Women's Track runs fast 4x100 and 4x400 at LaCrosse

May 20, 2005
see LaCrosse last chance results here

The St. Thomas women's track and field team ran the second fastest 4x400 relay time in Division III thus far in 2005 with Friday's 3:49.02 time for first place at UW-LaCrosse. Molly Bauman, Christina Chapman, Kristal Grigsby and Alicia Wolff not only ran an automatic NCAA qualifying time but came within two seconds of a school record.

UST also ran the seventh-best 4x100 time in the nation as it won that relay in 47.58, just .33 off the school record. Bauman, Chapman, Andretta Colley and Grigsby comprised that relay.

Grigsby jumped 5-2 1-2 in the high jump, and Colley sailed 37-0 1-2 in the triple jump -- neither were season bests.

On the men's side, UST placed second in the 4x400 in an NCAA automatic qualifying time of 3:13.56 -- the fifth best time in Division III this season. Four other Tommies competed in hopes of improving their chances to reach next week's national meet -- sophomore P.J. Theisen clocked 53.40 in the 400 hurdles and ranks 14th; senior Dave Diercks threw a career-best 192-6 in the javelin which is tied for 13th; junior Derek Marks threw 163-9 and is 13th in the discus; and junior Peter Rosholt threw 171-11, under his previous best in the hammer.

The NCAA Championships will be held May 26-28 in Waverly, Iowa, hosted by Wartburg. The Tommies should send at least a dozen athletes.