May 26, 2012

Ephs Finish 5th at NCAA Outdoor Track Championships; Jenna Adams Breaks Own School Record

CLAREMONT, CA – Entering the third and final day of the NCAA Outdoor Track & field Championships the Ephs were in fourth place with 11 points. Wartburg led the competition with 29 points.

Scoring 12 points on the third day of competition the Ephs finished in 5th place with 23 points. Wartburg College ran away with the team title racking up 129 points, which was an astounding 77 points ahead of second place Wisconsin-Oshkosh.

Sophomore Jenna Adams was the first Eph to compete on Saturday. Adams was seeded 9^th in the pole vault event with a season best of 3.80m (12' 5.6"), which was the Williams outdoor record. Adams' results would not be known for quite some time due to the quality of the field. She did, however, finish 6th posting another a school record height -- 3.85m (12' 07.50") -- earning All-America honors for the first time.

Senior Olivia Delia entered the 1500m run seeded 12^th with a time of 4:33.68 and by shaving a little over three seconds off her previous best this spring she finished 8^th in a time of 4:40.50 to earn All-America honors.

Sophomore Brianne Mirecki was seeded 5^th in the 3000m steeplechase and had posted a season best time of 10:40.35. Today Mirecki finished in a time of 10:52.99, placing 9^th. Mirecki was one place from scoring and one place from All-America honors.

Sophomore Amina Avril who had already earned All-America honors at the Championships in the hammer throw and the discus entered the shot put competition seeded 22^nd with a season best of 43' 3.29". Avril moved up five places from her seed and finished 17^th, putting the shot 13.08m (42' 11.00").

Junior Tanasia Hoffler, the defending outdoor triple jump champion, having won the event as both a freshman and a sophomore entered seeded fifth in the event this spring with a season best 39' 9.55". Hoffler's streak of outdoor triple jump titles was ended at two by Melissa Norville of Illinois College. Norville posted a 12.58m (41' 03') mark to claim the win. Hoffler ended up second with a 12.38m effort (40' 7.5"), earning All-America honors in the event for the third straight year.