Scots Combine for Six All-Conference Performances at NCAC Indoor Meet

Averell Gatton

Behind six all-conference performances, The College of Wooster indoor track & field teams each finished right about in the middle of their respective fields at the North Coast Athletic Conference Championships, held this weekend at Denison University in Granville, Ohio, as the men placed sixth of 10 and the women fifth of nine.

The Wooster women scored 42 points, while Ohio Wesleyan University (154) narrowly edged Allegheny College (152) for the team championship. The Fighting Scot men nearly had a fifth-place effort as well, as their 48-point total was just 1.5 points behind Oberlin College (49.5). Ohio Wesleyan made it a clean sweep winning the men’s competition as well with 163.5 points to Allegheny’s 135.

Highlighting Wooster’s results in the women’s meet was the distance medley relay team, with Jessica Yarmosky, Chelsea Fisher, Dana Culbert, and Suzanne Capehart joining forces for a runner-up showing (13:19.34). They earned all-conference honors, as did Katelynn Riley individually. She moved up three spots in the finals of the 55-meter hurdles (9.00) after recording the sixth-fastest time in the prelims (9.07).

Kayla Miller advanced to the finals of three events, including fourth- and fifth-place performances in the high jump (5 feet, 0.25 inches) and triple jump (34 feet, 5.75 inches), respectively. Elizabeth Wardrop scored in each of those events, too, taking seventh in the triple jump (31 feet, 9.5 inches) and eighth in the high jump (4 feet, 8.75 inches).

Additional scorers in the individual events were Katie Dale, who came in fourth in the shot put (36 feet, 6.25 inches), Capehart, who crossed the finish line seventh in the 5000 meters (19:08.67), and Ali Drushal, who was seventh in the pole vault (9 feet, 0.25 inches).

The Scot men exhibited their strength in the jumping events. Jon Mathis earned runner-up honors in the high jump (6 feet, 2.25 inches) and teammate Averell Gatton was right behind in third-place (6 feet, 1.25 inches). In the triple jump, Tristan Jordan repeated his second-place showing from last year (44 feet, 2 inches) and he was complemented by Eric Dyer in fourth (43 feet, 7.25 inches) and Gatton in eighth (42 feet, 3.5 inches).

Wooster had multiple scorers in the 55-meter hurdles as well. Bryan Albani had the fastest time in the preliminaries (7.88) and matched that time in the finals, but settled for runner-up honors. Matt Jensen hit the finish line in eighth-place (8.16).

Albani and Jensen were part of Wooster’s top relay team, too, as they combined with Will Setliff and Sateesh Venkatesh for fifth-place in the 4x200 meters (1:35.37).

Also noteworthy, Steve Zumbrun produced a fifth-place showing in the shot put (45 feet, 8 inches) and Albani was seventh in the 55-meter dash (6.88).

The Scots now move into their outdoor season, starting with a pair of meets over spring break on March 14-15 and March 22.