Day 1 at Husker Invite

The Jacks had some bright spots on day one of the Frank Sevigne Husker Invite.  Chris Curry ran Personal Bests in the 60 at 7.13 and the 200 at 22.35.  Gina Fritz nearly performed the same feat, missing her 60 PR by one-hundreth.  She ran a big PR in the 200 with a 25.68.  I ran ok in the 5k, it could have been much better.  Tomorrow's action is going to be very exciting.

Matchups I am looking forward to:
Mike Krsnak vs Alex Muntefering in the Mile
SDSU Alum Ben Jasinski in the TJ
Ben in the HJ against Jared Vlastuin
Mary Wirth against NDSU's Toni Tollefson in the HJ
Alec Espeland, NDSU vs Casey Shade, USD, vs Jake Schneller vs Travis Fitzke, NDSU and 6 other great runners including Pro Christian Smith
Emma Ladwig (Erickson) of USD vs Brittany Schanandore (Gigstead) of NDSU
The Whole Special 3k
Oral Roberts in the Special 4x4

Day 1 Results

Day 2 Heat Sheets

Live Results

Jacks at USD and Nebraska.

The Jackrabbit Track and Field teams have a big weekend.  They competed at the USD Bill Hillenbrand Invitational on Thursday and will compete at the Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational on Friday and Saturday.

At USD the women were led by an impressive double by Laura Lawton in the Mile and 800m runs with 5:14 and 2:26. Leah Bolon also ran well in her first shot at the 3k distance with a time of 10:48.  Brooke garner topped the field as usual by over a meter with a throw of 17.28m in the weight throw.

The Men were led by Calvin Cammack's 2nd place finish in the Pole Vault.  He only lost to Derek Miles, USD's Nike sponsored coach.  Ryan Ackman repeated Brooke's achievement by winning the Men's weight throw.  Brandon Priebe has been consistent in the 60m hurdles all year and that continued at USD, winning by three tenths of a second.  Mike Bredeson set a personal-best in the event by .01s.

USD Results

Summit League Performance List

The Jacks are also set to compete at the Frank Sevigne Husker Inviational today and tomorrow in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Here are the Jacks competing:
Brandon Priebe, Lora Shearer- 60m Hurdles
Chris Curry, Megan Bren, Ashley Odegaard, Gina Fritz- 60
Kyle Schmidt, Greg Beesley- 5k
Jared Foote, Evan Bunkers, Brandon Priebe, Justin Carson, Jessica McDonald, Ashley Gruenwald- 400
Chris Curry, Jared Foote, Megan Bren, Ashley Odegaard, Gina Fritz- 200
Ryan Ackman, Jake Brinkman, Brooke Garner- Weight Throw
Calvin Cammack- Pole Vault
Lora Shearer, Ashley Odegaard, Jared Vlastuin- Long Jump
Erin Hargens, Danielle McCann, Mike Krsnak, Dom Thielen- Mile
Greg Vollmer, Trent Lusignan- 3k
Men's + Women's 4x4
Brooke Garner, McKenzie Johnson- Shot Put
Mary Wirth, Kali Olson, Lora Shearer, Jared Vlastuin- High Jump
Jake Schneller- 800

There should be many opportunities for school records at Nebraska's fine facilities.  Watch out for possible records in the Men's Mile, Men's 800, Men's Long Jump, and both High Jumps.

Go Big! Go Blue! Go Jacks!

Today's Heat Sheets

Saturday's Heat Sheets

Schedule

It's Friday, Friday!

This weekend, tomorrow actually, I will be running my first 5k of the year.  It is an event that both excites and scares me a little bit.  This year, I am leaning more towards the excites part.  Two years ago, in Missouri, I ran a PR of 15:09 in this event outdoors.  My indoor best is earlier in that same year of 15:20.  This year, I am going to break 15 minutes.  Physically, I can do it no problem.  It is the mental part that usually hinders me.  I have been doing great in workouts and have healed up from my ailments of last week.  It is just so easy to lose focus and run a few 37s instead of the prescribed 36 seconds per lap that it takes to run 15:00.  My plan is the same as usual, start out at a pace that may seem and feel slow but is really just about right.  After that I continue to move through the pack, passing confidently but not too quickly.  The race is 25 laps after all.  I will move up until I find a place that is fast yet comfortable and where I know the pace isn't too slow to get me to 15-flat.  I will sit there until the time comes.  That time is when I sense the finish line.  If I get to that point on pace there is nothing stopping me from my goal.  I am like most people and I can start and finish a race.  The hard part is the middle.  Especially that infamous third-quarter.  But I am going to push through it and continue to run 36s.  The best part of all, is that I am going to be doing this with my teammate, Gregory Beesley!

Look at those Beards!