BEREA, OHIO -- The Ohio Northern University men won the team titles today (Saturday, February 26) on the second day of the 2011 Ohio Athletic Conference Men's Indoor Track & Field Championship, hosted by Baldwin Wallace University on the Harrison Dillard Track inside the Lou Higgins Recreation Center. In addition, the top three relay teams and individuals in each event earn All-OAC honors for the 2011 season.
Ohio Northern took home the men's team title with 160 points. The Polar Bears were followed by Mount Union with 126 points, Otterbein (84), Baldwin Wallace (81), Wilmington and Marietta (64), Muskingum (50), John Carroll (46), Heidelberg (42) and Capital (24.5). Ohio Northern won its fourth straight title and sixth overall.
On the men's side, Mount Union's Scott Thomas was named the Don Frail Most Outstanding Sprint Athlete, Ohio Northern's Dan Smith was named the Most Outstanding Distance Athlete and Muskingum's Demetrius Bailey and Kevin Phipps of BW were named Bud Yoest Co-Most Outstanding Field Athletes. The Ohio Northern coaching staff was named the Men's Staff of the Year.
In the men's running events, Marietta won the 4x200-meter relay in a time of 1:31.24. The team consisted of senior Anthony Williams, junior Ryan Householder, senior Dele Adedapo and sophomore William McCulloch. Mount Union senior Ty Griffin defended the one mile run title at a time of 4:16.57. Otterbein junior Austin Curbow defended his 55-meter hurdles title with a time of 7.59. Ohio Northern junior Jacob Schwab won the 400 meter dash with a time of 49.37. Mount Union sophomore Cory Hoover placed first in the 500-meter run crossing the finish line in a time of 1:06.52. With a time of 6.46, Mount Union senior Scott Thomas placed first in the 55-meter dash. Thomas also placed first in the 200-meter dash crossing the finish line in a meet record time of 22.41 seconds.
In the 800-meter run, Ohio Northern junior Cory Bailey placed first with a time of 1:59.41. Junior Dan Smith from Ohio Northern placed first in the 1000-meter run defending his title from a year ago finishing with a time of 2:31.73. In the 5,000-meter run, sophomore Ken Janosko from Baldwin Wallace placed first with a time of 15:15.59. Ohio Northern won the 4x400-meter relay in a time of 3:24.38. The Polar Bear relay team consisted of junior Jacob Schwab, and three seniors including Shane Huntley, Garrett Brown, and Evan Heyman.
In the field events, Muskingum senior Demetrius Bailey defended his triple jump title with a leap of 46"9.50'. Mount Union junior Sean Denard won the shot put with a toss of 51"8.25'. Wilmington junior Braden McMonigle defended his high jump title with a jump of 66".75'.
Fans can access final results at http://www.bw.edu/athletics/11oacitfchampionships/
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