BLOOMINGTON, Ill. - Westfield State College senior Tessa Donoghue and junior David Richardson earned All America honors at the NCAA Division III indoor track and field national championships on March 11-12 at Illinois Wesleyan.

            Donoghue placed second in the long jump and third in the triple jump, while Richardson was fifth in the high jump in earning his first All-America certificate. Donoghue is a 14-time All American; the Springfield Cathedral graduate was a 10-time All-American at Wheaton College in Norton, Mass., before transferring to Westfield State last year. She earned All America honors for the Owls in the long and triple jumps during the 2004 outdoor season.

            In Saturday’s tense triple jump competition, Donoghue was in second place after the preliminary round as she tied her personal best of 39-9 1/4. Andrea Herbert of New Jersey City College’s effort of 39-10 1/4 in the preliminary round stood was good enough to win the meet.

            Donoghue fouled on all three of her attempts in the final round, while Doreen Nagawa of Wilmington College went 39-9 1/4 on her final attempt to earn second place.

            In Friday’s long jump competition, Donoghue’s effort of 18-8 3/4 only trailed Kristal Grisby of the University of Thomas, who set a facility record with a jump of 19-2 1/2.

            Richardson just qualified for the national meet and was seeded 13^th. But the Beverly native proved that he belonged with a personal best of 6-8 3/4.