OBERLIN, Ohio — The Wittenberg men's and women's indoor track and field teams placed seventh and fifth at the North Coast Athletic Conference Indoor Championships, respectively, at the event held at Oberlin College March 4-5.
The women received an NCAC individual championship from freshman Alea Taylor (Springfield, Ohio/Springfield) in the 55-meter dash on a time of 7.40, just one-tenth of a second off the NCAA provisional qualifying time. Taylor went on to two more all-conference medals with third place in both the long jump and triple jump.
Junior Kari Domiano (Dublin, Ohio/Jerome) was the Tigers' other all-conference honoree with a second-place finish in the 200-meter dash after crossing the line in 26.69 seconds. She also finished fourth in the 55-meter dash.
Sophomore Shawnquaya Johnson (Uhrichsville, Ohio/Claymont) placed seventh in the 400-meter dash, and junior Samantha Iden (Pickerington, Ohio/North) turned in a sixth-place time in the 800-meter run. Sophomore Kaileigh Bible (Bellefontaine, Ohio/Bellefontaine) earned fifth-place in the pole vault with a height of 2.99 meters.
On the men's side, junior Ryan Hagen (Grand Island, NY/Grand Island) placed fifth in the 800-meter run with a time of 1:56.18, just missing provisional qualification for the NCAA Division III Championship meet, and sophomore Trevor Grandy (Dublin, Ohio/Coffman) placed 10th in the 5,000-meter run. Hagen's time broke his own school record, established earlier in the 2011 season.
The men's distance medley team of sophomore Adam Markins (Chillicothe, Ohio/Union Scioto), sophomore Tim Huesing (Mason, Ohio/Mason), freshmanJacob Kuntz (Versailles, Ky./Woodford County) and junior Kyler Cowgill (Worthington, Ohio/Thomas Worthington) finished fourth on a time of 10:42.85. Junior Justen Cox (Hilliard, Ohio/Davidson) turned in a fourth-place finish in the pole vault with a height of 4.10 meters, a finish matched by sophomore Moses Mbeseha (State College, Pa./State College) on a triple jump of 13.21 meters.
Sophomore Sven Isaacson (Dalton, Ohio/Dalton) finished ninth in the shot put before senior Thomas McElwee (Herriman, Utah/Blue Valley) put up a fifth-place, 13.57 meter performance in the weight throw. Freshman Logan Jackson (Pataskala, Ohio/Watkins Memorial) threw for 13.45 meters to finish just behind McElwee in sixth place and Isaacson finished ninth.
John Strawn '07