Baldwin
Wallace
track
and
field
alumna
Melanie
Winters
'16
has
been
selected
for
the
coveted
honor
of
representing
TEAM
USA
in
the
Thorpe
Cup
in
Dallas
this
week.
The
USA
Track
&
Field
(USATF)
,
which
begins
on
July
9,
pits
the
top
decathlon
and
heptathlon
athletes
from
the
United
States
and
Germany.
Teams
are
composed
of
up
to
seven
men
and
seven
women.
Winters,
who
is
making
her
representing
TEAM
USA,
was
a
13-time
Division
III
All-American,
12-time
Ohio
Athletic
Conference
indoor
champion,
12-time
OAC
outdoor
champion
and
the
holder
of
13
BW
indoor
and
outdoor
records.
She
also
owns
eight
OAC
Championship
records
and
was
a
four-time
OAC
Most
Valuable
Performer
and
three-time
USTFCCCA
Division
III
Great
Lakes
Regional
Indoor
Field
Athlete
of
the
Year.
Off
the
track,
Winters
was
a
College
Sports
Information
Directors
of
America
(CoSIDA)
Academic
All-American
and
a
Dean's
List
student.
She
was
BW's
2016
Clyde
Lamb
and
Outstanding
Female
Senior
Athlete
award
winner
and
a
2016
NCAA
Division
III
Woman
of
the
Year
Division
III
Collegiate
Women
Sports
Awards/Honda
Athlete
of
the
Year
for
track
and
field
nominee.
The
creative
writing
major
from
Stow,
Ohio,
and
graduate
of
Stow-Munroe
Falls
High
School
is
coached
by
Alumni
Athletics
Hall
of
Famer
Jeff
Petersmeyer
'96
and
is
taking
another
step
forward
in
fulfilling
her
lifelong
goal
of
competing
for
the
red,
white
and
blue.
