Outdoor Track & Field

March 21, 1998

LEHMAN TAKES TWO EVENTS AS BLUE DEVILS SECOND AT FIRST OUTDOOR

ATLANTA, Ga. - Jason Lehman (Sr, Bruce) won two events and placed second in another to lead the UW-Stout men's track and field team to a second place finish at the 20-team Emory, Ga, Division III Spring Break Invitational Saturday, March 21 in Atlanta, Ga.

Lehman outclassed the field in the hammer throw and discus, recording a toss of 155-feet, 7-inches in the hammer, more than 16-feet better than second second place teammate Corey McDonnell (Sr, Chippewa Falls), who threw 139-feet, and a 157-10 in the discus, more than 14 feet over the runner-up.

Lehman finished a respectable second in the shot put, recording a toss of 51-feet. All three throws were NCAA Division III provisional qualifying distances.

Paul Gilles (Sr, Plum City) was first in the 3000-meter steeplechase (9:35.75).

Joe Verstegen (Sr, Little Chute) tied for first in a field of 60 runners in the 200-meter dash (23.04), finishing in a dead-heat with Brian Rydzinski of Anderson.

Jamie Buchholtz (Fr, Bloomer) was second in the pole vault (14-5.25).

Anderson won the meet with 89 points, with Stout placing second with 83 points.

The Blue Devil men return to action Saturday, April 4 when they host the UW-Stout Outdoor Invitational at 11 a.m. at Nelson Field. The Blue Devil women will be at Emory Saturday, March 28, and will co-host the UW-Stout Outdoor Invitational.

Emory Division III Spring Break Invitational team scores

1. Anderson 89; 2. Stout 83; 3. Baldwin-Wallace 77.33; 4. St. Thomas 62; 5. Wartburg 51; 6. Berea 47.33; 7. Ohio Northern 47; 8. Allegheny 43; 9. Rhodes 34; 10. Methodist 22; 11. Dickinson 14; 12. Carthage 12; 13. Emory 11; 14. University of the South 9; 15. John Carroll 5.33; 16. Hanover 4; 17. Centre, Alma 3; 19. Hope 2; 20. Ogelthorpe 1

Individual Results
(First place, all Stout finishers)

100: 1. Eric Haneberg (Baldwin-Wallace) 11.19; 6. Joe Verstegen 11.43; 9. Dan Reinert 11.57
200: 1. Joe Verstegen (Stout) 23.04; 10. Billy Busch 23.35; 17. John Boldt 23.68
400: 1. Chad Williams (Wartburg) 49.17; 7. Troy Wyatt 51.10; 10. Chris Valois 51.25
800: 1. Kris Boey (Baldwin-Wallace) 1:54.89; 9. Jeff Jenson 1:59.31; 22. Bryan Ott 2:04.18
1500: 1. Ryan Kollman (St. Thomas) 4:00.48; 15. Jason Petersohn 4:18.42
3000-steeplechase: 1. Paul Gilles (Stout) 9:35.75; 3. Tim Hamill 9:47.87; 8. Bryan Ott 10:17.44
4X100-relay: 1. Ohio Northern 42.69; 3. Stout 43.18
4X400-relay: 1. Baldwin-Wallace 3:21.02; 3. Stout 3:22.53
Triple jump: 1. Jermaine Dye (Berea) 46-8; 13. Jamie Buchholtz 39-3.25
Pole vault: 1. Jon Nickle (St. Thomas) 14-11; Jamie Buchholtz 14-5.25; Chad Beiler NH
Shot put: 1. Chris Gilbert (Anderson) 51-5; 2. Jason Lehman 51-0; 10. Jim Nehring 44-7
Discus: 1. Jason Lehman (Stout) 157-10; 6. Corey O'Donnell 129-3
Hammer: 1. Jason Lehman (Stout) 155-7; 2. Corey O'Donnell 139-0

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Gymnastics

ANGIE ARENS, BRENNA JONES AT NATIONALS SATURDAY

MENOMONIE - UW-Stout's Angie Arens (Fr, Loretta, Minn) and Brenna Jones (Fr, St. Paul, Minn) will conclude the 1998 gymnastics season when they compete at the National Collegiate Gymnastics Association (NCGA) Championships Saturday, March 28 at Rhode Island College in Providence, R.I.

Arens will compete on vault, while Jones will compete on the floor exercise. On the season, Arens averaged an 8.49 on the vault and Jones averaged a 9.04 on the floor. Jones also scored a 9.30 midway through the season to tie a school record.

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Baseball

BASEBALL RETURNS TO ACTION FRIDAY AT METRODOME

MENOMONIE - The UW-Stout baseball team returns to action Friday, March 27 when they travel to the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome for a doubleheader with Mayville State beginning at 11 a.m.

The Blue Devils are currently 7-7 and will open up the outdoor schedule Sunday, April 5 when they host Augsburg College at 1 p.m. at Nelson Field.

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Softball

SIMPSON TOURNEY CANCELLED; STOUT TO PLAY INSIDE THURSDAY, FRIDAY

MENOMONIE - After a week off due to the cancellation of the Simpson University Tournament, the UW-Stout softball team returns to action when they participate in the Concordia-St. Paul, Minn, Tournament, March 26-27.

The tournament will be played at the Inside Sports Dome in St. Paul, Minn. Stout is scheduled to to meet Bemidji State, Thursday, March 26 at 10:30 a.m., then follow that up with a 3 p.m. contest with Coe College. On Friday, March 27, the Blue Devils (3-7) play the late games, facing off against Mayville State at 4:30 p.m. and host Concordia at 6 p.m.

The Simpson Tournament scheduled for March 20-21 was cancelled due to heavy snows in the Des Moines, Iowa, area.

The Blue Devils will host the UW-Stout Tournament April 3-4 at Wakanda Park.

The tournament schedule follows:

Friday, April 3
3 p.m.
Platteville vs. Bethel, Field 4
River Falls vs. Stevens Point, Field 5
St. Olaf vs. Stout, Field 6

4:45 p.m.
Platteville vs. River Falls, Field 4
St. Olaf vs. Stevens Point, Field 5
Stout vs. St. Thomas, Field 6

6:30 p.m.
Bethel vs. St. Scholastica, Field 6


Saturday, April 4
9 a.m.
Stevens Point vs. Bethel, Field 4
St. Thomas vs. St. Scholastica, Field 5
Stout vs. Platteville, Field 6

10:45 a.m.
Stevens Point vs. St. Scholastica, Field 4
St. Olaf vs. Platteville, Field 5
Stout vs. Bethel, Field 6

12:30 p.m.
St. Olaf vs. St. Scholastica, Field 4
St. Thomas vs. Platteville, Field 5

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