Thinclads Sixth At NCAC Relays

The Wabash track and field team grabbed sixth place at the annual North Coast Athletic Conference Indoor Relays held Saturday at Denison University.

Jared Smit (Lafayette, IN/Central Catholic) and Mark Sherer (Valparaiso, IN/Valparaiso) paired to take first place in the 5000 meter relay with a time of 31:36.7. Smit had the fastest individual time in the race with a 15:31.4, while Sherer's time of 16:07.4 was fifth fastest.

Peter DeYoung (Evansville, IN) and Brent Bridwell (Crawfordsville, IN) took second in the high jump relay. DeYoung cleared 6'6" for the second consecutive week, combining with Bridwell to reach 12' 6".

 NCAC Indoor Relays    

Team Scores
  1.  Denison			82 points
  2.  Ohio Wesleyan		81 points
  3.  Allegheny			62.5 points
  4.  Wittenberg			52.5 points
  5.  Wooster			50 points
  6.  Wabash			46 points
  7.  Kenyon				32 points
  8.  Hiram				22 points
  9.  Earlham			14 points
  10. Oberlin			13 points    

Individual Results    

Long Jump
  4th - Josh Waters (17'7") and Peter DeYoung (20'6")    

Triple Jump
  5th - Bud Latawski (37' 9") and Peter DeYoung (37' 6 1/4")    

High Jump
  Peter DeYoung (6' 6") and Brent Bridwell (6')    

5000 meter relay
  1st - Jared Smit (15:31.4) and Mark Sherer (16:05.3)    

800 meter relay
  5th - Kevin Lowry, Scott Hoyer, Matt Latowski, and Darren Green (1:37.53)    

Distance medley
  6th - Dan Ruge, Chris Weitzel, Ken Shelton, Zach Medler (10:51.63)    

55 meter hurdles
  8th - R.J. Metz (9.49)    

Sprint medley
  4th - Darren Green, Scott Hoyer, Matt Latowski, Brandon Shipp (3:16.66)    

3200 meter relay
  4th - Andy Smith, Zach Medler, Dan Ruge, Mark Sherer (8:13.27)    

1600 meter relay 
  8th - Darren Green, Matt Latowski, Ken Shelton, Brandon Shipp (3:19.68)