Hilary Coady

An unfortunate misstep spoiled an otherwise outstanding effort from Hilary Coady during the women's indoor pentathlon at the All-Ohio Div. III Track & Field Championships, as The College of Wooster sophomore likely would have placed second overall, but settled for 10th, in this weekend's combined events at Granville, Ohio.

The first of five events was the 60 meter hurdles, perhaps Coady's strongest event, but she clipped the final hurdle and fell, which caused her to cross the finish line in 10th-place in 14.61.

Coady went on to finish third, third, fifth, and first in the next four events, and had she have placed near the top in the hurdles, her overall point total would have been in second-place range. Instead, she scored 2,281 points, while Baldwin Wallace's Melanie Winters (3,488) and Rachel Holowecky (2,863) occupied the top-two spots.

The second and third events of the competition were the high jump and shot put, and Coady placed third in both with a jump of 4 feet, 11 inches and a shot put of 27 feet, 8.75 inches. She then took fifth in the long jump (15 feet, 2 inches), and capped off the pentathlon by winning the 800 meters in 2:31.50, which was more than four seconds quicker than her nearest opponent.

A select few of Wooster's top student-athletes will be in action when the All-Ohio's continue next Saturday at Westerville, Ohio.