Neville finishes high jump third in the nation to lead Wheaton during NCAA Championship's opening day

March 14, 2008

ADA, OH- Freshman Erin Neville (North Providence, RI/La Salle Academy) recorded her first All-America showing to lead the Wheaton College women's indoor track and field team during the NCAA Division III Championship at Ohio Northern University's Sports Center on Friday, as the Lyons are tied for eighth with six points after day one.

Neville cleared her opening height of 5' 3 1/4" before finishing with a third-place jump of 5' 5 1/4". The Wheaton women competed in three other events, including having junior Chizoba Ezeigwe (Brockton, MA/Thayer Academy) and sophomore Renee Thompson (Hartford, CT/Weaver) in the 400-meter dash. Ezeigwe advanced to Saturday's finals with a time of 57.49, which was good for second in her heat, while Thompson took fifth in the same heat at 58.95.

Senior Megan Brousseau (Attleboro, MA/Attleboro), who is competing in her first track national championship meet, finished her heat fifth in the mile run at 5:07.42, which was just shy of allowing her to advance to tomorrow's finals.

Brousseau also ran a leg on Wheaton's distance medley relay team, joining juniors Lily Calderwood (Harvard, MA/Bromfield School) and Natana Jules (Brooklyn, NY/Boys and Girls) and sophomore Kelly Libert (New Haven, CT/James Hillhouse). The foursome fell one placement short of an All-America performance, taking ninth in 12:27.44.

On the men's side, sophomore Howard Powell (Brooklyn, NY/Boys and Girls) advanced to the finals of the 55-meter hurdles, as he placed third in his heat with a time of 7.64.

Freshman Marcus Kohlman (Milton, MA/Milton) will get things underway tomorrow, when he competes in the high jump beginning at 1:30 p.m.

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