COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio Dominican Panthers outdoor track and field team competed across Central Ohio in two different meets on Friday (April 19) evening. Most of the team competed on a cool evening at the Otterbein Twlight while one participant jumped at the Jesse Owens Classic at Ohio State.

Three different school records were broken, including two 100 meter records and a 5000 meter mark was shattered. Countless other personal bests were achieved and ten Panthers finished in the top eight spots. At Otterbein, the men finished 9th of 19 teams with 35.5 points while the women totaled 15 points in 13th place (of 20 teams).

1^st Place Finishes

• Brooke Armbrust (Grove City, Ohio) – outdoor record for the 100 meters (11.94 seconds) in the finals, ran a 12.03 second prelim (4^th fastest time in program history)
• Eugene Boahen (Columbus, Ohio) – 100 meter school record of 10.67 seconds in both prelims and finals; 6^th in the 200 meters with a 22.34 second time

3^rd Place Finishes

• Owen Wilhelm (Sunbury, Ohio) – season-best and tied a career-best of 1.95 meters in the high jump

4^th Place Finishes

• Isaac Eugene (Westerville, Ohio) – 400 meter PR of 50.17 seconds (3^rd fastest ODU 400 meter time this season); 5^th place in 100 meter prelims (10.96 seconds); 13^th place in the 200 meters (22.73 seconds)
• Merrick Shorter (Dublin, Ohio) – school record in 5000 meters (15:07.26)

5^th Place Finishes

• Ismael Obas (Columbus, Ohio) – 11.00 second 100 meter finals time after a 10.97 second prelim mark; 10^th for the long jump, season best of 6.21 meters; 23.31 seconds in the 200 meters (29^th place)

6^th Place Finishes

• Aly Diaby – 50.85 seconds for the 400 meters; season-best 22.54 seconds in the 200 meters for 10^th overall
• Kassydee Owens (Harlan, Kentucky) – season-best 400 meters time of 1:01.96; also finished with a 27.67 second time in the 200 meters (23^rd)

7^th Place Finishes

• Grace Pitt  (Hilliard, Ohio) – PR of 1:11.30 in the 400 meter hurdles, 5^th fastest time in the program's history

Other Finishes

• G'nae Morrison (San Antonio, Texas) – 10^th in the 100 meters with a 12.83 second prelim time; 14^th overall in the 200 meters at 27.22 seconds
• Cole Miller (Bainbridge, Ohio) – 12^th at Ohio State for the long jump, best mark of 6.83 meters
• Tyler Wallace (Columbus, Ohio) – 11.14 seconds in the 100 meter prelims (12^th place)
• Nikane Ambos (Wapakoneta, Ohio)  - 13^th in the javelin throw with a PR of 19.91 meters
• Benjamin Seely (Chesterton, Indiana) – 14^th for the 200 meters at 22.84 seconds; 22^nd at the 100 meter prelims with an 11.29 second time
• Shyla Pemberton (Dayton, Ohio) – outdoor season-best in the 400 meters, 1:04.29 in 15^th place; outdoor PR in the 200 meters (27.47 seconds) in 19^th place
• Tyra McClain (Van Wert, Ohio) – 20^th in the mile at 6:05.70, an outdoor PR
• Manny Codjoe (Bolingbrook, Illinois) – season-best in 400 meters at 54.54 seconds for 23^rd place; another season-best 100 meter time of 11.53 seconds in prelims (39^th place); 24.23 seconds for 200 meters
• Alyza Camp (Waynesville, Ohio) – set a mile (indoor and outdoor) PR of 6:18.98, 25^th place
• Blake Wilson (Medina, Ohio) – 25^th in the 400 meters at 55.02 seconds
• Mustafa Al-Saibawi (Columbus, Ohio) – outdoor PR of 11.57 meters in the shot put, 26^th place
• Eayuel Gebrtsadik (Columbus, Ohio) – 800 meter PR of 2:03.17 for 26^th place
• Edward Devaney (Lexington, Ohio) – overall PR in the mile (4:50.76), finished in 28^th place
• Kylee Henry (Circleville, Ohio) – clocked in at 6:24.92 for the mile, 28^th place
• Gabrielle Reed (Pickerington, Ohio) – outdoor PR in the 800 meters (2:37.79) in 32nd place
• Yagouba Berry (Columbus, Ohio) – 2^nd fastest 800 meter time of the season (2:04.65), 33^rd place
• Jeralyn Strawn (Lancaster, Ohio) – PR for the 5000 meters (19:47.77), 40^th place
• Aidan Shannon (Columbus, Ohio) – outdoor PR for the 5000 meters (16:02.42) in 45^th place
• Jaclyn Strawn (Lancaster, Ohio) – 48^th overall in the 5K with a 20:13.50
• Anna Blackstone (Lexington, Ohio) – PR of 21:40.51 for the 5000 meters, 54^th place
• Rogan Hanson (Craig, Alaska) – 5000 meter debut for track (16:26.30), finishing 56^th place

Ohio Dominican will compete at the Walsh Tune-Up next Thursday (April 25) before the G-MAC Championships the following week.