DePauw men lead after first day of SCAC track and field competition

April 22, 2005

April 22, 2005, Memphis, Tenn. - The DePauw men's track and field team totaled 53 points on the first day of the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Championships at Rhodes College and hold a 22-point lead over Trinity.

Two Tigers earned all-conference honors and notched NCAA provisional marks in the long jump as Felix Felder won at 7.11 meters and Jamarcus Shephard was second at 6.96 meters. Felder's mark set an SCAC record.

Graham Wellman broke his own SCAC record in winning the 10,000-meter run for the second straight year in 32:32.14.

Ryan McElwain also earned all-conference honors in the shot put with a second-place throw of 13.86 meters and Mike Morris did so in the pole vault at 4.42 meters.

The championships conclude on Saturday.

                     Men - Team Rankings - 5 Events Scored
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    1) DePauw University           53        2) Trinity UNiversity         31   
    3) University of the South     26        4) Centre College             25   
    5) Rose-Hulman                 21        6) Oglethorpe University      16   
    7) Rhodes College              15        8) Southwestern University     4   
    8) Hendrix College              4                                           


Men 100 Meter Dash
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8 Advance:  Top 1 Each Heat plus Next 5 Best Times
   NCAA Auto: & 10.59                                                          
  NCAA  Prov: # 10.83                                                          
       Track: % 10.72  3/19/2005   Willie Green, Memphis University            
        SCAC: * 10.79  2001        William Henry, Rhodes                       
  Past Champ: $ 11.01              Sean Smith, Centre                          
    Name                    Year School                 Prelims  H#
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Preliminaries
  1 Hicks, Anthony               Trinity                $ 10.93Q  3 
  2 Williams, Jahred             Southwestern             11.10Q  2 
  3 Smith, Anthony               Trinity                  11.13Q  1 
  4 Chopra, Nipun                DePauw                   11.15q  1 
  5 Shephard, Jamarcus           DePauw                   11.19q  1 
  6 Judah, Nick                  Centre                   11.31q  3 
  7 Araiza, David                DePauw                   11.35q  2 
  7 Clark, Adam                  Centre                   11.35q  1 
  9 Anderson, V.J.               Centre                   11.39   3 
 10 Green, Swandoui              Oglethorpe               11.49   2 
 11 Coleman, Jacob               Centre                   11.51   2 
 12 Willard, Justin              Oglethorpe               11.52   2 
 13 Rhodes, Fred                 Sewanee                  11.61   3 
 14 Taylor, Bruce                Sewanee                  11.62   1 
 15 Murphy, Nate                 Sewanee                  11.63   2 
 16 Irchirl, Sean                Trinity                  11.76   1 
 16 Ellis, Greg                  Rose-Hulman              11.76   3 
 18 Bekoe, Nana                  Oglethorpe               11.99   3 
 19 Davis, Taron                 DePauw                   12.22   3 
 20 Williams, Nate               Sewanee                  12.55   2 
 21 Brailsford, Kolby            Trinity                  12.77   1 
 
Men 200 Meter Dash
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8 Advance:  Top 1 Each Heat plus Next 5 Best Times
   NCAA Auto: & 21.31                                                          
  NCAA  Prov: # 21.81                                                          
       Track: % 21.91  3/19/2005   Willie Green, Memphis University            
        SCAC: * 21.69  2002        Sean Smith, Centre                          
  Past Champ: $ 21.89              Sean Smith, Centre                          
    Name                    Year School                 Prelims  H#
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  1 Smith, Anthony               Trinity                  22.12Q  3 
  2 Chopra, Nipun                DePauw                   22.45Q  1 
  3 Sparkman, Brian              Sewanee                  22.67Q  2 
  4 Williams, Jahred             Southwestern             22.33q  3 
  5 Shephard, Jamarcus           DePauw                   22.46q  3 
  6 Hicks, Anthony               Trinity                  22.67q  1 
  7 Judah, Nick                  Centre                   22.84q  3 
  8 Gabriel, Jon                 Oglethorpe               22.87q  2 
  9 Anderson, V.J.               Centre                   22.89   1 
 10 Brailsford, Kolby            Trinity                  22.90   2 
 11 Ugokwe, Obinna               DePauw                   22.94   3 
 12 Coleman, Jacob               Centre                   22.95   2 
 13 Willard, Justin              Oglethorpe               23.12   2 
 14 Clark, Adam                  Centre                   23.13   1 
 15 Strickland, Casey            Sewanee                  23.22   2 
 16 Clark, Tristan               Rose-Hulman              23.23   2 
 17 Guiney, Bill                 Rose-Hulman              23.32   3 
 18 Green, Swandoui              Oglethorpe               23.43   1 
 18 MacRini, Joseph              Trinity                  23.43   1 
 20 Rhodes, Fred                 Sewanee                  23.66   2 
 21 Freyder, Jeff                Rhodes                   23.91   3 
 22 McIntyre, Josh               Oglethorpe               23.95   3 
 23 Williams, Nate               Sewanee                  25.10   1 
 24 Davis, Taron                 DePauw                   27.08   1 
 
Men 400 Meter Dash
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8 Advance:  Top 1 Each Heat plus Next 5 Best Times
   NCAA Auto: & 47.50                                                          
  NCAA  Prov: # 48.50                                                          
       Track: % 47.29  3/19/2005   Miles Smith, Southeast Missouri State       
        SCAC: * 48.62  1999        Phil Reksel, Rose-Hulman                    
  Past Champ: $ 48.79              Ryan New, Centre                            
    Name                    Year School                 Prelims  H#
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  1 Sparkman, Brian              Sewanee                  50.32Q  2 
  2 Loveless, Chad               Centre                   50.87Q  1 
  3 Smith, Anthony               Trinity                  51.20Q  3 
  4 Brailsford, Kolby            Trinity                  50.90q  2 
  5 Gabriel, Jon                 Oglethorpe               50.98q  1 
  6 Judd, Phil                   DePauw                   51.23q  2 
  7 MacRini, Joseph              Trinity                  51.75q  3 
  8 Ugokwe, Obinna               DePauw                   52.03q  1 
  9 Patrick, Drew                Centre                   52.32   1 
 10 Hood, Brandon                DePauw                   52.37   1 
 11 Perry, Mitch                 Sewanee                  52.59   3 
 12 Guiney, Bill                 Rose-Hulman              52.91   2 
 13 Felix, Pablo                 DePauw                   52.96   2 
 14 Sanders, Byron               Rose-Hulman              53.05   3 
 15 Rich, Josh                   Rose-Hulman              53.34   1 
 16 Freyder, Jeff                Rhodes                   53.46   1 
 17 Brotzge, Matt                Centre                   53.87   1 
 18 McIntyre, Josh               Oglethorpe               54.43   2 
 19 Wessel, Mike                 Rose-Hulman              55.12   3 
 20 Symm, Zach                   Southwestern             59.11   2 
 
Men 10000 Meter Run
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       Track: % 31:03.69  3/26/2005   Graham Wellman, DePauw University        
        SCAC: * 32:08.73  2003        Brian McCarthy, Rhodes                   
  Past Champ: $ 33:15.51              Graham Wellman, DePauw                   
    Name                    Year School                  Finals  Points
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  1 Wellman, Graham              DePauw                32:32.14$   10  
  2 Ridley, Lucas                Sewanee               32:40.38$    8  
  3 Stallsworth, Ben             DePauw                32:42.66$    6  
  4 Hack, Eric                   Centre                33:24.02     5  
  5 Blank, Nate                  Centre                33:26.52     4  
  6 Castelli, Tony               Sewanee               33:37.34     3  
  7 Otto, Jameson                Southwestern          33:38.45     2  
  8 Bretscher, Daniel            DePauw                34:03.77     1  
  9 Henderson, Heath             Rhodes                34:26.92  
 10 Sickbert, Matt               Hendrix               34:48.41  
 11 Sauter, Matthew              Rhodes                34:55.31  
 12 Lawrence, Derick             DePauw                34:57.34  
 13 Lopez, Jose                  Southwestern          35:22.04  
 14 Lippert, Anthony             Centre                35:39.69  
 15 Barrows, Scott               Rhodes                35:46.64  
 16 Moore, Rob                   Rhodes                35:51.50  
 17 Robinson, Bradley            Trinity               36:07.72  
 18 Fuller, Grant                Trinity               37:30.80  
 19 Cornell, Alexander           Trinity               38:49.42  
 -- Tognetti, Joseph             Trinity                    DNF  
 
Men 110 Meter Hurdles
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8 Advance:  Top 1 Each Heat plus Next 6 Best Times
   NCAA Auto: & 14.44                                                          
  NCAA  Prov: # 14.90                                                          
       Track: % 15.50  3/26/2005   Matt Harden, Illinois Wesleyan              
        SCAC: * 14.92  1998        Amdre Boldware, Trinity                     
  Past Champ: $ 15.70              Manjah Fernandez, Southwestern              
    Name                    Year School                 Prelims  H#
===================================================================
Preliminaries
  1 Aldana, Joshua               Trinity                $ 15.55Q  2 
  2 Byars, Zachary               Trinity                  15.93Q  1 
  3 Campbell, Nick               Rhodes                   15.95q  1 
  4 Costello, JJ                 DePauw                   16.29q  2 
  5 Clark, Adam                  Centre                   16.79q  2 
  6 Aba-Onu, Frank               DePauw                   16.95q  2 
  7 Galloway, Justin             Sewanee                  17.11q  1 
  8 Rink, Tyler                  DePauw                   17.63q  2 
  9 Burrier, Drew                Sewanee                  18.20   1 
 
Men 400 Meter Hurdles
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8 Advance:  Top 1 Each Heat plus Next 6 Best Times
   NCAA Auto: & 52.40                                                          
  NCAA  Prov: # 54.00                                                          
       Track: % 52.41  3/19/2005   Alonzo Nelson, Southeast Missouri State     
        SCAC: * 53.34  2000        Phil Reksel, Rose-Hulman                    
  Past Champ: $ 56.06              Chad Loveless, Centre                       
    Name                    Year School                 Prelims  H#
===================================================================
  1 Loveless, Chad               Centre                   56.54Q  1 
  2 Campbell, Nick               Rhodes                   58.06Q  2 
  3 Page, Brian                  Rose-Hulman              57.38q  1 
  4 Byars, Zachary               Trinity                  58.42q  1 
  5 Aldana, Joshua               Trinity                  59.34q  2 
  6 Rink, Tyler                  DePauw                 1:00.63q  2 
  7 Araiza, David                DePauw                 1:01.05q  1 
  8 Packnett, Chris              DePauw                 1:01.18q  2 
  9 Galloway, Justin             Sewanee                1:01.57   2 
 10 Garza, Alejandro             Trinity                1:01.59   2 
 11 Costello, JJ                 DePauw                 1:02.46   1 
 12 Taylor, Ethan                Rose-Hulman            1:03.73   2 
 13 Clark, Adam                  Centre                 1:04.02   2 
 14 Burrier, Drew                Sewanee                1:05.21   1 
 15 Churchwell, Russ             Oglethorpe             1:06.06   1 
 -- Moore, Jacob                 Rose-Hulman                DNF   1 
 
Men Pole Vault
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   NCAA Auto: & 5.80m                                                          
  NCAA  Prov: # 4.63m                                                          
       Track: % 4.27m  3/19/2005   John Rhon, Illinois College                 
        SCAC: * 14-06  1997        David Osler, Rhodes                         
  Past Champ: $ 4.40m              Ryan Schipper, Rose-Hulman                  
    Name                    Year School                  Finals            Points
=================================================================================
  1 Schipper, Ryan               Rose-Hulman              4.57m$  15-00.00   10  
  2 Crouch, Adam                 Trinity                  4.42m$  14-06.00    8  
  3 Morris, Mike                 DePauw                  J4.42m$  14-06.00    6  
  4 Clark, Tristan               Rose-Hulman              3.96m   12-11.75    5  
  5 Weirich, Phillip             DePauw                  J3.96m   12-11.75    4  
  6 Page, Brian                  Rose-Hulman              3.81m   12-06.00    3  
  7 Strickland, Casey            Sewanee                  3.20m   10-06.00    2  
  8 Taylor, Bruce                Sewanee                  3.05m   10-00.00    1  
 -- Ware, Jeremy                 Centre                      NH            
 -- Aba-Onu, Frank               DePauw                      NH            
 
Men Long Jump
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   NCAA Auto: & 7.24m                                                          
  NCAA  Prov: # 6.95m                                                          
       Track: % 7.20m  3/19/2005   Brandon Winbush, Memphis University         
        SCAC: * 23-02  2001        Jerjeme Urban, Trinity                      
  Past Champ: $ 6.46m              Felix Felder, DePauw                        
    Name                    Year School                  Finals            Points
=================================================================================
  1 Felder, Felix                DePauw                   7.11m#  23-04.00   10  
  2 Shephard, Jamarcus           DePauw                   6.96m#  22-10.00    8  
  3 Willard, Justin              Oglethorpe               6.87m$  22-06.50    6  
  4 Sims, Christopher            Trinity                  6.65m$  21-10.00    5  
  5 Clark, Adam                  Centre                   6.58m$  21-07.25    4  
  6 Strickland, Casey            Sewanee                  6.45m   21-02.00    3  
  7 Williams, Jahred             Southwestern             6.44m   21-01.50    2  
  8 Schipper, Ryan               Rose-Hulman              6.40m   21-00.00    1  
  9 Garcia, Joey                 Sewanee                  6.21m   20-04.50 
  9 Garza, Alejandro             Trinity                  6.21m   20-04.50 
 11 Taylor, Bruce                Sewanee                  6.17m   20-03.00 
 12 Stern, Benjamin              Trinity                  6.01m   19-08.75 
 13 Keen, Eric                   Sewanee                  5.99m   19-08.00 
 14 Irchirl, Sean                Trinity                  5.97m   19-07.00 
 15 Bloss, Nate                  Rose-Hulman              5.94m   19-06.00 
 16 Esarey, BJ                   Rose-Hulman              5.90m   19-04.25 
 17 Churchwell, Russ             Oglethorpe               5.83m   19-01.50 
 18 Anderson, V.J.               Centre                   5.80m   19-00.50 
 19 Green, Swandoui              Oglethorpe               5.77m   18-11.25 
 20 Blandford, Adam              Centre                   5.65m   18-06.50 
 21 Radford, Chris               Centre                   5.56m   18-03.00 
 22 McIntyre, Josh               Oglethorpe               5.26m   17-03.25 
 
Men Shot Put
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   NCAA Auto: &   17.17m                                                       
  NCAA  Prov: #   15.40m                                                       
       Track: %   16.64m  3/19/2005   Nate Meckes, Calvin College              
        SCAC: * 52-01.50  1999        Kels Farmer, Trinity                     
  Past Champ: $   14.18m              Dyan Tarr, Rose-Hulman                   
    Name                    Year School                  Finals            Points
=================================================================================
  1 Andrews, Jack                Rhodes                  13.90m   45-07.25   10  
  2 McElwain, Ryan               DePauw                  13.86m   45-05.75    8  
  3 Heath, Brad                  Trinity                 13.66m   44-09.75    6  
  4 Beehan, Michael              Centre                  13.15m   43-01.75    5  
  5 Gray, John                   Hendrix                 12.87m   42-02.75    4  
  6 Atkins, Justin               Centre                  12.65m   41-06.00    3  
  7 Ceravolo, Paul               Rose-Hulman             12.50m   41-00.25    2  
  8 Allen, Donald                Sewanee                 12.49m   40-11.75    1  
  9 Brumby, John                 Trinity                 12.46m   40-10.50 
 10 Haslett, Cody                Rhodes                  12.22m   40-01.25 
 11 Kelly, John                  Sewanee                 12.17m   39-11.25 
 12 Smith, Ed                    Rhodes                  11.93m   39-01.75 
 13 Zywien, Jarrod               Centre                  11.74m   38-06.25 
 14 Hachfeld, Tim                Rose-Hulman             11.39m   37-04.50 
 15 Dorman, Willie               Centre                  11.25m   36-11.00 
 16 Hogberg, Daniel              Trinity                 11.24m   36-10.50 
 17 Bozzi, Conor                 Sewanee                 11.22m   36-09.75 
 18 Martin, Pete                 Oglethorpe              10.93m   35-10.50 
 19 Caray, Josh                  Oglethorpe              10.81m   35-05.75 
 20 Pollitzer, Ben               Hendrix                 10.47m   34-04.25 
 21 Taylor, Kyle                 Oglethorpe               9.77m   32-00.75 
 22 Kienle, Sean                 Trinity                  9.26m   30-04.75 
 -- Strickland, Casey            Sewanee                   FOUL            
 
Men Javelin Throw
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   NCAA Auto: & 62.90m                                                         
  NCAA  Prov: # 57.40m                                                         
       Track: % 57.90m  3/19/2005   Jason Theodorakos, Southeast Missouri State
        SCAC: * 196-09  1994        Jimmie Glorioso, Rhodes                    
  Past Champ: $ 54.05m              Chad Loveless, Centre                      
    Name                    Year School                  Finals            Points
=================================================================================
  1 Link, Eric                   Oglethorpe              57.28m$    187-11   10  
  2 Stern, Benjamin              Trinity                 55.42m$    181-10    8  
  3 Kelly, John                  Sewanee                 50.18m     164-07    6  
  4 Pitts, Will                  Rhodes                  46.88m     153-10    5  
  5 Zywien, Jarrod               Centre                  46.10m     151-03    4  
  6 Crouch, Adam                 Trinity                 45.54m     149-05    3  
  7 Strickland, Casey            Sewanee                 44.80m     147-00    2  
  8 Byars, Zachary               Trinity                 44.50m     146-00    1  
  9 Coleman, Jacob               Centre                  44.28m     145-03 
 10 Brumby, John                 Trinity                 43.56m     142-11 
 11 Krause, Phil                 Rhodes                  43.32m     142-01 
 12 Adkins, Casey                Rose-Hulman             42.36m     139-00 
 13 Loveless, Chad               Centre                  41.26m     135-04 
 14 Henderson, Heath             Rhodes                  39.06m     128-02 
 15 Bozzi, Conor                 Sewanee                 39.02m     128-00 
 16 Brutkiewicz, Jesse           DePauw                  38.54m     126-05 
 17 Dunn, Jacob                  Centre                  38.52m     126-04 
 18 Elliott, Evan                Rhodes                  35.88m     117-08 
 19 Taylor, Kyle                 Oglethorpe              33.46m     109-09 
 
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