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Ashland
University
Eagles
The Eagles were second at last year’s GLIAC outdoor championships and return the 2007 GLIAC field athlete of the year in senior Bryan Vickers (Circleville, OH) and the 2007 track athlete of the year, Brian Ryman (Fort Seneca, OH/Old Fort). Jud Logan was also the GLIAC outdoor coach of the year last spring…in last week’s NCAA Division II power rankings, the Eagles were ranked sixth…Vickers owns the best mark in the country in the shot put (62-10.5) and is ranked fourth in the discus (176-0)…senior Robert Klenk (Kettering, OH/Fairmont) is the national leader in the hammer (219-3.75) and freshman Mike Jeffery (Dexter City, OH/Caldwell) is third. Junior Dan Tierney (Albion, NY/Medina) shares the top spot in the country in the pole vault (16-5.5).
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Ferris
State University
Bulldogs
The Ferris State University men’s outdoor track and field team took part in one of the nation’s largest events at the Drake Relays in Des Moines, Iowa. Senior Jared Kelsh (Chippewa Lake/Chippewa Hills) took part in the 1,500 meters at the Drake Relays and placed 12th (3:58.72) in the university/college division. Meanwhile, FSU also had a number of student-athletes in competition at the 42nd annual Hillsdale “Gina” Relays.Freshman Paul Sturgiadis (Grosse Pointe Park/Grosse Pointe South) took 20th place in the javelin (141-2) and senior Ray Rollet (South Rockwood/Airport) earned a 20th-place effort in the 3,000-meter steeplechase open division (10:09.85) for the Ferris men’s squad.
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University
of Findlay
Oilers
The University of Findlay men’s outdoor track and field team competed at the Penn Relays in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and the Stan Lyons Invitational in Indianapolis, Indiana on Saturday, April 26. In Indianapolis on the men’s side, James Eric took fourth in the hammer throw with a toss of 54.46 meters while Carleton McGrady placed fifth in the shot put at 16.18 meters. Lee Roberts added a seventh place finish in the high jump with a leap of 1.95 meters while Cory Brunow took seventh in the long jump at 6.75 meters.
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Grand
Valley State University
Lakers
Ryan Rademacher highlighted a strong weekend by the GVSU men’s track and field team. Rademacher set a school record in the long jump by recording a distance of 23’7.25", which is an automatic qualifying mark for the national meet. Rademacher led seven GVSU qualifiers. Nick Polk’s time of 3:52.26 in the 1500-meter run hit the qualifying mark, and so did Bill Makela’s time of 53.09 seconds in the 400-meter hurdles. In the 5000-meter run, both Ryan Holm (14:36.12) and Grant Fall (14:41.30) qualified. Tyler Emmorey closed out the list of qualifiers with a time of 9:20.53 in the steeple chase. Tim Lelito threw 54.08 meters at Butler, breaking the school record and hitting the automatic qualifying mark.
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Hillsdale
College
Chargers
Hillsdale College Gina Relays provides a chance for the athletes to perform in front of friends in a familiar environment. And several of the athletes took advantage of that to record some outstanding performances.Leading the way for the Chargers were men’s hammer throwers Aaron Falk and Jason Stomps, who each made a little bit of history at the Ginas. They finished 3-4 respectively in the hammer throw, and became automatic outdoor qualifiers for the national meet in the hammer, the first time that has happened in men’s outdoor track history.Falk threw the hammer 193 feet and four inches, one inchh better than Stomps. They were the top two hammer throwers at the meet that competed for a team. The number one and two throwers at the meet were unatached.Both Falk and Stomps will return to the NCAA Division II championships again this year, which will take place May 22-24 in California.Another athlete who is no stranger to national meets is sophomore Jared Krout, who wowed the home crowd with his time in the 400 meter dash (:48.24) for a second place finish.
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Lake
Superior State University
Lakers
Senior DJ Battistella (Newport, Mich.) broke his own school record in the 400-meter hurdles by clocking a :54.00 to place fifth at the Hillsdale “Gina” Relays. He is currently ranked sixth in the GLIAC in the hurdles and ninth in the 400 (:50.80)...Sophomore Paul Davis (St. Ignace, Mich.) is ranked sixth in the GLIAC in the 200-meter dash (:22.11)..Senior Tom Thornton (Sand Lake, Mich.) is ranked 18th in the 5,000-meter run (15:55.32)...Freshman John Preczewski (Roscommon, Mich.) is ranked seventh in the 110-meter hurdles (:16.53), while sophomore Jake Hoover is ninth in the 3,000-meter steeplechase (10:13.83)...LSSU’s 4x400-meter relay is ranked second at 3:22.20...Freshman Rick Koon (Mayville, Mich.) is ranked second in the triple jump (12.41m), sixth in the long jump (6.45m) and eighth in the high jump (1.87m)...LSSU and Northwood tied, 165.5-165.5, in a dual meet held Tuesday at Northwood.
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Michigan
Tech University
Huskies
Kevin Kayser also enjoyed a strong day in the men’s high jump after he tied his personal best with a leap of 6-6.75 to finish tied for sixth. Ken Gilkerson missed the 800 meter school record by 0.51 after he finished 21st with a new personal best of 1:54.91. The men’s 4x800 meter relay team of Zach Carlson, Ian Connick, Aaron Cedegren and Kevin Benell, also had success finishing 11th in 8:18.47, fourth fastest time in school history. The Huskies also had a pair of top 20 finishes in the sprints. Aaron Tetzloff finished 18th in the 100 meter dash (11.46) and Tom Arttus finished 20th in the 200 meter dash (22.96).
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Northwood
University
Timberwolves
The Northwood University track and field teams took part in the Gina Relays Friday and Saturday (April 25-26). No team scoring was taken at the event, which is hosted by Hillsdale. The meet is one of the biggest in the state of Michigan each season.The highlight of the event for Northwood proved to be the victory in the 4X100 meter relay. The NU team of Will Fulton (Inkster, Mich.), Kevin Lawson (Lansing, Mich./Sexton), Darrin Tape (Middleville, Mich./Thornapple-Kellogg) and Lance Wojewuczki (Dearborn, Mich./Edsel Ford) placed first out of 17 teams with a time of 41.88. Tape also claimed fifth out of 48 runners in the 100 meter dash (10.95), while Fulton was seventh out of 60 competitors in the 200 (22.32).
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Saginaw
Valley State University
Cardinals
The SVSU Track & Field teams finished day four of the “Gina Relays” in at Hillsdale College Saturday with a number of strong finishes. The men put ten athletes in the top 25.The highest finishers of the day were Tony Filipek (Caro, Mich./Kingston), who finished second in the 800 Meter event with a time of 1:51.97, just .09 seconds off the winning time for the event, and Tony McDaniel (Yale, Mich.), who finished second in the Javelin with a throw of 183-05.The men had one other top ten finisher in Sam Tilmon (Romulus, Mich.). Tilmon finished eighth in the 110 Meter Hurdles with a time of 15.59 seconds.
Other Cardinal finishers in the top 20 included Brock Humphries (Shelby Twp., Mich./Utica Eisenhower) in the Triple Jump, Sean Egan (Marysville, Mich.) in the Discus and Kevin Kelch (Lexington, Mich./Croswell-Lexington) in the Javelin.
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