Women place 15th, men 18th at All-Ohio Championships

The Defiance women's track team placed 15th out of 16 teams at the All-Ohio Championships on Saturday while the men finished 18th out of 18 teams.

The Basics

• The event was hosted by Otterbein at the Otterbein University Clements Center.
• Mount Union won both team titles with the women recording 187 points and the men earning 186.5 points.
• The Defiance women earned three points while the men had five.

Notable Performances

• Freshman Traci Cross placed seventh in the women's 60-meters with a time of 8.12 seconds in the finals after recording a time of 7.99 in the prelims and earned two points for the Yellow Jackets.
• The women's 4x200 meter relay team of Cross, senior Lisa Markau, senior Katelyn Smith, and sophomore Destiny Oshodin placed eighth with a time of 1:54.78 to earn a point.
• Sophomore Tawon Cannon placed fourth in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 8.52 seconds to earn five points for Defiance.
• Junior Ja'Qway Janvier finished ninth in the 200-meters with a time of 23.06 seconds.
• Freshman Jalen Corbin placed ninth in the 400-meters with a time of 52.20 seconds.

Up Next

• On Saturday, February 19 the Yellow Jackets will host the 2022 HCAC Indoor Track and Field Championships at the George M. Smart Center on Defiance. The event is set to begin at 1:00 pm.