ROCK ISLAND, ILL. -- Select Baldwin Wallace University individual performers competed on Friday, May 20 at the Augustana (Ill.) College Twilight Qualifier. This was the final "last chance"meet for those performers hoping to qualify for the 2011 NCAA Division III National Championship Meet at Ohio Wesleyan University in Delaware, Ohio from May 26-28.
To date, BW has six NCAA qualifiers. Senior four-time Division III All-American thrower Kevin Phipps (Patsakala/Watkins Memorial), senior Matt Kromer (Parma), junior Miles Moore (Gettysburg, Pa./Delone Catholic), sophomore All-American Mitch Supan (Medina/Walsh Jesuit), sophomore Zach Marinucci (Brunswick), and freshman Brandon Eddy (Cuyahoga Heights) have all either automatic or provisional.
Leading the way at Augustana was Phipps who captured first in both the hammer and discus and placed fifth in the shot. He had marks of 194-feet and six-inches in the hammer, 174'2" in the discuss and 51'9.75" inches in the shot put.
In addition to Phipps, the Yellow Jacket men had Kromer place 11th in the discus with a throw of 151'8" Marinucci who captured ninth in the shot with a mark of 49'10.5".
The 2011 regular season ended at the April 29-30 Ohio Athletic Conference Championship Meet when both the BW men and women placed second of 10 schools.
To date, BW's eight NCAA Division III national qualifiers include six men while a number of others also are close to qualifying and will get one more chance today at Augustana. Three have already met the NCAAs automatic qualifying standard while the other five have met a provisional standard.
A year ago, Phipps (discus and hammer)and Supan (discus) each earned All-America honors when BW hosted the 2010 NCAA national meet at The George Finnie Stadium.
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