Track & Field | 4/25/2026 11:58:00 PM

Oberlin, Ohio – Concluding the regular season, the Oberlin College track & field team split weekend action at the Big Red Invitational, hosted by Denison on Friday, and at the Ashland Alumni Open on Saturday. 

"Seeing so many PRs and season bests come from the last meet of the season is thrilling, and is a wonderful testament to the hard, consistent work the team put in this year," Head Coach Ben Wach adds. "These performances represent an enormous amount of effort being rewarded."

Abraham Cromartie V kicked things off for Oberlin at the Big Red Invitational, placing seventh overall with a mark of 38.97m discus.

Mary Howell placed 9th in the javelin, throwing a mark of 20.61m. Continuing the throwing success, Quinn Hardy finished sixth in the discus, launching a 35.03m ahead of a personal best 37.47m in the hammer.

Cromartie followed Hardy with a fourth-place finish in the hammer, posting a personal-best, conference-qualifying toss of 44.04m. The junior continued his strong showing, placing third in the shot put with a mark of 12.80m on his second attempt.  

Ben Idinopulos placed fourth in the pole vault, advancing to the third height and jumping 3.54m. Over in the pits, Micah Quinones recorded a mark of 11.65m in the triple jump, while Sara Christie jumped 9.69m. 

Over on the track, Josh Moray ran to a personal best of 11.66 in the 100m. Melah Lazarus clocked in a personal best of 2:44.68 in the 800m to place third overall. Clara Smith notched a personal best of 27.77 in the 200m, while Moray snagged his second PR of the day with a 23.75. 

Over in Ashland, Casey Smothers competed in the deep 800m field of 41 finishers. Crossing the line in 2:03.22, the first-year finished just under their personal best of 2:03.27 set last week. Grant Hirsch followed with a personal best in the 5,000m, improving his record by six seconds with a 16:08.44 to finish 12th.  

With the regular season coming to a close, Kit Evans, Molly Button, Celia Vaughn, and Averi Williams will resume the second day of competition at the North Coast Athletic Conference Combined Events Championships hosted by Denison tomorrow, Sunday, April 26, at 11 a.m. after a successful opening day.

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