Minnesota State Moorhead freshman pole vaulter Jennifer Hensel set school and arena records Friday during the Bison Open indoor track and field meet at Bison Sports Arena.
Hensel, a two-time Minnesota state champion at Frazee High School, vaulted 12 feet, 7½ inches to set the new marks. The old school record of 12-6 was held by Brooke Wehri (2005) and Aaron Clark. The former Bison Sports Arena record of 12-4 was set by Julie Stenkowski in 2004.
Both men and women's pole vaulters had a successful day. Senior Jackie Brown placed first with a vault of 12-07.50, followed by sophomore Brooke Demo who finished in third (11-11.75). Freshman Ashley Rosenbaum, in her first collegiate track and field meet, finished in sixth place out of 17 vaulters, with a vault of 10-11.75.
Senior pole vaulter Dylan Schmidt came away with the win with a vault of 16-04.75, setting a new WSU school record. Sophomore Beau Morris was right behind him, finishing in second place (16-00.75).
LINCOLN -- The Nebraska track and field team opened the 2006 indoor season Friday by holding the annual Holiday Inn Invitational at the Bob Devaney Sports Center Indoor Track. Four Huskers claimed wins on the first day of competition, led by sophomore Jenny Green in the women's pole vault.
Green, who is returning from a redshirt campaign last year, earned gold in the pole vault with an NCAA provisional-qualifying mark of 12-11 1/2. Coach Gary Pepin believed the performance was a good starting point for the two-time All-American in only her sophomore season.
The one event champion for the Cowgirls came from junior Lauri Smith in the pole vault. Smith, along with sophomore teammate Kat Doherty, cleared a height of 10' 11-3/4", but Smith managed to perform the task with less misses to take home the title.
Jones turned in a stellar performance in the pole vault, matching a Jack Skoog Track-record by clearing a height of 17'-4 1/2" to win the event and post a provisional qualifying mark for the NCAA Indoor Championships.
"That pole vault exhibition Dave put on tonight was very exciting, and I'm very happy for him," Knapp said. "His mark was good enough to make it to the NCAA indoor meet last year, so it's a great start for the season for him. He stepped up with a great effort tonight, which is what you would expect out of a senior captain."
Janine Rosloniec won the pole vault clearing 11'-5 3/4", just a 1/4" shy of her personal best. She topped teammates Colleen Johnson and Jenna Amell, who finished tied for second behind Rosloniec.
"Janine did a great job tonight, and I was really pleased to see her step it up in this meet," Lutzke said.
Junior John Russell (Glendale, Ohio/Princeton) stole the show on the men's side by setting the facility, school and Mid-American conference records with a clearance of 18-01 in the pole vault. The three-time All-American also attempted 18-05, but missed on all three attempts. However, with tonight's performance Russell automatically qualifies for next month's NCAA Indoor Championships.
Marissa Dudek of Pittsburgh had the only other NCAA qualifying mark besides Russell as she posted a provisional clearance of 12-11.50 in the pole vault. That was one of four victories by the Pitt women.
Sprts Cntr: ! 12-04.50 2002 Kelly Bowen, Nebraska Wesleyan Univ.
UA Women's Communications Junior Jodi Unger was the University of Arkansas Lady Razorback track team's lone qualifier at the Arkansas Invitational at the Randal Tyson Track Center on Friday evening when she matched her career-best in the pole vault at 12-11 1/2.
Unger's clearance came on her last attempt at the height, placing her fifth overall, but tied in height with former NCAA Champion and NCAA record holder Amy Linnen who competed unattached. "For Jodi to open up with that kind of mark is very encouraging," Arkansas head coach Lance Harter said. "The height that she went out at is one that is almost a guarantee to go to the national championship and for her to be there at this time of the year is good news."
Unger was the top finisher among three Lady Razorback vaulter with sophomores Stephanie Irwin and Danielle O'Reilly finishing sixth and seventh, respectively, with jumps of 12-5 1/2.
1 had a winning height of 13-9 / 4.
Two Lady Razorbacks, Stephanie Irwin and Danielle O'Reilly, finished in the top seven but neither had qualifying marks.
8Vincent Keller UNA 14' 6" 4.42 m.
7Tristan Clark RH 13' 6" 4.12 m.
3Bob Warden RH 13' 0" 3.97 m.
6Todd Lange UNA 12' 6" 3.81 m.
2David Hodson RH 11' 6" 3.51 m.
1Andrew Boneff RH 9' 6" 2.90 m.
3Melissa Ullenbrock UNA 11' 6" 3.51 m.
1Amanda Finch ISU 9' 0" 2.75 m.
Several Lobos turned in strong performances in their 2006 season debuts today at the Shumate Open. In one of the marquee events of the day, New Mexico's Derek Mackel (17'), Robert Caldwell (17') and Zach Bingham (16') finished 1-2-3 in the men's pole vault with Caldwell and Bingham both establishing indoor bests. Mackel and Caldwell just missed the NCAA provisional qualifying standard in the event before bowing out at 17-06.00.
junior pentathlete Stefany Setliff cleared 11-00.25 to win her first collegiate pole vault competition.
Both IU teams recorded first-place marks in the pole vault and the 4x400m relay. In only his second meet as a Hoosier, Jeff Coover notched a win with a leap of 5m (16-4.75), while Jamie Raklau was marked at 3m (9-10.00) in her second pole vault title of the season. Coover's jump was .25m higher than his jump at last week's Hoosier Open, making this meet's mark his new personal best. Raklau also etched a new best mark under her name. Her 3m (9-10.00) vault surpassed her old best of 2.82m (9-3.00) set last weekend as well.