CINCINNATI, Ohio - The Wilmington College men's track & field team was able to secure first place at the MSJ Invitational with 110 points on Saturday. Additionally, the Fightin' Quakers won seven events on the day.
WC beat the field by over 25 points as Thomas More University took second with 81 points. Host Mount St. Joseph University tallied 38 points while fellow Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) member Marietta College was fourth with 32 points.
Wilmington took home the 4-x-100-meter relay event as the Quaker team of Quentin Davis, Jalaun Covington, Dane Klosterman and Anthony Gilmore crossed the finish line in 45.30 seconds. WC also placed runner-up in the 4-x-400-meter relay as Josh Cyrus, Aidan Henson, Eric Reynolds and Klosterman crossed the finish line in 3:35.80.
In the 1,500-meter run, Wilmington had four of the top five finishers as Eric Reynolds and Simon Heys went 1-2 in the event with times of 4:06.55 and 4:06.70 respectively. Noah Tobin's time of 4:14.04 placed him third while George Rickett crossed the finish line in 4:14.13 for a fourth-place finish. Heys also won the 800-meter run with a time of 1:59.27. Klosterman claimed the title in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 56.59 seconds to beat the field by over a second.
Wilmington swept the steeplechase as Cohen Frost (10:49.32), Tyler Parks (10:55.46), Josh Cyrus (11:03.37) and Blake Haines (11:25.71) finished 1-2-3-4 in the event.
In field events, Blake Jamison had the most notable performance. Though not competing at MSJ, Jamison put his name in the program record books with a 159' 5" heave in the discus at The Ohio State University's Jesse Owens Classic.
In jumps at MSJ, Brady Vilvens won the high jump by clearing 1.95 meters while Gilmore took runner-up honors with a leap of 1.85 meters. Vilvens also placed third in the triple jump with a leap of 12.78 meters.
In throws at MSJ, the Quakers swept the hammer throw. Andrew Pacifico won the event with a heave of 53.22 meters while Nathan Borgan and Joe Shuga placed second and third respectively by clearing 52 meters. JJ Durr (51.65 meters) and Nate Marcum (50.80 meters) placed fourth and fifth respectively.
Wilmington will have a weekend off before heading to Baldwin Wallace University for the OAC Outdoor Championships on May 5-6.
