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Barrera and Relays Lead Vikings

The indoor track opened up with success on Saturday afternoon at the Ward Haylett Invite at Doane College on Saturday.  Jeremy Barrera (Round Rock, Texas) qualified for the NAIA National Indoor Track Meet in his first collegiate meet.  Dana’s 4x800 meter relay team brought home the Vikings’ lone event championship.

“We had a good first meet with several personal records,” said Dana Head Track Coach Allen Friesen.  “We had a strong performance from the freshman class.”

Barrera set the track team a buzz in his first collegiate meet.  The freshman tore through the 55-meter hurdle field for fourth place finish with a time of 7.86 seconds.  His time was fast enough for a provisional qualifying time for the NAIA National Indoor Meet in March.  He was .01 seconds off of direct qualification. 

The Viking 4x800 meter relay team brought home a first place finish.  The team of Dan Staehlin (FR, Omaha, Neb.), Justin Nielsen (FR, Omaha, Neb.), Bryson Pascua (SO, Pearl City, Hawaii), and Andrew Palmblade (SO, Hastings, Neb.) brought home the title with a time of 8:45.96. 

Andrew Hawley (SO, Lincoln, Neb.) placed fourth in the 55-meter dash in 6.75 seconds.  Derek Hoffman (FR, Edgar, Neb.) broke the Dana College indoor pole vault mark with his vault of 12 feet, 6 inches.  The 12 feet, 6 inch result was good enough for fifth place in the meet.  Hoffman broke the 56-year-old mark of 11 feet set by Ole Ahlquist.

Megan Higgins (FR, Council Bluffs, Iowa) earned a top five finish in her first collegiate meet in the shot put.  Higgins toss of 39 feet gave her a fourth place finish.  Freshman pole vaulter Laura Waller (Omaha, Neb.) placed seventh with a vault of 9 feet, 4 inches.  Her vault set an indoor track record.

Dana will travel to Vermillion, S.D., for the USD Invite on Saturday.

For complete meet results please go to:

http://www.dana.edu/track/results08/2008%20Ward%20Haylett%20Invite.htm

Complete Dana College results:

Men’s results

Andrew Hawley

55 meter dash

4th place

6.75 seconds

Brandon Terry

55 meter dash

8th

6.82 seconds

Robert Fowler

55 meter dash

12th

6.9 seconds

Playthell Marshall

55 meter dash

14th

6.96 seconds

Brandon Terry

200 meter dash

9th

24.2 seconds

Andrew Tramp

200 meter dash

18th

25.71 seconds

Kiel Montgomery

400 meter dash

7th

55.56 seconds

Andrew Tramp

400 meter dash

14th

58.41 seconds

Phillip Lewis

400 meter dash

16th

1:00.95

Chris Creal

1 mile run

15th

5:11.11 min.

Josh McConico

600 meter run

10th

1:31.98 min.

Bryson Pascua

800 meter run

8th

2:08.66 min.

Jeremy Barrera

55 m hurdles

4th

7.86 sec.*

Phillip Lewis

55 m hurdles

9th

8.19 sec.

(Andrew Hawley, Jeremy Barrera, Josh McConico, and Phillip Lewis)

4 x 400 meter relay

7th

3:43.31 min

(Dan Staehlin, Justin Nielsen, Bryson Pascua, and Andrew Palmblade)

4 x 800 meter relay

1st

8:45.96 min.

Derek Hoffman

Pole Vault

5th       

12’ 6”#

Brandon Terry

Long Jump

7th       

21’ 3.5”

Jeremy Barrera

Triple Jump

6th

42’ 2”

Beau Viergutz

Shot Put

8th       

44’ 10”

Wes Dooley

Shot Put

12th     

41’ 5.5”

Adam Lewon

Shot Put

16th     

37’ 7.5”

George Drinnin

Weight Throw

12th     

42’ 6”

Cale Deardorff

Weight Throw

16th     

39’ 4”

Wes Dooley

Weight Throw

17th     

36’ 9”

           
Women’s Results

Laura Waller

Pole Vault

7th place

9’ 4” #

Megan Higgins

Shot Put

4th

39’

Megan Higgins

Weight Throw

16th

36’ 6”

Samone Hendricks

Weight Throw

17th

33’ 4”

* -- Provisional qualification for NAIA National Indoor Meet
# -- Broke Dana College record

For more information please contact Shad Beam, Sports Information 402-426-7389.