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Q-C college men's track & field Vikings earn All-American status at NCAA DIII Championships: Augustana senior Alex Rindone came within an eyelash of winning the 400-meter dash at the NCAA Division III Indoor Track & Field Championship on Saturday. Rindone placed second with a time of :48.21, finishing behind the fieldhouse record of 48.20 put up by Aric Hoeschen of UW-LaCrosse. Rindone led the first of two laps, but Hoeschen took the lead and led by about five meters heading into the home stretch. Rindone closed, but could not quite catch him. Rindone's time of :48.21 established an Augustana school record, breaking his previous record set just the night before in the preliminary round. Viking senior Greg Patton placed eighth in :50.48 after running :49.17 in the qualifying round. College men's tennis Grinnell College 7, Augustana 2: Lawrence Palmer earned a hard-fought win at the No. 1 singles spot, winning 1-6, 6-3, 6-3. The Vikings' Andy Wall won another three-set battle, 7-5, 2-6, 7-6. Ccollege women's lacrosse Augustana 21, Loras 0: In the wet conditions, the Augustana Vikings mopped up Loras by scoring 17 goals in the first half. Kelly Stelzer scored four goals and Emily Handrahan led the team with three assist and added a goal. The Augie defense was outstanding, not allowing a shot on goal in the match. Prep track & field Sterling Westwood: The Geneseo track & field team put up a strong showing at an unscored meet at Sterling's Westwood Indoot Facility. Both AJ Marmion (50-feet, 10-inches) and Audrey Anderson (33-feet, 5-inches) logged winning tosses in the shot put. Rayne Bodeen added to the Maple Leafs' hot start by winning the 60-yard dash in 8.05 seconds, annah Waller won the 60-meter hurdles in 9.81, Samantha Mannon won the 400 (1:07.68) and Alex Platz leaped 14-even to win the pole vault. Orion's Dylan Schultz won the 60 hurdles in 9.02. Alleman's Ethan Adlfinger ran to a second-place finish in the 1600 (4:27.47) and the Pioneers Scott Schilb was runner-up in the shot put with a 48-8 toss. 
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Today is Monday, May 20, the 140th day of 2013. There are 225 days left in the year.
1863 -- 150 years ago: A petition is being circulated asking the city council to order awell bored in Market Square. It would be a great accommodation to the public.
1888 -- 125 years ago: At 1 p.m. on May 18 the Mississippi River flooded its banks atRock Island and destroyed the warehouse of the Rock Island Lumber Co. and damagedRock Island Arsenal power plant. Total loss is estimated at $100,000.
1913 -- 100 years ago: Residents of Sough Rock Island Township are circulating apetition favoring the annexation of that area to the City of Rock Island.
1938 -- 75 years ago: A group of state members of the National Grandmothers Clubmeeting in Rock Island are making plans to petition for the observance of a NationalGrandmothers Day.
1963 -- 50 years ago: Deere and Co. reported today that its U.S. and Canadian sales forthe first half of the 1963 fiscal year set an all time record of $323,716.628.
1988 -- 25 years ago: William G. Lawrence, first administrative director, has retired fromPECO Enterprises, Inc. Prior to his service at PECO, Mr. Lawrence was the civilianpersonnel officer at the Rock Island Arsenal.
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