Bowling Green State University Athletics
Men's Track Takes 8th In Final MAC Championship
May 18, 2002 | Men's Track and Field
May 18, 2002
The 2002 Bowling Green Men's Track and Field Team closed its season and the record books with an eighth place finish in the MAC Outdoor Championships today at Eastern Michigan. The Falcon tracksters earned 38 points in their final performance for the Orange and Brown. BG topped Marshall, Buffalo, Miami and Ohio in the final standings. Eastern Michigan stole the gold with 168 total points followed by Western Michigan, Toledo, Kent State, Central Michigan, Akron and finally, Ball State.
BG had two second place finishes and two fourth place finishes in Saturday's competition. Junior Zerian Peterson earned the silver in the 400 meter dash with a time of 46.53. Peterson also contributed to the 4x100 relay team's silver medal. Senior Ricco Ogelsby, Peterson, junior Ray Hall and freshman Durond Clark finished tied for second with a time of 41.04.
Freshman Dean Coticchia gained one of BG's two fourth-place honors in the high jump event. Coticchia earned a mark of 6'09 1/2" while the other fourth-place finish went to Zerian Peterson in the 200 meter dash with a time of 21.35.
Complete Results:
Final Team Scores 1) Eastern Michigan 168 2) Western Michigan 115 3) Toledo 86 4) Kent State 81.50 5) Central Michigan 81 6) Akron 76.50 7) Ball St. 73 8) Bowling Green 38 9) Marshall 37 10) Buffalo 33 11) Miami 23 12) Ohio 3Event 33 Men High Jump ================================================================================= NCAA Auto: A 2.25m NCAA Prov: P 2.18m MAC: M 2.25m 1996 Henry Patterson/Mike Caza, Tol/KSU Name Year School Finals Points ================================================================================= Finals 1 Kevin Grant SR Toledo 2.11m 6-11.00 10 1.88 1.93 1.98 2.03 2.07 2.11 2.18 O P O XO O O XPP 2 Ronnie Zatkoff SR Central Michigan 2.07m 6-09.50 8 1.88 1.93 1.98 2.03 2.07 2.11 P P O O O XXX 3 Mike Hanson Western Michigan 2.07m 6-09.50 6 1.88 1.93 1.98 2.03 2.07 2.11 P O XO O XO XXX 4 Dean Coticchia FR Bowling Green 2.07m 6-09.50 5 1.88 1.93 1.98 2.03 2.07 2.11 O O O O XXO XXX 5 Tomasz Smialek FR Akron 2.03m 6-08.00 4 1.88 1.93 1.98 2.03 2.07 O O XO O XXX 6 Erik Reynolds FR Miami 2.03m 6-08.00 3 1.88 1.93 1.98 2.03 2.07 P O O XO XXX 7 Ben Daniel FR Ball St. 2.03m 6-08.00 2 1.88 1.93 1.98 2.03 XXO O XO XXX 8 DJ Benion SR Eastern Michigan 1.98m 6-06.00 1 1.88 1.93 1.98 2.03 P O XO XXX 9 Mike Armock Western Michigan 1.98m 6-06.00 1.88 1.93 1.98 2.03 O XO XXO XXX 9 Kyle Sheer JR Ohio 1.98m 6-06.00 1.88 1.93 1.98 2.03 O XO XXO XXX 11 Bryan Garnder 3 Bowling Green 1.93m 6-04.00 1.88 1.93 1.98 O O XXX 12 Brent Horst SR Ohio 1.93m 6-04.00 1.88 1.93 1.98 O XO XXX 12 Steve Esler JR Buffalo 1.93m 6-04.00 1.88 1.93 1.98 O XO XXX 12 Josh Paull SO Toledo 1.93m 6-04.00 1.88 1.93 1.98 P XO XXX 15 Randy Cheddesingh JR Toledo 1.93m 6-04.00 1.88 1.93 1.98 XXO XO XXX 16 Chad Cutlip JR Kent State 1.88m 6-02.00 1.88 1.93 O XXX 16 Rob Ellerman FR Eastern Michigan 1.88m 6-02.00 1.88 1.93 O XXX 18 Chad Lutz FR Ohio 1.88m 6-02.00 1.88 1.93 XO XXX 19 David Springer FR Bowling Green 1.88m 6-02.00 1.88 1.93 XXO XXX -- Josh Brown Western Michigan NH 1.88 XXX -- Jalilu Mayo SR Eastern Michigan NH 1.88 XXX ================================================================================= Men - Team Rankings - 20 Events Scored ================================================================================= 1) Eastern Michigan 158 2) Western Michigan 110 3) Toledo 82 4) Akron 76.50 5) Kent State 75.50 6) Central Michigan 73 7) Ball St. 72 8) Marshall 37 9) Bowling Green 36 10) Buffalo 30 11) Miami 23 12) Ohio 3
Event 40 Men Javelin Throw ================================================================================= NCAA Auto: A 68.00m NCAA Prov: P 67.00m MAC: M 79.86m 1974 Rick Dowswell, Ohio Name Year School Finals Points ================================================================================= Finals 1 Bryan Troxell SR Ball St. 61.44m 201-07 10 57.04m 61.44m 56.51m FOUL 59.11m FOUL 2 Derek McCray FR Kent State 60.94m 199-11 8 56.40m 60.94m 60.09m 59.76m 58.02m FOUL 3 Nick Schaibly Western Michigan 58.14m 190-09 6 51.79m 53.53m 55.50m 58.14m FOUL 52.09m 4 Anthony Quinn SR Eastern Michigan 58.00m 190-03 5 52.05m 53.15m 49.50m 50.44m 58.00m 51.16m 5 Drew Walter SO Miami 56.43m 185-02 4 FOUL 51.42m 53.85m 53.78m 56.43m 53.79m 6 Damon Page SR Eastern Michigan 55.93m 183-06 3 54.11m FOUL 55.25m 55.27m 55.93m FOUL 7 Tom Torchia Western Michigan 55.80m 183-01 2 50.82m 52.06m 55.80m 54.59m 55.00m 53.13m 8 Matt Conley FR Ball St. 55.74m 182-10 1 FOUL 49.53m 51.69m 52.47m 55.74m FOUL 9 Bob Muhn JR Miami 54.36m 178-04 52.31m 53.20m 47.36m 51.30m 54.36m 54.28m 10 Steve Godek SR Ohio 51.60m 169-03 FOUL FOUL 51.60m 11 Edan Peleg SO Miami 50.78m 166-07 FOUL 5.78m 47.07m 12 Matt Mikolajczyk FR Toledo 47.40m 155-06 FOUL 47.40m 44.65m 13 Eric Bildstein FR Ohio 46.19m 151-06 44.61m 46.19m 46.10m 14 Ronnie Zatkoff SR Central Michigan 43.64m 143-02 41.53m 43.64m FOUL 15 Brian Schnurr JR Toledo 42.82m 140-06 FOUL 41.91m 42.82m 16 Zac Williams FR Ohio 42.74m 140-03 40.82m 42.74m 40.20m 17 Todd Spangler FR Bowling Green 40.26m 132-01 40.26m FOUL 38.98m 18 Alan Dunbar SO Kent State 38.37m 125-11 FOUL 36.48m 38.37m -- Mike Sidlauskas FR Central Michigan DNS ================================================================================= Men - Team Rankings - 18 Events Scored ================================================================================= 1) Eastern Michigan 135 2) Western Michigan 99 3) Kent State 75.50 4) Akron 72.50 5) Toledo 72 6) Ball St. 70 7) Central Michigan 55 8) Marshall 37 9) Bowling Green 31 10) Buffalo 30 11) Miami 18 12) Ohio 3
Event 31 Men 4x100 Meter Relay ========================================================================== NCAA Auto: A 39.20 NCAA Prov: P 40.10 MAC: M 39.88 1994 Ohio, Ohio Clements, Ray, Burton, Goss School Finals H# Points ========================================================================== Finals 1 Eastern Michigan 41.00 2 10 1) Gary Stanford FR 2) Nduka Awazie JR 3) Olayemi Olatunji SR 4) Antwon Morton JR 2 Toledo 41.04 1 7 1) Exavier Darden SO 2) Kevin Grant SR 3) Rhoan Sterling FR 4) Jak Taylor SO 2 Bowling Green 41.04 2 7 1) Ricco Oglesby SR 2) Zerian Peterson JR 3) Ray Hall JR 4) Durand Clark FR 4 Ball St. 41.25 2 5 1) Angel Santiago SO 2) Chad Asprooth SR 3) Josh Hahn SR 4) Scott Allen JR 5 Akron 41.25 2 4 1) John Biacofsky FR 2) Devin Booker SO 3) Rick Coble SR 4) LeShaunte' Edwards SR 6 Marshall 41.31 1 3 1) Marlon Little SR 2) John Ferguson SO 3) James Hickey SO 4) Mark Littlejohn JR 7 Western Michigan 41.32 2 2 1) Darius Johnson 2) Rashad McDade 3) Josh Culver 4) Jermaine Lewis 8 Central Michigan 41.38 1 1 1) Johnie Drake FR 2) Dana Thomas JR 3) Soji Jibowu FR 4) Derold Sligh SO 9 Buffalo 41.60 1 1) Bryan Weinstein FR 2) Peter Otovic SR 3) Emeka Uche FR 4) Joe Clark JR 10 Ohio 42.51 1 1) Chad Brinker SO 2) Roger Redd SO 3) Jason Lanza SO 4) Ron Hill SO 11 Miami 45.81 1 1) Mike Mount SO 2) Ryan Schreck FR 3) Kelly Tenbrink SO 4) Charles Davis SO -- Kent State DNF 2 1) Josh Dumbaugh JR 2) Marc Mitchell FR 3) Rodney Brown FR 4) Otis Jordan SO ================================================================================ Men - Team Rankings - 9 Events Scored ================================================================================ 1) Eastern Michigan 67 2) Western Michigan 53 3) Central Michigan 38 4) Ball St. 37 5) Toledo 36 6) Akron 33.50 7) Kent State 27.50 8) Buffalo 21 9) Bowling Green 16 9) Marshall 16 11) Miami 3 11) Ohio 3
Event 23 Men 400 Meter Dash ======================================================================= NCAA Auto: A 45.40 NCAA Prov: P 46.30 MAC: M 45.61 1999 Clement Chukwu, EMU Name Year School Finals Points ======================================================================= Finals 1 Nduka Awazie JR Eastern Michigan 46.30P 10 2 Zerian Peterson JR Bowling Green 46.53 8 3 Joe Clark JR Buffalo 46.62 6 4 Jak Taylor SO Toledo 46.98 5 5 Derold Sligh SO Central Michigan 47.18 4 6 Rashad McDade Western Michigan 48.02 3 7 Deleon Johnson JR Miami 48.82 2 8 Scott Allen JR Ball St. 50.43 1 ================================================================================ Men - Team Rankings - 13 Events Scored ================================================================================ 1) Eastern Michigan 97 2) Western Michigan 69 3) Ball St. 54 4) Central Michigan 52 5) Toledo 51 6) Kent State 47.50 7) Akron 43.50 8) Buffalo 30 9) Marshall 27 10) Bowling Green 24 11) Miami 6 12) Ohio 3
Event 22 Men 200 Meter Dash ============================================================================ NCAA Auto: A 20.50 NCAA Prov: P 20.85 MAC: M 20.39 1999 Bobby Cruse, KSU Name Year School Finals Wind Points ============================================================================ Finals 1 Nduka Awazie JR Eastern Michigan 20.94 1.5 10 2 Rhoan Sterling FR Toledo 20.98 1.5 8 3 LeShaunte' Edwards SR Akron 21.00 1.5 6 4 Zerian Peterson JR Bowling Green 21.35 1.5 5 5 Rashad McDade Western Michigan 21.43 1.5 4 6 Otis Jordan SO Kent State 21.68 1.5 3 7 Durand Clark FR Bowling Green 21.93 1.5 2 8 Mark Littlejohn JR Marshall 21.97 1.5 1 ================================================================================ Men - Team Rankings - 18 Events Scored ================================================================================ 1) Eastern Michigan 135 2) Western Michigan 99 3) Kent State 75.50 4) Akron 72.50 5) Toledo 72 6) Ball St. 70 7) Central Michigan 55 8) Marshall 37 9) Bowling Green 31 10) Buffalo 30 11) Miami 18 12) Ohio 3
Event 27 Men 5000 Meter Run ======================================================================= NCAA Auto: A 13:46.00 NCAA Prov: P 14:07.00 MAC: M 14:01.70 1983 Brian Carlton, Miami Name Year School Finals Points ======================================================================= Finals 1 Boaz Cheboiywo JR Eastern Michigan 13:56.64M 10 2 Gavin Thompson SO Eastern Michigan 14:35.29 8 3 Jake Flynn FR Central Michigan 14:39.41 6 4 Chris Stine Western Michigan 14:40.55 5 5 Jordan Desilets SO Eastern Michigan 14:41.59 4 6 Jeff Davis SO Central Michigan 14:42.56 3 7 Steve Padgett FR Miami 14:44.95 2 8 Don Wilkins FR Central Michigan 14:45.20 1 9 Peter Weisz SO Kent State 14:50.68 10 Brian Godsey JR Miami 14:51.87 11 Todd Ludden JR Buffalo 14:52.88 12 Damian Sherck Western Michigan 14:58.38 13 Matt Cornwell FR Kent State 15:04.60 14 Abe Habte SO Toledo 15:07.95 15 Matt Mayer Western Michigan 15:13.66 16 Rick Stewart JR Buffalo 15:14.45 17 Drew Frum FR Ohio 15:15.29 18 Jerimie Slick JR Buffalo 15:17.28 19 Tom Kutter SR Bowling Green 15:21.86 20 Sal Impellitteri SO Ball St. 15:24.25 21 Jerry Claunch SO Miami 15:27.97 22 Steve Samuel SO Ball St. 15:42.89 23 James Sjostrom SO Kent State 15:56.93 24 Todd Moyers FR Akron 16:01.64 25 Robert Smith SR Marshall 16:25.50 26 David Stonestreet FR Bowling Green 16:38.37 -- John Sainna JR Toledo DNS -- Casey Batey SR Marshall DNS ================================================================================ Men - Team Rankings - 19 Events Scored ================================================================================ 1) Eastern Michigan 157 2) Western Michigan 104 3) Kent State 75.50 4) Akron 72.50 5) Toledo 72 6) Ball St. 70 7) Central Michigan 65 8) Marshall 37 9) Bowling Green 31 10) Buffalo 30 11) Miami 20 12) Ohio 3
Event 32 Men 4x400 Meter Relay ========================================================================== NCAA Auto: A 3:04.00 NCAA Prov: P 3:07.50 MAC: M 3:07.66 1989 Eastern Michigan, EMU Bunnell, Williams, Jules, Wilson School Finals H# Points ========================================================================== Finals 1 Eastern Michigan 3:11.17 2 10 1) Dean Hagg 2) Brandon Jiles JR 3) Antwon Morton JR 4) Nduka Awazie JR 2 Central Michigan 3:12.32 2 8 1) Derold Sligh SO 2) Soji Jibowu FR 3) Dana Thomas JR 4) Ian Searcy JR 3 Kent State 3:13.57 1 6 1) Josh Dumbaugh JR 2) Jared Vogler JR 3) Marc Mitchell FR 4) Rodney Brown FR 4 Western Michigan 3:14.51 2 5 1) Jermaine Lewis 2) Darius Johnson 3) Kris Seats 4) Josh Culver 5 Toledo 3:14.77 1 4 1) Chris Bowman FR 2) Exavier Darden SO 3) Kevin Grant SR 4) Jak Taylor SO 6 Buffalo 3:14.91 1 3 1) Joe Clark JR 2) Peter Otovic SR 3) Bryan Weinstein FR 4) Emeka Uche FR 7 Bowling Green 3:14.92 2 2 1) Zerian Peterson JR 2) Keith Battle JR 3) Josh Cook JR 4) Andre George FR 8 Ball St. 3:16.15 1 1 1) Patrick Bush FR 2) Scott Allen JR 3) Shannon Grady JR 4) Chad Asprooth SR 9 Miami 3:17.63 2 1) Deleon Johnson JR 2) Javin Tucker JR 3) Dave Bonner SR 4) Ed Morgan 13 10 Akron 3:17.72 2 1) John Biacofsky FR 2) Jon Morgan FR 3) Ken Battle JR 4) Jason Flowers SR 11 Marshall 3:17.97 1 1) Phil Jones JR 2) James Hickey SO 3) Nimal Bailey SO 4) Brent Garrett SO 12 Ohio 3:20.02 1 1) Ron Hill SO 2) John Smith SO 3) Jason Lanza SO 4) Candum Griffin FR ================================================================================ Men - Team Rankings - 21 Events Scored ================================================================================ 1) Eastern Michigan 168 2) Western Michigan 115 3) Toledo 86 4) Kent State 81.50 5) Central Michigan 81 6) Akron 76.50 7) Ball St. 73 8) Bowling Green 38 9) Marshall 37 10) Buffalo 33 11) Miami 23 12) Ohio 3
