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
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