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The Capital University track and field teams finished the first day of the Ohio Athletic Conference Outdoor Championships Friday at Mount Union with the women in seventh place and the men in ninth.
The women registered 21 points, just one behind Ohio Northern, while the men posted 13 points, just one behind Wilmington and three short of Ohio Northern.
Senior Emily Sheets (Gahanna, Ohio) won the second OAC championship of her career, taking the discus with a mark of 134-07. She also won the outdoor high jump in 2011.
Sheets placed fourth in the javelin throw with a toss of 117-07. Other point-scores for the women included sophomore Marissa Price (Tiffin, Ohio), who finished fifth in the javelin at 116-01, and junior Katherine Smith (Woodville, Ohio), who placed seventh in the pole vault with a jump of 9-01.25.
Senior Erik Barenwald (Bainbridge, Ohio) led the men with an All-OAC finish in the discus throw. Barenwald placed third in the event with a mark of 151-04.
Junior Michael Beurer (Whitmore Lake, Mich.) scored points in a pair of events. Beurer placed seventh in both the discus (139-06) and the javelin (160-07). Sophomore Travon Bodrick (New Albany, Ohio) finished seventh in the long jump at a length of 21-05.50.
Senior Mitchell Auchmuty (Cygnet, Ohio) placed eighth in the discus to make it three point-scorers for the Crusaders in the event. Auchmuty recorded a toss of 139-00.
Day 2 of the championships begins tomorrow at 10 a.m. in Alliance.
