Track & Field | 4/11/2026 6:35:00 PM

Delaware, Ohio – Wrapping up an incredible weekend, the Oberlin College track & field team produced five All-Ohio Championship titles on the second day of the All-Ohio Championships, hosted by Ohio Wesleyan on Saturday. Finishing with 54 points, the men's team placed eighth out of 14 programs while the women's team collected 24 points for a ninth-place team finish. 

Claiming All-Ohio titles for Oberlin, Cooper Tanski snagged the 800m title while Liam Newman recorded the top performance in the 1500m. Producing two titles, Namu Makatiani grabbed All-Ohio titles in the 110m hurdles and triple jump. Highlighting the day for the women's team, Ella Wozek claimed gold in the 800m.

Simon Tang registered his second Northern Mariana Islands national record in the 400m hurdles after establishing a new national record in the 110m hurdles yesterday. Despite falling during the race, Tang crossed the line with a personal best of 59.48, surpassing the 24-year-old record of 59.70 set by Shane Ogumoro on July 22, 2002, at the Micronesian Games. 

"This day had so many accomplishments that it's hard to highlight just one: five All-Ohio champions, a couple top-10 marks for the program, another national record for Simon, and that's just the obvious headlines!" Head Coach Ben Wach adds. "Today's breakthrough performances were things this team has known were coming for weeks, and it was a joy watching them happen." 

Kicking things off with the 4x100m relay, the quartet of Dylan Davis, Anna Fritz, Yrva Desormeaux, and Ryley Steggall clocked in a Crimson and Gold season best 50.33 to grab sixth place.

Liam Newman snagged the first All-Ohio title for Oberlin in the 1500m. Delivering negative splits with a final 400m kick of 59.88, the senior won with a photo-finish of 3:58.27. Makatiani secured the Crimson and Gold's second title of the day in the 110m hurdles, posting a time of 14.76 and finishing just 0.02 seconds ahead of the runner-up.

Shortly after, in the pits, Makatiani collected his second title of the day in the triple jump. In his opening attempt, the senior posted a mark of 14.44m to snag the victory. Dane Mentore placed third overall, just one hundredth off his personal best with a mark of 13.62m to rank eighth all-time in program history. Michael Dolton also contributed to Oberlin's scoring efforts, placing seventh with a jump of 12.77m.

In the javelin, Kit Evans earned sixth, launching a mark of 42.92m and scoring three points for Oberlin. 

Notching a personal best in the 800m, Wozek claimed the victory running 2:15.09, nearly four seconds ahead of the runner-up and ranking fourth all-time in Oberlin history. In the ensuing event, Tanski clinched gold in the men's 800m. Running an opening split of 59.12, the first-year clocked an impressive 55.87 negative split for a winning time of 1:54.99. 

In the 400m hurdles, Desormeaux recorded a personal best and conference-qualifying time of 1:09.35, placing seventh overall and scoring two points for Oberlin. 

Producing a 24-second personal best in the 5,000m, Amber Borofsky crossed the line in 18:33.13, placing fifth overall. Charlie Endres followed in the men's 5,000m, closing with a final split of 1:01.36 and a personal record of 15:19.73 to place eighth.

In the 4x400m, the team of Desormeaux, Clara Smith, Val Harris, and Wozek placed sixth with an Oberlin season-best time of 4:09.75. In the men's race, Kai Bell-Torres, Armand Andry, George Buckman, and Tanski snagged a Crimson and Gold season-best of 3:24.25. 

"There were so many exciting performances at this meet! A lot of lifetime bests!" Assistant Coach Izzy Alexander continues. "They came from the athletes engaging with their races, believing in themselves, and trusting that they are strong and capable, just as we (the coaches) know them to be." 

The Crimson and Gold resume action next week at the Sparky Adams Invitational, hosted by Baldwin Wallace, on Friday, April 17, with events kicking off at 11 a.m.

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