SCOT SPOTLIGHT | McMichael wins fourth straight NCAC title in the 400
A quick recap of the past week of athletics at The College of Wooster:
TRACK & FIELD (NCAC Championships – men 7th/9, women 6th/8)
Wooster won four events and earned 12 All-North Coast Athletic Conference honors at the NCAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships, where the men took seventh of nine teams and the women were sixth of eight programs.
Sophomore Dylan Garretson started the first-place finishes off in the pole vault, where he cleared 14 feet, 11.5 inches. Garretson’s first-place finish marked his fourth at the NCAC Championships, and the sophomore is now tied for fifth-place for most NCAC first-place finishes in program history.
First-year Isaiah Kidd won the long jump at 22 feet, 9 inches, and he became the first athlete to sweep the NCAC long jump titles in a year since Ohio Wesleyan University’s Juwaun Tye in 2017.
Senior Isabelle Hoover capped Friday’s first-place finishes with a tape-breaking time of 36:51.49 in the 10,000 meters.
Senior Will McMichael won his fourth NCAC 400 meters title on Saturday. McMichael’s winning time was 48.51.
Also earning All-NCAC honors were junior Haley Bloom (4x400), first-year Daysia Hargrave (heptathlon), senior Morgan Kromer (pole vault), McMichael (4x400), first-year Igna Mendez (4x400), senior Claudia Partridge (high jump), sophomore Davis Patterson (pole vault, 4x400), senior Nick Scherson (4x400), junior Joe Shilts (4x400), and sophomore Athena Tharenos (3,000-meter steeplechase, 4x400).
SOFTBALL (18-23)
Wooster knocked off sixth-ranked DePauw University in the opening game of the NCAC Tournament 7-6 before losing to Hiram College 3-0 and DePauw 5-0. Sophomore shortstop Stephanie Griffin-Sanchez hit the go-ahead home run in the top of the seventh inning.
Earlier in the win, Wooster logged a five-spot in the fourth inning. Senior third baseman Molly Likins’ RBI double marked career RBI 85, a new career program record. Senior left fielder Brooke Swain tied the game at six with a two-run double that capped the fourth inning. Sophomore Rachael Dudziak held DePauw to one run in seven innings of work.
WOMEN’S LACROSSE (13-5)
Kenyon College beat Wooster 20-8 in the semifinals of the NCAC Tournament on Wednesday. Sophomore Ciara O’Connor and senior Syd Schuster were named to the all-tournament team. The all-tourney duo combined for five of Wooster’s eight goals in the game.
WOMEN’S TENNIS
Wooster claimed three NCAC honors, plus a major award, as first-year Janaki Jagannathan was named NCAC Newcomer of the Year, marking the fifth time the Scots have claimed that honor. Jagannathan and sophomore Otilia Oita were second-team All-NCAC selections, while first-year Cherry Patlolla was an honorable mention selection in singles.
Jagannathan and Oita were a first-team pick in doubles.
MEN’S TENNIS
Seniors Alon Liberman and Austin Hanna earned All-NCAC honors for the Scots, with Liberman getting first-team recognition in singles and doubles. Hanna joined Liberman on the first-team doubles squad. Of note, Liberman and Hanna are the first Scots to earn first-team All-NCAC doubles honors since 2018.
A LOOK AHEAD
Visit woosterathletics.com for the most up-to-date schedules and livestream links.
As of Monday, here is the schedule for May 9-15:
Baseball – at NCAC Tournament May 12-15 at VA Memorial Stadium in Chillicothe, Ohio (first game vs. Wittenberg, May 12, 8 p.m.)
Track & Field – at Baldwin Wallace Harrison Dillard Twilight Meet, May 13, 2 p.m.
This article originally appeared on The Daily Record: Scot Spotlight: McMichael wins fourth straight NCAC title in the 400
