The College of Wooster track and field team's three first-place finishes in the throws headlined the Fighting Scots' season-opener on Saturday afternoon at the Gault Recreation Center on campus.

Senior Evie Sanford swept the throws, measuring 46 feet, 7.25 inches in the weight throw and 37 feet, 1.25 inches in the shot put. Sanford's weight throw was a little under two feet shy of a collegiate-best. Sanford's top mark in the weight throw was the best in Saturday's field by three feet, five inches.

Classmate Rob Mays III went 44 feet, 4 inches to take first in the shot put. The senior's top mark was a little over four feet off his collegiate-best and was the top mark in Saturday's field by a over three feet.

Wooster's strongest showing came in the 800 meters, where the Scots had a one-two finish. First-year Max Kollhoff's 2:07.60 was backed up by senior Reese Johnson's 2:08.65. First-year Tyler Frye (2:09.37) and senior Henry Schneiderman (2:18.54) had top-five finishes for the Scots. Senior Sophia Mellis, who joined the team for the first time, debuted with the runner-up time of 2:29.48 in the women's 800 meters.

Zephan Deal's junior year started with runner-up status in the high jump. Deal cleared the crossbar at 5 feet, 8.75 inches. Senior Anthony Gomes, making his Wooster track and field debut, posted the third-place distance of 18 feet, 9 inches in the long jump.

Elsewhere in the field, senior Anaya Brady's clearance of 4 feet, 5 inches was third in the high jump, as was sophomore Gracyn Zerby's 7 feet, 4.5 inches in the pole vault. Junior Claire Davis posted the fifth-place mark of 13 feet, 10.5 inches in the long jump.

Wooster's 2026 track events started with Davis, senior Izzy Cozzie, sophomore Emeili Tarpy, and first-year Eliana Cozzie teaming up for the third-place time of 1:52.03 in the 4x200 relay. On the men's side, junior William Harris II, sophomore Franklin Adu-Baah, junior Cam Sentieri, and junior Cooper Norwell followed with the runner-up clip of 1:34.94.

The all-Wooster men's 3,000 meters saw senior Joe Ahmann lead the quartet of Scots with a 9:31.56. Senior Zane DeMercurio (9:46.90), sophomore Grant Mentzer (9:48.84), and sophomore Basil Keck (9:55.81) rounded out the field.

Individually, senior Jake George's 56.89 was third in the 400 meters, and right behind was Sentieri with a time of 57.52. Later, junior Nate Chartrand's 23.39 was third in the 200 meters and first-year Aiden Faber rounded out the top-five at 24.35. Ahmann was fourth in the mile (4:36.19), first-year Aubrey Duggan was fourth in the 400 meters (1:13.64), and junior Reeve Helvoigt crossed at 5:55.10 in the mile for fifth.

Mellis, Helvoigt, junior Ellie Fox, and Duggan capped the meet with the third-place time of 4:44.41 in the 4x400 relay. Junior Robert Hillhouse, Faber, first-year Jalen Mitman, and Chartrand – all two-sport team members (men's soccer) – led the Scots in the men's 4x400 relay with the fourth-place time of 3:47.90.

Wooster's men placed second with 82.5 points, trailing Wittenberg University's 118.5 points. Wittenberg (121) points and Kenyon College (65 points) ranked ahead of Wooster's 54 points in the women's standings.

Wooster is home again next Saturday, hosting Denison University and Kenyon. Field events on Jan. 24 start at noon with track events slated to commence at 2:30 p.m.