ST. LOUIS, Mo. -- The Indiana Wesleyan University men's track and field team completed its season with an impressive sixth place finish at the NAIA National Championships in St. Louis, Missouri.

Azusa Pacific (Calif.) University edged Dickinson State (N.D.) University 61-58 to win the NAIA championship. Oklahoma Baptist University was close behind in third with 55 points and Doane (Neb.) College finished fourth with 51 points.

Concordia (Ore.) University ended fifth with 46 points as Indiana Wesleyan tallied 38 points for sixth place.

Highlighting the weekend for the Wildcats was a national championship in the 4 x 800-meter relay team consisting of freshman Jason Wenzel, senior Jason Slabaugh, senior Josh Miller and junior Josh Foss. The team earned 10 points for Indiana Wesleyan as they ran a time of seven minutes 33.53 seconds for the victory.

Foss also earned individual accolades for Indiana Wesleyan with a runner-up finish in the 1,500-meter run. Foss finished two seconds off the pace in a time of 3:48.64.

Senior Zach Weber has garnered points for Indiana Wesleyan in two events. Weber earned seventh in the 100-meter hurdles in 14.66 seconds and eighth in the high jump in a mark of six feet nine inches.

Sophomore Thomas Collet continued the Wildcats' strong performance in the field events as he placed sixth in the long jump. Collet earned a mark of 23-2.5 feet. In addition to Weber's long jump and Collet's long jump, junior John Bowman earned third in the discus with a mark of 171-1 feet and fourth in the hammer throw with a toss of 186-11 feet.

Junior Bryan Hazel tallied a seventh place finish in the 3,000-meter steeplechase. Hazel crossed the line in 9:20.27. Senior Elias Rojas finished seventh in the 10,000-meter run as he completed the event in a time of 31:13.89.

On the women's side, the Wildcats finished tied for 29th place with Friends (Kan.) University and Concordia (Neb.) University with nine points.

Wayland Baptist (Texas) University was the women's champion with a team score of 80 points. Simon Frazier (B.C.) University was runner-up with 69 points.

Senior Emily LaSala accumulated all nine points for the Wildcats at the championship meet.

LaSala tallied five points in the 5,000-meter run with a fourth place finish in 17:23.25. She also earned fifth place in the 10,000-meter run as she crossed the line in a time of 36:15.24.