Men's Track and Field | 4/10/2013 5:00:00 PM
April 10, 2013-A busy outdoor track & field season will continue at Welch Stadium/Witten Track as Emporia State welcomes over 50 competitors for the ESU Open Multis on Thursday and Friday.
The decathlon has 27 men entered led by 2011 NCAA Division III National Runner-up Kurti Brondyke of Central College who has scored over 7,100 points in his career. Three Hornets are entered in the competition. Freshman Payson Maydew placed tenth in the heptathlon at the NCAA Division II Indoor Track & Field Championships in March.
A total of 28 women are entered in the heptathlon led by 2012 NCAA Division II Indoor Pentathlon National Champion Erin Alewine of Central Missouri. Freshman Jaycee Wells will be the lone Emporia State representative in the field.
Competition will begin on Thursday at 2:30 p.m. with the first of four day one events for the women. The men will compete in the first of their five day one events at 3:15 p.m. on Thursday.
