VOL. 25 NO.9 December 6, 2004

Were we any good or not? Evaluating a performance correctly is critical for both coaches and athletes alike. Itmust be done with care and accuracy so as to avoid either discouragement or a false sense of euphoria. Assessing the 23rdAnnual Intrasquad Meet is not especially easy since an almost equal case could be made that we were outstanding or inreal danger of slipping. The bar has been raised so high that a meet like we had on Friday night is no longer amazing.Instead it likewise points out flaws in our team. On the one hand it is very hard to ignore that the 2004 version of the DCBearcats had eight winning marks better than the 2003 team's intrasquad meet, with two ties and only four worse winners.In addition, had we scored the meet between the 2003 and 2004 teams, this year's group would have won, 61-59. That'squite impressive to beat a team, regm:dlessof the insignificance of the comparison, which went 40-0 and were All-Ohioand Conference USA champions. On the other hand it is impossible to note that our depth was better last year and that wehad numerous people who were better in last year's meet than they were in this one. In essence, Friday's meet was verygood, yet it exposes a soft underbelly driven by complacency. It's up to us to solve that problem.

Four intrasquad meet records highlighted this competition. The usual Red vs. Black rivalry was spirited with allthe Bearcats coming together as one by the meet's end. Chris Smith was undoubtedly the star of the meet. Not only didhe break his own pole vault record of 16' 1" with an astounding 16' 7" vault, but he placed third in the 55 M. dash with aquick 6.5, eclipsing seven runners whose specialty is the sprints. For good measure Chris added a 24.8 in the 200 M.,demonstrating all around sprint and vaulting capability. Lonnie Irving was nearly as good as his 49.8 victory in the 400M. broke Tim Trucco's four-year old record of 49.9. Lonnie did not have an easy time as he was pressed every step of theway by decathlete, Jimmy Mount. Lonnie then returned to capture third in the 200 M. (22.5), then shared in the glory of a4 x 400 relay intrasquad meet record with a rousing 50.1 third leg. What a solid example of sprinting by Lonnie! Theshot put lacked competition at the top, but Steve Kahle more than held his own by demolishing John Caplinger's meetrecord by a foot with a heave of 53' 10". Steve is almost in outdoor form in December. A nice 49' 2" personal record inthe weight throw only added to his luster. He is in position for a monster season.

Kenny Wade did not set any intrasquad meet records, but he did have an impressive sprint double with victoriesin the 55 M. (6.2) and 200 M. (22.1), beating JerodBatt on both occasions. Kenny nearly matched last year's marks of6.2 and 21.9, cementing his status as the leader of our short sprint crew. Two others had good runs at intrasquad meetrecords but came up just short. Tyler Grieves won the high jump at 6' 8" then went for Damon Kurtz and Chris Kratsas'smeet record of6' 10", barely missing that mark. Eric Bair aimed for Mike Seymour's 3,000 M. mark of8:45.3, fallingjust short at 8:49.2. Nevertheless, both were impressive and showed real potential.

The 800 M. was a much anticipated event. With former half-miler, Adam Berner, serving as the starter, thisgroup hoped to do wondrous things. They were solid, but certainly not standouts as Jake Richards defended his title overfreshman upstart, Alex Ramsey. Pat Starkey lagged behind in third. These people should be good but Friday's meet wasa little disappointing.

Locating the decathletes in a meet is not usually easy, but it was not hard at all in this one. Jimmy Mount provedhe can run the 400 M. with a second place in that event (50.3) and a leadoff 50.4 in the record-setting 4 x 4. His 15' 0"pole vault and 8.5 hurdles demonstrated the all-around ability required of a decathlete. Ben Haber was close behind withmarks of6' 4" in the high jump, 21' 3-1/4" in the long jump, 14' 6" in the pole vault, a victory of7.6 in the high hurdles,and a 51.9 relay leg. What a day! Patrick Dunn was second in the high jump at 6' 6" and won the triple jump with a markof 44' 9-1/2". Keller Schnier showed considerable improvement in three of his four events. Despite the graduation ofAll-American Chris Wineberg the decathlon appears to be in good hands.

The highjump was strong with four jumpers clearing 6' 6". The distance runners are determined to excelfollowing a disappointing end to their cross country season. The throwers are many and improving. Only Steve Kahle isa factor right now but others are close to the horizon. Our team will be very different this year. If we are looking to relyon a few stars we will underachieve. If each member looks to himself to contribute we could be even better. The questionremains, will we be any good this year? The prediction is: possibly. The answer will come this spring.

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231'11ANNUAL INTRASQUAD MEET -- December 3, 2004 Red (116) Black (111)

WEIGHT THROW Steve Kahle (Black), 49' 2" (1st) Justin Salamon (Black), 45' 2" (2nd) Rell Robinson (Red),42' 10-1/2" (3rd) Charles Harbin (Black), 41' 0" Ryan Flynn (Black), 40' 10" Eric Jiminez (Black), 40' 10"Joel Harvey (Red), 35' 1" Mike Mockbee (Black), 35' 8" Jason Carr (Red), 33' 5-112"

HIGH JUMP Tyler Grieves (Red), 6' 8" (1st) Jason Jackson (Black), 6' 6" (2nd) Andrew Smith (Black), 6' 6" (3rd)Patrick Dunn (Red), 6' 6" Ben Haber (Black), 6' 4" Keller Schnier (Black), 5' 10" Reggie Bolding (Black),5' 10" Brett Rexroat (Red), 5' 8"

LONG JUMP Chandler Groves (Red), 23' 2" (1st) Bob Kandell (Red), 22'9-112" (2nd) Phill Joseph (Black), 21' 5-112"(3rd) Ben Haber (Black), 21' 3-114" Tim Poirier (Red), 20' 7" Jimmy Mount (Red), 19' 3"Victor Miller (Black), 18' 8"

SHOT PUT Steve Kahle (Black), 53' 10" (1st)NEW INTRASQUAD MEET RECORD, FORMERLY JOHNCAPLINGER, 52' 10" (2003) Charles Harbin (Black), 44' 7" (2nd) Ryan Flynn (Black), 44' 3-3/4" (3rd)Eric Jiminez (Black), 40' 8" Jimmy Mount (Red), 39' 6" Justin Salamon (Black), 39' 1-1/2" Rell Robinson(Red), 39' 0" Mike Mockbee (Black), 38' 7" James O'Hara (Red), 38' 0" Steve Farber (Black), 36' 7"Jason Carr (Red), 36' 3-112" Brett Rexroat (Red), 34' 10" Joel Harvery (Red), 30' 10"

POLE VAULT Chris Smith (Red), 16' 7" (1st) NEW INTRASQUAD MEET RECORD, FORMERLY CHRIS SMITH,. 16' 1"(2003), Chad Beamer (Black), 15' 6" (2nd) Jimmy Mount (Red), 15' 0" (3rd) Ben Haber (Black), 14'6"

Keller Schnier (Black), 13' 0" Dan Albrinck (Black), NH

TRIPLE JUMP Patrick Dunn (Red), 44' 9-112" (1st). Chandler Groves (Red), 41' 7" (2nd) Tim Poirier (Red), 41' 1" (3rd)

MILE RUN Kevin Schwarz (Black), 4:30.1 (1st) Ryan Cowan (Black), 4:40.6 (2nd) A. Fusselman (Red), 4:54.6 (3rd)

55 M. HURDLES Ben Haber (Black), 7.6 (1st) Scott Maze (Red), 7.7 (2nd) Isaac Hendricks (Black), 7.8 (3rd)Victor Miller (Black), 8.1 Jimmy Mount (Red), 8.5 Keller Schnier (Black), 8.5 Brett Rexroat, (Red) 8.5Brando~ Wright (Black), 8.5

400 M. Lonnie Irving (Red), 49.8 (1st) NEW INTRASQUAD MEET RECORD, FORMERLY TIM TRUCCO,49.9 (2000) Jimmy Mount (Red), 50.3 (2nd) Justin Conway (Black), 51.0 (3rd) Joe Seymour (Red), 52.1Jesse Toy (Black), 52.3 Keith Hamilton (Red), 52.4 Kevin Breckinridge (Red), 52.9 Quentin Taylor (Black),53.4 Brandon Wright (Black), 53.4 Jason Vinson (Black), 53.9 Torrey Lewis (Red), 57.9

55 M. Kenny Wade (Black), 6.2 (1st) Jerod Batt (Black), 6.4 (2nd) Chris Smith (Red), 6.5 (3rd) Victor Miller(Black),6.5 Chad Beamer (Black), 6.6 Bob Kandell (Red), 6.6 David Marmora (Red), 6.6 TerrenceMatthews,6.6 Edet Wetter (Red), 6.7 Keith Hamilton(Red), 6.9

800 M. Jake Richards (Red), 1:56.1 (1st) Alex Ramsey (Red), 1:57.5 (2nd) Pat Starkey (Black), 1:59.6 (3rd)Reggie Bolding (Black), 2:03.3 Michael Brothers (Red), 2:05.7 Clarence Hartman (Red), 2:09.1

200 M. Kenny Wade (Black), 22.1 (151) Jerod Batt (Black), 22.4 (2nd) Lonnie Irving (Red), 22.5 (3rd) JesseToy (Black), 22.6 Ian Stender (Red), 23.6 Chad Beamer (Black), 23.7 David Marmora (Red), 24.3 JordanGaus (Red), 24.8 Chris Smith (Red), 24.8 Torrey Lewis (Red), 25.2 Edet Wetter (Red), 25.4

3,000 M. Eric Bair (Black), 8:49.2 (1st) Taylor Garvin (Black), 9:04 (2nd) Brad Babiak (Red), 9:09 (3rd)Scott Mindel (Red), 9:11 Matt Van Doren (Black), 9:32 Evan DeHart (Red), 9:43

4x400RELAY Red (A), 3:22.2(1st) J.Mount(50.4) J.Richards(51.7) L.Irving(50.1) B.Kandell(49.8)NEW MEET RECORD, FORMERLY 3:24.4, J.RICHARDS, E.GRAVES, C.WINEBERG, L.IRVING (2003).Red (B) 3:25.3 C.Wineberg (50.4) A.Ramsey (50.8) K.Breckenridge (NT) K.Hamilton (NT)Black (A) 3:28.1 P.Starkey (50.8) J.Vinson (52.7) B.Haber (51.9) J.Batt (52.7)Red (C) 3:38.9 D.Marmora (55.9) I.Steidel (55.0) J.Gaus (55.1) J.Seymour (53.0)Black (B) 3:46.9 V.Miller (57.4) B.Wright (54.1) T.Matthews (57.5) K.Schnier (57.9)

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