Abilene Christian won five events and scored in five others -- including a 19-point outburst in the triple jump -- to easily win the Division II Men's Indoor Track and Field Championships March 11-12 in Boston.

The Wildcats won the championships' first-ever distance medley relay and also claimed titles in the 400-meter dash, 800- and 5,000-meter runs and long jump to tally 84 points -- 38 better than runner-up Adams State.

The title is Abilene Christian's fourth in a row and 12th in the 21-year history of the event.

Freshman Nicodemus Naimadu, who won the Division II cross country title last November, anchored the distance medley win and also claimed the 5,000 meters title to lead the Wildcats to their fourth straight team trophy.

Teammate Yevgen Pashchenko won the long jump and led the scoring flurry in the triple jump, finishing second while Abilene Christian's Ben Washington placed third and Vladyslav Gorbenko finished fourth.

Marvin Essor's victory in the 400 came after four Saint Augustine's runners posted the top qualifying times in preliminaries. However, the Falcons were forced to scratch one of their qualifiers, Nathaniel McKinney, before the final, and then Saint Augustine's Andre Thompson withdrew during the race with an injury.

Lucky Habede rounded out the title parade for the Wildcats when he became the school's 11th 800-meter victor in the last 13 years.

The team also picked up a second-place finish in the 200-meter dash from Marvin Bien-Aime and scored points in the mile, 1,600-meter relay and pole vault.

Adams State posted its best finish at the championships by collecting three second-place finishes -- including the 1,600-meter and distance medley relays -- and two third-place finishes to edge Lincoln (Missouri) by 21/ 2 points.

Lincoln, however, claimed two individual titles at the meet when Lerone Clark won the 60-meter dash and freshman Decosma Wright won the 60-meter hurdles.

Cal State Bakersfield finished fourth, claiming titles in the shot put and weight throw and scoring all 34 of its points in those events. The Roadrunners' Chris Figures, last year's winner in the shot put, won this year's weight throw with a meet-record toss of 20.55 meters (67 feet, 51/ 2 inches), then finished second in the shot put behind teammate Van Mounts.

Team results

1. Abilene Christian, 84; 2. Adams St., 46; 3. Lincoln (Mo.), 431/ 2; 4. Cal St. Bakersfield, 34; 5. St. Augustine's, 321/ 2; 6. Western St., 30; 7. Ashland, 28; 8. Minn. St. Mankato, 261/ 2; 9. (tie) Morehouse and Northwest Mo. St., 20; 11. Tex. A&M-Kingsville, 18; 12. Lewis, 16; 13. Cal St. Stanislaus, 15; 14. Findlay, 14; 15. (tie) Mass.-Lowell and Mo. Southern St., 12; 17. South Dakota, 111/ 2; 18. Grand Valley St., 11; 19. (tie) Neb.-Kearney, Southern Conn. St. and SIU Edwardsville, 10; 22. (tie) Virginia St., Pittsburg St. and Truman, 8; 25. (tie) Colorado Mines and Harding, 6; 27. Bowie St., 51/ 2; 28. (tie) Indianapolis, Mo.-Rolla, Clayton and Southwest Baptist, 5; 32. Wheeling Jesuit, 4; 33. (tie) Central Mo. St. and N.C. Central, 3; 35. (tie) Northwood and Emporia St., 2. 37. Saginaw Valley, 11/ 2; 38. St. Martin's, 1.

Individual event winners

60-meter dash: 1. Lerone Clarke, Lincoln (Mo.), 6.71.

200-meter dash: 1. Michael Lawrence, Minn. St. Mankato, 21.25.

400-meter dash: 1. Marvin Essor, Abilene Christian, 47.47.

800-meter run: 1. Lucky Hadebe, Abilene Christian, 1:50.18.

Mile run: 1. Oliver Bodor, Western St., 4:04.38.

5,000-meter run: Nicodemus Naimadu, Abilene Christian, 13:59.64.

60-meter high hurdles: 1. Decosma Wright, Lincoln (Mo.), 7.81.

1,600-meter relay: 1. Tex. A&M-Kingsville (Carlton Williams, Brandon Brisco, Erroll Harris, Shannon Washington), 3:13.73.

Distance medley relay: 1. Abilene Christian (Bernard Manirakiza, Marvin Essor, Lucky Hadebe, Nicodemus Naimadu), 9:48.04.

High jump: 1. Keith Moffatt, Morehouse, 2.18 (7-01 3/ 4).

Pole vault: 1. Mark Zilch, Lewis, 5.32 (17-051/ 2).

Long jump: 1. Yevgen Pashchenko, Abilene Christine, 7.61 (24-113/ 4).

Triple jump: 1. Cameron Dayne, Morehouse, 16.09 (52-091/ 2).

Shot put: 1. Van Mounts, Cal St. Bakersfield, 19.13 (62-091/ 4).

35-pound weight throw: 1. Chris Figures, Cal St. Bakersfield, 20.55 (67-051/ 4) [meet record; old record 66-03 3/ 4, Dan Bourque, Southern Conn. St., 1998].

Team results

1. Abilene Christian, 84; 2. Adams St., 46; 3. Lincoln (Mo.), 43 1/2; 4. Cal St. Bakersfield, 34; 5. St. AugustineÕs, 32 1/2; 6. Western St., 30; 7. Ashland, 28; 8. Minn. St. Mankato, 26 1/2; 9. (tie) Morehouse and Northwest Mo. St., 20; 11. Tex. A&M-Kingsville, 18; 12. Lewis, 16; 13. Cal St. Stanislaus, 15; 14. Findlay, 14; 15. (tie) Mass.-Lowell and Mo. Southern St., 12; 17. South Dakota, 11 1/2; 18. Grand Valley St., 11; 19. (tie) Neb.-Kearney, Southern Conn. St. and SIU Edwardsville, 10; 22. (tie) Virginia St., Pittsburg St. and Truman, 8; 25. (tie) Colorado Mines and Harding, 6; 27. Bowie St., 5 1/2; 28. (tie) Indianapolis, Mo.-Rolla, Clayton and Southwest Baptist, 5; 32. Wheeling Jesuit, 4; 33. (tie) Central Mo. St. and N.C. Central, 3; 35. (tie) Northwood and Emporia St., 2. 37. Saginaw Valley, 1 1/2; 38. St. MartinÕs, 1.

Individual results

60-meter dash: 1. Lerone Clarke, Lincoln (Mo.), 6.71; 2. E. J. Falkner, Northwest Mo. St., 6.81; 3. Jody Stewart, Ashland, 6.82; 4. Jody Muschette, Lincoln (Mo.), 6.82; 5. Kendall Stevens, Findlay, 6.82; 6. Jermaine Carpenter, Pittsburg St., 6.83; 7. Decosma Wright, Lincoln (Mo.), 6.84; 8. Andre Faulcon, Virginia St., 6.84.

200-meter dash: 1. Michael Lawrence, Minn. St. Mankato, 21.25; 2. Marvin Bien-Aime, Abilene Christian, 21.57; 3. E. J. Falkner, Northwest Mo. St., 21.64; 4. Jermaine Carpenter, Pittsburg St., 21.69; 5. Charles Allgood, Adams St., 21.71; 6. Dorian Turner, N.C. Central, 22.03; 7. James Morley, Northwood, 22.07.

400-meter dash: 1. Marvin Essor, Abilene Christian, 47.47; 2. Jamaal Torrance, St. AugustineÕs, 47.50; 3. Adrian Findlay, St. AugustineÕs, 47.82; 4. Carlos Guyton, Clayton, 47.95; 5. Chris Spencer, Wheeling Jesuit, 48.00; 6. Kyle Rose, SIU Edwardsville, 48.92; 7. Fabian Felix, Lincoln (Mo.), 48.95; Andre Thompson, St. AugustineÕs, (did not finish).

800-meter run: 1. Lucky Hadebe, Abilene Christian, 1:50.18; 2. Nick Lara, Adams St., 1:51.38; 3. Aaron Davis, Adams St., 1:52.31; 4. Pat Lehmann, Minn. St. Mankato, 1:52.45; 5. Jon Seymour, Southern Conn. St., 1:52.84; 6. Jared Peacock, Colorado Mines, 1:53.00; 7. James Jeffery, South Dakota, 1:53.04; 8. Andy Prentice, St. MartinÕs, 1:53.09.

Mile run: 1. Oliver Bodor, Western St., 4:04.38; 2. Nate Iler, Ashland, 4:04.50; 3. Patrick Morasse, Mass.-Lowell, 4:06.73; 5. T. Jay Sanderson, Southwest Baptist, 4:08.18; 5. Kelly Christiansen, Western St., 4:09.58; 6. Bernard Manirakiza, Abilene Christian, 4:10.05; 7. Mohamed Aden, Adams St., 4:12.15; 8. Nate Peck, Grand Valley St., 4:12.25.

5,000-meter run: Nicodemus Naimadu, Abilene Christian, 13:59.64; 2. Oliver Bodor, Western St., 4:11.61; 3. Matt Levassiur, Adams St., 14:11.65; 4. Timothy Parr, Western St., 14:18.45; 5. Don Wilkins, Grand Valley St., 14:19.54; 6. Celedonio Rodriguez, Adams St., 14:21.26; 7. Kelly Christensen, Western St., 14:21.51; 8. Richard Hanslovan, Shippensburg, 14:21.68.

60-meter high hurdles: 1. Decosma Wright, Lincoln (Mo.), 7.81; 2. Tarmo Jallai, Tex. A&M-Kingsville, 7.85; 3. Enrique Llanos, St. AugustineÕs, 7.96; 4. Sanchaze Ross, Findlay, 7.97; 5. Dave Dobersztyn, Lewis, 8.09; 6. Pete Smith, Lincoln (Mo.), 8.10; 7. Chris Stephens, St. AugustineÕs, 8.10; 8. Billy Stadele, Lewis, 8.18.

1,600-meter relay: 1. Tex. A&M-Kingsville (Carlton Williams, Brandon Brisco, Erroll Harris, Shannon Washington), 3:13.73; 2. Adams St., 3:14.10; 3. Lincoln (Mo.), 3:14.26; 4. SIU Edwardsville, 3:14.78; 5. Mass.-Lowell, 3:15.12; 6. Findlay, 3:16.10; 7. Southern Conn. St., 3:19.24; 8. Abilene Christian, 3:19.40.

Distance medley relay: 1. Abilene Christian (Bernard Manirakiza, Marvin Essor, Lucky Hadebe, Nicodemus Naimadu), 9:48.04; 2. Adams St., 9:57.58; 3. Harding, 9:59.85; 4. South Dakota, 10:00.21; 5. Grand Valley St., 10:00.54; 6. Colorado Mines, 10:00.69; 7. Mass.-Lowell, 10:10.83; 8. Western St., 10:12.86.

High jump: 1. Keith Moffatt, Morehouse, 2.18 (7-01 3/4); 2. Jim Dilling, Minn. St. Mankato, 2.15 (7-00 1/2); 3. (tie) Robert DeVaul, Bowie St., and Brandon Jones, Lincoln (Mo.), 2.12 (6-11 1/2); 5. (tie) Derek Gearman, South Dakota, and Ben Blaeser, Minn. St. Mankato, 2.07 (6-09 1/2); 7. (tie) Jarvis Adams, St. AugustineÕs, and Eltaro Hooper, Saginaw Valley, 2.07 (6-09 1/2).

Pole vault: 1. Mark Zilch, Lewis, 5.32 (17-05 1/2); 2. Matt Campbell, Mo. Southern St., 5.22 (17-01 1/2); 3. Mike Ford, Neb.-Kearney, 5.12 (16-09 1/2); 4. John Skola, Mo.-Rolla, 5.02 (16-05 1/2); 5. Eldwin Chappell, Cal St. Stanislaus, 4.92 (16-01 3/4); 6. Cory Aguilar, Abilene Christian, 4.92 (16-01 3/4); 7. Dan Tierney, Ashland, 4.92 (16-01 3/4); 8. Billy Stadele, Lewis, 4.82 (15-09 3/4).

Long jump: 1. Yevgen Pashchenko, Abilene Christine, 7.61 (24-11 3/4); 2. James Walton, Truman, 7.39 (24-03); 3. Fabian Hutchinson, St. AugustineÕs, 7.36 (24-01 3/4); 4. Joey Brightbill, Ashland, 7.19 (23-07 1/4); 5. Andre Faulcon, Virginia St., 7.16 (23-06); 6. Dwayne Greenidge, St. AugustineÕs, 7.09 (23-03 1/4); 7. Chris Peoples, Emporia St., 6.93 (22-09); 8. Andrew Batten, Adams St., 6.93 (22-09).

Triple jump: 1. Cameron Dayne, Morehouse, 16.09 (52-09 1/2); 2. Yevgen Pashchenko, Abilene Christian, 15.68 (51-05 1/2); 3. Ben Washington, Abilene Christian, 15.64 (51-03 3/4); 4. Vladyslav Gorbenko, Abilene Christian, 15.53 (50-11 1/2); 5. Michael Stewart, Mo. Southern St., 15.09 (49-06 1/4); 6. Joseph Williams, Virginia St., 14.97 (49-01 1/2); 7. Dakel Vicks, Findlay, 14.66 (48-01 1/4); 8. Derek Gearman, South Dakota, 14.53 (47-08).

Shot put: 1. Van Mounts, Cal St. Bakersfield, 19.13 (62-09 1/4); 2. Chris Figures, Cal St. Bakersfield, 18.93 (62-01 1/4); 3. Clint Prange, Northwest Mo. St., 18.87 (61-11); 4. Bryan Vickers, Ashland, 17.37 (57-00); 5. Jeff Cretella, Southern Conn. St., 17.26 (56-07 1/2); 6. Cole Sprague, Cal St. Stanislaus, 17.26 (56-07 1/2); 7. John Ybarra, Grand Valley St., 16.69 (54-09 1/4); 8. Blake Dickson, Ashland, 16.43 (53-11).

35-pound weight throw: 1. Chris Figures, Cal St. Bakersfield, 20.55 (67-05 1/4) [meet record; old record 20.21 (66-03 3/4), Dan Bourque, Southern Conn. St., 1998]; 2. Cole Sprague, Cal St. Stanislaus, 19.84 (65-01 1/4); 3. Nick Umholtz, Cal St. Bakersfield, 19.80 (64-11 1/2); 4. Cory Young, Indianapolis, 18.72 (61-05); 5. Derek Frese, Neb.-Kearney, 18.67 (61-03); 6. Steven Edwards, Central Mo. St., 18.56 (60-10 3/4); 7. Lee Weeden, SIU Edwardsville, 18.02 (59-01 1/2); 8. Bryan Vickers, Ashland, 17.99 (59-00 1/4).