BEREA, OHIO --  Baldwin Wallace University sophomore thrower Kevin Phipps (Reynoldsburg/ Watkins Memorial) finished fifth in his flight of the 35-pound weight throw at the 2009 NCAA Division III National Championship Meet at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in Terre Haute, Indiana. This was his first trip to the Division III national meet.

Phipps, who also plays defensive end for the Yellow Jacket football team,  threw the weight 51-feet and five and three-quarter inches. It was off his season-best of 56'6.5". He also was the individual champion at the Ohio Athletic Conference Championship Meet on March 6.

Phipps and the Yellow Jackets are back in action next weekend when the outdoor team travels to Charlotte, North Carolina to compete at the University of North Carolina-Charlotte Meet on Friday and Saturday, March 20-21. Currently, the BW outdoor team are competing at the Coastal Carolina Relat Meet in Conway, South Carolina.

FOR MORE INFORMATION, on Baldwin Wallace University athletics, please contact Sports Information Director Kevin Ruple by telephone at 440-826-2327 and e-mail at kruple@bw.edu. You also can call Assistant SID Nick Minerd at 440-826-2780 and e-mail at nminerd@bw.edu.  Head Coach Bill Taraschke can be reached by phone at 440-826-3322 and e-mail at wtarasch@bw.edu.  You can access all of the latest BW Sports Information via the Athletics Web site at www.bw.edu/athletics.