Huston Wins NCAA Heptathlon Title

MARIETTA, Ohio - Ashley Huston won her second NCAA Title of the year as she destroyed the competition and set a new NCAA Division III Championship record in the heptathlon with a score of 5,242 points Friday afternoon at Marietta College.

Huston had basically wrapped up the heptathlon after the javelin as she had over a 500-point lead. She tried to conserve energy in the 800 of the heptathlon as she finished eighth with a time of 2:23.97, because the 100 hurdles prelims were scheduled just minutes after the heptathlon 800.

Not even getting a chance to celebrate her heptathlon, Huston went straight to and finished last in the 100 hurdles prelims with a time of 15.18. She had come into the hurdles as one of the favorites with a qualifying time of 14.28.

Huston won the heptathlon long jump and scored 729 points and finished second in the heptathlon javelin throw and scored 639 points. She added 770 points in the 800-meters, finishing 10^th. Her 5,242 total is the second-highest ever recorded by a Division III athlete.

Dacy Ivy had a great day and improved from 20^th place to 13^th place in the heptathlon. The junior scored 805 points and finished third in the 800 scored 491 in the javelin and 479 in the long jump.

Huston will compete in the high jump on Saturday beginning at 1:30 CST

RESULTS

1 Ashley Huston, Sr, Hardin-Simmons               5242 total points

1 100 Meter Hurdles     14.43[+2.5w]              918 points

1 High Jump             5-7 (1.70m)               855 points

11 Shot Put             33-3 3/4 (10.15m)         539 points

2 200 Meter Dash        26.06[-1.3w]              792 points

1 Long Jump             18-4 1/2[-0.6w]           729 points

2 Javelin Throw         126-4 (38.52m)            639 points

10 800 Meter Run        2:23.97                   770 points

13 Dacy Ivy, Jr, Hardin-Simmons????????? ???????? 4269 total points

19 100 Meter Hurdles??? 16.93[+1.6w]??????????? ? 604 points

4 High Jump???????????? 5-3 1/4 (1.61m)??? ?????? 747 points

18 Shot Put???????????? 28-4 1/2 (8.65m)??? ????? 441 points

12 200 Meter Dash?????? 27.12[-1.4w]??????????? ? 702 points

15 Long Jump??????????? 15-5[-0.7w] (4.70m)??? ?? 479 points

12 Javelin Throw??????? 100-10 (30.75m)? ???????? 491 points

3 800 Meter Run???????? 2:21.38??????????? ?????? 805 points

1 Ashley Huston, Sr, Hardin-Simmons???? ???????????? 5242

2 Alli Alberts, Sr, Washington (Missouri)??????????? 4853

3 Jessica Belden, Sr, Haverford College????????????? 4800

4 Stacy Doornbos, Sr, Washington & Lee? ???????????? 4764

5 Kaelene Lundstrum, Jr, Gustavus Adolphus?????????? 4624

6 Courtney Hartman, Jr, Bridgewater (Virginia)?????? 4546

7 Candace Norville, Jr, Illinois College???????????? 4540

8 Leah Kay, Jr, Concordia Moorhead????? ???????????? 4538

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