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The NCAA News -- June 7, 1999

From 0 to 54: Lincoln accelerates to women's track championship

If there was a contest for NCAA comeback team of the year, the Lincoln (Pennsylvania) women's track and field team certainly would be a worthy candidate.

After not scoring a point in the Division III Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championships for the past two years, Lincoln rode the exploits of three freshmen to claim its second title May 20-22 at Baldwin-Wallace.

Lincoln collected 54 points for a six-point triumph over 1999 Division III indoor track champion Wheaton (Massachusetts). The Lions' first championship was in 1993, also at Baldwin-Wallace.

First-year performer Rhondale Jones was the Lions' leader, as she became just the second Division III woman to win three events in a single championship. Jones sprinted to victories in the 100- and 200-meter dashes with meet records of 11.79 and 23.72 seconds, respectively.

The Lincoln standout, who won the 55-meter dash and hurdles indoors in March, also claimed the 100-meter high hurdles and anchored the victorious 400-meter relay unit. She joined Christopher Newport's Lisa Dillard as the only triple winners in the 18-year history of the championships. Dillard won the 100 and 200 dashes and the long jump in 1987.

Lincoln's other freshmen contributors were Jalima Levine, second to Jones in the 100 hurdles and another member of the 400 relay team, and Vernick Smith, third in the 400-meter dash.

Wheaton, which was the runner-up for the second consecutive year, was led by Deshawnda Williams, who was second in both the 200 and 400 dashes.

Pacific Lutheran placed third with 44 points, while Calvin and Wisconsin-La Crosse tied for fourth with 39.

The only other meet record was in the high jump, where Middlebury's Kristy Laramee and Hartwick's Maria Megnin both cleared 5 feet, 11 1/4 inches. Laramee won the event based on fewer misses.

TEAM RESULTS

1. Lincoln (Pa.), 54; 2. Wheaton (Mass.), 48; 3. Pacific Lutheran, 44; 4. (tie) Calvin and Wis.-La Crosse, 39; 6. Wis.-Whitewater, 33; 7. Springfield, 27; 8. Wartburg, 24; 9. Chris. Newport, 23; 10. (tie) Loras and Col. of New Jersey, 19; 12. Cortland St., 18; 13. Carthage, 17; 14. (tie) Middlebury and Wis.-Oshkosh, 16; 16. (tie) Carleton, Carroll, Willamette and Wis.-Stevens Point, 14; 20. Brandeis, 13.

21. Baldwin-Wallace, 12; 22. (tie) Neb. Wesleyan and Wis.-Platteville, 11; 24. (tie) Geneseo St., Mount Holyoke, North Central, Redlands, St. Olaf and Wheaton (Ill.), 10; 30. Sewanee, 9; 31. (tie) Amherst, Anderson, Chicago, Hartwick, McMurry, Trinity (Conn.) and Whitworth, 8; 38. (tie) UC San Diego, Coe, Concordia-M'head, Hope and Mount Union, 6.

43. (tie) Haverford, Mary Washington, Monmouth (Ill.), Montclair St., Tufts, Williams, Wis.-River Falls and Wis.-Stout, 5; 51. (tie) Ill. Wesleyan and Ohio Wesleyan, 4; 53. (tie) Augustana (Ill.), Gust. Adolphus, Milwaukee Engr., Rochester, St. Thomas (Minn.) and Wash. & Jeff., 3; 59. (tie) Coast Guard, Lebanon Valley, Linfield, Lynchburg, Occidental, Pomona-Pitzer, Smith and Trinity (Tex.), 2.; 67. (tie) Cornell College, Macalester, Moravian and Simpson, 1.

INDIVIDUAL RESULTS

100-meter dash: 1. Rhondale Jones, Lincoln (Pa.), 11.79 (meet record; old record 11.84, Karen Boxley, Fisk, 1984); 2. Camille Ross, Wis.-Whitewater, 11.84; 3. Beth Upham, Carthage, 12.03; 4. Christine Axley, Pacific Lutheran, 12.10; 5. Muneerah Maalik, Ill. Wesleyan, 12.14; 6. Amber Lindblad, Wis.-La Crosse, 12.18; 7. Jackie James, Coast Guard, 12.22; 8. Jessie Greener, Loras, 12.39.

200-meter dash: 1. Rhondale Jones, Lincoln (Pa.), 23.72 (meet record; old record 24.01, Lisa Dillard, Chris. Newport, 1987); 2. Deshawnda Williams, Wheaton (Mass.), 24.19; 3. Camille Ross, Wis.-Whitewater, 24.46; 4. Christine Axley, Pacific Lutheran, 24.63; 5. Beth Upham, Carthage, 24.67; 6. Amber Lindblad, Wis.-La Crosse, 24.98; 7. Jessica Shugart, UC San Diego, 25.19; 8. Sarah Axley, Pacific Lutheran, 25.36.

400-meter dash: 1. Megan Pierce, Calvin, 54.17; 2. Deshawnda Williams, Wheaton (Mass.), 54.22; 3. Vernick Smith, Lincoln (Pa.), 55.47; 4. Wendy Ellis, Loras, 55.81; 5. Sandra Helquist, Carleton, 56.55; 6. Ovida Habersham, Col. of New Jersey, 57.10; 7. Christina Soria, Occidental, 57.17; 8. Kerry Flinn, Simpson, 57.79.

800-meter run: 1. Beth Fitzgerald, Willamette, 2:11.77; 2. Trina Steines, Wartburg, 2:13.05; 3. Cheryl Makarewicz, Brandeis, 2:13.74; 4. Caitlin Murphy, Tufts, 2:13.75; 5. Stephanie Moss, Ohio Wesleyan, 2:14.69; 6. Jessica Dober, Wis.-La Crosse, 2:14.79; 7. Leah Juno, Wis.-Stevens Point, 2:15.42; 8. Heather Stone, Sewanee, 2:15.70.

1,500-meter run: 1. Jayna Mathieu, St. Olaf, 4:30.55; 2. Heather Stone, Sewanee, 4:31.30; 3. Sarah Gritter, Calvin, 4:31.79; 4. Katie Jacobson, Wis.-Stout, 4:32.68; 5. Marni Lynn, Carroll, 4:33.96; 6. Rachel Eggbrecht, Milwaukee Engr., 4:35.11; 7. Kate Irvin, Middlebury, 4:35.26; 8. Yarrow Moench, Macalester, 4:35.66.

3,000-meter run: 1. Marni Lynn, Carroll, 9:48.84; 2. Sarah Gritter, Calvin, 9:54.74; 3. Jenny Fiedler, Wis.-La Crosse, 10:01.53; 4. Noel Whitall, Col. of New Jersey, 10:03.28; 5. Kate Westfall, Haverford, 10:04.36; 6. Jessica Johnston, Middlebury, 10:04.83; 7. Rhaina Echols, Chicago, 10:05.70; 8. Kristie Reccek, Moravian, 10:09.91.

5,000-meter run: 1. Noel Whitall, Col. of New Jersey, 17:02.17; 2. Cheryl Smith, Cortland St., 17:05.11; 3. Keri Wells, Wis.-Platteville, 17:08.13; 4. Barb Swallow, Springfield, 17:18.83; 5. Yolanda Flamino, Trinity (Conn.), 17:22.32; 6. Stephanie Greiber, Wis.-Whitewater, 17:24.58; 7. Jenny Fiedler, Wis.-La Crosse, 17:25.44; 8. Monica Hostetler, Anderson, 17:26.07.

10,000-meter run: 1. Cheryl Smith, Cortland St., 35:47.74; 2. Barb Swallow, Springfield, 35:53.44; 3. Jenny Richey, Loras, 36:09.03; 4. Keri Wells, Wis.- Platteville, 36:10.76; 5. Monica Hostetler, Anderson, 36:19.02; 6. Susan Paige, Augustana (Ill.), 36:21.85; 7. Jennifer Ernst, Hope, 36:23.70; 8. Rachel Mosher, Haverford, 36:27.85.

100-meter high hurdles: 1. Rhondale Jones, Lincoln (Pa.), 13.88; 2. Jalima Levine, Lincoln (Pa.), 13.97; 3. Tenille Johnson, Wheaton (Mass.), 14.24; 4. Janice Brenner, Montclair St., 14.62; 5. Kristi Osborne, Pacific Lutheran, 14.79; 6. Kara Hedin, St. Thomas (Minn.), 14.81; 7. Casey Taylor, Chris. Newport, 14.86; 8. Denita Eason, Chris. Newport, 15.09.

400-meter intermediate hurdles: 1. Sandra Helquist, Carleton, 1:01.05; 2. Corinne Lay, Pacific Lutheran, 1:01.49; 3. Amy Buhl, Chicago, 1:01.92; 4. Sommer Baxton, Wartburg, 1:01.99; 5. Nicole Rodriguez, UC San Diego, 1:02.44; 6. Melissa Purswell, Brandeis, 1:02.61; 7. Beth Bowler, Springfield, 1:02.69; 8. Tenille Johnson, Wheaton (Mass.), 1:03.76.

400-meter relay: 1. Lincoln (Pa.) (Tyra Kirkland, Jalima Levine, Mea Williams, Rhondale Jones), 46.23; 2. Pacific Lutheran, 46.96; 3. Chris. Newport, 47.08; 4. Wis.-La Crosse, 47.14; 5. Wheaton (Mass.), 47.15; 6. McMurry, 48.19; 7. Neb. Wesleyan, 48.51; 8. Loras, 52.17.

1,600-meter relay: 1. Calvin (Kristi VanWoerkom, Sara Veltkamp, Lindsay Mulder, Megan Pierce), 3:47.24; 2. Wheaton (Mass.), 3:48.41; 3. Loras, 3:48.87; 4. Wartburg, 3:49.54; 5. Brandeis, 3:49.82; 6. Wis.-La Crosse, 3:50.21; 7. Pacific Lutheran, 3:51.54; 8. Col. of New Jersey, 3:51.68.

High jump: 1. Kristy Laramee, Middlebury, 1.81 (5-11 1/4) (meet record; old record 1.80 [5-10 3/4], Kim Oden, Neb. Wesleyan, 1992); 2. Maria Megnin, Hartwick, 1.81 (5-11 1/4); 3. (tie) Julie Bargen, Neb. Wesleyan, Staci Nichols, Redlands, and Beth Castagno, Wheaton (Mass.), 1.66 (5-5 1/4); 6. Tina Masek, Neb. Wesleyan, 1.66 (5-5 1/4); 7. Vicki Osinga, Lynchburg, 1.66 (5-5 1/4); 8. Carrie Danielwicz, Wis.-Oshkosh, 1.61 (5-3 1/4).

Long jump: 1. Pristina Jones, North Central, 5.83 (19-1 1/2); 2. Casey Taylor, Chris. Newport, 5.68 (18-7 3/4); 3. Kenya Shipp, Mount Union, 5.66 (18-7); 4. Lindsay Mulder, Calvin, 5.60 (18-4 1/2); 5. Angela Mullins, Wheaton (Mass.), 5.60 (18-4 1/2); 6. Kristi Osborne, Pacific Lutheran, 5.55 (18-2 1/2); 7. Jenny McConkey, Wis.-Oshkosh, 5.55 (18-2 1/2); 8. Jessica Petersen, Neb. Wesleyan, 5.53 (18-1 3/4).

Triple jump: 1. Jill Kincaid, Wis.-Oshkosh, 12.01 (39-5); 2. Nicole Campbell, Amherst, 11.87 (38-11 /2); 3. Stacey Hornickel, Wis.-Whitewater, 11.83 (38-9 3/4); 4. Casey Taylor, Chris. Newport, 11.75 (38-6 3/4); 5. Shimera Daniels, Wheaton (Mass.), 11.73 (38-6); 6. Yurissa Mitchell, Mary Washington, 11.71 (38-5); 7. Kim Alvis, Mary Washington, 11.56 (37-111/4); 8. Denita Eason, Chris. Newport, 11.51 (37-9 1/4).

Shot put: 1. Amanda Salb, Mount Holyoke, 14.45 (47-5); 2. Cindy Trzcinski, Baldwin-Wallace, 14.31 (46-11 1/2); 3. Melissa Stensland, Wartburg, 13.94 (45-9); 4. Rebecca Brooks, Williams, 13.64 (44-9); 5. Jayme Gallant, Baldwin-Wallace, 13.53 (44-4 3/4); 6. Melissa Ring, Gust. Adolphus, 13.25 (43-5 3/4); 7. Ann Musser, Lebanon Valley, 13.12 (43-0 1/2); 8. Genesis Fisher, Smith, 12.97 (42-6 3/4).

Discus throw: 1. Tabitha Fendrick, Wis.-Whitewater, 45.44 (149-1); 2. Patti Franckowiak, Wis.-La Crosse, 45.42 (149-0); 3. Maria DeBoer, Concordia-M'head, 44.54 (146-1); 4. Ann Rhiddlehoover, McMurry, 43.88 (143-11); 5. Emily Sowers, Hope, 43.32 (142-1); 6. Kenese Jenkins, Anderson, 43.10 (141-5); 7. Sara Groshek, Wis.-Stevens Point, 42.80 (140-5); 8. Kelly Dodd, Cornell College, 40.54 (133-0).

Hammer throw: 1. Beth Shope, Geneseo St., 52.76 (173-1); 2. Ilana Garbowit, Springfield, 51.96 (170-6); 3. Patti Franckowiak, Wis.-La Crosse, 49.50 (162-5); 4. Larissa Godkin, Redlands, 49.10 (161-1); 5. Helen Haarlander, Springfield, 48.82 (160-2); 6. Leslie Willmert, Rochester, 48.58 (159-4); 7. Katharine Hill, Pomona-Pitzer, 48.42 (158-10); 8. Becki Schmitz, Carthage, 48.14 (157-11).

Javelin throw: 1. Sara Groshek, Wis.-Stevens Point, 44.28 (145-3); 2. Danielle Swift, Whitworth, 43.20 (141-9); 3. Dana Voss, Coe, 43.06 (141-3); 4. Amanda Colgan, Monmouth (Ill.), 41.34 (135-7); 5. Monica Scott, Willamette, 41.32 (135-7); 6. Jamie Heffner, Wash. & Jeff., 41.30 (135-6); 7. Christal Seahorn, Trinity (Tex.), 40.70 (133-6); 8. Elissa Burnell, Middlebury, 40.38 (132-6).

Heptathlon: 1. Heather Pancake, Wheaton (Ill.), 4,930; 2. Kristi Osborne, Pacific Lutheran, 4,824; 3. Kim Deaton, Carthage, 4,696; 4. Sarah Peterson, Wis.-River Falls, 4,679; 5. Amanda Rival, Trinity (Conn.), 4,618; 6. Mary Banker, Wis.-Oshkosh, 4,605; 7. Marci Warnecke, Linfield, 4,550; 8. Teresa Winstead, Smith, 4,476.