Emma Woods
Contributing Writer
The Wooster track and field team spent last weekend at Otterbein University competing in the Div. III All-Ohio Championships. Both the men’s and the women’s teams placed 12th overall.
Matt Margida ’16 nabbed fourth place in shot put with a distance of 48 feet-2 3/4 inches, which came close to his 48 feet-7 1/2 inch personal best.
Margida, who currently holds the weight-throw record for the school, was pleased with his own performance and the performance of the team.
“It was my best performance this year so far, so I was happy with the individual results,” he said. “As a whole, I thought the team performed well. We had a number of people either place well or have good individual performances, and with the level of talent at this type of meet that’s great to see.”
Several other Scots had noteworthy performances, including Paris Nahas ’16, Hilary Coady ’16, Emani Kelley ’19 and Julia Higgins ’19. These four composed the team that placed fifth in the 4×400 relay.
The women’s team also had impressive showing from Carolyn Webster ’19. The standout took third in high jump and ninth in the long jump.
On the men’s side, Christian Golden ’18 had a solid performance, placing ninth in the long jump.
Golden is optimistic about what this tournament means for him and the rest of the team as the season continues.
“In a championship meet like All-Ohio, you are competing against some of the best athletes, so it motivates you to elevate your game, and often produces greater results,” he said. “If we continue progressing at this rate, we will definitely make some noise in the upcoming NCAC conference championship meet a couple weeks from now.”
The teams’ next competition is this Saturday, Feb. 20, at the Kenyon Fast Chance Invitational hosted by Kenyon College.