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The Capital University track and field teams competed in their final tune-up before next week's Ohio Athletic Conference Championships Saturday at the Kenyon College Invitational in Gambier, Ohio.
The men placed fourth of 10 teams, while the women finished seventh of 12. Kenyon took the men's team title, while Ashland placed first on the women's side.
The Crusaders won four individual events on the men's side, including three throwing competitions. Junior Michael Beurer placed first in the discus and hammer throws. The Whitmore Lake, Mich., native took the discus with a mark of 137-02.50 and the hammer throw with a toss of 137-04.75. Junior Paul Baker (Ashland, Ohio) finished first in the shot put with a mark of 49-00.25.
Junior Cory Smith (Bucyrus, Ohio) ran to the title in the 110-meter hurdles in 15.63 seconds.
Capital placed 1-2-3 in the hammer throw. After Beurer, senior Mitchell Auchmuty (Cygnet, Ohio) was the runner-up with a toss of 134-11.75, and Baker was third (130-00.25). Auchmuty also placed third in the discus with a 135-06.50 and fourth in the shot put at 45-03.00.
On the women's side, senior Emily Sheets (Gahanna, Ohio) took a pair of titles. She won the discus throw with a 135-10.75 and the javelin with a 117-07.50. Sheets' discus mark of 137-04 entered the weekend as the nation's 13th-best distance.
Senior Casey Simmons (Beavercreek, Ohio) was also victorious, taking the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 1:06.38. Simmons also placed fifth in the long jump with a leap of 15-07.75.
Other top-five finishers for the women included junior Caitlin Prange (Columbus, Ohio), who placed second in the 400-meter dash in 59.27, and senior Leanne Schaefer (Verona, Wis.), who was fifth in the high jump with a mark of 4-10.25.
The Crusaders begin the two-day OAC Outdoor Championships Friday at Mount Union. Events begin at noon on Friday and at 10 a.m. on Saturday in Alliance.
