Junior Sara Johnson (Dublin/Coffman), Ohio Wesleyan head coach Kris Boey, and assistant coach Andrew Bloom received regional recognition from the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association, it was announced today by the USTFCCCA.

Johnson was named Great Lakes Region Women's Track Athlete of the Year, Boey was named Great Lakes Region Women's Coach of the Year, and Bloom was named Great Lakes Region Women's Assistant Coach of the Year.

Johnson will compete in the 100-meter hurdles at this weekend's NCAA Division III championship meet.  She is seeded third in the event.  Johnson won the 110-meter hurdles at the North Coast Athletic Conference championship meet, also finishing second in the 100-meter dash and third in the 200-meter dash.  She also helped the 400-meter relay team win its event.

Boey guided Ohio Wesleyan to its seventh consecutive NCAC outdoor championship, with the Bishops piling up 251 points to nearly double up on the second-place total of 133.  Boey has been named Regional Coach of the Year 9 times since 2007.

Bloom is in his first year on the Ohio Wesleyan coaching staff.  He oversees the Bishop hurdlers and jumpers, to be represented at the NCAA Division III championship meet by Johnson and freshman Emily Brown (New Concord/John Glenn), who won the NCAC title in the long jump.