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Jan. 22, 2001

Bulldog Track Teams Participate at Iowa State Open

Both Truman State University indoor track and field teams competed on Friday and Saturday at the Iowa State Open in Ames, Iowa.

The Bulldog women's team came home with two more NCAA Division II provisional qualifiers. Sophomore Jennifer Tesmer (Harrisonville, Mo.) finished seventh in the 5,000-meter run with a time of 18:06.24 to provisionally qualify. Junior Megan Williams (Columbia, Mo./Hickman) finished ninth in the 60-meter hurdles and provisionally qualified with a time of 8.93 seconds. Tesmer and Williams join senior Kristi Morton (Mexico, Mo.) and junior Karena Singleton (Glenwood, Ill./Homewood-Flossmoor) as Truman's provisional qualifiers. Morton has already reached the mark in the pole vault and Singleton has provisionalled in the triple jump.

The Bulldog women had several other stellar performances in this weekend's meet. Freshman Candi Jones (Oskaloosa, Iowa) brought home first place in the 600-meter run with a time of 1:25.69. Junior Kasye Hahn (St. Louis, Mo./Horton Watkins) finished sixthin the 400-meter dash in 58.49 seconds. Freshman Sonya Yamnitz (Hallsville, Mo./Helias) was a ninth-place finisher in the 1,000-meter run, with a clocking of 3:07.91.

On the men's side, freshman Brian Dzingai (Harare, Zimbabwe/St. George's) had the Bulldogs' highest finish of the day when he placed fifth in the 200-meter dash with a time of 21.67 seconds. Dzingai was also 12th in the 60-meter dash (6.98 seconds).

Juniors Matt Helbig (Fenton, Mo./Rockwood Summit) and Andy Doering (Florissant, Mo./McCluer North) had 12th-place finishes in the mile and 3,000-meter run, respectively. Helbig completed the mile in 4:23.36, while Doering finished the 3,000 in 8:44.78.

Both teams will return to action this weekend. The men will be in Indianapolis on Saturday for the Butler University/Smith-Barney Invitational, while the women will participate on Friday at the Central Missouri State University Invitational in Warrensburg, Mo.

TRUMAN RESULTS -- IOWA STATE OPEN, Jan. 19-20, 2001, Ames, Iowa
WOMEN'S RESULTS
60-meter dash          Megan Williams, 28th (Prelim.)        8.27
                       Sara Jessen, 45th (Prelim.)           8.45
200-meter dash         Karena Singleton, 19th               26.07
400-meter dash         Kasye Hahn, 6th                      58.49
                       Jamille Curry, 11th                  59.38
600-yard dash          Candi Jones, 1st                   1:25.69
                       Jackie McDuffey, 9th               1:29.96
1,000-meter run        Sonya Yamnitz, 9th                 3:07.91
                       Amy Johnson, 11th                  3:10.04
800-meter run          Bridget Luebbering, 16th           2:23.18
                       Cammie Ewing, 22nd                 2:27.44
Mile Run               Sonya Yamnitz, 22nd                5:23.62
                       Jody Shanks, 24th                  5:31.35
3,000-meter run        Brandy Leffler, 10th              10:46.45
                       Alisha Smyth, 13th	                11:05.80
5,000-meter run        Jennifer Tesmer, 7th              18:06.24
60-meter hurdles       Megan Williams, 9th                   8.93
  Prelims              Megan Williams, 10th                  9.01
                       Sara Jessen, 21st                     9.60
4x400 Relay            Truman, 7th                        4:00.70
                      (Curry, McDuffey, Lowry, Jones)
Distance Medley        Truman, 5th                       12:38.68
                      (Shanks, Jones, Lowry, Br. Luebbering), 	   
Triple Jump            Karena Singleton, 5th               37'-1"

MEN'S RESULTS
60-meter dash          Brian Dzingai, 12th                   6.98
  Prelims              Brian Dzingai, 10th                   6.96
                       Nolan White, 49th                     7.39
200-meter dash         Brian Dzingai, 5th                   21.67
                       Danny McDonald, 25th                 22.63
400-meter dash         Danny McDonald, 18th                 49.68
                       Joe Manning, 54th                    54.59
800-meter run          Mike Brower, 37th                  1:58.67
1,000-meter run        Scott Henderson, 20th              2:36.55
                       Dan Boyle, 27th                    2:46.01
Mile Run               Matt Helbig, 12th                  4:23.36
                       Matt Judson, 15th                  4:28.81
3,000-meter run        Andy Doering, 12th                 8:44.78
                       Alan Heincker, 26th                9:02.22
5,000-meter run        Brad Peter, 15th                  15:59.98
                       Pat Boyle, 19th                   16:17.19
60-meter hurdles       Dave Mayhew, 13th (Prelim.)           8.43
4x400 Relay            Truman, 13th                       3:20.27
                      (Kingery, White, Pope, McDonald)	   
Distance Medley        Truman, 10th                      10:24.61
                      (Helbig, Pope, Henderson, Doering), 	   
High Jump              Jake Kingery, 8th                    6'-5"
Weight Throw           Ryan Easley, 15th                 49'-5.5"