Last Saturday, the men’s and women’s track and field teams opened their spring season at the North Coast Athletic Conference Indoor Relays. Hosted by Oberlin College, the women’s team finished fifth and the men sixth in the nine-team field.
Highlighting the women’s individual performances was Abena Boamah-Acheampong ’13, who continued last season’s success with a runner-up finish in the high jump. Miriam Wise ’11 finished sixth in the long jump with a 12 foot, seven inch effort and fourth in the triple jump with a 29 foot, eight inch performance.
Camille Schwartz ’14 placed seventh in the high jump with a four foot, nine inch performance. Wooster saw two athletes finish in the top eight in the 55 hurdles, with Jensen Buchanan ’14 finishing sixth and Liz Friedly ’11 finishing eighth, respectively.
In the relay events, the women’s best performance was a third place finish in the distance medley. Erin Plews-Ogan ’13, Chelsea Fisher ’11, Kelsie Herring ’12 and Meredith Shaul ’12 finished the relay in 13:10.86.
The women’s squad finished with 67 points, 12 points shy of second place Oberlin, who finished the match with 79 points.
The men’s squad sixth place finish came from its 37-point outing. Highlighting the men’s squad was Josh Kime ’11, finishing fifth in the shot put (42 feet, two inches) and seventh in the weight throw.
Other notable men’s accomplishments include Jay Marshall ’14 and David Brew ’14, who finished sixth and seventh in pole-vault, respectively.
The men and women’s track and field teams will continue their indoor season this Saturday at the Ohio Northern University Invitational. This will mark the first of five more meets before the teams head to the NCAC Indoor Track and Field Championships in Oberlin, Ohio.