OXFORD, Ohio — The Marietta College men's and women's track and field team competed in the Blizzard Buster meet hosted by the University of Miami Friday (Mar. 22) afternoon. The Pioneers had several top-10 performances in the unscored meet.
Highlighting the meet for Marietta was
Jake Priest (Frazeysburg, Ohio/Tri-Valley) taking first place in the men's hammer throw. Priest won the event with a mark of 52.01 meters. Priest also set a new personal record in the discus with a throw of 38.48 meters.
Wade Chuich (Marietta, Ohio/John Glenn) had a pair of top-10 finishes with personal record performances in the javelin and shot put. Chuich placed seventh in the javelin with a distance of 18.08 meters. He was ninth in the shot with a mark of 12.59 meters.
In other field events
Ryan House (New Concord, Ohio/John Glenn) placed fifth in the javelin with a personal best mark of 39.50 meters.
Evan Fee (Newark, Ohio/Licking Valley) was sixth in the javelin and tenth in the hammer throw. His mark of 28.87 meters in the javelin was a new personal record, while he had a distance of 35.51 meters in the hammer.
Beau Priest (Dresden, Ohio/Tri-valley) had a tenth place showing in the shot with a heave of 11.94 meters. He set a new personal best in the discus with a mark of 29.29 meters.
Thatcher Smith (Nelsonville, Ohio/Nelsonville York) placed ninth in the long jump clearing a personal record height of 4.29 meters.
Damarion Westbrook (Sandusky, Ohio/Sandusky) had a personal best throw of 39.56 meters, good for a tenth place showing in the discus. Andrew Frannchini had a personal best in the hammer throw with a mark of 30.06 meters.
On the track,
Elijah Kuklica (New Concord, Ohio/John Glenn) and
Franko Rome (Cambridge, Ohio/Buckeye Trail) placed fifth in the 400-meter and 800-meter events, respectively. Kuklica posted a time of 50.97 seconds, while Rome finished in a personal best time of 2:06.35.
Evan Kieffer (Cheswick, Pa./Fox Chapel Area) placed ninth in the 400m with a time of 53.88 seconds.
Matthew Siegler (Hamilton, Ohio/Badin) was eighth in the 100-meter dash with a time of 11.58 seconds.
Eric Thurman (Massillon, Ohio/Washington) and
Hunter Stone (Findlay, Ohio/Van Buren) both posted personal records in the 100m. Thurman crossed the line in 12.01 seconds, while Stone finished in 12.20 seconds.
Clark Wilson (Indianapolis, Ind./Southport) turned in a personal record performance in the 5,000-meter run placing ninth with a time of 17:46.54.
Xavier Lamneck (Coshocton, Ohio/Ridgewood) was tenth in the 400-meter hurdles with a personal best time of 1:01.79. Luke price also set a personal best in the 400m hurdles with a time of 1:03.09.
Ian Alspaugh (Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio/Cuyahoga Falls) notched a personal record in the 1,500-meter run with a time of 4:45.76.
Emma Fehrman (Newark, Ohio/Licking Valley) led the Pioneer women. Fehrman placed fourth in the triple jump and ninth in the long jump. Her mark in the triple jump was 10.11 meters. She had a distance of 4.85 meters in the long jump.
Elizabeth Schnegg (Clarington, Ohio/St. John Central) placed fifth in the javelin with a distance of 28.43 meters. Alexis Shreckengost was seventh with a mark of 22.92 meters. Schnegg posted a personal record in the discus with a mark of 19.99 meters, while Shreckengost had a personal best in the shot put with a mark of 10.20 meters.
Isabelle Poling (Lancaster, Ohio/Bloom Carroll) and
Katlynn Wald (Parma, Ohio/Normandy) both set personal records in the 800-meter and 1,500-meter runs. Poling finished the 800m in 2:49.03, while Wald crossed the line in 2:54.76. In the 1,500m, Poling finished in 5:24.48 and Wald recorded a time of 5:50.57.
Michaela Hieronymus (Letart, W.Va./Wahama) had a personal best time in the 100-meter dash finishing in 13.41 seconds.
Kaitlyn Gough (Canal Winchester, Ohio/Bloom Carroll) had a personal best in the 800m with a time of 2:45.49.
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