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The Capital University track and field teams competed Saturday at the Marv Frye Invitational at Ohio Wesleyan University in Delaware, Ohio.
The women's team placed second of 14 teams with 95 points, while the men finished sixth of 14 with 53 points, just four behind fifth-place Wittenberg. Ohio Wesleyan won both team titles.
Senior Emma McCarron (Mansfield, Ohio) added two more school records to her decorated career. A two-time NCAA qualifier in cross country and OAC individual track champion, McCarron set new school records in the 1,500-meter run and the 5,000-meter run. She won the 5,000 in 17:52.30 and placed third in the 1,500 with a time of 4:48.46.
Senior Sarah Hanson (Hudson, Ohio) also contributed a school-record mark. Hanson submitted a toss of 137-02 in the hammer throw to break the previous all-time best of 135-07.
For the men, senior Erik Barenwald (Bainbridge, Ohio) posted a school-record mark of 138-07 in the hammer throw. The thrower also registered a fine performance in the shot put with a runner-up mark of 51-08.50. Barenwald also placed third in the discus throw with a 143-06.
Freshman Ed Wigton (Lucas, Ohio) won the 1,500-meter run with a sub-four minute time of 3:59.17. Other top-three finishers for the Crusaders included junior Cory Smith (Bucyrus, Ohio), who placed third in the javelin throw with a 157-02, and junior Paul Baker (Ashland, Ohio), whose toss of 48-01.25 was good for third in the shot put.
On the women's side, senior Emily Sheets (Gahanna, Ohio) finished second in both the discus throw (123-08) and the high jump (5-00.25). Senior Casey Simmons (Beavercreek, Ohio) and junior Caitlin Prange (Columbus, Ohio) also tallied runner-up finishes, Simmons with a long jump of 16-07.00 and Prange with a time of 58.99 in the 400-meter dash.
Third-place finishers included Sheets in the javelin throw (103-00), Prange in the 200-meter dash (26.30) and senior Aimee Hall (Amanda, Ohio) in the 100-meter dash (12.71).
Capital resumes action next Saturday at the All-Ohio Championships. The meet, which will also take place at Ohio Wesleyan, is scheduled to begin at 11:30 a.m.
