Andy Karcher
The Wittenberg mens and womens track and field teams are heading
into the home stretch with some outstanding individual performances
highlighting things.
Leading the charge is senior Joe Rumschlag (Maumee,
Ohio/Toledo Christian), who has his first NCAA Division
III provisional qualifying mark in the long jump. He has surpassed
the mark in each of the last two meets, at Rhodes on April 9 and at
the All-Ohio Invitational at Ohio Wesleyan on April 16, and he is
currently ranked in the top 10 nationally.
His performance at Rhodes, which included three top-five finishes,
earned Rumschlag NCAC Field Events Athlete of the Week honors.
Sophomore Andy Karcher (Oceola, Ohio/Bucyrus
Wynford) has also been competing at a high level for the
Tigers. He had multiple top-five finishes at Rhodes and then he
followed that up with third place in the hammer throw at Ohio
Wesleyan, which was good for NCAC Field Events Athlete of the
Week.
On the womens side, the story continues to be freshmen
Nicole Bailey (Cincinnati, Ohio/Summit Country
Day) and Allison Walker (Columbus,
Ohio/Academy). At Rhodes, Walker finished first in the
hammer throw and in the top five in two other field events. At Ohio
Wesleyan, Bailey placed fourth in three different events and was
the top NCAC performer in each case.
While the NCAC Championships dont technically take place until next
week at Ohio Wesleyan, they do start this weekend with the decathon
and heptathlon championships hosted by Wittenberg. A Wittenberg
athlete has won the decathlon in each of the last five years and
Geri Woessner, class of 2004, won three of the last four heptathlon
titles. The rest of the team competes at the Wilmington
Invitational on Saturday.
Next: 4/23-24 NCAC Multi-Events
4/23 @ Wilmington