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Men's and Women's Track and Field Compete at NCAAs, Four Earn All-America Honors

The Wheaton College men's and women's outdoor track and field teams sent seven athletes to the NCAA Division III Championship last week, as four corralled All-America honors during the three-day meet at the University of Wisconsin at Oshkosh, including sophomore Chizoba Ezeigwe (Brockton, MA/Thayer Academy) twice. The Lyon women tied for 28th out of 74 scoring teams thanks to nine points, as the Blue and White's point total and placement were both its best since the 2004 championship.

After running the sixth-fastest time during the 200-meter dash trials, Ezeigwe finished third in the finals thanks to a time of 25.02, coming within 0.08 seconds of the runner-up spot. Ezeigwe, sophomores Natana Jules (Brooklyn, NY/Boys and Girls) and Celeste Karpow (Wilton, CT/Wilton) and freshman Renee Thompson (Hartford, CT/Weaver) trimmed more than four seconds off their trials time during the 4x400-meter relay finals, finishing sixth in 3:48.11. The Wheaton quartet collectively ran 4.26 seconds faster on Saturday than in Thursday's preliminaries, when the Lyons recorded a time of 3:52.37. Ezeigwe notched the first two outdoor championship All-America accolades of her career, adding to her three indoor honors. Jules and Thompson were first-time outdoor All-Americans after each earning national accolades this past indoor season, while Karpow qualified for her initial All-America honor, indoor or outdoor.

Senior Jennifer Harlow (East Bridgewater, MA/East Bridgewater) narrowly missed out on her sixth career All-America honor, as she was among 17 athletes to compete in the high jump on Friday. Harlow's height tied for the sixth best in the championship but left her 10th overall, two spots shy of the final All-America position. In his first NCAA Championship, freshman Howard Powell (Brooklyn, NY/Boys and Girls) placed ninth during the 110-meter hurdles as the lone freshman in the finals. He qualified by virtue of his 14.63 performance during Friday's trials before falling just 0.06 seconds shy of his first career All-America honor on Saturday.

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