NAPERVILLE, Illinois – The Wilmington College men's track & field team had a dozen individuals compete on the first day of the Carius/Gregory Invitational hosted by North Central College on Thursday.
In track events, George Rickett had the best individual performance, taking third in the steeplechase with a time of 9:28.77. A trio of Fightin' Quakers – Noah Tobin (15:21.66), Eric Reynolds (15:22.97) and Cohen Frost (15:43.81) – placed ninth, 10th and 12th respectively in the 5,000-meter run.
In field events, the WC hammer throw squad had five people place fifth-ninth: JJ Durr (175' 6.25"), Nate Marcum (173' 1.25"), Andrew Pacifico (172' 11.5"), Nathan Borgan (171' 4") and Joe Shuga (170' 0.5"). Blake Jamison tallied a third-place heave of 159' 2.25" in the javelin while Justin Shuga (140' 7") placed ninth in the event. The younger Shuga also competed in the shot put, hurling a mark of 45' 10.75" meters.
In jumping events, Brady Vilvens cleared 6' 4.75" meters to round out WC's performances.
Day two of action is scheduled to begin at 11 a.m. on Friday.
