Mar 15, 2010 9:27:07 AM

North Central (Illinois) pulled away with victories in the 5,000-meter run and the 1,600-meter relay to win the Division III Men's Indoor Track and Field Championships team title Saturday at DePauw.

The winning effort, sparked by senior Kyle Brady and his victory in the 5,000-meter run, is North Central's first at the championships since 1989. [More]

Team results

1. North Central (IL), 52 1/3; 2. Wis.-Stevens Point, 34; 3. Wis.-La Crosse, 31 ½; 4. Wis.-Oshkosh, 31; 5. Trinity (TX), 18; 6. McMurry, 17 1/3; 7. (tie) SUNY Geneseo and Amherst, 17; 9. (tie) Wis.-Whitewater and Wheaton (MA), 15; 11. (tie) Salisbury and St. Lawrence, 14; 13. Wis.-River Falls, 13; 14. Illinois Col., 12; 15. (tie) Wabash and Central (IA), 11; 17. MIT, 10 ½; 18. (tie) Williams, St. Olaf, Greenville, Fredonia St. and Centre, 10; 23. (tie) Springfield, St. Thomas (MN), Montclair St., Concordia (WI), 9; 27. (tie) Wis.-Stout, Tufts, Rochester Inst., Manchester, Linfield and Baldwin-Wallace, 8; 33. (tie) Hamline and Bethel (MN), 7; 35. (tie) Thiel, Southern Me., Heidelberg and Allegheny, 6; 39. Whitworth, 5 ½; 40. (tie) Wis.-Platteville, St. Mary's (MN) and Oneonta St., 5; 43. (tie) Washington-St. Louis, Haverford, Gwynedd-Mercy, Gust. Adolphus, Dubuque, Case and Carthage, 4; 50. (tie) Wartburg, New York U., Keene St. and Connecticut Col., 3; 54. Monmouth (IL), 2 ½; 55. (tie) Wis.-Eau Claire, St. Norbert, Plattsburgh St., TCNJ, Denison, Augustana (IL), 2; 61. (tie) Susquehanna, Dickinson, SUNY Cortland, Cornell College, 1; 65. Rensselaer, 1/3.

Individual champions

55-meter dash: Delannie Spriggs, Salisbury, 6.20 (meet record; old record 6.22, Stefan Mascoll, SUNY Cortland, 1999).

400-meter dash: Ben Zill, Wis.-Oshkosh, 48.33.

800-meter run: Aron Kehoe, Wis.-Whitewater, 1:52.59.

Mile run: Nick Guarino, Fredonia St., 4:09.99.

5,000-meter run: Kyle Brady, North Central (IL), 14:47.97.

55-meter high hurdles: Edgar Townsend, Greenville, 7.46.

1,600-meter relay: North Central (IL), (Jon Howard, Jon Caron, Dayton Henriksen, Dan Benton), 3:17.22.

Distance medley relay: Wis.-Stevens Point (Adam Lang, Nick Dax, Alex Steiner, Philip Richert), 10:02.38.

High jump: Dillon Binkley, Illinois Col., 2.08 (6-9 3/4).

Pole vault: Jake Winder, North Central (IL), 5.12 (16-9 ½).

Long jump: Kellen McCrary, Wis.-La Crosse, 7.16 (23-6).

Triple jump: Chrys Jones, Centre, 15.02 (49-3 ½).

Shot put: John Schantzen, St. Olaf, 17.37 (57-0).

35-pound weight throw: Eric Jones, St. Lawrence, 19.13 (62-9 1/4).

Pentathlon: Todd Wildman, Trinity (TX), 3,751 points.

Individual results

55-meter dash: 1. Delannie Spriggs, Salisbury, 6.20 (meet record; old record 6.22, Stefan Mascoll, SUNY Cortland, 1999); 2. Stephen Headley, Springfield, 6.28; 3. Cailean Robinson, Wheaton (MA), 6.39; 4. Durell Cull, Oneonta St., 6.42; 5. Davivorn Dowe, Dubuque, 6.46; 6. Gavan Bass, McMurry, 6.49; 7. Zach Lee, Wis.-La Crosse, 6.89; 8. Matt Gordy, Wis.-La Crosse, 10.27.

400-meter dash: 1. Ben Zill, Wis.-Oshkosh, 48.33; 2. Dan Benton, North Central (IL), 48.68; 3. Alex Eaton, Thiel, 48.84; 4. Merzudin Ibric, Wheaton (MA), 49.09; 5. Kevin Cunningham, McMurry, 49.56; 6. Dan Dunkleberger, Gwynedd-Mercy, 49.90; 7. Dann Schneider, St. Norbert, 49.99; 8. Gino Bisceglia, SUNY Cortland, 50.47.

800-meter run: 1. Aron Kehoe, Wis.-Whitewater, 1:52.59; 2. Nick Zeien, Wis.-River Falls, 1:52.61; 3. David Litsheim, Wis.-Stevens Point, 1:52.88; 4. Mike Hutton, St. Thomas (MN), 1:52.92; 5. Max Hanson, Gust. Adolphus, 1:53.19; 6. Kevin McCarthy, Wabash, 1:54.67; 7. Jake Waterman, Wabash, 1:55.49; 8. Jacob Austin, North Central (IL), 1:57.91.

Mile run: 1. Nick Guarino, Fredonia St., 4:09.99; 2. Will Yochum, Amherst, 4:11.31; 3. Tony Dipre, Allegheny, 4:11.92; 4. Patrick Klein, Wis.-Platteville, 4:12.13; 5. Ivo Milic-Strkalj, Haverford, 4:13.64; 6. Matt Turlip, New York U., 4:13.70; 7. Makorobondo Salukombo, Denison, 4:13.88; 8. Paul Thistle, Susquehanna, 4:14.74.

5,000-meter run: 1. Kyle Brady, North Central (IL), 14:47.97; 2. Lee Berube, SUNY Geneseo, 14:49.96; 3. Jesse Faller, Tufts, 14:50.39; 4. Daniel Murner, Amherst, 14:51.01; 5. Dan Ramsey, St. Lawrence, 14:52.15; 6. Philip Richert, Wis.-Stevens Point, 14:53.04; 7. Mike Heymann, Plattsburgh St., 14:53.70; 8. Nick Karwoski, Dickinson, 14:56.36.

55-meter high hurdles: 1. Edgar Townsend, Greenville, 7.46; 2. William Brown, Montclair St., 7.51; 3. Emmanuel Aouad, Wabash, 7.53; 4. Taylor Ferda, Bethel (MN), 7.53; 5. Dan Davis, Washington-St. Louis, 7.54; 6. Russell Harris, Wartburg, 7.56; 7. Kyle Gilroy, TCNJ, 7.67; 8. Mike Dellemann, Wis.-Stevens Point, 7.78.

1,600-meter relay: 1. North Central (IL) (Jon Howard, Jon Caron, Dayton Henriksen, Dan Benton), 3:17.22; 2. Wis.-La Crosse, 3:17.31; 3. Wis.-Stevens Point, 3:18.03; 4. Wis.-River Falls, 3:18.18; 5. Wheaton (MA), 3:18.31; 6. Wis.-Oshkosh, 3:18.50; 7. Bethel (MN), 3:19.39; 8. Hamline, 3:19.71.

Distance medley relay: 1. Wis.-Stevens Point (Adam Lang, Nick Dax, Alex Steiner, Philip Richert), 10:02.38; 2. Trinity (TX), 10:02.45; 3. Wis.-Oshkosh, 10:04.73; 4. Williams, 10:04.99; 5. Amherst, 10:05.11; 6. Wis.-La Crosse, 10:06.86; 7. Wis.-Eau Claire, 10:06.87; 8. SUNY Geneseo, 10:09.51.

High jump: 1. Dillon Binkley, Illinois Col., 2.08 (6-9 3/4); 2. John Kimmel, Manchester, 2.08 (6-9 3/4); 3. Anthony Stanton, Southern Me., 2.05 (6-8 3/4); 4. Luke Buchholz, Wis.-Whitewater, 2.05 (6-8 3/4); 5. David Stauder, Wis.-La Crosse, 2.05 (6-8 3/4); 6. (tie) Tyler Hannam, Monmouth (IL), and Cody Stelzer, Whitworth, 2.05 (6-8 3/4); 8. Justin Turner, Gwynedd-Mercy, 2.05 (6-8 3/4).

Pole vault: 1. Jake Winder, North Central (IL), 5.12 (16-9 ½); 2. Michael Dempsey, Rochester Inst., 5.02 (16-5 ½); 3. Thomas Stacey, North Central (IL), 5.02 (16-5 ½); 4. Cory Altenberg, McMurry, 5.02 (16-5 ½); 5. John Wood, North Central (IL), 4.92 (16-1 3/4); 6. (tie) Greg Tao, MIT, and Dave Pergande, Wis.-La Crosse, 4.92 (16-1 3/4); 8. (tie) Thomas Dimitri, McMurry, Peter Geraghty, North Central (IL), and Justin Metzger, Rensselaer, 4.77 (15-7 3/4).

Long jump: 1. Kellen McCrary, Wis.-La Crosse, 7.16 (23-6); 2. Wenley Louis, SUNY Geneseo, 7.04 (23-1 1/4); 3. Julius Higginbotham, Heidelberg, 7.01 (23-0); 4. Gavan Bass, McMurry, 6.97 (22-10 ½); 5. Justin Simmons, Concordia (WI), 6.96 (22-10); 6. Buzzy Brown, Carthage, 6.94 (22-9 1/4); 7. D.J. Jackson, Illinois Col., 6.86 (22-6 1/4); 8. Kevin Coyle, Springfield, 6.85 (22-5 3/4).

Triple jump: 1. Chrys Jones, Centre, 15.02 (49-3 ½); 2. Stephen Morton, MIT, 15.01 (49-3); 3. James Simms, Wis.-Oshkosh, 14.82 (48-7 ½); 4. Tomas Kearney, Williams, 14.63 (48-0); 5. Eyo Ekpo, St. Thomas (MN), 14.60 (47-10 3/4); 6. Alex Samma, Connecticut Col., 14.52 (47-7 3/4); 7. Patrick Zeunik, Augustana (IL), 14.45 (47-5); 8. Isaac Vazquez, Wis.-La Crosse, 14.45 (47-5).

Shot put: 1. John Schantzen, St. Olaf, 17.37 (57-0); 2. Kyle Scofield, Wis.-Stevens Point, 16.79 (55-1); 3. Greg Patrick, Baldwin-Wallace, 16.77 (55-0 1/4); 4. Matt Graber, Central (IA), 16.70 (54-9 ½); 5. Brandon Fugett, Salisbury, 16.69 (54-9 1/4); 6. Jeff Kintner, Whitworth, 16.68 (54-8 3/4); 7. Derall King, Hamline, 16.51 (54-2); 8. Eugene Asimou, Montclair St., 16.35 (53-7 3/4).

35-pound weight throw: 1. Eric Jones, St. Lawrence, 19.13 (62-9 1/4); 2. Sean Larson, Wis.-Stout, 18.89 (61-11 3/4); 3. Tony Baker, Wis.-Oshkosh, 18.72 (61-5); 4. Andrew Brueggen, St. Mary's (MN), 18.70 (61-4 1/4); 5. Derall King, Hamline, 18.54 (60-10); 6. Bryan Kolacz, Keene St., 18.44 (60-6); 7. Kevin Phipps, Baldwin-Wallace, 18.33 (60-1 3/4); 8. Josh Brennan, Carthage, 18.23 (59-9 3/4).

Pentathlon: 1. Todd Wildman, Trinity (TX), 3,751 points; 2. Josh Lovell, Linfield, 3,664; 3. Ethan Miller, Central (IA), 3,602; 4. Brock Solveson, Concordia (WI), 3,560; 5. Obinna Nwanna, Case, 3,556; 6. Matt Borchardt, North Central (IL), 3,545; 7. Jared Engelking, Tufts, 3,491; 8. James Wohrley, Cornell College, 3,473.