Scots Sending Split Squads to Two Weekend Meets, Including All-Ohio’s

Ali Drushal

The College of Wooster will participate at two meets this weekend, sending one group to an unscored dual at Oberlin College on Friday evening, April 11, as well as a set of qualifiers to the All-Ohio Championships Saturday, April 12. At the latter meet, there will be 21 Fighting Scots competing throughout the day at the annual event, hosted by Ohio Wesleyan University.

Last Week: On April 5, Wooster was one of several northeast Ohio schools competing at the first-ever Jack Hazen Open, hosted by Malone College. It was a non-scoring meet.

Leading the Scots was Ali Drushal (Lakeville, Ohio / West Holmes), as the versatile junior had three top-four performances. She was the runner-up in the javelin with a throw of 115 feet, 5 inches and placed fourth in both the 400-meter hurdles (1:12.14) and pole vault (9 feet, 6.25 inches). Another fourth-place effort was contributed by freshman Suzanne Capehart (Oak Hill, Va. / Oakton) in the 3200 meters (11:40.81), and making a big impact in more than one event was sophomore KateLynn Riley (Westlake, Ohio / Westlake), who finished sixth in both the 100-meter hurdles (16.20) and the javelin (100 feet, 9 inches). Other noteworthy showings came from junior Katie Dale (West Point, Ind. / McCutcheon), who hit a mark of 35 feet, 5.25 inches for eighth-place in the shot put, and sophomore Sara Wiswell (Broadview Hts., Ohio / Brecksville-Broadview Heights), who tied for eighth in the pole vault (8 feet, 6.25 inches).

Wooster’s men’s team, which has been hurt by injuries of late, was led by the jumpers again. Senior Tristan Jordan (Virginia Beach, Va. / Floyd E. Kellam) and sophomore Jon Mathis (Tallmadge, Ohio / Tallmadge) were second-place finishers in the triple jump (43 feet, 2.25 inches) and high jump (6 feet, 2 inches), respectively. Sophomore Eric Dyer (Lexington, Mass. / Lexington) continued his strong season, as he was among the top-eight in both the triple jump and the long jump, third in the former (42 feet, 6.25 inches) and eighth in the latter (19 feet, 2.5 inches). In the high jump, junior Averell Gatton (McLean, Va. / Langley) tied for fifth (5 feet, 10 inches) and freshman Sean Twining (Rocky River, Ohio / Rocky River) tied for eighth (5 feet, 6 inches). Additional top-eight individual performances were Matt Jensen’s (Concord, Ohio / Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin) sixth-place run in the 110-meter hurdles (16.25) and Ramses Clements’ (Chicago, Ill. / De la Salle) eight-place mark in the triple jump (40 feet, 0.75 inches).