CINCINNATI, Ohio - The Wilmington College men's track & field team opened the 2023 calendar year by winning the MSJ Invitational hosted by Mount St. Joseph University on Saturday.
The Quakers accumulated 111 points to finish 28 points ahead of runner-up Franklin College. Hanover College, Thomas More University and Xavier University were third, fourth and fifth respectively.
The weight throw was Wilmington's best event on the day as the Quakers went 1-5. JJ Durr (17.92 meters) won the event while Justin Shuga (15.15 meters) came in second and Nathan Borgan (15.95 meters) was third. Nate Marcum and Andrew Pacifico rounded out the top five with heaves of 15.92 and 15.57 meters respectively. Shuga also competed in the shot put, winning the event with a throw of 14.79 meters.
In jumping events, Brady Vilvens won the triple jump (12.09 meters) and finished second in the high jump (1.87 meters) while Brayden Jones won the pole vault (3.33 meters).
In track events, Simon Heys (4:22.18) and Noah Tobin (4:29.51) finished first and third respectively in the mile run while Tate Yoder was runner-up in the 3,000-meter run by crossing the finish line in 9:10.99. In middle distance, Eric Reynolds's time of 2:06.21 was good for fourth place. In the distance medley relay, the four aforementioned Quakers teamed up for a time of 10:52.74 to win the event.
Wilmington heads to Wittenberg University for the Steemer Showcase next Saturday.
