Men’s Indoor Track & Field opens Indoor season with a third-place finish at Marietta First Glimpse Meet

The Muskingum men's indoor track and field team opened its 2022-23 indoor season with a third-place finish at the Marietta First Glimpse meet on Saturday. 

 The Basics

• Location: Dyson Baudo Recreation Center – Marietta, Ohio

 Notables

• The meet marked the season opener of the 2022-23 indoor season.
• Muskingum finished third out of six teams.
• As a team, the Muskies finished with a total score of 97.5 points.
• Mount Vernon Nazarene won the team title with a score of 144 points.

 On the Track

• Sophomore Cameron Scott won the 500-meter in 1:16.08.
• The 4X200-meter team of sophomore Colton Whyte, freshman Noah Mitchell, freshman Kysen Gabriel, and freshman Cedrice Bennett finished second with a time of 1:36.8. 
• Freshman Keaton Naufzinger was fourth in the 200-meter dash with a run in 24.54, while Kysen Gabriel placed eighth with a time of 25.71.
• Colton Whyte placed second in the 400-meter dash with a time of 51.11.
• Freshman Ryan Irwin placed fifth in the 55-meter hurdles with a time of 8.44, and sixth in the 55-meter dash with a time of 6.86.

 On the Field

• Noah Mitchell won the triple jump with a winning distance of 13.0 meters, while junior Julian Anderson registered 12.72 meters to finish second.
• Senior Tristan Makowski notched a second-place finish in the shot put with a heave of 14.18 meters. Makowski also finished sixth in the weight throw with a mark of 14.14 meters.
• Colton Whyte finished second in the long jump with a mark of 6.43 meters, while Julian Anderson placed fourth with a distance of 6.11 meters. 
• Freshman Anthony Kocanjer finished tied for fifth in the high jump with a leap of 1.65 meters, while Cedric Bennett finished seventh with a mark of 1.60 meters.

Up Next

• Muskingum is set to host its first-indoor meet on Saturday, January 14, at 11:00 a.m., in the Bullock Health and Wellness Complex.