Track & Field | 3/14/2009 4:12:40 PM

[Results]

SAN ANTONIO - Zeke Van Patten of the Western Oregon University track and field team finished fifth in the men's 800m at the NCAA Division II Indoor Championship Saturday (Mar. 14) with a time of 1:53.71 to earn All-American honors.

Van Patten was just two-hundredths of a second out of third place (1:53.69) as he finished the race strong. "It was your typical national championship type of race," Western Oregon head coach Mike Johnson said. "It was a tight field and he ran into some congestion but he took everything available to him in the last 100m and closed hard."

Johnson would continue, "It was a competitive race. Zeke made lots of good decisions particularly at the end and he is going to keep getting better moving forward."

2009 NCAA Division II Indoor Championships
Yeoman Field House, Univ of Houston - 3/13/2009 to 3/14/2009
Houston, TX

Event 20 Men 800 Meter Run
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Two turn stagger start.
Meet: * 1:47.78 1995 Savieri Ngidhi, Abilene Christian
Yeoman FH: 1:48.93 2/7/2004 Jackson Langat, TCU
Name Year School Finals Points
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Finals
1 Anthony Luna Jr Metro St/Denver 1:51.99 10
2 Drew Graham Fr Adams State 1:53.21 8
3 Julius Nyango Sr Abilene Christian 1:53.69 6
4 Mark Husted Sr Co. Mines 1:53.70 5
5 Zeke Van Patten So Western Oregon 1:53.71 4
6 Charlie Richards Jr Saginaw Vly 1:54.17 3
7 Matt Jozwiak Jr Ferris State 1:54.75 2
8 Corey De La Cruz So Adams State 1:55.46 1
9 Nick Maynard Sr Co. Mines 1:57.36