Last Saturday, a select few Wooster track and field athletes traveled to Gambier, Ohio to battle against the best competition in the state at the All-Ohio Championships. This championship brings together the best track and field atheletes of Div. III sports in Ohio.
Abena Boamah-Acheampong ’13 led Wooster and tied for second in the high jump at five feet, three-nd-a-half inches.
Not only was this her best showing so far this season, but she also came within one inch of tying the school record.
A sixth-place finish does not highlight the success that Erin Plews-Ogan ’13, Taylor Morgan ’13, Keslie Herring ’12 and Meredith Shaul ’12 had in the distance medley relay at the Championships. The relay team set a new school record with a 12:50.11 finish time, more than three seconds better than the previous record.
The men’s squad only qualified for one race at the championships. Micah Caunter ’12, Benjamin Althaus ’11, Luke Hutching-Goetz ’14, and Kevin DeGroot ’13 finished eighth in the distance medley relay with a time of 10:46.75.
Baldwin-Wallace College won the women’s meet while Ohio Wesleyan University took first place in the men’s competition.
The entire squad will return to competition this Saturday when they travel to Gambier, Ohio to compete in the Kenyon Classic.
The first outdoor meet will take place March 18, as Wooster travels to Tampa, Florida over spring break to compete in the Bulls Invitational.