Wes Chamblee won the 2010 North Coast Athletic Conference Men's Indoor Track and Field Pentathlon Saturday at Oberlin, while the Wabash distance medley relay team set a new school mark at Saturday's Fred Wilt Memorial Invitational at Anderson University.
Chamblee (right) scored a total of 3,240 points in the five-event competition that consists of the 55-meter hurdles, long jump, shot put, high jump, and 1000-meter run. Chamblee won one of the five events and finished second in two others on his way to the title. His time of 2:50.50 earned 760 points toward his final total, barely beating Ohio Wesleyan's Jeff Driscoll in second with a time of 2:50.60 for 759 points. Wabash teammate Billy Rosson, who finished eighth in the overall scoring, took third place with a time of 3:01.92 to pick up 646 points. Freshman Patrick Posthauer also competed for the Little Giants, finishing ninth overall with 1,964 points after scoring 350 points with a time of 3:36.69 in the 1000-meter run.
Chamblee added added 751 points in the 55-meter hurdles with a time of 8.39 seconds. Rosson finished in 8.91 for 628 points, while Posthauer scored 783 points (8.26). Chamblee took second in the high jump, clearing 1.86 meters or 6 feet, 1-1/4 inches for 679 points. Posthauer and Rosson did make an initial height in the event.
Another 558 points came to Chamblee in the shot put after posting a second-place mark of 11.20 meters (36 feet, 9 inches). Rosson scored 467 points with a put of 9.69 meters (31 feet, 9-1/2 inches), while Posthauer's best mark of 7.27 meters (23 feet, 10-1/4 inches) scored 323 points.
Posthauer had the best mark in the long jump, scoring 508 points with a leap of 5.63 meters (18 feet, 5-3/4 inches). Chamblee picked up 492 points (5.55 meters; 18 feet, 2-1/2 inches), while Rosson scored 449 points (5.34 meters; 17 feet, 6-1/4 inches).
Chamblee and Rosson combined to give Wabash 10 points heading into the North Coast Athletic Conference Men's Indoor Track and Field Championship Meet set for March 5-6 at Denison University. Ohio Wesleyan scored eight team points in the pentathlon, as did Wittenberg. Kenyon (5), Oberlin (4), and Allegheny (3) also scored in the pentathlon.
While Chamblee, Rosson, and Posthauer were competing at Oberlin Saturday, the rest of the Little Giant squad was at Anderson, where the quartet of Justin Allen, Spencer Sheridan, Jake Waterman, and Kevin McCarthy combined for a time of 10:05.51 in the 4000-meter distance medley relay. The Little Giants won the event while setting a new school record and trimming more than 12 seconds off their best time of the season to that point. The time was also fast enough to earn the group a provisional qualifying spot in the NCAA Division III National Championship Meet.
Wabash athletes posted seven top-six efforts in individual events at the Fred Wilt Invitational. Senior Emmanuel Aouad won the 55-meter hurdles and the long jump. Aouad's time of 7.73 was the quickest in the finals of the hurdle sprint race, while teammate John Haley took third with a time of 8.29. Aouad's leap of 6.45 meters (21 feet, 2 inches) to post the top mark in the event.
Garret Bonk finished fourth in the 400-meter run with a time of 51.78. Matt Knox took fifth place in the pole vault, clearing 4.40 meters (14 feet, 4-1/4 inches). Micah Milliman finished sixth in the 800-meter run (2:01.51), while Donavan White was sixth in the mile run (4:31.79).
Wabash finished fifth out of 16 teams with a total of 52 points.