Heys sets WC record at Pioneer Open

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MARIETTA – Simon Heys established a Wilmington College men’s track and field team record Saturday as the Quakers finished as runnersup in the Pioneer Open at Marietta College.

Heys headlined the individual performances by etching his name in the school record book with a run of 15:25.82 in the 3,000-meter run. The record was formerly held by Pat Carroll, 15:28.77 on Feb. 25, 2012. Teammates Evan Whitaker (15:41.63) and George Rickett (16:25.44) finished third and fifth in the event respectively.

The Fightin’ Quakers finished with 105.33 points as a team, over 40 points clear of third place Marietta College. The University of Charleston of West Virginia won the meet with 149 points.

The Quakers claimed the top four times in the distance medley. Taton Bertsch, Aaron Koch, Josh Cyrus and Heys won the event with a time of 11:24.50 while the Wilmington squad of Whitaker, Jeff Clydesdale, Rickett and Cameron Phelps crossed the finish line in 11:53.70. Gage Clemens, Dylan Combs, Zach DeAtley and Ryan Honkomp placed third and Austin Wampler, David Wahl, Patrick Bay and Evan Brandon earned a fourth-place finish.

In sprint events, Koch headlined Wilmington’s individual performances with an eighth-place finish (23.72 seconds) in the 200-meter dash. In middle distance events, Combs took fourth in the 500-meter run with a time of 1:27.33 while Cyrus (2:49.85) and Wahl (2:54.83) finished second and third respectively in the 1,000-meter run.

In jumps, Clydesdale and Anthony Gilmore finished in the top three of the high jump. Clydesdale cleared 6-2.75 for a runner-up finish while Gilmore cleared 6-0.75 to earn third place honors. Max Queen placed fourth in the long jump with a mark of 21-11.5.

In the throws, Joe Shuga’s 49-0.25 heave in the weight throw earned him fourth place while Andrew Pacifico finished two spots behind at 46-6. Finally, Blake Jamison took seventh in the shot put with a mark of 45-1.5.

Wilmington returns to action next weekend at the OAC-NCAC-HCAC Challenge at Wittenberg University.

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