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NPU Track-Field Teams Place Fourth in Relays
BLOOMINGTON, IL (January 20, 2003) - The North Park University (NPU) men's and
women's indoor track and field teams both placed fourth at the Illinois
Wesleyan University Relays last Saturday.
In the men's division, NPU had 45 points as Augustana College posted a
winning team point total of 145. Will Mejia had North Park's best
individual performance, placing second in the weight throw and shot put
respectively. Jerry Kosiba added a second place finish in the high jump and
Williams, Ahkeem Waterford and Dante Britten finished 3-4-5 in the 55 meter
dash. That trio and Chris Wada combined to place second in the 800 meter
relay. In the 3,200 relay, Matt Wheeler, Conor Johnson, Chris Gruenewald
and Paul Farnum combined to place sixth.
In women's competition, the Vikings totaled 41 points as the home school
scored 125 for team honors. Lucia Able placed second in the women's long
jump and Lacretia Carroll was second in the triple jump for NPU. Grace
Conrad placed third in the 3,000 meter run with a time of 11:12 and Kersta
Johnson was fifth in the 55 meter hurdles. In the weight events, Rachel
Newhouse and Sarah Baker were fourth and fifth in the weight throw. Baker
was sixth in the shot put. In the relays, NPU's 800 meter relay of Carroll,
Able, Jenny Delcamp and Kersta Johnson finished third in 1:55.22. The 1,600
relay team of Carroll, Johnson, Able and Becky Gritter was fifth in 4:34.
The NPU track and field teams will compete at the University of
Wisconsin-Whitewater Invite on Saturday.
In other NPU sports action Saturday, the Vikings lost a double overtime
thriller 92-91 in a men's basketball game played at Millikin University to
fall to 9-5 overall and 0-4 in the College Conference of Illinois and
Wisconsin. Sneed Deaderick had 20 points and 10 rebounds in the loss. The
Vikings host Robert Morris College of Springfield, Illinois in a
7:30 p.m. non-conference game Wednesday.
On the women's side, NPU lost 77-55 to visiting Illinois Wesleyan despite
20 points and six assists by Shandrel Young. The Vikings (5-9, 1-4) host
Milwaukee School of Engineering in a non-conference game at 7:30 p.m.
Thursday.
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