Tigers Finish Second at Rose-Hulman Early Bird Invitational
Terre Haute, Ind.- Totaling 123 points at the Rose-Hulman Early Bird Invitational, the DePauw men's track and field team finished second. Host institution Rose-Hulman finished first with 192 points, and Wabash came in third with 96.
 
The Tigers finished with 19 top-five finishes, five of which were first-place finishes by five student-athletes. Colin O'Malley came in first in the 200m dash with a time of 21.66, which broke the previous record of 21.91, held by teammate Grant Hunt. Joining O'Malley as a first-place finisher was Matt Rowley, who finished the 800m run in 1:58.98; Casey Rustman took home the top spot in the 110m hurdles with a time of 15.25. In the 3000m steeplechase, Bailey Scott finished first with a time of 9:53.02, and rounding out the first-place finishers for the Tigers was Matthew Vennemann, who ran the 5000m run in 15:02.62.
 
Below are all of DePauw's top-five finishers.
 

DePauw Men Top-FiveFinishes
Name	Event	Place	Time/Distance
Tyler Biddinger	Discus Throw	3rd	39.63m (130-00)
	Shot Put	3rd	14.11m (46-03.50)
Dylan Conner	Long Jump	4th	6.66m (21-10.25)
Daniel Jansen	110m Hurdles	2nd	15.52
Cam Lester	Triple Jump	3rd	12.84m (42-01.50)
Colin O'Malley	100m Dash	4th	10.95
	200m Dash	1st	21.66 Program Record
Griffin O'Neill	800m Run	5th	2:03.71
Matt Rowley	800m Run	1st	1:58.98
Casey Rustman	110m Hurdles	1st	15.25
	400m Hurdles	2nd	59.45
Jack Rutstein	800m Run	4th	2:02.67
Bailey Scott	3000m Steeplechase	1st	9:53.02
Henry Streib	3000m Steeplechase	2nd	10:29.48
Matt Vennemann	5000m Run	1st	15:02.62
Trevor Wallar	110m Hurdles	3rd	15.98
	400m Hurdles	5th	1:00.49
Carson Watson	Long Jump	5th	6.55m (21-06.00)
Jack Rutstein, Matt Rowley, Griffin O'Neill, Andrew Hepner	4x400	5th	3:37.47

 
The Tigers are back in action on Friday, March 29, and Saturday, March 30, for the WashU Distance Carnival and WashU Invite.