The Wittenberg men's and women's track and field teams took part in two unscored meets this weekend in final preparations for the North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) championships on May 6 and 7.
On Friday, the Tigers ran at Denison University's Big Red Invitational against other NCAC teams like Ohio Wesleyan, Wooster, Kenyon and Denison. Junior Kari Domiano (Dublin, Ohio/Jerome) continued to dominate the 400 dash, turning in another first place finish on a time of 59.80.
Junior Darcy Dubuc (Grand Haven, Mich./Grand Haven)followed Domiano with the top time in the 1,500, crossing the tape in 4:55.41. Freshman Maggie McIlvain (East Liverpool, Ohio/East Liverpool) added a fourth-place finish in the 3,000 on a time of 10:59.90.
Junior Lizzy Hauser (Ottawa Lake, Mich./Whiteford)finished second in the high jump with a final height of 1.52, just ahead of freshman Angela Roll (Dublin, Ohio/Scioto)who finished third on 1.47. Freshman Cara Vendeville (Perry, Ohio/Perry) continued the jumps success with a second-place finish in the pole vault. Freshman Erin Duffy (Concord, Ohio/Painesville Riverside) took that success to the field events with a third-place hammer throw.
Freshmen Chris Frierson (Cedar Hill, Texas/DeSoto) and CJ Minnifield (Dayton, Ohio/Ponitz) finished 3-4 in the 200 dash for the men on times of 23.42 and 23.54, respectively. Frierson added second place in the 400 version before junior Jarrett Cowgill (Worthington, Ohio/Thomas Worthington) won the 800 in 1:57.86.
Junior Ryan Hagen (Grand Island, NY/Grand Island) took third in the 1500 and sophomore Trevor Grandy (Dublin, Ohio/Coffman) was second in the 3,000 meters before junior Justen Cox (Hilliard, Ohio/Davidson) won another pole vault with a jump of 4.10. Minnifield followed with a win in the long jump (5.88), followed closely by Frierson in third. Freshman Logan Jackson (Pataskala, Ohio/Watkins Memorial) rounded out the top-three finishes with second in the hammer throw (42.13).
At Miami's Redhawk Invitational, senior Thomas McElwee (Herriman, Utah/Blue Valley) scored the best javelin throw among attached competitors with a throw of 167-09 and Domiano was fifth in the 100 dash behind runners from scholarship programs Kentucky State, Tiffin and Xavier (Ohio).
John Strawn '07