{"id":16568,"date":"2013-04-02T09:32:54","date_gmt":"2013-04-02T13:32:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/?p=16568"},"modified":"2013-04-23T14:54:02","modified_gmt":"2013-04-23T18:54:02","slug":"new-marks-set-in-emu-all-time-record-book-at-commonwealth-duals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2013\/new-marks-set-in-emu-all-time-record-book-at-commonwealth-duals\/","title":{"rendered":"New Marks Set in EMU All-Time Record Book at Commonwealth Duals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While the EMU track and field teams didn&#8217;t send full squads to the Commonwealth Duals Saturday in Lynchburg, the Royals did get some nice finishes.\u00a0 The men saw a high jumper clear the second-best height in program history, while the women also had a handful of program top ten finishes.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.emuroyals.com\/sports\/mtrack\/2012-13\/bios\/king%20jordan%203cxn\">Jordan King<\/a><\/strong> (Dalton, OH\/Central Christian) won the high jump by two heights, clearing 1.99m (6-6.25ft).\u00a0 His measurement also put him at the No. 2 spot on the EMU all-time list, behind only Phil Landes, who cleared 2.03m (6-8ft) in 1987.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.emuroyals.com\/sports\/mtrack\/2012-13\/bios\/mcbride%20rich%20mqyw\">Rich McBride<\/a><\/strong> (Syracuse, NY\/East Syracuse Minoa) had a good day in the sprints.\u00a0 He charted the No. 7 time in EMU history in the 200m dash, crossing in 22.73 seconds.\u00a0 In the 100m dash, McBride took the No. 8 spot with a time of 11.22.<\/p>\n<p>Distance runner <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.emuroyals.com\/sports\/mtrack\/2012-13\/bios\/nafziger%20dan%20gvp5\">Dan Nafziger<\/a><\/strong> (Harrisonburg, VA\/Harrisonburg) finished less than a quarter of a second behind Bridgewater&#8217;s Luke Sohl in the 800m run.\u00a0 The senior&#8217;s time of 1:58.47 gave him sixth place at the duals, and the No. 8 spot in the EMU books.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.emuroyals.com\/sports\/mtrack\/2012-13\/bios\/bush%20johnathan%20a9zk\">Jonathan Bush<\/a><\/strong> (Pottstown, PA\/Owen J. Roberts) continued to impress in the 400m hurdles, as he set a new personal record at 58.15.\u00a0 He was also part of a 4x100m relay team which took the seventh-best time in EMU history.\u00a0 The team of <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.emuroyals.com\/sports\/mtrack\/2012-13\/bios\/allen%20michael%20dtl1\">Michael Allen<\/a><\/strong> (Fork Union, VA\/Louisa County), McBride, Bush and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.emuroyals.com\/sports\/mtrack\/2012-13\/bios\/wheeler%20londen%201v1m\">Londen Wheeler<\/a><\/strong> (Nelson, VA\/Nelson County) clocked at 44.00, also taking third at the event.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.emuroyals.com\/sports\/mtrack\/2012-13\/bios\/watson%20philip%20bqvw\">Philip Watson<\/a><\/strong> (Philadelphia, PA\/La Salle) was the top EMU finisher in the 400m with a time of 52.14.<\/p>\n<p>Allen&#8217;s best leap in the long jump landed at 6.46m (21-2.5ft), but he fouled on all three attempts in the triple jump.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.emuroyals.com\/sports\/mtrack\/2012-13\/bios\/sloan%20aaron%20r34h\">Aaron Sloan<\/a><\/strong> (Ooltewah, TN\/McCallie School) and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.emuroyals.com\/sports\/mtrack\/2012-13\/bios\/walker%20cody%20soam\">Cody Walker<\/a><\/strong> (Salina, KS) both competed in the throws.\u00a0 Sloan was the top Royal in the shot put at 11.36m (37-3.25ft), while Walker was ahead in the hammer throw at 21.97m (72-1ft). \u00a0Sloan also landed at 44.82m (147-0ft) in the javelin, for fourth at the meet.<\/p>\n<p>The women&#8217;s team had fewer athletes participating, but freshman <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.emuroyals.com\/sports\/wtrack\/2012-13\/bios\/chappell-dick%20hannah%200dhs\">Hannah Chappell-Dick<\/a><\/strong> (Bluffton, OH\/Bluffton) flashed some top ten times in two events.\u00a0 She tried her hand at the shorter distances Saturday and won the 400m dash with the fifth-best time in EMU history.\u00a0 Chappell-Dick also ran the 200m dash, and finished with the No. 8 time in EMU&#8217;s books at 27.64 seconds.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.emuroyals.com\/sports\/wtrack\/2012-13\/bios\/kreider%20lanae%202mdl\">Lanae Kreider<\/a><\/strong> (Harrisonburg, VA\/Broadway) timed at 5:19.44 in the 1500m run, followed by teammate <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.emuroyals.com\/sports\/wtrack\/2012-13\/bios\/clemmer%20hannah%20dvqb\">Hannah Clemmer<\/a><\/strong> (Harleysville, PA\/Christopher Dock) at 5:26.96.<\/p>\n<p>In the throws, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.emuroyals.com\/sports\/wtrack\/2012-13\/bios\/bane%20alyssa%204w1t\">Alyssa Bane<\/a><\/strong> (Strasburg, VA\/Strasburg) set a new PR in the hammer throw, with her first heave landing at 34.43m (112-11ft).\u00a0 She also had a distance of 27.17m (89-2ft) in the discus.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.emuroyals.com\/sports\/wtrack\/2012-13\/bios\/borg%20becca%20g2f9\">Becca Borg<\/a><\/strong> (Gig Harbor, WA\/Peninsula) landed at 24.52m (80-5ft) in the discus and 26.80m (87-11ft) in the javelin.\u00a0 <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.emuroyals.com\/sports\/wtrack\/2012-13\/bios\/beck%20jenni%20ixt0\">Jenni Beck<\/a>&#8216;s<\/strong> (Archbold, OH\/Archbold) best throw in the javelin measured at 19.90m (65-3ft).<\/p>\n<p>Eastern Mennonite&#8217;s track teams return to Lynchburg next Saturday for the Liberty Invitational.\u00a0 It will be their final tune-up for the ODAC Championships on April 19 &amp; 20.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While the EMU track and field teams didn&#8217;t send full squads to the Commonwealth Duals Saturday in Lynchburg, the Royals did get some nice finishes.\u00a0 The men saw a high <a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2013\/new-marks-set-in-emu-all-time-record-book-at-commonwealth-duals\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"more-link\">... read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">about New Marks Set in EMU All-Time Record Book at Commonwealth Duals<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":112,"featured_media":16569,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4516,5733],"tags":[14207,14819,14818,14829,13845,14210,14776,14569,14352,14490,14817,11585,11672,14676,14751],"feature":[],"class_list":["post-16568","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-athletics","category-outdoor-track","tag-aaron-sloan","tag-alyssa-bane","tag-becca-borg","tag-cody-walker","tag-dan-nafziger","tag-hannah-chappell-dick","tag-jenni-beck","tag-jonathan-bush","tag-jordan-king","tag-lanae-kreider","tag-londen-wheeler","tag-michael-allen","tag-odac","tag-philip-watson","tag-rich-mcbride"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - 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