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5/13 Concordia finishes in second place at
the MIAC Outdoor Championships.
The second place team finish is the highest since 1975.
Concordia's Micah Benson successfully
defended his Long Jump title and the team held on to finish in second place,
the highest team finish since 1975. Cobber highlights included Joe
Schmidgall's school record in the High Jump - 6'9", which
was good for second place, and Joel
Nelson's second place finishes in the Shot Put and the Hammer Throw.
His distance of 171'11" in the Hammer Throw is a NCAA national provisional
qualifying mark. The other Cobber All-MIAC performers were
Brian Kesselring and Adam
Strainer in the Triple Jump. Strainer received votes for the Most
Outstanding Performance in the meet for his NCAA automatic qualifying score
of 6,747 in the Decathlon.
Complete Final Results
| Individual Cobber Results | Final
Team Scores | First Day Team Scores
| Meet Summary |
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Successfully defended his title in the Long Jump |
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(Jr., East Helena, MT) Received votes for Most Outstanding Performance at the MIAC Meet. Won the Decathlon with a school record and NCAA qualifying total of 6747 pts. |
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(So., Morris) Broke the school record in the High Jump and finished 2nd in the MIAC |
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(Jr., Fargo) Finished 2nd in the Hammer and theShot Put |
Recent MIAC Outdoor Championship Results:
| 1999
| 1998 | 1997
| 1996 | 1995
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1994
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NCAA Outdoor Qualifying Standards |
2000 MIAC Outdoor Championship Heat Sheets |
2000 MIAC TRACK AND FIELD OUTSTANDING ATHLETE,
PERFORMANCE and MIAC TRACK & FIELD
COACHES OF THE YEAR
Men
St. John's Distance Runner John Krueger was selected Men's MIAC Outdoor
Track and Field Most Outstanding Athlete for his double champion performance
in the 5000 (15:20.08) and 10000 (32:50.30). Also receiving top votes
were Macalester's Eric Klinker who was a double champion in the 100 hurdles
(14.47, meet record, NCAA automatic) and the 400 hurdles (54.17) and led
off the fifth-place Scots' 1600 relay, and St. Thomas' Roman Cress who
was a double champion in the 100 (10.59 finals, 10.53 prelims-ties meet
record, NCAA automatic) and 200 (21.47, NCAA automatic) and anchored the
Tommies' 400 meter relay to a first-place finish. MIAC coaches picked Tommie
Greg Kaiser's meet record and NCAA automatic qualifying throw in the javelin
(63.24, 207 feet-6 inches) as the men's Most Outstanding Performance of
the championship. Also receiving top votes were Klinker's effort
in the 100 hurdles and Concordia's Adam Strainer's
performance
in the decathlon (6747 points, NCAA automatic).
MIAC TRACK & FIELD COACH OF THE YEAR
Coaches Joe Sweeney and Steve Mathre of St. Thomas were selected MIAC
Women's and Men's Coaches of the Year respectively. The St. Thomas
women and men swept both the MIAC indoor and outdoor championships.
Complete Final Results | Individual Cobber Results | Final Team Scores | First Day Team Scores | Meet Summary |
Individual Cobber Reults:
400 Meter Run
3rd - Adam Strainer
51.08
800 Meter Run 5th - Gabe Arntson 1:57.01 7th - Brett Ramstad 2:00.82
1500 Meter Run 3rd - Chris Goebel 4:16.21
5000 Meter run 5th - Chris Goebel 15:29.30 27th - Brian Klug 17:19.58
110 Meter Hurdles 7th - Josh Vickerman 15.35
3000 Meter Steeplechase 5th - Steve Edlund 9:42.71 16th- Brian Klug 10:33.38
4X100 Meter Relay 7th - (Josh Vickerman, Chris Davison, Micah Benson, Joe Dauner) 44.91
4X400 Meter Relay 7th - (Brett Ramstad, Justin Hendricks, Mike McDonald, Adam Strainer) 3:26.69
4X800 Relay 4th - (Steve Edlund, Gabe Arntson, Brett Ramstad, Brandon Topp) 8:01.75
Long Jump 1st - Micah Benson 23-4 3/4 (7.13m) NCAA Provisional Qualifier 4th - Joe Schmidgall 22-1 (6.73m) Triple Jump 2nd - Brian Kesselring 46-0 (14.02m) 3rd - Adam Strainer 45-11 1/4 (14.00m) 7th - Joe Schmidgall 43-9 1/4 (13.34m) 8th - Nico Zbacnik 42-9 3/4 (13.05m)
Shot Put 2nd - Joel Nelson 48-7 1/4 (14.81m) 6th - Brad Ragan 46-3 1/2 (14.11m) Hammer Throw 2nd - Joel Nelson 171-11 (52.40m) NCAA Provisional Qualifier
Javelin 7th - Scott Holthusen 167-8 (51.10m)
High Jump 2nd - Joe Schmidgall 6-9 (2.06m) NCAA Provisional Qualifier 4th - Paul Poduska 6-7 (2.01m) NCAA Provisional Qualifier 8th - Andrew Fritz 6-3 1/4 (1.91m) 8th - Micah Benson 6-3 1/4 (1.91m)
Decathlon 1st - Adam Strainer 6747 NCAA Automatic Qualifier 6th - Jeff Hertel 5870 10th - Justin Gall 5361 12th - Josh Bergeron 5118
Complete Final Results
| Individual Cobber Results | Final
Team Scores | First Day Team Scores
| Meet Summary |
Final Team Scores:
PLACE TEAM POINTS 1 St. Thomas 198.5 2 Concordia 117.0 3 Saint John's 111.5 4 St. Olaf 93.5 5 Gustavus 93.0 6 Hamline 66.0 7 Macalester 65.5 8 Bethel 53.0 9 Carleton 40.0 10 Augsburg 16.0 11 Saint Mary's 3.0
First Day Team Scores:
PLACE TEAM POINTS 1 Concordia 60.0 2 Saint John's 46.0 3 St. Olaf 45.0 4 St. Thomas 40.0 5T Gustavus 19.0 5T Carleton 19.0 7 Bethel 17.0 8 Hamline 16.0 9 Macalester 10.0 10 Augsburg 1.0
Returning All-MIAC Cobbers
All-MIAC 1999 (MIAC finisher 1-3)
Long Jump - Micah Benson (MIAC Champion)
High Jump - Micah Benson (MIAC Champion)
Triple Jump - Adam Strainer
Honorable Mention All-MIAC (MIAC finishers 4-6)
800 - Gabe Arntson
1500 - Chris Goebel
High Jump - Paul Poduska
Long Jump - Joe Schmidgall
Long Jump - Jeff Hertel
Triple Jump - Brian Kesselring
Shot Put - Brad Ragan
Hammer Throw - Joel Nelson
Javelin - Jeff Hertel
Complete Final Results
| Individual Cobber Results | Final
Team Scores | First Day Team Scores
| Meet Summary |
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