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[Men's Outdoor Track & Field] Ross reaches Shot Put record at WHAC meet

Randy Strawser — Sat, 04 May 2013 21:00:00 -0600

(Grand Rapids, Mich. – Houseman Field) Great conditions and the usual great competition produced some great performances at the Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championships at Houseman Field.

Going into the meet, the Golden Eagles knew they would be without their top distance runner, Louis Falland, who was still not fully recovered from an ankle injury. Falland leads the WHAC with the best time in the 3000 meter steeplechase this season and without him CU's streak of six consecutive conference titles in the event was in jeopardy. That left Cody Risch as the next available candidate, but he had not raced the event since the conference meet in 2012.

The race started conservatively with all eight competitors bunched in a single pack. Just before the halfway point, Risch made a move to the front, taking only Brenden Zoltek of Indiana Tech with him. Risch maintained his pace of 1:15 per lap and found himself extending his lead. His winning time of 9:47.53 was three seconds off his best, but more importantly, kept the WHAC steeplechase title with Cornerstone for another year.

Over at the shot put circle, Ross Raymond opened with a new best of 44' 3" then followed two rounds later with a 45' 8.5" effort breaking the school record. The longest standing mark in the CU T&F record books belonged to Keith Tuttle who threw 45' 7 ¾" in 1985. Raymond finished seventh, while freshman, Daniel Door extended his best to 39' 11 ¼" in fourteenth place. Mike Mahon took eighth in the discus with a new best throw of 135' 10". Spencer Perry got third in the javelin throw with a mark of 170' 6".

Thursday evening, Travis Mabe matched his runner up finish in the 10,000 meters from 2012, taking second in 32:21.30. On Friday the senior concluded his WHAC career running 15:28.28 to place third in the 5,000 meters.

Ryan Versen took second in the 400 meter hurdles. His time of 53.89 was just over one second slower than the meet record he ran last year. Deon Fox improved his best time in the event to 57.86 in eighth place.

Perry, Zach Yeo, Zach Bourdon and Versen combined for 3:19.26 to finish fourth in the 4 x 400 meters. C

Indiana Tech continued their dominance in the WHAC, demonstrating that they are one of the top teams in the NAIA, winning the team title with 265 points. Aquinas was second with 158 followed by Siena Heights with 128, Cornerstone at 54, Davenport, 32 and Concordia 13.

[Men's Outdoor Track & Field] Freshman record for Fox in Decathlon

Randy Strawser — Sat, 27 Apr 2013 20:00:00 -0600

(Hillsdale, Mich.) Day 1 and 2 - Spring weather finally arrived in time for the 47^th annual Hillsdale College "Gina" Relays, and with it record performances for the CU men.

Thursday and Friday, Deon Fox and Spencer Perry joined the field of eight men for the decathlon. With a solid 11.52 performance in the 100 meters and a PR of 21' 1 ¾" in the long jump along with his marks from the shot put (29/ 5 ¼"), high jump (5' 11 ½") and 400 meters (54.23), Fox finished the day with 3132 points with Perry close behind at 3059.

Thursday evening, Ben Foreman finished eighth in the 10,000 meters, breaking his PR from ten years ago, running 32:36.65.

Day two opened with Deon running well in one of his best events, the 110 meter hurdles, clocking 15.33. After coaxing the discus to 102' 2", Fox vaulted to a PR 14' 3 ¼" earning 716 points. Perry countered with his best in the vault, clearing 12' 3 ½". Spencer saved his best for the last two events. His third attempt in the javelin sailed 191' breaking the school record of 189' 6" set in 2007 by Travis Smith and bettering the NAIA automatic qualifying standard. Running alone at the front of the 1500 meters, Perry finished in 4:49.25 for 623 more points. Fox managed 5:11.18 and his 497 additional points gave him a combined total of 6041. Ijah Solomon of Eastern Michigan won with 6967 points. Fox was second, breaking the freshman record of 5353 set by Perry in 2011. Spencer improved his best to 6006 points for third place.

Travis Mabe ended the day with a PR in the 10,000 meters. His 32:20.60 effort placed 24^th.

Day 3 - After two full days of competition, the final day of the Hillsdale "Gina" Relays centered on two important races for the Cornerstone men.

A season of bad weather left 2012 All-American, Ryan Versen still looking for a qualifying mark in the 400 meter hurdles and the 2013 Indoor All-American squad had yet to post a time on the NAIA nationals list.

Running in the Championship section, Versen faced competition for Michigan State and Grand Vallet State. Closing fast off the last turn, Ryan worked his way to second in 53.58 just behind GVSU's Logan Hoffman's 53.22. The time was well under the NAIA automatic standard of 53.80.

Ninety minutes later, Versen joined Spencer Perry, Zach Yeo and Eric Schroeder for the 4 x 400 meter relay. Schroeder, the usual lead off man, switched to the anchor leg. A slight hamstring injury made it difficult to push out of the blocks. One day after completing the decathlon, Perry got the starting job and turned in a solid 50.3. Yeo followed with a 49.7 then passed to Versen who bought the team from the

[Men's Outdoor Track & Field] Freshman record for Fox in Decathlon

Carla Fles — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 22:10:28 -0600

(Hillsdale, Mich.) Spring weather finally arrived in time for the 47^th annual Hillsdale College "Gina" Relays, and with it record performances for the CU men.

Thursday evening, Ben Foreman finished eighth in the 10,000 meters, breaking his PR from ten years ago, running 32:36.65.

Friday's sprint action saw Ryan Versen win the open section of the 400 meters in 48.63. Jon Brinks led a trio of freshmen to new PR's in the 100 meters, placing third in 11.16. Tyler Kubik&lcugoldeneagles.com/roster/9/18/1321.php">Kelly Gampel won #6 singles by forfeit. Silvers and Rusticus took #2 doubles 8-4 and Carr/Gampel won #3 doubles by forfeit.

[Women's Tennis] Women's Tennis Opens Season with Loss to #23 Marian

Carla Fles — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 16:17:57 -0600

#24 Marian defeated the Golden Eagles 9-0 in the first match for CU in the spring season in Kissimmee Florida.
Carrie Carr and Kelly Gampel lost a tie-breaker in #3 doubles 7-5.

Singles

Brittney Horlacher (MU) def. Amy Fouty (CU) 6-1, 6-0

Hannah Knust (MU) def. Janie Silvers (CU) 6-0, 6-0

Sarah Potter (MU) def. Hannah Guest (CU) 6-0, 6-0

Tiffany Schendel (MU) def. Carrie Carr (CU) 6-1, 6-1

Katie Barrett (MU) def. Allison Rusticus (CU) 6-2 6-0

Casey Delucenay (MU) def. Kelly Gampel (CU) 6-0, 6-0

Doubles
Olivia Pursell/Potter (MU) def. Fouty/Guest (CU) 8-1

Horlacher/Lauren Paras (MU) def. Silvers/Rusticus (CU) 8-0

Hannah Ruegsegger/Hillary Carpenter (MU) def. Carr/Gampel 9-8 (5)

[Women's Tennis] Indiana Wesleyan Remains Undefeated

Carla Fles — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 21:27:01 -0600

The Wildcats of Indiana Wesleyan improved to 10-0 with a 9-0 win over the Golden Eagles. Catie Sattler won 4 games in the first set in #6 singles but lost 6-4, 6-1 to Kim Reisdorf.

[Women's Tennis] Goshen Downs Cornerstone 8-1

Randy Strawser — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 05:45:43 -0600

Carrie Carr and Hannah Guest picked up Cornerstone's only point today in an 8-5 doubles win over Stoltzfus/Goodman of Goshen. The Golden Eagles would not win any other matches against the Maple Leafs today. The other scores are posted below.

[Women's Tennis] Golden Eagles Lose to Bethel (IN)

Randy Strawser — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 05:34:02 -0600

The Golden Eagles were defeated 9-0 by Bethel (IN) today. Freshman Carrie Carr came close to picking up a point for Cornerstone. Carr won her first set 6-3 but then lost 6-4, (11-9) in her singles match. The remaining results are listed below.

[Women's Tennis] Cornerstone Falls To St. Francis (IN)

Randy Strawser — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 05:54:05 -0600

The Golden Eagles lost 9-0 to St. Francis (IN) today. Carrie Carr came up just short in her match losing 6-4, 4-6, (10-8). The remaining scores are listed below.

[Women's Tennis] Judson Takes Down Golden Eagles

Carla Fles — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 22:16:39 -0600

Playing in their second opponent in just as many days the Judson Eagles were able to ground CU and win 9-0. Janie Silver playing #2 singles pushed her opponent to an extra game after losing the first set 1-6 then winning the second 6-4 but lost the tie-breaker 10-5. Carrie Carr playing #4 singles pushed her opponent to a tie-breaker but could not get the win losing 5-7, 6-2, 5-10. The Golden Eagles will play in the ITA Regionals Sept. 15-16.