Petro Earns HCAC Field Athlete of the Week Honors

GREENWOOD, IND. -- Defiance College senior thrower Joshua Petro (Ocala, Fla./The Villages) was named the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Field Athlete of the Week for his performance at the Carnegie Mellon Invitational at SPIRE Institute in Geneva, Ohio on Saturday.

Petro threw a personal-best 16.58 meters (54 feet, 4.75 inches) in the weight throw on Saturday to win the Carnegie Mellon Invitational, which had a field of 46 throwers. The toss moved the defending conference champion into third on the college's all-time performance list in the event, as well as putting him into the top 30 marks in Division III this season. The mark is also the best mark posted by anyone in the HCAC this season in the event.

The senior also placed eighth overall in the shot put with a best throw of 13.18 meters (43 feet, 3 inches).

Petro and the rest of the track and field team will return to action on Saturday, Jan. 27 as they host the Defiance College Invitational at the George M. Smart Center. The meet is scheduled to begin at 11 a.m.