Redhawks dominate home track meet

Southeast Missouri State track and field teams shined during Friday's annual Redhawks Invitational, their only home meet of the indoor season.

The Redhawks won 11 of the 24 events in the competition held at the Student Recreation Center.

Three Southeast athletes won multiple titles, led by senior Ashley Brewer.

Brewer swept the shot put and weight throw. Her throw of 49 feet, 4 1/2 inches in the shot set a new indoor personal best and surpassed the NCAA provisional mark. She just missed another provisional mark in the weight throw, but her toss of 59-8 1/4 set a new career best.

Junior Rachel Kahle from Jackson won the long jump (18-3) and 300 meters (40.44 seconds). She was second in the 55 meters with a career-best 7.05.

Junior Tyler Terry, a Central graduate, won the long jump (24-4 1/4) and triple jump (46-9). Both were season-best distances.

Junior Josh Uchtman won his fifth shot put title of the season (59-4 3/4), again surpassing the NCAA provisional mark. He was also fourth in the weight throw.

Senior Brandon Colbert broke his own school record by placing second in the weight throw (66-7 1/4). Steffen Nerdal of Memphis set a Recreation Center record (74-1/4) and automatically qualified for the NCAA indoor championships.

Colbert placed second behind Uchtman in the shot put.

Sophomore Max Weiser, a Saxony Lutheran graduate, won the 600 (1:25.28) to round out the Southeast men's winners.

Junior Cara Harbstreet won the women's high jump (5-3) with a season's best height.

Other winners for Southeast's women were freshman Jerika Lewis in the 600 (1:41.34) and sophomore Lanie Haertling in the mile (5:38.81).

Junior Briana Egbuka, a Central graduate, was second in the weight throw and third in the shot put.

Southeast will compete at the Ohio Valley Conference indoor championships in Nashville, Tenn., this weekend.

Results

(Southeast top five)

MEN

55 -- 2. Jamere Franklin, 6.52

600 -- 1. Max Wieser, 1:25.28; 2. Robert Delaria, 1:27.12; 4. Courtney Ellis, 1:30.56

800 -- 4. Devon Dudding, 2:07.22

Mile -- 2. Alex Zisser, 4:27.72

High jump -- 3. Ross Miller, 6-3/4

Pole vault -- 3. Jeff Wilfong, 12-11 3/4; 4. Lucas Luckett, 10-11 3/4

Long jump -- 1. Tyler Terry, 24-4 1/4; 3. Chris Johnson, 22-1/4

Triple jump -- 1. Terry, 46-9; 2. Johnson, 45-7 1/4

Shot put -- 1. Josh Uchtman, 59-4 3/4; 2. Brandon Colbert, 54-0

Weight throw -- 2. Colbert, 66-7 1/4; 4. Uchtman, 63-5

WOMEN

55 -- 2. Rachel Kahle, 7.05

300 -- 1. Kahle, 40.44

600 -- 1. Jerika Lewis, 1:41.34; 3. Tiffany Mead, 1:44.31; 5. Jerica Hamm, 1:48.80

800 -- 3. Sharoyah Davis, 2:32.16

Mile -- 1. Lanie Haertling, 5:38.81

High jump -- 1. Cara Harbstreet, 5-3; 4. Jill Schnurbusch, 4-9

Pole vault -- 2. Audrey Harwood, 11-6 1/4; 4. (tie) Schnurbusch, Nikki Buchheit, 10-6

Long jump -- 1. Kahle, 18-3; 4. Tyler Hodges, 17-4 3/4

Shot put -- 1. Ashley Brewer, 49-4 1/2; 3. Brianna Egbuka, 46-4

Weight throw -- 1. Brewer, 59-8 1/4; 2. Egbuka, 55-11 3/4; 5. Samantha Espiricueta, 48-2 3/4

Gymnastics bounces back from first loss

The Southeast gymnastics squad suffered its first loss of the season Friday as the Redhawks finished third in a four-team meet at Denver.

Southeast scored 192.250. Denver was first (195.700), followed by Boise State (195.425), Southeast and Seattle Pacific (188.800).

The Redhawks (10-2) bounced back Saturday to win a three-team meet hosted by Air Force. Southeast scored 194.050, its second-highest total of the season. Air Force (188.000) and Seattle Pacific (187.075) were next.

Junior Brianna Gaddie won vault (9.800), with senior Amber Garlotte third (9.750) and freshman Jordan Salsberg fourth (9.725).

Gaddie also won on floor (season-high 9.900). Tying for second place were Salsberg and junior Christina Sundgren (9.775).

Salsberg and Sundgren tied for the win on bars (9.725), while Salsberg tied for the win on beam (9.750).

Southeast, despite having several strong performances, had no individuals place in the top five during Friday's meet.

The Redhawks return to action Sunday, hosting Illinois State.

Softball goes 2-2

The Southeast softball team went 2-2 over the weekend at the Blues City Classic in Memphis, Tenn.

Southeast (4-3) beat Indiana State 6-3 and lost to Appalachian State 10-2 on Saturday.

The Redhawks opened the tournament Friday by losing to McNeese State 6-2 and beating IPFW 7-4.

Whitney Dupuis notched the complete-game win over Indiana State, allowing seven hits. Southeast had 11 hits, led by Nicole Troncoso, Alex Ramirez, Carmen Fowler and Brittaney Gonsoulin with two each.

Southeast had four hits against Appalachian State as Stefanie Barnes took the loss.

Southeast pulled out Friday's win over IPFW by scoring five unearned runs in the bottom of the sixth inning despite having only one hit.

Fowler and Jennifer Vasquez both had two of Southeast's seven hits. Barnes scattered nine hits and allowed no earned runs in a complete game.

Against McNeese State, Southeast had just three hits. One was the first collegiate homer by freshman Marisa Sanders, a two-run shot in the seventh inning. Dupuis took the loss.

The Redhawks' next action will be March 5 and 6 at the Missouri Breast Cancer Tournament in Columbia, Mo.

Netters split matches

The Southeast women's tennis team collected its first victory of the season Sunday with a 4-3 victory against Niagara in Fort Wayne, Ind.

The Redhawks picked up all four of their points in singles play.

Southeast (1-6) then lost 6-1 to Detroit.

Southeast Missouri 4, Niagara 3

Singles

No. 1 -- Nikole Novikova (SE) def. Hillary Hansen (N), 6-1, 7-6 (7-3)

No. 2 -- Alyce Kelly (SE) def. Raquel Solis (N), 7-6 (7-5), 6-2

No. 3 -- Emma Cunnington (N) def. Elise Nattier (SE) 7-6 (7-5), 3-6, 6-0

No. 4 -- Brittany Walters (N) def. Ashton Hartley (SE) 6-2, 6-1

No. 5 -- Diana Donoslovic (SE) def. Julia Gray (N), 6-3, 6-0

No. 6 -- Laura Garcia (SE) forfeit

Doubles

No. 1 -- Hansen-Alyssa Lucas (N) def. Novikova-Kelly (SE), 9-8 (7-5)

No. 2 -- Solis-Walters (N) def. Nattier-Garcia (SE), 8-1

No. 3 -- Hartley-Donoslovic (SE) def. Cunnington-Gray (N), 9-7

Detroit 6, Southeast Missouri 1

Singles

No. 1 -- Nikole Novikova (SE) forfeit

No. 2 -- Carolina Espinosa (D) def. Alyce Kelly (SE), 6-0, 6-1

No. 3 -- Amanda Cornwell (D) def. Elise Nattier (SE), 6-2, 6-1

No. 4 -- Svetlana Flankova (D) def. Ashton Hartley (SE), 6-2, 6-1

No. 5 -- Erin Weldon (D) def. Diana Donoslovic (SE), 6-0, 6-1

No. 6 -- Melanie Capuano (D) def. Laura Garcia (SE), 6-0, 6-0

Doubles

No. 1 -- Sundstrom-Cornwell (D) def. Novikova-Kelly (SE), 8-5

No. 2 -- Flankova-Espinosa (D) def. Nattier-Hartley (SE), 8-2

No. 3 -- Capuano-Weldon (D) def. Donoslovic-Garcia (SE), 8-3

-- From staff reports