Hilary Coady

Paris Nahas

Hilary Coady broke a seven-year old North Coast Athletic Conference record while winning the 400 hurdles and Paris Nahas sprinted past one of the oldest records in school history during the 200 meters, as the duo was part of The College of Wooster's women's track & field team's fourth-place finish at the NCAC Championships, held Friday and Saturday in Delaware, Ohio.

Wooster's women's team totaled 93 points and has now finished among the top-four within the highly-competitive NCAC six times over the last 10 seasons, while the Fighting Scots' men's squad displayed improvement with its 30 points and eight-place performance ­– a spot above where it finished during the indoor season.

Coady repeated as the NCAC's 400 hurdles champion, but this one was more impressive than 2014. Crossing in 1:02.02, not only did she cut more than a second and a half off of last year's time, but it was 0.62 seconds faster than anybody else has ever run it in the 31-year history of the conference. Sara Bohall of Earlham College held the former record (1:02.64; 2008).

Nahas broke the 25-second barrier in the 200 and nearly won an NCAC championship as well, but was edged out at the finish line by rival Brea Medlock of Wittenberg University, 24.91 to 24.99. Nahas moves into first on Wooster's all-time list, though, overcoming Robin Mayo (25.04; 1981), who was inducted into the W Association Hall of Fame this past fall. Also of note, Nahas's time currently ranks as the 18th-fastest in NCAA Div. III this season.

Coady was within striking distance of two other NCAC titles, as she took runner-up in the 100 hurdles (15.04) and cleared the same height as the top-three finishers in the high jump at 5 feet, 2.25 inches, but settled for fourth in the event.

Nahas came in fourth in the 100 meters (12.32) and also joined forces with Sarah Torio, Taryn Szalay, and Kennedy Payne on the Scots' fourth-place 4x100 relay team (50.20).

Another all-NCAC showing was turned in by Ellen Sandin, with the senior landing third in the long jump (17 feet, 2.75 inches) to close her career with a fourth all-conference certificate. She was also part of three Scot scorers in the triple jump, as Elizabeth Obi in fifth (34 feet, 6.75 inches) and Brigid O'Hara in eighth (33 feet, 10.25 inches), sandwiched Sandin in seventh (33 feet, 11.5 inches).

Obi was a double scorer, adding fifth-place in the high jump (5 feet, 0.25 inches), as were Lauren Buyan and Jocelyn Lion. Buyan ran with the NCAC's best in the steeplechase and 1500 meters, taking fifth (11:51.66) and eighth (4:53.02), respectively, while Lion complemented Coady via a fourth-place in the 400 hurdles (1:05.16) and showcased her versatility with a fifth in the pole vault (9 feet, 6.25 inches).

Erin Andrews-Sharer, Kathleen Jackson, and Rachelle Herrin scored six valuable team points as they finished the grueling 10,000 meters with respective finishes of sixth (42:00.62), seventh (42:08.88), and eighth (42:16.73).

Rounding out Wooster's scoring were Mackenzie Kellar, who crossed seventh in the 800 meters (2:25.46), and Taylor Thorp, who notched the eight-best javelin throw (90 feet, 8 inches).

Matt Margida

Evan Pannell

The Scots' men's team was headlined by all-conference performers Matt Margida and Evan Pannell. Margida heaved the shot put 47 feet, 5.75 inches, good for third-place, and Pannell got off the third-best long jump, landing at 22 feet, 9.25 inches.

The 4x400 relay of Tarik Welch, Jairaj Ranchod, Taylor Graffa, and John Lanz turned in a solid fifth-place (3:25.30), while individually, Alex Chabraja earned sixth in the steeplechase (9:52.85), Joe David sixth in the 10,000 meters (32:52.21), Tyler Catlin seventh in the hammer throw (145 feet, 8 inches), John Lanz seventh in the 400 meters (50.87), and Charles VanDenburgh eighth in the pole vault (11 feet, 7.75 inches).