2008 Woodie Awards
Track gears up for ISU
Adio ties high jump record
Scott Levine
Last updated: 1/18/07 at 7:48 PM CST Section: University Sports
Bayo Adio continues reaching his goals. After a month break, Adio tallied a 6-11 high jump at the Holiday Inn Invitational in Lincoln, Neb., good enough to tie the school's indoor record.
Adio finished second behind Dusty Jonas' 7-1 jump.
"I'm not quite where I want to be," Adio said. "I usually set a higher goal each meet, and now I want to break the school record.
"There's always higher goals, so I will continue to push myself."
Adio and his high jumping teammates fared well at the meet as all four set personal bests. Jacob Dupin placed second in the unseeded high jump with a jump of 6-6 3/4.
Patrick Shaw and Lee Murdock also set personal bests for the Bearcats.
Eric Isley placed third in the 800, but finished one second behind the leader. Graduate Assistant Mickey Kaufman said Isley's slow start hurt.
"Isley got boxed in at the beginning, so the race didn't go quite as well as he would have liked," Kaufman said. "He knows he can run faster and if he would have gotten out quicker, he probably would have won."
Courtland Ingram added a third-place finish in the pole vault, while Clif McIntosh finished fourth. Brandon Schoen added a third place finish in the shot put and Matt Pohren ran 15:19.79 in the 5,000, good enough for third.
The Bearcats travel Friday and Saturday to Ames, Iowa, for the Iowa State Open. Kaufman expects football players to compete.
"Our sprinters will be helped with the addition of some of the football players," Kaufman said. "Sheldon Cook, Kendall Wright, Brock Houston, Ike Urum-Eke and Diezeas Calbert are returning and should show us where we are."
The women's team also traveled to the Holiday Inn Invitational last weekend. Lindsay Bierman notched a second place finish in the triple jump, while Emily Churchman placed fourth.
"It wasn't my best weekend, but the team did good," Churchman said. "We have been working hard at putting together our techniques."
Anna O'Brien added another placing for the Bearcats in the one-mile run.
O'Brien finished third with a time of 5:25.38.
Head coach Steve Lorek said Kelly Raffety would have finished in the top three in the 600-yard run, but was disqualified. Lorek said he doesn't know the reason for disqualification.
"I think we're going in the right direction," Lorek said. "We're doing the right thing and we're really close to a lot of good things."
The women also travel to the Iowa State Open and Lorek expects tough competition.
"We don't think about other teams," Lorek said. "There will be plenty of good teams at the meet and we can look at ourselves individually."
Adio finished second behind Dusty Jonas' 7-1 jump.
"I'm not quite where I want to be," Adio said. "I usually set a higher goal each meet, and now I want to break the school record.
"There's always higher goals, so I will continue to push myself."
Adio and his high jumping teammates fared well at the meet as all four set personal bests. Jacob Dupin placed second in the unseeded high jump with a jump of 6-6 3/4.
Patrick Shaw and Lee Murdock also set personal bests for the Bearcats.
Eric Isley placed third in the 800, but finished one second behind the leader. Graduate Assistant Mickey Kaufman said Isley's slow start hurt.
"Isley got boxed in at the beginning, so the race didn't go quite as well as he would have liked," Kaufman said. "He knows he can run faster and if he would have gotten out quicker, he probably would have won."
Courtland Ingram added a third-place finish in the pole vault, while Clif McIntosh finished fourth. Brandon Schoen added a third place finish in the shot put and Matt Pohren ran 15:19.79 in the 5,000, good enough for third.
The Bearcats travel Friday and Saturday to Ames, Iowa, for the Iowa State Open. Kaufman expects football players to compete.
"Our sprinters will be helped with the addition of some of the football players," Kaufman said. "Sheldon Cook, Kendall Wright, Brock Houston, Ike Urum-Eke and Diezeas Calbert are returning and should show us where we are."
The women's team also traveled to the Holiday Inn Invitational last weekend. Lindsay Bierman notched a second place finish in the triple jump, while Emily Churchman placed fourth.
"It wasn't my best weekend, but the team did good," Churchman said. "We have been working hard at putting together our techniques."
Anna O'Brien added another placing for the Bearcats in the one-mile run.
O'Brien finished third with a time of 5:25.38.
Head coach Steve Lorek said Kelly Raffety would have finished in the top three in the 600-yard run, but was disqualified. Lorek said he doesn't know the reason for disqualification.
"I think we're going in the right direction," Lorek said. "We're doing the right thing and we're really close to a lot of good things."
The women also travel to the Iowa State Open and Lorek expects tough competition.
"We don't think about other teams," Lorek said. "There will be plenty of good teams at the meet and we can look at ourselves individually."
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