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The Capital University track and field teams concluded their strong performances Saturday at the two-day Ohio Athletic Conference Championships at Ohio Northern University in Ada, Ohio.
The women's team finished in fourth place out of nine teams with a two-day total of 84 points, nine ahead of Marietta and 18 behind Ohio Northern and Otterbein, who tied for second place. The men placed ninth of nine with 34 points, just over six points out of seventh place.
Mount Union won both the men's and women's championships.
Senior Emma McCarron (Mansfield, Ohio) turned in her second individual championship of the weekend, winning the 1-mile run in a time of 5:14.71, just two seconds shy of her own school record. She took home the 3,000-meter run title in conference record-setting fashio
n on Friday.
Following the meet, McCarron was named OAC Co-Distance Runner of the Year, sharing the honor with Alison Steinbrunner of Ohio Northern.
Junior Caitlin Prange (Columbus, Ohio) earned All-OAC honors in a pair of individual events, placing second in the 400-meter dash in 59.42 and second in the 200-meter dash with a mark of 26.39. Seniors Emily Sheets (Gahanna, Ohio; at right) and Aimee Hall (Amanda, Ohio) also garnered All-OAC individual accolades by way of top-three finishes. Sheets registered a 5-03.00 in the high jump, good for second place, while Hall finished just behind Prange in the 200-meter dash in 26.70 for third.
The 4x200-meter relay team of Prange, Hall, junior Jessi Knoll (Willard, Ohio) and senior Casey Simmons (Beavercreek, Ohio) took All-OAC merits with a runner-up finish (1:47.18). The same foursome took all-league honors again with a runner-up time of 4:06.17 in the 4x400-meter relay.
Other point scorers on the day included Prange (8.10, sixth) and Hall (8.11, seventh) in the 60-meter dash, Knoll in the 1,000-meter run (3:07.58) and senior Leanne Schaefer (Verona, Wis.), who finished eighth in the high jump with a leap of 4-11.75.
Senior Joshua Woods (Marysville, Ohio; at left) led the men with a pair of All-OAC performances and an individual school record. Woods placed second in the 200-meter dash in a program-best 22.41 and finished second in the triple jump with a mark of 45-09.75.
Woods also combined with freshman Austin Noel (Salem, Ohio), senior Benjamin Herbert (Bainbridge Township, Ohio) and freshman Aaron Edeus (Cumming, Ga.) to break an eight-year old school record in the 4x400-meter relay. The foursome finished the race in 3:26.47, just .12 seconds ahead of the former school-record pace, and placed fourth.
Junior Cory Smith (Bucyrus, Ohio) was an individual placer with a seventh-place mark of 8.64 in the 60-meter hurdles. Freshman Ed Wigton (Lucas, Ohio) earned a point with an eight-place finish in the 1-mile run (4:28.57). Noel, Edeus, Woods and senior Justin Poole (Toronto, Ohio) took seventh in the 4x200-meter relay in 1:36.61.
Senior Bret Nehrenz (Seville, Ohio) set a new school record in the 5,000-meter run, breaking the 16-minute barrier with a time of 15:56.31. He finished 11th in the event.
The Crusaders compete one last time prior to the NCAA Division III Indoor Championships next Saturday at the Tiffin Last Chance Meet.
