GAMBIER — The Wittenberg men's and women's indoor track and field teams opened the 2024 North Coast Athletic Conference Indoor Championships competing in the heptathlon and pentathlon, respectively, at Kenyon College. The men's heptathlon was contested on Saturday and Sunday, and all five events of the women's pentathlon were held on Sunday. Senior Sam Callinan (Kettering, Ohio/Fairmont) led the way for the Tigers, earning All-NCAC honors with a third-place finish in the heptathlon.

The Basics

• Venue: Toan Indoor Track - Gambier, Ohio
• Men's heptathlon events: 60-meter dash, long jump, shot put, high jump, 60-meter hurdles, pole vault, 1,000-meter run
• Women's pentathlon events: 60-meter hurdles, high jump, shot put, long jump, 800-meter run
• Results Page
• Denison's Jacob Brown won the heptathlon with 4,895 points, and Oberlin's Hayden Hill won the pentathlon with 3,139 points.

Wittenberg Results - Heptathlon

• Callinan and freshman Luke Amburgey (LaGrange, Ky./Oldham County) competed in the heptathlon for the Tigers. Callinan finished third of 12 with 4,204 points, and Amburgey was sixth with 4,049 points. They scored six and three team points, respectively, for the Tigers toward their NCAC Championships total.
• On Saturday, Callinan finished fifth in the 60-meter dash in 7.45 seconds, fourth in the long jump with a mark of 5.95 meters, 11th in the shot put with a mark of 7.29 meters and tied for fifth in the high jump with a mark of 1.70 meters.
• On Saturday, Amburgey finished 10th in the 60-meter dash in 7.65 seconds, fifth in the long jump with a mark of 5.94 meters, third in the shot put with a mark of 10.53 meters and tied for fifth in the high jump with a mark of 1.70 meters.
• At the end of four events on Day 1, Amburgey was fourth in the standings with 2,301 points, and Callinan was eighth with 2,173 points.
• On Sunday, Callinan finished fifth in the 60-meter hurdles in 9.25 seconds, first in the pole vault with a mark of 4.13 meters and third in the 1,000 meters in 2:57.88.
• On Sunday, Amburgey finished sixth in the 60-meter hurdles in 9.39 seconds, eighth in the pole vault with a mark of 3.63 meters and eighth in the 1,000 meters in 3:10.05.

Wittenberg Results - Pentathlon

• Junior Lainee Valentine (Marion, Ohio/River Valley) and sophomore Ziciah Gibson (Cambridge, Ohio/Cambridge) competed in the pentathlon for the Tigers. Gibson finished fourth of 11 with 2,770 points, and Valentine was fifth with 2,753 points. They scored five and four team points, respectively, for the Tigers toward their NCAC Championships total.
• Gibson finished sixth in the 60-meter hurdles in 10.36 seconds, fourth in the high jump with a mark of 1.46 meters, second in the shot put with a mark of 11.08 meters, sixth in the long jump with a mark of 4.71 meters and seventh in the 800 meters in 2:49.84.
• Valentine finished ninth in the 60-meter hurdles in 10.43 seconds, third in the high jump with a mark of 1.49 meters, fifth in the shot put with a mark of 9.04 meters, second in the long jump with a mark of 4.87 meters and fifth in the 800 meters in 2:44.88.

Quote - Head coach Paris Hilliard

• "I couldn't be more proud of the way our multi athletes started off our championships. They did an amazing job of competing hard and scoring some valuable points for the team."

Up Next

• The NCAC Championships will resume at Kenyon on Friday and conclude on Saturday. Friday's events begin at 12 p.m., and Saturday's events begin at 10 a.m. Both the Tiger men and women have been selected as the conference favorites.