Toms send 6 women, 6 men to NCAA track in several events

May 24, 2005
see link to NCAA track meet home page with heat sheets, schedule, qualifiers here

St. Thomas will have six women (two relays/five individual events) and six men (four individual events/one relay) at this week's NCAA Division III Track & Field Championships in Waverly, Iowa. The action begins Thursday and runs through Saturday.

The Tommie women have a shot at a top-eight finish. Coach Joe Sweeney's team took 13th last year at nationals and fifth in March at the 2005 indoor nationals. Coach Steve Mathre's men placed ninth at the 2004 outdoor nationals and 10th in March at indoor nationals.

Kristal Grigsby (JR-Mpls./Breck) will defend her NCAA title in the long jump and also will compete in the triple jump, high jump, 4x100 relay and 4x400 relay. Andretta Colley (SR-Jamaica), an All-American last March at indoor nationals, will compete in the 4x100, triple jump and long jump.

Two-time All-American Brigid Power (SR-Eden Prairie) will close out her career in the 1,500 meters. Molly Bauman (JR-Coon Rapids) will run the 400 hurdles, the 4x100 and the 4x400. Christina Chapman (SO-Edina) will run both relays and Alicia Wolff (SR-Forest Lake) will run the 4x400.

The Tommie men will run the 4x400 relay again and look to extend a streak of top-five finishes in that event to seven. UST has placed second nationally in the indoor 4x400 the last two years. Carson Glad (SR-Cold Spring/Rocori) and Jason Schwietz (SR-Forest Lake) will close out their career in the 4x400 and Glad also will run the 200. Cory Fusco (SR-Eagan/Eastview) will run the 800; Dave Diercks (SR-Faribault) will throw the javelin; P.J. Theisen (SO-New Prague) will run the 400 hurdles and the 4x400; and J.J. Kirby (JR-LeSueur/LeSueur-Henderson) will run on the 4x400.

NCAA D-III Championships/May 26-28, Waverly, Iowa
(seeding and season-best time/mark listed)
Women's Qualifiers from MIAC
--100 Meters: 7. Tonnisha Bell Jr Augsburg 12.01
--200 Meters: 9. Bell 24.84
--1500 Meters: 10. Brigid Power Sr St. Thomas 4:36; 17. Hannah Dietrich Sr Augsburg 4:38.38; 18. Ellen Koranda Jr St. Mary's 4:40.04; 20. Natalie Hanson Jr Conc.-Moorhead 4:40.19
--5000 Meters: 9. Amy Lyons So Bethel 17:14.98; 10. Keidra Anderson Jr Hamline 17:20.93
--10,000 Meters: 12. Anderson 36:36.86; 14. Nichole Petersen Sr Gustavus 36:48.62; 15. Hailey Harren So Gustavus 36:54.45
--400 Hurdles: 13. Molly Bauman Jr St. Thomas 63.26
--3000 Steeplechase: 12. Kourtney Joyce Jr Gustavus 11:02.10
--4x100 Relay: 7. St. Thomas (Bauman, Christina Chapman, Andretta Colley, Kristal Grigsby) 47.58; 12. St. Benedict (Patti Clintsman, Jennifer Dalhed, Bethany Keene, Sarah Nezworksi) 47.83
--4x400 Relay: 2. St. Thomas (Bauman, Chapman, Grigsby, Alicia Wolff) 3:49.02; 11. Conc.-Moorhead (Alissa Bilden, Hanson, Kelly Olson, Angie Pfeiffer 3:54.34
--Heptathlon: 2. Ashley Dingels Sr St. Mary's 4668; 5. Nicole Plante Sr Conc.-Moorhead 4576; 19. Dana Luiken So Hamline 4271
--Long Jump: 2. Grigsby Jr 19-5 1/4; 7. Colley Sr 19-0 1/2
--Triple Jump: 7. Grigsby Jr 39-1; 17. Colley Sr 37-10 3/4
--Shot Put: 8. Jenna Wendorff Jr St. Benedict 45-2 1/4
--Javelin: 4. Plante Sr 144-5;
--High Jump: tie 4. Grigsby Jr and Sr Dingels 5-7 1/4;
--Pole Vault: 16. Janna Castellano So Gustavus 11-8

Men's Qualifiers from MIAC
--200 Meters: 9. Carson Glad Sr St. Thomas 21.51
--800 Meters: 16. Cory Fusco Sr St. Thomas 1:52.72
1,500 Meters: 6. Nick Myran Sr Conc.-Moorhead 3:52.02
--10,000 Meters: 10. Malcolm Richards Sr St. Olaf 30:17.21; 14. Jeff Metzdorff Sr Hamline 30:19.30
--400 Hurdles: 16. P J Theisen So St. Thomas 53.40
--3000 Steeplechase: 16. Dan Bucy Sr Carleton 9:13.48
--4x400 Relay: 5. St. Thomas (Carson Glad, J.J. Kirby, Jason Schwietz, P.J. Theisen) 3:13.56; 8. St. John's (Peter Allen, Steve Dalhed, Derek Johnson, Mike Leither) 3:14.02
--Shot Put: 12. Peter Cathcart Jr St. Olaf 54-1 3/4
--Hammer: 5. Jon Dahlin Sr Augsburg 191-0
--Javelin: 14. Dave Diercks Sr St. Thomas 192-6
--Pole Vault: 12. Alex Wise So Macalester 15-11