Rock Hill, S.C. – Oberlin College track and field opened the 2015 outdoor schedule in the sunshine of South Carolina at the 2015 Winthrop Invitational.
 
Oberlin opened the final leg of the 2014-15 season against D-1 competition down south.
 
Thrower Conor Narovec highlighted the Yeomen's performance with a 7^th place finish in the hammer throw. Narovec finished with a mark of 115-02 (47.29m).
 
Sophomore E.J. Douglas earned a third place finish in the men's 3,000-meter steeplechase with a time of 9:56.52.
 
The Yeomen showed well in the 5,000-meters with three top-25 finishes. Robert Moreton led the trio with a time of 15:38.34 followed by Gavin Ratcliffe's 16:02.75. Yorito Nakata finished 21^st overall, completing the trek in 16:16.77.
 
Senior Sarah Jane Kerwin bested multiple Division-I opponents in the women's 5,000 meters. Kerwin finished the grueling trek in 17:36.00. First-year Peyton Boughton had a solid top-25 performance with a mark of 19:12.28.
 
In the discuss, rookie Ana Richardson set a new school record with a toss of 41.50m to place third overall. She bested Tiffany Henry's mark of 39.19m that she set last season. Fellow First-year Monique Newton, who qualified to the NCAA indoor championships, had a good start to the outdoor season with a sixth-place finish in the women's shot put. Newton earned her top-ten finish with a toss of 42-01.75 (12.82m).
 
Senior sprinter Sam Black, finished 24^th in the men's 100-meter dash with a time of 11.29. Black went on to finish 47^th in the 400 meters, crossing the finish line in 23.15.
 
Classmate, Jerry Choi registered a 13^th place finish in the tough 400-meter hurdles. Choi crossed the finish line in 57.71.
 
In the men's developmental 1,500-meter run, Owen Mittenthal clocked a time of 4:22.33, good enough for 12^th overall.
 
First-year James Tanford finished first in his flight of the men's long jump with a mark of 19-10.25 (6.05m). His mark left him in 23^rd overall.
 
Junior Nate Danko had a stellar Saturday with a fourth place finish in the men's pole vault. Danko hit a height of 4.35m on his first attempt, but missed 4.50 meters on his final attempts of the day.
 
Oberlin track and field returns to action on April 4, when they host the Bob Kahn Invitational.