Jordan Henry

Jordan Henry has added one more honor for the 2007-08 season as he was named today to the ESPN the Magazine Academic All-America team for track and field.

Henry, who was named last week as the "Scholar-Athlete of the Year" in men's track and field by the Great Lakes Valley Conference, was selected to the second team on the Academic All-America squad. He was one of nine NCAA Division II student-athletes chosen to the three-team squad for the recently completed campaign.

During the year, Henry earned two All-America awards in the pole vault, won the conference championship at both the indoor and outdoor league meets and later earned first-team academic all-district honors.

Henry, a junior from St. Charles, Mo., took fourth in the pole vault competition at the NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field Championships to wrap up a season in which he was the national runner-up in the pole vault during the indoor season and was the Great Lakes Valley Conference champion in both the indoor and outdoor league championships.

In addition, he established new school records in the event with clearances of 17 feet in the outdoor season -- making him the first S&T pole vaulter to ever clear that mark -- and 16-10 3/4 indoors which he cleared to earn his second place finish at the national meet. He has won three All-America awards during his career as a Miner.

Henry is majoring in electrical engineering at Missouri S&T.

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Jordan Henry

Jordan Henry's list of accomplishments from the 2007-08 season continues to grow as he has been named as the "Scholar-Athlete of the Year" in men's track and field by the Great Lakes Valley Conference.

Henry earned the honor after a season where he earned two All-America awards in the pole vault, won the conference championship at both the indoor and outdoor league meets and later earned first-team academic all-district honors; the ESPN the Magazine Academic All-America team will be announced next week.

Henry, a junior from St. Charles, Mo., took fourth in the pole vault competition at the NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field Championships to wrap up a season in which he was the national runner-up in the pole vault during the indoor season and was the Great Lakes Valley Conference champion in both the indoor and outdoor league championships.

In addition, he established new school records in the event with clearances of 17 feet in the outdoor season -- making him the first S&T pole vaulter to ever clear that mark -- and 16-10 3/4 indoors which he cleared to earn his second place finish at the national meet. He has won three All-America awards during his career as a Miner.

Henry is majoring in electrical engineering at Missouri S&T. He is the third student-athlete from Missouri S&T to earn the league's scholar-athlete award since the institution joined the conference in 2005, following Becca Kueny (women's track in 2006) and Kandi Wieberg (softball in 2007) as the recipient.

Missouri S&T teams fare well on GLVC All-Academic team

In addition to Henry's scholar-athlete award, the Missouri S&T athletic program was well represented on the GLVC's All-Academic team that was released recently. A total of 110 student-athletes in the S&T program made the team, which is awarded to those with at least a 3.2 cumulative grade point average with two semesters at the university or at least a 3.4 average in the last two semesters.

Of the 110 from Missouri S&T, 17 members of the men's track and field team met the criteria for the award, while 16 from the men's soccer team and 15 from the baseball team were honored. S&T also had 12 in women's track and field, 11 in women's soccer, 10 in women's basketball, nine in softball, eight in men's cross country and seven from the volleyball team that made the team, as well as three from the men's basketball team and two from the women's cross country squad.

Only individuals from sports where a conference championship is conducted by the GLVC is eligible for the all-academic team.

A complete list of the 2007-08 recipients can be found by clicking here

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Jordan Henry

Jordan Henry has landed another honor for the 2007-08 season, but this one comes for his work in the classroom along with his accomplishments on the track.

Henry, a junior from St. Charles, Mo., was named Thursday to the ESPN the Magazine academic all-district first team for the recently completed campaign. The selection to the first team makes him eligible for Academic All-America honors which will be announced later this month.

Henry took fourth in the pole vault competition at the NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field Championships to wrap up a season in which he was the national runner-up in the pole vault during the indoor season and was the Great Lakes Valley Conference champion in both the indoor and outdoor league championships.

In addition, he established new school records in the event with clearances of 17 feet in the outdoor season -- making him the first S&T pole vaulter to ever clear that mark -- and 16-10 3/4 indoors which he cleared to earn his second place finish at the national meet. He has won three All-America awards during his career as a Miner.

Henry is majoring in electrical engineering at Missouri S&T.

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WALNUT, Calif. -- Both Missouri S&T entries in the men's pole vault competition earned All-America honors Saturday at the NCAA Division II Track & FIeld Championships at Mount San Antonio College.

Jordan Henry, who was the national runner-up during the indoor season, added a fourth place finish in the event for the outdoor season with a clearance of 16-4 in the finals of the event, while sophomore Peter Hollenbeck ended up in a tie for sixth place by clearing 16-feet.

The finishes among the top eight by Henry and Hollenbeck landed each of them All-America awards from the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association.

Henry cleared the opening height of 16-feet on his second try, then went over at 16-4 on his first effort. However, he was unable to make the clearance at 16-8 as one of the four competitors remaining in the competition at that time.

Hollenbeck also cleared the opening height on his second attempt, but missed all three tries at 16-4, which was just a shade over his personal best mark of 16-3 1/2 that got him into the national meet. The 16-foot clearance landed Hollenbeck in a four-way tie for sixth place.

Grand Valley State's Bryant Wilson took the national championship in the event by clearing 17-feet with fewer misses than Ashand's Dan Tierney, who also hit the 17-foot mark but had four misses to Wilson's three in the competition.

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Missouri S&T has announced the signing of five individuals to national letters of intent to compete on the track and field teams in the 2008-09 academic year.

The men's team signed two individuals -- Eric Fairbairn from Deer Creek High School in Edmond, Okla., and Elijah Thomas from Webster Groves High School -- while the women's team also added a trio of newcomers in Paige Kruse from Cuba High School, Colleen Conrad from St. Vincent-St. Mary High School in Akron, Ohio and Sadye Wichmunn from Kirksville High School.

Fairbairn, from Deer Creek High School in Edmond, Okla., competes in cross country and in the middle distance events, where he ran a time of 1:58.25 at this year's Oklahoma Class 5 State Championships in the 800-meters to take second place. During the cross country season, Fairbairn finished seventh at the Class 4 state meet, running a time of 16:59 in the state meet to help lead his team to the championship.

Thomas, from Webster Groves High School in Webster Groves, Mo., is a sprinter and jumper for the Statesmen, has posted a mark of 22-2 in the long jump this season after going 22-6 as a junior. As a junior, he placed seventh in the long jump at the Missouri Class 4 state meet. He also competed in the high jump and cleared six feet in the event during the 2007 season.

Conrad, from St. Vincent-St. Mary High School in Akron, Ohio, has been a three-year state qualifier in Ohio, where she finished ninth in the state's Division II cross country meet as a senior with a time of 18:44 over five kilometers. She also holds her school's record in both the 1,600- and 3,200-meter runs and has earned Academic All-Ohio honors in the 2007 season.

Kruse, from Cuba High School in Cuba, Mo., is an all-state performer in the high jump and 800-meters, with recent finishes of sixth in both events at the Missouri Class 2 state meet held over the past weekend in Jefferson City. Kruse had a time of 2:23.76 in the 800 and a clearance of 4-10 in the high jump at the state meet. She also competed in cross country and helped lead her team to a district championship in the 2007 season; she would later finish 30th at the state cross country meet.

Wichmann qualified for the Missouri Class 3 state meet in two events after placing second in the triple jump and fourth in the long jump at the sectional meet. She recorded a mark of 35-9 in the triple jump and 16-9 3/4 in the long jump to earn her spot in the state meet. Wichmunn also took third in the district meet in the triple jump and fourth in the long jump. She has been an all-district and all-conference performer in both events throughout her high school career.

The Miners signed three student-athletes earlier this year in Jason Barry from Osage Beach, Joe Skelton from Potosi and George Thomas from Marshfield to national letters of intent, while the Lady Miners had previously signed Kassie Osborne from Evansville, Ind., Central High School.

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Three members of the Missouri S&T track and field teams have earned berths to the NCAA Division II Outdoor Championships, which will begin May 22 in Walnut, Calif.

Two pole vaulters, Jordan Henry and Peter Hollenbeck, along with women's high jumper Tamara McCaskill landed the berths to the meet that will take place at Mount San Antonio College.

Henry, the national runner-up in the pole vault during the indoor season, earned an automatic berth during the outdoor season with his best mark of 17 feet that he posted over the weekend at Emporia State. Henry's mark is the fifth-best in the nation heading into the meet; the top mark is 17-1 1/2 held by Abilene Christian's Landon Ehlers.

Hollenbeck comes in with a clearance of 16-3 1/2 that is tied for the 16th-best in Division II. He posted the mark during the course of his second place finish at the Great Lakes Valley Conference Championships on May 3.

The pole vault competition will take place on Saturday, May 24 at 6:55 p.m. Central time. It will be Henry's fourth appearance at the national meet and Hollenbeck's second; he made last year's field during the outdoor championships.

McCaskill's best performance of the year also came at Alabama when she cleared 5-7 in the high jump. Her marks rank in a tie for 15th heading into the meet and she will compete at 7:45 p.m. Central on May 24. This will be McCaskill's first appearance at the national meet.

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The Missouri S&T track and field teams each had six individuals selected to the Great Lakes Valley Conference's all-league squad for the outdoor season for their performances during the GLVC Outdoor Championships earlier this month.

The five individuals who won conference championships at the GLVC meet were first team selections, with the men's team being represented by league champions Kal-El Waters-Jones, Joffroi Holcombe, Jordan Henry and Brandon Etzold and the women's team by Leah Morehead. In addition, Peter Hollenbeck was a first-team selection on the men's side after finishing second in the pole vault with a mark that exceeded the NCAA provisonal qualifying standard.

Waters-Jones won the triple jump, Holcombe won the 10,000-meters, Henry took the title in the pole vault and Brandon Etzold claimed the title in the 800-meters. Morehead led a sweep of the top three spots in the women's pole vault by taking the title in that event and was one of the recipients of the league's "Freshman of the Year" award; Etzold shared the men's top freshman honor.

Henry and Hollenbeck will represent the Miners at the NCAA Division II Championships next week in Walnut, Calif., while Tamara McCaskill, one of five Lady Miners named to the second team, will be the Lady Miners' lone competitor in California at the national meet in the high jump.

McCaskill was joined on the second team by pole vaulters Taylor Hahn and Jamie Statler, middle distance runner Kierra Handley and sprinter Katie Bruce.

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Jordan Henry

EMPORIA, Kan. -- Missouri S&T's Jordan Henry cleared a height Saturday that no other pole vaulter wearing a Miner uniform ever had -- the 17-foot mark.

Henry cleared that height at the Emporia State Twilight Qualifier, breaking his own school record in the event that he set just two weeks ago. His clearance of 17-feet is the highest ever by an S&T pole vaulter, as Henry also holds the indoor mark of 16-10 3/4 that he set at the NCAA Division II Indoor Championships in March.

The junior from St. Charles had already earned a berth to the outdoor nationals after going over the bar at 16-8 at Missouri Southern on April 25. A week ago, he won the Great Lakes Valley Conference championship in the event after winning the league's indoor title two months earlier.

Henry had the eighth-best pole vault mark during the outdoor season prior to Saturday, but his mark at ESU moved him up to possibly as high as fifth, depending on the results of other meets taking place Saturday. He was second in the competition to Kansas' Jordan Scott who cleared 17-7.

Jared Anders and Peter Hollenbeck tied for fourth in the pole vault with clearances of 15-4 1/4. Hollenbeck, who was second to Henry in the pole vault last week at SIUE, had the 15th-best pole vault mark in the country heading into the final weekend of competition while Anders was ranked 19th.

The lone women's competitor from S&T at the meet, Tamara McCaskill, cleared 5-5 1/4 to finish third in the high jump. She was ranked 14th nationally in the event heading into the meet.

The NCAA will release the list of qualifiers for the Division II Championships Tuesday. The national meet begins May 22 in Walnut, Calif.

Results from Emporia State

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GLVC Freshmen of the Year Leah Morehead & Brandon Etzold

EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. -- The Missouri S&T men's track and field team posted four first place finishes, gained one provisonal qualifier for the NCAA Division II Championships and had one of its freshmen named as the league's "Freshman of the Year" as it placed fourth at the GLVC Outdoor Championships over the weekend at Southern Illinois Edwardsville.

The winners among the Miner competitors included Brandon Etzold, who earned a share of the GLVC's "Freshman of the Year" award on the strength of his winning effort in the 800-meters in 1:57.22. He was joined on the winner's stand by Kal-El Waters-Jones in the triple jump with a mark of 46-0 1/2, Joffroi Holcombe in the 10,000-meters with a time of 31:38.79, Jordan Henry in the pole vault with a clearance of 16-7 1/2.

Henry's win in the pole vault completed an indoor-outdoor sweep for the Miner junior in the 2008 season.

Sophomore Peter Hollenbeck became the latest Miner to reach a provisional qualifying mark when he cleared a personal best 16-3 1/2 to finish behind Henry in the pole vault. He was one of three Miners to finish among the top four in the event as Jared Anders tied for third at 14-10.

S&T also got a runner-up finish came from Jesse Scott in the high jump with a clearance of 6-1 1/4, while Josh Hesse finished third in the shot put competition with a top mark of 48-6.

The Miners got fourth place finishes from Heath Groom in the javelin throw with a mark of 168-11, Brendan Smith in 1,500-meters in 4:06.94 and Brad Guidry in the discus with a mark of 158-8, while also getting a fifth from Henry in the long jump with a leap of 20-11 1/4.

Andrew Moore placed sixth in the triple jump with a mark of 43-1 1/2 along with Grant Brown in the 10,000-meters in 32:37.70, Mike Wilson in the 100-meter dash with a time of 11.16 seconds, Paul Roland in the 800-meters in 1:59.37 and Holcombe in the 5,000-meters with a mark of 15:25.18.

Jeff Pike was seventh in the triple jump at 43-0 1/4 as was Wes Everhart in the javelin at 155-4 and Ian Packard in the 400-meters with a time of 49.71 seconds. Wilson was eighth in the 200-meters in 22.67 seconds.

The Miners' 4x100-meter relay team took fourth in its race with a time of 42.89 seconds and the 4x400 team was fifth in 3:23.30.

The Miners are expected to send some competitors to last chance meets over the course of the next week in a final effort to reach or improve on qualifying marks for the NCAA Championships.

Complete men's results

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Jordan Henry

Jordan Henry eclipsed the Missouri S&T outdoor school record in the pole vault Friday and was rewarded for his efforts today by being named as the Great Lakes Valley Conference's "Athlete of the Week."

Henry, a junior from St. Charles, Mo. (Francis Howell North) cleared 16-8 to win the competition Friday at Missouri Southern and earn an automatic berth to the NCAA Division II Championships next month in Pomona, Calif. Henry was the national runner-up during the NCAA Indoor Championships last month.

He will enter the GLVC Championships this weekend as the top-ranked pole vaulter in the conference with the mark he established last week. Henry won the GLVC indoor title in the event and will look to add the outdoor title at the meet that will take place at Southern Illinois Edwardsville beginning Friday.

It is the third time during the 2007-08 track season season that Henry has been awarded by the GLVC. He earned his two previous weekly awards during the indoor season.

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JOPLIN, Mo. -- With one week to go before the conference meet, Jordan Henry locked up a spot in the NCAA Division II Outdoor Track and Field Championships with a career-best performance in the pole vault Friday at Missouri Southern.

Henry, a junior who finished as the national runner-up during the indoor season in the event, cleared 16-8 at the Bill Williams/Bob Laptad Open to go beyond the automatic qualifying standard and earn a spot in the national meet next month in Pomona, Calif. His mark, wihch also set the Missouri S&T school record, has been topped by only two individuals in DIvision II this season heading into the weekend.

Henry was one of three Miners to finish among the top 10 in the pole vault Friday. Peter Hollenbeck was fifth with a clearance of 15-11 and Jared Anders, who has already provisionally qualified, was 10th with a mark of 15-5 3/4.

The Miners got third place finishes from Thomas Green in the 1,500-meters in 4:07.71 and Brandon Etzold in the 800-meters with a mark of 1:55.54, the same event where Paul Roland took eighth in 2:00.48.

Ian Packard was fourth in the 400-meters with a time of 50.22 seconds, while Brian Kluge had a time of 52.82 in that event.

The women's team had five competitors in Joplin Friday, with three of them placing in the pole vault. Taylor Hahn and Jamie Statler both cleared the 11-6 1/4 mark to finish sixth and seventh, respectively, while Leah Moreland was eighth with a mark of 11-0 1/4. Kierra Handley finished sixth in the 800-meters with a time of 2:20.63.

Missouri S&T will have two individuals -- Joffroi Holcombe and Brendan Smith -- taking part in the Hillsdale Invitational Saturday in Michigan, then the teams will gear up for the GLVC Outdoor Championships that begins Friday at Southern Illinois Edwardsville.

Complete results from Missouri Southern

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Mike Wilson (left) and Charles Melton

A total of seven first place finishes highlighted the Missouri S&T men's track and field efforts Saturday at the fourth annual Dewey Allgood Invitational held at S&T's Allgood-Bailey Stadium.

The majority of the first place finishes came in the running events where the Miners got five of their victories. Charles Melton won the 100-meter dash in 11.17 seconds to edge teammate Mike Wilson, but Wilson beat out Melton in the 200-meters with a winning time of 22.63 seconds.

Wilson was second in the 100 in 11.22 after running an 11.08 in the preliminaries, while Melton's runner-up time in the 200 was 22.81 seconds.

The other Miner wins on the track came from Brandon Etzold in the 800-meters in a personal-best time of 1:55.14, Joffroi Holcombe in the 5,000-meters in 15:15.88 and Allen Ernst in the 3,000-meter steeplechase in 10:11.16. The field event wins came from Jordan Henry in the pole vault with a mark of 15-9 3/4 and Kal-El Waters-Jones in the triple jump with a leap of 42-11 1/2.

Second place finishes were posted by Bryan Hogan in the 400-meters in 50.78 seconds, Brendan Smith in the 1,500-meters in 4:06 flat, Peter Hollenbeck in the pole vault at 15-3 3/4, Henry in the long jump at 21-0 3/4, Andrew Moore in the triple jump at 41-8, Josh Hesse in the hammer throw with a mark of 126-10 and Heath Groom in the javelin throw as he posted a throw of 180-4.

Paul Roland claimed third in the 800-meters in 1:55.86, as did Grant Brown in the 1,500-meters in 15:52.94, Chris Thielker in the steeplechase in 10:20.76, Jared Anders in the pole vault at 15-3 3/4, Waters-Jones in the long jump with a mark of 20-7 3/4, Hesse in the shot put with a throw of 48-9 and Lucas Jaster was third in the hammer throw at 125-11 that was his best of the season.

Thomas Green was fourth in the 1,500-meters in 4:10.04 as was Wes Everhart in the javelin throw with a top throw of 152-11, while fifth place finishes came from Mike Renkoski in the 800-meters in 2:00.98 and Hollenbeck in the long jump at 20-1 1/2. The Miners had five of the top seven finishers in the long jump with Anders coming in sixth with a mark of 19-10 3/4 and Moore finishing seventh at 19-8.

The Miners' had a pair of 4x400-meter relay teams that finished second with a time of 3:19.96, finishing a little over a second behind Truman State's team that was anchored by All-America Sean Bergstedt.

Not only did S&T get seven wins from its current competitors Saturday, but two former Miners were also winners in their events while competing as unattached entries. Jamel Sims won the 110-meter hurdles in a time of 14.79 seconds while Jesse Scott won the high jump with a clearance of 6-0 3/4.

The Miners are expected to send selected individuals to the Drake Relays next weekend in Des Moines, Iowa, the final meet before the GLVC Championships that begin May 2 in Indianapolis.

Complete results

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The Missouri S&T track and field teams will host the fourth annual Dewey Allgood Invitational Saturday at Allgood-Bailey Stadium, with five teams coming to town to join S&T as well as other individuals who plan to participate in the meet.

The Miners and Lady Miners will compete with Truman State, Lincoln, Lindenwood, Evangel and Hendrix Saturday, with a handful of unattached competitors also expected to be in the field.

Missouri S&T currently has four provisional qualifiers for the NCAA Division II Championships, with Jared Anders having made the mark in the pole vault and Heath Groom in the javelin throw on the men's side and Taylor Hahn reaching the standard in the pole vault and Tamara McCaskill in the high jump for the women.

The meet will start at 11 a.m. with five field events, including the aforementioned men's javelin and women's pole vault. The men's pole vault competition that will include Anders and Jordan Henry, the national runner-up in the indoor pole vault at the 2008 NCAA Championships, will start at 1 p.m.. The women's high jump that McCaskill will compete in starts at 2:30 p.m.

The track events start at 1 p.m. with the preliminary rounds of the men's 100-meter dash, followed by the men's steeplechase and 400-meter relays for the men and women. All of the events will take place at Allgood-Bailey Stadium except for the hammer and discus throws, which will be contested at the Missouri S&T intramural fields by Fraternity Row.

EVENT SCHEDULE

Field Events
11:00a.m. Men’s Hammer Throw
Men’s Long Jump (Women to Follow)
Men’s Javelin (Women to Follow)
Women’s Shot Put (Women Hammer to Follow)
Women’s Pole Vault
1:00p.m. Men’s Pole Vault
Men’s Shot Put
2:30p.m. Men’s Triple Jump (Women to Follow)
Women’s High Jump (Men to Follow)
Women’s Discus (Men to follow)

Track Events
1:00 p.m. Men’s 100 Meter Prelims
1:15 p.m. Men’s 3000 Steeple
1:40 p.m. Women’s 4 x 100 Meter Relays
Men’s 4 x 100 Meter Relays
1:55 p.m. Women’s 1500 Meter Run
Men’s 1500 Meter Run
2:25 p.m. Women’s 100 Meter Hurdles Finals
Men’s 110 Meter Hurdles Finals
2:35 p.m. Women’s 3000 Meter Run
2:50 p.m. Women’s 400 Meter Dash
Men’s 400 Meter Dash
3:15 p.m. Women’s 100 Meter Dash Finals
Men’s 100 Meter Dash Finals
3:25 p.m. Women’s 800 Meter Run
Men’s 800 Meter Run
3:50 p.m. Women’s 400 Hurdles
Men’s 400 Hurdles
4:15 p.m. Women’s 200 Meter Dash
Men’s 200 Meter Dash
4:30 p.m. Men’s 5000 Meter Run
5:00 p.m. Women’s 4 x 400 Relay
Men’s 4 x 400 Relay

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EMPORIA, Kan. -- The Missouri S&T men's track team had two first place finishes Sunday in the Papa John's Division II Challenge held at Emporia State as it finished sixth in the team competition.

The Miner wins came from Joffroi Holcombe, who took first in the 10,000-meters in a time of 32:28.92 and Peter Hollenbeck. who won the pole vault competition with a clearance of 15-1.

S&T had several others who finished among the top ten in various events, led by Heath Groom who posted a mark of 195-4 in the javelin throw to finish fourth in the competition.

Josh Hesse recorded a fifth place showing in the shot put with a mark of 48-9 1/2 as did Brandon Etzold in the 800-meters in 1:57.90, while Jared Anders finished in a tie for fifth in the pole vault at 14-7 1/4

Kal-El Waters-Jones came in sixth place in the triple jump with a mark of 45-3 1/2 and Andrew Moore finished right behind him at 44-4. Brendan Smith finished seventh in the 800-meters in 1:58.13 and Paul Roland was tenth in that race in 1:58.46.

Waters-Jones had a leap of 20-11 3/4 in the long jump, while Pike had a mark of 43-9 3/4 in the triple jump and Hesse had a mark of 134-10 in the hammer throw. The Miners also got a mark of 11 seconds flat from Michael Wilson in the 100-meters.

The Miners' 4x400-meter relay team recorded a sixth place finish in a time of 3:29.93.

The Miners will hold their annual home meet, the Dewey Allgood Invitational, Saturday at Allgood-Bailey Stadium with the first event scheduled to begin at 11 a.m.

Results from Emporia State

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The Missouri S&T men's track and field team is ranked 19th in NCAA Division II in the latest power rankings produced by the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association.

The Miners, who were ranked sixth in last week's rankings, enter this weekend's competition with two individuals who have made an NCAA provisional qualifying mark in an event (Jared Anders in the pole vault and Heath Groom in the javelin).

The top ranked team among those in the Great Lakes region is Southern Illinois Edwardsville in the No. 10 spot, with Ashland from the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference in 13th, Lewis in 17th and then Missouri S&T at No. 19. Findlay and Tiffin from the GLIAC are 23rd and 24th, respectively.

Six-time defending national champion Abilene Christian is atop this week's rankings, followed by a pair of the Miners' former conference rivals in Pittsburg State and Central Missouri. Angelo State and Lock Haven round out the top five.

S&T returns to competition Sunday at the Papa John's Division II Challenge at Emporia State; the meet was moved from Saturday to Sunday due to weather concerns on Saturday.

USTFCCCA rankings (April 10, 2008)
1. Abilene Christian
2. Pittsburg State
3. Central Missouri
4. Angelo State
5. Lock Haven
6. California-San Diego
7. Kutztown
8. Humboldt State
9. Fort Hays State
10. Southern Illinois Edwardsville
11. East Stroudsburg
12. Emporia State
13. Ashland
14. Nebraska-Kearney
15. Mary (N.D.)
16. Wheeling Jesuit
17. Lewis
18. Adams State
19. Missouri S&T
20. Kentucky State
21. Slippery Rock
22. Seton Hill
23. Findlay
24. Tiffin
25. Alabama-Huntsville

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SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- The Missouri S&T men's track team tuned up for next week's Division II Challenge by competing Saturday at the Big Bear Invitational at Missouri State University.

The MIners' lone winning performance Saturday came from Peter Hollenbeck in the pole vault with a mark of 14-11. S&T, however, did have six of the top seven finishers in the long jump led by Jordan Henry's second place effort with a leap of 20-10.

Henry was followed by Kal-El Waters-Jones at 20-9, Andrew Moore at 20-5 3/4, Jared Anders at 20-3, Hollenbeck at 20-2 1/2 and Jeff Pike with a leap of 19-11.

Thomas Green was second in the 1,500-meters with a time of 4:05.39 as was Wes Everhart in the javelin throw with a mark of 141-7, Jeremiah Johnson in the discus throw at 127-feet and Josh Hesse in the shot put with a mark of 46-10. Hesse also had a third place finish in the hammer throw with a mark of 138-3.

S&T had several fourth place finishes, which came from Brendan Smith in the 1,500-meters in 4:06.43, Brandon Etzold in the 400-meters in 50.42 seconds, Paul Roland in the 800-meters in 1:58.33, Joffroi Holcombe in the 3,000-meters in 9:03.46, Waters-Jones in the triple jump at 45-1 1/2 and Lucas Jaster in the shot put with a mark of 45-7 1/4.

Jaster added a fifth place showing in the hammer throw in 120-11, the same place where Johnson finished in the shot at 43-4 1/4 and Moore in the triple jump at 43-10 1/2.

Bryan Hogan finished sixth in the 400-meters in 50.93 seconds, as did Chris Teel in the 800-meters in 1:59.68, Allen Ernst in the 1,500-meters in 4:14.21 and Grant Brown in the 3,000-meters in 9:17.44; Brown was also seventh in the 1,500 in 4:17.54. Kurt Schauwecker was seventh in the 3,000-meters with a time of 9:24.08.

Michael Wilson recorded a time of 11.24 seconds in the 100-meter dash and Brett Vessell finished in 11.30 seconds.

The 4x100-meter relay team placed fourth in its race with a time of 43.45 seconds as did the 4x400-meter quartet in 3:26.06.

The Miners will compete at the Papa John's Division II Challenge at Emporia State next Saturday in Emporia, Kan.

Complete results from Missouri State

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The Missouri S&T men's track and field team is currently ranked sixth in NCAA Division II in the latest power rankings produced by the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association.

The Miners, who have two individuals who have made an NCAA provisional qualifying mark in an event (Jared Anders in the pole vault and Heath Groom in the javelin), are the highest-ranked team in both the Great Lakes Valley Conference and the region in this week's power rankings. S&T is one of four teams from the GLVC on this week's list.

Angelo State is currently ranked first on the national level, followed by California-San Diego, Humboldt State, Fort Hays State and East Stroudsburg.

The Miners are followed in the rankings by Wheeling Jesuit, Southern Illinois Edwardsville, Slippery Rock and Kentucky State. The other GLVC teams in the rankings are Lewis in the 14th spot and Saint Joseph's in 16th.

USTFCCCA rankings (April 3, 2008)
1. Angelo State
2. California-San Diego
3. Humboldt State
4. Fort Hays State
5. East Stroudsburg
6. Missouri S&T
7. Wheeling Jesuit
8. Southern Illinois Edwardsville
9. Slippery Rock
10. Kentucky State
11. Seton Hill
12. Findlay
13. Grand Valley State
14. Lewis
15. Mary
16. Saint Joseph's
17. Massachusetts-Lowell
18. Clayton State
19. Chadron State
20. Adelphi

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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- Heath Groom, who did not compete for the Missouri S&T track and field team last season while recovering from an injury, showed everyone that he is back in a big way.

Groom finished second in the javelin throw Saturday at the Alabama Relays with a throw of 204-9, which easily cleared the NCAA Division II provisional qualifying mark and came close to the automatic mark in the event. The automatic mark is 209-11.

He is the second Miner to reach an NCAA provisional mark, joining pole vaulter Jared Anders who made his qualifying mark last week at Washington University.

After Groom's performance, the highest individual finish in the first two days came from Joffroi Holcombe in the 10,000-meters where he posted a time of 32:35.02 to place third on Friday night. Jordan Henry finished fourth in the invitational pole vault event with a mark of 15-3 and Ian Packard had a fifth place effort in the 400-meters in 48.56 seconds, narrowly missing the provisional mark in that event.

Peter Hollenbeck took sixth in the pole vault at 15-3 as was Kal-El Waters-Jones in the triple jump where he had a mark of 45-9. Grant Brown was seventh in the 10,000-meters in 34:37.56, the same place where Allen Ernst finished in the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a mark of 10:02.82 and Jeremiah Johnson in the shot put with a mark of 45-9 3/4. Johnson also had an eighth place finish in the discus throw of 127-4.

Jeff Pike had a 10th place finish in the triple jump at 42-11 3/4 as was Lucas Jaster in the shot put with a throw of 42-9 3/4.

In the relays, the Miners' top finish came from its 4x1500-meter relay team of Brendan Smith, Thomas Green, Ernst and Brandon Etzold, which placed second in the event behind Indiana with a time of 16:38.36.

Ben Hicks recorded a time of 16:38.56 in the 5,000-meters while Kurt Schauwecker finished with a time of 16:47.17.

Packard had a strong showing in the 200-meters with a time of 21.97 seconds to take second in his flight, while Mike Wilson had a time of 22.58 in his heat. Wilson also had a time of 11.05 seconds and Brett Vessell a mark of 11.20 seconds in the 100-meter dash.

Etzold posted a time of 1:56.18 in the 800-meters and Smith had a mark of 1:56.85 in the event, while Green had a time of 4:02.05 in the 1,500-meters. Wes Everhart had a mark of 155-11 in the javelin throw to finish 14th.

The Miners' 4x400-meter relay team finished seventh in a time of 3:19.96 and had a fourth place showing in the sprint medley relay with a time of 3:34.28.

Saturday's results from Alabama

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Jared Anders

Taylor Hahn

Missouri S&T had two of its pole vaulters reach the NCAA Division II provisional qualifying standard in its first outdoor meet of the season Friday and those performances have landed each of them the Great Lakes Valley Conference "Athlete of the Week" award.

Jared Anders, who cleared 16-2 3/4 to win the pole vault competition at Washington University and Taylor Hahn, who set the women's school record at 11-9 3/4 in the same meet, were honored by the GLVC Tuesday for their efforts.

Anders, a junior from Quincy, Ill., cleared the same height at Washington University as he did a week earlier in the process of finishing seventh at the NCAA Divison II Indoor Championships. His mark of 16-2 3/4 was good enough to make the provisional mark and win the competition in the meet.

Hahn also reached the provisional standard in a winning performance as she broke her own school record by two inches. A junior from Salem, Ill., Hahn was competing for the first time since winning the GLVC indoor title in the pole vault.

The Miners and Lady Miners will compete this weekend in the Alabama Relays in Tuscaloosa, Ala.

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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.

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Jordan Henry

Jared Anders

MANKATO, Minn. -- The two Missouri S&T pole vaulters who competed at the NCAA Division II Indoor Track and Field Championships Saturday are coming home with All-America honors.

Jordan Henry, a junior from St. Charles, Mo., finished in a tie for second place in the event and broke the school record in the process with a clearance of 16-10 3/4. The other Miner in the meet, Jared Anders, finished seventh with a personal-best effort of 16-2 3/4.

Henry had just one miss in his first five attempts of the day and cleared the record height on his first attempt. He bowed out of the competition at 17-2 3/4, which turned out to be the winning height that was posted by Grand Valley State's Bryant Wilson.

Henry, who was seventh at last season's NCAA indoor meet, finished in a tie for second with Missouri Southern's Jacob Williams as each vaulter had an equal number of misses. It tied the highest finish ever by a Miner at the indoor championhips, matching the finishes of Tyrone Smith in the long jump last season and J.R. Skola in the pole vault in 2003.

Anders, a junior from Quincy, Ill., cleared the first two heights on his opening attempt, then stayed alive by going over the bar at 16-2 3/4 on his final chance. Anders then fell out of the competition at 16-6 3/4.

It is the first All-America award for Anders.

The efforts of Henry and Anders put the Miners in a tie for 21st place in the team standings in a meet won by St. Augustine's.

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Jordan Henry

Jared Anders

The Missouri S&T men's track and field team will have two pole vaulters taking part in next week's NCAA Division II Track and Field Championships in Mankato, Minn., as juniors Jordan Henry and Jared Anders have been selected into the field for the meet.

Henry, a junior from St. Charles, Mo. (Francis Howell North High School) is making his third appearance at a national meet, having competed previously at the 2006 outdoor championships and the 2007 indoor meet. Last season, Henry placed seventh in the event with a clearance of 16-feet at the national competition in Boston.

Last weekend, Henry won the Great Lakes Valley Conference title in the event and enters the meet with a top clearance of 16-6 that he reached at a Feb. 22 meet at Central Missouri. Henry enters the meet with the fourth-best mark in the nation this season.

Anders, a junior from Quincy, Ill., earned his first national berth after going over the bar at 16-2 at Illinois College last month. He brings the ninth-best mark in the country to the meet and is coming off a second place finish at the GLVC Indoor Championships where he cleared 15-7.

The top performance in the nation this season has been from Grand Valley State's Bryant Wilson with a mark of 17-3 3/4. Missouri Southern's Jacob Williams and Ashland's Dan Tierney are the other two ranked ahead of Henry entering the meet and both have marks of better than 17-feet this season.

The pole vault competition will take place at 2:45 p.m. on Saturday, March 15.

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A number of individuals from the Missouri S&T track and field teams have earned all-conference honors after their performances over the weekend at the Great Lakes Valley Conference championships.

Both the men's and women's team had a conference champion at the meet in the pole vault -- Jordan Henry from the men's squad and Taylor Hahn from the women's team -- and as a result, both were selected to the All-GLVC first team for their efforts. Henry cleared 16-0 3/4 at the meet to win the men's pole vault, while Hahn broke the conference and school record with her clearance of 11-8.

The men's team had six individuals earn second team honors -- pole vaulter Jared Anders, triple jumper Kal-El Waters-Jones (both had second place finishes), sprinter Michael Wilson, pole vaulter Peter Hollenbeck and distance runners Brendan Smith and Joffroi Holcombe, all of whom placed third in their events.

Four members of the Lady Miners were second team selections -- pole vaulters Jamie Statler and Leah Moreland, who tied for third in the event; sprinter Aubrey Moore and weight thrower Hannah Terwelp, who set a school record in that event Saturday.

The Miners and Lady Miners each finished fourth in the meet.

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Jordan Henry

CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind. -- Missouri S&T junior Jordan Henry earned his second Great Lakes Valley Conference championship in the pole vault Saturday by winning the event at the GLVC Indoor Track and Field Championships.

Henry cleared 16-0 3/4 to win the event over teammates Jared Anders and Peter Hollenbeck, who both went over the bar at 15-7 to take second and third, respectively. Henry, who has already met the automatic qualifying standard for the NCAA Division II Championships two weeks from now, earned his other GLVC pole vault title at the 2006 outdoor meet.

The Miners also got an all-conference effort from Kal-El Waters-Jones in the triple jump as he came in second place with a mark of 46-9, barely missing the Division II provisional qualifying standard.

S&T also had a third place finish from Joffroi Holcombe in the 5,000-meter run with a time of 15:33.81, one of three third place efforts from the Miners Saturday.

Freshman sprinter Michael Wilson finished third in the 55-meter dash with a mark of 6.60 seconds in the finals, his best mark of the season in that event. Another freshman, Brendan Smith, had a third place finish of his own in the mile with a mark of 4:24.44 and later finished fifth in the 800-meters in 1:58.69. The Miners also got a fifth from Brandon Etzold in the mile with a mark of 4:26.41.

Holcombe added a sixth place finish in the 3,000-meters with a time of 8:52.77 as did Paul Roland in the 400-meters in 1:58.70, Andrew Moore in the triple jump with a mark of 44-4 1/4 and Lucas Jaster in the shot put with a mark of 46-2 3/4, his best mark of the season in that event. Dan Hellwig placed seventh in the pole vault with a mark of 14-7 1/4.

Ian Packard also got a scoring spot for the Miners by placing eighth in the 200-meters in 22.67 seconds; he also had a time of 50.90 in the finals of the 400-meters to end up ninth.

S&T had fourth place showings from all three of its relay teams Saturday, with the 4x200 group of Charles Melton, Wilson, Brett Vessell and Thomas Sands posting a time of 1:32.99; the 4x400-meter quartet of Packard, Roland, Smith and Etzold finishing in a school record time of 3:23.11 and the distance medley group of Mike Renkowski, Bryan Hogan, Chris Teel and Thomas Green recording a mark of 10:39.03.

The Miners finished with 88 points in the meet, just behind the 90 posted by third place Lewis and well ahead of Saint Joseph's. Southern Illinois Edwardsville won the meet by 80 points over Indianapolis in its last appearance at the GLVC Indoor Championships before moving to NCAA Division I next season.

Complete results from GLVC Championships

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WARRENSBURG, Mo. -- A number of Missouri S&T track and field competitors were in action Friday in a final tuneup meet before next weekend's Great Lakes Valley Conference Championships.

Most of the contingent from the Miner track team was at the Central Missouri Classic, where the top finisher was Brendan Smith in the 800-meters with a time of 1:56.19. Smith finished 1.4 seconds out of first in his race.

The Miners also got a third place finish from Peter Hollenbeck in the pole vault with a mark of 14-9, while Dan Hellwig finished sixth at 14-3 1/2.

Throwers Josh Hesse, Jeremiah Johnson and Lucas Jaster were also in action at UCM, with Hesse posting marks of 45-11 1/4 in the weight throw and 42-4 in the shot put, Johnson a 44-7 1/2 in the shot and Jaster recording marks of 43-4 1/2 in the shot put and 41-5 3/4 in the weight throw.

Freshman Brandon Etzold took part in the 800-meters Friday at Nebraska Wesleyan in Lincoln, Neb., finishing seventh in his race with a time of 1:56.19.

The GLVC Championships take place March 1 in Crawfordsville, Ind.

Complete results from Central Missouri

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JOPLIN, Mo. -- Missouri S&T junior Jordan Henry continued his run of strong performances in the pole vault by winning the event Saturday at the Radio Shack Invitational at Missouri Southern State University, while Brandon Etzold had a strong showing in the 800-meters a few hundred miles north.

Henry, who has won the last two Great Lakes Valley Conference "Athlete of the Week" awards and who made the NCAA Division II automatic qualifying mark a week ago in the event, cleared that mark again Saturday by going over the bar at 16-6 to win the competition. Three others -- all with ties to the host school -- also went over at 16-6 but Henry had fewer misses to end up on top.

In Ames, Iowa, Etzold posted a school record time of 1:53.95 in the 800-meters in an event that included a number of runners from the NCAA Division I ranks.

The Miners' other top finishes Saturday at MSSU came from Thomas Green, who took second in the mile with a mark of 4:29.16 and Paul Roland, who also finished second in the 800-meters in 1:58.97. Kal-El Waters-Jones had a fifth place mark in the triple jump at 46-4 which put him near the NCAA Division II provisional mark.

The Miners got a sixth place showing from Brandon Cundiff in the 600-yard run with a time of 1:18.02, while Kevin Thompson was 10th in 1:18.30. Thomas Sands was 10th in the 60-meter hurdles in 8.96 seconds and Chris Teel was 12th in the 800-meters in 2:03.63.

Peter Hollenbeck and Dan Hellwig tied for 10th in the pole vault as both cleared 14-8 1/4 and Lucas Jaster came in 13th in the shot put with a mark of 44-11 1/2.

S&T also got a time of 3:37.22 from its 4x400-meter relay team.

At Iowa State, the Miners had three other distance runners taking part in the Iowa State Classic, with the top finish coming from Brendan Smith in the mile with a time of 4:23.40 for a 19th place finish. Allen Ernst had a time of 4:27.16 in the event as well, while Kurt Schauwecker posted a mark of 9:17.80 in the 3,000-meters.

The Miners' next meet will be the Great Lakes Valley Conference Championships, set for March 1 in Crawfordsville, Ind.

Complete results from Missouri Southern
Complete results from Iowa State

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JOPLIN, Mo. -- The Missouri S&T men's track and field team has competitors at two meets this weekend, with the majority of the squad taking part in the Radio Shack Invitational at Missouri Southern.

On the first night of competition, the highest finish came from Charles Melton in the 200-meters where he took fifth place in a time of 22.76 seconds. The Miners also got a ninth-place effort from Michael Wilson in a time of 23.35 and a 17th place finish from Brett Vessell in 23.69 in an event with 37 finishers.

Josh Hesse finished 12th in the weight throw with a mark of 44-9 1/2, while Jordan Henry had a leap of 21-4 in the long jump and Kal-El Waters-Jones went 20-8 1/2 in the event and Peter Hollenbeck jumped 20-1. Lucas Jaster posted a mark of 40-4 1/4 in the weight throw.

In Ames, Iowa, the Miners had two competitors taking part in the distance events Friday at the Iowa State Classic. Joffroi Holcombe posted a time of 15:09.93 in the seeded 5,000-meter run, while Grant Brown finished the unseeded 5,000 in 15:46.30.

Friday's results

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Kurt Schauwecker

The Missouri S&T men's cross country team has been selected as one of the top academic teams in NCAA Division II for the 2007 season by the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association.

The Miners were one of 67 schools to earn the honor for posting a 3.0 or better cumulative grade point average for the 2007 fall semester and have competed in 50 percent of the scheduled competition as well as the regional meet.

The Miners were also one of six schools from the Great Lakes Valley Conference to earn the honor from the USTFCCCA along with Drury, Indianapolis, Lewis, Northern Kentucky and Southern Illinois Edwardsville.

On an individual basis, junior Kurt Schauwecker was one of the 127 selections to the USTFCCCA all-academic team, which goes to individuals who have completed a minimum of 24 semester hours, have at least a 3.25 greade point average and finish in the top 30 percent at the regional meet.

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Jordan Henry

Missouri S&T junior Jordan Henry was named today as the Great Lakes Valley Conference's "Athlete of the Week" in track and field for the second consecutive week after reaching the automatic qualification standard in the pole vault over the weekend.

Henry's clearance of 5.03 meters -- or 16-6 -- moved him to the top of the national performance list for NCAA Division II for the 2008 indoor season. Henry, who won the event with that showing, is tied with two others at the head of the pole vault list.

A week earlier, Henry cleared 16-0 3/4 to finish second at the Indiana Relays and he has the best mark in the GLVC this year in the pole vault.

The national meet is scheduled to take place March 14 and 15 at Minnesota State University in Mankato, Minn.

Henry is a junior from Francis Howell North High School in St. Charles, Mo. He has made two previous appearances at the national meet, including a seventh-place finish last season at the indoor championships.

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The Missouri S&T men's cross country and track and field team has signed a pair of talented runners to national letters of intent to play at the university for the 2008-09 season.

The signees for next season are as follows:

JOE SKELTON, from Potosi High School in Potosi, Mo.: Skelton was the fifth place finisher at the Missouri Class 3 cross country championships in the 5,000-meters, posting a time of 16:25 in the race held in November to help his team win the state championship. Skelton, who also took third in the cross country district race, ran on Potosi's state championship 4x800-meter relay last season.

GEORGE THOMAS, from Marshfield High School in Marshfield, Mo.: Thomas finished ninth in the 5,000-meters at the Missouri Class 3 cross country championships with a time of 16:41 in the November race. Thomas earned the berth to the state meet on an individual basis by finishing fifth at the district meet with a time of 16:17.

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JACKSONVILLE, Ill. -- Missouri S&T junior Jordan Henry can start making plans to head to Minnesota in mid-March, as he locked up a berth to the NCAA Division II Track and Field Championships Saturday by hitting the automatic qualifying mark in the pole vault at the Blue Classic at Illinois College.

Henry, who was last week's Great Lakes Valley Conference "Athlete of the Week," cleared a career-best 16-6 to reach the automatic standard in the event and win it in the process. The clearance assures him of a spot in the field at the national meet that will take place March 14 and 15 in Mankato, Minn.

The Miners claimed the top three spots in the pole vault competition as Jared Anders took second at 16-2 -- improving his provisional mark in the event -- and Peter Hollenbeck taking third at 15-3 3/4 which was his best mark of the indoor season.

Freshman Brandon Etzold continued his strong running in the middle distance events during the indoor track season Saturday to earn the Miners' other event victory Saturday, winning the mile in 4:24.10. He took the event by more than two seconds over Lindenwood's Titus Tirop and by a little over three over teammate Allen Ernst, who posted a time of 4:27.15. The Miners had four of the top six finishers in that event as Thomas Green was fifth in 4:30.24 and Joffroi Holcombe was sixth in 4:31.26.

Kal-El Waters-Jones posted a second place finish in the triple jump with a mark of 45-1 3/4, while the Miners also got a fourth place finish from Brendan Smith in the 800-meters with a time of 1:59.32 and a fifth from Jeff Pike in the triple jump with a mark of 43-3 1/4.

Charles Melton posted his best time of the season in the 200-meters of 22.83 to place seventh in that event and Anders also had a 12th place finish in the long jump with a mark of 20-0 1/4.

The Miners will compete next weekend at the Radio Shack Invitational at Missouri Southern State University in Joplin, Mo.

Complete results from Illinois College

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Jordan Henry

Missouri S&T junior Jordan Henry was named today as the Great Lakes Valley Conference's "Athlete of the Week" in track and field after moving to the top of the conference's performance list in the pole vault over the weekend.

Henry had a clearan