Last Chance Track & Field info/results here

May 16, 2003
St. Thomas will host track and field athletes from more than 20 schools for Friday night's UST Last Chance Invitational in O'Shaughnessy Stadium. The competition starts with some field events at 4 p.m. and the first track event at 5 p.m. The final events is the men's 10,000 scheduled for 9 p.m.

There is no admission charge.

It's the final opportunity to make or improve qualifying times/marks for the May 22-24 Division III national meet in Canton, N.Y., and primarily elite athletes will compete.

All MIAC teams will be represented, as will the Univserity of Minnesota, Concordia-St. Paul, Iowa Conference schools Buena Vista, Luther, Simpson and Wartburg, and Wisconsin schools Stout, Eau Claire, River Falls and LaCrosse. A few top-flight unattached athletes also will be in the field.

St. Thomas swept the MIAC team championships last weekend in Moorhead -- the school's fourth consecutive men's and women's team sweep.

In current Division III national rankings, the Tommies have several men's and women's athletes in -- or trying to reach -- the national field:
.Joe Thomas is seeded fifth in the high jump (6-10 3/4) with an automatic mark, and is 26th with a provisional mark in the triple jump (46-6).
.The men's 4x100 relay is ranked 13th at 41.65, while the men's 4x400 is seeded fifth at 3:13.80.
.Andrew Hilliard is seeded 17th in the 400 hurdles (53.61);
.Carson Glad is seeded ninth in the 200 (21.55);
.Brian Preus is seeded 43rd in the 5,000 (14:49.67);
.Jason Schwietz is seeded 23rd in the 400 (48.34);
.At least two other Tommie men are close to provisional marks -- Tore Evenson in the javelin (184-0), and Craig Benson in the 110 hurdles (15.05);
.In the women's 800, Teresa Smock is seeded fifth (2:12.39), Tish Dusich is seeded 17th (2:14.69); Mollie Hupp is seeded 22nd (2:15.37).
.Hupp also is seeded 32nd in the 400 (57.38).
.The UST women's 4x400 relay is seeded 11th (3:51.87), and the Tommie 4x100 is seeded 26th (48.88).
.Karolien Bastiaens is seeded third in the pole vault with an automatic height of 12-5 1/4.

Results will be posted by 10:30 p.m. tonight (click on link below). You can also click below now for a slightly revised schedule and heat sheets.

see links to heat sheets, schedule, results here