Wisconsin-La Crosse broke its own year-old record for widest margin of victory and received record-breaking performances from two repeat individual champions to claim its fourth straight team title at the Division III Men's Indoor Track and Field Championships.

The Eagles scored 70 points -- just one point short of the record total they posted at last year's meet -- and finished 41 points ahead of host Wisconsin-Whitewater and Lincoln (Pennsylvania) at the March 12-13 championships. That margin -- four points better than the Eagles' 37-point victory at last year's championships -- earned Wisconsin-La Crosse its 11th indoor team title.

Andrew Rock won his third straight 400-meter dash title and again lowered the record in the event with his time of 46.42, and he also anchored the Eagles' 1,600-meter relay to a second consecutive record performance in that event with a time of 3:12.79.

Also repeating was Hans Schmidt, who won his second consecutive pole vault title with a record leap of 5.51 meters (18 feet, 1 inch). He broke the two-year-old record of 5.50 meters (18-0 1/2) set by Allegheny's Jeremy Scott.

A total of five meet records were set at the championships. In addition to Wisconsin-La Crosse's three records, new marks were established by Wisconsin-Whitewater's Jeremy Wendt with a toss of 19.49 meters (63-11 1/2) in the 35-pound weight throw and by the Wisconsin-Platteville distance medley relay team, which won the event with a 9:57.05 time.

That distance medley squad was anchored by Ryan Kleimenhagen, who also won the 1,500-meter run to make Wisconsin-Platteville the only other team to collect multiple individual titles.

Nebraska Wesleyan finished fourth at the meet, just a point behind Wisconsin-Whitewater and Lincoln, and Wisconsin-Platteville finished fifth. It was the first top-five finish in championships history for both Wisconsin schools.

Three other participants also repeated as individual event champions. Nebraska Wesleyan junior Bret Blake edged Wisconsin-La Crosse's Matt Pagel to successfully defend his 55-meter dash crown, and Dubuque's Basil Steele claimed his second straight 55-meter hurdles title.

Dan Olson of Wheaton (Massachusetts) repeated as high jump champ, after also winning the event at the past two Division III outdoor championships.

Wisconsin-La Crosse's Rock was honored as the outstanding track athlete at the meet, while sophomore Uzoma Orji of Massachusetts Institute of Technology as recognized as outstanding field athlete after winning the shot put.

Team results

1. Wis.-La Crosse, 70; 2. (tie) Wis.-Whitewater and Lincoln (Pa.), 29; 4. Neb Wesleyan, 28; 5. Wis.-Platteville, 25; 6. Wis.-Stevens Point, 19; 7. North Central (Ill.), 17 1/2; 8. (tie) Wheaton (Mass.) and Dubuque, 16; 10. New York U., 15; 11. MIT, 14; 12. (tie) Wis.-Oshkosh, St. Thomas (Minn.) and Rensselaer, 13; 15. (tie) Wartburg, Greenville and Chicago, 12; 18. (tie) Catholic and Bowdoin, 11; 20. (tie) Springfield, St. Norbert, Loras and Emory, 10; 24. (tie) Puget Sound, Otterbein, McMurry and Central (Iowa), 8; 28. (tie) TCNJ and Cornell, 7; 30. Brandeis, 6; 31. Washington (Mo.), 5 1/2; 32. (tie) Wittenberg, Williams and Montclair St., 5; 35. (tie) Wis.-Eau Claire, Southern Me., St. John's (Minn.), McDaniel and Augsburg, 4; 40. (tie) Wilmington (Ohio), Tufts, St. Lawrence, New Jersey City, Keene St., Fisk, Bridgewater (Va.) and Amherst, 3; 48. (tie) Widener, Wesleyan (Conn.), Union (N.Y.), DePauw, and Bates, 2; 53. (tie) St. Olaf, Gallaudet and Cortland St., 1.

Individual results

55-meter dash: Brett Blake, Neb. Wesleyan, 6.33; 2. Matt Pagel, Wis.-La Crosse, 6.33; 3. Stephen Andrews, TCNJ, 6.39; 4. Ben Dorsey, Wis.-La Crosse, 6.49; 5. Brandon Tripp, Greenville, 6.50; 6. Jermaine Taylor, Bridgewater (Va.), 6.51; 7. Sean Washington, Union (N.Y.), 6.53; 8. Alfred, Lincoln (Pa.), 6.56.

400-meter dash: 1. Andrew Rock, Wis.-La Crosse, 46.42 (meet record: old record 46.96, Rock, 2003); 2. Nate Olson, Wis.-La Crosse, 48.11; 3. Pawel Jaroszewicz, Springfield, 48.33; 4. Carson Glad, St. Thomas (Minn.), 48.64; 5. Mathew Shannon, Augsburg, 48.67; 6. Ernest Gibson, Fisk, 48.90; 7. Ajay Sisodia, Wheaton (Mass.), 50.10.

800-meter run: Colin McKean, St. Norbert, 1:54.37; 2. Blake Henning, Neb. Wesleyan, 1:54.39; 3. Ryan Parker, Brandeis, 1:54.49; 4. Joe Otto, Rensselaer, 1:54.68; 5. Michael Marschel, St. John's (Minn.), 1:54.76; 6. Paul Crumrine, North Central (Ill.), 1:54.92; 7. Adam Christnovich, Wis.-Platteville, 1:56.46; 8. Ean Caskey, Cornell, 1:57.58.

1,500-meter run: Ryan Kleimenhagen, Wis.-Platteville, 3:52.40; 2. Dan McLean, Puget Sound, 3:53.42: 3. Patrick Sullivan, 3:53.62; 4. Andrew Combs, Bowdoin, 3:53.81; 5.Andy Hubner, North Central (Ill.), 3:53.98; 6. Dave Bridgewater, Keene St., 3:54.11; 7. Macharia Yuot, Widener, 3:54.31; Nick Meis, Wis.-Platteville, 3:55.44.

5,000-meter run: David Cisewski, Wis.-Oshkosh, 14:30.58; 2. Mark Lalonde, Wis.-Stevens Point, 14:34.07; 3. Josh Moen, Wartburg, 14:34.18; 4. Neal Holtschulte, Williams, 14:35.25; 5. Tom Haxton, Chicago, 14:36.10; 6. Dan Winder, Loras, 14:39.64; 7. Graham Wellman, De Pauw, 14:44.62; 8. Riley Kehoe, Wis.-Whitewater, 14:51.64.

55-meter high hurdles: Basil Steele, Dubuque, 7.44; Pierre Chapman, Lincoln (Pa.), 7.55; 3. Chris Nehls, Emory, 7.60; 4. Skip Ivery, Wittenberg, 7.60; 5. Brandon Strode, North Central (Ill.), 7.62; 6. Andrew Schliepp, Wis.-Stevens Point, 7.64; 7. Patrick Moffet, Wesleyan (Conn.), 7.65; 8. Jonathan Frechette, Cortland St., 7.75.

1,600-meter relay: 1. Wis.-La Crosse (Derek Toshner, Nate Olson, Jeremy Deterville, Andrew Rock), 3:12.79 [meet record: old record 3:13.68, Wis.-La Crosse (Andrew Rock, Charlie Wittleder, Kris Smith, Derek Toshner), 2003]; 2. St. Thomas (Minn.), 3:17.83; 3. Wartburg, 3:17.91; 4. Montclair St., 3:18.45; 5. Wheaton (Mass.), 3:19.06; 6. Springfield (3:20.40); 7. Lincoln (Pa.), 3:20.48; 8. Bowdoin, 3:20.86.

Distance medley relay: 1. Wis.-Platteville (Nick Meis, Steve Ross, Josh Placke, Ryan Kleimenhagen), 9:57.05 [meet record: old record 9:58.53, Haverford (Gregory Bielecki, Christoper Ward, Chris Johnstone, J. B. Haglund), 2002]; 2. Wis.-La Crosse, 9:57.39; 3. Wis.-Whitewater, 9:58.47; 4. Neb. Wesleyan, 9:59.70; 5. Loras, 10:07.18; 6. Amherst, 10:07.52; 7. Chicago, 10:07.57; 8. TCNJ, 10:09.27.

High jump: Dan Olson, Wheaton (Mass.), 2.18 (7-1 ³/4); Cale VanGenderen, Central (Iowa), 2.13 (6-11 ³/4); 3. Andy Stoecken, Cornell, 2.08 (6-9 ³/4); 4. James Wilkins, Bowdoin, 2.03 (6-8); 5. Rob Bullard, Emory, 2.03 (6-8); 6. Tom Roszak, Wis.-Oshkosh, 2.03 (6-8); 7. Ryder Peacock, McMurry, 1.98 (6-6); 8. Justin Welch, Springfield, 1.98 (6-6).

Pole vault: 1. Hans Schmidt, Wis.-La Crosse, 5.51 (18-1); 2. Chris Swanson, Otterbein, 4.91 (16-1 ¹/4); 3. (tie) Ryker Jones, Washington (Mo.), and Brian DeLoriea, North Central (Ill.), 4.76 (15-7 ¹/4); 5. William Snyder, Southern Me., 4.76 (15-7 ¹/4); 6. Tim Roa, Wilmington, 4.76 (15-7 ¹/4); 7. Dan Schultz, Wis.-Platteville, 4.61 (15-1 ¹/2); 8. Kyle Stumpenhorst, North Central (Ill.), 4.61 (15-1 ¹/2).

Long jump: Eric Ray, Lincoln (Pa.), 7.23 (23-8 ³/4); 2. Derek Stanley, Wis.-Whitewater, 7.18 (23-6 ³/4); 3. Danny Donaldson, Greenville, 7.11 (23-4); Kristian Majdik, New York U., 7.04 (23-1 ¹/4); 5. Broderick Maybank, McDaniel, 6.92 (22-8 ¹/2); 6. Hyron Griffith, New Jersey City, 6.91 (22-8); 7. Alfred Gregory, Lincoln (Pa.), 6.85 (22-5 ³/4); 8. Reggie Hopkins, Lincoln (Pa.), 6.82 (22-4 ¹/2).

Triple jump: Kristian Majdik, New York U., 15.00 (49-2 ¹/2); 2. Dwaine Alleyne, Rensselaer, 14.76 (48-5 1/4); 3. DeAndre Bovan, Dubuque, 14.70 (48-2 ³/4); 4. Augustine Schmader, Lincoln (Pa.), 14.51 (47-7 ¹/4); 5. Derek Stanley, Wis.-Whitewater, 14.49 (47-6 ¹/2); 6. Fred Jones, Tufts, 14.44 (47-4 ¹/2); 7. Bryson Taylor, Greenville, 14.41 (47-3 ¹/2); 8. Ken Myers, Gallaudet, 14.24 (46-8 ³/4).

Shot put: 1. Uzoma Orji, MIT, 18.14 (59-6 ¹/4); 2. Sean Duggan, Catholic, 17.20 (56-5 ¹/4); 3. Cody Brotherton, McMurry, 16.89 (55-5); 4. Ryan Tietjen, Neb. Wesleyan, 16.84 (55-3); 5. John Schuna, Wis.-Eau Claire, 16.49 (54-1 ¹/4); 6. Travis Sullivan, Loras, 16.39 (53-9 ¹/4); 7. Eamonn O'Neill, St. Lawrence, 16.11 (52-10 ¹/4); 8. Peter Cathcart, St. Olaf, 16.00 (52-6).

35-pound weight throw: 1. Jeremy Wendt, Wis.-Whitewater, 19.50 (63-11 ³/4); 2. Mark Wierzba, Wis.-Stevens Point, 19.20 (63-0); 3. Phil Whitesitt, Wis.-La Crosse, 18.84 (61-9 3/4); 4. Kevin Becker, Wis.-La Crosse, 18.63 (61-1 ¹/2); 5. Uzoma Orji, MIT, 18.38 (60-3 ³/4); 6. Sean Duggan, Catholic, 18.02 (59-1 ¹/2); 7. Scott Cooper, Bates, 17.68 (58-0 ¹/4); 8. Bryan Tolcser, St. Lawrence, 17.60 (57-9).