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| Jarryd Dean |
CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind. -- The UMR men's track and field team posted six all-conference performances Saturday -- including four conference titles -- in taking third place at the Great Lakes Valley Conference Indoor Championships held at Wabash College.
UMR got two event wins from Tyrone Smith, plus victories from freshman Jarryd Dean and sophomore Charles Melton as it finished with a total of 127 points as a team. Dean, who also earned All-GLVC honors in the triple jump as did Lucas Handley in the pole vault, gained an additional honor as he was named as the "Freshman of the Year" by the conference.
Smith repeated as the GLVC champion in both of the horizontal jumps, posting marks of 24-11 in the long jump and 45-9 3/4 in the triple jump while also taking fifth place in the 55-meters with a time of 6.61 seconds. His mark that was good enough to win the long jump came in the second round, but he recorded his best mark in the last round of jumps.
In the triple jump, however, Smith needed to post his best mark in the final round to top Dean, whose leap of 45-6 1/2 had held up since the third round. Dean ended up taking second in the triple jump to go along with his high jump title and sixth place showing in the long jump of 21-11 1/2.
Dean's winning mark in the high jump was 6-7, which he cleared on his first attempt. Indianapolis' Adam Campagna also cleared 6-7, but did it on his second attempt and that ended up breaking the tie as both jumpers had an equal number of misses in the competition.
Melton won his GLVC title in the 55-meters with a school record-tying time of 6.45 seconds, which was also just one-half second off the NCAA Division II provisional qualifying mark. Melton also took third in the 200-meters where his time of 22.24 seconds was a seasonal best.
Handley finished second in the pole vault to earn his all-GLVC honor and drew closer to a berth at the NCAA Division II Championships as he cleared 16-5 1/2 -- tying J.R. Skola's indoor record in the event. Jordan Henry took third in the pole vault as he also went over 16-feet for the first time this season at 16-1 3/4, while the Miners had two more pole vaulters tie for fifth as Peter Hollenbeck and Jared Anders went over the bar at 15-1 3/4.
Matt Bartels took third in the high jump with a personal-best clearance of 6-5, while Nick Windhorst also had a seasonal-best mark in that event of 6-1 1/4 to net a sixth place finish.
The Miners got a fourth-place showing from Matt Osmond in the 800-meters with a time of 1:57.67 and a fifth from Paul Roland in that event in 1:58.46.
Chris Carsten took sixth in the shot put with a throw of 46-6, then added a seventh place effort in the weight throw of 52-2 1/4. UMR also got a sixth place showing from Jeff Pike in the triple jump with a mark of 43-2 1/4.
Ryan Vessell finished seventh in the 200-meters in a time of 22.78 seconds as did Joffroi Holcombe in the 5,000-meters in 15:30.00 and Matt Bartels in the 200-meter hurdles with a time of 25.35 seconds. Chris Murray came in eighth place in the 3,000-meters in 9:00.64 and Kyle WIlliams did likewise in the triple jump as he posted a mark of 42-7 1/2.
The Miners' 4x400-meter relay team took third place with a time of 3:25.97, while the distance medley relay quartet of Thomas Green, Handley, Jesse Scott and Kurt Schauwecker finished fourth in 10:38.49.
Southern Illinois Edwardsville won the team competition with 175 1/2 points, while Lewis finished second with 144 to UMR's 127. The Miners finished well ahead of Indianapolis, who came in with 98 1/2 points.
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