Saturday, May 28
Shelby Demos (Janesville/Parker) posted a third place finish in the high jump Saturday at the NCAA DIII outdoor track and field championships in Delaware, Ohio to lead UW-W to a nineteenth place (tied) finish out of 82 teams. Demos, the school record holder in the event (5-7.5), scored six team points with a height of 5-7.00. Demos, now a three-time All-American, finished second in the high jump at the 2011 NCAA DIII indoor meet and sixth at the 2010 NCAA DIII indoor meet. Elizabeth Evans of Rose-Hulman won the event with a height of 5-8.00.

Results

Dana Thompson (Belleville/Belleville) chipped in four team points with a fifth place finish in the discus. Thompson, a senior, recorded a distance of 146-09 in the discus earning All-America honors for the third time (second in track, once in basketball). Thompson won the discus in 2008 at the NCAA DIII outdoor championship and is the school's record holder with a mark of 161-08. Breanna Strup of UW-Oshkosh won the event tallying a distance of 160-05.

JoLyn Owen (Middleton/Middleton) also competed for UW-W Saturday finishing twentieth in the high jump with a height of 5-1.75. Owen, a multi-sport athlete also competing in volleyball, holds the school record for the heptathlon.

Any individual athlete or relay team finishing in the top eight of their respective event earns All-America honors. UW-W has had multiple All-Americans at the outdoor track and field championships in three out of the last four years.

UW-Oshkosh earned the team championship totaling 80 points. The second place finisher, Wartburg, tallied 59.

This event concludes competition for the UW-Whitewater women's track and field team this season.

For additional information, Josh Ireland


Friday, May 27
Seniors Jessa Luebke (Tomah/Tomah) and Sara Poppe (Germantown/Kettle Moraine Lutheran) finished their careers at the NCAA DIIII outdoor track and field championship on Friday in Delaware, Ohio competing in the hammer throw and triple jump, respectively.  Mel Pilon (Waukesha/Waukesha South) also competed on Friday in the pole vault.

Results

Luebke threw 166-05 to finish eleventh in the hammer.  The winner, Holly Ozanich of UW-Oshkosh, threw 200-00.  Luebke finished eighth in the hammer at the NCAA DIII indoor track and field championship.

Poppe, who finished in twenty-second place on day one of the meet in the long jump, finished sixteenth in the triple jump on Friday with a distance of 36-11.50.  Tanasia Hoffler of Williams won the event with a distance of 40-05.00  Poppe is UW-W's record holder with a distance of 39-4.50.  She finished seventh in the triple jump at the 2010 NCAA DIII indoor track and field championship.

Pilon, UW-W's record holder in the pole vault (11-7.75), finished twenty-first in the event with a distance of 10-7.50.  The winner was Abigail Schaffer of Moravian who conquered a height of 13.70 feet.

Competition for the women concludes on Saturday.  Highlighting the action will be the 2008 NCAA DIII discus champion, Dana Thompson (Belleville/Belleville) competing in the same event.  The women will also have two high jumpers competing on Saturday, Shelby Demos (Janesville/Parker) and JoLyn Owen (Middleton/Middleton).


Thursday, May 26
Sara Poppe (Germantown/Kettle Moraine Lutheran) was the sole woman for the Warhawks to compete in the first day of competition at the NCAA III Outdoor Track and Field Championship hosted by Ohio Wesleyan University in Delaware, Ohio.
Results

Poppe led off the meet for Whitewater in the long jump where she placed twenty-second, posting a jump of 16-7.25. She will face the sand pit again Friday in the triple jump scheduled for 4:20 Central.

Jessa Leubke and Melanie Pilon will join Poppe in Friday's action with finals in the hammer throw and pole vault respectively, both scheduled to commence at 11:00 am.

Preview
The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater women will be led by national champion Dana Thompson (Belleville/Belleville) at the NCAA III Outdoor Track and Field Championship May 26-28 at Ohio Wesleyan University in Delaware, Ohio.  The Warhawks will have a total of seven athletes in six events.

list of UW-W qualifiers, information (pdf)

list of UW-W qualifiers, information (Word)

Animoto Video (A Championship Weekend)

In most events preliminary heats or competition will take place, with the top performers advancing to the final of their event.  The top eight finishers in each event, including relays, earn All-America honors at the NCAA III championship.

Qualifiers for the national meet are based on performance standards, with the top performers qualifying as individuals (there is no team qualifying) with the size of the meet closely tied to the number of schools sponsoring a sport and historical data on performances in each event.

UW-Whitewater finished twenty-fourth in the NCAA III indoor championship in March, with Shelby Demos (Janesville/Parker), a two time All-American, leading the way with a second place in the high jump.  The group also includes Dana Thompson (Belleville/Belleville), the 2008 NCAA III discus champion.  The Warhawks' best finish in the NCAA outdoor meet is a fourth place in 2000.  Illinois Wesleyan University won the 2010 NCAA III women's outdoor meet.

For additional information:  Josh Ireland, UW-W coach