MU Set for BIG EAST Indoor Championships

Sunday, March 1

New York, NY

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Marquette University

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2/28/2020 11:47:00 AM | Track & Field

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The men's team placed second and the women's team placed third in 2019

By: Communications

MILWAUKEE – The Marquette University men's and women's track and field teams begin the postseason portion of their indoor seasons this weekend in Geneva, Ohio at the Spire Institute for the 2020 BIG EAST Indoor Track & Field Championships.

"We're really excited to get out to Geneva and let all our hard work show," MU head coach Bert Rogers said. "We've had an excellent indoor season and now it's about competing at the highest level in the postseason."

The men's team finished as the conference runner-up in each of the last five seasons, are in search of an evasive indoor conference title, while the women's squad looks to improve off their third place finish last year. The MU women won the indoor conference meet in both 2016 and 2017 but came up just four points shy of a third team title in 2018.

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Leading the way for the men's squad are Daniel Armstrong (high jump) Samuel Johnson (long jump) and Cameron Jemison (pole vault), all of whom won individual titles at the BIG EAST Championships in 2019.

In total, eighteen Marquette University student-athletes earned 22 All-BIG EAST honors at the BIG EAST Indoor Track & Field Championships last year.

In the sprints, freshman Julian Wright and junior Samuel Johnson will be contenders for BIG EAST titles in multiple events. They took the No. 1 and No. 2 overall marks in program history in the 60-meter dash at the John Tierney Classic on Jan. 18. Seniors Daniel Pederson and Ryan Burd headline the distance runners and will look to make noise in the 3000m and 5000m races.

On the women's side, departed senior Keely Knobbe won the weight throw (18.01 meters) to earn MU's only event title in 2019.

Junior Emma Moravec set a program record in the women's 800-meter run (2:09.60) on her way to a second place and All-BIG EAST finish.

Breanne Marchan (60m, long jump) and Allie Flando (shot put, weight throw) return this season as MU women to win multiple All-BIG EAST honors last season.

In the USTFCCCA's conference rating index, both the MU men and women enter the meet in first place in the BIG EAST.

Coverage of both days will be broadcast on the BIG EAST Digital Network. The broadcasts will start at 8:30 a.m. Central time on Sunday and 9 a.m. CT on Saturday and run though the entirety of each day's events.

Events begin Sunday with the women's pentathlon. Field events begin at 9 a.m. Central time with the men's pole vault while action on the track kicks off with the preliminary heats of the women's mile at 11:30 a.m. CT.

2020 SEASON NOTABLES:

Nicholas Quandt hit the school record in the pole vault (5.01 m/16-5.25 ft) at the Panther Tune-up (Feb. 22) in his season-debut for MU.
Daniel Armstrong's high jump (2.22 m/7-3.25 ft) at the Panther Tune-Up (Feb. 22) moves his No. 2 all-time mark in program history up slightly.
Imari Hurte's long jump of 7.15 m/23-5.5 ft at the Panther Tune-Up is No. 6 all-time in MU history.
Madison Marko (8.95) moved up to No. 6 all-time and Juru Okwaramoi (9.00) improved on her PR of 9.05 to sit in eighth all-time in the 60m hurdles. Juru's time is the new freshman record.
Julie Clayton set school and facility records with her PR in the pole vault (Jan. 18), winning the event with a height of 3.93 m/12-10.72 ft.
Cameron Jemison hit the No. 7 all-time mark in program history in the pole vault with a height of 4.65 meters/15 feet, 3 inches in the first meet of the season (Dec. 6).
Freshman Julian Wright's record-breaking performance in the 400-meter dash highlighted the GVSU Big Meet as he broke the school record with a time of 48.24. Teammate and fellow freshman Zachariah Murray finished less than a half second behind him at 48.41 (No. 3 all-time).
Julian Wright's 200m time (Feb. 14) of 21.92 is No. 4 in program history.
Arianna Mansavage won the 400m at Iowa (Jan. 30) with a PR time of 56.11, the fourth-best all-time in MU indoor history. She's a two-time BIG EAST notable performer this year.
Sophomore thrower Lizzy Cagle made the top-10 all-time at MU in the weight throw (17.39 m/57-0.75 ft) with her performance at Parkside (Feb. 8).
Freshman Juru Okwaramoi (60-meter hurdles) ran a 9.17 in her collegiate debut, a time which landed her in ninth all-time in program history for the event.
Joe Keys won the 60-meter hurdles at Milwaukee with a new PR of 8.25 (T-3^rd all-time).
Samuel Johnson (6.80) and Julian Wright (6.82) broke the school record in the 60-meter dash on their way to first and second place finishes (record was 6.84 by Josh Word). Daniel Bendel (6.86), who came in third, moves up to No. 4 in school history.
Allie Flando took home wins in both the shot put (13.66 m/44-9.80 ft) and weight throw (17.33 m/56-10.25 ft) at the John Tierney Classic (Jan. 18).
Mary Hanson (4:59.10) won the mile on Jan. 18 while Kate Jochims (5:04.37) and Caitlin McGauley (5:05.00) finished third and fourth, each setting PR's.
Jefferson Osunkwo's triple jump of 13.90m/45-7.25 feet (Jan. 25) is a personal record and the No. 9 mark all-time at MU.
Juru Okwaramoi's 60-meter hurdles time of 9.05 (Jan. 25) is No. 7 all-time at MU.
Madison Marko's time of 9.15 in the 60-meter hurdles (Jan. 25) is No. 10 all-time. Her pentathlon score of 3,506 points is fourth all-time at MU.
Joe Keys beat his heptathlon school record (Feb. 8) by over 300 points (5,667 points), a score that ranks him in the top-10 nationally this year.
Daniel Pederson's time of 14:30.85 at the Meyo Invitational (Feb. 7) in the 5000m is No. 5 all-time at MU. He beat his previous PR by .03 seconds.

2019 MEN'S SCORES
1. Villanova – 174.5 pts
2. Marquette – 169.5 pts.
3. Georgetown – 114
4. Butler – 95
5. DePaul – 88
6. Providence – 33
7. Xavier – 17

2019 WOMENS' SCORES
1. Villanova – 194 pts.
2. DePaul – 118
3. Marquette – 113
4. St. John's – 87
5. Butler – 60
6. Georgetown – 54
7. Providence – 51
8. Xavier – 20

MEN'S FINISHES SINCE REALIGNMENT (2014)
2019: Second (169.5 points)
2018: Second (173)
2017: Second (135)
2016: Second (195)
2015: Second (171.5)
2014: Fourth (121)

WOMEN'S FINISHES SINCE REALIGNMENT (2014)
2019: Third (113 points)
2018: Second (148)
2017: First (173.5)
2016: First (168.5)
2015: Second (133.5)
2014: Third (114)

MEET ENTRIES:

WOMEN
Brielle Buechler – Pole Vault
Anna Buckstaff – Mile
Lizzy Cagle – Shot Put, Weight Throw
Julie Clayton – Pole Vault
Molly Evans – Triple Jump
Allie Flando – Shot Put, Weigh Throw
Mary Rose Flood – 800m, 4x800 pool
Emily Foley – Mile, 4x800 pool
Ashley Gaffey – Weight Throw
Kalina Gardiner – DMR 800m, 4x800m pool
Payton Hanselman – 60m, 200m
Mary Hanson – DMR Mile, 3000m
Addy Havens – DMR 400, 4x400 pool
Carley Hintz – 400m, 4x400 pool
Kelsey Hunn – 60 Hurdles
Kelly Jacoby – Pole Vault
Kate Jochims – Mile
Mia Ketelhohn – Weight Throw
Emma Ludwig – High Jump
Arianna Mansavage – 400m, 4x400 pool
Breanne Marchan – 60m, HJ, LJ, 4x400 pool
Madison Marko – Long Jump, Pent., 4x400m pool
Marin McClowry – High Jump
Caitie McGauley – 3000m, 5000m
Lindsey Mirkes – High Jump
Laurel Moneysmith – 5000m
Emma Moravec – 800m, 4x800m pool
Lauren Neiheisel – DMR 1200m, 3000m
Emily Noone – 800m, 4x800m pool
Juru Okwaramoi – 60 Hurdles, 4x400 pool
Kendall Pfrimmer – 3000m, 5000m
Mila Puseljic – Long Jump, Triple Jump
Heather Ryan – 60 Hurdles
Rachel Seraphine – Pole Vault
Veronica Walinski – Shot Put

MEN
Daniel Armstrong – High Jump
Harry Baker – High Jump
Daniel Bendel – 60m, 200m, 4x400m pool
August Beyer – 3000m, 5000m
Ross Bravo – 60 Hurdles
Ryan Burd – 3000m, 5000m
Jadon Conroy – DMR 1200m, 4x800m pool
Cade Ferron – 800m, 4x800m pool
Jeff Garbutt – Heptathlon
Alex Gill – Mile, DMR pool, 4x800m pool
Derek Gross – 800m, 4x800m pool
Brady Heller – Heptathlon
Patrick Hetlage – 800m, 4x800m pool
Bryan Holland – 800m, 4x800m pool
Imari Hurte – Long Jump, Triple Jump
Jordan Janusiak – 5000m
Cameron Jemison – Pole Vault
Samuel Johnson – 60m, Long Jump, Triple Jump
Joe Keys – 60 Hurdles, PV, HJ, LJ, 4x400 pool
Noah Kowal – Pole Vault
Alex Lesperance – Long Jump, Triple Jump
Zachariah Murray – 400m, 4x400 pool
Ryan Neville – 200m, 4x400 pool
Michael Oechsner – 400m or DMR 400, 4x400 pool
Jefferson Osunkwo – Triple Jump
Daniel Pederson – 3000m, 5000m
Danny Peterson – Mile, 4x800m
Nick Quandt – Pole Vault
Charlie Rydeski - Heptathlon
Sam Sagan – 400m, 4x400 pool
Kevin Sherwood – 400m or DMR 400, 4x400 pool
Josh Urban – 3000m, DMR pool
Greg Van Hollen – DMR 800m
Mitchell Van Vooren – 60 Hurdles
Vinnie Voudrie – Shot Put, Weight Throw
Simon Werven – High Jump, Heptathlon
Julian Wright – 60m, 200m, 4x400 pool

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