2010 NCAA Outdoor T&F Championships

 

Athlete Feature Stories

Linfield's Lovell Twins Feature Story

By: Gerry Henson, Elyria (Ohio) Chronicle-Telegram
May 27, 2010

BEREA, OHIO -- They’re twins, yet they’re probably each other’s most dreaded rival. Linfield College (Ore.) seniors Josh and Jeremy Lovell battled each other and 13 other contestants in the first five events of the men’s decathlon during first-day competition at the NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field Championships at Baldwin Wallace University on Thursday. (Complete Release


Springfield College Twins Nikki and Nickel Hay

By: Norm Weber
May 27, 2010

Audio Interview of Nickel Hay with Norm Weber
Audio Interview of Nikki Hay with Norm Weber

BEREA, OHIO – Springfield College twins Nikki and Nickel Hay have the distinction of being here in Cleveland together as qualifiers to the Division III National Track and Field Meet.

Although it is a tall task qualifying to a meet of this level, their coming and staying together was not all that simple. The Hay twins were born in Jamaica, but at age seven, their mother left to move to the United States and after briefly staying with their step father were separated, staying in separate foster homes until getting reunited in Connecticut at age 13 just prior to the start of high school. (Complete Release

Moravian College Senior Vaults Into Record Books

By: Chuck Murr
Special to NCAA.com
May 27, 2010 

BEREA, OHIO -- Anna Heim of Moravian College won the women's pole vault with a record effort of 13 feet, 6 1/2 inches Thursday at the NCAA Division III Men's and Women's Track & Field Championships at Baldwin Wallace University. (Complete Release)


Day One Ohio Athletes Recap

By: Norm Weber
Special to The Plain Dealer
May 27, 2010

Audio Interview of Julius Higginbotham and Paris Hilliard with Norm Weber
Audio Interview of Steve Price with Norm Weber
Audio Interview of Sharon Rymut with Norm Weber
Audio Interview of Kevin Phipps with Norm Weber

BEREA, OHIO – The Tressel Field Track in the George Finnie Stadium is a special place for the defending Division III national 400-meter hurdles champion Cory Beebe from Salisbury University in Maryland, and today was no different in the first day of the NCAA nationals here on the campus of Baldwin Wallace. (Complete Release)


BW Decathlete Steve Price Takes a Road Less Traveled to Success; Competes in Final NCAA Meet Today

By: Jeremy Lassiter, Baldwin Wallace University
May 28, 2010

Audio Interview of Steve Price with Norm Weber

BEREA, OHIO --  Baldwin Wallace University senior decathlete Steve Price has always been an individual who was open to new experiences. Whether it was trying to play soccer for the first time, or moving positions on the football team, Price has always wanted to do what was best to benefit his team and everyone around him. (Complete Release)


BW Junior Kim Chinn Takes Second in 3,000-Meter Steeplechase

By: Norm Weber
May 28, 2010

BEREA, OHIO -- Read about Baldwin Wallace University junior Kim Chinn (Zanesville/West Muskingum) who placed second on Friday, May 28 in the 3,000-meter steeplechase on her home track. (Complete Release)


BW's Chinn and Patrick Earn All-America Honors on Day Two

By: Gerry Henson, Elyria (Ohio) Chronicle-Telegram
May 28, 2010

BEREA, OHIO -- Read a story about Baldwin Wallace student-athletes Kim Chinn and senior Greg Patrick (Collins/Western Reserve) by Gerry Henson of the Elyria Chronicle-Telegram. (Complete Release)


Williams College's Elise Johnson Feature

By: Norm Weber
Student/Athlete-Cleveland Editor
May 29, 2010

Audio Interview of Elise Johnson with Norm Weber

BEREA, OHIO – When Elise Johnson heard that that NCAA National Championships for Track and Field would be held in her hometown of Cleveland, she was ecstatic, since it would mean a trip back home, where she could get fan support. (Complete Release)
 

Ohio Athletes Day Two Recap

By: Norm Weber
Special to the Plain Dealer
May 28, 2010

Harrison Dillard Audio Interview with Norm Weber
Obinna Nwanna Audio Interview with Norm Weber
Kyle Faris Audio Interview with Norm Weber

BEREA, OHIO –
One decathlete from a Cleveland college was competing to become the national champion in the 10-part event while another from another Cleveland college was making the climb to at least attain All American status through the second pentathlon held today here at Baldwin Wallace. (Complete Release)

Ohio Athletes Day Three Recap


By: Norm Weber
May 29, 2010
Special to the Plain Dealer

Audio Interviews with Norm Weber:
Elise Johnson  | Cory Beebe | Aubree Jones | Judd Lutz | Sean Denard | Kevin Phipps | Mitch Supan

BEREA, OHIO – Nearly an all cheese/buckeye final surfaced in the men’s discus event in the NCAA Division III National Track and Field Championships here today at The George Finnie Stadium in Berea.

Four of the men who qualified for the top nine out of the semis came from an assortment of colleges in Wisconsin and four others came from Ohio schools, northeastern Ohio ones to be exact. The ninth in the finals was a fellow from Augustana College (Ill.). (Complete Release)
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