Tiger Track & Field Teams Sweep Top Spots At Wooster Invitational

WOOSTER, OH - The Wittenberg Men's and Women's Track and Field teams got back to competition at the Wooster Invitational and turned in an outstanding all-around performance en route to matching team titles. The Tiger men piled up 162.5 points to take first place, 19 points ahead of second-place Ohio Wesleyan, while the Tiger women finished with 155 points, compared to second-place Ohio Wesleyan with 127.

Individually, Wittenberg's men picked up six first-place finishes:

• Elijah Simmons (Jacksonville, FL / Groveport) - 60 meters
• Cameron Elliott (Springfield, OH / Springfield) - 200 meters
• Lukas Rieben (Clayton, OH / Northmont) - 1 mile
• Riley Payne (Hamilton, OH / Trenton Edgewood) - 60-meter hurdles
• Justin Norris (Middletown, OH / Middletown Christian) - high jump
• Max Martindale (Mason, OH / Lakota West) - shot put

In addition, Wittenberg took first place in two men's relay events. In the 4x400-meter relay, the quartet of Simmons, Jack Kittle (Chagrin Falls, OH / Chagrin Falls), Mason Duncan (Cardington, OH / Highland), and Andrew Owen (Springfield, OH / Springfield) showed the way, and in the distance medley relay, the four Tigers reaching the finish line first were Zayden Taylor (Springfield, OH / Kenton Ridge), Bryson Hall (Franklin, OH / Franklin), Duncan, and Adam Arndt (Connersville, IN / Connersville).

Other top-three finishes for the Tiger men were turned in by:

• Caiden Allen (Ontario, OH / Plymouth) - third in the 60 meters
• Kittle - second in the 200 meters
• Gage Dyke (Frankfort, OH / Zane Trace) - second in the pole vault
• Neal Godfrey (Columbus, OH / St. Francis DeSales) - third in the long jump

On the women's side, top-three individual finishes came from nine different competitors in seven different events:

• Meghan Frazier (Alliance, OH / Alliance) - second in the 60 meters
• Izzy Henderson (East Liberty, OH / Benjamin Logan) - first in the 200 meters; third in the 60-meter hurdles; second in the high jump
• Abbey Danne (Johnstown, OH / Big Walnut) - third in the 400 meters
• Megan Keys (Dublin, OH / Jerome) - second in the 3000 meters
• Taylor Weiss (Powell, OH / Olentangy Liberty) - first in the high jump
• Cayla Eaton (North Lewisburg, OH / Triad) - third in the high jump
• Story Laing (Granville, OH / Granville) - second in the pole vault
• Reese Neumeyer (Whitehouse, OH / Anthony Wayne) - first in the triple jump

Wittenberg's women also scored big points in two relays. The 4x200-meter relay took second place with the quartet of Zora Shakhan (Pickerington, OH / Pickerington Central), Lindsey Magoteaux (Sidney, OH / Lehman Catholic), Jenna Delp (Canton, OH / GlenOak), and Morgan Hunter (Rockford, OH / Parkway), and the 4x100-meter relay finished first with the grouping of Victoria Pipinich (Fort Worth, TX / All Saints Episcopal), Danne, Delp, and Frazier.