WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina – Baldwin Wallace University junior pentathlete Melanie Winters (Stow/ Stow-Munroe Falls placed second in the five-event pentathlon to earn her third Division III All-American award on the first day of the 2015 NCAA Division III Indoor National Championship Meet. She was one of four Yellow Jacket student-athletes to compete today. The second and final day of competition is tomorrow, Saturday, March 14.
Winters, who also will compete in the women's high jump on Saturday, scored 3,581 points, 18 shy of her BW school-record but 50 shy of winning her first national title. She placed first in the 60-meter hurdles in 8.84 seconds for 941 points, first in the long jump with a leap of 18-feet and two and onequarter inches for 712 points, tied for fourth in the high jump at 5'3.25" for 747 points, 11th in the shot put with a throw of 31'5.25" for 502 points and 12th in the 800-meter run in 2:31.11 for 679 points.
Winters enters the high jump competition tomorrow ranked in a tie for 15th with an indoor career-best leap of 5'6". Last spring, Winters earned Division III outdoors All-American honors in the high jump with a career-best leap of 5'8". Last winter, she earned her first All-American honor in the long jump.
In addition for the women, junior All-American Kim Gallavan (Auburn Township/ Chagrin Falls Kenston), who was sixth in the weight throw at last year's national meet and entered this year's meet ranked fourth with a career-best throw of 58'1" placed ninth and missed making All-American honors by one place (the top eight in each event earn Division III All-American honors).
Gallavan also will compete tomorrow in the shot put. Sheis ranked 10th in that event with a career-best throw of 46'4"