Both Athletes Standout on Conference, National Levels
SALEM, Va. --- Lynchburg College's Ricky Flynn
and Roanoke College's Robin Yerkes took home the ODAC Men and
Women's Track Athlete of the Year awards in an annual selection of
the league's coaches. Both competitors shined throughout the
ODAC indoor and outdoor seasons as well as at the national level,
each earning multiple All-American awards.
Flynn earned four All-American awards throughout the year aside
from winning the 1,500-meter run at the ODAC outdoor championships
and the one-mile run and 5,000-meter run at the ODAC indoor
championships. At the NCAA Division III Outdoor Track &
Field Championships, the junior standout finished fifth in the
5,000-meter event, crossing the line in 14:49.46. His best
performance came earlier in the meet when he placed second in the
10,000-meter run, just three seconds off the lead with a time of
30:57.71. Both marks were good enough for All-American
status, adding to the honors he received for his fifth place finish
in the NCAA indoor 5,000-meter run and his showing at the NCAA
Division III Cross Country Championships.
Yerkes' season was equally as impressive, beginning with Co-Athlete
of the Meet recognition at the ODAC indoor championships. She
won the 55-meter, 200-meter and 400-meter dashes before taking her
talents to the national stage where she won 400-meter race and
earned an All-American nod. At the ODAC outdoor
championships, she won the 200-meter and 400-meter dashes while
finishing second in the 100-meter dash. She and teammates
JaLeesa Osborne, Candace Lewis and Jazamine Stallings won the
4x100-meter relay. She also teamed with Stephanie Spickard,
Nicole Rose and Karis Crosby to win the 4x400-meter relay.
The South/Southeast Region Female Track Athlete of the Year (by the
USTFCCCA) continued her success in Marietta, Ohio, at the outdoor
national championships. Yerkes finished second in the
400-meter dash, crossing the line just 0.50 seconds away from
sweeping the event in both the indoor and outdoor events.
Yerkes picked up a second outdoor All-American award with her
teammates in the 4x100-meter dash as the Maroons' squad finished
eighth in the country.
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