1st of 16 at OWU/Strimer Invitational

April 24-25, 2004

Senior Chad Poling (Delaware/Hayes) shared medalist honors to lead Ohio Wesleyan to the team title at the OWU/Strimer Invitational held on Saturday and Sunday at Dornoch Golf Club and Oakhaven Golf Club in Delaware.

Ohio Wesleyan won the tournament with a 603, defeating second-place Otterbein by 14 shots. Muskingum finished in third place at 618, followed by Wittenberg (619), Denison (626), Franklin (627), Olivet (636), Anderson (638) and Wooster (641). Baldwin-Wallace rounded the top 10 with a 650, followed by Ohio Northern (652), Wabash (660), Capital (672), Oberlin (686), Hiram and Kenyon (690).

Poling finished with a 149, sharing medalist honors with Wittenberg's Scott Aker.

It marked the fourth consecutive tournament in which Poling won medalist honors. He won the Muskingum Invitational with a school-record 137 on March 26-27, won medalist honors in a playoff after finishing with a 145 at the Denison Invitational on April 9-10, then won the Wooster Invitational with a 146 at the Wooster Invitational on April 16-17.

Senior Joe Loudenslager (Hilliard/Darby) finished in a seventh-place tie at 152, sophomore Doug McCullough (Sleepy Hollow, Ill./St. Edward) tied for ninth place with a 153, sophomore Justin Schroeder (Shelby) tied for 13th place at 154 and senior Adam Pry (Bucyrus/Shelby) tied for 17th place with a 155.

The OWU/Strimer Invitational honors the memory of Bob Strimer, who was involved in Ohio Wesleyan athletics for over half a century. Strimer came to Ohio Wesleyan in 1941, and after 3 years in the U.S. Navy, returned for good in 1945. He was named head basketball coach in 1946 and held that position for 12 seasons, winning one Ohio Athletic Conference championship. He became head golf coach in 1948 and guided the Bishops to a pair of OAC titles in 7 seasons. In 1955, Strimer stepped down as golf coach to become Ohio Wesleyan's athletics director and served in that position until he retired in 1977. During his tenure on the Battling Bishop staff, he also served as head baseball coach as well as an assistant coach in football and track. After his retirement, Strimer remained active in athletics, alumni and development affairs for over 2 decades.

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