The Bluffton University Concert Band and instrumental chamber ensembles will present a concert on Sunday, April 3, 2016, at 2:30 p.m. in Yoder Recital Hall. The concert is free and open to the public.
Bluffton High School grad and Eastern Mennonite All-American runner Hannah Chappell-Dick turned on the gas late in her preliminary race at Division III NCAA Nationals on Friday, earning a spot in Saturday's finals.
Despite sitting ninth in the nation entering the indoor national championships, she was second in her heat of the mile in 5:00.23 and will sit fourth out of the 10 finalists.
The top eight finishers in Saturday's race earn All-America status. Start time for the women's mile in Grinnell, Iowa, is set for 2:40pm Eastern time.
The Bluffton High School concert band competing on March 11 in Large Group Adjudicated Events, held at Shawnee High School, and received a Superior Rating.
According to David Sycks, band director, the band played the National Emblem March (Bagley/Schissel), Saturn: the Ringed Planet (Rob Romeyn), and Encanto (Robert W. Smith). There was a sight-reading portion of the competition as well.
Following two and a half years of setbacks and comebacks, junior Terrill Webb (Kenton) realized one of her collegiate dreams today at the NCAA Division III Indoor Track & Field National Championship by earning All-America status in women's pole vault.
GRINNELL, Iowa - Following two and a half years of setbacks and comebacks, junior Terrill Webb (Kenton) realized one of her collegiate dreams today at the NCAA Division III Indoor Track & Field National Championship by earning All-America status in women's pole vault. Webb finished 6th in a field of 17 competitors with the top eight being designated All-American while equaling her school and personal record clearance of 12' 5.50".
