Stockton sophomore Elaina Styer earned her 2nd multi-event All-America honor this year with a 4th-place finish in the heptathlon at the NCAA Division 3 Championships.
Styer placed 2nd in the indoor pentathlon in Birmingham, Ala., in March.
Styer scored 5,033 points in the two-day, seven-event test. She finished just 46 points out of 2nd place and fell just 17 points off her PR of 5,050 from a meet in Ewing last month.
On Thursday, Styer ran 14.40 in the hurdles for 923 points, high jumped 5-3 ¾ for 759 points, threw the shot a PR 38-3 ½ for 639 points and ran 26.26 for 740 points.
Styer, from Estell Manor, opened competition Friday with a 17-6 ¾ long jump, good for 657 points and after a foul on her first javelin throw she hit 107-7 for 530 points. That’s only a foot off her PR of 108-8 from a non-multi last week at a home meet in Galloway Township. She closed with a 2:22.85 for 785 points in the closing 800.
Senior Olivia Bohlen of Central College in Pella, Iowa, won the competition with 5,158 points
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 