May 2, 2005
Photos by Mark Haskett and Ashley Evans ... special thanks for all of their hard work during the two-day event
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SoCon Freshman of the Year Zeb Johnson was on both relay teams, as well as won the 400-meter dash
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Brittany Whittaker won the women's high jump competition
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Wes Willoughby cleared 4.75 meters to win the men's pole vault on the first day
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Brittany Whitaker
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Senior Laura Tieszen won the women's heptathlon event - she's seen here in the high jump competition
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Tieszen launches the javelin - she finished second in the event and was named SoCon Field Performer of the Year for her efforts
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James Gregory stretched the Catamount lead in the final leg of men's 4x100-meter relay
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Junior Adam Puett won the 1,500-meter run by seven one-thousandths of a second - one of, if not the, closest race of the meet
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NaShay McGriff in the long jump
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Male Track Performer of the Year Michael Malone clears the hurdles in the 110-meter event
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McGriff in the 100-meter hurdles
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Senior Leslie Martin streteched her lead in the 800-meter event to claim the top spot for the third-consecutive season
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Malone led a strong Catamount contingent in the hurdles
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Malone coming down the stretch in the 100-meter dash
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Tieszen won the women's pole vault -- Western has never failed to win the event since it was begun in SoCon competition
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Martin putting some space between her and the other competitors in the 800
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Mike Malone approaches the long jump pit
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Malone in mid-air
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2004 SoCon javelin champion Josh Lee placed second in this year's event
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Freshman David Bowles unseated his junio counterpart as javelin champion
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Ogden Hansford during the men's 400-meter hurdles
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Bobby Robinson throws the javelin as a part of the men's decathlon, placing second overall
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Anne Bernotski clears the hurdles
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Zeb Johnson edged out teammates James Gregory and James Barr
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Members of the WCU SoCon Champion women's 4x400-meter relay team: Raquel Ramseur, Jennifer Spivey, Leslie Martin, and Asia Davis
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WCU AD Chip Smith and SoCon Commissioner Danny Morrison present Mike Malone with the Male Track Performer of the Year award
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Smith and Morrison present Raquel Ramseur the Freshman of the Year plaque
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Smith and Morrison with Laura Tieszen, the Female Field Performer of the Year
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Smith and Morrison with Zeb Johnson, the men's Freshman of the Year
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Members of the men's track & field team are presented the runner-up trophy on Sunday
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The SoCon Championship at Western's new track & field complex was a success -- the lights were used to finish up the lenghtened first day of competition
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