OHIO WESLEYAN MEN REPEAT AS NORTH COAST RELAY CHAMPS ___________________________ GRANVILLE, Ohio -- Ohio Wesleyan's men successfully defended their team championship at the 15th North Coast Athletic Conference Indoor Track and Field Relays, held Jan. 30 at Denison's Mitchell Recreation and Athletics Center. Ohio Wesleyan won four of 12 men's events and placed second in two others on the way to 84 points and its fifth championship in the season- opening event. Second-place Denison also won four events and totaled 76 points, followed by CWRU (61) and 1997 champion Wittenberg (61) in a tie for third, and Allegheny (55) in fifth. Team scores are compiled using the results of five running relays and the combined time/length of the top two performances in each of the seven remaining events. Nine different performers had a role in Ohio Wesleyan's wins in the long jump, triple jump, 800 relay and 1600 relay. Freshman Adam Torrence (Canton, OH/South) and sophomores Matt Churpek (Navarre, OH/Canton Central Catholic) and Jason Martin (Columbus, OH/Westerville North) each ran legs in the record-setting 800 (1:33.03) and 1600 relays (3:26.30). Denison set meet records in the sprint medley (3:40.27), 3200 (8:01.07) and distance medley relays (10:24.52). __________________________________________________________________________ 1999 NORTH COAST ATHLETIC CONFERENCE INDOOR TRACK & FIELD RELAYS Mitchell Recreation and Athletics Center Denison University - Granville, Ohio - January 30, 1999 __________________________________________________________________________ FINAL MEN'S TEAM SCORES 1. Ohio Wesleyan .................................................... 84.0 2. Denison .......................................................... 76.0 3. Case Western Reserve ............................................. 61.0 Wittenberg ....................................................... 61.0 5. Allegheny ........................................................ 55.0 6. Wooster .......................................................... 46.5 7. Kenyon ........................................................... 37.0 8. Earlham .......................................................... 29.5 9. Oberlin .......................................................... 10.0 __________________________________________________________________________ MEN'S RELAY EVENT RESULTS * denotes a new NCAC Indoor Track & Field Relays meet record # denotes tying the NCAC Indoor Track & Field Relays meet record Men's Shot Put Relay 1. Wooster ................................................... 90' 08 1/4" Jody Price 43'7 3/4"; Shane Bartholomew, 47'0 1/2" 2. Case Western Reserve ...................................... 85' 00 1/4" Kyle Whitlin, 41'6 1/4"; Kurtis Whitling, 43'6" 3. Wittenberg ................................................ 84' 09 3/4" Fred Vanderlage 38'9 3/4"; Kevin Callison, 46'0" 4. Earlham ................................................... 83' 09 3/4" Chuck Tabeling, 46'1 1/4"; Nate Johnson, 37'8 1/2" 5. Denison ................................................... 81' 08 1/2" David Hong, 43'3 1/2"; Sean Leugers, 38'5" 6. Ohio Wesleyan ............................................. 80' 09 3/4" Steve Schotnberger, 41'0 1/2"; Brad Wadsworth, 39'9 1/4" 7. Allegheny ................................................. 73' 07 0/0" Calvin Perine 41'6 1/2"; Paut Madigen, 32'0 1/2" 8. Kenyon .................................................... 62' 07 3/4" Andy Bell, 29'4 1/2"; Justin Jones, 33'3 1/4" 9. Oberlin (no relay) ........................................ 39' 07 1/4" Dan Blackburn, 39'7 1/4" Men's Long Jump Relay 1. Ohio Wesleyan ............................................. 41' 07 0/0" Graig Neeley, 21'3"; Gavin Emrich, 20'4" 2. Case Western Reserve ...................................... 40' 08 0/0" William Bryant, 20'11 1/2"; Josh Hackett 19'8 1/2" 3. Allegheny ................................................. 37' 10 1/4" Jason Hunter, 18'7 3/4"; Ryan Christy, 19'2 1/2" 4. Earlham ................................................... 37' 00 3/4" Larry Sanders, 18'3 3/4"; Damon Buster 18'9" Wooster ................................................... 37' 00 3/4" Mike Goriffs, 17'3 1/4"; Tim Sir Louis, 19'9 1/2" 6. Wittenberg ................................................ 35' 01 3/4" Ryan Wlaker, 17'3 3/4"; Josh Guerrieri, 17'10" 7. Denison ................................................... 35' 01 0/0" Jack Inman, 17'1 3/4"; John Dunham, 17'11 1/4" 8. Kenyon .................................................... 34' 04 3/4" Ian Pitkin, 18'1 3/4"; Ken McNish, 16'3" Men's Triple Jump Relay 1. Ohio Wesleyan ............................................. 81' 07 1/2" Bruce Foster, 39'2"; Clayton Jones, 42'5 1/2" 2. Allegheny ................................................. 80' 08 1/2" Joel Doty, 39'10"; Mike Mellish, 40'6 1/2" 3. Kenyon .................................................... 73' 02 3/4" Ken McNish 38'11 3/4"; Dan Pitkin, 34'3" 4. Case Western Reserve ...................................... 70' 10 1/2" Nick Parrish, 35'11 1/2"; Phil Kaplan 34'11" 5. Earlham (no relay) ........................................ 40' 06 0/0" Damon Buster, 40'6" 6. Wittenberg (no relay) ..................................... 38' 05 1/2" Ryan Wlaker, 38'5 1/2" 7. Denison ................................................... 37' 05 3/4" Adam Crowell, 37'5 3/4"; Jack Inman, no mark Men's High Jump Relay 1. Case Western Reserve ......................................... # 12'08" Tom Dominic, 6'4"; Lucas Bacon, 6'4" 2. Denison ........................................................ 12'04" Adam Crowell, 6'4"; Jon Dunham 6'0" Ohio Wesleyan .................................................. 12'04" Craig Neeley, 6'2"; P. Tsickritir, 6'2" 4. Kenyon ......................................................... 11'10" Mike Weber, 6'2"; Tony Callander, 5'8" 5. Allegheny ...................................................... 11'04" Chad Booker, 5'8"; Ryan Christy, 5'8" 6. Earlham ........................................................ 11'02" Andrew Williams, 5'8"; Mark Mellang, 5'6" 7. Wooster (no relay) .............................................. 6'00" C. Koppenhofer, 6'0" Men's Pole Vault Relay 1. Wooster ........................................................ 26'06" Jeff Pattison, 13'0"; Tim Sir Louis, 13'6" 2. Ohio Wesleyan .................................................. 26'00" Mike Kobinski, 12'0"; Jeremy Carpenter, 14'0" 3. Denison ........................................................ 22'00" Jon Dunham, 10'6"; William Morse, 11'6" 4. Case Western Reserve ........................................... 21'06" Tony Viccari, 10'6"; Sean Maher, 11'0" 5. Allegheny (no relay) ........................................... 13'00" Rob Mater, 13'0" 6. Oberlin (no relay) ............................................. 10'06" Mark Sasaki, 10'6" Men's 5000 m Relay 1. Kenyon ........................................................ 31:42.6 Ryan Snyder, 15:26.2; Vince Evener, 16:16.4 2. Wittenberg .................................................... 31:58.9 Issac Barnes, 15:34.1; Dave Hyde, 16:24.8 3. Denison ....................................................... 32.59.8 Chris Lightle, 16:26.4; Matt Burgdorf, 16:33.4 4. Allegheny ..................................................... 33:06.9 Ben Wyrick, 16:24.3; Brice Allen, 16:42.6 5. Ohio Wesleyan ................................................. 33:36.1 Jake Macklan, 15:57.0; Greg Bloomquist, 17:39.1 6. Case Western Reserve .......................................... 35:15.6 Kevin Tolejko, 16:25.5; Ross Hazlette, 18:50.1 7. Oberlin (no relay) ............................................ 15:51.8 John Rogers, 15:51.8 8. Earlham (no relay) ............................................ 17:52.3 Dan Scherzer, 17:52.3 Men's 800 m Relay 1. Ohio Wesleyan ............................................... * 1:33.03 Jason Martin, Tyler Stillman, Matt Churpek, Clemon Choice 2. Wittenberg .................................................... 1:34.28 Alvin Asiamah, Jamal Pernell, Teo Pickett, Ayinoe Rudolph 3. Wooster ....................................................... 1:37.41 Tim Sir Louis, Nahum Kisner, Kyle Mueller, Reggie Ray 4. Earlham ....................................................... 1:37.81 Steve Henderson, Andrew Williams, Bryan Ellis, Chris Wilson 5. Allegheny ..................................................... 1:38.34 Rob DiLoveto, Jason Hunter, Chad Booker, Mike Mellish 6. Case Western Reserve .......................................... 1:39.80 Frank Peters, Joshua Hackett, Goran Dailey, Chuck Arnold 7. Kenyon ........................................................ 1:41.56 Aaron Hamilton, Andrew Thompson, Chris Monson, Ian Pitkin 8. Denison ....................................................... 1:44.41 Clay Rankin, Jon Dunham, Hogan Winn, Brian Jennings Men's Distance Medley Relay 1. Denison .................................................... * 10:24.52 Eric Nigh, Austin Hulbirt, Michael Pistiolas, Joe Dunham 2. Wittenberg ................................................... 10:41.78 Luke Nave, Mike Dusenberry, Ben Yost, Nate Kaufman 3. Allegheny .................................................... 10:58.89 Brett Zook, Seth Houwer, Nick Radio, Rob Shaw 4. Wooster ...................................................... 11:06.85 Nick Chiorian, Zac Prichard, Matt Schneider, Brendan McCabe 5. Ohio Wesleyan ................................................ 11:11.85 Ken Bagstad, Kerron Miles, Shawn Starlin, Tim Kennard 6. Earlham ...................................................... 11:23.22 Luke Stifler, Dan Stifler, Glen Mutti, Nathan Rude 7. Case Western Reserve ......................................... 11:24.32 Pat Coles, Drew Piersau, Bill Darneeter, Eric May 8. Kenyon ....................................................... 11:25.31 Crosby Wood, James Sheridan, John Jordan, Rob Passmore 9. Oberlin ...................................................... 11:36.07 Noah Krant, Sean Wesolowski, Forrest Crawford, John Rogers Men's 55 m Hurdles 1. Denison ......................................................... 16.13 Matt West, 7.91; Jeff Costello, 8.22 2. Wittenberg ...................................................... 16.31 Josh Guerrieri, 8.19; Ayinoe Rudolph, 8.12 3. Ohio Wesleyan ................................................... 16.96 Pat Lowry, 8.67; Bruce Kznsel, 8.29 4. Allegheny ....................................................... 17.42 Joel Doty, 9.15, Mardy Mahoney, 8.27 5. Kenyon .......................................................... 18.95 Tony Callander, 9.11; Ken McNish, 9.84 6 Case Western Reserve (no relay) ..................................................................... 8.34 Nick Parisi, 8.34 Men's Sprint Medley Relay 1. Denison ..................................................... * 3:40.27 Brian Jennings, Hogan Winn, Jon Eschlebach, Ian Gertmanin 2. Ohio Wesleyan ................................................. 3:45.02 Adam Torrence, Daren Michalski, Mark Zunkiewicz, Shawn Starlin 3. Wooster ....................................................... 3:49.26 Nahum Kisner, Reggie Rat, Aaron Woloff, Brendan McCabe 4. Wittenberg .................................................... 3:49.61 Alvin Asiamah, Jaml Pernell, Howard Pernall, Tony Pelletiere 5. Kenyon ........................................................ 3:56.64 Aaron Hamilton, Andrew Thompson, Chris Monson, Jason Hill 6. Oberlin ....................................................... 3:58.10 Sean Wesolowski, Felix Brooks-Church, Mark Sasaki, Andre Street 7. Allegheny ..................................................... 3:58.80 Chris Godios, Joel Doty, Chad Booker, Dan Princic 8. Case Western Reserve .......................................... 4:01.72 Steve Perrin, Steve Cours, Jeff Cicerchi, Jeff Fetzer Men's 3200 m Relay 1. Denison ..................................................... * 8:01.07 Eric Nigh, Jim Jernigan, Joe Dunham, Austin Hulbirt 2. Case Western Reserve .......................................... 8:14.67 Lance Jethrow, Tom Kaufman, Paul Sheldon, Pat Coles 3. Wittenberg .................................................... 8:14.99 Mike Dusenberry, Nate Kaufman, Tony Pelletiere, Ben Yost 4. Allegheny ..................................................... 8:37.45 Rob Shaw, Brett Zook, Seth Houwer, Daren Margaute 5. Ohio Wesleyan ................................................. 8:40.22 Dave Kurtzman, Tim Kennard, Matt Burrell, Ken Bagstad 6. Wooster ....................................................... 8:49.25 Zac Althoff, Matt Schneider, Jacob Dodson, Nick Chiorian 7. Kenyon ........................................................ 8:56.66 James Sheridan, Crosby Wood, Dave Bukzspan, Ryan Snyder 8. Earlham ....................................................... 9:00.85 Glen Mutti, Dan Stifler, Luke Stifler, Nate Rude 9. Oberlin ....................................................... 9:22.02 Forrest Crawford, Noah Kraut, John Rogers, Mark Sasaki Men's 1600 m Relay 1. Ohio Wesleyan ............................................... * 3:26.30 Matt Churpek, Adam Torrence, Jason Martin, Tyler Stillman 2. Denison ....................................................... 3:27.15 John Dunham, Hogan Witt, Micheal Pistiolas, Jon Eschelbach 3. Wittenberg .................................................... 3:30.28 Jamal Pernell, Howard Pernell, Ayinde Rudolph, Ben Thoele 4. Case Western Reserve .......................................... 3:37.74 Dan Nagashima, William Hackenbracht, Allen Lewis, Nick DiGiorgio 5. Allegheny ..................................................... 3:41.22 Rob Dihoreto, Seth Houwer, Nick Radio, Rob Shaw 6. Earlham ....................................................... 3:47.44 Mark McHang, Steve Henderson, Chris Maddocks, Chris Wilson 7. Oberlin ....................................................... 3:48.66 Sean Wesolowski, Felix Brooks-Church, Mark Sasaki,Andre Street 8. Kenyon ........................................................ 3:52.94 Ian Pitkin, John Jordan, Jason Hill, Keith Peterson 9. Wooster ............................................................ DQ Tim Sir Louis, Shane Bartholomew, Aaron Woloff, Zac Prichard