Grinnell College’s men’s track and field team crowned a pair of champions, including one who would go on to be named an Outstanding Performer of the Meet, at the 2011 Midwest Conference Championships Saturday in Monmouth, Ill.
Alex Reich ’11 (left) won the 5000-meter run in 15:08.43, his second title at the meet after winning the 10,000 on Friday, en route to being named the Outstanding Performer in track events along with Cory Zimmerman of Ripon College and Logan Hohl of Monmouth College.
Reich, whose time ranks eighth on Grinnell’s all-time chart, won the event by more than 8 seconds.
Also taking first for the Pioneers was Shyam Deshpande ’11 (right), who claimed the 3000 steeplechase in 9:32.38 while also helping Grinnell to third place in the overall team standings. His time ranks fourth in Grinnell history.
Placing second for Grinnell was Noah DeLong ’11 in the 800 (1:55.78), while third went to the 4x100 relay team (43.86). DeLong’s time ranks eighth all-time at Grinnell.
Deshpande was fourth in the 5000 (15:39.82), the same placing as Griffin Lentsch ’13 in the high jump (6-5). Lentsch’s effort is second-best in Grinnell history.
The Pioneers had sixth-place finishes from Scott Phillips ’11 in the 100 (11.29) and Eric Ragan ’12 in the 400 hurdles (58.24), while Davis Hermann ’11 was seventh in the 400 (51.27) and Lentsch seventh in the triple jump (42-5 ½). Lentsch ranks eighth on Grinnell’s all-time chart now.
Placing eighth were Erik Figge ’13 in the 5000 (15:53.58), Andy Hirakawa ’12 in the 110 hurdles (15.86) and Sam Goldstein ’11 in the triple jump (42-4 ¼).
Grinnell got ninth-place finishes from the 4x400 relay team (3:34.54) and Dylan Boucher ’12 in the high jump (5-11 ¼), while 10th went to Sam Krauth ’14 in the 800 (1:58.78).
Grinnell scored 102 points to edge St. Norbert College by a point for third place. Monmouth was the champ with 225.5 points.
Outstanding Performers for field events were Monmouth’s Tyler Hannam and Petyon Lumzy and St. Norbert’s Dann Schneider.
