Posted: Jan 26, 2016
BEREA, Ohio – Baldwin Wallace University senior two-time indoor All-American Melanie Winters (Stow/Stow-Munroe Falls) has been selected as the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) NCAA Division III Women's Track and Field National Athlete of the Week for her efforts at the season opening OAC North Split Meet hosted by the University of Mount Union in the Peterson Fieldhouse.
Winters, who is a two-time USTFCCCA Great Lakes Division III Region Most Valuable Field Athlete, won the 60-meter dash, the 60-meter hurdles and the long jump. She captured the 60-meter dash in a time of 7.94 seconds, the 60-meter hurdles in a time of 8.99 seconds and the long jump with a mark of 18 feet and 11.25 inches. Winter currently has the best Division III mark in the long jump and her time in the 60-meter hurdles is the third fastest.
In her illustrious career, Winters has been selected as the USTFCCCA Division III Great Lakes Region Indoor Track Athlete of the Year in 2015 and was the Ohio Athletic Conference Fred Razik Sprinter of the Year Award recipient in 2014. She is a seven-time OAC Indoor Champion, including the two-time defending champion in the 60-meter hurdles, the high jump and the long jump.
Winters owns seven indoor school records as well as two Harrison Dillard Track indoor marks. The indoor school records are an in the 55-meter dash, the 55-meter hurdles, the 60-meter dash, the 60-meter hurdles the 200-meter dash, the long jump and the pentathlon. The Harrison Dillard Track records are in the 55-meter dash, which is the school-record as well, and in the long jump. In addition, she holds three All-Ohio Division III Indoor Championships records in the 60-meter hurdles, the long jump and the pentathlon.
The Yellow Jacket men's and women's indoor track and field teams are back in action this Friday, January 29 when they host the annual Mid-January Meet on the Harrison Dillard Track inside the Lou Higgins Center Fieldhouse at 4 p.m.
