern Michigan 26
WOMEN'S TEAM SCORES (Top 10 plus EMU)
1. LSU 112
2. Arkansas 77
3. Michigan 63
4. Tennessee 43
5. Auburn 35
6. Purdue 32
7. Illinois 30
8. Tulane 28
9. Louisiana Tech 23
10. Mississippi 22
T31. Eastern Michigan 4
EMU INDIVIDUAL RESULTS
Q= Qualified for finals
MEN'S RESULTS
3000 METER STEEPLECHASE
3. Corey Nowitzke (EMU) 8:38.24
5. Josh Karanja (EMU) 8:44.83
16. Curtis Vollmar (EMU) 9:09.52
21. Josh Perrin (EMU) 9:21.64
22. David Brent (EMU) 9:22.00
200 METERS (PRELIM)
14. Roy Shavers (EMU) :21.40
400 METERS (PRELIM)
9. Roy Shavers (EMU) :46.90
110 METER HURDLES (PRELIM)
10. Eric Alejandro (EMU) :14.31
400 METER HURDLES (PRELIM)
7. Eric Alejandro (EMU) :51.90 Q
400 METER HURDLES (FINALS)
5. Eric Alejandro (EMU) :51.63
HIGH JUMP
NH. Adam Kring (EMU)
SHOT PUT
2. Dave Adamek (EMU) 62-feet-2.5 inches
6. Matt Pinter (EMU) 58-feet-0.25 inches
DISCUS
25. Matt Pinter (EMU) 157-feet-6 inches
4x400 METER RELAY
8. Eastern Michigan 'A' 3:09.58
a) Donnie Young b) Fred Blackwell
c) Nathan Blackwell d) Roy Shavers
WOMEN'S RESULTS
POLE VAULT
4. Jancie Keppler (EMU) 12-feet-11.75 inches
