Miami Hawk Talk News

Miamians Compete for NCAA National Championships

2008-06-09T15:01:00-05:00

This week three Miami track and field athletes will compete at the NCAA Track and Field National Championships, which are being held at Drake University.

Pat Sovacool is competing in the 5,000 meter run, with the preliminaries on Wednesday and the finals on Friday. Pat won the 5,000 meter MAC title in May and finished fifth at both the Penn Relays and the NCAA Regional Championships.

Kevin Dwyer is competing in the decathlon, which begins with five events on Wednesday and concludes with the final five events on Thursday. Kevin won the decathlon at the MAC Championships this year.

Kristina Bolterstein is competing in the high jump, which takes place on Wednesday. Kristina won the MAC high jump title in May and finished fifth at the NCAA Regional Championships.

Good luck to these three highly accomplished Miamians in their quest for a national title.

Men's and Women's Cross Country Teams Named National All-Academic Teams

2008-02-27T17:30:00-05:00

Both the Miami University men's and women's cross country teams were honored by the US Track and Field/Cross Country Coaches Association as National All-Academic Teams this week. The men's team earned the honor with a team GPA of 3.26, ranked 32nd in the nation. Individually, junior Pat Sovacool was one of 56 cross country athletes named to the National Men's Cross Country All-Academic Team. Pat is a zoology major with a 3.58 GPA and he finished 12th at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional meet. The women's team earned the honor for the 14th consecutive year, with a GPA of 3.54, good for 30th in the nation.

In addition to excelling in the classroom both teams excelled on the track, with both squads finishing in the top 10 at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional meet - the women finished eighth while the men finished ninth.

Congratulations to the fine student athletes of Miami's men's and women's cross country teams.

Men's CC finishes in 9th place at Great Lakes Regional

2007-11-11T16:27:00-05:00

The Miami men's cross-country team took 9th place (275 points) at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional meet on Saturday (Nov. 10th) in Bloomington, IN. Wisconsin and Michigan tied for 1st place (68 points each) taking the two automatic qualifying team bids to the national championship meet. Mid-American Conference champion Eastern Michigan took 7th place (230 points), while conference mate Kent State took 10th place (297 points). The individual champion was Patrick Smyth of Notre Dame, who covered the 10K course in 30:22.

The RedHawks once again were led by Pat Sovacool, who finished in 12th place with a time of 31:10. Also scoring for the RedHawks were Brad Untrauer (37th, 31:51), Kevin Silver (59th, 32:33), Michael Veatch (79th, 32:55), and Adam Martin (88th, 33:12).

At-large bids for individuals and teams to the championship meet will be announced on Monday (Nov. 12th). At the very least look for Pat Sovacool to represent Miami at the championship meet on Nov. 19th in Terre Haute, IN.

http://www.ncaasports.com/crosscountry/recaps/d1_glakes_men/2007

Lead by Sovacool Miami takes 2nd at MAC Meet

2007-10-28T15:11:00-05:00

The Miami men's cross-country team turned in an excellent performance to take second place at the MAC Championship meet on Saturday (Oct. 27th) in Mount Pleasant, Michigan. The RedHawks finished with 50 points just 19 points behind team champion Eastern Michigan, while Central Michigan took 3rd (98 points) and Ohio U. took 4th (116 points). Akron, Kent, Buffalo, Bowling Green, and Toledo rounded out the team scoring. Josh Perrin of Eastern Michigan was the individual champion covering the 8K course in 24:33.

Miami was lead by Pat Sovacool, who finished 4th overall with a time of 25:05. Also scoring for the RedHawks were Michael Veatch (7th overall, 25:14), Brad Untrauer (8th place, 25:16), Kevin Silver (15th, 25:31), and Michael Perry (16th, 25:33).

http://muredhawks.cstv.com/sports/m-xc/stats/2007-2008/mens_final_team_report.html

Fast Times at the pre-NCAA Men's CC Meet

2007-10-14T14:48:00-05:00

Pat Sovacool lead the Miami men's CC team at the pre-NCAA meet (Blue Race) in Terre Haute, IN on Saturday (Oct. 13th) with a 31st place finish and time of 23:54. Fast times over the 8K course were also recorded by Michael Veatch (24:39), Brad Untrauer (24:46), Michael Perry (24:51), and Kevin Silver (25:03). As a team Miami finished 21st out of 38 teams in the Blue Race (Northern Arizona finished first in the Blue Race, while UTEP won the White Race).

Miami next runs at the MAC Championships on Oct. 27th.

Men's CC season ends with 14th place finish

2006-11-14T13:46:01-05:00

The Miami men's cross-country team finished the season with a 14th place finish in the 31-team NCAA Great Lakes Regional meet on Saturday (Nov. 11) at Bowling Green. The RedHawks were lead by junior Michael Veatch, who placed 57th overall covering the 10K course in 32:35. Corey Nowitzke of Eastern Michigan finished first with a time of 30:57.

Rounding out the scoring five for Miami were sophomore Pat Sovacool (78th place, 33:04), redhsirt Kevin Silver (91st, 33:20), sophomore Brad Untrauer (92nd, 33:23), and junior Justin Campbell (96th, 33:30).

Top-ranked Wisconsin (52 points) and Notre Dame (104) earned the region's two automatic bids to the NCAA Championship meet, while Butler (107), Michigan State (113), and Eastern Michigan (137) rounded out the top five schools.

The loss of All-American performers Dan Huling and Chris Swisher to graduation left the 2006 RedHawks largely young and inexperienced. Three different runners (Sovacool, Untrauer, and Veatch) finished races this season as Miami's top runner. With the return of these three along with some other talented underclassmen expect great things from the team in 2007. Congratulations gentlemen!

http://muredhawks.cstv.com/sports/m-xc/recaps/111106aaa.html

Men's CC finishes fourth at MACC meet

2006-10-29T15:57:00-05:00

The Miami men's cross-country team finished in fourth place at the MAC Championship meet in cold and rainy Buffalo, New York on Saturday (Oct. 28). Miami finished with 144 team points. Eastern Michigan (23 team points) took home the team title, as it placed five runners in the meet's top 10. Central Michigan (64) and Kent State (72) finished second and third.

Miami was lead by sophomore Pat Sovacool, who took 26th place overall covering the muddy 8K course in 28:52. Others in Miami's top scoring five were; freshman Paul Krebs (27th, 28:53), redshirt freshman Kevin Silver (30th, 29:03), junior Justin Campbell (35th, 29:26), and junior Michael Veatch (36th, 29:29).

Corey Nowitzke of Eastern Michigan was the overall individual winner with a time of 26:52.

http://muredhawks.cstv.com/sports/m-xc/recaps/102806aaa.html

Men's CC finishes fourth at All-Ohio

2006-10-08T17:10:00-05:00

For the first time since 1999 the Miami men's cross-country team participated in the All-Ohio Championship meet at Delaware, Ohio (Oct. 6). The RedHawks tallied 135 team points on their way to a fourth place finish in the 42-team field. Junior Michael Veatch lead the way for Miami with an eighth place finish overall and a time of 26:05. Other Miami runners in the scoring five included sophomore Pat Sovacool (13th place overall, 26:22), freshman Kevin Silver (17th, 26:28), sophomore Brad Untrauer (44th, 27:13), and junior Justin Campbell (53rd, 27:24).

Ohio State won the team competition with 42 points, followed by Cincinnati (87 points) and Kent State (110 points). Eddie Kipchoge of Bowling Green won the individual title with a first-place time of 25:30.

http://muredhawks.cstv.com/sports/m-xc/recaps/100706aaa.html

Miami men's CC team finishes third at Penn State

2006-09-24T18:27:00-05:00

After cruising to two victories to open the season (Flyer 5K Challenge – Sept. 2 and the Miami Invitational – Sept. 9) the seventh-ranked (Great Lakes Region) Miami men’s cross-country team traveled to University Park, PA on Saturday (Sept. 23) to participate in the Penn State Spiked Shoe Invitational. Miami finished third in the 24-team field with 108 team points behind host Penn State (87 points) and race winner Syracuse (50 points). MAC rival Kent State finished fourth, while Pitt, Army, and Maryland finished fifth through seventh.

Miami was lead by sophomore Pat Sovacool who place sixth overall covering the 8K course in 26:20. Sovacool is the third RedHawk runner to lead the team in as many races. Rounding out the scoring five for Miami were junior Michael Veatch (11th overall, 26:28), redshirt freshman Kevin Silver (20th 26:47), sophomore Brad Untrauer (29th, 27:00), and freshman Paul Krebs (42nd, 27:18).

Next up for the men's cross-country team is the All-Ohio Championships at Delaware, Ohio on Oct. 6th.

Huling finishes sixth in 5000m at NCAA meet

2006-06-10T02:00:00-05:00

Miami senior Dan Huling finished his career in style earlier tonight, finishing sixth in the 5000m at the NCAA outdoor track and field championships in Sacramento. His official time of 14:20.38 was just under nine seconds off the pace set by the winner, Chris Solinsky of Wisconsin. This caps a fantastic Miami career for Huling, who earlier this season posted one of the nation’s fasted times in the 3000m steeplechase but opted to run the 5000m, as he had an at-large bid to the regional meet for it. We here at MHT would like to extend him congratulations for his excellent performance and thanks for his four years of being an example of everything that’s good about Miami athletics.