Action News 22

Mike Stetson
mstetson@idahopress.com
Sunday, February 7th, 2010

NAMPA — Northwest Nazarene’s Ashley Rendahl admits racing for 20 minutes Saturday did prove to be tough, but she also wouldn’t have missed the opportunity.

After running the 3,000 meters on Friday night, then the mile earlier in the day Saturday at the United Heritage Invitational indoor track meet at the Idaho Center’s Jacksons Track, Rendahl was planning to skip the 5,000 when some behind the scenes conversations took place.

NNU distance coach Ben Gall was asked by Nevada’s coach if Rendahl would run as the Wolf Pack’s Tara Dines would be running her first indoor 5K alone.

So, the Crusader junior ran, clocking a time of 19:42, nearly breaking the school record of 19:36.8.

“I was just happy I was able to run all my races,” Rendahl said, adding that she and Dines devised a plan for their 5K duel, to each take turns leading for two laps each.

Of course, Rendahl added that it was tough running 20 minutes with only one other person in front of a few hundred other athletes, family and friends, “but I just block all that out and just listen to my mom and my coach,” Rendahl said. “I can pick their voices out pretty easy.”

Rendahl’s extra effort and unselfish act helped Dines clock a 19:28.40 for the win. During the rest of the weekend, Rendahl added a ninth in the mile in 5:38.66 and was sixth in the 3K on Friday night in 11:11.63.

Even more lonely

NNU freshman Tim Steiglitz didn’t have the luxury of a second runner in the 60-meter hurdles, but it didn’t matter.

Steiglitz ran a personal best time of 9.03 seconds, racing alone after three others scratched.

“As a freshman I think it’s probably extremely tough at a college meet, everybody else scratched, so he was the sole survivor,” NNU coach John Spatz said. “The last guy on the ‘Lost’ show or something, so it was really good. …That’s kind of gutsy on his part to go out there and potential you could not do great but he did, he ran really great.”

First win

Boise State redshirt freshman Racquel Jones had plenty of competition, and beat them all, winning the 60-meter dash in 7.88 seconds.

“I kinda have been in the back but this week I kinda came out,” she said, adding of her first indoor collegiate win, “it was nice, I liked it.”

She added seconds in the 200 in 25.39, and long jump (18-7) though she adds her times weren’t as fast as she wanted.

“I’m starting to get my confidence back and I decided to just go for it,” she said.

United Heritage Invitational

1, Racquel Jones, BSU, 7.88. 2, Kelsey Bolden, UCSB, 7.94. 3, Paige Olivetti, UNA, 7.97. 4, Gina Deckard, Nevada, 8.02. 5, Melissa Grammer, NNU, 8.13. 6, Jackae Bridges, Nevada, 8.14. 9, Christabel Leonce, NNU, 8.31. 10, Cherise Dixon, UCSB, 8.34. 11, Katelyn Choukalos, Nevada, 8.41. 12, Molly Reid, NNU, 8.43. 12, Christa Brediger, NNU, 8.43. 14, Andrea Wilson, UNA, 8.45. 15, Veronica Gines, UCSB, 8.48. 16, Alexa Anderson, Nevada, 8.49. 17, Megan Azevedo, TVCC, 8.60. 18, Sarah Franje, Dordt, 8.69. 19, Jessica Case, NNU, 8.70. 20, Amy Ciaccio, NNU, 8.85. 21, Danielle Bickford, NNU, 8.93. 21, Molly Tipton, NNU, 8.93.

1, Kellie Schueler, Summit Track, 25.31. 2, Racquel Jones, BSU, 25.39. 3, Jackae Bridges, Nevada, 25.49. 4, Cristina Hibbert, Nevada, 25.59. 5, Taryn Campos, BSU, 25.63. 6, Kelsey Bolden, UCSB, 25.65. 7, Jennifer Carey, UCSB, 25.74. 8, Paige Olivetti, UNA, 25.75. 9, Gina Deckard, Nevada, 25.87. 10, Joi Glass, BSU, 26.23. 11, Megan Olivetti, UNA, 26.32. 12, Sheneice Vargas, UCSB, 26.35. 12, Marjani Maldonado, BSU, 26.35. 14, Cherelle McMillon, UCSB, 26.43. 15, Tajanee Simmons, BSU, 26.45. 16, Melissa Grammer, NNU, 26.56. 17, Andrea Wilson, UNA, 26.94. 18, Regal Minyard, Nevada, 27.06. 19, Deirdre Pettigrue, Nevada, 27.13. 20, Christabel Leonce, NNU, 27.25. 21, Lacy Hopkins, BSU, 27.58. 22, Monisha Davis, BSU, 27.61. 23, Shanna Rippy, NNU, 27.62. 24, Christa Brediger, NNU, 27.64. 25, Erica Hill, BSU, 27.74. 25, Amy Ciaccio, NNU, 27.74. 27, Sam Alderman, BSU, 28.16. 28, Paige Orcutt, BSU, 28.43. 29, Chrystal Moore, BSU, 28.59. 30, Jessica Case, NNU, 29.39. 31, Sarah Franje, Dordt, 29.53. 32, Danielle Bickford, NNU, 29.71.

1, Angel Perkins, UNA, 55.86. 2, Cristina Hibbert, Nevada, 56.88. 3, Joi Glass, BSU, 58.72. 4, Sheneice Vargas, UCSB, 58.99. 5, Cherelle McMillon, UCSB, 59.24. 6, Jennifer Carey, UCSB, 1:00.02. 7, Olivia Morgan, Nevada, 1:00.20. 8, Elisa Decker, NNU, 1:00.77. 9, Erica Hill, BSU, 1:01.75. 10, Lacy Hopkins, BSU, 1:02.07. 11, Paige Orcutt, BSU, 1:02.22. 12, Regal Minyard, Nevada, 1:02.35. 13, Amy Ciaccio, NNU, 1:03.01. 14, Shanna Rippy, NNU, 1:03.02. 15, Latoya Tidwell, NNU, 1:03.82. 16, Chrystal Moore, BSU, 1:03.95. 17, Melissa Grammer, NNU, 1:04.02. 18, Auna Charlton, TVCC, 1:05.02. 19, Christa Brediger, NNU, 1:05.28. 20, Sam Alderman, BSU, 1:05.38. 21, Laura Pridgen, NNU, 1:05.90.

1, Ashley Puga, UNA, 2:12.04. 2, Christy Works, Nevada, 2:15.51. 3, Michelle Phillips, NNU, 2:16.89. 4, Jaclyn Puga, NNU, 2:16.94. 5, Christine Harwood, NNU, 2:19.30. 6, Jenifer McEntire, Nevada, 2:21.01. 7, Mandy Russ, Nevada, 2:22.14. 8, Shannon Porter, TVCC, 2:23.08. 9, Jamie Knapp, BSU, 2:26.24. 10, Carly Gerard, BSU, 2:29.12. 11, Piper Delaney, BSU, 2:29.39. 12, Shea Hanson, BSU, 2:29.55. 13, Meagan Swenson, NNU, 2:29.96. 14, Chelsea Layne, NNU, 2:30.90.

1, Shannon Porter, TVCC, 5:08.82. 2, Mandy Russ, Nevada, 5:12.27. 3, Piper Delaney, BSU, 5:17.95. 4, Shea Hanson, BSU, 5:18.48. 5, Carly Gerard, BSU, 5:18.72. 6, Jordan Powell, NNU, 5:21.01. 7, Alma Janet Martinez, Nevada, 5:24.15. 8, Alexandria Bell, BSU, 5:32.41. 9, Ashley Rendahl, NNU, 5:38.66. 10, Breanne Whitlock, BSU, 5:41.07. 11, Brittnee Sanchez, BSU, 5:42.48. 12, Kalyn Kenney, Nevada, 5:42.55. 13, Kristi Pace, BSU, 5:47.80.

1, Alma Janet Martinez, Nevada, 10:19.33. 2, Jordan Powell, NNU, 10:26.90. 3, Christine Olen, YMCA Team Id, 10:38.69. 4, Gloria Sosa, Nevada, 10:59.56. 5, Melody Braden, BSU, 11:09.86. 6, Ashley Rendahl, NNU, 11:11.63.

1, Tara Dines, Nevada, 19:28.40. 2, Ashley Rendahl, NNU, 19:42.48.

1, Gina Deckard, Nevada, 8.67. 2, Cristina Hibbert, Nevada, 8.89. 3, Megan Olivetti, UNA, 8.90. 4, Marjani Maldonado, BSU, 9.06. 5, Monisha Davis, BSU, 9.16. 6, Tajanee Simmons, BSU, 9.29. 7, Cherise Dixon, UCSB, 9.33. 8, Jessica Bragg, UCSB, 9.64. 9, Jennifer Boswell, Nevada, 9.80. 10, Jill Bennett, NNU, 10.01. 11, Veronica Gines, UCSB, 10.18. 12, Tayler Williams, UCSB, 10.18. 13, Laura Pridgen, NNU, 10.32. 14, Alexa Anderson, Nevada, 10.46. 15, Stephanie Hugus, NNU, 10.92. 16, Katelyn Choukalos, Nevada, 11.03.

1, Nevada (Gina Deckard, Christy Works, Jackae Bridges, Cristina Hibbert , 3:56.12. 2, UC Santa Barbara ‘A’ (Sheneice Vargas, Cherelle McMillon, Kelsey Bolden, Jennifer Carey, 3:58.90. 3, UC Santa Barbara ‘B’ (Jessica Bragg, Cherise Dixon, Maureen Ajoku, Jane Doolittle, 4:13.80.

Distance medley relay

1, Northwest Nazarene (Michelle Phillips, Elisa Decker, Christine Harwood, Jaclyn Puga, 12:18.50. 2, College of Idaho (Colleen Smith, Ashley Miller, Maggie Miller, Molli Lee-Painter, 12:31.47. 3, Nevada (Jenifer McEntire, Olivia Morgan, Kalyn Kenney, Gloria Sosa, 13:05.44.

1, Helena Montin, UCSB, 5-08. 2, Cortney Beasley, Nevada, 5-06. 3, Panagiota Louka, UNA, 5-04.25. 4, La Tijera Avery, Nevada, 5-04.25. 5, Zaina Akeh, UCSB, 5-04.25. 6, Maureen Ajoku, UCSB, 5-02.25. 7, Katelyn Choukalos, Nevada, 5-00.25. 8, Jill Bennett, NNU, 4-10.25. 8, Jasmyn Jewitt, NNU, 4-10.25. 10, Beth McLam, NNU, 4-06.25. 10, Alexa Anderson, Nevada, 4-06.25.

1, Heidi Dorling, BSU, 11-11.75. 2, Alicia Echaverria, Nevada, 11-11.75. 3, BreAnna Craig, BSU, 11-05.75. 4, Casey Gray, Nevada, 11-05.75. 5, MJ Usabel, NNU, 10-10. 6, Karina Elzinga, NNU, 10-02. 7, Caitlin Owen, Nevada, 10-02. 8, Amanda Konzal, NNU, 9-06.25. 9, Whitney Adams, BSU, 8-10.25. 10, Ashley Egger, NNU, 8-10.25.

1, Tayler Williams, UCSB, 19-02.75. 2, Racquel Jones, BSU, 18-07. 3, Deborah Amoah, Nevada, 18-04.25. 4, Jackae Bridges, Nevada, 18-03.25. 5, La Tijera Avery, Nevada, 17-11.75. 6, Veronica Gines, UCSB, 17-11.50. 7, Maureen Ajoku, UCSB, 17-11. 8, Alexa Anderson, Nevada, 17-03.50. 9, Katelyn Choukalos, Nevada, 17-02.75. 10, Jasmyn Jewitt, NNU, 16-09.25. 10, Aurelia Houston, Nevada, 16-09.25. 12, Jessica Bragg, UCSB, 16-05.75. 13, Molly Reid, NNU, 16-03.75. 14, Maycee Bekkedahl, NNU, 15-11.50. 15, Jennifer Boswell, Nevada, 15-10.50. 16, Jill Bennett, NNU, 15-09. 17, Laura Vonarx, NNU, 15-07. 18, Annie Larlee, NNU, 14-11.25. 19, Beth McLam, NNU, 12-10.75.

1, Tayler Williams, UCSB, 38-06.75. 2, Aurelia Houston, Nevada, 37-03.25. 3, Ann Noyes, BSU, 37-01.75. 4, Maureen Ajoku, UCSB, 36-07.50. 5, Laura Vonarx, NNU, 35-06. 6, Deborah Amoah, Nevada, 35-01.25. 7, Maycee Bekkedahl, NNU, 35-01. 8, Jasmyn Jewitt, NNU, 35-00.25. 9, Molly Reid, NNU, 35-00.25. 10, Annie Larlee, NNU, 34-01.25.

1, Irene Kujore, UCSB, 47-06.50. 2, Kayla Smith, UCSB, 45-02.25. 3, Jean Lightfoot, UCSB, 44-09. 4, Jaleesa Jeffery, Nevada, 42-07.50. 5, Joy Warrington, NNU, 42-06.75. 6, Barbara Nwaba, UCSB, 41-06.50. 7, Alyssa Osai, BSU, 40-01.50. 8, Nadine Russell, BSU, 38-00.25. 9, Carly Dranginis, NNU, 37-07.25. 10, Rachelle Buck, UNA, 35-07.75. 11, Mele Vaisima, BSU, 35-05.75. 12, Kady Stafford, UNA, 135-02. 13, Jennifer Boswell, Nevada, 35-01. 14, Shayna Shute, NNU, 34-09.75. 15, Katelyn Choukalos, Nevada, 34-02. 16, Alicia Hedrick, NNU, 34-00. 17, Alexa Anderson, Nevada, 33-08. 18, Sasa Kampic, BSU, 33-00.50. 19, Sarah Mattly, NNU, 30-02.75. 20, Ali Rotta, NNU, 29-04.

1, Mele Vaisima, BSU, 57-00. 2, Nadine Russell, BSU, 49-01. 3, Joy Warrington, NNU, 47-03.50. 4, Alyssa Osai, BSU, 45-04.25. 5, Shayna Shute, NNU, 44-11.75. 6, Erika McCarthy, NNU, 44-08.75. 7, Jaleesa Jeffery, Nevada, 44-06.75. 8, Carly Dranginis, NNU, 38-11.75. 9, Bailey Osborn, NNU, 33-01. 10, Alicia Hedrick, NNU, 32-06.25. 11, Sarah Mattly, NNU, 29-10.

1, Eric Capelle, BSU, 7.04. 2, Derek Sepe, NNU, 7.25. 3, Paul Robertson, BSU, 7.27. 4, Cameron Colby, NNU, 7.30. 5, Jeff Daw, BSU, 7.33. 6, Eetu Viitala, BSU, 7.36. 7, Maurus Hope, NNU, 7.38. 8, Ian kilgore, TVCC, 7.39. 9, Jason Lane, UNA, 7.46. 10, Dan Hill, NNU, 7.48. 11, Eric Zwiefelhofer, NNU, 7.54. 12, Robert Goodwin, TVCC, 7.62. 13, Charles Young, 1911 TC, 7.77. 14, Tim Greene, NNU, 7.78. 15, Chase Langmack, UNA, 7.94. 16, Brandon Humble, NNU, 8.07. 17, Stuart Montgomery, NNU, 8.26.

1, Nick Karren, UNA, 21.95. 2, Maurus Hope, NNU, 22.83. 3, Dan Hill, NNU, 23.27. 4, Cameron Colby, NNU, 23.42. 5, Derek Sepe, NNU, 23.55. 6, Jason Lane, UNA, 23.64. 7, Geoff Zath, Summit Track, 23.86. 8, Eric Zwiefelhofer, NNU, 24.62. 9, Charles Young, 1911 TC, 24.72. 10, Brandon Humble, NNU, 25.21. 11, Chase Langmack, UNA, 25.24.

1, Corey Nelson, UNA, 48.53. 2, Dan Hill, NNU, 51.42. 3, Trevor Skidmore, TVCC, 51.55. 4, Derek Sepe, NNU, 51.95. 5, Geoff Zath, Summit Track, 52.69. 6, Tim Steiglitz, NNU, 54.61. 7, Tim Greene, NNU, 56.45. 8, Brandon Humble, NNU, 56.83. 9, Stuart Montgomery, NNU, 57.02. 10, Charles Young, 1911 T.C., 59.89.

1, Dusty Klein, BSU, 1:54.82. 2, Michael Walrath, BSU, 1:55.59. 3, Matthew Moyer, BSU, 1:55.65. 4, Matt Stark, NNU, 1:56.90. 5, Ty Axman, UNA, 1:57.44. 6, Justin Webb, NNU, 1:57.84. 7, Ethan Slight, BSU, 1:58.13. 8, Sawyer Bosch, BSU, 1:58.22. 9, Jeff Howard, BSU, 1:58.55. 10, Kevin Higgs, BSU, 1:58.65. 11, Quinten Hennekam, BSU, 1:59.28. 12, Logan Fredrickson, UNA, 1:59.76. 13, Benard Ngeno, NNU, 2:01.49. 14, Geoff Moore, UNA, 2:02.04. 15, Matt Schmasow, UNA, 2:02.92. 16, Josh Fortin, UNA, 2:03.27. 17, Atcitty Begay, TVCC, 2:03.73. 18, Nick Tatro, UNA, 2:09.49.

1, Kameron Ulmer, UNA, 4:18.73. 2, Zach Wiles, BSU, 4:24.60. 3, Barak Watson, NNU, 4:25.84. 4, Kevin Rosaaen, BSU, 4:26.86. 5, Scott Foley, BSU, 4:36.39. 6, Jesse Baggenstos, NNU, 4:38.86. 7, Matt Rankin, NNU, 4:40.87. 8, Kurt Ward, TVCC, 4:42.06. 9, Cassidy Bigsby, UNA, 4:44.28. 10, Rick Floyd, UNA, 4:47.73. 11, Tyler Towner, UNA, 4:48.16. 12, Neil Bangs, UNA, 4:51.02. 13, Chris Yorges, UNA, 4:51.59. 14, Weston Carmichael, UNA, 4:59.76.

1, DJ Flores, UNA, 8:49.52. 2, Doug Benson, UNA, 8:54.18. 3, Devin White, UNA, 9:16.78. 4, Jesse Baggenstos, NNU, 9:21.07. 5, Matt Rankin, NNU, 9:23.56. 6, Alex Crystal, NNU, 9:51.69. 7, Joe Lovell, NNU, 10:01.99.

1, Steven Yung, TVCC, 16:21.40. 2, Alex Shippy, TVCC, 17:03.86. 3, Israel Shirk, UNA, 17:49.51. 4, Weston Carmichael, UNA, 17:53.59.

1, Tim Steiglitz, NNU, 9.03.

Distance medley relay

1, Boise State ‘B’ (Kevin Higgs, Paul Robertson, Matthew Moyer, Sawyer Bosch) 10:11.86. 2, BSU ‘C’ (Scott Foley, Ethan Slight, Michael Walrath, Jeff Howard) 10:19.77. 3, BSU ‘A’ (Austin Edwards, Jeff Daw, Dusty Klein, Quinten Hennekam) 10:23.23.

1, Jason Lane, UNA, 6-02.25. 2, Stuart Montgomery, NNU, 5-00.50.

1, Robert low, UNA, 17-08.50. 2, Nathan Balcirak, UNA, 14-03.25. 3, Dylan Watts, UNA, 13-09.25. 4, Bruno Bennett, NNU, 13-01.50.

1, Zacharias Arnos, BSU, 24-09.25. 2, Eetu Viitala, BSU, 23-09. 3, Kasen Covington, YMCA Team Id, 23-04.50. 4, Mark Hanson, NNU, 19-05.50. 5, Tim Greene, NNU, 19-04.75. 6, Stuart Montgomery, NNU, 17-08.75.

1, Zacharias Arnos, BSU, 52-06.50. 2, Ryan Grinnell, UNA, 52-01. 3, Kasen Covington, YMCA Team Id, 49-11.75.

1, Grant Miller, UNA, 49-03.75. 2, Jordan Fenters, NNU, 46-00. 3, Kurt Felix, BSU, 42-04. 4, Diego Estrada, NNU, 41-05.75. 5, Steven Piippo, BSU, 40-05.50. 6, Zach Lovell, NNU, 36-04.75. 7, Elmer Williams, NNU, 33-01.

1, Trevor Kraychir, BSU, 64-11.25. 2, Alex Nelson, BSU, 58-10. 3, Grant Miller, UNA, 53-00. 4, Jordan Fenters, NNU, 49-11.75. 5, Diego Estrada, NNU, 39-08.50. 6, Alex Eaton, NNU, 38-11. 7, Elmer Williams, NNU, 38-02.75.

NNU’s Rendahl adds an extra race