ST. LOUIS, Mo. -- Jared Anders, who earned All-America honors in the pole vault just a week ago, cleared the NCAA Division II provisional qualifying mark for the outdoor season in the Miners' first such meet of the season Friday at Washington University.

Anders won the event with a clearance of 16-2 3/4, the same height he cleared a week ago when he finished seventh at the NCAA Division II Indoor Championships in Mankato, Minn.

Other wins for Missouri S&T came from Josh Hesse in the hammer throw with a mark of 132-10, Thomas Green in the 1,500-meters with a time of 4:05.67 and Brett Vessell in the 100-meters in 11.01 seconds as the Miners won the team competition with a total of 201 points.

Peter Hollenbeck was second in the pole vault with a clearance of 15-5, as was Kal-El Waters-Jones in the long jump at 21-2, Jeremiah Johnson in the discus throw at 126-11, Heath Groom in the javelin throw at 178 feet, Lucas Jaster and Hesse in the shot put where they tied at 44-11 and Nick Windhorst was second in the high jump with a clearance of 5-7.

In the running events, Brendan Smith came in second place in the 3,000-meter run with a time of 9:04.02 and Brandon Etzold did so in the 800-meters in 1:57.29.

Third place finishes were posted by Jeff Pole in the triple jump at 45-0 1/4, Wes Everhart in the javelin throw at 150-1, Etzold in the 1,500-meters at 4:09.90, Allen Ernst in the 3,000-meters in 9:11.32, Ian Packard in the 400-meters in 49.96 seconds and Paul Roland in the 800-meters in 1:58.07.

Waters-Jones was fourth in the triple jump with a mark of 42-11, as was Jaster in the discus throw at 123 feet and hammer throw at 109-4 and Charles Melton in the 200-meters in 22.36 seconds, while Grant Brown had a fifth place showing in the 3,000-meters with a time of 9:14.81 as did Mike Wilson in the 100-meters in 11.14 seconds.

Andrew Moore was sixth in the long jump at 19-4 3/4 as was Johnson in the shot put at 43-5.

The Miners' 4x400-meter relay team placed second in that race with a time of 3:23.39 and the 4x100-meter relay team finished with a time of 43.46 seconds.

The Miners will compete next weekend at the Alabama Relays in Tuscaloosa, Ala.