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The Capital University track and field teams set four new school records at the Ron Althoff Final Qualifier at Ohio Wesleyan University in Delaware, Ohio.
For the men, seniors Benjamin Herbert (Bainbridge Township, Ohio) and Bret Nehrenz (Seville, Ohio) and freshman Ed Wigton (Lucas, Ohio) each bested school marks. Senior Casey Simmons (Beavercreek, Ohio) of the women's team broke her own program record just three days after posting her previous top time.
Herbert finished first in the 800-meter dash with a time of 1:54.08, beating the previous record by less than a tenth of a second that had been in place since 1966. Wigton broke a 42-year-old record in the 1,500-meter run with a mark of 3:55.50, good for first place.
Nehrenz topped his own previous best in the 3,000-meter steeplechase in 9:40.53, also good for first place.
Junior Theron Mackey (Urbana, Ohio) finished second in the javelin with a toss of 151-09.
On Tuesday, Mackey competed in the shot put and placed ninth with a 41-06.00. Senior Erik Barenwald (Bainbridge, Ohio) finished just behind his teammate with a toss of 40-11.50, good for 11th place. Barenwald also took part in the discus throw and placed fifth with a mark of 148-09.
Simmons broke her own previous mark in the 100-meter hurdles, finishing second in 15.54, just two hundredths of a second faster than her time Saturday. Simmons also competed in the 400-meter hurdles, posting a time of 1:07.55.
Senior Aimee Hall (Amanda, Ohio) ran the 200-meter dash in a time of 26.48, while classmate Emma McCarron (Mansfield, Ohio) finished second in the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a time of 11:06.51.
Senior Sarah Hanson (Hudson, Ohio) registered a mark of 128-08 in the hammer throw.
On Tuesday, senior Emily Sheets (Gahanna, Ohio) won the discus with a throw of 132-04.
