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Contact: Clark Teuscher, Sports Information Director, 630-637-5302

2013-2014 CoSIDA NCAA Division III Academic All-District Women's Track and Field Teams

May 29, 2014 - North Central College women's track and field athletes Lina Baker, Elizabeth Composto and Jocelyn Redlinski have been selected to the 2013-2014 NCAA Division III Academic All-District Women's Cross Country and Track and Field Team, as nominated and voted upon by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).

The three Cardinals are among a total of 13 selections to the Division III All-District Seven Team, which includes institutions from the states of Illinois, Indiana and Ohio.
 

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Baker, an exercise science major, is North Central's record holder in the hammer throw (180 feet, 10 inches) and won her second straight College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) championship in the event in 2014. She also made her second trip to the NCAA Division III Outdoor Championships in the hammer last weekend, placing 10th. She placed seventh in the event in the 2013 championships to become the first All-American in the hammer in the history of the Cardinals' program. She was a United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) All-Academic selection in 2013.

Composto, who is on the CoSIDA All-District Team for the second straight year, earned All-America honors in the pole vault at the Division III Indoor Championships for the third straight year in March and has also competed in the last three Division III Outdoor Championship meets. A five-time CCIW pole vault champion (three indoor, two outdoor), Composto ranks third in North Central history in both the indoor (12'7.50") and outdoor (13'0.75") events and is a two-time USTFCCCA All-Academic honoree. She is an interactive media studies major.

Redlinski, an entrepreneurship major, is the most accomplished multi-event competitor in the Cardinals' history, owning school records in the indoor pentathlon (3,476 points) and outdoor heptathlon (4,687). She qualified for national-championship competition in both events the past two years, becoming North Central's first multi-event All-American with an eighth-place showing in the pentathlon in March. A four-time individual CCIW champion, Redlinski also ranks second in school history in the 60-meter hurdles (8.88), third in the outdoor 100-meter hurdles (14.45), fourth in the indoor high jump (5'4.50") and outdoor long jump (18'2.25") and seventh in the indoor long jump (17'11.75"). She is a two-time USTFCCCA All-Academic selection.

This marks North Central's 39th Academic All-District selection from CoSIDA. By virtue of his selection, Crain is eligible for selection to the 2013-14 Division III Academic All-America Team, which will be released June 24.

More information about CoSIDA and the Academic All-America Program can be found at www.cosida.com.