Another banner spring sports season has reaped rich rewards for 51 Wittenberg University athletes who were selected to All-North Coast Athletic Conference teams over the last two weeks.
The Tiger men's and women's track and field teams continued to perform well as the 2003 season winds toward a conclusion. In the first competition of the NCAC Outdoor Championships, Wittenberg captured big points in the decathlon and heptathlon events held at the Earl F. Morris Track facility.
The Tiger track and field teams had another outstanding weekend, even as half the athletes went to Earlham and the other half competed in a meet at Butler.
A banner winter sports season has reaped tangible rewards for 25 Wittenberg University athletes and two coaches who earned All-North Coast Athletic Conference awards. Announcements for men's and women's basketball came in separate releases from the NCAC office last week.
The Tiger track and field teams are preparing this week for the NCAC Indoor Championships, scheduled for Friday and Saturday at Denison. Last year, Wittenberg finished second in the men's competition, while the women claimed fourth place.
The Wittenberg men's and women's indoor track and field teams competed against a loaded field at Ohio State University over the weekend and turned in a host of outstanding individual performances in the Scarlet & Grey Invitational. No team scores were kept.
The Wittenberg University men's and women's indoor track and field teams put together another strong weekend of individual performances at a pair of meets hosted by the University of Findlay.
The Wittenberg men's and women's indoor track and field teams put together another solid performance last weekend at the Anderson (Ind.) Indoor Invitational.
The Wittenberg men's and women's indoor track teams put together an outstanding performance in the NCAC Relays Saturday afternoon at Denison University.
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The Wittenberg men's and women's indoor track teams competed at the Wabash Alumni Invitational last weekend and both finished in third place out of 10 teams.
At the NCAC Cross Country Championship Meet, Abi Gerstle took home the individual women's title for a second straight year with a 5K-time of 18:46, which was five seconds faster than the rest of the field and 23 seconds better than her winning time in 2001. Already the first Wittenberg runner, male or female, to gain an individual cross country championship and Runner of the Year honors, she duplicated the feat in 2003.