(esu) Tanner Raubenstine is in second place after day one of the heptathlon to highlight Emporia State’s action on Friday at the Bearcat Invite hosted by Northwest Missouri State.
Raubenstine had personal bests in two of the four events on Friday. He opened up with a PR to win the 60m and also had a PR to place fifth in the shot put. He also had the best mark of the competition in the long jump. He has 2,922 points after the first four events to sit in second place overall.
Aren Trost is in 13th place after four events.
Clara Eilert scored 3201 points to finish fifth in the women’s pentathlon.
Victoria Pettay finished in 11th place and Kynzie Underwood placed 14th.
The men’s distance medley relay team of Justyn France, Jack Watson, Lucas Shryock, and Rylan Brown ran a season’s best 10:24.14 to place third. They moved into the top ten in the nation as of Friday night.
Matthew Maki placed tenth in the men’s 5000m.
Hannah Showalter placed seventh in the women’s 5000m and Kaitlyn Karjala finished in place ninth.
The women’s distance medley relay team of Jenna Ramsey, Linnea Meier, Makenzie Tucker, and Nora Wheatley finished in 7th place.
Emporia State will continue action in Maryville on Saturday.
