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FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE -- April 19, 2007
CONTACT: Glyn Turner 585,567,9648
Highlanders Give Strong
Performance at Messiah Invitational
Meet
Results
Grantham, PA (4/14/07)- The
Highlander Track and Field Team continued to improve going into the Messiah
Invitational. The Men's 4x800m Relay (Dan Ballard, Joe Campagna, Chad
Stauring, Josiah Snelgrove) notched another event win for the season,
including Dan Ballard taking home 1st in the 1500m.
The
Highlanders recorded 19 PR's for the meet with the women's team finishing
7th out of 13 teams and the men finishing 6th out of 16 teams.
Kaitlin Fadden continued to have a great week finishing 3rd in
the women's 5000m & 4th in the 400 Hurdles. Jamie Mason finished
3rd in the 400 Hurdles and 4th in the 100 Hurdles. Meghan
Radimer finished 3rd in the Shot Put and 2nd in the Discus and
Javelin
For the men, Josiah Snelgrove finished 2nd in the 800m with
fellow relay teammate Dan Ballard finishing 1st in the 1500m.
Steve Scott finished 4th in the 110m Hurdles and 2nd in the 400m
Hurdles capping off an impressive week. Bruce Mourhess finished
4th in the Triple Jump.
The Highlander Track & Field team competes next week and will be
the host school for the 2007 AMC Track & Field Championships,
April 20th-21st. This is the second time that the Championships
have been hosted at Houghton College, the last time was in 2002.
This years meet will attract over 800 athletes from the American
Mideast Conference Schools.
Houghton College
has deep
and
solid
roots in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics, where our
teams use their commitment to excellence, both on the field-of-play
and
in the classroom, as a platform for their strong and
unique emphasis on Sports Ministry. Their goal is to make a difference
for the Kingdom
on campus, in Allegany County,
in the Northeast and
around
the world.
Houghton is one of only 13 institutions who have been hand-selected
by the NAIA to serve as "Champions of Character" Program Centers, opening the door
for Houghton to be a leader,
both in the Northeast and
nationally, in character education.
Through hands-on,
innovative community outreach initiatives, Houghton coaches and
student-athletes
are working together to change the culture of sport and
to change our culture through sport.
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