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Published: Mar 16, 2008 12:30 AM
Modified: Mar 16, 2008 02:03 AM

St. Aug's soars to track title

Falcons men win third straight championship, women come up just short

 

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The St. Augustine's men team dominated the 2008 NCAA Division II Indoor Track and Field Championships on Saturday in Mankato, Minn., winning its third straight national title.

Coach George Williams has now directed the Falcons to 30 NCAA Division II national track and field titles including 11 men's indoor national championships.

St. Aug's finished with 68 points to beat challengers Abilene Christian (49 points) and Adams State (39 points).

Joe Kindred and the 4x400 relay team led St. Aug's.

Kindred, the 2008 men's regional field MVP, captured the high jump title and placed second in the long jump on Friday.

The foursome of Alvin Miles, Chris Cox, Antonio Abney and Randy Curry sealed the title Saturday by winning the 4x400 in the meet's final event.

On the women's side, Barbara Pierre swept the 60 and 200 events for the Falcons (48 points), who came up just short against Adams State (55) for the women's title.

ALSO SATURDAY

MEN'S LACROSSE

NO. 1 DUKE 19, NO. 3 NORTH CAROLINA 9: Max Quinzani scored a career-high six goals, and Zack Greer tallied four of his own, a performance that pushed him to the top of Duke's all-time goals-scored list as the top-ranked Blue Devils defeated No. 3 North Carolina at Koskinen Stadium in Durham.

For Carolina, junior midfielder Ben Hunt had three goals and one assist while junior attackman Bart Wagner had two goals and sophomore midfielder Cryder DiPietro had a goal and an assist.

Greer's school-record 160 scores also ranks him third in ACC history and 13th on the NCAA's all-time list.

The Blue Devils improved to 7-0 overall and 2-0 in the ACC while the Tar Heels fell to 5-1 overall and 0-1 in league play.

WOMEN'S LACROSSE

NO. 4 DUKE 12, NO. 9 GEORGETOWN 11: Fourth-ranked Duke kept its home winning streak alive by pulling out a victory over No. 9 Georgetown.

In a game that began with sunny skies but had rain and cool winds blow in during the second half, the momentum shifted as much as the weather, with five ties and three lead changes.

TENNIS

NO. 11 UNC 7, PRINCETON 0: No. 11-ranked North Carolina women's team won its fifth dual match in a row with a sweep of Princeton in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Carolina (11-4) took the doubles point for the sixth match in a row with a trio of wins.

NO. 21 ALABAMA 4, N.C. STATE 3: The N.C. State men's team took another close loss at the hands of a ranked opponent, dropping its contest with No. 21 Alabama on the third day of the Blue Gray Tennis Classic. The Wolfpack (7-7, 0-1 ACC) has now lost three of its last four contests.

BOTH CAMELS TEAMS PREVAIL: The Campbell women's tennis team defeated Hampton 5-1 at the Nisbet Tennis Center. The Campbell men also beat Hampton 5-1 in Buies Creek.

SOFTBALL

MEREDITH 22, PURCHASE STATE 0: Meredith opened play in the Ferrum Softball Invitational in Salem, Va., with a blowout win over Purchase State.

FOOTBALL

LSU'S MILES TO EARN OVER $3.75 MILLION A YEAR: LSU will make Les Miles the highest-paid head football coach in the Southeastern Conference under a renegotiated five-year contract agreement signed Friday.

Miles will earn at least $3.75 million plus $1,000 a year in a deal that nudges him ahead of Alabama coach Nick Saban and makes Miles one of the nation's top-paid college football coaches.

Miles also is eligible to receive more money each year, depending on the team's performance.

Saban, who is guaranteed $3.75 million, was the SEC's highest-paid coach. Miles' new contract states he will be paid no less than the highest-paid coach at a public university in the conference, plus $1,000.

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