SCIAC Honors Male Co-Athletes of the Week: Derek Johnson (UR) & Eric Flores (CLU)

SCIAC Honors Male Co-Athletes of the Week:  
Derek Johnson (UR) & Eric Flores (CLU)
May 12, 2010

Derek Johnson from the University of Redlands and Eric Flores of California Lutheran University were honored as Co-Athletes of the week.


Derek Johnson, University of Redlands
Baseball
(JR, pitcher - Canby, OR)
Junior pitcher Derek Johnson earned his program-record-tying 12th win of the season when he tossed a complete game against No. 6 Chapman University on Sunday in Orange. Johnson scattered seven hits and allowed one run while striking out a game-high six batters. This marks the second single-season program record that Johnson owns or ties; he also gained 11 saves last season, which wound up ranking second in NCAA Division III.





Eric Flores, California Lutheran University
Track and Field
(SO, Throws - Custer, S.D.)
The CLU throwing specialist beat a field of 21 competitors at the Occidental Invite on Saturday in the hammer throw with a distance of 216 feet, 11 inches. The mark is the second longest in Division III history and within 14 inches of the best ever hammer throw. He also finished third in the shot put and seventh in the discus on Saturday. Flores is a 2010 two-time SCIAC Champion taking the hammer and shot put events, while finishing runner-up in the discus. The sophomore currently holds the CLU record in both the hammer and shot put along with the second best mark in the discus.