Ohio Wesleyan 76, Denison 61
Junior Zoe Price (Bellefontaine) and freshman Liberty Brock (Zanesville/New Concord John Glenn) each won an event and helped a relay team take a win, and sophomore Peyton Howell (Canton/GlenOak) challenged a school record as Ohio Wesleyan outscored North Coast Athletic Conference rival Denison in a dual meet on Saturday in Granville.
Price won the 60-meter dash in :08.18 and added a second in the 60-meter hurdles, while Brock won the 200-meter dash in :27.93 and finished second in the 400-meter dash. Price and Brock teamed with freshman Sarah Watson (Fremont/Ross) and freshman Addystin Lykins (Carey) to win the 1600-meter relay in 4:25.03.
Howell won the high jump by clearing 5-8½, a quarter of an inch off the school record set by Cirrus Robinson in 2017. Howell's performance in tops in NCAA Division III this season, according to head coach Kris Boey.
Also winning events for Ohio Wesleyan were senior Ashley Smiley (Delaware/Hayes), who won the long jump with a leap of 15-7½ and placed second in the triple jump; junior Chayanne Conley (Aurora), who won the weight throw with a performance of 50-4 and finished third in the shot put; senior Ari McPheters (Reynoldsburg/Bishop Hartley), who won the shot put with a throw of 39-4½ and finished third in the weight throw; junior Chase Patton (Delaware/Hayes), who won the pole vault by clearing 11-5¾; and senior Darcy Picker (Mount Gilead), who won the mile run in 5:34.33.
Other standouts for the Bishops included sophomore Madison Manns (Kenton/Bellefontaine Logan), who was second in the high jump; junior Julia Dickman (Marysville), who placed second in the 200-meter dash; Watson, who was third in the long jump; junior Anna duSaire (Minneapolis, Minn./St. Louis Park), who finished third in the triple jump; junior Judy Larson (Cologne, Minn./Norwood Young America Central), who placed third in the mile run; Lykins, who finished third in the 400-meter dash; and sophomore Audrey Calvin (Medina/Akron Our Lady of the Elms), who was third in the 800-meter run.
Final Results