UW-SP's Juno wins national 800 meters title For the second straight year, the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point women's track and field team has a national champion. Leah Juno, a junior from Brillion, won the 800-meter run title at the NCAA Division 3 National Championships in Naperville, Ill. last weekend. Juno edged Heather Stone of the University of South at the finish line, running a school-record time of 2:10.60. Stone finished in 2:10.67. Juno's time is also the ninth-fastest in NCAA Division 3 history. "Leah led the first 700 meters. Stone likes to sit back and she took the lead during the final stretch," UW-SP women's coach Len Hill said. "Then with 20 meters to go, Leah had something left. Stone fell at the finish line and Leah did a nice dive, a sprinter's finish dive." Rosholt's Sarah Groshek won the javelin championship last year. Freshman Becky Lebak finished ninth in the 5,000 for UW-SP in 9:57. "She ran as good of a race as she can now. For a freshman to finish that high is outstanding," Hill said. As a team, the Pointers were 23rd with 10 points. Indoor national champions Mike Mead and Dan Schwamberger both finished third to lead the UW-SP men's team to a sixth-place finish with 32 points. Lincoln University and North Central College tied for first place with 52 points. UW-La Crosse was fourth with 34.5 and UW-Oshkosh was fifth with 33. Mead jumped 6-10-3/4 in the high jump and Schwamberger finished the 5,000 meter run in 14:39.77. James Nielsen of the University of California-San Diego won the 5,000 in 14:34.97. Jesse Drake placed in two events, taking fourth in the 10,000 (30:40.54) and fifth in the 5,000 (14:43.51). The 4x100 relay of Shawn Hau, Kyle Newman, Craig Gunderson and Eric Miller finished fourth in 41.53. Shane Suehring was fifth in the 3,000 steeplechase (9:04.03) and Chris Horvat finished eighth in the 800 (1:52.03). The 4x400 relay of Gunderson, Hau, Horvat and Miller also finished eighth (3:19.46). * * * ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT: The Pointers landed two more GTE Academic All-District selections, giving them seven honorees for the past year. The latest selections are seniors Dan Schwamberger in men's track and field and Tammy Byrne in women's tennis. The pair was named to the All-District teams for spring at-large sports, which includes all spring championship sports besides baseball and softball. Schwamberger, who was a second-team GTE Academic All-American in cross country last fall, won the NCAA Division III indoor national championship in the 5000 meters. The North Mankato, Minn. native has a 3.91 grade point average in Forest Management. Byrne, an Oregon native, is majoring in German and has a 3.98 grade point average. Byrne was the WIAC No. 3 singles and No. 3 doubles champion in 1996 and is a two-time team Most Valuable Player.