WESTERVILLE, OHIO – The Baldwin Wallace University men's indoor track and field team finished third at the 2012 All-Ohio Division III Championship Meet today (Saturday, February 11) inside the Clements Recreation Center at Otterbein University.
The Yellow Jacket men scored 71 points and placed 3rd of 18 schools. Fans and media can get live results of the meet athttp://onthemarktiming.com/past_results/results.2012/allohioIN12/.
Leading the way for the men was sophomore multi-event athlete Brandon Eddy (Cuyahoga Heights) who finished first in both the pole vault and the high jump with heights of 15' 1'' and 6' 6.75'' respectively scoring 20 points for the Yellow Jackets. Junior thrower Mitch Supan (Medina/Walsh Jesuit) placed second in the weight throw with a distance of 55 feet 3.5 inches.
In addition to Eddy for the men, the distance medley team consisting of senior Tom Wilkin (Powell/Olentangy Liberty), Dan Sloat (Medina), Issac Baker (Lithia, Fla, /Newsome), and Drew Beck (Canandaigua, N.Y./Canandaigua Academy) finished third with a time of 10:34.04. Junior star distance runner Ken Janosko (Mentor) finished second in the 5000 meter run with a time of 15:06.60 to score 8 points for BW.
The Yellow Jackets are back in action Friday, Feb. 17 when the teams host the 25th Annual Greater Cleveland Championship Meet on the Harrison Dillard Track inside the Lou Higgins Center Fieldhouse at 5:00 p.m. The final regular season meet will take place the next day when select Yellow Jacket individuals will compete at the Kent State University Open Meet.
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