Marietta's Irvin named OAC Runner of the Week
Irvin provisionally qualifies for NCAA Championship in 100m Dash

April 13, 2009
AUSTINTOWN, Ohio — The Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) office announced its Athletes of the Week Monday (April 13) afternoon for the period of April 6-12, and Marietta College freshman Jayshon Irvin (Vero Beach, Fla./Sebastian) was named OAC Runner of the Week after sweeping the 100m and 200m Dashes at the Division III All-Ohio Championship on Saturday (April 11) at Ohio Wesleyan University.

Irvin became the third Pioneer in as many weeks to qualify for the 2009 NCAA Division III Track & Field Championship, which will be hosted by Marietta College May 21-23 at Don Drumm Stadium. Irvin, who was ranked third after the prelims of the 100m Dash when he ran 10.97 seconds, turned it on in the finals and beat everyone to the line in a school record 10.71 seconds. He came in under the NCAA Provisional Qualifying Standard of 10.78 seconds.

The performance was just one in a series of highlights for Irvin on Saturday. He also won the 200m Dash after crossing the line in personal record 21.96 seconds. Earlier in the day, Irvin helped the men’s 4x100m Relay take runner up in its event. Freshman Ryan Householder (Frazeysburg/Tri-Valley), freshman Caleb Downey (Heath) and sophomore Matt Hickman (St. Mary’s, W.Va.) combined with Irvin to run a time of 42.38 seconds.

Marietta is back in action on Saturday (April 18) afternoon when it has a final tune-up for the 2009 Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) Championship. The Pioneers will compete at the Wilmington Invitational, which will take place on the same site as the OAC Championship, slated for April 24-25 at Wilmington College.

Freshman Jayshon Irvin was named the OAC Runner of the Week on Monday.