Track and Field Teams Each Place Second at Home Meet

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COLUMBUS – The Capital University track and field teams each finished second Saturday at the Capital Classic/Rick Meindl Last Chance Meet in the Capital Center Field House.

The men registered 95.5 points, just a point and a half away from meet champion Wilmington. The women scored 74 points, finishing behind only Ohio Northern (156 points).

Four Crusader men place first in individual events and the team recorded five other top-three finishes. Freshman Brennen Hennings (Gilbert, Ariz.; at right) nearly broke a school record in the 200-meter dash with a time of 22.65 to place first in the event. Classmate Aaron Edeus (Cumming, Ga.) won the 500-meter dash in 1:07.88.

Seniors Joshua Woods (Marysville, Ohio) and Bret Nehrenz (Seville, Ohio) also finished first in their respective events. Woods won the long jump with a leap of 21-10.50, while Nehrenz placed first in the 3,000-meter run with a mark of 9:08.10.

Hennings and Edeus joined freshman Austin Noel (Salem, Ohio) and senior Benjamin Herbert (Bainbridge Township, Ohio) to place second in the 4x400-meter relay in a time of 3:28.56.

Individual third-place finishers included junior Mitch Stith (Sunbury, Ohio), who came within a quarter of a second of a school record in the 5,000-meter run at 16:07.24, and junior Michael Beurer (Whitmore Lake, Mich.), who posted a mark of 47-08.75 in the weight throw.

Senior Casey Simmons (Beavercreek, Ohio; at left) highlighted the women's day with a school-record mark of 9.51 in the 60-meter hurdles. The time was good for fifth place overall in the race. Simmons also recorded runner-up finishes in the long jump (17-02.00) and the 500-meter dash (1:24.60).

Senior Emily Sheets (Gahanna, Ohio) won the high jump with a mark of 5-04.25, while junior Caitlin Prange (Columbus, Ohio) took first with a time of 59.14 in the 400-meter dash.

Senior Sarah Hanson (Hudson, Ohio) finished second in the weight throw with a toss of 44-05.50.

The Crusaders begin the two-day Ohio Athletic Conference Championships on Friday at Ohio Northern. Events begin at noon on Friday and at 10 a.m. on Saturday in Ada.