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Pointers Send
Eight Athletes to NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships
The University of
Wisconsin-Stevens Point will be sending eight athletes to the NCAA
Indoor Track & Field National Championships, held this weekend at
Bloomington, Illinois.
The Pointer women placed
third last year and will be looking for another high finish with four
individual qualifiers and one relay in the field. Megan Craig who placed
seventh in the 1,500 meters last year, looks for another all-american
performance in the mile run. Craig is ranked fifth in the country with a
qualifying time of 4:59.12. Jenna Mitchler will run in the 800 meters
having been named Track Athlete of the Meet at the WIAC Championships
last weekend. Craig and Mitchler will join teammates Marie Burrows and
Ashleigh Potuznik on the Pointers� distance medley relay team. The
Pointers have the fifth best DMR time in the country this year at
11:59.57.
The other two qualifiers
for the Pointer women will compete in the shot put. Amanda Nechuta
comes back to the track team after being named the WIAC player of the
year in basketball. She placed third at the WIAC Championships and has the fifth best throw in
the nation this year. Julia Slabosheski is seeded ninth.
The Pointer men will
send two competitors to the championships. Senior Mark LaLonde was the
national runner-up in the 5,000 meter run a year ago, and will return in
the same event. LaLonde is seeded 12th in the event. Mitch Ellis will
make his first appearance at the indoor nationals, qualifying for the
high jump with a mark of 2.04 meters (6� 8 ���).
UW-La Crosse is the
defending national champion on the men�s side, while UW-Oshkosh will be
defending their title for the women. |
