Men's Track and Field 2/26/2012 7:53:00 PM

Four Individual Titles; Two School Records For Track & Field At MIAA

Full Results

JOPLIN, Mo. – Derek Atwood and Ryan Peterson brought home individual titles and Jennifer Zweifel broke a nearly 30-year old school record in the final day of the MIAA Indoor Track & Field Championships in Joplin on Sunday. Atwood won the shot put and Peterson the 600 yard run while Zweifel came in second in the long jump.

Atwood became the first Bulldog since Sean Bergstedt in 2007 to win an indoor individual title as he shattered his previous best mark in the shot put by throwing 56-10.25. His earlier best was 53-07.00 set in 2010. He was also the first Truman indoor shot put winner since Rich Hayward won the event in 1988. Atwood's mark was a provisional and currently 11th in Division II.

After qualifying first in the 600 yard run, Peterson won by a second in the finals running 1:12.51 to become the second Bulldog champion on the day.

Zweifel's first jump of the day went 19-00.50 to break Lisa Moats' 1983 Truman record of 18-11.25. It was an NCAA provisional mark and ranks ninth in Division II. This comes a day after she broke her own school record in the triple jump.

Anne Ratermann earned two all-conference awards on Sunday as she finished third in both the 800 meter run and mile. She ran 2:17.98 in the finals of the 800 after qualifying fourth and ran a personal best time 5:01.22 in the mile.

Karen Grauel finished fourth in the 3000 meter run with a time of 10:16.96 while Cindy Grauel ran a personal best 10:25.21 to place seventh.

As a team, the Truman women finished fourth overall with 65 points as Lincoln won the league title followed by Central Missouri and Missouri Southern. The men scored 29 points and finished ninth.

Those with provisional marks throughout the season will wait to see if they will make the NCAA Division II Indoor Championships set for March 9-10 in Mankato, Minn. Zweifel set an automatic mark in the triple jump and will be competing that weekend.

Saturday Recap
JOPLIN, Mo. – Two conference champions were crowned for the Bulldogs in day two of the MIAA Indoor Track & Field Championships on Saturday. Jennifer Zweifel won the triple jump and Rachel McCarroll took the weight throw as the women sit in third place.

Zweifel bettered her school-record mark in the triple jump from just a week ago with a leap of 41-00.50 in her final jump to take top honors. It is the second best jump in Division II and was two feet further than Jenna Schmidt of Central Missouri's second place measurement.

McCarroll also set a provisional mark and personal best by taking the title in the weight throw. Her first throw of the day flew 56-10.25 and held up for the league title.

Karen Grauel placed second in the 5000 meter run to garner all-conference honors for the second straight year. Grauel ran 17:35.21 while sister Cindy came in fifth with a time of 17:54.88.

Two other women advanced to finals on Sunday as Lisa Kucharski qualified sixth in the 600 yard run and Anne Ratermann qualified fourth in the 800.

The men had three runners advance to Sunday finals with Ryan Peterson turning in the fastest time in the 600 yard run as he crossed the line in 1:14.10. Matt Schaefer and Joey Walls each qualified in the 800 with Schaefer placing seventh and Walls grabbing the final spot in eighth.

In other events, Derek Atwood placed eighth in the weight throw with Matt Wisniewski taking ninth and Mike Dial placing 11th in the 5000.

The women sit in third place with 36 points with Central Missouri leading with 56 and Missouri Southern third with 45.

Friday Recap--
JOPLIN, Mo. – Truman's Rebecca Nelson placed ninth in the women's pentathlon to kick off the MIAA Indoor Track & Field Championships on Friday night. The sophomore scored 3181 points.

Nelson achieved personal best marks in four of the five events. She ran 9.44 in the 60m hurdles, just two-hundredths of a second from a fifth personal best. She was 10th in the 60m hurdles.

In the high jump, Nelson had a mark of 4-10.50, good for 11^th, she was sixth in the shot put with a mark of 32-04.75, seventh in the long jump with a leap of 17-00.50 and fifth in the 800 meter run in a time of 2:36.15.
Nelson will join the rest of her teammates tomorrow as the MIAA Championships will get into full swing.

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