2015 Outdoor Track and Field Nationals #1
A Wabash record eight individuals competed at the 2015 NCAA DIII Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Canton, New York.
Derek De St Jean qualified for the discus for the second straight year.
De St Jean finished 11th overall.
Senior Joel Whittington returned to nationals to compete in the 400-meter hurdles.
Whittington, a two-time All-American as a member of the Little Giants' 4x400-meter relay, missed the finals by 1/100th of a second to finish 10th.
Sophomore Christian Rhodes earned All-America honors with his eighth-place finish in the pole vault.
Rhodes was competing at nationals for the first time in his career.
Up...
Over....
Down.....
And now we can celebrate after locking up eighth place.
Rhodes talks about his vault with head coach Clyde Morgan
Christian Rhodes on the podium after finishing eighth in the pole vault.
Adam Wadlington (left) and Ronnie Posthauer (right) competed in the same heat of the 110-meter hurdles prelims
Posthauer approaches the finish line, eventually finishing second in the heat.
Posthauer missed advancing to the finals by 1/100th of a second to earn 10th place overall. Wadlington finished 17th.