DC Track Has 12 Receive All-HCAC Honors

GREENWOOD, Ind. – The Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference announced its Track and Field awards last week, as Defiance College had 12 athletes earn individual recognition following their performances at the 2009 HCAC Championships. [Release]

Holly Stein and Marlea Rolander headlined the group of DC athletes receiving mention from the conference. Stein won her second-straight HCAC Most Outstanding Field Athlete honor, after repeating as the discus and javelin champion while also earning a second-place finish in the shot put. Rolander grabbed the Jackets' second HCAC Most Outstanding Freshman Athlete award in as many years, setting a Cook Stadium record on her way to top honors in the 110m hurdles and taking home a pair of fifth-place finishes in the 100m and 200m dashes.

Eight other Defiance athletes claimed event titles at the conference meet to garner All-HCAC accolades, highlighted by Brad Zarembski's third-consecutive high jump crown. Emily Cole defended her 2008 pole vault crown, earning All-HCAC honors for the second year in a row. Amanda Tooley garnered All-HCAC honors for the first time in her career, winning the hammer throw with a personal-record toss of 144-05. Justin Perkins became DC's first HCAC champion in the steeplechase, while the men's 4x100 relay team of Brian Badenhop, Trey Harris, Ryan Perry and Blake Witherspoon cruised to a HCAC event title with a season-best time of 42.58.

Kristin Goldstein and Austin Trivett earned All-HCAC Honorable Mention recognition, after each scored in five different events at the meet. Goldstein scored in three individual events and as a member of two relays, highlighted by her second-place finish in the 100m dash. Trivett finished third in the javelin, while grabbing a pair of fourth-place finishes in the 110m hurdles and the high jump.

Defiance College Award Winners

HCAC Awards
Holly Stein – Most Outstanding Women's Field Athlete, 
Marlea Rolander – Most Outstanding Women's Freshman Athlete

All-HCAC (Event Winners)
Brian Badenhop – 4x100 
Emily Cole – Pole Vault 
Trey Harris – 4x100
Justin Perkins – Steeplechase 
Ryan Perry – 4x100
Marlea Rolander - 110m Hurdles
Holly Stein – Discus, Javelin
Amanda Tooley – Hammer Throw
Blake Witherspoon – 4x100
Brad Zarembski – High Jump

All-HCAC Honorable Mention (16 total points)
Kristin Goldstein - 100m, 200, 4x100, 4x400, Javelin
Austin Trivett - 110m Hurdles, High Jump, Javelin, Long Jump, Pole Vault