From Case Western Reserve University Athletics

Highlighting the Spartan performances on Friday evening, senior Joe Ledger and Nathaniel Wahner shattered school records in their respective events as the Case Western Reserve University men's track and field team finished competition at the Greater Cleveland Colleges Meet.

The Spartan men finished in first place of five team teams at the meet having scored 288 points.

A distance runner, Ledger finished first in the 1,000-meter run with a new school-record time of 2:34.56. The time bested the previous school record of 2:36.79 set in 1994 by Shaun Brown.

Wahner sprinted to another school-record breaking the time for the Spartans in the 55-meter dash. Finishing first in the event, Wahner crossed the finish line with a time of 6.62, breaking the record of 6.65 set Desmond Ellis during the 2006 indoor season.

Wahner also placed first in the 200-meter dash with a time of 22.54, a new facility record. Junior Zak Hurd finished second in the event with a time of 23.74.

Also with strong performances for the Spartan men, junior Andrew Ibibo finished first in the 400-meter dash (50.82) and freshman Michael Hradesky and junior Alec Southern finished one and two in the 800-meter run with times of 2:00.66 and 2:01.18, respectively.

Junior James Gibson placed first in the one-mile run (4:28.30), senior Galen Caldwell won the 3,000-meter run (9:06.23) and freshman Xavier Yozwiakfinished first in the 5,000-meter run (16:29.06).

Freshman Dominic Oddo won the long jump with a distance of 6.67 meters, placed second in the high jump with a distance of 1.77 meters and also finished second in the 55-meter hurdles with a time of 8.31.

Sophomore Ananth Suresh won the triple jump (12.49 meters), while sophomore Tyler Bushman placed second in the weight throw (14.97 meters) and junior Alex Nesvisky finished third in the shot put (13.57 meters).