The Wabash College track and field team landed one individual title and seven All-NCAC performances on the final day of competition to finish second at the 2024 North Coast Athletic Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships.
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The Little Giants scored 114 points in team scoring, trailing men's indoor champion Wittenberg with 130 points. Oberlin took third place with 103 points, while Wooster finished fourth with 90 points. Denison (87 points), DePauw (64 points), Ohio Wesleyan (60 points), Kenyon (48 points), and Hiram (6 points) completed the team scoring.
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Will Neubauer was the only individual to capture a conference title, winning the 800-meter run in a time of 1:56.06.
David Adesanya finished right behind in second place with a 1:58.00 effort to earn All-NCAC honors.
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Conner Grimes accomplished two All-NCAC performances, claiming second place in both the 60-meter dash and the 200-meter dash with times of 6.93 and a career-best 22.49, respectively.
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Joe Barnett crossed the line in third place in the 3000-meter run with a time of 8:45.80 to pick up his second All-NCAC honor of the meet.
Jacob Sitzman scored an eighth-place finish with a career-best time of 8:54.31.
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The group of Grimes,
Tanner Brooks,
Owen Smith, and
Howie Steele ran to a third-place finish in the 4x200-meter relay from the slow heat with a season-best effort of 1:31.08 to earn All-NCAC honors.
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The quartet of Steele, Adensanya,
Nathan France, and Neubauer captured a second-place finish in the 4x400-meter relay, running a season-best time of 3:24.00 to claim All-NCAC honors. France ran an indoor career-best in the 400m with a time of 51.33 to score a seventh-place finish. Steele finished in eighth place with an effort of 51.42.
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Quinn Sholar launched a throw of 15.38 meters (50 feet, 5.5 inches) in the weight throw to place fourth overall.
Evan Furuness threw a career-best 15.16 meters (49 feet, 9 inches) to score a fifth-place finish in the weight throw. William Boas took an eighth-place finish with a toss of 13.87 meters (45 feet, 6.25 inches).
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Kannon Chase cleared a season-best 1.85 meters (6 feet, 0.75 inches) in the high jump for a fourth-place finish overall.
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Sly Williams leaped 13.16 meters (43 feet, 2.25 inches) to score a fifth-place finish in the triple jump.
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Brayden Curnutt raced to a sixth-place finish in the mile run with a time of 4:26.20.
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Josh Massaquoi broke the tape seventh in the 60-meter hurdles with an effort of 8.81.
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Nate Joven topped out 3.95 meters (12 feet, 11.50 inches) in the pole vault to tie for eighth place overall.
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The Little Giants scored 11 All-NCAC performances, one relay champion, and one individual champion across the two-day competition.
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