All three of our TEAM members that competed at the NAIA Indoor Championships last Friday have come away with hardware. Competing for the TEAM were Katie Burnett from William Penn University in Iowa, Janelle Brown of Cornerstone University in Michigan and Chris Tegtmeier of Concordia University in Nebraska. Both men and women were racing over 3,000m's.
First up were the women. Katie and Janelle knew that they would have a tough competitor in Jessica Ching from Lindenwood University. Both women were ready for the challenge and were going for the women. Right from the gun Janelle took the lead and stayed there for about a kilometer when Jessica Ching caught up to her stayed with her for a few laps till she overtook Janelle for the lead. After that, Janelle started to fade but Katie started to try and make her way up. She managed to get a few seconds away from Jessica but was never able to catch her. Jessica pushed her lead even further and managed to win in a time of 14:12 with Katie pushing to her 2nd silver medal performance at this meet. Not far behind was Janelle in 3rd place, her first ever medal at an NAIA Championship. Great job ladies!
Women 3000 Meter Race Walk
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Championship: N 13:56.06 2002 Amber Antonia, Wisconsin Parkside
2010 Champ: * 14:25.38 3/6/2010 Jessica Ching, Lindenwood
18:20.00 A
Name Year School Seed Finals
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Finals
1 Ching, Jessica JR Lindenwood 14:36.24 14:12.05*A
2 Burnett, Katie SR William Penn 14:40.02 14:22.70*A
3 Brown, Janelle JR Cornerstone 14:28.75 14:32.13 A
4 Furnish, Megan SR Lindsey Wilson 15:07.41 15:09.38 A
5 Conway, Chelsea SO Lindsey Wilson 15:34.07 15:37.55 A
6 Helmuth, Erin SO Goshen 17:04.63 15:51.70 A
7 Gutterman, Alexis SR Lindenwood 16:32.39 16:01.97 A
8 Brickson, Reini FR Lindsey Wilson 16:22.38 16:15.33 A
9 Bonk, Nicole SO Embry-Riddle 16:54.60 16:46.44 A
10 Mancha, Mercedes SO St. Xavier 17:42.62 17:01.08 A
11 Lawrence, Monica FR Cornerstone 17:41.28 17:01.13 A
12 Eichmeyer, Carissa SR Hannibal-LaGrange 18:23.46 18:44.26
-- DeJong, Sunny FR Cornerstone 18:27.75 DQ
Next up were the men. Chris Tegtmeier had just started racewalking a month ago after a year off due to illness. He was very nervous going into this race, not knowing how he could do. The gun went off and the top 2 seeds, Kris Shear and Josh Wiseman took off. Chris stayed behind but within striking distance as he let the other guys fight it out. The leaders took out the pace pretty fast as they were looking to try and break the meet record. First Josh Wiseman fell off the pace and Chris overtook him. Next Kris started falling off and so with 2 laps to go Chris overtook Kris in lead and pushed till the end, winning in a time of 12:15.95, a big personal best and the meet record! What an amazing comeback for Chris. This is Chris's second NAIA Indoor Championship.
Men 3000 Meter Race Walk
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Championship: N 12:16.56 2002 Lachlan McDonald, Wisconsin- Parkside
2010 Champ: * 13:19.50 3/6/2010 Mike Mannozzi, Notre Dame (Ohio)
16:00.00 A
Name Year School Seed Finals ====================================================================
Finals
1 Tegtmeier, Chris SR Concordia (Neb.) 13:19.37 12:15.95NA
2 Shear, Kris SR Cornerstone 12:30.28 12:20.49*A
3 Wiseman, Josh SR Cedarville 12:33.45 12:23.54*A
4 Vergara, Ricardo SO Lindsey Wilson 13:14.81 12:54.98*A
5 Vergara, Roberto SO Lindsey Wilson 13:47.03 13:22.49 A
6 Pfahler, Joel SO Cedarville 14:17.20 13:50.92 A
7 Forgues, Matthew FR Ashford 14:30.46 13:55.02 A
8 Gunderkline, Jacob SO Goshen 14:31.71 14:07.58 A
9 Jakobsen, Aleksand SO Ashford 14:55.40 14:19.77 A
10 Lindemann, David SR Lindenwood 14:48.24 14:57.57 A
-- Ikeda, Paul SR Cedarville 14:08.02 DQ
Congratulations to all three of the TEAM members on amazing performances. Next up for the trio is a 20km race this weekend at the USA Master's 20km Championships in Huntington Beach, California. Good luck!
Stay tuned!
TEAM
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