May 29, 2008
Five Guins Set to Compete at NCAA Mideast Regional This Weekend
Youngstown -- Five members of the Youngstown State
track and field program will compete to qualify for nationals at the NCAA
Mideast Regional on Friday and Saturday.
Throwers Bethany Anderson, Joe Lahmon and Aaron Merrill all
hit the regional automatic qualifying standard while Harold Jones and Shayne
York earned berths by winning an event at the Horizon League Championships.
The top five finishers in each event automatically gain entry
to the NCAA National Championships in Des Moines, Iowa, which starts June 11.
Anderson (Jamestown, N.Y.) is competing at the Mideast
Regional for the fourth consecutive year. Last season she posted the best finish
by any student-athlete in school history with an eighth-place mark in the
hammer. She is seeded 16th in the region and will participate in the second of
three flights. She placed 23rd in the hammer in 2006 and 28th in the shot put in
2005.
Merrill (Leetonia, Ohio) was a regional qualifier as a
freshman in 2006 and will compete in the shot put for the second time now as a
redshirt sophomore. He finished 22nd as a freshman, and he's thrown more than
seven feet further than that mark this season. Merrill is ranked 12th in the
field and will throw in the second flight.
Jones, York and Lahmon will all be competing at the regional
for the first time in their careers. Jones is seeded 18th in the 800m, Lahmon is
ranked 26th in the hammer and York is seeded 33rd in the long jump. Jones is the
first male runner to compete for YSU since Kurt Michaelis ran in the
steeplechase in 2004.
Anderson will be the first student-athlete from YSU to
compete with the hammer beginning Friday at 11 a.m., CDT.
Live results will be available throughout the meet at flashresults.com.
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