CCIW Championships - NCAA Cuts

It doesn't seem possible - not when you graduate a class that includes four NCAA Consideration qualifiers and three All-Americans - but this weekend the Red Men posted the most NCAA 'B' qualifiers in school history.

Time will tell what shakes out and who makes Minneapolis, but here's a rundown of who got cuts:

1. Blake Bendix - 200 & 400 Free Relays
2. Jon Bond - 100 Back, 200 Med Relay
3. Kyle Drake - 100 & 200 Back, 400 IM, 400 Med Relay, 800 Free Relay
4. Mitchell Jackson - 800 Free Relay
5. Dan Jones - 200 Free Relay
6. Mike Moravek - 200 Medley Relay
7. Ryan Ortmann - 200 & 400 Free Relays
8. Bob Pellican - 100 Back, 400 Free Relay
9. Nathan Ripley - 50, 100, 200 Free - 400 Medley, 200, 400, 800 Free Relays
10. Isaac Rothenbaum - 200 Free Relay
11. Doug Schranck - 100 & 200 Fly, 200 & 400 Medley Relays
12. Alex Van Huis - 400 Medley Relay
13. Chris Varner - 100 Back

LCM Records Updated

With championship meets winding down here's a recap of our summer competition - fully a third of the team's top three times went down along with three team records.

50 Free	24.73	Davis, Bryce	8/4/2007	Steve Keller
	24.99	Ripley, Nathan	7/11/2009	Shane Ryan
	25.43	Schranck, Doug	7/24/2009	Dave Stephens
100 Free	54.31	Ripley, Nathan	7/13/2009	Shane Ryan
	54.65	Somers, Henry	7/24/2003	Bill Schalz
	54.70	Davis, Bryce	8/4/2007	Steve Keller
200 Free	2:02.24	Schranck, Stephen	7/19/2006	Dave Stephens
	2:02.66	Somers, Henry	7/24/2003	Bill Schalz
	2:03.83	Ripley, Nathan	7/11/2009	Shane Ryan
400 Free	4:18.08	Ross, Eric	7/22/2009	TJ Day
	4:19.18	Pelka, Bryan	7/20/2006	Greg Lake
	4:19.55	Chapman, Nathaniel	7/23/2004	Jim Sheridan
800 Free	8:53.06	Pelka, Bryan	7/20/2006	Greg Lake
	9:06.21	Ross, Eric	7/23/2009	TJ Day
	9:06.50	Glover, Adam	7/23/2009	Mary Liston
1500 Free	16:58.65	Pelka, Bryan	7/20/2006	Greg Lake
	17:11.12	Ross, Eric	7/20/2009	TJ Day
	18:14.47	Glover, Adam	6/25/2009	Mary Liston
100 Back	1:02.79	Drake, Kyle	7/17/2008	Bill Schalz
	1:02.90	Chapman, Nathaniel	7/24/2003	Jim Sheridan
	1:04.15	Pellican, Bob	6/11/2008	Mary Ruffin
200 Back	2:11.06	Drake, Kyle	7/17/2009	Bill Schalz
	2:15.23	Chapman, Nathaniel	7/24/2003	Jim Sheridan
	2:17.82	Pellican, Bob	7/11/2008	Mary Ruffin
100 Breast	1:07.15	Schranck, Stephen	7/19/2006	Dave Stephens
	1:08.71	Somers, Henry	7/24/2003	Bill Schalz
	1:10.51	Moravek, Mike	7/22/2009	Andy Rose
200 Breast	2:26.29	Schranck, Stephen	7/19/2006	Dave Stephens
	2:32.26	Moravek, Mike	7/22/2009	Andy Rose
	2:41.85	Somers, Henry	7/10/2003	Bill Schalz
100 Fly	58.07	Schranck, Doug	7/23/2009	Dave Stephens
	59.16	Davis, Bryce	8/6/2006	Steve Keller
	1:00.57	Somers, Henry	7/24/2003	Bill Schalz
200 Fly	2:12.01	Pelka, Bryan	7/20/2006	Greg Lake
	2:13.19	Schranck, Doug	7/24/2009	Dave Stephens
	2:16.96	Chapman, Nathaniel	7/24/2003	Jim Sheridan
200 IM	2:16.58	Schranck, Stephen	7/19/2006	Dave Stephens
	2:18.70	Chapman, Nathaniel	7/23/2004	Jim Sheridan
	2:20.12	Drake, Kyle	5/22/2009
400 IM	4:53.88	Schranck, Stephen	7/19/2006	Dave Stephens
	4:54.97	Pelka, Bryan	7/20/2006	Greg lake
	4:57.07	Drake, Kyle	7/17/2009	Bill Schalz

More LC Times Coming Down

Reports from Ohio and Illinois are that times continue to fall.  From Chicago, Isaac Rothenbaum posts lifetime bests in the 50 and 100 freestyles "nothing like back to back best times in one day to boost your spirits" he says.  Moravek and incoming freshman Jon Bond were there as well.  No LTB's from Mike, but he notes, "I got my hands on a [suit] so between that and a full shave bring on Minnesota."

In Oxford, Eric Ross made a run at Bryan Pelka's 1500 record - going 17:11.  He just missed making the top-three list in the 200 backstroke at this morning's prelims.

This week Carthage coaches will be out recruiting at the Sectional Meets.  Coach DeLaRosby will be in Minneapolis while I'll be down in Columbia, Missouri.  Next week, we'll be attending the Wisconsin and Indiana State meets.  If you're a parent or recruit considering Carthage, be sure to introduce yourself!

Wearing Orange Jumpsuits

This past weekend Carthage hosted the CCIW Track & Field Championships. It's always an honor to host a conference championship, but its also kind of a pain in the butt. Sure you have home field (or track, or pool) advantage, but you've also got to set up the pool (or track), round up timers, print programs, and collect admission.

Well, after this weekend, I'm thankful I'm not a track coach. You've got running events, jumping events, throwing events, and events that combine all three. Even worse, many of them run at the same time - its not like the pool where only one heat or one event runs at a time. Anyhow, in an effort to help our fellow teams, a bunch of guys (Bax, Coder, Moravek, Ross, Schranck I, Schranck II and another I can't remember) donned orange shirts better suited for roadside trash collection to help out. The help was appreciated (so was our budget).

One Carthage track guy of note is Tyler Wishau. He's a 'joggler' meaning he juggles while jogging and is aiming to set the world record for joggling a 5K (he's run at 17:08). That got our own Mike Moravek to thinking - always a funny thing - and the results were predictable: