Oklahoma State University Athletics
Meet Notes- Husky classic & Tyson Invitational
February 07, 2013 | Cowgirl Cross Country & Track
Feb. 7, 2013
STILLWATER -
Husky Classic
Feb. 8-9, Dempsey Indoor, Seattle, Wash.,
Tyson Invitational
Feb. 8-9, The Randal Tyson Track Center, Fayetteville, Ark.
The Basics
The Oklahoma State men's and women's track and field teams will be split up this Friday and Saturday, with some heading to Seattle, Wash., to compete in the Husky Classic, hosted by the University of Washington, and the rest will go to Fayetteville, Ark., once again for the Tyson Invitational.
In Seattle, Friday's events begin at 6 p.m. CT , and Saturday's events get an early start at 10 a.m. CT In Fayetteville, Friday's events will begin at noon CT, and Saturday's events will start at 11 a.m. CT.
Aside from OSU, teams competing between these meets include Arizona, Arkansas, Baylor, BYU, Florida, Florida St., Kansas, LSU, Oklahoma, Texas and UCLA.
Fans will be able to follow the action in Seattle at www.gohuskies.com.. For Fayetteville, follow along at www.flashresults.com or by using the hashtag #TysonInv.
OSU Schedule at the Husky Classic
*All Times Central
Men's Events
Mile - Sat. 4:21 p.m. CT
Neal Smith
3,000 Meters - Sat. 10:15 a.m. CT
Neal Smith
5,000 meters- Fri. 9:30 p.m. CT
Women's Events
200 Meters- Fri. 6 p.m. CT
400 Meters –Sat. 11:55 a.m. CT
800 Meters - Sat. 1:15 p.m. CT
Mile - Sat. 4 p.m. CT
3,000 Meters - Sat. 10 a.m. CT
Victoria Fratzcak
OSU Schedule at the Tyson Invitational
Men's Events
400 Meters - Fri. 2 p.m.
Terrence West
800 Meters - Fri. 4:20 p.m.
Mile - Fri. 12:30 p.m.
3,000 Meters - Sat. 3:30 p.m.
High Jump- Sat. 12 p.m.
Weight Throw -Fri. 3 p.m.
Nick Miller
Last Time Out - Men
Tom Farrell, Kirubel Erassa, Fabian Clarkson and Shane Moskowitz all ran the mile in faster than four minutes to highlight Oklahoma State's showing at the 2013 Razorback Invitational.
Farrell finished in second place in the mile invitational with a time of 3:58.20 and Erassa placed third with a time of 3:58.24. Both runners set personal bests and moved themselves onto the school's top 10 list, Farrell to second and Erassa to third. Clarkson finished in fifth place with a time of 3:59.47, which moved him to sixth all-time. Moskowitz, (3:59.48) set a personal best when he finished in sixth place, and he moved to seventh all-time on the record list.
Those runners now hold four of the top 10 mile times in the nation.
Nick Miller (20.79m/68-9.75) heaved a new personal best in the weight throw, finishing second at the 2013 Frank Sevigne Husker Invite in Lincoln, Neb.
Last Time Out - Women
At the Razorback Invitational, Natalja Piliusina competed in her signature event for the first time this season and took third in the 800 meters by crossing the finishing line in 2:04.35. Her time moved her to third nationally.
In the 3,000 meters, Jackie Campos (9:47.93) finished in first place and Victoria Fratczak (9:50.02) finished in second place. With her time of 9:57.90, Victoria Hanna finished in fifth place. Jenny Dyer set a personal best with her time of 10:34.25.
In the 800 meters invitational, Mihaela Bobos earned a first-place finish with her time of 2:12.82.With her time of 4:46.20, Monika Juodeskaite moved herself into ninth place on the OSU mile top 10 list.
At the Husker Invite, Chase Ealey finished ninth in the shot put, with a distance of 15.15m/49-08.50. Caitlin Way picked up a ninth place finish of her own in the weight throw, heaving the weight 17.65m/57-11.00.
Last Year At the Tyson Invitational
Jackie Campos brought home OSU's only first place finish at the meet, as the junior ran a 9:58.13 in the women's 3,000-meter race.
The Cowgirls notched two other top-five finishes. Piliusina placed second in the Olympic development 800-meter race by running a 2:05.56, which at the time was a personal best and school record. Caileigh Glenn placed fifth in the 800 meter run with a time of 2:13.23.
The Cowboys had five athletes place in the top five, led by Raul Botezan's third-place finish in the mile run. His time of 3:58.94 was a personal best and is the fourth-fastest one-mile time in OSU history.
In the 3,000-meter championship race, Kirubel Erassa ran a 7:59.35 to place fifth. His time is the seventh-best in the OSU record book.
In the 3,000-meter run, Zach Wills placed fourth with a time of 8:14.21, while David Osborn came in fifth, running an 8:15.38. Neal Smith placed fifth in the one-mile run, clocking a 4:05.86.
Last Year At the Husky Classic
Shadrack Kipchirchir placed eighth in the 5,000-meter invitational run with a time of 13:46.00, which is the second-fastest time at OSU.
The “Fantastic Four”
Tom Farrell, Kirubel Erassa, Fabian Clarkson and Shane Moskowitz all ran sub-four minute miles in the same meet on Jan. 26 at the Razorback Invitational.
No other school in the country has had more than one runner break the four-minute mark this season.
Four of the 14 sub-four minute times registered on the NCAA list belong to these Cowboys, and all four times are also in the top 10 marks ran this season.
Leading Lady
Natalja Piliusina is the nation's No. 3 runner in the women's 800 meters with a mark of 2:04.35.
Piliusina is coming off a 2012 indoor season where she captured her second-straight Big 12 conference title in the 800m and was runner up in the same event at the NCAA national meet. She also hit a new personal best in the 800 meters with a school-record 2:03.46 at the Alex Wilson Invitational.
Record Breaking
Piliusina broke the 27-year-old school record in the 1,000 meters in a dual against No. 7 Arkansas on Jan. 11.
Piliusina finished with a time of 2:46.55, breaking Veronica Haberl's record of 2:47.30 set at the 1986 NCAA National Championships.
World Ranking
Nick Miller is ranked 13th in the world in the 6kg under-20 hammer throw, according to the IAAF 2012 top list.
Miller recorded a throw of 67.56m/221-08 in Livingston, Scotland, last June at the Hammerama meet to earn a spot among the world's best.
Miller is coming off an impressive freshman year that was highlighted by a Big 12 championship in the hammer throw. He became the first Cowboy athlete to win an outdoor conference title in the hammer throw since Wallace Thornberry in 1901. Miller also set an Oklahoma State school record when he launched a 7.26 kilogram hammer 67.56 meters/221-08 at the Hammerama meet in Scotland.
The Natural
Although this is his first year to compete in the Weight Throw, Nick Miller is having a fantastic season. He is ranked No. 4 in the country with a heave of 20.97m/68-09.75, which he achieved at the Frank Sevigne Husker Invite on Feb. 1.
Miller is the only Big 12 thrower ranked in the top 50 in this event.
National Rankings
Piliusina is the No. 3 female in the 800 meters, and Ealey moves down to No. 35 in the women's shot put.
For the Cowboys, Farrell (No. 2), Erassa (No. 3), Clarkson (No. 9) and Moskowitz (No. 10) all rank in the top 10 in the mile.
In the 3,000 meters, Shadrack Kipchirchir is ranked No. 6, with a time of 8:00.41.
Nick Miller gives the Cowboys another top-10 ranking, landing at No. 4 in the weight throw.
OSU Women on the NCAA List
800 Meters
3. Natalja Piliusina -2:04.35
Shot Put
35. Chase Ealey -15.80m/51-10.00
OSU Men on the NCAA List
800m
38. Raul Botezan - 1:50.87
Mile
4. Tom Farrell - 3:58.20
5. Kirubel Erassa -3:58.24
9. Fabian Clarkson - 3:59.47
10. Shane Moskowitz - 3:59.48
3,000m
6. Shadrack Kipchirchir - 8:00.41
Weight Throw
4. Nick Miller - 20.97m/ 68-09.75
Qualifying Standards
For the 2012-13 indoor season, the NCAA has eliminated automatic qualifying times to the NCAA Championships meet.
Qualification to the championships is based on descending-order list for the season. For each individual event contested, the top 16 declared student-athletes will be accepted into the competition. For each relay event contested, the top 12 declared relay teams will be accepted into the competition. The stated maximums are absolute and will not be extended as a result of ties.
OSU Women on the Big 12 Performance List
400 Meters
14. Clara Nichols - 56.08
600 Yards
8. Kaela Edwards -1:23.50
9. Mihaela Bobos -1:24.30
14. Triana Browne-Hearrell -1:27.75
800 meters
1. Natalja Piliusina - 2:04.35
9. Mihaela Bobos - 2:12.82
1,000 Meters
2. Natalja Piliusina - 2:46.55
3. Adela Hofmannova - 2:49.27
5. Kate Kujawa - 2:52.94
Mile
2. Monika Juodeskaite - 4:46.20
11. Kate Kujawa - 4:53.80
3,000 Meters
10. Jackie Campos - 9:47.93
11. Victoria Fratczak - 9:50.02
15. Victori Hanna - 9:57.90
4x400 Relay
7. Oklahoma State - 3:48.93
Long Jump
13. Taylor Stolt - 5.65m/18-6.5
Triple Jump
14. Clara Telford - 10.77m/35-4.00
15. Jacy Steelman - 10.32m/33-10.25
Shot Put
6. Chase Ealey - 15-80m/51-10.00
14. Brooke Gritters - 14.19m/46-06.75
Weight Throw
8. Caitlin Way - 17.79m/58-4.5
Indoor Pentathlon
12. Jordan Highsmith - 3233 pts
From Head Coach Dave Smith
On the importance of gaining momentum moving toward the Big 12 Meet:
“Obviously, we want to keep moving forward. The Razorback Invitational was kind of a rust buster for everybody and a chance to see where we are, and it went exceptionally well. Now we've had some more time to work and train, and we want to run faster than we did at the Razorback. A lot of people are running different events than they did in Arkansas, most moving up an event. For example, from the mile to the 3K and the 3K to the 5K.”
On how the performance at the Razorback Invite impacted the team:
“First of all, it's contagious. For example, at Arkansas we took a group of guys in the morning sections do pretty well in the mile, and then later their teammates broke four minutes. When they see that, it raises expectations for everyone. It's contagious. Everyone performs better and better based off what they see their teammates doing.”
On what goes through his mind when his team is in two different places:
“Sometimes it's kind of fun, because while you're waiting for the group you're with to compete, especially if you're in a different time zone, someone else is already competing or has just finished competing. It keeps the excitement going all day instead of having times when you're sitting around, doing nothing. You're getting results and messages from other coaches. It's fun. I like it.”
