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Bolen highest scoring female at OAC's

Bolen highest scoring female at OAC's

MARIETTA – The Wilmington College track and field teams competed Saturday in the 2016 Ohio Athletic Conference Indoor championships held at Marietta College.

SCORES

  • The men's team placed eighth with 32 points, while the women's team was ninth with eight points.

HOW IT HAPPENED

  • Senior Marissa Bolen (Gibsonburg, OH/Gibsonburg) tallied most of Wilmington's points, placing sixth in the shot put (12.09 meters) and seventh in the weight throw (13.93).
  • Junior Angela Dorsett (Pittsburgh, PA/West Mifflin), sophomore Brooklyn Payne (Chicago, IL/Chicago Agricultural School), sophomore Ashley Lovett (Washington Court House, OH/Senior) and freshman Shanaya Jones (Cincinnati, OH/Mother of Mercy) teamed to place sixth in the 4x200 relay (1:51.43).
  • Senior Antone Truss (Yellow Springs, OH/Yellow Springs) was the only Wilmington College athlete to earn All-OAC Saturday, finishing as the runner up in the high jump (1.98 meters). He added a seventh place finish in the triple jump (12.89).
  • Sophomore Pierce Burnam (New Richmond, OH/New Richmond) scored in three individual events and a relay. He was fourth in the 55 hurdles (8.05 seconds), sixth in the triple jump (12.90 meters) and eighth in the 500 (1:09.56).
  • Truss and Burnam teamed with sophomore Eric Flynn (Cleveland, OH/C entral Catholic) and freshman Elliot Phillimore (Old Fort, OH/Old Fort) to place seventh in the 4x400 relay (3:39.37).
  • Sophomore Hunter Stith (Batavia, OH/Batavia), sophomore Griffin Stith (Batavia, OH/Batavia), senior Dominic King (Bettsville, OH/Bettsville) and Flynn placed sixth in the distance medley relay (11:04.26).
  • Junior Zak Kruer (Miamisburg, OH/Miamisburg) was fourth in the pole vault (4.51 meters) and freshman Gino Hinton (Maple Heights, OH/Maple Heights) rounded out the Wilmington scorers with a sixth place finish in the 55 (6.63).

WHAT'S NEXT

  • Wilmington has concluded the indoor season, and will kick off the outdoor season at the Muskingum Invitational on March 25th.