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Biographies “2009 Hall of Fame biographies - Batavia Sun” plus 1 more

Biographies “2009 Hall of Fame biographies - Batavia Sun” plus 1 more


2009 Hall of Fame biographies - Batavia Sun

Posted: 15 Oct 2009 11:58 PM PDT


highlights:


• Was national champion in the 1,600-meter relay as freshman at 1999 NCAA Division III Indoor Track and Field Championships -- North Central's first relay national title in women's track and field.


• Graduated as North Central's record holder in the indoor 200-meter dash (25.59 seconds), long jump (19 feet, 7 inches), pole vault (10-10¼) and 800 relay (1:45.0) and 1,6000 (3:55.42) relays, as well as the outdoor pole vault (11-3¾) and 400 relay (47.47).


• Won seven College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin individual championships.


• Won six Division III all-academic certificates.


• A 2002 College Sports Information Directors of America Academic all-America selection.

Career

highlights:


• First North Central College track and field athlete to win multiple NCAA Division III national championships -- an indoor national title in 1988 in the 800 (1:49.9) and an indoor national crown in the 1,500 in 1989 (3:54.41).


• Won back-to-back College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin Championships in the 800 in 1988 and 1989.


• Four-year participant in the prestigious Drake Relays, running as part of a distance medley relay team that placed third in 1988 with a then-school record time of 9:53.95.


• Earned all-America accolades as a member of the 1,600 relay at the 1987 outdoor national championships.


• Graduated as a member of the quartet that held the North Central College record in the 1,600 relay (3:13.55).

Career

highlights:


• Holds record for most victories in North Central history with 111.


• Member of three teams that earned league championships.


• Three-time first-team All-College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin selection.


• One of nine all-Americans in the program's history (1985 Division III all-American as an outfielder).


• A 33rd-round draft pick of the Milwaukee Brewers in 1986.

Career

highlights:


• He led North Central to 1981 cross country national title by placing ninth at the Division III national championships as a freshman.


• Placed fourth overall in 1982 as the Cardinals repeated as Division III national champions.


• One of just 14 Division III harriers to earn all-America honors four times.


• Placed in the top three at the CCIW Cross Country Championships each of his four years, helping lead the Cardinals to the team title each time.


• Earned a pair of all-America honors in outdoor track and field, placing sixth in the 10,000 at the 1983 outdoor national championships and fifth in the same event in 1984.

Career

highlights:

• Three-time National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) national champion.

• Ten-time College Conference of Illinois (CCI) titlist.


• Established conference records in the 150-yard individual medley and 300 medley relay as a freshman in 1955.


• Captain of North Central's first national championship team in school history by helping Cardinals win 1958 NAIA Championship, where North Central set six national records.


• Rank and his roommate, diver John Mizanin '58, went on to become the first Cardinals to participate in the NCAA National Championships at the University of Michigan in 1958.




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Tycoon biographies, Darwin book receive nominations - The Chronicle Herald

Posted: 18 Oct 2009 01:57 AM PDT

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NEW YORK (AP) — Tycoons, evolution and the environment were among the subjects of this year's nominees for the U.S. National Book Awards for non-fiction and children's literature. Marcel Theroux's global warming novel, Far North, and T.J ...

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