Monday, April 28, 2008

Blue Wave Rolls On

Blue Wave Build on Success at Windy Purdue Invitational

Team & Individual Results

The Bethel College men’s and women’s track teams traveled to West Lafayette, Indiana on Saturday to compete in the Purdue University Invitational Meet and turned in several impressive performances.

The Bethel men’s team was led by Chris Warhop who finished first in the 100m dash with a time of 11.16. Nate Phillips placed second in the 400m dash with a time of 49.10, and the Pilot 4x100m relay team of Warhop, Phillips, Brandon Thomas and Jovone Palmer also placed second with a time of 42.69.

The Pilots earned 5 fourth—place finishes and 7 fifth—place finishes as well at the meet. Fourth place honors went to Vincent Reel in the 800m run with a time of 1:57.92, Brad Wilson in the 110m hurdles with a time of 17.52, Bryce Matteson in the 3000m steeple chase with a time of 10:50.02, Zach Burrington in the pole vault clearing 15’7”, and JJ Jackson in the shot put with a toss of 50’11”. Fifth place honors went to Scott Robinson in the 800m run with a time of 1:58.35, Ryan Waybright in the 3000m steeple chase with a time of 10:52.83, William Walker in the high jump clearing 6’6”, JW Maierle in the long jump with a leap of 22’5”, Travis Lavine in the shot put with a toss of 48’10”, Jeff Hardman in the javelin with a throw of 172’11”, and the Pilot 4x400m relay team of Palmer, Phillips, Reel, and Jontae Randolph with a time of 3:26.53.
The Bethel women’s team turned in 3 third—place finishes led by Allison Schuck in the 3000m steeple chase with a time of 13:15.18, Nichole Arnold in the discus with a throw of 142’5”, and the Lady Pilot 4x400m relay team of Heather Rathbun, Jessie Spearman, Calyn Zahl, and Beenne Capre with a time of 4:02.70.

The Lady Pilots earned 1 fourth—place finish as well as 2 fifth—place honors at the meet. Finishing fourth in the shot put was Nichole Arnold with a toss of 43’0”, and placing fifth in the 100m dash was Katie Beutler with a time of 12.89, and Amber Wray in the 5000m run with a time of 18:27.63.

Bethel track will be back in action next Friday and Saturday, April 11—12, when they travel to Indianapolis to take part in the Indiana Intercollegiates at IUPUI.

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