2003 NCAA Divison III Outdoor Track & Field Championships Thursday Photo Album Complete Gallery Additional Photos at prettysporty.com Thursday Results Men's Discus Decathlon 100 Heptathlon 100 Hurdles Decathlon Long Jump Heptathlon High Jump Decathlon Shot Put Women's 200 Trials Women's Discus Decathlon High Jump Heptathlon Shot Put Heptathlon 200 Men's 400 Hurdle Trials Women's 400 Hurdle Trials Decathlon 400 Men's 1500 Trials Women's 1500 Trials Women's Long Jump Mens 4x100 Trials Women's 4x100 Trials Men's 10,000 Meters Men's 4x400 Relay Trials Women's 4x400 Relay Trials Women's Pole Vault Men's High Jump Women's 10,000 Meters Thursday Results Men Thursday Results Women         Links NCAA Championships Page NCAA Home   Day One Note: Results will be posted following the official protest period (30 minutes) after each event. Click on the link on the left for results. TRACK RECORDS TUMBLE AS CHAMPIONSHIP BEGINS It didn't take long for a facility record to fall as the 2003 NCAA Division III Men's and Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championships got underway at St. Lawrence University's Merrick-Pinkard Track complex Thursday morning. And once records starting falling, they kept right on going as new facility marks were set in nearly every event and one NCAA Division III record was set on the first day of competition. Kim Marino, a junior from Richard Stockton, shattered the Division III meet record in the pole vault, clearing 4.01 meters (13-1.75), 5.5 inches higher than the previous standard. Sophomore Dan Olson of Wheaton College (MA) attempted a Division III record in the high jump at 7-3, but settled for a facility record 2.16 meter (7-1) jump to win that event. Wisconsin-Oshkosh junior Chris Jensen improved the facility record by nearly five meters in winning the discus with a throw of 54.94 meters (180-3). Jensen, who was third in last season's outdoor nationals, unseated defending champion Mike Turgeon of Wisconsin-LaCrosse, who came into the meet with the top qualifying throw this season. Turgeon threw 54.77 meters (179-8) and finished second in the event. The women's discus record for the stadium also tumbled as Johns Hopkins senior Kathy Darling earned All America status for the fourth straight year with a winning throw of 48.30 meters (158-5). That mark improved the track record by 24 feet. Junior Darcell Edwards of McMurray set the facility record and had the best jump of the year among Division III competitors when she won the women's long jump championship with a 6.09 meter leap (19-11.75) edging Rochester Institute of Technology senior Molly Urquhart by a quarter of an inch. Sophomore Cory Stelljes of the University of Wisconsin-Platteville clipped a minute off the track record in winning the men's 10,000 meters in 30:09.44 while senior Mary Proulx of Keene State took three seconds off the track record in the women's 10,000 as she successfully defended her 2002 championship with a win in 34:08.59. Another facility record fell in the heptathlon high jump as Williams sophomore Joyia Chadwick cleared 1.69 meters (5-6.5) to set the record in that event. She earned 842 points with the winning jump as the heptathletes competed in four events on Thursday and the men's decathlon had its first five events. Kevin Deering of Wisconsin Oshkosh set a facility record in the high jump during the decathlon competition with a 2.08 meter leap (6-9.75) which was later eclipsed by Wheaton's Olson. Deering held a slim 11 point lead over Peter Wagner of Central College at the midway point in the ten-event decathlon. Deering has 3469 points going into Friday's concluding five events while Wagner has scored 3458. Jon Zweiger of Wisconsin-Oshkosh is third with 3349 points. In the women's heptathlon, Annie Vanderlaan of Calvin College has the first day lead with 3083 points through the first four events. Jessica Trombley of Tufts is second with 2836 heading into Friday's final three events. Derek Toshner of Wisconsin LaCrosse trimmed nearly three seconds off the track record in the 400 meter hurdle trials, advancing with a time of 51.66 seconds. Jackie Dight of Ohio Northern trimmed over two seconds off the track record in the women's 400 hurdle trials, advancing in 60.66 seconds while Patrick Sullivan of the University of Chicago improved the track record by nearly a second in the 1500 meter trials, advancing with a time of 3:54.98. The women's 1500 meter track record also fell as defending champion Missy Buttry of Wartburg trimmed six seconds off the previous standard in the trials with a win in 4:30.67. Track records were also set by the men's 4x100 relay team from Wisconsin LaCrosse of Herc Hyland, Nate Olson, Ben Dorsey and Mat Pagel who ran 41.39 to advance to the finals in that event and the women's 4x100 relay team from Carthage College of Caretha Carroll, Sheana Grigsby, Latrice Powell and Muffy Israel ran a 46.86 for a track record in the trials. Records were also set in the 4x400 relays as the Wisconsin-LaCrosse team of Olson, Eric Schmidt, Dan Haumschild and Kris Smith advanced to Saturday finals with a 3:13.02 clocking in the trials and the women's team of Kate Powell, Brittny Boyd, Irene Leidenfrost and Tiffany Clark from the College of New Jersey advanced to the finals with a 3:47.79 clocking.