DELAWARE, Ohio – On Saturday, the Capital University track and field teams spiked up at Ohio Wesleyan University's Marv Frye Invitational despite cold temperatures and a snowy, rainy mix of precipitation falling throughout the day.
Capital's student-athletes competed in several events outside of their main disciplines, with many of the runners mixing up their main distances and a handful of the field athletes testing the waters in different events as well.
Despite competing outside of their norms, Capital still managed to hold their own and check another box in their improvement as a program.
Below is a summary of the top performances from the day:
Men's Pole Vault: Zion Park placed in a tie for second in the pole vault with his best vault registering 4.30 meters. He tied with Cooper Berry of OWU and was level for the best mark of the day from OWU's Joey Verdugo. Verdugo took first because he cleared the bar on his first attempt and Park and Berry cleared it on their second try.
Men's High Jump: Daniel McCormack led a trio of Comets to clear the bar in high jump. He finished eighth overall with his best leap marking 1.73 meters.
Andy Fullmer placed 12th with a jump of 1.65 meters.
Zion Park also jumped the bar at 1.65 meters, but much like the pole vault finished a few places back because it took him an extra attempt to clear.
Men's Shot Put: Jonathan Kirk finished eighth overall, throwing his best shot at 13.19 meters.
Men's 5,000 Meter Run: Ben Loeper crossed the line seventh after running a time of 15:51.97 in the longest race of the day.
Men's 800 Meter Run: Donovan Slattery paced a trio of Comets in the 800 run, finishing 13th with a new PR of 2:03.47.
Sam Siedel was next with another PR of 2:07.50 seconds.
Aidan Cunningham finished the performances in the event for Capital with a time of 2:13.59.
Women's Hammer Throw: Alexa Poling had another solid showing in the hammer, this time throwing 41.74 meters for ninth place overall. She was just about half a meter from her previous best in the event.
Women's 400 Meter Run: Seven Comets ran in the 400, finishing in fourth, sixth, seventh, 11th, 12th, 17th, and 18th overall.
Alexa Daley led the way with 1:03.92.
Allison Costanzo was next with 1:04.98. Just behind was
Larissa Agbor-Nkongho with a time of 1:05.09.
Hanna Bauer (1:06.35) and
Olivia Humes (1:06.63) finished just mere tenths away from each other. And wrapping it up,
Grace Lockard and
Elizabeth Mak finished just five hundredths of a second apart from each other. All seven ladies hit a new PR in the event.
Women's 800 Meter Run: Anya Vanasdale competed in the mid-distance 800 meter run, beating 2:30 for the first time. She finished seventh with a time of 2:29.10.
Women's Shot Put: Alexa Poling also scored team points in the shot put, finishing sixth overall with her best throw marking 10.64 meters.
Grace Heckenlively was next for Cap, finishing third with a throw of 9.55 meters. Deivon McCullough also threw in the event, with her furthest throw registering 8.91 meters.
UP NEXT
Capital will take part in the Tiffin Track Carnival next Friday and Saturday just before the Easter holiday. The two-day affair is hosted by Tiffin University at H's Track on the campus of Heidelberg University.
