Contact: Ryan Maurer Director of News Services and Sports Information E-Mail: rmaurer@wittenberg.edu

News Release: Manoach Lamarre Named 2007 Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar

SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — In recognition of his academic and athletic accomplishments at Wittenberg University, Manoach Lamarre, class of 2009 from Miami, Fla., has been named a 2007 Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar by Black Issues in Higher Education. Read More ...

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News Release: Twenty-Seven Wittenberg Student-Athletes Claim Spring Sport North Coast Athletic Conference Awards

SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — A solid spring sports season has reaped individual rewards for 27 Wittenberg University athletes who were selected to All-North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) teams over the last two weeks. Read More ...

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News Release: Seven Tigers Make All-NCAC Honor Roll

CLEVELAND, Ohio — The Allegheny men won their fifth straight and eighth overall team title at the NCAC Championships, held at Ohio Wesleyan on May 3-4. The Gators captured five first and 16 other top-three finishes to total 211 points and outdistance Ohio Wesleyan (193), Wabash (110) and Wittenberg (79) in the men's field. The Ohio Wesleyan women claimed their sixth NCAC crown and first since 1998 with 237 points. Defending champion Allegheny wound up second with 228 points, followed by Oberlin (101), Wooster (75.5) and Earlham (75). Read More ...

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Tigers Take Fourth, Seventh At NCAC Outdoor Championships

DELAWARE, Ohio — The Wittenberg men's and women's outdoor track and field teams had a mixed bag of results at the 2007 North Coast Athletic Conference championship meet. On two outstanding day weather-wise (after a spring filled with the opposite), the Tiger men put together a fine fourth-place team finish but the short-handed Tiger women managed seventh place. Read More ...

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Press Release: Wittenberg Hosts Wide Range Of Summer Sports Camps in 2007

SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — As usual, summer will be a busy time around the Wittenberg University athletics complex in 2007. Twelve different Wittenberg varsity athletic teams - men's basketball, women's basketball, field hockey, football, men's lacrosse, women's lacrosse, men's soccer, women's soccer, softball, tennis, track and field, and volleyball, are sponsoring summer camps this year. Read More ...

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Best Finish Of Year For Tiger Men At Wilmington Invitational

WILMINGTON, Ohio — The weather finally broke, and the Wittenberg Tigers took nearly full advantage of the welcome sunshine with a pair of strong finishes at the Wilmington Invitational. Read More ...

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Athlete of the Week: Gabe Savage Earns NCAC Middle Distance/Distance Athlete Of The Week

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Wittenberg sophomore Gabe Savage (Lewisburg, OH/Tri-County North) placed third the 1500 meters at the Cedarville. He finished in 3:57.20. Click here to see complete list of 2007 NCAC Men's Outdoor Track and Field Players of the Week. Read More ...

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News Release: Wittenberg Winter Sports Athletes And Coaches Claim 19 Conference Postseason Awards

SPRINGFIELD, Ohio – A solid 2006-07 winter sports season wrapped up for the Wittenberg University Tigers over the last two weeks as the North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) awarded 19 Wittenberg student-athletes with postseason honors. Five Wittenberg student-athletes were selected to the men's and women's basketball All-NCAC teams, while another 14 claimed their awards based on individual finishes at championship events for men's and women's swimming and diving (Feb. 8-10) and men's and women's indoor track and field (March 2-3). Read More ...

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Allegheny, OWU Take NCAC Indoor Track & Field Titles As Tigers Finish Middle Of Pack

CLEVELAND, Ohio — The Allegheny men won their fifth straight and eighth overall team title at the NCAC Championships, held at Denison March 2-3. The Gators captured five first and nine other top-three finishes to total 159 points and outdistance Ohio Wesleyan (114), Wabash (100.5) and Denison (75.5) in the men's field. The Ohio Wesleyan women claimed their sixth NCAC crown and first since 1994 with 183 points. Allegheny wound up second with 112 points, followed by Oberlin (106) and Denison (60). The Bishops won seven events and had nine other top-three finishes. Read More ...

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Tigers Take Seventh, Fifth In NCAC Indoor Championships

GRANVILLE, Ohio — The Wittenberg men's and women's indoor track and field teams both finished toward the middle of the pack at the 2007 North Coast Athletic Conference Indoor Championships at Denison. But while the teams didn't necessarily stand out from the crowd, junior Nicole Bailey (Cincinnati, Ohio/Summit Country Day) certainly did. Read More ...

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NCAA Provisional Qualifying Standard For Nicole Bailey Highlights Strong Weekend For Tiger Track Teams

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Wittenberg Tigers split their squads over the Feb. 10 weekend, and the results at the Mike Hout Invitational at Capital University on Friday and the All-Ohio Championships at Otterbein College on Saturday were very strong. At Capital, the Tiger men placed third and the women took seventh, while at the All-Ohio, the Tiger men finished 11th and the women came in sixth. Read More ...

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Athlete of the Week: Erik Larkin Earns NCAC Field Events Athlete Of The Week

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Wittenberg sophomore Erik Larkin (Cincinnati, OH/Country Day) was second in the triple jump at the All-Ohio meet with a leap of 43 feet, 6.5 inches. He also placed seventh in the long jump (20-5). Read More ...

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Athlete of the Week: Nicole Bailey Earns NCAC Field Events Athlete Of The Week

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Wittenberg junior Nicole Bailey (Cincinnati, OH/Summit Country Day) won the long jump at the All-Ohio Championships with a provisional qualifying leap of 17 feet, 9.5 inches. She also took first in the triple jump (35-9.25), and was second in the 55 meters (7.40). Her time in the prelims of the 55 (7.36) was a meet record, later broken by the winner in the finals. Read More ...

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Wittenberg Wins Six Individual Events At Denison Indoor

GRANVILLE, Ohio — The Wittenberg men's and women's indoor track and field teams captured six individual wins during the Denison Big Red Invitational, a five-team event that did not include team scoring. Read More ...

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Tiger Track Teams Finish Near Middle Of NCAC Relays Pack

GRANVILLE, Ohio — The Wittenberg Tigers didn't exactly have a large contingent on hand for an indoor meet at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, but the student-athletes on hand certainly made a good impression. Read More ...

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Tiger Track Teams Run Well At Rose-Hulman

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. — The Wittenberg Tigers didn't exactly have a large contingent on hand for an indoor meet at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, but the student-athletes on hand certainly made a good impression. Read More ...

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Wittenberg Track And Field Teams Open Indoor Season At Capital

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Wittenberg men's and women's indoor track and field teams opened the 2007 season with a sixth-place finish for the women and an eighth-place finish for the men at the Capital University Purple and White Invitational. Read More ...

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Press Release: Wittenberg Selects Craig Penney As New Head Coach For Men's And Women's Cross Country/Track and Field

SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — Wittenberg Director of Athletics and Recreation Garnett Purnell announced that Craig Penney has been named the university’s new men’s and women’s cross country and track & field head coach. Penney will take over the two programs after the departure of Steve Shutt, who left in June after seven years to take over the same positions at Gettysburg College in Pennsylvania. Read More ...

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