St. Augustine's welcomed the Division II women's track and field community to its home city, then went about making sure the championship trophy would not return home with one of the visitors.

The host Falcons used a strong performance from Tanya Oxley to record their second outdoor title, posting 77 points during the May 25-27 meet at North Carolina State. Two-time defending champion Abilene Christian was second with 66 points, followed by Adams State with 50.

St. Augustine's first title came in 1997. The Falcons were second in 1996, 1998 and 1999.

Oxley sprinted to victories in the 200- and 400-meter dashes, and was a member of St. Augustine's victorious 400- and 1,600-meter relay teams. Juliet Brown joined Oxley on both relay units, and added individual finishes of fifth in the 400 and sixth in the 200.

Adriane Sims also was a winner for the Falcons, capturing the high jump, and Florencia Hunt placed second in the 800-meter run.

Abilene Christian extended its streak of finishing first or second in the team scoring to eight years with its third runner-up effort. The Wildcats had three individual champions -- Shawntel Newhouse in the 100-meter high hurdles, Meredith Garner in the pole vault and Geraldine George in the javelin throw.

Garner's winning vault of 13 feet, 11Ž2 inches, and George's top throw of 165 feet, 4 inches, were meet records.

Oxley was one of four double winners in the championships. Sarah Parkey of Adams State captured the 800- and 1,500-meter runs, repeating as champion in the longer event.

Sylvia Chelimo of Gardner-Webb crossed the finish line first in both the 5,000- and 10,000-meter runs, and nearly earned a third win. Chelimo was second in the 3,000-meter run, finishing just 1.15 seconds behind Jennifer Michel of Western State.

Nikita Lewis of Slippery Rock won the long and triple jumps, repeating the same double she accomplished at the indoor championships in March.

Another meet record was set in the heptathlon, as Northern Colorado's Kim Schiemenz totaled 5,602 points.

TEAM RESULTS

1. St. Augustine's, 77; 2. Abilene Christian, 66; 3. Adams St., 50; 4. North Dakota St., 44; 5. Gardner-Webb, 43; 6. South Dakota, 36; 7. UC Davis, 30; 8. Albany St. (Ga.), 28; 9. Slippery Rock, 26; 10. Cal St. Chico, 25; 11. (tie) Ashland and Lewis, 23; 13. Cal St. Dom. Hills, 19; 14. (tie) Saginaw Valley and Western St., 18; 16. (tie) Fort Hays St., North Dakota and Truman, 17; 19. Morningside, 15; 20. (tie) Indiana (Pa.), Neb.-Kearney and Northern Colo., 14; 23. Angelo St., 13; 24. Seattle Pacific, 11; 25. (tie) Livingstone, North Fla. and Tarleton St., 9; 28. (tie) Emporia St., Grand Valley St., Mass.-Lowell, Minn.-Duluth, Mo. Southern St., St. Cloud St., San Fran. St., Sonoma St. and Virginia St., 8; 37. Cal St. Stanislaus, 7; 38. (tie) Moorhead St., Pittsburg St. and Tex. A&M-Kingsville, 6; 41. (tie) Armstrong Atlantic and Lock Haven, 5; 43. (tie) Cal St. Bakersfield, Central Wash., East Stroudsburg and Ferris St., 4; 47. Shippensburg, 3; 48. (tie) Indianapolis and Northern St., 2; 50. (tie) Bloomsburg, Central Mo. St., Millersville and Southern Conn. St., 1.

INDIVIDUAL RESULTS

100-meter dash: 1. Julia O'Neil, Gardner-Webb, 11.67; 2. Carmelita Jeter, Cal St. Dom. Hills, 11.76; 3. Amber Plowden, Indiana (Pa.), 11.89; 4. Sara Deckert, South Dakota, 11.93; 5. LouAnn Williams, Livingstone, 11.93; 6. Felicia Martin, Albany St. (Ga.), 11.99; 7. Deborah Bome, Adams St., 12.00; 8. Anna Teschmaker, St. Augustine's, 12.03.

200-meter dash: 1. Tanya Oxley, St. Augustine's, 23.31; 2. Sara Deckert, South Dakota, 23.72; 3. Carmelita Jeter, Cal St. Dom. Hills, 23.94; 4. Amber Plowden, Indiana (Pa.), 24.05; 5. Ayana Drakes, Albany St. (Ga.), 24.09; 6. Juliet Brown, St. Augustine's, 24.10; 7. LouAnn Williams, Livingstone, 24.32; 8. Deborah Bome, Adams St., 24.69.

400-meter dash: 1. Tanya Oxley, St. Augustine's, 52.93; 2. Lana Jekabsone, Lewis, 54.00; 3. Tamara Wigley-Brudy, North Dakota St., 54.47; 4. Ayana Drakes, Albany St. (Ga.), 54.55; 5. Juliet Brown, St. Augustine's, 54.86; 6. Jill Theeler, North Dakota St., 55.09; 7. Cleanita Wiggins, Albany St. (Ga.), 55.28; 8. Teresa Shartel, San Fran. St., 55.92.

800-meter run: 1. Sarah Parkey, Adams St., 2:08.13; 2. Florencia Hunt, St. Augustine's, 2:10.01; 3. Rachel Kraft, North Dakota St., 2:10.61; 4. Lache Bailey, San Fran. St., 2:10.88; 5. Jessica Altnow, UC Davis 2:10.95; 6. Angie Waters, Abilene Christian, 2:11.16; 7. Lori Schmidt, Minn.-Duluth 2:11.75; 8. Rachel Harvey, Central Mo. St., 2:11.76.

1,500-meter run: 1. Sarah Parkey, Adams St., 4:24.67; 2. Becky Leppard, North Dakota, 4:30.76; 3. Jenny Spoon, Cal St. Chico, 4:32.72; 4. Melissa Smith, Grand Valley St., 4:32.74; 5. Alicen Maier, Central Wash., 4:33.67; 6. April Maine, North Dakota, 4:34.51; 7. Maria Harriman, Indianapolis, 4:34.71; 8. Katie Berkes, UC Davis, 4:35.97.

3,000-meter run: 1. Jennifer Michel, Western St., 9:38.87; 2. Sylvia Chelimo, Gardner-Webb, 9:40.02; 3. Katie Huntley, Minn.-Duluth, 9:45.00; 4. Jenny Spoon, Cal St. Chico, 9:46.46; 5. Jennifer Ford, North Fla., 9:48.76; 6. Sara Raschiatore, Indiana (Pa.), 9:49.31; 7. Melissa Bouren, Adams St., 9:52.96; 8. Molly Wedel, South Dakota, 9:53.91.