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Women's Track and Field Place Fifth in Wheaton

WHEATON, IL (March 30, 2003) - Lucia Abel won the long jump and triple jump events as the North Park University (NPU) women's track and field team placed fifth at the Wheaton Invitational last Saturday.

Abel leaped 17 feet, 2 inches to win the long jump and had a triple jump effort of 36 feet, 10 and one-quarter inches. Teammate Lacretia Carroll leaped 34 feet, 7 inches for third in the triple jump. Abel also placed seventh in the 200-meter dash in 23.27 seconds. Carroll won the 400-meter hurdles in a time of 1:05.9 while teammate Kersta Johnson was eighth in 1:12.0.

Grace Conrad was North Park's other individual winner in women's competition, running her 5,000-meter race with a 19:17.4 clocking. The Vikings had 49 points as Carthage won the team title with 116 points.

In the men's team competition, College of DuPage had 87 points for first place while NPU was 10th with 39.17 points. In the men's 100-meter dash, Ahkeem Waterford and Randle Williams tied for fourth in 11.0 while teammates Josh Gruenewald and Dante Britten tied for eighth in 11.3.

Gruenewald (23.27) was sixth in the 200 while Matt Wheeler's 50.97 in the 400 was good for third and Conor Johnson's 59.82 was good for fourth in the 400 hurdles. The 400 relay team was first in 42.90 while the 3,200 relay was third overall.

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