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Results

May 20, 2011 - The North Central College men's track and field team participated in its final dress rehearsal for the NCAA Division III Outdoor National Championships on Thursday and Friday, closing out the regular season by hosting the Gregory Invitational at Benedetti-Wehrli Stadium.

The second-ranked Cardinals opened the week by hosting a decathlon on Tuesday and Wednesday, and Joe Schneiderbauer placed fourth with a total of 6,250 points. Schneiderbauer's total bettered his provisional qualifying mark for the national championships.

North Central got its lone first-place finish of the weekend on Friday from Jon Howard, who was clocked in 48.60 seconds in winning the 400-meter dash. He was followed across the finish line by teammate Randal Ellison, who finished fourth in 49.04. Howard also teamed up with Jonathan Caron, Dionte Hackler and Tony Kennedy to finish third in the 4-by-400-meter relay, as the quartet posted a provisional qualifying time of 3:14.48.

Robert Kapustka turned in a third-place finish in the discus throw, posting a distance of 157 feet, 4 inches, while Matthew Borchardt tied for third in the high jump (6'6"). Kapustka also picked up a fourth-place showing in the hammer throw (162'8"), and sixth-place finishes were recorded by Nathan Warstler in the 5,000-meter run (14:45.99) and Tim Hird in the 10,000-meter run (31:57.68).

This year's outdoor national championships will be contested at Ohio Wesleyan University in Delaware, Ohio, May 26-28. More information about the championships can be found at http://www.ncaa.com/championships/trackfield-outdoor-men/d3.