Tigers Take Second in the DePauw Triangular #4; Baker Records School Record in the 3000 Meter Run

Greencastle, Ind.- The DePauw men's track and field team finished second in the DePauw Triangular #4 against Manchester and Wabash.

The Tigers recorded three first-place finishes, including Ford Baker's school record-breaking 3000-meter run, finishing with a time of 8:29.39.

Other individual first-place winners include Rickey Alsum, who ran the 60-meter dash in 7.35 seconds, and Bailey Scott ran a 4:27.18 in the men's mile run.

DePauw's Callaway Bird and Jack Rutstein would complete the top three sweep of the mile run with the times of 4:28.38 and 4:36.00, respectively.

Michael Ocasek would take second in the 3000-meter run (8.38.87), while Aaron Worley (16:19.05) and Miles Main (16:28.35) finished second and third in the men's 5000-meter run.

The Tigers would tally two more second-place finishes, one in the 4 x 400-meter relay with Marino Dolph, Henry Streib, Rutstein, and Bird ( 3:43.56), the other in the high jump with Garrett Elkins jumping 1.80 m.

DePauw finished the meet with 39 points and will be competing again on Saturday, March 20at Rose-Hulman Early Bird Meet at 12 pm EST.

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Players Mentioned

Rickey Alsum: Freshman

Ford Baker: Sophomore; The welcoming environment and unique academic opportunities, such as the Management Fellows Program

Callaway Bird: Junior

Marino Dolph: Sophomore

Garrett Elkins: Sophomore

Miles Main: Junior; I found that the atmosphere along with the academics created the best situation overall in which to thrive

Michael Ocasek: Junior; It has a beautiful campus, great academics, amazing athletics, and an incredible student body

Jack Rutstein: Freshman; I chose DePauw for education in the liberal arts, the strive for equity on campus, and the chance to make an impact on athletics

Bailey Scott: Freshman; I chose DePauw University because, after looking at many other universities, none compared to DePauw. DePauw felt like home to me. I like the people, professors, programs, and coaches I met on my visits. No other university compared to what DePauw had to offer for me. I can not wait to begin running and classes on campus in the fall.

Henry Streib: Freshman

Aaron Worley: Senior; Scholarship, Opportunity, and Equality

Players Mentioned

Rickey Alsum
: Freshman

Ford Baker
: Sophomore; The welcoming environment and unique academic opportunities, such as the Management Fellows Program

Callaway Bird
: Junior

Marino Dolph
: Sophomore

Garrett Elkins
: Sophomore

Miles Main
: Junior; I found that the atmosphere along with the academics created the best situation overall in which to thrive

Michael Ocasek
: Junior; It has a beautiful campus, great academics, amazing athletics, and an incredible student body

Jack Rutstein
: Freshman; I chose DePauw for education in the liberal arts, the strive for equity on campus, and the chance to make an impact on athletics

Bailey Scott
: Freshman; I chose DePauw University because, after looking at many other universities, none compared to DePauw. DePauw felt like home to me. I like the people, professors, programs, and coaches I met on my visits. No other university compared to what DePauw had to offer for me. I can not wait to begin running and classes on campus in the fall.

Henry Streib
: Freshman

Aaron Worley
: Senior; Scholarship, Opportunity, and Equality