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The Capital University track and field teams broke four school records and posted several outstanding performances Saturday at the All-Ohio Division III Outdoor Championships in Delaware, Ohio.
The women's team placed seventh out of 20 teams with a total score of 47, five points ahead of Otterbein and three behind fifth-place Oberlin. The men registered 24 points to tie for 12th place with three other teams, including Ohio Athletic Conference rival Heidelberg.
Senior Emma McCarron (Mansfield, Ohio) took the 3,000-meter steeplechase in a school-record time of 11:01.87, besting her previous mark, which was set earlier this season, by 12 seconds. Her time is currently among the top 10 in the nation. The three-time OAC champion also placed fourth in the 5,000-meter run with a time of 17:56.85, just four seconds off her own school-record pace.
Senior Sarah Hanson (Hudson, Ohio) posted a school-record mark of 137-07 in the hammer throw, good for a seventh-place finish.
Senior Emily Sheets (Gahanna, Ohio) also starred for the women, placing third in a pair of field events. Sheets finished third in the high jump with a leap of 5-00.25, and took third in the discus with a throw of 118-06. Her school-record mark of 137-04 entered the weekend as the seventh-best in the nation.
Other top-five finishers included senior Aimee Hall (Amanda, Ohio) and junior Caitlin Prange (Columbus, Ohio). Hall placed third in the 200-meter dash (26.28) and fourth in the 100-meter dash (12.77), while Prange was fifth in the 200 with a time of 26.44.
On the men's side, senior Bret Nehrenz (Seville, Ohio) broke a 38-year-old school record in the 3,000-meter steeplechase. Nehrenz bested Aaron Folsum's mark by nearly nine seconds with a time of 9:41.97, good for a sixth-place result in the event. Senior Erik Barenwald (Bainbridge, Ohio) improved his school-record toss in the hammer throw, recording a 147-02 on Saturday. Barenwald placed third in the shot put with a mark of 51-03.75.
Freshman Ed Wigton (Lucas, Ohio) was just 1.5 seconds from a school record in the 1,500-meter run, placing second with a mark of 3:57.96, his second consecutive sub-four minute time.
Mount Union won both the men's and women's meets.
Capital visits Gambier, Ohio, next Saturday for the Kenyon College Invitational. Events are scheduled to begin at noon.
