DELAWARE, OHIO -- Baldwin Wallace University senior All-American pentathlete Emily Oliver (Waynesburg/ Sandy Valley) stands 10th of 22 competitors today (Thursday, May 26) after the first of the two-day and seven-event heptathlon at the 2011 NCAA Division III National Track & Field Championship Meet at Ohio Wesleyan University in Delaware, Ohio.
She placed sixth in the 100-meter hurdles with a career-best time of 14.99 seconds for 843 points, 10th in the high jump with a leap of five-feet and one-half inch for 666 points, 13th in the shot put with a throw of 32'4.24" for 520 points and was 18th in the 200-meter dash with a time of 26.84 for 725 points.
Tomorrow (Friday, May 27), Oliver will compete in the final three events, including the long jump, javelin and 800-meter run. Oliver set a career-best of 4,487 points on May 10-11 at the Wake Forest University Deacon Combined Events Meet in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
In addition to being an outstanding pentathlete/ heptathlete, Oliver, a chemistry major, is an Academic All-Ohio Athletic Conference and CAPITAL ONE Academic All-District IV student-athlete who carried a better than 3.5 grade average.
In addition to Oliver today, three-time All-American distance runner Kim Chinn (Zanesville/ West Muskingum) is competing in the 3,000-meter steeplechase and sophomore Cristina Perrine (Middleburg Heights/Midpark) is competing in the discuss. BW has more individual competitors at the national meet than any other Ohio Div. III school.
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