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The men's track and field team claimed the 2008 HCAC
Championship. |
RESULTS
PHOTO MONTAGE
ANDERSON, IND. –
The Rose-Hulman men's track squad took top honors at 2008 HCAC
Championships on Saturday afternoon, while the women's team finished
fourth in a strong showing.
The
Rose-Hulman men took top honors with 199 points, besting second
place Anderson who finished with 193 points.
The
Engineer victory marks the first time in 13 years that Anderson
University has not won the men's league title and is the first
conference title in men's track and field title for Rose-Hulman
since 1989.
The feat
is also the first time the Engineers have won a track title in the
HCAC or its predecessor the ICAC.
Head
Coach Larry Cole stated "This championship took a full team effort,
which showed by us scoring in every event." Cole gave a lot of
the credit to his seniors, but also recognized the contributions of
his underclassmen.
"This
team was led by a great group of seniors who performed at their best
level when it counted and a group of seniors that was supported by a
strong group of underclassmen. This was truly a team effort in
every way," stated Cole.
Senior
Thomas Reives (Indianapolis/Aresnal Tech) highlighted the meet
for the Engineers by breaking the HCAC Championship record in the
triple jump with a leap of 46' 6" and winning the long jump with a
jump of 22' 5 3/4".
Reives
also earned a pair of fourth place finishes in the high jump with a
leap of 6' 5 1/2" and 100-meter dash in 11.32 seconds, as well as
being a member of the 4-x-100 relay team that took second in the
event.
Senior
Matt Repking (Effingham, Ill./Teutopolis) captured a conference
title by winning the 3000-meter steeplechase in 9:38.54, besting
second place by nearly 20 seconds.
Repking
took third place in the 5000-meter run in 15:32.37 to contribute
another six points to the winning Rose-Hulman effort.
The
Engineers fourth event win came from sophomore Michael Burris
(Terre Haute/North) who led a sweep for Rose-Hulman in the
110-meter hurdles, winning the event in 15.13 seconds.
Freshman Jack Lee (Cedarburg, Wis.) and Marcus Peck
(Indianapolis/Ben Davis) completed the sweep of the event with
Peck taking second place in 15.88 seconds and Lee third in 15.98
seconds.
Burris
earned three more top three finishes by placing second in the
400-meter hurdles (55.15), third in the long jump (20' 9 1/4"), and
being a member of the 4-x-100 relay team that took second place
honors and included freshman Jerry Belton (Chesterfield,
Mo./Parkway West) and Paul Bouagnon (St. Charles,
Ill./Burlington Central) along with Reives.
Bouagnon
tallied two more top three finishes by placing third in the
200-meter dash in 22.77 seconds and being a key member of the
4-x-400 meter relay team of senior Bill Guiney (Centerville,
Ohio) and sophomores Will Reilly (Indianapolis/North Central)
and Travis Vanderberg (Kansas City, Mo./West) that placed
second in 3:24.99 to seal the men's title for the Engineers.
Reilly
also contributed to the Rose-Hulman effort by adding a third place
finish in the 400-meter dash in 51.04 and a fifth place effort in
the 200-meter dash in 23.30 seconds.
Other top
finishers for the Rose-Hulman men included sophomore Calvin
Bueltel (Huntingburg/Southridge) who took second place honors in
the 100-meter dash (11.13) and fourth in the 200-meter dash (22.96),
junior Ian Thomas (Pennville/Jay County) who placed third in
the 10,000-meter run (33:57.94) and fourth in the 5000-meter run
(15:44.53), freshman David Caldwell (Plymouth) who took third
place honors in the 3000-meter steeplechase (10:03.23), and junior
Vince Forcellini (Cincinnati, Ohio/Colerain) who placed third
in the javelin with a toss of 164' 7".
The
Engineer women scored 102 points as a team to earn fourth place
honors and were led by seniors Janel Belton (Chesterfield,
Mo./Parkway West) and Rachel Krasich (Westfield).
Belton
took the HCAC title in the shot put with a winning throw of 40' 11
3/4" and placed second in the discus with a mark of 126' 5".
Krasich
captured the HCAC crown in the 3000-meter steeplechase winning the
event in a time of 11:55.82 and also had a strong showing in the
5000-meter run placing second in 18:47.66.
In the
sprints, freshman Anastasia Tarpeh (Cincinnati, Ohio/Walnut
Hills) captured two second place finishes in the 100-meter dash
in 12.59 seconds and the 200-meter dash in 26.28 seconds.
Other top
contributors for the Rose-Hulman women were senior Katy Evert
(Huntley, Ill.) who placed third in the 300-meter hurdles
(1:12.22) and fifth in the 100-meter hurdles (17.30) and junior
Liz Ridgway (Grosse Pointe, Mich./Northwestern Univ.) who placed
second in the javelin (99" 2") and fourth in the triple jump (32' 8
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