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Written by Stuart Mason on 23 February 2012

Press release & logos courtesy of OAC & Otterbein athletics

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WESTERVILLE, OHIO?Otterbein University will host the 2012 Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) Indoor Track and Field Championships Friday and Saturday inside the Clements Recreation and Fitness Center.

Events are scheduled to begin at noon Friday and 10 a.m. Saturday. Admission is $7 for adults ($10 for a two-day pass), $5 for senior citizens, and $2 for students not attending an OAC institution. OAC students are admitted free of charge.

School record holders Kristen Bennett and Austin Curbow headline a list of Otterbein student-athletes expected to finish high at the championships.

Bennett, a junior from Wadsworth (Wadsworth High School), ranks first in the OAC in the long jump (18-4 1/4), while Curbow, a senior from Gahanna (Lincoln), holds down the top spot in the 60-meter hurdles (8.01). A two-time indoor All-American, Curbow is a three-time defending OAC champion in the hurdles.

Abbey Gray, a freshman from Waynesfield (Goshen), and Rachel McKeever, a sophomore from Dover, hold the second- and third-fastest times of 9.24 and 9.35, respectively, in the 60-meter hurdles this season.

Distance runner Rebekah Reese, a junior from Columbus (Centennial), sits fourth in the 3000-meter run (10:39.83) and fifth in the mile (5:21.31). Samantha Stolarz, a junior from Circleville, holds down the fourth spot in the 500-meter run (1:22.23).

Rounding out the list of top-ranked women?s performers are Jordan Long, a junior from Newark, and Ayla Starcher, a sophomore from Lewis Center (Olentangy Orange), who share third place in the pole vault (10-6 1/4); and Kristen Norris, a freshman from Westerville (Central), who ranks third in the triple jump (35-7 3/4).

Turning to the men, Andrew Mantell, a sophomore from Hilliard (Bishop Ready), ranks third in the 500 meters (1:07.48), fourth in the 800 meters (1:57.90), and seventh in the 1000-meter run (2:37.84).

Arnez Franklin, a junior from Gahanna (Lincoln), sits fourth in the 400 meters (50.57) and fifth in the 200 meters (22.94).

Karl Wunderle, a senior from Cleveland (Trinity), holds the third best mark in the pole vault (15-0).

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