January 22, 2010

Results

OSHKOSH, Wis. - Ripon's men's and women's track and field teams each finished second out of three teams at Friday's UW-Oshkosh Invitational. They both placed behind the host Titans, while finishing ahead of MWC foe Lawrence University. One highlight for the Red Hawks was the performance of freshman Matt Wood, who broke the school record in the 400 Meters with a time of 50.73, breaking current teammate Jamie Reese's two-year old mark by less than a second.

The Ripon men scored 47 team points, which was 26 points better than Lawrence. In addition to Wood's performance, A.J. Thew also took home a third place finish in the one mile run, running a time of 4:38.10, which was just five seconds off the winning pace. Also placing in the top three individually was Ben Rabata in the triple jump and Kyle Roy in the shot put. In the relay competitions, Ripon's 4x200 team of Wood, Reese, Jayson Krause and Majid Abdoulmoumine won the event with a time of 1:37.28. The Red Hawk's 4x400 relay team also fared well, finishing second, as the team of Wood, Reese, Thew and Max Hermann ran a time of 3:41.44.

The Red Hawk women finished second in their meet with 49 total team points, largely due to their distance events. Jessica Davey took third in the 5000 Meters with a time of 19:56.48, while Michelle Matter was third in the 3000 Meters with a time of 11:14.77. Also taking a third place finish was Alaina Nesbitt, who ran the 800 Meters in 2:32.32. The other high-point of the day came from freshman Arynn Martin, who finished third in a pair of events. In the 55 Meter hurdles, Martin ran a time of 10.35, which was less than a second off the winning pace. She also took third in the long jump with a distance of 14-01.25. The Red Hawk relay team of Nesbitt, Rebecca Ostrowski, Shelby Dukes and Lauren Colette finished second in the meet with a time of 4:55.63.

Ripon will be in action again on Saturday, January 30, when they'll travel to Stevens Point, Wis. to take part in the UW-Stevens Point Quad at 11 a.m.