Taryn Szalay

Karl Stemen

Paris Nahas lowered her own school record in the 200 meters, and Lauren Buyan broke a meet record in the 3000-meter run, highlighting The College of Wooster's women's track and field team's third-place finish at the Bob Shannon Invitational on Saturday. The Fighting Scot men took seventh-place at the 10-team meet hosted by Denison University at Granville, Ohio.

Competing without women's multi-event standout Hilary Coady, and men's top thrower Matt Margida, Wooster more than held its own, especially on the women's side.

Nahas continued her assault on the record books this season, as she improved her program record in the 200 meters by nearly a half second. She won her heat and clocked in quicker than all 27 student-athletes in the event with a time of 26.48, besting her own 26.89. Nahas also crossed the finish line third in the 60 meters (8.16) to round out a strong day.

Buyan broke a different kind of record, as she won the 3000 meters in 11:02.82 – the fastest time anyone has even run that event in the history of the Bob Shannon Invitational.

Another noteworthy effort came in the 4x400 relay, as the team consisting of Gabrielle Neubauer, Mackenzie Kellar, Brigid O'Hara, and Dempsey Simonis took second-place in a highly-competitive race (4:25.66). Kellar added a fifth-place result in the 800 meters (2:28.41) as well.

Finally, Taryn Szalay added a second-place in the 60 hurdles in 9.83.

The men's team showed off its strong depth behind Margida in the throwing events, as Tyler Catlin finished second in a field of 21 in the weight throw with a heave of 44 feet, 4.75 inches. Teammate Eric Fenton was right behind him, as he claimed fourth-place in the same event at 43 feet, 10.50 inches.

Other top contributors towards the men's team score were Zach Towner with fourth-place in the triple jump (41 feet, 1.50 inches), Karl Stemen with sixth-place in the 5000-meter run (16:50.14), and distance runner Alex Chabraja with seventh of 26 in the mile run (4:39.56).