MARIETTA, Ohio — Junior
Billy McCulloch (Nelsonville/York), senior
Anthony Williams (Columbus/Bishop Hartley), junior
Ryan Householder (Frazeysburg/Tri-Valley) and senior
Dele Adedapo (Gahanna/Bexley) provisionally qualified for the 2001 NCAA Division III Outdoor Championship in the men's 4x100m relay as Marietta College swept its own Don Frail Invitational Friday (April 8) at Don Schaly Stadium. [
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The Pioneer men accumulated 203 points and women totaled 180 points to distance themselves from the five competing schools at Marietta's lone home outdoor meet of the season. Head Coach Derek Stanley's student-athletes won 16 of the 36 events and produced two school records.
Near the end of the meet, Marietta's ten seniors were honored for their dedication to the track and field program for the last four years.
McCulloch, Williams, Householder and Adedapo combined to win the 4x100m relay with a school record time of 41.83 seconds. It is the third NCAA Division III Outdoor Championship event that the Pioneers have provisionally qualified for thus far in 2011. Junior
Ashley Bault (Atwater/Waterloo) has qualified in the heptathlon and senior
Nikki Stone (Madison/Madison) has qualified in the javelin throw.
Householder nearly provisionally qualified for the national meet in the 100m dash where he took first place with a personal record time of 10.84. Williams also ran a personal best 22.22 seconds in the 200m dash to place runner-up.
Junior
Lauren Asbury (White Sulphur Springs, W.Va./Greenbrier East) set Marietta's other school record Friday when she won the 200m dash in 26.15 seconds. Junior
Corryn Muench (Cold Spring, Ky./Newport Central Catholic) took runner-up in the event and finished with a personal record time of 26.24 seconds. Earlier, Muench ran a personal record 12.90 seconds while finishing second in the 100m dash.
Senior
Kent Reiber (Avon Lake/Avon Lake) ran a personal record in the 1,500m run, taking fourth with a time of 4:13.47.
Freshman
Ryan Lopez-Jordan (Beachwood/St. Peter Chanel) won the 110m hurdles with a personal record performance of 15.88 seconds. Classmate
Brandon Harrison (Pataskala/Watkins Memorial) accomplished the same feat in the 400m hurdles by posting a winning time of 56.00 seconds.
Sophomore
Caleb Muller (Columbus/Bexley) captured first place in the 800m run after crossing the line in a personal record 1:57.51.
Junior
Jim Vogt (Egg Harbor Township, N.J./Egg Harbor) set outdoor personal best marks while winning both the long jump and triple jump. He finished with a top mark of 6.48m (21-03.25) in the long jump and then 12.70m (41-08.00) in the triple jump.
Freshman
Jason Hoskins (Westerville/Olentangy Orange) also set personal records in two field events as he won the high jump by clearing 1.98m (6-06.00) and took runner-up in his first ever collegiate long jump competition by leaping 6.40m (21-00.00).
Marietta is back in action April 16 when it competes in the Division III All-Ohio Championship in Delaware, Ohio.