2007 Wittenberg Men's Track & Field News
In recognition of his academic and athletic accomplishments at Wittenberg University, Manoach Lamarre, class of 2009 from Miami, Fla., has been named a 2007 Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar by Black Issues in Higher Education.
A solid spring sports season has reaped individual rewards for 27 Wittenberg University athletes who were selected to All-North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) teams over the last two weeks.
A solid spring sports season has reaped individual rewards for 27 Wittenberg University athletes who were selected to All-North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) teams over the last two weeks.
CLEVELAND, Ohio — The Allegheny men won their fifth straight and eighth overall team title at the NCAC Championships, held at Ohio Wesleyan on May 3-4. The Gators captured five first and 16 other top-three finishes to total 211 points and outdistance Ohio Wesleyan (193), Wabash (110) and Wittenberg (79) in the men's field. The Ohio Wesleyan women claimed their sixth NCAC crown and first since 1998 with 237 points. Defending champion Allegheny wound up second with 228 points, followed by Oberlin (101), Wooster (75.5) and Earlham (75).
The Wittenberg men's and women's outdoor track and field teams had a mixed bag of results at the 2007 North Coast Athletic Conference championship meet.
The weather finally broke, and the Wittenberg Tigers took nearly full advantage of the welcome sunshine with a pair of strong finishes at the Wilmington Invitational.
A solid 2006-07 winter sports season wrapped up for the Wittenberg University Tigers over the last two weeks as the North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) awarded 19 Wittenberg student-athletes with postseason honors.
A solid 2006-07 winter sports season wrapped up for the Wittenberg University Tigers over the last two weeks as the North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) awarded 19 Wittenberg student-athletes with postseason honors.
CLEVELAND, Ohio — The Allegheny men won their fifth straight and eighth overall team title at the NCAC Championships, held at Denison March 2-3. The Gators captured five first and nine other top-three finishes to total 159 points and outdistance Ohio Wesleyan (114), Wabash (100.5) and Denison (75.5) in the men's field. The Ohio Wesleyan women claimed their sixth NCAC crown and first since 1994 with 183 points. Allegheny wound up second with 112 points, followed by Oberlin (106) and Denison (60). The Bishops won seven events and had nine other top-three finishes.
The Wittenberg men's and women's indoor track and field teams both finished toward the middle of the pack at the 2007 North Coast Athletic Conference Indoor Championships at Denison. But while the teams didn't necessarily stand out from the crowd, junior Nicole Bailey (Cincinnati, Ohio/Summit Country Day) certainly did.
The Wittenberg Tigers split their squads over the Feb. 10 weekend, and the results at the Mike Hout Invitational at Capital University on Friday and the All-Ohio Championships at Otterbein College on Saturday were very strong.
The Wittenberg men's and women's indoor track and field teams captured six individual wins during the Denison Big Red Invitational, a five-team event that did not include team scoring.
As they have in each of the first three weeks of the 2007 indoor season, the Wittenberg Tigers competed well in several individual events but an overall lack of depth was a factor in the team's eventual finish at the North Coast Athletic Conference Relays at Denison.
The Wittenberg Tigers didn't exactly have a large contingent on hand for an indoor meet at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, but the student-athletes on hand certainly made a good impression.
The Wittenberg men's and women's indoor track and field teams opened the 2007 season with a sixth-place finish for the women and an eighth-place finish for the men at the Capital University Purple and White Invitational.
Wittenberg Director of Athletics and Recreation Garnett Purnell announced that Craig Penney has been named the university’s new men’s and women’s cross country and track & field head coach.