RELEASE DATE: 5/24/03

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: LEARN JUST MISSES QUALIFYING FOR STEEPLECHASE FINAL AT NCAA DIVISION II NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP

MANSFIELD – Mansfield University freshman sensation Charity Learn (Troy/North Penn) just missed making the final field in the steeplechase at the NCAA Division II National Track & Field Championship by .28 of a second.

“Charity ran a great race and missed qualifying for the finals by the narrowest of margins,” said head coach Michael Rohl.

Learn’s, who posted a time of 11:12.49, final kick fell just short in an event that does not usually have photo finish races.

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Women 3000 Meter Steeplechase ================================================================ Name Year School Prelims ================================================================ Heat 1 Preliminaries 1 Kadri Kelve SR Emporia St. 10:42.91Q 2 Kristen Anderson SO Cent. Mo. St 10:56.70Q 3 Lori Hubbart JR Western St. 10:58.98Q 4 Tina Gray SO Colorado Spr 11:03.39Q 5 Kelly Fullerton JR Seattle Univ 11:05.19Q 6 Carrie Carducci JR Siue 11:10.02q 7 Leanne Budde SR Grand Valley 11:12.78 8 Nicole Williams SR Indianapolis 11:23.31 9 Megan Doerr SO Grand Valley 11:32.11 10 Jill Salmon SR W. Oregon 11:42.67 Heat 2 Preliminaries 1 Cortney Christensen SR ND State 11:04.21Q 2 Kelly Richards FR Edinboro 11:05.96Q 3 Lyndsey Kuehn SO Chico State 11:07.09Q 4 Bethany Otteson SR Minn.-Mankato 11:07.53Q 5 Stephanie Schneider SR Neb-Kearney 11:09.25Q 6 Tanya Eaton-Fraser SR Hillsdale 11:12.27q 7 Charity Learn FR Mansfield 11:12.49 8 Maria Toledo SR St Joseph's 11:30.02 9 Janet Brownawell SR Concordia 11:44.16 10 Amy Phillips JR Alabama-Hunt 11:47.34 Women 3000 Meter Steeplechase ======================================================================= Name Year School Finals Points ======================================================================= Section 1 Finals 1 Kadri Kelve SR Emporia St. 10:22.81 10 2 Cortney Christensen SR ND State 10:23.28 8 3 Kristen Anderson SO Cent. Mo. St 10:47.11 6 4 Lyndsey Kuehn SO Chico State 10:48.05 5 5 Tina Gray SO Colorado Spr 10:49.29 4 6 Lori Hubbart JR Western St. 10:49.62 3 7 Kelly Richards FR Edinboro 10:49.67 2 8 Bethany Otteson SR Minn.-Mankato 10:51.04 1 9 Kelly Fullerton JR Seattle Univ 10:51.69 10 Stephanie Schneider SR Neb-Kearney 11:00.15 11 Tanya Eaton-Fraser SR Hillsdale 11:06.78 12 Carrie Carducci JR Siue 11: