NORTHFIELD, Minn. -- Though the 2014 Minnesota Intercollegiate
Athletic Conference (MIAC) Outdoor Track and Field Championships
don't start in full for another week, the multi-event competitions
were held Thursday and Friday at Carleton College in Northfield,
Minn. The Knights' Amelia Campbell continued her amazing season by
setting a new MIAC record while winning the heptathlon title, and
St. Thomas' Maxwell Dunne finished fifth or better in all 10 events
to win the decathlon.
Campbell finished with a score of 5,132 thanks to first-place
finishes in six of the seven events, and she won by more than
1,100 points. She beat the old MIAC Championships record of 4,829,
set by Concordia's Kaari Jensen in 2012, by more than 300 points.
Campbell's score also ranks as the best score in all of NCAA
Division III in 2014, and the fifth-best score in D-III history.
Her latest MIAC title comes on the heels of her conference and
national records and championships in the pentathlon during the
indoor season.
| HEPTATHLON RESULTS |
Campbell finished first in the 100-meter hurdles (14.49), high
jump (5-3), shot put (36-7.75), 200-meter dash (25.43), long jump
(17-6.75) and the 800-meter run (2:16.59) and she finished second
in the javelin (103-4). St. Thomas' Bailey Cook finished second
(3,936 points), just 18 points ahead of Concordia's Mikayla Forness
(3,918 points), who came in third. Those two joined Campbell in
earning All-Conference honors in the event. Cook shared first place
with Campbell in the high jump, also clearing 5-3, and Forness
finished first in the javelin with a throw of 106-2.
In the decathlon, Dunne won three of the 10 events to claim his
title, and his score ranks No. 8 nationally in 2014. He dominated
the throwing events en route to a winning total of 6,561 points,
and dominated the throwing events. He finished first in the shot
put (41-7.25), discus (116-0) and javelin (156-3), and took second
in the long jump and pole vault. Dunne added a third-place finish
in the 100-meter hurdles, he was fourth in the 100-meter dash, high
jump and 1,500-meter run and finished fifth in the 400-meter
dash.
| DECATHLON RESULTS |
Dunne's margin of victory was 219 over Carleton's Colby
Seyferth, who was the runner-up with a total of 6,342. Another
Tommie - Dunne's teammate Connor O'Neill - came in third with a
score of 5,752. Seyferth finished first in the 100 (11.23), 400
(50.55) and 1,500 (4:39.97) and O'Neill had the best mark in the
pole vault (15-7.75).
If the tremendous performances at the multi-event competitions
are any indication, the rest of the 2014 MIAC Outdoor Track and
Field Championships should be outstanding. The full meet will also
be held in Northfield - only across town at St. Olaf College. The
meet will be held Friday and Saturday, May 9-10, with Friday's
action starting at 1 p.m. and Saturday's meet beginning at noon.
Visit the 2014 MIAC Outdoor Track and Field Championships home
page for complete details.