Men's Track

Quakers Win Nine Events in Earlham Invitational

For Immediate Release:
April 19, 2008

RICHMOND, Ind. — The Earlham College men’s track team won nine of 15 events Saturday afternoon at Darrell Beane Stadium as the Quakers won the Earlham Invitational.

Sophomore Bo Braun (Nutley, NJ/Nutley) led the Quakers with one individual victory and two more as the anchor of the 400-meter and 1,600-meter relay teams. “Our men did a great job today with some clutch performances by sophomores Bo Braun and Chris Shaw,” Earlham Head Coach Nick Johnson said.

Braun won the 200 meters in 23.56 seconds. The 400-meter relay team of first-year Lenden Bowsman (New Castle, IN/New Castle), sophomore Will Katz (Seattle, WA/Garfield), first-year Ben Randall (Milford, OH/Milford) and Braun was first with a time of 45.20 seconds. The same group grabbed the top spot in the 1,600-meter relay in 3:55.24. Braun was also second in the 400 meters in 50.49 seconds.

Shaw (Anderson, IN/Pendleton Heights) won the discus with a distance of 148’9” and took third in the shot put with a 46’5¼” toss.

Senior Nick Welsh (Muncie, IN/Wes Del) won a pair of events. Welsh started his day with victory in the javelin with a distance of 139’11” and ended the afternoon by winning the hammer with a 126’0” throw.

Senior Mark Boylan (Holliston, MA/Holliston), first-year Austin Manahan (Orlando, FL/University) and first-year Ishmail Daoh (Freetown, Sierre Leone/Armand Hammer UWC) were the other winners for the Quakers.

Boylan took the 3,000-meter steeplechase in 10:35.51. Manahan won the triple jump with a distance of 39’ 1¼.” Daoh was first in the long jump with a 16’10” leap. 

Earlham’s other participants to score were:
• First-year Chad Wertman (Holland, IN/Southridge), second, hammer, 116’2.”
• Sophomore Evan Fackler (Shelby, OH/Plymouth), second, 5,000, 16:36.89.
• Wertman, second, shot put, 46’5¼.”
• Bowsman, second, 200, 23.76.
• Junior James Haley (Bloomington IN/South), second, 800, 2:07.76.
• Daoh, second, triple jump, 35’9½.”
• Haley, second, 1,500, 4:24.96.
• Sophomore John White (Ann Arbor, MI/Huron), second, 3,000 steeplechase, 10:49.38.
• Senior Lamont Watson (Philadelphia, PA/University), fourth, 800, 2:15.49.
• First-year Adam Rozich (Eau Claire, WI/Altoona), fourth, 1,500, 4:55.87.
• First-year Cyrus Dudgeon (Cambridge, MA/Rindge and Latin), fifth, 100, 12.84.
• Wertman, fifth, discus, 103’1.”

Next up for the Quakers is the North Coast Athletic Conference Outdoor Championships at Ohio Wesleyan University on May 1-2.

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