MIAA Outdoor Track & Field Awards Announced

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – One hundred and nine student-athletes earned All-MIAA honors in the sport of outdoor track & field, the league office announced Monday. All-conference honors are awarded to those student-athletes who finish in the top three in individual or relay events at the conference championship meet. 
 
Central Missouri co-head coaches Kip Janvrin and Kirk Pedersen were voted the 2010 MIAA Men’s Outdoor Track & Field Coaches of the Year by their peers after leading the Mules to their ninth MIAA outdoor title in 10 years. It is also the ninth time in 10 years for the Central tandem to be named men’s outdoor coaches of the year.
 
Missouri Southern head coach Patty Vavra is the 2010 MIAA Women’s Outdoor Track & Field Coach of the Year after guiding the Lions to their third consecutive outdoor conference championship. It is Vavra’s third consecutive outdoor coach of the year award as well.
 
The men’s high point scorer at the outdoor championships was Central Missouri sophomore Darius Walker, while the women’s high point scorer was Central Missouri sophomore Lindsay Lettow. The men’s freshman high point scorer was James Coleman of Missouri Southern, and the women’s freshman high point scorer was Southwest Baptist’s Jasmine Sanford.
 
2010 MIAA MEN’S OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD AWARDS
Coaches of the Year: Kip Janvrin and Kirk Pedersen, Central Missouri
High Point Scorer: Darius Walker, So., Central Missouri (45 points)
Freshman High Point Scorer: James Coleman, Missouri Southern
 
2010 MIAA WOMEN’S OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD AWARDS
Coach of the Year: Patty Vavra, Missouri Southern
High Point Scorer: Lindsay Lettow, So., Central Missouri (31.5 points)
Freshman High Point Scorer: Jasmine Sanford, Southwest Baptist
 
2010 ALL-MIAA MEN’S OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD
 
Central Missouri (11)
Brett Carter (Jr.) – 5,000 meters
Anthony Cooper (Jr.) – 400-meter hurdles, 4x400-meter relay
Drew Frizzell (Jr.) – shot put, hammer throw
Eric Griffin (So.) – 100 meters, 4x100-meter relay
Dennis Hopgood, Jr. (Sr.) – 4x100-meter relay
Ivey Lee (Jr.) – 4x100-meter relay, 4x400-meter relay
Chris Millentree (Jr.) – high jump
Kai Roper (Sr.) – 400 meters
Laban Sialo (So.) – 10,000 meters
Brent Vogel (So.) – 4x400-meter relay, decathlon
Darius Walker (So.) – 400 meters, 110-meter hurdles, 400-meter hurdles, 4x100-meter relay, 4x400-meter relay, long jump, decathlon

Emporia State (13)
Dillon Cowing (So.) – 4x400-meter relay
Skyler Delmott (Sr.) – 3,000-meter steeplechase
Derwin Hall (So.) – 4x100-meter relay
Josh Honeycutt (Jr.) – long jump, triple jump
Vincent Howze (So.) – 400-meter hurdles, 4x100-meter relay, 4x400-meter relay
Matt Koelling (Sr.) – triple jump
Adam McGovern (Jr.) – 800 meters, 4x400-meter relay
Briar Ploude (Fr.) – high jump
Daniel Quillin (Sr.) – 4x400-meter relay
Shjaun Richardson (Fr.) – 4x100-meter relay
Zach Rosenberger (Sr.) – pole vault
Craig Saalfeld (Sr.) – decathlon
Josh Schuler (Jr.) – 200 meters, 4x100-meter relay
 
Fort Hays State (3)
Blake Phillips (Fr.) – javelin
Cameron Reith (Jr.) – 10,000 meters
Mitch Sahlfeld (Jr.) – discus 

Missouri Southern (11)
Maurlon Bembry (Jr.) – 4x100-meter relay
Brennan Benkert (Sr.) – 1,500 meters, 10,000 meters
Chris Brown (Jr.) – high jump
James Coleman (Fr.) – discus
Jarkko Jarvenpaa (So.) – 5,000 meters
Jacob Khan (Fr.) – 4x100-meter relay
Taylor McClelland (Fr.) – long jump
Aki Nummela (So.) – 800 meters, 5,000 meters
Jordan Patton (Sr.) – 100 meters, 200 meters, 4x100-meter relay
Corey Reynolds (Jr.) – high jump
Andrew Wright (Sr.) – 4x100-meter relay

Northwest Missouri (4)
Will Haer (Fr.) – pole vault
Ben McKim (Sr.) – shot put, hammer throw
T.R. Pursell (So.) – 3,000-meter steeplechase
Tyler Shaw (So.) – 110-meter hurdles

Pittsburg State (12)
Brian Allen (Sr.) – shot put, discus, hammer throw
Mike Beeler (Jr.) – javelin
Antonio Dowdy (Fr.) – 4x400-meter relay
Tyler Drake (Jr.) – javelin
Anthony Garrett (Jr.) – 4x400-meter relay
Mujahid Hassaballa (Sr.) – 1,500 meters
Ethan Hobbs (Jr.) – pole vault
Jeremy Jackson (Sr.) – 110-meter hurdles
Darius Johnson (Jr.) – 400 meters, 4x400-meter relay
Kiara Jones (Jr.) – triple jump
Tim Testa (Sr.) – 3,000-meter steeplechase
Greg Wright (So.) – 4x400-meter relay

Southwest Baptist (2)
Jeremy Glassmaker (Sr.) – 800 meters, 1,500 meters
Frank Grant, Jr. (Sr.) – 100 meters, 200 meters

2010 ALL-MIAA WOMEN’S OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD
 
Central Missouri (5)
Stephany Johnson (Fr.) – 4x400-meter relay
Lindsay Lettow (So.) – 100-meter hurdles, 400-meter hurdles, 4x400-meter relay, heptathlon
Kayla Muyskens (So.) – shot put, hammer throw
Angela Selby (Jr.) – 4x400-meter relay, javelin, heptathlon
Storm Simons (Fr.) – 4x400-meter relay

Emporia State (5)
Brooke Kent (So.) – 4x100-meter relay, long jump, triple jump
Marquerita Marisette (Fr.) – 4x100-meter relay
Jennifer Robinson (Jr.) – high jump
Renae Weaver (Jr.) – 4x100-meter relay
Kayci Yelliott (So.) – 4x100-meter relay

Fort Hays State (4)
Amie Algrim (Jr.) – 3,000-meter steeplechase
Ashley Cornett (Jr.)  – long jump, triple jump
Hali Mobley (Jr.) – 1,500 meters
Morgan Witzel (So.) – high jump

Missouri Southern (10)
Ashley Bunch (Jr.) – 10,000 meters, 3,000-meter steeplechase
Kiley Jones (Fr.) – discus
Ciara Lipsey (Sr.) – pole vault
Channell Lloyd (Sr.) – 100-meter hurdles, 400-meter hurdles
Kelly McKay (Jr.) – 100 meters
Emilie Mieseler (Sr.) – hammer throw
Carita Riutta (Jr.) – 800 meters
Kimi Shank (Sr.) – 5,000 meters, 10,000 meters
Lisa Vengels (So.) – high jump
Courtney Waltbillig (Jr.) – 1,500 meters

Nebraska-Omaha (7)
Molly Belling (Sr.) – 200 meters, 4x100-meter relay
Jody-Ann Coore (So.) – 4x100-meter relay
Kayla Koepke (Jr.) – 200 meters, 400 meters, 4x400-meter relay
Maja Mihalinec (So.) – 100 meters, 200 meters, 4x100-meter relay, 4x400-meter relay
Shannon Moore (Sr.) – 400 meters, 4x400-meter relay, long jump
Kayla Murphy (Fr.) – 4x100-meter relay
Anja Puc (Jr.) – 800 meters, 1,500 meters, 4x400-meter relay

Northwest Missouri (7)
Angela Adams (So.) – 5,000 meters
Johanna Avilez (Sr.) – 100-meter hurdles
Michaela Chambers (Fr.) – 4x400-meter relay
Emily Churchman (Sr.) – 4x400-meter relay, heptathlon
Brandi Honeywell (Sr.) – 4x400-meter relay
Jessica Hugo (Fr.) – 4x400-meter relay
Kate Walter (Jr.) – hammer throw

Pittsburg State (6)
Jennifer Butler (Jr.) – 3,000-meter steeplechase
Amber Kloster (Fr.) – javelin
Shannon Lynch (Jr.) – javelin
Michelle Mitchell (Jr.) – pole vault
Larissa Richards (So.) – shot put, discus
Heidi Smith (So.) – shot put

Southwest Baptist (4)
Jenny Blair (Sr.) – 400 meters, 4x100-meter relay
Corie Chuning (Fr.) – 4x100-meter relay
Jasmine Sanford (Fr.) – 100 meters, 4x100-meter relay
Tyrahnique Thomas (Jr.) – 4x100-meter relay
 
Truman (5)
Katrina Biermann (Sr.) – pole vault, triple jump
Dani Dell’Orco (So.) – 5,000 meters, 10,000 meters
Lisa Kucharski (Fr.) – 400-meter hurdles
Rachel McCarroll – discus
Anne Ratermann – 800 meters