Men's Pole Vault
Matt Novak of UW-LaCrosse dominated the field on his way to the championship in the men's pole vault, and he nearly had an NCAA Championship record by clearing a height of 16'11" to top a field of 17 entrants. Kevin Clark of Elizabethtown finished as the runner-up, nearly eight inches behind Novak by clearing 16'3 ¼". UW-LaCrosse also placed Alex Tapplin third (15'11 ¼"). Four other athletes equaled that height, but only Derek Zulkowski had the same number of misses as Taplin to tie for third. Jonny Henkins of Monmouth came home fifth, while Zach Johnson (UW-Oshkosh) and Michael Bina (North Central) were sixth and seventh, rectively. Rounding out the All-Americans was Richard Stockton's Jake Owens.

Women's Hammer Throw


Keelin Godsey of Bates College set an NCAA Division III Championship record with a throw of 203'6" to claim the title in the women's hammer throw. Godsey bettered her mark which won last year's title and topped the field by over 20 feet. Robyn Jarocki of UW-Oshkosh was the runner-up (191'10") followed by teammate Danielle Rankin (176'6"). Felicia Tsai of Rensselaer Poly Institute placed fourth (175'7") and another Oshkosh thrower placed fifth (Rebecca Masephol -169'). The other All-Americans were Simpson's Caroline Capper (168'5"), Rochester Institute of Technology's Allison Griggs (167'9"), and Lindsey Blankenship of George Fox (164'3").

Women's High Jump
Trinity's Christyn Schumann won the women's high jump with a season best mark of 5'9 ¾" which bettered her winning mark from 2005. Kristin Moss of Williams and Jennifer Harlow of Wheaton (Mass.) tied for second, each clearing 5'7" in the same amount of attempts. Kapricia Poulos of Millikin was the first of two freshmen to earn All-America honors, placing fourth (5'7"). Megan Mason from St. Mary's was fifth (5'7"). The other All-Americans were Alanna Pledger of Willamette, Amanda Haney of SUNY-Geneseo, and Sara McGinnis of Ohio Northern who all tied for sixth at 5'5 ¾".

Women's Heptathlon
Calvin's Christine Hendricks set a new NCAA Division III Championship record by winning the heptathlon with 5,012 points. Hendricks bettered the previous mark of 4,943 set by Central College's Raegan Schultz. Hendricks was in second after the first day of competition, but won the first event Friday, the long jump to grab the lead and never looked back. Brooke Barker of Pacific (Oregon) came in second with 4,834 points. Barker won the javelin on the second day. Day one leader Lindsay Lange from Hope placed third with 4,790 points. Christina Acquaviva from SUNY-Cortland placed fourth (4,777). Amy Reed of Messiah used two second place finishes to place a close fifth (4,776). Emily Pankow from Luther was sixth (4,686), Dana Wilkerson of Central (4,646) came in seventh, and Wheaton (Illinois) senior Audrey Booth capped her career by placing eighth (4,626).

Men's 110 Meter Hurdles prelims
UW-LaCrosse continued its second day success by landing the top qualifier for the 110 meter hurdle finals. Junior Marcus Walgrave will pace the field in Saturday's finals after finishing in 14.29.

Women's 100 Meter Hurdles prelims
Defending champion Sheana Grigsby of Carthage posted the top time in the 100 meter hurdles in her attempt at a repeat. Grigsby ran 14.15 seconds, setting a stadium record in besting Denay Caldwell of New Jersey City (14.49).

Women's 400 Meter Dash prelims
Illinois Wesleyan's Rachel Anderson posted the fastest time of the year in Division III to qualify first for the finals of the 400 meter dash. Anderson's time of 54.82 topped SUNY-Oneonta's Ashlee Robertson's time of 55.49.

Men's 400 Meter Dash prelims
Three UW-LaCrosse athletes will be in the finals of the 400 meters as the Eagles occupy two of the top three slots for Saturday's final. Nate Olson ran 46.99 to lead the field while teammate Jeremy Deterville was third with a 47.23 mark.

Women's 100 Meter Dash prelims
Shandra Jackson of Lincoln University will lead the women's 100 meter dash finals on Saturday. Jackson posted a time of 11.84 in the prelims Friday and was one of only two individuals to be under 12 seconds. UW-Lacrosse's Jena Durnin (11.99) was the other.

Men's 100 Meter Dash prelims
Greg Nixon of Howard Payne ran a preliminary time of 10.64 to garner the top slot in Saturday's finals of the 100 meter dash. Bert Green of McMurry University qualified second as one of two freshmen to make the finals (10.70).

Men's High Jump
Ramapo College's Todd Lowber said in his post-championship news conference that he had a good feeling about the high jump. He was right. Lowber played basketball and had never jumped before this season. Lowber claimed the national title and was jumping for the meet record after clearing 7'0 ½". Paul Klemic of Richard Stockton was the runner-up after clearing 6'10 ¼". Loras' Andy Stoecken, the indoor champion, placed third with a height of 6'9". Augustana's Ted McMillan and Calvin's Mike Buist, both freshmen, tied for fourth also at 6'9". Chris Hickox from Mississippi College, also a freshman placed sixth with the same mark. Eric Belancic (Mount Union) and Bruce Cotton (Wilmington College) tied for seventh with a mark of 6'7 ¾". Belancic was the fourth freshman of the event to earn All-America status.

Men's Hammer Throw
Ross Kapp, a senior at UW-Whitewater, won the men's hammer throw with a toss of 198'11". Uzoma Orji of MIT finished second (198'4").UW-Whitewater also placed Joe Busalacchi third. Busalacchi threw 193'0. Colby's Jason Foster was fourth (186'8") followed by Brandon Houle of UW-Oshkosh (184'8"). The other All-Americans in the field were Dwayne Lockridge of Anderson (184'1"), Dan Austin of Williams (179'5"), and Jacob Courrier of Hamline (179'1").

Women's 800 Meter Run
North Central's Amber Druien, who had the top time entering the meet, will lead the field in the finals of the women's 800 meters after running 2:11.62 in Friday's preliminaries. The only other individual under 2:12 was Wartburg's Heidi Porter who ran 2:11.65.

Men's 800 Meter Run prelims
The College of New Jersey's Jeff Zodda posted a time of 1:50.69 just edging Elizabethtown's Nick Stenuf (1:50.73) for the top slot in Saturday's final. Defending champion Nick Symmonds of Willamette qualified fourth.

Women's 3000 Meter Steeplechase
Amanda Kuca of Concordia (Wisconsin) set an NCAA Division III Championship record in winning the steeplechase Friday evening. Kuca's time of 10:15.72 topped the old record by over 10 seconds. Second place Ellie Fernandez (John Carroll) also bettered the previous record, finishing with a time of 10:23.95. UW-LaCrosse's Julia Rudd was third (10:33.22) followed by 2005 champion Shauneen Garrahan of Amherst (10:43.85). The other All-Americans were Kim Sonne (Claremont Mudd-Scripps) who took fifth in 10:46.48, Illinois Wesleyan's Melinda Sprague (10:46.56), Becca Ades of Tufts (10:47.64), and Kathryn Moore of Bates (10:49.46).

Men's 3000 Meter Steeplechase
Senior Macharia Yuot from Widener University claimed the steeplechase championship Friday afternoon, winning in 9:03.88, the top time in Division III this season. The top three finishers, which included Grant Scott (Haverford -9:04.77) and Nick Johnson (Augustana-9:06.29) all bested the top time in Division III this season. Wartburg's Tim McKenna, the only freshman in the field, placed fourth (9:07.55). UW-LaCrosse's Mike Herlihy took fifth (9:10.11), Craig Dye of Nebraska Wesleyan was sixth (9:11.03), while Travis Bristow of Hamline claimed seventh (9:11.15). Teage O'Connor of the University of Chicago rounded out the All-Americans (9:11.27).

Men's Decathlon
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Matt Roberson won three events to claim the title in the decathlon. Roberson's total of 7,188 topped second place Fritz Nugent (Redlands) by over 100 points. Middlebury's Khristoph Becker was third with 6,996 points after winning two events. Adam Lendowski of UW-Whitewater also won two events and placed fourth (6,795). Seth Harris from George Fox was fifth (6,743) while Zane Buckingham of St. Lawrence placed sixth after taking first in one event. George Fox athletes occupied the final two slots as Josh Priester took seventh and Ryan Forbes eighth.