Wisconsin-La Crosse used a mixture of winning efforts and lower place finishes to successfully defend its team title at the Division III Men's Indoor Track and Field Championships March 8-9 at Ohio Northern.

The Eagles won their division-leading ninth title overall with 54 points. Lincoln (Pennsylvania) was second for the seventh time with 48 points, and Montclair State had its best finish in the championships' history by placing third with 29 points.

Andy Basler and Andrew Rock were event winners for Wisconsin-La Crosse. Basler captured the long jump with a leap of 23 feet, 9 1/2 inches. Rock set a meet record of 47.47 seconds in the 400-meter dash after finishing second in the event at both the 2001 indoor and outdoor championships.

"I stayed relaxed and focused, and just ran the race," Rock said. "I worked a lot in the off-season, so this feels awesome."

Dan Tutskey added six points to the Eagles' total by placing third in the 55-meter dash, and seven different athletes contributed 20 more points with two fifth-place, two sixth-place and three seventh-place finishes.

The Eagles' win was capped by the 1,600-meter relay unit of Derek Toshner, Charlie Wittleder, Jesse Reed and Rock placing second.

Lincoln won the 1,600-meter relay and also received an individual title from Chaz Clemons in the 55-meter dash for the second consecutive year. Milton Williams in the 400-meter dash and Justin Jarmon in the triple jump both finished second for the Lions.

Enrique Llamos led Montclair State by winning the 55-meter high hurdles.

Raheim Greenridge of Wheaton (Massachusetts) was the meet's only double winner, repeating his 2001 victory in the triple jump and adding a

first place in the high jump.

"It all starts in the weight room," Greenridge said. "My performance started to excel just when I need to peak."

In addition to Rock, Wisconsin-Oshkosh's Matt Groose (800-meter run), Allegheny's Jeremy Scott (pole vault), and Haverford's Gregory Bielecki, Christopher Ward, Chris Johnstone and J. B. Haglund (distance medley relay), also set meet records.

TEAM RESULTS

1. Wis.-La Crosse, 54; 2. Lincoln (Pa.), 48; 3. Montclair St., 29; 4. Wheaton (Mass.), 27; 5. Wis.-Oshkosh, 26; 6. Wilmington (Ohio), 23; 7. North Central, 22; 8. Col. of New Jersey, 19; 9. (tie) Haverford and Wis.-Whitewater, 17; 11. Wis.-Eau Claire, 16; 12. Mary Washington, 14; 13. (tie) Dubuque, MIT, Mount Union and Trinity (Conn.), 12; 17. St. Lawrence, 11; 18. (tie) Allegheny, Bates, Central (Iowa) and Wis.-Stevens Point, 10; 22. (tie) Frostburg St., St. Olaf and Wis.-Platteville, 8; 25. (tie) Geneseo St., Ithaca, Ohio Wesleyan and Wis.-Stout, 6; 29. Carroll (Wis.), 5 1/2; 30. (tie) Cortland St., Eastern Conn. St., Gust. Adolphus, Messiah and St. Norbert, 5; 35. (tie) Chris. Newport, Hamline, Lehman, Monmouth (Ill.), Neb. Wesleyan, Rose-Hulman, Western Md. and Williams, 4; 43. (tie) Bowdoin, Bridgewater (Va.), Tufts and Widener, 3; 47. (tie) Adrian, Anderson (Ind.), Greenville, Loras, and St. Thomas (Minn.), 2; 52. (tie) Simpson and Wartburg, 1; 54. Richard Stockton, 1/2.

INDIVIDUAL RESULTS

55-meter dash: 1. Chaz Clemons, Lincoln (Pa.), 6.24; 2. Dante Myles, Frostburg St., 6.36; 3. Dan Tutskey, Wis.-La Crosse, 6.37; 4. Darnell Johnson, Lincoln (Pa.), 6.39; 5. Nabie Fofanah, Lehman, 6.40; 6. Davon Cruz, Bridgewater (Va.), 6.41; 7. Roman Cress, St. Thomas (Minn.), 6.42; 8. Brett Blake, Neb. Wesleyan, 6.43.

400-meter dash: 1. Andrew Rock, Wis.-La Crosse, 47.47 (meet record: old record 47.64, Rich Dixon, Rowan, 1999); 2. Milton Williams, Lincoln (Pa.), 48.11; 3. Darryl Louis, Montclair St., 48.13; 4. Ben Dreyer, St. Norbert, 48.84; 5. Jeff Jasmin, Lincoln (Pa.), 49.12; 6. Greg Morrow, Wilmington (Ohio), 49.34; 7. Adam McKahan, Wis.-La Crosse, 49.50; 8. Erik Benson, Wheaton (Mass.), 49.68.

800-meter run: 1. Matt Groose, Wis.-Oshkosh, 1:49.73 [meet record: old record 1:49.87, Clive Terrelonge, Lincoln (Pa.) 1992]; 2. Tony Rizzo, North Central, 1:52.28; 3. Kris Enwright, St. Lawrence, 1:53.25; 4. Jim Ravener, Ithaca, 1:54.37; 5. Daniel Bowens, Ohio Wesleyan, 1:54.68; 6. Will Brownback, Widener, 1:54.79; 7. Tedd Allen, Loras, 1:54.90; 8. Brandon Mallette, Ithaca, 1:58.22.

1,500-meter run: 1. Ryan Bak, Trinity (Conn.), 3:52.31; 2. Ryan Kleimenhagen, Wis.-Platteville, 3:52.73; 3. Anthony Gallo, Geneseo St., 3:53.91; 4. Andy Dana, St. Lawrence, 3:54.66; 5. Joe Eby, Mount Union, 3:55.46; 6. Sean Montgomery, MIT, 3:55.69; 7. Peter Rook, Haverford, 3:58.57; 8. Kirk DeWindt, Wis.-Oshkosh, 3:59.55.

5,000-meter run: 1. Pat Frascone, Wis.-Whitewater, 14:34.90; 2. Nick Ricco, Col. of New Jersey, 14:39.51; 3. David Cisewski, Wis.-Oshkosh, 14:41.82; 4. J. B. Haglund, Haverford, 14:45.85; 5. Tyler Foos, Wis.-La Crosse; 6. Dan Feldman, MIT, 14:51.14; 7. Ryan Bak, Trinity (Conn.), 14:51.51; 8. Eamon McKenna, Wis.-Oshkosh, 14:54.25.

55-meter high hurdles: 1. Enrique Llamos, Montclair St., 7.46; 2. Shawn Levinson, Col. of New Jersey, 7.53; 3. Basil Steele, Dubuque, 7.58; 4. Chris Pearson, Carroll (Wis.), 7.60; 5. Scott Stanton, Monmouth (Ill.), 7.66; 6. Bryan Pitko, Tufts, 7.69; 7. Jason Kolkmeier, Anderson (Ind.), 7.77; 8. Chris Boyles, Messiah, 7.80.

1,600-meter relay: 1. Lincoln (Pa.) (Derrick Freeman, Milton Williams, John Ritch, Jeff Jasmin), 3:17.08; 2. Wis.-La Crosse, 3:17.42; 3. Wilmington (Ohio), 3:18.36; 4. Montclair St., 3:18.48; 5. Central (Iowa), 3:19.69; 6. Col. of New Jersey, 3:20.42; 7. Neb. Wesleyan, 3:20.63; 8. Wartburg, 3:21.66.

Distance medley relay: 1. Haverford (Gregory Bielecki, Christopher Ward, Chris Johnstone, J. B. Haglund), 9:58.53 [meet record: old record 10:00.13, North Central (Charles Califf, Zach Bukal, Ed Riegert, Tim McCoskey), 2000]; 2. Wis.-Oshkosh, 9:59.52; 3. MIT, 10:02.35; 4. Wis.-Eau Claire, 10:02.57; 5. Hamline, 10:02.59; 6. North Central, 10:04.15; 7. Wis.-Stevens Point, 10:04.26; 8. Wis.-Whitewater, 10:05.89.

High jump: 1. Raheim Greenridge, Wheaton (Mass.), 2.13 (6-11 3/4); 2. Bobby Bergin, Mary Washington, 2.13 (6-11 3/4); 3. Dan Olson, Wheaton (Mass.), 2.13 (6-11 3/4); 4. Mark Mirabito, Cortland St., 2.13 (6-11 3/4); 5. Chris Boyles, Messiah, 2.08 (6-9 3/4); 6. James Wilkins, Bowdoin, 2.08 (6-9 3/4); 7. Craig Neeley, Ohio Wesleyan, 2.08 (6-9 3/4); 8. Lucas Carder, Simpson, 2.03 (6-8).

Pole vault: 1. Jeremy Scott, Allegheny, 5.50 (18-0 1/2) [meet record: old record 5.29 (17-4 1/4), Mike Schnur, Wis.-La Crosse, 1996]; 2. Kyle Wolf, Wilmington (Ohio), 5.00 (16-4 3/4); 3. Jeff Rotering, Wis.-Stout, 4.85 (15-11); 4. James Houston, North Central, 4.85 (15-11); 5. Andrew Schipper, Rose-Hulman, 4.70 (15-5); 6. Ben Stern, Wis.-La Crosse, 4.70 (15-5) 7. Enrique Abundiz, Adrian, 4.70 (15-5); 8. (tie) Jim Vento, Carroll (Wis.), and Eric Reissek, Richard Stockton, 4.55 (14-11).

Long jump: 1. Andy Basler, Wis.-La Crosse, 7.25 (23-9 1/2); 2. Cory Dingels, St. Olaf, 7.18 (23-6 3/4); 3. Bryan Kuehn, Dubuque, 7.08 (23-2 3/4); 4. Jason Edwards, Eastern Conn. St., 6.97 (22-10 1/2); 5. Tony Brownlee, Central (Iowa), 6.91 (22-8); 6. Damon Talley, Chris. Newport, 6.91 (22-8); 7. Chris McCullough, Central (Iowa), 6.89 (22-7 1/4); 8. Scott Whirry, Wis.-Eau Claire, 6.89 (22-7 1/4).

Triple jump: 1. Raheim Greenridge, Wheaton (Mass.), 15.89 (52-1 3/4); 2. Justin Jarmon, Lincoln (Pa.), 14.89 (48-10 1/4); 3. Erik Kochert, Mary Washington, 14.88 (48-10); 4. Ernest Tymes, Montclair St., 14.86 (48-9); 5. Ifeanyi Ani, Western Md., 14.80 (48-6 3/4); 6. Augustine Schmader, Lincoln (Pa.), 14.59 (47-10 1/2); 7. Carlos Leonard, Greenville, 14.56 (47-9 1/4); 8. Damon Talley, Chris. Newport, 14.54 (47-8 1/2).

Shot put: 1. John Schuna, Wis.-Eau Claire, 17.17 (56-4); 2. Chris Basich, Mount Union, 17.07 (56-0); 3. Justin Rapp, North Central, 16.81 (55-2); 4. Kurt Malnar, Wis.-Whitewater, 16.69 (54-9 1/4); 5. Trey Wright, Williams, 16.36 (53-8. 1/4); 6. Nick Gregorio, Montclair St., 16.29 (53-5 1/2); 7. Jim Nelson, Wis.-La Crosse, 16.26 (53-4 1/4); 8. Dan Jasa, Neb. Wesleyan, 16.19 (53-1 1/2).

35-pound weight throw: 1. Jamie Sawler, Bates, 19.55 (64-1 3/4); 2. Noah Eschenbach, Wis.-Stevens Point, 19.16 (62-10 1/2); 3. Hank Benedict, Wilmington (Ohio), 18.49 (60-8); 4. Luke Speltz, Gust. Adolphus, 17.95 (58-10 3/4); 5. Mike Turgeon, Wis.-La Crosse, 17.91 (58-9 1/4); 6. Jake Hines, Wis.-La Crosse, 17.69 (58-0 1/2); 7. Phil Whitesitt, Wis.-La Crosse, 17.63 (57-10 1/4); 8. Kurt Malnar, Wis.-Whitewater, 17.43 (57-2 1/4).