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Men’s golf breaks new ground When the Edgewood College men’s golf team took their spring trip to Florida all the Eagles talked about was earning a return trip to the Sunshine State. Having already taken the lead in the Northern Athletics Conference championship in the fall season, the Eagles needed to clinch the title in the spring to punch a ticket to their first NCAA Division III Men’s Golf Championship. The Eagles ended up winning their third NAC title by a record margin and secured their return trip to Florida. At the NAC Championships at Stonebridge County Club, Brent Quade (pictured at left) shot a third round 72 as the Eagles extended their lead with a third round score of 308. In the fourth round, Edgewood College shot 317, the lowest round of the day to win the title with a four-day total of 1,251. Their 54-stroke victory margin over runner-up MSOE set a new NAC record. Quade won the individual championship with a score of 307, while teammate Andrew Cobb placed third. The Eagles flew to Howey-in-the-Hills, Florida for their first appearance in the NCAA Championship. Against the nation’s best on two challenging courses, Edgewood College shot 330 on the first day and 312 on the second day. Their two-day total of 642 placed them 32nd overall, but that performance wasn’t enough to make the cut for the third and fourth rounds. Kenny Rucker shot rounds of 81 and 77 to lead the Eagles with a score of 158. Quade earned NAC Player of the Year honors, while Andrew Cobb and his brother Tyler Cobb both made the all-NAC first team. Head coach Gary Oftedahl was awarded the third conference men’s golf coach of the year honor of his long career.
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Williams makes Edgewood College history All Josh Williams had to do to make it a historic night was step on the track at Burns Stadium for the NCAA Division III Track and Field Championships, held this year in Claremont, Calif. However, just showing up wasn’t enough for him, so Williams wrapped up the season with one more elite performance. The first Edgewood College track and field athlete to qualify for nationals, Williams finished for 15th in the nation with a time of 14:48.06 in his first national championship experience on the track. It only took two laps for a lead group of runners to take shape. Tim Nelson of UWStout, who won the 10,000 meter title on Thursday, Jordan Schilit of Haverford, Lee Berube of Geneseo State and Ben Sathre of St. Thomas pulled ahead of the field quickly. Williams stayed in the front of the chase pack for the next several laps. About nine minutes into the race, the chase pack started to separate, with Williams holding his own in ninth place. However, by the time Nelson began to open up his lead with two laps to go on his way to another national title, Williams had slipped into the second half of the field. Williams time of 14:48.06 was the second fastest 5,000 meter race in Edgewood College history, falling short only of his own 14:28.49 time from 15 days ago which qualified him for nationals. All 14 of the runners who finished ahead of Williams were juniors and seniors, while Williams, who sat out all of the 2011 season with an injury, is only a sophomore. Josh Williams