The track and field team took a major step toward a successful season last Saturday at the Polar Bear Invitational, which was hosted by Ohio Northern University. The women’s team took second place and the men’s team finished third in overall competition. Both of these indicate the possible success the Wooster track and field teams could have this season. Last week the women placed fifth and the men placed sixth at the NCAC Relays.
The women fell just shy of host team Ohio Nothern’s 163 points with 158 points.† Abena Boamah-Acheapong ’13 finished first in the high jump with a five-feet one-inch mark and Taylor Morgan ’13 won the 500-meter run.
In addition, Veronique Jones ’13 dominated the women’s shot put with an impressive toss of 33 feet eight inches. The performance of the day, however, went to Stephanie McShane ’13, who managed victories in both the five-meter dash and the 200-meter dash with times of 7.71 seconds and 28.34 seconds.
The Wooster men also had some impressive performances, including a third place finish in the pole vault event by Jay Marshall ë14 with an impressive mark of 11 feet, 11 inches. David Brew ë14 took fourth place in the pole vault with a mark of 10 feet, 11 inches.
Josh Kime ë11 also represented the Fighting Scots well with a second place finish in the shot put with a toss of 44 feet, one inch. Next week the Scots will travel to Westerville, Ohio and compete to win the All-Ohio Championships.