Two seniors earned
All-American status for the Monmouth College track team on the
second day of competition at the NCAA Division III outdoor
championships at Oshkosh, Wis., bringing their All-American total
this week to five.
Zach Wilson’s (Lacon,
Ill./Midland) 179’10 mark in the hammer throw placed him sixth and
earned the senior his first outdoor All-American honor to go with
two indoor awards. Classmate Megan Clennon (Aurora, Ill./West)
gained All-American status outdoors for the second year in a row.
She finished in a tie for eighth in the high jump clearing 5’4-1/2.
Two juniors earned
spots in Saturday’s finals. Shannon Turczyn (Peru,
Ill./LaSalle-Peru) broke her own school record in the prelims of the
women’s 100-meter hurdles. She clocked the day’s third-fastest time,
turning in a 14.18 to better her own school mark by more than a
tenth of a second. Luke Reschke (Geneseo, Ill./Geneseo) punched his
ticket to the finals in the men’s 400-meter dash. His time of 48.03
was also the third-fastest time of the day.
Sophomore Clay Staley
placed 16th in the men’s steeplechase with a time of 9:32.40. Jenny
Babos’ hammer throw of 147’5 failed to qualify the senior for the
finals.
The Fighting Scots
schedule for Saturday finds Babos competing in the women’s shot put
at noon; Turczyn in the finals of the women’s 100-meter hurdles at
1:45 p.m.; and Reschke running in the finals of the men’s 400-meter
dash at 2:20 p.m.
Monmouth’s men are in
second place in the team standings entering the final day. Their 16
points puts them three points behind St. Thomas. The Scots women are
tied for 19th with six points.
