BEREA, OHIO -- The Baldwin Wallace University men's and outdoor track & field team finished fourth 10 teams today (Saturday, May 1) at the 2010 Ohio Athletic Conference Championship Meet at Mount Union Stadium in Alliance, Ohio.
The BW men scored 93 points, 80 behind team champion Heidelberg University.
For the men in the 100-meter dash, junior Drew Matak (Salem/Senior) was fifth in 11.22 and sophomore Mike Smith (Wintersville) was seventh in a time of 11.34. Matak was also fifth in the 200-meter dash with a season-best time of 22.41. Freshman Aaron Manders (Toledo/Cardinal Stritch) ran a season-best 51.16 in the 400 meters to place eighth and sophomore Zach Szablewski (Tiffin/Calvert) was eighth in the 5,000-meter run with a time of 15:46.25.
Senior decathlete Steve Price (North Olmsted) scored in three individual events today for BW. He was fifth in 16.10 for the 110 meter hurdles, while also placing fifth in the high jump with a career-best leap of 6'6.00" and seventh in the pole vault, clearing 13'7.25". Sophomore Drew Beck (Canandaigua, N.Y./Canandaigua Academy) was fifth in the 3000-meter steeplechase with a time of 9:50.20. The 4x100 meter relay team of Matak, Manders, sophomore Dan Sloat (Medina/Senior) and Smith was fourth in a season-best time of 42.77 and the 4x400-meter team of Sloat, Manders, Price and Matak was sixth in a season-best 3:23.00.
In the shot put, BW placed five throwers in the top eight. Senior two-time All-American thrower Greg Patrick (Collins/Western Reserve) won the shot put with a mark of 54'2.75". Freshman Zach Marinucci (Brunswick) was fifth (50' 0.50"), and sophomore Miles Moore (Gettysburg, Pa./Delone Catholic) was sixth (49'7.25"). Freshman Mitch Supan (Medina/Walsh Jesuit) and junior discus All-American Kevin Phipps (Pataskala/Watkins Memorial) tied for seventh with marks of 49'3.75".
In the unscored hammer throw, the BW men finished 1-2-3-6. Phipps won the event with a mark of 191'11", while senior Brett Scarl (North Olmsted) was second (172'01"), Supan was third (155'02") and junior Matt Kromer (Parma/Senior) was sixth (138'10").
BW back in action on Friday, May 7 at the University of Toledo Rocket Invitational.
Media and fans also are reminded that Baldwin Wallace University will host the 2010 NCAA Division III Outdoor National Track and Field Championship Meet in The George Finnie Stadium in Berea, Ohio from May 27-29. For more information, visit http://www.bw.edu/athletics/10tracknationals/.
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