WESTERVILLE, Ohio - The Wittenberg track and field teams made the short trip to Otterbein for the Otterbein Invitational and came back with a long list of fine finishes. The men finished second of six teams, and the women were third among the same field.
Leading the highlights was the school record-setting performance of freshman Whitney Goller (Findlay, Ohio/Liberty Benson) in the 55-meter hurdles. She finished second in the event but set a new Wittenberg women's mark with a final time of 8.64 seconds. She added a third-place finish in the triple jump to round out a successful day.
The rest of the women's team backed Goller up with four first-place honors, including two from sophomore Darcy Dubuc (Grand Haven, Mich./Grand Haven), first in the 800-meter run and later in the one-mile run, and two from sophomoreSamantha Iden (Pickerington, Ohio/North) in the 400-meter dash and the 1,000-meter run. Sophomore Kari Domiano (Dublin, Ohio/Jerome) secured a second-place finish in the 55-meter dash.
On the men's side, senior Tim Uher (Granville, Ohio/Pickerington North) collected a first-place finish in the triple jump to go along with a second-place showing in the 55-meter hurdles. Other first-place performances included junior Jumar Guy (Fort Wayne, Ind./Southside) in the 400-meter dash, sophomore Ryan Hagen (Grand Island, NY/Grand Island) in the 500-meter run, and freshman Josh Colbert (Urbana, Ohio/Urbana) in the long jump.
Freshman Doug Holmes (Lakeville, Conn./Housatonic Valley) finished third in the 400-meter dash, and freshman David Kolakowski (Rocky River, Ohio/Rocky River) turned in a second-place finish in the pole vault.
Both teams take to the track again in one week at the North Coast Athletic Conference Relays on Saturday, Jan. 30 at Denison.
Written by: John Strawn '07