BEREA, OHIO - The Baldwin Wallace University women's indoor track and field team finished third and the men were fourth at the 2009 Ohio Athletic Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships at Capital University in Columbus, Ohio.

 

The Yellow Jacket women scored 92.5 points to place third of 10 teams while the men scored 68.5 points and placed fourth of 10 schools.

 

Highlighting the meet for BW were distance aces in senior Ashley Scullion (Kentwood, Michigan/ East Kentwood), junior D'Arcy Hlavin (Berea) and sophomore Kim Chinn (Zanesville/ West Muskingum). Scullion, who won her second straight OAC title in the 3,000-meter run on Friday in 10:42.92, also placed fourth in 1-mile run (5:15.21 and seventh in the 800 meters in 2:29.67. Chinn won the 1000-meter run in 3:04.94, placed third in the 1-mile in 5:13.07 and was joined by Hlavin on the winning distance medley relay team on Friday to be All-OAC three times. Individually, Hlavin matched her trio of All-OAC finishes. She ran on the DMR, placed second in the 1-mile in 5:11.32 and third in the 800 in 2:27.26 as well as earning a fourth place showing in the 5000 meter run in 19:11.82.

       

Overall, BW had two individual women's champions and the victorious women's Distance Medley Relay team, and a total of 12 Yellow Jackets were All-OAC award recipients.

 

In addition for the women, senior Rebekah Paul (Gibsonburg) ran with Hlavin, Chinn and junior Brittany Giesken (Ottawa/ Ottawa-Glandorf) on the DMR at won in 10:36.51 overall. Paul individually placed fifth in the 400 meter dash in 1:00.96 and freshman Julie Kotesovec (Litchfield/ Medina Buckeye) was fourth in the 800 meters in 2:28.30.

 

FOR MORE INFORMATION, please contact either Sports Information Director Kevin Ruple by telephone at (440) 826-2327 and e-mail at kruple@bw.edu or Assistant SID Nick Minerd at (440) 826-2780 and e-mail at nminerd@bw.edu.  To contact Head Coach Bill Taraschke, please call him at (440) 826-3322 and e-mail him atwtarasch@bw.edu.

 

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