Carthage Men’s Track and Field Honors and Awards
U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Indoor All-America
Top eight in the national championship
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1978 |
Bill Versen, 2nd place in the shot put |
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2003 |
Dion Ballentine, 6th place in the 400-meter dash |
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2009 |
Buzzy Brown, 8th place in the long jump |
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2010 |
Buzzy Brown, 6th place in the long jump Josh Brennan, 8th place in the weight throw |
U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Outdoor All-America
Top eight in the national championship
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1977 |
Raymond Threlkeld, 4th place in the long jump Bill Versen, 1st place in the shot put and 4th in the discus |
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1978 |
Bill Versen, 2nd place in the shot put |
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1981 |
Ken Kohler, 1st place in the 200-meter dash, 4th in the 400-meter dash and 5th in the 4x100-meter relay Rick Baumler, 5th place in the 4x100-meter relay Rodney McMurtry, 5th place in the 4x100-meter relay Bob Moore, 5th place in the 4x100-meter relay |
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1996 |
Matt Malich, 6th place in the decathlon |
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1997 |
Matt Malich, 8th place in the decathlon |
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2001 |
Zach Digney, 7th place in the 4x400-meter relay Mike Grant, 7th place in the 4x400-meter relay Jason Miller, 7th place in the 4x400-meter relay Bob Prohaska, 7th place in the 4x400-meter relay |
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2003 |
Dion Ballentine, 1st place in the long jump |
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2010 |
Buzzy Brown, 3rd place in the long jump Josh Brennan, 7th place in the hammer throw |
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2011 |
Jarrayl Johnson, 6th place in the shot put |
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2012 |
Trevor James, 1st place in the high jump Greg Raimondi, 3rd place in the hammer throw |
NAIA Outdoor All-America
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1973 |
Jeff Hoberg, 3rd place, high jump |
Bill Versen
Bill Versen was named U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association All-America in 1977 with a first-place finish in the shot put and fourth in the discus at the NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field Championship in Grand Rapids, Mich. Versen repeated as an All-American in 1978, placing second in the shot put, also at Calvin College in Grand Rapids.
Ken Kohler
Ken Kohler was named U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association All-America in 1981 with a first-place finish in the 200-meter dash, fourth in the 400-meter dash and as a member of the fifth-place 4x100-meter relay team in Cleveland, Ohio. Other members of that relay team included Bob Moore, Rodney McMurtry and Rick Baumler. Kohler, a four-time All-CCIW honoree with first-place conference finishes in the 1980 400-meter dash, the 1981 200-meter dash and the 1981 400-meter dash, was inducted into the Carthage Athletic Hall of Fame in 1999.
Matt Malich
Matt Malich was named an U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association All-American in both 1996 and 1997 with sixth and eighth-place finishes, respectively, in the decathlon at the NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field Championships. The 1996 national championship was in Naperville, Ill., and the 1997 event in La Crosse, Wis.
Dion Ballentine
Dion Ballentine won a national title in the long jump at the 2003 NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field Championship in St. Lawrence, N.Y.
Indoor All-CCIW
Top-three finishers at the CCIW Indoor Track and Field Championship or first in a relay
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2001 |
Zach Digney, 1st place in the 200-meter dash Bob Prohaska, 1st place in the 400-meter dash Brian Caldwell, 2nd place in the 55-meter high hurdles and third place in the high jump Bill McKeown, 2nd in the 55-meter dash Jon Pollock, 2nd place in the 800-meter run Chris Rebmann, 2nd place in the 35-pound weight throw Chuck Aguilar, 3rd place in the long jump Eric Penington, 3rd place in the 1,500-meter run |
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2002 |
Jason Miller, 1st place in the 400-meter dash, the 4x200-meter relay and the 4x400-meter relay Bob Prohaska, 1st place in the 200-meter dash, the 4x200-meter relay and the 4x400-meter relay Dan Day, 1st place in the 4x200-meter relay and the 4x400-meter relay Mike Grant, 1st place in the 4x200-meter relay and the 4x400-meter relay Thor Batchelor, 2nd place in the high jump Chris Rebmann, 2nd place in the 35-pound weight throw |
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2003 |
Dion Ballentine, 1st place in the 400-meter dash, the long jump and the 4x400-meter relay and 3rd place in the 200-meter dash Jason Miller, 1st place in the 200-meter dash and the 4x400-meter relay Thor Batchelor, 1st place in the high jump Rodney Bowen Jr., 1st place in the shot put Mike Grant, 1st place in the 4x400-meter relay Sam Meier, 1st place in the 4x400-meter relay Dante Washington, 2nd place in the triple jump Garrett Podgorski, 2nd place in the 400-meter dash Billy Simon, 2nd place in the 800-meter dash Brett Barnes, 3rd place in the long jump John Sosnowski, 3rd place in the high jump |
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2004 |
Jason Miller, 1st place in the 200-meter dash and 2nd in the 400-meter dash Brett Barnes, 1st place in the long jump Billy Simon, 1st place in the 800-meter run Dante Washington, 2nd place in the triple jump Kyle Groth, 3rd place in the high jump Sam Meier, 3rd place in the 800-meter run Dan Nolan, 3rd place in the weight throw John Sosnowski, 3rd place in the 55-meter high hurdles |
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2005 |
Kyle Groth, 1st place in the high jump Brett Barnes, 2nd place in the long jump Dan Nolan. 2nd place in the weight throw Billy Simons, 2nd place in the 800-meter run Dante Washington, 2nd place in the triple jump Nate Blazier, 3rd place in the long jump Steven Hatchett, 3rd place in the 400-meter dash John Sosnowski, 3rd place in the 55-meter high hurdles |
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2006 |
Brandon Jones-Harris, 1st place in the shot put and 3rd in the weight throw Sam Meier, 2nd place in the 800-meter run Tanner Folk, 3rd place in both the 400-meter run and the long jump Kyle Groth, 3rd place in the high jump Matt Oskielunas, 3rd place in the 55-meter dash |
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2007 |
Brandon Jones-Harris, 1st place in both the shot put and the weight throw Tanner Folk, 1st place in the long jump and 3rd in the triple jump Buzzy Brown, 2nd place in the high jump Chris Hightower, 2nd place in the weight throw Michael White, 3rd place in the one-mile run Jacob Burg, 3rd place in the weight throw |
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2008 |
Buzzy Brown, 1st place in the long jump Tylor Lewis, 1st place in the 800-meter run Shaun Jozwiak, 2nd place in the shot put Seth Kuttruff, 2nd place in the 55-meter high hurdles Prentis Wilbourn, 2nd place in the triple jump |
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2009 |
Buzzy Brown, 1st place in the long jump Spencer Williams, 1st place in the shot put Joel Brunner, 2nd place in the one-mile run Jarrayl Johnson, 2nd place in the shot put Jon Kochmit, 2nd place in the weight throw Prentis Wilbourn, 2nd place in the triple jump Josh Brennan, 3rd place in the weight throw Derek Hall, 3rd place in the 800-meter run Dan Hrvatin, 3rd place in the 55-meter dash Mike Oratowski, 3rd place in the 55-meter high hurdles |
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2010 |
Buzzy Brown, 1st place in the long jump, 2nd place in the 200-meter dash and 1st place in the 4x400-meter relay Mike Oratowski, 1st place in the 55-meter high hurdles Prentis Wilbourn, 2nd place in both the long jump and the triple jump Josh Brennan, 2nd place in the weight throw Jarrayl Johnson, 2nd place in the shot put Tharon Davis Jr., 3rd place in the triple jump Klayton Reed, 3rd place in the 800-meter run and 1st place in the 4x400-meter relay Marshall Stewart, 3rd place in the 400-meter dash and 1st place in the 4x400-meter relay Derek Hall, 1st place in the 4x400-meter relay |
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2011 |
Jose Flores, 1st place in the 800-meter run Cale Brown, 2nd place in the triple jump Brad Fortney, 2nd place in the shot put Mike Oratowski, 2nd place in the 55-meter high hurdles Jarrayl Johnson, 3rd place in the shot put Justin Sebens, 3rd place in the high jump Prentis Wilbourn, 3rd place in the triple jump |
Outdoor All-CCIW
Top-three finishers at the CCIW Outdoor Track and Field Championship or first in a relay
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1950 |
Rex Thomson, 1st place, high jump Rusty Dowell, 3rd place, long jump Gordy Johnson, 3rd place, 220-yard dash |
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1951 |
Alonzo Kennibrew, 1st place tie in the high jump and 3rd in the long jump |
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1952 |
Jim Scott, 2nd place tie, high jump Dave Schoer, 3rd place tie, pole vault |
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1963 |
Merle McDonald, 2nd place, 880-yard run |
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1964 |
Sidney Truckenbrod, 1st place, discus |
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1965 |
Leotha Lee, 1st place, long jump Sidney Truckenbrod, 1st place, discus Roger McGrath, 1st place in the 100-yard and 220-yard dashes Al Stiefel, 2nd place in the two-mile and 3rd in the one-mile run Ed Rader, 3rd place, 120-yard high hurdles |
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1966 |
Ron Zieth, 1st place in the 100-yard and 220-yard dashes Al Stiefel, 1st place in the 880-yard and 2nd in the one-mile run Ed Rader, 2nd place, 120-yard high hurdles Sidney Truckenbrod, 2nd place, discus Jimmy Loan, 3rd place, 100-yard dash Harry Niese, 3rd place, 440-yard run John Pelligrino, 3rd place, one-mile run Robert Skibitzke, 3rd place, long jump |
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1967 |
Ed Rader, 1st lace in the 120-yard high and 2nd in the 440-yard intermediate hurdles Al Stiefel, 2nd place, one-mile run Mahlon Meneley, 3rd place in the 100-yard and 220-yard dashes Tim Yanacheck, 3rd place in the 880-yard and one-mile runs |
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1968 |
Jerry Fair, 1st place in the 440-yard intermediate hurdles and 2nd in the 120-yard high hurdles Al Stiefel, 1st place in the one-mile and 2nd in the three-mile run Tim Yanacheck, 1st place, 880-yard run Ron Zieth, 2nd place in the 100-yard and 3rd in the 220-yard dash Bob Williams, 2nd place, 440-yard dash Steve Hendricks, 2nd place, high jump Mahlon Meneley, 3rd place, 100-yard dash |
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1969 |
Dennis Kramer, 1st place, three-mile run Ron Crawford, 2nd place, 880-yard run Jerry Fair, 2nd place, 120-yard high hurdles Steve Hendricks, 2nd place, high jump Jim Williams, 3rd place, 440-yard dash Ron Zieth, 3rd place, 100-yard dash |
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1970 |
Dennis Kramer, 1st place in the three-mile and 2nd in the one-mile run Ron Teschner, 1st place, 880-yard run Tom Babula, 1st place, 120-high hurdles Gary Greene, 3rd place, long jump Robert Schenk, 2nd place, high jump |
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1971 |
Tom Babula, 1st place in the 120-yard high hurdles and 3rd in the 440-yard intermediate hurdles Chuck Malek, 2nd place, javelin Harry Penington, 2nd place, 880-yard run Rick Boudar, 2nd place, 440-yard intermediate hurdles David Dorak, 3rd place, pole vault Joe McGhee, 3rd place, one-mile run John McGinty, 3rd place, discus Jim Williams, 3rd place, 440-yard dash |
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1972 |
Harvey Shields, 1st place in the 100 and the 220-yard dashes John Buesing, 1st place, discus Jeff Hoberg, 1st place, high jump Joe McGhee, 1st place, one-mile run Tom Babula, 1st place, 120-yard high hurdles John Beaumier, 2nd place, one-mile run Keith Kmiecik, 3rd place, shot put |
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1973 |
John Buesing, 1st place, discus Randy Converse, 1st place, shot put Chuck Malek, 2nd place, javelin John Beaumier, 2nd place, one-mile run Rich Boudar, 2nd place, 440-yard intermediate hurdles Bruce Haynes, 3rd place, pole vault Tim Konicek, 3rd place, shot put |
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1974 |
John Buesing, 1st place, discus Jeff Hoberg, 1st place, high jump Jeff Kiel, 1st place, javelin Dave Hansen, 2nd place, 440-yard dash Tim Konicek, 2nd place, shot put |
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1975 |
Tim Konicek, 1st place in the discus and 2nd in the shot put Wes Miller, 1st place in the 120-yard high and 3rd in the 440-yard intermediate hurdles Bill Versen, 1st place, shot put John Enright, 2nd place, one-mile run Glen Schumacher, 2nd place in the three-mile and six-mile runs Rick Colbo, 3rd place, one-mile run Jeff Hoberg, 3rd place, high jump Dean Lindberg, 3rd place, long jump |
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1976 |
Glen Schumacher, 1st place in the three-mile and the six-mile runs Bill Versen, 1st place in the shot put and 3rd in the discus Dean Lindberg, 1st place, long jump John Enright, 3rd place, one-mile run |
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1977 |
Raymond Threlkeld, 1st place in the long jump and the triple jump Bill Versen, 1st place, shot put Scott Weber, 1st place, 880-yard run Bob Eichen, 1st place, discus Dean Lindberg, 2nd place in the long jump and the 100-yard dash |
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1978 |
Bill Versen, 1st place in shot put and the discus Dean Lindberg, 2nd place, long jump Raymond Threlkeld, 2nd place, triple jump Jim Lawton, 3rd place, 5,000-meter run |
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1979 |
Scott Weber, 2nd place, 800-meter run Clinton McSwain, 3rd place, 110-meter high hurdles |
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1980 |
Ken Koehler, 1st place in the 400-meter dash and 2nd in the 200-meter dash Clinton McSwain, 2nd place, 110-meter high hurdles Jeff Butler, 3rd place, 400-meter dash Mark Mellum, 3rd place, 5,000-meter run John Moyers, 3rd place, 800-meter run |
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1981 |
Ken Kohler, 1st place in the 200-meter and the 400-meter dashes Rodney McMurtry, 2nd place, 100-meter dash Bob Tuszynski, 3rd place, javelin |
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1982 |
Jack Rauwerdink, 2nd place, shot put |
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1983 |
Jack Rauwerdink, 1st place in the shot put and 3rd in the discus Rick Baumler, 2nd place, 400-meter run John Poole, 3rd place, shot put |
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1985 |
Dan Draeger, 3rd place, discus |
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1986 |
Dan Draeger, 1st place in the discus and 3rd place in the shot put |
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1988 |
Willie Campana, 1st place in the 400-meter dash and 3rd in the 200-meter dash |
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1993 |
Drew Tennant, 2nd place, 400-meter dash Mike Wajerski, 2nd place, decathlon |
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1994 |
Joe Phillips 3rd place, javelin Drew Tennant, 3rd place, 400-meter dash Mike Wajerski, 3rd place, decathlon |
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1995 |
Dennis Robinson, 1st place in the long jump and 1st in the triple jump Matt Malich, 1st place in the high jump and 3rd in the decathlon Donald Robinson, 2nd place in the 200-meter dash and 3rd in the 100-meter dash Matt Thill, 3rd place, high jump |
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1996 |
Theo Cox, 2nd place, discus Matt Malich, 2nd place, high jump Dennis Robinson, 3rd place, triple jump |
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1997 |
Matt Malich, 2nd place, 400-meter intermediate hurdles |
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1999 |
Brian Caldwell, 2nd place, decathlon Micah Sheppard, 2nd place, high jump |
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2000 |
Micah Sheppard, 1st place in the javelin and 3rd in the high jump Bob Prohaska, 2nd place, 400-meter dash Rafael Lozano, 3rd place in both the hammer and the javelin Joe McFadden, 3rd place, long jump |
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2001 |
Eric Penington, 1st place in both the 800-meter run and the 1,500-meter run Todd Platta, 2nd place in the 5,000-meter run Chuck Aguilar, 3rd place in the long jump Brian Caldwell, 3rd place in the 110-meter high hurdles Zach Digney, 3rd place in the 200-meter dash Jazzmon Hughes, 3rd place in the triple jump Dan Ledman, 3rd place in the javelin Bob Prohaska, 3rd place in the 400-meter dash |
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2002 |
Dan Ledman, 1st place in the javelin Bob Prohaska, 1st place in the 200-meter dash and 3rd place in the 400-meter dash Dan Day, 2nd place in the 200-meter dash Thor Batchelor, 3rd place in the high jump Dan Cooler, 3rd place in the 1,500-meter dash Jason Miller, 3rd place in the 400-meter dash |
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2003 |
Dion Ballentine, 1st place in the long jump, 2nd in the 200-meter dash and 3rd in the 100-meter dash Brett Barnes, 2nd place in the long jump Thor Batchelor, 2nd place in the high jump Rodney Bowen Jr., 2nd place in the shot put |
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2004 |
Kyle Groth, 1st place in the high jump Tanner Folk, 2nd place in the triple jump and 3rd place in the long jump Mike Grant, 2nd place in the 400-meter dash Dan Nolan, 2nd place in the hammer throw Wesley Schroeder, 2nd place in the decathlon John Sosnowski, 3rd place in the decathlon |
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2005 |
Brett Barnes, 2nd place in both the triple jump and the long jump Wesley Schroeder, 2nd place in the javelin Billy Simon, 2nd place in the 800-meter run Michael White, 2nd place in the 3,000-meter steeplechase John Sosnowski, 3rd place in both the decathlon and the 110-meter high hurdles Nate Blazier, 3rd place in the long jump Kyle Groth, 3rd place in the high jump Steven Hatchett, 3rd place in both the 400-meter dash |
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2006 |
Wesley Schroeder, 1st place in the javelin Brett Barnes, 2nd place in both the long jump and the triple jump Brandon Jones-Harris, 2nd place in the discus Sam Meier, 2nd place in the 800-meter Kenton Rauwerdink, 2nd place in the decathlon Kyle Groth, 3rd place in the high jump |
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2007 |
Brandon Jones-Harris, 1st place in the hammer throw and 2nd place in the shot put Tanner Folk, 2nd place in the long jump, the triple jump Chris Hightower, 2nd place in the hammer throw Michael White, 2nd place in the 3,000-meter steeplechase |
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2008 |
Buzzy Brown, 1st place in the long jump Tylor Lewis, 1st place in the 800-meter run Kenton Rauwerdink, 1st place in the decathlon Prentis Wilbourn, 1st place in the triple jump Shaun Jozwiak, 2nd place in the discus and 3rd place in the shot put Jon Kochmit, 2nd place in the hammer throw Spencer Williams, 2nd place in the shot put Nate Hughes, 3rd place in the javelin Michael White, 3rd place in the 3,000-meter steeplechase |
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2009 |
Buzzy Brown, 1st place in the long jump, 2nd place in the 100-meter dash and 2nd place in the 200-meter dash Prentis Wilbourn, 1st place in the triple jump and 3rd place in the long jump Kenton Rauwerdink, 1st place in the decathlon Spencer Williams, 1st place in the shot put Joel Brunner, 2nd place in the 800-meter run Nate Hughes, 2nd place in the javelin Mike Oratowski, 2nd place in the 110-meter high hurdles Josh Brennan, 2nd tie in the hammer Jon Kochmit, 2nd tie in the hammer Brad Fortney, 3rd place in the shot put |
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2010 |
Buzzy Brown, 1st place in the long jump, 2nd place in the 200-meter dash and 1st place in the 4x400-meter relay Josh Brennan , 1st place in the hammer throw Prentis Wilbourn, 1st place in the triple jump Ross Bunchek, 2nd place in the hammer throw Mike Oratowski, 2nd place in the 110-meter high hurdles Aaron Carr, 3rd place in the discus Marshall Stewart, 3rd place in the 400-meter dash and 1st place in the 4x400-meter relay Chas Walton, 3rd place in the decathlon Derek Hall, 1st place in the 4x400-meter relay Klayton Reed, 1st place in the 4x400-meter relay |
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2011 |
Brad Forney, 1st place in the shot put, 3rd place in the discus Josh Brennan, 1st place in the hammer throw Mike Oratowski, 1st place in the 110-meter high hurdles Jarrayl Johnson, 2nd place in the shot put Prentis Wilbourn, 2nd place in the long jump Greg Raimondi, 3rd place in the hammer throw and the shot put Cale Brown, 3rd place in the triple jump |
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2012 |
Greg Raimondi, 1st place in the discus, 1st place in the hammer throw and 1st place in the shot put Trevor James, 1st place in the high jump Derrik Guyette, 2nd place in the shot put Andrew Olinger, 3rd place in the triple jump |
CCIW Indoor Track and Field Championship MVP
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2003 |
Dion Ballentine |
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2007 |
Brandon Jones-Harris |
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2010 |
Buzzy Brown |
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CCIW Outdoor Track and Field Championship MVP
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2002 |
Jason Miller |
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2003 |
Dion Ballentine |
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2011 |
Greg Raimondi (co-winner) |
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2012 |
Greg Raimondi |
Team “Most Valuable Performers”
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1965 |
Sidney Truckenbrod |
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1966 |
Alan Stiefel |
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1967 |
Ed Rader Tim Yanacheck |
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1968 |
Alan Stiefel |
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1969 |
Jerry Fair |
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1970 |
Dennis Kramer |
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1971 |
Rick Stokes Jim Williams |
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1972 |
Harvey Shields |
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1973 |
Bruce Haynes |
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1974 |
Jeff Hoberg |
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1975 |
John Enright |
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1976 |
Dean Lindberg Glen Schumacher |
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1977 |
Raymond Threlkeld |
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1978 |
Scott Weber |
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1979 |
Scott Weber |
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1980 |
Ken Kohler |
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1981 |
Ken Kohler |
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1982 |
Ken Kohler |
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1983 |
Jack Rauwerdink |
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1984 |
John Poole |
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1985 |
Mike Eisele |
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1986 |
Dan Draeger |
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1987 |
Todd Casell |
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1988 |
Willie Campanas |
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1989 |
Tad Rezek |
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1990 |
Kevin Blake |
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1991 |
Drew Tenant Alan Westendorf |
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1992 |
Drew Tenant |
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1993 |
Drew Tenant |
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1994 |
Drew Tenant |
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1995 |
Matt Malich |
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1996 |
Matt Malich |
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1997 |
Matt Malich |
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1998 |
Tom Barton |
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1999 |
Brian Caldwell |
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2000 |
Joe McFadden Robert Prohaska |
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2001 |
Eric Penington |
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2002 |
Robert Prohaska |
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2003 |
Dion Ballentine |
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2004 |
John Sosnowski |
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2005 |
John Sosnowski |
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2006 |
Sam Meier, running events Brandon Jones-Harris, field events |
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2007 |
Tanner Folk, running events Brandon Jones-Harris, field events |
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2008 |
Tylor Lewis, running events Buzzy Brown, field events |
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2009 |
Buzzy Brown, running events Spencer Williams, field events |
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2010 |
Buzzy Brown, running events Josh Brennan, field events |
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2011 |
Jose Flores, running events Greg Raimondi, field events |
CCIW/Jack Swartz All-Academic
|
1993 |
Mike Wajerski |
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1995 |
Ryan Johnson |
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2001 |
Eric Penington |
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2002 |
Bob Prohaska |
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2004 |
Billy Simon, outdoor |
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2005 |
Kyle Groth, outdoor |
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2008 |
Tylor Lewis, indoor |
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2009 |
Kenton Rauwerdink, outdoor |
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2010 |
Josh Brennan, indoor |