Well it looks like I was beaten to the punch, as the Coyote website finally beat me with the update. Oh well, it was good while it lasted.
Speaking of good, that’ an understatement of what the Coyote women were today. After coming into final day, the women racked up 37 points to finish sixth overall.
The women were led by freshman Emma Erickson. Erickson broke her own school record in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:07.36. Her old record was 2:07.57. Oh yeah, I forgot the most important part. Erickson won the 800-meter run, which gives her the national title for the 800 in both the indoor and outdoor season this year. She is the first Coyote to complete that task and first freshman to win two national titles.
Erickson picked up three All-American awards on the day, and already has six All-American awards in her first year of competition. Erickson was a part of the 4×100-meter relay team which finished third and the 4×400-meter relay team which finished fourth.
The 4×100-meter relay team also including senior Steph Gebhart, junior Jenessa Filler, and junior Shaneka Parkes. The 4×400 team also included Gebhart, junior Allison Smith, and sophomore Rosalie Brueske.
Gebhart earned three more All-American awards (4×400, 4×100, 400) to push her school record to 21 All-American awards during her time with the Coyotes. Gebhart also finished third in the 400-meter run with a clocking of :54.65.
Parkes picked up another All-American award besides the 4×100 meter-relay. Parkes earned an All-American after taking seventh place in the javelin throw with a throw of 140′0.
Sophomore Ramsey Kavan earned an All-American award after breaking a school record in the 5,000-meter run. Kavan finished second in the 5,000 with a time of 16:53.23. That time crushes the old record of 17:00.01.
Senior Scott Hargens earned his third career All-American award by finishing fourth in the 800-meter run with a career-best time of 1:50.48.
Senior Terry Liggins received a sixth career All-American award after a fifth place finish in the 110-meter hurdles. Liggins recorded a time of :13.96.
The meet was the last Division II competition the Coyotes will compete on in any sport and they went off in style. Now the Division-I stage is set when either the Coyote volleyball team or soccer team will compete in the Coyotes first Division-I event. Neither schedule is out yet.
Stay tuned for more sports info over the summer on this blog.
——Justin Rust
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