GRANVILLE, Ohio – The College of Wooster women's track and field team downed Denison University 78-69 on Wednesday afternoon, and with the victory, the Fighting Scots secured a winning record in head-to-head cross country and track & field duals against one of their North Coast Athletic Conference rivals. Denison's men beat Wooster 98-74.

Wooster, which went 4-2 in head-to-head duals against Denison this academic year, had a clean sweep on the women's side. There, Wooster won 24-31 in cross country and 88-25 at the indoor track & field showdown. Wooster's men scored a 74-73 win during the indoor track & field dual with the Big Red.

First-year Daysia Hargrave was a triple-winner at Wednesday's meet. The Orrville, Ohio, native scored first-place finishes in the 100-meter hurdles (15.24), the 400-meter hurdles (1:08.48), and as part of the winning 4x100 relay (51.29), which the first-year anchored. Classmate Maia Doescher, senior Maya Vasta, and sophomore Drew Patterson joined Hargrave on the winning relay.

Vasta capped her meet as the leadoff of Wooster's 4x400 relay, which crossed at 4:16.83. Junior Haley Bloom, first-year Igna Mendez, and sophomore Athena Tharenos teamed up with the four-year star for the meet-capping track event. Prior to that, Mendez's 1:03.88 was the top time in the 400 meters, first-year Jessica Breth's 5:38.43 broke the tape in the 1,500 meters, and Patterson cleared 5 feet, 1.25 inches to win the high jump.

Wooster had four events with the top two finishers. Sophomore Mary Sirois' 16.85 backed Hargrave up in the 100 hurdles, as did first-year Emily Munson's 1:19.64 in the 400 hurdles. Doescher cleared 4 feet, 9.5 inches to finish as the runner-up in the high jump, while Bloom's 1:04.25 scored key points in the 400 meters.

First-year Isaiah Kidd led the men's team. He posted top marks of 40 feet, 7.75 inches and 20 feet, 3.5 inches in the triple and long jump, respectively. Classmate Vell Robinson complemented Kidd with a measuring of 38 feet, 6 inches in the long jump, which was second.

Senior Will McMichael's 51.00 led the field in the 400 meters as did junior Joe Shilts' 57.36 in the 400-meter hurdles.

Next, Wooster's competing at Saturday's All-Ohio Championships at Ohio Wesleyan University.

Photo by Abbi Tarburton '22