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Lauren Stelten wins national pole-vault championship

Third Maverick woman to do so

Lauren Stelten: Third Maverick woman to win NCAA pole vault nationals.

2011-05-16
Minnesota State University, Mankato Intercollegiate Athletics news release [3/11/2011]

Lauren Stelten became the third Minnesota State Mankato women's pole vaulter to win an NCAA Division II national championship after her victory earlier this month.

Stelten vaulted a national best 13' 6 1/2". The Cologne, Minn., native is a four-time All-American in the indoor pole vault, having finished second in 2008, sixth in 2009 and second in 2010.

She joins two-time indoor champion Amanda Frame and three-time indoor and one-time outdoor champion Katelin Rains on the list of Maverick women who've won the pole-vault championship.

Also competing for the Mavericks in the national meet were:

• Freshman Keyvan Rudd, who made his first trip to nationals and jumped 6' 5" in the high jump, earning 12th.
• Freshman Christopher Reed, competing in the shot put.
• Junior Dan Novak, competing in the pole vault.

For the online Intercollegiate Athletics news release, go to http://www.msumavericks.com/news/2011/3/11/WTRACK_0311110640.aspx.

For a list of past Minnesota State Mankato track and field national champions, click on http://www.msumavericks.com/documents/2011/3/11/list.pdf?id=2260.

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