April 11, 2014
Complete Results
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - UC Davis freshman Hannah Kirkegaard won the 5,000-meter run at the Mondo Mid-Major Classic at Sacramento State on Friday night as the Aggies opened action on another busy track and field weekend.
The Aggies have nearly 30 competitors competing at the Mondo Mid-Major with a large contingent also in Arizona getting ready for the Sun Angel Classic at Arizona State on Saturday. The Sun Angel had limited action on Friday. Ben Parodi took sixth in the men's hammer throw while Veronica Smart was eighth in the women's.
Kirkegaard was hand-timed in 17 minutes, 25.8 seconds, winning the race by nearly 30 seconds over Julianne Jacques of Fresno State (17.55.3).
The 5K was the Aggies' only action on the track on Friday night after Kira Rienecker and Murphy Nicholson completed the heptathlon earlier in the day. Rienecker scored 4,492 points - just off her PR of 4,508 - and finished sixth, while Nicholson finished ninth with 4,003 points. Nicholson finished only 40 points shy of her PR (4,043 pts).
Rienecker had a pair of second-place showings, picking them up in the 200 (25.38) which scored her 852 points, and in the 800 (2:18.62) which tallied her 842. Nicholson highlighted her two days of competition with a fourth-place finish in the 800 (2:24.62), netting her 762 points.
Freshman Hawk Hammer took ninth in the decathlon with 5,165 points, earning second in the javelin (179 feet, 0 inches) for 656 points and tying for third in the pole vault (13-5.25), scoring 645 points.
The Mondo Mid-Major concludes on Saturday.
MONDO MID-MAJOR
Sacramento, Calif. (hosted by Sacramento State)
Day 2 of 3
UC Davis results
WOMEN
TEAM (thru 5 events) - 1. Fresno State, 52.5; 2. UC DAVIS, 25; 3. Sac State, 22; 4. UNLV, 19; 5. Portland State, 15; 6. Nevada, 4.5.
5,000 - 1. Hannah Kirkegaard, UC Davis... 17:25.8h.... 4. Katie Ott, 18:20.9h.
PV - 1. Miranda Dumas, Sac State, 3.80 (12-05.50)... 7. Siobhan Anderson, 3.45 (11-03.75).
DT - 1. Meagan McKee, Fresno St., 46.65 (153-01)... 4. Breanna Standifer, 43.60 (143-00); 6. Praise Adesida, 42.24 (138-07); 10. Morgan Dutra, 38.15 (125-02).
HEPTATHLON - Karolin Anders, Ala.-Anchorage, 5,048 pts... 6. Kira Rienecker, 4,492 (100H - 14.71-wa, 880 pts; HJ - 1.45m, 566 pts; SP - 9.14m, 473 pts; 200 - 25.38, 852 pts; LJ - 4.86m, 522 pts; JT - 24.47m, 372 pts; 800 - 2:18.62, 842 pts); 9. Murphy Nicholson, 4,003 pts (16.05-wa, 708; HJ - 1.45m, 566 pts; 200 - 27.76, 650 pts; LJ - 4.79m, 503 pts; JT - 24.91, 381 pts; 800 - 2:24.62, 762 pts).
MEN
TEAM (thru 5 events) - 1. Sac State, 41; 2. Fresno State, 32; 3. Portland State, 16; 4. UC Davis, 3.
LJ - 1. Devin Harrison, 7.34 (24-01.00).... 6. Blaise Carter, 6.28 (20-07.25).
DECATHLON - 1. Nevin Lewis, Portland State, 7,268 pts... 9. Hawk Hammer, 5,165 (100 - 11.80, 691 pts; LJ - 6.33m, 659 pts; SP - 10.18m, 496 pts; HJ - NH, 0 pts; 400 - 55.37, 584 pts; 110HH - 18.75, 455 pts; DT - 29.41m, 453 pts, PV - 4.10m, 645 pts; JT - 54.57m, 656 pts; 1500 - 5:05.89, 526 pts.
SUN ANGEL CLASSIC
Tempe, Ariz. (hosted by Arizona State)
UC Davis results
Day 1 of 2
WOMEN
HT - 1. Brooke Anderson, No. Arizona, 57.94 (190-01)... 8. Veronica Smart, 50.13 (164-06); 12. Sarah Hussey, 48.51 (159-02).
MEN
HT - 1. Austin Cook, 58.16 (190-10)... 6. Ben Parodi, 54.98 (180-04); 12. Matthew Bender, 44.31 (145-04).
