Kayla Roemmich and Beth Segerholm used the final meet of the year to keep their seasons alive.

Both Jamestown College junior throwers hit the NAIA National qualifying mark at the regular-season ending Blue Hawk Open in Dickinson on Thursday.

Roemmich, who has been stellar in the discus and shot put all season, surpassed the qualifying standard by 3 inches with a discus spin of 139 feet, five inches.

"She missed it by three inches last week and made it by three inches this week. She deserved it. She's had a very good year," JC women's coach Jim Clark said.

Segerholm earned a trip to nationals in the javelin for the third straight year with a throw of 129-8.

"She's good when the pressure's on," Clark said.

Overall, both JC teams placed second on the day.

Dakota Athletic Conference championships were also awarded to the top finishers from the DAC.

The women had eight in all with Roemmich and freshman Taylor Miller earning doubles.

Miller, a freshman from Mandan, capped her fine collegiate debut campaign with a sweep of the 100 and 200.

Jolynn Warnes did not have plans of becoming the latest successful multi-event performer for the Jimmie women's track team when she arrived on campus last fall.

Plans do change, however.

Warnes, a freshman, only competed in the hurdles and jumps in high school, but has spread her wings at Jamestown College.

In short order Warnes has become formidable enough in all seven events - 200 meters, 100 hurdles, high jump, shot put, long jump, javelin and 800 - to where last week she provisionally qualified for the NAIA National championships.

Warnes, a native of Kensington, Minn., a town of less than 300 people in lakes country, has taken to the heptathlon quickly and her upside appears high.

"It's pretty exciting," she said. "I was surprised when coach (Jim) Clark let me do it, but I'm trying to do my best."

Warnes' top total of 3,764 points ranks her in the top 35 in the NAIA. Only the best 16 scores will go to Marian, Ind., later this month for nationals.

The last handful of years, the Jimmies had one of the top multi-eventers in the NAIA in Sarah Skipper. Filling those athletic shoes is a tall task for anybody, but Warnes, and sophomore Casey Geffre, have both shown plenty of promise.

"I'm trying to learn as much as I can from the coaches. I think it's going pretty good, but I still have a lot to learn," she said. "But it's fun."