Buckhannon 15th at NCAA Div. III championships

GREENSBORO, N.C. — Baldwin Wallace University senior All-Ohio Athletic Conference and Academic All-OAC thrower Brooke Buckhannon capped her collegiate career on Saturday at the NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field championships, hosted by North Carolina A&T State University and the Greensboro Sports Foundation at the Irwin Belk Track. Buckhannon, a 2016 Western Reserve graduate, finished 15th in the hammer throw with a mark of 161-feet-9 inches. She had a season-best and career-best toss of 182-feet-10 at the Harrison Dillard Twilight meet on May 14, which was the fourth-longest throw in NCAA Div. III to send her to the national meet. This was her third time qualifying to the national meet and her second appearance overall. Buckhannon placed 12th in the hammer throw at the 2019 NCAA Outdoor championships. Buckhannon was named OAC Women's Field Athlete of the Week three times this season. On May 10, Buckhannon was also recognized by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association with All-Great Lakes Region honors. The top five individuals in each event from each region earned All-Region distinction, in addition to each member of the region's top three relay teams. Buckhannon repeated as an All-Great Lakes Region selection in the hammer throw for the third time in her career while also picking up her first honors in the shot put and the discus throw. On May 6-7 at Heidelberg University in Tiffin, Buckhannon won the OAC hammer title with a conference meet-record toss of 174-feet-6 and also earned All-OAC honors in the shot put, placing third with a mark of 40-feet-6.