April 16, 2012
Tom Postema, Defiance College, Men's Track & Field (Field)
Defiance College’s Tom Postema (Defiance, Ohio/Tinora) won the hammer throw at the All-Ohio Championships Saturday and has been named the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Men’s Outdoor Field Athlete of the Week for the second time.
The junior thrower won the event with a mark of 179’ 00”. Postema earned two more top five finishes with a fourth place showing in the discus (150’ 4”) and a fifth place effort in the shot put (49’ 9”).
| HCAC Men's Field Athlete-of-the-Week |
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| Week 1 | Tom Postema, Defiance College |
| Week 2 | Tom Postema, Defiance College |
| Week 3 | Tom Postema, Defiance College |
| Week 4 | Tom Postema, Defiance College |
| Week 5 | No Award Given |
| Week 6 | Collin Crowson, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology |
| Week 7 | No Award Given |
| Week 8 | No Award Given |
| Week 9 | Georard Mitchell, Franklin College |
| Week 10 | Tom Postema, Defiance College |
| Week 11 | Leonard Wells, Anderson University |
| Week 12 | Eric Moreland, Manchester College |
| Week 13 | Tom Postema, Defiance College |
| Week 14 | |

