MIAC Outdoor Championships
Carleton College - Northfield
May 5 & 11-12, 2001

The St. Thomas men's team scored a 50-point win Saturday over runner-up St. Olaf at the MIAC Track & Field Championships in Northfield. Coach Steve Mathre's team, which started the final day with a 12-point lead, won the team championship for the 17th time in 19 seasons.

UST scored 184 points to top closest pursuers St. Olaf (134), St. John's (117), Concordia (102), Gustavus (99) and Hamline (80).

UST senior Jeremy Heckman, who had a hand in 36 team points this weekend, added his 18th and 19th career conference gold medals as he helped the winning 4x100 and 4x400 relays and was second in the 100 (10.96) and 200 (21.97).

Sophs Justin Hall and Andrew Hilliard each had a hand in 35 points. They both ran on the two first-place relays; Hall won the 400 (48.56) and was fourth in the 200 (22.41); and Hilliard won the 400 hurdles (53.31) and was fourth in the 100 (11.15). The 4x100, which included Tom Hart, clocked 41.63. The 4x400, which included Mark Bates, clocked 3:14.80. Bates also took third in the 400 hurdles (54.98), and Hart was third in the 400 dash (49.13).

Chris Milton had the Toms' other victory in Friday's pole vault (15-3 1-2).

Aaron Johnson scored 15 points for the Toms with a third, fourth and fifth in the discus (151-7), hammer (148-1) and shot put (45-8 1-2). The Toms also scored 17 points in Friday's 10,000 meters with Levi Severson (second in NCAA provisional time of 31:50.88), Nick Maddox (third, 31:55.87) and Brian Preus (sixth, 32:04.10).

Other top-five placers for UST were Dan Slater in the javelin (second, 182-6); Craig Benson (second, 15.09) and Parker Gunderson (third, 15.63) in the 110 hurdles; Ryan Kollmann in the 1,500 (third, 3:59.41); Joe McCarney in the decathlon (second, 6,177); Andrew Kisielius in the long jump

2001 MIAC Men's Indoor Recap:
Coach Steve Mathre's men's team won the 2001 MIAC indoor championships, making it 17-for-17 all-time indoor team crowns for the Tommie men. Heckman had a had in three victories and UST won five events.
The UST men scored 158 points to hold off a strong bid by St. Olaf, which tallied 140. Concordia-Moorhead (114), Gustavus (81), Hamline and Carleton (68), St. John's (61) and Augsburg (43) rounded out the top eight in the 11-team field.

For the men, Heckman led a 1-4-5 finish in the 200. Justin Hall, the 400 runner-up, took fourth in 22.68. Tom Hart was fifth in 22.76.

The Toms swept the 4x400 and 4x200 relays. The 4x200 team of Parker Gunderson, Andrew Kisielius, Nick Stahly and Andrew Hilliard ran 1:30.83. The 4x400 team of Hilliard, Heckman, Hart and Hall ran 3:20.79.

Mike Gruba took second in the 800 (1:56.58); Aaron Johnson was second in the weight throw (49-4 1-2) and sixth in the shot put (44-4 1-4); and Kisielius was sixth in the triple jump.


2000 MIAC Men's Outdoor Recap:
UST also cruised to the 2000 MIAC outdoor crown at Hamline with 198.5 points, well ahead of runner-up Concordia (117).

Returning MIAC outdoor champs for the Toms are Justin Hall in the 400 (49.66); Ryan Kollmann in the 1500 (4:14.40); Chris Milton in the Pole Vault (14-4 1/2); the 4x100 relay team, including Nick Stahly, Hall and Jeremy Heckman (42.08); and the 4x400 relay team of Andrew Hilliard, Mark Bates, Jason Villar and Hall (3:20.02). Other All-MIAC returners from 2000 (top-three finishers) are Craig Benson, second in the 100 hurdles; Heckman, second in the 200 meters (21.65) and third in the 100 meters (10.77); Villar, second in the 400 meters (51.06); Bates, second in the 400-meter hurdles; Nick Maddox, third in the 5000 meters (15:27.38); and Hilliard, third in the 400-meter hurdles (56.01); and Dan Draine, third in the 3000-meter steeplechase (9:29.30).