(Portions of this story were taken from the Trinity
University websites)
MARIETTA, Ohio - Chrys Jones of
Centre College set a new Don Drumm Stadium record with his winning
triple jump at the 2009 NCAA Division III Men's Outdoor Track and
Field Championships. The individual national title is the 19th
all-time for a SCAC student-athlete and third this year. Official
championships website
Jones (pictured left), a sophomore from
Harrodsburg, Ky., jumped 50 feet, 3 1/4 inches to earn the national
title in the event, the first-ever for a Centre College
student-athlete. He is the first male SCAC
student-athlete to win a national title at the NCAA
Outdoor Track and Field Championships since Rose-Hulman's Chris
Trapp won back-to-back-to-back javelin titles from 1984-1986.
In addition to Jones' All-American performance in the triple jump,
Trinity University's senior Todd Wildman was
runner-up Saturday in the 110-meter hurdles.
Wildman (pictured right), who garnered his
second All-America recognition at the meet - and third overall -
ran the hurdles in 14.29 seconds at Marietta College. He was .05
seconds behind the winner, Edgar Townsend of Greenville College,
with a time of 14.24 seconds.
Wildman registered a mark of 6 feet, 6 inches
(1.98) meters for a 12th-place finish Saturday in the high jump and
just failed to qualify for the finals in the 400-meter hurdles with
a 52.95 finish in his heat.
Jonathan Mervin, a sophomore from Rhodes College,
also participated in the 400-meter hurdles, but failed to qualify
for the finals with a finish of 55.06 in his heat.
The Trinity University men, led by first-year head coach
David Svoboda, placed in a tie for sixth place
(with Whitworth) in the outdoor team competition, with 23 points,
their highest-ever finish. Trinity also placed sixth at the NCAA
Indoor meet.