BEREA, OHIO -- Ashley Scullion (Kentwood, Mich./ East Kentwood) and Kristen Paulsen (Oberlin/ Firelands) both improved their national qualifying marks set previously this year as they boast the B-W women's track and field team to a second place finish while the men placed twelfth at the Division III All-Ohio Championship Meet, hosted by Ohio Wesleyan University in Delaware, Ohio.
Scullion led the pack in the 1500-meter run to win the race in a school-record breaking and season-best time of 4:36.46, she bettered her previously school-record breaking and national qualifying time by 1.63 seconds. Paulsen won the 100-meter hurdles in 14.88 seconds, improving her national qualifying time by 0.11 seconds. In addition to the 100-meter hurdles, Paulsen also placed third in the long jump with a mark of 16-feet and 5.75-inches, finish fourth in the javelin with a throw of 107'8" and was a member of the fifth place 4x100-meter relay team. Other All-Ohio honorees include, sophomore Theresa Carona (Canton/ Massillon Perry) with a win in the javelin with a season-best throw of 118'9", freshman Jennifer Miller (Gnadenhutten/ Indian Valley) with a second place finish in the pole vault (9'10"), senior Mandy Quisno (Oak Harbor) with a third place finish in the in discus (119'11"), junior Megan Cathcart (Parma/ Senior) with a third place finish in the high jump (5'1.75"), sophomore Rebekah Paul (Gibsonburg) with a third place finish in the 400-meter dash (58.59 seconds), senior Rihana Knotts (Middletown/ Madison) with a fourth place finish in the 800-meter run (2:19.97) and the fourth place 4x400-meter relay team consisting of senior Kim Johnson (Athens), junior Courtney Smith (Mayfield), Knotts and Paul.
Earning All-Ohio honors on the men's side were sophomore Alan Kidon (Chardon) with a second place finish in the 400-meter hurdles in a season-best time of 55.17 seconds and freshman Greg Patrick (Collins/ Western Reserve) with a fourth place finish in the discus with a throw of 141'3".
The Yellow Jackets will next compete on Saturday, April 21 when they travel down to Wilmington, Ohio to compete in the Wilmington Invitational, meet begins at 10:00 a.m.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, please call Sports Information Director Kevin Ruple by telephone at 440-826-2327, FAX him at 440-826-2329 or reach him via e-mail at kruple@bw.edu . To contact Head Coach Dr. Bill Taraschke, please call him at 440-826-3322, FAX him at 4409-826-2192 or e-mail him at wtarasch@bw.edu .
FINAL MEN'S TEAM SCORES: 1. Ohio Northern University -- 119.50, 2. Heidelberg College -- 106, 3. Ohio Wesleyan University -- 84, 4. Capital University -- 83, 5. Marietta College -- 64, 6. Muskingum College -- 47, 7. Otterbein College -- 42.50, 8. Denison University -- 41, 9. Wilmington College -- 34, 10. Defiance College -- 32, 11. Bluffton University -- 24, 12. Baldwin-Wallace College -- 24, 13. The College of Wooster -- 20, 14. John Carroll University -- 18, 15. Kenyon College -- 17, 16. Oberlin College -- 12, 17. Wittenberg University -- 11, 18. Mount St. Joseph -- 0.
FINAL MEN'S EVENT RESULTS: Discus: Dezordo (MAR), 153-09; Shot Put: McPeek (JCU), 48-11.50; Javelin Throw: Pallini (MAR), 162-04; Hammer Throw: Matuszak (Defiance), 164-09; Long Jump: Tyson (HEID), 22-03.75; High Jump: Mitchell (CAP), 6-04.25; Triple Jump: Eddy (CAP), 43-03.75; Pole Vault: Eagy (ONU), 15-07; 10,000-meter run: Kempton (OWU), 32:25.38; 4x100-meter relay: Ohio Northern (Robertson, Garry, Linzy, Graupmann), 41.18; 3000-meter steeplechase: Paciorek (Denison), 9:32.32; 1500-meter run: O'Brien (ONU), 3:53.06; 110-meter hurdles: Rush (OTT), 14.89; 400-meter dash: Smith (CAP), 49.12; 100-meter dash: Thornton (MUSK), 10.71; 800-meter run: O'Brien (ONU), 1:54.42; 400-meter hurdles: Beebe (HEID), 52.98; 200-meter dash: Thornton (MUSK), 21.87; 5000-meter run: Bendtsen (Denison), 15:07.61; 4x400-meter relay: Heidelberg (Beebe, Zuchowski, Shields, Tyson), 3:17.78.
FINAL WOMEN'S TEAM SCORES: 1. Ohio Wesleyan University -- 169, 2. Baldwin-Wallace College -- 107.50, 3. Otterbein College -- 107, 4. Capital University -- 72, 5. Ohio Northern University -- 67, 6. Wilmington College -- 52, 7. Heidelberg College -- 49, 8. Marietta College -- 47.50, 9. John Carroll University -- 35, 10. Oberlin College -- 20, 11. Defiance College -- 16, 12. Denison University -- 13, 13. Muskingum College -- 7, 14. Wittenberg University -- 6, tied-15. Kenyon College, Mount St. Joseph -- 5, 17. The College of Wooster -- 2, 18. Bluffton -- 0.
FINAL WOMEN'S EVENT RESULTS: Discus: Rymut (OWU), 129-08; Shot Put: Tobin (OTT), 43-04.5; Javelin Throw: Carona (BWC), 118-09; Hammer Throw: Forman (MAR), 136-02; Long Jump: Fugate (OTT), 17-11; High Jump: Shaffer (OWU), 5-01.75; Triple Jump: Shaffer (OWU), 36-03; Pole Vault: Johnson (WILM), 21-01.25; 10,000-meter run: Schmelzer (OWU), 39:01.57; 4x100-meter relay: Otterbein (Fugate, Rausch, Yonker, Yost), 49.15; 3000-meter steeplechase: Keesee (OTT), 11:03.14; 1500-meter run: Scullion (BWC), 3:36.46; 100-meter hurdles: Paulsen (BWC), 14.88; 400-meter dash: Shaffer (OWU), 57.91; 100-meter dash: Martin (WILM), 12.10; 800-meter run: Shinn (OWU), 2:15.57; 400-meter hurdles: Britton (OWU), 1:05.30; 200-meter dash: Martin (WILM), 25.05; 5000-meter run: Keesee (OTT), 17:38.22; 4x400-meter relay: Ohio Wesleyan (Alegria, Shinn, Reiter, Shaffer), 3:59.41.
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