LONGHENRY SETS NEW NSIC DECATHLON RECORD, WINS THIRD NSIC TITLE

ABERDEEN, S.D.: Northern State senior Eric Longhenry (Sr., Ortonville, Minn.) was crowned as the NSIC Decathlon Champion for the third time in his collegiate career scoring 6,797 points and setting a new NSIC meet record in the 2003 NSIC Multi-event meet in Aberdeen on Sunday and Monday.

Longhenry completed the ten-event competition winning the shot put, the 400 meter dash, the 110 meter hurdles and the 1500 meter run.

"I was very pleased the Eric broke the meet record," commented NSU Head Track & Field Coach Jim Fuller. "That is the result of a lot of hard work over two days and I thought he had some great performances in certain events."

Longhenry bested Keith Knoke of Minnesota State Moorhead who finished second with 6,340 points. NSU's Ryan Rogenes and Jesse Heinz finished fourth and seventh, respectively as Rogenes finished with 5,298 points and Heinz with 5,015.

2003 NSIC DECATHLON RESULTS

BSU'S STIMSON EDGES OUT HERICKS FOR NSIC HEPTATHLON TITLE

NSU's Katie Anderson sets for her third throw in the javelin on Monday in the NSIC Heptathlon.

ABERDEEN, S.D.: Bemidji State's Caesare Stimson edged out Northern's April Hericks by a mere 11 points in the 2003 NSIC Heptathlon held in Aberdeen on Sunday and Monday.

Stimson found herself down by 37 points going into the final event of the competition and outran Hericks by 3.74 seconds in the 800 meter run.

Hericks did, however, prvisionally qualify for the NCAA II national meet with 4,522 points in the event. Freshman Katie Anderson also qualified for the USA Junior Outdoor Track & Field Championships with her personal best score of 4,235, which was good for fourth in the meet.

"I thought that our girls did as well as we could have hoped for," said NSU Head Track & Field Coach Jim Fuller. "We recorded five solid performances today. This is probably the best multi-event team that we have ever had."

2003 NSIC HEPTATHLON RESULTS