Track & Field | 4/25/2026 10:32:00 PM

Granville, Ohio – Producing 12 event PRs from four individuals, the multi-event athletes from the Oberlin College track & field team delivered a fantastic showing on the opening day of the North Coast Athletic Conference Combined Events Championships on Saturday, hosted by Denison. 

Leading off the heptathlon in the first of four events on the day, Averi Williams led Oberlin in the 100m hurdles, cruising to a personal-best 18.43 to place seventh overall. Molly Button shaved nearly a second off of her personal record, running 19.02, improving on her previous best of 19.95. 

Kit Evans, the sole decathlete for the Yeomen, registered a personal record of 12.04 in the 100m. In the long jump, the senior leaped to a 5.83m, just 0.01m ahead of his previous best. 

In the high jump, Button finished in a three-way tie with a personal best of 1.48m in her final attempt. Williams added the Oberlin PR count to four with a mark of 1.39m to place fifth.  

Moving over to the throw circle, Evans threw a mark of 10.37m in his opening attempt to place in the top half of the field at sixth. Celia Vaughn notched an impressive third-place finish in the shot put, throwing 8.61m, while Button snagged a personal best at 7.64m to place sixth. 

In the final heptathlon event of the day, Williams clocked in a personal-best 27.49 200m to place fourth. Button followed just behind with another PR of 28.91 to place seventh. 

Evans had two remaining events for the decathlon, tying for 12th in the high jump with a mark of 1.58m. In the 400m, the senior dipped just under his previous best, crossing the line in 53.44 and finishing eighth. 

Upon conclusion of the first day, Evans sits in ninth out of 15 decathletes with a score of 2,816 points. Williams finishes day one in fifth with 1,966 points, while Button follows in sixth (1,924 points) and Vaughn rounds out Oberlin in ninth (1,710 points). 

"We had 12 event PRs across four people! We're ending Day 1 in the best conceivable team position we could be," Head Coach Ben Wach adds.

Continuing the NCAC Combined Events Championships, Evans returns to the track tomorrow, on Sunday, April 26, at 11 a.m., starting with the 110m hurdles. Button, Vaughn, and Williams return to the heptathlon with the long jump starting at 12 p.m.

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