Posted January 21st, 2005
By: Scott Miles, Sports Information Assistant

Capital Men and Women Place Third at Otterbein Invitational

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>>WOMEN'S RESULTS
(WESTERVILLE, Ohio)-- Capital University's men's and women's indoor track and field team both posted third place finishes at the Otterbein Invitational Saturday in Westerville, Ohio.

The men scored a team total of 114 points, placing behind Mount Union College (179) and host Otterbein (135).  The women totaled 94 points to finish behind Otterbein (190) and Mount Union (146.5).

Men's individual winners included Brian Pelanda (Marysville/Marysville) in the 400-meter dash with a time of 51.53 seconds.  Junior Evan Hartman (Mt. Gilead/Mt. Gilead) won the high jump with a jump of 1.98 meters.  

Freshman Doug Gibbons (Troy/Troy) won the pole vault with a height of 4.27 meters, and junior Syl Eddy (Columbus/Bishop Ready) won the triple jump with a distance of 13.04 meters.

Capital's relay teams both placed first in the 4x200 and 4x400 meter races.  The 4x200 team won in a time of 1:31.72 and the 4x400 took first with a time of 3:29.19.

The women's team had one individual winner in senior Erica Basinger (West Jefferson/Worthington Kilbourne) in the 300-meter dash (45.16 seconds), who also placed second in the 55-meter dash.  The 4x200 meter relay team won their event in 1:51.64.

Freshman Lizzy Stanton (Cincinnati/Withrow International) placed second in the long jump and sophomore Christina Heineike (Sunbury/Buckeye Valley) took second in the long jump. Stanton also set a Capital indoor record with a 7.50 in the 55 meter dash 

The track team heads to Marietta Saturday for the OAC Relays.


 
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