NEW CONCORD, Ohio – The Heidelberg University Track & Field teams competed at the OAC Indoor Championships. In
Bill Cooper's first season as head coach, both teams have seen improvements thus far.
Jake McEntyre and the 4x200 and 4x400 squads found success on day two of the OAC Championships.
Mackenzie Murray broke her pole vault school record, set just three weeks ago. Both groups took third place finishes, which was good for All-OAC.
The men's team finished in eighth place, scoring 34 points. The women tallied ten points.
Murray, who jumped 3.07m, bested her own school record mark for indoor competition. The Senior also holds the outdoor record of 3.15m, which she set in 2022. Her performance was good for ninth place overall.
McEntyre, who ran a leg in each of the relays, found himself a first-place finish in the 60m dash with a time of 6.90. Yesterday in prelims, he ran a 6.88 which tied for gold. At last year's Indoor Championships, he took a second-place All-OAC finish in the 55m dash.
The 4x200 comprised of
Tyreese Clerveau, Carson Lehre, Haley and
Jake McEntyre came up less than a second short of a school record with their time of 1:30.94. The record, previously set in 2008, is 1:30.04.
Similarly, on the 4x400 side,
Tyreese Clerveau,
Vova Herdman,
Tyreke Clerveau and
Jake McEntyre ran a 3:25.33, which was an All-OAC third-place finish.
Also scoring for The Berg was
Nathan Jimenez in the 1 Mile,
Lexi Wachtman in the 60m Hurdles,
Vova Herdman in the 800m and
Jake McEntyre in the 200m.
The Track & Field teams will return to action next weekend on March 1-2 for the Ohio Northern Last Chance.
FRIDAY
Friday's top performances include –
Jake McEntyre's first-place finish in the 60m prelims,
Liv Bean's fifth-place finish in the long jump with a leap of 5.16m, and
Lexi Wachtman's qualifying performance in the 60m hurdles.
McEntyre, who already broke his own school record last month, clocked a 6.88 in the 60m dash – .02 slower than his best. He is set to compete in finals on Saturday.
Liv Bean, an All-OAC recipient, marked a 5.16m jump in the sand pit, which was good for fifth place.
Lexi Wachtman qualified for finals in the 60m hurdles with an eighth-place finish at 9.75.
SATURDAY RESULTS
Men's 200
Men's 4x200
Women's 4x200
- 8th: RItzhaupt, Ritzhaupt, Wachtman, Murray - 1:53.42
Men's 1 Mile
Women's 60m Hurdles
Men's 800
Men's 60m Dash
Women's 800
- 16th: Emily Pullano - 2:31.88
- PR 2:32.81 (2/16/24 @ Findlay)
- 11th: Kylie Cope - 2:22.57
- PR 2:24.53 (2/2/24 @ Ashland)
Women's 1000
Men's 1000
Men's 3000
Women's 4x400
- 8th: Ritzhaupt, Cope, Fountain, Pullano, Wachtman - 4:21.06
Men's 4x400
Women's High Jump
Women's Shot Put
Men's Shot Put
FRIDAY'S RESULTS
Women's Long Jump
Men's Weight Throw
Men's Long Jump
Women's Weight Throw
Women's Pole Vault
Men's 500
Men's 60m Hurdles (Prelim)
Men's 60 Dash (Prelim)
- T1st: Jake McEntyre - 6.88 (Qualifying)
- PR 6.86 (2/16/24 @ Findlay)
Men's 5000
Women's Distance Medley
- 6th: Fountain, Ritzhaupt, Cope, Pullano, Ritzhaupt, Dearth - 13:15.83
Men's Distance Medley
- 5th: Black, Clerveau, Herdman, Jimenez, Ladd, Clerveau - 10:30.97
