ADA, Ohio—Both Wittenberg track and field programs competed in the annual Joe Banks Invitational at ONU Sports Center Fieldhouse on Saturday. The men finished 8^th and the girls finished 11^th in the 15 team field.

WOMEN'S TOP 6'S

• Tyra Barnes paced the Tigers with a third place finish in the 400 meter-dash at 1:00.74 
• Olivia Stevens also recorded a third place finish for the Tigers, this time in the 60 meter-hurdles at 9.7 seconds.
• Rounding out the Tigers day was Katelyn McCohn who ran a 400 meter-dash of 1:02.60, good enough for fifth place.

MEN'S TOP 6'S

• On the men's side, the Tigers were lead by Jardyan Mitchem who took home second place in the pole vault after clearing 4.11 meters in the finals.
• Charles Rodeheffer also scored second place points for the Tigers, as the sophomore came up big in the 5000 meter run at 15:55.49.
• Marcus O'Neal took home third place honors in the 60 meter-hurdles for the Tigers, finishing the finals heat at 8.57 seconds.
• Also scoring in the 5000 meters was Jon Osman, who finished in fifth place at 16:37.01.
• In the 60 meter-dash, Matt Entsminger finished in 6^th place for Wittenberg at 7.27 seconds.
• Cody Shutt also secured a sixth place finish in the 400 meter-dash at 51.09 seconds.
• Also scoring in the 60 meter hurdles was Tyler Gittins, who finished in sixth place at 8.94 seconds.
• Rounding out the Tigers day was the distance medley team of Kenneth Mayes, Alex Sheppard, Charles Samuel and Jerrson Pachar, who claimed sixth place at 11:05.54.

UP NEXT

• Both programs return to action at the Otterbein All-Ohio meet on Saturday, February 11.