Rossbach sets two school records over weekend

The Emporia State track and field teams competed in three separate meets over the weekend.

School records were set by senior Jonel Rossbach and first place claimed by Douglas Marshal in two separate events.

Rossbach set a school record for the 10k of 35:24.81 easily passing Trudy Searcy's 36:24.85 set in 1987. This record qualified her automatically for nationals.

Rossbach is in the top five of five different races here at ESU, including the 800m, 1.5k, 3k, 5k, and 10k. Rossbach also set a record in the 5,000m race by finishing with a time of 16:56.21 beating the previous mark 17:10.49 by Susan Stine’s in 1986.

Rossbach is one of four Division II runners with a time under 17 minutes in the race this year.

“Jonel accomplished many goals she set for herself in this race - new school record, automatic NCAA Qualifying mark, solid competitive race in her first 10K,” said head coach Dave Harris.

Marshal won the long jump at 6.88m and the triple jump at 14.34m at the Tabor invitational on Wednesday at Hillsboro.

At the Kansas Relays Eric Wellman placed 14th in the 1.5k at 4:02.89. Michael Stephens placed 23 at the 800 meter run. He was timed at 1:57.72.