Posted: Apr 25, 2015
ALLIANCE, Ohio – Junior Division III All-Americans Melanie Winters (Stow/ Stow-Munroe Falls) and Kim Gallavan (Auburn Township/ Kenston) led the Baldwin Wallace University women's outdoor track and field team to a fourth place finish at the 2015 Ohio Athletic Conference Championship Meet, hosted by the University of Mount Union and Mount Union Stadium.
Winters won the long jump with a school-record leap of 19'2.5", the high jump at 5'6" and the 200-meter dash in 24.80 seconds. She also was a member of the fourth place 4x100-meter relay team and placed sixth in the 100-meter hurdles in 15.73 seconds. For her efforts, she earned the 2015 OAC Field Athlete of the Year award. A year ago, Winters was the OAC Sprinter of the Year.
Gallavan won the discus with a career-best throw of 159'11" and placed second in the shot put with a season-best throw of 45'10" and placed third in the hammer with a throw of 159'9". A year ago, Gallavan was the OAC Thrower of the Year.
In addition and winning an OAC title was junior Maggie Urban (Cleveland/ St. Joseph Academy) won the hammer throw with OAC Championships-record toss of 173'3". Also earning All-OAC honors were sophomore Kasey Clouse (Norwalk/ Western Reserve), who was second in the discus with a throw of 142'2.5" and freshman Erin Kasper (Amherst/ Steele) was third in the high jump at 5'2.5".
BW is back in action next Friday and Saturday, May 1-2 when select Yellow Jacket competitors travel to Columbus to compete at the annual Jesse Owens Invitational Meet at The Ohio State University on the Jesse Owens Track.
Winters won the long jump with a school-record leap of 19'2.5", the high jump at 5'6" and the 200-meter dash in 24.80 seconds. She also was a member of the fourth place 4x100-meter relay team and placed sixth in the 100-meter hurdles in 15.73 seconds. For her efforts, she earned the 2015 OAC Field Athlete of the Year award. A year ago, Winters was the OAC Sprinter of the Year.
Gallavan won the discus with a career-best throw of 159'11" and placed second in the shot put with a season-best throw of 45'10" and placed third in the hammer with a throw of 159'9". A year ago, Gallavan was the OAC Thrower of the Year.
In addition and winning an OAC title was junior Maggie Urban (Cleveland/ St. Joseph Academy) won the hammer throw with OAC Championships-record toss of 173'3". Also earning All-OAC honors were sophomore Kasey Clouse (Norwalk/ Western Reserve), who was second in the discus with a throw of 142'2.5" and freshman Erin Kasper (Amherst/ Steele) was third in the high jump at 5'2.5".
BW is back in action next Friday and Saturday, May 1-2 when select Yellow Jacket competitors travel to Columbus to compete at the annual Jesse Owens Invitational Meet at The Ohio State University on the Jesse Owens Track.
