HCAC Championships-Women

The Mounts women team had a 5th place finish at The HCAC Championships. In the triple jump Lauren Hastings finished 3rd, Maria Reubusch finished 6th, and Kristin George finished 8th. In the long jump the women continued their winning ways with Lauren Hastings finishing 1st, Kristin George finished 6th, and Maria Reubusch finished 8th. George also had a impressive performance with a 5th place finish in the javelin throw. The Mounts 4x100 meter team of Abbey Modras, Kristin George, Emily Babel, and Lauren Hastings took home the championship. Those four women were named all HCAC for their performances. Abbey Modras had a 2nd place finish in the 400 meter dash. In the 100 meter dash Emily Babel finished 3rd and Kristin George finished 4th. In the 200 meter dash Emily Babel finished 2nd, Abbey Modras finished 7th, and Kristin George finished 8th. To finish off the day the 4x400 meter relay of Amanda Smith, Abbey Modras, Emily Babel, and Maria Reubusch finished in 5th place. The Mount will be back in action on May 8th.

HCAC Championships-Men

The Mounts men's team finished in 7th place today at the HCAC Championships. In the pole vault Doug Meyer had his best meet of the year with a 5th place finish. Also having a stellar day was Xavier Brison with a 6th place finish in the triple jump. In the throws Randall Mitchell had a huge weekend with a 1st place finish in the shot put and discus throw, and a 2nd place finish in the hammer throw. Travis Blank also came up big with an 8th place finish in the shot put while Ryan Averback finished 4th in the Javelin throw. Scotty Mayes had a big day with a 1st place finish and school record in the long jump, and also a 3rd place finish in the 100 meter dash. Jeff Schroer had a nice weekend with a 8th place finish in the 5000 meter run. The mounts 4x100 meter relay team of Scotty Mayes, Derick Tabar, David Davis, and Cory Hardin finished 6th while the 4x400 meter relay team of myself (Seth Gilley), Ben Weidner, Zach Shaw, and Jim Tritt finished 7th. Randall Mitchell and Scotty Mayes were named to the all-conference team while Mitchell was named Field Athlete of the Year. The mount will back in action at Indiana University on May 8th.

Mount Competes @ Quaker Invitational

The Mounts Men's & Women's teams competed at The Wilmington College Quaker Invitational and had some very impressive finishes. To start things off right the women's 4x100 meter relay team turned in a 4th place finish. Emily Babel was able to turn in a 5th place finish in the 100 meter dash and a 7th place finish in the 200 meter dash. In the 400 meter dash Abbey Modras was able to overcome sickness to turn in a 7th place finish. Kristin George had a good day with a 8th place finish in the 100, 4th in the long jump and 4th in the triple jump. Also having a good day was Maria Reubusch finishing 7th in the 100 meter hurdles and 3rd in the triple jump.
On the Men's side the 4x100 meter relay team had a 5th place finish. In the 100 meter dash David Davis came up big with a 8th place finish. In the 500 meter run Jeff Schroer had a 5th place finish. In the long jump Scotty Mayes finished 3rd while Doug Meyer finished 8th. Doug Meyer also had a 5th place finish in the Pole Vault. Setting the school Record in the javelin throw was Ryan Averback with a 2nd place finish. With a good day in the throws was Randall Mitchell finishing 2nd in the discus throw and 4th in the hammer throw and shot put.
The Mount will be back in action on April 24th for The HCAC Championships. "Mount Up"

Mount Competes at All-Ohio

So today we competed at the All-Ohio Championships which is a meet with all of the D-III teams in the state of Ohio. This event matches the best of the best in each event in the state of Ohio. While our place in the 4x4 wasn't very good I was pleased with my performance setting a Personal Record for the 400. With that said I felt the team was very competitive today.
To start things off on the Men's side Randall Mitchell turned in two good performances with a 6th place finish in the Discus throw and Hammer throw. Also with a good day was Doug Meyer who had a 10th place finish in the Pole Vault. 119
On the womens side the 4x100 meter relay team had a quality 11th place finish. Also In the long Jump Kristin George finished in 9th place while Maria Ruebusch finished in 11th place in the triple jump.
Look for the Mount back in action at The Wilmington College Invite on April 18th. "Mount Up"

Mount Competes @ Anderson

The Mounts women's team had an impressive day with the women's 4x100 meter relay team having a decent 3rd place finish. In the 400 meter dash Abbey Modras finished in 4th place overall. Emily Babel was able to turn in a impressive 5th place finish for the girls team. In the 200 meter dash The Mount had several competitors place with Emily Babel finishing 3rd and Abbey Modras coming in 5th. To finish things off on the women's side Lauren Hastings had a 1st place finish in the long Jump while Kristin George had a 3rd place finish in the Javelin throw.
To Start things off on the men's side the Mounts 4x100 meter relay team had an impressive 2nd place finish. Also on the men's side in the 400 open Ben Weidner had a 6th place finish while myself (Seth Gilley) had a decent 9th place finish. In the Men's 100 meter dash Scotty Mayes continued his impressive season with a 6th place finish and he also won the long jump. Also with another Impressive day Randall Mitchell won the shot put with a NCAA provisional mark, while also placing 4th in the discus throw and 3rd in the Hammer throw. To finish things off for the Mount Ryan Averback had a 2nd place finish in the Javelin throw. As always remember to "Mount Up".

Water Hog

So this weekend for my internship at The Flying Pig Marathon we helped out by being "water hog's" at The Heart Mini Marathon. This race is ran by the American Heart Association which is a great organization. So as far as the race its self, well lets just say it was a crappy and rainy day. So I'm sure at this point you are all wondering what a water hog is? Well a water hog is a person who fills up and passes out cups of water to hydrate the participants during the race. At the pig we realize how important being hydrated is for racers, so that's why we feel its important to have a water station at The Heart Mini Marathon. So after we passed these cups out to racers, they need somewhere to throw them and that promptly becomes the ground. I never imagined how long it would take us to clean these cups up. There was about 5,000 cups on the road and it took forever to clean up. That was a warm up for what to expect for our race. Did I mention that the pig has ordered and in stock around 200,000 cups. As I have talked about before you begin to appreciate the amount of time and people it takes to clean up cups which before I accepted this internship I would have never understood the difficulty involved with a small detail such as cleaning up cups. For flying pig info please check out www.flyingpigmarathon.com.

MSJ Track @ Hanover

The mount men's & women's track & field team competed at Hanover today. The men had an 8th place finish with several impressive individual performances. To start off with Scotty Mayes had an impressive day with a 3rd place finish in the 100 meter dash and a 4th place finish in the long jump. In the 10,000 meter run Alex Shields had a strong 7th place finish. Moving on to the Men's 4x400 meter team of myself (Seth Gilley), Ben Weidner, Zach Shaw, and Cory Hardin had a competitive 8th place finish. Randall Mitchell had another impressive day with a 2nd place finish in the shot put, 3rd in the hammer throw and 5th in the discus throw. Also in the hammer throw Travis Blank came through with a 5th place finish. And to finish things off Ryan Averback had his best throw of the season in the javelin throw finishing in 2nd place.
The women also finished in 8th place with Emily Babel having a great day finishing 3rd in the 100 meter dash, and 4th in the 200 meter dash. Kristen George also had a big day finishing 4th in the long jump, 5th in the javelin throw, and 6th in the 200 meter dash. Also Amanda Smith had a decent day with a 7th place finish in the 400 meter dash. Also having a nice day was Abbey Modras who had a 6th place finish in the 800 meter run. Also the women's 4x100 meter relay finished in 2nd place on the day. And as always "Mount Up".

Mount Competes @ UC

The Mount's track team competed at The UC Early-Bird Invite on March 21st, 2009. The men turned in a 5th place finish while the women turned in a 7th place finish. UC won on the Men and woman's side. To start off with on the Men's side Aubrey Carter turned in a respectable 8th place finish in the 200 meter dash and a 7th place finish in the 400 meter dash. The 4x100 meter team consisting of Scotty Mayes, Derick Tabar, Aubrey Carter, and Cory Hardin finished in 3rd place. Scotty Mayes also finished in 6th place in the long jump with a jump of 6.45 meters to break the school record. Xavier Brison had a strong 4th place finish in the triple jump. Travis Black had a very strong day with a 8th place finish in the shot put and to continue the success in the throws Randall Mitchell finished 8th in the discus. To finish off the day for the Mount Ryan Averback finished 3rd place in the javelin throw.
On the women's side Abbey Modras continued her great season with a 6th place finish in the 400 meter dash. The women's 4x100 meter team of Kristen George, Lauren Hastings, Emily Babel, and Amanda Holmes finished in 6th place. In the Long Jump Lauren Hastings had a 8th place finish as she continues to succeed. The most impressive performance of the day came from Kristen George with a 5th place finish in the javelin throw that breaks the school record.