Fourteen Earn All-America Honors at NCAA Division III Indoor Track and Field Championships
Fourteen (7 women, 7 men) earned
All-America honors at the 2012 NCAA Division III Indoor Track and
Field Championships, which was held March 9-10 at the Charles
Benson Bear Recreation and Athletic Center in Grinnell, Iowa. The
top-eight in each event earn All-America honors.
On the women’s side, Mount Union
junior Mary Mahoney (Ashtabula/St. John –St.
Paul) was runner-up in the 400-meter dash (55.93). Mahoney
also earned All-America honors with a fourth place finish in 4x400
meter relay, along with teammates junior Daryn Herman
(Fairview Park) and sophomores Emily Mazzaferri
(Canton/GlenOak) and Taylor Kring (Salem/West
Branch).
Baldwin-Wallace freshman Danielle
Torrence (Canton/South) finished third in the shot put
with a career-best throw of 46-8.00.
Ohio Northern junior Alison
Steinbrunner (New Carlisle/Tecumseh) captured fourth place
in the 5,000-meter run with a time of 17.14.34.
Marietta senior Ashley Bault
(Atwater/Waterloo) finished runner-up in the pentathlon
(3,502) and finished seventh in the long jump (18-02.25) to earn
All-America honors in both event. Her second place finished marks
the best finish in program history.
On the Men’s side, Mount Union
sophomore Sam Ludgood (Webster, NY/Webster
Schroeder) placed seventh in the triple jump (48-0.5).
Baldwin-Wallace sophomore Brandon
Eddy (Cuyahoga Heights) placed fourth in heptathlon with
4,928 points.
Ohio Northern senior Dan Smith
(Avon) took home fifth place in the mile run with a time
of 4:08.63.
Heidelberg junior Nate Davis
(Dayton/Stivers) and senior Joe Yoder (West
Liberty/ West Liberty Salem) each earned All-America
honors. Davis cleared 6-11.00 to secure second place in the high
jump. Yoder tallied 4, 768 to place seventh in the heptathlon.
Otterbein senior Austin Curbow
(Gahanna) earned his third All-America honor with a third
place finish in the 60-meter hurdles (8.05).
John Carroll junior Mike Minjock
(Seven Hills/St. Ignatius) placed seventh in the long the
long jump (7.05).