| 2007
Honors
17
individuals, 4 relays earn All-KCAC track & field honors
Three members of the McPherson
College track and field team received 2007 All-KCAC first team honors
for their individual placing among the top three finishers of the
KCAC track and field championships held May 4 th and 5 th at Bethel
College in North Newton.
Leading
the way for the Bulldogs was double-second place finisher Israel
Ortiz (JR, Limon, Colo.) in the 3,000-meter steeplechase
and 5,000 meters. Ortiz also earned honorable mention honors with
his fifth place finish in the 1,500 meters.
Zane
Walker (JR, Eckley, Colo., Yuma HS) earned the Bulldog
men's final All-KCAC first team honors as he tied for third place
in the high jump.
Lacy Johnston
(SO, Arlington, Colo., Swink HS) was the only Lady Bulldog to bring
home All-KCAC first team honors as she tied for second in the women's
high jump. Johnston also earned honorable mention All-KCAC honors
with her sixth place finishes in the triple jump.
Thirteen Bulldog men and
four women combined to earn All-KCAC honorable mention recognition
in twelve events.
Earning individual honorable
mention All-KCAC honors for finishing fourth were freshman Shaun
Griffin ((FR, Inman, Kan.) in steeplechase and 5,000 meters
and Dan Hudachek (SR, Stillwater, Minn.) in the
hammer throw.
Rounding out McPherson's
individual honorable mention honorees by placing sixth were Brent
Bailey (Simla, Colo., Limon HS) in the 800 meters, Jacob
Merrick (JR, Clearwater, Kan.) in the 10,000 meters, and
Chris Bode (FR, Flagler, Colo.) in the discus.
All three men's relays and
one women's relay finished in the top six and earned honorable mention
recognition.
The men's 4x800 meters relay
team of Sean McCrae (SO, Marietta, Ga.), Tolan
Lichty (SO, Gardner, Kan.), Israel Ortiz, and Brent Bailey
finished fourth.
The men's 4x400 meters relay
made up of Sean McCrae, Chase Ortiz (FR, Fort
Worth, Tex., Mansfield Summit HS), Brent Bailey, and Andrew
Paull (JR, Kanopolis, Kan.) earned honorable mention recognition
with its fifth place finish.
The Bulldog men's 4x100 meters
relay of Chase Ortiz, Sean McCrae, Brooks Reale
(JR, Arvada, Colo., Ralston Valley HS), and Adam Suppes
(SO, St. John, Kan.) was the men's final honorable mention
honoree, placing sixth.
The Lady Bulldogs' 4x400
meters relay of Bryanna Daniels (FR, Longmont,
Colo.), Megan Meyer (SO, Beloit, Kan.), Ashley
Mitchell (SO, Great Bend, Kan.), and Lacy Johnston also
placed sixth to earn honorable mention recognition.
Men's First Team
All-KCAC
Steeplechase 2.
Israel Ortiz 10:27.33
5,000 m 2. Israel
Ortiz 16:15.61
High Jump 3t.
Zane Walker 6-4
Women's First Team
All-KCAC
High Jump 2.
Lacy Johnston 5-2
Men's Honorable Mention
800 m 6. Brent
Bailey 2:01.55
1,500m 5. Israel
Ortiz 4:11.07
Steeplechase 4.
Shaun Griffin 10:41.12
5,000m 4. Shaun
Griffin 17:05.41
10,000m 6. Jacob
Merrick 37:51.20
4x100m Relay 6.
McPherson 46.51 (Chase Ortiz, Brooks Reale,
Sean McCrae, Adam Suppes)
4x400m Relay 5.
McPherson 3:29.00 (Sean McCrae, Chase Ortiz,
Brent Bailey, Andrew Paull)
4x800m Relay 4.
McPherson 8:12.87 (Sean McCrae, Tolan Lichty
, Israel Ortiz, Brent Bailey)
Discus 6. Chris
Bode 139-03
Hammer 4. Dan
Hudachek 148-11
Women's Honorable
Mention
Triple Jump 6.
Lacy Johnston 32-6
4x400m Relay 6.
McPherson 4:52.52 (Bryanna Daniels, Megan
Meyer, Ashley Mitchell, Lacy Johnston)
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