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Northwest Bearcats

Press Release

May 26, 2007

Calbert Finishes Eighth in Triple Jump to Earn All-America Honors

Diezeas Calbert
Diezeas Calbert
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Senior Diezeas Calbert picked up his second outdoor All-America title in the triple jump, recording 49-11 in an eighth-place finish at the NCAA Outdoor Championships at Johnson C. Smith University in Charlotte, N.C. Calbert earned the third All-America title for the Bearcat men at the national championships, which concluded today.

Calbert took until his sixth and final jump of the event to reach 49-11. He earned All-America honors in the event last season, jumping 50 1/2 in a sixth-place finish.

The Northwest men finished 32nd as a team, recording 7.5 points.

For more information, please contact:

Phillip Dowden, Media Relations/Sports Information
sid@nwmissouri.edu | 660.562.1118 | Fax: 660.562.1582

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