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February 10, 2003

Milleville Provisionally Qualifies in Shot Put
         Mark Milleville (Altamont) has provisionally qualified for the NCAA Division II Indoor Track and Field Championships in a second event.
         Milleville, a sophomore, threw the shot put 16.35 meters (53 feet-7.75 inches) for a school record at the Titan Open in Bloomington. His throw does not guarantee a spot in the national indoor meet, set for Boston on March 14-15. He’ll need to be among the top 12 when the final performance list is released in early March.
         Milleville previously qualified on a provisional basis in the weight throw.
         “Mark has thrown equally well or better before,” said SIUE Coach Darryl Frerker. “He’ll have a couple of more meets to improve his spot on the performance list.”
         Freshman Steve Landers (Auburn) threw the shot put 15.10 meters this week and lost his school record to Milleville.
         “They are staring to hit their peak. Hopefully, they will carry it through to the national meet,” said Frerker.
         The SIUE men placed third at the Titan Open with 79 points behind junior colleges Rend Lake (93) and St. Louis Community College at Florissant Valley (92).
         Frerker said he expects at least three others to be close or break provisional qualifying this week. Many of the top SIUE runners will head to the Canon IV Classic in Indianapolis. Meanwhile, most of the throwers will head south to Carbondale for the Saluki Open.
         Frerker said he expects Richard Skirball (Granite City) to earn a spot in the 800-meter run at the indoor nationals just like last season. Skirball did not run the 800-meter event this week but still has two more meets in which to qualify.
         Kevin Koller (Centralia) and Jeff Fearday (Teutopolis) also are among those who are nearing NCAA qualifying marks.
         Frerker said the SIUE women also have a couple of student-athletes on the verge of qualifying for the national indoor meet.
         Jennifer Jaquez (Aurora) and Breanne Steffens (Moline) look to qualify in the 400-meter dash and the mile, respectively.
         The SIUE women placed seventh at the Titan Open with 32 points. Host Illinois Wesleyan won the meet with 102 points.
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