Final Notes from NCAA III Men's and Women's Track and Field Championships

FINAL NOTES FROM THE NCAA III MEN'S AND WOMEN'S TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS

**Calvin's two visits to Oshkosh for NCAA III Championship competition has been fruitful. In 1999, Calvin competed at the NCAA III Cross Country Championships hosted by Wisconsin-Oshkosh and the Calvin women's team went on to win its second consecutive national title while its men's team took fourth.

**The Amherst women's team took fourth place with a team score of 41 points. The Lord Jeffs were paced by the amazing performance of senior distance runner Shauneen Garrahan who captured national titles in the 10,000 meters, 3,000 meter steeplechase and 5,000 meters on consecutive days. Garrahan was named the Most Outstanding Runner of the women's meet. Her time of 10:13.33 in the 3,000 meter steeplechase was a new NCAA III Championships record.

**The MIAA was well represented at the NCAA III Championships as Alma, Albion and Hope all had athletes at the meet. Hope had three All-Americans on the women's side and scored 11.5 points for 22nd place while Alma had a pair of All-America efforts on the men's side to score points two points and finish 66th place. Albion had individuals compete in the shot put, triple jump, long jump and 1500 meters but did not score any points. The Hope men also picked up an All-America performance and scored five points for 42nd place.

**In winning the men's national title on Saturday, Wisconsin-Lacrosse captured its sixth outdoor national title in the last seven years and its 11th outdoor title overall.

**Calvin sophomore Lauren Bergstrom (Rochester, MN) will also receive an All-America plaque for serving as an alternate on Calvin's 4x400 women's relay team and running a leg on the relay in the Thursday night prelims.

**Calvin junior Kelby McCelland (Mercer, PA) also competed in the 110 high hurdle prelims on Friday and just missed qualifying for the finals, recording a time of 14.79 that was the second-best time of his career.

Jeff Febus
Sports Information Director
Calvin College
(616) 526-6169 Office
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Received on Sat May 26 22:26:11 2007