TIFFIN, Ohio - Simon Heys setting the stadium record in the 5,000-meter run highlighted the Wilmington College men's track & field team's performance on day one of the Tiffin Track Carnival on Friday.
Heys, the Wilmington High School alumnus, won the event by crossing the finish line in 14:19.55. Teammates George Rickett (15:06.07) and Noah Tobin (15:07.13) placed 10th and 11th respectively while Eric Reynolds (15:34.61) and Cohen Frost (15:46.10) also ran the 5,000-meter run, placing 27th and 33rd respectively.
In middle distance events, Aidan Henson, Josh Cyrus and Blake Haines represented the Quakers in the 800-meter run. Henson crossed the finish line in sixth place with a time of 2:00.74 while Cyrus placed 20th with a mark of 2:05.65. Haines placed 38th (2:14.98) in the event. In hurdles, Dane Klosterman crossed the finish line in 57.10 seconds in the 400-meter hurdles, good for seventh place.
Jalaun Covington ran two different 400s, the 400-meter dash and the 4-x-400-meter relay. In the former, Covington placed 33rd with a time of 52.91 seconds. In the later, teaming up with Henson, Klosterman and Anthony Gilmore, the Quakers took fifth with a time of 3:30.05.
Brady Vilvens competed in the three jumps, placing in two of them. The freshman cleared 1.90 meters in the high jump to take ninth and leaped 5.79 meters in the long jump to place 29th.
The Wilmington throws group had multiple individuals place in the top 20 of all three events. In the shot put, the trio of Blake Jamison (13.16 meters), JJ Durr (13.13 meters) and Justin Shuga (13.11 meters) took 18th, 19th and 20th respectively while Durr and Pacifico heaved 54.90 meters and 52.37 meters respectively for top-20 placements in the hammer throw. In the discus, Jamison's toss of 46.52 meters placed him eighth while Joe Shuga took 15th with a mark of 43.09 meters.
Day two of competition is set for Saturday.
