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 Posted February 18th, 2006 By: Sam McCarthy, Assistant Sports Information Director Crusaders Grab Ten First Place Finishes; Both Men and Women Come in Second Overall at Greater Columbus Championships >>FULL RESULTS (COLUMBUS, Ohio) – Capital University's indoor track & field team turned in thirteen first place finishes and both the men and women ended the meet second overall at the Greater Columbus Division III Indoor Invite hosted by Capital at The Capital Center in Columbus, Ohio. The Crusaders 160 team points for the men and 130 for the women were both good for second place behind Otterbein College. Otterbein edged Capital on the men's side by only five points, while Otterbein's women ran away with first place with 228 points. Wilmington (119) and Ohio Wesleyan (102) came in third and fourth respectively on the men's side while it was opposite on the women's side with Ohio Wesleyan (113) third and Wilmington (83.50) fourth. On the women's side, sophomore Abby Skoda (Ashland/Ashland) turned in a number of stellar performances, taking a first, two seconds and a third as she had a busy evening. Skoda finished first and broke a Capital indoor record in the 200-meter dash with a time of 27.28 and was second in the high jump with a leap of 5-00.25. Skoda was a member of the women's 4x200 meter relay team that came in second and also came in third in the 55-meter dash with an OAC qualifying time of 7.62 seconds. Senior Erica Basinger (West Jefferson/Worthington Kilbourne) took home first place honors in the 55-meter dash at 7.53 seconds and also took second in the long jump with a mark of 17-00.75. Freshman Liz Ramsey (North Canton/Hoover) and Basinger finished second and third in the 300-meter dash with time of 43.14 and 43.15 respectively. Both times were good enough to qualify for the OAC meet. Distance runners Melissa Burgei (Ottawa/Ottawa-Glandorf) and Shelly Gaines (Grove City/Central Crossing) each crossed third their respective events. Burgei in the 800-meter run and Gaines in the 1000-meter run with times of 2:29.35 and 3:13.08. Gaines' mark broke the Capital indoor record by nine seconds. Sophomore Christina Heineike (Sunbury/Buckeye Valley) won another triple jump with a leap of 33-10.25 and will be heading to the OAC meet in a few weeks. The women's 4x200 and 4x400-meter relay teams each finished second; the 4x200 team including Basinger, Ramsey, Skoda, and freshman Amanda Damsel (Westerville/Westerville South) and the 4x400 team of Basinger, Ramsey, Amanda Whitmer (Alexandria/Northridge), and Julie Dahlinghaus (Minster/Minster). Capital's men competed well with Otterbein and the points lead swung back in forth, but the Crusaders 160 points were good for second. However, Capital had impressive seven first place finishes on the men's side to fuel their second place spot. Junior sprinter Jeremy Mulkey (Dublin/Dublin Coffman) won the 55-meter dash at 6.59 seconds, only five tenths of a second away from his own Capital indoor record. Capital dominated the 300-meter dash with four of the top five finishers being Crusaders with junior Trent Hinton (Columbus/Whetstone) running a blazing 35.77 second sprint to take first place with junior Brian Pelanda (Marysville/Marysville) coming in second at 36.81. Both times qualify for the OAC meet. Junior Charlie Smith (Westerville/Big Walnut) won another 500-meter dash with a time of 1:07.68, while fellow junior Nate Thornhill (Xenia/Xenia) took second in the 55-meter hurdles tying his old school-record mark of 7.83 seconds. Thornhill broke his record in the preliminary round, running in 7.77 seconds. Other first place winners were junior Evan Hartman (Mt. Gilead/Mt. Gilead) in the high jump (6-04.00) and junior Syl Eddy (Columbus/Bishop Ready) in the triple jump (43-08.50). Derek and Doug Gibbons (Troy/Troy) finished one and two in the pole vault and both had OAC qualifying vaults with Derek going 14-06.00 and Doug going 14-00.00. Capital's final first place finish was in the 4x2000-meter relay as Hinton, Mulkey, Desmond Taylor (Toledo/Toledo-St. Johns) and T.J. Scott (Olmsted Township/Olmsted Falls) combined to run a 1:31.49. Next up for the Crusaders is a trip back to Ada, Ohio next Friday as a tuneup before the Ohio Athletic Conference Championship meet which is also at Ohio Northern on March 3rd and 4th. |
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