MEN’S AND WOMEN’S TRACK AND FIELD
The men’s and women’s track and field teams had their most dominating performances of the season last Friday at the Denison Invitational in Granville, Ohio. The teams combined for 12 first-place finishes, with the women winning seven events and the men winning five.
Highlights of the event include performances by Abena Boamah-Acheampong ’13, who broke her own school high jump record with a five-foot, 5.25-inch jump and also won the triple jump with 34 feet, three inches. Somadina Iworisha ’11 won both the discus (104 feet, nine inches) and the javelin throw (99 feet, one inch). The other first-place finishers were Meredith Shaul ’12 in the 3000 meters, Whitney Rappole ’11 in the 400-meter hurdles and Miriam Wise ’11 in the long jump.
For the men, Ethan Deselem ’13 won both the 100 meter dash (11.22 seconds) and the 200 meter dash (22.8 seconds). He was joined in victory by Quinton Howard ’13 in the high jump, Sean Twining ’11 in the triple jump and Josh Kime ’11 in the shot put.
Next for the Fighting Scots are the North Coast Athletic Conference championships, which start today in Oberlin, Ohio.
MEN’S AND WOMEN’S GOLF
The men’s golf team finished in fifth place overall in the NCAC Golf Championship Series, which concluded at the 54-hole Hiram Invitational at the Fowler’s Mill Golf Course in Chesterville, Ohio last Sunday.
Entering the final 18 holes, the Scots trailed both Allegheny College and Denison University by six strokes. Unfortunately,† Wooster was unable to make up for lost ground. The best individual performance of the day came from Andy Young ’13, who shot a 76 on the par-71 course. The Scots finished with a two-week total of 1,570, placing them behind Allegheny, Denison, Ohio Wesleyan University and Wittenberg University.
The Wooster women took third place in the NCAC Championship by finishing at the same spot in the Hiram Invitational. Although first-place Allegheny and second-place Wittenberg finished with far fewer strokes than Wooster,† (Allegheny scored 648 and Wittenberg scored 696), the Scots’ two-day tally of 819 placed them comfortably ahead of the three teams behind them.
The women’s strong finish took many by surprise, as this was the program’s first season, and four of the team’s five regulars are first-years.
The men will lose only Tim Golding ’11 to graduation, and will look to improve on this year’s solid finish behind four rising seniors, Greg Benckart, Tim Faerber, Michael Peters and Blake Sword.
MEN’S AND WOMEN’S TENNIS
The Wooster men’s and women’s tennis teams wrapped up their seasons last weekend at the NCAC Tournament. The men (4-18, 0-3 NCAC) finished in last place in the tournament in Oberlin, Ohio, losing 5-0 to Denison University, 5-0 to Wittenberg University and 5-2 to Ohio Wesleyan University.
In the women’s tournament, the Fighting Scots (7-13, 0-6 NCAC) took seventh place. Wooster was beaten 5-0 both times in its matches against Ohio Wesleyan and Kenyon College.
Both teams are expected to improve next year. The men’s team has four first-years as its top four players, and the women are only graduating Suzanne Hamby ’11.
NFL
The NFL lockout is back on following the decision of a three-judge panel last Friday. The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals granted a temporary stay of the injunction allowed by Judge Susan Nelson.† Despite the continuation of the lockout, the New Orleans Saints set a strong precedent on Tuesday by gathering as a team to workout outside of the teams’ facilities. The Texas Cowboys also gathered for workouts in order to begin preparing for next season. As the future of the NFL hangs in the balance one thing is certain, many NFL players want to get back to playing football.