DELAWARE, Ohio – The Capital University cross country program sent split squads to two different meets on Friday, October 2nd as a group went to Lehigh's Paul Short Run and a smaller group went to the OWU Invitational.
Unfortunately for the group at Lehigh, the meet was cancelled as the Capital men were on the starting line. Meet organizers deemed the temperatures too hot to continue the event and the remaining six races – including both the men's and women's races Capital was scheduled in – were cancelled.
The group at Ohio Wesleyan's race did get their race in albeit a wet evening of running at Liberty Park.
MEN
Capital's men's team finished 12th in the 8,000-meter race with a team score of 366. Junior Jordan Hull led the Comets individually, placing 80th with a time of 27:52.60 and a score of 53. Dimetrius Floyd followed in 107th with a time of 28:35.40 and a score of 65, while freshman Hayden Quinif rounded out Capital's top three, finishing 133rd with a time of 29:44.70 and a score of 81.
Senior Aaron McNutt crossed the finish line in 164th place at 30:13.70, earning a score of 83. Logan Belanger finished just behind him in 167th with a time of 30:18.30 and a score of 84. Freshman Alex Ortiz-Laus placed 176th, recording a time of 31:07.50 and a score of 85. A total of 206 runners competed in the race.
In the split 2K race, Capital again finished 12th. Hull paced the Comets in 85th place with a time of 6:37.00 and a score of 53, while averaging a 5:20.10 mile pace. Floyd followed in 106th with a score of 64 and a time of 6:47.10. Quinif finished 133rd, recording a 6:57.00 time and a score of 75.
Ortiz-Laus placed 155th with a split time of 7:06.10. McNutt finished 163rd with a score of 84 and a time of 7:07.70, while Belanger closed out the Comets in the split 2K, placing 175th with a time of 7:16.50. The split featured 211 runners.
In the split 5K, Hull once again led Capital, placing 77th with a score of 49 and a time of 17:11.50. Floyd followed in 144th place, with a time of 14:46.50 and a score of 69. Quinif rounded out the Comets' top three, finishing 163rd in 18:32.20.
Ortiz-Laus placed 170th with a time of 18:50.00, while Belanger finished 173rd in 19:01.00. A total of 210 runners competed in the split.
WOMEN
On the women's side, the Comets opened their 6,000-meter race around 6:30 p.m. in Delaware. Freshman Hadley Fullen led Capital, finishing 78th with a time of 26:01.90. Fellow freshman Camryn Baker followed closely behind (84th place), with a time of 26:17.00, while senior Catherine Schaub rounded out the Comets' top three, placing 88th in 26:25.30.
In the 2K split, three Comets finished within seconds of one another. Freshman Sara Kottmyer placed 66th with a time of 8:03.00, followed immediately by Fullen in 67th, also recording an 8:03.00. Baker finished just nine-tenths of a second later, placing 68th with a time of 8:03.90.
Schaub finished 85th in 8:19.80. The split featured 132 runners.
In the split 5K, Kottmyer led the Comets with a 69th-place finish and a time of 21:19.40. Fullen followed in 78th at 21:37.60, while Baker placed 83rd with a time of 21:49.90. Schaub finished just behind her in 84th with a time of 21:50.40. A total of 128 runners competed in the split.
UP NEXT
Capital will now be back in action on Saturday, October 17th as they take part in the Oberlin Inter-Regional Rumble in Oberlin, Ohio.
