ASHLAND, Ohio – The Capital University track and field teams were in action at the Ashland Alumni Open, hosted by Ashland University on Saturday afternoon. There, the Comets put forth several good performances, but none better than Alexa Poling's hammer throw effort that moves her up to second-best in program history. 

Below is a summary of the top performances of the day:
Women's Hammer Throw: Alexa Poling registered a throw of 46.39 meters on her second attempt, good to place her 10th overall in a very deep field consisting of several D1 and D2 athletes. Poling's heave was good enough to make her the highest D3 finisher in the event, and to move her from fourth all-time up to second in Capital history. Assuming no other throwers in the conference beat her mark today, the throw was good enough to sit her fourth in the OAC right now. 

Men's 100 Meter Dash: Daniel Hiser placed 12th with a time of 11.10 seconds. Ishmael Young was next just .03 back with a time of 11.13 seconds in 15th place. Andy Fullmer rounded it out for Cap with a time of 11.64 seconds. 

Women's 100 Meter Dash: Larissa Agbor-Nkongho placed 12th with a time of 13.02 seconds. Cece Samuels (13.38 seconds), Hanna Bauer (13.73 seconds), Natashia Amoako (13.77 seconds), and Olivia Humes (13.90 seconds) consisted of the other Cap performances. 

Men's 110 Meter Hurdles: Kelly Wilson II finished 23rd with a time of 16.47 seconds. 

Women's 4x100 Meter Dash: Hanna Bauer, Cece Samuels, Natashia Amoako, and Larissa Agbor-Nkongho finished eighth with a time of 51.43 seconds. 

Men's 400 Meter Dash: Nick Stuck ran a time of 55.31 seconds. 

Men's 800 Meter Run: Donovan Slattery paced five Comets in the 800 as he clocked a time of 2:01.53. Bobby Cole (2:06.39), Aidan Cunningham (2:10.68), Jason McColl (2:12.06), and Sam Siedel (2:12.78) rounded out the competitors. 

Women's 800 Meter Run: Alexa Daley finished with a time of 2:33.89. Allison Costanzo ran a time of 2:34.60. Grace Lockard was next with a time of 2:43.72. Elizabeth Mak crossed the line with a time of 2:44.22. Heather Fryman ran a 3:12.47 to round things out for Capital. 

Men's 200 Meter Dash: Ishmael Young ran a 22.86 second time to just edge out Daniel Hiser's 22.87 second time. Jonathan Brown ran a 23.61 second time. In order of the deep field of Comets, Capital finished in the following times – Dan McCormack (23.94 seconds), Fullmer (24.31 seconds), Wilson II (24.42 seconds), Ethan Barton (24.82 seconds), Brandon Rex (25.26 seconds), and Nick Stuck (25.40 seconds). 

Women's 200 Meter Dash: Five Comets ran the women's 200, paced by Larissa Agbor-Nkongho's 12th place finish and time of 26.89 seconds. Samuels (28.57), Bauer (29.41), Humes (29.48), and Lockard (30.49) rounded out the performances. 

Men's 5,000 Meter Run: Ben Loeper finished an impressive seventh in the longest event of the day with a time of 16:41.26. 

Men's 4x400 Meter Relay: Donovan Slattery, Bobby Cole, Jason McColl, and Sam Siedel teamed up to finish seventh in the 4x4 with a time of 3:41.54. 

Women's 4x400 Meter Relay: Larissa Agbor-Nkongho, Allison Costanzo, Hanna Bauer, and Alexa Daley got together to finish sixth with a time of 4:23.24. 

Women's Long Jump: Olivia Humes placed 20th with a jump of 4.57 meters. 

Men's Long Jump: Daniel Hiser jumped 6.60 meters to finish fifth. Andy Fullmer jumped 6.11 meters to finish 10th. Dan McCormack placed 12th with 6.07 meters. Ethan Barton was 16th with 5.73 meters. 

Men's Shot Put: Jonathan Kirk threw 13.87 meters, while Hayden Shaffer tossed 11.73 meters. 

Women's Shot Put: Grace Heckenlively threw the shot 10.05 meters, while Deivon McCullough threw 8.95 meters. 

Women's Discus: Heckenlively threw the disc 32.18 meters on her best attempt. 

Men's Discus: Hayden Shaffer threw 41.46 meters to place 10th overall, while Kirk's best throw registered 32.52 meters. 

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Capital will gear up this week to take to Baldwin Wallace University for the OAC Outdoor Championships that are scheduled to take place on May 5th and 6th.