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Ryan Schipper - Pole Vault and
Triple Jump Winner |
FINAL RESULTS
TERRE
HAUTE, IND.
- The Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology track and field
teams combined for seven victories, two school records and 17
top-two performances at the Rose-Hulman Twilight Meet on Friday.
Freshman
Sarita Stephney (Houston, Texas/Hastings) led the women's
effort that included 11 top-two finishes and two school records with
a pair of first-place performances. Stephney won the 100-meter
dash in 13.21 seconds and the 200 in a time of 26.85.
Junior
Janel Belton (Chesterfield, Mo./Parkway West) added a victory in
the discus throw with an effort of 117' 3".
Senior
Mandy Hecker (Georgetown/ North Harrison) smashed her own mark
in the 800-meter run to lead a pair of school record performances.
Hecker ran a time of 2:18.99 to shatter her own record by over five
seconds.
Senior
Kathleen Stynes (Okemos, Mich.) added a school record in the
pole vault with a leap of 9' 0 1/4". She also placed second in
the triple jump with a leap of 31' 5 1/4".
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Sarita Stephney - 100 and 200 Dash
Winner |
Other
runner-up performances for the women in running events included
junior Alissa Bishel (Chesterton) in the 400-meter run
(1:04.31); freshman Melissa Rogers (Crawfordsville/ Southmont)
with a time of 4:54.47 in the 1,500-meters; junior Katy Evert
(Huntley, Ill.) in the 400-meter hurdles (1:09.59); and the
4-x-400-meter relay team (4:21.63).
Second-place finishes for the women in field events included Belton
in the shot put (37' 6 3/4") and freshman Rebecca Fehribach
(Columbus, Ohio/Hilliard Darby) in the discus (107' 8").
On the
men's side, senior Ryan Schipper (Fort Wayne/Bishop Dwenger)
and senior B.J. Esarey (Defiance, Ohio) led a performance
that included four first-place finishes.
Schipper
won the pole vault with an NCAA provisional leap of 15' 6 1/2" and
added a triple jump leap of 42' 11 3/4" for a second win.
Esarey
cruised to victory in the javelin throw with the fourth-best effort
in school history, a toss of 179' 1".
The
Engineer 4-x-100-meter relay team added the final victory with a
time of 43.87 seconds. Freshman Michael Burris (Terre
Haute/North), junior Thomas Reives (Indianapolis/Arsenal
Tech), junior Bill Guiney (Centreville, Ohio) and
freshman Calvin Bueltel (Huntingburg/Southridge) combined for
the win.
Runner-ups for the Engineers included Reives in the high jump (6'
4"), who cleared the winning height but lost on fewest number of
misses; and sophomore Vince Forcellini (Cincinnati,
Ohio/Colerain) with a javelin throw of 147' 9".
Bueltel
added a third-place finish in the 100-meter dash (11.70) and a
fourth in the javelin (140' 2"). Other fourth-place finishes
included the 4-x-400-meter relay team (3:25.37); freshman Jared
Stermole (North Ridgeville, Ohio) with a shot put throw of 43'
10 3/4"; and junior Nate Bloss (Eau Claire, Wis./Regis) with
a triple jump of 38' 2 3/4".
Rose-Hulman returns to action at the 2007 Heartland Collegiate
Athletic Conference championships on Saturday April 28 at Bluffton
University.
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