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     There's only one thing to expect from the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference women's indoor track championships March 2-3 in Stevens Point and that's the fact that UW-La Crosse is a solid contender to defend its team championship from last season.

     Other than the Eagles' apparent team supremacy, anything could happen this weekend in a meet that features seven individual returning champions, all of which will be challenged to repeat as champions.

     Three of the defending champions bring the conference's best performances this season into the meet, including UW-Stevens Point's Leah Juno, who has the nation's best time in the 800 meters and is the defending NCAA Division III outdoor champion in the event. However, Juno will gain competition from UW-Whitewater's Kara Krumenauer, who has the nation's second-best time behind Juno. Juno also brings the conference's best time and nation's fifth-best mark into the 1500 meters, where she'll battle defending WIAC champion Jessica Dober of UW-La Crosse.

     UW-La Crosse junior Lisa Mickelson is the two-time defending champion in the 400 meters and appears primed to make it three straight with a seed time that's nearly a full second over the second-best performance this season. Crystal Bullion of UW-Oshkosh also has the top time in the 55 hurdles in defense of her WIAC title.

     Other returning champions include Jill Kincaid of UW-Oshkosh in the triple jump, Tabitha Fendrick of UW-Whitewater in the shot put and Becky Moyer of UW-Oshkosh in the pentathlon.

     In addition to Juno's 800 meter time, two other events feature the top performances in the country this season in UW-La Crosse's distance medley relay and Eagles' junior Ellen Findlay in the pole vault. The Eagles will compete with defending champion UW-Stevens Point for the distance medley title and Findlay has a vault of nearly two feet better than any other WIAC athlete this season.

     Top athletes to watch include UW-Stevens Point's Becky Lebak, who has the conference's top performances in both the 3000 and 5000 meters, edging teammate April Halkoski in both events. Also, UW-La Crosse sprinter Angela Klatt has the top time in the 200 meters and second-best effort in the 55 meters, while teammate Jocelyn Loe has the best time in the 55 meters, second-best long jump and fourth-best performance in the 200 meters.

     Kathy Thompson of UW-Eau Claire has the highest pentathlon score and the second-best high jump performance.

     Jessica Kohlman of UW-Whitewater is a solid threat to set the WIAC record in the weight throw and ranks second in the country in the event. Sonja Peterson of UW-La Crosse will challenge Fendrick in the shot put.

     The most hotly-contested events may be in jumps where 10 athletes have long jumps within a foot of one another and six athletes have NCAA provisionally qualifying triple jumps within a foot of one another. Nicole Pronschinske of UW-River Falls has the top long jump this season and Lisa Zimmerman of UW-Oshkosh has the top triple jump. Seven athletes have surpassed five feet in the high jump, including UW-River Falls' Kady Kleven with a leap of 5 feet, 7 inches.

     UW-La Crosse scored 226.5 points to win last year's meet by 49 points. UW-Oshkosh, UW-Stevens Point and UW-Eau Claire are top contenders.