NEW CONCORD, Ohio - The Wilmington College men's track & field team won the Muskingum Invitational hosted by Muskingum University on Friday evening.
The Quakers finished with 124.5 points points, nearly 20 points head of the runner-ups from Washington & Jefferson College. Geneva College (84 points), Franciscan University (80 points) and the host Fighting Muskies (64 points) rounded out the top five team finishes.
In distance events, the Quakers went 1-2-3 in the 1,000-meter run as Simon Heys (2:36.20), Eric Reynolds (2:36.97) and Noah Tobin (2:37.68) all crossed the finish line within two seconds of each other. In the mile run, Wilmington had two top-four placements as Noah Tobin crossed the finish line in 4:24.35 to garner runner-up honors while Tate Yoder's time of 4:30.35 was good for fourth. Gabe Moore rounded out the distance crew with a second-place mark of 9:45.40 in the 3,000-meter run.
Alijah Fleming earned WC points with his third-place finish of 7.27 seconds in the 60-meter dash while the Quakers' 4-x-400-meter relay team of Reynolds, Fleming, Quentin Davis and Yoder finished second (3:44.11) as well.
In field events, Wilmington was strong in throwing event as usual, but got a nice boost from Brady Vilvens, who won the high jump (6' 0.75") and Brayden Jones, who claimed victory in the pole vault (12' 2"). In the weight throw, the Quakers took the top four spots as well as a seventh four a total of five podium finishes. JJ Durr won the event (60' 0.5"), Nathan Borgan was second (55' 4.75"), Nate Marcum was third (53' 0.25"), Andrew Pacifico was fourth (52' 6.75") and Brett Brooks was seventh (40' 5.5"). Brooks and Durr, joined by Mike Soltis, also competed in the shot put with Brooks' runner-up heave of 45' 5.75" leading the way. Soltis placed fifth (44' 6.75") and Durr was sixth (44' 4.75")
Wilmington will head to Northeast Ohio for the Ohio Athletic Conference Indoor Championships next weekend.
