By Bryan Wilkins and Beth Renkoski
04/10/09
Davis Soars Above Coast Classic Competition
Costa Mesa, Calif. - Orange Coast College’s Coast Classic Track and Field Invitational – Competing in the closest thing to a home meet for the Vanguard University Track and Field teams, the Lions traveled down Fairview Road to the Coast Classic at Orange Coast College for a rare Friday meet. Hoping the forecasts of rain were wrong, the VU Lions, who were out of school for Good Friday, made themselves at home quickly, posting very solid marks early in the competition. Practicing regularly on OCC’s track, multiple individuals set new personal records and VU’s school record in the women’s high jump fell to the current Vanguard Lion track athletes. Although the weather couldn’t decide whether to be warm, cool, sunny or cloudy, the day proved to be beautiful and dry for a pre-Easter meet and overall it was a productive day for the Lions at Orange Coast College.
Davis captures VU Women's Highlights
Junior Kelsie Davis won the women's high jump and broke the VU school record in the process, clearing 5'6" (former VU record held by NAIA nationals competitor Beth Weidler 5'4 1/4" 2002). Davis' mark bettered her previous best of 5'3 3/4" by two and one-quarter inch. It also bettered the NAIA provisional national qualifying height of 5'5" and was just 1/4 inch shy of the automatic standard (5'6 1/4"). Her mark is currently tied for 3rd in the NAIA and will convert to an automatic mark if it stays in the top-16.
Freshman Chelsea Van Cott ran 11:50.75 in her 3000 meter steeplechase debut to finish third. Van Cott's mark was just three seconds off the provisional national qualifying standard. Freshman Emily Canales also ran her first career steeplechase and finished 6th in 12:16.14.
Competing in one of the few non-jumping field events for the Lions, junior Heidi Morehouse cleared 9'6" to finish 4th in the pole vault.
In the sprinting events for the Lions, the women's 4x100 relay team of Allie Armando, Diana Neves, Kaylee Leadley and Basia Mosley raced to a 6th place finish in 51.39. The Lions also had several sprinters in the 100m and 200m events. See Vanguard’s individual results below.
De Glymes tops VU Men's Highlights
Sophomore Christian de Glymes finished second place in a deep and talented men's 3,000 meter run by recording a personal best of 8:43.38 (a ten second improvement over his previous best).
Competing in one of the most interesting events of the day, freshman Matt Johnson completed his second 3,000 meter steeplechase of the season and finished fourth in a personal best 9:58.06 (a thirteen second improvement over his prior best).
Junior Aze Perkins raced to a first place finish in the 110 meter hurdles clocking 15.31 into a headwind. Freshman Elvis Whitelow finished third in the 400 meter dash in 49.36 and junior Mike Hartanov finished 4th in the 1500 meter run in 4:03.90.
Junior Jesse Rodriguez finished 11th in the first field event of the day, tossing the javelin 152 feet 3 inches in the first flight of throwers and finishing 11th among 20 scoring competitors.
Complete results can be found at www.directathletics.com
Athletes who did not compete due to injury or illness:
Ashley Rodriguez, Rebecca Sopp, Megan Williams, Danny Thomas.
Lions' current Outdoor National Qualifiers
Rebecca Sopp (5,000m),Megan Williams (1500m), Chelsea Van Cott (1500m), Ashley Rodriguez (400m), Christian de Glymes (10,000m), and Matt Johnson (10,000m).
Next up for the Lions: Friday, April 17th, the Lions will compete at the Azusa Pacific Invitational in Azusa.
Vanguard University Women’s Track and Field Results
W’s Events | Name | Time | Finish | Comments |
High Jump | Kelsie Davis | 5-6 | 1st | PR, SR, PQ |
High Jump | Burgandy Rhines | 4-10 | 6th | |
Pole Vault | Heidi Morehouse | 9-6 | 4th | |
Triple Jump | Kelsie Davis | 33’8" | 5th | |
Triple Jump | Burgandy Rhines | 30’9" | 10th | |
100m | Allie Armando | 13.16 | 5th | |
100m | Diana Neves | 13.84 | 18th | |
100m | Basia Mosley | 13.85 | 19th | |
200m | Allie Armando | 27.11 | 8th | |
200m | Basia Mosley | 29.41 | 31st | |
200m | Kaylee Leadley | 29.53 | 32nd | |
200m | Diana Neves | NT | | |
400m | Kaylee Leadley | 1:02.37 | 5th | |
3000m | Olya Zamucen | 12:07.73 | 17th | |
3000m Steeplechase | Chelsea Van Cott | 11:50.75 | 3rd | PR |
3000m Steeplechase | Emily Canales | 12:16.14 | 6th | PR |
4x100 Relay | Armando, Neves, Leadley, Mosely | 51.39 | 6th | |
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Vanguard University Men’s Track and Field Results
M’s Events | Name | Time | Finish | Comments |
110m Hurdles | Aze Perkins | 15.31 | 1st | |
100m | Jesse Rodriguez | 12.29 | 27th | |
200m | Chad Smith | 24.04 | 25th | |
200m | Nathan Phillips | 25.87 | 44th | |
400m | Elvis Whitelow | 49.36 | 3rd | |
400m | Nathan Phillips | 56.35 | 36th | |
800m | Mike Hartanov | 2:00.95 | 13th | |
800m | Chad Smith | 2:07.34 | 32nd | |
1500m | Mike Hartanov | 4:03.90 | 4th | |
1500m | Noah Lopez | 4:26.30 | 24th | |
1500m | Chad Smith | 4:20.38 | 17th | |
3000m | Christian de Glymes | 8:43.38 | 2nd | PR |
3000m Steeplechase | Matt Johnson | 9:58.06 | 4th | PR |
Javelin | Jesse Rodriguez | 152-3 | 11th | |