Junior George Macy(left) and freshman Kevin Feller(right) run together
on Monday following the DePauw Invitational on Saturday. In the home meet,
the women's team outshone the men's placing sixth while
their male counterparts finished seventh.
SAM CARAVANA / THE DEPAUW
Neither of the Tigers’ track and field teams finished in the top halves of the standings at the DePauw Invitational on Saturday afternoon. The men finished seventh out of 10 teams while the women took home sixth place out of the nine competing teams.
Leading the way for the Tigers on the women’s side was senior Celia Kauth who came in second place in the high jump with a mark of 1.58 meters.
In addition to Kauth, the Tigers also got a strong performance out of junior Heather O’Brien who crossed the finish line 4:54.15 in the 1500 meter race, a mark good enough for a third place finish. Sophomore Emma MacAnally and senior Hope Jordan also finished fifth and sixth respectively in the event.
All in all, the Tigers finished the afternoon with 47 points and a sixth place finish. DePauw finished 146 points behind eventual winner, Illinois Wesleyan University.
For the men, junior Marcus Dozier continued his impressive run through the field events. On Saturday, Dozier picked up a pair of wins in the discus and the shot put. His throw of 50.96 meters once again set a personal best and was good enough for first. In the shot put, Dozier’s best throw went 15.54 meters and was also enough to take home gold.
In the track events, first-year Josh Ebikwo took a runner-up finish in the 100 meter sprint, crossing the finish line in 11.08 seconds. Junior Paul Watts was third in the 5000 meters with a time of 15:13.60.
The men totalled 41.5 points on the afternoon and fell 86.33 points behind eventual winner, Wabash College who had 127.83.
Next up for both of DePauw’s teams is the Indiana Division III Championships next weekend.