St. Augustine's athletes won four individual events and a relay to propel the Falcons to the Division II Women's Indoor Track and Field Championships team title March 14-15 in Boston.

St. Augustine's scored 73 points to win its fourth title. Abilene Christian was second with 53 points, and defending champion North Dakota State was third with 41.

Libia Rodriguez and Maria Medina had a hand in two of the Falcons' event wins. Rodriguez won the 400-meter dash for the second consecutive year, and Medina was first to finish the 800-meter run.

Rodriguez and Medina also joined with Camethia Baker and Georgia Mullings to win the 1,600-meter relay. Samaiyah Islam added another first place on the track for the Falcons, nipping Nikkisha Maynard of Lincoln (Missouri) by one-hundredth of a second in the 60-meter high hurdles.

Another key component of St. Augustine's victory was its effort in the horizontal jumps. Cadriesha Akinfe won the long jump and placed third in the triple jump. Teammate Carlene Cummings came in third in the long jump and fourth in the triple.

Abilene Christian also was strong in the jumps. Maresa Cadienhead soared over the bar at six feet to win her third straight high-jump title, and Lakeshia Finch topped the triple-jump competition for the Wildcats.

Crystal Cummins and Amanda Thieschafer led North Dakota State, also in the jumps. Cummins placed in the top eight in all three events (fourth in high jump, sixth in triple jump and eighth in long jump). Thieschafer was second in the triple jump and fifth in the long jump.

Ashland's Adriane Blewitt was the only double winner of the championships, tossing her way to triumphs in the shot put and 20-pound weight throw. Her heave of 57 feet, 7 3/4 inches, that enabled her to repeat as the shot put victor also was the only meet record.

TEAM RESULTS

1. St. Augustine's, 73; 2. Abilene Christian, 53; 3. North Dakota St., 41; 4. Lincoln (Mo.), 31; 5. (tie) Adams St. and Ashland, 30; 7. Grand Valley St., 28; 8. Western St., 18 1/2; 9. South Dakota, 17 1/2; 10. South Dakota St., 15; 11. Emporia St., 14; 12. North Fla., 11; 13. (tie) Mass. Lowell, Minn. St. Mankato, Minn. St. Moorhead and Northwest Mo. St., 10; 17. Seattle Pacific, 9 1/2; 18. (tie) N.C. Central and Tex. A&M-Kingsville, 9; 20. (tie) UC Davis, Mo. Southern St., Neb.-Omaha and North Dakota, 8; 24. (tie) Findlay and Pittsburg St., 7; 26. Central Wash., 6; 27. (tie) Cal St. Bakersfield, Cal St. Dom. Hills and Lock Haven, 5; 30. Southern Ind., 2 1/2; 31. (tie) Augustana (S.D.), Lewis, Neb.-Kearney and NYIT, 2.

INDIVIDUAL RESULTS

60-meter dash: 1. Shandria Brown, Lincoln (Mo.), 7.43 (meet record: old record 7.45, Nicole Duncan, Cal St. Los Angeles, 2002); 2. Althea Johnson, Abilene Christian, 7.46; 3. Icis Charles, Grand Valley St., 7.50; 4. Carmelita Jeter, Cal St. Dom. Hills, 7.51; 5. Lashawndra Ratcliff, Tex. A&M-Kingsville, 7.62; 6. Anna Teschmaker, St. Augustine's, 7.63; 7. Libia Rodriquez, St. Augustine's, 7.71; 8. Tanea Green, Findlay, 7.87.

400-meter dash: 1. Libia Rodriquez, St. Augustine's, 53.83; 2. Deborah Bome, Adams St., 55.43; 3. Sofi Hildenborg, Abilene Christian, 55.92; 4. Jennifer Farrow, Lock Haven, 56.27; 5. Kelly Marshall, Lincoln (Mo.), 56.40; 6. Josette Pierre-Louis, Mass.-Lowell, 56.60; 7. Mary Garrett, Mo. Southern St., 56.64; 8. Georgia Mullings, St. Augustine's, 59.76.

800-meter run: 1. Maria Medina, St. Augustine's, 2:07.27; 2. Steph Kuhlman, Grand Valley St., 2:07.47; 3. Andrea Morgan, Findlay, 2:07.68; 4. Sarah Kraybill, Seattle Pacific, 2:09.53; 5. Kinsey Coles, North Dakota St., 2:10.40; 6. Victoria Martinez, Adams St., 2:10.58; 7. Angie Waters, Abilene Christian, 2:11.46; 8. Kelly Marshall, Lincoln (Mo.), 2:11.58.

Mile run: 1. Alisha Williams, Western St., 4:44.04; 2. Romy Krueger, North Fla., 4:48.73; 3. Alicen Maier, Central Wash., 4:49.85; 4. Yuliya Stashkiv, Abilene Christian, 4:51.09; 5. Krista O'Dell, Grand Valley St., 4:52.47; 6. Kadri Kelve, Emporia St., 4:52.94; 7. Emily Mortensen, Adams St., 4:54.45; 8. Laila Laursen, North Fla., 4:57.45.

5,000-meter run: 1. Amber Klein, Adams St., 16:40.30; 2. Sheena Dauer, South Dakota St, 16:51.77; 3. Alisha Williams, Western St., 16:52.59; 4. Yuliya Stashkiv, Abilene Christian, 16:57.12; 5. Kim Lorimer, Adams St., 16:57.97; 6. Rebekah Walter, Adams St., 17:00.49; 7. Laila Laursen, North Fla., 17:01.75; 8. Krista O'Dell, Grand Valley St., 17:06.61.

60-meter high hurdles: 1. Samaiyah Islam, St. Augustine's, 8.63; 2. Nikkisha Maynard, Lincoln (Mo.), 8.64; 3. Chanda Powell, N.C. Central, 8.70; 4. Naquisha Moulton, Tex. A&M-Kingsville, 8.76; 5. Cori Vining, South Dakota St., 8.88; 6. Jennifer Stovall, South Dakota St., 8.89; 7. Shelby Eykyn, Augustana (S.D.), 8.95; 8. Jessica Reinsch, Neb.-Kearney, 8.95.

1,600-meter relay: 1. St. Augustine's (Camethia Baker, Maria Medina, Georgia Mullings, Libia Rodriquez), 3:40.37; 2. UC Davis, 3:45.83; 3. Neb.-Omaha, 3:47.77; 4. Abilene Christian, 3:47.99; 5. Grand Valley St., 3:49.88; 6. North Dakota St., 3:50.99; 7. NYIT, 3:56.88; 8. Mass.-Lowell, 3:59.32.

High jump: 1. Maresa Cadienhead, Abilene Christian, 1.83 (6-0); 2. Julie Johnson, North Dakota, 1.75 (5-8 3/4); 3. Tanya Salter, Minn. St. Moorhead, 1.72 (5-7 3/4); 4. Crystal Cummins, North Dakota St., 1.72 (5-7 3/4); 5. Margo Knorr, North Dakota St., 1.67 (5-5 3/4); 6. (tie) Abigail Boberg, Southern Ind., and Michelle Price, Western St., 1.67 (5-5 3/4); 8. Michaela Webb, Minn. St. Mankato, 1.67 (5-5 3/4).

Pole vault: 1. Jenny Simmons, Northwest Mo. St., 3.65 (11-11 3/4); 2. (tie) Jennie Nemeth, Pittsburg St., and Kimberly Hilton, North Dakota St., 3.65 (11-11 3/4); 4. (tie) Allyson Studer, Seattle Pacific, and Marci Miller, South Dakota, 3.65 (11-11 3/4); 6. Jamie Davis, South Dakota, 3.65 (11-11 3/4); 7. Val Gorter, Abilene Christian, 3.55 (11-7 3/4); 8. Amanda Frame, Minn. St. Mankato, 3.55 (11-7 3/4).

Long jump: 1. Cadriesha Akinfe, St. Augustine's, 6.00 (19-8 1/4); 2. Nikkisha Maynard, Lincoln (Mo.), 5.95 (19-6 1/4); 3. Carlene Cummings, St. Augustine's, 5.93 (19-5 1/2); 4. Icis Charles, Grand Valley St., 5.78 (18-11 3/4); 5. Amanda Thieschafer, North Dakota St., 5.76 (18-10 3/4); 6. Chanda Powell, N.C. Central, 5.76 (18-10 3/4); 7. Jen Schmidgall, Lewis, 5.76 (18-10 3/4); 8. Crystal Cummins, North Dakota St., 5.65 (18-6 1/2).

Triple jump: 1. Lakeshia Finch, Abilene Christian, 12.49 (40-11 3/4); 2. Amanda Thieschafer, North Dakota St., 12.45 (40-10 1/4); 3. Cadriesha Akinfe, St. Augustine's, 12.34 (40-6); 4. Carlene Cummings, St. Augustine's, 12.33 (40-5 1/2); 5. Emilee Hamlin, Emporia St., 11.89 (39-0 1/4); 6. Crystal Cummins, North Dakota St., 11.87 (38-11 1/2); 7. Cassandra Olson, North Dakota St., 11.75 (38-6 3/4); 8. Brianne Vette, South Dakota, 11.71 (38-5).

Shot put: 1. Adriane Blewitt, Ashland, 17.57 (57-7 3/4) [meet record: old record 16.01 (52-6 1/2), Janet Hill, Cal St. Los Angeles, 1993]; 2. Kortney Ihnen, Minn. St. Mankato, 15.91 (52-2 1/2); 3. Heather Oldham, Mass.-Lowell, 14.98 (49-1 3/4); 4. Amanda Muller, South Dakota, 14.28 (46-10 1/4); 5. Susan Chamberlain, South Dakota, 14.14 (46-4 3/4); 6. Kara Brockmeier, Emporia St., 14.04 (46-0 3/4); 7. Jackie Jeschelnig, Ashland, 13.94 (45-9); 8. Rachel Goetz, Emporia St., 13.87 (45-6 1/4).

35-pound weight throw: 1. Adriane Blewitt, Ashland, 20.37 (66-10); 2. Jackie Jeschelnig, Ashland, 19.97 (65-6 1/4); 3. Danee Jones, Mo. Southern St., 17.88 (58-8); 4. Casandra Kirk, Cal St. Bakersfield, 17.69 (58-0 1/2); 5. Belinda Eastlack, Minn. St. Moorhead, 16.99 (55-9); 6. Rachel Goetz, Emporia St., 16.63 (54-6 3/4); 7. Alison Anderson, Neb.-Omaha, 16.40 (53-9 3/4); 8. Amber Tienfenthaler, Neb.-Kearney, 16.20 (53-1 3/4). <