Three-time national champion COD took advantage of its indoor season by qualifying seven individuals and one relay for the NJCAA Division III outdoor championship during Friday's competition at the Cramer Invitational at Olivet Nazarene.
 
Noah Mack, Weston White, Gabriel Parker, Elijah Phipps and Chris Ruchaj all earned outdoor times in the 200.
 
Freshman Addisu Wolski reached qualifying in the 800 (2:02.62), and the 4 x 400 relay team of Alex Mendez, Parker, Graham McAninch and Mack qualified for the outdoor meet May 9-11 in Utica, N.Y.
 
Parker added his second qualifier on the day, reaching 4.05 meters (13 feet, 3 ½ inches) in the pole vault.
 
The Chaps are off this weekend and compete at North Central on Feb. 16.
 
Men
Cramer Invite
Olivet Nazarene
Feb. 2, 2024
60 — Noah Mack 7.03, Timothy McMiller 7.16, Weston White 7.19, Elijah Phipps 7.21, Jacob Gange 7.23, Mohammed Ali 7.80, Peter Callas 8.40.
200 — Mack 22.84 &, White 23.19 &, Gabriel Parker 23.34 &, Phipps 23.47 &, Chris Ruchaj 23.67 &, McMiller 24.06, Patrick O'Neil 24.12, Graham McAninch 24.33, Gange 24.60, Anthony Urban 24.97, Dayrion Beard 25.16, Joseph Jackson 25.24, Ali 25.56, Callas 26.90.
400 — Ruchaj 53.09, McAninch 53.33, Alex Mendez 54.79, Jacob Heidler 63.40.
800 — Addisu Wolski 2:02.62 &, Patrick Hohe 2:08.55, Cooper Hoffman 2:08.70, Connor Vine 2:10.64, Connor Sisco 2:18.95, Heidler 2:43.32.
Mile — Matthew Heinberg 6:05.82.
3000 — Kevin Diederich 9:13.33, Wolski 9:24.96, Hohe 9:45.55, John Buchanan 9:48.85.
4 x 400 relay — 3:33.18 (Mendez, Parker, McAninch, Mack) &.
4 x 800 relay — 8:56.81 (names unavailable).
Pole vault — Parker 4.05 m (13-3 ½) &
Long jump — Urban 5.90 m (19-4 ¼), Jackson 5.56 m (18-3).
Triple jump — Ali 11.66 m (38-3 ¼).
Shot put — Sterling Sawicki 11.50 m (37-8 ¾), Jonathan Sears 10.58 m (34-8 ½), Luke Gavin 10.42 m (34-2 ¼).
Weight throw — Isaias Lopez 13.73 m (45-0 ½), Sears 11.84 m (38-10 ¼), Gavin 11.37 m (37-3 ¾), Sawicki 11.11 m (36-5 ½), Keenan O'Keefe 8.20 m (26-11).
& - NJCAA D3 outdoor qualifier