3.13.10 - KIMMEL TAKES SECOND IN HIGH JUMP AT NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS
Manchester College senior John Kimmel finished second overall in the men's high jump at the 2010 NCAA Division III Indoor Track and Field Championships hosted by DePauw University on Saturday.

Kimmel, the defending outdoor high jump national champion tied Dillon Binkley of Illinois College with a height of 2.08m (6-9 3/4), but Binkley cleared his third mark of 2.05 meters on his first try while Kimmel needed his second attempt and decided the tie-breaker.

Kimmel was announced Thursday as the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches of America's (USTFCCCA) Great Lakes Regional Field Athlete of the Year after provisionally qualifying in every indoor meet this year also had just one defeat in the high jump all season heading into nationals. He becomes a two-time All-American for the Spartan track and field team with his second place finish.

The track and field outdoor season begins Saturday, March 20, at the Defiance College Invite.

3.12.10 - HONN PLACES 10th AT NCAA INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS
Junior Kailey Honn took 10th place at the 2010 NCAA Division III Indoor Track and Field Championships on Friday. Honn's best mark of 1.61 meters (5' 3-1/4") put her in a three-way tie for 10th place amongst the field of 16 participants. This marks her second trip to the NCAA National Championships after qualifying for the Outdoors in 2009 where she placed 12th.

Defending outdoor national champion John Kimmel will compete in the men's high jump on Saturday.

3.6.10 - HONN JOINS KIMMEL AT NATIONALS AFTER QUALIFYING SATURDAY
Junior Kailey Honn will join John Kimmel at the 2010 NCAA Division III Indoor Track and Field Championships on Friday and Saturday, hosted by DePauw University. Both student-athletes represented Manchester at the 2009 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships last May in the high jump where Honn took 12th and Kimmel winning the national championship. Honn won the women's high jump with a height of 1.67 meters (5-5.75"), and broke her own school record by two inches.

Joining her at the NCAA Championships is John Kimmel, who qualified last week with his jump of 2.10 meters. Kimmel placed fourth overall at the Last Chance meet with a height of 2.00 meters.

The NCAA Championships will begin on Friday, March 12. Visit the NCAA Championships site for live video or for information on the meet.

2.27.10 - KIMMEL QUALFIES FOR NATIONALS, WOMEN 2ND AND MEN 4TH AT ANDERSON
Manchester College senior John Kimmel hit the automatic qualifying standard in the high jump on Saturday at the Anderson University Fred Wilt Invitational. Kimmel set a new meet record with a height of 2.10 meters (6' 10-3/4") and posted the best height in the nation this season. He qualified for his fourth trip to the NCAA Championships. Other highlights from the meet included Korey Bucher breaking his own record in the 200 meter dash with a time of 23.13 and Kailey Honn set a new school indoor record in the high jump with a height of 5' 3.75".

The women finished in second place overall, led by second place finishes from Megan Miller in the 5000, Meredith Cors in the 800 meter, Jessi Bremer in the 200 meter, Emily Ballinger in the pole vault and Kailey Honn in the high jump. Third place finishes came from Jasmyne Ahmad in the long jump.

The men finished in fourth place and along with Kimmel's win in the high jump, Manchester's Cole Jackson took first in the 3000 meter steeplechase, Korey Bucher in the 400 meter dash. Garrett Singer placed third in the 1000 meters.

Manchester returns to action Friday at the DePauw Qualifier Meet.

2.20.10 - MEN 5TH, WOMEN 6TH AT HOOSIER-BUCKEYE MEET
Manchester's men's track and field team placed fifth overall, while they women took sixth at the Hoosier-Buckeye Invite hosted by Rose-Hulman on Saturday.

Manchester had two individual winners in John Kimmel in the high jump and Andy Williams in the 5,000 meter run in the men's events. Other place winners for the men include Korey Bucher's second place in the 400 meter, Kyle Pletcher's second place in the 5,000 meter run, Kimmel fifth in the long jump, Calvin Cook sixth in the 5,000 meter run, Dan Nave sixth in the 800 and John Fagan seventh in the pole vault.

On the women's side, Jessi Bremer led the way with a second place finish in the 400 meter. Emily Ballinger took third in the pole vault, Meredith Cors was fourth in the 800 meter, Casey Loshe was fourth in the high jump, Megan Miller took fifth in the mile run and Lindsay Machamer was sixth in the shot put.

Manchester returns to action Saturday at Anderson.

2.3.10 - KIMMEL WINS HIGH JUMP AT TAYLOR INVITE
Senior John Kimmel won the high jump at Saturday's Indoor Invite hosted by Taylor University. Kimmel won the event with a height of 2.03 meters.

Other top place winners for Manchester included Jordan Redding, second in the women's long jump, John Fagan, who was fifth in the men's pole vault and Korey Bucher's sixth place finish in the men's 400 meter dash.

Jessi Bremer tied for sixth in the women's 400 meter dash, as did Casey Loshe in the women's high jump. Meredith Cors took seventh in the women's 1000 meter, while Dan Nave took eighth in the 1000 meter and Braden Nelson took eighth in the men's 3000 meter.

Manchester returns to action Feb. 20 at Rose-Hulman.

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