ADA, OHIO - Another day, another national champion for the Keene State women's track team.

A day after senior Crystal Blamy (Walpole, N.H.) won her national title in the high jump, Jennifer Adams, a senior from Saratoga Springs, N.Y., put on a national championship performance in the 5,000-meter race with a winning and Kinghorn Sports Center record time of 16:58.71 at the NCAA Division III Track and Field Championships at Ohio Northern University on Saturday.

Keene State Coach Peter Thomas couldn't have scripted a better race for his senior track star, who more than lived up to her top ranking in the race. Sitting on the shoulder of Wisconsin-River Falls' freshman Becca Jordahl for most of the race, Adams blew by her with six and a half laps to go. The last time around the track was like a victory lap for Adams who won the race going a way.

"I could tell she was running out of gas, so I just took off," said Adams. "I felt in control the entire race."

"It was a dominant performance," said Thomas. She ran to win, a perfect tactical race."

"This means a lot to me," said Adams. "A lot of hard work went into this season. It's a nice feeling to know you can have this type of race in the biggest meet and the best way I can imagine ending my indoor track career." It was the second national championship and eighth All-America honor for Adams. She was a member of KSC's championship distance medley relay team in 2006 and ran the anchor leg of the Owls' All-America DMR race on Friday night.

Blamy and Adams becomes the ninth and 10th KSC athlete to earn a national championship. With Mary Proulx and Mark Miller leading the way with five and four national titles respectively, Keene State has now garnered a combined 18 national championships. All but one came in track and field.

The Owl women bring home a trophy finishing tied for fourth with Wisconsin-Lacrosse with 21 points. Illinois-Wesleyan won the championship with 30 points.

Earlier in the day, the Owls doubled their pleasure with freshman Craig MacPherson (Derry, N.H.) and senior Kevin Kelleher (Rocky Hill, Conn.) racing to All-America honors in the mile.

Both Owl runners stayed in the middle of the pack through the first couple of laps. Running in his first NCAA race, MacPherson made his move with two laps to go. He passed a couple of runners before finishing third with a time of 4:12.85.

"It's an awesome felling to get All-America in my first NCAA race," said MacPherson. "I felt really relaxed. I wish I made my move earlier to stay with the leaders, but I'm happy with third. "Hopefully, I'll have plenty of chances to improve on that in the years ahead."

Fighting a bug, Kelleher found himself in eighth spot with two laps to go. "With Thomas shouting out his placement and encouragement from the side of the track, he was able to get his bearings and move up a couple of positions to sixth. "I can't complain" said Kelleher, who posed a time of 4:15.21. "It would have been nice to finish my indoor career with a better performance but it wasn't in the cards."

"Both runners executed the game plan and put themselves in position to All-American," said Thomas.

It was the second All-America honor for Kelleher who also finished sixth at last year's national meet. Wisconsin-Lacrosse claimed the men's championship with 43 points.

"Everything went as expected," said Thomas, who brought two top ranked athletes to the meet. "Sometimes things don't go as planned, but that wasn't the case this weekend."