ST. PAUL, Minn. - Kawaskii Bacon met two NCAA Division II provisional times today at Hamline's Meet of the Unsaintly, making a strong bid for the NCAA Championship meet. He broke his own school record in the 100 meter dash and finished his day by winning the 200m dash. The Golden Bears had a great day overall, with numerous athletes finishing in the top five of their events. COMPLETE RESULTS
Bacon's new school record time of 10.50 seconds in the 100m dash was just .05 seconds shy of an automatic-qualifying time for the NCAA Championships and is a new best time in the NSIC for the race this season. Bacon took second place in the photo finish race behind University of Minnesota's Ibrahim Kabia, who put up a time of 10.48s.
Bacon won the 200m dash with a time of 21.37s, which is also an NCAA provisional time. This is just off his personal best and school record time of 21.32, which got him to the 2007 NCAA Championships.
Ted Thuening ran one of the best CU times in recent years in the 110m hurdles, crushing his previous personal best time with a new mark of 15.78s in the preliminaries and taking fourth place in the finals.
The Golden Bears had two field athletes take second place in their events, finishing behind only Golden Gopher athletes. Andy Wyss was the runner-up in the triple jump (42ft, 11.75in) while Tre Sayles also posted a second place finish in the high jump (6ft, 4.25in).
Adam LeMay had another strong day in the pole vault and took third place by clearing 15 feet, 3 inches. A set of NSIC competitors from Minnesota State won the event by matching LeMay's season best mark of 15-9.
Another third place finish was put up by Diahn Zeon in the long jump after he leapt 21 feet, 10.75 inches. He was followed by teammated John Pimental in fourth place with a mark of 21-6.25.
Katie Johnson was a top finisher for the women's team, taking third place in the long jump by going 17-2. Kaysee Nesmoe wound up at fifth place in the shot put with a mark of 41-8.75.
Meet of the Unsaintly Results
Hamline University
Saturday, May 2
5000 Meter Run
Dan Schield 15:50.12 (9th place)
3000 Meter Steeplechase
Josh Stebbins 11:08.31 (7th place)
4x100 Meter Relay
Britt Bickert
Katie Johnson
Nacole Kiss
Adrianna Suttle
Total 51.65 (4th place)
1500 Meter Run
Emily Stanzyk 5:38.16
110 Meter Hurdles
Ted Thuening 15.78 (prelim)
15.81 (final) (4th place)
400 Meter Dash
Brian Kohlman 50.04 (6th place)
Chris Kotlarek 52.42
100 Meter Dash
Kawaskii Bacon 10.50 (NCAA PROVISIONAL QUALIFYING MARK, NEW OUTDOOR SCHOOL RECORD, 2nd place)
Robert Spence 10.87 (6th place)
800 Meter Run
Matt Eicheldinger 1:57.02 (7th place)
Travis Wagers 2:04.27
Megan Fulton 2:24.61
400 Meter Hurdles
Chris Kotlarek 59.21 (9th place)
Ted Thuening 59.72
Andy Chaussee 1:01.28
200 Meter Dash
Kawaskii Bacon 21.37 (NCAA PROVISIONAL QUALIFYING MARK, 1st place)
Diahn Zeon 22.37 (9th place)
Brian Kohlman 22.53
Zack Whitman 23.45
Adam LeMay 23.51
Andy Wyss 24.16
Adrianna Suttle 28.39
Hammer
Justin Franke 123-2
James Pudwill 111-4
Meri Pearson 112-9
Discus
Meri Pearson 82-1
James Pudwill 101-8
Will Lange 99-11
Shot Put
Justin Franke 38-11
Kaysee Nesmoe 41-8 ¾ (5th place)
Britt Bickert 31-6 ½
Meri Pearson 30-1 ½
Javelin
Adam LeMay 127-5 (8th place)
Will Lange 118-0
Andy Chaussee 116-0
James Pudwill 101-10
Britt Bickert 89-3 (8th place)
Kaysee Nesmoe 72-9
Pole Vault
Adam LeMay 15-3 (3rd place)
Andy Chaussee 11-3 ¾ (9th place)
Long Jump
Diahn Zeon 21-10 ¾ (3rd place)
John Pimental 21-6 ¼ (4th place)
Katie Johnson 17-2 (3rd place)
Triple Jump
Andy Wyss 42-11 ¾ (2nd place)
High Jump
Tre Sayles 6-4 ¼ (2nd place)
Miriam deVille 4-7 ½
