Oberlin track and field records

you're in trouble when your school records in the deuce and mile relay are from 1928...

truth wrote:

you're in trouble when your school records in the deuce and mile relay are from 1928...

hey, those records were so OUT there, they may never be approached. I mean, how long did it take until Powell broke Beamon's record?

what's the worst record on there?

Zanesville Marching Blue Devil wrote:

hey, those records were so OUT there, they may never be approached. I mean, how long did it take until Powell broke Beamon's record?

23 years, give or take.

voltron wrote:

what's the worst record on there?

The HJ and TJ records are not even good small school HS records. I would start there first.

a 46' TJ seems pretty good to me compared to some of those track times...

my favorite record on there is the 6-6 high jump, shared by 3 guys

why didn't the last two have the damn bar raised to 6-6 1/4? of course, maybe they did, then missed it

that 1:54.4 half is somewhat pitiful

15:15 for 5,000? Shalane just ran 15:20! That record sucks.

Any respectable high school has better records.

3:58 1500 = 4:15 1600

Not so good.

You're missing the best Oberlin record: the outdoor mile.

4:15. From 1917. When the guy ran it, it was the 3rd fastest in the world.

Their old track coach always said it was one of his goals to have someone break that.

For the Z-town guy...how's that Y-bridge these days? From a old Philo coach.

Those records really aren't out of line for d3 ... there's a lot of d3 schools with similar records.

Yeah, crappy DIII schools!

These are UW-Plattville's records, which are way better and they are not exactly a DIII powerhouse.

Men's Indoor Records

Event Record Name Year

55M 6.46 Brunson Parish 1994

55HH 7.61 Chip Schneider 1994

200M 22.28 Adam Sanders 2001

200IH 24.14 Chip Schneider 1995

400M 49.58 Michael Peplinski 2003

600M 1:21.20 Keith Brumund-Smith 2000

800M 1:52.75 Keith Brumund-Smith 2000

1000M 2:28.67 Justin Wells 2001

1500M 3:51.96 Justin Wells 2001

Mile 4:14.38 Justin Wells 2001

3000M 8:38.40 Ryan Kleimenhagen 2002

5000M 15:09.54 Mike Beatty 1989

Shot Put 60' 3 3/4" Paul Conlin 1993

35LB. WT 60' 1 3/4" Bryan Cunningham 1996

High Jump 6' 9 3/4" John Schmidt 1996

6' 9 3/4" Mike Gratz 2001

Long Jump 23' 7 1/2" Chip Schneider 1995

Triple Jump 49' 4 1/4" Ben Dean 1999

Pole Vault 16'0 3/4" Adam Teunissen 2003

Pentathlon 3151 PTS. Adam Teunissen 2000

Heptathlon 4504 PTS. Nathan Wells 2003

4 X 200 1:30.20 Tom Ingwell 2002

Adam Sanders

Steve Ross

Ryan Ptak

1:30.20 Tom Ingwell 2002

Adam Sanders

Michael Peplinski

Ryan Ptak

4 X 400 3:18.22 Doug Maughan 2000

Michael Peplinski

Jeremy Koehler

Keith Brumund-Smith

DMR 10:07.30 Adam Christnovich 2002

Adam Sanders

Ryan Kleimenhagen

Mike Schmitz

Men's Outdoor Records

Event Record Name Year

100M 10.73 Brunson Parish 1994

11O HH 14.44 Mike Hintz 1987

200M 22.11 Adam Sanders 2001

400M 48.41 Doug Maughan 1999

400IH 51.52 Chip Schneider 1994

800M 1:50.82 Ryan Kleimenhagen 2002

1500M 3:47.59 Ryan Kleimenhagen 2003

3000M SC 9:07.39 Mike Beatty 1989

5000M 14:34.61 Corey Stelljes 2003

10,000M 30:09.44 Corey Stelljes 2003

Shot Put 62' 7 1/4" Paul Conlin 1993

Discus 178' 6" Doug Presny 1987

Hammer 190' 1" Bryan Cunningham 1997

Javelin 208' 9" Pat Simmons 1976

High Jump 6' 10 1/4" Dan Jansen 1989

Long Jump 24' 3/4" Chip Schneider 1995

Triple Jump 48' 3 1/4" Ben Dean 1998

Pole Vault 15' 11 3/4" Scott Ubert 2003

Decathlon 6405 Pts. Pat Simmons 1977

4 X 100 42.32 Barney Fowler 1994

Chip Schneider

Craig Schuh

Brunson Parish

4 X 200 1:30.94 Kluth 1990

Stauffacher

Opgenorth

Biwer

4 X 400 3:14.04 Jeremy Koehler 1999

Doug Maughan

Keith Brumund-Smith

Adam Sanders

4 X 800 7:43.66 Adam Christnovich 2002

Luke Boehnlein

Josh Placke

Ryan Kleimenhagen

You are comparing apples and oranges. UW-Plattville is a public school with much different admissions standards and a much larger enrollment than the private smaller school, Oberlin.

At Oberlin there are less than 2,000 students, probably closer to 1,000. Platevilles enrollment is near 6,000 if not more. I'm sure if you looked at the average SAT scores for incoming freshman, you would see a big difference there too.

So to compare schools records is like comparing Platteville to their big brother U of Wisconsin. Plattevilles records would look pretty waek next to the Badgers school records.

apples to oranges again! UW-Madison is a DI school and UW-Platteville is a DIII school. Okay, try comparing North Central College to Oberlin, both are small DIII schools. Face it dude, those records are for sucks. And why do you bring up SAT scores, are you saying that faster runners are dumb? I would like to see how some of Oberlin's students would fair in the engineering major at UWP!

Apples to Oranges????? They are both D3 schools.

Let's not get into a 'academically prestigous' vs UW school battle again. It's easily defeated as you can take the school records of a place like Haverford that has higher SAT scores and a third of the student population of Oberlin, and wipe the floor with most of UW-Plattsville's records.

The truth of the matter is that there are a lot of small liberal arts schools in D3 like Oberlin. Sure you have exceptions like Haverford and North Central, but if you knew anything about Oberlin, you would know that it is one of the most anti-sport colleges in the country (as far as the student population is concerned). That's why it is a shock to see Vin going there.

Haverford College Outdoor Track Records

Event Goat Time Date

100m Robard Williams '89 10.73 5/6/88

200m Robard Williams '89 21.60 5/7/88

400m Robard Williams '89 47.9 5/14/88

800m Karl Paranya '97 1:48.26 5/23/97

1500m Karl Paranya '97 3:39.84 7/13/97

Mile Karl Paranya '97 3:57.6 5/14/97

Steeple J.B. Haglund '02 8:56.90 5/4/02

5000m Seamus McElligott '91 14:04.90 5/11/91

10000m Seamus McElligott '91 29:14.34 4/25/91

110HH Ted Kuriger '88 14.6 4/20/88

400IH Ted Kuriger '88 53.90 5/14/88

Shot Put J. Howard Morris '30 46'5-1/2" 4/26/30

Javelin Stuart Levitt '63 238'11-1/2" 6/14/63

Discus J. Howard Morris '30 146'1/4" 5/24/29

Pole Vault Jeff Barton 14' 6" 5/5/02

High Jump Noel Watson 6'8" 5/14/97

Long Jump Allan Thomas '28 23'7" 5/25/28

Triple Jump Masilo Grant '97 47' 2 1/4"

4 x 100m Eric Koehrsen '02 42.59 5/5/02

Matt Rivenburgh '03

Casley Dorymu '04

Matt Duques '02

4 x 200m Derek Sykora '98 1:31.2 4/25/96

Chris Coulston '98

Masilo Grant '97

Wakengo Mahaniah '96

4 x 400m Pete Landon '96 3:15.88 5/13/95

Pat Polinski '95

Chris Coulston '98

Wakengo Mahaniah '96

4 x 800m Greg Bielecki '03 7:34.20 4/27/02

Chris Johnstone '02

Chris Ward '02

Peter Rook '02

Sprint Med. Tom Glasser '82 3:29.08 4/24/82

Jim Catchings

Barry Boden

Kevin Foley '83

Distance Medley Karl Paranya '97 9:54.4 4/29/94

Mark Page '94

Wakengo Mahaniah '96

Aaron Curry '95

I confused I thought Vin was the AD so why does it matter what the track records are?

I'm just saying that Platteville isn't a track powerhouse and they have records that are way better than Oberlin. You can not justify those records, they aren't good.

It's easy to justify those records. . . . fast runners don't go to Oberlin. No fast runners = no fast records. It doesn't take an engineering major at UWP to figure that one out. . . . .

Oberlin's focus has never been on sports. Their football team ranks up there with Swarthmore as worst teams in NCAA history. They do have one of the best conservatories in the country and are infamous for having one of the most liberal campuses of any school.

I just don't see the reason for knocking Oberlin. Somehow they got Vin, and perhaps it will make a difference in the performance of their sports teams. Most likely it won't.