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The NCAA News -- February 15, 1999

Division II Women's Indoor Track

Field: The Division II Championships Committee has approved a qualifying procedure that allows for a maximum of 126 student-athletes.

Dates and site: The championships will be conducted March 5-6 at the RCA Dome in Indianapolis. Butler and USA Track and Field are cohosts.

Information/results: The fax-on-demand telephone number is 770/563-1133 (pin code 1915); request numbers are 1575 for dates/site/schedule, 5280 for qualifiers, 5281 for first-day results, 5282 for second-day results and 5283 for finals-only results. Championships results also will be available on the World Wide Web at www.ncaa.org. Results will be published in the March 15 issue of The NCAA News.

Championships notes: Abilene Christian made it a Division II men's-women's indoor track sweep for the third consecutive year, and sixth time overall, with a 23-point victory in 1998. The Wildcats have won six straight titles and 10 in the last 11 years. Abilene Christian also owns a commanding lead in the individual championship category with 38, compared to St. Augustine's second-place total of 16 ... South Dakota's second-place finish last year was its best in the 13-year history of the championships. The Coyotes' performance was largely due to Elena Swan, who accounted for 22 of her team's 43 points by winning the long and triple jumps, and finishing fifth in the 55-meter hurdles. Swan became just the ninth competitor in the championship to win two events in the same meet.