MC track & field opens outdoor season at the Coastal Carolina Invitational
Pioneers have eight top 10 finishers at meet

March 10, 2007
CONWAY, S.C. — The Marietta College track & field program began transitioning from its indoor to outdoor season this weekend (March 9-10), when members of the team competed at the Coastal Carolina Invitational. Marietta's women had a pair of top 10 finishers, while the men had six athletes crack the top 10 in their respective events. [Complete Results]

Freshman Logan Wern (North Canton/Hoover) ran to a sixth place finish in the 3,000m run, crossing the line in 12:00.99. In addition, senior Jami Schneider (Portland, Mich./St. Patrick) took sixth in the 10,000m run, finishing in 44:26.64.

Junior John Hull (Scott Depot, W.Va./Winfield) was the highest finisher on the men's squad. Hull took fifth in the 10,000m run, crossing the line in 34:08.38. Freshman teammate Mike Siringer (Willowick/Willoughby South) was sixth in the race, finishing with a time of 34:44.24. In addition, freshman Zach Gay (Elyria/Oberlin) leaped his way to a sixth place finish in the high jump, clearing 6-00.75 (1.85m). Two other top 10 finishes came in the 3,000m steeplechase, when sophomore Joseph Wynes (East Aurora, N.Y.) crossed the line in 10:24.44 to take seventh, and junior Harrison Potter (Rochester, N.Y./Gates Chili) finished with a time of 10:35.20 to place ninth. Junior Dan DeZordo (Louisville/Marlington) rounded out the top 10 finishers with a tenth place finish in the discus. His best throw was a mark of 143-04 (43.82m).

The CCU Inviational helped the Pioneers kick off their week of spring break, which will end with the squad competing at the Washington & Lee Invitational March 16-17.

Junior John Hull took fifth place in the 10,000m run at the Coastal Carolina Invitational

Complete Results