For
Immediate Release, May 23, 1998 DEPAUW FRESHMAN WINS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
St. Paul, Minn.-DePauw freshman Colin
Smith (Fort Wayne/Elmhurst) captured the third NCAA
Division III championship in school history today as he
won the discus throw at the NCAA Division III Track &
Field Championships at Macalester College in St. Paul,
Minn.
Smith, seeded first entering the competition, finished with a best throw of 50.14 meters (164 feet, 6 inches) and topped second-place Joshua King of Tufts University by .08 meters.
DePauw's two previous Division III national champions were Alan Hill in track and field (pole vault) in 1981 and Midi Smyth in swimming (100-yard backstroke) in 1985.
1998 NCAA
Division III Track & Field Championships
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| Discus Final | |||||
| Place | Athlete | School | Mark | ||
| 1 | Colin Smith | DePauw University | 50.14m | 164'06.00" | |
| 2 | Joshua King | Tufts University | 50.06m | 164'03.00" | |
| 3 | Darrel Markham | Wisconsin-Plattevil | 49.46m | 162'03.00" | |
| 4 | Mike Pestilli | Rensselaer Poly | 49.36m | 161'11.00" | |
| 5 | Chip Brundage | Simpson College | 49.20m | 161'05.00" | |
| 6 | Mike Pockoski | Worcester Poly | 48.10m | 157'10.00" | |
| 7 | Sepehr Sharifi | Claremont Mudd Scri | 47.68m | 156'05.00" | |
| 8 | Steve Michmerhuizen | Calvin College | 47.50m | 155'10.00" | |
| 9 | Dan Schumacher | St. Norbert | 47.36m | 155'04.00" | |
| 10 | Pat Carthell | Springfield College | 47.22m | 154'11.00" | |
| 11 | Jason Lehman | Wisconsin-Stout | 47.12m | 154'07.00" | |
| 12 | Todd Wojchik | Luther College | 47.08m | 154'05.00" | |
| 13 | Josh Beaver | Nebraska Wesleyan | 46.94m | 154'00.00" | |
| 14 | Corey O'Donnell | Wisconsin-Stout | 46.86m | 153'09.00" | |
| 15 | Matt Seefeld | UC-San Diego | 45.86m | 150'05.00" | |
| 16 | Jim Hardesty | Monmouth (ILL) | 45.54m | 149'05.00" | |
| 17 | Kyle Donovan | Cal Lutheran | 42.50m | 139'05.00" | |