Three individual wins in field events proved decisive in lifting Wisconsin-La Crosse to victory in the Division III Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championships May 24-26 at Millikin.

The Eagles totaled 80 points to defeat second-place Lincoln (Pennsylvania) by 20. Wisconsin-La Crosse pulled into a tie with Lincoln for the most team titles in the championships' history with six.

It also marks the sixth time that the Eagles have won both the indoor and outdoor titles in the same season, as they also accomplished the feat in 1988, 1991, 1992, 1993 and 1997.

Head coach Mark Guthrie has directed the Wisconsin-La Crosse program in all six seasons in which it has swept both the indoor and outdoor honors. "We had 23 athletes entered in the meet and it was really a combination of our front points and depth," said Guthrie. "We really stay focused throughout the meet, both mentally and physically.

"We had to be prepared to compete in every race or event for three days."

Hans Schmidt won the pole vault, Jim Nelson the shot put and Mike Koenning the hammer throw for Wisconsin-La Crosse, which also captured the Division III indoor track and field crown in March. Justin Jarmon scored the lone points in the field events for Lincoln with a second-place finish in the triple jump.

Wisconsin-La Crosse received four second-place performances from its track athletes. Andrew Rock (400-meter dash), Ross Substad (3,000-meter steeplechase) and Derek Walgrave (110-meter high hurdles) each claimed runner-up status in their events.

Rock also was a member of the Eagles' 400-meter relay unit that placed second.

Chaz Clemons and Chris Cobbs were individual winners for Lincoln. Clemons won the 100-meter dash for the second straight year and Cobbs earned his third consecutive title in the 110-meter high hurdles.

The Lions also were first in the 400-meter relay, with Clemons running the anchor leg following Derrick Freeman, John Ritch and Darnell Johnson.

Clemons and Cobbs were the only competitors to repeat their 2000 victories in the same event. Raheim Greenridge of Wheaton (Massachusetts) was this year's triple jump champion after winning the high jump in 2000.

Team results

1. Wis.-La Crosse, 80; 2. Lincoln (Pa.), 60; 3. (tie) Frostburg St. and Wis.-Stevens Point, 34; 5. Calvin, 31 1/2; 6. Central (Iowa), 28; 7. (tie) Wheaton (Mass.) and Williams, 24; 9. Wis.-Whitewater, 21; 10. Chris. Newport, 19; 11. MIT, 18; 12. Neb. Wesleyan, 17; 13. John Carroll, 16; 14. (tie) Carroll (Wis.) and Wis.-Oshkosh, 15; 16. Monmouth (Ill.), 14 1/2; 17. Mary Washington, 14; 18. Worcester St., 13; 19. Wartburg, 12; 20. (tie) Bates and Luther, 11; 22. Dubuque, 10 1/2; 23. (tie) Cortland St., Haverford, Keene St., North Central, St. Norbert and Tufts, 10; 29. (tie) Greenville and Pacific Lutheran, 9; 31. (tie) Allegheny, Coe, Heidelberg, Mount Union, Rensselaer, Ursinus, Wm. Paterson and Wis.-Stout, 8; 39. (tie) Lynchburg and Swarthmore, 7; 41. Ohio Wesleyan, 6 1/2; 42. (tie) Geneseo St., Linfield, McMurry, Middlebury, Richard Stockton, Rowan, St. Olaf, Susquehanna, Widener, Wis.-Eau Claire and Worcester Tech, 6; 53. (tie) Emory, Messiah, Col. of New Jersey, Rose-Hulman and Wis.-Platteville, 5; 58. (tie) Grinnell, Hope, Loras and St. Thomas (Minn.), 4; 62. Augustana (Ill.), 3 1/2; 63. (tie) Albion and Claremont-M-S, 3; 65. (tie) Anderson (Ind.), Carthage, Montclair St., Rutgers-Camden, St. Lawrence, Trinity (Conn.) and Whittier, 2; 72. Wilmington (Ohio), 1 1/2; 73. (tie) Gust. Adolphus and Sul Ross St., 1.

Individual results

100-meter dash: 1. Chaz Clemons, Lincoln (Pa.), 10.64; 2. Dante Myles, Frostburg St., 10.65; 3. Jerome Robinson, Widener, 10.78; 4. Stanley Egbor, Worcester St., 10.79; 5. Dan Tutskey, Wis.-La Crosse, 10.87; 6. Chris Rodgers, McMurry, 10.96; 7. Robert Hargrove, Wm. Paterson, 10.96; 8. Jerry Washington, Gust. Adolphus, 11.01.

200-meter dash (wind aided): 1. Dante Myles, Frostburg St., 21.62; 2. Stanley Egbor, Worcester St., 21.73; 3. Robert Hargrove, Wm. Paterson, 21.77; 4. Chaz Clemons, Lincoln (Pa.), 22.05; 5. Peter Diamond, Mary Washington, 22.25; 6. Tommy Tavegia, Central (Iowa), 22.25; 7. Dan Tutskey, Wis.-La Crosse, 22.32; 8. Andrew Rock, Wis.-La Crosse, 22.32.

400-meter dash: 1. Ben Dreyer, St. Norbert, 46.51; 2. Andrew Rock, Wis.-La Crosse, 46.52; 3. Phil Sikkenga, Calvin, 47.57; 4. Milton Williams, Lincoln (Pa.), 47.77; 5. Craig Gunderson, Wis.-Stevens Point, 48.10; 6. Steve Mitchell, Lincoln (Pa.), 48.18; 7. Adam McKahan, Wis.-La Crosse, 48.46; 8. Jeremy Heckman, St. Thomas (Minn.), 48.68.

800-meter run: 1. Matt Groose, Wis.-Oshkosh, 1:50.16; 2. Todd Gerwig, Heidelberg, 1:51.82; 3. Sean Montgomery, MIT, 1:51.98; 4. Mark Bresnan, St. Olaf, 1:52.50; 5. Chris Horvat, Wis.-Stevens Point, 1:52.75; 6. Tim Jackson, Lincoln (Pa.), 1:53.34; 7. Josh Hildebrand, Luther, 1:54.90; 8. Steve Rabuck, Hope, 1:55.08.

1,500-meter run: 1. Mark Miller, Keene St., 3:52.08; 2. Jason Bernstein, Haverford, 3:53.35; 3. Anthony Gallo, Geneseo St., 3:54.34; 4. Wes Shaughnessy, Wis.-Oshkosh, 3:54.42; 5. Stacy Sundet, Luther, 3:54.42; 6. Justin Wells, Wis.-Platteville, 3:54.45; 7. Ryan Bak, Trinity (Conn.), 3:54.68; 8. Justin Snider, Greenville, 3:54.98.

3,000-meter steeplechase: 1. David Patterson, Tufts, 8:53.74; 2. Ross Substad, Wis.-La Crosse, 8:57.18; 3. Justin Easter, Bates, 8:58.64; 4. Shane Suehring, Wis.-Stevens Point, 9:01.60; 5. John Aerni, Grinnell, 9:08.36; 6. Karl Remsen, Williams, 9:08.50; 7. Willie Stroever, Haverford, 9:10.63; 8. Ryan Reed, Pacific Lutheran, 9:13.79.

5,000-meter run: 1. Michael Taye, Frostburg St., 14:51.36; 2. Jesse Drake, Wis.-Stevens Point, 14:52.62; 3. Jeremy Burks, Wis.-Whitewater, 14:52.91; 4. Dusty Lopez, Williams, 14:57.40; 5. Marc Jeuland, Swarthmore, 15:02.79; 6. Joe Veldman, Hope, 15:02.90; 7. Justin Pfruender, Calvin, 15:03.22; 8. Dan Hoekstra, Calvin, 15:04.01.

10,000-meter run: 1. Jeremy Burks, Wis.-Whitewater, 30:27.72; 2. Dusty Lopez, Williams, 30:41.91; 3. Michael Taye, Frostburg St., 30:49.97; 4. Jesse Drake, Wis.-Stevens Point, 30:54.34; 5. Thor Esbensen, Neb. Wesleyan, 30:57.65; 6. Marc Jeuland, Swarthmore, 31:07.36; 7. Matt Migonis, St. Lawrence, 31:09.89; 8. Dan Hoekstra, Calvin, 31:20.32.

110-meter high hurdles: 1. Chris Cobbs, Lincoln (Pa.), 14.34; 2 Derek Walgrave, Wis.-La Crosse, 14.71; 3. Ethan Barron, Middlebury, 14.74; 4. Chris Nehls, Emory, 14.76; 5. Scott Stanton, Monmouth (Ill.), 14.84; 6. Joe Poorman, McMurry, 15.11; 7. Jason Kolkmeier, Anderson (Ind.), 15.19; 8. Calvin Opgenorth, Monmouth (Ill.), 17.41.

400-meter intermediate hurdles: 1. Miradieu Joseph, Wartburg, 51.72; 2. Yori Adegunwa, Ursinus, 51.81; 3. Scott Farley, Williams, 52.65; 4. Bret Lawson, Neb. Wesleyan, 53.12; 5. Charlie Wittleder, Wis.-La Crosse, 53.30; 6. John Bennink, Albion, 53.43; 7. Matt Collins, Rutgers-Camden, 53.78; 8. Mike Merker, Mary Washington, 54.45.

400-meter relay: 1. Lincoln (Pa.) (Derrick Freeman, John Ritch, Darnell Johnson, Chaz Clemons), 40.62; 2. Wis.-La Crosse, 40.95; 3. Rowan, 40.98; 4. Central (Iowa), 41.21; 5. Wis.-Eau Claire, 41.36; 6. Mary Washington, 41.40; 7. Wheaton (Mass.), 41.58; Wartburg, disqualified.

1,600-meter relay: 1. Central (Iowa) (Chris McCullough, Adam Hartford, Tony Brownlee, Tommy Tavegia), 3:10.56; 2. Calvin, 3:10.62; 3. Lincoln (Pa.), 3:11.39; 4. John Carroll, 3:12.45; 5. Wis.-La Crosse, 3:13.54; 6. St. Thomas (Minn.), 3:14.44; 7. Carthage, 3:14.48; 8. Wartburg, 3:20.34.

High jump: 1. Mark Mirabito, Cortland St., 2.11 (6-11); 2. Craig Mielcarz, MIT, 2.11 (6-11); 3. Derek Kleinheksel, Calvin, 2.06 (6-9); 4. (tie) Cameron Baron, Calvin, and Cort Mills, Monmouth (Ill.), 2.06 (6-9); 6. (tie) Craig Neeley, Ohio Wesleyan, and Nick Raab, Dubuque, 2.06 (6-9); 8. Raheim Greenridge, Wheaton (Mass.), 2.06 (6-9).

Pole vault: 1. Hans Schmidt, Wis.-La Crosse, 5.20 (17-0 3/4); 2. Jeremy Scott, Allegheny, 5.05 (16-6 3/4); 3. Eric Reissek, Richard Stockton, 4.90 (16-0 3/4); 4. Andrew Schipper, Rose-Hulman, 4.75 (15-7); 5. James Houston, North Central, 4.75 (15-7); 6. Mark DeWeerd, Calvin, 4.75 (15-7); 7. Jamie Buchholtz, Wis.-Stout, 4.75 (15-7); 8. (tie) Tony Bonucci, Augustana (Ill.), and Kyle Wolf, Wilmington (Ohio), 4.60 (15-1).

Long jump (w indicates wind aided): 1. Damon Talley, Chris. Newport, 7.51w (24-7 3/4); 2. Bryan Kuehn, Dubuque, 7.43w (24-4 1/2); 3. Rob Tyson, Wheaton (Mass.), 7.34 (24-1); 4. Ray Smith, Wheaton (Mass.), 7.20 (23-7 1/2); 5. Craig Neeley, Ohio Wesleyan, 7.20w (23-7 1/2); 6. James Goss, Lynchburg, 7.12w (23-4 1/2); 7. Scott Whirry, Wis.-Eau Claire, 7.07 (23-2 1/2); 8. Dontrell Kelley, Sul Ross St., 7.03 (23-0 3/4).

Triple jump (w indicates wind aided): 1. Raheim Greenridge, Wheaton (Mass.), 15.74w (51-7 3/4); 2. Justin Jarmon, Lincoln (Pa.), 15.21 (49-11); 3. Erik Kochert, Mary Washington, 14.97w (49-1 1/2); 4. Steven Roberts, Chris. Newport, 14.96w (49-1); 5. Damon Talley, Chris. Newport, 14.85 (48-8 3/4); 6. Aaron Carley, Wis.-Stevens Point, 14.75w (48-4 3/4); 7. Jason Mirach, Williams, 14.74w (48-4 1/2); 8. Dwaine Alleyne, Rensselaer, 14.64 (48-0 1/2).

Shot put: 1. Jim Nelson, Wis.-La Crosse, 17.43 (57-2 1/4); 2. Chris Basich, Mount Union, 16.68 (54-8 3/4); 3. Justin Rapp, North Central, 16.63 (54-6 3/4); 4. Eric Holmes, Monmouth (Ill.), 16.50 (54-1 3/4); 5. Paul Catley, Col. of New Jersey, 16.42 (53-10 1/2); 6. David Dempsey, Augustana (Ill.), 16.35 (53-7 3/4); 7. Nick Gregorio, Montclair St., 16.31 (53-6 1/4); 8. Tim Amann, Wis.-La Crosse, 16.03 (52-7 1/4).

Discus throw: 1. Nick Weitor, Carroll (Wis.), 54.00 (177-2); 2. Josh Beaver, Neb. Wesleyan, 52.58 (172-6); 3. Mike Turgeon, Wis.-Stout, 52.02 (170-8); 4. Kurt Malnar, Wis.-Whitewater, 51.84 (170-1); 5. Christopher Khan, MIT, 51.70 (169-7); 6. Joel Schult, Wis.-Stevens Point, 51.40 (168-8); 7. Jermiah Rolfs, Wis.-Stevens Point, 50.70 (166-4); 8. Chad Stein, John Carroll, 49.58 (162-8).

Hammer throw: 1. Mike Koenning, Wis.-La Crosse, 58.70 (192-7); 2. Ryan Dirks, Pacific Lutheran, 56.66 (185-11); 3. James Hammond, Worcester Tech, 56.44 (185-2); 4. Jaime Sawler, Bates, 54.78 (179-9); 5. Josh Black, Rensselaer, 54.56 (179-0); 6. Bill Monette, Rensselaer, 53.84 (176-8); 7. Dave Hahn, Wis.-Platteville, 53.10 (174-2); 8. Hank Benedict, Wilmington (Ohio), 52.64 (172-8).

Javelin throw: 1. Brian Sobolewski, John Carroll, 66.28 (217-5); 2. Bryce Berkompas, Coe, 65.50 (214-11); 3. Matt Deamer, Susquehanna, 62.16 (203-11); 4. Nick Weitor, Carroll (Wis.), 62.16 (203-11); 5. Aaron Healey, Loras, 61.74 (202-7); 6. Ryan Gibson, Claremont-M-S, 61.34 (201-3); 7. Ollie Lynch, Whittier, 60.92 (199-10); 8. Mike Polulak, Col. of New Jersey, 59.08 (193-10).

Decathlon: 1. Peter Wagner, Central (Iowa), 7,058; 2. Nate Johns, Greenville, 6,965; 3. Fritz Mesenbrink, Linfield, 6,875; 4. Chris Boyles, Messiah, 6,780; 5. James Goss, Lynchburg, 6,720; 6. Shaun Meinecke, Luther, 6,623; 7. Matthew Connor, Luther, 6,594; 8. Jon Berg, St. Olaf, 6,435.