May 24, 2008
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2008 NCAA Outdoor Championship: Carthage had two qualifiers for the Thursday-Saturday, May 22-24 NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field Championship at the Wisconsin-Oshkosh’s J.J. Keller Field at Titan Stadium in Oshkosh, Wis. Michael White (Sr., New Lenox, Ill./Lincoln-Way Central) finished 14th in the 3,000-meter steeplechase (9:23.90), while Buzzy Brown (So., Naperville, Ill./Neuqua Valley) did not reach the finals in the long jump.
2008 CCIW Outdoor Championship: The Carthage College men’s track and field team (51-22 outdoor record) finished third at the Friday-Saturday, May 2-3 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin Outdoor Track & Field Championship at North Park University’s Holmgren Athletic Complex in Chicago. Augustana College (Ill.) won its 15th league championship with 238.50 points, followed by North Central College second at 218, Carthage third at 123.50, Illinois Wesleyan University fourth at 89, Wheaton College (Ill.) fifth at 76, Millikin University sixth at 30, North Park University seventh at 25 and Elmhurst College eighth with 17 points.
2008 NCAA Indoor Championship: The Carthage College men’s track and field team (51-28 indoor record) had one qualifier for the Friday-Saturday, March 14-15 NCAA Division III Indoor Track and Field Championship at Ohio Northern University in Ada, Ohio. The Red Men’s Buzzy Brown (So., Naperville, Ill./Neuqua Valley) qualified in the long jump (23-2 ¼, ranked 11th nationally), but his leap of 23-1 ¾ on Friday, March 14 did not place him in the top-nine scorers.
2008 CCIW Indoor Championship: Carthage finished fourth at the March 1 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin Indoor Track and Field Championship at the Tarble Athletic and Recreation Center in Kenosha, Wis. North Central College won its eighth-straight indoor league title with 220 points, followed by Augustana College (Ill.) second at 141.50, Illinois Wesleyan University third at 91, Carthage fourth at 90, Wheaton College (Ill.) fifth at 56.50, Millikin University sixth at 31, Elmhurst College seventh at 20 and North Park University eighth with 12 points.
The Coach: Brett Witt is in his third season as head coach in 2008 (142-62 indoor record, 3 years/119-53 outdoor record, 3 years). Joe Busalacchi is the assistant coach, with John Anderson and Lamont Dagen serving as part-time assistant coaches.
The Conference: The College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin, in its 62nd year in 2007-09, has sponsored outdoor men's track and field as a championship sport since the conference began athletic competition in the 1946-47 school year. North Central College has won a league-leading 31 championships, including five-straight from 1975 to 1979 and 22-consecutive since 1985. Augustana College (Ill.) has won 15 times, winning nine-of-11 times between 1964 and 1974 and five-straight from 1980 to 1984. Wheaton College (Ill.) has won 12 titles. The Thunder dominated the conference in track and field in the early years, winning 12-of-13 titles from 1947 to 1959. Carthage has never won a CCIW Outdoor Men’s Track and Field Championship. Coach Ron Zalokar’s 1967 and 1968 teams finished second, and his 1969 team tied for second. Coach Jay Flanagan’s 1973 squad also finished second, as did coach Steve Ray’s 2001 and 2005 teams. The Red Men have finished third 12 times, most recently in 2006. North Central won the league's inaugural indoor track and field championship in 2001 and has repeated every year since then.
2008 CCIW Indoor Championship Notes: Carthage’s Buzzy Brown (So., Naperville, Ill./Neuqua Valley) won the long jump (23-0 ¾) at the March 1 CCIW Indoor Track and Field Championship, while finishing fifth in the 200-meter dash (22.85). Tylor Lewis (So., Waterford, Wis./Union) won the 800-meter run (TARC-record 1:55.30). Seth Kuttruff (Sr., Tomah, Wis.) finished second in the 55-meter high hurdles (8.16), as did Prentis Wilbourn (Fr., Racine, Wis./Case) in the triple jump (43-7 ½) and Shaun Jozwiak (Sr., Johnsburg, Ill./McHenry-Johnsburg) in the shot put (47-0 ½) . Justin Sebens (Fr., Seymour, Ill./Mahomet-Seymour) finished fifth in the high jump (6-1 ¼).
2008 Wisconsin Private College Notes: Carthage’s Jon Kochmit (Jr., Park Ridge, Ill./Maine South) won the hammer throw (157-6) at the April 26 Wisconsin Private College Outdoor Track & Field Championship and finished third in the discus (140-4). Shaun Jozwiak (Sr., Johnsburg, Ill./McHenry-Johnsburg) won the shot put (48-10). Chas Walton (So., Glendale, Wis./Milwaukee-Nicolet) was second in the pole vault (13-5 ¾), as was Spencer Williams (Jr., Glenview, Ill./Glenbrook South) in the shot put (48-8). Seth Kuttruff (Sr., Tomah, Wis.) was third in the 110-meter high hurdles (16.50), as was Kenton Rauwerdink (Jr., Hingham, Wis./Oostburg) in the javelin (146-0).
2008 CCIW Outdoor Championship Notes: Carthage collected first-place finishes at the CCIW Outdoor Track & Field Championship from Tylor Lewis (So., Waterford, Wis./Union) in the 800-meter run (1:56.11), Buzzy Brown (So., Naperville, Ill./Neuqua Valley) in the long jump (23-4), Prentis Wilbourn (Fr., Racine, Wis./Case) in the triple jump (45-10 ¾) and Kenton Rauwerdink (Jr., Hingham, Wis./Oostburg) in the decathlon (6,104 points). Shaun Jozwiak (Sr., Johnsburg, Ill./McHenry-Johnsburg) was second in the discus (144-3) and third in the shot put (48-10 ½). Jon Kochmit (Jr., Park Ridge, Ill./Maine South) finished second in the hammer throw (167-3 ½), as did Spencer Williams (Jr., Glenview, Ill./Glenbrook South) in the shot put (49-6 ½). Michael White (Sr., New Lenox, Ill./Lincoln-Way Central) was third in the 3,000-meter steeplechase (9:21.99), as was Nate Hughes (Jr., Antioch, Ill.) in the javelin (180-1 ½).