April 23, 2007

Anderson Ups Hammer Record, Kreutzfeld Paces Sprints at All-Ohio

    Cincinnati -- Youngstown State's Bethany Anderson shattered her school record in the hammer and Kari Kreutzfeld earned four top-10 finishes at the All-Ohio Championships over the weekend.
    Anderson posted a mark of 187'1" to top her previous record by more than nine feet. The distance also ranks her 10th in the Mideast Region and 39th nationally among Division I throwers.
    Kreutzfeld posted personal-best times in the 400m (56.52) and 200m (25.41) dashes to finish fourth and ninth, respectively. She also anchored YSU's third-place 4x400m relay and ran the second leg in the 4x100m relay that placed seventh. Kreutzfeld now ranks fifth in YSU history in the 400m and eighth in the 200m.
    Aaliyah Gillespie added a fourth-place time of 14.59 in the 100m hurdles, and Darcelle Formby posted a 10th-place time of 25.43 in the 200m.
    In addition to Anderson's third-place finish, Lindsay Cobey finished seventh in the hammer with a personal-best mark of 160'10" that ranks her second in school history. Amy Hill placed eighth in the hammer (157'11") and seventh in the discus (130'8"), while Jacquline Clonch was sixth in the discus (134'10"). Lindsey Hill added a seventh-place finish in the javelin with a mark of 106'7".
    Scott Streiner was the top finisher in the men's sprints with a 15th-place time of 22.25 in the 200m while Eric Baltputnis was 18th in the 100m (11.35). J.D. Sheppard placed 16th in the 800m, and Justin Dickman was 16th in the 5,000m (15:49.77).
    In the field events, Shayne York finished eighth in the long jump (21'6.75") and Michael Perri was 12th in the high jump (6'0.75"). Dominic DeFilippo finished 15th in the hammer (157'6") and 16th in the shot put (41'8"), and Drew Weizer placed 17th in the hammer (148'7").
    The Penguins will compete at the Hillsdale Relays this weekend.