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NCAA Division I Championships Men's Final
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NCAA Division I 2004 Indoor Championship
Randal Tyson Track Center - Univ. of Arkansas
Fayetteville, AR - 3/12/2004 to 3/13/2004
Men Pole Vault
Progression: 5.15 - 5.30 - 5.40 - 5.50 - then 10cm
5-Alive jumping format until 8 or less remaining.
1 Brad Walker SR Washington 5.70m 18-08.25
2 Tommy Skipper FR Oregon 5.60m 18-04.50
3 John Russell SO Akron 5.50m 18-00.50
4 Chris Steddum SR South Carolina 5.50m 18-00.50
5 Ray Scotten SO Southern Illinois 5.40m 17-08.50
6 Daniel Trosclair SR LSU 5.40m 17-08.50
6 Paul Gensic JR Air Force 5.40m 17-08.50
8 Brad Teeple SR Nebraska 5.40m 17-08.50
9 Pat Luke SR UCLA 5.30m 17-04.50
9 Brad Smith JR Georgia 5.30m 17-04.50
9 Robbie Pratt FR Brigham Young 5.30m 17-04.50
9 Trent Powell JR Brigham Young 5.30m 17-04.50
13 Brandon Glenn FR Arizona State 5.15m 16-10.75
13 Chip Heuser FR Florida 5.15m 16-10.75
15 Paul Litchfield SR Idaho State 5.15m 16-10.75
-- Chris Chappell SR Arizona NH
515 530 540 550 560 570 580
Walker - - XO O O O XXX
Skipper - O O O XO X-- XX
Russell O XO O O XXX
Steddum XO O O XO XXX
Scotten O O XO XXX
Trosclair - O XXO XXX
Gensic O O XXO XXX
Teeple O XO XXO XXX
Luke XO O XXX
Smith XO O XXX
Pratt XO O XXX
Powell XO O XXX
Glenn O XXX
Heuser O XXX
Litchfield XO XXX
Chappell XXX
This was a heck of a competition - two competitors jumping at 19
feet, two new 18 footers, two PR's at 17'08.50"...
Walker and Skipper were definitely the class of the field as their
PR's were 11 inches and 7 inches above the rest of the field.
Skipper held the advantage going in having gone 5.71 18'08.75 a
few weeks back. Walker - a 19-footer back a year ago - had only
managed 5.60 18'04.50 going into the meet
Walker fell behind after a miss at 5.40 17'08.50 but took the lead
away for good when Skipper missed his first at 5.60 18'04.50. Tommy
managed to clear on his second but yet another first-attempt make
at 5.70 18'08.25 sealed the deal for Brad. After one miss Skipper
passed to 5.80 19'00.25". Alas there was to be no 19 foot jumps
today.
Behind them in third and fourth were two folks new to the 18 foot
club - Akron's John Russell and South Carolina's Chris Steddum.
Other PR's were earned by Paul Gensic (Air Force Academy) and Brad
Teeple (Nebraska)
Man it took 17'04.50" just to get in the top 12. Well done lads!
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Men's Heptathlon
1 Donovan Kilmartin FR Texas 5.40m 17-08.50 1035
2 Curtis Pugsley SR Brigham Young 4.90m 16-00.75 880
3 Ashraf Fadel SR Wisconsin 4.80m 15-09.00 849
4 Will Thomas SR Connecticut 4.60m 15-01.00 790
4 Chris Richardson SR Nebraska 4.60m 15-01.00 790
4 Chris Helwick FR Tennessee 4.60m 15-01.00 790
7 Maurice Smith SR Auburn 4.50m 14-09.00 760
8 Rajne Svenssohn SR Manhattan 4.40m 14-05.25 731
9 Fred Townsend SR South Carolina 4.30m 14-01.25 702
10 Justin Youngblood SR Texas-San Antonio 4.20m 13-09.25 673
11 Mustafa Abdur-Rahim SR Dartmouth 4.10m 13-05.25 645
11 Paul Speer JR Wichita State 4.10m 13-05.25 645
-- David Hinton JR Mount St. Mary's DNS
-- Rick Hill SR Clemson DNS
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NCAA Division II Championships Women's Final
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NCAA Division II 2004 Indoor Championship
Reggie Lewis Track Center
Roxbury, MA - 3/12/2004 to 3/13/2004
1 Amanda Frame JR Minn-Mankato 3.98m 13-00.75
2 Katie Eckley JR Abilene Chr. 3.76m 12-04.00
3 Marci Miller JR South Dakota 3.76m 12-04.00
4 Val Gorter JR Abilene Chr. 3.66m 12-00.00
5 Danielle Juarez FR W. Washington 3.66m 12-00.00
6 Amanda Aning SO Minn-Mankato 3.66m 12-00.00
7 Jodi Tarasewicz SR St. Cloud St 3.66m 12-00.00
8 Jesscia Roehrick SR No. Dak. St. 3.66m 12-00.00
9 Kate Farnham SR Minn-Mankato 3.56m 11-08.00
10 Rachel Duthler FR Grand Valley 3.56m 11-08.00
11 Ally Studer SR Seattle Pac. 3.45m 11-03.75
-- Angie Aguilar FR Abilene Chr. NH
-- Denise Sandbothe JR C. Missouri NH
-- Julie Strenkowski FR No. Dak. St. NH
345 356 366 376 385 398 404
Miller - o o xxo xxx
Aguilar xxx
Sandbothe xxx
Aning o o xo xxx
Studer o xxx
Duthler xxo xo xxx
Juarez xo xo o xxx
Strenkowski xxx
Eckley - - o o xxx
Farnham o o xxx
Gorter - o o xxx
Roehrick o o xxo xxx
Tarasewicz - xo xo xxx
Frame - o - o xo o xxx
Once again the #2 seed got the best of #1 as Minnesota-Mankato's
Amanda Frame beat Abilene Christian's Katie Eckley and scored the
first 13 foot jump seen at the championships since the event was
added.
I did in fact get my lazy butt outta this chair to see and film
this one (if any of you folks are interested got the whole
competition on tape and will be making a DVD soon...)
Beatiful day here in Massachusetts. Almost a shame to spend it
indoors. Especially on those Reggie Lewis torture seats. But there
was a heck of a competition going on and I wasn't leaving.
Eventually there were 8 ladies jumping at the championship record.
At that point there were 4 gals with clean records - Marci Miller
(South Dakota), Amanda Frame (Minnesota-Mankato) and the Abilnee
Christian duo of Val Gorter and Katie Eckley. Gorter - the #5 seed -
had a heavily wrapped right knee/upper calf and was noticably
limping. #3 seed Julie Strankowski was the unfortunate victim of a
no-height compounded with a holder call. Angie Aguilar - #7 seed
and the third Abilene Christian athlete - suffered the no-height
blues as well.
Katie Eckley and Amanda Frame stayed tied for the lead with initial
attempt makes at 3.76 12'04.00. The only other athlete to clear was
Marci Miller on a heart-stopping third attempt.
The bar was then raised to 3.85 12'07.50. Miller nearly stole the
lead on her first attempt which she jsut barely brushed off with
her forearm. Frame took the lead for good after her second attempt
clearance. Eckley switched poles at this height and never came close.
Don't know why she switched - she cleared the previous height by a
foot...
Amanda then had the bar raised to 3.98 13'00.75" which she cleared
on her first. At 4.04 13'03.00" she almost cleared again on her
first. Her second attempt was almost as close.
Great competition, great folks in the stands (Hey Kev and Jason!),
great fans - all in all a pretty cool day. Not a bad way to spend
and hour and a half...
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"Minnesota-Mankato's Amanda Frame Breaks NCAA Division II Pole
Vault Record
Cape Cod, Mass. - Junior Amanda Frame of Minnesota-Mankato broke
the NCAA Division II record in the pole vault with a mark of
13-00.75. Abilene Christian's Bernard Manirakiza won two
championships (800 m and mile) to add to his three championships
from last year. ACU leads in the overall team competition in both
men's and women's events with only four events to go in the meet.
Click below for updated results throughout the weekend."
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NCAA Division III Championships Women's Final
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NCAA Division III 2004 Indoor Championship
University of Wisconsin at Whitewater
Whitewater, WI - 3/12/2004 to 3/13/2004
1 Amanda Haines So Adrian College 12-11 3.94m
2 Kim Marino Sr Richard Stockton 12-11 3.94m
3 Megan Rossi Fr North Central College 11-11 1/4 3.64m
4 Bethany Renner Jr Wisconsin La Crosse 11-11 1/4 3.64m
5 Meghan Voiland Fr Augustana (Illinois) 11-05 1/4 3.49m
5 Noelle Battista So Wheaton College (Ma) 11-05 1/4 3.49m
5 Meredith Jones Sr Williams College 11-05 1/4 3.49m
8 Cat Tweedie Sr Mass Inst Technology 11-05 1/4 3.49m
9 Karolien Bastiaens Sr Univ of St. Thomas 11-05 1/4 3.49m
10 Brandy King Sr Christopher Newport 11-05 1/4 3.49m
11 Lisa Trybom Fr Wisconsin La Crosse 11-05 1/4 3.49m
12 Kelly Rehn Fr Wisconsin Oshkosh 10-11 1/2 3.34m
13 Allison Benson Sr Rensselaer Poly Inst 10-11 1/2 3.34m
3 NCAA meets today - 3 #2 seeds getting first, 3 #1 seeds getting
second. Kinda weird dontcha think?
This was kind of an odd competition - almost no one came near
their seasonal best. The closest were the winner Amanda Haines
and 4th place finisher Bethany Renner who missed tying their PRs
by three-quarters of an inch.
Decent performance for the New England representatives - Wheaton
College's Noelle Battista - the only true born-and-bred New
Englander in any of the NCAA fields - tied for 5th with Williams'
Meredith Jones. MIT's Cat Tweedie was right behind them in 8th at
the same height.
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Canadian Interuniversity Championships Men's Final
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Canadian Interuniversity Sport
2004 Indoor Track & Field Championships
St. Denis Centre, University of Windsor - 3/11/2004 to 3/13/2004
Height Progression: 4.40 by 15cm to 4.55 then by 10cm
1 Zubyck, Todd York University 5.25m 17'02.75
2 Johnson, Jamie Alberta 5.15m 16'10.75
3 Gauthier, Rene Sherbrooke 4.95m 16'02.75
4 Hanson, Rob Saskatchewan 4.85m 15'11.00
5 Foley, David Sherbrooke 4.85m 15'11.00
6 Archambault, Mike Alberta 4.65m 15'03.00
7 Edwards, Jeff Western 4.65m 15'03.00
8 Belanger, Simon Sherbrooke 4.65m 15'03.00
9 Dinardo, Kevin Windsor 4.65m 15'03.00
10 Gosselin, Dan Windsor 4.55m 14'11.00
10 McCubbing, Scott Saskatchewan 4.55m 14'11.00
440 455 465 475 485 495 505 515 525 540
Zubyck - - - - XO - XO XO O X--
Johnson - - - XO - XO O XXO XXX
Gauthier - - XXO - XO XXO XX- X
Hanson - O - XO O XXX
Foley - - XXO XO O XXX
Archambault XO - O XXX
Edwards XXO XO O XXX
Belanger - XO XO XXX
Dinardo O XXO XXO XXX
Gosselin O XXO XXX
McCubbing - XXO XXX
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Articles
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clipped articles from various websites...
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Juhasz National Champion in the Pole Vault
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March 12, 2004
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. University of Georgia track and field had a
successful first day in Friday's competition of the NCAA Indoor
Championships at Randal Tyson Track Complex, scoring 26 points
as Hyleas Fountain ran away with the long jump crown and Fanni
Juhasz won the pole vault championship, while freshman Jenny
Dahlgren earned All-American honors in the weight throw.
Then, to round off the night's events for Georgia, Juhasz claimed
top honors in the pole vault with a personal best vault of 13-11
1/4. Juhasz and UCLA's Chelsea Johnson actually tied for top
height, but Juhasz won the tiebreaker with less vaults, clearing
every height on the first vault before attempting 14-3 1/4, which
neither her nor Johnson was able to clear.
"Fanni finished ahead of best girl in country coming in," said
Norton. "Fanni was able to be consistent like always and her
execution paid off. That's what she brings and that is why we
are glad she's here at Georgia."
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Bruins Tied for First at NCAA Indoor Championships
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Eight Bruins receive All-America honors during first day of competition.
March 12, 2004
Fayetteville, AR - At the conclusion of the first day of competition
at the 2004 NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships, held at
Arkansas' Randal Tyson Track Center, the Bruins are tied with
Florida for first place with 29 points. Rounding out the top-five
of 33 teams are Georgia (third, 26), Nebraska (fourth, 23.50) and
LSU and Stanford, tied for fifth place with 16 points each.
Sophomore Chelsea Johnson was the highest Bruin finisher of the day.
She was the runner-up in the pole vault, clearing 13-11.25 (4.25m).
Georgia senior Fanni Juhasz won the title, also clearing 13-11.25
(4.25m). The champion was determined by the overall misses during
the competition. Johnson had one, while Fuhasz had clearances at
every height attempted. In the long jump, true freshman Renee
Williams finished sixth overall, jumping 20-1.50 (6.13m). Both
Johnson and Williams received their first All-America honor.
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UA Women Shine at NCAA Indoor Championships
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March 13, 2004
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - The University of Arizona's men's and women's
track teams began competition at the NCAA Indoor Championships on
Friday. After the first day of competition, the Wildcat women are
in 15th place with 5.5 points. The men came close but have yet to
score a point.
Jerz had a big day in the women's pole vault competition for the
Wildcats. Jerz finished with a best vault of 13 feet, 7 ¼ inches
(4.15m). That placed her tied for third in the competition. She
was close to winning the title, but fell short on all three
attempts at the next height.
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Nebraska
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Fayetteville, Ark. – Freshman Jenny Green tied for the bronze
in the women's pole vault, clearing 13-7 ¼, to earn the first
All-America honors of her collegiate career. Sophomore Christi
Lehman took 10th place, improving on her 14th-place finish a year
ago, jumping 13-3 ½. Sophomore Jessie Graff finished 11th after
clearing 12-11 ½ on her first attempt at the height. She came
close to clearing the 13-3 ½ mark on her second try, but just
skimmed the bar and wasn't able to get over it on her last try.
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Huskies' Soma Earns All-America Honors at NCAA Indoor Meet
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March 12, 2004
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - Washington junior Kate Soma earned her second
career All-America honor Friday, tying for fifth in the pole vault
at the 2004 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships at Arkansas'
Randal Tyson Track Center. Four of the Huskies' five NCAA qualifiers
were in action on the first day of the two-day meet, which concludes
Saturday.
The eighth-ranked vaulter in Pac-10 history, Soma entered Friday's
competition seeking to finish what she started at the 2003 NCAA
outdoor meet, when, in seventh place, she was forced to retire
after lacerating her hand on a broken pole.
The Portland, Ore., native needed just one attempt at each of her
first three heights, and stood tied for first entering attempts
at 13-7 1/4, a height one inch beyond Soma's UW school-record best.
While four vaulters successfully cleared the height, Soma narrowly
missed on all three of her school-record attempts, including a
second-attempt miss in which the bar bounced up slightly and
momentarily settled back onto its supports, before eliciting a gasp
from the crowd as it slipped to the floor.
The junior's All-America honor was the first-ever indoors by a
Husky women's vaulter, and the first for any Husky woman indoors
since 1994. The performance also established Soma as the Huskies'
first two-time female All-American since Aretha Hill earned the
last of her four career honors in 1998.
"Every time the pressure's on, Kate steps up," said second-year
head coach Greg Metcalf. "I couldn't be prouder of her today."
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Sims Takes Fifth in Pole Vault at NCAA Meet
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March 12, 2004
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark - University of Akron senior Kira Sims (Dale
City, Va./Gar-Field) earned her second career All-America honor
Friday night with a fifth-place finish in the pole vault at the
NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships being held at the
Arkansas/Randal Tyson Track Center in Fayetteville, Ark.
Sims cleared 13-03.50 to finish in a tie for fifth. The 2004 Mid-
American Conference champion became the first woman in MAC history
to clear 14-00.00 when she crossed the bar on her second attempt
at the MAC meet in February. She finished fourth at the 2003 NCAA
Outdoor championships for the first All-American honor of her
career.
Reigning MAC champion John Russell (Glendale, Ohio/Princeton) will
also compete on Saturday, representing Akron in the men's pole
vault. Russell had the fourth-best vault in the country this season
when he set a new UA and MAC record with a clearance of 17-10.50 at
the league championships last month.
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Missouri
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March 12, 2004
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - Senior Jennifer Bennett (Ashland, Mo.) took
12th place in the women's pole vault, leaping to a height of 12
feet, 11½ inches (3.95m). Bennett cleared the height on her
first attempt. At the 13-3½ mark (4.05m), Bennett missed one
attempt, then passed on her second, and again missed on her final
attempt at the height. Bennett had to pass her remaining attempts
due to back strain.
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Steckler Second in the Vault
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Bison Score Nine Points on First Day of NCAA Indoor
03/12/2004
BOSTON--North Dakota State turned in two All-America finishes
Friday and placed ninth in one other event on the first day of
the NCAA Division II indoor track & field championships at the
Reggie Lewis Track & Athletic Center.
Marc Steckler (pictured) was one of the Bison All-Americans.
Steckler recorded NDSU's best placefinish of the day, tying for
second in the pole vault with a height of 16 feet, 4 3/4 inches.
Lewis University's Duane Chappel was four inches better for the
title.
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Laker Men Solid In Day One At NCAA's
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Ben Hirdes And Mike Simon Earn All-America Honors
Ben Hirdes concludes his career with another All-America honor
in the pole vault.
March 12, 2004
Boston, Mass. - Ben Hirdes concluded his career at Grand Valley
State with yet another All-America honor in the pole vault at the
2004 NCAA DII Track & Field National Championships. Hirdes placed
fourth with a vault of 16-4.75. Hirdes also earned outdoor All-
America plaudits last spring in the pole vault.
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UW-La Crosse in Command at 2004 Division III
Indoor Track and Field Championships
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By Tom Fick
University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Sports Information Director
UW-La Crosse's Hans Schmidt (Photo by Darryl Jordan)
The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse is on target to win its
fourth consecutive NCAA III Men's Indoor Track and Field
Championship hosted by the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
in the Kachel Fieldhouse. The Eagles lead the field after
Friday's events with 29 points.
Three Division III records fell Friday, in just four finals.
UW-La Crosse junior Hans Schmidt won the pole vault with a
height of 18-1, breaking the old mark of 18-0.5, previously set
by Jeremy Scott of Allegheny College at the 2002 championship.
Schmidt repeated NCAA III pole vault championships he also won
in the 2003 indoor meet and 2003 outdoors.
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Swanson Takes 2nd in Pole Vault at NCAA's
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(written by Ed Syguda 03/12/04)
Chris Swanson, a junior from New Carlisle (Bethel High School),
finished second in the pole vault today at the NCAA Division III
Indoor Track and Field Championships at the University of Wisconsin-
Whitewater.
Swanson vaulted 16-1 1/4 on his way to All-America honors. Hans
Schmidt, from the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, won the event
in a meet record 18-1.
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Ryker Jones Takes Third in Pole Vault
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Whitewater, Wis., March 12, 2004 --- Washington University's men's
and women's track and field teams sent one competitor apiece to
this weekend's NCAA Indoor Championships, and seniors Kammie Holt
and Ryker Jones made the most of their time at the meet.
Jones cleared 4.76 meters (15-7 1/4) in the pole vault, good for
third-place on the men's side. Hans Schmidt of UW-La Crosse won
the national title with a meet-record vault of 5.51 meters (18-1).
Jones also picked up 5.5 points for the Bears.
"I didn't expect to finish third," Jones said. "I was just happy
to be here, but it was a nice surprise."
"It was a really exciting day for Washington University track and
field," said WU head coach Paul Thornton. "We had a great finish
at the UAA Championships and again today at the NCAA Championships.
We look forward to starting the outdoor campaign after an exciting
indoor season."
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Wil Snyder Becomes First All-American in
USM Men's Track and Field History
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Friday, March 12, 2004
WHITEWATER, Wis. - Junior Wil Snyder (Saco, Maine/San Benito
[Calif.]) became the first student athlete in the history of the
University of Southern Maine track and field program to earn All-
American honors after placing fifth in the pole vault on Friday
afternoon at the NCAA Division III Indoor Track and Field
Championships hosted by the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater.
Hans Schmidt, a junior at Wisconsin La Crosse, won the event with
a meet and facility record of 18-1. His performance also stands
as the seasonal best in Division III indoor track and field. Chris
Swanson, a junior from Otterbein College cleared 16-1 to cop
runner-up honors.
Snyder followed in a group of four athletes who cleared 15-7 1/4.
However, he was awarded fifth place based on misses. Snyder
trailed Ryker Jones, a senior from Washington (Mo.) and Brian
DeLoriea, a junior from North Central College, who tied for third
place. Tim Roa, a freshman from Wilmington College, who also
cleared 15-7 1/4, placed sixth.
Snyder's performance is just ona and one-half inches shy of his
school record leap of 15-8 3/4, which he set at on February 7 of
this year at the State Championship meet hosted by Bates College.
Snyder is only the second member of the USM men's program to
participate at the Division III NCAA Championships.
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Roa earns All-American status in the pole vault
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Freshman places sixth at Division III Nationals
(WC Press Release) WHITEWATER, Wisc. (March 12, 2004) -- Wilmington
College freshman pole vaulter Tim Roa (Cincinnati/Elder) has earned
All-American status in the pole vault at the 2004 NCAA Division III
National Meet.
Roa cleared a height of 15-7.25, the same height cleared as the
third place finisher, but fell to sixth overall due to number of
misses.
With Roa earning All-American status, the Quakers have had an
indoor All-American in the pole vault for the last four years.
Roa was also named the Ohio Athletic Conference Field Event MVP
at the conference championships over the past weekend, winning
the triple jump, placing second in the pole vault and placing
eighth in the long jump.
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HUSKIES ON TRACK AT WINDSOR
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Windsor, ON. – The University of Saskatchewan Huskies women's
track and field team continues to dominate the CIS competiton
as they grabbed a hold of first place with 53.5 points after
two days of competition at the CIS National Cahampionships. The
Huskies hold a 18.5 point lead over their nearest rival the
Univeristy of Clagary with 35 points. In the men's team
competition the Huskies are currently fourth with 15 points
trailing behind Windsor (40 points), Lethbridge (17 points), and
Toronto (16 points).
Kelsie Hendry continues to show why she is the CIS Female Field
Athlete of the Year as she set a new CIS record in the pole vault
clearing 4.20m to win gold for the Huskies. Hendry had set the
previous CIS record of 4.15m last year. Her closest competition
in the event came from team mate Adrianne Vangool, who competing
in her first CIS NationalChampionship vaulted 4.00m to take away
a silver medal for the Huskies.