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Raiders Post Two Top 5 Marks In NCAA Division III

4/2/2022 4:29:00 PM

WOOSTER, Ohio – Mount Union's men's track and field team picked up four victories including two top 5 national marks at the Wooster Invitational on Friday and Saturday.
 
Seniors Tanner Slack (New Concord / John Glenn) and Evan Hershberger (Dalton) finished first and second with heights of 6-feet 8-inches and 6-feet 6.75-inches good for second and tied for fourth in NCAA Division III.
 
Freshman Drake Willenborg (South Lyon, Mich. / South Lyon East) grabbed a victory in the javelin with a toss of 151-feet 8-inches and the discus with 146-feet 9-inches. Willenborg also picked up a third-place finish in the hammer throw with a distance of 147-feet.
 
Senior Zack Munchick (Westfield Center / Cloverleaf) ran 11.07 to win the 100 Meters.
 
Junior Jeff Joseph (Beloit / West Branch) finished second in the 5,000 Meters with a time of 14:54.53 and sophomore Vincent Giumenti (Dover) grabbed third in the 5,000 with a time of 15:01.74.
 
Freshman duo of Jahdon Wimbush (Northfield / Nordonia) and Aidan Malloy (League City, Tx. / Clear Springs) took second and third in long jump with jumps of 21-feet 6.25-inches and 20-feet 9-inches.
 
Senior Carson Troyer (Sugarcreek / Garaway) finished runner-up in the 110-Meter hurdles in a time of 15.26.
 
Junior Matthew McBride (Conneaut) ran a 1:56.26 to take second in the 800-Meters.
 
Senior Marcus Ryder (Mercer, Pa.) took third in the 3,000 Meter steeplechase running a 10:23.87.
 
Freshman Jonah Bacho (Boardman) threw 43-feet 10-inches to finish third in the shot put.
 
Mount Union hosts the John Homon Open next Friday and Saturday, April 8th and 9th.
 
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