St. Augustine's used strong performances in the 55-meter dash and 55-meter hurdles to snap Abilene Christian's eight-year winning streak in the Division II Women's Indoor Track and Field Championship.

The Falcons scored 33 of their 63 total points in the two events, and finished 15 points in front of runner-up Abilene Christian. The championship is St. Augustine's third overall to go along with titles in 1985 and 1987.

Kia Davis won the 55 hurdles for St. Augustine's, with teammates Lakeya Williams and Samaiyah Islam finishing second and fifth, respectively. Davis also ran a leg on the Falcons' victorious 1,600-meter relay unit.

In the 55 dash, Carlene Cummings placed third and Anna Teschmaker fourth, accounting for 11 of St. Augustine's points.

Cummings also was a key contributor to the Falcons' return to the top spot with her effort in the horizontal jumps. She added 14 points by coming in second in the triple jump and third in the long jump.

Maresa Cadienhead won the high jump and Hillerie Shelton the triple jump for Abilene Christian, which extended its title run in 2000 with the same number of points it scored this year.

North Dakota State, last year's runner-up to Abilene Christian, was third this year with 38 1/2 points. Diandra Bauer was an individual champion for the Bison in the 20-pound weight throw.

Lana Jekabsone of Lewis (800-meter run) and Heather Leverington of Emporia State (shot put) both won their third consecutive titles. They are the fourth and fifth athletes to win the same event at least three times in the 16 years the championship has been contested.

While no meet records were broken, one was tied. Sandy Pelkofer of South Dakota and Jennifer Swanson of UC Davis both cleared 12 feet, 3 1/2 inches in the pole vault to join three others who have reached that height. Pelkofer won the event based on fewer misses.

Team results

1. St. Augustine's, 63; 2. Abilene Christian, 48; 3. North Dakota St., 38 1/2; 4. (tie) UC Davis and Cal St. Los Angeles, 33; 6. Lewis, 31; 7. South Dakota, 30; 8. Morningside, 20; 9. Western St., 19 1/2; 10. Mass.-Lowell, 15 1/2; 11. North Fla., 15; 12. South Dakota St., 14; 13. North Dakota, 13 1/2; 14. Neb.-Kearney, 13; 15. Ashland, 12; 16. (tie) Emporia St., Harding and Slippery Rock, 10; 19. (tie) Lincoln (Mo.) and Neb.-Omaha, 8; 21. Findlay, 7; 22. (tie) Central Wash. and Grand Valley St., 6; 24. (tie) Ferris St. and St. Cloud St., 5; 26. (tie) Adams State, Central Mo. St., N.C. Central and San Fran. St., 4; 30. Central Okla., East Stroudsburg, Indiana (Pa.) and Truman, 3; 34. Minn. St. Moorhead, 2; 35. (tie) Chadron St., Minn. St.-Mankato and New York Tech, 1.

Individual results

55-meter dash: 1. Louise Ayetotche, Cal St. Los Angeles, 6.93; 2. Nicole Duncan, Cal St. Los Angeles, 7.00; 3. Carlene Cummings, St. Augustine's, 7.01; 4. Anna Teschmaker, St. Augustine's, 7.05; 5. Althea Johnson, Abilene Christian, 7.07; 6. Amber Plowden, Indiana (Pa.), 7.09; 7. Carly Lambert, Neb.-Omaha, 7.09; 8. Tanea Green, Findlay, 7.11.

400-meter dash: 1. Sara Deckert, South Dakota, 54.65; 2. Sedell Roberts, Lincoln (Mo.), 54.88; 3. Kameelah Elarms, UC Davis, 54.90; 4. Florencia Hunt, St. Augustine's, 55.07; 5. Christy Tedrow, Grand Valley St., 55.64; 6. Tamara Brudy, North Dakota St., 55.85; 7. Therese Duncan, Mass.-Lowell, 56.06; 8. Jennifer Higgins, St. Cloud St., 56.25.

800-meter run: 1. Lana Jekabsone, Lewis, 2:10.94; 2. Ieva Zunda, Lewis, 2:11.21; 3. Rose Criss, UC Davis, 2:11.32; 4. Hanna Ritakallio, Harding, 2:12.69; 5. Rachel Harvey, Central Mo. St., 2:12.76; 6. Romey Krueger, Central Okla., 2:14.06; 7. Katie Chapman, Ferris St., 2:14.49; 8. Florencia Hunt, St. Augustine's, 2:16.01.

Mile run: 1. Jennifer Michel, Western St., 4:47.83; 2. Becky Leppard, North Dakota, 4:49.35; 3. Alicen Maier, Central Wash., 4:50.07; 4. Hanna Ritakallio, Harding, 4:51.85; 5. Alisha Williams, Western St., 4:52.41; 6. Annie Dougherty, North Dakota St., 4:56.58; 7. Shannon Antvelink, Grand Valley St., 4:57.09; 8. Katie Marschel, North Dakota, 4:58.08.

5,000-meter run: 1. Jennifer Ford, North Fla., 16:37.15; 2. Allison Lind, South Dakota St., 16:40.81; 3. Jessie Kindschi, South Dakota St., 16:45.42; 4. Sarah Davey, North Fla., 16:50.74; 5. Zoila Gomez, Adams St., 16:51.19; 6. Jodi Day, Western St., 17:01.53; 7. Molly Wedel, South Dakota, 17:12.99; 8. Zuzana Sarikova, Western St., 17:21.67.

55-meter high hurdles: 1. Kia Davis, St. Augustine's, 7.66; 2. Lakeya Williams, St. Augustine's, 7.98; 3. Shawntel Newhouse, Abilene Christian, 7.99; 4. Meredith Davis, Morningside, 8.05; 5. Samaiyah Islam, St. Augustine's, 8.07; 6. Andi Noel, North Dakota St., 8.12; 7. Gretchen Cooper, North Dakota St., 8.18; 8. Megan Williams, Truman, 8.19.

1,600-meter relay: 1. St. Augustine's (Kia Davis, Georgia Mullings, Shakirah Rutherford, Florencia Hunt), 3:44.69; 2. UC Davis, 3:45.05; 3. Lewis, 3:45.12; 4. Cal St. Los Angeles, 3:47.37; 5. N.C. Central, 3:50.05; 6. Neb.-Omaha, 3:50.26; 7. North Dakota St., 3:50.31; 8. New York Tech, 3:50.43.

High jump: 1. Maresa Cadienhead, Abilene Christian, 1.81 (5-11 1/4); 2. Tonya Kneifl, South Dakota, 1.72 (5-7 3/4); 3. Beth Baldridge, Findlay, 1.67 (5-5 3/4); 4. (tie) Julie Johnson, North Dakota, and Jill Croft, Mass.-Lowell, 1.67 (5-5 3/4); 6. Shavanna Ross, East Stroudsburg, 1.67 (5-5 3/4); 7. (tie) Becky Nyberg, North Dakota St., and Reidun Daily, Western St., 1.67 (5-5 3/4).

Pole vault: 1. Sandy Pelkofer, South Dakota, 3.75 (12-3 1/2) (ties meet record shared by Jane McNeil, Abilene Christian, 1999; Jennifer Swanson, UC Davis, 2000; Aaron Clark, Minn. St. Moorhead, 2000; and Meredith Garner, Abilene Christian, 2000); 2. Jennifer Swanson, UC Davis, 3.75 (12-3 1/2) (ties meet record shared by Jane McNeil, Abilene Christian, 1999; Swanson, 2000; Aaron Clark, Minn. St. Moorhead, 2000; Meredith Garner, Abilene Christian, 2000); 3. Meredith Garner, Abilene Christian, 3.65 (11-11 3/4); 4. Kaley Kitto, UC Davis, 3.65 (11-11 3/4); 5. Jane McNeil, Abilene Christian, 3.65 (11-11 3/4); 6. Crystal Pautzke, St. Cloud St., 3.55 (11-7 3/4); 7. Kristi Morton, Truman, 3.45 (11-3 3/4); 8. Jodi Tarasewicz, St. Cloud St., 3.45 (11-3 3/4).

Long jump: 1. Nicole Duncan, Cal St. Los Angeles, 6.18 (20-3 1/2); 2. Dawnyel Newhouse, Abilene Christian, 6.03 (19-9 1/2); 3. Carlene Cummings, St. Augustine's, 5.99 (19-8); 4. Nikita Lewis, Slippery Rock, 5.97 (19-7); 5. Meredith Davis, Morningside, 5.94 (19-6); 6. Jill Croft, Mass.-Lowell, 5.83 (19-1 1/2); 7. Kelly Dolan, Lewis, 5.79 (19-0); 8. Vaida Usaite, Lewis, 5.75 (18-10 1/2).

Triple jump: 1. Hillerie Shelton, Abilene Christian, 12.76 (41-10 1/2); 2. Carlene Cummings, St. Augustine's, 12.38 (40-7 1/2); 3. Amanda Thieschafer, North Dakota St., 12.32 (40-5); 4. Nikita Lewis, Slippery Rock, 12.26 (40-2 3/4); 5. Vaida Usaite, Lewis, 11.88 (38-11 3/4); 6. Rochelle Gordon, Neb.-Omaha, 11.80 (38-8 3/4); 7. Keri Kruezer, Minn. St. Moorhead, 11.71 (38-5); 8. Leah Lewis, Neb.-Kearney, 11.66 (38-3 1/4).

Shot put: 1. Heather Leverington, Emporia St., 15.71 (51-6 1/2); 2. Adriane Blewitt, Ashland, 15.42 (50-7 1/4); 3. Heather Oldham, Mass.-Lowell, 14.37 (47-1 3/4); 4. Jennifer Haage, Morningside, 14.03 (46-0 1/2); 5. Janet Boettcher, Neb.-Kearney, 14.01 (45-11 3/4); 6. Katie Staton, North Dakota St., 13.98 (45-10 1/2); 7. Megan Montoni, Ashland, 13.85 (45-5 1/4); 8. Mandy Kubo, Chadron St., 13.58 (44-6 3/4).

20-pound weight throw: 1. Diandra Bauer, North Dakota St., 18.51 (60-8 3/4); 2. Janet Boettcher, Neb.-Kearney, 17.98 (59-0); 3. Jennifer Haage, Morningside, 17.77 (58-3 3/4); 4. Molly Peppel, North Dakota St., 17.36 (56-11 1/2); 5. Cinnamon Rackley, San Fran. St., 17.31 (56-9 1/2); 6. Farrah Sewell, Ferris St., 17.25 (56-7 1/4); 7. Nicole Woods, Ashland, 16.88 (55-4 3/4); 8. Kortney Ihnen, Minn. St.-Mankato, 16.82 (55-2 1 1/4).