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Jennifer Zweifel now owns all four Truman women’s jump records with a mark of 20-02.25 in the first day of the MIAA Track & Field Championships on Saturday.

Zweifel finished second while two women and three men advanced to Sunday’s finals in their selected events.
 
Zweifel matched Dafros Mudyirwa (MUH-DER-WAH) Truman record of 20-02.25 in the long jump to now own a share of both the indoor long and triple jump records and the outdoor long and triple jump marks.

It was an automatic mark for the Division II championships later this month. 

She finished second to Lincoln’s Nickeisha Beaumont, who won the event with a jump of 20-11.25.

Zweifel will go for the triple jump crown on Sunday.

(YouTube of the jump - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rW4mj-UZmM )
 
Anne Ratermann placed second in the 800 to qualify for Sunday’s final with a time of 2:14.57 while Lisa Kucharski qualified fifth in the 400 meter hurdles with a time of 1:03.04.
 
In one of the only running finals on day one, Karen Grauel was third in the 10,000 meter run in a time of 37:44.41 while Cindy Grauel was sixth in 39:27.11.

Kelli Hines also placed sixth in the pole vault with a season best mark of 10-11.00.
 
Final Moments of the women’s 10K (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGKOjzRKecY)
 
Ryan Peterson qualified second in the men’s 400 meter dash after running 48.54 while a pair of ‘Dogs qualified in the 800.

Matt Schaefer ran a personal best 1:55.53 good for third while Joey Walls ran 1:55.61 to qualify fifth.

Courtesy Truman State Athletics