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Tigers Finish Tied for Third in the NCAC Indoor Track and Field Championships

The DePauw men's indoor track and field team tied for third and totaled 99 points with Wooster after a strong second-day performance at the North Coast Athletic Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships. Wabash won with 157 points, followed by Denison with 132 points.
 
DePauw recorded 15 top-ten finishes on the final day of the NCAC Championships, with four All-NCAC performances in four different events.
 
The Tigers' two first-place finishes were from Garrett Elkins and Grant Hunt. Elkins jumped a height of 1.98m (6-06), and Hunt ran the 200-meter run in 22.29. Joining them on the podium was Griffin O'Neill, who took third in the 800-meter run with a time of 1:57.22, and Ford Baker, who took third in the 3k run with a time of 8:34.24.
 
Finishing in the top five was DePauw's 4x400 relay, made up of Carson Watson, O'Neill, Colin O'Malley, and Hunt finished fourth (3:29.47). Daniel Jansen finished fourth in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 8.63, Ayo Laleye took fifth with a time of 7.07, and Bailey Scott finished fifth in the mile (4:28.23).
 
Hunt also earned a sixth place finish in the 60-meter dash with a time of 7.13, O'Malley in the 200-meter run with a time of 22.89 for sixth, and Sam Prendergast and Jansen finished eighth in the weight throw (14.02 (46-0)) and pole vault (3.91m (12-10.00)) respectively.
 
DePauw's remaining top-ten finishes came from the men's 4x200 relay with Watson, Ryan Khosla, Dylan Conner, and Christian Troupe, who finished eighth with a time of 1:36.74, Henry Streib, who ran a 4:31.38 mile for eighth and Jack Rutstein who finished 10th in the mile with a time of 4:33.59. 

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