Women's Track & Field

Hix wins pole vault title to lead Women's Indoor Track and Field on Day 1 of NCAC Championships

Posted: Feb 23, 2024

GAMBIER — Sophomore Tiffany Hix (Prospect, Ohio/Elgin) won the North Coast Athletic Conference championship in the pole vault to lead the Wittenberg women's track and field team to the top of the team standings on Day 1 of the NCAC Indoor Championships at Kenyon College on Friday.

The Basics

Venue: Toan Indoor Track - Gambier, Ohio
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The top three finishers in each event, including relays, earn All-NCAC honors, and the top eight finishers score team points.
Wittenberg leads the team standings with 71.5 points. DePauw is second with 47 points, and Ohio Wesleyan is third with 41.5 points.
Wittenberg entered Friday's portion of the competition with nine points following last weekend's pentathlon.

Wittenberg Highlights

The Tigers finished the day with five All-Conference finishes.
Hix won the pole vault with a mark of 3.34 meters. This marks her second All-Conference honor in the event, as she placed third as a freshman.
Sophomore Aidan Orth (Cincinnati, Ohio/Anderson) and freshman Jenna Delp (Canton, Ohio/GlenOak) earned All-NCAC honors with second-place finishes in the weight throw and long jump, respectively. Orth posted a mark of 15.29 meters in the weight throw, and Delp posted a mark of 5.18 meters in the long jump.
Freshmen G'Niyah Brown (Dayton, Ohio/Wayne) and Maddi Clark (Mentor, Ohio/Mentor) earned All-NCAC recognition with third-place finishes in the long jump and 5,000 meters, respectively. Brown posted a mark of 5.08 meters in the long jump, and Clark ran a time of 18:11.47 in the 5,000.
Freshman Story Laing (Granville, Ohio/Granville) joined Hix in scoring in the pole vault, tying for fourth place with a mark of 3.09 meters.
Junior Lainee Valentine (Marion, Ohio/River Valley), freshman Michaela Stroder (Springfield, Ohio/Springfield) and junior Julissa Williams (Lorain, Ohio/Lorain) joined Delp and Brown as scorers in the long jump. Valentine was fourth with a mark of 5.08 meters, Stroder was fifth with a mark of 5.03 meters and Williams was eighth with a mark of 4.97 meters.
Sophomore Emma Hawk (Marion, Ohio/River Valley) and junior Megan Keys (Dublin, Ohio/Jerome) joined Clark in scoring in the 5,000 meters. Hawk placed fourth in 18:15.70, and Keys was sixth in 18:29.17.
The distance medley relay team of freshman Alex Couch (Howard, Ohio/Mount Vernon), sophomore Abbey Danne (Johnstown, Ohio/Big Walnut), junior Victoria Pipinich (Fort Worth, Texas/All Saints Episcopal) and sophomore Mackenzie Kelley (Altoona, Pa./Altoona) ran 13:15.02 for a seventh-place finish.