Track & Field Takes Part In The Butler Twilight

The Heidelberg College men’s and women’s track and field teams ran among elite competition at the 2007 Butler Twilight hosted by Butler University May 5, 2007. Overall Heidelberg recorded numerous top-10 finishes led by a championship from the women’s 4x400-meter relay team and the men’s 4x100-meter relay team.
           

The women’s quartet of Nikki Jones (Fremont, Ohio / Hopewell-Loudon), Jamie Depinet (New Riegel, Ohio / New Riegel), Jaimee Olmstead (Stryker, Ohio / Stryker) and Angela Zellner (Twinsburg, Ohio / Twinsburg) crossed the finish line in the 4x400-meter relay in a time of 3:58.76, while the men’s 4x100-meter relay team of Julius Higginbotham (Elyria, Ohio / Elyria), Justin Shields (Lorain, Ohio / Amherst L. Steele), Paris Hilliard (Lorain, Ohio / Admiral King) and Steven Malone (Shaker Heights, Ohio / Shaker Heights) finished in a championship time of 42.33.
           

Earning a runner-up finish was Greg Tyson, Jr. (Lima, Ohio / Lima Senior) in the long jump with a leap of 22’2.25 and Hilliard in the 100-meter dash in a time of 11.23.
           

Jones also earned a third place finish in the high jump (5’1”), while Scott Lasch (Huron, Ohio / Huron) ran to a third in the 800-meter run (1:54.93). The men’s 4x400-meter relay team of Zac Sendelbach (New London, Ohio / New London), Mark Childs (New Albany, Ohio / New Albany), Justin Zuchowski (Brunswick, Ohio / Brunswick) and Reed Wolverton (Van Wert, Ohio / Van Wert) stood third with a time of 3:23.13.
           

Childs and Julius Salgado (Fremont, Ohio / Fremont Ross) finished fourth in the 800-meter run (1:55.03) and the 400-meter hurdles (56.38), respectively. Higginbotham added depth in the long jump with a fourth place jump of 21’1.50”.
           

Rounding out the top-five finishers for the Berg on the day was the women’s 4x100-meter relay team of Jones, Depinet, Zellner and Paige Reiman (Defiance, Ohio / Tinora) (49.71), Dan Simpson (Leetonia, Ohio / Leetonia) in the 5,000-meter run (15:14.10) and Ken Morris (Rockbridge, Ohio / Logan Elm) in the high jump (6’0”).