June 3, 1998

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Notre Dame sophomore Alison Klemmer became the fourth All-American in the history of Irish women’s track and field with an eighth-place finish in the 10,000 meters at the NCAA outdoor track and field championships in Buffalo, N.Y. The Troy, Mich., native and Athens High School standout finished in 34:32.95 topping her school record 35:01.25 which was the 14th best time of the 19-runner field entering the race.

Arizona junior Amy Skieresz won the race in 33:04.12. Klemmer joins Erica Peterson in 1994 and Dominque Calloway and Jennifer Engelhardt in 1997 as the four All-Americans in Notre Dame women’s track and field. her eighth place is the second-best finish all-time behind Peterson’s seventh place in the 400-meter hurdles. Klemmer was making her first appearance in the NCAA championships. She earned Notre Dame one team point in the competition as the Irish are tied for 19th.

Irish seniors Errol Williams and Jason Rexing will compete on Thurs., June 4, on the second of four days of the NCAA outdoor track and field championships. Williams will run in the trials of the 110-meter hurdles while Rexing will run in the finals of the 10,000 meters.

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) – Results Wednesday in the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships at the University at Buffalo (all race distances in meters unless noted).

Women

Heptathlon

100 hurdles

First Heat-1, Tiffany Lott, Brigham Young, 13.28 seconds, 1,083 points. 2, Kathleen Ollendick, Virginia Tech, 14.13, 960. 3, Desi Hudson, Texas A&M, 14.81, 867. Kristel Berendsen, Brigham Young, did not finish.

Second Heat-1, Marsh Mark, Brigham Young, 13.82 seconds, 1,004 points. 2, LaTonya Hill, Mississippi State, 14.08, 967. 3, Petra Eklund, Northern Arizona, 14.39, 924. 4, Sarah Mosler, Idaho State, 14.49, 910.

Third Heat-1, Tania Longe, Michigan, 14.12 seconds, 961 points. 2, Christi Smith, Akron, 14.68, 884. 3, Sabine Krieger, Northern Arizona, 15.19, 817.

Fourth Heat-1, Jennifer Thomas, Oregon, 14.31 seconds, 935 points. 2, Rannveig Kvalvik, Missouri, 14.39, 924. 3, Shauna Rohbock, Brigham Young, 14.41, 921. 4, Julie Walk, Vanderbilt, 14.87, 859.

Fifth Heat-1, Tracye Lawyer, Stanford, 14.15 seconds, 957 points. 2, Barbara Szlendakova, Iowa State, 14.47, 913. 3, Jamie Hall, Utah State, 14.97, 846.

Sixth Heat-1, Erin Narzinski, South Carolina, 14.21 seconds, 949. 2, Candy Mason, Kansas, 14.57, 899. 3, Ifoma Jones, Houston, 15.28, 805.

200 1, Tracye Lawyer, Stanford, 24.22 seconds, 960 points. 2, Erin Narzinski, South Carolina, 24.43, 940. 3, Barbara Szlendakova, Iowa State, 24.63, 921. 4, Petra Eklund, Northern Arizona, 24.70, 915. 5, Julie Walk, Vanderbilt, 24.73, 912. 6, Tiffany Lott, Brigham Young, 24.91, 895. 7, LaTonya Hill, Mississippi State, 24.95, 891. 8, Kathleen Ollendick, Virginia Tech, 24.97, 890. 9, Marsha Mark, Brigham Young, 25.32, 858. 10, Christi Smith, Akron, 25.35, 855. 11, Jamie Hall, Utah State, 25.38, 852. 12, Candy Mason, Kansas, 25.44, 847. 13, Shauna Rohbock, Brigham Young, 25.70, 824. 14, Jennifer Thomas, 25.79,816. 15, Desi Hudson, Texas A&M, 25.92, 804. 16, Tania Longe, Michigan, 25.97, 800. 17, Rannveig Kvalvik, Missouri, 26.11, 788. 18, Sarah Mosler, Idaho State, 26.35, 767. 19, Ifoma Jones, 26.41, 762.

800 (Top two in each heat and next two fastest qualify)

Heat One-1, Chantal Earl, Pittsburgh, 2 minutes, 6.96 seconds. 2, Angela Stanifer, Georgia, 2:06.98. 3, Michelle Ballentine, George Mason, 2:07.08. 4, Sabrina Caplis, California-Santa Barbara, 2:07.58. 5, Eria Bosler, Penn State, 2:08.38. 6, Michelle Gregg, East Tennessee State, 2:09.38. 7, Kim Voyticky, Duke, 2:10.48. 8, LaTisha Croom, Nebraska, 2:16.41.

Heat Two-1, Mary Harrelson, Appalachian State, 2:06.26. 2, Jeanette Castro, Texas El-Paso, 2:06.37. 3, Brigita Langerhole, Southern California, 2:06.50. 4, Charmaine Howell, South Carolina, 2:06.59. 5, Katrina deBoer, Georgetown, 2:06.88. 6, Vernette Rolle, Houston, 2:09.09. 7, Natalie Watson, Miami, 2:13.04.

Heat Three-1, Tytti Reho, Southern Methodist, 2 minutes, 6.82 seconds. 2, Hazel Clark, Florida, 2:06.84. 3, Stacey Carpenter, Vanderbilt, 2:07.22. 4, Treva Bryant, Brigham Young, 2:07.46. 5, Africa Eldrige, Cal State-Sacramento, 2:13.35. 6, Tamieka Grizzle, Villanova, 2:15.32. 7, Julian Reynolds, Georgetown, 2:18.71. High jump

1, Tracye Lawyer, Stanford, 5 feet, 11 1/2 inches, 1,003 points. 2, Kathleen Ollendick, 5-9 1/4, 928. tie 3, Tiffany Lott, Brigham Young, 5-8, 891. Ifoma Jones, Houston, 5-8, 891. tie 5, LaTonya Hill, Mississippi State, 5-5 3/4, 818. Tania Longe, Michigan, 5-5 3/4, 818. Erin Narzinski, South Carolina, 5-5 3/4, 818. Jennifer Thomas, Oregon, 5-5 3/4, 818. Candy Mason, Kansas, 5-5 3/4, 818. tie 10, Rannveig Kvalvik, Missouri, 5-4 1/2, 783. Sarah Mosler, Idaho State, 5-4 1/2, 783. 12, Barbara Szlendakova, Iowa State, 5-3 1/4, 747. tie 13, Marsha Mark, Brigham Young, 5-2 1/4, 712. Christi Smith, Akron, 5-2 1/4, 712. Desi Hudson, Texas A&M, 5-2 1/4, 712. Julie Walk, Vanderbilt, 5-2 1/4, 712. Jamie Hall, Utah State, 5-2 1/4, 712. 18, Shauna Rohbock, 4-11 3/4, 644. 19, Petra Eklund, Northern Arizona, 4-10 1/2, 610.

Shot put 1, Tiffany Lott, Brigham Young, 45 feet, 5 inches, 783 points. 2, Shauna Rohbock, Brigham Young 42-8, 727. 3, Tracye Lawyer, Stanford, 40-7, 686. 4, Kathleen Ollendick, 40, 674. 5, Erin Narzinski, South Carolina, 39-10 3/4, 672. 6, Christi Smith, Akron, 39-8 3/4, 668. 7, Tania Longe, Michigan, 39-5 3/4, 663. 8, Jamie Hall, Utah State, 37-10, 630. 9, Latonya Hill, Mississippi State, 37-3 1/4, 619. 10, Sarah Mosler, Idaho State, 36-8 1/2, 608. 11, Jennifer Thomas, Oregon, 36-5 3/4, 603. 12, Rannveig Kvalvik, Missouri, 36-2 3/4, 598. 13, Petra Eklund, Northern Arizona, 35-10, 590. 14, Marsha Mark, Brigham Young, 35-8, 587. 15, Desi Hudson, Texas A&M, 34-5 3/4, 563. 16, Candy Mason, Kansas, 34-1 1/2, 556. 17, Barbara Szlendakova, Iowa State, 33-10 1/4, 550. 18, Julie Walk, Vanderbilt, 31-8 1/2, 507. 19, Ifoma Jones, Houston, 29-7 1/4, 465.

Heptathlon Points (Scores after four of seven events) 1, Tiffany Lott, 3,652 points. 2, Tracye Lawyer, Standford, 3,606. 3, Kathleen Ollendick, 3,452. 4, Erin Narzinski, 3,379. 5, LaTonya Hill, Mississippi State, 3,295. 6, Tania Longe, Michigan, 3,242. 7, Jennifer Thomas, Oregon, 3,172. 8, Marsha Mark, Brigham Young, 3,161. 9, Barbara Szlendakova, Iowa State, 3,131. 10, Candy Mason, Kansas, 3,120. 11, Christi Smith, Akron, 3,119. 12, Shauna Rohbock, Brigham Young, 3,116. 13, Rannveig Kvalvik, Missouri, 3,093. 14, Sarah Mosler, Idaho State, 3,068. 15, Jamie Hall, Utah State, 3,040. 16, Petra Eklund, Northern Arizona, 3,039. 17, Julie Walk, Vanderbilt, 2,990. 18, Desi Hudson, Texas A&M, 2,946. 19, Ifoma Jones, Houston, 2,923.

200 (Top two finishers in each heat and the next eight fastest finishers qualify for finals.)

Heat One-1, Shakedia Jones, UCLA, 22.91 seconds. 2, Debbie Ferguson, Georgia, 23.11. 3, LaTasha Jenkins, Ball State, 23.22. 4, Aspen Burkett, Illinois, 23.49. 5, Nikkie Bouyer, Clemson, 23.59.

Heat Two-1, Peta-Gaye Dowdie, Louisiana State, 22.98 seconds. 2, Nanceen Perry, Texas, 23.21. 3, Kwajalein Butler, Louisiana State, 23.43. 4, Aminah Haddad, Texas, 23.76751. 5, Benita Kelley, Illinois, 23.76753. 6, SaDonna Thornton, Louisiana State, 23.78.

Heat Three-1, Angie Vaughn, Texas, 23.19 seconds. 2, LaKeisha Backus, Texas, 23.34332. 3, Tayna Lawrence, Florida International, 23.34339. 4, Myra Combs, Louisiana State, 23.50. 5, Valma Bass, Louisiana State, 23.58. 6, Simone Tomlinson, Clemson, 23.95.

Heat Four-1, Kelli White, Tennessee, 23.17 seconds. 2, Torri Edwards, Southern California, 23.24. 3, Hydiana Harper, Nevada-Las Vegas, 23.39. 4, Ameerah Bello, Morgan State, 23.52. Maxine Dawkins, West Virginia, did not finish.

10,000 1, Amy Skieresz, Arizona, 33 minutes, 4.12 seconds, 10 points. 2, Angie Kujak, Wisconsin, 34:06.76, 8. 3, Emily Nay, Brigham Young, 34:10.62, 6. 4, Catherine Wright, Tennessee-Chattanooga, 34:13.54, 5. 5, Jackie Conrad, Ohio University, 34:14.85, 4. 6, Charity Wachera, West Virginia, 34:29.64, 3. 7, Tanya Povey, South Carolina, 34:31.41, 2. 8, Alison Klemmer, Norte Dame, 34:32.95, 1.

Long Jump 1, Angie Brown, George Mason, 21-feet, 7 1/2 inches, 10 points. 2, Trecia Smith, Pittsburgh, 21 3/4, 8. 3, Jenny Adams, Houston, 20-8 1/2, 6. 4, Yuan Hunt, Texas Southern, 20-6 1/2, 5. 5, Lecena Golding, Auburn, 20-3 3/4, 4. 6, Ronalee Davis, Miami, 20-3 3/4, 3. 7, Dalhia Davis, Nebraska, 20-2 1/4, 2. 8, Trina Radske, Iowa State, 20-1 1/2, 1.

Discus 1, Seilala Sua, UCLA, 210 feet, 8 inches. 2, Aretha Hill, Washington, 192-5. 3, Shelly Borrman, Colorado State, 190-5. 4, Suzy Powell, UCLA, 187-2. 5, Teri Tunks, Southern Methodist, 185-8. 6, Nada Kawar, UCLA, 184. 7, Rachelle Noble, UCLA, 181-4.8, Tressa Thompson, Nebraska, 178-11.

400 relay (Top two finishers in each heat, plus four next fastest times qualify for final)

First Heat-1, Texas, 43.45 seconds. 2, Texas Christian, 43.90. 3, UCLA, 44.32. 4, North Carolina, 44.42. Tennessee and Arkansas, did not finish.

Second Heat-1, Louisiana State, 43.32 seconds. 2, Georgia, 44.02. 3, Illinois, 44.04. 4, Florida, 44.59. 5, Baylor, 44.72. Southern California and Clemson, disqualified. 400 hurdles (Top eight qualify for final)

Heat One-1, Saidat Onanuga, Texas-El Paso, 56.32. 2, Yvonne Harrison, Illinois, 56.38. 3, Dixie Williams, Brigham Young, 58.62. 4, Deniece Bell, Syracuse, 59.08. 5, Ayanna Reece, Ohio State, 59.99. Wynsome Cole, did not finish.

Heat Two-1, Natasha Danvers, Southern California, 57.76 seconds. 2, Ryan Tolbert, Vanderbilt, 59.44. 3, Amanda Helberg, Vanderbilt, 59.48. 4, Angela Craft, Purdue, 59.53. 5, Natalie Gibson, Southern Utah, 1:01.40. 6, Joycelyn Harris, Seton Hall, 1:04.28.

Heat Three-1, Rosa Jolivet, Texas A&M, 57.11 seconds. 2, Patrina Allen, Miami, 58.90. 3, Lisa Duffus, Houston, 59.30. 4, Charlotte Plummer, Tulane, 1:00.72. 5, Brandy Mack, Mississippi, 1:02.87.

Heat Four-1, Meka Rembert, Nebraska, 58.50 seconds. 2, Keisha Griffis, Washington, 59.26. 3, Angela Lee, Virginia, 59.29. 4 , Tish Henes, Oregon, 1:00.03. 5, Celena Clarke, Louisiana State, 1:00.64.

Women’s Standings After three events 1, UCLA, 20. 2, George Mason, 10. 2, Arizona, 10. 4, Pittsburgh, 8. 4, Washington, 8. 4, Wisconsin, 8. 7, Houston, 6. 7, Brigham Young, 6. 7, Colorado State, 6. 10, Tennessee-Chattanooga, 5. 10, Texas Southern, 5. 12, Auburn, 4. 12, Ohio University, 4. 12, Southern Methodist, 4. 15, Miami, 3. 15, West Virginia, 3. 15, Nebraska, 3. 18, South Carolina, 2. 19, Iowa State, 1. 19, Notre Dame, 1.

Men

200 (Top two in each heat and next eight fastest finishers qualify for finals.)

Heat One-1, Curtis Perry, Louisiana State, 20.79 seconds. 2, Jermaine Grant, Louisiana State, 20.99. 3, Mike Price, Texas A&M, 21.03. 4, Syan Williams, Texas Christian, 21.04. 5, Bobby Cruse, Kent State, 21.12. 6, Robert Dennis, West Virginia, 21.26.

Heat Two-1, Kenny Franklin, Clemson, 20.95 seconds. 2, Byron Logan, Louisiana State, 21.02. 3, Joel Mascoll, Norfolk State, 21.25. 4, Terrance Trammell, South Carolina, 21.48. 5, Lewelyn Bredwood, South Florida, 21.49. 6, Rah’Sheen Clay, Bowling Green State, 21.50.

Heat Three-1, Coby Miller, Auburn, 20.96 seconds. 2, Trevor Rush, Arkansas, 21.06. 3, Claude Toukene, Norfolk State, 21.15. 4, Lewis Turner, Prairie View A&M, 21.27. 5, Joe Criner, Cal State-Northridge, 21.34. 6, Kascie Smith, Baylor, 21.52.

Heat Four-1, Shawn Crawford, Clemson, 20.75 seconds. 2, Charles Lee, Southern California, 20.81. 3, Daymon Carroll, Florida, 21.09085. 4, Kaaron Conwright, Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo, 21.09089. 5, Kenye Pendleton, Illinois State, 21.48. 6, Chris Cummings, Louisiana State, 21.73

400 relay (Top two teams in each heat plus next four fastest times qualify for final)

First Heat-1, Louisiana State, 39.46 seconds. 2, Fresno State, 39.53. 3, South Carolina, 39.84, 4, Arkansas, 40.22. Oklahoma did not finish.

Second Heat-1, Texas Christian, 38.77 seconds. 2, UCLA, 39.55. 3, Clemson, 39.62. 4, Florida, 39.74. 5, Norfolk State, 39.77. 6, Baylor, 40.22.

400 hurdles (Top two in each heat and next fastest two qualify for final)

Heat One-1, Angelo Taylor, Georgia Tech, 50.64 seconds. 2, Cory Murdock, Utah State, 50.74. 3, James Carter, Hampton, 51.05. 4, Rod Davis, Florida International, 51.30. 5, Jeff Ellis, Kentucky, 51.37. 6, Aaron Haynes, Clemson, 51.72. 7, D’Marcus Brown, Arkansas, 51.99.

Heat Two-1, Omar Brown, Oklahoma, 50.22 seconds. 2, Greg Hines, Clemson, 50.93. 3, Bayno Kamani, Baylor, 50.94. 4, Edward Clarke, Oklahoma, 51.42. 5, Erin Tucker, Florida, 51.72. 6, Adrian Mann, Florida, 54.13. 7, Jok Tan Byerly, Texas San-Antonio, 55.89.

Heat Three-1, Kareem Archer, Villanova, 51 seconds. 2, Sekou Smith, Ohio State, 51.34. 3, John McAfee, Byalor, 51.45. 4, Mark LeDoux, Lamar, 52.13. 5, Monte Raymond, Iowa, 52.63. Mario Watts, Baylor, did not finish.

800 (Top two in each heat and next two fastest times qualify for finals)

Heat 1-1, Khadevis Robinson, Texas Christian, 1 minute, 49.30 seconds. 2, Jess Strutzel, UCLA, 1:49.59. 3, Seneca Lassiter, Arkansas, 1:49.73. 4, Andrew Burrow, Rice, 1:50.15. 5, Klint Wescom, Illinois State, 1:50.67. 6, Marvin Watts, South Carolina, 1:51.26.

Heat 2-1, Bobby True, Illinois, 1 minute, 48.13 seconds. 2, Robin Matin, Pennsylvania, 1:48.27. 3, Trinity Gray, Brown, 1:48.41. 4, Patrick Nduwimana, Arizona, 1:48.42. 5, Matt Kalwinsky, Georgetown, 1:50.27. 6, Saeed Basweidan, Virginia Commonwealth, 1:56.59. 7, Brian Klein, Rice, 2:03.41.

Heat 3-1, David Krummenacker, Georgia Tech, 1 minute, 48.19 seconds. 2, Derrick Peterson, Missouri, 1:48.56. 3, Aaron Richberg, Auburn, 1:48.69. 4, Roman Oravec, Southern Methodist, 1:48.72. 5, Adam Ellison, Tulsa, 1:52.37. Ned Brooks, Seton Hall, 1:53.72.

3,000 Steeplechase (Top four in each heat and the next four fastest times qualify)

Heat One-1, Todd Davis, Portland, 8 minutes, 44.44 seconds. 2, John Mortimer, Michigan, 8:45.74. 3, Micah Davis, Oregon, 8:46.28. 4, Ray Hughes, Missouri, 8:47.53. 5, Tim Broe, Alabama, 8:50.83. 6, Clint Wells, Colorado, 8:53.01. 7, Rick Obleman, Minnesota, 8:56.57. 8, Travis Armstrong, Boise State, 8:58.60. 9, Chris Dugan, North Carolina State, 9:01.11. 10, Trent Bryson, California-Santa Barbara, 9:13.03.

Heat Two-1, Bryan Bothwell, Portland, 8:50.44. 2, Matt Kerr, Arkansas, 8:50.81. 3, Adam Batliner, Colorado, 8:50.89. 4, Chuck Sloan, Oklahoma State, 8:50.96. 5, Billy Herman, Northern Arizona, 8:51.03. 6, Miguel Galeana, Montana State, 8:52.69. 7, Nolan Swanson, Wake Forest, 8:53.40. 8, Ryan Pirtle, Missouri, 9:00.83. 9, Ryan Taylor, Michigan State, 9:17.92. 10, Nathan Kennedy, Weber State, 9:21.50.

Javelin 1, Esko Mikkola, Arizona, 268 feet, 7 inches, 10 points. 2, Daniel Gustafsson, Southern Methodist, 251-6, 8. 3, Mats Nilsson, Alabama, 250-2, 6. 4, Josh Johnson, UCLA, 248-6, 5. 5, Breaux Greer, Northeast Louisiana, 243 -8, 4. 6, Riku Valleala, Georgia, 241-8, 3. 7, Tero Angeria, Georgia, 238, 2. 8, Darin File, Missouri, 229-10, 1.

Pole Vault 1, Toby Stevens, Stanford, 18 feet, 2 1/2 inches, 10 points. 2, Borya Celentano, Long Beach State, 18-2 1/2, 8. 3, Scott Slover, UCLA, 17-10 1/2, 6. 4, Jason Hinkin, Long Beach State, 17-10 1/2, 5. 5, Russ Johnson, Tennessee, 17-10 1/2, 4. 6, Jacob Davis, Texas, 17-10 1/2, 3. 7, Piotr Buciarski, Oregon, 17-4 1/2, 2. 8, Tye Harvey, Minnesota, 17-4 1/2, 1.

Team results after two events 1, Long Beach State, 13 points. 2, UCLA, 11. 3, Arizona, 10. 3, Stanford, 10. 5, Southern Methodist, 8. 6, Alabama, 6. 7, Georgia, 5. 8, Northest Louisiana, 4. 8, Tennesee, 4. 10, Texas, 3. 11, Oregon, 2. 12, Minnesota, 1. 12, Missouri, 1.