5/14/2015 9:05:00 PM | Men's Track & Field, Women's Track & Field
Day One Results
Live Results
Schedule of Events
MUNCIE, Indiana – Kent State's track and field teams kicked off the Mid-American Conference Championships at Ball State on Thursday, May 14th. The Golden Flashes women's team is sitting in fourth after day one and the men's team is sitting in sixth.
The Flashes women's team has a total of 20 points, 17 behind day one leader Akron, while the men's team has three points, 21 points behind day one co-leaders Akron and Miami (Ohio).
Kent State got off to a hot start with the women's hammer throw as Jackie Leppelmeier came away with a second place finish. Leppelmeier threw a Kent State personal-best 61.47m (201' 8"), which broke her own school record she set earlier this season at 60.99m (200' 1").
Morgan Estes and Sam Tollerud placed inside the top-10 to give Kent State points in the women's pole vault this afternoon. Estes tied for fifth with a best height 3.86m (12' 8"). Tollerud finished in eighth place with the same height 3.86m (12' 8").
Two personal-best's were set in the women's javelin by Golden Flashes' throwers, Anna Lombardo and Dior Delophont, as they teamed up with Tori Meyer to compete Thursday. Lombardo led the way with a fourth place finish at 44.79m (146' 11"), and Delophont not far behind in sixth place, 43.11m (141' 5"). Meyer placed 10th in the event with a mark of 38.39m (125' 11").
In the first half of the women's heptathlon, which will continue Friday, May 15th, Chelsea Laury is sitting in seventh place with 2,931 points, and Audra Puckrin is sitting in 11th with 2,509 points.
In the men's decathlon, Tyler Jones finished day one with 3,290 points, which places him in fourth heading into day two, and Ryan Looser is sitting in fifth at 3,186 points.
Looser also competed in the men's javelin and took seventh place. Looser had a best throw of 52.77m (173' 1").
Rachel Slingluff was the lone Flash in the women's 10,000m run and came in 18th place with a time of 37:35.67.
In the final men's event on the first day, Matt Kahl paced the Golden Flashes in the 10,000m run with an eighth place finish at 31:13.34. Joey Kinkelaar took 14th in the race with a time of 34:01.49.
Kent State returns to Ball State's track Friday, May 15th at 10am for the men's hammer throw. The decathlon starts off at 11am with the 110m-hurdels as the heptathlon kicks off at 11:30am with the long jump. Running events at the MAC Championships start Friday at 1pm with the women's 1500m trials.
Women's Team Standings (4 events scored)
1) Akron 37
2) Toledo 21
3) Eastern Michigan 20.5
4) Kent State 20
5) Central Michigan 13
6) Bowling Green 12
6) Northern Illinois 12
8) Western Michigan 8
9) Ohio U. 7
10) Buffalo 5.5
Men's Team Standings (2 events scored)
1) Miami (Ohio) 24
1) Akron 24
3) Eastern Michigan 16
4) Central Michigan 7
5) Buffalo 4
6) Kent State 3
