Wolf Named Regional Coach of the Year
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Wolf Named Regional Coach of the Year Posted Tuesday, April 6, 2021
(Tuesday, April 6; Sioux Center, Iowa) The 2020 Regional Athletes and Coaches of the Year for the 2020 NAIA Cross Country season were announced Monday, April 5, by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association. Dordt’s Nate Wolf was named the Midwest Region Men’s Coach of the Year.
Wolf is in his sixth season at Dordt and led the Defenders to the GPAC team title in the fall and has the Defenders rated in the top-10 of the nation ahead of the NAIA National Championship Meet held on Friday, April 9 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Jacob Hruska in the high jump with his national leading clearance of 2.11m (6-11) and
Richard Dover in the discus (No. 2, 50.15m/164-7). The Tigers’ strength is in the jumps, with three athletes ranked in the top-10 in the high jump (No. 1, No. 5, No. 9) and long jump (No. 4, No. 6, No. 7), while having two ranked in the triple jump (No. 3, No. 8).
Southeastern (Fla.) comes in at No. 2. The Fire gained a new No. 1 performance from
Kyle Manuel in the discus with his heave of 50.33m (165-2), which pairs well with his No. 3 mark in the shot put (17.73m/58-2).
Zachary Nichols improved his season best effort in the hammer throw (No. 5, 56.60m/185-9), while
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Josie Puelz in the pole vault (3.95m/12-11½),
Adrianna Shaw in the shot put (14.27m/46-10),
Erin Painter in the discus (48.75m/159-11) and
Elizabeth Stottlemyre in the javelin (45.13m/148-1). Shaw also has a pair of No. 2 rankings in the discus (46.03m/151-0) and hammer throw (54.00m/177-2). What’s even more impressive for the Bulldogs is that they have six of the top-10 nationally ranked marks in the discus.
Southeastern (Fla.) comes in at No. 2 for another week and claimed five top-10 nationally ranked efforts from five different athletes at the Spikes Classic:
Jaqual Bush in the 100 (No. 6, 11.93);
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Rice’s Roberts Cooked Up Pole Vault Greatness
Dave Roberts wasn’t in the lead until making his final pole vault attempt at the 1973 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships at LSU’s Bernie Moore Stadium.
The senior from Rice had won the 1971 and 1972 NCAA meets, but he found himself behind after a third-attempt clearance at his opening height of 17-0 (5.18m).
Even though it was a clutch make for Roberts, he would need one more in order to win and put himself in never-before territory.
The proving ground was the event’s final height of 17-4 (5.28m), and everything came down to the final attempt after Terry Porter of Kansas and Florida’s Mike Cotton missed three times. At that point Cotton held the lead with Porter ahead of Roberts as all of the places were determined on fewer misses.