Feb. 24, 2007

UNIVERSITY CENTER - Lake Superior State's DJ Battistella, Evan Williams, Marc Small and Adam Smith clocked a school record 3:21.64 to place second in the men's 4x400-meter relay and lead the Lakers at the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships held Friday and Saturday at Saginaw Valley State.

The LSSU men finished sixth among eight teams, while the Laker women were eighth among nine teams. Grand Valley State swept the men's and women's titles.

Smith and Battistella qualified first and seventh, respectively, in the 400-meter dash, and finished third and fifth, respectively, in the finals. Smith clocked a :48.77, while Battistella finished in :49.83 in the finals. Battistella also competed in the 200-meter dash finals and moved up one spot to sixth place with a time of :22.84. Small finished third in the 800-meter run (1:55.69), and Tom Thornton was seventh in the 3,000-meter run (8:44.23). Travis Baril placed fourth in the high jump (6-4 ¼), while Ben Tarbutton was 11th in the men's 5,000 with a time of 15:40.01.

LSSU freshman Katie Scott placed third in the women's 5,000-meter run on Friday with an NCAA provisional qualifying time of 17:33.87. Her time also bettered her former school record of 17:45.95. On Saturday, she finished fourth in the 3,000-meter run with a school-record time of 10:17.66. The LSSU distance medley relay team of Mandi DeBlock, Amanda Pieczynski, Marissa Ingle and Stephanie Riedel placed fifth in 12:56.60.

LSSU Women's Results 55-meter dash preliminaries: 14. Amanda Pieczynski, :07.68
200-meter dash preliminaries: 17. Pieczynski, :27.63; 24. Amanda Schroeder, :31.45; 25. Shelley Peterman, :32.48
800-meter run: 19. Marissa Ingle, 2:27.08; 26. Emily Bowen, 2:51.35
1-mile run: 14. Mandi DeBlock, 5:27.13; 15. Ashley Quick, 5:27.40; 17. Stephanie Riedel, 5:33.73; 19. Alyse Smith, 5:57.57
3,000-meter run: 4. Katie Scott, 10:17.66; 16. Quick, 10:59.02; 20. Riedel, 11:14.91; 27. Stacey Leyder, 11:28.63
5,000-meter run: 3. Scott, 17:33.87; 23. Leyder, 20:18.21
Distance medley relay: 5. LSSU (DeBlock, Pieczynski, Ingle, Riedel), 12:56.60
4x400-meter relay: 9. LSSU (Pieczynski, DeBlock, Ingle, Szubelak), 4:22.64
Long jump: 15. Peterman, 11-5 ½

LSSU Men's Results
55-meter dash preliminaries: 11. Jordan Baker, :06.76
200-meter dash finals: 6. DJ Battistella, 22:84; 16. Paul Davis, :23.72; 18. Darryl Byrdge, :23.85; 22. Jeff Erb, :25.20
400-meter dash finals: 3. Adam Smith, :48.77; 5. Battistella, :49.83; 22. Brian Reid, :54.86; 23. Davis, :54.89
800-meter run: 3. Marc Small, 1:55.69; 14. Evan Williams, 1:58.96; 16. Kevin Macomber, 1:59.42; 21. Jason Ferguson, 2:02.25
1-mile run: 10. Chris Olds, 4:28.80; 13. Luke Allen, 4:33.18; 22. Eric Hoxie, 4:52.23; 23. Josh Johnson, 4:58.17
3,000-meter run: 7. Tom Thornton, 8:44.23; 8. Ben Tarbutton, 8:46.07; 16. Scott Hosie, 9:06.19; 20. Jake Hoover, 9:23.47
5,000-meter run: 11. Tarbutton, 15:40.01; 12. Hosie, 15:40.56; 13. Olds, 15:40.87; 24. Emory Nelkie, 16:34.04
55-meter hurdles preliminaries: 12. Byrdge, :08.38
4x400-meter relay: 2. LSSU (Battistella, Evan Williams, Small, Smith), 3:21.64
Distance medley relay: 7. LSSU (Macomber, Williams, Small, Thornton), 11:01.74
High jump: 4. Travis Baril, 6-4 ¼; 5. Dana Skytta, 6-0 1/2
Long jump: 16. Skytta, 19-10 ¼; 22. Baker, 17-4 ¾; 23. Erb, 16-5 Triple jump: 9. Baril, 41-6 ½
Shot put: 14. Joe Feathers, 42-5 ½; 16. Jordan Romel, 42-3 ¼; 19. Skytta, 41-0 1/4
Weight throw: 13. Skytta, 46-9 ½; 15. Romel, 45-2 ¼; 19. Feathers, 41-7 3/4