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ABILENE, Tex. (May 28) ­ Paul Mach and Lauren VerMulm finished fourth in the men's 800-meter run and women's javelin, respectively, as Seattle Pacific University added four more All-Americans to its total on the final day of the NCAA Division II track and field championships Saturday.

With 20 points, the Falcon women finished 13th -- their best since taking ninth in 2001 -- and the men's 15 points and 15th-place effort was the best since 1973.

In addition to VerMulm (Fr., Mount Vernon, Wa.), others earning All-America status for the SPU women were Amy Harris (Jr., Corvallis, Or./Crescent Valley), fifth in the pole vault, and Danielle Ayers-Stamper (Jr., Lacrosse, Wa.), who took seventh in the 100 hurdles.

Mach (Sr., Seattle, Wa./King's) joined Chris Randolph, the decathlon champion, as the men's national scorers. Mach, a fifth-year senior, was forced outside for much of the race but still finished in a respectable time of 1 minute, 51.70 seconds.

Nick Lara of Adams State (Co.) claimed the title in strong fashion with a clocking of 1:49.29 and a margin of 4 meters over his nearest rival.

Although she barely made the finals, VerMulm used her next-to-last throw to overtake three competitors. Her mark of 144-10 was 9 feet short of her season-best.

Augustana's Jen Buske won the title on her final flail, with her mark of 156-9 giving her a winning margin of just 8 inches. Seattle Pacific's Molly Hornbuckle (So., Burien, Wa./Highline) finished a non-scoring 10th at 134-7 and Ayers-Stamper was 14th at 130-8.

Harris, who went over the bar at a season-best 12-2, won a four-way tiebreaker by virtue of fewer misses at earlier heights. She cleared both 11-8 and 12-2 on her first try. Chaunte Mitchell of Cal State Stanislaus won at 13-1¾.

Ayers-Stamper, runner-up in the heptathlon, accounted for half of her teams' points and was a double All-American, the Falcons' first in three years. After a one-hour rain delay and consequently a second warm-up, she ran seventh in the hurdles in 14.39. Fort Valley State's Lynnsey Dailey won in 13.92.

In all, Seattle Pacific had six individual All-Americans from its eight qualifiers. Kelsey Cooley had been eighth in the heptathlon Friday.

Lincoln (Mo.) was a runaway winner of the women's team championship while host Abilene Christian won the men's title.