Final Men's Results
1. Southern Utah 243.0
2. Western Illinois 203.0
3. Oral Roberts 168.0
4. UMKC 93.0
5. Valparaiso 52.0
6. Chicago State 47.0

Final Women's Results
1. Western Illinois 232.0
2. Oral Roberts 220.0
3. Southern Utah 134.0
4. Valparaiso 112.0
5. UMKC 106.0
6. Chicago State 9.0

Southern Utah’s men’s team and Western Illinois’ women’s squad were the title winners at the 2005 Mid-Continent Conference Outdoor Track & Field Championships on the campus of UMKC in Kansas City, Mo., Saturday afternoon.

The Thunderbirds and Westerwinds were atop the leaderboard from start to finish at the three-day event, as SUU captured its second straight title and third overall. WIU earned its second championship overall and first since 1996.

The Thunderbird men notched 243 points, topping second place Western Illinois (203) by 40 tallies. Oral Roberts (168) and UMKC (93) each moved up one spot on day three to notch third and fourth place, respectively. Valparaiso finished fifth with 52 points, followed by Chicago State (47).

The Westerwinds clinched the title with 232 points, but Oral Roberts (220), which started the day in third place, made a run at the top spot on the final day of competition close. Southern Utah, which won the crown in 2003 and 2004, finished third with 134 tallies. Valparaiso (112), UMKC (106) and Chicago State (9) round out the women’s field.

Southern Utah took home two of the major men’s award on Saturday, as Steve Hansen started his day by winning the 110-meter hurdles (14.68) and ended it as the 2005 Mid-Con Men’s Athlete of the Year. SUU head coach Eric Houle was Coach of the Year for the second year in a row and third time in his career. The Newcomer of the Year award went to Chicago State’s Stephon Harden, who took home gold in the triple jump (14.47m) on Saturday.

The women’s award winners followed the same pattern, as the champion Westerwinds took home the women’s Athlete of the Year and women’s Coach of the Year awards. Aubrey Martin was the Women’s Athlete of the Year after winning the shot put (16.17m) and the discus (46.34m), while WIU’s Mike Stevenson was the Mid-Con Coach of the Year for the first time ever on the women’s side. Valparaiso’s Melanie Wilson took the Newcomer of the Year honors after a third place finish in the long jump (5.51m).

Men's All-Conference Teams
Chris Adams, Western Illinois
Andretti Bain, Oral Roberts
Damian Alexis, UMKC
Jess Baumgartner, Southern Utah
Ryan Billingsley, Western Illinois
Jonathan Coussens, Oral Roberts
Sean Delahunt, Western Illinois
Alex Douglas, Western Illinois
Steve Elliot, Oral Roberts
Eric Friends, UMKC
Michal Joachimoski, Oral Roberts
Jarrell Johnson, Western Illinois
Troy Gent, Southern Utah
Todd Goodrick, Valparaiso
Steve Hansen, Southern Utah
Stephon Harden, Chicago State
Roland Hemmings, UMKC
Guilliaume Kellogg, Chicago State
Alex Kelsey, UMKC
Nick Kramer, UMKC
Forrest Ledbetter, Southern Utah
Joshua Lee, Valparaiso
Shain Manuele, Southern Utah
Ernest Martinez, Oral Roberts
Kyle Mikowksi, Southern Utah
Dwayne Miller, Western Illinois
Maurice Moss, Oral Roberts
Prince Mumba, Oral Roberts
Drew Nelson, Chicago State
Femi Olagoke, UMKC
Brad Parker, Southern Utah
Robb Pfrank, Western Illinois
Jonthan Rivers, Oral Roberts
Mike Runnels, Chicago State
Garrett Ryan, Western Illinois
Chad Sanada, Southern Utah
Kevin Sandall, Southern Utah
Anthony Skinner, UMKC
Derrick Smith, Chicago State
Shaun Smith, Oral Roberts
Theron Snelson, UMKC
Zach Somers, Western Illinois
Aaron Steele, Western Illinois
Ernest Stranz, Oral Roberts
Kaleb Stoppell, UMKC
Brian Taylor, Southern Utah
Charles Troupe, UMKC
Shaun Vernon, Southern Utah
Brett Verplank, Western Illinois
James Wanjiku, Oral Roberts
Greg Watson, Southern Utah
Chris White, Oral Roberts
Brad Wyatt, Southern Utah

Women's All-Conference Team
Catherine Angwech, Oral Roberts
Audra Bark, Western Illinois
Libby Bedoe, Western Illinois
Mercedes Bellamy, Oral Roberts
Maggie Brueggemann, UMKC
Diana Chelimo, Oral Roberts
Jessica Cherrington, Valparaiso
English Clark, Oral Roberts
Erin Downes, Western Illinois
Christine Ensign, UMKC
Kristin Gabel, Western Illinois
Tanisha Guthrie, Oral Roberts
Holly Hagen, Valparaiso
Courtney Henderson, Oral Roberts
Sharae Hill, Southern Utah
Monica Holmes, Southern Utah
Courtney Huber, UMKC
Jessica Hulbert, UMKC
Krystle Johnston, Southern Utah
Faithy Kamangila, Oral Roberts
Allison Karns, Western Illinois
Mable Kunihira, Oral Roberts
Lisa Lambert, UMKC
Emily Marsicek, Valparaiso
Aubrey Martin, Western Illinois
Aisha Mitchell, Oral Roberts
Dollie Mitchell, Oral Roberts
Ashley Morrison, Southern Utah
Marie Muscato, Southern Utah
Cara Neill, Western Illinois
Tawny Parks, Southern Utah
Hillary Palumbo, Western Illinois
Katie Pickford, Western Illinois
Jobeth Schmiesing, Valparaiso
Kelley Schoney, Southern Utah
Stefanie Lasley, UMKC
Kimberley Smalling, Oral Roberts
Jennifer Sparks, Southern Utah
Sarah Swain, Western Illinois
Brittany Watters, Southern Utah
Heather Wetzel, Western Illinois
Beth Whalen, Western Illinois
Ashley Whiting, Western Illinois
Melanie Wilson, Valparaiso
Ashley Yancy, Western Illinois
Nikol Zachery, Oral Roberts
Amy Zaffino, Western Illinois

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