Men's Track & Field

Men's Track and Field opens outdoor season with first-place finish at Pioneer Invite

Posted: Mar 23, 2024

LEXINGTON, Ky. — The Wittenberg men's track and field team opened its 2024 outdoor season on Saturday with a first-place finish at the Pioneer Invite hosted by Transylvania University.

The Basics

Venue: Pat Deacon Stadium - Lexington, Ky.
Wittenberg placed first in the 16-team field with 151 points. Midway was second with 88 points, and Bluffton was third with 83.5 points.

Wittenberg's Top Performers

Wittenberg won one relay and four individual events and posted 13 additional top-five finishes.
Junior Cameron Elliott (Springfield, Ohio/Springfield), sophomore Mason Duncan (Cardington, Ohio/Highland), senior Zeke Bennett (Hilliard, Ohio/Bradley) and freshman Ethan Davis (Wapakoneta, Ohio/Houston) won the 4x400 relay in 3:26.22.
Elliott also won the 400 meters, posting a time of 50.22 seconds.
Freshman Owen Bier (Elyria, Ohio/Midview) won the 400-meter hurdles in 59.18 seconds. Senior Chance Keller (Newark, Ohio/Heath) was fourth in 1:03.45.
Junior Justin Norris (Middletown, Ohio/Middletown Christian) won the high jump with a mark of 1.95 meters. Sophomore Grayson Ring (Tipp City/Tippecanoe) was second with a mark of 1.85 meters.
Sophomore Jeremy Watson (Sugar Grove, Ohio/Berne Union) won the pole vault with a mark of 4.20 meters. Freshman Kane Cissell (LaGrange, Ky./Oldham County) placed third with a mark of 3.90 meters.
Senior Peter Caine (Ypsilanti, Mich./Lincoln) finished second in the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a time of 10:08.45.
Freshman Jayden McKinster (Springfield, Ohio/Springfield) placed second in the discus with a mark of 45.30 meters. Freshman Zeth Cowin (Wilmington, Ohio/Wilmington) was fourth with a mark of 40.19 meters.
Senior Sam Callinan (Kettering, Ohio/Fairmont) placed fourth in the 110-meter hurdles in 16.70 seconds. Freshman Luke Amburgey (LaGrange, Ky./Oldham County) was fifth in 16.92 seconds.
Freshman Neal Godfrey (Columbus, Ohio/St. Francis DeSales) placed fourth in the 100 meters in 11.16 seconds.
Bennett added a fifth-place finish in the 800 with a time of 2:01.42.
Junior Jack Houck (Stow, Ohio/Archbishop Hoban) was fifth in the long jump with a mark of 5.99 meters.
Junior Dominic Cork (Cambridge, Ohio/Cambridge) was fifth in the javelin with a mark of 41.78 meters.
McKinster added a fifth-place finish in the shot put with a mark of 13.20 meters.

Quote - Head coach Paris Hilliard

"The team showed real character today. The weather conditions were not the best, but everyone had positive attitudes and competed hard. This was a good start to the season."