Wisconsin-La Crosse continued its streak of men's track and field team titles in impressive fashion March 14-15 at DePauw, winning its third consecutive Division III indoor championship.

The Eagles, who also are riding a two-year streak in the outdoor championships, scored 71 points, the most in the indoor meet's 19-year history.

Wisconsin-La Crosse's 37-point margin over second-place Wisconsin-Oshkosh also is a championships record.

The Eagles' 10th indoor title overall, most in Division III, was highlighted by Andrew Rock's repeat victory in the 400-meter dash. Rock also lowered the meet record for the second year in a row, this time covering the distance in 46.96 seconds.

Hans Schmidt also was an event winner for Wisconsin-La Crosse, capturing the pole vault at 17 feet, 1 inch. Schmidt was the pole vault champion at the 2001 outdoor championships.

Rock teamed with Charlie Wittleder, Kris Smith and Derek Toshner for another meet record. The quartet won the 1,600-meter relay in 3 minutes, 13.68 seconds, eclipsing the 3:15.12 time set by a Lincoln (Pennsylvania) unit in 1992. That was the second-oldest existing meet record, with only the triple-jump standard set by North Central's Jan Cado in 1990 having stood longer.

Herc Hyland placed second in the long jump for the Eagles.

Wisconsin-Oshkosh was led by Matt Groose, who won the 800-meter run for the second consecutive year and ran a leg on the victorious distance medley relay team. Bret Blake (55-meter dash) and Lee Seeberger (triple jump) earned first places for Nebraska Wesleyan.

In addition to Rock and Groose, Mark Miller of Keene State and Ryan Bak of Trinity (Connecticut) also won indoor individual events for the second time. Miller returned to the top spot in the 1,500-meter run after first winning the event in 2001. Bak captured the 5,000-meter run this year; he was the 1,500 champion in 2002.

TEAM RESULTS

1. Wis.-La Crosse, 71; 2. Wis.-Oshkosh, 34; 3. Neb. Wesleyan, 27; 4. Gust. Adolphus, 23; 5. Col. of New Jersey, 22; 6. McMurry, 16 1/2; 7. (tie) Dubuque, Trinity (Conn.) and Wis.-Stevens Point, 15; 10. (tie) Keene St., Monmouth (Ill.), Muhlenberg and Wheaton (Mass.), 12; 14. (tie) Wartburg and Williams, 11; 16. (tie) MIT, Moravian, Rensselaer, St. Norbert and Wis.-Whitewater, 10; 21. (tie) Wis.-Eau Claire and Wis.-Platteville, 9; 23. (tie) Hamline, Lynchburg, Mary Washington, Rose-Hulman, Rowan and Wittenberg, 8; 29. St. Thomas, 7 1/2; 30. (tie) Chicago, Emory and Mount Union, 7; 33. (tie) Chris. Newport, Greenville and Loras, 6; 36. (tie) Augsburg, Montclair St., St. John's (Minn.), Springfield, Tufts and Wabash, 5; 42. (tie) DePauw, Eastern Ore. and Union (N.Y.), 4; 45. (tie) Carleton, Carthage, Lawrence, McDaniel, North Central, St. Lawrence and Wilmington (Ohio), 3; 52. (tie) Elizabethtown, Haverford and Ill. Wesleyan, 2; 55. (tie) Adrian, Bates, Central (Iowa), Colby, Defiance and Ithaca, 1.

INDIVIDUAL RESULTS

55-meter dash: 1. Bret Blake, Neb. Wesleyan, 6.33; 2. Edward Fortune, Rowan, 6.41; 3. Karim Cockrell, Col. of New Jersey, 6.45; 4. Ryan Hoag, Gust. Adolphus, 6.46; 5. Sean Washington, Union (N.Y.), 6.47; 6. Matt Pagel, Wis.-La Crosse, 6.47; 7. Jerry Washington, Gust. Adolphus, 6.49; 8. John Biacofsky, Mount Union, 6.52.

400-meter dash: 1. Andrew Rock, Wis.-La Crosse, 46.96 (meet record: old record 47.47, Rock, 2002); 2. Ben Dreyer, St. Norbert, 48.20; 3. Keenan King, Monmouth (Ill.), 48.37; 4. Mathew Shannon, Augsburg, 48.59; 5. Charlie Wittleder, Wis.-La Crosse, 49.04; 6. Dion Ballentine, Carthage, 49.06; 7. Erik Benson, Wheaton (Mass.), 49.65; 8. Xavier Garcia, Colby, 49.85.

800-meter run: 1. Matt Groose, Wis.-Oshkosh, 1:52.01; 2. Josh Zobenica, Lynchburg, 1:53.41; 3. Brian Anderson, MIT, 1:54.26; 4. Chris Garvin, Williams, 1:54.87; 5. Jesse Baumann, Wis.-Stevens Point, 1:55.37; 6. Jeff Zodda, Col. of New Jersey, 1:55.94; 7. Greg Bielecki, Haverford, 1:56.11; 8. Rich Hite, Emory, 1:57.00.

1,500-meter run: 1. Mark Miller, Keene St., 3:50.03; 2. Will Elson, Muhlenberg, 3:51.57; 3. Matt Winkler, Williams, 3:51.71; 4. John Mathews, St. John's (Minn.), 3:53.17; 5. Patrick Sullivan, Chicago, 3:54.01; 6. Matt Hooley, Carleton, 3:54.20; 7. Andy Enright, North Central, 3:54.26; 8. Steve Gillespie, Wis.-Stevens Point, 3:55.11.

5,000-meter run: 1. Ryan Bak, Trinity (Conn.), 14:30.61; 2. Tom Kreger, Hamline, 14:36.63; 3. Nick Ricco, Col. of New Jersey, 14:37.74; 4. Marcus Murphy, Loras, 14:37.96; 5. Graham Wellman, DePauw, 14:38.00; 6. Josh Moen, Wartburg, 14:38.21; 7. Tom Haxton, Chicago, 14:38.31; 8. Greg Targosz, North Central, 14:41.12.

55-meter high hurdles: 1. Basil Steele, Dubuque, 7.50; 2. Skip Ivery, Wittenberg, 7.51; 3. Chris Nehls, Emory, 7.51; 4. Derek Toshner, Wis.-La Crosse, 7.57; 5. Greg Devine, Tufts, 7.60; 6. Ryan Dahmen, Wis.-Oshkosh, 7.65; 7. Zach Gorsage, Ill. Wesleyan, 7.69; 8. Bryan Pitko, Tufts, 7.79.

1,600-meter relay: 1. Wis.-La Crosse (Andrew Rock, Charlie Wittleder, Kris Smith, Derek Toshner), 3:13.68 [meet record: old record 3:15.12, Lincoln (Pa.) (Jerome Johnson, Jeff Taylor, Granger Darden, Clive Terrelonge), 1992]; 2. Wartburg, 3:16.91; 3. Neb. Wesleyan, 3:17.20; 4. Montclair St., 3:18.32; 5. St. Thomas (Minn.), 3:18.38; 6. Col. of New Jersey, 3:18.62; 7. St. Norbert, 3:19.23; 8. Central (Iowa), 3:21.15.

Distance medley relay: 1. Wis.-Oshkosh (Paul Brown, Kevin Klueger, Pat Seger, Matt Groose), 10:10.07; 2. Wis.-La Crosse, 10:13.15; 3. Wis.-Eau Claire, 10:13.72; 4. Trinity (Conn.), 10:15.31; 5. Muhlenberg, 10:16.03; 6. St. Lawrence, 10:18.05; 7. Keene St., 10:21.34; 8. Ithaca, 10:23.19.

High jump: 1. Dan Olson, Wheaton (Mass.), 2.18 (7-1 3/4); 2. Bobby Bergin, Mary Washington, 2.18 (7-1 3/4); 3. Kevin Deering, Wis.-Oshkosh, 2.08 (6-9 3/4); 4. Peter DeYoung, Wabash, 2.08 (6-9 3/4); 5. (tie) Joe Thomas, St. Thomas (Minn.), and Ryder Peacock, McMurry, 2.08 (6-9 3/4); 7. Craig Mielcarz, MIT, 2.08 (6-9 3/4); 8. Clint Michels, Loras, 2.08 (6-9 3/4).

Pole vault: 1. Hans Schmidt, Wis.-La Crosse, 5.21 (17-1); 2. Andrew Schipper, Rose-Hulman, 5.06 (16-7 1/4); 3. Keenan King, Monmouth (Ill.), 5.06 (16-7 1/4); 4. Jon Wagner, Wis.-Oshkosh, 4.91 (16-1 1/4); 5. Shawn Trimble, Eastern Ore., 4.91 (16-1 1/4); 6. Kyle Wolf, Wilmington (Ohio), 4.91 (16-1 1/4); 7. Scott Ubert, Wis.-Platteville, 4.76 (15-7 1/4); 8. Enrique Abundiz, Adrian, 4.76 (15-7 1/4).

Long jump: 1. Joe Moore, Moravian, 7.15 (23-5 1/2); 2. Herc Hyland, Wis.-La Crosse, 6.91 (22-8); 3. Danny Donaldson, Greenville, 6.91 (22-8); 4. Blake Gulino, Springfield, 6.85 (22-5 3/4); 5. Karim Cockrell, Col. of New Jersey, 6.84 (22-5 1/4); 6. Kolade Agbaje-Williams, Lawrence, 6.83 (22-5); 7. Derek McGough, Rensselaer, 6.82 (22-4 1/2); 8. Kevin Dixon, Defiance, 6.82 (22-4 1/2).

Triple jump: 1. Lee Seeberger, Neb. Wesleyan, 14.88 (48-10); 2. Dwaine Alleyne, Rensselaer, 14.76 (48-5 1/4); 3. Matt Mertz, Chris. Newport, 14.49 (47-6 1/2); 4. DeAndre Bovan, Dubuque, 14.39 (47-2 1/2); 5. Aaron Henderson, Wis.-Whitewater, 14.32 (46-11 3/4); 6. Ifeanyi Ani, McDaniel, 14.26 (46-9 1/2); 7. Jason Patterson, Elizabethtown, 14.26 (46-9 1/2); 8. Adeoye Mabogunje, Chicago, 14.16 (46-5 1/2).

Shot put: 1. Cody Brotherton, McMurry, 17.04 (55-11); 2. Luke Speltz, Gust. Adolphus, 17.03 (55-10 1/2); 3. Chris Basich, Mount Union, 16.98 (55-8 1/2); 4. Andy Paulsen, Wis.-Platteville, 16.63 (54-6 3/4); 5. Jim Nelson, Wis.-La Crosse, 16.25 (53-3 3/4); 6. John Schuna, Wis.-Eau Claire, 16.21 (53-2 1/4); 7. Uzoma Orji, MIT, 16.14 (52-11 1/2); 8. Ryan Tietjen, Neb. Wesleyan, 15.97 (52-4 3/4).

35-pound weight throw: 1. Noah Eschenbach, Wis.-Stevens Point, 19.02 (62-5); 2. Luke Speltz, Gust. Adolphus, 18.62 (61-1 1/4); 3. Jeremy Wendt, Wis.-Whitewater, 18.46 (60-6 3/4); 4. Mike Turgeon, Wis.-La Crosse, 18.26 (59-11); 5. Phil Whitesitt, Wis.-La Crosse, 18.04 (59-2 1/4); 6. Jerrod Cook, McMurry, 17.90 (58-8 3/4); 7. Dan Kuehn, Wis.-Platteville, 17.63 (57-10 1/4); 8. Jesse Carney, Bates, 17.40 (57-1).