Lincoln Blue Tigers Finish Third At The NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships

The Lincoln (MO) Women's team took 3rd place with an overall total of 47.00 points
during the Division II Men's and Womenâ??s Indoor Track and Field Championships
 held at the JDL Fast Track in Clemmons, NC, Saturday March 15, 2014.

Credit: Bruce Chapman/NCAA Photos

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina -- Thirteen members of the Lincoln women's track & field team combined to turn in 11 All-American performances as the Blue Tigers took third at the NCAA Division II Indoor Championships. The Blue Tigers finished with 47 points on Saturday (March 15), the final day of the two-day national title meet.

Yanique Ellington led Lincoln in two events, finishing third in the 60m (7.50) and fourth in the 200m (24.01) to twice earn All-American status. Twishana Williams was also a two-time All-American performer, taking third in the mile in 4:53.08 and joining with Monique Thompson, Donna-Lee Hylton and Jhevere Hall to finish third in the distance medley relay (11:46.70).

Thompson also earned All-American honors individually in the 800m, finishing fourth with a time of 2:10.54. Hylton, meanwhile, earned multiple All-American distinctions as a member of relay teams, as she also joined with Kimberly Bailey, Tamara Keane and Lovan Palmer to take eighth in the 4x400m relay.

The Blue Tigers had multiple individual All-American winners in three events, including the 200m, where Janae Johnson finished sixth after clocking in at 24.61. Ladonna Richards and Juneille Barker were both All-American performers in the 60m hurdles, with Richards finishing fourth (8.39) and Barker taking seventh (8.56). In the long jump, Nickeisha Beaumont placed fourth (5.94m) while Shakeisha Miller ended in sixth (5.80m).

Also competing on Saturday was Jonelle Campbell, who earned the right to represent Lincoln in the triple jump. Campbell finished 17th in that event, posting a longest distance of 11.53m.

Adams State picked up 67 team points to win the national championship while Johnson C. Smith finished second with 59 points. The Blue Tigers edged out fourth-place Grand Valley State (44 points) for third while Ashland (30 points) rounded out the top five. With Lincoln's third-place finish, the Blue Tigers' dynasty continues, as LU has now finished in the top three at the NCAA Division II Indoor Track & Field Championships in nine of the past 11 years.

With the indoor season complete, the Lincoln women's track & field team will now be off for two weeks before opening the outdoor season in St. Louis, Mo. from March 28-29 at the Washington University in St. Louis Invite.

NCAA Division II Indoor Track & Field Championship Central

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