KENT, OHIO -  Baldwin Wallace University senior NCAA Division III cross country and track All-American Kim Chinn (Zanesville/ West Muskingum) won the one-mile run today in a school-record time (Saturday, February 19) at the Kent State University Open Meet.

Chinn posted a time of 4:59.34 against a field of 62 runners comprised of Divison II and Divison III athletes. Chinn reset her own school record of 5:03.70 set just last week at the Division III All-Ohio Indoor Track and Field Championships. Her performance today also improves her NCAA provisional qualifying mark in the mile and ranks 10th in all of Division III.

In addition, senior Justin Brown (Sandusky) ran a time of 2:09.74 in the 800-meter run.

The Yellow Jacket track and field teams are back in action this Friday and Saturday, Feb. 25-26 when they host the 2011 Ohio Athletic Conference Indoor Track & Field Championship Meet on the Harrison Dillard Track inside the Lou Higgins Center Fieldhouse. Action begins on Friday, Feb. 25 at 12:00 noon and resumes on Saturday, Feb. 26 at 10:00 a.m. Fans can log on to the championship web site at http://www.bw.edu/athletics/11oacitfchampionships/
 
To date, the BW women's track team has competed in four scored indoor meets and are undefeated winning meet titles at the BW Mid-January Meet, the OAC Relay Meet, the All-Ohio Division III Championship Meet and yesterday's (Feb. 18) Greater Cleveland College Championship Meet and own a perfect 36-0 record.  The BW men have won titles at the Mid-January Meet, the All-Ohio Meet and last night and own a 37-1 record.

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