Minnesota State - Mankato's Jim Dilling and Katelin Rains are posed to do once more what they've done before -- done three times before in Dilling's case.Win NCAA Division II titles in the high jump and pole vault, respectively.
At the NCAA Division II Outdoor Championships at Johnson C. Smith University in Charlotte, North Carolina which open today, Dilling will jump for a 4th D-II high jump crown -- he won the NCAA title outdoors in 2005 and indoors this season and last. Rains will vault to duplicate outdoors the indoor title she won earlier this season. Both are the #1 seeds in their events -- Dilling at 7-6 1/2, Rains at 13-3 3/4.
Competition for the Maverick bar-clearers looks to come from the same rivals as indoors.
Dilling expects to battle Morehouse's Keith Moffatt whom he beat indoors 7-4 1/2 to 7-3 1/4. Moffatt beat Dilling outdoors last year, however, jumping 7-6 as Dilling finished 3rd. Angie Aguilar of Abilene Christian, the #2 seed in the vault, owns a qualifying mark only a centimeter shy of Rains' at 13-3 1/2. Bria Magnuson of Winona State and Jennifer Hensel of Minnesota State - Moorhead are the #3 and #5 seeds in the event. Rains topped Aguilar 14-0 to 12-8 3/4 indoors, where Magnuson was 3rd at 12-8 3/4.
Also expected to star at the championship ... Bemidji State shot putter Sheena Devine, who won the D-II title indoors with a 51-0 1/4 toss, is seeded #2 at 49-2 1/4 ... Winona State hammer thrower Emily King, who won the 20-pound weight throw indoors, is seeded #2 in the hammer at 184-9.
Ranked qualifiers lists can be found HERE (women) and HERE (men.)
Heat sheets can be found HERE (women) and HERE (men.)
Results will be posted HERE.
Video is available HERE.
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