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Jason Fisher breaks school marks in shot put and hammer throw

Posted: Mar 29, 2010

March 29, 2010
By: Jordan Hill, sports information assistant

 

CEDARVILLE, Ohio - The Bluffton University track and field teams competed at the Cedarville Collegiate Open hosted by Cedarville University on Saturday.  The men's and women's teams each placed 10th, with Tiffin University victorious on the men's side and host Cedarville claiming first on the women's side.

Highlighting for the men's team was senior JASON FISHER (Rockford/Parkway). Fisher placed second in the shot put and the hammer throw, with marks of 50-08.75 and 179-09, respectively, which are both NCAA provisional qualifying marks and new school records. He also placed fourth in the discus with a throw of 138-11.

Also scoring for the Beavers was junior MICHAEL TIMPE (Swanton) who placed seventh in the triple jump (35-10.75).

Pacing the women was sophomore MEGAN NEAL (Arlington), who set a new school record in the hammer with a throw of 143-02.

Also scoring for the Beavers was sophomore HEATHER SMITH (Elkhart, Ind./Concord) who placed third in the 3,000m steeplechase (13:15.22), and the women's 4x100m relay team of junior MEGAN KOCH (Elida), freshman ELIZABETH BROWN (Edon), freshman KIRSTEN EGTS (Rawson/Cory-Rawson) and senior DONELLE PARKER (Painesville/Thomas W. Harvey) took fifth (56.08).
Bluffton returns to action on Friday, April 2, at the Yellow Jacket Invitational. The meet is slated to start at 10 a.m. in Defiance, Ohio.

-BEAVERS-