Kevin Phipps

BEREA, OHIO - The Baldwin Wallace University men's and women's indoor track and field teams opened their 2010 seasons today (Saturday, January 23) at the BW Mid-January Meet on the Harrison Dillard Track in the Lou Higgins Center.  The meet was not scored. Overall, BW earned a total of five first-place finishes.

Highlighting the meet for the men was All-Ohio Athletic Conference junior thrower Kevin Phipps(Reynoldsburg/Watkins Memorial) who won the weight throw with an NCAA-provisional qualifying mark of 57 feet, five and one half inches. Phipps' toss also broke his own school record of 56'6.50", which he set last year. Also in the throws for BW, senior All-OAC performer Greg Patrick (Collins/Western Reserve) won the shot put with a mark of 51'. Patrick's 51' throw was also an NCAA provisional mark.

Three women won an individual event. Junior All-OAC runner Kim Chinn (Zanesville/West Muskingum) won the one mile run with a time of 5:20.10. In addition, senior Erin Norton (Lakewood/Senior) won the weight throw with a toss of 47'8.50" and junior Emily Oliver (Waynesburg/Sandy Valley) won the 55-meter hurdles with a time of 8.99.

Emily Oliver (right) won the 55-meter hurdles
with a time of 8.99 seconds.

The BW track and field teams will be back in action next Saturday, January 30, 2010 when they host the Ohio Athletic Conference Relays on the Harrison Dillard Track. The meet is scheduled to start at 12:00 p.m.

2010 Baldwin Wallace University Mid-January Meet
Saturday, January 23, 2010; Harrison Dillard Track; Lou Higgins Recreation Center in Berea, Ohio
Aggate Results

PARTICIPATING TEAMS: Baldwin Wallace University (BW), Oberlin College (OC),Ursuline College (UC), Mount Union College (MUC), Malone University (MU), Buffalo State (N.Y.) University (BSU), Allegheny (Pa.) College (AC), John Carroll University (JCU), Lake Erie College (LEC)

FINAL MEN'S EVENT RESULTS: 55-Meter Dash: Jelani Alcott (MU), 6.59; 55-Meter Hurdles: Ethan Snyder (LEC), 8.10; 200-Meter Dash: Solomon Turner (OC), 22.91; 400-Meter Dash: Seth Wimberly (OC), 50.70; 500-Meter Run: Quinton Harley (LEC), 1:07.67; 800-Meter Run: Christopher Sinick (MU), 1:59.91; 1,000-Meter Run: Tony Dipre (ALL), 2:33.99; One-Mile Run: James Zeuch (MU), 4:15.88; 3,000-Meter Run: Evan Gaynor (MU), 8:36.16; 5000-Meter Run: Tony Migliozzi (MU), 15:58.31; 4 x 200-Meter Relay: Oberlin (Solomon Turner, Alex Kutana, Shawn Chrapczynski, Seth Wimberly), 1:33.05; 4 x 400 Meter Relay: Oberlin, 3:27.69 ; High Jump: Kyle Wagner (MU), 6'4"; Pole Vault: Jason Rook (MU), 14'3.25"; Long Jump: Johnnie Legrair (MU), 21'11.50"; Triple Jump: Kyle Abron (BSU), 43'10.00"; Shot Put: Greg Patrick (BW), 51'0.00";Weight Throw: Kevin Phipps (BW), 57'5.50".

FINAL WOMEN'S EVENT RESULTS: 55-Meter Dash: Taniqua Hollingsworth (BSU), 7.54; 55-Meter Hurdles:Emily Oliver (BW), 8.99; 200-Meter Dash: Bashiyra Doss (BSU), 27.76; 400-Meter Dash: Madeline Schultz (OC), 1:02.29; 500-Meter Run: Amanda Theis (MU), 1:21.43; 800-Meter Run: Clara Shaw (OC), 2:19.12; 1,000-Meter Run: Christen Handley (MUC), 3:08.89; One-Mile Run: Kim Chinn (BW), 5:20.10; 3,000-Meter Run:Joanna Johnson (OC), 10:16.64; 5000-Meter Run: Melissa Roth (MU), 19:20.27; 4 x 200-Meter Relay: Lake Erie (Colleen Bednar, Kaitlyn Holland, Samantha Smith, Andrea Boyd), 1:51.19; 4 X 400-Meter Relay: Oberlin (Clara Shaw, Amanda Miller, Madeline Schultz, Marissa Clardy, 4:10.53; High Jump: Talia Cumberbatch (BSU), Lori Ickes (MU), 5'1.75"; Pole Vault: Rebecca Rospotynski (MU),10'10.00"; Long Jump: Aubrey Loy (MUC), 18'4.00"; Triple Jump: Aubrey Loy (MUC), 36'8.50"; Shot Put: Holley Mangold (UC), 41'3.25"; Weight Throw: Erin Norton (BW), 47'8.50"