Henigman and Rudy both through to the NCAA Finals

Post by **kmax** » Fri Jun 09, 2006 9:24 am

Haven't seen this posted yet, but so far both Josh Henigman and Elli Rudy have advanced through the Prelims at the NCAA championships and are going to be competing in the finals. Henigman placed 12th in the prelims to grab the last finals qualifying spot on Wednesday and Elli Rudy tied with 16 others at the top height to move on to the finals. Erin Jones Graf is competing in the heptathalon today and tomorrow. Finals for Henigman in the hammer are today at noon and finals for Rudy in the Pole Vault are tomorrow. Results can be found at http://www.flashresults.com/2006_Meets/outdoor/ncaa1/ I believe one article that I saw said there would be some TV coverage of the championships tomorrow, perhaps Rudy or Graf will even get a little air time.

Congrats to these three athletes and entire Track and Field program, an outstanding showing!

Post by **rtb** » Fri Jun 09, 2006 10:23 am

Congrats! Those are all big accomplishments for our athletes! They all represent MSU well.

tetoncat · Post by **tetoncat** » Fri Jun 09, 2006 4:28 pm

Henigman ended up 8th scoring 1 pt. for the BOBCATS. What a great year. I also love seeing the record holder Lance Deal.

Event 19 Men Hammer Throw
=================================================================================
Auto: 67.00 Advance best 12 and ties from qualify to finals
20 minutes warm-up for each flight, 10 minutes before finals.
Advance best 9 plus ties to a reverse order final.
American: 82.52m 9/7/1996 Lance Deal, NYAC
College Best: 82.56m 8/23/1995 Balazs Kiss, USC
NCAA Meet: 80.86m 5/31/1996 Balazs Kiss, USC
Hornet Stad: 78.87m 7/21/2000 Lanca Deal, NYAC
Name Year School Finals Points
=================================================================================
Finals
1 Spyridon Jullien SR Virginia Tech 72.29m 237-02 10
65.38m 69.66m 70.58m FOUL FOUL 72.29m
2 Mattias Jons SR Boise State 71.31m 233-11 8
69.03m 66.21m FOUL FOUL 71.31m 70.99m
3 Nick Owens JR North Carolina 70.02m 229-09 6
67.10m 69.39m 68.16m FOUL 70.02m 68.52m
4 Mohsen Anani FR Virginia Tech 68.35m 224-03 5
68.35m 68.06m FOUL FOUL FOUL FOUL
5 Egor Agafonov SO Kansas 66.82m 219-03 4
66.82m FOUL FOUL FOUL 66.55m FOUL
6 Matej Muza FR Virginia Tech 66.03m 216-08 3
63.55m 64.61m 65.04m 64.16m 66.03m 64.52m
7 Adam Midles SO Southern California 65.87m 216-01 2
64.79m 65.43m 64.11m 64.86m 65.87m 65.41m
8 Josh Henigman SR Montana State 64.29m 210-11 1
62.41m 64.29m 61.81m FOUL 63.33m 63.70m
9 Michael Beerer SR Irvine 63.83m 209-05
FOUL 63.83m 60.71m 59.38m FOUL 60.60m
10 Paul Peulich SO Manhattan 63.63m 208-09
FOUL 60.35m 63.63m
11 Wil Fleming SR Indiana 62.94m 206-06
62.94m FOUL FOUL
12 Martin Bingisser SR Washington 62.83m 206-02
62.83m FOUL FOUL

Post by **kmax** » Fri Jun 09, 2006 4:53 pm

That's AWESOME! Congratulations to him!

Also, Jones-Graf is in 9th after the first days' four events of the heptathalon.

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NCAA Division I 2006 Outdoor                                 
                                  Track & Field Championship                                  
                           Sacramento,  CA  - 6/7/2006 to 6/10/2006                           
                                     Last Completed Event                                     
 
                                       Women Heptathlon                                       
                      Points   100H       HJ       SP      200 Day1       LJ       JT      800
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  1 Jacquelyn Johnson         13.34    1.78m   10.46m    24.44                                
    Arizona State           w: -0.1     5-10    34-04  w: +0.0                                
    SO                  3526 (1074)    (953)    (560)    (939) 3526      (0)      (0)      (0)
                        ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  2 Tracy Partain             13.69    1.75m   11.63m    24.43                                
    Missouri State          w: -0.1  5-08.75    38-02  w: +0.0                                
    SR                  3516 (1023)    (916)    (637)    (940) 3516      (0)      (0)      (0)
                        ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  3 Julie J Pickler           14.20    1.72m   12.68m    24.68                                
    Washington State        w: -0.1  5-07.75 41-07.25  w: +0.0                                
    JR                  3451  (950)    (879)    (706)    (916) 3451      (0)      (0)      (0)
                        ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  3 Diana D Pickler           14.46    1.78m   11.58m    24.31                                
    Washington State        w: -0.1     5-10    38-00  w: +0.0                                
    JR                  3451  (914)    (953)    (633)    (951) 3451      (0)      (0)      (0)
                        ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  5 Elizabeth Roehrig         14.38    1.72m   12.95m    24.76                                
    Minnesota               w: -0.5  5-07.75    42-06  w: -0.8                                
    SO                  3437  (925)    (879)    (724)    (909) 3437      (0)      (0)      (0)
                        ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  6 Lauryn Jordan             14.25    1.69m   12.08m    24.79                                
    Oregon                  w: -0.7   5-06.5 39-07.75  w: +0.0                                
    SR                  3357  (943)    (842)    (666)    (906) 3357      (0)      (0)      (0)
                        ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  7 Saskia Triesscheijn       14.30    1.69m   13.36m    26.09                                
    Virginia Tech           w: -0.5   5-06.5    43-10  w: -1.9                                
    SR                  3318  (936)    (842)    (751)    (789) 3318      (0)      (0)      (0)
                        ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  8 Megan Akre                13.87    1.66m   10.14m    24.72                                
    LSU                     w: -0.1  5-05.25 33-03.25  w: +0.0                                
    SR                  3255  (997)    (806)    (539)    (913) 3255      (0)      (0)      (0)
                        ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  9 Erin Jones-Graf           14.15    1.69m   11.83m    26.08                                
    Montana State           w: -0.1   5-06.5 38-09.75  w: -1.9                                
    SR                  3239  (957)    (842)    (650)    (790) 3239      (0)      (0)      (0)
                        ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 10 Lacey Hulbert             14.79    1.72m   11.86m    25.95                                
    Utah State              w: -0.5  5-07.75    38-11  w: -2.4                                
    SR                  3203  (870)    (879)    (652)    (802) 3203      (0)      (0)      (0)
                        ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 11 Jillian Drouin            14.61    1.78m   10.85m    26.36                                
    Syracuse                w: -0.5     5-10 35-07.25  w: -2.4                                
    SO                  3198  (894)    (953)    (585)    (766) 3198      (0)      (0)      (0)
                        ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 12 Sara Jane Baker           14.81    1.75m   11.36m    26.05                                
    Nebraska                 w: 0.9  5-08.75 37-03.25  w: -1.9                                
    SR                  3195  (867)    (916)    (619)    (793) 3195      (0)      (0)      (0)
                        ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 13 Garnetta Holloway         14.82    1.63m   12.00m    24.99                                
    Vanderbilt               w: 0.9  5-04.25  39-04.5  w: -0.8                                
    JR                  3186  (866)    (771)    (661)    (888) 3186      (0)      (0)      (0)
                        ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 14 Katie Lloyd               14.49    1.72m   11.61m    26.56                                
    Colorado State          w: -0.7  5-07.75 38-01.25  w: -1.9                                
    JR                  3173  (910)    (879)    (635)    (749) 3173      (0)      (0)      (0)
                        ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 15 Rachel Easley             14.76    1.69m   12.17m    26.37                                
    Houston                 w: -0.7   5-06.5 39-11.25  w: -2.4                                
    JR                  3153  (874)    (842)    (672)    (765) 3153      (0)      (0)      (0)
                        ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 16 Annett Wichmann           15.24    1.69m   13.94m    27.04                                
    Hawaii-Manoa             w: 0.9   5-06.5    45-09  w: -1.9                                
    FR                  3150  (810)    (842)    (790)    (708) 3150      (0)      (0)      (0)
                        ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 16 Jamie Greubel             14.68    1.66m   11.29m    25.45                                
    Cornell                  w: 0.9  5-05.25  37-00.5  w: -0.8                                
    SR                  3150  (884)    (806)    (614)    (846) 3150      (0)      (0)      (0)
                        ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 18 Gunild Kreb               14.64    1.60m   13.12m    26.37                                
    Virginia Tech            w: 0.9     5-03  43-00.5  w: -1.9                                
    SR                  3126  (890)    (736)    (735)    (765) 3126      (0)      (0)      (0)
                        ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 19 Bettie Wade               16.21    1.75m   12.06m    25.42                                
    Michigan                w: -0.7  5-08.75    39-07  w: -0.8                                
    FR                  3119  (689)    (916)    (665)    (849) 3119      (0)      (0)      (0)
                        ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 20 Buky Bamigboye            14.60    1.63m   10.68m    25.39                                
    Georgetown              w: -0.5  5-04.25  35-00.5  w: -0.8                                
    FR                  3091  (895)    (771)    (574)    (851) 3091      (0)      (0)      (0)
                        ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 21 Sarah Gretzmacher         14.76    1.75m   11.02m    27.14                                
    Georgia                  w: 0.9  5-08.75    36-02  w: -1.9                                
    JR                  3086  (874)    (916)    (596)    (700) 3086      (0)      (0)      (0)
                        ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 22 Crystal Chang             14.84    1.69m   10.68m    26.29                                
    Stephen F. Austin        w: 0.9   5-06.5  35-00.5  w: -2.4                                
    SR                  3051  (863)    (842)    (574)    (772) 3051      (0)      (0)      (0)
                        ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 23 Erica Lynn                14.59    1.63m   10.56m    26.01                                
    Iowa State              w: -0.7  5-04.25 34-07.75  w: -2.4                                
    SR                  3030  (897)    (771)    (566)    (796) 3030      (0)      (0)      (0)
                        ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 24 Kalindra McFadden         14.69    1.54m   11.70m    25.66                                
    Oregon                  w: -0.5   5-00.5 38-04.75  w: -0.8                                
    FR                  3017  (883)    (666)    (641)    (827) 3017      (0)      (0)      (0)
                        ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 25 Kasey Hill                14.81    1.57m   11.51m    25.89                                
    Boston College          w: -0.1  5-01.75 37-09.25  w: -0.8                                
    JR                  3004  (867)    (701)    (629)    (807) 3004      (0)      (0)      (0)

                        ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 25 Ashley Reyer              14.78    1.66m   10.11m    26.08                                
    Southern Mississipp     w: -0.5  5-05.25    33-02  w: -2.4                                
    JR                  3004  (871)    (806)    (537)    (790) 3004      (0)      (0)      (0)
                        ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 27 Shevell Quinley           14.93    1.54m    8.56m    24.48                                
    Arizona                 w: -0.7   5-00.5    28-01  w: +0.0                                
    FR                  2888  (851)    (666)    (436)    (935) 2888      (0)      (0)      (0)
                        ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 28 Jennifer McCoy            14.41    1.54m     FOUL    26.76                                
    Ball State              w: -0.7   5-00.5           w: -2.4                                
    SR                  2319  (921)    (666)      (0)    (732) 2319      (0)      (0)      (0)
                        ----------------------------------------------------------------------

GOKATS · Post by **GOKATS** » Fri Jun 09, 2006 8:33 pm

Congrats to Josh! Great performance!!

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Montana State senior Josh Henigman capped a
tumultuous senior season on Friday by achieving his dream, capturing
All-America honors in the hammer throw at the 2006 NCAA Outdoor Track and
Field Championships in Sacramento.
Henigman's toss of 210-11 on his second throw was just inches from
his school record mark of 211-3 set two weeks ago at the NCAA Midwest
Regional Championships, and stood up for eighth place at the NCAA meet.
"Josh had a really strong performance," said MSU coach Dale Kennedy.
"Each of his throws were solid. This is a great way for him to finish his
career, and we couldn't be more thrilled for him."
By garnering All-America honors, Henigman, a senior from Bridger,
became Montana State's 11th All-American, and the first since Lyle Weese in
2002. He also became the third Bobcat thrower to earn elite honors, joining
Olympian Lance Deal in 1984 and Ken Christison in 1963, but only the second
man in Big Sky history to earn All-America honors in the hammer (joining
Nevada's Kim Johansson, who finished seventh in 1991). His 210-foot throw is
the best ever by a Big Sky hammer thrower.
Two other Bobcats chase All-America status on Saturday. Erin
Jones-Graf finished the first day of the heptathlon competition with 3,239
points, 13 points more than her previous best first-day total and in ninth
place. She posted the first-day PR on the strength of multi-event personal
bests in the shot put (38-9.75) and high jump (5-6.5).
"Everything's going better than I could have hoped," the Harlowton
senior said. "The shot put, I just really worked on that and figured it out
the last three weeks. I want to stay calm and relaxed (heading into
Saturday's second day of competition), but stay focused. I can get antsy
pretty easy. If I get too focused things don't go as well, so I need to
force myself to relax and just try to have fun."
Sophomore pole vaulter Ellie Rudy also competes on Saturday. The
Woodland Park, Colo., product stands 12th out of 16 after one round of
competition. "Ellie had some good looks (on Thursday)," Kennedy said. "I
think she's ready to have a good, solid day on Saturday."

-msu-

cat_thrower · Post by **cat_thrower** » Sat Jun 10, 2006 10:42 am

Josh's All-American status was the biggest goal he had for this year. Pretty cool after all he went through, his mono and breaking his wrist.

I saw some of the championships on CSTV last night, and he was on there. Also, CBS will have the championships on this afternoon at 1:30.

GOKATS · Post by **GOKATS** » Sat Jun 10, 2006 7:13 pm

There should be something coming from MSU, but from what I can get Ellie Rudy tied for 6th in the pole vault and Erin Jones Graf finished 9th in the heptathlon.

Great job all around by these three MSU athletes!!

Cat Grad · Post by **Cat Grad** » Sat Jun 10, 2006 9:32 pm

http://www.msubobcats.com/news.php?sid=h&nid=1530

Good job.

Post by **rtb** » Sat Jun 10, 2006 11:01 pm

Very impressive performances by three amazing athletes! On a side note I noticed that Kalindra McFadden from Bozeman/Belgrade competed in the Heptathalon as a Red Shirt Freshman for the U of Oregon. Also very impressive!

mchammer · Post by **mchammer** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 2:20 pm

What a great experience this was. All three athletes performed very well and achieved all-american in Div I. These three bring out total to 17 DI all-americans in cross country and track and field. That's three more plaques for the wall. Josh was the third American in the hammer. Six of the 12 finalists were foreign. Ellie had to vault 13' 5" just to make it into the finals. Erin was completely focused and set three lifetime bests, with two other near-lifetime bests, and broke her own school record again. Coach Eitel did a great job of preparing Ellie and Erin, and coaching them through the Championships. He is a very good coach, and very humble about what he does.
A hammer handle broke during the men's hammer and sent the hammer zipping under the net along the ground and into the stands at about 30 mph. One guy raised his feet just in time. I've never seen that before. Neither had Lance Deal, now coaching for Oregon. Three of his women achieved all-american in the throws. It's good to be back.

Mike Carignan

Post by **rtb** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 2:56 pm

mchammer wrote:What a great experience this was. All three athletes performed very well and achieved all-american in Div I. These three bring out total to 17 DI all-americans in cross country and track and field. That's three more plaques for the wall. Josh was the third American in the hammer. Six of the 12 finalists were foreign. Ellie had to vault 13' 5" just to make it into the finals. Erin was completely focused and set three lifetime bests, with two other near-lifetime bests, and broke her own school record again. Coach Eitel did a great job of preparing Ellie and Erin, and coaching them through the Championships. He is a very good coach, and very humble about what he does.
A hammer handle broke during the men's hammer and sent the hammer zipping under the net along the ground and into the stands at about 30 mph. One guy raised his feet just in time. I've never seen that before. Neither had Lance Deal, now coaching for Oregon. Three of his women achieved all-american in the throws. It's good to be back.

Mike Carignan

A big congrats to the athletes and to you Mike! Your coaching deserves credit as well! Will anyone be participating in Indy next weekend?

mchammer · Post by **mchammer** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 10:32 pm

No one's going to Indy. Josh needed 212 to provisionally qualify, and 218 to auto qualify. He had already decided not to go anyhow, and will have his wrist repaired on the 22nd. I'm sure that Erin isn't going, and I don't think Ellie met the standard. I'm not positive about that.

There were some tense moments at Sacramento. Josh beat 5 men with better marks than him to make the top 12. Their season bests were 220, 219, 218, and about 216 ish for the other two. Then he threw better (210' 11") in the finals, beating four that qualified better. 8th place from 17th seed is very good. He was similar in the discus last year, 14th from 24th. Erin was also seeded 17th but took ninth. With only one foreign athlete ahead of her she needed 9th to achieve her dream, all-american. She and coach Eitel really knew what the field could do, and what she had to do. She drew a headwind in her 200 heat, while others ran with no wind. It's clearly unfair, but that's the way it goes. She stayed positive and focused, and very tough. Chasing her through the 800, the final event, was a woman that knew that she would be all-american if she could stay within one second of Erin. She ran two seconds better than her best, a 2:21, but Erin also ran a personal best, a 2:19. With all of the competitors (27) and variables it was just that close. Erin fought with all of her might through that 800.
So two Montana Class C athletes achieved something great for MSU, and became Bobcat legends. Josh will keep throwing. Ellie will be a soph indoors in '07, and a junior outdoors. She will no doubt improve on her best of 13' 7.75" in the vault. It's going to be exciting watching her.

WolfPtCat · Post by **WolfPtCat** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 12:46 pm

Congratulations to all the coaches and athletes!! Three All-americans in 2006, that is almost unbelievable. Let me try and put this in football or basketball terms for some of the members of this board. Achieving NCAA All-American in outdoor track and field would roughly be the individual football equivalent of being drafted (rounds 1-8, not free agent signing) for the NFL. Having three All-Americans is the basketball team equivalent to winning an opening round NCAA game.

Three All-Americans in the same year is spectacular and should go a long ways in bringing in the best recruits/athletes from inside and outside the state(ND, SD, ID, WY, etc). I heard on the radio here in Wyoming that the Cats have already signed the best hurdler (State Champion in 110's and 300's at the highest classification) in the state of Wyoming this year.

Special congrats go out to Tom Eitel, who coached two of these athletes (Rudy and Jones). Bobcat Track & Field once again shows that it is one of the shiniest jewels in the crown that is MSU Athletics.

MSU01 · Post by **MSU01** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 9:43 pm

Just wanted to add my congratulations to Josh, Ellie, Erin, and the coaching staff...to have three All-Americans in the same year at MSU is nothing short of amazing!

bozbobcat · Post by **bozbobcat** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 9:47 pm

Congratulations to these three outstanding people! To have three athletes from MSU make all-America honors is an incredible accomplishment for track and most importantly, for these wonderful people. MSU Track does things right and Rudy, Jones-Graf, and Henigman are the three finest examples you can provide. Congratulations again!

longhorn_22 · Post by **longhorn_22** » Tue Jun 13, 2006 12:51 am

I'm going to change it up a little.

MAZEL TOV!!!

CARDIAC_CATS · Post by **CARDIAC_CATS** » Tue Jun 13, 2006 8:12 am

WolfPtCat wrote:Congratulations to all the coaches and athletes!! Three All-americans in 2006, that is almost unbelievable. Let me try and put this in football or basketball terms for some of the members of this board. Achieving NCAA All-American in outdoor track and field would roughly be the individual football equivalent of being drafted (rounds 1-8, not free agent signing) for the NFL. Having three All-Americans is the basketball team equivalent to winning an opening round NCAA game.

Three All-Americans in the same year is spectacular and should go a long ways in bringing in the best recruits/athletes from inside and outside the state(ND, SD, ID, WY, etc). I heard on the radio here in Wyoming that the Cats have already signed the best hurdler (State Champion in 110's and 300's at the highest classification) in the state of Wyoming this year.

Special congrats go out to Tom Eitel, who coached two of these athletes (Rudy and Jones). Bobcat Track & Field once again shows that it is one of the shiniest jewels in the crown that is MSU Athletics.

Exellent comparisons! Way to go Cats! It is a remarkeable accomplishment/victory for MSU track!