NORTHFIELD, Minn. — For Ashley Dingels (Gibbon, Minn.), the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference multi-event competition has been twice as nice — twice.

For the second time in the last three years, Dingels made a clean sweep of the women's multi-events, winning both the indoor pentathlon, and the outdoor heptathlon.

And Friday afternoon in the final day of the MIAC heptathlon, Dingels made it look easy.

After cruising to school and conference records en route to winning her second pentathlon title during the conference's indoor championships in early March, Dingels once again found herself standing along atop the podium following the two-day heptathlon competition — on top, and, again, in record-setting fashion.

"Ashley had another amazing performance – she did a real nice job in all her events and really put it all together," said SMU coach Kirk Nauman, noting that Dingels was fueled by first-place finishes in the shot put (37-2 1/2), 800 (2:25.28) and the high jump — where she equaled her NCAA automatic-qualifying leap of 5-7 1/4. "Ashley set herself up nicely after the first day, and never really let up — she did very well in her three events (Friday). It was a good, all-around effort.

Dingels, who won both the pentathlon and heptathlon titles in 2003, breaking the MIAC's 11-year-old heptathlon record with a winning total of 4,641 points, missed last year's event due to a knee injury suffered during the volleyball season, but appears to be back at full strength — and better than ever.

With her 4,668-point total, Dingels not only broke the school and MIAC heptathlon records, but the SMU senior's total also ranks No. 2 in all of NCAA Division III and automatically qualifies her for the national championships in the heptathlon.

Along with her first-place efforts in the 800, the high jump, shot put — the latter two of which were MIAC heptathlon records — Dingels also placed third in the 100 hurdles (16.21) and fourth in the 200 (26.49), while adding a leap of 15-4 1/2 in the long jump and 96-3 in the javelin.

"Ashley is a competitor — and she showed that again this weekend," said Nauman. "She just knows what it takes, and she goes out there and does it."

The Cardinals' Jon Pace (Minoqua, Wis.) placed 10th place in the MIAC decathlon, totaling 4,833 points.

"For a freshman, Jon did very well," said Nauman, noting that Pace posted personal-best efforts in eight o the 10 events he competed in. "This was a great experience for him, and I look for him to really make an impact in this event in the years to come."