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1st of 6 at Capital Purple & White Invitational
Dec. 6, 2008
Junior Bryce Mathias (Centerburg) won 3 events as Ohio Wesleyan took the team title at the Purple & White Invitational, hosted by Capital University on Saturday in Columbus.
Ohio Wesleyan won the meet with 151 points to 129 for host Capital. Central State finished third with 66 points, followed by Wilmington (59), Kenyon (37) and Otterbein (28).
Mathias won the 60-meter hurdles in :08.98 and took the 200- and 400-meter dashes in respective times of :23.41 and :53.43.
Also claiming first-place finishes for Ohio Wesleyan were junior Kyle Faris (Olmsted Falls), who won the shot put with a throw of 47-2 1/4 and added a second in the weight throw; and senior Jon Smith (Clyde/Bellevue), who won the pole vault by clearing 13-6 1/4.
Other standouts for the Bishops included sophomore Jordon Exeter (Toronto, Ontario/Mercersburg (Pa.) Academy), who was second in the 60- and 200-meter dashes; freshman A.J. Sayed (Punta Gorda, Fla./Charlotte), who finished second in the long jump; freshman Phillip Forsgren (Vienna, Austria/American International), who placed second in the 400-meter dash; sophomore Sean Patrick (Delaware/Hayes), who finished third in the 200-meter dash and fifth in the 60-meter dash; sophomore Nate Goodall (Ostrander/Bishop Watterson), who was third in the long jump; senior John Wessel (Parma/Valley Forge), who placed third in the shot put; freshman Matt Haines (Downingtown, Pa./Delaware County Christian), who was fourth in the 200-meter dash and fifth in the 400-meter dash; junior Scott Hassee (Norwalk), who was fourth in the 500-meter run; freshman Jon Rux (North Oaks, Minn./Mounds View), who finished fifth in the shot put; and freshman Ben Andrews (Delaware/Hayes), who was fifth in the 800-meter run.