BEREA, OHIO -- The Baldwin-Wallace College outdoor track and field team hosted the annual B-W Invitational at The George Finnie Stadium. This meet is regarded as one of the best collegiate track meets in the Midwest.
Highlighting the day for the men was senior Tim Budic (Eastlake North) who won the men's 3000 steeplechase with a time 9:06.46. Budic's time was .06 off of an NCAA automatic bid, however his time was good enough for an NCAA Division III qualifying time.
For the women, senior Jessica Textoris (Akron/ Medina Highland) finished second in the 5000 meter run in a time of 17:32.08 which was also an NCAA Division III national qualifying time. In addition, senior Lynn Katanik (Parma Padua) finished third in the 5000 meter run in 17:37.64 Both Textoris' and Katanik's times were also their career bests.The Yellow Jacket track teams will return to action next Saturday when they host the annual OAC Tri Black Meet at The George Finnie Stadium in Berea. The meet is set to begin at 10:00 a.m.
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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