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Malone University will go to NCAA Division 2

Malone University Receives Official Approval For NCAA Div. II Membership

Release Date: July 12, 2010

Malone University athletics has officially been granted approval for membership in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Div. II, the University’s athletic director Charlie Grimes announced today.

A current and long-time member of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), Malone will still hold NAIA membership for the next two years (2010-11 and 2011-12) and will also be in its first two (of three) years of exploratory membership with NCAA Div. II. Malone will be eligible for NAIA postseason competition for the 2010-11 season. After 2010-11 and 2011-12, Malone will hold its third and final year of NCAA Div. II exploratory membership in the 2012-13 year. In that year, Malone will no longer be a member of the NAIA and will also not yet be eligible for NCAA Div. II postseason competition. Malone will be a full member of NCAA Div. II beginning in the fourth year (2013-14).

Malone currently offers 20 intercollegiate sports, the most of any AMC institution. These include football, volleyball, men’s and women’s soccer, men’s and women’s cross country, men’s and women’s basketball, men’s and women’s swimming & diving, men’s and women’s indoor track & field, men’s and women’s outdoor track & field, baseball, softball, men’s and women’s golf and men’s and women’s tennis.

Grimes is pleased that the NCAA has deemed Malone a worthy candidate for membership. “Malone is deeply committed to providing student-athletes with the highest level of competition and support to enhance their educational experience,” said Grimes. “We are very excited to take our “Christ’s Kingdom First” mission and place it on the NCAA stage. This three-year transition will be challenging, but our athletic department is energized by the process, and our fine student-athletes are well worth the effort.”

For further information, please contact the Malone Sports Information Office at 330-471-8293.

Malone Cross Country Camp - July 11-14

USA Today Top Prep Track and Field Performers for 2010

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Congratulations to Kaila Barber, Midpark 3rd in 300 meter hurdles with time of 40.88.

Midwest Meet of Champions Results

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NCAA Division 3 Track and Field Championships-Women's Results

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NCAA Division 3 Track and Field Championships-Men's Results

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NCAA Division 2 Results

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NCAA Division 1 Results

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Best in Ohio-Congratulations to Erin Gabriel

Poland pitcher named Gatorade Ohio softball player of year

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Published: Wed, June 9, 2010 @ 5:43 p.m.

Poland sophomore pitcher Erin Gabriel was named the Gatorade Ohio Softball Player of the Year after helping the Bulldogs to a 30-2 record and a berth in the Division II state championship game.

Gabriel went 21-1 with a 0.24 ERA along with 318 strikeouts and 18 walks in 142 innings. She batted .562 with a .753 slugging percentage, three homers and 28 RBIs. She threw four no-hitters in the state tournament.

For more details, read Thursday's Vindicator or visit www.vindy.com

Ohio High School Track & Field History

1908: First state meet held. Columbus North is the winner with 19 points. Events contested: 100, 220, 440, mile, 120 yard High Hurdles, 220 yard Low Hurdles, Shot Put, Discus, Hammer, High Jump, Long Jump, Pole Vault.
1909: 880 run added
1910: Mile dropped; some felt it was to long for high school athletes to run.
1911: Mile is back on schedule.
1912: Mile relay added.
1917: Javelin added. Hammer Dropped.
1921: First year for two classes. (A and B)
1925: National Federation started to recognize Track & Field records.
1929: 880 yard relay added
1935: National Federation lowered High Hurdles from 42 inches to 39 inches and went from 220 yards to 200 yards for Low Hurdles.
1936: Class A schools ran 200 Lows, but class B stayed at 220 for state meet. Medley Relay added.
1937: Class B switched to 200 Lows.
1938: Javelin and Medley relay dropped.
1939: Discus changed from college weight 2K-4 lbs 6.548 oz to 1.6k-3 lbs 6 oz.
1951: Low Hurdles changed to 180 yards.
1964: O.S.U. puts all-weather track, eliminating long straight-aways on both sides.
1966: Two Mile added.
1970: State meet scoring changed from 6-4-3-2-1 to 10-8-6-4-2-1
1971: First year for three classes: A, AA, AAA
1975: First state tournament for girls; Events: 100, 220, 440, 880, mile, 80 yard low Hurdles, 440 relay, 880 relay, 880 medley relay, mile relay, high jump, long jump, discus, shot put. State Champions where AAA Toledo Scott, AA Doylestown Chippewa, A Frankfort Adena
1978: First combined tournament for boys and girls: low hurdles switched to 300 meters; girls go from 80 yard to 100 meter low hurdles.
1979: 440 yard relay for boys added. 880 relay dropped
1980: First state tournament for all running events in meters and Fully Automatic Timing (FAT) used for first time. 3200 meter relay for girls added. Medley relay dropped. Girls shot put changed from 8 lbs to 4k-8lbs 13 oz.
1982: 3200 meter relay added for boys.
1984: 300 meter low hurdles and 3200 meter run added for girls, giving both boys and girls 16 events.
1987: 300 intermediate hurdles (36”) replaces 300 meter low hurdles for boys. 100 meter high hurdles (33”) replaces 100 meter low hurdles for girls.
1999: State meet moved to Dayton when track is removed from OSU stadium.
2002: Girls pole vault is added.
2004: Boys 800 meter relay is added and state meet is moved back to Columbus.

Information Compiled by the late Bob Curry and Ken Jakubec

Dog Day Afternoon-Poland Bulldogs Capture Regional Track Title

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Poland Bulldogs win Division 2 Regional Championship

The Poland Bulldogs boys track team won the Division 2 NEO Regional Track & Field Championships at Ravenna this afternoon; Salem was second. The Bulldogs relied on strong performances from Sean Murphy, who won the 800 meter run in a school-record time of 1:55.83, and Robert Balzano in the 400, 48.50. The 4 x 200 meter relay won with a time of 1:28.24 erasing another school record. The Bulldogs also set a new school record in winning the 4 x 400 meter relay in 3:20.38. The old record was 3:20.47 set in 2000. On the girls side Allison Rice won the discus with a throw of 125' 6".

Complete Results

Results from Division 1, Regional Track Meet Austintown

Lakeview 4 x 800 Meter Relay team heading for Columbus

Read Article in the Trib Today by John Vargo

Bulldogs Have Their Day at Ravenna

The Poland Bulldogs and Lakeview Bulldogs 4 x 800 meter relay teams qualified for the state track meet next week finishing 3rd and 4th respectively. Read Vindicator article by Joe Scalzo.

Hoover girls, Wadsworth boys Capture 4 x 800 Title at Austintown Regional

Wadsworth boys captured the regional 4 x 800 meter relay title at the Austintown regional track & Field meet Wednesday with a clocking of 7:46.02. Jake Hiltner put the hammer down on the anchor leg to give the quartet of Jacob Sussman, Aaron Tipton, Russ McCune and Hiltner the 4 x 800 title. They advance to the State meet and will run this race on Friday.

The North Canton Hoover girls ran an impressive 9:16.19 to win the girls 4 x 800 meter relay. Allison Peare had a strong anchor leg. The members of this winning quartet are Erin Garfield, Kelsey Peare, Hannah Christ and Allison Peare. They will also run the final in the 4 x 800 on Friday at the State Meet.

Videos of both these races are posted on this website.

Results from OHSAA NEO Regional Track Meet, Region 1 Austintown

Meet Program for Friday

Regional and State Seeding -How is it done?

Each year I am approached by someone and the questions is this; why is my athlete in lane 8 or 1 when he or she has a faster time than the athlete in lane 2 or 7?? Well, you have to remember that the OHSAA has its own seeding formula. The two heats of 8 are seeded by district place and time. How does it work? First of all, preferred lanes in Ohio are 4-5-6-3-2-7-8-1. The fastest runner get lane 1, the slowest lane 8. Now, since there are 4 district coming to the regional meet and 4 regions going to the State Meet, seeding is accomplished as follows: we look at the fastest 1st place times from each district or regional. The fasted 1st place gets heat 1, lane 4, the 2nd fastest 1st place time gets heat 2, lane 4, the 3rd fastest 1st place time gets heat 2, lane 5 and the 4th fastest 1st place time gets heat 1, lane 5. Now start in heat 2 and seed the 4 2nd place athletes in lanes 6 and 3. Now go back to heat one and start seeding the 3rd place athletes in lanes 2 and 7, and back to heat 2 and seed the 4th place athletes in lanes 8 and 1.

So as you can see a 2nd place athlete in a district or region can have a faster time than a 1st place athlete in another district or region and get a less preferred lane.

Glenville boys, Euclid girls win Division I district track titles

Read article in the Cleveland Plain Dealer by Tim Warsinskey

Both of these fine teams will be traveling to Austintown Fitch Stadium Wednesday (semi-finals) and Friday (finals) to compete in the NEO Regional, Region 1, Track & Field Championships. The top 4 athletes from each individual event and fastest 4 times from each relay event will advance to the State Track & Field Meet next weekend at Jesse Owens Stadium on the Ohio State University campus. As you can tell from the previous article posted on our site this will be an exiting regional meet. Times for the meet are as follows: Wednesday: Field Events at 4:00 pm and Running events 4:30. The 4 x 800 Meter Relay will be the only final running event on Wednesday. Friday: Field Events at 4:00 pm and Running Events Finals at 5:00 pm.