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By Leilana McKindra
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Centennial moments, 2000-03
The following events helped shape the NCAA from 2000 to 2003.
2000 (May 31-June 3) — Seilala Sua of the University of California, Los Angeles, becomes the first six-time career individual titlist at the Division I Women’s Outdoor Track and Field Championships with victories in the discus and shot put.
2000 (October 27) — A new “blue disc” NCAA logo featuring a modern typeface is created to provide a “greater feeling of action and movement.”
2001 (March 17) — Iowa State University’s Cael Sanderson (a three-time winner at 184 pounds before capping his career with a victory at 197 pounds) joins Oklahoma State University’s Pat Smith as the only four-time individual champions at the Division I Wrestling Championships.
2001 (March 25) — The first National Collegiate Women’s Ice Hockey Championship is played in Minneapolis, where the University of Minnesota Duluth, wins the first of three straight championships under coach Shannon Miller.
2001 (May 13) — The University of California, Los Angeles, wins the first National Collegiate Women’s Water Polo Championship.
2001 (May 24-26) — Rhondale Jones of Lincoln University (Pennsylvania) wins three events at the Division III Women’s Outdoor Track and Field Championships to finish her career with a record nine titles in outdoor competition.
2002 (March 9) — The first Division III Women’s Ice Hockey Championship is played at Elmira, New York, where Elmira College wins the first of two consecutive championships.
2002 (May 28) — Eastern Connecticut State University becomes the first team to win four Division III Baseball Championship titles, all under coach Bill Holowaty.
2003 (January 1) — Myles Brand of Indiana University, Bloomington, becomes the fourth NCAA president, succeeding Cedric Dempsey. Brand is the first institutional president to serve in the position.
The following events helped shape the NCAA from 2000 to 2003.
2000 (May 31-June 3) — Seilala Sua of the University of California, Los Angeles, becomes the first six-time career individual titlist at the Division I Women’s Outdoor Track and Field Championships with victories in the discus and shot put.
2000 (October 27) — A new “blue disc” NCAA logo featuring a modern typeface is created to provide a “greater feeling of action and movement.”
2001 (March 17) — Iowa State University’s Cael Sanderson (a three-time winner at 184 pounds before capping his career with a victory at 197 pounds) joins Oklahoma State University’s Pat Smith as the only four-time individual champions at the Division I Wrestling Championships.
2001 (March 25) — The first National Collegiate Women’s Ice Hockey Championship is played in Minneapolis, where the University of Minnesota Duluth, wins the first of three straight championships under coach Shannon Miller.
2001 (May 13) — The University of California, Los Angeles, wins the first National Collegiate Women’s Water Polo Championship.
2001 (May 24-26) — Rhondale Jones of Lincoln University (Pennsylvania) wins three events at the Division III Women’s Outdoor Track and Field Championships to finish her career with a record nine titles in outdoor competition.
2002 (March 9) — The first Division III Women’s Ice Hockey Championship is played at Elmira, New York, where Elmira College wins the first of two consecutive championships.
2002 (May 28) — Eastern Connecticut State University becomes the first team to win four Division III Baseball Championship titles, all under coach Bill Holowaty.
2003 (January 1) — Myles Brand of Indiana University, Bloomington, becomes the fourth NCAA president, succeeding Cedric Dempsey. Brand is the first institutional president to serve in the position.
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