Men's Track & Field Succeed in Fours
Joey Kobs
Issue date: 2/8/10 Section: Sports
The men's track and field team started on a steady pace, even with competitions at some colleges larger than SNC. At their first meet, the men got a sense of their abilities against the likes of Beloit College, Lawrence University, UW-Oshkosh and the host UW-Whitewater. The Knights claimed the 4x200-meter relay with first-year Tyler Seidl, sophomore Ryan Ascher, junior Dann Schneider and senior Ham Dowden.
"Big-school meets are always fun to run," said Dowden. "The competition is great in the Midwest Conference (MWC), but the experience of running at Madison and Marquette is irreplaceable. We're really looking forward to showing some of the bigger schools what kind of talent small schools like SNC can bring to the table. With national-caliber athletes like Dann Schneider and Emily Schudrowitz leading the way, it'll be hard to overlook SNC at those meets."
Following the Warhawk Invite at UW-Whitewater, the Knights marched into the Superior Dome at Northern Michigan University looking to make some progress. It was an overall successful meet in terms of the entire team. Though the invite was not scored, senior Tony Dionne shot put 13.73 meters and threw 13.05 meters in the weight throw for a first place finish in both events. Senior Mackenzie Laska won the mile in 4:33:42 and relay teams won two other events. First, the 4x200-meter relay event fell to first-year Kirk Fishel, junior David Mason, senior Paul Leeman and Dowden. The 4x400-meter relay was also won with a team of Ascher, junior Steve Schumacher, Dowden and Laska.
At the first scored meet of the year, the Pointer Invitational at UW-Stevens Point, SNC represented the forest green and gold by placing second. The meet welcomed SNC, Ripon College, St. Scholastica and Lawrence among its own competitors.
The Knights continued their success in the relay events with wins in the 4x200-meter, 4x400-meter and the distance medley relay. Junior Jordan Gobert won the team 10 points by winning the pole vault with a score of 3.95 meters.
"Big-school meets are always fun to run," said Dowden. "The competition is great in the Midwest Conference (MWC), but the experience of running at Madison and Marquette is irreplaceable. We're really looking forward to showing some of the bigger schools what kind of talent small schools like SNC can bring to the table. With national-caliber athletes like Dann Schneider and Emily Schudrowitz leading the way, it'll be hard to overlook SNC at those meets."
Following the Warhawk Invite at UW-Whitewater, the Knights marched into the Superior Dome at Northern Michigan University looking to make some progress. It was an overall successful meet in terms of the entire team. Though the invite was not scored, senior Tony Dionne shot put 13.73 meters and threw 13.05 meters in the weight throw for a first place finish in both events. Senior Mackenzie Laska won the mile in 4:33:42 and relay teams won two other events. First, the 4x200-meter relay event fell to first-year Kirk Fishel, junior David Mason, senior Paul Leeman and Dowden. The 4x400-meter relay was also won with a team of Ascher, junior Steve Schumacher, Dowden and Laska.
At the first scored meet of the year, the Pointer Invitational at UW-Stevens Point, SNC represented the forest green and gold by placing second. The meet welcomed SNC, Ripon College, St. Scholastica and Lawrence among its own competitors.
The Knights continued their success in the relay events with wins in the 4x200-meter, 4x400-meter and the distance medley relay. Junior Jordan Gobert won the team 10 points by winning the pole vault with a score of 3.95 meters.
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