NAIA Track Championships : Azusa Pacific Moves Closer to Sixth Straight Men’s Title

Jack Nance won the decathlon, and Anthony House, Brian Arnold and Ike Mbadugha swept the 110-meter hurdles as Azusa Pacific took a big lead in its quest for a sixth straight men’s NAIA track and field championship Friday at Azusa Pacific.

The Cougars scored 79 points to only 24 for Wisconsin Parkside. Adams State of Colorado was third with 20, Pittsburg State of Kansas fourth with 17 and Central Washington and Point Loma Nazarene tied for fifth with 16.

Nance won the decathlon with 7,189 points. Ryan Pschigoda of Hillsdale was second with 6,943.

In the 110 hurdles, House clocked 13.98 seconds for the victory. Arnold was second in 14.10 and Mbadugha third in 14.11.

Mike Stauch of Wisconsin Parkside won the 10,000-meter walk for the third straight time and shattered his NAIA record with a time of 41 minutes 56.4 seconds. His old record was 43:22.1 set last year.

Lennox Adams of Ouachita Baptist won the triple jump at 51-1, Randy Settell the shotput at 60-10 1/2 and Oliver Daniels of Biola the 100 meters in 10.43.

Kimolyn Vanzant won the 100-meter hurdles and the triple jump to keep Prairie View A&M; in the running for a seventh straight women’s title. But Prairie View trailed Texas rival Wayland Baptist, 55-51, going into the final day of competition today. Simon Fraser was third with 19, and Missouri Baptist and Southern Oregon were tied for fourth with 16.

Vanzant won the hurdles in 13.74 seconds and the triple jump at 40 feet 5 1/2 inches.

Three women’s records fell Friday. Carol Bailey of Concordia, Neb., won the 100 in 11.54 seconds, breaking the mark of 11.68 set in 1986 by Comfort Igeh of Wayland Baptist. Igeh was second Friday in 11.80.

Kelly Cox of Missouri Baptist won the high jump at 5-11, breaking the record of 5-10 1/2 set by Sybil Reddic of Texas Southern in 1981. Cox then missed three attempts at 7-1, the Olympic Trials qualifying mark.

The third record was established by Leah Pells of Simon Fraser, who ran the 3,000 meters in 9:19.93.