WHEELER 4TH IN NYSCTC PENTATHLON
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ITHACA, N.Y. (Feb. 18, 2007) -- Sophomore Brandon Wheeler (pictured) turned in a fourth-place finish Sunday at the NYSCTC Pentathlon Championship hosted by Ithaca College at Cornell University's Barton Hall.

Wheeler amassed a school-record 3,115 points in the five-event competition and earned five team points for the Golden Flyers, who compete again this weekend at the NYSCTC Championships at St. Lawrence University.

Wheeler, of Penn Yan, N.Y. and a graduate of Penn Yan Academy, won two of the five events -- the high jump with a school-record leap of 1.98 meter (6 feet, 6 inches) and the 1,000-meter run with a time of 2:52.80. He finished third in the long jump with a school-record leap of 6.12 meters (20 feet, 1 inch), seventh in the shot put (8.65 meters / 28 feet, 4 1/2 inches) and ninth in the 55-meter hurdles (9.15 seconds).

In the women's pentathlon event, freshman Melissa Cutcliffe (Eden HS/Pavilion, NY) finished seventh for the Golden Flyers to earn two team points for this weekend's meet. She amassed 2,617 points with her best finish a third in the shot put with a toss of 9.28 meters (30 feet, 5 1/2 inches). She was sixth in the high jump (1.46 meters / 4 feet, 9 1/2 inches); eighth in the long jump (4.74 meters / 15 feet, 6 1/2 inches); 10th in the 55-meter hurdles (9.67 seconds) and 14th in the 800-meter run (2:54.50).
» 55-METER HURDLES | » LONG JUMP | » SHOT PUT | » HIGH JUMP
» 800-METER RUN | » FINAL STANDINGS