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Saints BIswal, Cymerman All America again at NCAA Track Championships

Posted 3/16/14

St. Lawrence University junior Divya Biswal and senior Amy Cymerman each turned in All America performances on day two of the 2014 NCAA Division III Indoor Track and Field Championships in the Bob …

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Saints BIswal, Cymerman All America again at NCAA Track Championships

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St. Lawrence University junior Divya Biswal and senior Amy Cymerman each turned in All America performances on day two of the 2014 NCAA Division III Indoor Track and Field Championships in the Bob Devaney Sports Center at the University of Nebraska on Saturday.

Biswal earned All America honors for the third straight time in track and field as she finished third in the triple jump and Cymerman earned All America for the second time in the meet with a sixth place finish in the 3000 meters. The 15 points generated by Cymerman's two scoring finishes and Biswal's third placed St. Lawrence in a tie for 11th in the team standings.

Biswal, the 2013 indoor runner-up and also All America with an eighth place finish in the outdoor season, finished third with a jump of 11.99 meters (39-4) in Saturday's competition. She went into the finals as the second qualifier with a 11.83 mark on her second try of the competition. She jumped 11.99 on her second jump of the finals, but was overtaken when eventual champion Bria Halana of Wisconsin LaCrosse went 12.23 on her last jup and Bailey Alston of LaCrosse went 12.18 on her second to last jump. Biswal did win the "rubber match" with Ithaca's Emilia Scheemaker as Scheemaker, the only other eastern competitor in the finals, finished fifth. Biswal edged Scheemaker in the NYSCTC Championship, but Scheemaker won the ECAC Championship in head-to-head competition prior to Saturday.

Cymerman ran a SLU record time of 9:46.45 for her second scoring finish of the meet and second All America award. She moved up into scoring position at the midpoint of the race as the field splintered and stayed with the main group as three runners pulled ahead. The top three, led by winner Christy Cazzola of Wisconsin Oshkosh who ran 9:38.72 all finished under 9:40 while Cyerman was just over a second out of fourth.