Bowling Green State University Athletics

Men's Tracksters Tied For 8th After First Day Of MAC's
May 17, 2002 | Men's Track and Field
May 17, 2002
The Bowling Green Men's Track team scored 3 points after two events in the first day of competition at the 2002 MAC Outdoor Championships.
The Falcons scored three points in the hammer throw field event. Senior Pat Kania threw for a distance of 175'04" to place sixth in the event.
Fellow senior Tom Kutter ran the other event, placing ninth in the 10,000 meter run with a time of 30:49.42.
Friday's field events include the decathlon, pole vault, long jump, and shot put. The running events include the 1,500 meter run prelims, 110 meter hurdles prelims, 400 meter dash prelims, 100meter dash prelims, 800 meter run prelims, 400 meter hurdles prelims, 200 meter dash prelims, and the 3,000 meter steeplechase.
Complete Results as of Thursday evening:
Mid-American Conference - 5/16/2002 to 5/18/2002
Outdoor Championships
Eastern Michigan University
Event 39 Men Hammer Throw
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NCAA Auto: A 72.00m
NCAA Prov: P 61.00m
MAC: M 66.78m 1983 Conor McCollough, KSU
Name Year School Finals Points
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Finals
1 Zach Riley SR Ball St. 62.40mP 204-09 10
FOUL 58.59m 51.98m 61.98m FOUL 62.40m
2 Dale Cowper Western Michigan 57.80m 189-07 8
57.80m 57.47m 54.20m FOUL FOUL 57.20m
3 Greg Corbitt JR Akron 54.98m 180-04 6
51.04m FOUL 54.30m
4 Josh Sowers SR Marshall 54.00m 177-02 5
49.67m FOUL FOUL FOUL 51.56m 54.00m
5 Dustin Shaffer SO Akron 53.97m 177-01 4
47.36m 52.48m FOUL 53.97m 51.93m FOUL
6 Pat Kania SR Bowling Green 53.45m 175-04 3
51.28m 52.21m 50.85m FOUL FOUL 53.45m
7 Mike Preston Western Michigan 53.38m 175-01 2
50.45m 49.73m 50.82m 52.73m 52.71m 53.38m
8 Damon Page SR Eastern Michigan 52.84m 173-04 1
50.86m 52.69m 52.16m 52.84m 49.94m FOUL
9 Mike Sidlauskas FR Central Michigan 52.32m 171-08
FOUL 51.16m 51.92m 50.15m 49.76m 52.32m
10 Landon Burkhardt SR Eastern Michigan 49.66m 162-11
44.38m 49.66m FOUL
11 Marc Keast JR Eastern Michigan 49.29m 161-08
49.29m FOUL 49.23m
12 Nick Hill SR Akron 48.52m 159-02
43.90m 44.29m 48.52m
13 Andy Burchfield SR Marshall 48.16m 158-00
47.88m 48.16m 44.72m
14 Byron McKinney JR Buffalo 47.86m 157-00
47.86m 47.19m 47.58m
15 Kevin Keil SR Central Michigan 47.81m 156-10
46.35m 47.81m 47.81m
16 Nate Arbogast SR Ohio 47.81m 156-10
47.81m 46.45m 44.36m
17 Rob Voigtlander Western Michigan 46.95m 154-00
46.32m FOUL 46.95m
18 Tom Densevich SO Kent State 45.46m 149-02
FOUL 44.98m 45.46m
19 Aaron Davenport JR Toledo 45.42m 149-00
FOUL 45.02m 45.42m
20 Eric Bildstein FR Ohio 43.42m 142-05
FOUL 43.42m 42.30m
21 Kyle Cleaver FR Ball St. 42.89m 140-08
FOUL 42.89m 42.74m
-- Matt Elsesser SO Central Michigan FOUL
FOUL FOUL FOUL
-- Scott Starost JR Ball St. FOUL
FOUL FOUL FOUL
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Men - Team Rankings - 1 Events Scored
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1) Ball St. 10 1) Western Michigan 10
1) Akron 10 4) Marshall 5
5) Bowling Green 3 6) Eastern Michigan 1
Event 28 Men 10000 Meter Run
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NCAA Auto: A 29:00.00
NCAA Prov: P 29:45.00
MAC: M 28:57.30 1985 Brian Carlton, Miami
Name Year School Finals Points
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Finals
1 Boaz Cheboiywo JR Eastern Michigan 29:08.67P 10
2 Gavin Thompson SO Eastern Michigan 30:07.37 8
3 Jake Flynn FR Central Michigan 30:16.12 6
4 Abe Habte SO Toledo 30:20.48 5
5 Don Wilkins FR Central Michigan 30:34.86 4
6 Jerimie Slick JR Buffalo 30:35.50 3
7 Dave Ernsberger FR Central Michigan 30:39.72 2
8 Steve Crane SO Eastern Michigan 30:46.95 1
9 Tom Kutter SR Bowling Green 30:49.42
10 Brian Godsey JR Miami 30:54.89
11 John Sainna JR Toledo 31:01.96
12 James Sjostrom SO Kent State 31:24.21
13 Matt Cornwell FR Kent State 31:24.61
14 Tim Hufford JR Miami 31:41.22
15 Aaron Hoover SO Ball St. 31:57.86
16 Todd Ludden JR Buffalo 31:59.61
17 Sal Impellitteri SO Ball St. 32:00.36
18 Kurt Ward JR Kent State 32:20.38
19 Craig Swisher FR Marshall 32:23.41
20 Michael Johnson JR Ball St. 32:27.90
21 Scott See FR Miami 32:51.63
22 Joel Beatty SO Buffalo 33:54.45
23 Jason Pyles FR Marshall 34:41.09
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Men - Team Rankings - 2 Events Scored
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1) Eastern Michigan 20 2) Central Michigan 12
3) Ball St. 10 3) Akron 10
3) Western Michigan 10 6) Marshall 5
6) Toledo 5 8) Buffalo 3
8) Bowling Green 3










