SEAN MCGRATH
Sports Editor
When it comes to indoor and outdoor shot put records, senior Nicole Desens now owns them both.
The Fredonia Blue Devils track and field team travelled to Delaware, Ohio, this week for the Marv Frye Invitational at Ohio Wesleyan University, where Desens’ shot put throw of 13.20 meters earned her the honor, surpassing former holder and current coach Julia Williamson, who held the record at 12.94 since 2009.
Desens also took sixth place in the discus throw, with a throw of 37.19 meters and 12th in the hammer throw, with a distance of 40.29 meters.
In other events, junior dual-environment pole vault record holder Olivia Kurbs topped the women’s event, clearing 3.20 meters, in which four Blue Devils finished within the top ten of the event.
Freshmen Kristen Sawyer and Julia Schreier earned a third place nod, and Mikayla Capestrani earned a six place nod, taking a total of 23 points from the event.
In a whirlwind of record attempts, the women’s 4X400 relay, consisting of junior Anna Dambacher, senior Kim Foltz, freshman Brittany Feldman and sophomore Laura Morrison, took home third place with a time of 4:02.17.
Dambacher had a great outing this past weekend, also finishing in second in the 100 meter dash with a time of 13.12 seconds and third with 26.58 seconds in the 200 meter dash.
Junior Lauren Kotas took third place in the 3000 meter steeplechase with a time of 11:37.16.
In the men’s events, it was senior Chris Shartrand who won the men’s 3000 meter steeplechase, earning a personal best time of 9:32.85 to take home first in the event. Junior Zakk Hess followed up only 15 seconds later to secure a third place finish in the event.
Freshman Rocky Caparro took third in the triple jump event, jumping for 12.48 meters, while freshman Damone Brown took sixth in the shot put, throwing for 13.55, just .25 off from fifth place.
Junior Hsin Chin was the lead Blue Devil in the discus throw, earning sixth place with a throw of 38.60 meters. Chin also threw 48.13 in the hammer throw, good for sixth place right after fellow teammate, senior Sawyer Bell, who earned fifth with a throw of 48.49 meters.
On Saturday, the men and women, who took fifth and third place respectively, will travel to either Rochester for the Nazareth/Rochester Invitational or down to Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, for the Bucknell Outdoor Classic.