March 13, 2015
Spinks Places Fourth in Long Jump at NCAA Meet
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. -- Defiance College track and field freshman standout Darius Spinks (Washington, Pa./Washington) competed in two events at the 2015 NCAA Division III National Meet in Winston-Salem, N.C.
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. -- Defiance College track and field freshman standout Darius Spinks (Washington, Pa./Washington) competed in two events at the 2015 NCAA Division III National Meet in Winston-Salem, N.C.
Highlighting the day for Spinks was a fourth-place finish in the long jump. Spinks leaped a distance of 22' 10.00" to place fourth of 15 competitors.
Spinks also competed in the 60-meter dash where he ran a time of 6.99 seconds in the prelims, but did not advance to the finals.
Spinks will rejoin the Yellow Jacket track and field team for the outdoor season which begins at the Rose-Hulman Early Bird Invitational on Saturday, Mar. 21 in Terre Haute, Ind. The first event is scheduled to begin at 12:30 p.m.