The Case Western Reserve University men's and women's track and field teams swept the Marv Frye Invitational in Delaware, Ohio, on the campus of Ohio Wesleyan University on Saturday at the George Gauthier Track. The Spartan men's team finished first out of nine teams with 193 points, and the women's team placed first out of eight teams with 170 points, besting host OWU by five points.
CWRU placed first in a total of 10 events, with the men's team winning six and the women's team winning four. In five events, a Spartan placed first and second, including the men's mile run, 400-meter hurdles, 3,000-meter steeplechase, and pole vault, and the women's triple jump.
In the mile run, sophomore runners Nate Gilbert and Hans Holst were the first two to cross the line, with Gilbert winning the event in 4:18.37 and Holst placing second in 4:23.62. In the 400-meter hurdles, first-year hurdler/sprinter Josh Bates finished first in 56.16 seconds, and junior sprinter/hurdler Yusuf Shaaban was the runner-up with a time of 57.60 seconds. Sophomore runners Luke Kishna and Victor Nash went one-two in the 3,000-meter steeplechase, as Kishna finished in 9:46.87 and Nash finished in 10:24.72. Both sophomore vaulter Quaylen Lamarre and first-year vaulter Anthony DeCarlo cleared 4.45 meters in the pole vault, the highest mark in the event, but Lamarre placed first by clearing the mark in fewer attempts.
Holst added a third place finish in the 800-meter run with a time of 1:57.86, trailing senior runner Will Dehmler, who won the race in 1:56.57. Dehmler, Bates, junior sprinter Brett Callow, and senior sprinter/hurdler Pierce Boucher were the top finishing 4x400-meter relay, completing the event in 3:23.43. Bates and Callow teamed with senior sprinter/jumper Keith Cartwright and first-year sprinter/thrower JD Weaver for a third place finish in the 4x100-meter relay in 43.12 seconds. Callow added a third place finish in the 100-meter dash, completing the sprint in 11.00 seconds.
A pair of Spartans added runner-up finishes, with first-year hurdler/sprinter Bryce Hodge placing second in the 110-meter hurdles in 15.26 seconds and senior jumper Kenny Suen bounding 12.60 meters in the triple jump to take second place.
For the Case Western Reserve women's track and field team, junior hurdler/jumper Emily Hopkins and first-year jumper Layla Seaton had the top two marks in the triple jump, as Hopkins bounded 10.91 meters and Seaton jumped 9.42 meters.
Junior thrower Adrienne Wachtman won the javelin throw with the second-best mark in program history, heaving the javelin 40.58 meters and missing the school record by 0.46 meters. Sophomore thrower Lauren Roskuszka placed third in the event with a mark of 34.29 meters. The 4x400-meter relay of first-year runner Melanie Taylor, junior runner Jessica Kwasny, and senior runners Danielle Sarno and Melissa Phung-Rojas had the fastest time by a Spartan relay since 2017, crossing the line at 4:02.53 to win the event. Senior runner Julia Kocherzat also added an event win for the Spartans, taking first in the 5,000-meter run with a time of 18:31.23.
Kwasny and Sarno placed second and third in the 800-meter run, respectively, with times of 2:20.56 and 2:20.81.
Four additional members of the team recorded runner-up finishes. First-year hurdler/jumper Grace Misiunas placed second in the 100-meter hurdles in 15.83 seconds. senior vaulter Victoria Zhao cleared 3.25 meters in the pole vault to take second place. In the mile run, junior runner Grace Jackson was second to cross the line at 5:05.41. And, in the 400-meter hurdles, senior hurdler Mia Kilroy recorded a time of 1:08.51 to place second.
Next weekend, the teams will return to Delaware, Ohio, for the All-Ohio Outdoor Championships on Saturday, April 15, with a contingent of distance runners traveling to Bucknell University for the Bison Outdoor Classic on Saturday and Sunday.
