The College of Wooster women’s track and field team finished third out of nine teams, while the men’s squad gathered enough points for a sixth-place finish out of nine teams in their respective fields at Saturday’s annual North Coast Athletic Conference Relays. The meet was hosted by Denison University in Granville, Ohio.

The Fighting Scots’ women’s squad scored 60.5 points, less than 42 off the pace of team champion Ohio Wesleyan University’s total of 102. Wittenberg University grabbed second place in the team standings with 70 points, just ahead of the Scots’ total.

Junior KateLynn Riley led the way, taking home an individual event victory and a third-place finish. Riley nipped the field in the 55-meter hurdles with a time of 9.07, while leaping through the air for third place with a distance of 15 feet, 0.75 inches in the long jump.

Other top-four performances came from senior Ali Drushal in a tie for third in the pole vault (8 feet, 11.75 inches). Kayla Miller wound up third in the triple jump with a distance of 31 feet, 10 inches, and also jumped over the bar in the high jump in fourth place with a height of 4 feet, 9 inches. Additionally, Katie Dale launched the shot put to a distance of 35 feet, 6.5 inches, good for fourth place.

On the men’s side, junior Bryan Albani picked up a second-place showings in the 55-meter hurdles (7.94), while classmate Eric Dyer leapt to a third-place distance in the triple jump (42 feet, 8.25 inches) and sixth in the long jump (19 feet, 11.75 inches). Also of note, junior Jon Mathis also recorded a top-three finish for the Scots, clearing 5 feet, 10.75 inches in the high jump. In the pole vault competition, junior Robert McConnell tied for third with a leap of 12 feet, 5.5 inches

Overall, the Wooster men tallied 43 points, while the Ohio Wesleyan University men won the meet racking up 89.5 points, while Wabash College finished in second with 62 points.

The Scots will be right back into action on Friday night when they take part in the Oberlin Invitational.