Men finish 8th, Women 4th at NCAC Indoor Championship

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Three school records were broken and one woman, senior Taryn Owens, won an individual championship over this weekend's North Coast Athletic Conference Indoor Track and Field Championship.
The men totaled 36.5 points and finished last out of eight teams, while the women totaled 63 points, finishing fourth behind Ohio Wesleyan University, Oberlin College and Denison University.
Senior Myron Burr, on the men's team, placed seventh in the 60-meter hurdles at 8.67 seconds after setting a school record in the prelims at 8.65 seconds. Burr also competed in the 60 meters dash placing eighth at a time of 7.35 seconds.
Burr said it felt nice to break a record.
"This was my last year to do something cool and a nice way to end the indoor season," he said.
On the women's team, Owens placed third in the pole vault and finished sixth in the 60-meter hurdles in 9.82 seconds after breaking the school record in Friday's prelims at 9.66 seconds. Last week Owens finished seventh in the pentathlon with 2,782 points.
Owens was shocked she ran a 9.66, as the school record of 9.7 was her own that she set two years ago.
"I can leave knowing I did the best I can do," Owens said. "It was something I was pushing towards accomplishing but knowing I beat my own record was awesome."
Other notable performances were freshman Katharine Kondry who placed first in the triple jump at 10.78 meters and freshman Heather O'Brien, second in the 3,000 and the 5,000 meter runs. For the men's team, freshman Mitch Metzger won the high jump and junior Kyle Mackey placed second in pole vault.
After concluding their indoor season Burr looks forward to the outdoor season.
"The indoor season leaves us with a lot to improve on and look on to a great outdoor season."
The DePauw Men's and Women's Track and Field teams will begin their outdoor season March 23 at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology.
Owens said the team had great performances all around.
"People came ready to compete and it showed," Owens said. "The atmosphere was really fun and could you tell people enjoyed being there."