The College of Wooster track & field team had a strong showing
at the Jack Hazen Open, which was a non-scoring meet hosted by
Malone University that featured 10 local schools, as the men and
women combined to notch 11 individual top-3 finishes Saturday at
Canton, Ohio.
The men recorded six of the Scots' 11 top-3 efforts, highlighted by first-place finishes from John Mathis and Eric Dyer in their respective events. Mathis won the discus throw with his 129 feet, 2 inch toss, and Dyer earned top honors in the triple jump (43 feet, 11.6 inches), while also claiming third in the long jump (19 feet, 9 inches).
Other noteworthy finishes on the men's side include Julian Mangano, who posted a solid second-place time of 2:00.17 in the 800 meter run. Throwing specialist Josh Kime nabbed third (11 feet, 11.7 inches) in the shot put, and Robert McConnell also recorded a third-place finish, with his coming in the pole vault (12 feet, 6 inches).
Stephanie McShane led the women with two top finishes, a second-place nod in the 100 meter dash (13.21) and third-place honors in the 200 meter dash (27.83). Abena Boamah-Acheampong continued her strong first-year with a 5 foot, 3.8 inch leap in the high jump, good for second in the event.
Rounding out the women's leaders were Whitney Rappole and Miriam Wise, who each achieved third-place status in the 400 meter hurdles (1:11.62) and the triple jump (31 feet, 7.1 inch), respectively.
The Scots will be back in action next Saturday, this time at the Don Frail Invitational at Marietta, Ohio starting at 11 a.m.