Three school records fall for Marietta on day one of the 2006 OAC Indoor Track & Field Championships
Men end first day eight place, women yet to score

Mar. 3, 2006
ADA, Ohio — The 2006 Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) Indoor Track & Field Championships kicked off Friday (Mar. 3) evening inside the ONU Sports Center, on the campus of Ohio Northern University.

The Pioneers had three school-record breaking performances during the first day of competition, which featured 10 prelims and five finals.

Freshman Jessi Larrison (Batavia) set a new standard for Marietta women in the 500m dash en route to a fourth place finish in the prelims. Larrison completed the race in 1:21.39, surpassing her previous best, a then-school record of 1:22.68. She advances to Saturday's finals.

Freshman Jessica Haas (Winchester/Eastern Brown) also set a new school record in the 400m dash Friday, finishing with a time of 1:03.34. Unfortunately, Haas finished in tenth place, one shy of advancing to the final. Larrison held the previous record (1:03.81).

A third school record fell when freshman Leslie Pyle (Kansas City, MO/Pembroke Hill) ran to an 11th place finish in the 55m Hurdles. Pyle finished in 9.16 seconds, surpassing her previous school record of 9.27 seconds.

The men's team was able to score five points during the opening night, as freshman Seth Townsend (Belleville, W.Va./Parkersburg South) took fifth place in the triple jump. Townsend leaped 12.63m (42-01.25) to set a new personal best. Marietta's other point came as a result of an eighth-place finish in the distance medley relay. The foursome, which included Jered Mitchem (Marietta/Warren Local), Isiah Johnson (Englewood, N.J./Horace Mann), Harry Potter (Rochester, N.Y./Gates Chili) and Tim Roberts (Worthington/Thomas Worthington), finished in a time of 10:59.84.

The Championships will conclude Saturday (Mar. 4) with the remaining finals. A recap will be available following the event.

Freshman set a school record in the 400m dash Friday

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Day One Results