Amherst graduate Shawn Chrapczynski had a great meet for Oberlin College at the NCAC Outdoor Track and Field Championships.

Chrapczynski won the long jump and 200 meters. He was also fourth in 100 meters and part of the second place 4x400 relay and third place on the 4x100 relay.

Chrapczynski won the 200 meters in 22.33. His time in his fourth-place finish in the 100-meter dash was 11.25. In the 4x100 relay, he ran the anchor leg to help the team finish third overall.

The Yeomen concluded the amazing weekend by finishing second in the 4x400-meter relay as they pushed conference-leading OWU from start to finish. Senior Solomon Turner led things off and was followed by Morris, Hull and Chrapczynski as they combined to finish the race in 3:21.26, just slightly back of OWU (3:19.93).

The Yeomen finished in third place with 135 points.

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Amherst’s Shawn Chrapczynski set a new Oberlin College record that highlighted the day for Oberlin at the NCAC Indoor Pentathlon.

Chrapczynski totaled 3,105 points on the day and was just two points back of Ohio Wesleyan’s Andrew Diehl, who won the event with 3,107 total tallies. Chrapczynski picked up eight critical team points for the Yeomen, which will go a long way in determining their finish at the NCAC Championships next week.

The pentathlon consisted of one athlete competing in the 1,000 meters, 55-meter hurdles, high jump, long jump and shot put. Chrapczynski’s best performances came in the long jump, which he won with a mark of 21-01.50, and the 1,000 meters where he paced second in 2:51.12.

"This was a great way to kickoff the conference championships," Head Coach Ray Appenheimer said. "Shawn was just awesome today and he truly displayed his great athletic ability."

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Amherst’s Shawn Chrapczynski, a sophomore, was named as the North Coast Athletic Conference Sprinter of the Week for his performance running for Oberlin College at the Duke Invitational in Durham, North Carolina over the weekend.

Chrapczynski competed in the 100 (11.11), 200 (22.09) and 400 (50.95). He placed in the top 15 in all three events, highlighted by a 12th-pace finish in the 45-man field in the 400.

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Avon Lake’s Trey Stross caught three passes for 61 yards for Iowa as the Hawkeyes escaped with a 17-16 win over Northern Iowa. The game featured back-to-back blocks on two game-winning field goal attempts by Iowa State’s Billy Hallgren to seal the deal.

Elyria’s Danny Noble caught two passes for 18 yards for Toledo, as the Rockets were blasted by Purdue, 52-31 in West Lafayette, Indiana.

On Thursday night, Elyria’s P.J. Mahone and his Bowling Green Falcons took it to the Troy Trojans, winning 31-14 at Hoyt Perry Stadium. Mahone finished with eight tackles.

Also on Thursday, Amherst’s Alex Knipp led Ball State with 13 tackles on defense in its 20-10 loss to North Texas.

In Division II, Lake Erie College won a thriller in overtime, defeating Fairmont State University, 27-24. Brunswick’s Sean Bedevelsky threw the game-winning TD to Mentor’s Brandon James in the front right corner of the endzone in LEC’s home opener played at Jack Britt Memorial Stadium. Midview’s Scott Given was in on eight tackles, while Admiral King’s Cameron Bryant added four.

Notre Dame College of Ohio football will make its football debut on Sunday at 1 p.m. when they take on Hiram College on Korb Field in Lyndhurst.

In Division III action, North Ridgeville’s John McGraw scored a touchdown in Baldwin-Wallace’s 38-31 loss to Franklin at Berea. McGraw scampered from 9 yards out to score his first TD of the year, which happened to tie the game at 28 in the third quarter. He finished with 24 yards on six carries and he also caught four passes for 44 yards. Amherst’s Ryan Kish recorded a game-high 11 tackles on defense. Avon Lake’s Scott Nealon punted twice, averaging 42 yards a punt.

Midview’s Bobby Bott, a Division III All-American last season, helped 16th-ranked Case Western Reserve University get off to a good start, defeating Kenyon College, 33-21. The Spartans win is their 22nd straight regular-season victory and their eighth-straight season opening win. Bott recorded six tackles on defense and also returned a punt for eight yards.

Oberlin College lost to Washington and Jefferson, 35-9 in their opener. Amherst’s Shawn Chrapczynski recorded five tackles. Wellington’s Cory Kidd caught one pass for four yards and also punted eight times. Three of his punts were inside the 20-yard line.

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