Outdoor Season Begins In St. Louis

Meet Results

ST. LOUIS – The Truman Track & Field teams kicked off their outdoor season with a pair of third place team finishes at the site of the 1904 Olympic Games. Jennifer Zweifel and Karen Grauel each turned in NCAA provisional performances as the teams were at the Washington University Mini-Meet at Francis Field.

Zweifel won both the long and triple jumps in the first meet of the spring as she flew 39-03.75 for the third best triple jump in Division II thus far. Taylor Dinyer was second to Zweifel in the event with a mark of 37-05.25. Zweifel won the long jump with a leap of 18-03.25.

Karen Grauel took over 20 seconds off her personal outdoor best in the 5,000 meter run with her second place finish. Grauel ran 17:19.54 to gain a provisional time for the NCAA meet in May. Cindy Grauel also bettered her personal time in the event with a 17:50.67 run and a third place showing.

Two other women started the season with performances better than last year. Anne Ratermann won the 1,500 meter run in a time of 4:40.35 and Rachel McCarroll took the Hammer throw in 148-08. McCarroll was also first in the discus with a mark of 135-11.

Silver medal performances went to Brittany Campbell in the 200 meter run and Becca Nelson in the javelin.

Ryan Peterson won the men's 400 meter dash in a time of 49.48 and placed second with an outdoor best time of 22.49 in the 200 meter run. Peterson also ran the third leg of the men's 4x400 meter relay team that took first in a time of 3:24.69. Peterson was joined on the podium by Dalton Preston, Zach Thomas and Matt Schaefer.

Thomas was second in the 400 meter hurdles (56.64) and third right behind B.J. Smith in the 110 meter hurdles. Smith finished second in a time of 16.28 while Thomas closed the race in 16.34. Smith earlier finished third in the 100 meter dash.

Joey Walls took second in the 1,500 meter run and Mike Dial set a personal best in the 5K with a time of 15:33.69.

Derek Atwood won the shot put (50-02.75) and came in second in the discus (140-08) while Matt Wisniewski also finished second in the hammer throw (139-01).

The men finished with 134 points while the women garnered 133 with both teams finishing in third place behind host Washington University.

The teams will compete on Saturday at the Central College Invitational in Pella, Iowa.

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