Blatnik earns RSC Men's Outdoor Field Athlete of the Week
MIDDLETOWN, Ohio -- Jakob Blatnik from Point Park (Pa.) University is the River States Conference Men's Outdoor Field Athlete of the Week presented by Brown & Brown Insurance for March 13-19.
Blatnik, a sophomore from Slovenia, qualified for NAIA outdoor nationals in the javelin with a toss of 62.33 meters. The distance of 204 feet, six inches placed first at the NCAA Division-I hosted UNC-Charlotte Classic. It also eclipsed the NAIA A standard of 57.00 meters by a wide margin. That mark is ranked third in the NAIA.
Brown & Brown Insurance is the Official Student-Athlete Accident, Health, Property and Casualty Insurance Endorsed Broker for the River States Conference.