Marietta Set to Host the 2010 OAC Track and Field Championship
-Friday-Saturday, February 26-27-
[2010 CHAMPIONSHIP SITE] [MEN'S PERFORMANCE LIST] [WOMEN'S PERFORMANCE LIST]
[MEN'S HEAT SHEET] [WOMEN'S HEAT SHEET]
[2009 COMPLETE RESULTS]
Austintown, OH- Marietta will host the 2010 Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) Men’s and Women’s Indoor Track and Field Championship on Friday-Saturday, February 26-27, at the Baudo Recreation Center. All ten OAC schools will vie for the league title. Friday’s competition will begin at 1:30p.m., while Saturday’s competition will begin at 10:00a.m. Spectators will be charged for admission, adults will be $5, a two day pass for will be $8, non-OAC students are $2 and OAC students are free.
A year ago, the Ohio Northern men capture its fourth title in school history, while the ONU women claimed their first ever title. The ONU men finished with 183.5 points followed by runner-up Heidelberg with 137 points. Mount Union was third with 118 points and was followed by Baldwin-Wallace (68.5), Otterbein (51), Marietta (46.5), John Carroll (32), Capital (28), Wilmington (22.5) and Muskingum (15).
Ohio Northern returns senior Alan Bowsher (Bowling Green), the 2009 Distance Athlete-of-the-Meet. Bowsher won 3,000-meter run (8:50.11) and placed second in the 5,000-meter run (15:31.08).
Heidelberg will return senior Julius Higginbotham (Elyria), who excelled both on the track and in the field a year ago. Higginbotham won the long jump with a leap of 23’0, finished second in the triple jump (44’2.5”) and was tabbed the Bud Yoest Field Athlete-of-the-Meet for the second straight year. Higginbotham was also named the Don Frail Sprinter-of-the-Meet after claiming the 55-meter dash title (6.39).
On the women’s side, the Polar Bears finished with 147 points and were followed by Otterbein (104.5), Baldwin-Wallace (92.5), Marietta (91) and Capital (84). John Carroll finished sixth with 51 points and was followed in the final team standings by Heidelberg (47), Wilmington (39), Mount Union (34) and Muskingum (11).
ONU returns senior Rachel Smith (Bellevue), who was named the 2009 Julie Zajac Distance Athlete-of-the-Meet after her victory in the mile run (5:10.11) and a second place finish in the 1,000-meter run (3:08.12).
Wilmington will look to senior Callen Martin (Cincinnati/Finneytown), who was selected as the Fred Raizk Most Outstanding Sprint Athlete-of-the-Meet for her first place finish in the 300-meter dash (41.66) and second place finish in the 55-meter dash (7.11).
Mount Union returns senior Aubrey Loy (Canton/Massillon), the Phil Gordon Field Athlete-of-the-Meet. Loy won the long jump (5.57m) and placed second in the triple jump (10.92m).
The top three relay teams and individuals earn All-OAC honors for the 2010 season.
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