NAIA nationals: Baxter breaks record

By Journal staff | Friday, May 23, 2008

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EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. — Black Hills State junior Aubrey Baxter had a record-setting day at the NAIA Outdoor Track and Field Championship.

Baxter won the NAIA national title in the hammer throw on Thursday, turning in a mark of 198 feet, 9 inches to easily outdistance Clarke College’s Emily Brown during the first day of the national tournament at Ralph Korte Stadium in Edwardsville, Ill.

Brown, who had been the dominant thrower all season in NAIA, entered the meet with the top throw this season in both the hammer and the shot put and the third highest mark in the discus.

Yellow Jackets head coach Scott Walkinshaw said Baxter overcame poor throwing conditions to set the new record and win the championship.

“She’s thrown further this season,” Walkinshaw said. “Today, it was not good throwing conditions it was rainy and cool.”

Sophomore Eric Flores captured a third-place finish in the men’s hammer throw, finishing with a throw of 192-4. Flores, who turned in a stadium record in winning the event last year, finished behind Concordia’s Greg Schultz, who won the national title with a mark of 207-4. Hastings’ Scott VanCura was second with a mark of 204-11. Flores’ teammate Tyg Long, a senior, was sixth in the hammer with a mark of 182-8.

Flores set the stadium mark with a throw of 215 feet in 2007. The sophomore did not match that mark this season, yet entered nationals with the top throw in the event.

“Those were good team points,” Walkinshaw said.

Shannon Hellman, a junior, advanced in the 100 hurdles, while juniors Cody Brodewyck and Alicia Verhulst each made Saturday’s finals in the men’s and women’s steeplechase, respectively.

The meet continues today and ends Saturday.

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