Tigers Head Into Home Stretch Of Outdoor Season With Strong Performances

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Nicole Bailey

The Wittenberg mens and womens track and field teams are heading into the home stretch with some outstanding individual performances highlighting things.

Leading the charge is senior Joe Rumschlag (Maumee, Ohio/Toledo Christian), who has his first NCAA Division III provisional qualifying mark in the long jump. He has surpassed the mark in each of the last two meets, at Rhodes on April 9 and at the All-Ohio Invitational at Ohio Wesleyan on April 16, and he is currently ranked in the top 10 nationally.

His performance at Rhodes, which included three top-five finishes, earned Rumschlag NCAC Field Events Athlete of the Week honors.

Sophomore Andy Karcher (Oceola, Ohio/Bucyrus Wynford) has also been competing at a high level for the Tigers. He had multiple top-five finishes at Rhodes and then he followed that up with third place in the hammer throw at Ohio Wesleyan, which was good for NCAC Field Events Athlete of the Week.

On the womens side, the story continues to be freshmen Nicole Bailey (Cincinnati, Ohio/Summit Country Day) and Allison Walker (Columbus, Ohio/Academy). At Rhodes, Walker finished first in the hammer throw and in the top five in two other field events. At Ohio Wesleyan, Bailey placed fourth in three different events and was the top NCAC performer in each case.

While the NCAC Championships dont technically take place until next week at Ohio Wesleyan, they do start this weekend with the decathon and heptathlon championships hosted by Wittenberg. A Wittenberg athlete has won the decathlon in each of the last five years and Geri Woessner, class of 2004, won three of the last four heptathlon titles. The rest of the team competes at the Wilmington Invitational on Saturday.

Next: 4/23-24 NCAC Multi-Events
4/23 @ Wilmington