2003 MIAC Outdoor Championships

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May 10, 2003 -- Men's Track and Field

Men's, Women's Track blast to big wins at MIAC

The St. Thomas track and field teams needed a big Saturday in Moorhead at the MIAC Championships to keep their team title streaks alive -- and they got it.

The Tommie men started the day trailing Gustavus by 30 points but scored a whopping 174.5 points today alone for a 73-point win over St. John's. Coach Steve Mathre's Tommies (221.5 points) won for the 19th time in 21 seasons and fourth season in a row. UST, which had seven firsts and seven runner-up finishes, scored in 20 of 22 events, with 31 different athletes scoring at least one point.

The Tommie women won for the 18th time in 19 seasons and fourth in a row with a 56-point margin over runner-up Carleton. Coach Joe Sweeney had 21 different athletes score points and they scored in 18 of 22 events, with six victories.

St. Thomas finished the school year with 10 MIAC team championships, including the men's and women's indoor and outdoor titles.

Both UST men and women seniors won the indoor and outdoor team titles all four years in their careers.

Senior All-American Andrew Hilliard had a hand in four firsts on the meet and finished his career with 16 MIAC championships indoors and outdoors in relays and individual races. Hilliard won the 400 hurdles for the third year in a row and joined an elite group to win four consecutive MIAC relay titles (4x400). He also ran on the winning 4x100 relay and was a surprise winner in Friday's long jump.

Soph Carson Glad also had a hand in four victories -- he swept the 100 and 200 dashes, anchored the winning 4x100 and ran on the first-place 4x400. His twin brother Cassidy Glas was second in the 100 and ran on the winning 4x400 relay.

Joe Thomas won the high jump and was second in the triple jump.

On the women's side, junior All-American Karolien Bastiaens broke her MIAC outdoor record in the pole vault with a meet and stadium record height of 12-5 1/4. That improves her NCAA automatic height by one inch.

Senior sprinters Jill Ylonen and Heidi Vogel joined a select group to run on four consecutive MIAC 4x100 relay title teams. Vogel also won the 200 dash and had five top-five finishes on the weekend. She finished her career as a 26-time all-conference performer(top-three placing) and had 36 career top-five MIAC finishes indoors and outdoors.

The UST women swept the 4x100, 4x400 and 4x800 relays. Freshman Mollie Hupp also won the 400 meters.

May 9, 2003 -- Men's Track and Field

Men, Women Track need big Saturday at MIAC meet

The St. Thomas men's and women's track and field teams competed well Friday but find themselves chasing other teams heading into the pivotal Saturday events.

The St. Thomas women scored 57.5 points and rail first-pplace Carleton by 3.5 points. Gustavus (36) and Concordia (25) also are in the chase. Coach Joe Sweeney's team scored 26 points in the long jump by placing 2-3-4-5-6.

The Tommie men, who have won 18 of the last 20 conference outdoor championships, have 47 points and trail Gustavus (77) by 30 points and St. John's (51) by four with a majority of events still to go. Three of the Gusties' best events were Friday as they scored big in the hammer, discus and pole vault.

In 2001, St. Thomas scored 57 Friday points and led by 12 into the last day before winning by 50 points. Last year, UST scored 54 on Friday and led by 11 before posting a 64-point win after the last day.

Coach Steve Mathre's team qualified well with six in the nine-man finals of the 100 meters, four in the 200, three in the 400, three in the 400 hurdles, and two in the 1,500. The Toms also have the best seed times in the 4x100 and 4x400 relays, and should score well in the 5,000, the high jump, triple jump and javelin.

Senior Andrew Hilliard came up big Friday with a first-place jump of 22-0 3/4 in the long jump. Andrew Kisielius scored three points by placing sixth. The Toms also scored 18 points in the 10,000 with a 2-3-5 finish by Brian Preus (31:34.45), Levi Severson (31:34.78) and Sean Brenckman (31:46.56). UST also scored six points with a third-place finish in the 4x800 in 7:53.68 (Kevin Wright, Robert Ware, Bryce Beckman, Shawn Lohmann), and nine points in the hammer with a third by Matt McLaughlin (152-9) and a sixth by Peter Rosholt (139-9).

In the women's long jump, Jill Ylonen (17-1 1/4), Theresa Meath (17-0 1/2), Kristal Grigsby (16-10 3/4), Heidi Vogel (16-9 3/4) and Andretta Colley (16-9 3/4) placed second through sixth.

UST also won the 4x800 relay in 9:20.45 with Jenny Borofoka, Brigid Power, Mollie Hupp and Teresa Smock.
They added seven points in the 10,000 with Nicole Gurgel and Beth Magnuson placing 4-5. They also scored nine in the javelin with Eria Wetzel (110-4) and Katie Reynolds (110-3) placing 4-5.

The Tommie women need to score well in Saturday's 4x100 and 4x400 relays, plus the triple jump, pole vault, 400 and 800.

May 8, 2003 -- Men's Track and Field

Tommie men, women seek MIAC track titles

Friday update:
Rain, wind and cool weather has greeted competitors at the MIAC Track & Field Championships today in Moorhead. The men's pole vault competition has been moved inside.

Friday's schedule includes men's finals in the hammer, pole vault, long jump, discus, 10,000, and 4x800 relay, and women's finals in the javelin, shot put, long jump, high jump, 10,000, and 4x800 relay. Friday prelims will be held for men and women in the 100, 200, 400, 800, 1,500, 4x100 relay, 110/100 hurdles and 400 hurdles.

Saturday's schedule includes men's finals in the javelin, high jump, triple jump and shot put, and women's finals in the triple jump, hammer, pole vault and discus. All remaining track finals for men and women also will be held -- 100, 200, 400, 800, 1,500 and 5,000 meters, 3000 steeplechase, 4x100, 4x400 relays, and 110/100 hurdles and 400 hurdles.

The only events held so far were the decathlon (men) and heptathlon (women), which were held last week at Carleton.

Meet Preview
The St. Thomas men's and women's track and field teams will each try to win their fourth consecutive conference team outdoor championships in the two-day meet Friday and Saturday in Moorhead.

Coach Steve Mathre's men's team will try to continue a streak which has seen UST win 18 of the last 20 outdoor team titles. The Tommie seniors are 7-for-7 in MIAC team titles indoors and outdoors in their careers. Senior Andrew Hilliard (4x400) will try to join an select group to run on four consecutive MIAC champion relay teams. Hilliard also will try to win the 400 hurdles for the third year in a row.

Coach Joe Sweeney's women's teams have won 17 of the last 18 outdoor team championships, and the seniors are 7-for-7 in MIAC team titles indoors and outdoors in their careers. Jill Ylonen and Heidi Vogel (4x100) will try to join a select group to run on four consecutive MIAC champion relay teams. Last week, the Toms' 4x400 relay team of Ylonen, Mollie Hupp, Vogel and Teresa Smock ran 3:51.87 -- just over the NCAA automatic mark of 3:51.00. That ranks fifth in Division III.

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Contact Phone 651-962-5915
Comments, questions, or feedback can be directed to Coach Steve Mathre samathre@stthomas.edu

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