BEREA, OHIO - Two Baldwin-Wallace College track and field student-athletes, senior Dash McNeal (Crooksville High School) and sophomore Jayna Rasmussen (Westlake/ Lutheran West H.S.), won individual titles today (March 22) as the Yellow Jackets opened the northern portion of their schedule at the unscored Muskingum College Invitational Meet in New Concord, Ohio.
McNeal won the high jump and triple jump and Rasmussen won the 100 meter dash and was second in the 200 meters. McNeal captured the high jump with a leap of six-feet and four inches and won the triple jump with a leap of 41' 7.75". Rasmussen won the 100 meter dash in 13.44 seconds and was second in the 200 meters in 27.95 seconds.
In addition, senior Nicole Drouhard (Canfield/ Austintown Fitch H.S.) was second in the 5000 meter run in 18:32.05, senior Lauren Harris (New Philaelphia H.S.) was second in the shot put with a throw of 37' 11.25" and junior Alex Johnson (Olmsted Falls H.S.) was second in the discus with a throw of 154' 8". Johnson was also fourth in the shot put with a heave of 46' 6.75"
The Yellow Jacket track and field teams will be back in action next Saturday, March 29, when they travel to Wilmington, Ohio and Wilmington College to compete at the annual Ohio Athletic Conference Relay Meet.
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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