(Portions of this story were taken from the DePauw
University and Trinity University websites)
MARIETTA, Ohio - Trinity University picked up new
more All-America honors on Friday as senior Emily
Loeffler (pictured right) placed eighth in the
3,000-meter steeplechase and freshman Justin
Campbell placed third in the discus at the 2009 NCAA
Division III Outdoor Track and Field Championships. Official
championships website
Loeffler is now a four-time All-American
in outdoor and indoor track, and cross country.
Loeffler placed fifth in this year's NCAA Indoor
5,000 meters, and was third in the 2008 Outdoor steeplechase. She
was 17th in last fall's NCAA Cross Country Championships.
Campbell (pictured right) also became an
All-American with a third-place finish in the men's discus on
Friday. Campbell, also an offensive lineman on the Tigers football
team, registered a throw of 164 feet, 7 inches (50.18 meters).
Senior Todd Wildman qualified for Saturday's
110-meter hurdles, with a trials time of 14.50 seconds.
Wildman had the second-best time in the trials,
right behind Edgar Townsend of Greenville College, at 14.39. On
Thursday, Wildman had an All-America performance
in the long jump.
As for other SCAC student-athletes competing on Friday, DePauw
University junior Lauren Reich (pictured
left) broke her own school record in the 800-meter run and
qualified for tomorrow's finals at the NCAA Division III Track and
Field Championships.
Sophomore Sandy Henin of Rhodes College also
participated in the 800-meter run, but did not qualify for the
finals after running a 2:13.73.
Reich, who broke the 21-year old school mark just two weeks ago, finished second in her heat in 2:11.96 which equaled the third-fastest time.
She will also compete in the 1,500-meter finals tomorrow at 1:30
p.m. with the 800 finals set for 3 p.m.
Junior Caitlin McGeehan of Hendrix College ran the
400 meter dash, but did not qualify for Saturday's finals after
finishing with a time of 57.25.