1st of 10 at NCAC Relays

Feb. 2, 2008

Junior Ryan Ellis (Columbus/Dublin Scioto) and junior Nathan Osborn (Edgerton) helped 2 relay teams set meet records in leading Ohio Wesleyan to the North Coast Athletic Conference Relays title at the NCAC Relays meet on Saturday in Granville.

The championship is the Bishops' second NCAC Relays title in the last 3 seasons.

Ohio Wesleyan won the meet with 88 1/2 points to 85 for runner-up Wabash. Denison finished in third place with 49 points, followed by Wooster and Allegheny (46), Oberlin (43), Kenyon (31), Wittenberg (29), Earlham (25 1/2), and Hiram (0). The meet consists of relays, running events and field events, with the running events and field events scored by ranking the combined efforts of each school's top 2 participants.
Complete Results

Ellis and Osborn combined with junior Preston Osborn (Edgerton) and sophomore Bryce Mathias (Centerburg) to win the 1600-meter relay in 3:26.28, breaking the school and meet record of 3:26.30 set by Matt Churpek, Adam Torrence, Jason Martin and Tyler Stillman in 1999.

Ellis and Nathan Osborn also teamed with freshman Sean Patrick (Delaware/Hayes) and freshman Jordan Exeter (Toronto, Ontario/Mercersburg (Pa.) Academy) to win the 800-meter relay in 1:31.46, breaking the meet record of 1:32.81 set by Wittenberg in 2003.

The distance medley relay team of junior Alex Havran (Woodinville, Wash./Overlake), freshman Kody Law (Reynoldsburg), junior Garret Andre-Johnson (Walnut Creek, Calif./Berkeley) and sophomore Christian Schlabach (Wooster/Triway) won its event in 10:33.57.

Junior Andrew Bloom (Powell/Worthington Kilbourne) and freshman Jack Schemenauer (Luckey/Eastwood) won the 55-meter hurdles relay in a combined time of :18:06, and junior David Stefanik (Wooster) and junior Clay Davis (Dublin/Coffman) paired to win the 5000-meter relay in a combined time of 31:20.44.

The Bishop 3200-meter relay team of junior Gary Brenneman (Fredericktown), freshman Jeff Driscoll (Shreve/Triway), sophomore Matthew MacKenzie (Franklin, Mass.) and freshman Kyle Herman (Stow/Stow-Munroe Falls) finished second, as did the 1600 sprint medley relay team of sophomore Steve Brown (Redford Township, Mich./Redford), Preston Osborn, senior Joe Berlyoung (Elyria/Avon) and Schlabach.

Bloom and sophomore David Burke (Hudson) combined to tie for second place in the high jump relay.

Junior Jon Smith (Clyde/Bellevue) cleared 13-5 1/4 in the pole vault, the top individual effort of the day, as he and freshman Jon Voiles (Ann Arbor, Mich./Pioneer) finished third in the pole vault relay.

Exeter and freshman Parone Mulrain (Chicago, Ill./Latin School) finished fifth in the triple jump relay and tied for sixth in the long jump relay, while the shot put relay of junior Bobby Polley (Wexford, Pa./North Allegheny) and sophomore Josh Sulser (Johnstown/Johnstown-Monroe) placed sixth