Dan Hardin-Wallace
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- Hometown:
- Toledo, Ohio
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- Year:
- Jr.
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- High School:
- Bowsher
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- Events:
- Decathlon
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- Major:
- Wellness and Corporate Fitness
Bio
2012 at Defiance: Recorded indoor team-best marks in the 60 and 200-meter dashes, pole vault and 4x400-meter relay … Height in the pole vault (4.66 meters) and time in the 4x400-meter relay (3:27.23) both set indoor Yellow Jacket records … Earned Honorable Mention All-Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference honors for indoor competition … Named HCAC Athlete to Watch for both indoor and outdoor seasons.
2011 at Defiance: Competed in a total of 17 events over the indoor and outdoor seasons … Ran on both the 4x200 and 4x400-meter relay teams that posted the top times on the season during his indoor campaign … Time in the 4x200-meter relay (1:31.64) on February 19 was also a DC record .… Finished with the second-best mark on the team in the 100-meter dash in the outdoor season, as well as running the fourth-fastest time in Defiance College history in the 4x400-meter relay (3:23.03) … Claimed outdoor All-Ohio honors.
2010 at Defiance: Member of the track and field squad and competed in pole vault and sprints.
High School: Lettered all four years at Bowsher High … Named first-team all-city and third-team all-district.
Personal: Son of Dale Hardin and Patti Wallace … Majoring in wellness and corporate fitness with a sport management minor.
News mentions
FRANKLIN, Ind. – Junior Tom Postema set the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Outdoor Championship record in the discus as his efforts helped propel the men’s track and field team to a second-place finish.
FRANKLIN, Ind. – The Defiance College men’s track and field team featured three individual champions as the team sits at the top of the standings after the first day of the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Championships.
DELAWARE, Ohio – The Defiance College men’s track and field team posted a fifth-place finish out of 22 teams at the All-Ohio Championships on Saturday. The fifth-place result was the best-ever finish for the Defiance men at the event.
ADRIAN, Mich. – The Defiance College men’s track and field team collected several individual victories at the Adrian Invitational on Saturday. Seven Yellow Jackets earned claimed wins the event.
DEFIANCE, Ohio – The Defiance College men’s track and field team captured second place with 173 points at the 2012 Yellow Jackets Open. Defiance picked up wins from Troy Parrett, Hayden Krick and Reggie Neal at the event.
GREENWOOD, Ind. – The Defiance College men’s track and field team was tabbed to finish second in the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Preseason Coaches’ Poll with 87 points. DC placed five on the HCAC Athletes-to-Watch list.
DEFIANCE, Ohio – The Yellow Jacket men’s track team hosted its first ever indoor track and field meet on Friday in the newly constructed George M. Smart Athletic Center. Defiance hosted Mount St. Joseph for the dual meet.
DEFIANCE, Ohio – D3rankings.us released its track and field rankings for the week of February 21 and the Yellow Jackets found themselves in fifth place in the Great Lakes region and 29th in the nation.
GREENWOOD, Ind. – Tom Postema, the junior thrower from Defiance, Ohio, has been named the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Field Athlete of the Year on Tuesday. Postema has had a remarkable season thus far, shattering school and conference records.
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – The Defiance College men’s track and field team traveled to Terre Haute, Ind. to compete in the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Indoor Championships on Saturday. The men earned 112.50 total points at the meet and placed second as a team.
NEW ORLEANS – The Yellow Jackets’ men’s track and field team are currently ranked 10th in the Great Lake Region and 35th in the nation by the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association.
WESTERVILLE, Ohio – The Defiance College men’s track team set two more DC all-time records on Saturday at the DIII All-Ohio Championships and had two athletes earn All-Ohio recognition. The Yellow Jackets turned in a superb performance at the meet, earning seventh place with 39 total points.
ADA, Ohio – The Defiance College men’s track and field team competed at the Joe Banks Invitational at Ohio Northern University. The Yellow Jackets turned in some impressive performances on their way to a fourth place finish, totaling 115 points.
GRANVILLE, Ohio – The Yellow Jacket men’s track and field team was victorious in only its second scored meet of the young season. DC competed at the Lid-Lifter Denison Invitational in Granville, Ohio on Saturday afternoon. Defiance totaled 158 points in its first place finish followed by Wittenberg (105), Denison (85) and Transylvania (53).
GREENWOOD, Ind. – The Defiance College men’s track and field team was voted third in the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference preseason coaches’ poll for indoor track and field. The Yellow Jackets accrued 77 total points, one behind Franklin. DC also had five of its members placed on the athletes to watch list.
ANGOLA, Ind. – The Defiance College men’s track and field team got its indoor season underway on Saturday at the Trine Winter Invitational in Angola, Ind. Teams at the meet included Trine, Tiffin, Adrian and Defiance. The Jackets placed fourth overall.