Eastern Michigan Athletics
Eastern Michigan University
MAC Championships
Men's Track Claims MAC Indoor Title
2/25/2006 9:58:54 PM | Men's Track & Field
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio--The Eastern Michigan University men’s track team tallied 171 total points to capture its 10th title in the last 11 years of competition at the Mid-American Conference Indoor Track Championships hosted here in the Perry Center by Bowling Green State University.
Kent State came in second (134 points) while Central Michigan finished third (124.50 points), Akron fourth (116.50 points) with Buffalo placing fifth (63 points) and Ohio sixth (46 points).
The Most Outstanding Field Performace went to Eastern Michigan’s David Adamek (Ridgeway, Ontario, Canada-Ridgeway Crystal Beach). Adamek broke the MAC Championship Meet record in the shot put with a throw of 61feet-11.00 inches (18.87m), which is a NCAA provisional mark. EMU head track coach Brad Fairchild was named Coach of the Year.
On the final day of competition, the Eagles were also led by senior Roy Shavers (Flint, Mich.-Central) who notched two second place finishes in the 200 and 400 meterdash with times of :21.86 and :49.09 respectively. Redshirt junior Corey Nowitzke (Monroe, Mich.-Monroe) took the title in the one mile run with a time of 4:08.97 while redshirt freshman Jake Dubois (Jackson, Mich.-East Jackson) finished first in the 800 meter run with a time of 1:56.09. Junior Adam Kring (Jeddo, Mich.-Port Huron Northern) notched a 6-feet-10.75 inch jump to finish second place in the high jump.
On Friday, the Eagles easily claimed victory in the distance medley relay with a time of 10:00.18 ran by the team of freshman David Brent (Monroe, Mich.-St. Mary’s Catholic), redshirt freshman Adrian Simmons (Romulus, Mich.-Romulus), Dubois and Nowitzke.
In other Friday finals, the Eagles had top finishes from: redshirt freshman Josh Karanja (Ottawa, Canada-Nepean) with a second-place finish in the 5,000 meters in 14:37.47, Adamek with a third in the weight throw at 63-feet-00.25, senior Matt Pinter (Big Rapids, Mich.-Big Rapids) with a fifth in the weight throw, redshirt sophomore Phil Saffron (Grosse Pointe, Mich.-Grosse Pointe North) with a third in the pole vault at 15-feet-5.5 inches, and redshirt junior Josh Goodrich (Fairlawn, Ohio-Copley) with a fifth-place finish in the pole vault at 14-feet-11.5 inches.
First Team All-MAC Men
Dave Stallworth, Central Michigan
John Russell, University of Akron
Jeff Powers, Central Michigan
David Adamek, Eastern Michigan
Roy Richards, Kent State
Andrew Oyer, Akron
Steve Wezner, Central Michigan
Chris Cane, Kent State
Pierre Vinson, Central Michigan
Terri Abraham, Ball State
Tomasz Smialek, Akron
Jacob Dubois, Eastern Michigan
Seth Hutchinson, Kent State
Rayshon Higgins, Buffalo
Second Team All-MAC Men
Jaroslaw Zakrzewski, Kent State
Dave Jones, Central Michigan
Josh Karanja, Eastern Michigan
Brent Shelby, Kent State
Cadeau Kelley, Akron
Greg Keys, Kent State
Roy Shavers, Eastern Michigan
Nick Ivancic, Kent State
Marc Johnson, Kent State
Adam Kring, Eastern Michigan
Abraham Mach, Central Michigan
Perfection Harris, Kent State
Men's Final Team Scores
Eastern Michigan 171
Kent State 134
Central Michigan 124.5
Akron 116.5
Buffalo 63
Ohio 46
EMU FINAL RESULTS
60 METERS
3. Bob Colville (EMU) :06.84
200 METERS
2. Roy Shavers (EMU) :21.86
4. Bob Colville (EMU) :22.13
8. Donnie Young (EMU) :22.50
400 METERS
2. Roy Shavers (EMU) :48.41
5. Donnie Young (EMU) :49.11
800 METERS
1. Jake Dubois (EMU) 1:52.06
6. Jake Smith (EMU) 1:55.52
7. Erik Reichenbach (EMU) 1:56.65
3000 METERS
3. Luke Chrusciel (EMU) 8:21.85
4. Corey Nowitzke (EMU) 8:27.89
6. Josh Karanja (EMU) 8:28.88
5,000 METERS
2. Josh Karanja (EMU) 14:37.47
4. Kyle Mena (EMU) 15:06.46
5. Neal Naughton (EMU) 15:08.52
1 MILE RUN
2. Corey Nowitzke (EMU) 4:12.01
4. Josh Perrin (EMU) 4:14.97
5. David Brent (EMU) 4:15.29
60 METER HURDLES
3. Eric Alejandro (EMU) :08.31
6. Brad Waidmann (EMU) :08.4
4X400 METER RELAY
4. Eastern Michigan University 3:22.16
(Fred Blackwell, Adrian Simmons, Jake Dubois, Roy Shavers)
DISTANCE MEDLEY RELAY
1. Eastern Michigan University 10:0.18
(David Brent, Adrian Simmons, Jake Dubois, Corey Nowitzke)
HIGH JUMP
1. Adam Kring (EMU) 6-feet-10.75 inches
10. Clint Keranan (EMU) 6-feet-02.75 inches
-- Brad Waidmann (EMU) NH
POLE VAULT
3. Phil Saffron (EMU) 15-feet-5.5 inches
5. Josh Goodrich (EMU) 14-feet-11.5 inches
LONG JUMP
6. Edouard Joliveau (EMU) 22-feet-09.25 inches
10. Kyle Holmes (EMU) 21-feet-04.00 inches
11. Enrique Colville (EMU) 21-feet-01.25 inches
TRIPLE JUMP
6. Kyle Holmes (EMU) 46-feet-01.25 inches
SHOT PUT
1. Dave Adamek (EMU) 61-feet-11.0 inches
4. Matt Pinter (EMU) 54-feet-01.0 inches
11. Jarid Prason (EMU) 48-feet-00.0 inches
WEIGHT THROW
3. Dave Adamek (EMU) 63-feet-00.25 inches
5. Matt Pinter (EMU) 62-feet-00.25 inches
HEPTATHLON
4. Brad Waidmann (EMU) 4,614
60M: 4. :07.45
LJ: 3. 20-feet-2.5 inches
SP: 2. 40-feet-0.75 inches
HJ: 1. 6-feet-6.25 inches
