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The NCAA News -- June 7, 1999

... while Wildcats' depth is key factor in men's championship

Abilene Christian won only one event on the meet's final day but used its depth to capture its third Division II Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championships team title in the last four years May 27-29 at Emporia State.

The Wildcats scored in 12 of the 14 events on the last day, including five top-three finishes, to post a total of 93 points. St. Augustine's finished second with 73 points and New York Tech, with four first-place performances, was third with 52.

Either Abilene Christian or St. Augustine's have been the Division II outdoor champion every year since 1982. Abilene Christian also won the Division II indoor title in March and, along with the Wildcats' women's team, repeated their feat of three years ago of winning all four divisional track and field championships in one year.

Terrance Woods recorded Abilene Christian's lone individual win on the third day of the meet in the high jump. Woods and Cal State Bakersfield's David Larsen both cleared 7 feet, 3 inches during the competition, and Woods defeated Larsen in the jump-off with a mark of 7 feet, 13/4 inches.

Wildcats also were at or near the top in the other jumping events. Stephen Moore posted Abilene Christian's only other individual title of the championships in the long jump and Woods placed second in the triple jump. Moore added a second-place showing in the decathlon.

St. Augustine's Deworski Odom and Gabriel Burnett combined for 37 of their team's points. Odom won the 110-meter high hurdles and was the runner-up in the 100-meter dash. Burnett was second to Odom in the 110 hurdles, sixth in the 100-meter dash and second in the 200-meter dash.

Pittsburg State's Brian Moorman won his third straight title in the 400-meter intermediate hurdles, heading a list of five repeat champions. Claiming first places for the second consecutive year were Central Missouri State's Vladimir Golias in the 3,000-meter steeplechase and Jeff Sander in the decathlon, Texas A&M-Kingsville's Matt Hickl in the pole vault and Adams State's Jason Hubbard in the 5,000-meter run.

New York Tech teammates Patrick Jarrett and Paston Coke grabbed the top spots in the sprints. Jarrett won the 100- and 200-meter dashes, and Coke broke the tape in the 400 and came in third in the 200. The pair also formed half of New York Tech's 400-meter relay unit, which repeated as champion.

Although Abilene Christian and St. Augustine's remained atop the team standings, the two teams' stranglehold on titles in the 1,600-meter relay was broken. Morehouse snapped an 11-year streak of wins in the event by either Abilene Christian or St. Augustine's by edging Emporia State. Abilene Christian finished third and St. Augustine's fourth, with all four teams less than one second apart.

TEAM STANDINGS

1. Abilene Christian, 93; 2. St. Augustine's, 73; 3. New York Tech, 52; 4. Pittsburg St., 39; 5. (tie) Adams St. and Angelo St., 38; 7. Central Mo. St., 37; 8. Cal St. Bakersfield, 35; 9. Morehouse, 33; 10. Western St., 31.

11. Tex. A&M-Kingsville, 29; 12. UC Davis, 26; 13. Lewis, 19; 14. Ashland, 16; 15. (tie) Indiana (Pa.) and Southern Ind., 14; 17. (tie) North Dakota St. and Saginaw Valley, 13; 19. Lock Haven, 12; 20. Tarleton St., 10 1/2.

21. (tie) Neb.-Kearney and Mo. Southern St., 10; 23. (tie) Cal St. Stanislaus, N.C. Central and Southern Conn. St., 9; 26. (tie) Fort Hays St. and Western Wash., 8; 28. Albany St., 6; 29. (tie) Northern Colo. and Wheeling Jesuit, 5.

31. (tie) Cal Poly Pomona, Clark Atlanta, Minn. St.-Mankato and South Dakota, 4; 35. (tie) Colorado Mines, Grand Valley St., Kentucky St. and West Va. Wesleyan 3; 39. North Dakota, 2 1/2; 40. (tie) UC Riverside, Minn.-Duluth, Morningside and Savannah St., 1.

INDIVIDUAL RESULTS

100-meter dash: 1. Patrick Jarrett, New York Tech, 10.28; 2. Deworski Odom, St. Augustine's, 10.29; 3. Michael Blevins, Morehouse, 10.46; 4. Reggie Hill, Abilene Christian, 10.46; 5. Oscar Meneses, Abilene Christian, 10.50; 6. Gabriel Burnett, St. Augustine's, 10.55; 7. Kendrial Terrance, Angelo St., 10.56; 8. Derrick Foster, Tex. A&M-Kingsville, 10.70.

200-meter dash: 1. Patrick Jarrett, New York Tech, 20.85; 2. Gabriel Burnett, St. Augustine's, 20.88; 3. Paston Coke, New York Tech, 20.93; 4. Robert Kyle, Cal St. Bakersfield, 21.29; 5. Reggie Hill, Abilene Christian, 21.47; 6. Kesrick Frazer, New York Tech, 21.58; 7. Jeramie Thomas, Adams St., 23.33; 8. Oscar Meneses, Abilene Christian, 45.15.

400-meter dash: 1. Paston Coke, New York Tech, 45.51; 2. Charlie Smith, Lewis, 46.49; 3. Robert Kyle, Cal St. Bakersfield, 46.51; 4. Kevin Buzzar, St. Augustine's, 46.91; 5. Michael Patterson, N.C. Central, 47.38; 6. Lincoln London, Abilene Christian, 47.49; 7. Jason Breitzman, North Dakota St., 47.59; 8. Erik Hanson, Minn.-Duluth, 47.61.

800-meter run: 1. Matt Sauls, Lock Haven, 1:50.65; 2. Devin Kemper, Western Wash., 1:51.11; 3. Jason Pate, Tarleton St., 1:51.36; 4. Momodou Drammeh, Morehouse, 1:51.76; 5. Joe Cooper, Neb.-Kearney, 1:51.86; 6. Horace Steele, Morehouse, 1:52.14; 7. Gilbert Tuhabonye, Abilene Christian, 1:52.30; 8. Willy Best, Western St., 1:52.53.

1,500-meter run: 1. Chris Hollmann, Adams St., 3:49.96; 2. Ben Kapsoiya, Southern Ind., 3:50.85; 3. Nick Burrow, South Dakota St., 3:51.19; 4. Carl Jackson, Western St., 3:52.81; 5. Chad Feeldy, South Dakota, 3:53.68; 6. Alfred Rugema, Abilene Christian, 3:54.30; 7. Gilbert Tuhabonye, Abilene Christian, 3:54.61; 8. Jean-Paul Niyongabo, Morehouse, 3:54.99.

3,000-meter steeplechase: 1. Vladimir Golias, Central Mo. St., 8:51.10; 2. Jason Hubbard, Adams St., 8:57.33; 3. Carl Blackhurst, Adams St., 9:02.37; 4. Steve Hackworth, Northern Colo., 9:04.14; 5. Karsten Duncan, Angelo St., 9:06.60; 6. Ian Enriquez, Cal Poly Pomona, 9:10.78; 7. Steve Moyer, Lock Haven, 9:14.69; 8. Jose Rangel, Cal Poly Pomona, 9:16.62.

5,000-meter run: 1. Jason Hubbard, Adams St., 14:18.44; 2. Michael Aish, Western St., 14:24.24; 3. Ben Kapsoiya, Southern Ind., 14:28.00; 4. Colin Jones, Lewis, 14:31.50; 5. Alfred Rugema, Abilene Christian, 14:33.18; 6. Yi Min Wu, Edinboro, 14:36.03; 7. Rees Buck, Western St., 14:41.04; 8. Joseph Kogo, Minn. St.-Mankato, 14:45.30.

10,000-meter run: 1. Michael Aish, Western St., 30:05.70; 2. Yi Min Wu, Edinboro, 30:15.39; 3. Colin Jones, Lewis, 30:21.63; 4. Humberto Sanchez, Western St., 30:40.22; 5. Robby Lane, Northwest Mo. St., 30:48.74; 6. Joseph Kogo, Minn. St.-Mankato, 30:53.18; 7. Jeff Kaiser, UC Davis, 30:53.26; 8. Frederick Adongo, St. Augustine's, 31:22.58.

110-meter high hurdles: 1. Deworski Odom, St. Augustine's, 13.67; 2. Gabriel Burnett, St. Augustine's, 13.77; 3. Brian Moorman, Pittsburg St., 13.81; 4. Rusty Fry, Wheeling Jesuit, 13.86; 5. Charlie Thomas, Morehouse, 14.08; 6. Shaka Huggins, Abilene Christian, 14.11; 7. Jeramie Thomas, Adams St., 14.36; 8. George Garcia, UC Riverside, 14.39.

400-meter intermediate hurdles: 1. Brian Moorman, Pittsburg St., 50.27; 2. Marlon Thomas, Angelo St., 50.94; 3. Jason Prann, Abilene Christian, 51.59; 4. Derek Brinkley, Indiana (Pa.), 51.70; 5. Jackie Jenkins, Cal St. Stanislaus, 52.49; 6. Rasheed Anthony, UC Davis, 52.67; 7. Eric Stellmon, Colorado Mines, 52.67; 8. Ednol Rolle, St. Augustine's, 54.08.

400-meter relay: 1. New York Tech (Patrick Brown, Patrick Jarrett, Kesrick Fraser, Paston Coke), 39.77; 2. St. Augustine's, 40.01; 3. Abilene Christian, 40.48; 4. N.C. Central, 40.60; 5. Morehouse, 40.71; 6. Kentucky St., 40.86; 7. Angelo State, 41.07; 8. Savannah St., 41.26.

1,600-meter relay: 1. Morehouse (Jelani Liddell, Horace Steele, Kareem Morrell, Todd Smith), 3:08.25; 2. Emporia St., 3:08.89; 3. Abilene Christian, 3:08.96; 4. St. Augustine's, 3:09.10; 5. Angelo St., 3:10.27; 6. New York Tech, 3:12.88; 7. North Dakota St., 3:13.56; 8. Albany St., 3:15.97.

High jump: 1. Terrance Woods, Abilene Christian, 2.21 (7-3); 2. David Larsen, Cal St. Bakersfield, 2.21 (7-3); 3. Kevin Dotson, Mo. Southern St., 2.18 (7-1 3/4); 4. Chamar Wade, Albany St., 2.15 (7-0 1/2); 5. James Crowe, Clark Atlanta, 2.09 (6-10 1/4); 6. Jeremy Pearson, Grand Valley St., 2.09 (6-10 1/4); 7. (tie) Colatt Johnson, Tarleton St., and Marc Sondreal, North Dakota, 2.04 (6-8 1/4).

Pole vault: 1. Matt Hickl, Tex. A&M-Kingsville, 5.40 (17-81/2); 2. Andrei Skvortsov, Central Mo. St., 5.20 (17-03/4); 3. Jason Pearce, Abilene Christian, 5.00 (16-43/4); 4. Youske Okano, UC Davis, 5.00 (16-03/4); 5. Trevor Boler, UC Davis, 4.75 (15-7); 6. Jay Schultz, Saginaw Valley, 4.75 (15-7); 7. Trevor Papp, Cal St. Chico, 4.60 (15-1).

Long jump: 1. Stephen Moore, Abilene Christian, 7.56 (24-9 3/4); 2. Marshall Grayson, Pittsburg St., 7.39 (24-3); 3. Dane Magloire, St. Augustine's, 7.27 (23-101/4); 4. Matt Abele, Northwest Mo. St., 7.25 (23-9 1/2); 5. Justin Lockhart, North Dakota St., 7.24 (23-9); 6. Matt Brown, Pittsburg St., 7.20 (23-7 1/2); 7. Reggie Hill, Abilene Christian, 7.15 (23-5 1/2); 8. Robert Kyle, Cal St. Bakersfield, 7.14 (23-5 1/4).

Triple jump: 1. Jamal Chase, Cal St. Bakersfield, 15.94 (52-3 3/4); 2. Terrance Woods, Abilene Christian, 15.87 (52-1); 3. James Robinson, Central Mo. St., 15.84 (51-11 3/4); 4. Dane Magloire, St. Augustine's, 15.81 (51-101/2); 5. Lancelot Gooden, St. Augustine's, 15.74 (51-7 3/4); 6. Duane Brisbon, Central Mo. St., 15.73 (51-71/4); 7. Ricardo McDonald, Southern Conn. St., 15.17 (49-9 1/4); 8. Cleveland McClory, St. Augustine's, 14.97 (49-1 1/2).

Shot put: 1. Ty Williams, Angelo St., 17.89 (58-8 1/2); 2. Robert Garza, Tex. A&M-Kingsville, 17.78 (58-4); 3. Keith Wohlwend, San Fran. St., 17.54 (57-6 1/2); 4. Casey Seyfert, Fort Hays St., 17.46 (57-3 1/2); 5. Jim Riedesel, Emporia St., 16.50 (54-1 3/4); 6. Mike Scher, Cal St. Chico, 16.47 (54-0 1/2); 7. Tucker Woolsey, Northwest Mo. St., 16.31 (53-6 1/4); 8. Brian Emerson, North Dakota, 16.28 (53-5).

Discus throw: 1. Paul Markel, Saginaw Valley, 53.52 (175-7); 2. Curry Dawson, Angelo St., 52.86 (173-5); 3. Tyson Bertrand, Neb.-Kearney, 51.92 (170-4); 4. Nolan Wolkow, South Dakota St., 51.10 (167-8); 5. Fred Wallace, Tex. A&M-Kingsville, 50.72 (166-5); 6. Robert Hardin, West Va. Wesleyan, 50.48 (165-7); 7. T.J. Koniowsky, Ashland, 50.44 (165-6); 8. Matt Kuhn, Fort Hays St., 50.06 (164-3).

Hammer throw: 1. Joe Borges, UC Davis, 60.74 (199-3); 2. Jake Brooks, Ashland, 59.72 (195-11); 3. Rich Ulm, Ashland, 59.38 (194-10); 4. Jason Henry, Cal St. Bakersfield, 59.12 (193-11); 5. Stevan Krstic, San Fran. St., 58.70 (192-7); 6. Rob Hamelin, Southern Conn. St., 58.18 (190-10); 7. Jim Marheineke, San Fran. St., 57.72 (189-4); 8. Ken Froemming, Morningside, 56.70 (186-0).

Javelin throw: 1. Sean Simoneau, Pittsburg St., 68.74 (225-6); 2. Mark Bridge, Indiana (Pa.), 68.36 (224-3); 3. Ryan Weidman, Tex. A&M-Kingsville, 67.06 (222-0); 4. Tate Tobkin, North Dakota St., 64.30 (210-11); 5. Tomi Paalanen, Mo. Southern St., 63.96 (209-10); 6. Freddie Cates, Tarleton St., 63.42 (208-1); 7. Jay Joy, Fort Hays St., 63.38 (207-11); 8. Erick Friedman, Indiana (Pa.), 61.10 (200-5).

Decathlon: 1. Jeff Sander, Central Mo. St., 7,430; 2. Stephen Moore, Abilene Christian, 7,426; 3. Trevor Papp, Cal St. Chico, 7,152; 4. Greg Nichols, Cal St. Stanislaus, 6,814; 5. John Wallin, Southern Conn. St., 6,798; 6. Robert Orr, UC Davis, 6,701; 7. Damien Passalacqua, Pittsburg St., 6,392.