BEREA, OHIO -- The Baldwin Wallace University men's indoor track and field team were sixth of 10 teams competing at the 2010 Ohio Athletic Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships hosted by Marietta College at the Dyson Baudo Recreation Center in Marietta, Ohio. Highlighting the meet was an OAC-record and NCAA-qualifying weight throw by junior Kevin Phipps (Pataskala/Watkins Memorial).
BW also had an athlete earn a special award. For the men, senior Greg Patrick (Collins/Western Reserve) was named the Bud Yoest Most Outstanding Field Athlete.
For the men, Ohio Northern also placed first with 155 points and was followed by Mount Union (119.50), Heidelberg (96), Otterbein (66.50), Marietta (51), John Carroll (48), BW (48), Capital (46), Wilmington (44) and Muskingum (28).
For the men, Phipps won the weight throw with a mark of 61'1.25", breaking the old OAC-record by over four feet. His throw automatically qualifies him for the 2010 NCAA Championship meet and currently ranks fifth in all of Division III. Phipps also placed fourth in the shot put at 50'2.75."
In addition, Patrick placed first in the shot put with a school-record throw of 54'6.75" and second in the weight throw with a mark of 53'7." Patrick's mark in the shot put improves his NCAA provisional qualifying mark.
Also for the men, senior Steve Price (North Olmsted) placed third in the 55-meter hurdles at 8.05 and third in the triple jump at 44'5.25." Junior Matt Kromer (Parma/ Senior) placed fourth in the weight throw at 47'11" and sophomore Tom Wilkin (Powell/ Olentangy Liberty) placed fifth in the mile with a time of 4:29.26.
The Division III National Championship meet is March 12-13 at DePauw (Ind.) University in Greencastle, Indiana.
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