Nebraska Invitational Final Results

Emporia State Men's Decathlon Final Results

                Nate Preston reached a provisional national qualifying mark in the 3,000 meter steeplechase while Cody Diehl set a new school record in the men's decathlon to highlight the Wayne State College men's outdoor track and field team at the Nebraska Invitational held Saturday at Ed Weir Stadium at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln.  Preston's mark was at the Nebraska Invite while Diehl competed at the Emporia State Open Men's Decathlon in Emporia, Kansas Thursday and Friday. 

                The WSC men's team top performance at the Nebraska Invite was by senior distance runner Nate Preston, who finished third in the 3,000 meter steeplechase with a provisional national qualifying mark of 9:24.56.  Teammate John Kern was sixth in the 3,000 meter steeplechase with a time of 9:40.46.  The other top five finish was by the 4 x 400 meter relay team as the quartet of Michael King, Drew Molacek, Aaron Garza and Andrew Jansen placed fifth with a time of 3:23.80. 

                Two Wayne State athletes competed Thursday and Friday at the Emporia State Open Multi's held in Emporia, Kansas.  Sophomore Cody Diehl set a new school record in the men's decathlon by scoring 5,820 points to place fourth out of 15 contestants.  The old school record was 5,709 points set by Jon Dickey on April 29, 2008.  Jeff Mills of Wayne State competed in the first day but suffered a hamstring injury in the second day of competition and was not able to finish the competition. 

                The next meet for Wayne State will be Friday and Saturday, April 16 and 17 when the Wildcats compete in the Sioux City Relays.

                The following is a listing of Wayne State finishers at the University of Nebraska Invitational in Lincoln, Nebraska:

Men's Events

100 Meter Dash: Michael King, 14^th – 11.17; Drew Molacek, 15^th – 11.18

200 Meter Dash: Drew Molacek, 14^th – 22.62; Michael King, 17^th – 22.83; Kenny Moore, 29^th – 24.71

400 Meter Dash: Andrew Jansen, 16^th – 50.61

800 Meter Run: Aaron Garza, 17^th – 1:59.85; Andy Bachman, 25^th – 2:02.16; Lee Anderson, 28^th – 2:03.39

Cheto Cerda, 31^st – 2:04.31; Joe Chebul, 36^th – 2:08.99; Jason Schaaf, 37^th – 2:09.18

1,500 Meter Run: Cheto Cerda, 15^th – 4:08.21; Lee Anderson, 20^th – 4:13.45; Jason Schaaf, 23^rd – 4:20.73; Joe Chebul, 26^th – 4:33.73

3,000 Meter Steeplechase: Nate Preston, 3^rd – 9:24.56 (provisional qualifying mark); John Kern, 6^th – 9:40.46

5,000 Meter Run: York Thomas, 17^th – 16:12.08

4 x 400 Meter Relay: WSC “A” 5^th – 3:23.80 (Michael King, Drew Molacek, Aaron Garza, Andrew Jansen)

                                  WSC “B” 10^th – 3:40.68 (Andy Bachman, Lee Anderson, Jason Schaaf, Lee Anderson)

Triple Jump: Alex Timperley, 11^th – 45' 3”; Lucas Sirek, 15^th – 43' 1”