The College of Wooster wrapped up its season at the North Coast
Athletic Conference Indoor Track & Field Championships on
Saturday, as the women and men finished in seventh and
eighth-place, respectively, and seven individual athletes garnered
all-NCAC accolades.
Ohio Wesleyan University's men and women ran away with the team championships, as the men scored 165 points, and the women scored 164.5, edging out second-place Oberlin College by 14.5. Wooster's women scored 39 points, missing sixth-place by just four points, and the men turned in 30 points, only two tallies behind seventh-place Earlham College.
Three women posted third-place honors, as Miriam Wise, Abena Bomah-Acheampong, and KateLynn Riley all excelled in their respective events. Wise posted 3 feet, 3.75 inches in the triple jump, Bomah-Acheampong cleared 5 feet, 2.25 inches in the high jump, and Riley crossed the finish line in 9.25 seconds in the 55-meter hurdles.
Also claiming all-NCAC status was the team of Erin Plews-Ogan, Taylor Morgan, Kelsie Herring, and Meredith Shaul, who recorded a third-place finish in the distance medley in 12:55.82, just .11 seconds behind the second-place squad.
Other notable scorers on the women's side were Stephanie McShane and her fifth-place effort in the 55-meter dash (7.71), and Wise (14 feet, 11.25 inches) and Elizabeth Wardrop (14 feet, 8.75 inches), who took seventh and eight-place, respectively, in the long jump.
Bryan Albani had a solid showing for the men, as he nabbed fourth-place in the 55-meter hurdles in 7.98 seconds. Also receiving a fourth-place nod was Eric Dyer in the triple jump (44 feet, 6 inch), just beating out classmate Ramses Clements (43 feet, 8 inch) who finished in fifth.
Others earning points on the men's side were Josh Kime, raking in fifth-place points in the shot put (45 feet, 1 inch), and Robert Flagg who crossed the finish line eighth in the 55-meter dash (6.87). The Scots 4x400-meter relay team of Scott Simpson, Thomas Spangler, Matthew Solter and Julian Mangano turned in a fifth-place finish in 3:32.49