Wisconsin –Amid the scattered hives of activity at a track meet, there is little to distinguish Chibron Tomeo from the other athletes chasing hundredths of a second and fractions of an inch. There is the bobbing lance of fiberglass advancing his sprint down the runway in a medieval joust with an opponent halfway to the sky. And the fact that, in the middle of his pursuit, he is upside down on a pole 16 feet in the air. But what really sets him apart is a shrill, solitary screech. From the stands. “Go Daddy!” it sounds across the field each time he rocks into motion. This is the urging of Chibron Jr., age 3, whose identification with Dad is already so complete that at home he uses a splinter of an old, broken pole to fly from the bed to another mattress on the floor. A Chibron off the old vault. College track’s postseason reaches full speed this weekend, and in Lacrosse, Wis., Whitworth will make a run at a trophy in the NCAA Division III championships, the weight of a few necessary points riding on the muscled shoulders of Tomeo, whose school record of 16-1 3/4 ranks him fourth among the event’s qualifiers. This national profile is becoming a tradition for coach Toby Schwarz’s Pirates. Chibron Tomeo, however, is anything but the traditional Whitworth athlete. “You have the kid who comes straight out of high school and Mom and Dad pay for college,” Schwarz said. “And then you’ve got Bron.” Age 26. Married to the former Erika Horobiowski. Father of a revved-up little guy. Son, brother and cousin to an extended and loving Native American family. Working man – he spent four years building fences in Spokane before Erika and both of their mothers persuaded him to go back and give school his best shot. Survivor. And not in a metaphorical sense. An actual survivor. Continue reading →

• 1 Katie Nageotte SR Ashland 4.44m
• 2 Kayla Caldwell JR Hillsdale 4.32m
• 3 Kristen Hixson JR Grand Valley St. 4.25m
• 4 Brigitte Gross JR Sioux Falls 4.11m
• 5 Kayla Coffee SR Sioux Falls 4.02m
• 6 Lauren Graham JR Grand Canyon 4.02m
• 7 Amy Hop JR Grand Canyon 4.01m
• 8 Kristin Majerus SR Sioux Falls 3.96m
• 9 Michelle Grecni SO So. Conn. St. 3.85m
• 10 Lacy Harris SO Csu-Pueblo 3.83m
• 11 Abbey Aide JR Minot State 3.82m
• 12 Julia Cain JR Slippery Rock 3.81m
• 13 Kaitlyn Clark FR Slippery Rock 3.81m
• 14 Kasey Barnett JR Chico State 3.81m
• 15 Jennifer Foster SO Ashland 3.81m
• 16 Tiffany Chambers SR Harding 3.81m
• 17 Faryn Wirkus FR Minnesota State 3.80m
• 18 Ashleigh McFarland SO Missouri Southern 3.80m
• 19 Jennifer Schornak SO Grand Valley St. 3.80m
• 20 Sydney Haase JR Missouri Southern 3.80m
• 21 Alex Colvin SR Uc-Colo. Spgs. 3.78m

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Neta and Eddie DeRose Thunderbowl – 5/23/2013 to 5/25/2013

• 1 Jordan Yamoah FR Tamu-Kingsville 5.31m
• 2 Vince Frawley SR Grand Canyon 5.25m
• 3 Corey Shank JR Findlay 5.20m
• 4 Cameron Daugherty SR Slippery Rock 5.19m
• 5 Michael Juergens SR Missouri Southern 5.18m
• 6 Justin Ellerbee SO Cal Poly Pomona 5.12m
• 7 Bret Myers SO Grand Valley St. 5.11m
• 8 Scott Greenman FR Sioux Falls 5.10m
• 9 Dan Novak SR Minnesota State 5.10m
• 10 Jeff Piepenbrink SO Pittsburg St. 5.08m
• 11 Eric Frawley SR Grand Canyon 5.06m
• 12 Caleb Monticalvo SR Cal St. Stanislaus 5.05m
• 13 Luke Arnold JR Western State 5.01m
• 14 Nelson Laskoski JR So. Conn. St. 5.00m
• 15 Lanny Buck SO Kutztown 5.00m
• 16 Jagger Gran FR Sioux Falls 5.00m
• 17 Mark Seeba SO Nebraska-Kearney 5.00m
• 18 Kevin Leland SR Grand Valley St. 4.98m
• 19 Will Haer JR NW Missouri 4.97m
• 20 Clint Rosser JR UC San Diego 4.97m
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North Carolina A&T State -Greensboro, NC  – 5/23/2013 to 5/25/2013

Flight 1  Prelims
1    386 Ian Rock                      SO Duke                  5.00m
2    291 Cory Duggan                   JR Connecticut           5.15m
3    328 Steven Pawlak                 SO Cornell               4.95m
4   1045 Derik Peterman                SR Michigan Sta          5.08m
5    378 Curtis Beach                  JR Duke                  5.10m
6   1468 Connor Smith                  JR South Alabam          5.03m
7    473 Jared Watkins                 FR Florida               5.00m
8   1044 James Nixon                   SR Michigan Sta          5.11m
9    674 Derek Messmer                 SR Indiana               5.01m
10    956 Austin Crenshaw               JR Memphis               5.08m
11   1445 Owen Wagoner                  JR Samford               5.05m
12    954 Nate Arnold                   SR Memphis               4.98m
13   1562 Tyler Porter                  JR Tennessee             5.31m
14    670 Scott Houston                 SR Indiana               5.06m
15    329 Peter Roach                   JR Cornell               5.10m
16   1553 Chase Brannon                 JR Tennessee             5.41m
17    960 Pauls Pujats                  SO Memphis               5.18m
18    762 Jesse Oxley                   FR Kent State            5.10m
19   1436 Chris Wyckoff                 JR Rutgers               5.15m
20   1552 Jake Blankenship              FR Tennessee             5.61m
21   1466 Nick Farrell                  JR South Alabam          4.95m
22   1043 Cliff Miller                  SR Michigan Sta          5.10m
23    375 Justin Amezquita              JR Duke                  5.21m
24   1764 Austin Vegas                  FR William and           5.01m
Flight 2  Prelims
1     24 Shawn Barber                  FR Akron                 5.71m
2    607 Aaron Unterberger             SR Georgia Tech          5.35m
3     33 Joseph Wesley                 SR Akron                 5.25m
4     70 Alfonso Scannapieco           JR Albany                5.35m Continue reading →

North Carolina A&T State -Greensboro, NC  – 5/23/2013 to 5/25/2013

1    487 Hannah Acton                  FR Florida Stat          3.92m
2     22 Alexandra Wood                SR Akron                 3.91m
3    765 Michelle Canterna             SO Kentucky              3.96m
4    947 Clara Amat-Fernandez          FR Memphis               3.95m
5     88 Jessie Johnson                FR Auburn                4.10m
6    211 Caroline Bond                 SO Clemson               3.92m
7   1456 Brittany Phantz               SR SE Louisiana          3.95m
8    531 Jasmine Moser                 FR George Mason          3.96m
9   1355 Tory Worthen                  SR Princeton             3.91m
10   1440 Ashley Cope                   JR Samford               3.92m
11   1584 Merrit Van Meter              SO Tulane                4.11m
12     15 Chelsey Detwiler              SR Akron                 4.01m
13    215 Christy Gasparino             SO Clemson               4.00m
14    879 Lacey Sanchez                 SR LSU                   4.01m
15   1545 Linda Hadfield                JR Tennessee             4.00m
16    950 Sabrina Hochreuther           SO Memphis               3.92m
17     18 Claire Lucas                  SO Akron                 3.92m
18    301 Claire Dishong                SR Cornell               3.97m
19     10 Ariane Beaumont-Courteau      JR Akron                 4.11m
20   1543 Erin Champion                 SO Tennessee             4.00m
21    142 Kelly Truppo                  SO Buffalo               3.91m
22   1583 Joanna Lapucha                JR Tulane                3.92m
23   1660 Alexandra Wasik               SO Villanova             3.91m
24    222 Lauren Terstappen             JR Clemson               4.12m
Flight 2  Prelims
1   1685 Leigh Allin                   JR Virginia Tec          3.90m
2   1738 Karleigh Parker               SO Western Kent          4.05m
3     41 Alexis Paine                  SR Alabama               4.45m
4    204 Alyssa McBride                FR Cincinnati            4.00m
5   1161 Cameron Overstreet            SO North Caroli          4.10m Continue reading →

University of Texas -Austin – 5/23/2013 to 5/25/2013

1  John Prader                   SR Cal Poly              5.67mD
2  Andrew Irwin                  SO Arkansas              5.65mD
3  Cale Simmons                  SR Air Force             5.61mD
4  Jack Whitt                    SR Oral Roberts          5.61mD
5  Joey Uhle                     SO Air Force             5.51mD
6  Victor Weirich                SR BYU                   5.51mD
7  Colton Ross                   JR Stephen F. A          5.51mD
8  Kyle Wait                     JR Kansas State          5.51mD
9  Rob Simmons                   SR Air Force             5.50mD
10  Michael Woepse                JR UCLA                  5.46mD
11  Chris Pillow                  SO Rice                  5.41mD
12  Chase Wolfle                  FR Texas A&M             5.41mD
13  Michael Arnold                SR Idaho State           5.41mD
14  Dustin Gehrke                 SR Oral Roberts          5.40mD
15  Jax Thoirs                    FR Washington            5.40mD
16  Logan Cunningham              SR Texas State           5.37mD
17  Kyal Meyers                   JR Texas Tech            5.36mD
18  Jeremy Klas                   SR Idaho                 5.36mD
19  Derick Hinch                  JR Arizona Stat          5.35mD
20  Reese Watson                  FR Texas                 5.31mD
21  Zach Siegmeier                JR Minnesota             5.31mD
22  Matt Sullivan                 SO Idaho                 5.31mD
23  Michael Viken                 JR Eastern Illi          5.30mD
24  Matthew Bane                  SO Illinois              5.30mD
25  Ethan Ostrom                  SR UC Davis              5.27mD
26  Chris Williams                FR Washington            5.26mD
27  Casey Wicker                  JR Texas                 5.25mD
28  Alex Bishop                   JR Kansas                5.22mD
29  Mark Thomas                   JR Texas                 5.21mD
30  Braydon Bringhurst            SO BYU                   5.21mD Continue reading →

University of Texas -Austin  – 5/23/2013 to 5/25/2013

1  Bethany Buell                 JR South Dakota          4.46mD
2  Natalia Bartnovskaya          JR Kansas                4.45mD
3  Kaitlin Petrillose            FR Texas                 4.36mD
4  Jade Riebold                  JR Eastern Illi          4.35mD
5  Allison Koressel              SR UCLA                  4.31mD
6  Christen Guenther             SR Kansas                4.31mD
7  Stephanie Richartz            JR Illinois              4.31mD
8  Kristen Brown                 SO San Diego St          4.27mD
9  Leslie Brost                  SR North Dakota          4.27mD
10  Emily Grove                   SO South Dakota          4.27mD
11  Stephanie Foreman             SR Arkansas Sta          4.17mD
12  Natasha Masterson             SR Texas                 4.16mD
13  Sammie Clark                  JR Oregon                4.12mD
14  Hunter Wilkes                 FR South Dakota          4.11mD
15  Danielle Nowell               JR Arkansas              4.11mD
16  Katrine Haarklau              SO Missouri              4.10mD
17  Logan Miller                  SR Washington            4.10mD
18  Madison Mills                 FR South Dakota          4.10mD
19  Heather Arseneau              JR Arizona Stat          4.09mD
20  Kristine Felix                FR Washington S          4.07mD
21  Kristina Owsinski             FR Washington            4.07mD
22  Mckenzie Johnson              FR Rice                  4.06mD
23  Natasha Kolbo                 SR UCLA                  4.06mD
24  Amber Menke                   SR New Mexico            4.05mD
25  Keisa Monterola               SR Eastern Wash          4.05mD
26  Tiana Webberley               JR Cal St. Nort          4.05mD
27  Emily Bush                    SR UC Davis              4.05mD
28  Caitlin Maulin                JR Idaho State           4.02mD
29  Klaudia Rokossa               SR Utah                  4.01mD
30  Rachel Fisher                 JR BYU                   4.01mD Continue reading →

Abbey Aide understands the precarious nature of pole vaulting. A week after breaking her own Minot State University record in the event by clearing 12 feet, 6.25 inches, Aide failed to complete a successful vault in three attempts at the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference Outdoor Championships on May 10 and recorded her first “no height” of the season. The junior from Bottineau will look to put that disappointment behind her Thursday in Pueblo, Colo., when she becomes the first MSU athlete to compete in the NCAA Division II Outdoor Track and Field Championship. That was too bad, but you gotta put it aside and focus, have good practices and just move on,” Aide said. “You can’t keep thinking, ‘What if I no height?’ Because it might happen again. If it happens, it happens, but you’ve gotta think more positive and go in there with a better attitude.” Since the NSIC meet, Aide has spent time training with her father, Mark, in Bottineau and doing light workouts at the MSU Dome. She said she hopes to clear 13 feet, a mark she considers both realistic and high enough to put her in the top eight, which is the cut-off for All-American status. Aide’s school record is the 11th-highest vault in Division II this season. MSU coach Stu Melby agreed that 13 feet is an attainable goal for Aide and believes it could be more than enough to put her in the top eight. Ashland (Ohio) senior Katie Nageotte enters the meet with the highest mark of the season at 14-06.75 and six others have cleared 13 feet, but Melby said only one pole vaulter at the 2012 nationals improved on her qualifying mark. “It’s a tough event and a lot of things can go on and some people may be able to deal with things that go on better than others,” Melby said. “It’s a matter of just inches that could separate eighth and 12th or eighth and 16th. It’s a fun event. It’s a very challenging event. You never know what happens, you just gotta be ready to do your best.” Aide’s best could give her family bragging rights. Abbey is still chasing the 12-11.75 mark of her sister, Kelsey, who was a four-time NAIA national champion at Dickinson State. But Abbey knows in the event of pole vaulting, nothing is guaranteed. “You could either come home All-American and beat your sister, or you can come home with a ‘no height,’ ” she said. “It happens, but hopefully it doesn’t happen with me.” more

Lacy Harris always has jumped with the big girls.  As she soars higher, the Colorado State University-Pueblo sophomore finds herself in the company of the NCAA Division II pole vaulting elite. Harris finds out Thursday how high she can go when she takes on the top D-II women vaulters on opening day of the NCAA’s small-college national outdoor track and field championships being held at the Neta & Eddie DeRose ThunderBowl. Harris ranks 10th heading into the three-day competition, which will draw nearly 900 athletes and coaches from across the U.S. She secured her berth to the national meet with a 12-foot, 6-inch vault two weeks ago at the RMAC championships. more

Men Pole Vault
1  Josh Winder                   SR North Centra          5.20mD
2  Bryan Klister                 SO Wis.-La Cros          5.11mD
3  Dylan Bilka                   SO PSU-Behrend           5.05mD
4  Jake Dickmann                 SR Wis.-Oshkosh          4.92mD
5  Chas Spangenberg              SR Wis.-Plattev          4.92mD
6  Josh Owens                    SR Gustavus Ado          4.92mD
7  Chibron Tomeo                 SR Whitworth             4.92mD
8  Rob Rohe                      JR Wis.-La Cros          4.92mD
9  Bryan Artmann                 SR Redlands              4.91mD
10  Zach Ferrara                  SR Brockport St          4.91mD
11  Aaric Milligan                SR Otterbein             4.91mD
12  Ben Wolhaupter                JR Coast Guard           4.85mD
13  Chase Addy                    SR Muskingum             4.85mD
14  Matt Knox                     SR Wabash                4.83mD
15  Cory Colbath                  SR Redlands              4.83mD
16  Frank Wleklinski              SR North Centra          4.83mD
17  Jeffery Hill                  SO Wis.-La Cros          4.82mD
18  Collin Crowson                SR Rose-Hulman           4.82mD
19  Thomas Gauger                 SR Westfield St          4.81mD
20  Michael Bennett               FR U. of Chicag          4.81mD

Women Pole Vault
1  Michelle Favre                SR Ramapo                4.10mD
2  Anna Etherington              JR Washington U          4.02mD
3  Elizabeth Composto            SO North Centra          3.98mD
4  Marissa Kalsey                FR Westminster           3.97mD
5  Lauren Kuntz                  SR MIT                   3.95mD
6  Andrea Krueger                JR Wis.-Stout            3.82mD
7  Jenna Adams                   JR Williams              3.81mD
8  Allyson Voss                  SR Gustavus Ado          3.80mD
9  Melanie Pilon                 JR Wis.-Whitewa          3.76mD
10  Taylor Bernhard               SO La Verne              3.72mD
11  Meaghan Howell                FR Wis.-La Cros          3.72mD
12  Katie Yeager                  JR La Verne              3.72mD
13  Taelar Hillyer                JR Augustana (I          3.71mD
14  Hailey Kester                 SO Moravian              3.71mD
15  Kierstie Shellman             FR Whitworth             3.71mD
16  Melissa Fellenbaum            SR Alvernia              3.70mD
17  Sarah Bechtel                 JR Ohio Wesleya          3.70mD
18  Cimran Virdi                  FR MIT                   3.69mD
19  Emily Shipley                 FR Ramapo                3.68mD
20  Claire Simons                 SO Washington U          3.68mD
21  Erin Silva                    SO Bowdoin               3.65mD
22  Morgan Ryan                   JR Monmouth (Il          3.61mD

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Penn State Behrend pole vault specialist Dylan  Bilka (Seneca Valley) was selected for an honorable mention NCAA Division  III male athlete of the week by the United States Track and Field and Cross  Country Association. Bilka was honored by the USTFCCCA for breaking the  school record at the Allegheny Gator Invitational. Despite facing adverse  weather conditions, Bilka cleared 5.05 meters (16-63⁄4 feet) to take first place  in the event, which included the 2013 NCAA Indoor champion. It also was the  third-best height in D-III track this season.

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SAN MARCOS, CA — Become a better pole vaulter? Yeah, there’s an app for that. This is no slight of the athleticism or hard work that have helped propel Calah Ayer, a Vista Murrieta graduate and vaulter at Cal State San Marcos, to a spot in the NAIA national championship track meet. But, in discussing the improvements that allowed her to set a personal best twice in a single meet, achieving the qualifying standard for the May 23-25 championships in Marion, Ind., Ayer noted a little high-tech help played a big part. “This year what’s actually helped is technology — the iPad, and the Coach’s Eye app that my coach uses,” said the junior, whose background in gymnastics and as a cheerleader at Vista Murrieta helped steer her to the event. “It’s the first time I’ve been able, after a jump, to sit down and use slo-mo and go through it. …“I’m a physical learner, so once I feel something and I know what it looks like, I’m like, ‘OK, I’m doing that right.’ Before, it was hard because I knew what it was feeling like, but I didn’t know what it looked like. So this year, some of my major improvements have actually come from being able to watch myself.” more

Baylor University will build a new on-campus track and field stadium, a move that will fulfill its goal of having all athletic programs on-site, the university’s board of regents announced 
Friday. The regents voted to approve the $13.6 million project, which will replace the current Hart-
Patterson Track Complex near Floyd Casey Stadium. The track stadium will include a nine-lane track, a new team training building with men’s and women’s locker rooms, stadium seating for up to 5,000 spectators, and a 13,500-square-foot indoor practice facility. The track stadium will be built along the banks of the Brazos River next to the $250 million football stadium currently under 
construction. Both facilities will open at the start of their respective sports seasons during the 2014-15 school year.  more

HOUGHTON, Maine - Jordan Kronshage, a senior at the U.S. Naval Academy, concluded her collegiate track and field career with a top-five finish in the pole vault at the Patriot League meet May 3. Kronshage, a 2009 Calumet High School alumna, cleared 3.57 meters (11 feet, 8 1/2 inches) to earn two points for Navy. Places two through five all topped out at 3.57 but Kronshage landed in fifth on basis of misses. Navy finished second to Bucknell in the meet, held at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pa. The Midshipmen have take one of the top two spots in each of the last 10 Patriot League indoor and outdoor championships. Kronshage graduates from the Naval Academy Friday morning. President Barack Obama will speak at the ceremony, which can be viewed on the Pentagon Channel at 10 a.m. at pentagonchannel.mil. more