Men's Outdoor Track and Field has successful weekend at Otterbein, Ohio State, Kenyon
April 20, 2024
SPRINGFIELD — The Wittenberg men's outdoor track and field team had a successful weekend competing at the Otterbein Twilight Meet on Friday and the Jesse Owens Classic at Ohio State and Duane Gomez Invitational at Kenyon on Saturday.
The Basics
- Venues: Otterbein Twilight Meet - Memorial Stadium - Westerville, Ohio; Jesse Owens Classic - Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium - Columbus, Ohio; Duane Gomez Invitational - Wilder Track and McBride Field - Gambier, Ohio
- Competing in four events, Wittenberg placed 15th of 19 teams at the Otterbein Twlight Meet with 18 points.
- Student-athletes from all NCAA divisions competed at the Jesse Owens Classic.
- Wittenberg placed second of seven teams at the Duane Gomez Invitational, scoring 134 points. Kenyon was first with 142 points, and Wooster was third with 116 points.
Wittenberg's Top Performers - Otterbein Twilight Meet
- Sophomore Grayson Ring (Tipp City/Tippecanoe) finished second in the high jump with a mark of 1.95 meters.
- Senior JJ Weisenberger (Collins, Ohio/Western Reserve) placed fourth in the long jump with a mark of 6.49 meters. Junior Bryce Ray (Sun City, Fla./Sumner) was eighth with a mark of 6.32 meters.
- Freshman Caiden Allen (Ontario, Ohio/Plymouth) placed seventh in the 200 meters in 22.36 seconds.
- Senior Matt Drovdlic (Hilliard, Ohio/Bradley) was 25th in the 100 meters prelims with a time of 11.33 seconds.
Wittenberg's Top Performers - Jesse Owens Classic
- Junior Cameron Elliott (Springfield, Ohio/Springfield) finished 13th of 38 in the 400 in 49.49 seconds. Senior Zeke Bennett (Hilliard, Ohio/Bradley) was 28th in 50.84 seconds.
- The team of Elliott, Bennett, Ring and senior Ian McCandlish (Lancaster, Ohio/St. Francis DeSales) placed fifth behind two Division I and two Division teams in the 4x400 relay in 3:21.94.
Wittenberg's Top Performers - Duane Gomez Invitational
- Junior Conor Kolka (Dexter, Mich./Dexter) won the 5,000 meters in 14:45.04.
- Allen won the 100 meters in 11.03 seconds. Drovdlic was second in 11.21 seconds.
- Freshman Owen Bier (Elyria, Ohio/Midview) won the 400-meter hurdles in 55.52 seconds.
- Freshman Kane Cissell (LaGrange, Ky./Oldham County) was second in the pole vault with a mark of 4.10 meters and second in the triple jump with a mark of 13.15 meters.
- Senior Matt Rogers (Leander, Texas/Rouse) was second in the 200 in 23.08 seconds and fifth in the 100 in 11.47 seconds.
- Weisenberger finished second in the javelin with a mark of 46.64 meters.
- Freshman Luke Amburgey (LaGrange, Ky./Oldham County) placed second in the discus with a mark of 23.52 meters.
- The team of Rogers, freshmen Ethan Davis (Wapakoneta, Ohio/Houston) and Harry Sangha (Hilliard, Ohio/Darby) and senior Chance Keller (Newark, Ohio/Heath) finished second in the 4x400 relay in 3:36.25.
- Senior Sam Callinan (Kettering, Ohio/Fairmont) was third in the pole vault with a mark of 3.95 meters and sixth in the discus with a mark of 21.34 meters.
- Freshman Zeth Cowin (Wilmington, Ohio/Wilmington) was fourth in the hammer throw with a mark of 43.23 meters and eighth in the shot put with a mark of 12.02 meters.
- Sophomore Gage Dyke (Frankfort, Ohio/Zane Trace) was fourth in the pole vault with a mark of 3.80 meters, and sophomore Jack Miller (Rocky River, Ohio/Rocky River) was fourth in the 5,000 in 15:53.17.
- Freshman Nicolas Farfoglia (Manchester, Md./Manchester Valley) was fifth in the long jump with a mark of 6.18 meters.
- Freshman Jayden McKinster (Springfield, Ohio/Springfield) was sixth in the shot put with a mark of 13.77 meters, freshman Marc Galvis (Marysville, Ohio/Marysville) was seventh in the long jump with a mark of 5.88 meters, sophomore Max Green (Centerville, Ohio/Centerville) was seventh in the hammer throw with a mark of 42.17 meters, and sophomore Ben Norton (Avon, Ohio/Lake Ridge Academy) was eighth in the 5,000 in 16:22.33.
Up Next
- The Tigers return to action on Friday, April 26, at the Big Red Invitational at Denison for their final meet prior to the North Coast Athletic Conference Championships.