It’s typically a relay that decides a close track meet, but the Division II Men’s Outdoor Track and Field Championships was decided by a fifth-place finish in the pole vault.

Abilene Christian grabbed its fifth straight team title at the May 25-27 championships at Emporia State when senior Cory Aguilar matched two other vaulters at 4.95 meters (16 feet, 2 3/4 inches) but was awarded the best placement on the basis of fewer attempts.

His four points in the event gave the Wildcats a 2 1/2-point edge over Saint Augustine’s, which earlier had briefly taken the lead with its win by one-tenth of a second over Abilene Christian in the 1,600-meter relay.

The Wildcats also benefited from a surprise victory by freshman Jordan Johnson in the 400-meter dash as they scored all but three of their 80 points on the final day of competition.

As usual, however, Nicodemus Naimadu was Abilene Christian’s biggest weapon, claiming individual titles in the 3,000-meter steeplechase and 5,000-meter run. The latter victory was somewhat tough, however, as Naimadu sprinted from behind down the final straightaway to collect his eighth individual title, counting indoor and outdoor track and cross country competition.

Naimadu’s win also made Abilene Christian only the second school in any division to collect 100 individual championships in outdoor track and field championships competition — along with Southern California.

Coach Don D. Hood said the Wildcats, who also won the 400-meter relay, performed according to plan.

“We did exactly what was predicted,” he said. “That was pure purple heart. Everybody did exactly what was expected of them.”

Saint Augustine’s, which beat the Wildcats in March at the indoor championships, claimed individual titles in three events — adding wins in the 200-meter dash and 400-meter hurdles to the relay victory — but couldn’t quite find the right combination to snap Abilene Christian’s outdoor streak. The two schools share the consecutive-victories mark.

The meet’s only other individual double titlist, Wilbert Walker of Lincoln (Missouri), posted one of two meet records at the championships. He managed to evade the wind in the long  jump — even as it factored into four other scorers’ leaps in the event — to break the 11-year-old mark by 1 3/4 inches.

Walker also won the triple jump to complete an indoor-outdoor sweep of both jumping events.

The other record came in the high jump from Keith Moffatt of Morehouse, a two-time indoor champion in the event who eased past a nine-year-old mark by a quarter-inch to claim his first victory in the event outdoors.

Team results

1. Abilene Christian, 80; 2. St. Augustine’s, 771/2; 3. Lincoln (Mo.), 63; 4. South Dakota, 35; 5. Adams St., 33; 6. N.C. Central, 30; 7. (tie) Harding and SIU Edwardsville, 28; 9. Cal St. Bakersfield, 27; 10. Morehouse, 26; 11. Central Mo. St. 23; 12. Pittsburg St., 20; 13. (tie) Western St., Findlay and Grand Valley St., 18; 16. Neb.-Kearney, 17; 17. Minn. St. Mankato, 151/2; 18. (tie) Colorado Mines and Angelo St., 15; 20. (tie) Ashland, Cal St. Chico and Mo.-Rolla, 13; 23. (tie) Emporia St., Mansfield and Albany St. (Ga.), 12; 26. Mass.-Lowell, 11; 27. (tie) Mo. Southern St. and Cal St. L.A., 101/2; 29. (tie) Central Wash., Seattle Pacific and P.R.-Rio Piedras, 10; 32. Northwest Mo. St., 9; 33. (tie) UC San Diego and St. Cloud St., 8; 35. Shippensburg, 7; 36. (tie) Truman St., Tarleton St. and Bemidji St., 6; 39. (tie) Wheeling Jesuit, Slippery Rock, Bowie St. and Stillman, 5; 43. (tie) Benedict, Chadron St. and Fort Valley St., 4; 46. (tie) Indiana (Pa.) and Lock Haven, 3; 48. (tie) Fort Hays St. and Stonehill, 2; 50. (tie) Tex. A&M-Commerce, Northern St. and Humboldt St., 1.

Individual champions

100-meter dash: Kendall Stevens, Findlay, 10.17.

200-meter dash: Philippe DeRosier, St. Augustine’s, 20.86 (wind-aided).

400-meter dash: Jordan Johnson, Abilene Christian, 46.24.

800-meter run: Nick Lara, Adams St., 1:55.46.

1,500-meter run: Przemek Bobrowski, Harding, 4:01.27.

3,000-meter steeplechase: Nicodemus Naimadu, Abilene Christian, 8:59.90.

5,000-meter run: Nicodemus Naimadu, Abilene Christian, 14:47.90.

10,000-meter run: Julius Kosgei, Harding, 30:01.63.

110-meter high hurdles: Decosma Wright, Lincoln (Mo.), 13.66 (wind-aided).

400-meter intermediate hurdles: Alvin Miles, St. Augustine’s, 50.94.

400-meter relay: Abilene Christian (Bobby Tatum, Marvin Bien-Aime, Brant Gilbert, Jordan Johnson), 39.79.

1,600-meter relay: St. Augustine’s (Lurias Eugene, Travon Lee, Tim Riley, Jamaal Torrance), 3:08.78.

High jump: Keith Moffatt, Morehouse, 2.29 (7-6) [meet record; old record 2.28 (7-53/4), Gregory Roberts, Morehouse, 1997].

Pole vault: Sam Pribyl, South Dakota, 5.40 (17-8 1/2).

Long jump: Wilbert Walker, Lincoln (Mo.), 8.13 (26-8 1/4) [meet record; old record 8.09 meters (26-6 1/2), Sean Robbins, Ashland, 1995].

Triple jump: Wilbert Walker, Lincoln (Mo.), 16.87 (55-4 1/4) (wind-aided).

Shot put: Lance Pfeiffer, Neb.-Kearney, 18.44 (60-6).

Discus throw: Steven Edwards, Central Mo. St., 55.42 (181-10).

Hammer throw: Nick Umholtz, Cal St. Bakersfield, 61.69 (202-5).

Javelin throw: Andrew Vogelsberg, Emporia St., 74.75 (245-3).

Decathlon: Chris Randolph, Seattle Pacific, 7,872.

For complete results, see The NCAA News online at www.ncaa.org.

1. Abilene Christian, 80; 2. St. Augustine’s, 771/2; 3. Lincoln (Mo.), 63; 4. South Dakota, 35; 5. Adams St., 33; 6. N.C. Central, 30; 7. (tie) Harding and SIU Edwardsville, 28; 9. Cal St. Bakersfield, 27; 10. Morehouse, 26; 11. Central Mo. St. 23; 12. Pittsburg St., 20; 13. (tie) Western St., Findlay and Grand Valley St., 18; 16. Neb.-Kearney, 17; 17. Minn. St. Mankato, 151/2; 18. (tie) Colorado Mines and Angelo St., 15; 20. (tie) Ashland, Cal St. Chico and Mo.-Rolla, 13; 23. (tie) Emporia St., Mansfield and Albany St. (Ga.), 12; 26. Mass.-Lowell, 11; 27. (tie) Mo. Southern St. and Cal St. L.A., 101/2; 29. (tie) Central Wash., Seattle Pacific and P.R.-Rio Piedras, 10; 32. Northwest Mo. St., 9; 33. (tie) UC San Diego and St. Cloud St., 8; 35. Shippensburg, 7; 36. (tie) Truman St., Tarleton St. and Bemidji St., 6; 39. (tie) Wheeling Jesuit, Slippery Rock, Bowie St. and Stillman, 5; 43. (tie) Benedict, Chadron St. and Fort Valley St., 4; 46. (tie) Indiana (Pa.) and Lock Haven, 3; 48. (tie) Fort Hays St. and Stonehill, 2; 50. (tie) Tex. A&M-Commerce, Northern St. and Humboldt St., 1.

Individual results

100-meter dash: 1. Kendall Stevens, Findlay, 10.17; 2. Jermaine Carpenter, Pittsburg St., 10.25; 3. Philippe DeRosier, St. Augustine’s, 10.29; 4. Brian Witherspoon, Stillman, 10.31; 5. Laurence Dell, Lincoln (Mo.), 10.38; 6. Marvin Bien-Aime, Abilene Christian, 10.39; 7. Robert Spies, Pittsburg St., 10.44; 8. Delrick Taylor, Tex. A&M-Commerce, 10.47.

200-meter dash (w indicates wind-aided): 1. Philippe DeRosier, St. Augustine’s, 20.86w; 2. Maurice Gailey, N.C. Central, 20.97w; 3. Marvin Bien-Aime, Abilene Christian, 21.01w; 4. Jermaine Carpenter, Pittsburg St., 21.01w; 5. Jordan Johnson, Abilene Christian, 21.05w; 6. Travon Lee, St. Augustine’s, 21.16w; 7. Hakeem Mohammed, N.C. Central, 21.16w; 8. Dayne Cameron, Morehouse, 21.57w.

400-meter dash: 1. Jordan Johnson, Abilene Christian, 46.24; 2. Kyle Rose, SIU Edwardsville, 46.49; 3. Hakeem Mohammed, N.C. Central, 46.83; 4. Jamaal Torrance, St. Augustine’s, 47.19; 5. Joel Duffield, Chadron St., 47.40; 6. Carlington Marsh, Lincoln (Mo.), 47.59; 7. Fabian Felix, Lincoln (Mo.), 47.81; 8. Johnny Jacobs, Abilene Christian, 48.06.

800-meter run: 1. Nick Lara, Adams St., 1:55.46; 2. Edgar Bermudez, St. Augustine’s, 1:55.73; 3. Brandon Jones, N.C. Central, 1:55.75; 4. Patrick Morasse, Mass.-Lowell, 1:55.90; 5. Diego Marquez, P.R.-Rio Piedras, 1:56.42; 6. Eric Isley, Northwest Mo. St., 1:56.44; 7. Sean Strauman, Indiana (Pa.), 1:56.60; 8. John Collins, Grand Valley St., 1:56.67.

1,500-meter run: 1. Przemek Bobrowski, Harding, 4:01.27; 2. Chris Cummings, Mansfield, 4:01.67; 3. Patrick Morasse, Mass.-Lowell, 4:02.39; 4. Aaron Braun, Adams St., 4:02.94; 5. John Somers, Shippensburg, 4:03.68; 6. Larry McDaris, Colorado Mines, 4:04.04; 7. Keith Gill, Stonehill, 4:04.25; 8. Scott Fiksdal, Minn. St. Mankato, 4:04.34.

3,000-meter steeplechase: 1. Nicodemus Naimadu, Abilene Christian, 8:59.90; 2. Kim Hogarth, Western St., 9:05.76; 3. Nick Hirsch, Western St., 9:20.88; 4. Brian Taghon, SIU Edwardsville, 9:23.00; 5. Jason Rengo, Minn. St. Mankato, 9:25.03; 6. Ryan Miles, Colorado Mines, 9:26.91; 7. Chris Hammer, Grand Valley St., 9:27.00; 8. Jasper Peach, Humboldt St., 9:27.45.

5,000-meter run: 1. Nicodemus Naimadu, Abilene Christian, 14:47.90; 2. Julius Kosgei, Harding, 14:48.22; 3. Mario Macias, Adams St., 14:49.13; 4. Charlie Serrano, Cal St. Chico, 14:52.59; 5. Jesus Solis, Adams St., 14:55.11; 6. Joel Hamilton, Colorado Mines, 14:55.61; 7. Kim Hogarth, Western St., 15:00.94; 8. Nate Peck, Grand Valley St., 15:07.47.

10,000-meter run: 1. Julius Kosgei, Harding, 30:01.63; 2. Mario Macias, Adams St., 30:03.22; 3. Joel Hamilton, Colorado Mines, 30:15.82; 4. Jeff Weiss, Slippery Rock, 30:26.59; 5. Charlie Serrano, Cal St. Chico, 30:28.93; 6. Scott Bauhs, Cal St. Chico, 30:36.18; 7. Nate Peck, Grand Valley St., 30:36.86; 8. Phillip Birgen, Abilene Christian, 30:55.91.

110-meter high hurdles (w indicates wind-aided): 1. Decosma Wright, Lincoln (Mo.), 13.66w; 2. Terry Liggins, South Dakota, 13.82w; 3. Shaunte Lovings, Tarleton St., 13.83w; 4. Unyime Akpan, St. Augustine’s, 13.84w; 5. Pete Smith, Lincoln (Mo.), 13.94w; 6. David Wheeler, Benedict, 14.13w; 7. Cale Brereton, Findlay, 14.14w; 8. Rico Hatter, South Dakota, 14.48w.

400-meter intermediate hurdles: 1. Alvin Miles, St. Augustine’s, 50.94; 2. Justin Boyd, Angelo St., 51.29; 3. Sean Bergstedt, Truman St., 51.48; 4. Mike Cunningham, UC San Diego, 51.52; 5. Antwane President, Lincoln (Mo.), 51.71; 6. Jon Patton, UC San Diego, 51.99; 7. Damian Prince, Morehouse, 52.48; 8. Jake Hamik, Northern St., 53.54.

400-meter relay: 1. Abilene Christian (Bobby Tatum, Marvin Bien-Aime, Brant Gilbert, Jordan Johnson), 39.79; 2. St. Augustine’s, 40.04; 3. Findlay, 40.15; 4. Lincoln (Mo.), 40.32; 5. Pittsburg St., 40.33; 6. N.C. Central, 40.63; 7. Fort Valley St., 40.72; 8. Benedict, 41.14.

1,600-meter relay: 1. St. Augustine’s (Lurias Eugene, Travon Lee, Tim Riley, Jamaal Torrance), 3:08.78; 2. Abilene Christian, 3:08.88; 3. Lincoln (Mo.), 3:09.24; 4. N.C. Central, 3:10.42; 5. Angelo St., 3:12.39; 6. Central Mo. St, 3:14.24; 7. Fort Valley St., 3:14.67; 8. Morehouse, 3:18.64.

High jump: 1. Keith Moffatt, Morehouse, 2.29 (7-6) [meet record; old record 2.28 (7-5 3/4), Gregory Roberts, Morehouse, 1997]; 2. Eugene Hutchinson, Cal St. L.A., 2.26 (7-5); 3. Jim Dilling, Minn. St. Mankato, 2.17 (7-1 1/2); 4. Robert DeVaul, Bowie St., 2.14 (7-0 1/4); 5. Brandon Rhoulac, Albany St. (Ga.), 2.14 (7-0 1/4); 6. Jim Dempsey, Lock Haven, 2.11 (6-11); 7. (tie) Desi Burt, Cal St. L.A. and Joe Kindred, St. Augustine’s, 2.11 (6-11).

Pole vault: 1. Sam Pribyl, South Dakota, 5.40 (17-8 1/2); 2. Matt Campbell, Mo. Southern St., 5.15 (16-10 3/4); 3. Bryant Wilson, Grand Valley St., 5.05 (16-6 3/4); 4. Anthony Weber, SIU Edwardsville, 5.05 (16-6 3/4); 5. Cory Aguilar, Abilene Christian, 4.95 (16-2 3/4); 6. Lucas Handley, Mo.-Rolla, 4.95 (16-2 3/4); 7. Josh Oberleas, Western St., 4.95 (16-2 3/4); 8. (tie) Russell Ellis, Mo. Southern St. and Ben Mauch, Minn. St. Mankato, 4.85 (15-11);

Long jump (w indicates wind-aided): 1. Wilbert Walker, Lincoln (Mo.), 8.13 (26-8 1/4) [meet record; old record 8.09 meters (26-6 1/2), Sean Robbins, Ashland, 1995]; 2. Tyrone Smith, Mo.-Rolla, 7.78w (25-6 1/4); 3. Joe Kindred, St. Augustine’s, 7.76w (25-5 1/2); 4. Randall Flimmons, Morehouse, 7.72w (25-4); 5. Fabian Hutchinson, St. Augustine’s, 7.64 (25-0 3/4); 6. Dayne Cameron, Morehouse, 7.58 (24-0 1/2); 7. Yevgen Pashchenko, Abilene Christian, 7.45 (24-5 1/2); 8. Kevin Finney, Cal St. L.A., 7.40w (24-3 1/2).

Triple jump (w indicates wind-aided): 1. Wilbert Walker, Lincoln (Mo.), 16.87w (55-4 1/4); 2. Brandon Rhoulac, Albany St. (Ga.), 16.55w (54-3 3/4); 3. Vladyslav Gorbenko, Abilene Christian, 16.54w (54-3 1/4); 4. Yevgen Pashchenko, Abilene Christian, 16.07w (52-8 3/4); 5. Dominic Smith, Morehouse, 15.28w (50-1 3/4); 6. Diezeas Calbert, Northwest Mo. St., 15.25w (50-0 1/2); 7. Maurice Henson, Fort Hays St., 15.20w (49-10 1/2); 8. Joe Kindred, St. Augustine’s, 15.09w (49-6 1/4).

Shot put: 1. Lance Pfeiffer, Neb.-Kearney, 18.44 (60-6); 2. Bryan Vickers, Ashland, 18.27 (59-11 1/4); 3. Joe Remitz, Bemidji St., 17.87 (58-7 1/2); 4. Ryan Davis, Cal St. Bakersfield, 17.67 (57-11 3/4); 5. Cameron Neel, Central Wash., 17.17 (56-4); 6. Nick Natale, Grand Valley St., 17.05 (55-11 1/4); 7. Mike Hines, Mo. Southern St., 17.01 (55-9 3/4); 8. Brendan Page, Cal St. Chico, 17.00 (55-9 1/4);

Discus throw: 1. Steven Edwards, Central Mo. St., 55.42 (181-10); 2. Leo Chavez, Cal St. Bakersfield, 54.55 (179-0); 3. Cameron Neel, Central Wash., 53.47 (175-5); 4. Dane Tobey, Neb.-Kearney, 52.31 (171-7); 5. Steve Landers, SIU Edwardsville, 51.39 (168-7); 6. Brody Beecher, Cal St. Bakersfield, 51.19 (167-11); 7. Trenton Olivier, Emporia St., 50.72 (166-5); 8. Ryan Davis, Cal St. Bakersfield, 50.59 (166-0).

Hammer throw: 1. Nick Umholtz, Cal St. Bakersfield, 61.69 (202-5); 2. Dan Tolsma, South Dakota, 60.96 (200-0); 3. Dan Raithel, Central Mo. St., 60.17 (197-5); 4. Robert Klenk, Ashland, 59.89 (196-6); 5. Steven Edwards, Central Mo. St., 58.45 (191-9); 6. Travis MacKenzie, Northwest Mo. St., 56.38 (185-0); 7. Kellen Jacobs, Neb.-Kearney, 55.85 (183-3); 8. Matt Pappas, Pittsburg St., 55.57 (182-4).

Javelin throw: 1. Andrew Vogelsberg, Emporia St., 74.75 (245-3); 2. Mark Liebl, South Dakota, 67.39 (221-1); 3. Phil Freimuth, SIU Edwardsville, 66.78 (219-1); 4. Michael Estes, Wheeling Jesuit, 66.11 (216-11); 5. Jeremy Confer, Mansfield, 65.80 (215-10); 6. Nate Reider, Shippensburg, 65.74 (215-8); 7. Heath Groom, Mo.-Rolla, 64.10 (210-4); 8. Rob Conrad, Indiana (Pa.), 63.63 (208-9).

Decathlon: 1. Chris Randolph, Seattle Pacific, 7,872; 2. Ryan Koch, St. Cloud St., 7,098; 3. Jonathan Vazquez, P.R.-Rio Piedras, 6,853; 4. Decosma Wright, Lincoln (Mo.), 6,847; 5. Josh Rasmussen, Minn. St. Mankato, 6,829; 6. Mike Stowe, Grand Valley St., 6,765; 7. Jason Simmons, Angelo St., 6,740; 8. Ryan McWilliams, Angelo St., 6,734.