Track & Field | 3/28/2026 7:47:00 PM

Oberlin, Ohio – Though the day started with cloudy skies, the Oberlin College track & field team had blue skies in the afternoon as they celebrated their 2025-26 graduating class on the second day of the Bob Kahn Invitational in their 2026 outdoor season debut. 

Following the men's 4x400m relay, the Crimson and Gold recognized Andres Adam, Charlie Endres, Kit Evans, Namu Makatiani, Josh Moray, Liam Newman, Euan Uliassi, Amber Borofsky, Anna Fritz, Mariah Pritchard, Clara Smith, Ryley Steggall, Celia Vaughn, Ella Wozek, and Serafina Yan. 

"It's so special to be able to start the season with senior day—this is a group well worth celebrating, and we are so happy to have a full season left with them," Head Coach Ben Wach adds. 

Leading off the day in the triple jump, Sarah Christie jumped to a mark of 9.12m (+3.2) to debut her collegiate outdoor season with a victory. Over on the men's pit, Makatiani secured the win, jumping to a distance of 14.28m (+2.8). Dane Mentore grabbed the runner-up position, posting an outdoor personal best of 13.42m (+2.5). 

Clearing the first two heights in the high jump, Molly Button produced her outdoor collegiate debut with a fourth-place finish of 1.43m, just 0.02m off her personal best.  

Kicking things off on the track, the 4x100m relay, the Oberlin quartet of Dylan Davis, Fritz, Yrva Desormeaux and Val Harris clocked in a time of 50.93, competing as the only relay in the field. In the men's 4x100m, the team of Uliassi, Armand Andry, Suryansh Yadav, and Raluchi Obioha competed as the sole relay, crossing the line in 43.99.  

In just her second career 1500m, Wozek ran an impressive 4:51.54 to place second, registering an incredible 16-second personal record after debuting in the 1500m at the 2024 Bob Kahn Invitational. Cooper Tanski highlighted his outdoor collegiate debut in the men's 1500m, securing the tight victory after an outstanding final-lap kick to cross the line in 4:01.06. Will Gordon raced in his first collegiate 1500m as a junior, placing fifth overall with a 4:10.47. 

As things were heating up on the track, Abraham Cromartie V threw a 38.53m in the discus, falling just a meter shy of his personal best to place ninth in the field of 25.

Back on the track, Makatiani won the 110m hurdles, crossing the line in 14.73 (+0.2). In the 400m, Evans notched a personal best of 55.45 to earn a 12th-place finish.

In the 100m, Steggall placed fifth with a time of 13.34 (+0.6) to launch her senior outdoor season. Over on the men's side, Uliassi produced a remarkable personal best of 11.46 (+0.4) to claim fifth overall in the large field of 25. Josiah Howard also earned a top-10 finish, placing seventh with a personal record of 11.65 (+0.4). 

Sofia Picucci won her heat of the 800m with a 2:36.92 to place sixth overall and earn a six-second personal best. Gordon earned his second personal record of the day in the 800m, clocking in a 2:03.54, marking a four-second improvement since last indoor season.  

Desormeaux won the 400m hurdles with a conference-qualifying time of 1:10.52. Simon Tang followed in the men's 400m hurdles, placing second with an opener of 1:01.13. 

Back in the throwing circle, Quinn Hardy placed fourth in the discus with a toss of 33.44m, earning a spot at the North Coast Athletic Conference Championships and finishing as the top rookie in the field.

Oberlin went three through five in the women's 200m, as Davis, Sawyer Ramberg, and Harris posted times of 27.67 (-1.7), 27.75 (-1.0), and 27.84 (-1.7), respectively. Uliassi ran his second personal best in the day, placing ninth with a time of 23.57 (+1.7). 

In the final event of the day, Oberlin's 4x400m relay of Desormeaux, Smith, Harris, and Wozek won with a time of 4:16.22, as Wozek closed with an incredible kick in the final 100m, finishing with a 15m gap to secure the win. 

The men's 4x400m relay team of Kai Bell-Torres, Armand Andry, Simon Tang, and Cooper Tanski also snagged the win with a 3:26.93. Less than 200m to go, Tanski claimed the lead and was able to hold off Baldwin Wallace's finishing kick. 

"I want to highlight Euan's performance today—it was a perfect microcosm of how the team competed overall. In far from ideal conditions, this group went out and executed beautifully," Wach continues. "In Euan's case, and many others, that execution resulted in some breakthrough personal bests!"

The Crimson and Gold will return to action on Friday, April 3, and Saturday, April 4 at the Wooster Invitational. Friday events kick off at 1:30 p.m. with Saturday events beginning at 11 a.m. 

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