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Thomas Reives cleared a provisional
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Complete Results
TERRE
HAUTE, IND. - The Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology men’s and
women’s track and field teams celebrated Senior Day with a handful
of school record performances, an eclipsed NCAA provisional mark,
and a first-place finish on the men’s side in the final home meet of
the indoor track and field season.
The men
captured the meet with a winning total of 176 team points, defeating
Marian (129), Franklin (111), Millikin (89), Hanover (27), and
Sewanee (9), finishing the season with an overall record of 18-2 in
scored meets. The men’s meet was highlighted by junior high jumper
Thomas Reives (Indianapolis, Ind.) who cleared an NCAA
provisional mark of 6’ 7 ½” to capture the high jump title. The
mark moves Reives into the top 12 in Division III this season.
The
Rose-Hulman’s 4-x-200-meter relay team, consisting of freshmen
Calvin Bueltel (Huntingburg, Ind.), Travis Vandeburg (Kansas
City, Mo.), William Reilly (Indianapolis, Ind.) and junior
Bill Guiney (Centerville, Ohio), added a strong school record
performance in 1:33.84.
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Mandy Hecker won three events in a
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Other top
efforts for the men included a victory in the 55-meter hurdles by
freshman Michael Burris (Terre Haute, Ind.) in a time of 8.02
seconds, a win by the Rose-Hulman 4-x-400-meter relay in a time of
3:32.40, senior Ryan Schipper (Fort Wayne, Ind.) with top
honors in the pole vault with a vault of 15’ 1”, and a sweep in the
weight throw by senior Paul Ceravolo (Warren, Mich.),
sophomore Vince Forcellini (Cincinnati, Ohio), and freshman
Jared Stermole (North Ridgeville, Ohio) with tosses of 40’
6”, 39’ 10 ½”, and 39’ 6 ½”, respectively.
The
Rose-Hulman women finished second of six teams with a point total of
132.5, being defeated by only meet winner Marian College who
finished with a total of 169 points. The Engineer women completed
the indoor season with a 14-5 in scored meets.
Four
Rose-Hulman women’s school records fell in the meet, including a
toss of 38’ 11 ½” by junior Janel Belton (Chesterfield, Mo.)
in the shot put, eclipsing the previous mark of 37’ 6 ¾” set by
Maggie Lowry in 2001.
Other
school record performances came from junior Katy Evert (Huntley,
Ill.) with a time of 9.62 seconds in the 55-meter hurdles, the
4-x-400-meter relay team consisting of freshmen Amanda Lundahl
(Lake Forest, Ill.) and Sarita Stephney (Houston, Texas),
Evert, and senior Mandy Hecker (Georgetown, Ind.) posting a
time of 4:22.19. Senior Kathleen Stynes (Okemos, Mich.) also
broke her own pole vault record set earlier this year with a vault
of 8’ 8 ¼”, better the previous mark of 8’ 6”.
Other
event winners included Stephney capturing both the 55-meter and
200-meter dashes with times of 7.60 seconds and 27.61 seconds,
Hecker with wins in the 800-meter run in a time of 2:28.07 and the
mile run with a time 5:29.12, and junior Rachel Krasich
(Westfield, Ind.) winning the 3,000-meter run in a time of
10:49.62.
Hecker
offered a strong overall performance by completing her indoor career
at Rose-Hulman by doubling in the 800 and mile runs, as well as
being the third leg in the 4-x-400-meter record breaking
relay.
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