Wittenberg Host Invite While Others Begin NCAC Competition

SPRINGFIELD, OH/OBERLIN, OH-The Wittenberg track and field team hosted the Wittenberg Invite while also having four athletes compete in the heptathlon and pentathlon at Oberlin to begin scoring for the NCAC Indoor Championships. Competing in the men's heptathlon was Nicolas Farfoglia (Manchester, MD / Manchester Valley) who earned two points for Wittenberg by finishing in seventh. In the women's pentathlon, Wittenberg had four competitors. Finishing in second and earning 8 points for the Tigers was Izzy Henderson (East Liberty, OH / Benjamin Logan), Ziciah Gibson (Cambridge, OH / Cambridge) finished in fifth and earned four points, while Cayla Eaton (North Lewisburg, OH / Triad) and Lainee Valentine (Marion, OH / River Valley) finished seventh and eighth, earning another two and one point(s), respectively.

At the Wittenberg Invite, the meet was not socred, but there were athletes on both the women's and men's sides who finished well. First, in the men's events, Justin Norris (Middletown, OH / Middletown Christian) took third in the high jump witha leap of 1.94 meters. Max Martindale (Mason, OH / Lakota West) grabbed third in the shot put with a throw of 14.85 meters. In the 500 meter dash Mason Duncan (Cardington, OH / Highland) secured another third place finish with a time of 1:07.93.

For the women, Story Laing (Granville, OH / Granville) finished thrid in pole vault with a height of 3.45 meters. Taylor Weiss (Powell, OH / Olentangy Liberty) also took third in the high jump with a jump of 1.64 meters. Then, in the 60 meter dash, Meghan Frazier (Alliance, OH / Alliance) took fifth with a time of 7.77.

The next time both the Men's and Women's Track and Field Teams will compete will be Saturday, March 1st at Oberlin for the NCAC Indoor Track and Field Championships.