The End of April

On the weekend of April 24-26, the team split in several directions, with each group coming away with positive results. Several of the distance men competed at Hillsdale in the famous Gina Relays. Jeramie Parker ran one of the fastest times in the nation with a 3:50.85 mile. Chris Marker ran 14:53 in the 5k to rank him second in the conference behind Parker. Zac Ross ran 32:02 in the 10k, which also ranks him second in the conference behind an Allegheny teammate (Chris Corkins, in this case).

At the same time, several athletes were competing at Oberlin College. Lauren Butler continued her domination of the javelin with another win. Caileigh Hughes improved in the triple jump by several inches. Greg Eyer and Jamie Drab both ran 1:59 in the 800m to squeek under the conference qualifying time. In the 400, Jacob Seigh and Andrew Glod ran new PR's. Perhaps the most impressive performance for the team, Glod returned half an hour later to also run a PR in the 400 hurdles.

On Saturday, the conference championships began with the heptathlon and decathlon competitions. Emily Norton set a new personal best in five of the seven events in the heptathlon. Caileigh Hughes was entering her first ever heptathlon, and had never previously competed in the hurdles or shot put. Cedric Gamble tied his PR in the pole vault, an event in which he is now ranked #1 in the conference, but had his highest point total in the 1500, where he ran an outstanding 4:37. Darryl Overton, who was also competing in his first multi-event, took first in the discus and shot. At the Sunday conclusion, Cedric Gamble was fourth and Darryl Overton seventh for the men. Emily Norton finished in fifth for the women with Caileigh Hughes coming in seventh.



The remaining events in the NCAC Championship will be held this Saturday and Sunday at Ohio Wesleyan.