Jacobs gets RSC Men's Outdoor Field Athlete of the Week for Point Park (Pa.)
MIDDLETOWN, Ohio -- Point Park (Pa.) University thrower Daniel Jacobs qualified for nationals in the javelin to earn River States Conference Men's Outdoor Track & Field Athlete of the Week presented by Brown & Brown Insurance for the week of March 14-20.
The junior from Elizabeth, Pa., won the javelin at the WVU Stan Romanoski Open with a toss of 58.46 meters. That cleared the NAIA 'A' qualifying standard of 57.00 meters and won at the NCAA Division I hosted event by nearly 30 feet.
Jacobs ranks third in the NAIA after the season-opening toss. He was fifth in the country at last year's national meet. Jacobs also threw the discus at WVU with a toss of 32.62 meters for ninth place.
Point Park will be at the Carnegie Mellon Invitational on March 25-26.
Brown & Brown Insurance is now the Official Student-Athlete Accident, Health, Property and Casualty Insurance Endorsed Broker for the River States Conference.