Jackets Open Outdoor Season at Dick Small Invitational

DEFIANCE, Ohio – The Defiance College men's track and field team featured several individual winners as they opened the outdoor season by hosting the 2012 Dick Small Invitational. The Yellow Jackets were led by Tom Postema, Reggie Neal, Justin Perkins and Jordan Weber at the event. [Results]

Defiance finished the meet in second place with 159 points. 

Postema won three events for Defiance as he continued his outstanding form from the indoor season. The junior thrower won the shot put, discus and hammer throw at the meet. Postema won the shot by close to seven feet after setting a mark of 53-01.00. He won the discus with a heave of 156-05.00 and the hammer with a toss of 178-11.00.

Neal provided Defiance with wins in the long jump and triple jump. The freshman jumped 20-05.00 to capture the victory in the long jump, and went 41-03.75 to claim the win in the triple jump.

Perkins turned in a great performance in the 5000-meter run with a time of 15:51.34. Aaron Fraley also gave the Yellow Jackets a boost with a personal record of 16:48.84 to finish fourth in the event. Weber won the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 16.06.

The Yellow Jackets received a second and a third place finish from Clayvon Finch on the afternoon. Finish finished second to Weber in the 110-meter hurdles with a race of 16.21, and was third in the 400-meter hurdles by finishing at 1:04.19.

Defiance had two top-five finishes in the pole vault as Dylan Waggy took second (13-00.75) and Ryan Johnston grabbed fourth (12-00.75). Kyle Tietje took third in the high jump with a final jump of 6-00.75, and Jordan Torbet finished third in the discus with a throw of 131-00.

The Yellow Jackets will return to action on Friday, March 30 when they host the Yellow Jacket Open. The meet will begin at 3:00 pm.