The College of Wooster cross country teams got in a final tune up heading into its North Coast Athletic Conference meet next weekend, as it hosted the Wooster Relays on Wednesday, a traditional non-scoring meet between Edinboro University and Hiram College.
The unique meet consists of the women running four separate intervals (2K, 1K, 800 meters, and 1600 meters), which adds up to 5400 meters, while the men also go out on the course four times (2K, 1K, 800 meters, 3K) for a total of 6800 meters.
Edinboro, which is head coach Dennis Rice's alma mater, owned the top spots in the men's and women's relays, as Dustin Thomas (21:03) and Tina Ye (19:13) placed first, respectively. The Fighting Scots top male performer was Rik Workman, who finished fifth of 32 runners with his combined time of 22:00. For the women, Sarah Appleton paced the squad with her 20:32 effort which earned her fourth place honors in the field of 21 harriers.
The Wooster men had two other runners finish in the top-10, as Micah Caunter (23:03) and Kevin Degroot (23:32) posted solid outings. Chelsea Fisher (20:39), Colleen O'Neil (20:50), and Jessica Yarmosky (20:59) placed in 5th, 6th, and 7th place, respectively, right behind team-leader, Appleton.
The Scots will compete in their most important meet to date on Oct. 31 when they travel to Delaware, Ohio to run in the NCAC Championships.