Allegheny College Athletics - AC men finish third at Nationals, match previous top NCAA finish

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Men's Track and Field

Allegheny's Tony Dipre set a meet record and posted an NCAA automatic-qualifying time while winning the mile at the North Coast Athletic Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships. He was also a member of the winning Distance Medley Relay team for the Gators, who placed third among nine teams at Denison.

Dipre, who was named the NCAC Distance Runner of the Year, claimed his individual win with a time of 4:10.84 and held off Denison's Makorobondo Salukombo (4:12.23). The previous meet record was set in 2009 by the Gators' Jeramie Parker (4:13.89). The Blue and Gold has now won three straight indoor miles at NCACs.

Mike Vlah, Alex Gorski and Chris Marker joined Dipre on the DMR squad, which clocked in at 10:35.79.

Beth Muller

Women's Track and Field

Beth Muller fell one win short of her second straight sprint trifecta, but still won the 55- and 200-yard dashes, to lead the Allegheny women's indoor track and field team to third place out of eight teams at the North Coast Athletic Conference Championships at Denison. She was named Sprinter/Hurdler of the Year for the second straight season.

Muller repeated as the 55 champ with a time of 7.51 seconds and then successfully defended her title in the 200 (:26.37).

As the defending champ in the 400, Muller was beat out by Marissa Clardy of Oberlin. Muller finished the race in 1:00.08 while Clardy came in at :59.39.

AC men finish third at Nationals, match previous top NCAA finish

11/21/2009 2:15:07 PM

Team Results

Individual Results

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Allegheny men's cross country runners Jeramie Parker and Chris Marker placed 11th and 14th, respectively, to earn All-America honors and lead the Gators to third place at the NCAA Division III Championships, hosted by Baldwin-Wallace on Saturday at Highland Park Golf Course.

Parker finished the 8,000-meter course in 25:44.1 while Marker crossed the line at 25:50.2 for Allegheny, which scored 195 points and finished behind only national champion North Central (50) and Williams (181) -- just 14 points out of second place.

The team accomplishment matches the Gators' previous best finish in 2006 when the Blue and Gold placed third at the National Championship meet.

Jake Zimmerman was Allegheny's third runner to finish, clocking in at 26:28.0 to place 60th. Other scorers were Tony Dipre, who took 66th in 26:31.4, and Zac Ross, who was 109th in 26:47.4.

Ryan Sullivan and Matt Lacombe also competed for the Gators. Sullivan finished 224th in 27:47.1 while Lacombe grabbed 268th in 28:51.9.

The individual national champion was Ricky Flynn of Lynchburg, who broke the tape at 25:09.8.

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Sat, Nov 21 | TBA | Men's Cross Country

at NCAA Championships at Baldwin Wallace
Allegheny	3rd

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