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Track Takes Win In Stride

The men's and women's indoor track and field team topped the charts this weekend at the Baldwin-Wallace invitational.

The men's team took the top spot in four events. Junior Alex Simko went nose to nose with Ohio Wesleyan's Kyle Herman in the 500-meter dash. Simko finished with a time of 1:09.09, scarcely beating Herman's time of 1:09.27.

Senior Ryan Kennedy was first in the 300-meter dash, and freshman C.J. Carrol also took first in the 400-meter dash. Jared French left his competition in the dust in the 3000-meter run, with a final time of 8:43.35.

Though the men continue to show great potential, it is clear that Ohio Wesleyan and Mt. Union will be among their greatest competition this year.

"I think we showed that, at this point in the season, we matched up very well against Mt. Union--which says a lot since they were last year's indoor and outdoor track champs," said Simko. "However, I feel that we also still have much room for improvement and that we are working towards that daily."

The Cardinal women's track team conquered the meet, placing in the top of almost every single event.

They took the top three spots in the 55-meter hurdles, with first place going to Lauren Rausch, second going to Kelli Peirano and third place captured by Stacy Schall. Sarah Petraitis took fourth place in this event.

"Our success is only possible because we have each other to push in practice each and every day. I think this is the biggest factor in our success. Every day is like a race-time situation. We have four girls that--at any time--could win, and that keeps us always on top of our game," said Rausch.

This dominance was similar to the scorings after the Kenyon Invitational that took place the previous weekend. The Cardinals took the top five spots.

It is becoming very evident that the team is exerting an edge on the competition with their polished hurdling skills.

"It was really cool to see six Otterbein girls out of eight hurdlers line up at the starting line for the 55-meter hurdle finals at the Kenyon meet," said Peirano.

The Cardinal relay team had a reason to be proud, thanks to the efforts of Lisa Coleman, Kali Dudley, Paris Anderson and Tanesha Graham. Combined, they won the 4 x 200 relay with a time of 1:54.78.

Also contributing to the Otterbein muscle-flexing was Ashley Suffel, who finished first in the 1000-meter run.

Both the men's and women's track teams will be back in action tomorrow when they compete in the Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) relays meet at Ohio Northern University.

"I think that we can do some great things in our conference that have never been done before, and it's very exciting to be a part of it," said Periano.

On the following weekend, Feb. 9, the Cardinals will be hosting the 2008 Greater Columbus meet.



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