The Emporia State track team performed well in their midweek open yesterday in a meet that saw a majority of the

Emporia State junior Katie Mona passes senior Kathryn Davison on their way to the finish line in the women’s 800-meter dash during the ESU Midweek Open Wednesday night at Welch Stadium. Kellen Jenkins/ The Bulletin

 events won by the Hornets. Despite the event being relatively small, Head Coach David Harris was pleased with the effort he saw.

            “This meet’s twofold,” Harris said. “We wanted a tune up one last time before Drake (this weekend)… The other part of it is that many of these athletes now this is their last competition before the conference (meet). It’s 10 days out, so we felt like we wanted to give them one more opportunity without traveling somewhere.”

            Those athletes gearing up for this weekend’s meet against Drake included runners in the 800 meter run. Coming in first and second respectively were Katie Mona and Kathryn Davison. Mona finished the 800m in 2:14.47 as Davison finished right behind her in 2:15.23.

            “We were trying to get faster times to go to Nationals,” Davison said. “I don’t know if it’s just the weather or if we needed that higher competition level, but it was a good workout.”

            The men saw their own success in the 800 meter as Will Hohmeier finished in first place. After the race, Hohmeier commented on the preparation the run got him for this weekend’s race in Drake.

            “It was definitely an effort just to get ready for this weekend in Drake,” Hohmeier said. “In the eight (hundred meter), we had a lot of guys in it, so everyone had someone to work with. It was a good race.”

            Other Hornets who earned first place finishes for ESU included Kevin Roulhac in the discus throw with a distance of 172-03. Deja Jackson also fared well picking up a first place finish in the women’s discus throw throwing for 152-00.

            The women also took the first three spots in the shot put as Valeria Jordan finished first followed by Elizabeth Lewis and Ashley Watkins respectively. Freshman Andrew Etheridge picked up a first place finish in the 110m hurdles as well with his time of 14.54.

            The Hornets are now looking forward to this weekend’s big meet at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa. The event will be one of the bigger ones for ESU this year and is a prelude to the MIAA Championships which will be held at Witten Track on May 7-8.

            “Drake is a fun relay meet,” Harris said. “We’re not going up there to run any individual events… We’re going up there to run relays in one of the greatest relay carnivals in the country. It is just a fun environment to compete in.”

Brandon Schneeberger

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Will Hohmeier and Katie Mona each earned honorable mention All-MIAA honors last Saturday at the 2010 MIAA Cross Country Championships. The event was held at Fort Hays State in Hays, Kansas. The two runners lead Emporia State to a seventh place finish for the women’s team, as the men placed eighth.

For the women, Pittsburgh State would take home the MIAA championship with Missouri Southern and Northwest Missouri rounding out the top three teams respectfully. Mona would earn her MIAA honors after finishing 13^th with a time of 22:23 that lead the Hornets. Kathryn Davison would finish in 22:57 and place 22^nd for the Hornets. ESU had four more runners finish in the next two minutes to take home their seventh place finish.

On the men’s side, ESU finished eighth out of eight teams competing with nine runners finishing the race. Central Missouri would take home the MIAA crown on the men’s side with Missouri Southern and Northwest Missouri finishing second and third respectively. Will Hohmeier finished 16^th overall to lead the Hornets after posting a time of 25:20. Asher Delmott finished with a time of 25:42 to take the 24^th position overall, as he was one of the five Hornets to place in the top 50 runners.

Regionals for both teams are set for Nov. 20 in Warrensburg, MO.

Chris Hopkins

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Three ESU football players cited for marijuana use

Three ESU football players were cited for allegedly possessing marijuana in the North Twin Towers on Aug. 28. Miguel Johns, Jackson Bonnette, and Orelando Pratt Jr. were the three players. Johns was a freshman wide receiver from Newton. Both Bonnette and Pratt were freshman from Corpus Cristi, Tex. Bonnette was one of five quarterbacks on the team, and Pratt also played at the wide receiver position.

All three players were redshirted and had yet to see any game time action. Head Coach Garrin Higgins said the players are no longer with the team. The three have been issued misdemeanor tickets and are currently scheduled for a court date at 9 a.m. on Oct. 28.

Volleyball Sweeps Missouri Western, Northwest Missouri State

The Emporia State Volleyball team swept Missouri Western on Sept. 17. They won their three sets 25-10, 25-15, and 15-17. Strong serving by senior setter Ting Liu, including a seven point run in the first set, and five unanswered serves in the second set helped push the Hornets toward the sweep. Other notable Hornet performances were senior Brianne Bonner with 16 kills and six blocks. Fellow senior Brittney Miller had 12 kills and four blocks, and Meg Schwartz had 11 digs to fill out the Hornets’ defensive game.

In further volleyball action, the Hornets swept Northwest Missouri State on Sept. 18 with wins of 25-20, 25-20, and 26-24. Top player performances were by senior Brittney Miller with 13 kills and Brianne Boner with eight kills and three blocks. Playing a tough defensive game were Paige Vanderpool with nine digs and 12 kills, Katelyn Schmidtberger with 11 digs and Meg Schwartz with 10. Following the Hornets two weekend road sweeps they have now been bumped up to the 11th spot in the AVCA poll. Furthermore, Ting Liu has earned MIAA Specialist of the Week for the third straight week.

Cross Country Teams land top 10 finishes

The men’s and women’s cross-country teams traveled to Lincoln, Neb., this Saturday for the Woody Invitational, the team’s first big meet. Both teams were able to land top ten finishes as the men finished fifth out of 21 and the women seventh of 20.

Out of 295 runners, Asher Delmott led the Hornet men placing 36th overall followed by Will Hohmeier (47th) and Jacob Bull (56th). For the women Kathryn Davison led the way placing 61st overall. She was followed by Sydney Oltjen (66th), Courtney Maddux (74th) and Amy Feldkamp (79th).

The cross-country teams will travel to Hillsboro for the Tabor Invitational this Saturday.

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Emporia State’s cross country teams got off to a running start last Friday when they hosted Newman in the ESU Intersquad/Open.

The women ran a 3200 meter race with a total of 16 runners competing, and started the season off on the right track as they had the top four finishers. Kathryn Davison, a senior from Topeka, won her first race with a time of 12:16.

“It felt great to just get out there and compete again,” Davison said. “Sydney (Oltjen) got her second wind, and I just tried to stick with her. With the four of us sticking together, I think that it really broke down our opponents.”

ESU had only six of the 16 runners, but five of them would crack the top 10 for the women.

Freshman runner Sydney Oltjen finished second with a time of 12:18 to start her collegiate career.

“I felt good all day, didn’t really know anything about Newman, and just wanted to run a good race,” Oltjen said.

Amy Feldkamp and Courtney Maddux rounded out the top five for the women’s team, finishing five seconds ahead of fifth place Taylor Carlson of Newman.

The ESU men also showed a strong debut in the 5K. Of the 29 runners, junior Asher Delmott led the way with a time of 15:45. The Hornets were able to place nine of the top 15 runners.

“I felt good the whole course, really pushed the pace, and my only thought was when I got to the final stretch was that the wind was going to be at my back the rest of the way,” Delmott said. “We really had some freshmen that stepped up today.”

Freshman Jacob Bull had a finishing time of 16:20 for his first collegiate meet, while William Hohmeier, Marcus Portofee and Skyler Delmott rounded out the top five with times of 16:24, 16:26 and 16:29 respectively.

Head Coach Dave Harris was very pleased out of what he saw out of both teams.

“This was a perfect way to start the season, with a low-key meet here at home to see where our runners are right now,” Harris said. “We have only been together about three weeks, and it is only going to get tougher, so we need to raise the intensity. This race was used as a measuring stick, and we really had people in both races step up.”

Chris Hopkins/The Bulletin

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