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April 29, 2015 | Cowboy Cross Country & Track, Cowgirl Cross Country & Track
Cowboys, Cowgirls looking to set qualifying marks
The Basics
The Cowboys and Cowgirls return to the Payton Jordan Invitational in Palo Alto, Calif., and the Arkansas Twilight in Fayetteville, Ark., for one of
the last tune-up weekends before the Big 12 Championships in two weeks.
Follow The Meet
Results and a full recap from the meets will be posted on okstate.com following the conclusion of each day's competition.
Live results of the Arkansas Twilight will be available at arkansasrazorbacks.com through flashresults.com.
The Payton Jordan Invitational live stats will be found at gostanford.com and provided by Record Timing.
Broadcast Information
The Payton Jordan Invitational will not be televised, but the Arkansas Twilight will be available for live stream with a subscription on Flotrack.com.
Meet Format/Schedule
The Payton Jordan Invitational will start Saturday at 2 p.m. CT with the women's hammer throw, and the first running event will be the women's
400-meter dash at 5:39 p.m. CT.
The one-day meet will wrap up after midnight Sunday when the men finish the 10,000-meter run.
The Arkansas Twilight starts at 11 a.m. Friday with the men's and women's hammer throw competitions. The first running event is at 6 p.m. and it
will be the 4X100-meter relays.
The final event of the meet will be the 4X400-meter relays, scheduled for 8:55 p.m.
Entries
Women:
Madison Allen, Natalie Baker, Anna Boyert, Danielle Coleman, Cydney Crook,Kaylee Dodd, Aurora Dybedokken, Chase Ealey, Kaela Edwards, Stephanie Ferrante, Summor Fields, Caileigh Glenn, Emily Helms, Abbie Hetherington, Bailey Johnson, Monika Juodeskaite, Ingeborg Loevnes, Katie Kehl, Clara Nichols, Britney Presley, Sarah Robinson, Viktoriia Sadokhina, Brittany Stallings, Clara Telford, Cassandra Voss, Ambra Wesley
Men:
Arlando Brewer-Johnson, Matthew Fayers, Brian Gohlke, Lance Gray,Brigham Hedges, Tyler Jackson, Alexander Johansson, Timauntay Jones,
Itamar Levi, Luis Martinez, Jerel Morrow, Shane Moskowitz, Craig Nowak, Vegard Oelstad, Brandon Singleton, Richard Smith, Cole Verble, Justin
Vilhauer
Last Time Out
Oklahoma State picked up five wins in the relay events at the 2015 Drake Relays as the Cowgirls swept the distance relays and the Cowboys won
the 4X1,600 and distance medley relays.
The Cowgirls broke the five-year-old meet record by winning the 4X1,600-meter relay in 18:58.11.
The Cowgirls followed up Thursday's record setting performance in the 4X1600-meter relay by coming within four tenths of a second of breaking
the 4X800-meter relay meet record.
Savannah Camacho, Kaylee Dodd, Kaela Edwards and Natalja Piliusina ran the relay for OSU and cruised to a nine-second win in a blazing
8:27:88.
Piliusina, who ran the anchor leg for the meet record-breaking 4X1,600-meter relay Thursday, ran a 2:04.65 to lock up the victory for the Cowgirls.
If she had run that time in an open 800 event, it would be the ninth fastest 800 in the NCAA West region.
The Cowgirls made history by winning their distance medley relay, becoming just the fourth team in Drake Relays history to sweep the 4x800,
4x1,600 and distance medley relay.
The Cowgirls ran Ingeborg Loevnes, Summor Fields, Savannah Camacho and Kaela Edwards in the DMR and finished in 11:15.03, charging past
Arizona State in the final 15 meters to steal a victory by one-tenth of a second.
The three relay wins this weekend snapped a 25-year winless drought for the Cowgirls at the Drake Relays. The last and only victory for the
Cowgirls before Thursday's 4X1,600 title was the 4X200-meter relay in 1990.
The men's team of Chad Noelle, Brandon Singleton, Matthew Fayers and Kirubel Erassa won the DMR in 9:42.91 and managed to edge the
University of Washington by two-tenths of a second in the home stretch.
Noelle and Erassa ran for the 4x1,600-meter relay team that claimed a comeback victory for the Cowboys earlier at the meet. In the DMR, Noelle
led off the race with a 2:58.11 in the 1,200-meter leg. Erassa, who battled back against Tulsa's anchor runner Thursday, anchored again for OSU
as he ran the final mile in 4:03.85.
Overall, the Cowgirls finished third in the women's standings with 20 points and the Cowboys came in seventh with 10 points.
A Look Back
At last year's Arkansas Twilight, Oklahoma State's Chad Noelle and Tyler Payton registered the No. 2 and No. 4 800 meter times, respectively, in
OSU history, and Monika Juodeskaite earned a major personal best in the 1,500 meters.
Noelle (1:48.62) and Payton (1:49.17) ran personal-best times to finish third and fifth, respectively, and qualified for the NCAA West regionals.
In the 1,500 meters, Justin Vilhauer took second place with a personal-best time of 3:45.59.
OSU also picked up a pair of throwing event wins as Itamar Levi threw an 18.21m/59-9 to win the shot put and Nick Miller (68.86m/225-11) won
the hammer throw.
On the women's side, Monika Juodeskaite (4:19.58) and Clara Nichols (4:27.79) took first and third, respectively, in the 1,500 meters.
Juodeskaite's time is still fourth on the OSU all-time list.
Bailey Johnson won the 400-meter hurdles with a personal-best time of 1:00.83, Ieva Zarankaite (51.09m/167-7) won the discus and Chase Ealey
(15.59m/51-1.75) won the shot put.
Cowgirls Remain In Top-25, Cowboys Drop Out
One week after the Cowgirls obtained their highest ranking in school history and swept the distance relays at the Drake Relays, they dropped 10
spots to 21 in the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association's week four poll.
The Cowgirls faired better than the Cowboys, who dropped out of the top-25 completely for the first time this year after being 17th last week. This
was the first USTFCCCA ranking of the season that was not based on preseason marks, which is why the changes were so dramatic.
The Cowboys, who won the 4X1,600 and distance medley relays at Drake this past weekend, were joined by six other teams that dropped out of
the top-25.
Individually, only John Teeters in the 100-meter dash is ranked in the top-15 nationally for the Cowboys. The Cowgirls, however, have four top-15
marks, including Kaela Edwards' No. 4 time in the 800-meter run, Savannah Camacho's No. 8 time in the 800-meter run, Ingeborg Loevnes' No. 4
time in the 3000-meter steeplechase and Chase Ealey's No. 8 mark in the shot put.
Ealey, Loevnes No. 1 In School History
Chase Ealey set a new school record in the women's shot put on March 21 at the Tulsa Duels. Just one week later at the 88th Texas Relays,
Ealey threw a 16.84m/55-5.50 in just her first throw in the competition to break her own school record in the event.
Ealey's performance gives her the top spot in three events -- the outdoor and indoor shot put and the javelin.
Earlier in the indoor season, Ealey also set the record for the indoor shot put and qualified for nationals where she received second-team
All-America honors.
Ealey's mark is currently the best in the Big 12 and seventh in the NCAA this season.
Joining Ealey this season in the record books is Cowgirl newcomer Ingeborg Loevnes.
The Norwegian middle-distance runner shattered a 10-year-old school record in the 3,000-meter steeplechase when she ran a 9:56.30 at the
Stanford Invitational on April 3.
Loevnes' time is 11 seconds faster than the previous school record, and it is currently the fastest steeplechase time in the Big 12. Her time is also
the fourth fastest time in the NCAA this season and has qualified her for the NCAA Western Regionals in June.
Nick Miller Shines For Great Britain
At the Stanford Invitational on April 4, Oklahoma State All-American Nick Miller threw for his home country of Great Britain in the men's hammer
throw competition and won the event by throwing the eighth-best mark in the world this year.
Miller's heave of 75.41m/247-05 was 24 feet better than the next best throw and would have trounced the OSU school record that Miller currently
owns if he hadn't thrown unattached. It would also be the best throw in the NCAA by more than 14 feet.
Miller is the youngest thrower in the world top-10 in the hammer throw, and now holds the fifth-best hammer throw mark in British history as well as
the British record for the indoor weight throw, which he set at the 2014 NCAA Indoor Championships and is also the OSU weight throw record.
Miller is redshirting this season to prepare for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
The Cowboys and Cowgirls return to the Payton Jordan Invitational in Palo Alto, Calif., and the Arkansas Twilight in Fayetteville, Ark., for one of
the last tune-up weekends before the Big 12 Championships in two weeks.
Follow The Meet
Results and a full recap from the meets will be posted on okstate.com following the conclusion of each day's competition.
Live results of the Arkansas Twilight will be available at arkansasrazorbacks.com through flashresults.com.
The Payton Jordan Invitational live stats will be found at gostanford.com and provided by Record Timing.
Broadcast Information
The Payton Jordan Invitational will not be televised, but the Arkansas Twilight will be available for live stream with a subscription on Flotrack.com.
Meet Format/Schedule
The Payton Jordan Invitational will start Saturday at 2 p.m. CT with the women's hammer throw, and the first running event will be the women's
400-meter dash at 5:39 p.m. CT.
The one-day meet will wrap up after midnight Sunday when the men finish the 10,000-meter run.
The Arkansas Twilight starts at 11 a.m. Friday with the men's and women's hammer throw competitions. The first running event is at 6 p.m. and it
will be the 4X100-meter relays.
The final event of the meet will be the 4X400-meter relays, scheduled for 8:55 p.m.
Entries
Women:
Madison Allen, Natalie Baker, Anna Boyert, Danielle Coleman, Cydney Crook,Kaylee Dodd, Aurora Dybedokken, Chase Ealey, Kaela Edwards, Stephanie Ferrante, Summor Fields, Caileigh Glenn, Emily Helms, Abbie Hetherington, Bailey Johnson, Monika Juodeskaite, Ingeborg Loevnes, Katie Kehl, Clara Nichols, Britney Presley, Sarah Robinson, Viktoriia Sadokhina, Brittany Stallings, Clara Telford, Cassandra Voss, Ambra Wesley
Men:
Arlando Brewer-Johnson, Matthew Fayers, Brian Gohlke, Lance Gray,Brigham Hedges, Tyler Jackson, Alexander Johansson, Timauntay Jones,
Itamar Levi, Luis Martinez, Jerel Morrow, Shane Moskowitz, Craig Nowak, Vegard Oelstad, Brandon Singleton, Richard Smith, Cole Verble, Justin
Vilhauer
Last Time Out
Oklahoma State picked up five wins in the relay events at the 2015 Drake Relays as the Cowgirls swept the distance relays and the Cowboys won
the 4X1,600 and distance medley relays.
The Cowgirls broke the five-year-old meet record by winning the 4X1,600-meter relay in 18:58.11.
The Cowgirls followed up Thursday's record setting performance in the 4X1600-meter relay by coming within four tenths of a second of breaking
the 4X800-meter relay meet record.
Savannah Camacho, Kaylee Dodd, Kaela Edwards and Natalja Piliusina ran the relay for OSU and cruised to a nine-second win in a blazing
8:27:88.
Piliusina, who ran the anchor leg for the meet record-breaking 4X1,600-meter relay Thursday, ran a 2:04.65 to lock up the victory for the Cowgirls.
If she had run that time in an open 800 event, it would be the ninth fastest 800 in the NCAA West region.
The Cowgirls made history by winning their distance medley relay, becoming just the fourth team in Drake Relays history to sweep the 4x800,
4x1,600 and distance medley relay.
The Cowgirls ran Ingeborg Loevnes, Summor Fields, Savannah Camacho and Kaela Edwards in the DMR and finished in 11:15.03, charging past
Arizona State in the final 15 meters to steal a victory by one-tenth of a second.
The three relay wins this weekend snapped a 25-year winless drought for the Cowgirls at the Drake Relays. The last and only victory for the
Cowgirls before Thursday's 4X1,600 title was the 4X200-meter relay in 1990.
The men's team of Chad Noelle, Brandon Singleton, Matthew Fayers and Kirubel Erassa won the DMR in 9:42.91 and managed to edge the
University of Washington by two-tenths of a second in the home stretch.
Noelle and Erassa ran for the 4x1,600-meter relay team that claimed a comeback victory for the Cowboys earlier at the meet. In the DMR, Noelle
led off the race with a 2:58.11 in the 1,200-meter leg. Erassa, who battled back against Tulsa's anchor runner Thursday, anchored again for OSU
as he ran the final mile in 4:03.85.
Overall, the Cowgirls finished third in the women's standings with 20 points and the Cowboys came in seventh with 10 points.
A Look Back
At last year's Arkansas Twilight, Oklahoma State's Chad Noelle and Tyler Payton registered the No. 2 and No. 4 800 meter times, respectively, in
OSU history, and Monika Juodeskaite earned a major personal best in the 1,500 meters.
Noelle (1:48.62) and Payton (1:49.17) ran personal-best times to finish third and fifth, respectively, and qualified for the NCAA West regionals.
In the 1,500 meters, Justin Vilhauer took second place with a personal-best time of 3:45.59.
OSU also picked up a pair of throwing event wins as Itamar Levi threw an 18.21m/59-9 to win the shot put and Nick Miller (68.86m/225-11) won
the hammer throw.
On the women's side, Monika Juodeskaite (4:19.58) and Clara Nichols (4:27.79) took first and third, respectively, in the 1,500 meters.
Juodeskaite's time is still fourth on the OSU all-time list.
Bailey Johnson won the 400-meter hurdles with a personal-best time of 1:00.83, Ieva Zarankaite (51.09m/167-7) won the discus and Chase Ealey
(15.59m/51-1.75) won the shot put.
Cowgirls Remain In Top-25, Cowboys Drop Out
One week after the Cowgirls obtained their highest ranking in school history and swept the distance relays at the Drake Relays, they dropped 10
spots to 21 in the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association's week four poll.
The Cowgirls faired better than the Cowboys, who dropped out of the top-25 completely for the first time this year after being 17th last week. This
was the first USTFCCCA ranking of the season that was not based on preseason marks, which is why the changes were so dramatic.
The Cowboys, who won the 4X1,600 and distance medley relays at Drake this past weekend, were joined by six other teams that dropped out of
the top-25.
Individually, only John Teeters in the 100-meter dash is ranked in the top-15 nationally for the Cowboys. The Cowgirls, however, have four top-15
marks, including Kaela Edwards' No. 4 time in the 800-meter run, Savannah Camacho's No. 8 time in the 800-meter run, Ingeborg Loevnes' No. 4
time in the 3000-meter steeplechase and Chase Ealey's No. 8 mark in the shot put.
Ealey, Loevnes No. 1 In School History
Chase Ealey set a new school record in the women's shot put on March 21 at the Tulsa Duels. Just one week later at the 88th Texas Relays,
Ealey threw a 16.84m/55-5.50 in just her first throw in the competition to break her own school record in the event.
Ealey's performance gives her the top spot in three events -- the outdoor and indoor shot put and the javelin.
Earlier in the indoor season, Ealey also set the record for the indoor shot put and qualified for nationals where she received second-team
All-America honors.
Ealey's mark is currently the best in the Big 12 and seventh in the NCAA this season.
Joining Ealey this season in the record books is Cowgirl newcomer Ingeborg Loevnes.
The Norwegian middle-distance runner shattered a 10-year-old school record in the 3,000-meter steeplechase when she ran a 9:56.30 at the
Stanford Invitational on April 3.
Loevnes' time is 11 seconds faster than the previous school record, and it is currently the fastest steeplechase time in the Big 12. Her time is also
the fourth fastest time in the NCAA this season and has qualified her for the NCAA Western Regionals in June.
Nick Miller Shines For Great Britain
At the Stanford Invitational on April 4, Oklahoma State All-American Nick Miller threw for his home country of Great Britain in the men's hammer
throw competition and won the event by throwing the eighth-best mark in the world this year.
Miller's heave of 75.41m/247-05 was 24 feet better than the next best throw and would have trounced the OSU school record that Miller currently
owns if he hadn't thrown unattached. It would also be the best throw in the NCAA by more than 14 feet.
Miller is the youngest thrower in the world top-10 in the hammer throw, and now holds the fifth-best hammer throw mark in British history as well as
the British record for the indoor weight throw, which he set at the 2014 NCAA Indoor Championships and is also the OSU weight throw record.
Miller is redshirting this season to prepare for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
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