Men's Track

Quakers Finish Third at Hanover Invitational

For Immediate Release:
March 29, 2008

HANOVER, Ind. — The Earlham College men’s track team had five champions during Saturday’s Hanover Invitational as the Quakers finished third out of six squads.

Sophomore Chris Shaw (Anderson, IN/Pendleton Heights) led the way for the Quakers winning the discus (152’4¼”), taking second in the shot put (46’2¼”) and finishing seventh with a school record toss in the hammer (126’4”).

Sophomore Bo Braun (Nutley, NJ/Nutley) won the 400 meters with a time of 50.86 seconds, while anchoring the 1,600-meter relay team that was second in 3:31.47. First-years Lenden Bowsman (New Castle, IN/New Castle) and Ben Randall (Milford, OH/Milford) along with sophomore Will Katz (Seattle, WA/Garfield) were on the relay team with Braun.

Senior Mark Boylan (Holliston, MA/Holliston) ran a 16:02.59 to win the 5,000 meters. Sophomore Malick Keita (Bamako, Mali/Lycee Francais Liberte) was victorious in the triple jump with a distance of 40’7¾” and first-year Chad Wertman (Holland, IN/Southridge) had a toss of 47’2½” to win the shot put.

Earlham’s other participants to score Saturday were:
• Senior Mwaura Wambiga (Nairobi, Kenya/Li Po Chun UWC), second, triple jump, 40’3.”
• Junior James Haley (Bloomington IN/South), third, 800, 2:08.52.
• Sophomore Evan Fackler (Shelby, OH/Plymouth), fourth, 5,000, 16:35.70.
• Sophomore John White (Ann Arbor, MI/Huron), fourth, 3,000 steeplechase, 10:41.75.
• Senior Nick Welsh (Muncie, IN/Wes Del), fourth, javelin, conversion unavailable.
• First-year Austin Manahan (Orlando, FL/University), fifth, triple jump, conversion unavailable.
• Braun, sixth, 200, 24.08.
• Haley, sixth, 1,500, 4:23.23.
• Keita, sixth, high jump, conversion unavailable.
• Katz, seventh, 200, 24.38.
• Bowsman, seventh, 100, 12.26.
• Randall, seventh, 400, 54.32.
• Bowsman, eighth, 200, 24.52.
• First-year Cyrus Dudgeon (Cambridge, MA/Rindge and Latin), eighth, 100, 12.91.

The next meet for the Quakers is the Anderson Invitational next Saturday. The event gets underway at 11 a.m.

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