Preview
Austintown, OH- Otterbein will host the 2008 Ohio Athletic
Conference (OAC) Men’s and Women’s Indoor Track and Field Championship
on Friday-Saturday, March 7-8, at the Clements Recreation Center. Friday’s
competition will begin at 1:30p.m., while Saturday’s competition will
begin at 10a.m. All ten OAC schools will vie for the league title.
At the 2007 OAC Championship, Mount Union men captured their 31st
overall title, while the Otterbein women claimed their third title since
2003.
The Purple Raiders will return only one individual champion from a
year ago, senior Dan Gund (Madison),
who won the shot put title (16.13m).
The Cardinals will return three of their five individual champions
from a year ago, juniors Stacey
Schall (Lancaster/Bloom Carroll), Anna
Yonkers (Lancaster/Bloom Carroll) and Allyson
Tobin (Lancaster/Fisher Catholic).
Schall captured the 55-meter hurdles (8.50), Yonkers won the
500-meter run (1:17.69) and Tobin took home the shot put title (12.78).
Heidelberg will return junior Scott
Lasch (Huron), who was named the 2007 OAC
Most Outstanding Distance Runner for his is second place finish in the
one-mile run (4:22.70) and his first place finish in the 1,000-meter run
(2:32.65) a year ago.
The Berg will also return sophomore Jamie
Depinte (New Riegel), who was tabbed the 2007 OAC Most Outstanding
Female Sprinter. Depinte won the 400-meter dash (59.06) and placed second in
the 300-meter dash (41.73) and was a member of the 4x400-meter relay team
that earned All-OAC honors a year ago.
Baldwin-Wallace junior Ashley
Scullion (Kentwood, Mich./East Kentwood), the 2007 Julie Zajac Most Outstanding Distance
Athlete, will also be returning. Scullion won the 800-meter (2:19.44),
and the one-mile run in a OAC record time of 5:07.76, and place second in
the 5000-meter (18:27.56)
The top three placewinners in each individual event and
the top three relay teams in each event earn All-OAC honors.
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