Zeien Earns All-American Honors at NCAA Meet

May 23, 2009

Nick Zeien earned NCAA All-American honors for the third time in his career with an eighth place finish in the 800-meter dash at the NCAA national outdoor meet on Saturday at Marietta, Ohio, College.

Zeien, a sophomore from Hastings, Minn., finished in 1:52.33 to place eighth and earn the All-American honors. He ran a school record 1:51.08 on Friday to qualify for the finals. Zeien is now a three-time NCAA All-American – he also earned the honors in the 800 in the 2008 and 2009 NCAA indoor championships. Emmanuel Bofa from Whitworth University won the title on Saturday with a time of 1:48.77

Kim Altenhofen missed earning All-American honors by just ¼ of an inch. Altenhofen, a senior from Marathon, Wis., had a best throw of 42-11 ½. The eighth place finisher had a best throw of 42-11 ¾, to edge Altenhofen for All-American honors. Monique Riddick from Montclair State won the event with a throw of 51-9.

On Friday Colleen Kopel finished 14 th in the heptathlon scoring 4,264 points.

UW-Oshkosh won the men's team title scoring 46 points and Wartburg won the women's team title with 52 points.

Women's Results
Men's Results

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