Mary Stoll finished fifth in a tightly contested 800 meter final to earn All-America honors at the 2006 NCAA Division II Indoor Track and Field Championships Saturday in Boston, Mass.
Stoll, a senior from Sioux Falls, S.D., qualified ninth for the finals on Friday. She needed to finish eighth to gain All-America recognition.
In a race in which third and eighth places were separated by 1 second, Stoll crossed the finish line in fifth place in a time of 2:13.13 to earn her first All-American certificate.
Venessa Lee of Pittsburg State won the race in a time of 2:08.95.
Women's 800 meters - Final1. Venessa Lee (Pittsburg State), 2:08.95
2. Kelly Marshall (Lincoln), 2:12.31
3. Meleshia Spencer (Lincoln), 2:12.61
4. Abby Demulling (Minnesota-Duluth), 2:13.07
5. Mary Stoll (Augustana), 2:13.136. Jessica Lamp (Wisconsin-Parkside), 2:13.27
7. Laura Knapp (Adams State), 2:13.59
8. Kassy Laber (South Dakota), 2:13.61
9. Alana Margraf (Findlay), 2:14.26
