Kristen Mumper
The Wittenberg men's and women's indoor track teams kicked off the 2003 season last weekend with a tri-meet at Otterbein on Saturday. The Tigers finished second in both the men's and women's competitions, with the host Cardinals showing the way and Muskingum falling behind the Tigers.
Skip Ivery
While Wittenberg didn't win the meet, the Tigers did have
numerous strong performances. Among them were first place finishes
by junior Skip Ivery (Columbus,
Ohio/Groveport-Madison) in the 55-meter hurdles, sophomore
Joe Rumschlag (Maumee, Ohio/Toledo Christian) in
the triple jump, and junior Demetrius Ellison (Cleveland,
Ohio/Trinity) in the 400 meters. Collecting second-place
finishes were junior Tim Damopoulos (Grove City, Ohio/Grove
City) in the 1000, freshman Matt Locke (South
Charleston, Ohio/Southeastern) in the 55 hurdles, and
freshman Jered Glover (Middletown,
Ohio/Middletown) in the long jump and triple jump.
On the women's side, junior Kristen Mumper (Cincinnati,
Ohio/Purcell Marian) took firsts in the long jump and
triple jump and a second in the 55 hurdles. Junior Kelly
Zilli (Dayton, Ohio/Kettering Alter) claimed a first in
the 800, freshman Tracy Butler (Ft. Wayne,
Ind./Homestead) finished first in the 1000 and 2nd in the
1500, sophomore Marissa Davoll (Cincinnati,
Ohio/Anderson) added a second in the 300 meter hurdles,
freshman Anna Finkelstein (Whitehall,
Mich./Reeths-Puffer) was second in the 400 and senior
Amanda Young (London, Ohio/London) was the
runner-up in the high jump. Rounding things out was a first place
in the 4x400 relay with Zilli, Finkelstein, Davoll and senior
Abi Gerstle (Kettering, Ohio/Fairmont) all taking
their turns.
Next: 1/25 at Wabash Alumni Meet