*Story by David Wahl III
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio – The Wilmington College men's track and field team traveled to Wittenberg to compete in a large, competitive field of over 200 athletes. The indoor track was at max capacity for a max performance day from some of the Quaker's squad.
To start out the day of personal bests, Simon Heys lowered his school record time in the 5000-meter run with a time of 14:23.19. This tops his previous best by over 10 seconds. Right behind Heys, three other Quakers crossed the line in under 16 minutes for personal bests in the 5000-meter run. George Rickett (15:26) and Noah Tobin (15:28) finished neck and neck with Eric Reynolds (15:58) running over a minute faster than his previous best.
The throw squad impressed as always, as they placed four guys in the top six led by Joe Shuga. Shuga threw a personal best mark of 58' 11", just shy of the 18-meter mark. The freshman duo of JJ Durr and Justin Shuga accompanied by Nathan Marcum all threw over 52' to secure their spots.
Wilmington will have a weekend off followed by Indoor All-Ohio in Westerville, Ohio, on Feb. 12.
