Tigers Make Final Push For NCAA Berths
The Wittenberg indoor tracvk and field teams competed in the unscored Denison Last Chance Invitational and the North Coast Athletic Conference Pentathlon at Oberlin this weekend, registering a number of highlights in the successful weekend.
GRANVILLE, Ohio - The Wittenberg indoor tracvk and field teams competed in the unscored Denison Last Chance Invitational and the North Coast Athletic Conference Pentathlon at Oberlin this weekend, registering a number of highlights in the successful weekend.
The women snared three first place finishes in the Denison meet, including two from sophomore Kari Domiano (Dublin, Ohio/Jerome), who won the 55-meter dash and the 200-meter dash. She was joined at the top by sophomore Darcy Dubuc (Grand Haven, Mich./Grand Haven) following her first-place finish in the one-mile run.
Freshman Shawnquaya Johnson (Uhrichsville, Ohio/Claymont) medaled twice with third-place finishes in the long jump and 400-meter dash, and sophomoreJordan Stafford (Springfield, Ohio/Greenon) matched with a third-place spot in the 200-meter dash. In the NCAC Pentathlon, freshman Whitney Goller (Findlay, Ohio/Liberty Benton) turned in a seventh-place showing, including first-place in the 55-meter hurdles and long jump.
The highlight for the men came with the second-place finish of senior Tim Uher (Granville, Ohio/Pickerington North) at the NCAC Pentathlon, on the strength of first place in the 55-meter hurdles, second in the long jump and third in the high jump. At Denison, freshman David Kolakowski (Rocky River, Ohio/Rocky River)placed first in the pole vault, while freshman Yandy Plasencia (Granville, Ohio/John A. Ferguson) was second in the long jump.