McCarron Takes 3K in School, OAC Record Time

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Four school records fell Friday as the Capital University track and field teams competed on the first day of the Ohio Athletic Conference Indoor Championships at Ohio Northern University in Ada, Ohio.

The women finished the day in sixth place out of nine teams with 17 points, while the men concluded the opener with eight points, good for eighth place of nine.

Senior Emma McCarron (Mansfield, Ohio) won her second OAC title in the last two indoor championships, winning the 3,000-meter run in a school- and conference-record time of 10:07.54. McCarron defeated runner-up Alison Steinbrunner of Ohio Northern, the nation's runner-up at the NCAA Cross Country Championships in the fall.

McCarron also teamed with junior Jessi Knoll (Willard, Ohio), senior Aimee Hall (Amanda, Ohio) and freshman Belky Nunez (Houston, Texas) to place fourth in the distance medley relay with a time of 13:11.77.

Senior Casey Simmons (Beavercreek, Ohio) and freshman Mary Court (Galion, Ohio) also scored points for the women's team. Simmons placed eighth in the long jump with a leap of 16-09.25, while Court posted a mark of 43-01.75 in the weight throw, good for eighth place.

Junior Caitlin Prange (Columbus, Ohio) set a school record in the 200-meter dash preliminaries with a time of 26.04, just .04 second better than former All-American Jessica Starks.

For the men, the distance medley relay team of senior Benjamin Herbert (Bainbridge Township, Ohio), freshmen Austin Noel (Salem, Ohio), Aaron Edeus (Cumming, Ga.) and Ed Wigton (Lucas, Ohio) placed seventh and set a school record with a time of 10:41.57. Junior Cory Smith (Bucyrus, Ohio) bested his own school mark in the 60-meter hurdles with a mark of 8.63 in the prelims.

Senior Joshua Woods (Marysville, Ohio; at right) recorded a mark of 22-01.00 in the long jump, good for fourth place. Junior Michael Beurer (Whitmore Lake, Mich.) was the team's top finisher in the weight throw with a toss of 46-10.25, good for eighth.

Day 2 of the championships begins tomorrow at 10 a.m.