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Local colleges: Lamp leads the way for Parkside women at GLVC Indoors
Journal Times staff
UW-Parkside sophomore Jessica Lamp charged to the front in the final 100 meters in both the mile run and 800 run and won both events Saturday at the Great Lakes Valley Conference Indoor Track Championships held at Wabash College in Crawfordsville, Ind.
Lamp led a 1-2 Parkside finish in both events. Lamp won the mile in 4:58.54 and the 800 in 2:14.14. Teammate Naomi Fulton, a junior, was second in the mile in 4:58.84 and second in the 800 in 2:15.46. Teammate Jill Winkler, a senior, was fourth in the mile (5:09.43) and sixth in the 800 (2:20.60).
Lamp, Fulton and Winkler teamed with freshman Jessica Enderby on the 4x400 relay that placed third in 4:04.46.
Parkside's other big points came from junior Valerie Kelly's victory in the 5,000 run. Kelly lapped the entire field en route to winning the event in 17:40.01, falling less than a second short of the GLVC indoor record and 7-10 seconds short of improving her NCAA Division II provisional mark which would put her in a strong position for a berth in the NCAA Division II championships.
"Running 25 laps in a race by yourself is a difficult task for anyone," Parkside coach Mike DeWitt said of Kelly's performance. "Valerie did a great job of running at her best by herself."
"Jessica Lamp, Naomi Fulton and Jill Winkler did an exceptional job of racing controlled over the first half of each event, closing out each race with a flurry, each race was a little better as the day wore on," DeWitt said. It was a lot of fun watching this group in particular, but every one of the 10 athletes we had in the meet competed well. We did a great job of maximizing our scoring opportunities."
On the men's side, senior Brendan Kelly scored all of the Rangers' 11 points, leading Parkside to a tie with Northern Kentucky for the final spot in the team standings.
Kelly was third in the 200-meter hurdles (24.85 seconds) and fourth in the 400 dash (49.57).
"Brendan has done a very good job all indoor season," Parkside men's coach Lucian Rosa said. "He is at his best ever as we head into the outdoor season, where he will be working primarily at the 400 hurdle event. He has the ability to work into the national meet finals come May."
CARTHAGE: Brandon Jones-Harris won two events to lead the Carthage men to a third-place finish in the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin Indoor Championships held Saturday at Illinois Wesleyan in Bloomington, Ill.
North Central won its seventh straight indoor title, scoring 197.83 points. Augustana was second at 187.66 and Carthage third at 115.
Jones-Harris won the shot put (49-0 1/4) and weight throw (56 3 3/4). Tanner Folk won the long jump (22-7 1/4) and was third in the triple jump (43-11 3/4) and fifth in the 400 (50.62). Buzzy Brown was second in the high jump (6-2 1/4) and fifth in the long jump (21-0). Other top-five finishes for the Red Men were: Chris Hightower, second in the weight throw (51-1 3/4); Michael White, third in the mile run (4:19.83); Jacob Burg, third in the weight throw (49-8 1/4); Dan Hrvatin, fourth in the 55 dash (6.57); Nate Blazier, fourth in the long jump (21-2) and Michael Bubolz, fifth in the 5,000 run (15:26.22).
The Carthage women placed fourth in the CCIW meet. Jenny Lachmann and Patrice Russell led the Lady Reds with second-place finishes. Lachmann was second in the high jump (5-3 3/4) and Russell was second in the shot put (40-7 3/4) and fifth in the weight throw (44-0).
Other top-five finishes for the Lady Reds were: Angela Hartman, third in the 800 run (2:16.23); Jessica Beach, fourth in the 400 (59.91) and fifth in the 200 (26.68) and Ashley Grahovec, fifth in the 55 high hurdles (8.83).
Men's volleyball
CARTHAGE: The Red Men, ranked third in the Feb. 20 American Volleyball Coaches Association/College Sports Television NCAA Division III poll, beat St. Ambrose University 3-1 Saturday at Davenport, Iowa. Carthage (11-5) won 30-25, 30-22, 33-35 and 30-18. St. Ambrose is 9-5.
Men's tennis
CARTHAGE: The Red Men, ranked 25th in the fall 2006 Intercollegiate Tennis Association's NCAA Division III poll and seventh in the Central Region rankings, improved to 5-1 this spring with two victories Saturday at Coe College's Clark Racquet Center in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Carthage beat UW-Oshkosh 8-1, then beat No. 30 Coe 7-2.
Water polo
CARTHAGE: The Carthage women opened their season Saturday with a 17-3 victory over Lindenwood University and a 20-13 victory over Wheaton College at the Midwest Tournament at Wheaton College in Wheaton, Ill.
Sarah Reynertsen scored five goals in the victory over Lindenwood. Michelle Mulhall and Rose Schiavone scored five goals each in the Lady Reds' victory over Wheaton.
Awards
CARTHAGE: Junior Michelle Jorwick is Carthage's 2007 nominee for the Coca-Cola Community All-America award.
A three-year letterwinner and team captain, Jorwick received the women's soccer sportsmanship award two straight years for her positive attitude and work ethic on and off the field. A communication major who has been named to the dean's list three times, Jorwic earned CCIW all-academic honors in 2005.
Jorwick cites an autistic younger brother as her main motivation for helping others, particularly special needs children. She's been involved in the "Cure Autism Now Walk" and participated in Carthage's "Character Counts" interactive leadership development program. Jorwic also was instrumental in organizing the Carthage Sports and Activity Center's annual community service event "Bowling for Kid's Sake," which raised nearly $4,000 for Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Kenosha. Jorwic also coaches boys and girls for the FC United Soccer Club.
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