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Marietta, Ohio - Trinity University Tigers
senior Emily Loeffler of San Antonio (O'Connor) is now a four-time
All-American, while first-year Justin Campbell of Victoria, Texas
(Memorial) was also an All-American.
Loeffler placed eighth Friday in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at
the NCAA Division III Outdoor Women's Track and Field
Championships, clocking in at 10 minutes, 45.45 seconds at Marietta
College.
She previously was a three-time All-American in outdoor and
indoor track, and cross country. Loeffler placed fifth in this
year's NCAA Indoor 5,000 meters, and was third in the 2008 Outdoor
steeplechase. She was 17th in last fall's NCAA Cross
Country Championships.
Tiger first-year student-athlete Justin Campbell of Victoria,
Texas (Memorial), became an All-American with a third-place finish
in the men's discus on Friday. Campbell, also an offensive lineman
on the Tigers football team, registered a throw of 164 feet, 7
inches (50.18 meters).
Senior Todd Wildman of Dallas (Jesuit) qualified for Saturday's
110-meter hurdles, with a trials time of 14.50 seconds. Wildman had
the second-best time in the trials, right behind Edgar Townsend of
Greenville College, at 14.39. On Thursday, Wildman had an
All-America performance in the long jump. He finished sixth with a
jump of 22 feet, 10 ¾ inches (6.98 meters). Wildman just
missed the finals of the 400-meter hurdles, clocking in at 52.95
seconds. The eighth and final slot went to a runner with a time of
52.78 seconds. Wildman, the national champion in the NCAA Indoor
pentathlon, will also compete Saturday in the high jump.
Senior Chris Baer of Shiner, Texas (Shiner), placed third in the
men's javelin Thursday. Baer, who earned All-America honors for the
second straight year, registered a throw of 201 feet even (61.27
meters). He placed fifth in the javelin in the 2008 NCAA meet at
Oshkosh, Wis. Last year, Baer, also a standout running back for the
Tigers football team, became one of Trinity's first Division III
men's track and field All-Americans, along with Zach Brush (800
meters).
The Tigers are led by first-year head coach David Svoboda.
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