ADA, Ohio – A quartet of Baldwin Wallace University senior standouts led a contigent of twenty-six Yellow Jacket women's indoor track and field student-athletes who competed at the annual and unscored Ohio Northern University Polar Bear "Last Chance" Meet in the ONU Sports Center. The meet is designed for student-athletes who hope to either qualify or better their qualifying marks for next weekend's 2016 NCAA Division III National Championship Meet at Grinnell College in Grinnell, Iowa.
The BW women were led by senior Division III All-American pentathlete/ heptathlete Melanie Winters (Stow/ Stow-Munroe Falls) and senior All-American thrower Kim Gallavan (Auburn Township/ Kenston).
Winters won the 60-meter dash in 7.79 seconds and long jump with a leap of 18-feet and 11 and one-quarter inches (18'11.25"). Gallavan won the weight throw with a toss of 60'11.5" and the shot put with a throw of 46'3.25".
In addition to the Yellow Jacket quartet, junior women's jumper Erin Kasper (Amherst/ Steele) tied for second in the high jump with a career-best leap of 5'6.5". That jump ranks tied for 10th in Div. III and would qualify her for the nationals if it holds up. Senior Maggey Urban (Cleveland/ St. Joseph's Academy) was sixth in the weight throw with a toss of 52'10".
The Yellow Jackets will be back in action on March 11th when they travel to Grinnell, Iowa for the NCAA Indoor Track Championships.
