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Complete Results
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Mandy Hecker won the mile and 800
meters. |
GRANVILLE, OHIO -- The Rose-Hulman Institute
of Technology men's and women's track and field teams each earned
first-place honors at the five-team Denison University Invitational
on Saturday.
The
women's squad tallied 102 points with 11 members traveling to the
meet, narrowly topping the 99-point effort from Washington &
Jefferson. The men also scored 102 points to outdistance
Kenyon (85) and Wittenberg (84) to win the meet.
On the
women's side, the Engineers captured three first-place honors and
five runner-up spots. Senior Mandy Hecker (Georgetown/N.
Harrison) led the effort with victories in the mile run
(5:29.07) and the 800-meter run (2:29.15). Junior Janel
Belton (Chesterfield, Mo./Parkway West) added a victory in the
shot put with a toss of 37' 4 3/4".
Runner-up
efforts included freshman Sarita Stephney (Houston,
Texas/Hastings) with a second in the 55-meter dash in 7.63
seconds; freshman Melissa Rogers (Crawfordsville/Southmont)
in the mile run (5:38.42); freshman Amanda Lundahl (Lake Forest,
Ill.) in the 400-meter dash (1:05.95); junior Rachel Krasich
(Westfield) in the 3,000-meter run (11:05.26); and senior
Kathleen Stynes (Okemos, Mich.) in the high jump (4' 10").
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Thomas Reives leaped 6' 6" to win
the high jump. |
A number
of strong efforts held bolster the team score. Stephney came
home third in the 200-meter dash (27.84), junior Katy Evert
(Huntley, Ill.) ran third in the 400-meters (1:06.19) and senior
Kathleen Stynes (Okemos, Mich.) set a school record in the
pole vault at 8' 6".
On the
men's side, Rose-Hulman tallied two victories and an impressive
1-2-3 sweep in the pole vault. Junior Thomas Reives
(Indianapolis/ Arsenal Tech) narrowly missed an NCAA Division
III provisional qualification with a high jump leap of 6' 6" to earn
the first victory.
In the
pole vault, senior Ryan Schipper (Fort Wayne/Dwenger) cleared
15' 0" to outdistance the field. Freshman Jonathan Rogers
(Terre Haute/North) added a personal best of 13' 6" for second
place and sophomore Bob Warden (Terre Haute/North) came home
third at 13' 0".
Other
runner-up finishes included freshman Michael Burris (Terre
Haute/North) in the 55-meter high hurdles with a season-best
time of 8.11 seconds, and senior Paul Ceravolo (Warren,
Mich./Mott) with a shot put toss of 43' 6 3/4".
Third-place honorees included sophomore Stephen Boedicker
(Powell, Ohio/Olentangy Liberty) in the 3,000-meter run
(9:20.69); freshman Travis Vanderberg (Kansas City, Mo./West)
in the 400-meter dash (52.94); and freshman Jared Stermole (North
Ridgeville, Ohio) in the shot put (42' 2 1/2").
Rose-Hulman returns to action with selected individuals competing at
the DePauw Invitational on Feb. 10 in Greencastle.
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