BEREA, OHIO -- The Baldwin-Wallace College outdoor track and field team hosted the annual Ohio Athletic Conference Black-Tri Meet at The George Finnie Stadium. The B-W women won the event with 259 points easily beating second place Mount Union by 55.5 points. The men finished second to Mount Union by 14 points.
Highlighting the day for the women was senior Jessica Textoris (Akron/ Medina Highland) who won the 5000 meter run in a time of 17:29.25, which is her best time of the season and her career. In addition, senior Tara Gruskiewicz (Williamsfield/Pymatuning Valley) and her sister Tatum both won events. Tara won the 800 meter run in 2:18.91, and Tatum won the 3000 meter steeplechase with a time of 11:36.71. Others winners included freshman Elizabeth Redd (Canton/GlenOak) won the 100 meter dash in 12.73 seconds, junior Amren Frazier (Middleburg Heights) tied for first in the high jump with a jump of 5'2", freshman Megan McDannel (Berea) won the hammer throw with a throw of 92'9", senior Lauren Harris (New Philadelphia) won the shot put with a throw of 38'4.5", and senior Sarah Guba (Olmsted Falls/Berea) won the javelin with a throw of 121'1".
For the men, senior Dash McNeil (Crooksville) jumped 6'8.25" to win the high jump and get an NCAA provisional mark. Senior Tim Budic (Eastlake North) won the 1500 meter run with a time of 3:57.82. and senior Josh Lambert (Milan/Edison) won the 200 meter dash in 22.77 seconds. Other winners included junior Scott Roberts (Sandusky/Perkins) who won the 400 meter hurdles 56.35 seconds and junior Jon Shoffstall (Lakeview/Indian Lake) who won the hammer throw with a heave of 148'11".
The Yellow Jacket track teams will return to action next Friday and Saturday when they host the Ohio Athletic Conference Championships at The George Finnie Stadium in Berea. Friday's events are set to begin at 2:00 and Saturday's will start at 10:00.
FOR MORE BALDWIN-WALLACE COLLEGE SPORTS INFORMATION, please call Sports Information Director Kevin Ruple at 440-826-2327, FAX him at 440-826-2329 or e-mail him at kruple@bw.edu. To contact Head Track & Field Coach Dr. Bill Taraschke, please call him at 440-826-3322, FAX him at 440-826-2192 or e-mail him at wtarasch@bw.edu.
To check out all of the latest B-W indoor track & field information, please log onto our Internet Web site at www.bw.edu/athletics and then go to the indoor track & field pages. Updated indoor season bests, meet results and meet and stories can be accessed on the schedule page.
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