NAPERVILLE, Ill. (WLCSports.com) - Senior Kendra Schumacher (Little Chute, Wis.) raced to a school record time of 12.05 seconds in the 100m on Thursday at the Gregory Invitational hosted by North Central. Schumacher's final opportunity for a qualifying mark currently ranks 10th in NCAA Division III.
- Event: Gregory Invitational
- Final Results: No Team Scores
- Location: Benedetti-Wehrli Stadium, Naperville, Ill.
- Schumacher finished third overall out of 12 competitors in the 100m with a new school record time of 12.05 seconds, breaking her previous record of 12.15 seconds from the NACC Championships less than two weeks ago. The .10 improvement moved Schumacher from 25th to 10th on the NCAA Division III outdoor qualifying list as of this posting.
- Senior Chris Krahn (De Pere, Wis.) competed in the 5,000m on Wednesday night in Naperville and posted a time of 16:38.19.
- "What a way to end the regular season! There were a lot of distractions and last-second changes this week, but Kendra was able to overcome them all and execute her race plan perfectly! We're excited to see where she falls after declarations tomorrow morning, but we're pretty confident she'll be the first student-athlete in school history to qualify in multiple events to the same championships! We're all so excited to see how she performs at NCAA's next week!" - Head Coach Eric Kramer
- Schumacher will await official confirmation of her selections to the NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field Championships, which will take place May 27-29 in Greensboro, North Carolina.
