WARRENSBURG, Mo. -- The Southwest Baptist men's track team travelled to the University of Central Missouri on Friday February 8^th 2008. The SBU men finished with seven top five finishers and two event champions at the UCM mule relays.  Coach McElhaney commented: “It was nice to see a lot of teams from our conference.  We competed well and had some standout performances plus several personal bests.”

Nathaniel Rogers finished first in the 600 meters with a  time of 1:14.94 which ranks #2 in SBU school history, behind Coach McElhaney’s own record of 1:14.54 set in 2004.

When asked of the overall performance, McElhaney replied, "I was impressed today, after having a week off and some of our tougher workouts the past two weeks, everyone really came out and competed today.  From top to bottom we had some great races/throws today.”

Next week, the SBU men's and women’s teams travel to Missouri Southern State University for the Radio Shack Invite, while the men’s Distance Medley Relay team travels to Iowa State University for the Iowa State Classic.

SBU results/places

Men Weight Throw

Michael Morris  11.61 meters (27^th)

Men Shot put

Michael Morris 13.05m (24^th)

Men 60 meter dash

Charles Pouncy 6.98        (9^th)

Drew Wilson      8.00        (64^th)

Men 200 meter dash

Charles Pouncy 23.20     (17^th)

Jordan Rowe      23.40     (22^nd)

Drew Wilson      25.40     (41^st)

Men 400 meter dash

Jordan Rowe      51.61     (4^th)

Jeff Weseloh     52.31     (7^th)

Men Mile Run

Cameron Ayers                 4:30.38  (5^th)

Jeremy Glassmaker        4:34.73 (11^th)

Andrew Denbow             5:00.22 (24^th)

Coty Goodwyn                  5:13.53  (26^th)

Men 600 yard run

Nathaniel Rogers             1:14.94 (1^st) *personal best / #2 in conference

Erik Johnson                       1:16.35  (6^th)

Trevor Shultz                     1:20.24  (19^th)

Tyler Sammons                 1:24.05  (27^th)

Men 800 meter run

Michael Pierce                  1:54.64 (1^st) *personal best / #2 in conference

Shawn Etzenhouser        1:55.34  (2^nd)

Vince Tichenor                  1:59.01  (8^th)

Jesse Kueker                     2:01.97  (12^th)

Men 3000 meter run

Michael McCampbell      9:24.61 (15^th)

Austin Robidou                 10:04     (--)

Phillip Peek                         10:26.27 (29^th)

Men 5,000 meter run

Michael McCampbell      15:51.20  (2^nd)

David Hackney                  16:30.21  (10^th)

Caleb Loya                          16:56 (placing/time malfunction) *personal best

Patrick Steffan                  16:59 (placing/time malfunction) *personal best

Men Distance Medley Relay       10:54.58  (3^rd)