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May 14, 2008
OXFORD, Ohio - The Miami University men's track and field squad enters the Mid-American Conference Outdoor Championships this week at Bowling Green State University with events beginning on Thursday and going through Saturday.
The RedHawks have earned the top seeding in five events and 12 top-five performances, putting them in good position to make a climb in the standings.
Pat Sovacool headlines the Miami athletes. He owns the conference's best 1,500 meter time of 3:45.96 and 5,000 meter time of 13:56.77. Michael Veatch is just behind Sovacool in the 5,000 meters with a third seeding with a time of 14:33.77 and is ranked first in the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a season-best of 8:51.67. Kevin Silver is seeded fifth in the 5,000 with a time of 14:38.96.
Jake Kuhner is the top Miami field performer entering this weekend's competition. Kuhner is ranked first in the pole vault with a season-best of 16-0 3/4. Also in the field events, Dan Beach is capable of scoring in both the hammer, where he is seeded third at 194-1 and the discus, where he is ranked 10th behind fellow Miamian John Gausmann who is ranked seventh at 157-8.
Kevin Dwyer enters the decathlon as the conference's top ranked performer with a personal best of 7240 points.
In the long jump, Josh Rees is seeded third at 23-5 1/4, while Travis Brumm is ranked fourth in the high jump with a season-best clearance of 6-10 3/4.
Justin Eddie is capable of scoring in the 200-meter dash and 400 meters. He is seeded sixth in both events with times of 21.61 and 48.53, respectively.
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Additional RedHawks that can earn MU significant points include Adam Ruiz in the shot put, Jason Coniglio in the 100 and 200 meters, and Cedric Diakabana in the 800 meters. Matt Kessler is seeded sixth in the 400 hurdles, while the 4X400 and 4X100 relays are seeded fourth and fifth, respectively.
The RedHawks finished seventh one season ago at the MAC Championships but will look to improve on that place with a strong showing at BGSU.
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