NCAA OUTDOOR TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPIONSHIP SITE
NCAA OUTDOOR TRACK AND FIELD PARTICIPANTS

MINNEAPOLIS -- Augsburg College sprinter Rick Wolke (SO, Belle Plaine, Minn.) will compete in the 200 and 400-meter dashes at the NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field Championships, to be held this weekend at Baldwin-Wallace College in Berea, Ohio. Wolke is the first Augsburg student-athlete to compete in the NCAA Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championships since 2005. 

Wolke, the school record-holder in the 200, is Augsburg's 10th men's track and field national meet qualifier in school history. Wolke owns the 15th-fastest time among the 17 entrants in the 200, and is the lone Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference representative in the race. 

Wolke will also compete in the 400-meter dash at the NCAA Championships, where he has the 12th-fastest time among the 17 participants in the field. Wolke will be the first Augsburg sprinter to compete in the 400 since Matthew Shannon placed third at the Outdoor Championships in 2003.

Preliminary races for the 200 begin Thursday evening at 6:15 p.m., while the 400 prelims will be held Friday afternoon at 4:25 p.m.  Finals for each race will be held Saturday afternoon.