April 8, 2002

Bulldog Men's Track & Field Competes at Washington University Open

The Truman State University men's track & field team will compete this Saturday (April 13) at the 13th annual Lee Calhoun Invitational in Monmouth, Ill., co-hosted by Monmouth College and Western Illinois University.

This past Saturday (April 6), the Bulldog men took part in the Washington University Open in St. Louis. The Bulldogs had four top-three finishes at the meet, the team's third of the outdoor campaign.

Sophomore Brian Dzingai (Harare, Zimbabwe/St. George's) placed first in the 200-meter dash and second in the 100 meters. Dzingai's time of 21.79 seconds in the 200 was just 24 hundredths of a second from being an NCAA Division II provisional qualification. Both the 100 and 200, as well as the 110-meter hurdles, were events slowed somewhat by winds.

In the 800-meter run, junior Matt Helbig (Fenton, Mo./Rockwood Summit) placed second in a time of 1:55.07. Senior Nick Blackburn (St. Charles, Mo./Francis Howell) was third in 9:35.54, followed closely by freshman Andy Person (Wildwood, Mo./Ladue) in fourth place and freshman Ryan French (Cedar Rapids, Iowa/Linn-Marr) in seventh.

Freshman Walter Washington (St. Louis/Webster Groves) tallied a sixth-place clocking of 49.24 seconds in the 400-meter dash.

Senior Andy Doering (Florissant, Mo./McCluer North) posted a seven-place showing in the 1,500-meter run, while junior Jake Kingery (Monroe, Iowa/Prairie City-Monroe) logged seventh-place finishes in both the 110-meter hurdles and high jump.

Truman Men's Results - Washington Univ. Open (Apr. 6, 2002)
100-meter dash             2nd, Brian Dzingai, 10.82
                           30th, Dave Mayhew, 11.85
200-meter dash             1st, Brian Dzingai, 21.79
400-meter dash             6th, Walter Washington, 49.24
                           32nd, Matt Groeper, 52.66
800-meter run              2nd, Matt Helbig, 1:55.07
                           25th, Dan McLaughlin, 2:00.36
1,500-meter run            7th, Andy Doering, 4:01.40
                           26th, Dan Boyle, 4:12.25
                           35th, Pat Boyle, 4:14.98
110-meter hurdles          7th, Jake Kingery, 15.96
3,000-meter steeplechase   3rd, Nick Blackburn, 9:35.54
                           4th, Andy Person, 9:40.76
                           7th, Ryan French, 9:51.37
10,000-meter run           11th, Brad Peter, 32:52.28
                           13th, Mark DeBold, 33:10.72
                           14th, Scott Downard, 33:19.29
                           16th, Trey Robinson, 34:04.24
                           18th, Chris Elledge, 34:16.86
High Jump                  7th, Jake Kingery, 6'-2.75"
Pole Vault                 11th, Phil Andreas, 12'-11.50"
Long Jump                  13th, Jake Kingery, 20'-10.75"
                           19th, James Walton, 20'-0.5"
Shot Put                   14th, Zach Schluender, 42'-11"
Hammer                     17th, Zach Schluender, 123'-11"

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