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Feb. 25, 2007

Three Penguins Earn Individual Honors as Track Squads Finish Second at League Meet

    Ann Arbor, Mich. -- Bethany Anderson and Joe Lahmon won Outstanding Field Performer honors while freshman Alisha Anthony was named the Field Newcomer at the Horizon League Indoor Track and Field Championships this weekend.
    Anderson won the shot put for the third time in her career and swept the throwing events for the second straight year while Lahmon won the weight throw for his first career title. Anthony won the long jump, finished third in the 200-meter dash and placed sixth in the triple jump.
    The women's squad finished 18 points behind UW-Milwaukee's winning score of 170 but was 69 points ahead of Butler for second. YSU edged Butler 96-94 to finish second on the men's side behind UW-Milwaukee's 175 points.
    Anderson won the shot put by less than an inch with a mark of 43'2.5" on Sunday after posting a first-place mark of 56'1" in the weight throw on Saturday. She was one of three YSU throwers who scored in the shot put and one of four in the weight throw. Lindsey Hill finished third in the shot put (41'10.75") while Jacquline Clonch was fifth in the shot put (40'6.75"). Alexis Hall finished second in the weight throw (50'5.25"), Amy Hill was third (50'4") and Lindsay Cobey was fifth (48'10.25").
    Anthony's winning mark in the long jump was the fourth-best winning leap in league history (19'1.50"), and Yandeh Joh won the 60m hurdles (9.05) to keep YSU undefeated in the event since joining the Horizon League in the 2001-02 season. Kari Kreutzfeld added a victory in the 400m with a time of 58.89.
    Joh also finished second in the pentathlon while Jen Grayson was third and Robyn Ray was fourth. Grayson added a second-place finishes in the high jump (5'3.25") and the 60m hurdles (9.7). Ashley Oliver finished third in the 60m (7.89) and fifth in the 200m (26.06) while Anthony ran a time of 25.95 in the 200m to finish third. Shantel Jackson was third (2:21.23) and Jennifer Roman was fifth in the 800m (2:23.41), Marielle Glanz was fourth in the mile (5:22.49) and Emily Wollet was sixth in the 400m(1:01.65). Ray added a sixth-place finish in the high jump (4'11.5") to go along with Anthony's sixth-place triple jump mark of 36'8.25".
    On the men's side Eric Baltputnis finished second in the 60m (7.11) to lead the sprints while Scott Streiner placed fourth in the 200m (22.52) and fifth in the 400m (50.35). Adam Kagarise was fourth in the 400m (50.19), and Da'Michael Horne added a sixth-place finish in the 60m (7.19).
    Harold Jones finished second by less than a second in the 800m (1:57.55), and J.D. Sheppard finished fourth in the 1,000m (2:34.83). Nick Kruse was third in the mile (4:21.41) and sixth in the 3,000m (8:54.14).
    Lahmon posted a winning mark of 60'6" in the weight throw while Dom DeFelippo was third (56'6") and Drew Weizer was sixth (53'0.25"). Aaron Merrill was second in the shot put (53-11.75") and Lahmon was fifth (50'7.5").
    Clarence Howell finished third in the long jump (21'11"), Shayne York was third in the triple jump (44'6.25") and Michael Perri was fifth in the high jump (6'1.5"). Marty Vieth added a fourth-place effort in the heptathlon.