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The NCAA News -- March 29, 1999

Lincoln (Pennsylvania) sprints to second straight men's title

Lincoln (Pennsylvania) dominated the three shortest races of the Division III Men's Indoor Track Championships and went on to defend its 1998 title March 12-13 at Ohio Northern.

The Lions, who won the championship for the fourth time in the last five years and the fifth time overall, received a total of 40 points from six different competitors in the 55- and 400-meter dashes and the 55-meter hurdles. Lincoln racked up 60 points to runner-up Wisconsin-Oshkosh's 37.

Alonzo Wiggins and Chris Cobbs claimed first and second places for Lincoln in the 55-meter hurdles. Wiggins sprinted to victory in 7.43 seconds with 1998 winner Cobbs just one-hundredth of a second behind. A Lincoln competitor has won the 55-meter hurdles four straight years.

In the 55-meter dash, Dayne Ross came in second and Roland Whiting fourth to give the Lions 12 more points. Ross' time of 6.23 seconds was one-hundredth of a second behind Cortland State's Stefan Mascoll's meet record. Mascoll broke his own mark of 6.27, set last year.

Steve Mitchell and Robert Woolbright added third- and fourth-place efforts for the Lions in the 400. Rowan's Rich Dixon won the event in a meet-record 47.64 seconds.

Lincoln also received a strong performance from Thomas Thompson, who took second in the triple jump and tied for third in the high jump. Thompson was a key performer in the Lions' 1998 championship after winning the triple jump and contributing second-place leaps in the high and long jumps.

Wisconsin-Oshkosh's second-place performance was sparked by Shannon King, who won the high and triple jumps and soared to second place in the long jump.

Another meet record was set by Mount Union's Shawn Watson when he soared 25 feet, 3 1/4 inches in the long jump. Watson became just the seventh competitor in Division III men's indoor track history to win the same event three times.

Men's track

TEAM RESULTS

1. Lincoln (Pa.), 60; 2. Wis.-Oshkosh, 37; 3. Wis.-La Crosse, 26; 4. (tie) Mount Union and Rowan, 20; 6. Neb. Wesleyan, 19; 7. North Central, 18; 8. Amherst, 16; 9. (tie) Bates, Frostburg St. and Ill. Wesleyan, 12.

12. (tie) Brandeis, Cortland St., McMurry and Springfield, 10; 16. (tie) Heidelberg, Keene St., Ohio Northern and St. Thomas (Minn.), 8; 20. Wis.-Stout, 7.

21. (tie) Howard Payne, Lynchburg, Millikin and Wheaton (Mass.), 6; 25. Wis.-Platteville, 5; 26. (tie) Central (Iowa), Haverford, Montclair St., Pacific Lutheran and St. John's (Minn.), 4.

31. Williams, 3; 32. (tie) Bowdoin, Coe, Dubuque, Methodist, Rose-Hulman, Wartburg, Wis.-Stevens Point and Worcester Tech, 2; 40. (tie) Chris. Newport, DePauw, Loras and Otterbein, 1.

INDIVIDUAL RESULTS

55-meter dash: 1. Stefan Mascoll, Cortland St., 6.22 (meet record; old record, 6.27, Mascoll, 1998); 2. Dayne Ross, Lincoln (Pa.), 6.23; 3. Marty Van Dyke, Howard Payne, 6.40; 4. Roland Whiting, Lincoln (Pa.), 6.44; 5. Jeremy Heckman, St. Thomas (Minn.), 6.47; 6. Greg Ortberg, Dubuque, 6.49.

400-meter dash: 1. Rich Dixon, Rowan, 47.64 (meet record; old record, 47.73, DeWayne Stevens, Montclair St., 1992); 2. DuWayne Wright, North Central, 48.33; 3. Steve Mitchell, Lincoln (Pa.), 48.94; 4. Robert Woolbright, Lincoln (Pa.), 48.97; 5. Philip Reksel, Rose-Hulman, 49.14; 6. Greg Matzek, Wis.-Oshkosh, 49.78.

800-meter run: 1. Geoff Getz, Brandeis, 1:51.04; 2. Tony Rizzo, North Central, 1:52.39; 3. Jeff Willis, Amherst, 1:52.26; 4. Joe Kelsey, Wis.-Oshkosh, 1:52.62; 5. Chris Downe, Bowdoin, 1:52.93; 6. Matt Hayes, Wis.-Stevens Point, 1:52.96.

1,500-meter run: 1. Robert Mitchell, Amherst, 3:52.05; 2. Adam Koppin, Heidelberg, 3:52.74; 3. Josh Kath, St. Thomas (Minn.), 3:53.72; 4. Jason Bernstein, Haverford, 3:53.85; 5. Tim McCoskey, North Central, 3:54.07; 6. Chris Schaefer, Loras, 3:54.99.

5,000-meter run: 1. Michael Taye, Frostburg St., 14:49.15; 2. Wilson Perez, Keene St., 14:52.56; 3. Mike Danahy, Bates, 14:52.65; 4. Abe Mendoza, Wis.-Oshkosh, 14:56.80; 5. Paul Alsdorf, Williams, 14:58.75; 6. Dan Schwamberger, Wis.-Stevens Point, 15:05.17.

55-meter high hurdles: 1. Alonzo Wiggins, Lincoln (Pa.), 7.43; 2. Chris Cobbs, Lincoln (Pa.), 7.44; 3. Brian Hauff, Neb. Wesleyan, 7.53; 4. Karle Koritz, Ill. Wesleyan, 7.55; 5. Joshua Smith, Frostburg St., 7.61; 6. Greg Ortberg, Dubuque, 7.71.

1,600-meter relay: 1. Rowan (Julius Kinsler, Greg Arnett, Keith Kreiger, Rich Dixon), 3:15.80; 2. Lincoln (Pa.), 3:16.10; 3. Neb. Wesleyan, 3:17.80; 4. Lynchburg, 3:18.09; 5. Coe, 3:18.86; 6. Wis.-La Crosse, 3:18.90.

Long jump: 1. Shawn Watson, Mount Union, 7.70 (25-3 1/4) [meet record; old record, 7.65 (25-1 1/4), Leonard Jones, St. Thomas (Minn.), 1994]; 2. Shannon King, Wis.-Oshkosh, 7.43 (24-4 1/2); 3. Rob Tyson, Wheaton (Mass.), 7.36 (24-1 3/4); 4. E. D. Wheeler, Montclair St., 7.02 (23-0 1/2); 5. James Goss, Lynchburg, 6.99 (22-11 1/4); 6. Ben Dean, Wis.-Platteville, 6.95 (22-9 3/4).

Triple jump: 1. Shannon King, Wis.-Oshkosh, 15.15 (49-8 1/2); 2. Thomas Thompson, Lincoln (Pa.), 15.10 (49-6 1/2); 3. Shawn Watson, Mount Union, 14.78 (48-6); 4. Ben Dean, Wis.-Platteville, 14.74 (48-4 1/2; 5. William Ray, Methodist, 14.68 (48-2); 6. Steven Roberts, Chris. Newport, 14.62 (47-11 3/4).

Shot put: 1. Damian Larkins, Springfield, 17.12 (56-2); 2. Jason Dennis, Ill. Wesleyan, 16.83 (55-2 3/4); 3. Servera Gilbert, Millikin, 16.60 (54-5 1/2); 4. Darwin Dumonceaux, St. John's (Minn.), 16.47 (54-0 1/2); 5. Joel Rochford, Wartburg, 16.47 (54-0 1/2); 6. Dave Stuhlsatz, Williams, 16.46 (54-0).

35-pound weight throw: 1. Mike Seifert, Wis.-La Crosse, 18.54 (60-10); 2. Mike Campbell, Wis.-La Crosse, 18.35 (60-2 1/2); 3. Lucas Adams, Bates, 18.22 (59-9 1/2); 4. Ryan Dirks, Pacific Lutheran, 17.96 (58-11 1/4); 5. Michael Pockoski, Worcester Tech, 17.95 (58-10 3/4); 6. Colin Smith, DePauw, 17.40 (57-1).

High jump: 1. Shannon King, Wis.-Oshkosh, 2.13 (6-11 3/4); 2. Grant Jones, Ohio Northern, 2.08 (6-9 3/4); 3. (tie) Sean Clark, (Central (Iowa), Seth Peterson, Mount Union, and Thomas Thompson, Lincoln (Pa.), 2.03 (6-8); 6. Andy Johnson, Otterbein, 2.03 (6-8).

Pole vault: 1. Brad Parris, McMurry, 5.00 (16-4 3/4); 2. (tie) Dan Lefever, Neb. Wesleyan, and Jamie Buchholtz, Wis.-Stout, 4.85 (15-11); 4. (tie) Josh Buchholtz, Wis.-La Crosse, and Chad Jaeger, Wis.-La Crosse, 4.85 (15-11); 6. Geoff Biegler, Wis.-La Crosse, 4.85 (15-11).