BEREA, Ohio - The Wilmington College men's track & field team had two individual conference championships on day one of the Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) Indoor Track & Field Championships on Friday.
JJ Durr captured the league title in the weight throw as one of four Quakers to finish while Simon Heys won his first OAC Championship in the 5,000-meter run.
Durr's heave of 59' 6.25" won the event while Borgan's heave 57' 6.25" earned All-OAC recognition with a third-place finish. Nate Marcum (52' 7") and Andrew Pacifico (52' 1.25") rounded out the scoring performances in the event with seventh and eighth-place finishes respectively.
Heys won the 5,000-meter run by crossing the finish line in 14:33.67, over two seconds ahead of Trey Masterson of Ohio Northern University. Teammate Noah Tobin took fourth with a time of 14:42.46. Heys wasn't finished with his evening as he also competed the Quakers' distance medley relay sqaud. Joined by Eric Reynolds, Alijah Fleming and Tate Yoder, Wilmington placed fifth with a time of 10:39.22.
As a team, Wilmington is in third place after day one with 38 points, four ahead of Ohio Northern and three behind John Carroll University. The University of Mount Union leads the field with 92 points.
Day two of competition is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m.
