Another week of running has blown by for the Oberlin indoor track and field teams, inching them closer to the NCAC Championships, which start March 2. Yet again, school records were erased and re-written, as this group of runners continues to roll over the marks set by their predecessors and even themselves.

Clearly, they have pushed themselves to new levels, as seen this past weekend at the Kent State University Tune-Up. Sophomore Flannery Cerbin left the women’s 800-meter mark in the dust with a third place finish in 2:18.46. Classmate Nicky Ouellet trampled the 1000-meter record like Godzilla did Tokyo by finishing in second at a time of 3:02.68. Sophomore Ryan King, who last week shattered the mile record, also got in on the fun by demolishing the men’s 1000-meter record, finishing second and only .37 seconds behind winner Bryan Morseman from Mansfield with a time of 2:35.21.

The sophomore triumvirate of speed seems to be hitting form at just the right time, ready to take on their NCAC foes and muster some necessary points for the team to seriously compete with perennial favorite, Allegheny.

“Allegheny has won the conference the last couple of years,” said junior pole-vaulter Deysi Villarreal. But, Villarreal made it clear that the Yeorunners are preparing for the meet with hard training sessions and high expectations. She feels the Oberlin women have a good chance of taking the conference.

“The girls are ranked number three in the conference right now, and if we train hard and do well in the meet, we have a good chance of getting second or first,” said Villarreal.

Also this week, Coach Appenheimer traveled to Baldwin-Wallace for the Greater Cleveland meet where the women finished a strong sixth and men a solid eighth. Highlights from the meet included a second place finish by the Yeowomen’s 4 x 400-meter relay team, consisting of juniors Anna Chernin, Alex Petek and Christa Wagner and first-year Clara Shaw. Also, junior Yeoman Cory Myers’ second place finish in the pole vault was one of the high points of the day, with Myers jumping a height of 13’6.25”.

Either way, all roads lead to Denison University next weekend, where the Yeorunners will prepare for battle at the NCAC championships, and who knows what the outcome might be. As Villareal said, “Anything is possible on any given day.”