Results | Awards Photos

Oberlin, Ohio – After two years of not competing in the North Coast Athletic Conference Outdoor Championships due to the pandemic, the Oberlin College women's track and field team returned to its familiar spot in the final standings, winning their fourth NCAC Championship in program history.
 
The Yeowomen, who claimed the title three straight years from 2017-19, totaled 187 points. The Oberlin's men's side earned 88 points to place forth.
 
Friday's rainy slate got underway with the Oberlin women securing 21 points in the triple jump by taking three of the top four spots in the event. On her final attempt, senior Malaïka Djungu-Sungu posted a winning mark of 37-10 (11.53). Classmate Aesha Mokashi was third at 36-feet (10.97m) to earn All-NCAC honors, while junior Chilly Wallace took home fourth in 35-03 (10.74m).
 
The Yeomen matched the women's efforts in the triple jump with 21 points as junior Zack Lee posted a winning clearance of 43-05.75 (13.25m) to claim his first conference title. Senior teammate Kofi Asare was three-quarters of inch behind him at 43-05.00 (13.23m) to earn second, while first-year Jake Jarvis checked in fourth with a mark of 42-01.50 (12.84m).
 
Competing in her final conference meet, senior Maggie Allen added five team points for Oberlin as she soared the javelin 96-06 (29.42m) to take fourth place. Oberlin picked up eight more points in the discus as Victoria Blair was fourth (116-11 / 35.65m) while Shayla Keegan took sixth (115-04 / 35.16m).
 
To open the running events, the Oberlin women earned a spot on the podium as the grouping of Djungu-Sungu, Heather Benway, Jada Kennerly, and Clare Tiedemann clocked in at 49.74 to take third in the 4x100 relay.
 
Oberlin would go on to sweep the podium in the 1,500 meters with Anna Scott topping the field in 4:48.97 with fellow senior Phoebe von Conta following in second at 4:51.57. Sage Reddish would complete the trio in 4:56.31. Scott added yet another conference crown in the 800 meters with a winning time of 2:21.34 en route to being named as the NCAC Distance Athlete of the Year. von Conta later closed out the individual running events by shattering her PR by seven seconds in the 5,000 meters to win the event in 17:54.80.
 
Tiedemann returned to win the 100-meter hurdles with a personal-best time of 14.73, while Wallace ended third in 15.44.
 
On the men's end, freshman Cole Fuller continued to impress as he took second in the 400-meter hurdles in 54.99 to reset his PR by one-hundredth of a second. Junior Theo Haviland added five points with a fourth-place launch of 152-06 (46.48m) in the javelin to set a new personal best.
 
Junior Sam Russ nearly missed the podium in the 5,000 meters as he completed the trek in 15:19.45, shattering his personal best by 20 seconds to place fourth. Rookie Sam Fechner took sixth in the 200-meters at 22.61.
 
To cap off the meet, the Yeomen took fifth in the closing 4x400 as the grouping Fuller, Kambinachi Obioha, Jesse Herdman and Fechner stopped the clock at 3:27.10.
 
Zac Ntia, who won the hammer throw on Thursday and took fifth in the shot put, was seventh in the discus at 124-11 (38.08) as he was named NCAC Field Athlete of the Year.
 
During the closing awards ceremony, Head Coach Ray Appenheimer and his staff were tabbed as the Coaches of the Year on the women's side.
 
Select members of the track and field teams will continue their respective seasons with various 'last chance' meets throughout the coming weeks leading up to the NCAA Championships May 26-28.