GENEVA, Ohio – Days don't come much better for the Capital University track and field teams as they put forth a slew of program Top-10 times and even broke two school records in their efforts at the Spire Midwest Open. 

Those school records went the way of Donovan Slattery in the men's 5,000m run and Kelly Wilson II in the men's 60m hurdles. 

Aside from the two school records, Comet student-athletes either established new program all-time marks or bettered their own previous top-10 mark 11 times today across the various events.  

"We had a couple of meets on our schedule that were eyed for our student-athletes to run fast," said head coach BT Pham. "Spire was one of those meets because of their state-of-the-art facility and everyone executed beautifully." 

More on the outstanding performances can be found below. 

MEN
5,000m Run: Junior Donovan Slattery shattered the Capital school record as he clocked in a time of 15:33.97, surpassing the previous record of 15:56.31 by nearly 30 seconds. That previous record was set by Bret Nehrenz in 2013. Freshman Zach Glotzbecker was also keen to put his name on the leaderboard as his time of 16:42.78 now sits him eighth all-time in Capital history. 

60m Hurdles: As if running a 8.72 second prelim time, Kelly Wilson upped his pace and beat his own school record in the finals by clocking a time of 8.51 seconds. The time surpassed his previous record of 8.60 seconds that he ran in 2020. 

60m Dash: Ishmael Young made his return to the lineup and ran a team-best 7.18 seconds, just .05 seconds off his previous best in the event. Dom Glenn ran a new personal best and moved up to a tie for sixth all-time in Capital history as he clocked in a run of 7.20 seconds. His time levels him with Brennen Hennings who ran the time in 2014. Ben Char also competed and ran a time of 7.37 seconds. 

400m Dash: Daniel McCormack clocked in a time of 51.13 seconds while pegs him into sixth fastest in Capital history. His time beat out Desmond Taylor's 51.29 ran in 2007. McCormack was followed in the event by Kaden Lowe who clocked in the ninth fastest time in Cap history with a 51.39 second mark. His time beats out Brian Pelanda's 51.47 ran in 2006. Also competing in the event were Nick Stuck (54.61) and Jeremiah Smith (56.66).

200m Dash: Ishmael Young moves up from seventh to fifth best in program history in the 200m dash. Previously, his best was 23.06 and today, he clocked in a time of 22.91 seconds beating out teammate Daniel Hiser who has yet to run this season due to injury. Dom Glenn again followed Young and put his name on the all-time list as he ran a time of 23.02 seconds, good for seventh all-time in the event. He is just .01 seconds off sixth best Andrew Appelt who ran 23.01 in 2012. Kaden Lowe (23.40), Ben Char (23.51) and Kelly Wilson (24.43) rounded out the competitors for Cap. 

Pole Vault: Zion Park moved up one spot to fourth on the Cap all-time list with his vault of 4.45m. He improves upon his previous best of 4.39m and passes John Harbage, who vaulted 4.42m in 1972. Andy Fullmer cleared 4.05m in the event, setting a new personal best and surpassing Brian Pelanda's 4.03m (2004) for the 10th best vault in program history. 

800m Run: Andy Fullmer clocked in a time of 2:16.79 in the 800m run. 

Shot Put: Marvin Jean-Denis threw a personal best 13.14m and he was followed by Jon Kirk (12.11m) and Jesse Foster (12.11m). 

3,000m Run: Zach Brown ran a time of 10:03.06 in the 3K. 

Distance Medley Relay: The quartet of Donovan Slattery, Zach Glotzbecker, Nick Stuck and Jeremiah Smith took the baton in the DMR and won the event with a time of 11:30.01. 

Weight Throw: Toren Smith led the Comets with a throw of 11.62m. Jesse Foster was the other placer with a best throw of 9.67m. 

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Weight Throw: Alexa Poling tossed her best mark of 14.92 meters on her second try, moving her from sixth to third on the all-time list at Capital. The mark is a .62 meter improvement on her previous best of 14.30m. Lily Purdon threw 12.26m while Grace Heckenlively tossed 10.40m and Deivon McCullough went 9.45m. 

200m Dash: Larissa Agbor-Nkongho moved up three spots on the all-time list, improving to third best with a time of 26.09 seconds. She sits just .01 seconds off Jessica Starks in second place. Cece Samuels put their name on the all-time list with a time of 26.72 seconds. That time is good enough to place them sixth best. Maria Da Cunha (28.17), Erniesha Guerrier (28.20), Hanna Bauer (28.22), Claire Larger (29.01) and Olivia Humes (29.23) also competed for Cap. 

60m Dash: Cece Samuels ran a time of 8.11 seconds which ties their previous best time which currently sits them fifth all-time in Cap history. 

400m Dash: Maria Da Cunha led the way for Capital by running a time of 1:02.83 in the 400m. This time just missed the Top-10 list by six tenths of a second. She was followed by Erniesha Guerrier (1:05.11), Hanna Bauer (1:05.17), Claire Larger (1:06.69) and Olivia Humes (1:07.18). 

High Jump: Kennedi Hendricks placed tenth with her best jump registering 1.45m. 

Pole Vault: Bella McCarty was just .02m off her personal best and her own sixth best vault in program history. She cleared the bar at 2.90m today, just off that previous best of 2.92m. 
3,000m Run: Elizabeth Mak ran a time of 12:05.46 in the 3,000m run. 

Shot Put: Grace Heckenlively finished 14th in the shot put with her best throw registering 10.71m. She was followed by Lily Purdon (10.37m), Deivon McCullough (10.11m) and Alexa Poling (9.17m). 

UP NEXT
The Comets will return home next weekend, January 28th, as they host the Comet Invitational at The Capital Center Fieldhouse. The field events are slated to go off at 11 a.m., while the running events will commence around 1 p.m.