The Scots’ best chances for titles at the meet held at Ohio Northern University in Ada, Ohio, are in the field events where All-American weight thrower Zach Wilson and pole vaulters Jessica White and Peter Sprecher have the nation’s top marks. Wilson’s school-record 62'3-1/4 weight throw leads second-seeded Eric Jones of conference foe Lawrence University by 1-1/2. He is seeded 11th in the shot put, but his 52'6-3/4 qualifying mark is less than three feet behind top-seeded Bobby Riley of UW-La Crosse.

Things get interesting in the men’s and women’s pole vault, where White and Sprecher face identical challenges. Each is tied for the top height in the nation with a senior vaulter from North Central College.

White’s school-record 12'7-1/2 is tied for the nation’s best with North Central’s Rachel Secrest. Sprecher, the defending outdoor champion who also holds the Scots’ men’s record vault of 17'1-1/2, shares the nation’s top mark with Michael Bina of North Central. Sprecher’s All-American teammate, Jonny Henkins, adds to the competition in the vault. He could gain All-American status by matching his qualifying height of 16'7-1/2, which ties him for the fourth seed nationally.

Monmouth’s 4x400 relay team of Brad Gross, Logan Hohl, Luke Reschke (who holds All-American honors in the event) and Jacob Stott appears poised for a top-eight finish to claim All-American honors. The foursome’s school-record 3:17.39 ranks it fifth, less than one second behind Nebraska Wesleyan, which posted the nation’s top time. Reschke’s seed time in the 400 of 48.93 places him sixth in the event, less than half a second off national leader Chris Wolf of Nebraska Wesleyan. Hohl is also seeking a spot in the finals of the 55-meter hurdles. He clocked a 7.61 qualifying time for the eighth seed, just .35 back of top-ranked Jonathan Garcia of Massachusetts-Dartmouth. Shannon Turczyn rounds out the Scots’ competitors for the weekend. She is seeded 10th in the women’s 55 hurdles with a qualifying time of 8.36. Sumer Rohrs of Frostburg State logged the top time in the nation at 7.98.

The Scots begin competition Friday with the men’s weight throw, pole vault finals and prelims in both hurdle events and the 400-meter dash. The finals of the shot put, women’s pole vault, 4x400 relay, 400 and both hurdles events will be held Saturday.

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