With just one more meet left in the season for the Kenyon outdoor track and field team, the Lords and the Ladies placed ninth and tenth respectively at the NCAC Championships last weekend in Delaware, OH.

Seven athletes scored points for the Lords and five athletes for the Ladies. Kenyon College scored a total of 25 points and 16 points respectively. Among the top performers were first year Brandon Balthrop and sophomore Matt Fideler for the Lords and junior Katie Walker for the Ladies.

Balthrop competed in two events including the 110-meter hurdles, placing eighth with the time of 16.82 seconds, and the 400-meter hurdles placing fourth with the time of 56.97 seconds, a personal record. Balthrop collected a total of 6 team points. Fideler took fourth place in the triple jump with a height of 12.42 meters and collected a total of 5 team points. Among others that collected points for the Lords were sophomore Robbie Molden, who took fifth in the men’s 3000-meter steeplechase with the time of 9:56.93, sophomore Ryan Weinstock, senior Tyler Newman, sophomore Dan Silverman, and first year Andy Berger. The men’s 4x100 relay team with first year Thai Trinh, Berger, Balthrop, and junior Andrew Hammack placed sixth with the time of 45.47 seconds.

Walker, who was a long jump All-American in 2003, led the Ladies. Walker took first in the long jump with a distance of 5.26-meter and eighth in the 200-meter dash with a time of 28.34 seconds collecting a total of 11 points for the Ladies. Other athletes that scored points for the Ladies include senior Heather McMillan, who took eighth place in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:28.08, senior Jennifer Quimby, who took eighth 1000-meter run with a time of 42:21.90, junior Jocelyn Anthony, who took eighth place in the 3000-meter steeplechase with a time of 13:02.78, and sophomore Jenna Rose, who took eighth in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 1:11.83, collecting a team total of 16 points.

The last meet of the season will be held after the conclusion of the second semester at the Baldwin-Wallace Twilight meet on May 20th at 4:00.