Athletes of the Week-February 8, 2021

Swimming & Diving
Forrest Campbell
John Carroll
Junior
Solon, Ohio/Solon

Forrest helped the Blue Streaks to victory over Mount Union on Saturday with wins in both the 100 backstroke (53.40)  and 100 Free (47.26).

Swimming & Diving
Gwyn Ledrick
John Carroll
Senior
Sylvania, Ohio/ Notre Dame Academy

Ledrick led the Blue Streaks past Mount Union on Saturday, touching first in the 100 breaststroke (1:08.13), 100 freestyle (54.54) and 200 IM (2:12.69).


Track & Field
Tanner Slack
Mount Union
Junior
New Concord, Ohio/John Glenn

Slack won the high jump with a mark 6-feet, 9-inches at the Mount Union Jim Wuske Invite. His mark is currently tied for the highest jump in NCAA Division III so far this season.

Track & Field
Garrett Clark
John Carroll
Junior
Aurora, Ohio/Walsh Jesuit

Clark took home two individual victories at the Mount Union Jim Wuske Invite. Clark won the 200m event with a time of 22.08, which currently ranks first in Div. III for this season. He also won the 60 meter dash with a time of 6.96, which currently ranks sixth in nation this season.

Track & Field
Hastings Marek
Baldwin Wallace
Senior
Pataskala, Ohio/Watkins Memorial

Marek led the way for the Yellow Jackets at the BW Dr. William Taraschke Team Challenge. She first won the 1-mile run in a career-best time of 5:03.59 and then followed that performance up with another win, this time in the 800-meter run in 2:17.09. Marek's adjusted 1-mile time tops all of NCAA Division III while her adjusted 800 time comes in second nationally.

Track & Field
Bri Aveni
Mount Union
Junior
Geneva, Ohio/Geneva

Aveni won the pole vault with a mark of 11-feet, 2.25-inches at the Mount Union Jim Wuske Invite this past weekend.  Her mark is currently the third highest jump in Division III this season.

 

Wrestling
Dylan Roth
Heidelberg
Senior
184 Pounds
Cincinnati, Ohio/Oak Hills

Roth secured a pair of win on Sunday to remain undefeated this season. Roth defeated BW’s Lucas Salmon, 7-5, and pinned Mount Union's Warren Genitle in 57 seconds.


Basketball
Jackson Sartain
John Carroll
Senior
Medina, Ohio/Medina

Sartain guided the Blue Streaks to a split with Baldwin Wallace last week.  On Friday, Sartain put up 19 points, two rebounds and two assists in a 69-66 victory.  On Saturday, Sartain tallied an impressive 30 points to tie his career-high with three rebounds in a 90-78 loss. \

Basketball
Elena Rauhe
Mount Union
Senior
Seven Hills, Ohio/ Padua Franciscan

Rauhe led the Purple Raiders to a pair of wins over Otterbein last week, averaging 18.8 points and 4.2 rebounds and five assists-per-game.