Two Owls Are National Champions

Fri., Mar 16

More success in the pool for junior swimmer Amanda Thomas (right), who captured her second 2nd NCAA title in as many days (and the third of her career) Thursday night by winning the 400 individual medley with a time for 4:16.25. Amanda will swim for #3 today in the 200 butterfly. Wednesday night, Amanda won the 200 individual medley, repeating her triumph at last year's nationals.

Earlier, sophomore Nick Lebron (below) of the men's indoor track and field team started off a great week for Southern athletics by winning the NCAA title in the heptathlon on Saturday in Mankato, Minn. A heptathlon is a track and field combined events contest made up of seven events.

Lebron came into the meet ranked 11th on the national leaderboard for the heptathlon with a score of 5002 achieved just a few weeks ago at the NEICAAA Indoor Track and Field Championships. With this score, he improves upon a school record broken twice this season by both himself and Connor Coleman (Gunnison, Colo.). Fellow teammate, Coleman, finished just a few points behind with a respectable third in the heptathlon event with a total of 5087 improving upon his season best of 5047 achieved at the NEICAAA Indoor Track and Field Championships on Feb. 24.