ONU Friday Night Series Meet in Ada
BEREA, OHIO -- The Baldwin-Wallace College men's and women's indoor track and field teams ended the 2004 regular season last night (Friday, Feb. 27) by competing at the scored Ohio Northern University Friday Night Series Meet at the ONU Sports Center in Ada. Both teams placed second. The men were second of nine teams and the women second of five schools.
Individually for the men, freshman Sean Johnson (Alliance/ Louisville St. Thomas Aquinas) won the 500 meter dash in 1:08.39 and senior Alex Johnson won the shot put with a throw of 51-feet and three and three-quarters inches. Johnson is undefeated against Division III competition this winter and is B-W's lone NCAA Division III national qualifier (52'11" at last Friday's Greater Cleveland College Indoor Championship Meet which was won by B-W).
For the women, freshman Rihanna Knotts (Middletown Madison) won the 800 meter run in 2:22.19, freshman Megan Via (Brookville) won the 1000 meter run in 3:10.77 and senior All-American steeplechaser Jen Southall (Willoughby South) won the 1500 meter run in 4:56.33.
The Yellow Jackets will next be in action on Friday and Saturday, March 5-6 when they travel to Bexley, Ohio and Capital University to compete at the 2004 Ohio Athletic Conference Championship Meet at the Capital Center. Action begins on Friday (March 5) at 3:00 p.m. and continues again on Saturday (March 6) at 10:00 a.m.
Following the OAC Championship Meet, the Yellow Jacket men and womem head south to train and compete for a week in the Sunshine State of Florida. B-W will compete at the annual Florida State Eraly Bird Meet on Saturday and Sunday, March 12-13. The first northern outdoor meet is scheduled for March 27 at Muskingum College.
FOR MORE B-W SPORTS INFORMATION, please contact SID Kevin Ruple by telephone at 440-826-2327, by FAX Machine at 440-826-2329 or via e-mail at kruple@bw.edu. To contact Head Track Coach Dr. Bill Taraschke, please call him at 440-826-3322, FAX him at 440-826-2192 or e-mail him at wtarasch@bw.edu.
The 2004 Ohio Northern University Indoor Track Invitational at the ONU Sports Center in Ada, Ohio
WOMEN'S FINAL TEAM SCORES: 1. Ohio Northern, 172; 2. Baldwin-Wallace, 101; 3. Wilmington, 97; 4. Heidelberg, 72; 5. Defiance, 69.
Women's Individual Champions: 55 Hurdles: Hale (O), 8.65*; 55 Dash: Johnson (W), 7.43; 1500 Run: Southall (B-W), 4:56.33; 800 Relay: ONU, 1:49.03; 500 Dash: Herring (W), 1:18.08; 400 Dash: Ernst (O), 1:00.38; 800 Run: Knotts (B-W), 2:22.19; 1000 Run: Via (B-W), 3:10.77; 300 Dash: Herring (W), 42.81; 5000 Run: Lenk (D), 19:01.90; 1600 Relay: ONU, 4:10.99; High Jump: Herring (W), 5'4.5"; Pole Vault: Johnson (W), 9'6.25"; Long Jump: Nagawa (W), 16'11.5"; Triple Jump: Nagawa (W), 38'6"; Shot Put: Dircksen (O), 38' 1.25"; Weight Throw: Risenburg (D), 45'8.5".
* -- denotes NCAA Division III national qualifier.
MEN'S TEAM FINAL TEAM SCORES: 1. Ohio Northern, 172.5; 2. Baldwin-Wallace, 80; 3. Wilmington, 74; 4. Heidelberg, 64.5; 5. Defiance, 60; 6. Rose-Hulman (Ind.), 27; 7. Duqusne (Pa.), 18; 8. Otterbein, 10; 9. Bluffton, 5.
Men's Individual Champions: 55 Hurdles: Moor (O), 7.72*; 55 Dash: Malone (H), 6.60; 1500 Run: McColl (D), 4:09.35; 800 Relay: ONU, 1:31.58; 500 Dash: Johnson (B-W), 1:08.39; 400 Dash: Ryman (W), 50.07; 800 Run: McColl (D), 2:01.11; 1000 Run: Koran (O), 2:35.83; 300 Dash: Nelson (O), 36.53; 5000 Run: Bender (Du), 15:01.70#; 1600 Relay: Wilmington, 3:23.64#; High Jump: Sevek (H), 6'10.75"*; Pole Vault: Roa (W), 16' 0.75"*; Long Jump: Dixon (D), 21' 7.25"; Triple Jump: Dixon (D), 40' 11.75"; Shot Put: Johnson (B-W), 51' 3.75"*; Weight Throw: Tarr (RH), 52'10".
* -- denotes NCAA Division III national qualifier; # -- denotes track record.
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