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Action Heats Up on Second Day of NAIA Outdoor National Championships :: Defending Champions Sit Within Striking Distance Heading Into Saturday

Published by
ryanwestman   May 24th 2008, 9:36pm
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ST. LOUIS, Mo. - Day two of the NAIA Outdoor Track and Field National Championships on Friday brought better weather and more record-breaking competition at Ralph Korte Stadium in Edwardsville, Ill.

For the second time in as many days, a four-time NAIA national champion was crowned. Senior Megan Huzzey from the University of British Columbia capped her career with a victory in the 3,000-meter race walk in a time of 14:12.12. Huzzey also captured the race walk title in three consecutive seasons from 2004-06. With her four race walk titles, Huzzey joins Ruki Abdulai of Simon Fraser University (B.C.) as the other four-time NAIA national champion at this year's event. Abdulai won her fourth straight women's long jump crown Thursday evening.

Speaking of Abdulai, she won her second event at the 2008 championships by posting a distance of 12.98 meters (42 feet, seven inches) in the triple jump. It marks the second NAIA title in the triple jump for Abdulai, who won the event back in 2005. Abdulai bested the defending champion in the event, Sarah Ensslen of Cedarville University (Ohio) by more than two feet.

Senior Mike Mason from British Columbia earned his third consecutive men's high jump championship. Mason topped his winning effort of a year ago when he cleared a height of 2.21 meters (seven feet, three inches) and came up just shy of his NAIA record of 2.22 meters set two seasons ago.



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