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Day One Recap One national record and seven venue records were set as eight National Champions were crowned on the first day of the 2005 NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field National Championship at Walston-Hoover Stadium on the campus of Wartburg College on Thursday. Williams (Mass.) junior Dan Austin set an NCAA Division III Championship and a Stadium record in the discus with a throw of 59.76 meters, a mark that provisionally qualifies him for the U.S. Nationals. He broke the previous meet record (58.28 meters) set in 1983 by Hamline’s Mike Manders. Wisconsin-Oshkosh junior Robyn Jaroki threw a Division III season-best and Stadium record 52.34 meters in the women’s discus to win the event by 5.35 meters and improved on her third-place national finish a year ago. Amherst senior Carter Hamill and Wisconsin-Oshkosh junior Robyn Jaroki set Division III season-best and Stadium records in winning national titles in the women’s 10,000-meters and women’s discus, respectively. Hamill ran a time of 34:00.43 and Jaroki recorded a throw of 52.34 meters. Also setting Walston-Hoover Stadium records and winning National Championships were Wisconsin-Eau Claire junior Stephanie Barnes, who won a three-way jump-off to capture the women’s pole vault title (3.72 meters); Richard Stockton junior Paul Klemic in the men’s long jump (7.67 meters); St. Thomas (Minn.) senior Andretta Colley in the women’s long jump (5.92 meters) and Wartburg senior Josh Moen in the men’s 10,000-meters (30:31.45). North Central senior Brian DeLoriea improved on his eighth-place finish in 2004 to capture the men’s pole vault crossing at a height of 5.16 meters. In the men’s team race through four events (10K, long jump, discus, pole vault), four-time defending National Champion University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse holds a two point lead over North Central College (21.5-19.5). Calvin College is third (16 points) followed by a four-way tie for fourth between Richard Stockton College, Wartburg College, Williams College and Nebraska Wesleyan University (10 points). In
the women’s team race through four events (10K, long jump,
discus, pole vault), University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire holds
a two-point lead over the University of St. Thomas (18-16). The
University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh is in third-place with 15 points,
followed by Williams College with 14 points. Luther College and
Amherst College are tied for fifth with 10 points.
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