BEREA, OHIO -- The Baldwin Wallace University men's track and field team placed third at the 2009 Ohio Athletic Conference Championship Meet at Wilmington College in Wilmington, Ohio.
Highlighting the meet for the Yellow Jackets were junior thrower Greg Patrick (Collins/ Western Reseve), who was named as the OAC "Sparky" Adams Field Event Athlete of the Year, and the coaching staff, including veteran Head Coach Bill Taraschke, was tabbed as the OAC Coaching Staff of the Year.
The Yellow Jacket men tallied 122.5 points to place third of 10 teams.
Patrick earned the "Sparky" Adams Field Event Athlete of the Year for his efforts in winning the shot put with an NCAA Division III national meet provisional qualifying throw of 54-feet, placed second in the hammer throw with a throw of 163'2" and second in the discus throw with a toss of 152'5". He was All-OAC in each event.
In addition to Patrick, sophomore thrower Kevin Phipps (Reynoldsburg/ Watkins Memorial) won an individual title in the men's discus with a throw of 154-feet and five inches
In addition for the men, junior Steve Price (North Olmsted) earned All-OAC accolades in the javelin with a second place finish with a career-best throw of 185'11", in the long jump with a third place finish at a leap of 21'4" and in the triple jump with a third place finish with a leap of 42'8.75". Also, senior Derek Hill (Fremont/ Ross) was All-OAC in the 5000-meter run with a third place finish in 15:54.27, junior John Geretz (Port Clinton/ Huron) was third in the 200-meter dash in 22.81 seconds and the 4 x 100 meter relay team of sophomore Drew Matak (Salem/ Senior), Geretz, senior Mike Kowal (Parma/ Senior) and freshman Brett Thompson (Shelby) placed third in 42.27 seconds.
The Yellow Jackets are back in action next Friday, May 1 when they travel to the University of Toledo Invitational Meet. Field events begin at 10:00 a.m.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, please contact BW Sports Information Director 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 Coach Bill Taraschke, please call him at 440-826-3322 or e-mail him at wtarasch@bw.edu. You can get all of the latest BW athletics information by visiting our Web site at www.bw.edu/athletics.
