Toms qualify three men, six women to NCAA track

March 7, 2000
St. Thomas sprinter Roman Cress (SO-Mpls./South) leads a contingent of nine UST athletes who have qualfiied for this weekend's NCAA Division III Indoor Track & Field Championships in Bloomiongton, Ill. The competition starts Friday and concludes Saturday at Illinois Wesleyan University.

Cress has the fastest time in the 55 meters (6.20) in the field of 14 qualifiers. Two other UST men have qualified -- Joe Bilek (SR-Aldrich/Staples) is seded sixth of 16 in the weight throw (57-2 3-4) and Ryan Kollmann (JR-Lino Lakes/Centennial) is 13th of 13 in the 1,500.

For the UST women, Katie Arnes (JR-Coon Rapids) is tied for ninth among 18 qualifiers in the high jump (5-5 3-4); Katie Bestul (JR-Coon Rapids) is 10th and Kara Hedin (JR-Dassel/Dassel-Cokato) is 16th of 18 qualifiers in the 55 hurdles; and the Toms' 4x400 relay team of Tish Dusich (FR-Ely), Emily Haley (SR-Chippewa Falls, Wis.), Hedin and Heidi Vogel is eighth of nine qualifiers.