WESTERVILLE, Ohio – The Ohio Dominican Panthers indoor track and field team competed in the Otterbein Invite and the UCS Pole Vault Summit on Saturday (Jan. 18) afternoon in the second meet of 2025. 

Battling against Otterbein, Capital, Transylvania and WVU Tech, the Panthers finished second place as a team on the men's side with 59 points. The women were third of four teams, totaling 39 points. 

1^st Place Finishes

• Virtner Crews III: 6.93 seconds in the 60 meter finals, improving from 6.95 seconds in the prelims as the fastest time
• Merrick Shorter: 8:51.49 in the 3000 meters (3rd fastest time in program history)
• Aboubacar Soumahoro: Ended in a first place tie with 1.85 meters in the high jump, cleared height on first try to earn ten points
  • Tied his previous PR of 1.85 meters
• Faith Yancey: 8.14 second finals time for 60 meters after a 8.26 second prelim time (4th best time in prelims)
• Eva Dulle: 800 meter PR of 2:39.48

2^nd Place Finishes

• Faith Yancey: 27.65 seconds in the 200 meters, setting a collegiate PR
• Eva Dulle: Just missed PR with a 5:48.93 time for the mile
• Eayuel Gebrtsadik: PR of 8:52.90 in the 3000 meters (5th best time in program history)

3rd Place Finishes

• Aboubacar Soumahoro: 9.05 second PR in the 60 meter hurdle finals after a 9.54 second prelims time

4th Place Finishes

• Isaac Eugene: 7.10 seconds in the 60 meter finals after a 7.16 second prelims time
• Naomi Haring: Second fastest 400 meter time of the season (1:09.09)

5^th Place Finishes

• Owen Wilhelm: Season-best of 1.75 meters in the high jump

6^th Place Finishes

• Ismael Obas: 7.20 seconds for the 60 meter finals, season-best 7.12 seconds prelims time
• G'nae Morrison: 8.35 seconds in the 60 meter finals after running 8.28 seconds for the prelims
• Gabrielle Reed: 1:12.24 for 400 meter debut

7^th Place Finishes

• Aboubacar Soumahoro: Collegiate debut in long jump with a 5.82 meter best
• Nikane Ambos: 8.45 seconds for the 60 meters finals with an 8.47 second prelims mark
• Eva Dulle: 5:47.22 PR for the mile

8th Place Finishes

• Anna Blackstone: Set a PR of 12:15.11 in the 3000 meters

Other Finishes

• Joseph Chandler: 9th in the 60 meters, running a 7.27 second time in prelims
• Felix Prewitt: 11th in the 60 meters with a 7.29 second prelims PR
• Alyza Camp: Debut in the 3000 meters, finishing 11th place with a 13:03.67
• Naomi Haring: Season debut in the 200 meters with a 30.60 second mark, 13th place
• Blake Murgatroyd: 19th place in the 3000 meters, 9:31.49 for his college debut in event
• Aileen Castillo: 19th place in the mile with a 6:20.70 time in her season debut
• Gabrielle Reed: Ran the 200 meters for the first time, finishing 20th with a 33.97 second time
• Yagouba Barry: DNF in the 800 meters
• Edward Devaney: PR of 10:07.75 in 3000 meters, finishing 23rd in the event
• Peyton Proffitt: Competed at the UCS Pole Vault Summit in Reno, Nevada in the pole vault, had no mark

The Panthers head to Ashland next weekend for the Ashland Invitational.