6th of 9 at NCAC championship

Sophomore Connor Smith (Marysville) won All-North Coast Athletic Conference honors in leading Ohio Wesleyan during the second day of the NCAC championship meet, hosted by Oberlin College on Saturday in Oberlin.

Wittenberg won the meet with 139½ points to 120 for Wabash.  Denison finished third with 99 points, followed by DePauw (89½), Oberlin (82), Ohio Wesleyan (68), Wooster (48½), Kenyon (36), and Hiram (15½).

Smith won All-NCAC honors with a second-place finish in the high jump, losing a tiebreaker after finishing in a tie for first place at 6-7½ in the event.  Smith also helped both Bishop relay teams grab all-conference recognition, teaming with sophomore Joel Adade (Columbus/Beechcroft), junior Ryan Tripp (Sunbury/Big Walnut), and senior Mason Myers (Perrysville/Hillsdale) to finish second in the 800-meter relay, and joining forces with junior Jake Marzulli (Medina), Tripp, and sophomore Michael Strange (High Bridge, N.J./Voorhees) for a third-place finish in the 1600-meter relay.  Smith also added a fourth-place finish in the 200-meter dash.

Other standouts for the Bishops included Tripp, who placed fourth in the high jump; sophomore Dylan Harper (Marysville), who was fourth in the 60-meter hurdles; Adade, who placed fifth in the 60-meter dash; junior Chinedu Melenu (Bowie, Md.), who finished seventh in the triple jump; and freshman Jacob Blubaugh (Columbus/Bishop Ready), who was eighth in the mile run.

Final Results