Posted by WHAC SID - Sun, Mar 7, 2010 - [ Women's Indoor Track & Field ] - Viewed 171 times
Athletes from Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference (WHAC) member schools finished the season as All-Americans at the 2010 NAIA Women's Indoor Track & Field National Championships. In all, the WHAC saw 12 earn the honor in Johnson City, Tenn.
  
Kay-De Vaughn, Cornerstone University, placed third in the Triple Jump with a distance of 39-08.75. It was the highest a WHAC athlete placed in the field events.
 
Janelle Brown set a new Siena Heights University record with a time of 15:04.35 for sixth at nationals in the 3000-Meter Race Walk. The five women ahead of her, led by Jessica Ching of Lindenwood University (14:25.38) all walked faster than the winning time from the 2009 meet.
 
Two placed in the top six in the 60-Meter Hurdles. Allison Strouse of Aquinas College finished fourth in a time of 8.86 and Tiffany Aikin of Indiana Institute of Technology was fifth in 8.88.
 
Carly Plank finished fourth in the 3000-Meter Run for Aquinas. The freshman ran a time of 9:54.99, just a half second off the third-place finisher.
 
The 600-Meter Run saw Preosha Graham-Coats of Tech finish fourth at 1:34.62.
 
Andi Ripley was fourth in the 1000-Meter Run with a time of 2:55 for Cornerstone. The top four times beat last year's winning time as Jessica Smith of Simon Fraser University (B.C.) won with a new meet record 2:45.85.   
 
JoRanda Chapman was the lone Saint to earn All-American honors as she finished sixth in the 400-Meter Dash for Siena Heights University. The junior crossed the finish line with a time of 58.06.
 
Cornerstone finished 10th in the team scoring with a total of 19.33 points while Aquinas tied for 19th with eight points. Tech scored 6.33 points for 26th place and Siena Heights has one point.
 
Click here to see the complete list of Women's Indoor honors.
Indiana Tech Madonna Siena Heights Michigan-Dearborn UNOH Davenport Cornerstone Concordia Aquinas