Day Two
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THREE EVENTS, THREE NCAA RECORDS START DAY TWO OF NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS

The rewrite of the facility record book at St. Lawrence University's Merrick-Pinkard Track and Field complex continued on day two of the NCAA Division III Men's and Women's Outdoor Track Championships, and NCAA Division III records fell in the first three events of the day Thursday.

"We expected a number of records to fall for the facility," said St. Lawrence coach and meet director Mike Howard. "But it was going to take the kind of performances we have been seeing to do it. Many of our facility records have been set by potential Canadian Olympians who compete for the Ottawa Lions Track Club"

A total of six NCAA Division III meet records have been set in the first two days of competition and facility records have fallen in nearly every event but the dashes.

Wisconsin-Oshkosh sophomore Deena Heins set the day's first record, shattering the facility mark and the NCAA Division III Championship record in the women's hammer, and she did it twice. Heins threw 57.28 meters (187-11) to better the previous meet record by six inches in the trials and then threw 57.43 meters (188-5) to break her own record in the finals.

Moravian junior Christina Scherwin set a facility, Division III championship record and all-time Division III record in the javelin. Scherwin threw 55.34 meters (181-6) in the trials, 3.40 meters farther than the 19-year old record in the event which was held by Jodi Smiley of Wisconsin-LaCrosse.

The third NCAA meet record to topple was in the pole vault as Wisconsin-LaCrosse sophomore Hans Schmidt cleared 5.35 meters (17-6.5). Schmidt just missed in an attempt to match the all-time Division III record of 5.55 meters (18-2.5). A fourth meet record fell in the women's 3000 meter steeplechase as Williams College sophomore Jenn Campbell, the top qualifier in the event, ran 10:33.67, clipping nearly ten seconds off the previous meet record. The fifth record to fall on Friday belonged to defending women's triple jump champion Darcell Edwards, a junior from McMurray, who defended her title with a jump of 12.82 meters (42-0.75) which is both a NCAA Division III meet record and Division III all-time record.

The facility record also fell in the 110 hurdles competition held as part of the decathlon. John Zweiger of Wisconsin-LaCrosse won that race in 14.95 seconds, trimming .06 off the previous best. The high hurdle record went to 14.58 in the trials for Saturday's 110 meter hurdle finals as Derek Toschner of Wisconsin-LaCrosse led the field of those advancing. Megan Wiseman of Lynchburg set a facility record in the 800 meters as part of the heptathlon, winning that event in 2:13.99. That record was later improved to 2:10.39 by Megan Daymont of St. Olaf in the first of three trials in the 800 meter championship. The men's 800 track record also fell in the trials for that event as defending champion Matt Groose of Wisconsin-Oshkosh advanced to Saturday's final with a clocking of 1:48.83.

Peter Wagner, a senior from Central (IA), last year's second place finisher in the decathlon is the 2003 champion, overtaking Kevin Deering of Wisconsin-Oshkosh during the final five events to win with a total of 6825 points.

Calvin College senior Annie Vanderlaan is the 2003 heptathlon champion, posting a total of 4852 points in the seven-event competition. Vanderlaan won the 100 hurdles and 200 dash and scored over 800 points in both of those events plus the 800 meters in which she was sixth. Vanderlaan won by 49 points over second-place finisher Raegan Schultz of Central College of Iowa and automatically set a facility record in the event as it was the first time St. Lawrence has hosted a outdoor multi-event competition.

Freshman Dion Ballentine of Carthage College set a facility record and turned in the best jump of the season in winning the long jump with a 7.38 meter (24-2.5) jump. Ballentine improved his qualifying distance by over a foot in winning the event. Senior Noah Eschenbach of Wisconsin-Stevens Point also established a facility record in winning the hammer throw with a 58.27 (191-2) throw.

Justin Easter, a senior from Bates College, successfully defended his championship in the 3000 meter steeplechase, winning the event in a track record 8:54.27 which was also the best time run this season in Division III competition.